The Westminster wonder: giving an account of a robin red-breast, who, ever since the Queen's funeral, continues on the top pinacle of the Queen's 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 all beholders. Tune of, Jealous lover. Licensed and entered according to order. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B06537 of text R227592 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing W1473). 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 B06537 Wing W1473 Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.39.k.6[38] 99887418 ocm99887418 182124 2248541240

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. B06537) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 182124) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books; Tract supplement ; A3:1[38]) The Westminster wonder: giving an account of a robin red-breast, who, ever since the Queen's funeral, continues on the top pinacle of the Queen's 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 all beholders. Tune of, Jealous lover. Licensed and entered according to order. 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. Printed for J[osiah]. Blare, at the sign of the Looking-glass on London-bridge., London: : [1695] Publisher's name and date of publication from Wing. Verse: "You loyal subjects of his isle ..." Printed in two columns. Reproduction of original in the British Library. eng Ballads, English -- 17th century. eebo The Westminster wonder: giving an account of a robin red-breast, who, ever since the Queen's funeral, continues on the top pinacle of the Queen's maus anon 1695 1 563 1 0 0 0 0 0 17.76 C The rate of 17.76 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2008-02 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-05 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-06 Sampled and proofread 2008-06 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion

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The Westminster Wonder :

Giving an Account of a Robin Red-breast , who , ever since the Queen's Funeral , continues on the top Pinacle of the Queen's 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 all Beholders .

Tune of , Jealous Lover .

Licensed and Entered 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 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 sumpt'ous Beauty grac'd . The very Art of Man was try'd , To make it richly beautify'd , Angels and Cherubins of Gold , A sight most glorious to behold . This Monument does taper rise , A Pinacle at top likewise ; There is and eke a Wonder too , Which I declare is strange and true . This is a Wonder strange , I say , E'er since that great and solemn Day , Of the Interment of our Queen , There is a Robin Red-breast 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 does Night and Day remain . Upon the Pinacle it sits , Spreading the 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 does take , And never does the place forsake . The News was carrie● far and near , That Robin Read-breast does appear Upon the Queen's Mausoleum still , Which does 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 still resort , Where Robin Red-breast they behold , Upon the Pinacle of Gold ; And 't is 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'ery Spring , Which makes the Robin Red-breast sing . He learns from these sweet Songs of Joy , That Potent France shall ne'er destroy The Church , tho' good Queen Mary dy'd , For God above will be our Guide .

London : Printed for J. Blare , at the Sign of the Looking-glass on London-bridge .