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<HEAD>Englands Tryumph, and Hollands Downfall;</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">OR, The Second Royal VICTORY, Obtained upon the <HI>Hollanders</HI> Fleet, in a Sea-Fight, by the King of Great <HI>Brittains</HI> Royal Navy, under the Conduct of his Highne&s;s Prince <HI>Rupert,</HI> and his Grace, <HI>George</HI> Duke of <HI>Albemarle;</HI> as it was Heroically Fought, and undoubtfully Di&s;puted on <DATE>the 1, 2d, 3d, &amp; 4th of <HI>June,</HI> 1666.</DATE></HEAD>
<OPENER>To the tune of, <HI>A Fig for France and Holland too, &amp;c.</HI></OPENER>
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<L>STring up your hearts, &amp; tune your throats,</L>
<L>With merry and triumphant Notes;</L>
<L>Send &s;orrow from your Souls away,</L>
<L>You never had more cau&s;e for Ioy:</L>
<L>The Cr&eacute;eple may ca&s;t away his Crutch,</L>
<L>And dance the Downfal of the <HI>Dutch</HI></L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Great <HI>Brittain</HI> now may take it's ea&s;e,</HI></L>
<L><HI>King <HI>Charles</HI> is Soveraign of the Seas.</HI></L>
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<L>The Fir&s;t and Second day of <HI>June,</HI></L>
<L>Put <HI>Holland's</HI> Trumpets out of Tune;</L>
<L>Prince <HI>Rupert</HI> and the <HI>Duke</HI> too boot,</L>
<L>Have given the <HI>Dutch-men</HI> all the Rout:</L>
<L>So bloudily they cut their Coats,</L>
<L>And bruis'd &amp; bang'd, &amp; burn'd their Boats,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>They ne're will offer to di&s;plea&s;e,</HI></L>
<L><HI>King <HI>Charles</HI> their Soveraign of the Seas.</HI></L>
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<L>If Number would have won the Day,</L>
<L>We were le&s;s Numerous then they;</L>
<L>When Sixt&eacute;en <HI>Zealand</HI> Ships came in,</L>
<L>If odds would doo't, they n&eacute;eds mu&s;t win:</L>
<L>For they were Ninety Six compleate,</L>
<L>But who can &s;ave, whom Heaven will beat.</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>When God his Mercy will expre&s;s,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Unto the Soveraign of the Seas.</HI></L>
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<L>The <HI>Duke</HI> with Loyalty inrag'd,</L>
<L>With (Fifty) Ninety Six ingag'd;</L>
<L>But Thirty of the <HI>Dutch</HI> (to m&eacute;et</L>
<L>Prince <HI>Rupert</HI>) then did quit their Fl&eacute;et,</L>
<L>Thinking to &s;eize the Prince by &s;light,</L>
<L>Before their Forces could Vnite:</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>But no &s;uch &s;hallow Plots as the&s;e,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Can Cheat the Soveraign of the Seas.</HI></L>
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<L>The Prince and <HI>Duke</HI> did nobly joyn,</L>
<L>Their Loyal Forces both combine;</L>
<L>And on the foaming Billows curl'd,</L>
<L>They bid Defiance to the world:</L>
<L>The <HI>Dutch</HI> ingage with all their Powers,</L>
<L>And &s;catter on us Shot like &s;howers.</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>But 'tis not &s;uch poor Powers as the&s;e,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Can quell the Soveraign of the Seas.</HI></L>
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<L>Almo&s;t as &s;wiftly as de&s;ir'd,</L>
<L>Fourt&eacute;en of theirs were Took and Fir'd;</L>
<L>But their Vice-Admiral did m&eacute;et,</L>
<L>Our <HI>Duke</HI> i'th' Front of all his Fl&eacute;et:</L>
<L>They were &s;o near they might have clutcht,</L>
<L>Almo&s;t &s;hook hands, their Yard-Arms touch'd.</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>But George's Broad-&s;ide did di&s;plea&s;e,</HI></L>
<L><HI>The Foe to th' Soveraign of the Seas.</HI></L>
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<HEAD>The &s;econd part,</HEAD>
