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         Wild, Robert, 1609-1679.
      
       
         
           1666
        
      
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             The loyal nonconformist; or, An account what he dare swear, and vvhat not.
             Wild, Robert, 1609-1679.
          
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             s.n.],
             [London :
             Printed in the year, 1666.
          
           
             Signed: R.W.
             Author and place of publication suggested by Wing.
             In verse.
             Reproduction of original in the Society of Antiquaries (London, England).
          
        
      
    
     
       
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           Loyalty oaths -- Early works to 1800.
           Dissenters, Religious -- England.
           Broadsides -- England -- 17th century.
        
      
    
     
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           The
           Loyal
           Nonconformist
           ;
           OR
           ,
           An
           Account
           what
           he
           dare
           swear
           ,
           and
           what
           not
           .
        
         
           
             I
             Fear
             an
             Oath
             ,
             before
             I
             swear
             to
             take
             it
             ;
          
           
             And
             well
             I
             may
             ,
             for
             't
             is
             the
             
               Oath
               of
               God
            
             :
          
           
             I
             fear
             an
             Oath
             ,
             when
             I
             have
             sworn
             ,
             to
             break
             it
             ;
          
           
             And
             well
             I
             may
             ,
             for
             Vengeance
             hath
             a
             Rod.
             
          
        
         
           
             And
             yet
             I
             may
             swear
             ,
             and
             must
             too
             ,
             't
             is
             due
          
           
             Both
             to
             my
             Heav'nly
             ,
             and
             my
             Earthly
             King
             :
          
           
             If
             I
             assent
             ,
             it
             must
             be
             full
             and
             true
             ;
          
           
             And
             if
             I
             promise
             ,
             I
             must
             do
             the
             thing
             .
          
        
         
           
             I
             am
             no
             Quaker
             ,
             not
             at
             all
             to
             swear
             ;
          
           
             Nor
             Papist
             ,
             to
             swear
             East
             ,
             and
             mean
             the
             West
             ;
          
           
             But
             am
             a
             Protestant
             ,
             and
             shall
             declare
          
           
             What
             
               I
               cannot
            
             ,
             and
             what
             
               I
               can
            
             protest
             .
          
        
         
           
             I
             never
             will
             endeavour
             Alteration
          
           
             Of
             Monarchy
             ,
             or
             of
             that
             Royal
             Name
             ,
          
           
             Which
             God
             hath
             chosen
             to
             cōmand
             this
             Nation
             ,
          
           
             But
             will
             maintain
             his
             Person
             ,
             Crown
             &
             Fame
             :
          
        
         
           
             What
             he
             commands
             ,
             if
             Conscience
             say
             not
             nay
             ,
          
           
             (
             For
             Conscience
             is
             a
             greater
             King
             than
             he
             )
          
           
             For
             Conscience-sake
             ,
             not
             Fear
             ,
             I
             will
             obey
             ;
          
           
             And
             if
             not
             
               Active
               ,
               Passive
            
             I
             will
             be
             .
          
        
         
           
             I
             'll
             pray
             that
             all
             his
             Subjects
             may
             agree
             ,
          
           
             And
             never
             more
             be
             crumbled
             into
             parts
             ;
          
           
             I
             will
             endeavour
             that
             his
             Majestie
          
           
             M●y
             not
             be
             King
             of
             Clubs
             ,
             but
             King
             of
             Hearts
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             
               Royal
               Oa●
            
             I
             swear
             I
             will
             defend
             ;
          
           
             But
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             Ivy
             which
             doth
             hug
             it
             so
             ,
          
           
             I
             swar
             that
             is
             a
             Thief
             ,
             and
             not
             a
             Friend
             ,
          
           
             And
             about
             Steeples
             fitter
             for
             to
             grow
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Civil-Government
             I
             will
             obey
             ;
          
           
             But
             for
             Church-Policy
             I
             swear
             I
             doubt
             it
             ;
          
           
             And
             if
             my
             Bible
             want
             th'
             Apocrypha
             ,
          
           
             I
             'l
             swear
             my
             Book
             may
             be
             compleat
             without
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             I
             dare
             not
             swear
             Church-Government
             is
             right
          
           
             As
             it
             should
             be
             ;
             but
             this
             I
             dare
             to
             swear
             ,
          
           
             If
             they
             should
             put
             me
             to
             't
             ,
             the
             Bishops
             might
          
           
             Do
             better
             ,
             and
             be
             better
             than
             they
             are
             .
          
