By J. E. Nightingale, F.S.A. 



373 



"Although 'tis true that sanctities not ty J d 

 To state 



Yet sure Religion should not be envy'd 

 The fate 



Of meaner worth, 



To be set forth 

 As best becomes the service of a king. 



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" If I might wish, then, 1 would have this bread, 

 This wine, 



Vessel' d in what the sun might blush to shed 

 His shine 



When he should see ; 



But till that be, 

 I'll rest contented with it as it is." 



Besides the chalice, the parish Church of Fugglestone possesses a 

 very fine Elizabethan Tankard, now in use there as a Flagon. It 

 measures 7^in. in height. The date-mark gives the year 1589. 

 The maker's mark is I.M. with pellets above and below, within a 

 shield. This vessel is of silver and parcel-gilt, the form is cylindrical, 

 but tapering upwards ; it is engraved with broad interlaced vertical 

 floriated bands on the drum, and encircled with two raised ornamental 

 belts. The dome-shaped cover is repousse with lions' heads and 

 fruits, surmounted by a baluster-shaped knop. The broad circular 

 base is also ornamented with lions' heads, fruits, and foliage. The 

 purchase is a winged mermaid holding a cornucopia. The handle is 

 ornamented with an engraved foliated scroll pattern, similar to that 

 found on nearly all the Elizabethan chalices of the latter half of the 

 sixteenth century, It bears the following inscription : " The Gift of 

 John Hawes, Rector of this Parish, bth April, 1776." The Rev. 

 John Hawes was rector from 1759 to 1788. He was buried in 

 Bemerton Church, where is a monument to his memory. 



Little Langford. The communion plate now in use is modern, 

 but there is still preserved at the Rectory the old chalice, one of the 



