God be gracious to the immortal soul of Lewes
Baily author of the Practice of Piety.
Let Glover, house of Glover rejoice with Capnites a kind of Jasper -- blessed be the memory of Glover the martyr.
Let Egerton, house of Egerton rejoice with Sphragis green but not pellucid.
Let Reading, house of Reading rejoice with
Synodontites found in the fish Synodontes. 27th July N.S. 1762 Lord
Jesus have mercy on my soul.
Let Bolton, house of Bolton rejoice with Polygrammos, a kind of Jasper with white streaks.
Let Paulet, house of Paulet rejoice with Chalcites, a precious stone of the colour of Brass.
Let Stapleton, house of Stapleton rejoice with Scythis a precious stone -- the Lord rebuild the old houses of England.
Let Newdigate, house of Newdigate rejoice with Sandaserion a stone in India like Green Oil.
Let Knightly, house of Knightly rejoice with
Zoronysios a gem supposed by the ancients to have magical effects. Star
-- word -- herb -- gem.
Let Fellows, house of Fellows rejoice with Syrites a gem found in a Wolf's bladder.
Let Ascham, house of Ascham rejoice with Thyitis a precious stone remarkably hard. God be gracious to Bennet.
Let Mowbray, house of Mowbray rejoice with The Black and Blue Creeper a beautiful small bird of Brazil.
Let Aldrich, house of Aldrich rejoice with the Trincalo or Tricolor, a leaf without a flower or the flower of a leaf.
Let Culmer, house of Culmer rejoice with Phloginos a gem of a fire-colour.
Let Catesby, house of Catesby rejoice with Cerites a precious stone like wax.
Let Atterbury, house of Atterbury rejoice with Eurotias a black stone with the appearance of mould on it.
Let Hoare, house of Hoare rejoice with Crysopis a precious stone of a gold-colour. God be gracious to John Rust.
Let Fane, house of Fane rejoice with Chalcedonius Lapis a sort of onyx called a Chalcedony.
Let Lorman, house of Lorman rejoice with Cheramites, a sort of precious stone.
Let Flexney, house of Flexney rejoice with Triopthalmos -- God be gracious to Churchill, Loyd and especially to Sheels.
Let Gavel, house of Gavel rejoice with Phlogites a precious stone of a various flame-colour.
Let Hederick, house of Hederick rejoice with Pyritis a precious stone which held in the hand will burn it; this is fixed fire.
Let Pleasant, house of Pleasant rejoice with The Carrier Fish -- God be gracious to Dame Fysh.
Let Tayler, house of Tayler rejoice with the
Flying Mole -- God keep him from the poor man's garden. God be gracious
to William Tayler Sen and Junr.
Let Grieve, house of Grieve rejoice with Orites a precious stone perfectly round. Blessed be the name of the Man of
Melancholy, for Jacob Grieve.
Let Bowes, house of Bowes rejoice with the Dog Fly. Lord have mercy upon me and support me in all my plagues and temptations.
Let Alberton, house of Alberton rejoice with Paneros a precious stone good against barrenness.
Let Morgan, house of Morgan rejoice with Prasius Lapis of a Leek-green colour.
Let Powell, house of Powell rejoice with Synochitis a precious stone abused by the ancient sorcerers.
Let Howell, house of Howell rejoice with Ostracias a gem like an oyster.
Let Close, house of Close rejoice with
Chalcophonos a gem sounding like brass. O all ye gems of the mine bless
ye the Lord, praise him and magnify him for ever.
Let Johnson, house of Johnson rejoice with Omphalocarpa a kind of bur. God be gracious to Samuel Johnson.
Let Hopgood, house of Hopgood rejoice with Nepenthes an herb which infused in wine drives away sadness -- very likely.
Let Hopwood, house of Hopwood rejoice with Aspalathus the Rose of Jerusalem.
Let Benson, house of Benson rejoice with
Sea-Ragwort or Powder'd Bean. Lord have mercy on the soul of Dr Benson
Bsp. of Gloucester.
Let Marvel, house of Marvel rejoice with Brya a little shrub like birch.
Let Hull, house of Hull rejoice with Subis a bird called the Spight which breaks the Eagle's eggs.
Let Mason, house of Mason rejoice with Suberies the Capitol Cork Tree. Lord be merciful to William Mason.
