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The bells, though now unhung and lying on the floor of the 

 belfry, are of exceptional interest, no less than three of them 

 being of early date. Their legends appear to be 



1. + Ordo Potestatum + 



in small black letter characters about |- of an inch high, with 

 Lombardic initial letters, somewhat irregularly arranged. 

 Diameter at the mouth, 24 inches 



2. (Co)me : Away : Make : No : Delay : 1785. In thin Eoman 



capitals, followed by a small piece of border ornament. 

 The A's are long and the cross bars so slender that the 

 letters look like inverted Vs. This bell is broken. 

 Diameter at the mouth, 26^ inches. 



3. Charles : &; lohn Evdhall Fecit 1784. The lettering is of 



the same type as on the second bell, and is preceded by a 

 piece of border ornament. This bell is also broken, the 

 last three letters of the inscription and the date being on a 

 separate fragment. Diameter at the mouth, 27;^ inches. 



4. Spiritus Sanctus Est Deus, on the crown in black letter 



characters about f inch high, with prettily crowned 

 Lombardic initials. Encircling the haunch in black letter 

 characters and with crowned initial letters as before, 

 + (cross)* Gabriel + (cross). Sancte Paule Ora Pro 

 Nobis; and immediately below, Ordo Yirtutum Maria. 

 Diameter at the mouth, 30 inches. 



5. Filim Est Beus on the crown; and below encircling the 



haunch, + (cross) Raphael + {cross). Sancta Marga/reta 

 Ora Pro Nobis. Beneath the word "Raphael," Ordo 

 Archangelorum. The text and initial letters are of the 

 same character as those on the fourth bell and the initials 

 have similar crowns. Diameter at the mouth, 33 inches. 



6. Soli I Deo \ Bevter \ Gloria =1640 i 00 j 00 7 i P j 



In flat Eoman capitals about an inch in height. The G 

 in "Gloria" is reversed. The four coin impressions are 

 irregular, and the legends on them difficult to decipher. 

 Dunkin thinks they are impressions from half-crowns of 

 Charles I. Diameter at the mouth, 3of inches. This bell 



* For drawings of the crosses on the bells, see Dunkin's "Church Bells of 

 Cornwall." 



