An ode upon His Majesty's birth-day set to musick by Dr. Staggins ; performed at Whitehall, November, 1694 ; written by N. Tate. Tate, Nahum, 1652-1715. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A63016 of text R30160 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing T197A). 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 2 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A63016 Wing T197A ESTC R30160 11254153 ocm 11254153 47153 2240873977

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A63016) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 47153) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1451:2) An ode upon His Majesty's birth-day set to musick by Dr. Staggins ; performed at Whitehall, November, 1694 ; written by N. Tate. Tate, Nahum, 1652-1715. 1 sheet ([2] p.) Printed for Richard Baldwin ..., London : MDCXCIV [1694] Caption title. Imprint from colophon. Reproduction of the original in the Harvard University Library. eng William -- III, -- King of England, 1650-1702 -- Poetry. eebo An ode upon His Majesty's birth-day set to musick by Dr. Staggins ; performed at Whitehall, November, 1694 ; written by N. Tate. Tate, Nahum, 1694 4 376 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. 2002-10 Assigned for keying and markup 2002-11 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2002-12 Sampled and proofread 2002-12 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2003-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
AN ODE UPON HIS Majesty's Birth-Day , Set to Musick by Dr. Staggins ; Perform'd at WHITEHALL , November , 1694. Written by N. TATE , Servant to Their Majesties . SPRING , Where are thy Flowry Treasures ? Where the Summer-Joys retreated ? CAESAR's Festival Repeated , Shou'd renew your blooming Pleasures . To attend this Happy Morn , Nature should her self Adorn. Tho' the Gawdy Spring be dead , And the Joys of Summer fled ; Winter has of Ivy store , Such as Great Alcides wore : Ivy and Lawrel , ever Gay , Their Verdure keep for CAESAR's Day . Our Hero's Warmth can sure inspire Coldest Orbs with vital Fire : Can absent Phoebus Task perform , And spight of Winter-Frost and Storm , Create a Joyful Quire . Aloud the Joyful Muses call , Come Celebrate this Festival . From a Hero , for Valour and Virtue Renown'd , Let Envy retire , While the Graces conspire , With Lawrel and Myrtle his Brows to surround . All in one Harmonious Strein ; Dale and Mountain , Grove and Fountain , Welcome CAESAR's Birth and Reign . Britain on CAESAR's Day shou'd Smile ; From Shore to Shore resound with Mirth , Like Delos at Apollo's Birth That eas'd her Grief , and fix'd her Floating Isle . In Rome had such a CAESAR sway'd , Brutus and Cato had Obey'd . 'T is Danger gives a Warrior Fame ; Conquest by Bribes , or Stealth obtain'd , Honours true Sons have still disdain'd : Adventures Crown'd Brave Jason's Name ; And Hercules by Toils o ercame . But see ! the happy Season springs , That Joyful Peace to Europe brings : Vast Arrears of Bliss that may O'er-recompence the long Delay , And our Alcides Toils repay . Peaceful Arts shall then renew ; Smiling Ages long ensue , To Britain's Royal Pair , ( Her Guardian-Angel's Care ) No less Success , no less Rewards are due . Grand CHORUS . When Laws are supported , and Monarchs are Mild , Empire and Freedom are then Reconcil'd .

LONDON : Printed for Richard Baldwin , near the Oxford-Arms in Warwick-Lane . MDCXCIV .