"Whom the gods love die young."
Wordsworth's Excur., b. i., has this sentiment:
"O, Sir, the good die first,
And those whose hearts are dry as summer dust,
Burn to the socket."
C. P. Ph****.
[Several other correspondents have kindly replied to this Query.]
Disinterment for Heresy (Vol. iii, p. 240.).—Mr. Tracy's will, dated 10th October, 22d Henry VIII. [1530], is given at length in Hall's Chronicle (ed. 1809, p. 796.), where will be found the particulars of the case to which Arun alludes. See also Burnet's History of the Reformation (ed. 1841, vol. i. pp. 125. 657, 658. 673.), and Strype's Annals of the Reformation, vol. i. p. 507. Strype states that Mr. Tracy's body was dug up and burnt "anno 1532." William Tyndale wrote Exposition on Mr. Will. Tracies Will, published in 8vo. at Nuremburgh, 1546. (Wood's Athen. Oxon., vol. i. p. 37.)
C. H. Cooper.