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When the King Comes Home in Peace Again

Martin Parker (died 1656?) was an English carol writer.

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Life [ ]

Parker seems to take been a native of London and a royalist. In Vox Borealis (1641) he is described as "the Prelats Poet who made many base ballads against the Scots, for which he was like to accept a gustation of Justice Long's liberality [Justice Long = the Long Parliament], and inappreciably escaped the powdering tubb, which the vulgar call a prison; but at present he swears that he will never put pen to paper for the prelats once more, but betake himself to his pitcht Kanne and Tobacco and Piping, and learne to sell his frothie Pots againe and give over Poetrie."[1]

Whether Parker had ever been a tavern-keeper (as seems here implied) in that location is no evidence to prove; just he was non converted into a roundhead, equally in 1643 he produced the words of the celebrated song, "When the king enjoyes his owne again," the authorship being settled by the remark of Gammer Gowty-legs in 'The Gossips' Banquet' (1647): "By my organized religion Martin Parker never got a fairer brat; no, not when he penned that sugariness ballad, 'When the king enjoyes his owne once more.'" The original refrain, yet, was "When the king comes home in peace again." Ritson calls it the most famous and pop air e'er heard in this country. Invented to support the declining interest of Charles I, the song served with more than success to keep upwardly the spirits of the cavaliers and promote the succession of his son. It was naturally used to gloat the Restoration, while after the revolution information technology became a loyal adherent of the Pretender.[1]

Parker is thought to have taken over the running of the royalist newsbook Mercurius Melancholicus afterwards its editor John Hackluyt was arrested and imprisoned.[ii]

Parker perhaps died in 1656, when he is commemorated in "A Sportive Funeral Elegy" written by "Due south.F." upon the ballad-writer, along with "Robbin the Annyseed Seller," and "Archee" the king's jester. Parker'due south familiar signature, 'M.P.,' was attached to numerous ballads subsequently this date, simply the popular initials may well accept been borrowed by Lambert, Cotes, and other printers whom Parker had been in the habit of supplying. On the other hand, the assumption of Parker'south expiry while he was still alive may accept given betoken to a depreciatory "elegy" such as that by "South.F.," who was probably one of Parker's rivals. Yet the fact that no retaliatory ode by Parker is discoverable must be considered as strong testify that he was not alive after 1656.[1]

Writing [ ]

Every bit at home in the sentimental and the broadly humorous vein, Parker, who was a strict conservative in his art, must be considered the worthiest 17th-century successor of William Elderton. Dryden commends him every bit the all-time ballad-maker of his day. Sheppard alluded to him in his "Times Displayed" (1646) every bit

That ballad-maker … now extold
With the dandy name of poet;

and Flecknoe, in his Miscellania (1653), spoke of him as inspired with the spirit of balletting, though "Due south.F." mischievously attributed the inspiration to Parker'due south practice of 'bathing his beak' in nut-dark-brown ale.[three]

In addition to broadsides and ballads printed in single sheets, Parker produced a number of small-scale books, often mere chapbooks, of which the following are the most important: 1. 'A truthful Tale of Robbin Hood; or a brief Touche of the Life and Expiry of that Renowned Outlaw, Robert Earle of Huntingdon, who lived and died in A.D. 1198,' b.l. for T. Cotes, 1632, London, 8vo (Brit. Mus.) 2. 'The Nightingale Warbling forth her owne Disaster; or the Rape of Philomela,' 1632, 8vo. The merely known copy of this quaint poem, which was defended to Henry Parker, lord Morley and Monteagle, is in the Huth collection. A few copies were, however, reprinted for A. Strettell, i of which is in the British Museum (cf. Corser, Collectanea, and Collier, Bibl. Cat.) three. 'Robin Conscience, or Conscionable Robin, in English meeter,' 1635, 12mo, Brit. Mus. A satirical ballad which overstepped the usual carol limits, and had consequently to exist printed in the grade of a chapbook. Information technology is reprinted in the 'Harleian Miscellany' (cf. Haslewood, Brit. Bibliogr. ii. 548). four. 'A briefe Dissection of Germaines Affliction with Warre, Pestilence, and Famine, and other deducable Miseries, lachrimable to speak of; more lamentable to partake of. Sent as a (friendly) monitor to England, alert her to beware of (generally) Ingratitude and Security, equally also (Specially) other greevous sinnes, the weight whereof Germany hath a long time felt' (verse), 1638, 8vo (Brit. Mus.) 5. 'The Poet's Bullheaded Homo'south Bough, or have amid y'all my Blind Harpers,' 1641, 8vo. The object of these verses was to reply with severity to some anonymous scribblers, the writer of 'Vox Borealis' among them, who had bespattered Parker with abuse for being an advocate of Laud. In it he says 'whatsoever still was published by mee was known by Martin Parker, or M.P.' (come across Haslewood, Brit. Bibl. two. 431; Corser, Collect. 5. 114; Bibl. Heber. p. 227). 6. 'Harry White his Humour,' n.d. 12mo. The only known re-create is in the Bodleian Library, and consists of a few leaves of comical opinions, each concluding with the words 'This is Harry White his sense of humor.' Information technology was reprinted in J.O. Halliwell's 'Literature of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century,' illustrated (Brit. Bibliogr. ii. 549).[three]

