Classic Poem

To the Tune of The Queens old Souldier .

To make Charles a great King, and give him no Power,
To Honour him much, and not obey him an Hower;
To provide for his Safety, and take away his Tower,
And to prove all is sweet, be it never so sower.
The new Order of the Land, & the Lands new Order.

To secure men their Lives, Liberties and Estates
By arbitrary Power, as it pleaseth the Fates
To take away Taxes, by imposing great Rates,
And to make us a Playster by breaking our Pates.
The new Order of the Land, & the Lands new Order.

To sit and consult for ever and a day,
To counterfeit Treason by a Parliamentary way,
To quiet the land by a tumultuous sway,
New Plots to devise, then them to betray.
The new Order, &c.

To leave all Votes free by using of Force.
That one make Petitions for Counties by course,
To make Pym as great as his Mothers great Horse,
Which William left Agnus , though his meaning was worse.
The new Order, &c.

To encourage good Souldiers by cashiering the Band,
To hearten brave Spirits by expelling the Land,
To quit Digby and Deering , whom they can't understand.
To frame not new Laws, but new Words, if well scan'd.
The new Order, &c.

To put by brave Doctors, because th'are not taught,
To set for Preachers men, very well wrought,
Who all the day fish, but nothing ere caught;
This, Bretheren, were good, if not very naught.
The new Order, &c.

To send men their Zealots to Heaven in a string,
Who else to Confusion Religion will bring,
Who say the Lords Prayer is a Popish thing,
Who pray for themselves, but leave out their King.
The new Order of the Land, and the Lands new Order.