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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Richard the Second, King of England.
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Richard the Second, King of England.
Richard the Second (Son to such a PrinceThe World has never had his equall since)
Instead of aiming at anothers Crown,
As did his Father, tamely yeelds his own.
Has Mars begot Clineas then? O strange!
Sure all the world is moulded up of Change:
And to the Waves we may compare them well;
One threatens Heaven, another sinks to Hell.
Such is the State of sublunary things;
Nothing is fixt, no not the Throne of Kings.
Peace out of doubt would be perpetuall,
But that our sins, our sins for battels call.
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