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WESTMINSTER ABBEY. 87
(79) . Mrs. Christopher Ker.-A small mural monument, of white marble,
which is affixed to the corner of St Erasmus's chapel, bears this inscription:
" Here lies the body of Mrs. Christian Ker, the most deservedly beloved wife
" of William Ker, of Chatto, in the county of Tweedale, in Scotland, eldest
" daughter to Sir William Scott, of Harden, Baronet, in the said county. She
" departed this life upon the 16th day of May, in the forty-first year of her age,
" anno Domini 1694."
(80) . Robert South, D. D.-The tomb of this eminent man is evidently
designed after that of Dr. Busb}% but in an inferior style of execution. The figure
is in a reclining posture, and represented in his clerical robes; his right hand rest-
ing on a scull, and his left holding a book. He was a pupil of Dr. Busby, and
requested to be interred near the remains of his revered master. He was pre-
bendary of Westminster and Christ Church, and rector of Islip, whose rectorial
residence he rebuilt, and where he endowed a free-school. He also left the sum
of one thousand pounds towards enlarging the college of Christ Church. On a
tablet decorated with drapery and a group of cherubs, is this inscription :
Ab hoc baud procul marmore,
Juxta praeceptoris Busbeii cineres suos, conquiesccre voluit
Robertus South, S. T. P.
Vir eruditione, pielate, moribis antiquis,
Scholar Westmonasteriensis, deinde Mdis Christi, alumnus;
Et, post restauratum Caroluni, magno favente Clarendono,
Utriusque in quo scnsim adoleverat, collegii prebendarius.
Ecclesiae Anglicanae et florentis et afflictae propugnator assiduus;
Fidei Christiana? vindex acerrimus.
In concionibus novo quodam et plane suo,
Sed illustri, sed admirabili dicendi genere excellens ;
Ut barum rerum peritis dubitandi sit locus,
(79) . Mrs. Christopher Ker.-A small mural monument, of white marble,
which is affixed to the corner of St Erasmus's chapel, bears this inscription:
" Here lies the body of Mrs. Christian Ker, the most deservedly beloved wife
" of William Ker, of Chatto, in the county of Tweedale, in Scotland, eldest
" daughter to Sir William Scott, of Harden, Baronet, in the said county. She
" departed this life upon the 16th day of May, in the forty-first year of her age,
" anno Domini 1694."
(80) . Robert South, D. D.-The tomb of this eminent man is evidently
designed after that of Dr. Busb}% but in an inferior style of execution. The figure
is in a reclining posture, and represented in his clerical robes; his right hand rest-
ing on a scull, and his left holding a book. He was a pupil of Dr. Busby, and
requested to be interred near the remains of his revered master. He was pre-
bendary of Westminster and Christ Church, and rector of Islip, whose rectorial
residence he rebuilt, and where he endowed a free-school. He also left the sum
of one thousand pounds towards enlarging the college of Christ Church. On a
tablet decorated with drapery and a group of cherubs, is this inscription :
Ab hoc baud procul marmore,
Juxta praeceptoris Busbeii cineres suos, conquiesccre voluit
Robertus South, S. T. P.
Vir eruditione, pielate, moribis antiquis,
Scholar Westmonasteriensis, deinde Mdis Christi, alumnus;
Et, post restauratum Caroluni, magno favente Clarendono,
Utriusque in quo scnsim adoleverat, collegii prebendarius.
Ecclesiae Anglicanae et florentis et afflictae propugnator assiduus;
Fidei Christiana? vindex acerrimus.
In concionibus novo quodam et plane suo,
Sed illustri, sed admirabili dicendi genere excellens ;
Ut barum rerum peritis dubitandi sit locus,