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Epitaphs. 24180. Another.He that such carriage store, was wont to have,Is carried now himselfe unto his grave :O strange! he that in life ne're made but one,Six Carriers makes, now he is dead and gone.8 1. Another.Here Hobson lyes, prest with a heavy loade,Who now isgone the old and common Roade ;The waggon he so lov'd, so lov'd to ride,That he was drawing on, whilst that he dy'd.82. Another.Hob.wris not dead, but Charles the Northern swaineHath sent for him, to draw his lightsome-waine.83. On a Foot-man.This nimble foot-man ran away from death,And here he rested being out of breath :Here death him overtooke, made him his slaveAnd sent him on an errand to his grave.84. Justus Lipsius.VOL. II.Some have high monuments of Parian stone,And some in brasse carve their inscription,Some have their tombs of costly marble rear'd ;But in our teares, onely art thou interr'd.R