prebends, and we fliall be no lefs felicitous to pleafe you. I will difpute
that point with every body, being of all perfons living, Sir, your moft
humble and mo ft obedient fervant,
Lady Bolingbroke died in March, 1749-50, and lies buried in the fame
vault with her lord in Batterfea church ; on the north wall of which, near
the altar, a monument by Roubiliac was eredted to their memory, on
which are medallions with profiles, in baflo relievo, of both of them, well
executed in white marble, and the following infcription:
“ Here lies
“ Henry St. John,
fC In the reign of Queen Anne
“ Secretary of War, Secretary of State,
“ And Vifcount Bolingbroke :
il In the days of King George the fir ft and King George the fecond,
“ Something more and better.
“ His attachment to Queen Anne
cc Expofed him to a long and fevere perfecution :
“ He bore it with firmnefs of mind,
“ The enemy of no national party,
“ The friend of no faction ;
“ Diflinguifhed 'under the cloud of a profcription,
tf which had not been entirely taken off)
“ By zeal to maintain the liberty,
l( And to reflore the ancient profperity,
“ of Great-Britain.
He died the 1 2th of December,
“ I75L aged 73-”
“ In the fame vault
£c Are interred, the remains of
Mary- Clara des Champs de Marcelly,
Marchionefs of Villette, and Vifcountef?
Bolingbroke^ of a noble family 3
that point with every body, being of all perfons living, Sir, your moft
humble and mo ft obedient fervant,
Lady Bolingbroke died in March, 1749-50, and lies buried in the fame
vault with her lord in Batterfea church ; on the north wall of which, near
the altar, a monument by Roubiliac was eredted to their memory, on
which are medallions with profiles, in baflo relievo, of both of them, well
executed in white marble, and the following infcription:
“ Here lies
“ Henry St. John,
fC In the reign of Queen Anne
“ Secretary of War, Secretary of State,
“ And Vifcount Bolingbroke :
il In the days of King George the fir ft and King George the fecond,
“ Something more and better.
“ His attachment to Queen Anne
cc Expofed him to a long and fevere perfecution :
“ He bore it with firmnefs of mind,
“ The enemy of no national party,
“ The friend of no faction ;
“ Diflinguifhed 'under the cloud of a profcription,
tf which had not been entirely taken off)
“ By zeal to maintain the liberty,
l( And to reflore the ancient profperity,
“ of Great-Britain.
He died the 1 2th of December,
“ I75L aged 73-”
“ In the fame vault
£c Are interred, the remains of
Mary- Clara des Champs de Marcelly,
Marchionefs of Villette, and Vifcountef?
Bolingbroke^ of a noble family 3