they receive For each Tail of them they have And thus each day must be renew`d That they take 〈◊〉 â—… wish they spâ—…w`d Our Glasgow Provost it s told to us With his new Acts will quite undo us That hagish headed Cawlie sure Hath done to break us to his power It were an Almes-deed to hang us When we let such a Varlet wrong us Amongst the rest of their Trespasses They 'r oft imployed in chaseing Lasses It is too evident a token Of this when Maidens bakes are broken Yea tho they touch them not at all They`r like to starve for very cald For when they sit their plaids do hang by Ye'l see from Navels down each thing fy Such sights the Lasses cannot bide So they mnst starve in a backside And here ou instance I shall tell Of what to one of rhem befell This red shank from no good pretence Pursued the Lass been to the spence And aiming at some naughtie deed Pull'd up his plaid and ran with speed She with a 〈◊〉 in her hand Advised him a back to stand But he prefuming for to strugle Occasioned a huble buble The story it is something od She Mith a Flesh eruik gripr his cod So held and rag`d as made him squil And ay cry out the Deu`l the Deu`l But getting of away he flees VVhile blood was streading down his Thighs For severall dayes he keept his Bed And when got up he strid led From either hands they get small thanks VVho are the Authors of such pâ—…anks VVas`t not a cunning plot and wittie To make Killmarnoeâ—… two hours bootie Must he not be a man of sense And well deserves a recompense VVho fell upon that famous way To make the Red shanks ready pay At once to work that subtile ploy Them to make up and us destroy But here I 'le stop if these offend not And only say behold the end o`t They answered him we`l cleanse your Land If ye be clear to take the Band He paus'd a little drew his breath And made a congie then he saith My Lords if we had got fair play Ye had not came so soon this way For we`r informed that ye found As great opposers to the Bond In Clidsdale where you were before As ye do here I do abhore That Nations rulers should prove partial In this affair tho it be Mariiall For Clidsdales bonders as ye ken Are scarcely reckon`d amongst men The â—…umid Earle Papist Haggs An Aâ—…hiest Jew to save his Baggs And Fleeming too did prove a sot Least he bad lost the Bishops Coat Bedlay with Towâ—…orss and Wood hall John Thomsons man plague on them all There`s also other two or three Which with Your Leave I must let be Or else resolve to get me hence Or spew before your Excellence For since I took them in my mouth They have defil`d it so in Truth That I was ne`re so sore agasting To keep my Stomack from over casting We know their Overture propos`d But that`s nought since it was refus`d It was repute a good Defence Yet they lost both their Meat and Menâ—…e I am not clear for such Politicks Tho Statesmen but for fear of Criticks I`le say no more this is the sum o`it Let none do ill that good may come o`it We who with out Indulgince still bâ—…des When others runs to Muires and Hill sydes Are first assaulted by Oppressours Who are by fat the least 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Even as so that which ye call Law Your Lordships does the samen knaw And this be all the good we get o`it We would not care tho we were quite o`it We are inform`d we`re nought the better Of Some who lately wrote a Letter Now let them drink as they have browen if it be true the worst`s their own We cannot guess unto this time What is our Fault or what`s our Crime Nor any Reason to annoy us â—…ar lâ—…ss wherefore ye thus destroy us â—…he like is not upon Record Nor read that ever King or Lord â—…estroy`d their own both Flock and Fleece While harmless and living in peace â—…iving no provocaâ—…ion â—…ot doing harm to any one Had there been one in all the Land That did oppose or yet gainstand â—…e might have pleaded some preâ—…ence â—…n defence of your Violence â—…ut since there`s none makes Ours alas Be an unprecedented case Which case is partly I conclude â—…ven by your Lordships understood â—…ho there`s not told the thousand part Of our afflictioâ—…s and our smart The whole no persons can express Of all our Ruine and Distress Altho that innocent we be We`re plagued harassed as ye see For innocence proves no defence Against this Spait of violence What can the great Turk order worse Then murder rob and Conscience force But there`s a Righteous Judge who see Such who govern and who â—…yrannize Who in his due time prepar`d To give to each his own reward Before whose throne I hope ye r clear Both great and small must all appear Advise my Lords what than yee`ll say For that which yee practise this day Tho we now suffer to out Loss We hope the Lord will blesse our Cross If yee have no reliefe to send us Goe to dispatch eat up and end us They answer`d if yee`ll not conforme Yee must resolve to byde the storme His Grace hath