Middle English

===Epitaph of John the smyth, died 1371===
{{further|Brightwell Baldwin}}
An epitaph from a [[monumental brass]] in an Oxfordshire parish church:<ref>{{cite journal |last=Bertram |first=Jerome |year=2003 |title=Medieval Inscriptions in Oxfordshire |journal=Oxoniensia |volume=LXVVIII |page=30 |issn=0308-5562 |url= http://oxoniensia.org/volumes/2003/bertram.pdf }}</ref><ref name=Utechin>{{cite book |last=Utechin |first=Patricia |year=1990 |orig-year=1980 |title=Epitaphs from Oxfordshire |edition=2nd |location=Oxford |publisher=Robert Dugdale |isbn=978-0-946976-04-1 |pages=39 }}</ref>
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!'''Translation''' ''by Patricia Utechin''<ref name=Utechin/>
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|{{lang|enm|man com & se how schal alle dede li: wen þow comes bad & bare{{pb}}noth hab ven ve awaẏ fare: All ẏs wermēs þ<sup>t</sup> ve for care:—{{pb}}bot þ<sup>t</sup> ve do for godẏs luf ve haue nothyng yare:{{pb}}hundyr þis graue lẏs John þe smẏth god yif his soule heuen grit}}
| Man, come and see how shall all dead lie: when thou comes bad and bare{{pb}}naught have we away fare: all is worms that we for care:—{{pb}}but that we do for God's love, we have nothing ready:{{pb}}under this grave lies John the smith, God give his soul heaven great
| Man, come and see how all dead men shall lie: when that comes bad and bare,{{pb}}we have nothing when we away fare: all that we care for is worms:—{{pb}}except for that which we do for God's sake, we have nothing ready:{{pb}}under this grave lies John the smith, God give his soul heavenly peace
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