The good vvife: or, A rare one amongst women VVhereto is annexed an exquisite discourse of epitaphs: including the choisest thereof, ancient or moderne. Musophilus.

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Title: The good vvife: or, A rare one amongst women VVhereto is annexed an exquisite discourse of epitaphs: including the choisest thereof, ancient or moderne. Musophilus.
Author: Brathwaite, Richard, 1588?-1673.
Publication: At London :: Printed [by John Beale] for Richard Redmer, and are to be sold at his shop at the west end of St Pauls Church,; 1618.
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¶ Vpon old Mammon.
Here lies experienc'd Prouidence, whose care
Hath well enrich'd himself, made others bare;
And yet when Nature did denie Him breath,
Wormes had their Legacie by meanes of Death:
Pray for his Soule, who prai'd on many a Soule,
"And houle amaine when as the Bell doth toule:
The reason is, if you doe aske me why,
"Howling should supply mourning when Dogs die.
Animae meae propitietur Deus.