...country asks, harden my soul to shed it ! TALFOURD. King Charles the Second. Here lies our Sovereign Lord the King, Whose word no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one. Amans Patriae. Пa\aíтaтoi вeшv, o"тrep, fjч àp%íjí тo тгplv...

...This monument is erected by his lamenting son Samuel Fox, ON KING CHARLES II. Here lies our sovereign lord the king, Whose word no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing, Nor ever did a wise one. ON THE REV. MR. BE1GHTON, OF EGHAJW, Who was vicar of that place forty-Jive years. 144 The friend,...

...! Splendide mendax. ON KING CHARLES II. y By Lord Rochester. HERE lies our sovereign lord the lung, Whose word no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing, Nor ever did a wise one. ON ONE NAMED JOHN. DEATH came to John, And whisper'd in his ear, You must die John ; • D'ye hear...

...mendax. ON KING CHARLES II. By Lord Rochester. HERE lies our sovereign lord the king, Whose word no roan relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing, Nor ever did a wise one. ON ONE NAMED JOHN. DEATH came to John, And whispcr'd in his ear, You must die John ; D'ye hear?* Quoth...

...jester, Rochester, inscribed, in his life-time, this ludicrous epitaph.' " Here lies our sovereign Lord the King, •'» ' " Whose word no man relies...' ~ •* " Who never said a foolish thing, « Nor never did a wise one." James //. ONCE more a Romish Monarch— The Irish rejoice — exult — they...

...TO BE WRITTEN UNDER A PICTURE OF CHARLKS THE SECOND. [BY BEHOLD a witty, foolish King, Whose faith no man relies on ! Who never said a foolish thing. Nor ever did a wise one. ON A WAITER AND HIS FEIXOW-SERVANT, FORMERLY AT ARTHUR'S, IBOTH AFTERWARDS MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT, AND...

...how much his fun'ral cost . WRITTEN ON THE CHAMBER DOOR OF KING CHARLES HERE lies the mutton-eating King, Whose word no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing. Nor ever did a wise one. EPITAPH. HERE lies Tom Rogers, and, 'tis something rarish, He was born, and bred, and hang'd, all in...

...Charles. XI 1660. CHARLES CHARLES THE SECOND. " The only genius of the Line of Stewart." HORACE WALPOLC. " Who never said a foolish thing, " Nor ever did a wise one." ^ ROCHESTER. " Few men put on the appearance of sincerity better, and iu which so much artifice was...

...his Ufc-tiw, this ludicrous epitaph: *. r* •.«•*•.•• i* . .ii '•Here lies our sovereign lord the king> "Whose word no man relies on; •,•Who never said a foolish thing, "Nor never did a wise one." James H. OKCE more a Romish Monarch. The Irish rejoice, exult; they hope for...

...of Rochester, in the celebrated verse, which was called the King's Epitaph : Here lies our Sovereign Lord the King, Whose word no man relies on; Who never said a foolish thing, Nor ever did a wise one ! In answer to which, Charles shrewdly admitted that it was true, Because, said he, my sayings are...