ASTRAEA'S TEARS. AN ELEGY Upon the death of that Reverend, Learned and Honest Judge, Sir RICHARD HUTTON Knight; Lately one of his Majesty's justices in his Highness' Court of Common Pleas at Westminster. LONDON, Printed by T. H. for Philip Nevil, and are to be sold at his Shop in Ivy Lane, at the sign of the Gun. 1641. To my worthily-accomplished and most endeared Cousin, SIR RICHARD HUTTON Knight. SIr, here receive these Obit-teares of Ours, While Native Love and Duty nourish Yours: Let us then join our Funeral Odes in One, " His dearest Godson with his Eldest Son. Though Heirs in such like Tears do seldom share, I'm sure true Tears stream from your Father's Heir. Excuse me, Sir, that these come forth so late, " They come too soon by ' Voice and Vote o'th' State. To my truly-esteemed and highlyrespected Cousin, THOMAS HUTTON Esquire; A Member of the Honourable Society of Grais-Inne. TO you, though younger, yet the same in blood, Send I this p●…tterne of parental good: Wh●…se imitation shall you more advance Then Fortune's portion, or Inheritance. For those to Meals of worthless minds are given, Where these Li●…es ●…halke you out your way to heaven: Whose lineall-lustre if you do not smother, Makes you Corrival with your Elder Brother; Whom as I live I love; and in him you: " This shall my Muse in richest raptures show. While Memory o'er your dead Father rears A Shrine bedewed with Astraeas' Tears. TO THE PIOUS MEMORY Obiit. Feb. 26. Anno Domini 1638. of Sir RICHARD HUTTON Knight; And lately, One of his Majesty's Justices of his Highness' Court of COMMON PLEAS at Westminster. AN ELEGY. GReat Aescul●…pius, hadst thou none to kill But Britain's grave Hortensius with a pill? Hypocrates his Maxim never meant On Goodman's lives to make experiment But on indulgent patients, who did breath Less spirit in their life then in their death: For their inglorious Evening's could forbid Others to do aught less than what they did. Tell me, O tell me! who could with his eye Survey a gracefull-usefull Nursery, S●…ored with various plants that might besit Their Master's turn for Shade or Bene●…it, And in this Seminary to cut down An humble mounting Tamrick, though 〈◊〉 Whose very Site might prove him to be made A Grace for some, to other plants a Shade? Injurious Fate! if I may justly call That Fate unjust, which is impartial; Why wouldst thou not in this vast wilderness (Where every worldling seems to interest His sole employments, as no place but here Were th' Na●…ive soil whereto he must adhere) Cull out such rotten and worm-eaten trees Who keep a place, but promise no increase? Some might thy subtle eye have quickly found C●…ock'd, or with swelling bunches to abound; Others so sweangely 〈◊〉'd, 'twere hard to know By their loose-dangling tops what way they grow. Others so freely spreading, as their root Takes so much ground, it holds all others out. Others Time-statis●…s, scorning to incline To any complete humour but of Time. Others like Sprigs from th' Phoenix ashes bred, Fix on that Sun by whom they're nourished; From which should thousand motes like atoms rise, They'd vow them beams darted from Phoebus' eyes. And couldsed choose none of these to make a dish For hungry worms, and close a Subjects wish? These do no good, they trouble but the earth By making goodness labour of a dearth. But say, Grand-Artizan of pick and spade, If thou in purple haste desire to trade, Traverse thy ground, thou canst not safely err, But find Intelligencers every where. Here mayst thou find a Coelius, one of might, Who pleads worse with his le●…t hand than his right: A Critic Con●…ull, who Records can tax, And make the Law a very nose of wax. Neat-glorious Glosses can his Art find out Either to raise or reconcile a doubt: And with such confidence, as if this man Were held the Ages sole justinian: Yet of his reasons he no ground can gather, Unless he lie them on an unknown father. howsoever, his weak Assertions are held good, And long-approved ere they be understood. But th' Reason why he bears such high command Is this," he's great for whom he seems to stand. There a loose-liv'd-licentious Appius Who woos his mistress with a reverend buss: A purple-prostitute, that hides this mo●…e With gravity and colour of his coat. Yet who should see this useless Trunk, would swear His age had made him fitter for a Bear Then amorous embraces; and this grave Grave-sinking Patriot must his Doxy have, Who in her active postures is so pliant, She feeds on him, as he did on his Chent. There a sweet-sented Flavius, who could spe●… More Tully in steletting of his peak●… Or twirling his Mouchatoes, than those low Declining dr●…ssie Groundlings ●…'re could do, Flowers of selected phrases spring by nature, While matter must serve words, not words the matter: No air sounds unasfected, which imparts More music to our ears then to our ●…earts. Yet though his tongue be smooth, his body small, Within he stores huge Magazines of gall, Which raise in him such indigested pas●…ion, As if styles of disgrace were all in fashion. Were not this Bird, in earnest tell me Fa●…e, F●…rre sitter for thy Cage then for our State? Surely, I think, it would avail thee much (His moving tongue and eloquence is such) To have him for thine Orator, to draw Poor Morta●… to submit them to thy law: And though he hold himself for Death unfit, He might move others to encounter it. There a word scattering P●…theas, who asfords A drop of reason ●…or a sea of words. Of numerous discourse, and so well fraught As he speaks more than ever he was taught: And in those conscript Magisteriall Seats A Chaos too of Cases he repeats, How properly I mean not to debate, Hows●…ere it argues a retentive pate. Thus Aristippus finds stones set on stones Senseless of widow's tears, or orphans moans. THESE eye the Clock, and measure out the day In numbering hours, not hearing what men say. What rich▪ enamelled Shadows (Fate) are these, Who fat themselves to foster a disease? These suck full fortunes from a Goose's quill, By setting of their Names unto a Bill Which (as they seldom do) if they read o'er, They are no wiser than they were before. But a Grammed purse can never knowledge want, 'Tis want of means displays the ignorant. There a corrupt Sysambris, who would win A precious Bribe with losing of his skin. There a Turinus, who in every nook Deludes poor people with the sale of smook. These Chemical Impostors from gross mould Extract th' Elixir of refined gold And never surfeit, till their mouths be filled With that rich gravel their injustice peeled. For as the Horseleech crieth still, more, more, So they desire new measure to their store, Which like 〈◊〉 bowels, swell so fast, As they consume their owner's lungs at last. Now tell me Fate, were't thou enjoined to steal This precious treasure from our Commonweal, And spare impurer metals soiled with ru●…, Who ●…y a shame upon their Coun●…ey's trust? There was a time, but no such place as ●…ere, When to Anticyrae such shipped were As honoured goodn●…sse: No inhabitants Admitted were but timing Sycophants, Lascivious Palliards, who made public sal●… Of vestall-virgin-honours by re●…aile. Da●…k shops were in request to vend base ware, Each in an act of knav●…ry claimed his share. Whole Shoals of bankrupt M●…rchants week by week Broke, and those held the wisest that did break For most, and when it lay within their power Could subtilely delude their Creditor▪ Petitiona●…ie Pa●…es grew strong, Pretending by prescription to do wrong: State▪ prowling Sh●…s, who to supply their turn Laughed in their s●…eeves to s●…e their Country mourn●…▪ Nought