Ten in the hundred here lies engraved
- DMI number:
- 28468
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Evidence:
- Apocryphal attribution.
- First Line:
- Ten in the hundred here lies engraved
- Last Line:
- Oh oh quoth the d--l tis my John a Comb
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Mock epitaph
- Themes:
- Death
- Author:
- William Shakespeare
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- Extract from An Epitaph on Elias James.
- First Line:
- Ten in the hundred lies here ingraved
- Last Line:
- O ho quoth the devil tis my John a Combe
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Ten in the hundred lies here engraved
- Last Line:
- Oh oh quoth the devil tis my John a Combe
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- Sepulchrorum Inscriptiones: Or a curious collection of above 900 of the most remarkable epitaphs [vol I] [T55764] [gb]
- Page No(s):
- p.23
- Poem Title:
- On John a Comb, an old Userer...at Comb's Request
- Attribution:
- by Shakespear
- Attributed To:
- William Shakespeare
Poem Aliases
Shakespeare. An Epitaph on Elias James.
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