She loved a private life,

Though born to shine in public, and was an
Ornament to courts

Untainted by them.

She died August the 20th, 1737.

The most illustrious and serene Prince,

ANTHONY PHILIP,

DUKE OF MONPENSIER.

Descended from the Kings of France, Second son of the Duke of Orleans, From his earliest youth bred to arms, And even in chains unsubdued ; Of an erect mind in adversity, And in prosperity not elated; A constant patron of the liberal arts; Polite, pleasant, and courteous to all, Nor ever wanting in the duties of brother, Neighbour, friend, or the love of his country. After experiencing the vicissitudes of fortune He was received with great hospitality by The English Nation, and at length Rests in this asylum for Kings. Born, July 3, 1775, died May 18, 1807, aged 31.

ABRAHAM COWLEY,

The Pindar, Horace, and Virgil of England, and the delight, ornament, and admiration of his age!

While sacred bard, far worlds thy works proclaim,
And you survive in an immortal fame,

Here may you blest in pleasing quiet lie,
To guard thy urn may hoary faith stand by!
And all thy fav'rite tuneful Nine repair,
To watch thy dust with a perpetual care,
Sacred for ever may the place be made,
And may no desperate hand presume to invade
With touch unhallow'd this religious room,
Or dare affront thy venerable tomb;

Unmov'd and undisturb'd till time shall end,
May Cowley's dust this marble shrine defend!

So wishes and desires that wish may be sacred to posterity, George Duke of Buckingham, who erected this Monument to that incomparable man. He died in the 49th year of his age, and was carried from Buckingham-house, with honourable pomp, his exequies being attended by persons of illustrious characters of all degrees, and buried August 3, 1667.

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF

CHRISTOPHER ANSTEY, Esq.

Formerly a scholar at Eton,
And Fellow of Trinity College, in Cambridge;
A very elegant Poet,

Who held a distinguished pre-eminence, Even among those who excelled in the same kinds Of his art.

About the year 1770,

He exchanged his residence in Cambridge-shire for

Bath,

A place above all, that he delighted in.

The celebrated Poem that he wrote under the title Of the Bath Guide,

Is a sufficient testimony,

And after having lived there thirty-six years,
Died in the year 1805,

At the advanced age of Eighty-one.

TO THE MEMORY OF

MRS. PRITCHARD.

She retired from the Stage, of which she had long been the ornament, in the month of April, 1768, and died at Bath, in the month of August following, in the 57th year of her age.

Her comic vein had every charm to please,

'Twas nature's dictates breathed with nature's ease;
Ev'n when her powers sustained the Tragic load,
Full clear and just, the harmonious accents flow'd;
And the big passions of her feeling heart,
Burst freely forth and shamed the mimic art.
Oft on the scene with colours not her own,
She painted vice and taught us what to shun:
One virtuous track her real life pursu'd,
That noble part was uniformly good ;
Each duty thereto such perfection wrought,
That, if the precepts fail'd, th' example taught.

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF

JONAS HANWAY,

Who departed this life, September 5, 1789, aged 74, but whose name liveth, and will ever live, whilst active piety shall distinguish Christian integrity, and truth shall recommend the British merchant, and universal kindness shall characterize the Citizen of the World.

The helpless infant nurtur'd through his care, The friendless prostitute shelter'd and reform'd: The hopeless youth rescu'd from misery and ruin, And train'd to serve and to defend his country, Uniting in one common train of gratitude, Bear testimony to their benefactor's virtues :This was the friend and father of the poor.

MICHAEL DRAYTON, Esq.

A memorable Poet of his age, exchanged his Laurel for a Crown of Glory, Anno. 1631.

Do pious marble! let thy readers know,
What they, and what their children owe
To Drayton's name, whose sacred dust,
We recommend unto thy trust:

Protect his memory and preserve his story:
Remain a lasting monument of his glory:
And when thy ruins shall disclaim
To be the treasurer of his name,

His name that cannot fade shall be
An everlasting monument to thee.

This gentleman was both an excellent Poet, and a learned Antiquarian.

BEN JOHNSON,

This monument is of fine marble, and is very neatly insculped and ornamented with emblematical figures, alluding perhaps, to the malice and envy of his contemporaries.

His Epitaph

"O RARE BEN JOHNSON!"

IN MEMORY OF

THOMAS PARR,

Of the County of Salop, born in 1483.

He lived in the reign of ten Princes, namely, Edward IV.; Edward V.; Richard III.; Henry VII.; Henry VIII.; Edward VI.; Queen Mary; Queen Elizabeth ; James I.; and Charles I.; aged 152 years, and was buried here, November 15, 1635.

One thing remarkable of this old man is, that at the age of 130, a prosecution was entered against him, in the Spiritual Court for Bastardy, and with such effect that he did penance publicly in the Church for that offence.

TO THE MEMORY OF

JAMES WOLFE,

Major-General and Commander-in-Chief,

Of the British Land Forces, on an expedition against Quebec, who, after surmounting by ability and

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