_Latin Inscription on Lindsey Court-house_ (Vol. ix., p. 492.).--Your
correspondent L. L. L. gives this inscription as follows:
"Fiat Justitia,
1619.
Hæc domus
Dit, amat, punit, conservat, honorat,
Equitiam, pacem, crimina, jura, bonos."
This couplet, in its correct form, evidently stood thus:
"Hæc custodit, amat, punit, conservat, honorat,
Æquitiam, pacem, crimina, jura, bonos."
That is to say,
"Custodit æquitiam, amat pacem, punit crimina, conservat jura, honorat
bonos."
The substantive of _æquus_ is _æquitas_, not _æquitia_. If these verses
were composed in good Latinity, the first word of the pentameter probably
was _justitiam_.