h{E DYE}d in Aprill 1616

[Arthur Neuendorffer]

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On Mr Wm Shakespeare
h{E DYE}d in Aprill 1616.

RENOWNE{D} Spencer lye a tHought more n{Y}e
To learned ChaucEr, anD rar{E} Beaumond lye
A little Neere{R} Spenser, to make roome
For ShakEspeare in your threefold, fOwerfolD Tombe.
*To LODGE* all fowre in one bEd make a shift
Vntill DoomesdayE, for hardly will a fift
Betwi(X)t ys day and yt by Fate be slayne,
(FOR) whom your Curtaines may be drawn againe.
If your precedenc[Y] in death doth barre
A fourth pla[C]e in your sacred sEpulcher,
Vnde[R] (T)his carued marblE of thine own(E),
Sleepe, rare TragoeDian, Shake(S|P]eare, sleep alone;
Thy unmoles(T)ed peace, vnshared Caue,
Possesse as Lord, not Tenant, of thy Graue,
That vnto us & others it may be
Honor hereafter to be layde by thee. - Wm Basse (1622)
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. a n S h a k e(S|P]e a r e s l e e p a l o n e T h y
. u n m o l e s(T)e d p e a c e v n s h a r e d C a u e,

Possesse as Lord, not Tenant, of thy Graue,
That vnto us & others it may be
Honor hereafter to be layde by thee. - Wm Basse (1622)

{DYER} 24
(TEST) 26
[PERCY] -27
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