The Plow-man's complaint, the free-houlders proposition, and the high-shooes resolution. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B04740 of text R35109 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing P2614). 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 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 B04740 14994355 Wing P2614 Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.161.f.2[18] ESTC R35109 99890003 ocm99890003 182407 2248547768

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. B04740) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 182407) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books; Tract supplement ; A3:5[17]) The Plow-man's complaint, the free-houlders proposition, and the high-shooes resolution. 1 sheet ([1] p.). [s.n.], From the heart of England [i.e. London] : the first of March, commonly called St. Taffies-Day, 1678 [i.e. 1679] Actual place and date of publication from Wing. Verse: "Shall we stand tamely mute, and see our England sunk ..." Reproduction of original in the British Library. eng Popish Plot, 1678 -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800. eebo The Plow-man's complaint, the free-houlders proposition, and the high-shooes resolution. anon 1679 1 532 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. 2008-04 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-08 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-10 Sampled and proofread 2008-10 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
THE PLOWMAN'S COMPLAINT , The Free-Houlders PROPOSITION , And The High-shoes RESOLUTION . SHALL We stand tamely mute , and see our England sunk , By Papist-blood-hounds , Rogue and Whore , debauch't and drunk ? No , no such Salvage-Bruits we 'll bear no longer , Tho Impudence be bould , TRUE English-Hearts are stronger . And all our Rights we 'll certainly demand er'e long , For th' Nation 's OURS . The KING is Bound to do No Wrong . Then who durst Hurt or Harm's , except Our selves Consent ? Or what can do us Right ? but An'all-Sov'reign Parliament . AND you New-Parliament , that shortly are to Meet , First Inspect , then Augment , and Settle well Our Fleet ; By Turning out the Papist , and each Scabby-Sheep ; Then may we say we have , or hope to have a Fleet. Look to the Forts , and all the Ports , quite round our Land , Let not a Trust remain in a suspected Hand . In short , put such Commanders in our Ports and Fleet , That we may safely Trust , when in our Beds we Sleep . The Militia Form and Raise , in ev'ry Shire , Commanded by the BEST Free-Houlders dwelling there : And maugre Tricks , and Cheats , and French , and Popish Charms , Once more Disband those Rebel-Forces now in Arms. Forthwith to Justice bring the Traitors in the Tow'r , Pursue the rest o' th Plotters , and the Plot each Hour . To France and Pope , let 's not be Sold by Fools and Knaves , Oh! rather go like English-Men unto your Graves . To Protestant Dissenters be Kind , and do 'em Right , Repeal those Laws that now in Force against them Fight . 'Gainst which there 's none will be , but th' Ignorant-Clergie-Mite , Or he who is , or is to be a Romanite . Be sure Reward the Mal-purloiners of our Tax , With Banishments , with Halters , Gibets and with Axe ; For 't is but Just , before you give a farther Aid , That we have something done , for what 's already Paid , Within these Eighteen Years , last past , which is , much More Than all our Kings have had , Six hundred Years before . Therefore , An Act of Resumption Pass , before you Rise , Take from the Undeserving Knaves their Ill-got Prize ; Let none retain one penny Gain , for Mischief done ; Oh! Let such Villains know , their Day of Judgment 's come . IF these things be Deny'd , Delay'd , or You sent Home , Then English-Free-Men , Sound your Trumpet , Beat your Drum , Stand on your Guard , keep House and Yard , and each Towns-end , I' th Protestant Defence , Our GOD will us Defend .

Even so be it . And Let all the People say ,

Amen . From the HEART of ENGLAND , The first of March , commonly called St. TAFFIES-Day , 1678.