To the memory of the most renowned Du-Vall a pindarick ode / by the author of Hudibras ; where it is to be had, the memories of Monsieur Du-Vall, containing the history of his life and death ; with his last speech and epitaph. Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680. 1671 Approx. 11 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 8 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2003-01 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A30780 Wing B6336 ESTC R15066 12035131 ocm 12035131 52875 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A30780) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 52875) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 861:35) To the memory of the most renowned Du-Vall a pindarick ode / by the author of Hudibras ; where it is to be had, the memories of Monsieur Du-Vall, containing the history of his life and death ; with his last speech and epitaph. Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680. [2], 13 p. Printed for H. Brome ..., London : 1671. Reproduction of original in Huntington Library. Attributed to Samuel Butler. cf. NUC. Sometimes confused with with Walter Pope's "The memories of Monsieur Du-Vall" (cf. Wood). A satire. Created by converting TCP files to TEI P5 using tcp2tei.xsl, TEI @ Oxford. Re-processed by University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. Gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors. 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Where is to be had , The Memoires of Monsieur Du-Vall ; containing the History of his Life and Death : with his last Speech and Epitaph . TO THE MEMORY Of the most Renowned DU-VALL : A Pindarick Ode . I. 'T IS true , to complement the dead , Is as impertinent and vain As 't was of old to call them back again ; Or like the Tartars give them Wives , With setlement for after-lives . For all that can be done , or said , Though e're so noble , great , and good , By them is neither heard nor understood . All our fine sleights and tricks of Art , First to create , and then adore desert ; And those Romances which we frame , To raise our selves , not them a name ; In vain are stuft with ranting flatteries , And such as if they knevv they vvould despise . For as those times the golden Age vve call , In vvhich there vvas no Gold at all : So vve plant glory and renovvn , Where it vvas ne're deserv'd nor knovvn ; But to vvorse purpose many times To flourish o're nefarious Crimes ; And cheat the vvorld that never seems to mind Hovv good or bad men dye , but vvhat they leave behind . II. And yet the brave Du-Vall , vvhose name Can never be vvorn out by fame , That liv'd and dy'd , to leave behind A great example to mankind ; That fell a publick Sacrifice From ruine to preserve those fevv , Who though born false , may be made true ; And teach the vvorld to be more just and vvise ; Ought not like vulgar ashes rest Unmention'd in his silent Chest ; Not for his ovvn but publick interest . He like a pious man some years before Th' arrival of his fatal hour , Made every day he had to live , To his last minute a preparative . Taught the vvild Arabs on the road To act in a more gentle mode ; Take prizes more obligingly , than those Who never had been bred Filous : And hovv to hang in a more graceful fashion Than e're vvas knovvn before to the dull English Nation . III. In France the staple of nevv Modes Where Garbs and Meenes are currant goods , That serves the ruder Northern Nations , With methods of address and treat , Prescribes nevv Garnitures and Fashions ; And hovv to drink , and hovv to eat , No out-of-fashion'd Wine or Meat ; To understand Cravats and Plumes , And the most modish from the old Perfumes ; To knovv the Age and Pedigrees Of Points of Flanders , or Venice : Cast their Nativities , and to a day , Foretel hovv long they 'l hold , and vvhen decay . T' affect the purest negligences , In Gestures , Gates , and Meenes , And speak by Repartee-Rotins , Out of the most authentick of Romances : And to demonstrate vvith substantial reason , What Ribbands all the year are in or out of season . IV. In this great Academy of mankind He had his Birth and Education , Where all men are s'ingeniously enclin'd They understand by imitation ; Improve untaught before they are avvare , As if they suckt their breeding from the Air. That naturally does dispence To all a deep and solid confidence : A virtue of that precious use , That he vvhom bounteous Heaven endues But vvith a moderate share of it , Can vvant no Worth , Abilities , or Wit. In all the deep Hermetick Arts , ( For so of late the Learned call All tricks if strange and mystical ) He had improv'd his natural parts ; And vvith