Threnodia in obitum D. Edouardi Lewkenor Equitis, & D. Susannae coniugis charissimæ. = Funerall verses vpon the death of the right worshipfull Sir Edvvard Levvkenor Knight, and Madame Susan his Lady. With Deaths apologie, and a reioynder to the same.

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Threnodia in obitum D. Edouardi Lewkenor Equitis, & D. Susannae coniugis charissimæ. = Funerall verses vpon the death of the right worshipfull Sir Edvvard Levvkenor Knight, and Madame Susan his Lady. With Deaths apologie, and a reioynder to the same.
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London :: Printed by Arnold Hatfield for Samuel Macham and Matthew Cooke, and are to be solde [by M. Cooke] in Pauls Church-yard at the signe of the Tigers head,
1606.
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Lewkenor, Edward, -- Sir, -- d. 1605 -- Poetry.
Lewkenor, Susan, -- Lady, -- d. 1605 -- Poetry.
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"Threnodia in obitum D. Edouardi Lewkenor Equitis, & D. Susannae coniugis charissimæ. = Funerall verses vpon the death of the right worshipfull Sir Edvvard Levvkenor Knight, and Madame Susan his Lady. With Deaths apologie, and a reioynder to the same." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A05409.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 19, 2025.

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In obitum verè illustrissimi viri, & tam gratiae, quàm naturae & artium praesidijs instructissimi, D. Eduardi Leukenor Militis, nec non in Susannam vxorem charissimam foeminam lectissimam 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉.
HEi mihi quàm subitò passim tua funera flere Cogimur inuiti Lewkenori, diem{que} supremum Condecorare tuum lachrymis rorantibus ora? Quem pietas celebrem, patriae prudentia charum, Integritas vitae illustrem grauitas{que} senilis, Natales clarum, mundo quem fecerat ardens Conspicuum Zelus de relligione tuenda. Dotibus ingenij ac artis quem docta Minerua Ornârat mirè, cuius suadela sedebat In labijs; nunc te miseri deflemus ademptum, Quem Deus e coelo virtutibus auxerat istis. Sed nec diuini satis est heu stamina vitae Abrupisse viri Parcis, nisi coniugis alma Vno eodem{que} ictu filum fatale rescindant. Quam pietas, quam castus Amor, Prudentiae, forma Grata{que} quam comitas, sancto{que} modestia vultu Foeminei ornabant vera ornamenta pudoris.

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Vos studiosa cohors, Respublica, Curia, Templa, Vos rus deplorat. lachrymas Academia fundit. Vnicè vos deflent proles generosa superstes, Et famuli famulae{que} omnes vos vnicè deflent. Non tamen in medio hoc luctu solatia desunt. Nam quos iunxit amor & connubialia iura, Non mors disiunxit, non funera, neuè sepulchrum: Ambo sed aethereis volitant super aethera pennis, Limen & augusti simul ingrediuntur Olympi, Et coelo regnant cum Christo rege, supremo.

S.W.C. Eman.

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