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Here two young Danish Souldiers lye:
The one in quarrell chanced to die;
The other’s Head, by their own Law,
With Sword was severed at one Blow.
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December the 23 , 1692.

122. From Jersey:—

Here lies John Ross,
Kicked by a Hoss.

123. From St. Albans Abbey:—

In memory of Thomas Sheppard, son of Thomas and Mary Sheppard.
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Died February 15 , 1766, aged 30 years:—

Great was my grief, I could not rest;
God called me hence,—He thought it best;
Unhappy marriage was my fate,
I did repent when it was too late.

124. From Arlington, near Paris:—

Two grandmothers with their two granddaughters,
Two husbands with their two wives,
Two fathers with their two daughters,
Two mothers with their two sons,
Two maidens with their two mothers,
Two sisters with their two brothers,
Yet but six corps in all, lie buried here,
All born legitimate, from incest clear.

125. On a Tippler:—

The young gentleman referred to here
Killed himself by drinking October beer.
Here lie I must