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Good frend for Iesvs sake forbeare,
To digg the dvst encloased heare.
Bleste be ye man yt spares thes stones,
And cvrst be he yt moves my bones
To this day, his bones have not yet been touched or moved.
There is no reason to believe that Shakespeare had anything to do with what was written on his tombstone. It was probably chosen and written by his family after his death. There is no instruction in his will or elsewhere written by Shakespeare about how he was to be buried.
Good frend for jesus sake forbeare to
digg the dust encloased heare.
Blest be ye man yt spares thes stones and
curst be he yt moves my bones
They were an appeal to leave his grave undisturbed. It was custom in those days to allow burial for a time under the church floor, then exhume the corpse and dispose of it in a "charnelhouse", to re-use the grave space.
If you disturb his body you will be cursed
: A paraphrase: :
:: Good friend for Jesus sake forbear, :: To dig the dust covering me here. :: Blessed be the man that spares these stones, :: And cursed be he that moves my bones. :
: It means he doesn't want anyone digging him up or disturbing his grave
Good frend for Iesvs sake forbeare,
To digg the dvst encloased heare.
Bleste be ye man yt spares thes stones,
And cvrst be he yt moves my bones.
in Modern English:
Good friend, for Jesus' sake forbear,
To dig the dust enclosed here.
Blessed be the man that spares these stones,
And cursed be he that moves my bones
"blest be ye man yt spare thes stones
And cvrst be he yt moves my bones" meaning there is a curse put upon you if you dig out his grave. Of course it's not true but no one has opened the grave because they're afraid. There might be another play in there but no one will know unless someone OPENS THAT GRAVE!
I think they haven't dug up his grave out of simple ordinary decent respect. Why would they bury a play in there anyway?
Good friend for Jesus' sake forebeare
To digg the dust eclosed here!
Blest be ye man that spares these stones
And curst be he the moves my bones.
Good friend for Jesus' sake forbear
To dig the dust enclosed here,
Blessed be the man that spares these stones,
And cursed be he that moves my bones
Good friend for Jesus sake forbear
To dig the dust enclosed here
Blessed be the man that spares these stones
And cursed be he that moves these bones.
The inscription, on a stone near Shakespeare's grave, is a plea not to disturb his bones, and a curse on anyone who does. He did want his bones moved to the charnel house near to the church.
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