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<P>DIEV ET MON DROIT</P>
<P>HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE</P>
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<FIGDESC>Scottish thistle</FIGDESC>
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<FIGDESC>blazon or coat of arms</FIGDESC>
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<FIGDESC>portrait of woman</FIGDESC>
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<FIGDESC>portrait of one-legged man</FIGDESC>
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<FIGDESC>portrait of woman with two orphans</FIGDESC>
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<HEAD>Two PSALMS of Thanks-giving to be &s;ung by the Children of <HI>Chri&s;t</HI>'s-<HI>Ho&s;pital,</HI> the one on <HI>Monday,</HI> and the other on <HI>Tue&s;day</HI> in <HI>Ea&s;ter</HI> Holy-daies at St. <HI>Mary</HI>'s <HI>Spittle,</HI> for their Founders and Benefactors, <DATE><HI>Anno Domini</HI> 1665.</DATE></HEAD>
<P>This <HI>Chorus</HI> is to be &s;ung by all the Children, &amp; repeated after every <HI>Ver&s;e</HI></P>
<DIV3 TYPE="Psalm">
<LG N="1">
<HEAD>1.</HEAD>
<LG TYPE="chorus">
<L><GAP DESC="music"> _O Ble&s;&s;ed Lord, we will record Thy Glorious Name and Worth: </L>
<L><GAP DESC="music"> To thee we'l &s;ing, Our God and King, And prai&s;es warble forth.</L>
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<LG TYPE="verse">
<HEAD>Ver&s;e. </HEAD>
<L><GAP DESC="music"> WHAT flouds of &s;orrow once indeed Poor Orphans did &s;urround,</L>
<L><GAP DESC="music"> Which made our hearts to ake and bleed, And caus'd a di&s;cord &s;ound? </L>
<L><GAP DESC="music"> Like Shipwreck'd Marriners were we, Being gravel'd on the &s;helves</L>
<L><GAP DESC="music"> Of need and pinching po-ver-ty; But could not help our &s;elves. </L>
<L><GAP DESC="music"> Then did our God him&s;elf alone Stretch forth his liberal hand,</L>
<L><GAP DESC="music"> And us poor Orphans did bemoan, And brought us &s;afe to land.</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="chorus">
<HEAD>Chorus.</HEAD>
<L><GAP DESC="music">  O Ble&s;&s;ed Lord, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG N="2">
<HEAD>2.</HEAD>
<LG TYPE="verse">
<L>The Scene is alter'd quite, and now, Our Night of fears is pa&s;t,</L>
<L>Our Clouds di&s;pelled are: &s;ee how The Sun appears at la&s;t.</L>
<L>We weep this day for joy, that we In <HI>London</HI>'s Hemi&s;phear</L>
<L>Such Bright and Glorious Starrs may &s;ee On this day to appear;</L>
<L>Who&s;e influence revives the Heart Of them that are brought low</L>
<L>By pining Famine, and the &s;mart Of penury and woe.</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="chorus">
<HEAD>Chorus.</HEAD>
<L> O Ble&s;&s;ed Lo<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="under-inked" EXTENT="1 letter">d, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG N="3">
<HEAD>3.</HEAD>
<LG TYPE="verse">
<L>Long may our Patrons live, and be Pre&s;erv'd from Envie's frown;</L>
<L>When &s;ummon'd hence, Po&s;terity Their la&s;ting Name &s;hall crown.</L>
<L>Heav'n ble&s;s our Royal King and Queen, The Council, Church and State,</L>
<L>Enrich them all with joys un&s;een, And keep off Envious Fate.</L>
<L>Lord Mayor and Senate, Lord, protect; Our Cities Store encrea&s;e;</L>
<L>Remove all jarrs and plots detect, That we may live in Peace.</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="chorus">
<HEAD>Chorus.</HEAD>
<L>O Ble&s;&s;ed Lord, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
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<DIV3 TYPE="Psalm">
<HEAD>The PSALM for <HI>Tue&s;day.</HI></HEAD>
<P>This <HI>Chorus</HI> i<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">to be &s;ung by a<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="2 letters"> the Children, &amp; repeated after every <HI>Ver&s;e.</HI> </P>
<LG N="1">
<HEAD>1. </HEAD>
<LG TYPE="chorus">
<L><GAP DESC="music"> _THou, Lord, do&s;t reign, and &s;till maintain The world by glorious might: </L>