<OPENER>to the &s;ame tune.</OPENER>
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<L>THe Fir&s;t was then &s;o fierce and hot,</L>
<L>His Hand was bruis'd, his Br&eacute;eches &s;hot;</L>
<L>Yet though they came &s;o hotly on,</L>
<L>As &s;oon they vani&s;h'd and were gon:</L>
<L>Forty or Fifty men of ours,</L>
<L>Were kill'd &amp; knock'd down by their powers.</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Yet &s;ome of the&s;e (though with much pain)</HI></L>
<L><HI>Appear'd upon the Dec<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">s again.</HI></L>
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<L>Prince <HI>Rupert</HI> like the God of War,</L>
<L>Thorough their Fl&eacute;et &s;hot like a Star;</L>
<L>Who&s;e Influence like Lightning &s;hone,</L>
<L>And pierc'd the marrow through the bone:</L>
<L>The Seas with bloud were much imbru'd,</L>
<L>The <HI>Dutch-men</HI> fled, our Men pur&s;u'd.</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>'Till none were &s;een that could di&s;plea&s;e,</HI></L>
<L><HI>King Charles the Soveraign of the Seas.</HI></L>
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<L>So long as we had Powder, we</L>
<L>Pur&s;u'd the <HI>Dutch-men</HI> through the Sea;</L>
<L>And their <HI>du Ruiter,</HI> he in whom,</L>
<L>They builded all their hopes to come:</L>
<L>Four of their greate&s;t Ships were &s;unck,</L>
<L>They cry, The Devil's in the <HI>Monck.</HI></L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Never &s;uch men appear'd like the&s;e,</HI></L>
<L><HI>To Guard the Soveraign of the Seas.</HI></L>
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<L>A gallant Ship of theirs was Fyr'd,</L>
<L>With Seventy &s;ix Guns double Tyr'd;</L>
<L>Our <HI>Henery,</HI> a Ship of Fame,</L>
<L>From thr&eacute;e Fire-Ships e&s;cap'd the Flame:</L>
<L>And was &s;o &s;trong be&s;et, that then</L>
<L>He lo&s;t at lea&s;t One hundred men.</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>We mu&s;t indure &s;uch hurts as the&s;e,</HI></L>
<L><HI>To guard the Soveraign of the Seas.</HI></L>
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<L>By Sea, &s;o black and red a Fight,</L>
<L>No Time or Age e're brought to light;</L>
<L>The Fire and Water did contend,</L>
<L>Which &s;hould fir&s;t bring them to their end:</L>
<L>More valiant Men kill'd in thr&eacute;e dayes,</L>
<L>Then thr&eacute;e and twenty years can rai&s;e.</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>We can't avoid &s;uch brunts as the&s;e,</HI></L>
<L><HI>To guard the Soveraign of the Seas.</HI></L>
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<L>On Whit&s;onday the <HI>Duke</HI> did &s;end,</L>
<L>His Men for Cure, and Ships to mend</L>
<L>Vnto our Engli&s;h Coa&s;t, where care</L>
<L>Is taken for their &s;wift Repair:</L>
<L>The&s;e Cards thus dealt, out of the Lump,</L>
<L>The Royal <HI>Katherine</HI> turn'd up <HI>Trump.</HI></L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>A Sacrifice which doth appea&s;e,</HI></L>
<L><HI>The Royal Soveraign of the Seas.</HI></L>
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<L>To &s;umme up all, 'tis though they are,</L>
<L>Vnfit to rai&s;e another War;</L>
<L>'Tis much pre&s;um'd, 'cau&s;e they did fail,</L>
<L>When they had made out all their Sayl:</L>
<L>The&s;e are &s;ome of tho&s;e warlike Tricks,</L>
<L><HI>Becket</HI> Pre&s;ag'd in Sixty Six.</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 span"> wayes &s;uch Events as the&s;e,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Secure the Soveraign of the Seas.</HI></L>
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<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed for F. <HI>Coles, T. Vere,</HI> and J. <HI>Wright.</HI></P>
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