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HIGH-BORNE HEROE, Gzxogcr 


LORD: GoxrDon, EARLE OF. 
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verſitie, whereof. yqur Grace. is now: 
Chancellor,) efpecially, the Elegie or 
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C of ever bleſſed Memorie) our late gra- 
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DzDp1caTOREE. 
Lordſhip, as might appeare by a, Po-, 
eme hee wrote of your Graces being ficke 
and your recoveries, when time was : 
whichPoeme F doubt not but you haue 

feene though haply forgotten, by reaſon 
of your continuall more: important im- 
playment in affaires & matters of State 

_ and high Conſequence... 

T he ſecond. refpett re, that when your 
Grace hath deigned acceptance hereof, 
F may humbly crane that from your 

oble hands and view, it may be con- 
veyed to the Sacred hands and view of 

my mo8t' gracious Soveraigne King . 
CHnaRLEs,whom the King of Kings 
long -preſerue in Honour , ſafetie and 

proſperitie_; Yea_, : | 

Methuſalens dayes Gad unto him lend, * 

Sith on his Life Millions of Liuzs depend. 

Now, Right Noble S1 8, ſeeing 
hu «Majeſtie hath ſeletted Your Grace 
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THE RIGHT 


HIGH & MIGHTIE 
CHARLES, 


REAT BRITAINE, 


FO and F velend; the firl(t 


King (of ys Name) and ſecond 
Monarch : Defender of the 
Farrn,&c. 


Sole Inheritor of his Royall Fathers 


Oo and om 


To King LAME $ his Fmmortall 


AMemorie_. 


This Elegie is Conſecrated by his ———_ 


Majeftics humbleſt and meancft 
SubjeR. 


LO ELEGFE: 


Some - Poſthume cater; vpon the. Rl 
| Hearſe of our late Soneraigne King 
LAM & ES 


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| Ow that the Land hath nighforgotto weepe, 
[ , | And Iawuzs the Good more peaceably doth ſleepe 


In his vnblamed Yrne, and th'Yniverſities, 
Vpon his Hearfefromrheir lamenting cy | 
Haue throwne their Pearles, & chrough the widows q Towne * 
The curious wits (ans per his Crowne, 
Pardon if now poore I doeſpenda'teare, 
Though farrevnequall ctomycare, to beare = 
My ſorrow company, if T commence . 
A Nexia now, and end 'ittwo yeares_hence, | 
Te chide my griefe, which could fo ſoone expreſſe 
It ſelte by ſpeech, when ſpeech inakes ſorrow lefle. 
Hee's dead; :if ſome preciſer man ſhould aske 
Who'tis I meane, tell hin that is a caske - 
A mortall cannot anſwer; lethimflic 
To be refolv'd firſt to Phylolo; t BE; 
Andthere make ſearch, what 5k ullnamrecan  . 
Invent chat's curious to producca man 5, 359 213" opt 
Þ Next 


And Purer fancies thanthoſe Swans 


"Th fs Elogie + 


Noxt ,and moſt like 3 Deiierdbene 
Riſe to a Meraphiyſi 
And tranſcend N kg 
The ſoul's cleare faculties, as 
.PerfeCt from the Creatour, a 
Know ſuch'an one tis c 
All decay'd verues : Who had h > th d that ” 
When wiſe Prney man-kinde Cond clay. 
Hee mi have binche Stampe p! 
Thaue molded off all facuirekiun nr Bn, nf 
flame 


. But how theſe ſparkes | 
Wereripened by Time, and made a 
What graces did accrewvnto the minde + 
Of Hin that's dead, when ity rasdifciplinde-.. 1 
And form'dby Arts addi — _— TO Tn 
Przmeditations lo and work | = if 
As Homzx happly 1 PRYED E 
VWhatth'/thecan orfierce A c KELLY SW 47 _ 
Could not their well-knowne Excellence CN Has ? 2 
Vnder an {hedand an Oayſr5e : " SEAEE THEE | | : 
Nor V :n 011. tell whathis Exs as was, hs | 
-- Vntill his anſwer did makevpuhe-Maſſe- EE 
Of full cwelue Bookest had now. = more. 


Euer'injoy'd , hecould bur meanely ſing, Fe 
Arc eael llhatwasour now dead. Kin MoefThp 
Hee wasa Man, a Kings Gods "ing 
Theater —_— m - 
. Andyethee's that MO | 
Had faydſo much, hadbin ja RR nt 
Alas 'ris paſt an OEMS | REY, 
Hath given vs a bad licenge to ys 


for Kinglanins, 


The hatederuth, nor treafon'iv'e to fay + 

His Funcrall was kept on ſucha day ; 

Wee need no Calculationsnow, or Art | 

of lars outer, hen ie marallpre | 
Will pay the due tonature, heath ps, * 
And She hath hima full acquittance F 

Of all his debt; andnow much os Wohg © 

And nimble-winged ; which hath long 

Bin pent in ſome cloſe wY his ve-hous'd ſprite * 
OnablePlumes hathran'eajo 

Vp to the Sunne, while wepooremenbelow 
Gaze at the fight, ind ere how 
Onely our vowes : O'whithet Thou by this 
White Soulc, art crowned ins Throne of bliſſe 
That ſtandeth on Ecernitie, and thence | 

With anew Power, as a1 intellj | 
'Doeſt rule ſome Orberor whether thowand thine, 
Thy wiſdome and thy Clemencic doe ſhine | | 

As a new Conſtellation, in ſome Sphere, - 
Where nor the Powre of winds and ftormes appeane, 
Or any Guſt: thatheareth not the claſh 

Of Thunder, ſces no lightnings ty Bk. 

But there as in a pleaſing dreame 

Bathed in bliſſe md fix'd” vw rays M : 


| Hauingatrained ynto that 
So ſought 6n Barth;burtull poſlefs'dof now 
Eternall Peace, while neighbouring Starres admire 


To ſee ſo bright a gueſtimcreaſerheirquire. ' 


Or whether thou vick Angells doeft conſent 
To hold an euerlaſting Parliament, - - - 
In robes as whiteas thoſe wherein the Quire 

| cM ſurpluſs'd Saints ing Carolls and admire 


B 2 Their 


"i 7s Elogip. + 


Their Makers gloric crmin'd all with 9 

And tarres that glitter in ſereneſt nights, 

The purple, nor ſuchas the Tyrian ſhell. 

Doth yeeld, or th'high-ptic'd Indian Cuchenel, 

Burt ſuch as decks the proud Aurora, wheri 

Shee ſhowes her bluſhing face to bed-rid men, 

Or ſuch as is for Coverlers difpread, - F 

To wearie Phoebus on his VVeſterne bed 

Where erc thouatr, refined Soule, if "Ji 

The ſhades of men free'd from their priſon, Know 

., And ſee what's done 6n Earth, 6 vnderfland 

And view the ſorrow of thy widow'd Land; 

Pardon our Avariceif wee would faine 7-41 

Enjoy our C uaxL xs? yet haucourTays rg,” 

England wich one conſent would gladly view- * 

A Heptarchy _ fuehos You © ore 7 

- Withour diviſion :'Much Icannorblame + | 7 

Thoſe Idle Wizards, who did blindely ayme 

Ar Truth they knew nor, when it is agreed, 

That now Thouartan an Emperour indeed, 

And farre aboue a King; Thy Lawreat ſoule 

- Being ridin triumph co her Capicoll, 

Nor art thou fall'n, butas in pureſt nights, 

Ina fullquire of Starres.wee ſee ſome lights 

Diſſemble ruine, which when 'man-kinde ſaw / 

Arficſt, it thoughrthat Fate had broke thelaw + > 

Of Nature, and let leoſe thoſe rolling cyes, 

Which be the Garriſon andeenturies - 

To the brafſe VVall of heaven; and doe keepe . 

Thoſe golden Vaults ina ſtill-wakin leepe, 
Thy Sonne is liuing, who is fo mil-led 


While hee doth live ſay that Thou art dead | L 
' © Shall 


for King Jang, 

Shall wee here blame great Fate ot laugit; which © 

Hath vs at once made both excreamely rich 

And moſt deplored poore >. which hath the ſtore 

Of hidden India giuen vs, and more 

Than er'e the pale and greedy Spaniard knew - : 
| In wretched Mexico, orrich Pers,-. _— 
(Where ambuſh'd rockes of Gold and filner found 

Looke pale and bluſkto lcaue:theguilty ground ) 

But hath bercau'd vs of a Mint,.a Coine.  - 
| That went for currant, vato-which did Ioyne. .- | 
. Refined Excellence : or,ſhall we ſay... 
By this our lofle, that Fate did but diſplay 
Her indiſcretion,whichdoth poize the Stares 
_ Of menalike, and mighty/Potentates?_ --- ... 

The will of Deſtinie, which bath ſoatch'd away | 
The Weſterne Sunne, and yet remaines a Day .4 4 
As bright as if it till did here abide, +. | 
Hath ſtopt the Current, yet the ftceame dothride 
In Chriſtall beautie zhath-implidea Change - 
Withourtanalteration, yea, more ſirange | 
Produc'd a joyfull ſadneſle : that the while 
Weeare aweeping;we doe oft beguile. 
Fhe vitoricof ſorrow:with a gleame - 
Of preſentoy, like as a ſodaine beame 
Strikes from a Tempe ; you can paſſe no/ way, 
Burt by th'occurrent, one may juſtly ſay, _ py 
There's a ſtrange Conflict, aſtrange Monſter bred, 
Of Ioy and Sorrow'fixeaming trom one head ;., 
The King : See; here comes 0na-drouping man. 
Withanguiſh printed in his. brow, pale, wan, 
And onely mouingzaske bim what's the cauſe, 
And you ſhall kc a fadpauſe s ; 

3 0 | 


| ypc" aa 
And = 


Still moſt by So {nh | 
That did preuaile,and breathe ypon them 
I doe confeſſe; the gaine of ſucha King - 

Wee now enjoy, may well Pats 2 RO 
Forourdead'T AMBs: Yet as Wee olecnies: 


Bur here ir lands reſpected for che age, JON IN 
Although 


Alchough tn armce Gidutds us 
And thatit with the trunke doth mikea ſhade 
Rather than leaues'r yer vndetneach the Fagnes 
And Syluan'Gods from farre:temooued' " reodRt 
Sher to Nm: dermal oy T——_ nn 
An and hor-hoof'd meet 
To waile their loued Shed, ; which oft did tame | 
The rage of Iuly, andthe Dog-ftarres flame.” | 
Couldwe er Sun would riſe,” © 
And make his Zodiackfrom the Sonehttnenkice 
And feri'th* North; | eEaftas chill 
As th'Orcades, yerwe! thinke on till 
Our ancient freind nears, Sur,whoſe power 
So many a Spti , fo-many « joyfull houre - 
Produced he x6, tit hard roſay, 
When Cuftomarie vertae's tanfeaway | 
How great the gtiefeis, thoughperhap 
That doth enfuerorhi'other i Wee! © bY 
There is an'old wines ries Prone teh ging . 
May make an Agae Phyſie ke for 4 King, | 
And God this Medicine did rout 
To cure him of dilcafdmorralitie,: 
| And ſettle hinvEcernall: where, | —_ 
| Doth follow Time; as ini this Pilgr 
Of ourſad lite, nor ſicknefle, = 
Or Decrenicnt of ' beautie' d| apprare,' 
Bur healtheternall;Jnif felicities 
Without impaire, nd Life char nin des, 
What man hereafter chae partakerh ſenſe, 
Butmuch more, reaſon, will wiſtrrefidence | 
In this 


