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LITERARY    MEN,    GENERAL    READERS,    ETC. 


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FOURTH      SERJES.— VOLUME      SEVENTH. 

January — June  1871. 


LONDON: 

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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


1 


I 


CX)NTENTS.— N«>  158. 

KOTF!*  r  —  AlT^rnr V  ?n  "  ^h^  Yr\^'T\iy  Q^fPn."  1  — lH?tt<?rf  of 

—    '    :  .    .  _  -'        *■   -        :  _  |^fi_ 

17  — 

i'  iiU'ii  iii^cv  nv  ijnv*r  tJold- 

>al<'B  — The  Fjitc  Sir  Sutimel 

.•  .   '  I    iJin::au  Lift' —  French  War  Songi  —  .Jflont 

<;--M-  i'-b  net.  9. 

11,  Ronp'*—  Artn^     ;                   I'nniilifa — 

j:  f  Samllwch— Bil'                      iii»  — Jr.hn 

i:  ^  -^1   TMl»— Cobbi. Ill  lUly  — 

•  I 'i«oko  — Coriiiali  B|j(*keii  in   D«von- 

1  -  £iist4>m  Siorv  — Sir  Chaile/i  Eirer- 


nrinl«t  Hooks— Tim  Print  of  "  (iuido'«  Aurora''  — Xiie 
iVonuiiciatiun  of  Greek  aiid  Latin*  Ac^  U. 
BBPLtES:  -Til*    "         r  .^^^  jj  _  Parodies,  15  —  The 
" Bfiif* Law^  "  lit,  16-  St.  Aui^atin'A  8er- 

i«m«.  T7  -  A  ^^  '  '^  —  Robur  t*;-irotl  —  Pi-r^r  Tren 

—  ii  rlcr  AnoH— Barf 

on  L  'U  Eipeditiou  ~  i 

<if  \.  ;  .i*if  —  rt\nirnl"vr.r 


:' 1*11100  of  llio  }'rr.paj(^n'iafor  Ubrist- 
-  The  Farts  Catacombs,  Ac,  18. 


Bfitoa  on  llonka«  4o. 


ALLEGORY  IN  *^TU£  TAEEIE  QUEENV 

Spenser  stjle*  his  poem  ''  o  continued  allegory 

ordijrk  coaceit*' J  but  he  does  not  by  that  mean 

taity  thftt  it  forms  ona  contioued  aHegorv  in  Ihe 

laitein  which  we  now  tinder? tan d  the  term.     In 

fact  there  is  but  one  aUegory  in  it — namely^  the 

fi«t  book,  "  The  Legend  of  lloline?s  '■ ;  and  in  all 

tie  rest  tjf  the  poem  the  characters   are  mere 

impersonationB  ot  moral  or  physical  qualities,  or 

of  ntl  D«r^>n9f  withont  any  f^pecially  connected 

Urm  of  Mvents*    I  will  here  brie lly  state  my  con- 

'What  I  rejrard  aa  the  only  allegory  of 

TIn>.  then,  I  take  to  be'  the  history 

'^^  '^  ^  from   ita  comuiencement  trll  the 

pw*  ^  .In  Una  I  *ee,  not  Truth  mmnly^ 

"i"(  li;  in  Daessa,  not  mere  Faiee- 

i  -  ^  Church^ — that  of  Rome.  The 

a^r  of  Una,  tbo  ldn<7  and  queen 

*  to  be  God  the  Father  and  the 

>  r.^  ^-"*"tafchal  Church.     In  the 

it  enemy  of  man,  Satan, 

it  the  Chriijtian  people, 

je,   the  patron  saint  of 

iipion  of  the  true  faith ; 

,  Satan  in  his  character 

t   the  knight  begin  with  his 
of  Error,  and  hii*  encounter- 
^i  aiwi  filK)iJig  that  moiujter.    By  thia  is  pro- 


II 


bably  meant  the  conflict  with  the  various  fonDft 
of  religious  error  or  heresy  in  the  Church.  Arch- 
imnge  then  tries  hi^  wiles,  and  sepwates  tha 
knight  from  Una;  but  hu  doing  eo  by  making 
him  suspect  her  purity  seems  rather  to  break  the 
allegory.  Ilowever,  he  abandons  ber,  and  thea 
falLd  in  with  Due^sa  in  company  with  a  *'  faithleaa 
Sarazin  "  named  Sansrfoy,  that  i^^  Pagtinism,  whom 
he  slays;  and  he  is  then  deceivetl  l>y  Dtit'ii'*rt,  who 
conducts  him  to  the  House  of  Pride,  thnt  ia,  the 
Roman  Empire,  which  now  becomf^a  Christiati. 
Here  he  encounters  and  slays  a  brother  of  Sao&foy, 
named  Sans  joy,  by  which  ia  perhaps  meant  the 
joyless  condition  of  the  Empire  when  separated 
from  the  True  Church,  On  hii?  discovering  tha 
real  nature  of  the  House  of  Pride,  he  seizea  the 
earliest  opportunity  of  tlight,  and  abaTidoris  it. 

Una  meanwhile  wanders  alone  in  search  of  the 
champion  who  bad  deserted  her.  She  inefetd  with 
a  lion,  who  becomee  her  protector.  Thi^  Hon 
ioTci^s  an  entrance  for  her  into  the  houae  of  Cor- 
ceca  and  Abeiaa,  and  kills  Kirktapine,  the  para- 
mour of  the  latter;  but  is  himstilf  t^bitn  soon  after, 
defending  Una  against  a  Paynim  natned  Siineloy. 
who  had  overcome  Arch  image,  who  bad  rejoined 
her  under  the  form  of  the  Red-ci'o«8  Knight.  From 
bim  she  is  delivered  by  a  band  of  fawns  and 
satyns  whom  her  sliri^ks  brought  to  her  aid. 
They  lead  her  to  their  abode  in  the  woods  and 
mountains^  where  she  livea  among  them  and  in- 
fltruets  them  in  morala  and  religion.  By  the  ud 
of  a  knight  named  Sir  Satyrane  ehe  leaves  them, 
and  sets  out  again  in  quest  of  the  lied- cross 
Knii^ht 

In  this  part  of  the  allegory  the  lion  »eem3  to 
signify  the  counts  of  TouloiJj*e,  who  protected  the 
True  Church  against  that  of  Home,  and  gained  ita 
members  admi-ssiou  into  the  religioua  boiigea 
against  the  will  of  their  inmates,  and  pu«ij>hed 
those  who  made  spoil  of  sacred  thinga.  By  i\^^ 
ra>'nim  Sau&loy  may  be  meant  the  papal  adherents 
under  De  M on i fort  and  others,  who  overcame  the 
counts  of  Toulouse,  and  from  whom  Una  is  eaved 
bv  the  fiatyrs,  that  is,  the  Wnlden**efl,  whose 
abode  was  m  the  woods  and  valleya  of  Switzer- 
land, Sir  Satyrane,  who  is  connectt-nl  with  them, 
I  take  to  represent  the  Huguenots  of  France,  who 
derived  their  creed  and  their  name  from  the 
Informer  of  Switzerland ;  and  it  is  very  remark- 
able that  he  and  Sansloy  are  left  Cghling— just 
as  the  Huguenots  and  the  Papiata  were  a  I  the 
time — and  are  not  mentioned  any  more  in  thia 
book. 

The  Red-crosa  Knight  meantime  is  overtaken 
and  again  aeduced  by  Diiessa,  and  be  drinks  of  a 
fountain,  the  water  of  which  quite  enervalei*  him, 
and  he  is  then  seized  and  thrown  into  a  loath- 
some dungeon  by  ft  huge  giant,  ^  who  makea 
Duessa  his  leman,  dresses  her  magnificently,  nnd 
mounts  her  on  a  strange  beast  witk  aeTen  heads* 


2 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


Here ,  then  we  have  in  tbis  giant  Charlemagne 
and  his  aucceaaors,  the  power  and  i*lory  of  the 
PflpacT,  and  the  mifierahle  thraldom  of  the 
Christian  people.  ] 

Una  havinfr  learned  the  fate  of  her  knight,  now 
appeals  to  Prince  Arthur^  whom  she  meeta ;  and 
he  tights  and  &kys  the  giaot,  deUvera  the  knight,  * 
and  strips  and  exposes  Duessa,  who  Hie^  to  bide  ' 
her  ahame  in  the  wilderness.    Prince  Arthur,  the  ' 
poet  tella  us,  is  Magnificence,  i,  e.  the  doinjr  of 
great  deeds.    He  is  the  impersonation  of  British 
royalty  as  shown  forth  in  the  house  of  Tudor, 
and  we  have  here  the  Tictor}'  of  that  hou^  over 
the  papacy  and  its  abettors* 

In  order  to  restore  her  knight  to  the  Tijrour 
requisite  for  his  conflict  with  the  dragon,  tjna 
now  leads  him  to  the  House  of  Holiness,  where 
he  IB  put  throuf^h  a  course  of  instruction  and 
discipline  by  Faitb,  Hope,  and  Charity,  the  daugh- 
ters of  Holiness.  He  then  engages  the  dragon, 
whom  he  oveicoraea  and  slays  after  a  perilous 
con  diet  of  three  days'  duration.  At  the  end  of 
the  first  day,  when  the  hero's  strength  is  nearly 
exbauwted,'it  is  restorGd  by  bis  falling  into  the 
Well  of  Life ;  and  at  the  end  of  the  second  day 
he  13  Again  saved  by  fulling  into  the  *' stream  of 
halui  '■  that  flowed  from  the  Tree  of  Life.  By 
the  well  and  tree  I  think  the  two  aacramenta 
seem  to  be  indicated.  The  remainder  of  the 
allegory  is  simple  and  easy  to  be  understood* 

I  will  only  further  ohserre,  that  the  allegorical 
chjiructera  cease  Tsrith  thia  hook,  So  when  we 
meet  with  the  Red-cross  Knight  and  Sat3'ranB 
again,  they  are  dmply  knights  of  Faerie,  Archi- 
mwgo  a  mere  enchanter,  and  Duessa  the  Queen 
of  Scots,  Thos.  Keightlet, 


LETTEKS    OF    NELL    GWYXNE  AND    KlTTt 
CLIVE, 

De\ti  Mr.  Editor— 

In  your  interesting  Miscellnny  vou  have  re- 
c<j!ntly"iivtroduced  two  letters  from  ?f  ell  Gwynne. 
I  think  it  might  plea.^e  your  readers  to  have  a 
copy  of  her  letter  which  ia  in  my  collection  of 
autographs.  It  is,  no  doubt^  authentic,  and  was 
formt-rlv  in  the  possession  of  ilr*  Singer,  at  whose 
fi4^ile  r  boufiht  it.  It  wa^  so  well  illustrated  by 
our  dear  mutual  friend  Mr,  Bruce,  and  introduced 
by  liim,  with  some  others,  into  the  Camden  Mtf^- 
cellitmf  (vol.  v.)|  that  I  tiddto  it  his  valuable  notes. 

I  aUo  enclose  another  curious  specimen,  written 
hy  the  fnmuus  Kitty  Clive,  addressed  no  doubt 
to  her  friend  Miss  Pope  the  actress,  of  whom 
Horace  Walpole,  writing  to  the  Countess  of 
Ottsory  on  July  15,  1783,  says: — 

•*  Wbs  Pope  bus  been  at  Mrs.  Qive*9  this  Yrcck,  ntid  I 
have  not  be«n  able  to  call  on  lliom.     I  wrote  a  line  of 
':uf-*r.  but  bc»ped  very  soon  to  «alute  Mist  Prype*  rye.  I 
•:tt8c  iny  radotaffe,  tf^ut  what  beiter  con  you  expect  ?  " 


The  glorious  old  gossip  of  Strawberry  Hill,  in  i 
letter  to  Lady  Oa&ory  of  Oct.  23,  1784,  fumiahe 
ftnotbcr  account   of  tho  incident  mentioned    in ' 
Kittys  letter:  — 

'*  It  ia  vnry  true  Madnin  we  arc  robbed  In  tbe  &cq  of 
the  Stm,  Jif  wdl  AS  at  the  goio^  dcwn  thereof.  I  know 
not  how  other  districts  fare,  but  for  five  mile*  round  ns 
we  uric  in  perpetufll  jeopardy.  Two  of  our  justices  re- 
turn in  (j  from  a  Cabinet  Council  of  tlieir  own,  at  Brent' 
foTd»  were  robbed  laat  week  before  thre«  o'clock,  at  tbe 
Ijateg  of  Twickenham  :  no  wonder;  1  t»elieve  they  are  all 
hoodwinked,  like  their  Alma  Mater  herself,  and,  conse- 
quenlly  as  they  mnnot  see,  it  ia  not  surprising  that  both 
slie  and  they  should  oi\en  weigh  out  their  good*  with 
uucqufll  BCalc3.'* 

Can  you  or  any  of  your  readers  tell  me  who 
Mrs.  Hart  wa.«,  and  the  **  old  Weasel  which  ehe 
left  behind "  ?  '  William  Titb. 

43,  Lowndes  Square.  ■ 

pray  Deare  Mr.  Hide  *  forfi^ive  me  for  not  wiittiK 
ing  to  you  before  now  for  the  reasone  is  I  Hatb 
bin  sick  thre  months  Sc  ainse  I  recoverd  I  have 
had  nothing  to  intertaine  you  withall  nor  have 
nothing  now  worth  writings  but  that  I  can  holde 
no  longer  to  let  you  know  1  never  have  hen  in 
any  compauio  wethout  drinkiuff  your  health  for 
I  lou©  you  with  all  my  mxth,  the  pel  mel  is  now 
to  me  a  did  male  plase  sintkj  I  have  uterly  lost  S' 
Car  Scrope '  never  to  be  recourd  agane  for  he  touid 
me  he  could  not  live  nllwaye^  at  tbia  rate  &  so 
begun©  to  be  a  littel  uncivil,  ^which  I  could  not 
Fufer  from  an  uglye  hatiiffargcon,  M' Knights* 
Lady  mothers  dead  &  abe  ha^  put  up*a  scutchm  no 
beiger  then  my  Lady  grins*  sconchis***     My  lord 

^  Mr.  Hid«  h  conjectured  to  have  been  the  handsome 
Lory  or  Lawrence  ly'de,  second  mm  of  Lord  Chatic^^Uor 
Clartmdon,  created  Earl  of  Rochester  in  lfl82.  In  May 
and  June  lli78  be  was  at  the  Ilaj^ue  on  diptomatic  busi- 
ne!i5i.  (Ctfrrespmdence  of  Ciarcndon  and  Rochttttr^  i. 
IG.  '20.) 

^  Sir  Carr  Scrope  was  created  a  baronet  1667-8,  o&d 
died  unmarried  1^180,  H^  waa  one  of  tlie  witty  com- 
panions of  Charles  IT.,  ami  autlior  of  various  tioetlcal 
efFuHioii«,  to  be  found  in  Dryden^s  MiMcettanteM.  Johnson 
noticeHi  him  in  his  life  of  Rochester- 

^  Mrs,  Knightt  a  ^inj^rof  great  celebrity,  and  a  rival 
to  Nell  G Wynne  in  the  tender  regard  of  Charles  IL  Sho 
is  mentioned  hy  botli  Evelyn  and  Pf^pvf,  although  the 
latter  had  not  heard  her  tJng  up  to  the  period  at  which 
his  diary  closce*  The  name  of  her  Lady-mother  has  not 
he  en  found* 

^  Lady  Greene,  who  escaped  the  rescarchc.'*  of  Mr. 
BrctTCK»  has  bet-n  idenfeitkd  by  Mr,  J.  G»  NictiOL» 
(**N.  Si  Q/*  3^"*  S.  viii,  4\:i)*  She  wafl  another  favourite 
of  Chflrk'j*  II.,  hy  whom  the  was  the  mother  of  his  son 
Chufles  FitK  Chnrle?,  created  iR  lG7o  Earl  of  Plrmauth, 
and  of  a  dauphter  Katherine.  Lady  Grecno  waa  Ka- 
therine,  daughter  of  Thomas  Petrge,  Epq.  of  Vclder^Iey, 
CO,  Derhy  \  became  the  wife  of  Sir  Hdward  Greene,  Ban 
of  Sampford  in  Easeic,  who  died  in  Flanders  in  1076 
Lady  Greena  herself  had  prohahly  died  shortly  before  tliil 
letter  was  written, — Fak  "  N,  &  Q/' 

*  »  Probahlv  the  writer  tnbplaced  the  it  in  Uii«  wo 
writing  tcunchU  for  fCucAifta* 


««»s.vn.jAx.r,7t.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


Hocbeflter '  ia  gon  io  the  cantrei,  M*^  Savil  ^  baa 
got  A  niisfortuoe,  but  i«  upon  recovery  &  i«  to 
nmry  nn  haiires,  wbo  T  thinke  wont  wont  [sic] 
hrivc3  nn  iU  time  ont  if  he  holds  up  his  thumb. 
Mj  lord  of  Dorscit'^  apiera  wonse  in  thre  niunths, 
for  he  drinkea  aile  with  Shadwell  ^  &  M'  Ham  * 
at  the  Duke?  house  all  day  long,  my  Lord  Bur- 
furd  *°  reraimbera  his  aarvia  to  you.  my  Lord 
Bauclairo  "  la  ia  [tic]  {roein^  intii  france.  we  are  a 
poeing  to  supe  with  the  king  at  whithall  &  my  lady 
llarvie.**   the  King  remembera  hia  sar^'ia  to  you. 

*  Jaha  Wilinot,  the  [ujcticjil  Earl  of  Kochcftter,  who,  aa 
Johnsoa  remaTlLe<lf  **  blazed  t}ut  hia  youth  and  hia  health 
la  lavuh  Toluptuou9ne>5/*  and  with  ^'  avowed  eontempt 
of  aU  decency  and  order/'  The  hbtory  of  the  contrait 
presmitcd  by  the  close  of  hia  life  is  a  well-known  book  by 
Bishop  Buraet*  lie  died  on  tho  26th  July,  IG80,  at  th« 
ag«of  S4. 

•  The  centWmnn  who  could  govern  by  rale  of  thumb 
WA^  n«irv  Sjvilp,  the  future  Vice-Cbaniberlain,  for  whom 
f  >  '*  -^^  ff  CorrcMpondenct:^  edited  by  Mr,  W.  D.  Copper 
I  ivn  Society  io  1858,    The  project«d  marriage 

e  off. 
uo  Karl  of  Donot  was  one  of  the  wildest  of  the  mad 
,  aioQi  of  the  merry  monarch.  Hid  dojng^s  are 
r»  r;Ura  at  )«rj;o  in  all  the  scandalous  cbronii^loj  of  that 
p<*riwl,  Nf'll  G  Wynne  w*a  living  with  hiin  as  hu  mia- 
tf^M  when  thf  king^  took  a  fancy  to  her,  and  the  terms 
»*f  the  bar|^:ija  and  sale  bv  which  she  wae  tranfferrod  to 
the  »ovcrei2n  may  be  read  in  Cunningham,  p.  G8.    Dorset 

<  -    ^>  ■-'  '    Tit,   for  the  latter   was  his   title  whilst  X<?U 

<  I  with  him,  ifi  more  crcntitably  known  by  hia 
?  Ill  you  Indies  now  at  land/*  and  by  his  con- 
duct Ai,  ihe>  cloflc  f»f  the  rcipn  of  James  II.  His  life  is 
included  nmon£c  Johnsi^in'i  LheM  of  the  Poets. 

¥    1 1,  .„, ..  vt  ..i...  !i  ,\..  '>f.t»  who  owed  to  (he  influence 

♦  intment  as  latireate  on  the 

*  volution  of  1G8!^.  However 
T  ^try,  hU  canvcrsfltion  is  ^aid  to  have  been. 
1                     V   and   atnusini;.     From  hia  companionship 

. ,.  r.r,.T   r^  ,,^ui.t   ,'t  ia  not  to  be  wondered  at 

i  and  profane. 

ited  actor,  who  drew  sword 

1  liveii  to  delight  the  town^ 

*  M hello,  Alexander,  Brutus, 

1    ,v      -      ■  '"'^^  him  as  a  man  of  most  at- 

ilies.    "I  do  find  him  a  very  excellent  per- 

In  my  whole  acqti^iinUnce  I  do  not  know 

'  for  converje,  whether  in  things 

tier  kind;   a  man  of  preat  under- 

t    ,uon»  and   very  jagrecinble  in   the 

-iflryCi  and  civil  as  far  as  is  possible.     I 

wjw  t!  ;i-M?d  with  hi^  «^ompiny."     Lord  Bray- 

^r  I   in  a  n.^r  ''  {H  IdfA  Hint  Harfia 

il  or  left  t  It  107«>.     The  present 

,  'UCo  that  d  si  _     if  or  two,  and  Dr.  Doran 

suost  «mu*in^  treosurv  of  informntioii  respecting 

jna  (Their  Afajesties  i§err<in/*,  voL  i.  p.  63),  dates 

I  ^rueut  frum  the  stage  in  1082,  and  his  interment 

ii   re  \L»_'^nain  1683. 

