Your Majesty is willing to do good What rare Ver ues flow from Kings Royal Blood Heavenly Motions do their mindes incline To move to heavenly Raptures most sublime Before or after your rich stately cheer Your Majesty may hunt the fat brave Deer Walk in sweet Gardens for to take delight View Objects rare for to content your sight Recreate with bowling or other sport To see your Person many will resort Your Gracious Person doth Mens mindes content To see with joy Gods blessed Vicegeâ—ent Mercury doth point before or behind To shew the various changes of the wind And on each side he doth not then omit To point to the place that 's proper and fit For to direct where Boreas blasts do blow And to informe the Standers by to know Nothing in this frail Life is firm and sure God grant us his Grace for e're to endure This Place your Royal Court is fit to feast So divine rich rare sumptuous a Guest Shine forth and show your Rayes of Majesty God blesse your Person and Posterity That shall hereafter I do hope succeed From royal gracious King Charles loyns proceed The Birds do now sweetly melodious sing To welcome hither our most gracious King Henton St. George is a mark of honour That brave Progenitors cast upon her St. George is a high noble mark of Fame Kings and Nobles will preserve that great Name The highest Order of our brave Nation Which other famous Kings keep in fashion The Heavens do smile and the fields look gay For here is now kept high St. George's Day As much as tongue can speak and pen expresse I 'le wish pray for my Soveraigns happinesse I will expresse my love with heart and hand And be for ever at your blest command I will set forth my love with tongue and pen God save my King let all Men say Amen After your Progresses on Earth are past God give you heaven to raign in at last There to be crowned an Eternal King For to praise God and heavenly Anthems sing Accrosticks Upon the Royall and most Illustrious DUKE IAMES STVART His Majesties only Brother JAMES only Brother to our Gracious KING Abundant comforts by your service bring Majectick Actions do your Name advance England of late was in a dismal Trance Sweet Blessings hath by our Sov'raigns good chance Strength of Gods arme his Power you defend The Life of Grace here live unto the end Up at last blest Soul mount to Heavens Glory A HOMER's Pen shall write your blessed Story Religâ—on Vertue Valour and true Fame These do in part proclaim your Royall Name In time of Sorrow you did bare your part Again regain'd your Honour by Desert Majestie doth smile on your grand Merit Ended this Life Glory then inherit Sing praises to God by his sacred Spirit Soar up aloft to heav'n by Raptures high Truth still maintain and its pure Dignity Up above the Clouds your Soul soar's aloft Advancing towards Christ your Soul he bought Renown your name brave Duke by your rare deeds 'T is from your Vertuous Actions it proceeds Iames that learned wise and Religious King Admir'd amongst all Nations peace did bring Magnificent Prince that late rul'd this Land Eternal Blessings wrought by his fair hand Still let 's admire him for his grand Command Sir you 're a Royall Branch of that learn'd Sire Truth did maintain with Zeal as hot as fire Unitie Peace and Love he did maintain Amongst his greatest Enemies peace did gain Rare famous Duke may you his Acts embrace Truths Friends cherish Enemies deface On the most Illustrious and Religious Elisabeth DUTCHESSE of YORK Elizabeth Blessed Peace of the Lord Loving ever to obey Gods pure Word In Life and Death God guide you by his Grace Zealous of his glory you shall see his Face Angells at last convey your Soul to bless Bright radiant Glory heavens happiness Even as Glasse doth run and sand passe away The greatest Beauty one day turns to clay Heav'ns happy Harbour will receive your Soul Satiate with Gods presence ne're condole Ther 's nothing that shall trouble you above Up raised 'bove the World by perfect love A mind you have to do those things are good Rich by your Faith in Christ his precious blood There is no fear where this is understood Dukes Kings and Princes one Day all must die Unto their God ascend and mount on high Treasure immortal the good shall enjoy Christ will tree them from this vain worlds annoy Heaven is the happy Place where Saints do dwell Each being content not striving to Excell Sufficient Glory every Saint hath there Singing praises to their Saviour dear Of heavens glory each Saint hath his part Farr transcending the thoughts of humane heart Your blessed Saviour did your Soul Redeem Ordain'd you happy and of high Esteem Raign rare Dutchesse a Queen in that fair Land Kings are joyfull there to bear least command E're guided by the wile Almighties hand On his Excellency George Monck Duke of Albemarle Great Duke God give you length of dayes on earth E're make you happy both in Life and death Our Gracious King you happ'ly dia restore Riches immortal may you have therefore God grant hereafter you may see Gods face Enthron'd by Christ unto a heavenly Place Majestie doth on you most sweetly shine Oh may Gods Providence you safely keep Noon Day and Night whether you wake or sleep Christ and King Charles your Soul and Body love King and Subject your faithfull Love approve George is the Name of fair brave Englands Saint England made happy by your noble hand Our Gracious Soveraign will hear our complaint Religiously rule and govern this Land Great God of Heaven and Earth you ever blesse Ev'n here on earth with heav'nly happinesse Maj'stick Monck Mirrour of this Nation Oh what brave order and stately Fashion Now that our Gracious King doth rule and raign Christ grant him Nestor's years here to remain Kings to exceed yea great King Charlemain God gave you Life and in his full due time Exalted you unto a Place sublime Oh may Gods Blessing still on you descend Remaining to our King a faithfull Friend God hath rewarded you for your great pains Eternal Mansions be your blest Souls gains Geometry cannot measure your great worth Emanent Logicks Science not set forth Or Arithmatâ—cks usefull Art number Rhetorick cannot more divinely move Gracious Moncks heart his Soveraign for to love Exceeding the kind faithfull Tuttle Dove Musick for sweetness d'ont exceed your voyce Of making so good praise worthy a choyce Not Nature but three Nations for 't rejoyce Christ blesse you and the sacred Trinityâ— King Charles to bring to 's Royall Dignity Grand famous Warrier maist thou still win faâ—â— Eternize your great vertues and your Name Oh let all Kingdomes of our joyes pertake Rouze other Nations and their Valour wake Great God of heavâ—n and Earth our Champion bless Ev'n with all joy Eternall happinesse Great Riches and Honours shall passe away Ended
this life enjoy a glorious Day Oh that my Dull Muse could fully expresse Rich rare transcendent future happinesse God hath in heavâ—n I hope laid up for thee E're blessed Mansion to Eternitie Mount up alost you shall to Saints above On Angells wings your blessed Soul shall fly Neere to our Saviour mounting up on high Convey'd by Angels to a place sublime Kings Saints and Martyrs there may your soul shine On the most Reverend FATHER in GOD William Juxon Arch bishop of Ganterbury His Grace Willing ever to serve your Soveraign Lord Industrious to advance Gods sacred Word Laud still the Lord that did our Soveraign bring In his due time unto his Fathers Throne Advance the Name of Jah of God alone May you shine bright like a Transcendent one Jesus the grand true Bishop of your Soul Up hath rais'd you by your Soveraign dear Xalted on high in our Hemisphear On your Royal Master you did fix your love None higher then your self did he approve When he was to suffer that fatal stroake It made your heart to bleed yea heart of Oake Lamenting sore for your Soveraigns death Like to have cost you your dear vitall breath In Jesus Christ you did put all your trust Angells still guide you till you turn to dust Mongst Saints and Angells shine among the Just Jn Troublous Times at last you liv'd to see Unto your joy his sacred Majesty Xonerated from his pain and grief Our gracious God did send him his relief Next to Gods Name let us extoll him chief Wayting long at last our Sunn did arise In radiant manner clearing our dim eyes Lamenting him whose Death they did deplore It was a Blest Time when brave Monck did bring Again our gracious Soveraign Lord and King May we due praises of our Soveraign sing Jt pleas'd our good God after many years Unto your joy being almost drown'd in tears Xalt your griev'd heart and sorrowfull minde On your Dread Soveraign Lord who was so kinde Now double joy doth spring your King to find When that sable Day and sad Night of Death Iudicious Juxon stop thy Soveraigns breath Lord what a time was then to your sad Soul Lamenting his departure did condole In grief and tears you were almost drown'd then A better happy time God hath you sent May heav'ns King crown you with most sweet content Jn heavenly things you do spend your Dayes Unto your grand King and Creators praise Xhorting Christians purely for to live Oh blessed Soul such fair Instructions give None none but Christ can our foul sinnes forgive Wisdome advanceth Men of good desert It crown 's that Man who hath a perfect heart Lord inflame your heart with holy fire Let your Affection be of like desire In place as your Grace is advanced high Angels after Death with your soul then flie Mount up aloft to highest Majestie Jnstall'd a Bishop in a blessed time Uprai's'd to honour to a place sublime Xalted may you be to place of Blesse Of heavenly Glory and Happinesse Nâ—re Jesus Christ in Robes of Righteousnesse On the most Reverend FATHER in GOD Edward LORD BISHOP of NORWICH My ever Honoured Priend and Kinsman Christ called you unto his * Dean of Christ Church in Oxen. Church again Enabling you in 's service to take pain But long you did not then continue there But in a higher Place did soon appear You reap'd a happy Guerdon for your love Both King and Kingdome did your wayes approve God guided you by his sacred Spirit After this Life Eternall joyes inherit You preacht before the Commons and our King Praising the Lord that did our Soveraign bring At last with joy unto his Fathers Throne It was the glorious work of God alone Your loyalty unto our Gracious Lord Doth now unto you great comforts afford Your healing precious Balm was well apply'd The king the happy Bridegroom to our Bride The bride this Kingdome was married at last Your Griefs and Sorrows then were everpast Oh let us to our God most handfull be That did preserve his Royall Majestie Oh how I did rejoyce to read you †Sermons before the King and Parliament Books And therein see your gracious heart and looks It did mâ— drooping spirits then revive God garde â—â—y Sov'raign keep him long alive And thaâ— his Enemies he may overcome Preserve his Ofspring till the Day of Dâ—me Let REYNOLDS then ever renowned be For 's healing Balme for Royal Sov'raignty He did prepare the Physick for to cure The Maladie which long we did indure God blesse all the happy Physicians skill That did obey Gods word and it fulfill The happy Patriots of our Country dear Which doth our Gracious Soveraign love and fear Unite their hearts in Bonds of faithfull Love Loving's Majestie and his Acts approve And being made happie with all sweet content By a brave blessed healing Parliament On my Ever Honoured Friend and Kinsman Doctor Iohn Castle Esquire one of the Clerks of his Majesties Privy Seale Iohn Gratious your name doth signify Oh! how good Names the owners Dignify Hereditus was for