A congratulatory poem upon the happy nuptials of the Right Honourable Charles Hope of Hopetoun, and the very vertuous lady Henrietta Johnston daughter to the Right Honourable the Earl of Annandale, which was solemnized on the 31st. of August, 1699. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B02346 of text R174148 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C5842A). 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 B02346 Wing C5842A ESTC R174148 52614581 ocm 52614581 175810 2248532098

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. B02346) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 175810) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English Books, 1641-1700 ; 2751:29) A congratulatory poem upon the happy nuptials of the Right Honourable Charles Hope of Hopetoun, and the very vertuous lady Henrietta Johnston daughter to the Right Honourable the Earl of Annandale, which was solemnized on the 31st. of August, 1699. 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. s.n., [Edinburgh? : 1699?] Caption title. Reproduction of original in: National Library of Scotland. eng Ballads, Scots -- 17th century. Weddings -- Scotland -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800. Broadsides -- Scotland -- 17th century. eebo A congratulatory poem upon the happy nuptials of the Right Honourable Charles Hope of Hopetoun, and the very vertuous lady Henrietta Johnston daughter [no entry] 1699 1 360 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. 2008-07 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-07 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-08 Sampled and proofread 2008-08 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
A CONGRATULATORY POEM Vpon the Happy Nuptials of the Right Honourable CHARLES HOPE of Hopetoun , And the Very Vertuous LADY HENRIETTA JOHNSTON Daughter to the Right Honourable the Earl of ANNANDALE , Which was Solemnized on the 31st . of August , 1699. IN Autumn when Seges decores the Fields , And Phoebus all plentiful Desires yeelds . These Creatures who did formerly bewail Their hard Estate , sing now in Annandale , There 's Hope that Heavens will crown the year with good And Hoptoun blest with all manner of Food . Whilst Sun and Moon endure , so that there may Never be Want of Hope that Grace decay . For 't is by Hope , That Love and Charity Are still upheld , without it both do dye . May Hoptoun flourish still with Lady Hen - Rietta , and have a Stock of good Children . That thro' all Ages , there may never fail The Memory of Hope and Annandale . Whose Noble Fame doth add to Hopton's Honour , He being by good Fate bestow'd upon Her . Who like to Flora in Spring of the Year , Sends furth a Fragrant Smell both far and near , To the Solace of all that See or Hear . Of these choice Virtues wherewith her tender Breast Is richly endu'd wherein true Hope doth rest , And full Assurance may always obtain Of human Pleasure , Beauty pure and clean . Her Noble Predecessors ever have Prov'd in all Ages Pious , Wise and Grave , And famous in such actions as might tend Their Countrey 's Good , and Int'rest to defend . So , all who know the Bridegroom and the Bride , Hope they will prove in time ( if Good betide ) Which is the hearty Pray'r of Muses , when They are encourag'd Virtue 's Praise to pen. But if they find their Labour quite neglected , To pray or praise they cease , being dejected . Yet still there 's Hope they may revive again , And not always improve their time in vain . FINIS .