"Conscia ni dextram dextera pressa premat."
The second:
"Man wants but little here below,
Nor wants that little long."
is thus rendered:
"Poscimus in terris pauca, nec illa diù."
If in the circle of your correspondents the complete translations can be furnished, you will by their insertion, gratify other lovers of modern Latin poetry besides
Balliolensis.
Gale of Rent.—I can imagine what is meant by a gale of rent, and be thankful I have not to pay one. But what is the origin of the term gale as thus applied?
Y. B. N. J.