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NOTES AND QUERIES. [2-^ S. VI. 153., Dec. 4. '58. 



Pater noster. Legatur Ewangelium, Cum venerit Para- 

 ditus. Item, Ps. Qai hahitat. Pater noster. Pecora 

 nostra sint Deo et sancto Job. Liberet ea tidelis Job, per 

 virtutem sancte crucis. O crux admirabilis, evacuacio 

 (ioloris, restitucio sauitatis. Ps. Qa'wunquc vult repetatur 

 tribus vicibus, et aspergatur ordeum aqua beuedicta, et 

 post coraedatur. Iq nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus 

 Sancti." 



It will be remarked that the priest officiates in 

 Lis robes as solemnly as if he were at mass ! The 

 quantity of crosses to be made over the barley — 

 the absurd and irreverent mixture of names in the 

 .idjuration — and the introduction of holy Job to 

 drive away the disease — present a singular ex- 

 ample of that false devotion which, under the 

 form of a religious service, was superstitiously 

 adopted as a means of safety against_ disease. It 

 may be asked, what were the swinish maladies 

 known under the names of tac, tnlau, or pwpu- 

 rola ? H- 



INSCRIPTIONS. 



Your correspondents have furnished you with 

 inscriptions on " Bell, Book, and Candle," and on 

 houses of tlie living and tombs of the dead, but I 

 am not aware that they have yet noticed the mul- 

 titudinous writings on the walls and windows of 

 inns, — a prolific subject, which I venture to re- 

 commend to the recorders of ancient and modern 

 practices.* As Christmas time is approaching it 

 may amuse your subscribers to read a few lines 

 which a facetious uncle of mine forw.arded some 

 sixty or seventy years ago to a gentleman who 

 left his name and address, and nothing more, 

 fairly engraven on the window of an inn on the 

 road to Northampton. 



" To , Esq , of ill sh'tre. 



" Ingenious Sir, tbe other day, 

 Through Hockley as I chanc'd to stray, 

 And stopping at my fav'rite Inn — 

 You knovf, good Sir, wliich 'tis I mean, — 

 And whilst my dinner could be drest, 

 I, uninolin'd to sleep or rest, 

 With carious eye and nicest care, 

 Eead scraps of verse wrote here and there, 

 Or on the wall or on the window, 

 Scratcb'd with a di'mond or a cinder. 

 I saw for why those lines were writ, — 

 To shew tbe Author's Love or Wit. 

 When, lo! amidst the scribbling class, 

 I found your name adorn the glass, — 

 Tour name at length, and where you dwell. 

 With 'Squire added, sounding well. 

 « This name,' thought I, 'could ne'er be writ 

 To show the author was a wit ; 

 Nor can I from one letter prove 

 This honest man was e'er in love. 

 What was his reason, then, I wonder? — 

 I'll try to find it, though I blunder. 

 He writes his title and his name, 

 And then he tells vou whence he came : — 



While all I find, by nice inspection. 

 Is nothing more than a direction ! 

 And, with submission to my betters. 

 This honest man is fond of letters. 

 And so he always leaves behind him 

 Directions where a man may find him.' 



, " Since this, good Sir, must bo the case, 

 I in my turn demand a place. 

 And thus a correspondence claim, 

 Begun by reading of your Name." " 



E. F. 



Inscription at Wiesbaden. — When I was at 

 Wiesbaden there was, and for aught I know it 

 may still remain, the following inscription placed 

 lengthwise on the front of " Das Hotel der vier 

 Jahrzeiten" (the four seasons), which extended 

 for the whole front : — 



"CUR.E VACUUS IIUXC ADEAS LOCUM, UT MOP.BOP.UJI 

 VACUUS ABIRE QUE.\J3 ; NON ESIJt IlIC CURATUK, QUI 

 CUR.VT." 



Delta. 



Inscriptions in Books. — Northcote the painter 

 sent a proof copy of the illustrations to bis Fables 

 with this inscription : — 



" To Mr. Bebnes, Sculptor, 

 From his friend, 



" James Northcote. 

 " Behnes and Death for ever 

 Are at strife ; 

 Death turns the life to claj". 

 He clay to life." 



Y. B. N. J. 



[* We see that our correspondent had not read R. R. 

 F.'s communication, 2'"i S. iv. 491. — Ed.] 



Door Inscriptions. — Over the door of Justus 

 Moser was this inscription : — 



" Pusilla domus, at qnantulacunque est, amicis dies 

 noctesque patet." (F;'rfe The Critic, June 19, 1858, 

 p. 316.) 



CCTIIBERT BeDE. 



Over the door of an old house at Halliwell, co. 

 JvTorthumberland, formerly the mansion of the 

 Bates family : — 



"Medioeria firma, 1654." 



At Greenthwaite Hall, in the parish of Grey- 

 stoke, CO. Cumberland : — 



"Peregrinos hie nos reputaraus, 1650." 



At St. Bees' School, in the same county, with 

 the initials " E. G." (for Abp. Grindali, the 

 founder), and the date 1587 : — 



"Ingredere ut proficias." 



On the old school at Great Blencowe, in tlie 

 parish of Dacre, also in Cumberland, which was 

 rebuilt in 1798, and where Lord Chief Justice 

 Ellenborough received his education : — 



" Ye youths rejoice at this Foundation 

 Being laid for your edification." 



