Britains Rejoiceing at the Coronation
of his Royal Majesty King George,
To the Tune of my Nanny O
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WHAT blessed Legacy was this,
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That Royal William left us Sir,
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Of which the Jacks and Jesuits.
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had very near bereft us, Sir.
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Who o're their Pots contrived Plots;
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for Popish Restoration,
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To Frustrat Britain of her hopes,
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of this blest Coronation.
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How blest the change kind Heaven has made
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insteed of this Pretender, Sir,
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To grant us the best King on Earth,
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to be our Faiths Defender Si;
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A Prince of woundrous Peity,
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True Zeal and Moderation,
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Affords us ground to bless the Day,
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we saw this Coronation.
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No Revelings about the Court.
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Night Converse nor Night Balling, Sir,
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Ere Ten aclock he Court is Huss'd.
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and early in the Dawing, Sir,
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This pious prince gets up by times,
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by Devot Adoration.
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He early ply's the Throne of Grace,
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for blessings on the Nation,
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His Council meets at timely Hours,
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and all is done in order, Sir,
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Not late at Night, as some times has,
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been done when much disorder, Sir,
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And Vice was practised near the Court,
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to frustrate our intention,
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But thanks to Heaven the Guise is Chang'd
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by this blest Coronation,
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That Land is blest says Sollomon,
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whose Princes in the morning, Sir,
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Dispatch Affairs and timely cut.
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things in themselves adorning, Sir,
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To any Man of low Degree.
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much more in a high Station,
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They Suit the Charactor of Kings
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and by this Coronation.
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No Chambering or Wantonness.
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Profanity or Swearing, Sir,
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He doth permit about the Court,
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a left within his hearing Sir,
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And if He thereof Notice get.
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by any sure Relatien,
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He such! Afronts and them Discourts
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O Blessed Cornation.
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Which blesseth us with such a King,
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that every Vice abhoreth Sir;
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And to his Subjects every one,
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their propor Right Secureth Sir,
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His Native Subjects whom he left
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make bitter Lamentation
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For the Great loss they have Sastained;
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by this blest Coronation.
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A Prince of Wisdom most profound
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and all Divine Endevements Sir
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Unshaken stedfastness for Truth
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even Equal d by few Saints Sir
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His Hero Magnanimity
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to promote Reformation
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Pretends unto us happy Days
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by the blest Coronation.
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When he who has the Grace and Wit,
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to stand out Faiths Defender Sir
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Thus vasted with increase of Grace
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shall punish each offender Sir
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Condingly for their Naughty Deeds
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and made a due Progation
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Of Vicious Persons from the Court
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Who hate his Coronation.
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Like Godly David in his Eyet
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Vile Persons are Dispised Sir
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But Faithful Upright Honest Men,
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are by him highly Prized Sir
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Iil from him Receive contempt
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and good have a Probation
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And late Posterity shall bless
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this happy Coronation.
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