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ANNUS MIRABILIS:
43.
Lewis had chased the English from his shore;
But Charles the French as Subjects does invite:
Would Heav'n for each some Solomon restore,
Who, by their mercy, may decide their right.
Lewis had chased the English from his shore;
But Charles the French as Subjects does invite:
Would Heav'n for each some Solomon restore,
Who, by their mercy, may decide their right.
44.
Were Subjects so but only by their choice,
And not from Birth did forc'd Dominion take,
Our Prince alone would have the publique voice;
And all his Neighbours Realms would desarts make.
Were Subjects so but only by their choice,
And not from Birth did forc'd Dominion take,
Our Prince alone would have the publique voice;
And all his Neighbours Realms would desarts make.
45.
He without fear a dangerous War pursues,
Which without rashness he began before.
As Honour made him first the danger choose,
So still he makes it good on virtues score.
He without fear a dangerous War pursues,
Which without rashness he began before.
As Honour made him first the danger choose,
So still he makes it good on virtues score.
46.
The doubled charge his Subjects love supplies,
Who, in that bounty, to themselves are kind:
So glad Egyptians see their Nilus rise,
And in his plenty their abundance find.
The doubled charge his Subjects love supplies,
Who, in that bounty, to themselves are kind:
So glad Egyptians see their Nilus rise,
And in his plenty their abundance find.
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