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An essay of a character of the right honourable Sir George Treby, Kt. Lord Chief Justice of His Majesty's Court of Common-pleas / addressed to the learned Dr. Fowke by N. Tate, servant to His Majesty.
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Tate, Nahum, 1652-1715.
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1699
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Wing T187; ESTC R32745
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AN ESSAY OF A CHARACTER Of the Right Honourable Sir George Treby K t. Lord Chief Justice of His Majesty's Court of common-Common-Pleas Address'd to the Learned Dr. FOWKE By N. TATE Servant to His MAJESTY SIR WHAT Present can the Muse's Servant send To You the Muse's and your Country's Friend To You who like Apollo are renown'd For Physick's Pow'r Like Him with Wisdom crown'd From whence we learn both how we may enjoy Long Life and Usefully that Life employ How with firm Health right Reason we may gain And in sound Bodies a sound Mind retain By Virtue 's Rules that is by Yours to Live The best Prescription Art it self can give Fain would I send what Fame and You desire A Picture of the Man you Both Admire Phoebus himself might envy my Success Could I the great Original Express Or cou'd at least to humane View impart Your TREBY as He 's Pictur'd in my Heart But ah how faint I This Resemblance find To the Sublime Idea in my Mind How short my Words of what my Thoughts design'd So when some Prophet would an Angel draw Whom He in silent Contemplation saw He 's forc'd to speak as Mortal Language can Describe the Seraph as a Glorious Man INdulge One Labour more my drooping Muse Which neither Love nor Duty can refuse For TREBY's worthy Praise new String thy Lyre And sing a Theme that will thy Verse inspire The grateful Song would Charm the listning Globe Could'st Thou his Name Adorn as He the Robe See how from Specious Falshood he divides Wrong'd Truth and like an Oracle decides Whose Large and Richly furnisht Mind appears A Register of long-transacted Years Past Presidents so faithfully deriv'd As more than Nestor's Age he had surviv'd As He the Practise of all Courts had seen And from Law 's Infancy her Guardian been For Law that do's a boundless Ocean seem Is Coasted all and Fathom'd all by Him Yet tho' with such sagacious Knowledge crown'd No less for Justice than for Skill renown'd His Judgments he from Truth 's clear Fountain draws Respecting not the Party but the Cause Makes haughty Pow'r to humble Right give Place Want fears no Wrong and Wealth expects no Grace Proceedings so unbias'd clear and free They charm the lost Astrea down to see On Earth such Primitive Integrity But when on Life's Tribunal he is set Justice and Mercy are together met With Looks and Language Awful not Austere So circumspect in Dooming so sincere That ev'n the Sentenc'd think him not Severe Could Verse assume His Style of Strength and Ease Compacted Sense with all the Charms to please My Muse that with the Accomplisht Judge began Might next proceed to Sing th' Accomplisht Man But who in fetter'd Numbers can Comprise The Great the Good the Just the Learn'd and Wise The steddy Temper condescending Mind Indulgent to Distress to Merit kind Knowledge sublime sharp Judgment Piety From Pride from Censure and Moroseness free Cautious in Promise in Performance Sure Swift of Dispatch yet in Dispatch Secure Solemn as Night and chearful as the Day O Golden Mean O Worth without Allay Renown'd amongst the noble gen'rous Few Who Vertue 's most exalted Rules pursue As if for Nature's last Reserve design'd To prop the Sinking Credit of Mankind When high in Publick Seated to dispense Impartial Right we wish him never Thence Yet when withdrawn his private Friends to bless With Transport fir'd we wou'd for ever press Ingross the Bliss and his whole Time possess Thus Patriarchs heretofore at vacant Hours Treated their Visitants in Sylvan Bow'rs Thus Socrates th' Esteem of Athens gain'd Thus Plato's happy Guests were entertain'd Such Conversation may ev'n Gods invite Where Learning Reason Wit their Force Unite Experience Truth Instruction and Delight LONDON Printed by R. Roberts for the Author MDCXCIX