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Rule, Britannia!
"Rule, Britannia!" began as the final number of Alfred, a masque about Alfred the Great with music by Thomas Arne and words by James Thomson and David Mallet. It was first performed on 1 August 1740 at Cliveden, the country home of Frederick, Prince of Wales, to mark the accession of his grandfather George I and the birthday of Princess Augusta. The song soon took on a life of its own.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Rule, Britannia!. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/rule-britannia
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- “Rule, Britannia!.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/rule-britannia. Accessed .
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- The Epoch Institute. “Rule, Britannia!.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/rule-britannia.
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- The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Rule, Britannia!’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/rule-britannia (Accessed: ).
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