An elegy on the death of Thomas Beddingfield esq; who was murdered by Mr. Thomas Barney at Norwich, on Sunday the 20th. day of July, 1684. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B03224 of text R36111 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing E410). 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. 3 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 B03224 15604579 Wing E410 Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.3[8] ESTC R36111 99890135 ocm99890135 182494 2240905292

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. B03224) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 182494) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books; Tract supplement ; A4:1[8]) An elegy on the death of Thomas Beddingfield esq; who was murdered by Mr. Thomas Barney at Norwich, on Sunday the 20th. day of July, 1684. 1 sheet ([1] p.). Printed by George Croom, at the Blue-Ball, over against Baynar'd Castle, in Thames-street, London, : 1684. Verse: "The hearts of men can never be at ease ..." Within mourning borders, with emblems and motto. Reproduction of original in the British Library. eng Beddingfield, Thomas, d. 1684 -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800. Barney, Thomas -- Early works to 1800. Elegiac poetry, English -- 17th century. eebo An elegy on the death of Thomas Beddingfield esq; who was murdered by Mr. Thomas Barney at Norwich, on Sunday the 20th. day of July, 1684. anon 1684 1 407 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

MEMENTO MORI

outline of tombstone including emblems of Death which surrounds text
AN ELEGY On the Death of Thomas Beddingfield Esq Who was Murdered by Mr. Thomas Barney , AT NORWICH , On Sunday the 20th . day of July , 1684. 4. Aug. 1684 THe Hearts of Men can never be at Ease , Till they with floods of Grief their Souls appease : For he who doth not this lov'd Man Bemoan , His Heart 's composed of Adamantine-Stone : Yet all the Tears are offerr'd by your Eyes , And all the Griefs relenting Hearts comprize , Are due to him , as his just Obsequies . The Countrys Darling , and Mankinds Delight , Is snacth'd as on a sudden from our Sight . But Reader think he was prepar'd to Dye , Whose Life was Vertue and Morality . Envy it self , could ne're eclips his Fame , His Life was Innocent and void of Blame : His business on the Earth was doing Good , And 't was as customary as his Food . He was all Mildness and good Nature , he Was Exercis'd in works of Charity : The Scale of all his Actions were so even , He was too good for Earth , and 's gone to Heaven . But for the Instrument of his sad End , The Blackest Angel do's his Fate Attend ; And so Impatient of Revenge is grown , He seems to lash the Lazy Minutes on : The Sword of Vengeance ready in his Hand , To Execute the Almighty's just Command . His Blood so Innocent , aloud do's cry For Vengeance , and it s heard beyond the Skie . And a severe Repentance only can Make God acquit the Guilty for this Man . But for his present State , it needs must be Attended both with Shame and Misery : The greatest Advocate that now should Plead In the behalf of such a Cursed Deed , Acts o're again a Murther on the Dead ; And makes his horrid Wounds a fresh to Bleed . Were his Friends ne're so Potent they must fail In the Address , and Justice must Prevail : Nor can his Blood 'ere wash away his Guilt , Or make amends for that which he hath Spilt .

LONDON , Printed by George Croom , at the Blue-Ball , over against Baynard's Castle , in Thames-street , 1684.