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Charls triumphant, &c.
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Oxinden, Henry, 1609-1670.
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thee for whom I have so long pray'd let thy Kingdomes come All which thy Kingdomes now are come to Thee Thanks be to God and thou to them all three Th' art come to them and sure the Angels they Even Gods own Host Thee guarded by the way And doubtless he 's an Atheist who not sings Beholding Thee brought home on Angels wings No Sadduce but would confess the same Had he our Charls seen then when thus he came No Sceptick ought to doubt of this and I Think to gain-say it comes near Blasphemy O how those Angels at their Office joyed In which the Lord of Hosts had them employed And to behold those who had sinners been Even Rebels late now turned from their sin There is no doubt those Messengers of Light Who do rejoyce when men turn to the right But that they did triumph when our King came For unsquar'd hearts he then put into frame So that at 's landing I may boldly say Both men and Angels kept a holy day XI Hail CHARLS who came so well attended hail To whom GOD Neptune did his Trident vaile And his dear Amphitrite gladly bring All her faire Nymphs to view so great a King No wonder then that calme the waters were Sith Neptune Master CHARLS himself was there Besides the Sea-GOD had the winds commanded Not to be boistrous till his guest was landed And had a minde to see 's own daughters dance Before the true and la lawfull Heir of France The same who rules great Brittanie and with all Ireland those Seas the narrow Seas we call Whose moveing Castles make the Ocean tremble And some of its great Borderers dissemble Witnesse thee Holand and the rest but I Now leave you strinking saile to 's Mijesty XII Haile CHARLS once more of whom the Sea-Gods care So great was that He in his armes you bare And in whose presence so much mirth did passe As after times will doubt how great it was Some say the waters smil'd for joy cause they Your comp'ny had ' this merry month of May And some affirm the fish your health did quaffe Whilst the sea Goddesses did sing and laugh Some Fish did halfe above the waters rise Off'ring themselves to you a sacrifice Others as sure to leape for joy were seen As if that they had there transported been And certain 't is some wondered to see The very ship that held your Majesty And well may this be true fith I do know Some men as well as Fishes that did so O famous ship which did'st three Kingdomes hold This Argo's glory who can well unfold O ship whose precious lading sure was such As that all India was not worth so much O ship deserving highly to be graced And ' mongst the Stars in Heav'n to be placed Sith it hath brought of Mortals all the flower Unto the Brittish shore in a good hower Which some Fish following would not give over Unltil they saw you safe arriv'd at Dover XIII Now might Pythagoras have hea'rd if e're The pleasant Musick of each heav'nly Sphere And I my self had I above them been Ioves Choristers for joy triumphing seen Yea some have thought that the damn'd Spir'ts below Had intermission of their torments now And Heraclitus though he n'ere before Was seen to laugh might have laugh'd on this score But certain 't is some persons I did view who were so glad as they themselves not knew XIV Some in their thoughts so rapt now up on high As with their heads they touch'd che lofty sky Some knew not whether on the Earth they went Or their feet trod upon the Firmament Other some could not possibly refraine Aloud by words their gladnesse to explaine Some hollowed as if that they had ment The aire to cleave and clouds asunder rent By their exceeding noise which was so great As it did reach up to Olympus seat Nor is' t a wonder this was done by men Sith conduits French and Spanish utter'd then XV. But O how Neptune foam'd for anger when He saw that you would part and how He then Roared for grief when you were neare the shore Fearing He might not see you any more And when he saw that you would from him go He bad the rising billowes answer No And so they did which many an one did hear Who to your landing place were very near And for a need the truth thereof can sweare For they did see the same when they were there Lib. 2. I. And did the King at Dover land then O You Dubrians thank him for doing so Thanke Him for ever for the great renown His Majesty did bring unto your Town Now may 't be said whil'st Sol his course shall runne Here landed CHARLS our King St. CHARLS his son Fame will ride Post proclaming the world over That CHARLS the Martyrs son did land at Dover What land so barbarous as will not hear In short time now of famous Dover Peere And what brave Soul who is at 's own command Will not come see the place where CHARLS did land O sacred Place and be 't in th' Annals put That had the honour first to to kisse his foot All ye that see it revetently bow And with devout affection Kisse it now Fond Pilgrims who St. Thomas foot-steps kisse Behold King Charles's holyer then his I meane the foot-steps of St. Tom a Becket Who in the World did once make heavy racket CHARL'S footsteps are divine and who shall trace His steps he doth to heaven bend his race Much surely are we bounden to our King Who leads the way which doth to Heav'n bring II. CHARLS did at Dover land a happy day â—or â—s it was the twenthy sixt of May Th' one thousandth year six hundred and threescore Of CHRST our SAVIOUR when he came o're A day and year not e're to be forgot He is a Rebel sanctifies it not The Sun did then put on his brightest Rayes And with brave Monck attend him on his wayes Now with all Christendome might Kent alone Have surely stood in competition Sole Kent all Christendome then need not fear When our most High and Mighty CHARLS is there What nam'd I CHARLS that very name doth spell Deliverance if we observe it well Could have deliver'd us but Hee alone None could have ty'd the hearts of men but Hee In Millions of knots of amity Hen'ry the Roses James two Kingdomes joyn'd But CHARLS was He three Kingdomes that entwin'd And O how mightily all things rejoic'd As soon as our Kings landing safe was noys'd As if they had esteemed it high Treason To have done otherwise in such a season The Bells ' ore-joy'd were heard this Psalm to sing Over and over oft God save the King The Churches they stood still and it is well They did so Lambert once had rung their knell The Orthodoxe Divines did joy and pray Their joyes were Orthodoxe as well as they They gave God thankes their Sov'raign was râ—turnâ—â— And well they might their livings were adjouâ—nâ—â—
