Nation good The Nobles then did performe their Duty And â—omage to their Gracious Soveraign Lord. They put their hands unto the Royal Crown And venture Life and state for his Renown The Reverend Bishops preach to him Gods Word Which he most ready is for to obey God keep his Person safe both Night and Day They present themselves at his Royall Feet His Sacred Person did them kindly greet And most lovingly did kiss their Right Cheek In gallant manner and â—n order meek A Ring 's put on as wedded to a Wife Great God of Heaven preserve him all his life Our King 's anointed with most precious Oyl May he his Enemies overcome and quail Then was the Crown put on his sacred head Let Angels guide him till his soul be fled And afterwards convey his Soul to blisse To Glory and Eternall happinesse Great Acclamations made God save the King The Trumpets sounded and with Ecchoes ring Let Bonfires blaze and Bells out loud now ring To show our Love unto our Graciouâ— King The Great and Glorious God assist my Pen To write of my Soveraign the best of Men That Rules and Raigns in Fair Great Britans Isle Let 's praise the Lord that he doth on us smile The King of Kings give Power for to write On him in home he taketh great delight No Angel will forbid quills from his wing To write in praise of my renowned Ring Some blessed holy precious Angel bright Give me a Quill from his rare Wing to write What I do for my Dear Soveraigns sake My drow sie Muse O Lord do thou awake My mind will be content my heart at ease If some fow Lines may my Dear Soveraign please This royal Solemnity being past They did return in order all at last It was a stately Sight there for to see The Nobles passe in Rank in their Degree But b'ing * 115 miles far distant cannot now relate The manner how they rode or walkt in state It was my happinesse for to see King Charles the first crowned for to be In the same manner I do apprehend Thu was perform'd and so do draw to'n end Wishing praying my Soveraign long may live More worthy Lawes unto his Subjects give Lord give my Soveraign a Vertuous Queen As ever was in fair Great Britain seen Grant him a happy Issue prosperous Raign Long here on Earth with Saints for to remain After this Mortal Crown shall passe away Give an immortall Crown ne're to decay In the higheâ—t heav'ns where the Saints excell In that blest Place may his Soul ever dwell On His most Excellent MAJESTY King Charles the Second His exspected coming to the Honourable Colonel FRANCIS WINDHAM his House at Trent WElcome Dear Soveraign welcome to Trent May it yield your Highness all sweet content Even to Admiration Astonishment At difference of the times You live to see How sad you were now joyfull may you be Let all true Subjects yeild to God the praise That did prolong Your Life with happy Dayes Behold the Place once you were in sorrow Some time to rest your felf you did borrow Your sacred Majesty made choyce then to rest With one of your faithfull Subjects lov'd you best Mr. Francis Windham of a happy Name May he e're live in honour and in Fame His heart and house reaâ—y to entertain So Gracious a Guest with him to remain A Guest above all others did excell Who wisht with you for ever for to dwell The times then were wilde dangerous and wood Windham adveutu'rd's Life to do you good Francis Free his Name doth signifie Receiving you his Name did dignifie Behold the Place that sheltred my Dear Lord Who alwayes trusted in Gods holy Word Which his Faithfull Servant did him afford In time of need and horrid Danger deep When many for your Person then did weep Your Grace kept waking whiles that they did sleep Let 's praise God who did your Soul deliver From cruel Men and bloody Oliver Your Gracious heart was sad when you pass'd by And saw an Object of Englands Tragedy Brave Noble Learned Digby's Famous Seat A Place of strength and beauty most compleat I should but Eclipse his great noble worth Weakly and lame t' expresse it and set forth There is a Famous River called Trent Where thirty Rivers are into it sent These several Rivers fall into her Flood And thirty sorts of Fish to do men good More various are the Favours of my King Innumerable Comforts they do bring From the greatest Subject unto the least Happy is he that hath so Rare a Guest No thing is wanting that may set forth Some part of Lustre of the Owners worth A Windham brave vert'ous wise did you cherish This Windham kept you that you might not perish The King of heaven highly him reward That of my Soveraign had such due regard I ne're was in the House of this brave Wight And therefore know not fully how to write Pardon dear Prince my weaknesse and accept A Mite instead of Pounds for my great Debt During my Life I will Sir dayly pray God preserve my Soveraign both Night and Day When Crowns and honours shall be laid in Dust May Your Soule live in Happinesse ' mongst the Just When Death shall put a Period to your Daies God crown your soule with wreaths of heav'nly baies On his most excellent Majesty King CHARLESH his expâ—â—ted coming to the Right honourable JOHN 〈…〉 his House at Henton S. George WElcome dread Soveraign welcome to this Place Unto a Noble Lord who loves your Grace Your Royal Father here took great Delight Pleasing his Sâ—nces and his Eye most bright Nought is here wanting that may give content Even to admiration Ravishment For wholesome Dwelling and sweet healthy Aire Few Places in the County can compare A neat compacted House in brave order Rich Pictures Hangings and stately Border Land skips and Maps for to delight the sence With many other things of Excellence Rich Curtains and sumptuous Tapestry Rare and soft Beds of Down whereon to lye Walks Water works Gardens Parks Oh brave Seat Where 's nothing wanting to make it compleat With other sumptuous stately costly things Fit well-becomeing the high state of Kings Nothing is wanting here that may set forth Some part of lustre of the Owners worth Wellcome Emperial Monarch I do say Where You do come you 'l make a Halcyon Day Shine forth bright Sol unto my Soveraign dear And show thy self now that he doth appear Within this pleasant kind of Paradice God blesse your Councellors that give advice Part of that Noble Order that attend The dew of heaven still on them descend And all the rest that do my King follow Let time and death all your Enemies swallow Let glorious Planets all then now rejoyce And we your Subjects for to hear your voice And see your sacred Person at this time Extend your Vertues 'bove a Grand Divine And eke blest Physician for to cure The Kings Evil which many do endure
