terram repetat pars altera coelum Nec mutas mores caela petendo tuos At vale â—…am faciem nequeo discernere gratam Qua mihi semper erit gratia sed arcta nimis Arcta nimis sed amaena satis dum fider a vultum Splendida praestantem continuere tuum Sie perijt quod terra parit quod verticâ—… coeli Profluit in coelum tendat alta petat Aliud Hic fitus est Satyruâ—… qui stupra latere potentum Impatiens patiens limina mortis adit Englished Heere lies a Satyre now reduc'd to dust Who scourg'd dâ—…sertlesse honour great mens lust These taxt He roundly and had vow'd to doe it More boldly yet if He had liu'd vnto it ¶ A Funerall Poeme vpon the death of the hopefull yong Gentleman Mast. Will. Horsey who deceased the 24. of Aprill Ann. Dom. 1615. Plants that transplanted are haue 〈◊〉 grouth Yet fares it otheâ—…ise with this blest youth For he transplanted to another Sphere Perfects that tender grouth which he had here Tender indeed yet me thinks there appeares Age in his houres though youth was in his yeares For by experience of this surâ—… I am Neuer came childe more neere vnto a Man Well may we then excuse his mothers mone To lose her Sonne and that her onely One Whose hope gaue life vnto her house and her If mothers erre in this they lightly erre For natiue loue must â—…eeds enforce a teare To see them laid on Beare whom they did beare To see their Birth turn'd Earth their very wombâ—… Which brought them forth conuerted to a Tombe Yet this should make his mother change her song To see her hope translat'd ' boue hope so yong To see her onely and now happy Sonne To haue his Pilgrime-taske so quickly done But shee ha's lost him no he is not lost For where He seemes to lose He gaineth most And though He haue not Her He ha's another For now the Church triumphant is his Mother Feeding his infant-glory with her pap Dandling him sweetely in her heauenly lap For this is confirm'd by the sacred word He cannot die that dieth in the Lord. Cease then thou tender Mother cease to wâ—…epe Thy Sonne 's not dead but onely falne asleepe Which sleepe dissolu'd his corps shall be vnited Vnto his soule amongst the Saints deligâ—…ted Peace happy Soule crowne thy eternall daiâ—…s With wreath of glory to thy Makers praise That as thou liu'd a Mirror to thy Age So thou may shine in Sions heritage His Epitaph Heere interred in this Tombâ—… Yong yet vertues hopâ—…full Bloome Fathers Boy Mothers ioy Shrined is yet from this shrine There 's a substance that 's diuine Which no graue Can receaue Making claime to Heauens pure clime ¶ The Author vpon his selected and euer to be remembred E. C. Parragon for beautie and vertue who died the 5. of Decemb Ann. Dom. 1615. Take mother Earth thy virgin-daughter heerâ—… Bornâ—… on her Bere ere shâ—… was borne to bâ—…are Take her for of her wonders may be said Heerâ—… one and 〈◊〉 lies who di'dâ—… a Maid ¶ Vpon the much lamented Death of the vertuous virgine A. T. in Scarborough lately deceased and of her sorrowfull Parents incessantly moned Dead say no more shee 's dead keepe in that word It will goe neere to drowne her teare-swolne Foord Why He must know it true yet such as these If grieues should be imparted by degrees How must they be imparted By her Tombe It cannot speake Such grieues are seldome dumbe Vpon her Tombe Weepe weepe Rosemarie sprig and shew remorâ—…e Thou shold haue deckt her bride now decks her corse ¶ Vpon the Tombe of ..... lately erected ..... Perhaps thou may haue Shebnaes doome To haue thy corps deuided from thy Tombe And haue name of that crest thou gaue thy Neighbor To close thy corps in Earth and saue this labor How fond then thou to build so costly Shrine Neither perchance for * thee nor none of thine Yet if thou want thy Tombe thou shalt not misse To haue thy Epitaph and this it is ....... Is Dead The cause if you would know His winde-pipe burst and he no more could blow ¶ Vpon a late deceased Pinch-gut Macer dide rich they say but it 's not so For he dide poore and was indebted too How shâ—…ld that be Obserue me and I le tell ye He dide indebâ—…ed bâ—…th to backe and belly For all he scrap't from his Atturnies Fees Seru'd but to starue his Maw with bread cheese So as'mongst those we rightly may him call Whose life spent lesse then did his Funerall For all his life his House scarse eate one Beast Yet Dead his Sonne makes vp the Churles Feast ¶ This the Authour wrote vpon an excellent Bowler and his Friend aptly resembling Mans life to a game at Bowles The World is the Alley whâ—…re we play The Bowles we play with Creatures that we vse The Rubs the Passioâ—…s of our minds the way Needs no Ground-giuer there 's but one to chuse The way of all Flesh Seauen's our Game we say For Seauen yeere is liues-lease that limits vs The Blocke our end which when it drawâ—…th on We poâ—…ke our Bowles and so our Game is done ¶ Vpon a singular Irishman By him lies heere I finde from whence we came Where we must goe how lifâ—…'s an Irish game This day in health and wealth next poore sicke For Irish games haue still an Iriâ—…h tricke ¶ Vpon the death of one Cookes wife an Inscription allusiue to her name Death 's the cooke proâ—…ideth meate For the crawling wormes to eate Why shouldst thou then Cool e repine Death should dresse that wife of thine All must die yea time will be Thou wilt thinke he pleasur'd thee For no question being told She was sâ—…plesse 〈◊〉 old He thought fit she'sd liue no longer That thou might chuse out a yonger This then on her Age thy youth May be writ as grounded truth Heere she lies long may she liâ—… Ere she d. de was wish'd to die This the Author presently composed vpon this occasion being with sundry Gentlemen at Waltham exceeding merrily disposed one Cooke a neighbour of the Hoasts where he lay came suddenly in pitteously lamenting the death of his wife being newly departed euery one laboured to allay his sorrow but by how much more instant were their comforts by so much more violent were his Passions at last the Author perceiâ—…ing by his Hoast that he expressed a dissembling sorrow being impatient of her life and therefore by all probabilitie inwardly content with her death being an old decrepite woman and He in the Prime of his age in stead of all vnnecessarie comforts applied this soueraigne Discourse as a salue to his griefe without further premeditation coenae fercula nostrae Mallem conuâ—… quà m placuisse cocis Englished As in my choise of meate so in my Booke I 'd rather please my guests then please my Cooke ¶ In Actorem Mimicum cui vix parem
