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32 HISTORY OF
" Johannes Johannis P-Johannes Friend, M. D. archiater Serenissimae
" Reginse Carolina;; cujus perspicaci judicicio cum se approbasset, quanta prius
" apud omnes medicine fama, tanta apud regiam familiam gratia floruit. Inge-
" nio erat benevolo et admodum liberali, societatis et convictuum amans, ami-
" citiarum (etiam suo alicubi cum periculo) tenacissimus. Nemo beneficia aut
" in alios alacrius contulit, aut in se collata libentius meminit. Juvenis adhuc
" scriptis ceepit inclarescere, et assiduo turn Latini turn Patrii sermonis usu ora-
" tionem perpolivit. Quam vero in umbraculis excoluerat facundiam, earn in
" solem atque aciem senator protulit. Humanioribus literis domi peregreque
" operam dedit; omnes autem, ut decuit, nervos intendit sua. in arte ut esset ver-
" satissimus. Quo successu, orbis Britannici cives et proceres; quam multiplici
" scientia, viri omnium gentium eruditi; quam indefesso studio atque industria,
" id quidem, non sine lacrymis, amici loquentur. Miri quiddam fuit, quod in
" tam continua occupatione, inter tot circuitiones, scribendo etiam vacare posset;
" quod tanto oneri diutius sustinendo impar esset, nihil miri. Obiit siquidem,
" vigente adhuc setate, annum agens quinquagesimum secundum, aer. Christi
" 1728, Jul. 26. Collegii Westmonasteriensis et iEdis Christi Oxoniensis Alum-
" nus; Collegii Medicorum Londinensis, et Societatis Regise, Socius."
(6). Admiral Richard Tyrrell__--It can scarcely be considered as an exagge-
rated supposition, that marble was never before employed, and it is to be hoped will
never be again so misapplied, as to realise an idea similar to that which appears here,
to perpetuate the memory of this gallant officer. On the top of the monument is
an archangel, descending to summon the admiral to heaven from the bottom of the
sea. The clouds appear to have separated, to disclose the celestial light and an
hymning band of cherubs. The admiral's countenance, with his right hand to
his breast, is expressive and not ungraceful, though in such a singular position.
He appears rising out of the sea from behind a large rock, whereon his family
" Johannes Johannis P-Johannes Friend, M. D. archiater Serenissimae
" Reginse Carolina;; cujus perspicaci judicicio cum se approbasset, quanta prius
" apud omnes medicine fama, tanta apud regiam familiam gratia floruit. Inge-
" nio erat benevolo et admodum liberali, societatis et convictuum amans, ami-
" citiarum (etiam suo alicubi cum periculo) tenacissimus. Nemo beneficia aut
" in alios alacrius contulit, aut in se collata libentius meminit. Juvenis adhuc
" scriptis ceepit inclarescere, et assiduo turn Latini turn Patrii sermonis usu ora-
" tionem perpolivit. Quam vero in umbraculis excoluerat facundiam, earn in
" solem atque aciem senator protulit. Humanioribus literis domi peregreque
" operam dedit; omnes autem, ut decuit, nervos intendit sua. in arte ut esset ver-
" satissimus. Quo successu, orbis Britannici cives et proceres; quam multiplici
" scientia, viri omnium gentium eruditi; quam indefesso studio atque industria,
" id quidem, non sine lacrymis, amici loquentur. Miri quiddam fuit, quod in
" tam continua occupatione, inter tot circuitiones, scribendo etiam vacare posset;
" quod tanto oneri diutius sustinendo impar esset, nihil miri. Obiit siquidem,
" vigente adhuc setate, annum agens quinquagesimum secundum, aer. Christi
" 1728, Jul. 26. Collegii Westmonasteriensis et iEdis Christi Oxoniensis Alum-
" nus; Collegii Medicorum Londinensis, et Societatis Regise, Socius."
(6). Admiral Richard Tyrrell__--It can scarcely be considered as an exagge-
rated supposition, that marble was never before employed, and it is to be hoped will
never be again so misapplied, as to realise an idea similar to that which appears here,
to perpetuate the memory of this gallant officer. On the top of the monument is
an archangel, descending to summon the admiral to heaven from the bottom of the
sea. The clouds appear to have separated, to disclose the celestial light and an
hymning band of cherubs. The admiral's countenance, with his right hand to
his breast, is expressive and not ungraceful, though in such a singular position.
He appears rising out of the sea from behind a large rock, whereon his family