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T:Faine I would
T:The King's Complaint
T:Parthenia
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H:Original instructions:"As at Oxford" Having lost London to Cromwell,
H:Charles I convened a royalist parliament in Oxford in 1644. A
H:supporter of Charles I, John Playford continued a royalist at heart and
H:again served as printer to the king at the restoration of Charles II.
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W:Faine I would, if I could
W:By any means obteine
W:Leave of my best
W:Masters to sit with them againe
W:But my blest Parliment
W:Will never give consent
W:They say tis such a thinge
W:For the worst of them's a Kinge
W:Wee will rule still
W:In spight of Cavalieres
W:O brave house of Commons
W:O brave house of Peeres
W:Religion you have pull'd downe
W:And soe you have the crowne
W:My laws & Kingdome too
W:I think the Devill's in you
W:Else you'll not endure
W:Such a constant flood
W:All of childrens teares
W:And theire dead Fathers blood ...