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A similar inscription—similarly mis-spelt—occurs on the third bell at Ibstock, Leicestershire, the date of which is 1632. Mr. Sankey, of Marlborough College, gives it a graceful French rendering—
Ici je sonne et je m’appelle,
Marie, du monde la rose plus belle.
The fourth bell at Coton-in-the-Elms has the inscription—
The bride and groom we greet
In holy wedlock joined,
Our sounds are emblems sweet
Of hearts in love combined.
The sixth bell is inscribed—
The fleeting hours I tell,