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310 , APPENDIX.
" The Lord into our hand this day
" Has this our foe deliver'd ;
" We'll smite him hip and thigh," quo' they,
" The Lord our cause has favour'd."
Then, in a crack, they hit a smack
On Donald's face right fairly ;
But Donald lap, and wap for wap
He laid about him rarely.
He clour'd the Whigs, and crack'd their crowns.
And gart them run awa, sir ;
I wat, o' him the surly loons
Could naething mak at a', sir.
Then let us sing, Long live the king !
And, Long live every trooper !
And may each big and burly Whig
Meet wi' a Donald Cooper.
^Information.
Tone — " Conventicles are grown so brief."
1678.
Informing of late is a notable trade :
For he that his neighbour intends to invade,
May pack him to Tyburn, no more's to be said ;
Such power hath information.
Be good, and be just, and fight for your king,
Or stand for your country's honour.
And you're sure by precise information to swing,
Such spells she hath got upon her.
To six hundred and sixty from forty-one,
She left not a bishop nor clergyman.
But compelled both church and state to run,
By the strength of the Nonconformist.
The dean and the chapter, the sceptre and crown,
(The lords and commons snarling),
By blest information came tumbling down ;
Fair fruits of an over-long parling.