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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Edvvard the Third, King of England.
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Edvvard the Third, King of England.
Edward the Third did at the Throne arrive,Whilst his deposed Father was alive:
But till his Father willingly resign'd it,
Though Queen and Peers all urg'd it, he declin'd it.
Scotland he first subdu'd, and made it reele
Vnder the force of his victorious steel.
France askt him Homage, but he told her plain,
Homage was due to him, her Soveraign.
Let her to Cressey, and to Poictiers look,
And Callice, which 'fore Philip's face he took:
And what does more than this his fame evince,
He was the father to the brave BLACK PRINCE.
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