A new and true mercurius: or, Mercurius metricus. A true relation in meeter (on the behalf of scepter and miter) comprising sundry of the most sad and bad transactions, occurrences and passages in England, Scotland and Ireland, for the space of twelve years last past. For the true information and reformation of the people. Or, sober sadness, and plain-dealing, in a few plain, sober, and sad country rhimes, concerning these sad and heavy times, conducing to a real, personal and national reformation in three sinful lands. To which is added the authours twelve years extream melancholy, with the vvoful effects thereof in him, and the best remedy which he used for the removal of them all. Also a joyful and thankful commemoration of His Majesties happy return to his three kingdoms. By William Mascal above forty years ago Fellow-Commoner of Clarehal in Cambridge, now a poor deacon according to the canonical ordination of the late most famous orthodoxal Church of England.

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Author:	Mascall, William.
Title:	A new and true mercurius: or, Mercurius metricus. A true relation in meeter (on the behalf of scepter and miter) comprising sundry of the most sad and bad transactions, occurrences and passages in England, Scotland and Ireland, for the space of twelve years last past. For the true information and reformation of the people. Or, sober sadness, and plain-dealing, in a few plain, sober, and sad country rhimes, concerning these sad and heavy times, conducing to a real, personal and national reformation in three sinful lands. To which is added the authours twelve years extream melancholy, with the vvoful effects thereof in him, and the best remedy which he used for the removal of them all. Also a joyful and thankful commemoration of His Majesties happy return to his three kingdoms. By William Mascal above forty years ago Fellow-Commoner of Clarehal in Cambridge, now a poor deacon according to the canonical ordination of the late most famous orthodoxal Church of England.
Print source:	A new and true mercurius: or, Mercurius metricus. A true relation in meeter (on the behalf of scepter and miter) comprising sundry of the most sad and bad transactions, occurrences and passages in England, Scotland and Ireland, for the space of twelve years last past. For the true information and reformation of the people. Or, sober sadness, and plain-dealing, in a few plain, sober, and sad country rhimes, concerning these sad and heavy times, conducing to a real, personal and national reformation in three sinful lands. To which is added the authours twelve years extream melancholy, with the vvoful effects thereof in him, and the best remedy which he used for the removal of them all. Also a joyful and thankful commemoration of His Majesties happy return to his three kingdoms. By William Mascal above forty years ago Fellow-Commoner of Clarehal in Cambridge, now a poor deacon according to the canonical ordination of the late most famous orthodoxal Church of England. Mascall, William. London: printed for the author, 1661.
Alternate titles:	New and true mercurius Mercurius metricus. Vpon the violent death of our late most gracious Soveraingne.
Notes:	In verse, with printed notes and comment in outer margins. With caption title on p. 1 beginning: Vpon the violent death of our late most gracious Soveraingne .. Reproduction of the original in the British Library.
Subject terms:	Charles, -- I, -- King of England, -- 1600-1649 -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800. Elegiac poetry, English -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Puritan Revolution, 1642-1660 -- Early works to 1800.
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title page dedication Vpon the violent death of our late most gracious Soveraingne now made the most glorious Proto-Monarch Mar∣tyr of England, Scotland and Ireland, Charls the first.