A new-years-gift for Mercurius Politicus Kilburne, William. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A87718 of text R211411 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.22[39]). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 7 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A87718 Wing K436 Thomason 669.f.22[39] ESTC R211411 99870139 99870139 163622 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A87718) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 163622) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 247:669f22[39]) A new-years-gift for Mercurius Politicus Kilburne, William. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed by Thomas Milbourn in Jewen-Street, near Jacobs-Well, London : [1659] Verse - "The season of the year require's". Signed at end: W. Kilburne. A satire. Annotation on Thomason copy: "xber [i.e., December] 29. 1659.". Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Political satire, English -- 17th century. Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1649-1660 -- Humor -- Early works to 1800. A87718 R211411 (Thomason 669.f.22[39]). civilwar no A new-years-gift for Mercurius Politicus. Kilburne, William. 1659 989 4 0 0 0 0 0 40 D The rate of 40 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the D category of texts with between 35 and 100 defects per 10,000 words. 2007-09 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2007-09 Apex CoVantage Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-10 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2007-10 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion A NEW-YEARS-GIFT FOR Mercurius Politicus . THe Season of the year require's Both gratitude and grate-ful fires , To warme the Body and the mind Of friends , both debonary and kind . Each man consult's for him what 's best , And now recount's his Interest . The Nobles to their Kings present Some precious Gemm , or Ornament ; The Peasants of their Lords address Their rural Christ-mas Charites ; The Clients to their Lawyers give Such thanks , whereby their Causes thrive ; Who , to their Persons will be nigh , Approve , their Interest will not Lie ; For if you will a Saint appear , Your offring must renew the year ; Sir John ! he cannot hold forth right , Unless cramm'd Capons him invite . Is 't possible a Ju●●ice can At New-years-tide turn Pellican ? Or that the Clerks revenew be Kisses from Bawdes without a see ? No , no! their rents are better paid , Else Peace might for Poor-John go trade . Will any think , Will Lilly write's For Sweden , ( though the King now bite's His fingers ends , and would have feign His Chain at Golden-burg again , ) B●t that the old years Starrs portend , The King at Dco●ns-day will him send A Medal , for a Xenium , Made of the Danes old Kettle-Drum . No man ( that 's wise , ) but will review His Interest , whether false , or true , Either in State affaires , or lesse , ( But Fooles , you know , they cannot guess . ) Then since that Maxim is so clear , Adieu to the old Julian year . My Int'rest leads me to preferre The New-year in thy Character . POLITICVS INTELLIGENCER ; ( As famous as old Megg Spencer , ) Pragmaticus ; The Spy ; what not ? Britanicus ; The Counter-plott Of Hell ; the Hawkers various Legion ; The Mercury o' th' infern Region ; One that 's new come from New-gate for To be the Scots Compurgator ; To Sate the Case of England right , And clear the Presbyterians fight ; To make the Royallists confess King Charles to be Eteocles ; And the rude Levellers convince That Lucifers their lawful Prince ; No Regiment like a Free-State , Valour and Arts to propagate . None but the King's long Parliament To be our Supream Government ! All this and more , in Forty nine , Is vough'd from Francis Guicciardine By Thee , thou many-headed Beast , Thou Pimp for ev'ry Interest ! No sooner yet old Noll conspire's To wing his Phanton desires , And to Usurp the Supreme Power , But then Le Vostre Servitour ! The Case is alter'd then ( My Lord ! ) A Parliament ! the most abhorr'd , Contemptible , prodigious Rout. The Mockery , reproach , and flout Of our new Turn-coat ▪ Pamphlettor , In praise of his Lord Proditor . But when God's providence depos'd Our short-reign'd Lords , and ( unsuppos'd , ) Restor'd the noble Parliament , Come let me speak ! Mar. Nedham , Gent. Recraft's his cursed perfidie , And say's , that Interest will not lie : And who but he ! ( for old John Cann No more can do , than can a man ! He write's against the Cavalliers , And pull's the Presbyterians eares : He cures the wounds , which late he gave To th' Parliament's repute : The brave She General , my Lady Doll , He brings to the Tower without control . But when ambition move's the Sphaer , And Lambert will have no Com-peer ; And that a second violence ( Acted with traytr'ous insolence , ) Is offer'd to the Parliament , ( One day , we hope , which they ' l resent ! ) Who but POLITICVS again ! Sir Arthur , and Hab. Morley's slain ! Monck , Lawson , Land , and Sea 's subdu'd ! The Cittizens ( like Buzzards ) mewed ! The Devil and his Damm to-boot Have brought the Lunars under foot ! Our Newes do's more in Print , than we From Ports-mouth , or else where can see ! We call Free-Parliaments , and then Send them as free to th' Moon agen , Or to the Grand Abyss ; for yet At Wallingford they have not set . Thou Juggling damn'd Imposter ! pray , Thou yet mayst live one New-years day ; And not like Doctor Lamb be palted , Till Tiburne ha's thy Crest exalted . Expect no mercy , or reprieve ! It 's better than thou shouldst deceive The world again , the world should be Annihilate : What Need have we Of such an Arch-Ardelio , when There are so many honest men ? Who friends are to the good Old Cause , Our native Liberties , and Lawes ; And are not mercenary Sephs , No Robinsons , nor Deanes , nor Goffs . If thou survive , th'art such a Pest , As will all Nature's frame infest , That 's habitable ; Begg we then , Thou mayst be quickly Trust . Amen . It's time ill spent to treat on Thee , 'Till th'ast been at the Triple-tree : And then thy Life we- 'l descant on , After thy last Confession : And all the Ballad-mongers , ( Slaves To thee , and such a Pack of Knaves , ) In doleful Tone thy Dirge shall sing , Of Pagan Fisher's own making ! For he 'l Pentameters ( most sure , ) As good as Ovid ha's , procure . Impunitas peccati praebet ansam peccandi . W. KILBURNE . LONDON , Printed by Thomas Milbourn in Jewen-Street , near Jacobs-Well .