On ne plaint point la femme abattue,
Mais bien la table renversée."
Which may be freely rendered:
"Here lies one who adulation
By dinners more than virtues earn'd;
Whose friends mourned not her reputation—
But her table—overturned."
Madame D'Arblay has recorded what took place between Mrs. Piozzi and herself on the occasion:
Miss F. Burney to Mrs. Piozzi.
"Norbury Park, Aug. 10, 1784.