Twas a commanded Duty that thy Grave

As little Pride as thou thy self should have.

Therefore thy Covering is an humble Stone,

And but a Word[A] for thy Inscription.

When those that in the same Earth Neighbour thee,

Have each his Chronicle and Pedigree.

They have their waving Penons, and their Flags,

Of Matches and Alliance formal Brags.

When thou (although from Ancestors thou came,

Old as the Heptarchy, great as thy Name;)