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The words "gehwart" and "gichwart" being no doubt blunders of an illiterate artist. In Modern German the lines would be: Darin Frieden gewarte Therein peace await, or look for. Gewarte darin Frieden Await, or look for, therein peace. In allusion, perhaps, to the eucharist of alms, to hold one or the other of which the dish seems to have been intended. þ. MS. of English Gesta Romanorum.
Christopher, in a latten dish belonging to a friend of mine, and apparently very similar to the alms-basins described by CLERICUS in No. 3. The upper line "In Frid gichwart der," written from right to left, is no doubt to be read thus: Derin Frid gichwart. The lower line contains the same words transposed, with the variation of "gehwart" for "gichwart."
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