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72. The next tomb in the Abbey that
demands our attention, is that erected to
the memory of John Hollis Duke of New-
castle, by his daughter the Countess of Ox-
ford. This is perhaps the loftiest and most
costly of any in the Abbey. Apediment
is supported by beautiful columns of varie-
gated marble. The Duke is represented
resting upon a sepulchral monument, hold-
ing in his right hand a General's staff, and
in his left a ducal coronet. On one side
the base stands a statue of Wisdom, on the
other, of Sincerity. On the angles of the
upper compartment sit angels, and on the
ascendind sides of the pediment sit two
cherubs, one with an hour-glass, alluding
to the admeasurement of man's life by grains
of sand; the other pointing upwards, where
life shall no longer be measured by hours
and minutes. On the base is an inscription
enumerating his Grace's titles, and seve-
ral employments; his marriage and issue;
and informing us that he was born Jan. 9,
1661-2, and died July 15, 1711.
73. The monument of William Caven-
dish Duke of Newcastle is also very pomp-
ous, but is in the old taste. Under a rich
canopy of state lie, as the inscription ex-
presses it, " The loyal Duke of Newcastle,
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" and his Duchess, his second wife, by
" whom he had no issue: her name was
" Margaret Lucas, youngest sister to Lord
" Lucas of Colchester, a noble family; for
" all the brothers were valiant, and all the
" sisters virtuous. The Duchess was a
" wife, witty, and learned Lady, which
" her many books do well testify: She was
" a most virtuous, and a loving and care-
" ful wife, and was with her Lord all the
" time of his banishment and miseries;
" and when he came home, never parted
" from him in his solitary retirements."
This is the English inscription. The Latin
gives his titles and employments; and ob-
serves, that for his fidelity to King Charles I.
he was made Captain-General of the forces
raised for his service in the North, fought
many battles, and generally came off victo-
rious; but that when the rebels prevailed
(being one of the first designed a sacrifice)
he left his estate, and endured a long exile.
It then gives his issue by his first wife, and
concludes with observing, that he died
Dec. 27, 1676, in his eighty-fourth year.
74. On the adjoining pillar is a neat
tablet, on which is this inscription:
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