I hen pert phre 


Allowoye mich a s. nc arg HUT OL Fe Ws 
This great, good, wile,and learned Monarch, whom 
* Theworld rry'd the Light of Chriſtendomay, "ot 
The Northerne Sctarreand\ Welle: ” Ee. 
Who was the mor _ t< of this VV cſteroe INE, --- 
And held injuft c we 
= now now he Embryo wh Policies 7 
hich Fate js ng IE —Y 
| Ne is come vnto his. | 
And afterloules and bod yes |; dinkons, 22] 
Lies inthe Graue a cold vnlived Corle. :-/; 
Good Soule ſlcepe ſweet, and oe and doe Thou 
That doeſt n x, peg "5 
That giues thy people life; do 
Thy griefe, and the 
Of to0 muchcare : Burit Fool — 
Sorrow, Ile fwearc hee's:dead that does nor. Wenpe, 
Almightie God aſaiff Thee, ani the windy, *: © 
Bc Hoon for CHARLES, whatere wel 


PORN T THE DEATH 
OF. THE RIGHT NOBLE 


and Magnanimous Heros, H s'w « v 
Earle of pays Viſcount Dildos, Lord 


WHO SICKENED IN 
*'SERVICE OF HIS.KING 


and Countrie, in defence of rhe 


.States. And diedat the Hazh in' 
| Holland, Aprill 68x, 1 


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By ja "Sos 


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mY W ” 


Printed 1626. 


. | Fe 
THE RIGHT HONOV- 
RABLE AND NOBLE. LADY, 


D IAN A4, Counteſſe of Oxrogp, Dow- 
ager of the Deceaſed HENRY Earleof Oxzo0xD, 
Viſcount By Lzzc, LordSaurors, and Lord 
great Chamberlaine of 
ENGLAND, 


| | AND, Rs 
 TQ FaHE KIOREF HO- 
NOVRABLE AND APPROVED 


Souldicr, RoBaRrTVERE, the ſuccec- 


ding Earle of Ox + ox v, Heire apparantto 
. the ſame Noble Titles and Honours. 


To both their Honours, 
This Elegic is Con- 
ſecrared, 
By - 
H, H. 


M n Elegie upon the Death of the right 


Noble 0 Magnanimous HENRIRE 
Earle of Oxford, Viſcount 
Bulbec,&c. 


Hat Staree was: wanting in the Skic ? 
V \ " what place 
Tobe lupplied anewdwhat empty ſpace 
That requir'd Oxrorp? was ſome Light growne dim, 
Some Starre Decrepit-that luborned Him 
To darke the Earth by his Departure Sure 
The Thracian-God to make his Ocbe more pure 
Hath borrow'd him; where inhis fiery Carre 
He ſhines a better Mas, a brighter Starre > 
Or like a new Orion doth he fland 
In Chriſtall- Maile, anda bright blade in's hand 
An armed Conſtellation, whilethe'Quire 
Of Pyrrhick dancers, withrefleQing fire 
Glitter on him? or like a Comets rage 
Strikes heamazement onthe trembling age > 
Alas !theſc glorious fancies but c 
His worth and:our love to him, not make lefſe- 
The rape of Fate, whilewe poore Mortalls farre 
| Mong 0100967 "wer es 1 RI ITS a Scar; 
ct Gricfe thenſpeake;and forthis wofull time 
Let me SEINECELNELY PRO” NY. 
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' But write in fragments, ſo'r ſball be. my doe. 
Though nota Poet d, a Mourner true, © _.. ©. 
Though I ſhould ſay no'morebut, Oxroxp's Jead; 
That would be made an Elegic, to ſpread OE ted, 
Ir ſclte as farreas ſorrow, ehe:Contents*” 1. 
Enlarg'd to Volumes, by.the teares, laments, 
And griefe in-generall,whenithe world affords 
So vaſt a comment unto ſo few words. 

Yee Powers above that looke on men with 1 eyes 
Iuſtand imparriall, if in Fatethere lies 
Still more revenge, 6.let us wretches know 
Our lot wing. 1 we may weepe below 
A timely expiation, and prevent” . * _ - LY 
Thetorrent of: thy wrath which now is tow” A 

a Deluge ore us, who have found, 

Though after all GreatTawes was laid in ground, 

A Plague, and Oxponys Death: 'ris hard ro-ſay 

W hich of theewo'doth more our bffe diſplay £S | 

The ruines beth being Generall: and can * 
Heaven be ſoangrie with poore feeble man 

To perſecute him further? No, thera 

Ot Peftilence which ſpreadeth through the age 
Can ſcarce ſarpaſſe his lofle : : caft feare away ; 
Fate cannotteeme more miſchiefe; and muſt flay - 

Now at the height of Vengeance : Oxronvs death: 

Hath ingag'@heaven to ſparethereſtbeneath, 

Who, whathe living was thoſe men can tell 
Who paſt the North and Southerne Poles doedwell 
I neednorwrice it: thatwere buttoſhow | 

_ . What we now want, and what we onec didowe 
To ſuch a man, whoſe like enſuing dayes -! 


A — produce: OTE 


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Their Hacroas;and EAR OP a 2" FA 
And fain'd applauſe, while we doe. hi 
In their Encomiums, Vho like a/New-b 
Bred us amazementonely,andfiom farre 
Made ears} what alert ar would bee, - 
And foſhutup Early gar, while wee 
Wonder thar! (onions / mew 
So ſoonetoſhow, ſo 
So great aglorie — | 
Had but an-houreza Minut we, rt | 
That did deſerveanage : yea, lome will ſay 
| Asthebeſtthings, he madethe ſhorter flay 
Teexpreſſe an Excellence: Yeralas, herein. | 
| Wedoe bur flatter ſorrow and.ou \ 
Whichtooke bm benceyfor ad he lſdll hn 
When there ſhould beno-memorie left of men. 
H'had bin a Choiceof heaven, and 
The Annalls and the Chronicles, whi 
Vncertaine times have made: doe nocfurmize 
That I herein am ſet *Hyperbolize,' 
A tri Hiſtotianof the time «that {a 
Leſſe, ſhalt be held DertaQovr of his Praiſe. . | 
Yea future judgements when they ſhall compare | 
Him with thereſt ſhall call thoſe writers ſpare, 
Who made him nor a Patterne; as'the blinde 
Old Houps, did Acauuzs, of his Kinde. ; 
Alas 'twas nothing inthe ancient time” * _ 
For Noble men to raiſe theirnames, andclime 


By hauty a&s unto the rop-of Fame, 
When as obeyfance:o their Prince did cl 
Andtheirown thac ex r7a | 


Not more re what they adventur'd, than did owe: 


When —_ dayainidlheeie 


Civill diſurbance did 

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6: His Grand-farheraroſeup and eons: 


And fcthimiwithithe Heroes; To 


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The ſoft inticements « « mie Court, the {miles | 


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Ot ſofter Lac de : | 
Thar in ſuc CEE oh C uncle. wait 


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To attend Kings and follow Diadems. 


Vere Boy games to his minde : :to fee a a Mae, 
And fic itour, he: BY 


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And Ay age jy | of feare 

And tl.e pale Nene fan Army wrate OS 
His beſt D-lights; among checommon.rour © 
Ofhis rough Souldi Lhardnelle out.) ... .. 


Were his moft weir, gen to 
A Bartrer'd Helwer was a Diadem : 
 Andwounds, his Brauerie : Knowing that Fame 
And faire Ecernitie could nenerclaime 

Their Meeds without ſuch Hazards: but alas 
Tharwce.muſt lay, lucha Man.Oxz0xD was,.. 

A Hatefull Syllable which doth implic 
Valourcan be extinct and Vertue dic. 

-O wer'cnot Profanation, Inow _ 
CHE a ſtiffe Pyrhagorift and allow 
A'r&iEMerempſychoſis, it fo 
Tie Soule of O x x o x Þ might divided flow 
On much Nobilirie: and yer my ſect 
Should honour inde from hence, they no Defect, 

This was the yeare of Iubile in Rome 
No meruaile, 'twas as of griefe, with us at home; © 
Evgland hath bin Rowzs Sacrifice, the whiles 
Our Teares and Funerals haue bred their Smiles 


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T bis wee may | ſay without centroll, - 

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eA Lenvoy to my endeared Friends 
Mr.R.T.Mr.W.H.Mr.T.C.and others being 
in the Countrey. Seruing for an Intro- 
duttion ro the Deſcription of 
the Plague. © 


O- you not wonder that in this ſad time 

D { hill haveleyſure tocompoſea rime ? 

| When as'a Chriſtian care forbidsmenow 
The helpe of Poetrie, that my hot brow 
Should ſweate withaQtiue Wine, or that my heart 
Should be ſo free from paſſion to-vſe Are 
Vnto my-wilde expreffions : The mirth 
That entertaines a Muſe, and giues a Birth 
To happy jines, is farre more fic for you 
Who in your Countries happineſſe doe view 
Our ſlaughters froma farre, as men in ſight 
That ſtand remote fpearors ofa Fight, 
Yer I would haue both you and all ſuppoſe 
Sorrowcan ſpeake as well in verſc-as proſe 
In this great Yeare of Elegies: indeed 


© - Not withthar life, that flame, and aQtiue ſpeed. 


As when Sccuritic did bid me play. 

With the ſmooth treſſ:s of 4ferie 

And wander in hereyes: alas that theame 

Is queli'd in griefe and drowned ia the Streame 
Of che a bibe : thaſe Heroick layes 
Thatwere begun haue throwne away their bayes 


D 3 And 


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WEN 0 rated) Za 269 as © af Lo < 
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And cloth'd themiſelues in Soorallezanid = a. 
Expedts a Nighe-cap, more than. Lawrellnow... -. ©. 

Sirs you perhaps arc chaſing. 0 ore the Fields. .. 

The Hate, the Deere; or what the feafon yeelds _ 

Doe Imp your Falcons wings, making itflic | 
Adſurtle gs aboutthe Mp, | 7 

We are the Pre andeach night fta 
. Thecallof Fate, yore Morning w | 
' We may. draw forth a Noone "and! ſo at Night 24, 
Lic downe againe not ſure of other light... - 

Till the great Reſurrection: for may bee. © + 
Death hath his Vric this Night ok toferue ie 

Doe you inquire whether weede affraid 4. 
Of Death x no-which ſo ſoone doth.inuade. | 

So forely Kill, pin no: that man. s 
That liueth eh view's the florme, 5 ge 4 
Still be affraid of Death, Lmuſt ſurmize 

A Renegade, orfull of Cowardize : 

No Penitent can feare, and hee that till. 