brave History Nathan a Prophet in Divine Mistery Casting Your Care on God hath set You 〈◊〉 Advanc'd you to former Dignitie Still by your Vertues get to honours seate The grand King of Kings make you still Compleat Laid low by Warre yet Christ hath rais'd you up Even to Dine and at last with him to Sup. Iesus of Nazareth gâ—iâ— you in your Wayes Oâ— Christ 〈…〉 full 〈◊〉 his praise H 〈…〉 high of Bless No 〈…〉 Can you Wish Constant e're in serving your Lord and God And alwaies diligent to hear his word Serving your Lord and Master faithfully The King of Heav'n and Earth you dignifie Laud God above who hath Preserv'd your life E're made you happy for a verâ—uous wife In all your troubles you were not dismaid On God you put your truâ— were not afraid Hosanna then at last may you soul sing None could you draw from your dear Soveraign King Christ gave your mind rest after so much pain Advanc't you to Honour and place Agâ—â—n Still did you wâ—â—te upon the â—and of God The Tyrants pow'r's removd his cruel Rod. Lord thou hast brought my friend for to sit down Ev'n under the Rayes of a blessed Crown Iudicious Sir I love your learned Arts On vertue grounded and Renowned parts Heavenly fire doth inflame your mind Nought can remain of Droâ—s b'ing thus refind Christ make you happie both in Life and Death Advance his glory with your vital breath Standing still firm and constant in your faith Truth to maintain and what our Saviour saith Lâ—uding the Lord in the most sadest time Even then your soul did mount to place sublime In contemplation and divinest things On things Celestial and the King of Kings High Heav'nly Raptures for to place your minde None so sweet and good on Earth as Christ to find Clouds of calamity being past away Advanc't you now to see a Halcyon day Salvator Mundi
Great Britains JUBILE OR A Rural Present to his Royall Majesty my Gracious renowned and Admired SOVERAIGN Charles the IJd. OF Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith c. In divers Panegyricks and Poems on several Objects Persons and Occasions relating to his sacred Person and Progress Si Deus nobiscum quis contra nos Rom. 8.31 By LANCELOT REYNOLDS Gent. LONDON Printed by Roger Vaughan for the Authour 1662. THE ROYAL OAK REVIVED SOME Branches thereof Illustrated AND SOVERAIGN MAJESTY PROTECTED THat Royal Oak that kept my Gracious King Continue green in Summer Winter Spring TO HIS SACRED MAJESTY Charles the II. By the Grace of God King of Great Britain France and Ireland DEFENDER OF THE FAITH c. Most Dread and Admired Soveraign THe whole world cannot parallel such a Miracle of Mercy as the Lord hath vouchsafed in your gracious and miraculous Preservation and Restoration beyond many mens expectation of your Sacred Majesty unto us your obedient Subiects and to be invested in your dear and Royal Fathers Throne without effusion of blood For which unspeakable mercy and blessing let us magnifie the grand mercy of our good God for his mercy endureth for ever and render our thankfulness from the ground and bottom of our hearts As Artaxerxes the Persian King did kindly accept of a handful of fair water from his poor Subject Sinates And another great Monarch of a handful of roots from his poor Subject So my hope is that your Royal Majesty will be pleased graciously to accept this Paper-present proceeding from the heart hand and pen of your most Loyal Subject who doth truly reverence and honour your Sacred Person Part of these poor unpolisht lines were intended against your Majesties coming to the Right Honourable John Lord Poulet of Henton Saint George within the County of Sommerset and to the Honourable Colonel Francis Windham at Trent I am truly sensible of mine inabilities to answer expectation and therefore do humbly sue for your gracious pardon I beseech the ancient of days to add many years unto your precious life The Lord make your Sacred Majesty a special choice instrument of his glory that you may reign gloriously here and have a Crown of Immortal Glory hereafter for the obtaining whereof your Majesty shall have the most fervent and hearty prayers of Your Majesties most humble loyal and faithful Subject Lancelot Reynolds The Royall famous Oak noâ— revived His Maiesties Court obsâ—ur'd for a â—ime Some constant faithful Courtiers described Both now praised be God most bright do shine FOr to begin with Wor'sters bloudy Fight It would almost amaze the World to write Where they did kill and slay without measure And car'd not for their lives but their Treasure The Fight was hot and bloudy was that day It was indeed a deadly mortall Fray Oh may we to our God most thankfull be Who did preserve our King our all in Thee 'T is beyound Mans thoughts and admiration His Escape and blest Preservation Of my Soveraignes Person and Deare Life Which comforts doth conveigh to Man and Wife And Children likewise doth thereof pertake Oh let us love him for his own Names sake He is our Soveraigne Lord that doth protect Friends and Enâ—mies that do not him reject His Lawfull power and his Command That doth Gods word obey and firmly stand At Worster at that great and cruel fight Our royal Sov'raign then was forc'd to flight He knew not where to go to ride or run To keep himself from being quite undone Our blessed Saviour did an Oak provide His sacred Person for a time to hide Until Brave Lord Wilmot did him remove Whereby he shew'd his Zeal and faithful love Oh blessed Oak that shel red my dear Lord Who alwayes trusted in Gods holy Word From sight of wicked and ungodly men Not fit for Earth but for a Lyons Den. If that they meant my Sov'raign to destroy They would thereby three Kingdomes much annoy When our gracious Lord was in distresse God did support him in his heavinesse To his dear Lord then he did make his mone Who did him comfort