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5.56 R172806 2 Good Health to Betty Good Health to Betty Queen Mary's Lamentation Queen Mary's Lamentation WE had a Roman Queen of late, / That plagued these three Nations; date from license Pepys 5.56 Rollins (1) V:56-58; Wing B3367[B] 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. 5: 56 THE / Boast of Great Britain; / OR, / A SONG in praise of MARY present Queen of / England, Scotland, France and Ireland, &c. THE Boast of Great Britain; OR, A SONG in praise of MARY present Queen of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, etc. The Boast of Great Britain; Or, a Song in Praise of Mary Present Queen of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, etc. 1/2 sheet folio, 230 x 150 all edges cropped, torn left and top edges, damaged surface horizontal and vertical rules 1689 LONDON: Printed for J.C. at the Crown, betwixt the two Temple-Gates in Fleet-street, / and by P.K. in the Old-Change. J.C., P.K. Weinstein

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WE had a Roman Queen of late, That plagued these three Nations; And ruined our Church and State, By Popish Conjurations: But, when she thought both of our Laws, And rights to have bereft us, She took her Heels, and Chariot-Wheels, And run away and left us. But now our Queen, of Royal Blood, The Phoenix of the Nation, She's neither light, nor vain, nor proud, But Fair to admiration: The Di'mond Sparkleth in her Eye, Her Cheeks are like two Roses, Her Lips are of a Scarlet Dy, Which Ivory Teeth incloses. Her Skin is Alabaster White, Her Breasts are like Parnassus : But to describe her Person right, It greatly doth surpass us. And yet those shaddows, which we see, Are Beams of inward Beauty; Which, with a grace, shine on her Face; Engaging us to Duty. In Charity she doth excel, All Queens that were before her; Which makes her Subjects love her well, And Princes to adore her: No vice doth reign within her mind, She's wise, to admiration; She's great and good, of Royal Blood, The boast of this brave Nation.
A Protestant that's good and true, And hates the Name of Popery ; The Pope of Rome , with all his crew, And all their shams of Foppery: When Babels Whore did threaten us with The Floods of her delusion, She gave consent for to prevent The Kingdoms sad confusion. Now, with her Royal Orange King, She Reigns in great Promotion: She's good and just, in every thing; And pious, in Devotion. Let all the Queens of Christendom Take their Example by her: That they may reign, and likewise shine, In worth, to magnifie her. She was not curious for a Crown, But lived well contented; For we her, first, did importune, And her desires prevented: But now, on Spotles Wings of Fame, She mounts up to perfection; Where envy's eye can never fly, Nor force her to defection. O may the Orange flourish well, To Thistle and Rose united; That all the three may give a smell, And we may be delighted: The Harp may play, the Lyons Dance, The Lilly be brought in subjection; That we, with Health, may inherit our wealth, And live safe under protection.
LONDON , Printed for J. C. at the Crown , betwixt the two Temple-Gates in Fleet-street . and by P.K. in the Old-Change . Licensed October 28th . 1689 .