Merry drollery, or A Collection of [brace] jovial poems, merry songs, witty drolleries intermix'd with pleasant catches. The first part / collected by W.N., C.B., R.S., J.G., lovers of wit.

Admiral Deans Funeral.

1.

NIck Culpepper, and William Lilly, Though you were pleas'd to say they were silly, Yet something these prophesi'd true, I tell you, Which no body can deny.

2.

In the month of May, I tell you truly, Which neither was in June nor July, The Dutch began to be unruly, Which no body can deny.

3.

Betwixt our England and their Holland, Which neither was in France nor Poland, But on the Sea, where there was no Land, Which no body can deny.

4.

There joyn'd the Dutch and the English Fleet, Our At thors opinion then they did meet, Some saw't that never more shall see't, Which no body can deny.

5.

There were many mens hearts as heavy as lead, Yet would not believe Dick Dean to be dead, Till they saw his Body take leave of his head, Which no body can deny.

6.

Then after the sad departure of him, There was many a man lost a Leg or a Lim, And many were drown'd 'cause they could not swim, Which no body can deny.

7.

One cries, lend me thy hand good friend, Although he knew it was to no end, I think, quoth he, I am going to the Fiend, Which no body can deny.

8.

Some, 'twas reported, were kill'd with a Gun, And some stood that knew not whether to run, There was old taking leave of Father and Son, Which no body can deny.

9.

There's a rumour also, if we may believe, We have many gay Widdows now given to grieve, 'Cause unmannerly Husbands ne'er came to take leave, Which no body can deny.

10.

The Ditty is sad of our Deane to sing; To say truth, it was a pittiful thing To take off his head and not leave him a ring. Which no body can deny.

11.

From Greenwich toward the Bear at Bridge foot He was wafted with wind that had water to't, But I think they brought the devil to boot, Which no body can deny.

12.

The heads on London Bridge upon Poles, That once had bodies, and honester soules Than hath the Master of the Roules, Which no body can deny.

13.

They grieved for this great man of command, Yet would not his head amongst theirs should stand; He dy'd on the Water, and they on the Land, Which no body can deny.

14.

I cannot say, they look'd wisely upon him, Because people cursed that parcel was on him; He has fed fish and worms, if they do not wrong him Which no body can deny.

15.

The Old Swan, as he passed by, Said, she would sing him a dirge, and lye down & die; Wilt thou sing to a bit of a body, quoth I? Which no body can deny.

16.

The Globe on the bank, I mean, on the Ferry, Where Gentle and Simple might come & be merry, Admired at the change from a Ship to a Wherry, Which no body can deny.

17.

Tom Godfreys Bears began for to roare, Hearing such moans one side of the shore, They knew they should never see Dean any more, Which no body can deny.

18.

Queenhithe, Pauls-Wharf, and the Fryers also, Where now the Players have little to do, Let him pass without any tokens of woe, Which no body can deny.

19.

Quoth th' Students o'th' Temple, I know not their names, Looking out of their Chambers into the Thames, The Barge fits him better than did the great James, Which no body can deny.

20.

Essex House, late called Cuckolds Hall, The Folk in the Garden staring over the wall, Said, they knew that once Pride would have a fall, Which no body can deny.

21.

At Strand Gate, a little farther then, Were mighty Guns numbred to sixty and ten, Which neither hurt Children, Women, nor Men, Which no body can deny.

22.

They were shot over times one, two, three, or four, 'Tis thought one might 'heard the bounce toth 'Tower, Folk report, the din made the Buttermilk sower, Which no body can deny.

23.

Had old Goodman Lenthal or Allen but heard 'um, The noise worse than Olivers voice would' fear'd 'um, And out of their small wits would have scar'd 'um. Which no body can deny.

24.

Sommer set House, where once did the Queen lye, And afterwards Ireton in black, and not green, by, The Canon clattered the Windows really, Which no body can deny.

25.

The Savoys mortified spittled Crew, If I lye, as Falstaffe saies, I am a Jew, Gave the Hearse such a look it would make a man spew, Which no body can deny.

26.

The House of S— that Fool and Knave, Had so much wit left lamentation to save From accompanying a traytorly Rogue to his grave, Which no body can deny.

27.

The Exchange, and the ruines of Durham House eke Wish'd such sights might be seen each day i'th' week, A Generals Carkass without a Cheek, Which no body can deny.

28.

The House that lately Great Buckinghams was, Which now Sir Thomas Fairfax has, Wish'd it might be Sir Thomas's fate so to pass, Which no body can deny.

29.

Howards House, Suffolks great Duke of Yore, Sent him one single sad wish, and no more, He might flore by Whitehall in purple gore, Which no body can deny.

30.

Something I should of Whitehall say, But the Story is so sad, and so bad, by my fay, That it turns my wits another way, Which no body can deny.

31.

To Westminster, to the Bridge of the Kings, The water the Barge, and the Barge-men brings The small remain of the worst of things, Which no body can deny.

32.

They interr'd him in triumph, like Lewis the eleven, In the famous Chappel of Henry the seven, But his soul is scarce gone the right way to heaven, Which no body can deny.