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ON THE BIRTH OF THE YOUNG PRINCE CHARLES.

When private Men gett sonnes they get a spoone,
Without Ecclypse, or any Starr at noone:
When Kings gett sonnes, they get withall supplyes
And succours, farr beyond all Subsedyes.
Wellcome Gods Loane, thou Tribute to the state,
Thou Mony newly coyn'd, thou Fleete of Plato;
Thrice happy Childe; whome God thy Father sent
To make him rich without a Parliament.