Selected quad for the lemma: death_n
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A97165
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The apprentices lamentation together, vvith a dolefull elegie upon the manner of the death of that worthy, and valorous Knight Sr. Richard Wiseman.
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P.W.
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1642
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Wing W87; Thomason 669.f.4[45]; ESTC R210701
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675
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the_o apprentice_n lamentation_n together_o with_o a_o doleful_a elegy_n upon_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o death_n of_o that_o worthy_a and_o valâ—rous_a knight_n sr._n richard_n wjseman_n the_o apprentice_n lamentation_n for_o the_o death_n of_o sir_n richard_n wiseman_n thus_o die_v the_o mirror_n of_o the_o time_n who_o fate_n we_o dare_v not_o murmur_v at_o to_o expostulate_v and_o reason_n with_o the_o deity_n t_o be_v sin_n nor_o dare_v we_o wish_v the_o act_n undo_v again_o with_o brow_n contract_v and_o with_o moisten_a eye_n it_o be_v lawful_a to_o lament_v his_o obsequy_n and_o not_o to_o praise_v his_o worth_n be_v to_o detract_v here_o a_o omission_n will_v be_v think_v a_o act_n of_o base_a ingratitude_n and_o yet_o who_o know_v to_o express_v his_o real_a worth_n in_o verse_n or_o prose_n rhethorique_n too_o barren_a and_o all_o word_n to_o few_o to_o shadow_v forth_o those_o praise_n that_o be_v due_a to_o his_o bless_a memory_n since_o we_o can_v praise_v enough_o his_o matchless_a virtue_n we_o will_v raise_v our_o meditation_n let_v our_o thought_n aspire_v and_o what_o we_o can_v praise_v enough_o admire_v and_o lest_o we_o seem_v to_o envy_v thy_o bless_a state_n bless_v to_o eternity_n by_o our_o too_o late_a lament_n we_o will_v stop_v the_o floodgate_n of_o our_o eye_n and_o cease_v to_o weep_v for_o thy_o sad_a obsequy_n stop_v our_o tear_n current_a and_o forbear_v to_o moan_n and_o turn_v our_o grief_n to_o imitation_n elegy_n on_o the_o death_n of_o sr._n richard_n wiseman_n and_o shall_v the_o fate_n thus_o uncontrolled_a rob_v we_o of_o that_o which_o we_o do_v hold_v most_o sacred_a must_v pure_a virtue_n be_v the_o subject_a of_o their_o cruelty_n will_v not_o their_o too_o impious_a hand_n be_v sway_v by_o wisâ—domes_n countermand_n curse_v be_v the_o worthless_a man_n that_o throw_v the_o fatal_a stone_n sure_o he_o well_o know_v his_o valour_n that_o he_o dare_v not_o try_v a_o combat_n for_o the_o victory_n but_o have_v he_o know_v his_o wisdom_n too_o he_o will_v not_o then_o have_v dare_v to_o do_v a_o act_n so_o horrid_a unto_o one_o who_o come_v so_o near_o perfection_n but_o it_o be_v thy_o fate_n deceâ—sed_a friend_n to_o be_v the_o untimely_a subject_n of_o his_o cruelty_n what_o direful_a fate_n soever_o stop_v his_o breath_n yet_o see_v the_o wiseman_n triumph_v in_o his_o death_n p._n w._n finis_fw-la print_v for_o william_n larnar_n