Beneath this stone lyes Edw’d Green
Who for cutting stone famous was seen,
But he was sent to apprehend
One Joseph Clark of Kerridge End
For stealing deer of Esquire Downs,
Where he was shott and dyd o’ th’ wounds.
The reading of this uneven verse is like the jolting of a rough road. It is lengthy for a Limerick, and does not end in a workmanlike manner. It might therefore be made to conclude with
A result he could not have foreseen.
XXXIII
PITY THE POOR DOWAGERS