Aretina; or, The serious romance Written originally in English. Part first.

A POEM, by the same Au∣thor, upon His Majesties happy Return.

STay, Fame, why do'st thou to the Future post, To Learn some new adventures? tym's not lost In viewing our Great CHARLES his safe return, Resembling ashes new sprung from their Urn; Or do'st thou post to trumpet these rare news, To Godless Pagans, or to Christless Jews? Thereby them to convince, that ther's a God Among'st the Christians, who will explod Out of his noble registers of life and fame, Ignoble traitours, and their hatfull name. Mans oldest Charter is that Text divine, All that thy feet can trample shall be thine; Since then his feet hath trampled Europe round, It's only Limit shall his Kingdom bound, Though France and Spain be compted the two Poles, Whereon our European orbe still roles, Yet thou the Axis of that orbe shall be, To wheel these Poles as it best pleaseth thee. Heaven him exiled not, but sent him abroad, To shew the matchlesse art of our great God In framing matchless spirits, and to each Of these strange Nations, Patience to preach. Malice, with fruitlesse strokes shall wearied now Yeild up her sword, and to thy Scepter bow. Thou fortunes wheel, by vertues hand shall hold

And stop the course of that proud changling bold. With black affliction Heaven thus enambled hath For furder Lustre, his pure Golden faith; And as with crosses Heaven did once him wound, So now with crosses Heaven hath him crown'd▪ All shall our Thristle, the blessed Thristle call, And in fames Eden our Rose flourish shall, And of our Lillies we may Justly say, That Solomon ne're flourished as they; Let then our Harpe play, and our Lyons daunce, For joy that Heaven should thus our King advance.