282 CURIOUS EPITAPH. 



Here lieth interred Mrs. 



Deborah Keene late owner 



of the ISIannor of Braunton 



Arundell in this parish ; shea 



Was bapt'd Eebr' the 24th 1627, 



Lived unmarried and was bur,d 



Decern, the 31. 1694. 



Virginity was had in estimation 



And wont to be observed w^^ veneration 



Above tis still so, single life is led 



In Heav'n none marry nor are marrie<i 



But live Angelick lives, & virgins Crown^ 



All wth their coronets the Lamb surround 



This maiden landlady has one obtain d 



Well tho much sought in marriage still rettain,d 



And now the inheritance undefild obtain, d. 



Haeredes posuere. 



A tall and ancient elm tree in the centre of the 

 street, where four ways meet, indicated the spot at which 

 I turned off for the sea-side, the immediate ohject of 

 mv ramhle. I found the botanical character of the 

 neighbourhood very different from that of Ilfracombe. 

 The beautiful flowers of the wild succory, large and 

 blue, were so abundant along the road-sides between 

 Braunton and Santon, as to be quite characteristic. 

 The Knautia, and different species of Centaurea^ 

 particularly fine, were growing on the banks; and 

 from the crevices of a wall near Santon I noticed that 



