Grave, Windsor Parish Church - Anglophile Friday

P  M  S

Here vnder lyes the body of

Nazareth

Daughter of Robert Harris of Reading Esq.

Wife vnto three Husbands

1. Richard Vaughan Citiz. and Clothworker of London

By whom fhe had one sonne and 3 daughters

Edward, Elizabeth, Nazareth, and Rachael

He died An: Dom: 1608

2. Zephaniah Sayers Citiz. & Haberdasher of London

By whom fhe had Ishue 3 daughters

Elizabeth, Nazareth, and Sarah

And dyed An: Domi: 1628

3. James Paget one of the Barons of the Exchequer

In y Reign of K: Charles the firft

Departed this life An: Domi: 1638

After whofe death fhe continued a Widdow 28 years

In a pious and charitable life

Defiring to lye here intombd with her 2 husbands

Yielded up her spirit to him that gave it

The 22 of July

An: Domi: 1666

Aetaris sux 88

R E S V R G A M 

Translation of the Latin 'Aetaris': Age

Translation of Latin 'RESURGAM': I shall rise again

Translation of Latin 'sux':  Unsure. One site I visited read, 'Yeah, Latin sucks!' That gave me a laugh, but didn't help solve the mystery. Anyway, I'm still trying to find out what it means before the number 88. Nevertheless, she died at age 88.

In the meantime, I happened to see the word RESURGAM on Poldark (Masterpiece) a couple weeks ago. It was written by the profligate fool Francis, but that's another whole story, or as we usually say here, 'a whole nother story'...

Oh. And the P M S at the top? Evidently, it is Latin for 'In Pious Sacred Memory,' not a condition which caused Nazareth's demise.

I realize it has nothing to do with poor Nazareth, but a month and a half later, this is what was happening in London...

The Great Fire of London

via

On a family coat of arms, 

the Cat represented

Vigilance, Warrior Spirit, and Courage

Or maybe Nazareth just liked cats.

But really, don't take my word for it.

Nazareth happened to die in a month between the Great Plague of London which began in February of 1665 and within 7 months had killed  20% of London's population (according to The Museum of London) ...and The Great Fire of London which began on the 2nd of September, 1666.

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Wisconsin Barns, Amish Shocks, Summer Skies

July especially, but also early August, has the best sunny days in Northwest Wisconsin with beautiful blue skies and huge, puffy white clouds.  This photo is of the Amish neighbor's shocks of oats. They look like they've been rained on a couple times. They'll eventually dry, and then they'll be processed through a threshing machine to separate the oats from the straw. (Thank you Mr. C.)

Summer in Wisconsin is always incredibly busy. We have so much living to cram into three short months, and it's a bit depressing that we're already into August. There are also FIVE of our family birthdays in August and a garden that looks like its tomatoes and beans are going to be ready for harvest for canning (as well as daily dinners) this month. Lots to do, lots to do. Blogging is getting farther down on the list, I'm afraid.

Linking the above photo to SKYWATCH FRIDAY, if I remember to do it.

 Wild lilies and shocks

 Amish neighbor's goat.

Evidently he doesn't like milkweed.
Lucky for the monarch caterpillars.

Linking to

SATURDAY'S CRITTERS

 Farm on 5th

This farm is in such a pretty little valley.

Lots of corn.

Same valley, different farm

 My sole contribution to

GOOD FENCES

Oh my goodness, how did this photo get in here??
Purely by accident, I'm sure.

Is this a look of pure joy

or one of mischief?

Relaxed? or Scheming?

Our sweet temporary resident.

Oh yeah. I guess his parents are here too. lol

Hope you're having a happy Wednesday!

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