Retaines a heartunbroken a&ts more ill 

Than all his life before :that ſoule is Steele 
Which doth nat bleed;that hell, which doth not feele 
The preſent blow : Iris with us who have - Lo --- 
Hourely view death; as when exempt of fearce - 
Aran Offend or ſuchaSicpe todie 
"The Souldiers thought ita Neceſſitie hs 

And ſodidflight it, when each houre were ſhowne - 
So many others Deaths Cafſure their oawne,._ -. - 
Endeared Friends, Iam well: and berter much - 

And in morefweet ſecurities thanſuch + 

Who thinke of a long life, by rar ng 
Boleyn from win ace he rr roy AG 


 Seſvome 


Or smukfjeld teri damedowors 


 Doſviptim of mooy 
Seldome is Chriftian Valour bertergairf'd, 

| Than when'ris by fach miſeric obtain'd: 

| TI doubtnotbur that Fame whichftill doth uſe ; 
To ſpred abroad more large than certainenewes _ 
| Hath blazdour State, and haply doth affure - 
As you ſuppoſe farre more then weendlre, 

Thus farre let me your doubts herein ſuffice 

Rumour it ſelfe can ſcarce Hyperbolize 

' OurReall woe: Beate irfelferannotyow | TS: 
There is more Miſchiefe than wee ſuffer now : 

If you ſhall heare of Streets wherein the Grafle 

Doth grow for wantof men thatuſeto paſſe 


V herein the Horſes, Kine, and Sheepe again= 
Mayfecd rather than fell: orof} poore men 
That in their Graves together lie by ren 

By rwenties or by more: or ſodaine Fates 

_ Ofpcopledying in the ſtreets and g 
Doe not ſuppoſe itfalle, we wretches A 
What other Aves ſhall hold Poettie, 

A March inmidft of Auguft, andthe Star 
That raignertinow farte' | 
Inall but the cffe@s; notcloth* di in bright 

And ſcorching Sun-ſhine but in midſt of Night 
And Winrerftormes, as if the Plague didflic 
 Wrap'c inthoſe clondsto trighe the'rroubled Skic 

And blaſt morcalitie the ayre the while * 

Scarce in'a Moneth firikes Ho phy He 
Muffled in damps, fo cloſe that from 
 Weedeemelt hardbyany way butDeath 
To ce bright Heaven "The Rurallraine | 
Irs 


And 


And Moe 64 and: on Earth! ” ONS 
' Choked with Carkafles threatens carr 

As aReuenge; The Skies the while doe e- 
Downe poylonous tempeſt to 
Of her precended þ alice | ETA Ties 4 
Otblacke contagious windes doe eranſpore Death - - 
Through the cnuenom dayre: Kathe ine,and 6 Skie©; 
Conſpiring to our great Calamitie. . - 

Inwhata caſe poore Londos ſtands, to ſhow... 

Would aske'a Penand Muſethar onely know . 
How to write gricfe-: alas'it is become = 
A Theatre of Tragedies, where ſome 1, Wo © 
Di'de *ch' firſt a&ts, and manyMlaughters paſt 3+ 
God knoweswhat murder ſhal{be in the fl 
Tlivenot in it, butinChelſeyaire + 1.1 arias, us 
Where Death but in his Out- rodes doch. repainy, wt 
And thence doe onely heare Re repo | 
Diſclole the ſlaughter byche froqvent Karks.- * 
Yet as a tender Mother though (hee haue:; = | 
A Child interr'd, andfleeping in thegraye_./_ 
Yet will heoftgoeſeethe. rambo apices: , UI 
His duſt with piousteares, and oft ew: = 
_HisPoſthumeexequies :{0 ſometime Dh Pe 
Goe robchold the Citie, andeſpie.-. +... // 
As I doe walkealong the widdow'd ſtreets+ -.- 
Nothing bye ſorrow in'cach face that meets; . -- LF! 
In the Large ruine noching bura-griefe ne 5 2 av 
Thar fpeakes it ſelfe in'filence; trucand briefe.;/ = Bi 
Ahdeere Sirs,it is changed from che Place , © ITY 


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Yee knew ir once, Fas eg _ = 


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Dorn align 


Fi *: e Towne i 
- His pos {Actin Samay 
Attcaded by ten thouſand Funerals ' 
Ae hol Pega yup - (Crowne 


Outdeecre or Charles his 
Had bin af purpoſe made < Wolaly 
For Death and Fate to fit ſpe&atours — 
When ſeetheſe, yore 156 I canforbeare 
Bu praiſe wer nd ANN ler's me ſtill be here 
makes me not a icle, as they 
Thar now aremine, and liu'd bur yeſterday ? 
Deare Friends, it is nor CE 
_ AndCarlaſſcof that ly 


pay rien any Ne 57. -ohommet-oal | 
*Twerea light Night, or Seruice-rimeall Day: 
- The Bells as frequeat as when oft they ſound 


5 NY rince is borne ornew King erown'd, 


Which he a Stranger mij | bebrought! toſweare 
The Fift of. 4 er there 
_ Were: Solemaized) now : which co aſſure 


The Bells in Kate fad lan 
They ring no Holiday 
The Dooresſo thur tha 


Of Gods ſharp Scourge where the Red wa 
The Starring, Paſlenge! ub £ 
Are ſpent in Burials, .xfa ee e'rc wel 

I; buran Argument of Miſeri IM ge 

. The Wormwogd:Nolegaye: 


wes 


£3) [2 ' Ke 


Our weake Moraalitie,! 


"Toſhowa ani Crane peep 
Can yer: ro Soucraigne B fg ” Of 


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Ithaue prevail 4d, _ jdrowne F 


And Kill this Giant Pl MO ents he'rown 


5 + 
hoon LL eareth downe”””” 


Defcripmoricf” be Plagne, 
Sofeware borneto life fo many Die | 
Lacina doth not Tich'Mortalitte, - - 

As. if Death would not leave untill for all 

Doomeſday-doemake one fire onefunerall, 

When now the YVecke-bills almoftreach uno =» 

The ſumme which'tharof th'yeare had wont todoe, 
If from the Townea Stranger ſhould bur ſpie 


Fs 
. 


In trembling hcapes hee could not burſuppoſe 
The ranſack 


Wereto giuc wit 5.06 Death, and haſt to die. 
A Noone in Aeetfreet now canhardly ſhow | 


"That Preſſe whic rconld not long agoe 3 
No Proclamation needsthe Gentric haſt 
Vnto their Homes, they:doe it now too faſt 


Alike by Famine and by Peflifence. 
Walke through the wofull Streets (whoeuer dare 

Still venter onthe ſad infe&ted ayre) + 
So many Marked houſes you ſhall meet 

As if the Citze were ove Red-Croſſe freer. 

The Plague hath ſprediitſelte fo vaſt and far 
They necd not ſet Markes in Particular 
' One very Doore, burto expreſſe the Lofſe 

Not guild bur red the Publike Citie crofle : 

| | E 2 And 


While the poore Sternedrourare taken hence 


ya FravoduBionts the. 


WF; " YTo Andbbricfe for alltoſhow.che wrath of Face..;...” /-» 
Set Loxy Hava Maxcy On”: ooeueay Gate, 
Alas the little houſe hath loſt the Nar . 
While wretched Londe® may.the Title chime... 
Of the great Peſt-houſe: where areburied more- + KY 
Than wce bad thought it had contain'd before : 
Thar in our Tudgements it may well appeare 
Turn' d from : a Citic toa Elan 


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The Deſc ription mr late. 3 great 
_ memonal le and  prodipt 191088 
JO oy 


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Qod God!w wha a lurkd inthat farſt fruit 
Whoſe furfer le tus wretches proftitute 
oj To fuch a world: of forrow 2.Not Dey q 
On tot | minde 
Orclyt OG :mbra | {che life, 
We might bau6liu'd, ba oy a” cruell Sin. 
Spares not out ſoules we y uſes, b ed doth ewes 
From viler parts "If; 


A thouſand Maladies, 56a alas - 

| Through each ſmall In-ler of the Bodie, paſſe 

| Remonſleſſe Enemies, and batter downe, 

The clayic bulwarkes of our Mud-wall'd rowne.. 

Our throat is like that vaſt breach, which doth bring 

In like the Treiav Horſedire furlenting ; 

When. in the Stomach like the Marker-place 

The foes ler looſe dare ſpred themſclyes, and trace 

Throughall the Citie, ſomeare ready firſt 

- Tobreake the Sluces, which doe raging burſt 

. And drowne low buildings,ſome with flaming brands 
Fire holy Temples, ſome with Swords in hands 

Sharpe- ori Liondins Malls, and poiſonous darts 

Make Mailicues throughall the trembling parts JE 

E 3 


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Fe # 


im barbour, and doth Entertaine 
The bloud ie Etc each bu Neme, 
_ And Filme makes himva Forreſſe to p 
His longer Durance, till thegueſtar laſt 
With ruine payes his Hoff for all that's paſk.-- - 
How many fuck foes, thinke you? Secrerlye -- 


When hundreds of themambuſh i in one Eye. "1 | £ 
nchorne, and the VVatch , atid Hig 


Which i 1S the P 
| Keepes Centurie forall the Bodies Þ | 
As ſoone may IexaQly number WW. 0 
The fainting leaues that i = an Autumne fall, 
The Creatures of the Summer, or the Store -- 
Of wilder infe&s; which old Nilwsſhiore Tt 


Each yeare produceth, as with Iudgement Kg : 


How many fierce and bold diſeaſes flow 
Vpon this mrerched Catkaſle, when each yeare 
New troupes of raging Feuers dominecre - * -- 
That know no name, Each boy can nigh expreſs 
DI now WH Hy von. 

appy that age of gold, notone cau c 
It wr rants. ro. og necdof-Lawes,. 
-When Nature was theit Solow; and the want - 
Of Knowledgeto doe ill; did nake them Ignorant 
Of theRedrefle, notbleſs'dalonean this ig” 
Although theayreand earth increas'd their blifſe, 
But thatanrable Bodiewas combin'd - 
Inafiveet friendſhip with a barmeleſſe mind, 


They 


p:eae bis the jdde bra mainesabout+ -/ 
The ſweving Mogrim; andthierack ling Gout: - : 

The cruell Stone z CT fierce 

And hat, yt + 0 IE _ 


The Deluge of a plie: When ſhall - 
Run pins ons *the ſleepie "wy 
uick-murdring Apoplexie whichdoth Kill 
_ Fre it makesSicke**the piteous Falli 
The Elephanr-skin'd Leprofie: Taundies nine 
Ambuſh'd Tmpoſtumes which ſurprize the braine : 
With hart-affaulting Pleuriſies ;the'tough- (Cough: 
And clutterd Flege! and Rheumerhar breeds 'the | 
Strappado, Cramps; the ſodaine-prieki Wark ; 
The Night- mare+ which they 
Th'all-conquering Pox, to which 
| ls Lady Sick! aki itar fora uot 
Ls En 
Torecom ir 
All theſeandmorciinnumerable powers 
Lay fiep cumtorhisweake-wall'd Fort of ours 
And: , yea ſometime: 
In deſperate malice ready aretoclime | '- \ 


