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A47405 An elegy upon the most incomparable K. Charles the I. persecuted by two implacable factions, imprisoned by the one, and murthered by the other, January 30th 1648. King, Henry, 1592-1669. 1640 (1640) Wing K499; ESTC R10769 8,531 21

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AN ELEGY Upon the most INCOMPARABLE K. Charls the I. Persecuted by two Implacable FACTIONS Imprisoned by the One And Murthered by the Other January 30th 1648. AN ELEGY Upon the most Incomparable K. CHARLES the First CAll for amazed thoughts a wounded sense And bleeding Hearts at our Intelligence Call for that Trump of Death the Mandrakes Groan Which kills the Hearers This befits alone Our Story which through times vast Kalendar Must stand without Example or Repair What spowts of melting Clowds what endless springs Powr'd in the Oceans lapp for offerings Shall feed the hungry torrent of our grief Too mighty for expression or belief Though all those moistures which the brain attracts Ran from our eyes like gushing Cataracts Or our sad accents could out-tongue the Cryes Which did from mournful Hadadrimmon rise Since that remembrance of Josiah slain In our King's murther is reviv'd again O pardon me that but from Holy Writ Our losse allowes no Parallel to it Nor call it bold presumption that I dare Charles with the best of Judah's Kings compare The vertues of whose life did I prefer The Text acquits me for no Flatterer For He like David perfect in his trust Was never stayn'd like Him with Blood or Lust One who with Solomon in Judgement try'd Was quick to comprehend Wise to decide That even his Judges stood amaz'd to hear A more transcendent Moover in their Sphear Though more Religious for when doting Love A while made Solomon Apostate proove Charles nev'r endur'd the Truth which he profest To be unfixt by Bosome interest Bold as Jehosaphat yet forc'd to Fight And for his own no unconcerned Right Should I recount His constant time of Pray'r Each rising Morn and Ev'ning Regular You 'ld say his practice preach'd They ought not Eat Who by devotion first not earn'd their Meat Thus Hezekiah He exceeds in Zeal Though not like him So facile to reveal The Treasures of Gods House or His own Heart To be supplanted by some forein art And that he might in fame with Joash share When he the ruin'd Temple did repair His cost on Paules late ragged Fabrick spent Must if no other be His Monument From this Survey the Kingdom may conclude His Merits and her Losses Magnitude Nor think he flatters or blasphemes who tells That Charls exceeds Judea's Parallels In whom all Vertues we concentred see Which 'mongst the best of them divided be O weak built Glories which those Tempests feel To force you from your firmest bases reel What from the stroaks of Chance shall you secure When Rocks of Innocence are so unsure When the World 's only mirror slaughter'd lies Envies and Treasons bleeding sacrifize As if His stock of Goodnesse could become No Kalendar but that of Martyrdom See now ye cursed Mountebanks of State Who have Eight years for Reformation sate You who dire Alva's Counsels did transfer To Act his Scenes on England's Theater You who did pawn your Selves in Publick Faith To slave the Kingdome by your Pride and Wrath Call the whole World to witnesse now how just How well you are responsive to your trust How to your King the promise you perform With Fasts and Sermons and long Prayers sworn That you intended Peace and Truth to bring To make your Charls Europes most Glorious King Did you for this Lift up your Hands on high To Kill the King and pluck down Monarchy These are the Fruits by your vvild Faction sown Which not Imputed are but Born your own For though you wisely seem to wash your Hands The Guilt on every Vote and Order stands So that convinc'd from all you did before Justice must lay the Murther at your Door Mark if the Body does not Bleed anew In any Circumstance approach'd by You From whose each motion we might plain descry The black Ostents of this late Tragedy For when the King through Storms in Scotland bred To his Great Councel for his shelter fled When in that meeting every Error gain'd Redresses sooner granted than Complain'd Not all those frank Concessions or Amends Did suit the then too Powerfull Paction's ends No Acts of Grace at present would Content Nor Promise of Triennial Parl'ament Till by a formal Law the King had past This Session should at Your pleasure last So having got the Bitt and that 't was known No power could dissolve You but Your own Your gracelesse Junto make such use of this As once was practis'd by Semiramis Who striving by a subtile Sute to prove The largenesse of her Husbands Trust and Love Did from the much abused King obtain That for three dayes She might sole Empresse reign Before which time expir'd the bloody Wife Depriv'd her Lord both of his Crown and Life There needs no Comment when your deeds apply The Demonstration of her Treachery Which to effect by Absolon's foul wile You of the Peoples Heart your Prince beguile Urging what Eases they might reap by it Did you their Legislative Judges sit How did you fawn upon and Court the Rout Whose Clamour carry'd your whole Plot about How did you thank Seditious men that came To bring Petitions which your selves did frame And lest they wanted Hands to set them on You lead the way by throwing the first stone For in that Libel after Midnight born Wherewith your Faction labour'd till the Morn That famous Lye you a Remonstrance name Were not Reproaches your malitious aim Was not the King's dishonour your intent By Slanders to traduce his Government All which your spightful Cunning did contrive Men must receive through your false Perspective In which the smallest Spots improved were And every Mote a Mountain did appear Thus Caesar by th' ungrateful Senate found His Life assaulted through his Honor's Wound And now to make Him hopelesse to resist You guide His Sword by Vote which as you list Must Strike or Spare for so you did enforce His Hand against His Reason to divorce Brave Strafford's Life then wring it quite away By your usurping Each Militia Then seize His M●gazines of which possest You turn the Weapons 'gainst their Master's Breast This done th' unkennell'd crew of Lawless men Led down by Watkins Pennington and Ven Did with confused noise the Court invade Then all Dissenters in Both Houses Bay'd At which the King amaz'd is forc'd to flye The whilst your Mouth 's laid on maintain the Cry The Royal Game dislodg'd and under Chase Your hot Pursute dogs Him from place to place Not Saul with greater fury or disdain Did flying David from Jeshimon's plain Unto the barren Wildernesse pursue Than Cours'd and Hunted is the King by you The Mountain Partridge or the Chased Roe Might now for Emblemes of His Fortune go And since all other May-games of the Town Save those your selves should make were Voted down The Clam'rous Pulpit Holla●s in resort Inviting men to your King-catching Sport Where as the Foyl grow cold you mend the Sent By crying Privilege of