The Ballad.
⟨On the Bishops⟩
1.
ASsist me some good spright
with a hie, with a hie,
Whilst I sing of a flight
with a ho.
Of in
Auspicious Fowles,
All sillier than Owles.
With a hie trony nonny nonny no.
2.
Not so grave as Owles they be
with a hie, &c.
Nor so wise in time you'l see
with a ho.
These Birds when they'r Install'd,
All
Magpies they are call'd.
With a hie trony nonny nonny no.
3.
The platter faced Owl
with a hie, &c.
Like a wise sober Fowl
with a bo.
Is bashful in the Light,
And preys only in the Night.
With a hie trony nonny nonny no.
4.
But our
PRELATICK PIES with a hie, &c
Not so modest nor so wise
with a ho.
On Church and State they prey,
In the open face of day.
With a hie trony nonny nonny no.
5.
Peaceful Ssorks men believe
with a hie, &c.
In Republicks only live
with a ho.
But this chattering
SƲCK-EGG-PIE,
Thrives best in Tyrany.
With a hie trony nonny nonny no.
6.
'Tis a strange dapple thing
with a hie, &c.
Against the people for a King
with a ho.
Be he
Mogul or be he
Turk,
It's all one they'll do his work.
With a hie trony nonny nonny no.
7.
'Tis as he shall them incline
with a hie, &c.
For all their Right Divine
with a ho.
If he'll make his people slaves,
They'll be his humble Knaves.
With a hie trony nonny nonny no.
8.
They say
Protestants they are
with a hie, &c.
Yet they wish a
POPISH HEIR with a ho.
And it's plain they lye in the lurch,
To give up State and Church.
With a hie trony nonny nonny no.
9.
Some say they are Learned Elves
with a hie, &c.
And read Fathers like themselves
with a ho.
Silly School-men they run o're,
And desire to know no more.
With a hie trony nonny nonny no.
10.
Thus with their own dull Load
with a hie, &c.
They jogg along the Road
with a ho.
In a Track like Carriers Horse,
Each Nose in t'others Arse.
With a hie trony nonny nonny no.
11.
It is small Learning when they
with a hie, &c.
Learn but what others say
with a ho.
And never step aside,
To learn any thing beside.
With a hie trony nonny nonny no.
12.
Without knowledg in our Laws,
with a hie, &c.
They wou'd run down our Cause
with a ho.
By obedience implicite,
To a King that does solicite.
With a hie trony nonny nonny no.
13.
To Rule they would be content
with a hie, &c.
By the Old Testament
with a ho.
Against
Magna Charta they
Bring Scripture into play.
With a hie trony nonny nonny no.
14.
Their Auditors they abuse
with a hie, &c.
With old Laws of the
Jews with a ho.
Meant by God no more for ours,
Than they for higher Powers.
With a hie trony nonny nonny no.
15.
To the
Hab
[...]as Corpus Bill
with a hie, &c.
They'd oppose all their skill
with a ho.
All good Laws they would prevent,
One and all not content.
With a hie trony nonny nonny no.
16.
Let the Old
Roman see
with a hie, &c.
Claim Infallibility
with a ho.
But to ours it does belong,
To be always in the wrong.
With a hie trony nonny nonny no.
17.
Our
MAGPY's a strange creature
with a hie, &c.
Of a base Mungril nature
with a ho.
'Tis call'd a Lord it's cleer,
But as true it is no Peer.
With a hie trony nonny nonny no.
18.
The right Rev.
BƲGGERRING LORD with a hie, &c.
MAGPY of
Waterford with a ho.
By a Common Jury try'd,
By a common Hang-man dy'd.
With a hie trony nonny nonny no.
19.
He acts a Lord for life
with a hie, &c.
But no title has his Wife
with a ho.
Jus Divinum is his Word,
For which we care not a
Turd.
With a hie trony nonny nonny no.
20.
They are Tapers without light
with a hie, &c.
They present to your sight
with a ho.
Rich alters to your eyes,
Without a Sacrifice.
With a hie trony nonny nonny no.
21.
This Taffety and Lawn
with a hie, &c.
From the
Whore of
Rome did spawn
with a ho.
For which they and all their Fry,
Would still keep very nigh.
With a high trony nonny nonny no.
22.
Let the
MAGPIES then to
Rome with a hie, &c.
From whence they all do come
with a ho.
They do all the
Popes work
And like Ravens cry
YORK, YORK.
With a hie trony nonny nonny no.