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

Epitaphs.To kill those rich-soul'd men, who sweetly doWhisper unto their willing souls to goe.But knowledge of thy weaknesse makes thee wise,Thou seek'st not triumphs now, but sacrifice.Thy malice fools thee too, thou hop'st they'd grieveBecause they should be forc'd behind to leaveTheir honour'd worth ;but (fond fool) they beNow crown'd and cloath'd with immortality.Nor shalt thou kill their fames ;here we will raiseA Monument to them, shall out-last dayes ;Nor shall decay, untill the Trumpets callThe world to see thy long-wish'd Funerall :Till then sleep blest souls, freed from hopes and fears,Whilst we do write your Epitaphs in tears.fiuim. Jud rrjtyj bnri tari