THE PSALMISTS OF BRITAIN.

THE

PSALMISTS OF BRITAIN.

RECORDS,

BIOGRAPHICAL AND LITERARY,

OF

UPWARDS OF ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY AUTHORS,

WHO HAVE RENDERED THE WHOLE OR PARTS OF

THE BOOK OF PSALMS,

INTO ENGLISH VERSE.

WITH

SPECIMENS OF THE DIFFERENT VERSIONS,

AND A GENERAL INTRODUCTION.

BY JOHN HOLLAND.

The Prophet David King of Israel,
Compylde the pleasant Psalmes of the Psalter,
In his own proper tongue, as I here tell:
And Solomon, which was his son and heir,

Did make his Book into his tongue vulgar;

Why should not their sayings be to us shown

In our language?-I would the cause were known."

Sir David Lindsay.

VOL. II.

LONDON:

R. GROOMBRIDGE, PATERNOSTER-ROW; RIDGE AND JACKSON, SHEFFIELD.

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THE

PSALMISTS OF BRITAIN:

RECORDS

BIOGRAPHICAL AND LITERARY.

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