_The Spirit still directs him how to pray,_ _Nor will he dress his meat the Sabbath day,_ _Which doth a mighty mystery unfold;_ _His zeale is hot, although his meat be cold._ _Suppose his Cat on Sunday kill’d a rat,_ _She on the Monday must be hang’d for that._ (J. P. C.’s _Bibl. Acc._, ii. 418.) Page 11 [our 197]. _I dreamt my Love, &c._ In the _Percy Folio MS._ (about 1650) p. 480; E. E. T. S., iv. 102, with a few variations, one of which we have noted in margin of p. 181. The industrious editors of the printed text of the _Percy Folio MS._ were not aware of the fact that many of the shorter pieces were already to be found in print; but this is no wonder. They are not easy to discover (see next p. 352), and although we ourselves note occasionally “not found elsewhere,” it is with the remembrance that a happy “find” may yet reward a continuous search hereafter. We do not despair of recovering even the lost line of “The Time-Poets.” Page 12 [our 198]. _Now ~Lambert’s~ sunk, &c._ In the 1662 edit. of the _Rump_, i. 330, and in _Loyal Sgs._, 1731, i. 219. It may have been written so early as Jan. 15th, 1659-60, when Col. Lambert had submitted to the Parliament, on finding the troops disinclined to support him unanimously. Another ballad made this inuendo:— _~John Lambert~ at ~Oliver’s~ Chair did roare,_ _And thinks it but reason upon this score,_ _That ~Cromwell~ had sitten in his before;_ _Still blessed Reformation._ (_Rump_, ii. 99.) Fairfax had returned to his house, and to Monk were given the thanks of the rescued Parliament. As M. de Bordeaux writes of him to Card. Mazarin, at this exact date, “he is now the most powerful subject in the whole nation. Fleetwood, Desborough, and all the others of the same faction are entirely out of employment” (Guizot’s _Monk_, 1851, p. 156). Although no mention or definite allusion seems made in the ballad to Monk’s attack on the London defences, Feb. 9th, we incline to think this may be nearer to the true date: if it refers to the oath of abjuration, of Feb. 4th, which was offered to Monk, as on March 1st. “Arthur’s Court” is an allusion to Sir Arthur Haselrig, “a rapacious, head-strong, and conceited agitator” (_Ibid._, p. 37). Monk had not publicly declared himself for the King until May; but he was seen to be opposed to the Rump by 11th Feb., when its effigies were enthusiastically burnt. Richard Cromwell’s abdication had been, virtually, April 22nd, 1659. Page 32 [204]. _A young man walking all alone._