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The Resolution.
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The Resolution.
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The Devil take those foolish men,Who gave you first such pow'rs;
We stood on even grounds till then;
If any odds, Creation made it ours.
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For shame let these weak Chains be broke;Let's our slight bonds, like Sampson, tear;
And nobly cast away that yoke,
Which we nor our Forefathers e're could bear.
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French Laws forbid the Female Raign;Yet Love does them to slavery draw,
Alas, if we'll our rights maintain,
'Tis all Mankind must make a Salique Law.
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