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chapel, is still in excellent preservation, and
possesses the following inscription:--
"Amice, si quis hic sepultus est roges,
Ille, qui nec meruit, unqua--Nec quod majus est, habuit
Inimicum;
Qui potuit in aula vivere, et mundum spernere
Concionator educatus inter principes,
Et ipse facile princeps inter concionatores,
Evangelista indefessus, Episcopus pientissimus;
Ille qui una cum sacratissimo Rege,
Cujus & juvenilium studiorum, et animae Deo charae
Curam a beatissimo Patre demandatam gessit,
Nobile ac Religiosum exilium est passus;
Ille qui Hookeri ingentis Politiam Ecclesiasticam,
Ille qui Caroli Martyris [Greek: EIKO'NA BASILIKE'N],
(Volumen quo post Apocalypsin divinius nullum)
Legavit Orbi sic Latine redditas,
Ut uterque unius Fidei Defensor,
Patriam adhuc retineat majestatem.
Si nomen ejus necdum tibi suboleat, Lector,
Nomen ejus ut unguenta pretiosa:
JOHANNES EARLE Eboracensis,
Serenissimo Carolo 2^{do} Regij Oratorij Clericus,
{aliquando Westmonasteriensi, Decanus,
Ecclesiae {deinde Wigorniensis}
{tandem Sarisburiensis} Angelus.
{et nunc triumphantis}
Obiit Oxonij Novemb. 17^o. Anno {D[=o]ni: 1665^{to}.
{AEtatis suae 65^{to}.
Voluitq. in hoc, ubi olim floruerat, Collegio,
Ex AEde Christi hue in Socium ascitus,
Ver magnum, ut reflorescat, expectare."
FOOTNOTES:
[AX] The following brief memoir pretends to be nothing more than an
enumeration of such particulars relative to the excellent prelate, whose
_Characters_ are here offered to the public, as could be gathered from the
historical and biographical productions of the period in which he
flourished. It is hoped that no material occurrence has been overlooked,
or circumstance mis-stated; but should any errors appear to have escaped
his observation, the editor will feel obliged by the friendly intimation
of such persons as may be possessed of more copious information than he
has been able to obtain, in order that they may be acknowledged and
corrected in another place.
[AY] He took the degree of Bachelor of Arts whilst a member of this
society, July 8, 1619, and appears to have
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