To the Kings most excellent Majesty giving thanks for the royal declaration for liberty of conscience Cheesman, Thomas, fl. 1688-1707. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B08741 of text R173821 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C3775B). 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 B08741 Wing C3775B ESTC R173821 61296929 ocm 61296929 180505 2240869951

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 Early English books online text creation partnership. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. B08741) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 180505) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English Books, 1641-1700 ; 2831:38) To the Kings most excellent Majesty giving thanks for the royal declaration for liberty of conscience Cheesman, Thomas, fl. 1688-1707. 1 sheet ([1] p.). Printed for Richard Janeway, London : 1688. Caption title. Signed: "Thomas Cheisman a nonconformist minister, living at Ilsley in Berkshire." In verse. Reproduction of original in: British Library. eng James -- II, -- King of England, 1633-1701 -- Poetry. Liberty of conscience -- England -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- James II, 1685-1688. Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1660-1688 -- Early works to 1800. Broadsides -- England -- 17th century. eebo To the King's most excellent Majesty, giving thanks for his royal declaration for liberty of conscience. Cheesman, Thomas 1688 1 625 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. 2013-05 Assigned for keying and markup 2013-05 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2013-11 Sampled and proofread 2013-11 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2014-03 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
TO THE King's Most Excellent Majesty , Giving Thanks for His ROYAL DECLARATION FOR LIBERTY of CONSCIENCE . NO Monument , tho made of Solid Gold , As high as the proud Pyramids of old ; No Marble Statue , reaching to the Skies , Great CAESAR can do more to Eternize Your Memory , and make Your Royal Name Sound in the Trumpet of Immortal Fame , Through all succeeding Ages , than this thing So wisely brought to pass ; the World shall ring With loud Applause , and Children yet unborn , Your worth shall strive to set forth and adorn : While with Triumphant Joy they Celebrate The Day , when first You wore the Crown in State. That happy Monarch , in whose Nuptial Bed , The White Rose grew united to the Red , Shall not so famous in our Annals stand , As You for making Peace throughout the Land . And Your Progenitors , which did advance Victorious Ensigns in the Heart of France , Never such Honour , nor such Glory won , As by this Declaration You have done . Mercy in its soft Bosom carries Charms , More Potent to prevail , than war-like Arms ; And Kings , like God himself , appear to Shine , When they are Deckt with Clemency Divine . No Thoughts can reach , much less can Words declare , What the sad Miseries of the Nation were ; Till like a wise Physitian , You had found This Soveraign Balm , to heal our bleeding Wound . Orpheus they say , in Musick had such Skill , That he could Tame fierce Tygers at his will ; The Hound would court the Hare , and Lyons play With tender Lambs , forgetful of their Prey . This Fable is made good by You in part , For cruel Men that have the hardest Heart , If they but listen to your Counsel Sage , 'T will calm their Spirit , and restrain their Rage . Were I a Poet , whose rich Fancy stood Up to the Chin in the Castallian Flood : Yet my inlarged Soul could not express The thousandth Part of England's Thankfulness . Nor might this Verse of mine presume to show To You , how much both Church and State must owe For such Transcendant Grace , by which You have Raised up many from their very Grave , Which there lay Dead in Law , and Slain before , But now Your Bounty doth to Life restore ; You give them Rest and Safety , and have broke , From off their Necks , the Iron-Galling Yoke . Freedom for Conscience will create a Heaven Here upon Earth ; there 's nothing can be given More Sweet and Precious ; this , and this alone , Ev'n in the Hearts of Men , sets up a Throne For Princes there to Reign , and win such Love , As may their strongest Guard and Fortress prove . What tho Self-seeking Men at this Repine , Such as can gladly Feast and swim in Wine , While others swim in Tears , and still would fain By publick Loss , increase their private Gain : Yet all true Friends of Peace must needs rejoyce , And give You Thanks with One consenting Voice . Upon Your Sacred Head , let Heaven pour The choicest Blessings in a fruitful Show'r . Let all Success and Happiness attend Your Glorious Reign , and Crown it to Thomas Cheisman a Nonconformist Minister , living at Ilsley in Berkshire . The End.

LONDON : Printed for Richard Janeway in Queens-Head-Alley , in Pater-Noster-Rom . MDCLXXXVIII .