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Excerpt from A New Musical Grammar, and Dictionary, or a General Introduction to the Whole Art of Musick: In Four Books
Charles the F irft, of blelfed Memory, greatly encouraged, and promoted divine-mufick, by compofing many Services him/kl) 3 and could play his Part well on the bafs-viol, Or gan, 8c. And Charles the Second not only loved the Art; but alfo augmented all the Muficians Salaries in his Royal Chapel, 69°c. That they might be the more fiudious in the Praifes of god, and not be [corned for their Meannefs and Poverty - xi worthy Example for Men Of the High Rank to follow 1 But, alas Vide my Preface to my New Royal Melody, Pag. Io.)
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