THE monument OF CHARLES THE FIRST, KING OF ENGLAND.  
Who was beheaded before Whitehall January 30 1648. 
 In the 24th year of his reign.  Mors mihi Lucrum. 

C R Aetatis Suae 48   funeral monument of Charles I  Virtus post Funera vivit. 

HEre lies great CHARLES, first King of that same name,  
England's great glory, England's lasting fame;  
A butchered Martyr King, whose patient mildness,  
Crowneth himself with Fame, his foes with vildness:  
A persecuted Saint, for seven years' space  
Pressed down with sorrows, yet held up by Grace;  
In whom those virtues constantly did live,  
Which to the Worthies lasting fame did give:  
Patient as Job, and like to Moses, mild,  
Salomon's wisdom makes him wisdoms child;  
Valiant as David, and the chiefest part  
Like to Josiah, zeal possessed his heart:  
Faithful in vows, yet there began the strife,  
That reaved him of his Queen, his crown, his Life:  
Whose true Effigies drawn by just desert,  
Causeth him live in each true Subjects heart:  
Living he died, and dying life he gained,  
Death conquered him, his foes with shame he stained.    
FINIS.