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<DIV1 TYPE="elegy">
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<HEAD>AN ELEGY ON That famous ORACLE of LAW, and <HI>unbia&s;s'd</HI> Di&s;pen&s;er of JUSTICE, the mo&s;t <HI>Learned</HI> and no le&s;s <HI>Religious</HI> S^R Matthew Hale, K^T. The late LORD Chief Ju&s;tice of <HI>ENGLAND,</HI> Who departed this Life on <HI>Chri&s;tmas</HI>-day la&s;t, at his Hou&s;e in <HI>Atherly</HI> in <HI>Gloce&s;ter-&s;hire.</HI></HEAD>
<LG>
<L>GReat <HI>HALE</HI> a fortnight Dead! and none Proclaim</L>
<L>Our Lo&s;s, in &s;trains <HI>Immortal</HI> as his Name?</L>
<L>Has the late <HI>Fro&s;t</HI> Crampt all the <HI>Wits?</HI> or <HI>Vice</HI></L>
<L>Congeal'd their <HI>Brains</HI> with a more fatal Ice?</L>
<L>Shall each &s;mall <HI>Mi&s;s</HI> u&s;urp the Mu&s;es Arms,</L>
<L>And fill the <HI>Town</HI> with painted <HI>Celia's</HI> Charms?</L>
<L>Shall every <HI>Silken Fopp,</HI> and trivial <HI>Her&s;e</HI></L>
<L>Be <HI>double-daub'd</HI> with <HI>Mercenary</HI> Ver&s;e;</L>
<L>And &s;uch a <HI>Patriot</HI> unregarded dye</L>
<L>Without the <HI>Tribute</HI> of an Elegy?</L>
<L>Ungrateful Age! though <HI>Art</HI> pretend not to it</L>
<L>Ju&s;t <HI>Indignation</HI> &s;ure may make a <HI>Poet;</HI></L>
<L>Nor need we <HI>pray in Aid</HI> of Fancy here</L>
<L>Where <HI>loftie&s;t</HI> Prai&s;e does <HI>&s;ober</HI> Truth appear;</L>
<L>For who&s;oe're indeed would do <HI>HALE</HI> Right</L>
<L>Mu&s;t <HI>Hi&s;tory,</HI> and not a <HI>Poem,</HI> write;</L>
<L>He mu&s;t draw <HI>Cato, Solon, Cicero,</HI></L>
<L>The Ancient <HI>Sages</HI> and the <HI>Modern</HI> too;</L>
<L>He mu&s;t Limn Spirits never tyr'd, &s;uch parts</L>
<L>As held <HI>in Fee</HI> th'whole Magazin of <HI>Arts;</HI></L>
<L>He that would &s;earch all Glories of the <HI>Gown</HI></L>
<L>And Steps of all <HI>rais'd</HI> Servants of the <HI>Crown</HI></L>
<L>Shall n'ere find <HI>one</HI> Among&s;t that Glittering Store</L>
<L>Whom <HI>Fortune</HI> aided le&s;s, or <HI>Virtue</HI> more;</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Who &s;hall di&s;cover now tho&s;e <HI>flouri&s;h't</HI> Sleights</L>
<L>Which <HI>Lawyers</HI> offer for pretended Rights?</L>
<L>Who &s;hall, like <HI>Virgo</HI> in the Zodiack, fit</L>
<L>Between bold <HI>Leo</HI> and Ju&s;t <HI>Libra</HI> &s;it;</L>
<L>Who at fir&s;t <HI>opening</HI> of a Cau&s;e &s;hall &s;pye</L>
<L>The <HI>Knot,</HI> And that not <HI>Cut,</HI> but well <HI>untye?</HI></L>
<L>Who can di&s;patch &s;o <HI>much,</HI> &s;o well, &s;o free</L>
<L>From <HI>Fear,</HI> from <HI>Favour,</HI> Stain or Bribery;</L>
<L>You might the <HI>Sun</HI> out oth' <HI>Ecleptick</HI> hurl</L>
<L>Unhinge from Natures <HI>Poles</HI> the tottering <HI>World;</HI></L>
<L>Stop <HI>Primum Mobile,</HI> &s;ooner than wre&s;t</L>
<L>Or <HI>Divorce</HI> Ju&s;tice from his Candid Bre&s;t;</L>
<L>Trace his <HI>Beginning,</HI> when at fir&s;t his Good</L>
<L>In others <HI>Evil</HI> be&s;t was under&s;tood,</L>
<L>When being the <HI>Strangers</HI> help, The <HI>Poor</HI> mans aid</L>
<L>His Ju&s;t defences made th' <HI>unju&s;t</HI> afraid;</L>
<L>Th' <HI>unfriended's</HI> Patron, The <HI>oppre&s;&s;ed's</HI> &s;hield,</L>
<L>The Fort of <HI>Truth</HI> untaught by <HI>Charms</HI> to yeild,</L>
<L>Such was his Progre&s;s that <HI>Integrity</HI></L>
<L>And <HI>Skill</HI> (even <HI>then</HI>) became Authority;</L>
<L>And <HI>Clients</HI> &s;trove in Que&s;tion of the <HI>Laws</HI></L>
<L>More for his <HI>Patronage,</HI> than for their <HI>Cau&s;e,</HI></L>
