70. _Of Prayer in one Tongue._--Bishop Jewel, in his celebrated sermon
preached at Paul's Cross, quotes the following argument as used by
Gerson, sometime Chancellor of Paris:
"There is but one only God; ergo, all nations throughout the world
must pray to Him in one tongue."
The editor of the Parker Society's edition of Jewel cannot discover the
argument in the works of Gerson; but if any of your readers can point
out where it may be found, I shall be much obliged.
N. E. R. (a Subscriber).
71. _Inscription in Ely Cathedral._--M. D. (Great Yarmouth) is anxious
to have the meaning of the following inscription explained. It is on a
tombstone in Ely Cathedral.
Human
Redemption
590 [x] 590 [x] 590
Born [o] Sara [o] Watts
Died
600 [x] 600 [x] 600
30 [x] 00 [x] 33
Aged
Y 30 [x] 00 [x] 33
M 3 [x] d 31 - 3
h 3 [x] 3 [x] 3 [x] 12
Nations make fun of his
Commands.
--------
S. M. E.
Judgements begun on Earth.
In memory of
JAMES FOUNTAIN.
Died August 21, 1767.
Aged 60 years.
72. _Cervantes--what was the Date of his Death?_--In the Life prefixed
to a corrected edition of Jarvis's translation, published by Miller,
1801, it is stated to be April 23, 1616; and it is added:
"It is a singular coincidence of circumstances, that the same day
should deprive the world of two men of such transcendent abilities
as Cervantes and Shakspeare, the latter of whom died in England on
the very day that put an end to the life of the former in Spain."
Dr. Christopher Wordsworth, in his Life of his uncle, the poet, remarks
on his decease on the anniversary of the death of Shakspeare, but makes
no allusion to the double anniversary; and in the Life of Cervantes
prefixed to Smollet's translation of _Don Quixote_, the day of
Cervantes' death is somewhat differently stated.