The Warlike Monarch.
OR,
King William's Princely Courage, and Resolution, for Reducing the King-
dom of Ireland in his own Person by his Care and Conduct.
To the Tune of, Touch of the Times. Licensed according to Order.
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LET true hearted Subjects now merrily sing
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The Glory and Fame of a Protestant King,
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Whose Courage and Valour the World cannot stain,
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He crossed the Ocean our Rights to regain;
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And now he's resolved to venture once more
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To fight the proud Foe, on the Irish shore:
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King William in Person right valiantly goes,
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God grant him a Blessing to conquer his Foes.
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His Presence will Valour and Courage create,
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Through all the whole Army; no Monarch of late
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Was ever endu'd with such Courage as he,
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[As] Head of his force in field he will be:
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True Protestant Boys, that will fight by his side,
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In order to pull down the Catholick Pride:
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King William in Person right valiantly goes,
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God grant him a Blessing to conquer his Foes.
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All things for the War are preparing with speed,
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An Army we have, Boys, will make them to bleed;
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Under good King William they'll win Day, or dye,
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They scorn from the Face of a Tory to fly,
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But charge and discharge from the front to the Rear,
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Until the whole Kingdom of Rebels they clear:
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Our Monarch in Person he valiantly goes,
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God grant him a Blessing to conquer our Foes.
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[? [Kingdom] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [I] [hope],
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We know that the Rebels will tremble for fear,
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As soon as the Name of King William they hear,
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And that with an Army he enters the Land,
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Those Rebels will never be able to stand;
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And therefore King William in Person he goes,
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[God] grant [him] a Blessing to conquer his Foes.
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The noble Commanders, with Protestant Boys,
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Will soon rout the French and the Irish Dear-joys;
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In Battel the sweet silver Trumpet shall sound,
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The Drums they shall beat, and the Canons resound;
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With fire and Sword, Boys, we them will pursue,
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Until we have routed the rebellious Crew
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King William in Person his Life will expose,
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God grant him a Blessing to conquer his Foes.
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The stout armed Troops first shall enter the Fray,
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While flourishing Colours in Field we'll display;
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The Canons shall roar, and the Smoke then arise,
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Whose thick cloudy Vapours shall darken the Skies;
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The French shall the fury of Protestants feel,
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We'll chase them with Swords, Boys, of tempered steel:
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King William in Person he valiantly goes,
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God grant him a Blessing to conquer his Foes.
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The Protestant Army of Fame and Renown,
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Will venture their Lives to pull Popery down,
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As having King William and Schomberg in Field,
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Who never did yet to an Enemy yield:
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Renowned stout Souldiers may glory this Spring,
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That shall be led on by a Protestant King:
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May Angels still guard him wherever he goes,
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To vanquish and conquer his insolent Foes.
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The Irish shore must the Theatre be,
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For acting this bloody and sharp Tragedy,
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King William himself will espousing our cause,
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Preserving our Lives with Religion and Laws:
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Let those that the Protestant Faith do profess,
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Afford him their Prayers, for they can do no less:
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Since in his own Person he valiantly goes,
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God grant him a Blessing to conquer his Foes.
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