smeled of profit, though it took beginning From that contagious▪ leprous source of sinning, Bu●…●…relished: y●…t how did these bestow This large dis●…aming fortunes overflow But on Vi●…ellian banquets, luscious f●…re, Ph●…ntastick habits? whil●…●…ir Ladi●…s care Extended to a Play hill, a Caroche, A complete Usher, or Postilion Coach; A Bevy of outlandish Tirewomen, For nought could s●…it their humours that was common. No Artist, were he never held so rare, Tasting no other but his country air Could gain request: those only bore renown Who were least ●…nowne to fashions of their own▪ Those than were honest men, who in good troth Could mi●…ce an oath, and cheat, and wipe their mouth, Gild virtue with pretences, and deceive Deluded eyes with only seeming grave. No real goodness purchased them esteem, Those were held good, that did but goodly seem; Yea, seeming-good lost her account in time, And by degrees fell into that decline As those who gave a countenance ro good Were held degenerating from their blood: So as to lie a blemish on His fame Whose actions were a glory to his name; Or to detract f●…om good men, or disgrace A Magistrate or justice in his place Was held an act of honour;— Th'Counterfea●… Taxing a justice on his justice's Seat Was an high-Mu●…y made; none durst reprove His frontless impudence, but highly love His ●…esolution, though his 〈◊〉 Spirit Merely consisted in debasing merit: Nor needed this indulg●…nce, though he erred, In good men's thoughts, he ever was preferred. Those only Martial Ch●…valieres were held Could veil a plume o●…●…eathers in the field▪ Speak big to their inferiou●…s, and define (What they had got off book) their 〈◊〉. Then rank their squadrons in each regiment, Though they knew little what their Captai●… mean●…▪ Nor he himself, while he by mimic charms Could gull the State, and gild his harmless A●…mes. BUT ours a golden age, a gloriou●… State, Where no such Scarabees surround our gate▪ Our Purp●…e-co●…script-fathers are divine And scorn ●…o clo●…e with th'humour of the time. They eat pres●…rment as our Clergic do, And would decline it, were it offered too. Their judgements and 〈◊〉 do proceed From a dis●…rcet, sage and judicious head: For what imports the public interest That they deliver with a constant breast. Our Courti●…rs too, they have no tricks to please, To purchase suits, dese●…tlesse offices. Free are they from all avaricious thirst, What they pr●…serre it must be honest first, For else to gain an Empire they'●… not do●… it, Nor show least graceful countenance unto it, These s●…riously examine every point In su●… a suit, before they'll stir a joint, As thus:" Is't honest? may it not offend " The State? inserrsed not some peculiar end▪ " May't introduce no precedent of ill? " Nor with suspicious fears the people fill? " Dost undermine no Trade? No Commerce stay? " Nor turn our Traffic clear another way? " Doth it not trench upon some Company? " Nor wrong the Sta●… by some 〈◊〉? " May I present'●… with 〈◊〉, and come off " Like a wise Courtier without a scoff? " May I ingratiate him does employ me, " That no calumnious Agent may annoy me? " May I with reputation so proceed " As no just rub t'ancipate my speed. " Is the foundatio●… firm whereon I stand? " Does't promise good success if rightly man'd? " Should it be granted, as't importeth one " Would it do good to many, hurt to none? This our good Courtiers weigh, as may appear By ma●…y S●…its presented lately here: Wherein sole love to goodness was th●…ir aim, Which they pref●…rr'd before ●…heir Patt●…nts gain. O●…r Ladies too are modest in attire, Th●…y see no foreign dr●…ssings they desire; No cerussed complexion they endure, To feed vain fancy with as l●…ght a lure; They keep their windows shut; no bosom bare, It must be private if they take ●…he air. They sacrifice not th' Morning of the day Unto their Glass, nor th' Evening to a Pla●…; Our Court▪ rear banke●…s seldom they frequent, But make their Feasts a penitential L●…nt. They care not for priority of place; Nor woo affection with a borrowed face. They love not to consort, nor to be known To any Favori●…es but to their own. 〈◊〉 may be well their Emblems, for they live Still within doors, lest ●…hey should Patt●…rns give Of wand'ring unto others; They are chary Whom to admit, but whom they mean to marry. Their Usher, though he be a proper man, Has but access unto them now and than, And then he stands at distance, lest he tempt, Or his familiarity breed contempt. They ask not what this dressing cost, nor flower▪ Fruitless expenses they reserve for th' poor, And with as free extensive hand they give it While ev●…ry farthing sweetened is with Civit. If a light-amorous line approach ●…heir hand, Like a poor-wounded Dear at Bay they stand▪ Astonished at the folly of such men, Who ravell Time out with so light a pen. Yet they'll peruse the Letter o'er and o●…e And find, perchance, more than they found before▪ Not to admire him nor aff●…ct his strain But to disgrace him when they meet again; Yet with such sweetness, he shall hardly know Whether in earnest they be moved or no. Such modest-Matron-Mirrors, Ladies be; They coyness love, though Love's their liverye. Our Camp-Commanders too, they merit praise, Who had they lived in Agamemnon's days, Those fierce Atrides, or in Arms had come When Carthage was beleaguered by Rome, Brave Hannibal, Hamilchar, Asdrubal Had raised their City to a Capital. So active is the Gentry of our time, So docile too in feats of discipline, Which such impressions in their service take, As one weeks training may an Ancient make. Tara tantara, what a martial sight Of brav●… Commanders disciplined for ●…ight Approach th'insulting foe! no stra●…agem Practised abroad but introduced to them; No feat, defeat, advantage, point of war●…e, But to our Colonels familiar. No Terms of Arms but these exactly know, Their Marches, Postures, and Gradations too, Their Sconces, Palisado's, Parapets, Their Military-Ovall Coronets▪ Sallies, Alarme●…, Excursions, Rendezvous, Issues, Retraits, their Pay unto a sauce▪ Their Martial Ordinance too they can dispose And to the disadvantage of their foes Plant them with such discretion, none would deem But that they knew the Friar invented ●…hem. Their Musket, Saker, Minion, Culverin, Dragonet, Basilisk, and Carabin: These wi●…h their several Charges they'll explain By their dexterity unto a grain. These pass that Captain, who desired to hear ☞ What discipline was used in every shear, Or what ●…ew O●…dinance they had in store This Isle was not acquainted with before: By a brisk merry Gre●…ke, whose jeering nature Could tell a Tale, and never laugh at th'matter Noting his ignorance, was answered thus: " Sir, there be 〈◊〉 lately come to us " Of strange proportion and as strange a style, " The like whereof ne'er landed in this I'll. " And if my memory fail not, they are ●…hese, " State-frighting Formidons, Quo 〈◊〉, " Neat Cerciorares, Stocks that ne'er will burst, " By Fabius Max●…mus invented first, " Wh●…n by delay and spinning out of time " He finished his glorious design. " And these, beleev'●…, Sir, are of such esteem, " As Harqu●…busses are but Squi●…ts to ●…hem " For useful mannagement: for I have scene These Cou●… migh●… have 〈◊〉 in 〈◊〉 for 〈◊〉 he kn " In Zealand, Brabant, where I of●… have been " And kept my fixed P●…rdue, ●…hese Arms do more " One hour, than others would in twenty four. The credulou●… Captain, he b●…leeves the man, 〈◊〉 mu●…h to k●…ow from whenc 〈◊〉 came, And by wh●… Eng●…es drawn on horse or foot, B●…t 〈◊〉 A●…ney f●…aring to be out By 〈◊〉 m●…re discourse, bri●…fly decl●…r'd