'  i   r.iirl Mfd,  at  we  have  already  noticed,  wan  the 

1!   G Wynne's  two  children  by  the  king.     He 

h  Xf  ay,  1G70,  created   Lord  Burford  on  the 

r,  tore,  and  Duke  of  St.  Alban's  on  the  10th 


^i  I, 


krk,  Nell  Gwynne's  younger  sod,  was 
cr,  1671,  and  died,  aj  ire  have  before 
'  in  September,  K^SO. 
y  was  Elizabeth,  eister  of  Ralph  third 


now  lets  talke  of  state  affairS;  for  we  never  caried 
things  BO  cunningly  as  now  for  we  dont  know 
whether  we  shall  have  peace  or  war,  but  I  am  for 
war  and  for  no  other  reaaon  but  that  you  may 
come  home.  1  have  a  tboLisaad  merry  conseets, 
but  I  cant  make  her  write  urn  &  therfore  you 
must  take  the  will  for  the  deed,  god  bye,  your 
most  loueing  obedunt  fnithfuH  &  humhel 

Barvant 

KG. 

Twickenham  Oct'  y*  17, 1784. 
My  dear  Popv, 

The  Jftclt  I  muat  have,  and  I  suppose  the 
Cook  will  be  as  much  deli^^hted  with  it|  aa  a  fins 
L  idy  with  a  Birthday  Suit ;  I  send  You  Wall- 
nuta  which  are  lioe,  but  pray  be  moderate  in  your 
admiration  for  they  are  dangeroug  Diuntiea ;  John 
b&a  CATried  about  to  my  Keighboura  above  six 
thnosand  and  he  tells  me  there  [are]  aa  many  a  till 
left;  indeed  it  is  a  mo^t  wonderfull  tree  M" 
Prince  has  been  robd  at  Two  o'Clock  at  Noon  of 
her  Gold  Watch  and  four  Guineas,  and  at  the 
same  time  our  two  Justices  of  three  and  aixpence 
a  Fiece,  they  had  like  to  be  shott  for  not  having 
more.  Every  body  inquires  after  You  and  I  de- 
liver your  C*omp\*  Poor  M"  Hart  is  dead— well 
ftpoken  nf  by  every  body.  1  pity  the  poor  old 
W<^aseel  that  h  left  behind. 

Adieu  my  dear  Popy 

Y'""evef 

The  Jack  must  carry  six  or  seven  and  twenty 
pounds,  the  Tvaterman  ahiill  bring  the  money  whea 
I  know  what. 

MONS  VCLTUR. 
1  do  not  know  that  I  hnve  much  that  is  new  ta- 
say  respecting  Mona  Vullur:  but  it  is  so  seldom 
that  a  traveller  penetrate»  to  this  secluded  part  of 
Italy,  that  anything,  however  tridinir,  will  be 
intereflting  to  some  of  your  reader?,  pajfticularly  to 
the  Admirers  of  Horace  and  his  works.  It  was  a 
little  beyond  the  middle  of  June  that  I  mounted 
this  beautiful  mountain,  clothed  with  oaks,  el  ma, 

I>ord  Montagu  of  Dou^btoo,  afterwards  Enrl  and  Duke  of 
Manch Piter.  Elizabeth  married  Sir  Daniel  Harvey,  a 
con  a  pieuous  person  nt  that  time;  as  ranker  of  Kichmond 
Park  be  gave  sheltir  in  bt"i  bouse  to  Lady  Ca«tlemaine 
durinf^  her  quarrdA  with  Chjirles  H.  Her  ladyship,  ac- 
conliniij  to  Pepys,  rewarded  Lady  Harvey  by  cncouraj^- 
ing  '*  Didl  Common,"  or  Mrs.  t*oVy,  who  was  the  dlstin- 
gui^lied  representative  of  that  character,  to  mimic  Lady 
Harvey  on  the  stage,  in  the  character  of  Sempronia, 
Lady  Harvey  "provided  peofde  to  hiss  her  and  fling 
oranges  at  her/'  and,  that  being  unsuceefisful.  procured 
the  Lord  Chamberlain  to  imprison  her.  Lady  Cai^tle- 
maiue  **  made  the  king  to  rclciiae  her,"  and  a  great  dis- 
turbance was  excited  both  in  the  theatre  and  at  court. 
In  the  mean  time  Sir  Daniel  Harvey  was  sent  away  am- 
basiador  to  Constantinople. 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[4'»S.VJ1,  Ja3I.7,'?U 


1 


chestDute,  aofi,  in  its  higher  riaiges,  with  beechea 
and  pines.  It  was  aucb  a  day  for  heat  aB^infipixed 
Horace  to  aiDg  {Carm.  in,  4,  9) :  — 

*•  Mt!  fribuloBtti  Vulture  in  AppulOt 

Altrioi*  "vii  I  lin,.  n  Apuliii", 

Frmi  I  juwpidutoWs 

Texere/' 

Woodpigeons  are  still  aa  numerous  as  they 
"wer^in  the  days  of  Horace;  while  the  cooing' of 
the  dove  and  the  hummiDg-  of  the  beea  invited  to 
sleep.  I  approached  the  mountnin  from  the  side 
of  Melfi,  which  ffives  name  to  the  hit^hesl  peak, 
*'  11  Pizzuto  di  Melfi,"  four  thoutiftnd  three  nun- 
dred  and  fit'ty-seven  feet  above  the  level  of  the  sen* 
The  approach  to  the  mountdti  is  through  vine- 
yards, which  grow  with  great  lux ariHace,  aa  vines 
always  do  on  volcanic  soil?.  The  wine  ia  strong, 
and  requires  dilution  for  the  sober  Italian. 

At  the  foot  of  the  mountain  to  the  north,  the 
Anfidua  could  be  traced  for  many  miles  by  the 
winding  of  the  valley  through  which  it  rune.  In 
its  upper  course  it  is  a  stream  of  no  great  size  in 
summer,  though  evidently  a  violent  toirent  from 
the  winter  snow  and  rain.  I  can  easily  under- 
stand why  its  presiding  nymphs  should  have  been 
propitiated  by  the  superstitious,  aa  the  following' 
mecriptiou  shows :  — 

XmPHig   .   AVFIDI 

SfiEVAXmC   .   8ACB 
C  «   XAOtVS   .   0   .   F 

VELLKIANVS 
REST  ,   ET   .   DKDIO  . 

It  id  pftHieularly  interestiflg  to  find  the  name 
of  Miigius  Velleianus  in  this  neighbourhood,  and 
we  cannot  but  imagine  that  we  may  have  here 
Magius  Celer  Velleianus,  brother  of  the  historian 
Velleiua  Paterctilus^  who  served  as  legate  to 
Tiberius  in  the  Dalmatian  war  a.d.  0,  and  shared 
in  the  honours  of  his  commander's  triumph.  At 
the  time  of  Augustuses  death  (a.d,  14),  he  and 
Ma  brother  were  the  **  caudidati  Ctesaris"  for  the 
pnetorahip  (Veil.  Pat.  n.  11*5,  121,  124).  It  is 
the  more  likely  that  this  should  be  so,  as  the 
family,  thotJgh  originally  of  the  highest  rank  in 
Capua  (Liv/xxiii.  7,  10),  were  evidently  settled 
in  this  direction,  as  the  *^  atavus  ^^  of  Velleius 
Paterculus  is  calked  by  him  *'  Asculaneusis  "  (Veil, 
Pat.  rt.  16)^  dbtingiushed  in  the  Social  War 
^B.c,  &0)  by  his  fidelity  to  the  Romans.  Now 
Asculum  Apulum  Asvo'ti  U  at  no  great  distttnee 
from  the  banks  of  the  Aufidus^  and  the  propertj 
of  Magius  might  be  oft*-*n  subjected  to  the  mun- 
datjons  of  the  river. 

The  forest  MouticchiCi,  with  its  lofty  and  aged 
trees,  afforded  a  pletisant  shade  aa  I  ascended  the 
filopes.  There  can  be  no  doubt  of  the  rolcanic 
nature  of  the  mountain  :  there  are  several  craters, 
but  one  in  partiiTulai-  far  more  perfect  than  that  of 
VesuTius.     The  sides  of  this  crater  rise  in  nearly 


an  unbroken  line  around,  dotted  with  Hq&t  J!ipeca| 
mens  uf  timber  than  I  have  ever  aeon,  evi^n 
our  northern  regions.    IDatorical  records  urc  ^le 
aa  to  the  time  when  it  was  in  operation ;  but  tJ> 
intelligent  inhabitaiits  maintain  that  thuy  wou' 
b©  in  a  great  measure  relieved  from  the  ea  ^ 
quakes   that   desolate   their  country  if  it   \ 
again  to  burst  forth  and  let  oSt  the  pent-up  j 
underground. 

It  id  curious  that  I  should  have  heard  the  san 
observation  when    I  was   at   Casal   Nuovo, 
southern  Calabria,  the  central  spot,   wliere  tli 
earthquake  of  1783  had  been  felt  most  severely 
and  where  the  Princess  Gerace  and  maov  thou! 
sands  of  the  inhabitants  had  been  swallovvLn]  up 
Towards  the  soiiih  my  host  pointed  to  the  highe 
mounliMn,  Aspromoute,   and  said  that   aU   thw 
calamities  arose   from  that  central   point.     ThI 
was  the  opinion  of  one  who  had  watched  for  ha 
a  century  the  shocks  to  which  they  weri>  * 
atantly  subject,  and  this  man,  ahnot^m     '* 
was  probably  not  far  from  the  truth. 

Id  the  largest  crater  of  Mons  Vultur  are  tw| 
email  lakes,  from  which  at  timts  ii^sae  sulphunsou 
exhalations,  like   those  which   rise  from    Lacii^ 
Ampsanctas,  which  is  at  no  great  distance,  and  i 
no  doubt  counectod  with   this  aucient   volcaad 
The  inhabitants  feel  that  they  are  resting  on 
volcano  that  might  burst  out  at  any  moment,  a 
Vesuvius  did  eighteen  hundred  yeai's  ago ;  btij 
the  Italians  me  in  general  a  pioiia  race,  and  havJ 
much  dependence  on  a  Higher  Power.  They  bar 
frequent  admonitions  by  slight  shocks ;  and  I  wn 
told  that  the  appoaranco  of  the  lakes  gave  warn  J 
ing  of  what  was  likely  to  happen,  as  they  becami 
more  turbulent  and  threw  out  exhalations  mop 
largely  before  a  severe  shock  took  place.     Then 
are  more  than  a  dozen  cones  scattered  over  lb 
surface  of  the  mountain,  but,  what  is  very  curiou 
no  appearance  of  an^^  extensive  stream  of  lava 
To  my  eye,  the  little  lava  I  saw  had  much  mn 
of  a  basaltic  structure   than   what  I   had  bee 
accustomed  to  see  round  the  base  of  Ve,«uvittj<i. 

Sulphureous  springs  are  abundant.     I  Ijenrd  i 
"una  mofeta  con  due  bocche'*  at  La   IT<  fulinn 
where  the  country  was  elflorescent  wili! 
At  Bftrile,  originally  a  rolony  of  Albani  : 
is  another  very  powerful  spring,  which  is  used  lor 
chronic  diseases  by  the  inhabitants  of  the  sur- 
rounding country*     NearAtella  there  is  said 
be  another  still  more  strongly  saturatcnl ;  indci$ 
on    every  aide  of    tht)    mountain  such    spring 
abound. 

There    is    an    idea  prevalent  among    Italia 
geologists  that  jVIous  Vultur  was  in  dijjtant  a^ 
close  to  the  Adriatic,  as  they  believe  that  Pi 
Piann,  as  it  is  called,  was  then  submerged^! 
only  raised  gradually  by  the   violent  throe 
nature.     There  is  no  doubt  that  this  port  nf  Italj 
is  only  slightly  raised  above  the  level  of  the  a«%l 


4«'S.  VII.  Jax.  7,T1.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


Wk 


»ud  the  laad  lying  between  the  ploijis  of  Onnnfie 
and  A'enusta  would  have  then  formed  an  inland 
bar, 

i  tmTdlied  for  thirty  miles  along  the  banks  of 
th^  "  ■  *  H,  from  CanncB  to  Venusia,  and  I  was 
p  y  etnick  by  the   level  nature  of   the 

oounirj  iiii  I  arriTed  near  to  the  birth-place  of 
Homce.  Venosia  stands  in  the  water-shod  of  a 
11'^  -'  "  ^lig  aid©  of  which  the  waters  flow  into 
II  -  and  hence  into  the  Adrifttic^  while 

yf  they  fttU  into  tbe  river  Bradanus, 
\no,   at  the  mouth  of  which  I  found, 
t»  fiftv  miles  farther  south,  the  ruins  of  tbe 
<"^  'emple  at  iVIetapontum,  now  known  to 

ti  fiiats  as  **Tavoia  dei  Paladini."     The 

Bra^Janus  has  a  long  course,  taking  its  rise  at  tbe 
foot  of  Moos  Vultur,  and  flowing  southward  into 
the  (tulf  of  Taranto,  it  formed  the  boundary 
between  Apulia  and  Lucania. 

At  the  time  when  Puglia  Plana  is  supposed  to 

havt*  been  submerged,  g-t^ologists  imaf^ine  that  the 

Oulf  of  Taraato  was  united  to  the  Adriatic  across 

the  neck   of  land   which  joins  Bmnduaium   to 

T  so  that  the  Japvpnn  ptminsula  must 

t  !  een  an  island,     No  doubt  thL^  neck  of 

^  T  at  height  above  the  sea  level,     I 

it  from  ^fanduria,  through  Uria, 

*  - 1 .  u=j.i  i^iuu.     I  found  that  it  was  at  Una  the 

cenlml   point,   where   the   lidge   began   to   riae, 

i;r1m  I,  ruT.^  northward  and  forms  what  is  known 

ins  as  Puglia  Pietrosa.    A  very  slight 

__  would  again  make  the  Japygian  penin- 

■iiia  into  an  bland. 

Ckauftrd  Tait  Bahaoe, 


L 


LONDON  COFFEE  HOUSES, 

1  hive  in  my  possession  a  copy  of  Mendez's  Col* 

r-iu/n  (if  r<^ni»^  which  you  aie  aware  was  pub- 

'^iM  m   1707  aa    a   supplement  to  Bodsley's 

^^^^fdio9L     I  am  not  about  to  make  any  remark 

^m  the  book  itself;  but  on  the  (ly- leaves,  at  the 

^"fsiiming  and  end,  are  written  in  the  neatest  of 

md»  two  poeme.    One  is  called  "  The  Quakers* 

^Uetiag,  by  Mr.  John  Ellis:  **  this  I  do  not  propose 

totiotthift  you  with,  as  it  has  no  great  merit,  and 

Miit  the  taste  of  the  present  day.   The 

ver,  may  be  interesting,  not  as  a  poem, 

"  L  d.^  uiiutrating  the  manners  and  customs  of 

^^  Jiticestora,   and  as  recalling   the   memory  of 

^         -     f  public  /esort  and  entertainment 

urhood  of  the  Royal  Exchange, 

*   K.iii.  probably  being  no  longer  in  eiist- 

U  is  called  an  "  Epi-tle  horn  M.  Mendez, 

,  to  3itr.  J.  ElJis''— no  doubt  the  author  of 

ther  poem»  but  of  whom  the  biographical 

'    '^*  at  present  at  my  call  do   not  give  any 

^*<»3ttnt.    He  was,  no  doubt,  a  choice  spirit  of  the 

^f  iit|  mme  corroetly  perhaps,  the  night. 

1  fRTe  you  the  whole  poem,  but  there  is  one 


Terse  which  probably  you  may  think  had  better 
be  omitted :  — 

**  KriSTLE  WROU  II .  HKSTDBX,  ESQ.,  TO  HUt  J.  ZLUS. 
I, 

**  Wh€D  to  Ellis  I  write,  I  in  rerso  mu*t  iadilw  — 
Como  Phoobus,  und  give  itic  a  knock  : 
For  on  Fridav  nt  eight,  all  b^tiiod  the  'Change  gate, 
Mr.  £liu  wUl  be  at  the  Cock« 
11. 
"  I  will  try  to  be  there,  where  I  firmly  declare 
I  shrtnld  want  neither  clsrct  nor  hock  ; 
But  in  nuinbcTT!  would  9port, quite in«pir'd  byyoor  port! 
Who  verse  would  deny  for  the  Cock  ? 

IIT. 

"  The  Floece  of  rich  SpAin  pooplo  envj  in  vttin» 
Full  fts  good  is  the  wool  of  our  flock  : 
Nor  the  Hcjid  of  tho  Pope  shttll  in%ite  as  to  tope 
Such  wine  tu  wa  drink  at  the  Cock. 

IV. 

'''  In  leam'd  Abchorch  Lane  let  them  BwHt  ,Utcir  oham- 
pdii, 
Till  the  lifjtior  their  ncnsejf  shall  lotrk  ; 
I^'i  thcui  iiiidlo  »f}d  aing  at  the  Artiu  of  the  Kin^, 
Wo  have  wit  with  our  wine  at  the  Cack. 

Y, 

**  A  Swjin  of  hUck  hue  is  n  wonder,  *t\»  tme, 
And  the  Swan  in  a  Hoop  we  will  mock ; 
Knv,  the  Fountain  in  rain  spouts  hertiooiLa  of  red  rain, 
ft  raiiia  deeper  red  at  the  Cock. 

VI. 

•  ••••• 

VII, 

"  A  htmrfw,  n<>  lew,  'tl-^  to  Britain's  saooeiB. 
yi  .-   [  '    i<n\t  aaa  rodki 

Jkl  I  1 1  66et  whereaoevor  they  meet, 

A.. .  1.:.  -.  -  .-,:-!  Shroye-tide  Cock. 

vrii. 
**  'Tia  time  to  bo  ^one,  for  the  *ChaDge  has  etrack  one: 
0»  'tis  an  impertinent  clock  ! 
For  with  VJUa  Vd  atay  from  September  to  May; 
rU  Slick  to  my  friutid  and  tho  Coek. 

Richmond,  Surrey.  W.  C. 


LEGAL  COMMOX-PLACES,  temjK  JAMLSL 
I  have  a  dilapidated  cotntnon-pkce  book  in 
which  are  entered  «t»voral  MS,  notee  of  casea,  rulea 
and  orders  of  Courts  dicta  of  judges,  and  legal 
memoranda,  in  two  different  hands^thoso  dated 
1601,  2,  J3,  iipparently  copied  from  origrJnal  notes 
by  a  clerk,  and  those  ot  1G04,  6,  6,  7  in  the  re- 
porter's own  handwriting,  which  is  eomewhat  dif- 
ficult to  decipber.  Tbe  Lord  Keeper  named  was 
doiibtless  Sir  ThomnB  Egerton,  afterwards  Lord 
Chancellor ;  tho  Attorncy-generul,  Sir  Edward 
Coke,  Mr.  Bacon  was  Francis  Bacon,  who  he- 
came    Lord   Chancellor;  Hnnt,    LL.D.i   ft 

Master  in  Chancery,  and  in  1G05  Master  of  the 
Holla. 

The  entries  are  under  tbe  following  heads  ;-^ 
Suhpo;na,  Attachmenta,  Comissious,  lieaponsionea, 
Gener^  ohaerTacooa,  inter  tUta,  1001* 

"  None  may  malce  or  paait  grtmo  Dookoa  bv  my  Lordea 
appoyntmeut"  [at  thia  prcacatl  Ht  €,  (jSa.^  tk^  1u^<6.^ 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[.A»iS.Vn.  jA3r.7,'71 


(but  not  as  Clorke  of  the  CroTrnc)  [the  elenrke  of]  the 
HftiTvper  and  i  rnoro,  or  such  ns  my  Lord  sball  nominnle. 
but  he  mflv  name  as  mnnie  na  he  likt»* 

The  reason  whie  *iett  hand  l>r>okc^  orgreenc  boffkffl  he 
writt  in  vellum  \b  because  ihat  overvi*  wordo  thoriii  u 
vrriUen  at  length,  as  Uichurdus  and  nue  Eicha%  and  not 
in  course. 

Termino  Michis  anno  U,  Hc^g-i^  .lac"  primoapud  Winton 
lfi03,  14  Novembr.  This  tornie  for  tnc  5tckn«*3  vtas  ad- 
iorned  vnto  Winton  Citty:  till  Cm.  MartTni.  The  mrolc 
poj  nt  was  hereon,  whether  thr  dny  of  t  !rO.  Marty ni,  or 
the  4  dare  after  (via.)  Twe*l,iy,  shoulde  be  the  Imte  daye 
or  not,  yt  was  resolued  iHrrr.  M*'  Ty  ndall  ton  Id  ns  so  in  t  lie 
Kiiii^'sBcdchambC'r  at  Winchester,  that  beings  n^dcthe 
chappie  cliambiT  for  my  Lo**"  Chancellor. 

Di*mi\aion-- Costs-— Publicacon — Demurrer — Exarain- 
ftcfni  of  WittncsscA— BriJ  de  Execucoc — Replications — 
Rfiliinctio — Dtdim*  roteslatem — Acute  et  gravitfcr  dictn, 

M*^  BaooD  Bftyd :  the  poore  man  went  Itke  a  sheepc  to 
a  Bufihe  in  a  storm,e,  and  he  robbad  him  of  i^l  hia  wooll. 

Let  one  devill  torment  the  other  sayd  my  Lord  Keep* 
to  n  question  a^sked  lilm  what  should  became  of  the 
Broker :  that  both  llroker  &  vu^urer  had  conripired  lo 
cosin  a  younfi;epentlrman. 

One  Jath  in  the  afUrmAtive  ia  better  then  k  thowsand 
in  the  negative. 

M''  D'tor  Hunt  in  Cotirte  beinge  dcmsundcd  the  citIU 
lawe  rule  in  witnesaea.       ^ 

My  Lo''*  Keep  gayd  no  man  j^oeth  by  the  Kings  uli^h' 
way*  but  the  dojfga  will  hnrke  at  hiin;  neaver  lett  «n 
ho  ileal  man  care  for  yll  wordtw,  they  be  but  dogif*  bark- 
inffe. 

in  ft  miona  of  yll  carriage;  althoug^he  Ihere  be  no 
apparant  proofest  yet  cverie  suripicAn  carrieth  hia  force : 
Hftd  yf  there  be  sundrle  auHpitJonii  omnes  su^pi lionet 
^^reactint,  sayth  my  LoJ*  Keeji, 

I  will  not  cutt  the  txKlye  bceau*e  the  coate  h  too  little, 
trpeakin^  of  a  roans  intent  by  liis  last  will  to  esttate  some 
of  his  fFrlend^,  hut  wonted  forme.    [Ld.  Kcr^  in  margin.] 

Qui  iu  p'tibua  luenUtur  ncfyrius  eat. 

<^ui  ruam  ct  eandein  rem  duobua  vendit,  fraudulBntu^ 
cat. 

Omdna  nihil  habct  ingenuum. 

Libenter    ignore  vt  li bonus  patrem    [nltertMl    from 

Mai^ii  et  minus  non  differnnt  /ipecio.  My  Lord  Keep 
B peeking!!  that  I  in  the  hundred  waa  ai  much  taurlc  oa 
10  in  the  hundred. 

Litis  ct  lerifl  alien!  comes  mi <^  1:^11:1.    Idem. 

You  had  the  Bird  in  yo""  hand,  yoti  might  kill  him  <jr 
Ictt  him  flie  at  yo^  pleasure.     Idem, 

rius  valeut  duo  aflirmante^  qnam  raille  negantes* 
D'>c'  Hunt  in  euria. 

Volenti  non  tit  iniiiria.  modo  non  induct u»  rit  fraude  ad 
illam  Toluntatcin.    [Una  custoa  in  marg,] 

You  brushe  yo''{iealf  so  longe  that  you  hro^he  the  dust 
into  vft'  owoe  eyea.  L^"  Keeper  to  Sient  Spurlinge  that 
exeUAed  him  sealf  of  an  imputacon  both  longe  &  crno^tlie. 

Thia  cawae  hath  been  carried  in  the  heigth  of  witt  onil 
strength  of  wordea,  and  I  heir  fore  impar  con;Ejressus  for 
me  to  awniwer,  in  regard  of  my  insuflicyenrN-e  in  the 
■caj**  l>etweene  Francklyn  and  Gaseoijin'C-  Qui-*  pinxit 
leoncm,  speakinge  of  a  forged  deode  beinge  in  the  partves 
luinde  that  coaiplayoed  of  the  forgerye  lUerof.^  [Bit/ 
Bacon  in  marg.  ] 

My  Ldfl  marks  of  an  yll  caune  be  manye.  AmA>ngate 
the  reat  one  to  make  private  peticoui^/and  worke  to 
pvcrt  Justice  by  private  Irea  and  mocOn  of  grent  men. 
And  my  Lord  vaeth  to  say  I  am  a  blabber  and  p''«ent1ic 
wiU  dim)ver  the  ooatenl  of  the  Ire  and  meanea  vsetl  In 
ihe  behalf  of  the  ptyc    [Da*  Custos.] 


eak- 

1 

Yt 


Tott  warble  in  yo^sealf  j  you  are  n«we  pushing  to  fai 
[Doa  eu»tc»9.] 

A  brnlye  iwililique  hath  no  ^wle  am!  therfore  5ome 
them  ymaiiine  they   f^honld  hate  no 
Cuf*to9]  ^pcakinge  of  the  Deane  of  Roeh 
Tantic  ne    animis  cdslejitibaa  ira».     Sp'-^.^ii-^^  ^t  w. _,, 
mens  feirce  pseeucon  of  a  ca\V!»e. 

M*"  Altomrr  ^prnl^in^  of  the  malicioQA  carriages  of 
cauRo  by  i  ill  and  church  psona,    Clericua 

oppjdo  tati  in  arido, 

vt  fielitu.x..^ .  .  ys.^Q  quantum  veils  etc  mfticrnitndini 
nuHo  quantum  pos.*i4.    /   in  a  demurrer  int'  Bowes 
dham  Reginam,     [UitchoocJce.] 

My  Lord  Keeper  *ard  thiU  Carua  will  was  the  l»e»t< 
who  would  neaver  make  anie  other  Kxccutor*  hut  (li 
hande\  nor  auie  other  orurwcra  but  bia  eyes,  (19  Mai 
1^  Jacobi.) 

You  hare  made  a  longe  entrie  to  a  little  how.^  speok- 
tngo  to  M^^  Hi'i^tni  that  r<cd  a  l«>nge  p^'face  to  a  cauae  ~^ 
little  worth,  and  might  have  beene  aouner   anawei 
[Dtis  Cu5lo?.] 

Possihilifye  i»  the  mother  of  hope,  and  hope  the  nurae 
de-^ire.    M'  Kinge  ni  Powlc*  cro^«ie  Sii***  Octohr* 

This  cawAe  will  fare  like  a  froste,  for  yt  will  haTC 
fowle  end.     Miehis  1 1'^  tt  45'^     [  Dna  Cu*tofl.] 

My  Lo^*^  a*-ked  what  did  the  ptye  give  him  that 
jihonld  vndertake  all  their  chargta.    all  that  he  had  my 
Jjotd  flwnswered  they*    All  that  he  had  sayd  my  Lord  yt 
may  be  that  was  of  Vmall  ar  no  vale  we.     Much  like  yu" 
awnswer  lo  the  (wiyinge  nf  Peeter  to  Chrlste.    Wee  ha 
fonaken   all   and   f.dlowtHl    rhe.     I    knnwe    nothing 
Peeter  hud  but  an  owld  boote  and  a  broken  nett.   So  inaj- 
yo^  all  be,  11  Octo;  U^  ct  4>. 

The  same  to  M"  Fullkmbe  havioge  ordered  that  an 
atmuitye  of  Ixxx"  p  annum  fhouM  bo  p«i  to  hir  from  hir 
huflhond  (Jie  beinge  severed  from  him)   and  Hrste  ap-^ 
povmted  the  Roth  for  the  place  of  payment  at  hir  rcqui 
and  then  she  alteriuge  that  minde  requested  yt  luiifht 
paid    hir  ftt  Yorke/w*^'«   h^^   likewise  granted;    Las 
naminge  a  thinl  place  ^bastgingt-  hir  former  opiriim  ;  m; 
L<>ni  sayd»  (steinge  hir  so  variable)  M"  Fullinmbe  yt  wi] 
trutnpe  a  good  Tavler  to  make  a  garment  for  the  tnoi>i 
w*:^*  you  resemble  becaw&i?  y<Hi  wax*  «a<l  wayu«  «u  ofiei 
Thia  wag  spoken  two  vcircaj  before  the  former  about 
Octo.  Miu-his  ^V'>  ct  15^'* 

[The  fallowing  are  in  the  second  hand]  : — 

"M»chi>,  ICnL  Octob.  12.  L**  Keep.  Non  refert 
nomine  modo  oun^tct  de  feifm:  nsyf  a  man  bff  arested 
the  niHnc  of  Sawkeld  wlr-n  hh  name  i^  Sal<iott. 

Sin^ulanias  te^tium  viriat  testimonium— Idem  :  as 
one  liy  one  have  .scene  or  hcarde  speake  iuch  a  thing  ai 
not  2'or  more  at  one  tyme, 

20  Octobrii*.  M""  Attorney  Generall  dining  at  the 
clearke*  olTiee  witli  vs  ;  naycd  :  Oleum  iu  auramo^  vinttl 
in  medio,  et  mel  in  irao  ii  wU  wayea  best. 

20  Nove.  IG04.    My  L**  Chanctdor  taxed  one  f  honnlti 
of  one  an  other  before  they  had  fint«hed  ther 
of  S'  Jerom  ast  he  «iyeAt  toucliing  speacb.     1 
tientia.    2.  Loquendi  onportunitoa,    3.  Virlutn   1  utui 
meiita. 

llillarii.  1604.  2.  R.  R.  % 

Tyll  32  H.  X,  no  innn   might  device    hi5    landc 
will   vnlesfto  it  wcare   in  certaync  manners   llini 
such  a  cu!*tom,  and  in  my  opinion  it  hath  I  i^ 
.    ,    ,  omenta  that  a  dying  man   paynedai: 
thcrby  »hoold  in  arlicid'o  miiriii  when  hi*  sou  \ 
prouididg  viaticum    for    that    neaver  recoring    iom 
^hoold  be-%tow  his  thoughts  (having  no  learned  men  b; 
on  Ihe  inberltance  of  hh  laiiiK 

Idem. — Cum  factor  renim  priua.«et  »emina  clerum 
Ad  ialanie  votum  succeasit  herba  nepotum. 


**  S,  VII.  Jas.  7, 71.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


My  T.*  ria.inL'jIlnrs  vs\ld  verfttt  on   tbe  clearipy  pnr» 
ICV0W8,  othcrwys  thef  cliildnni. 

pNiyri  '^^pnriking  of  Cupley,  a 


'     _        ::     r-t     ^^t:  II J  HUH    fu'CCfltL     M"' At- 

-i^  of  jif*?^uaut  Witts  tv  bt  caver  struyning 

i.iij    j.n,,^  ii«  Jtinij.    M""  Attorny.    Male  facieutea 
furruai  Ad  [Mtentejii  upcAkitig  or  fiuitcrj  Lo  noblemen  for 


kt(. 


kiJmI  of  A  L.^ily  what  vcrtwe  the 
nf  liiui   held,   am  we  red,  gre;ite 

OTIC  hundred  inowud  out  of 

Miuth  she  luul    pftyod    for 
hand   vaiilo*H5  had  of  tbc 
<uukc  iui  200  pcrle  to  pay  HOO  for 
.  p. 

,  ,j  Xo:  fr,  riAC0i), 
'J  of  Ju»tii;:;e  dLitri bullae  is  to  coniiider  not 
'  nt  ^<!  tAiitn*  and  not  to  pronounce  aeutbtice 
lie*  hut  by  graine*. 

1  1  matitier  for  Marche  LonU  U  to  have 

Mil  by  dcathe,  but  not  by  purchtti*e  or 

I  unM^i,  a  certaoe  Mod  (*(  c!outn  bution 

r  it  yet  of  dutie)  whiche  thev  call  Mici^s. 

I      :     li  i    [.ihrnke   prcteudcMi   the    like    od'  tht 

i< '    -;.:      "^  I   -     '  r,  '  t  whom  he  claimcth  a  cotitribu- 

1    r    If  atui    Li  ^^nnU  tho  pairn**  of  five  hundred 

(which  he  his  whole  tiitctH)  to  be  paid  in  five 

Thivj  cAu*c  vfa<»  hjiiidted   in  the   Cimn:  courts 

^A^  of  the  KoK's  Justice  Warbrton  and  Do'' 

1005  ami  two  foimer  decrees  were  shewed 

^  .  ,    by  the  Lo:  of  rembr:  counsell. 

i\  he  two  laVl  entries  are  in  thq  first  hjtiid.] 
iia,i,  J60t;,JulijII. 

IcTioranHa  JudieU  :  mi^em  inocctitifl, 
Mitiufl  mi&acracith  nidtus  parttur. 

The  h^  Cooke,  h^  Checf  Justice  a&ibtiug  in  Chancery. 

S^  JuJv.  Lo*»  Cooke  being  Attor. 

'       "  ■     -   -     *  *' r  L^of  North    ,    .    ,    the  Starr 

He  saved    Bu^fjicionees    levcA, 

n,  probabilt:«,  iucurceratioc,  aod 

itid«mt]atiou. 

1-1'  1.  ^  ii.itjcellonr  snycd  lo  one  fliat  was 
t  ID  hi5  owrif  oaw6#,  1  thou^^ht  yowe  had  a 
S3tt  mynde  htcuuse  yowe  kicku  Irttforo  they 

r,,,    ^f*  *  '■     nnd  with  thi'tn  3  or  more 

(ft ;  my  L<*  Chimed,  ftayd 

u  to  Ih;  at  a  shjg  pi uy  heere 

ucaiu:  uulil  mother  A tephenn  with  her 

:  over  the  coort  to  them,  What  can  we 

-■.    rnmns  dies  TLTiuiui. 

:ittrclliir  wiycfj ;    dislyking  the 

Im  ther' children  "and  of  di- 

churehea:  this  li  ablative 

<y  of  thcr  liviogefl  but  in 

:kdt>wjnent»  wwirc    to   the 

:ty  waa  in  I  he  dative  ciiac 


On  A 
Mar 


for  the  wch  Robert 
i:)d  wi^iitcihu  him  self 


thnt  all  th<^  plopse  of  heven  k  crthe 
vppon  Ihu  wrettche  mavc  light 
thiit  fury  frette  her  j^all 
her  payne  maye  never  ceass^e 
liorr  fynd  tioe  freml  in  her  diairesso 
that  may  her  woe  relea^^e/* 

Q,  A,  CAETmm, 


I  ijf  might 


CHARBON  DE  TEEBE:  A  LIEGE  LEGEND. 

Id  the  year  119S  a  poor  blacksmitli  ia  tlie  ctty 
of  Liege  waa  toiling  m  on  obscure  street  where 
hi^  wretclied  little  forge  was   estal>lishe<J.      H^ 
waa  working-  awa}'  as  hard  m  be  could,  and  hiil 
face  was  bedewed  with  pewpiration, 

A  etranper  who  was  passing  down  the  street, 
observiojy  the  earnest  maDDer  with  which  the  hardy 
ftmith  waa  lahouring,  stopped  to  look  at  him. 

This  etninper  was  a  Tery  venerable  old  man,  , 
with  hair  and  beard  as  white  as  snow;  and  h#| 
was  arrayed  in  garinents  that  were  the  same 
colour  as  hk  beard  ajid  hair.  (Canitic  et  harhd 
vmiermidiUf  aWd  veUe  indtiimj  Uilles  d^Orval,  t.  ii. 
101.) 

"  'rhat  is  a  wearisome  trade  yon  have  devoted 
yourself  to/'  said  the  stranger.  "  Axe  you  con- 
tent with  the  profits  it  yields  vou  P  " 

«<  What  proiits  do  you  thinlc  I  can  derive  from 
it?"8iud  the  blacksmith,  aa  he  wiped  his  fore- 
head. *'  Nearly  everything  I  gain  by  my  labour 
I  aw  obliged  to  expeud  ia  buying  this  miserable 
e/mrbon,  which  coats  me  so  dear.^* 

*•  Aye;  aye !  **  said  the  straoger,  "  I  see  that  the 
chitrhon  you  use  is  made  of  wood,  and  that  it^ 
must  cost  a  good  deal  by  the  time  it  is  conveyed, 
to  you  from  the  adjoining  forests." 

**I  assure  you/'  observed  the  blacif  smith,  ''that, 
the  utmost  1  can  possibly  gain  is  barely  f?ufficient 
to  buy  food  for  myself  and  my  family." 

•'But/'  rc'plied  tbe  old  man,  "if  you  could  have- 
a  species  of  vhdrbtm  which  would  cost  vou  nothing 
more  than  the  trouble  of  diggini?  a  little  depth 
into  the  earth  for  it,  where  it  lies  hidden,  and 
when  you  could  have  as  much  of  it  as  you  wished 
for,  would  you  be  very  happy  ?  " 

"  Would^  I  be  very  happy  ?  Ah  I  '^  fiighed  the 
blacksmith,  as  he  gazed  at  the  atranger,  and  en- 
deavoured to  make  a  guess  at  the  meaning  of  the 
worda  addressed  to  him. 

"  Well,  then/*  continued  the  venerable  stranger,. 
**  liaten  now  atteutivelv  to  what  I  am  saying.  You^^ 
know  the  Mo nt-dea- Moines  that  lies  cloee  by  thi^ 
place,  as  you  must  have  often  passed  by  it,  Havci 
you  never  remarked,  if  you  did  so,  a  sort  of  black 
earth  that  is  in  some  places  mixed  up  with  the 
ordinary  soil?  Go  there  ;  take  that  black  emtli, 
put  it  in  the  fire,  and,  take  my  word  for  it,  you 
will  never  again  have  lo  buy  an  ounce  of  cltarlfon 
of  wood.*' 

The  blacksmith  stared  with.  «kmttxei\a^wV,  wc^^  ^V* 
first  thought  the  old  BViai^ei  ^%a  1t\^\\\^^  ^'VO^ 


8 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[#&». 


yjisr,T/7t. 


him;  but  that  thouglit  yanisbed  aa  he  looked  at  the 
Jtindlj  fftco  of  the  good  old  nittn,  bidding  hiai 
**  good  bye  "  as  he  disappeared.  The  smith's  con- 
fidenco  retunied ;  he  put  on  hLa  coat  at  once  (for 
the  ho&est  men  of  Liege  never  take  long  to  de- 
liborat9  oa  anything),  and  the  same  instant  he 
ran  off  to  thoMont-des-Moines.  Upon  examining 
the  soil,  he  there  perceived  what  ne  had  before 
never  paid  any  att^^ntion  to,  that  there  were 
tmcks,  ttnd  what  appeared  to  be  ymna  of  earth 
that  waa  black  and  friable*  He  Elled  his  apron 
with  tbia  earth,  and  returned  home  Patiafied.  Ilia 
confidence  in  the  words  of  the  venerable  stranger 
was  fully  realised;  for  scarcely  had  he  ca€>t  a 
haodful  of  his  black  earth  into  the  braaier  than 
it  b«»jfan  to  burn  up  and  pjiarkle  brllliAiuly, 

He  had  maile  a  jnwid  discovery !  Ho  bad  found 
out  coftl !    He  had  hit  nixin  the  r/mriton  de  terreJf 

Transported  with  delight,  he  ran  to  tell  his 
neighbours  of  what  hud  orcurred  to  him.  The 
neighbours  in  their  turn,  beinj^r  luHy  convinced  of 
the  value  of  the  discovery,  repaired  t*i  Mont-des- 
Moines  —  which  tbey  also  called  Mofd'}*uUk\ 
because  it  had  been  waste  coujmon-land,  nnd  every 
one  that  lik<ed  had  a  right  to  repair  to  it — and 
there,  with  the  black  earth,  they  perceived  stones 
of  the  same  colour,  which  were  found  to  make 
eoEoellent  fuel. 

