A lookinglass for the Whigs: or, Down with Common-Wealths-Men This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A49158 of text R213719 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing L3033A). 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. 2 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A49158 Wing L3033A ESTC R213719 99826028 99826028 30420 2240892915

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A49158) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 30420) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1797:22) A lookinglass for the Whigs: or, Down with Common-Wealths-Men 1 sheet ([1] p.) printed for W. Kent in Cornhil. Price one penny, London : [1685] Year of publication from Wing. Verse - "A country fellow took a daw,". Reproduction of the original in the Harvard University Library. eng Ballads, English -- 17th century. Political satire, English -- History -- 17th century. eebo A lookinglass for the Whigs: or, Down with Common-Wealths-Men. [no entry] 1685 1 282 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. 2007-12 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-01 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-03 Sampled and proofread 2008-03 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
A Lookinglass for the WHIGS : OR , Down with Common-Wealths-Men . A Country Fellow took a Daw , A Pillaging his Wheat , And , tho' 't was Hanging by the Law , Ty'd only one of 's Feet ; Then gave him to a little Child , Who with a deal of Joy Made much of him , and laugh'd and smil'd At such a pleasing Toy : But yet the Bird was mighty dull To think he was confin'd , And , tho' he had his Belly full , Was not content in Mind ; Wherefore he from his Keeper slip'd , And , longing to be free , To an adjacent Thicket skip'd , And kaw'd out Liberty . When 't was not long before the String He had upon his Foot Entangl'd him , and made him sing Another kind of Note ; And , ready to give up the Ghost , For want of usual Food , He own'd that he himself had lost , Not knowing what was good : Fool as I am , I was preserv'd While kept from being Free , He cry'd , but now , alas I am starv'd , And with my Life have purchas'd Liberty .
The MORAL DOwn , down with Kings , our Common-Wealth's-Men cry , The Name 's infectious grown , Nor let the Rays of Liberty Be darken'd by the Throne . When , should the Powers they pray to grant The Mischeifs they implore , The Nation would experience the Want , And starve , that pinch'd before .

LONDON , Printed for W. Kent In Cornhil . Price one Penny .