How th●…y were moulded, plan●…d and pr●…par'd, But at su●…h dista●…ce, as 〈◊〉 he s●…ed Was ●…y the 〈◊〉 firmly cred●…ed For real 〈◊〉, ●…s't might appe●…re The mere he heard, the more he sough●… to hear: So a●… in th'end this expert Bl●…eman vo ●…'d He had spoke nought ●…hat could be di●…-allow'd: For h●…ving 〈◊〉 h●…ard L●…w-terme befo●…e A 〈◊〉 might be a Muket-bore For aught he knew; nor did he hold it fit That th' Enemy should notice have of it, But that such Engin●…s as he had related Should by command be on ourselves estated Without discovery to s●…ch foreign Powe●…s As wished no succ●…sse to us nor ours. But their occasions so divide their journey As th' Captain must take leave of his Attu●…ney, Ret●…rning him great ●…hankes for his relation And wishing many su●…h within our Nation, Whose known experience might secure the State, An●… make the Age engaged to his pate. Though th' Law man knew not what these Engin●… ment Nor ever any other Instrument Save what his * A vast Magazine of Bilis, with other Law-Engines. Law-port mantua did contain, The late reversions of a factious brain, Whose native vigour being broke asunder Would startle weak D●…fendents worse than t●…under. Yet one Occurrent I must here relate Which in their Progress happened of late; This Chivaliere had a desire to play A game at Bowls his journey to allay, Or else directed by another aim (More probable of two) in hope to gain. A Comrade takes him up; but th' Captai●…e would Have none but this Attorney keep the gold, That strange Rel●…ter, for he held him just, And therefore none he might more safely trust: What he enjoins, he as demurely takes, But in conclusion runs away with stakes. But ●…iding on no swift 〈◊〉 Steed Clozing with though Stanz●…'s of f●…mo 〈◊〉" What though ●… Jade his Master's fury fee" He yields t spoil be cause he wanted heels. He renders stakes because he wanted speed. Bu●… let no tr●…fling Tales take up that place Which on my Po●…m sh●…ld bestow most grace. Our Clergy too; men of a ●…hoice repast, ☞ (For I r●…serve my best wine for the last) How they s●…orne av●…rice; joath venery, And sing an Anth●…me with Conformiti●…? Survey their dainty Du●…ks from top to toe, Their active 〈◊〉 w●…sts above, below, You shall see beauty in her proper place, Without Embrode●…y, Fringe, or Tinsel lace: And to restrain wild fancy, their intent Crowns pure resolves with a religious * Being ●…st austere observers of that ●…ncient Decretal touching Absti●…nce and Conti●… in Lent. Lent. Their fixed desires are closed; they do not crave From their Parochialls more than they have. Their late P●…ition was not meant a pressure T'enrich themselves, but to improve th'sucessor; For what they did was out of Conscience While their desires closed in a competence. They hate Nonresidence with all such vermin As feed their Audience with a pocket-Sermon. Their Study makes them lean: they scorn to rise To honour or a deoble b●…efice. Zeal is that sacred Lamp they study by, Which th●…y display in turning white o'th' eye. Our zealous Zimri's too, their Trophies raise Adorned with Rosemary and gilt Bayss, Wherewith they meet their late-●…xiled Pastor, Servant and Master who may run the faster. Their precious fervour can present their grieves, Thousands combining to pull down Lawn sleeve●…. So strong's th'infusion of our Bandites zeal, They'd form the Church to Plato's Commonweal: Presbytrian parity sole undertaker To raze a Doct●…r, and to raise a B●…ker. Y●…t in this pure Platonic Common-w●…le We have some Darnell mixed in our me●…le. All are not Solon's that do Purple wear, Nor all true Courtiers that do so appear; Nor all our Ladies really devout, Nor all our braving Cavaliero's stout; Nor all our seeming Levite●… well content, Nor all their zealous f●…males continent. The Sun he's motes, what may we think of these Who ta'en with fancy, honour or with fees Expose their fames to an injurious stain Which blemished once, are ne'er made white again? What of these ●…ormall Agents who pretend Good to the State, but work their private end? These moder●… Mac●…vels who can devise A virtuous vizard for an odious vic●…? These who can lie their hand upon their heart, And gull their loyallst friends with words of Art? Such fruitless shrubbs in my opinion were Fitter to cope with F●…te then such as are Mirrors of Justice, who bestow their O●…le To fructify a lean and barren soil With honest culture, or such Scien●…s crop Who shadow f●…eer Spurges with their top. And such an One was that grave P●…triot Whose pious zeal such reputation got Amongst g●…od-men, who only hold such great As make just action●… steps unto th●…ir Seat. These close not with Time's garb, nor can they veil To that Soild-foot-cloth sets his soul to sale. And yet there are Some such make Justice go On Crutch●…s, while poor virtue ranked b●… low Must hold his Stirr●…p; of which vicious sort ●…port for 〈◊〉. Yeering Democritus could make a sport; Accost them with derision, and discover The loose embraces of a wanton Lover, To make them more contemptuous to themselves, And caution simple Clients of such Shelves As most endanger Justice:" If you'll live, " And prosper in your Suits, be sure you give " Meat to the mouth o'th' Court; you're rightly served " In suffering a good cause for to be starved " For want of exhibition: let him ply " The Iron while 'tis hot, and in a pie " Incoffin such a bounty, as't may force " The judge to crown his Cause though it be worse " Then his penurious Adversary, who " Was foiled because he'd nothing to bestow. " Suits are like Pills, they must be guilded over, " For should they any bitterness discover, " The squeamish appetite would not receive them, " But either loathe them or directly leave them. " Some have I seen advanced to a place " For their smooth polite tongue, or amorous ●…ace. " Others by making bets, as I've been told, " While others lost their Place, for being Old. " This raised for making Courts an Ostrich nest, " That razed for br●…nging Courts into request: " Playing his Cards so to his public shame, " For all his huge Ruff, He must lose the Game. " One in a Funeral pomp goes to his Grave, " One in triumphant port jets to receive " His Consul-charge; yet ere the next Moonth come " A Writ of Ease may kick him from his room. " For as 'tis fit, whens'ere th'Dictator please, " He must surrender by a Writ of Ease. " Laugh, laugh Democritus, for thou art free " From these State fears Who is he mind●…th th●…e? This merry frumping Stoic meets soon after With other Objects to revive his laughter, Pie-coloured ●…umorists who make their Nation An apish introducer of each fashion; And these he laughs and wonders at, how Reason Should suffer Sens●… her Organs to imprison. " Brisk fooles, quoth he, how you debase your mind " In your pref●…rring of this outward rind " Before 〈◊〉 inward pith!