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         Paterson, Ninian, d. 1688.
      
       
         
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             On the much lamented death of the valiant Major William Cockburn, who died at Stonie-flet, June 6. 1683. A funeral elegie / N. Paterson.
             Paterson, Ninian, d. 1688.
          
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           Cockburn, William, d. 1683 -- Death and burial -- Poetry.
           Elegiac poetry, Scottish -- Early works to 1800.
           Broadsides -- Scotland -- 17th century
        
      
    
     
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           ON
           THE
           MUCH
           LAMENTED
           DEATH
           of
           the
           Valiant
           MAJOR
           WILLIAM
           COCKBURN
           ,
           Who
           died
           at
           Stonie-flet
           ,
           
             June
             6.
             1683.
             
          
        
         
           A
           Funeral
           ELEGIE
           .
        
         
           THis
           world
           's
           a
           boyling
           gulph
           of
           greefs
           &
           fears
           ,
        
         
           The
           Rendevouz
           of
           anxious
           sighs
           and
           tears
           :
        
         
           This
           worm
           of
           five
           foot
           long
           ,
           this
           moving
           span
           ,
        
         
           Compos'd
           of
           sin
           ,
           and
           dirt
           ,
           we
           call
           a
           man
           ,
        
         
           Is
           the
           tost
           passenger
           ;
           what
           tho
           the
           ga'le
        
         
           Be
           strong
           ,
           or
           weak
           ,
           the
           Ship
           is
           still
           a
           Sail
           ;
        
         
           Whither
           the
           Passengers
           do
           stand
           ,
           or
           lie
           ,
        
         
           She
           keeps
           a
           straight
           course
           to
           eternitie
           .
        
         
           And
           who
           so
           can
           the
           longest
           passage
           boast
           ,
        
         
           At
           last
           th'
           Eternal
           Haven
           salute
           he
           must
           .
        
         
           A
           pregnant
           ,
           (
           tho
           a
           pensive
           )
           proofe
           is
           here
        
         
           To
           make
           this
           truth
           as
           with
           sun
           beams
           appear
           .
        
         
           Here
           the
           undantoun'd
           COCKBURN
           full
           of
           years
        
         
           That
           ne'er
           gave
           place
           to
           ignominious
           fears
           ,
        
         
           Who
           like
           the
           
             Roman
             Scevola
          
           hath
           stood
        
         
           Bashing
           in
           flamm's
           his
           hands
           ,
           his
           feet
           in
           blood
           ,
        
         
           Who
           in
           the
           storms
           of
           Warr
           ,
           by
           day
           and
           night
           ,
        
         
           Could
           never
           flee
           from
           any
           thing
           but
           flight
           ,
        
         
           
             (
             Till
             now
             unconquer'd
          
           )
           yet
           at
           last
           he
           must
        
         
           Lay
           down
           his
           valour
           in
           a
           bed
           of
           dust
           :
        
         
           But
           with
           a
           deathless
           and
           renowned
           name
           ,
        
         
           Happy
           in
           Fortune
           ,
           Familie
           ,
           and
           Fame
           .
        
         
           He
           was
           no
           carking
           dunghill
           miser
           ,
           yet
        
         
           God
           blest
           him
           with
           a
           plentiful
           Estate
           :
        
         
           From
           which
           ,
           as
           from
           an
           overflowing
           store
           ,
        
         
           He
           blest
           the
           backes
           and
           bellies
           of
           the
           poor
           .
        
         
           And
           with
           an
           active
           ,
           and
           sagacious
           care
           ,
        
         
           He
           knew
           both
           when
           to
           spend
           ,
           and
           when
           to
           spare
           .
        
         
           〈…〉
           prayer
           ,
           and
           praise
           ,
           at
           morning
           and
           at
           even
        
         
           With
           pious
           fervencie
           addrest
           to
           Heaven
           ,
        
         
           ●●s
           house
           a
           Sacrid
           Temple
           did
           become
           :
        
         
           
             〈…〉
             Souldier
             in
             the
             Camp
             ,
             a
             Priest
             at
             home
             .
          
        
         
           〈…〉
           one
           may
           be
           (
           tho
           rare
           )
           as
           Scriptures
           note
           ,
        
         
           〈…〉
           once
           both
           a
           Centurion
           ,
           and
           devote
           .
        
         
           A
           Souldier
           and
           devote
           ,
           with
           Loyalty
           ,
        
         
           〈…〉
           ormist
           too
           ,
           and
           each
           in
           high
           degree
           ,
        
         
           〈…〉
           in
           this
           age
           when
           it
           s
           considered
           well
        
         
           Appear
           at
           least
           next
           to
           a
           miracle
           .
        
