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Staff mitre and purse made a damnable rout

DMI number:
13460
First Line:
Staff mitre and purse made a damnable rout
Last Line:
And glorious king George ever rule the state
Poem Genre / Form:
Satire and Song
Themes:
Jacobitism, Politics, Religion, and The monarchy (heads of state)
Content/Publication
Title:
A pill to purge state-melancholy [N37590] [ECCO - Texas U] [Dublin edition]
Page No(s):
pp.165-167
Poem Title:
A New Ballad, alluding to two modern vile Histories, the one of the Staff, the other of the Mitre and Purse. To the Tune of, Wou'd you have a Young Virgin of Fifteen Years, &c.
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