is the accession of an ill one; and, if he did not know himself to have made a wrong and unjustifiable choice, he would never be ashamed of declaring his mind in favour of it; which shews modesty has not forsaken him, though honesty seems to have bidden him adieu. Though he is not qualified to be one of his grace of Canterbury's chaplains, because he is not a churchman good enough, he may serve for one of his water-men, for to look one way, and row another, is their business. He was put into a post, under pretence of being a churchman, but imagines, the ready way to keep in it, is not to be against the dissenters; for some-body has said, They are too great a body to be disobliged; and he knows he stands but upon slippery ground, while he gives not implicit obedience to some-body's orders. He is one that has been deputed by the people to make new laws, and hinks it of no consequence what becomes of the old. He is of a modern cut; and the very reason, that should be of force with him to stand up for the church, slackens his resolutions to defend her. She has been a church from the beginning, and King Solomon's mistress is too antiquated, and out of date, for a courtier's embraces. He is a pretended stickler for the queen's authority, just so long as he receives the queen's money, while, to shew how undeserving he is of her royal favour, he confederates himself for the downfall of the queen's religion. He is an Englishman with a Scotch heart, an Irish pair of heels, and a Spanish countenance. His policy consists in a demure look, his courage in withdrawing himself when there is an occasion; his constancy is variation; and his honesty is what you think fit to call it, for I know not where to find it. He is for a single ministry †, that he may play the Tom-double under it, and had rather the management of affairs should be in one great lord's or court lady's hands, than in several; because the fewer the superintendants, the more may be the miscarriages of those that are subordinate to them, without being discerned. Not that he is of this temper for any other account, since, notwithstanding his pretended affections for her Majesty's person and government, he leans more towards a commonwealth than a monarchy, and had rather the executive power was to be intrusted with a committee of safety, and he to be the Obadiah of the party, than to be lodged where it is. He was for resuming of grants the last reign, for fear there would be none left to be given away in this, and always for having commissioners to state the publick accompts, till, by getting into a post himself, he was rendered obnoxious to their censures. He is against flinging out of the house all members of parliament possessed of offices erected since the year 84, because a sneaker || was in employ before that time of the day; and under-hand makes an interest against the Occasional bill, because he is a sort of an occasionalist himself. He goes to church, because the queen does, and is ready to give his vote for as many millions as shall be desired; because he knows how to make the double account, his quota comes to, out of them. He is a The church of God. + A prime minister. The government was so stiled, when the parliament rebelled against King Charles the First. #Viz, The particular person hereby intended. state hermophradite, an ambidexter: Jacob T-n with his two leftlegs makes not such an aukward figure as he does. He is like the satyr in the fable, that blows hot and cold with the same breath, and never does any thing praise-worthy, but when he blushes for shame of his playing at hide and seek, with his old principles, at the sight of an old Dr. D'―nt is a saint to him, and played the man; for he no sooner changed sides, but his peace abroad and war at home told the world so. But he plays the child's part; and, because he shuts his own eyes, thinks no creature in the world sees him. The one cares not who knows what he is, and the other would be taken for what he is not. Of the two sinners the first is the more commendable, for that Devil can less do mischief, that appears in his own shape, than the form of an angel of light. He never looks upon her Majesty's arms, but Semper Eadem gives him the gripes, for he knows he had not been what he is, had he continued what he was. He is Regis ad Exemplum † only in his cloaths, not in his principles, and pays a greater deference to her Majesty's way of dress than her worship. He is a figure of nought or cypher, that is of use only when you come to tell noses; and rather weakens then strengthens a party, but when the yea's and no's set the clerks in parliament at work, and make them fall to numeration. He is the very reverse of one of the members of the rump parliament, even