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A29232	The history of moderation, or, The life, death and resurrection of moderation together with her nativity, country, pedigree, kinred [sic], character, friends and also her enemies / written by Hesychius Pamphilus ; and now faithfully translated out of the original.	Brathwaite, Richard, 1588?-1673.	1669 (1669)	Wing B4264; ESTC R30241	33,332	145

A poor Widdow is ever like the gap 〈◊〉 in the hedge soon trod●…en ●…own and old Fri●…nds now w●…re grown 〈◊〉 and which went 〈◊〉 to her heart her two 〈◊〉 who w●…re wont form●…rly ●…o support and countenance h●…r in every thing t●…at was just and reasonable were now under a Cloud Philodike for appearing in a C●…use wherein Innocency had b●…n opprest had he been sil●…nt as his Gr●…nd-father Joseph and his Uncle Nicodemus had done before him incurred the displ●…asure of some gr●…at On●…s who procured his troubles and Philothe●…s for being now and then ●…ome hat plain and a little s●…art in an Use of Reproof at both which she was inwardly grieved in her mind and they b●…ing under restraint or else keeping their Chamber by reason of their Ag●… and Infirmities though she had le●…ned to endure any thing and was nev●…r forward to stir or move in h●…r own private Cause yet when she saw her two Brethren concerned in point of their Honour and Reputation and th●… Publick mor●… in point of 〈◊〉 she could not for her life sit still bu●… presents a●… humble and mod●… Petition in their behal●… whic●… wa●… but this that they might come ●…o ●… fair hearing and when matters should be rightly understood if th●…y were found Offenders she d●…sired no favour for th●…m she desired no more and 〈◊〉 at l●…ast ●…he might have b●…en 〈◊〉 in and spoken to or ●…r Petition re●…d 〈◊〉 But when no admit●…ance could be obtained for Moderation and instead thereof T●…unts and R●…proaches sent after a●…d told withall that if she moved any further sh●… should be secured her old friend Extremity was then Door-keeper and to be sure would do her no good office and ●…he it was gave th●… answer and it is thought of her ow●… head Moderation took it so t●… heart that she never joyed her sel●… after nor had any delight to go abroad but lived retired in her privat●… Lodgings and gave her se●…f to her Devotions and not long after departed this life The news whereof no sooner came●… to the Brothers hearing but it struck them to the very h●…art that they both of them departed the self-same day not willing to out-live their Sister Moderation Never was the like heard of by all Relation that two Brothers and Sister should all three dye in one day but they had loved most entirely as if they all had but one Soul and they were all three buried together in the same Grave the same Grave it was wherein Eusebius and Philodemus the two Husbands and Settlement the Son and Peace and Plenty the Daughters of Moderation had been laid before Now was both Court City and Country full of Lamentations for the death of three such eminent Persons neither were the two Brethren more Iamented then was sweet and allcontenting all-pleasing Moderation only Extremi●…y rejoyced extreamly at the death of Moderation and D●…sobedience rejoyced as much at the death of Philodike and Philotheos Philodike was most lamented at Court by the Grandees Sag●… Statesmen and Patriots for his grave advice and equal administration of Justice whereby the general Peace of Feliciana was preserv●…d Philotheos was most lamented by the Cl●…rgy and such as were learned and abl●… to judge of his Elaborate Tracts his Solid and Learned Sermons ●…nd his great Prudence in Ecclesiastical Affairs whereby the Cause of Religion and the Peace and Honour of the Church had been maintained and pres●…rved But as their names were above the understanding so w●…s their worth above the cognizance of the Vulgar But as for Moderation all knew what she was w●…ll enough all Feliciana had heard and talked much of her all the Island over as good a Subject as could live under a Prince a true Daughter of the Church and a Mother in Israel and bewailed she was both in Court City and Country by Man Woman and Child young and old simple and gentle because all understood she had no interest but the publick good and desired favour and protection only for such as should be judged worthy to live in any well-governed State in the World And the more lamented she was because she dyed without ●…ssue and left none of her name behind yet being sick and knowing she was now near her end she made her Will and sent for a Kinswoman of hers named Repentance a Kinswoman once removed younger sister to Consideration dead before and her she made her adopted Child and sole Heir and Executrix who so sadly took her death that she was not only Close Mourner at the Funeral but went in mourning to her dying day and could never get Moderation dear Moderation out of her mind Never was the Lady Dorcas more lamented and her recov●…ry more desired then was this Ladies And very remarkable it is though it be against the Religion professed in Feliciana to put up any Prayers for their b●…st Friends when dead yet did all pray for Moderation when she was dead and gone and the most Religious the most heartily of all others and so do to this day yet not for the resting of h●…r Soul but for her return or Resurrection of which they have a stedfast belief and full expectation grounded on an old Prophecy whereof I sh●…ll tell you more anon And seldom did any come near her Tomb but they bedewed it with their Tears over which as I remember was Engraven in a Latine Character Heu placidè obdormit Veneranda Matrona Moderatio novam expectans Resuscitationem ante novissimam Resurrectionem And under it was this Epitaph written in that Country Language Here lyes Intombed Matron Moderation True Friend of the Church Joy of the Nation Her worth to few was known Until that she was gone No Issue great or small This the saddest of all All ye friends that look on Pray for Moderation Long may she not stay let the next Generation See out of these Stones rise a New Mode●…ation And to see what good Prayers can do Not long after when you would have thought she had been quite consumed Moderation did revive and her Spirit did return yet not into the former Corps that had been too great a Miracle for this latter Age to believe but as Moses Spirit was once transfused into seventy others so did her Spirit return and was transfused and did enter into many more and made a happy change in them They were now so many new Creatures which made the Author and many others sing in the words of that famous Verser Jam nova Progenies Coelo dilabitur alt●… There dropped down from Heaven high Of Mankind a new Progeny Yea and which was the wonder of all and you will hardly believe it even Extremity her self was changed and endued with another spirit as the next Chapter will inform you CHAP. XIII Of the wonderful change wrought in Extremity and the occasion and means of it BEfore I make an end I shall tell you what became of Extremity and Disobedience Extremity made a