There is a small bell (dated 1780) which is commonly called the "Ting-tang," and is rung for the last five minutes before each service, which bears the appropriate inscription: "Come away, Make no delay." {249} On one of the bells of Burford Church, near Tenbury, is the following inscription: "At service-time I sound, And at the death of men; To serve your GOD, and well to die, Remember then." The inscriptions on the bells of St. Helen's Church, Worcester, are very singular; the names they bear tell their date: 1. "_Blenheim._ First is my note, and Blenheim is my name; For Blenheim's story will be first in fame." 2. "_Barcelona._ Let me relate how Louis did bemoan His grandson Philip's flight from Barcelon." 3. "_Ramilies._ Deluged in blood, I, Ramilies, advance Britannia's glory in the fall of France." 4. "_Menin._ Let Menin on my sides engraven be, And Flanders freed from Gallic slavery." 5. "_Turin._ When in harmonious peal I roundly go, Think on Turin, and triumph of the Po." 6. "_Eugene._ With joy I bear illustrious Eugene's name, Fav'rite of Fortune, and the boast of fame." 7. "_Marlborough._ But I, with pride, the greater Marlborough bear. Terror of tyrants, and the soul of war." 8. "_Queen Ann._ Th' immortal praises of Queen Ann I sound; With union blest, and all those glories crown'd." In Clifton-on-Teme Church (dedicated to St. Kenelm) are the two following bell-inscriptions, the second of which appears to contain a date: "Per Kenelmi merita sit nobis cœlica vita." "HenrICVs Ieffreyes KeneLMo DeVoVIt." The following are from the six bells of Kinver Church, Worcestershire: 1. "In Christo solo spem meam repono. A.R. 1746." 2. "Cui Deus pater ecclesia est mater. A.R. 1746." 3. "In suo templo numen adoro. A.R. 1746." 4. "We were all cast at Gloucester by Abel Rudhall, 1746. Fac manus puras cœlo attollas." 5. "Jos. Lye and John Lowe, churchwardens, A.R. 1746. Opem petentibus subvenit Deus." 6. "Wᵐ Gosnell and Sam. Brown, churchwardens. John Rudhall _fect._ 1790." CUTHBERT BEDE, B.A. [Footnote 5: The worthy nobleman's _sobriquet_ must not be confounded with a popular ointment.] * * * * * PASSAGE IN MILTON. "And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn, in the dale." I have read with interest the "Notes" (Vol. i., pp. 286. 316.) on these lines of the Allegro; because, in spite of early prepossession in favour of the idea commonly attached to them, I was converted some years ago, by the late Mr. Constable, R.A., whose close observation of rural scenery and employments no one can question. His account of the matter was this: