where being lifted againe, the Gentlemen of his Majeftie's Chappell finging mournefull Ditties before them, it was brought into the Chappell, and there placed under a Canopy fet with great Armes of the Union at full, chained with divers other Scutcheons and severall Armes, there to remaine untill the Funerall Day This Sunday at Night before the Funerall, his Representation was brought (made in fo fhort Warning, as like him as could be) and apparelled with Cloathes, having his Creation Robes above the fame, his Cap and Crowne upon his Head, his Garter, Coller, with a George about his Neck, his golden Staffe in his Right Hand lying croffe a little; briefely, every Thing as he was apparelled at the Time of his Creation; which being done, it was laid on the Back on the Coffin, and fast bound to the fame, the Head thereof being fupported by two Cushions, juft as it was to be drawne along the Streets in the Funerall Chariot, drawne by eight black Horses, decked with his feverall Scutcheons and Plumes.

But now the Time being come, and all Things to adorne the Triumphes of his mournefull Hadadrimon's black Day, the Funerall being foure Houres in Marshalling and Marching, fet forth about Tenne a Clock in the Morn ing, there being (as was thought) the Number of 2000 Mourners in black; the Relation whereof were now to no Purpose, fince the Order, Rankes, and Names are already printed in a Booke to be feene: As it paffed along, the whole World, fenfible and infenfible Things, and Creatures feemed to mourn, and have Compaffion, Heaven and Earth and all: There was to be feene an innumerable Multitude of all Sorts of Ages and Degrees of Men, Women, and Children, whofe wonderfull Sorrow who is able to expreffe? Some holding down their Heads, not being able to endure to forrowfull a Sight, all mourning, which they expreffed by feverall Sorts of Lamentation and Sor row, fome Weeping, Crying, Howling, Wringing of their Hands, others halfe dead, Swooning, fighing inwardly, others holding up their Hands, paffionately bewayling fo great a Loffe, with Rivers, nay, with an Ocean of Teares: Well, on they came at last to Westminster Abbey, the Buriall Place, where after the dolefull Mufick of all Sorts being ended, the Coffin was fet under a great ftately Herfe, built quadrangle-wife with eight Pillars, fhewing three to the View on each fide four fquare, Canopy like, rifing fmall on the Top, trimmed and fet thick within and without with divers Scutchions, small Flagges, and Penfils of his Highneffe's severall Armes of the Union chained, Scotland, Wales, Cornewall, Chefter, Rothfay, Carrick, &c. mingled here and there, with his Highneffe's Motto, Fax mentis bonefte Gloria, and that of the Funerall Herfe, Juvat ire per Altum. After which the whole Affembly having taken their Places, Banners, Bannarets, and Penfills of all Sorts being at reft, after an univerfall Silence, the Archbishop of Canterbury (who was appointed to doe his Highneffe the laft Duty) was feene in the Pulpit, who with a grave fober Countenance, fhewing the inward Sorrow of his Heart, after a little Paufe and Prayer, did with exceeding Paffion make the Funerall Sermon; of which, though you write that you are marvailous defirous to heare the Relation, yet I am loath to fay any Thing, fearing to wrong fo great and grave a Perfon: Nevertheleffe, fince I have adven

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tured thus farre (I hope without Offence) I fhall here (as neere as I can remember) rehearfe a Word or two thereof, whereby you may judge of the reft.

The Text was out of the 82. Pfalme, the fixth and seventh Verses: I have faid yee are Gods, and yee are Children of the most high: But yee fhall die as a Man, and yee Princes hall fall like others. Where after he had most learnedly, by way of Introduction, fpoken of the Authour, Occafion, Scope, and Meaning of this Pfalme, he devided the fame into two maine Branches. First, the Exaltation of Princes; I have faid yee are Gods, &c. Secondly, in what Refpect they are fo called. Again, in the Humiliation, left they should be out of Meafure exalted, he admirably proved, by infinite Variety of Examples, both divine and morall, the Vanity and Inconftancy of Greatneffe, with all the fhadowifh Toyes thereof: Thirdly, for ocular Proofe and Ufe of all, inviting their Eyes to the prefent dolefull Spectacle of their late ever renowned Prince, who, not long agoe, was as fresh, brave, and gallant as the best of them, unto whom all the Delights and Pleafures of the World did begge for Acquaintance, lacking nothing which Heart could wish for, who yet now for our Sinnes lay thus low, bereaved of Life and all Being, was forced to prove the Truth of this Text, not onely to fall, but to fall as others.

