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Monuments of Honor.

Deriued from remarkable Antiquity, and
Celebrated in the Honorable City of London, at the
ſole Munificent charge and expences of the
Right Worthy and Worſhipfull Fraternity, of
the Eminent MERCHANT–TAYLORS.

Directed in their moſt affectionate Loue, at the
Confirmation of their right Worthy Brother
Iohn Gore in the High Office of His
Maieſties Liuetenant ouer this His Royoll
Chamber.

Expreſſing in a Magnificent Tryumph, all the Pageants,
Chariots of Glory, Temples of Honor, beſides a
ſpecious and goodly Sea Tryumph, as well particularly
to the Honor of the City, as generally to the
Glory of this our Kingdome.
Invented and Written by Iohn Webſter
Merchant–Taylor.


—– Non norunt hæc monumenta mori .1

Printer’s Ornament

Printed at London by Nicholas Okes. 1624
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Printer’s Ornament


TO THE RIGHT
VVorthy Deſeruer of this ſo Noble
a Ceremony this Day Confirde vpon
Him, IOHN GORE Lord Maior
and Chancelor of the renowned
City of London.

MY Worthy Lord, theſe
preſentmentes which
were intẽded principally
for your Honor, and for
Illuſtrating the worth of
that worthy Corporatiõ
(whereof you are a Member) come now
humbly to kiſſe your Lordſhips handes;
and to preſent the Inuentor of them to that
ſeruice, which (my ability expreſt in this)
may call me to (vnder your Lordſhips fa-
uor)
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uor) to you, do you honor, and the City ſer-
uice in the quality of a Scholler: aſſuring
your Lordſhip, I ſhall neuer either to your
eare, or table preſſe vnmannerly, or imper-
tinently. My indeuours this way haue recei-
ued grace, and alowance from your worthy
brothers (that were ſuperviſors of the coſt
of theſe Tryumphs) & my hope is, that they
ſhall ſtand no leſſe reſpected in your eye,
nor vnder valued in your worthy Iudge-
ment: which fauours done to one borne
free of your Company, and your ſeruant;
ſhall euer be acknowledged by him, ſtands
interreſted


To your Lordſhip in all duty,

IOHN WEBSTER.

Monu-
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Honor.

ICould in this my Preface (by
as great light of Learning as
any formerly imployed, in
this ſeruice) can attaine, to de-
liuer to You the Original and
cauſe of all Tryumphes, their
exceſſiue coſt in the Time of
the Romans: I could likewiſe
with ſo Noble Amplification make a ſuruey of the
worth, and glory of the Triumphs of the precedent
times in this Honorable City of London: That
were my work of a bigger bulke, they ſhold remaine
to all Poſterity: but both my Pen, and ability this
way are confin’d in too narrow a Circle: Nor haue
I ſpace enough in this ſo ſhort a Volume to expreſſe
onely with rough lines, and a f 2aint ſhadow (as the
Painters phraſe is) Firſt the great care and alacrity
of the right Worſhipful the Maſter and Wardens,
and the reſt of the ſelected and Induſtrious Com-
mitees,
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mitees; both for the curious and iudging election
of the Subiect, for the preſent Spectacles; and next
that the working or mechanicke part of it might
be anſwerable to the Invention: Leauing therefore
theſe worthy Gentlemen to the embraces, and
thankes of the right Honorable and worthy Pretor;
and my ſelfe vnder the ſhaddow of their Creſt,
(which is a ſafe one) for ’tis the Holy Lambe in the
Sunne–beames: I do preſent to all modeſt and in-
different Iudges theſe my preſent endeavours.
I faſhioned for the more amplefying the ſhew
vpon the water two Eminent Spectacles, in maner
of a Sea–Triumph. The firſt furniſht with fower3
Perſons; In the front Oceanus and Thetis, behind
them, Themeſis and Medway: the two riuers on
whom the Lord Mayor extends his power, as farre
as from Stanes to Rocheſter. The other ſhew is of
a faire Terreſtiall Globe, Circled about in conue-
nient Seates, with ſeauen of our moſt famous Na-
uigators: as, Sr. Francis Drake, Sr. Iohn Haukins,
Sr. Martine Furbiſher, Sr. Humfery Gilbert, Cap-
taine Thomas Cauendiſh, Captaine Chriſtopher
Carlile, and Captaine Iohn Dauis. The conceite
of this Deuice to be, that in regard the two Riuers
pay due Tribut of waters to the Seas. Oceanus in
gratefull recompence returnes the memory of
theſe ſeauen worthy Captaines, who haue made
England ſo famous in remoteſt partes of the
world. Theſe two ſpectacles, at my Lord Maiors
taking water at the Three Cranes, aproaching my
Lords
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Lords Barge: after a peale of Sea–thunder from the
other ſide the water; theſe ſpeeches betweene
Oceanus and Thetis follow.


