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'Twixt Henry the Second and Thomas-a-Becket.
“Turn out,” exclaimed Arthur, “that prelate so free,
And from the first rock see him thrown in the sea.”
So they hustled out Becket without judge or jury,
Who quickly returned in a terrible fury.
The lords were enraged, and the ladies affrighted;
But his head was soon cracked in the fray he excited;
When in rushed some monks in a great perturbation,
And gave good King Henry a sound flagellation;
Which so coolly he took, that the president swore,
He ne'er saw such a bigoted milk-sop before.
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