Literature of the Stuart successions: An anthology

338 Pages·2017·9.794 MB·English

by  Andrew McRae (editor), John West (editor)

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Literature of the Stuart successions

Literature of the Stuart successions
An anthology
Edited by Andrew McRae and
John West
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Contents
List of figures page ix
Acknowledgements and conventions x
List of abbreviations xi
General introduction 1
Part I: 1603
Introduction 29
I.1 A Proclamation Declaring the Undoubted Right of our Sovereign Lord
King James, to the Crown of the Realms of England, France and Ireland
(1603) 32
I.2 Richard Niccols, ‘A True Subject’s Sorrow, for the Loss of his Late
Sovereign’ (1603) 35
I.3 Michael Drayton, To the Majesty of King James (1603) 38
I.4 Sir John Davies, ‘The King’s Welcome’ and ‘To the Queen at the
Same Time’ (1603) 46
I.5 A New Song to the Great Comfort and Rejoicing of All True English
Hearts, at our Most Gracious King James his Proclamation, upon the 24 of
March Last Past in the City of London (1603) 51
I.6 Thomas Dekker, from The Whole Magnificent Entertainment: Given to
King James, Queen Anne his Wife, and Henry Frederick the Prince, upon
the Day of His Majesty’s Triumphant Passage (from the Tower) through his
Honourable Citie (and Chamber) of London (1604) 55
I.7 Ben Jonson, ‘A Panegyre on the Happy Entrance of James our
Sovereign to his First High Session of Parliament’ (1604) 62
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I.8 King James, from The Kings Majesty’s Speech, as it was Delivered by
him in the Upper House of the Parliament (1604) 68
Part II: 1625
Introduction 77
II.1 John Rous, from his diary (27 March 1625) 79
II.2 James Shirley, ‘Upon the Death of King James’ (1646) 81
II.3 John Donne, from The First Sermon Preached to King Charles (1625) 84
II.4 From A True Discourse of All the Royal Passages, Triumphs and
Ceremonies, Observed at the Contract and Marriage of the High and
Mighty Charles, King of Great Britain, and the Most Excellentest of Ladies,
the Lady Henrietta Maria of Bourbon (1625) 90
II.5 George Eglisham, from The Forerunner of Revenge. Upon the Duke of
Buckingham, for the Poisoning of the Most Potent King James of Happy
Memory King of Great Britain, and the Lord Marquis of Hamilton, and
Others of the Nobility (1626) 93
II.6 William Drummond of Hawthornden, from The Entertainment of the
High and Mighty Monarch Charles (1633) 98
Part III: 1653 and 1658
Introduction 105
III.1 [Marchamont Nedham], from Mercurius Politicus, 184 (December
1653) 107
III.2 ‘The Character of a Protector’ (c. 1654) 111
III.3 Andrew Marvell, The First Anniversary of the Government under his
Highness the Lord Protector (1655) 113
III.4 From The Public Intelligencer, 152 (November 1658) 128
III.5 John Dryden, Heroic Stanzas, Consecrated to the Glorious Memory of
his Most Serene and Renowned Highness Oliver Late Lord Protector of this
Commonwealth, &c. Written after the Celebration of his Funeral (1659) 132
III.6 The World in a Maze, or, Oliver’s Ghost (1659) 141
Part IV: 1660
Introduction 149
IV.1 The Declaration of Breda (1660) 151
IV.2 John Milton, from The Ready and Easy Way to Establish a Free
Commonwealth (1660) 154
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IV.3 Samuel Pepys, from his diary (25 May 1660) 160
IV.4 Martin Parker, The King Enjoys his Own Again. To be Joyfully Sung,
with its Own Proper Tune (c. 1660) 163
IV.5 John Dryden, Astraea Redux. A Poem on the Happy Restoration and
Return of his Sacred Majesty Charles the Second (1660) 167
IV.6 Rachel Jevon, Exultationis Carmen: To the Kings Most Excellent Majesty
upon his Most Desired Return (1660) 179
IV.7 John Crouch, The Muses’ Joy for the Happy Arrival and Recovery of that
Weeping Vine Henrietta-Maria, the Most Illustrious Queen-Mother, and
her Royal Branches (1660) 186
IV.8 Edmund Waller, A Poem on St James’s Park as Lately Improved by His
Majesty (1661) 193
Part V: 1685
Introduction 201
V.1 John Dryden, Threnodia Augustalis: A Funeral-Pindaric Poem Sacred to
the Happy Memory of King Charles II (1685) 204
V.2 James II, An Account of What His Majesty Said at his First Coming to
Council (1685) 224
V.3 Elinor James, The Humble Petition of Elinor James (1685) 226
V.4 W[illiam] P[enn] (?), Tears Wiped Off, or The Second Essay of the
Quakers by Way of Poetry: Occasioned by the Coronation of James and
Mary (1685) 229
V.5 Francis Turner, from A Sermon Preached before their Majesties
K. James II and Queen Mary at their Coronation in Westminster Abbey,
April 23, 1685 235
V.6 England’s Royal Renown, in the Coronation of our Gracious Sovereign
King James the 2nd. and his Royal Consort Queen Mary, who were Both
Crowned at Westminster, the Twenty-Third of April, 1685. To the Tune
of, The Cannons Roar (1685) 240
V.7 Aphra Behn, A Poem Humbly Dedicated to the Great Pattern of Piety
and Virtue Catherine Queen Dowager. On the Death of her Dear Lord and
Husband King Charles II (1685) 243
Part VI: 1688–89
Introduction 251
VI.1 John Evelyn, from his diary (8 November 1688) 254
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VI.2 Gilbert Burnet, from A Sermon Preached in the Chapel of St James’s,
before his Highness the Prince of Orange, the 23d of December, 1688
(1689) 256
VI.3 Aphra Behn, A Pindaric Poem to the Reverend Doctor Burnet, on the
Honour he did me of Enquiring after me and my Muse (1689) 259
VI.4 Thomas Shadwell, The Address of John Dryden, Laureate to his Highness
the Prince of Orange (1689) 264
VI.5 Elkanah Settle, ‘Britain’s Address to the Prince of Orange’ (1689) 271
VI.6 On the Occasion of the Descent of his Highness the Prince of Orange into
England, and their Highnesses Accession to the Crown. A Pindaric
Ode (1689) 274
VI.7 The Protestant’s Ave Mary, on the Arrival of her Most Gracious Majesty,
Mary, Queen of England (1689) 280
VI.8 A Letter from a Gentleman in the Country to his Correspondent in the City,
Concerning the Coronation Medal, Distributed April 11. 1689 (1689) 285
Part VII: 1702
Introduction 293
VII.1 Queen Anne, from ‘The Queen’s Speech in Parliament’ (1702) 295
VII.2 England’s Triumph, in the Joyful Coronation of a Protestant Queen: Or,
an Acrostic upon Anne, Queen of England, Scotland, France and Ireland
(1702) 297
VII.3 The English Muse: Or, a Congratulatory Poem (1702) 299
VII.4 From Albina, or The Coronation (1702) 311
VII.5 John Tutchin, from The Observator (22 April 1702) 317
VII.6 Bevil Higgons (?), ‘The Mourners’ (1703) 320
VII.7 William Walsh, To the Queen on her Coronation Day (1706) 322
Figures
1 Frontispiece to Konincklijcke beeltenis, ofte Waerachtige historie van Karel
de II. koninck van Groot Britannien (1661); reproduced by permission of
the Folger Shakespeare Library page 5
2 Sir Anthony Van Dyck, Charles I and Henrietta Maria with their Two
Eldest Children, Prince Charles and Princess Mary (1631–32); reproduced
by permission of Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen
Elizabeth II 2016 6
3 Frontispiece to John Gauden, Eikon Basilike (1649); reproduced by
permission of the Folger Shakespeare Library 11
4 Image from Some Farther Intelligence of the Affairs of England. The Death
of the Renowned Oliver Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland
(1659); reproduced by permission of the Folger Shakespeare Library 12
5 Image from Stephen Harrison, The Arches of Triumph Erected in Honor of
the High and Mighty Prince James I (1604); reproduced by permission of
the Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford 15
6 Image from Francis Sandford, The History of the Coronation of the
Most High, Most Mighty, and Most Excellent Monarch, James II (1687);
reproduced by permission of the Folger Shakespeare Library 16
7 HCR9649 1689 coronation medal for William III and Mary II, silver;
image © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford 18