An elegiack memoriall of the Right Honourable Generall Deane, &c. Th. Tw. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A95396 of text R211556 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.17[25]). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 6 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A95396 Wing T3390 Thomason 669.f.17[25] ESTC R211556 99870272 99870272 163275 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. A95396) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 163275) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 246:669f17[25]) An elegiack memoriall of the Right Honourable Generall Deane, &c. Th. Tw. 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. Printed by M.S. for Tho: Jenner at the South-Entrance of the Royall Exchange, London : 1653. Signed at end: "Th: Tw:". Verse - "Be dumb ye Muses who speaks rightly Him". Annotation on Thomason copy: "June 24". Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Deane, Richard, 1610-1653 -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800. Elegiac poetry, English. A95396 R211556 (Thomason 669.f.17[25]). civilwar no An elegiack memoriall of the Right Honourable Generall Deane, &c. Th. Tw 1653 903 0 5 0 0 0 0 55 D The rate of 55 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the D category of texts with between 35 and 100 defects per 10,000 words. 2007-06 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2007-06 Aptara Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-04 Elspeth Healey Sampled and proofread 2008-04 Elspeth Healey Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion An Elegiack Memoriall of the Right Honourable Generall DEANE , &c. Aetatis suae 42. depiction of the tomb of General Richard Deane, 1610-1653. BE dumb ye Muses who speaks rightly Him Needs the high Accents of a Seraphim , A Cherubs quill , & so perhaps his Verse May not prophane ( though it approach ) his Herse . The Antient and the Moderne Hero's seeme , Compar'd to ours , a poor low barren Theme : Poets and flatt'rers rais'd them to the skies , And who were scarce good men made Deities . Like China-dishes hid an age in mold , By great-grand children Gods and Saints inroll'd . They from mens fancies after death did grow : This was a Saint on Earth , a Star below . The Ethnick , Roman , Calenders are crost , What they pretend t'have found we 'r sure w' have lost Their actions after death still greater grew By lying legends ; His , in the worlds view , Stand high above the Paraphrase of men , And need no flattering , feare no envious pen . Hence then Detractors , for ( if understood ) The ill of him was better then your good . An humble soul hid in a sterne aspect The perfect'st friendship in suppos'd neglect . A learned head without the boast of books , A devout heart without affected looks . His great profession did in practice lye , Religion lockt up in sincerity . Nature and Grace did two extreams unite , To make a blessed sincere hypocrite . This present Age had never knowne his worth , Had not high Providence produc'd him forth , To stop the flouds of Greatnesse , and chastise , The insolence of swelling Monarchies : And by his acts the purblin'd world convince , Who chaine Nobility unto the Prince . A Princely soul he had , though Countrey-borne , That greatnesse could chastise , teach , use , and scorne . He in himselfe drew the Epitome Of a compleat well-govern'd Monarchie . Where reason ruling did the Scepter sway , To which the rest did willingly obey ; If his Affections 'gan rebellious grow , Religion quickly forced them to bow ; Whil'st in his dealings following Justice lawes , By exercise her noble habit drawes , Till at the length her Champion he is made , And her defence converts into his Trade . Then long ten years he posteth to and fro To help th'oppressed and suppresse the foe : For whom three Gen'rals had a high respect , For Councel wise , and valour to effect : Till , England clear'd , he curbs the Brittish broiles , Then into Ireland sailes ( Herculean toiles ! ) The Irish men , or rather Roman Frogs , He makes for safety leap into their Bogs . But he must leave them there , a greater cause Commands his presence ( maugre Neptunes Lawes ) The swelling Seas and crossing tides can't part Brave Deane from him for whom he kept his heart . Let others chase the Pirates , he on shore Must serve his Generall till Wars give o're : Who having quite subdu'd the numerous Scots Their Government unto his Deane allots ; Where he atchieves another Victory Over their hearts by honest gallantry ; Whilst wise men judged it a propitious doom Unto their land so to be overcome . For now his greatest bus'nesse seems to be To keep their factious selves in unity ; He at their instance climbes the rugged hills And darksome Groves that Caledonia fills ; Whil'st the fell Natives stand aloof and gaze , From craggy Rocks , in a profound amaze , To see the Hors-men march in places where They never saw ought but the wildest Deer : And in affright their Chiefes come falling downe , And vow they 'l ne're more plunder Field nor Town . His march was a quick journey , his retreat A pleasant walk with little bloud or sweat . And now may he in pleasure rest a while With his dear consort , and the time beguile . In Dalkeith turrets or her shady groves Whil'st to her Lute she sweetly sings their Loves . But this soft Musick thundring Cannons marre , Which send quick tidings of approaching Warre . And is a Duty or a Danger neere On Land or Sea , and Noble Deane not there ? Away he shoots like to a Star that brings The tidings of the fall of States and Kings : A Star in motion , brightnesse , influence , He doth not lead the Dutch , but drive them hence ; Twice beats them , first from Ours , then to their Wals , Which done , alasse our Star to Heaven fals . And it was time , so saw great Providence ; 'T was time to call this Heavenly spark from hence : His growing lustre might have dimm'd us all ; His value did percipitate his fall : For had he held his Course some few more years The world ( with me ) had turn'd Idolaters . Sic fatur Lachrymans . {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} Th : Tw : LONDON : Printed by M. S. for Tho : Jenner at the South-Entrance of the Royall Exchange . 1653.