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44 HISTORY OF
(26) . Sydney Earl Godolphin.-A bust, richly dressed, and supported by a
curtained pedestal, represents this nobleman, who, in 1661, was groom of the
bedchamber to Charles II.; in 1679, commissioner of the treasury; and in 1684,
secretary of state. After the Revolution, he was made first commissioner of the
treasury, and soon after lord high treasurer, which office, together with that of
chief minister, he held, in the language of the inscription, during the first nine
glorious years of Queen Anne's reign. He died September 15, 1712, aged sixty-
seven.
(27) . Sir Charles, Harbord, Knight, and Clement Cottrel, Esquire.-
Two tablets are supported on a base, whieh presents, in bas-relief, a sea engage-
ment. These two gallant young men perished in the Royal James, with the Earl
of Sandwich, who commanded in her as vice-admiral of the fleet in that memo-
rable action with the Dutch, off the coast of Sussex, in the reign of Charles II.
The Royal James being seton fire, Sir Charles Harbord, first lieutenant, though
he might have saved himself by swimming, from pure affection to his brave com-
mander, resolved to die with him. Mr. Cottrel, who was a volunteer, and had
returned to his ship unhurt, after having been the first man who boarded a Dutch
ship of seventy guns, and having, himself pulled down her ensigns, perished also
with his friends. Sir Charles Harbord was thirty-two and Mr. Cottrel twenty-two
years of age.
On the top of the monument is a wreath of laurel, which incloses this
inscription:
" To preserve and unite the memory of two faithful friends, who lost their
" lives at sea together, May 28, 1672."
(28) . Diana Temple, &c.-A monument of little figure; is remarkable,
however, for the persons whom it perpetuates, and the eminent man who erected
it and wrote the epitaph, which appears in golden characters.
(26) . Sydney Earl Godolphin.-A bust, richly dressed, and supported by a
curtained pedestal, represents this nobleman, who, in 1661, was groom of the
bedchamber to Charles II.; in 1679, commissioner of the treasury; and in 1684,
secretary of state. After the Revolution, he was made first commissioner of the
treasury, and soon after lord high treasurer, which office, together with that of
chief minister, he held, in the language of the inscription, during the first nine
glorious years of Queen Anne's reign. He died September 15, 1712, aged sixty-
seven.
(27) . Sir Charles, Harbord, Knight, and Clement Cottrel, Esquire.-
Two tablets are supported on a base, whieh presents, in bas-relief, a sea engage-
ment. These two gallant young men perished in the Royal James, with the Earl
of Sandwich, who commanded in her as vice-admiral of the fleet in that memo-
rable action with the Dutch, off the coast of Sussex, in the reign of Charles II.
The Royal James being seton fire, Sir Charles Harbord, first lieutenant, though
he might have saved himself by swimming, from pure affection to his brave com-
mander, resolved to die with him. Mr. Cottrel, who was a volunteer, and had
returned to his ship unhurt, after having been the first man who boarded a Dutch
ship of seventy guns, and having, himself pulled down her ensigns, perished also
with his friends. Sir Charles Harbord was thirty-two and Mr. Cottrel twenty-two
years of age.
On the top of the monument is a wreath of laurel, which incloses this
inscription:
" To preserve and unite the memory of two faithful friends, who lost their
" lives at sea together, May 28, 1672."
(28) . Diana Temple, &c.-A monument of little figure; is remarkable,
however, for the persons whom it perpetuates, and the eminent man who erected
it and wrote the epitaph, which appears in golden characters.