Epitaphs on which our discourse doth principally consist they are deriued from the Greeke signifie as much as an inscriptioÌ„ or any thing which is placed or-fixed vpon the Tombe Quae in scitis scutis quorundam Regum vidimus saith Lipsius as Epycedion deriued from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or lugubria canere are writ before or after the corps interred but not vpon the Tombe being more dilated measures either expressing the memorable actions of his life or if nothing worthy in his life at least modestly to shut vp his deserâ—…lesse life with a commemoration of humane frailty silencing â—…he person lest his description should minister either matter of offence or assentation of offence if truely expressed of assâ—…ntation if aboue merit praised Hee that neither benefited himselfe nor his Countrie but vt Canis in presepi was rightly demonstrated with this Impressa Hic Vir diu fuit This man was long but liued not long for life and being haue an essentiall difference We are said to liue when we expâ—…esse our life by externall effects knowing â—…or what wee were ordained for what borne not to retire our selues from publique affaires for priuate ease but to further our Countrie and propagate her glory by serious and vigiâ—…ant managements both at home and abroad This man is said to liue that hath left some monument or testimonie behinde him that he liued We are only saâ—…d to be when we only breathe respectles oâ—… either publique or priuate imitating those Flies Ephemerae which fliâ—…ker a little with their wings limiting their life within one day presently die These as the Philosopher saith spirant tantùm non viuunt But too much of them both die Yet this is the difference the one dying leaueth a testimony behinde him that hee once lâ—…ued The other being dead hath no hope that his memory shall euer bee reuiued Many pretie Epitâ—…phs the Romanes vsed briefe yet ample enough to describe the nature of the person whom they would haue memorized Virgil writing on one Balista a great sword and buckler-man as I may terme him frequenting places of aduantage to rob and surprise passengers vnawares cheeres the poore way-faring-man with â—…his comfortable inscription on Balistas graue Who ere he be that passeth by this way May safely trauell both by night and day And that he may confirme it with his eies Vnder this heape of stones Balista lies Or thus Since the time Balista heere interred was Or day or night the Traueller may passe And that vpon his Flie or Gnat Heere I expresse what thou once did to mee Solemnizing thy death to honour thee And that of Sylenus the drunken Swaine Vnder this tuft of wood lies there a Swaine Came drunke to Earth went drunke to Earth againe And that of Minos king of Crete Heere Minos lies who plai'd the Iudge so well On Earth â—…hat now hee 's made a Iudge in Hell This Minos for his excellent iudgement and iustice in Crete being seuere and therefore his attribute was rightly giuen him he was sâ—…id to be 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 rough and seuere exact and austere in all his censures for which cause he was translated from the principalitie of Crete to the tribunall of Hell as Poets faine In the discourse of arguments of this nature as we haue many write Epâ—…taphs some panegyrick in way of commendation and praise others inuectiue to expresse the merite or defect of any person we should be warie heerein lest either by vaine adulatorie praise we giue error a warrant or by too detractiue inuection wee seeme grauius in sepulchra mortuorum calcare that I may vse the Philosophers saying But to omit the vse of Epitaphs which of themselâ—…es haue euer ministred occasion of imitation or detestation I will proceede to the antiquitie of Epitaphs and afterward descend to the seuerall branches which I haue before in my methode to my selfe propounded Epitaphs haue bene euer vsed vpon the Tombes of the deceased to express their Vertues or vices Of all the seuen Sages of Greece not one there is but charactred to the ful by their especiall appropriates and though diuers in contempt of vaine glory or ostentation haue precisely commanded vpoÌ„ their death-beds that no statue shrine nor inscription should be erected or engrauen in theâ—…r memories yet so gratefull was posteritie to so noble predecessors as they would in no wise suffer so Valiant exploits either publique or priuate to bee buried in silence and obliuion Yea euer in those times where fines imperij tueri magis quà m proferre mos erat as in those Golden times and empires of Verores King of Aegypt and Tanais King of Scythia which Historians take to be the first Monarchs and sole Gouernours in the world euen theÌ„ I say were Epitaphs of this nature verie frequent and common and in Ninus time who succeeded or rather dissolued their gouernment we reade Epitaphs euen written vpon his Tombe describing his nature and disposition at large the manner of his discipline in warre the continuance of his Empire or Gouernment and the occasion of his death To speake of the effeminate Gouernment and principality of the Amazons women of incomparable and incredible fortune valour and resolution wee haue yet those Tombes and Sepulchers of the Amazons celebrated to this day amongst those Pagans for the infinite numbers slaine by Hercules in his iâ—…uasion of Amazon where the worthie exploits of those more then women for their disci line and exâ—…erience in wartes are in goldâ—…n Characters registred and recorded We reade euen in those who for their magnanimitie and resolution were termed 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or Heroes men of heroicke dispositioÌ„ to haue had in former times insc iptions vpon their Graues and Monuments to expresse what they were liuing that deserued so