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WHia SONGS. 397
For why ? the friends of Hanover
At Westminster are known ;
And eke the schemes at Bar-le-duc
Shall quite be overthrown.
Ulubice to TBvitom,
What a bustle is made about High-church and Low-church,
By a pack of lewd knaves that in truth are of no church !
What a knocking of pates have we seen by the mob,
Who fight High or Low as they'r paid for the job !
What a zeal have some shown a poor meeting to batter,
Who cry out for the church, though they never come at her !
Brave Britons, be wise, know your friends from your foes,
And be not so stupidly led by the nose.
Tell the doctor how well may false brethren deride us,
When such knavish distinctions are coin'd to divide us.
Bid his gravity clearly this riddle explain,
A Low-church that's devout, and a High that's profane.
Let him tell ye how railing and mobbing agree
With his passive obedience to sovereign decree,
Or an oath to the khig with a healtli to Pretender,
Or the Protestant faith with a Popish defender.
Let him tell you when kingdoms were flourishing made
By encouraging priestcraft, discouraging trade :
When a king that was wise us'd a conduct so strange.
As to build up a steeple with th' stones ofth' Exchange :
When zealots by fines and prisons were frighted,
Or the fire of devotion in Smithfield was lighted.
View the company well among whom you engage :
On his side are all the lewd names of the stage.
Bully Huff swears like thunder, and swaggers, and draws ;
Let who will go to prayers, he'll go fight for the cause.
Harry- stippus swears high by his brandy and bottle,
He could stand for High-church, though he swallow'd a pottle,
Kobin Hood from High-way and High-church ne'er will start,
And he'll visit St Andrews, though 'twere in a cart.
But to make up the wonder, see Teague O'Divelly,
Swears by his own shoul he loves Shursh as his belly.
And isn't this now a most bless' d reformation.
Which the reverend doctor has wrought in the nation ?
That rufiSans, and robbers, and drunkards, and drones,
Prove as true to his cause as bullies to crones :