t I heard in old England,
about five years agone, while I was there on a visit. Proclaim order,
and join in the chorus as many as please."

And with a loud, clear, merry voice, the old burgess gave vent to the
following, which he sung to the tune of the "Old and Young Courtier;" an
air which has survived even to our own times, though adapted to the more
modernized words, and somewhat altered measure of the "Old English
Gentleman:"--

"Young Charley is a merry prince; he's come unto his own,
And long and merrily may he fill his martyred father's throne;
With merry laughter may he drown old Nolly's whining groan,
And when he dies bequeath his crown to royal flesh and bone.
Like a merry King of England,
And England's merry King.

"With bumpers full, to royal Charles, come fill the thirsty glasses,
The pride of every loyal heart, the idol of the masses;
Yet in the path of virtue fair, old Joseph far surpasses,
The merry prince, whose sparkling eye delights in winsome lasses.
Like a merry King of England,
And England's merry King.

"For Joseph from dame Potiphar, as holy men assert,
Leaving his garment in her hand, did naked fly unhurt;
But Charley, like an honest lad, will not a friend desert,
And so he still remains behind, nor leaves his only shirt.
Like a merry King of England,
And England's merry King.

"Then here's to bonny Charley, he is a prince divine,
He hates a Puritan as much as Jews detest a swine;
But, faith, he loves a shade too much his mistresses and wine,
Which makes me fear that he will not supply the royal line,
With a merry King of England,
And England's merry King."

The singer paused, and loud and rapturous was the applause which he
received, until, putting up his hand in a deprecating manner, silence
was again restored, and with an elaborate _impromptu_, which it had
taken him about two hours that morning to spin from his old brain, he
turned to Berkeley, and burst forth again.

"Nor let this mirror of the king by us remain unsung,
To whom the hopes of Englishmen in parlous times have clung:
Let Berkeley's praises still be heard from every loyal tongue,
While Bacon and his hoggish herd be cured, and then be hung.
Like young rebels of the King,
And the King's young rebels."