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Some (he had heard) by Speeches riſe,
And to Preferment leap ;
But ſuch had Merit and were Wife,
And did not Foreigners,deſpiſe,
Nor after Faction creep.

Never for Rebels did Harrangue,
Nor Tenter-Hook the Law ;
But left the Criminal to Hang,
Till one Foot did the other ban'g,
To keep Mankind in Awe.

The Fam'd Civiloan who can write;
Of Parliamental Power,
If he has Judgment he has Spite,
And goes beyond the matter quite,
A ſort of ſecond SHOWER.

Upon Records he,ſpends his Ink,
He Writes at ſuch a Rate:
To prove what few did ever think,
Unleſs depriv'd of Senſe in Drink,
Yet of a Plodding Pate.

Gr—nv—le, heStroles unto the Fairs,
To get himſelf Renown;
Yet for this Faction he declares,
And to their Club at Night Repairs,
To, Regulate the Crown.

The times are likely ſure to mend,
When Pr------ r Rules the State;
Pr—-r the Noble DORSETS Friend,
( For whom the Learned World Contend)
Juſtly deſerves his Hate.

Bl---hw------t, with Proud Imperious Face,
And Forehead made of Braſs;
Forgets the Honour of his Place;
Does all true Policy Dijgrace,
And for a Fool may paſs.

P------w —s, ſhall Marſhal up the Rear,
With Rethorick Debate;
And tho' good Natur'd he appear,
Yet all his Service's will ſteer,
To undermine the State.

Theſe are the Jury which Were ſtruck,
To try Britania's Claim:
And how cou'd we expect good luck
From ſuch as did with LEWIS truck,
To their Eternal Shame.

         Concluſion.

OThers below the Dignity of Rhime,
Shall 'ſcape my Satyr till another time,
Twelve Men like theſe, a Nation might undo,
And let'em, if again wetruſt'em, too.
No, no, fair Britain, at her Wrongs awakes:
Finds what ye mean, and other; methods takes.
Your Popularity, at laſt Expires,
And Men of better Tempers ſhe requires:
Diſpis'd at home, mutter your Diſcontent,
And know the Nation ſpoke her mind by KENT.

London, Printed for the Information of the Freeholders of England, 1701.