<L><GAP DESC="music"> Thy dreadful name we will proclaim In all Bla&s;phemers &s;ight.</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="verse">
<HEAD>Ver&s;e.</HEAD>
<L><GAP DESC="music"> IF foul-mouth'd Athei&s;ts &s;hould deny, There &s;its in heav'n above</L>
<L><GAP DESC="music"> A God, who&s;e Glorious De-i-ty All things below doth move; </L>
<L><GAP DESC="music"> Then we poor Or|phans will alone Their lies make to retreat, </L>
<L><GAP DESC="music"> To whom th'Almightie's care is &s;hewn, And mercy wond'rous great.</L>
<L><GAP DESC="music"> Our Number &s;hall their Bla&s;phemies Mo&s;t plainly here confute,</L>
<L><GAP DESC="music"> Who boldly dare by Helli&s;h Lies Again&s;t our God di&s;pute.</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="chorus">
<HEAD>Chorus.</HEAD>
<L><GAP DESC="music">  Thou, Lord, &amp;c.</L>
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</LG>
<LG N="2">
<HEAD>2.</HEAD>
<L>O Ble&s;&s;ed Lord, 'tis thou indeed, That rul'&s;t all things below;</L>
<L>'Tis thou alone the Poor do&s;t feed, Oppre&s;s'd by pinching woe.</L>
<L>And you, Grave Senators, likewi&s;e Our Dolefull &s;tate &s;upply;</L>
<L>You healed have our Mi&s;eries By your Benignity.</L>
<L>We'l change our mournful Dirges then To Songs and Prai&s;es meet:</L>
<L>The noble Acts of Famous men We'l &s;tudy to repeat.</L>
<LG TYPE="chorus">
<HEAD>Chorus.</HEAD>
<L>Thou, Lord, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG N="3">
<HEAD>3.</HEAD>
<L>Our Royal <HI>Edward</HI> fir&s;t did frame The model of our Weal,</L>
<L>And Pious men uphold the &s;ame, That it &s;hall never reel.</L>
<L>The Lord &s;tir up the hearts of more, That may with libr'al mind</L>
<L>Diffu&s;e their Bounty and their Store, And to the Poor be kind.</L>
<L>Our King, our Queen and Royal Race Heav'n keep and &s;till defend;</L>
<L>To City, Senate, grant thy Grace, And joy that ne're may end.</L>
<LG TYPE="chorus">
<HEAD>Chorus.</HEAD>
<L>Thou, Lord, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>S. H.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<DIV2 TYPE="document">
<HEAD>A true Report of the great number of poor Children and other poor People maintained in the Four Ho&s;pitals under the Pious Care of the Lord Mayor, Commonalty and Citizens of the City of <HI>LONDON.</HI></HEAD>
<P><TABLE>
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<CELL>_Children-put forth Apprentices and di&s;charged out of <HI>Chri&s;t</HI>'s-<HI>Ho&s;pital</HI> the year la&s;t pa&s;t&mdash;</CELL>
<CELL>103</CELL>
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<CELL>Children buried the &s;aid year&mdash;</CELL>
<CELL>008</CELL>
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<CELL>Children now remaining under the Care and Charge of the &s;aid Ho&s;pi|tal, which are kept in the Hou&s;e and divers places in <HI>London</HI> and Suburbs thereof, and at nur&s;e in the Countrey, &s;ix hundred, and fifteen.&mdash;</CELL>
<CELL>615</CELL>
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<P>The names of all which are regi&s;tred in the Books kept in the &s;aid Ho&s;pital, and are there to be &s;een, from what Pari&s;hes they have been from time to time admitted.</P>
<P>The number being &s;o many, and the Charges of the keeping them &s;o great, It is hoped &s;everal good Chri&s;tians will freely contribute towards the maintenance of them, the cer|tain Revenue of the &s;aid Ho&s;pital being little more then the moiety of the nece&s;&s;sary Charges thereof.</P>
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<CELL>THere have been Cured this year la&s;t pa&s;t, at the Charge of St. <HI>Bartholomew</HI>'s Ho&s;|pital, of wounded, &s;ick, and maimed Souldiers, Sea-men and other di&s;ea&s;ed Per|&s;ons, from &s;everal parts, of the Dominions of the King's mo&s;t excellent Maje&s;ty, and from other Forein parts, many whereof have been relieved with mony and other nece&s;&s;aries at their departure&mdash;</CELL>
