THE FOVR-LEGG'D ELDER OR, A horrible Relation of a Dog and an Elders Maid.
To the Tune of The Lady's fall.
ALL Christians and
Lay-Elders too
for shame amend your Lives,
I'le tell you of a Dog-trick now,
which much concernes your Wives:
An
Elder's Maid neare
Temple-Barre
(ah what a Queane was she)
Did take an ougly Mastive Cutte
where Christians use to be;
Help House of Commons, House of Peeres,
oh now or never help,
Th'
Assembly hath not sate four yeares,
yet hath brought forth a Whelp.
One Evening late she stept aside,
pretending to fetch Eggs,
And there she made her selfe a Bride
to one that had foure leggs:
Her Master heard a rumblement,
and wonder'd she did tarry,
Not dreaming (without his consent)
his Dog would ever marry:
Oh house of Commens, house of Peeres, &c
He went to peep, but was affraid
and hastily did run
To fetch a Staffe to helpe his Maid,
not knowing what was done,
He tooke his Ruling
Elders Cane,
and cry'd out helpe, helpe here,
For
Swash our Mastive and poore
Jane
are now sight Dog sight Beare.
Oh house of Commons, house of Peeres, &c
But when he came he was full sorry,
for he perceiv'd their strife,
That 'cording to the
Directory
they two were Dog and Wife:
Oh (then said he) thou errant queane,
why hast thou me beguil'd,
I wonderd
Swash was growne so leane,
poore Dog hee's almost spoyl'd.
Oh house of Commons, house of Peeres, &c.
I thought thou hadst no carnall sence
but what's in other Lasses,
And could have quench'd thy cupiscence
according to the
Classes,
But all the Parish see it plaine
since thou art in this pickle,
Thou art an
Independent queane,
and lov'st a
Conve
[...]ticle.
Oh house of Commons, house of Peeres, &c.
Alas now each
Malignant Rogue
will all the World perswade
That she that's Spouse unto a Dog
may be an
Elders Maid,
They'l jeere us if abroad we stirre,
good Master
Elder stay,
Sir, of what
Classis i
[...] your Curre?
and then what can we say?
Oh house of Commons, house of Peeres, &c.
They'l many gracelesse Ballads sing
of a
Presbyterian,
That a
Lay-Elder is a thing
made up halfe Dog halfe Man;
Out, out, said he, and smote her downe,
was mankind growne so scant▪
There's scarce another Dog in towne
had tooke the
Covenant.
Oh house of Commons, house of Peeres, &c.
Then
Swash began to looke full grim,
and
Jane did thus reply,
Sir, you thought nought too good for him,
you fed your Dog too high,
Tis true, he tooke me in the lurch,
and leapt into my arme,
But as I hope to come to Church
I did your Dog no harme.
Oh house of Commons, house of Peeres, &c.
Then she was brought to
Ne
[...]gate gaole
and there was naked stript,
They whipt her till the cord did faile,
as Doggs use to be whipt▪
Poore City Maids shed many a teare
when she was lash'd and lang'd,
And had she bin a
Cavalir
surely she had been hang'd,
Oh house of Commons, house of Peeres,
Her's was but
Fornication doomd,
for which she felt the lash,
But his was
Buggary presumd,
therefore they hanged
Swash:
What had become of
Bishops then,
or
Independency,
For now we find both Doggs and Men
stand for
Presbytery.
Oh house of Commons, house of Peeres &c.
She might have tooke a
Sowgelder▪
with
Synod-men good store,
But she would have a
Lay-Elder
with two leggs and two more:
Go tell th'
Assembly of Divines,
tell
Adoniram Blew,
Tell Burgesse, Marshall, Case,
and Vines,
tell Now and-anon-too.
Oh house of Commons, house of Peeres, &c.
Some said she was a
Scotish Girle,
or else (at least) a Witch,
But she was borne in
Colchester,
was ever such a Bitch▪
Take heed all Christian Virgins now,
the
Dog-star now prevailes,
Ladies beware your Monkeys too,
for Monkeys have long tailes.
Oh house of Commons, house of Peeres, &c.
Blesse
King &
Queen and send us peace
as we had seven yeares since▪
For we remember no
Dog-dayes
while we enjoy'd, our Prince:
Blesse sweet Prince
Charles, two
Dukes, three Git
Lord save His
Majestie,
Grant that his
Commons, Lords &
Earles
may lead such Lives as
He.
Oh House of Commons, House of Peeres,
Oh now or never helpe,
Th'
Assembly hath not sate four yeares,
yet hath brought forth a Whelp.
FINIS.