An Elegy on the modern heroe, Redmon ô Hanlan, surnamed the Tory This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A39147 of text R34871 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing E423A). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 4 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A39147 Wing E423A ESTC R34871 14876891 ocm 14876891 102805 2240954097

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A39147) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 102805) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1569:9) An Elegy on the modern heroe, Redmon ô Hanlan, surnamed the Tory 1 broadside. s.n., [London? : 1681] Imprint suggested by Wing. Reproduction of original in the Harvard University Library. eng eebo An Elegy on the modern heroe, Redmon ô Hanlan, surnamed the Tory. [no entry] 1681 1 567 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2008-05 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-08 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-10 Sampled and proofread 2008-10 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
AN ELEGY On the MODERN HEROE , REDMON ô HANLAN , Surnamed The TORY . COme Gentle Muse , assist my pen To praise the worthiest of men , With whom , your ancient Heroes put In ballance , weigh not shell of Nut. As for great Hanlan's reputation , We shall evince by demonstration . Of them , let Jason first be nam'd , For clean conveyance so much fam'd . For whose each lock of Golden wooll , Bold Redmon has a thousand stole . Nor did their owners scape so cheap , He often took both Fleece , and Sheep . Nay Mercury himself , though made A God , for his great skill i' th trade ; Compar'd , would look like Picaroon To First-Rate Ship , or Star to Moon . Next Hercules , about whose Club Strange tales you tell , like those of Tub : Would the unequal combat shun , O're-match'd by his dead doing Gun . For if with Blunderbuss compar'd , Like all that met it , 't woud have fear'd . The force of this Achilles hide Well tan'd as 't was , wou'd ne'r abide . Shou'd lusty Blunder once assault him , In spight of Fate it would have maul'd him . Hector ; that of the Greeks made spoyl , As you and Homer keep a coyl ; Ne're bolder set upon his foes Than he , who told them to their nose , You must deliver up your Purse , Or by my Shoul you 'l fare the worse . Which said , if enemy seem'd stout , Soon half a dozen balls flew out , And strait one Army fell to rout . Which if our party no worse far'd Than losing Prize , and being scar'd : For th' famous Warrior was compleat In all that makes a General great , Knew when to fight , when to retreat . In which no Mountains , Rocks , or Woods , Cou'd stop his course , nor Bogs , nor Floods ; As oft he manifested , when Pursu'd by Floyd , and his six men . Shewing a pair of heels so light , That some mistook it for plain flight . But they are much mista'ne , alass ! And chiefly in the Millers case : For though his men and he retir'd With speed , after the Mill was fir'd ; Yet none must think the Count wou'd run From one old Miller and his Son . Attribute then the haste was made Only to fear of Ambuscade . But death , although he ran so fast , Has got the heels of him at last . For which , the tears are numberless That have been shed , as you may guess . But to his friends one comfort 's left , Although he be of life bereft , He shan't partake the common fate ; For neither Redmon's limbs nor pate Shall under sordid rubbish lye Forgot , but shall be plac'd on high , Monuments of his Chivalry . Where , if his shining Beard , and Hair , Should like some new made Star appear , ( For Stars , in times past , Heroes were ) To all that dare his Rivals be , They will portend black destiny . 3 December 1601