These lines were first printed before Remains of Mr. John Oldham in Verse and Prose, 1684. The chief variants are:

8 wouldn't] would not.

12 angelic] Angel-like.

13 innocently yielded] cheerfully submitted.

29 satire] In original, as often, 'Satyr'.

50 shall] can.

Lines 52 and 54 form one long line, followed by 53, which reads 'soft recess'; lines 58 and 59 are transposed.

65 For well he knows] For he might well foresee.


On Sir John Micklethwaite's Monument