Under the shadow of the ancient church of Bakewell, Derbyshire, is a stone containing a long inscription to the memory of John Dale, barber-surgeon, and his two wives, Elizabeth Foljambe and Sarah Bloodworth. It ends thus:-- Know posterity, that on the 8th of April, in the year of grace 1757, the rambling remains of the above JOHN DALE were, in the 86th yeare of his pilgrimage, laid upon his two wives. This thing in life might raise some jealousy, Here all three lie together lovingly, But from embraces here no pleasure flows, Alike are here all human-joys and woes; Here Sarah's chiding John no longer hears, And old John's rambling Sarah no more fears; A period's come to all their toylsome lives, The good man's quiet; still are both his wives. The following is from St. Julian's church, Shrewsbury:-- The remains of HENRY CORSER of this parish, Chirurgeon, who Deceased April 11, 1691, and Annie his wife, who followed him the next day after:-- We man and wife, Conjoined for Life, Fetched our last breath So near that Death, Who part us would, Yet hardly could. Wedded againe, In bed of dust, Here we remaine, Till rise we must. A double prize this grave doth finde, If you are wise keep it in minde. In St. Anne's Churchyard, Soho, erected by the Earl of Orford (Walpole), in 1758, these lines were (or are) to be read:-- Near this place is interred THEODORE, King of Corsica, Who died in this Parish December XI., MDCCLVI., Immediately after leaving The _King's Bench Prison_, By the benefit of the _Act of Insolvency_; In consequence of which He _registered his Kingdom of Corsica For the use of his Creditors_! The grave--great teacher--to a level brings Heroes and beggars, galley-slaves and kings! But THEODORE this moral learned, ere dead; Fate pour'd its lessons on his living head, Bestow'd a kingdom, and denied him bread. In the burial-ground of the Island of Juan Fernandez, a monument states:-- In Memory of ALEXANDER SELKIRK, Mariner, A native of Largo, in the county of Fife, Scotland, Who lived on this island, in complete solitude, for four years and four months. He was landed from the Cinque Ports galley, 96 tons, 18 guns, A.D. 1704, and was taken off in the Duke, privateer, 12th February, 1709. He died Lieutenant of H.M.S. Weymouth, A.D. 1723, aged 47 years. This Tablet is erected near Selkirk's look out, By Commodore Powell and the Officers of H.M.S. Topaze, A.D. 1868.