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<BYLINE>By HENRY KEEPE, formerly of New-Inn-Hall in the Univer&s;ity of Oxford, Gentleman-Commoner, and now of the Inner-Temple London, E&s;q;.</BYLINE>
<P>_HAving in the Year 1681. publi&s;hed a &s;mall Treati&s;e, by way of <HI>E&s;&s;ay to a more compleat Hi&s;tory of</HI> We&s;tmin&s;ter-Abby, (wherein little el&s;e was contained, than a bare De&s;cription of the Monuments them&s;elves, with the Arms, Epitaphs, and In&s;criptions) and finding the Impre&s;&s;ion to an&s;wer my expectation, by the <HI>Stationers</HI> &s;peedy di&s;po&s;al of it: I have been earne&s;tly pre&s;&s;ed and intreated by &s;ome Per&s;ons of Worth and Learning to fini&s;h my larger Volume, <HI>Of the Ori|ginal of this Mona&s;try,</HI> &amp;c. which for &s;ome years I have been extracting from <HI>Old Leiger-Books, Records, Deeds, Evidences, Manu&s;cripts,</HI> and other <HI>Authentique Te&s;timonies</HI> of our be&s;t <HI>Hi&s;torians</HI> and <HI>Antiquaries.</HI> And altho' therein I have taken much pains, and am now endeavouring (in an&s;wer to my Friends intreaties) to compile and methodi&s;e the &s;ame: yet I do e&s;teem a Work of this Nature (e&s;pecially in this <HI>curious Age</HI>) Lame and Imperfect, unle&s;s tho&s;e <HI>Noble Monuments</HI> and <HI>Sumptuous Tombs</HI> (with which this Church is richly adorn'd beyond all other Churches on this &s;ide the <HI>Alps</HI>) be brought to the eye, and the Views repre&s;ented in mo&s;t <HI>lively Sculptures.</HI> The Charge whereof becoming un&s;uitable (by bearing no proportion) to a private Un|dertaking, hath given me the occa&s;ion of thinking it convenient to inform all <HI>Noblemen</HI> and others of this my De&s;ign; and to reque&s;t all tho&s;e who&s;e <HI>Ance&s;tors</HI> or <HI>Relations</HI> have had the Honour to be Interr'd in this &s;o Famous ABBY, and who&s;e magnificent <HI>Tombs</HI> and <HI>Monuments</HI> are &s;till remaining, That they would be pleas'd &s;o far to pre&s;erve the Remembrance of them from the Ruines of <HI>Time, Sacriledge, Fire,</HI> or what other Accident may happen to deface them, as <HI>to be at the Expence of having the &s;aid Monuments and Tombs of their Ance&s;tors Shadowed by the Originals, and finely Engraven on Copper-Plates:</HI> By which Act they will not only perpetuate the Memory of their Relations, but likewi&s;e Eternize Them&s;elves, by leaving to Po&s;terity &s;o grateful a Memorial of them. And the AUTHOR of this <HI>Hi&s;tory</HI> &s;hall e&s;teem him&s;elf extremely obliged to every &s;uch Per&s;on of Quality, who are willing to advance &s;o laudable an Undertaking; Engaging moreover, to pre&s;ent &s;uch Noble <HI>Per|&s;onages</HI> with one of the &s;aid <HI>Books,</HI> as &s;oon as fini&s;hed, without any other Co&s;t or Charges; as like|wi&s;e, to place his <HI>Coat of Arms,</HI> or <HI>Atchievement of Honour,</HI> on every &s;uch Plate, with &s;ome further Memorial, by way of acknowledgment.</P>
<P>And whereas many Per&s;ons of Honour (Lovers of Antiquity) who have no Ance&s;tors or Relati|ons buried in this Church, may yet be de&s;irous of pre&s;erving &s;omething worthy of Their Care to fu|ture Ages: The&s;e are therefore to let &s;uch Noble Per&s;onages know, That there be many ancient graceful <HI>Tombs</HI> and <HI>Monuments</HI> (of Per&s;ons of great Eminence) &s;till remaining, who&s;e Families are totally extinct; whereby they may have an ample Occa&s;ion, at this pre&s;ent, to perform &s;uch their de&s;ires; And for their better encouragement, proportionable to what Sum they &s;hall plea&s;e to be|&s;tow, (provided the &s;ame be not under Three Pounds, two thirds whereof to be paid down, and the re&s;t at the delivery of the <HI>Book</HI>) they &s;hall be e&s;teemed as Benefactors in <HI>Part,</HI> or in <HI>Whole,</HI> to &s;ome one <HI>Sculpture,</HI> with their <HI>Coat-Armour</HI> likewi&s;e placed thereon, and to be pre&s;ented with a <HI>Book,</HI> equally with tho&s;e who&s;e Relations lie there Interr d.</P>
<P>Furthermore, for that the Author's intention is not to advantage him&s;elf any otherwi&s;e by tho&s;e <HI>Sculptures</HI> and <HI>Engravings,</HI> than that they may &s;erve to adorn his &s;aid <HI>Book,</HI> and to pre&s;erve the Fi|gures of &s;uch <HI>Monuments</HI> for the future: He is well contented that all Per&s;ons of Quality and Others (who are Willing to be&s;tow any &s;uch <HI>Sculpture</HI> or <HI>Engravings</HI> on his &s;aid <HI>Book</HI>) be plea&s;ed to make u&s;e of what Arti&s;t they &s;hall think fit, to perform the &s;ame, provided that tho&s;e Plates bear propor|tion to the re&s;t, and to the &s;ize of the &s;aid <HI>Book,</HI> and that they are done by <HI>Experienc'd Ma&s;ters</HI>) not|with&s;tanding he hath already been at the Trouble and Expence of having all the <HI>Monuments</HI> Sur|vey'd, and a Computation made (by the able&s;t Ma&s;ters now among us in <HI>Draught</HI> and <HI>Sculpture</HI>) what the Co&s;t and Charges of every particular <HI>Tomb</HI> and <HI>Monument</HI> will amount to; and that ac|cording to the mo&s;t rea&s;onable Rates they can be afforded at, as to the Method and Size propo&s;ed both for Copper, Drawing and Graving. And for the better Information of all Per&s;ons of Quality and Others, that are de&s;irous to know who of their re&s;pective Families lie there Entombed: I &s;hall refer them to my above-mentioned Printed Book, Entituled, MONUMENTA WESTMONASTE|RIENSIA; <HI>Or, A Conci&s;e Hi&s;tory of</HI> We&s;tmin&s;ter-Abby. Sold by <HI>Thomas Dring</HI> at the <HI>Harrow,</HI> and <HI>Chri&s;topher Wilkin&s;on</HI> at the <HI>Black-boy,</HI> Book-&s;ellers, in <HI>Fleet-&s;treet</HI> nigh the <HI>Temple.</HI></P>
