distich

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This distich alludes to the quantity of old coins found near those places.

From Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England by Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard)

At his third examination, he wrote beneath the signature which he had affixed to his testimony the following distich: "Que toujours, dans mon cœur, J�sus soit le vainqueur!"

From The Last Words of Distinguished Men and Women (Real and Traditional) by Marvin, Frederic Rowland

A. "By writing to his Holiness this distich: 'Laus tua, non tua fraus, virtus, non copia rerum, Scandere te fecit hoc decus eximium.'"

From Notes and Queries, Number 84, June 7, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. by Various

Furnished with the English letters corresponding to these symbols, one may, if sufficiently curious, translate each distich as one finds it.

From A West Country Pilgrimage by Phillpots, Eden

Every one knows the distich of John Ball, which comprehends the essence of religious democracy: "When Adam delved and Eve span, Where was then the gentleman?"

From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Hallam, Henry