Of one
of these the opposite page has the initials GR, and the other has IX;
but the paper has been cut off in the middle of the water-mark and only
exhibits half the figure IV. Another sheet has the royal arms (1.
England and Scotland impaled, 2. France, 3. Ireland, 4. the white horse
of Hanover,) within the garter, and surmounted by the crown, and on the
opposite page GR. within a crowned wreath. There is no doubt that they
were all manufactured between 1715 and 1740; but is there any means of
arriving at a more precise date?
C.
_Puzzling Epitaph._--The following curious epitaph was found in a
foreign cathedral:--
EPITAPHIUM.
"O quid tuae
be est biae;
ra ra ra
es et in
ram ram ram
ii."
The following is plainly the solution of the last four lines:--
_ra, ra, ra_, is thrice _ra_, i.e. _ter-ra=terra_.
_ram, ram, ram_, is thrice _ram_, i.e. _ter-ram=terram_.
_ii_ is _i_ twice, _i.e. i-bis=ibis_.
Thus the last four lines are,--
"Terra es et in terram ibis.
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