Oceanus and Thetis.

Thetis.
WHat braue Sea Muſicke bids vs Welcome, harke!
Sure this is Venice, and the day Saint Marke,
In which the Duke and Senats, their courſe hold
To wed our Empire with a Ring of Gold.
Oceanus.
No Thetis y’are miſtaken, we are led
With4 infinite delight from the Lands he5ad:
In ken of goodly ſhipping and yon6 bridge,
Venice had neare the like ſuruey that ridge,
Of ſtately buildings which the riuer Hem,
And grace the ſiluer ſtreame, as the ſtreame them:
That beautious ſeate is London ſo much fam’d,
Where any Nauigable Sea is nam’d;
And in that bottome Eminent Marchants plac’t,
As rich, and venturous as euer grac’t,
Venice or Europe theſe two Riuers heare,
Our followers may tell you where we are;
This Thameſis, that Mid–way who are ſent,
To you moſt worthy Pretor to preſent,
Acknowledgment of duty neare ſhall err,
From Stanes vnto the Ancient Rocheſter;
And now to grace their Tryumph in reſpect,
Theſe pay vs tribute, we are pleaſd to ſelect
seuen
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Seuen worthy Nauigators out by name,
Seated beneath this Globe; whoſe ample7 fame
In the remoteſt part a’ the earth is found,
And ſome of them haue circled the Globe round:
Theſe you obſerue are liuing in your eye,
And ſo they ought, for worthy men neare dye:
Drake, Hawkins, Furbiſher, Gilbert, braue Knights,
That brought home gold, and honor from ſea fights,
Candiſh, Carlile, and Dauis, and to theſe,
So many worthies I could adde at Seas,
Of this bold Nation, it would enuy ſtrike,
I th’ reſt ath’ World, who cannot ſhew the like;
Tis action valews honor as the flint,
Looke blacke and feeles like ice, yet from within’t,
Their are8 ſtrooke ſparkes which to the darkeſt nights,
Yeeld quicke and peircing9 ing food for ſeuerall lights.
Thetis.
You haue quickned well my memory, and now
Of this your gratefull Tryumph I allow,
Honor lookes cleare and ſpreads her beames at large,
From the graue Senate ſeated in that Barge,
Rich Lading ſwell your bottomes, a bleſt Gale,
Follow your ventures that they neuer faile;
And may you liue ſucceſſiuely to weare,
The Ioy of this day, each man his whole yeare.

