ourselves with quoting the two following, as specimens of the satirical
or ludicrous:--

_Prior, on himself, ridiculing the folly of
those who value themselves on their
pedigree_.

"Nobles and heralds, by your leave,
Here lie the bones of Matthew Prior,
The son of Adam and Eve,
Let Bourbon or Nassau go higher."

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"Here, fast asleep, full six feet deep,
And seventy summers ripe,
George Thomas lies in hopes to rise,
And smoke another pipe."

B. T. S.

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The following inscription, in a churchyard in Germany, long puzzled alike
the learned and the unlearned:--

O quid tua te
be bis bia abit
ra ra ra
es