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<P>MEMENTO MORI</P>
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<HEAD>AN ELEGY ON That Illu&s;trious and High-Born PRINCE RUPERT, Who Dyed on <DATE><HI>Wedne&s;day November</HI> the 29th.</DATE></HEAD>
<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE><ADD>1. Dec. 1682</ADD></DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<LG>
<L>FArewell, thou Brave&s;t of the Great, Farewell,</L>
<L>When Fame &s;hall thy Unbia&s;t Virtues tell;</L>
<L>Thy Match no Hi&s;tory &s;hall ever find,</L>
<L>Thou Univer&s;al Favourite of Mankind;</L>
<L>Whil&s;t Factions Boyl, whil&s;t Bandying Parties cla&s;h,</L>
<L>And meeting Tydes their angry Billows da&s;h,</L>
<L>Whil&s;t Heat meets Heat, and thwarting Ferments Reign,</L>
<L><HI>Rupert</HI> alone, firm to Truths Golden mean</L>
<L>Held his, even Souls miraculous Ballance right,</L>
<L>The Countries Darling, yet the Courts delight;</L>
<L>Honour in Thee, united all Her Charms,</L>
<L>In glories Race, in Battle and in Arms;</L>
<L>No fiercer Fires e're fill'd a <HI>Heroes</HI> Brea&s;t,</L>
<L>In Peace thy mind a perfect <HI>Halcyon</HI> Ne&s;t,</L>
<L>Where Manly Virtue kept Her Princely Throne,</L>
<L>Yet &s;o retir'd as if Her State were gone:</L>
<L>A mind &s;o firm, all irregular Heat,</L>
<L>The re&s;tle&s;s Burning Feavour of the Great;</L>
<L>A mind where all Perfections mixt &s;o well,</L>
<L>The equal Glory of a Camp or Cell.</L>
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<L>When future Ages &s;hall with Honour tell</L>
<L>Things Di&s;mall, that black Ma&s;ter-peice of <HI>Hell,</HI></L>
<L>The Royal Martyrs Wound, a Blow &s;o great,</L>
<L>Po&s;terity &s;hall &s;tart but to repeat:</L>
<L>In the &s;ad Tale, Great <HI>Ruperts</HI> Deeds &s;hall come,</L>
<L>And blo&s;&s;om on his Sacred Ma&s;ters Tomb.</L>
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<L>No hand more Active, and no &s;harper Sword,</L>
<L>The Throats of <HI>Englands</HI> Rebel <HI>Hydra</HI> gor'd;</L>
<L>And if in that lo&s;t day, when Fates dire Blow,</L>
<L>Had de&s;tin'd Truth and Loyalties overthrow;</L>
<L>Inth' Univer&s;al wrack, Great <HI>Rupert</HI> &s;unk,</L>
<L>Whil&s;t &s;tarting Fortune from his Bannors &s;hrunk;</L>
<L>His Courage only &s;wel'd his Sails too High,</L>
<L>Till his great Soul on&s;et his Victory:</L>
<L>Our <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> Hannibal, like him, alone</L>
<L>By his unmannaged Conque&s;ts overthrown.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Whil&s;t that mad Chandteer, with fury hurl'd,</L>
<L>Ambition drives the <HI>Jehues</HI> of the World;</L>
<L>Whil&s;t En&s;ignes fly, Drums beat, and Trumpets &s;ound,</L>
<L>Or Conquering <HI>Heroes</HI> are with <HI>Lawrells</HI> Crown'd,</L>
<L>Fames deathle&s;s Book &s;hall keep in Leaves of Bra&s;s,</L>
<L>Proud <HI>Ruperts</HI> Name enroul'd till Times la&s;t Gla&s;s:</L>
<L>Nor is thy Memory here only Crown'd,</L>
<L>But lives in Arts, as well as Arms renown'd;</L>
<L>Thou Pridele&s;s Thunderer, that &s;toop'd &s;o low,</L>
<L>To force the very Bolts thy Arme &s;hould throw,</L>
<L>Whil&s;t the &s;ame Eyes Great <HI>Rupert</HI> did admire</L>
<L>Shining in Fields, and &s;ooty at the Fire:</L>
<L>Perceiving thee advanced in Fields and Arms &s;o far</L>
<L>At once the <HI>Mars</HI> and <HI>Vulcan</HI> of the VVar,</L>
<L>Till Dancing <HI>Cyclops</HI> &s;hall thy prai&s;e repeat,</L>
<L>And on their Anvils thy tun'd Glorys Beat.</L>
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<BYLINE>Written by a Per&s;on of Quallity.</BYLINE>
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<P><HI>LONDON,</HI> Printed for <HI>Langly Curtis,</HI> 1682.</P>
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