sworn that every man That is beswixt Bersheba and Dan Must take the band or he`ll doe better He`ll heat the furnace seven times hotter At which this good man was amaz`d Lookt sternly upon all and gaz'd Then made a small bow turn`d his bake And not one other word he spoake VVhen he was gone they did admire To finde the man so void of fear So wise so grave and confident So readie and so eloquent They Judg`d he was a man of Sence That well could Defend Innocence His countenance was very stay`d He was not easily dismay`d His personage did reptesent As much as any could be sent In Politicks he was well seen Yet Maâ—…havile and Mazarine And all other Aâ—…sickles he hates He counts their Policies Deceits Grand Oppressions Tricks Tyrannickâ—… Countrey Plagueing Plots Satauicks He was well â—…ersed in Court Modes In French Pavies and new Com`d Nods And finally in all that can Make np a Compleat Prettie Man NOW how the Red-Shanks ran away How these behaved that did stay How they the Halie Kirk Resorm`d What Castles and what Towns they storm`d Whose Hens was slain whose Geese murder`d What great Designes by them was further`d And what great Credit to the King His Grace 〈◊〉 by this designe How Conventickles all were qu astit And Schismaticks destroy`d and dasht And how our nobles Journyed How their addresses did succeed Art court how they did represent The countries Losse and sad compla in t And what success therein they had And whether it was good or bad How they gott off and how things past Which of ye sactions had the best â—…e`l hear when my Parnassus whinchie Gets of Fount Cablin a
Nâ—… plot it on the buyers brings We do not think them true ejections And so may purchase our protections Some say tho we were ne re so wise We must be sharers of the Vice Adhereing closse to the Contract Which we 〈◊〉 make Eaâ—…h sober person sure concludes A buyer up of triâ—…ed goods If â—…ingly he make â—…is paction Incurres the hazâ—…rd oâ—… an action Of cheatrie and`s a Rogue as he Who makes the Sale so Simonie Dirts bâ—…ganers on both the haâ—…ds Who Simonie right understands â—…Wodâ—… it not only they that grease A Bishop for a benefice But they who purchase priviledges Of Church for money bond or pledges Commits this foulsome in discretion Whatever be some estimation Some are for bonds Some are not willing Uâ—…der the pain of fourty shilling To give a bond to serve the Devil Itâ—… Soâ—…tish ignorance grosse evill To think Engadgers are made free For paying of a penalâ—…ie To pay a penaltie`s a checking And punishment for bargain breaking A bond with penalâ—…ie appended Was nev`r alternative pretended And though it were some cannot see How it with Reason can agree That Men engag`d to be Mass-hearers Idolaters or Surplice Wearers Or else to pay a thousand pounds For this they see no solid grounds Since they who do revolve the pages Of Sufferers in former Ages And glours while they be like to faint Can find no pithie Precident Some do afsâ—…rt that foulsome facts Are not the matter of Contracts Though this dull and unstable birth Which at this time possess the Earth Seeks out raw shifts and poor hen wiles And with such trash themselves beguiles Some think this case the matter clears To such as foul engagements fears Suppose a Man should make a paction To perpetrat a vitious Action Or pay a summ but at the day He hath no money for to pay The action in it self is ill But yet by the Superior`s will It`s Leasome Pray you what defence What sound or probable preâ—…ence Can this Man use when he`s put to it Either to pray or else to do it According as he hath contracted Let any judge how he had acted And so they do hold up their face And sayes since there can be Cace That he for Conscience sake must break it It was a foul abuse to make it Who brayes in mortars Cheats and Fools For their reward must wash their Tools It 's thought he is a Man discreet Who in this World keeps his feet And seeing he no good can do it Can let it stand as he came to it Left this be thought a long digression It was when Scotish Lords of Session Layes by their Gowns their Pates to please When some do burn Popes Effigies Whither it be by some mischance Or by some Noxious Influence Of things Etherial when they stray Or meet in a menaceing way In this I am not throughly seen Consult Robin in Aberdeen And Gadberry who speaks of Warrs And Peace by gazing on the Starts And when that ye have well sought thrô them Ye`ll be as wise as they never knew them Whither it be by some impression The Comet left upon that Nation Or from some spitful Exhalations From Surfet Excesse or Repalations Or if it be from Kingdoms greening Or Mall Contents ye know my meaning Or if it come from these can Cheat And among Cockle sow good Wheat Or if it be from the Court evil From Proserpina Pope or Devil Who vexes Land at such a Rate With the fowl fine of Venice State Or from some