The King sent us, etc.
The first and chiefe a marquesse (6) is,
Long with the State did wrestle;
Had Ogle (7) done as much as he,
Th'ad spoyl'd Will Waller's castle.
Ogle had wealth and title got,
So layd down his commissions;
The noble marquesse would not yield,
But scorn'd all base conditions.
The King sent us, etc.
The next a worthy bishop (8) is,
Of schismaticks was hated;
But I the cause could never know,
Nor see the reason stated.
The cryes were loud, God knowes the cause,
They had a strange committee,
Which was a-foot well neere a yeare,
Who would have had small pitty.
The King sent us, etc.
The next to him is a Welsh Judge, (9)
Durst tell them what was treason;
Old honest David durst be good
When it was out of season;
He durst discover all the tricks
The lawyers use, and knavery,
And show the subtile plots they use
To enthrall us into slavery.
The King sent us, etc.
Frank Wortley (10) hath a jovial soule,
Yet never was good club-man;
He's for the bishops and the church,
But can endure no tub-man.
He told Sir Thomas in the Towre,
Though he by him was undone,
It pleased him that he lost more men
In taking him then London.
The King sent us, etc.
Sir Edward Hayles (11) was wond'rous rich,
No flower in Kent yields honey
In more abundance to the bee
Then they from him suck money;
Yet hee's as chearfull as the best -
Judge Jenkins sees no reason
That honest men for wealth should be
Accused of high treason.
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