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| Keywords: JosephPrust1677OfAnneryMonkleigh.JPG Ledger stone of Lt Col Joseph Prust d 1677 of Annery Monkleigh Devon in Annery Chapel Monkleigh Inscription Here lieth interred Joseph Prust of Annerie gent sometime leiutent colon'l of horse to sr Thomas Stuckley in his Maj'ties service of blessed memory Charles the First in which he lost one of his hands in fight before Plimouth Joseph Prust obiit Oct 17 77 arms of Prust sculpted in relief Gules on a chief argent two estoiles sable Vivian Heraldic Visitations of Devon 1895 p 629 anno aetat 57 Anagr He is support How law religion loyalty did fall <br> How first we lost the king church then all <br> Experience shews 'twas because few at need <br> Who much pr'tended proud th'r freinds indeed <br> Here's one stood firme gave his hand to own <br> Wr to but name at length was treason grown <br> Rebellions like the Hydra's heads doe grow <br> One cut of here two rise up below <br> His hand such monsters knew how to suppress <br> Briareus' hundred hands can't soe redress <br> Oh Heaven's grant we nere may see again <br> The raging dogstar o'retop Charles his wain <br> Nor yet the wolfe usurp the lion's crown <br> Rebellion rampant allegiance down <br> But if the Fates such times should have decreed <br> How much such hands as his was shall we need <br> own photo 2013 Lobsterthermidor <span class signature-talk >talk</span> 15 24 9 July 2013 UTC Monkleigh church Interiors of churches in Devon Prust arms Ledger stones in Devon | ||||