though he were alone Gods Angel guided him stil in his way In a most safe and hollow tree to stay Oh When dear Lord shall my weak eyes be blest To see that woman gave my King sweet rest When his sad heart with sorrow did abound So rare escape on Earth can scarce be found The hollow woods the Trees did comforts bring Unto our gracious and admired King Did ever God for any King so work In time of horrid danger for to lurk In so obscure and solitary place Where Gods Vicegerent King by Gods high grace When griefs fear horror did his soul affright My royal Soveraign in the dark some night Where one blest man by hap did him attend And prov'd to be his true and faithful friend God blesse him still in body and in soul That he may ne're but for his sinnes condole The shady woods and trees comforts afford Unto our soveraign King and gracious Lord. From woods and trees a Lane God did provide A Lane adorn'd with vertue and with grace O're whelm'd with joy to see her Sov'raigns face To free him from his fears and dangers deep Secure his person and his life to keep In blessed safety free from mortal harmes From bloudy men clasp'd in his Saviours armes Th' Almighty did his precious soul protect And will alwayes his faithful blest elect 1623. When that royal P. Charles went into Spain Resolving then a Princesse for to gaine For safety of his life he chang'd his name And travel'd with great Duke of Buckingham There names they thought fit for to chang That they might see far Countreys strang Will and Tom Smith were then their names Which might seem strange unto King James That gracious wise and royal King Who to faâ— Nations peace did bring Read Wilmot forward backward and then finde 〈◊〉 and Tom ready perfect in your minde Wâ—â—n Subjects chang'd their love king Charles his name Royal Câ—aries is after call'd William A name of Conquerour it did foretell A happy Omen that he should do well To live to conquer overcome at last Pardon Offences forgive what is past To live to reign to be a glorious King Much joy and happinesse to three kingdomes bring In a fourth also he hath a good share And likewise doth a Sovereign title bare My Sovereign conquer'd not by sword but love God did his words and actions well approve On our gracious KING his feigned Name When he rode disguiz'd with Mistrisse Lane William Conquerour of this Nation Jesus the worker of our salvation Lastâ—l did labour to preserve our king Lane ventured life him for to safety bring In Jesus Christ our Lord puts all his trust Abounding in mercy able for to save Majesty dejected from untimely grave Wise men and great have changes in this life In youth and age avoid all mortal strife Lift up your heart unto
Men God will advance continue your rare Name Let Angels sound the Trump of thy great Fame Soladine after all his brave Conquests past Carryed but a Shirt unto his Grave at last God blesse the King 's High Court of Parliament That they may love and act with joynt consent When that your Gracious Soul away shall flie The Glorious Angels guide it to the skie When that your body shall be laid to sleep In Mother Earth your dust most safe shall keep When Crowns and honours shall turn to an Urn May Glory after Death be your Return On that Worthy Accomplished Gentleman Mr. Thomas Mayhew TRanscendent Mayhew for your royal Lines Writ with a quill pluckt from an Angells wing Shall flourâ—sh and wax green in future times For writing the welcome of our dearest King Who is the Fountain of our Bliss our All His Royal Person high Emperiall Of brave Mayhews Writing let 's take a veiw So rich so rare and of so fair a hew Mount up rare Mayhew get Promothean Fire To warm thy wings and mount high by desire Thou dost bestir thy golden nimble Pen To exhilerate the sad hearts of men Thy hew is glorious in the Moneth of May The Flowers then are fair fresh look full gay Flowers then are sweet pleasant rare and new Nones fairer have expressed then Mayhew His dainty Fancy and his golden Pen Doth eqâ—â—l if not exceed most of Men Thy Noble Spirit it doth soar alost Christs precious blood thy pure soul dearly bought Thy Genius is sublime and mounteth high Thy blessed Saviour will thee dignifie Thy Muse doth soar up high and elevate Thy thoughts are profound and do contemplate On things sacred sumpt'ous rare and divine which shall continue as long 's Mortal time Maynewâ— is brave sublime and royal Pen Doth â—eetly please delight the hearts of Men. His Thâ—am is high and lofty is his Spirit Which one Day will the spacious Heaven inherit Long may you live to write on divers things On high Jehovah and the state of Kings High Matters do well become thy brave Pen To solace rich Saints and the best of Men Mayhew doth fill he minde with wonders great In writing in such manner brave compleat The more thou dost extol and praise my King The more I will thee praise thy goodnesse sing My weak Pen cannot expresse thy rare worth A Homer or Lucan must it set forth In perfect Colours and thy Noble hew Who can expresse and write like brave Mayhew The very lustre of thy famous Name Shall still preserve thy rare and Noble Fame Let Angels sound the Trump of thy high praise For to continue beyond length of Dayes Let Time be weary for to measure times So long or longer dure thy Famous Lines Let Angels sing the praises of your Verse Which I weak man not able to Rehearse I wish and pray that long long thou mayst live More Royal Verses to my Soveraign give Upon the Sight of King Charles the II. his Picture at the Honourable Colonel Sr. JOHN DRAKE Knight and Baronet his House at Trill in Devon IF that the Shadow doth the minde content Much more the Substance pure excellent If that the Shadow doth such Reverence move What will the Substance with dear faithfull Love If that the Shadow do but represent How