6 ROBERT POCOCK. 



tion of epitaphs. These tendencies are well illustrated 

 in the case of his friend, Mr. Sawyer, who united in 

 his own person the practice of medicine with the 

 mastership of the Gravesend Workhouse, of whom he 

 wrote, upon the occasion of his death, as follows : 



To the Memory of 

 MB. EDWARD BUSH SAWYER, 



Doctor in Medicine, 



Master of Gravesend and Milton Workhouse, 

 Brother of the Ancient and Honourable Society of Free Masons, 



Member of the Lap-eared Club, 



Visitor of the Bugnapping Board, 



A youth of the Ringers and Post Master General, 



who, 



by his Frugality and Industry, 

 maintained his Family genteelly, 



which raised him to 

 a Pitch of Envy never before known to those 



who like the Dog in Manger 



would neither get a living themselves 



nor permit (if in their power) others to do it. 



After giving their Words for his Support, 



like Snakes they basely turned against him, 



and joined consent to give him Warning to quit 



his Profession ; 



which so knawed on his Vitals, 



that it brought on his Death, 



November, 1787. 



Pocock makes the following note of the funeral cere- 

 mony : 



" Mr. Edward Bush Sawyer, master of Gravesend 

 and Milton Workhouse, was buried on Sunday, in 

 Gravesend churchyard, when the procession began as 

 follows : 



"1st, the tyler of a mason lodge with a drawn sword 

 2 links an excellent band of music 2 links about 

 12 couple of free masons with all their insignia of 



