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the North Riding of Yorkfliire. Soon after its dlf- 
covery, wliich was in the begining of the year 17 
a copy of .c, with the draught of the ftone, was fent 
by the F. everend Mr. James Berwick, Minifter of 
Whitby, in that county, to Mr. Francis Drake of 
York, a worthy meimber of this Society. But that 
copy not being accurately taken, Mr. Drake pro- 
cured a more ex?<fl one from Mr. Percival Luccock of 
Mai ton, the prefer t poffeiTor of the ftone. Both 
thofe copies were tranfmitted to me by Mr. Drake; 
the latter of which having been taken by laying a 
paper over the infciiption, and tracing out the letters 
upon it, exhibits both their true fize and form. That 
copy, with another drawn from it, but reduced by 
a fcale of one fourth of the original, accompany 
this paper (i). 
The fhape of the done, as delineated in the 
draught of Mr. Berwick, is given in the lefler of 
thefe copies, which Ihews it to have been broken off 
at the bottom. But Mr. Drake informs me, that 
nothing more was cut upon the ftone, as may be 
concluded from the didance of the fradture below 
the writing; for had the infeription been continued 
farther, part of the letters at lead of the followin<r 
line would have appeared at the bottom. It is true 
indeed, that epitaphs writen in this form ufually 
end with the name of the perfon, who ereded 
the monument ; one example of which I fhall pro- 
duce from Montfaucon, as it relates to a foldier of 
the fame charadfer. 
(i) The reduced draught, which has been ingraved, may be 
fecn in Plate III. Fig. i. of this Volume. 
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