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30. A tomb erected to the memory of
Anne Fielding, the first wife of Sir Samuel
Morland, Knt. and Bart. chiefly remark-
able for having two very learned inscrip-
tions: the first, in Hebrew, is to this
effect:
O thou fairest among women! O virtuous
woman! The hand of the Lord hath
done this.
The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken
away, blessed be the name of the Lord.
Under this is an Ethiopic inscription,
which has been thus translated:
Come let us lament over this monument,
raised for thee by a beloved husband;
but in certain hope that thou art united
with Christ.
This Lady was truly religious, virtuous,
faithful, and, as a dove, mild and chaste;
while she continued in life, she was
honoured, and, through mercy, is happy
in death.
Under the Ethiopic is this inscription in
English:
Anne, daughter to George Fielding, Esq;
and of Mary his wife, the truly loving
(and as truly beloved) wife of Samuel
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Morland, Knt. and Bart. died Feb. 20,
Ann. Dom. 1679-80.
31. Near this last is a tomb much in the
same taste, erected to the memory of Carola
Harsnet, the second wife of the same
Baronet, who died in child-bed of her se-
cond son, Oct. 10, 1674, in the 23d year
of her age. Here are two inscriptions, the
first in Hebrew, and the other in Greek,
which have been thus translated:
Blessed be the Lord, my wife was precious:
blessed be thy remembrance, O virtuous
woman.
When I think of thy mildness, patience,
charity, modesty, and piety, I lament
thee, O most excellent creature, and
grieve exceedingly: but not like such
as have no faith; for I believe and expect
the resurrection of those who sleep in
Christ.
32. Between the two former is a beauti-
ful monument to the memory of John
Smith, Esq; a fine bust in relievo of that
gentleman, is supported by a weeping figure
representing his daughter, both which are
designed and executed with great judgment
and spirit. The Lady sits upon an urn,
which, with its base and a pyramid behind,
unite the whole in a most harmonious and
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