On MARY, Queen of Scots.*
If Birth illuftrious, or if Beauty's Pride,
A guiltless Mind, and Faith feverely try'd;
If Wisdom, Fortitude, a candid Breath,
And Hope of him who comforts the Distress'd;
If Probity of Heart, with Patience mild.
To bear injurious Bonds, to be revil'd,
If Goodnefs, Majefty, a lib'ral Will
To raife the Wretched, and the Poor to fill,
Could 'fcape blind Fortune's Thunders, that alike
On good or bad, on low and lofty strike;
Thou hadft not carly fall'n by being great,
Nor thy fad Image feem'd to weep thy Fate.
Scotland by right, by Marriage France was thine,..
To thefe well-founded Hope did England join:
By triple Right, a triple Crown fhe wears,
But dim its Lufre to a Crown of Stars.
Happy, too happy, if, the Storm allay'd,
Tho' late the neighb'ring Realm had her obey'd:
But fee! he falls to triumph in the Grave;
New Vigour thence, and Fruits, her Branches have..
Conquer'd the conquers, free tho' clofe confin'd,
Not dead tho' flain, the Fates her Chains unbind.
So the prun'd Vine fhoots forth with fertile Sprays,
And the cut Gem reflects its purer Rays:
So genial Seeds, committed to the Earth,
Rife from the fruitful Soil, a brighter Birth.
With Blood, God's Covenant with Man was made;
With Blood, the Patriarchs his Wrath allay'd;
With Blood, the First-born 'fcap'd the gen'ral Doom;
Blood ftain'd the Land which now is her's become.
flay thy Vengeance Heav'n for Mercy's Sake!
That fatal Day be ever mark'd with Black,
To murther Kings abbor'd for evermore!
Nor Britain ftain'd again with Royal Gore :.
Let the Example perifh with the Blow,
Accurs'd its Author, and its A&tor too.
Since in her better Part. fhe triumphs ftill,
Dumb be her Fate, and filent ev'ry Ill.
Such was her Courfe as Heav'n thought fit to steer ::
She had her Joys, she knew her Sorrows, here.
Early to Life the Royal JAMES fhe gave,
Whom every kinder Pow'r in keeping have.
By Nuptials great, by Birth still greater known,
And greatest in her Iffue fuch a Son.
Here MARY lies! of whom we fighing fing,
The Daughter, Wife, and Mother of a King.
Grant, Heav'n, that to the latest Times her Race,
Their happy Hours without a Cloud may pass..
On FRANCES, Countess of Suffex.*
Here lieth the most Honourable Lady
FRANCES, sometime Countess of Sussex,
Daughter to
Sir WILLIAM SYDNEY of Penshurst, Knt. Wife and Widow to that most Noble, most Wise,
And moft Martial Gentleman,
THOMAS RATCLIFFE, Earl of Sussex.
A Woman,
Whilft fhe liv'd, adorn'd with many and moft rare Gifts,
Both of Mind and Body:
Towards God truly and zealously Religious; To her Friends and Kinsfolks moft liberal ; To the poor Prisoners, and to the Minifters of the Word of God,
Always moft Charitable.
By her laft Will and Teftament,
She inftituted a Divinity Lecture
To be read in this Collegiate Church:
And by the fame Teftament, gave also
Five Thousand Pounds
Towards the Building
Of a new College in the University of Cambridge; With fufficient yearly Revenue,
For the continual Maintenance
Of One Master, Ten Fellows, and Twenty Scholars, Either in the fame College, or else in another House In the faid Univerfity already built; Commonly called Clare-Hall.
She lived 58 Years, and died the 9th of March,
And was buried the 15th of April 1589.
On HENRY the III. late King of France, flain by a Jacobine Fryer, 1589.
Whether thy Choyce or Chance thee hither brings,
Stay, Paffenger! and waile the Hap of Kings;
This little Stone a great King's Heart doth hold,
That rul'd the fickle French and Polack bold.
Whom! with a mighty warlike Hoft attended,
With trayterous Knife, a cowled Monster ended.
So frayle are even the highest earthly Things!
Go, Paffenger! and wayl the Fate of Kings.
On Sir FRANCIS WALSINGHAM, Knt.*
Sacred to Virtue and Honour.
FRANCIS WALSINGHAM,
Defcended from a long continued Succeffion of
Illuftrious Ancestors,
Enhanced the Splendor of his Birth, by
An Excellence of Genius,
And uncommon Qualities of Mind.
In his Childhood,
He was liberally educated at Home,
And he cultivated his Mind with truly noble Manners
And the best Exercises.
In his Youth,
He travelled into Foreign Countries,
And learned for the Advantage of civil Science, and
Their Laws, Customs, Languages, and Polity.
In his adult Years,
He went into a voluntary Banishment
On account of Religion
In the Reign of Queen MARY.
In his mature Life,.
He ferved for many Years the most ferene Queen
ELIZABETH,
(And in the inoft turbulent Times)
As Ambaffador to France.
He was fent again in the fame Quality
On very important Affairs,
Twice to France,
Once to Scotland,
And once to the United Provinces.
He was Sixteen Years of the Privy-Council, And Three Years Chancellor of the Dutchy of Lancafer. In the Difcharge of thefe Functions
He behaved with. fo much Prudence, Integrity, Munificence, Moderation, Piety, Industry, and Care, That he rescued his Country from many Dangers; Protected the Commonwealth,
Established Peace,.
And ftudied the Affiftance of all:
Especially those
Whom Learning or heroic Virtue, recommended to
His Patronage.
To the Deferving he was extreamely fervicable,
Even to the Neglect of himself,
And fupported them at the Expence
Of his Health and Fortune.
He was married to that illuftrious Lady
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