To the right honourable Thomas Earl of Ossory &c. Reer-Admiral of the Blew squadron, on his unexampled courage and gallantry as well in former actions as in the late engagement of the 11th. of August 1673. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B06153 of text R221074 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing T1714). 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 B06153 Wing T1714 Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.3[110] 99885211 ocm99885211 182594 2264214293

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. B06153) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 182594) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books; Tract supplement ; A4:1[110]) To the right honourable Thomas Earl of Ossory &c. Reer-Admiral of the Blew squadron, on his unexampled courage and gallantry as well in former actions as in the late engagement of the 11th. of August 1673. 1 sheet ([1] p.). s.n., [London : 1673] At foot: With allowance. Verse: "There needs no muses name be call'd upon ..." Reproduction of original in the British Library. Imprint from Wing. eng Ossory, Thomas Butler, -- Earl of, 1634-1680 -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800. eebo To the right honourable Thomas Earl of Ossory &c. Reer-Admiral of the Blew squadron, on his unexampled courage and gallantry as well in former actions anon 1673 1 481 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. 2008-01 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-01 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-02 Sampled and proofread 2008-02 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
To the Right Honourable THOMAS Earl of OSSORY &c. Reer-Admiral of the BLEW Squadron , on His unexampled Courage and Gallantry as well in former ACTIONS as in the late Engagement of the 11th. of August 1673. My Lord , THere needs no Muses name be call'd upon , To give of you a Just description . He that would speak you as he ought , must write With the same equal temper that you fight ; As free from Passion and as clear from rage , As when i' th' midst of Thunders you Engage . Could we but in each circumstance appear Like you , we might then write too without fear : Though OSSORY's a name to which we owe So much , who speakes it cannot fall too low . Those glorious heights to which you are arriv'd , Have Scorn and Censure of their Armes depriv'd . The Proud Fanatick crew that take delight In Raillery 'gainst Crownes to vent their spite , Do all their surly inclinations wave , And in their height of Spleen confess you BRAVE . Whilst Loyal subjects , when they do repeat What 's done , and what they hope you may do yet , Felt a kind trembling all their sense o'reawe And cannot reconcile their fear and joy . They joy in such a gemme to have a share , And fear to lose it does provoke their care : And when your course of Honour they Survey , How uncompell'd you tread in dangers way , How though advanc'd to such a height before , That scarce your Prince or Fortune could do more ; You slight dull quiet and expose your blood , For your Kings glory , and your Countries good . But whilst these thoughts Exalt you to the skies , Clouds of despair do in their Bosomes rise . They Dread , alas ! ( which Heaven avert ) left all These Triumphs should in one sad instant fall . Then they remember all that Spragg had done , And weep to think how soon his Race was run : Grieve at his Fate , but more acute that Wave , Which durst drown him you did attempt to save . Yet in the mid'st of feares , they think so due , They can't but wish , you 'd Honour still pursue . Their Faith destroys their doubts , and they 're assur'd , That the same providence which has secur'd You in so many dreadfull dangers , will With the same watchfull eye protect you still : Nor can you of a preservation fail , If ever pray'rs of faithfull men prevail , Since there 's no Sect pretends to Heaven , but do With Hearty zeal offer up Vows for you .

With Allowance .