IDENTLINE$$ F150O21|BoulRec|Eng. poet. f.9. Phillipps|pp. 119-24|Original EWS 7-31-85 150.O21.0HE An Elegie funerall on M%5rs%6 Boulstreds death. 150.O21.001 Death I recant, and say vnsayd by mee [p. 119] 150.O21.002 w%5t%6: ere hath slipt that might diminish thee, 150.O21.003 Spirituall treasome atheisme 'tis to say [p. 120] 150.O21.004 y%5t%6 any can thy summons disobay 150.O21.005 The earths face is but thy table, and meat 150.O21.006 Plants; Cattle; men; dishes for death to eat 150.O21.007 In a rude hunger now he Millions drawes 150.O21.008 Into his bloudy; or plaguy; or staru'd iawes, 150.O21.009 Now he will seeme to spare and doth more wast 150.O21.010 Eating the first fruit; well preseru'd for last 150.O21.011 Now wantonly he spoyles and eates vs not 150.O21.012 But breaks of frinds and letts vs peecemeale rott. 150.O21.013 Nor will this earth serue him he sinks the deepe 150.O21.014 where harmelesse fish Monastike silence keepe 150.O21.015 who were death dead by rowes of liueing sand 150.O21.016 might spunge the Element and make it Land 150.O21.017 He wounds the aire; and breakes the hymning notes 150.O21.018 of birds heauens queristers; organike throats 150.O21.019 w%5c%6 if they did not dy might serue to bee 150.O21.020 a tenth ranke in the Heauens Hierarchy. 150.O21.021 O strong and long liu'd death how cam'st thou in 150.O21.022 & how w%5t%6out creatio%M didst begin; 150.O21.023 thou hast and shalt see dead before thou diest 150.O21.024 All the foure monarchyes and Antichrist. 150.O21.025 How could I thinke thee nothing y%5t%6 see now 150.O21.026 in all this all nothing is else but thou, 150.O21.027 o%5r%6 births o%5r%6 liues, virtues & vices bee 150.O21.028 wastfull co%Msumptions and degrees of thee 150.O21.029 for wee to liue; o%5r%6 bellowes we%5a%6re & breath, 150.O21.030 nor are wee mortall dying; dead but death [p. 121] 150.O21.031 & though thou bee'st oh mighty bird of pray 150.O21.032 so much reclaym'd by god y%5t%6 thou must lay 150.O21.033 all y%5t%6 thou kil'st at his feet yett doth hee 150.O21.034 reserue but few and leaue the most to thee. 150.O21.035 & of those few, now thou hast ouerthrowne 150.O21.036 one; whome thy blow; makes not o%5rs%6 nor thy owne 150.O21.037 She was more storyes high; hopelesse to come 150.O21.038 to her soule thou hast offred att her lower roome, 150.O21.039 her soule and body; was a king and Court 150.O21.040 but thou hast both of Captaine mist and forte 150.O21.041 as houses fall not though the king remoue 150.O21.042 bodyes of S%5ts%6 rest for there soules aboue 150.O21.043 death gets 'twixt soules and bodyes such a place 150.O21.044 as sinne insinuats 'twixt iust men and grace 150.O21.045 both works a sep%Pation no diuorce. 150.O21.046 her soule is gonne to vsher vp her Corse. 150.O21.047 w%5ch%6 shalbe almost another soule; for there 150.O21.048 bodyes are purer then most soules are heere 150.O21.049 because in her her vertues did out goe 150.O21.050 her yeares; would'st thou oh emulous death doe soe, 150.O21.051 and kill her to thy losse; must the Cost 150.O21.052 of beauty and witt apt to doe harme be lost 150.O21.053 w%5t%6 though thou found'st her p%Pofe 'gainst sinns of youth 150.O21.054 oh euery age a diuerse sinn p%Psueth, 150.O21.055 Thou should'st haue stayd & taken better hold [p. 122] 150.O21.056 Shortly ambitious; couetous when old 150.O21.057 Shee might haue p%Pu'd; and such deuotion 150.O21.058 might once haue strayd to sup%Pstition; 150.O21.059 I all her vertues might haue growne; yet might 150.O21.060 abundant vertue haue bred a foule delight. 150.O21.061 had she p%Pseuer'd iust, there would haue beene 150.O21.062 some that woulde sinn mistaking she did sinne 150.O21.063 Such as would call her frendshipp: loue & would faine 150.O21.064 to sociablenesse a name p%Pphane. 150.O21.065 or sinne by tempting or not dareing that 150.O21.066 by wishing though they neuer told her what. 150.O21.067 thus might'st thou haue slaine more, hadst thou not crost 150.O21.068 thy selfe and to triumph thy armyes lost 150.O21.069 yet though these wayes bee lost; thou hast left one 150.O21.070 w%5c%6 is immoderate greefe that shee is gonne 150.O21.071 but wee may scape that sinne yet weep as much; 150.O21.072 o%5r%6 teares are due because wee are not such 150.O21.073 some teares y%5t%6 knot of frinds; her death must cost 150.O21.074 because the Chaine is broke though no linke lost 150.O21.0SS om 150.O21.$$ "Death be not proud, thy hand giues not this blow" follows.