The next three are partly pewed over; but the uncovered parts are perfectly legible. The first two are from Tankersley, the third from Wentworth:
"Hic jacet dn̅s Thomas Toykyl ... die mensis Aprilis anno dn̅i M. cccc. lxxxx. scd̅o...."
" ... Mensis Octob. ano̅ dni Millim̅o cccc. xxx. quinto."
" ... Ano̅ dn̅i Millesimo cccc. xxxx. vi. cuius aie̅ deus propitietur."
Also in Ecclesfield Church is a slab bearing the dates 1571, and J. W. 1593; and the remains of two others, with dates "Mo ccccco xixo," and "Mo ccccco xxxo vio."
J. Eastwood.
Ecclesfield Hall, Sheffield.
"Her face is like," &c. (Vol. vii., p. 305.).—
"Her face is like the milky way i' the sky,—
A meeting of gentle lights without a name."
These lines are from Act III. of Sir John Suckling's tragedy of Brennoralt, and are uttered by a lover contemplating his sleeping mistress; a circumstance which it is important to mention, as the truth and beauty of the comparison depend on it.
B. R. I.