Facetiae : Musarum deliciae, or, The Muses recreation, conteining ...

Epitaphs. 24389. On a Collier.Here lies the Collier Jenkin Dashes,By whom Death nothing gain'd he swore,For living he was dust and ashes,And being dead he is no more.90. On Dick Pinner.Here lyes Dick Pinner, O ungentle Death !Why didst thou rob Dick Pinner of his breath ?For he living, by scraping of a pin,Made better dust than thou hast made of him.91. On a Sack-sucker.Good Reader blesse thee, be assur'd,The spirit of Sack lyes here immur'd :Who havockt all he could come byFor Sack, and here quite sack'd doth ly.92. On a Child.Into this world as stranger to an Inne,This Child came Guest-wise, where when it had beeneA while, and found nought worthy of his stay,He onely broke his fast, & went away.93.-On a Candle.Here lyes the Chandlers chiefest joy,Here lyes the Schollers pale-fac'd boy ;Having nought else but skin and boneDy'd of a deep Consumption.R 2