[Bell Historians] 17th century numbers in bell tower

[Carl S Zimmerman]

The interpretation of the numbers as a tune seems good.  Counting the numbers per line yields 8.6.8.6, which in hymnology is Common Meter (C.M.), so called because of the very large number of hymns in that meter.

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