_Inscription on the Tomb of Peter the Hermit._--At Huy, on the Meuse, is
shown the tomb where Peter the Hermit was buried: it is in the shape of an
obelisk, and has an inscription on each of the four sides. Of this
inscription, which is curious, and which I copied when I was there, I have
lost the greater part: can one of your correspondents supply it for me, or
tell where the lines are originally to be found, as I fancy they are
adapted to, and not made for, the monument.
The part of the inscription which I have runs as follows:
(INSCRIPTION.)
"Soldat du Pape Urbain, aux cris de 'Dieu le veut,'
Il a precipite l'Europe sur l'Asie;
Le peril arrive, sa sainte frenesie
N'a plus trouve qu'un cri arrive 'Sauve qui peut.'
Dieu,
L'intolerant l'outrage, insulte a sa grandeur,
Tel masque qu'il affecte, il n'est qu'une imposteur."
Another two-lined motto is headed "Les Illusions;" and a third, "La
Liberte;" but neither these, nor a longer one (which I fancy introduces the
names of Moliere, Rousseau, and Fenelon), am I able to quote.