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<HEAD>A PANEGYRICK, on His Grace the Duke of ALBEMARLE, In&s;talled CHANCELLOR of the <HI>UNIVERSITY</HI> of <HI>CAMBRIDGE,</HI> <DATE><HI>May</HI> the 11th. 1682. <ADD>11. May. 1682.</ADD></DATE></HEAD>
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<HEAD>I.</HEAD>
<L>A Mid&s;t the Noi&s;y Crouds of Jealous Fears,</L>
<L>VVhich trouble le&s;s our Eyes than Ears,</L>
<L>And with much Labour wou'd in us advance</L>
<L>The only Art of <HI>Ea&s;y Ignorance;</HI></L>
<L>Amid&s;t the dark <HI>De&s;igns of Factions Pride,</HI></L>
<L>Cea&s;ing with wonted Bravery to Ride</L>
<L>In <HI>Popularity's</HI> now-ebbing Tide;</L>
<L>What Ble&s;&s;ed <HI>Omen</HI> this?</L>
<L>VVhat Glorious <HI>Hero</HI> Strikes our &s;ight,</L>
<L>Cau&s;ing at once in us a Dazling Bli&s;s,</L>
<L>And opening our Eyes with <HI>Heavenly light,</HI></L>
<L>(For &s;urely &s;uch from Heaven derived is.)</L>
<L>To &s;ee and know our Happine&s;s,</L>
<L>To &s;ee, <HI>Old Time</HI> repair his Force,</L>
<L>And make the Learned years renew their Cour&s;e:</L>
<L>VVhile Pens &s;natch'd from his VVings do try,</L>
<L>To change him to <HI>Eternity;</HI></L>
<L>By Prai&s;ing ALBEMARLES Great name,</L>
<L>And Damning all <HI>Rebellion</HI> to Suffer Fame.</L>
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<HEAD>II.</HEAD>
<L>No more &s;hall the <HI>Phanatique Python</HI> Stain</L>
<L><HI>Parna&s;&s;us</HI> with his Venom o're again,</L>
<L>By Thee, the great <HI>Apollo,</HI> Slain.</L>
<L>No more th' <HI>Athenian</HI> Statutes &s;hall be VVrit,</L>
<L>In <HI>Baleful Characters</HI> of <HI>Humane Blond:</HI></L>
<L>Nor &s;hall <HI>Dull Rebels</HI> prove their only VVit,</L>
<L>VVhich is to De&s;troy It.</L>
<L>Now the Town's &s;afe, not by a VVall of VVood;</L>
<L>But through <NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg"><HI>Trin. Coll.</HI></NOTE> Thy Bounty <HI>Arts</HI> Securly &s;it</L>
<L>On wi&s;e <HI>Seth's Columns</HI> to Re&s;i&s;t the Flood.</L>
<L>Thou com'&s;t a <HI>Patron</HI> and a <HI>Founder</HI> too,</L>
<L>And mak'&s;t tho&s;e Stately <HI>Structures</HI> &s;hew;</L>
<L>Learning is no &s;uch Clowni&s;h Thing,</L>
<L>But may be &s;it, the Polit Court of the mo&s;t <HI>Serene</HI> King.</L>
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<HEAD>III.</HEAD>
<L>Arts, which for many Ages have been Lo&s;t,</L>
<L>And Bury'd in the Grave of <HI>De&s;tiny,</HI></L>
<L>Shall now Revived be</L>
<L>Out of their Dead Ob&s;curity,</L>
<L>And Fate &s;hall find her <HI>Juri&s;diction</HI> Cro&s;t.</L>
<L>Under Thy Influence, and to our Surprize</L>
<L>More Fruitful <HI>Vaticans</HI> &s;hall Ari&s;e:</L>
<L>And we &s;hall view in <HI>Sciences</HI> large Sphere</L>
<L>Many a new Star, not before &s;een there:</L>
<L>No End in that va&s;t Circle &s;hall appear.</L>
<L>And, tho in the&s;e <HI>Benighted</HI> times</L>
<L>Knowledge and VVit may only lead to Crimes,</L>
<L>A more Illu&s;trious day now flows from Thee,</L>
<L>VVherein Re&s;tored is true <HI>Learned Loyalty,</HI></L>
<L>Marching in Goodly Pride and Goodly Company.</L>
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<HEAD>IV.</HEAD>
<L>See, &s;ee the God-like Son of Re&s;toration,</L>
<L>Two greate&s;t Ble&s;&s;ings, which Man ever &s;ought,</L>
<L>Or a Forgiving God e'r brought</L>
<L>To a Di&s;tre&s;s'd and yet repining Nation.</L>
<L>See him of Heavenly Form, Mild and Severe,</L>
<L>Rai&s;ing at once Sweet Love, and awful Fear:</L>
<L>The <HI>Lyon</HI> and the <HI>Ro&s;e</HI> of <HI>CHARLES</HI>'s Arms are there;</L>
<L>Ready at home to Council with his VVord,</L>
<L>And Act abroad tho&s;e Councils with His Sword:</L>
