_Felt._ Have a care what you say, Sir; but as to the City"s being in Mutiny, that makes well for us: we shall fall to our old Trade of plundering; something will fall to the Righteous, and there is Plunder enough.
_Cor._ You plunder, Sirrah! knock him down, and carry him into the Guard-room, and secure him.
[Two Soldiers seize him.
_1 Sold._ They say the Committee of Safety sate all Night at General _Lambert"s_, about some great Affair-- some rare Change, Rogues.
_2 Sold._ Yes, and to put off Sorrow, they say, were all right reverendly drunk too.
_Cor._ I suppose there is some heavenly matter in hand; there was Treason cried out at the General"s last night, and the Committee of no Safety all ran away.
_1 Sold._ Or rather reel"d away.
_Cor._ The Ladies squeak"d, the Lords fled, and all the House was up in Arms.
_Felt._ Yea, and with Reason they say; for the Pope in disguise was found under the Lady"s Bed, and two huge Jesuits as big as the tall _Irish-man_, with Blunderbusses; having, as "tis said, a Design to steal the Crown, now in Custody of the General--
_2 Sold._ Good lack, is"t possible?
_Joyn._ Nay, Sir, "tis true, and is"t not time we look"d about us?
_Cor._ A Pox upon ye all for lying Knaves-- secure "em both on the Guard till farther Order-- and let us into th" City, Boys: hay for _Lombard-Street_.
_2 Sold._ Ay, hay for _Lombard-Street_; there"s a Shop I have mark"d out for my own already.
_1 Sold._ There"s a handsom Citizen"s Wife, that I have an Eye upon, her Husband"s a rich Banker, I"ll take t"one with t"other.
_Joyn._ You are mistaken, Sir, that Plunder is reserv"d for us, if they begin to mutiny; that wicked City that is so weary of a Commonwealth.
_2 Sold._ Yes, they"re afraid of the Monster they themselves have made.
Enter _Lov._ and _Free._ in disguise.
_Cor._ Hah, my n.o.ble Colonel! what, in disguise!
_Free._ We have made our Escapes-- and hope to see better times shortly, the n.o.ble _Scotch_ General is come, Boys.
Enter _Captain_ of the Prentices, and a great Gang with him, arm"d with Swords, Staffs, &c.
_Capt._ Come, my Lads, since you have made me Captain, I"ll lead you bravely on; I"ll die in the Cause, or bring you off with Victory.
_1 Pren._ Here"s a Club shall do some Execution: I"ll beat out _Hewson"s_ t"other Eye; I scorn to take him on the blind side.
_Capt._ In the first Place, we must all sign a Pet.i.tion to my Lord Mayor.--
_2 Pren._ Pet.i.tions! we"ll have no Pet.i.tion, Captain; we are for Club-Law, Captain.
_Capt._ Obey, or I leave you.
_All._ Obey, Obey.
_Capt._ Look ye, we"ll pet.i.tion for an honest Free Parliament I say.
_1 Pren._ No Parliament, no Parliament, we have had too much of that Mischief already, Captain.
_All._ No Parliament, no Parliament.
_Capt._ Farewel, Gentlemen, I thought I might have been heard.
_Free._ Death, Sirs, you shall hear the Captain out.
_All._ We obey, we obey.
_Capt._ I say an honest Free Parliament, not one pick"d and chosen by Faction; but such an one as shall do our Bus"ness, Lads, and bring in the _Great Heroick_.
_All._ Ay, ay, the Great Heroick, the Great Heroick.
_Lov._ A fine Youth, and shou"d be encourag"d.
_Capt._ Good-- in the next Place, the n.o.ble _Scotch_ General is come, and we"ll side with him.
_Free._ Ay, ay, all side with him.
_1 Pren._ Your Reason, Captain, for we have acted too much without Reason already.
_2 Pren._ Are we sure of him, Captain?
_Capt._ Oh, he"ll doubtless declare for the King, Boys.
_All._ Hay, _Viva le Roy, viva le Monk!_
_Capt._ Next, I hear there"s a Proclamation coming out to dissolve the Committee of no Safety.
_All._ Good, good.
_Capt._ And I hope you are all brave enough to stand to your Loyal Principles with your Lives and Fortunes.
_All._ We"ll die for the Royal Interest.
_Capt._ In the next Place, there"s another Proclamation come out.
_2 Pren._ This Captain is a Man of rare Intelligence; but for what, Captain?
_Capt._ Why-- to-- hang us all, if we do not immediately depart to our respective Vocations: How like you that, my Lads?
_2 Pren._ Hum-- hang"d! I"ll e"en home again.
_1 Pren._ And I too, I do not like this hanging.