ANTIQUITIES OF SELBORNE 249 



gregation with the fall of a spar, or a blow from a piece of loose 

 mortar. 



On the north wall of the chancel is fixed a large oval white 

 marble monument, with the following inscription ; and at the 

 foot of the wall, over the deceased, and inscribed with his 

 name, age, arms, and time of death, lies a large slab of black 

 marble : 



Prope hunc parietem sepelitur 



GILBERTUS WHITE, SAMSONIS WHITE, de 



Oxon, militis films tertius, Collegii Magdale- 

 -nensis ibidem alumnus, & socius. Tandem faven- 

 -te collegio ad hanc ecclesiam promotus ; ubi primae- 

 -va morum simplicitate, et diffusa erga omnes bene- 



-volentia feliciter consenuit. 

 Pastor fidelis, comis, affabilis, 

 Maritus, et pater amantissimus, 

 A conjuge invicem, et liberis, atque 

 A parochianis impense' dilectus. 

 Pauperibus ita beneficus 

 ut decimam partem census 



moribundus 

 piis usibus consecravit. 

 Meritis demum juxta et annis plenus 

 ex hac vita migravit Feb. 13 

 anno salutis 172^ 

 ^Etatis suae 77 

 Hoc posuit Rebecca 

 Conjux illius maestissima, 

 mox secutura. 



On the same wall is newly fixed a small square table monu- 

 ment of white marble, inscribed in the following manner : 



Sacred to the memory 

 of the Rev d . ANDREW ETTY, B.D. 



23 Years Vicar of this parish : 



In whose character 

 The conjugal, the parental, and the sacerdotal virtues 



were so happily combined 



as to deserve the imitation of mankind. 



And if in any particular he followed more invariably 



the steps of his blessed Master, 



It was in his humility. 



