SUN-DIALS AND THEIR MOTTOES. 
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17. “ Irrevocabilis labitur hora, 
Nulli optabilis dabitur mora. 
Ne sis inutilis semper labora, 
Ne tu sis futilis, vigila, ora.” 
Never returning, hours glide away; 
Thou, though much yearning, canst not delay. 
Labouring, learning, spend thou thy day ; 
Indolence spurning, watch thou and pray. 
Written by the Bey. S. E. Bartleet, and paraphrased in English 
by Sir Herbert Maxwell. 
18. “ Nil nomen nil fama juvat nil Candida virtus : 
Tempus enim rapido singula dente vorat.” 
Nor valour bright, nor name, nor fame can aid, 
Eor time’s swift tooth makes each of these to fade. 
On a brass concave dial made by Hieronimus Yulpariae, Florence, 
1588, in my collection. 
19. “ Parta tueri,” 
and the chronogram, “DVCI aYgVsto gYILheLMo,” for 1722, 
are on a silver dial with a compass and folding gnomon in 
my collection. The motto may be translated: “ Stick to what 
you’ve got.” 
20. “ Praeteritum nihil, 
Praesens instabile, 
Futurum incertum.” 
The past is nothing, the present unstable, the future uncertain. 
On an English dial, about 1698. 
21. “ Set me right—use me well—and I—time tell.” 
On a brass ring-dial made by Proctor about 1760. 
22. “ Transit umbra, lux permanet.” 
Shadows pass, light remains. 
On an ivory portable dial made by Hans Bucher of Nuremberg, 
in 1578, are the following:— 
23. “ Wenn Gott wil, so ist das recht zil.” 
When God so wills, that is the rightful term. 
“ Her Spoter sol nichts verachten 
Ben er kan>s hesser machen.” 
The scorner should not despise anything, unless he can do better 
himself. 
