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But knowledge of the vault and its contents gradually died away , and the letters a E . S . " cut in the wall , were unnoticed ; and this obscure resting-place of royalty would have been altogether forgotten but for its accidental discovery in October , 1793 , by some workmen employed in digging a grave to receive the remains of the Hon . Thomas West , son of Lord De la Warr , when the vault was
opened and found to contain a coffin of very strong lead , ridged in the middle , and having the inscription : — " Elizabeth , 2 d daughter of the late King Charles , deceased , Sept . 8 , MDCL . " In order that the spot might not be again overlooked , a plate , with a simple inscription , was placed on the stone covering the vault ; and advantage was taken of an opportunity to remove from
the wall of the churchyard , where it had long administered a silent but potent rebuke of the then very prevalent practice of burying in the church , a tablet bearing the following singular inscription : —
" Here Lyeth y Body of Master George Shergold late Minister of New Port who during sixteen years in discharge of his office strictly ohser ved the true discipline of y church of England disliking that dead "bodies should he interred in Gods House appointed to be interred in this place He died universally lamented and esteemed January XXIII—1707 "
The old inscription being placed with the face to the stone , and economically supplying , by the reverse , the tablet for the more interesting record . Since the discovery of the vault , the interest originally felt by the townspeople , with respect to the royal remains committed to their charge , has revived and continued in full force .
Loneliness.
LONELINESS .
'Tis lonely when from Arab tent Through all the waste no cloud doth rise , More welcome than the Heaven-sent Gold to pathless Israel ' s eyes , With no green thing to glad the sight , And the red sun-glare in the slues . But loneliest far , amidst the crowd
Where each is fixed to gain his end , Is he who hears the billows loud , lint heeds not where the tide may tend , And counts a thousand fellow men , Yet cannot claim a single friend .
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But knowledge of the vault and its contents gradually died away , and the letters a E . S . " cut in the wall , were unnoticed ; and this obscure resting-place of royalty would have been altogether forgotten but for its accidental discovery in October , 1793 , by some workmen employed in digging a grave to receive the remains of the Hon . Thomas West , son of Lord De la Warr , when the vault was
opened and found to contain a coffin of very strong lead , ridged in the middle , and having the inscription : — " Elizabeth , 2 d daughter of the late King Charles , deceased , Sept . 8 , MDCL . " In order that the spot might not be again overlooked , a plate , with a simple inscription , was placed on the stone covering the vault ; and advantage was taken of an opportunity to remove from
the wall of the churchyard , where it had long administered a silent but potent rebuke of the then very prevalent practice of burying in the church , a tablet bearing the following singular inscription : —
" Here Lyeth y Body of Master George Shergold late Minister of New Port who during sixteen years in discharge of his office strictly ohser ved the true discipline of y church of England disliking that dead "bodies should he interred in Gods House appointed to be interred in this place He died universally lamented and esteemed January XXIII—1707 "
The old inscription being placed with the face to the stone , and economically supplying , by the reverse , the tablet for the more interesting record . Since the discovery of the vault , the interest originally felt by the townspeople , with respect to the royal remains committed to their charge , has revived and continued in full force .
Loneliness.
LONELINESS .
'Tis lonely when from Arab tent Through all the waste no cloud doth rise , More welcome than the Heaven-sent Gold to pathless Israel ' s eyes , With no green thing to glad the sight , And the red sun-glare in the slues . But loneliest far , amidst the crowd
Where each is fixed to gain his end , Is he who hears the billows loud , lint heeds not where the tide may tend , And counts a thousand fellow men , Yet cannot claim a single friend .