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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A46062	An heroick elegie upon the most lamentable death of the incomparable heroina, Madame Isabella Buggs the much loved wife of Col. William Buggs, formerly widow to that worthy gentleman Henry Lloyd of Cheam, in com. Surrey, Esquire, and daughter to that honourable person Sir George Parkins of Bunny in com. Nottinghamshire, Knight.	H. I.	1681 (1681)	Wing I5A; ESTC R36815	1,249	1

AN HEROICK ELEGIE Upon the most lamentable Death of the Incomparable Heroina Madame ISABELLA BUGGS The much Loved WIFE of Col. WILLIAM BUGGS Formerly Widow to that Worthy Gentleman HENRY LLOYD Of CHEAM in Com. Surrey Esquire And DAUGHTER to that Honourable Person Sir GEORGE PARKINS of BVNNY in Com. Nottinghamshire Knight ASsist me all ye Saints whilst I aspire Not like Prometheus to steal Heavenly fire But like Elias in a Chair of Flame To wait upon the Herse of this great Dame I beg such flames shall give a heat Divine Which burn not to consume but to refine Or if consume they shall such heat afford As leaves the Scabbard whole yet melts the Sword Those Lambent fiers inwards do controul Not touch the Body but embrace the Soul That 's Beauties seat whilst Limbs and Colours pass As faint reflections from a brittle glass She was within all glory her Soul set Life to a flaming Chrysolyt in Jet Or Saphires Rubies Diamonds were met I' th' compass of her Chrystal Cabinet Through which her Soul transpeer'd and we did find I' th' clouds of Earth the mirrour of her mind She liv'd a Christian and did others teach If they 'd be taught and great Example preach More than a Sermon nay I 'le boldly say That Heav'n was made more holy by her way Of serving it her whole life being plac'd On Jacobs Ladder and so interlac'd 'Twixt Action and Devotion clearly we Did in th'Ascent and Descent Angels see She born upon the wings of Love doth fly Now in the bosom of Eternity Just like a Faulcon that soars always true Though newly drawn from Earth her Mother Mue And neerer mounts to that Eternal Light Doth more and more still lessen to our fight So though she 's fled from us yet she is seen By Angels tow'ring towards th' high Heavens Queen Who riseth to receive her in her Arms And prays her Son to guard her from all harms She study'd to encrease two Husbands joys And made one Father of most gallant Boys Whose noble care will always be to bring Honour to th'Kingdom Safety to the King But left so many Daughters here behind Enough to teach the Sex of Woman-kind She always shew'd of graces rich enacrease And such a num'rous Issue ne'r can cease She made the world more happy still by Births Yet brought her Fruits to Heav'n so well as Earth Her Soul was sure Celestial and did run Over all Creatures like the powerful Sun Which though it keeps its Orb yet does bestow Essence and comfort on all things below So all good Christians found her Soul to be A source of inexhausted Charity She was of Parkins good and glorious Blood Yet never strove to be so great as good Nor did th' addition of two Noble Names Adde to her more than Christian humble flames And so she did submit her Loyal Fate To the Kings fortune and his then troubled State I 'le say no more for that I truly fear The world will call her so a Cavaleer Her Bones St. Giles now holds but Name shall have In all true Christian Hearts a living grave Whilst Churches do resound her Funeral knell Angels their Trumps her own Name Is-a-Bell A true Saints Bell to call both us and them To rest i' th' Heavenly Hierusalem FINIS These Verses to the Number of the Years that this good Lady lived were wept over her much-lamented Herse by an old Admirer of her still living Vertues and most humble Honourer of her Eternal Memory H. I. LONDON Printed in the Year 1681.