10 JUNE 1899, Page 15

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR. "]

Srn,—I venture to send three attempts at translating the epitaph on Burton, which I give below, not in order of any supposed merit, but of magnitude :—

Here knowne to fewe to fewer unbe- known A sage Democritus ye Seconde lyes Whose lytfe by melancolly was undone Who yette by melancolly dethe defyes.

Here, where respect—or love—is stay'd, Democritus the Second's laid, By melancholy marr'd—and made

Here, known to few—to few'r unknown, Democritus the Second's laid,

By melancholy mitred and made :- Thus Death doth for his life atone.

—I am, Sir, &c.,

A. V. G.