in some of the Churches near Chijyj^enham. 241 



ffohj Trinity; on her left, the arms of the Dauntsey family, oi 

 which she was the heiress. Over her head is a label bearing her 

 name, Anne Danvers; while from her uplifted hands issues another 

 label with the words " Due miserere mel." The inscription is : — 



" What vayleth yt Riches or what possession 

 Gyftes of high nature, nobles in gentry 

 Dafteness depuryd * or pregnant pollycy, 

 Sith pro-wes, sith power have their progression : 

 Ff'ate it is fatall on selif succession. 

 That world hath no thing that smellith not frealtie 

 "Where most assurance, is most unsuertie. 

 Here lieth Dame Anne the lady of Dauntsey 

 To Syr John Danvers spowse in conjunction, 

 To SjT John Dauntsey by lyne discencion 

 Cosyn and Heire ; whose herytage highlye 

 Fastely be firmed in Christe his Mancion." 



Thus then have I endeavored to bring before you a few partic- 

 ulars relating to these ancient monuments which have come down 

 to us from b^'gone times : shewing their utility to the Chronologist, 

 the Historian, the Herald, the Artist, and the Architect ; while to us 

 Archceologists they are objects of interest, as showing the 

 character and customs and arts and doings and belongings of our 

 remote ancestors, many of them famous in their own times, and 

 who live still in the pages of history, though their bodies are 

 turned to dust. Reminding all at the same time of the end of all 

 men here below : " dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. — 

 " Memento homo, quia pulvis es, et in pulverem reverteris." 



We may listen to the voice of some of these ancient monumental 

 figures who seem to say to us — " Siquis eris qui transiris, sta, 

 perlege, plora : sum ceu eris, fueramque quod es : pro me precor, 

 ora. 



• Dafienett, seems to mean/oHy, ignorance. Depuryd, purified ; done away, like dross from metal. 

 So "daftness deparyd " iivould mean " ignorance rentoved " (that wisdom might take its place). 



