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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15047	Sir Phillip Sidney, his honorable life, his valiant death, and true vertues A perfect myrror for the followers both of Mars and Mercury, who (in the right hardie breaking vpon the enemie, by a few of the English, being for the most part gentlemen of honor and name) receiued his deathes wound, nere vnto Sutphen the 22. of September last past, dyed at Aruam the 16. of October following: and with much honor and all possible mone, was solemnely buried in Paules the 16. of February 1586. By G.W. gent. Whereunto is adioyned, one other briefe commemoration of the vniuersall lamentation, the neuer dying praise, and most sollemne funerall of the sayd right hardie and noble knight. By B.W. Esquire. Dedicated, to the right Honorable the Earle of Warwicke, by his Lordships faithfull seruant George Whetstones.	Whetstone, George, 1544?-1587?; B. W. (Bernard Whetstone) aut	1587 (1587)	STC 25349; ESTC S111735	12,399	21

SIR PHILLIP Sidney his honorable life his valiant death and true vertues A perfect Myrror for the followers both of Mars and Mercury Who in the right hardie breaking vpon the Enemie by a few of the English being for the most part Gentlemen of honor and name receiued his deathes wound nere vnto Sutphen the 22. of September last past dyed at Arnam the 16. of October following and with much honor and all possible mone was solemnely buried in Paules the 16. of February 1586. By G. W. gent. Whereunto is adioyned one other briefe Commemoration of the vniuersall lamentation the neuer dying praise and most sollemne funerall of the sayd right hardie and noble Knight By. B. W. Esquire Dedicated to the right Honorable the Earle of Warwicke by his Lordships faithfull Seruant George Whetstones Mors honesta vita ignominiosa preferenda Imprinted at London for Thomas Cadman FUIMUS The Right Hon ble Charles Viscount Bruce of Ampthill Son and Heir Apparent of Thomas Earl of Ailesbury and Baron Bruce of Whorleton 1712 ¶ To the Right Honorable my especiall good Lord and Maister Ambrose Earle of VVarwick Baron Lisle Knight of the most noble order of the Garter Generall of all the Queenes Maiesties Ordinance through her Highnesse Dominions and of her sacred excellencies most honorable and prudent priuie Counsell be heaped the true rewards of his godly and honorable vertues RIght Honorable albeit that sundry of the Manifold louers of your most worthy Nephewe of deare memorie Sir Phillip Sidney Knight haue alreadie witnessed their true affections in publishing of passionate Poems Epitaphs and Commemorations of his neuerdying vertues yet I hope my later writing shall finde intertaynment of your Lordship fauour amongst those that truely loued him Considering that my slacknesse to the world proceeded from a diligent search to set downe his deuine and heroical gifts according to truth though vnpossible to giue them the life grace which shined in his actions The learned Lypsius was not deceiued when in beholding of this noble Gentleman he aduisedly sayd THE EPISTLE DEDICATORIE Anglia est flos regionum tu flos Anglia England is the flower of Kingdomes And thou the flower of England Enuy his onely enemy will not deny but that the comfort of his wisdome combined with all morrall vertues was the rising sonne of England and that his mortall abilities were generallie admired and especiallie feared where the Englishe are not beloued your Lordship needeth not this information to knowe his inestimable valewe when he was like to possesse your temporal honors after death and was sure of your vertues in his life His losse will make his goodnes best knowne and soone mist in England notwithstanding the recordes of his life are profitable for our posteritie and holy workes that reuiue him after death My remembraunces of this worthy Knight now with God I hūbly present vnder your honors patronage to whom he was most deare and neare that your Lordshippe allowing of my god intent I may deceaue the enuious findefault of his Idle censure The Lord be with your Lordshippe in all your affaires for whose health and honorable prosperitie I doe dayly pray and to the ende will constantly remayne Your Lordships faithfull Seruant George Whetstones To the right Honorable my especiall good Lord Ambrose Earle of VVarwicke Baron Lisle Knight of the most noble order of the Garter Generall of all the Queenes Maiesties Ordnaunce through her Highnesse dominions and one of her Maiesties most honorable priuie Counsell T. C. wisheth increase of all Honor and Vertue ALthough right Honorable to bring fire to the Altars when the Sacrafice is ended or Epitaphs for the dead whē their funeralles are halfe forgotten is to wish for rayne when the haruest is past yet considering with my self the neuer dying vertues of the worthie once hopefull Gentleman of England Sir Phillip Sidney Knight a mā so beloued of al as obliuiō feareth to perswade time any waies to impaire his immortall fame seeing that all in heart diuers in their labours did bewayle his losse painting out in Poemes Epitaphs his vertues their owne sorowes amongst whō a gentleman and seruaunt of your Honors George Whetstones had before his going into the Low Countries writtē learnedly an Epitaph of his life and death although destinie and fate hath too vntimely ended his daies yet sith his works before his departure were dommitted to my hands I thought it my dutie and held it as a religion first not to depriue the gentleman of that due which his willingnesse and labours did worthely deserue secondly for that his workes bewrayed the vertues of such a Paragon of our time and lastly not the least cause for that your honors seruant had dedicated his Poems to your Lordship whose Epistle as he wrote it to your honor I haue prefixed These considerations right Honorable moued me to attempt the impression of this Epitaph which I humbly present vnto your Lordship desiring your Honor to vouchsafe of my good meaning and not to misconster of my boldnes In which hope testing I commit you to the Almightie Your Lordships in all dutifull seruice to commaund Thomas Cadman To the Reader COurteous reader diuers of my frendes that haue obserued my former readines in exposing the liues and vertues of many worthy personages deceased that their good examples might liue in the imitation of their posteritie have charged me to be to remisse in setting forth the life death and vertues of the most learned right valiant best beloued gentleman Sir Phillip Sidney Knight But I satisfied my frendes with this reason that I certifie vnto the generall reader vid. that the error that I sawe some hasty writers to commit for lacke of true instructiō and the iniurie that they did vnto so worthy a gentleman in publishing his History not hauing knowledge of the one halfe of his vertues to shunne the blame of two such capitall wronges moued me to be headfull that I published nothing but truth of so true a Knight Frō this feare through zeale proceeded my slownes in writing which cannot come to late when good Sir Phillip Sidney liueth euer And for the comfort of those that loued him or would be like vnto him I further say that the imitation of his vertues will eternize their praises whether they liue long or die soone for vertue is immortal Thus wishing the wish of al good desiers to the frendly reader I ende commending vnto the same my ready seruice G. W. Of the life death and Noble vertues of the most Aduenturous Knight Sir Phillip Sydney c. LOng liues the man that dyes in lusty yeares In actions that Life and death dispise Alexander the chiefe of Royall Peeres Who won one World and wisht another rise That he too worlds or one might cōquer twise In prime of youth in Enuies bane did light Yet liues through fame in spight of euery spight And what is Life the Life of flesh