1691.
William III.
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Whether Father Petre Rule, or Bentinck[1] and Carmarthen:
Diſtreſſed, Oppreſſed,
With empty hopes careſſed,
We ſtill remain in Statu quo, there’s nothing yet redreſſed.
Diſtreſſed, Oppreſſed,
With empty hopes careſſed,
We ſtill remain in Statu quo, there’s nothing yet redreſſed.
The bill for Treaſon[2]
Now’s out of ſeaſon,
And judges muſt be courtiers, ſtill a’ainst all right and reaſon;
Now’s out of ſeaſon,
And judges muſt be courtiers, ſtill a’ainst all right and reaſon;
- ↑ Bentinck, the firſt Earl of Portland, and the Earl of Carmarthen, ſubſequently Duke of Leeds. The former ſtood higheſt in William’s favor, and, being a foreigner, excited the jealouſy of the Engliſh nobility. His influence over the King may be judged from the following contemporary epigram, entitled a “Deſcription of a Hampton Court life:”—“Man and wife are both one
In fleſh and bone;
From hence you may gueſ what they mean;
The Queen drinks chocolate
To make the King fat,
The King hunts to make the Queen lean.Mr. Dean, he ſays grace,
With a reverend face—
‘Make room,’ cries Sir Thomas Duppa:
Then Bentick uplocks
The King in a box,
And you ſee him no more till ſupper!” - ↑ Alluding to the clauſe in the bill for regulating trials in caſes of high treaſon, which enacted that no perſon ſhould be convicted of that crime committed more than three years before the indictment was found.
