of Power, what fancied Dreams of Empire, what fickle Popularity can
inspire the heart of Man, or any Noble mind, with Sacrilegious thoughts
against it, can harbour or conceive a stubborn disobedience: Oh what
Son can desert the Cause of an Indulgent Parent, what Subject, of such
a Prince, without renouncing the Glory of his Birth, his Loyalty, and
good Nature.
Ah Royal lovely Youth! beware of false Ambition; wisely believe your
Elevated Glory, (at least) more happy then a Kings, you share their
Joys, their pleasures and magnificence, without the toils and business
of a _Monarch_, their carefull days and restless thoughtfull nights;
know, you art blest with all that Heaven can give, or you can wish;
your Mind and Person such, so excellent, that Love knows no fault it
would wish to mend, nor Envy to increase! blest with a Princess of such
undisputable charming Beauty, as if 340 Heaven, designing to take a
peculiar care in all that concerns your Happiness, had form’d her on
purpose, to compleat it.
Hail happy glorious Pair! the perfect joy and pleasure of all that look
on ye, for whom all Tongues and Hearts have Prayers and Blessings; May
you out-live Sedition, and see your Princely Race as Numerous as
Beautifull, and those all great and Loyal Supporters of a long Race of
_Monarchs_ of this Sacred Line, This shall be the perpetual wish, this
the Eternal Prayer of
_SIR,_
_Your Graces most Humble,
and most Obedient Servant,_
A. BEHN.
341
THE ROUND-HEADS;
or, the Good Old Cause.
PROLOGUE,
Spoken by the Ghost of _Hewson_ ascending from Hell dress’d as a
Cobler.
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