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<P>For the Hi&s;torical Part of this Work, it will be divided into Four Books, with an <HI>Appendix</HI> and <HI>double Table.</HI></P>
<P>The <HI>Fir&s;t Book</HI> is to comprehend all matters relating to the BUILDINGS; as, the &s;everal Ere|ctions and Reparations of the Church, Chapter-hou&s;e, Cloi&s;ters, Library, Hall, School, Deans Hou&s;e, and other Offices belonging to the &s;ame; with the &s;everal Benefactions, Donations, Guifts, Endowments, and Priviledges granted thereto, di&s;tributed under the peculiar Heads of the ABBOTS, and other Governours thereof; By which many things (e&s;pecially as to <HI>Time</HI>) will be regularly ob&s;erved, and much Confu&s;ion avoided. And further, That each Chapter of this Book do end with the Death or Removal of the Abbot, or Chief Governour; and that the Chapter fol|lowing &s;till begin with his Succe&s;&s;or: having fir&s;t given &s;ome Hi&s;torical Account concerning the &s;aid Governour, time of his Death, place of Burial, Epitaph, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> Removal, Preferment, or De|po&s;ition.</P>
<P>The <HI>Second Book</HI> is to contain divers Rules, Orders, Injunctions, Ceremonies, Priviledges, Oaths and Obligations to be ob&s;erved and taken by the Governours, and tho&s;e under their Care and Ju|ri&s;diction; with the In&s;tallment of the Abbots, Introduction of the Monks, Bi&s;hop, Deans, Pre|bends, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> And a more &s;ingular Treati&s;e than hath ever yet been publi&s;hed, of the Forms and Ceremonies u&s;ed and practiced at the Solemn Inaugurations or Coronations of our KINGS and QUEENS, from the time of the SAXONS to this day. To which is added, The manner of Their Interments, and Funeral Solemnities, practiced in ancient time, with tho&s;e of the Abbots and his Monks.</P>
<P>The <HI>Third Book</HI> &s;hall &s;pecify all tho&s;e Per&s;ons by Name Alphabetically, whom I have met with to be Interred here; whether KINGS, QUEENS, PRINCES of the Blood, DUKES, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> or other of the le&s;&s;er NOBILITY, with Remarks on their Lives, Funeral-Pomps, <HI>Coenotaphs,</HI> Families, Matches, I&s;&s;ue, Genealogies, Paternal Coats of Arms, Places of Tru&s;t, Writings, or whatever el&s;e hath been found Remarkable concerning Them; wherein much variety of Delightful and Hi&s;to|rical Antiquity will appear.</P>
<P>The <HI>Fourth</HI> and <HI>La&s;t Book</HI> will be wholly taken up with the CHAPPELS; To whom, and up|on what occa&s;ion, Dedicated; with all the Epitaphs, Elegies, In&s;criptions, Tables, Coats of Arms, Banners, Bannerels, Pennons, Guideons, Helms, Cre&s;ts, Supporters, Badges, Intaglio's, Cyphers, Motto's, or whatever el&s;e of that kind are remaining about the <HI>Tombs</HI> or <HI>Grave-&s;tones.</HI> Together with, The lively Repre&s;entation of all the <HI>Monuments</HI> them&s;elves, curiou&s;ly De&s;ign'd, and exactly Engraven in large Folio-Plates; with &s;everal Pro&s;pects and Views of the Church, Chappels, Pain|ted-Windows, Chapter-hou&s;e, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> amounting to well nigh <HI>One hundred and Thirty;</HI> whereby this Work will be mo&s;t Nobly Illu&s;trated, far beyond any thing that hath ever yet been extant of this Nature; Which, by the Divine A&s;&s;i&s;tance, &s;hall be brought to Perfection in as &s;hort a time as it is po&s;&s;ible for the Diligence of the Painter and the Care of the Graver to perform the &s;ame with Ex|actne&s;s; And that the Supply expected by tho&s;e <HI>Per&s;ons of Quality</HI> who intend to be concern'd therein, be <HI>Sudden,</HI> and <HI>&s;uitable to &s;o Great an Undertaking.</HI></P>
<P>The <HI>APPENDIX</HI> is to give you the Copies of all tho&s;e Deeds, Charters, Records, Evidences, and other Te&s;timonies from whence the greate&s;t Part of this Work is Extracted. And the TABLE being Two-fold, in the <HI>Fir&s;t</HI> will be found all tho&s;e Per&s;ons by Name, in Alphabet, or by their Titles of Honour, who are mention'd in this Book; And in the <HI>Second,</HI> tho&s;e things mo&s;t worthy of Ob&s;ervation.</P>
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