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<P>MEMENTO MORI</P>
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<HEAD>AN ELEGY On the Death of Thomas Beddingfield <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR> Who was Murdered by Mr. Thomas Barney, AT NORWICH, On <DATE><HI>Sunday</HI> the <HI>20th.</HI> day of <HI>July,</HI> 1684.</DATE></HEAD>
<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE><ADD>4. Aug. 1684</ADD></DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
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<L>THe Hearts of Men can never be at Ea&s;e,</L>
<L>Till they with floods of Grief their Souls appea&s;e:</L>
<L>For he who doth not this lov'd Man Bemoan,</L>
<L>His Heart's compo&s;ed of <HI>Adamantine-Stone:</HI></L>
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<L>Yet all the Tears are offerr'd by your Eyes,</L>
<L>And all the Griefs relenting Hearts comprize,</L>
<L>Are due to him, as his ju&s;t Ob&s;equies.</L>
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<L>The Countrys Darling, and Mankinds Delight,</L>
<L>Is &s;nacth'd as on a &s;udden from our Sight.</L>
<L>But Reader think he was prepar'd to Dye,</L>
<L>Who&s;e Life was Vertue and Morality.</L>
<L>Envy it &s;elf, could ne're eclips his Fame,</L>
<L>His Life was Innocent and void of Blame:</L>
<L>His bu&s;ine&s;s on the Earth was doing Good,</L>
<L>And 'twas as cu&s;tomary as his Food.</L>
<L>He was all Mildne&s;s and good Nature, he</L>
<L>Was Exercis'd in works of Charity:</L>
<L>The Scale of all his Actions were &s;o even,</L>
<L>He was too good for Earth, and's gone to <HI>Heaven.</HI></L>
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<L>But for the In&s;trument of his &s;ad End,</L>
<L>The Blacke&s;t <HI>Angel</HI> do's his Fate Attend;</L>
<L>And &s;o Impatient of Revenge is grown,</L>
<L>He &s;eems to la&s;h the Lazy Minutes on:</L>
<L>The Sword of Vengeance ready in his Hand,</L>
<L>To Execute the Almighty's ju&s;t Command.</L>
<L>His Blood &s;o Innocent, aloud do's cry</L>
<L>For Vengeance, and its heard beyond the <HI>Skie.</HI></L>
<L>And a &s;evere Repentance only can</L>
<L>Make <HI>God</HI> acquit the Guilty for this Man.</L>
<L>But for his pre&s;ent State, it needs mu&s;t be</L>
<L>Attended both with Shame and Mi&s;ery:</L>
<L>The greate&s;t Advocate that now &s;hould Plead</L>
<L>In the behalf of &s;uch a Cur&s;ed Deed,</L>
<L>Acts o're again a Murther on the Dead;</L>
<L>And makes his horrid Wounds a fre&s;h to Bleed.</L>
<L>Were his Friends ne're &s;o Potent they mu&s;t fail</L>
<L>In the Addre&s;s, and Ju&s;tice mu&s;t Prevail:</L>
<L>Nor can his Blood 'ere wa&s;h away his Guilt,</L>
<L>Or make amends for that which he hath Spilt.</L>
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<P><HI>LONDON,</HI> Printed by <HI>George Croom,</HI> at the <HI>Blue-Ball,</HI> over again&s;t <HI>Baynard</HI>'s <HI>Ca&s;tle,</HI> in <HI>Thames-&s;treet,</HI> 1684.</P>
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