Christ Jesus to beleeve hope and trust onely in him with assured confidence of mercy to lift up his heart and prepare him to meete the Lord Iesus with many other divine exhortations Thereafter calling more loud then ever thrice together in his eare Sir heare you mee heare you mee heare you mee If you heare mee in certaine signe of your faith and hope of the blessed resurrection give us for our comfort a signe by lifting up of your hands which hee did lifting up both his hands together Againe hee desired him yet to give him another signe by lifting up his eyes which having done they let him alone For the Archbishop had with streames of teares powred out at his bed side a most exceeding powerfull passionate prayer All this while also from three a clock in the morning untill night there was continuall prayer in the house and in every place where the danger was knowne by which his time growing neerer and neerer and hee weaker and weaker Thus did hee lie patiently striving betwixt death and life unavoidable necessity and Gods will forcing patience and againe invincible courage and magnanimity loath to bee overcome shewing some indignation and contempt of death yea death it selfe for all his cruelty stood a long while hovering in doubt what to doe so did his Highnesse young yeares his Triumphes at hand the teares and exceeding sorrow of Father Mother Brother Sister the howling cries of his Servants and of the whole Land who said her losse above all was most unspeakeable move his hard heart to pitty But a greater crie before this having outcried those cries even the crie of our sinnes there was no remedy for death although unwilling not being able to resist the fore-passed decree must needs strike the cruell stroke Many times did hee from that morning untill night offer to shoote and thrust in his dart a little yet pulling it presently back againe as it were of purpose delaying the time expecting some mercifull Message from Heaven untill at last the cloudy night bewraying the irrevocable doome by natures decay the excesse of paine having taken away the sense thereof of meere pitty that thereby hee might open unto him the doore of Heaven for his passage into glory being loath that the Angell who had long attended to convey his Soule unto Heaven should make any longer stay he thrust his Dart quite thorow After which his Highnesse quietly gently and patiently halfe a quarter or thereabouts before eight a clocke at night yeelded up his Spirit unto his Immortall Maker Saviour and Restorer being attended unto Heaven with as many Prayers Teares and strong Cries as ever Soule was on Fryday the sixth of November 1612. The Corps shortly after as the Custome is was laide along upon a Table on the floore being the fairest clearest and best proportioned without any kinde of spot or blemish as ever was seene On the Morrow after came the Lords of the Councell by appointment from his Majestie to give order for the opening of his Body c. which was the same night effected about five a clocke in the Evening in presence of the Physitians and Chirurgions who assisted the Cure together with the Phisitian of the Prince Palatine with many other Knights and Gentlemen in the Chamber where he dyed by the Chyrurgeons of his Majestie and his late Highnesse under all their hands as followeth The skinne like that of a dead man blacke but no way spotted with blacknesse or pale markes much lesse marked with purples like flea-bites which could shew any contagious or pestilentiall Venome About the place of his kidnyes hips and behind the thighes full of rednesse and by reason that with great paine he had a long while lien upon his backe his belly somewhat swollen and stretched out by reason of the windinesse which issued out of the smallest opening made in the Navill somewhat high naturally incontinently the belly falling The stomacke whole and wholesome within and without having never all his sickenesse time beene troubled with vomitings loathings or yealpings or any other accident which could particularly shew that it was attainted The Liver without in his highest parts marked with small spots and in the lower with small blackish lines paller and blacker then was fitting The Gall Bladder void of of any humour full of wind The Spleen on the top and in the lower end blackish filled with a blacke heavy blood The Kidneies faire and without any blemish The Midriffe under the Filme or Membrane containing the heart which contained a little moisture spotted with blacke as it were a Leadish colour by reason of the bruising The lungs almost for the greatest part blacke the rest all spotted with blacke all imbrewed and full of a dust blood with a corrupt and thicke serocitie which by a vent made in the body of the Lungs came forth foaming in great abundance in which doing and in cutting the small skinne which invironeth the heart to shew the same the Surgeon by chance having cut the Trunck of the great veine the most part of the bloud issued out into the Chest leaving the lower veines empty upon sight whereof the Company did draw consequents of an extreame heat and fulnesse the which appeared yet more evident in this that the windepipe with the throat and tongue were couvered with a thicke blackenesse and amongst other accidents the tongue cleft and dry in many places The heart sound and dry in all appearance good in all his quallities The hinder veines which are in the inmost filme of the braine called Piamater swolne and stuft with aboundance of blood a great deale more then naturall the substance of the braine faire and cleare but the ventricles thereof full of a cleare water which after the incision ranne foorth in great aboundance One part of which accidents as they thought was ingendred onely by reason of the Fever maligne by reason of the putrifaction of divers humors gathered together of a long time before his Highnesse not being subject to any dangerous sickenesse by birth the other part by reason of the convulsions resoundings and benummings which by reason of the fulnesse choaking the naturall heat and destroying the Vitals by their malignitie have conveyed his Highnesse to the grave without any token or accident of poyson Thus or very neere thus lost wee the delight of mankind the expectation of Nations the strength of his Father and glory of his Mother Religions second hope Foolish people immagine that they have done enough when they have railed upon the Physitians as though they could have altered Providence by prolonging his life never truly beholding the Omnipotent power bereaving him which although in his sicknesse untill the blow was given could not be seene yet now even of the blind may be easily discerned And I pray you if we narrowly looke upon the practise of the meanes what omission of duty shall we find therein Some neere his Highnesse together with Doctor Mayern at first called and
