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Brass coffin-plate of Richard III Duke (1567–1641), Otterton Church, Devon; Omnis Caro Foenum, Isiah 40:6 ("All flesh is grass")
Mural monument to William II Cary (1576-1652), lord of the manor of Clovelly, Devon. All Saints Church, Clovelly. Inscription: "In memory of William Cary Esqr who served his king and country in ye office of a Justice of Peace under three princes, Q. Elizabeth, King James and King Charles the I and having served his generation dyed in the 76 yeare of his age Ano Dom 1652: Omnis Caro Foenum". The arms top centre are: Argent, on a bend sable three roses of the field (Cary); the arms top left and right are: Lozengy or and azure, a chevron gules (Gorges, for his wife Dorothy Gorges (d.1622), eldest daughter of Sir Edward Gorges of Wraxall, Somerset). The final sentence in Latin Omnis Caro Foenum, is from Isiah 40:6 ("All flesh is grass") and is a pun on the name Cary, but was commonly used on monuments elsewhere (see e.g. File:RichardDuke MargaretBasset Brass OttertonChurch Devon.JPG, right)
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