An epitaph. On the worst and most wicked of all mankind, C. I. who dyed on the 6th of June 1681 This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B09125 of text R176742 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing E3172C). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 2 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 2 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 B09125 Wing E3172C ESTC R176742 64551265 ocm 64551265 184572 2240884438

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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. B09125) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 184572) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English Books, 1641-1700 ; 2867:24) An epitaph. On the worst and most wicked of all mankind, C. I. who dyed on the 6th of June 1681 1 sheet ([2] p.). Printed by G. L. for the Author, London : 1681. Caption title. Imprint from colophon. In verse. Reproduction of original in: British Library. eng Epitaphs -- England -- Early works to 1800. English poetry -- Early works to 1800. eebo An epitaph. On the worst, and most wicked of all mankind, C.I. Who dyed on the 6th. of June. 1681. [no entry] 1681 2 291 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2012-08 Assigned for keying and markup 2012-08 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2012-10 Sampled and proofread 2012-10 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2013-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
AN EPITAPH . On the Worst , and most Wicked of all Mankind , C. I. Who Dyed on the 6 th . of June . 1681. THE veriest Villain e're was born , The Goodmans great Contempt and Scorn Lies here Inter'd , if BELZEBVB Ha'nt Pickled him in 's Powdring-Tub . His Name was Kit , a Rogue ( to tell The Truth ) worse than ACHITOPHEL : His Birth was base , and what more odd is , His Dad a Maker was of Boddice ; Or as some Learned Men will have it , Th' Evidence of an Affidavit . Nor did his Son Degenerate , Who was far worse , I know not what : A Pimp well known to every Harlot ; A Pettifogging Paultry Varlet ; A Rogue in Grain , though not in Scarlet , Since he ne'er had the Grace to blush at Those Crimes he only made a push at . He was a Knave made up of strife , A Mischief-maker all his Life ; An Hand-Granada , to Enflame And scatter Coals where e're he came . But mark ! Those Coals this busie Elfe Scatter'd abroad , consum'd himself To Cinders , who Dyed , which you please , Of the POX , or Foul Disease . Yet were the Fates in one thing kind , In striking him before-hand Blind , That he might not behold , or view That Shame his Sins had brought him to . This ( Reader , ) in great haste I writ , That thou at leasure may'st Learn Wit , And warning take by Cursed Kit.

London , Printed by G. L. for the Author . 1681.