Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n
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A29977
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An epitaph upon Thomas, late Lord Fairfax written by a person of honour.
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Buckingham, George Villiers, Duke of, 1628-1687.
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(1680)
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Wing B5311; ESTC R19941
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a_o epitaph_n upon_o thomas_n late_a lord_n fairfax_n write_a by_o a_o person_n of_o honour_n 1._o under_o this_o stone_n do_v lie_v one_o bear_v for_o victory_n fairfax_n the_o valiant_a and_o the_o only_o he_o who_o ever_o for_o that_o alone_a a_o conqueror_n will_v be_v both_o sex_n virtue_n be_v in_o he_o combine_v he_o have_v the_o fierceness_n of_o the_o manly_a mind_n and_o all_o the_o meekness_n too_o of_o womankind_n he_o never_o know_v what_o envy_n be_v or_o hate_n his_o soul_n be_v fill_v with_o worth_a and_o honesty_n and_o with_o another_o thing_n quite_o out_o of_o date_n call_v modesty_n 2._o he_o never_o seem_v impudent_a but_o in_o the_o field_n a_o place_n where_o impudence_n itself_o dare_v seldom_o show_v its_o face_n have_v any_o stranger_n spy_v he_o in_o a_o room_n with_o some_o of_o those_o he_o have_v overcome_v and_o have_v not_o hear_v their_o talk_n but_o only_o see_v their_o gesture_n and_o their_o mien_n they_o will_v have_v swear_v he_o have_v the_o vanquish_v be_v for_o as_o they_o brag_v and_o dreadful_a will_v appear_v whilst_o they_o their_o own_o ill_a luck_n in_o war_n repeat_v his_o modesty_n still_o make_v he_o blush_v to_o hear_v how_o often_o he_o have_v they_o defeat_v 3._o through_o his_o whole_a life_n the_o part_n he_o bear_v be_v wonderful_a and_o great_a and_o yet_o it_o so_o appear_v in_o nothing_o more_o than_o in_o his_o private_a last_o retreat_n for_o it_o be_v a_o strange_a thing_n to_o find_v one_o man_n of_o such_o a_o glorious_a mind_n as_o can_v despise_v the_o power_n he_o have_v get_v than_o million_o of_o the_o sot_n and_o brave_n those_o despicable_a fool_n and_o knave_n who_o such_o a_o pother_n make_v through_o dulness_n and_o mistake_n in_o seek_v after_o power_n and_o get_v it_o not_o 4._o when_o all_o the_o nation_n he_o have_v win_v and_o with_o expense_n of_o blood_n have_v buy_v store_n great_a enough_o he_o think_v of_o fame_n and_o of_o renown_n he_o then_o his_o arm_n lay_v down_o with_o full_a as_o little_a pride_n as_o if_o he_o have_v be_v of_o the_o enemy_n side_n or_o one_o of_o they_o can_v do_v that_o be_v undo_v he_o neither_o wealth_n nor_o place_n seek_v for_o other_o not_o himself_o he_o fight_v he_o be_v content_a to_o know_v for_o he_o have_v find_v it_o so_o that_o when_o he_o please_v to_o conquer_v he_o be_v able_a and_o leave_v the_o spoil_n and_o plunder_n to_o the_o rabble_n he_o may_v have_v be_v a_o king_n but_o yet_o he_o understand_v how_o much_o it_o be_v a_o mean_a thing_n to_o be_v unjust_o great_a than_o honourable_o good_a 5._o this_o from_o the_o world_n do_v admiration_n draw_v and_o from_o his_o friend_n both_o love_n and_o awe_n remember_v what_o he_o do_v in_o fight_n before_o his_o foe_n love_v he_o too_o as_o they_o be_v bind_v to_o do_v because_o he_o be_v resolve_v to_o fight_v no_o more_o so_o blessed_v of_o all_o he_o die_v but_o far_o more_o blessed_v be_v we_o if_o we_o be_v sure_a to_o live_v till_o we_o can_v see_v a_o man_n as_o great_a in_o war_n as_o just_o in_o peace_n as_o he_o finis_fw-la