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

Epitaphs. 24598. On a Clown.Softly tread this earth upon,For here lyes our Cory don :Who through care to save his sheepWatch'd too much, Oh let him sleep!99. On a Child.As carefull Nurses on their beds do layTheir babes, which would too long the wantons play,So to prevent my youths ensuing crimes,Nature my Nurse laid me to bed betimes.100. On a Musitian.Be not offended at our sad complaint,You Quire of Angels, that have gain'd a Saint ;Where all perfection met in skill and voyce,We mourn our losse, but yet commend your choyce.10 1. On a Gard'ner.Could he forget his death that every houreWas emblem'd to it, by the fading flower ?Should hee not mind his end ? yes sure he must,That still was conversant 'mong beds of dust.1 02. On a Drunkard.Bibax the drunkard, while he liv'd would say,The more I drink, the more methinks I may :But see how death hath prov'd his saying just,For he hath drunke himselfe as dry as dust.