this life enjoy a glorious Day Oh that my Dull Muse could fully expresse Rich rare transcendent future happinesse God hath in heavâ—n I hope laid up for thee E're blessed Mansion to Eternitie Mount up alost you shall to Saints above On Angells wings your blessed Soul shall fly Neere to our Saviour mounting up on high Convey'd by Angels to a place sublime Kings Saints and Martyrs there may your soul shine On the most Reverend FATHER in GOD William Juxon Arch bishop of Ganterbury His Grace Willing ever to serve your Soveraign Lord Industrious to advance Gods sacred Word Laud still the Lord that did our Soveraign bring In his due time unto his Fathers Throne Advance the Name of Jah of God alone May you shine bright like a Transcendent one Jesus the grand true Bishop of your Soul Up hath rais'd you by your Soveraign dear Xalted on high in our Hemisphear On your Royal Master you did fix your love None higher then your self did he approve When he was to suffer that fatal stroake It made your heart to bleed yea heart of Oake Lamenting sore for your Soveraigns death Like to have cost you your dear vitall breath In Jesus Christ you did put all your trust Angells still guide you till you turn to dust Mongst Saints and Angells shine among the Just Jn Troublous Times at last you liv'd to see Unto your joy his sacred Majesty Xonerated from his pain and grief Our gracious God did send him his relief Next to Gods Name let us extoll him chief Wayting long at last our Sunn did arise In radiant manner clearing our dim eyes Lamenting him whose Death they did deplore It was a Blest Time when brave Monck did bring Again our gracious Soveraign Lord and King May we due praises of our Soveraign sing Jt pleas'd our good God after many years Unto your joy being almost drown'd in tears Xalt your griev'd heart and sorrowfull minde On your Dread Soveraign Lord who was so kinde Now double joy doth spring your King to find When that sable Day and sad Night of Death Iudicious Juxon stop thy Soveraigns breath Lord what a time was then to your sad Soul Lamenting his departure did condole In grief and tears you were almost drown'd then A better happy time God hath you sent May heav'ns King crown you with most sweet content Jn heavenly things you do spend your Dayes Unto your grand King and Creators praise Xhorting Christians purely for to live Oh blessed Soul such fair Instructions give None none but Christ can our foul sinnes forgive Wisdome advanceth Men of good desert It crown 's that Man who hath a perfect heart Lord inflame your heart with holy fire Let your Affection be of like desire In place as your Grace is advanced high Angels after Death with your soul then flie Mount up aloft to highest Majestie Jnstall'd a Bishop in a blessed time Uprai's'd to honour to a place sublime Xalted may you be to place of Blesse Of heavenly Glory and Happinesse Nâ—re Jesus Christ in Robes of Righteousnesse On the most Reverend FATHER in GOD Edward LORD BISHOP of NORWICH My ever Honoured Priend and Kinsman Christ called you unto his * Dean of Christ Church in Oxen. Church again Enabling you in 's service to take pain But long you did not then continue there But in a higher Place did soon appear You reap'd a happy Guerdon for your love Both King and Kingdome did your wayes approve God guided you by his sacred Spirit After this Life Eternall joyes inherit You preacht before the Commons and our King Praising the Lord that did our Soveraign bring At last with joy unto his Fathers Throne It was the glorious work of God alone Your loyalty unto our Gracious Lord Doth now unto you great comforts afford Your healing precious Balm was well apply'd The king the happy Bridegroom to our Bride The bride this Kingdome was married at last Your Griefs and Sorrows then were everpast Oh let us to our God most handfull be That did preserve his Royall Majestie Oh how I did rejoyce to read you †Sermons before the King and Parliament Books And therein see your gracious heart and looks It did mâ— drooping spirits then revive God garde â—â—y Sov'raign keep him long alive And thaâ— his Enemies he may overcome Preserve his Ofspring till the Day of Dâ—me Let REYNOLDS then ever renowned be For 's healing Balme for Royal Sov'raignty He did prepare the Physick for to cure The Maladie which long we did indure God blesse all the happy Physicians skill That did obey Gods word and it fulfill The happy Patriots of our Country dear Which doth our Gracious Soveraign love and fear Unite their hearts in Bonds of faithfull Love Loving's Majestie and his Acts approve And being made happie with all sweet content By a brave blessed healing Parliament On my Ever Honoured Friend and Kinsman Doctor Iohn Castle Esquire one of the Clerks of his Majesties Privy Seale Iohn Gratious your name doth signify Oh! how good Names the owners Dignify Hereditus was for brave History Nathan a Prophet in Divine Mistery Casting Your Care on God hath set You 〈◊〉 Advanc'd you to former Dignitie Still by your Vertues get to honours seate The grand King of Kings make you still Compleat Laid low by Warre yet Christ hath rais'd you up Even to Dine and at last with him to Sup. Iesus of Nazareth gâ—iâ— you in your Wayes Oâ— Christ 〈…〉 full 〈◊〉 his praise H 〈…〉 high of Bless No 〈…〉 Can you Wish Constant e're in serving your Lord and God And alwaies diligent to hear his word Serving your Lord and Master faithfully The King of Heav'n and Earth you dignifie Laud God above who hath Preserv'd your life E're made you happy for a verâ—uous wife In all your troubles you were not dismaid On God you put your truâ— were not afraid Hosanna then at last may you soul sing None could you draw from your dear Soveraign King Christ gave your mind rest after so much pain Advanc't you to Honour and place Agâ—â—n Still did you wâ—â—te upon the â—and of God The Tyrants pow'r's removd his cruel Rod. Lord thou hast brought my friend for to sit down Ev'n under the Rayes of a blessed Crown Iudicious Sir I love your learned Arts On vertue grounded and Renowned parts Heavenly fire doth inflame your mind Nought can remain of Droâ—s b'ing thus refind Christ make you happie both in Life and Death Advance his glory with your vital breath Standing still firm and constant in your faith Truth to maintain and what our Saviour saith Lâ—uding the Lord in the most sadest time Even then your soul did mount to place sublime In contemplation and divinest things On things Celestial and the King of Kings High Heav'nly Raptures for to place your minde None so sweet and good on Earth as Christ to find Clouds of calamity being past away Advanc't you now to see a Halcyon day Salvator Mundi
your Creator Lose no time of Heav'n to be Pertaker In time of life think on that night of death All that are born are surely born to dy Man lives below may your soul mount on high Wealth nor honour can keep us from grim death Jewels nor gold can much prolong our breath Lord we must all drink of Deaths bitter cup Low brought by sin yet Christ can raise us up In glory bright above the starry sky Amidst the glorious Saints your foul wâ—â—l fly Mongst holy Martyrs to the Trinity Whiles I did live in heart of Oake I fear'd not death nor yet his stroake Laid low by sad event of War Lifting my heart to God above In Jesus Christ my Saviours love Advanced by his King his God Made to escape his Enemies â—od While I did live in sorrow for my king It joy'd my heart when brave Monck â—â—d him bring Lare better then never for him to raign Long live king Charles in glory to remain In health and happinesse unto the end And never â—â—and in need of earthly friend Mongst Saints and Angels after this life spend On his Sacred Majesty CHARLES STUART King of ENGLAND c. Christ now hath brought you to your fathers throne Heav'n hath his soul to you we make our mone Aâ—rs and armes with him are gon to grave Royalty remains yours his Crown to have Lord after this life bring your soul to bliss Eternal Joy and endless Happiness Saints robes put on of Christ his righteousness Soaring aloft by Meditation Truth to maintain and Reformation Up ready to uphold Gods word A gracious King and Soveraign Lord Right just and good in word and deed Tyrants power by your hand is freed Calamities are past and gone Heav'ns pow'r hath fixt you on your Throne Arts now embrace let Warrs depart Rejoyce in God with all your heart Let Heav'ns King guide you in your wayes Eternally your good God to praise Sanctity you will practice all your dayes Sweet influence dear Lord doth flow from thee Truth Peace Love heroick Clemency Unanimous Providence Gods Decree Again to raise your sacred Majesty Raising You up above your Family To do service for your grand King on high Cares and great Troubles do attend a Crown Heav'ns King protect You put your En'mies down A happy chang we have now liv'd to see Royal king Charles in perfect Majestie Let us lift up our hearts to God on high Ever to blesse praise and perform his will Serve our dread Sov'raign be obedient still Sanity from your blest hand doth proceed The gentle touch of your fair hand doth breed Unto the sick Patient quick cure and ease A happy Cordial for so sad Disease Royal Kings have such vertue in their touch The like no other man can do so much When our happy Parliament did ordain To fetch our blessed Soveraign home again And valiant Montague pointed to bring The Person of our royal gracious King The royal Fleet committed to his hands To wait him home who ruleth divers Lands Grief did then vanish and soon passe away Then did begin our happy Halcion Day On that Mirrour of loyaltie and admired Gentlewoman Mistress Jane Lane His MAJESTIES most faithful humble and obedient Subject Jane gracious your Name doth signifie A good Name doth the Owner dignifie Nature and rich Grace did contend in thee Ever to comfort royal Majestie Loyalty and faithfull love thee did invite A gracious Lane a comfort for to be Nature and Grace did in you take delight Even to live or dye for 's Majestie Jngenious Lane you did your wits awake Add greatest vigour for your Sov'raigns sake No wit nor pâ—licy you did omit Endeavours of your own proper and fit Lanes numberlesse are in Great Britains Land Amongst them all none did more firmly stand None in fair England better could accord Enter a way to please her sacred Lord Judicious Jane thy wayes were firm and good An honourer still of the Royal blood Nights may seem pleasant for to tell of thee End and begin of 's Blessed Majestie Led on by Angels for to guide thy way Above most Names may Lane bare the sway No Night approach but be a Halcion Day E're for your carrying your Dear Lord away Jn sorrow and in joy I 'le bear my part And love my Sov'raign with my soul and heart No worldly thing shall part my loyal love E're to maintain and still to him approve Laud still that Name that holy Name of God Abide in Vertue shun his ' venging rod None None but Christ did that brave Martyr say Eternity crown you on your last day Jnspire your heart with knowledg and with grace Attend at last to see thy Soveraigns face New shall your Name and actions then be found E're for to praise and make his Praise resound Lament you did for your good Lord and King Adventured your life him safe to bring Nere to the sea his Person to convey Expecting him to rule another day Jane was that blessed name gave me my life And being in the World t' enjoy a Wife Nature and Grace caus'd her my life to save Ere comforted me and kept me from grave Least in my infancy I should perish A Nurse did provide me for to cherish Nature being weak made choice of a Nurce Ev'n me to luckle though to me the worse A blessed Jane did our dear Father feed In a sad time when 't was of greatest need The happy Father of my Native Land Who firm in his faith did for ever stand As he was firm and constant to the Lord And carefull to obey his sacred Word So did the Lord in his due time provide A faithfull valiant Champion him to guide And to conduct unto His Fathers throne Where all sad hearts are heard who make their moan Our wise Solomon doth hear Cause just Do righteous things before he turn to dust God grant him Nestors years yea long to live And many Godly Acts and Lawes to give God make my Sov'raign happy in a Wife Vertuous firtile grand comfort to his life Give him a royal and most faithful Queen As ever was in fair great Britain seen Master JOHN DANVERD for your precious lines Valu'd in part equal to golden Mines I will in praise and honour of you write Which of our Soveraign did such things indite Thou dost recount his dangers that are past Of your royal Master and King at last Which doth now give the Nation great content That dâ—d in th'acting make him to lament To see at that time his disastrous fate Brought low by fatall war his Princely â—â—tate But God in mercy did at last him bring To be our Soveraign Lord and Gracious King John Gracious your name doth import On things divine thy thoughts resort Heav'ns glory thy soul mounts to see Night of Death past in joyes to be Dan one of Jacobs blessed Sons An Angel will thy soul convey Nature subdu'd Grace bears the sway Verd waxing green in vertue bright Eternal Day
doth you comfort give The Lord grant your blest soul long life to live Lord when thy servants work is done and past Eternal joyes give his blest soul at last This have I poorly drawn from your good Name Let Blessed Angels blow your Trump of Fame You have been like a Father unto me God bless your soul to all Eternity On the right worshipful and noble minded Gentleman Henry Ford Esquire one of his Majesties JUSTICES of the Peace in the County of Devon and Lieutenant Colonel to the Honorable Sir JOHNDRAKE Knight and Barronet c. High heâ—v'nly knowledge doth inrich thy mind Eternal happiness may your Soul find Not Nature but Grace doth thy Saviour please Restor'd by Christ cur'd of sinns disease Yâ—n brightness of his Glory maist thou shine Far more Transcendent than a brave Divine Ore Topps and Mountains thy Wit doth aspire Rais'd up to Heav'n By a heavenly fire Death shall not quench the flame of thy desire High dost thou mount by thy rich Phantasie Earâ—h can't turn it into an Extasie None none but Christ did that brave Martyr say Raise up thy thoughâ— live with Christ for aye Yet happy to have all things here on Earth Far more happy to have a blessed death On things 〈◊〉 thy blest Soul doth not feed 〈…〉 Divine 〈…〉 of immortal seed Death whâ—◠〈◊〉 come thou fear'st not oh beav'nly breed Wisdom and Learning doth adorn a man I mâ—kes him flourish and things duly scan Learning adorns a worthy noble mind Learning invites men to beloving â—ind It doth inrich the mind with knowledge store Adds lustre to its witt and makes it more Magnifie Gods great Name praise him therefore Could I your worthy noble parts rehearse And write the same in high immortal verse I should then to your Country then declare Your Vertues and your Learning rich and rare A mirrour to the World thou dost appear Thy Learning and thy Iudgment shineth clear Go on blest Saint in thy brave way to bliss And at the last enjoy Heav'ns happiness Lieutenant Ford One of those famous Worthies of my King God in his due time to happiness bring Eternal happiness after thy death To Gods glory er'e spend your vital breath On the Worshipfull Francis Poulet Esquire One of his Majesties JUSTICES of the Peace for the County of SOMERSET Fair may your Name be writ in book of Life Rais'd is your Soul'bove Earth and mortal strife Angells attend you both in life and death Nature bâ—ing spent yield up your vital breath Christ will call home your Soul in his due time Into his Manssion where it bright shall shine Sweet Saviour grant it so in place sublime Pondering and musing on Divine things On blessed Angells and the King of Kings Up may your Soul rise 'bove Earthly Story Lord mount it up to Eternal Glory Ended this life may your Soul mount on high There to reemâ—in to all Eternity Famous and Renow'd were your blest Ancestors Records of ' time shew forth your Progenitors A famous Author doth preserve their Name Not to be mention'd but with Trump of Fame Christ hath obtain'd by his precious merit In Heav'n a place your Soul to inherit Solace with Saints and the Holy Spirit Prudent in your actions and circumspect Oh may Gods mercy on you still reflect Up may you rise unto a Heav'nly Throne Lauding your blessed Saviour God aloâ—e E'r may you on Earth and heaven happy be Transcendent live to 's Sacred Majestie FRANCIS Free your Name doth signifie Right good Name doth the Owner dignisie And may the holie Spirit you comfort give Nurtur'd on Earth in Heaven for to live Casting your care on God and him to serve In health and sicknesse till grim Death shall come Sweetly resting in hope till Day of Dome Pleasures immortal may you e're enjoy On earth and heav'n past this vain Worlds annoy Up may your soul mount to eternal bless Lord give you true and perfect happiness Eâ—re may you shine like starr celestial bright T' enjoy the comforts of transcendent Light On Coming to the Right Worshipfull Sir COVRTNEY POLE Knight and Barronet his Court Holden at Brodwinsor in the County of Dorsâ—t the Fourth day of Aprill 1661. to take the Oath of Alegiance VVElcome to Brave Sir Courtney Pole his Court Where many Loyall Subjects do resort Come Sware With joy to be true to your King It was the hand of God that did him bring Into his Native Land to Rule and Raigne Rejoyce now Loving Friends with might and maine That the â—ing doth sway the septer of this Land Oh! be true and Faithfull to his Command Do you what good true Subjects doth befit That you may hereafter downe in Heav'n sit With Faithfull Abraham and his blest traine With Saints and Angles there for to remayne The Clouds of blacknesse Now are past away Our Soveraigne Lord hath brought a Glorious Day Let then your Loyal hearts with true Love burne After you 're sworne you may againe returne Vâ—â—o your Houses or Places Where you Dwell Wishing and praying none More may rebell Living in peace and Lâ—ving Each other Doing good not hurt to your Deare brother Let Writh and Anger cease that God may blesse And send you Everlasting Happinesse May'th the King and 's People live and so accord Truly to love and serve our gratious Lord. May the King and 's People live and agree In true Love Peace and perfect Amitie On hearing of his honoured and reverend Kinsman Edward Reynolds Doctor in Divinity consecrated Lord BISHOP of NORWICH As God hath call'd you to a Bishops Seat Long may you live and preach Gods Word compleat May your holy life give such example That your Charge o're Sin and Vice may trample May your holy life such example give That may proclaim that Christ in you do live And by his power doth foul Sin destroy And so at last enter your Masters Joy Welcome dear Kinsman to Norwich City A place rare ancient famous and pretty By your heavenly Doctrine you mount aloft And show how Christ mans sinful soul hath bought The preciousness of Faith you do descrie And mount the Soul up to Eternitie To see the face of Christ through holy Faith To behold his Word what our Saviour saith Repentance also you declare to men God bless your heav'nly Tongue and golden Pen And all your parts of Body Soul beside That you may o're a heav'nly Flock still guide To Heav'nly Cannan that Coelestial Hill Comfort the Saints with heav'nly Manna still God long continue your most happy dayes To tune your Tongue to your Creators praise Inspire your heart with a heav'nly flame As long as life continue praise his name Accept my language from a faultring Pen Who will reverence you ' mongst worthi'st men Oh happy then when holy Saints doth greet May we at lest our blessed Saviour meet And go with him into eternal bliss To have a Mansion with those Saints of his When your work is ended and
Great Britains JUBILE OR A Rural Present to his Royall Majesty my Gracious renowned and Admired SOVERAIGN Charles the IJd. OF Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith c. In divers Panegyricks and Poems on several Objects Persons and Occasions relating to his sacred Person and Progress Si Deus nobiscum quis contra nos Rom. 8.31 By LANCELOT REYNOLDS Gent. LONDON Printed by Roger Vaughan for the Authour 1662. THE ROYAL OAK REVIVED SOME Branches thereof Illustrated AND SOVERAIGN MAJESTY PROTECTED THat Royal Oak that kept my Gracious King Continue green in Summer Winter Spring TO HIS SACRED MAJESTY Charles the II. By the Grace of God King of Great Britain France and Ireland DEFENDER OF THE FAITH c. Most Dread and Admired Soveraign THe whole world cannot parallel such a Miracle of Mercy as the Lord hath vouchsafed in your gracious and miraculous Preservation and Restoration beyond many mens expectation of your Sacred Majesty unto us your obedient Subiects and to be invested in your dear and Royal Fathers Throne without effusion of blood For which unspeakable mercy and blessing let us magnifie the grand mercy of our good God for his mercy endureth for ever and render our thankfulness from the ground and bottom of our hearts As Artaxerxes the Persian King did kindly accept of a handful of fair water from his poor Subject Sinates And another great Monarch of a handful of roots from his poor Subject So my hope is that your Royal Majesty will be pleased graciously to accept this Paper-present proceeding from the heart hand and pen of your most Loyal Subject who doth truly reverence and honour your Sacred Person Part of these poor unpolisht lines were intended against your Majesties coming to the Right Honourable John Lord Poulet of Henton Saint George within the County of Sommerset and to the Honourable Colonel Francis Windham at Trent I am truly sensible of mine inabilities to answer expectation and therefore do humbly sue for your gracious pardon I beseech the ancient of days to add many years unto your precious life The Lord make your Sacred Majesty a special choice instrument of his glory that you may reign gloriously here and have a Crown of Immortal Glory hereafter for the obtaining whereof your Majesty shall have the most fervent and hearty prayers of Your Majesties most humble loyal and faithful Subject Lancelot Reynolds The Royall famous Oak noâ— revived His Maiesties Court obsâ—ur'd for a â—ime Some constant faithful Courtiers described Both now praised be God most bright do shine FOr to begin with Wor'sters bloudy Fight It would almost amaze the World to write Where they did kill and slay without measure And car'd not for their lives but their Treasure The Fight was hot and bloudy was that day It was indeed a deadly mortall Fray Oh may we to our God most thankfull be Who did preserve our King our all in Thee 'T is beyound Mans thoughts and admiration His Escape and blest Preservation Of my Soveraignes Person and Deare Life Which comforts doth conveigh to Man and Wife And Children likewise doth thereof pertake Oh let us love him for his own Names sake He is our Soveraigne Lord that doth protect Friends and Enâ—mies that do not him reject His Lawfull power and his Command That doth Gods word obey and firmly stand At Worster at that great and cruel fight Our royal Sov'raign then was forc'd to flight He knew not where to go to ride or run To keep himself from being quite undone Our blessed Saviour did an Oak provide His sacred Person for a time to hide Until Brave Lord Wilmot did him remove Whereby he shew'd his Zeal and faithful love Oh blessed Oak that shel red my dear Lord Who alwayes trusted in Gods holy Word From sight of wicked and ungodly men Not fit for Earth but for a Lyons Den. If that they meant my Sov'raign to destroy They would thereby three Kingdomes much annoy When our gracious Lord was in distresse God did support him in his heavinesse To his dear Lord then he did make his mone Who did him comfort though he were alone Gods Angel guided him stil in his way In a most safe and hollow tree to stay Oh When dear Lord shall my weak eyes be blest To see that woman gave my King sweet rest When his sad heart with sorrow did abound So rare escape on Earth can scarce be found The hollow woods the Trees did comforts bring Unto our gracious and admired King Did ever God for any King so work In time of horrid danger for to lurk In so obscure and solitary place Where Gods Vicegerent King by Gods high grace When griefs fear horror did his soul affright My royal Soveraign in the dark some night Where one blest man by hap did him attend And prov'd to be his true and faithful friend God blesse him still in body and in soul That he may ne're but for his sinnes condole The shady woods and trees comforts afford Unto our soveraign King and gracious Lord. From woods and trees a Lane God did provide A Lane adorn'd with vertue and with grace O're whelm'd with joy to see her Sov'raigns face To free him from his fears and dangers deep Secure his person and his life to keep In blessed safety free from mortal harmes From bloudy men clasp'd in his Saviours armes Th' Almighty did his precious soul protect And will alwayes his faithful blest elect 1623. When that royal P. Charles went into Spain Resolving then a Princesse for to gaine For safety of his life he chang'd his name And travel'd with great Duke of Buckingham There names they thought fit for to chang That they might see far Countreys strang Will and Tom Smith were then their names Which might seem strange unto King James That gracious wise and royal King Who to faâ— Nations peace did bring Read Wilmot forward backward and then finde 〈◊〉 and Tom ready perfect in your minde Wâ—â—n Subjects chang'd their love king Charles his name Royal Câ—aries is after call'd William A name of Conquerour it did foretell A happy Omen that he should do well To live to conquer overcome at last Pardon Offences forgive what is past To live to reign to be a glorious King Much joy and happinesse to three kingdomes bring In a fourth also he hath a good share And likewise doth a Sovereign title bare My Sovereign conquer'd not by sword but love God did his words and actions well approve On our gracious KING his feigned Name When he rode disguiz'd with Mistrisse Lane William Conquerour of this Nation Jesus the worker of our salvation Lastâ—l did labour to preserve our king Lane ventured life him for to safety bring In Jesus Christ our Lord puts all his trust Abounding in mercy able for to save Majesty dejected from untimely grave Wise men and great have changes in this life In youth and age avoid all mortal strife Lift up your heart unto
Men God will advance continue your rare Name Let Angels sound the Trump of thy great Fame Soladine after all his brave Conquests past Carryed but a Shirt unto his Grave at last God blesse the King 's High Court of Parliament That they may love and act with joynt consent When that your Gracious Soul away shall flie The Glorious Angels guide it to the skie When that your body shall be laid to sleep In Mother Earth your dust most safe shall keep When Crowns and honours shall turn to an Urn May Glory after Death be your Return On that Worthy Accomplished Gentleman Mr. Thomas Mayhew TRanscendent Mayhew for your royal Lines Writ with a quill pluckt from an Angells wing Shall flourâ—sh and wax green in future times For writing the welcome of our dearest King Who is the Fountain of our Bliss our All His Royal Person high Emperiall Of brave Mayhews Writing let 's take a veiw So rich so rare and of so fair a hew Mount up rare Mayhew get Promothean Fire To warm thy wings and mount high by desire Thou dost bestir thy golden nimble Pen To exhilerate the sad hearts of men Thy hew is glorious in the Moneth of May The Flowers then are fair fresh look full gay Flowers then are sweet pleasant rare and new Nones fairer have expressed then Mayhew His dainty Fancy and his golden Pen Doth eqâ—â—l if not exceed most of Men Thy Noble Spirit it doth soar alost Christs precious blood thy pure soul dearly bought Thy Genius is sublime and mounteth high Thy blessed Saviour will thee dignifie Thy Muse doth soar up high and elevate Thy thoughts are profound and do contemplate On things sacred sumpt'ous rare and divine which shall continue as long 's Mortal time Maynewâ— is brave sublime and royal Pen Doth â—eetly please delight the hearts of Men. His Thâ—am is high and lofty is his Spirit Which one Day will the spacious Heaven inherit Long may you live to write on divers things On high Jehovah and the state of Kings High Matters do well become thy brave Pen To solace rich Saints and the best of Men Mayhew doth fill he minde with wonders great In writing in such manner brave compleat The more thou dost extol and praise my King The more I will thee praise thy goodnesse sing My weak Pen cannot expresse thy rare worth A Homer or Lucan must it set forth In perfect Colours and thy Noble hew Who can expresse and write like brave Mayhew The very lustre of thy famous Name Shall still preserve thy rare and Noble Fame Let Angels sound the Trump of thy high praise For to continue beyond length of Dayes Let Time be weary for to measure times So long or longer dure thy Famous Lines Let Angels sing the praises of your Verse Which I weak man not able to Rehearse I wish and pray that long long thou mayst live More Royal Verses to my Soveraign give Upon the Sight of King Charles the II. his Picture at the Honourable Colonel Sr. JOHN DRAKE Knight and Baronet his House at Trill in Devon IF that the Shadow doth the minde content Much more the Substance pure excellent If that the Shadow doth such Reverence move What will the Substance with dear faithfull Love If that the Shadow do but represent How doth the Substance give most sweet content Though 's hair be black yet his Soul 's white within God keep his Body safe his Soul from sin Christ our Saviour and Immortal King CHARLES REX to the highest honours bring May he be happy 'bove all Kings on Earth Eternally happy after his death I want Apelles Pencil for to limb And Homers famous Pen to paint out him His royal Head the watch-Tower of the Sences His sweet Clemency pardons great Offences His Eyes though black yet do most purely shine His Knowledge high like a Rare Divine His Eye of Providence did long foresee The Effects of Times and how they would be His precious Eares do ever love to hear Gods sacred Word which he doth hold most dear His Smelling sweet things doth revive his sences God and our gracious King pardons offences Yet to a Lover nothing smells more sweet Than Mâ—striss breaâ—h when lipâ— and hearts do meet His Taste is pure sweet with Delectation By Faith he