By the Rev. G. S. Master. 



[Upon the left-hand door.'] 



OF 



ROBERT PIERRPONT 

 Eldest son of y e Ho ble WILL IAM Esq* 

 & Heire to the whole Familie 

 The BODIE 

 Which yet, as One of Her worst Enemies 

 The SO ULE y* dwelt in't did as twere Despise 

 At THIRTY FIVE when grown full Eipe for Action 

 Then She forsooke It, if not Unkindly — Saye 

 Untimely too Readily — too Soone 

 So some SUNS are Overcast at NO ONE 



Yet Twas Deriued from Highe & Noble STOCKE 

 Crownd w th an EARLEDOME on Eyther Side There 

 of SHREWSBURY of KINGSTON here stood HEIRE 

 Apparent unto This had in Its Veines 

 Beside y e BLODD of Both Their Seminal 

 Their Bullion VERTUES too readie Coynable 

 Into Exploits as greate as Eyther ANCESTORS 

 Had but occasion Call'd w c h was (& was 

 The Only Thing y* was) Here Wanting 



Healthie & Sound It Passd thro ITALIE & FRANCE 

 & SPAINE, Un-mutilated, Un-Diseasd 

 Without y e Marks of SIN or CHANCE 

 Returnd Matchd w% a LAD YE — Of Whom 

 Though All Good might, Nothing must Here be said 

 S l VA ULTS speake not y e Living but y e DEAD 

 Yet This To Parte with HER alone 

 I Over-Heard was Th' Expiring Grone 

 Both Great EXAMPLES Never to Refuse 

 In Matches What Wise PARENTS Chuse 



Blest with FIVE Hopeful CHILDREN Eache enough 



T' Enrich y e Future Age, & To Invite 



A BODY's longer Staye in This if ought 



Might doe't 



But 



Thus It was— Too big for It 

 The SOULE was grown, & SO ULE S Once fitt 

 To Mount at Heaven's Call 

 Soone let y e Mantle of y e BODIE Fall 

 So Was, & So Did THIS. 



