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R170763 ROuse up my Muse, arise thou silly Girle / Like a brave Amazon come crisp and curle Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 1033 THE / BRAVE ENGLISH / SOULDIERS RESOLUTION. THE BRAVE ENGLISH SOLDIER'S RESOLUTION. 1666-1666

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ROuse up my Muse, arise thou silly Girle Like a brave Amazon come crisp and curle Thy Locks, tune up thy voice, sound an alarm, Alarm, alarm, stout hearts, brave Souldiers arme; What shall the drunken Dutchmen brave it thus; They scorn to stoop, they say, what stoop to us! They swear they'l never do't; the Belg'an Land Shall flourish still, and bear a free command Over her Natives all the narrow Seas: In them they'l sail, in them, if so they please, They'l fish and never ask King Charles his leave; Nor shall he more his Rent therefore receive. Courage brave English hearts, what can you hear Such words stout hearts, what can you bear Such taunts, proud Belgians vaunting out their threats What they will do if crost, what goodly feats Perform. Hold Dutchmen, hold, enough y' have spoke, We'l give no time to act, your words provoke Us to your cost you'l find: See, see, how fast we arm, Saint George for England is; his Sword shall charm Your roaving tongues to sing another Song; It shall you teach 't shall not be very long Ere that of Amsterdam, the Lords for peace To Charles shall sue, using such words as these, We the Distressed States of Netherlands Humbly thee beg that thy Victorious bands Thou wilt withdraw, we smarted have full sore For our offence; Oh let thy Sword no more Destroy we pray; how easily revenge Thyself thou canst, thy Armies that do range Without controule over the Belg'an soile, Which raze our Walls, which do our Cities spoil;
Do plainly show those that thy conqu'ring Sword Hath left unslain, let by thy gracious word Preserved be for th' future, we profess Ourselves thy leige-men true, we'l nere transgress Against the peace which in thy Royalty Thou shalt us grant for Hostages let ly, What thou'lt require we proffer all our Land, Cities and Cittadels at thy command. Till then our Fortunes all we do suspend, Forgeting all concerns, but this we bend Our utmost force for Royal Charles his sake, Nor of our dearest blood such care we'l take As of our Kings renown; for him we'l fight, We'l watch, we'l ward, we'l march by day or night; As cause requires, we'l serve by Sea or Land; Nor grudge the toile since under thy command, Great Albemarle, Englands stout General, By whose great Deeds 'gainst foes Domestical; All English souls have no small cause to sing, We now enjoy our lives, our laws, our King. Go on brave Duke, make Forreign foes confess Unto their cost they find thou art no less, Than Valours abstract, fortunes favourite, The most invincible Heroick wight. My Muse hath vow'd, so have the Virgins nine Engag'd by Oath a Panegerick line, To each thy famous deed Parnassus hill Shall sound, resound with songs thy praise shall fill Heavens spacious Vaults, the Starry sphear Shall env'ous be when it thy fame shall hear.
May 4th. Licensed according to Order. LONDON, Printed in the Year 1666.