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HISTORY OF
(84.) Abraham Cowley.-A pedestal, bearing an urn decorated with laurel,
is the monument which the affection of George Duke of Buckingham caused to
be erected to this admirable poet and virtuous man.
Abrahamus Couleius,
Anglorum Pindarus, Flaccus, Maro,
Deliciae decus, desiderium aevi sui,
Hie juxta situs est.
Aurea dum volitant late tua scripta per orbem,
Et fama aeternura vivis, divine poeta.
Hie placida jaceas requie, custodiat urnam
Cana fides, vigilentque perenni lampade Musae.
Sit sacer iste locus, nee quis temerarius ausit
Sacrilega turbare manu venerabile bustum :
Iutacti maneant, maneant per saecula dulcis
Couleii cineres, serventque immobile saxum.
Sic vovet,
Votumque suum apud posteros sacratum esse voluit
Qui viro incomparable posuit sepulchrale saxum
Georgius Dux Buckingham.
Excessite vita anno aetatis suae 49, et honorifica pompa elatus ex asdibus Bucking-
liamianis, viris illustribus omnium ordinum, exequias celebrantibus sepultus est die
tertio Augusti, A. D. 1667.
On the pavement before the monument is a large blue stone, which covers his
grave and bears his name:
Abrahamus Couleius, H. S. E. 1667.
(85). John Roberts, Esquire.-A portrait in profile of this gentleman in
relief; above it, a figure weeping by the side of an urn, and the tablet below,
form this memorial of three surviving sisters, Susanna, Rebecca, and Dorothy.
It was erected by them to relate, " that he was the faithful secretary of the Right
HISTORY OF
(84.) Abraham Cowley.-A pedestal, bearing an urn decorated with laurel,
is the monument which the affection of George Duke of Buckingham caused to
be erected to this admirable poet and virtuous man.
Abrahamus Couleius,
Anglorum Pindarus, Flaccus, Maro,
Deliciae decus, desiderium aevi sui,
Hie juxta situs est.
Aurea dum volitant late tua scripta per orbem,
Et fama aeternura vivis, divine poeta.
Hie placida jaceas requie, custodiat urnam
Cana fides, vigilentque perenni lampade Musae.
Sit sacer iste locus, nee quis temerarius ausit
Sacrilega turbare manu venerabile bustum :
Iutacti maneant, maneant per saecula dulcis
Couleii cineres, serventque immobile saxum.
Sic vovet,
Votumque suum apud posteros sacratum esse voluit
Qui viro incomparable posuit sepulchrale saxum
Georgius Dux Buckingham.
Excessite vita anno aetatis suae 49, et honorifica pompa elatus ex asdibus Bucking-
liamianis, viris illustribus omnium ordinum, exequias celebrantibus sepultus est die
tertio Augusti, A. D. 1667.
On the pavement before the monument is a large blue stone, which covers his
grave and bears his name:
Abrahamus Couleius, H. S. E. 1667.
(85). John Roberts, Esquire.-A portrait in profile of this gentleman in
relief; above it, a figure weeping by the side of an urn, and the tablet below,
form this memorial of three surviving sisters, Susanna, Rebecca, and Dorothy.
It was erected by them to relate, " that he was the faithful secretary of the Right