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Memorie Sacrum Dominae ELIZABETTAE BASSETT, uxori ROBERTI BASSETT Militis clarissima stirpe eriundi filiae et cohaeredi GULIELMI PERYAM militis, Schaccarii Regii Baronis primarii, judicis integerrimi et religiossimi piae, prudenti, justae, patienti, modestae, castae, temperanti constanti hospitali, misericordi, beneficae, pauperum matri et medicae suae familiae conferuatrici, ATHVRVS BASSETT armiger filius eius primogenit debitae gratitudinis et obseruantiae ergo H.M.M.M.P. Anno Domini 1635 aetatis suae 64 ad Dominum remeaunt.

SHOULD MONUMENTS GOE BY MERIT, THEN SURELY THINE,
WITH PRETIOUS STONE AND ORIENT PEARLE SHOULD SHINE,
BUT SINCE THY WORLD OF WORTH YE WORLD DOTH KNOW
THIS MARBLE STONE MAY SERVE THY NAME TO SHOW.

Many are the afflictions of the righteous but the Lord delivereth him out of them all Psa1.34.19 Conjecta in fornacem prodiit aurum.