H. T. G.

Hull.

Door-head Inscriptions (Vol. vii., pp. 23. 190. 588.; Vol. viii., pp. 38. 162.).—Over a house in Hexham, in the street called Gilligate, is the following inscription:

"C. D. 1683. J. D.

Reason doth wonder, but Faith he tell can,

That a maid was a mother, and God was a man.

Let Reason look down, and Faith see the wonder;

For Faith sees above, and Reason sees under.

Reason doth wonder what by Scripture is meant,

Which says that Christ's body is our Sacrament: