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( 59 ) Great Noiſe was made of that Sermon ; but I do not hear Mr. MacKaile was troubled for it. Upon the 8th January 1674, Mr. Matthew Mac- Kaile, of whom ſome Account hath been given already, was liberate from Priſon where he had been for ſome time. Upon his refuſing to engage not to preach, he was confin- ed to the Pariſh of Carlouk, and Bond was given for him, that he ſhould appear before the Council when called.

Elegy on the Death of Mr. Hew MACKAILE.

TH' Affairs of Mortals reel ſo, that they be Nought but a Scene of Inſtability : The Pleaſures which our poor Enjoyment brings, They are but feeble, fickly, palſy things. Our Sun is clouded, is not void of Stains ; Our Moon bath Changes, and doth ſuffer Wains. A gloomy Night attends our faireſt Day : Our ſweeteſt Honey wanteth not Allay. Griefs, briniſh Streams, with our Delights do flow : No Roſe without its prickly Thorn doth grow. Our Aprils do September Falls bewail ; Our Harveſt often fills our Barns with Hail. The Proofs of theſe Things in this Youth we find, Soon nipt down, as a Roſe, by boiſterous Wind. His early Dawnings ſparkled ſuch a Light, As promiſed a Noon that ſhould be bright. His greener Bloſſoms gave ſuch ample Hope, That none did queſtion the ſucceeding Crop. The Graces their own Birth would have him ſtil'd; The Muſes have adopt him for their Child. Amongſt her Babes would Eloquence him plac'd, And, as her Suckling, Pallas him embrac'd. Fond Venus hugg'd him in Adonis' Stead : In this Hew Grotius would have gloried. For he had Beauty which might well endear : No Blemiſh in his Body did appear. Some