Let Fountain, house of Fountain rejoice with Syriacus Rephanus a sweet kind of Radish.
Let Scroop, house of Scroop rejoice with Fig-Wine -- Palmi primarium vinum. Not so -- Palmi-primum is the word.
Let Hollingstead, house of Hollingstead rejoice
with Sissitietaeris herb of good fellowship. Praise the name of the Lord
September 1762.
Let Moyle, house of Moyle rejoice with Phlox a
flame-colour'd flower without smell, tentanda via est. Via, veritas,
vita sunt Christus.
Let Mount, house of Mount rejoice with Anthera a flowering herb. The Lord lift me up.
Let Dowers, house of Dowers rejoice with The American Nonpareil a beautiful small-bird.
Let Cudworth, house of Cudworth rejoice with the Indian Jaca Tree, which bears large clusters of fruit like apples.
Let Cuthbert, house of Cuthbert rejoice with
Phyllandrian a good herb growing in marshes -- Lord have mercy on the
soul of Cornelius Harrison.
Let Chillingworth, house of Chillingworth
rejoice with Polygonoides an herb with leaves like laurel long and thick
good against serpents.
Let Conworth, house of Conworth rejoice with Nenuphar a kind of Water Lily.
Let Ransom, house of Ransom rejoice with Isidos Plocamos a sea shrub of the Coral kind, or rather like Coral.
Let Ponder, house of Ponder rejoice with Polion
an herb, whose leaves are white in the morning, purple at noon, and blue
in the evening.
Let Woodward, house of Woodward rejoice with
Nerium the Rose-Laurel -- God make the professorship of fossils in
Cambridge a useful thing.
Let Spincks, house of Spinks rejoice with Struthiomela a little sort of Quinces -- The Lord Jesus pray for me.
Let Peacock, house of Peacock rejoice with Engalacton an herb good to breed milk.
Let Nason, house of Nason rejoice with Errhinum a medicine to clear the nose.
Let Bold, house of Bold rejoice with the Hop-Hornbeam. God send me a neighbour this September.
Let Spriggings, house of Spriggings rejoice with Eon the Tree of which Argo was built.
Let Bear, house of Bear rejoice with Gelotophyllis an herb which drank in wine and myrrh causes excess of laughter.
Let Sloper, house of Sloper rejoice with Gelotophye another laughing plant.
Let Tollfree, house of Tollfree rejoice with Fern of Trees -- Lord stave off evil this day.
Let Clare, house of Clare rejoice with Galeotes
a kind of Lizard at enmity with serpents. Lord receive the soul of Dr
Wilcox Master of Clare Hall.
Let Wilmot, house of Wilmot rejoice with Epipetros an herb coming up spontaneous (of the seed of the earth) but never flowers.
Let Anstey, house of Anstey rejoice with Eumeces a kind of balm. Lord have mercy on Christopher Anstey and his kinswoman.
Let Ruston, house of Ruston rejoice with
Fulviana Herba, ab inventore good to provoke urine. Lord have mercy upon
Roger Pratt and his family.
Let Atwood, house of Atwood rejoice with
Rhodora with leaves like a nettle and flower like a rose. God bless all
benefactors of Pembroke Hall.
Let Shield, house of Shield rejoice with Reseda herb dissolving swelling, and imposthumes.
Let Atkins, house of Atkins rejoice with Salicastrum Wild Wine upon willows and osiers.
Let Pearson, house of Pearson rejoice with the American Aloe. I pray for the soul of Frances Burton.
Let Hough, house of Hough rejoice with Pegasus
The Flying Horse there be millions of them in the air. God bless the
memories of Bsp. Hough and of Peter.
Let Evelyn, house of Evelyn rejoice with Phu a Plinian shrub sweet-scented. I pray God for trees enough in the posterities.
Let Wing, house of Wing rejoice with Phlomos a
sort of Rush. I give the glory to God, thro Christ, for taking the
Havannah. Septr 30th 1762.
Let Chace, house of Chace rejoice with Papyrus. God be gracious to Sr Richard and family.
Let Pulteney, house of Pulteney rejoice with Tragion a shrub like Juniper.
Let Abdy, house of Abdy rejoice with Ecbolia a
medicine to fetch a dead child out of the womb.
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