IDENTILIN$$  F151HH1|BoulNar|Huntington MS EL 6893 (Bridgewater)|ff.26v-27v.|mf T-LP 2Sep87
151.HH1.HE   An Elegie vpon y%5e%6 death /of M%5ris%6 Boulstred [26v]
151.HH1.001  Language, thou art to narrow, & to weak 
151.HH1.002  to ease vs now, great sorrow can not speak
151.HH1.003  If wee could sigh out accents & weep words 
151.HH1.004  grief weares & lessens >that teares breath, affords
151.HH1.005  sadd harts, the less they seeme, the more they are 
151.HH1.006  (So guiltiest men stand mutest at y%5e%6 barr)
151.HH1.007  not that they know not, %Yseek%Z[M:feele] not their estate
151.HH1.008  but extreme sence hath made them desperate
151.HH1.009  Sorrow (to whome wee ow all y%5t%6 wee bee,
151.HH1.010  Tyrant in the fifte & greatest Monarchy)
151.HH1.011  wast that shee did possess all harts before
151.HH1.012  thou hast kild her, to make thy Empyre more?
151.HH1.013  knewst tho%5u%6 some would that knew her not, lament
151.HH1.014  as in a deluge, perish the'innocente.
151.HH1.015  wast not enough to haue that Pallace wonne, [27]
151.HH1.016  but thou must rase it to>o< that was vndon?
151.HH1.017  hadst thou stayed there, & lookt out of her eyes, 
151.HH1.018  and had ado'rde thee; that now from the flyes;
151.HH1.019  for they lett out more light then they took in
151.HH1.020  they tould not when, but did the day begin.
151.HH1.021  She was too Saphirine, & cleere for thee,
151.HH1.022  Clay, flynt, & Iett, now thy fitt dwellings bee.
151.HH1.023  Alas shee was to pure, but not to weak
151.HH1.024  whoe so%>>sir%5s%6<, sawe Christall ordinance, but would bre/ak?
151.HH1.025  and if wee be thy conquest, by her fall,
151.HH1.026  *h'ast%>>>Th'ast<<[M:>>thou#hast<<] lost thy ende, for in her perish all.
151.HH1.027  Or if wee lyue, we lyue but to rebell 
151.HH1.028  that know her better now, that knew her well,
151.HH1.029  If wee should vapor out, & pyne & dye
151.HH1.030  since shee first went, that were not mysery 
151.HH1.031  Shee chandgd o%5r%6[M:our] world w%5th%6 hers, now shee is gone 
151.HH1.032  myrth & prosperity is oppression.
151.HH1.033  for of all morrall virtues, shee was all
151.HH1.034  that Ethicks speak of vertues Cardinall
151.HH1.035  Her Sowle was Paradice, the Cherubin 
151.HH1.036  sett to keep it, was grace, that kept out synne;
151.HH1.037  Shee had >noe more then lett in death; for wee 
151.HH1.038  all reape consumpsion from %Yfrom%Z one frutfull tree
151.HH1.039  God took her hence, least some of vs should love
151.HH1.040  her, like y%5t%6 plant, Him, & his lawes above;
151.HH1.041  & when wee teares; hee mercy shed in this 
151.HH1.042  to raise o%5r%6 mynds to heaven, where now shee is.
151.HH1.043  whoe, if her vertues would haue lett her staye
151.HH1.044  wee had had a Saynt, now a holly daye.
151.HH1.045  Her hart was that, strange, where sacred fyre [27v]
151.HH1.046  Religion, did not consume, but inspyre 
151.HH1.047  such piety, so chast vse of Gods daye, 
151.HH1.048  that w%5ch%6 wee turnd to feasts, shee turnd to pray
151.HH1.049  and did %Yprefygnr%5e%6%Z[M:prefigure] heer, in devout fast
151.HH1.050  that rest of her high Saboth y%5t%6 shall last. 
151.HH1.051  Angells did hand her vp, whoe next God dwell
151.HH1.052  for shee was of that order whence most fell;
151.HH1.053  Her Bod>y<'is left w%5th%6 vs, least some had sed 
151.HH1.054  shee could not dy, vnless they saw her dead
151.HH1.055  for from less vertues, & like beauteousnes
151.HH1.056  the Gentyls fram'd their gods, & goddeses
151.HH1.057  The ravenous earth y%5t%6 now wooes her, to bee 
151.HH1.058  Earth to, will bee Lemin'a & the tree 
151.HH1.059  that wrapps y%5t%6 Christall in a woodden Tomb
151.HH1.060  shall be tooke vp Spruse, fild w%5th%6 Dyamond[M:Di=Amome]
151.HH1.061  and wee her glad sad frends eche beare a part
151.HH1.062  of grief; for, all would break a Stoicks heart.
151.HH1.SS   [whirlwind flourish]
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