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No. XIV.—IN MEMORIAM

The following puzzle-epitaph was engraved on a tombstone in Durham Cathedral:—

WEON.CEW.ERET.WO
WET.WOM.ADEO.NE
NON.EFIN.DUST.WO
NO .WLI . FEB.EGO.NE
WILLIAM and MARGARET
TAYLOR
Anno Domini 1665.

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23

Here once, as a hag is bedizened with paint,
A ——— ——— ——’— in the garb of a saint.

The three missing words are spelt with the same five letters.

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24. IN PRAISE OF SUSSEX