# A Collection, of One Hundred and Eighty Loyal Songs

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A Collection, Of One Hundred and Eighty Loyal Songs, All Written since 1678. And Intermixt with several New Love Songs. To which is Added, The Notes Set by Several Masters of Musick. With a Table to find every Song.
The Fourth Edition with many Additions.
London, Printed, and are to be Sold by Richard Burr, in Princess-street in Covent-Garden. 1694.
Price Bound 2 s.
To the Reader.
Amongst the several means that have been of late years to reduce the deluded Multitude to their just Allegiance, this of Ballads and Loyal Songs has not been of the least influence. While the Fergusons, and Heads of the Factions were blowing up Sedition in every corner of the Countrey, these flying Choristers were asserting the Rights of Monarchy, and proclaiming Loyalty in every street. The mis-inform’d Rabble began to listen; they began to bear to Truth in a Song, in time found their Errours, and were charm’d into Obedience. Those that despise the Reverend Prelate in the Pulpit, and the Grave Judge on the Bench; that will neither submit to the Laws of God or Man, will yet lend an itching Ear to a Loyal Song, nay, and often become a Convert by It, when all other means prove ​ineffectual. Divine Herbert has it excellently exprest, where he says,
It cannot be imagined how many scatter’d Flocks this melodious Tingling hath reduced to their Princely Hives, who otherwise had never been brought under the Discipline of Obedience or Government.
And, without ostentation I may say, I printed my News-Papers and divers other Pamphlets (that always vindicated the King and Government) to undeceive the People, who were daily impos’d upon by Curtis, Smith, Harris, Care, Vile, Baldwin, Janeway, &c. when no body else would or durst. For This the malice of the Factious Party swell’d so high against me, that They, with the assistance of a certain Instrument, (who swore through two Brick-walls before Oates appear’d,) caused me to be imprison’d six times, so that for above six years I was never ​free from Trouble, having seldom less than 3 or 4 Indictments at a Sessions against Me; at other times Informations in the Crown-Office, which villainous contrivances of their Agents, cost Me at least 500 l. in Money, besides the loss of My Trade and Reputation; The Principal Crimes they alledged against Me, were, Let Oliver now be forgotten, a Song; A Huy and Cry after T. Oates when turn’d from White-Hall; The Character of an Ignoramus Doctor; A Dialogue between the Devil and the Doctor; The Prisoners Lamentation for the loss of Sheriff Bethel; All which Phamphlets tended to no other evil, than the laying open the Villanies of Oates and the rest of his Perjur’d Disciples: And when these things were almost blown over, this Varlet quarrels again with Oates’s Manifesto; because it so plainly discovers the Impossibilities and Contradictions of Oates in the whole course of his Evidencing: But (thanks be to God) Tempora mutantur, &c. and ​Truth daily shines more and more. For now this Villain is detected, and turn’d out of his Imployment with Disgrace, and consequently made incapable of doing further Mischief to any of his Majesties Loyal Subjects: But to give him his due, he drein’d their Purses, for in 9 Months time they publickly gave him above 80 l. besides many private Gratuities, with hearty Thanks for his good Service, often affirming he did the Cause more good than a 1000 Men.
These Collections (being of so much use to detect the Scandalous Lies and Falshoods of the Factious, and to keep the strong-headed Beast within the Reigns of Obedience) I thought fit to publish, that the World may see I have not been Idle in the worst of times, but have done my endeavour (to the utmost of my Talent) for the Interest of the King and Government; which That they may flourish in spight of all his Adversaries,
Is the hearty Prayers of
Your most Humble Servant N T.
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This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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