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 Boothby 
 
 Monumental Inscription in 
 Ashbourn Church
 
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 MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS 
 IN 
 
 ASHBOURN CHURCH, 
 
 DERBYSHIRE; 
 
 Written by 
 Sir BROOKE BOOTHBY, Bart. 
 
 AND 
 
 MISS SEWARD. 
 ENTERED AT STATIONER'S HALL. 
 
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 ?AHKES, PRINTER and AUCTIONEER, ASBOUR.N T 
 
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 PENELOPE BOOTHBY's 
 
 EXECUTED BY T. BANKS, R. A. 
 
 I 'was not in safety, neither had I rest, and the 
 i rouble came. 
 
 To PENELOPE, 
 
 Only Child of Sir BROOKE and Dame 
 SUSANNA BOOTHS Y, Born April nth, 1785, 
 died Match 1 3th, .1791. 
 
 She was in form and intellect most ex 
 q-uisite. The unfortunate parents ventured 
 their all on this frail Bark, and the wreck 
 was total. 
 
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 Omnia tecum una perierunt gaudia 
 nostra. 
 
 Tu vero felix 
 
 Et beata 
 Penelope mea, 
 
 Quee tot 
 Tantisque 
 Miseriis una 
 Morte perfuncta es.
 
 TRANSLATION. 
 
 All our joys are perished with thee 
 alone. 
 
 But thou art happy and blessed, my 
 dear Penelope, who, by one touch of 
 Death, hast escaped so many and so 
 great miseries.
 
 IJei ; che'l cicl ne mostfa terra n'asconde. 
 
 Le crespe chiome d'or puro lucente, 
 E'l 'lampeggiar dell Angelico riso, 
 Che solean far- in Terra un Paradise, 
 Poca -pplvere son che nulla sente
 
 TRANSLATION. 
 
 Those that descend into the grave are 
 not concealed from Heaven. 
 
 Thy curling locks of pure shining gold, 
 the. lightening of thy angelic smile, which 
 used to make a Paradise on Earth, are 
 now become only a little senseless dust.
 
 Bcanlc c'est done ici ton dernier azyle! 
 
 Son cercueil 
 Ne la contient pas 
 
 Toutc entierc; 
 
 II attend le reste de sa proie: 
 II ne 1'attendra pas 
 Longtems.
 
 Eeauty, this then is thy last asylum! 
 
 Her tomb does not yet contain all; it 
 
 waits for the rest of its prey: it will 
 
 i not wait long.
 
 EXECUTED BY JOSEPH EVANS, 
 OF DERBY. 
 
 SACRED 
 
 
 
 TO THE MEMORY OF 
 Sir BROOKE BOOTHBY Bart., and Dame PHCEBE 
 his Wife, Daughter and Heir of WILLIAM HOLLINS, 
 Esqr. of Mosslcy, in the County of Stafford. 
 
 He was born Nov. sd, 1710. and died April gth, 1785. 
 she was born Octr. 4th. 1716, and died May ^th. 1788. 
 
 They were Married in 1742, 
 
 and left issue two Sons, and one Daughter : 
 
 Brooke, born June 3d, 1744. William, born May 4th, 1746. 
 
 Maria Elizabeth, born Fcbruaiy i6tb, 17581
 
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 Here blameless pair with mild sflcctions blest, 
 Bclov'd, respected, much lamented, * rest : 
 Life's sheltcr'd vale secure in peace ye trod, 
 Your practice virtue, your reliance God. 
 Long days, long love, indulgent Heaven bestow'd, 
 And sweet content to gild your calm abode ; 
 Friends who through life their faith unalter'd kept, 
 Children who loved, who honoui'd and who wept. 
 Heroes and Kings, life's little pageant o*<:r, 
 Might wish their trophied Marbles told no more.
 
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 MOJWMEJVT, 
 
 EXECUTED BY E. F. EVANS, 
 OF DERBY. 
 
 SACRED 
 
 TO THE MEMORY OF 
 
 MARIA ELIZABETH BOOTHBY, 
 
 only Daughter of Sir BROOKE BOO TH3Y, Bart. 
 
 and Dame PH<EBE his Wife, 
 born February 1 6th, 1758. Died August sed, 1805. 
 
 Chaste Earth within thy hallow'd breast, 
 Let these sad relics, peaceful rest ; 
 The mortal spoils, an Angel mind, 
 Mounting to Heaven, has left beKir.d. 
 Her bosom, pure as Virgin jno\v, 
 Did with each mild affection glow,
 
 Almost from human frailties free, 
 Yet boundless was her Charity; 
 The sens^in her that brightly shone, - 
 Seem'd to her modest self unknown.-. 
 
 Reader, no Poet's pencil drew 
 This portra't, it is simply true. 
 O, all beloved ! the general woe 
 Thy universal woith may show: 
 And, O, too soon, united here, 
 With Parents, to thy bosom dear, 
 Sleep by a well-loved Mother's side, 
 In life her chiefest joy and prid^. 
 Sister, farewell ! nor time, nor pljce, 
 Maria's memory shall efface; 
 Thy Brothers, who inscribe this stone, 
 With their last sigh thy lois shall moan.
 
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 OF LITCHFIELD. 
 
 SACRED 
 
 TO THE MEMORY OF 
 
 HILL BOOTHBY, 
 
 ONLY DAUGHTER OF 
 
 BROOKE BOOTHBY and ELIZABETH FITZHERBERI 
 
 HIS WIFE, 
 
 Born October z~ih, 1708. Died January i6th, 1756. 
 
 Could Beauty, Learning, Talents, Virtue, save 
 From the dark confines of th'insatiate grave; 
 This frail memorial had not ask'd a tear, 
 O'er -HILL'S cold ashes, sadly mouldering here: 
 Friendship's chaste fiame, her ardent bosom fir*d, 
 And bright Religion all her Soul inspired:
 
 Her Soul, too heavenly for an house of clay, 
 Soon wore its earth-built Mansion to decay; 
 In the last struggles of departing breath, 
 She saw her Saviour gild the bed of Death, 
 Heard his mild accents, tun'd to peace and love, 
 Breathe a blest welcome, to the Realms above; 
 To those bright Regions, that celestial shore, 
 
 ' "Where friends, long lost, shall meet, to part no more. 
 " Blest LORD I come ! my hopes have not been vain, " 
 
 Upon her lifeless cheek, extatic smiles remain. 
 
 FINIS. 
 
 PARKES, PRINTER and AUCTIONEER, A5HBOURN.
 
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