Epitaph. On James Craggs, Esq. in Westminster Abbey.
JACOBUS CRAGGS REGI MAGNAE BRITANNIA A SECRETIS ET CONSILIISSANCTIORIBUS, PRINCIPIS PARITER AC POPULI AMOR ET DELICIAE: VIXITTITULIS ET INVIDIA MAJOR ANNOS, HEU PAUCOS, XXXV. OB. FEB. XVI. MDCCXX.
Statesman, yet friend to Truth! of soul sincere,In action faithful, and in honour clear!Who broke no promise, served no private end,Who gain'd no title, and who lost no friend;Ennobled by himself, by all approved,Praised, wept, and honour'd by the Muse he loved.
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