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The French King's Lamentation for the Loss of the Occasional Bill, 1705.
I think I shall never despair,
Tho beaten at Hochstet full sore,
Since I have gotten somewhere
130 and 4.
Tho beaten at Hochstet full sore,
Since I have gotten somewhere
130 and 4.
Tho Malbro' has ruin'd my Cause,
I'll soon that matter restore,
For amongst the Makers of Laws
I've 130 and 4.
I'll soon that matter restore,
For amongst the Makers of Laws
I've 130 and 4.
The Cub that I've cherish'd so long,
In time will pay off his score,
For I find his Party is strong,
'Tis 130 and 4.
In time will pay off his score,
For I find his Party is strong,
'Tis 130 and 4.
I'll send him home to his Throne,
Which his Father abandon'd before,
I'm sure he will be maintain'd
By the 130 and 4.
Which his Father abandon'd before,
I'm sure he will be maintain'd
By the 130 and 4.
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The Alliance had all been dissolv'd,
And I had got all in my Power,
Had then the Question been carry'd
By the 130 and 4.
And I had got all in my Power,
Had then the Question been carry'd
By the 130 and 4.
My Son had been tack'd unto Spain
Much faster than ever before,
Had the great Design but gone on
Of the 130 and 4.
Much faster than ever before,
Had the great Design but gone on
Of the 130 and 4.
But they have put some of my Friends
Into Places of Profit and Power,
Or else the Question had gone
With the 130 and 4.
Into Places of Profit and Power,
Or else the Question had gone
With the 130 and 4.
There's H---nd, and H---t, and H---w,
And St. J---n, and M---l, and M---re,
Have now forsaken their Friends,
The 130 and 4.
And St. J---n, and M---l, and M---re,
Have now forsaken their Friends,
The 130 and 4.
I think my Affairs at Sea
Look better than ever before,
Some Officers are of the Mind
Of the 130 and 4.
Look better than ever before,
Some Officers are of the Mind
Of the 130 and 4.
Some Captains have made me a Present,
Of some of their Ships of War,
And these are all of a piece
With the 130 and 4.
Of some of their Ships of War,
And these are all of a piece
With the 130 and 4.
I'll fit out an English Fleet,
To the Number of half a Score,
And these shall all be employ'd
For the 130 and 4.
To the Number of half a Score,
And these shall all be employ'd
For the 130 and 4.
Am not I a Politick Prince,
Who have ruin'd Mankind with my Power,
To have in a Protestant Land
130 and 4?
Who have ruin'd Mankind with my Power,
To have in a Protestant Land
130 and 4?
I have had my Cabals in that Nation
These 45 Years, and more,
And I find I'm not yet out of Fashion
With the 130 and 4.
These 45 Years, and more,
And I find I'm not yet out of Fashion
With the 130 and 4.
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With Wenches I doz'd an old Stallion,
He Dunkirk resign'd for a Whore,
And I play a new Game of Rebellion
With the 130 and 4.
He Dunkirk resign'd for a Whore,
And I play a new Game of Rebellion
With the 130 and 4.
I govern'd and gull'd Brother Jemmy,
He firmly believ'd what I swore,
Till they banish'd him hither to see me,
From the 130 and 4.
He firmly believ'd what I swore,
Till they banish'd him hither to see me,
From the 130 and 4.
I maintain now their dear Prince of Wales,
As I did his old Father before,
Tho I wish he was gone from Versailles,
To his 130 and 4.
As I did his old Father before,
Tho I wish he was gone from Versailles,
To his 130 and 4.
Now to keep these brave Allies in heart,
I'm glad my Friend Tallard's gone o're,
I hope he'll again do his Part
With the 130 and 4.
I'm glad my Friend Tallard's gone o're,
I hope he'll again do his Part
With the 130 and 4.
Tho he sheath'd his Sword with Disgrace,
Yet he knows how to draw a Lu'd'Or,
And that Weapon shall always have place
With the 130 and 4.
Yet he knows how to draw a Lu'd'Or,
And that Weapon shall always have place
With the 130 and 4.
Anjou must be left in the lurch,
(The most Catholick Son of the Whore)
Till he's rais'd by such Sons of the Church,
As the 130 and 4.
(The most Catholick Son of the Whore)
Till he's rais'd by such Sons of the Church,
As the 130 and 4.
When my Troops were sent all a packing,
No Plaister so fitted my Sore,
As the Brawling and Wrangling and Tacking
Of the 130 and 4.
No Plaister so fitted my Sore,
As the Brawling and Wrangling and Tacking
Of the 130 and 4.
The Kings of the Spaniards and Romans,
Must be humbled and turn'd out of Doors,
If I get but another House of Commons
Like the 130 and 4.
Must be humbled and turn'd out of Doors,
If I get but another House of Commons
Like the 130 and 4.
Nor shall my strong Hopes ever faulter,
Tho I'm squeez'd and drain'd very Poor,
Till Justice is tack'd with a Halter
To the 130 and 4.
Tho I'm squeez'd and drain'd very Poor,
Till Justice is tack'd with a Halter
To the 130 and 4.
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