The Royall Line of Kings, Queenes, and Princes, from the uniting of the two Royall Houses, Yorke, and Lancaster.
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OF these, the first, is He, that did Unite,
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The two sweet Roses; made Contention, Peace:
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The second, He, at whose Majestique sight,
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All that opposd him did recoile and cease.
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The third, young Edward, of that name the sixt,
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Where pious thoughts and Royall bloud were mixt.
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The Fourth. Queene Mary; (in this steame, a staine,)
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To Rome, a friend, but to the Truth, a Foe;
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The Fift Eliza, in whose blessed Raigne,
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Not any roome was left, for Rome, to show
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A wooden God, to kneele to: Truth and She.
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One Septer swaied, with one cleere eye did see.
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The Sixt is He, that now makes Englands Seate,
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The Seate of Vertue, (that including all,
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The Stocke of Goodnesse) One, as Good as Great,
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Before whose Shine, Clowded abuses fall:
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The seaventh, that Prince, that while he heere did live,
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As Faire Hopes gave, as ere fresh youth could give.
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The Eight, Queene Anne, The Ninth, the Royall Charles
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The Tenth Elizabeth (of these) the last
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Her Royall Husband: All these, Lucent Pearles
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That in their Vertues, such a luster cast,
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As all admire, and Love. Who to the Fame
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Of these, beare Envie, may they end in Shame.
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