282 CURIOUS EPITAPH. 



Here lieth interred Mrs. 



Deborah Keene late owner 



of tlie Mannor of Braunton 



Arundell in this parish ; shee 



Was bapt'd Febr' the 24th 1627, 



Lived unmarried and was bur,d 



Decern, the 31. 1694. 



Virginity was had in estimation 



And wont to be observed wth veneration 



Above tis still so, single life is led 



In Heav'n none marry nor are married 



But live Angelick lives, & virgins Crown^ 



All wth their coronets the Lamb surround 



This maiden landlady has one obtain d 



"VVch tho much sought in marriage still rettain,d 



And now the inheritance undefild obtain,d. 



Hgeredes posuere. 



A tall and ancient elm tree in the centre of the 

 street, where four ways meet, indicated the spot at which 

 I turned off for the sea-side, the immediate object of 

 my ramble. I found the botanical character of the 

 neighbourhood very different from that of Ilfracombe. 

 The beautiful flowers of the wild succory, large and 

 blue, were so abundant along the road- sides between 

 Braunton and Santon, as to be quite characteristic. 

 The Knautia, and different species of Centaurea, 

 particularly fine, were growing on the banks; and 

 from the crevices of a wall near Santon I noticed that 