This Shew hauing tendred this ſeruice to my
Lord vppon the Water, is after to be conueyed a
Shore, and in conuenient place employd for ador-
ning
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ning the reſt of the Triumph. After my Lord Maiors
landing, and comming paſt Paules Chaine, there
firſt attends for his Honor in Pauls Church–yarde,
a beautifull Spectacle, called the Temple of Honor,
the Pillars of which are bound about with Roſes,
and other beautifull Flowers, which ſhoot vp to the
adorning of the Kings Maieſties Armes on the top
of the Temple.
In the higheſt ſeate a Perſon repreſenting Troy-
nouant or the City, in throned in rich Habilaments,
beneath her as admiring her peace and felicity, ſit
fiue eminent Cities, as Antwerpe, Paris, Rome, Venice
and Conſtantinople: vnder theſe ſit fiue famous
Schollers and Poets of this our Kingdome, as Sir
Ieffery Chaucer, the learned Gower, the excellent
Iohn Lidgate, the ſharpe witted Sr. Thomas Moore,
and laſt as worthy both Souldier and Scholler, Sir
Phillip Sidney, theſe being Celebrators of honor,
and the perſeruers both of the names of men, and
memories of Cities aboue, to poſterity.
I preſent riding afore this Temple, Henry de
Royall, the firſt Pilgrime or Gatherer of quartridge
for this Company; and Iohn of Yeackſley, King Ed-
ward the thirds Pavillion maker, who purchaſt our
Hall in the sixt yeare of the aforesayd Kings gouern-
ment: Theſe liued in Edward the firſts time like-
wiſe, (in the sixt of whose Raigne, this Company
was confirmed a Guild or Corporation by the
name of Taylors, and Linnin Armores, with power
to chooſe a Maiſter and Wardens at Midſomer)
theſe
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theſe are decently habited and hooded according
to the ancient manner: My Lord is heere ſaluted
with two Speeches, firſt by Troynouant in theſe
lines following.
The ſpeech of Troynouant.
HIſtory, Truth, and Vertue ſeeke by name,
To celebrate the Merchant–Taylors fame,
That Henry de Royall, this wee call
Worthy Iohn Yeackſley purchaſt firſt their Hall;
And thus from low beginnings their oft–ſprings
Societies claime Brother–hoods of Kings.
I Troynovant plac’t eminent in the eye
Of theſe admire at my felicity:
Fiue Cities, Antwerpe and the ſpacious Paris,
Rome, Venice, and the Turkes Metropilis:
Beneath theſe, fiue learned Poets worthy men,
Who do eternize braue acts by their pen;
Chaucer, Gower, Lidgate, Moore and for our time
Sr. Phillip Sidney, glory of our clime,
Theſe beyond death a fame to Monarckes giue,
And theſe make Cities and Societies liue.

The next deliuered by him, repreſents Sir
Phillip Sidney.
TO Honor by our Wrightings Worthy men,
Flowes as a duty from a iudging pen,
And when we are emploid in ſuch ſweet praiſe,
Bees ſwarme and leaue their honey on our bayes:
Euermore Muſically Verſes runne,
When the loth’d vaine of flattery they ſhun.
Suruey
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Suruey moſt Noble Pretor what ſucceedes,
Vertue low bred aſpiring to high deedes.

Theſe paſſing on, in the next place, my Lord is
incountred with the perſon of S. Iohn Hawkwood in
compleate Armour, his plume and Feathe10r for his
Horſes ſhafforne of the Companies colours, white
and Wat11chet12: this worthy Knight, did moſt wor-
thy ſeruice, in the time of Edward the third in
France, after ſerued as Generall.
Diuers Princes of Italy, went to the Holy–land,
and in his returne backe, dyed at Florence, and there
lyes buried with a faire Monument ouer him: This
worthy Gentleman was Free of our Company; and
thus I prepare him to giue my Lord entertainment.

Sir Iohn Hawkwoods Speech.

MY birth was meane, yet my deſeruings grew
To eminence, and in France a high pitch flew,
From a poore common Souldier I attaind,
The ſtile of Captaine, and then Knight–hood gaind;
Serv’d13 the Blacke Prince in France in all his warrs;
Then went t’the Holy–land, thence brought my ſcars.
And wearied body which no danger feard.
To Florence where it nobly lyes Inteerd,
There Sir Iohn Hawkewoods memory doth liue,
And to the Merchant–Taylors fame doth giue.

