11.
“But if any more
Bob shou’d do as before,
Or by Fraud or by Violence cheat you,
In numbers then go
And demolish your foe—
Ye’re Fools if again he defeat you.”
Other verses appear in a version with a woodcut heading of a party of jolly citizens toping and toasting healths:—
“Your High Constable rout,
Your Vestrymen out,
Ye Burgesses, Stumps, and High Bailey;
Tho’ Robert assist,
We ne’er will desist,
No Power nor Help shall avail ye.
“But Vernon no more
You can serve as before,
He is chosen for several places;
Then choose in his room
A brave man who will come
And use the Court tools to their faces.
“Lord Perceval here
Will shortly declare,
Who fears neither Wager nor Sundon,
But hates all the tribe
Who take pension or bribe,
By which we brave boys are all undone.”
A second ballad bears a strong resemblance to the foregoing; one or two verses only are selected:—
“THE INDEPENDENT WESTMINSTER CHOICE, OR, PERCEVAL AND EDWIN.
To the Tune of ‘The Free Masons.’
“Ye Westminster Boys, unite and rejoice,
Be steady, and make no defection;
For if you stand true, you are not too few
To carry your glorious election.