TRIUMPHS OVER DEATH; OR, A consolatory Epistle for afflicted Minds, IN THE AFFECTS OF DYING FRIENDS. FIRST WRITTEN FOR THE CONSOLATION OF ONE; BUT NOW PUBLISHED FOR THE GENERAL GOOD OF ALL, BY R. S. THE AUTHOR of S. PETER'S COMPLAINT, AND MOONIE HIS OTHER HYMNS. LONDON: PRINTED BY VALENTINE SIMMES, FOR JOHN BUSBIE; AND ARE TO BE SOLD AT NICHOLAS LING'S SHOP, AT THE WEST END OF PAUL'S CHURCII. 1596. TO THE WORSHIPFUL M. RICHARD SACKVILE, EDWARD SACKVILE, CICILIA SACKVILE, AND ANNE SACKVILE, The hopeful Issues of the Hon. Gentleman, Master Robert Sackvile, Esq. Most lines do not the best conceit contain ; Few words, well couch'd, may comprehend much matter : Then, as to use the first is counted vain, So is't praise-worthy to conceit the latter; The gravest wits that most grave works expect, The smallest spark will cast a burning heat; Do not with coy disdainful oversight Deny to read this well-meant orphan's mite. And since his father in his infancy I, his unworthy foster-sire, have dar'd You glorying issues of that glorious dame, Whose life is made the subject of death's will, you succeeding hopes of mother's fame, To I dedicate this fruit of Southwell's quill: Then deign in kindness to accept the work, Which he in kindness writ, I send to you, The which till now clouded, obscure did lurk: But now opposed to each reader's view, it. May yield commodious fruit to every wight,. But if in aught I have presumptuous been, My pardon-craving pen implores your favour; If any fault in print be past unseen, To let it pass the printer is the craver: So shall he thank you; and I, by duty bound, Your worships' humbly devoted, JOHN TRUSSELL. R READ with regard, what here with due regard, B By whose persuasive pithy argument, E Each well-disposed eye may be prepar'd, R T S 0 U Respectively their grief for friends' decease Sith then the work is worthy of your view, T That for your profit it presented you: H E E He penn'd, I publish this to pleasure all ; W Weigh his work's worth, accept of my good will, JOHN TRUSSELL. |