exceeding commendation dying Such were Alciâ—…es Theseus Hector Perithâ—…us and the renowne of Greece the auncient Patroclus vpon whose graue whilst Achilles leaned he imagined true valour to be charactred on his Graue and a suffiâ—…ient occasion of exciting and instigating the vnworthiest and vnresoluedst spirits to take in hand managements of greatest difficulty We reade of Tarina Queene of Saca that she was no lesse memorable for her sepulcher surpassing both in bountie specious edifice then the Pyramides of Aegâ—…pt Labyrinth in Crete coÌ„ triued and inuented by Dedalus or that sumptuous Monument erected by Artemisia in honour of her husband Mausolus If we should descend to the Persian Princes elected after the premature death of Cambyses wee shall there more eminently surueigh the processe of their government and their ends some with glorâ—…e and renowne others with no lesse infamie and reproch attaind Yet to vse decencie in the celebration of funerall rites and solemnities for I know that I may vse the morallists opinion there is a vaineâ—…glorie euen in death and as the pompe of death doth more terrifie then death it selfe so doth the pompe of
and nature in one span appeare So lest the name should do the nature wrong Being short by nature name would not be long ¶ Vpon one Flower a hopefull yong Student Mans life 's a flower how should it then but fade Since at the first for dying it was made Yet if this Flower had beene exempted then We might haue thought this Flower not for men To crop no more it was and therâ—…fore giuen As one aboue desert of earth to Heauen Once thou was planted in the Cambrian Groue Where thou was watred with the Students loue But now from thence I see thy glory rise From Cambrian Beakes to Brookes in paradise ¶ Vpon a Reuerend and honourable Iudge of this land was this Epitaph inscribed Who so would Honours frailetie pictur'd haue Let him behold that picture in this graue Where frailetie ne're was with more honours clad Nor more deseru'd those honours which he had Had lasse that we should say wee had thee haue Would be a Tence the state would rather craue Small difference twixt the accents Haue and Had Yet th' one did cheare vs th' other makes vs sad But whence these teaâ—…es whence be they to expresse His worth our want his peace our pensiuenesse For to discribe him in each liniment He gaue his toâ—…gue vnto the Parlament His hands to sacred writ his eare to heare Iudgement pronounc'd his eye to see more cleare In the 〈◊〉 of Iustice and his feete To walke in paths for Christian soules most meete Thus his impartiall tongue hand eare foote eye Show'd him a mirror in mortalitie Yet in his age a Reuerence appeares Many are yong in houres are olde in yeares But he was old in both full seuentie sixe Surpassing Dauids fiâ—…st Arithmeticke Fifty one yeares he with his Lady liu'd That in himselfe his race might be reuiu'd For what was by the vertuous Father done Seemes by resemblance shadowâ—…d in the Sonne Sergeant vnto the Queene Iudge o' th kings Bâ—…nch For twelue yeares space wherein his eminence Did not transport his passions For his thought Fixt on his end esteem'd all honour nought Thus liu'd he thus he di'de liu'd long di'de wel Heere Iudge on Earth now Iudge in Israel Terras Astraea reliquit ¶ Distichon funebre in obit princip ob eximiam corporis mentis temperiem qua licet nos reliquit altiora petit Qui formam mirantur ament Uestigia mentis Illi forma perit nescit at illa mori ¶ An Epitaph vpon the Sonne buried in his Fathers graue Stand goe no further looke but downe and reade Youth fed that body on which wormes doe feede Looke lower downe and thou portrai'd shalt haue Father and Sonne both buried in one graue And what does couer them poore mother Earth Which gaue to Sonne and Father both their birth Thus one to three reduc'd and three to one Sonne Mother Father Father Mother Sonne Make then this vse on 't wheresoe're thou come Earth was thy cradle Earth must be thy tombe ¶ Vpon one who louing honour died ere hee possest it Thus fadeth honour and returnes to nought Which is not got by merit but is bought For it affoords th' aspiring minde small good When wreaths of honour are not drawne from blood Nor from desert for honour cannot bide Being supported by the stayes of pride ¶ Vpon Master Laurence Death an Epicede accommodate to his Name Why should one feare to grapple with his Name Death thou wast liuing and art now the same No I may say farre more renewing breath Tels me th' art liuing for thou hast kil'd Death Liue then victorious Saint still may thou be Though dead by Name â—…et fresh in memory That who so passeth or shall chance to come This way may say Here lies Deaths liuing Tomb. ¶ Vpon one Merie Merie why liest thou like Heraclitus That vs'd to laugh like blith Democritus Thou seemes in disâ—…ontent pray thee tell why Thou liest so sad Thou art learning how to die Learning to die why th' art already dead I st possible that Peter Meries head That was so full of wit so stuft with sage As he appear'd the mirror of this age Peter that knew much and could speake much more Then ere be knew should now fall to deaths store Alas poore Merie wormes begin to feast Upon that skonce fed Gallants with fresh ieasts Those saucer eyes plast in that witty skonse Which vs'd to looke some twenty waies at once For if they had matches beene some might enquire Whether they set thy sparkeling-nose a fire Those hollow eyes I say or lamps of thine Are now like Hogs-heads emptied of their wine For hollow Hogs-heads giue an empty sound And so does Merie being laide in ground ¶ Vpon one Hogge Hog by name and by condition Heere lies Hog that blunt Physition Christian nor good moralist But liu'd and dide an Atheist Yet after death giue Hog his dew He was a foe vnto the Iew. And that he might expresse the same He gloried euer in his name He bad me write vpon him dead Heere lies Iohn Hog or Iohn Hogs-head ¶ Vpon a vaine-glorious Student that would needes be called Aristarchus Fate last night hath beene i' th warke house Of our renowmed Aristarchus Where fate no sooner entred in Then shee a starke-Asse made of him For Aristarchus