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A02597	King Iames his encomium· Or A poeme, in memorie and commendation of the high and mightie monarch Iames; King of great Britaine. France, and Ireland &c. our late soveraigne, who deceased at Theobalds. vpon Sunday the 27. of March. 1625. By Francis Hamiltoun, of Silvertown-hill	Hamilton, Francis, of Silvertown-hill.	1626 (1626)	STC 12726; ESTC S105969	15,621	34

And pray that in King Charles thou doe restore him Restore him in such vertues and such grace Elisha-like in good Eliah's place With double portion of thy holy Spirit Confirming Faith conferring grace to vnite His whole affection both of soule and heart Rightly to thee so that they never part Make the good motions of thy Spirite him guide Supreame Essence who can not bee divide Thy wings bee his protection grace and power In the assalt of all temptations houre And if his sinnes which God forbid become Notorious blacke or thicke or darke or dimme Or like such clowdes as doth the Sunne obscure Dissolve them Lord and let not them endure King of all Kings so make thy mercies shine In through and by Christ that he knowe hee is thine So that hee doe repent returne amend In wisedome love faith zeale till life shall end New gifts new graces daylie to him grant In such aboundance so that hee nought want Incresse in him what 's good and take away All sinne which may his soule seduce or slay Most mighty Lord from throne of mercies grace Exempt him not so that thou hyde thy Face Stand by him Lord and save him from such errour Of mind as may procure his conscience terrour From damn'd defection and from all disgrace Good Lord deliver Charles in each case Remember not his sinnes but pardon give Exalt him by thy grace and him relieve From danger of all foes ' gainst him repine Who would him trap in traines which they propine Bee his defence against all stormes and charmes Remember Lord to keepe him in thine armes From all assalts bee thou his strong refuge Save him from all temptations and from grudge Grant Lord he cause amend what is amisse In all his Kingdomes so that thou doe blesse Both him and them and all to him belong Maintaine vs and avenge vs of foes wrong Except they doe repent amend returne And so leave off to make thy Saints to mourne The royall reigne of Charles wee recommend To thee O Lord of Hostes O Lord defend In right Religion his royall Realmes all His subject Princes Nobles great and small His forraine Friends and favorits reward And vnto all pertaine him bee a guard His generous Gentles blesse thou whosoever His loyall subjects that they not swerve nor sever Prevent him and all his from Heaven above With saving grace with mercie peace and love In all temptations houre must come to try Thy Saints on Earth who doe on thee rely O let not foes prevaile gainst thee nor Atheists Nor none of their owne merite-vaunting Papists Robbing the Lord of Love and life his glorie With Soule-ficke-fairded fictions making sorie Praying and causing others for to pray In tongues vnknowne not knowing what they say Suffer not foes sinne Satan so t'assalt That thine from thee or slide or fall or halt From feare or force of forraine foes or plots Preserve King Charles and his from all their shots And from their craftie carriage which is knowne Now to bee like to bladders which are blowne Conspyring ' gainst our King and Countries good Exulting when by errours they illude Abusing sacred Name calde Iesuites Who rather ought to bee calde Gibeonites Deluding men with worse than rotten bread In stead of such as Soules and bodies feed Respecting the proud Pope and his curst traine More than Christs glorie which they doe restraine Whilst craftelie they derogate from Christ And arrogate vnto their perverse Priest Distich King Charles takes vp what did King Iames lay downe Three Swords three Scepters and a triple Crowne On King Iames the defunct dead to sinne and living for ever to righteousnesse On the liuing King Charles dying to sinne living and to live for ever to righteousnesse On the perverse Pope living to sinne dying and to dye for ever to righteousnesse except he repent and convert to the Trueth Francis Hamiltoun his first Essay Feb. 7. 