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An elegie on the Most Reverend & Learned James Usher L. Archbishop of Armagh

and Primate of Ireland; Who departed this life March 21. 1655. Written by John Quarles

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His Epitaph.

Reader, these narrow confines doe contain
Romes envy, Irelands loss, & Englands gain.
If true desert, a just reward might have,
The largest Continent should be his Grave;
But he's content, Reader, be this thy care,
Think on our losse, depart, but leave a teare.