Orpheus Caledonius: or, A collection of Scots songs. PDF
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Q^s^ %(\ ' \X^^' THE GLEN COLLECTION OF SCOTTISH MUSIC Presented by Lady Dorothea Ruggles- BrisetotheNationalLibraryofScotland, in memory of her brother, Major Lord George Stewart Murray, Black Watch, killed in action in France in 1914. 2B(h Jamiani 1927. Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2011 with funding from National Library of Scotland http://www.archive.org/details/orpheuscaledoniu01thom GEORGE Pv. GEORGE the Second, by the Grace of God, King of Gre^f Britain, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, 0>c. To all, to whom thefe Prelents (h.ill come, Greetiog : Whereas our truily and well-beloved I'l^illiam Thomson, of our City of London Gent, hath by his Petition humbly reprciented unto us, Thathe ha- ving, with great Labour and Expencc, colledled and compofed feve- ral Works of Vocal and Inftrumental Mufick, in order to be prin- ted and publifhed, enticuled, Orpheus Caledonius, in two Volumes in Oclavo, has humbly befought Us to grant him Our Royal Pri- vilegeand Licence forthe fole printing and publifhing thereoffor the Term of Fourteen Years, according to the Scatut.,e in that behalf made and provided : We, being willingtogivealldue Encouragement to this his Undertaking, are gracioufly pleafed to condeicend to his Requell; and do thereforeby thcfe Prefents, ib far as may be agree- able to the Statutes in that behalf made and provided, for Us, Our Heirs and Succellbrs, grant unto him the faid William Thomjon, his Executors, Adminiftrators and Affigns, Our Royal Licence, for the ibleprinting and publifhing the faid Works for the Term of Fo'jrteen Years, to be computed from the Date hereofj ftridtly forbidding all Our Subjeftswithin Our Kingdoms and Dominions, to reprint or a- bridge the lame, either in the like, or any other Volume or Volumes w^hatfoever, or to import, buy, vend, utter, or diftribute any Copies thereof, reprinted beyond the Seas, during the aforefaid Term of Fourteen Years, without the Confent, or Approbation of the faid IVilliam Thomfon, his Heirs, Executors and Affigos, under their Hands and Seals ftrft had and obtained, as they will anfwer the con- trary at their Perils:whereoftheCommiffioncrs andother Officers of Our Cuftorns, the Mafter, Warden and Company of Stationers, are to take notice, that due Obedience may be rendred to Our Pleafure lierein declared. Given at our Court at St. James's, the eleventh Pa/of M/*y, '733« inthe iixthYear ofOur Reign. ByHis Majefty's Command, HARRINCfO:^.
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