— Ye Stat●… divines " Who s●…rve Apollo, but adore the times " Mo●…e then that God you serve; you ea●…ly rise " To 〈◊〉 him an heartl●…sse Sacr●…fice " Whose P●…iests you are: But you s●…ll never find it " Leave a pe●…fuming pre●…ous smell b●…hind it▪ " For you do hold it a r●…ligious theft " To keep ba k from him th'l etter part oth'g●…st, " And so d●…lude your 〈◊〉 with wit, " But trust me, Augurs, you must smart for it. " For when P●…ndora's Box sh●…ll opened be, " Some will prove knav●…s, wear V●…rtues livery. " O age; refined age! where nought seems good " But what sucks poison from corrupted blood! " he's no Philosopher, but he must bor●…ow " Tea●…es from a madding joy, or puling sorrow. But how art thou transported! ●…ye this Piece Whose living actions rendered an increase With high improvement: freely I appeal To every corner of this Commonweal Where he administered justice: first of ●…hese To his long-practised Seat i'th' Common ple●…s, Where his confirmed judgement on that Ben●…h Begot an awful graceful reverence In his Observers: scorning to devour Rich time in acting of the Orator, But in strong-sinnowy Arguments, which were More for the Understanding than the ●…are, Though pleasing both: Students of Inns a Court T'augment their knowledge making there resort Bear Record of this T●…uth; no Supplican●…, So his d●…pending cause bore weight, could want His countenance and supportance: where he went His Circuit too, such generous content Did's 〈◊〉 to all men win, As many Ey●…s and Hearts were sixth on him. Wh●…ns'ere he mounted those Pr●…torian Stairs They shr●…lly eccoed with * So as justly might he be distinguished ●… personall●… dignifide with thes●… Titles: The Poor man's pa●…ron, the Justima●… pattern, the O●…phā p●…rent, h●…s country's patriot. poor-me●…s prayers: " God 〈◊〉 thee, and 〈◊〉 thee for us long, Were pl●…asing airs distilling from each to●… gu●…. No man as y●…t against him e'er could pick A Quarrel, but a crack▪ b●…ain'd Lunatic Or State-distracted 〈◊〉, who'd aver Ast●…aea false, to make him singular. Whose blast●…d reputation ever shall Be valued l●…ke himself●…, Apocr●…phall: E●…h where disg●…as't where He and good●…efse meet, That C●…lumny may in Oblivion fle●…. Nor is th●…s all; when P●…rtia besough: Th●…t th' see spoke ill of Cato should be brought B●…fore th' P●…aetorian, to confess their crime And 〈◊〉 h●…s fame by 〈◊〉 of a sine; Rome's Conscr●…pt Fathers held her motion f●…t, Wi●…h general voice and v●…te confirming it. To Tullianum were they strait convaid, There to remain till they their fines had paid. This Act knew no demur; down went their gold, Which ●…o supply, their Householdstuff was sold, Their Farms engaged, their persons at command, Till they discharged these 〈◊〉 out a-hand, To th' Public Treasury what first belonged, To th' Widow next whose husband th●… had wronged. The Fl●…men, though their Augur, being tried, Paid twice so much as all the rest beside. Their doom was just; I wish like censure may be, To close the Moral with his wronged Lady. Thus this Sage Patriot by heaven's command, Who lived to be the 〈◊〉 ●…dge oth'Land▪ Translated hence from this inferior V●…ile ●…ut ●…h ' Silv●…r ●…d is roke, the ●…inders ●…ile, ●…nd he ●…anslated ●…om this ●…ble veil ●…ounts ●… that ●…gh Prae●…rian, ●…here true lisse ●…ecomes is Bail, is Judge is 〈◊〉 is. Mounts up to glory with a prosperous sa●…le Ripe both in years and g●…aces: and to prove That he did never Ost●…tation love, He giveth direction that no Se●… be To close the Scene of his mortali●…ie, Lest He forth of exuberance of wit Should speak more to his praise than he held fit. Nor might his Corpse be coached, as others use, From th' Ci●…y to his Countrey-Mannor house, But at Saint Dunston's near to S●…rieants In He takes his Grave, where Death surprised him. So small a Plo●…e contains so great a Pi●…e Whose lise gave light and ho●…our to our I'll: What's left of that fair Structure is a gage Of man●… decline and win●…er of hi●… age. Which Time shall hold in reverend regard So long as Books are to be sold i'th' Yard: Nor shall our y●…ung Justinian●… need to look On any other Titl●… but his Book, Wh●…re Leaves are Volumes, Volumes Columns be Wi●…h Palms of peace to crown his m●…morie. While these 〈◊〉 of thy divin●…r part In lines of dust shall t●…ll men what thou art: Till reunited to thine heav'n-lodged Spirit, They joy●…tly live, and love, and joy inherit. EPITAPH. A Rarer Sage ne'er Age brought forth, Richer in fame, love, real worth, Freer in heart, milder in Speech, Apt to learn, fitter to teach, Gladder to die, nor in his death Less taken with affected breath: " Nor did he any Sermon need, " Who left his life a Bo●…k to read. TO THE LIVING MEMORY of that Reverend, learned and honest Judge, Sir RICHARD HUTTON KNIGHT: And late one of his Majesty's Justices for the Court of Common Pleas at Westminster. AN ELEGY. AR'●… gone just Judg●…? yet ere thou go'st This w compos the ver●… s●…me m ning h●… died. from hence Receive thy Godse●…nes tear●…s in recompense O●… m●…ny 〈◊〉 thou b●…stow'd of him; " To silence goodness were an envious sin. To t●…ll men what thou were't; what tho●… h●…st done, Were but to give a light unto the Su●…. While'st thou lived here, who did not love to hear Were a prompt legist lawless to his foe, he'd say,▪ Aquinas never taught him so.— Disc●…ssit ●…b orbe S●…telles Pauperi●…; beu clamā●… i●…opes!— With what an equal hand, impartial ear Thou measured Justice; regulating Laws, " Sk●…les not to weigh the Person but the Cause? This caused Poormens' prayers perfume the way, " There goes the Hon●…st Judg●…! thus would they say. Yet did not th' Style of goodness make thee proud, Nor feed vain beats in thy well tempered blood: For Thou, while'st thou didst flourish in this I'll, Were't ta'en with * Those men all goodness in their breasts compile, Love goodness for berseife not for her Style. Mus●…. love of goodness, not of Style. Nor did thy virtuous parts take here their Stand, Thy pious hea●…t reached forth a bount●…ous ●…and, Both whi●…h expressed thy charitable nature, In sowing of thy bread upon the water; Sowing I well may say, for seen I have Thy hand more prompt to give, than th' poor to crave, So free thy Alms was, that as I live Thy * Non tu●… tuba sonat, nee inanior aura coranat, Dextera quod tribuit, 〈◊〉 refer nequit. Left hand knew not what thy Right did give. And now a * Vespera bona, Phoebi eorona. ib. glorious Even h●…as crowned thy day, In paying Nature what we all must pay, And at this time, when thou a palm of peace Didst hear these Warlike Rumours to increase: When All by th' first of March were marching home, Thou to thy Manor-house of Clay art gone. But hence to thy interment! where I see The very day fits this Solemnity ASH-WEDNESDAY! Ashes to ashes turn, Like precious Treasures closed in an Urn: Though in ●…heir Ceremony different From that known Preparation unto Len●…, So anciently solemnised: for in stead Of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 on the head, Thy precious Soul so richly beautified, Expects thy ashes to be glorified. But lo! ●…he p●…ace where thou interred art, Presents new-pensive Objects to my h rt: For near this Holy ground of thine possessed, Saint Dunston's. Vid. 〈◊〉 Annivers. 5. A gr●…mmer Hag than D●…ath did me arrest Till ●…hy j●…st-judging Eye did rightly scan My caus●…, and freed me from th' 〈◊〉: For ne'er was man surprised with more deceit, No●… with more Grace retreved from a Grate. No more; no more; true tear●…s have drenched my sight, The Evening crownes the Day:— Just Judge, good night. —— Terris Astraea reclusit 〈◊〉 conspicuam lucem m●…gis, O●…be priorem. Astraea's Anthem. COme Ast●…aea, and descend To p●…rtake 〈◊〉 Iu●…ges end Who was styl'●… the poor man's friend. Here a Shrin●… you need not rear, We have one of Amb●…r here Cemented with pities tear. Come then dear Astraea, come, Ship him to Elysium, And record what he has done: That his living fa●…e may win Other Lights to follow him. UPON THE DEATH OF another Reverend, learned, and judicious Patriot of our Nation; One no less nobly descended, then richly endowed: And One, Whom in the dispensation of Justice, neither price, prayer, nor power could surprise; Passion transport, nor Affection engage. Epitaph. HEre lies a J●…dge, of whom it may be Obiit Decemb. 