Quoniam non supererat in Civitate Civis senior, Nec in Universitate Doctor. Hie vir frustra vixit; nam laboravit frustra. Nunquam enim quod Usus vitæ postulat, Utcumque Moderatum, aut sibi assecutus est, Aut suis Concionator publicus per Annos LIII. Nam cum hæc scriberet, licet admodum senex, Que redderet quotannis LXXX minas. Sacerdos attamen fuit Sub Imperio Georgii III. Magnæ Britanniæ Regis, Qui caput esse audit insuper Ecclesiæ. Et suo damno fidus, Nunquam tamen tulit, vel fidei politica Vel operis Sacerdotalis præmium. Adeo ut hujus hominis vita comparetur Proventui arboris, naturâ fertilis Sed quæ tempestatibus subinde agitata, Calique inclementiâ oppressa, et tandem victa, Fructum suum cum vitâ perdidit. Quod perinde est, ac si a principio facta fuisset sterilis. Sic visum est Creatori Opus texere, et retexere suum. Omnes homines in mendacium, Psalm lxxxix. ver. 48. edit. Jun. et Tremell. Si hoc verum sit, Tum præter inferna illa, ab antiquis temporibus Locus pænæ est etiam hæc Terra nostra, Per tramites perplexos iter, et ad quodvis Qui cruciatus! Patet, igitur, in hunc orbem eo fine inducimur, Et, quod maximum inter homines Nonne hæc est pæna per totum, Cur ita comparatum est, aut quam ob causam Nam adhuc calcanda tibi semita tortuosa vitæ: Arcanum Regis sapientissimi documentuma, 'Universum hoc est Vanitas !' * De usu aphorismi hujus Eccles, i. ver. 1. Commentariolum Commentariolum adjacet, infra; dicendo Est justus scilicet, periens in Justitia suâ ; Est sceleratus, qui promulgatur in suo scelere. Pone modum justitiæ, et Scientiæ pone modum; Ulterius progredi periculosum: Nam cur te ibis perditum * ?† N⚫. II. In the Chancel of St. James's Church, Westminster. Near this place lie the remains of Daughter of Bernard Granville, Esq. George Granville Lord Lansdowne. Alexander Pendarves of Roscrow She was born the 14th of May, 1700; Of singular ingenuity and politeness, Those qualities Had endeared her thro' life To many noble and excellent persons, Eccles. vii. ver. 16. ↑ Gent. Mag. Vol. Izi, p. 967. By By procuring for her Many signal marks of grace and honour No. III. Intended Epitaph at Kingston, near Canterbury. + H.S.E. Rev. Gul. Dejovas Byrche, A.M. Linguarum tam hodiernarum, quam anti- paucis cessit, rebus mathematicis, ac pietate non ficta, Corporis infirmi diu incola, carceris tandem impatiens, Cœlum versus avolavit die Martis 7°, ætatis 62, Salutis 1792 Ad memoriam tam chari capitis conservandam, H.M.P. * Gent. Mag. Vel. Ixvi. p. 807. †This seems to me preferable to the epitaph which has since been placed on Mr. Byrche's monument in the above church. Gent. Mag. Vol. Ixii. p. 411. These words are a little extravagant; as Mr. Byrche, from diffidence, or some other cause, 'never exhibited either his learning or his talents to the public, which is much to be lamented, since they were undoubtedly of a very high kind: and nothing could exceed the goodness of his heart and disposition. VOL. IV. No. N. IV. From Winchester Cathedral. In memory of the Reverend rector of Stock in Essex. He was educated at the Charter- A widow and three young children. † N. V. From Weston Favell Church, Northamptonshire. Here lie the remains of the Rev. James Hervey, A. M. that very pious man, and much-admired author! who died Dec. 25th, 1758, in the 45th year of his age. Reader, expect no more; to make him known A name more lasting shall his writings give; There view display'd his heavenly soul, and live. § • The husband of Cowper's Mary, and father to his correspondent, the Rev. W. Unwin. + Gent. Mag. Vol. Ixiii. p. 217. ‡ Autbor of “Meditations among the Tombs," &c. § Gent. Mag. Vol. lxvi. p. 488. ART. |