“ Concerning Inscription-writing, my opinions are founded upon a diligent and critical inspection of what has been published by Sponius, Reinesius, Fabretti, Gruter, Muratorius, and Morcellus. The latter has written one of the most elegant and judicious books I ever read : and he moreover has published a volume of Inscriptions written by his own pen, in conformity to his own rules. None of the common classical writers are of much use; and indeed I venture upon monumental phraseology, for which no example is to be found in their works." So says Dr. Parr himself. The Inscriptions are arranged according to the dates of composition. THOMAE · THACKERAY •S•T•P. IN · AGRO · ESSEXIENSI · RECTORI ARCHIDIACONO · SOVTHRIENSI VIRO · INTEGERRIMO · SANCTISSIMO ET · AD · IVVENTVTEM · LIBERALITER · ERVDIENDAM STVDIIS OPTIMARVM · ARTIVM · ET. SVAVITATE · MORVM EGREGIE · INSTRVCTO . QVI . ETIN SEPVLCRETO · HVIVS · ECCLESIAE NEPOTES · EIVS DIE · VENERIS · SEPTIMAM · AD • HORAM · ID · IVN. NIMIRVM · ICTV · CONFECTVS TRIN · AVL · CANT · TANTVM · SOCIO-COMMENSALIS ANNO · DOMINI · M · DCC LXVI · AETATIS · SVAE · XX FORTVNA · IVVENIS · AMPLISSIMVS FORMA · PVLCHERRIMVS MORIBVS · OPTIMVS CECIDIT · OMNIBVS · DEFLENDVS INHVMATVS · EST • CIRCVM · HORAM · VNDECIMAM G · HALLIFAX · LL · PROFESSORE · ET · COLLEGII · IPSIVS TVTORE · PRECES · LEGENTE THOMAS · NELSON · A.M. VIR · FRVGI · INTEGERRIMVS SACERDOTALIBVS · IN · HAC · ECCLESIA · MVNERIBVS IN · EXEMPLVM · PERFVNCTVS AVGENDOS · CVRAVERAT · B.M. AETAT · SVAE · LXI. H · S · E. COLL · REGAL · APVD · CANTAB · OLIM · SOCIVS FVIT · HVIC · PRAESTANTISSIMO · VIRO INGENIVM · NATVRA · PERACRE OPTIMARVM · DISCIPLINIS · ARTIVM ET · QUODAMMODO · SVBACTVM ILLO · SVBTILIOR · EXTITIT VEL · VBERIOR · ERVDITIONIS · COPIA TVM · DOCTRINAE · SVBSIDIIS INSVPER · ACCEDEBANT ET · GRAVITATI · SVAVITER · ASPERSA - VRBANITAS VITAE · DENIQVE · RATIO · CONSTANS · SIBI ET · AD · VIRTVTIS · NORMAM VEL · MAGISTRO · VSI TRISTE · RELIQVIT · DESIDERIVM PRID · ID · SEPTEMBR. AET · SVAE · XLI, |