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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11260	A funerall elegye in memory of the late vertuous Maister VVilliam Peter of Whipton neere Excester. By W.S.; Funerall elegye in memory of the late vertuous Maister William Peter of Whipton neere Excester	W. S., fl. 1612.; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, attributed name.	1612 (1612)	STC 21526; ESTC S112133	8,997	23

is noblenesse And such as haue that beauty well deserue Eternall characters that after death Remembrance of their worth we may preserue So that their glory die not with their breath Else what availes it in a goodly strife Vpon this face of earth heere to contend The goood t' exceed the wicked in their life Should both be like obscured in their end Vntill which end there is none rightly can Bee termed happy since the happinesse Depends vpon the goodnesse of the man Which afterwards his praises will expresse Looke hither then you that inioy the youth Of your best dayes and see how vnexpected Death can betray your iollity to ruth When death you thinke is least to be respected The person of this modell here set out Had all that youth happy dayes could giue him Yet could not all encompasse him about Against th' assault of death who to relieue him Strooke home but to the fraile and mortall parts Of his humanity but could not touch His flourishing and faire long-liu'd deserts Aboue fates reach his singlenesse was such So that he dyes but once but doubly liues Once in his proper selfe then in his name Predestinated Time who all depriues Could neuer yet depriue him of the same And had the Genius which attended on him Beene possibilited to keepe him safe Against the rigour that hath ouer-gone him He had beene to the publick vse a staffe Leading by his example in the path Which guides to doing well wherein so few The pronesse of this age to error hath Informed rightly in the courses trew As then the losse of one whose inclination Stroue to win loue in generall is sad So specially his friends in soft compassion Do feele the greatest losse they could haue had Amongst them all she who those nine of yeares Liu'd fellow to his counsailes and his bed Hath the most share in losse for I in hers Feele what distemperature this chance hath bred The chast imbracements of coniugall loue Who in a mutuall harmony consent Are so impatient of a strange remoue As meager Death it selfe seemes to lament And weep vpon those cheeks which nature fram'd To be delightfull orbes in whom the force Of liuely sweetnesse playes so that asham'd Death often pitties his vnkind diuorce Such was the separation here constraind Well-worthy to be termed a rudenesse rather For in his life his loue was so vnfain'd As hee was both an husband and a father The one in firme affection and the other In carefull prouidence which euer stroue With ioynt assistance to grace one another With euery helpfull furtherance of loue But since the summe of all that can be said Can bee but said that Hee was good which wholy Includes all excellence can be displaide In praise of Vertue and reproach of Folly His due deserts this sentence on him giues Hee dy'de in life yet in his death hee liues Now run's the method of this dolefull song In accents breefe to thee O thou deceast To whom those paines do onely all belong As witnesles I did not loue thee least For could my worthlesse braine find out but how To raise thee from the Sepulcher of dust Vndoubtedly thou shouldst haue partage now Of life with mee and heauen bee counted iust If to a supplicating soule it would Giue life a new by giuing life againe Where life is mist whereby discomfort should Right his old griefes and former ioyes retaine Which now with thee are leapt into thy toombe And buried in that hollow vault of woe Expecting yet a more seuerer doome Then times strickt slinty hand will let 'm know And now if I leuel'd mine account And reckon'd vp in a true measured score Those perfect graces which were euer wont To wait on thee aliue I aske no more But shall heereafter in a poore content Immure those imputations I sustaine Learning my dayes of youth so to preuent As not to be cast downe by them againe Only those hopes which fate denies to grant In full possession to a captiue hart Who if it were in plenty still would want Before it may inioy his better part From which detain'd and banisht in th' exile Of dimme misfortune ha's none other prop Whereon to leane and rest it selfe the while But the weake comfort of the haplesse Hope And Hope must in despight of fearfull change Play in the strongest closet of my brest Although perhaps I ignorantly range And court opinion in my deep'st vnrest But whether doth the streame of my mischance Driue me beyond my selfe fast friend soone lost Long may thy worthinesse thy name aduance Amongst the vertuous and deseruing most Who herein hast for euer happy prou'd In life thou liu'dst in death thou dyed'st belou'd FINIS

The home of his condition and estate Hee well prouided gainst the hand of need Whence yong-men some time grow vnfortunate His disposition by the bonds of vnity So fastned to his reason that it stroue With vnderstandings graue immunity To purchase from all hearts a steddy loue Wherein not any one thing comprehends Proportionable note of what hee was Then that hee was so constant to his friends As hee would no occasion ouer-passe Which might make knowne his vnaffected care In all respects of triall to vnlock His bosome and his store which did declare That Christ was his and he was Frendships Rock A Rock of Frendship figured in his name Fore-shewing what he was and what should be Most true presage and he dischargd the same In euery act of perfect amitye Though in the complementall phrase of words He neuer was addicted to the vaine Of boast such as the common breath affoords He was in vse most fast in tongue