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A97083 Britannicæ virtutis imago. Or, The effigies of true fortitude, expressed to the life, in the famous actions of that incomparable knight, Major Generall Smith, who is here represented, June, 1644. Walsingham, Edward, d. 1663. 1644 (1644) Wing W649; Thomason E53_10; ESTC R21145 21,181 34

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foule an action Our Major Generall now wounded desires those faithfull Gentlemen not to suffer him to come into the enemies hands but convay him to some place where he may a while repose with security They bring him immediately to the Phisitian Generall to be drest who unfortunately missed his mortall wound discovering onely a bruise on the same side beneath it and therefore concludes he is out of danger upon this they bring him to Woonston a village 5 miles from Winchester where his Troope lately quartered here after he had drunke a posset and warm'd himselfe a while he desires to lye downe and rest a bed is prepared and he lyes downe immediately falling to sleepe which considered together with the courage he supported his mortall wounds made us confident he was out of danger his being so hearty and no sighs or groanes to be perceived as generally in dying men He was no sooner awake but he began to question how farre we were from the enemy what time a night it was and what was become of our Army and after falls into a formall discourse wherein he dispatcht some particular things concerning himselfe which because they were private I omit which done he lyes downe againe and said the conceit of our men running away did more trouble him by farre then his wounds and though others were hardly induced to beleeve it both now and before he expressed in a mild manner that his life was neare a period and conjured me by all the love and respect I ought him to certifie his Deare Mother that he died with a quiet conscience and a resigned mind hoping likewise that she would not take his death with too much heavinesse but rather rejoyce that she had a son to shed his bloud for his Soveraigne A truly Christian and Heroicall speech which though but short comprised the very Elixar of true fortitude loyalty and piety After this he prayes making an excellent act of perfect resignation saying O my Lord and God out of thy infinite goodnesse have mercy upon mee who cast my selfe into thy blessed hands heartily wishing that thy divine will may be performed in mee whilst he was thus like the Swan singing so sweet a dying Ode with eloquence scarce usuall in his life time his carriage is made ready to take him from danger imminent to a place of more security and so to Oxford if it were possible He notwithstanding his deadly wounds comes down staires on foote ascends the carriage with that stoutnesse as hardly hath beene seene in a dying man all the symptomes of paine you could perceive in him was sometimes he would bite his nether lip when his pangs with most extremity came upon him When we drew neere Andover he began to say his senses being a little astonished Good my Lord let us charge up againe let us charge them once againe and the day is ours As soone as we entred the towne he began to invoke the sacred name of Jesus often repeating it with a soft voyce as if he had taken taken a gust and sweetnesse in the divine vertue of it Shortly after over against the signe of the Angel in a mild and sweet repose he expired where it would have grieved the hardest heart to have seene him round enclosed with sundry Gentlemen condoling with teares the untimely end of so Peerlesse a Gentleman Thus alas you have seene how this Worthy of our Age one of the prime flowers in our English Garden is cut off in his youth at the age of scarce thirty yeares who seeing he was arriv'd to such an eminent excellence in so short a time what might we have expected from him had he attained but a mans age His body at Oxfora is entertained with exceeding griefe both to Court and City whilst his buriall is preparing at the Colledge of All-Soules in the Chancell his body is exposed to the peoples view whither a great number of all sorts resorted some to view his wounds and many to behold the man of whom fame had proclaimed so great things and for whom now there was so universall lamentation The next day being the first of April in the afternoone were his Funerall rites solemnized with as much ceremony as the shortnesse of time and meanes of preparation for one of his quality would permit The manner whereof was briefly thus First three Trumpets with black Scarfes went sounding very dolefully before next his Horse whereon he was slaine was led by a Page and covered in black to the ground upon which were placed his Escucheons of Armes Then two Heralds went carrying his Sword and Spurres the Corps were carried by Gentlemen of his owne Troope whilst the Pall set with Escucheons was supported by the Earles of Cleveland and Rivers the Lord Herbert of Ragland and the Lord John Somerset his brother Six Colonels on each side the Corps three carried his Armes Then followed the Right Honourable the Lord Carington as principall mourner accompanied by the Earle of Lindsey Lord Great Chamberlaine of England and the Earles of Northampton and Dover from persons of that degree an extraordinary respect with divers others of the Nobility after these came all the chiefe Commanders of Horse and Foot then in Oxford with a multitude of other Gentlemen In this solemne manner proceeded they to Christ-Church and in the South-east corner of the Chappell on the Southside of the Quire was the body of this renowned and gallant Souldier deposited at the head of the late Viscount Grandison Where after the Office of buriall was performed this following expression in honour of his memory was made by Somerset Herald THus it hath pleased Almighty God to take out of this transitory life unto his divine mercy the valiant and most worthy Gentleman Sir JOHNSMITH Knight descended of the ancient Family of Carington from Sir Michael Carington Standard bearer to King RICHARD the first in the Holy-land who for his signall valour in rescuing His Majesties Banner Royall in the Battaile of Keinton after it was possest by the Rebels at that time received the Honour of Knighthood from His Majesty in the field and since in sundry other Battailes against the Rebels hath given singular testimony of his loyalty and valour especially in that memorable Battaile of Bramdean on Friday last the 29 of March where having received severall wounds in pursuite of victory he dyed of them the day following at And over and here in Oxford is now interred God save the King Here lies our noble Heroe whose memory exacts both from his Family and our Nation a Monument to adorn his triumphant ashes which I doubt not but either of them will performe rather then suffer the least staine of so great neglect or ingratitude rest upon them In the meane time will I make bold to inscribe an Epitaph upon this living monument which I now erect unto him His Epitaph Immortalitati Sacrum SUspend your teares whilst I declare Whose ashes here enshrined are This Tombe