Witnesses cited,
But then he was set free, so the king was righted.
'Gainst princes offences
Proved in all senses,
But 'gainst a whig there is no truth in evidences;
They sham us, and flam us,
And ram us, and damn us.
And then, in spite of law, come off with ignoramus, &c.
This song, according to the invariable practice of the scribblers
on both sides, was answered by a new Ignoramus.
DRAMATIS PERSONAE.
_The King of France._
_Duke of_ GUISE.
_Duke of_ MAYENNE.
GRILLON, _Colonel of the Guard._
ALPHONSO CORSO, _a Colonel._
BELLEURE, _a Courtier._
ABBOT DEL BENE, } _Royalists._
M. MONFERT, }
_The Cardinal of_ GUISE. }
_Archbishop of_ LYONS. }
POLIN, }
AUMALE, } _Of Guise's_
BUSSY, } _Faction._
_The Curate of St_ EUSTACE, }
MALICORN, _a Necromancer,_ }
MELANAX, _a Spirit,_ }
_Two Sheriffs,_
_Citizens and Rabble, &c._
_Queen Mother._
MARMOUTIERE, _Niece to_ GRILLON.
SCENE,--_Paris._
THE DUKE OF GUISE.
ACT I.
SCENE I.--_The Council of Sixteen seated; an empty Chair prepared for
the Duke of Guise._
BUSSY _and_ POLIN, _two of the Sixteen._
_Buss._ Lights there! more lights! What, burn the tapers dim,
When glorious Guise, the Moses, Gideon, David,
The saviour of the nation, makes approach?
_Pol.
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