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, 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; 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, Protect his memory and preserve his story: 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 -E valour, all obstacles of art and nature, was slain in the moment of Victory, on the 13th of Sept. 1759. The King and Parliament of Great Britain dedicated this Monument. In the Area of Westminster lie the Remains of SISTER OF THE DUKE OF CLEVE, Who was contracted in marriage to Henry VIII. and received with great pomp on Blackheath, January 3, 1539; married to the King on the 9th; and in July following divorced, with liberty to marry again, but being sensibly touched with the indignity put upon her, she lived retired in England with the title of Lady Ann of Cleve, and saw the rival who supplanted her, suffer a worse fate; she survived the King 4 years, and died in 1557. A still more unfortunate Queen lies near this last, viz. ANNE, QUEEN of RICHARD III. and daughter of NEVIL, the GREAT EARL of WARWICK. This Lady was poisoned by that monster of cruelty her husband to make way for his marriage with ELIZABETH, daughter of his brother EDWARD IV. and sister of the unhappy youths he had caused to be murdered in the Tower, which marriage he never lived to consummate, being slain at the battle of Bosworth Field. Here are also the remains of an old Monument of SEBERT, KING OF THE EAST SAXONS, Who first built this Church, and died, July, 616, and also of Athelgoda, his Queen, who died September 13, 615. JOSEPH ADDISON. Whoever thou art, Venerate the memory of Joseph Addison, Whose genius was shewn in verse, And the best rules for living well, And in some degree made them in love with virtue. Died in the 48th year of his age, The honor and delight of the British nation. |