To be or not to be

To be or not to be
Of great capacity,
Like Sir Isaac Newton,
Or Locke, or Doctor South,
Or Sherlock upon death —
I'd rather be Sutton!

For he did build a house
For aged men & youth,
With walls of brick & stone;
He furnish'd it within
With whatever he could win,
And all his own.

He drew out of the Stocks
His money in a box,
And sent his servant
To Green the Bricklayer,
And to the Carpenter;
He was so fervent.

The chimneys were three score,
The windows many more;
And, for convenience,
He sinks & gutters made,
And all the way he pav'd
To hinder pestilence.

Was not this a good man —
Whose life was but a span,
Whose name was Sutton —
As Locke, or Doctor South,
Or Sherlock upon Death,
Or Sir Isaac Newton?