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NOTES. 277
Which made his laxative bumtwizzle
Oft stain the street with brewer's fizzle,
And poison those that came behind
With something worse than stinking wind,
As odious as the rider's breath.
Who curs'd the queen before her death ;
For which, to his eternal shame,
He paid marks forty for the same ;
Yet afterwards was heard to rail,
And say, if curses could prevail,
He would be glad, at such a rate.
To curse away his whole estate.
If this be true, as some report,
May he be curs'd for ever for't,
Unless he do repent at heart I
Next these a Presbyterian Shot-man,
In state affairs a very hot man,
Advanc'd among the 'prentice boys
And prick-ear'd saints, those sons of noise,
Who seldom in such pomp appear
Elated, but when danger's near.
This rank republican, and great
Reformer of the church and state,
Although he's rich, yet made his father
His porter, or his packhorse rather,
And threaten'd oft, as some have heard him.
In case he grumbled, to discard him ;
Yet every Tuesday cramm'd a crew
Of Pantile parsons, God knows who.
Whilst his poor father, now at ease,
Was glad to feed on bread and cheese :
For which, and other things as bad,
Returning from the cavalcade,
His courser gave him such a cant,
That broke the noddle of the saint.
And would have given his brains a bruise.
But that he'd none to hurt or lose.