_Schomberg's Epitaph_ (Vol. vii., p. 13.).--I find this entry in my
note-book:--The following inscription is written on a black slab of
marble, affixed to the wall of the choir of St. Patrick's Cathedral. The
remains of the duke were removed to this cathedral immediately after the
battle of the Boyne; and on the 10th July, 1690, they were deposited
under the altar. The relatives of this great man having neglected to
raise any monument to his memory, Dean Swift undertook and caused the
above slab to be erected, having first vainly applied to the connexions
of the deceased. His sword is in the possession of the society of the
"Friendly Brothers," Dublin.
The following is the inscription on the slab:
"Hic infra situm est corpus Frederici Ducis de Schonberg ad
Bubindam occisi A.D. 1690. Decanus et Capitulum
maximopere etiam atque etiam petierunt, ut hæredes Ducis,
monumentum in memoriam parentis erigendum curarent. Sed
postquam per epistolas, per amicos, diu ac sæpe orando nil
profecere, hunc demum lapidem statuerunt; saltem ut scias
hospes ubinam terrarum Schonbergenses cineres delitescunt.
"Plus potuit fama virtutis apud alienos quam sanguinis
proximitas apud suos, A.D. 1731."