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EPITAPH On John Knight. |
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EPITAPH On John Knight.
JOANNI KNIGHT De Goss-field Com. Essex. Armig. Qui obiit Oct. 2. 1733. Æt. 50. ANNA CRAGGS, JACOBI CRAGGS, Regi GEORGIO I A Secretis, Soror, MEMORIÆ & AMORI SACRUM Conjugi suo Charissimo H.S.P.
O fairest Pattern to a failing Age!Whose Publick Virtue knew no Party rage:
Whose Private Name all Titles recommend,
The pious Son, fond Husband, faithful Friend:
In Manners plain, in Sense alone refind,
Good without Show, and without weakness kind:
To Reason's equal dictates ever true,
Calm to resolve, and constant to pursue.
In Life, with ev'ry social Grace adorn'd,
In Death, by Friendship, Honour, Virtue; mourn'd.
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