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MERMET.—129.

MICHEL, Jehan.—19.

MILET, Jacques.—12.

MOLINET, Jehan.-20.

MONCHRESTIEN.—150, 162.

MONTREUX, N. de.-122, 123, 132, 140, 141, 142, 152.

OLESON, Claude d'.—45.

OUYM, J.-156.

PARASOLS.- -2.

PARMENTIER, Jean.—51.

POULLET.-157.

ROUILLET.--92.

SAINT-GELAIS, Mellin de. --82.

SOUHAIT, Du.-148, 149.

TASSERIE, Gillaume.—46.

TOURNEBU, Odet de.--119.

TOUTAIN.-79.

VALOIS, Marguerite de, Queen of Navarre.-69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74

VEINS, De.-160.

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OLITICAL

QUIBS.

(1660 1690.)

"You, O Books, are the golden vessels of the Temple; burning lamps to be ever held in the hand."

RICHARD AUNGERVYLE.

PRIVATELY PRINTED FOR THE AUNGERVYLE SOCIETY,

EDINBURGH.

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A ROUNDHEAD dy'd, as 'twas Jehovah's will,
And his poor soul went trudging down to Hell;
And when it there arriv'd, just at the Entry,
He found a Mastiff Devil standing Centry,
With flaming eyes, and face as black as Soot,
A musqueteer with a great cloven foot.

"And who goes there?"

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I, a poor Rebel Ghost,
"Am come to dwell upon the Stygian coast."
"Stay where you are, and do not press so hard,
"For I must call the Captain of the Guard,

"He gave me orders to let none come in,
"But only such as should have leave from him.”
The Captain call'd accordingly came forth,

A Devil of Integrity and Worth.

He asked the Ghost with a great voice, as loud

As mighty Thunder breaking from a Cloud,
"What is your business?" "I'm come to dwell,
"If you will please to give me Leave, in Hell,
"Heaven is forbid me." "Whoreson Dog!" he cried,
"Back to your grave, in loathsomeness abide!
"We let in knaves from all lands, Bawds from France,
"Cut-throats from Ireland, even Turks, by chance;
"But Scots and Rebels, a crawling, cursed breed,
"Must stay behind. By Fate it is decreed,
"A Scot, when from the Gallows-Tree got loose,
"Drops into Stix and turns a Soland Goose;

"While Rebels are so deeply steep'd in Evil,

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That, once in Hell, they would corrupt the Devil.”

* This violent attack is evidently written by a Cavalier who hated the Puritans

of Scotland as much as the Roundheads,

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Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Grafton, a natural son of Charles II. and Lady Castlemaine, was killed at Cork on its capture by Marlborough in 1690.

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