yS LEONARD WHEATCROFI', OK ASHOVKR. 



Manners I',arl of Rutland, who departed this life Sep. 29, 



1679 : — 



" I wonder death, thou conqueror of man 

 Of woman, child, and infant, — but a span, 

 How dare thou come with thy bare bones in sight 

 Now for to take from us so great a wight," etc. 

 .... "He went from Haddon October the Twenty three 

 In '79; at Botsworth now lyes hee." 



"An Elegy upon the thrice worthy and Right Honourable 



Christiana, Dowager Countis of Devonshire, who departed this 



life Feb: 18"', 1674, and now lyeth buried in the Church of All 



Saints in Derby in her owne sepulcher : — 



" Then come trew Mourners crowne y'' heads with bayes 

 Let's mourne thrice over more than 70 dayes 

 For this sweet Israelite. Oh what a blessed Matron 

 That to all women was a heaven's Patron," etc., etc. 



" Then let's not mourne, nor sigh, nor greeve, but say 

 Blest be the Lord who took this saint away 

 From foes, from friends, from tenants that will miss 

 Their loving Dowager, who sitteth now in bliss." 



"An Elegy vpon Mistris Anne Braylesford, of Senier, in the 

 Parish of North Winfeild in Derbyshire : — 



" Long hath she breathed upon this drousey earth, 

 Enjoying pleasures of her noble birth : 

 She was of age when conquering death came o"er her 

 Full ninety six : no one could ever blame her.' . . . 

 "Died April, 1692." 



" An Elegy \pon my loving friend Mr. Robert Parkes, who was 



buried August 7, t688: — 



"lie was a Royalist most trew, 



Engag'd i'th wars, now bids the world adew. 

 Rare for all vertues, rich in worldly wealth 

 Trew in his dealing, ever hating stealth." 



"Master George Hodgkinson of Overton dyed July 16, iCig?, 

 aged 7 5 : — 



" He was a man that was a poor man's friend 



Oh, now he's gone, who will them money lend ? . . . 



Kind to the poore, a helper of the rich, 



I was one once — he help'd me out o' th' ditch," 



