the name "William" has been substituted for that of "Henry" in the inscription.
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REV · VIR
GUG · MARTINO
SACER · AC · MISS · ANGLO ·
QUEM · IN · PATR · REDI.
DOMINUS
HIC · BERISÆ · AD · SB · VOC ·
PIUM · D · FIDEL · Q · SER ·
A · D · M·DCCCXII·
·
HUNC · LAP · CONSAC ·
C · I · R ·
A · D · M·DCCCXIII·
Whilst we mused over this spot, which must ever be hallowed in the heart of every true member of the Church, Mrs. Badger sought out and planted a row of wild flowers round the tomb. Long may their shadow and perfume deck the grave of this departed follower of Christ!
On leaving the place, I put into the hand of the priest a small present for his trouble, whereupon taking off his turban, and standing at the head of the grave, he offered up a devout prayer for the rest of the soul departed, that with patience and resignation he might wait for and attain perfect consummation and bliss in body and soul in eternal and everlasting glory, at the great day of final retribution.
Tocât, which the Armenians call Evtogia, probably derives its name from the Empress Eudocia, and is situated on the Iris, about six miles from Comana Pontica, with which Ainsworth confounds it. Of this latter city which, like the Comana of Cappadocia, was once so renowned for its heathen hierarchy and its impure Pagan rites, scarcely any thing remains but a good stone bridge, to which the Turks have added an arch composed of fragments of pillars, and other relics of ancient art. It is not improbable, that when the site of the city was changed, the
