vaunting Belgians come to show Their numerous Navy by constraint did fight Thrice have the braver English made them know Their safety 's best pursu'd by hasty slight Twice their expecting people saw them come As prey before the English hunted home 13. Once when unlucky shot disabled quite Our Gen'rals Ships that they could not pursue They getting home brag'd they beat us out-right But to get home with them is to subdue And a Thanksgiving wisely they observ'd For that so many of them were preserv'd 14. But stay my Muse and on the peaceful shore Behold the martial combates on the Seas Such as no age ere veiwed heretofore Nor will succeeding times see after these Where God pays home ingratitude and pride Giving the Conquest to our juster side 15. His Royal Highness first in Person goes With him the brave Prince Rupert each of these More worth than all the Navy of our foes Whom the bold Opdam did not doubt to seise With what odds fought we them if richest prize Can whet the Valour of our Enemies 16. The Fleets engag'd and a fierce conflict grew The clouds of smoke obscur'd the midday Sun From thund'ring Canons storms of bullets flew Driving out souls while streams of blood do run From shatter'd bodies as sometimes you shall In sudden showres see rain from houses fall 17. The frighted Sun himself i' th' smoke doth shroud And threatens night so soon as day 's begun To do his office from no thundring cloud Lightning breaks forth but from the louder Gun When peaceful Heav'n denies its purer light To mortals rage by their own fire they fight 18. Forth from the deadly Engines sirie womb The sp'rit'ous Peter bursting rends the skies And flaming Sulpher raises foaming scum In boiling Seas the fish in water fries The Earth receiving the report doth quake But all this cannot English spirits shake 19. No wonder they did Deisie of old Their valiant Heroes who undaunted run Into the arms of Death resolv'd and bold For Fame and Honour they no peril shun But dangers which all others dread desie A noble soul 's a kind of Deity 20. But if these Heroes had so great renown Who stood in noiseless war pecking out life With flying Arrows hewing bodies down With Swords to let out souls a sporting strife What honours due to him who never shuns The deaths which flies so thick from roaring Guns 21. Guns whose report strikes fearful hearts with death And more with terror than with blows do slay Whose wind doth snatch from untouch't men their breath And passing by can whistle souls away Here cowards hearts dead in their breasts are found Though coming off at last without a wound 22. Guns whose loud thunder shakes the worlds huge frame Into convulsive fits and seems to threat A sudden dissolution of the same Before the wise Creator thinks it fit Yet among these our Worthies boldly stand With hearts unshaken shaking death by th' hand 23. Neptune rows'd with their noise comes up to see What on the surface of his Kingdom 's done Rising he shakes his head to see that he Cannot be Master of the Seas alone But that two daring Fleets are sighting for 't Without Commission from his watry Court 24. He looks upon them and the Dutch he knows Their Land was stol'n from him all their wealth His Tides bring in if nurselings proves his foes He will recover what they got by stealth He fears them not though valiant in a cup He thinks they cannot drink the Ocean up 25. But on the English casts a jealous eye Seeing them mantled all in fire and smoke He fears they will with him for Empire vie Gazing a while deep silence thus he broke What mean these daring mortals who are these Without my leave thus Lord it on the Seas 26. He spies the Duke and fears that Mars is come To ravish Thetis and to rule at Sea Yet thinks he I will send him whistling home And therefore bids the winds to come away But drawing nearer he beheld the Prince And his mistake with a far kinder sence 27. He smooths his ruffled brow and calms the air Comes mildly on doth thus the Duke salute Accept this Trident O thou fiercely fair And rule at Sea see it is Neptune's sute Let all the winds serve thy design and show To thee what reverence to me they owe. 28. Where e're my Trident's known or rule extends From Sea to Sea where e're my tides do flow And to each River which his tribute sends To me do thou a Conquerour still go Ride Sir in Triumph on the Ocean wide And tame these Hogen Mogens swelling pride 29. He said and on his Sea-green Couch sits down To see the issue of the kindling sight By this his Highness hot and eager grown Diffuses valour as the Sun doth light Till by his