WAIFS AND STRAYS. 185 
And safely thee convey unto the throne 
Of joy and blisse, and that to Abraham’s brest 
Thou maiest be brought where quietly thou maist rest 
To all eternity, where thou shalt have 
More joy and blisse than I can wish or crave; 
And nowe that this may unto thee be given 
Shall be my Prayer unto the God of heaven, 
And that thou maist be nowe and ever blest 
Shall be the daily prayer of F. W.”. 
The last line gives a clue to the writer. 
Campanology is a very interesting part of the Antiquary’s studies, and 
really scientific bell-ringing is getting into well-deserved favour. I have 
collected heaps of belfry rhymes, laying down in wretched doggerel the rules 
of ringing. From the collation of all, I have made this modification, (but 
not alteration), of them, and present them to campanologists of the present 
day as not being needed for them, but as having been once required for their 
predecessors at the bell-rope. 
Beurry RvuLeEs. 
These laws shall us in bonds of order tie, 
And all who here shall ring must fain comply ; 
That he who curses, swears, or rudely brawls, 
Or, moved by passion, names disgraceful calls, 
Shall sixpence pay: and so shall he as well 
Who, careless, ringing overturns a bell. 
He who in belfry wears a hat or spur, 
For such misdeed shall the same fine incur. 
But he who roused, and in a choleric mood, 
Shall strike or quarrel, though he draw no blood, 
One shilling pays. These acts we all despise, 
And hope such strife will never here arise. 
Whoe’er shall damage do unto the tower, 
To windows, locks; shall in that very hour 
A seven and sixpence pay. We thus agree 
With social hearts to keep good harmony. 
All fines by rule shall in a box appear, 
And its contents be known but once a year. 
T. Q. C. 
NETHERTON, PRINTER, TRURO. 
