Londons lamentation, or, An excellent new song on the loss of London's Charter to the tune of Packington's pound. 1683 Approx. 5 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2006-06 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A49099 Wing L2935 ESTC R969 13657219 ocm 13657219 101046

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 eng London (England). -- Charter -- Songs and music. London (England). -- Charter -- Poetry. Broadsides -- England -- London -- 17th century 2005-12 Assigned for keying and markup 2006-01 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2006-02 Sampled and proofread 2006-02 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2006-04 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
Londons Lamentation: OR, An Excellent New Song On the LOSS of LONDON's CHARTER. To the Tune of, Packington's Pound. I. YOu Free-men, and Maſters, and Prentices mourn, For now You are left with your Charter forlorn: Since London was London, I dare boldly ſay, For your Ryots you never ſo dearly did pay; In Weſtminster-Hall Your Dagon did fall, That caus'd You to Ryot and Mutiny all: Oh London! Oh London! Thou'dſt better had None, Than thus with Thy Charter to vie with the Throne. II. Oh London! Oh London! how cou'dſt Thou pretend Againſt thy Defender Thy Crimes to defend? Thy Freedom & Rights from kind Princes did ſpring, And yet in contempt Thou withſtandeſt thy King: With bold brazen Face They pleaded thy Caſe, In hopes to the Charter the King wou'd give place: Oh London! Thou'dſt better no Charter at all, Than thus for Rebellion thy Charter ſhou'd fall. III. Since Britains to London came over to dwell, You had an old Charter, to buy and to ſell; And whilſt in Allegiance each honeſt man lives, Then you had a Charter for Lord May'r and Shrieves: But when, with Your Pride, You began to backſlide, And London of Factions did run with the Tide, Then London, Oh London! 'tis time to withdraw, Leſt the floud of Your Factions the Land over-flow. IV. When Faction and Fury of Rebels prevail'd; When Coblers were Kings, and Monarchs were jayl'd; When Maſters in Tumults their Prentices led, And the Tail did begin to make war with the Head; When Thomas and Kate Did bring in their Plate, T'uphold the Old Cauſe of the Rump of the State, Then tell me, Oh London! I prethe now tell, Hadſt thou e'r a Charter to Fight and Rebel? V. When zealous Sham-Sheriffs the City oppoſe, In ſpight of the Charter, the King and the Laws, And make ſuch a Ryot and Rout in the Town, That never before ſuch a Racket was known; When Ryoters dare Arreſt the Lord May'r, And force the King's Subſtitute out of the Chair: Oh London! whoſe Charter is now on the Lees, Did Your Charter e'r warrant ſuch actions as theſe. VI. Alas for the Brethren! what now muſt they do, For chooſing Whig-Sheriffs and Burgeſses too? The Charter with Patience is gone to the pot, And the Doctor is loſt in the depth of the Plot. St. Stephens his Flayl No more will prevail, Nor Sir Robert's Dagger, the Charter to bail: Oh London! Thou'dſt better have ſuffer'd by Fire, Than thus thy old Charter ſhou'd ſtick in the Mire. VII. But ſince with your Folly, your Faction and Pride, You Sink with the Charter, who ſtrove with the Tide, Let all the Loſt Rivers return to the Main From whence they deſcended; They'l ſpring out again; Submit to the King In every thing, Then of a New Charter New Sonnets we'll ſing: As London the Phoenex of England ne'r dies, So out of the Flames a new CHARTER will riſe.

Printed by N. T. at the Entrance into the Old-Spring-Garden.