On the tombstone of John Fell, superintendent of the turnpike-roads from Kirby Kendal to Kirby Irleth, are the following lines:—
Reader, doth he not merit well thy praise,
Whose practice was through life to mend his ways?
IN SELBY CHURCHYARD, YORK.
This tombstone is a Milestone; ha, how so?
Because, beneath lies Miles, who’s Miles below.
ON DU BOIS, BORN IN A BAGGAGE-WAGON, AND KILLED IN A DUEL.
Begot in a cart, in a cart first drew breath,
Carte tierce was his life, and a carte was his death,