The mournful mite, or, The true subject's sigh on the death of the illustrious and serene Charles II, King of Great-Britain, France, and Ireland, &c. by Peter Ker. Ker, Patrick, fl. 1691. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A47278 of text R2540 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing K343). 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. 2 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 3 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A47278 Wing K343 ESTC R2540 13660082 ocm 13660082 101102 2240892580

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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. A47278) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 101102) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 792:15) The mournful mite, or, The true subject's sigh on the death of the illustrious and serene Charles II, King of Great-Britain, France, and Ireland, &c. by Peter Ker. Ker, Patrick, fl. 1691. 4 p. Printed by G.C. for T.P., London : 1685. In verse. Wing attributes to Peter Ker; however, evidence indicates that Patrick Ker, who wrote "The mournful elegy" in 1685 about the death of Charles II, is the author. This attribution is verified by Houghton Library, Harvard University. Reproduction of original in Bodleian Library. eng Charles -- II, -- King of England, 1630-1685 -- Poetry. eebo The mournful mite: or The true subject's sigh. On the death of the illustrious and serene Charles II. King of Great-Britain, France, and Ireland, &c. Ker, Patrick, 1685 4 285 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. 2009-03 Assigned for keying and markup 2009-04 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2009-05 Sampled and proofread 2009-05 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion

THE Mournful Mite : Or the TRUE SUBJECT'S SIGH .

On the Death of the ILLUSTRIOUS And SERENE CHARLES II. KING Of Great-Britain , France , and Ireland , &c.

BY PETER KER .

Hic non est intus CAROLUS Quintus , Sed est Profundus CAROLUS Secundus .

LONDON , Printed by G.C. for T.P. 1685.

To the Author . Within this Mite is Comprehended more Then all the Pounds were Publish'd heretofore . G. B.
THE Mournful Mite . BEING A POEM On the Death of King CHARLES II. STANZA I. LAtely I look'd up to promotions Skie ; Where I did Espye The Sun and Moon of Britains Church and State ( Ah rigid Fate ) Eclips'd in Majesty . II. Amaz'd I Sigh'd , and pry'd within the Scene , Beholding Charles-wain : The Via Làctea seem'd to shrink away ; Night acted Day , And Tears did flow Amain . III. I went to Black , but formerly White-Hall , To know th' Original : In Threnodyes they Sung ; Our Royal Head Is Cold and Dead ; Our Pomp turn'd Tragical . IV. I Sigh'd for Charles our King the Great and Good , And Cry'd a Loud : But ( when I fear'd to sink in Seas of Grief ) Found no Relief ; Tears but increas'd the Flood . V. Yet ( when the Sable Curtain was laid by ) I heard a Cry . Th' Eclips not Total is ( we trust ) For now the Shadow Flies ; And from the Phaenix precious Dust A Phoebus doth Arise : And then I wip'd mine Eyes . FINIS .