16. An. Dom 1639. said, H'as got more ground ●…hen ●…'re he purchased By this seven foot: for he was well content To keep that state was left him by descent. A simple worlding, easily beguiled In trusting of his substance with a Child; A subtle Child, who from his Stygian shore Had tricks to cozen him and hundreds more. A numerous B●…ok man, who from several places C●…uld store his plead with a thousand Cases, Which proved his Studies were estranged from Sloth, His Leaves not Spider-wov'n, nor known to Moth; As I've seen some, who shelved large volumes by them, But knew not what was in them, should you try them. These take up Law and Learning upon trust, And with a Fox's tail brush off the dust F●…om th●…ir rare-v●…sited Authors.— Su●…h as these Account it their prime Theo●…y to get fees. Whereas this Patriot had an higher aim, Holding a precious name his chiefest g●…ine. He knew his Heart triangular to be, A fair resemblance of the Trinity, And th●…t it could no more be filled with mould, Then a tri-ang●… by a Circle could. This, th●…s enlarged his intellectual aim To th'place from wh●…nce his purest ●…ssence came; Which 〈◊〉 did so much improve him, While h●… was Judge, he eyed a Judge above him. — S●…●…●…ex judi●…is ast●…r Su●…ditus arbitrio.— Mot. VE●…. AN●… A●…EO, ARENS VIREO. To the unperioded memory of the Honourable, RICHARD MOLLINEUX Viscount Mollineux of Mariburg. A Funeral Tear. FATE, couldst thou find a more perplexing word Then to pronounce Death on mine Honoured Lord? But since thoust passed thy censure he should die, Find One that may his temp'●…ature supply. So sweetly mild, religiously wise, So graceful to all knowing hearts and eyes, So nobly rich in faculties of mind, So firm unto his own, to all so kind; Show me one Instance and I will not tax Fate to deprive the State of Mollinax. But thou reply'st, it is the fault of Time To merit few good men, it is not mine. 'Tis true; yet we for tar●…s shed oft more tear●…s Then for the sca●…tering of our whea●…en-eares. Let's learn our passions then to moderate, As they r●…flect upon the public State: " For great's the loss, must needs be understood, " When we lose such as are both great and good. To the pious memory of that judicious Patriot of his Country, Sir CHRISTOPHER DALSTON KNIGHT. A Friends farewell. THe fabric of this Building now's pulled down, The higher parted from the lower room; The ●…ver of this structure turned to dust, The Centre m●…de a P●…lour for the just. Dull stones are rubbish useless for ex●…mple, This fit for th' polished corners of the Temple: The price th●…n of this Gem who value can, But He who now enjoys it, God and man? Upon his death. TO some on Earth a quicker death is given, No course can be too sp●…edy unto heaven; In him lies here, this may be ver●…fide, Who died to Earth, before on Earth he died. He heard his Saviour's invitation, Come; And he no sooner heard him then he run. This made him sle●…ght his life, to show his love, " H●…ving his feet below, his faith above. PANARETEES TRIUMPH: OR, HYMEN'S heavenly Hymn. Paeana cantat Hymen; tac●…at lachrymobile Carmen. LONDON, Printed by T. H. for Philip Nevil, and are to be sold at his Shop in Ivy Lane, at the sign of the Gun. 1641. PANARETEES TRIUMPH: OR, HYMEN'S heavenly Hymn. REmove that funerall-pile; now six whole ●…he sixth ●…ares 〈◊〉. years Have been the Nursing mothers of my t●…ares. These riveled furrows of mine aged cheek Have writ griefs characters exceeding deep. But what's perpetual cannot mix with earth, " Joys must partake with tears, and tears with m●…rth. Those careless foldings of mine arms must cease While airs resounded cares, and car●…s ay-mes; While 〈◊〉 were threnes, each motion of my tongu●… The dying accent of a Swanlike song. These must be closed in her s●…cred shrine Whose living beauty, while enstyled mine, M●…de me too earthly-blest;— Another rite Must banish these presen●…ments from my sight; Y●…t in their exile shall I still retain That Anniversall memory of her Name, As those declining-e●…rth-resolving flowers Where we're too celebrated these Rites of ou●…s Sh●…ll to my though●…s a Fnnerall Lecture read, And in a fresh Bride's beauty eye her dead With such an active sorrow, as her Tomb Were th'marriage-bed whereto I sought to come▪ Yet must this time with Funeral tears dispense, And with a feagned Solace ravish Sense, As if it went to entertain a Guest Which he's been long estranged from my breast▪ So have I seen the Sun his beauty shroud, And suddenly break from a sable cloud With an imperial splendour, but that beam Became the true ●…orerunner of a Stream. So have I seen Plants in a forward Spring With blooms and blossoms lively flourishing, Y●…t long before th'embroidered Spring were done Those Pl●…ts were seered, and all their blossoms gone. So have I seen a glorious Star appear, As if sole Empress of that Hemisphea●…e, D●…rting her twinkling lights, and marching round Contract her Orb, and fall upon the ground. So have I seen a manly spirit fight With death so long as Oil afforded light, Nay smile upon his vi●…itants, and say, " I hope e'er long, my friends, to have the day; Yet see vain hopes! before next enter-breath He proves these were but lightnings 'fore his death. So I; so my moist eye! which though it seem To take the world with a pleasi●…g beam, And her dis-sorting passions to exile With the reflection of a forced smile, I'm same I was, and must be ever so, " Woe may put off he●… weed, no weed her woe. And yet me thinks 'twere ominous to shed A Funeral tear before a Nuptial bed; Thi●… might perplex a Bride, and make her wish she'd never tasted of that painted bliss So much by Maids affected, but had still Been Mistre●…se of herself and her own will. Those Vi●…lls then my tear-swollen conduits filled Shall to a pure Elix●…r be distilled, Which well prese●…v'd may treasured fountains keep For those who make a face but cannot weep. First those brave sprightly Blades, who puff●…d with pride Would in th●…ir father's saddles gladly ride; Hope of concealed treasures, rich domains Have soaked the thirsty channels of their brains They cannot weep to die for't: yet they're known By ribbon, Cyper●…, mourning-hood and gown: Which Ornaments of grief, hows●…ere these bear them, Seem better Mourners far than those that wear them. Nor is there hope that these will e'er have sense To grieve, till what their Father's providence Which many restless nights had scraped together Their riot h'as sent packing God knows whither. Then, ne'er till then, they find what 'twas to have A pleasing eye upon a Father's grave. To these my late-distreaming eyes shall lend A legacy of tears, and so befriend These state-presenting Mourners, none sh●…ll gather But that they sorrow truly for their father Without enforced passion; though short time Shall prove those tears were none of theirs but min●…. There be some widows too, who stand in need Of our 〈◊〉 of tears to suit their weed, That seeming weed of Sorrow: th●…se belie Their sable habits with a teare-forced eye: And like 〈◊〉 brave Egyptian modest D●…mes Whose 〈◊〉- bequeath●…d breasts such love infl●…mes, As when their 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 bu●…ied be They strive which may have ●…he precede●…cie To be interred with them: So do these With unamated coura●…e strongly press Towards their Husband's graves: where they appear All Niob●…es; clasping the fatal Bear With an affected zeal; and to engrave More Scenes of sorrow leap into his Grave As if th●…y'd be enshrined (though nought less meant) In the cold bosom of that Monument. Yet h'as not one poor worm undone a s●…itch Of his fresh-funerall 〈◊〉; no, ●…or