C. P. PH***.

_Epitaph in St. Giles' Church, Norwich._--

"ELIZABETHA BEDINGFIELD,

Sorori Francisce Sve

S. R. Q. P.

"My name speaks what I was, and am, and have,

A Bedding field, a piece of earth, a grave,

Where I expect, untill my soule shall bring

Unto the field an everlasting spring;

For rayse and rayse out of the earth and slime,

God did the first, and will the second time.

Obiit Die 10 Maii 1637."

The above epitaph is curious; but what is the meaning of the letters "S.

R. Q. P.?"

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