Wit and Mirth: or Pills to Purge Melancholy, Vol. 5 of 6
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Wit and Mirth: or Pills to Purge Melancholy, Vol. 5 of 6
Ballads, English; Songs, English
Sir _Thomas Bacchus_, what of him?
Poor Gentleman not a Word;
Only they Buried him here; but now
Behold that Man with a Sword.
_Humphry de Bohun_, who though he were
Not born with me i'the same Town;
Yet I can tell he was Earl of _Essex_,
Of _Hertford_, and _Northampton_.
He was High Constable of _England_,
As History well expresses;
But now pretty Maids be of good Chear,
We're going up to the Presses.
And now the Presses open stand,
And ye see them all arow;
But never no more are said of these
Then what is said below.
Now down the Stairs come we again,
The Man goes first with a Staff;
Some two or three tumble down the Stairs,
And then the People laugh.
This is the great Sir _Francis Vere_,
That so the _Spaniards_ curry'd;
Four Colonels support his Tomb,
And here his Body's Buried.
That _Statue_ against the _Wall_ with one Eye,
Is Major General _Norris_;
He beat the _Spaniards_ cruelly,
As is affirm'd in Stories.
[Sidenote: Dick. _I warrant ye he had two, if he could have but kep'd
'em._]
His six Sons there hard by him stand,
Each one was a Commander;
To shew he could a Lady serve,
As well as the _Hollander_.
And there doth Sir _John Hollis_ rest,
Who was the Major General;
To Sir _John Norris_, that brave blade,
And so they go to Dinner all.
For now the Shew is at an end,
All things are done and said;
The Citizen pays for his Wife,
The Prentice for the Maid.
_A_ SONG _Sung by Mrs._ CAMPION, _in the Comedy call'd_, she wou'd and
she wou'd not. _By Mr._ JOHN WELDON.
[Music]
_Caelia_ my Heart has often rang'd,
Like Bees o'er Gaudy Flowers;
And many Thousand Loves have chang'd,
'Till it was fix'd, 'till it was fix'd on yours;
But _Caelia_ when I saw those Eyes,
'Twas soon, 'twas soon determin'd there;
Stars might as well forsake the Skies,
And Vanish into Air:
Stars might as well forsake the Skies,
And Vanish into Air.
Now if from the great Rules I err,
New Beauties, new Beauties to admire;
May I again, again turn wanderer,
And never, never, never, never, never, no, never,
Never, never, never, never, never, never, never,
Never, never, never, settle more:
May I again, again turn wanderer,
And never, never, never, never, never, no, never,
Never, never, never, never, never, never, never,
Never, never, never, settle more.
_A_ SONG _made for the Entertainment of her Royal Highness. Set by
Mr._ LEVERIDGE. _Sung by Mrs._ LINDSEY _in_ CALIGULA.
[Music]
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