th●…t pitch Which seered his Coffin fl●…w'd; no, nor one flower Which beautified hi●… Hearse decayed in power; No, nor that late provision which should Refresh h●…s formal Mourners, scarcely cold Till her decreasing grie●…es ●…uggest unto her An other hopeful, youthful, active wooer To raise her a new progeny; which done She holds joys past compared with joys to come Fall short in estimate: She wonders much How any woman's passion should be such As to embrace an Husband that i●… dead, When th'world's so well supplied, it can bestead Her Choice of such a choice selected one 'Twere madness to lament for him that's gone. To ●…hese my 〈◊〉 I zealously bequeath, To sh●…d some seeming streamlings at the death Of their expired Husbands; that their sorrow May sh●…w itself ●…ssentiall, though it borrow Juice from my ●…yes, wh●…h when Time shall restrain I look my tears shall be restored again. The profuse Gall●…nt too, who lately sped Of ●… full fortunes wi●…h a loathed bed Must share in my teare-trib●…te to weep o●…re her, And wish (vain wish) th●…t he h●…d died before her. Mean time, on ●…hoicer stuff●… his love he se●…s, Steppi●…g ●…nto a bed of 〈◊〉 In stead of●… icy Consort, who is gone To t●…ke poss●…ssion of her long●…st home. Yet must h●… fe●…gne a tear●…, and force a sigh, And wish his dissolution to be nigh To gull his weak Sp●…ctators wi●…h a s●…eming Of being what was least of all h●…s meaning. To fit his sorrow then with fr●…sh supply, He may deri●…e from my distilling ●…ye A numorous store; yet would I have him come When he he's done (as he'll have quickly done) To render me, and that without delay, What I have lent, and he is bound to pay. Nor would I have him make the world believ●… While he so passionately seems to grieve, That these distreaming rivulets arise From any other fountain than mine eyes. Now some will ask why my decaying time Should to such solemn nuptial rites incline? Whereto I answer, no licentious fire Ins●…am'd my sprinkling Organs with desire, No glowing heat of fancy did I feel, Unto my— I freely may appeal. These were unfitting motives to weak Sense, Though Age must render age benevolence Wh●…n time, place, spirit may such acts adm●…t With equal willing minds to second it. No, my affection never took delight I●…h ' light embrances of a marriage night, Nor to make sacred rites such tempting lures To sat th' desire without more inward cures. For had these been mine ends, my constant aim Had long si●…ce fixed upon more youthful g●…me. Nor did I want in number to supply The curious choice of loves-at●…ractive ●…ye, Which may appear by those select●…r lines My widow Muse composed in former times. *" Four wenches be there who my love would win, True, ●…yes her 〈◊〉, 〈◊〉 in ●…e th●…d 〈◊〉. " And stick as close as Ticks un●…o my skin; " The fi●…st a widow worth * six thousand pound, " But my Hopes say, more thousands may be sound; " The n●…xt as ●…mble as ●…he mountain Ree, " But all her fortun●…s are not worth a str●…e; " The third a w●…nton witty worldly Circket, " But too too many Cubs have sprung h●…r wicket; " The ●…urth of lov●…ly hue and liv●…ly qui●…knesse, " For th'Tri●…kle-bed h●…s cu●…ed her greensickness, " A D●…msell fresh a●… is the slower in May, " B●…t her pure zeal impurer acts display: " Adv●…se me wh ●…h to choose, and I'll have at her, " One must I have, mor●… is an hanging matter. And these were true, as I may h●…pe for life, Yet could no beauty stamp the style of wife In my affection: for I found no Spouse Could cheer●… my fancy l●…ke mine inner house: Which to adorn with v●…ssels of ●…hoice grace, I made my Grove my sole-re●…iring place. Where in a s●…cred melancholy I Red in each Creature such variety As I perceived the ve●…y lowest plant Might read 2 lecture to the ignorant To make him rightly learned: No Bird i'th' Air But sung her morning thankful ch●…elere. Which made me blush to hear such hymns from th●…se, And I, ungrateful I, to hold my peace. This 'twas that made me seriously to mark The various warble of the early Lark, With wh●…t a winged speed she made resort To join in consort with the heavenly Court. The Silkworm I observed too, how she sought Forth of those threads she from her bowels wrought To deck delicious man; how wondrously Her silk-web spun, she turned a Butterfly. Again, I turned me to a desert cave Matted with moss●… like to an ancient Grave, Wherein I found a subject of that sense As it exceeded humane providence; A bristled Hedgehog, who retains a form Of storing in a calm against a storm. These were the Books I red: for teare●… had so Surprised my dim eyes with an overflow, As to bestow my sight, I held it better Upon a living then a dying letter▪ Now you will wonder how I should depart From this condition whi●…h had seized my hart, And take me to the world which I'd forgone Since the deprival of my dearest One. 'Tis true, you well may wonder, yet I find Some main inducements to divert the mind From su●…h amazement▪ hear me, ●…'l be brief, And amongst many reasons call the chief. I had some little Children for whose care A native love enjoined me to prepare; Tender they were in yares as in my love, But, alas, howsoever their Nonage might approve My constant zeal, so weak was my intent, I could not perfect what my purpose meant. A Father though he loves posterity Cannot play Mother in a family, Nor dandle a young infant, nor bestow Such easy kisses as a Nurse can do. No; nor ith'Needle, nor in any Art Express himself so formally expert As a remisser temper can apply, Besides some offices necessity Enjoin them to perform: Nor is this all, No Solemnizer of a Fun●…rall But having closed the period of his sorrow, His late-expired tears may solace borrow Of some calm interbreaths, and learn to smile, Though it be far from 〈◊〉, and so beguile A pensive hour:— Oh but a widow's state Preserved from blemish does p●…rticipate A gracious freedom! and you know we read " Honour a widow that is so indeed. Y●…t Eve when she was made of Adam's bone, God helded not me●…t that man should be alone, And ●…herefore raised him Help, that joined tog there One heart might ●…ender mutual joy to ei●…her. In this my griefe-surprized heart was needing, To cheer myself and for my children's breeding: Whose choice improvement was my highest aim Next th'honour of his Name from whom I came. Breeding, will some object, who can expect From a Step dame whose fancy's disrespect, Best favours frowns, content mere discontent, And when most moved, most in her Element? 