Ben Jonson. 1573-1637
192. On Elizabeth L. H. Epitaphs: i
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WOULDST thou hear what Man can say In a little? Reader, stay. Underneath this stone doth lie As much Beauty as could die: Which in life did harbour give To more Virtue than doth live. If at all she had a fault, Leave it buried in this vault. One name was Elizabeth, The other, let it sleep with death: Fitter, where it died, to tell Than that it lived at all. Farewell.
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Ben Jonson. 1573-1637
193. On Salathiel Pavy A child of Queen Elizabeth's Chapel Epitaphs: ii
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