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la this church-yard, near the east door of the church, is a plain 

 tomb thus inscribed : 



Beneath this Tomb are deposited the Remains of 

 JANE HEWETT 1 f October 28, 1800, aged 71. 



and C who died } 



HONOR DARWALL ) (October 29, 1800, aged 64. 



United by early and sincere Friendship, 

 They dwelt together upwards of forty-five years, 



Redeeming the Time, 



In Piety tow'rds God, and in works of mercy to their Fellow-Creatures. 

 In their death they were not divided. 



Reader, 

 From their Example follow Christian morals, 



Hold fast the Christian Faith. 



So like Them shall you receive the Hope, 



Which maketh not ashamed. 



" The above two were maiden ladies, and distinguished them- 

 selves by a noble example of sincere and affectionate friendship. 

 They were no relations by birth or- family alliance, but became 

 acquainted very early in their youth. A strong and inviolable 

 attachment to each other ensued. When they became possessed of 

 their respective fortunes, and settled in the world, they made the 

 same dwelling their common home in the town of Newport, Shrop- 

 shire ; where they lived together in the strictest amity and friend- 

 ship with each other, charitable to the poor, and much respected 

 by the whole circle of their acquaintance upwards of forty-five 

 years. During some part of this long period, they experienced a 

 reverse of fortune in the loss of a considerable sum of money, which 

 they had placed in the hands of some gentleman, who became a 

 bankrupt. Their loss was very unequal. The one had to lament 

 the loss of a great part of her all, while the other experienced but 

 a small reduction. However, this unequal change in their circum- 

 stances produced no alteration in their dispositions towards each 

 other ; but, if possible, was a stronger bond of union. When their 

 fortunes were thus unhappily reduced, they perceived that, in case 

 of the death of either, the survivor would be too much confined by 

 the mere income of her own property. To prevent which, each 

 made her will, by which she bequeathed the interest of her all to 

 the benefit of the survivor, at whose death it was to be distributed 

 among each one's respective relations. 



" Their last bed of sickness exhibited a scene truly affecting and 

 interesting to the feelings of every tender heart. She that was 

 first taken ill, had the misfortune to break her leg. When both 

 were confined, each perceived that the awful exit of one, if not 



