That th’ illustr’ous house of Hanover may,
In peace and prosperity ever shine,
And Britain rule, to th’ end of time.
The earl of Cromartie came next,
While all their eyes were on him fixt,
He begg’d their lordships for to hear,
How ungrateful guilt brought him there,
Which justly merited indignation,
Of his Majesty, and all the nation.
The treasonable offence, said he,