Th~ HlftorJ. of QJteen· E S, TER. . 149 His life before his Honour; Honou~'s won · Moft in a juft defence, Defence is gone, The lhield once loft; the wounded Theb~n cri'd, How fares my fbidd ? whid} fafe, he fmil'd and di'~ : True honour bides at ho.1ue, and ·rakes delight In keeping, not' in gaining ofaRigh~ ; . Scorns ufurpation, nQr feeks !he blood, And thirfts to make her name not great, as good : .~ .God gives a Rirht to man; to man, defence · · To guard it giv n ; but when a £Life pretence Shall grouncf her title on agreater Might, ' What doth he elfebut wat with heav'n, and fight With Providence·?Go'd fets the Princely Crown On heads ofKings) Who then may take it down ? · No jufta quarrel, or more noble fight, Than to maintain, where God hath giv'n a Rigl)t 1 There's no defpair of Conqueft .in that war, Where Gotfs the Leader; Policie's no bat · T9H.is defigns; no power can withftand .His high exploits; within who[~ mighty hand . ·Are all the corners ofthe earth ; the hills His fenfivc bulwarks are, which when he wills, His leffer breath can b\andy up and dawn, · And crulh the world, and with .a wink, can drown · The fpacious,llniverfe in fuds of Clay ; , · Where Heav'n is leader, heaven muft win theday : · God reaps his honour hence ; that ~ombaes fafe, 'Where he's il CGmbatam, andveotutes half : Rig~t's not imp~ir'd with wea~nefs, -?ut prevails. In fp1ghc offtrengch, whenftr~ngth and power fa1ls : Frail is the truft rep~~,d on troop~ of ~or(e ; X~uth in a handful finds a greater force. . Lord maa my,heart with faith, an~. be my !hicld, · A~d !{ a \X_qrld C?~f~'?Il~ me:,,rll not yeild 1 . 7 f...•.•• L 3 THE
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