Bath: Bath Abbey (Somerset)

Memorial erected ca. 1790 to Richard (Beau) Nash, 18 October 1674 - 3 February 1761, formerly Master of Ceremonies at Bath.

 

Adeste O cives, adeste Lugentes

Hic silent Leges

Ricardi Nash, Armig.

Nihil amplius imperantis;

Qui diu et utilissime

Assumptus Bathoniae

Elegantiae Arbiter

Eheu!

Morti ultimo desigantori

Haud indecore succubit

Ann. Dom. 1761, Aetat. suae 87.

 

Beatus ille qui sibi imperiosus!

 

If social Virtues make rememb'rance dear,

Or Manners pure, on decent rule depend;

To His remains consign one gratefull Tear,

Of Youth the Guardian, and of All the Friend.

 

Now sleeps Dominion, Here no Bounty flows;

Nor more avails, the Festive Scene to grace;

Beneath that Hand which no discernment shows,

Untaught to honour, or distinguish place.

 

HH [Dr Harington]

 

Below is a representation of the arm of Death, striking a dart at a falling crown and sceptre, with the motto: Equa pulsat manu.

 

"Blessed is he who is in command of himself!"

 

Latin transcription from: Cornhill Magazine, N.S., vol. XII, p. 550, reprinted in Stephen Gaselee, "The Bibliography of Petronius," Transactions of the Bibliographical Society, pp. 141-233, here p. 191.

Done