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It is usual	A
for people in this country	B
out of pretended respect	C
but rather from an impertinent curiosity	B
to desire to see	B
persons	D
after they are	E
dead	F
	-
It is my earnest request that no person	G
on any pretence whatever	H
may be permitted to see my	I
corpse	J
but those who	K
unavoidably must	L
	-
I desire to be buried	M
in the north side of the churchyard	N
of Tregynon	G
somewhere about the centre	H
my coffin to be made in the most	O
plain and simple manner	H
without the usual fantastical decorations	D
and the more	P
perishable the material	A
the better	H
	-
I desire that no undertaker	H
or professed performer of funerals	Q
may be employed	R
but that I may be conveyed	S
to the churchyard	N
in some country hears	T
which may be hired for the occasion	G
and my corpse	J
to be carried	M
from hearse to the grave	U
immediately	B
without going into the church	V
by six of the chief Tregynon tenants	W
to whom I give two guineas each	X
for their trouble	A
	-
It is my earnes request and desire	H
to have no upper bearers	Y
or any persons whatever	H
invited to my funeral	A
which I desire may be at so	Z
early an hour as will best prevent	A2
a concourse of people	A
from collecting together	H
the better sort	B2
I presume will not intrude	C2
as there is no	Z
invitation	G
	-
I have been present at the funerals	Q
of three of my uncles at Morville	A
I was pleased with the privacy and decency	B
with which all things were conducted	D2
no strangers attended	D2
all was done	G
by the servants of the family	B
It is my earnest desire to follow these examples	Q
however unpopular	H
and that	E2
no coach	F2
no escutcheon	G
and no pomp of any kind may appear	G2
	-
I trust that my executor will be well justified	H2
against the clamor and obloquy	I2
of mercenary people	A
when he acts in performance of the last request	J2
of a dying friend	K2
who solemnly adjures him in the name of God	L2
punctually to observe these directions	D
	-
codicil	A
I likewise give to all my servants	W
five guineas each	X
in lieu of all mourning	I2
which it is my desire	H
no person may use on my account	M2

Ben Jonson

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