Authors say Inuited death from day to day But our last Aristarchus prai'd Seeing Death come as one dismaied That he his summons would delay And come for him another day Vpon two Twins that died together Heere lie two faithfull Brothers in one tombe As they did lie together in one wombe Heere they came hand in hand and they do craue That hand in hand they may goe to their Graue ¶ Vpon an ancient Tombe was this inscription found Church-men that should be best of al are pardie growne the worst The Fâ—…x I ken the Prouerb saies fares best when he is curst This Abbot heere that lies in ground proues this to be too true Due would he giue to Prieâ—… nor Cleark yet would he haue his due But marke his end who â—…re thou be for 't was a fearefull end No friend he had as he did thinke to whom he might commend His Gold therefore one day he went to finde out some darke caue Where be might hoord his treasure vp where he this voice receau'd Tâ—… iudgement churlish Nabal had fall presently on thee Wâ—…ich voice being past the Abbot droupt and died presently ¶ Vpon my Lady Woodbâ—…e What would my Lady be lasse shee has sought To rise to something and shee 's falne to nought Poore Lady that so faire and sweete a face Should haue no other home or dwelling place Then a poore Sepulcher lasse it s not meete So faire a Lady should shroud in one sheete Who whilst shee liu'd which was but very now Did vse to lie perfum'd and chaf'd in two ¶ Vpon the same Subiect extracted Looke throgh throgh see Ladies with false formes You deceiue
Temples with a golden wreaâ—… Infusing in their soules eternall breath Thrice blessed vine that in heau'ns Vineyard growes Whose spreading branches farre more beauty showes Then Sun or Moone or th'purest Element Or any Starre within the Firmameâ—…t Such trees we see bring forth the ripest fruit As planted are vpon the waters side Whose liquid streames their neighbour bankes diuide Euen so where Springs of diuine grace doe glide The seeds of Vertue take the deepest roote Where euery sprig both bloome and fruit sends out A Glorious Haruest wâ—…ich what ere betide Is not by stormes dismaide but fructifide Such goodly trees are plants of Paradise Which bring forth fruit in such varieties And such a â—…ree art thou whose noble stem Did nourish Learning Mineruas friends Thy flowrie blossome in their growth extends And after death some fruitfull gleanings sends From Heauen aboue to Earths-suruiuing men That seeing them might seeke to follâ—…w them But most to such as 'bout the Court attends That vertâ—…ous liuâ—…s may weaue their glorious ends For Uertue was as Ariadnes thread That led the liuing and empales the dead What â—…issing Serpent with her venemous sâ—…ing Can hurt thy vertues which be registred In Heauen aboue where th' art canonized And with the fruits of vertue garnished Shining for euer with the suprâ—…ame King Of glorious Sion where the Angels sing Hymns of delight whose Quires are polished With Saphires Emeralds replâ—…nished With springs still flowing full of sweet delight Not cross'd by shadowes of a gloomie night If we be Pilgrims here as sure we be Why should we loue to liue and liue to die If Earthen Vessels why should we relie With such assurance on our frailtie Since greatest States doe perish soon'st we see And rich and poore haue one communitiâ—… In th' eyes of Fate nor could I ere espie In humaine state ought saue inconstancie Times follow Times motion admits nâ—… rest But in this motion worst succeede the best If loue be said to liue honour encrease Or Uertue flourish in despite of Fate I neede not feare this noble Heroes state Though much pursu'd as 't seemes by publike hate His Ship is harbour'd in the Port of peace Where times succeeding ioyes shall neuer cease Great are they sure which none can explicate And great in worth which none can estimate Thus great on Earth and great in Heauen together Uertue with greatnes makes him heire of either Let this same Epitâ—…ph I consecrate Unto thy Noble Hearse expresse my loue And duty both for both doe me behoue If of my poore endeuours thou approue These lines be th' obsequies I dedicate Which though they come like Seede that 's sowen toâ—… late Yet some in due compassion they may moue To plant more cheerefull tendrells in thy Groue Honour attend thy presence famous Herse Too much obscur'd by my impolisht verse Epitaph Mortis vbi stimulus pro me tulit omnia Christus Consul eram primo tempore Consul erâ—… ¶ A funerall Ode O thou heauen-aspiring Spirit Resting on thy Sauiours meriâ—… liue in peace for encrease Blestâ—… this Iland in thy being Mindes vnited still agreeing Peace possest thee Peace hath blest thee Halcyon dayes be where thou dwellest As in Glorie thou excellest Death by dying Life enioying Richer fraight was nere obtained Then thy Pilgrim-steps haue gained Blessed pleasure happy Treasure Thus many distinct ioyes in one exprest Say to thy Soule Come Soule and take thy rest ¶ Vpon the death of the vertuously affected Sr Thomas Bointon a Knight so wel-meriting as his vertues farre aboue all Titles enstiled him worthy the loue of his Countrey Sadâ—… shadie Groue how faire so ere thou show Reft art thou of thy Teare-bath'd maister now Yet grow thou shalt and mai'st in time to come With thy shed-leaues shadow thy Maisters tombe Which is adorn'd with this Inscription Weepe Marble weepe for losse of Bointon Yet he 's not lost for as the Scripture saith That is not lost for certaine which God hath Ceasse Ladie then with teares your eies to dim He must not come to You but you to Him ¶ Vpon that memorable Act atchieued by an Auncestour of the Cogniers in the discomfiture of a Winged-worme or Snake Whose approach was no lesse obuious then mortally dangerous to the distressed Passenger His Monument remaineth in the body of the church at Sockburn where hee lieth crosse-legged which inferreth his being before the Conquest hauing his Fauchion by his side his Dogge at his feete Grasping with the Snake the Snake with the Dogge the renowmed memorie of which Act addeth no lesse glory to the houses Antiquitie then the worthy Knight who now possesseth it gaineth harts by his