Here lies a modell of frail man, A tender infant, but a span In age or stature. Here she must Lengthen out both bedded in dust. Nine moneths imprisoned in ye wombe, Eight on earth’s surface free; ye tombe Must now complete her diarie, So leave her to aeternatie. Buckinghamshire. DATCHET. EPITAPH ON TWO SISTERS. A tender mother, aunt, and friend, They continued to their end. HIGH WYCOMBE. Death is a fisherman; the world we see A fish-pond is, and we the fishes be; He sometimes angles, like doth with us play, And slily take us, one by one away. IVER. On William Hawkins. Once at his death, and twice in wedlocke blest; Thrice happy in his labour and his rest; Espoused now to Christ, his head in life, Being twice a husband, and in death a wife. On a Lady. Two happy days assigned are to men— Of wedlocke and of death. O happy then, ’Mongst women was she who is here interred, Who lived out two, and, dying, had a third. On Richard Carter. An honest man, a friend sincere, What more can be said? He’s buried here. FARNHAM. A sudden death, a mind contented; Living beloved, dead lamented. WYCOMBE. Here lies one, whose rest Gives me a restless life; Because I’ve lost a good And virtous wyfe. Cambridgeshire. ALL SAINT’S CHURCH, CAMBRIDGE. Epitaph of a Wine Merchant. “In Obitum Mio Johannis Hammond Ænopolæ Epitaphium “Spiritus ascendit generosi Nectaris astra, “Juxta Altare Calex hic facet ecco sacrum “Corporu αναδταδει cū fit Communia magna “Unio tunc fuerit Nectaris et Calicis.” SOHAM 1 To God 2 To Prince 3 Wife 4 Kindred 5 Friend 6 Poor 1 Religious 2 Loyal 3 True 4 Kind 5 Steadfast 6 Dear 1 In Zeal 2 Faith 3 Love 4 Blood 5 Amity 6 And Store He hath so lived, and so Deceased Lie—Here. _Translation_. It consists of four lines, each of which contains five ambusses, or ten syllables (which is evident, from the rhyming) and therefore it should be read thus:— To God, to Prince, Wife, Kindred, Friend, the Poor, Religious, Loyal, True, Kind, Stedfast, Dear. In Zeal, Faith, Love, Blood, Amity, and Store, He hath so liv’d, and so Deceas’d, lies here.