[26] Such is the inscription, as copied by Evelyn; but as its sense is not very clear, and the Diary contains instances of incorrectness in transcribing, it may be desirable to subjoin the distich said (by Keysler in his "Travels," ii. 433) to be the only one in the whole mausoleum:
"Quæ cineris tumulo hæc vestigia? conditur olim
Ille hoc qui cecinit pascua, rura, duces."
[27] Evelyn's dates in this portion of his Diary appear to require occasionally that qualification of "about."
And in the cup an UNION shall he throw,
Richer than that which four successive kings
In Denmark's crown have worn.
—Shakespeare, "Hamlet," Act v. Sc. 2.
Theobald says, an UNION is the finest sort of pearl, and has its place in all crowns and coronets. The Latin word for a single large pearl, it is hardly necessary to add, is unio.
[29] Cardinal Hippolito Aldobrandini was elected Pope in January, 1592, by the name of Clement VIII., and died in March, 1605.
[30] A guillotine.
[31] What particular Richard King of England this was, it is impossible to say; the tomb still exists, and has long been a crux to antiquaries and travelers.
[32] A measure of half an ell.