In obitum Thomæ Rhædi viri vndequaque meritissimi, et serenissimo regi ab epistolis Latinis epicedium.

In obitum Thomæ Rhædi viri vndequaque meritissimi, et serenissimo regi ab epistolis Latinis epicedium.

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Title page

IN OBITVM THOMAE RHAEDI EPICEDIVM.

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IN OBITVM THOMAE RHAEDI EPICEDIVM.

SCilicet hoc fatum est validae virtutis, et acris

Ingenij haec genesis, dum Famae extendere met

Vltra busta parat, vitae pomeria in arctum

Contrahit, accersit funus dum funeris expers

Emolitur opus, fit et vmbra vt colligat auras:

Sic querimur te Rhaede rapi: dum totus anhelas

Mnemosynes clarum fastis inscribere nomen,

Et vel priuatis iuuat impallescere chartis

Vt possis prodesse orbi, vel iussa capessis

Regia, et Ausonio donatur epistola cultú

Ad Reges mittenda alios, sub pondere tanto

Ilia paulatim ducis: vis ignea mentis

Imperia in famulos tam dura exercuit artus

Vt non sufficerent vires conatibus altae

Indolis, et magnae captantis praemia famae,

Sed macie exangui pallentem lurida tabes

Occupat, et lentâ carpit praecordia flammâ:

Consumptam sic saepe facem conspeximus, omnem

Dum lucem impendens alienis vsibus, altê

Liquitur, et proprias depascitur igne medullas.

Si qua tamen spes est victuri nominis vlli

Si qua Nouensilibus visest concessa Deabus

Cultores sacrare suos, Tua posthuma Rhaede

[Page] Innumerabilibus canescet gloria saeclis.

Nempe tibi infanti quâ Scotia vergit ad Arctos

Ipsa fuit Pallas nutrix, dedit vbera, cunas

Impulit, adduxit somnos modulamine cantûs

Ausonii Graii (que): dein cum prima tenellus

Tentamenta pedum faceres, per deuia Pindi

Tesqua, per Aonios lucos et amaena vireta

Fortunatorum Nemorum quae laurus inumbrat

Ipse tibi rexit phoebus vestigia, toto

Pieridum plaudente choro: tunc firmior annis

Faelici auspicio Sophiae per cuncta vagaris

Naturae secreta, vides quaecun (que) profundis

Democritus putei finxit demersa latebris:

Mente etiam petis alta poli, velum (que) reducente

Vranie, humanis imperuia visibus audes

Rimari, et toto latè discurrere coelo.

Subsidijs fretum tantis, talique saburrâ

Libratum iuuat a patrio secedere fumo

Externas (que) videre plagas, (sic matre relicta

Deserit angusti genitiua cubilia nidi

Alarum tyrocinium factura volucris:

Sic tractus alio quae [...]it sub sole iacentes

Mercator patriae fructus et munera terrae

Permutaturus peregrini mercibus orbis.)

Gallia visa tibi primùm, sed Gallia tantùm

Visa tibi, per transennam (ceu flumina Nili

Delibat canis) attraxit Germania philtro

Et precis et pretij, geminâ (que) hac arte morandi

[Page] Consilium extorsit: geminas sic inter ami [...]s

Eligitur non quae roseo formosior ore est,

Sed quae peruigili studio magis instat, et vrget

Fortius affectum Paphiae (que) incendia flammae.

Palladis in castris multâ hîc cum laude merentē

Et victa de Barbarie sciolis (que) sophistis

Ducentem insignes fama victrice triumphos

Lipsia detinuit longúm: Quis credidit illic

Se ritè admissum in Phoebi sacraria Rhaedo

Non pandente fores? Quis per dumeta Lycaei

Ausus iter tentare nisi duce et Auspice Rhaedo?

Nec tibi fama minor quâ Balthica littora spectat

Rostochium, paucis isthic tibi plurimus annis

Creuit honos, nullo non admirante profundae

Doctrinae aggestos tot in vno pectore aceruos,

Faelicem (que) viam fandi, quocun (que) liberet

Ore loqui, quocunque habitu ptoducere partus

Mentis, et exanimes scriptis animare papyros.

