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Small poems of Divers sorts

Written by Sir Aston Cokain

Cokain, Aston (1608-1684)

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104. An Epitaph of Colonel Ferdinand Stanhope Son to the Earl of Chesterfield, who was slain about Shelford, and lies there buried.

Here underneath this monumental Stone
Lie Honour, Youth, and Beauty all in One:
For Ferdinando Stanhope here doth rest,
Of all those Three the most unequal'd Test.
He was too handsome and too stout to be
Met face to face by any Enemy;

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Therefore his foe (full for his death inclin'd)
Stole basely near, and shot him through behind.