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The images on this certificate are symbols of mortality reflecting the Latin phrase Memento mori, 'remember you must die'. The hourglass is a symbol of limited time on earth, grave-digging tools and dead bodies suggest fresh graves, and angels are associated with heaven.

Bristol (1707).