bright morning Star which did fore run The faire and glorious rising of that Sun Leading wise men unto their King good Lord Thou knowest who there thy presence did'st afford This This was at sweet Barham Downe the Downe Which after times shall er'e have in renown It will not need be now for me to say That here 't was Caesar did bis Host array Tush this is nothing to the glory which Our King bestowâ—d whose sight did it enrich For why hereof great Barham Down since boasts When CHARLS was there were many Lords of Hosts XII Rejoice ye men of Barham for the honour Your King and Nobles then bestow'd upon Her For here the Royall meeting was 't was here Where a God did in humane shape appeare And reconcile himself to man'y of those Who had of late been his degenerate foes Five thousand and six hundred years and more By seaven it is I surely know before The world was made since which there hath not been Any Sight here so glorious to be seen Great King I thank thee cause Thou did'st appear And honour that same place which I live near XIII Wellcome great Prince whose presence now we see Makes us once more good Christians to be Alas before unto us thou did'st come T is said we were no part of Christendome Thou hast R'eligion raysed Gods faire daughter Of which most talk'd of though but few sought after We fore thy coming could not find her out Shee was so fouly mangled by the rout And in a monstrous hurry O sad story Was made away with by the Directory In a Scotch mist and buried in the City Of factious London ah the more 's the pitty XIV Welcome great Prince and all thy Subjects Royall Who are come with Thee and continu'd loyall Our sin the cause was that ye banish'd were For we alas mov'd too much out of square And now good Prince wee 'l mend our lives by Thine You b'ing a sacred Pattern shall be mine Such had been great King David and his son Had both their vertues in one current run Unmixt with vice and such had Adam been Had He held out a stranger unto sin XV. Thrice welcome great Prince to thy Kingdomes three Whose whole Well-being rests so much in thee Thou art beloved both of God and man To this both heav'n and earth bear witness can And sith that thy great GOD who is the King Of Kings and Lords who ruleth every thing Loves thee so well and makes all hearts to love thee And hath plac'd none except himself above thee Surely we honour ought thy sacred name And to the throne of Jove extoll thy Fame Make thee our Center and draw every line Of love unto it ' cause thou art divine XVI You are divine and in you is the sum Of all that 's good in Kings through Christendom The several vertues which do make them be Accounted royal all abound in Thee Unmixed with their vices Your heart wears The Spanish wisdome but its pride forbears The French activity you own and love But of their fickleness do not approve The like may said be of the rest but I Cannot delineate the Cosmography Of your endowments which such are that all May you le Grand Charls le boon Charls call Round Hypocrites themselves this truth confess In heart what ere their lying tongues express XVII You are divine and all your words are true As Oracles your actions Lawes renew Your Prudence and your valor both excel And Temperance and Justice in you dwell Your other vertues too so many are That they the stars surpass in number far And true 't is I the Stars do finite know To be but Sir your vertues are not so May King and Angels on you wait all who Highly admire your words and actions too XVIII You are divine above all earthly things Descended from more then a hundred Kings Hence in your veins the quintessence doth flow Of the best blood of all the gods below You are divine much after Gods own heart To whom he hath vouchsafed to impart So many specral graces as if He Had you intended a Monopoly You are divine intuitively such As from Gods Angel doth not differ much Whereby you in your self a Council are Such as excells all earthly Councils far You are divine and on you all may see Who are not blind such beams of Majesty Darted from Heaven as do plainly make You of Gods image royal to partake You are divine and only him are under Who made of noth ' and fills the world with wonder Princely's your port Imperial is your face Sacred your eyes and heav'nly is your Grace You are divine by Father and by Mother A pair such as the world cann't shew another He the worlds mirror is and so is she The like are you unto Eternity Pardon great Prince this my attempt to speak Of your perfections since my skills so weak That it of them alas comes shorter far Then th' earth is distant from a fixed star And O dear Mary mother of my King And God pray speak my pardon for this thing Hail Mary full of Grace the Lord with thee Be with thou amongst women blessed be And blessed be the fruit of thy chast womb The King of Triumphs Heir of Martyrdome Thus royal souls do pray with one accord Through Jesus CHRIST our only saving Lord. LIB 3. I. Now call I Heav'n above and Earth below To witness whether I say truth or no Before our Kings return mnay soar neck Was vex't with tumors which no Art could check Which he hath cured even with a touch Nol or the Rump could not do half so much The cures they did they did them with a string With Sword and Pistol or with some such thing They kill'd not cur'd they saved never an One CHARLS cureth many but he killeth none His very presence only hath abated O're three whole Nations swellings so dilated As some thought them incurable and I Know that the cure for man was much too high All ye that scruple to believe untill Your sight convince your Reason ' gainst your will Go see your King do things all sence above And tell me then if that your hearts don't move Kingward and whether you not think that He Participates much of Divinity For my part I believe he doth and why â—ehold he acteth things for man too high 〈◊〉 never yet could any reason see â—or these his cures most wonderfull to me The more I do admire them I the more Admire and still admiring nere give o're II. Grear King before You came we had threeskore Vice-Royes to king it over us nay more God knows how many yea our servants all Our rebell Masters were both great and small Did not we do what they would have us then The Table 's turn'd we must turn Servingmen And wait their worships pleasures O rare chang When all things did thus arsie versie range And little better with us 't would have been Had