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0BITUABY. 
were thought to be men of experience, and men that could 
most likely best certify him concerning the stopping of 
Sandwich Haven. Among others came before him an old 
man, w ith a wUite head, one that was thought to be little less 
than a hundred years old. When Master More saw this 
aged man, he thought it expedient to hear him say his mind 
in this matter; for, being so old a man, it was likely that he 
knew most of any man in that company. So Master More 
called this old aged man unto him, and said, ‘Father, tell 
me, if you can, what is the cause of this great rising of the 
sands and shelves here about this haven, which stop it up so 
that no ships can arrive here? You are the oldest man that 
I can espy in all this company, so that if any man can tell 
any cause of it, you it is likely can say most in it, or at least 
more than any other man here assembled/ f Yea, forsooth, 
good master/ quoth this old man, 6 for I am well-nigh a hun- 
dred years old, and no man here in this company is anything 
near unto mine age.’ ‘Well, then/ quoth Master More, 
4 how say you in this matter? What think you are the 
causes of these shelves and flats that stop up Sandwich 
Haven? 5 ‘ Forsooth, sir, ‘quoth he, ‘I am an old man; 1 
think that Tenterden steeple is the cause of Goodwin Sands. 
For I am an old man, sir/ quoth he, ‘and I may remember 
the building of Tenterden steeple, and I may remember 
w-hen there w T as no steeple at all there. And before that 
Tenterden steeple was building, there w-as no speaking of 
any flats or sands that stopped the haven, and therefore I 
think that Tenterden steeple is the cause of the destroying 
and decay of Sandwdch Haven . 5 — Bishop Latimer . 
OBITUARY. 
Died, May 1st, aged 37, after a most severe and lin- 
gering illness, under which he has been suffering for many 
months, Mr. W. C. Sibbald, of Biggleswade, M.R.C.V.S. 
“ During his residence there he had gained the esteem of all 
his friends, and, as a professional man, the greatest confidence 
was placed in him, arising from the successfulness of his 
treatment of diseases, and his attention to business. 55 
We have also been informed of the sudden death of 
Mr. Robert Molyneux, M.R.C.V.S., of Kilkenny. 
Mr. Molyneux obtained his diploma in 1829^ and Mr. 
Sibbald in 1841 . Thus one after another passes off this 
busy stage of life. 
His part enacted and the curtain fallen.” 
