# Latin translation, please help! **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 4, 2010, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latin-translation-please-help/541883 "2010-06-04T03:36:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Romo4President09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@Romo4President09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Romo4President09)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latin-translation-please-help/541883/1 "2010-06-04T03:36:17Z")
Hello, I was wondering if anyone could translate this for me. I know it’s kind of long so I apologize in advance. A little bit of background. I copied it from a picture that I found that is possibly of a headstone from a very distant relative of mine in England. If anyone can help I would really appreciate it!! (Any errors are in my typing or reading of the picture so if you can help and would like, I am willing to email the picture to you so that you could see it.) Thanks, Nikki HIC IACET CORPUS EDMUNDI POLEY ARMIGERI, EX ANTIQUA POLEYORUM DE BAD LEY, ET PRAENOBILI WENTWORTHORV FAMILIA ORIUNDI. DOMI NI VILLA DE BADLEY DIGNISSIMI, VIRI INEGERRIMI ET SINGVLA RI, PIETATIS, PRUDENTIA, IVSTITIAE ATQ HAVD UUL VULGARIS IN PA TRIAM, COGNATOSQ SUOS AMORIS LAUDE CELEBERRIMI, QUL UL TIMO DIE OCTOBRIS, ANNO ETATIS SVA 69 CHRISTI VERO INCAR NATI, 1613 PLACIDE IN DOMINO OBDORMIVIT, CUI VENER ABILEM PROSAPIAM, MONUMENTU ILLVD QUOD IPSE DVM VIXIT, IN SUPE RIORE HUIUS AEDIS PARTE, IN GRATAM SUORUM MEMORIAM EXTRUENDUM CURAVIT, PLENIUS DESCRIPTAM CONTINET. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latin-translation-please-help/541883/2 "2010-06-04T03:45:50Z")
I ran it through [this](http://www.translation-guide.com/free_online_translators.php?from=Latin&to=English) online translator of unknown quality, and got: \*Translations: THIS TO LIE CORPUSEDMUNDI PEARL BARLEY Armed , OUT OF THE ANCIENTS POLEYORUM ABOUT BADLEY , AND PRAENOBILI WENTWORTHORV FAMILY Born. DEMESNE COUNTRY HOUSE ABOUT BADLEY DIGNISSIMI , GREEN INEGERRIMI AND SINGVLARI , Piety , Practical judgment IVSTITIAE ATQ HAVD UUL COMMON UPON Fatherland , KINDRED SUOS LOVE LAUDE CELEBERRIMI QUL AVENGING DAY OCTOBRIS , YEARLY PRODUCE ETATIS SVA CHRISTI IN TRUTH INCARNATI , 1613 QUITELY UPON MASTER To fall asleep , IN WHICH VENER ABILEMPROSAPIAM , MEMORIAL ILLVD AND HIMSELF DVM To live , UPON ABOVE OF THIS AEDIS Faction , UPON WITH JOY SUORUM MEMORIAMEXTRUENDUM Management , COMPLETELY DESCRIPTAM To touch.\* Dunno if that’s useful or reliable. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latin-translation-please-help/541883/3 "2010-06-04T04:02:57Z")
The first sentence is "Here lies the body of Edmond Poley, Squire, from the ancient Poleys of Badley and the most noble immigrant Wentworthy family. " ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latin-translation-please-help/541883/4 "2010-06-04T07:17:53Z")
There’s what appears to be quite a bit of text praising his good qualities, but the only part I can understand is that he died on October 31, 1613, at the age of 69. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latin-translation-please-help/541883/5 "2010-06-04T12:54:11Z")
I’ll take a stab at it, if we can agree not to take this as authoritative: > [@](#): > > Here lies the body of Edmund Poley Armigeri (squire?), from the ancient Poleys of Badley, and thoroughly noble from the Wentworus family descended. Master of the Stately Villa De Badley, a man most sound and unique, of piety, prudence, justice and even not [something] of the vulgar in their country, his beloved relatives [in archaic nominative or accusative, neither of which I can make sense of] in praise most renown, who in the last day of October, in his[?] year 69 of the age of Christ made flesh 1613, peacefully with the lord he went to sleep, to whose venerable lineage, by way of monument that which himself then lived, in the place of his temple above, in [I’m going to go with] pleasant memories of his things which he took care to pile up, full well he organized them. ---
**Author:** ![Romo4President09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@Romo4President09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Romo4President09)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latin-translation-please-help/541883/6 "2010-06-07T13:51:11Z")
Thanks for the responses!! Any little bit I can get is helpful! Thank you guys sooooooo much! ---
**Author:** ![Romo4President09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@Romo4President09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Romo4President09)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latin-translation-please-help/541883/7 "2010-06-07T13:55:35Z")
> [@Johnny\_Angel](#): > > I’ll take a stab at it, if we can agree not to take this as authoritative: Johnny Angel! You are so awesome, thank you!! Nicole