After which, when he had moft truly and excellently fhewed a Part of his Highneffe's Excellencies, and many noble Vertues (for all was not poffible) chiefely his rare and fingular Piety both in himselfe, and in the Governement of his Houshould, which he fo extolled, that he profeffed he would not be ashamed hereafter to propofe the fame for a Rule unto himfelfe. For Confolation unto them all, he fhewed the exceeding Measure of Felicity, his Highneffe had attained unto by Death, and that now in Refpect of himselfe he was not to be pittied, being compared with thofe, who had out lived him, the fame one brave Ship lying amongst a Number of others, all tending towards one Haven, whither at length they must needs all come, or fhip-broken perish by the Way, which fetting forth betimes, as it were, new, fresh, and strong, with a faire Gale of Wind, arriveth quickly without any Danger at the Haven of Safety; whereas the reft loytering a long Time by thele, and these Inticements, fet forth at laft in a more dangerous Seafon, fome overladen, fome miffing of their Way, fome with Leakes, fome wracked, fome ftarved, fome drowned, all exceedingly Tempeft-beaten, with much adoe recovering their defired Haven; Even fo, he faid, his late Highneffe had gotten the like Advantage of all thofe who had out-lived him; all which laded with infinite more Sinnes, indangering their fafe Paffage, muft either perish by the Way, or storme beaten, arrive with much Toyle, whither he betimes with Ease attained. So with Exhortation unto all, to make right Ufe thereof, with exceeding great Paffion and many Teares, he ended.

This very Day alfo the two Universities, Oxford and Cambridge, did folemnize this blacke Day, with all the Signes of Sorrow which could be imagined, having in their two Univerfitie Churches Funerall Sermons, all mourning, both in Heart, Habite, and Countenance; the Forerunners of which

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which their extreame Sorrow, long before this, in their feverall Bookes of mourning Epitaphs burft forth, Oxford in her Jufta Oxon: and Cambridge in her Epicedium Cantabrig. &c. with divers other Orations to this Purpose. The Funerall Sermon, in Saint Maries, Oxon, was preached by Doctor Goodwin, Deane of Christ Church Colledge there; the Text being out of Efay, the 57. L. The Righteous perifbeth, and no Man confidereth it in his Heart; and mercifull Men are taken away from the Evill to come. In which he was not onely exceedingly moved himselfe, but also moved the whole Universitie and City, to fhedde Fountaines of Teares.

The other of Cambridge, was preached by Doctor Carey, Mafter of Chrifts Colledge, and Vice-Chancellour of the Universitie, his Text being out of the fecond of Samuel, Chap. 3. verfe 34. the last Words of the Verfe: And all the People wept againe for him. In fpeaking whereof, and weeping himselfe, he made all the People weepe againe and againe.

The Archbishop's Sermon (as aforefaid) being ended, the Earles, Lords, and Barons, &c. by this Time having offered up their feverall Banners, and Honours which they carryed; as alfo the great Officers of his House, Sir Thomas Challenor Chamberlaine, Sir Charles Cornwallis Treasurer, Sir John Holles Comptrouler, together with his three Gentlemen-Ufhers, Walter Alexander, Anthony Abington, and John Lumley, having all by degrees (Sir Thomas Challenor beginning) broken their White Staves and Rods croffe-wife over the Coffin, thereby refigning their Places, the Affembly diffolved; the Coffin with the Reprefentation (as is before faid) remaining ftill under the Hearse, to be seene of all, untill the 19. of the faid Moneth of December, when decked and trimmed with Cloathes, as he went when he was alive, Robes, Collar, Crowne, Golden Rodde in his Hand, &c. it was set up in a Chamber of the faid Chappell at Westminster, amongst the Representations of the Kings and Queenes, his famous Predeceffors, where it remaineth for ever to be feene.

He was of a comely, tall, middle Stature, about five Foot and eight Inches high, of a strong, ftreight, well-made Body (as if Nature in him had fhewed all her cunning) with fomewhat broad Shoulders, and a small Waiste, of an amiable Majesticke Countenance, his Haire of an aborne Collour, long faced, and broad Forehead, a piercing grave Eye, a moft gracious Smile, with a terrible Frowne, courteous, loving, and affable; his Favour, like the Sunne,. indifferently feeming to fhine upon all; naturally fhamefaced, and modeft, moft patient, which he fhewed both in Life and Death; flow to Anger, that even then, when he was many Times moft offended, he would (overcomming himselfe) fay nothing; mercifull he was after he had a little punished the Offendors; neither did hee judge rafhly, but after due Examination of both Parties; Diffimulation he esteemed moft bafe, chiefly in a Prince, not willing, nor by Nature being able to flatter, fawne, or ufe thofe kindly, who deferved not his Love. Quicke he was to conceive any thing, not rafh,. but mature in Deliberation, yet most conftant having refolved: true of his Promife; most fecret even from his Youth, fo that he might have beene trufted in any thing that did not force a Difcovery: being of a clofe Difpofi

tion, not cafie to be known, or pried into: of a fearleffe, noble, heroicke, and undaunted Courage; thinking nothing unpoffible, that ever was done by any a few faire Words prevailed more with him, than all the Threats of the World: very pittifull and tender-hearted unto any in Mifery, whom, upon Petition, he ever fome Way releeved.

Moft ardent in his Love to Religion, to which Love, and all the good Caufes thereof, his Heart was bent by fome Meanes or other (if he had lived) to have fhewed, and fome Way to have compounded the unkind Jarres thereof; he well fhewed his Love to good Men, and Hatred of the Evill, in difcerning a good Preacher from a vaine-glorious, in whom above all Things he abhorred Flattery, loving and countenancing the Good; of the Idle and Loytering never speaking but with Difdaine; in which he fhewed he had a Heart flexible to Good, and all kind of Goodneffe, which (as I thinke) was the Cause one Day, he uttered this Speech of the Deane of Rochester his Chaplaine.

