Classic Poem

1.

S A w you the States mony new come from the Mint?
Some People do say it is wonderous fine;
And that you may read a great mystery in't,
Of mighty King Nol , the Lord of the Coyn.

2.

They have quite omitted his Politick head,
His worshipfull face, and his excellent Nose;
But the better to tempt the sisters to bed,
They have fixed upon it the print of his Hose.

3.

For, if they had set up his Picture there,
They needs must ha' crown'd him in Charles his stead;
But 'twas cunningly done, that they did forbear,
And rather set up his Ar — than his head.

4.

'Tis monstrous strange, and yet it is true,
In this Reformation we should ha' such luck,
That Crosses were alwaies disdained by you,
Who before pull'd them down, should now set them up.

5.

On this side they have circumscrib'd God with us ,
And in this stamp and Coyn they confide;
Common-wealth on the other, by which we may guess
That God and the States were not both of a side.

6.

On this side they have Crosse and Harp,
And only a Crosse on the other set forth;
By which we may learn it falls to our part
Two Crosses to have for one fit of Mirth.

7.

A Country-man hearing this, straight way did think,
That he would procure such a piece of his own;
And knowing it like his Wifes Butter-print,
She should ha't for a Token when as he came home.

8.

Then since that this is the Parliament coyn,
Now Lilly by thy mysterious charms,
Or Heralds, pray tell us if these ha' not been
Carmen or Fidlers before by their Arms.