terram repetat pars altera coelum Nec mutas mores caela petendo tuos At vale â—…am faciem nequeo discernere gratam Qua mihi semper erit gratia sed arcta nimis Arcta nimis sed amaena satis dum fider a vultum Splendida praestantem continuere tuum Sie perijt quod terra parit quod verticâ—… coeli Profluit in coelum tendat alta petat Aliud Hic fitus est Satyruâ—… qui stupra latere potentum Impatiens patiens limina mortis adit Englished Heere lies a Satyre now reduc'd to dust Who scourg'd dâ—…sertlesse honour great mens lust These taxt He roundly and had vow'd to doe it More boldly yet if He had liu'd vnto it ¶ A Funerall Poeme vpon the death of the hopefull yong Gentleman Mast. Will. Horsey who deceased the 24. of Aprill Ann. Dom. 1615. Plants that transplanted are haue 〈◊〉 grouth Yet fares it otheâ—…ise with this blest youth For he transplanted to another Sphere Perfects that tender grouth which he had here Tender indeed yet me thinks there appeares Age in his houres though youth was in his yeares For by experience of this surâ—… I am Neuer came childe more neere vnto a Man Well may we then excuse his mothers mone To lose her Sonne and that her onely One Whose hope gaue life vnto her house and her If mothers erre in this they lightly erre For natiue loue must â—…eeds enforce a teare To see them laid on Beare whom they did beare To see their Birth turn'd Earth their very wombâ—… Which brought them forth conuerted to a Tombe Yet this should make his mother change her song To see her hope translat'd ' boue hope so yong To see her onely and now happy Sonne To haue his Pilgrime-taske so quickly done But shee ha's lost him no he is not lost For where He seemes to lose He gaineth most And though He haue not Her He ha's another For now the Church triumphant is his Mother Feeding his infant-glory with her pap Dandling him sweetely in her heauenly lap For this is confirm'd by the sacred word He cannot die that dieth in the Lord. Cease then thou tender Mother cease to wâ—…epe Thy Sonne 's not dead but onely falne asleepe Which sleepe dissolu'd his corps shall be vnited Vnto his soule amongst the Saints deligâ—…ted Peace happy Soule crowne thy eternall daiâ—…s With wreath of glory to thy Makers praise That as thou liu'd a Mirror to thy Age So thou may shine in Sions heritage His Epitaph Heere interred in this Tombâ—… Yong yet vertues hopâ—…full Bloome Fathers Boy Mothers ioy Shrined is yet from this shrine There 's a substance that 's diuine Which no graue Can receaue Making claime to Heauens pure clime ¶ The Author vpon his selected and euer to be remembred E. C. Parragon for beautie and vertue who died the 5. of Decemb Ann. Dom. 1615. Take mother Earth thy virgin-daughter heerâ—… Bornâ—… on her Bere ere shâ—… was borne to bâ—…are Take her for of her wonders may be said Heerâ—… one and 〈◊〉 lies who di'dâ—… a Maid ¶ Vpon the much lamented Death of the vertuous virgine A. T. in Scarborough lately deceased and of her sorrowfull Parents incessantly moned Dead say no more shee 's dead keepe in that word It will goe neere to drowne her teare-swolne Foord Why He must know it true yet such as these If grieues should be imparted by degrees How must they be imparted By her Tombe It cannot speake Such grieues are seldome dumbe Vpon her Tombe Weepe weepe Rosemarie sprig and shew remorâ—…e Thou shold haue deckt her bride now decks her corse ¶ Vpon the Tombe of ..... lately erected ..... Perhaps thou may haue Shebnaes doome To haue thy corps deuided from thy Tombe And haue name of that crest thou gaue thy Neighbor To close thy corps in Earth and saue this labor How fond then thou to build so costly Shrine Neither perchance for * thee nor none of thine Yet if thou want thy Tombe thou shalt not misse To haue thy Epitaph and this it is ....... Is Dead The cause if you would know His winde-pipe burst and he no more could blow ¶ Vpon a late deceased Pinch-gut Macer dide rich they say but it 's not so For he dide poore and was indebted too How shâ—…ld that be Obserue me and I le tell ye He dide indebâ—…ed bâ—…th to backe and belly For all he scrap't from his Atturnies Fees Seru'd but to starue his Maw with bread cheese So as'mongst those we rightly may him call Whose life spent lesse then did his Funerall For all his life his House scarse eate one Beast Yet Dead his Sonne makes vp the Churles Feast ¶ This the Authour wrote vpon an excellent Bowler and his Friend aptly resembling Mans life to a game at Bowles The World is the Alley whâ—…re we play The Bowles we play with Creatures that we vse The Rubs the Passioâ—…s of our minds the way Needs no Ground-giuer there 's but one to chuse The way of all Flesh Seauen's our Game we say For Seauen yeere is liues-lease that limits vs The Blocke our end which when it drawâ—…th on We poâ—…ke our Bowles and so our Game is done ¶ Vpon a singular Irishman By him lies heere I finde from whence we came Where we must goe how lifâ—…'s an Irish game This day in health and wealth next poore sicke For Irish games haue still an Iriâ—…h tricke ¶ Vpon the death of one Cookes wife an Inscription allusiue to her name Death 's the cooke proâ—…ideth meate For the crawling wormes to eate Why shouldst thou then Cool e repine Death should dresse that wife of thine All must die yea time will be Thou wilt thinke he pleasur'd thee For no question being told She was sâ—…plesse 〈◊〉 old He thought fit she'sd liue no longer That thou might chuse out a yonger This then on her Age thy youth May be writ as grounded truth Heere she lies long may she liâ—… Ere she d. de was wish'd to die This the Author presently composed vpon this occasion being with sundry Gentlemen at Waltham exceeding merrily disposed one Cooke a neighbour of the Hoasts where he lay came suddenly in pitteously lamenting the death of his wife being newly departed euery one laboured to allay his sorrow but by how much more instant were their comforts by so much more violent were his Passions at last the Author perceiâ—…ing by his Hoast that he expressed a dissembling sorrow being impatient of her life and therefore by all probabilitie inwardly content with her death being an old decrepite woman and He in the Prime of his age in stead of all vnnecessarie comforts applied this soueraigne Discourse as a salue to his griefe without further premeditation coenae fercula nostrae Mallem conuâ—… quà m placuisse cocis Englished As in my choise of meate so in my Booke I 'd rather please my guests then please my Cooke ¶ In Actorem Mimicum cui vix parem
soe For in employments ech haue distinct shares Nor she to his nor he to hers should goe For so the Breeches she might seeme to weare And he a Coate-queanes name as rightlie beare He may thinke well on 's wife yet not commend For he doth praise himself doth praise his wife He should in life prepare him for his end And mould his end by forming of his life He should repose no trust in anie friend In or without him saue in the firme defence Of a resolu'd and spotlesse Consciâ—…nce Lastly he may for it is in his power Now in his Exit when he turnes to earth To make his wife his sole Executour And by that meanes to begger all his birth But I should rather limit her a dower Which might her ranke and order well befit For then so soone she will not him forget These are the Cautions Sonne I 'd haue thee keep Which well obseru'd wil crowne thy happy statâ—… Folding thy dull eyes in a cherefull sleepe Blessing thy fortune wâ—…th a vertuous Mate Storing thy states content with such a heape Of peacefull Treasure as thou â—…here shalt finde Enough of wealth in thy contented minde Awake thee then dull sleepe preuents thy 〈◊〉 Here comes she whom thy fancy may approue Awake I say and in thy Fate reioice That thou hast met with such a modest Loue Come come if thou in Reasons Scale wilt poize Thy selfe with her thou wilt not curious be But take good Fortune while it 's offerd thee Awake I vade I wak'd he vanished Where casting my amased eyes aside Sent from the Recluse of a troubled head A modest bashfull virgin me espide Whom I approachd being emboldened By th'Apparition which assur'd no lesse Vnto my hopes then honour and successe This Virgins name Simpliciana hight Daughter vnto Zelocto the precise Who had me once before discarded quite Because my weaker fortunes did not rise To the hight of her expectance