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Copy Of The Inscrpition On The Foundation Stone Of Wearmouth Bridge.
COPY OF THE INSCRPITION ON THE FOUNDATION STONE OF WEARMOUTH BRIDGE .
OUO TEMPORE CIVIUM GALOCORUM ARDOR VESANUS PRAVA JUBENTIUM GENTES TURBAVIT EUROPEAS FEKSEO BELLO , ROLANDUS BURDON , ARMIGER , MELIORA COLENS
, VEDR / E RIPAS , SCOPULIS PRiERUPTIS , PONTE CON . 1 UNGEEE EEKREO STATUIT . FELICITER FUNDAMINA POSUIT OCTAVO CALENDAS OCTOBR 1 S , ANNO SALUTIS HUMAN . 'E MDCCXCIII
, , . GEORGil TERTII XXXIII . ADSTANTE GULIELMO KEN " . LAMBTON , AKMIGERO , SUMMO PROVINCIAL ! MAGtSTRO FRATRUMQUE SOCIETAT 1 S ARCHlTECTONfCyE , ET PROCEKUM COMITATUS DUNELMENSIS SPECTABILI CORONA , POPUEIOUE PLURIMA COMITANTE CATERVA . 1
"" MANEANT VESTIGIA DU NON IRRIT ^ E SPEI ! IMITATED IN ENGLISH .
AT THAT TIME WHEN THE MAD FURY . OF FRENCH CITIZENS , DICTATING ACTS OF EXTREME DEPRAVITY , DISTURBED THE PEACE OF EUROPE WITH IRON WAR , ROLAND BURDON , ESQ . AIMING AT WORTHIER PURPOSES ,
HATH RESOLVED TO JOIN THE STEEP AND CRAGGY SHORES OF THE RIVER WEAR , - WITH AN IRON BRIDGE . HE HAPPILY LAID THE FOUNDATION ON THE XXIV . DAY OF SEPTEMBER , IN YEAR OF HUMAN SALVATION
THp . M , DCC , XCIII . AND THE XXXIII . OF THE REIGN OF GEORGE THE THIRD , IN THE PRESENCE OF WILLIAM HENRY LAMBTON , ESO . PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTER , WITH A RESPECTABLE CIRCLE OF THE BRETHREN OF THE SOCIETY
OF FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS , AND OF THE MAGISTRATES AND PRINCIPAL GENTLEMEN OF THE COUNTY OF DURHAM ; . ATTENDED BY AN IMMENSE CONCOURSE OF PEOPLE . LONG MAY THE VESTIGES ENDURE OF A HOPE NOT FpRMED IN VAIN
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Copy Of The Inscrpition On The Foundation Stone Of Wearmouth Bridge.
COPY OF THE INSCRPITION ON THE FOUNDATION STONE OF WEARMOUTH BRIDGE .
OUO TEMPORE CIVIUM GALOCORUM ARDOR VESANUS PRAVA JUBENTIUM GENTES TURBAVIT EUROPEAS FEKSEO BELLO , ROLANDUS BURDON , ARMIGER , MELIORA COLENS
, VEDR / E RIPAS , SCOPULIS PRiERUPTIS , PONTE CON . 1 UNGEEE EEKREO STATUIT . FELICITER FUNDAMINA POSUIT OCTAVO CALENDAS OCTOBR 1 S , ANNO SALUTIS HUMAN . 'E MDCCXCIII
, , . GEORGil TERTII XXXIII . ADSTANTE GULIELMO KEN " . LAMBTON , AKMIGERO , SUMMO PROVINCIAL ! MAGtSTRO FRATRUMQUE SOCIETAT 1 S ARCHlTECTONfCyE , ET PROCEKUM COMITATUS DUNELMENSIS SPECTABILI CORONA , POPUEIOUE PLURIMA COMITANTE CATERVA . 1
"" MANEANT VESTIGIA DU NON IRRIT ^ E SPEI ! IMITATED IN ENGLISH .
AT THAT TIME WHEN THE MAD FURY . OF FRENCH CITIZENS , DICTATING ACTS OF EXTREME DEPRAVITY , DISTURBED THE PEACE OF EUROPE WITH IRON WAR , ROLAND BURDON , ESQ . AIMING AT WORTHIER PURPOSES ,
HATH RESOLVED TO JOIN THE STEEP AND CRAGGY SHORES OF THE RIVER WEAR , - WITH AN IRON BRIDGE . HE HAPPILY LAID THE FOUNDATION ON THE XXIV . DAY OF SEPTEMBER , IN YEAR OF HUMAN SALVATION
THp . M , DCC , XCIII . AND THE XXXIII . OF THE REIGN OF GEORGE THE THIRD , IN THE PRESENCE OF WILLIAM HENRY LAMBTON , ESO . PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTER , WITH A RESPECTABLE CIRCLE OF THE BRETHREN OF THE SOCIETY
OF FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS , AND OF THE MAGISTRATES AND PRINCIPAL GENTLEMEN OF THE COUNTY OF DURHAM ; . ATTENDED BY AN IMMENSE CONCOURSE OF PEOPLE . LONG MAY THE VESTIGES ENDURE OF A HOPE NOT FpRMED IN VAIN