W. C.

Argyleshire.

_Chronograms and Anagrams_ (Vol. viii., p. 42.).--Perhaps the most

extraordinary instance to be found in reference to chronograms is the

following:

"Chronographica Gratulatio in Felicissimum adventum Serenissimi

Cardinalis Ferdinandi, Hispaniarum Infantis, a Collegio Soc. Jesu.

Bruxellae publico Belgarum Gaudio exhibita."

This title is followed by a dedication to S. Michael and an address to

Ferdinand; after which come one hundred hexameters, _every one of which is

a chronogram_, and each chronogram gives the same result, viz. 1634. The

first three verses are,--

"AngeLe CaeLIVogI MIChaeL LUX UnICa CaetUs.

Pro nUtU sUCCInCta tUo CUI CUnCta MInIstrant.

SIDera qUIqUe poLo gaUDentIa sIDera VoLVUnt."

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