On the left-hand side of Dr. Browne’s pompous monument is a plain stone slab in memory of Dr. Stearne, who built the University Printing House, and was in other ways a distinguished benefactor of the College. The very curious inscription runs as follows:—
ΚΑΤΑΡΑ ΕΣΤΙ ΜΗ ΑΠΟΘΑΝΕΙΝ[152]
Dixit Epictetus, Credidit
Johannes Stearne
M. & J. U. D. Collegii SS Indiv.
Trinitatis Dublin Socius Senior.
Medicorū ibidem Præses primus qui natus
fuit Arbrachæ 26 Novembris 1624
Denatus fuit Dublin 18 Novembris 1669,
Cujus exuviæ olim resumendæ hic depositæ sunt.
Philosophus Medicus Sumūs Theologus idem
Sternius hâc, nullus jam, requiescit humo
Scilicet ut regnet, Natura quod edidit unum,