B. H. C.

[We are indebted to S-C. P. J. for a similar reply.]

_Copernicus_ (Vol. ix., p. 447.).--This inscription, as given in "N. & Q.,"

contains two false quantities, _Gr[=a]tiam_ and _V[=e]niam_. May I suggest

the transposal of the two words, and then all will be right, at least as to

_prosody_, which, in Latin poetry, seems to override all other

considerations.

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