The Roxburghe ballads . 715. $fetorical BallaDS: 3In the QTfmcg of WILLIAM and MARY. But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wicked-ness in the sight of the Lord ; whom Jezabel his wife stirred up. N the downfall of King James the Second, atthe end of December, 1688, many staunchJacobites, who were faithful in the hourwben his favoured adherents had desertedhim, showed their resentment by quoting theFirst Booh of Kings, chap. xxi. v. 25. Theyknew how the usurper, William of Orange,had long covetted Naboths vineyard, andhow his wife had aided him, ready if needfulto ki
The Roxburghe ballads . 715. $fetorical BallaDS: 3In the QTfmcg of WILLIAM and MARY. But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wicked-ness in the sight of the Lord ; whom Jezabel his wife stirred up. N the downfall of King James the Second, atthe end of December, 1688, many staunchJacobites, who were faithful in the hourwben his favoured adherents had desertedhim, showed their resentment by quoting theFirst Booh of Kings, chap. xxi. v. 25. Theyknew how the usurper, William of Orange,had long covetted Naboths vineyard, andhow his wife had aided him, ready if needfulto kill and take possession, without fear ofany prophets rebuke, for had they not powerover the bishoprics, and were not the Non-jurors ejectable ? Marysconduct could scarcely be deemed worse than that of her sisterAnne, who had received more tokens of her fathers affection. Thetwo women soon betrayed their mutual jealousy and hatred, to thedelight of spectators. Whatever imprudence and obstinacy characterised the ill-starredJame
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