Ancient funerall monuments within the vnited monarchie of Great Britaine, Ireland, and the islands adiacent with the dissolued monasteries therein contained: their founders, and what eminent persons haue beene in the same interred. As also the death and buriall of certaine of the bloud royall; the nobilitie and gentrie of these kingdomes entombed in forraine nations. A worke reuiuing the dead memory of the royall progenie, the nobilitie, gentrie, and communaltie, of these his Maiesties dominions. Intermixed and illustrated with variety of historicall obseruations, annotations, and briefe notes, extracted out of approued authors ... Whereunto is prefixed a discourse of funerall monuments ... Composed by the studie and trauels of Iohn Weeuer.
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Ancient funerall monuments within the vnited monarchie of Great Britaine, Ireland, and the islands adiacent with the dissolued monasteries therein contained: their founders, and what eminent persons haue beene in the same interred. As also the death and buriall of certaine of the bloud royall; the nobilitie and gentrie of these kingdomes entombed in forraine nations. A worke reuiuing the dead memory of the royall progenie, the nobilitie, gentrie, and communaltie, of these his Maiesties dominions. Intermixed and illustrated with variety of historicall obseruations, annotations, and briefe notes, extracted out of approued authors ... Whereunto is prefixed a discourse of funerall monuments ... Composed by the studie and trauels of Iohn Weeuer.
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Weever, John, 1576-1632.
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London :: Printed by Thomas Harper. 1631. And are to be sold by Laurence Sadler at the signe of the Golden Lion in little Britaine,
[1631]
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Sepulchral monuments -- England -- Early works to 1800.
Epitaphs -- England -- Early works to 1800.
England -- Biography -- Early works to 1800.
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"Ancient funerall monuments within the vnited monarchie of Great Britaine, Ireland, and the islands adiacent with the dissolued monasteries therein contained: their founders, and what eminent persons haue beene in the same interred. As also the death and buriall of certaine of the bloud royall; the nobilitie and gentrie of these kingdomes entombed in forraine nations. A worke reuiuing the dead memory of the royall progenie, the nobilitie, gentrie, and communaltie, of these his Maiesties dominions. Intermixed and illustrated with variety of historicall obseruations, annotations, and briefe notes, extracted out of approued authors ... Whereunto is prefixed a discourse of funerall monuments ... Composed by the studie and trauels of Iohn Weeuer." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A14916.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 16, 2024.
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The foundations of Sopwell, S. Iulians, and Saint Mary Pree.
About this Towne of Saint Albons, the Abbots of the Monasterie in a pious and deuout intent erected a little Nunnery at Sopwell, valued but at threescore and eight pound eight shillings, per annum.
Saint Iulians Spittle for Lepers, and another named Saint Mary de Pree, or Saint Mary in the Medow,* 1.1 for diseased weemen. Neere vnto which they had a great Mannour, named Gorombery: where Sir Nicholas Bacon knight, Lord Keeper of the great Seale of England, a man of rare wit and deepe experience (father of Sir Francis Bacon knight, Lord Verulam, Viscount Saint Al••an, Lord Chancellour of England, lately deceased, one that might iustly challenge, as his due, all the best attributes of learning) built an house beseeming his place and calling; and ouer the entrance into the Hall caused these verses to be engrauen.
Haec cum perfecit Nicholaus tecta Baconus* 1.2Elisabeth regni lustra fuere duo.Factus Eques magni custos fuit ipse sigilli:Gloria sit soli tota tributa Deo.Mediocria firma.
Vpon the frontispice of a gate, entring into an Orchard with a garden and a wildernesse, ouer the statue of Orpheus, these verses are depicted.
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Horrida nuper eram aspectu latebraeque ferarum,Ruricolis tantum numinibusque locus.Edomitor faustò huc dum forte supervenis OrpheusVlterius qui me non finit esse rudem;Conuocat, avulsis virgulta virentia truncisEt sedem quae vel Dijs placuisse potest.Sicque mei cultor, sic est mihi cultus & Orpheus:Floreat o noster cultus amorque diu.
In the said Orchard is a little banquetting house most curiously adorned; round about which the liberall Artes are deciphered, with the pictures of some of those men which haue beene excellent in euery particular Art. And first he begins with the Art of Grammer. Thus.
Lex sum sermonis linguarum regula certa,Qui me non didicit caetera nulla petat.
The pictures of Donatus, Lily, Seruius, and Priscian: