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A78470
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Certain elegies upon the death of Peter Whalley Esq; late major of Northampton.
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Wing C1700B; Thomason E912_7; ESTC R207542
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do_v prevent_v a_o strife_n they_o will_v have_v hold_v he_o here_o to_o help_v they_o still_o these_o will_v remove_v he_o hence_o their_o choir_n to_o fill_v shall_v all_o wear_v black_n that_o have_v a_o cause_n to_o mourn_v the_o sun_n itself_o must_v into_o darkness_n turn_v and_o the_o black_a night_n a_o black_a garment_n have_v so_o all_o this_o world_n be_v but_o as_o whalley_n grave_a shall_v all_o due_a tear_n be_v shed_v from_o cloud_n and_o man_n a_o second_o flood_n will_v drown_v the_o world_n again_o i._o h._n a_o elegy_n on_o the_o sudden_a and_o much_o to_o be_v lament_v death_n of_o peter_n whalley_n esq_n twice_o major_a of_o northampton_n and_o late_o burgess_n for_o the_o corporation_n who_o to_o the_o public_a grief_n depart_v this_o life_n april_n 8._o 1656._o if_o love_n or_o honour_n can_v exempt_v from_o death_n then_o have_v thou_o still_o enjoy_v thy_o vital_a breath_n if_o friend_n or_o prayer_n can_v subdue_v the_o grave_n then_o thou_o on_o earth_n another_o life_n shall_v have_v but_o since_o no_o love_n nor_o honour_n friend_n or_o prayer_n can_v life_n restore_v let_v we_o in_o flood_n of_o tear_n lament_v our_o loss_n and_o with_o affection_n mourn_v because_o the_o head_n be_v from_o our_o body_n tear_v a_o good_a man_n be_v go_v like_a enoch_n in_o great_a haste_n oh_o cruel_a death_n forbear_v make_v not_o such_o waste_n he_o be_v a_o godly_a man_n of_o unstained_a life_n a_o friend_n to_o peace_n a_o enemy_n to_o strife_n a_o publique-spirited_n man_n make_v up_o of_o love_n wisdom_n and_o meekness_n grace_n from_o above_o he_o be_v a_o pillar_n yea_o a_o corner_n stone_n a_o major_a a_o burgess_n fit_a for_o northampton_n a_o active-spirited_n man_n in_o church_n and_o state_n prize_v by_o godly_a man_n at_o a_o high_a rate_n a_o tender-hearted_a man_n unto_o the_o poor_a and_o openhanded_a to_o they_o at_o his_o door_n a_o phinehas_n for_o his_o zeal_n like_o moses_n right_a he_o lead_v the_o people_n till_o call_v out_o of_o sight_n like_o david_n faithful_a to_o his_o friend_n like_o paul_n discharge_v a_o good_a conscience_n unto_o all_o he_o live_v walk_v with_o god_n and_o now_o he_o be_v dead_a the_o grave_n be_v to_o his_o body_n like_o a_o bed_n whilst_o his_o refine_a soul_n mount_v to_o the_o sky_n clothe_v with_o glory_n and_o eternity_n samuel_n cib_n in_o obitum_fw-la charissimi_fw-la patris_fw-la mei_fw-la petri_n whallaei_n armigeri_fw-la qui_fw-la huius_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la limina_fw-la disseruit_fw-la sexto_fw-la iduum_fw-la aprilis_fw-la an._n dom._n 1656._o en_fw-fr petra_n percutitur_fw-la lachrymarum_fw-la hinc_fw-la effluit_fw-la amnis_fw-la exit_fw-la oculis_fw-la guttae_fw-la fluminis_fw-la instar_fw-la eunt_fw-la ecce_fw-la genas_n fletu_fw-la conjux_fw-la tua_fw-la