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Byrom: A Jacobite Toast
A JACOBITE TOAST
God bless the King!—I mean the Faith's Defender;
God bless (no harm in blessing) the Pretender!
But who Pretender is, or who is King,-—
God bless ns all! That's quite another thing.
JOHN BYROM
EPIGRAM IN 1715, AND A CAMBRIDGE
REPLY
(In 1715, George I presented thirty thousand books to the University
of Cambridge. About the same time a troop of horse was
sent to Oxford to arrest Colonel Owen and some other Jacobites.)
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King George, observing with judicious eyes
The state of both his Universities,
To Oxford sent a troop of horse; and why?
That learned body wanted loyalty.
To Cambridge books he sent, as well discerning
How much that loyal body wanted learning.
JOSKPIl TRAPF
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The king to Oxford sent a troop of horse,
For Tories know no argument but force;
With equal skill to Cambridge books he sent,
For Whigs admit no force but argument.
SIR WILLIAM BROWNE
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