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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William the Second, King of England.
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William the Second, King of England.
William the Father being dead and gone,William his Son usurps his Brothers Throne:
They call him Rufus: why, you need not study,
Either his hair was red, or count'nance ruddy.
Fortune his Reigne continuall Warre alots,
From the Welch, from his brother, or the Scots.
Still he was Victor, till the fatall Dart
In the new Forrest once hit the wrong H'art.
Why there he fell in Judgment so severe,
If a Religious House be left? ask there:
The father there invades the Churches hedg,
And the Son suffers for his Sacriledge.
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