South London . inted in 1832 by thefirst Duke of Sutherland. Lancelot Andrewes, Bishop olWinchester, is buried in the Lady Chapel, where his monu-ment can be seen in black and white marble ; Dyer the poet,who died 1607; Edmund Shakespeare, player, poet andwriter, buried somewhere in the Church, 1607 ; LaurenceFletcher, one of the shareholders in the Globe, also buried inthe Church, 1608 ; Philip Henslow, the manager, buried in thechancel, 1616 ; John Fletcher, buried in the Church, 1625 ;Philip Massinger, a stranger, belonging to some otherparish, buried in the Church, 1639. There are thr
South London . inted in 1832 by thefirst Duke of Sutherland. Lancelot Andrewes, Bishop olWinchester, is buried in the Lady Chapel, where his monu-ment can be seen in black and white marble ; Dyer the poet,who died 1607; Edmund Shakespeare, player, poet andwriter, buried somewhere in the Church, 1607 ; LaurenceFletcher, one of the shareholders in the Globe, also buried inthe Church, 1608 ; Philip Henslow, the manager, buried in thechancel, 1616 ; John Fletcher, buried in the Church, 1625 ;Philip Massinger, a stranger, belonging to some otherparish, buried in the Church, 1639. There are three stonesin the chancel, inscribed with the names of John Fletcher,Edmund Shakespeare, and Philip Massinger, but merely torecord that they are buried somewhere in the Church. ST. MARY OVERIES 19; Other monuments and tombs there are: one a figure,commonly found in mediaeval churches, of a body wasted bydeath : a wooden effigy of a knight: a monument to a quackof Charles the Seconds time, and monuments to certain. GATEWAY OF ST. IMARYS PRIORY, SOITHWARK, iSlI(From a DraMiug hy Whichelo) persons now forgotten ; on one some lines in imitation of Hcrrick : Like to the damask rose you see Or like the blossom on the tree, Or like the dainty flower of May, Or like the morning of the day, Or like the sun, or like the shade, Or like the gourd which Jonas had,Iwen so is Man ; Mans thread is s[)un,Drawn out, and cut, and so is dono. 198 SOUTH LONDON The rose withers, the blossom blasteth,The flower fades, the morning hasteth,The sun sets, the shadow flies,The gourd consumes, and Man he dies. The Ladye Chapel, one of the kw beautiful thingssurviving of mediaeval London, was very nearly destroyed bythe ignorant Vandalism of about the year 1835. It was neces-sary in rebuilding London Bridge a few feet west of the oldBridge to prepare new approaches on the south as well as onthe north. What follows is told by Knight : The Committee agreed to grant a space of sixty feet forthe better display of
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