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THE MONUMENT OF
CHARLES THE FIRST,
KING OF ENGLAND.
Who was beheaded before Whit-Hall January 30th 1648.
In the 24th yeare of his Reigne.
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Virtus post Funera vivit.
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Here lyes great CHARLES, first King of that same name,
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Englands great glory, Englands lasting fame;
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A Butcherd Martyr King, whose patient mildnesse,
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Crowneth himselfe with Fame, his foes with vildnesse:
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A persecuted Saint, for seven yeares space
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Prest downe with sorrowes, yet held up by Grace;
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In whom those Vertues constantly did live,
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Which to the Worthies lasting fame did give:
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Patient as Job, and like to Moses, milde,
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Salomons wisedome makes him Wisedomes childe;
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Valiant as David, and the chiefest part
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Like to Josiah, zeale possest his heart:
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Faithfull in Vowes, yet there began the strife,
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That reavd him of his Queene, his Crowne, his Life:
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Whose true Effigies drawne by just desert,
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Causeth him live in each true Subjects heart:
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Living he dyd, and dying life he gaind,
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Death conquerd him, his foes with shame he staind.
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