To the Kings most excellent Majesty giving thanks for the royal declaration for liberty of conscience Cheesman, Thomas, fl. 1688-1707. 1688 Approx. 4 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2014-11 (EEBO-TCP Phase 2). B08741 Wing C3775B ESTC R173821 61296929 ocm 61296929 180505

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 eng James -- II, -- King of England, 1633-1701 -- Poetry. Liberty of conscience -- England -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- James II, 1685-1688. Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1660-1688 -- Early works to 1800. Broadsides -- England -- 17th century. 2020-09-21 Content of 'availability' element changed when EEBO Phase 2 texts came into the public domain 2013-05 Assigned for keying and markup 2013-05 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2013-11 Sampled and proofread 2013-11 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2014-03 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
TO THE King's Moſt Excellent Majeſty, Giving Thanks for His ROYAL DECLARATION FOR LIBERTY of CONSCIENCE. NO Monument, tho made of Solid Gold, As high as the proud Pyramids of old; No Marble Statue, reaching to the Skies, Great CAESAR can do more to Eternize Your Memory, and make Your Royal Name Sound in the Trumpet of Immortal Fame, Through all ſucceeding Ages, than this thing So wiſely brought to paſs; the World ſhall ring With loud Applauſe, and Children yet unborn, Your worth ſhall ſtrive to ſet forth and adorn: While with Triumphant Joy they Celebrate The Day, when firſt You wore the Crown in State. That happy Monarch, in whoſe Nuptial Bed, The White Roſe grew united to the Red, Shall not ſo famous in our Annals ſtand, As You for making Peace throughout the Land. And Your Progenitors, which did advance Victorious Enſigns in the Heart of France, Never ſuch Honour, nor ſuch Glory won, As by this Declaration You have done. Mercy in its ſoft Boſom carries Charms, More Potent to prevail, than war-like Arms; And Kings, like God himſelf, appear to Shine, When they are Deckt with Clemency Divine. No Thoughts can reach, much leſs can Words declare, What the ſad Miſeries of the Nation were; Till like a wiſe Phyſitian, You had found This Soveraign Balm, to heal our bleeding Wound. Orpheus they ſay, in Muſick had ſuch Skill, That he could Tame fierce Tygers at his will; The Hound would court the Hare, and Lyons play With tender Lambs, forgetful of their Prey. This Fable is made good by You in part, For cruel Men that have the hardeſt Heart, If they but liſten to your Counſel Sage, 'Twill calm their Spirit, and reſtrain their Rage. Were I a Poet, whoſe rich Fancy ſtood Up to the Chin in the Caſtallian Flood: Yet my inlarged Soul could not expreſs The thouſandth Part of England's Thankfulneſs. Nor might this Verſe of mine preſume to ſhow To You, how much both Church and State muſt owe For ſuch Tranſcendant Grace, by which You have Raiſed up many from their very Grave, Which there lay Dead in Law, and Slain before, But now Your Bounty doth to Life reſtore; You give them Reſt and Safety, and have broke, From off their Necks, the Iron-Galling Yoke. Freedom for Conſcience will create a Heaven Here upon Earth; there's nothing can be given More Sweet and Precious; this, and this alone, Ev'n in the Hearts of Men, ſets up a Throne For Princes there to Reign, and win ſuch Love, As may their ſtrongeſt Guard and Fortreſs prove. What tho Self-ſeeking Men at this Repine, Such as can gladly Feaſt and ſwim in Wine, While others ſwim in Tears, and ſtill would fain By publick Loſs, increaſe their private Gain: Yet all true Friends of Peace muſt needs rejoyce, And give You Thanks with One conſenting Voice. Upon Your Sacred Head, let Heaven pour The choiceſt Bleſſings in a fruitful Show'r. Let all Succeſs and Happineſs attend Your Glorious Reign, and Crown it to Thomas Cheiſman a Nonconformiſt Miniſter, living at Ilſley in Berkſhire. The End.

LONDON: Printed for Richard Janeway in Queens-Head-Alley, in Pater-Noſter-Rom. MDCLXXXVIII.