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of " Theasurus Musicus " The unique copy of theoriginal Latin words, by the way, is in the pos-session of Mr. W. H. Cummings. Mr. Davey's suggestion that Carey translated the song from the Latin would not in any case hold water, Carey was largely a self-educated man, and had " little Latin and less Greeks He was not suf-ficiently equipped for such an effort, judging from all that we know of him. Carey was fond of composing loyal songs and was a staunch loyalist, although his enemies have accused him of being a Jacobite, and as he was the first person who was known to sing it in public, and was quite capable of producing such a melody, there seems every reason to assign to him the honour. From "Their Majesties' Servants," by Dr. Doran, I extract this significant paragraph: " It may be stated here that on Saturday the 28th September, 1745, a new air and song by Henry Carey was first brought on the stage. It was already popular off the stage. ' On Satur-day night last/ says the ' Daily Advertiser/ ' the audience of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane' were agreeably surprised by the gentlemen belonging to the house performing the anthem of God Save Our Noble King. The universal applause it met with, being encored with re-peated huzzas, sufficiently denoted in how just
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