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A44622
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Caroloiades, or, The rebellion of forty one in ten books : a heroick poem.
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Howard, Edward, fl. 1669.
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1689
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Wing H2966; ESTC R17386
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To colour more three Kingdom 's wretched Fates In hope the Scepter without blow might fall Or shar'd by Lords and Commons at their Call. No Negative Will their Sovereign they 'd admit All they would Act nay kill as they thought sit Thy bloud Great Strafford foremost must be Spilt His Head their fear and death no loss their Guilt Whilst Poz'd the Senats Artisice to Maintain That Law did Treason in his Case Explain Whose fall his Princes Cares did much Augment Who griev'd yet grieving gave his wrong'd Consent Flatter'd with hopes of future good from Men That were bad first but to be worse agen And shows to Kings how dangerous they Comply When they with evil Subjects Gratify Nor less the Multitudes unruly Fate Who thought his Bloud more prosperous days should Date Not judging Heav'n had but deferr'd the time When they must bleed to expiate their Crime All which the Politique Houses had foreseen When left to Crouds Seditions welcome Scene Well knowing that such must for their Crimes be stroak'd Before they could be more subservient yoak'd Or Grants obtain'd Be aiding unto more That should confirm an everlasting Power To sit and Vote To which their Prince Agrees Hoping to winn them with Benignities And this High gift like which none e're had been By Subjects ask'd or given by English King. Whilst they neglecting his too facile Grace Give to their asking still a bolder Face Resolv'd to Compass such Disloyall things As should dethrone him with his line of Kings No thoughts like these did complicate his Cares And pierc'd him deeper in his Consorts Tears Her Person Menac'd and defam'd by those Who most did high disorders then dispose Which tho' 'gainst her Ingloriously apply'd Yet no occasion she her Soul deny'd That to her King her Value could assure Or tell the World what she 'd for him endure To whom with Meen and Greatness duly Joyn'd She briefly thus express'd her Glorious Mind What Fate soe're in these Commotions lyes Or sury staring in your Peoples Eyes Should it shame Starrs that such presages guide Or to your Rebell Subjects joyn their side No day from aiding you shall me deterr How dismall e're may look the face of Warr. Too sure your friend your Foes do me suspect Since my Soul most your Cause must needs affect Like which no Glory from my Life can spring Or Courage in the Wife of such a King. What Ally won't your Warrs concern embrace Or Prince descending from a Royall Race When I your praises shall to them declare And how Compleat to Rule your Virtues are These your best Standards I 'le abroad display If through the Occean Starrs assist my way To these obligements of her Soul to him Whose Virtue best their Merit could esteem He thus replyes If Heaven designes to me By Peace or Warr a due prosperity The greatness of thy Mind and Love I 'le own Above Attempts that may support my Crown My Kingdoms dangers threaten every where As from black Clouds Men future Thunder 〈◊〉 Fierce Pop'lar rage above its Region swells Whence few discern where most the mischief dwells But more severe that Crime unto my Heart As your affliction has with mine its part What Absence can you sever from my mind Where like another Soul your value's join'd Whilst I assisting of thy Just Retreat Shew my Affection 's no less kind then Great Nor would I that true Annals should disperse My Acts of Glory and not Thine rehearse His Queen in whose Heroick Soul did meet All things that Love and Majesty compleat Yields to depart with so Serene a Grace That Gries seem'd vanquish'd in her Tender Face Much kindness she express'd and more forbears Lest Words too sadly should produce her Tears Or that her Soul to utter wanted power How kind she 'd leave him in that dismal hour Such Nobless as with Duty did attend On this Departure how did they contend To six Impressions on their Souls that might Admiâ—e the Grief and Grandeur of this sight Nor Judg'd they sorrow could enough Address With tears their wives and daughters did Express As they fear'd evills from that hour would spring That destin'd was to part a Queen and King. Thus they Lamented and next Joyntly pray That Heaven might safely guide on Seas her way And from the Glory of her Voyage yield Faâ—r fam'd Assistance to her King in field Winds soon their wishes take whilst Neptun's face His Azur'd Curls and smoothest Billows grace Proud that his Swiftest waves her fraight must bear As her stout Ship to Belgick ports did steer Had former Poets this Atcheivment known Not their verse Thetis Queen of Seas would own Since Love and Glory more Sublimely raise A Consort to our Empire on the Seas The Queen thus to a Forraign Coast retir'd Where Highest Potentates her worth admired And how she more then Woman's skill apply'd That her Kings Cause might soonest be supply'd When Belgian States so long oblig'd had been To Fam'd Elizabeth our English Queen By whom their Body-Politique did rise In spight of Spain then held so Great and Wise She with Pathetick words did highly move Wishing their Power as Gratefull as her Love. Since by a sad Vicissitude of Fate The English Crown Courts their obliged State Letting 'em know to what a Glorious end They may for ever be call'd Englands freind To which the Belgick State with Supine pride Th' effect of Power and Riches thus reply'd What er's the Cause that this Address does bring Thus Honour'd by the Queen to Brittains King. An Envoy which our Greatness must confess Does more then Humane Majesty express Far be 't that our now Mighty-States disown Their past Oblig'ments to the English Throne By whose brave Aid's we did best force obtain On Land and Sea to Curb Aspiring Spain And what is more did next advantage take Our selves of Subjects Mighty Lords to make For which Spain Lowdly did us Rebells call Who durst hope Safety by that Scepters fall A bold Necessity which Subjects brings First to oppose and then Dethrone their Kings Whether the Brittish quarrell be the same Or from a specious greivance would disclaim Like us their Monarch's Rule in either Case We can't the English Crown 's demand embrace Least held our States high Blemish to resist Our Prince at Home and one abroad assist We with most Kings a free Commerce Maintain Whose coin may Ships Arms Men from us obtain No Princes Wanting Cause our States espouse To gain 's our business when our Neighbours Loose The Queen by prudence and experience taught Disdains to utter the Contempt she thought These Courser States deserved tho' well she knew How few Dominions are to others true And what a Cold redress most Princes sinde When Fortune is to their affairs Unkinde Yet with her self concludes tho' stript of all That could a Monarch's suffering Spouse befall Nothing to Mis-imploy that can assure Her King 's great Safety or his Ayd procure Such Matchless Gemms whose Luster did