To this parish register is prefixed a motto, of which the following verses are a part:—
Invigilate viri, tacito nam tempora gressu
Diffugiunt, nulloque sono convertitur annus;
Utendum est ætate, cito pede præterit ætas.
W. W. 1820.
FOOTNOTES:
[GT] Many archaic spellings, in this and other papers, are retained.—Ed.
[GU] The last sentence first appeared in the edition of 1837.—Ed.