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this_o sacriste_n but_o no_o inscription_n or_o epitaph_n on_o any_o of_o they_o nor_o be_v they_o visible_a but_o by_o withdraw_v the_o hang_n which_o be_v hang_v before_o they_o for_o the_o better_a adorn_v this_o place_n §_o 25._o the_o first_o on_o the_o south_n be_v a_o england_n tomb_n of_o freestone_n unfinished_a with_o these_o two_o letter_n insculpt_v thereof_o a._n c._n and_o this_o 1557._o and_o a_o little_a ballister_n or_o rail_v thereto_o adjoin_v which_o be_v design_v to_o remember_v anne_z of_o cleve_n queen_n of_o england_n sister_n to_o william_n duke_n of_o cleve_n and_o gulich_n who_o king_n henry_n viii_o repudiate_v when_o he_o take_v to_o wife_n the_o lady_n katherine_n howard_n she_o die_v in_o the_o year_n 1557._o and_o lie_v bury_v here_o at_o the_o head_n of_o king_n sebert_n §_o 26._o the_o next_o be_v a_o ancient_a sepulchre_n 139._o of_o stone_n arch_a where_o in_o a_o leaden_a chest_n enclose_v in_o touch_n lie_v the_o remain_v of_o sebert_n king_n of_o 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she_o and_o for_o his_o last_o testification_n thereof_o arms._n boyle_n viz._n part_v per_fw-la bend_v crenelle_fw-it seymour_n viz._n two_o wing_n conjoin_v in_o lewre_z pendent_a 72._o epitaph_n viz._n here_o lie_v the_o honourable_a the_o lady_n jane_n clifford_n young_a daughter_n to_o 71._o williaâ—_n duke_n of_o somerset_n grand_a daughter_n to_o edwâ—râ—_n 〈…〉_z â—â—_o hartford_n and_o great_a granddaughter_n to_o edward_n duke_n of_o somerset_n etc._n etc._n uncle_n to_o king_n edward_n viâ—â—rotector_n of_o his_o realm_n and_o governor_n of_o his_o royal_a person_n she_o be_v marry_v to_o the_o right_n honourable_a charles_n lord_n clifford_n and_o dungarvan_n son_n and_o heir_n apparent_a to_o richard_n earl_n of_o burlington_n in_o england_n and_o cork_n in_o ireland_n lord_n high_a treasurer_n of_o ireland_n and_o to_o elizabeth_n his_o countess_n sole_a daughter_n and_o heiress_n to_o henry_n late_a earl_n of_o comberland_n lord_n clifford_n etc._n etc._n the_o last_o 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colour_n a_o gauntlet_n or_o hold_v a_o sword_n arg._n hilt_n and_o pommel_n or_o crest_n to_o the_o second_o out_o of_o a_o ducal_z crown_n or_o a_o griffon_n head_n cope_v with_o wing_n arg._n gorge_v with_o two_o bar_n gemell_v gules_a 73._o epitaph_n viz._n domina_fw-la elizabeth_n fane_n antiquiss_n nobilitata_fw-la 68_o natalitiis_fw-la propria_fw-la virtute_fw-la clarior_fw-la filia_fw-la roberti_n baron_fw-fr spencer_n de_fw-fr wormleighton_n praenobilis_fw-la georgii_n fane_n de_fw-fr buston_n com._n cant._n militis_fw-la uxor_fw-la casta_fw-la pudica_fw-la pia_fw-la spiritum_fw-la redemptori_fw-la svo_fw-la ardentissimis_fw-la votis_fw-la voceque_fw-la forti_fw-la saepiâ—sque_fw-la iterata_fw-la commendavit_fw-la anno_fw-la dom._n 1618._o magna_fw-la fama_fw-la aetat_fw-la 28._o superstite_fw-la conjug_n 10._o prole_fw-la nulla_fw-la moestissimus_fw-la conjux_fw-la conjugi_fw-la incomparabili_fw-la p._n l._n m._n qui_fw-la svi_fw-la corporis_fw-la figuram_fw-la tanquam_fw-la illa_fw-la mortuus_fw-la junxit_fw-la cineres_fw-la ossa_fw-la socianda_fw-la spondit_fw-fr arms._n â—aâ—â—w_o three_o lion_n passant_a in_o pale_a barwayâ—_n impal_v dâ—â—hâ—â—_n uâ—z_fw-fr a_o fess_n of_o four_o fusil_n ermine_n 74._o epitaph_n viz._n orate_fw-la pro_fw-la animabus_fw-la nicolai_n baronis_fw-la 69._o quondam_a de_fw-la carew_n &_o domine_fw-la margaretae_n uxoris_fw-la ejus_fw-la filiae_fw-la johannis_n domini_fw-la dinham_n militis_fw-la qui_fw-la quidem_fw-la nicolaus_n obiit_fw-la