THE MONUMENTAL BRASSES OF WARWICKSHIRE. 
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THE MONUMENTAL BRASSES OF WARWICKSHIRE. 
BY E. W. BADGER, M.A . 
( Continued from page 110.) 
COVENTRY, St. Michael’s. I .— Maria Hinton, 
1594, with four infants. Haines. 
The plate containing the figures is 8Jin. by llin. ; that 
with the inscription 1ft. 4Jin. by llin. 
The lady is represented as kneeling at a prayer-desk, upon 
which is an open book. She wears a high-crowned hat with 
curled brim, and ruffs at the neck and wrists (?). Her over¬ 
gown has a wide turned-back collar and plain skirt, and is 
confined at the waist by a belt. It is sleeveless, and allows 
the striped sleeves of the under dress to be seen. 
Upon a tiled floor near the prayer-desk lie four infant 
children in chrysoms and swaddling clothes. The chrysom 
was a “ white cloth with which children were invested ” at 
their baptism. If the child died before it was a month old 
the chrysom became its shroud. Swathing-bands were 
wrapped round the under clothes, giving the child the appear¬ 
ance of a mummy. These children all died in their infancy. 
The inscription is :— 
Mariae Hinton Faeminae Lectissimae 
Vxori Dilectae Probae et Ple Maritvs 
Amoris Hoc Svi Monvmentvm Posvit. 
Ouae pietatis eras, quae relligionis amore, 
Et matronali cunctis gravitate probata, 
Vivens et moriens constans exemplar amicis 
Vivendi in vita, moriendi in morte rclinquis. 
Sic tibi, sic vivit vitae bona fama pcractae ; 
Sic tibi, sic vitae constat spes viva perennis. 
Obiit Annum agens tricessimum 
Aprilis 27°, 1594. 
Translation :—To Maria Hinton, a woman of a thousand, 
a wife beloved, righteous, and dutiful, her husband has set up 
this memorial of his affection. 
Approved by all for holiness of hf* 
And love, and all that can adorn uc vife, 
Alive or dying thou dost ever give 
A pattern how to die and how to live. 
Thus lives thy good report of life well passed, 
And certain hope of life that aye shall last. 
