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Epitaphs. 23968. On a Water-man.Here sleeps Will. Slater, why? by deaths command,Hath left the water to possesse the land.ttOn Sir Francis Drake.England his heart, his Corps the waters have,And that which rais'd his frame, became his grave.70. On a Gallant.Who cloth of Tissue wore, here flat doth lye,Having no issue more than that in's thigh.Gone is71. On John Garret.John Garret, who to all men's thinking,For love to Claret kill'd himselfe with drinking.72. On notable Ned.Cause of the dead nought must be said but good,'Tis well for Ned that nought be understood.73. On a Taylor who dy'dofthe stitch.Here lies a Taylour in this ditch,Who liv'd and dyed by the stitch.74. On a travelling begger.Here lies a Vagrant person whom our lawes,(Of late growne strict) denied passage, causeHe wandred thus, therefore returne he must,From whence at first he hither came, to dust.