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Edinburgh.

_Epitaph in Lavenham Church, Norfolk._--

"Continuall prayse these lynes in brass
Of Allaine Dister here,
Clothier vertuous whyle he was
In Lavenham many a yeare;
For as in lyfe he loved best
The poore to clothe and feede,
Soe with the riche and alle the reste,
He neighbourlie agreed;
And did appoint before he died,
A smalle yearlie rent,
Which would be every Whitsuntide
Among the poorest spent."

I send you this copy from a _nibbing_ of a quaint epitaph, made in the
beautiful old church of Lavenham many years since, with a view to putting a
Query as to its construction. The first two lines, as I read them, want a
verb, unless we read the conclusion of the first line as a verb, to
_in-brasse_ (_i.e._ to record in brass). Can any of your readers give me an
authority, from an old author, for the use of this or any similar verb? To
_in-grain_ seems somewhat like it, but is modern. If no authority for such
a verb can be given, I should be glad to have the construction of the lines
explained.

A. B. R.

Belmont.

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THE RIGBY CORRESPONDENCE.

[In "N. & Q.," Vol. vii., pp. 203. 264. 349., mention is made of this
correspondence. The letters, of which the following are copies, were
sold as waste paper, and are in my possession. They appear to have been
written by the Rt. Hon. Richard Rigby, Master of the Rolls in Ireland,
and relate to the appointment of an Examiner in the Chancery in the
year 1783.

JAMES F. FERGUSON.]

Dublin.

St. James's Place,

24th May, 1783.

My dear Lord,

I return you many thanks for your two letters of y^e 10th and 11th
inst., and for the trouble you are so obliging as to take on y^e
business of the Examiner's Office. I have found a copy of an
appointment of an Examiner transmitted to me by Lodge in the year 1762,
and I send you Mr. Meredith's appointment upon the stamp'd paper you
inclosed to me. If that appointment will not answer, or if the stamp is
not a proper one, as you seem to hint may be the case, I must desire
you to tell Mr. Perry to make out a proper appointment and send it over
ready for my signature. I shou'd hope the one I send herewith will
answer, that you may have no further trouble. I perceive five hundred
pounds English was y^e sum I receiv'd in 1762; and I imagine that is
the sum Mr.