Bath.
Acrostic in Ash Church, Kent.—The following acrostic is from a brass in Ash Church, Kent. It is perhaps curious only from the fact of its being unusual to inscribe this kind of verse on sepulchral monuments. The capital letters at the commencement of each line are given as in the original:
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John Brooke of the parish of Ashe
Only he is nowe gone.
His days are past, his corps is layd
