Thomas Sackville, fifth earl of Dorset
Epigram on the Earl of Dorsett, who died suddenly at the Council-Board :
Uncivil Death ! That would'st not once conferre,
Dispute, or parle with our treasurer,
Had he been thee, or of you fatall tribe,
He would have spared you life, and ta'ne a bribe.
He that so often had, with gold and witt,
Injured strong law, and almost conquered it,
At length, for want of evidence to show,
Was forced himself to take a deadly blow.