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brata carminibus, primum oculis meis apparuit sub primum 

 adolescentiae meae tempus, anno Domini 1327 die 6 mensis 

 Aprilis in Ecclesia Sanctss Claise Avinioni hora matutina. Et 

 in eadem Civitate, eodem mense Aprilis, sodem die 6, eadem 

 hora prima, anno autem Domini 1348 ab hac luce lux ilia sub- 

 tracta est ; cum ego forte Veronae essem, heu fati mei nescius ! 

 Rumor axitem infelix per literas Ludovici mei me Parmoe re- 

 perit anno eodem, mense Maji. die 19 mane. 



" Corpus illud castissimmn, ac pulcherrimura in loco Fratrura 

 Minorum repositum est ipsa die mortis ad vesperam. Animam 

 quidem ejus, ut de At'ricano ait Seneca, in caelum, unde erat, 

 rediisse milii persuadeo. 



*' Hasc autem ad acerbam rei memoriam amara quadam dul- 

 cedine scribere visum est hoc potissimum loco qui saepe sub 

 oculis meis redit, ut cogitem nihil esse debere quod amplius 

 mihi placeat in hac vita, et efFracto majori laqueo, tempus esse 

 de Babylone fugiendi, crebra horum inspectione, ac fugacissimse 

 eetatis aestimatione commonear. Quod, praevia Dei gratia, fa- 

 cile erit praeteriti temporis curas supervacuas, spes inanes, et 

 inexpectatos exitus acriter ac viriliter cogitanti." 



9. Bristol Literary and Philosophical Institution. — On the 

 29th of February, the ceremony of laying the foundation-stone 

 of a new and magnificent building, for literary and philosophical 

 purposes in Bristol, was attended by the Right Worshipful the 

 Mayor W. Fripp, jun., Esq., the sheriffs, and a numerous 

 assemblage of gentlemen, some of the most distinguished for 

 wealth and talent in Bristol. The company met their worthy 

 chief magistrate at the Council-house, and thence proceeded in 

 procession, with a band of music and the insignia of the city, 

 to the ground ; and afterwards returned in a similar order to 

 the Merchant's Hall to dinner, where they spent the evening in 

 the greatest harmony and unanimity. 



The site of this building is at the west end of the bottom of 

 Park-street, one of the finest streets in Bristol. It is intended 

 for the building to contain a spacious lecture-room, with a labo- 

 ratory adjoining ; a room of noble dimensions destined for a 

 library ; two apartments which may be appropriated, the one 

 for an exhibition room, the other for a museum ; a reading- 

 room for reviews, pamphlets, newspapers, Sfc. ; some other 

 apartment for subsidiary purposes, and the accommodation of 

 a resident guardian of the building. 



It has been for several years in contemplation to foun a 



