- i5G EFFIGY OF A KNIGHT OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY,
In these, however, there is no inscription connected >'ith the symbol. Let us examine, therefore, a few cases where inscriptions accompany the same figure, and see how far the terms of the legend justify our belief that the emblem is that of a liberated spirit suing for pardon and acceptance into Heaven. Hearts accompanied by effigies, and having inscriptions, occur in the following examples, all brasses. At Stifford, Essex, where the shrouded figure of a priest holds a heart inscribed vicy. At Sawbridgeworth, Herts, where two shrouded figures hold hearts inscribed ihc nicy. At Graveney, Kent, where are two effigies, one of which supports a heart, bearing the words Jhu Mcy, while around the heads of both are these lines : — " Miserere luei Deus : secuudum inagiiam uiisericordiaiii tuani : Et scdiii multitudiiie miseracionCi tuaru : dele iiiiquitatem uostram." At Fawsley, Northamptonshire, is an armed figure, ahom which is a heart having three scrolls issuing from it, with this legend : — " Credo quoil redemptor mens vivit : Et 1 novissimo die de terra surreeturus sum : Et i cariie mea videbo deu salvatore nieu." Of hearts Avith inscriptions, but unaccompanied by effigies, there are good examples ; at Margate,^ where the heart has the words Credo qd, which form the beginning of three sentences written on labels issuing from its cleft : — {Redemptor meus vivit : De terra surreeturus sum : 111 earue mea videbo deu salvatore meu :" at Martham, Norfolk, where, upon the heart, are engraved the words, " Post tenebras spero luce : 'Laus Deo meo ;" at Caversfield, ]3ucks, where a heart and three scrolls bear iiieu iiiiflii due quia pecavi iiimis in vita mea : ([iiid facia miser ubi i'u^nam nisi ad te deus me': miserere mei dum veneris in novissimo die : " at Fakenhani, Norfolk, where the figure of a heart is ensigned with a chalice and wafer, and surrounded with a scroll, inviting prayer for the soul of the defunct. Orate pro - Figured in llie Oxford •• Manual," p. cxiv.