yet that night So feruent is affection did that Maide Trace me along to make her Loue displaide Shame curb'd her tongue yet fancy bad her speak While I suppli'd her silence with my speach And thus her passion for her selfe did break Whilst shee stood by and seconded the breach With a teare-trickling eye and blushing cheeke Where thus I woo'd my selfe yet in her name Shewing her loue yet shadowing her shame Sir I doe loue you thus I did begin I pray you make your selfe your Orator And so I did yet taxe me not of sin Or lightnesse vnfain'd loue omits no houre Though be distemper'd but will let him in Whom shee affecteth for when all 's asleepe Loues eies are said continuall watch to keepe I haue a Mother Sir and then she smil'd For well shee knew what I intend'd to speake Whom to obey i 'me bound because her child Yet Reason tels me when we husbands seeke The stile of Parents is in part exil'd For we by virgine-losse lose our first name And as our husband 's stil'd wee 're stil'd the same What then though Riches please anothers eye My reason tels me there is something more To consummate true ioy then can relye On outward fortunes therefore once I swore And I will keepe my vow religiously If e'â—…e I wed as halfe resolu'd I am It shall not be the substance but the Man Yea though I were oppos'd on either side My Father heere my chiding Mother there Yet neither of their humors should deuide My deerest Soule from her orbiculer For I doe know though that my Mother chide My Father fret and both stand chafing o're me I did but that themselues haue done before me With that sâ—…e broke her speech with Sr. quoth she You wooe well for your selfe but I approue What you haue spoke shall be confirm'd by me Nor shall my silent passion shrowd my loue For as thy shadow I will follow thee Where I assenting to what both had said Kist and clapt hands so the match was made Now if you like our Match giue vs our due And bid your selues vnto our Nuptiall day Our best of welcome shall attend on you Yea th' Bride herselfe all nicenesse lay'd away Will meet you with a frollique game-some crue Where to your choice contents Loues among Wee 'le be as merry as the day is long But if through some dogg'd humour you 'le not come The Bride-groome saies A Gods-name stay at hâ—…me The Authors choice FAire may shee be but not opinion'd so For that opinion euer lackies pride Louing to all yet so as Man may know She can reserue the proper name of Bride For weake is that Fort and easie is 't to win That makes a Breach for all to enter in I 'de haue her face and blush to be her owne Forth ' Blush which Art makes is adulter ate Splene may she haue yet wise to kepe it downe Passion yet Reason too to moderate Comely not gaudy she none but shee Wears the best cloathes that wears to her degree To his 5 equally-affectionate Sisters all vertuous content TO you that are the chiefest of my care Tyes of my loue and figures of my life Send I this Character where ech may share Her equall portion in my rare-good Wife And be the Same which I 'me resolu'd you are So shall your Husbands say I doubt it not The Sisters liues prou'd what their Brother wrot Yours iointly as his owne MVSOPHILVS Upon the Married Life HAppy state yet 'las how few Thinke them happy in their choice When they shun whom they did sue And in loath'd delights reioice Loath'd though lou'd since they are growne To loue others loath their owne But who marries to impart Selfe and substance to his wife Ioining with his hand his hart Onâ—…ly gaines this blisse of life Yea to him iâ—… solely giuen To thinke Earth a kinde of Heauen Happy then or haplesse most For of all this hath no meane Losing least or euer lost Being still in her extreame Good if vs'd abused ill Onely well where there 's one will Vpon the single Life THis by times-distempers fed Feeles vertigo in his head Euer wooing neuer sped Lou'd he liues if loathed dead So as nought but doubts and feares Buz like hornets in his eares Câ—…re he needs not yet 's his care More in that he needeth lesse Ayming to haue one may share With him in his bale and blesse Gad he would yet knowes not where Wandring Starre-like heere and there Care who loues then let him liue Single whereas such neede lesse As themselues to marriage giue For these want what they possesse Care whereof breedes now and then Broken sleepâ—…s in many men Thuâ—… choice breeds care He only may reioice Who ha's shak't hands with care and ta'ne his choice REMAINS after Death Including by way of introduction diuers memorable obseruances occasioned vpon discourse of EPITAPHS and Epycedes their distinction and definition seconded by approued Authors ANNEXED THERE BE diuers select Epitaphs and Hearce-attending Epods worthie our
death more excite men to die willingly then their expectance after death For this all the Romaine Emperours would haue their Tombcs erected in their life time with all externall osten◅ation and popularitie to intimate a kind of Empire euen in death which may appeare by that which Suctonius speakes in the life of Augustus that before his death the statue which was erected and set vp in his memorie being strucken with Thunder◅ lost the first letter of his Name to wit C. which signified as the Augurs diuined that within a hundred daies immediatelie following he should depart the world Cato in dede who tooke it nobile lethum to die for his countrie and the preseruation of her libertie would haue no shrinc statue nor inscriptiō set vp in his memory supposing his vertues to be sufficient annals and records to eternise his name Of this minde was Phocion the Athenian both Stoicks for their discipline seeming vnwilling to imitate the popular in exterior rites being as they deemed able to expresse their owne liues by their deaths their deaths by their li◅es Which may be the cause that moued Flaccus to contemne all monuments with this resolued security Vnde mihi lapidem c. What auailes it to haue Monuments Stones Shrines or Statues to memorise Vs what skils it to haue labels hung vpon our Sepulchers as those siluer swords of Greece ouer the Sepulcher of Philip those golden Archers of Persia ouer the memorab◅e tombe of Artaxerxes as the same Poet saith N◅n datur em◅sso reditus ◅ibi It is true yet so respectiue should man be of the demerited praise-worthy acts of his Ancestors ◅o ceremoniously careful that their monuments be not in obliuion smothered as no time should be omitted wherein we may as the Orator saith defunctorum memori◅ seruire but with all instance to perfect accōplish the same We reade that the Pagans haue been so respectiue hereof that the monumēts of their parents kinsfolkes haue been no lesse deare to them then their own houses their owne habitations and dwellings Esteeming their reputation to be purchased by the purchase of their Auncestors glory and augmented by the preseruation of their memory Agathocles Prince of Syracuse willing to erect a Monument or Statue in his owne memory to expresse humane frailtie commanded that the head and vpper parts should be made of solid gold but the feete of earth with this Impresse Sic omnia firma An excellent obseruation and caution to put Man in minde of his substance and subsistence constitution and dissolution that standing on no firmer feete then earth no stronger arches then staies of mortality he should euer feare lest so proud a building shou◅d fall being supported by so vnstable and vnable props But for Antiquitie as shee is said to be the warrant of things done the confirmer of things present and president of things to come so oft-times vi◅es haue beene bolstered by her impieties authorized by her and a direction to greater laid open by her I will descend therefore briefely to particularize such Epitaphs vsed by the Ancients which remained for caueats or obseruations in succeeding times As others likewise that moued and excited men to vndertake valiant and couragious exploits in hand We reade that Augustus when he died at Nola being a Towne s◅ated in the middle part of Campani◅ his souldiers to expresse and manifest their loue to him dying as they had done their allegeance to him liuing burst out in seuerall passions of sorrow griefe and pensiue distractions with these speeches O God that he had either neuer beene borne or that he had neu◅r died For th◅ one is an occasion