Great Britain, Ireland, &c.

In ENGLISH VERSE.

To which is added,

A compleat INDEX of each Perfon's Name, the
Church, Town, Kingdom or County where
they were interr'd.

VOL. I.

Hom wide, alas! does Death's Dominion fly,
When ev'n our Names themfelves and Stones must dye!

AUSONIUS.

The like never before publifh'd.

Faithfully Collected by JAMES JONES, Gent.

WESTMINSTER:

Printed for J. CLUER, A. CAMPBELL, and B. CREAKE. 1727-

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PREFACE.

Prefume 'tis a Piece of prepoft'rous Work in recommending a Thing

of this Nature to the Publick, that venerable Solemnity which ufually attends the honoura

ble Reliques of the Dead, challenges a peculiar Refpect from the most Obdurate : Mankind no where fhine forth more illuftriously than in their Performances on the Grand Fate of themselves; there the most exalted Genius difplays its utmost Abilities, to eternize the Memory of those worthy Predeceffors, whom they are immediately to follow: The fcatter'd Inscriptions on a thousand Tombs, are here engrav'd on one Monument; and mighty Warriours, diffonant in theirLives, are here united in one Volume: In this are the Dead

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Dead made fubfervient to the Living, and thofe that have render'd them fo, thould be recompens'd by fuch as they ferve, seeing the Dead can no more retaliate their Labours, than thofe now living fhall a hundred Years hence. The Marble Pyramids and lofty Monuments may for fome Time fignify who lies there, but the wintry Edge of Time foon blafts these faithlef's Witneffes, and bows the Workmanfhip to perish with the Workman; 'tis this Monument alone that furvives the Dint of Time, the Horrors of the Grave, and the Glooms of Hell, that refembles the ftately Column of HORACE,

are perennius

Regalique fitu Pyramidum altius. &c.

The Monuments of the Dead are a Cole lection of all the fublimeft Faculties the Living could excogitate, to perpetuate the Memory of their illuftrious Ancestours; one may there read the various Compofitions of many Nations, their different Turns of Fancy, all the promiscous Humours and Inclinations peculiar to the feveral Branches of Mankind, the Grave

and

and Serious, the Merry and Jocofe: Death is that dreadful Theme which has affrighted the trembling World fince the Beginning 'till now, has Belshazzar-like terrify'd the mighty Monarch on his Throne of State, and embitter'd the delicious Repaft of purpl'd Tyrants, with a MENE TEKEL, neither has it wanted Monuments from the first to intimate its Cruelty, and publish its Deteftation to Mankind: MILTON, whom nothing but the fublimest Grandeur could please, excellently defcribes that horrid Monster at the Approach of SATAN, on his Paffage to this World,

If Shape it might be call'd, that Shape had none
Diftinguishable in Member, Joint, or Limb,
Or Substance might be call'd that Shadow feem'd,
For each feem'd either, black it food as Night,
Fierce as ten Furies, terrible as Hell,

And a little after, Sin, on her bringing him forth, nobly reprefents the fatal Birth of that frightful Dæmon at his firft Appea

rance,

I fled, and cry'd out DEATH,

Hell trembl'd at the hideons Name, and figh'd From all her Caves, and back refounded DEATH.

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