SHIRLEY HIBBERD.

_Door-head Inscription_ (Vol. vii., p. 23.).--In accordance with the

suggestion of A. B. R., I have by means of a friend obtained an accurate

transcript of the door-head inscription at Wymondham. It runs thus:

"Nec mihi glis servus, nec hospes hirudo."

The doubts I felt, when I stated that I quoted from memory, related to the

first word or two; and it has proved that I was in error there. The

_hirudo_, however, must stand; although it is a question not easy to

decide, "whether a greedy or a gossiping guest would be the worst household

infliction."

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