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What Booker can p ro gnosticate,
consider[i]ng now the kingdomes state?
I thinke my selfe to be as wise
as he that gaseth on the skyes;
my skill goes beyond the depth of Pond
or Riuers in the greatest raine,
wherby I can tell tha t all things will goe well
when the K ing enioyes his rights againe.

There is neither swallow, doue nor dade,
can sore more high, or deep er wade
to shew a reason from the starres,
what causeth these our ciuill warres.
the man in the moone may weare out his shoo[ne]
in running after Charles his wayne;
but all is to noe end, for the times will not me[nd]
till the K ing enioyes his right againe.

ffull 40 yeeres his royall crowne
hath beene his fathers and his owne,
& is there any more nor hee
that in the same shold sharrers bee,
or who better may the scepter sway
then he that hath such rights to raine?
there is noe hopes of a peace, or the war to ce[ase],
till the K ing enioyes his right againe.

Although for a time you see Whitehall
w i th cobwebbs hanging on the wall
insteed of silkes & siluer braue
wh i ch fformerly ['t] was wont [to] haue,
w i th a sweete p er fume in eu er ye roome
delightfull to tha t princely traine:
w hi ch againe shalbe when the times you see
tha t the King enioyes his right againe.
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