After him followes a Triumphant Chariot with the
Armes
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Armes of the Merchant–Taylors, colored and guilt
in ſeueral places of it, and ouer it, there is ſupported
for a Cannopy, a rich and very ſpatious Pauillion,
coloured Crimſon, with a Lyon Paſſant: this is
drawne with fower horſes, (for Porters would haue
made it moue tottering and Improperly.) In the
Chariot I place for the honor of the Company (of
which Records remaine in the Hall:) Eight Famous
Kings of this Land, that haue bin free of this Wor-
ſhipfull Company.
Firſt the Victorious Edward the Third, that firſt
quartered the Armes of France with England, next
the Munificent Richard the Second, that kept Ten–
Thouſand daily in his Court in Checkróule, By him
the Graue and diſcreet Henry the Four14th, in the
next Chayres the Scourge and Terrour of France,
Henry the Fifth, and by him his religious, though
vnfortunate Sonne, Henry the ſixt: the two next
Chayres are ſupplied with the Perſons of the Ama-
rous and Perſonable Edward the Fourth (for ſo
Phillip Commineus, and Sir Thomas Moore deſcribe
him) the other with the bad man, but the good
King, Richard the third, for ſo the Lawes he made
in his short Gouernment doe Illuſtrate him; But
laſtly in the moſt Eminent part of the Chariot I
place the wiſe and politique Henry the Seauenth,
houlding the Charter by which the Company was
Improued from the Title of Linin–Armorers into
the name of Maſter and Wardens of Merchant–
Taylors of Saint Iohn Baptiſt. The Chayres of theſe
Kings
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Kings that were of the Houſe of Lancaſter are gar-
niſht with artificiall Red Roſes, the reſt with white,
but the Vniter of the deuiſion and houſes, Henry
the Seauenth, both with White and Red, from
whence his Royall Maieſty how raigning tooke his
Motto: for one peice of his Coyne, Henricus roſas
regna Iacobus.
The ſpeaker in this Pageant is Edward the third,
the laſt Line of his ſpeech is repeated by all the reſt
in the Chariot.

Edward the Third.
VIew whence the Merchanttaylors honor ſprings
From this moſt Royall Conuenticle of Kings:
Eight that Succeſſiuely wore Englands Crowne
Held it a ſpeciall honor, and renowne:
(The Society was ſo worthy, and ſo good)
T’vnite themſelues into their Brotherhood.
Thus Time, and Induſtry attaine the priſe,
As Seas from Brookes, as brookes from Hillocks riſe,
Let all good men this ſentence oft repeate,
By vnity the ſmalleſt things grow great.
The Kings.
By vnity the ſmalleſt things grow great.
And this repetition was proper, for it is the Com-
panies Motto: Concordia paruaeres creſcunt.

After this Pageant rides Queene Anne, wife to
Richard the ſecond, free likewiſe of this Company,
nor
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nor let it ſeeme ſtrange, for beſides her, there were
two Dutcheſſe, fiue Counteſſes, and two Barron-
neſſes free of this Society, ſe15uenteene Princes and
Dukes, one Arch–biſhop, one and thirty Earles,
(beſides thoſe made with Noble Prince) Henry, one
Vicount, twenty foure Biſhops, ſixty ſix Barons,
ſeuen Abbotts, ſe 16 uen prior; or ſubprior, and with
Prince Henry in the yeare 1607. the Duke of Linox,
the Earles of Nottingham, Suffolke, Arundel, Oxford,
Worceſter, Pembrooke, Eſſex, Northampton, Saliſbury,
Montgomery, the Earle of Perth, Vicount Cran-
borne: Barons, the Lord Euers, Hunſden, Hayes,
Borley, Mr. Howard, Mr. Sheffield, Sir Iohn Harrin-
ton, Sir Thomas Chaliner, beſides States of the
Low–Countries, and Sir Noel Caroone their Legier
Embaſſadour.17
And in regard our Company are ſtild Brethren
of the Fraternity of St. Iohn Baptiſt, and that the
ancient Knights of St. Iohn of Ieruſalem, (to which
now demoliſht Houſe St. Iohns Streete, our
Company then vſing to go to offer, it is recorded
Henry the ſeuenth then accompaning them, gaue
our Mr. the vpper hand,) becauſe theſe Knights, I
ſay, were inſtituted to ſecure the way for Pilgrimes;
in the deſert, I preſent therefore two of the Wor-
thieſt Brothers of this Society of St. Iohn Baptiſt I
can find out in Hyſtory. The firſt Amade le Graunde,
by whoſe ayde Rhodes was recouered from the
Turkes, and the order of Anuntiade or Salutati-
on inſtituted with that of foure letters FERT, ſig-

nifying
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nifying, Fortitudo Eius Rhodum Tenuit; and the o-
ther of Mounſieur Iean Valet, who defended Malta
from the Turkes inuation, and expeld them from
that impregnable Key of Chriſtendome this
ſtild, Great Maiſter of Malta, that Gouernour of
Rhodes.
Next I bring our two Sea Tryumphs, and af-
ter that, the Shippe called the Holy–Lambe, which
brings hanging in her Shrowdes the Golden–
Fleece, the conceite of this being that God is
the Guide and Protector of all Proſperous Ven-
tures.
To ſecond this, follow the two beaſts, the Lyon
and Cammell proper to the Armes of the Com-
pany; on the Camell rides a Turke, ſuch as vſe to
Trauaile with Carauans, and one the Lyon a
Moore or wild Numidian18.
The fourth eminent Pagiant, I call the Monu-
ment of Charity and Learning, this faſhioned like
a beautifull Garden with all kind of flowers, at the
ſoure Corners, foure artificiall Bird Cages, with
variety of Birds in them: this for the beauty of the
Flowers, and melody of the Birds, to repreſent a
Spring in Winter: in the middeſt of the Garden,
vnder one Elme–tree, ſits the famous and worthy
Patriot Sir Thomas White; who had a dreame that
hee ſhould build a Colledge where two bodies
of an Elme ſprang from one roote, and beeing
inſpired to it by God, firſt rod to Cambridge,
to ſee if he could find any ſuch, Failing of it there,
went
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went to Oxford and ſurueighing all the grounds, in
and neere the Vniuerſity, at laſt in Gloſter–Hall-
garden, he found one that ſomewhat reſembled it,
vpon which he reſolued to endow it with larger re-
uenew, and to increaſe the foundation, hauing
ſet men at worke vpon it, and riding one day out at
the North–Gate at Oxford, he ſpied on his right
hand the ſelfe ſame Elme had bin figurd him in his
dreame, wherevpon he giues o’re his former pur-
poſe, of ſo amply inlarging Gloſter–Hall (yet
not without a large exhibition to it) purchaſes the
ground where the Elme ſtood: and in the ſame
place built the Colledge of Saint Iohn Baptiſt, and
to this day the Elme growes in the Garden, care-
fully preſerued; as beeing vnder God a motiue to
their worthy foundation.
This I haue heard Fellowes of the Houſe of ap-
proued credit, and no way ſuperſtitiouſly giuen,
affirme to haue bin deliuered from man to man,
ſince the firſt building of it, and that Sir Thomas
White inuiting the Abbot of Oſnye to dinner in the
aforeſayd Hall, In the Abbots preſence, and the
hearing of diuers other graue perſons affirm’d by
Gods Inſpiration in the former receited maner, he
built and endowed the Colledge.
This relation is ſomwhat with the largeſt, only
to giue you better light of the figure: the cheife per-
ſon in this is, Sir Thomas White, ſitting in his Emi-
nent Habit of Lord Maior, on the one hand ſits
Charity with a Pellican on her head, on the other
Learning
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Learning19 with a booke in one hand, and a Lawrel
Wreath in the other, behind him is the Colledge
of St. Iohn Baptiſt in Oxford exactly modeld, two
Cornets which for more pleaſure anſwere one and
another interchangably, and round about the
Pageant ſit twelue of the foure and twentie Cities,
(for more would haue ouer–burthened it) to which
this worthy Gentleman hath beene a charitable
Benefactor when my Lord approaches to the front
of this peece: Learning humbles her ſelfe to him in
theſe enſuing verſes.
The Speech of Learning.
TO expreſſe what happineſſe the Country yeilds,
The Poets faign’d Heauen in th’Elizian fields;
We figure here a Garden, freſh and new,
In which the chiefeſt of our bleſſings grew:
This worthy Patriot here, Sr. Thomas White,
Whilſt he was liuing had a dreame one night,
He had built a Colledge and giuen liuing too’t,
Where two Elme–bodies ſprang vp from on root;
And as he dreamt, moſt certaine tis he found,
The Elme neare Oxford, and vpon that Ground,
Built Saint Iohns Colledge, Truth can testifie
His merrit, whilſt his Faith and Charity
Was the true compaſſe, meaſur’d euery part,
And tooke the latitude of his Chriſtian heart;
Faith kept the center, Charity walkt this round,
Vntill a true circumference was found;
And
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And may the Impreſſion of this figure ſtrike,
Each worthy Senator to do the like.
The laſt, I call the Monument of Gratitude, which
thus dilates it ſelfe.
Vppon an Artificiall Rocke, ſet with mother of
Pearle; and ſuch other precious ſtones, as are found
in quarries, are placed foure curious Paramids
charged with the Princes Armes, the three Fea-
thers, which by day yeeld a glorious ſhew, and
by night a more goodly, for they haue lights in
them, that at ſuch time as my Lord Maior returnes
from Pauls, ſhall make certaine ouals and ſquares,
reſemble pretious ſtones, the Rocke expreſſes the
riches of the Kingdome Prince Henry was borne
Heire to, the Piramids, which are Monuments for
the Dead, that hee is deceaſed: on the top of this
reſts halfe a Celeſtiall Globe, in the middeſt of this
hangs the Holy Lambe in the Sun–beames, on
either ſide of theſe, an Angell, vpon a pedeſtall
of gold ſtands the figure of Prince Henry with his
Coronet, George and Garter;in his left hand hee
holds a Circklet or Crimſon Veluet, charged with
foure Holy Lambes, ſuch as our Company chooſe
Maſters with; in ſeuerall Cants beneath ſits, firſt
Magiſtracy tending a Bee Hiue, to expreſſe his
Grauety in Youth, and forward induſtry to haue
proued an abſ20olute Gouernour: Next Liberality,
by her a Dromedary ſhewing his ſpeed and alacrety
in gratifying his Followers: Nauigation with a
Iacobs Staffe and Compaſſe, expreſſing that his de-
ſire
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ſire that his reading that way, might in time grow
to the practicke & building, to that purpoſe one of
the goodlieſt Ships was euer launcht in the Riuer:
in the next Vnanimity with a Chaplet of Lyllies, in
her lap a ſheafe of Arrowes, ſhewing he loued No-
bility, and Communalty with an intire heart. Next
Induſtry on a hill where Antes are whording vp
Corne, expreſſing his forward inclination to all
Noble exerciſe: Next Chaſtity, by her a Vnicorne,
ſhewing it is guide to all other vertues, and cleares
the Fountaine head from all poyſon: Iuſtice with
her properties: Then Obedience, by her an Elephant
the ſtrongeſt Beaſt, but moſt obſeruant to man of
any Creature: Then Peace ſleeping vpon a Canon,
alluding to the eternall Peace he now poſſeſſes: For-
titude a Pillar in one hand, a Serpent wreath’d a-
bout the other, to expect his height of minde, and
the expectation of an vndaunted reſolution. Theſe
twelue thus ſeated, I figure Loyalty as well ſworne
Seruant to this City, as to this Company, and at
my Lord Maiors comming from Pauls, and going
downe Wood–ſtreete21 Amade le Graunde deliuers this
Speech vnto him.
The Speech of Amade le Graunde.
OF all the Triumphs which your eye has view’d
This the fayre Monument of Gratitud;
This cheefly ſhould your eye, and eare Imploy
That was of al your Brother–hood the Ioy,
Worthy Prince Henry fames best preſident,
Cald to a higher Court of Parliament,
In
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Monuments of Honor.

