Svffolks tears, or, Elegies on the renowned knight Sir Nathaniel Barnardiston a gentleman eminent for piety to God, love to the Church, and fidelity to his country, and therefore highly honored by them all : he was five times chosen Knight of the Shire, for the county of Suffolk, and once burgess of Sudbury, in the discharge of which trust, he always approved himself faithful, as by his great sufferings for the freedoms and liberties of his countrey, abundantly appear : a zealous promoter of the preaching of the Gospel, manifested by his great care, in presenting men, able, learned, and pious, to the places whereof he had the patronage, and also by his large and extraordinary bounty towards the advancing of religion and learning, both at home, and in forreign plantations among the heathen.

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Attributed to Samuel Faireclough. Cf. BM. The dedication in verse is by Samuel Faireclough. Some verses in Latin. This work appears at reel 581:9 as Wing S6164, and at reel 867:24 as Wing F109A (number cancelled in Wing 2nd ed.). Reproduction of original in Huntington Library.