%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> SUSPIRIA, or SIGHS / On the DEATH of the / Late Most Illustrious MONARCH / CHARLES the II. KING / OF / Great Britain, France and Ireland, &c. who Changed his Earthly for a Heavenly Crown, on Fryday the / 6th. of February 1684 / 5. / in the 37th year of his Reign, and 55th of his Age. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1685-1685 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 05/09/2012 32544

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R15299 CAn Great, Illustrious Britains Monarch, Dye, / Without a Sacrifice of Tears! what Eye, Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 314492 SUSPIRIA, or SIGHS / On the DEATH of the / Late Most Illustrious MONARCH / CHARLES the II. KING / OF / Great Britain, France and Ireland, &c. who Changed his Earthly for a Heavenly Crown, on Fryday the / 6th. of February 1684 / 5. / in the 37th year of his Reign, and 55th of his Age. SUSPIRIA, or SIGHS On the DEATH of the Late Most Illustrious MONARCH CHARLES the II. KING OF Great Britain, France and Ireland, &c. who Changed his Earthly for a Heavenly Crown, on Fryday the 6th. of February 1684 5. in the 37th year of his Reign, and 55th of his Age. SUSPIRIA, or SIGHS On the DEATH of the Late Most Illustrious MONARCH CHARLES the II. KING OF Great Britain, France and Ireland, &c. who Changed his Earthly for a Heavenly Crown, on Friday the 6th. of February 1684 1685. in the 37th year of his Reign, and 55th of his Age. 1685-1685 L.C.

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CAn Great, Illustrious Britains Monarch, Dye, Without a Sacrifice of Tears! what Eye, Forbears to Drill whole Hecatombs! when we Have lost the Atlas of our Monarchy! Ah! sharpest Grief put out thy Keenest Stings, Bemoan the best of Men, the best of Kings. Can an Inragd, Distracted Muse forbear, To Rail at Death, that must so rudely tear Our [Pater Patriae] Countries Father, hence! Unruly Grief, Rail not at Providence. How darst thou Murmur at thy Kings Remove? The King of Kings, would have him mount above An Earthly Crown, to a more Glorious one.-- Bright Rays of Majesty, about him Shone, When here! -- he now in greater Glory Dwells; A Glory that allows no Paralells! Then spiteful Grief be still, and Envy not Thy Prince, the great Advancement he has got. Ah! Words where are ye! Ah! what must I borrow Language from Tears to Represent my Sorrow! Drop then ye friendly Streams, till like a Flood, [More Elegant than Words] be Understood, Our Universal Grief; to Mourn thus, you, Better than Groans, or Elegies, can do. Dull stupid Pen, away! give place to Sighs, The Fittest Mourners for such Obsequies. Presume not then to draw his Character, His Royal Name is Blazond evry where; The Sun in its Orbicular surround Scarce sees a Place, but where his Fame does sound. Ah! but I will! And tell the World that he Was Great, and Good, and full of Clemency.
A Prince of so much Majesty, that none Could with more splendid virtues grace a Throne That lent (not borrowd) Lustre to his Crown. Away, away; thou Blunt Poetick Art; On meaner Subjects, Act thy little Part. No Rhapsodies of Verse, no Prose can Rise To Accents fit for such great Obsequies: Oh! Great but Dismal Subject! could my Quill Instead of Ink; with other Drops Distill, Ide Represent to evry Readers view, Lines (not of Sable, but) of Crimson hiew. Theres nothing of Idolarry in the, Right Application of Apostrophe! Then Great, (now then before more Glorious Prince) Since our Supremest King, has calld thee hence, May Heavns ore-ruling, Bright, Illustrious Rays, Give thy surviving Subjects Halcyon Days. May this August Celebrious Kingdom see, No Inter-Regnum of that Clemency, Which savd three Kingdoms from a Fatal Yoke, The Dire Results of an Intended Stroke! Dismiss thy fear, His Royal Brother; who Succeeds him in his Throne, and Virtues too, Has so Majestick, so subline a Soul, That what he promisd, none shall dare Controul. Away Suspicion! heres the Royal Word; What greater surety can Mankind afford? That Publick-Sacred-Obligation binds The Royal Breast to leave things as he finds, The Constitution of our Laws to be, Just to the Subjects; just to Monarchy.
LONDON, Printed for L.C. near Fleet-bridge. 1684 5.