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To the memory of Frances the Daughter of Thomas Stephens Gen and Phillip his wife, born the first of December anno Domini 1666. Died the xiii of November 1674

Here lyes the child (such wonders God hath told),
Liv'd not Eight yeares yet dy'd an hundred old
She, yet a child, soe putt off childish things
That rich in knowledge (drawn from th' holy springs)
Did lighten others, and soe chim'd all in
To Catechisms (rare) did first begin.
This polish'd temples corner said, when dy'd
Sh' in heaven (wher's best of all) should be Christ's bride.
Parents not only say, God's will be done.
But blesse his name that gave and took such one.