of our misery the other a president of his glory For so great was his loue towards the Citizens that by his owne care and diligence he commanded great abundance of graine to be brought out of Aegypt to sustaine his people welnie consumed with famine Few of the twelue Romane Emperors reade we so excellent and exquisite commendations of saue Titus who receiued this Impresse euen vpon his hearse to be Amor deliciae generis humani Mans darling the Worlds mirror and the flower of all Romane Emperors either before or since being directed and enlightned no further then with the beameling of nature For to recapitulate the natures of all those Princes twixt Augustus the first of the twelue saue one to Titus the last of the twelue saue one we shall see their dispositions variable inconstant dissolute and generally vicious Tiberius taxed for his subtiltie Caligula for his insolencie Claudus for his effeminacie N◅ro for his cruelty Galba for his intemperancie Otho for his inhumanitie Vitellius for his prodigalitie Uespasian for his misery These haue wee charactred which the Romane Annals haue expressed to l◅e such as either merited eternall infamie by their vicious gouernment or due commendation for their many morall vertues wherewith they were endued and inuested Vita mortuorum est in memoria viuentium saith one very well for it renues and reuiues the memory of the dead and makes him liue in name honour and reputation when the sithe of Fate hath pruned him For this all the Romane Emperors haue laboured desiring to become memorable after death Curtius throwing himselfe into the lake Vtican purchasing his liberty by voluntary death Horatius C◅cles throwing himselfe violently into Tyber to preserue his Countries libertie Genitius Cippus subiecting himselfe to death to propagate his Countries glory P. Decius who rushed into the fore-front of the enemies encountring a whole Armie to make his owne memory more famous and illustrious The like of Scipio Affricane who to extinguish that menacing fire of H◅nnibal deuoted himselfe to death for the safegard of his Country These and many more who illustrated their Names by atchieuements done liuing expected without question no little celebration of their name and memory dying and though their opinion reached not to the soules immortality yet they could extend their imaginations thus farre as a famous and memorable death surpassed an infamous and ignominious life wishing rather to die in fame then liue in eternall obscu◅ity Which caused some of disposition vnequall to the former to perpetrate some hainous and en◅rmious crime whereby they might purchase fame euen by infamie Such was Herostratus who burned the Temple of Diana at Ephesus to purchase himselfe a name Such was Turulius who hewed downe the groue that was consecrate to the Temple of Aesculapius to erect him a ship that once Religion as he himselfe auowed might ride on the water And such was Q. Fuluius who to enrich himselfe by sinister meanes tooke from the Temple dedicated to Iuno Lucinia tegulas quasd◅m marmoreas for which he sustained condigne punishment amongst which we may insert that sacrilegious Prince or Tyrant rather for his Empire of Syracuse as it came vnto him by an vsurped succession so it was gouerned by as cruell and tyrannicall a disposition bearding the Gods and
maine building so contracted I will end I say with that vniuersall doome and home with which mortalitie must of necessitie end to wit Dust of which name we reade one to haue beene and ceasing to be had this inscription Heere Dust lies dead who that he might be iust In Name and Nature while he liu'd lou'd dust And being dust by Nature and by Name Thought to returne to dust from whence he came FINIS ¶ A Description of Death DEath is a raw bon'd shrimp nor low nor hie Yet haz he power to make the highest low The Summon-maister of mortalitie The Poore mans wished friend the Rich-mans foe The last Remaines of Times Anatomie A Thiefe in pace in pace more sure then slow A Sleepe a Dreame whence we are said to haue In sleepe a Death and in our Bed a graue One who how ere we seeme to haue the power To leaue our states wherein we oft-times erre To such an one as sole executour Spite of our nose playes Executioner And as the Leane Kine did the Fat deuoure So does this meagre Slaue the mightier Nor can we if we should be choaked for 't Remoue Deaths Action to another Court Arts though He know yet he professeth none For little haz He and as little needes Yet haz he Trickes to catch the oldest one That on this earthie Globe or centre treades Nor will He leaue him till his Breath be gone Cheering the wormes that on his Body feedes Thus fearelesse He as he haz euer beene Makes his stroke to be felt not to be seene His Signe 's in Sagittary and the But He shootes at is mans heart He euer fits The shafts he shootes to th'Quiuer they are put Won is He not to be by threats intreats Price power or prayer at whats'ere He shoote Or aimes to hit He neuer failes but hits Darteâ—… He runnes as swift as euer ran Shotâ—… herring made iust like an Irish-man Nor differ they in habite though He weares No Mantle flanning trowses being knowne By his Moath-eaten rayment He appeares Right Irish Doublet Breeches hose of one He haz no shift yet He no vermin feares For vermin Death nor th' Irish harbour none Yea in their kinde of fight compar'd They are For They inuade vs both at vnaware Death is wormes-Caterer who when He comes Will haue prouision though the Market starue He will be seru'd before the mighty ones And knows before where He intends to carue It s He awakes the Sin-belulled Drones And cuts Them short as rightly They deserue It s He that all things to subiection brings And plaies at foot-ball with the crowns of kings Two empty Lodges haz He in his head Which had two Lights but now his Eies be gone Cheekes had He once but they be hollowed Beauty He had but now appeares there none For all those mouing parts be vanished Presenting Horrour if but lookt vpon His colour sable and his visage grim With gastly lookes that still attend on Him Fleshie He was but it is pickt away Belike for that He haz so much to doe If cloath'd with Flesh he should be forc'd to stay And shew perchance too much of mercie to To some Yong wench who on the holyday Might force Him loue if she could tell him how Which to preuent and better to restraine him He goes so vgly none should entertaine him Yet entertain'd He will for though He be Contemn'd by th'perfum'd Curtezan whose form Seemes coy to giue Him hospitalitie Yet when He comes Hee 'l not one houre adiorne To giue her Summons of mortalitie Conuerting that same Beautie did adorne Her Composition to corrupted earth Whence she deriu'd both Period and Birth Snaile-like He comes on vs with creeping pace And takes vs napping wheÌ„ we least think on him In 's hand an Houre-glasse which inferres our race Is neare an end and though we striue to shun him He moues when we moue and that very place Whereto we flâ—…e and think we haue out-run him There he appeares and tells vs it 's not good To striue 'gainst that which cannot be withstood If we shed teares they 're bootlesse for his eyes In stead of sight are moulded vp with clay If we assay to pierce his eares with criâ—…s Vaine is our Labour fruitlesse our assay For his Remorcelâ—…sse eares all motions flies Nor will He giue the Prince a longer day His payment must be present and his Doome Returne to earth thy Cradle and thy Tombe Nor is his Summons onely when we 're old For Age and Youth He equally attends Nor can we say that we haue firmer hold In Yâ—…uth then Agâ—… or further from our ends Saue that we â—…re by Natures verdict told With length of yeares our hope of life extends Thus yâ—…ng or old if Death approach and say Earth vnto Earth He must perforce obay A Breath-bereauing Breath a vading shade Euer in motion so as it appeares He comes to tell vs whereto we were made And like a friend to rid vs of our feares So as if his approach were rightly weighed He shold be welcom'd more with ioyes theÌ„ tears Ioy to dissolue to earth from whence we came That after Death Ioy might receiue the same Naked his scalpe thrill-open is his Nose His Mouth from eare to eare his earthie Breath Câ—…rrupt and noysome Which makes me suppose Sâ—…me mouldie cell's the Mannor-house â—…f