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 | . | F | EB | .EGO | . | NE | ||
| WILLIAM and MARGARET TAYLOR | |||||||||
| Anno Domini 1665. | |||||||||
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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.