On the south side of the altar is an ancient tomb, erected in the depth of popish ignorance and superstition, on which is the portraiture of Mary Bylling standing between the Virgin Mary and an angel, and over her is engraved the figure of an old man, to represent the omnipresent Deity, emitting rays of light upon the head of the Virgin, from whose mouth proceeds a label with these words, _Ecce ancilla Domini; fiat mihi secundum verbum tuum_. Out of Mary Bylling’s mouth issues a scroll with these words: _Blessyd Lady, for thy glorious salutacion, bryng our sowles to everlasting salvation_: and on two scrolls on each side of her, _Blessyd Triniti, on me have mercy. Blessyd Triniti, on me have mercy._ These four figures, with the several inscriptions, are engraven on small brass plates inlaid in the stone, as is also an inscription which gives the names of her three husbands, and lets us know that she died on the 14th of March 1429. _Maitland._ There is also here a whimsical inscription on the tomb of Skelton, the merry Poet Laureat to Henry VII. and VIII. who died on the 21st of June 1529. Come, Alecto, and lend me thy torch, To find a church-yard in a church-porch. Poverty and poetry this tomb doth inclose, Therefore, gentlemen, be merry in prose. We shall conclude these odd monumental inscriptions with the following, which as well as the former, is mentioned by Weaver in his Funeral monuments. Sancta Maria, virgo virginum, Pray for the soul of Jone Pymichum. MARIGOLD _alley_, Barnaby street, Southwark.* MARIGOLD _court_, in the Strand.* MARIGOLD _lane_, Upper Ground.* MARIGOLD _stairs_, Upper Ground.* MARIGOLD _street_, Rotherhith Wall.* MARINE SOCIETY, for furnishing the navy with sea boys and landmen, in order to increase the number of our mariners. This society was founded soon after the breaking out of the present war, by a number of gentlemen animated by a generous love of their country, and an ardent desire to increase its glory, as well as from compassion for the many ragged and miserable objects seen in our streets. This noble scheme was chiefly conducted by a gentleman distinguished by those accomplishments which most adorn human nature; who, besides a generous subscription, joined his indefatigable industry in promoting this noble scheme, and even wrote a very judicious pamphlet to shew the public advantages that would result from it. He presented the first impression, consisting of a thousand copies, to the society; and by his assiduity, and that of a famous magistrate, great numbers of the lowest of the people, who would probably have ended their days ignominiously at Tyburn, have filled the court of France with terror, and revived the drooping glory of their country. From this pamphlet we shall give an account of this society.