A funeral elegy upon the death of that excellent and most worthy gentleman John Winthrop Esq. late governor of His Majestyes colony of Conecticot [sic]; who deceased April , 1676 This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B09173 of text W17422 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing F2532). 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 2 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 B09173 Wing F2532 ESTC W17422 69648667 ocm 69648667 184924 2240865566

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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. B09173) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 184924) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English Books, 1641-1700 ; 2880:3) A funeral elegy upon the death of that excellent and most worthy gentleman John Winthrop Esq. late governor of His Majestyes colony of Conecticot [sic]; who deceased April , 1676 1 sheet ([2] p.). Printed by John Foster?], [Boston : 1676. Caption title. Publication data suggested by Wing (2nd ed.). Text in two columns, surrounded by border. Reproduction of original in: Massachusetts Historical Society Library. eng Winthrop, John, 1606-1676 -- Death and burial. Elegiac poetry -- Early works to 1800. Broadsides -- England y 17th century. eebo A Funeral elegy upon the death of that excellent and most worthy gentleman John Winthrop Esq. late governour of his majestyes colony of Conecticot; wh [no entry] 1676 2 539 1 0 0 0 0 0 18.55 C The rate of 18.55 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2012-09 Assigned for keying and markup 2012-10 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2013-01 Sampled and proofread 2013-01 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2013-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
A FUNERAL ELEGY Vpon the Death of that Excellent and most worthy Gentleman John Winthrop Esq. Late Governour of his Majestyes Colony of Conecticot ; Who deceased April , 1676.
Anagr. John Winthrop , Oh Print Wo nih .
LEt woe be printed nigh unto our Land , Since that Jehovahs formidable hand Hath been bereaving us this fatal year , Of such a Star within our Hemisphere . A Star of such resplendent glorious Light , Whose Fellow never yet approacht our sight Nor ever are we like his Peer to see In all his comprehensive rarity . A pretious Pillar in his earthly station , A pious servant to his Generation , Although his Extract was sublime and high , Yet was he cloathed with humility . His place of bearing Rule it was so sweet , That Justice did with mercy in him meet . His Learning was so grand that all may ghess Our Winthrop's Master of the Languages , Whose travail's far into out-landish places , They did augment his other worthy graces . And lest his Gallantry should seem to fall . Behold his worth in matters Physical ; My Pen can never fully it rehearse , Whose Fame did overrun the Universe . His Powders , Cordials , and his 〈◊〉 Pills . O're flew the Mountains , and the fasting Hills . So pregnant was his skill , none can discry , And lofty Judgement into Chimistry . Incomparable was the depth he had In rare Inventions , sons of men to glad . When Hartfords Charter was in some suspence This worthy Heroe must away from hence . Our Jurisdiction rightly to maintain , And mediate before his Sovereign : For which great Service who so fit as He , One of th' Imperial Society . A man of wisdome , Patience , Love , and Peace , To Rich and poor his virtues did encrease , His labour and his dealings were so free , That none did more abound in Charity , His Remedyes they did not only tend Unto mens bodies , but a better end . When Subdivisions in the Church did rise , He had great skill to heal their Maladies . Surcease my mournful Muse , further to add Of this great Patriot , unless I had Briarius hands to set his virtues forth , And Argus Eyes to weep his golden worth .
ACCROSTICON . INvironed with grief well be we may , On every side in such a cloudy day , He being gone who was our Countryes glory , Not to return which make our hearts so sorry . Woe and alass unto our Colonyes , In middest of our other miseryes , No mortal can express what dolour 't is , To be bereav'd of such a Gem as this . Himself could only let us understand , Rightly to value such a heavy hand ; Oh may this dismal loss ne'r be forgot , Per Plimouth , Boston , and Conecticot .
EPITAPH . HEre lyes a None-such for all virtuous things , Fittest to be discoursed of by Kings .
Mors omnibus communis . FINIS