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EPITAPHS

16

[Fight well, my comrades, and prove your bravery. Me too]

Fight well, my comrades, and prove your bravery. Me too
God call'd out, but crown'd early before the battle.

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17

[I died in very flow'r: yet call me not unhappy therefore]

I died in very flow'r: yet call me not unhappy therefore,
Ye that against sweet life once a lament have utter'd.

18

[When thou, my beloved, diedst, I saw heaven open]

When thou, my beloved, diedst, I saw heaven open,
And all earthly delight inhabiting Paradise.

19

[Where thou art better I too were, dearest, anywhere, than]

Where thou art better I too were, dearest, anywhere, than
Wanting thy well-lov'd lovely presence anywhere.