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Consider what Advantages you had
By concord, how safe thereby you were made;
What you profest when you agreed together;
VVhat heretofore, you have been to each other;
How strengthned, and how pow'rful you became
VVhilst your Designs were in effect the same;
To your Alies how helpeful; and to those
How terrible, who dar'd to be your Foes;
Ev'n when the pow'rfulst of your neighbouring Nations
Seem'd so assured of their expectations,
That their Sea Forces, in a proud bravado,
VVere termed an Invinsible Armado;
Till GOD befriending you, did with one puff
Bring down their Pride, and blow their Malice off.
Power, wealth, and honour, ever since that day
He, likewise, heaped on them, many away,
VVhilst you continu'd Friends, though you had many
Backslidings and defects as gross as any.
By concord, how safe thereby you were made;
What you profest when you agreed together;
VVhat heretofore, you have been to each other;
How strengthned, and how pow'rful you became
VVhilst your Designs were in effect the same;
To your Alies how helpeful; and to those
How terrible, who dar'd to be your Foes;
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Seem'd so assured of their expectations,
That their Sea Forces, in a proud bravado,
VVere termed an Invinsible Armado;
Till GOD befriending you, did with one puff
Bring down their Pride, and blow their Malice off.
Power, wealth, and honour, ever since that day
He, likewise, heaped on them, many away,
VVhilst you continu'd Friends, though you had many
Backslidings and defects as gross as any.
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