See if you know what this is?

Question

This is just to see who knows it off the top of their head:

'Good friend for Jesus sake forbeare,

To Digg the dust encloased here.

Blese be the man y spares these stones

And curst be he y moves my bones.'

10 points

Answer 1

i' m italian... but is it a prayer?

Answer 2

That is the epitaph that Shakespeare wrote for his gravestone.

(You can learn so much at

on  PBS!)

Answer 3

Shakespeare... not sure from what though.

Answer 4

Words that were or are on a gravestone, probably from a sea faring individual.

Answer 5

This is the epitaph from Shakespeare's grave in Stratford, written so that people would not try to move his body from the church in Stratford (where he asked to be buried) to Westminster.

Answer 6

as u are my good friend I am imploring u to clear off any misunderstandings which we may have developed over a period of time.SO lets forget the past renew our friendship