An achrostickal epitaph on Sir Edward Sprague E. M. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A50440 of text R224125 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing M14A). 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. 2 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 A50440 Wing M14A ESTC R224125 99834585 99834585 39087 2248548540

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A50440) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 39087) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1814:15) An achrostickal epitaph on Sir Edward Sprague E. M. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [London : 1673] Signed at end: E.M. Title word "Sir Edward Sprague" is printed vertically and is the begining of the acrostic. Imprint from Wing. Partially in verse. Reproduction of the original at the Bodleian Library. eng Spragge, Edward, -- Sir, d. 1673 -- Early works to 1800. Acrostics -- Early works to 1800. eebo An achrostickal epitaph on Sir Edward Sprague E. M 1673 1 366 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. 2007-12 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-01 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-02 Sampled and proofread 2008-08 Rekeyed and resubmitted 2008-10 Sampled and proofread 2008-10 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
An Achrostickal EPITAPH ON

S igh S erious S isters Valiant Sprague here lies , I ove I ustly I udges , this same Sacrifice R uns R ude and R ashly , sans Hyperbolies . E xquisite E mblem of E ternal Worth D rawn D ry by D each ; thy Vertue did shew forth W it W orth and W isdom ; all conjoyn'd in one . A ll A rts A ssisting are to thee alone . R eason R ules R ightly , Everlasting Fame D oth here D eclare and D ignifie thy Name . S eraphick S prague ! S ublime in every part . P rowess with P rudence P re-commandeth Art . R enowned R ock , R ich Relick of our days ; A rts A ncient A rtist , far surpassing Praise : G reat G ood and G lorious , thy Triumphant Fate V nlikely W as , V s , thus , to antedate : E arths E mperor , E xpired is of late .

But stay my Muse , thou had'st almost forgot Our Modern Hero ; oh , forget him not : Lend us a tear or two , if thou canst cry And usher forth , to us , an Elegy . Neptune thou' rt churlish , for to make his Grave Within th' imposthum'd Bubble of a Wave : Whil'st Thetis kinder , did his Corps translate Vnto our Shore , to stigmatize thy hate : To shew how much in Envy you excel ; Thou 'lt in thy Orb , admit no parallel . The Deep-mouth'd Cannon , hath him oft frobore , Thy Billows , are more fatal , when they rore , Like full mouth'd Hypocrites , it all destroys , And so the deepest Waters , make least noise . Then to lament in brave Heroick Verse , Hang these dull Pendants on his Funeral Herse . Farewell Brave Sprague , thy Tragick Fate exacts Tears tumbling from our Eyes , in Catarracts : By whose impetuous Torrents , Earth shall be Disrob'd of Verdant Nature's Tapestry . E. M.