SIR
THOMAS
WARNERS
7
EPITAPH.
and England, leaving the cares of the government to his son, EdwardWarner, (of whom Du Tertre speaks very handsomely,) until; having gained a friend and patron in the Earl of Carlisle, he was introduced at the court of the then reigning sovereign, Charles I.
This monarch was so pleased with
Mr. Warner's indefatigable and patriotic spirit, that he was graciously pleased to grant him a commission, (signed 13th Sept. 1625,) constituting him governor over the " fou re islands of St. Christopher's, Nevis, Barbados, and Mountserrate,"* and on the 21st September, 1629, knighted him at Hampton Court Palace.† * Vide copy of the first commission granted, No. 1, Appendix, f Sir Thomas Warner died at St. Christopher's in 1G4S.
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
inscription upon Epitaph vpon Th
old road again,") the An
which is as follows :—
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 Create 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.