Inscription
Sacred to the Memory of Sir BROOKE BOOTHBY Bart., and Dame PHOEBE, his Wife, Daughter and Heir of WILLIAM HOLLINS, Esq., of Mossley, in the County of Stafford. He was born Nov. 2d 1710 and died April 9th 1789. She was born Octr. 4th 1716, and died May 5th 1788. They were married in 1742, and left issue two Sons, and one Daughter: Brooke, born June 3d 1744; William, born May 4th, 1746. Maria Elizabeth, born February 16th, 1758.
Here blamless pair with mild affections blest,
Belov'd , respected, much lamented, rest:
Life's shelter'd vale secure in peace ye trod,
Your practice virtue, your reliance God.
Long day, long love, indulgent Heaven bestow'd
And sweet cont to gild your calm abode;
Friends who through life their faith unalter'd kept,
Children who loved, who honour'd and who wept.
Hedroes and Kings, life's little pageant o'er,
Might wish their trophied Marbles told no more.
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