sawbridgeworth church, herts.

c15 shroud brass of john leventhorpe and wife joan, who both died in 1488. the inscription reads:
" beneath lie dust, decay and gnawing worm:
death's lackey now he is , as life is his no more;
he nothing knows, nor has, nor are his virtues seen.
look-meaner than the mire, the terror, horror, stench,
disgrace of all the world, and common refuse he.
here, brother, see thyself and breathe a prayer for me"