It  may  eas^ily  be  guessed  what  a  reputation  the 
disoovery  of  this  valuable  mine  won  for  the  poor 
blacksmith  in  hia  natal  city.  His  name  was 
Wmlloij  and  from  his  nam%  was  aft<.»r wards  called 
thftt  species  of  coal  that  is  kuown  fw  /umlU  (pit- 
coal). 

The  extraction  of  pit-coal  {liouUle)  becamo,  in 
course  of  time,  the  source  of  great  riches  to  Liege ; 
but  then  us  to  the  g^ood  old  man  who  had  re- 
vealed tht»  &<utro6  of  these  riches,  HouUoss  and 
his  companions  in  vain  eong^ht  after  him  from  a 
desire  to  testify  their  gratitude ;  but  no  one  waa 
ever  able  to  gain  anj  inteUigenco  rospecting^ 
him. 

Who  then  was  this  ohl  man  P  From  whence 
came  he  ?  Howwaahe  master  of  a  i^ecret  which 
was  concealed  fmm  the  inhabitants  of  the  count  it  ? 
"  Wo  have  "  ( says M.  E.  De  Conde,  in  his  Momtmen  s 
0t  StmvenirH  dit  ta  ville  ilc  Liegey  c*  iv,,  from  whii^h 
this  legend  is  translated)  *'on  this  subject  con- 
sulted ancient  autliors.  The  oldest  work  refer- 
ring to  it  is  an  antique  manuscript,  verj'  sadly 
deteriorated*    T!i:  ript,  havinj?  recuunted 

in  detail  the  prf<  ty,  ftd<ia :  •*  That  there 

cuinot  bo  any  du*.^,  t«:A  mysterious  per- 

sonage introduced  int  that,  beyond  th© 

ftlightost  question,  he  v .,iuj  .  .  /'  "The  In^t 

letters  have  been  obliterated  by  endous  time. 
Could  the  manuscript  have  intended  to  alHrm 
that  the  author  of  the  discovery  wa^i  an  oftyel 
(mngelui^)  F  off  might  it  not  have  been  an  ^ri^li- 
caa— an  Englishman  {Aiigtm)  ?   for  tiie  use  of 


coal  (chnrhon  iff  icrre)   w«ia  well  known  in  tbol 
twelfth  century  in  Kngland. 

W.  B.  Mic  Cabx. 
MonGontour-de-Brel«giiii,  Cotoa  da  Kurd.  Fnu)<*«. 


DB,  AKBUTHNOT. 

That  this  celebrated  wit  and  eminent  phv- 
siciAn,  upou  whom  the  mantle  of  the  cquallrl 
clev&r  and  skilful  Dr.  i*itc«ira  had  fallen,  was  n^ 
cadet  of  the  noble  family  of  Arbuthnot,  i«,  w© 
believe,  undoubted,  although  there  is  some  diffi- 
culty in  putlinf?  together  the  uece.«sary  links  ot 
his  pedigree.  His  father  was  the  episcopal  cbjrgy- 
man  of  Arbuthnot,  where  his  son  is  asserted  to 
have  been  bom  shortly  after  the  Restoration. 

In  the  Library  of  the  Faculty  of  Advocated 
there  id  a  MS.  which  is  thus  tilled:  **  A  Con- 
tinuation of  the  (reuealogie  of  the  noble  Familyl 
of  vVrbuthnot,  by  Mr.  Alexander  ,\rbuthnot,  somO'- 
time  Minister  at  the  Kirk  of  Arbuthnott.'^  This 
person  wa?  the  father  of  Dn  John  Arhnthnot,^ 
who,  not  choosing  to  adopt  the  Pr< 
tern  of  worship,  pi^eferred  reliiiquiKl 
and  retiring  to  aji  estate,  represeniou  by  ^.  imbi- 
bers *  to  have  been  but  a  **  small  *'  one,  whicli 
he  had  inherited,  nnd  where,  it  may  be  rensonAM^ 
assumed,  he  passed  the  remainder  of  his  days. 

This  Continuation  was  intended  to  form  thfl 
concluding  portion  of  an  account  of  the  ArbuthH 
not  family  which  had  never  been  printed,  bufi 
which  may  be  amongat  the  muniments  of  th^ 
Viscount  of  Arbuthnot,  Its  existence  was  uu^ 
known  t4:j  Dr.  Irving,  who  has  itfiven  a  sketcll 
of  the  life  of  the  alb?ged  writer  in  his  Lhym  oi 
Sro(t)fh  Poeiff  and  to  Dr.  Robert  Chumbers,  whoi 
brief  notice  of  Principal  Arbuthnot,  the  author^ 
derived  from  Irving  and  M*Crie» 

On  the  back  of  the  title  of  the  Contimiation 
the  following  memorandum : — 

**  For  conn^ctincr  Prfnripnl  Arbutlin'^tt'^  Tntln  Orne  ^ 
*lo^y  with  !  1 


Mtvarl  of  P.kU...L,..,     ,... ^   . ,.   .   .,  .. 

chnn^cd  to  blench,  Mp  ^rn^  removed  by  imniatuit*  ileatii 
in  the  flowi*r  of  his  t^c,  in  the  yejir'l521»  nnd  to  hin 
9 nrr^^di'd  Hnbert  hi^  fton,  the  third  of  that  nanuv 
called  after  h'm  grnndrathcr,** 

Copicfi  of  this  Latin  genealogy  may  exist 
some  public  or  private  library  ;  but  none  harei 
hitherto  been  found,  which  la  the  ni'  "■  ^^1 
regretted^  as  the  author  waa  a  man  ol 
ability^  and  an  el  errant  writer  in  ].^.*v\ 
prose  and  verse.     He  di»?d  **  at  Al*     i      i   "ri  th^ 


Lm$  ^/Mminent  Scotehmmt  p.  Otf> 


'guvn.  ja».7,ti.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


9 


atli  of  October,  1663,  ba^nre  he  bad  completed 
Bg-e  of  fortj-five."     A  fnvourable  picture  of 
is  giTen  by  ArcbbUhap   Spottiawood,  who 
iinrks : — 

"-*^*}r  lovetl  of  all  men,  hated  of  none.  Riirl 

r   liii*  raodemLioii  with  the  chivf  rnon 

u   TTtthout   hi-  nflviiT  t>Kv   o<in>hi  ^lo 

n  liicli  j  lit  liim  ill  a  r'  '  ^jT  he  dni 

llija.     pW'iant  nnd  i  tion,  and 

.^  .- ,  M.  rf,  a  ^ooil  ju, J. Ill,  pliilo- 

few,  lawyer,  iin«l  m  medicine  skilful;  so 

;  he  could  |jrompily  dLicourac,  and  to 

It  i&  believed  tbftt  the  Principal  was  tbe  graDd- 
r  of  Aleicander,  the  clergyman  of  Arbuthnot, 
I  tbtui  great-gmijdfiitbBr  of  the  friend  of  Swift 
I  Pope.  The  conjee turo  may  be  erroneouS|  but 
sfftuld  be  sati^fatlory  to  haVe  it  either  proved 
liefatod.  J*  M. 


I^EDITED   ElEGT   BY    OLIVER  GOLDBMTTH. 

uggling  the  other  day  throuph  a  quaiititv  of 
i  j^iperd,  I  lighted  on  poor  Goldy^s  pane^'^ync  of 
If  Hi- hearted  patron,  the  amiiihle  and  iotel- 
LQuaker,    Josieph    Fenn    Sleigh    (Foote'a 
.^U-o"),  *^  the  fichoolfellow  of  Burlce  at 
friend  of  Barry  the  painter,  who 
in  1771,  an  eminent  phyaiciaa 
(I'iior'd  Life  of  Gold^mi/h,  I  liS-9.) 
h^  do<?tor,  who  wufl  of  Derbyshire  desceut|  died 
,  May  10,  1770,  aged  thirty^«even  (a 
i^  t  for  hifi  sorrowinfT  frienda !),  lettTtng 

11  idiotic  lister  and  a  large  fortune— 
too  many  .know  to  their  bitter  coat)  a 
^*n*iT-*  '  ^^et  of  litigation;  but  to  which, 

^  vyny  his  due,  we  believe  a  certain 

^'  ^    1  '>  rjcaLTu  iitts,  or  ought  to  bsve,  a  prior 

*i    ,       ■-     -  -  "- '^    -^-:^s  uiiivarsally 

CJnwn,  '  ry  huuti  OOfl'- 

^•*«l  »•  it  could    not 

^ggtrau  Miti  risiility,  Ua  Fiiucy  atu.  here  find  no 
yii«JE«i«i»lly  vacaat  for  it^iadiiusuon— on  tho  hearts 
I'^irllio  Jroew'liiin  ;  od  the  wretch  whom  he  relieved— 
J I^PaitDl  whom  he  fiolaeed  j  of  the  Friend  whom  he 

lt«!  (Tfief  I  po  ^ef  Gxe«»sivQ  call* 
}  Ihi?  tf^T^  whi'^'h  now  in  torr^^tiU  fall. 

'         dl  ndBiirGtl, 
vh  liredf 

Piio  nt  ^   ht'liei; 

I  r  iriendly  «i^lii«. 
|1  ^«^  f'hflritr  msiifc, 

"'  '  "       II  Aectire 

^<ht  eav« 
11'  -   ,      ^ ,  . .    I 

r  tmd  heart,  uor  injure  by  yuur  lav» 
iftliy  man  you  faititly  gtrivc  to  praiAc ! 
^^-ffl»try  f»cc-^behold  the  rich  and  poor — 
"ith downcaist  eyoa  regret  that  Skigh'a  no  more  I 
"OuvETi  Gor.nsMiTH, 

" RoflcomuK^n,  Ireland." 

MooRLiHB  Lad. 


I)l80itKPA.JfCtE9    TS    DATES. — ^AmODgst  AEIcietlt 

charters  and  indentures  sudi  errors  are  by  no 
means  uaconimon,  and  might  lead  an  inexperi^ 
enced  archasologiat  to  prouounce  the  document-i 
in  which  they  occur  Bpurious,  whereas  these  very 
errors  someti'naes  aifordeven  corroborative  evidence 
of  authenticity,  A  note  on  this  subject  would, 
I  believe,  be  valtied  by  the  public.  The  author « 
of  a  paper  on  "  Ancient  Sherrit  Beala/'  published  ■ 
a  few  years  ago  in  the  Herald  and  Oenemittjist^  baa 
had  a  very  exteneivetexperienee  in  this  branch  of 
nrchieology,  and  might  fie  induced  on  seeing  this 
reference  to  bi^  qualifications  to  contribute  a 
reply.  There  are  probably  many  other  archieolo- 
giuta  equnUy  qnahtled  to  give  an  opinion  (auii- 
ported  by  evidence )  on  this  flubjd'ct,  out  as  J  ao 
not  happen  to  know  them  aa  tbu«  apecially 
qualified,  I  have  alluded  to  him  whom  I  do  know 
as  having  directed  his  attention  to  the  question. 

The  jiATSL  Sir  Samitel  O'Mallict,  Bart. — In 
a  cutting  from  the  Mttyo  ComtUution  newspaper 
publiabea  in  August,  1804, 1  find  it  stated  that 
this  gentleman,  who  died  on  the  17th  of  that 
month,  had  been  for  the  long  period  of  sLiiy-three 
years  a  magistrate  and  grand  juror  of  the  co. 
Mayo,  and  that  during  the  whole  of  that  period 
no  act  of  his  as  a  magistrate  ever  met  the  censure 
of  the  superior  tribunals  or  the  government  of  the 
country.  This  is,  I  Chink,  worth  putting  on 
record  in  the  pages  of  '*N.  &  Q."  Y»  8.  M, 

SuROPSHrRE  Sayings, — An  old  lady,  who  was 
the  daughter  of  a  Salopian  farmer,  and  who  died 
not  long  since  at  the  age  of  seventy-eight,  waa 
accustomed  l^  make  use  of  the  following  sayings, 
whicb  had  been  current  in  her  early  dRys  m  her 
native  county.  Some  of  them  are  curious,  and 
may  be  found  interesting : — 

»*^  Choke  chicken,  more  hatching.*'  A  vanation 
of  the  proverb,  that  **  As  good  iish  remain  in  the 
sea  as  over  came  out  of  it*' 

'^  Noble  aa  the  race  of  Sheukin  and  line  of 
Hurry  Tudor.'' 

'*  lie  smites  like  a  basket  of  chips  *' ;  t. «.  of 
habit  and  unconsciously. 

*'  Useful  as  a  shin  of  beef,  which  has  a  bigbooe 
for  the  big  dog,  a  little  bone  for  the  little  dog, 
and  a  sinew  for  the  cat** 

*'  It's  all  on  one  side  like  Bridgnorth  election.*' 

*'Ahem!  as  Dick  Smith  said  when  he  swal- 
lowed the  diflhclout,"  signifying  that  troublea 
should  be  borne  with  fortitude. 

**  All  frienda  roimd  the  wiiikin.*' 

^ElKCN  BAtiAiKH'.— On  the  Uy-leaf  of  a  weH- 
bound  and  ill- thumbed  copy  in*  my  poseeasion  of 
the  third  edition  ^t  A  Vindictilimi  of  K^  CKarUt 
the  Mwit/r  (London :  prmted ioi '&..N^'^^te;\,iiX'Oafe 


^^Jb 


10 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[4«fcS.TrLXv.v.7.7K 


KiDg*8  Ileftd  iQ  St,  Paura  Cbu^h  YnnJ,  1711), 
proTing  that  His  Majesty  was  the  author  of  this 
fiercely-coD tested  work,  are  these  MS,  note5>, 
with  the  autogTRpha  of  their  respective  attes- 
tors:— 

**  Wlnehilsea,  Aug.  y"  12,  1722. 

"  I  dot'  afSrm  that  in  the  yenr  l(^SS^  M"  (fomposson 
(wife  to  Thomas  Mcnnpes9on/E5q,  of  liruhnm,  in  Somer- 
^etshiri*,  a  worthy  and  a  verv  good  V\''om.in)  told  mo  and 
my  Wife  that  Archbishop  J*nxton  (*»>)  a^aur'd  lier  that 
to  his  Of  ruin  knowledge  the'lilKHNBASUlKH' wat  all 
com  pa?) VI  and  written  by  Kin^;  Charles  y*  first. 

*' Although  in  the  following  Book  the  King's  Book  is 
thoroughly  Vindicated,  and  proved  to  be  of  his  Majesties 
Compoaiogi  I  was  willing  to  add  this  CircumBtance  from 
M"  Motnpeasotit  with  wlu^ni  and  her  IJa^band  my  Wife 
acd  I  at  that  time  sojotiru*d.  "  WixcniUiEA. 

•*  The  Author  of  the  following  Tracts  was  the  R'  Rer- 
«Tend  M'  Wagstaffe,  who  was  conacrrutcd  a  Bishop  bv 
the  Rt.  Reverend  the  Deprived  Bpa.  of  Norwich,  Ely  & 
Pet«rbur(jb,  &  the  R^  RevVi  Ctorge  If tckoa.  Suffhignii 
Bishop  of  Thetford.  The  Kt.  Honorable  Henry  Earl  af 
Clarendon  being  a  Witriesa  llicreto. 

"J.Cu«YK, 
"  Chaplain  to  L*  Winchelaea.'* 

John  Slkioh. 

Thornbridge,  BakewelL 

AvEBAGE  OP  Hitman  Life. — I  am  rector  of  a 
'  country  parish^  the  popuktioB  of  which,  at  the 
Inst  censUB,  was  401,  the  males  and  females  heing 
exactly  equal  iti  umuber*  In  the  ten  flucceedinf? 
years  there  have  b>'en  sixty-eight  deaths,  of  which 
thirty-six  have  heen  those  of  females.  The 
general  average  of  age  has  been  forty- nine  years ; 
•the  average  of  males  a  fraction  over  forty-nine 
years;  that  of  the  females,  therefore,  a  fraction 
under  that  age.  Ten  of  the  entire  number  have 
lived  to  over  ei^^hty  yearst  of  whom  eight  were 
feoiAlefii  one  of  theae  latter  being  ninety-two 
when  she  died.  I  do  not  Imow  how  these  nurn- 
bera  will  bear  coir  pa  i  son  with  those  of  other 
panshea*  but  one  thing  atrikes  me  in  looking  them 
over— while  the  averag:e  length  of  life  is  a  little 
itt  favour  of  the  males,  the  females  show  a  larger 
aumber  atttiiuing  to  extreme  old  age, 

W.  M.  IL  C. 

French  War  .^ongs.— In  77*<?  Standard  of 
Dec.  ^0  is  *'  The  Christmas  of  a  German  Soldier." 
Fritz,  in  a  letter  to  Oretchen,  describes  "the 
situation  *'  and  his  hopcs^  ami  gives  snatches  of  a 
song  which  he  hears  the  French  ringing  on  the 
opposite  bank  of  the  Mame : — 

'♦These  words  they  put  into  King  VVilUnm's  moolh  :— 
" *  Qni  soutlonfka  h  ch"<?  des  miens?    De  vos  valise 
Qui  sondcra  la  jirofondeur? 

Von  Tano,  liero.-i  |iil];»rd,  V'erder,  brulcar  d'(%li96S) 
Et  Tieacon,  gendarme  frondeur. 

«  Ces  Fmnc9»  fils  de  Rati!,  n^ont-ils  pas  rimpndence 
De  combattrc  en  jileine  clartd 
Nona*  Seigneur,  que  tu  i\n  ncrpeats  par  la  pmdence 
£t  loupa  par  la  filrodttS  ? 


*'  Ta  justice,  o  Seigneur,  e»t  comine  la  tortuc» 
Leiite,  mais  sdre  d'arriver» 
La  mienne  a  pris  son  temp*;  ma  rancoue  tctue 
Mit  cinquante  ans  k  la  couver. 

"Qui*  dei)uis  Iifna^  je  n*ai  pn  aans  «onQVauc« 
Digerer  le  rire  latin. 
Digt^rer  est  le  mot ;  s'lla  sunt  tout  co&nr  en  France, 
Chez  noud  on  est  ton!  iateaiin. 

"Bismarck  a  des  consctls  loyatix  sur  toutes  choscs; 
II  me  souffla  Vavia  divin 
D'envover  mes  enfantii,  chiens  oonchantSf  donsc  et  ro^eiil 
Mendier  au  pays  du  vin. 

^  Comment  se  d^fier  dc  cea  souples  earrurefl  ? 
Tout  foyer  leur  fut  indulgent, 
Mes  cherub  ins  on  t  pris  I'empri^iute  dei  sefrorcs  t 
^A  moi  la  eavc,  ^  moi  Targcnt.** 

I  cannot  learn  more  about  the  song,  but  I  thini 
if  the  whole  can  be  found  it  ia  quite  as  worthy  oi 
preservation  in  '*  N.  &  Q."  as  any  war  song  j%*fl 
tne^erted.  11.  B,  C.  ' 

U,  U.  Club. 

