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u Remember, O thou Man," and a ballad, "Franklin is fled away/' first printed in 1669. And it is also said to be traced in a piece by Henry Purcell, 1696. As for the phrase " God Save the King," it occurs in the English Bible (Coverdale, 1535), and is quoted by Mr. Froude as being the watchword of the navy in 1545, with the countersign, " Long to reign over us." In a ballad of 1606 there is for refrain, " God Save King James," and another ballad of 1645 opens:
" God save King Charles the king, Our Royal Roy; Grant him long to reign, In peace and joy."
Says Sir George Groves in the " Dictionary of Music," " Both words and tune have been con-siderably antedated. They have been called * The very words and music of an old anthem that was sung at St. James's Chapel for King James the Second' (Victor's letter, October, 1745). Dr. Arne is reported to have said that it was a recived opinion that it was written for the Catholic Chapel of James II. This is the date given it by Burney in Ree's ' Cyclopaedia/ and Dr. Benjamin Cooke had heard it sung to the words ' Great James Our King.' But Dr. Cooke was not born till 1734, and his ' James*
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