Epigr: on the Rt Rev: Father in God: Lo. BB of Winchester
IF C HESTER boast hir (flesh & bloud) cheife men:
What was W INCHESTER ? is M ANCHESTER then?
Both noble borne to equall heights of Spirit
Both glorious strong in sev'rall wayes of merite:
That was a C HEIFE , compackt of L EARND & Good
Both abling preisthood, both ennobling blood,
This that surviues, cheif man of those that weild
Great Charls his Law's & Counsell: Sword & Sheild:
An I STHMUS , or a R OD , t'imbarr the pride,
Or swelling waues of violence deuide.
Death tooke W INCHESTER cheife of churchmen young
O Spare M ANCHESTER Cheife of Statesmen Long.
What was W INCHESTER ? is M ANCHESTER then?
Both noble borne to equall heights of Spirit
Both glorious strong in sev'rall wayes of merite:
That was a C HEIFE , compackt of L EARND & Good
Both abling preisthood, both ennobling blood,
This that surviues, cheif man of those that weild
Great Charls his Law's & Counsell: Sword & Sheild:
An I STHMUS , or a R OD , t'imbarr the pride,
Or swelling waues of violence deuide.
Death tooke W INCHESTER cheife of churchmen young
O Spare M ANCHESTER Cheife of Statesmen Long.
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