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BEN JONSON'S GRACE BEFORE KING JAMES by BEN JONSON

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First Line: OUR ROYAL KING AND QUEEN, GOD BLESS
Last Line: AND GOD BLESS ME, AND GOD BLESS RAFE.
Subject(s): JAMES I, KING OF ENGLAND (1566-1625);

Our royal king and queen, God bless,
The Palsgrave and the Lady Bess;
God bless Pembroke, and the state,
And Buckingham the fortunate;
God bless the council and keep them safe
And God bless me, and God bless Rafe.



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