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A78470
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Certain elegies upon the death of Peter Whalley Esq; late major of Northampton.
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1657
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Wing C1700B; Thomason E912_7; ESTC R207542
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another_o life_n shall_v have_v but_o since_o no_o love_n nor_o honour_n friend_n or_o prayer_n can_v life_n restore_v let_v we_o in_o flood_n of_o tear_n lament_v our_o loss_n and_o with_o affection_n mourn_v because_o the_o head_n be_v from_o our_o body_n tear_v a_o good_a man_n be_v go_v like_a enoch_n in_o great_a haste_n oh_o cruel_a death_n forbear_v make_v not_o such_o waste_n he_o be_v a_o godly_a man_n of_o unstained_a life_n a_o friend_n to_o peace_n a_o enemy_n to_o strife_n a_o publique-spirited_n man_n make_v up_o of_o love_n wisdom_n and_o meekness_n grace_n from_o above_o he_o be_v a_o pillar_n yea_o a_o corner_n stone_n a_o major_a a_o burgess_n fit_a for_o northampton_n a_o active-spirited_n man_n in_o church_n and_o state_n prize_v by_o godly_a man_n at_o a_o high_a rate_n a_o tender-hearted_a man_n unto_o the_o poor_a and_o openhanded_a to_o they_o at_o his_o door_n a_o phinehas_n for_o his_o zeal_n like_o moses_n right_a he_o lead_v the_o people_n till_o call_v 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exululans_fw-la hîc_fw-la iaceo_fw-la vrbis_fw-la honos_fw-la nos_fw-la tam_fw-la foelices_fw-la donec_fw-la te_fw-la fata_fw-la vocabant_fw-la jamque_fw-la jacent_fw-la tumulo_fw-la gaudia_fw-la nostra_fw-la tuo_fw-la quis_fw-la fueris_fw-la constat_fw-la lachrymis_fw-la agnosceris_fw-la illis_fw-la non_fw-la tibi_fw-la chara_fw-la magis_fw-la conjuge_fw-la vita_fw-la fuit_fw-la singulus_fw-la sobolis_fw-la patrem_fw-la testantur_fw-la amantem_fw-la dum_fw-la deflent_fw-la populi_fw-la te_fw-la quasi_fw-la semideum_fw-la praesidium_n miseris_fw-la patriae_fw-la tutela_n fuisti_fw-la quis_fw-la scit_fw-la a_fw-mi &_o manes_fw-la hic_fw-la quoque_fw-la tangat_fw-la honos_fw-la ibat_fw-la ad_fw-la occasum_fw-la sic_fw-la lux_fw-la clarissima_fw-la gentis_fw-la et_fw-la sanctum_fw-la tumuli_fw-la condidit_fw-la umbra_fw-la caput_fw-la si_fw-la tamen_fw-la illius_fw-la meritis_fw-la par_fw-fr vita_fw-la daretur_fw-la non_fw-la nisi_fw-la cum_fw-la mundo_fw-la debuit_fw-la ille_fw-la mori_fw-la in_o eundem_fw-la vita_fw-la fuit_fw-la christi_fw-la tua_fw-la gloria_fw-la mors_fw-la tibi_fw-la lucrum_fw-la fit_a tua_fw-la vita_fw-la dei_fw-la gloria_fw-la morsque_fw-la tui_fw-la audax_fw-la ante_fw-la diem_fw-la sic_fw-la mors_fw-la tua_fw-la lumina_fw-la clausit_fw-la at_o sibi_fw-la mors_fw-la nunquam_fw-la plus_fw-la licuisse_fw-la putet_fw-la nunc_fw-la habitas_fw-la cives_fw-la inter_fw-la stellantis_fw-la olympi_n vitaeque_fw-la aeternae_fw-la gloria_fw-la christus_fw-la erit_fw-la thy_o saviour_n life_n thy_o glory_n be_v his_o shameful_a death_n thy_o gain_n thy_o life_n bless_a saint_n christ_n glory_n be_v by_o death_n thy_o life_n remain_v why_o cruel_a death_n before_o due_a time_n do_v close_v his_o glorious_a eye_n o_o think_v not_o to_o repeat_v thy_o crime_n god_n saint_n must_v short_o rise_v his_o bless_a soul_n be_v in_o heaven_n above_o '_o among_o the_o celestial_a train_n where_o christ_n impart_v out_o of_o his_o love_n glory_n to_o he_o again_o n._n whalley_n a_o elegy_n upon_o the_o death_n of_o his_o dear_a and_o ever_o honour_a father_n mr_n peter_n whalley_n it_o will_v not_o excuse_v to_o say_v i_o have_v no_o vain_a of_o poetry_n who_o be_v there_o can_v refrain_v when_o such_o friend_n fall_v and_o death_n ambitious_a how_o to_o raise_v his_o triumph_n make_v such_o worthy_n bow_n who_o will_v not_o try_v to_o sigh_v and_o sob_v a_o verse_n when_o it_o be_v to_o attend_v and_o wait_v upon_o this_o hearse_n when_o death_n arrest_v i_o see_v and_o call_v away_o goodness_n can_v bail_v nor_o virtue_n cause_n delay_n death_n be_v too_o quick_a for_o we_o not_o he_o but_o stay_v he_o do_v not_o kill_v but_o steal_v this_o prize_n away_o death_n know_v he_o be_v prepare_v and_o therefore_o send_v no_o gout_n to_o tell_v he_o that_o he_o must_v repent_v a_o tedious_a sickness_n have_v his_o friend_n more_o grieve_v he_o then_o have_v long_o die_v not_o long_o live_v there_o be_v none_o will_v blame_v a_o wind_n '_o 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