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 Sixth, King of England.
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Henry the Sixth, King of England.
Mars begets Clineas, Henry a SonThat has lost more then all his Father won;
For he lost Normandy, and France put to't,
England and Ireland, and his Life to boot.
Twice crown'd and twice depos'd, at last he took
Deaths fatall Errand from Yorks desperate Duke.
He was a Prince (do Rebels what ye will)
Like Archimedes drawing Figures still:
Who (not unlike some Gamesters I have seen)
Winning and losing still the same has been.
He was not Politick in the Worlds controle,
But he is wise enough that saves his Soul.
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