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B03267 An elegy upon that renowned hero and cavalier, the Lord Capel, who (for his loyalty) was barbarously murther'd in the Palace-Yard at Westminster, on the [blank] day of [blank] 16[blank] / Preserved by a loyal person; and never before printed. 1683 (1683) Wing E461; Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.2[157]; Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.3[21]; ESTC R36259 710 1

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AN ELEGY Upon that Renowned Hero and Cavalier THE Lord CAPEL Who for his Loyalty was Barbarously Murther'd in the Palace-Yard at Westminster on the _____ day of _____ 16 Preserved by a Loyal Person And never before Printed SO have I seen a frolick Bridegroom come And guild with smiles the gaudy Wedding-room Joy dancing on his Face whilst in his Eye The young Bride's Blushes kept true Harmony Just with that look the Romans Victors all In Triumph rid unto the Capital But not the Deecij to their Death their Eyes Beheld but Fame Thine blest Eternity Most like the Fire-prooft Martyr that proclaims His Conquest crown'd in Pyramids of Flames In ravishment of Soul and leaves the Toy Of Life not with excess of Pain but Joy I so brave CAPEL fell the Scaffold bore No look of life but he Dying wore Death lookt like Death and all the standers by As if that he had come to see them dye Envy her self Great CAPEL's Triumph sung Earth groan'd his Exit whilst all Heaven rung With a loud Plaudit extasi'd to see This last Great Act of his red Tragedy Treason combin'd call'd Law established Immediate Death by Tyrants menaced Could not his Rock-built Constancy abate But his Just Soul stood still Resolv'd like Fate And had the Machine of the whole World broke The Ruins still had him undaunted took To view his Life would but redrown'd the Eye Of his and Virtue 's Friends Truth 's History Shall write it to the Age unborn and they Peruse it with that Zeal good Vestals pray And that sad Page which tells his Death appears The Winding-sheet of many Sighs and Tears His Life Why 't is a Theme for Angels meet But this I 'le say Of all the Heav'n-bound Fleet Of Crimson Martyrs through the red Sea gon Of England's Treason and Rebellion Except their matchless Royal Admiral CAPEL came richest home in the Ark Loyal Where all the Stars shot Volleys and was giv'n Eternal Welcome to his Haven Heaven London Printed by H. Hills Jun. for W. Davis 1683.