—M. D. (Great Yarmouth) is anxious to have the meaning of the following inscription explained. It is on a tombstone in Ely Cathedral.
| Human | |||||||
| Redemption | |||||||
| 590 | [X] | 590 | [X] | 590 | |||
| Born | [•] | Sara | [•] | Watts | |||
| Died | |||||||
| 600 | [X] | 600 | [X] | 600 | |||
| 30 | [X] | 00 | [X] | 33 | |||
| Aged | |||||||
| Y 30 | [X] | 00 | [X] | 33 | |||
| M 3 | [X] | d 31 | - | 3 | |||
| h 3 | [X] | 3 | [X] | 3 | [X] | 12 | |
| Nations make fun of his Commands. | |||||||
| ——— | |||||||
| S. M. E. | |||||||
| Judgements begun on Earth. | |||||||
| In memory of | |||||||
| JAMES FOUNTAIN. | |||||||
| Died August 21, 1767. | |||||||
| Aged 60 years. | |||||||
72. Cervantes—what was the Date of his Death?
—In the Life prefixed to a corrected edition of Jarvis's translation, published by Miller, 1801, it is stated to be April 23, 1616; and it is added:
"It is a singular coincidence of circumstances, that the same day should deprive the world of two men of such transcendent abilities as Cervantes and Shakspeare, the latter of whom died in England on the very day that put an end to the life of the former in Spain."
Dr. Christopher Wordsworth, in his Life of his uncle, the poet, remarks on his decease on the anniversary of the death of Shakspeare, but makes no allusion to the double anniversary; and in the Life of Cervantes prefixed to Smollet's translation of Don Quixote, the day of Cervantes' death is somewhat differently stated.
GEO. E. FRERE.
73. "Agla," Meaning of.
—I have in my possession a silver ring, found some time since at a place called "Grungibane" in this neighbourhood. The hoop is flat both inside and out, about a quarter of an inch broad. On the outside, occupying about half the length, is the following inscription: "+ AGLA."
I should feel great obliged by some of your learned correspondents decyphering the above.