To the sacred memorie of the Crowne of Majestie, King Charles I.

To the sacred memorie of the Crowne of Majestie, King Charles I.

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To the Sacred Memorie of the Crowne of MAJESTIE, KING CHARLES I.

EPITAPH.

To the Sacred Memorie of the Crowne of MAJESTIE, KING CHARLES I.

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te domine [...], non timeo.

RIch Magazine of Vertue, in whoſe breaſt

The Graces center'd, and You made their Neſt,

And ſo conjoyned, flow'd a chriſtall ſtreame,

Would richly adde unto the rareſt theame.

Pardon the impotence of my weak ſtyle,

Which would applaud—but rather doth revile,

In falling ſhort of ſhewing thy large ſpirit,

And ſo committing Rape on thy faire merit.

Graſpe all the wit of man, you never can

Depute thy Aſhes a fit Guardian.

Set Envie on the Tenters, urge a Reaſon

How ſpotleſſe CHARLS could act a dram of Treaſon,

And ſhe is dumbe! Rob'd of this one pretence,

He ſtole from England all her Innocence.

And could ſuch worth be ſtifled? Oh! 't was thus,

His worthy Selfe was farre too good for us.

Deare Saint! If thy bleſt ſoule can think upon

Thoſe crying judgements which are crowding on

Thy poore diſtreſſed England, let it be

A zealous wiſh to ſtop our Miſerie,

And not for publique vengeance, that Gods hand

May ſcourge the Actors, not deſtroy the Land:

In which ripe time, we would be glad to ſee

Our common Propheſies made Hiſtorie;

But yet our feares preſages underſtood,

Say, they'l be writ in characters of bloud.

And why not ſo? To ſave us God did cauſe

His Son to bleed, as thou didſt for our Lawes.

For which (in ſpight of Power) thou ſhalt have

Ineach true heart a laſting Tombe and Grave,

Which ſhall be ſeene by thoſe that live to ſee

Thy Cauſe review'd by thy Poſterity.

Inthe meane time lie ſpeechleſſe all our Lawes

That plead the Civill, or Diviner Cauſe,

Stab'd by thy Crowns-poſſeſſors. Who beſides

Have gain'd the glory of bold Regicides;

And are exact Faith-breakers, but in this,

(Their onely ſpecious Parentheſis)

They are not wholly perjur'd, for we ſee

They've made thee glorious to Eternitie:

So by Red-art this Paradox approve,

The work of Malice, was an act of Love.

Thy words, and actions, Life and Death made good;

Our Rights were dearer to thee then thy blood.

And at the laſt, when ſeiz'd on by proud Fate,

Thou for thy ſelfe wouldſt not capitulate:

Scorning to ſell a Law, to ſave a Crowne,

But that thou might'ſt preſerve That, laid This down:

That ſo we can no more the worthineſſe

of what thou Wert, then what thou Art expreſſe.

But when ſucceeding Kings thy ſtory ſee,

May thy bleſt Life their faireſt patterne be:

And thy ſad Death direction to prevent

Thoſe dangers that to Crowns are incident,

By giving Power to that Monſter rude,

The Hidra-headed fickle multitude:

And weepe—But here my limping Muſe muſt ſtay,

Thy Cauſe is Gods, and God will have the day.

And with all reverence unto thy Herſe,

Write this weak Epitaph in Country Verſe,

Which ſhall not dare once to approach thy Tombe,

But to ſhrink back to give more worthy roome,

Who there will croud, it, to Idolatrize,

And as thy Perſon, ſo thy Aſhes prize.

EPITAPH.

BEhold, ſad Reader—Oh! behold here lyes

The great contemner of proud Miſeries.

The Extract of all Vertue beyond Senſe,

The Creame and Crowne of Chriſtian patience.

The Conquerour of Paſſions, Prince of Hearts;

The rich Ingroſſer of applauſive parts.

The firſt great Charls that ſate on Britans thrones,

The willing Martyr of two Nations.

The quinteſſence of Honour, who tranſlated,

May be admired, but not imitated.

The Saint of England, who though dead here be,

Shall live with honour to Eternitie.

Ramrahbocai

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To the sacred memorie of the Crowne of Majestie, King Charles I.

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1649

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— To the sacred memorie of the Crowne of Majestie, King Charles I.,

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s.n.,. [London :: 1649?]. (Verse - "Rich magazine of vertue, in whose breast".) (Imprint from Wing.) (Reproduction of the original in the Harvard University Library.)

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