As a companion to the _unpublished_ epigram in No. 186. of "N. & Q.," I beg to hand you the following epitaph, copied by myself about thirty years since, and referring, as I _believe_, to an old brass in the church of St. Helen's, London: "Here lyeth y^e bodyes of James Pomley, y^e sonne of ould Dominick Pomley and Jane his Wyfe: y^e said James deceased y^e 7^{th} day of Januarie Anno Domini 1592 he beyng of y^e age of 88 years, and y^e sayd Jane deceased y^e ---- day of ---- D----. Earth goeth up[=o] earth as moulde up[=o] moulde; Earth goeth up[=o] earth all glittering as golde, As though earth to y^e earth never turne shoulde; And yet shall earth to y^e earth sooner than he woulde." WILLIAM WILLIAMS. * * * * * CHURCH CATECHISM. (Vol. vii., pp. 190. 463.) In accordance with the request of Z. E. R., I have pleasure in forwarding the extracts from the _Catechismus brevis et Catholicus_, referred to at pp. 190. 463. of the present volume. It is needful to premise, 1. That the pages of the catechism are not numbered. This will account for the absence of precise references. 2. That only so much is quoted as may exhibit the parallelism; and, 3. That the citations are not consecutive in the original, but arranged in the order of the questions and answers of the _Church Catechism_, beginning with the fourteenth question, "How many sacraments hath Christ ordained in His Church?" Q. 14. How many, &c. "Quot sunt Ecclesiae Catholicae Sacramenta? Septem sunt in universum," &c. "Quis instituit Baptismum? Ipse Servator ac Dominus noster Jesus Christus." [_Similarly of the Eucharist._] Q. 15. What meanest thou, &c. "Ecquur haec ipsa--et dicantur et sint Sacramenta? Sacramenta sunt et dicuntur quia sacra atque efficacia sunt signa divinae erga nos voluntatis." Q. 16. How many parts, &c. "Habetque unumquodque horum (quod sacramentis peculiare est verbum) Elementum, et Gratiam invisibilem. Quod verbum nos docet, et promittit nobis, hoc Elementum seu visibile signum similitudine quadam demonstrat, hoc idem Gratia quoque (nisi tamen obicem objiciat homo) in anima invisibiliter operatur. Da paucis singulorum Sacramentorum signa et invisibilem gratiam?" Q. 17. What is the outward, &c. "In Baptismo signum externum Aqua est." Q. 18. What is the inward, &c. "Quid efficit seu prodest Baptismus? "Res seu gratia est renovatio et sanctificatio animae, ablutio omnium peccatorum, adoptio baptizati in filium Dei. 'Baptizatus sum in Nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti.' "Tinctione illa aquae, operationeque Spiritus Sancti, eripitur baptizatus a regno et tyrannide diaboli, donatur remissione peccatorum ac innocentia, addicitur perpetuo uni veroque Deo Patri et Filio et Spiritui Sancto, hujus denique filius atque haeres instituitur." Q. 19. What is required, &c.