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254 HISTORY OF
f' in the bed of honour, lies iuterred at Bavechem, in the province of Brabant, a
" principal part of the English guards attending his obsequies; where may his
" valiant remains rest in peace, and the surviving fame of his courage, virtue,
" and true piety, of which this church was often a witness, live, grow, and spread,
" both here and abroad, for ever. This monument was erected by his mournful,
" and equally loving and beloved widow, Clemence Bringfield, 1706."
(296), Heneage Twisden.-This neat Doric tablet, with its lamps and its
urn, completes the three memorials raised to perpetuate the bravery of three
brothers, who, in three successive years, lost their valuable lives in fighting for
their country.
" M. S.
" Heneagii Twisden, Gulielmi Twisden, Baronetti, et Francisco uxoris, filii
" natu septimi; qui, in acerrimo illo, prope Blarenniam Hannoniensem pra?lio, dum
" celsissimo, fortissimoque Principi, Johanni Argatheliae Duci, fcederatorum
" primam aciem dirigenti, legatus castrensis assisteret, strenue demicans occubuit.
" Erat parentum optimorum proles haudquaquam degener, nec indignus tanto
" ductore miles :—Domi, egregia comitate ac benevolentia, integritate ac modestia,
" incorrupta erga amicos fide; summa in Deum et parentes pietate.—Militia,
" fortitudine invicta, indefessa. laborum tolerantia, mente inter pericula incon-
" cussa spectabilis. Tot tantisque virtutibus, privatis, civilibus, bellicis clarus,
" triste sui desiderium omnibus quibuscunque innotuerat, reliquit. Illi vero longe
" tristissimum, qui consuetudinis perjucundae, diuturnseque ofliciorum conjunc-
" tionis memor, amico suo usque deflendo, honorarium hoc marmor, ingentis
" amoris monumentum exiguum P.-Obiit A. D. M.DCCIX. Eetat. sua? 29."
(297.) Captains Hervey and Hutt.-In the recess of a window is this me-
morial of national gratitude to these distinguished officers, who had their full share
in the naval victory obtained by Lord Howe on the 1st of June, 1794, but died
f' in the bed of honour, lies iuterred at Bavechem, in the province of Brabant, a
" principal part of the English guards attending his obsequies; where may his
" valiant remains rest in peace, and the surviving fame of his courage, virtue,
" and true piety, of which this church was often a witness, live, grow, and spread,
" both here and abroad, for ever. This monument was erected by his mournful,
" and equally loving and beloved widow, Clemence Bringfield, 1706."
(296), Heneage Twisden.-This neat Doric tablet, with its lamps and its
urn, completes the three memorials raised to perpetuate the bravery of three
brothers, who, in three successive years, lost their valuable lives in fighting for
their country.
" M. S.
" Heneagii Twisden, Gulielmi Twisden, Baronetti, et Francisco uxoris, filii
" natu septimi; qui, in acerrimo illo, prope Blarenniam Hannoniensem pra?lio, dum
" celsissimo, fortissimoque Principi, Johanni Argatheliae Duci, fcederatorum
" primam aciem dirigenti, legatus castrensis assisteret, strenue demicans occubuit.
" Erat parentum optimorum proles haudquaquam degener, nec indignus tanto
" ductore miles :—Domi, egregia comitate ac benevolentia, integritate ac modestia,
" incorrupta erga amicos fide; summa in Deum et parentes pietate.—Militia,
" fortitudine invicta, indefessa. laborum tolerantia, mente inter pericula incon-
" cussa spectabilis. Tot tantisque virtutibus, privatis, civilibus, bellicis clarus,
" triste sui desiderium omnibus quibuscunque innotuerat, reliquit. Illi vero longe
" tristissimum, qui consuetudinis perjucundae, diuturnseque ofliciorum conjunc-
" tionis memor, amico suo usque deflendo, honorarium hoc marmor, ingentis
" amoris monumentum exiguum P.-Obiit A. D. M.DCCIX. Eetat. sua? 29."
(297.) Captains Hervey and Hutt.-In the recess of a window is this me-
morial of national gratitude to these distinguished officers, who had their full share
in the naval victory obtained by Lord Howe on the 1st of June, 1794, but died