Inscription
Here lyes buried the body of
Mtris FRANCES IONES daughter of ARTHVR
Lord vicecount of Ranelagh, by his wife ye
Lady KATHERINE BOYLE, who was daughter
to RICHARD BOYLE Earl of Corke, and Lord high Tresuror of Ireland.
She dyed in the prime of her Age, haueing neuer been marryed, the XXVIII of
March in the yeare MDCLXXII.
Enough; and leaue the rest to Fame;
'Tis to Commend her but to name.
Courtship, which Liueing she declin'd,
When dead to offer; were unkind.
Where neuer any could speake ill,
Who would officious Praises spill?
Nor can the truest Wit or Friend
Without Detracting her Commend.
To say she liu'd A Virgin Chast.
In this Age loose and all unlac'd;
Nor was, where vice is so allow'd,
Of virtue or Asham'd or Proud;
That her Soule was on heau'n so bent,
No minute but it Came and Went;
That, ready her last debt to pay,
She summ'd her life vp euery day;
Modest, as Morne, as Midday, Bright;
Gentle, as Euening, Coole, as Night;
'Tis true, but all so weakly said,
'Twere more Significant: She's Dead.
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