Florus Britannicus Or, an Exact Epitome of the History of England, From William the Conquerour to the Twelfth Year of the Reign of his Sacred Majesty Charls the Second, now flourishing. Illustrated with their perfect Portraictures ... By Mathew Stevenson |
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Henry the Third, King of England.
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Henry the Third, King of England.
The groaning Kingdome being rid of John,Has found his very Image in his Son.
King Henry the Third nine years of Age
Enters a troubled and a doubtfull Stage
The Realme he found Rebecca like become
With divers Nations strugling in her Womb;
All which he clear'd at last with promise fair,
With Oaths & Vowes which prov'd nothing but Air.
He pill'd his subjects so, that at his need
Give him they nothing would, nor could indeed:
He marries then with a mean Family,
And spoyles his Realme to lard their Poverty.
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