Subtus conditur
Hujus ecclesiæ et urbis conditor
Ch. Wren,
Qui vixit annos ultra nonaginta,
Non sibi sed bono publico.
Lector, si monumentum requiris,
Circumspice.
We cannot preserve the pun in English, unless, perhaps, by some such rendering as, "Here found a grave the founder of this church;" or "Underneath is founded the tomb," &c. The rest is admirable:
"Who lived to the age of upwards of ninety years,
Not for himself, but for the public good.