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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19828	A funerall poem vppon the death of the late noble Earle of Deuonshyre	Daniel, Samuel, 1562-1619.	1606 (1606)	STC 6256; ESTC S109266	6,063	23

It being the fairer worke of maiestie With fauor to reward than to employ And as thou saidst that naught thy heart did grieue In death so much as that time would not yeeld Thee meanes to shew thy zeale that thou mightst liue T' haue done but one dayes seruice in the field And that faire bed of honour died vpon And with thy bloud haue seald thy gratefulnesse To such a royall Maister Who had done So much for thee t' aduance thy seruices Which were indeed of that deseart as they Might aske their grace themselues although we see That to successe deseart hath not a way But vnder Princes that most gracious be For when our kingdome stood in state t' haue lost The dearest purchase that it euer made And what it bought with that exceeding cost Of bloud and charge to keepe and to inuade As neuer nation payd a dearer prise For such a peece of earth and yet well paid And well aduentur'd for with great aduise And happily to our dominions layde Without which out-let England thou hadst bene From all the rest of th' earth shut out and pent Vnto thy selfe and forst to keepe within Inuiron'd with incroching gouernment Where now by this thy large imperiall Crowne Stands boundlesse in the West and hath a way For noble times least to make all thine owne That lyes beyond it and force all t' obay And this important peece like t' haue beene rent From off thy state did then so tickle stand As that no ioynture of the gouernment But shooke no ligament no band Of order and obedience but were then Loose and in tottering when the charge Thereof was laid on Montioy and that other men Checkt by example sought to put it off And he out of his natiue modestie As being no vndertaker labours too To haue auoided that which his abilitie And Englands Genius would haue him to doo And did aleadge it was a charge vnfit For him to vndergo seeing such a one As had more powre and meanes t' accomplish it Then he could haue had there so little done Whose ill successe for that he knew his worth So great as if there could haue beene redresse He had effected it in him brought forth Discouragement that he should there do lesse The state replide it was not lookt he should Restore it wholy being so disrent And onely now if possibly he could But hold it vp it was sufficient So that it did not fall asunder quite Being thus dishiuerd in a desperate plight With courage on he goes doth execute With Councell and returnes with victory But in what noble fashion he did sute This action with what witt and industry There is no roome to place it in this streight Time and my present griefes do disappoint My willingnes Besides being of that weight T is sinne to place it in a narrowe point And better now say nothing then to say But little there remaines for this behind A Trophey to b'erected that will stay To all posterityes and keepe in minde That glorious worke which did a kingdome saue Kept the Crowne whole made the Peace we haue And here I will omit to shew therefore His management of publike bus'nesses which oft are vnder fortunes conduct more Then ours and tell his priuate carriages Which on his owne discretion did rely Where with his spirit was furnisht happely Milde affable and easie of accesse He was but with a due reseruednes So that the passage to his fauours lay Not common to all commers nor yet was So narrow but it gaue a gentle way To such as fitly might or ought to passe Nor sold he smoke nor tooke he vp to day Commodities of mens attendances And of their hopes to pay them with delay And intertaine them with faire promises But as a man that lou'd no great commerce With bus'nesse and with noise hee euer flies That Maze of many wayes which might disperse Him into other mens vncertainties And with a quiet calme sincerity H'effects his vndertakings really His tongue and heart did not turne backes but went One way and kept one course with what he ment He vs'd no maske at all but euer ware His honest inclination open fac'd The friendships that he vow'd most constant were And with great iudgement and discretion plac'd And Deuonshire thy faith hath her reward Thy noble friends do not forsake thee now After thy death but beare a kinde regard Vnto thine honour in the Graue and show That worthinesse which merits to remaine Among th'examples of integritie Whereby themselues no doubt shall also gaine A like regarde vnto their memory Now muttering enuie what canst thou produce To darken the bright luster of such parts Cast thy pure stone exempt from all abuse Say what defects could wey downe these deserts Summon detraction to obiect the worst That may be told and vtter all it can It cannot finde a blemish to