The Earle of Strafford his ellegiack poem, as it was pen'd by his owne hand a little before his death.

The Earle of Strafford his ellegiack poem, as it was pen'd by his owne hand a little before his death.

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THE EARLE OF STRAFFORD HIS ELLEGIACK POEM, AS IT Was pen'd by his owne hand a little before his Death.

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THE EARLE OF STRAFFORD HIS ELLEGIACK POEM, AS IT Was pen'd by his owne hand a little before his Death.

STate give me leave, and vexe my thoughts no more,

I have too much within me to deplore

My selfe, and it, who both oppress'd doe lye

Subjected to a growing Anarchy.

I have plough'd through my soule, & articled

Against my selfe within me, I have read

All my life over, to find out what sin

Mov'd Englands, Irelands, & what Scotlands spleen,

And dare convince their blinded rage who can

Find in me errors more then speake me Man.

'Tis dangerous to be great, Treason doth lye

To be too gracious in a Princes eye:

Use your rage sharpest wit, for all your Art

Though you my head, my King shall have my hart.

Be wise, Ʋice-gerents, whose succeeding fate,

Shall reare you up unto the height of State,

The ladder shakes you climbe on, every Round

Is pav'd with icy fate, smiles on the ground

From whence you rise, and, unadvis'd, you shall

Find, if not sudden, yet a certaine fall.

My sinne was too much loyalty, and when

That times to come, as sure there will be Men,

(Although this scanted Age vents none, but those

Who of old Titles and new fashion'd cloaths

Can boast, whose honest judgments doe agree

To love the King and feare his subsidie.)

They, in disdaine of their fore-fathers hate,

Shall speake my vertues, and lament my Fate.

You, you, then (happier Nephewes) what I tell

So late, so true, accept as Oracle,

Where ever Justice calls you, for my sake

Be all your Demonstrations faire, nor make

A bad distinction, by mistaken zeale

T'your Prince, 'twixt him, and 'twixt his Commonweale.

Come neerer Death, and let's imbrace! but you

That with such care and jealousies pursue

My spited Soule, although my blood's no price

To your wish'd peace, too weake a Sacrifice

To expiate three Kingdomes; yet from me

Take this my last and perfect'st Legacie

For all the service I have done the State,

My early risings, and my sleeping late,

For all those cares kept sad my charge, my long

Zeale to my Prince, which you miscoster'd wrong,

For all my labours, and in that pursuit

My slaughtered honours, and my life to boote,

Doe this, and you shall by my counsaile prove

Happy on earth as I in Heaven above

And though (for this shall your most cōfort bring)

You lov'd not me, yet love my Lord your King.

FJNJS.

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Printed in the Yeare, 1641.

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The Earle of Strafford his ellegiack poem, as it was pen'd by his owne hand a little before his death.

Strafford, Thomas Wentworth, Earl of, 1593-1641.

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1641

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2009-10 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1).

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B03310

ID [STC]

Wing E83

ID [STC]

Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.2[7]

ID [STC]

Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.4[211]

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99885039

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ocm99885039

ID [VID]

182880

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— The Earle of Strafford his ellegiack poem, as it was pen'd by his owne hand a little before his death., Strafford, Thomas Wentworth, Earl of, 1593-1641..

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s.n.],. [London :: Printed in the yeare, 1641.. (Place of publication suggested by Wing.) (Verse: "State give me leave, and vexe my thoughts no more ...") (Reproduction of original in the British Library.)

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