Sedit B.R.P. & Ecclesiæ P.M. 42. Nonagenarius, cum nec animi nec corporis oculi caligarent: Obiit Anno Domini, 1601. Feb. 13.

Virtuti & Honori Sacrum. Franciscus Walsinghamus, ortus Familia multis seculis illustri, claritatem generis Nobilitate, ingenii præstantibusq; animi dotibus superavit. Puer, ingenuè domi educatus, generosis moribus artibusq; optimis animum excoluit. Adolescens, peregrinatus in exteras Regiones, earum Instituta, Linguas, Politiam, ad civilem scientiam Reiq; publicæ usum didicit. Juvenis, exilium Maria regnante subiit voluntarium, Religionis ergô. Serenissimæ Reginæ Elizabethæ, matura jam ætate, Orator fuit apud Gallum, turbulentissimo tempore, annis compluribus; rursum bis in Galliam, semel in Scotiam, semel in Belgiam, super gravissimis Principis negotiis Legatione functus est: eiq; annis sedecim ab intimis Concilliis & secretis fuit, ac triennium Cancellarius Ducatus Lancastriæ. Quibus in muneribus tanta cum prudentia, abstinentia, munificentia, moderatione, pietate, industria & sollicitudine versatus est; ut à multis periculis Patriam liberarit, servarit Rempublicam, conformarit pacem, juvare cunctos studuerit; imprimis quos doctrina aut bellica virtus commendarit: seipsum denique neglexerit, quo prodesset aliis, eosq; valetudinis & facultatum suarum dispendio sublevaret.

In Matrimonio habuit lectissimam feminam Ursulam, è stirpe S. Barborum, antiquæ Nobilitatis: E qua unicam filiam suscepit, Franciscam, Philippo Sydneio primam nuptam: deinde honoratissimo Comiti Essexiæ.
Obiit Apr. 6. 1590.

Shall Honour, Fame,     
and Titles of Renowne,
In clods of Clay     
be thus inclosed still?
Rather will I,     
though wiser Wits may frown,
For to inlarge his Fame,     
extend my Skill.
Right gentle Reader,     
be it knowne to thee,
A famous Knight     
doth here interred lye,
Noble by Birth,     
Renown'd for Policie,
Confounding Foes,     
which wrought our jeopardy.
In forraign Countries     
their Intents he knew;
Such was his zeale     
to doe his Countrie good,
When dangers would     
by Enemies ensue,
As well as they themselves     
be understood.
Launch forth, ye Muses,     
into Streams of Praise,
Sing and sound forth     
praise-worthy Harmony;
In England, Death     
cut off his dismal Days,
Not wrong'd by Death,     
but by false Treachery.
Grudge not at this     
unperfect Epitaph,
Herein I have     
exprest my simple Skill,
As the first Fruits     
proceeding from a Graffe,
Make then a better     
whosoever will.
    
Disce quid es, quid eris,     
Memor esto quod morieris.
E. W.

England, Netherland, the     
Heavens and the Arts,
The Souldiers, and the     
World, have made sixe parts
Of the Noble Sidney,     
for none will suppose,
That a small heape of     
Stones can Sidney inclose.
His Body hath England,     
for she it bred:
Netherland his Bloud,     
in her defence shed.
The Heavens have his Soule,     
the Arts have his Fame:
All Souldiers the Griefe;     
the World his good Name.

Hic jacet Robertus Benn, de Newport Cranley, in Comitatu Surrey, Generosus. Qui obiit decimo die mensis Februarii, Anno Verbi Incarnati, 1606. Cum ante annos triginta, in vigore scilicet ætatis suæ, mortis non immemor, Sepulturæ sibi locum in hac Ecclesia à Decano & Capitulo impetravit. Hanc novissimam & ultimam suam voluntatem, Elizabetha Benn, dilecta Conjux ejus executa est.
Veniet iterum qui me in lucem reponet dies.

Joannes Wolleius, Eques Auratus, Reginæ Elizabethæ à Secretioribus Conciliis, Secretarius Linguæ Latinæ, Cancellarius Ordinis Periscelidis: Doctrina, Pietate, Fide, Gravitate clarissimus.
Obiit Anno 1595.

Wolleii, clarum nomen,     
Natusque Paterque,
Ambo Equites, Natus     
Franciscus Patre Joanne:
Clarus, ut hæredem     
virtutis, amoris, honoris
Præstaret, Monumenta sibi     
hæc, & utrique Parenti
Constituit, generis, qui     
nominis, unicus hæres:
Tam cito tam claros est     
defecisse dolendum.

Ille Pater, lumen     
literarum Nobile, sydus
Oxoniæ, ex meritis     
Reginæ accitus Elizæ,
Ut qui a Secretis, cum     
scriberet illa Latinè,
Atque a Conciliis, cum     
consultaret in Aula,
At Periscelidis qui     
Cancellarius esset,
Tantum illo ingenio voluit,     
tantum instat in illo.

Non minus omnimoda     
virtute illa inclyta Mater,
Nobilibus Patre & Fatre     
illustrissima Moris;
Clara domo per se;     
sed Elizam ascivit Eliza
Clarior ut fieret     
Wolleio ornata marito,