Cavalier Songs and Ballads of England from 1642 to 1684 by Various
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By you we have deliverance
From the design of Spain and France, Ormond, Montrose, the Danes; You, aided by our brethren Scots, Defeated have malignant plots, And brought your sword to Cain's. What wholesome laws you have ordain'd, Whereby our property's maintain'd, 'Gainst those would us undo; So that our fortunes and our lives, Nay, what is dearer, our own wives, Are wholly kept by you. Oh! what a flourishing Church and State Have we enjoy'd e'er since you sate, With a glorious King (God save him!): Have you not made his Majesty, Had he the grace but to comply, And do as you would have him! Your DIRECTORY how to pray By the spirit shows the perfect way; In real you have abolisht The Dagon of the COMMON PRAYER, And next we see you will take care That churches be demolisht. A multitude in every trade Of painful preachers you have made, |
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