The Elogy he bestoweth on that most Christian Emperor _Constantine_ the
Great, must not be forgot:

From _Colchester_ there rose a Star,
The Rays whereof gave Glorious Light
Throughout the world in Climates far,
Great _Constantine, Romes_ Emperor bright.

He was (saith one) Canon of _Exeter_, and (upon what occasion is not
known,) came to be buried at _Worcester_, with this Epitaph,

_Eclipsim patitur Sapientia, Sol sepelitur,
Cui si par unus, minus esset flebile funus;
Vir bene discretus, & in omni more facetus,
Dictus erat_ Nequam, _vitam duxit tamen æquam_.

Wisdom's eclips'd, Sky of the Sun bereft;
Yet less the loss if like alive were left;
A man discreet, in matters debonair,
Bad Name, black Face, but Carriage good and fair.

Yet others say he was buried at St. _Albans_ (where he found repulse
when living, but repose when dead) with this Epitaph,

Alexander, _cognomento_ Nequam, _Abbas_ Cirecestriæ,
_Literarum scientia clarus, obiit Anno Dom._ 1217. _Lit.
Dom. C. prid. Cal. Feb. & sepultus erat apud Fanum S._ Albani,
_sujus Animæ propitietur altissimus_, Amen.