As a companion to the _unpublished_ epigram in No. 186. of "N. & Q.," I beg
to hand you the following epitaph, copied by myself about thirty years
since, and referring, as I _believe_, to an old brass in the church of St.
Helen's, London:
"Here lyeth y^e bodyes of
James Pomley, y^e sonne of ould
Dominick Pomley and Jane his
Wyfe: y^e said James deceased y^e 7^{th}
day of Januarie Anno Domini 1592
he beyng of y^e age of 88 years, and
y^e sayd Jane deceased y^e ---- day
of ---- D----.
Earth goeth up[=o] earth as moulde up[=o] moulde;
Earth goeth up[=o] earth all glittering as golde,
As though earth to y^e earth never turne shoulde;
And yet shall earth to y^e earth sooner than he woulde."