On the death of his excellence General Dalziel of Binns, one of the members of His Majesties most honourable Privy Council. A funeral elegie. / N. P. Paterson, Ninian, d. 1688. 1685 Approx. 6 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-03 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). B04935 Wing P697 ESTC R181522 51784597 ocm 51784597 175006 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. 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Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). Keying and markup guidelines are available at the Text Creation Partnership web site . eng Dalziel, Thomas d. 1685 -- Death and burial -- Poetry. Elegiac poetry, Scottish -- Early works to 1800. Broadsides -- Scotland -- 17th century 2008-04 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-04 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-05 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2008-05 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion On the DEATH of His EXCELLENCE GENERAL DALȜIEL OF BINNS , One of the Members of His MAJESTIES most Honourable Privy Council . A Funeral Elegie . THou Child of Sin and Fate , who only can Measure the true Dimensions of a Man , Who with impartial and triumphant Wings O'retakes the poor mans Flight as well as Kings , And with thy Martial All-controuling Drum , Beats a cold March to the Eternal Home , Tyrant o'r tyrants , who , with Fatal Force , Betwixt the Soul and Body makes Divorce . No more thy Trophies boast , thou here must yield , Here 's on thou could not Conquer in the Field , Who , spite of all the Forces him withstood , Has div'd for Honour in a Sea of Blood. Who , whersoe're he Fought , or Seige did lay , Honour and Conquest did their wings display . Whose Heart by night nor day did ever feel A cowards damps , oft sleept in sheets of steel . That Soul of Chivalrie , which no delight Could weaken , or the face of Death affright , The Great DALȜIEL , who with undazled eyes , Affronted all the Flames from Steel could rise . Just like the generous Eagle dare oppose . The proudest light that ever in Heaven arose . His Actions all were Generous , and Free , And did no Interest own , but Loyaltie , He lov'd not Wars for Wars , nor Strise for Strife , Not Prodigal , nor Nigard of his Life , He did not loftly spare himself , but then He did exact the like of other men . For of his Generous , and Martial Heart , Courage and Judgement had their equal part , He was the Genius of the Camp , yet knew , When to Retire , and when his Foes pursue , He knew all Order of tumultuous War , Ranks , Files , March , Counter-march , to make a Squar , And from a Squar , to raise a Diamond , And all Battalias ever yet were found . How to Encamp , Entrench , and any part Where Nature fails , to Fortifie by Art : How to Desend , or to assault a Town , And Courtings , Bulwarks , Plat-forms to beat down . He knew no treacherous Arts , nor cheating Charms , But masculin Courage , and the Laws of Arms , With these he made his Souldiers well train'd Men , With these he brought them on , and off again . It was by those , he to his latest Breath , In every War , Conquest Propound , or Death . Like a Majestick General , by those , He sold his Souldiers Lives dear to their Foes . By his Example every minor Band , Did take new Force from his Heroick Hand ; Souldier inspired Souldier ; Foot , the Horse ; But he them both ; so great 's a Generals Force . Who by his Valour , made it understood , An ounce of Honour's worth a pound of Blood , His never daunted Courage undervalu't The iron salutation of a Bullet . Therefore some grovling cowards low-pitcht eye , That could not reach triumphant honors Skie . What their affrighted sense could not behold , Without being dazled , yet to carp were bold . But he at home , abroad , and in all parts , His Blade imbrew'd in Rivers Sprung from Hearts . Yet with such Moderation that he made It clear ; War was for Physick not for Trade . In Ireland , and in Musco , and at Home , Like Hercules he Monsters overcome . In all which Interprizes we might see His Counsel , Courage , Generositie . He knew when to be harsh , when to be mild , And did esteem each Souldier as his Child . And train'd them so , which Care was not in vain , They as their Father Reverénc'd him again , And with the Prophet did him thus bewail , Horse-men and Chariots of our Israel . But now being Enfranchised , and at large From all our Wars , Death seals him a Discharge . He with the Souls above and Hierarchie , Has Valour turned into Extasie , Where till the Earth and all its Trophies lie A scattered Heap , and Time it self shall die . He shall live unallarm'd with the blast Of any other Trumpet but the last . Invictissimi Ducis Thomae Dalȝelli EPITAPHIUM . Non potes exiguo claudi Dalȝelle Sepulchro , Tans brevis ingentem non capit Vrna virum . Te Duce Monstra jacent Patria teterrima , cum nil Restaret , superi scandis in astra poli . N. P. Niniani Patersoni ad Amicos Paraenesis . Ille ego lugentum expertus solator , acerbis Heu premer ipfe malis ! luctu ! atque labore ! ruino ! Omnibus exhaustus jam casibus , omnium egenus Defici● ; Medicasque manus fomentaque quaere Vul●tribus ( sed summs ) meis . Nunc tempus amici Reddere ●pem , immeritis var●●●…es exolvere curis .