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ARCHITECTURAL ANTIQUITIES.
(Lower end, against the East wall—ESME, DUKE OF RICHMOND.)
S. M.
Hac in Vrna inclvditvr Cor; infra reqviescit Corpvs illvstrissimi Dvcis Esme Stvart: Paren-
tes qvi qvserit, sciat, ilium a Patre Iacobo primvm Levinise, deinde Richmondise et Levinise, Dvce
evndem honoris titvlvm accepisse: a Matre ver6 Maria, Georgii Dvcis Bvckinghamise Filise vnica,
vitam et spiritvm havrisse, qvem postea Parisiis efflavit, setatis svse Anno xi™" : Mensis Avgvsti
Die xiv'": Anno Salvtis Hvmanse m.dc.lxi.
[1] GEORGE V1LLIERS, DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM, and CATHERINE HIS WIFE.
The virtues and family connexions of these illustrious characters are very fully
set forth in the following inscriptions.
Perenni Memorise
Celsissimi potentissimiq'. Principis Georgti Villiers, Dvcis, Marchionis, Comitis Bvck-
inghamise, Comitis Coventrise, vice Comitis Villiers, Baronis Waddon, Anglise, Hibernise, Wallise
Thalassiarchas, omnivm Arcivm Propvgnacvlorvmq'. Maritimorvm ac Classis Regies Moderatoris,
Eqvorvm Regiorvm Magistri, Qvinq'. Portvvm et Appendicvm Domini Tvtelarii, Castra Dover-
nensis Praefecti, omnivm Regiorvm Saltvvm Theriotropeiorv'. ac Nemorvm cis Trentanorvm Ivsti-
tiarii, Castri Regii Vindesorii Prsesidis, Monarchse Britannico ab intimis Cvbicvlis, Senatvvm
sanctiorvm Anglise, Scotias, et Hibernise Consiliarii, Eqvitis Nobilissimi Ordinis Periscelidis,
Consilii polemici Domini Praesidis, Academise Cantabrigiensis Cancellarii dignissimi.
Tantvs tamen Heros omnibvs corporis et animi dotibvs memorabilis ; dvobvs potentissimis invi-
cem Regibvs intimvs, charissimvs omnibvs Togse ivxta Sagiq'. artibvs florentissimvs, Literarvm et
Literatorvm Favtor amplissimvs : in omnes bene meritos Liberalitatis inexhavstse, deniq'. singvlari
Hvmanitate, et omni Morvm Svavitate incomparabilis; immani teterrimi Parricidse Facinore
trvcidatvs : Commvni Invidia?, (quse semper Virtvtis et Honoris Comes individva) innocentissime
sangvine svo immeritissimo litavit.
Catharina vero Heroina splendidissirna, Comitis Rvtlandise Filia et Hasres vnica : Prolis
svmmae spei vtrivsq'. sexvs, D. D. D. D. Marise, Caroli (qvi in cvnis obijt), Georgij, Francisci
novissimi posthvmiq'. felicissima ab ipso Mater facta : svavissimam charissimi Conivgis svi Memo-
riam, qv& Pietate, qvo Honore potvit prosecvta : Hos titvlos (non Vanitati litatvra, sed optimorv'.
Principv'. Mvnificentiam testatvra) prsefigendos cvravit: Tristesq'. Exwias, et qvicqvid ipsivs
adhvc Ccelo non debetvr, honorario hoc Monvmento mcetissima inclvsit, Anno Epochse Christi-
anse cio.dc.xxxiiij.
ARCHITECTURAL ANTIQUITIES.
(Lower end, against the East wall—ESME, DUKE OF RICHMOND.)
S. M.
Hac in Vrna inclvditvr Cor; infra reqviescit Corpvs illvstrissimi Dvcis Esme Stvart: Paren-
tes qvi qvserit, sciat, ilium a Patre Iacobo primvm Levinise, deinde Richmondise et Levinise, Dvce
evndem honoris titvlvm accepisse: a Matre ver6 Maria, Georgii Dvcis Bvckinghamise Filise vnica,
vitam et spiritvm havrisse, qvem postea Parisiis efflavit, setatis svse Anno xi™" : Mensis Avgvsti
Die xiv'": Anno Salvtis Hvmanse m.dc.lxi.
[1] GEORGE V1LLIERS, DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM, and CATHERINE HIS WIFE.
The virtues and family connexions of these illustrious characters are very fully
set forth in the following inscriptions.
Perenni Memorise
Celsissimi potentissimiq'. Principis Georgti Villiers, Dvcis, Marchionis, Comitis Bvck-
inghamise, Comitis Coventrise, vice Comitis Villiers, Baronis Waddon, Anglise, Hibernise, Wallise
Thalassiarchas, omnivm Arcivm Propvgnacvlorvmq'. Maritimorvm ac Classis Regies Moderatoris,
Eqvorvm Regiorvm Magistri, Qvinq'. Portvvm et Appendicvm Domini Tvtelarii, Castra Dover-
nensis Praefecti, omnivm Regiorvm Saltvvm Theriotropeiorv'. ac Nemorvm cis Trentanorvm Ivsti-
tiarii, Castri Regii Vindesorii Prsesidis, Monarchse Britannico ab intimis Cvbicvlis, Senatvvm
sanctiorvm Anglise, Scotias, et Hibernise Consiliarii, Eqvitis Nobilissimi Ordinis Periscelidis,
Consilii polemici Domini Praesidis, Academise Cantabrigiensis Cancellarii dignissimi.
Tantvs tamen Heros omnibvs corporis et animi dotibvs memorabilis ; dvobvs potentissimis invi-
cem Regibvs intimvs, charissimvs omnibvs Togse ivxta Sagiq'. artibvs florentissimvs, Literarvm et
Literatorvm Favtor amplissimvs : in omnes bene meritos Liberalitatis inexhavstse, deniq'. singvlari
Hvmanitate, et omni Morvm Svavitate incomparabilis; immani teterrimi Parricidse Facinore
trvcidatvs : Commvni Invidia?, (quse semper Virtvtis et Honoris Comes individva) innocentissime
sangvine svo immeritissimo litavit.
Catharina vero Heroina splendidissirna, Comitis Rvtlandise Filia et Hasres vnica : Prolis
svmmae spei vtrivsq'. sexvs, D. D. D. D. Marise, Caroli (qvi in cvnis obijt), Georgij, Francisci
novissimi posthvmiq'. felicissima ab ipso Mater facta : svavissimam charissimi Conivgis svi Memo-
riam, qv& Pietate, qvo Honore potvit prosecvta : Hos titvlos (non Vanitati litatvra, sed optimorv'.
Principv'. Mvnificentiam testatvra) prsefigendos cvravit: Tristesq'. Exwias, et qvicqvid ipsivs
adhvc Ccelo non debetvr, honorario hoc Monvmento mcetissima inclvsit, Anno Epochse Christi-
anse cio.dc.xxxiiij.