%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> Great Brittains GLORY, / OR, The Protestants Confidence in a Free Parliament. / How many Evils did attend / this drooping Land of late; / To which I hope they'l put an end, / and settle Church and State. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1689 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 06/04/2008 20871

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2.258 R188154 1 Touch of the Times, &c. Why Are My Eyes Still Flowing Touch of the Times, etc. LEt all Honest Protestants merrily sing, / For to your great comfort, glad tydings I bring, In having the choice of a free Parliament. [with variations] tune unclear: The Tun[e] is, Touch of the Times, &c.; date from content: Parliament. Pepys 2.258 Rollins (1) IV:101-104; Wing G1667[a]aA. 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: 258 Great Brittains GLORY, / OR, The Protestants Confidence in a Free Parliament. / How many Evils did attend / this drooping Land of late; / To which I hope they'l put an end, / and settle Church and State. Great Brittains GLORY, OR, The Protestants Confidence in a Free Parliament. How many Evils did attend this drooping Land of late; To which I hope they'l put an end, and settle Church and State. Great Britain's Glory, or, the Protestants' Confidence in a Free Parliament. How Many Evils Did Attend this Drooping Land of Late; to Which I Hope They'll Put an End, and Settle Church and State. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 208 x 316 cropped top and bottom edges, uneven inking cast fleuron 1689 Printed for I. D. I. D. Weinstein: content

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LEt all Honest Protestants merrily sing, For to your great comfort, glad tydings I bring, To cheer up the Spirits of every Soul, Who did on the Sorrows of Brittain condole; The brave Prince of Orange is come to subdue The Fryers, a[n]d all the whole Jesuit Crew, And Crown the whole Nation with perfect Content, In having the choice of a free Parliament. Sound Men of undoubted Integrity, Will use their endeavour the Nation to free. From that slavish Yoke which we justly did fear, Which Rome wou'd have lain upon Protestants here; But having a Valiant and Renowned Prince, Who venters his Life in the Kingdoms defence; Then let's be united in Love and Content; And we shall be blest in this free Parliament.
Some Time-serving Persons were trusted of late, With more than was reason in matters of State, As being Ambitious of Fame and Renown, They strove for to trample our Liberties down; Yet while they did exercise this insolence, We did not dare speak in our own just defence; But now to our Comfort and perfect Content, We hope to blest in the free Parliament. The Jesuits thought it would never be day, While here they did bear such an absolute sway; They frown'd on the Protestants, cursing the Test, But now at the last comes the cream of the Jest, Brave Orange he brought in an Army and Fleet, Which made the poor Jesuits forc'd to retreat, And some that are taken to Prison are sent, And trembles for fear of a free Parliament.
Our Charters was taken away when they pleas'd, And the Learned Bishops unworthily seiz'd, And hurried to Prison like Criminals then, But God in his Mercy restor'd them again; Now those that for Honour the Laws over-rul'd, In process of time will be plaguely School'd; Alas! it will then be too late to repent, We being all bless'd with a free Parliament. All places of Trust was committed to those, Who then was the Churches implacable Foes, And daily they acted contrary to Law, To keep the poor Protestants always in Awe, But Heaven was pleased in mercy to send, A brave Prince of Orange to be our good Friend, Then let us receive him with Joy and Content, And we shall be blest with a free Parliament. This vast undertaking may Chronicl'd be, If that we consider it in each degree, He came to this Nation for Protestants good, And Conquer'd without the effusion of Blood; A thing never known in all [a]ges before, But God would in mercy in People restore; Then let us endeavour of sin to repent, And we may be blest in a free Parliament. The French King in wrath he does threaten us still, And if such a Tyrant might have his will, The Protestants he would soon Sacrifice, By bloody strange tortures which he wou'd devize; Then let us all pray the Lord may be our guide, Then Brittain may pull down this Tyrants great pride, And England may flourish with Joy and Content, And blest in the choice of a free Parliament. Since the Prince of Orange is come to our aid, We hope soon to flourish and have a good Trade; Let us be united like true Christians all, And then our Enemies hopes will be small; There's none but Divisions that ever can wrong These Protestant Nations, to which we belong; Let's all be united in Love, by Consent, Then shall we be blest in a free Parliament. The Papists now wishes they may not agree, They always desire distraction to see; But being all Protestant Members, ne'er doubt, But they will be careful here how they fall out; Let Heavenly blessings fall down like a Dew, Upon the great Prince, and the Parliament too, And we may enjoy here Peace, Love, and Content, And blest in the Protestant free Parliament.
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