The Scourge of Folly Consisting of satyricall Epigrams, And others in honour of many noble Persons and worthy friends, together, with a pleasant (though discordant) Descant upon most English Proverbs and others [by John Davies] |
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 | The Scourge of Folly |  |
Epi. 125. ON THE TRAGICAL AND MOST vntimely deaths of Sir George Wharton Knight and Iames Steward Esquire; who slew each other in priuate single fight on Thursday being the ninth of Nouember. 1609.
If any (Tragicke) longs t'extend the BoundsOf sorrow past the Scope of saddest moode,
And, with his Pen, write dry fresh Deadly-vvounds
In Lines that may (like Torrents) flow with Blood;
Or, if he thirst to coole his hot desire
Of painting out Disasters (drownd in Gore)
Or else would offer, in Homerear-fire,
An Heccatombe of Numerous-Plaints therefore;
Then, heeres occasion offerd: now's the time
Wherein he may be more than satisfide;
Here is the Center for the rest of Rime,
That (circling) flowes with Bloud, in Sorrowes Tide.
The Eye of Heauen did rowle the House about
Of that fell twi-formd Archer, at the time
That this faire-feller Accident fell out;
Whose double glory guilds a double Crime!
Two Foes, of honord Name, in Honors Bed,
(The Field) desirde (like Virgins, newly Wiues)
To lose their Valors lusty Virgin-head;
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The one, hight Wharton, Noble in his name,
And his faire carriage in this blacke Debate:
The other, Steward; who prouided fame
For both; but bought it at too deere a rate.
Now, Wharton's gone; and Steward vp hath giuen
His Stewardship, vvith his last strict Accounts;
And both (in Fame, at least) are novv in Heau'n:
“For Fame, as farre as Heauen, staind life surmounts.
The one, an English honorable Heire,
The other, of the Scottish royall Race:
Yet one became in Furies seu'ring fire,
And novv are one become in Glories grace.
Then, so made one, vvhy should their Friends be more?
They vvell may grieue, but haue no cause of hate:
Bloud, on both sides alike, salues Discords Sore;
And should crackt-Vnion more consolidate:
Then, on this Ground of so rare Vnion,
Sing, Phœbus Priests, as rare Deuision.
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