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<Jennifer J. Leong Cardwell, j_leongcardwell@yahoo.com, 8 July 2017. Transcription of punctuating/ emphasizing marks, confirming original transcriber's guesses, and correction from "mishaps" to "mistress">
Epitaph on ^ a favorite [double underlined] Parrot found in a Necessary House ["a" appears to have originally been left out by mistake]
Beneath lies inter'd [tilde high above "r"] The remains of a Bird Who submits to all conquering fate Where Master took care To teach it to swear As his Mistress had taught it to prate. [FYI, prate- to talk excessively and pointlessly] [line similar to a long, flipped tilde (left side curved upward, right side curved downward) to indicate end of the last sentence of a stanza]
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If complaint should be made Of the place where he's laid Poor Betty is only in fault Poor Betty to save The expence of a Grave Thought proper to chase it a vault. [line similar to a long, flipped tilde to indicate end of the last sentence of a stanza]
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To preserve its dear frame For Ages to come His mistress still kinder and kinder Declar'd with a tear She would never come here Without leaving something behind her. ["r" with a flourish curve that wraps back toward the period] [2 short, horizontal lines drawn under "without" to show the end of the entry.]