doth the Substance give most sweet content Though 's hair be black yet his Soul 's white within God keep his Body safe his Soul from sin Christ our Saviour and Immortal King CHARLES REX to the highest honours bring May he be happy 'bove all Kings on Earth Eternally happy after his death I want Apelles Pencil for to limb And Homers famous Pen to paint out him His royal Head the watch-Tower of the Sences His sweet Clemency pardons great Offences His Eyes though black yet do most purely shine His Knowledge high like a Rare Divine His Eye of Providence did long foresee The Effects of Times and how they would be His precious Eares do ever love to hear Gods sacred Word which he doth hold most dear His Smelling sweet things doth revive his sences God and our gracious King pardons offences Yet to a Lover nothing smells more sweet Than Mâ—striss breaâ—h when lipâ— and hearts do meet His Taste is pure sweet with Delectation By Faith he feeds on Christ for his Salvation His Feeling's quick and all his Sences good His greatest Treasure is Christs precious blood His rubie Lips though shadowes I could kiss His Soul and Body God for ever bless His Lilly white hand I have kiss'd before And hope hereafter to kiss it once more His golden Crown doth by his sweet side lie After this life may his Soul mount on high Above the Sphears and bright star spangled Skie To live with 's Saviour Christ eternally I 'le pray that he may long and happy raign And after death in Heaven e're remain On 's sacred MAJESTIES CORONATION The blest Precursor of Reformation THis Day my Gracious Soveraign crown'd shall be And will show forth his Royal Majestie God blesse that reverend hand that crown 's our King Let us praise God that he did safely bring Him hither for to sit on 's Fathers Throne It was the handy work of God alone Famous Albemarle was the Instrument Of our royal Comforts and high Content Cncurring with the blessed Parliament God give him a happy and a blessed Boon Comfort his blest Soul Morning Night and Noon Rejoyce this Day Great Britains KING is crown'd Long may he live and ever be renown'd Oh let his Life and Glory so transcend That Every Nation may become his Friend Defend Him Lord who is Faiths Defender Strengthen Brethren and confirm the Tender Protect him Lord who art the Worlds Protector From 's Enemies and every ill Projector Famous King Charles let his Name ever Ring Royal brave Anthems to his praises sing The Nobles and the Gentry flock to see This famous far renown'd Solemnitie Oh what a Royal Stately and brave sight To see the King with 's Nobles shine most bright In Radicant manner with that luster shine With Royal Glory and with Lords Divine Royall attended with a Princely Train Not inferiour to brave Great Charlemain To that Famous Abby Our Soveraign came Bravely attended with his Men of Fame The Noble Lords all came in their order In their Rich Robes and most stately border Coller of Esses their George and brave things Fit well becoming the high state of Kings The Bells did ring Conduits run wine all rejoyce Expressing it both with hand heart and voice When he had heard a Sermon preached there He was conducted to an ancient Chair Where many Kings have been crown'd in this land God still preserve thaâ— blessed happy hand But first his brave grand Champion claim'd the Crown For our true Soveraign of so great renown They did acknowledge him to be true Heir And did conduct him to that Royal Chair Being the next great Prince of Royal Blood Who will undoubâ—ed do this
thou wert ordain'd to dye Raise up your heart to 's heav'nly Majesty Y In height of bless up with bright Angels fly Joy after sorrow you enjoy at last Oh render thanks now griefs are over past Heav'n made you happy by a gracious King N New praises to your Maker daily sing Christ at last give your soul eternal gain Labour being past and all Earthly pain Oh Lord make you happy in life and death Be careful in spending your vital breath Ever in praise and honour of Gods name Raised by Christ to place of happiness Ynvested be in 's Robes of Righ eousness ON THE HONOURABLE COLONEL AND MY EVER HONOURED FRIEND S IR JOHN DRAKE Knight and Baronet c. RIght noble Knight I do admire your wit In acting of high matters proper fit Your Love was ever constant to the Crown Which hath purchas'd you great and high renown Your Name shall ever flourish and wax green And ' mongst the Worthies of this age be seen Your Wisdom solid is moves in due place It advanceth your name and noble race (*) Of Knights and Baronets Who can in England exceed Drakes great Name His worthy Ancestors of noble Fame Thou didst out-strip the Kings En'mies Please him still And to his Laws obedient and to his will His presence did revive your loyal heart His absence did increase your greater smart The Crommelites from him could get no Bayes It was to the King he did owe his praise He would not yield to any Tyrant great In his actions he walk'd upright compleat Oh what a high and lofty brain he had Not to buckle with Ruler was so bad Who durst to sit in 's Royal Soverains Throne Which did belong to our King Charles alone He could not therefore love him in his heart For shooting at King Charles his mortal dart He was the man King Charles his blood did shed He was accursed both alive and dead For â—ntting off King Charles's sacred head Oh how he did suck that most precious blood Who to three Nations would have done much good Drake's fit to be Counselor to a King He ever ready was comforts to bring His Wit 's profound his Genius mounts up high He serves his royal Master faithfully I must conclude Gods Spirit did you guide That in your acting did not walk aside AN ELEGIE ON THE Death of that most Excellent Religious and unparralel'd Queen of BOHEMIA Only Daughter to JAMES KING OF GREAT BRITAIN