Warning that we shall all die, as an epitaph for John Bowf — one
eight-line stanza, aaabcccb
Subjects: epitaphs; death, approach of
Versification: —
eight-line —
aaabcccb
1.Source: Pakefield, Norfolk, Church of All Saints and St Margaret brass tomb of John Bowf mounted on north wall
Transcription:Al schul we hen
whedur ne when
May no man ken
But god
aboue
ffor other we car
hen schul we far
ful pore & bar
thus
seyd John Bowf
Editions:
East Anglian
2 (Jan.1864-July 1866): 321.
Strather-Hunt, B. P. W.
Flinten History: The Story of Pakefield and its Church.
7th ed. Lowestoft, Suffolk: Lion Press, 1953: 129.