162 ANCIENT MEMORIAL BRASSES OF DORSET. 



Her prayers to God she never neglected, 

 Her life with Infamye never detected. 

 Then rest we assured, through Gods good grace, 

 Her soule in y e Heavens hath taken her place. 

 & died in the yeare of our Lord God 1616. 



PIMPERNE, ST. PETER. 



DOROTHY WILLIAMS. 



Mrs. Dorothy Williams, 1694, curious, her husband John 

 (rector ?), quadrangular plate mural, Haines. 



Position. Mural, near South door. 



Size. ISJin. high by 18fin. wide. 



Description. This brass, showing fine but curious 

 craftsmanship, and having borders representing the familiar 

 emblems of mortality, probably came from the workshop of 

 a goldsmith or copper plate engraver, whose name may be 

 deciphered above the feet of the skeleton, " Edmund Colpeper, 

 Fecit." 



It is an example of two figures representing one and the 

 same individual, and is found occasionally in stone, one 

 above, in health and full costume of the period, the other a 

 skeleton recumbent. In this instance the lady is represented 

 as rising from a skeleton lying on a mattress, with a scroll 

 issuing from her mouth bearing the text " O Death where 

 is thy sting, Grave where is thy victory." The inscription, 

 in Roman letters, reads : 



Near this place lies y e body of Mrs. Dorothy Williams who 

 deceased Nov. y e 24th An5 Dom. 1694. Erected by her 

 Husband John Williams Cler. in memory of y e best of 

 wives. 



Dormio at Resurgam. 



