DIMEV 1265
IMEV 765
NIMEV 765
Farewell my friends the tide abideth no man
An epitaph, frequently inscribed on monuments or brasses — one stanza
rhyme royal
Note: Forms the last stanza of
1271; see
also
2959,
5047;
Ringler Jr. (1988)
XRingler Jr., William A.
Bibliography and Index of English Verse Printed 1476-1558.
London: Mansell, 1988
, TP 765
Subjects: epitaphs; farewells, epitaph
Versification: —
seven-line —
ababbcc
Macaronic: Latin
Bibliographic Ghosts: olim
olim Maldon, Essex, Church of All Saints brass tomb: see
1271; Higham Ferrars, Northamptonshire, Church of St. Mary the Virgin tomb of William and Beatrice Chichele on floor at west end of south aisle, to right of
Lady Chapel altar: see
5047
Manuscript Witnesses:
Inscriptions:
1.Source: olim Baldok, Hertfordshire, Church of St. Mary the Virgin tomb of William Crane (d. 1483) and his wives Jane and Margaret Crane
Transcription:Farwel my frendys the tyd abidyth no man
I am departed hens and so sal
ye
But in this pasage the best song I can
Is Requiem Eternam now
Ihesu grant it me
When I haue ended all myn aduersity
Grant me in
Paradys to hav a mansion
That shedst thy bloud for my redemption
Note: No longer extant.
Editions:
Weever, John.
Ancient Funerall Monuments within the United Monarchie of Great
Britaine.
London: T. Harper, 1631 (STC 25223); repr. Amsterdam: Theatrum Orbis
Terrarum; and NY: Walter Johnson, 1979: 545.
Gray, Douglas.
“A Middle English Epitaph.”
Notes and Queries
n.s. 8 [206] (1961): 132-5: 133.
2.Source: London, St. Michael’s Church, Crooked Lane, brass tomb of John Shrow, stockfishmonger (d. 1487)
Transcription:Farewell my friendes the tide abydeth no man
I am departed hence and
so shall ye
But in this passage the best song that I can
Is requiem
eternam now Ihesu grant it me
When I haue ended all mine
aduersitie
Grant me in Paradise to haue a mansion
That shedst th[y]
blood for my redemption
Note: Variant; no longer extant.
Editions:
Stow, John.
A svrvay of London: contayning the originall, antiquity, increase,
moderne estate, and description of that citie: written in the yeare 1598.
London: Imprinted by Iohn Wolfe, Printer to the honorable citie of
London, and are to be sold at his shop within the Popes head Alley in Lombard street,
1598 (STC 23341): 175.
Weever, John.
Ancient Funerall Monuments within the United Monarchie of Great
Britaine.
London: T. Harper, 1631 (STC 25223); repr. Amsterdam: Theatrum Orbis
Terrarum; and NY: Walter Johnson, 1979: 387.
Gray, Douglas.
“A Middle English Epitaph.”
Notes and Queries
n.s. 8 [206] (1961): 132-5: 133.
3.Source: olim London, St. Martin’s Church, Ludgate Hill tomb of John and Anne Benson
Transcription:Farewell my freyndes the tyde abydeth no man
We be departed fro hence
and so sall yee
But in this passage the best song that we say can
Is
Requiem eternam now Ihesu grant hit mee
When wee haue endyd all
our aduersitee
Grant vs in Paradise to haue a mansion
That shced
[sic] his blood for our redemption
Therefore wee tendyrlie
requier yee
For the souls of John Benson
And Anne his wyff of your
charitie
To say a Pater Noster and an Aue
Note: With additional lines, for total of 11 lines, rhyming roughly,
ababbccbcbb; no longer extant.
Editions:
Weever, John.
Ancient Funerall Monuments within the United Monarchie of Great
Britaine.
London: T. Harper, 1631 (STC 25223); repr. Amsterdam: Theatrum Orbis
Terrarum; and NY: Walter Johnson, 1979: 387.
Gray, Douglas.
“A Middle English Epitaph.”
Notes and Queries
n.s. 8 [206] (1961): 132-5: 134.
4.Source: Northleach, Gloucestershire, Church of Saints Peter and Paul tomb of William and Elizabeth Midwinter (d. 1501 and 1502), brass tomb on floor,
northeast corner of nave (east end of north aisle), in brass border
Transcription:ffarewell my frendes the tyde abideth no man
I am departed from hense
and so shall ye
But in this passage the best songe that I can
Is
requiem eternam now Ihesu graunte it me
Whan I haue ended all myn
aduersite
Graunte me in paradise to haue a mansion
That shed thy blode
ffor my redempcion
Editions: Gray, Douglas.
“A Middle English Epitaph.”
Notes and Queries
n.s. 8 [206] (1961): 132-5: 133-4.
5.Source: olim Romford, Essex, Church of St Edward the Confessor tomb of Elizabeth Hannys and Avery Cornburgh
Transcription:Farwel my frendys the Tyde abydeth no man
I am departyd fro hens and
so sall ye
But in my pasage the best song I can
Is Req[u]iem
eternam now Iesu grant it me
When I haue endyd all my
auersite
Grant me in Paradys to haue a mansion
That shed thy blood for
my redemption
Note: No longer extant: church rebuilt 1839.
Editions:
Weever, John.
Ancient Funerall Monuments within the United Monarchie of Great
Britaine.
London: T. Harper, 1631 (STC 25223); repr. Amsterdam: Theatrum Orbis
Terrarum; and NY: Walter Johnson, 1979: 649.
Gray, Douglas.
“A Middle English Epitaph.”
Notes and Queries
n.s. 8 [206] (1961): 132-5: 133.
6.Source: Royston, Hertfordshire, Church of St John the Baptist, small rectangular brass on east wall of north aisle
Transcription:Now farewell my frendys all
The tyde Abydethe no man
I Am departyd
hens and so ye shall
yn thys passage e best songe that I can
Requiem
eternam now Ihesu graunte yt me
When I haue endyd all myne
aduersite
Graunte me yn paradyse to haue a mancion
That shed thy blod
for my Redempcioun
Note: Variant; text written as if a quatrain.
Editions: Gray, Douglas.
“A Middle English Epitaph.”
Notes and Queries
n.s. 8 [206] (1961): 132-5: 134.