affability Câ—…lle sub exiguo iacuit canis vnde peremit Aligerum vermem quo sibi fama venit Quo sibi Famavenit veniet semperque manebit Sidera dum coeli gramina tellus habent Paraphrastically translated Vpon a hill his Gray-â—…ound lay till that his Maister blew His writhed horne at whose approach the winged Worme he slew Whece Fame gaue wings to Cogniers name which euer shal be giueÌ„ So long as grasse growes on the earth or stars appeare in heauen Vpon his Tombe Who slew the Worme is now worms meat yet hope assures me hence Who th'worme ore-threwhe after slew the worme of Conscience ¶ Epitaphs vpon diuerse of the Sages of Greece translated omitting Thales and Solon and beginning with the rest originally traduced from Laertius Vpon Chylo Thankes to the blushing morne that first begunne To decke the Laureat brow of Chyloes sonne Which He old-man as ouer-ioy'd to see Fell dead through Ioy I wish like death to me This Inscription also was engrauen on his Tombe Heere Chylo lies in Lacedemon bred Who 'mongst the Seuen was rightly numbred ¶ Vpon Pittacus whose Tombe was erected by the Citie Lesbos wherein he liued beautified with this inscription to perpetuate his memory Within this Tombe doth Lesbos thee enshrine Drencht with their teares and consecrate as thiâ—…e ¶ Vpon Bias whom Priene with all solemnitie and magnificence at their owne proper cost interred Engrauing these verses vpon his Tombe for the continuance of his Name This well-wrought stone doth Bias corpâ—… containâ—… Who was an honour to th' Ionian Pleading his friends cause as a faithfull friend Pausing to take his breath He breath'd his end ¶ Vpon Cleobulus who was buried in Lyndus which boundeth on the Sea-cliffe the situation whereof is shadowed in this inscription vpon his Tombe That wise Cleobulus should extinguish'd bâ—… Lyndus laments enâ—…iron'd with the Sea So as two Sâ—…as neâ—…re Lyndus 〈◊〉 A Leuant Sea a Sea in Lyndus eies ¶ Vpon Periander of Corinth was this Epitaph ensuing found to be engrauen which through the iniurie of time and want of Art in the impressure was so defaced as by the testimonie of Laertius it could scarce be reduced to Sence yet now according to the Originall faithfully translated including a Christian resolution in a
Pagans dissolution reposing a more true happines in his end then in his Birth his exit or passage then his intrat to this Theatre or transitorie Pilgrimage making his diem fatalem his diem natalem the day of his death the day of his birth where Man by an imputatiue goodnesse deduced from God not inherent in himselfe may in his death be rather said to be translated then departed Corinth both wise and rich in treasures store Keepes Perianders Bodie in her shore Continued by Laertius by way of an Epigram Greeue not that Thou shouldst not obtaine thy wish But ioy in that the Gods haue giuen thee this For Thou by death hast past those sorrowes now Which many one would doe but cannot doe ¶ Vpon the much lamented death of the truly honourable eminent patterne of vnblemished Iustice Sir Augustine Nicholls one of our Iudges of the Northerne Circuit who died at Kendall the third day of August Anno 1616. Sic Nicholaus obit potius Nicodemus astra nunc Astraea petit quae moriâ—…ndo tenet Nicholls is dead or Nicodemus rather The Widdâ—…ws cheerer and the Orphans father Dead why it cannot â—…e Iustice should die For she ha's will and power enough to flie Aboue the reach of Death It s true yet Death Haâ—…h reft this Iustice-patron of his breath Of Breath No matter Breath is but a winde That vades but cannot preindice the Minde Where Iustice sits as Regent wherefore then Since Iustice liues should she be mon'd by men As if deceast I le tell you Heere is one Or was one rather for he now is gone Who seeing th' end of Iustice-circuit nie Embracing Death did iâ—… his Circuit die No marâ—…ell then if men do Iustice mone When They do find her mansion vnder stone And hard it is to finde Her whom They seeke As â—… ' heare the stone that couers her to speake This then shall be her Dirge her dying Song Shepleads in heaâ—…en on earth she ha's lost her tong Terras Astraea reliquit Another Dialogue wise Eubaeus and Tymaeus Eubaeus Silence awake not Iustice. Tymaeus Who can keepe the eies of Iustice closed Eubaeus Death and Sleepe Tymaeus Death cannot do it Eubaeus Cannot pray thee see What Death hath done then Tymaeus Lasse how mortally lies Iustice wounded Eubaeus Wounded no shee 's dead Tymaeus Dead Eubaeus Yes see tong pulse arme eie heart hand head all motionlessâ—… come nearer Tymaeus I 'me too near Eubaeus Doest weepe Tymaeus I offer to her Shrine a teare Eubaeus Thou art too childish Tymaeus No if I could more I would expresse it Eubaeus Why didst nere know bâ—…fore Iustice lie speechlâ—…sse Tymaeus Yes but nere did know despaire of her recouery till now Eubaeus No thâ—… hast hâ—…ard that saying 〈◊〉 growne common Tymaeus What might it bâ—… Eubae That Iustice's like a Woman Tymae In what respect Eubae In this it may beâ—…'ed When she lies speechles shee is neerly dead Tymae Most true in both Eubae It is but doe not weepe Let 's vanish hence suffer Iustice sleepe ¶ An Epitaph reduced to the forme of a Dialogue consisting of two Persons and two Parts representing in the Persons Affection and Instruction in the Parts Passion and Consolation prepared at first for the memory of his neuer-sufficiently remembred Father by the Authour emphatically shadowed vnder the name of Philopater The Persons names are Philopater and Philogenes Philop. Sleepes my deare Father Philoge Yes my Sonne I sleepe Philop. Whâ—… then I wrong'd your quiet rest to weepe Sith Christians should not any difference make Twixt Death and Sleepe Philoge It 's true for â—…th awake Both lie them downe both rise botâ—… bedding haue The liuing haue their couch the dead their graue For as our Death by Sleepe is shadowed So by our Bed our Graue is measured Philop. O pardon then my teares Philoge My Sonne I doe These teares thou sheds do thy affâ—…ctioÌ„ show And beare record in Heâ—…uen Philop. Where you are blest Philoge Indeede I am Philop. Heauens grant my Soule like rest ¶ A Diuine composition