Note 3 — Chapter I
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Sir Thomas Warner died at St Christopher’s in 1648. His tomb is still to be met with in the parish church for the township of Old Road, (a place which derives its name from the involuntary exclamation of Columbus upon his second visit to St. Christopher’s, “Ah! we are at the old road again,”) the inscription upon which is as follows:—
An Epitaph vpon Th------------------- Noble & Mvch Lamented Genrl Sir Tho. Warner, Kt Lievtenant General of ye Carribee Ielands & Goverr of ye Ieland of St Christopher Who Departed This Life the 10th of March 1648.
First Read then weepe when thou art hereby taught, That Warner lyes interr’d here, one that bought, With losse of Noble bloud Illustrious Name, Of A Comander Greate in Acts of Fame. Trayn’d from his youth in Armes, his courage bold, Attempted braue Exploites, and vncontrold By fortunes fiercest Frownes, hee still gaue forth Large Narratiues of Military worth. ----ritten with his sword’s poynt, but what is man -------the midst of his glory, and who can ----------this Life A moment, since that hee -------------by Sea and Land, so longe kept free -----------al, Mortal Strokes at length did yeeld ------------ace) to conquering Death the field, fini Coronat.
The black lines shew where the marble is broken, or the letters from some other cause are quite obliterated.