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WESTMINSTER ABBEY. 171
" quatuor annis, singulari fide et aequitate jus dixissit, placide in Domino obdor-
" raientis hie situs est. Vixit annos 52, obiit 30 Aprilis, 1596."
Causarum imperii et curarum pondere fessus,
Vivere pcena fuit, mors mihi somnus erat.
Divitiae, fasces, legiones, slemmata, lionores,
Temporis base spolium, pradaque mortis atra;.
(178) . Sir James Fullerton, Knight.--This is an altar tomb of blaek and
white marble, in a state of decay. It bears the recumbent figure of this gentle-
man, represented in armour, with his lady by his side. In a plain arch in the
wall is an inscription quibbling on his name:—
" Here lyes the remnant of Sir James Fullerton, Knight, first gentleman
" of the bedchamber to King Charles I. (prince and king); a gracious rewarder
" of all virtue; a severe reprover of all vice ; a professed renouncer of all vani-
" ties. He was a firm pillar to the commonwealth; a faithful patron to the
" Catholic church ; a fair pattern to the British court. He lived to the welfare
" of his country, to the honour of his prince, to the glory of his God. He died
" fuller of faith than of fears; fuller of resolution than of pains; fuller of honour
" than of days."
(179) . Sir Thomas Bromley, Knight.-He lies clad in the robes of a chan-
cellor, on a highly sculptured sarcophagus, beneath a grand composite arch,
supported by marble columns: beneath are his children, four sons and as many
daughters, on their knees. A tablet above displays the inscription:
" Consilio, pietate ac j urisprudentia insignis, Thomas Bromley, Miles, a
" serenissima Elizabetha Angli Regina. in secretius consilium, ac summi cancel-
" larii munus ascitus: cum octo annos singulari fide, animi moderatione, ac
" sequitate jus dixisset, prffiproporo fato lugentibus bonis omnibus ereptus, hie situs
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" quatuor annis, singulari fide et aequitate jus dixissit, placide in Domino obdor-
" raientis hie situs est. Vixit annos 52, obiit 30 Aprilis, 1596."
Causarum imperii et curarum pondere fessus,
Vivere pcena fuit, mors mihi somnus erat.
Divitiae, fasces, legiones, slemmata, lionores,
Temporis base spolium, pradaque mortis atra;.
(178) . Sir James Fullerton, Knight.--This is an altar tomb of blaek and
white marble, in a state of decay. It bears the recumbent figure of this gentle-
man, represented in armour, with his lady by his side. In a plain arch in the
wall is an inscription quibbling on his name:—
" Here lyes the remnant of Sir James Fullerton, Knight, first gentleman
" of the bedchamber to King Charles I. (prince and king); a gracious rewarder
" of all virtue; a severe reprover of all vice ; a professed renouncer of all vani-
" ties. He was a firm pillar to the commonwealth; a faithful patron to the
" Catholic church ; a fair pattern to the British court. He lived to the welfare
" of his country, to the honour of his prince, to the glory of his God. He died
" fuller of faith than of fears; fuller of resolution than of pains; fuller of honour
" than of days."
(179) . Sir Thomas Bromley, Knight.-He lies clad in the robes of a chan-
cellor, on a highly sculptured sarcophagus, beneath a grand composite arch,
supported by marble columns: beneath are his children, four sons and as many
daughters, on their knees. A tablet above displays the inscription:
" Consilio, pietate ac j urisprudentia insignis, Thomas Bromley, Miles, a
" serenissima Elizabetha Angli Regina. in secretius consilium, ac summi cancel-
" larii munus ascitus: cum octo annos singulari fide, animi moderatione, ac
" sequitate jus dixisset, prffiproporo fato lugentibus bonis omnibus ereptus, hie situs
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