The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift/Volume 8/Epitaph on the Duke of Schomberg

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The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, Volume 8
(1731)
by Jonathan Swift, edited by Thomas Sheridan, John Nichols, John Boyle, Patrick Delany, John Hawkesworth, Deane Swift, William Bowyer, John Birch, and George Faulkner

Epitaph on the Duke of Schomberg

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— Epitaph on the Duke of Schomberg1731Jonathan Swift

EPITAPH

on

FREDERICK DUKE OF SCHOMBERG^[1].

Hic infra situm est corpus
FREDERICI DUCIS DE SCHOMBERG.
ad BUDINDAM occisi, A. D. 1690.
DECANUS et CAPITULUM maximopere etiam
atque etiam petierunt,
Ut hæredes ducis monumentum
In memoriam parentis erigendum curarent:
Sed postquam per epistolas, per amicos,
diu ac sæpè orando nil profecêre;
Hunc demum lapidem ipsi statuerunt,
^[2]Saltem ut scias, hospes,
Ubinam terrarum SCONBERGENSIS cineres delitescunt.
"Plus potuit fama virtutis apud alienos,
Quam sanguinis proximitas apud suos."
A. D. 1731.

↑ The duke was unhappily killed, in crossing the river Boyne, July 1, 1690; and was buried in St. Patrick's cathedral; where the dean and chapter erected a small monument to his honour, at their own expense.
↑ The words that Dr. Swift first concluded the epitaph with were, "Saltem ut sciat viator indignabundus, quali in cellulâ tanti ductoris cineres delitescunt."

[1] The duke was unhappily killed, in crossing the river Boyne, July 1, 1690; and was buried in St. Patrick's cathedral; where the dean and chapter erected a small monument to his honour, at their own expense.

[2] The words that Dr. Swift first concluded the epitaph with were, "Saltem ut sciat viator indignabundus, quali in cellulâ tanti ductoris cineres delitescunt."

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The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift/Volume 8/Epitaph on the Duke of Schomberg

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