Death His shapelesse legges bend backeward when he goes His rake-leane body shrinking vnderneath Feeble he seemes reft both of heart and power Yet dare he beard the mightiest Emperour None He consorts with saue wormes and men Prepar'd for worms-meat though he make resort To Country City Village now and then Yea where hee 's seldome welcome to the Court There will He enter and will summon them And goe they must though they be sorie for 't Thus Country Citie Village Court and all Must their appearaÌ„ce make when Death doth call Chop-falne Crest-sunke drie-bon'd Anatomie Earth-turn'd mole-ei'd flesh-hook that puls vs heÌ„ce Night-crow Fatesâ—…doome that tells vs we must die Pilgrim-remouer that depriues vs sence Lifes-date Soules-gate that leades from miserie Mans sharp'st assault admitting no defence Times Exit or our Intrat to that Clime Where there 's no Time nor Period of Time Nor stands he much vpon our dangerous yeare All are alike to Him yea oft we see When we are most secure then Hee 's most neare Where th' yeare clymactericke is his Iâ—…bile For as He can transpose Him euery where East West North South with all facilitie So can Hâ—… come so cunning is his stealth And take vs hence when we are best in health Since Death is thus describ'd for this he is Be still prepar'd lest vnprepar'd He come And hale you hence for spending Time amisse For Death is Sins Reward Transgressions Doome So when thou dies thou shalt be sure of this Tâ—… haue accesse vnto the Marriage roome And for thy Tombe in steade of Iuorie Marble or Brasse shall Uertue couer thâ—… Epitaphs vpon
and nature in one span appeare So lest the name should do the nature wrong Being short by nature name would not be long ¶ Vpon one Flower a hopefull yong Student Mans life 's a flower how should it then but fade Since at the first for dying it was made Yet if this Flower had beene exempted then We might haue thought this Flower not for men To crop no more it was and therâ—…fore giuen As one aboue desert of earth to Heauen Once thou was planted in the Cambrian Groue Where thou was watred with the Students loue But now from thence I see thy glory rise From Cambrian Beakes to Brookes in paradise ¶ Vpon a Reuerend and honourable Iudge of this land was this Epitaph inscribed Who so would Honours frailetie pictur'd haue Let him behold that picture in this graue Where frailetie ne're was with more honours clad Nor more deseru'd those honours which he had Had lasse that we should say wee had thee haue Would be a Tence the state would rather craue Small difference twixt the accents Haue and Had Yet th' one did cheare vs th' other makes vs sad But whence these teaâ—…es whence be they to expresse His worth our want his peace our pensiuenesse For to discribe him in each liniment He gaue his toâ—…gue vnto the Parlament His hands to sacred writ his eare to heare Iudgement pronounc'd his eye to see more cleare In the 〈◊〉 of Iustice and his feete To walke in paths for Christian soules most meete Thus his impartiall tongue hand eare foote eye Show'd him a mirror in mortalitie Yet in his age a Reuerence appeares Many are yong in houres are olde in yeares But he was old in both full seuentie sixe Surpassing Dauids fiâ—…st Arithmeticke Fifty one yeares he with his Lady liu'd That in himselfe his race might be reuiu'd For what was by the vertuous Father done Seemes by resemblance shadowâ—…d in the Sonne Sergeant vnto the Queene Iudge o' th kings Bâ—…nch For twelue yeares space wherein his eminence Did not transport his passions For his thought Fixt on his end esteem'd all honour nought Thus liu'd he thus he di'de liu'd long di'de wel Heere Iudge on Earth now Iudge in Israel Terras Astraea reliquit ¶ Distichon funebre in obit princip ob eximiam corporis mentis temperiem qua licet nos reliquit altiora petit Qui formam mirantur ament Uestigia mentis Illi forma perit nescit at illa mori ¶ An Epitaph vpon the Sonne buried in his Fathers graue Stand goe no further looke but downe and reade Youth fed that body on which wormes doe feede Looke lower downe and thou portrai'd shalt haue Father and Sonne both buried in one graue And what does couer them poore mother Earth Which gaue to Sonne and Father both their birth Thus one to three reduc'd and three to one Sonne Mother Father Father Mother Sonne Make then this vse on 't wheresoe're thou come Earth was thy cradle Earth must be thy tombe ¶ Vpon one who louing honour died ere hee possest it Thus fadeth honour and returnes to nought Which is not got by merit but is bought For it affoords th' aspiring minde small good When wreaths of honour are not drawne from blood Nor from desert for honour cannot bide Being supported by the stayes of pride ¶ Vpon Master Laurence Death an Epicede accommodate to his Name Why should one feare to grapple with his Name Death thou wast liuing and art now the same No I may say farre more renewing breath Tels me th' art liuing for thou hast kil'd Death Liue then victorious Saint still may thou be Though dead by Name â—…et fresh in memory That who so passeth or shall chance to come This way may say Here lies Deaths liuing Tomb. ¶ Vpon one Merie Merie why liest thou like Heraclitus That vs'd to laugh like blith Democritus Thou seemes in disâ—…ontent pray thee tell why Thou liest so sad Thou art learning how to die Learning to die why th' art already dead I st possible that Peter Meries head That was so full of wit so stuft with sage As he appear'd the mirror of this age Peter that knew much and could speake much more Then ere be knew should now fall to deaths store Alas poore Merie wormes begin to feast Upon that skonce fed Gallants with fresh ieasts Those saucer eyes plast in that witty skonse Which vs'd to looke some twenty waies at once For if they had matches beene some might enquire Whether they set thy sparkeling-nose a fire Those hollow eyes I say or lamps of thine Are now like Hogs-heads emptied of their wine For hollow Hogs-heads giue an empty sound And so does Merie being laide in ground ¶ Vpon one Hogge Hog by name and by condition Heere lies Hog that blunt Physition Christian nor good moralist But liu'd and dide an Atheist Yet after death giue Hog his dew He was a foe vnto the Iew. And that he might expresse the same He gloried euer in his name He bad me write vpon him dead Heere lies Iohn Hog or Iohn Hogs-head ¶ Vpon a vaine-glorious Student that would needes be called Aristarchus Fate last night hath beene i' th warke house Of our renowmed Aristarchus Where fate no sooner entred in Then shee a starke-Asse made of him For Aristarchus Authors say Inuited death from day to day But our last Aristarchus prai'd Seeing Death come as one dismaied That he his summons would delay And come for him another day Vpon two Twins that died together Heere lie two faithfull Brothers in one tombe As they did lie together in one wombe Heere they came hand in hand and they do craue That hand in hand they may goe to their Graue ¶ Vpon an ancient Tombe was this inscription found Church-men that should be best of al are pardie growne the worst The Fâ—…x I ken the Prouerb saies fares best when he is curst This Abbot heere that lies in ground proues this to be too true Due would he giue to Prieâ—… nor Cleark yet would he haue his due But marke his end who â—…re thou be for 't was a fearefull end No friend he had as he did thinke to whom he might commend His Gold therefore one day he went to finde out some darke caue Where be might hoord his treasure vp where he this voice receau'd Tâ—… iudgement churlish Nabal had fall presently on thee Wâ—…ich voice being past the Abbot droupt and died presently ¶ Vpon my Lady Woodbâ—…e What would my Lady be lasse shee has sought To rise to something and shee 's falne to nought Poore Lady that so faire and sweete a face Should haue no other home or dwelling place Then a poore Sepulcher lasse it s not meete So faire a Lady should shroud in one sheete Who whilst shee liu'd which was but very now Did vse to lie perfum'd and chaf'd in two ¶ Vpon the same Subiect extracted Looke throgh throgh see Ladies with false formes You deceiue
