_--The following inscription is copied from a
monument on the north wall of the chancel of Mickleton Church, co.
Gloucester:

"_The Ephitath of John Bonner._

Heare lyeth in tomed John Bonner by name,
Sonne of Bonner of Pebworth, from thence he came.
The :17: of October he ended his daies,
Pray God that wee leveing may follow his wayes.
1618 by the yeare.
Scarce are such Men to be found in this shere.
Made and set up by his loveing frend
Evens his kindesman and [so I] doe end.
John Bonner, Senior. Thomas Evens, Junior.
1618."

The words in brackets are conjectural, the stone at that point being
much corroded.

BALLIOLENSIS.

_Charade attributed to Sheridan._--You have given a place to enigmas in
"N. & Q.," and therefore the following, which has been attributed to R.
B. Sheridan, may be acceptable. Was he the author?

"There is a spot, say, Traveller, where it lies,
And mark the clime, the limits, and the size,
Where grows no grass, nor springs the yellow grain,
Nor hill nor dale diversify the plain;
Perpetual green, without the farmer's toil,
Through all the seasons clothes the favor'd soil,
Fair pools, in which the finny race abound,
By human art prepar'd, enrich the ground.
Not India's lands produce a richer store,
Pearl, ivory, gold and silver ore.
Yet, Britons, envy not these boasted climes,
Incessant war distracts, and endless crimes
Pollute the soil:--Pale Avarice triumphs there,
Hate, Envy, Rage, and heart-corroding Care,
With Fraud and Fear, and comfortless Despair.
There government not long remains the same,
Nor they, like us, revere a monarch's name.
Britons, beware! Let avarice tempt no more;
Spite of the wealth, avoid the tempting shore;
The daily bread which Providence has given,
Eat with content, and leave the rest to heaven."

BALLIOLENSIS.

_Suggested Reprint of Hearne._--It has often occurred to me to inquire
whether an association might not be formed for the republication of the
works edited by Tom Hearne? An attempt was made some years ago by a
bookseller; and, as only Robert of Gloucester and Peter Langtoft
appeared, "Printed for Samuel Bagster, in the Strand, 1810," we must
infer that the spirited publisher was too far in advance of the age, and
that the attempt