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To cry the Cause—up, heretofore,And bawl the bishops—out of door; 1510Are now drawn up—in greater shoals,To roast—and broil us on the coals,And all the grandees—of our membersAre carbonading— on the embers;Knights, citizens, and burgesses— 1515Held forth by Rumps—of pigs and geese,That serve for characters—and badgesTo represent their personages.Each bonfire is a funeral pile,In which they roast, and scorch, and broil, 1520And ev'ry representativeHave vow'd to roast—and broil alive:And 'tis a miracle we are notAlready sacrific'd incarnate;For while we wrangle here, and jar, 1525We 're grillied all at Temple-Bar;Some, on the sign-post of an ale-house,Hang in effigy, on the gallows,Made up of rags to personateRespective officers of state; 1530That, henceforth, they may stand reputed,Proscrib'd in law, and executed,And, while the work is carrying on,Be ready listed under Dun,That worthy patriot, once the bellows, 1535And tinder-box of all his fellows;[1]
- ↑ Dun was at that time the common hangman, and succeeding executioners went by his name, till eclipsed by Jack Ketch. But the character here delineated was certainly intended for Sir Arthur Hazlerig, knight of the shire, in the Long Parliament, for the county of Leicester, and one of the five members of the House of Commons whom the king attempted to seize in the House. Ho brought in the bill of attainder against the Earl of Strafford, and the bill against Episcopacy; though the latter was delivered by Sir Edward Deering at his procurement. He also brought in the bill for the Militia. He was one of the Rump; and a little before this time, when the Committee of Safety had been set up, and the Rump excluded, he had seized Portsmouth for their use. It is probable that Butler might call Sir Arthur by the hangman's name, for his forwardness and zeal in Parliament in bringing the royalists and the king himself to execution. Before Monk's intentions were known, Hazlerig, in a conversation with him, said, "I see which way things are going; monarchy will be restored; and then I know