<L>Ready on all Re&s;ults to bear a Part</L>
<L>In Troubles for to ea&s;e his Prince's Heart:</L>
<L>Counting flat <HI>Trea&s;on</HI> Then the Middle way,</L>
<L>And, to &s;it Unconcern'd, is, to Betray;</L>
<L>VVhen <HI><UNCLEAR>Faction</UNCLEAR></HI> under &s;hew of Publick Good</L>
<L><UNCLEAR>Thir&s;t</UNCLEAR> after private wicked ends and <HI>Sacred Bloud.</HI></L>
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<HEAD>V.</HEAD>
<L>VVhile the Great Soul of ALBEMARLE, the Sire,</L>
<L>Triumphant to it's Heaven did Retire,</L>
<L>He &s;tood, like th' <HI>Attick Hero,</HI> at His Death,</L>
<L>And his own Statue did to Future Fame Bequeath.</L>
<L>He &s;tood, and Tearing from his Brea&s;t his Son,</L>
<L>(Summing up all pa&s;t Glories in That one,)</L>
<L>Deliver'd him to <HI>CHARLES</HI> with the &s;ame Hand,</L>
<L>Which Empires us'd to Give, and Armies to Command:</L>
<L><HI>'Take this my only Com&s;ort, SIR,</HI> (&s;aid he,)</L>
<L><HI>'Take this my Riche&s;t Legacy,</HI></L>
<L><HI>'That of due Right, is Forfeited to Thee.</HI></L>
<L><HI>'The Land is Thine: Do Thou Refine the Ore;</HI></L>
<L><HI>'And wearing Thy own Stamp 'twill be worth more;</HI></L>
<L><HI>'Be Thou his Guardian, and may be Defend,</HI></L>
<L><HI>'His and the</HI> Faith's Defender&mdash;.</L>
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<HEAD>VI.</HEAD>
<L>He &s;aid: The Heavenly Powers all Li&s;tning Sate,</L>
<L>And Heard, what they already had made Fate.</L>
<L>Rai&s;ed they had Thy Soul to &s;uch a thought,</L>
<L>As that thy Father's Services were nought;</L>
<L>Another's Merits are not by Thee Sought.</L>
<L>They had with Warlike Virtue endu'd Thee,</L>
<L>Virtue, which might be termed Exta&s;y,</L>
<L>And only Feared, not to Die:</L>
<L>Yet Acting &s;olidly the Souldiers part</L>
<L>And Thy Paternal <HI>Military Art:</HI></L>
<L>Making the meane&s;t Labour &s;till Thy Own,</L>
<L>Encouragement Thou Scatter&s;t and Renown;</L>
<L>And rendring Thy &s;elf equal unto All,</L>
<L>'Bove 'em Thou Ri&s;e&s;t in Thy Fall.</L>
<L>Others with their Large Pay do le&s;s,</L>
<L>Than Thou can&s;t do with meer Addre&s;s,</L>
<L>Advancing Valour to an Higher Place,</L>
<L>Thou mak'&s;t it Greater by Thy GRACE;</L>
<L>As Clearer to Receive the <HI>Complements</HI></L>
<L>Of Thy Exalted Soul, both Clear and Sound,</L>
<L>Like the Fair Attoms of a <HI>Diamond,</HI></L>
<L>VVhich takes the Eye, and Light to it Pre&s;ents.</L>
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<HEAD>VII.</HEAD>
<L>Such were tho&s;e Conquerours, who&s;e Prai&s;e of old</L>
<L>In <HI>Mars's</HI> and <HI>Fame's TR&V;MP</HI> was told;</L>
<L>And we may call 'em Prophecies of Thee,</L>
<L>Since Thou live&s;t or'e their Hi&s;tory,</L>
<L>And vouche&s;t Times new <HI>Palingene&s;y.</HI></L>
<L>VVith Thee They chang'd Their Armour to a Gown</L>
<L>And wholly made the Common Meed their own,</L>
<L>Learning and War's great Lawrel-Crown.</L>
<L>The Pen did whet the Noble Victor's Sword,</L>
<L>VVhile this to that Protection and Guidance did afford</L>
<L>And &s;uch art thou, who glad&s;om Peace do&s;t give,</L>
<L>That knowledge, Peace's Elde&s;t Child, may Thrive;</L>
<L>And all the <HI>Mu&s;es</HI> may in Sober Safety live.</L>
<L>A Ble&s;&s;ed hour, wherein we &s;ee</L>
<L>Immortal Honours Honoured by Thee:</L>
<L>VVe make the <HI>Chancellour,</HI> and Thou the <HI>&V;niver&s;ity.</HI></L>
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<P><HI>LONDON:</HI> Printed by <HI>N. Thomp&s;on,</HI> next the <HI>Cro&s;s.</HI> in <HI>Fetter-Lane,</HI> MDCLXXXII.</P>
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