State amusements serious and hypocritical [T48563]
- DMI number:
- 379
- Publication Date:
- 1711
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 1
- ESTC number:
- T48563
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CB130495710
- Shelfmark:
- BOD Douce I 216
- Full Title:
- [g]State-Amusements[/g], | Serious [i]and[/i] Hypocritical, | Fully Exemplified in the | [i]Abdication of King[/i] JAMES [i]the Second[/i]. | CONTAINING | An Account of the most remarkable [i]Amuse- | ments[/i] that happen'd in the | [g]Government of that Prince:[/g] | WITH | The NAMES of the several Princes of [i]Europe[/i] | that Congratulated him on the | [i]Birth of the Pretended Prince of[/i] Wales. | ALSO | An Authentick CATALOGUE of the [i]Lords[/i] of the | [i]Council[/i], and Others, that were present at the taking | the [i]DEPOSITIONS[/i], &c. | To which is added, | A True LIST of the Members of Both Uni- | versities that Amused HIS MAJESTY upon | that Occasion: With some Select Copies of A- | musing Verses, taken out of those two Famous | Volumes, intitul'd, | [i]Strenae Natalitiae Academiae Oxoniensis in Celsiissi- | mum Principem[/i], &c. | [i]Illustrissimi Principis Ducis Cornubiae & Comitis | Palatini[/i], &c. - Genethliacon. | And for a Conclusion there is annex'd, | That most Amusing [i]Declaration[/i] of the Lords and Com- | mons Assembled at [i]Westminster[/i], Presented to Their Highnesses | the Prince and Princess of [i]Orange[/i], at [i]Whitehall, Feb.[/i] 13. 1688-9. | [rule] | [i]London[/i] printed, and are to be Sold by the Booksellers of [i]London[/i] and [i]Westminster[/i]. MDCCXI.
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Genres:
- Political miscellany
- Format:
- Octavo
- Pagination:
- [2] 3-80
- Bibliographic details:
- Octavo in fours.
- Comments:
- Contents: pp. 3-34 and 71-80 are prose/lists.
- First Line:
- Goddess to urge me on forbear
- Page No:
- pp.35-44
- Poem Title:
- Sereniss. Principis Walliae.
- Attribution:
- Chr. Codrington of Christchurch College.
- Attributed To:
- Christopher Codrington
- First Line:
- Well I know of whom I'll sing
- Page No:
- pp.45-47
- Poem Title:
- Upon the Prince's Birth.
- Attribution:
- Anthony Whistler, Com. of Wadham College
- Attributed To:
- Anthony Whistler
- First Line:
- When Ariosto in the fields of light
- Page No:
- pp.48-52
- Poem Title:
- Sereniss. Principis Walliae.
- Attribution:
- Sam. Westly, A. B. of Exeter College.
- Attributed To:
- Samuel Wesley
- First Line:
- Now has our swelling deluges of tears
- Page No:
- pp.53-56
- Poem Title:
- An Ode on the Birth of the Duke of Cornwall, &c.
- Attribution:
- Lancelot Manning, of Trinity College, Camb.
- Attributed To:
- Lancelot Manning
- First Line:
- Heroes of old of an unequal make
- Page No:
- pp.56-60
- Poem Title:
- Upon the Birth of the Duke of Cornwall, &c.
- Attribution:
- E. Howard, B. A. Fellows of Queens College, Camb.
- Attributed To:
- Ephraim Howard
- First Line:
- Praise the just tribute to the fair and great
- Page No:
- pp.61-63
- Poem Title:
- To the Queen, On the Birth of the Duke of Cornwall, etc.
- Attribution:
- J. Cooper, Fellow of Trinity College, Camb.
- Attributed To:
- John Cooper
- First Line:
- Now blessings on you all since mighty fate
- Page No:
- pp.64-67
- Poem Title:
- On the Birth of the Prince.
- Attribution:
- Will. Reeves, Fellow of Kings College.
- Attributed To:
- William Reeves
- First Line:
- Whilst our great queen did in dark shades confine
- Page No:
- pp.67-70
- Poem Title:
- Sereniss. Principis Walliae.
- Attribution:
- John Spencer, A. M. Fellow of Jesus College.
- Attributed To:
- John Spencer
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