Taking the position of the words in the first line, which are placed above or over (super) those in the second, and noting the repetition of the syllables ra and ram thrice (ter), and the letter i twice (bis), the reading is easy.
O superbe quid superbis? tua superbia te superabit. Terra es et in terram ibis. Mox eris quod ego nunc.
FROM CUNWALLOW CHURCHYARD, CORNWALL.
(May be read backwards or forwards, up or down.)
Shall we all die?
We shall die all,
All die shall we,—
Die all we shall.
FROM LAVENHAM CHURCH, NORFOLK, ENG.
John Weles, ob. 1694.