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Poems on Affairs of State | ||
VI.
But lo, sad Rumours from the British Main,Our Fleet revolted is, which doth a Train
Of Troubles new, and great Combustions breed;
For our great Sins a just vindictive Meed:
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Harness himself, more Honour yet to gain,
For his great Merit elected General:
And as the first Fruits of this publick Call,
Those Princely Pirates from Kingsale doth rout,
Rupert and Maurice both, two Princes stout;
From thence he to th'Herculean Straits do's chase
These German Exiles, who from place to place
Pursu'd within th'Hetrurian Seas (which do
The Worlds Terrestrial Globe divide in two)
Are forced with their winged Fleet to fly
Unto the Caribean Isles, to lie
At Mercy of the Deep, and on that Coast
The greatest part of those great Ships, yea most
Of those seduced Souls with Maurice sink,
As Lead in mighty Waters (sad to think!)
Poems on Affairs of State | ||