The Year of Wonders.
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7.
Behold two Nations then, ingag'd so far,
That each seven years the Fit must shake each Land:
Where France will side to weaken us by War,
Who only can his vast Designs withstand.
Behold two Nations then, ingag'd so far,
That each seven years the Fit must shake each Land:
Where France will side to weaken us by War,
Who only can his vast Designs withstand.
8.
(c) Th' Iberian, the Spaniard.See how he feeds th' (c) Iberian with delays,
To render us his timely Friendship vain;
And while his secret Soul on Flanders preys,
He rocks the Cradle of the Babe of Spain.
(c) Th' Iberian, the Spaniard.See how he feeds th' (c) Iberian with delays,
To render us his timely Friendship vain;
And while his secret Soul on Flanders preys,
He rocks the Cradle of the Babe of Spain.
9.
Such deep designs of Empire does he lay
O're them, whose Cause he seems to take in hand:
And, prudently, would make them Lords at Sea,
To whom with ease he can give Laws by Land.
Such deep designs of Empire does he lay
O're them, whose Cause he seems to take in hand:
And, prudently, would make them Lords at Sea,
To whom with ease he can give Laws by Land.
10.
This saw our King; and long within his breast
His pensive Counsels ballanc'd too and fro;
He griev'd the Land he freed should be oppress'd,
And he less for it than Usurpers do.
This saw our King; and long within his breast
His pensive Counsels ballanc'd too and fro;
He griev'd the Land he freed should be oppress'd,
And he less for it than Usurpers do.
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