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Ballad.
[The Factions which Each other claw]
The Factions which Each other claw
By joint consent have both undone Thee
Thou like the Goat in Moses Law
Hast all the Nations Sins upon Thee.
By joint consent have both undone Thee
Thou like the Goat in Moses Law
Hast all the Nations Sins upon Thee.
Whilst H** upon thy Faults descants
H***** and M******* shal join
Not one but roars at Irish grants
But all forget You past the Boyne.
H***** and M******* shal join
Not one but roars at Irish grants
But all forget You past the Boyne.
Five hundred Hams all pleas'd all proud
That they their Fathers Shame discover
But not one Japhet in the Crowd
To draw the Decent Mantle over.
That they their Fathers Shame discover
But not one Japhet in the Crowd
To draw the Decent Mantle over.
What in Thy Government is right
To So****r's Name shal stand recorded
The Lawrels Thou hast gain'd in fight
Let O*****d's Merit be rewarded.
To So****r's Name shal stand recorded
The Lawrels Thou hast gain'd in fight
Let O*****d's Merit be rewarded.
Thy Ministry supports the Throne,
With prudence O*****d all disasters:
What proves successful is their own,
And what Miscarrys is their Masters.
With prudence O*****d all disasters:
What proves successful is their own,
And what Miscarrys is their Masters.
Twas by a House of Commons wrought
That Priests and Papists shan't Alarm ye
But twas His Majestys own fault
That we have neither Fleet nor Army.
That Priests and Papists shan't Alarm ye
But twas His Majestys own fault
That we have neither Fleet nor Army.
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