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In these words, Page 47.
That this bears date, the last day of September,
In sixteen hundred fifty eight, remember;
And that, a Reconcilement be before
We have provok'd GOD's patience one year more,
Lest I my self be made another signe
Of what the former Symptomes pre-divine:
For, those Confusions which distract this State,
Are typified in my outward Fate.
And printed on me by that violation
Of Justice, which defiles this Generation.
They that seem to have enough in outward show,
To bear their Port, and pay the Debts they owe,
And for the future a sufficiency;
So also, if I had my right, have I.
As (notwithstanding this) with much ado,
They now subsist; so fares it with me too.
As at the present, their Expences be
More then their Incomes, so it is with me.
I have more Foes then Friends; and much I am
Deceived, if they may not say the same.
My Foes and Troubles in another year
Will ruine me, and so will also their,
If he, on whose assistance I depend,
Prevents not what their foes and mine intend,
Before another year wheels round, I may
Enjoy an outward peace, and so might they,
If they embrace the means that will be shown,
And follow not devices of their own.
If timely Justice be vouchsaf'd to me,
By timely Mercies they secur'd shall be.
If I permitted am to be destroy'd,
Their power, will not long after be enjoy'd.
In sixteen hundred fifty eight, remember;
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We have provok'd GOD's patience one year more,
Lest I my self be made another signe
Of what the former Symptomes pre-divine:
For, those Confusions which distract this State,
Are typified in my outward Fate.
And printed on me by that violation
Of Justice, which defiles this Generation.
They that seem to have enough in outward show,
To bear their Port, and pay the Debts they owe,
And for the future a sufficiency;
So also, if I had my right, have I.
As (notwithstanding this) with much ado,
They now subsist; so fares it with me too.
As at the present, their Expences be
More then their Incomes, so it is with me.
I have more Foes then Friends; and much I am
Deceived, if they may not say the same.
My Foes and Troubles in another year
Will ruine me, and so will also their,
If he, on whose assistance I depend,
Prevents not what their foes and mine intend,
Before another year wheels round, I may
Enjoy an outward peace, and so might they,
If they embrace the means that will be shown,
And follow not devices of their own.
If timely Justice be vouchsaf'd to me,
By timely Mercies they secur'd shall be.
If I permitted am to be destroy'd,
Their power, will not long after be enjoy'd.
Moreover, my DARK-LANTERN fore-declar'd
As plainly (as such things might be averr'd
In such like times) what, Cromwell had design'd,
That they in power (had they been so inclin'd)
Might have prevented it, when shew he made
To give up that Commission which he had.
And had they been so prudent to have tookt,
They, his White Lyon, at that time had dockt.
As plainly (as such things might be averr'd
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That they in power (had they been so inclin'd)
Might have prevented it, when shew he made
To give up that Commission which he had.
And had they been so prudent to have tookt,
They, his White Lyon, at that time had dockt.
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