underhand Engadgers To be the Romen Trade`s Managers From Bankrupt Lords or Publick VVhores It s hard to speak of higher Powers Whither it be from Earth or Hell Or from French Ait I cannot tell Or from St Omers or Lovain From Madrid or Sevil in Spaine Or from Lisbon or if it be From some Convent in Germanie I cannot think it be from Poland Moscovia Denmark Pruss or Holland Or if it be some sad foretoken That Church and Kingdom shall be broken I`le not presume to manifest But Scotland`s troubled with a Test. I do not presently incline To scale its Nature or designe To speake of Authors or Inventors Opposers Favourers Consenters Or those who tho they did not love it Had nev`r the courage to disprove it This might be counted pressure treasure A wrangld word yet I may use her When I revising such fond actions Use old Scots absolute contractions To portrait Rogues in an Old stile In new it were not worth my while Since I`m perswaded not a few Have neatly limm`d them in the new I hope it will be no offence Or if no evil consequence To make Relation of a Sort Of Clergie Men and their Deport They being men of Publick Station Concerned yearly with the Nation How some turns Stupid others Storm`d How some Refused and yet conform`d And how somes Conscience bounc`d and kickt When too sore thrumbled nipt and prickt How some had no restaint would take it Because Superior powers did make it How some oppos`d it other doubted And many sentiments about it Which I intend if I have time And Genius for a daft Ratry me No Muses help I will implore For I was nev`r at Lesbos shoar Neither did haunt Arcadian Glens Groves mountains Watersides and Fens My seet nev`r filed that brooky hill Where Ancient Poets drank their fill For their did haunt the Nymphs and Muses Which old Wives fables so much tuses There Pan kept sheep and there it was Where the red haird glyed wanton lass Did skilt through woods ov`r banks and braes With her blind get Who Poets sayes Could shoot as well as these that sees Yea better then he had eyes There the old Nun her Yaitn did windle Which she had spun with Rock and Spindle Here young Mercurius to teach thieves Did trist his Bastards Brothers Bieves But these who have the Thames and Humber The Tees and Tvne need not them cumber To go so farre to fetch a drink For I am verie apt to think There`s al 's much Vertue Sonce and Pith In Annan or the Water of Nith Which quietly slips by Drumfries Al 's any Water in all Greece For there and several other places About mill dams and green brae faces Both Elrich Elfs and Brownies stayed And Green gown`d Farries daunc`d and played When old John Knox and other some Began to plott the Baggs of Rome They suddenly took to their heels And did no more frequent these fields But if Romes Pipes perhaps they hear Sure for their Interest they`ll compear Again and play their old Hells Triâ—…ks But lest that I should seem Pollix To paraphrase I 'll make an end And touch the matter I intend On August last day as ye knaw This Test obtain'd the force of Law And all subscriptions were to carry A date before first January And tho they`re several Men that say The â—…lack horn'd Devil bides his day Yet Zeal Catholick prest the Test Before it well got out of Nest
We should â—…ave met with little more Of foul Reproaches than before But we foâ—…sooth must fyke and fling And make our Pulpits sound and ring With bulkie words against the Test And now we see the day I guest Iâ—… was greâ—…t hasâ—…e but where your Spâ—…ed Your buying Wiâ—… that`s dear indeed We might have mist a beastly blunner Had we not spewed out our skunner Against this Test in every where As Antichristian hellish waâ—…e If now our fame be 〈◊〉 We worse than Devils will be repute I count their wits not worth a Hareâ—…s dung That have not learn'd to keep a fair tongue I must confess the Contradict Gave my old frozen heart a nict That did its motion so extend That its pyramide neither end First bang'd my breast and then my back I 'm sure it bade not such a rack These twice ten Years if it was not When I thought Whiggs should cut our Throaâ—… Altho they did not uâ—…e such deeds You know the guilty still miâ—…dreads But e're ye cast me out from yonder Fat Manâ—…e and Gleib I 'll further pondeâ—… The â—…est When Men can get no Right They 're forc'd to use some bitts of â—…light Let 's chew it over like a figg And in their pocket break an egg Like to Turn coats who in short Can swallow all that comes a thort But this he uttered not for fear But laugh'd it in his Gossips Ear Who being one of that same gang Sayes better goss than steall and hang. Iâ—… we with Manse and Gleib be twin'd I swear I know no Trade behind A stipend is not on each bank It 's good to keep in hand an hank Up rose a Priest to tell his Tale Whom some thought dizziâ—… with strong Ale Some thought he had his braines opprest By striving to connect the