144 BOROUGH OF LEWISHAM. 
In one of the windows were the following lines cut with a 
diamond :— 
Longus et invito pectore sedit amor. 
And long has love possess’d my breast in 
defiance of all my resolution. 
Synce my Love seseth shyning 
All my Hopes are in declyning 
Synce my day by night is banyst 
All my joy’ are fled and vanyst 
Beware I say’d of Lady Wife 
Foresee the end before the fall 
Thrice happy is the man and bleast 
Who warned is by others thrall. 
PLATE 67.— PLACE House, CATFORD, 1791. 
The lines were of course assigned to the Queen, and indicaied 
the strength of her resentment at his deception. 
How much truth there is in the story it is now almost im- 
possible to say. Early in the reign of James I the property was 
in the possession of the Edmonds family, and in 1641 it came to 
George, Abraham, and Robert Edmonds as coheirs in gavelkind. 
Robert sold his: portion to his brothers, and the estate and house 
were divided between them. The house was inconveniently divided, 
rooms belonging to one share being over those belonging to 
another. That portion which belonged to Abraham Edmonds was 
finally purchased in 1765 by Mr. Richard Brooke, and is that 
shown in the picture. The other part was purchased by Mr.. 
Jonathan Sabin, and was pulled down. 