SISTER TO CHARLES THE FIRST AND WIFE to the most Illustrious ELECTOR FREDERICK KING OF BOHEMIA A Brave stately Cedar's faln in this land There 's no withstanding of th' Almighties hand Ah cruel death why didst thou now appear To rob us of a Jewel rich and rare The Mirrour of this Isse is now deceast Her death hath many Mourners now increast My gracious King and Nobles they do mourn And faithful servants o're her sacred Urn They mourn in heart with black Cloaks to the ground For such a Queen on earth 's scarse to be found This vertuous Queen of fair Bohemian land who in the true faith did most firmly stand Of all the famous Nations far and near Her like and parralel doth not appear She was extracted from a Royal stock Death came too soon and at her door did knock James that great King of Peace and learned skill Death would not spare for all his learned quill Nor yet his vertuous daughter shining bright But must away with him in sable night Great Queen of Sheba not more vertuous rare Then this great Queen within our Hemisphear When death doth summon we must all away From Princely furniture to beds of clay Before Queen Anne that famous Queen she dy'd There was before a glorious star espy'd 'T was of wonder and admiration 'T is sad to yield account of its station Many sad things it did portend i'th'end Which God Almighty then did quickly send Great Wars and Blood-shed then did after come Which rang'd o're many parts of Christendome But Germany did feel the stroke most great A heavy Famine little for to eat King James that learned and renowned King Which to this Kingdom did great Blessings bring Of Peace and Happiness to this Nation Both Penty Riches and stately fashion God hath Crown'd our Nation with great content A gracious King and blessed Parliament King James did write of that strange blazing star Seen before Queens Anns death that Princess rare 'T was to invite this Guest God sent this star Whose friends and nearest kin good Princess are Who though they run the race of men and dye Death serves but to refine their Majesty So did my Queen from hence her Court remove And put on death to be enthron'd above Then she 's not dead but sleeps no good Prince dyes But like the Days-Sun only sets to rise Since her sad death a bright star did appear I hope our Royal Queen will soon land here And will arrive at this famous City With noble Lords sweet Ladies and pretty Cleopatria not equal to thee Though fil'd with riches perfect Majesty Attended with a sumptuous stately Train Yet was at last by poysonous Asp there slain This blessed Queen was by death summon'd hence Rais'd up to Heav'n to receive recompence The blessed Angels did her soul convay Freed from all Troubles and the worlds annoy At last to enter her grand Masters joy Her many choice vertues for to recount Would up into afair Great volumn mount I want a Homer or a Mayhews pen Her worth and vertues to declare to men Her faith and patience was of that brave fame Which shall preserve her great and famous name Some famous Poet shall adorn your Herse And make you live by his immortal verse Du Bartus heav'nly Poets fit to write Of your rare Vertues which did shine most bright Beams of Eternal light lighten your soul Rich rare transcendent without mans controle I wish your soul high perfect happiness Amongst blest Saints with everlasting bless Transcendant hrppiness I hope you find None but Jesus Christ fil'd your heart and mind None but Anne and Elizabeth like to thee In radiant vertues and high Majesty Most blessed Queen you did prepare for death Advanc'd towards heav'n part with vital breath Nature most kind and grace you did set forth Ever to shew your vertuâ—s and great worth Bright shining vertues did your soul adorn Robes of Christs righteousness you have put on In and by Jesus Christ most happy be Ascend with Angels to the Trinity No earthly thing doth satiate the heart The holy Spirit doth all grace impart Grâ—nd vertuous Queen your ways were firm and good Advanc'd by Christ your Saviours precious blood Night of death came thou didst go to be 's bride Ere to sit down by Christ your Saviours side Bounty and Gods free love to you blest Saint Rais'd you up God heard your just complaint In full ripe years you were now cal'd away Advanc'd by Christ with your blest Bridegroom stay Christ
call'd you hence unto his Fold Our Saviour calls both Young and Old No Riches Honour Youth can stay Strong sturdy Death takes all away The Baly of our blessed Lord Away must go obey his word No longer time he will neglect Christs calls away his blest elect Brought now at last unto your home Riches to have not of earth's lome Indeed that Portion will endure Gods mercies are for ever sure Away she went when Christ did call No dallying death will take all The greatest richest and the small Brought low by death unto her grave Robes of Christs righteousness to have In Jesus Christ the put her trust And is now gone unto the just Nothing so dear that she did love Treasures immortal did approve Chang'd is your body and refin'd shall be Call'd to the presence of the Trinity Night of death come with Angels she did fly Saints to live with to all Eternity Christ hath remov'd you to a greater joy Earths comforts unto heavens but a toy In earthly things there 's but lintle pleasure Above the skie is immortal treasure Christ ransom'd your soul with his precious blood Only that Balm can do our souls most good Near Jesus Christ I hope your soul doth rest Sav'd by your Saviour lives amongst the blest The soul is wearied by its travels here Away she s gone unto her Saviour dear Her glass being run her soul is fled away With her Redeemer ever for to stay What can I think speak or write more then She doth deserve shall have a better Pen. To write of her high Vertues glorious