1626. ⁂ A Poeticall Ecphrase and Paraphrase on the 13 verse of the 14 chapter of S. Iohns Revelation SAying to me from Heaven a voice hear I Write Blest are they which in the Lord doe die From hence foorth yea the Sprit sayes for they rest Them from their labours and their workes whilst blest Doe follow them * even their reward is such According to their workes litle or much Not for their workes for they doe much debord From the commands and will of Christ our Lord Although good workes from his good Sprit proceed And as from him are perfect workes indeed Yet in all mortall men by sinfull nature Are more or lesse infect'd with sinnes foule feature And as in sinfull man they cannot merite That man the ioyes of Heaven for aye inherite Through faith in Christ our Saviour God and Man Heavens ioyes we gaine which Christ vnto vs wan Yet must we have good workes as fruit which show The goodnesse of the tree whereon they grow Least wee bee lyke to fruitlesse trees which cut Are cast in fyre For to each tree its roote The axe is layd and if they bring not foorth Good fruit they are cut downe as nothing woorth But to be cast in hell amongst the Divels The Authors and suggesters of our evils The triumph of every true Christian defunct O death where is thy sting O grave where is thy victorie now shaw O all your strength through sinne was in Gods Law Which Christ fulfil'd My King Through faith which Christ inspired by his Sprit I now with him doe rest And shall aye praise my God and Saviour sweet No more with sinne opprest Song to the comfort of every true Christian BLyth may he be though his death doe arrest him Hath his sinnes dash'd out of the bookes of accounting Blyth may he be though his friends haue opprest him Finds by true faith true spirituall ioyes surmounting Earthly things though prompt in pomp like to flowres are fading When the Arch-Angell soundeth his Trumpe no time for dissuading Death when past brings at last either ioy or sorrow Then respect doth neglect one moment to morrow Time then is gone and no more can returne Time can no more as then deiect nor advaunce thee Heaven or in Hell man must dwell ioy or mourne Even as a tree cut downe to dye shall thy death inhaunce thee Chaunce and Fortune haue no place God for all provideth Sinfull life or mercies grace makes what man betideth Life or death after breath from which is no returning God doth guide and provide mirth for those are mourning If thou to day heare his voyce who doth says Better now thou weepe for sinne nor to laugh for pleasure Banish therefore away all shifts of delay Turne repent thee with teares to be kept in his treasure Mind'st thou to haue knock seeke and craue for the time is sliding Knock he wil open seek thou shalt find aske whiles thy Lord is biding He will grant thou nought want who so deare hath bought thee He will redresse thy distresse who

learned men set foorth Ev'n Vorstius and the Cardinalls record King IAMES a Learned and Religious Lord. Wee waile our want of such a worthie King Yet more wee joye since hee in Heaven doth reigne Whose Corps though now interred in the dust Shall rise with Iacobs and with Iobs the just Nor neede wee curse such mountaines as Gilboah Nor waile such waters as our Father Noah Nor neede wee waile private or publicke crime Wrought in our native Soyle at any time Nor valleyes vaunting monstruous-marching might Of forraine foes or homebred houshold spight Nor thundring Cannons nor the Trumpets sound Nor Turkish spyte which else where doth abound Nor Papists plots with Powder-plotted treason Prepared ' gainst him and his against all reason Nor Spanish-Papist policies disguised Deliberat and long before advised Which masked with the shew of friendly love Like craftie Serpent cunninglie to move And so to lurke amidst brave Britaines bowres Crossing our Gardens tripping in our Towres Into our pleasant Palaces approching And on our lives Lands Liberties enchroching Accusing and accrochjng and seducing Our Nobles and our commountie abusing With Gundomerian-Gunnes to make vs g●ne And lose our lives before wee see our want Our God and Saviour did such things prevent And to such Parent of our peace hath sent In peace a Messenger to take Iames breath His Generall-muster-master mortall Death Bounding Deaths limits that hee no more could But bring to dust of dust his earthly mould Maugre the Hells no second Death nor terrour Durst sease on him nor no affrighting horrour Durst so attempt his breast as for to Iudge In his heroicke Heart one faithlesse grudge Firme was his Faith and franck his forttiude Through and in Christ who for him shed his blood For Adams and for Eva's curious lust By Gods decree dust must returne to dust First Adam through his fall damnation brought Christ second Adam our Salvation wrought Spoyler of Death more than Methusalem No Babell Builder but Ierusalem Ierusalem the New prepar'd of God Where Saints amongst his Angells haue abode Through Iesus Christ By whom Iames justified Heere a crown'd King hence a King glorified Whilst heere hee range hee justice