And the constant exercise of a good style,
And a peculiar nicety

In solving the intricacies of metre :
In his works, written in Latin or in English,
The flow of his sentences was lucid;

And a choice of words, elegant without enervation,
Recommended his language

To a high character for genius and learning.
His mind was quick in perception,

His voice full and musical,

His eye piercing in the extreme,

But softly tempered by the sprightliness of his whole countenance And the pleasantest graces of latent wit.

When imparting to his pupils the higher polish of education, He exhibited a talent for instruction the most precise and

exquisite,

And in forming their minds to every call of duty, Protected the character of the Master with the greatest truth and

dignity.

To the matter of these praises was added

A singular gentleness of manners and disposition
Which conciliated the kindness of all the good,

Stili. Que. Frequentissima. Exercitatione. Limatum
Et. In. Nodis. Rei. Metricæ. Solvendis
Eximia. Quædam . Sollertia

In. Libris. Quos. Latine. Aut. Anglice. Conscripsit
Lucidus. Erat. Sententiarum. Ordo
Et. Sine. Fuco. Nitor. Verborum
Sermonem. Ejus. Ad. Magnam

Et. Ingenii. Et. Doctrinæ. Opinionem. Commendabant
Motus. Animi. Ad. Excogitandum. Celeres
Vox. Plena. Et. Canora

Acies. Oculorum. Accerrima. Illa. Quidem
Sed. Hilaritate. Totius. Vultus. Suaviter. Temperata
Et. Argutiæ. Jucundissimo. Lepore. Conditæ

Quum. Juvenes. Ad. Politiorem. Humanitatem. Informaret Accuratius. Quoddam. Et. Exquisitius. Docendi. Genus. Adhibebat Et. In. Mentibus. Eorum. Ad. Omne. Officii. Munus. Instruendis Personam. Magistri. Summa. Fide. Et. Dignitate. Tuebatur Hasce. Ad. Laudes. Accesserunt

Singularis. Vitæ. Atque. Naturæ. Comitas

And in a wonderful manner allured
The scholar to love and reverence his preceptor.
In advancing an Institution

Which afforded comfort and a refuge
To poor and aged schoolmasters,
His zeal was sedulous and ardent.

His diligence was worthy a man thoroughly learned,
In collecting a library,
Which was so rich
In manuscriptal writings
And published works,

That after the mournful death of the Possessor,

It was bought at the public cost,

And placed in the 'British Museum,

By order of the English Parliament.

But what shone most brightly in Burney, was
An intense affection for the Church of England,
A hope of salvation piously founded in Christ,
And a habit chaste and sincere,
Of venerating God.

Quæ. Optimi. Cujusque. Benevolentiam. Conciliabat
Et. Discipulos. Ad Amorem. Et. Reverentiam. Preceptoris. Sui
Mirifice. Alliciabat

Assiduum. Et. Vehemens. Studium. In . Promendis. Consiliis
Quæ. Ludimagistris. Indigentibus, Aut. Senio. Confectis
Solatium. Ac. Perfugium. Præbere. Possent
Et. Digna. Homine. Perfecte. Erudito. Diligentia
In. Comparanda. Bibliotheca
Quæ. Libris. Aliis. Manu. Scriptis

Aliis. E. Prelo. Emissis

Ita. Ornata. Fuit

Ut. Post. Mortem. Possessoris. Luctuosam
Emeretur. Sumtu. Publico

Et. Jussu. Anglici. Parlamenti

In. Britannico. Museo. Collocaretur
Maxime. Autem. In Burneio. Elucebant
Voluntas. In. Anglicam. Ecclesiam. Propensissima
Spes. Æternæ. Salutis. Pie. In. Christo. Posita
Et. Consuetudo. Pure. Atque. Caste
Venerandi Deum.

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RICHARD BUSBY, D.D.

DOCTOR BUSBY's monument stands against the screen of the choir, in the south aisle of Westminster Abbey: it is the work of Bird, an able artist, who executed the sculpture work of St. Paul's Cathedral, but who has been chiefly commended for this performance, which ranks as his master-piece, and is additionally entitled to attention for the elegance of the epitaph inscribed upon it. The doctor is represented in the full size of life, reclining among his books, and appears still devoted to study, though nearly worn out by its intensity in his right hand is a pen, in his left a manuscript. The design is simple and natural, the finishing decidedly neat, and the effect consequently good. The inscription is long, and in Latin, but expressed in a purer idiom than is now to be observed in the generality of such compositions. This is the substance of it:

The image of all that was deeper seated in his mind
You farther seek,

Regard in both Universities, and at the Bar,

* En infra positam
Qualis hominum oculis observabatur

BUSBEII imaginem!

Si eam

Quæ in animis altiùs insedit

Ultra desideras ;

Academiæ utriusque et Fori lumina,

In the Court, the Senate, and the Church,
Our lights, and leading men :

And, when you have contemplated

That crop of intellect, so various and exuberant, Then, how great was he that sowed it, determine. The man he certainly was Who most acutely discovered, Most ably exercised,

And happily improved,

That talent imbued in individuals by nature.
He it was

Who so moulded and nourished
The spirit of our youth by instruction,
That they acted in wisdom, and spake with elegance;
And developed manhood
While only reared as boys.

In all who advanced into public life
Impressed by his discipline,

The Crown and Church of England
Have acquired so many bulwarks-
All faithful, and many strenuous.

Aulæ, Senatus, atque Ecclesiæ
Principes viros contemplare:

Cumque satam ab illo ingeniorum messem
Tam variam tamque uberem lustraveris,
Quantus is esset, qui severit, cogita.
Is certe erat

Qui insitam cuique à naturâ indolem,
Et acutè perspexit,

Et exercuit commode,

Et feliciter promovit.
Is erat

Qui adolescentium animos

Ita docendo finxit alûitque
Ut tam sapere discerent quam fari,
Dumque pueri instituebantur

Sensim succrescerent viri.

Quotquot illius disciplinâ penitus imbuti
In publicum prodiere
Tot adepta est Monarchia,
Tot Ecclesia Anglicana

Propugnatores

Fidos omnes, plerosque strenuos.

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In short,

Whatever be the fame of

WESTMINSTER SCHOOL,

And whatever advantages have resulted to society from it,
TO BUSBY are they all to be ascribed,
Both now and hereafter ever.

A subject so valuable to his country

Flourished, under the pleasure of Heaven, for many years, and with many blessings. By turns,

In every promotion of piety,

He and his means were cheerfully exercised,
To relieve the poor,

Cherish the literary,
Repair our Churches-

These were the enjoyments of his wealth;

And to these

All that he had not consecrated during life,
He bequeathed in death.

Richard Busby, of Lincolnshire.
S. T. P.

Quæcumque demum sit fama

SCHOLE WESTMONASTERIENSIS,
Quidquid inde ad homines fructus redundârit,
BUSBEIO maxime debetur,

Atque in omne porro Ævum debebitur.
Tam utilem patriæ civem

Multis annis opibusque florere voluit Deus;
Vicissim ille

Pietati promovendæ

Se et sua alacris devovit :

Pauperibus subvenire,

Literatos fovere,
Templa instaurare-
Id illi erat divitiis frui;

Et hos in usus

Quidquid non erogârat vivus
Legavit moriens.

Richardus Busby, Lincolniensis,

S. T. P.