REPLY1850
The Buckingham Motto
By S.
(No. 9. p. 138., and No. 16. p. 252.).—On examining the original manuscript the true reading of this motto appears to me to be, Sovente me sovene, Harre Bokynghame. I should translate it, "souvent me souvenez;" an Anglo-French paraphrase of "sis memor mei;" or, "Ne m'oubliez pas." I have great doubt whether the original MS. can be safely assumed to be an *autograph*. [Our correspondent "P." writes, "It surprises me your OEdipi should be so wide of the mark in this motto. It is simply, 'Oft remember me.'"]
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