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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53930	To the Most High and Mighty Monarch, Charles the II, by the grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, defender of the faith Thomas Pecke of the Inner Temple, Esq. wisheth an affluence of both temporal and eternal felicity, and most humbly devoteth this heroick poem in honour of His Majesties establishment in the throne of his ancestours.	Pecke, Thomas, b. 1637.	1660 (1660)	Wing P1042; ESTC R20471	5,201	18

TO The Most High and Mighty MONARCH Charles the II. By the Grace of GOD King of England Scotland France and Ireland Defender of the Faith THOMAS PECKE of the Inner Temple Esq Wisheth an Affluence of both Temporal and Eternal FELICITY And most humbly Devoteth this Heroick Poem In Honour of His Majesties Establishment in the Throne of His Ancestours LONDON Printed by Iames Cottrel MDCLX Ad celsis Majestatem Regis Britanniae EPIGRAMMA CArole Pellaeus Iuvenis tibi porrigat Herbam Ne jactet Trabeas Roma superba feras Auxit Thyrsigeri rixosa Triphaea Tyranni AEmathius Mersa est sic sua Fama cado Caesar Terrarum Dominus fere vicit inermes Nudos Majores Terra Britanna tuos Carolus Angligenas validos patiendo subegit Angligenas rabidos Ille ferendo fugat AN Heroick Poem AM I intranc'd or is it Plato's year For all things in their pristine shapes appear Time turns his Annals to that very Page Wherein is Chronicled the Golden Age Divine Astraea who was long since sent By deprav'd Nature into Banishment Seeing her Elder Sister Mercy kneel To Supreme Iove that He the Wounds would heal Which England owes to an Intestine Broil Where seduc'd Zeal gave Loyalty the Foil Leapt from the Clouds and did the blest News bring That True Contrition should obtain a KING The stranger Iustice sent Post from the Skie Penia and her Renegado's flie Detested Poverty avoids those Lands Where Iustice over Interest commands But as harsh Notes make their Associates sweet Our Thoughts may by a sad Reflection meet With those fierce Tempests which did fall upon The Cedars of our British Libanon A greater Wonder scarce saluteth Ears Then that of Men to diet with the Bears In unfrequented Groinland till the Sun Did from the Goat unto the Creafish run Come hither Stoick and thou shalt confess It Torture for to trace a Wilderness Of twenty years Confusion when the Laws Were form'd in Cutlers Shops and the GOOD CAUSE Wanted a Catechresis to make out Her Epithite Though conversant about The good Estates of Heroes whom no frown Could force or King or Conscience to disown The Pope was curs'd for arrogating We To Peters gave Infallibility Who was the first Evangelist promulg'd No Tribute due to Caesar And indulg'd Was Bradshaw that remorseless Parricide Who Pilate in Bloud-guiltiness out-vi'd Fear nursed his Crime but our Iew did cry Not out of Dread but Malice Crucifie Let not Alexis and Menalcas tell Black-Moondaies Eclipse scorns a Parallel The fourth part of a Digit then was Light But on Black-Tuesday was Black-Tuesday Night Our Sun put on a Mask no friendly Star But that which shin'd Ten Springs before the War In the Day-time gave leave to look for Hope Intrat Tyrannus Freedom was the scope The Vulgar levell'd at and a Free State Permit them but the Name the Thing they 'l bate The many-headed Rabble was the Moon Eclips'd our Sun and made a glorious Noon Cover its white skin with a Midnight vail For the old Serpent was the Dragons Tail And a pretended Parliament the Head Hic sita est Great Britain here lies dead So Rancour in a Regal Tragaedy Summ'd up the Total of Mans misery And thorny Satyrs can no further tax Than this Their King felt the Rebellious Ax. For when the fatall Arrow strikes the Hart In vain do Rascal Deer complain of smart It was lost labour for poor Cavaliers To exclaim Billows wash'd ore head and ears Suppose they escap'd drowning 't was enough If not praise-worthy to insulting Buff. For if the Laws do Anarchy resist An half-blind Cobler may act what he list But newly-wean'd Experience verifies When AEsops Fox free-quarter'd the old Flies That he was prudent Doubtless some have found Ship-money and an hundred thousand pound Per mensem for to differ Who were nice To give Necessity serv'd Avarice Stupendious Rome split not upon the Rocks Of a Free State till Sol the AEquinox Four hundred Ninety times had kiss'd But Fate Lop'd off in Three years the Decemvirate And the State remain'd spurious until she Chose Iulius Caesar PATER PATRIAE Who brought her Scepter beyond the extent Of Latium and the Gauls large continent Augustus by adoption was his Heir Who rather seem'd to build than to repair The Worlds chief City Thus doth MONARCHIE Empires enlarge and Cities beautifie What if the Monster Nero would destroy Mount Palatine , to Act the flames of Troy And to make sure he should begin the List Of Tyrants turn'd wretched Anatomist Yet still the Rule is valid Romans now To an Usurpers Sword their Necks did bow Coelestial Justice aptly punish'd thus The Treason to their Prince Britannicus The Legal Heir Suffer proud Rome to burn A murder'd KING deserves A sumptuous Urn A Bargain then Phanatick Sophister You shall quote NERO I 'll vouch OLIVER How Rampant were the English Lyons when Third Edward and his Son seem'd more than Men Arithmetick the Number can't comprize Of French Gallants who had their Elegies Pen'd by the Grey Goose Wing when streined Yewe Made charging Horses and their Riders rue By scarsity Fifth Henry did enhance The Gentries value in lamenting France And our fore-Fathers under the command Of Coeur ' de Lyon snatch'd the Holy Land From the provoking Turk A Virgin Queen Was too Athletick for the Spanish spleen To hurt with Melancholy fumes Her Drake Was Draco Volans and did undertake To conquer the Invincible Half Moon Whose Face put on a Scarlet Hue as soon As the Fire-Ship approach'd which made some swear That Purgatories place was found for there Was Flames Howlings and to augment the Pain They thought t' Enslave but wore themselvs the Chain Thus the Realm flourish'd under Regal Power Yet Edward did contrive the fatal Hour Of his weak Father And Henry when Prince Was branded with such Crimes as might evince Defect of Morals And her Sister Scot Cast on Elisa an Eternal Blot But not one Blemish could a Mortal finde In our Late KING That Darling of Mankinde A sober Ethnick is compell'd to think Curtius deserving when he clos'd the chink Threatning his Countries Ruine Though to save The Multitude He found an hasty Grave How much are truly Pious bound to prize His Memory who for Religion dies Who chooseth rather to become a Prey Then free-born Subjects Liberty betray CHARLES shall be Sainted who hath overcome Envies Armado by a Martyrdom But as inspired Socrates had Health When an Infection reap'd the Commonwealth Of Athens 'cause his stomach was so clean It did not know what crudities might mean So select souls in Europes greatest Isle Would not admit Rebellion to defile Or Words or Actions being not opprest In mind with Prejudice or Interest Some despicable Youngsters did combine With the notorious Villain Catiline To kill their common Mother But the chief Of Orators perswaded quick Relief The Optimates and such Magistrates As could vaunt Images shew fair Estates Guarded the Publick And themselves thereby