England's joy for the taking off the chimney=money, or, The nations hearty thanks for their Majesties royal clemency This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B09121 of text R187943 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing E2988.7). 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 B09121 Wing E2988.7 ESTC R187943 62369271 ocm 62369271 187924 2264197829

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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. B09121) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 187924) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English Books, 1641-1700 ; 2848:40, 2952:22) England's joy for the taking off the chimney=money, or, The nations hearty thanks for their Majesties royal clemency 1 sheet ([1] p.). : ill. Printed for A. Melbourn and sold by R. Hayhurst, [London] : [1689] "Tune of, Hey boys up gh [sic] we. Licensed, and entred according to order." Place and date of publication suggested by Wing (2nd ed.). Reproduction of original in: Bodleian Library. eng Ballads, English -- 17th century. Broadsides -- England -- 17th century. eebo England's joy, for the taking off the chimney-money, or, The nations hearty thanks for their Majesties royal clemency. Tune of, Hey boys up gh [sic] w [no entry] 1670 2 479 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. 2012-08 Assigned for keying and markup 2012-08 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2012-10 Sampled and proofread 2012-10 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2013-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
ENGLAND's JOY , For the Taking off The Chimney-Money , OR , The NATIONS Hearty Thanks for their MAJESTIES Royal Clemency . Tune of , Hey Boys up gh we . Licensed , and Entred according to Order .

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COme , England , make a joyful Day , our Gracious King an Queen Have took the Chimney-Tax away , has so vexatious been : Collectors now must all go down , who were such frightful Evils , That one would scare a Country-Town , as much as twenty Devils . The Good old Dames when ever they the Chimney Man espyed ; Vnto their Nooks they 'd hast away , their Pots , and Pipkins hide : But now those Bugbears are pluckt down , you hated thus to see ; You now may use what e're 's your own , from straining you are free .

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There is not one Old Dame in Ten , and search the Nation through ; But when you talk of Chimney Men , shall spare a Curse or two : Let us unto our Gracious King , our grateful thanks repay , For doing such a generous thing , as take this Tax away . Now happy Times are coming on , let 's pray that they may last ; For now the Chimney Tax is gone , our cheifest care is past : We 'll in our Country Cottage sing , and push the Iugg about ; We 'll drink an Health unto our King , till all our Liquour's out . No Nation e're could be more blest , or greater ease enjoy ; We of those Rights are repossest , which Popery did destroy : From cares and fears we are set free , our King such Bounty gives ; Each Man enjoys his Liberty , and like a Prince he lives . The Chimney-Money , which opprest the people that are poor ; Such grievances are now redrest , and will be felt no more : How blest and happy is our Land , in such a Gracious King , Whose Noble Heart and Giving Hand , doth all these Blessings bring ? The Country Wives now need not fear to bring their Pewter forth ; Or let their shining shelves declare their Cleanliness and Worth : For Chimney Men no more will come or take your Goods away ; You safely may enjoy your home , there 's no such Tax to pay . Our loving Gracious King and Queen . may Heaven ever bless ; God give them both a Prosperous Reign and Crown their Happiness ; May they those Enemies destroy , that 'gainst them do Conspire ; And may they here on Earth enjoy . all Blessings they desire .

Printed for A. Milbourn , and sold by R. Hayhurst , in Little-Britain