A Poem to the Right Honourable Sir J. B. Knight, &c. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A55266 of text R23136 in the English Short Title Catalog. 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. 3KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 2 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A55266 Wing P2709 ESTC R23136 ocm 12063636

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 eng English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700. Church and state -- Great Britain -- Poetry. eebo A poem to the Right Honourable Sir J.B. Knight, &c. n/a 1682 4 403 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. 2014-06 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2014-08 Sampled and proofread 2014-08 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2015-03 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
A POEM TO THE Right Honourable Sir J. B. Knight , &c. AS Mariners , that in a Storm are Tost , If they can get in safety to the Shore , Ne'r mind the Toyl and Pains it Cost ; But set it all on Safeties Score : So , Loyal Sir ! though you have been of Late , Perplexed with a Damn'd Rebellious Crew ; That strive to over-throw King , Church , and State ; Remember , therefore , what to Both is Due . Let not the Laws , Religion , and the Life Of Caesar lye within the Power of those , Whom you may see , by their Rebellious Strife , Have Sworn themselves the King and Kingdomes Foes . Why do they Quarrel else , without Occasion , And fill the Rabble with such causeless Fears ; What mean they by their Damn'd Association , But for to set's together by the Ears ? They Talk of Pope , and Arbitrary Power , Of Subjects Rights , and Priviledges too ; Where was our Priviledge in that sad Hour , When these curst Rebells did the Land subdue ? Then Sacriledge , and Murder , was no Crimes , Then Arbitrary Power was not nam'd ; Though all that knew or hear'd of those sad Times , Must doubtless think those very Saints were Damn'd . Was not Our Martyr'd Sov'raigne , Church , and State , Strip't of their Rights , Prerogative , and Power ? Did He not fall a Victim to their Hate , That would again King , Laws , and Church devour ? If Murders , Treasons , and such Crimes go free , As they have done of Late , with great Applause ; What need they care , how wicked then they be , So they can carry on the Good Old Cause ? Go on therefore , and put the Laws in Force , If you 'd besafe ; there 's nothing else will do : And let not Ignoramus stop their Course , To favour any of the Factions Crew . Then would our Isle enjoy a Happy State , And Caesar Reign in Safety on the Throne ; By your Example , would His Friends increase And all obediently His Power own ?

LONDON , Printed for T. S. in the Year 1682.