Ten in the hundred lies here ingraved
- DMI number:
- 24132
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Evidence:
- Apocryphal attribution.
- First Line:
- Ten in the hundred lies here ingraved
- Last Line:
- O ho quoth the devil tis my John a Combe
- 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 here lies engraved
- Last Line:
- Oh oh quoth the d--l tis my John a Comb
- 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:
- A new select collection of epitaphs [vol 2] [T136904] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.2
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- W. Shakespear.
- Attributed To:
- William Shakespeare
- Title:
- A select collection of epitaphs carefully collected from the tombstones of the most eminent personages in England Scotland and Ireland [T131017] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.76
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- W. Shakespear.
- Attributed To:
- William Shakespeare
- Title:
- Select and Remarkable Epitaphs [Vol. 1] [T27439] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.204
- Poem Title:
- W. Shakespear.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- William Shakespeare
- Title:
- Sepulchroum Inscriptiones. Being a curious collection of the most remarkable epitaphs [ESTC P2281]
- Page No(s):
- p.23
- Poem Title:
- On John A Comb, an old Userer, by Shakespear, at Comb's Request.
- Attribution:
- By Shakespear
- Attributed To:
- William Shakespeare
- Title:
- The Comic Miscellany. Vol. II. [ESTC N51175]
- Page No(s):
- p.198
- Poem Title:
- 28. Another.
- Attribution:
- By Shakespear.
- Attributed To:
- William Shakespeare
- Title:
- The sports of the muses. Or a minute's mirth for any hour of the day [vol II] [T85787] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.198
- Poem Title:
- 28. Another.
- Attribution:
- By Shakespear.
- Attributed To:
- William Shakespeare
Poem Aliases
Shakespeare. An Epitaph on Elias James.
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