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Show z$s. x Tko* m m s. • > • "' ' Lucafia <//#/ Orinda parting with Paftora and Phillis * yW3 . ^rlpfWich. i. I N your converfe w&beft can read, HowTonftant w e fhould pe *, L , But, tis in lofing that/we need - All your Philofof.nf;.,rf; ^ y r J .im 03 )Iil3£ a. H o w perifh'd is the joy that's paft, The prefent how unfteady > ™<l - « 3 What comfort can be great^ aWlaft, 7 ? 1 0 W b nA W h e n this is g o n £ t a c # ^ T j & 6 { K > 0 blorfx-oH vj»-.-- Yet that it fubtly may torment, The memory doe* remain ; ^ wfem fhil For what was, when enjoyed, Content, h bid h : f Is, in its abfence?rp&ff. ^ ^rl ol ^;:rlT . -t>IqffiCO at If you'll reftore it, we'll not grieve That Fate does npwjg (evf r} h ,Q ^ Tis better by your gift to fivj&j ^ ^ ^ Than by our S ¥ M d e a V o u r . ft QJ w h f t Q T -'-ffll nsril '''nel hf:" ^ n d - Pin Epitaph on my truly honoured Publius Scipio. O the officiofifs Marble we commit A Name, above the art of time or wit', T\& 2 M«B. %; 'Tis righteous, Valiant Scipio, whofe life w e Found the beft Sermon, -and beft-Hiftory: J V7Vtli»-» v»»-- f - j Whofe Courage was no Aguifh, bruitifh heat, B«ttfii<ih a$fp$kb him^ood, as weft as'great r - Which firft-EBgafg'o* his 'Anus to ptopthe State Of the almoft undone Palatinate, And help the Netherlands tp Item the tide Of Rome's Ambition, and the Austrian Pride; Which fhall in every Hiftory befam'd,^ Wherein Breda or IfranhgndaUarenai^'d. • ]IJO / And when to red by his Countries :aJ|gry Stm . K To-be a Party in her Civil Wars, He fo much Conduct by his Valour taught, So wifely govern'd, and fo bravely faught, That th' Englifli Annals; itiall this Record bear,'t::. a None bettct)Vo^id direct or further dare. iuM IPCIT F«Shd borii^r W a r and Peace, ;wa^ brave, j ^ fight, And in uebate judicious and upright: Religion was his firft and higheft care, Which rul'd his Heart in Peace, his hand in W a r : Which at the} leaft Sin made him trenible ftilJ^ ^ 0f And rather ftand a Breach, than ac} an 111 MUG**, For his great Heart did fuch a temper fhow,., .: Stout as a Rock, yet foft as melting Snow. In him fo prudent, and yet fo fincerc, The Serpent much, the Dove did more appear : He was .above; the little Arts of State, fontq /• And fcorn'd to fell his Peace to mend his FaJ&j) Anxious pf nqthing, but an inward fpot, Ml bloc His Hand was open, but his Confcience riot j Juft to his Word, to all Religions kind, In Duty ftrict, in Bounty unconfin'd; And yet fo mpdeft, 'twas to hiniJefs pain: ^ 0 { | To do great things, than hear them told again. ) Perform, fad §{qne, thy honourable Truft -K{;t 0 I T Unto his Memory, and thy felf be juft ; For his Immortal N a m e fhall thee befriend, • And pay thee back more Fame than thou canft lend. T# |