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were afterwards painted over it, under the arch of the church wall. The inscrip-
tion, and the figures on the back, are almost obliterated.
M. S.
Qui fuit Anglorum vates ter maximus olim,
Galfiudus Chauceh, conditur hoc tumulo.
Annum si quasras Domini, si tempora mortis,
Ecce notffi subsunt quae tibi cuncta notant.
25 Octobris, 1400.
^Erumnarum requies mors.
N. Brigham hos fecit, musarum nomine, sumptus.
1556.
(87). John Phillips.-The idea of this tomb is well conceived, but indif-
ferently executed. A pedestal supports a medallion, with the busto of the poet
in relief, which is inclosed by the intermingled branches of the laurel and the
apple-tree; a motto appearing among the leaves—" Honos erit huic quoque
" pomo:" the whole alluding to his admirable poem, entitled Cyder, and Here-
fordshire, a county celebrated for the production of that liquor, where he closed
his life.
Herefordia; conduntur ossa,
Hoc in Delubro statuitnr imago,
Britanniam omnem pcrvagatur fama,
Johannis Phillips:
Qui viris bonis doctisque juxta charus,
Immortale suum ingenium,
Eruditione multiplici excultum
Miro animi candore,
Eximia morum simplicitate,
Honestavit,
Literarum amseniorum sitim,
HISTORY OF
were afterwards painted over it, under the arch of the church wall. The inscrip-
tion, and the figures on the back, are almost obliterated.
M. S.
Qui fuit Anglorum vates ter maximus olim,
Galfiudus Chauceh, conditur hoc tumulo.
Annum si quasras Domini, si tempora mortis,
Ecce notffi subsunt quae tibi cuncta notant.
25 Octobris, 1400.
^Erumnarum requies mors.
N. Brigham hos fecit, musarum nomine, sumptus.
1556.
(87). John Phillips.-The idea of this tomb is well conceived, but indif-
ferently executed. A pedestal supports a medallion, with the busto of the poet
in relief, which is inclosed by the intermingled branches of the laurel and the
apple-tree; a motto appearing among the leaves—" Honos erit huic quoque
" pomo:" the whole alluding to his admirable poem, entitled Cyder, and Here-
fordshire, a county celebrated for the production of that liquor, where he closed
his life.
Herefordia; conduntur ossa,
Hoc in Delubro statuitnr imago,
Britanniam omnem pcrvagatur fama,
Johannis Phillips:
Qui viris bonis doctisque juxta charus,
Immortale suum ingenium,
Eruditione multiplici excultum
Miro animi candore,
Eximia morum simplicitate,
Honestavit,
Literarum amseniorum sitim,