M. R. F.

Pennsylvania.

_Copernicus._--The inscription on the tomb of the celebrated Copernicus, in

the cathedral church at Thorn, in Prussian Poland, supposed to have been

written by himself, deserves a place in "N. & Q."

"Non parem _Pauli_ gratiam requiro,

Veniam _Petri_ neque posco; sed quam

In crucis ligno dederat Latroni

Sedulus oro."

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