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a purpose so thoroughly insignificant, without some 

 hitherto unexplained bearing, and that the com- 

 mon deformity should have spread over so fair a 

 portion of Europe. That they were destined to 

 cover the remains of priests not in full orders, is 

 a problem that has been proposed, but on wbat 

 authority is not stated. 



The only variety known to exist is in the size : 

 one in the very beautiful porch to Beccles church, 

 and another in the church of Burgh St. Peter in 

 Norfolk, are reduced to the usual proportions of 

 tombstones over children to those over adults. 

 It only remains to be added they are most gene- 

 rally found at the different entrance doors of 

 churches. H. D'Aveney. 



Eling, neae Southampton. — The following 

 epitaph appears on a monument in the parish 

 church of Eling, near Southampton. It may re- 

 commend itself to some by its elegant Latinity, to 

 some by the tenderness of its sentiment, and to 

 others by its being (perhaps) the composition of 

 Dr. Warton, once the eminent head-master of 

 Winchester College. Query, did he write it ? 

 " M. S. 

 Susannoe Serle, ob' 15 die Novembris 

 -<Etat. 30, a.d. 1753. 

 Conjux chara vale tibi Maritus 

 Hoc pono memori manu Sepulchrum : 

 At quales lachrymas Tibi rependam, 

 Dura tristi recolo Susanna mente, 

 Quam fido fueras amore Conjux; 

 Quam constans, Anirao neque irapotente, 

 Tardam sustuleras manere mortem, 

 Me spectans placidis supremum Ocellis ! 

 Quod si pro Mentis vel ipse flerem, 

 Quo fletu tua te relicta Proles, 

 Mature nimis ah relicta Proles, 

 Proles parvula, rite te sequetur 

 Custodem, Sociam, Ducem, Parentem ! 

 Sed quorsum lachrymae ? valeto rar* 

 Exemplum pietatis, Susanna." 



J. O. B. 

 Loughborough. 



Phiepots. — Being in Belbroughton church- 

 yard, Worcestershire, the other day, I transcribed 

 the following lines from a tombstone to the me- 

 mory of Richard Philpots, of the Bell Inn, Bell 

 End, who died in 1766 : — 



" To tell a merry or a wonderous tale 

 Over a chearful glass of nappy Ale, 

 In harmless mirth was his supreme delight, 

 To please his Guests or Friends by Day or Night ; 

 Hut no fine tale, how well soever told, 



Could make the tyrant Death his stroak withold ; 

 That fatal Stroak has laid him here in Dust, 

 To rise again once more with Joy we trust." 



On the upper portion of this Christian monu- 

 ment are carved, in full relief, a punch-bowl, a 

 flagon, and a bottle, emblems of the deceased's faith 

 (I presume) and of those pots which Mr. Philpots 

 delighted to fill. 



Near to this is a fine tombstone to the me- 

 mory of Paradise Buckler (who died in 1815), the 



daughter of a gipsy king. The pomp that at- 

 tended her funeral is well remembered by many 

 of the inhabitants. I have heard one of my rela- 

 tives say that the gipsies borrowed from her a 

 dozen of the finest damask napkins (for the coffin 

 handles) — none but those of the very best quality 

 being accepted for the purpose — and that they 

 were duly returned, beautifully " got up " and 

 scented. The king and his family were encamped 

 in a lane near to my relative's house, and his 

 daughter (a young girl of fifteen) died in the 

 camp. ■ Cuthbeet Bede. 



Rogeeson. — The following is a copy of the 

 inscription on a mural monument in the chancel 

 of Denton church, co. Norfolk : — 

 M. S. 

 ROBERTUS ROGERSON, A.M. 



Nat. xviii. Cal. Jul. 1G27. 



Hujus Ecclesise Curam, a.d. 1660, 



Suscepit, 



Quam plus Annos liv. 



Sustinuit, 



Nee nisi cum vita, Senex 



Deposuit. 



Dextramque [sic] versus hujus ad muri Pedem 



Pulvis Futurus Pulveri immistus jacet. 



Ubi 



Longa post Divortia rcjungitur 



Barbara; sure Benevolentissimae, 



Gul. Gooch de Metingham, SufL Armig. Filial 



Donatfp A° Partus f Vir S ini5i 1637 - 

 E>enata! A I aitus j Ma(erni 1684 _ 



His etiam et parentibus e prole sua duodena 



Bis quatucr condormientes accubant. 

 Thomas ) -p.,-. 

 RobertusJ 

 Anna ) j,.-,. 



Elizibethaj _ F,1,as 



Soli e tot suis snperstites 



1I.M.P.P.P. 



Abi Lector et resipisce. 



Can anyone construe the line, " Denatse A Par* 

 tus," &c. ? I imagine the dates there given to be 

 those of the lady's birth and death. She would 

 thus have been born ten years after her husband, 

 and have died thirty years (" longa Divortia")before 

 him. But I do not see how to get this meaning out 

 of the words. The register of the burials in the 

 parish for the latter half of the seventeenth cen- 

 tury is unfortunately wanting. I subjoin the 

 arms of Rogerson and Gooch as they appear on the 

 monument : — 



Rogerson : Azure a fess or between a fleur-de- 

 lis in chief, and a mullet in base of the same. 



Gooch : Per pale argent and sable, a chevron 

 between three dogs passant counterchanged, on a 

 chief gules, three leopards' heads or. 



Crest (of Rogerson) : on a wreath a dexter 

 hand couped at the wrist, in fess, proper, grasping 

 a fleur-de-lis or. Selbach. 



Curiously constructed Epitaph.- The con- 

 struction of the following epitaph deviates suf- 

 ficiently from the ordinary reading of such com- 



