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A39124
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An Elegy on the death of the Lord Chief Justice Hales who died December 26, 1676.
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1677
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Wing E396A; ESTC R36107
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a_o elegy_n on_o the_o death_n of_o the_o lord_n chief_a justice_n hales_n who_o die_v december_n 26._o 1676._o bring_v your_o oblation_n poet-laureat_a wit_n here_o be_v a_o subject_a your_o best_a art_n befit_v from_o i_o a_o mean_a offer_v must_v suffice_v who_o have_v no_o brain_n for_o such_o a_o sacrifice_n but_o what_o need_v a_o encomium_n silly_a verse_n do_v but_o debase_v this_o honourable_a hearse_n be_v the_o bless_a saint_n ascend_v up_o to_o rest_n his_o holy_a life_n and_o his_o love-labour_n cease_v good_a devout_a simeon_n such_o be_v his_o decease_n clasp_v his_o redeemer_n and_o depart_v in_o peace_n what_o heart_n droop_v not_o at_o his_o depart_n hence_o it_o be_v as_o the_o sun_n set_v his_o set_a influence_n like_o that_o great_a light_n rejoice_v in_o his_o sphere_n he_o run_v his_o circuit_n profit_v every_o where_o with_o a_o impartial_a hand_n turn_v justice_n scale_n the_o poor_a man_n patron_n help_v where_o fee_n do_v fail_v a_o rule_v great_a example_n of_o the_o gown_n true_a to_o himself_o his_o country_n and_o the_o crown_n in_o all_o time_n fix_v so_o well_o he_o keep_v his_o ground_n he_o seem_v the_o axe_n on_o w_z ch_z the_o wheel_n go_v round_o high_a above_o praise_n his_o own_o work_n well_o express_v and_o better_o prove_v he_o know_v most_o and_o do_v best_a hence_o petty_a grief_n death_n here_o wound_v a_o whole_a nation_n it_o call_v for_o more_o than_o common_a lamentation_n church_n and_o state_n put_v on_o black_a mourn_v friend_n mourn_v all_o the_o loss_n be_v vast_a and_o epidemical_a this_o worthy_a pillar_n be_v fall_v to_o ground_n where_o be_v another_o atlas_n to_o be_v find_v where_o such_o a_o healer_n where_o so_o right_a a_o eye_n sage_a to_o discern_v and_o faithful_a to_o apply_v you_o of_o the_o long_a robe_n in_o each_o inns-a-court_n to_o coke_n great_a name_n add_v hales_n his_o good_a report_n may_v it_o prove_v sem'nal_a of_o your_o excellence_n in_o propagate_a law_n and_o conscience_n a_o thousand_o phoenix_n if_o it_o may_v be_v rise_v out_o of_o his_o ash_n good_a like_o he_o and_o wise_a to_o build_v up_o justice_n wrong_n and_o vice_n assuage_v and_o reinforce_v the_o beggar_a bankrupt_a age_n in_o who_o survive_v it_o may_v yet_o be_v say_v the_o oracle_n of_o law_n still_o live_v though_o dead_a the_o epitaph_n ingenious_a reader_n stay_v and_o drop_v a_o tear_n england_n great_a darling_n and_o defence_n lie_v here_o weep_v widow_a nation_n weep_v till_o stream_n do_v fall_v like_o a_o kind_a bride_n his_o love_n be_v conjugal_a license_v jan._n 5._o 1677._o ro._n l'estrange_n print_a for_o the_o author_n mdclxxvii_o