The Five Members Thanks to the Parliament

Which makes our Gratious King, a King

Of so much worth and glory,

His like is not to be seen or found

In any Humane Story.

Win him who knows how many Crowns,

With losse of two or three,

Within so short a time as this,

As Wonder is to see,

The Country eas’d, the City pleas’d,

O what a World is this!

When upright men did stand at Helme,

How can we fail or miss?

And yet beyond all this, the King

Doth in abundance swim,

Gramercy K——— and Stroud say I,

Haslerigge, H——— Hampden, Pym.

And when as our Church Government

Was fallen into Disorder,

As that upon Grosse Popery

It seemed somewhat to border.

So sweet a Course is taken now,

As no man need to fear,

For Bishops learn’d, and Learned men

Have nothing to do here:

But every one shall teach and preach,

As best becomes his Sense:

And so we’ll banish Popery,

And send it packing hence.

Now for that happy Church and State,

Drest up so fine and trym:

Gramercy K——— and Stroud, I say

Haslerigge, H——— Hampden, Pym.

For Arbitrary Government,

Star-Chamber, High Commission,

They will themselves do all that work,

By their good Kings permission.

If any else presume to do’t,

They weigh it not a straw,

They’ll club such sawcy Fellows down,

As Beasts debarr’d of Law.

And let no Wights henceforth presume

To hold it Rime or Reason,

That Judges shall determine what

Is Felony or Treason:

But what the Worthies say is so,

Is Treason to award,

Albeit in Councel only spoke,

And at the Councel-board.

I’le shew you yet another thing,

Which you’ll rejoyce to see,

The Prince and People know that these

Men cannot Traytors be.

Then let our King, our Church and State

Acknowledge as is due,

The Benefits they do receive

From this right Divine crue.

And for this Sea of Liberty,

Wherein we yet do swim,

Gramercy K——— and Stroud say I,

Haslerigge, H——— Hampden, Pym.