l_., art. CIRRIPEDA, vii. 208., reversing the
woodcut.]

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DIAL INSCRIPTIONS.

(Vol. iv., p. 507. Vol. v., p. 155., &c.)

In the churchyard of Areley-Kings, Worcestershire (where is the singular
memorial to Sir Harry Coningsby, which I mentioned at Vol. vi., {225} p.
406.), is a curious dial, the pillar supporting which has its four sides
carved with figures of Time and Death, &c., and the following inscriptions.

On the south side, where is the figure of Time:

Consider

"Aspice--ut aspicias."

"Time's glass and scythe
Thy life and death declare,
Spend well thy time, and
For thy end prepare."

"O man, now or never
While there is time, turn unto the Lord,
And put not off from day to day."

On the north side, where is the figure of Death standing upon a dead body,
with his dart, hour-glass, and spade:

"Three things there be in very deede,
Which make my heart in grief to bleede:
The first doth vex my very heart,
In that from hence I must departe;
The second grieves me now and then,
That I must die, but know not when;
The third with tears bedews my face,
That I must die, nor know the place.

I. W.
_fecit_, Anno D[=m]i.
1687."

"Behold my killing dart and delving spade;
Prepare for death before thy grave be made;
for
After death there's no hope."

"If a man die he shall live again.
All the days of my appointed time
Will I wait till my days come."--_Job_ xiv. 14.

"The death of saints is precious,
And miserable is the death of sinners."

The east side of the pillar has the following:

"Si vis ingredi in vitam,
Serve mandata."

"Judgments are prepared for sinners."--_Prov_. xiv. 9.

And on the west:

"Sol non occidat
Super iracundiam vestram."

"Whatsoever ye would that men
Should do unto you,
Do ye even so unto them."

I subjoin a few other dial inscriptions, copied from churches in
Worcestershire.

Kidderminster (parish church):

"None but a villain will deface me."

Himbleton (over the porch):

"Via Vitae."

Bromsgrove:

"We shall ----" (_i.e._ we shall die-all).

Shrawley:

"Ab hoc nomento pendet aeternitas."

CUTHBERT BEDE, B.A.

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THE "SALTPETER MAKER."

(Vol. vii., pp. 377. 433. 460. 530.)

The following humble petition will give an