MoxT  Ce^is  Tujtnel. — The  following,  fron 
the  2>rti/y  NttDs  of  Dec.  27, 1870,  is  worth  putting 
on  record  in  '*  N,  &  Q.'*  :— 

**  Bardonbche,  Dee,  25.  4.15  P.M, 

**The  last  diaphragm  has  just  been  bored  exactly  in 
the  middle  of  the  Mont  Ceni^  Tunnel,  amid  rcpewtcd 
shouti  from  one  side  to  the  other  of  *  Long  live  Italy  I  * 

"  The  greatest  engineering  work  of  the  great  centur 
of  engineering  ha»  at  last  been  aecomplished.    The  Monti 
Ccnifl  Tunnel   is  perliaps  a  more  wonderful  trimrtph  off 
goDiiis  and  perseverance  than  the  Atlantic  Telo^'inph  oc 
the  Suez  Canal.     Its  length  is  seven  miles  and  ti)rea-| 
fiAhss  it  is  twenti*-Bl3t  feet  and  o  quarter  in  width,  nnd  nine 
teen  feet  eight  fnchei  in  height,  and  will  carrj'  a  doubh 
line  of  rail 3  from  France,  umWr  the  Al pis  to  Itnly.     Tlifl 
tunnel,  which  b  of  course  anfinished  as  yet,  hfti?  hi^n  cuft 
by  atmospheric  machinery  through  the  ftoUd  rock,  echiii^ 
limestone,  and  quartz,  the  air  which  moved  the  cliiicli 
escaping  from  its  compression  to  *upply  the  lungs  of  th 
workmen.    The  work  has  been  fifteen  years  in  i^r^      ^ 
without  reckoning  the  time  ?pent  in  preliminary  i 
ligations ;  it  has  been  carried  on  conlintiously  fmrnl 
tiJi  now.     The  railway  up  the  Sion   valley  will  rt<y 
before  long,  carry  ibi  passengers  straight  throiiixh  frunn 
Fourneau:x  to  Ilardoni^idie,  and  it  will  be  po^    '  '     '      ^^ 
from  Paris  to  Milan  wilhont  climbing  an  Ali 
even  changing  the  railway  carriage.    So  far 
transit  is  concerned,  there  are  therefore  do  n>tau  Alpi 
The  gresil  rocuntnin  chain  has  been  flnally  removedi 
Thi^  immense  work  has  been  curried  out  under  va«it  diftn 
cuUiea.    There  could  be  no  ?ihflft»  m  in  the  fehort  tunnell 
which  pierce  oor  little  English  hills,  and  all  the  df^hrim 
had  to  he  carried  back  to  the  entmnce.     It  was  begun  a^ 
both  end*,  and  the  workmen   who   thus  st^rtcil  sfivi-a 
miles  apart,  with  a  moontain  chain  between  them,  hav| 
met  as  accurately  as  thongh  there  had  been  but  a  hill  td 
pierce.     As  a  trinmpli  of  engineering  skill,  we  imuM 
mark  this  work  as  one  of  the  new  wonders  of  the  world/'* 

Phtli?  S.  Kik&. 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


AlXrSlOir  WANTMD  :   HbITET  VATTOHAJr. — 
*•  if  sadden  storms  the  day  inviid<?, 
Thvy  flock  «bout  him  to  the  aliade : 
Wli€r«  wisely  they  exptrt  the  entl, 
Giving  the  tempest  time  to  spend; 
And  hard  by  shelters  on  sonie  bough, 
HHariofCt  senmnt,  the  taffe  vnttp" 

Who  IB  HUarion  ?    And  how  is  the  crow  called 
his  f^rrant  ?  A.  B.  Gbosart, 

Si-  GeorgeX  Blackbom,  Lancaahire, 

AMEBiCAif  "National  Sqi^o/' — Can  I  obtain 
tkrough  ♦*  N,  A  Q.,"  or  by  tUo  medium  of  your 
coirespondenta  in  America,  information  respecting 
a  **  national  song*'  which  cauie  out  shortly  after 
the  declaration  of  war  between  Engliind  and 
America  in  the  year  1612  P 

I  can  only  remember  the  fiiBt  stanza,  -which  la 
M  follows : — 

**  Co]  aiobia'«  shores  are  wide  am!  wild^ 
Columbiana  hills  are  high  i 
And  rudely  pkDtcd  side  Uy  Mde, 

Her  forests  mett  the  eye. 
B«t  lowly  must  liiose  shores  be  made, 

And  low  Colttmbta's  hilLa  ; 
And  low  her  andi'pi  forest  a  laid, 

K'fT  freedom  quits  her  Ht  Ida. 
Fur  in  thia  Inod  so  rude  and  wild 
She  plaved  her  gambols  when  a  cbil«l.** 

A:x5A  IIarrisojt. 


Anifii  or  FLTsinsn  FAMTLTEa.— Labl4ci:  would 
W  glad  to  know  if  there  is  any  list  of  names  nnd 
»nns  of  Flemish  famiUefj  Miuilur  to  our  Edmoud- 
wn;  or  where  would  be  the  proper  place  to  in* 
^uixe  for  the  arms  of  a  family  of  Flemiah  origin. 

lUrn  AunLET  of  Saxdhach,  —  I  _find  in  an 

old  memoranda  book  for  18C4  — 

r*Ti)  Srtndbach  (in   Che*lure),  ivhcre  I    went  to  the 

clir,  t,     ^- ne  years,  ago  it  waa  nearly  rebuilt,  and  con- 

.  m'ofiumcnts  suffered  consid^^ralKv     I  went 

li!in«e,  where  be  showed  mo  a  bra.**  pljitc 

n  on  it  to  one  Raph  Audley;  this  1j« 

!  the  church  at  the  time  of  the  repftire, 

...-.  ui  ^^  .  never  been  rt-placed  Uecimao  the  clcrin- 

>^Q  tftoiuriu  it  was  too  shabby  to  be  put  agaiast  the 

Who  was  Raph  Audley  ?  G.  W.  M. 

BiBtE  lLLrsTBATio\'s. — ^^Tlavlng  a  fragment 
^oaisting  of  thirty-tivc  leaves  of  u  &aiall  qtiuito 

^ '>  '^  ' i|^ri«iinf(  woodcut  illustrntioua  to  the  Old 

I  am  desijrous  of  learning  the  dat^ 
,  .  -  .1  cation^  kc.  The  illusU ations  ( probably 
c«t  la  the  fiixteenth  century)  aie  3j  inches  by 
2i  inches,  tet  in  a  framewo'rk  having  fifriirea  at 
w«  »ide  with  deTicea  and  such  like  at  top  and 
^teiil.  Under  the  illustration  are  five  or  ax 
li^H  in  German  explanatory  of  the  subject,  while 
•^vu  it  are  the  references  to  the  hook  and  chap- 
**t.  iVohably  the  framework  may  have  served 
^ot  some  other  religious  publication ;    there  are 


eight  varietieB  of  it,  repeated  on  each  sheet,  witli  n 
ninth  variety  occasionally  itsod.  On  two  of  them, 
at  the  bottom^  occur  the  letters  mf,  the  letter  F 
being  formed  on  the  li^t  limb  of  the  letter  M. 
Some  of  the  j^ubjects  are  drawn  in  a  masterly 
manner;  others  are  rather  poor.  I  shall  bo  glad 
of  a  reference  to  a  perfect  copy  for  a  further 
knowledge  of  the  few  leaves  in  rav  posaeasion. 

W.  P. 

Jonix  Bo  VET,  —  I  shall  be  much  obliged  for 
any  information  concerning  the  ancestry,  mar- 
riage, kc.  of  J  ohn  Ik)vey,  whose  daughter  Mary 
married  Francis  Courtenay  (who  obit  1699,  v,p* 
Sir  William  Courtenay  of  Fowderhnm ),  ancestor 
of  the  present  Lord  Devon. 

Edmund  M,  Boixk. 

Cathedral  Biclls. — What  are  the  weights  of 
the  great  bell  of  St.  Peter's  at  Rome,  the  great 
bell  of  the  liremlin  at  Moscow,  and  the  great  bell 
of  St.  PauFa  of  London  ?  and  are  there  any  others 
exceeding  the  weight  of  the  lai-gest  of  iheao 
three?  C. 

[The  great  bell  of  St  PetBr*a  at  Rome  wefp^hs  eight 
tons,  aecordini:;  to  Mr  E.  B«M:kett  Donison,  The  great 
bell  of  Moscow  contains  10.000  poodo,  equal  to  4O0»O0O 
Russian  pounda,  or  to  36t^000  EDy;li«h  pounds.  (Dr, 
Lyall,  see  "  N.  &  Q."  -i^^  S.  i.  ,140,)  The  present  great 
bell  of  St.  Paul's  weifjh?^  about  dve  tons.  (Sin,  Tiiukvlj 
WALKsnt  in  «  N,  &  q;*  1»«»  S,  v.  41[).)  ] 

CoBBLTsns'  Lamps  ix  Italy. — In  niany  of  thd 
smnll  towns  and  villages  of  Italy,  the  cobblers,  at 
nighty  have  a  glai«s  globe  filled  with  water,  fixed 
in  a  wire  frnme,  and  attached  to  their  lamps  or 
candles.  This  has  somewhat  the  same  effect  as 
a  ground-glas*  shade^  and  causes  a  subdued  light 
to  be  thrown  upon  the  work,  I  suspect  that  this 
simple  contrivance  is  very  ancient,  and  probably 
of  Koman  origin.  It  see  ma  confined  to  the  son  a 
of  **  Cre5«pino/*  Are  such  globoa  alluded  to  by 
any  ancient  author  ?  James  IlESinr  Dixon. 

CooKEs:  Cookbsey:  Cookb,— Some  years  ago 
a  friend  drew  my  attention  to  the  review  of  some 
book  in  which  the  author  seemed  to  show  that 
those  who  bore  the  above  names  were  of  the  samo 
fauiily.  This  I  believe  to  be  the  case,  hot  should 
like  to  see  the  book.  Can  any  reader  of  *'  N.^^  Q.J* 
do  me  the  favour  to  send  me  its  title?  The 
review  appeared  in  some  newspapt^r,  it  is  believed, 
within  the  last  t«n  years.  11.  W,  Cookes. 

Afctley  Rectory,  near  StourporL 

CoRXisn  SPOKEN  ly  Devonshihe.— Can  you 
tell  me  where  to  fmd  a  statement  that  I  have 
read  somewhere,  that  the  Comiah,  or  at  least  a 
British,  dialect  was  stili  spoken  in  Devonshire 
after  the  Norman  conquest,  and  whether  there  is 
any  authority  for  it  ?  There  is  reason  to  believe 
that  in  AHBer*s  time  it  was  used  in  Somersetshire 
also  J  for  he  gives  ua  the  BdlUV  tvKcaa  oK.  *Caa 


SrOTEB  AM)  QUERIES, 


f4*«"9,vn,  JA3r,7,*nJ 


This  was  about  the  *nd 
R.  0.  A.  P, 


forest  called  Selwood, 
of  tUu  iilutli  ceotury, 

^  Tub  Puioow.— What  U  the  eaiiieet  deUaea- 
llon  of  the  drmon,  acui  bad  it  two  or  fotir  U^  P 

M.D. 

Eastern  Story. — At  th©  end  of  the  thirtj- 
eighth  cUnpter  of  Great  Expt^dxitiom  ttllusion  is 
made  to  the  Eiistorti  story  of  u  heavy  elah  that 
was  to  full  on  a  bed  of  statt}.  Where  is  the  story  ? 

DoK. 

Sixt  Chahles  Egertott,  KjnoHT,  —  Wruited, 
information  on  this  'Mrnight'*  (probably  a  foreign 
honour),  vrho  was  living  in  1G51.  Henry  Vaughan, 
tha  Silurifit^  dedicated  two  volumca  to  him.  I 
have  searcht^d  in  vain  in  many  quarters^  and 
others  fur  me^  with  equal  un success.  Required 
im media t<3h%  and  therefore  answers  will  please  be 
addre«eed  to  Rev.  A.  B.  Gao84.BT|  St  George's, 
BJackbonij  Lancashire* 

EftirrvALENT  Foreign  Titles. — By  what  court 
can  foreign  titles  used  in  Eoijlaud  be  tested  ?  So 
far  as  I  can  uiiderstand,  an  Knplii*h  arniiger  ranks 
with  a  foreign  ohle,  while  Englidh  peers  are  dc 
facto  more  than  a  mutcli  for  mere  titular  princes, 
who*e  claims  cannot  be  referred  to  a  committee 
of  priviU'ges^  and  who  are  therefore  only  to  be 
taken  for  what  they  may  bo  worth  in  eafh  one's 
opinion.  It  does  seom  wronp^r  however,  that  fvd^ 
applied  to  our  own  noble*  and  gentry  abould  be 
waived  in  the  case  of  atran^^er^.  At  this  rate 
mauy  noblemen  and  untitled  gentry  have  equal 
nretensions  to  royal  descent  fromSaxon  and  Welsh 
Jctngs  aud  princes,  but  how  absurd  were  JU^rd 
Howdea  to  style  hinutelf  H.R.H,  Prince  Ooradoc* 

T— N, 

"Lk  Faecefr  bu  Joitr  rt  be  la  Nuit.*^ — 
I  have  a  very  badly  printed  and  faulty  copy  nf 
this  little  book.  Will  some  one  oblige  me  with 
the  worda  j^ven  below?  The  lines  count  from 
the  top  of  the  page. 

Page  16.  Two  fir.*  "    "  '    -'  ''"-  1,  5,  M,  17, 18. 
PaK«29,  The  wl 

Page  47.  Two  ti)  -1-34  incltwive, 

Puge  Hi,  Two  In:  L  uiirdn  u\  liuci  U,  24. 
P»go  8  L  The  whulo  of  lino  *i. 

L.  X. 

Lbtxkk  OP  OAtrtEO,— In  a  book,  csalled  The 
liimie  L{ft  of  GaliUo^  publishid  by  Macmillan 
and  Co.,  1870.  the  aulhor*s  nftmo  not  attached, 
there  is  pv<^n  in  a  note  (p.  74)  j?  '    Ide 

letter  of  Ualileo  to  Father  Bene  i  'ri> 

feasor  of  Mi^'  — '■  "  at  Pi^a,  i"  •>,  ^>u  luir  mler- 
pretation  ot  .     The  fef»^r^nce  not  being 

given,  I«h-Mii  I  tr .  i  <: i on tly  obliged  to  any  of  your 
l«aden«  if  they  could  give  me  the  authority,  and 
aBBttre  me  of  the  authenticity  of  the  letter. 


Heraldic.  —  1,  Supposing  a  woman,  not 
heti'vis^  to  marrv  and  to  ot-come  a  widow,  and  the 
to   mniTy   agaui,  what   arms  ebould   her  second 
husband  impale?     Those  of  her  lather,  or  the 
of  her  first  husband  ? 

2,  If  a  man  who,  though  in  tlio  poailaon  of  %^ 
gentleman,  u  not  legally  entitled  to  any  armoiia^H 
bearings  should  mai-iy  an  heiress,  can  the  isaue  o^| 
Ihu  marriagL^  bear  the  mother^ Htixm%  in  any  way — 
I.  c,  fiiaiply,  or  with  some  diflWuoce  P 

w,  M.  n.  c 

Herbert  of  Mpckrtjsb*— Mr.  ITenry  Artht 
Ilerbert  of  Miickruaa  married  on  Oct. 
Elizabeth,  second  daughter  of  Viscount 
Did  tiiis  ludy,  who  was  born  July  4»  I7Li2,  pi  a 
decease  her  hufibaud  ?     What  ai'e  tL<*  dat^'8 
their  respective  deaths  ?  li.  0,  3L  \ 

BoBtERT  K^cit, — Can  any  of  your  readers  ii 
form  me  whether  there  ia  any  portrait  in^exi* 
enco  of  Mr.  Hobert  Keck,  who   purchased   tUi 
portrait  of  Shakespeare  (afterwards  known  as  tl 
Chandos  portrait)  of  Mi*9.  Barry  tho  actresi^P 
believe  I  have  a  portrait  of  this  gf^ 
came  from  Minchenden   House,    ; 
cannot  identify  it  for  certain  unless  by  compiri 
with  an  undisputed  picture  of  Mr.  Keck 

F.  L.  COLVILBJ 

Lei?k-Wotton,  Warwick^ 

Laird, — Can  a  *'  port  loner  '*  of  land  be  pr< 
perly  styled  *' Laird/'  a^  I  see  Mr.  IloGi:ns,  in  hi 
account  of  the  Eoger  family,  portiomvA  of  Coupi 
Grange  (4*"  S,  vi.  482),  tireata  the  designatioiifi 
aynonymoua  ?     The  possesc^ion  of  an  entire ' 
in  fee- simple  appears  to  me  to  be  necea 
constitute  a  landed  proprietor  a  laird.     If  I 
''  portioner,^'  i.  e.  every  proprietor  of  one  or  mo, 
portions  of  a  parish  or  barony,  be  a  Ifiirtl, that  till 
has  lost  ita  meaning — laird  or  lord  =  baron,  oa^ 
who,   originally  at  Icaat,  held  a  barony  dircctl' 
from  the  crown.  C*  S«  K«1 

St,  l'oter*s  Square,  Ufttnmcrsroitli,  W. 

Pbdiorke  or  Horximeb.  —  Sir  Fdmund 
Mortimer,  of  Wigmore,  mortaDy  v      -  ^  ^    *  ' 
battle  of  Builth,  ]:jO:3,  married  *i^l 
ter  of  Sir  William  de  Fenolles,  autj   »  xi.ii-.>.-u- 
of    Queen   Eleanor,      How  waa    i)iU    >targarel^ 
related  to  the  good  q^ueon?  AV,  M.  H.  C. 

Pools,  'or  MoTjTHf?  op  Strkajis. — ^The  area 
or  mouths  of  streams  opening  into  the  Men 
loaat   as  high  as  the  tide  llows.  ai^e  de 
**  Fools,"  and  I  el    "   '        '    '       '      w  yfU 
this  ia  a  local   pe^  ^  in  ot 

rivers.     On  thesouia  nuiu  r.i 
Walla<»ey  Pool,  Biikct  or  Ti; 
boro*  Pool,  Nether  and  Over  1  uw,     .- 
Boat-houae  Pool  at  Uunconi,  and  Wilder i 
near  Warrington.     Then  on  its  north  l>a 
have  Pool  Mouth,  or  Fresh  Pool,  alao  near  W« 


rf^ 


4^s-Tn*jA3i.7*'n.] 


NOTES  AND  QUEKIES. 


13 


ftetoQ;  Ladf  Pool  at  Hale,  Gar.^oii  Pool,  Ot- 
ter ji  Pciol,  and  lastly »  Livcrpaol.  M.  D. 

PinvAiTLY-rHijrTco   Boojfs. — IMiat    is    the 
OKciltst  instnace  of  n  book  bearing  on  its  title- 

piffs  tfmt  it  U  ^*  \mviii*Ay  printed*' or  **prmt«d 
^  l2\Uou**F     Am  I  correct  in  sup- 


V' 


iu  no  oxampla  of  iiuoh  aa  aii^ 
u  yivvioas  to  IToO,  if  aa  early  P 

F.  M.  S, 

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<  'wa- 
ited 


■  /fa- 


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SoeLely.] 

Tnt'  T>f>Tv't>  op  "  Gdido's  AiTBOHA."— Can  any 
'i:  mform  me  who  is  the  atithor  of 

tli^  ._        ,„....;  appear  at  the  bottom  of  the  well- 
lown  print  of  *'Guid(ya  Aurora,"     I  have  in- 
ind  in  vfu:i  of  iinvong  whom  I  know;  and  the 
nliject  39  L'di  and  the  lities  themseUos 

lie  so  accui  nptivo  of  it,  and  ao  poetical, 

tbat  1  venture  to  think  that  an  nnsw^^r  to  my 
miery  may  ratify  othnra  beside  myself.  It  is  a 
<|Adsllo(n  ill'  :^t,  whether  th©  lines  were 

imttfrTt  for  iv>,  orthu  picture  ^vas  com- 

Ml-.,    : ,.     ,.._ ..■. .W* 

1  quatd  tlie  lines  from  memory. 

*8iir.  RoBixsox 

TlIK  PJ10KU5CIATI0K    D»    GHEBtL   AND   LaTLX. 

\\.:\    .  r  .1      _:__    _  i.  i,^^^  ^^|^^  write  in 

rua'r  iSV»/iiAWHnd 

n  ,  uad  niiiiHt  wort>ally 

i^ljon  of  Hughy^  writinjj: 

—  tlie  Latin  v  **  was  always 

r  w^  or  «£>*';  «o  that  i^nitm  wa.i 

jLnura/*nQd  r*a"weeft/*  Another 

at    asdca    how    wc    would  pronounce 

animi/'  or  the  following  well-known 


*•  Vrn  f  ttri  r  vnlidat  ia  Tiiopr^vertite  vires." 

become  '*  Qui  otii-di  I  **     A 

uk- 

VoF  SiVTrirrt'^  ♦'TnT:\TT^T^  on  Obligations." 
h  them  n  in  of  this  work? 

