A song. On His Majesties birth-day Abell, John, 1653?-ca. 1716. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B02374 of text R173400 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C604A). 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 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 B02374 Wing C604A ESTC R173400 52211728 ocm 52211728 175459 2248535249

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. B02374) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 175459) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English Books, 1641-1700 ; 2737:19) A song. On His Majesties birth-day Abell, John, 1653?-ca. 1716. Carney, D. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed by William Weston printer & stationer to the Kings most excellent Majesty, [Dublin] : 1694. Caption title. Three stanzas and a chorus, without the music. Signed at end: By Mr. D. Carney: and set by Mr. Abell Master of His Majesty's privat musick. Evidently Jacobite, from its contents, and from the fact that Abell was a follower of James II. William Weston is located in Dublin.--Cf. Bradshaw Irish Coll.; Clancy. Reproduction of the original in the University of Texas, Austin Library. eng James -- II, -- King of England, 1633-1701 -- Songs and music -- Texts. Jacobites -- Poetry -- 17th century. Political ballads and songs -- England -- Early works to 1800. eebo A song. On His Majesties birth-day Abell, John, 1694 1 296 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. 2008-03 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-04 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-05 Sampled and proofread 2008-05 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
A SONG . ON HIS MAJESTIES BIRTH-DAY . (1) FOrgive , GREAT SIR ! if less wee pay , Then what is due , to this Great Day ; Wee want Apollo to inspire Strains , fitt to grace your BIRTH-DAY Quire . Blest Numbers , and imortal Layes , And Anthems of an endlesse praise . Are worthy You ; and only fitt to be To You , GREAT SIR ! the proper harmonie . (2) DUTY and LOVE is all our Aym , And these , and More your Vertues claym : In all your Crosses who e're Knew , The least resentment come from you , In Words , or frowns , or any thing , Beneath the GRANDEUR of à KING ? In all the turns of Fate , You Act your part , A KING , like DAVID after GOD'S own heart . (3) DUTY , and LOVE is all our Aym , And these , and more your Vertues claym ; In highest Dangers voyd of Fear , Or Pride , when Victories you bear : Piety , and goodness fill your minde ; Your Foes , when Vanquish'd Mercy find : Your Justice may , in Time , O'retake , and Aw Those Men , your profer'd Kindnesse cannot draw . CHORUS : DUTY , and LOVE is all our Aym , And these , and More your Vertues claym ; A mighty power , your Kingdoms to regain ; A Goulden Age , And Nestor's years to reign . By Mr. D. Carney : And set by Mr. Abell Master of his Majestys privat Musick .

Printed by William Weston Printer & Stationer to the Kings most Excellent Majesty . 1694.