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Can any one furnish a solution of the two first lines?
J. BDN.
[We would suggest that the first two lines are to be read "O
_super_ be, quid _super_ est, tuae _super_ biae," and the
epitaph will then be--
"O superbe quid superest tuae superbiae
Terra es, et in terram ibis."--ED.]
_MSS. of Cornish Language._--Are there any ancient MSS. of the Cornish
language, or are there any works remaining in that language, besides the
_Calvary_ and _Christmas Carol_ published by the late Davies Gilbert?
J.A. GILES.
_Bilderdijk the Poet._--Banished from his native country, disowned by
his own countrymen, the Dutch poet Willem Bilderdijk pitched his tent
for a while on the hospitable soil of Old England. Prince William V.
residing in 1795 at Hampton Court, he resolved to stay there; but,
possessing no income at all, and, like the sage of antiquity, having
saved nothing from the shipwreck but his genius, he shifted his
dwelling-place to London, where he gave lessons in drawing, languages,
and various, even medical, sciences.
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