An excellent new ballad of the birth and passion, of our saviour Christ. To the tune of, Dulcina. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B03179 of text R176856 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing E3804C). 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 B03179 Wing E3804C Interim Tract Supplement Guide BR f 821.04 B49[12] 99887537 ocm99887537 182270 2240888744

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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. B03179) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 182270) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books; Tract supplement ; A3:3[14]) An excellent new ballad of the birth and passion, of our saviour Christ. To the tune of, Dulcina. 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill (woodcuts). for F. Coles, M. Wright, T. Vere, and W. Gilbertson, [London : 1658] Imprint suggested by Wing. Verse: "Ivry [com]e to Jebu-salem [sic] ..." In two parts, printed side by side. Imperfect: torn; most of second part, including imprint, wanting. Reproduction of original in the British Library. eng Ballads, English -- 17th century. eebo An excellent new ballad of the birth and passion of our saviour Christ. : To the tune of Dulcina. anon 1658 1 528 10 0 0 0 8 0 1704.55 F The rate of 1704.55 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the F category of texts with 100 or more defects per 10,000 words. 2008-09 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-11 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2009-02 Sampled and proofread 2009-02 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
An excellent new Ballad of the Birth and Passion , of our Saviour Christ . To the tune of , Dulcina .

IVry ●●●e to Jebu-salem , ( all the World was taxed then ) Blessed Mary brought to Bethelem , more than all the World agen : A gift so blest So good , the best that ere was séene , was heard or done ; A King , a Christ , Prophet and Priest , a Iesus , God , a Man , a Sonne . Happy night , a day was never , halfe so happy , swéet and faire : Singing souldiers , blessed euer , fill the sky with swéetest ayre . Amaz'd men feare , They sée they heare , yet doubt , and aske how this was tone : 'T was bid , be bold , It was fore-told , this night hath God himselfe a Sonne . There appeares a golden Vsher , Kings attending on her traine : The bright Sunne could not out-blush her , such a Star ne're shone againe . Sée now , it stayes , Séeming it sayes goe in and see , what there is done : A Child , whose birth Leagues heaven and earth , Jesus to vs , to God a Sonne . Subtill Herod sought to find him , with a purpose black as heil : But a greater power confin'd him , and his purpose did repell . Who should betray , Doe all obey , as fitting was it should be done , They all adore , And knéele before this God and Man , to God a Sonne . 'T was upon a Comments blazing , Cuma to Augustus said , This for-shews an act ameazing , for a Mother , still a Maid , A Babe shall heare , That all must feare , and suddenly it must be done , Nay , Caesar thou To him must bow , he 's God a Man , to God a Sonne . Is not this a blessed wonder , God is Man , and Man is God ? Foolish Iewes mistooke the thunder , should proclaime this King abroad . Angels they sing , Behold the King , in Bethelem where this was done : Then we as they , Reioyce and say , we have a Saviour , God a Sonne . 〈…〉 Sée him 〈…〉 while his 〈…〉 See him in the 〈…〉 drops of bloud 〈…〉 As Man he was , He wept ( alas ) and trembling , feard t 〈…〉 Yet to Heauens will , He yéelded still , then thinke upon his precio●● 〈…〉 Sée him by the souldiers taken , when with Ave , and a kisse , He that Heaven had quite forsaken , had betrayed him , and with this , Behold him ( bound And guarded round ) to Caiaphas borne to lose his breath : There sée the Iewes . Heavens King abuse , O thinke upon his precious death . Sée him in the hands of Pilate , like a base offender stript , 〈…〉