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357. From Hewelsfield, near St Briavels. On Henry Brown, who
died Sept. 10, 1794, aged 48 years:

It was an Imposthume
in my Breast
That brought me to
eternal Rest.

358. On a Good Wife. From Streatham Church, Surrey:—

Rebecca, wife of William Lynne,
who died in 1663.
Might I ten thousand years enjoy my life,
I could not praise enough so good a wife.

359. A monument in the same church bears testimony to the
virtues of

Elizabeth, wife of Major-Gen. Hamilton,
who was married near forty-seven years,
and
Never did one thing to disoblige her husband.
She died in 1746.

360. From the Churchyard of Aloes, Elgin, the following account
of another Good Wife is copied from a gravestone dated 1580:—

Here lies
Anderson Of Pittensen,
Maire of the Earldom of Moray,
With his wife Marjory,
Whilk him never displicit.

361. On an Author:—

FINIS.