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NOTES AND QUERIES. [2^-1 s. no 107., jan. le. 



'58. 



I will append some more legends which I be- 

 lieve have not yet appeared. 



ST. BUDEAUX, Hear Plymouth. 



1. " Vox sum clamantis, preparate viam Domini." 



2. " Si Charitatem non habeo, sum tanquam ses sonans." 



3. " Thomas Alcock, A. M., James Pollard, H. Laurence, 



Churchwardens, 1780." 



4. " Gaudeo cum gaudentibus, doleo cum dolentibus." 



TENDBING, ESSEX. 



" sidua cell, fac barbara crimina dele." 



(/» Church Text.) 



ST. ALKMUND, DERBY. 



1. " God save oure Cherch. 1586." 



2. « Glori be to God on high. 1624." 



3. Ditto. 



4. " Trinitate sacra fiat hec campana beata." 



{In Cfiurch Text') 



5. " Ut Tuba sic resono ad templa venite pii. 1586." 



6. " Jam voco dulcisonans veni — ecci. 1586." 



FBBDBBICTON CATHEDRAL, NEW BRUNSWICK, 



Cast 1852. 



1. " Ave Pater, Bex, Creator." 



2. " Ave Spiritus, Consolator." 



3. " Ave Simplex, ave Trine." 



4. " Ave resonet sine fine." 



5. " Ave Fill, Lux, Salvator." 



6. « Ave beate Unitas." 



7. " Ave Kegnans in sublime." 



8. " Ave sancta Trinitas." 



ST. GILES', CHEADLE, K. C, 



" The gift of the Earl of Shrewsbury, 1843." 



{All ill Mediceval Capitals.) 



1. " Laudate Dominum in Coelis, laudate eum iu ex- 



celsis." 



2. " Sancte Francisce ora pro nobis." 



3. " Sancte Coedda ora pro nobis." 



4. " Ave Maria gratia plena." 



5. " Sancte Egidie ora pro nobis." 



6. " Tu es Petrus et super banc petram edificabo ecclesiam 



meam." 



NEWNTON, IN TETBURY. 



1. " Glory to God in the." 



2. « On Earth Peace." 



3. " Good will to men." 



4. " Edmund Escourt, Rector and Churchwarden. 1846." ? 



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Old Bells. 



The first four were new and recast, in 1846, I 

 believe. They were inaugurated by a morning 

 service at the church, and the rector pteached a 

 sermon on the words " new bells." 



The peal of ten at Canterbury Cathedral are 

 modern bells. On the tenor is inscribed : 



" Ye Ringers all that prize your health and happiness. 

 Be sober, merry, wise, and you'll the same possess. 

 « Chapman, London, Fecit, 1778.", 



May I make a Note here, by way of caution ? 

 About 1830 these bells were under an inhibition 

 not to be rung, on account of the state of the 

 tower ; but they were allowed to be " clocked " or 

 " clappered " by tying the rope to the flight of the 

 clapper, and so, beitig pulled to the side, a merry 



chiming was effected ; the result of which was, that 

 two of the bells got cracked : to the cost of the 

 Chapter, they have since been replaced. It is 

 a lazy and no uncommon mode of proceeding, but 

 it injures the bell gear, and may crack the bells. 



H. T. Ellacombe. 



" KAISEBIICHEE GEKRONTEE DICHTEK. 



(2'"^ S. iv. 491.*) 



Not seeing any reply to the Query of H. B. C. 

 respecting the " Poetse Laureati " of Germany, I 

 have the pleasure of forwarding a statement from 

 Zedler, which I have somewhat abridged in trans- 

 lating, but without the omission of any material 

 fact. 



" Poeten-Crantz [sic]. The Poet's wreath is of laurel 

 or ivy, and is placed on the heads of talented and distin- 

 guished poets, because in their poems, besides the lore 

 and ethics which they teach, they are especially wont to 

 sing the deeds and enterprises of the brave in a style 

 equally pleasing, ingenious and animated, and thus to 

 confer immortality. The poets esteemed it a high honour, 

 and so it was generally accounted, when, having their 

 temples decorated with such a wreath, they could go 

 forth graced with a public testimony of their erudite skill. 

 Such Poets were called Crowned Poets (Gekrbnte Poeten, 

 Poetae laureati). The Emperor Domitian instituted a 

 competition, to take place quinquennially in the Capitol, 

 and, at its conclusion, those who had gained the victory 

 in poetry and in rhetoric were crowned with laurel by 

 the Emperor himself. This practice was afterwards re- 

 vived by the German Kaisers, and was often observed in 

 Germany as well as Italy. In a certain measure it is still 

 maintained [1741] as often as by a Count-Palatine of 

 the Empire [Comite Palatino Csesareo] the title of an 

 'Imperial Crowned Poet' [Kayserl. gekrbnte Poetens, 

 Poetas Laureati Caesarei] is conferred. Petrarch was the 

 first Italian who in the Capitol, 8 Ap. 1341, in the pre- 

 sence of a vast assembly, was crowned with laurel, and 

 with .great solemnity made Poet Laureate. In Ger- 

 many, Conrade Celtes, also called Protucius and Meissel, 

 was the first ' Crowned Poet.' He received the poetic 

 crown of laurel at Nuremburg from the Emperor Frederic, 

 Maximilian's father." 



Conrad Celtes was crowned by Frederic III., 

 May 1, 1491. (See Zedler, who gives many par- 

 ticulars of the poet's life.) 



Pbtbabch was at Valchiusa when he received 

 (Aug. 23, 1340) letters from the Roman Senate 

 inviting him to receive in the Capitol a poetic 

 crown. At the same time there reached him from 

 Paris other letters tendering the same honour. 

 He gave the preference to Rome, and was crowned 

 on Easter Day, April 13, 1341. He was crowned 

 on that occasion with three crowns — of ivy, of 

 laurel, and of myrtle, respectively. He also re- 

 ceived from the Senate a superb ruby worth five 

 hundred golden ducats, and the same amount in 

 gold coin from the Roman people. With other 

 gifts, they also conferred on him the freedom of 

 the city. 



In the evening, after a feast provided for the 



