; . His Epitaph. • --Ask you why fo many a tea~· · B urfis forth ; I'le tell you inyour' ear : (; ompel me not to fpeak aloud, D eath would then be toO too proud, E yes that cannot vie a tear, F · orbear fO aslf~ you maynQ~ h~a,r; G cntle hcarts-th~t overflow, · ' 1/ H av~only pri~iledge toknow= ~ i I n thefe facred Afhes, then, ' , ·J{ now (Reader) that a man ofmen L ies covered: Fame and laf\in~dry . ~ ~ M ake dear mentionof his fiery : ·"' ~, • • · N ature when fhe g~ve him birth, 0 p' d her treafure t() theearth, P ut forth the model of truemerit, Q.. uickned with a higher fpirit : R are was hi~ life; his lateft breath S aw, and fcoil\:;'d, andconqu~i~d' death ; :: T hanklefs Re~~er, never mor~ ' .; u rge a why, when·tears· runo'r: , . When you faw fo high a Tide, · Y 1 qu might have knO\·Vn,'twas Alimer dy'd. Obiit, Ja1l. vi. MDCXXV. •· ·: ··. Vi~~;~;oft fime~·-a ~Virt~{: · ·, ., AN
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