of Coventry and Litchfield, soon after to London, and then to the Archbishoprick of Canterbury, and Primacy of all England, and one of his Majesty's Privy Council. When he could go no higher on the earth he ascended to Heaven, full of Years and Honour. Maurice Abbot, full of sorrow, a Knight of the gilt Spurs, eternally pays the Funeral Obsequies to his de∣serving Brother, and the same his [ghostly] Father, greatly to be revered.At the East end, at his feet, is this inscription.AETERNAE Memoriae SacrumMagni hic (Hospes) Hospitis Monumenta vides, sd Mortui videsis viventis etiam viventia. Quod pagum unc utrius{que} sexus Ptocho-Trophio sumptuoso, Provin∣ciae suae Metropolin Aquaeductu specioso ornavit. Quod primas Annos 22 praesederit duorum optimorum R. R. Conciliis inservierit, Carolum pium Dademate et Unct∣one sacravit: Quod R. Jacobi jussu Ecclesias olim Scotiae perlustravit, quod curà ipsius eundem R. erud∣tiss. Academia Oxon. allubescentiâ mirâ exceperit, sibi{que} tum Burgenses Parliamenti, tum Auctiores Professorum reditus impetravit; Quanti haec! sed quod pie, patienter, benter tanta liquerit; hoc unm in ultimis recensen∣dum, in primis censendum censeas Hospes, et valeas. IN ENGLISH THUSSacred to Eternal Memory.Reader, here you see the Monument of a great Man, now dead, you may see also the memorable Deeds of his Life, which now remain. He adorn'd this Town 0
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