IX. A Dissertation on the Monument of Edward the Confessor. By Mr. Vertue, 1736

As Rapin has made mention of an old inscription on the shrine of K. Edward the Confessor, in Westminster abby, when first erected; it is to be observed, that that which now is there differeth from it, having, as it is said, been wrote, and put in lieu of the former in the reign of K. Richard II, or later. The inscription, as printed in several books, and particularly to be seen in the print of that monument, engraved for the Society of Antiquaries, from a drawing by the late Mr. Talman, is as follows,Omnibus insignis virtutum laudibus heros,Sanctus Edwardus Confessor; rex venerandus,Quinto die Januarii moriens super aethera scandit.Sursum corda.Moritur anno Domini mlxv.