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A46618 On the death of the Lord General Monck T. J. 1670 (1670) Wing J42; ESTC R37004 1,223 1

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ON THE DEATH OF THE Lord General MONCK WHo 's Body is deceas'd Old Albemarl's He whom our grateful gracious Lord King Charls Cal'd Father He that did out-wit the crafty Rump-Rulers with their Committee of Safety He that without Ieast loss of Bloud did bring Our much desir'd long banish'd Lord the King Home to his Crowns and Kingdoms Is He gon Why then a Pillar of the State is down Great Brittain may put on a Mourning dress The Court hath one great Constellation less No loyal Englishman that now draws breath But hath a fatal int'rest in his death For the whole Kingdom was concern'd in Him The Body Politic hath lost a Limb The Camp doth miss an Arm the Court an Eie The King an Heart fild full of Loyaltie As he had Prudence Courage Worth and Wit So he had Fortune which makes all things hit As He had Resolution to Doo So He had judgment to know When and How VVitness his Iter Boreale when He was mysterious to the wisest men And did not agitate so much with Swords As by a well-rul'd Regiment of VVords Intricate motions which though high and right VVere swift and subtle as a Swallows flight For though besieg'd with Questions Foe nor Friend Could tell to what intent his March did bend In brief 't was destin'd by Divine Decree In God's High Court that He and none but He Should have the fate though much before was done To fix the injur'd Heir safe in his Throne VVhich our abstruse Star-students could not see But put a Period to Monarchie And did proclaim their Sence with Tongue and Pen That we should never have a King agen By His example we may all agree That Honesty is the best Policie And that to do things justly may befriend A man in the best way to his own End In this wise Art he was a man compleat And by his being Good grew to be Great For we may see by what was lately done His only aim was not Ambition For when He had his Dukedom and Repose In the Kings Arms Enfranchis'd from all foes In his old Age His Loyalty was such He ventur'd Life and Honour ' gainst the Dutch No petty Peril but as fierce a slaughter As could be acted by Sword Fire and Water Where He was liable by one small shot To leave at once even all that he had got This Action made it Evident he stood Not for His own End but His Country's good VVhich made the King invite him to retreat Never was King and Subject better met Or ever did things with more due regard One to Deserve and tother to reward No King such Servant in such great disaster Nor ever Subject had a better Master But Death hath parted them and VVe in gross At once may weep for Him and the Kings loss His Epitaph LEt no profane igneble foot tread nere This hallowed piece of Earth George Monck lies here A small poor Relict of a noble Spirit Free as the Air and ample as His Merit Whose least perfection was large and great Enough to make a Common man compleat A Soul refin'd and cull'd from vulgar men Who brought King Charls to his lost Crown agen Who for Religion and His Countreys good Valu'd not Fortunes Honors Health or Bloud Here Here He lies who lov'd unto the end The Church the King his Country and his Friend T. J. London Printed for William Thackeray in Duck-Lane 1669.