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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Title
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.
Publication
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 June 2, 2024.

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〈♫〉〈♫〉 WIth ready joy O let me, Lord, a∣gree To be orecome when thou wilt have it so: Instruct me in the noblest victory, By patience to subdue my self and Foe; Conquests, like Christ's, a Christian King best shew. Mould us to piety betwixt thy hands; Prest by thy

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〈♫〉〈♫〉 left, supported by thy right. Pardon the pride of our successfull Bands, And the repinings of our luckless fight; When (trusting in our own) denied thy Might. When we are ought or nothing, be thou all; That thy wide glories the whole world may fill, Or in our conquest or inglorious fall. Thou know'st with what regret I suffer ill, From those whose good's the scope

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〈♫〉〈♫〉 of all my will. The ills they force me to inflict, I bear; And in their punishments, my own embrace. Victor or vanquish'd, since a double share Of certain suffering doth my hope dis∣place, Grant me a double portion of thy grace.

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