STUDY xiiï. aSy 



There I would have, fcattered about, monu- 

 ments of every kind, and apportioned to the va- 

 rious degrees of merit ; obelifks, columns, pyra- 

 mids. 



humble profe. In a beautifully folemn valley, watered by a filent 

 ftream, and (haded by the trees of the Country, ftands the Temple 

 of the Britifh Worthies. The decorations, and the arrangements, 

 are fixnple : only that there is mythological Mercury peeping over 

 in the centre, to contemplate the immortal fliades whom he has 

 conducted to the Elyfian Fields. Were I Marquis of Bucking- 

 ham, the wing-heeled God, with hiscaduceus, and Latin motto, 

 fhould no longer disfigure the uniformity and fimplicity of that 

 enchanting fcene; an4 if Charoti''i o\à crazy barge, too, were 

 funk to the bottom, the place and the idea would be greatly im^ 

 proved. 



To thofe who have never been at Stowe, it may not be unac- 

 ceptable to read the Names ; and the charaéleriftic Jnfcriptions, 

 of this lovely retreat, confecrated to Patriot worth, exalted ge- 

 nius, and the love of the Human Race. 



SIR THOMAS GRESHAM, 



Who, by the honourable profefTion of a Merchant, having en- 

 riched himfelf, and his Country, for carrying on the .Commerce 

 of the World, built the Royal Exchange. 



IGNATIUS JONES, 



Who, to adorn his Country, introduced and rivalled the Greek 

 and Roman Architeélure. 



JOHN MILTON, 

 Whofe fublime and unbounded genius equalled a fubjeél that 

 «arried him beyond the limits of the World. 



WILLIAM 