Name Which learned Authors shall recount her Fame Christ is your blessed Spouse your Birdegroom All Your God your Saviour King Emperial He hath advanc'd you to eternal bliss Let 's be as careful not to do amiss She was a mother unto Princess store God bless them here on earth and evermore Their severel names I cannot recount Some are on earth others to heav'n did mount Prince Robert is a stout couragious wight And hath put many enemies to flight God bless his Highness long here on the earth And make him truly happy at his death Grieve not immoderately brave Prince her son For your dear mother that is dead and gone From earth to heav n that blessed place of rest To live with glorious Saints for ever blest Wherefore then should I say that she 's dead Whenas she 's gone where life it self is bred Then mourn no more but set your heart at rest You shall be like her carcase in the chest As num as wan as pale and cold as she Pray God your lives and deaths no worse may be Grieve then no more put not your mind to pain For her pure soul in heaven doth remain He that writes more more time of grief must borrow Let him then bring his wit I 'le bring my sorrow ACCROSTICKS On her most sacred MAIESTY Elizabeth blessed peace of the Lord Loving his Saints and his sacred word In Jesus Christ you did put all your trust Zealous for Religion lives amongst the just A blessed change you lived for to see Blessed be God his sacred Majesty Enthron'd compleat in his dear Fathers Throne The praises chiefly belongs to God alone Hosanna let us sing to that holy One Queen 'bove all Queens in glory bright Up mounted high unto that heav'nly light Eternal Joyes now to be partaker Ever to praise with Saints your Creator Now singing Anthemes to your blessed Maker Of all the blessings of a righteous soul Freedom from sin and this vile worlds controle By death of Christ you have obtain'd life Overcome the world and all mortal strief Hallalujahs sing in his height of bless Ever partaking of heav'ns happiness Made now a member of that heav'nly host In praising Father Son and holy Ghost Angels convey'd your soul that heavnly Post Away she 's gone unto that place of bless Immortal Saints enjoy full happiness Adieu blest Queen we mortals will prove just Always esteeming your most precious dust The grave hath your body world your fame Heaven your soul your son preserves your Name Though you be gone your fame is left behind I hope your son will prove as gracious kind My muse is dull my Taper gives dim light Yet may invite some better Pens to write I le put an end to this my mortal story Hoping God bath crown'd her with immortal glory On Hearing of the RIGHT WORSHIPFUL JOHN MERREFIELD Esq Made one of the KINGS SERJEANTS AT LAW Andin Election tobe a Judge WHen our renowed King Charls came to his Court Many Lords and noble persons did resort Who came to see 'm and kiss his royal haud B'ing come from far into his native land All sorts of men of our brave English Nation Were glad in heart for their Kings restauration It was a time then freely for to give To see their gracious King then for to live In royal Honour and in noble Fame God long increase and propagate his Name It was a time to confer honours store The cause did well require long before Brave Monck and Patriots did love our King Who us'd their best means speedily to bring Him to sit and act with them in 's Parliament To make good Laws with one and joynt consent As Guerdon of 's love did the King impart Rewards of honour for their good desert Of those brave Nobles and deserving men I 'm far unworthy to recount by Pen Yet may I not my honoured friend forget Whose former favours make me much in debt Let Merrefields name advance to his height May Kings and Princes in him take delight From worthy Squire surmount an noble Knight I heard that King Charles will make him a Judge His domeanor is such no man will grudge To hear of his good and high preferment Which long continue till his interment Loyal learned Merrefields worth do shine In equal splendor to some rare Divine I did long since conceive within my brest When that my Royal Soverain came to rest And to sit down on his dear Fathers throne For to enjoy three kingdoms of his own That then his Majesty would him advance When being come from Holland fertile France Meer love and favour would my Sovraign move On honest Merrefield to fix his love For Learning Law Loyalty and the rest He doth deserve mongst Lawyers counted best When he shall come to sit in justice place Lewd vitious men he will then disgrace Advance the vertuous and the godly man And of mens various actions duly scan When he shall mount up to grand Justice seat His parts with lustre then will seem compleat Immitate honest Crew Hutton Denham Doddrige Walters Jenkins Crook and Popham Both these and many learned Lawyers more Their worth he 'l practice and yet keep in store My Pen is weak and lame for to set forth His profound wisdom and his noble worth Full fraught with favours of his Soveraign Lord Stil careful to preserve Gods sacred word E're may you
