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30 HISTORY OF
Equally and deservedly honoured by the tears and
Applause of Britons as a man,
Who, bravely defending the cause of his country,
In the sea-fight off Toulon,
And being by a chain-shot deprived
Of both his legs......fell unconquered,
On the 27th of February, 1743, in the forty-fifth year of his age:
Bequeathing his animating example to his
Fellow sailors,
As the legacy of a dying Englishman ;
Whose extraordinary valour could not be recommended
To the emulation of posterity in a more ample eulogy,
Than by so singular an instance of honour ;
Since the Parliament of Great Britain, by an
Unanimous suffrage,
Resolved,
That a monument, at the public expence,
Should be consecrated to the memory of
This most heroic person.
(2). A statue, in an antique habit, leaning on an urn, is erected in honour of
the Right Honourable James Craggs, one of the principal secretaries of state to
George I. In the language of the inscription, " Regi Magnse Britannice, a secretis
" et consiliis sanctioribus, principis pariter ac populi amor et deliciae, vixit, titulis
" et invidia major, annos heu paucos 35, ob. Feb. 16, 1720*."
On the base of this monument are inscribed the following lines, written by-
Mr. Pope, who affectionately loved and sincerely honoured the man, whose rare
virtues they were composed to illustrate.
« Th is is one of the first monuments in the abbey where an erect figure was introduced, which
was peculiarly appropriate to its situation, and admirably harmonises with the vista of which it is the
terminating object.
Equally and deservedly honoured by the tears and
Applause of Britons as a man,
Who, bravely defending the cause of his country,
In the sea-fight off Toulon,
And being by a chain-shot deprived
Of both his legs......fell unconquered,
On the 27th of February, 1743, in the forty-fifth year of his age:
Bequeathing his animating example to his
Fellow sailors,
As the legacy of a dying Englishman ;
Whose extraordinary valour could not be recommended
To the emulation of posterity in a more ample eulogy,
Than by so singular an instance of honour ;
Since the Parliament of Great Britain, by an
Unanimous suffrage,
Resolved,
That a monument, at the public expence,
Should be consecrated to the memory of
This most heroic person.
(2). A statue, in an antique habit, leaning on an urn, is erected in honour of
the Right Honourable James Craggs, one of the principal secretaries of state to
George I. In the language of the inscription, " Regi Magnse Britannice, a secretis
" et consiliis sanctioribus, principis pariter ac populi amor et deliciae, vixit, titulis
" et invidia major, annos heu paucos 35, ob. Feb. 16, 1720*."
On the base of this monument are inscribed the following lines, written by-
Mr. Pope, who affectionately loved and sincerely honoured the man, whose rare
virtues they were composed to illustrate.
« Th is is one of the first monuments in the abbey where an erect figure was introduced, which
was peculiarly appropriate to its situation, and admirably harmonises with the vista of which it is the
terminating object.