chara_fw-la rigavit_fw-la en_fw-fr hic_fw-mi en_fw-fr illic_fw-la quaeque_fw-la latebra_fw-la dolet_fw-la eruptis_fw-la lachrymis_fw-la diffundit_fw-la turba_fw-la sepulchrum_fw-la acriter_fw-la exululans_fw-la hîc_fw-la iaceo_fw-la vrbis_fw-la honos_fw-la nos_fw-la tam_fw-la foelices_fw-la donec_fw-la te_fw-la fata_fw-la vocabant_fw-la jamque_fw-la jacent_fw-la tumulo_fw-la gaudia_fw-la nostra_fw-la tuo_fw-la quis_fw-la fueris_fw-la constat_fw-la lachrymis_fw-la agnosceris_fw-la illis_fw-la non_fw-la tibi_fw-la chara_fw-la magis_fw-la conjuge_fw-la vita_fw-la fuit_fw-la singulus_fw-la sobolis_fw-la patrem_fw-la testantur_fw-la amantem_fw-la dum_fw-la deflent_fw-la populi_fw-la te_fw-la quasi_fw-la semideum_fw-la praesidium_n miseris_fw-la patriae_fw-la tutela_n fuisti_fw-la quis_fw-la scit_fw-la a_fw-mi &_o manes_fw-la hic_fw-la quoque_fw-la tangat_fw-la honos_fw-la ibat_fw-la ad_fw-la occasum_fw-la sic_fw-la lux_fw-la clarissima_fw-la gentis_fw-la et_fw-la sanctum_fw-la tumuli_fw-la condidit_fw-la umbra_fw-la caput_fw-la si_fw-la tamen_fw-la illius_fw-la meritis_fw-la par_fw-fr vita_fw-la daretur_fw-la non_fw-la nisi_fw-la cum_fw-la mundo_fw-la debuit_fw-la ille_fw-la mori_fw-la in_o eundem_fw-la vita_fw-la fuit_fw-la christi_fw-la tua_fw-la gloria_fw-la mors_fw-la tibi_fw-la lucrum_fw-la fit_a tua_fw-la vita_fw-la dei_fw-la gloria_fw-la morsque_fw-la tui_fw-la audax_fw-la ante_fw-la diem_fw-la sic_fw-la mors_fw-la tua_fw-la lumina_fw-la clausit_fw-la at_o sibi_fw-la mors_fw-la nunquam_fw-la plus_fw-la licuisse_fw-la putet_fw-la nunc_fw-la habitas_fw-la cives_fw-la inter_fw-la stellantis_fw-la olympi_n vitaeque_fw-la aeternae_fw-la gloria_fw-la christus_fw-la erit_fw-la thy_o saviour_n life_n thy_o glory_n be_v his_o shameful_a death_n thy_o gain_n thy_o life_n bless_a saint_n christ_n glory_n be_v by_o death_n thy_o life_n remain_v why_o cruel_a death_n before_o due_a time_n do_v close_v his_o glorious_a eye_n o_o think_v not_o to_o repeat_v thy_o crime_n god_n saint_n must_v short_o rise_v his_o bless_a soul_n be_v in_o heaven_n above_o '_o among_o the_o celestial_a train_n where_o christ_n impart_v out_o of_o his_o love_n glory_n to_o he_o again_o n._n whalley_n a_o elegy_n upon_o the_o death_n of_o his_o dear_a and_o ever_o honour_a father_n mr_n peter_n whalley_n it_o will_v not_o excuse_v to_o say_v i_o have_v no_o vain_a of_o poetry_n who_o be_v there_o can_v refrain_v when_o such_o friend_n fall_v and_o death_n ambitious_a how_o to_o raise_v his_o triumph_n make_v such_o worthy_n bow_n who_o will_v not_o try_v to_o sigh_v and_o sob_v a_o verse_n when_o it_o be_v to_o attend_v and_o wait_v upon_o this_o hearse_n when_o death_n arrest_v i_o see_v and_o call_v away_o goodness_n can_v bail_v nor_o virtue_n cause_n delay_n death_n be_v too_o quick_a for_o we_o not_o he_o but_o stay_v he_o do_v not_o kill_v but_o steal_v this_o prize_n away_o death_n know_v he_o be_v prepare_v and_o therefore_o send_v no_o gout_n to_o tell_v he_o that_o he_o must_v repent_v a_o tedious_a sickness_n have_v his_o friend_n more_o grieve_v he_o then_o have_v long_o die_v not_o long_o live_v there_o be_v none_o will_v