raies the English all on fire Make the Dutch Valour soon like smoke expire 30. They fire at greatest distance and the air Not us they beat and make the water fly They hope the noise us a far off will scare For they much fear that we will come too nigh But ours bear bravely up nor spent a shot Till almost certain that they loose it not 31. Now near enough discharged Canons send Pluto a present of Dutch souls who take A sudden leave of sprangling corpse and wend To lower shades over the Stygian lake Who came in hopes as high as Ships on float Now sail to their long home in Charon's Boat 32. When our brave Admiral on lofty deck Stands brandishing his Sword confronting death Whose influence to fear in all gives check And inspires valiant heat by his warm breath Whom as a noble prey Opdam espies And with a daring fierceness at him flies 33. Him others follow all the Duke engage Who life to his and death to their men throws From martial brows which with a smiling rage Strike awful love into his very foes Put five to one is odds yet so he shows His presence counter-vaileth four of those 34. Smith saw the unequal combate and straight flew With wind fill'd canvase wings the Duke to shield Himself between the Duke and Dutch he threw Nor gives them time to choose die flie or yield One broad side given unto Opdam blows Him up and blew away the other foes 35. Now bragging Opdam set in Chair of State As still alive though kill'd before some say With cosening shew his men to animate Sinks down in Triumph leading more the way To Stix and Acheron where such as shall Descend will find him Pluto's Admiral 36. Mean while Prince Rupert doth like lightning fall Among the scattered Squadrons of the Dutch VVhere he finds none makes way like Hanibal Who many fights have seen saw never such With murd'ring broad-sides opening passage wide His dreadful Frigate thorough them doth glide 37 Passing on either side he shares his shot To which Dutch Hulls so weak resistance make That speedy death enters
if our Sickness hath our Vices purg'd And Fire consum'd our dross we yet shall live To see the War in our full Conquest cease And London rising from her dust in peace 114. Then shall the Wealth of Nations thither flow And silver Thames be rich as Tagus shore And Strangers ravish'd by her beauteous show Turn captiv'd Lovers and go home no more The East shall her adore with Incense and The West enrich her with her golden sand 115. In ample glory lofty and more wide Her Streets with Structures uniform shall stand Surpassing all the world can boast beside The Palace and the Temple of our Land And Swains who Heav'n some glorious City deem Will this the new Jerusalem esteem 116. Her Royal Father whose dear sympathy In her late suff'rings was her sweetest fare Shall in her beauty and her Loyalty Rejoyce and she in his great love and care Their twined Int'rests and Affections shall Native and Forreign Enemies appal 117. We have indeed been compassed with woes Trials to good and punishments to bad We are beset by Sea and Land with foes Who in our sorrows and distress are glad But let our Faith and Courage now appear Nor let us ought but God Almighty fear 118. Who his destroying Angels hand hath staid Who much from flames beyond our hopes did save Who twice our Navy hath Victorious made Whom still the faithful on their side shall have Who to the patient will their loss repair With double gain so patient Job did fare 119. Now for the yet unfinisht part of war Go on brave Seamen and compleat your glory Who die in this their Countries Martyrs are Whose worthy Names shall live in British story Lawson and Mims with honour now do lie Embalmed in the English memorie 120. When bullets flie so thick they darken air The Lord of Hosts in such a storm can save Or if your Souls these to light Mansions bear And Seas your bodies take the Sea 's a grave Trusty as Earth and when the Angel sounds Gives up her dead safe as the sacred grounds 121. But there 's less fear of death than honour now Your vanquisht foes will scarce endure a sight Scarce will their Keels this Spring the Ocean plough The Conquest 's now less difficult than sight They like dull Stars the Sun with-drawn are clear About watch their advantage to appear 122. Or as full Moons rise when the Sun doth set Look big and fierce as if the skies they won Our searching Fleet come in so out they get And shine as if the Ocean were their own But when the Sun looks up the Moon doth hide So can't the Dutch our Navy's sight abide 123. But the Sun hunts the flying Moon until His Opposition doth eclipse