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Before the Civil war between Charles I. and the Parliament, 

 there were many handsome altar-tombs of Bishops, and other emi- 

 nent characters, interred in this Cathedral, and above one hundred 

 coats of arms, and other heraldic ornaments, in painted glass, in the 

 windows, all of which were defaced or destroyed by the licentious 

 soldiery belonging to the republican army. The Cathedral is now 

 adorned with several modern monuments to the memory of indivi- 

 duals, among which the following are most remarkable. 



On the north side of the west door, the large mural monument of 

 marble, erected to the memory of Lancelot Addisou, reminds us of 

 his eminent son, whose writings improved the morals and the lite- 

 rature of Englishmen. On the south side a monument of mixed 

 marble is inscribed to the memory of Gilbert Walmsley, the friend 

 and early patron of Dr. Johnson. 



A marble monument, to the west of the north door, is re- 

 markably elegant. It represents a female figure leaning upon an 

 urn, or Beauty weeping over the ashes of her preserver. The 

 urn is inscribed with the cypher M. W. M. and the following 

 epitaph : 



Sacred to the memory of 



the Right Honourable 



LADY MARY WORIXEY MONTAGUE, 



who happily introduced, from Turkey 



into this country, 



the salutary art 

 of inoculating the small-pox. 



Convinced of its efficacy, 

 she first tried it with success 



on her own children, 

 and then recommended the practice of it 



to her fellow-citizens. 

 Thus, by her example and advice, 



we have softened the virulence, 



and escaped the danger, of this malignant disease. 



To perpetuate the memory of such benevolence, 



and to express her gratitude 

 for the benefit she herself received 



from this alleviating art, 

 this monument is erected by 



Henrietta Inge, 



relict of Theodore William Inge, Esq. 



and daughter of Sir John Wrottesley, Bart. 



in the year of our Lord M.DCC.LXXXIX. 



Near the south door, a large and beautiful mural monument, 

 erected by conjugal affection to the memory of a virtuous and 



