26 From that great judge your judgment takes its law, 30 32 SONGS. NEWS FROM COLCHESTER : Or, A proper New Ballad of certain carnal passages betwixt a Quaker and a Colt, at Horsley, near Colchester in Essex. To the tune of "Tom of Bedlam." I. ALL in the land of Essex, As would make a stone-horse jealous. II. Help Woodcock, Fox, and Naylor, Of converting the Pope, III. Even to our whole profession How Brother Green was mounted. ΤΟ 15 IV. And in the good time of Christmas, That a damn'd Cavalier Ever play'd such a Christmas gambol? V. Had thy flesh, O Green! been pamper'd Hadst thou sweeten'd thy gums With pottage of plums, 20 Or profane mine'd pye had swallow'd; 25 VI. Roll'd up in wanton swine's flesh The fiend might have crept into thee; Then fullness of gut Might have caus'd thee to rut, And the devil have so rid thro' thee. 30 "Filly Foal," quoth he, "My bride thou shalt be; "Thereby may be meant "That a mare's as good as a madam." XI. Now when in such a saddle A saint will needs be riding, Tho' we dare not say 'Tis a falling away, May there not be some backsliding? XII. "No, surely," quoth James Naylor, 'Twas but an insurrection "Of the carnal part, "For a Quaker in heart "Can never lose perfection. 45 50 55 |