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<DATE>2008-11-06</DATE>
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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<ITEM>Proofed and reviewed as part of batch B080925.pdcc.</ITEM>
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<HEAD>His Maje&s;ties miraculous Pre&s;ervation By the Oak, Maid, and Ship.</HEAD>
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<HEAD>The Oak.</HEAD>
<L>WHen <HI>Ab&s;alom</HI> rebell'd again&s;t his King,</L>
<L>An Oak betray'd him to a &s;uffering:</L>
<L>Boughs hang'd him fir&s;t; then <HI>Joabs</HI> Dart,</L>
<L>Thrice &s;triking, wounded his perf<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">dious Heart.</L>
<L>When &s;econd CHARLES by Rebels lo&s;t the Field,</L>
<L>An Oak 'gain&s;t Rebels was to him a Shield;</L>
<L>It open'd wide, and in the Hollow where</L>
<L>Once lay its Heart, the King concealed there.</L>
<L>Men may &s;u&s;pend their Thoughts, Trees can define</L>
<L>Rebellion &s;inful, Royalty Divine.</L>
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<HEAD>The Maid.</HEAD>
<L>THe Oak di&s;charg'd his Tru&s;t: a Female found</L>
<L>(Men are but Trees inverted from the Ground)</L>
<L>Who next takes care: the weaker &s;eems the Hand,</L>
<L>The Wonder more admiring doth command:</L>
<L>The Sun was then in <HI>Virgo;</HI> Heavens Maid</L>
<L>Sent down a potent Influence and Aid:</L>
<L>They both agree: Acted by Starry might,</L>
<L>Lady <HI>Jane Lane</HI> conducts the King, in &s;pight</L>
<L>Of Armed Bands, &s;afe through the numerous force</L>
<L>Of Tho&s;e, who King from Kingdom would divorce.</L>
<L><HI>William</HI> was &s;een: As if &s;h' had <HI>Gyges</HI> Ring,</L>
<L>Invi&s;ible went Royal <HI>CHARLES</HI> the King.</L>
<L>In vain ye &s;earch, Blood-thir&s;ty Men, to find</L>
<L>Vail'd Maje&s;ty, her Virtue makes you blind;</L>
<L>Her Faith out-acts your Malice; and your Swords,</L>
<L>Fir&s;t drawn, are melted by her &s;ofte&s;t Words.</L>
<L>Silence in <HI>France</HI> of <HI>Orleans Jone</HI> the Fame,</L>
<L>Whil&s;t <HI>England</HI> doth record the worth of <HI>Lane.</HI></L>
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<HEAD>The Ship.</HEAD>
<L>POor Cottage of the Sea, we admire thee,</L>
<L>Not for thy State, or Pomp, or Pedegree;</L>
<L>No <HI>Neptune</HI> and no <HI>Triton</HI> &s;tand in Gold</L>
<L>About thy Deck, no Statues grace thy hold;</L>
<L>Nor Mermaids with their Combs; Nor Stars that make</L>
<L>Sometimes the Sea be calm, &s;ometimes to quake:</L>
<L>No Pontick Ma&s;ts, who&s;e towring Summets &s;hew</L>
<L>How high the Sun's above the Sea below.</L>
<L>Thy Oaky Ribs &s;well not the Fore&s;ts Pride,</L>
<L>Nor can&s;t thou boa&s;t of th' Ankers by thy &s;ide,</L>
<L>Nor Royal Sails: Ships fram'd by Art mo&s;t wi&s;e,</L>
<L>Are thus ennobled of the va&s;te&s;t &s;ize.</L>
<L>Thy low Condition, various is from them;</L>
<L>Once thou &s;ecur'd&s;t our King, the be&s;t of Men:</L>
<L>Thy Glory is, though mean, yet &s;trong ha&s;t &s;tood</L>
<L>'Gain&s;t Rage of Tempe&s;ts, and 'gain&s;t Waves of Blood,</L>
<L>When Lyons, Tygers, and tho&s;e Bea&s;ts of prey,</L>
<L>Hunted his Life, and mo&s;t would him betray.</L>
<L>Talk now no more of <HI>The&s;eus</HI> Ship, no more</L>
<L>Of that which brought Prince <HI>Lothbrook</HI> to our Shore:</L>
<L>Drown ye the Fame of former Ships, none yet</L>
<L>Strange to relate before &s;o &s;mall, &s;o great:</L>
<L>Worthy of Water, more renown'd then <HI>Thames,</HI></L>
<L>Though &s;he like <HI>Tagus</HI> yeilded Golden Sands.</L>
<L>If Springs of <HI>Helicon</HI> could make a Main,</L>
<L>Thou &s;hould&s;t ride there, and Mu&s;es by their Brain</L>
<L>Would make thee more then Mortal; their &s;weet Breath</L>
<L>Would fill thy Sails, and long pre&s;erve from Death.</L>
<L>Depths are above the Clouds, tho&s;e Waters there</L>
<L>May &s;uit thee well, worthy the Starry Sphere:</L>
<L>But if in place beneath the Moon thou re&s;t,</L>
<L>Which, for admiring Vi&s;itors is be&s;t,</L>
<L>Gaz'd on by thou&s;ands; and when aged Time</L>
<L>Thy Body &s;hall di&s;&s;olve; and Limbs untwine,</L>
<L>May Seamen holy Relicts them account,</L>
<L>And with them &s;till the Waves when high they mount:</L>
<L>Each piece an Amulet 'gain&s;t Shipwracks harm</L>
<L>Will &s;tand; 'gain&s;t Winds and Rocks a Charm.</L>
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<BYLINE><HI>By</HI> John Couch, M. in A. &s;eque&s;tred from Hor&s;monden in <HI>Kent.</HI></BYLINE>
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