The last is of black marble, and covers the ashes of Gervasius de Blois, who was natural son to King Stephen, and died in 1166. This is called Long Meg, from its extraordinary length, it being eleven feet eight inches. All these seem to have had their names and dates cut afresh. In the east walk is a handsome monument erected to the memory of Daniel Pulteney, Esq; facing those of the above Abbots; the inscription on which is much admired for the purity of the diction, and its propriety and elegance, and is as follows: Reader, If thou art a BRITON, Behold this tomb with reverence and regret. Here lieth the remains of DANIEL PULTENEY, The kindest relation, the truest friend, The warmest patriot, the worthiest man; He exercised virtues in this age, Sufficient to have distinguished him even in the best. Sagacious by nature, Industrious by habit, Inquisitive with art, He gain’d a compleat knowledge of the state of Britain, Foreign and domestic. In most the backward fruit of tedious experience, In him the early acquisition of undissipated youth. He served the court several years: Abroad in the auspicious reign of Queen Anne, At home, in the reign of that excellent Prince K. George the First. He served his country always, At court independent, In the senate unbiass’d, At every age, and in every station: This was the bent of his generous soul, This was the business of his laborious life. Public men, and public things, He judged by one constant standard, _The true interest of Britain_; He made no other distinction of party, He abhorred all other: Gentle, humane, disinterested, beneficent, He created no enemies on his own account: Firm, determined, inflexible, He feared none he could create in the cause of Britain. Reader, In this misfortune of thy country, lament thy own: For know The loss of so much private virtue Is a public calamity. Almost at the end of the north east walk is a monument against the Abbey wall to the memory of the Rev. Mr. William Laurence, the inscription on which is remarkable for its quaintness, and is as follows: