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True louing sorow, attired in a robe of vnfeigned griefe presented vpon occasion of the much bewailed funerall of that gracious and illustrious prince Lewis Steward, Duke of Richmond and Linox, Eearle [sic] of Newcastle and Darnely ... who departed this life at White-Hall on the Thursday the 12 of February ... / [by] John Taylor.
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Taylor, John, 1580-1653.
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1624
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True louing Sorow attired in a Robe of vnfeigned Griefe presented vpon occasion of the much bewailed Funerall of that Gracious and Illustrious Prince Lewis Steward Duke of Richmond and Linox Eearle of Newcastle and Darnely Lord of Torbolton and Methuen Baron of Settrington Knight of the noble order of the Garter Lord high Admirall and great Chamberlaine of Scotland Lord high Steward to the Kings most excellent Maiesties most Honourable Houshold Gentleman of his Maiesties Bed-Chamber and one of his Maiesties most Honourable Priuy Councell for England and Scotland Who departed this life at White-Hall on Thursday the 12. of February whose Obsequies were solemnly and Princely Celebrated on Munday the 19. of April described in forme as fâ—lloweth Dedicated generally to all his worthy Friends and louing Seruants and particularly to that trusty and well-beloued Seruant of his Arthur Neassmith ANd first my Muse findes that his Graces name Significantly makes an Annagram LEWIS STEWARDE Annagram VERTV IS WEL EAS'D His Vertues such continuall paines did take For King and Country Church and peoples sake That for Earths courtly toyle to him 't was giuen His UERTU IS WEL EAS'D i' the Court of Heauen GReat God that to thyselfe wilt take thine owne By sundry wayes and meanes to Man vnknowne Whose Eye of prouidence doth still perceiue When where why who to take or else to leaue Whose mercy and whose Iustice equall are Both Infinite to punish or to spare All men doe know that men to dye are borne And from the Eearth must to the Earth returne But Time and Circumstance coniecture may For some great cause thou took'st this Duke away Amongst vs lurkes so many a foule offence Which giues thee cause to take good men from hence And that this Prince was Good as well as Great His life and timelesse losse doth well repeat Deuout and zealous to his God aboue True to his King as did his seruice proue Discreet in Counsell Noble in his minde Most Charitably Honourably kinde So Affable so Hopefull vnto all And so Repleat with vertues generall That we may say this Land in losing Him Hath lost a gratious Peere a prop a limbe It must be true that well he spends his dayes Whose actions doe attaine all peoples praise And surely I suppose he doth not liue Who of this Duke a bad report can giue So full endu'd he was of all good parts With noble Courtesie he wan all hearts To loue and honour his admired minde So well adicted and so well enclinde That as a Diamond in Gold transfixt His vertues with his Greatnesse was so mixt That he as one of an immortall Race Made Vertue vertuous and gaue Grace to grace Then since his goodnes was so generall The losse of him is Gen'rall vnto all This being true let 's recollect our spirits And weigh his worth with our vnworthy merits And then our frailties truly will confesse God tooke him hence for our vnworthinesse Death was in Message from th' Almighty sent To summon him to Heau'ns high Parlament He chang'd his Gracious Title transitorie And by the grace of God attain'd true Glory And as his King had his integritie So did the Commons share his Clemency Which was so pleasing to his Makers sight That Bounteously he did his life requite That Lambe-like mildely hence he tooke him sleeping To his Eternall euer-blessed keeping Thus as his name includes so God is pleas'd From worldly sorrowes VERTV IS WEL EAS'D No sicknesse or no phisicke made him languish He lay not long in heart-tormenting anguish But as Gods feare was planted in his brest So at his Rest God tooke him to his Rest. When like a good Tree laden full of fruit Of Grace of Vertue Honour and Repute Euen in his best estate too good for Earth Then did his soule put on a second Birth And though his part of fraile mortality In Monumentall Marble here doth lie Yet thousands weeping soules with deepe laments As his most wofull mourning Monuments I daily see whose visages doe show That He 's inter'd within their hearts below Whose faces seemes an Epitaph to beare That men may Reade who is intombed there Epitaph GOod Gratious Great Richmond and Linox Duke God King and Countries seruant here doth lye Whose liuing Merits merit no rebuke For whose liues lesse lamenting Memory Our hearts are groning Graues of grieses and cares Which when we die wee 'le leaue vnto our heires Me thinkes the Sable Mourners did appeare As if in forme they numbring Figures were As 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Whilst all that view'd like Ciphers did combine Their mourning with the Mourners to vnite Which made their Lamentations infinite And Infinite are now his Ioyes Aboue With the Eternall God of peace and loue Where for a mortall Dukedome he hath wonne Through boundlesse merits of th' Almighties Sonne A Kingdome that 's immortall where he sings Perpetuall praise vnto the King of Kings Thus what the Earth surrendred Heau'n hath seaz'd Most blest LEWIS STEWARDE UERTU IS WEL EAS'D The manner of the Funerall Eight Conductors with black staues and poore Gownes 100. Seruants to Gentlemen and Esquires in Cloakes 50. Seruants to Knights 46. Seruants to Baronets 10. Three Trumpeters Then came the Standard borne by Sir Gerrard Samms Knight accompanied with an Officer of Armes The first Horse couered with blacke cloth garnished with Scutchions Shaffron and Plumes led by a groome Here went Seruants to Barons youngor Sons and some others of like qualitie in number 15. The seruants to Knights of the priuy Councell 30. Seruants to Earles younger sonnes 24. Seruants to Viscounts eldest Sons 6. Then the Schollers of Westminster in Gownes and Surplises their Masters following in mourning Gownes Three Trumpeters The Guidon borne by Sir Andrew Boyd Knight accompanied with an Officer of Armes The second Horse led by a Groome and furnished as the former Barons seruants 60. Bishops Seruants 10. Earles eldest Sonnes seruants 15. Viscounts Seruants 10. Marquesses eldest Sonnes seruants 3. Trumpers The Banner of the augmentation borne by a Knight accompanied with an Officer of Armes The third Horse led by onother Groome of his Graces Stable furnished as the others Earles seruants Marquesses and Dukes seruants The Lord Priuie-Seales seruants President of the Councel Seruants Lord Thresurors Lord Keepers And Lord Archbishops 3. Trumpets The Banner of Steward borne by Sir Iohn Steward accompanied with an Officer of Armes The 4. Horse led by a Yeomen of his Graces Stable furnished as the other Seruants to his Grace in Cloakes Officers to his Grace in Gownes 3. Trumpeters The Banner of Steward and the augmentation quartered with it borne by a Baronet accompanied with a Herald of Armes The fist Horse led by a Yeoman of his Graces Stable furnished as the former Serieants of seuerall Offices in his Maiesties House and other Esquires his Maiesties Seruants of good quality The Gentlemen of his Maiesties Chappell in Surplices and rich Copes the Sergeant of the Vestry accompaning them Chaplaines Doctors of Physicke Doctors of Diuinity Knights Gentlemen of the Priuie Chamber Gentlemen of the Bed-Chamber to the Prince Baronets Barons younger Sonnes Knights of the Priuie Councell Viscounts eldest Sonnes A veluet Cushen carried by an Esquire The Comptroller Treasurer Steward and Chamberlaine to his Grace bearing white Staues Barons of Ireland Scotland and England Bishops Earles eldest Sonnes Viscounts Earles of Scotland and England The Duke of Lennox eldest Sonne The Arch-Bishop of Canterbury The Mace The Purse The Lord Keeper Preacher Sergeant Trumpetter and foure Trumpets The Great Banner borne by an Earles Sonne accompanied with an Herald The chiefe Mourning Horse couered with blacke Veluet and garnished with Eschochens of Taffata with Shaffron and Plumes led by Mr. Hatton Clauell His Graces Hatchiuements borne as followeth The Gauntlets and Spurres the Helme and Crest and the Sword borne by three Heralds The Targe and Coat of Armes borne by two Kings of Armes Then the liuely Effigies or represention of his Grace drawne in a Chariot by sixe goodly Horses garnished as the former couered with a Canopie of blacke Veluet the Pall supported by two Earles Sonnes and two Marquises Sonnes The Footmen going on each side the Chariot and likewise to small Banners carried by to Knights 5. of Scotland and 5. of England round about the Chariot two principall Gent. riding at his head and feet in the said Chariot Then followed Garter principall King of Armes accompanied with a Gent. Vsher who went bare headed The Duke of Lennox chiefe Mourners The L. Treasurer L. President of the Councell his supporters 10. Other assistants The L. Priuie Seale and D. of Buckingham The Marquis Hamilton and Earle Marshall The L. Chamberlaine of his Maiest House and the E. of Sussex The E. of Southampton and E. of Essex The E. of Salisbury and E. of Exceter The Mr. of the Horse to his Grace in close mourning leading the Horse of Honor most richly furnished Thus past this sad Shew from his Graces House in Holborne to Westminster where the Funerall Rites being solemnly ended his Graces liuely Effiges was left in the Abbey of St. Peter vnder a Rich Hearse Iohn Taylor Printed for Henry Gosson 1624.