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5.76 R188601 1 Russels Farewel Russell's Farewell Russell's Farewell YOu Christian Princes of the World,/ vouchsafe to pitty me, date from imprint; surrender of Limerick Pepys 5.76 Rollins (1) VI:136-139; Wing M2988[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: 76 The Mournful Monarch,/ OR,/ The Lamentation of the late King James, at the Dismal/ Tydings of the Surrender of Lymerick, in the Kingdom of Ireland. The Mournful Monarch, OR, The Lamentation of the late King James, at the Dismal Tydings of the Surrender of Lymerick, in the Kingdom of Ireland. The Mournful Monarch, or, the Lamentation of the Late King James, at the Dismal Tidings of the Surrender of Lymerick, in the Kingdom of Ireland. 1/2 sheet folio, 270 x 157 cropped right and bottom edges, uneven inking horizontal and vertical rules 1691 Printed for B.I. 1691. B.I. Weinstein: imprint

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I. YOu Christian Princes of the World, vouchsafe to pitty me, Whose thoughts are in Confusion hurl'd, like a Tempestuous Sea: I lost three Kingdoms and a Crown, by Jesuits Trappan'd; And now I wander up and down all in a Forreign Land. II. Once I was Seated on the Throne, and did a Scepter Sway; True Subjects did my Power own, till I was led away, My Peoples Free-born Liberty, to trample down with speed; The thoughts of this does trouble me, and makes my Soul to bleed. III. When slavish fears did me inhance, I cross'd the Roaring Seas, Straight to the Royal Court of France , in hopes to live at Ease: But I was sent to Ireland , an Army there to Fight, My French nor Tories would not stand, but took themselves to flight. IV. I left a standing Army there, about the Month of June , Their Pay was Brass, their Cloaths were bare, their Courage out of Tune: Now I three Kingdoms quite have lost, for Ly'mrick is Subdu'd; I have no Force, no Foot nor Horse, my Sorrows are renew'd. V. Would I had never been a King, but of some meaner Race, Then had I never felt the Sting of Trouble and Disgrace: Here must I wander out my days in Sorrow, Grief and Woe; Those which I did to Honour raise, has prov'd my Overthrow.
VI. All Ireland is now Subdu'd, my hopes are at an end; The French , who thus my Cause pursu'd, hath prov'd a failing Friend: Farewel, farewel fair Ireland , my sorrows are increas'd, There's nothing that I take in hand doth prosper in the least. VII. A thousand times I wish in vain; that I had never seen, My Partner in my Royal Reign, that proud insulting Queen: I often granted her Request, what she did crave of me, Till I was clearly Dispossest of Crown and Dignity. VIII. What Mortal would a Monarch Reign, since Cares the Crown doth line? The harmless Country Shepherd Swain, feels no such Grief as mine: The Subject that enjoys his own, let it be ne'r so small, Yet he has more laid up in store; than Kings, whose Crowns do fall. IX. This World does most unconstant prove, from whence my sorrow springs, Now will I place my heart above the thoughts of Earthly things: My Honour, Triumph, Glory, State, this day does disappear, Both Crowns and Scepters stoop to Fate, there's nothing stedfast here. X. I will go Mourning to the Grave, since all my Glory's fled, These very Lines, O let me have over my Royal Head; That when a Traveller draws near, and reads my Dismal Doom, He may in pitty shed a Tear upon my Marble T omb.
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