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many others. The Roof of this Church, as of most others in England, with the adjoining Steepłe, is covered with Lead.

On the right Side of the Choir is the Marble Tomb of Nicholas Bacon, with his Wife. Not far from this is a magnificent Monument, ornamented with Pyramids of Marble, and Alabafter, with this Infcription:

Sacred to the Memory of

Sir Chriftopher Hatton, Son of William, Grandfon of John, of the most ancient Family of the Hattons; one of the 50 Gentlemen Penfioners to her Majefty Queen Elizabeth; Gentleman of the Privy-chamber; Captain of the Guards; one of the Privy Council, and High Chancellor of England, and of the Univerfity of Oxford: Who, to the great Grief of his Sovereign, and of all good Men, ended this Life religiously, after having lived unmarried to the Age of 51, at his Houfe in Holbourn, on the 20th of November, A. D. 1591.

William Hatton, Knight, his Nephew by his Sifter's Side, and by Adoption his Son and Heir, most forrowfully raised this Tomb, a Mark of his Duty.

On the left Hand is the Marble Monument of William Herbert Earl of Pembroke, and his Lady: And near it, that of John Duke of Lancaster, with this Infcription:

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Here fleeps in the Lord, John of Gant, so called from the City of the fame Name in Flanders, where he was born, fourth Son of EdwardIII. King of England, and created by his Father, Earl of Richmond. He was thrice married, first to Blanch, Daughter and Heiress of Henry Duke of Lancaster; by her he received an immenfe Inheritance, and became not only Duke of Lancaster, but Earl of Leicester, Lincoln, and Derby, of whofe Race are defcended many Emperors, Kings, Princes, and Nobles. His fecond Wife was Conftance, who is here buried, Daughter and Heiress of Peter, King of Caftile and Leon, in whose Right he moft + justly took the Stile of King of Caftile and Leon. She brought him one only Daughter, Catherine, of whom, by Henry, are defcended the Kings of Spain. His third Wife was Catherine, of a Knight's Family, a Woman of great Beauty, by whom he had a nu̟merous Progeny; from which is defcended, by the Mother's Side, Henry VII. the most prudent King of England, by whose most happy Marriage with Elizabeth, Daughter of Edward IV. of the Line of York, the two Royal Lines of Lancaster and York are united, to the moft defired Tranquillity of England,

The most Illuftrious Prince, John, furnamed Plantagenet, King of Caftile and Leon, Duke of Lancafter, Earl of Richmond, Leicester, and Derby, Lieutenant of Aquitain, High-Steward of England, died in the 21ft Year of Richard II. A. D, 1398,

†This is not true, for her Legitimacy was with good Reason contested.

A little

A little farther, almoft at the Entrance of the Choir, in a certain Recefs, are two small Stone Chefts, one of which is thus infcribed;

Here lies Seba, King of the Eaft Saxons, who was converted to the Faith by St. Erkenwald, Bishop of London, A. D. 677.

On the Other:

Here lies Ethelred, King of the Angles, Son of King Edgar; on whom St. Dunstan is faid to have denounced Vengeance, on his Coronation-day, in the following Words:

"In as much, as thou haft aspired to the Throne by the Death of thy Brother, against whose Blood the English, along with thy infamous Mother, "confpired; the Sword fhall not pass from thy "House! but rage all the Days of thy Life, afflict"ing all thy Generation, till thy Kingdom shall be "tranflated to another, whofe Manner and Lan66 guage, the People under thee knoweth not. Nor "fhall thy Sin be done away till after long Chastise"ment, nor the Sin of thy Mother, nor the Sin of "thofe Men, who affifted in thy wicked Council."

All which came to pass, as predicted by the Saint; for, after being worsted and put to Flight by Sueno King of the Danes, and his Son Canute; and at last clofely befieged in London, he died miserably A. D.

1017,

1017, after he had reigned 36 Years in great Diffi.culties.

There is befides in the Middle of the Church a Tomb made of Brafs, of fome Bishop of London, named William, who was in Favour with Edward King of England, and afterwards was made Counfellor to King William. He was Bishop 16 Years, and died A. D. 1077. Near this, is the following Inscription:

Virtue furvives the Funeral.

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Thomas Linacre, an eminent Physician, John Caius placed this Monument. On the lower Part of it is this Inscription in Gold Letters:

Thomas Linacre, Physician to King Henry VIII. a Man learned in the Greek and Latin Languages, and particularly skilful in Phyfick, by which he restored many from a State of Languishment and Despair to Life. He tranflated with extraordinary Eloquence many of Galen's Works into Latin; and published, a little before his Death, at the Request of his Friends, a very valuable Book on the correct Structure of the Latin Tongue. He founded in Perpetuity, in Favour of Students in Phyfick, two public Lectures at Oxford, and one at Cambridge. In this City he brought about, by his own Industry, the establishing of a College of Phyficians, of which he was elected the first Prefident. He was a Detefter of all Fraud and De

ceit, and faithful in his Friendships; equally dear to Men of all Ranks: He went into Orders a few Years before his Death, and quitted this Life full of Years, and much lamented, A. D. 1524, on the 20th of October.

There are many Tombs in this Church, but without any Infcriptions. It has a very fine Organ, which, at Evening Prayer, accompanied with other Inftruments, is delightful.

In the Suburb to the Weft, joined to the City by a continued Row of Palaces belonging to the chief Nobility, of a Mile in length, and lying on the Side next the Thames, is the fmall Town of Westminster; originally called Thorney from its Thorn Bushes, but now Westminster, from its Aspect and its Monastery. The Church is remarkable for the Coronation and Burial of the Kings of England. Upon this Spot is faid formerly to have ftood a Temple of Apollo, which was thrown down by an Earthquake in the Time of Antoninus Pius; from the Ruins of which Sebert King of the Eaft-Saxons erected another to St. Peter: This was fubverted by the Danes, and again renewed by Bishop Dunstan, who gave it to a few Monks. Afterwards, King Edward the Confeffor built it entirely new, with the Tenth of his whole Revenue, to be the Place of his own Burial, and a Convent of Benedictine Monks; and enriched it with Eftates difperfed all over England.

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