A Poem on the effigies of Sir Edmund-Bury Godfrey, who was barbarously murthered November the 20th, 1678 1678 Approx. 4 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-10 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A55253 Wing P2694 ESTC R25819 09146203 ocm 09146203 42520

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 eng Godfrey, Edmund Berry, -- Sir, 1621-1678 -- Poetry. 2008-04 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-08 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-10 Sampled and proofread 2008-10 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
A POEM On the EFFIGIES of Sir EDMUND-BURY GODFREY, UUho was Barbarously Murthered.

LICENSED, November the 20th. 1678.

A Lasting MONUMENT Erected To the Memory of Sr Edmond Berry Godfrey one of his Majesties justices of the Peace.

portrait of Sir Edmund Bury Godfrey

NOr ſhall Antiquity out-brave our Zeal To Generous Patriots of the Publick Weal. Tho They with Maſſie Statues might contrive, And Laſting Braſs, to keep the Fame alive Of well-deſerving Hero's;—This mean Plate, Which to a Greater Worth we Dedicate, Shall all their Glorious Monuments out-date, And laſt till Bankrupt-Time's ſwallow'd by Fate. Let no bold Eye approach this Reverend Shade, Till firſt a Tribute of Juſt Tears be paid (The dear Reſemblance of that Noble Knight,) Who by Romes Reſtleſs Rage, and Barbarous Spight, Did lately Fall, (Ah, Treacherous Surprize!) Religion's Martyr, the State's Sacrifice! Godfrey! A Name, that ſhall Embelliſh Story, The Shame of Popery; But laſting Glory Of Loyal Proteſtants: He that to ſave Three Kingdomes, met with an Untimely Grave. View here his Serious Look, and you may find All the Fair Marks of a Judicious Mind; A Solid Goodneſs, Temperate, and Grave; Mixt with a Modeſt Sweetneſs, and yet Brave. But, what is This?—Alas! The Graver's Art Pretends not to Expreſs his Better Part: Could we have Limn'd his Soul, then you had ſeen All the Rich Gifts and Graces ſhine within, In Native Luſtre; ſuch as might Inſpire Next Age thought to Deſpair of, yet Admire! But Beſt Men Here are not Moſt Fortunate, Where Greateſt Vertue attracts Greateſt Hate, And Juſt Rewards attend a Future State. Whil'ſt to Preſerve his Sovereigne's Liſe, h' had ſhown His Zealous Care, baſely he Loſt his Own. See how the Villains firſt Trepan him in! Hypocriſie cloaks the moſt Horrid Sin! But ſoon as in their Clutches he was got, Thoſe Blood-Hounds Murther him upon the Spot: With Barbarous Hands, they Stop his Generous Breath; And that they might be ſure t' Effect his Death, Strangle him too: Whence cloſely they convey, And in a Ditch the Slaughter'd Body lay, Transfixt with his Own Sword: Ah, Barbarous Crew! That thought to Stabb his Reputation too: But that's beyond their Reach, and ſhall ſurvive As long as one Good Proteſtant's Alive. The Curſed Fact is now Expos'd; and All Good Men for Vengeance on the Actors, Call. See, what a Loyal Crowd attends to pay Their laſt Reſpects unto his Martyr'd Clay. His Mourner's, the whole Nation ought to be; Whoſe Fate revers'd a General Tragedy: For, had their Malice not on him been ſhown, Their Helliſh Plot had not ſo well been known; By Godfrey's Death, each Good Man ſcap't his own. FINIS.

LONDON, Printed for Thomas Croſs, in Little-Brittain, 1678.