-Regardless of the Praise of his Friends,
But moft fenfible of their Love.
Tho' he liv'd amongst the Great,
He neither learnt nor flatter'd any Vice.
He was no Bigot,

Tho' he doubted of none of the XXXIX Articles.
And if to follow Nature

And to refpect the Laws of Society
Be Philofophy,

He was a perfect Philofopher;
A faithful Friend,

An agreeable Companion,
A loving Hufband,

Diftinguished by a numerous Offspring.
All which he lived to fee take good Courfes.
In his old Age he retir'd
To the Houfe of a Clergyman in the Country,
Where he finished his earthly Race,

And died an Honour and an Example to the whole
Species.
READER,

This Stone is guiltlefs of Flattery,
For he to whom it is infcrib'd
Was not a Man,

But a
GREY-HOUND.

The TEMPLE dedicated to VENUS, with this Infcription, VENERI HORTENSI.

It is a fquare Building with circular Arches and
Wings defigned by Mr. Kent; the Infide is adorned
with Paintings by Mr. Sclater, taken from Spencer's
FAIRY QUEEN.-The Lady is the fair Hellinore. The
Pannel in the Ceiling is adorned with a naked Venus.
Upon the Frize is the following Motto from Catullus,
Nunc amet qui nondum amavit ;
Quique amavit, nunc amet.

Let him love now, who never lov'd before :
: Let him who always lov'd, now love the more.

N

The

The Late QUEEN's Statue

Is erected on four Ionic Colums. On the Pedestal is

this Infcription:

DIVE CAROLINE. To the Divine CAROLINE.

Two Pavilions.

One of them is made ufe of as a Dwelling-Houfe; the other ftands in the Garden; the Space between forms a Gate-way, defigned by Kent, which is the Entrance into the Park.- -From hence there is a noble View of a Bridge with a fine Serpentine River, and a Road, terminated by two Lodges, which form a grand Approach from Oxfordshire to the Park and House.

St. AUGUSTINE's Cave, is a Cell formed of Mofs and Roots of Trees interwoven: this is fituated in a retired Thicket.

In this Cave is a Straw Couch, a Wooden Chair, three Windows or Holes, over which is the following Infcription in Monkish Latin Verse.

Cur gaudes, Satana, muliebrem fumere formam?
Non facies voti cafti mè rumpere normam.

Heus fugite in cellam; pulchram vitate puellam;
Nam radix mortis fuit olim fæmina in bortis.
Satan, why deck'd in female Charms,
Doft thou attack my Heart?
My Vow is proof against thy Arms,
'Gainft all thy Wiles and Art.
Ah! Hermits flee into your Cells,
Nor Beauty's Poifon feed on,
-The Root of Death (as Story tells)

Was Woman firft in Eden.

The Temple of BACCHUS, a ftucco'd Building, the Infide adorned with the Revels of Bacchus, painted by Nollikins.

NELSON'S SEAT, With a Doric Portico, In it are the following Infcriptions describing the

Paintings.

On

On the Right Hand:

Ultra Uphratem et Tigrim ufque ad Oceanum propagata ditione,

Orbis Terrarum Imperium Romæ adfignat optimus Princeps, cui fuper advolat Victoria Laurigerum fertum hinc inde

utraque manu extendens comitantibus Pietate et Abundantia.

In Arcu Conftantini.

That is," Beyond Euphrates and Tigris, having extended his dominion even to the Ocean, the most excellent Prince affigns the Empire of the World to Rome: Above whom flies Victory, extending a Laurel Wreath on either Side, with both Hands, attended by Piety and Plenty. In the Arch of Conftantines

On the Left:

Poft Obitum L. Veri.

in imperio cum Marco confortis.

Roma

integram orbis Ferrarum

poteftatem ei et in eo contulit

In Capitolio:

That is, "after the death of Lucius Verus, affociate in the Empire with Marcus, Rome conferred on him the entire command of the whole Earth.

In the Capitol."

The Equeftrian STATUE of King GEORGE the First in complete Armour, oppofite the North Front of the Houfe, with this Infcription from Virgil:

In medio mihi Cæfar erit.

Et viridi in Campo Signum de Marmore ponam Propter Aquam.

Thus tranflated:

COBHAM.

"Full in the midft fhall Cæfar's Form divine'
"Aufpicious ftand, the Godhead of the Shrine.-
"And near the ftream a Marble Statue rear."

The STATUE of His late MAJESTY, raised on a Corinthian Pillar, with this Infcription:

Georgio Augusto.

That is "To George Auguftus."

DIDO'S CAVE, a retired dark Building, with this Infcription, from Virgil:

Speluncam Dido, dux et Trojanus, eandem

Deveniunt.

Thus Tranflated.

"To the fafe covert of one Cavern came
"The Trojan Leader, and the Tyrian Dame."

The ROTUNDO is raised upon Ionic Pillars, and is ornamented with a Statue of Bacchus.The Building by Sir John Vanbrugh, altered by Borra.

From hence we pafs into the Paterre, where on the Right-hand, we have the Profpect of the Corinthian Arch (mentioned before), and on the Left, the House. -In the adjoining Wood

A Doric ARCH, ftanding on an Eminence, accompanied with the Statues of Apollo and the nine Muses, formis an Entrance into a very pleafing Scene.

On the back Front of the Attic is infcribed

AMELIE SOPHIE AUG.

To her Royal Highnefs the Princefs Amelia Sophia. Through the Arch is feen the Paladian Bridge, and a Castle on the oppofite Hill.

The Temple of Antient Virtue, is a Rotundo of the Ionic Order by Mr. Kent; on the Outfide, over each Door is this Motto:

Prifca Virtuti. To Ancient Virtue.

And in four Niches within, ftanding at full Length, are the Statues of Lycurgus, Socrates, Homer, and Epaminondas.

Captain GRENVILLE'S Monument, being a naval Column erected by the Late Lord Cobham, in honour of

Captain

Captain- Grenville, upon the Top of which Heroic Poetry holds in her Hand a Scroll with

Non nifi Grandia Canto.

Heroic Deeds alone my Theme.

Upon the Plinth and on the Pedestal are the following: Infcriptions;

DIGNUM LAUDE VIRUM MUSA VETAT MORI.
The Mufe forbids Heroic Worth to die..
Sororis fua Filio
THOME GRENVILLE,

Qui navis Præfectus regiæ,
Ducente claffem Britannicam Georgio Anfon,
Dum contra Gallos fortiffimè pugnaret,
Dilacerata navis ingenti fragmine,
Fermore graviter percuffo,

Perire, dixit moribundus, omnio fatius effe,
Quam inertia reum in judicio fifti ;
Columnam hanc noftratam
Laudans & mærens pofuit
Cobham.

Infigne virtutis, eheu! rariffima
Exemplum habes;

Ex quo difcas,

Quid virum præfecturâ militari ornatum

Deceat.

That is, "To the Son of his Sifter, Thomas Grenville, who being Captain of one of his Majefty's Ships, under the command of Admiral Anfon, while he valianty fought against the French, and was mortally wounded in the Thigh, declaring in his laft Moments, that it was better to fuffer than to be tried for cowardice, COBHAM, expreffing at once his approbation and regret, erected this roftrated Column. This is, alas! an example of courage too feldom found, from whence we may learn how it becomes a Commander to behave." From this Column, we have a most beautiful View of the British Worthies, of the Temple of Ancient Vir tue, and of the Elyfian Fields.