Parker too appears to have produced Romances, his Guy, Earl of Warwick, having been entered at Stationers' Hall in 1640, while A nigh admirable Historie of that most renowned Christian Worthy, Arthur, King of the Britaines, b.l., 4to, appeared with his well-known signature in 1660. Moreover, in the mock romance of 'Don Zara del Fogo,' 1656, Parker is alluded to in a marginal note as writer of an heroic verse form called Valentine and Orson.[iii]

Parker's well-nigh pop ballads included, too a 1st typhoon of 'When the rex enjoyes his owne again,' a revised and final version of the fantabulous ballad of 'The King and a poore Northerne Homo, shewing how a Poore Northumberland man, a tenant of the rex, being wronged by a lawyer (his neighbour), went to the king himself to make knowne his grievances. Full of elementary mirth and merry plaine jests. Printed by Thos. Cotes, London, 1640' (reprinted by the Percy Guild, 1841). The vocal 'When the stormy winds do blow' is moreover derived from an original ballad by Parker, entitled 'Saylers for my Money,' but containing the words of the present title as a refrain (Pepys Collection, i. 420); a version, entitled 'Neptune's Raging Fury,' is printed in Ashton's 'Real Sailor-Songs,' 1891.[3]

Amongst the less-known ballads past Parker may be cited from the unique collection in the British Museum 'The Cooper of Norfolk' (1625); 'Rochell her yielding to the Obedience of the French Male monarch' (1628); 'An Splendid New Medley' (1630); 'The Desperate Damsells Tragedy, or the Faithless Young Man' (1630); 'The Bonny Bryer, or a Lancashire Lasse, her sore Lamentation for the Expiry of her Dear and her owne Reputation' (1630); 'A briefe Description of the Triumphal Prove made by the Rt. Hon. Algernon Percie, Earl of Northumberland, at his Installation into the princelie Fraternitie of the Garter, xiii May 1635' (reprinted in 1851); 'The Whoremongers Conversion' (1635); 'A Fayre Portion for a Fayre Mayd' (1635); 'A adept Workeman needes never desire Worke' (1635); 'Mans Felicity and Misery, which is a good Wife and a bad' (1635); 'The Honor of the Inns of Courtroom Gentlemen' (1636); 'A Paire of Turtle Doves' (1640); 'A Messe of Good Fellows' (1640); 'John and Joan, or a mad Couple well met' (1641);[iii] 'Have among y'all skillful Women' (1641); 'Robin and Kate, a bad Husband converted by a skilful Wife' (1646); 'The Distressed Virgin' (1655). The titles of others catalogued under 'Thousand.P.' in the British Museum Library are given in Hazlitt's 'Bibliographical Collections.' A few additional ballads, such as 'The Pope's Pedigre' and 'A Alarm to all Lewd Livers,' probably written by Parker, are described in the Earl of Crawford's 'Catalogue of a Collection of English Ballads of the XVIIth and XVIIIth Centuries.'[4]

Publications [ ]

Poetry [ ]

  • The Nightengale Warbling Forth Her Owne Disaster. London: George Purslowe, for William Cooke, 1632.
  • A Briefe Autopsy of Germaines Affliction: With warre, pestilence, and famine. London: T. Cotes, for Francis Grove, 1638.
  • A True and Terrible Narration of a Horrible Earthquake ... in Calabria ... in English poetry. London: Tho. Cotes for Ralph Mabb, & Fr. Grove, 1638.
  • The Poet's Blind Mans Bough; or, Have among you my blind harpers. London : F. Leach, for Henry Marsh, 1641.

Novels [ ]

  • A True Tale of Robin Hood. [1632?][5]
  • The Two Inseparable Brothers; or, A true and strange clarification. 1637.[5]
  • Guy of Warwick. 1640.[v]


Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat .[6]

Poems by Martin Parker [ ]

  1. When the male monarch enjoyes his owne once more

See likewise [ ]

  • List of British poets
  • List of English-language songwriters

References [ ]

  • Seccombe, Thomas (1895) "Parker, Martin" in Lee, Sidney Lexicon of National Biography 43 London: Smith, Elder, pp. 252-254 . Wikisource, Web, Sep. one, 2016.

Notes [ ]

  1. ane.0 ane.1 i.two Seccombe, 252.
  2. Martin Parker: Ballads and Broadsides (tenth May 2017), Cardiff Medieval and Early Modernistic Reading Group, half dozen May 2017. Wordpress, Spider web, January. 4, 2021.
  3. 3.0 iii.1 3.2 iii.iii 3.4 Seccombe, 253.
  4. Seccombe, 254.
  5. 5.0 5.one 5.2 Martin Parker (1600 ca.-1652), English Poetry, 1579-1830, Center for Applied Technologie in the Humanities, Virginia Polytechnic Plant & Country Academy. Web, Sep. i, 2016.
  6. Search results = au:Martin Parker, WorldCat, OCLC Onlin Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Sep. i, 2016.

External links [ ]

Poems
  • "The Poet'south Bullheaded Mans Bough"
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  • Martin Parker: Ballads and Broadsides (10 May 2017) at Cardiff Medieval and Early on Modernistic Reading Group
  • Martin Parker (1600 ca.-1652) at English Poetry, 1579-1830

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain, the Dictionary of National Biography (edited by Leslie Stephen). London: Smith, Elder, 1885-1900. Original article is at: Parker, Martin

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