Upon the much lamented departure of the high and mighty Prince Oliver Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland, &c. A funeral elegie. Rowland, John, 1606-1660. 1658 Approx. 6 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2008-09 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A92026 Wing R2072 Thomason 669.f.21[11] ESTC R211097 99869835 99869835 163506

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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A92026) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 163506) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 247:669f21[11]) Upon the much lamented departure of the high and mighty Prince Oliver Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland, &c. A funeral elegie. Rowland, John, 1606-1660. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [London : 1658] Verse - "Is the states Atlas dead, whose strongest brain". Signed: Jo. Row. C.C.C. Imprint from Wing. Annotation on Thomason copy: "1658: Oct 2.". Reproduction of the original in the British Library.

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 eng Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658 -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800. Elegiac poetry, English. 2007-07 Assigned for keying and markup 2007-07 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-08 Sampled and proofread 2007-08 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
Ʋpon the much Lamented Departure of the High and Mighty PRINCE, OLIVER LORD PROTECTOR Of ENGLAND, SCOTLAND and IRELAND, &c. A FUNERAL ELEGIE. IS the States Atlas dead, whoſe ſtrongeſt Brain Held it from Ruine, with his might and main? Could not his Wiſdome, Prudence, Proweſs, Zeal, And rich endowments for the Commonweal, Nor Conqu'ring hand, nor peoples Votes, nor Tears, Nor Prayers for him to prevent their Fears Prevail againſt the ſtroke of Deſtiny? No, 'tis a Statute-Law that all muſt dye. Death is impartial, Kings, and Peaſants muſt, When Death knocks at their doors, lye in the duſt And fate wiſe Princes ſeldome ſo long ſpares As common men, their heads are full of cares, Which is the reaſon that by moſt is gueſt, Why Joſeph younger dyed before the reſt. Scepters and Crowns are oftentimes begirt With thorny cares that lying in the dirt, Few men would take them up, did they but know The thoughts of heart they bring with grief and woe. So Henry Bullingbrook on his deaths-bed, Henry the Fifth his Son admoniſhed. Men oft-times ſtrive for things they know not what, Which being gain'd, they wiſh they had them not. Crowns cannot reſpite time, nor hinder fate, But are more likely for to antidate. This Wiſe PROTECTOR that is lately dead, How was He toyl'd with thoughts that fill'd His head For to preſerve from dangers that appear'd On every ſide moſt juſtly to be fear'd? Would men lay this to heart I dare profeſs, They'd never envy Princes happineſs. They watch when ſubjects ſleep, and counſel take For publick good, and for the peoples ſake. The People preſs'd it, and the Parlement On Him they thought moſt fit for Government; And ſtrove to crown Him, but He that refus'd, And much adoe He had to be excus'd. Which ſhew's, that He was loath to undergo This burthen, but that God would have it ſo: Who heard the peoples voice up to the skies, Sadly complaining for their Liberties. Reflect on Him departed, whom, in vain, With Sighs and groans you would call back again. How did His great Achievements fill His ſoule, Almoſt ubiquitary, to controule, And rule ſuch multitudes, ſo divided In mindes and hearts, hardly to be guided▪ How did His great Employments make Him ſad; Needing more eyes than ever Argus had! To ſee in every corner, and deſcry Mens private Plots, and hidden Treachery, Which did retard, and lay'd on Him more load; Yet could not ſtop His vaſt deſignes abroad. Let England, Scotland, Ireland ſpeak what Hee Perform'd, by making One, theſe Countries Three. Let France, and Holland, Portugal, and Spain, Denmark, and Turkie ſend to us again A true Report of Victories He got Where er'e His Armies martch'd, almoſt where not? Raiſing his Trophies not farre from the Line; Let but Jamaica ſpeak His great deſigne: (Hiſpaniola, by Calumbus found, Was firſt intended to be Engliſh ground: But here refus'd; by the King of Caſtile Accepted. Gold may yet be gain'd by ſteil, Where that the cauſe is juſt, but private jarrs Have often hindred great attempts in warrs.) The Indies, Eaſt and Weſt will ſay no leſs; His Name's Renoun'd with the Antipodes. Each day brought a new Conqueſt, Flanders now In part ſubdu'd, almoſt they knew not how: Dint of his ſword Dunkirk no ſooner felt, But all the peoples hearts like Ice did melt. Nor Pompey, Ceſar, great Alexander Nor great Emperour, the worlds Comander Prevail'd ſo farre, counting the time He ſteer'd At Helme: yet by this haſte 'twas to be fear'd That theſe his noble Acts did much portend Hee haſted drawing near unto his end. All things did proſper that he undertook: And if we nearly into cauſes look; Hee ner'e attempted any thing, but Cries And Prayers made way for His Victories: His Devotion may examples give To Chriſtian Princes that now do live; That if they mean to ſpeed, they muſt implore Aid from above, and ſeek to God before. Thus this Lands Gideon proſper'd alwayes, And, having ſettled Peace, ended his dayes. At ſuch a time, when as moſt things do ſtand In a fair poſture, both by Sea and Land, On the ſame Day of Thanks, deſign'd to bee, For Woſter, and Dunbar's great Victorie. Wee wiſh that his Succeſſour may excel, And bee the Sonne of great Jerubbaal. Vivit poſt FƲNERA VIRTƲS. JO. ROW. C. C. C. FINIS.