The 


| Wichchemaliciousayre and 


Or Gods immediate angry mooucd hand, 


- 


\. "Vlurpes theirdeare embraces,and. im Fate 


A ;O itin cactus Pwr 
Es pol ngdonG ic devoure - x" 


' Thy dreadfull ve Ich do 
Horror throbghas prove d | 
To ſhew Nay vlave fins;": -; , 

Which hauepull'd downe: 'Okitlulbee | 
Thar world of bloud in torcineAyre that lyes,/ Sil 
Of noble Egiſh (oules,whole carkafles 
The brutifh Shores, wild Fields and greedie Seas 
Expole to Dogs,to rayenous Fowles,an [Fiſhes3/ - 
Ah,little anlwering to.the render wiſhes 
Ot their poore mothers ooac ohne while 
Gzpe at theirchildrens I lovourrarelpeguile- 

 Theircarlyfcares with t00Jate TY 

. - Theylicde chinke,that now the ſoyled-Grafle | 


Sits pale vponthoſe Beaurics,which of late-- 
They made rheir Ages comforts 
Ah ſbebogndtothemfora Budall.\..- -:1.... 
O callco wind this \Fatall Yeere,wherein {090 


* Thy IuRicchath been eeBinenr Se. if a:iT © Equally 6+ 
Boch great: Olerthyblelſed 200d WW, juſtly ſents 
As it'is wont to doe, fi our Ill. .; 

-age eE E'S 


Should be our Shields are turn'd to Shades,to Duſt; 
Let the i-throned Souleof IAMES implore, 
Thar after Him,thou puniſh His.no-morez: . . 
Letthe grearSprire of Oxn.03.0,which hath paſt 
The Sevtancoof thy Anger; borbe.lal 52 
u 


By frequen mer w grew fot 
of untourh Graſſe; Pace. 
Grew where the Trang NO Merz: 


”_ | Themſelves: | id labon paper 
= When one mighicſee the Sunne,withTa 
In; j N And laoguiſiirh complexion ell he ayre: 


- - Looking 


Looking eeu'n (6, as har chryſes Plaine, + 

He went like Night,the Gree troupes to raint 
With ſad InfeRion; when his dire ſhafes caſt, 

Kill'd more than Heer in the nine yeeres paſt, 
The Heavens were clorh'dwithbleakmiſts, & the aire 
With the thick Dampe,was truck into delpaire 

Of furureclearcnefle;or ſerener day, '- 

But thatthe Clouds for feare rariofraway. A- 

The Ni Gr AI gerald ame 
The ſoultry'reliques of the 

| Diſtilldno oC H Pearles vpon ral | 
But wrapt in vaporous ma pen cloath's around 


With > (rm Exhalations;did affri 
The trembling Moon EN lighr 


Look'd with that countenance;as if againe 

Her ſilver hornes ſhould nere ns the VVane, 

So to renew her Circuit, The dull Quire 

Of fickly Starres ſhew'd now no' 

Bur ſhone like un-ſnuff'd Tapers: as if 

Did give them leave now to prognoſticate 

Their owne eftate,not others; andapplic 

Themlelves at laſtto ſad Aftrologie. 

The poylori-clutter'd Springs, with plague infus'd, 

Ran not with Cryſtall torrents, as they us'd; 

But in dull fireames,as them dire influence fills, 

 Wirthfainting pace,ſcarce reach'd unto their ils: 

 Andlanguid Rivers,which before did apo 

The Cryftall with their clearenefſe; now, alas 

Looke muddie,withour ſtirring : ; and their fircagnes; 

That wont to be all fpangled with the beames 

| Of theblithe'Sunne ; now;in a weltring floud, 
Rannot with water, but prodigious bloud, © 

F232 Thoſe 


Thoſe Ei ws FR us'd rape: 
Their Funerall Piles,might intheſcfatalldayes/. - 
 Burneat thejrowne Death's,which in fad deipayre- -- 
Spred not cnaheighwacties through the ayre, P 
Bur ſuffer'd Aututone'in;the Spring : forlorne - 

. Andfearall Cyp pa cauſe ro mburne; . 
Poppeyes themſelves is rim in death did fleepe, 
Ard the Sheknatiaiog a O 
A Funerall Perfume: thoſe gaudie: 

Which wont to make'Ghirlonds for Paramours, 
Mourn'd in their droupiog braverie,and ſpread **./ 
The ground at their owne deaths.as forthe dead... "TH 
The Corne ne aries ALL 9ER if jtmeantrundoo-/- ., || 
Men not lone, bur Farinetoo.. AE 
Herbes pre ay "28 retly k infeted die... <a 
| And for themſelves could find no remedie.. -. . 

| The brute Beafts now, which Nature,to beſtow---- 
- - The Excellence on Man,did make with low _ © - 
 Downe-looking Poſtures,firſt did fecle the rage 

Of t'Earth-borric Flegwe,and died before their ages. 
The long-liv'd Hare this time to die <a 

Before ir reach'd unto the age of Man, 

The faithfull Spaniell, b by bis death, did tric 

The milſchicte of his ts nos'd Facultie, "EE 
And ranging with quick Sent,did ſooneſt prove. ... 
;Th'infe&tious Malice of the Doges above. TP 
The luftic Steed, ſcouring in's Game apace, | 
Lights on Deaths Gole,inmiddle of his Race :- - 

The nimble Fowle,as th'ayre ic flyes around, , ... 

Flags bis ſick wings,and finkes unto the ground, 

Nor long before ro the remorleleſſ Skic. . 
In fillic Notes have ſung his \Elegic- 


*s, | 


late great Plague... 


The lucklefle Night-Ravens,which us'd ro grone 


The death of others,now might Dirge their owne: 


The Snow-plum'd Swan.as itdid gently ride 
Vpon the ſilver Streame, fung forth,and di'de. 
Anon the Damp dares breake into the Walls, 

Making a way by thouſand Funeralls : | 
Who can expreſſe th'aſtoniſhment and feare, 

Which doth atentrance of a Plague appeare > 
' Evenſothefleeced Heard doth tremble, when: 
An Aburne Lion,hungric from his Den, 
Breakes in among 'em: then you may behold 
The palc-look'd Shepheard gaze upon his Fold 
With helpeleſle pitie,the poore Lam-kins creepe. 
Vader their Dams; thefillie trembling Sheepe 
Stand full of cold amazemeneat the fight, 
Small hope formercie,and lefſc hope in flighe,, 
 ExpeQting onelywhichot all ſhall ſcape 
The rcadie horrorof the Lions rape. 

Other Diſeaſes warning give before, . 

That we may reckon,and acquit the Skore- 
Of our finnes Prodipalitie t1n this,,. 
We ſcarce can be reſolved whether.ris 
Sieknefſe, or. Death it ſelfe; ſo quick it tries 
The ſtrength of Nature,ſo ſoone poore Man dies : 
That many to repoſe in th'Evening lying, 


Have made their ſleepe true kin to Death, by dying 


' Before the Morne. -Ah! who would then deferre 
A preparation for this Meſſenger - 

Of bleſs'd or curs'd Eternitie? Whatman 
Would till preſume to finne,that knowes the ſpan 
Of ſhort uncertaine'Lifc? Yee gracious Powers, 
 Thatmealureoutihe Ty the houres. 


Of 


Deferiptio yn 
of this our wandering ilgrimage,reſtraine--' -- | 
Theſe ſodaine {laughter-men; or,good God waine. 
Vs from our finnes, that wee may neither fear 
The rape of Death, nor covet to be here : 

O curbe this raging Sickneſſe, which with ſenſe 
Bereaves us of the meanes of Penitence. - 
Yhen adire Phrenſie ſeizerh on the Braine, - 
Full of reſiftlefſe flame;and full of painez 
That Madnefle,which no cure canwella 
Is but a Symptome,unto this Diſeaſe. 
Our bloud all fire, as if ir did portend 
We were nothere to ftay,butſoone aſcend; 
When'ſftreames offulphur throughout veins wi 
And ſcarce the ſenſe of ſorrow RNAS: 
This time how miſerable,may w pe 
Vhere want of ſenſc;is chiekt1 divwing iſe: + 
When the diftra@ted Soule can G—_g deviſe. 
How to ſupply the weakeſt Faculties _ -/ 
Ot the diſturbed Bodie; but preſents mg 
Ynto the Eye firange objeQs, ſtrange portents, 
And antique ſhadowes : when'the feveriſh rage 
Sers us on Tourneyes oft, and Pilgrimage, 
And entertaines our wild and wandering: 
With monſtrous Land-ſchips,able ro affright 
A man. in's wits : when the deceived Eares . 
Doe apprehend whatere the Fancie feares,; 
LU, grones of Ghofts,and whiſpering of Sprites, 
e filken tread of Facries i in the Nights, - , - 

| The languageof an ayrie PiQure,howles | 

Of funerall Dogs;and warnings of ſad Owles, 
The Taſtdiftaſteth all things, and the ſame ' 


Is ſweet and bitter,when the inward flame 


Furres 


Furres the ſwolneTonguez& thequick Feeling mart'd, 
Knoweth no difference berweene ſoft and hard z 
Such-a confuſed Errordoth diftract'-- © + © 
The labouring Senſes, fo is the Fancie rackt 

By the dire ficknefſey when from placeto place 
The Bodie rolleth,and would faineembrace 
Some Icic cooler : bur alas,the hear 
Afſwaging,there enſues a Marble ſweat 

'Twixt Death and Nature, wreſtling: then appeare 
Thole deadly CharaQers,which th'Enfigne beare - 


- - Before approching Fate; which notice give, 


None ſpotleſſe die, how ever they did live. - 
A ficknefle comfortlefle; when we do feare 
To ſee thoſe friends whom we do love moſt deare. 1 


_ The Miniſters Devorion here doth flick, 


By leaving Vitſication of the fick, 

_ Making the Service-Booke imperfe&: when 
We ſeca croſſed Doere,as*were a Den 

Of Serpents,or a Prodigie, we ſhun 

The poore diftreſſed Habitation, _ - | 
The Death as comfortlefſe ; where not appeares 

One friend;to ſhed ſome tender funerall teares : 

Black Night's the onely Mourner. Noſad Verle, 

Nor ſolemne flowers.do deck the drearie Herſe: 

Some few old folke perhaps, for many a yeere 

Who have forgot to weepe,attend the Beere; 

Such, whoſe drie age hath made moſt fir to keepe 

Th'infe&ted without feare, bur not to weepe 3 | 

Whoſe kin to death,made them not feare to die, 

© Whoſe deafencfle made them then fir companie 

Vato the ſick, when they were ſpeechlefſe growne: 
A miſcrable Conſolation. 


