Here lies old Hobson death hath broke his girt

DMI number:

21840

First Line:

Here lies old Hobson death hath broke his girt

Last Line:

Hobson has supped and newly's gone to bed

Poem Genre / Form:

Epitaph and Couplet

Themes:

Death, Places[Cambridge], and Trades / labour[university carrier]

Related People

Author:

John Milton

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Carey (1997): 127-128

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First Line:

Here lies old Hobson death hath broke his girt

Last Line:

Hobson has supped and's newly gone to bed

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Content/Publication

Title:

The agreeable companion [ESTC T97919, P6248]

Page No(s):

pp.94-95

Poem Title:

On Hobson, the University Carrier, who sicken'd in the Time of his Vacancy, being forbid to go to London, by reason of the Plague.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

Title:

The merry companion, or humorous miscellany [T178332] [ecco]

Page No(s):

p.35

Poem Title:

On Hobson, this University Carrier, who sicken'd in the Time of his Vacancy, being forbid to go to London, by Reason of the Plague.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

Title:

Select and Remarkable Epitaphs [Vol. 2] [T27439] [ECCO]

Page No(s):

p.194

Poem Title:

On the Cambridge Carrier, who sickened in the Time of his Vacancy, being forbid to go to London, by reason of the Plague.

Attribution:

John Milton.

Attributed To:

John Milton