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<DATE>2008-07-03</DATE>
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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<ITEM>Proofed and reviewed as part of batch B080624.pdcc.</ITEM>
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<HEAD>Upon the Death of the truly Valiant and Magnanimous S^R CHRISTOPH: MINNS WOUNDED AT SEA.</HEAD>
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<L>TIME break thy Gla&s;s! Why &s;hould we longer &s;tay!</L>
<L>Beat a Dead March, our Captain leads the Way.</L>
<L>He who &s;o oft from the <HI>Batavian</HI> Brow</L>
<L>Had &s;natch'd the conquer'd Palm away, &s;ee how</L>
<L>He layes, &mdash; a piece of Earth; unfit to weild</L>
<L>The Warlike Weapon or to hug the Shield!</L>
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<L>No &s;ooner had the black-mouth'd Ord'nance</L>
<L>With Hell-bred Flames, and big with <HI>Flemmi&s;h</HI> (hot &s;hot)</L>
<L>Spit forth its Venim'd bla&s;ts, enough to make</L>
<L>The well compacted Univer&s;e to &s;hake,</L>
<L>But &s;traight the Waves (&s;uppo&s;ing thou wert dead)</L>
<L>Leapt up to catch the <HI>Airie Sub&s;tance</HI> fled;</L>
<L>Th' expecting <HI>Ocean,</HI> waits to have thy Tomb</L>
<L>An Everla&s;ting Trophie, in her Womb;</L>
<L>That Jewels might inve&s;t thee, and thy <HI>Bones</HI></L>
<L>Be Metamorphiz'd into precious Stones;</L>
<L>Each drop of <HI>Blood</HI> &s;hould into Rubies turn,</L>
<L>And &s;erve to deck thy well enamel'd Urn.</L>
<L>Whil&s;t that the Sympathizing <HI>Dolphins</HI> &s;tay</L>
<L>Longing to bear their welcom'd <HI>Gue&s;t</HI> away.</L>
<L>But lea&s;t that <HI>Corps</HI> that did &s;o <HI>Bravely Die.</HI></L>
<L>Should underneath the Waves forgotten lie,</L>
<L>And find no other Funerals, no Grave</L>
<L>But what was then be&s;tow'd on every Slave,</L>
<L>In pitty Gentler Fate to us has given</L>
<L>Thy <HI>Body,</HI> and return'd thy <HI>Soul</HI> to Heaven.</L>
<L>If there be any place above the re&s;t</L>
<L>Thy brave <HI>Herocik Soul</HI> &s;hall be po&s;&s;e&s;t</L>
<L>O<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> its Immortal Glories, and thy <HI>Name</HI></L>
<L>Still warbled forth by never dying Fame:</L>
<L>There Warriers Garlands &s;hall thy <HI>Temples</HI> Crown</L>
<L>Free from the bla&s;ts of Fate, or Envies Frown;</L>
<L>In&s;tead of Bloudy <HI>Scarrs</HI> thy <HI>batterd Face.</HI></L>
<L>Shall be inviron'd with a Nobler Grace.</L>
<L>Nor can&s;t thou Die, but art Tran&s;cendent grown</L>
<L>And challenge&s;t the World as if thine own;</L>
<L>Who ha&s;t (to do thy <HI>Native Country</HI> Good)</L>
<L>Been Prodigal of <HI>Fortune, Life</HI> and <HI>Blood.</HI></L>
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<L>Methinks I &s;ee another <HI>Star</HI> appear</L>
<L>Brighter then <HI>Mars</HI> and in a Nobler Sphear,</L>
<L>Who&s;e Warlike Influence &s;hall make the Fire</L>
<L>Of the undaunted <HI>Brittans</HI> mount up higher</L>
<L>In future Ages, and the World &s;hall know</L>
<L>Starrs act upon the <HI>Bodies</HI> here below.</L>
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<P><HI>OXFORD,</HI> Printed for <HI>Jo&s;eph Godwin.</HI> 1666.</P>
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