Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n
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A84344
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An elegie upon the much lamented death of the Right Honourable, the Lord Brooke.
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1643
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Wing E487; Thomason 669.f.6[115]; ESTC R212612
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a_o elegy_n upon_o the_o much_o lament_a death_n of_o the_o right_n honourable_a the_o lord_n brooke_n weep_v not_o unthristy_a mourner_n why_o so_o fast_o these_o weak_a devotion_n due_a unto_o his_o last_o hoard_v up_o such_o poor_a expression_n of_o the_o eye_n till_o either_o wife_n or_o child_n do_v chance_n to_o die_v or_o till_o thy_o age_a mother_n knell_n thou_o call_v to_o solemnize_v her_o petty_a funeral_n tear_n be_v wrong_n here_o for_o where_o such_o sorrow_n come_v the_o land_n itself_o shall_v groan_v the_o man_n be_v dumb_a the_o heart_n shall_v summon_v down_o the_o spirit_n all_o till_o sense_n benumb_v and_o apprehension_n fall_n congeal_v into_o a_o trance_n and_o each_o man_n be_v a_o mournful_a statue_n unto_o memory_n or_o if_o you_o needs_o will_v weep_v as_o fit_v the_o loss_n of_o such_o a_o friend_n so_o serious_a a_o cross_n breathe_v all_o the_o air_n to_o sigh_n the_o drop_n of_o the_o year_n at_o once_o be_v all_o contract_v to_o a_o tear_n then_o let_v each_o mourner_n that_o have_v a_o desire_n weep_v out_o a_o part_n and_o weep_v so_o expire_v pardon_n be_v great_a lord_n and_o thy_o divine_a ghost_n if_o by_o remember_v what_o in_o thou_o we_o lose_v out_o of_o that_o honour_n and_o love_n we_o owe_v to_o thou_o we_o lose_v ourselves_o in_o a_o hyperbole_n thus_o much_o be_v just_a and_o fit_a that_o all_o may_v know_v what_o they_o unto_o the_o name_n of_o brooke_n do_v owe_v the_o commonwealth_n a_o debtor_n to_o thy_o fate_n which_o destine_v thou_o a_o sacrifice_n to_o the_o state_n but_o this_o be_v the_o least_o part_n that_o thou_o do_v die_v for_o we_o we_o wrong_v thy_o sacred_a memory_n if_o we_o confess_v no_o more_o thy_o high-born_a soul_n seek_v by_o death_n death_n cou'nanters_n to_o control_v and_o to_o disarm_v those_o engineer_n of_o hell_n who_o villainy_n must_v write_v their_o chronicle_n it_o be_v the_o gospel_n late_o eclipse_v light_n for_o which_o thou_o lie_v thus_o low_a in_o death_n and_o night_n and_o strove_v to_o shame_n and_o quell_v each_o hinderer_n in_o peace_n by_o example_n by_o thy_o sword_n in_o war_n for_o this_o thy_o resolution_n stir_v thou_o up_o to_o give_v truth_n enemy_n and_o thy_o the_o cup_n of_o god_n great_a wrath_n and_o with_o the_o avenge_a sword_n to_o fright_v all_o superstition_n from_o the_o word_n this_o make_v rome_n base_a abettor_n toil_n and_o quake_v when_o ever_o they_o hear_v what_o thou_o do_v undertake_v this_o fill_v their_o mouth_n with_o slander_n and_o their_o heart_n swear_v to_o revenge_n with_o poison_a envious_a dart_n to_o wound_v thy_o pure_a profession_n with_o the_o name_n of_o schism_n and_o a_o new-found_a brownistick_a frame_n this_o make_v that_o base_a inhuman_a particide_n with_o unexampled_a treachery_n divide_v thy_o soul_n from_o body_n and_o then_o both_o from_o we_o to_o heaven_n with_o a_o strange_a desperate_a mittimus_fw-la thus_o thou_o do_v fall_v thus_o die_v thou_o but_o to_o live_v in_o heaven_n and_o here_o with_o we_o whilst_o we_o can_v give_v or_o tear_n or_o marble_n the_o portraiture_n of_o fame_n upon_o two_o pillar_n rear_v to_o thy_o name_n shall_v stand_v where_o shall_v be_v read_v and_o understand_v thy_o death_n cause_n god_n glory_n and_o the_o kingdom_n good_a print_v by_o robert_n austin_n and_o andrew_n coe_n 1643._o