London and its Environs Described, Volume I, Page 120 & 121

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able figure of Time holding several medal- lions representing the heads of their Graces children. This monument is very justly admired. It has been observed, that the Duke himself appears the principal figure in the group, and though he lies in a re- cumbent posture, and his Lady is in the most beautiful manner placed at his feet, yet her figure is so characterized, as to be only a guide to his, and both reflect back a beauty on each side. The decora- tions are allowed to be extremely pictu- resque and elegant; the trophies at his head, the figure of Time above, with the medal- lions of his children, fill up all the spaces with such propriety, that little could be added, and nothing appears superfluous. The inscription sets forth the Duke of Buck- ingham's posts, and his qualifications as a good poet, and a fine writer; and over his statue is inscribed in Latin sentences to the following purpose: I lived doubful, not dissolute I die unresolved, not unresigned. Ignorance and error are incident to human nature. I trust in an Almighty and All-good God. Thou King of Kings have mercy upon me.
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And underneath: For my King often, for my Country always. His Grace died in the 57th year of his age, Feb. 24, 1720, leaving the publication of his works to the care of Mr. Pope. He had three wives; the first, Ursula, Countess of Coventry; the second, Catharine, Countess of Gainsborough; the third, Catharine, Countess of Anglesey. In this isle there is a lofty pyramid sup- ported by two griffins of gilt brass, on a pe- destal of the most curious marble, erected to the memory of Charles Montague, Marquis of Halifax, son to George Mon- tague of Horton. He was placed at the head of the treasury in the reign of King Charles I. and undertaking the reformation of the coin, which was then most infa- mously clipped, he restored it to its proper value. For this, and other public services, he was first created Baron, and then Mar- quis of Halifax. Against the east wall at the end of the north isle is a monument in the form of a beautiful altar, raised by King Charles II. to the memory of Edward V. and his brother Richard, on which is an inscription in Latin, to the following purport:
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