        
         
           
             Nor
             will
             I
             swear
             for
             all
             that
             they
             are
             worth
             ,
          
           
             That
             Bishopricks
             will
             stand
             ,
             &
             Doomsday
             see
             ;
          
           
             And
             yet
             I
             'l
             swear
             the
             Gospel
             holdeth
             forth
          
           
             Christ
             with
             his
             Ministers
             till
             then
             will
             be
             .
          
        
         
           
             That
             Peter
             was
             a
             Prelate
             they
             aver
             ;
          
           
             But
             I
             'l
             not
             swear
             't
             when
             all
             is
             said
             and
             done
          
           
             But
             I
             dare
             swear
             ,
             and
             hope
             I
             shall
             not
             err
             ,
          
           
             He
             preach'd
             a
             hundred
             Sermons
             to
             their
             one
             .
          
        
         
           
             Peter
             a
             Fisher
             was
             ,
             and
             he
             caught
             Men
             :
          
           
             And
             they
             have
             Nets
             ,
             &
             in
             them
             catch
             Men
             too
             ;
          
           
             Yet
             I
             'l
             not
             swear
             they
             are
             alike
             ,
             for
             them
          
           
             He
             caught
             he
             sav'd
             :
             these
             catch
             ,
             &
             them
             undo
             .
          
        
         
           
             I
             dare
             not
             swear
             that
             Courts
             Ecclesiastick
          
           
             Do
             in
             their
             Laws
             make
             just
             and
             gentle
             Votes
             ;
          
           
             But
             I
             'l
             be
             sworn
             that
             
               Burton
               ,
               Pryn
            
             and
             Bastwick
          
           
             Were
             once
             Ear-witnesses
             of
             harsher
             Notes
             .
          
        
         
           
             Archdeacons
             ,
             Deans
             &
             Chapters
             are
             brave
             men
             ,
          
           
             By
             Canon
             ,
             not
             by
             Scripture
             :
             but
             to
             this
             ,
          
           
             If
             I
             be
             call'd
             ,
             I
             'll
             swear
             ,
             and
             swear
             agen
             ,
          
           
             That
             no
             such
             Chapter
             in
             my
             Bible
             is
             .
          
        
         
           
             I
             'll
             not
             condemn
             those
             Presbyterians
             ,
             who
          
           
             Refused
             Bishopricks
             ,
             and
             might
             have
             had
             'em
             :
          
           
             But
             Mistris
             Calamy
             I
             'll
             swear
             doth
             do
          
           
             As
             well
             as
             if
             she
             were
             a
             
               Spiritual
               Madam
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             For
             Holy
             Vestments
             I
             'll
             not
             take
             an
             Oath
          
           
             Which
             Linen
             most
             Canonical
             may
             be
             ;
          
           
             Some
             are
             for
             Lawn
             ,
             some
             Holland
             ,
             some
             Scotscloth
             ;
          
           
             And
             Hemp
             for
             some
             is
             fitter
             than
             all
             three
             .
          
        
         
           
             Paul
             had
             a
             Cloak
             ,
             and
             Books
             ,
             &
             Parchments
             too
             ;
          
           
             But
             that
             he
             wore
             a
             Surplice
             I
             'll
             not
             swear
             ,
          
           
             Nor
             that
             his
             Parchments
             did
             his
             Orders
             shew
             ,
          
           
             Or
             in
             his
             Books
             there
             was
             a
             Common-Prayer
             .
          
        
         
           
             I
             owe
             assistance
             to
             the
             King
             by
             Oath
             ;
          
           
             And
             if
             he
             please
             to
             put
             the
             Bishops
             down
             ,
          
           
             As
             who
             knows
             what
             may
             be
             ,
             I
             should
             be
             loth
          
           
             To
             see
             
               Tom
               Beckets
            
             Mitre
             push
             the
             Crown
             .
          
        
         
           
             And
             yet
             Church-Government
             I
             do
             allow
             ,
          
           
             And
             am
             contented
             Bishops
             be
             the
             men
             ;
          
           
             And
             that
             I
             speak
             in
             earnest
             ,
             here
             I
             vow
          
           
             Where
             we
             have
             one
             ,
             I
             wish
             we
             might
             have
             ten
             .
          
        
         
           
             In
             fine
             ,
             the
             Civil
             Power
             I
             'le
             obey
             ,
          
           
             And
             seek
             the
             Peace
             &
             Welfare
             of
             the
             Nation
             :
          
           
             If
             this
             won't
             do
             ,
             I
             know
             not
             what
             to
             say
             ,
          
           
             But
             farewel
             London
             ,
             farewel
             Corporation
             .
          
        
         
           
             R.
             W.
             
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           ,
           1666.
           
        
      
    
  

