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 306 MEETINGS OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE. trencher presenting various admonitions to exercise certain moral and Christian duties, such as — benevolence to the needy ; truthfulness ; chastity ; patience under persecution, <fec. The following, against the prevalent vice of profane language, may serve as a specimen. In the centre, — " Let not thy mouth be accustomed with swearynge, for in yt are many falles. — Ecclesiast. 23." " Sweare not at all. Let your comunycacyon be yee, yee, nay, nay, For what so eu' ys more the that cometh of euell. — Mat. 5." And on a wavy scroll or riband, " A man that vseth much swearynge, shall be fylled wyth wyckednes, and the plague shall neuer go from (his) house. — Eccl. 23." Mr. Caton exhibited also a curious little volume, com- prising a set of small county maps, numbered so as to serve as a pack of cards. The title, on which are the royal arms, and a map of England and Wales, bears the following explanation : — " The 52 Counties of England and Wales, Geographically described in a pack of Cards, whereunto is added y*^ Length, Breadth, and Circuit of each County, the Latitude, Scituation, and distance from London of y*^ principal Cities, Towns, and Rivers, with other Remarks as plaine and ready for the playing all our English Games, as any of y*^ Common Cards." There is no date, but it is indicated by the court cards, which bear medallion portraits of Charles IL and Catharine of Braganza. These Geographical cards are described in Mr. Chatto's " Facts and Speculations on the Origin and History of Playing Cards." (p. 150.) By Mr. Blaadw. — The silver clock-watch which belonged to Charles I., by whom it was presented to Mr. (afterwards Sir Thomas) Herbert, on the way to Whitehall, January 30, 1649, just before his execution. This interesting relic is now in the possession of W. Townley Mitford, Esq., by whose kind permission it was exhibited at the meeting. It was constructed by Edward East, of London. The workmanship of the case is very elegant, and is accurately shown in the illustrations accompanying a notice of this watch in the recently published " Sussex Archaiological Collections," vol. iii., p. 103. (See Notices of Publications, p. 321.) By Mr. Hawkins. — A gold medal and chain, presented to Vice-Admiral Penn, in pursuance of a resolution of the Parliament on August 8th, 1653, as a mark of favour, and " a token of acceptance " of the eminent services performed by him against the Dutch. The value of the chain was fixed at lOOL ; its weight is 40 5 oz. Honorary medals and chains were presented at the same time to General Blake, General Monk, and Rear- Admiral Lawson ; and medals of minor value to the officers of the fleet. The medal was executed by Thomas Simon, and it is a specimen of his skill, perhaps unrivalled. A detailed account of these decorations is given in the " Numismatic Chronicle," vol. xiii., p. 95. The medal exhibited had been preserved by the descendants of Vice- Admiral Penn, in the case in which it was originally presented ; and was brought before the lustitute by the kind permission of Mr. Granville Penn. By the Rev. R. Laxe Freer — An ivory pax, carved in the style of the fourteenth centurj-^ ; and a curious specimen of Oriental enamelled work, a covered cup, stated to have been part of the spoils of Tippoo Saib. By Mr. Patrick Chalmers. — Two curious relics from the East Lidies, a horoscope (Tauweeaz), of a lady of high rank at Hyderabad, at whose decease it was presented to Sir Charles Ilopkinson, who commanded the artillery at that place : and an object of elaborate workmanship, a golden polyhedron, with sixteen sides, each side bearing an Arabic numeral in relief. It was not stated whether it might have been destined for some