Mr. URBAN, Letcom Regis, Oct. 24, 1798. HE inclofed view of Pley TH dell's aile, on the North fide of the chancel in Faringdon church, was taken from the staircase leading to the organ-loft, through an arch in the Eaft wall of the upper North tranfept. In the middle of the floor is a large marble grave-ftone, on which are emboffed the figures of a man and woman; and under, "Hic jacet TOBIAS PLEYDELL, armiger, et ELINOR, uxor ejus, qui quidem Tobias obiit decimo octavo die Octobfis, anno Domini milleffimo quingentefimo octogentefimo tertio. Beati qui moriuntur in Domino." Towards the Weft end is grave-ftone with this, a "Here lieth the body of BARTHOLOMEW YEATE, efq. who departed the 7th of Auguft, an. Dom. 1708, aged 23." At the head of the ftone the arms of Yeate, viz. Embattled per fefs, Or and Gules, between three gates changed. On one of the buttreffes of the tower, which projects into the aile, is a neat monument with "Hanc juxta columnam dormiust reliquiæ LIONELLI RICH, generofi ; qui obiit vicefimo tertio de Decembris, 1742, ætatis 40. Filius erat natu tertius Lionelli Rich, de Dodfwell, in comitatu Gloceftri, armigeri; et uxorem duxit Annam, Henrici Pye, armigeri, filiam, quæ marmor hoc voluit extrui. Amoris et gratitudinis monumentum." The arms on the top are, Parted per pale, Sable and Gules, a croflet fitché Or, between four fleurs de lis of the fame, impaling Py, Ermine, a bend fufil Gules. On a flab of white marble lying on the floor near the North-east Corner: falutis humanas 1706to, ætatis fuæ 23tio. In æternam uxoris defideratifimæ memoriam, atque filii vix matri fuperftitis, fupremum hoc, amoris dolorifque monumentum pofuit maritus mœftiflimus.” the middle one, against the fame The next monument, namely, marble. It is fupported by columns wall, is of most beautiful variegating of the Doric order, crowned with elegant urns. The arms on the top are Pye impaling Bathurft, viz. Sable, two bars Ermine in chief, three croffes pattée Or.-Motto. In glorior.-Creft, as the former. On a fmall tablet under the arms; "H. S. L ANNA PYE, Henrici Pye, de Faringdon Magn. in com. Berch. arm. uxor altera et defideratiffima; Benjamin Bathurst, in agro Northampton, militis, filia unica; honoratiffimi Alien Bathurst, baronis, foror chariffima." politeness in his manners, with an open The true English Gentleman. Under this, on a large table be- he affectionately expreffed by the monu tween the columns : "Sifte gradum, viator! Ecce Weftward of the laft-mentioned, against the fame wall, is a grand obelitk of grey marble finely embellished with fuitable ornaments, particularly a capital buft in alto relievo of the late Admiral Pye, over a fuperb urn of white marble: "Here lieth the body of HENRY PYE, of this place, and afterwards of Knotting, in the county of Bedford, efq. He was defcended of a very antient family, whofe dignity he fuftained and adorned with the added merits of his own amiable virtues. He had a gracefulness in his perfon, an afExbility in his demeanour, a courtesy and ment he erected to her memory. But this lofs was abundantly supplied by his happy union with Anne, daughter of Sir Benjamin Bathurst, Ent. and fifter of Allen Lord Bathurst, of Cirencefter, in the county of Gloucefter; a union more intimately endeared to him by a numerous offspring of fixteen children, thirteen of whom lived to fhare his active love and zeal for their welfare after the fevere lafs of a molt affectionate mother, to whofe remembrance he confecrated the adjoining monument. He married alfo, in the year 1732-3, Ifabella, daughter of Warren, efq. who furvived him, and lies buried near this place. His fecond fon, Vice-admiral Thomas Pye, erected this marble in teftimony of his grateful duteous refpect to his father, who died January 6, 1749, aged 65. And in memory of WILLIAM PYE, 2 brother he loved and lamented, who fought and fell, as became a foldier, in an engagement near Bengal, in the Eaft-Indies, on Feb. 5, 1759, aged 30.” Several efcocheons and funeral flags are difperfed in various parts of this aile, whofe armorial bearings are nearly the fame as thos already noticed.. J. STONE Mr. URBAN, Aug. 17, 1799. OOKING over fome papers the other day, which I brought with me many years ago from Germany, I found the inclofed