         
           A
           Father
           ,
           and
           an
           Husband
           past
           compare
           ,
        
         
           〈…〉
           knew
           ,
           which
           greatest
           was
           his
           love
           ,
           or
           care
           .
        
         
           〈…〉
           ly
           as
           I
           hear'd
           Friends
           and
           Strangers
           tell
        
         
           Spouse
           and
           Children
           made
           the
           parallel
           :
        
         
           ●hom
           he
           hes
           left
           five
           unspotted
           Plants
           ,
        
         
           ●ill
           the
           Nation
           with
           such
           blessed
           Saints
           ,
        
         
           The
           pledges
           of
           his
           fruitful
           love
           ,
           and
           bed
           ;
        
         
           Happy
           be
           he
           that
           might
           such
           darlings
           wed
           .
        
         
           To
           him
           that
           brings
           not
           an
           unworthy
           flamm
           '
           ,
        
         
           Kind
           may
           they
           be
           ,
           as
           Heaven
           hes
           been
           to
           them
           ;
        
         
           In
           them
           he
           lives
           ,
           to
           them
           he
           did
           bequeath
        
         
           His
           vertues
           as
           a
           legacie
           at
           death
           .
        
         
           And
           every
           one
           but
           some
           fantastick
           snake
        
         
           Will
           love
           the
           off-spring
           for
           their
           Fathers
           sake
           .
        
      
       
         
           His
           EPITAPH
           .
        
         
           
             HEre
             lyes
             an
             honest
             heart
             ,
             a
             valiant
             hand
             ,
          
        
         
           
             Knew
             both
             how
             to
             obey
             ,
             and
             to
             command
             ,
          
        
         
           
             A
             loving
             Father
             ,
             and
             an
             Husband
             kind
             ,
          
        
         
           
             A
             Souldier
             both
             in
             body
             ,
             and
             in
             mind
          
           ;
        
         
           
             So
             stout
             that
             to
             the
             pale
             beholders
             wonder
          
        
         
           
             He
             durst
             encounter
             the
             amazing
             thunder
             .
          
        
         
           
             And
             did
             the
             Honour
             of
             the
          
           Scots
           advance
           ,
        
         
           
             By
             prowess
             both
             through
          
           Germany
           ,
           and
           France
           ;
        
         
           
             His
             valour
             and
             his
             Loyalty
             was
             seen
             ,
          
        
         
           
             Against
             the
             Rebels
             at
             the
          
           Rullȝion
           Green.
        
         
           He
           Hector
           and
           Ulysses
           
             both
             in
             one
          
           ,
        
         
           
             Knew
             to
             match
             valour
             with
             discretion
             .
          
        
         
           
             In
             point
             of
             Honour
             when
             his
             spleen
             did
             rise
             ,
          
        
         
           
             He
             quell'd
             his
             foes
             by
             lightning
             from
             his
             eyes
             .
          
        
         
           
             His
             martial
             frown
             it
             could
             at
             once
             controul
             ,
          
        
         
           
             And
             cure
             the
             Lethargie
             of
             a
             cowards
             Soul.
          
        
         
           
             Nor
             did
             his
             worth
             alone
             consist
             in
             warrs
             ,
          
        
         
           
             In
             him
          
           Minerva
           
             joyned
             was
             with
          
           Mars
           ,
        
         
           
             He
             owed
             a
             breast
             to
             which
             it
             did
             appeare
             ,
          
        
         
           
             Valour
             and
             vertue
             native
             Tennants
             were
          
           ;
        
         
           
             Yea
             vertue
             sway'd
             her
             Scepter
             there
             ,
             for
             both
          
        
         
           
             He
             fear
             ,
             and
             baseness
             equally
             did
             loath
             .
          
        
         
           
             And
             in
             his
             Heart
             ,
             which
             was
             a
             Sign
             of
             Grace
             ,
          
        
         
           
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             King
             had
             chiefest
             place
             .
          
        
         
           
             As
             King
             and
             Church
             did
             gratefully
             regard
             him
          
           ;
        
         
           
             So
             God
             hath
             call'd
             him
             home
             now
             to
             reward
             him
             .
          
        
         
           
             Therefore
             let
             's
             modestly
             bewail
             our
             crosse
          
        
         
           
             Heavens
             gain
             ,
             and
             his
             can
             never
             be
             our
             losse
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               Optima
               quaeque
               dies
               ,
               miseris
               mortalibus
               aevi
            
             
               Prima
               fugit
               :
               subeunt
               morbi
               ,
               tristisque
               senectus
               ,
            
             
               Et
               labor
               ,
               &
               durae
               rapit
               inclementia
               mortis
               .
            
          
           
             Virgil.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             N.
             PATERSON
             .
          
        
      
    
     
  

