The Westminster wonder: giving an account of a robin-red-breast, who, ever since the queens funeral continues on the top pinacle of the queens mausoleum or pyramid, in the Abby of Westminster, where he is seen and heard to sing, and will not depart the place, to the admiration of many beholders. : To the tune of The jealous lover. : Licensed according to order. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A96252 of text R186399 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing W1473A). 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. 4 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 A96252 Wing W1473A ESTC R186399 43077765 ocm 43077765 151881 2248557029

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A96252) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 151881) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English Books, 1641-1700 ; 2280:11) The Westminster wonder: giving an account of a robin-red-breast, who, ever since the queens funeral continues on the top pinacle of the queens mausoleum or pyramid, in the Abby of Westminster, where he is seen and heard to sing, and will not depart the place, to the admiration of many beholders. : To the tune of The jealous lover. : Licensed according to order. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed for James Read near Temple-Barr, London, : 1695. Reproduction of original in: Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois. eng Mary -- II, -- Queen of England, 1662-1694 -- Death and burial -- Poetry. Robins -- England -- Early works to 1800. Broadsides -- London (England) -- 17th century. eebo The Westminster wonder; giving an account of the robin-red-breast, who, ever since the Queens funeral continues on the top pinacle [sic] of the Queens [no entry] 1695 1 543 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. 2007-06 Assigned for keying and markup 2007-06 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-07 Sampled and proofread 2007-07 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
The Westminster Wonder ;

Giving an Account of a Robin-Red-Breast , who , ever since the Queens Funeral continues on the Top Pinacle of the Queens Mausoleum or Pyramid , in the Abby of Westminster , where he is seen and heard to Sing , and will not depart the Place , to the Admiration of many Beholders .

To the Tune of the Jealous Lover .

Licensed according to Order .

YOU Loyal Subjects of this Isle , Be pleased to attend a while , To this Relation which I bring ; You never heard so strange a thing , In any former Ages past : Queen Mary Dy'd December last , And a Robin Red-Breast , to this day , Continues Singing where she lay . Not in the Mourning Chamber , no , Where Death did strike the fatal Blow ; But in Westminster-Abby where They did a Pyramid prepare , Against her solid Funeral ; This they did her Mausoleum call , Where in the Abby it was plac'd With rich and sumptuous Beauty grac'd . The very Art of Man was try'd , To make it richly Beautify'd , Angels and Cherubims of Gold , A sight most glorious to behold . This Monument doth Taper rise , A Pinacle at top likewise ; There is , and eke a Wonder too , Which I declare is strang and true . This is a Wonder strang , I say , Ere since that great and solemn Day , Of the Interment of our Queen , There is a Robin Red-Brest seen , Upon the very Top of all : He sings a Note soft , sweet , and small , Which is most pleasant for to hear , When they the Royal Place draw near . Sometimes it flies a little way , Yet from the Place it will not stay , But soon returns with speed again , Where it doth Night and Day remain . Upon the Pinacle it sits Spreading its little Wings by fits , And in the very midst of Prayer , This Robin he sits singing there , And is not miss'd ; yet we conclude , He must fly forth sometimes for Food ; Which done , his flight he back doth take , And never doth the Place forsake , The News was carried far and near , That Robin Red breast does appear Upon the Queens Mausoleum still , Which doth all Men with Wonder fill . Renowned Lords and Ladies gay , And common People day by day , Upon their hearing this Report , They to the Abby all resort , Where Robin Red-breast they behold , Upon the Pinacle of Gold ; And it 's the Thoughts of Rich and Poor , The like was never known before . A wise Astrologer declares . It is a sign that our Affairs Will be successful e'vry Spring , Which makes the Robin Red-breast sing . He learns from these sweet Songs of Joy , That Potent France shall nere destroy The Church , tho' good Queen Mary Dy'd For God above will be our Guide .

London , Printed for James Read near Temple-Barr , 1695.