E'er yet it was begun.
Whenas our General found your Grace,
Wou'd needs begin to Fight:
As thinking it wou'd please the Boys,
To see so fine a Sight.
He straightway sent them to the Top
Of yonder Church's Spire;
Where they might see, and yet be safe
From Swords and Guns, and Fire.
But first he took them by the Hand,