stiled The Pilgrimes Petition Keepe me O Lord ô daigne my Soule to keep Thou art her Shepheard shee the wandring Sheep Thou art the liuing life the Labourers way The Pilgrims staffe Faiths Anchor Iosuahs day Yea Iosuahs Day-starre who so if thou please Canst make the Sun goe backe without degrees ¶ The Sinners Cymball I cried vnto the Lord he healed me I sicke to death he shâ—…w'd me remedâ—…e I hunger-staru'd he gaue me Angels food I all athirst he quench'd it with his blood ¶ In obitum Thomae Brathwaite optimae spei indolis generosissimae vitae probatissimae fidei integerrimae omni ex parte parati peri tique R. B. Memoriae eius studiosissimus lugubria ista Poemata grati animi pignora diu meditata iam serò sed seriò in publicam lucem prolata Dialogi more ccmposuit Philaretus and Euthymius Philaret Quò redis Euthym. In gremium matris Philaret Quos quaeris Euthym. Amicos Philaret His moriendo â—…ares Euthym. His moriendo fruor Philar. Tunc tibi mors lucrum Euthym. Mâ—…hi lux via vita leuamen Philar. Tunc non amissus Euthy Mâ—…ssus at ante meos ¶ In Anagramma quod sibi ipsi composuit Annulo inscripsit Brathwaite Vita vt herba Vita vt Herba tuum est Anagramma tuaque sub vrna Hoc videam brâ—…uis est vita sed herba leuis Annulus hoc tenuit namque Annulus arctus vt annus Quo velut afflatu fata futura refers ¶ Vpon the late decease of his much lamented friend and kinsman Alleâ—… Nicholson a zealous industrious member both in Church and Common-weale Hauxide laments thy Death Grasmyre not so Wishing I hou hadst bâ—…ene dead 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 agoe For then her market had not so beâ—…ke done But had suruâ—…u'd â—…hy Age in time â—…o come And well may Hauxide grieue at thy Departure Since Shee receiu'd from thee her ancient charter Which Grasmyre suâ—…s since Thou art turn'd to To bring about now haâ—…h broght to pâ—…sse grasse Thus much for thâ—…e nor would I haue thee know it For thy pure zeale could nere eâ—…dure a Poet Yet for the Loue I bore thee and that Blood Which twixt vs both by Natiâ—…e course hath flow'd This will I say and may for sure I am The North nere bred sincerer Pâ—…rer man ¶ In obitum generosissimi viri L. P. genio quà m ingenio minus faelici Franciscus Ridgeway eius memoriae studiosissimus hosce thâ—…eneticos modos composuit Flebo cur amisi memorandi pignus amici Falleris amitti morte peâ—…ente nequit Praemitti fateâ—…r Quis enim non fata capesset Discimur exemplo sic oriendo mori At dolâ—…t exemplis tua fata venisse sub illis Qâ—…is si tu perias fama perennis erit Quid dixi an peries peries sanè corpore quid si Hac species periat mens speciosa manet Altera pars
great Citie Damascus and in stead of a Banner take this sheete this shrowde which thou shalt waâ—…e in the ayre and crie This is all that the victorious Saladine hath left him of all his Conquests Thirdly â—…for the infelicitie of this life diuers Ethnickes haue spoken worthily as Thales who affirmed no difference to be at all betwixt Life and Death and Crates reply who being asked what was the greatest happinesse could befall man answered Either not to be borne or to die sooâ—…e where the entrance to life is Shriking the middle Sorrowing and the end Sighing and better is it to haue no Being then to be miserable by Being confirmed by that sentence of Cneus Dentatus I had rather be dead then liue as oâ—…e dead vacancie from affaires being the graue of a liuing Soule With especiall reason may I seeme to approoue which a spirituall man approues in himselfe of that diuine Oracle The houre of our death is better then the houre of our birth since at the best we are but here in the state of Grace and that is only a glorie inchoate but after in the state of Glorie and that is a grace consummate It might seeme that the Cusani had some superficiall taste of this in bemoning their childrens birth and reioycing at their death but the experience of worldly griefs made them so desiâ—…edly approach their ends for certaine it is Mori velle non tantùm fortis aut miser aut prudens sed etiam fastidiosus potest where our liues louing falles to a loathing and the sacietie of delights being externall and therefore farre from reall breedes a dâ—…staste The consideration of these and many more anxieties whiâ—…h attend man in his Soiorne of Flesh hath no question moued sundry of those diuine Fathers to contemne this life reioycing much in the remembrance of their Dissolution but more especially that ardent and vnfained Loue which they bore to their Redeemer whose glorie that it might be promoted and furthered death seemed to them a singular fauour confirming their loue by the testimony of their faith and such to illustrate our Discourse by instance appeared the affecâ—…ion of blessed Hierome when he publiquely protested That if his mother should hang about him his father lie in his way to stoppe him his wife and children weepe about him he would throw off his mother neglect his father contemne the lamentation of his wife and children to meete his Sauiour Christ Iesus The like appeared the loue of all those glorious and victorious Martyrs during the Ten Persecutions shewing euident proofe of sanctitie in their liues of constancie in their deaths where neyther promise of preferment could allure nor extremest punishment deterre remaining to vse the words of Cyprian as an impregnable rocke amiddest all violent assaults assailed indeede but not surprized threatned but not dismayed besieged but not discomfited appearing like starres in the darke night like greene Baies in the midst of hoarie winter and like liuely fresh fountaines in the sandie Desert I could amplifie this Discourse by instancing the exercise of that Monasticall and Eremeticall life in former time professed and by an austeritie too rigorous for flesh and bloud continued abiding sequestred not onely from all mundane pleasures but euen enemies to humane societie so as rightly might Damascene terme it a kinde of Martyrdome being dead as well to men as to the world but I intend to be short speaking rather by way of admonition then discourse to caution such whose Desires seeme planted on this globe of