<L>Such too at la&s;t his <HI>Stand,</HI> whil&s;t he did deal</L>
<L>De&s;ired Ju&s;tice to the Publick Weal;</L>
<LG>
<L>Through all the <HI>Three</HI> High Courts of Common Law</L>
<L>We &s;aw him loud <HI>Applau&s;e</HI> and <HI>Wonder</HI> draw,</L>
<L>The <HI>Good</HI> to Cheri&s;h and the <HI>Bad</HI> to Awe</L>
</LG>
<L>Nor were his <HI>Courts</HI> alone, but <HI>Readings</HI> where,</L>
<L>The <HI>Barr</HI> was Throng'd as much to <HI>Learn,</HI> as Hear:</L>
<L>Council he did but <HI>Rectify,</HI> not <HI>Bite;</HI></L>
<L>Nor were men <HI>Checkt,</HI> or <HI>Je&s;ted</HI> from their Right,</L>
<L>So Grave! &s;o <HI>mild</HI> his Judgments did appear,</L>
<L>As rais'd at once the Guilties <HI>Love</HI> and <HI>Fear;</HI></L>
<L>Nor was his life le&s;s Glorious, Bright and Clean</L>
<L>In his <HI>Rece&s;s,</HI> than on the publick Scene;</L>
<L>Surviving not his Honours though his place,</L>
<L>He left the <HI>Bench</HI> in <HI>Favour,</HI> not <HI>Di&s;grace;</HI></L>
<L>His King and Country &s;erv'd, a wi&s;e Retreat,</L>
<L>To <HI>&s;erve his God,</HI> renders his Cour&s;e Compleat;</L>
<L>So like the <HI>Lamp</HI> of Heaven he po&s;&s;e&s;t</L>
<L>The greate&s;t <HI>Lu&s;tre,</HI> ha&s;tning to his <HI>we&s;t;</HI></L>
<L>Tho&s;e few remaining Sands were wholly Given,</L>
<L><HI>Peace</HI> to promote on <HI>Earth,</HI> Glory to <HI>Heaven;</HI></L>
<L>Though <HI>Envy</HI> oft on Virtue doth attend,</L>
<L>He forced <HI>Envy</HI>'s &s;elf to be his friend;</L>
<LG>
<L>Reading his <HI>works,</HI> next Age may doubt (Each Line</L>
<L>With &s;uch bright rays of <HI>Piety</HI> doth &s;hine)</L>
<L>Whether he was more <HI>Lawyer</HI> or <HI>Divine;</HI></L>
</LG>
<L>After the va&s;t <HI>Turmoils</HI> of many years,</L>
<L>Unwearied <HI>Studies,</HI> and Con&s;uming Cares.</L>
<L>He now is gone, Mounted on Angels wings,</L>
<L>To the <HI>Tribunal</HI> of the <HI>King of Kings;</HI></L>
<L>Where Thron'd in Bli&s;s, has chang'd his <HI>Scarlet Gown</HI></L>
<L>For th'<HI>long white Robe,</HI> and an eternal <HI>Crown.</HI></L>
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<HEAD>EPITAPH.</HEAD>
<LG>
<L>WEep Reader! <HI>weep</HI> for if we &s;ee</L>
<L>Thy Fountains dry, No man well be</L>
<L>So kind to &s;hed a Tear for Thee;</L>
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<LG>
<L>An upright <HI>Judges</HI> &s;acred Du&s;t,</L>
<L>Committed to this <HI>Tomb-&s;tones</HI> Tru&s;t;</L>
<L>Expects the <HI>Ri&s;ing</HI> of the Ju&s;t.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Join Learned <HI>Cook,</HI> and <HI>Littleton,</HI></L>
<L>And Twice <HI>Twelve</HI> more, when all is done,</L>
<L>You &s;carce expre&s;s this <HI>Sngle one.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Nay, If you'l ran&s;ack Earth and Skies</L>
<L>For all that worth which good men prize,</L>
<L>Look no further&mdash;<HI>Here it lies.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Then let us leave him to his &V;rn,</L>
<L>And hope when <HI>Enoch</HI> &s;hall return,</L>
<L>To &s;ee his <HI>LIKE,</HI>&mdash;But till then Mourn.</L>
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<P>Licen&s;ed,</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Roger L'e&s;trange,</SIGNED> <DATELINE><DATE>January 8th, <HI>1677.</HI></DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed for <HI>Ben. Harris,</HI> in <HI>Sweethings</HI>-Ally, by the Royal Exchange, 1677.</P>
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