That he thought, whereas he and others like him, at their firft Entry into the Pulpit, did looke him in the Face, their Countenance did, as it were fay unto him: Sir, you must heare me diligently; you must have a Care to obferve what I fay: As alfo in his Conftancie in obferving the. Prayer Time, duely before Dinner and Supper, which untill his Death he never willingly omitted, whatsoever Hafte he had, or were it never fo late.

What should I yet adde, his Confcience of an Oath, that he was never heard (I now appeale to Envy it felfe) to take God's Name in vaine, with an Addition of any other feeming Light, much leffe horrible Oathes, with full fwinge of Paffion; witneffe the Teftimony of the Most Reverend, the Archbishop of Canterbury, in his Funerall Sermon, wherein was remembred by him, (amongst many other Things) that ever memorable Reply of his Highneffe, who being afked one Day (by one that greatly rejoyced, his Highneffe was no Swearer) why he did not fweare in Play afwell as others; to his eternal Praise made this Reply, That he knew no Game worthy of an Oath.

To live long he never defired, nor afpired, many Times faying, that it was to fmall Purpose for a brave gallant Man, when the Prime of his Dayes were past, to live fo long untill he was full of Aches, Soares, &c. uttering contemptible Speeches of Death; affirming many Times, that he neither defired, nor afpired, or hoped to live long, and that when he fhould be ficke three or foure Daies together, then GOD have Mercy on me, would he say.

Popery, with all the Adjuncts and Adherents thereof, he hated to the Death; yet he would now and then use particular Papists very kindly, fhewing that he hated not their Perfons, but their Opinions.

I must not forget his Love to Learning, to the Muses, to all the Learned who any Way did excell; to the two Universities, chiefly Oxford (because mourning Cambridge did never injoy his Prefence) whofe unfpeakeable Sorrow for his Death, will fhew the great Portion of his Love they injoyed. I fhould but increase Sorrow, to tell you how exceeding kindly their Vicechancellor, Doctors, Graduates, and Students were used, when they came to fee him at Woodstock; what Care he had to give them Contentment, how carefull

carefull he was, and what speciall Commands were generally given throughout the whole House, that they should not want the fame; of his mild and grave Carriage towards them, and his loving Speeches in their Abfence.

. No leffe carefull he was to obey the King his Father in every Thing, being alfo very diligent to obferve and honour the Queene his Mother, fo much as in him lay, or as poffible he might; wife he was to know and not know, fee and not fee, almost every Thing which was done or faid. Wonderfull was his Care and Wifedome in governing of his House, and Revenues, giving Order and feeing every Thing done almoft himselfe, fo that scarce were there any of his Houfhold Servants whom he did not know by Name, amongst whom there was not one knowne or fufpected Papift, his Care being fo great, that all Communicants Names fhould be written up, that he might know if there were any, that would not receive.

So that I may moft truly affirme, that fince the Beginning of Princes no Houfe did ever exceede him in all Things; His Revenues he left increased by thousands a Yeare; fparing he was, yet liberall where either Honesty, Defert, or Poverty did move him; neither (whatsoever the World thinke) was he ever knowne to give away any Thing, or promife any Thing but upon mature Deliberation; as for thofe Penfions which he gave a little before his Death, they were either given to fuch as had very well deferved them, or who having spent their Meanes in his Service, he could not out of his noble Difpofition but relieve, thinking it better to doe fo, than bestow upon them other unknowne Suites and Leafes, which otherwife he must needs have done; he was loving and kind to Strangers, whofe Hearts upon small Acquaintance he did eafily gaine. In State Matters and Petitions not pertaining unto him, he was ever fparing and not willing to meddle: In his owne Affaires touching Coppy-holds, Leafes, or any Thing of like Nature, whatsoever Abuses were, he ever redreffed, or minded to helpe, upon Petition of the Party aggreeved.

Friday being the Day wherein he died (I know not by what naturall Inclination, or Motion) he did not of a long Time before his Death love, misliking it above all the Dayes of the Weeke, upon which he would not willingly use any kind of Exercife, or ride any Journey, fometimes not fo much as play at Cards thereon, alleaging that he continually found fome Indifpofition upon that Day, and that he never had good Luck upon a Friday, fuch an ominous Conceit of the Difmalneffe of this Day having poffeffed him, which at length proved to be the Period of his Dayes.

He loved and did mightily ftrive to doe fomewhat of every Thing, and to excell in the moft excellent; he greatly delighted in all Kind of rare Inventions and Arts, and in all Kind of Engines belonging to the Warres, both by Sea and Land: In the Bravery and Number of great Horfes; in fhooting and levelling of great Peeces of Ordnance; in the Ordering and Marshalling of Armes; in Building and Gardening, and in all Sorts of rare Mufique, chiefely the Trumpet and Drumme; in Limming, Painting, and Carving, in all Sorts of excellent and rare Pictures, which he had brought unto him from all Countries. What

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