Orations of divers sorts accommodated to divers places written by the Lady Marchioness of Newcastle.
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Orations of divers sorts accommodated to divers places written by the Lady Marchioness of Newcastle.
Author
Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of, 1624?-1674.
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London :: [s.n.],
1662.
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Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1660-1688.
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"Orations of divers sorts accommodated to divers places written by the Lady Marchioness of Newcastle." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A53051.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 3, 2024.
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descriptionPage 134
A Souldiers Dying Speech to his Friends.
Dear Friends,
YOu are come to see me Die, but I am sorry
you shall see me Die in the Bed of Sloth,
and not in the Field of Action; for now I shall
Die like a Coward, whereas had I Died in the
Field of Warr, I should have Died as a Valiant
man; indeed the Field of Warr is the Bed of
Honour, wherein all Valiant and Gallant men
should Die; but Fortune hath denied me that
Honour, she hath spar'd my Life to my Loss,
for those that Die in the Warrs, have Greater
Renowns and Gloriouser Fame, than those that
Die in Chambers of Peace; for whatsoever
Heroick Acts men have done, for the most part
Die, if they Out-live them; for such Actions
Live by the Deaths of the Actors, I do not say
Alwaies, but for the Most part, which makes
me fear the Service I have done my King and
Country, will Die with me, and be Buried in
Oblivions Grave, yet should the Service I have
done, be quite Forgotten, I should not Repent
my Actions; for Honourable persons and Gal∣lant
men should do what they Ought to do, al∣though
they were certain Never to be Rewar∣ded;
for though few men are Rewarded accor∣ding
to their Merits, and many have Favour,
that did Never Merit a Reward, (so Unjust is
the World, Fortune, and Fame) yet their In∣justice
descriptionPage 135
must not make men Unworthy; but I
have done my Part, and Death will do His.
Farewell.
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