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People before it is Sung ; who may without any disturbance, Inform the 

 Congregation, that according to a more refin'd Translation, they are to 

 sing such a Psalm, the Common Tunes agreeing exactly to these as they 

 did to the old. 



Wherefore some few Psalms out of these two Translations I have 

 made use of in this Book ; and some other excellent Translations of 

 several Psalms which were never printed till now. To those which are 

 Bishop Kings there is H.K. Those of Mr. Smiths, M.S. Those with 

 G.H. are supposed to be Mr. George Herberts:^ Most of the Hymns 

 were Collected out of an unknoxmt {but no doubt a Pious and Religious) 

 Author." Then, after four (unnumbered) pages devoted to "A Table " 

 of first-lines and tunes, follow 97 pages of Psalms and Hymns, 

 both words and music. The signature " H. K." is appended to the 

 following: "Te Deum," "Magnificate," "The Lords Prayer," "The 

 Ten Commandements," and Psalms 57, 16, 12, 143, 26, 63, 84, 95, 47, 

 98, 118, 34, 121, 146, 150 ; these are not collected in one group but 

 appear at intervals throughout the book in the order given. Finally, 

 the book closes with two (unnumbered) pages of Index, and a last 

 page containing a Canon for the first verse of Psalm 115, announce- 

 ments of four of Playford's publications, an "Advertisement," 

 and a Device or Colophon. If the date and contents of this book did 

 not prove it to be the one referred to in the "Advertisement" at the 

 end of the "Preface" in the Second Edition of King's " Psalms, "^ 

 this new "Advertisement" would settle the question, for it is a cross- 

 reference to that Edition, reading as follows: "There is now in the 

 Press, and will be finished within a few weeks. That excellent Trans- 

 lation of the whole Book of Psalms into Metre, to be Sung to the Com- 

 mon Tunes in Parish Churches, By the Right Reverend Father in 

 God Henry Late Lord Bishop of Chichester ; And are Sold by John 

 Play ford at his Shop in the Temple." The British Museum copy 

 (catalogued K. i. i. 19) was a presentation copy, for this inscription 

 appears on the fly-leaf : "To the R* Hon''' Francis North his Majesties 

 Solicitor Generall This is humbly presented By John Playford"; 

 and on the reverse of the title-page is the bookplate of "The Right 



1 Professor G. H. Palmer, in his elaborate edition of George Herbert 

 (1905 ; III, 406—419) prints from Grosart ("Fuller Worthies Library : George 

 Herbert," 1874, II, 30—42), for he himself had not been able to consult the 

 book, the five Psalms and the Gloria marked with the initials" G. H." Grosart 

 is somewhat inaccurate in his transcription of title-page and preface, and 

 Professor Palmer is of course unable to correct him. 



- pp. 271—272, sup. 



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