Psalterium Carolinum. The devotions of His sacred Majestie in his solitudes and sufferings, rendred in verse. / Set to musick for 3 voices and an organ, or theorbo, by John Wilson Dr. and music professor of Oxford.

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Psalterium Carolinum. The devotions of His sacred Majestie in his solitudes and sufferings, rendred in verse. / Set to musick for 3 voices and an organ, or theorbo, by John Wilson Dr. and music professor of Oxford.
Author
Wilson, John, 1595-1674.
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London :: Printed for John Martin and James Allestrey, and are to be sold at the Bell in St. Pauls Church-yard,
1657.
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Subject terms
Charles -- I, -- King of England, 1600-1649 -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800.
Charles -- I, -- King of England, 1600-1649 -- Musical settings -- Early works to 1800.
Songs, English -- 17th century.
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"Psalterium Carolinum. The devotions of His sacred Majestie in his solitudes and sufferings, rendred in verse. / Set to musick for 3 voices and an organ, or theorbo, by John Wilson Dr. and music professor of Oxford." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A93797.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 19, 2024.

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IX.

〈♫〉〈♫〉 THrough humane clouds thy Rayes, Like lightning glide, No prejudice thy sentence swayes, For knowledge is thy judgments guide. The proud my soul oppose, And slight thy Lawes, Help Lord, for many are my foes: They hate me yet without a cause. I never did (thou knowest)

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〈♫〉〈♫〉 knowst) these broyles begin, In which though I adventure most, yet I am certain least to win. But oft deplor'd and strove with care t'avoyd, My life such dangers could not love, Better to save than kill employ'd. My other suff'rings far their Calumnie outweighs, who tell the world this War (my greatest crosse) was rais'd by me. Yet this by silence I to men would own, Might

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〈♫〉〈♫〉 it their malice satis╌fie, whilst thou my in∣no╌cence hast knowne.

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