blame_v a_o wind_n '_o cause_v it_o do_v send_v their_o ship_n too_o soon_o unto_o their_o journey_n end_n he_o now_o a_o journey_n take_v who_o oft_o do_v go_v to_o england_n city_n now_o go_v to_o heaven_n too_o best_a thing_n not_o always_o last_v the_o long_a so_o silk_n will_v out_o soon_o wear_v than_o wool_n or_o toe_n nay_o it_o have_v injure_v his_o high_a soul_n to_o wear_v his_o body_n till_o his_o flesh_n have_v look_v threadbare_a since_o he_o must_v go_v with_o we_o no_o long_o stay_v death_n be_v his_o friend_n to_o guide_v the_o near_a way_n he_o only_o sleep_v in_o haste_n as_o if_o to_o die_v have_v no_o departure_n be_v but_o ecstasy_n the_o key_n of_o mercy_n gentle_o do_v unlock_v the_o door_n betwixt_o heaven_n and_o it_o when_o life_n do_v knock_v we_o weep_v not_o therefore_o for_o his_o loss_n but_o we_o which_o be_v so_o great_a drop_n will_v not_o serve_v but_o shower_n our_o father_n dead_a we_o be_v the_o grief_n and_o then_o how_o vast_a it_o be_v that_o neither_o tongue_n nor_o pen_n be_v able_a to_o express_v alas_o and_o i_o can_v only_o shadow_v forth_o our_o misery_n ah_o who_o can_v grieve_v with_o we_o poor_a soul_n who_o grief_n admit_v no_o equal_a but_o transcend_v belief_n our_o dear_a father_n in_o who_o breast_n do_v lie_v our_o life_n be_v flee_v into_o eternity_n the_o child_n the_o widow_n weep_v with_o equal_a strife_n who_o shall_v weep_v most_o his_o child_n or_o his_o wife_n come_v weep_v with_o we_o who_o ever_o read_v or_o hear_v and_o know_v his_o loss_n deserve_v his_o country_n tear_n the_o church_n have_v lose_v a_o patron_n by_o his_o fate_n a_o friend_n his_o country_n and_o a_o prop_n the_o state_n who_o will_v not_o therefore_o now_o if_o virtue_n friend_n bewail_v his_o sudden_a unexpected_a end_n who_o have_v such_o hard_a such_o unrelenting_a eye_n as_o will_v not_o weep_v when_o so_o much_o virtue_n die_v but_o he_o be_v go_v our_o task_n be_v to_o imitate_v what_o he_o be_v do_v till_o he_o be_v stop_v by_o fate_n our_o future_a virtuous_a deed_n be_v legacy_n which_o from_o the_o gift_n of_o his_o example_n rise_v god_n grant_v that_o i_o who_o nature_n make_v his_o son_n may_v be_v like_o he_o until_o my_o race_n be_v run_v so_o faithful_a to_o my_o god_n church_n country_n friend_n and_o all_o concern_v relation_n to_o the_o end_n p._n w._n peter_n whalley_n anagram_n a_o whyte_n pearl_n
certain_a elegy_n upon_o the_o death_n of_o peter_n whalley_n esq_n late_o major_a of_o northampton_n upon_o the_o sudden_a death_n of_o the_o much_o lament_a mr_n peter_n whalley_n then_o major_a of_o northampton_n 1656._o can_v not_o the_o top_n of_o honour_n nor_o of_o wit_n our_o patriot_n from_o so_o sudden_a death_n acquit_v can_v not_o his_o justice_n piety_n nor_o power_n in_o court_n town_n country_n stay_v his_o soul_n one_o hour_n can_v not_o his_o office_n friend_n nor_o his_o dear_a wife_n child_n prayer_n tear_n prevail_v to_o save_v his_o life_n no_o soon_o do_v the_o bridegroom_n his_o soul_n call_v but_o straight_o to_o follow_v he_o he_o leave_v we_o all_o let_v we_o not_o mourn_v to_o see_v his_o soul_n thus_o soar_v who_o be_v not_o