'Tis true there are some such, whose only song Is canting fury with a glibbry tongue, Bearding their e●…sie hu●…bands, and appear Rampa●…s till they the good man's bretches wear: Which purchase got, wi●…h an imperious brow They glory in the title of a shrew, And lest their Husbands should their Lectures miss, " Now messe served up without a Ch●…indish. And these indeed we Step-dam●…s well may call, But she's none such that I have matched withal. For those who ●…re her husband's children known, She values them more than they were her own. Nor is't a curious dress or luscious fare That work effects upon her matron care; What we account to be the precioust gem That can adorn a civil Citizen Makes her complete; it is a modest eye, That woos wi●…h no strayed looks the passer by; Her Senses are all i●…ward, which divine She he's no thought, save ●…eaven, she styles not mine. She disesteemes hand-basket Citizens Who make their wicker baskets shroud their sin●…. Pure-elevated eyes who make a show Of doing that they never meant to do Are Bug-b●…ares to h●…r zeal; which loves to feed Th'oil of devotion as it is in d●…ed. The Church gives h●…r a L●…sson; and her scorn Is to be taught in any other form. For though, where those g●…and 〈◊〉 be, She took ●…he place of her Nativity, Their odious projects she does so despise As with her N●…dle she●…'d pick out their ●…yes For want of stronger Arm●…ur, to express That loyal love which she did still profess To Prince and Countr●…y: this 'twas made me bring That Scot●…ish posy to our Nuptial ring: Thus Tw●…de and Tyne our loyal loves combine, " Which Twedish factions never shall untwine. O what a virile Spirit have I seen My Panth●…a show! what noble dis●…esteeme To her zeale-madded Natives, when she heard How they were palisadoed, how prepared, How desperately gauged to such a vow As split their faith, and wrought their ruin too! " What will these ne'er have done, thus would she say, 〈◊〉 expostulation with the Caledonian Nation. " Must Subjects soveraignize, and Ki●…gs obey? " Must a blind Zeal merely composed of smoke " Delude a Kingdom with an holy clo●…ke? " Must th●…se fall short of their allegiance " Whom Prince's grace and favour did advance? " Must we with civil Arms uncivilely " Shed blood, and styled an Act of piety! " Are all turned High-landers? must this debate " Extend un●…o an universal State? " H'as my dear Country flourished till now " With her light ze●…le to work her overthrow? " For love sake leave, leave these intestine wars, " Succeeding ti●…es will sorrow for their scars▪ " They cannot choose but such impr●…ssions make, " As th'motion of them may the Fabric sh●…ke. " If good Plants grow among you, cheer them still, " But thrive they cannot till you prune the ill. " Those ge●…erous Graffs than labour so to nourish, " That in despite of wild ones they may flourish. " Letnot th' ambition of a frantics head " Suff●…r one drop of loyal blood be shed; " It is too precious, if you rightly knew " With what a sacred cement, holy glue " You▪ r mu●…ually combined: oh should you see " Those first prints of your ●…inces infancy, " You cannot choose but tax your insolence " To b●… his foe who took his birth from thence! " Admire▪ his Princely ●…lemency, whose will " Had a d●…sire to spare where he might spill. " Long h'as his white flag freely been displayed, " OH let not your▪ submissi●…n be delayed, " Lest you to ill convert apparent good, " And make a white flag turn a flag of blood! " What though the thankless joy should entwine " The spreading spurges of the weeping Vine, " And stick so close unto h●…r seered stem " Till she he's sucked the juice that nourished them, " Must she your Emblem be? oh do not so, " These Acts work mainly for your overthrow. " You're Nativ●…s and his Subjects, which should draw " From you a zealou●… love and loyal awe. " Let it be never said that th' Commonweal " Of Sco●…land perished by pretensive Zeal; " It will be such a blemish, s●…ch a scorn, " It may impe●…ch the Babe that's yet unborn " When he shall hear (though guiltless he of that) " Himself unhappy called a Traitor's brat. " If for yourselves than you will not prove true, " Yet for those Branches may descend from you, " Retain your vowed alleg●…ance, and return " Before you see one peering Beacon burn. " Which to the sad Sp●…ctator being once shown " I fear me much will not b●… quenched so soon: " Lay down your Arms in time then; 'tis too late " Wh●…n you hear Fury knocking at your gate; " While Fo●…s and Famine close you so about " A●… Fear gets in, but nothing can get out. " Trust m●…, your case presageth nought but loss, " And that which you most hate, your fate, a 〈◊〉; " 〈◊〉 aims must have disgraceful ends, " Nor can the hope of Favourites or Friends " Divert that Fate: for what heavens hand h'as writ " Is not in power of man to cancel it. " Much have I seen, yet seldom seen I have " Ambition go gray-headed to her grave: " That your grey hairs may then with honour go " Unto that Earth we all are borne unto, " Renounce that brainsick oath you there have made; " That Oath's unjust by which your FaithsFaiths betrayed. " This your own N●…tive wisheth; crown her wish, " Her vows shall pay their tribute for your bliss. Nor doth it less her disposition please T'enjoy a private than a public peace; Her household sounds conformity: no jars Breath civil factions or intestine wars In her calm Family: where some obey, Others command without imperious sway. None glory in prec●…dency, nor stand In opposition of a just command. Again, if ought appear irregular, She shows herself no rigid Censurer: Her courteous Curtain Lectur●…s they are such They leave impressions with so sweet a touch In apprehensive fancies, clozing so They make men good whether they will or no. She yields preeminence unto her Mate, And in this sort seems to expostulate. " Let't not offend you, Sir, if I impart " The weak expressions of a loy●…ll heart. " The world shall see that I'll prrforme my vow, " Where you are Caius I am Caia too. " As we are then united, hear me speak, " Whose aims nought more than your improvement seek: " Fix on your ripe experience which came " Not only th' Survey of Books but Man. " Unseasoned hours should challenge no such share " In one who wears Time's Emblem in his hair. " That 〈◊〉 Proverb in disgrace was made, " That a 〈◊〉 ●…ead should have the green●…st blade. " Your actions should be postures to the rest " Who are but manlike monsters at the best, " While they d●…cline from what is real good, " And stain the tincture of a virtuous blood " With airy v●…pours, which no sooner see " The glorious Sun than they dispersed be. " Reflect on these; let not an hour of time " Want the dimension of a pre●…ious line. " Our Warfare's p●…ssing short, our Conquest great, " 'T●…s for reverend age to make retreat " Or yield one foot of ground, or weakly crave " A Parley when one foot is in the Grave. " It sounds not well that a light-youthfull rage " Should claim acquaintance on decrepit age. " An Old-man's hours should princely patterns give " To younger years, and teach them how to live. " Yet, Sir, misconstrue not my words I pray, " Your parts do please us, though your hairs be grey; " No aged wrinkle see I in your brow " Which with my soul I bear not reverence to; " No hour so tedicus as when you're from home, " No news so che●…rfull as to hear you're come. " Begot of s●…ncy my ●…mbraces be, " Which scorn to close wi●…h any one but thee. " O let me t●…en enjoy what we●…ke by week " My six years' widowhood did solely s●…ke! " Let not a Night's distemper ere divide " My dear Musaeus from his Pan●…hea's side. " But if he do, all passion I'll exile, " And tax his ●…rrour with a pleasing smile. " Such shall my Lecture be, which if it move " I live, if not, I cannot leave my love: " For such effects h'as true affection wrought, " T'enjoy thyself is all, all else is nought. Now tell me, are not these such sw●…et reg●…eetes They'd wean a professed Lecher from the sheets Of an enchanting S●…ren? Could one tear Drop from a disposition that's so clear From all dissembled passion, and depart Without a deep impression in the heart? Could vowels lose their life, and turn to air That were pronounced by one so good and saire? No, no; I hold no Eloquence so strong As when it falls from a calm Woman's tongue. A Traveller may by ●…xperience find That Sunn●…▪ 〈◊〉 are more violent than the Wind. These pierce the pores, and by their powerful heat Resolve his native moisture to a sweat. Mean time, ●…hough Winds with boundless fury blow, They do not show their active motion so As those reflecting beamlings: whence collect " Calm airs produce the sovereignest effect. Nor do I speak