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truth_n	church_n	know_v	spirit_n	3,951	5	5.4085	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96944	Characters and elegies. By Francis VVortley, Knight and Baronet.	Wortley, Francis, Sir, 1591-1652.	1646 (1646)	Wing W3634; Thomason E344_21; ESTC R200973	32,406	78

her As for her dresse she had rather owne any infirmitie either in colour shape or feature then cover them with an undecent much lesse an immodest attire though her judgement even in this be like the royall stamp to bullion which gives it reputation and denomination and makes it currant so doth her approbation any fashion In a word she is honoured of those she reverences and reverenc'd by those she loves she had rather know her self truly wise then be thought so yet would not onely be vertuous but be esteemed so she knows there may be envie in the first without cause and dishonour in the other without reason Come Ladies you at deare rates buy The French wash and Italian dye All you who paint they say will trade Here is true beautie will not fade Looke well into this right Court glasse And learne by it your selves to dresse AN ELEGIE Vpon the Right Honourable The Earle of LINDSEY 1. GReat Lindsey's falne yet did not fall by chance For Sparrowes fall not but by Providence What are our sinnes when such as Lindsey fall One who so often had been Generall One nere deceiv'd our hopes by Sea or Land And had been now as glorious in Command Had our Reserve of Horse as bravely stood To their great Charge as Lindsey made it good But they pursue the chase therefore we may And justly too say they lost us the day Sure their Commission was not left so large That a Reserve without Command should Charge For a Reserve for safe Retreat should stand And should not stir without expresse Command Their Zeale to honour and the Kings just Cause Might make brave men forget strict Martiall Lawes So Lindsey fell as when the Phenix lyes In her rich Urne another doth arise Even from her ashes So from Lindsey's grave Another Phenix we or Lindsey have A gallant man and of most noble parts As great a Master of his trade as hearts But the old Phenix in his Martiall heat Did great Gustavus past his Cannon beat With reverence yet old Christian speaks his name Then boasts from Danish blood the English came Wee must acknowledge and confesse t is true The Normans their discent from Rollo drew And Rollo was a Dane by birth yet wee Thought Lindsey mongst the Danes as brave as he And we beleeve that our young Lindsey rather Improves his stocke then borrowes from his Father Hic jacet Robertus Bartu Baro Willoughby Dominus de Ersby Comes de Snidsey Magnus Angliae Camerarius apud Edghill Serenissimi Regis Caroli {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} A turmis Equitū in regis presidiū relictus in prelio vulneratus etiam ad mortem sed non sine Victoria cecidit An Elegy upon the right Honourable the Earle of Northampton I Must acknowledge now I love thee more When thou art not then ere I did before The love wherewith I living loved thee Is changd to honour of thy memory As rarifi'd ayre turns to the purest fire So what I lately lov'd I now admire Many professe they for the King would die Thou for his sake didst offered life deny Thou wouldst not beg but Martyrdom command They offered what thou wouldst not understand There 's not a hayre which from thy head was torn And in despite to Loyalty was worn In Triumph not a wound to thee was given But they are in the black Records of Heaven And when the Grand Inquest for blood shall come They must strike Tallies for thy Martyrdom How many Scotch Bawbies cast in account Would to the Talents David left amount For if wee reckon wee cannot go lesse Then this proportion this they must confesse They noble loyall blood I dare be bold Compar'd with theirs will this proportion hold What disadvantage hath our Cause since we Become such loosers by a Victory Hic jacet Spencer Dominus Compton Comes Northamptontae progenie nobilis Conjugio foelix filiis utrisque dignus qui sanguineo regi fidelitatem martyrio obsignivit Nec magno Gustavo dissimilis victor in praelio juxta Stafford per infortunium cecidit Anno salutis 1644. An Elegy upon the right Honourable the Earle of Kingston KIngston thy losse was Epidemicall It was indeed a generall losse to all I will not name thy Ladies interest Childrens nor servants theirs were farre the least Though I dare say thus much for all the three Th 'ave lost as much as in a friend could be No better husband liv'd nor kinder father Nor nobler master joyning these together I speak the losse but as it did relate To God his Church the King and to the State For his Religion it was pure and sound And no man better understood his ground A Protestant he liv'd a Martyr dy'd Professing truth his truth by death was try'd This I dare say the King had none more able Nor really loyall at his Councell Table Of brave resolves and of a publick spirit Who knew him best knew he conceald his merit Discreet he was and providently wise Kinde to his friends and faithfull in advise No man his Countrey better understood Nor was more apt to do it reall good Though he was rich I dare pronounce him just No man was more religious in his trust Nor better understood this kingdomes Lawes Yet he with noble blood durst seal the Cause Nor would great Kingston in the Cause have dyed Had he not been in Conscience satisfyed As well as Law These two hee durst not sever Since God in this Cause joynd them both together Hic jacet Robertus Comes de Kingston ortu nobilis conjugio nobilior sed prole nobilissimus {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} An Elegy upon the right Honourable the Earle of Carnarvan HEre lies the highest Fancy of our Times Who Lucian like could sharply scourge our crimes Whose wit Mercuriall was high and sublime So near ceration ' ●wanted only time For he had all our Artists could require To m●ke th' Elixar matter art and fire All three sublimed to as great a heigth As Art and Nature could and all set right Thus near perfection brave Carnarvan fell Who left behinde him scarce a paralell If men shall rise in judgement then I fear This loyall Lord shall condemn many a Peere Who more obliged to the King then he Have scarce returnd or thanks or loyalty Hic jacet Comes de Carnarvan Baro Dormar Mercurio magnus sed Marti major qui vitam hanc in Regis causa cum armis deposuit vulnere sed nobili ictus heu cecidit invictus An Elegy for the Princely Brothers of the Illustrious Duke of Lenox STay passer by and fix thine eye Oh see who here Intomb'd doth lye Three Brethren of Illustrious birth Loyall as ever breathed on earth Stuarts and of the Noblest blood But more because they made it good I dare pronounce their deaths as loyall As was their births and actions Royall Mistake mee not it is their dust Not they