frailtie accounting death the greatest infelicit incident to man as men incredulous of future good These haue their treasures on earth where they haue indiuidually fixed their hearts for where their treasure is there is their heart also Like I siâ—… Asse idolatrizing their owne gainesse ignorant poore makes how soone they shall bâ—… stript of their imaginarie glorie but these are those filij deperditi sencelesse of Sinne in the Desert of Sinne little knowing how mans securitie is the diuells opportunitie but crying with the Horse-leech More More are not to be satissted till their mouth be filled with grauell whose speedy Conuâ—…rsion I wish before their Dissolution lest Desolation second their Dissolution Yea may this effect worke in them before the day of forgetfulnesse receiue them Moriatur Paulus persecutor Viuat Apoâ—…tolus Praedicator Moriatur Magdalena peâ—…cans viuat poenitentiam agenâ—… Moriatur Matthaeus Publicanus viuat fidelis Dei seruus So shall Death be a passage to a life subiect to no death so entire consolation shall receiue them where their sincere conuersion reclaimed them euer applying this as a chearefull receit to an afflicted ConscieÌ„ce 〈◊〉 est hominis errare nullius nisi insipientis perseuerare in errore True it is that neither Homers vndeâ—…standing though he could reduce what memorable thing soeuer he had read into a golden verse Platoesâ—…it â—…it Aeschynes art of Oratory nor Ciceroes tongue shall preuaile when wee become 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a breathlesse Corps then the hearts sincerity not the excellency of any outward faculty shall bring vs to the inheritance of glory which Saint Augustine compareâ—… to the Sun Pascuntur omnes non minuitur Whence it is that Plato in â—…is Timaeus saith If a man lose his eyes or feete or hands or wealth wee may say of such an one hee loseth something but He who loseth his Heart and Reason loseth all for in the wombe of our Mother the first thing that is engendred or participates forme is the Heart and the last which dieth is the â—…ame Heart and the gift which God craueth of Man is his heart But we haue too farre digressed let vs now returne to those zealous Professors of true Mortification those who laboured in the Spirituall Uineyard and fainted not were persecuted yet failed not were put to Death yet desistâ—…d not from glorifying their Master in their Death All which may appeare by those pregnant places of Scripture I desire to be d ssolued saith Paul and to be with Christ Phil. 1. 23. 24. Neuâ—…rthelesse for me to abide in the flesh were better for yo Neither doth He desire to bee dissolued as weary of suffering vnder the Crâ—…sse of Christ but â—…or the feruent desire he hath to see God in his glorie Againe the faithfull crie euer for the approach of Gods Kinâ—…dome the reward of immortality which with assurance in Gods mercies and his Sonnes passion they vndoubtedly hope to obtain with vehemency of spirit inuoking and inuiting their Mediatour Come Lord Iesus come quickely Reuel 22. 20. Nor doe they ground on a weake Foâ—…ndation Knowing how they that die in the Lord shall rest from their Labour Iohn 5. 24. Reâ—…el 14. 15. O that Man would consider sâ—…ith a religious Father what a sinner loseth to wit Heauen what he getteth to wit Hell whom he offendeth Gods Iustice what he incurreth his vengeance for vengeance is his and heâ—… will repay it Briefly Magna est
such thy night did come too soone And yet we wisht it long agoe at noone But we like Ideots that behold a play Doe censure as the most and as they say And we like Ideots fancie most the Clowne Not noting how some rise and some goe downe Nor doe we note matters well borne in state Nor doe we note ineuitable fate But we alasse in all things are so rude That we runne head-long with the multitude To be and be Commander of great men Was to possesse the hearts of all men then Wherein hadst thou beene either good or bad Thou equallie shouldst all our loues haue had For t is our fashion that we giue the grace Not to the worth of man but to his place This is the cause adoring thee before That in thy fall we scorn'd thee ten times more Rising againe as we thought all put off No man more worthilie was spoken of Yet what mischance did bring thee to thy end We willingly with ignorance commend And but the State doth know a reason why We all say now t' was pittie thou didst diâ—… Thou hadst such worth and faults as few men hauâ—… May thy worth liue thy faults die in thy graue ¶ By Sir W. R. which he writ the night before his execution Euen such is time which takes in trust Our youth our ioyes and all we haue And payes vs but with age and dust Within the darke and silent graue When we haue wauered all our wayes Shuts vp the storie of our daies And from which Earth and graue and dust The Lord will raise me vp I trust ¶ Vpon one Owen a Butler of Oxford Why cruell death should honest Owen catch Into my braine it could not quickly sinke Perhaps fell Death came to the buttrie hatch And honest Owen would not make him drinke If it were so faith Owen t' was thy fault And death for want of drinke made thee his draught Nor so nor so for Owen gaue him liquor And death being drunke tooke him away the quicker Yet honest lads let this content your mind The Butlers dead the keyes are left behind ¶ Vpon one Iohn Parker Here lies Iohn Parker and his wife With his dagger and his knife And his daughter and his sonne Heigh for our Towne ¶ On Mistresse Elizabeth Whorwood Ad viatorem Prosopopeia Si quà m chara virâ—… Câ—…niux pia nata Parenti Mâ—…ter amans fuerim prolis amata meis Si quam Pauperibiuâ—… faciliâ—… quam Casta 〈◊〉 Quam studiosae malincstiâ—… 〈◊〉 Cupis Câ—…nsule quos dixi Quod ab isto cernere Saxo Non poâ—…es ex horum rite dolore pâ—…tes R. I. FINIS a Vide Quintum Curtium in Sup. vit cyr b In the dâ—…scourse of Asia and Affr. vid. Egypt Solem. Funer c Vide Homer eleg samè Graecorum Odyssea errorum Ilias Mad lorum c. d The antiquitie of Tombes c Two auncient Monuments which were called Asyla patrizen f 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 g In vit Nar. frag Monâ—… sub hoc lapidum â—…eg c. h Sicut lingua loquentis proficit in 〈◊〉 â—…udientis ita calaâ—…s scribentis in oculâ—… le gentis ad interiora cordis peruâ—…nit seâ—…sus dirigentis sicut verba instruentis Albin in prâ—…fatio comment in Iohan. i Vide Laert de vit philoso k Tâ—…muli Amazouum p Gladio sua sponte euaginato grauiter 〈◊〉 occubuit Iust 1. lib m Vid. desâ—…r Af fric Qui sepulâ—…ra maiorum ut propria domicilâ—…a â—…resque existimarunt n Alterum enim pessimi incepti exitus praeclari alteruÌ„ c. o Vita omnis turpis maxime adolescentia c. vid. Sâ—…xt Aurâ—…l de Oth. r In capite eius vâ—…luti cornua emeâ—…se runt c. Valer. Max. lib. q Quo cum Tyrannus Hiero c. 