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That when at Night twofriends lefre companie, 
They would not fay, Good Night zbpr thus; 
| God ſend's atayfull Reſurrefiion, 
| If two or three dayes interpos'd berweene, 
Oge friend by chance anothier friend had lene, 
Ir was as ſtrange,and joyfullas ro ſome, .. ankees x: 
When a deare friend dorh from the Z»dies com 1 
Throghthenak'd cown,ofdeath there wastach 
One Bell at once was faine 10 ge ny 5 
No Clocks qrngbard to ſtrike 1 Pon © 1E1r Bs 


| Scrange,charhe He che Houres Fran failetc _6] ell 
When Time to thouſands.ran ſo faſt awa = 
 Timewasconfusd nd keprat ſucha pligh 

- The Day to thouſar | w9) - des'Ny 
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. . Some,by cheirſeare togoto Church Nackarr', 
Annes cred dent _ the Yard. Kates 


.- The C yards gron'd,with too much. cath « 
4 And the Earth et nor;cle nan rk; * 


hath great Plague... 
And Churches now withtoo much buriallfed, | 
Fear'd they ſhould haue na mectings bur of Dead: 
Death fell on death, and.men began to feare 
Thar-men would waneto carry forth the Bere. 

The Bearers, Keepers, Sextons that remaine 
Surpaſſein number all the rowne againe. (Brothers 
Friends here kili'd friends,womb-fellowes Kill their 
Fathers their Sons,and Daughters kill their Mothers : 
By eneanother (ſtrange!) ſomany di'de 
And yet no murder here, no Homicide: 

A Mother great with Child by the Plagues might 
Infe&s to Death her Child not borne to light. 
So killing that which yet neeliu'd ; the wombe 
Oftlraliue 45s to es wn was tombe, 
. Where int y grayertic All Babe lyin 
Doth kill his Move owne firft Sing, 
| Her trauaile here on Earth ſhe could not tend 
But finiſhes in heauen her Tournics end. 
' Toothers, frolicke ſet vato their meales - 
Secure of death flic Death vpon them ſteales 
Andftrikes among 'em;, fotharthence'infſpeed 
With heauy Cheere thare borne the wormes to feed. 
To ſome at worke to others atthcir play, 
To thouſands death makes a leng Holy-day. 

Death all conditions equally inuades, 
Nor riches, power, nor beautic here perſwades, 
Old dye with young, with women men, the rage 


Ofthe dire Plague ſpares neither ſex nor age, 


Moſt powerfull Influence of ruling. Starres 


Which with blind darts Killmore than bloody Wars 
| r= _ Refiſtlefle 


Into pale terrour, more tha all caſes 
Ah, happy hee who licauen leaſt dilpleaſes. 


; 4 ” HoLLanD his Hornet F000 
To fling a Varlt: © 
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'A few Satyricall laſhes for one that 
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T Hoſoe're thou waſt that thus 
V Miſtaken or Malicious, 
| * (ThelaftI doe imagine) that 
Didſt Father on mee this vile Brat 
A ſtinking Libell, goe and bee 
Scorn'd ofall as muchas mee. 
May I know thy Name'in Time 
Libell'd in ſome Ballad-Rime : 
May I heare thee bout the Street 
Begging Offall for the Fleet : 


 May'ſtthou cry intuned Proſe 


-Cornes haue you on your Feet, or Toes, 
Or Rats to catch, and inthe end . 
Fenice-Glafles haue you to mend. 
- May Iuftice make theeo to lacke 
To offer Lines to all-in Blacke. 
And ſucceed if Vengeance linger 
\ Arlaſtche one-Legg'd Ballad-Singer. 
Foule ill thy judgement, couldfi thou find 
None whom thou couldſithinke inclin'd 
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To Libelling but me, no one 
That madelewd Verſe but me alone. . at 
No itching Scriucner thardoth make 679%. HY 
Verſes by an Almanacke ? | | 
No lazic leaden-witted, Afﬀe > 
Profeſling Poctrie (alas) © 
No Latin'd Merchant, whoſe fine x) W 
Scorne that hee ſhould write in Proſe > - 
No parcelk Gentleman that vowes 
Hee can till the Latine towze ? 
No bufic Lawyers Clerke, that (till 
Will viurpe Poeticke kill > 
No pretie*Toy, no learned Foole? | 
Nor clowniſh her of 4 School: RW - 
Couldft thou find none, butmuiſt diſperſe © Ie" 
Mee the Author of that Verſe 7 
So baſely libellous, and durſt 
Me of all men picke out firft 
To bee thy Toung-Ball 2or didfi rather 
Thy owne baſtard on mee Father ? 
A Palley takemy Muſe, if 1- 
Knew how to make a quicke rep! 
Torthem who did this Fame Hilclo ſe, ets 
VWhether it were Verſe or Proſe, * ft. 
A Volume, ora Pamphler, long #5, 
Or ſhort, Tambick, or aſong. 
| Tatine, or Greeke \ Taſcan,or welch, 
4 Or ſuch as puffing Datchwes belch * » 
In their Fat Language : ſtrangethat 1 he: If 
Should firetch a Line from Coventry . 
. And make it reach to Paws, and place :. * 
-Icunder Owzns: brazen face : _ 


-> Wretch ! 


Ke a 
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Wretch! I would haue thee know, that Time 


I was vers'd in other Rime-_ - 

. Asfree from malice, as from thee 
 Andthe wrong thou putt on mee +; 
Where ſweet Damſels did infuſe . 
Flame into mee, and to my Muſe, 

The onely ſting I had did riſe 

From the Luftre of their eyes, 

Where our Paſtime was, to fing 
By the Bankes of ſome cleare Spring : 

' No,venomeambuſh'd'in thoſe Floods 
VWkach haue no Satyres in our, YYoods 
Onely ſometime in gentle Rankes 

As wee walked o're the Bankes 

I a blacke-ſwolne Toade did fee - 
VW,e8 now I thinke was kin'to thee : 

But of a better kinde, that could 

- Within itſelfe it's venome hold. . 
Well, thou haſtdone:thy:worſt to mee, . 
Te tell thee what I thinkgof thee, * © 
Sure ſome opinionated Aﬀe . ' 
Thou art, who in the world doſtpaſſe _ 
Fora wiſe Man (by theſe rules | 
'VVeec beſt know who are beſt Fooles) 
Some boſome-creeper, fed withloth, | 
A Foole, a Mad-man, orelſe both: * 
ho canſtfind  * 


Some ſeeming ml hoc 
By what's before, what isbehind. 


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- Thathadft as mychreſpe&t af mee 
As I meane to haug of thee. wry 
Yea, this I gueſſe, and certaine know ir 
Thouartheld ſome * arrant Poet, 


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Who did: ſcatter up and downe © Fs. Hong 
Nanis's on thuntimely Fare on en He 

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Ls: Who in nought more lucklefle were _ | 
Than that They left thee cawpring here 
To loyle their Ghofts, and whiter Fames |. 
And'lamentably teare their Names. 

| Some Fantafticke Cockeſ:combe, who 

I Ja AfﬀeRs a garbe with much adoe. _ 

b-) Yea, though thou bear'ſtmy Name, 

- At thy conditions,I das ſhame : 

And this Ile lay my life vpon 

| Noneof wyReligion, 

Who as haply 'tis thy vſe 

Would the People thus ſeduce 

And Malicious draw on mee 

Acrime ſo neere to Hereſis 

That is to wrong my friends, and made 

Mee this vncouth tile imzade- 

To beearayler, who doe vſe, 

The world doth mow zA genrler Muſe, 


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pring fy lie lyewhomi ifudideis 
of fraile Mortalitie : 
Source of my beeing, next to him thar giues 


 Thedinine Power, by which cach mortall lives: 
'O thinke notbur your Children doecomprize- 


Part of your 


Sickneſle, wee allſympathize 


| In your Diſcaſe: let irtoall bee knowne 
W hat c're is yours in ſorrow, is mine owne, 
Let noi/{ Omen beethat while I write 


To yeeld ſome cemfort teares doc blindmy 
I'would fupprefſe'em;; nor vai 


Secke other witneſle but my 


Which may to G ODbearetecord, 
Incach diſaſter, with you bearct a part, 
Let me, deare Father, 
Ifmy Muſe languiſhy _— I before 


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And thoſe that moſtdoe ndcighes 
You know that ſo ithath bin'in all hs 
The beſt Philoſophers, and wiſeſt Sages, 


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Andto our elle chongh Geddelap noaie 


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In the worlds j 
On whom this:Earth's 
Who liue ſecure, whoſe _ istheir Crockes,”. 
Loog nhidacioCharpengs,ond ds delicious mn 
Saluters, Flatterets;anddelicates 


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ardeadr - deſpiz'd, paryee 

Vs men, \was poore, wrong... 
To whommen ſcarce would meanes or meales aff; Gord; 
©, who would. to.imitate our Lord? . 

Yet know when blacke Obliuionſhallcor-;;. -- - 
Thou creme mere fiſts, hs. 

A memory ubbounded fie 1.11. -:;| 
And neuer Yeciſlil theworld doe dies. a3 A 20251 
O, doe not under-value-fo-your ſelfe | 
To thinke them richer wr; hauegreater pelle, .. 

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And if my ſelfe a Poetmiay.-preſag 
You ſhall have yet an'o!Encw Golden age. 
God will not endyour aged dayes, fo long: 
As you may till helpe and doe good among: 
His people here : But as a Captaine when 
 Hemeanes to-cxerciſe his faitbfull'ft men 
He puts them upon dangers, makes them tric- 
Diſaſters, hardneſle and all miferie; 
That when at laſt the foc ſhall be repait'd 
. They beenot found unskill'd and unprepar'd.. 
- Sicknefle is buta muſtring ſhow, wherein - 
Wee learne to fight, to skirmiſhand.co win. 
At the laſt combar, Death: inthat tide 
Happy is hee that oftefi Sickneſſe tride,. 
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To his Friends in the Time 
of his Sickneſle.. 
eA reſolution again#t Death. 


Riends, if it beewy lor, as ſome men vſc 
In To pay their debt ſoonerthan'you would chuſe 
To harſhexaCting Fate I would nothaue 
You ſtand lamenting o're my yourhfull-Grauc 
As if it were my Priſon; and Ethrowne 
There on a deſperate Execution. . 
| Tknow there's noreleaſe from'tyermore free 
Know I chis priſon than'youtlibertie. 
I would not haue youraile at ir, and ſay 
That it frem you had cloſely tolne away 
Andtreacherouſly berray'd your Friend: alas 
They crre who thinke they into th'graue doe paſſe 
As toa Puniſhment, and therefore call 
Ir the ſad Yrne, the Place of Buriall, 
The houſe of Lamentation, Lifes Thiefe ; 
The Den of Sorrow, and the Cell of Griete: 
You wrong it by theſe Names, It is my Bed, 
Where Lites Dayſpent, 1 lay my wearied 
Ando retoyl'd Body, in a long deepe Night 
Till hee thatgines all Day, renew my Light. 
It is my ſleeping chayre, my chayre of Srate, 
Whercin I fit equall with conquering Fate. 


