The history and antiquities of the parish of Lambeth, and the archiepiscopal palace .. . ere thou pass beneath this stone, Lye John Tradescant, grandsire, father, son ; The last dyd in his spring ; the other two Livd till they had travelld Art and Nature through, As by their choice collections may appear, Of what is rare, inland, in sea in air; Whilst they (as Homers Iliad in a nut) A world of wonders in one closet shut; These famous Antiquarians that had been Both Gardiners to the Rose and Lily Queen, Transplanted now themselves, sleep here; and when Angels shall with their trumpets waken men
The history and antiquities of the parish of Lambeth, and the archiepiscopal palace .. . ere thou pass beneath this stone, Lye John Tradescant, grandsire, father, son ; The last dyd in his spring ; the other two Livd till they had travelld Art and Nature through, As by their choice collections may appear, Of what is rare, inland, in sea in air; Whilst they (as Homers Iliad in a nut) A world of wonders in one closet shut; These famous Antiquarians that had been Both Gardiners to the Rose and Lily Queen, Transplanted now themselves, sleep here; and when Angels shall with their trumpets waken men, And fire shall purge the world, these hence shall rise, And change this Garden for a Paradise. Formerly the three following lines were on the monument,but when it was repaired in 1773 by public subscription, theywere left out. This monument was erected at the charge of Hester Tradescant, the relict of John Tradescant, late deceased, who was buried the 25th of April 16G2. This learned and truly valuable man, to whom posterityis mainly indebted for the introduction of Botany in this. The MOXlMEXT of tlir TRADE SVAS T H, m thr _. , _ S.,,W:f.},.-.,, .r,^ry ft*., Ji-f,„. ,,. / I 1;m,ij .../„ ..-//j/j /yA:.^M. .TAr/;,.V„r /J,.,/./;,,.*- .1!X,s;„.r ,*r «jjv <?*r* tJt :.,? IN THE CHURCH-YARD. 143 kingdom, was, according to Anthony Wood, a Fleming, or aDutchman. We are informed by Parkinson, that he hadtravelled into most parts of Europe, and into Barbary, andthere remains a tradition, that in 1620 John Tradescant enteredhimself on board a privateer going against the Algerines, thathe might have an opportunity of bringing apricot trees fromthat country. In his travels he is supposed to have collected not onlyplants and seeds, but most of those curiosities of every sort,which, after his death, were given by his son to the famousElias Ashmole, and deposited in his museum at Oxford. On what occasion and at what period he came into England,is not precisely ascertained
Size: 1436px × 1740px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., boo, bookauthorallenthomas18031833, bookcentury1800, bookyear1827
