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Show 2 <P 0 E M S. Chrift will be King, but I ne'er underftood His Subje&s built his Kingdom up with Bloody Except their o w n j or that he would difpence With his commands, though for his o w n defence. 6 h ! to what height of horrour are they come W h o dare pull d o w n a Crown, tear up a T o m b ? On the numerous Accefs of the Englifh to wait upon tht King in Flanders. FYAften, Great Prince, unto thy Britifli Ides, \ Or all thy Subjects will become Exiles. T o thee they flock, thy Prefence is their home, As Tompeys Camp, where e'er it rhov'd, was Rome. They that afferted thy Juft Caufe go hence T o teftrfie their joy and reverence ; And thofe that did not, now, by wonder taught, G o to confefs and expiate their fault. So that if thou doft ftay, thy gafping Land It felf will empty on theBelgicI^ Sana: Where the affrighted Dutchman does profefs H e thinks it an Invafion, not Addrefs. As w e unmonarch'd were for want of thee, So till thou come w e {hall unpeopled be. None but the clofe Fanatick will remain, W h o by our Loyalty his ends will gain ; And he th' exhaufted Land will quickly find As defolate a place as he defign'd. For England (though grown old with woes) will fee Her long deny'd and Sovereign Remedy. So when old Jacob could but credit give That his prodigious Jofeph ftill did live, (Jofeph that was preferved to reftore Their lives that would have taken his before) It is enough, *(faid he) to Egypt I Will goy and fee him once before I die. T 0 E M S. Arion on a Dolphin, To his Majejly at his pajfagc into England. WHom does this ftately Navy bring * O ! 'tis Great Britain* Glorious King. Convey him then, ye Winds and Seas, Swift as Defire and calm as Peace. In your Refpefi let him fiirvey W h a t all his other Subjects pay \ And prophefie to them again The fplendid fmoothnefs of his Rei<yn. Charles and his mighty hopes you bear : A greater n o w than C*far$ here ; Whofe Veins a richer Purple boaft Than ever Hero's yet engroft ; Sprung from a Father fo auguft, H e triumphs in his very duft. In him two Miracles w e view, His Vertue and his Safety too : For when compell'd by Traitors crimes T o breathe and bow in forreign Climes, Expos d to all the rigid fate That does on wither'd Greatnefs wait. Plots againft L ife and Confcience laid, By Foes purfu'd, by Friends betray'd j Then Heaven, his fecret potent friend, Did him from Drugs and %abs defend ; And, what's more yet, Wpt him upright 'Midft flattering Hope and bloudy Fight. Cromwel his own Right never gain'd, Defender of the Faith remain'd, For which his PredeceiTors fought And writ, but none fo dearly bought. Never was Prince fo much befieged, At homeprovokd, abroad obliged 5 B 2 Nor • •4 |