300 LIFE, TIMES, AND SCIENTIFIC LABOURS [1667. 



Powis and by him hath issue William Herbert his only 

 son and five daughters. 



u The said Edward Lord Marquess defunct married to 

 his second wife the Lady Margaret O Bryan daughter 

 and coheire of Henry Earle of Thomond, and by her 

 had issue one only daughter named Mary, who dyed an 

 Infant, and was buried at Raglan. This Certificate was 

 taken upon the 24th day of Aprill 1667 by Ffrancis 

 Sandford, Rouge Dragon, who, served for S r Edward 

 Walker K*. Garter Principall King of Armes, and the 

 truth thereof attested by the subscription of the Right 

 Ho ble&amp;lt; Henry Marquesse of Worcester 



&quot; Examd. F. R. S. D. WORCESTER/ 



It is, throughout, very observable that the invention 

 of the Water-commanding Engine was no imaginary 

 scheme, no merely ingenious idea, but a realized fact, 

 of the nature and importance of which the late Marquis 

 had been fully sensible. And it affords a striking proof 

 of his high estimation and correct knowledge of the 

 magnitude of his discovery, that he should have bowed 

 himself before his Maker in humble adoration, acknow 

 ledging in a simple yet solemnly sublime strain, his 

 sense of obligation to the supreme Source of all intel 

 ligence, for permitting him to become instrumental 

 in the development of so great a mystery of nature. 



The following is from the original manuscript at 

 Badminton : 



&quot; The Lord Marquesse of Worcester s Ejaculatory and 

 extemporary thanksgiueing prayer when first with his 

 corporall eyes, he did see finish d a perfect try all of 

 his Water-commanding Engine delightfull and usefull 

 to whomsoeuer hath in recomendation eyther know 

 ledge, profit, or pleasure. 



