_ram, ram, ram_, is thrice _ram_, i.e. _ter-ram=terram_.
_ii_ is _i_ twice, _i.e. i-bis=ibis_.

Thus the last four lines are,--

"Terra es et in terram ibis."

Can any one furnish a solution of the two first lines?

J. BDN.


[We would suggest that the first two lines are to be read "O
_super_ be, quid _super_ est, tuæ _super_ biæ," and the
epitaph will then be--

"O superbe quid superest tuæ superbiæ
Terra es, et in terram ibis."--ED.]


_MSS. of Cornish Language._--Are there any ancient MSS. of the Cornish
language, or are there any works remaining in that language, besides the
_Calvary_ and _Christmas Carol_ published by the late Davies Gilbert?

J.A. GILES.


_Bilderdijk the Poet._--Banished from his native country, disowned by
his own countrymen, the Dutch poet Willem Bilderdijk pitched his tent
for a while on the hospitable soil of Old England. Prince William V.