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 The Four Ages of Man. 163

In midll of griefs I faw our ' hopes revive,

(For 'twas our hopes then kept our hearts ahve)

We changed our queen for king * under whofe ra}es

We joy'd in many bleft and profperous dayes.

I've feen a Prince, the glory of our land

In prime of youth feiz'd by heavens angry hand.

Which fird our hearts with fears, with tears our e^'es.

Wailing his fate, & our own deftinies.f

I've feen from Rome an execrable thing,

A Plot to blow up Nobles and their King,

But faw their horrid fa6t foon difappointed.

And Land & Nobles fav'd with their anointed. \

I've Princes feen to live on others lands;

A royal one by gifts from Itrangers hands

Admired for their magnanimity,

Who loft a Prince-dome and a Monarchy. §

I've {^<^Vi deligns for Ree and Rochel croft, ||

And Poor Palatinate for ever loft.

I fome.


 * James I.

t Heni-j, Prince of Wales, died suddenly Nov. 6, i6t2. in his nineteenth year. He was very popular, and his death was greatly lamented, espe- cially by the more religious party, whose friend he was.

X Gunpowder Plot.

§ The Elector Palatine Frederick V., who had married the Princess Elizabeth, daughter of James I., accepted the crown from the revolted states of Bohemia in 1619. He did not long enjoy this dangerous honor, but was beaten by the Austrians in the battle of Prague, Nov. 9, 1620, and was obliged, with his family, to take refuge in Holland. He soon after lost also his hereditary possessions, and passed the rest of his life as a needy exile, wandering from court to court. The Reformed Religion in Bohemia fell with him ; an event which caused the greatest sorrow to all Protestants.

II Buckingham made an unsuccessful attempt to take the Isle de Rho, in

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