To the memory of Thomas Heneage Esquire. An expostulation with death. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A94561 of text R2571 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason E149_10). 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 2017 A94561 Wing T1572 Thomason E149_10 ESTC R2571 99872100 99872100 156718 2248513106

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A94561) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 156718) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 26:E149[10]) To the memory of Thomas Heneage Esquire. An expostulation with death. 1 sheet ([1] p.) printed for Edward Blackmore, London : 1642. Caption title. In verse. In double columns. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Heneage, Thomas, d. 1642? Death -- Early works to 1800. A94561 R2571 (Thomason E149_10). civilwar no To the memory of Thomas Heneage Esquire.: An expostulation with death. anon. 1642 1 337 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. 2007-06 Assigned for keying and markup 2007-06 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-07 Sampled and proofread 2007-07 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
TO THE MEMORY OF THOMAS HENEAGE ESQUIRE . An Expostulation with DEATH . IS there no remedy , must wise men dy As well as fooles ? hath perfect Piety No priviledge beyond Impiety ? Impartiall Death , when will thy poysoned dart Learne to distinguish 'twixt the Nobler part Of living men , and those whose vulgar breath Were farre a fitter sacrifice for death ? Why are the Stars immortall more than they ? They shine by night , these glister night and day . Starres borrow all their light , but wisemen lend : In each of them the world enjoyes a friend . How is it then that senslesse creatures be Exempted from this generall tyranny , And fixt within their Orbs , survive to light So many Worthies to eternall night ? Is it because Stars are above the Spheere , Wherein thou art allow'd to domineere ? Or is thy arme too short , or wilt thou say The night revives them that depart by day ; That every Even beholds a dying Sun , And every Morn a Resurrection ? Oh happy world , if wise and vertuous men , Since they must dy , might dy to live agen After some houres like Sol , or with the Moon After some dayes ; if that be thought too soon , That like the fragrant flowers they might appear To beautifie the Earth but once a yeare ; Then happily we might our selves inure His death with some more patience to endure , Whose grace and wisedome did trascend by farre The light and influence of the Morning Star . But this vaine wish the Great and only Wise Controller of the Vniverse denies , And 't will become us better , reverently To mourne in silence , rather than reply .
The Epitaph . HEre lies interr'd under this fat all Stone A world of men epitomis'd in one .

London , printed for Edward Blackmore , 1642.