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NYWJ.750.005
5 Mar 1750:11 (845[=846])
(From the Maryland Gazette)
Sir Having a great regard for printers, and that useful
machine the press, I have made it my business diligently to
search the writings of the learned, in order to collect
whatever has been said in praise of printers
. . . [9 lines] If a printer therefore sets up in a house,
where never any printer worked before, that part of the
house where the press is erected is consecrated; which
ceremony is performed, at the master's command, by the
senior freeman, or father of the chapel: It is performed by
drinking success to the master, sprinkling the walls with
strong-beer and singing the Cuz's Anthem, and the whole
solemnity is concluded with a supper given by the master.
. . . [2 more long paragraphs] While the boy is still npon
his knees, the Chapelonians, with their right arms a cross
the lappets of their coats, walk round him, and sing the
Cuz's Anthem; which is done in a musical tone of voice, by
adding all the vowels to the consonants, as follows.
THE CUZ'S ANTHEM.
Ba, Ba,
Be, Be, Ba-ba.
Bi, Bi, Ba-bo bi;
Bo, Bo, Ba-be-bi bo,
Bu, Bu, Ba-be bi bo-bu,
Ca, Ca,
Ce, Ce, Ca-ce,
Ci, Ci, Ca-ce-ci,
Co, Co, Ca-ce-ci-co,
Cu, Cu, Ca ce ci-co cu.
And so proceeding through the rest of the consonants.
. . . [Another long paragraph]
. . . [Signed] Nic. Turntype.
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