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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<HEAD><HI>On the DEATH and Horrid Murther</HI> OF THE MOST REVEREND FATHER IN GOD, JAMES ARCHBISHOP of SAINT-ANDREWS LORD PRIMATE OF SCOTLAND.</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">ELEGIE.</HEAD>
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<L>'TIs none but Bleeding Sacred Tears that are</L>
<L>Admitted in our Sorrows to have &s;hare,</L>
<L>On Learn'd <HI>Saint Andrews</HI> Urne, none mu&s;t have place,</L>
<L>But from Divines, right Con&s;ecrate with Grace:</L>
<L>The <HI>Primate,</HI> and the <HI>High Prie&s;t</HI> of our Land,</L>
<L>Murther'd and Martyr'd by Hells Cruel Band:</L>
<L>A&s;&s;a&s;&s;in at, kill'd, in &s;uch Horrid way,</L>
<L>As may move Heav'ns, in Night to turn our Day.</L>
<L>The like <HI>Martyrologick</HI> wits knew ne're,</L>
<L>Turks, Pagans, Heths, Jews, &s;ham'd &s;uch Act to hear,</L>
<L>With Pitty makes Rocks weep, and Earth to &s;hake</L>
<L>Fearing of Doom-dayes Earth-Quake to partake,</L>
<L>Bad Omen that Gods Latter Judgement &s;hall</L>
<L>To <HI>Albions</HI> Sphere before full Time befall.</L>
<L>Her Infamy, Di&s;grace, and endle&s;s Stain,</L>
<L>So nigh the Temple <HI>Aron</HI> &s;hould be &s;lain.</L>
<L>Grave <HI>Patriarch,</HI> True <HI>Prophet,</HI> and Grave <HI>Father,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Apo&s;tle</HI> Ju&s;t, Martyr'd in one together.</L>
<L>The Brea&s;t-plate who of <HI>Righteou&s;ne&s;s</HI> did bear,</L>
<L>Ag'd, Reverend, the Badge of <HI>Peace</HI> did wear.</L>
<L>Me thinks it &s;<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">d, Thy Snowy Head did not</L>
<L>Tho&s;e Villans &s;top from Butchering Swords and Shot.</L>
<L>Inhumane Fact, Prodigious, 'bove all deeds,</L>
<L>Can be compar'd to none but <HI>Regicids;</HI></L>
<L>From who&s;e profe&s;&s;ion (if that I were one)</L>
<L>That Act would, bring me, had I Heart of Stone.</L>
<L>A <HI>Je&s;uitick</HI> Trick, no Church maintains,</L>
<L>Save <HI>Independent-Presbyterians;</HI></L>
<L>Who has with <HI>Romes,</HI> this Year wrong'd <HI>Britains</HI> more,</L>
<L>By Plots and Murders, than ere heretofore.</L>
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<L>Oh! brave <HI>Saint Andrews,</HI> Ma&s;&s;acred, thus dies</L>
<L>For others &s;ins becomes a Sacrifice.</L>
<L>Great <HI>Charles</HI> grief, to him &s;uch lo&s;s &s;hould be,</L>
<L>In Church and State prop'd His Authoritie.</L>
<L>At Re&s;toration was chief In&s;trument;</L>
<L>Re&s;tor'd <HI>Religion</HI> to her Government,</L>
<L>From <HI>Babels-Tongues, Divinity</HI> has fred</L>
<L>A Verdent Garland has the <HI>Mitre</HI> bred.</L>
<L><HI>Philo&s;ophy, Theology,</HI> in whom</L>
<L>And all Their <HI>Virtues</HI> &s;trove betimes for room;</L>
<L>Humble, mo&s;t Courtly, ne're deny'd Addre&s;s</L>
<L>To <HI>orphans, Widows,</HI> and the <HI>Fatherle&s;s:</HI></L>
<L>The Mirrour of all Piety and Good,</L>
<L>In a Grand, <HI>Church-man</HI> ever under&s;tood:</L>
<L>Was with Sage Council, Ju&s;tice, Mercy load,</L>
<L>Obeyed King, Lov'd Country, feared God;</L>
<L>Thy Guiltle&s;s Blood, &s;hed by Hells Fiends mo&s;t &s;trange,</L>
<L>As <HI>Abells</HI> did, calls from the Heavens, revenge.</L>
<L>Undoubtedly if in their pow'r it were,</L>
<L>Heavens Heirarchie would likeway Ma&s;&s;acre:</L>
<L>In Soul a <HI>Seraphim</HI> plac'd there as due</L>
<L>'Mong&s;t Martyrs, whiles Gods wrath do them pur&s;ue.</L>
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<HEAD>JAMES SHARP, <HI>Anag.</HI> A SERAPHIM.</HEAD>
<L><HI>The fir&s;t Prote&s;tant</HI> Bi&s;hop <HI>heard or read</HI></L>
<L><HI>In</HI> Scotland <HI>for Religion Murdered.</HI></L>
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<CLOSER><SIGNED>M. M.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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