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nine Years old, and died A. D. 1553, on the 6th of July, in the 16th Year of his Age, and of his Reign the 7th, not without Sufpicion of Poison.

Mary was proclaimed Queen by the People, on the 19th of July, and died in November, 1558, and is buried in fome Corner of the fame Choir, without any Infcription.

Queen Elizabeth.

Here lies Queen Elizabeth, Daughter of Edward IV. Sifter of King Edward V. Wife of Henry VII. and the glorious Mother of Henry VIII. She died in the Tower of London, on the 11th of February, A. D. 1502, in the 37th Year of her Age.

Between the second and third Choirs, in the fide Chapels, are the Tombs of Sebert King of the EastSaxons, who built this Church with Stone: And

Of Margaret of Richmond, Mother of Henry VII Grandmother of Henry VIII. She gave this Mona ftery to the Monks of * Winbourne, who preached and taught Grammar all England over, and appointed Salaries to two Profeffors of Divinity, one at Oxford, another at Cambridge, where fhe founded two Colleges, to Chrift, and to John his Difciple. She died A. D. 1463, on the 3d of the Calends of July.

*This is a Miftake: Her Epitaph fays, ftipendia conftituit tribus hoc cænobio Monachis & Doctori Grammatices apud Wynbourne.

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And of Margaret Countess of Lenox, Grandmother of James VI. King of Scotland.

William of Valence, half Brother of Henry III.

The Earl of Cornwall, Brother of Edward III.

Upon another Tomb is an honorary Inscription for Frances, Dutchefs of Suffolk: The Sense of it is,

That Titles, Royal Birth, Riches, or a large Family, are of no Avail:

That all are Tranfitory; Virtue alone refifting the Funeral Pile.

That this Lady was firft married to a Duke, then to Stoke, a Gentleman;

And lastly, by the Grave espoused to CHRIST.

The next is the Tomb of Lord Ruffel, Son of the Earl of Bedford, whofe Lady compofed the following Greek and Latin Verfes, and had them engraved on the Marble:

How was I ftartled at the cruel Feaft,

By Death's rude Hands in horrid Manner dreft;
Such Grief as fure no hapless Woman knew,
When thy pale Image lay before my View.
Thy Father's Heir in beauteous Form array'd,
Like Flowers in Spring, and fair,like them to fade;
Leaving behind unhappy wretched me,

And all thy little Orphan-progeny:

Alike

Alike the beauteous Face, the comely Air,
The Tongue perfuafive, and the Actions fair,
Decay So Learning too in Time shall wafte;
But Faith, chaste lovely Faith, fhall ever laft.

The once bright Glory of this Houfe, the Pride
Of all his Country, dufty Ruins hide:
Mourn hapless Orphans, mourn, once happy Wife,
For when he dy'd, dy'd all the Joys of Life.
Pious and Just, amidst a large Estate,

He got at once the Name of Good and Great.
He made no flatt'ring Parafite his Guest,
But asked the good Companions to the Feaft.

Anne Countess of Oxford, Daughter of William Cecil, Baron Burleigh, and Lord Treasurer.

Philippa, Daughter and Coheiress of John Lord Mohun of Dunftar, Wife of Edward Duke of York.

Frances Countess of Suffex, of the antient Family of Sidney.

Thomas Bromley, Chancellor to Queen Elizabeth.

+ The Earl of Bridgwater, Lord Dawbney, Lord Chamberlain to Henry VII. and his Lady.

And thus much for WESTMINSTER.

There are many other Churches in this City, but none fo remarkable for the Tombs of Perfons of Distinction.

+ Sir Giles Dawbney, he was not Earl of Bridgwater, nor a Lord. Near

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. Near to this Church is WESTMINSTER-HALL, where befides the Seffions of Parliament, which are often held there, are the Courts of Juftice; and at ftated Times are heard there Trials in Law, or concerning the King's Patrimony; or in Chancery, which moderates the Severity of the Common Law by Equity. Till the Time of Henry I. the prime Court of Juftice was moveable, and followed the King's Court, but he enacted by the Magna Charta, That the Common Pleas fhould no longer attend his Court, but be held at fome determined Place. The prefent Hall was built by King Richard II. in the Place of an ancient one which he caused to be taken down. He made it Part of his Habitation, (for at that Time the Kings of England determined Causes in their own proper Perfon, and from the Days of Edward the Confeffor, had their Palace adjoining) till about 60 Years fince, upon its being burnt, Henry VIII. removed the Royal Refidence to Whitehall, fituated in the Neighbourhood, which a little before was the Houfe of Cardinal Wolfey: This Palace is truly Royal; inclosed on one Side by the Thames, on the other by a Park, which connects it with St. James's, another Royal Palace.

In the Chamber where the Parliament is ufually held, the Seats and Wainfcot are made of Wood, the Growth of Ireland; faid to have had that occult Quality, that all poisonous Animals are driven away by it: And it is affirmed for certain, that in Ireland there are neither Serpents, Toads, nor any other venomous Creature to be found.

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Near this Palace are feen an immenfe Number of Swans, who wander up and down the River for fome Miles, in great Security; no body daring to moleft, much lefs kill any of them, under Penalty of a confiderable Fine.

In Whiteball are the following Things worthy of Obfervation:

I. The Royal Library, well ftored with Greek, Latin, Italian and French Books: Amongst the reft, a little one in French, upon Parchment, in the hand Writing of the prefent reigning Queen Elizabeth, thus inscribed :

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To the most High, Puiffant, and redoubted Prince, Henry VIII. of the Name, King of England, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith:

Elizabeth, his most humble Daughter,
Health and Obedience.

All these Books are bound in Velvet of different Colours, though chiefly red, with Clafps of Gold and Silver; fome have Pearls, and precious Stones, fet in their Bindings.

II. Two little Silver Cabinets of exquifite Work, in which the Queen keeps her Paper, and which fhe uses for writing Boxes,

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