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R26283 GREAT Saint, believe it, though I come / A Later Elegy than some, Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 1 Tears, Tears, Tears: / OR, / ROME in ASHES. / BEING / The Extempore Lamentation of a PARISIAN FRYAR, upon no- / tice of the Death of Captain Bedlow. Tears, Tears, Tears: OR, ROME in ASHES. BEING The Extempore Lamentation of a PARISIAN FRYAR, upon no- tice of the Death of Captain Bedlow. Tears, Tears, Tears, or, Rome in ashes. Being the extempore lamentation of a Parisian Friar, upon notice of the death of Captain Bedlow. 1680-1680

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GREAT Saint, believe it, though I come A Later Elegy than some, Whose Numbers have adorn'd thy Tomb: An equal Zeal inspires my Verse, To say thus to thy Loyal Herse. O happy Herse! that didst contain One whose Ingenious Active Brain Unriddl'd all the Plots of State, Without a Pro or Con Debate. One, who the Nation came to save, But was prevented by the Grave. Some inauspicious Star did dart His Influences at his Heart, And snatch'd away his better Part. Now since our Captain quits the Field, And does to th' Greater Hero yield; What will befal Church Militant, When such a Soldier it doth want? What will the Learned Levis Tribe Think, But that Death sure took a Bribe, And by some Seminary Priest In a Physician's Habit drest, Has sent him to Eternal Rest? And say, Ah! little did we think A Pillar of the Church should sink, Now when the Antichristian Fox May worry us and all our Flocks; That Babylonish, Scarlet Whore, Who makes her bus'ness to devour. Next to the Reverend Church, the State Condoles its most unhappy Fate, Mourning that surreptitious Death Should take away that precious Breath, Which, if it had surviv'd the Time Of Wish'd-for Parliament, this Rhyme Had silent been, and He alone Had blown a Trumpet of his own. Great Patriot! tho' obscure by Name, Thy Deeds have fill'd the Mouth of Fame, Thy Works shall live, and ever be A Lasting Monument of thee:
And Future Ages shall in Story Record thy never-dying Glory. But since the Grave has made thee mute, And Rob'd of thy great Attribute, Pardon, if from a dutious sence Of thy too early flitting hence, I leave on thy Religious Dust This Epitaph --- --- --- ------ Here lies the Just, The Valiant Captain Bedlow lies, Whom treacherous Death took by Surprize. Here lies Great Britains Quondam Hope, Scourge to the French, Fear to the Pope: The State-Physitian, one who could Make Jesuits-Powder of their Blood, For the Sick Nation's Common Good. His Art was exquisite and new, Like that of Virtuosos, knew No Stop, but furiously spur'd on, Till Envious Death did throw him down. If any would the reason know Why the Old Madam us'd him so; It was because she was afraid He should her Privilege invade, And consequently spoil her Trade. Wondring to see whole Shoals appear, And no one Mortal slain by her; She thought, when once he'd got the Skill At such an easie Rate to Kill, His Tongue would take away a Life Sooner and better than her Knife. This Apprehension did so grieve her, She smote her Rival with a Fever; And with great difficulty she Obtain'd the doubtful Victory: Ord'ring his Body here to be Interr'd with his Discovery, Which, like himself, from Nothing sprang, (An Emblem of the State of Man) To Nothing does return again.
FINIS. LONDON, Printed for the Edification of Sturdy Roman Catholicks, Defiers of Proclamations, and Abhorrers of Parliaments, November the 5th. 1680.