his Magick Rod could sound , Where hidden treasure may be found . He like a Lord o' th' Mannor seiz'd upon Whatever happened in his vvay , As lavvful Weft and stray : And after by the custom kept it as his ovvn . V. From the first Rudiments he grevv To noble Feats , and try'd his force , Upon vvhole Troops of Foot and Horse , Whom he as bravely did subdue : Declar'd all Caravans that go , Upon the Kings High-vvay the foe : Made many desperate attaques Upon itinerant Brigades Of all Professions , Rancks , and Trades ; On Carriers Loads , and Pedlars Packs : Made them lay dovvn their Arms and yield ; And to the smallest piece restore All that by cheating they had gain'd before ; And after plunder'd all the baggage of the Field . In every bold affair of War , He had the chief command and led them on : For no man is judg'd fit to have the care Of others lives , until h' has made it knovvn , Hovv much he doth despise and scorn his ovvn . VI. Whole Provinces ' tvvixt Sun and Sun Have by his Conquering Svvord been vvon ; And mighty sums of money laid For ransom upon every man ; And Hostages deliver'd till ' t vvas paid . The Excise and Chimney-Publican , The Jevv-Forestaller and Inhancer , To him for all their Crimes did ansvver : He vanquish'd the most fierce , and fell Of all his foes , the Constable ; That oft had beat his Quarters up , And routed him and all his Troop . He took the dreadful Lawyers Fees , That in his ovvn allovv'd High-vvay Does feats of Arms as great as his : And vvhen th' encounter in it vvin the day , Safe in his Garrison the Court , Where meaner Criminals are sentenc'd for 't : To this stern foe he oft gave quarter , But as the Scotch-man did to a Tartar , That he in time to come Might in return from him receive his fatal doom . VII . He would have starv'd this mighty Tovvn , And brought its haughty spirit dovvn ; Have cut it off from all Relief , And like a vvise and valiant Thief , Made many a fierce assault Upon all Ammunition Carts ; And those that bring up Cheese and Mault , Or Bacon from remoter parts : No Convoy e're so strong vvith food , Durst venture on the desperate Road ; He made the undaunted Waggoners obey , And the fierce Higlers Contribution pay : The savage Butcher , and stout Drover , Durst not to him their feeble Troops discover . And if he had but kept the Field , In time had made the City yield ; For great Tovvns ( like to Crocadiles ) are found I' th' belly aptest to receive a vvound . VIII . But vvhen the fatal hour arriv'd , In vvhich his Stars began to frovvn , And had in close Cabals contriv'd To pull him from his height of glory dovvn ; And he by numerous foes opprest , Was in the inchanted Dungeon cast ; Secur'd vvith mighty Guards , Lest he by force or stratagem Might prove too cunning for their Chains and them , And break through all their Locks , and Bolts , and Wards ; Had both his legs by Charms committed To one anothers charge ; That neither might be set at large , And all their fury and revenge out-vvitted . As Jevvels of high value are Kept under lock vvith greater care , Then those of meaner rates : So he was in Stone-walls , and ponderous Chains , and iron Grates , IX . Thither came Ladies from all parts , To offer up close prisoners hearts ; Which he received as tribute due , And made them yield up love and honour too : But in ●ore brave Heroick ways Than e're were practis'd yet in Plays ; For those tvvo spightful foes , vvho never meet But full of hot contests and piques About punctilio's and meer tricks ; Did all their quarrels to his doom submit And far more generous and free , In contemplation only of him agree , Both fully satisfied : the one With those fresh Laurels he had vvon , And all the brave renovvned feats He had perform'd in Arms ; The other vvith his person and his Charms : For just as Larks are catch'd in Nets , By gazing on a piece of glass ; So vvhile the Ladies vievv'd his brighter eyes And smoother polish'd face , Their gentle hearts , alas , vvere taken by surprize . X. Never did bold Knight to relieve Distressed Dames , such dreadful feats atchieve , As feeble Damsels for his sake , Wou'd have been proud to undertake , And bravely ambitious to redeem The vvorlds loss and their ovvn , Strove vvho should have the honour to lay dovvn And change a life vvith him . But finding all their hopes in vain , To move his fixt determin'd fate They life it self began to hate ; And all the vvorld besides disdain Made loud appeals and moans To less hard-hearted Grates and Stones ; Came svvell'd in sighs and drovvn'd in tears , To yield themselves his fellovv-sufferers : And follovv'd him like Prisoners of War Chain'd to the lofty Wheels of his Triumphant Carr. FINIS .