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7. Thou shalt edify the Sisters, and abundantly increase
and multiply the Saints.
8. Thou shalt get all thou canst; part from nothing; doe
no right, take no rong, neither pay any Debts.
9. Thou shalt be a Witness for us, against whomsoever we
judge to be Wicked, that so We may cut them off, that the
Saints may enjoy abundance of all things.
10. Thou shalt enjoy thy Neighbours House, his Wife, his
Servant, his Maid, his Oxe, or his Asse, or any thing that
belongs unto him; Provided he first be Voted (by US) to be
a wicked or ungodly Person.
All these Commandements Wee require you, and every of you
with all diligence to observe; and We your LORDS and GODS will
incline your hearts to keepe the Same.
The Parliaments PATER NOSTER.
Our Fathers, which think your Houses of Parliament to be heaven; you
would be honoured as GODS, because CHARLES his Kingdome is come unto
you; your wills must be done on earth, as unto the God of heaven;
you have gotten the day, and dispose of our daily bread; you will not
forgive any, neither must you look to be forgiven; you lead us into
rebellion and all other mischiefs, but cannot deliver us from evil.
Yours is the Kingdom, the power and glory, Parliament everlasting.
_Amen_.
The ARTICLES of the FAITH.
I Beleeve in CROMWELL, the Father of all Schisme, Sedition, Heresy and
Rebellion, and in his onely Son _Ireton_, our Saviour, begotten by the
Spirit in a hole, borne of a winching Mare, suffered under a house of
Office at _Brainford_, he deserves to be drawn, hang'd and quartered,
and to remain unburied: for he descended into _Hull_, the third day
he rose up in Rebellion against his KING, and now sitteth at the right
hand of the gods at Westminster. He beleeves there is no Holy Ghost,
nor Catholique Church, nor forgiveness of sins, but the Communion
of the Sisters, the resurrection of his Members, and Parliament
everlasting. AMEN.
_Ordered._--That these new Commandements, Pater Noster,
and Creed be read in all Parish Churches and Congregations,
throughout England and Wales.
One told a Principal [12.]
That some Rogues of his Hall
Had abus'd him late in his Stall;
I desire some redress
And you can do no less,
'Cause of 'em you are the Principal.
The Miser mump'd of his Gold.
or
The merry Frolick of a Lady of Pleasure in _Bartholomew_ Fair; shewing
how she fed the Usurer with Pig, but made him pay for the Sawce.
To the Tune of _Let Cæsar live long_.
_Licensed according to order._
A Lady of Pleasure in Bartholomew Fair. [80.]
Was powder'd and painted, nay drest in her Hair;
In such rich Apparel she then did appear,
As if her Estate was ten thousand a Year:
_Of each huffing[F. 132] Gallant she would make an Ass_,
_She fed them with Pig, but they paid for the Sawce_.
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