while he sides with them that justify their proceedings. They set aside the house of lords as useless; he is for pulling down the authority of the house of commons, even while he has the honour to sit in it, and making a surrendry of their right in one point, that he may be taken for a man of peaceable dispositions in all others. Moderation is his pretence, but getting of money immoderately is his practice, and Unde habeat quærat nemo sed oportet habere ‡, is a lecture that takes up his whole consideration. He forwards the dispatch of the publick business, that he may be the sooner a fingering the publick funds; and, having railed himself into an office, is under dreadful apprehensions of being railed out of it again. To conclude, he is neither fish, flesh, nor good red-herring; he is the punctum saliens of all parties, yet never serviceable to any. He is always in motion, yet might as well sit still for the good he does in being so; and, if any city, town, or county, wants such a representative for the ensuing parliament, he will give him as lusty promises as the best shall, and is ready to be returned to the clerk of the crown, when his electors shall think fit; if not, let them look out for one that will come up to his word, and their expectations, for I shall not pretend to direct them, when they have such an ample field to choose in. For I am an enemy to black lists, and am for leaving the people of England to the freedom of elections. i. e. Always the same; the Queen's motto. + Conformable to his sovereign's example. No body enquires where he may get it; but it must be had. LOYALTY, Attended with GREAT NEWS FROM DRAKE'S AND RALEIGH'S GHOSTS. Presenting the true means whereby Britain may be recovered from her maladies, and obtain a lasting happiness, honour, and renown. In an heroick poem. Vicimus, o magnis tandem exauditu Piorum Vota Deus, nunc alma salus, nunc secula curat London, printed for the Author, in 1705. Quarto, containing sixteen pages. TO THE QUEEN. May it please your Majesty, THE sense of my unworthiness would have discouraged me from this bold address, had not your Majesty assured the world of your most gracious condescension to forgive greater trespasses. Most gracious Sovereign, My plain Muse has herein been favoured to represent the mature conceptions of some of your Majesty's loyal subjects, who are deservedly esteemed amongst the most wise and understanding persons, and such who have merited from the crown equal with most; which, if his late Majesty had lived a few days longer, would have been apparent to all. I humbly crave pardon for this presumption, and beg the honour of your Majesty's gracious acceptance hereof, praying (with all loyal and dutiful subjects) for your Majesty's long and prosperous reign, to the glory of God, and the protestant religion, which is, and shall be the constant and most hearty petition of, Your Majesty's Most loyal, And most humble servant, JOHN SADLER. HAD AD not the sov'reign of the globe took care, To send us a deliverer of our isle, Who chang'd the gloomy scene and made us smile: A new meridian light he did erect; Look! look!-what splendid form does now surprise, And to a sweet composure does invite. Drake's Ghost. Forth from that sweet place where bless'd shades do dwell, To my dear Albion ‡ I am sent to tell :- Kind heav'n for her has blessings treasur'd up, The hieroglyphick is this golden cup; This cup of consolation in my hand, Britannia! Now be wise and understand. When the proud daring powers of Spain combin'd II, Which they Invincible did proudly call; Old Belzebub could not forbear, and all Th' infernal fiends, who then began to grin, To see his subjects toiling in their gin, When Plutus muster'd up his furious legions Thy land: And when his grenadiers, with spade, } The famous Queen Elisabeth then reign'd, Most of their floating Cyclope isles then flew The eccho weary'd was with frightful sound, The Spanish monarchy was then o'erthrown; And all her territories in the name of Drake . Go, tell, Drake's ghost a prophecy has brought, In this grand juncture of your state affairs Britain, with open eyes, and heart, and cars, That happiness shall seek, and seeking find, Which heals her maladies of ev'ry kind. The rest my brother's following ghost reveals, Dear Albion! once again Adieu; Think on thy Drake and Raleigh too; Thy friends, thy faithful friends most true, It descends, &c. Behold! dear Raleigh's ghost approaching stands Before us now, and awful love commands: See! — with what graceful motion it draws near! This alludes to the first invention of Fire-ships, as you will read on page 162, vol. I. The usual exclamation of papists in time of trouble or danger. + See Drake's voyages round the world. |
