"An Epitaphe upon the deathe of the Ladye Elizabeth Wyndham.
That goodly grafte which earste in Orchard grewe,
Drawn by discente from worthie Sydnam's race,
Looe here yt lyes by aime of outwarde vewe,
Wrapte in the webbe of thrice unhappy case.
But yet indeede (through undeserved grace)
Is planted nowe in such a pleasant soyle.
As springs for aye, and yet requires no toyle.
What cause hir deathe dothe offer to lamente,
None knowes so well as Sir John Wyndham, knight.
Withe whome twise two and forty yeres she spentc.
In blissfull state of bothe theire hartes delyghte.
To whom hir frutefull wombe brought unto lighte
A race of children fittinge hir degree.
Of daughtere sixe, her sonnes were fower and three.
Those goodly gyftes that did hir mind possesse.
As zealous love to God and to his lawes,
Hir awnswringe lyfe to that shie did professe,
Hir redye hande to helpe the porest cause.
Since fame resounds my sillie penne shall pawse,
And praie to God, that we whiche here abyde.
May treade the stepps of such a parfight guyde.
Obiit primo die Januarii, 1571."
(i.e. "she died on the first day of January, 1571")