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anchor, and evidently representing Faith, Charity, 

 and Hope, with the motto " Unifas in charitate 

 non ficta," the union of true charity ; or in the 

 words of St. Paul, it must be a charily which be- 

 lieveth all things, hopeth all things, " and is kind," 

 uniting piety to God with benevolence to man. 



By a conceit of the artist, the centre figure, chari- 

 ty, is represented twice as large as those of Faith 

 and Hope; obviously intending by it a visible illus- 

 tration of the concluding verse of the xiii chapter of 

 1 of Corinthians, " Faith, Hope, Charity ; but the 

 greatest of these is Charity." 



This medal has been presented by the Rev. C. 

 Mackereth to the Philosophical Society at Whitby, 

 whose learned secretary, (Mr. Young, author of the 

 Hist, of Whitby,) in acknowledging its receipt, ob- 

 serves, " This medal found at Middleton, has, I 

 think, never been used as a coin j though there are 

 coins of the knights of Malta, bearing the head of 

 John the Baptist. It seems to be a religious medal 

 similar to many that are in use amongst catholics, 

 and has very likely been stiuck at Malta, where 

 John the Baptist is particularly honoured. It is 

 obviously modern, perhaps not above a century old, 

 and was collected in 1737, for it has the date stamp- 

 ed upon it, with its number in the series, 309." 



In the church-yard, and on the south side of the 

 church, under a handsome slab of white marble, 

 are interred the remains of the late William Mar- 

 shall, Esq., of Pickering ; a gentleman well known 

 l>y big agricultural researches, and the various and 