WheiiP  iwi.  .  review,  or  notices 

fmavftlly  of  th<3  wurk  in  uillier  French  or  Ene^- 
fafcf  T,  A,  M, 

W  *  ^ — The  Inte  Lord  ITotham  had  a 

wMi  m  i  ^ir  clnspi.    Could  anyone  hare 


a  medal  with  fowiten  claapa  ?  Or  what  is  the 
greate-it  numbiT  of  clasps  that  anyone  cotdd  bo 
entitled  top  Box. 

Wttlfbu^a. — Who  was  Wulfrima?  Threo  of 
your  correspondents  (4***  S.  vi,  53G)  name  her  A3 
the  sister  of  three  did'ereut  Saxon  king^,  and  give 
two  datei,  tweaty-gix  years  apart,  fur  the  foimdn- 
tion  of  her  monastery.  Wuifruna,  wit's  of  Earl 
AldheliUp  miiat  have  been  Edgar's  sister,  if  her 
fomidation  were  in  070  j  for  had  she  been  tha 
dieter  of  Ethelred  II,,  her  age  in  that  year  would 
have  been  six  ytars  at  the  utmost^  Bbe  appCKTS 
to  have  been  tie  only  daughter  of  Edmund  1,  and 
Elgiva,  and  the  sL^tor  of  Edwy  aud  Ed;/ar*  The 
sister  of  Egbert  would  inOOO'hfive  attiiiiied  the 
venerable  age  of  20O  yeara.  IlEaiLnxrRUDE. 

YoHKdHrBE  Prayer-book.— A  friend  of  mine 
has  an  old  will,  in  which  occurs  the  pa&fsage  : — 

'*  1  leave  the  »imi  of  siJspeacD  Ui ,  to  buy  a  Yofk- 

^liiro  Pmyer-hook,  tlierewilti  to  quiat  kb  conicieace,  if 
mdcfid  be  have  auy  coujcciencc." 

What  was  the  Yorkshire  Prayer*hook?  la 
Lowndes*  Bibiiof/raphe/s  Manual  I  find  ; — 

**lV»ok  rtf  Common  Pmyer,  Sheflild,  \1^%  -Ito,  with 
aa  Exposition,  being  a  few  foot-not«a  to  evade  th«  law." 

la  this  the  Prayer-book  rdbwed  to,  and  has  it 
any  farther  peculiariiies?  M.  D. 


THE  BLOCK  BOOKS. 
(4^*8.  ii.  313,  361,  GS5,  4i>l,  447.) 

This  interesting:  subject  bavin ^r  \if!^n  revived  m 
connection  with  uiy  name  in  the  Art  Jfntmal  of 
November,  and  in  the  Bm frier  of  the  lUth  ult,  I 
venture  to  resume  it  after  a  Ispae  of  two  years, 
during  which  it  has  been  impossible  I  could 
attend  to  it  with  that  care  its  importance  demand* 
If  however,  by  your  indul^euc<>,  I  am  now  ner— 
mitted  to  continue  it  iu  **  N.  ."t  Q,,''  I  shall  b© 
prepared  to  do  !*o  as  long  as  may  be  ncce&sary  for 
a  crtmplete  elucidation  of  the  numt?rous  questions 
which  yet  remain  to  be  solved. 

One  of  the  mnst  mischievous  ff* a tnres  connected 
with  the  **  History  of  Early  Printing  and  En- 
pra\injr  *^has  been  the  system  adopted  by  authors 
of  induljrin^  in  **  j^eneral  pos^biiities,"  and  after- 
Trards  dealinj^  with  them  as  "  ndmiiit  <1  frutha/* 
The  extent  to  which  this  pernici  o  has 

been  carried  i.«  ind«ed  almost  inc  An 

ioBtfince  of  it  may  be  readily  found  in  Mr.  H, 
Xoel  HumphTey*8  work  entitled  A  Jftstoiyo/the 
Art  of  Fnndnff.  London^  18t>fi:  where,  iu  pp* 
:30,  31,  the  following  crowd  of  imugiBarr  Iheoriea 
oceura ! — 

<*  It  is  hij^hly  pvobnble"—*' which  may  be 
fairly  attributed  to'*— *'It  is  mora  than  pro- 
bable'* — **  There    i«  yet   «ome   T>ttkftatk  \.^  vi^- 


I 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES- 


[4»hS.Vn.  jAW.7,Ti. 


poee"^ — ^'*It  i«  eTident  from  **  — "  whicli  l^ad 
probftbly  for'*— "  whicli  could  only  h&  obtained  I 
by  '*  —  *'  we  may  preaumo  *'  —  **  These  last  may 
however  *'  —  **  which  latter  were  possibly  " — 
«*  appears  highly  probable  *'  —  **  It  is  therefore 
possible'*  —  **  may  have  been  brtmght  ** — "The 
knowledge  may  have  spread  ^* — **  may  however 
hav<?  beeu  ^* — **  may  have  been  turned  '* — "  may 
possibly  have  never  been/^  &c,,  &c* 

As  the  result  of  these  **  possibilities/'  several 
startling^  but  positive  fitatements  appear  in  the 
same  two  pages,  unqualified  by  doubt  of  any  kind  j 
and  authoritatively  announced  as /ac^^  to  be  relied 
on|  and  to  be  accepted  aa  such  by  tbe  reader. 
JBx,  ^,  %  -^ 

**  Engraving^  on  wood  had  however  been  us«d  in 
Europe,  in  a  crude  forui,  hng  bffort  the  time  of  the 
FgloB." 

*^  It  is  kMwn  that  imagojt  of  Miint^  were  produced  by 
flimllar  nieaus  as  enrly  us  tbc  ninth  century*." 

"The  art  of  printing  patterns  on  stuflTs,  by  means  of 
engntved  tablcta  of  woodor  metal,  was  in  use  la  Europe 
ia  tbe  twelfth  century/^ 

These  declarations  only  equal  in  boldness  that 
of  Moirs.  J.  Ph.  Beejeau  (in  '^  N.  &  Q./'  Oct.  31, 
1868,  p.  421),  who  therein  affirmed  that  *'  thou- 
sandi  of  such  i mattes  of  saints  [viz.,  like  the  "  St. 
Chrishpher^^  called  of  **  1423'*]  were  printed  before 
the  invention  of  typography,  and  cHstnbuted  for 
cash  at  the  doors  of  the  conieftts''' — ^an  assertion, 
I  venture  to  state,  as  reckless  and  unfounded  as 
ever  escaped  the  pen  of  the  moat  careless  writer. 

Being  an  utter  diabeliever  in  any  theories 
"which  need  so  many  flights  of  fancy  to  maintain  j 
them^  I  at  once  declare  mv  preference  for  the 
region  of  "  Fact/'  and  therefore  call  upon  !^f  tsarH. 
H.  Noel  Humphreva  and  J,  Ph.  Berjeau  for  the 
authorities  on  which  their  stirmises  ore  hazarded. 
If  they  are  forthcomingj  well  and  good ;  their 
true  value  can  then  be  properly  estimated ;  but, 
in  any  other  event,  the  interest  of  art  demands 
they  should  be  swept  away  as  mischievous  ^^  Will 
o*  the  Wiaps" — mere  decoys — to  mislead  the 
unwary.  Isotwithatanding  the  credit  deservedly 
attached  to  the  well-known  name  of  "  Weigel  of 
Ij*)ip8ig/'  AS  one  of  the  *'  oraclea  '*  in  connectioii 
with  ♦*  Early  Engraving  and  the  Block  Books," 
1  venture,  at  the  risk  of  being  roundly  abused  for 
on-  temerity^  to  positively  deny  the  power  of 
Mr.  Weigel  to  produce  a  eingle  engraving  of  the 
twelfth  century,  to  which  period  he  attributes  a 
portion  of  his  collection,  and  I  invite  him  to  do 
eo.  The  truth  is  (unpalatable  as  it  may  be)  that 
all  the  professors  of  xylograpbic  art  have  per^ 
mitted  themselves  to  be  thormighly  deceived  by 
the  so-called  "  St  Christopher  of  1423,'*  now  in 
Lord  Spencer^s  collection  ;  and,  misled  by  Hei- 
Jiecken's  folly,  have  blindly  wandered  into  a 
labyrinth  of  difficulties  from  which  they  cannot 
now  escape.    From  Heinecken  (1771)  to  "H.  Noel 


Humphreys  (18(58),  '<1423**  has  been  treated  byi 
one  and  all  as  the  true  date  of  **  the  St. Christopher,  j 
and   they  have  accordingly  eagerly  seized  upon* 
and  adopted  it  as  their  sheet-anchor— the  foun* 
dation    stone    of    thtir  building  —  the   compass 
by  which   all   their  theories  have  been  guided, 
and  their  "dreams*'  attempted  to  be  justitied: 
whereas   my    showing  in  September  18(38  that 
the  date  "1423'*  was  not  that  of  the  enff  raving  A 
butj  with  the  inscription,  had  direct  and  ejrchmvel 
reference   to  the   **  Legend  of  St  Christopher^** I 
whose  jubilee  year  was  *^1423"  (aa  shown  by' 
Mr.  TnoMS),  added  to  the  undeniable  fact  that 
the  woodcut  was  printed  with  printing  ink,  and 
produced  by    a  printing  press  —  altogether  ex- 
ploded the  deception,  and,  as  a  neceweary  conse- 
quence, utterly   destroyed  at  one  fell  swoop  all 
the  legion  of  unsound  speculative  theories  founded 
on  such  universal  belief  in  the  imaginary  date 
assigned  to  the  engraving.     It  is  wholly  useless, 
for  any  one  of  those  who  have  written  on  theJ 
subject   to  now   attempt  to  deny  that  all   werel 
tboroufi^hly  misled    by    the    date   on  the   *^  Stil 
Christopher  " ;  and  such  being  the  case,  I  find  in 
that  simple  but   important  fact  (as  well   as   in] 
the  circumstance    that   every  icriter  on  "  £arlj 
Engraving  and  tbe  Block  Books ''  has  altogethel 
overlooked  the  labour  of  ten  of  the  most  aetiva 
years  expended  on  wood  engraving  by  the  greatest 
master  in  that  branch  of  art  of  the  fifteenth  cen- 
tury) a  perfect  justification  for  mv  altogether  re- 
jecting either  of  the  theories  heretofore  propounded 
on  the  subject  of  "  Early  Engraving  and  tneBlo  ' 
Books,'^  which  are  repugnant  tn  common  sen 
and  antagonistic  to  truth ;  ond  I  ckim  to  standi 
excused  if,  in   tighting   my  present  battle  single-] 
handed^  I    unhesitatingly  declare  the  statement 
**  of  the  Block  Books  being  the  production  of  the 
beirinmngof  the  fifteenth  century  "  as  thoroughly 
illusory    and   groundless  as  the  supposed   **  Sl 
Cbristopher  or  1423,*'  **  tbe  Brussels  Virgin 
1418,"  or  "  the  Paris  impostures  of  140C." 

My  rt^mark  applies  equally  to  the  statement 
nuide  by  the  conceited  Heinecken,  the  critic* 
Ottley,  the  volatile  Dibdia,  the  plodding  Jackson 
the  ponderous  Sotheby,  the  enthusiasric  Weigelj 
or  to  Messrs,  U.  Noel  Humphreys  and  J.  Phi 
Berjeau,  all  of  whom  I  maintain  to  be  utterly 
wrong  in  every  cardinal  point  of  their  theoriea^ 
and  I  challenge  literature  to  make  good,  by  satis- 
factory proof,  a  single  one  among  them. 

This  broadcast  defiance  may  prima  facte  apj^ea 
indiscreet,  if  not  unjustifiable;  but  the  propriet;^ 
of  it  will,  if  my  challenge  be  accepted,  be  fulljj 
justified  by  the  elucidation  of  a  state  of  things  i 
present  but  feebly  imngined  by  the  general  nubli 
and  a  death-blow  be  dealt  to  illusions  which  haf 
hitherto  sufficed  to  blind  the  senses »  and  mi  sic  a 
the  intelligence  of  some  of  the  most  eminent  mejj 
who  have  made  "  early  printing  and  engraving  ^ 


ided 
;loclc^ 

tan<^l 
igle-H 
"'^nt  ^ 
^he 


4«8.Vn.  J*a.7,71.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


15 


tlittr   p^^ciilirir   Etudy.     **  False  dates" — ^*  wilful 
111  —'* inventions '* — ^Mgnorance*^ — 

4ti  -t  fliglita  of  imag-ination^"  have, 

iJi  -'1  uf  time,  been  accepted  as  fact,  and 

hi  uUcbief  has  conaequentlj  ariaen  there- 

froou     Many  instances  of  tliia  being  so  mifyht 
b»  readily  adduced,  but  for  the  present  one  will 

Wbmt  document  connected  with  art  literatare 
esa  be  cited  to  conn  pare  in  interest  to  the  Family 
Diary  of  Albert  Diirerf  the  details  of  which  are 
y*,^  _,  :iu.  ...„  ,.  ,j^  throughout  the  civilieed 
v  nl  faith,  as  being:  the  simple 

fcii'ui  c..*vo.^t  ii  i.xM  'u  of  the  great  artist  himself; 
and  yet,  no  more  mendacious  relation  can  be  fijund 
than  that  verv  Diary  in  the  shape  in  which  it  haa 
been  permitted  to  reach  the  maeteenth  centurr. 
Author  after  author  has  sointerijolated  it— firi^t  m 
one  language  and  then  in  another,  to  suit  his 
pirticular  views  and  Btrengthen  his  especial  argu- 
ment*— that  ii«  truth,  as  a  guide  to  Diirer'a  real 
|K«it3on  in  life,  has  he«n  utterly  and  wilfully  per- 
tefted  and  lost  aii^ht  of;  and  yet,  to  this  moment, 
not  a  soul  eveu  imagines  Buch  a  possibility, 
Kootring  it  to  bo  so  (and  being  at  present  engaged 
ifl  pfep^ifiog  for  publication  the  proof  of  what  I 
ti  '■       »,  I   may   well   claim  indulgence,  if, 

'  r   all  that  has  hoen  written  or  i  ma- 

gi ii*  a  fMi  ihe  subject  of  the  *' Block  Books  and 
Early  Printing  and  Engraving/"  I  prefer  to  con- 
*ult  dirfrl  the  sources  whence  every  author  on 
Ums  subject  must,  or  at  all  events  ought  to,  have 
(1^^,  .J  t, ;.  information,  and  to  express  my  own 
\'  81,  notwitkstandiug  it  may  be  diame- 

tr  )3ed  in  almost  every  circumstance  and 

<«  V  and  every  thing  hitherto  submitted 

tii%li  can  possibly  bo  desired  by  my 
.  md  their  name  is  "  Infegion  *')  than  to 
ftc«wi*r   and  crush    my  objections,  if   they  have 
but   fn'fh    ntj  their  side.     Let  them  furnish  the 
/  liich  they  rely  to  justify  their  avowed 

c  and  1  will  then  citlier  promptly  refute 

lljcm,  01  very  thankfully  admit  my  defeat  and  their 
jtwt  cljiini  to' ft  victory,  which  will  ii5siiredly  secure 
tliMO  Uic  grateful  remembrance  of  posterity. 

IlBNur  F,  II01.T. 


PARODIES* 
(4**  S.  yi.  470.) 

Tlie  fnllnmng  books  consist  of  parodiesi  or 
halMons  of  modern  authors,  more  or  less  in  the 
•Ctb  of  thoaii  in  the  Reiecied  Addressee : — 

f;  «r,  tlieTheatnim 
ilior/*   4th  cd,  with 

VifSiot,  oonipoi»ed  by 

1  r,  bat  uol  published 


in  any  former  edition  of  their  works/*     8vOf  London, 
im4,pp.  102. 

[Attributed  to  Horace  Twiss]. 

*' Parodies  on  Gay,    To  which  is  added  th(^  Batth  of" 
the  RuAta  :  a  Fab U{  attempted  in  the  Style  of  Uudibras." 
&ina]l  8vo,  London,  n,  d,,  pp.  b2. 

"  VVarn?uiana  ;  vriih  Notea»  Critical  and  Exptanatorj'. 
Uy  the  Editor  of  a  Quarterly  Review,'*  Small  8vo,  Lou- 
don, 1824,  pp.  208. 

[A  series  of  clever  jeu^  d'etprk  in  the  manner  of  the 
Bejected  Adtbessen,  written  bv  William  Frederick  Dea 
e«ni,  a  friend  aud  fellow-pupil  of  the  late  Serjeant  Ta" 
fourdf  who  has  prefixed  a  memoir  of  blin  to  hl^  ta 
Annette,  3  vol^.  8vo,  1852.  Mr.  Deacon  wrote  alao  "Th 
Sorrows  of  a  Bashful  Irishman  "  in  Blackwood s  Mag< 
zine,  and  a  series  of  papers  entitled  *'  The  Picture  Gallery.* 
if  e  died  at  hlin^tou  iu  lb45,  aged  forty-six.] 

♦'Rejected  Articles.**  8vo,  London  (Colhum),  1826, 
pp.  35a. 

[These  clever  Imitations  of  Elta,  Cobbett,  Ward,  Haz- 
litt,  Leij^h  Hunt,  d>o.,  are,  onlike  those  I  have  already 
notedt  entirely  in  prote,'] 

*^  Scenes  from  the  Rejected  Corae<Ues,  by  loiue  of  the 
Competitors  far  the  Prize  of  500/,  oifvred  bv  Mr.B.  Web- 
ster," &c.    Svo,  Lnn.iun  (Punch  O^ce},  1844,  pp.  48. 

"  The  ShilUnji  Book  of  Beauty.  Edited  and  lllttalrated 
by  Cuthbert  Bede,  B.A."  8vo,  Londou  (Blackwood), 
ii.  d.,  pp.  326. 

♦*Tho  Ptippet-Showmsn*s  Album.  With  Contributions 
bv  the  most  eminent  Light  and  Heavy  Writers  of  the 
iJft.v.  Illustrated  hy  Gavanii."  8vo,  LandDn,  n.  d.,  pp.  52. 

•*Oiir  Miijccllany   (which  ouf^ht  to   havo  Come  out, 
but  Didn't)^  containing  Contributions  bt'  W.  llaraaaiug^J 
PjiinjjW(irtb»   Prt^fesAt>r  Strongfellow,  G.  P.  II.  JacobuivJ 
&o.,  and  other  eniJaent  Authors."     Edited  by  £.  H, 
Vates  and  R,  B.  Brougb."    Small  8vo,  London,  1856, 
pp.  189. 

In  addition  to  these  volumes,  which  contftin 
parodies  of  variott^  anthora,  the  following  may  ! 
mentioned  aa  being  imitAtions  of  some  otte  author 
or  book  :^ 

♦*  WhitehaU  ;  or,  the  Davs  of  George  IV,"  8vo,  Lou- 
don (W.  Marah),  1827,  pp.  ^30. 

[This  e^ttraorriinary  and  now  *oar<w  work  waa  the  pro- 
duction of  the  late  W.  Mairinii,  LL.D.  "  Th&  object/^ 
mvfi  the  Quarterfif  Rivietc^  "  jj*  to  laugh  down  the  Bram- 
Idctye  House  8peciea  of  novel;  and  for  this  purpose  w« 
are 'prcAtnt^^d  with  such  an  historical  r(*niflnce  as  an  au- 
thor of  lirumblt'tyo  Hou*e,  flouriahin^  in  Barb^doej  200 
or  2000  year.-*  hence,  we  «re  not  certain  which,  nor  is  the 
circumstance  of  material  moment,  might  fairl}'  he  ejt- 
pected  to  rompof^;  of  and  concerning  the  personages^ 
manners,  and  events  of  the  age  and  country'  in  which  1 

we  live Tbe  bofik  is,  in  fact,  a  series  of  pnrotlicgJ 

upon  unfortunate  Mr.  Horace  Smitb,— and  it  h  payiogl 
the  author  no  compliment  to  say  that  \u»  miniicry  (witR  1 
all  iti  imperfectioas)  dejervea  to  outUvo  the  ponderoulj 
original/*  My  own  opinion  is  somewhat  at  varianc<l»i 
with  that  of  the  reviewer;  but  the  work  i«  a  very  curlousJ 
one,  and  raoilt*  a  pl;ico  among  clever  imitations.— StMJ  th«  " 
Dublin  Unie.  Mug.,  Jan.  184-1,  p.  8C.] 

