274 ANCIENT MEMORIAL BRASSES OF DORSET. 



II. 



" Ibearc lyetb tbe body of Bnna Ifoenvill daugbter 

 of IRicbard t>env>ill of Sloofee in tbis County, (3ent 

 and /IDargaret bis wife, wbo ejcbanged tbis life for 

 a better tbe 8 day of Scptemb. Bnno Bom. 1081. 

 3n tbe 25tb yeare of ber age." 



44 36eneatb tbis stone in a darfee dusty bed, 

 lamented mucb a virgin rests ber bead ; 

 End sucb an one wbo (dying) batb bereft 

 tbe world of tbat wortb as scarce in it is left 

 f a sweet face, but of a sweeter minoe, 

 and a sweet fame (d^ino) sbee left bebinde. 

 Smitten b deatb even in ber bloomino aoe, 

 and beiobt of beauty, sbee went off w stage 

 Of tbis frail world ; tbis witb grief wee see 

 tbat sucb rare creatures seldome aged bee, 

 dfor wbp, tbe Bngels want sucb company 

 to jo$ne witb tbem in beav>enl$ melody, 

 Mitb wbom in 1foeav>en sbe dotb now possess 

 tbe fruit of vertue's lasting bappiness." 



in. 



<4 1bere lyetb tbe 36odie of IRalpb Ibenvill of 

 3Loofte (BeTit wbo deceased tbe ninetb of December 

 Hnno H)omini 1644 baveing issue Sije Sonnes & 

 Ubree Baugbters. /iDcmento fa skuiij mori." 



IV. 



"Ibere lies tbe body of Ubomas pope, /l&.H., 

 and sometime IRector of tbis jparisb, nat. 1664, 

 ob. 1726," 