feeds on Christ for his Salvation His Feeling's quick and all his Sences good His greatest Treasure is Christs precious blood His rubie Lips though shadowes I could kiss His Soul and Body God for ever bless His Lilly white hand I have kiss'd before And hope hereafter to kiss it once more His golden Crown doth by his sweet side lie After this life may his Soul mount on high Above the Sphears and bright star spangled Skie To live with 's Saviour Christ eternally I 'le pray that he may long and happy raign And after death in Heaven e're remain On 's sacred MAJESTIES CORONATION The blest Precursor of Reformation THis Day my Gracious Soveraign crown'd shall be And will show forth his Royal Majestie God blesse that reverend hand that crown 's our King Let us praise God that he did safely bring Him hither for to sit on 's Fathers Throne It was the handy work of God alone Famous Albemarle was the Instrument Of our royal Comforts and high Content Cncurring with the blessed Parliament God give him a happy and a blessed Boon Comfort his blest Soul Morning Night and Noon Rejoyce this Day Great Britains KING is crown'd Long may he live and ever be renown'd Oh let his Life and Glory so transcend That Every Nation may become his Friend Defend Him Lord who is Faiths Defender Strengthen Brethren and confirm the Tender Protect him Lord who art the Worlds Protector From 's Enemies and every ill Projector Famous King Charles let his Name ever Ring Royal brave Anthems to his praises sing The Nobles and the Gentry flock to see This famous far renown'd Solemnitie Oh what a Royal Stately and brave sight To see the King with 's Nobles shine most bright In Radicant manner with that luster shine With Royal Glory and with Lords Divine Royall attended with a Princely Train Not inferiour to brave Great Charlemain To that Famous Abby Our Soveraign came Bravely attended with his Men of Fame The Noble Lords all came in their order In their Rich Robes and most stately border Coller of Esses their George and brave things Fit well becoming the high state of Kings The Bells did ring Conduits run wine all rejoyce Expressing it both with hand heart and voice When he had heard a Sermon preached there He was conducted to an ancient Chair Where many Kings have been crown'd in this land God still preserve thaâ— blessed happy hand But first his brave grand Champion claim'd the Crown For our true Soveraign of so great renown They did acknowledge him to be true Heir And did conduct him to that Royal Chair Being the next great Prince of Royal Blood Who will undoubâ—ed do this
parted hence God give your Soul a happy recompence When that your days on Earth are past and done God make you happy to behold his Son When that your days on Earth shall pass away God grant your soul a Divine Halcion day For those famous learn'd books you do indite May God your Name in 's book of Life down write When Death shall shut and close up your blest eyes May your Soul with Angels mount 'bove the Skies Where Saints Holy Martyrs all that are Blest There may your Blessed Soul for ever rest ON Reading of some part of the Church HISTORY Of BRITAIN Writen By the learned Pen of that Famous Historian THOMAS FVLLERD D. FRom time of Pagan Britains last of Kings That rul'd and Raign'd in this Famous Isle Thou do'st in ample manner so place things By thy melifuous and most learned stile From birth of Jesus Christ our most dear Lord Thou do'st begin thy sacred History Concluding Truth out of his Holy word And do'st unfold many hiden mistery The Church of Britain thou do'st so set forth Advance its Glory and make it shine bright That After-Ages may behold thy worth And see its splender in the Darksome night How many learned Books hast thou turnd o're Extract the quintisence of Ancient times And taught the world what they knew not before Enriching their minds with thy Precious lines Grand Mirrour of this Nation to Advance Your worth and Fame there wants a Homers Pen For to set forth things Paralel to men Of Highest learning and of greatest Fame For to Preserve Thy Rich and famous Name Whiles Britain's Isle doth flourish and wax green Thy Famous works with wonder shall be seen And be Renown'd unto After-Ages In your well writ Admir'd and learned Pages The Ancient British Church thou do'st revive Advance Coroberate and keep alive Old Father-Time Thou do'st confer with all Materials for thy Building great and smal Out of many Studies in this land Thou hast made search with thy learned hand The Famous British Isle Thou ' ast surrounded Both Truth and falshood You 'ave deeply sounded Whiles that Great Britain bears that famous Name Your learned works shall stil preserve thy Fame Let others write in whatsoever stile Thy writings shall be Mirrour in this Isle Spred far and travel into other lands Be Admir'd that come from your curteous hands Your famous Books shall preserve your Name And Angels high resound your Trump of Fame The Famous Worthies of After Ages Shall admire your Golden learned Pages As long as God by time shall leave a man All sorts of men your Books shall love to scan When life 's ended and Death shall close your eyes Your Body Imortal to Glory shall Arise ACCROSTICKS ON The HONOURABLE and truly NOBLE S IR WIL. MORICE KT. One of the SECRETARIES OF STATE Unto His most EXCELLENT MAJESTY K. CHARLES II. WHiles that you ponder on the Kings Affairs Judicious Sir for to advance the State Lab'ring diligently early and late Lord guide your faithful heart to serve our King In Gods due time let Angels your soul bring Ascending up and then with Angels fly Mount up aloft unto the Hea'vns high Majestick Morice with your Golden Pen Of your great Actions and Affairs of Men Rich rarer Pen then mine I want to write Royal great things not mean ones to indite In Jesus Christ you do put all your Trust Christ crown your soul with Kings amongst the just E're you attain it you must turn to dust Wisedom and Learning doth advance a man It makes him prudent and things duly skan Learning adorns a worthy noble mind Learning invites men to be curteous kind It doth enrich the mind with knowledge store Adds lustre to his parts and makes them more Magnifie Gods great Name praise him therefore More care and pains no Creature can fulfill Oh! you do help both King and Subject still Raising your heart up to that sacred hill Jesus still make you happy all your days Changes and chances doth not trouble thee E're in your mind b'ing noble loyal free Wit wealth and learning cannot keep from death In dying posture we yield up our breath Labour of mind and body being past Laid low in grave we must be all at last In and by Jesus Christ our Saviour dear Arise you shall out of your grave of dust Mounting aloft to live among the just Melifuouse in your words and actions still Oh! how I love and honour pens mans skill Resplendent raptures high doth enrich your mind Just royal King Charles doth you great business find Christ still direct you and be e're your guard Eternal Blessings be your blest Reward Whiles that ingenious fancies stir the brain It makes some things appear but light and vain Lord so advance your Wit your Wealth and State Living and dying make you fortunate In Jesus Christ your blessed Saviour dear Awake though dead before him shall appear Mount up on high and Heav'nly Anthems hear Mercy and Truth adorn your gracious sp'rit On sublime things to think on and to write Robes of Christs