War; defiring withal, that nothing but Matters of Fact fhould be fet down. But this, after many other Sollicitations, he decently refused. He also waved feveral most noble Offers from Chriftina, Queen of Sweden. He was, fays Wood, a general Scholar, but not extraordinary in any one Sort, unless in Criticisms, wherein his Father's Notes might probably have fet him up. He was also a religious Man, loyal to his Prince, exemplary in his Life and Converfation, and very charitable to the Poor. * BEAUTY itfelf lies here, in whom alone In fome the Eyes we praife, in fome the Hair, That Nymph's fine Feet, her Hands we beauteous call; But in this Form we praise no Part, but all. *Lady Venufia Digby. Haddington, in Scotland. If Chastity commends a Wife, In Haddington, as Marion Gray! Baginton, Baginton, Warwickshire. Here lyeth the Body of Ellen Campion, Wife of Edward Campion, And of Catherine Millard his Wife. Moft piously left this Life, the 23d Day of Jan. 1632. Rare Vertues, Feature, ev'ry Grace' All Hearts, which facred Virtue love, On William the Third. I. Beneath thefe Horrors of a Tomb, II. Preferve, II. Preserve, Ovenerable Pile! Inviolate thy facred Truft; III. Ye gentleft Minifters of Fate ! IV. Reft his dear Sword beneath his Head; Fix his bright Enfigns on his Bed, The Guards and Honours of our Land. V. Ye Sifter Arts of Paint and Verse, VI. High o'er the Grave Religion fet In folemn Gold; pronounce the Ground Sacred, to bar unhallow'd Feet, And plant her Guardian Virtues round. VII. Fair Liberty in Sables dreft, Write his lov'd Name upon his Urn, "Wiliam, the Scourge of Tyrants past, "And Awe of Princes yet unborn." 5 VIII. Sweet VIII. Sweet Peace his facred Reliques keep, IX. Stand on the Pile, immortal Fame ! X. Flatt'ry fhall faint beneath the Sound, XI. Night and the Grave remove your Gloom, But Glory bids the royal Tomb Difdain the Horrors of a Shade. XII. Glory, with all her Lamps, fhall burn! ISAAC WATTS. VOL. I. I Sherborne, Sherborne, Dorfetshire. Here lies John Lord Digby, Baron Digby of Sherborne, The Merit of his Grand-father firft gave Luftre; He was naturally inclin'd to avoid Yet careful to keep up the Port of his Quality; Was willing to be at Eafe, but fcorn'd Obfcurity; And therefore never made his Retirement a Pretence To draw himself within a narrower Compass, Or to fhun fuch Expence As Charity, Hofpitality, and his Honour His Religion was that Never made him forget himfelf or them. Of Honour and Pleasure in this World, Westminster |