Part II

. p. 32.

[326] First collected and published in 1661, and afterwards reprinted in two small vols. 1731.

[327] The first collection ever formed of these political satires was printed in 1660, with the quaint title of "Ratts rhimed to Death; or, the Rump-parliament hang'd up in the Shambles."

[328] In one of the popular political songs of the day, "The Rump" is aptly compared to

"The foxes of Samson, that carried a brand In their tails, to destroy and to burn up the land."

[329] Clement Walker's History of Independency, part II . p. 130. Confirmed by Barwick in his Life, p. 163.

[330] The Rev. Mark Noble's Memoirs of the Protectoral House of Cromwell, i. 405.

[331] Clement Walker's History of Independency, Part II . 173.

[332] Ib.,