. The ancient sepulchral effigies and monumental and memorial sculpture of Devon . )tions :— w^nnrta fMarta ora p nobis. €Gt ^tffami5 primus laptUatus grada plnuis And on a shield on the waist of the bell aiethe initials, W. (1. in chief, and the device ofMohun, a mauuch witli the Jieur-de-lys, in thebase. W. G. refers to William Gilbert, Abbotof , —(Ellaconil)e). It may Im^ added that on the west side ofthe church-yard at Bruton, close adjoining theruins of the A])bey, there is a high toml) withquatre-foii |)ancls enclosing shields on its arc nn bearings on the shield
. The ancient sepulchral effigies and monumental and memorial sculpture of Devon . )tions :— w^nnrta fMarta ora p nobis. €Gt ^tffami5 primus laptUatus grada plnuis And on a shield on the waist of the bell aiethe initials, W. (1. in chief, and the device ofMohun, a mauuch witli the Jieur-de-lys, in thebase. W. G. refers to William Gilbert, Abbotof , —(Ellaconil)e). It may Im^ added that on the west side ofthe church-yard at Bruton, close adjoining theruins of the A])bey, there is a high toml) withquatre-foii |)ancls enclosing shields on its arc nn bearings on the shields visible,and a jilain slab ciaci-s it nn llic tup; itsarchitecture dates it u< have been early in (hefourteeiitli century, and it was dunbtlcss (iricc,witliin llie walls of some bniMing. and may jXM-hapscovered the dnst of a have originally PARISH CHURCHES OF NORTH DEVON. 115 So Hits this worlds iinct rtiiin span!Nor zeal tor God, nor love man,Gives mortal monuments a dateBeyond the power of Time and towers must sliare the builders doom;Kuin is theirs, and his a tomb:Rut ])etter fate benignant HeavenTo Faith and Charity are given,And bids the Christian hope sublimeTranscend the bounds of Fate and -SiH W. Scott.
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