righteousness may you put on In and by him that is that holy one Chang'd one day you shall be yet need not fear Enthron'd at last by Christ your Saviour dear BE pleas'd to relish well what I impart I love my Soveraign with my Soul and Heart It is in your power to make me live Oh! could I to you Fairer Present give Then mean bare words of a Countrey Hue Not Court-like Sublime which are fit for you Judicious Morice you do move in Sphear Near and about my Grand Soveraign dear Your word to Him may make me happy then You shall command my Body Heart and Pen. Th' Operation of my head b'ing old My Wit is dul my brain of temper cold If it were hot and strong should be for you The highest fruit of brain is but your due I fear with tedious lines for to offend I will therefore conclude and make an end I will I say end my earthly story Praying God may crown you with immortal glory ON THE RIGHT WORSHIPFUL VALIANT AND TRULY NOBLE MINDED GENT. S IR JOH CLOBERY Knight JUstice and Goodness doth your heart affect On sacred works you do no time neglect Heavenly thoughts your mind doth pitch upon None none but Christ I there let it fix on Christ hath advanc'd you by his word and sword Laud and praise still your blessed heav'nly Lord. Oh! may your actions ever happy be Blessed for ever to Eternity Everlasting Lord your soul ever bless Raise up your heart and mind to happiness Yn and by Jesus Christ his righteousness Ingenuous Sir I love your valiant Arts On Vertue grounded and renowned parts Heavenly fire doth inflame your brave mind Nought can remain of dust b'ing thus refin'd Cares and great troubles doth attend the Saints Lord hear my honour'd friend his just complaints Open the gates of Heav'n and entrance make By fervent prayer for thy Saviours sake E're thou wert born
call'd you hence unto his Fold Our Saviour calls both Young and Old No Riches Honour Youth can stay Strong sturdy Death takes all away The Baly of our blessed Lord Away must go obey his word No longer time he will neglect Christs calls away his blest elect Brought now at last unto your home Riches to have not of earth's lome Indeed that Portion will endure Gods mercies are for ever sure Away she went when Christ did call No dallying death will take all The greatest richest and the small Brought low by death unto her grave Robes of Christs righteousness to have In Jesus Christ the put her trust And is now gone unto the just Nothing so dear that she did love Treasures immortal did approve Chang'd is your body and refin'd shall be Call'd to the presence of the Trinity Night of death come with Angels she did fly Saints to live with to all Eternity Christ hath remov'd you to a greater joy Earths comforts unto heavens but a toy In earthly things there 's but lintle pleasure Above the skie is immortal treasure Christ ransom'd your soul with his precious blood Only that Balm can do our souls most good Near Jesus Christ I hope your soul doth rest Sav'd by your Saviour lives amongst the blest The soul is wearied by its travels here Away she s gone unto her Saviour dear Her glass being run her soul is fled away With her Redeemer ever for to stay What can I think speak or write more then She doth deserve shall have a better Pen. To write of her high Vertues glorious Name Which learned Authors shall recount her Fame Christ is your blessed Spouse your Birdegroom All Your God your Saviour King Emperial He hath advanc'd you to eternal bliss Let 's be as careful not to do amiss She was a mother unto Princess store God bless them here on earth and evermore Their severel names I cannot recount Some are on earth others to heav'n did mount Prince Robert is a stout couragious wight And hath put many enemies to flight God bless his Highness long here on the earth And make him truly happy at his death Grieve not immoderately brave Prince her son For your dear mother that is dead and gone From earth to heav n that blessed place of rest To live with glorious Saints for ever blest Wherefore then should I say that she 's dead Whenas she 's gone where life it self is bred Then mourn no more but set your heart at rest You shall be like her carcase in the chest As num as wan as pale and cold as she Pray God your lives and deaths no worse may be Grieve then no more put not your mind to pain For her pure soul in heaven doth remain He that writes more more time of grief must borrow Let him then bring his wit I 'le bring my sorrow ACCROSTICKS On her most sacred MAIESTY Elizabeth blessed peace of the Lord Loving his Saints and his sacred word In Jesus Christ you did put all your trust Zealous for Religion lives amongst the just A blessed change you lived for to see Blessed be God his sacred Majesty Enthron'd compleat in his dear Fathers Throne The praises chiefly belongs to God alone Hosanna let us sing to that holy One Queen 'bove all Queens in glory bright Up mounted high unto that heav'nly light Eternal Joyes now to be partaker Ever to praise with Saints your Creator Now singing Anthemes to your blessed Maker Of all the blessings of a righteous soul Freedom from sin and this vile worlds controle By death of Christ you have obtain'd life Overcome the world and all mortal strief Hallalujahs sing in his height of bless Ever partaking of heav'ns happiness Made now a member of that heav'nly host In praising Father Son and holy Ghost Angels convey'd your soul that heavnly Post Away she 's gone unto that place of bless Immortal Saints enjoy full happiness Adieu blest Queen we mortals will prove just Always esteeming your most precious dust The grave hath your body world your fame Heaven your soul your son preserves your Name Though you be gone your fame is left behind I hope your son will prove as gracious kind My muse is dull my Taper gives dim light Yet may invite some better Pens to write I le put an end to this my mortal story Hoping God bath crown'd her with immortal glory On Hearing of the RIGHT WORSHIPFUL JOHN MERREFIELD Esq Made one of the KINGS SERJEANTS AT LAW Andin Election tobe a Judge WHen our renowed King Charls came to his Court Many Lords and noble persons did resort Who came to see 'm and kiss his royal haud B'ing come from far into his native land All sorts of men of our brave English Nation Were glad in heart for their Kings restauration It was a time then freely for to give To see their gracious King then for to live In royal Honour and in noble Fame God long increase and propagate his Name It was a time to confer honours store The cause did well require long before Brave Monck and Patriots did love our King Who us'd their best means speedily to bring Him to sit and act with them in 's Parliament To make good Laws with one and joynt consent As Guerdon of 's love did the King impart Rewards of honour for their good desert Of those brave Nobles and deserving men I 'm far unworthy to recount by Pen Yet may I not my honoured friend forget Whose former favours make me much in debt Let Merrefields name advance to his height May Kings and Princes in him take delight From worthy Squire surmount an noble Knight I heard that King Charles will make him a Judge His domeanor is such no man will grudge To hear of his good and high preferment Which long continue till his interment Loyal learned Merrefields worth do shine In equal splendor to some rare Divine I did long since conceive within my brest When that my Royal Soverain came to rest And to sit down on his dear Fathers throne For to enjoy three kingdoms of his own That then his Majesty would him advance When being come from Holland fertile France Meer love and favour would my Sovraign move On honest Merrefield to fix his love For Learning Law Loyalty and the rest He doth deserve mongst Lawyers counted best When he shall come to sit in justice place Lewd vitious men he will then disgrace Advance the vertuous and the godly man And of mens various actions duly scan When he shall mount up to grand Justice seat His parts with lustre then will seem compleat Immitate honest Crew Hutton Denham Doddrige Walters Jenkins Crook and Popham Both these and many learned Lawyers more Their worth he 'l practice and yet keep in store My Pen is weak and lame for to set forth His profound wisdom and his noble worth Full fraught with favours of his Soveraign Lord Stil careful to preserve Gods sacred word E're may you
