THE LETTER H.

"Not superstitiously I speak, but H his letter still

Hath been observed ominous to England's good or ill."

Humber the Hun, with foreign arms, did first the brutes invade;

Helen to Rome's imperial throne the British crown convey'd;

Hengist and Horsus first did plant the Saxons in this isle;

Hungar and Hubba first brought Danes, that sway'd here a long while;

At Harold had the Saxon end at Hardy Knute the Dane;

Henries the First and Second did restore the English reign;

Fourth Henry first for Lancaster did England's crown obtain;

Seventh Henry jarring Lancaster and York unites in peace;

Henry the Eighth did happily Rome's irreligion cease.