And 


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- eA reſolutionagainſtDeath. 
And our-face Death; daring tiimifhee can © 
- Tochallenge more than I haue payd of Man. 
Make him my Sinnes-bill cancell, andagree. 
_ Thar Chrifts crofle o're irmy acquitrance bee. 
As.a poore Traveller, whomthe conceite 
| Of alongredious Journey, thirſt, and heate, 
 Andwearinefſe tormenteth, by the Way 
Lo nging for home, all he can doe, doth Pray 
_ - For ſome Refreſhment, ar the laſt eſpics + + 
a3 8 The joyfull ſmoake of his owne Countrey rife 
RT To bid kim welcome: then wich Pleaſures Teares 
Hee cafts away both-Languifſhment,and Feares, _ 
And ſmiling takes the next Banke hee doth ſee. + 
So pleaſing is my'Graue,ſo ſweet tomee, (chance 
This piece of Ground,which you in ſcorne per-- . 


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Miſcall my Graue, is my Iaheritances 
_ Thar tisMmtay'd on me; the Lawaverres - 
- 5 By due ſucceflion from-my Grandfathers. | 
Mineit hath bin, by right, fince Adam curſt 
 Manwith this Bleſhng, and poſſe(s'd it firſt. + 
While Lhaue Life m_ am Th wr a wg 'Y 
Andby my Nenage from my rightdebarr'd.. 
DAT me rs ſo lacs from my Hand - 
I'me now at Age, and comeunto my Land. $8 
Nor thinke my Purchaſe too ſoone gayn'd »burcall 
My eightand twentie ClimaRericall + 
My Graue's my long-ſought Inne to which armoſt 
Ic can be ſaid, that I haue ridden Poft.. Tos; 
Whitherreryred ſome perhaps will feare 
_ ſawcie VVormes en 5 nn there : - -+- 
To feed upon me; whileſt my Faith proteſts 
Icisnorſo,they bee my bidden Gueſts, | 


What 


A reſolution againſt Death. 
What Man-is hee, chathauing in the Time - 
_ Oflife, commitred ſome foule haynous crime, 
And knowing that the Fameot it's inroll'd 
In characters of Brafle; yeawere't of Gold, - 
That would not praiſe the hand, and friendly call. 
Which ſcratches ourthe ſad Memorial 
Wherein doth liue his Infamie : what ſoule 
Thar knowes this fleſhly Table doth inroll 
The Memory of our Faults, thatwould nor call 
. Wormesand the Graue Redreflers of our Fall. 

| Theone of which doth hide, the other devoures 
All tharwas guilcie, ſhamefull, bad of ours. "% 8p 
Our Graue's the veyle, which ſhadowes from the Eyes 
Of Poſthume Malice our Iniquities. 

This wretched thing you mournefor and behold: 

The dreary Linnen, and the Earth tofold, - 
This thing compaGtof finewes, Bone and Blood. 
The Recepracle both of Sinne, and Food - 
Deart''s ready Executioners, This - 
This is not Ho{exd, bur's Effigies: - 
Which when*cwas beſt,and. by the Soule _ moue 
Was bur a lively ſhape of God aboue 1 _ 
And onely bleſs'd in that, bur: now, alas} _ 
That chiefe Ingredient of the curious Maſle : 
Thar'gaue it Actiue Life is tane away 
And Nothing left butruine, and Decay: 
A thing ſe deſpicable, baſe, and vile + 
Thar left it ſhould ſurviving Men defile 
Wee Priſon'c firſt in Linnen, then in VVood 
Then! — ir Papel in-Earth, _ or 
-_ Them ira gaine approach 

| Make marble Bulwarke: o're the wretchedclay. 

I, © Fgiplians 


Egyptians hencedid theirdead Po AP 
In tombes as bigge as their blaſpheming Tome: 5 
Raiſing in weaker mindes ſometimes a doube _ ©. - 
How \ ha atch'Reſurreftionwilhger out. . - 47 

© Of theſe ſirong Priſons, whole unweldy Frames: 
Seeme rather tooppreſi; than raiſe their, Names, - 
Doubtleſs this wretched thingcall'd Man whoſe curl 
Light uponall things, is than all things worſe. | 
When once his ſouleis gone z Theſfilly Flower. : 
Though dead and wither'd;yet petaies ſome Power 
Availablei in Phyſicke;Cartell when - 
Th'are dead themlelues, nouriſh the lives of Men- / 
And dead Grafle theirs ; Cond pope aa 
Vntill it bee cut downe;and us'd for food...  _ - 
No tree ſorude, no ſhrub ſo baſe, no beaſt . 
So vile, but dead ſerues for ſome uſe, at =E 
For ornament;weeloue to ſee by zkill.;- 
 Acurious limb'd Picure, and ftand till... 
To gaze upon it, yea wee can:endute__- - - - w 
To ſec Deaths ſhaddow, and grim Portraidture | 
Thoughnere fo ugly, when againſt a wall | Sins 
Ser a dead man indeedy « us all . 
You ſcarcely ſhall finde one that will not flie :. 
As ata Monſter or grim Prodigie; 
Doe you then gricue to ſee this Bugbeare wy. 
This mas yd afide, toſhun th'annoy 
Of the beholders # or for my Soule is it 
That you doe pea ur 10 doe droned ic; 
Surfecting with pure ,and boly mirth...- 
And fmiles ac that for pra weepeonecarth - 
Thar'tis difl dfrona thar debauched Jnns/-- 
Wh ich helpt irne're in ought, buronely ſinne, .. 


65.44 


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eA reſolution againſt Death. 
I would haue giuen you leane to mourne if then 
I had by ſuddaine Death, bin fummon'd, when 
Wretch'd man I labour d tothe height of fin - 
And bolder grew the deeper I grew in; 
When'Vice was turd © cuſtoimne, and each deed 
Though ne'reſo wo mr p—_—_ with ſpeed 
Another worſe, as it Deſpai bin - ; 
The beaftly Pander to unbrideled fin. | 
But Heau'n be bleſs'd, Heau'n better lou'd my ſoule 
Than withoutſtay to let itheadlong roll | 
To everlaſting Death, and ſo did Kill © | 
The Body ſooner to retayne that till, 
The Sounle as hee inſpir'd-itpure, noratall _ | 
| Conſeious of finne, no not Originall, 
Thinke you I feare thoſe things which you doe call 
By ſuch blacke names? The Griefly Funerall _ 
The Fatall beere, ſad Flowers and dreary Hearſe 
The mournefull Followers, and the weeping Verſe ? 
Thinke you already I doe notdiſdaine 
The mightie tapers, and the ſable eraine 2 
Or ere I doe expire, thinke you my ſoule 
Will be ſo cowardly, tofeare theroll - 
Of a ſad bell, whoſe heauy language goes 
Deadly as if it did intend tocloſe 
Ir's voyce with mine? Thinke you-L doe not ſpic 
The doletullfilence of the Randers by 
As if they all were ſpeechleſſe, and from me - 
Did draw one generall ftupid ſympathy ? 
 Methinkes I heare the filly VVomen fay 
Hee is whole-cheſted; and will goe away 
By dying upward, and ſome other erie 
It that my legges be cold, E doclye. 
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Another maketh Triall ofmy Breach .- | 
Thus doe Lheare/em furniſh me tor Death, 
But 6 let me not heare. them, let my price 
Bee buſie chen in purchafing alight : - 
More ſiveet then Life it ſelte, may wholly I 
| Beefix'd in thoughts of Immorralitie.. 
 Lertmethenanaudacious Client. ſtand 
Prefling to Kifſe my.unſeene Sauiours hand, . 
And let mebee ſo buſie in my Prayers _.. 
That not the Feareof Death, nor ougly cares Ibo 
Throng' in the memory may difturbe the Soule: :- - 
Which now is neere to-Heay'n her capitoll.. * - - 
In thelaſt Triumph, after-Conqueſt wonge -. ' - 
O'ce Deathand Hell z and grim Perdition, 
"Tis a toy te thinke when life is paſt 
That Fate did lagge, or elſe made too much haft 
When wee dic quickly, or by tedious Age 
Fulfill the circuit of Lifes Pilgrimage 
 Inmy opinionaDay-ag'd Child ..._ _. 
Hath when ic dyes a race as well fulfill'd 
As Clyma&terick Old men; I confeſle 
Not with ſo many out-rodes, yet no lefle ' 
Exactly. | Nature doth ayerre the ſame PEE 
And a dayRoſe, alwell an Age may claime ;. + © 
As the long liued Oake : Though Time devoure - 
The one fo ſlowly th'other inan Houre. 
If cauſe I'dyebefore you, yourepine | 
Tc thinke you enuy at thisbliſſe of mine_.. . _.-;.... 
And wiſh't your owne, there's nought butfinne in me 
That could deſeric long life, and miſeric : 


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Which Sinne, the God of Mercy quell'd, and check't 
The caufe, and after tooke ae theffe& 
| Long lite; or if becauſe 1dyeſo ſoone 
And come into mine Evening at the Noone 
And full Meridian of mine age, you erre * 
Anddoenor know what blifle the Fares conferre 
On mec hereby, by which I ſhall obtayne . 
As I now dyeto riſcat laſt againe 
In freſher youth : The Marriner behold 
To gather up alittle Pelfe and Gold / 
Contemned Death; If hee doe chance to finde 
Ancarer Cutto Chizs, or to Inde © _ 
Reioyceth, and ſhall wee who through this vale 
And gulte of miſcric in Life doe'fayle. 
' Grudge ifthe Fates doe ſhow anearer Haven, . 
Our Purchaſe being no Gold nor Pelfe but Heaven? 


