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4 As we have seen in times gone by,

Some chosen to come here,

Who went abroad, and never would

At Duty's post appear.

Close-boroughs let us disfranchise,

Ere their Corruption's weight,

By dire accumulation sink,

The vessel of the State.

Sir Robert Inglis made reply,

A change may raise a storm,

Which might endanger King and State:

I'll vote against Reform.

Small Boroughs yet should rule the large,

As it has long been so;

For if they don't, the Throne will sink

Within ten years, I know.

Squire Twiss declares, in haughty tone,

Petitions I despise:

The Parliament should shut their ears

Against the People's cries.

They know not what is for them best-

For at the Nation's debt,

And taxes which have pressed them down,

They ignorantly fret.

Unquestionable wisdom rests

With us the members here:

Let none by shopmen chosen come,

Among us to appear.

Lord Althorp said, The Commons' House

Should Comnmons represent,

And not the borough-buying Lords,

With selfish wrong intent.