_Curious Epitaph in Tillingham Church, Essex.--_
"Hic jacet Humfridus Carbo, carbone notandus
Non nigro, Creta sed meliora tua.
Claruit in clero, nulli pietate secundus.
Cælum vi rapuit, vi cape si poteris.
Ob^t. 27 Mar. 1624. Æt. 77."
Which has been thus ingeniously paraphrased by a friend of mine:
"Here lies the body of good Humphry Cole,
Tho' Black his name, yet spotless is his soul;
But yet not black tho' Carbo is the name,
Thy chalk is scarcely whiter than his fame.
A priest of priests, inferior was to none,
Took Heaven by storm when here his race was run.
Thus ends the record of this pious man;
Go and do likewise, reader, if you can."