(_To the Editor of the Mirror_.)
Quod fuit esse quod est, quod non fuit esse quod esse,
Esse quod est non esse, quod est non, erit esse.
As a translation of this curious epitaph (in Lavenham churchyard) which
is formed out of two Latin words, has been requested from some of your
readers, I send the following:--
What John Giles has been
Is what he is, (_a bachelor_.)
What he has not been,
Is what he is, (_a corpse_.)
To be what he is
Is not to be, (_a living creature_.)
He will have to be
What he is not. (_dust_.)