"Lexiphanei!,  a  Dialogue  imitated  from  Luciao,  And 
suited  to  the  present  time*.  Being  an  attempt  to  restore 
tin?  r'n^U^h  tongue  to  its  ancient  purity,"  Ac.  8vo,  Lon- 
don, 1783. 

[A  well-known  imitation  of  the  JtyU  «£  \>t.^cfQ3iW 
by  Archibald  Campbell.'l 


16 


NOTES  AND  QUEKIES. 


[4*^8.  TIL  Jaw.  7.' 


**The  VVhtg'd  Snpprtcatioii,  or  the  3cot*«  Hudfbran.  A 
Mock  Poem.  In  Two  rojrU/'  By  Samuel  ColviL  12mo, 
St.  Aiiaaw*,  1796. 

**  The  Lay  of  Lbe  Scottuh  Ftddlc,     A  Poem.    In  ¥iv6 

Cftotoa.     Siippoiwl  to  be  written  hy  W S ,  Esq/' 

Small  8vo,  London,  1814. 

[Variously 'nttribnted  to  WailiiniTtoTi  Irviji^  and  Jani^A 
Kirko  Paulding;  the  lutt^r  Attribution  probably  eor- 
rKt]. 

**JokebTrta  Burlos^uc  oa  Rokeby.  A  Poc*ni.  In  Six 
Cantod.  By  au  AiuAtour  of  Faahioo."  Bro,  Londoa, 
1813. 

[By  T.  Tegg  or  John  Hoby.    S«e  "  Jf ,  Ji  Qr  ptusim.^ 

*•  Friii^mcnts,  nft<^r  tho  Manner  of  Interne."  By  Isaac 
BraiidoQ.  r2mo.    Printed  for  the  AuLbor, 

This  list  mijLcht  be  greatly  extended,  but  is 
alrendy  sufHcieutly  long.  I  mudt  not^  however, 
conclude  without  reminding  W*  O.  D  of  a,  few 
derer  piurodjea  buried  i^moa^  other  matter.  8ucb^ 
for  infltAnce,  w© :  Pope's  **  Irnitalions  of  English 
Poets ^*;  tbo  well-known  **  Pipe  of  Tobacco;  in 
Imitation  of  Six  Several  Authors,'*  by  Isaac 
Hawkina  Browne  (see  bis  Pt^etm  upon  VariovM 
^uif/eoiitBYOf  1708,  or  the  CamhndtjeTart,  p.  176)  ; 
the  *^  Caatle  of  Indoleuce,"  by  James  Taomson, 
.  **  writ  in  the  nianmjr  of  Spenser";  the  imitations 

\(/LfA  of  the  style  of  Milton,  by  Wmmmm  PhilUpa;  those 
^  I  of  Miltna  and  Spenser,  by  T.  Warton;  and,  finftDy, 
tbe  "Curious  Fragments  extracted  from  a  Com- 
mon Place  Book,  which  b«lon;,fed  to  Robert  Bur- 
ton^ the  Famous  Author  of  the  Anatomt/  of 
Mdancholy^^^  by  Charles  Lamb ;  cwm  m»U(*  aim. 

WlU-LlM  BjklEd. 
Birmlogham. 


Though  this  class  of  composition  is  by  no 
means  scarce,  very  few  collections  of  parodies  have 
at  any  time  appeared.  I  may  mention  Thackeray's 
aeries  of  Old  Friends  with  New  Faca^  aA  ful Ellin ^jr 
tbe  requirements  of  jjarody,  though  they  perhaps 
Ml  short  of  a  collection.  "Among  them  is  to  be 
found  a  parody  on  **  Wapning  Old  Stairs,'*  in 
which  the  usual  order  of  burlesque  is  inverted, 
the  ridiculous  being  raised  to  the  her^iic  instead 
of  the  heroic  being  lowered  to  the  ridiculous.  I 
am  acquainted  with  no  more  plea^og  parody  than 
that  on  Southey^s  ballad  *'  You  are  old,  Father 
William t  the  young  man  cried/*  to  be  ft»imd  in 
Alices  Adiienturei  in  Wondtrhmdj  though  it  is 
not  BO  generally  known  as  the  ahnost  classical 
narody  in  Ingoldaby  ou  the  "  Death  of  Sir  John 
Moore/'  In  Hood's  works  will  be  found  some 
half-score  of  them,  mostly  on  songs  and  ballads 
ponnlar  forty  years  ago,  and  eonsi^ticntly  not  very 
telling  on  the  present  generation.  ''"We  met, 
'twas  in  a  crowd,  and  I  thought  he  had  done 
me,'*  is  one  I  can  at  present  call  to  miud.  iVl- 
though  the  number  of  parodies  of  reputation  is 
small,  few  works  escape  the  ordeal  of  bmrleeque. 
VoningMhy  begat  Codlingt^y^  and  liokdry  begat 
Jokcbtj,    The  hvnms  of  Dr.  WatU  are  made  the 


vehicle  of   parody   in    a  manner   whidi  wonli 
scarcely  b©  admircrd   by  that  divine,     Goethe^ 
Fmt9t  has  quite  recently  passed  through  aevej 
dramatic  versions,  in  one  of  which,  **  There 
king  in  Thule,"  is  rendered  by  *'  There  wiw  a 
man  in  Tooley  Street*'    I  would  suggest  that  the 
lUjectHl  Addrex$eg  are  travestied  imitationt 
than  parodies,  as  your  correspondent  has  dej 
them.  JuLlAJI  8b. 

30,  Eastboame  Terrace,  W. 


TIIE  **BLirE  LAWS"  OF  COXXECTICCT. 
(¥^  S.  vi.  485.) 

Your  C--    -  -!nnt  Nephbtte  gives    an 
tract  relai  king  tobacco  from  the  **_Bl 

Laws,  or  i^.  ;  -^,1  .>f  lii50  of  the  Gtmeral 
of  Connecticut."  I  should  feel  much 
if  he  could  give  some  information  as 
document  from  whiah  the  quotation  is  mi 
and  as  to  its  authenticity.  For  many  vearo  tfai 
**  Blue  Laws  '*  have  been  a  byword  ^ir  aaKaam 
and  satire  at  the  expense  of  the  stem  old  Pi* 
Fathers,  wlio  went  forth  to  people  tbe 
ness,  the  Bible  in  one  hand  and  the  s' 
the  other,  and  who  were  more  conversant 
the  code  of  Moses  than  with  the  practicee  of 
hetm  monde.  We  often  see  quotations  made,  and  no 
doubt  there  ia  something  m  existence  purporting 
to  be  the  code  in  question,  but  that  there  ia  any 
authentic  document  containing  the  absurdities  bo 
freuuently  ascribed  to  it  I  cannot  admit  until  it 
is  demonstrated  hy  satisfactory  evidence.  I  ba- 
lieve  it  to  be  a  literary  imposture,  to  bo  clneaad 
with  the  Epistles  of  Pbalans  and  the  CltroftieiMl 
of  Ingulf. 

I  have  met  with  a  passage  in  a  work  receni 
published,*  which  contirms  this  view*  The  wni 
paid  a  via  it  to  Dr,  John  Todd,  the  author  of  ^ 
well'lmown  Stmhrnt's  Manual — one  of  the  oldi 
and  most  respected  clergymen  in  New  EogrlaJli 
Amongst  othi^r  things,  the  following  converaaf' 
took  place :  — 

"  Speaking  of  the  old  Patitin  strictnesi,  nnd  of  tht 
Bo-ealled  Blu«  Laws  of  Connectieatj  the  I  ^ 
*  I  hava  been  ainiuod  to  sea  that  toine  of  v  « 

imagine  thnt  thtre  really  m^ctc  such  laws  in  Ktu  i.i-i^i 
The   whale  thinfj  is  an   nb.^urd   ficliont  got   up    t»y 
Etiglijih  oflict^r  who  live^l  for  eomo  timo  in  Conncctlenti 
but  who  dishkwl  so  much  iw  strict  Sabbath  observani'^ 
tliat,  when  he  went  to  New  York,  he  drew  up  thew  p! 
tended  hiws  out  of  *pite  and  pansed  them  off  tat 
i-ntttrtments.    It  was  not  wonderful,  nerhups,  thnt  i 
so,ignoriLut  about  ua  as  thci  KnglHU  were  (should 
be^n  hoaxctl  into  the  belief  that  there  had  really 
laws  in  Connecticut  making  it  penal  for  a  maa  to 
his  wift)  on  Snudaysi  and  all  that  nnnsense ;  bat  to 
some  of  your  living  writers  still  falling  into  an  errori 

•  Tht  Americans  at  Homif:  Pen  and  Ink  Sketehea  af 
American  Men,  Manrjerw,  and  In^ttituttoas,  Bv  Dtfid 
Macrao,     2  vols.    Ediabaivh:   Ednumstoa  ^  t>Ottgta& 

ie70. 


♦as. VII.  Jajc.  7,  71.] 


KOTES  AXD  QUERIES. 


17 


W 

^le 


is  vtry  mtUnrholy*  What  would  ytm  think 
of  an  AmcricAQ  ivrHin;^  nboat  England,  imd   {juoihi^ 
k  and  Uio  Bean  Stalk*  as  an  autlicotic  biiiortcal 
k?" 

-^f  '1-    hf*  correct,  the  "Blue  Laws  of  Oonnec- 
ti/  np:  to  tho  same  cftU'j?*ti«y  as  Knicker- 

bw.-.  ^^.4iunj  of  New  York.  \  tbink  it  w  very 
desirable,  for  the  sake  of  literary  nnd  historical 
truth,  ilutt  this  point  should  be  cleju-ed  up.  Your 
D  it  Xepurite  may  ftid  in  the  inquiry, 

In  I  rom  what  eoureo  he  dcri\^ed  the  qi;o- 

lition  be?  baa  given.  "What  is  tht-  imprint.  Bud 
usider  wbftt  authority  is  it  piibliahed?  From 
t  archives  is  it  drawn?  What  \%  its  date, 
_^  hat  nfimes  are  attached?  Where  ib  the 
tmsrinal  documeut,  and  what  sturap  of  an  then- 
ticity  docs  it  bear?  Auswew  to  these  queries 
~^ld  ftid  in  cleariiier  up  a  mystery,  or  in  ex- 
1^  a  borix  whith  has  been  anything:  but 
ilefl0,  J.  A*  ricToif. 

teu^lnow^  WtTertf*^  near  LiTeqio?*!, 


m.  ACGUSTtN'S  SRRMOXS. 
(4^**  S.  vi.  o02.) 
I  am  U'A  awiue  of  any  book  which  mentions 
''  of  CftPtbnge  ;  nor  have  the  churches 

^-  the  srjrniriii'7    of  St.   Augiistin  were 

rolled  been  |>  ren  in  any  edition  of 

tr^tr!;^.     For  ;  i  hc;  ^leiilMr  number  of 

imkii'tw]!  veral  places 

l'ath^?^  pfL  ;  specilied  in 

i^  ol  his  worii>.     TIte  CiMfclia  JSeiectu 
^  Pidjyun  (Pitrisiis,  16?iG,  cf  ^tr/.)  COD- 

*  I  [lie  works  in  full,  and  in  this 

'  i    hia    sermons  huve  notices  of 

tilt  pi.ice-  where  they  were  pnmched,  and  with 
vae  tbe  dfttes  are  also  |:^lven*  Most  of  those 
oaimer:  '  '  '  T,  P.  will  be  found  in  the  follow- 
^^hl  '  11  the  above  edition.      I  give  its 

OWE  etiuKi-t.ru'un  generally  appending  the  old 
numbering,  as  attter  : — 

^mJL  XLpC.  a/.  237  da  tempore,  in  Matt  xx,  Ae  con- 
*»5»  iti  Tinea. — ^Habitus  ad  mea^ani  *  S*  C'ypriani  in 

fcrnj.  LXXXVm,  al.  18  dc  v?rb.  Dom«.  Pfeacbed  at 
wbase  baCitre  hhs  XtLnhop  Aurelius, 

*i.^,„   \i      J  I*    ,.     1...       '-^  irmo  ado  Deverhia  K  Vang. 


iiiif.i. 


:  at  it5  conclu*io» 
ly  will  be  th(?  anni* 
uop — '^dorani  aeuLi 


•  Tlw  *'  Meny.sx  rvpniirii  "  was  the  altar  de^licated  to 
Tlij  !itm«ur  iirti.    Bt.  Augrii^tin  him»t>lf  thus 
»lt:  "  i  ut  DfMtis,  qukamqiie  Cartha- 
'  I  "n*a  Deo  cr     *       '        tj 
^ '  non  quirt  it  iti 
yJT'                                              I  &*t  iinmol:.          •    _;i3j. 
L.it  Itanc  nitiisam,  n<ju  in  qua 
Ml  ()iifi  3iieri(i<uum  Deo,  cui  et 
.u.,.u.u."-&Vm,    CCCX.  al.  113  in 


Atirelli,**  and  that  the  btubop  desires  the  faitliful  to  a 
blc  Ihrtt  dav  nt  the  Qa^iUiefi  of  Fau-^tus* 

iSemi,  CXn.  Do  verbis  KvangcUi  Lucflc  xix,,  **Homo 
fecit  pojunm  ituipnam/'  utc. 

Habit (ifi  ia  Basilica  ItARtitnta, 
6crm.  CXI  V.  De  verb.  Ev,  Lucw  xvii*,  ^*  fii  pecoarerU 
IJI  tc»"  etc 

IIrtt>itti»  sd  mensam  S*  Cypriani,  pncsente  comlte 
Bntiifiiitio. 
Serm,  CXXXL  al,  2  de  verb,  Apost 
Habit u»  ad   toensam  b^  Cypriani  is.  £al.  Ooiobu ^ 
dip  iJom". 
Sprm.  CL,  de  verbis  Aot.*Apo9t.  xvii. 

Flabitan  Carthaginc, 
Berm.  CLIL  de  verbis  Apost.  Hoin.  viL  et  Yiii. 

Habiium  Curtbaginc  cretUmoa. 
8emi-  CLIV,  de  verbiis  Apost,  Horn,  vit 
Habitufl  ad  m^nsara  S.  >f     '   '     ■  ■  mi. 
Scrm.  CLV.  al.  vi.  de  verJ  i  m,  viii. 

Habitu.4  la  Boeilica  SS.  litanomm. 

Sprm.  GLVI.  «/.  xiiL  dc  voiUt,>  A}>uaL  Horn,  viii. 
Utihliuti  in  Basilica  Gratianj  die  imuili  Mart",  Boli^ 
tanorota. 
Scrni.  (^LXUL  ah  lit.  de  verb.  Apoflt.  GaL  v. 

ilabittia  in  Bci»lica  Uonoriaoa  viii.  Kal.  Oetob. 
S<?rm.  CLXIV.  a/.xxiL  dc  verb.  Apoat  Gal.  vi.  Contm 
Dunutiiluf:,  fwulo  [lost  liObikun  Carthngirie  collation  em 
pronuntifituK. 
Barnu  CLX  V,  a/,  vjj.  dc  verb.  Apost.  Epbea.  iii. 

Uabitui;  ia  Ha«ilica  Mnjurum* 
Serm,  CLX  IX.  e/.  xv.  de  v«rb,  A  past.  Philip.  uL 

Ua bit II 8  ad  mBnsani  ii'  Cypriani. 
Serin.  CLXXIV.  al,  viii.  de  verb.  Apost.  1  Tim.  i* 

Habitus  ill  Bikiilicti  Celerime,  die  Dominica. 
B«mi.  CCLV.  De  Alleluia.    At  some  other  phu:e  Ihao 
Hippo  ;  perbap'^  sti  Cartha'j^e,  anno  4 IK. 
Berm.  CCLVIH.  lo  diflbus  ra^balibus. 

In  Ba^lica  mnjore. 
6«rm.  CCLX.  D«  inonitie  baptizatorunuj 

In  ecelesia  L^onli/ma. 
Berm.  CCLXJ.  In  dir  I^  Dom*» 

HabituH  riirthagriTi  t  Fuusti. 

Serm.  CCLXIL  In  u;    ... 

Habitu«  in  lta«tilica  Lf^ontinna. 
*krm.  CCLXXVIL  In  festo  S*  Viaiccntii  M. 

In  Basilica  Hi'Stitnta. 
Serm,  CCXCIV.  aL  xiv,  innatall  roartytiB  GuddcnlU^  ' 
5  Kal.  Julii  (anno  413.  Fleury), 
Serm,  CCCV.  in  solomnitatc  martyris  lAnrentii  IV. 

Habit  UR  ad  mens  am  8.  Cypnani. 
Senn.CCCXVllJ.  «/.  25.  H^biluH  in  ipso  die  deposi- 
tionis  relii^niamm  8.  Stcplmni  jpad  Hipponcm. 
ScTtn.  CCCLV.  at.  49  da  diviTsi'*,  at  Hip|Ki. 
S«rin.  CCCLVh  a/.  60  .......  at  Hippo. 

8i*riii.  CCCLVn:  a/.  85.  De  kude  paciv,  ante  collat. 
cum  PotiAtifti-}. 

A  pud  Cartha^nnRin  anno  411  eirdtcr  15  Mail. 
Serrn.  CCCLVltl.  aL  36.  De  pace  ct  cliaritate, 

ApiidCartbaif.  eotlem  tempore. 
Sorm.  CnCLlX.  De  lite  et  concord  ia  cum  Donatiitla. 
A  pud  Cariha^.  Podt  colUt.  cum  oia. 

Sermona  iritditi, 
Berm.  XVII.  In  j»otemnltate  MacchabflDortnii. 

Habitue  Bull  If  lie;;ij'»  roi^atu  epi.'^eopi  civitatis^ 
Serin.  XV'lIl.  liv  ntitdi  Qiiadrati  MnrtrriB* 

Preached  not  at  Ilippo»  but  siimc  place  unknown, 

5eni?rt/if*  <?x  Cndict  CaMinetun* 
Senn.  V.  Ad  nitiii.'<;im  R.  Cvpriant  M.  Sexto  idus  Sep- 
terobria,  de  Apoft.   ad  Galat. :    "  Fratres  ai  occiipatua 
fuerit  homo  in  aliquo  delicto,  etc." 


A  Wdtter  Saytno  (4>^  S.  vL  495.)  — Very 
eimLlar  to  this  snying  in  Nottinf^hamshire  is  one 
which  I  hefird  the  other  dny  from  a  medical  man 
in  West  Kent:  **  If  before  Christmas  the  Ic©  will 
bear  a  goose,  after  Christmas  it  will  not  bear  a 

duck/»  n.  p.  D. 

[Af  a  comment  on  the  At>ove,  we  append  an  occasional 
note  from  the  Faif  Mall  Guznitt  of  December  23. — Ed.] 

