EBBA 36662

British Library - Thomason Tracts Ballads

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AN
EPITAPH.

WIthin this sacred VAULT doth lie

The Quintessence of MAjESTIE;

Which being Set, more Glorious shines,

The Best of KINGS, best of Divines;

Britains shame, and Britains glory,

Mirrour of Princes, complete Story

Of ROYALTY; One so exact

That th' Elixirs of Praise detract:

These are faint Shadows; But t'endure,

Hee's drawn toth' Life in's POURTRACTURE:

If such another PIECE you'ld see,

Angels must Limn it out, or HEE;

Where Wisdom, Grace, and Eloquence,

Are Centered in their Eminence.

Martyr'd HEE was to save His Lawes,

Religion, People, from the Jawes

Of ASSASINES; whose weale HEE sought,

Even then when they His MURDER wrought

With horrid Plots, that HEADLESS He

(And in HIM Church and State) might be.

Then since Correlatives They were,

Three Kingdoms in One KING lies here.
A.B.