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R211479 1 NONE Old Simon the King IN an humor of late I was / Ycleped a dolefull dump. Though a Rump be a dangerous Bit, / And many a Knave runs mad ont't, / Yet verily as it may hit, / An honest man may be glad on't. British Library - Thomason Tracts Editor none none none none Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 23: 2 The Breech Wash'd / By a Friend to the / RUMP. The Breech Washed By a Friend to the RUMP. ?-? Carolus Gustavus

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IN an humor of late I was Ycleped a dolefull dump. Thought I --- we're at a fine passe; Not a man stands up for the Rump: But lets it be lash'd o'r and o'r. While it lies like a senselesse Fop--. 'T would make a man, a Whore, To see a Tail tew'd like a Top. Though a Rump be a dangerous Bit, And many a Knave runs mad ont't, Yet verily as it may hit, An honest man may be glad on't. To abuse a poor, Blind Creature ------ I had like to have said, and a Dumb; But now it ha's gotten a Speaker, And Say is the Mouth of the Bum, When Besse rul'd the Land there was no man Complain'd, and yet now they Rail: I beseech you what differs a woman From a thing that's all Tongue, and Taile Though a Rump, etc. The Charter we've sworn to defend, And propagate the Cause. What call you those of the Rump-end But Fundamental Laws? The Case is as clear as the Day, There had been no Reformation, If the Rump had not claw'd it away, You had had no Propagation, Tho' a Rump, etc. As a Bodys the better for a Purge, Tho' the Guts may be troubled with Gripes: So the Nation will mend with a Scourge, Tho' the Tayl may be sick of the Stripes. Ill Humors to conveigh, When the State hath taken a Loosnesse, (Who can hold what will away?) The Rump must doe the Bus'nesse. Tho' a Rump, etc.
The bold Cavalier, in the Field, That laughs at your Sword, and Gunshot, An Ordinance makes him to yield, And he's glad to turn Tayl to Bum-shot. Old Oliver was a Teazer, And waged warr with the Stump; But Alexander, and Caesar Did both submit to the Rump. Tho' a Rump, etc. Let no man be further misled By an Errour, past Debate. For Sedgwick has prov'd it the Head, As well of the Church as the State; Honest Hugh; that still turnes up the Tippets, When he Kneels to Administer; Sayes --- a Rump, with Skippons sippets, Is a Dish for a Holy Sister. Tho' a Rump, etc. Through Pride of Flesh, or State Poor Souls are overthrown: How happy then is our Fate? Wee've a Rump to take us down, In matter's of Faith, 'tis true, Some Differings there may be, But give the Saints their due, In the Rump they all agree. Tho' a Rump, etc. 'Tis good at Bed, and at Bord; It gives us Pleasure and Ease, Will you have the rest in a word? good for the new disease, (The Tumult of the Guts;) a Recipe for the Kings Evil, Wash the Members as sweet as Nuts, And then throw them all to the Devil. Though a Rump be a dangerous Bit, And many a Knave runs mad on't, Yet, verily, as it may hit, An honest man may be glad on't.
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