The Poems of John Donne, Volume 1 (of 2) / Edited from the Old Editions and Numerous Manuscripts - John Donne

JOHN DONNE, 1613

Viri seraphici Joannis Donne Qua-

dragenarij Effigies vera, Qui post

eam ætatem Sacris initiatus Ec-

clesiæ S^ti Pauli Decanus obijt.

Año	{	Dom̃ 1631^o
		Ætatis suæ 59^o

("A true portrait of that seraphic man John Donne at the age of 40;
he was later ordained into holy orders and died Dean of St Paul's
in the year of our Lord 1631 at the age of 59")

From the engraving prefixed to his son's edition of the Letters to Several Persons of Honour 1651, 1654