Epitaph from the Tombstone of Rebecca Henriquez da Costa

On the day of my abundant joy
illness suddenly overcame me
Birth pangs and rupture
overwhelmed me
I gave birth and died, like a blossom
I turned away
And the fruit of my womb was
brought with me to the grave
Woe alongside joy, birth pangs
alongside song was what I brought
My kin mourned for me, as did all passers-by
You who pass by, if you have a…
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