Though cruell Death hath now down brought this body wc here doth ly,
Yet trump of Fame stay can he nought to sound his praise on high."
"Qui legis hunc versum crebro reliquum memoreris
Vile cadaver sum, tuque cadaver eris."
The inscription is in black letter, except the words which are in small capitals.
On a fillet round the slab, with the evangelistic symbols at the corners,—
"
Christ is to me as life on earth, and death to me is gaine,
Because I trust through Him alone saluation to obtaine;