Whose Faith stands o'er him for a hearse, and hath
The Resurrection for his epitaph.
John King.] Hannah thought this piece in bad taste, and a neglect of the dead Bishop's wishes. As epitaphs go this seems rather severe.
8 but a word] Resurgam. Orig. note.
9 neighbour] In St. Paul's.
13 ancestors] The Kings of Devonshire referred to in Introduction.
Upon the death of my ever desired friend, Doctor Donne, Dean of Paul's.
[Died March 31, 1631.]
To have lived eminent, in a degree