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<NAME>John Pas</NAME>
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<HEAD>Prote&s;tant Unity, The be&s;t Policy to defeat <HI>Popery,</HI> all its Bloody Practices. OR, <HI>Englands</HI> Happine&s;s under &s;uch a Ble&s;&s;ing. <HI>A Plea&s;ant New SONG.</HI></HEAD>
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<L><HI>Would <HI>England</HI> ever ble&s;t and happy be,</HI></L>
<L><HI>It mu&s;t be done by perfect Unity,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Let <HI>Prote&s;tants</HI> in all things then agree.</HI></L>
<L><HI>Then <HI>Rome</HI> &s;hall fail like Lightning from the Sky,</HI></L>
<L><HI>And all her plots &s;hall &s;oon Expire and Dye,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Whil&s;t we do pro&s;per, and her Rage de<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">e.</HI></L>
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<OPENER>To the Tune of, <HI>Now new the Fight's done,</HI> &amp;c.</OPENER>
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<L>NOw Plots upon Plots makes the <HI>Ie&s;uits</HI> &s;mile</L>
<L>Who do think our Nation at la&s;t to beguile;</L>
<L>Whil&s;t Divi&s;ions grow ri&s;e, and Crowding come in</L>
<L>Whil&s;t <HI>Schi&s;maticks</HI> Clamour and rail at the &s;in</L>
<L>Which them&s;elves have contriv'd, for here it is plain</L>
<L>They were wheeling the Kingdoms to Forty again.</L>
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<L>Whil&s;t thus we'r divided, the Pope has his will,</L>
<L>And thinks that at la&s;t he his Goffers &s;hall fill;</L>
<L>With Prote&s;tant Plunder to make him amends,</L>
<L>For the infinite &s;tore that he yearly expends</L>
<L>To rai&s;e War and Blood-&s;hed, and to carry on</L>
<L>His private de&s;igns, to the Devil be&s;t known.</L>
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<L>For he's his Grand Coun&s;ellour, who &s;o oft try'd</L>
<L>The way for to Conquer, is fir&s;t to divide;</L>
<L>For <HI>England</HI> United, not <HI>Rome,</HI> no nor Hell,</L>
<L>Have the power for to &s;hake, nor once for to quell</L>
<L>Our&s;elves are the cau&s;ers &s;till of all our woe,</L>
<L>Whil&s;t Prote&s;tants Prote&s;tants, &s;eek to o're throw.</L>
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<LG>
<L>Read but the Scriptures, and there you will find,</L>
<L>A Kingdom divided could never yet &s;tand;</L>
<L>Then &s;ee all tho&s;e who&s;e Brains they did &s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">me,</L>
<L>With the hearts of Sedition, or have har'd to pre&s;ume</L>
<L>To think ill of their King, let them do &s;o no more,</L>
<L>But a pardon of mercy, and goodne&s;s implore.</L>
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<L>Which will grieve to the heart our Blood &s;eeking for,</L>
<L>Who for this hundred years has &s;ought our Woe</L>
<L>By Plots and devices, then let us agree,</L>
<L>Let <HI>Presbyter</HI> yield unto ju&s;t Monarchy;</L>
<L>Beneath who&s;e Protection they happy may Live,</L>
<L>And &s;tiff-neck'd Bapti&s;ts their Errors retrive.</L>
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<LG>
<L>When a King that's &s;o gracious does over us reign,</L>
<L>What good man has rea&s;on or cau&s;e to complain?</L>
<L>No there's none, for all &s;uch may happily live,</L>
<L>And enjoy peace and plenty which Heaven does give:</L>
<L>By Union our Church &s;o firm founded will &s;tand,</L>
<L>That in vain all her foes then again&s;t her may band.</L>
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<LG>
<L>Let Religious Cavels that late have been bred,</L>
<L>All cea&s;e that the feet they may joyn with the head;</L>
<L>And cordially let each his Loyalty prove,</L>
<L>By &s;triving to conquer each other in Love:</L>
<L>And let kind Union Alleigeance create,</L>
<L>That the King and his Kingdoms may ever be great.</L>
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<L>Then &s;hall proud <HI>France</HI> no more <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word"> to frown,</L>
<L>Lea&s;t our bold Armies &s;hould take her pride down;</L>
<L>We conquering En&s;igns to <HI>Rome</HI> might extend,</L>
<L>If each man was faithful and true to his friend;</L>
<L>There <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">ounhive the old Pope and his Crew,</L>
<L>And lead them in Triumph New <HI>London</HI> to view.</L>
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<LG>
<L>The object of Envy at which they &s;till aim,</L>
<L>And wi&s;h that once more they cou'd &s;ee it in Flame;</L>
<L>But in vain they might wi&s;h it once we agree,</L>
<L>To &s;upport the great Throne of true Maje&s;ty:</L>
<L>To Maugre all <HI>Chri&s;tendom,</HI> as we have done,</L>
<L>When by &s;trict Union the Nation was one.</L>
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<L>Then let each Se<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> their pretenees lay down,</L>
<L>And to him &s;ubmit that does wear <HI>Englands</HI> Crown;</L>
<L>And let us like Brethren in &s;trict Amity,</L>
<L>To root out the Pope and his Agents agree:</L>
<L>That the Nations may happy remain and be ble&s;t</L>
<L>Whil&s;t we are of plenty and plea&s;ure po&s;&s;e&s;&s;.</L>
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<L>Then that proud Monarch pa&s;t doubt we might awe,</L>
<L>Who undertakes to give <HI>Chri&s;tendom</HI> Law;</L>
<L>And live in &s;afety in &s;pight of the Power</L>
<L>Or that Starlet Whore who does &s;eek to devour</L>
<L>Our Lives and our Fortunes, to which we make way,</L>
<L>When our King and his Laws we dare di&s;obey.</L>
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<LG>
<L>On &s;uch weak pretences as are not worth name</L>
<L>Then who but your &s;elves have you rea&s;on to blame?</L>
<L>If Popery thrives and the upper-hand get,</L>
<L>Whil&s;t murmuring again&s;t a good King you do &s;it;</L>
<L>Under who&s;e Reign you &s;o happy might be,</L>
<L>Then cea&s;e &s;uch Divi&s;ion, and let us agree.</L>
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<P>Printed for <HI>F. Coles, T. Vere, J. Wright, J. Clarke W. Thackeray,</HI> and <HI>T. Pa&s;&s;inger.</HI></P>
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