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<HEAD>A POEM</HEAD>
<HEAD>Upon the Right of Succe&s;sion to the Crown of England.</HEAD>
<L>THat precious Gem call'd Loyalty grows &s;carce,</L>
<L>Faction would turn it to di&s;graceful Farce.</L>
<L>When <HI>England</HI>'s great Prerogative does grow</L>
<L>Into contempt by Tumult, Monarch's foe.</L>
<L>Who&s;e &s;ubril &s;ecret <HI>Je&s;uitick</HI> Gins,</L>
<L>Would turn the frame of Nature off its Pins.</L>
<L>A painted zeal mu&s;t back what they decree,</L>
<L>Heav'n mu&s;t be mock'd t'uphold their treachery.</L>
<L>As if they judg'd That would maintain their Cau&s;e,</L>
<L>Who&s;e beams out&s;hine it, to &s;upport our Laws.</L>
<L>Ble&s;s'd in the Hemi&s;phere of peaceful days,</L>
<L>Beneath the warm, the bright, and &s;acred rays,</L>
<L>Of glorious Maje&s;ty, by who&s;e &s;weet care,</L>
<L>Our Laws and Liberties maintained are.</L>
<L>Blu&s;h then di&s;loyal Mortals, let your &s;hame,</L>
<L>All wild attempts again&s;t your Rea&s;on tame.</L>
<L>Think not your &s;elves that are but Subjects, Kings,</L>
<L>You know Religion teacheth better things.</L>
<L>Mu&s;t all our ancient Laws then tumble down,</L>
<L>By turning this to an Elective Crown?</L>
<L>No lawful Pre&s;ident you can di&s;clo&s;e,</L>
<L>Whereby you power have Kings to depo&s;e,</L>
<L>Or turn the circulation of the Blood,</L>
<L>An adver&s;e way, not to be under&s;tood.</L>
<L>But through a bya&s;s'd odd fanta&s;tick zeal,</L>
<L>Which being gra&s;p'd, is &s;lippery like an Eel.</L>
<L>Late reeling Times &s;ufficiently have &s;hown,</L>
<L>Th' effects of Ma&s;querade Religion.</L>
<L>When <HI>Charles</HI> the Great, who&s;e memory &s;hall live,</L>
<L>Could not their murtherous Principles &s;urvive.</L>
<L>And our mo&s;t Gracious Soveraign <HI>Charles</HI> that now</L>
<L>Does rule our Land, from thence did he not grow.</L>
<L>Immediate Heir to &s;way the Scepter here,</L>
<L>And though-Religion made the Point &s;eem clear,</L>
<L>Yet theirs for&s;ooth could him no Crown afford,</L>
<L>For by th' divine a&s;&s;i&s;tance of their Sword,</L>
<L>Their piety forc'd him forth his native Land,</L>
<L>Again&s;t both Law, Nature, and Heav'ns Command.</L>
<L>Are the&s;e the pious things you'd act again?</L>
<L>Fie! from di&s;&s;embled Loyalty ab&s;tain.</L>
<L><NOTE PLACE="marg">Numb. 27.9, 10.</NOTE> For tho&s;e who dirt do at the right Heir fling,</L>
<L>Can ne'r be &s;ound in heart towards their King.</L>
<L>As well by Nature as by Laws divine,</L>
<L><NOTE PLACE="marg">Gen. 4.7.</NOTE> The fir&s;t-born are preferred in the Line!</L>
<L><NOTE PLACE="marg">Deut. 21.17</NOTE> Of Con&s;anguinity, why then &s;hall we</L>
<L>Dare to oppo&s;e God's heavenly Decree?</L>
<L>Heav'n may; but &s;ure I am, no Power on Earth,</L>
<L>Can rob him of that Crown, who&s;e claim's his Birth;</L>
<L>When God it &s;ends, De&s;cent the Scepter brings,</L>
<L>By that we pay Allegiance to our Kings.</L>