have your Kings love here on earth King of Kings make you happy in your death May Gods Spirit joy you e're above all Be ready when God for your soul shall call As there are several degrees ' mongst men So in Heav'n Saints Angels and Syraphen As the King hath honoured my dear friend So to his Family let it extend According to his worth let 's praises yield Unto that well deserving Merrefield After all honour when 't shall please your Maker Of heavens joys may you be made partaker Enough you 'l have when Angels shall you bring To glory your blest soul to Christ your King ON HEARING OF THE DEATH Of my dear and admired SOVERAIGN LORD KING CHARLES the First GRief doth afflict and pierce my tender heart That death hath slain my Soverain with his dart Cannibals they were did act the devils part Make brave royal Branches and whole Kingdoms smart Was there no mean to qualifie your ire But that your wrath must burn with hellish fire Oh cursed Monsters to do such athing To murder our Soveraign Lord and King What shall I say 't was sin that did provoke God for to strike us with so sharpe a stroke For to deprive him of his precious breath And snatcht his life away by untimely death Ah curs'd Miscr'ant to lay thy hand on him For to commit so horrid bloody sin Did not thy heart with sorrow then relent And cause thy wicked heart for to repent For so great mischief bloody crying sin That will eternal vengeance after bring Where were thy eys within thy cursed head To strike the fonntain of Life our Soverain dead I wept and bath'd mine eyes in morning tears For death of my dear Soveraign Lord and King It was to qualifie my grief and fears For that sad Act Repentance it will bring Had I not been in my dear brothers house I might been cut by Soldiers smals a mouse Cap. Pâ—â—l buâ—geâ— Cap in K. Câ—â—â—l th First his Army liv'd and dâ—'d â—t Waymâ—uth They would soon have holpt me from my weeping And brought me to an untimely sleeping God will revenge him on that cursed wretch Who did his murdering hand out-boldy stretch For to cut off our gracious Sov'raigns head The grief thereof did strike me almost dead That Monster that did cut off that sacred head Did strike the Nobles and the kingdom dead Dead in Repute in Misery and in fame Stain to our noble Nation English name The wicked Vipers hasten'd him away Gods holy Angels did his soul conveigh To heav'nly Canaan there to be crown'd King With glorious Saints and Angels Anthemes sing On sight of supposed ANGELS In shape of DUCKS Hovering over King Charles the first when he was beheaded WHy do you talk of Ducks they Angels were Souldiers could not discern them their eyes The bright Angels waited for to conveigh b'ing blear King Charle's soul though's life were made a prey His blood did drown their Consciences full deep Whiles many for our Soveraign Lord did weep The blessed Angels hover d'ore his head And waited on him after he was dead Who did conveigh his blessed soul to bliss To a heav'nly Mansion endless happiness ON Sight of the Death of that HONOURABLE LEARNED Kt. S IR. HEN. HYDE On the fourth of March 1650. RIch rare transcendent Hyde when thou didst die My heart did grieve my eys did weep the sky Was overcast with sable blackness sad For to behold an action was so bad Loyal brave Hyde when thou didst loose thy head My heart with grief and inward sorrow bled The fourth of March was that fatal day That brave Sir Henry Hyde was snatcht away by cruel sudden and untimely death Who in high language spent his vital breath He faithfully serv'd his royal Master His enemies made him of death a Taster It griev'd me for to see his head fall down He fell so low for love unto the Crown I hope brave Hyde did not the Merchants wrong But that it was a lash of a false tongue I could scarce write these lines without weeping eye My eyes did weep when that brave soul did die Though 's body dead his soul shall e're remain With his Lord Christ for ever to reign Henry Rich Lord it doth import E're lov'd the word to it resort No man more loyal to his King Rebellious men did his soul sting Yet 's Prayers did in Gods ears ring Hyde laid down his life for serving his King In loyal manner b'ing a blessed thing Death did not sad him nor his heart dismay Expecting to live with his Lord Christ alway His soul is gone to eternal rest Ended now is his mortal sorrow No piercing cares can him molest Everlasting joyes did him follow Repine not therefore at his bliss If thou live well thy joy shall be like his Hope doth assure me Hyde's soul 's gone to heav'n In this life though of 's life he were bereav'n Death did deprive him here of a few days Enemies sent him to heav'n his God to praise On Sight and Hearing of my HONOURED FRIEND GEORGE FVLFFORD Esq One of His Majesties Justices of the PEACE For the County of DORSCET at Prayers with his Family the tenth of August 1661. BY fervent Prayer thou dost so discry And raise the soul up to Eternity Mount up rich soul with your heart and voice And cause those hear you in their hearts rejoyce God long continue your most happy days To tune your tongue to your Creators praise Inspire your heart with a heavenly flame As long as life continue praise his name Assist you in your Prayers by his spirit After may your soul heav'n inherit Accept my language from a faultring pen Who will reverence you'mongst worthy men May your prayers ascend and pierce the sky And your soul mount up and with Angels fly After you 've done your service parted hence God give your soul in heav'n a recompence When that your days on earth are past away God give your soul a divine alchion day Christs precious blood 's your balm that balms your bless God bring your soul to endless happiness By Christs his merits so rewarded be Make you happy to all Eternity ON MY HONOURED FRIEND GEORGE FVLFFORD Esq at Prayers with his Family c. BY zealous Prayer thou dost soar aloft Fly up by Faith to Christ our souls who bought Dear 't was indeed it cost him his heart blood To save our precious souls and do men good Oh what a various change of divine things Flows from your blest mouth to the King of Kings Your heav'nly tongue doth inchant the ear With ravishing comforts of our Saviour dear What heav'nly language doth from you flow Nectar proceeds from you though here below A constant servant to our Soveraign true With honour you are graced 't is your due Your Graces are divine and eminent Translucent shine rich rare and transcendent Oh my dear friend you do my mind content To admiration divine ravishment Most rare you