[1740]At the gate-house is the picture of the old fellowe that made the fires, with a block on his back, boytle and wedges and hatchet. By him, this distich:—
Gratus ades quisquis descendis, amicus et hospes:
Non decet hos humiles mensa superba Lares.
By the porch of the howse, on the wall, is the picture in the margent:—
Noverint universi
et douch et gallante
ꝑroviso semꝓ
hec est finalis concordia
Above it are these verses:—
Stat coelum, fateor, Copernice; terra movetur;
Et mutant dominos tecta rotata suos.