74 yeares lived EARTH, now Earth’s his TOMBE.
In Earth EARTH’S Body Lyes Vnder this STONE,
But from this Earth to Heauen EARTH’S soule is gone.
Another later epitaph is quoted by Suffling, p. 339, from Loughter, Glamorganshire, without name or date:—
O Earth! O Earth observe this well,
That Earth to Earth must go to dwell,
That Earth to Earth must close remain
Till Earth for Earth shall come again.
[1.] But this is not in agreement with Bateman’s opinion as to the age of the original parchment roll (1400-1430), see Introduction, p. xi.
[2.] ? for.