The Character This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A31682 of text R37556 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C1960). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 4 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 2 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A31682 Wing C1960 ESTC R37556 16973448 ocm 16973448 105568 2248533040

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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. A31682) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 105568) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1611:33) The Character 1 sheet (2 p.) s.n., [London : 1680] Caption title. Imprint suggested by Wing. First line reads: The Lords and Commons having had their doom. Reproduction of original in the Harvard University Library. eng Popish Plot, 1678 -- Poetry. eebo no The character· [no entry] 1680 2 534 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2012-06 Assigned for keying and markup 2012-06 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2012-09 Sampled and proofread 2012-09 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2013-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
THE CHARACTER . THe Lords and Commons having had their doom , The banish'd Romans since supply their room , And in full Herds they publiquely appear , Bearding both Protestant and Presbyter ; Yet do not so resent the soul Affront To take up Armes and make Rebellion on 't : Nor do not sleep but by the Drum and Fife To keep thy Throat from bloody Jesuit's Knife ; Though Murther be in us a bloody Fact , In holy Priest it is an holy Act , If Priest and Knife be consecrated , then , By Blood and Massacre they Heaven win , When we poor Souls ar damn'd for the same Sin Who would not be a sacred Priest to Rome , When they can save or give Eternal doom ? Make Virtue damn'd , and meritorious Vice , They snatch from Hell and send to Paradise . And more to compleat their further Glory , They call and take a touch in Purgatorie . Since that they Bug-Bear Parliament was fled , Bold was the man durst say , That Godfrey's dead , Or in Rome's Slaughter house his Blood was shed , Or Priests contriv'd to have him murthered . Or who dares say , The Temple was on fire By the contrivance of some Priest or Fryar ? To burn Commissions hid in Langhorn's Room , To blind the Plot , and clear the Lords of Rome ? O! People all so weak as not to see Your selves betray'd by your own Foolerie ! Contending with your King , his Laws and Power , Intrenching on his Prerogative each hour ; Flying i' th Face of his Supremacy , With sawcy Libelling and Ribauldry . The seed o' th Serpent is abroad again , To teach young Colt his black Rebellion , Form'd and begot i' th old damn'd Stallion : Whose pregnant Issue 's quick and nimble sence , Exactly copies their Syre's Impudence : Treading his Steps with a full strong source , Flyes in the Face of Majesty in course : The young out-throwes the old at least a Barr ; For they but only 'gainst the King made War : But these young Start-ups in bold and thundering words , Dare both the King , his Bishops and his Lords ; And would subvert at once , and at one hour The Royal-Office and the Supreme Power ; Make King and Peers but Cyphers in the State , And they the powerful Figures of Debate . Traytor and Presbyter do seem two things ; But equal is the venom of their stings . Against Prerogative they plead Priviledge , That Fatal By-blow with a double edge . The Infatuated Jewes , their sence being gon , Made War among themselves , and still fought on , Till they were conquered by Vespasian . So You fall out , like senceless stones and stocks , Flying at each other even like Dogs and Cocks : To satisfie YOVR Pride , WEE split on Rocks . In short , Fanatique's Character is this , THEY 'RE Cursed Obstacles o' th Nations Bliss .
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