b'inforst Against him other then he was a man And built of flesh and bloud and did liue here Within the region of infirmitie Where all perfections neuer did appeare To meete in any one so really But that his frailtie euer did bewray Vnto the world that he was set in clay But yet his vertues and his worthinesse Being seene so farre aboue his weaknesses Must euer shine whilst th' other vnder ground With his fraile part shall neuer more be found And gratitude and charitie I know Will keepe no note nor memorie will haue Of any fault committed but will now Be pleasd to bury all within his Graue Seeing onely such lie euer base and low That strike the dead or mutter vnder-hand And as Dogges barke at those they do not know So they at such they do not vnderstand The worthier sort who know we do not liue With perfect men will neuer be so vnkinde They will the right to the disceased giue Knowing themselues must likewise leaue behinde Those that will censure them And they know how The Lion being dead euen Hares insult And will not vrge a passed error now When as he hath no party to consult Nor tongue nor aduocate to shew his minde They rather will lament the losse they finde By such a noble member of that worth And know how rare the world such mē brings forth For neuer none had heart more truly seru'd Vnder the regiment of his owne care And was more at command and more obseru'd The coullours of that honesty he bare Then that of his● who neuer more was knowne To vse immodest act or speach obscene Or any leuity that might haue showne The touch but of a thought that was vncleane So that what euer he hath done amisse Was vnderneath a shape that was not knowne As Iupiter did no vnworthinesse But was in other formes not in his owne But let it now sufficient be that I The last scene of his act of life bewray Which giues th' applause to all doth glorifie The worke For t' is the euening crownes the day This action of our death especially Shewes all a man Here onely is he found With what munition he did fortifie His heart how good his furniture hath bene And this did he performe in gallant wise In this did he confirme his worthinesse For on the morrow after the surprise That sicknesse made on him with fierce accesse He told his faithfull friend whom he held deere And whose great worth was worthy so to be How that he knew those hot diseases were Of that contagious force as he did see That men were ouertumbled Sodeinely And therefore did desire to set a course And order t' his affaires as speedily As might be ere his sicknes should grow worse And as for death said he I do not wey I am resolu'd and ready in this case It cannot come t' affright me any way Let it looke neuer with so grime a face And I will meete it smiling for I know How vaine a thing all this worlds glory is And herein did he keepe his word Did showe Indeed as he had promised in this For sicknesse neuer heard him grone at al Nor with a sigh consent to shew his paine Which howesoeuer being tiranicall He sweetely made it looke and did retaine A louely countenance of being well And so would euer make his tongue to tell Although the seruor of extremity Which often doth throw those defences downe Which in our health wall in infirmity And open lay more then we would haue knowne Yet did no idle word in him bewray Any one peece of nature ill set in Those lightnesses that any thing will say Could say no ill of what they knew within Such a sure locke of Silent modesty Was set in life vpon that noble heart As that no anguish nor extremity Could open it t' impaire that worthy part For hauing dedicated still the same Vnto deuotion and to sacred skil That furnish perfect held that blessed flame Continued to the last in feruor still And when his spirit and tongue no longer could Do any certaine seruices beside Euen at the point of parting they vnfolde With feruent zeale how onely he relide Vpon the merits of the precious death Of his redeemer and with rapt desires H'appeales to grace His soule deliuereth Vnto the hand of mercy and expires Thus did that worthy who most vertuously And mildly lind most sweet and mildly dye And thus Great Patrone of my muse haue I Paid thee my vowes and fairely cleerd th' accounts Which in my loue I owe thy memory And let me say that herein there amounts Something vnto thy fortune that thou hast This monument of thee perhaps may last Which doth not t'euery mighty man befall For lo how many when they die die all And this doth argue too thy great desearts For Honor neuer brought vnworthinesse Further then to the Graue and there it parts And leaues mens greatnesse to forgetfulnesse And we do see that nettles thistles brakes The poorest workes of nature tread vpon The proudest frames that mans inuention makes To hold his memory when he is gone But Deuonshire thou hast another Tombe Which is erected in a safer roome Samuell Daniell FINIS