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A29977 An epitaph upon Thomas, late Lord Fairfax written by a person of honour. Buckingham, George Villiers, Duke of, 1628-1687. 1680 (1680) Wing B5311; ESTC R19941 895 2

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AN EPITAPH UPON THOMAS Late LORD FAIRFAX Written by a Person of HONOUR 1. Under this Stone doth lye One Born for Victory FAirfax the Valiant and the only he Who e're for that alone a Conquerour would be Both Sexes Virtues were in him combin'd He had the fierceness of the manliest mind And all the meekness too of Woman-kind He never knew what Envy was or Hate His Soul was fill'd with Worth and Honesty And with another thing quite out of Date Call'd Modesty 2. He ne're seem'd Impudent but in the Field a place Where Impudence it self dares seldom shew its Face Had any Stranger spy'd him in a Room With some of those he had Overcome And had not heard their Talk but only seen Their Gestures and their Meen They would have sworn he had the Vanquish'd been For as they brag'd and dreadful would appear Whilst they their own ill luck in War repeated His Modesty still made him blush to hear How often he had them defeated 3. Through his whole Life the part he bore Was wonderful and great And yet it so appear'd in nothing more Than in his Private last Retreat For 't is a stranger thing to find One Man of such a Glorious mind As can despise the Power he has got Than Millions of the Sots and Braves Those despicable Fools and Knaves Who such a pudder make Through dulness and mistake In seeking after Power and get it not 4. When all the Nation he had won And with expence of Blood had bought Store great enough he thought Of Fame and of Renown He then his Arms laid down With full as little Pride As if he had been of the Enemy's side Or one of them could do that were undone He neither Wealth nor Places sought For others not himself he fought He was content to know For he had found it so That when he pleas'd to Conquer he was able And leave the Spoil and Plunder to the Rabble He might have been a King But yet he understood How much it is a meaner thing To be unjustly Great than Honourably good 5. This from the World did Admiration draw And from his Friends both Love and awe Remembring what he did in Fight before His Foes lov'd him too As they were bound to do Because he was Resolv'd to fight no more So blest of all he dy'd But far more blest were we If we were sure to live till we could see A Man as great in War as Just in Peace as he FINIS