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A Latin epitaph, [c. 1621?]

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Shelfmark: MS. Rawl. D. 398, fol. 195

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In six lines, which from a chronogram added at the foot ("Sequentur qui nondum praecessere") is found to refer to the year 1621, and is most probably an epitaph on Bp. John King, of London,

Inc.: "Non hic pyramides; non sculpta panegyris ambit / Hoc cineres, lapidum nec pretiosa strues."

It is written on one side of a letter-cover addressed to Mr. Henry King.

Dates

  • Creation: [c. 1621?]

Extent

1 item

Language of Materials

  • Latin

Shelfmark

MS. Rawl. D. 398, fol. 195

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