A Tragi-COMEDY, called NEW-Market-FAYRE, OR A PARLIAMENT Out-Cry: OF State-Commodities, SET TO SALE.
The Prologue sung by the Cryer.
The Second Edition, Corrected and amended by the Author.
Printed at you may go look. 1649.
To his Noble Friend the Man in the Moon, in Comendations of his Tragi-Coemedy called NEW-Market-FAYRE.
The Actors Names.
- Fairfax.
- Crumwell.
- Their Wives.
- Ireton.
- Mildmay.
- Skippon.
- Pride.
- Martyn.
- Half a score Aldermen.
- Rains broughs widow.
- Two Cryers.
- Three Messengers.
The Scene WESTMINSTER.
A Tragi-COMEDY, called NEW-Market-FAYRE, OR A PARLIAMENT Out-Cry: OF State-Commodities, SET TO SALE.
O Yes, O yes, O yes; here is a golden Crowne, worth many a hundred Pound; 'twill fit the head of a Fool, Knave, or Clowne; 'twas lately taken from the Royall Head, of a King Martyred; Who bids most? Here is a Scepter for to sway a kingdom a new reformed way; 'twas usu [...]p'd from one we did lately betray; pray Customers come away: Here be Jewells of wondrous price, they will dazzle both your eyes; come, come, who buyes: here be suits of the Kings, Bands, Shirts and Shoo-strings; Here be S ockings; here be shooes and cuffes, and double double Ruffes; here be cloaks, hats and gloves, Rings and Bracelets [Page 4] of His Dear Loves; Here be boots and spurres, and bloody handkerchers; with his Roabs that be royall, his Watch & Sun-diall; Here be Cabinets with Letters, to instruct all your betters; his Meditations and Prayer-book, in which all Nations may look; here is his Haire and royall Blood, shed for his Subjects good; here be Liberaries and Books, and Pictures that containe his Looks; Here you may all things buy, that belong to Monarchy; Here's a Bowl his blood to Carrowse with the Goods belonging to his House; here be rich Hangings, Chairs and Stools, belonging to the House of Lordly Fools; here be seats of Wool-packs, and many pretty Knacks. Come customers buy, for the STATE wants money, my Candle is light, and I shut up before night.
GEntlemen, welcome to New-Market-Fayre; Here are Commodities worth your Purchasing; the spoyls of Tyrant Kings, and of incestious Queens▪ which We have crush'd by power of Arms; and made them taste Our high Displeasure at large, when Victory was proud to honor Us at Nasbys happy Field. I hope you'l give me leave to chuse what I like best.
My Lord, the Fayr is proclaim'd, and Free: you have no greater priviledge then the meanest here; our Interest's all alike in every parcell.
What want ye Gentlemen? here's Stately Ware; The Goods oth' King, and his Exiled Heire.
Where is the Crowne that Col. Martyn took from the Abby at Westminster, some four yeers since? I think it fitts my Temples, and i [...] the richest save one, an [...] that the Rebell Earl of Darby hath ith' Ile of Man.
'Tis most my [...]ight, and best becomes my head.
A hundred pound bid for the royall Crown of England; who bids any more?
Here 'tis trebble.
Three hundred pound bid for the royall Crown of England; who bids more?
Are you content to share it then?
Ile try that presently.
What woo'd ye Mistris Yest and Graynes; marry foh— Come up Small-beer: You'd make your nose as red-hot as your husbands, and thrust it into his Fizzling-place, woo'd ye not, Mistris Brazen-face.
Call me Mistris brazen-face;—; thou Rotter-dam slut thou;— call me brazzen-face. Thou look'st more liker a Mistris fools-face, or like thy Husbands-face, then I do a brazzen-face, or a copper-face either; Come, come; I never had a Bastard by another man, when my Husband was at the Leaguer before Breda; nor I keep not c [...]mpany with Cavaliers at Tavernes; nay at Bawdy Taverns too, when thy Tom Innocent has been in fight. Gorge me that, Gorge me that Madam Turn-tayle.
You'l peace you Shee-Otter, Ile make ye take your Copper else; and for Dives-face thy husband, Ile deale well enough with him — come fire-snowt, draw.