Aequa tamen tantae virtuti praemia nondum

Contigerant, non seena satis conrermina luci

Hanc tibi debebat florentibus inclyta rebus

Anglia, florenti sueras flos debitus Aulae,

Et decuit tali talem clarere theatro.

Namque Mineruaej quamuis nutritus in vmbrâ

Non tamen in curis fueras ciuilibus hospes,

Sed te dexteritas genij versa [...]ilia aptum

Finxerat ex aeqno studijs aulaeue scholaeue,

Vnde capescenti grauiorum pondera rerum,

[Page] Tradenti et Latijs mandata Augusta tabellis

Incorrupta fides, solers industria, coctum

Iudicium, et priscae certans facundia Romae

Hîc magnum peperere decus, quod (que) omnia vincit

Elogia, hîc magno Regi potuisse placere

Contigit, et talem meritis adsciscere testem

Quo nihil in terris sapientius adspicit aether.

Ille tuum eloquium tanto est dignatus honore

Vt tibi non alij propriae monumenta lucernae

Crediderit vertenda illo sermone per orbem

Quo peregrinari possent, et Regibus esse

Pro speculo, non quâ sceptris stat meta Britannis

Sed quâcun (que) patent Latiae commercia linguae.

Iam (que) hîc ad summum voti venisse cacumen

Rhaede videbaris, nihil amplius addere laudi

Fama tuae poterat, nihil illi aut liuor auarus

Detrahere, aut Nemesis rebus non aequa secundis,

Verùm O perfidiam fati! quod demere laudi

Haud potuit, luci et vitalibus abstulit auris.

Et tu Rhaede iaces opera inter manca, minas (que)

Scriptorum ingentes, quaeis si suprema fuisset

Cum limâ porrecta manus, non vlla fuisset

Calliopes toto Sophiaeuè illustrior albo

Quam quae Rhaedeum praeferret pagina nomen.

Nunc ceu rapta tuis superant tantūmodo bustis

Paucula furtiuas Schediasmata fusa per horas,

Qualiacum (que) tamen sunt haec, haec ipsa reuincent

Esse Caledonijs etiamnum numen alumnis

[Page] Et Genium quo vel Scoti Subtilis acumen

Vel poterunt dulces Buchanani aequare Camaenas.

Iam (que) vale mi Rhaede, (mei ah pars maxima quondam

Nunc coeli pars magna) tuo mihi funere tantum

Cordolium inflixit fati importuna tyrannis

Cogat vt incaepats lachrymis abrumpere laudes.

Heu quoties dixi descendam laetus ad vmbras

Elysias, moriar (que) libens, modo carmina nostro

Inscribat tumulo Rhaedus, nunc ordine verso

Naturae voti (que) mej, (proh fata) sub vmbras

Is prior, et nobis demandas pensa Supremi

Officij, quae dum multis firmatus ab annis

Nodus amicitiae satagit persoluere, charis

Manibus obstrepimus, non iusta (que) iusta ferentes

Indoctâ heu doctam pietate lacessimus vmbram.

Tu tamen affectu placido libamina nostri

Affectûs capias, poterit meruisse videri

Qui propriae famae impensis tua nomina famae

Tradere, et ad seros voluit transferre nepotes.

Faciebat R. A.

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IN OBITVM THOMAE RHAEDI, VIRI VNDEQVAQVE MERITISSIMI, ET SERENISSIMO REGI AB EPSTOLIS LATINIS EPICEDIVM.

M.DC.XXIIII.

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In obitum Thomæ Rhædi viri vndequaque meritissimi, et serenissimo regi ab epistolis Latinis epicedium.

Aytoun, Robert, Sir, 1570-1638.

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1624

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A00156

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STC 1015

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ESTC S115847

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99851064

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99851064

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16318

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— In obitum Thomæ Rhædi viri vndequaque meritissimi, et serenissimo regi ab epistolis Latinis epicedium., Aytoun, Robert, Sir, 1570-1638..

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