no â—…ombe Croeâ—…us hâ—…z one Nor sâ—…ills it much what shrowdiâ—…g sheet they wore For I nere heard that worms the shrowd forbore Because the pompe or state wherein they laide Might by their terror make poore wormes afraide But as on earth great ones did feed on small So worms do feed on great ones most of all Do well then while we liue for being dead Or Fame or Shame our Actions merit meade ¶ Vpon Delia. Thou Delos-sacred-chaste inhabitant For of thy followers Albion haz but scant Plant pray thee heere some house religiously Where we may reuerence spotlesse Chastitiâ—… For since thy ship did from this Iland lance Best gifts we had were fire balls sent from France Coole vs this Climate that seemes to aspire Not by her owne but by a for raine fire That now at last the Albionact may know Th' Delian our friend thogh th'Frenâ—…h noâ—… be our foe In Mydam Miser nemini est bonus sibi pessimus My das would feed on gold vnhappy wretch That starues himselfe to make himselfe more rich 'T is like a painted couer that conueies Each sparkeling obiect to our piersing eies Which while the eies delight in they grow dim Euen so it fares poore miser still with him He feeds on gold for there 's his hearts delight But that same obiect takes away his sight And makes him duâ—…kie â—…ide clouded and blinde Though not in body yet in th' eyes of minde Then this shall stand fixt on the misers â—…oure He liued rich to th' eye but truly poore Nâ—…c copia nec inopia minuitur In Veprem Iuridicum Heere lies Brier a Lawyer true Yet no true Lawyer giue him 's due His cause of sickenesse as I heare Was There 's but foure Terms in the yeare But others thinke and so they may Because he could not long deâ—…ay His Clients suite yong Had-lands cause Which hauing got into his clawes He by renewing of their strife Thought to keep 't for terme of life But AEacus that god of warre Pitcht me thiâ—… Lawyer ouer-barre So in despaire unhappy elfe The Lawyer went and hang'd himselfe ¶ Vpon a Broaker Heere lies a Broaker of Long-lane Who by Pick-hatch Hounsditch got infinit gaine The Pyrats of Wapping were likâ—…wise his friends Bequeathiâ—…g to him their clothes at their ends O hard-hearted death more cruell then any That would not be mou'd at the sutes of so many ¶ Vpon Tacitus Heere lies an old Concealer vnderneath Who hardly could conceale himselfe from death Thus though man â—…e disguis'd in varied formes Conceal'd on earth yet not conceal'd from worms Thou thâ—…n that passest by this seely wretch This morall may experience thee teach There 's nought so hid which in Earths bosome lyes â—…ut fate with pierciue eyes looks through spies ¶ Vpon one Holofeâ—…nus an vnconscionable Vsurer Within this Grate lies one Holofernus His bodie 's in earth but his soule in Auernus Vnder his head lies a bagge of red gold Which both heart and conscience together enfold See worm-holes are sprouting which seems to express They loaâ—…h to feede on an Usurers flesh ¶ Vpon one Gnat. Sleepe on poore Gnat Gnat was thy proper name And thou as properly exprest the same No difference 'twixt thee buried and before Saue that in death thou sleepes in life didst snore ¶ Vpon an Actor now of late deceased and vpon his Action Tu quoque and first vpon his Trauell Hee whom this mouldered clod of earth doth hide New come from Sea made but one face and dide Vpon his Creditors His debtâ—…rs now no fault with him can finde Sith he has paid to nature all 's behinde Vnto his fellow Actors What can you craue of your poore fellow more He does but what Tu quoque did before Then giue him dying Actions second wreath That second'd him in Action and in death ¶ Vpon Loues champion Once did I liue and loue not loue but lust And in loues turnament perform'd my iust But now return'd I am whereto all must Rendring my life loue lust and all to dust ¶ Amor viuat crescat honor inuitis fatis resurgat virtus augeatur pietas foueatur sanctitas altera harum miserijs subuenimus altera Reip. saluti prouidemus Corpus vt perijt creuit virtus Vertue that vs'd to sit enthron'd in state In purple cloâ—…thed not in purple sin Lies heere interr'd for shee 's enshrin'd in him Not prun'd as vicious men by common fate For vertue is of higher estimate Then to subscribe to times abridged date Nor can the clowde of Enuie honour dim For when shee seemes to die shee does begin To raise her glory higher then bâ—…fore Immortaliz'd in Heauen for euermore An happy passage happy pilgrimage Where our Earths conflict wins eternitie Securest harbour of tranquilitie To passe from Earth â—…o Heauen where mutually The Saints of God reioice free from the rage Of sinnes assaults or of this fleshly cage Wherein we are enthrald distressed age That makes vs old in nought saue miserie But pilgrims if for Christ perplexed be Shall liue with him in ioy perpetually Thrice blessed pilgrime that hast spent thy daies In the promoting of thy Countries weale Faithfull in all wherein thou wast to deale Shoaring vpon thy shoulders those decaies Which seem'd to ruinate the state alwaies These blessed actions do deserue due praise Triumphant patroâ—… of thâ—… common-weale Who though she should vnthankefully conceale Those many vertues which thy minde possest Thou needs not feare in Heauen they are exprest True Register where all thy acts remaine In perfect colours liuely shadowed The map of honour well decyphered Where innocence receiues immortall gaine For her pure life polluted with no staine Of earths allâ—…rements Earth cannot containe A vertuâ—…us minde for it will still aspire To Syons hill ascending eueâ—… higher Till shee discerne the fruits of her pure loue By leauing earth to liue in Courts aboue Thou that art here immur'd with barres of earth Returning to the place from whence thou came Shall by thy death perpetuate thy Name Siâ—…h forraine Coasts haue much admir'd the same And though thy foes yet they extoll'd thy worth Being twice noble in thy selfe thy birth Which no succeeding times shall ere raze forth Honour will euer flourish as it was Though not engrauen in faire leaues of brasse For what is Brasse Marble or Iuorie What will auaile tâ—…e Monuments of time When those they represent seeme to dâ—…cline In the Worlds eye in whom our memorie Liues or lies dead O then liue vertuouslie That winnes a Crowne here and eternallie Worlds respects a blast a bud a flower Now sprouting faiâ—…e blasted in an houre But who shall flourish in the Sacred Groue Shall ere stand firme his Scyons cannot moue Liue in this Hearse Death to the good 's no death But a transportance from a Sea of woes To future ioyeâ—… from shipwracke to repose For such as these God for himselfe doth choose Clipping their
Temples with a golden wreaâ—… Infusing in their soules eternall breath Thrice blessed vine that in heau'ns Vineyard growes Whose spreading branches farre more beauty showes Then Sun or Moone or th'purest Element Or any Starre within the Firmameâ—…t Such trees we see bring forth the ripest fruit As planted are vpon the waters side Whose liquid streames their neighbour bankes diuide Euen so where Springs of diuine grace doe glide The seeds of Vertue take the deepest roote Where euery sprig both bloome and fruit sends out A Glorious Haruest wâ—…ich what ere betide Is not by stormes dismaide but fructifide Such goodly trees are plants of Paradise Which bring forth fruit in such varieties And such a â—…ree art thou whose noble stem Did nourish Learning Mineruas friends Thy flowrie blossome in their growth extends And after death some fruitfull gleanings sends From Heauen aboue to Earths-suruiuing men That seeing them might seeke to follâ—…w them But most to such as 'bout the Court attends That vertâ—…ous liuâ—…s may weaue their glorious ends For Uertue was as Ariadnes thread That led the liuing and empales the dead What â—…issing Serpent with her venemous sâ—…ing Can hurt thy vertues which be registred In Heauen aboue where th' art canonized And with the fruits of vertue garnished Shining for euer with the suprâ—…ame King Of glorious Sion where the Angels sing Hymns of delight whose Quires are polished With Saphires Emeralds replâ—…nished With springs still flowing full of sweet delight Not cross'd by shadowes of a gloomie night If we be Pilgrims here as sure we be Why should we loue to liue and liue to die If Earthen Vessels why should we relie With such assurance on our frailtie Since greatest States doe perish soon'st we see And rich and poore haue one communitiâ—… In th' eyes of Fate nor could I ere espie In humaine state ought saue