this, any one should tell her, Nor do I praise her with a mind to sell her. For there's no earthly treasure that I see Can counterveile so rich a pri●…e as she: But to praise goodness in a virtuous Mate May others move in time to imitate whatsoever they graceful in another read, And in those steps religiously to tread. This have I in a fair Theatre seen By a rare Curt●…an of rich esteem Fully confirmed: who hearing one commend The chast-devoted life and virtuous end Of an heroic Lady, who o're●…hrowne Could not by him who conquered her, be won To his embraces, but as't did become her, Contemned life, for to preserve her honour. " O, quoth this female hearer, that I might " Be made so happy as enjoy the sight " Of such a None-such: I should scorn these tires " (Time's toys) and cloth me with her chaste desires, " And th'pattern of her goodness: so apply, " As in her Service I would live and die. This graveled all the Actors; but her hart What e'er they did, could not forget her Part Which she so well performed, as that same night This Curt●…zan became a Conv●…rtite. Some other graces I could feature too, Which to a judgement give a beauteous show Because they have no varnish to adorn Their sweet condition with a borrowed form. And trust me, in such colours I'd portray them As they should need no H●…rald to display them, Were it not that so many ancient Dames Whose very years should tender their good names, Seeing her graceful virtues so approved And by herself improved, and therefore loved, Might hold their actions blemished, when they hear So pure a light fixed in a lower Sphere. First, youthful widows, I appeal to you, Who, loath to lose th' benevolence that's due, Upon your 〈◊〉 marriag●…, cry alas—! " O what a brave Blade my first Husband was! " How pliable to me at bed and board, " How active in his work, true to his word! " What pretty toys (such was his loving care) " He would have brought me home from every Fair! " The first ripe Cherry that was to be sold, " Could it have purchased been with weight of gold " Had been presented me: were Peasecods dear? " They had been mine i'th' nonage of the year. " No gossip feast, but I might be invited, " Where though I revealed till I was benighted, " Good man, he would sit up, till I came in, " And with sweet langu●…ge my affection win. " If I but frown▪ d, he'd weep like any Child, " And fast from meat till he was reconciled. " No forra●…gne fashion, cost it ne'er so much, " But I must have't, his fancy it was such; " I had mine own will too in every thing, " Which to that height of spirit did me bring, " As what I knew for best I would not do, " Because my Husband had a mind thereto: " So as I oft●…n altered my intent " Because he wished me do that which I meant. " An agile Husband too, to crown my wish, " But ay find no such activeness in this. " His spirit resteth only in command, " His sovereignty to have the upper hand; " But since to be my head it is his hap, " I vow, that to that head I'll be the cap. " To temper then a nature that's so cursed, " we'll strive who shall enjoy the Buckler first. But cheerful is my Panthea, and desir●… To feed her fancy with diviner fires. It cannot her sweet disposition please To twit her last Choice with abilities Of her fi●…st Husband: Such discou●…se, says she, Tastes more of lightn●…sse then of modesty. Her actions are all noble, and her speech So full of gravity, as it may teach The ancient'st moral Dame, how to behave Herself both for the ●…orld and the Grave. Admit she be no Helena of Greece, Whose beauty wrought that tragical increase Of Princely Funerals: it was my care To set my f●…ncy on an i●…ward-faire, Whose neverfading Lillis might survive The richest piece of beauty that's alive; And in her pass●…ge hence more sweetness breath, Then thousand Hero's when surprised by death. For tell me what's this skin-deepe beauty worth When her diviner spirit is let forth T'enjoy her freedom! Where are then those Stars Whose love-attractive lights commenced such wars With all the Senses! Sunk to such dark forms As th●…y are Crannies made to harbour Worms. Where those enazured breasts which did supply With lusciou●… Objects loves-enamoured eye! Teats for those slimy wormlings now to pull Which wanton fancy used once to cull. Where that aspi●…ing front, that mount of grace, That dimpled chin, that model of a face More pure than Cy●…thia's? nay, every limb Where fanc●…e bathed her liquorish senses in? All hushed in Earth: no motion to be found Unless by worme-sprouts shaken in the ground. This outward fair than it is little worth, Since it receives her tincture from the earth, Whereto it must by native course return, And so enshrine her beauty in an Urn. Alas poor V●…rmillion Earth! how is that state Which showed such braving postures in her gate Resolved to mouldered dust? where every grain Proves to the world, that the world is vain. Give me that wench (and I have such an One) No dainty Leda, nor no homely Joan, Where any one m●…y re●…d each d●…y oth'weeke " Some morall-mortall Lecture in her Cheek. Where wrinkles write deep furrows in her face, While every rivel d●…es a●…ford a grace To her beseeming age: that, should we lack Climact'rick ye●…es within an Almanac, Her reverend brow migh●… pencile out ●…hat want And find an Errand for Death's Pursuivant. Pray then resolve me, may she not become A Silyl-Sister of our * Meani his Espc●… shall wit●… the Heli●… nian Mu●… to whos●… 〈◊〉 ●…onour 〈◊〉 address this ●…eavenly ●…ym Helicon, Who can contract her brows without a louvre, Wear ages liv'rie, and ne'er look sour? Enjoy her Husband wi●…h a just delight, And with discretion cool her appetite? Feed her affection with the least of S●…nse, And make her wrinkles g●…ine a reverence? Live chaste to him she loves, and to that line Confine ●…hose rich dimensions of her time? Yes; she or none ●… and she it is or none Whom I'm resolved to set my love upon. That since my PANARETE lives in bl●…sse, My HYMEN'S heavenly H●…mne may close with this. FINIS. Upon this Poem. SOme will collect from hence (they cannot choose) That I'm espoused; so am I to my Muse. Whose presence yields such s●…lace to my life, I would not change with OVERBERIE'S wife. Toys, Tires and Dress take not her desires, She feeds her fancy with diviner fires; Which so enliven me when I turn to her, " Though I enjoy her, night by night I woe her. My Hymenaeall-Heav'nly Hymn is this, " CHRIST JESUS ●…s my SPOUSE, and I am his. That MUSE which i●… not dedicated to Him " Breaks her First fai●…h, and soils her Bed with sin. Astraea's Shrine. TO those who cherish Virtue, or retain The style of real good, or scorn to stain●… Astraea's Liv'ry; or fancy that Wh●…ch the High Court of Honour levels at, Or to their Countries and their own behoof Prove in the Scale Parl'amentary proof; Who gild not P●…etie with mere pretence, Nor ●…ender judgement against their conscience; We are their Praetorian Scarlet till't wax old, And value Justice more than Ophir-gold; Who fear no Writs of Ease, but take delight To do the Widow and the Orph●… right, Or store the Almes-ba●…, or provide For such as have no Earthly He●…pet beside, Or purchase poormens' pr●…ers, or leave their Heirs Seized less of acres then religious cares, Or with a pure and undefiled Zeal Disturb not peace of Church nor Commonweal; Or when they sit on Seats of Justice tremble, Re●…embring on those Thrones whom they resemble▪ To th●…se this aged Shrine we reared have, Will be a Lamp to light them to their Grave, From whence such precious Odours shall take breath, As may perfume their Ashes after death.