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An Epitaph Written on the Tomb of Mary, Wife of Tho. Ingram, of Temple Newsham, in the County of York Esq; dying in the Birth of two Children,
Oct. 2. 1656.
Reader,
With reverence approach this TombHere lies, a Pattern for the Times to come
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Graces and virtues were habitual.
A Wife as one would wish! be this her Pride!
She ne're displeas'd her husband till she dy'd.
To shew her Womb uncurst a double-birth
Gave fruit at once to heaven, & to earth,
But heaven was their centre, deeming meet
The swathing linnen for their Winding-sheet,
The Mother, loth to stay behind, but knew
Her infants parted, and departed too
Triumphs, and Halelujahs! heaven's possest
By Mary, with a Babe at either Breast!
They were too good for this World—
Here they lye.
Children and Heirs to all Eternity.
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