8 MY LIFE 



And we scarcely can find such another man. 

 Now mourn ye all, and your great loss deplore, 

 For this useful man is gone for evermore." 



The following seems to be a heartfelt and worthy tribute 

 to a good man — Mr. Mark Sanderson, of Chepstow, aged 

 66:— 



" Loving, belov'd, in all relations true, 

 Exposed to follies, but subdued by few, 

 Reader, reflect, and copy if you can 

 The social virtues of this honest man." 



One more I will give, as it is at least original, from a 

 tombstone at Lowestoft, Suffolk — 



" In memory of 

 Charles Ward, 

 Who died May, 1770, 

 Aged 60. 

 A dutiful Son, a loving Brother, and an affectionate Husband. 

 This Stone is not erected by Susan his wife. She erected a Stone to 

 John Salter her second Husband, forgetting the affection of Charles 

 Ward her first Husband." 



In some other old MSS. and note-books are a number of 

 quotations in prose and verse, mostly from well-known writers 

 and while not of any great interest, among them are a few that 

 seem worth preserving. 



The following epitaph by a Dominican friar on Pope 

 Clement the Fourth is remarkable for the ingenuity of the 

 verse, which is equally good when the words and sense are in- 

 verted : — 



" Laus tua, non tua fraus, virtus non copia rerum 

 Scandere te fecit, hoc decus eximium, 

 Pauperibus tua das, nunquam stat janua clausa, 

 Fundere res quseris, nee tua multiplicas, 

 Conditio tua sit stabilis ! non tempore parvo 

 Vivere te faciat, hie Deus omnipotens." 



(The same reversed.) 



" Omnipotens Deus hie faciat te vivere parvo 

 Tempore ! non stabilis sit tua conditio ! 