〈◊〉 Carthaâ—… ornaâ—…erat c. r Shebna sibi tumula condit quem fata negarunt s The first that buried such as fell in warre t 〈◊〉 Lucâ—…n u Andromach in Hom. called Hector Troiae 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 * Homo ex humo Terâ—…a à terendo Cadauer à cadendo Vermis quia inermis x Quod Seneca in Vatiae tumulum scripsit Hâ—…c situs est Vatia dormire enim magis quam viuere videbatur y Qui pannosus sarmenla collo gerens castra hostium ingreditur Iust. sâ—…cundo lib. a Lucan b Aureliâ—… Mutiae Laeliae Corneliae c Salust d Sceptrum peâ—…it in centrum vergit e Plutarch in vit f Definition of the third Branch g In Cyrus time h Doctorum dictâ—… indoctos doâ—…iores reddunt i Hîc situs est Nullus quia Nullo Nullior esto Et quia Nullus erat de Nullo Nil tibi Christe k Hic situs est sitiens atque Ebrius Elaertonus quid dico hic situs est hic potius sitis est Camb. in Remainâ—… * In hunc ferme modum propâ—…nitur à Mart. â—…pigramma In Monastâ—…is septentriâ—… com pertum crat * Sceâ—… or â—…n Aâ—… 〈◊〉 â—…u patronuâ—… egentem In Nether land * Vid. Martial in nom Thet. Nympham pâ—…storem hoc nomine inducit in Elegijs Eâ—…pigrammat * In adagium habentur pyrobalae Galliae His Epitaph Salust a Meerely resembling that wanâ—…on Amorist in Horace Vixi puellis nuper idoneus Et militaui non sine gloria * This inscription writ vpon the tombe of a memorable Patrician of â—…ome and may be transcribed vnto one of ours no lesse memorable for eminence of place and sinceritie of gouernment * Nibil turpius est quam grandis natu Senex qui nullum aliud argumentum quo se probat diu vixisse quam â—…tatem habet Senec. de Tranq anim * Fulgâ—…buut iâ—…sti vt stelle Quem autem putaâ—… iâ—… eorum mentibâ—… si 〈◊〉 in â—…rum corpâ—…ribus 〈◊〉 illâ—…xisse videriâ—… â—…id Augâ—…st in Mâ—… * Hei mihi quod non est Tempus vt ante fuit c. Ouid. Tempâ—…ra temporibus succedunt pessima primis * Meaning a shadie tuft of trees adioyning to Hannaby his Mannor-house * Antiquae nobilis famâ—…siae de Cogniers domicilium Camd. in Britann * Meaning Sir Iohn Cogniers now deceased â—… Knight no lesse generous then gracious in the eye of his Prince and Countrey * Epitaphium in Dialogi formâ—… compositum * De Ambleside * Orimur Morimur * For neere the time appointed for her Bridall was the day of her Buriall making way no doubt by her earthly Funerall to a heauenly Nuptiall Martiall shadowes vnder the title of Hermuâ—… Sic tibi nec tumulum conde nec Herme tuis * Sic Aesculapius exit vâ—…am in quam omnes redeunt repetâ—… Supremam * Tempora horis non Annis metimur c. Vid. Sen. in Epist. * Nâ—…â—…is pecâ—… qui â—…xemplo peccat c Coeâ—…m respuit vt respiciat terâ—… Amat igitur vt terram amâ—…ttet Caeâ—… d Si grauius vrat aequuÌ„ est quod sileaâ—… Senec. Latere hâ—…c vna salâ—… ibid. â—… Corpus ve Corâ—…icem mentem vt â—…edullam corticem tamen medullae praeposuimus c â—… Primo enim creabatur vt placidè seruiat ancilletur Lipsiâ—…s g Veniet tanquam reâ—… gloriosus è palatio tanquam sponâ—…us speciosus è thalamo August h Miserae anuâ—… Euclyones è qâ—…orum oculis millae lachrimas faciliûs 〈◊〉 quà m vnum è Bulga nummum * Miser nemini â—…st boâ—…us sibi pessimus * Sic spectanda fides Tunc tua res agitur c. â—… Plato caâ—…leth Ambiâ—…ion 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a thing falling out contrary to â—…xpectation n Quo maioâ—…es 〈◊〉 in â—…otentia Gloria co maâ—…or mortiâ—… est de illls â—…depta victoria o Vd. vit Syâ—…il in Plutar. p Vâ—… tyraÌ„nideÌ„ vsurpabaâ—… 〈◊〉 noÌ„ habebâ—…t quâ—… ei succedat 〈◊〉 ibi q Intra 〈◊〉 vit â—…m coercere licâ—…t tranquillâ—… enim est ea vita quae humili cursu progreditur supâ—…a se â—…ltius non extenditur r Et redit aâ—… nihiâ—…um quod fuit antâ—… nihil alibi Recipit populos vrnâ—… ciâ—…atos Sencâ—… s Parcae à non parâ—…endo Qui diu fuit non diu fortasâ—…e vixit Vixiâ—… quâ—… aliquid memoâ—…ia digâ—…um egit u 〈◊〉 ventis agitatur ingâ—…ns Pinus â—…lsae grauâ—…ore casu decidunt Tuâ—…es 〈◊〉 summoâ—… â—…ulmina monteâ—… And the Engâ—…ish 〈◊〉 maâ—… be heere vsed The Gilloflower iâ—… not the woâ—…se bâ—…cause cropt neare the gâ—…ound x Vidâ—…o mellora probóque 〈◊〉 â—…quer Med. in Ouid. Meâ—…am y At the first the Athenians were 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 wise then they â—…ecame 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 louers of wisedome after 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 acure 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 lastly 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 sâ—…btile 〈◊〉 Vide Lacrâ—… â—…n vitâ—… Phil. y 〈◊〉 Britannia appellatur ab Hippolitâ—… ob varias deliâ—…ias totius Vbertatis affluentiam hinc inferâ—…ur Brit. maxime esse omniâ—…m ferâ—…ilem quia amaenissimis insulis compâ—…ratur c. ibid. z Pâ—…lopis vt repetas tanti monumenta laboris Pelope sic curres Hippodamenque tenes Annexed Hippodome tua virtus erit Spes currus habenae Imperium dubij moris amoris â—…runt a Scienti boni mali mala August * Venenatum pomum Declinat 〈◊〉 â—…umque â—…qlubil e â—…ollit* Atalantâ—… b Qui pugnat pugnat vt vincat nec qui â—…ardior erat praelio dignus habebitur â—…anto praemio c Constantij impâ—…ratoris Helenae filius è nube prodiâ—…um est ei appaâ—…ere crucâ—…m in quam impressum est 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in hoc signo vinces d Coronat in nobis donâ—… suâ—… non boâ—… nostrâ—… munerâ—… sua non merâ—…a nostrâ—… August The Authors resolution A prescript â—…orme in wâ—…eping Matth. 5. 4. Luke 6. 21. Rom. 12. 15.