Fiat clarissimus Et beatissimus GEORGIUS REX; Cujus judicio, Cujus auspicio, Et beneficio Floreat lex!” ―――― On the accession of William IV. a new version of the anthem was prepared:―― God save our noble King, William the Fourth we sing. God save the King. Send him victorious, Happy and glorious, Long to reign over us, God save the King. O Lord our God arise, Guard him from enemies, Or make them fall; May peace with plenty crown’d Throughout his realms abound, So be his name renown’d, God save us all. Or should some foreign band Dare to this favour’d land Discord to bring, May our brave William’s name, Proud in the lists of fame, Bring them to scorn and shame. God save the King. Thy choicest gifts in store On William deign to pour, Joy round him fling; May he defend our laws, And ever give us cause To sing with heart and voice God save the King. ―――― VICTORY! FREEDOM! AND FOX. Britons, let’s all unite In defence of our _right_ And _liberty_: For us we’ll distance drive _Scare-Crow Prerogative_ Nor ever, whilst alive, Cease to be free. _Time-servers_, wond’ring, shall View us determin’d all Spite of the _Court_; Spite of their wily tricks, And _Back-stair politics_, _Fox_ is the man we fix On to support. We, like _Sir Judas Wray_, Will not our friends betray, But, orthodox In aid of _liberty_, Let the whole nation see True and staunch we will be Ever to _Fox_. Void of all treachery, To guard our liberty, Foremost stands _Fox_: Let, then, be this our cry Conquer, or let us die. Huzza! boys, VICTORY! FREEDOM, and FOX. From _The History of the Westminster Election_, 1784. ―――― In 1790 Charles James Fox brought forward a motion in the House of Commons for the repeal of the test and corporation acts. Pitt and Burke opposed any such concession to the dissenters, and the motion was rejected by nearly three to one. A great agitation was got up, all over the country, by the Tory party, against the dissenters, who were ridiculed and abused in pamphlets, poems, and caricatures. Councillor Morfit, of Birmingham, composed a parody of _God save the King_ which became very popular, it was extensively printed with a large caricatured representation of the chief dissenters brooding over sedition. It was entitled:―― OUR MOTHER CHURCH. God save great George our King! Long live our noble King, God save the King, Send him victorious, Happy and glorious, Long to reign over us, God save the King!