The Western-TRIUMPH:
OR,
The ROYAL PROGRESS
of Our Gracious King James the II. into the West of England.
Our Gracious King, where e're he came,
was entertained with joy:
His presence did much comfort bring,
all crys Vive Le Roy.
Tune of, King James's Jigg. This may be printed. R.P.
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COme listen awhile to the Lines which I bring,
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Of the Royal Progress of James our good King,
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Which unto the West he was pleased to take,
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And of the great Mirth that his Subjects did make;
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Through e'ry City and Town where he came,
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Attended with Nobles and Persons of Fame:
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Rejoycing they pray for the King and his Train,
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God send him a long and a prosperous Reign.
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Then bidding the Castle of Windsor adieu,
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And coming to Portsmouth in order to view
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The Fortifications of that Royal Fort,
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And likewise as we have by perfect report,
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He Touch't for the Evil, so tender was he,
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Of his Loving Subjects of e'ry degree:
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While Thousands rejoycing, they cry'd our again,
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God send him a long and a prosperous Reign.
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O then in his Yatch, our Royal Great James,
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Did pass over Neptune's curled Silver Streams;
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At Bath in short time, our Great Prince did arrive,
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Where every Subject in person did strive,
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To pay their Allegiance with Loyal Respect,
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And pray that the Heavens may always protect
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Our Mighty Great Monarch and his Princely Train,
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In Peace, with a flourishing prosperous Reign.
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From thence to the City of Glouster he came,
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Where all the Greet Persons their joys did proclaim,
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The more their magnanimous Triumph to show,
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Their Conduits with plenty of Wine then did flow;
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Their Caps up they fling, while their Knees on the ground
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King James's good Healthy they Drank merrily round:
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With loud Acclamations all struck in a strain,
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God send him a long and a prosperous Reign.
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To Worcester then our Prince went with speed,
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Where once many brave Loyal Soldiers did bleed,
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With Lords, Dukes and Earles, such Men of Renown,
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Which Fought for the King for maintaining the Crown:
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When there they beheld him, they then did rejoyce,
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And all with a noble, unanimous Voice,
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Crying God bless great James and his Princely train,
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And send him a long and a prosperous Reign.
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To Ludlow and Shrewsbury then he did ride,
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Nay Whitchurch and Chester, to Newport [beside,]
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To Litchfield and Boscobel-House, then also
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To the Royal-Oak he was pleased to go,
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To see the Remains of the Prosperous Tree,
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The Refuge of Charles of late blest Memory,
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Who Heaven in mercy was pleas'd to ordain,
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In his Fathers Kingdom and Throne for to Reign.
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The City of Coventry then in short space,
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Our Prince with his presence was pleased to grace,
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The Mayor with his Aldermen meeting the King,
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The Town was in Triumph, while Bells they did ring:
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All Hearts were transported with freedom and joy,
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The Musick they made it was Vive Le Roy,
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To drink his good Health there was none wou'd refrain,
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But pray'd for his long and most prosperous Reign.
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To Banbury then our Soveraign came,
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And after to Oxford that City of Fame,
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Who was not behind hand with none of the rest,
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Their joy and their triumph cannot be exprest,
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No Prince ever met with such Subjects before,
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Then our Great Monarch whom all do adore:
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To drink his good Health, there's none will refrain,
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To pray for his long and most prosperous Reign.
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At length to the City of Bristow also,
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Our King with his Queen and his Nobles did go,
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Where hundreds and thousands together did throng,
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To see in what glory they passed along,
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The greatest of Triumph atended the day,
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No City in England more Loyal than they,
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All fling their Caps, and did cry our amain,
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God send them a long and a prosperous Reign.
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FINIS.
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