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BG.731.014
29 Mar-5 Apr 1731:32 (588)
London, Jan. 18. Several ingenious epitaphs have been made
to the celebrated Mrs. Oldfield, the following were
transmitted to us by our kind correspondents; and we doubt
not but they will be acceptable to our readers.
Hic juxta requiescit,
Tot inter poetarum laudata nomina,
Anna Oldfield.
Nec ipsa minore laude digna
Quippe que eorum opera
. . .[15 lines]
Exit
Anna Oldfield
Valete et plaudite.
Another.
Here lies the body of Anne Oldfield, the most celebrated
actress not only of her own time, but of any other.
Fashion'd alike by nature and by art
To please, engage, and int'rest ev'ry heart,
In publick life, by all who saw, approv'd;
In private life, by all who knew her, lov'd.
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