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Rh Windsor and Bristow then shall be Joined together in the Low-countree Then shall the tall black Daventry Bird. Speak against peace right many a word; And some shall admire his conying wit, For many good groats his tongue shall slit. But, spight of the Harpy that crawls on all four, There shall be peace, pardie, and war no more. But Englond must cry alack and well-a-day, If the stick be taken from the dead sea. And, dear Englond, if ought I understond, Beware of Carrots from Northumberlond. Carrots sown Thynne a deep root may get, If so be they are in Somer set: Their Conyngs mark thou; for I have been told, They assassine when young, and poison when old. Root out these Carrots, O thou, whose name Is backwards and forwards always the same; And keep close to thee always that name, Which backwards and forwards is almost the same. And, Englond, wouldst thou be happy still, Bury those Carrots under a Hill. EPI-