most plaine Nor amongst all those virtues that for euer Adorn'd his reputation will be found One greater then his Faith which did perseuer Where once it was protested alway sound Hence sprung the deadly fuell that reuiu'd The rage which wrought his end for had he been Slacker in loue he had beene longer liu'd And not opprest by wraths vnhappy sinne By wrathes vnhappy sinne which vnaduis'd Gaue death for free good wil and wounds for loue Pitty it was that blood had not beene pris'd At higher rate and reason set aboue Most vniust choller which vntimely Drew Destruction on it selfe and most vniunst Robd virtue of a follower so trew As time can boast of both for loue and trust So henceforth all great glory to his blood Shall be but Seconds to him being good The wicked end their honor with their sinne In death which only then the good begin Loe heere a lesson by experience taught For men whose pure simplicity hath drawne Their trust to bee betrayd by beeing caught Within the snares of making truth a pawne Whiles it not doubting whereinto it enters Without true proofe and knowledge of a friend Sincere in singlenesse of heart aduenters To giue fit cause ere loue begin to end His vnfain'd frienship where it least was sought Him to a fatall time-lesse ruine brought Whereby the life that purity adorn'd With reall merit by this sudaine end Is in the mouth of some in manners scorn'd Made questionable for they doe intend According to the tenour of the Saw Mistooke if not obseru'd writ long agoe When men were onely led by Reasons law That such as is the end the life prooues so Thus Hee who to the vniuersall lapse Gaue sweete redemption offring vp his bloud To conquer death by death and loose the traps Of Hell euen in the triumph that it stood Hee thus for that his guiltlesse life was spilt By death which was made subiect to the curse Might in like manner bee reprou'd of guilt In his pure life for that his end was worse But ô farre bee it our vnholy lips Should so prophane the Deity aboue As theerby to ordaine reuenging whips Against the day of Iudgment and of Loue The hand that lends vs honour in our dayes May shorten when it please and iustly take Our honour from vs many sundry wayes As best becomes that wisedome did vs make The second brother who was next begot Of all that euer were begotten yet Was by a hand in vengeance rude and hot Sent innocent to be in heauen set Whose fame the Angels in melodious quiers Still witnesse to the world then why should hee Well-profited in excellent desires Bee more rebuk'd who had like destiny Those Saints before the euer-lasting throne Who sit with crownes of glory on their heads Washt white in bloud from earth hence haue not gone All to their ioyes in quiet on their beds But tasted of the sower-bitter scourge Of torture and affliction ere they gained Those blessings which their sufferance did vrge Whereby the grace fore-promis'd they attained Let then the false suggestions of the froward Building large Castles in the empty ayre By suppositions fond and thoughts vntoward Issues of discontent and sick despaire Rebound grosse arguments vpon their heart That may disproue their malice and confound Vnciuill loose opinions which insert Their soules into the roule that doth vnsound Betraying pollicies and shew their braines Vnto their shame ridiculous whose scope Is enuie whose indeuors fruitlesse paines In nothing surely prosperous but hope And that same hope so lame so vnpreuailing It buries selfe conceit in weake opinion Which beeing crost giues matter of bewayling Their vain designes on whom want hath dominiō Such and of such condition may deuise Which way to wound with defamations spirit Close lurking whispers hidden forgeries His taintlesse goodnesse his desertfull merit But whiles the minds of men can iudge sincerely Vpon assured knowledge his repute And estimation shall be rumor cleerly In equall worth Time shall to time renew't The Graue that in his euer empty wombe For euer closes vp the vnrespected Who when they dye dye all shall not intombe His pleading best perfections as neglected They to his notice in succeeding yeeres Shall speake for him when Hee shall lye below When nothing but his memory appeares Of what hee was then shall his vertues grow His beeing but a priuate man in ranke And yet not rank't beneath a Gentleman Shall not abridge the commendable thanke Which wise posteritie shall giue him than For Nature and his therein happy Fate Ordain'd that by his quality of minde Tennoble that best part although his state Were to a lower blessednesse confin'd Blood pompe state honour glory and command Without fit ornaments of disposition Are in themselues but heathnish and prophane And much more peacefull is a meane condition Which vnderneath the roofe of sa●e content Feeds on the bread of rest and takes delight To looke vpon the labours it hath spent For it 's owne sustenance both day and night Whiles others plotting which way to bee great How to augment their portion and ambition Doe toile their giddie braines and euer sweat For popular applause and power 's commission But one in honour's like a seeled Doue Whose inward eyes are dim'd with dignity Do's thinke most safety doth remaine aboue And seekes to be secure by mounting high Whence when he falz who did ere while aspire Fal's deeper downe for that he climed higher Now men who in a lower region liue Exempt from danger of authority Haue fittest times in Reasons rules to thriue Not vext with enuy of prioritie And those are much more noble in the mind Then many that haue noblenesse by kind Birth blood and ancesters are none of ours Nor can we make a proper challenge to them But vertues and perfections in our powers Proceed most truly from vs if we doe them Respectiue titles or a gracious stile With all what men in eminence possesse Are without ornaments to praise them vile The beauty of the mind