An elegy on the death of William Lord Russel, who was beheaded for high-treason, in Lincoln-Inn-Fields, July the 21st. 1683.

An elegy on the death of William Lord Russel, who was beheaded for high-treason, in Lincoln-Inn-Fields, July the 21st. 1683.

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MEMENTO MORI

AN ELEGY On the DEATH of William Lord RUSSEL, Who was Beheaded for High-Treason, in Lincolns-Inn-Fields, July the 21st. 1683.
⟨A scandalous Coppy on him.⟩

⟨21. July. 1683.⟩

TO sigh when Rebels fall, or shed a Tear,

Must, doubtless, make Me Criminal appear;

Not that I love thy Treason, but thy Name,

Which all ador'd, and in the Book of Fame

Gave thee a place befitting thy Deserts;

But now thou wound'st all loyal honest Hearts

Who shall we trust, if such as You Rebel?

So the great Lucifer from Heaven fell.

RUSSEEL with Hell and Furies too combine!

To kill the KING and all the Royal Line!

Ah me! it is too true! His now lost Head

Confirms whatever has on him been said.

O that I live to hear the fatal sound,

Whose very accent does my Heart-strings wound!

Is this your Loyalty; Is this your Zeal,

To damn your Soul for a curs'd Commonweal?

Though once I lov'd Thee, now I hate thy Name,

And thus I'll rend it from the Book of Fame,

That future Ages, when they read thy shame,

May praise Heav'ns Justice, and abhor thy Name.

Who, but a Monster, could Rebellions prove

To such Indulgence, Clemency and Love,

As our Dread Sov'reign evermore bestows

Upon his Friends, nay on his very Foes,

Which slew his Father, and would Him Depose?

O that our Island should such Monsters breed,

Which, Nero-like, delight to see her bleed!

Look down just Heav'n, with Vengeance upon those

That are our Sov'reigns and our Churches Foes,

And as thou hast, still all their Plots disclose:

O let 'em not, although with Hell they joyn,

E'r be successful in their damn'd Design,

Whose only aim was to find out a way

To turn our Sion to Acaldema,

And make all Loyal honest men their Prey.

Is't thus you would defend the King & Laws?

Confusion seize you, and your Good Old Cause,

And save our Sov'reign from your Bloody Paws.

Unpity'd, therefore, let each Traytor die,

While all that Loyal are, Amen do cry.

EPITAPH.

HEre under lies a Rebel, whose Design

Was to have murder'd all the Royal Line,

But was prevented by the Power-Divine:

The great Opposer of our Sov'reign's Laws,

Who dy'd a Martyr for the Good Old Cause.

May Heaven still defend the King and Throne,

And may such cursed Rebels e'ry one

Meet the same Fate; then would our Isle be blest

With Peace and Plenty, and a Halcyon-rest.

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Printed by Na [...]h. Thompson at the entrance into the Old Spring Garden near Charing-Cross, 1683.

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An elegy on the death of William Lord Russel, who was beheaded for high-treason, in Lincoln-Inn-Fields, July the 21st. 1683.

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1683

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B03227

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15604654

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Wing E414

ID [STC]

Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.3[131]

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ESTC R36113

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99890137

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ocm99890137

ID [VID]

182615

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— An elegy on the death of William Lord Russel, who was beheaded for high-treason, in Lincoln-Inn-Fields, July the 21st. 1683.,

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Printed for Nath. Thompson ...]-Cross,. [London :: 1683.. (Verse: "To sigh when rebels fall, or shed a tear ...") (Imperfect: stained, affecting imprint; imprint suggested by Wing.) (Reproduction of original in the British Library.)

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