Notes On St Botolph And Little Britain.*

sister in token of love , charity , and peace , at receiving should kiss every other of them that be there . If any of the brotherhood suffer from poverty , old age that he may not help himself , sickness , or loss by fire or water , he shall have fourteen pence a week ; also , what man is to take on to be a brother shall pay to the alms at his entry as the Masters and he may agree ; and every quarter , for to maintain the light ancl the alms of the brotherhoodthreepence . Ancl if

, he have a wife , and she will be a sister , the two to pay sixpence for the quarter , or 2 s . a year for them both . The brethren ancl sisters to associate together in the Church of St . Botolph on the day of St . Katherine and hear a mass , ancl ' offer in the worship of her '—( a strongish order !)—and on the afternoon of the same clay , or the next Sunday following , together to choose their masters for the year following . The brethren ancl sisters are to attend the burial of a

brother or sister . The guild shall pay costs of worshipful burial of any brother dy ing within ten miles of London ' if he were not of power to pay them for himself . ' Loans may be granted to the brethren in such amounts that one may be eased as well as another . " This guild was also dissolved in 1 st Edward VI . The Fraternity of St . Fabian and St . Sebastian was founded 51 Edward III ., A . D . 1577 . There was a return made of the guild in 1389 to the King Richard

II ., according to Act ox Parliament . The masters of the guild were Johannes Duncastre ancl Ricardus Spaigne . The following were the regulations : When a brother or sister shall be received , he shall be sworn on a book to maintain the points and articles of the brotherhood , and every brother and sister " atte receyvynge" should , in token of love , charity , and peace , "help all of those that live there . " Weekly help , to the extent of fourteen pence , is to be given in cases of suffering from poverty , old agesicknessfire or wateror any other

, , , mishap , so it be not through his own wretchedness . The young that fall into " meschef , " and have nought of his own to help himself with , the brethren shall help him . Every man to pay an entrance fee of half a mark , and threepence every quarter , to maintain the right of the brotherhood ancl the alms ; wife of a brother to pay other threepence a quarter . Burial of brother or sister to be attended ; the common box to bear the the cost of burial of those

who have nought of their own to be buried with ; those dying within ten miles of London to be fetched to London for burial . Loans from the box may be granted to the brotherhood , but to none other . Brethren " alosed " of theft , or of any other wicked fame , to be put out of the brotherhood without any delay . This guild , though it is not traceable , is supposed to have been also dissolved in the 1 st of Edward VI . We always are glad to welcome such little histories , as they are full of interesting " facts " for the antiquary and the student .

Faith, Hope, And Charity.

FAITH , HOPE , AND CHARITY .

On Mamre ' s plain , beside the Patriarch ' s door , The ministering angel sat—the world was young , Ancl men beheld what they behold no more . Ah , no ! The harps of Heaven are not unstrung : The angelic visitants may yet appear , To those who seek them . Lo ! at Virtue ' s side

, Its friend , its prop , its solace , and its guide , Walks Faith , with upturned eyes , and voice of cheer , A visible angel . Lo ! at Sorrow ' s call , Hope hastens down—an angel fair and kind , And whispers comfort , whatsoe ' er befall ! While Charity , the seraph of the mind ,

White robed and pure , becomes each good man ' s guest , And makes this earth a Heaven to all who love her best . — Maelcay .