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We blame the K--- that he relies too much
On Strangers, Germans, Hugonots, and Dutch;
And seldom does his great Affairs of State
To English Counsellors communicate.
The Fact might very well be answer'd thus;
He has so often been betray'd by us,
He must have been a Madman to rely
On English G---ns Fidelity.
For laying other Arguments aside,
This Thought might mortifie our English Pride,
That Foreigners have faithfully obey'd him,
And none but Englishmen have e'er betray'd him.
They have our Ships and Merchants bought and sold,
And barter'd English Blood for Foreign Gold.
First to the French they sold our Turky-Fleet,
And injur'd Talmash next, at Camaret.
The King himself is shelter'd from their Snares,
Not by the Merit, but the Crown he wears.
Experience tells us 'tis the English way,
Their Benefactors always to betray.
On Strangers, Germans, Hugonots, and Dutch;
And seldom does his great Affairs of State
To English Counsellors communicate.
The Fact might very well be answer'd thus;
He has so often been betray'd by us,
He must have been a Madman to rely
On English G---ns Fidelity.
For laying other Arguments aside,
This Thought might mortifie our English Pride,
That Foreigners have faithfully obey'd him,
And none but Englishmen have e'er betray'd him.
They have our Ships and Merchants bought and sold,
And barter'd English Blood for Foreign Gold.
First to the French they sold our Turky-Fleet,
And injur'd Talmash next, at Camaret.
The King himself is shelter'd from their Snares,
Not by the Merit, but the Crown he wears.
Experience tells us 'tis the English way,
Their Benefactors always to betray.
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