inconstancie Times follow Times motion admits nâ—… rest But in this motion worst succeede the best If loue be said to liue honour encrease Or Uertue flourish in despite of Fate I neede not feare this noble Heroes state Though much pursu'd as 't seemes by publike hate His Ship is harbour'd in the Port of peace Where times succeeding ioyes shall neuer cease Great are they sure which none can explicate And great in worth which none can estimate Thus great on Earth and great in Heauen together Uertue with greatnes makes him heire of either Let this same Epitâ—…ph I consecrate Unto thy Noble Hearse expresse my loue And duty both for both doe me behoue If of my poore endeuours thou approue These lines be th' obsequies I dedicate Which though they come like Seede that 's sowen toâ—… late Yet some in due compassion they may moue To plant more cheerefull tendrells in thy Groue Honour attend thy presence famous Herse Too much obscur'd by my impolisht verse Epitaph Mortis vbi stimulus pro me tulit omnia Christus Consul eram primo tempore Consul erâ—… ¶ A funerall Ode O thou heauen-aspiring Spirit Resting on thy Sauiours meriâ—… liue in peace for encrease Blestâ—… this Iland in thy being Mindes vnited still agreeing Peace possest thee Peace hath blest thee Halcyon dayes be where thou dwellest As in Glorie thou excellest Death by dying Life enioying Richer fraight was nere obtained Then thy Pilgrim-steps haue gained Blessed pleasure happy Treasure Thus many distinct ioyes in one exprest Say to thy Soule Come Soule and take thy rest ¶ Vpon the death of the vertuously affected Sr Thomas Bointon a Knight so wel-meriting as his vertues farre aboue all Titles enstiled him worthy the loue of his Countrey Sadâ—… shadie Groue how faire so ere thou show Reft art thou of thy Teare-bath'd maister now Yet grow thou shalt and mai'st in time to come With thy shed-leaues shadow thy Maisters tombe Which is adorn'd with this Inscription Weepe Marble weepe for losse of Bointon Yet he 's not lost for as the Scripture saith That is not lost for certaine which God hath Ceasse Ladie then with teares your eies to dim He must not come to You but you to Him ¶ Vpon that memorable Act atchieued by an Auncestour of the Cogniers in the discomfiture of a Winged-worme or Snake Whose approach was no lesse obuious then mortally dangerous to the distressed Passenger His Monument remaineth in the body of the church at Sockburn where hee lieth crosse-legged which inferreth his being before the Conquest hauing his Fauchion by his side his Dogge at his feete Grasping with the Snake the Snake with the Dogge the renowmed memorie of which Act addeth no lesse glory to the houses Antiquitie then the worthy Knight who now possesseth it gaineth harts by his affability Câ—…lle sub exiguo iacuit canis vnde peremit Aligerum vermem quo sibi fama venit Quo sibi Famavenit veniet semperque manebit Sidera dum coeli gramina tellus habent Paraphrastically translated Vpon a hill his Gray-â—…ound lay till that his Maister blew His writhed horne at whose approach the winged Worme he slew Whece Fame gaue wings to Cogniers name which euer shal be giueÌ„ So long as grasse growes on the earth or stars appeare in heauen Vpon his Tombe Who slew the Worme is now worms meat yet hope assures me hence Who th'worme ore-threwhe after slew the worme of Conscience ¶ Epitaphs vpon diuerse of the Sages of Greece translated omitting Thales and Solon and beginning with the rest originally traduced from Laertius Vpon Chylo Thankes to the blushing morne that first begunne To decke the Laureat brow of Chyloes sonne Which He old-man as ouer-ioy'd to see Fell dead through Ioy I wish like death to me This Inscription also was engrauen on his Tombe Heere Chylo lies in Lacedemon bred Who 'mongst the Seuen was rightly numbred ¶ Vpon Pittacus whose Tombe was erected by the Citie Lesbos wherein he liued beautified with this inscription to perpetuate his memory Within this Tombe doth Lesbos thee enshrine Drencht with their teares and consecrate as thiâ—…e ¶ Vpon Bias whom Priene with all solemnitie and magnificence at their owne proper cost interred Engrauing these verses vpon his Tombe for the continuance of his Name This well-wrought stone doth Bias corpâ—… containâ—… Who was an honour to th' Ionian Pleading his friends cause as a faithfull friend Pausing to take his breath He breath'd his end ¶ Vpon Cleobulus who was buried in Lyndus which boundeth on the Sea-cliffe the situation whereof is shadowed in this inscription vpon his Tombe That wise Cleobulus should extinguish'd bâ—… Lyndus laments enâ—…iron'd with the Sea So as two Sâ—…as neâ—…re Lyndus 〈◊〉 A Leuant Sea a Sea in Lyndus eies ¶ Vpon Periander of Corinth was this Epitaph ensuing found to be engrauen which through the iniurie of time and want of Art in the impressure was so defaced as by the testimonie of Laertius it could scarce be reduced to Sence yet now according to the Originall faithfully translated including a Christian resolution in a
Pagans dissolution reposing a more true happines in his end then in his Birth his exit or passage then his intrat to this Theatre or transitorie Pilgrimage making his diem fatalem his diem natalem the day of his death the day of his birth where Man by an imputatiue goodnesse deduced from God not inherent in himselfe may in his death be rather said to be translated then departed Corinth both wise and rich in treasures store Keepes Perianders Bodie in her shore Continued by Laertius by way of an Epigram Greeue not that Thou shouldst not obtaine thy wish But ioy in that the Gods haue giuen thee this For Thou by death hast past those sorrowes now Which many one would doe but cannot doe ¶ Vpon the much lamented death of the truly honourable eminent patterne of vnblemished Iustice Sir Augustine Nicholls one of our Iudges of the Northerne Circuit who died at Kendall the third day of August Anno 1616. Sic Nicholaus obit potius Nicodemus astra nunc Astraea petit quae moriâ—…ndo tenet Nicholls is dead or Nicodemus rather The Widdâ—…ws cheerer and the Orphans father Dead why it cannot â—…e Iustice should die For she ha's will and power enough to flie Aboue the reach of Death It s true yet Death Haâ—…h reft this Iustice-patron of his breath Of Breath No matter Breath is but a winde That vades but cannot preindice the Minde Where Iustice sits as Regent wherefore then Since Iustice liues should she be mon'd by men As if deceast I le tell you Heere is one Or was one rather for he now is gone Who seeing th' end of Iustice-circuit nie Embracing Death did iâ—… his Circuit die No marâ—…ell then if men do Iustice mone When They do find her mansion vnder stone And hard it is to finde Her whom They seeke As â—… ' heare the stone that couers her to speake This then shall be her Dirge her dying Song Shepleads in heaâ—…en on earth she ha's lost her tong Terras Astraea reliquit Another Dialogue wise Eubaeus and Tymaeus Eubaeus Silence awake not Iustice. Tymaeus Who can keepe the eies of Iustice closed Eubaeus Death and Sleepe Tymaeus Death cannot do it Eubaeus Cannot pray thee see What Death hath done then Tymaeus Lasse how mortally lies Iustice wounded Eubaeus Wounded no shee 's dead Tymaeus Dead Eubaeus Yes see tong pulse arme eie heart hand head all motionlessâ—… come nearer Tymaeus I 'me too near Eubaeus Doest weepe Tymaeus I offer to her Shrine a teare Eubaeus Thou art too childish Tymaeus No if I could more I would expresse it Eubaeus Why didst nere know bâ—…fore Iustice lie speechlâ—…sse Tymaeus Yes but nere did know despaire of her recouery till now Eubaeus No thâ—… hast hâ—…ard that saying 〈◊〉 growne common Tymaeus What might it bâ—… Eubae That Iustice's like a Woman Tymae In what respect Eubae In this it may beâ—…'ed When she lies speechles shee is neerly dead Tymae Most true in both Eubae It is but doe not weepe Let 's vanish hence suffer Iustice sleepe ¶ An Epitaph reduced to the forme of a Dialogue consisting of two Persons and two Parts representing in the Persons Affection and Instruction in the Parts Passion and Consolation prepared at first for the memory of his neuer-sufficiently remembred Father by the Authour emphatically shadowed vnder the name of Philopater The Persons names are Philopater and Philogenes Philop. Sleepes my deare Father Philoge Yes my Sonne I sleepe