A SPEECH Made to his Excellency THE Lord General MONCK, AND THE COUNCELL of STATE, AT DRAPERS-HALL in LONDON: The 28th of March, 1660. At which time they were entertained by that honourable Company.
MOst honoured Sir, if a poore Schollar may
(amongst the rest) his duteous offering pay,
Accept my might unto your Merit, you
That have given life to us, and learning to:
How had the Churches glory laine in th'dust?
A Sacrifice to the Phanatiques lust,
The Virgin had been rifled, and our Lawes
Become a Prey unto the Monstrous Jawes
Of Wolves, and Vermin, had not you stept in
Unto their rescue: nay the Citty bin
A Shambles made; you have redeem'd our States,
As though y'ad sat in councell with the Fates,
And by your casting voyce diverted our
Intended ruine; thus you shew'd your power,
And love unto your Country; and so mixt,
It carryes settlement our hopes are fixt.
Ambition that did Gangrinate the State,
Like a false Starr's, fall'n from its usurpt height:
The spirit of division is now laid,
The Genius of three Nations in one made;
You have re-hing'd our happynesse in these
Most reverend Patriots, Branches of our peace;
These Luminaries, that through envious Night,
In th' absence of our Sun, affourd us Light;
Whose Pious Care and Courage ever wakes,
More for our safety, then for their owne sakes;
That prize a publick more then private good,
And swam not to a Government through blood;
So cleare in all their wayes, that if they might,
They will not take away anothers right;
That if the Proverb hold, (although but plain)
Tis, like, the Man may have his Mare again:
To you, and them with reverence I Proclaime
A hearty welcome in the Companies name,
Th' expression of whose Joyes transported me
Into these truths wrapt up in Poetry;
Goe on brave Senators may ynor Union prove
A Subject to the World of peace and love.
The Reader may take notice that the other Speech is a forged cheat, and disowned by Walter Yeokney.
LONDON: Printed for Henry Broome at the Gun in Ivy-lane, 1660.