<L>Though humane Laws &s;ometimes wax out of date,</L>
<L>By length of time, a far more happy Fate</L>
<L>Attends the Law of Nature, a long cour&s;e</L>
<L>Of time can't turn her from her former &s;ource;</L>
<L>As well may man the heavenly Orbs controul,</L>
<L>And to his will make tho&s;e great Circles rowl;</L>
<L>As well may he command the Firmament,</L>
<L><NOTE PLACE="marg">Coke's 7th.</NOTE> As intercept or hinder this De&s;cent.</L>
<L><NOTE PLACE="marg">Rep. 10.</NOTE> Which when it comes that Particle of time,</L>
<L><NOTE PLACE="marg">ver&s;. 11.</NOTE> Th' undoubted Heir unto the Throne does climb.</L>
<L><NOTE PLACE="marg">Calvin's Ca&s;e.</NOTE> He's King compleat by Nature's ju&s;te&s;t Law,</L>
<L>And our Allegiance doth as ju&s;tly draw.</L>
<L>As Child to Parent does obedience &s;how,</L>
<L>The &s;ame do Subjects unto Princes owe.</L>
<L>No Power on Earth, no Law, no Parliament,</L>
<L>But the Great God, can exclude this De&s;cent.</L>
<L>An u&s;urp'd Power, though glo&s;s'd with the con&s;ent</L>
<L>O'th' populace, can ne'r be permanent.</L>
<L>They're ever curs'd with &s;ome &s;trange bloody Fate,</L>
<L>Furious Di&s;tempers over-rule that State.</L>
<L>Until &s;urcharg'd with &s;ickne&s;s and with blood,</L>
<L>At length they vomit up th' unwhol&s;om food,</L>
<L>That lately &s;eem'd to nouri&s;h their &s;ick bre&s;t,</L>
<L>Till Loyalty doth give'em ea&s;e and re&s;t.</L>
<L>What &s;trange Convul&s;ions Hi&s;tory doth tell,</L>
<L>Of States that did the lawful Heir expel.</L>
<L>The Second <HI>William</HI> govern'd once this Realm</L>
<L>By U&s;urpation, and the mighty Helm</L>
<L>By <HI>Henry</HI> the Fir&s;t being occupi'd,</L>
<L>Until their elder Brother <HI>Robert</HI> di'd.</L>
<L>Who to obtain that Crown that was his due,</L>
<L>Colour'd this Land of a dread &s;carlet hue.</L>
<L>It ended with his death; th' imperial Crown</L>
<L>Then by De&s;cent for <HI>Henry</HI>'s was known.</L>
<L>Next unto <HI>Maud,</HI> the Empre&s;s of that Name,</L>
<L>The only Heir of <HI>Henry</HI> it came.</L>
<L>When <HI>Stephen</HI> he u&s;urp'd it as his own,</L>
<L>How heavily did this &s;ick Nation groan.</L>
<L>Till Ju&s;tice &s;eem'd to take that pious care,</L>
<L>Once more to &s;ettle it on the rightful Heir.</L>
<L>Examples are numerous almo&s;t as words,</L>
<L>Which more compleat in Hi&s;tories records.</L>
<L>You'l find; but to omit a &s;earch &s;o far,</L>
<L>The late unnatural inte&s;tine War</L>
<L>Speaks loud enough, the wounds continue green,</L>
<L>When <HI>Charles</HI> the Fir&s;t had been the bloody Scene</L>
<L>Of their Impiety; this Land was wrack'd,</L>
<L>Its Bowels torn, Nature's chief Fabrick crack'd,</L>
<L>As 'twere at &s;uch di&s;order, till in th' end,</L>
<L>(As each thing doth unto its Centre tend.)</L>
<L>The Clouds di&s;pers'd, and drove away de&s;pair,</L>
<L>When in the Throne appear'd the much wrong'd Heir,</L>
<L>Whom God pre&s;erve, and may he ever be</L>
<L>From treach'rous and di&s;loyal Subjects free.</L>
