Englands vote for a free election of a free Parliament This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A84008 of text R211788 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.24[50]). 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 2017 A84008 Wing E3070 Thomason 669.f.24[50] ESTC R211788 99870487 99870487 163781 2248510291

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A84008) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 163781) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 247:669f24[50]) Englands vote for a free election of a free Parliament 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [London : 1660] Imprint from Wing. Verse - "Great God of Nations, and their Right;". Annotation on Thomason copy: "March 31 1660". Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng England and Wales. -- Parliament -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1649-1660 -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800. A84008 R211788 (Thomason 669.f.24[50]). civilwar no Englands vote for a free election of a free Parliament. anon. 1660 1 359 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. 2007-09 Assigned for keying and markup 2007-11 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-12 Sampled and proofread 2007-12 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
ENGLANDS VOTE FOR A FREE ELECTION OF A Free Parliament . GReat God of Nations , and their Right , By whose high Auspice Brittain stands So long , though first 't was built on Sands ; And oft had sunk but for thy might . In her own Mainland-storms and Seas : Be present to her now as then , And let not proud and factious men Oppose thy Will with what they please . Our Free full Senate's to be made ; O , put it in the publick voice To make a legal worthy choice : Excluding such as would invade The Common-wealth . Let whom we name Have Wisdome , Foresight , Fortitude , Be more with Faith , then Face endu'd ; And sturdy Conscience above Fame . Such , as not seek to get the Start In State , by Faction , Power , or Bribes , Ambitions Bawds : But move the Tribes By Vertue , Modesty , Desert . Such , as to Justice will adhere , Whatever great one it offend ; And from the embraced Truth not bend For Envy , Hatred , Gifts or Fear . That by their Deeds will make it known , Whose Dignity they do sustain ; And Life , State , Glory , all they gain , Count it Great Brittains , not their own . Such the old Bruti , Decii were , The Cippi , Curtii , who did give Themselves for Rome : and would not live , As men , good only for a year . Such were the great Camilli too ; The Fabii , Scipio's ; that still thought No work at price enough was bought , That for their Country they could do : And to her honour so did knit , As all their Acts were understood The Sinews of the Publick Good , And they themselves one Soul with it . These men were truely Magistrates ; These neither practis'd Force , nor Forms , Nor did they leave the Helm in Storms ; And such they are make happy States . FINIS .