The Roxburghe ballads . Royal good Queen, be blest by the powers above,And that to her joy may be seen, a mother ere long she may prove ;And have a Male Heir of her own, whose fame may through Christendom ring;And sit in the height of the Throne, to reign a true Protestant King. Printed for J. Beacon, at the Angel, in Giltspur-street. [Black-letter. Four cuts: 1st and 2nd, below ; 3rd, Cupids, p. 720 ; 4th, hostess,p. 293. Date, February, 1689.] Another ditty of Protestant Delight, belonging to the same time, 1689, isThe City and Countrys Eesolution. The Tune is, Touch of the Times(see p. 706)
The Roxburghe ballads . Royal good Queen, be blest by the powers above,And that to her joy may be seen, a mother ere long she may prove ;And have a Male Heir of her own, whose fame may through Christendom ring;And sit in the height of the Throne, to reign a true Protestant King. Printed for J. Beacon, at the Angel, in Giltspur-street. [Black-letter. Four cuts: 1st and 2nd, below ; 3rd, Cupids, p. 720 ; 4th, hostess,p. 293. Date, February, 1689.] Another ditty of Protestant Delight, belonging to the same time, 1689, isThe City and Countrys Eesolution. The Tune is, Touch of the Times(see p. 706). It begins, Brave Boys, well soon have an army of those, that willboth the French and Tyrconnel oppose, Printed for /. Blare, at the Looking -Glass on London-Bridge, 1689. See Bagford Ballads, p. 381. In the samework, p. 612, 1877, is The Protestant Joy; or, The Glorious Coronation ofKiug William and Queen Mary etc, beginning, Let Protestants freelyallow. The woodcut issued by /. Beacon, with his initials, is on p. VOL. VII. 3 A 722 [Roxburghe Coll., II. 511; Bagford, II. 132; Pepvs, IV. 320 ; Huth, II. Ill ; Jersey, I. 289 = Lind., 1059.] Cl)e SCJeisi) irortune^CeUer; ©r, Sheffery Morgans £Du0crtjatton of tf)t &tai0, a$ f)t gat upon a spounrain in Wales. To the Tune of, Touch of the Times. [See p. 706.]Licensed according to Order. Since Arrival, Proclaiming, and Crowning is ore,And song npon song made, what w7ould you have more ?Why yet after all, I a Prophesie bring,Tis writ here in verses for Lasses to sing;And therefore come buy this new Ditty, for why ?The truth of this Story theres none can deny ;We see by the Stars that promotion will be,Extended to persons of evry degree : 8 When we are united all over the land, Resolving against all the Romans to stand, Under the protection of William our king, And pay our allegiance in every thing, And Protestant boys, with a thundering noise, Has routed Tyrconnel and all his Dear Joys, Then all these three kingdoms wil
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