He fought the Irish and the Scotch
And with his navy beat the Dutch
Let all his faults condoned be,
He kept us up on land and sea.

[Illustration: "TAKE AWAY THAT BAUBLE"

IRON JELLOIDS The Great Tonic]

Commonwealth He seemed to like bold argument
(continued) And wordy wars with Parliament;
He made things lively we infer
Frequently at Westminster.

[Illustration: IRON JELLOIDS The Great Tonic]

With M.P.s he had many a bout
And one day cleared the whole lot out;
Locked the door and took the key;
Those not the days of 'Wait and See.'

Charles II. Cromwell's death brings Restoration
1660-1685 And Charles Two lands 'mid acclamation.
After his leaps from twig to twig
He now has 'Otium cum Dig.'
In merry Charles the Second's age
Woman first acted on the stage;
The King encouraged much this vogue
He was a pleasure seeking rogue.
'He never said a foolish thing,
Nor did a wise one'; this the King
Countered with 'My words my own
My acts my ministers' alone';
1662 In sixteen-six-two year of grace,
Charles taxed every fire-place;
And citizens who couldn't pay
Shivered and grumbled as to-day.
These were the times of Musketeers
And proud and dashing Cavaliers;
When words were few and tempers hot
And duels fought out on the spot.

John Bunyan The tinker preacher Bunyan wrote
The 'Pilgrim's Progress' we still quote,
The prison bars no barrier wrought
To lowly Bunyan's lofty thought.
Milton In stately language Milton's muse
1678 The Bible story doth diffuse;
From 'Paradise Lost' we get our view
Of Adam and Eve and Satan too.
The Reverend Titus Oates, a scamp,
Egregious Popish plots did vamp,
Lied roundly for dishonest gains,
Got Cat-o'-nine-tails for his pains.
Habeas Corpus The 'Habeas Corpus' best of laws
1679