Philop. Whâ—… then I wrong'd your quiet rest to weepe Sith Christians should not any difference make Twixt Death and Sleepe Philoge It 's true for â—…th awake Both lie them downe both rise botâ—… bedding haue The liuing haue their couch the dead their graue For as our Death by Sleepe is shadowed So by our Bed our Graue is measured Philop. O pardon then my teares Philoge My Sonne I doe These teares thou sheds do thy affâ—…ctioÌ„ show And beare record in Heâ—…uen Philop. Where you are blest Philoge Indeede I am Philop. Heauens grant my Soule like rest ¶ A Diuine composition stiled The Pilgrimes Petition Keepe me O Lord ô daigne my Soule to keep Thou art her Shepheard shee the wandring Sheep Thou art the liuing life the Labourers way The Pilgrims staffe Faiths Anchor Iosuahs day Yea Iosuahs Day-starre who so if thou please Canst make the Sun goe backe without degrees ¶ The Sinners Cymball I cried vnto the Lord he healed me I sicke to death he shâ—…w'd me remedâ—…e I hunger-staru'd he gaue me Angels food I all athirst he quench'd it with his blood ¶ In obitum Thomae Brathwaite optimae spei indolis generosissimae vitae probatissimae fidei integerrimae omni ex parte parati peri tique R. B. Memoriae eius studiosissimus lugubria ista Poemata grati animi pignora diu meditata iam serò sed seriò in publicam lucem prolata Dialogi more ccmposuit Philaretus and Euthymius Philaret Quò redis Euthym. In gremium matris Philaret Quos quaeris Euthym. Amicos Philaret His moriendo â—…ares Euthym. His moriendo fruor Philar. Tunc tibi mors lucrum Euthym. Mâ—…hi lux via vita leuamen Philar. Tunc non amissus Euthy Mâ—…ssus at ante meos ¶ In Anagramma quod sibi ipsi composuit Annulo inscripsit Brathwaite Vita vt herba Vita vt Herba tuum est Anagramma tuaque sub vrna Hoc videam brâ—…uis est vita sed herba leuis Annulus hoc tenuit namque Annulus arctus vt annus Quo velut afflatu fata futura refers ¶ Vpon the late decease of his much lamented friend and kinsman Alleâ—… Nicholson a zealous industrious member both in Church and Common-weale Hauxide laments thy Death Grasmyre not so Wishing I hou hadst bâ—…ene dead 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 agoe For then her market had not so beâ—…ke done But had suruâ—…u'd â—…hy Age in time â—…o come And well may Hauxide grieue at thy Departure Since Shee receiu'd from thee her ancient charter Which Grasmyre suâ—…s since Thou art turn'd to To bring about now haâ—…h broght to pâ—…sse grasse Thus much for thâ—…e nor would I haue thee know it For thy pure zeale could nere eâ—…dure a Poet Yet for the Loue I bore thee and that Blood Which twixt vs both by Natiâ—…e course hath flow'd This will I say and may for sure I am The North nere bred sincerer Pâ—…rer man ¶ In obitum generosissimi viri L. P. genio quà m ingenio minus faelici Franciscus Ridgeway eius memoriae studiosissimus hosce thâ—…eneticos modos composuit Flebo cur amisi memorandi pignus amici Falleris amitti morte peâ—…ente nequit Praemitti fateâ—…r Quis enim non fata capesset Discimur exemplo sic oriendo mori At dolâ—…t exemplis tua fata venisse sub illis Qâ—…is si tu perias fama perennis erit Quid dixi an peries peries sanè corpore quid si Hac species periat mens speciosa manet Altera pars
câ—…rnimus superstitem Quaecunque orta sunt occidunt Salust Ver vireat quod te peperit viridissima proles Quaeque tegit cineres ipsa virescat humus Transis ab exiguis nâ—…quam periture theatris Vt repetas sacri pulchra Theatra Iouis ¶ In vultum incredibili lepore respersum O facies mutata nimis spectacula praebes Vermibus ingenuis saepe probata viris Quo mutaâ—…a tuae magis est Prâ—…stantia formâ—… Integra nunc râ—…manet quae peritura fuit Vita vt mimus Exit vt exâ—…git soboles lepidissima partem Praemia fert hominum sed meliora Deûm ¶ Vpon a Traueller who taking Inne in a village at the signe of the Boore was lamentably murdered by his Hoast The brutish-brisled Bore that was my Signe Where th' Hoast Bore-like shed this poore bloud of mine Ibidem An crudelis Aper magis an crudelior Hospes Nescio saeuus Aper saeuus Hospes erat At saeâ—…s magis Hospes erat nam conuenit vrsis Inter se saeuis non Hospes ab Hospite tutus Englished Whether the Bore or Hoast more cruell be Cruell the Borâ—… â—…he Hoast as fierce as He I know not but the Hoast's the cruellest Beares do agree while the Hoast betraies his Guest ¶ Vpon certaine Bones found of late buried in the ground supposed to be some murder committed by the Hoast in whose yard these Bones were found but as yet only suspition is grounded no apparancie of Fact discouered Brew'd be thy hands in bloud although Thou be Free to the world thy Conscience is not free For these drie Bones lie mouldred now in Dust Will manifest thy guilt for God is iust Vpon murder Murder may seeme to sleepe but cannot sleepe For Feare and Horrour do her eie-lids keepe Another Murder sometime to slumber will betake her Till furie wrath and vengeance do awake her ¶ Vpon a Gentlewoman who died in Child-birth One and my onely one lies buried heere Who in the Birth she bore was borne on Beere To him askâ—…s more this for excuse appeares Ioy can find words bâ—…t words are drown'd in teares Vpon an Infant his fathers first borne was this written By this auouch I may right sure I am That meagre Death 's an vniust Tithingman This was my First not Tenth and we do say With Tenth not First we vse our Tithe to pay ¶ Vpon one Gray Gray was my name gray were my haires of hue And Gray to graue return'd payes Natures due ¶ Vpon one Grauâ—… Graue I was where now you see Graue is all is granted â—…e Yet with me my name I haue Since in graue dâ—…th lodge a Graue Another Iesu Christ my soule he saue Ere my Met-wand tuch my graue ¶ Vpon one Winds towards the North-borders is this written Windeâ—…'se â—…'se can'd an now I find Aâ—… mans life is but a wind Whilke an I had winde at will I had yet bene liuing still But I's wele though wind be gaâ—… Siker I's wind feele I naâ—…e ¶ Another Miseremini mei my Friends all For now the World hath enformed me to fall I must no lonâ—…er endure Pray for my Soule For the World is transiâ—…ory and terrestriall Hoc Epitaphium â—…re insculptum vidimus cathedrali templo Eboâ—…acensi pulcherrimo more in aerea quadam lamina consitum sed â—…rbarie temporis magis excusanda aut ineptia Autoâ—…is non satis 〈◊〉 parum condite dispositum in Orientali faâ—… prope meâ—…iam partem Areâ—… erigitur ¶ Vpon old Mammon Here lies experienc'd Prouidence whose care Hath well enrich'd himself made others bare And yet when Nature did denie Him breath Wormes had their Legacie by meanes of Death Pray for his Soule who prai'd on many a Soule And houle amaine when as the Bell doth toule The reason is if you doe aske me why Howling should supply mourning when Dogs die Animae mâ—…ae propitietur Deus ¶ On a Cobler at Cambridge Mâ—… not much though death in doubt did stand Hâ—… fouâ—…d â—…im alwayes on the mending hand Yeâ—… 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 aâ—…d by change of weather Dâ—…th ript his Soule quite from the vpper leâ—…ther ¶ Vpon an Eminent STATESMAN in this Land absolute for his generall suruey in all knowledge his approued iudgement in all Learning Reade STATESMAN here thy owne mortalitie O meditate of Death before thy death Be not traâ—…sport'd with Honour for if we Ere can shew vertue it is while we breath Raising our hopes ' boue Earths felicity To crown our Temples with Fames glorious wreath Behold I was and being was admir'd Elected STATESMAN and esteemed fit At all assaies of STATE to manage it So all that Frame which was so much desir'd Ends in this Chest where STATE retires expir'd ¶ In the memory of that famous Professour of Physicke Mr Butler generally renowmed for his approued practice Death might dissolue thy forme but not thy faâ—…e For shee hath reared on thee such a frame As shall preserue thy mem'rie sure I am So long as Age shall neede Physician Cease Criticke then for to traduce his worth Whose Oyle though it be spent his Light 's not forth To sundry States our sundry Fates vs call Some for the Soule some bodie few for all Yet we in way of Charity should know He had receits for Soule and Bodie too ¶ On one Morâ—… Here lies More and no more but hâ—… More and no more how can that be ¶ On one Pricke Cupid and Death they both their arrowes nicke Cupid shot