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B10071 Londons welcome to His Most Illustrious Highness, VVilliam Henry, prince of Orange. Southaick, Cyprian. 1688 (1688) Wing S4751; ESTC R184494 753 1

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LONDONS WELCOME TO HIS MOST ILLUSTRIOUS HIGHNESS VVILLIAM HENRY Prince of ORANGE MOst Serene Prince may all the Power 's Divine Add to your Lustre that you may still shine Throughout the Corners of our English Earth And give each drooping Spirit a new Birth That from your Stream of Goodness may both spring Peace to our Nation Safety to the KING And all the Clouds of Horror Doubts and Fear You Phoebus-like may dissipate and clear Welcome Great Sir England's Metropolis Greets you with Joy may Heaven give you Bliss And grant that by your Princely Power may stand Our true Religion ' gainst Anti-christian Band Free from the threat'ning Terrors of that Arm Can Murder thousands and yet do no Harm Thus let us Live to love Tranquillity And to the Legal Power subject be Let Strife and Faction cease may God defend Our Laws and Liberties unto the end Defend You also most Illustrious PRINCE From all the Attempts of Humane Violence And that our England ne'r may want supply From the true Royal Race and Progeny For to Extirpate and exile all Hope Of yielding our Subjection to the POPE So to our Princely Power we shall bow And pay unto our Caesar what we owe The Gown the Sword and the loud Cannon too Will shew then their Obedience where 't is due And with the Protestant Arm of Courage make The bold Opposers in the Field to quake Can e're that Hellish Mischief be forgot Which was intended by the Powder-Plot A Horror beyond measure to have known A Kingdom in a moment Overthrown Had not the God of Goodness Mercy shown Even now our People might have been Surpriz'd With Fire with Sword which Torments were devis'd By Rome's Infernal Engines Popish Crew That think it Meritorious to Undo This made our Nation droop Trading decay Fears Jealousies and Threatning drove away The affrighted People both by Sea and Land A Kingdom so Divided could not Stand. Thanks to Your Gracious Highness may You be For ever Happy and from Danger free As Heaven sent You hither so we pray Heav'n may still Protect You Night and Day FINIS By Cyprian Southaick Gent. Printed for M. T. in the Year 1688.