lose_v but_o only_o go_v before_o b._n i._n in_o obitum_fw-la dignissimi_fw-la viri_fw-la tam_fw-la in_o alios_fw-la morum_fw-la svavitate_fw-la quam_fw-la summa_fw-la in_o deum_fw-la pielate_fw-la petri_n whalley_n qui_fw-fr praetor_n northamptoniensis_fw-la existens_fw-la fatis_fw-la concessit_fw-la hos_fw-la non_fw-la exornant_fw-la cineres_fw-la fusae_fw-la arte_fw-la columna_fw-la verba_fw-la nec_fw-la ex_fw-la auro_fw-la marmore_fw-la sculpta_fw-la nigro_n dicere_fw-la qui_fw-la fuerat_fw-la sunt_fw-la haec_fw-la inidonea_fw-la prorsus_fw-la utraque_fw-la nec_fw-la meritum_fw-la justa_fw-la refer_v suum_fw-la editus_fw-la à _fw-la civi_fw-la fuit_fw-la hîc_fw-la utroque_fw-la parent_n munia_n &_o hac_fw-la nostrâ_fw-la sustulit_fw-la urbe_fw-la benè_fw-la consulis_fw-la officium_fw-la longò_fw-la hinc_fw-la cum_fw-la laud_fw-la subivit_fw-la factus_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la duplicem_fw-la praetor_n in_fw-la urbe_fw-la vicem_fw-la primus_fw-la hic_fw-la it_o praesens_fw-la &_o quinquagesimus_fw-la annus_fw-la vita_fw-la nec_fw-la exactis_fw-la totque_fw-la diebus_fw-la adhuc_fw-la hen_n minus_fw-la expleto_fw-la naturae_fw-la cederet_fw-la actu_fw-la ceu_fw-la rosa_fw-la praeproperâ_fw-la verna_fw-la revulsa_fw-la manu_fw-la hinc_fw-la lachrymae_fw-la hinc_fw-la gemitus_fw-la nostrate_v plura_fw-la quòd_fw-la aeva_fw-la corvus_n agit_fw-fr paucos_fw-la casta_fw-la columba_n dies_fw-la exprimit_fw-la infandum_fw-la vicinia_fw-la tota_fw-la dolorem_fw-la rustica_fw-la plebs_fw-la gemitum_fw-la that_fw-mi replicatque_fw-la suum_fw-la insequitur_fw-la lachrymis_fw-la lectissima_fw-la funera_fw-la conjux_fw-la defunctum_fw-la deflent_fw-la pignora_fw-la chara_fw-la patrem_fw-la justa_n sequens_fw-la madidis_fw-la clerus_fw-la comitatus_fw-la ocellis_fw-la vrbs_fw-la sibi_fw-la majorem_fw-la fletque_fw-la doletque_fw-la pium_fw-la omnia_fw-la maestitiam_fw-la sapiunt_fw-la domus_fw-la ipsa_fw-la parentat_fw-la induitur_fw-la limbum_fw-la parma_fw-la whalaea_n nigrum_fw-la utque_fw-la nihil_fw-la desit_fw-la nostratia_fw-la fata_fw-la refer_v non_fw-la cohibet_fw-la lachrymas_fw-la aethera_fw-la pulla_fw-la crebras_fw-la th._n m._n upon_o the_o pious_a life_n and_o sudden_a death_n of_o his_o dear_a brother_n mr_n peter_n whalley_n major_n of_o northampton_n and_o late_a burgess_n in_o parliament_n who_o die_v april_n 8._o 1656._o aetatis_fw-la suae_fw-la 50._o blame_v not_o our_o sigh_n and_o tear_n when_o you_o so_o many_o dead_a in_o one_o shall_v see_v a_o zealous_a active_a magistrate_n to_o his_o dear_a wife_n a_o love_a mate_n his_o child_n crown_n the_o town_n be_v delight_n he_o serve_v good_a man_n with_o all_o his_o might_n the_o clergy_n joy_n and_o real_a friend_n religion_n patron_n to_o his_o end_n comfort_v to_o the_o poor_a relieve_v the_o oppress_v the_o tongue_n and_o heart_n of_o all_z he_o blessed_v his_o country_n guide_n a_o help_n to_o all_z thousand_o lament_v his_o sudden_a fall_n yet_o happy_a he_o be_v now_o ascend_v his_o joy_n begin_v his_o work_n be_v end_v his_o god_n his_o country_n and_o his_o friend_n he_o love_v and_o serve_v unto_o