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indeed the line of junction between the old and new work may be 

 traced in the plaister inside; showing that it extended somewhat 

 beyond the large pointed window on the north. 



I must call your attention to the early grisaille glass which has 

 been inserted, without reference to pattern, in the eastern- 

 most window in the south wall of the chancel. You 

 will have doubtless noticed as you entered, the holy-water 

 stoup and the bracket above the door, which might 



* support a figure of St. Peter, our patron saint. The 

 steps leading to the rood-loft are visible from the north 

 aisle. 



*T7 * Of monuments we have none of any interest. Poulshot 



has not been favoured as the residence of any of the 

 ^ great of the earth. Many o£ its rectors have been non- 

 J resident, and, with some exceptions, their bones rest 

 m • ^ elsewhere. The small brass plate on the altar step is 

 curious for its punning inscription to one who was 

 Pfc* jj " White in vertues as in name ; " — not a very interesting 

 -§ person. The dole stone near the porch closely resembles 

 ^ one at Potterne, and may be regarded as a monument of 

 43 the connection which once existed between the two 

 m parishes. 



t£ "We boast an archseological puzzle in the inscription 



* o upon the first of our three bells ; the oldest, and the 

 jkftK J purest in tone of the three. The others bear the date 

 <rsj^ 1606, and the simple inscriptions, " Serve God," and 



% <c Prayse God/'' with the initials of the well-known J ohn 

 H Wallis, of Salisbury. I have endeavoured to get a 

 ^4 rubbing of the inscription on the first, which is in black 

 ^ftj^ letter, and have arrived at the conclusion that the in- 

 4^% terpretation of Mr. Lukis cannot be correct. He reads 

 tt#j it : — " Sane : >fr Johannes : Xpc." The rubbings are 

 Off indistinct, as I had to work in a great measure blindly; 



and the letters and parts of letters do not lie in the 

 same plane. The small Maltese cross would indicate 

 the space between the beginning and ending of the legend ; 



