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༞ང་ཚུ ོ་

I liv'd doubtful, not dissolute, I die unresolv'd, not unresign'd. Ignorance and error are incident to human nature. I trust in an almighty and all-good God. O! thou Being of Beings, have compassion on me! And underneath it,

For my King often, for my Country ever.

His Grace died in the 74th year of his age, February 24, 1720, leaving the publication of his works to the care of Mr. Pope...

On the North side of Henry the Seventh's chantry, in a chapel answerable to the South, is a very antique monument, decorated with several emblematical figures in brass, gilt, the principal of which is Neptune, in a pensive posture, with his trident reversed, and Mars with his head crushed. These support the tomb on which lie the effigies of George Villers, Duke of Buckingham, the great favourite of King James I. and King Charles I. who fell a sacrifice to national resentment, and perished by the hands of an assassin, that had no other motive of action but the clamours of the people.

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From hence you pass to the North aisle, by a door on the right hand, where is a lofty pyramid supported by two griffins of brass, gilt, on a pedestal of the most curious marble, erected to the memory of Charles Montague, the first of this family that bore the title of Lord Halifax, son of George Montague, of Horton. In the reigns

of William III. and George I. he was placed at the head of the Treasury, where, undertaking the reformation of the coin, which in those days was most infamously clipped, to the great loss of the public, he restored it to its proper value. For these, and other public services, he was first cre

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ated Baron and then Earl of Halifax, and died May 19, 1715.

There are likewise some monuments of less grandeur and magnificence in this aisle, particularly one to the memory of Sir George Saville, created by King Charles I. Baron of Eland, and Viscount Halifax, afterwards Earl, and lastly Marquis of Halifax. He was Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal for some time in the reigns of King Charles II. of King James II. and King William; and at the beginning of the reign of King James II. he was, for a few months, Lord President of the Council. He died April 5, 1695.

Here is the lofty and magnificent monument of Queen Elizabeth, erected to her memory by King James I. her successor. The inscription speaks her character, high descent, and the memorable acts of her glorious reign:-"That she was the mother of her country, and the patroness of religion and learning; that she was herself skilled in many languages, adorned with every excellence of mind and person, and endowed with princely virtues beyond her sex; that in her reign religion was refined to its primitive purity; peace was established; money restored to its just value; domestic insurrections quelled; France delivered from intestine troubles; the Netherlands supported; the Spanish Armada defeated; Ireland, almost lost by the secret contrivances of Spain, recovered; the revenues of both Universities improved, by a law of provisions; and, in short, all England enriched-that she was a most prudent Governess, 45 years a virtuous and triumphant Queen, truly religious, and blessed in all her great affairs; and that, after a calm and resigned death, in the 70th year of her age, she left the mortal part to be deposited in this church, which she established upon

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a new footing, till by Christ's word she is called to immortality. She died March 24, 1602."

The bloody Queen Mary, whose reign preceded that of Queen Elizabeth, was interred here likewise. Her name is stigmatized for her cruelty to Protestants.

At the farther end is a vault, in which are deposited the bodies of King James I. and his Queen, Anne, daughter of Frederick II. King of Denmark. This Prince reigned over Scotland 59 years, and over England 22 years. He was son to Lord Darnley, by Mary Queen of Scots, who fell a sacrifice to the policy of Queen Elizabeth. He died March 16, 1625, aged 61, after a long and peaceable reign, which added nothing to the glory of these realms.

Over this vault is a small tomb, with the figure of a child, erected to the memory of Mary, third daughter of King James I. born at Greenwich, in 1605; and soon afterwards committed to the care of lady Knevet, in whose house at Stainwell she died, December 16, 1607, at two years old.

There is also another monument, representing a child in the cradle, erected to the memory of Sophia, fourth daughter to the same king, born at Greenwich, in 1606, and died in three days.

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Against the end wall is a beautiful altar, raised by King Charles II to the memory of Edward V. and his brother, who, by their treacherous uncle, Richard III. were murdered in the Tower. The inscription, which is in Latin, gives a particular account of their sad catastrophe, and is in English thus:

"Here lie the relics of Edward V. King of England, and Richard Duke of York, who, being confined in the Tower, and there stifled with pillows,

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were privately and meanly buried, by order of their perfidious uncle, Richard the Usurper. Their bones, long inquired after and wished for, after laying 190 years in the rubbish of the stairs (i. e. those lately leading to the chapel of the White Tower), were, on the 17th of July 1674, by undoubted proofs, discovered, being buried deep in that place. Charles II. pitying their unhappy fate, ordered these unfortunate Princes to be laid among the relics of their predecessors, in the year 1678, and the 30th of his reign."

It is remarkable that Edward was born Nov. 4, 1470, in the sanctuary belonging to this church, whither his mother took refuge during the contest between the houses of York and Lancaster; at eleven years of age, upon the death of his father, he was proclaimed King; and on the 23d of June, 1483, about two years after, was murdered in the manner already related.

Richard, his brother, was born May 28, 1474, and married, while a child, to Ann Mowbray, heiress of Norfolk.

OF THE MONUMENTS, &c. IN THE CHAPEL OF ST. PAUL...

Though you are generally shewn by your guides this chapel before that of Henry VII. yet, to preserve the order of place, we have proceeded, as they will appear regularly, one after another, upon the range; and here upon your left hand, is a monument erected to the memory of Sir Henry Belasyse, Knight, Lieutenant-General, some time Governor of Galway, in Ireland, and afterwards of Berwick-upon-Tweed, in the reign of King William III. He died December 16, 1717, aged 69. Bridget,

Bridget, wife of his only son, W. Belasyse, Esq. died July 18, 1735, aged 20.

Near this are two other monuments, one- -To the memory of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Macleod, who fell at the siege of Badajoz, aged 26 years. This monument is erected by his brother-officers. "In Lieut.-Col. Macleod, of the 43d Regiment, who was killed on the Breach, His Majesty has sustained the loss of an officer who was an Ornament to his Profession, and was capable of rendering the most important Services to his Country." -Vide Marquis Wellington's Dispatch, 8th of April 1812.

The other is erected to the memory of sir John Puckering, Knight, remarkable, as his inscription sets forth, for his knowledge in the laws, as well as piety, wisdom, and many other virtues. He was Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England four years, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, in which office he died April 20, 1596. His epitaph, in Latin, over his effigy, is thus translated:

The public cares and laws engaged my breast;
To live was toilsome, but to die is rest.
Wealth,maces, guards, crowns, titles, things that
fade,

The prey of time and sable death are made.

VIRTUE INSPIRES MEN.

His wife this statue rears to her lov'd spouse, The test of constancy and marriage cows. "I trust I shall see the Lord in the land of the living."

Adjoining to this is an ancient monument, now pretty much decayed, on which are the effigies of Sir James Fullerton and his lady, with an epitaph upon a table of black marble, which has something

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