Britannia and Raleigh.
Brit.
AH Raleigh, when thou didst thy Breath resign
To trembling James, would I h'd quitted mine▪
Cubs didst thou call them? Hadst thou seen this Brood
Of Earls, Dukes, and Princes of the Blood;
No more of Scottish Race thou wouldst complain,
These would be Blessings in this spurious Reign.
Awake, arise from thy long blest repose,
Once more with me partake of mortal VVoes.
Ra.
What mighty Pow'r hath forc'd me from my rest?
Oh mighty Queen, why so untimely drest?
Brit.
Favour'd by Night, conceal'd in this Disguise,
VVhilst the lewd Court in drunken slumber lies,
I stole away; and never will return,
Till England knows who did her City burn:
Till Cavaliers shall Favourites be deem'd,
And Loyal Sufferers by the Court esteem'd:
Till Leigh and Galloway shall Bribes reject;
Thus O—ns Golden Cheat I shall detect:
Till Atheist Lauderdale shall leave this Land,
And Commons Votes shall Cut-Nose Guards disband:
Till Kate a happy Mother shall become,
Till Charles loves Parliaments, and James hates Rome.
Ral.
VVhat fatal Crimes make you for ever fly
Your once lov'd Court, and Martyr's Progeny?
Brit.
A Colony of French possess the Court;
Pimps, Priests, Buffoons, in Privy-Chamber sport.
Such slimy Monsters ne'er approacht a Throne
Since Pharaoh's Days, nor so defil'd a Crown.