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EPITAPH FOR ALICE BATEMAN, D. 1637, LEAVING THREE DAUGHTERS by UNKNOWN

First Line: SHALL WE ENTRUST A GRAVE WITH SUCH A GUEST
Last Line: SHE LIVEING VIRTUES PATTERN, THE POORES RELEIFE, %HER HUSBAND'S CHEIFEST JOY, NOW DEAD, HIS GREIFE

Poem Sources:

THE OXFORD BOOK OF LOCAL VERSES.
  HOLLOWAY, JOHN (ED.)
  (1987)
 



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