'  By  another  Gentleman,  who,  about  Eight  Years  ago,  went  out
of  meer  Curiosity  to  see  their  Club,  and  has  since  furnish'd  me
with  the  following  Papers ;  I  was  inform'd  that  it  was  kept  in  no
fix'd  House,  but  that  they  remov'd  as  they  saw  convenient ;  that  the
place  they  met  in  when  he  was  with  'em,  was  a  blind  Ally,  about
Morefields  •,'^  that  the  Company  wholly  consisted  oi  Independents
and  Anabaptists  (I  am  glad  for  the  Honour  of  the  Presbyterians  to
set  down  this  Remark) ;  that  the  Famous  Jerry  White,  formerly
Chaplain  to  Oliver  Cromwell,  who,  no  doubt  on  't,  came  to  sanctify
with  his  Pious  Exhortations,  the  Ribbaldry  of  the  Day,  said  Grace  ;
that  after  the  Table  Cloth  was  removed,  the  Anniversary  Anthem,
as  they  impiously  call'd  it,  was  sung,  and  a  Calves  Scull  filled  with
Wine  or  other  Liquor,  and  then  a  Brimmer  went  about  to  the  Pious
Memory  of  those  worthy  Patriots  that  had  kill'd  the  Tyrant,  and
deliver'd  their  Country  from  his  Arbitrary  Sway  ;  and  lastly,  a
Collection  made  for  the  Mercenary  Scribler,  to  which  every  Man
contributed  according  to  his  Zeal  for  the  Cause,  or  the  Ability  of
lis  Purse.'

The  following  '  Anthem,'  if  not  the  most  refined  of  the  series,  is,
at  least,  the  most  spirited  and  characteristic  :—

An  Anthem  on  ike  yitk  ^January  1696.
