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THE SOLILOQUY

O F

A ROYAL EXILE.

UNHAPPY I! who, once ordain'd to bear
God's justice fword, and his vicegerent here,
Am now depos'd!-'gainst me my children rise,
My life must be their only facrifice :'
Highly they me accufe, but nothing prove;
But this is out of tenderness and love!

They feek to fpill my blood; 'tis that alone
Muft for the nation's crying fins atone.
But careful Heaven forewarn'd me in a dream,
And fhew'd me that my dangers were extreme ;
The heavenly vifion fpoke, and bade me flee
Th' ungrateful brood that were not worthy me:
Alarm'd I fled at the appointed time;
And mere neceffity was made my crime!

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