COMMEMORATIVE LATIN INSCRIPTION. XV 
THE FOLLOWINC INSCRIPTION 
COMMEMORATIVE OF THE FORMATION OF THE SOGIETY 
IS FROM THE PEN OF 
THE REV. F. KILVERT, OF BATH. 
Bee 7S 
FELIX . FAVSTVMQVE . ESTO 
WILTONIENSIBVS 
QvVI . SERO . LICET 
STVDIIS . NVMMISQVE 
ANTIQVAE . MATRIS . EXQVIRENDAE . ERGO 
COLLATIS 
ID . OPERAE . SEDVLO . DATVRI . SVNT 
VT . SVPERIORIS . AEVI . MONVMENTA 
QVIBVS . PLVRIMIS . AC . PRETIOSISSIMIS 
WILTONIA . GLORIATVR 
IGNORANTIVM . ET . MALEFICORVM 
QVIN . ET . IPSIVS . TEMPORIS 
INJVRUS . EREPTA 
CVRA . DEBITA . CONSERVENTYR 
PICTVRAE . AC . SCRIPTVRAE . OPE 
AD . VERYM . DESCRIBANTVR 
QVARVM . AVXILIO 
PRAESENTIA . CVM . PRAETERITIS . TEMPORIBVS . CONJYNGI 
ET . VTRORVMQVE 
MORES . HABITVS . VSVSQVE . VITAE 
INTER . SE . COMPARART 
QVEANT 
VNDE . SVBEAT 
GRATVS . ERGA . DEVM . OPT . MAX . ANIMVS 
QVI . VERAE . RELIGIONIS . LVCEM 
ET . OMNIGENAE . SCIENTIAE . VTILITATEM 
HODIERNO . SAECVLO 
AFFVDERIT, 
TRANSLATION, 
May success and prosperity attend the inhabitants of the County of Wilts, 
who, though late, having contributed their efforts and their means towards the 
investigation of their ancient Mother, are about diligently to exert themselves * 
for the rescue of the numerous and valuable relics of antiquity with which 
Wiltshire abounds, from the injuries of the ignorant and mischievous, and espe- 
cially of Time, the great destroyer, and for their preservation to future ages by 
literary and pictorial description ; by the aid of ssa the Present may be con- 
nected with the Past, and the manners, habits and usages of both compared 
cel whence may result gratitude to that All-good and Almighty Being, 
who has shed the light of true Religion, and the advantages of various science, 
upon the present age. 