his_o end_n w._n h._n chronogramma_fw-la enchomiasticon_fw-la in_o immaturum_fw-la obitum_fw-la dignissimi_fw-la viri_fw-la petri_n whalley_n qui_fw-la sexto_fw-la idus_fw-la apr._n an._n dom._n 1656._o fato_fw-la cessit_fw-la 831_o qvicqvid_n est_fw-la tibi_fw-la terreni_fw-la svccvbvit_fw-la fato_fw-la 173_o ingent_a iqve_fw-la sepvlchro_fw-la frvitvr_fw-la 527_o have_v virtvs_fw-la tva_n pietasqve_n veneranda_fw-la 125_o ervnt_fw-la victores_fw-la svbiti_n praefproperiqve_fw-la fati_fw-la 1656_o  _fw-fr sub_fw-la hoc_fw-la velo_fw-la tegitur_fw-la i._n h._n m._n s._n upon_o the_o much_o lament_a death_n of_o my_o worthy_a friend_n mr_n peter_n whalley_n where_o be_v those_o pyramid_n who_o envious_a height_n challenge_v the_o cloud_n and_o do_v obscure_v the_o light_n where_o be_v the_o tomb_n of_o mausolus_n which_o give_v his_o noble_a ash_n a_o renown_a grave_n where_o be_v the_o wall_n of_o babel_n or_o the_o shrine_n of_o great_a lucina_n goddess_n of_o those_o time_n alas_o these_o wonder_n long_o ago_o do_v die_v and_o in_o their_o ruin_n cry_v mortality_n the_o spade_n of_o time_n ride_v triumph_n in_o their_o date_n and_o in_o their_o ash_n write_v a_o humane_a fate_n well_o be_v it_o so_o let_v death_n contrive_v a_o tomb_n for_o what_o the_o brain_n of_o man_n or_o else_o the_o womb_n be_v parent_n of_o yet_o shall_v thy_o virtue_n shine_v among_o the_o star_n and_o conquer_v death_n and_o time_n thy_o active_a soul_n which_o be_v no_o child_n of_o earth_n but_o be_v the_o off_o spring_n of_o a_o pure_a birth_n shall_v laugh_v at_o fear_n and_o fill_v with_o sacred_a fire_n sing_v hallelujah_n in_o the_o angel_n choir_n thy_o spotless_a fame_n shall_v soar_v with_o her_o white_a wing_n above_o the_o cloud_n of_o envy_n whilst_o she_o sing_v thy_o panegyric_n and_o in_o welcome_a lay_n recrown_n thy_o hearse_n with_o her_o immortal_a bay_n and_o thus_o thy_o soul_n thy_o virtue_n and_o thy_o fame_n shall_v not_o be_v subject_a to_o a_o mortal_a name_n ita_fw-la flevit_fw-la john_n howes_n minister_n of_o god_n word_n at_o abington_n a_o throne_n upon_o the_o much_o lament_a death_n of_o my_o worthy_o honour_a and_o dear_a friend_n of_o pious_a and_o fragrant_a memory_n mr_n peter_n whalley_n then_o major_a the_o second_o time_n of_o northampton_n etc._n etc._n express_v under_o the_o scheme_n of_o a_o dialogue_n inter_fw-la indignum_fw-la quendam_fw-la defuncti_fw-la amicum_fw-la &_o loci_fw-la genium_fw-la amicus_fw-la what_o mean_v this_o face_n of_o thing_n how_o be_v thy_o brow_n fair_a city_n cloud_v that_o be_v clear_a but_o now_o what_o pensiveness_n be_v this_o whence_o issue_v be_v all_o these_o briny_a flood_n ah_o where_o be_v the_o spring_n what_o strange_a amuse_a sigh_n be_v hear_v what_o moan_n from_o every_o breast_n accent_v with_o a_o groan_n ah_o what_o sad_a direful_a omen_n boad_v this_o so_o sudden_a ghastly_a metamorphosis_n if_o in_o thy_o eye_n a_o stranger_n may_v find_v grace_n tell_v i_o thou_o friendly_a genius_n of_o the_o place_n genius_n o_o cease_v enquiry_n shallow-grief_n may_v speak_v sure_o that_o be_v 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