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Savouring of Mo ortification, written 
and ſent m the time of the late; 


_ » Viſtarion of the Plague, to bis . 
' deere Brother H.H. in 


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Ml Eare Brocber , am ſorry your other 
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morrow : which me thinkes cannotchooſe but pute- 
ucry mantin minde how carefull hecought to bee, that 


_ though in our Kinred and Friendſhip wee be ſepara- 


ted on-Earth, wee way by true repentance, and relin- 
quiſhing our ſinnes, gaine tha blifſe rharar the reugi- 
on againe of louleandbody, inthar Fhappyoomagnt- 


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12 dome of our grear G OD : bee fa that jk Gd 
FE | for ther\ to'dyc'to gairica bertcr life,” and for us, whit 
3 by their deaths wee may learne and Prepare'c ur ſelue: 
ro dye.” Ak Brother ! thinke not this/ is a timeRhets 
_ ricallyto ſerforch'aforrow; or palbon thee , thinke net bi 
4, my heartſpeakes whar I'wtite; eward of 
Sinne, I know: the: value of a Soule, bene 
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fiſt you: 'Yer-I defireyou notatiy:way todeje. your 
ſelfe (onely inthe bumiliacionforidfirine):in this great 
Aſfizcs of Almighty God where we all are brought co = 
our Trials, For my felfe I thanke the comforting Spi- 
rirof God, I haue not becnetheſg, many. yearcs/in ſo 


great ſecuritic as I am in this time of imtninent dan- 


ger:' When anery minute cellingme I muſt die, and 
fo NG De Rab oang owand but _ be-. 
gin to liue ; alas the time that I ſpent before was but 
death, and-I lin'd but-in'a' dreame, A man in my. 
judgement never more-liues than when hee is moſt 
mortified ; I perſwade my ſelfe that man ſhall ne- 
ner dic who did while hee liu'd. Brother, I am re- 
folu'd ſo ſoone as this-heauy Storme. is our to enter 
my ele into the Orders of the M:niſtrie, wherein I 
doubt not but to fandeſuch Friends as quickly to pro- 
uide my ſelfe of an honeſt .and competent liuing, 
 God\is:my judge I ſhall not bee at quier till by 
truely labouring to ſauc others Soules I aſſure mine 
owne ſaluation. If God lend mea longer life, this is 
my reſolution ; if otherwilc,it bee his will to take mec 
from hence, though1 could not in my Life, I beſeech 
' GodtharI may glorifichim inmy Death. Ipray.you 
when you wrice to Covextry tO remember my hum- 
bleftdutic tomy deare and aged Parents, tro whom 1 
doubt not yet but by adding ſome comfort co their 
grey-hayres , to requite partly my former difobedi- 
cnce :defire both them and my Brothers aud Sifters to 
_ prayfor mee,/as I doe for wr Brother,I muſt _- 

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Faith. | 


eA Confeſsion of my Sinn 


O number my finnes O Lord is impoſſible, 
| | for they haue bin infinice ; to meaſure them 
>» out, paſt humane vkill, for they haue'bin im- | 
menſe, and ah 1 too great to repent truely for-chem 
not in my power, without the grace of thy holy Spi- 
ric: to obtaine pardon for them incredible, bur 
through the infiniccnefle of thy ſtillready mercy, and 
the all-ſufficient-merits: of my dearc Saviour and Re- 
| deemer : yet (6 good Lord) were my finnes number- 
lcfſe as the Sands, or Atomes that flit through the 
ayre ; yet ſhould they neuer compare in number with 
thy Mercics ;z werethey for quantitie not tobe com- 
prehended, thy goodnefſe ſhould ſurpaſſe them : for 
qualitic not to bee mentioned, foule and abhomina- 
ble, thy Purencfſe is able ro make them eleane, and 
turnes the blackeſt of them-into whitenefle of Snow, 
their deepeſt graine of ſcarlet into wooll. Ihaue fin- 
ned, I haue highly finned, (6 Lord)-I haue long fin- 
ned, and ſhall ſtill- finne unlefſe thou helpe (6 Lord) 
unlefle thy grace prevent.” To amend my life (6. Lord) 
I haue made many and earneſt vowes; when thou haft 
bur gently afflited mee; in my health I have ever ſlip- 
ped backe, and trodden in the fteppes of my former 
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| Coe IT Lordders Tevped bit nnd 
nuall mjſcric that I-may. know thee >-Yer (6 Lord) © 
knowing that thy Will isnortodeſtroy,but preſeryice, 
- thy Glory to forgiue, not puniſh, and. my Saviour as | 
willing as able' to:bee ai powerfull Mediatour with 
thee, tor ys Sinners the priccofhis birter Paſſion, In 
the name of ir,.in the name of thy Goodneſſe;; thy 
' * Mercy, haue mercy good Lord upon mec, who re- 
quire many drops of my Saviours blood to clenſe 
my Sinnes, ſo ſhall I praiſe thee i» -the Land of the /z. 
wing before I goe into the Graue, and there CBK no 
more Temembranenck eee + +is 4:4. F 


: A Merricall Ver on of part of 


P3ALME, 73 


ET Sr Gov lears 1/raell. and all 
FEE whoſe hearts are cleane, yet I 
Had like &haxe let my feet to fall: | 
And trodden in iniquitie: 
| Becanſe 1-did the bad ungodly [ce 
Stand fil and FOREes in Proſperitic.. 


- Deaths perill they ro never feare,. 
k Bus ſtrong Re" fragt 
= ' © ' Nor like 191 misfortunes beare, 
| | | "Nor fo Zr 4 wer 82d dine. 
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Aud over-whelnid, in Cracltie abide, © 


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Doe whatſoe're they can devife- 
Others they doe Corrupt,- and. ſay 
Moſt wile and wicked blaſphernies : 
Nor flicke\they 10 revile the God of micht 
And againſt Heaven [xg forth malicious  ſpight. 


Thus all the wk 'rhey dee infect" 
_ Whith makes the filly people goe 
Aſide, and fall unto thetr Sep 
T binking that they are bleſſed ſor" - : 
Taſb how, ſay they, ſhall God perceine what : wee 
Doe heere, fball bee from high our actions ſee? 


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Mr. T. C. the Authors endeared 


Fricod his Pamical Verſion on. 


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The Dreads of Night, _ Darts «ia 


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Returne : deliver my Souledoe. F 
A-* L-this. Plalme of Darrp is Prayer s and 


as one-faid, the very dreames of the righteous 

-Dbee prayers.co:'G.o v::S0 the very.Songs of 

D av r tarmnbyr ;: Inthe beginning ot the Plalme 
he uſeth only a deprecatoric prayer,Rebuke me nor,chc. 
but _ hee comes _ that Kay > of 
prayer, that Impudency, that. violence of-prayer',; as 
Anſtize laith, Vyhen wee earneſtly Pray, Queſf ago 
fatto Obſidemins Dew, and as the: Mathemarticianſaid, 
Hee could deuiſe. an-Inſftrument would. remoue the 
whole fabricke of theworld, if any-one could but de- 
uiſe him a place where to ſettle ir. So D av1vhaning 
as it wereſetled this greatinſtrument-of-Prayer upon 
GoÞ ,turnes and as.itwere fteeres him which way he 
will.” Retarne 2 which: implics thac: hee had bin there 
before , for as God firſt made Flowers and Trees be-- 
fore he madethe Sunne, but after a Paradiſe when the 
Sunne did vivificate it 5 ſo God-makes Man before 
the Sunneof Grace ſhineupon-him, but then makes 
him aliuing Paradiſe; when'eeinſpires the, Sunae. of 
i uſneſſc into our Soules ; and! that is one kinde 
returning to us; yea, when by many relapſes of fin 


wefall from God,hce giues us againe grace torepen- 
tance, that is-another returning; There betbrec man- 
nerof fignifications of the originall word Skwba, here 
| ; ulcd; 


abus God veniecoth Jerraws 
rhe fouled 3 tht ae TRE Pew 5 with 
drawing his judgements. rom us, The third; whenwe 
by*his corre@tions returne to him ; as it ſaid Tyre 
and $idow would: bauccturned in Sackcloth a and. 
fhes;whererhe ſameword Shub, in uf 
_ tionisuſtds1- The ſecondyErpe:. Thethire 
Saloum me'fac, which implies ſuch. a Lalbation a as 
comes by Curtsr Insvs, the Origanall becing | 
Tfhag, whence I's $'vs comess: (+> - Te 
The knowledge of God, is as2ob ayes fhis tjend 
( ro ſpeake with reverence?) a wiſerible confolacion, 
without wee know him to bee our Saviour'z'the very 
. Ath6iſts thoughthey would denieit, the Lord wilby 
the nahi] rt moue'them to confefle'r 
GOD; yea, they ſhallconfeſle there is a G 
ſhall not know him a Saviour» FI; 
It is firange:how' inallthe Old Tefarete ied. 
<icnts didabhorte, diſtaſt andprayagazinft Dearth; 
though they tid know it was: EO 
and indeed if we conſider deathas it is; life and it ma' 
be put in an equall balance, ax wherrPaulthoughr 
'himſelfe how goodubdy Oriou:  jroldberſori ] 
robequir ofthis? lepilgrimag; 
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\Butdivers expound this place myſticall for the 

death andhell of finne. Fork without CI In 

,- turalldeath wee praiſe God berter than in this dying 
F life. Yea, it is ſaid that Dry ns knew Avzan ain 
Hell; and had a Charitable care of his Brethren on 
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CERTEINE MEDITATIONS, | 


By ABRAHAM HoLtan. 


"Commended and bequeathed to-his dee- 


\xcſt Mother, Mrs. Awnnzs Horrann; his 
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Letthe words of wy manth and the meditations efiny 
beart bet alwayes acceptable in thy hehe, O Lord, my 
frength and my Redeemer, 

Fromt bu Led thine wenedis ſerne thee, in 
_ © and rigbteouſneſſe all the dayes of my life. 
Rene, 0 Lord, belpe my anbelecfe. 


Mavpirar. Is 
Onv.! let mee carcfull examine my ſclfe what 
Lins one te wh tlr bes Las (0 
Harte the inhpirig f thy ks ull 
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bee ſodainly chrough the reward of finne worſe than 
Nothing Io (OLord) beforc I was, Predeſtinare | 
by thy depth of wiſcdome;ither to eternall Glory, or 
cuerlaſting Sorrow: I-am almoſt uncertaine, poote . 
worme as I am, by the innumerable heape. of-mine 
owne finnes, and-the infinite goodnefle, and mercies 
of Cxxrsr,which ſhall light on-mee : I may bee by 
a too late and falſe, or a true and contrite repentance, 
ſubic& to either, I'was ( O Lord) in my Mothers 
wombe conceiued in the fonlenefle of Sinne: Tam (O 
good Lord!) adayly heaper of aftuall Sin upon ori- 
ginall Corruption: VVhat can I then expe@but thac I 
juſtly may be cheayme & marke of thy impartiall ven. 
geance ? Bur (O Sweet Lord !} I was Jouedot thee 
before Þ was borne : be daily -preſetued- by*thee 
thouglrinthe middeſt of my.iniquitics ;-and am-in 
hope: that thtoughche alblufficient: Morits: and. Suffe. 
ring of thy bleſſed Sonne, to-bee ſaucd-after deach 
from the powerof Sinne and Hell, and with him glo- 

 rified eternally +: Lecme then with ſhame. remember. 
what I was, and bluſh wichſoerow what I-amy and re. 
pent with ſorrow what I may bee; and netable, -- --.. 


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[Ex mee (O Lord) judicilly both contemne and 


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Cerieine Meditations. 
the gate of eve en ; Peare it, asthe wayes of Sinne 3 
Comernt being the reward and pay of along mi- 
ſery : LE mee fcare not the Arreſt of it, bur the Exc- 
tion-t let me contemneit, knowing: C xx 15x is'my | 
Common-Baylc # Feare it, asa Monſter ; but Cor! 
teimne it as being Naturall, Lee mee not ſee the face 
of it wichout trembling , but embrace with con- | 
tempr,8&c, | ; 


— OO III - ——m_——þ Aw. 


