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The EPITAPH.

Within this house of stone entombed lies
The King of Germany, surnam'd the wife,
With the great Roman Empress his wife,
The chiefest earthly blessing of his life:
Whom Macedonia's King in wrongful fight,
Deprived of her country’s crown and right;
But now they do enjoy a heavenly crown,
That cannot fade, where tyrants never come.

FINIS