IN MEMORY OF
JOHN HOWE OF HANSLOP IN THE COUNTY OF BUCKS ESQUIRE
WHOSE LEARNING WISDOM AND VIRTUE
MADE HIM HONOURED AND BELOVED
AND HIS MEMORY DEAR TO HIS FRIENDS
HE DIED SEPT.I.MDCCLXIX. IN THE LXII D. YEAR OF HIS AGE.
AND OF
MATTHEW RAPER OF THIS PLACE ESQUIRE F. R. S.
WHO DIED DEC.XXIX.MDCCLXXVIII IN THE LXXIV YEAR OF HIS AGE
THE FRIENDSHIP OF THEIR YOUTH WAS FOUNDED ON
MUTUAL ESTEEM AND CONTINUED UNINTERRUPTED
UNTIL DEATH