A Panegyrick on the late Honourable Sir Robert Peake, Knight vice-president and leader of the honourable artillery company.

A Panegyrick on the late Honourable Sir Robert Peake, Knight vice-president and leader of the honourable artillery company.

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ARMA · PACIS · FVLCRA

A PANEGYRICK ON THE LATE HONOURABLE Sir ROBERT PEAKE Knight, VICE-PRESIDENT and LEADER of the Honourable ARTILLERY COMPANY.

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THis Man of Courage and Heroick worth,

And high in Knowledge, ſound you Muſes forth;

Sound ye with loudeſt voice his moſt Juſt Due's,

Who of Himſelf was able to infuſe

Spirit into the Brain-pan of the Dulleſt

To caſt by Proſe, and write in Verſe, the fulleſt.

We need not voice his Service in the Warrs,

And brave Atchivements, when he earn'd the Spurs

Of honour'd Knight hood, 'tis enough to ſpeak

We ſing the Praiſes of Renowned PEAKE:

For ſhould we trace his Virtues thorough all

Their courſes, from their firſt Original,

One Sheet would never hold them; for the Theam

Would be ſo large, as to demand a Ream.

His Care he ſhew'd at Baſing-Houſe was ſuch

That after Ages cannot Praiſe too much:

And his true zeal to Our deceaſed KING,

Doth an example unexampled bring.

Theſe were the Steps by which He firſt did riſe,

To be obſerved by all Virtuous eyes;

And by degrees of Fortune did begin

To place him in the Sphere he late was in:

As Leader and Vice-Preſident to be

O'th Company of the Artillerie

Under the Mighty Duke of YORK, whoſe Grace

Choſe him his Second in ſo great a Place.

Of all Applanded, and Belov'd of thoſe

Whoſe Fate it was to be his greateſt Foes:

The Tongue moſt fault'ring, and the Eye moſt dim,

Did ſpeak and find all Loyalty in Him.

Nor of his Praiſes is't the leaſt, that He

So careful was to keep ſuch Ʋnitie

Amongſt his Armed Numbers, that no Noyſe

Was heard amongſt them, to alarm their Joyes:

Silence and Peace did ſhew that 'tis not Jarrs,

But Order makes men Conquerours in Warrs.

But above all, and this alone was it

Which in his Place ſpoke him ſo exquiſit,

His wiſe Conduct; And then his all, not part

Of Knowledge in the Military Art,

Made all great Chiefs their worth in Him to ſee,

And Mars himſelf in Noble PEAKE to be.

Theſe great perfections, and by all deſir'd,

Made him by all to be ſo much admir'd,

That no detraction from th' impurer ſort

Shall ere controle or ſilence this report:

But Fame ſhall make his Praiſes be enroll'd,

Not in looſe papers, but bright leaves of Gold.

For Truth reports, that whatſoere is due

To Proweſs, Skill, or to ſtour Mars his Crew,

Was ſound in Him beyond all parallel;

And Fame doth know, his Knowledge did excell.

All that the Arts could promiſe, or th' Alarms

Of Drums and Trompets, and the Feats of Arms;

All that deep Knowledge, or Fel force could try,

Are buried now; and in his Grave do lye.

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London, Printed by W. G. for Nathaniel Brook at the Angel in Greſham-Colledge, leading from Biſhopſgate-ſtreet. 1667.

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A Panegyrick on the late Honourable Sir Robert Peake, Knight vice-president and leader of the honourable artillery company.

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1667

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— A Panegyrick on the late Honourable Sir Robert Peake, Knight vice-president and leader of the honourable artillery company.,

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Printed by W.G. for Nathaniel Brook ...,. London :: 1667.. (In verse.) (Reproduction of original in the Harvard University Library.)

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