sexto_fw-la die_fw-la mensis_fw-la decembris_fw-la anno_fw-la dom._n 1470._o &_o praedicta_fw-la domina_fw-la margareta_n obiit_fw-la 13._o die_v mensis_fw-la decembris_fw-la anno_fw-la 1470._o arms._n cecil_n viz._n barry_n of_o ten_o arg._n and_o b._n six_o escutcheon_n sable_a each_o charge_v with_o a_o lion_n rampant_a of_o the_o first_o all_o within_o a_o garter_n of_o the_o order_n of_o st._n george_n crest_n on_o a_o torce_n of_o his_o colour_n a_o garb_n or_o support_v by_o two_o 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g._n b._n a._n m._n p._n anno_fw-la dom._n 1595._o gladius_n meus_fw-la non_fw-la salvabit_fw-la i_o psal_n 43._o tu_fw-la es_fw-la enim_fw-la domine_fw-la qui_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la &_o mortis_fw-la habes_fw-la potestatem_fw-la &_o deducis_fw-la ad_fw-la portas_fw-la mortis_fw-la &_o reducis_fw-la sap._n cap._n 6._o 139._o epitaph_n viz._n labilitas_fw-la brevitas_fw-la mundanae_fw-la prosperitatis_fw-la table_n coelica_fw-la praemia_fw-la gloria_fw-la gaudia_fw-la danda_fw-la beatis_fw-la sebertum_fw-la certum_fw-la jure_fw-la dedere_fw-la satis_fw-la hic_fw-la rex_fw-la christicola_n verax_fw-la fuit_fw-la hac_fw-la region_fw-la qui_fw-la nunc_fw-la coelicola_n gaudet_fw-la mercede_fw-la coronae_fw-la rex_fw-la humilis_fw-la docilis_fw-la scius_fw-la &_o pius_fw-la inclytus_fw-la iste_fw-la sollicitè_fw-fr nitidè_fw-la tacitè_fw-fr placidè_fw-la bene_fw-la christ_n vult_fw-la servire_fw-la tibi_fw-la perficiendo_fw-la sibi_fw-la orâ—at_fw-la mores_fw-la spernit_fw-la flores_fw-la 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reddere_fw-la possis_fw-la debet_fw-la censeri_fw-la si_fw-la nihil_fw-la reddere_fw-la possis_fw-la tunc_fw-la bone_fw-la affectus_fw-la pro_fw-la facto_fw-la debet_fw-la haberi_fw-la sicut_fw-la de_fw-la lignis_fw-la per_fw-la aquam_fw-la depellitur_fw-la ignis_fw-la sic_fw-la mala_fw-la commissa_fw-la fiunt_fw-la donando_fw-la remissa_fw-la reddet_fw-la ad_fw-la usuram_fw-la quod_fw-la quis_fw-la that_fw-mi nomine_fw-la christi_fw-la nam_fw-la vitam_fw-la puram_fw-la pro_fw-la parvo_fw-la that_fw-mi deus_fw-la isti_fw-la 140._o epitaph_n viz._n memoriae_fw-la sacrum_fw-la hic_fw-la iaceo_fw-la thomas_n bilson_n wintoniensis_fw-la 169._o nuper_fw-la episcopus_fw-la &_o serenissimo_fw-la principi_fw-la jacobo_n magnae_fw-la britanniae_fw-la regi_fw-la â—otentissimo_fw-la à _fw-la sanctioribus_fw-la consiliis_fw-la qui_fw-la quum_fw-la deo_fw-la &_o ecclesiae_fw-la ad_fw-la â—nnos_fw-la undeviâ—inti_fw-la fideliter_fw-la in_o episcopatu_fw-la deservisset_fw-la mortalitatem_fw-la sub_fw-la certa_fw-la spe_fw-la resurrectionis_fw-la â—xuit_fw-la decimo_fw-la octavo_fw-la die_fw-la mensis_fw-la junii_fw-la anno_fw-la dom._n 1616._o aetatis_fw-la suae_fw-la 69._o 141._o epitaph_n viz._n here_o lie_v cecil_n ratcliff_n sometime_o 169._o chief_a gentlewoman_n with_o my_o lady_n of_o dudley_n one_o who_o soul_n god_n have_v mercy_n upon_o amen_n mercy_n grace_n and_o forgiveness_n arms._n alton_n viz._n on_o a_o cross_n ingrail_v between_o four_o crescent_n a_o rose_n 142._o epitaph_n viz._n m._n s._n clarissimi_fw-it omnigenaque_fw-la virtute_fw-la &_o erudition_n 168._o praesertim_fw-la poësi_fw-la ornatissimi_fw-la equitis_fw-la domini_fw-la roberti_n aitoni_fw-la ex_fw-la antiqua_fw-la &_o illustri_fw-la gente_fw-la aitona_n ad_fw-la castrum_fw-la kinnadinum_n apud_fw-la scotos_fw-gr oriundi_fw-la qui_fw-la à _fw-la sereniss_n r._n jacobo_n in_o cubicula_fw-la interiora_fw-la admissus_fw-la in_fw-la germaniam_fw-la ad_fw-la imperatorem_fw-la imperiique_fw-la 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