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<HEAD>A Funerall Monument: or the manner of the Her&s;e of the mo&s;t Renowned <HI>Robert Devereux,</HI> Earl of <HI>E&s;&s;ex</HI> and <HI>Ewe,</HI> Vi&s;count <HI>Hereford,</HI> L. <HI>Ferrers of Chartley, Bourchier</HI> and <HI>Lovaine, Englands</HI> late Lord Generall, who decea&s;ed Septemb. 14. 1646. VVith a briefe Recitement of his valour and fidelity in the Kingdomes ju&s;t Cau&s;e, again&s;t the Enemies of Religion, Parliament and Kingdome, who&s;e Funerall is to be &s;olemnized on <DATE>Tue&s;day the 13. of October, 1646.</DATE></HEAD>
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<L><HI>ENgland's</HI> great <HI>E&s;&s;ex</HI> Death hath &s;natcht away,</L>
<L>That faithfull friend, in her di&s;tre&s;&s;ed day:</L>
<L><HI>London,</HI> thou know'&s;t with what a willing mind,</L>
<L>This Peere adventur'd, when thy men did find</L>
<L>Such rare encouragements from their Generall,</L>
<L>With re&s;olutions, being inflamed all,</L>
<L>To live and die with Him, they all were bent,</L>
<L>In maint'nance of ju&s;t Lawes, and Parliament.</L>
<L>What hard&s;hips He indured for thy good;</L>
<L>Nothing too deare, he thought, for <HI>England</HI> &s;tood:</L>
<L>Oppo&s;ing tho&s;e unnaturall home-bred Foes,</L>
<L>That unto ruine did them&s;elves expo&s;e.</L>
<L>Let <HI>Worce&s;ters</HI> faithfull &s;ons now him bewaile,</L>
<L>That did relieve them when their help did faile.</L>
<L>Let adver&s;e Enemies, &s;ound Fidelity,</L>
<L>At Edge-Hill Battell, where undauntedly</L>
<L>This Generall did appeare, in dangers great,</L>
<L>Adventuring to give the foes defeat;</L>
<L><HI>Reading, Cirence&s;ter,</HI> thy Acts let &s;ound,</L>
<L>And <HI>Gloce&s;ters</HI> tydings, when reliefe was found,</L>
<L>By means of this thy Friend, whom now lament,</L>
<L>In thy mo&s;t &s;ad di&s;tre&s;&s;e, thus did attempt.</L>
<L>And you that know the gain at <HI>Newbery,</HI></L>
<L>Seeing this Generall, how undauntedly</L>
<L>He then encourag'd you, for <HI>Englands</HI> right,</L>
<L>When Royall Forces fled, he &s;tood the Fight;</L>
<L><HI>Croyland</HI> and <HI>Barn&s;taple</HI> &s;hall &s;ound his prai&s;e,</L>
<L>That gain'd them liberty, in inthralled dayes.</L>
<L><HI>Mount Stamford, Plympton, Salta&s;h, Launce&s;ton,</HI></L>
<L>And <HI>Greenvile-hou&s;e,</HI> proclaime his prai&s;e, each one;</L>
<L>With many other, who&s;e laborious paine,</L>
<L>Mo&s;t noble <HI>E&s;&s;ex</HI> valiantly did regaine:</L>
<L>Whom though by times untimely &s;troake decea&s;t,</L>
<L>His fame &s;till lives, that enemies decrea&s;t.</L>
<L>And now to you, unthankfull hearts, a while</L>
<L>I &s;hall addre&s;&s;e me; you that dur&s;t revile&punc;</L>
<L>And mutter out, while&s;t ba&s;ely you neglect</L>
<L>Your duties you do owe with great re&s;pect.</L>
<L>At fir&s;t, how many prayers did a&s;cend</L>
<L>From thou&s;ands, that did afterwards offend</L>
<L>In murmuring at all Gods di&s;pen&s;ation,</L>
<L>Forgetfull of this I&s;les abomination:</L>
<L>This, this, O <HI>England,</HI> hath prolong'd thy warre,</L>
<L>With great unthankfulne&s;&s;e, of which beware.</L>
<L>And now Malignants, by your ba&s;e expre&s;&s;ion</L>
<L>Full often utter'd 'gain&s;t this worthy Champion,</L>
<L>Fearle&s;se of death, that dur&s;t look death i'th face,</L>
<L>When your &s;tout friends have fled, to their di&s;grace:</L>
<L>Goe &s;earch the Records of the Warres progre&s;se,</L>
<L>And then con&s;train'd, you all can &s;ay no le&s;se.</L>
<L>By might or Maje&s;ty who pro&s;per &s;hall,</L>
<L>When as inju&s;tice is the cau&s;e of all?</L>
<L>That oppo&s;ition which thus long hath dur'd,</L>
<L>And at the la&s;t perpetuall &s;hame procur'd,</L>
<L>This &s;in cries loud, and vengeance is not farre</L>
<L>From you, that thus procured <HI>Englands</HI> Warre,</L>
<L>Which hath been mannag'd by your contribution,</L>
<L>This you'l lament, before your di&s;solution.</L>
<L>Take timely warning, therefore, and repent,</L>
<L>For this reviling of the Excellent:</L>
<L>Though he be gone to his appointed place,</L>
<L>Your &s;innes remaine that have &s;ought his di&s;grace:</L>
<L>And therefore now, to mourn for Englands lo&s;se,</L>
<L>Add &s;omthing towards it, by that &s;ins remor&s;e.</L>
<L>But now to that, which is my chiefe intent,</L>
<L>To you, I meane, that really lament</L>
<L>This tru&s;ty friend to <HI>England,</HI> in di&s;tre&s;se,</L>
<L>Do you bewaile, for I can do no le&s;se.</L>
<L>What great advantage did he &s;tand upon,</L>
<L>When freely for this bleeding Nation</L>
<L>He offered up him&s;elfe, to lead on tho&s;e</L>
<L>That did the proude&s;t enemie oppo&s;e.</L>
<L>Should you forget tho&s;e great Returnes of prayer,</L>
<L>Which by this In&s;trument accompli&s;ht were,</L>
<L>The &s;tones would utter out your ba&s;e neglect,</L>
<L>And this great &s;in would &s;adly back reflect.</L>
<L>With what rejoycing, in your &s;adde&s;t dayes,</L>
<L>Did you erect loud &s;ongs of thankfull prai&s;e</L>
<L>To God, that in &s;o many great attempts</L>
<L>Pre&s;erved and regarded Innocents;</L>
<L>Expos'd in battell &s;hrill, wherein there fell</L>
<L>Full often many; that did fir&s;t rebell:</L>
<L>Yet God the Lord of Hoa&s;ts did &s;till appeare,</L>
<L>To guard his &s;ervants, that did truly feare.</L>
<L>Your tru&s;t committed to this Generall,</L>
<L>Who&s;e lo&s;se we now lament, and let tears fall,</L>
<L>Let them di&s;solve them&s;elves into a flood,</L>
<L>For lo&s;se of him, that hazzarded his blood</L>
<L>Full oft in Field, again&s;t the trecherous,</L>
<L>Wilfully bent to ruine him and us.</L>
<L>Since tall Oakes, deeply rooted, do begin</L>
<L>To fall, be warned, let not murmuring</L>
<L>Remove more Oakes, that yet unmoved &s;tood</L>
<L>In great combu&s;tious &s;tormes, for all our good.</L>
<L>This noble Champion, like an unmov'd rock,</L>
<L>In battell that adventur'd many a &s;hock,</L>
<L>Amid&s;t the Forces, fearle&s;&s;e, where grim death</L>
<L>Gave way to him, yet now, hath catcht his breath;</L>
<L>Since teares are &s;mall expre&s;&s;ions for this lo&s;se,</L>
<L>That calls for flouds, fit to expre&s;se remor&s;e;</L>
<L>The ma&s;ter-peece of friend&s;hip now di&s;cover,</L>
<L>Rais'd up with &s;en&s;e of lo&s;se, bedew'd all over,</L>
<L>With dolefull Ditties, now let freely fall</L>
<L>Tho&s;e fit expre&s;&s;ions for this Funerall;</L>
<L>Who&s;e fame now &s;tands, Acts Chronologicall</L>
<L>Perpetuall, his fame to after-ages &s;hall</L>
<L>Sound out in prai&s;e, his tru&s;t that faithfully</L>
<L>Di&s;charg'd, whom now thus mo&s;t &s;olemnly</L>
<L>We celebrate, mo&s;t worthy great de&s;ert,</L>
<L>And ju&s;tly as becomes, with &s;added heart;</L>
<L>Love to his Countrey, and Religions Cau&s;e,</L>
<L>Now He's di&s;solv'd, &s;peaks lowd again&s;t all tho&s;e</L>
<L>That were not mov'd with &s;uch con&s;ideration,</L>
<L>But in di&s;tre&s;se were helple&s;se to this Nation:</L>
<L><HI>E&s;&s;ex</HI> was con&s;tant, free from that great &s;in,</L>
<L>And thus unmoved, liv'd and di'd therein;</L>
<L>VVith King &amp; Countrey both, and Commonweale,</L>
<L>Our noble <HI>E&s;&s;ex</HI> faithfully did deale.</L>
<L>Noble <HI>Devereux</HI> &s;adly's bid Adieu,</L>
<L>And much lamented for, as 'tis our due.</L>
<L>The Parliament hath now receiv'd a lo&s;se,</L>
<L>This noble Peere is gone, their number's le&s;se;</L>
<L><HI>London</HI> hath al&s;o lo&s;t a precious friend,</L>
<L>VVhom none but death could put unto an end.</L>
<L>He's worth lamenting for, that at her need</L>
<L>Unto poore <HI>England</HI> was a friend indeed.</L>
<L>Then &s;hall a Kingdome, and a Parliament,</L>
<L>Shall great and good men for this lo&s;se lament;</L>
<L>Shall rich and poore bemoane this Sable Her&s;e,</L>
<L>And &s;hall not thou and I bedeaw the Ver&s;e,</L>
<L>That &s;peaks out cau&s;e &s;ufficient to bemoane</L>
<L>This lo&s;se of him (before us) that is gone:</L>
<L>Death being arm'd hath cut down &s;uch an Oake,</L>
<L>Prepare to meet, and &s;o prevent his &s;troake.</L>
<L>From earth, great <HI>E&s;&s;ex, Englands</HI> Generall,</L>
<L>Hath led the way, that we mu&s;t follow all.</L>
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<P>Printed for <HI>J. Hancock</HI> in Popes-head Alley. 1646.</P>
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