Test. Some thought that he was at a loss By too much striving it to cross Some thought he look'd like those that spent Betwixt a Conscience and Church Rent Some did alledge it was the Moon That did his Vitals â—…o mistune Some who perceiv'd his pulsâ—… to quive Alledg'd that he was in a Fever The Torrie â—…lergie Men profest It was the Nature of the Beast Whatever it was it doth appear His Intellectuals were not clear He mov'd his shoulders heâ—…d did â—…ling Fâ—…om Van to Rear from wing to wing Some were alledging that had good skill He could not speak iâ—… he had stood still Like some School Boy theiâ—… Lessons saying Who rocks like Fidlers a playing Like Gilbert Burnet when he Preaches Or like â—…ome Lawyers making Spâ—…eches He making Hands and Gown and sleives wavel Half singing venâ—…s this Reavel Ravel I have been hearing maâ—…y things Of Kings of Clerkie and Designs My memory is very skant Some Words I have some words I want Of Popes Supremacie and Whiggs Of cuttiâ—…g Capers and Intrigues Sirs my Reflecting is but bad I 'm sure I 'll paire it 's like I 'll add Of Covenants and Ancient Creeds Monks and of Preter Scriptural Deeds Of Test and those that do it â—…oster And of a secret Pater Noster The Test was form'd in my Opinion To make Division and yet Union To make a clear Distinction Of these have Truth and these have none It 's like the strange Connex did come Not without Ignorance in some Though sight and policie did faill Yet force is like to drive the Nail Prejudicat and greedy Judges Make Men seek desperat Refuges Sometime the Hare hath Ground to flee Leâ—…t hâ—…r Luggs Horns should counted be Or Jawes must be of full Extent For the jeâ—… black Council of Trent Who speaks of Helps and Explications Rears up but slymie Machinations Iâ—… Memorie do not miscarry Before the first of January We must subâ—…crive and March comes in Before the Parliament begin Hence I inferr though I 'm no Plotter No Help nor Gloss can weigh a snotter I trow we would be in a strait To know what Heads should be delate Tho we should now the thing consider And close the Point without a â—…widder Some slee Objector might arise And make us take a new Advise Some 's for the Top some's for the Taile And others would reform the Haile Some are for bitts of 't here and there And some cryes ov'r with 't hove and haire Some 's for it as it doth consist And so 's foâ—… any end they list But keep in this and put out that And so we swear we wot not what But will you stowe me frae the Rump Deferr the taking of the Lump Untill the Parliament explain it And then it 's like I will be saiâ—… of 't Tho our great Court when it dòth gather Should cut away the foul taire Leather That doth impede Inteâ—…pretation Men and confirm this Explication For as it stands it hath no Mence It being contraire common Sense Yet let the present swearing Truâ—…tees Know they give Conscience Cowper Justice And by subscribing it in gross Renounces every solid gloss And this I offer to mantain 'Gainst all the Clerks in Aberdeen Who with such trash would be content Makes King and Counsel Parliament And if my Judgement be not scant Some Lybel will be relevant And all the Process firm and fast To give the Counsel Jedburgh east It s no discreâ—…tive Explication That 's â—…ram'd to warrand a whole Nation Who ever gets this Test down swallow'd May let the Leviaâ—…an â—…ollow't Tyrants the Alcâ—…ran may improve Far better for their own behove Than Popery look on Cham or Turk Yet France makes Popery strangely work But I would have you understand Each Tyrant is not Lewis le Grand I do not doubt a person dreads When the mantainer of old feads Have vote and do sit on their size All whom the Lawyers do advise Gets not off Scaâ—… free but are fain To take some other shift or train Some Highland Ralphs and Muirland Jannets Sayes there are showers falls out in Planets Some showers with dew the mountains fills And causes Roses grow on Hills And Strawberries on Banks of Sands Some may make Argillaceous Lands Bring furth good store of hearty grain And make the Countrey laugh again Such things have been and may be yet Fools and proud men had need of wit And Curats had need to preach well For there are very few thaâ—… feel Instruction and Edification By our Lives and Conversation Let 's swear impossibilies And then our Truths will be thought Lies The cursed Jeroboams Priests Performed their Worship beâ—…ore beasts But we somes Priest must with our mouth Evert the very ground of Truth Pack Holy Write and Sacred Criticks â—…um Theologico Politicks And Cook had need of cleanly fingers And Dukes of Iuâ—…ie strong purse hingers And dull brain'd head peices that swears They 'l not import prohibit wares Had need of other Trades to sâ—…ick to Their's are possest pro de relicto Though some be old and dull of learning They may attain the trade of swearing So much in fashion at