<L>Princes are God's Anointed, and the Crown</L>
<L>None can detain, but Heav'ns great Prince alone.</L>
<L>When Nature's Law hath been impeach'd, &s;uch things</L>
<L>Are wrought by Power divine, or th' King of Kings.</L>
<L>By that great Power they rule, and by no le&s;s,</L>
<L>And as he rais'd them, he can them depre&s;s.</L>
<L>The God of Nature can't his Rules controul,</L>
<L>And make it &s;eem again&s;t him&s;elf to rowl.</L>
<L>Then let not Fancy to our weak thoughts bring,</L>
<L>That it is lawful to Create a King,</L>
<L>From out o'th' Line, for being i' th' Bible &s;een,</L>
<L><NOTE N="1" PLACE="marg">1 Sam. 16.1.</NOTE> That Heirs to Crowns have interrupted been.</L>
<L>You may as well allow with the &s;ame zeal,</L>
<L>That we by Law may pilfer, rob and &s;teal,</L>
<L>Becau&s;e the <HI>I&s;raelites</HI> commanded were</L>
<L><NOTE PLACE="marg">Exod. 11.2, 12.35.</NOTE> To &s;poil th' <HI>Egyptians</HI> of their choice&s;t Chear.</L>
<L>Unto the Law we bound are at this rate,</L>
<L>But not the &s;trict Example t'imitate.</L>
<L>All our King's Officers, 'tis not unknown,</L>
<L>Are &s;worn t'uphold the Rights of <HI>England</HI>'s Crown.</L>
<L><NOTE N="5" PLACE="marg">5 Eliz. c. 1.</NOTE> The Commons too, before they Voice can claim</L>
<L>I'th' Hou&s;e, are duly &s;worn to right the &s;ame.</L>
<L>How can we judge of this but as a blot,</L>
<L>When &s;uch an Oath's mo&s;t willingly forgot?</L>
<L>It's &s;in, we think, to let a Papi&s;t raign,</L>
<L>But Perjury we'll piou&s;ly maintain</L>
<L>For a great vertue, when &s;elf-Intere&s;t,</L>
<L>In whi&s;pers tells us all goes for the be&s;t.</L>
<L>That Mon&s;ter Faction evermore did range</L>
<L>In the&s;e three Kingdoms, to promote a Change.</L>
<L>Which being upheld by Frenzy, Pride, and Scorn</L>
<L>Of Monarchy, 'tis that's the wounding Thorn</L>
<L>To publick Peace, and makes the greate&s;t Scars,</L>
<L>That fills mens mouths with Armies, Blood and Wars.</L>
<L>'Tis That depo&s;es Princes, blackens Fame,</L>
<L>Whitens the <HI>Negro,</HI> makes the &s;ound man lame.</L>
<L>A Prince o'th' Blood is now a petty thing,</L>
<L>And if we dur&s;t, we'd tell you &s;o's a King.</L>
<L>Virtue's bright lu&s;tre can her not protect,</L>
<L>From ba&s;e Ingratitude and Di&s;re&s;pect.</L>
<L>It once hath been admired in that Prince,</L>
<L>And &s;till may be his glorious defence,</L>
<L>Again&s;t the Tongue of ev'ry &s;en&s;le&s;s Brute,</L>
<L>That dares Succe&s;&s;ion to the Crown di&s;pute.</L>
<L>But may our Good, our Gracious King long raign,</L>
<L>Who&s;e Brea&s;t all precious <HI>Vertue</HI> doth contain.</L>
<L>May he raign, and live long enough to find</L>
<L>His Subjects all united in one mind.</L>
<L>And may a Gem &s;o precious from his Crown,</L>
<L>Not be defil'd, nor rudely taken down.</L>
<L>And that Inju&s;tice &s;hou'd it not impair,</L>
<L>Heav'n hath bequeath'd it to his deare&s;t Care.</L>
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