“Look well to that thoo takest in Hand Its better worth then house or Land. When Land is gone and Money is spent Then learning is most Excelent Let vertue be Thy guide and it will keep the out of pride Elizabeth Creasey Her Work done in the year 1686.”
Dated in 1693-94 are the set of samplers recording national events, to which reference will be made elsewhere. In the last-named year (1694) a sampler bears the verse:
“Love thou thee Lord and he will be a tender father unto thee.”
And one of 1698, “Be not wise in thy own eyes.”—Sarah Chamberlain.
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Plate V.—Portion of Sampler by Mary Hall.
Dated 1662.
This plate only shows the upper half of a remarkably preserved Sampler. Like its fellow ([Plate VI.]) it is distinguished by its admirable decorative qualities of colour and design. The lower portion, not reproduced, consists of three rows of designs in white thread, and four rows of drawn work. The inscription, which is in the centre, and is reproduced in part, runs thus:
“MaRy HaLL IS My NaMe AnD WHen I WaS THIRTeen
yeaRS OF AGE I ENDED THIS In 1662.”