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Appendix.

"Honest John's
Dead and gone."

St. John's, Worcester.

"Here lies the dust of Margaret Gywn,
Who was so very pure within,
That she chipp'd the shell of her earthly skin,
And hatch'd herself a Cherubim."

Cambridgeshire.

"On a Thursday I was born,
On a Thursday made a bride,
On a Thursday broke my leg,
And on a Thursday died."

Ludlow, Shropshire.

"Here lies the body of Daniel Saul,
Spitalields weaver,—and that's all."

St. Dunstan's, Stepney.

"Here lies John Pye,
Oh! O!
Doth he so?
There let him lie."

Coventry.

"Here lies William Shaw,
An attorney-at-law,—
If he is not blest,
What will become of all the rest?"

St. Bartholomew's, London.