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church immediately in front of the choir, strax for 

 choret, where some of the old royal tombs are. Close 

 above the grave and on the side towards the choir his 

 monument is erected, where he himself lies carved in white 

 marble, and rests on his right elbow, ocll stodjer den 

 hogre handen under hufvudet. Above him is a 

 celestial globe, himmels-glob, carved also in white 

 marble, on which the paths of the comets are set out in 

 gilt lines * hvarpa Cometernas gang med fdrgylte 

 Linier star utsatt, also these words: " Dec. 24, i68o."f 

 Under the right elbow are four books in Folio, on 

 which he rests. These books lie one upon another, and 

 there is set forth on one side, pa ena sidan, what they 

 contain, viz. : on the highest stands the word " Divinity" ; 

 on the next under it, " Chronology" ; then [T. I. p. 415] 

 " Opticks " ; lastly, " Philo. Prin. Math."J Down below 

 him stand carved angels, anglar, [beautiful little boys], 

 who hold mathematical instruments, &c. § 



The inscription on the monument is this : — 



H. S. E. 



ISAACUS NEWTON, Eques auratus, 



Qui animi vi prope divina 



Planetarum Motus, Figuras, 



Cometarum Semitas, Oceanique iEstus, 



Su£ Mathesi facem prseferente, 



* These gilt lines have disappeared. [J. L.] 



f This date has disappeared. For the great comet of 1680, see J. Herschel, 

 Astron., Ed. 1867, Art. 573. (J. L.] 



% These words have all disappeared. From the position of the Folios, they 

 must have been gilded on the ends, or what would be the top-edges of the 

 Folios if standing upright, as on the books shown in the Frontispiece to the 

 2nd Ed. of the Dunciad, 1729. [J. L.] 



$ Mathematics. Thus says Hume : " Religion and Politics, and consequently 

 " Metaphysics and Morals. All these form the most considerable branches of 

 " Science. Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, which only remain, are not 

 " half so valuable." Essay on the Rise of the Arts and Sciences, 1742. Time, 

 that proves all things, has given another verdict. [J. L.] 



