Combe, William: The history of the abbey church of St. Peter's Westminster: its antiquities and monuments ; in two volumes (Band 2) (London, 1812) [Cicognara, 3926-2]

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Round the ledge of the tomb:
Septimus hie situs est Henricus, gloria regum
Cunctorum, ipsius qui tcmpestate fuerunt;
Ingenio atque opibus gestarum et nomine rerum
Accessere quibus naturae dona benignae :
Frontis Honos, Facies Augusta, Heroica Forma;
Junctaque ei suavis conjux perpulcra, pudica,
Et faacunda fuit: fa;lices prole parentes
Henricum quibus octavum terra Anglia debes.

Beneath the king's effigy :
Hie jacet Henricus, ejus nominis Septimus, Angliae quondam rex, Edmundi
Riclimundie comitis filius, qui die xxii Augusti rex creatus, statim post apud West-
monasterium die xxx Octobris corontur, anno domini M.CCCC.LXXX V. Moritur
deinde xxi die Aprilis, anno ajtatis liii. Regnavit annos xxiii, menses octo, minus
uno die.

Beneath the queen's effigy:
Hie jacet Regina Hellisabet, Edwardi IV quondam regis filia, Ed ward i V
regis quondam nominati soror, Henrici VJI olim regis conjux, atque Henrici VIII
regis mater incljta. Obiit autem suam diem, in Tnrri Londoniarum, die xi Febr.
anno Dora. 1502. 37 annorum a;tate functa.

(l6o). Lewis Stuart, Duke of Richmond.-This tomb, which is of brass,

almost fills the chapel to the north of Henry VH.th's monument. The figures
of the duke and duchess are finely cast; but the caryatides which support a
canopjr, of various ornamental, pierced scroll-work, in the characters of Faith,
Hope, Charity, and Prudence, possess superior excellence. The figure of Fame,
on the top, is represented in the act of taking her flight; and the urns are copied
after antique forms.

" Depositum illustrissimi et excellentissimi Principis Ludovict Stuarti Esmei
" Levinia; Ducis filii, Johannis propatrui sermi*-. Regis Jacobi nepotis, Rich-