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The pi6h1re has its feparate title, " The Scots holding their young
nofe to the grinllone," followed by the liues--
Come ta Me grinjione, Cl'uI']ZS, "ri: nz-Pw to late
T 0 rer0lzH, 'ti: prqfbiterian fate,
Tau crrvinanr pretenders, mu]? I bee
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In fad, the pi6{ure reprefents Prefbyterianifm-Jack Prefbyter-holding
the young king's nofe to the grindilone, which is turned by the Scots,
perfonified as Jockey. The following lines are put into the mouths of the
three adurs in this 1cene:-
_7orkqy._I, Jockey, turne the stone of all your plots,
For none turnes faster than the turne-coat Scots.
Prefbyrer,-We for our ends did make thee king, be sure,
Not to rule us, we will not that endure.
King.-You deep dlssemhlers, I kow what you doe,
And, for revenges sake, I will dissemble too.
Charles's
defeat
and flight from VVorcefte1
furnifhed
materials
for
much