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only informs us of the manner of his death,
from which it was impossible to reap any
honour, tho' it may excite our pity. The
inscription is as follows:
Sir Cloudesly Shovel, Knt. Rear Admiral
of Great Britain, and Admiral and Com-
mander in chief of the fleet---the just
reward of his long and faithful services.
He was deservedly beloved of his country,
and esteemed, tho' dreaded by the
enemy, who had often experienced his
conduct and courage. Being ship-
wrecked on the rocks of Scylly, in his
voyage from Toulon, the 22d of Octo-
ber 1707, at night, in the 57th year
of his age. His fate was lamented by all,
but especially by the seafaring part of the
nation; to whom he was a generous pa-
tron, and a worthy example. His body
was flung on the shore, and buried with
others in the sand; but being soon after
taken up, was placed under this monu-
ment, which his royal Mistress had caused
to be erected to commemorate his steady
loyalty and extraordinary virtues.
25. The monument of George Stepney,
Esq; has his bust under a canopy, and two
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naked boys weeping and holding handker-
chiefs at their eyes. This monument,
though the materials are very rich, is al-
lowed to be void of design, and but poorly
executed. The Latin inscriptions give an
account of his virtues, his learning and
abilities, and the many negociations in
which he was employed at foreign courts,
He died at Chelsea in 1706.
26. A lofty and much more elegant
monument for George Churchill, whose
merits are mentiond in a long Latin in-
scription, where it is said that he was the
second son of Sir Winston Churchill, of
Dorsetshire, Knt. and a not unworthy bro-
ther of John Duke of Marlborough: that
he was early trained to military affairs, and
served with great honour by sea and land,
under King Charles II. King James II.
King William III. and Queen Anne: that
he was Admiral of the English fleet, at the
burning of the French fleet at La Hogue,
in King William's reign; and for his bravery
there, made one of the Commissioners of
the Admiralty: that in the succeeding reign
he was made Admiral in chief, and died on
the 8th of May 1718, aged fifty-eight.
27. Near that of Churchill's, is a stately
monument erected for Sir Palmes Fair-
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