is the inscription:

HERE LIETH THE BODI OF LAVRENCE
WASHINGTON SONNE AND HEIRE OF
ROBERT WASHINGTON OF SOVLGRAVE
IN THE COUNTIE OF NORTHAMPTON
ESQUIER WHO MARRIED MARGARET
THE ELDEST DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM
BUTLER OF TEES IN THE COUNTIE
OF SUSSEXE ESQUIER, WHO HAD ISSU
BY HER 8 SONNS AND 9 DAUGHTERS
WHICH LAVRENCE DECESSED THE 13
OF DECEMBER A. DNI 1616.

THOU THAT BY CHANCE OR CHOYCE
OF THIS HAST SIGHT
KNOW LIFE TO DEATH RESIGNES
AS DAYE TO NIGHT;
BUT AS THE SUNNS RETORNE
REVIVES THE DAY
SO CHRIST SHALL US
THOUGH TURNDE TO DUST & CLAY.

Above the inscription, carved in the stone, are the arms of the
Washingtons, with an additional quartering of another family.

The other is of Robert Washington, and of Elizabeth his wife. Robert
was the uncle of the emigrant. This is a slab of the same sandstone,
and measures three feet and five inches long, and two feet and six
inches broad. The inscription is on a small brass plate set into the
stone, and is as follows:

[Illustration: DECORATION]

HERE LIES INTERRED Y^E BODIES OF ELIZAB. WASHINGTON WIDDOWE WHO
CHANGED THIS LIFE FOR IMORTALITIE Y^E 19^TH OF MARCH 1622. AS
ALSO Y^E BODY OF ROBERT WASHINGTON GENT. HER LATE HUSBAND SECOND
SONNE OF ROBERT WASHINGTON OF SOLGRAVE IN Y^E COUNTY OF NORTH.
ESQ^R. WHO DEPTED THIS LIFE Y^E 10^TH OF MARCH 1622. AFTER THEY
LIVED LOVINGLY TOGETHER MANY YEARS IN THIS PARISH.

On a separate brass, beneath the inscription, are the arms of the
Washingtons without any addition. These, as you are well aware, have
the combination of stars and stripes, and are sometimes supposed to
have suggested our national flag. In heraldic language, there are
bars of gules and argent, with three mullets, or stars.

[Illustration: HERE.LIETH.THE.BODI.OF.LAVRENCE
WASHINGTON.SONNE.&.HEIRE.OF
ROBERT.WASHINGTON.OF.SOVLGRAVE
IN.THE.COVNTIE.OF.NORTHAMPTON
ESQVIER.WHO.MARIED.MARGARET
THE.ELDEST.DAVGHTER.OF.WILLIAM
BVTLER.OF.TEES.IN.THE.COVNTIE
OF.SVSSEXE.ESQVIER.WHO.HAD.ISSV
BY.HER.8.SONNS.&.9.DAVGHTERS
WHICH.LAVRENCE.DECESSED.THE.13
OF.DECEMBER.A: D[^N]I:1616

THOV.THAT.BY.CHANCE.OR.CHOYCE
OF.THIS.HAST.SIGHT
KNOW.LIFE.TO.DEATH.RESIGNES