her light So seek the shifting Dutch our Navy will Till they eclipse their honour in a fight As for the French they Meteors are no doubt Let them but blaze a while they will go out 124. Those shine like Stars but are indeed a vapour Which hath no proper Orb howe're it shows But only upwards cuts a nimble caper And sinks to Earth again from whence it rose Perhaps these ignes fatui may jeer The Dutch into the Ditch and leave them there 125. But let us pious loyal loving prove To God our King our Church and one another So shall the reliques of our woes remove And prosp'rous days our griefs and fears shall smother Our bliss from Virtue we may calculate More sure than any Stars Prognosticate FINIS * Sept. 2. 1666. by two in the morning began this fire which was not suppâ—â—st in all places till Friday morning following †The roof of Paul's falling broke strangely through into St. Faith's Church underneath Pauls * Many Books by the Stationers were put under Pauls Church to secure them from the fire but there were burned * Lud King of Britain * Who as Stories tell landed at Totnes in Devonshire Anno Mundi 2855. and before Christs birth 1108. years and soon after built here a City calling it Troy-novant (a) Anno Dom. 1086. (b) King of Kent and moved by Mellitus Bishop of London to found this Church Mellitus consecrated Bishop An. Dom. 606. (c) Consecrated Bishop of London An. Dom. 675. (a) Anno Dom. 1087. (a) The Arms of Holland (b) The Arms of Spain from whom the Netherlands revolting were aided by Queen Elizabeth (c) King of Spain (d) The first sight with the Dutch (e) Duke of York (f) Duke of York (g) Five of their Ships set upon the Duke 's at once (h) Colours taken from the Dutch ships ours took and sent up to the King shewed in the Countries they went (i) Berghâ—n business (k) The King of Denmark who profered our King that his ships might take any Dutch ships in his harbours and the Prize to be divided betwixt them (l) According to the common oâ—inion that the waters are hâ—gher than the Earth and lie upon and heap at Sea (m) The second sight with the Dutch in the beginning of June this last Summer when Prince Rupert and the Duke of Albemarle went Generalâ— by joynt Commission (n) The first days fight (o) The second days fight (p) On Saturday even (q) The third day (r) Prince Rupert who came into the Duke on Sunday ever (Å¿) The fourth days fight (t) The fifth day the fight held but an hour or two e're the Dutch withdrew (t) Conâ—isting of 150. 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at ev'ry plot And sinking ships a shrieking farewel take And shiver'd splinters from torn planks that fly To many deaths make one shot multiply 83. Thorough he tacks about and soon returns And from loud Guns repeats the doom of wounds And death to them some sinks some takes some burns And hundreds makes fall into lasting swounds While his besieged batter'd Pinnace stood A floating Castle in a Sea of blood 39. Experience now doth give a just allay To his high metal both in him do meet So duly temper'd that he justly may Lead a Land Army or conduct a Fleet In Conduct wary and in Counsel grave In Courage fiery and in Conquest brave 40. Here gallant Holms too bold defiance gave To Trump and all his fury whom he made ' Twice quit his sinking ship his life to save Who in a Boat got home at last 't is said Where landing if the women could have catch't him For slaughter'd sons and husbands they 'd have scratch't him 41. Now all this time the ecchoing air resounds The noise of war to many aking hearts On trembling Holland and on English grounds Each wound in sympathizing bosomes smarts But now the routed Dutch invoke the winds Hoyse all their sails too slack for flying minds 42. All steer for nearest Ports where their folk stand Expecting them laden with spoils to come But see them with stretcht Canvase fly to Land And the pursuing English drive them home Whose guns and shouts strengthning the winds the more Hast fleeing Belgians to their wisht for shore 43. Got into Harbour there they skulking lie By our Triumphant daring Navy aw'd So creeps the tim'rous Hare to some wood by And squatted lies hearing the Hounds abroad From smitten brests now doleful cries rebound For sons and husbands not returned found 44. Mean while our crouded shore with shouts doth ring Of joyful people which with longing eye Behold the Vessels that doth tidings bring And Colours Trophies of our Victorie And conqu'ring Frigates bringing home their prize Make thundring Guns shake th' earth and rend the skies 45. Whose kind salute our watchful