Renatus Harris, organ-maker, his challenge to Mr. Bernard Smith, organ-maker Harris, Renatus, 1640?-1715? This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A45652 of text R7967 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing H867A). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 3 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A45652 Wing H867A ESTC R7967 12193989 ocm 12193989 55961 2264192375

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A45652) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 55961) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 101:11) Renatus Harris, organ-maker, his challenge to Mr. Bernard Smith, organ-maker Harris, Renatus, 1640?-1715? Smith, Bernard, 1630?-1708. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [London? : 168-?] Place and date of publication from Wing. eng Organ builders -- England. Broadsides -- England -- 17th century. eebo Renatus Harris, organ-maker, his challenge to Mr. Bernard Smith, organ-maker. Harris, Renatus, 1688 1 472 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2007-11 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-01 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-02 Sampled and proofread 2008-02 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
Renatus Harris , Organ-maker , his Challenge to Mr. Bernard Smith , Organ-maker .

IT might seem odd that I should make the publick defiance to Mr. Smith , which hereafter follows , if I did not inform the World of the occasion . The sole Motive is the Justifying my Self and Organ in the Temple-Church , against his Scandalous aspersions ; and of the making it publick , that I may ( if possible ) provoke him this way to answer my Challenge , since he has already declin'd it , when sent him privately . I could have rested Content under my great loss with the Decision of the two Houses , and the acceptance of Mr. Smith's Organ by the plurality of four Voices ; and the rather , for that it was declar'd , at the same time , that notwithstanding that Determination of theirs , mine might be as good or a better Organ then Mr. Smith's ; And indeed it could not be expected , that those Gentlemen could be such Criticks in Musick as to be the proper Judges which were the better Instrument . But when my Reputation in my Profession is call'd in Question , and his detraction might be injurious to me in the Employment I have under his Sacred Majesty , and otherwhere ; I hope I 'm Excusable in taking this method for my Vindication : All my fear is , that Mr. Smith , who ( during the whole Contest about the Organs ) could never be brought to a tryall of them before Masters of Musick , though several times there were appointments made for that purpose , will decline this Challenge , notwithstanding it 's propos'd so much to his Advantage ; Yet if he be that man of Art he pretends , and Values his Reputation or Profit , he will accept it .

Now my Challenge to him is this . That both Organs standing as now they do , upon equal advantage , to play every Individual Stop of my Organ against every Stop of his , of the like Denomination , for ten pounds each stop ; and that if he Values one or more of his stops more then the rest , to double upon that or them . I propose that the Judges be Skillful Organists , who being by us equally Chosen , may , if there be occasion , elect an Umpire . That they be requested to take a Voluntary Oath , to declare their Opinions , without favour or affection , according to the best of their Skill ; and we be obliged to stand to their Determination . Lastly , that we Article as far as shall be Necessary to render this Proposition Compleat .