In his full ſtrength of Youth and height of blood,
And which Crownd all, when he was truely good:
On Vertue, and on Worth he ſtill was throwing
Moſt bounteous ſhewers, where er’e he found them (growing
He neuer did diſguiſe his wayes by Art
But ſhooted his intents vnto his hart,
And lou’d to do good, more for goodneſſe ſake,
Then any retribution man could make.
Such was this Prince, ſuch are the noble hearts;
who when they dye, yet dye not in all parts:
But from the Integrety of a Braue mind,
Leaue a moſt Cleere and Eminent Fame behind.
Thus hath this Iewell not quite loſt his Ray,
Only caſ’d vp ’gainſt a more glorious day.
And bee’t rememberd that our Company
Haue not forgot him who ought ner’e to dye:
Yet, wherfore ſhould our ſorrow giue him dead,
When a new Phnæix ſprings vp in his ſtead:
That as he ſeconds him in euery grace,
May ſecond him in Brother–hood, and place.
Good reſt my Lord, Integrity that keeps
The ſafeſt Watch and breeds the ſoundeſt ſleeps.
Make the laſt day of this your houlding ſeate,
Ioyfull as this; or rather more compleate.
I could, a more curious and Elaborate way haue expreſt my ſelfe
in theſe my endeauors, but to haue bin rather too teadious in my
Speeches, or too weighty, might haue troubled my Noble Lord,
and puſled the vnderſtanding of the Common People; ſuffice it, I
hope ’tis well, and if it pleaſe his Lordſhip, and my Worth22y Im-
ployers, I am amply ſatiſ23fied.
FINIS.

