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JACOBITE SONGS. 339
SHAFTSBURY.
Now monarchy bas prevail'd,
Our fanatic plots to defeat ;
On whom is the Cause entail'd ?
Who'll stand it in spite of fate ?
We that maintain'd it so long,
From justice were forc'd to fly ;
If you then had come along,
You needed not there to die.
ESSEX.
The factions are quite undone,
For loss of the fanatic peers ;
Now Shaftsbury and I are gone,
Poor Titus will lose his ears.
For Monmouth our shams and intrigues
To th' world has plainly declar'd,
And Howard our solemn leagues,
In the plot a long time prepar'd.
RUSSEL.
I'm glad you are safely arriv'd,
Tho' I doubt you met Jack by the way ;
Now Monmouth is reconcil'd,
What a plague is become of Grey?
Rebellion could ne'er disallow
Conspiring against the prince,
Though I, by a sham dying vow,
Protested my innocence.
Tune — " Old Sir Simon the King."
1683.
Now the plotters and plots are confounded,
And all their designs are made known,
Which smelt so strong of the Ptoundhead,
And treason of forty-one :
And all the pious intentions,
For property, liberty, laws,
Are found to be only inventions
To bring in their Good Old Cause.
And all the pious intentions, &c.