Forts return With as loud welcome and the watry store Proud of the Worthies on its waves are born Curvets and foams and gallops to the shore Where landed Captives and the taken prize Do take our hearts and captivate our eyes 46. Now see the fruit of pious management Of war and all affairs we kept a Fast Before the fight and Heav'n success hath sent Who sow in tears shall reap in joy at last Le ts owe our glory to Humiliation For humble Penitence exalts a Nation 47. What Prayers got let praises give to God Who in the first Engagement turn'd the wind To favour us and be to them a Rod With smoke repell'd to lash them almost blind Nor will our giving God the greatest glory At all eclipse mans honour in the story 48. In giving Thanks we do but sow the seeds Of future blessings and lay up in store That which in time a fruitful harvest breeds And praise for what heav'n gives bespeaks for more Thus do Thanks-givings Victories obtain And Conquests make Thanks-giving-days again 49. Now bragging Holland saw they could not beat The English by their single strength alone From France and Denmark they seek aid to get So hope to match us being three to one We dread them not our trust in God shall be There 's three in one can make our own beat three 50. Our King and Loyal hearts no help require From such consederates our Cause is good And God will blast our foes designs as fire Consumes with sudden blaze the thorny wood Though Nations compass us about we shall In Gods great Name we trust destroy them all 51. The faithless Dane first offer'd friendship here And during Treaty tempts us to his Port To seise the Belg'ans Indies anchor'd there A Squadron under Tyddiman go for 't And under sail to Berghen by the way Each Sea mans mind is laden with his prey 52. Arriv'd they see inclos'd in Rocks their prize First Clifford lands the Governour to treat Who knowledge of his Master's will denies Brib'd by the Dutch he means both Kings to cheat Yet bears us fair in hand if once he knows His Princes will he our design allows 53. Mean while he lets the Belgians plant on shore Their batt'ring Canons to defend their wealth And from his Castle murd'ring pieces roar Fir'd by the Dutch he saith got in by stealth Thus basely dealt with the bold English fall Pell mell to batter Castle Town and all 54 Enrag'd to see themselves thus Tantalize They seek to sink what 's past their pow'r to gain One on a Bed of Spices sweetly dies Others by broken Diamonds are slain Rich Odours fir'd in Ships now cloud the skies As Incense doth from kindled Censors rise 55. But this did not appease incensed minds Our batt'ring balls now shatter houses down Now thorough Castle-wals death entrance finds And folk now fear the Sea will take the Town What will not English spirits bravely dare To do for Ships to storm a Castle 's rare 56. By this the Governour seems to relent Desires to treat again pretending now Th' Agreement made betwixt the King is sent The order owns he first did disavow That what we in their Harbours take shall be Betwixt the Kings divided equallie 57. Now he invites ours to a fresh attempt But limitted with terms to frustrate it They saw his proffers did success exempt And wisely thought a new assault not sit Till they return'd he would secure the prey He promis'd they hoise sail and come away 58. Now whether Denmarks King new counsels took Or Berghens Governour his faith did sell Few day 's expired ere the Dutch forsook The Harbour uncontroul'd but a storm fell Whereby just Heav'n seeing our wrong did bring Part of the prize we fought for to our King 59. Nor shall perfidious Denmark lose his due Heav'n will his kindness unto us repay And he his double dealing erst shall rue When England shall of Holland win the day And then have leisure to remember friends Whose proffer'd leagues but serve their treach'rous ends 60. Mean time the slighted Swede may check the Dane And ballance him on the divided Sound Or ancient fame of Swedish valour gain By flowing Conquests on the Danish ground Whom he may soon in field subdue and then In Coppenhagen block him up agen 61. Nor wish we Munster's Bishop better fate Who got our coin and left us in the lurch By whose deceit we costly learn too late The German faith is not in Roman Church Which keeps no faith with Hereticks we know But did forget that they do count us so 62. Holland of France expects a kind Protector 'T is envy and not love that makes him such I doubt he 'l rather prove a sly projector And only help that he may rule the Dutch So once the Saxons did the Britains aid Until this Kingdom for