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BERAT. EPITAPHS. 475 EPITAPHS. Within the precincts of the Church of St Lazarus ai Scala is a small graveyard, some 22 paces by 14, which teas dedicated at least as early as A.D. 1683 as the last resting-place of our countrymen dying in the island. There are visible 18 graves, bnt of 2 the inscriptions have been lost, or are illegible. The rest are. faithfully transcribed below. HEARE LYETH INTERRED HERE LIETII THE BODY OF TUE BODY OP CAPN PETER ION KEN ELDEST SON OP DARE COMB OF THE SHIP Mr. ION KEN OF LONDON SCIPIO WHO DEPARTED THIS MERCHANT WHO WAS LIFE YE 25 JUNE 1685 BORN THE 3rd FEBBUABY 1672 AGED 38 YEARS AND DIED THE 12 JULY 1693 VIBI ORNATI .... HERE LIETII THE BODY OF MR. WILLIAM KEN .... MERCHANT OF CYPRUS WHO DEPARTED THIS ANNOS LIFE THE 24 DAY OF JVLY 1707 AGED 29 YEARES. MEBCAT ET AD MELIOREM PATEIAM LONGE AB HAO INSULA AUG. XY -, AN : DOJI : MDCLXXXXIX. JET. SOM DESIDERATISSIHI CORPUS IN LITTUS REPORTANTES AMICI HIC M.?. EN ΕΛΠΙΔΙ ΑΝΑ2ΤΑΪΕΩΪ EIS TON BION TON AIONION ΕΝΘΑΔΕ ΑΝΑΠΑΥΕΤΑΙ ΧΡΙΪΤΟΦΟΡΟΪ Ο ΓΡΑΙΜΙ02 ΒΡΕΤANNOS ΑΠΟ ΑΓΡΟΥ EBOPAKHSIOY OS ETEAEYTHSEN ΕΝ ΤΗΔΕ ΤΗ NHS!! ΗΜΕΡΑ 24 ΤΟΥ ΜΗ NOS ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ ET. 1711 ΤΟΥ ΕΑΥΤΟΥ ΒΙΟΥ 46. MARY TUE WIFE OF SAMUEL PALMER DIED THE 15TH JULY, 1720 AND HEBE LIES BUSIED WITH HER INFANT DAUGHTER. 60—2

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