Henry Fielding: The History of Tom Jones, a foundling

BOOK II. CONTAINING SCENES OF MATRIMONIAL FELICITY IN DIFFERENT DEGREES OF LIFE; AND VARIOUS OTHER TRANSACTIONS DURING THE FIRST TWO YEARS AFTER THE MARRIAGE BETWEEN CAPTAIN BLIFIL AND MISS BRIDGET ALLWORTHY. 9. Chapter ix. A proof of the infallibility of the foregoing receipt... (continued)

          CAPTAIN JOHN BLIFIL.

                 LONDON
      HAD THE HONOUR OF HIS BIRTH,
                 OXFORD
           OF HIS EDUCATION.

               HIS PARTS
    WERE AN HONOUR TO HIS PROFESSION
          AND TO HIS COUNTRY:
       HIS LIFE, TO HIS RELIGION
           AND HUMAN NATURE.
         HE WAS A DUTIFUL SON,
           A TENDER HUSBAND,
        AN AFFECTIONATE FATHER,
          A MOST KIND BROTHER,
           A SINCERE FRIEND,
          A DEVOUT CHRISTIAN,
            AND A GOOD MAN.

         HIS INCONSOLABLE WIDOW
        HATH ERECTED THIS STONE,
            THE MONUMENT OF
              HIS VIRTUES
         AND OF HER AFFECTION.