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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Henry the Eighth, King of England.
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Henry the Eighth, King of England.
Henry the Eighth began his Reigne so well,Few Predecessors were his Parallel.
Empson and Dudley he did soon dismisse,
Those Engines of his Fathers Avarice.
A comly Prince he was, but him I fear
The Hangman made too oft a Widower.
Many for no desert he would exalt,
And ruine them as quickly for no fault.
He never spar'd (if you my Author trust)
Man in his wrath, or Woman in his Lust.
And yet his vices did not so prevaile,
But that his Vertues still did Even the Scale.
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