do pray for our gracious King The King of Kings your soul to glory bring In his due season to a glorious state To live and reign with the regenerate O what sweet Raptures doth proceed from thee Ravish the mind with divine Extasie Until my soul shall up to Heav'n ascend God make me happy with so good a friend Who can conduct my soul to heavenly bliss To full fruition of heav'ns happiness Ah blessed soul what more then can I say Night of death come may you see a glorious day ON S IR. ROB. BRET Wearing a LEEK IN HIS HAT ON S. Davids Day And in playing Gleek with two Noble Ladies FRom Royal Tuders stock Eliza came That famous and renowned Queen whose fame Shall ever live in fair great Britains Isle Her gracious Actions still doth on us smile Her name doth fragrant smell amongst the Saints Our gracious King will hear our just complaints This day being Davids Saint doth me invite To shew forth a beam of its radiant light A King and Prophet that did bravely raign Beyond the State of that great Charlamayn A man very rare after Gods own heart Oh may we in Gods service bear a part Eliza that Majestick Royal Queen Her Leek on Davids Day was to be seen Which she did wear in honour of that day In silk and silver beautiful and gay Though first of March seem'd in the moneth of May. The valiant old Britains strong and stout Foild their enemies and gave them the rout The Leek did wear and for a sign display Vanquisht their enemies made them run away It is a joy to see the old green Leek Worn in friends Hats and see them now at Gleek These noble Ladies doth become the place Heroick-like playes with a comly grace Friends long may you wear Leeks and at Gleek play And when you marry Sir be an Alchion Day ON D R. T. FULLERS Putting down the NORMAN RACE in his History of the Church of Britain SEt up again that Royal Norman Race Which you of late turn'd down with such disgrace But you are wise to run the race of men To change your mind as you can change your Pen. Is this your noble zeal to Royal Stock To turn them down as of it make a mock Turn't up again and do no longer stay Lest being spide it carries gain away For writing of that goodly stately book If that our Soveraiu Lord should on it look Peruse that irksome passage and it find It would no doubt be much against his mind You did it then ' gainst your mind and reason To set it up 't would be connted treason But that time is past now a better 's come Arnend that Act lest you receive your dome Now that the learned Doctors life 's ended Some friend of his may get it to be mended ACCROSTICKS ON THO. FULLER Doctor of Divinity and late Prebend of New SARUM THy Name is botomless so is your Art High skil'd in History for to Impart Open your Treasury and let men view Mines most profound of Riches old and new Ascend Rare Sir unto that Radiant skie Soare up aloft unto the Heavens high Fair Charecters of Grace may your heart hold Vertues sacred pure and more worth then Gold Lifting up your heart to your Saviour Dear Low be in self high in your Hemisphear E're may you be Blest by Gods Heav'nly Grace Rais'd up at last to see His glorious Face Thrones mighty high shall be subdu'd at last Heav'n continues when Earthly things are past Oh! then Remember Sir your later end Mercy and Peace obtain to be your friend As all things pass on this vain Globe below Soar up aloft where better fruits doth grow Fervent in your Prayers and in Preaching Unto Heav'n you do direct your Teaching Lay hold on Christ let him be your sure Guide Lay hold on Him and you shall never slide E're that the World was made he did Elect Ransom'd his Servants and will them Protect Transcendent in your Calling manifold High Raptures to Declare out of Gods word Open your mouth wide and set forth his Praise Mongst blessed Saints may you spend all your Dayes After this mortal life is gone and past Soare up to Heav'n and live with Christ at last Fair sacred Beames that doth your Soul Inspire Up raise your Heart and so Inflame desire Like to a Conduit-pipe thou do'st convay Laborious sweetness and Christs Rich Aray E'rlasting Joyes prepared for you in store Remain for your Blest Soul for evermore Translucent Fuller with thy Golden Pen High Misteries utter and declare to Men. Old and young both sexes give Dainty food Meat seasonable choice new old and good As Fountain-like flow out with streams of Grace Saciate enough the Saints in every Place Full to the Brim let thy sweet Nectar flow Up to the Highest Heav'ns let your thoughts go Laid low in self most high thy Soul will mount Lord let his Rich Soul be of High account Eternal God Crown him in his last Dayes Record his Name for Ever Thee to Praise ON The hearing of the general Muster of the Honorable COLONEL SIR. Iohn Drake Knight and Baronet one of the Deputy Lieutenants of the County of Devon and one of his Majesties JUSTICES of the Peace of the said County his Regiment on Otery-hill the 20th of June 1661. LOok do you see on yonder Hill The brave bred Souldiers shew their skil A royal gallant Company appear To the Noble Colonel counted dear They did their brave rich Colours there display Their stately Gallantry on a soul Day But at the last the he'vens began to smile And all did blesse and none did them revile The several Captains did march in state And did their Colonel congratulate They did there then march in brave manner And did mount up their rich stately Banner They did I say their stately Colours show For others as well as themselves to know Their Feathers wag and their rich Rapiers shine A Sermon preacht by a sound rare Divine Solid learned Ashford was that brave man Oh may they his profound points duly skan He did both duty teach of God and King And to their joyful hearts much comfort bring Look up brave Sonldiers see your Caesars come Advance your pikes shoulder musket and make rome Suppose you saw Alexander the Great A Warrier brave a Souldier most compleat Methinks I saw Hanibal Scipio there Brutus Tigranes Tamberlain appear Dion Phocion stout Marius and the rest Themistocles Fabius of Souldiers best Methinks those famous men I did then see A sumptuous stately gallant Company To these brave famous men I would advance Look on by standers see their Palfraies prance In fit season advance their Warlike Pikes And see management of War like Rites Great famous Caesar he will come and see K. Charles You brave Gentlemen march in Your degree Oh had I Homers Pen to advance Yee And write according to your Company Of your desert and high deserved merit The honour of