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Title: Old and new London : a narrative of its history, its people, and its places
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Thornbury, Walter, 1828-1876
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Publisher: London : Cassell, Petter, & Galpin
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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soon aftertaken up was placed under this monument, whichhis royal mistress had caused to be erected, tocommemorate his steady loyalty and extraordimryvirtues. A story is told which illustrates the personnlbravery of Sir Cloudesley Shovel. When a boy inthe navy, under the i)atronage of Sir John Nar-borough, hearing that admiral express an earnest Westminiler AUbcy MAJOR ANDRES MONUMENT. 4-I wish that some papers of consequence might beconveyed to the captain of a distant ship in action,he immediately undertook to swim through theline of the enemys fire with the despatches in hismouth, a feat which he actually performed, reachingthe ship in safety. Occasionally epigrams and witticisms relating to Forbear rash mortals, nor with brutal rageDeface this noble monumental page ;Let the just marble future ages tellBritannia mournd when her brave hero fell. Major Andre was buried in the south aisle, andthe monument referred to in the above lines waserected at the express command of George III.
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KING HENRY VII. current events have been wafered or pasted on tosome of the monuments and statues in the Abbey,though the practice has never reached the dignityof a custom here, as in the case of the well-knownPasquin statue at Rome, which gave rise to theword pasquinade. One such example, however,we are able to give here from a manuscript, appa-rently of about 1780, in the possession of a formerverger:— The following lines were written and waferedup against Major Andres monument, after itshaving been defaced, &c., by knocking off thehands and heads of some of the figures :—132—Vol. III. On it is represented a soldier carrying a flag oftruce, and presenting to George Washington a letterwhich Andre had addressed to his Excellency thenight previous to his execution. It may be addedhere, in justification of the lines quoted above,that the present is the third head placed on thefigure of General Washington, and that several ofthe others are new, the originals, which are statedto

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