short but Death he hit the Pricke ¶ Vpon Sir Ignorance Here lies the body of Sir Ignorance Who liued in a mist died in atrance And may he so long sleepe where he is laine Till he forget to come to vs againe ¶ Vpon Gregorie Cade Sib my wife did promise me Shee woâ—…ld die when I did die But no trust's in Her I see And you see'â—… as well as I For my shrâ—…wde was scantly rotteâ—… Till my Sib had me forgotten FINIS ¶ The Prodigals Glasse FLie me delights Content on Earth fare well My mind is aiming at an higher Sphere Though I on Earth seeme to remaine and dwell My perfect rest cannot bâ—… seated here Sith no delight there is not match'd with fearâ—… But when my mansion is where I would â—…e No feare on Earth can after trouble me This life what is it but a liuing death And in that death no rest vnto the mind Can worldlings haue Flie hence my soule and breath In that eternall Kingdome that 's assign'd For faithfull Pilgrims whose content's beâ—…ind After Earths losse to reape a treble gainâ—… 'Mongst those blest Saints that euermore remaine O that my Glasse were run that I might goâ—… From this low Centre and transported be From Earths allurâ—…ments instances of woe To dwell with my Redeemer cheerefullie O then should I forget my miserie By present ioyes enioy'd so much the more In that I liu'd that seem'd to die before Wâ—…o would desire to liue when he may die And liue for euer Death
great Citie Damascus and in stead of a Banner take this sheete this shrowde which thou shalt waâ—…e in the ayre and crie This is all that the victorious Saladine hath left him of all his Conquests Thirdly â—…for the infelicitie of this life diuers Ethnickes haue spoken worthily as Thales who affirmed no difference to be at all betwixt Life and Death and Crates reply who being asked what was the greatest happinesse could befall man answered Either not to be borne or to die sooâ—…e where the entrance to life is Shriking the middle Sorrowing and the end Sighing and better is it to haue no Being then to be miserable by Being confirmed by that sentence of Cneus Dentatus I had rather be dead then liue as oâ—…e dead vacancie from affaires being the graue of a liuing Soule With especiall reason may I seeme to approoue which a spirituall man approues in himselfe of that diuine Oracle The houre of our death is better then the houre of our birth since at the best we are but here in the state of Grace and that is only a glorie inchoate but after in the state of Glorie and that is a grace consummate It might seeme that the Cusani had some superficiall taste of this in bemoning their childrens birth and reioycing at their death but the experience of worldly griefs made them so desiâ—…edly approach their ends for certaine it is Mori velle non tantùm fortis aut miser aut prudens sed etiam fastidiosus potest where our liues louing falles to a loathing and the sacietie of delights being externall and therefore farre from reall breedes a dâ—…staste The consideration of these and many more anxieties whiâ—…h attend man in his Soiorne of Flesh hath no question moued sundry of those diuine Fathers to contemne this life reioycing much in the remembrance of their Dissolution but more especially that ardent and vnfained Loue which they bore to their Redeemer whose glorie that it might be promoted and furthered death seemed to them a singular fauour confirming their loue by the testimony of their faith and such to illustrate our Discourse by instance appeared the affecâ—…ion of blessed Hierome when he publiquely protested That if his mother should hang about him his father lie in his way to stoppe him his wife and children weepe about him he would throw off his mother neglect his father contemne the lamentation of his wife and children to meete his Sauiour Christ Iesus The like appeared the loue of all those glorious and victorious Martyrs during the Ten Persecutions shewing euident proofe of sanctitie in their liues of constancie in their deaths where neyther promise of preferment could allure nor extremest punishment deterre remaining to vse the words of Cyprian as an impregnable rocke amiddest all violent assaults assailed indeede but not surprized threatned but not dismayed besieged but not discomfited appearing like starres in the darke night like greene Baies in the midst of hoarie winter and like liuely fresh fountaines in the sandie Desert I could amplifie this Discourse by instancing the exercise of that Monasticall and Eremeticall life in former time professed and by an austeritie too rigorous for flesh and bloud continued abiding sequestred not onely from all mundane pleasures but euen enemies to humane societie so as rightly might Damascene terme it a kinde of Martyrdome being dead as well to men as to the world but I intend to be short speaking rather by way of admonition then discourse to caution such whose Desires seeme planted on this globe of frailtie accounting death the greatest infelicit incident to man as men incredulous of future good These haue their treasures on earth where they haue indiuidually fixed their hearts for where their treasure is there is their heart also Like I siâ—… Asse idolatrizing their owne gainesse ignorant poore makes how soone they shall bâ—… stript of their imaginarie glorie but these are those filij deperditi sencelesse of Sinne in the Desert of Sinne little knowing how mans securitie is the diuells opportunitie but crying with the Horse-leech More More are not to be satissted till their mouth be filled with grauell whose speedy Conuâ—…rsion I wish before their Dissolution lest Desolation second their Dissolution Yea may this effect worke in them before the day of forgetfulnesse receiue them Moriatur Paulus persecutor Viuat Apoâ—…tolus Praedicator Moriatur Magdalena peâ—…cans viuat poenitentiam agenâ—… Moriatur Matthaeus Publicanus viuat fidelis Dei seruus So shall Death be a passage to a life subiect to no death so entire consolation shall receiue them where their sincere conuersion reclaimed them euer applying this as a chearefull receit to an afflicted ConscieÌ„ce 〈◊〉 est hominis errare nullius nisi insipientis perseuerare in errore True it is that neither Homers vndeâ—…standing though he could reduce what memorable thing soeuer he had read into a golden verse Platoesâ—…it â—…it Aeschynes art of Oratory nor Ciceroes tongue shall preuaile when wee become 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a breathlesse Corps then the hearts sincerity not the excellency of any outward faculty shall bring vs to the inheritance of glory which Saint Augustine compareâ—… to the Sun Pascuntur omnes non minuitur Whence it is that Plato in â—…is Timaeus saith If a man lose his eyes or feete or hands or wealth wee may say of such an one hee loseth something but He who loseth his Heart and Reason loseth all for in the wombe of our Mother the first thing that is engendred or participates forme is the Heart and the last which dieth is the â—…ame Heart and the gift which God craueth of Man is his heart But we haue too farre digressed let vs now returne to those zealous Professors of true Mortification those who laboured in the Spirituall Uineyard and fainted not were persecuted yet failed not were put to Death yet desistâ—…d not from glorifying their Master in their Death All which may appeare by those pregnant places of Scripture I desire to be d ssolued saith Paul and to be with Christ Phil. 1. 23. 24. Neuâ—…rthelesse for me to abide in the flesh were better for yo Neither doth He desire to bee dissolued as weary of suffering vnder the Crâ—…sse of Christ but â—…or the feruent desire he hath to see God in his glorie Againe the faithfull crie euer for the approach of Gods Kinâ—…dome the reward of immortality which with assurance in Gods mercies and his Sonnes passion they vndoubtedly hope to obtain with vehemency of spirit inuoking and inuiting their Mediatour Come Lord Iesus come quickely Reuel 22. 20. Nor doe they ground on a weake Foâ—…ndation Knowing how they that die in the Lord shall rest from their Labour Iohn 5. 24. Reâ—…el 14. 15. O that Man would consider sâ—…ith a religious Father what a sinner loseth to wit Heauen what he getteth to wit Hell whom he offendeth Gods Iustice what he incurreth his vengeance for vengeance is his and heâ—… will repay it Briefly Magna est