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Rh mystic words occur likewise in the charm against tooth-ache, given in the Stockhohn MS. The names assigned to the three Magi, given in the same MS., but erroneously written Jaspar, Melchysar, Baptizar, were accounted, according to Keysler, as a preservative from epilepsy, and they appear thus inscribed upon the remarkable brooch, formerly in the possession of Col. Campbell, of Glen Lion. .

The unique specimen of glazed fictile manufacture, apparently of the thirteenth century, of which a representation is here given, has been communicated by Mr. William Figg, of Lewes, through Mr. Blaauw, with the following notice of its discovery. "In the excavation for the approach of the southern mouth of the tunnel on the Keymer branch of the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway, at Lewes, this singular piece of pottery was found in the early part of the year 1846. It is partly mutilated, but the form is so unusual as to excite great curiosity, especially as specimens of medieval pottery are supposed to be of very rare occurrence. It is in the form of a mounted knight; the workmanship is very rude, but there are certain details, such as the long pointed toes and pryck spurs, which may assist us in ascertaining its probable date. By some persons to whose inspection it has been submitted, the period of its fabrication has been supposed to be as early as the reign of Henry II. The length of this singular vessel is 10$1⁄2$ in. and its height 10 in., but if the head of the horse had not been broken the extreme length would probably have been as much as 13 or 14 in.

"The material is coarse clay, burned, the upper parts being glazed of a dark greenish colour, very similar to that on some of the plain paving tiles