antient puzzle (fig. 2); which, as a matter of curiofity, I hope you may think deferving of a place in your Magazine; and thall be glad to fee an explanation of it from fome of your correfpondents. JULIUS. inhabitant or a native of the fifter kingdom, I know not; but I was particularly ftruck with a paffage in his letter, which I merely tranfcribe to introduce a few. remarks upon it. "It was a ftrange neglect, at the time of the Reformation, that the BIBLE and Common Prayer was not tranflated into the Irish language, and copioufly difperfed in that country; for, as there was no eftabishment of the Liturgy in Irish in any church in the kingdom, if any of the poor ignorant peafantry by chance went to a Proteftant church, not knowing the Englifh tongue, they could not be much more improved or informed than by hearing the Latin fervice at mafs; and would prefer the latter, as what they were more accuftomed to. But, perhaps, it is not too late now to do fomething of the kind in the Country parishes which are at a diftance from the towns. Wales was better attended to than Ireland, at the Reformation, in thefe matters; and in feveral churches of the Principality the fervice is in the common language, i. e. the Welf. I have more than once beard the established Liturgy of Ireland read there in French, but never in Lif, which, as I just now observed, it ought to be in remote places." I know not, Mr. Urban, how amply an Irish version of the Holy Scriptures hath ever been circulated in Ireland; but of its existence all doubt is precluded. From a note indeed in your Magazine, where (LXVIII. p. 1054) a review is given of "Butler's Memoirs of Hildefley, Bishop of Sodor and Mann," one might be led to believe that the facred volume had not been rendered into the Irish tongue. The contrary, however, is the fact; and Bp. Bedell's Bible prevents fo deep a reflection on the theological literature of Ireland. The New Teftament alfo, by O'Donnell, is exprefly noticed in Letter LXXV. (written by Gen. Sir J. Adolphus Oughton in 1771, Appendix to Hildefley, p. 625). And, fpeaking of what had been done for the people of Mann, Major Vallancy tells his friend, the ingenious P. Moore, of that ifland (Letter XCIV. Dec. 1780, Appen/dix, p. 670), "I have perufed the Manks Eible, and Teftament with great pleasure and much inftruction. I admire the fimplicity and force of the language, and the beauty of the verfion, where many vulgarifms have crept into the Irifb tranflation," &c. How far that tranflation is now circulated in Ireland, or to whose neglect or overfight the omiffion to ufe it is to be attributed, is beft known by the Clergy there. Never could a fairer opportunity occur to bring it forward than the present times afford. I am atfured that the London Society for promoting Chriftian Knowledge hath expreffed an earnest wish that fomething could be done to present the Irith people with the Word of God in their native tongue, and give it a general circulation through the country. A very celebrated Prelate of ours, in a Northern diocefe, whofe mind is ever employed on furthering the beft defigns, has fignified, I understand, his intention of addrefling the fuperior Clergy of Ireland on the fubject. And may fo good a purpofe fucceed, to rescue their poor countrymen from being and to barbarity, from invincible a prey to Popery on the one hand, ignorance, on the other! I doubt not, that, if an application were made from Ireland in fome fuch refpectable channel, it would foon appear that the London Society is as ready to lend its aid in fuch a caufe, as it moft liberally was to encourage the Manks verfion under the aufpices of the venerable Hil defley. Memoirs is fo interefting on this The following paffage from his head as to demand attention. Speaking of Bifhop Wilfon, than whom there could hardly exift a better man, "TO HIM," favs the Rev. Philip Moore, late worthy Bishop Hildeney for indefati" for firft fuggefting the hint, and to our gably purfuing it, we owe the ineftimable bleffing of having the Sacred Oracles and our Liturgy in the native language of our ifle; which, though we had not before, yet, ever fince the commencement of the Reformation, our bithops took fome care * Letter XC. addreffed to Major Vallancey, p. 657. to |