to Westminster Abbey the buriall place where after the dolefull musick of all sorts being ended the Coffin was set under a great stately Herse built Quadrangle wise with eight Pillars shewing three to the view on each side foure square Cannopy like rising small on the top trimmed and set thick within and without with divers Scutchions small flagges and pensels of his Highnesse severall Armes of the Vnion chained Scotland Wales Cornewall Chester Rothsay Carrick c. mingled heere and there with his Highnesse Motto Fax mentis honestae Gloria and that of the Funerall Herse Juvat ireper Altum After which the whole Assembly having taken their places banners bannarets and pensils of all sorts being at rest after an universall silence the Archbishop of Canterbury who was appointed to doe his Highnesse the last duty was seene in the Pulpit who with a grave sober countenance shewing the inward sorrow of his heart after a little pause and prayer did with exceeding passion make the Funerall Sermon Of which though you write that you are marvailous desirous to heare the relation yet I am loath to say any thing fearing to wrong so grave and great a Person Neverthelesse since I have adventured thus farre I hope without offence I shall heere as neere as I can remember rehearse a word or two thereof whereby you may judge of the rest The Text was out of the 82. Psalme the sixt and seventh Verses I have said yee are Gods and yee are Children of the most high But yee shall die as a Man and yee Princes shall fall like others Where after hee had most learnedly by way of introduction spoken of the Authour occasion scope and meaning of this Psalme he devided the same into two maine branches First the Exaltation of Princes I have said yee are Gods c. Secondly in what respect they are so called Again in the humiliation least they should bee out of measure exalted he admirably proved by infinite variety of examples both divine and morall the vanity and inconstancy of greatnesse with all the shadowish toyes thereof Thirdly for ocular proofe and use of all inviting their eyes to the present 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 pleasures 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 forced to prove the truth of this Text not onely to fall but to fall as others After which when hee had most truly and excellently shewed a part of his Highnesse Excellencies and many Noble vertues for all was not possible chiefely his rare and singular piety both in himselfe and in the governement of his Houshould which hee so extolled that hee professed hee would not bee ashamed hereafter to propose the same for a rule unto himselfe For consolation unto them all hee shewed the exceeding measure of felicity his Highnesse had attained unto by death and that now in respect of himselfe hee was not to be pittied being compared with those who had out lived him the same one brave ship lying amongst a number of others all tending towards one Haven whither at length they must needs all come or ship-broken perish by the way which setting 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 rest loytering a long time by these and these Inticements set forth at last in a more dangerous season some overladen some missing of their way some with leakes some wracked some starved some drowned all exceedingly tempest-beaten with much adoe recouering their desired Haven Even so hee said his late Highnesse had gotten the like advantage of all those that had out-lived him all which laded with infinite more sinnes indangering their safe passage must either perish by the way or storme beaten arive with much toyle whither hee betimes with ease attained So with exhortation unto all to make right use thereof with exceeding great passion and many teares hee ended This very day also the two Universities Oxford and Cambridge did solemnize this blacke day with all the signes of sorrow which could be imagined having in their two Universitie Churches Funerall Sermons all mourning both in heart habite and countenance the fore-runners of which their extreame sorrow long before this in their severall Bookes of mourning Epitaphs burst forth Oxford in her Iusta 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 Esay the 57. 1. The Righteous perisheth and no man considereth 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 shedde fountaines of teares The other of Cambridge was Preached by Doctor Carey Master of Christs Colledge and Vicechancellour of the Universitie his Text being out of the second of Samuel Chap. 3. verse 34. the last words of the Verse And all the people wept againe for him In speaking whereof and weeping himselfe hee made all the people weepe againe and againe The Archbishops Sermon as aforesaid being ended the Earles Lords and Barons c. by this time having offered up their severall Banners and Honours which they carryed as also the great Officers of his House Sir Thomas Challenor Chamberlaine Sir Charles Cornwallis Treasurer Sir John Hollis Comptrouler together with his three Gentlemen-Ushers Walter Alexander Anthony Abington and Iohn Lumley having all by degrees Sir Thomas Challenor beginning broken their White staves and Rods crosse-wise over the Coffin thereby resigning their places the Assembly dissolved the Coffin with the representation as is before said remaining still under the Hearse to be seene of all untill the 19. of the said Moneth of December when decked and trimmed with cloathes as he went when hee was alive Robes Coller Crowne Golden Rodde in his hand c. it was set up in a Chamber of the said Chappell at Westminster amongst the Representations of the Kings and Queenes his famous Predecessors where it remaineth for ever to be seene He was of a comely tall middle stature about five foot and eight inches high of a strong streight well-made body as if Nature in him had shewed all her cunning with somewhat broad shoulders and a small waste of an amiable Majesticke Countenance his haire of an Aborne collour long faced and broad forehead a piercing grave eye a most gracious smile with a terrible frowne courteous loving and affable his favour like the Sunne indifferently seeming to shine upon all naturally shamefaced and modest most patient which he shewed both in life and death slow to anger that even then
