THE MEMORY OF

JOHN SHEFFIELD,

DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM,

THESE

HIS MORE LASTING REMAINS,

(THE MONUMENT OF HIS MIND,

AND MORE PERFECT IMAGE OF

HIMSELF)

ARE HERE COLLECTED BY THE DIRECTION OF

CATHARINE HIS DUCHESSE :

DESIROUS THAT HIS ASHES MAY BE HONOURED,

AND HIS FAME AND MERIT COMMITTED

TO THE TEST OF

TIME, TRUTH, AND POSTERITY.

COMITE

FORTITY

Incertus morior,non Perturbatus;
Humanum eft Nefcire et Errare
Deo confido omnipotenti Benevolentifsimo.
Ens Entium miferere mei.

rape pro nepubica lemper

CATHARINA BUCKINGHAMIA Ducifs a mærens extrui curavit. A. MDCCXXII.

THE MEMORY OF

JOHN SHEFFIELD,

DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM,

THESE

HIS MORE LASTING REMAINS,

(THE MONUMENT OF HIS MIND,

AND MORE PERFECT IMAGE OF

HIMSELF)

ARE HERE COLLECTED BY THE DIRECTION OF

CATHARINE HIS DUCHESSE :

DESIROUS THAT HIS ASHES MAY BE HONOURED,

AND HIS FAME AND MERIT COMMITTED

TO THE TEST OF

TIME, TRUTH, AND POSTERITY.

TESTIMONIES

OF

AUTHORS,

Concerning his GRACE, and his WRITINGS.

Earl of ROSCOMMON, Effay on Tranflated Verfe.

HAR

APPY that Author! whose correct * Essay
Repairs fo well our old HORATIAN Way.

DRYDEN, Abfalom and Achitophel. Sharp-judging ADRIEL, the Mufes Friend, Himself a Mufe-In Sanhedrin's Debate, True to his Prince, but not a Slave of State.

DRYDEN, Verfes to Lord RoscoMMON. How will sweet OVID's Ghoft be pleas'd to hear His Fame augmented by an English Peer?

Elay on Poetry.

A 4

Now