Classic Poem

My Lottery

Cast crosse or Pile draw cutts that wee may see
Once more what Lawes and what Religions bee
Sithence Coupling time that Jealousies and feares
Doe Valentize all things increase to payers
As if that every star governd this Skie
Borrowed its influence of Geminie
Why Plunder I the spheres when our state falls
Within a Packe for Gleeckes and Mornifalls
Of Toms and Ases t'other coates Lay beare
Out of our hands Ruft out and Tidied are
For the Least Trumpe soe Qualifide may give
A heave to the bests Cards Prerogative
And warrant it whilst the Groom Porters mess
Proves Authors Ephe to all passages
Remarkeable, whither Diarnall ones
Or else noc Turnall Lucubrationes
Tis for Election Generally they fight
And sitt in Counsaile to turne Day to night
To say they floct or Covide might mainetaine
They would submit to birdes of pray againe
Or hearded (like the Gaddrens swine) were worse
For that in tides to the Divells cursse
What if I make them Bevy so akinn
Unto the Dwarfy Elvish Gobbeline
I shall not be mistaken whilst one Round
Greene headless Tracts both their Contrivments found
But be they more or fewer (to Conclude
Their Powers from the Giddie Multitude
Confusions Taskemasters like Pharos Press
For truth and Peace yet Covet nothing Lesse
When 'tis impossible whilst love they smother
That Righteousnesse and peace should Kiss each other
Disorders Favorites that faine would find
A means to Calme the Sea by raiseing wind
Sell snow for fuell make Newcastles Tine
Send Coales ('thout Barkleyes leave) to coole their wine
Screw up impossibillities and then
Replant the Olive branch by raiseing Men
Or not by Laying downe armes again of those
So raisd, though enemie thers none t'oppose
Bring the King Home-by weeping X and thus
In stall him prisoner soe more Glorious
Than on his Throne where nothing he could awe
But travers by ascent Ordinance to Law
Canonick that would with its owne waight fall
And Create Scripture of Apocrifall
Stampe Majestie upon their Idoll Bell
And Dragon too in spight of Daniell
Thes be devouring beasts and must provide
For Preists and wives and Children beside
What ever Law and contience assayle
Blinde Tobits fawning Dog will wag his Tayle
In hopes by some new Levit to be read
And Text his first endowments maydenhead
If one be guifted stild by women soe
There is noe neede such goe to Jerico
Smoth face suits best unto a buterd tongue
And tis noe matter what soe he be yongue
Thus runs the female verdict, neighbours say
Wast not a rare yong man stood up to Day
In sooth methought his Teaching Did eclips
Suzannas story with her Elderships
O for a salique Law that might deny
The Petticoate and smocke supremicie
Judg if there were not Righteous Doings ment
When two together met with one intent
T'assault her chastity with Lust to th'Brim
And soe Set Antelers on Joachim
Yet this noe insest here our Mother is
Most shamefully polluted by the miss-
Created Independence alone
Whose Fancyes Law and will Religion
And thus free quarter and the Pulpit bring
A kind of Matrimony 'thout a Ring
Despisd cause Concords Emblem and the Gowne
By Buttend Preists and swords in belts put downe
A watch or clocke Growne fowle through age and rust
Condemned to a slower Turning must
Guive way to Time but here the Wheeles smoth worne
Precipitate the motion and scorne
To Stay for Time yet each alike comes under
The artists hand againe to take't asunder
None other must: O did wee thoroughly see
How many artless soules reformers bee
Of State and Churches wheles wee might mainetaine.
They'd broken that they neare can set againe
For whilst they make Religion pretence
And order Law those both are driven hence
Wich when wee would restore I think't first good
The one were truly Knowne t'other understood.