An elegy on the much lamented death of his pious and learned parent the Reverend Doctor Ezerell Tonge an eminent and indefatigable instrument in promoting the discovery of the horrid popish plot. Tonge, Simson, b. 1656 or 7. 1681 Approx. 4 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-03 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A71122 Wing T1883 ESTC R26573 09505706 ocm 09505706 43337 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. A71122) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 43337) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1318:13 or 1614:37) An elegy on the much lamented death of his pious and learned parent the Reverend Doctor Ezerell Tonge an eminent and indefatigable instrument in promoting the discovery of the horrid popish plot. Tonge, Simson, b. 1656 or 7. 1 broadside. Printed for C.W., London : 1681. Attributed to Tonge by Wing. The initials "S.T." [i.e. Simson Tonge] appear at end of a Greek motto. This item appears on both reel 1318:13 and reel 1614:37. Wing number E426B cancelled in Wing (2nd ed.). Reproduction of original in the Harvard University Library. 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. 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Elegiac poetry. 2008-01 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-07 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-08 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2008-08 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion MEMENTO MORI AN ELEGY On the much Lamented Death of his Pious and Learned Parent the Reverend Doctor EZERELL TONGE An Eminent and Indefatigable Instrument , in promoting the Discovery of The Horrid Popish Plot. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 S. T. THo t' were Presumption to imagine I , Can ought produce within this Elegy , Honour to add ; my pensive Muse can raise , To 's Parents Ashes , Monuments of Praise . None can do this , and yet my course spun Verse , Gladly would be a Mourner at his Hearse , Whilst Floods of Tears with Ink do trickling fall , As sable Attendants at his Funeral . Verse cannot speak his Praise , his Worth , his Name , Shall be recorded with the Sons of Fame , To after Ages chronicled shall be , For his great Pains , unheard of Industry , By his endeavouring for to Countermine , The Jesuits horrid Plot , and curst Design . 'T is in his learned Works you best may fee , His excellent Parts ; the best Effigie , He could bequeath unto Posterity . Learning and Piety , were in one mind , Harmoniously conspicuous ; sweetly joyn'd , To admiration ; for his Countries good , Ready to Sacrifice his dearest Blood. Blest Soul ! Thou wast too good with us to stay , Within these brittle Cottages of Clay . Therefore whilst living , alwaies did aspire , With wings of Faith to be ascending Higher , To those Celestial Orbs where Saints do move , And know no Lesson but Seraphick Love. There blessed Angels his Associates be , Where from all earthly Cares exempt and free All sees within that glorious Glass the Trinity In Halelujahs , now he 'l aways raise , Immortal Carrots , to his Saviours Praise . Let then no envious Hand , molest that Dust , Which waits the Resurrection of the Just . Whose Vertues and Perfections did present To all , its best and lasting Monument . When hard Corinthian Brass , and Marble may , Be both destroy'd , his Name shall ne'er decay ; Such noble Actions , have no date , they be , As long , and lasting as Eternity . EPITAPH . REader who ere thou art , draw near , On this cold Urn distill a Tear. Here cloist'red lyes , under this Stone , No common Dust , 't is such a one ; Whose Vertue , Learning , Piety , And whose transcendent Sanctity , Render'd him amiable in his Station , And Famous in his Generation . Whom Fames immortal Trumpet shall , Render celebrious unto all . By Providence seem'd to Inherit , A strange admir'd Prophetick Spirit ; An eminent Instrument to display , That Popish Plot was to betray , As Victims unto Cruelty , Our Lives to horrid Butchery . His Soul from Earth , is mounted higher , Unto the spangled Clorious Quire. Her dear Campanion here hath left , Of Sence and Motion , both bereft , Until the Resurrection Day , Shall animate the lumpish Clay , It 's scattered Atomes reunite , By the Almighty Power , and Might Of its Redeemer , raise the Soul , And Body to the Starry Pole. FINIS . LONDON , Printed for C. W. 1681. 131