_Door-head Inscription_ (Vol. viii., p. 454.).--A friend has kindly sent me
an improved version of the inscription over the gate of the Apostolical
Chancery, which, with his permission, I beg to forward to you:--
"Fide Deo, dic saepe preces, peccare caveto,
Sis humilis, pacem dilige, magna fuge,
Multa audi, dic pauca, tace abdita, scito minori
Parcere, majori cedere, ferre parem,
Propria fac, persolve fidem, sis aequus egenis,
Parta tuere, pati disce, memento mori."