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Epig. 30. Epitaph on my dearely loved Kinsman Thomas Clapham .

Reader, here lies a youth, whose Face
Pass'd even Adonis for sweet grace,
And winning gesture without peere
For wit unequall'd, closed here
Doth lie, an heape of vertuous dust
Keep it safe (Marble) to thy trust,
We do commit it as a Gemme,
Hid in a Casket of esteem.