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1 None Vicar of Bray, The IN Charles the Second's Golden Reign, / When Loyalty had no harm in't; And this is Law, I do maintain, / And to the Day I die will, / That whatsoever King shall reign, / I'll be the Vicar of Bray still. Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 644 The Vicar of BRAY. The Vicar of BRAY. The Vicar of BRAY. ?-?

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IN Charles the Second's Golden Reign, When Loyalty had no harm in't; A zealous High Church Man I was, And so I got Preferment: To teach my Flock, I never miss'd, Kings were by God appointed; And he was damn'd that did resist, Or curse the Lord's anointed. And this is Law, I do maintain, And to the Day I die will, That whatsoever King shall reign, I'll be the Vicar of Bray still. When Royal James our King became, And Popery was in Fashion: The Penal Laws I voted down, And I read the Declaration: The Church of Rome I found would fit Full well my Constitution, And I had been a Jesuit, But for the Revolution. And this is Law, etc. When William was our King delcar'd, To redress the Nations Grievance; With this new Whim I then averr'd, And swore to him Allegiance: Old Principles I then revok'd, Set Conscience at a Distance; And prov'd Religion was a Joke, And a Jest was Non Resistance. And this is Law, etc. When Royal Anne our Queen became, The Church of Englands Glory; Another Face of things were seen, So I became a Tory: Occasional Conformists base, I curs'd their Moderation; And prov'd the Church in Danger was, By such Prevarication. And this is Law, etc. When G--- came o'er in Pudding-time, And moderate Men look'd big, Sir, The Cat in Pan I turn'd again, And so became a Whig, Sir: By which Preferment I procur'd From our great Faith's Defender, And almost every Day abjur'd The Pope and the Pretender. And this is Law, etc. The Illustrious House of H---------r, And Protestant Succession, To them I lustily will cleave, While they can keep Possession: And in my Faith, no one shall say, I any ways do falter; For G------ our rightful King shall be, Until the times do alter. And this is Law, I do maintain, And to the Day I die will, That whatsoever King shall reign, I'll be the Vicar of Bray still.