The Roxburghe ballads . of taking his due place as Prince-Consort,(she being the lineal descendant of James II.—if we admit theindefensible exclusion of her brother the Prince of Wales, JamesFrederick Edward Stuart, properly James III.), was of a piece withthe entire irregularity and illegality of the Revolution was used merely to further his Continental ambition,and he remained until the end a Dutchman in heart and soul,so far as he had a soul, helping his own countrymen into wealth andposition, but never understanding the English people whom he hadpersistently intrigued ag
The Roxburghe ballads . of taking his due place as Prince-Consort,(she being the lineal descendant of James II.—if we admit theindefensible exclusion of her brother the Prince of Wales, JamesFrederick Edward Stuart, properly James III.), was of a piece withthe entire irregularity and illegality of the Revolution was used merely to further his Continental ambition,and he remained until the end a Dutchman in heart and soul,so far as he had a soul, helping his own countrymen into wealth andposition, but never understanding the English people whom he hadpersistently intrigued against, to revisit and to rule them. 66 [Roxburghe Collection, III. 503 : Tepys Coll., II. 373.] Court and IfttngDoms in Cears; ©r,(Efte Sorrotoful Subjects Hamcntatian for tfte ©eatft of Tjcr fHajcstg<®uccn MARY: fofja tepartct this %\it, the 28^ of December,1694; &o the Unspeakable ffitief of his fHajcstg, ant all hts3Logal ant 3Lomiur. Subjects. To the Tune of, If Loves a sweet Passion, fyc. [See YI. 31.]. J. I IN Mourning, in Mourning the Kingdoms appears,And the eyes of true Subjects are flowing with Tears,For our grief and our sorrow, alas, it is great,Since our gracious Queen Marie departed of late ; By the hand of cold Death she was snatcKd from the Throne,Saving left our most gracious lung William alone. The loss of our Queen we have cause to lament,In the prime of her years from the World she is sent,While her sorrowful Subjects do weeping complain,Knowing that they shall never behold her again. By the hand of cold Death, Sfc. [sw. passim- 12 The Court and Kingdom in Tears, 1694. 707 0 ! what an unspeakable Change is there wrought! From a Throne, Crown, and scepter, Q[ueen] M\ary\ is brought, For to take up her lodging, now, now in the Grave, So uncertain is Honour, and all that we have. By, etc. 18 She in the Kings absence, did govern the Realm, With discretion and wisdom she sat at the Helm, While her Subjects in Loyal obedience did stand, For a publick
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