A. Briefe Meditation. 

M*'. heart is broken (O Lord) and my diftrafted 
LY thoughts wander vp and downeto finde out thy 
Mercy, mercy ſecke(O Lord; )judgemeat fitteth ar 
thy feet (juſt God) and Mercy on: thy: right hand, 
merciful Father : giuc her lcaue alittle( O-God) to 
ſhew her pleaſing countenanceunto me the moſt vile, 
hainous, and preſumptuous of all finners. _ - 

O-L ox», wee haue ſinned, and thou haſt punith- 
ed (O Lord) wee till finne and thou fill doeft puniſh, 
giue us Grace ( Good Lord) that wee may {inncno 
more, that thou mayſt deſiſt from puniſhing, Let us 
die (O Lord) that wee may notdie, and fo firitly by 
the witneſſe of our Conlciences judge and Condemne 
our ſelues that wee be neither feucrely judged nor juſt- 
ly condemned by thee : who both canſh, and defireft, 
if wee will truely repent ſhew-thy Iudgement milde, 
and thy Mercy infinite. Lord, as of mee*haue Mercy 
oh all and ſhow the lightof thy Countcnance, and we 


ſhall (OLord) bee whole, Auzn, 
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ON the ſodaine-I cannot chooſe bur thinke them: 
madmen or children,who ſtand in feare of Death, 
and yet me thinkes cuen thus they are wrong-named, 
ſince neither Mad-men, Fooles nor Children, feate 
Death; alas ! ſhall ſimplicitic,and ſencelefſe Folly. doe, 
more with them,than reaſon orReligion-can doe with 
us 2.Shall the Sea-roſt Mariner be forrie that from ten-. 
thouſand dangers of the Sea hee isarriued arhis ſafe 
and long:defired Hayen > Shall the fterved- Priſoner: 
repine if after many yeares wofull Captiuitic hee be at. 
laſt ſer at wiſhed Libertic ? Shall che tormented Sick-- 
mangrudgeif from a longand languiſhing Diſeaſe, a 
ſpeedy medicine reftore him to bis former-perfe& 
health 2 Is not our Life a ſea of troubles > A lothſome 
dungeon? A lingring fickneſſe? Is not Death the $kil- 
full Pilot chat guides us to Heaven ? Is-not hee the 
good. Iudge that ſers us art libertic 2 The-5kilfull 
Phyſician that cnres que Mortalitie, and reſtores us to 
Eternall life 2 VVhat doe weelſe by defiring long life; 
bur like the ingratefull z/raehrtes; deſire to Continue at 
their former | -pots;in making Brick and Clay un- 
der hard taskmaſters,in the Egipr of this finfull world, 
and fo keepefrom the Canaan of neuer-decaying hap. 
pinefle ? . 


Is itnotmadneſſe in deſiring Long life to refuſe E- 


rexnall lite > Shall wee be ſuch cowards to feare - ſha- - 
| _ dow? 


eA' eMeditation. 

dow: the ſeperarion- of the Soule from-Gad onely 
indced is Death, the ſeperation of the Soule from the 
Body.is but the ſhadow of Death. Shall we bee ſuch 
fooles to ſeeke to (ſhun that which neuer man could 
{cape ? Shall we bee fo faint-hearted ro feare athing fo 
common and certaine ? Vas euer poore Labourer 
ſoric after his painefull dayes worke to repoſe himſelfe 
in (lcepe? Shall wee then ouerlaboured by a toileſome 
| lifegrudge to goe to our fweer, long and Care-ending 
{leepe > Shall wee defire ſtill to bee in our Nonage, 
and not like heires of Eternity, receiue our eucrla» 
King Inheritance 2 Our life is a Baniſhment from the | 
heavenly Ieruſalem z ſhall wee bee grieued by Death 
to returne from Exile > VVhy feare wee Death which 
is- but 'the Funerall of our Vices , the reſurreftion 
of our Graces, and theday wherein God payes us our 
wages. Life is ncuer {weet to them that feare Death: 
neither can he feare any Enemy that feares not death ? 
Did ſome ofthe Heathen, bur reading an uncertaine 
 Diſcourſeof Lifehereafter,fecke their owne Death to 
come unto it z/ and ſhall wee, certaine that there is a 
Life hereafter full of unſpeakcable felicitie, bee affraid 
of the way which Go p hath ordainedas a paflage to 
it? Death is our yeare of Iubile, and ſhall weenot re- 
' loyceinir? Let 1 Hen then (O'Lord) who de- - 

fires to bee free'd from finning and offending 

thee, cry out with Payi, 7 deſire to 

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in the aforeſaid Viſitation, 


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Eternall G op! ro whom by Creation. wee 
0) owe our Beeing from nothing -; by SanCtifi- 
% cation of thy holy Spirita better beeivg from 
worte than nothing : by Redemptionand Adoption a 
joynt Inheritance and Brother-hood+ with the King of 
' Glory Isxsvs Cunrer, by whom wee arc bold ro 
call thee Father, neirher art thou aſhamed to acknow- 
ledgeus Sonnes.. For all a dapne (O Lord) wee 
giue thee moſt humble thankes, in that ithath pleaſed 
thee to preſerue us to this time from the dangetsof 
Hell and Death : butcſpecially (O'good Lord) thar 
thou haft giuen us a ſence andfeeling of our owne. 
finnes and miſery, ſothat wee may call for Mercy be- 


fore wee goe into the Graue and bee ſeeneno more: 


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Vee moſt humbly and upon the Knees of our ſoules 
doethanke thee (O Lord!) that in this thy great Viſi- - 
tation, this great Aſſizes of thine,this A Plague 
wherein-the Graue hath ſwallowed up fo many thou- 
ſands; that -it hath pleaſed thee to.command thy ra- 
ging Miniſter the Defrojing Angell bur geiitly to 

-"rouch us, with an Arrow that was not pointed with 


Death, as if hee had fayd tous ; Gor away Sinwe no more 
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' lefb4 worſe. thing: fall- upon. 30u...\Vce:confelle, (0 
Lorg) chatour ſtanes delerued equally, yeamorethan 
theirs, whom thou haſt taken away, and yer (O Lord) 
wee ſtill remaine to praiſe thy Name in the laxd of the 
Living. Which-if thou doeſt continue.( O Lord) 
thou haſt ingaged us to a ſodaine and ſpeedy newneſle 
of _ with _ Perm on for our. former moſt hay- 
nous finnes, and a living 1 Holineſſe and Righteouſne(/e 
all the dayes of onr life, But it 1o bee this bee av 
gleame of thy:mercy to trie our Faith and Conſtancy, 
and that thou. haſt ordained ar this vime. to make an 
end of our lives moſt wretched Pilgrimage, thy will 
bee done ( © Lord.) But 6.ſpeake Peace unto our 
 Soules that they need not tremble ar this great Sepe- 
ration.. O Lord, wee know Death is but a ſhadow, 
and the feare of it moreterrible than i felfe.” Let nei- 
ther the ouglineſſe of it nor of our finnes diftract our 
mindes when they haue moſt need to bee bufie in.ab- 
taining thy grant of a better life, Blot out all our of- 
fences 0 Fora) and the manifold finnes of our 
youths. make chem (O Lord) though they bee red as 
Scarlet, yet, as White as the well of thy inmaculate 
Lambe CuxistIzsvs. Waſh them (O Lord) in bi 
lard and by bis wounds let wa bee healed from the ftin- 
* king ſores and ulcers of putrified and feſtred Sinne-; 
Sothat (O Lord) we may ſwilear Death and embrace 
the very tetrour ofie, Repell (O Lord) the Divell and 
all his miniſters, who in theſe times of affliction are 
moſt ready to lay before our weake ſoules a arge Ca- 
- talogue and bill of our moſthaynous offences,;telling 
us that thou art a juſt G OD, and wilt not heare the 
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To whom with thee the Father and the 
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Id not Religion controll 

[ would fay ; Farewell my Soulc, 

Burſo much as may. depart,... . 
Fatewcll, I ſay, my foulc and hearr ! 
Since from thee Ime fore'd to flic 
Ile enterno meane Hereſic, 


But will thinke it may agree 


A Body without Soulc, that's thee: 
Thou haſt my ſoule (and ſo behau'd) 


Iaminhopeit may bce fau'd: 


My hcarr's in thee, or mee, or both, 
Ad yct if ſeperate, I am loth | 
Thou haſt ner all, know for thy part, 
I am a njggard of my heart. 
Farewell 1 fay, and though'tis paine 
To fay this word, Farewell againe, 
M Farewell, 


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eAbmbams Holland, 
Hauing mademanyEvr1Tayns for 
others, made this Epitaph for himſelfe, 


and on his Death- bed, dictated ir 
to his Brother, H, H.” © 
(.) 
Pg that wilt beſtow 
Somuch time to read this, know, 
Here's one a laſting ſleepe doth take— 
Till ChriſtsT rumpet bid him wake- : 
T bu 1 that Cole wheretotheman 
 Thatlyeth here interred ran, 
T hu the Race-end, towhich at mo$t, 
Ft canbe ſaid that hee rode Pot. 
Let Him. ſleepe quiet, and doe T hou 
Leaue Sinne_-, not by and by, but now, 
Delay not houres which ſwiftly glide_ 
eAs afull Torrent or quicke Tides. 
Knowing thusmuch,yood Chriſtia, paſſe, 
But with this Thought, I am, He was. 


Denatus 18. Februarjj, 162 5. 


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buma edita ſunt, ) 


CHARACTER, "Op 
S' qurs prenomen capiat cognoſcers noftrun., 
HENRICI nomen Lympha Secrata dear. 


7ng, ro MICHAEL feito , ſums natus & ortts, Septemb.v58; 
('briftiadus ſumpſi nomen. in Ade tha. | 
7lla luce mibs dileff a adjungitur Uxor _ Septemb.16tr g 


Cognovi ſocium nofe priore thorum.., 

Hic MICHAEL Magnus Princeps peſiundabit ones 
Papicolas iftis T artera tetra patent, 

Det Pater Omnipetens , famulo mihi poſſe beatum. 
Sortire in (@lo, cum MIiCcHaELE Locum, 


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ES Aliud, 
CHARACTER ACROSTICON, 


vice. Eeitayatj. 


ic , mihi ne rotum delerent Funera Nomen.,; 

ftendam vite rem, Loca, Nom'1,, eAvos, © 

aude wigent patres, vidit COVENTRIA NatunL, 

uce nova * HENRI CV M rome fignat aqua, 

patrie gremio, LONDINVM excepit adultums, Anno, r59g. 
utrit jdem- : Chara cum Pare Liber ago : 
ivins cords eff verbumL : Mihi Roma perofa : 
ita quidem tenuts , fit mibi grata tame. 

S olague poit Mortem, Caleftia dona ſuperſint, 


Miki Roma peroſa, 


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