Notes

  1. Webster appears to have taken this epigraph from Martial’s Epigrammata X. 12. (JT)↑
  2. Gap in inking; missing letter obvious from context. (JT)↑
  3. One who cleanses (OED fow, v.). (JT)↑
  4. Ink smudged; missing letter obvious from context. (JT)↑
  5. Gap in inking; missing letter obvious from context. (JT)↑
  6. Gap in inking; missing letter obvious from context. (JT)↑
  7. Ink smudged; missing letter obvious from context. (JT)↑
  8. Gap in inking; missing letter obvious from context. (JT)↑
  9. Ink smudged; missing letter obvious from context. (JT)↑
  10. Gap in inking; missing letter obvious from context. (JT)↑
  11. Gap in inking; missing letter obvious from context. (JT)↑
  12. White and watchet (A light blue colour) were the Merchant Taylors’ company colours (OED watchet, n.1.a.) (JT)↑
  13. Ink-smudged; missing letter obvious from context. (JT)↑
  14. Gap in inking; missing letter obvious from context. (JT)↑
  15. Gap in inking; missing letter obvious from context. (JT)↑
  16. Gap in inking; missing letter obvious from context. (JT)↑
  17. We are particularly indebted to Gunby, Carnegie, and Jackson 3:270-294 for their biographical identifications. (JT)↑
  18. Numidia was an ancient kingdom and later a Roman province, situated in North Africa in an area corresponding roughly to present-day Algeria (OED Numidian, n.). (JT)↑
  19. Learning should be italicized, as shown through the italicization of Charity and the catchword Learning. (JT)↑
  20. Ink smudged; missing letter obvious from context. (JT)↑
  21. This speech would be given at the Lordhship’s gate; thus, John Gore presumably lived on Wood Street. (JT)↑
  22. Ink smudged; missing letter obvious from context. (JT)↑
  23. Faded ink; missing letter obvious from context. (JT)↑

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