Pancras churchyard,
Middlesex. It is a flat stone, which some years since lay even with the
ground, but was, about 1815, raised on a few tier of bricks, (to prevent
obliteration by footsteps,) by order of the church-wardens, as I was
informed by the grave-digger, and which, no doubt, was done on account of
the singularity of the lines. The situation of the tomb is not far from the
east corner of the church, a little beyond a lofty tomb with a monument.
The inscription, from time, has been much defaced, and the verse is not
easily made out by a stranger; but I have recollected it since about the
year 1778, when it was very perfect. I saw the same 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 lieth one, (believe it if you can,)
Who, though an attorney, was an honest man.
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