Nay, good my Lord, put up your sword; we shall ere long I fear have occasion enough to use your Valour: Fy, fy, in your own Country? wrong your own Country? 'tis the way to make us loose all we have got and fetch the Prince in amongst us: Ile to the Counsell of State, and take up the businesse to all your contents Ile warrant ye; in the mean time you may equally divide the Houses and goods of the late King Queen and Prince amongst us; you two shall cast lots, which shall be King of England, and which of Ireland C [...]m. Gen. Ireton Prince of Wales, my self Master of the horse, and clerk of your Majesties Jewels; Col. Pride wi [...]l be content with Oate-lands, Wood-stock, or Greenwich to brew in: Mr. Martyn Lord Chamberlaine; Keeper of your Concubines, or Gentleman-Usher to one of your Queens; your Wives may enjoy all the Queens rights; and Major Skippon be made Lord High Constable of England; Mr. Goodwin Archbishop o [...] Canterbury, Mr. Owen Archbishop of York, and Hugh Peters of London, Iohn Bradshaw Lord Chief Justice, Steel, R [...]lls, &c. of the privie Counsell, [...]embroke Controuler; Denb [...]igh Yeoman of the Wine-seller. [...]lemming Master-Cook, Selden Secretary of State, my Lady Kent Laundresse, Miles Corbet Scullion; and then we shall have a Kingdom well govern'd, and all the People contented to the full: Is not this better then fighting and weakning your selves to strenthen the Enemy?
Content, content; all is Peace, all is Peace.
But think ye that WE can brook any thing that was the late Queens; No she was a Strumpet, & a Baggage, and all her Goods smell of Popety, and savor as strong as the Whore of babylon; If the Kingdome will not be at the Charge to finde me all things New, by my troath, I will not be their Queen. Doe ye thinke that Ile be Odious to my People? No; they shall be proud of the Ornaments I weare.
O Yes, O yes, O yes, Who buyes any of the late Kings Revenues belonging to His Crown, worth many a hundred Thousand pounds; Here be Mannors, Parks, Forrests and Chases, and good Timber trees that grow on their places; Here be good stoor of Deer, for the Saints to make good cheer, and grown Woods for their feer; Here's Cammels, Asses, and H [...]rses, that will mount you more Forces; Here be broken Seals Maces, and Members with hollow hearts, and double faces; Here's Dean [...] and Chapters Lands, and Parliament men with bloudy hands; Here are perjur'd Knaves and Fools, that have [...]ndone Churches and Free-Schools; here's Grafton & Bel-cause, [...]hat intend to steal half; Tony Mildmay and Lampier are intrust [...]d to sell Deer; here is Taxes of Gold-smiths-hall, Couzening, Cheating, Lying and the Devil and all; here is a new Art of doubling come in fashion, but hereafter 'twill prove double Damnation; Ireton Reports the amendments of the Act, but you may one day see him hang'd for the Fact; these holy thieves live only by murder and stealth, rob God, King and People for the good of the Common-wealth; here is Richmond and Hampton-Court, and Windsor-Castle, and Havering for their sport; here's Wansted for Iudas Mildmay that with a kiss did his Master betray; here's Holmby a prison to relieves, and White-hall full of thieves; here's the Wardrobe intended for the poor, and St. Ianses that shrowds many a Parliament-mans whore; here is Titbury, Roysto [...] and Newmarket, to be sold out-right, or to be let; here's Claringdon, Oatlands, Theobalds, Woodstock, & 400 l. per an. for my Lord fool- Pembrook there's Bushy; Greenwich and Sumerset-house, which will serve the Saints to inherit, and multiply their spirit; besides here be Offices and G [...]atuetyes, given for their brethrens lyes; each Parliament-man has 4 l. per week allow'd him: besides the Revenue, which they think is their due. Delinquents Estates and Church-lands, are all in State-hucksters hands, yet still they be poor, and tax the people more and more; the Self-denying-Ordinance, lies in a trance; the war is unjust, grounded on covetousness [Page] and lust. Come Customers and buy — your own slave [...]
I have laid out large Sums in purchasing of Bishops Lands; heaven send me comfort of them, and grant I may enjoy them quietly. This news from Sea, and the Scots does not please me I promi [...]e ye.
I have purchas'd some too, and have money in readiness for more. Sister Rain [...]brough you will have double share for the loss of your deer husband; enough to marry you to a Lord.
Indeed the State is liberal.
I, so they are of that that is none of their own.
WE must be sudden in our resolutions, all's lost else; Money is a moveable Comm dity, let's demand a million of the City: hang 'um, they'r rich enough.
Do ye hear that brethren?
Tell them of Mannors, Bishops, Deans, and Chapters Lands; 'tis the way to make the Jou [...] heads untru [...]s —
Ile do't in my Breeches first.
But what if they deny us the money?
My Lord, I am confident they dare not: if they should, we can compel them: Here's an ill scent my Lord, pray let's void the room.
Some hasty news—pray heaven 'tis good.
Here's Letters for the General.
We're all undone; our Navy's lost at Sea; Dublin's taken; the Prince is landed with 30000 in the West; the Scots are advanc'd with five & twenty Thousand to Carissle; the Levellers and Pre [...]byters fly to them; and which is worse, the People generally do our late Actions curse. We all are lost.
Ha, ha, ha; then you had best all hang your selves.
Next Week expect the Second Part.