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[]ily in tears: ... [e]legy, ... []ed death of his Grace ... Duke of Gloucester, ... [p]allace at Windsor, on Tuesday the 30th· ... [y]ear of his age.
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Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.161.f.2[99]
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ãâ¦ã ââ¦ily in Tears â LEGY ãâ¦ã ââ¦ed Death of his Grace ãâ¦ã Duke of Glocester ââllace at Windsor on Tuesday the 30th ãâ¦ã ââ¦ar of his Age. But t is our Sins makes Fatal Stars Combine To snap in sunder England's Royal Line Our mighty Monarch when this News he heaââ He will Lament in sad and Brinish Tears Such disââl News ne're Touchâ⦠ãâ¦ã Here needs no Daubing Flattery to Paint A Vicious Mortal for a very Saint No Poets Art to praise him now he 's gone Who had so many Virtues of his own His Youthful Heart rejoyc'd in Englands good And though a Child for our Just Rights he stood Yet while we Sigh what Fate will have must be No Power on Earth can alter Heaven's Decree The Great the Good both Old and Young must Die A Debt to Nature due none can deny No Heirs to Crowns can be Exempt from Death The Greatest Monarch must resign his Breath Here lies a Princely Body in the Dust A Child in Years yet Pious Wise and Just The hopes of England's Glory and Renown Tho not on Earth in Heaven he wears a Crown