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Epitaphium dignissimi Ducis Richardi Robyns.
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Epitaphium dignissimi Ducis Richardi Robyns.
One of the Twenty Captaines here doth lyeThe rest must follow, for the rest must die,
Nineteene behinde, and he is gone before,
To leade the way to the Elizian shore,
Whilst he did liue, like to the God of Warre,
Hee many Souldiers bred, no'ne e're did marre,
Hee had as many Sonnes, as any man
(Compleat for Souldiers) since the World began
Lieutenants some; others whom Ensignes beare,
The Rest can doe as much, as any dare,
Against the Foe of Englands Soueraigne;
Wee that him follow will the same maintaine.
Hee was a Louer both of Arts and Armes,
Hee taught a present Guard for em'nent harmes:
That now wee lose him, wee his Death deplore,
Hee's dead, yet liues, wee hope for euermore.
Dead though he be, and from vs quite bereauen,
Though dead to vs, yet doth he liue in Heauen.
Viuit post Funera Vertus.
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