64 On Church Bells. 



On a bell at Binstead is : — 



" Doctor Nicholas gave five pound 

 To help cast this peal tuneable and sound." 



At Chilton Foliott, on the tenor is : — 



" Into the Church the living I call, 

 And to the grave I summon all ; 

 Attend the instruction which I give, 

 That so you may for ever live." 



At Devizes, St. Mary, on the treble is : — 



1 1 1 am the first, altho' but small 

 I will be heard above you all." 



On the second is : — 



" I am the second in this ring, 

 Therefore next to thee I will sing." 



Which at Broadchalk is thus varied : — 



" I in this place am second bell, 

 I'll surely do my part as well." 



On the third bell at Calne is : — 



" Robert Forman collected the money for casting this bell 

 Of well-disposed persons as I do you tell." 



On a bell at Alderton is : — 



' ' I'm given here to make a peal 

 And sound the praise of Mary Neale." 



On the fifth bell at Amesbury is : — 



" Be strong in faith, praise God well, 

 Frances Countess Hertford's bell." 



And on the tenor : — 



" Altho' it be unto my loss 

 I hope you will consider my cost." 



At Stowe, Northants; and at St. Mary the Yirgin, Oxford, 

 find:— 



" Be it known to all that doth me see 

 That Newcombe of Leicester made me." 



A fire-bell (cast in 1652) in the church of Sherborne has : — 



" Lord ! quench this furious flame; 

 Arise, run, help, put out the same." 



