FRIENDS. On a friend (by Lord Byron, 1803) :— The spot, where now thy mouldering ashes lie, Though none like thee his dying hour will cheer, On a friend (by Robert Burns):— "An honest man here lies at rest The friend of man, the friend of truth: Inscription on a cenotaph in a garden, erected to a deceased friend (by Hannah More):— "Ye lib'ral shades who rev'rence Friendship's name, Who boast her blessings, and who feel her flame; Oh! if from early youth one friend you've lov'd, Whom warm affection chose, and taste approv'd; If you have known what anguish rends the heart, When such, so known, so lov'd, for ever part; Approach! For you the Mourner rears this stone, To soothe your sorrows, and record his own." LAWYERS. Inscription on the tomb of a lawyer, in St. Pancras churchyard, Middlesex. There is a flat stone, which some years since lay even with the ground, but was, about 1815, raised on a few tiers of bricks (to prevent obliteration by footsteps), by order of the churchwardens the situation of the tomb is not far from the east corner of the church, a little beyond a lofty tomb with a monument. I saw it in 1817, and took a copy as under : "This stone is inscribed to the Memory of Mr. THOMAS ABBOTT, of Swaffham, in the county of Norfolk, attorney-at-law, who died lamented by his friends, (enemies he had none) after a painful and tedious illness, which he bore with patience, resignation, and fortitude becoming a man. Departed this life August the 16th, Anno Domini 1762, aged 48. Here licth one believe it if you can, Who, though an attorney was an honest man, On JOHN SHAW: : "Here lies JOHN SHAW Attorney-at-law, And when he died The Devil cried Give us your paw John Shaw, Attorney-at-Law."-Moore's Memoirs. On a tablet placed outside of Wirksworth church :"Near this place lies the body of PHILIP SHALL CROSS, Once an eminent quill-driver to the attorneys in this town, he died the 17th November, 1787, aged 67. Viewing Philip in a moral light, the most prominent and remarkable features in his Character were his real and invincible attachment to dogs and cats, and his unbounded benevolence towards them, as well as towards his fellow creatures. TO THE CRITIC. Seek not to shun the devious path PHIL trode, In modest sculpture let this tombstone tell, That much esteemed he lived, and much regretted fell." In Castleton church, Derbyshire. On MICAH HALL, gent, attorney-at law, who left an inscription to be put on his monument, remarkable for its rude, unfeeling, and independent nature. It exists in Latin, and is thus translated: "What I was you know not What I am you know not Whither I am gone you know not— Go about your business."-Gem of the Peak. In Elmsett church, Suffolk : "Here lyeth the Body of EDWARD SHERLAND, of Grayes Inn, Esquire, descended from the ancient family of the Sherlands, in the Isle of Sheppy, in Kent, who lived his whole life a single man, and dyed in this parish the 13th of May, 1609. "Tombs have no vse, unlesse it be to showe The due respecte which friend to friend doth owe. "Tis not a Mausolean Monument Or hireling epitaph that can prevent The flux of fame: A painted sepulchre A fair Gate built to oblivion. But he whose life, whose ever(ie) action, Like well-wrought stones and pyramides erect A monument to honour and respect, As this man did, he needs no other herse, Yet hath but due, having both tombe and verse!' On an attorney at law : "A tender husband, and a friend sincere, Consign'd to earth, implores the silent tear; Learn'd in the laws, he never warp'd their sense, But firm to truth, by no mean interest mov'd, To all dispens'd that justice which he lov'd; At St. Bartholomew, London : :- "Here lies WILLIAM SHAW, If he is not blest, What will become of all the rest? PHYSICIANS. On Sir THOMAS BROWNE, M.D., author of "Religio Medici," in the church of St. Peter Mancroft, Norwich: "M. S. Hic situs est THOMAS BROWNE, M.D. Et Miles. Anno 1605, Londini natus; Apud Oxonienses bonis literis In urbe hac Nordovicensi medicinam |