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Mus. 999

Manuscript. A manuscript copy in short score of John Wilson's Psalterium Carolinum (first published in 1657); copyist unidentified. English, third quarter of 17th century. The score appears to conflate the three vocal parts as they appear in the 1657 edition. (For a copy of the latter, see Mus. 877-80.)

Table of titles and composers in modern form. Display form found in manuscript.
The first column gives the modern numbering of the pieces; the second shows numbering used by the copyist(s).

1	1	John Wilson	Thou, Lord, hast made us see	ff. 1^v-2^r
2	2	John Wilson	Thou whose mercies know no bound	ff. 2^v-3^r
3	3	John Wilson	Lord, thou in heaven and in my heart	ff. 3^v-4^r
4	4	John Wilson	To thee I fly, thou sole defence	ff. 4^v-5^r
5	5	John Wilson	To thee, my God, I still appeal	ff. 5^v-6^r
6	6	John Wilson	Our native freedom, Lord, preserve	ff. 6^v-7^r
7	7	John Wilson	Lord, those whom thou in vows hast tied	ff. 7^v-8^r
8	8	John Wilson	Who vengeance on my wrongs hast shown	ff. 8^v-9^r
9	9	John Wilson	Through humane clouds thy rays like lightning	ff. 9^v-10^v
10	10	John Wilson	O my God, to thee I fly	f. 11^r
11	11	John Wilson	Eternal wisdom, armed with might	ff. 11^v-12^r
12	12	John Wilson	Thy mercies, Lord, hence in displeasure fled	ff. 12^v-13^r
13	13	John Wilson	My troubles, Lord, are multiplied	ff. 13^v-14^r
14	14	John Wilson	Lord, I to thee direct my cries	ff. 14^v-15^r
15	15	John Wilson	O Lord, thou see'st my wrongs abound	ff. 15^v-16^r
16	16	John Wilson	Thou still the same for ever blessed	ff. 16^v-17^r
17	17	John Wilson	To thee my uprightness is known	ff. 17^v-18^v
18	18	John Wilson	O peace and reason, Lord	ff. 18^v-19^v
19	19	John Wilson	With ready joy, O let me, Lord	ff. 20^r-21^r
20	20	John Wilson	Lord, thou who beauty can'st return	ff. 21^v-22^v
21	21	John Wilson	Thou Lord, who by thy wise decree	ff. 23^r-v
22	22	John Wilson	Thou who all souls, all consciences, dost sway	ff. 24^r-v
23	23	John Wilson	Thou that alone art infinite in good	ff. 25^r-26^r
24	24	John Wilson	To thee my solitary prayers I send	ff. 26^v-28^r
25	25	John Wilson	My God, my king, incline thine ear (music for opening only; then words only)	ff. 28^r-29^r
26	26	John Wilson	Lord, thou sacred unity (words only)	ff. 29^v-30^v
27	27	John Wilson	Thou that fill'st heaven and earth	ff. 30^v-31^v

Oblong format, 280 x 207 mm. 31 folios, foliated in late 17th-century ink. Collation not fully ascertained, but probably A4 (of which A1 is apparently excised), B4, C4, D4, E4, F4, G4, H4. Late 17th-century binding of brown leather over boards, blind-tooled with fillets and small ornaments. Bookplate 3. 19th-century shelfmark: G.10.

Provenance: from the Goodson bequest, listed in Clement 1747 as 'Psalterium Carolinum Dr Wilson No. 53', and in Malchair 1787, f. 9, as 'Psalterium Carolinum Dr. Wilson'. Clement's number-label ('53') is still in place on the outside upper cover.

Microfilm: manuscript music, reel 58.