did affect Truth Love and Peace hee much more did respect Religion right and reason Chastitie Than any King on Earth with clemencie Nor Glorie vaine nor greed nor golde nor gaine Gould make him from the hope of heaven refraine Nor trust in treasure which Earth could afford For why his trust was in the living Lord. King Iames thy blames are buried and forgot Thy Faith Fame Name claime Crowne without a spot Now blessed Iacob rest in Heaven and sing The everlasting praise of Christ thy King The King of Kings thy God the Lord of Hostes Was is and shall bee to whom the Worlds coastes Subjected are Didst thou the Scriptures quote To praise thy God didst thou thy pen devote Loe many pens of vertuous men expresse Thy worthie parts thy praise for to incresse Wast thou of modest mind of bodie chaste Religious learn'd thou joy'st the interest Thy Clemencie thy bountie and thy Love And such true vertues sent thee from above Returne to thee much more aboundantly Good Name good Fame since vertue can not dye Thy pleasant Poems learned and profound Shall till the World have end thy worth resounds And counter-check such ignorant prophaine As Cuckooe-glorious mocke the inspyred vaine Of Christian Poets who in sacred verse The praise of Christ and of his Church rehearse Those learned workes which from thee did proceede Such ignorants vaineglorie shall deride As jeast at learning and esteeme it folly To bee train'd vp in Christian Schooles most holy And shall move others also to deplore This vitious Age And praise God evermore Who as hee gave the Kingdomes Scepters Crownes So gave hee wisdome which thee now renownes Those earthly things too litle for thy minde Hee gave then tooke when hee had thee refinde And in exchange a Crowne of glorie gave thee And did in Heaven for evermore receive thee That thou to him mightst sing that sacred Song Which doth Gods Angells and Christs Saints belong Right faithfull Stewart Kings may learne by thee To serve their God while as they Stewarts bee Heere of alitle with the Virgins wise Attending on their Master and their prise With burning Lamps till that they heare the call Of their Bride-groome and with him enter all In Heaven that they may Crownes receive makes sure In joye and glorie ever to endure O Potent Patron of all vertues true Who didst for thine Sinne Hell and Death subdue Lord Iesus Christ God-Man my Saviour sweet Inspire mee with the wisedome of thy Spirit That I with Faith and zeale may thinke speake write With wisedome worke and with discretion dite Thy praise and glorie for thy gifts so good Which thou to thine hast giv'n through thine owne Blood And for since it hath pleased thee to call King Iames to Heaven thou Charles makest to all True Christian subjects a true Patron bee A Father and a friend to pietie To vertues valour and to right and reason A friend to peace of conscience foe to treason Committed against Christ and 's sacred Saints By men which of their sinnes and vices vaunts O wee vnwoorthie justly did deserve That thou hadst sent a King to make vs swerve From true Religion but thou didst prevent Our miscrie with mercie and hast sent A Royall Loyall Learn'd Religious Prince Magnanimous and mightie for defence Of all true Christians Whom good God decore With wisedome that in zeale he thee adore In Loue Faith Feare Obedience to thy will Aye more and more till he thy will fulfill Wee did deserve and did by sinne procure That thou shouldst not haue suffred to endure That Royall race of faithfull Stewarts line For that wee did so oft ' gainst thee repine If for our sinnes thou hadst cut with the stocke The seede and siplings and madest vs a mocke To all the World Yet wee much more deserved Who by our sinfull lusts so oft haue swerved From the obedience of thy Law and will Our fleshly sinfull pleasures to fulfill And but thy mercie is so eminent All perills of thy people to prevent Wee had beene made a prey to everie Nation For our contempt and for our provocation For our contempt of thy most sacred Word Provoking thee to wrath long-suffering Lord. Infinite thou not willing to contend ' Gainst flesh infirme didst grace and mercie send Through Iesus Christ in whom wee are well eased Through whom with vs thou canst not bee displeased Aeternall trueth who gavest to Iames to bee Royall on Earth Religious towards thee Extend thy blessings vnto his succession Doe not repell our earnest intercession O Lord our God That so wee may sing praise Aye more and more to thee who did him raise Now neede we pray no more for Iames since gone Exempt from prayer and exempt from mone Direct our hearts therefore to praise thee for him