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A14379	Englands hallelu-jah. Or, Great Brittaines gratefull retribution, for Gods gratious benediction In our many and most famous deliuerances, since the halcyon-dayes of euer-blessed Queene Elizabeth, to these present times. Together, with diuers of Dauids Psalmes, according to the French metre and measures. By I:V	Vicars, John, 1579 or 80-1652.	1631 (1631)	STC 24697; ESTC S111549	31,133	126

with Them Their Fatall Fall In This or Plott or Pouder there was not In This and That GODS Finger seene to All This to disgrace That to destroy our Church But in Them Both Heauen left them in the Lurch 38. In That They sought our guiltlesse blood to spill But Wee escapt and They were paid with Blood In This Themselues were Authours of their ill Whiles They our Gods and Nations Lawes withstood Their woefull Ends I meddle not withall For Both did to their Mr. stand or fall 39. But leauing Them I say to God most iust And yet most gracious to true Penitents I yet a little farther leade thee must To see Gods Loue in yet more large extents That so thy Heart with Dauids may say well Truly the Lord is good to Israell 40. O whoso'ere had not long since but ey'd Of True Religion the strange tottering state How Hollow Hearts 'mongst vs swamme with the tyde How Popish Priests durst boldly to vs prate Out-beard out-braue vs yea and to our face Contest contend Christs Gospell to disgrace 41. Who ere I say did This then see did say Or at least Feare Religion was nigh dead That all hir Beauty almost buried lay Romish Recusants had got such a Head And quite all most to let Hopes Life-blood out See what it pleased the Lord to bring about 42. Our then Prince Charles our staffe of future ioy Now vnder God the Crowne of our Content Vnto our sodaine All-suppos'd annoy From Albion faire to blacke Iberia went Our Day was darkned with the Fogges of Spaine 〈◊〉 quite disheartned till it clear'd againe 43. Our Pearle of peerelesse price was lockt vp fast In a polluted Cabinet too-sure Ouer our Sunne a Spanish Cloud was cast Which did our English Light delight obscure Vnder pretext of a mis-matched Match Till Matchiuill of Rome and Spaine could hatch 44. Could hatch Isay their Egges of Policie To winde and binde to Theirs Our Church and State To weaue Their Webbe of Europes Monarchie Wherein They then seem'd workemen fortunate So cunningly They had contriu'd each thing That Hope and Hap seem'd Both to Crowne them King 45. Spaines Romane Dog that sly Fox-Populj With Craft lay closse his Egges to heat and hatch His M ● on Ambitions Horse did hie No lesse than our Great Britaines Crowne to catch But when This thought himselfe safe set i' th' Saddle His haste made waste Tothers Egges All prou'd addle 46. Our God good God Those Machiuillians great In their owne Counsels strangely did besot His loue to vs made them themselues to cheat What they had got they stupidly forgot What they so long did long for thirst affect Then put vpon them they did slight neglect 47. O heere I cannot but admire adore The wondrous Wisedome of the Lord alone Oh heere I may not easily passe-ore The Contemplation of Gods mercy showne To England happy England in This Act Of Mercy wherein Many are compact 48. For first Had Spaine like Saul his Micholl wedded To our deere Dauid We had wedded bin To many Woes of All-Wisemen then dreaded By false fain'd Friends meere Foes without within What might That Saul haue car'd t' haue spar'd a Daughter Whereby he thought t'hau● wrought good Dauids slaughter 49. Some Troian-Horse by Spaines Pelasgan Art With sacred shew our Kingdome might haue entred A Spanish Fleet at least t'vphold the part Of vrged Reformation had bin ventred A Fleet I say full fraught with arm'd protectio● To bring the Puritans to due subiection 50. Againe had Spaine ne're meant to make the Match As that 's most sure yet had they still protracted Protested vow'd aduantage still to watch Which part they oft haue finely falsely acted With sly delayes t' haue wyer-drawne their wiles What might they not haue wrought on vs the whiles 51. Might they not thus at least haue bound our hands From least assistance to our Neighbour-Friends Till they had ouer-run the Netherlands And euery where obtained their proud Ends Whilst we alas stood looking at all This And in Them saw for Vs Rods laid in pisse 52. Oh then that royall King and Queene of Hearts Bohemiaes Princely Paire and pleasant Plants Had found Afflictions added to their smarts Had then bin drown'd in helpelesse woes and wants Had bin a prey fit for those hungry Iawes ●hich long had gap'd to gripe them in their Pawes 53. Then oh then had Religion restlessely And helpelessely yea hopelessely bin baited Then Edoms Sons had raisd a cruell Cry Like bloody Blood-Hounds vndefatigated ' Downe with it downe with it euen to the ground ' ●et no memoriall of it ere be found 54. But see oh see how our good God arose Like a most glorious Sun with gracious Rayes At whose vp-rise that monstrous Cloud of woes Was quite dispel'd disperst And to Heauens praise Those threatned stormes of Spaines Romes Raine thunder Were turn'd into a Calme to our great wonder 55. For why Gods Loue led yea pull'd-forth our Prince From Spaines foule Fogges So that our Sun most faire Hath clearely cheerely on vs euer since Shined and shut-out all our deepe despaire Sodainely sweetly to our admiration He came to vs to our Hearts exultation 56. He came came safely yea he solely came Solely I say free from all Spanish voake Yea which is most and best blest be Gods name He came vntainted of least smell of smoake Of Romish Spanish Coales of Heresie Gods Grace did guide guarde his Sincerity 57. Yea Hee with Ioseph seem'd to before-sent Into That Egypt by his God and King Those many growing Mischiefes to preuent Which through all Europe ranke began to s●ring To shield vs from a Famine not of Bread But of Gods Word which most men most did dread 58. For why Romes S●uen Lanke-Headed hungry Beast Hungring for Blood yea Blood of Gods blest Saints Had his deuouring Rage so much encreast And our faire Peace brought to so hard constraints That all our former Full-felicity Was nigh deuourd throughout all Germany 59. But as I sayd What our false feares of strife Like Iosephs Brethren did misterme mistake And what Spaine Rome like Potiphars base Wife Wrought on good Joseph spoile of him to make That did the Lord conuert to our great good And well he went as then our Cases stood 60. Oh England England VVhat canst Thou repay VVhat Retribution hast Thou for thy God Thy God who Thus hath bin thy staffe and stay And freed Thee thus from Spanish Romish Rod From cruell Men which are Gods Sword indeed VVhose Mercies are but Mischiefes bloody Seed 61. O what canst thou to God thy God repay VVhich wondrously Life out of Death hath brought Light out of Darkenesse from blacke Night bright Day VVhich from such Bondage hath such Freedome wrought VVhich hath thy stooping drooping Heart reuiued And of their impious Ends thy Foes depriued 62. A thankefull Heart Gods mercies oft to minde A