all sorts of rare musique chiefely the trumpet and drumme in limming and painting carving in all sorts of excellent and rare Pictures which hee had brought unto him from all Countries What should I say more of him over and above all these things hee had a certaine kind of extraordinary unspeakeable excellency my fraile penne and dull stile not being able to expresse the same gathered out of question by him long agoe from the plentifull Garden of the King his Fathers all admired Bazilicondorâ—n long since in his youth dedicated unto him I dare sweare none will thinke an ill thought much lesse speake an ill word of him unlesse it bee some Ianus-faced Machivillian or hollow hearted Gunpowderers who as they would have blowne up King Progeny and State cannot choose now but barke against him who was a terrour to all the Papists in Christendome As hee was a Man no question but hee had imperfectious as others otherwise hee could not have conversed with men which I professe I neither knew nor delighted to search after or if I had you know of all others I am rather boud to cover and conceale the same with Shem and Japhet then with Ham to shew his nakednesse If I were able yet certainely whatsoever they were such a number of noble vertues did cover and weigh downe the same eclipsing their light that they could not easily bee perceived unlesse it were perhaps by some maliciously bent who though they might have gathered great store of honey have rather chosen like droanes to open the gall whom I also leave to the gall of bitternesse untill it consume them Wherefore now since his Soule resteth in Heaven whereof I intreat you doubt not let us also leave him For his good life in generall his unfaigned love to Religion his love to good men his sound and saving knowledge and practice of the same his attentive and reverent hearing of the word his humble flexible heart easily cast downe and drawne by the same with many other good things which were in him are sure signes of the favour of God and consequently of his salvation To which if wee consider with what innumerable prayers and strong cries his soule was attended unto Heaven wee may rest fully satisfied of his felicity For although the extremity of paine from the beginning of his sicknesse did as it were stupifie and bereave him of sence that hee could not give those wished testimonies to the World at full the Lord choosing to try him in the furnace of affliction yet since wee shall bee judged not according to our death but according to our life although his death in such an extremity as is shewed was very good wee may certainely conclude that his Soule now praiseth God Wherefore when we misse him where we were wont to see him let us lift up our mindes to a higher Watch-tower remembring that his Soule now resteth in Heaven where all cares troubles soares sickenesses crosses and afflictions shall no more annoy him where the feares jarres jealousies discontentments mutenies uproares dissentions of State shall never vex him where he shall hunger no more thirst no more desire no more having all tears wiped from his eies in place of those fraile ones which could not here indure the sight of the Candle now beholding him whose eyes are tenne thousand times brighter then the Sunne following the Lambe whithersoever hee goeth and in the Heaven of Heavens injoying the blessed fruition of his God in the company of Millions of his Saints and Angels waiting for the full revelation and felicitie of the Sonnes of God and renovation of us all when God shal be All in All where let us leave him of whom we are not worthy untill we be gathered unto him admiring his incomprehensible Wisdome which did bereave us untill he let us know by experience how hee will bring light out of darkenesse For since he is goodnesse it selfe his will whatsoever it be must needs be good And I pray you what how many how great and how wonderfull things hath the Almighty done with this one blow in humbling of some curbing the pride of others casting some downe and againe in raising up of others letting all see as in a Mirrour the vaine inconstancie of Greatnesse making some others inexcusable if they receive no good from so sensible a Lesson with infinite moe knowne onely to the All-sufficient All-seeing Majestie Let us therefore admire the infinite and incomprehensible Wisdome of Almighty God which so soone translated him from this Vale of darknesse and misery into that marvellous joy and light althogh it seem strange unto our blind eies For what know we but that the boyling head-strong passions of youth evill company which corrupteth good manners the raines of Liberty the corruption of time with infinite other inticements whereunto flesh and blood are prone might have corrupted him when dying with a consumed body and a more corrupted Soule he might with an evil Conscience though ful of years have gone to the grave with farre more hatred loaden with innumerable more sinnes then now he did when by the contrary with the love prayers and teares of all hee was attended unto Heaven Thus have I beene bold to trouble you and out of my love for satisfying your curiosity to exceede the bounds of a short Letter which if you mildly Censure with an impartiall judgement pardoning and excusing what you finde amisse you shall encourage me ever to remaine as still I am Your assured Freind Charles Cornwallis His frequent swimming immediatly after supper was most pernitious to his health for it stopt his bleeding at Nose whereupon the bloud putrifying engendred that fatall Feber which followed Doctor â—â—yerne A Lunar Rainbow very rare and commonly fatall V. Arist. Metor * Iust over this Chamber wherein he dyed did the end of the fatall Rainebow aforementioned hang as Doctor Mayerne observed * Notwithstanding the Prince was seriously remembred to commend himselfe into the hands of God before this by Doctor Mayerne who found his resolution therein to bee most heavenly and Divive