<CELL>1561</CELL>
</ROW>
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<CELL>Buried this year after much charge in the time of their &s;ickne&s;s&mdash;</CELL>
<CELL>214</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Remaining under Cure at this pre&s;ent, upon the charge of the &s;aid Ho&s;pital&mdash;</CELL>
<CELL>246</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>THere have been Cured this year la&s;t pa&s;t, at the Charge of St. <HI>Thomas</HI> Ho&s;pital, of maimed Souldiers, Sea-men and other di&s;ea&s;ed per&s;ons, whereof many have been relieved with mony and other nece&s;&s;aries at their departure&mdash;</CELL>
<CELL>1163</CELL>
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<CELL>Buried this year after much charge in the time of their &s;ickne&s;s&mdash;</CELL>
<CELL>094</CELL>
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<CELL>Remaining under Cure at pre&s;ent, upon the charge of the &s;aid Ho&s;pital&mdash;</CELL>
<CELL>211</CELL>
</ROW>
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<CELL>THere have been brought to the Ho&s;pital of <HI>Bridewell,</HI> within the &s;pace of one whole year la&s;t pa&s;t, of wandring per&s;ons and other Vagrants, to the number of&mdash;</CELL>
<CELL>908</CELL>
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<CELL>Many whereof have been very chargeable to the &s;aid Ho&s;pital for Apparel, Sick-diet and Surgery, be&s;ides the ordinary diet, and other provi&s;ions and charges expended about them, which could not be avoided by rea&s;on of their nece&s;&s;ities, and many of them have been pa&s;&s;ed into their native Countreys with Apparel, Cloathing, and other charges, which could not be avoided, con&s;idering their naked and mi&s;erable condition, nor they thence pa&s;&s;ed without &s;uch Charge. And there are now kept and maintained in the &s;aid Ho&s;pital in Arts and Occupations, and other u&s;eful and nece&s;&s;ary works and labours, at the charge of the &s;aid Ho&s;pital, Apprentices and other per&s;ons, to the number of&mdash;</CELL>
<CELL>194</CELL>
</ROW>
</TABLE></P>
<P>THe Ho&s;pital of <HI>Bethlehem</HI> is of great Antiquity, u&s;e and nece&s;&s;ity, for keeping and curing di&s;tracted per&s;ons, who are of all other mo&s;t mi&s;erable, by rea&s;on of their wants both for Soul and Body, and have no &s;en&s;e thereof.</P>
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<CELL>There having been brought into the &s;ame Ho&s;pital, within the &s;pace of one whole year now la&s;t pa&s;t, out of &s;everal Pari&s;hes in <HI>London</HI> and place adjacent, di&s;tracted men and women to be cured of their Lunacy to the number of&mdash;</CELL>
<CELL>025</CELL>
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<ROW>
<CELL>There have been Cured of their Lunacy and di&s;charged out of the &s;ame Ho&s;pital this la&s;t year, to the number of&mdash;</CELL>
<CELL>013</CELL>
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<CELL>And there are now remaining in the &s;ame Ho&s;pital, and kept at the great charge thereof, both with Phy&s;ick, Diet and other Relief, under Cure, to the number of&mdash;</CELL>
<CELL>057</CELL>
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<P>The Charge thereof being very great, as well in re&s;pect of their Phy&s;ick, Diet, Cloathing, and other Relief, as al&s;o the great charge of &s;ervants to look to them, they being mo&s;t unruly and not able to help them&s;elves, and the Rents and Revenues of the &s;aid Ho&s;|pital being very &s;mall, not amounting to two third parts of the yearly Charge thereof; therefore this Ho&s;pital is a very fit object of all good mens Charity, to be extended, as God &s;hall enable them, towards their relief, there having been, and daily are, by the ble&s;&s;ing of God and the Charge of the &s;aid Ho&s;pital, and the care of tho&s;e that are intru&s;ted with the &s;aid di&s;tracted people, divers reduced to their former &s;en&s;es.</P>
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