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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<HEAD><L><HI>Londons</HI> Complaint and Lamentation,</L>
<L><HI>Oxford</HI> &s;hould keep in &s;ubjugation</L>
<L>Sweet <HI>Charlemaine,</HI> our Sovereigne King,</L>
<L>Which all our di&s;contentments bring.</L></HEAD>
<L>VVHy &s;hould Proud <HI>Oxford</HI> thus our KING with-hold</L>
<L>From his grave PARLIAMENT, and be &s;o bold</L>
<L>To brave faire <HI>London?</HI> it is &s;inne and pity</L>
<L>That &s;uch a Towne &s;hould front this Famous City.</L>
<L>Shall <HI>Oxford</HI> in defiance keepe our KING,</L>
<L>To make faire <HI>London</HI> mournfully to &s;ing?</L>
<L>Stand up faire <HI>London,</HI> thou &s;halt winne the day,</L>
<L>Thou ha&s;t beene humbled, thou do&s;t fa&s;t and pray.</L>
<L>Row&s;e up thy Spirits, be not di&s;contented,</L>
<L>Chri&s;t heares thy prayers, he &s;ee's thou ha&s;t repented:</L>
<L>And he in mercie will to thee incline,</L>
<L>And fight thy Battells, with His Power divine.</L>
<L>Plucke up thy courage, thou &s;halt pro&s;per well</L>
<L>Again&s;t malignant Spirits that rebell:</L>
<L>For &s;hame lift up thy head, be valiant, &s;tout,</L>
<L>Couragious, be to puni&s;h Romi&s;h Rout.</L>
<L>Let not ba&s;e feare po&s;&s;e&s;&s;e thy valiant heart,</L>
<L>Nor daunt thy courage, Chri&s;t doth take thy part.</L>
<L>HEE will not &s;uffer <HI>Oxford</HI> to beare &s;way,</L>
<L>Chri&s;t mindefull is of <HI>London</HI> night and day:</L>
<L>HEE heares the Prayers of &s;uch as &s;igh and mourne,</L>
<L>HEE will our &s;adne&s;&s;e into gladne&s;&s;e turne.</L>
<L>Goe on with &s;peed, to <HI>Oxford</HI> take your way,</L>
<L>In Chri&s;t His NAME, you &s;hall obtaine the day.</L>
<L>Chri&s;t will defend us, we on him depend;</L>
<L>HEE will our Valour, Faith, Hope, Love, commend.</L>
<L>Let not our Spirits be po&s;&s;e&s;t with &s;lumber,</L>
<L>Let not ba&s;e cowardize our &s;en&s;es cumber.</L>
<L>Speed on apace, we &s;hall victorious be,</L>
<L>Sticke to Chri&s;t Je&s;us, foule offences flee.</L>
<L>Fight for Chri&s;t Je&s;us, King, and Parliament,</L>
<L>So &s;hall you pro&s;per, to your hearts content.</L>
<L><HI>Oxford</HI> is ba&s;e, to keepe from us our KING,</L>
<L>Which all the&s;e &s;orrowes, di&s;contentments, bring.</L>
<L>Come let us all make ha&s;te to <HI>Oxford</HI> Towne,</L>
<L>To fetch our KING with Honour and Renowne.</L>
<L>Let us no longer pa&s;&s;e our time away,</L>
<L>Let us make &s;peed, Chri&s;t Je&s;us winnes the day.</L>
<L>The Pope of <HI>Rome,</HI> and tho&s;e that take his part,</L>
<L>Chri&s;t Je&s;us he will wound them to the heart.</L>
<L>Hee'l cru&s;h their &s;pirits, plucke their Courage downe,</L>
<L>Come, let us fetch KING CHARLES to <HI>London</HI> Towne.</L>
<L>Come, let us be couragious, <HI>London</HI> Boyes,</L>
<L>Fetch home King CHARLES His Babes, our Kingdomes joyes.</L>
<L>Which that we may, with heart and mindes con&s;ent,</L>
<L>Chri&s;t ble&s;&s;e our Kingdomes KING and PARLIAMENT.</L>
<CLOSER>Amen.</CLOSER>
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