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2.237 R179283 1 Russels Farewel Russell's Farewell Russell's Farewell ALas, alas, I am undone, / my Men are gone and fled, and Loyal to the Crown. [with variations] date from title: Sedgemoor, Battle of; Monmouth and Buccleuch, execution of the Duke of. Pepys 2.237 Wing K560bA Pepys Library The Pepys ballads : facsimile volume Editor W.G. Day D.S. Brewer Cambridge [England] 1987 Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 2: 237 King JAMESES / Royal VICTORY. / Giving an Account of the Great Conquest His Gracious Majesty hath happily gained over the / Rebels; Also the taking and Execution of the late Duke of Monmouth, who was Beheaded on / Tower-Hill, on Wednesday the 15th. of the Instant July, 1685. King JAMESES Royal VICTORY. Giving an Account of the Great Conquest His Gracious Majesty hath happily gained over the Rebels; Also the taking and Execution of the late Duke of Monmouth, who was Beheaded on Tower-Hill, on Wednesday the 15th of this Instant July, 1685. King James's Royal Victory. Giving an Account of the Great Conquest His Gracious Majesty Hath Happily Gained Over the Rebels; Also the Taking and Execution of the late Duke of Monmouth, Who Was Beheaded on Tower-Hill, on Wednesday the 15th. of this Present July, 1685. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 205 x 314 uneven inking vertical rules 1685 Printed for Clarke, VV. Thackeray, and T. Passinger. Clarke, VV. Thackeray, T. Passinger Weinstein: title

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ALas, alas, I am undone, my Men are gone and fled, Great James the Royal Victory won, now I must loose my Head: Rebellion is a Cursed thing, and tumbles Traytors down, Therefore be faithful to the King, and Loyal to the Crown. Ambition was my overthrow, my hopes are banisht quite, My pleasure now is turn'd to woe, My day is turn'd to night:
And fortune that doth often smile, upon me now doth frown, Because I did my self beguile, By falseness to the Crown. O hateful Pride to aim so high, and make my fall so great, By loosing of the Victory, my Pride it did abate. I by Rebellion sought to gain both Honour and Renown, But all my strugling was in vain, against the King and Crown.
My hapless fate I now lament, although it is too late, It breeds my cruel discontent, to think on rigid fate: For satisfaction for my Crime, my life I must lay down, For there is no real King of Lyme, but him that wears the Crown. But O that I had been so wise, as certainly to know, My friends from secret Enemies, who sought my overthrow: And pufft me up with promise great, of Honour and Renown, But now I find it was a Cheat, King James must wear the Crown. Now must I lose my murmuring breath, my death draws nigh at hand, Because I did my Sword Unsheath against the King o'th Land: Whose mercies all men do applaud, in City and in Town, My Treachery is known abroad, against the King and Crown.
And thus James Scot did make his moan, until his dying day, While our blest King sits on his Throne, proud Rebels to dismay: And by the justness of his cause, will pull Rebellion down, For he that disobeys the Laws, Rebels against the Crown. The fifteenth of July he whom from his Army fled, On Tower-Hill for Treachery, did certain loose his Head: And in the sight of many men, his Life he did lay down, And now he'l ne'r Rebell again against the King or Crown. Then Loyal Subjects bravely sing, since his Great Majesty, Who is our gracious Royal King, hath gain'd the Victory: And hath dispers'd the daring for, that sought to gain Renown, For he's the only Prince we know that ought to wear the Crown.
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