_Brasses since 1688_ (Vol. vi., pp. 149. 256.).--In connexion with the
subject of late brasses, a rubbing which I took from one in Masham Church,
Yorkshire, may not be unworthy of a note. It runs thus:
"CHRISTOPHER KAY,
Buried October the 23d,
Anno Dom. 1689.
[MRS. JANE NICHOLLSON,
Bu. June the 4th, 1690.]
C onfined . in . a . bed . of . dust
H ere . doth . a . body . lye
R aised . again . it . will . I . trvst
I nto . the . Heavens . high
S in . not . bvt . have . a . care
T o . make . yovr . calling . svre
O mit . those . things . which . trivial . are
P rise . that . we . will . indure
H ange . not . your . mind . on . secular . things
E ach . one . doth . fade . apace
R iches . the . chief . of . we . hath . wings.
[A . Matron . grave . is . here . interr'd
Whose . soul . in . heaven . is . preferr'd
Aftwher . grandson . lost . his . breath
She . soon . svrrender'd . vnto . death.]
K eeping . no . certaine . place
A dict . your . selues . unto . his . conuersation
Y our . purchase . heaven . for . your . habitation."
This, it will be seen, is an acrostic: the lines between brackets are
insertions.