"Here lies Joan Onely, the onely most faithful wife of John Onely, in Warwickshire, Esq., to whose soul the onely Trinity be merciful."
"Here lyeth wrapt in clay
The body of William Wray;—
I have no more to say."
"To free me from domestic strife,
Death called at my house, but he spoke with my wife.
Susan, wife of David Pattison, lies here.
Oct 19, 1706.
Stop, reader! and if not in a hurry, shed a tear."
"Here lies one More, and no more than he,
One More and no more, and how can that be?
Why one More and no more may well lie here alone,
But here lies one More, and that's more than one."
The epitaph on Shakespeare, in the church of Stratford-on-Avon, is well known, though it has generally been misprinted. Given exactly as it occurs on the monument, it is as follows:—
"Good Frend, for Jesus sake forbeare
To digg the dust encloased heare;
Blest be EY man TY spares these stones,
And curst be he TY moves my bones."
This inscription has had its effect. The bones still rest
