The year of our Lord 1715
Saw the first Jacobite rebellion
Also the death of Louis the Fourteenth
That magnificent monarch of the sun
Spent over seventy years on the throne
But whose legacy was sole royal power
A backward step to ultimate ruin
When weaker kings abused their state, the poor
Would overturn the system, Robespierre
And 'friends' - but that's still way ahead, unseen
At this point in history, but England
Had already lopped off the divine hair
And head of Charles the First, Cromwell had been
Tried and rejected, monarchy reborn
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