%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> AN / ELEGY, / On the Death of / Algernon Sidney Esq; / Who was found Guilty of / HIGH-TREASON, / AND / Beheaded at Tower-Hill on Friday the 7th of December, 1683. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1683-1683 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 05/08/2012 32238

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R36071 WOnder not (Reader) if you here descry / Satyr usurp the place of Elegy; Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 134126 AN / ELEGY, / On the Death of / Algernon Sidney Esq; / Who was found Guilty of / HIGH-TREASON, / AND / Beheaded at Tower-Hill on Friday the 7th of December, 1683. AN ELEGY, On the Death of Algernon Sidney Esq; Who was found Guilty of HIGH-TREASON, AND Beheaded at Tower-Hill on Friday the 7th of December, 1683. AN ELEGY, On the Death of Algernon Sidney Esquire; Who was found Guilty of HIGH TREASON, AND Beheaded at Tower Hill on Friday the 7th of December, 1683. Printer George Croom 1683-1683

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WOnder not (Reader) if you here descry Satyr usurp the place of Elegy; No deep fetcht sighs, no tears, nor mournful Verse, Must ere attend an old Rebellious Herse: Traytors like stately Tapers set on high, Blaze for a while, then dwindle, stink, and Dye. Th Apostate Angel since from Heaven he fell, Smells of th loathsom, sulphurous stench of Hell, An odious wretched Name is still the fate Of Rebell man, when ere he proves ungrate. Ungratefull Sidney! See the ill success Of Rampant and Triumphant wickedness! Justly the Ax must cut his thred of Life Who vainly spent his Threescore Years in strife. When Traytors pulses beat so wondrous high, To bloud a Vein is the securest way. An old stancht Rebel, cursed at his Birth, A Foe to Heaven, and a Plague to Earth. Early in Treason he began t excel, Woud in his Cradle scratch, bite, and Rebel. As strength encreasd, so Spite and Malice reignd, And still prevaild ore his ill temperd mind. Fierce was his humour, furious was his Zeal, A fond admirer of a Common-weal. This made the Rebell Saint with cursed Sword, In wrath, pursue the Anointed of the Lord. His Lawful King in all things he withstood, Till now nere cloyd with fulsom draughts of bloud, Then farewel Sidney! now expect no more To sport and roll in Royal Purple gore. All your Rebellious cheats must have an end, For Heaven its Viceregent will defend. Th Almighty Thunder justly when he nods Shakes the proud Fabric of these Demi-Gods.
Republic Monsters that woud Heaven invade, Bys powrfull word with Earth are levell made. Gigantic Commonwealths Men thus are hurld, From distant Skys, into the lower World. Learn then by Sidneys fate, the Factious Crew Good, Honest, Loyal methods to pursue Nor seek another Sovragn to undoe; If once youre pardond shew your penitence, No more such base, vile wretches to commence, But if you are resolvd to be perverse Then gall and Satyr shall be mixt in Verse. For those whore apt to murmur and Rebel No Lectures fit for them but Death, and Hell.
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REader, if Whig thou art, thoult laugh At this insipid EPITAPH. Oh fye! get Onions for thine Eyes, For here thy Patron Sidney lyes. But wheres his wandring Spirit gone, Since here he suffred Martyrdom? To Heaven. Oh! it cannot be, For Heaven is a Monarchy. Where then I pray? To Purgatory. Thats an idle, Romish Story. Such Saints as he cant go to Hell? Where is he gone I prithee tell, The Learned say t Achitophel.
London, Printed by George Croom, at the Blew-Ball in Thames-street, over against Baynards Castle, 1683.