A Comical ELEGY, On the Death of Evan Morgan, Son of Shon ap Morgan Shen­tleman of Wales, who Departed this Life in her Grandmothers Hen Roost, on St. Taffies Day, being the First of March 1700.

ATtend you Welch Men, while I do relate,
How Taffy fell by suddain cruel Fate,
It was her fortune last St. Taffies Day,
To sit and muse as many others may;
When on a suddain her Death Pangs came on,
And in spite of her Plud her life was gone:
All Welch Men sure will Mourn, and who can chuse,
When they do hear this strange unpleasent News:
Oh! cruel Fate, what harm has Taffy done,
That thou shouldst snatch away his Life so soon;
'Tis something hard thou couldst no longer stay,
But fetch her hence upon St. Taffies Day;
When her was feeding of her Granums Hens,
And thought for, her past crimes to make amends:
All her he Goates, and Female Kids, will Weep,
When they percive that morgan is Asleep:
Methinks I see, poor Taffy on his Knees,
With Knife in's hand a Toasting of his Cheese;
Methinks I see him eat it on a suddain,
And swar's it doth exceed our hasty Pudding:
Some think a Surfiet did her Vitals Seize,
Which was brought on by Eating toasted Cheese';
Yet others say who are of much more Skill,
That Leeks and Garlick, did poor morgan Kill;
He us'd no Physick but the Juice of Leeks,
And Liv'd on that same Diate many Weeks;
Red Herrings too, her thought a samous Dish,
And did affirm they were the King of Fish,
For better Victuals he did seldom wish:
But tho he's Dead, it cannot be deny'd,
Her Liv'd until the very Day her Dy'd,
But Greif prevails and gains upon my Spirits,
So that I must pass by his other Merits.
Her EPITAPH.
HEre lyes Evan morgan, Cuds plutterdenales,
Who l [...]v'd and Dy'd in the Mountains of Wales;
He often times of his Pedegree boasted,
And seldom did Dine, without Cheese that was Toasted:
He was always accounted a Man of his Word,
But on St. Taffies Day, he was pelted with Turd,
And wore a Red, Herring in stead of a Sword;
His Goods and his Chattles if more you wou'd know,
Pray Read, or'e his fam'd Inventory below.

A [...] Inventory of several goods and Chattels which her had for­got to Mention in hur Last Will and Testament.

[...] in the Pantry of Poultery, (for her own Eating) one [...] Pig four week old, one Goose, one Cock-gelding, two Black pudding, three Cow-foot.

Item: In the Pantry of Plate, one Cridiron, one Fripan, one Trypan, three wooden Ladle, three Can.

Item: In the Napery, two Towel, two Table-cloath, four N [...]pkin; one for her self, one for her Wife Shone, two for her Couzen Shon ap Powel, and Thomas ap Hugh, when was come to her House.

Item: In the Wardrobe, one Irish rug, one Frize Shirkin, one Sheepskin Tublet, two Irish Stocking, two Shooe, six Leather point.

Item: In the Tary, one Toasting-sheese, three Oaten Cake, three pint Coat milk, one pound of Cow-putter.

Item: In the Kitchin, one pan with white Curd, two White­pot, two Red Herring, nine Sprat.

Item: In the Seller one Firkin of Wiggan, two sowre Syder, one pint of perrp, one little pottle of Carmarden-Sack, alias Metheglin.

Item: In the Armory (of Weapons to kill her Enemy) one pack sword, two Edge, two Welsh hook, three Club, one Cun, one Mouse-Trap.

Item. In the Garden, one ped garlick, nine Onion, twelve Leek twelve Worm six Frog.

Item. in the Lease way, two tun Cow, one Mountain Calf.

Item: In the common Fields, two Welsh Nag, twelve long legg'd sheep, fourteen and twelve Coat.

Item: In the Proomclose, three Robin run hole, four Hare, her own Coods if her can catch her.

Item: In the Parn, one half Heblet of Oat, seven pea, two pean.

Item: In the Study (by Cot her was almost forgot her) one Welsh pipple, 2 Almanack, one Erra Pater, one Seven Champions for St. Taffies sake, twelve pallat, one pedigree.

Item: In the Ped two naked pody, one Shirt, one Flannel smock that is at her peds head.

Item: More Cattle about the House, two Tog, three Cat, twelve Mouse (pox on her was eat her toasted Cheese) one thousand white Flea with plack back:

Item: more lumber about the House, one wife, two shild, one call her plack Shack, and t'other little Morgan.

Item: In the Yard under the wall, one wheel, two pucket, one Ladder two Rope.

This Inventory taken Note of in the presence of her own Couzen Rowland Merideth ap Howel, and Lowen in Morgan ap Wil­liam, in Anno One Thousand Eight Hundred Forty Nine, upon the Ten and Thirtieth of shune.

The above-named William Morgan, died when her had lived Threescore and Twenty Years, Thirteen Months, one Week and Seven Days.

A Note of some Legacy of a Creat at deal of Coods bequeathed to her Wife and her two Shild and all her Cousens, Friends and Kindred in man­ner as followeth.

IMprimis, Was give her teer Wife, Jone Morgan, all her coods in the ped, over the ped, and under the ped.

Item, Was give to her Eldest Son Plack Shack, Forty and twelve Card to play at Whipper shinny, four Ty (to sheat her Cuzen) be­sides all her Land to the full value of Twenty and ten shillings and there Groats per Annum.

Item. Was give to her second Son little Morgan ap Murgain, her short Ladder under the Wall in the Yard, and two Rope.

Item. Was give to her cosen Rowland Mirideth ap h [...]el, and Lo­wen in morgan, who was made her Executor, full power to pay all her tet when her can get Mony.

Sealed and delivered in the presence of Evan ap Richard, ap Shink­in ap shone, her own Couzen, the tag and Year above writen.

LONDON, by J. W. near Fleet-street, 1700.

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