MEMORIALS UPON THE DEATH OF SIR ROBERT QVARLES, Knight.  
LONDON, Printed by Thomas Cotes, for Nicholas Alsop; and are to be sold at the sign of he Angel in Popes-head Alley. 1639.   

TO THE MUCH HONOURED LADY, AND MY MOST DEAR SISTER MARY Lady Quarles, Late Wife of Sir Robert Quarles of Romford, Knight, Diseased.  
Madam,  
MY beloved Brother, your dear Husband, had a name (purchased by his own worth) which needed the help of no quill, either to perpetuate or vindicate it: But Affection will be doing. Losers may challenge leave to speak, and it is a ventall vanity to repeat that loss, which admits no recovery. A busy hand will blow, although the fire burn: But let the world excuse the Tautology of my affection, and know there is a secret cause that bred these lines, which I had rather should be imagined then revealed: However Madam, one of my ends are to comfort you, who have made yourself a prisoner to your sorrows, and whose blessings I desire may be multiplied by your tears. Let your confidence of his happiness moderate the extremity of your mourning, lest all that loved him begin to mourn for you: Madam I present you with the Abstract of his story, for your affection to enlarge, which I recommend as a precedent for his Children to follow. Less I could not, and more I cannot do, to testify the dear remembrance I owe his ashes, and the true love I bear his memory, for whose sake and yours, your Ladyship shall ever be beloved, and truly honoured by  Your most affectionate Brother, Fra: Quarles.  

To The everlasting memory of my dear loving, and as Dear beloved Brother, Sir Robert Quarles, of Romford, Knt.  
justice of peace and Quorum, in the County of Essex; Francis Quarles, a disconsolate mourner, In the depth of his just sorrow, and height of true affection, presents and consecrats these sad Memorials, in testimony of that dear love, which Time cannot dissolve, nor death divorce.  
Reader, who ere thou art, That with an obvious eye dost happen to peruse these lines, tax not my quill whose zeal commands a task which may incur the censure of officious Partiality; excuse that hand which rather seeks to ease a heart burdened with a faithful grief, then to magnify his name whose own deserts require no other Herald than popular Report; no other Plaudit than the voice of heaven and Angels.  
His family, If Antiquity may challenge honour, received it before the martial Drum of the victorious Norman left to beat his conquering marches in this glorious Island: but, birth nor blood, nor what his Ancestors have done, can challenge aught in him that might redeem his Name from dull oblivion, had not his undegenerate actions out-spoke his long-lined Genealogy.  
His youth Had all advantage of education which Careful parents could contrive to give and a sweet ingenuous disposition could take; bred in the illustrious Academy of Cambridge, and the honourable Society of the Inns of Court; wherein He sucked such literature and manners, as seasoned his youth, and ripened his age; to the honour of the Church, to the good of his Country, to the glory of his Family.  
He was The faithful husband of three wives; the first Esther; the daughter of Sir Edward Lewknor, in the County of Suffolk Knt. the second, Anne; the Widow of Sir Thomas Sackford in the County of Suffolk, Knt. the third, Marry; the daughter of Henry Parvish, of the City of London, Esquire, a true and faithful Mourner.  
His obedience to authority gave him Authority to command; and his Gentleness in Commanding made him a necessary Commander: wherein, he so wisely compounded Severity and Clemency to the making up of true justice both Commutative and Distributive, that the very mouth of malice was muzzled at his Actions, not daring to impeach The uprightness of his Civil Govenment:  
There was no Moral virtue, wherein he attained not to high Perfection; which, like a rich perfume, breathed so much sweetness into his name; and, like a diadem so crowned his days with Honour and Opinion, that timorous vice, not daring to approach his sight, would stand and blush, or shrink away, and seek a safe protection From those false hearts that loved him not.  
He was a friend to all goodness and to all that loud it: faithful without ends; constant, without suspicion; loving, without dissimulation: his words were the exposition of his thought; his actions were the confirmation of his words: in respect of which, he was neither apt to glory nor upbraid; Excusing defaults, without Censure: Acknowledging deserts, without detraction  
The two great Pillours which supported and maintained his Oeconomick government, were, Piety and Hospitality; wherein, Sobriety so moderated Plenty, that Men and Angels were equally refreshed at his repasts, sweetened with the Symphony of a cheerful and a charitable heart; seasoned with the music of conjugiall Harmony.  
He was the faithful servant of two illustrious Princes, james and Charles; in whose acceptable service He so demeaned himself in Humility, wisdom, and fidelity; that his known faith still rectified him in the gracious eye of popular Opinion; whose loyalty Could have no greater Evidence than a smiling Conscience, and two sovereign Princes.  
The true sincerity of his Religion had, but sought not the applause of men; who, pressing on towards the high Reward, both in his practice and profession, neither blushed nor boasted: He was the Orphan's father; the Oppressor's Enemy; the poor man's Advocate: apt to forgive, and willing to be forgiven: Zealous without faction; Charitable without ostentation; Orthodox, without superstition.  
His breast was a Cabinet of ●iety, faith, and compassion, whose careful keeper was, a true Nathaniel, In whom there was no guile: He was the master of his word, wealth, and passion; Lord of his Affections both Concupiscible, and irascible; curbing all extremities with Prudence; conquering all adversities with Patience.  
His life was a happy continuation of well spent hours, devoted to the glory of God, the good of his country; the service of his Prince; wherein, his Piety, justice, and Fidelity proposed him an example to all that would desire the love of God and Man, and purchase to themselves the underprized Inheritance of an honourable name.  
His death was the Confirmation of a well led life, being the other moiety of his happy story; wherein, he appears just weight, without the allowance of the least grain of flattery, or affection; It was the subject of his Contemplation, Expectation, Preparation; in respect of which, it was neither strange, sudden, nor terrible, but a welcome passage from mortality, by corruption, to eternity.  
And now his blood-washt soul hath entered the pearly gates of New jerusalem; where he sits roabd, and crowned, and glorified; enjoying the beatifique vision of jehovah Elohim; triumphing and singing to the name of JESUS, in the sacrosanctious Choir of Angels, and Archangels, Hosannas, Anthems, and hallelujahs.  
The end.