Et in dispari laudis genere clarus, Inter Poetas pariter ac Oratores Anglos excelluit : Bonarumque artium disciplinis instructus, Communi bono promovendo incubuit: Sua in senatu solertia, in concilio providentia, Magno Reipublicæ detrimento imminutam Et inter absolvendum tantæ molis opus, Pecuniarum rationem pretiumque impertiit. Summo denique Periscelidis honore ornatus, Publici commodi indefessus adhuc consultor, Media inter conamina, otium cum dignitate, Quod desideravit, & meruit, vix tandem assecutus: (Proh! brevem humanarum rerum fiduciam ;) Omnibus bonis flebilis occidit, XIX die Maii, Anno Salutis MDCCXV. Etatis suæ LIV. Patruo de se optimè merenti, ENGRAVEN ON THREE SIDES OF AN GIVEN BY ME TO LORD HARLEY. NTIQUAM hanc lampadem This lamp which Prior to his Harley gave, Sperne dilectum Veneris sacellum, Igne Camoenas. EPITAPH. ERE lies SIR THOMAS POWYS, Knight: In accusing, cautious; in defending, In all his pleadings, sedate, clear, and strong; In all his decisions, unprejudiced and equitable. that Nothing equalled his knowledge, except his eloquence; Nothing excelled both, except his justice. He possessed, by a natural happiness, THE TREE IS KNOWN BY HIS FRUIT. He was a loving husband and an indulgent father, A constant friend and a charitable patron; Frequenting the devotions of the church; Pleading the cause, and relieving the necessities, of the poor. What by example he taught throughout his life, At his death he recommended to his family and friends: "To fear God, and live uprightly." Let whoever reads this stone, Be wise, and be instructed. INSCRIPTIO, &c. MISSA CONSTANTINOPOLIN, Roberto Grove Anglo, Ex agro Wiltoniensi oriundo, Amicus summus & popularis Radulphus Lane Sepulchrale saxum posuit. Lugubre marmor, Inscripto dicas vulnere, In morbi violentiam juventutis robur, Nam ille, quem custodis, fuit, Sexum virtutibus utrumque. In negotiis summâ cum justitiâ providus, Ad omnes sine dissimulatione benevolus; Ad Deum sine superstitione religiosus. Defuncto quod amico dedit Amicus vix superstes, Eterno sis interpreti Quod virum meliorem Anglia nec genitum, nec Thracia deficientem, Divinas animi virtutes seris nepotibus Anglia cui cunas dederit, dat funera Thrace; EPITAPHIUM JOANNIS COMITIS EXONIÆ. H. S. E. JOHANNES CECIL, Baro de Barleigh, Magni Burleii Abnepos handquaquam degener |