A Metrical History of England Or, Recollections, in Rhyme, Of some of the most prominent Features in our National Chronology, from the Landing of Julius Caesar to the Commencement of the Regency, in 1812. In Two Volumes ... By Thomas Dibdin |
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Verses on the Marriage of Philip and Mary . BY WHITE, BISHOP OF LINCOLN.
The devil, that old enemy to mankind,Strives to prevent, tho' to it God's inclined,
That Mary, England's Queen, should join her hands,
To Spanish Philip, in hymeneal bands.
Against the match, with the dark prince of night,
The helpless Scots and timrous French unite,
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Eight married fathers, void of heavenly grace,
John Dudley, Wyatt, and rebellious Kent,
With Gray conspired the marriage to prevent.
But that the nuptials should performed be,
Cæsar and Flanders vow'd, and Italy,
Catholic bishops, and with these comply
Five holy fathers, for their sanctity
In fetters bound; the senate of the nation,
And all true Catholics in ev'ry station;
Lords, Commons, learned, ignorant, and we,
'Cause God himself doth thereunto agree.
When Philip and Queen Mary shall be joined,
Their blood its wonted course shall run refined.
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