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Huntington Library - Bindley (formerly Luttrell)

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The Parliament Dissolvd at OXFORD,
March 28. 1681. From Devonshire.

UNder 500 KINGS Three Kingdoms grone:

Go F. Dissolve them, CHARLES is in the Throne,

And by the Grace of God will Reign alone.

What would the Commons have? the Royal Line

Heaven does dispose of; Tis not Theirs, nor Mine,

But His by whom KINGS Rule, and are Divine.

I Represent the KING of KINGS who gave,

The Crown, the Sword, the Scepter; What I have;

I am Gods Servant, not the Peoples Slave.

Their Frantick Votes, and Mad Resolves I hate;

I know a better way to Heal a STATE,

Than to Sin Rashly, and Repent too late.

Bid them be gone F. They are Damnd Uncivil,

To oblige Me to follow Them to th Devil;

To Save Three Kingdoms I will not do Evil.

The Presbyterians Sick of too much Freedom,

Are ripe for Bethlem; its high time to Bleedem;

The Second CHARLES does neither Fear nor Need em.

Ile have the World know that I can Dissipate

Those Impolitick Mushrooms of our STATE;

Tis easier to Dissolve than to Create.

They shant Cramp Justice with their Feigned Flaws;

For since I Govern only by the LAWS;

Why They should be Exempt, I see no Cause.

To the LAWS They must Submit; tis in vain

Ere to Attempt to shake off those again;

For where CHARLES Commands, There must Justice Reign

When the Peoples Father does Espouse the LAW,

All those who Subjects from their Duty draw,

Do Viper-like, through Parents Bosom gnaw.

When They Attend Me next, F. Bid Them bring

Calmer Thoughts; Bid Them Propose Legal Things;

Such as may both become Themselves, and KINGS.

This will the Joys of Our Little World Compleat,

And all Attempts of Foreign Foes Defeat;

Making the People Happy, MONARCH Great.

FINIS.