'*  Some  people  flutter  themaelvea  that  because  the  IVost 
biifi  set  in  this  3^ear  before  Christmas  D«y,  we  ahull  have 
a  mihl  winter  after  it ;  but  thin  theory  b  not  in  accord- 
ance with  past  experience.  Some  of  our  most  severe 
fVosta  have  bcgon  on  the  21st  of  December.  *  In  1566/ 
aayi  Holinshed,  *  the  one-ainl-twciitieth  i\ii\  of  December 
began  a  frost  which  continued  so  extremely  that  on  New 
Year's  Even  people  went  over  and  alouRst  tlie  Thames  on 
the  ice  from  London  Bridge  to  Westminster.  Some 
played  at  football  so  boldly  as  if  it  bad  been  on  dr^^And. 
Divers  of  the  coast  shot  daily  at  the  prick*  set  up  on  the 
Thflnies*  and  the  people,  both  men  and  women,  went  on 
the  Thames  in  ^cater  numbers  than  in  any  iitreet  of 
Ix>ndon.  On  the  31st  day  of  Januar>\  ot  night,  it  began 
to  thaw,  and  five  davs  after  was  no  ice  to  lie  seen  between 
London  Bridge  and  Lambeth,  whif?h  sudden  thaw  caused 
great  doods  and  high  waters  thnt  bare  down  bridg:cs  aiui 
bonsea  and  drowned  many  people  in  England,  espedaJly 
in  Yorkshire.*  In  16S3  a  har<l  fro<st  &et  in  early  in  De- 
eembeft  and  lasted  till  the  7th  of  Ftbruary,  On  ih« 
occasion,  the  Thames  being  frozen,  there  was  a  street 
upon  it  ffom  the  Temple  to  Southwnrk^  Hned  with  shops, 
and  hackney  coaches  plied  on  the  river.  In  1762  a  hard 
fro0t  commenced  on  Christmas  Day  and  lasted  till  the 
59 th  of  January,  and  carnages  were  af^aia  seen  on  the 
Thames ;  and  in  the  same  j^ear  the  Rhine  was  frozen  nt 
Coblentz  for  nearly  fonr  weeks  from  the  2 1st  of  Decem- 
ber. The  great  frost  of  the  present  century  was  the 
famous  one  of  1814,  which  lasted  severiil  weeks  and  put 
everybody  to  intense  inoonvenicnce.  To  add  to  this  dis- 
comfort, London  was  wrapped  in  an  extraordinary  fog 
for  a  week  in  the  early  part  of  January  of  that  year, 
which,  among  other  mi?*  for  tunes,  cau!»ed  the  Prince 
Recent  to  lo«^e  his  way  when  goiiif*^  to  pay  a  vi^it  to  Lord 
Salisbury  at  Ilntfield*  and  not  to  get  further  than  Ken- 
tish Town." 

RoBTTR  Caroli  C-i'**  S.  vL  47tl,  ^^.)— "Cor 
Caroli  '*  is  not  a  conBtellation,  but  a  double  star 
situated  in  the  conatellatioQ  Canea  VenaticL 

G.  T, 

Pear  Tree  f4*»*  S.  vl  476.)— The  somewhat 
rustic'looking  tenement  which  stands  on  the  right- 
hand  side  of  the  main  road  leading  to  Nazing,  cc. 
Essex,  has  boroe  from  a  remote  period  the  appel- 
lation of  "Pear  Tree  Farm,"  To  this  tenement 
or  messuage  (as  I  am  informed)  is  appended  about 
forty  acres  of  land.  Thi^  farm  has  most  probably 
derived  its  name  from  a  very  old  pear  tree,  the 
remains  of  which  are  now  standing  on  the  green 
opposite.  But  why  the  singular  additional  title 
of  the  sacred  name  of  **God  Almighty*'  is  at- 
tached to  it  is  beyond  my  knowledge  to  state, 
except  that  it  might  possibly  have  been  con* 
nected  with  the  ancient  monfustery  of  Waltham, 
either  in  part  or  whole,  and  so  have  been  deemed 
sacred  by  the  religious  order  of  the  Augustine 
brotherhood  which  bluff  King  Hall  diasoked  in 


the  thirty-first  year  of  his  reign.    The  farm  ia  ii) 
the  hamlet  of  Ilolyiield,  W.  Wi>'TBRS. 

Waltham  Abbey. 

Right  to  quartkr  Arms  (X^^  S.  vi.  470.)— I 
reply  to  W.  M.  H.  C,  I  would  repeat  a  solutiofl 
of  his  dilEculty  given  in  a  former  number 
"  N.  &  Q./'  though  I  am  unable  to  refer  to  i 
exact  page. 

John  Smith*8  eldest  son  dies  #.  p, ;  his  secon 
son  succeeds^  and  leaves  an  only  daughter  ;  tha 
daughter  is  the  heiress  in  blood  to  her  grand's 
father  John  Smith,  and  transmits  bis  arnid  to  he 
descendants.  As  long  as  the  line  of  A^v* descendant 
remains,  John  Smith*8  daughters  (her  aunts)  cid 
have  no  right  to  transmit  the  Smith  arms  to  theil 
issue.  Their  niece  is  the  heireM  through  whoq 
the  right  must  first  descend,  and  whose  hntd  mus 
be  extinct  before  her  aunts  become  co-heire^sep. 

E.  W. 

Barof  Nicnoiaojf  (4^'*  S.  vi,  477.)^!  quite 
agree  with  your  editorial  note.  As  an  autobio- 
graphy' is  in  print,  what  more  is  wanted  ?  Some 
account  of  his  literary  labours,  however,  would 
not  he  out  of  place  in  "  N.  k  Q."  lie  wrote  and 
publisbod  in  numbers  Cockney  Tales — very  humoi 
ous,  and  quite  free  from  anythbg  offensive.  If 
also  published  a  novels  Dombetf  and  Dauifhter 
had  nothing  to  do  with  Dickens*s  atory  ;  the  tit] 
was  a  mere  ad  captandnm.  He  wrote  also  a  nrett 
little  poem  called  "The  Derbyshire  Dalej*,  *  ani 
some  good  imitations  (not  parodies)  of  Moore, 
Eliza  Cooke,  &c,  I  remember  reading  in  The 
Times  the  advice  of  Mr.  Commissioner  Philli 
after  the  delivery  of  the  Baron's  certificate — ** 
Nicholson,  one  word  at  parting :  in  future  confij 
your  practice  to  your  own  court,  and  keep  out 
mine/^  Stepiten  J.vcKSOIf.^ 

Epigram  on   the  Walchiirrn  Eipkhiti* 
(!•*  S.  xi.  52  ;  4»^  S.  v.  174,  497,  G(H3 ;  Ti.  S4, 1 
244.) — The  controversy  with  regard  to  the  oo) 
rect  version  of  this  epigram  is,  I  think,  set 
rest  by  the  following  extract  from  a  letlar  ai 
dressed    by  Lord  Palmerston  to   his  sistt^r,  tl 
Hon,  Miss  Temple,  dated  Feb.  27,   1810.    ( 
Henry  Lytton  Bulwer^s  Life  of  ViscomU  Pnlnti 
»ton,lS70,l  117);— 

"  Did  you  see  the  following  epigram  the  Other  day 

the  ChtvmeU  f  if  you  did  nut  it  is  a  pitv  you  aboul 

miss  it,  and  I  send  it  to  you  j  il  is  by  Jekyli : — 

*  Lord  Chatham  with  his  aword  undrawn, 

Stood  waiting  for  Sir  Richard  Strachan  ; 

Sir  lUchard,  eager  to  get  at  'em^ 

Stood  waiting— but  for  what  ?— Lord  Chatham  I ' 

**  It  ia  very  good,  I  think,  both  in  rhyme  and  point." 

It  will  be  observed  that  Lord  Palmerstoa  gtat' 

positively  that  the  epigram  is  by  Jekyli, 

n.  P.  Dj 

ROBBRTDE  CoMTTTjEaRLOF  NoRTHtrM«KHI.AI 

(4«'»  S,  vi.  457.)— S.  will  find  some  informatio 


nd 

I 


4*s.vii.  jAs.r.Ti.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


19 


in  Burke* 8  Eji met  and  Dormant  Peernge^  ed*  1840^ 
p.  ISu.  The  account  therein  pven  would  not  place 
mm  in  tho  ^'  firat  rank '-  amoug  noble  mea. 

ILW. 

Robert  <Ie  Comyn  wns  Duko  of  Northumberland 
for  the.  spRce  of  only  one  year,  1068-9,  and  waa 
fiJn^fj  m  Dtirham  with  most  of  bia  followers, 
[*'  L'hter  was  mnde  the  fifth  of  the  Calenda 

c:  V,  anno  1070/*    Millea'  Cat,  of  Htmour, 

p.  7U'J;.  J  See  Sir  IL  Nicholas'  Ilidoric  Peerage 
9f  England,  revised  by  W.  Courtbope,  Esq.,  1857, 
^  3^^.  B.  C.  E. 

CrcuMBSR  (4**'  8.  Ti*  474.)— Cucumber  from 

gherkin  is  only  a  false  extension  of  the  joke,  as 

p  thf?  celebrated  "pair  of  crocodiles '*  anecdote 

li:  '/-.     A,  B,^  meeting  0,  D,,  detains  bim 

V  .  IX  narrative  of  the  capital  pair  of  gaiters 

It  .     1  i  1  ked  up  in  Change  Alley*     C.  LX,  to  cut 

Iht  ci^i  1  r  -hort/acetiouslysug-gesta  that  he  should 

ciul  them  his   (nair  of)  aUigatorB,      Whereupon 

A  B.  tr ota  off  delighted,  and  meeting  E.  F.  re- 

^    '      t   'frd  jokeof  C»  D/s  about  how  the 

that  he   had  just  purchased  in 

Ajit^v  ought  to  be  called  a  pair  of  croco- 

^^^  ha  !  'ha  I ''  *;  Well,"  said  K  F.,  -  a  pair  of 

ilea?     I  don*t  SCO  the  joke,"     ''No  more 

w/'  sjiidthe  hapless  A.  B.,  "  but  it  seemed 

...J  iiiimy  when  C.  D.  first  said  it!  '*     So,  as  a 

j«ike  mmj  lose  by  repetition,  a  gherkin  melaoior- 

Xi\iif^A  irtfo  a  cucumber  becomes  pointless, 

Verd¥M  Sap. 

MK  J  ACKSOX  mu?t  excuse  my  saying  that  it  is 
h  who  has  spoiled  this  ancient  juke^  for  to  omit 
the  cucumber  is  to  omit  the  point.  V.'s  mistake 
b  a  mere  putting  the  cart  before  the  horse  acci- 
dtaitiilly.  The  anecdote  used  to  be  told  as  fol- 
lows :  —  King  w&s  pooh-poohing  some  man's 
«=K*ii,.]rigi€si  with  a  "Nonsense  !  you  may  as  well 
name  is  derived  from  cucumber/^    *'  Well, 

:  .  /'  was  the  quick  retort:  *' Jeremiah  King^  ' 
hrry    King  —  jerking  —  gherkin  —  cucumber !  "  i 
Bmiebow  1  have  always  connected  the  story  with  { 
•  OQiUege  dinner,  but  I  really  cannot  say  why.     A 
W  pan  on  Jerry  King  and  gherkin  would  not 
kiTt*  UtnI  bo  long.      In  codcIusiod,  will  some  one 
t»ll  ui  how  it  is  that  young  cucumbers  are  called 
Ifbtrkixi*  ?     I  do  not  see  the  etymology  myself. 

P.  P. 

1  is  not  gherkin  from  Jeremiah 
uber  from  Kins' Jeremiah*  '  Thus 
iiab,    Jeremiah    Kinsr^    Jerry    King, 
i.in,  cucumber.         R.  S,  Charnock. 

Lmiung  Lo?n  a^f  5^  ▼1,476.)— Your  corre- 

•I  -i  assured  that  there  is 

T^  !  between  Lo thing  Land 

"en.     The  latter  (not- 

i tion  -ingen)  u  dmply  a 


corruption  of  Loikarintjin^  i.  e.  Lotharii  Pei/tinm, 
According  to  the  Stat,  Atv,  Scot,  the  name  Lo- 
thian is  said  to  be  from  loch,  but  it  is  more  pro* 
bably  derived  from  htd^  /o</  =  water.  Poly u ore 
Virgil  informs  us  that  Laudonia  (t.  e,  Lothian)  in 
his  time  was  an  extensive  district  beginning  at 
the  Tweed,  and  stretching  considerably  beyond 
the  city  of  Edinburgh.  Lolhing  Land  (in  Domes- 
day Luditigahnd)  anciently  formed  part  of  the 
hundred  of  Ludinga,  which  waa  afterwards  called 
the  Half  Hundred  of  Mutford.  It  mny  have  had 
its  name  from  Lake  Lothinjj,  from  the  same  root 
tis  the  name  Lothian*  Sackling  (Surtblk)  says  of 
Lothingland :  *^  The  Waveney  wa«»hes  it^  western 
side,  while  Qui  ton  Broad  and  Lake  Lot  king  form 
its  soulbern  boimdnry,  which  uniting  with  the 
Ocean  near  Lowestoft;  insulate  the  district/' 

11,  S,  CiiAasfocK. 

Grny'*  Ino, 

P.S.  Conf.  the  river  names  Lyd,  Lud,  Loddoa, 
and  local  names  commencing  with  Lud,  Lod. 

The  name  of  Loth rin gen  (Lorraine)  has  nothing 
to  do  with  the  German  word  loth^  plummet,  or 
with  tho  accidental  fact  that  the  region  which 
bears  the  name  **  adjoins  Champagne,  a  level 
country."  Lothringen  is  Lotharingia.  The  pre- 
sent Loth  rin  gen  is  a  Bmall  part  of  a  region  that 
was  named  Lothftringia  because  it  was  assigned 
to  the  Emperor  Lothar  (Lothaire  in  Gibbon's 
Decline  mid  Fall)  when,  on  the  death  of  Lewis 
the  Fiona  (Charlemagne's  son),  the  empire  wiis 
divided  among  bis  three  sons — ^Lothar,  Charles 
(king  of  the  West  Franks),  and  Lewi  a  (king  of 
the  East  Franks),      Jony  HosKTWa-AaRAHALL. 

Combe  Vicaraj^e,  nenr  WtKjdstock. 

**  Ceetosino  "  (4*^  S.  vi,  475.) — I  never  heard 
or  met  with  the  word.  But  it  may  be  a  diminu- 
tive of  Certosa,  the  Italian  word  for  a  CartbuijiHa 
convent.  In  the  Certosa,  near  Florence  (now 
dissolved),  various  tradea  were  carried  on.  Tbero 
wrts  a  laboratory,  a  distillery  of  Chartreuse  and 
peppermint-water,  Sec,  &c,,  a  shoemakers*  shop, 
a  tailors*  ditto,  kc.  As  a  carpenters*  workshop 
was  on  the  premises^  the  inlaying  of  ivory  and 
ornamental  wood  (a  common  occupation  in  Italy) 
may  have  formed  a  nart  of  the  conventual  in- 
dustry; and  sLicb  work,  as  well  as  other  bibour, 
may  have  been  called  ccr/osino  work,  or  in  Italian 
lavoro  certosino.  There  does  not  seem  to  mo  any 
mystery  about  the  term, 

James  HEiffRT  Diiox. 

Ancient  Scottish  Deed  (4^''  S.  vi,  453.) — The 
deed  given  by  J.  M.  ia  doubtless  interestmg,  but 
I  have  one  in  pbotozincograph  lyiog  before  me, 
earlier  by  one  hiindred  and  twenty*one  year»,  and 
deserving  of  notice  in  your  columns,  as  believed 
to  be  the  earliest  document  in  the  yernacular 
extant.  It  ia  an  award  of  an  anceatot  of  x\\va^, 
Andrew  Mercer,  Lord  of  MeVkWuij  m  «^  vil^^vkX^ 


* 


* 


NOTES  AND  QUEEIES. 


[4»»  S.  Vlt.  Jas.  \ 


between  Robert  Stewart,  Eurl  of  Fife  and  Men- 
teitb^  und  Jobn  I^ogie,  son  and  heir  of  Sir  John 
T  '  '  ■  i 'ht^  rtlalivc  to  tbe  binds  of  Logie  and 
^  y  in  Perthsbire.     It  was  given  in  \iYc- 

fiLi.»-c_  -L  li^iu^  Itobert  IL  and  bis  son  Job d,  Karl 
of  Carrick^  and  is  datwd  May  15»  1385. 

The  originnl  is  in  tbe  charter  chest  of  Sir  Wll- 
liAta  R  Stewart,  Bart.,  of  Murthly,  and  a  copy 
WAS  published  in  tbe  JE^mhurgh  Ei'mting  CotfTitik 
of  March  IG  last  by  a  correspondent  who  digued 
Limself  J.  A.  R,j  and  termed  it  "the  oldest 
"writing  yet  discovered  in  the  Scotch  lanjruage." 

I  nndorstaad  that  the  fac-simile  of  which  I  am 
possenaed  ia  to  be  foand  in  tbe  Red  Book  of 
lirantnlly,  W.  T.  M. 

ROTAL  TTPOQRApnr  (4^'*  6.  vi,  209,  44^1)— -It 
ia  woU  known  that  aomewhere  between  the  yeftrs 
1840  and  1860  Her  Miij*^aty  and  Prince  Albert 
occasionally  emploj-'ed  theuiaelvea  by  etching  up-on 
copper.  Tbey  retH3ived  practical  instruction  in  the 
art  from  Mr.  Ha>^er,  afterwarda  Sir  George 
Hayter,  who  attended  every  morniog  at  Windsor 
Castle  fur  the  purp(>se.  If  a  private  copper-plate 
press  woa  made  use  of  for  striking  off  impreseions 
of  the  plates  produced,  it  would  be  at  Windsor 
Castle,  and  not  at  Buokingbam  Palace,  as  stated 
b}*  IL  F.  P.;  but  there  ia  eome  doubt  as  to  tbe 
existence  of  such  a  thing,  and  certain  it  is  that 
Mn  John  Burg^e^  Brown,  a  bookseller  and  copper- 
plate printer  of  Windeor,  was  regrnlarly  employed 
0T  tbe  royal  artists  to  produce  impreasions  of  the 
plates  as  they  were  etched.  As  tiecrecy  woa  de- 
eiredj  he  was  careftil  to  stie  that  the  earae  quantity 
of  proof  paper  which  he  bad  given  to  bis  work- 
man wa3  received  back  in  tbe  shape  of  impressions. 
It  seeniB,  however,  that  the  latter,  perhaps  with- 
out ultt^rior  objwct,  struck  ofl'  a  waste  or  trial 
proof  or  two  ot  each  on  cni'd  or  ordinary  paper. 
These  be  pasted,  as  curiositi&s^  in  a  sort  of  album, 
to  tbe  number  of  sixty- three,  and  in  this  state 
tbey  were  seen  by  a  Mr.  Jasper  Tomsett  Jud^re,  of 
Windsor.  This  person  managed,  after  some  hag- 
gling, to  purchase  the  lot  for  tbe  sum  of  five 
pounds,  and  having  cleaned  and  mounted  them, 
propost^d  to  recoup  biraaelf  by  their  exhibition 
nod  by  tbe  sale  of  an  analytical  list,  under  the 
title  of  A  Ihscriptive  Cfiiahtfue  of  the  Hot/of  Vic- 
iorm  and  Albert  Gallenj  nf  mchwtjK,  At*tbis  the 
royal  artists  werti  greatly  annoyed,  and  gave  in- 
structioufl  to  their  solicitor  tu  tile  a  bill  ia  Chancery 
against  Strange,  the  publisher  of  the  catalogue, 
on  the  ground  that  the  etchings  referred  to  bad 
been  wrongfully  obtained. 

The  subsequent  prooeedings— which  oeri-ainly 
appear  to  have  been  harshly  oppressive  against 
the  ofTending  parties— with  a  list  of  the  etchings, 
nod  a  large  amount  of  curious  matter,  are  minately 
set  forth  in  a  publication  entitled  — 

•;  Th«  *  Koyiil  Etchtngr«/  A  6t«ti!iiicnt  of  Facta  re- 
iatiiig  to  tii«3  Origin,  Object,  and  Prfl^rrera  of  the  Pjo- 


t 


Prifi 

to  th.   '___._.: _ _.,._^.        ,.^.    „_-,--,     ,._,.„. 

JiliJ{;c    Hvi),  London,  W.  StrODge,  Juu,  (ttii^}  pp. 
Price  Half-n-Crown, 

WlLUAll  BaTM" 
Bimuji^am. 

Paulet  of  AiiP<mT  (4**  S.  vi.  G.)^The  brotbets 
of  Ck^orge  twelfth  Marquis  of  Wiucbester 

**  1.  Norton  Paulct,  M.P.  for  Wincheater,  married, 
diod  *.  fj  175t)." 
2.  Henry  P.,  cap t.  to  the  Arm r    '     '    ^        -    i  1745 

5.  John  P ,  in  the  Army,  ditid  naiiv, 
4.  Charles  P.,  capt.  R.JC-,  died  I 

6.  William  P,,  in  the  Navy,  died  uum^ifi^  1 
C,  Herbert  P.^   cant,  ia  the  Acmv,  died  unmai 

1746.  ^ 

7.  Francis  P.,  died  a  miaor  at  Cambridge  1742.**^ — . 
brttfM  Pteruffty  1825. 

CHABLB8  Rr88EL£. 
Gamp,  Aldersfaot. 

'^  There  was  a  Littlk  "SLxs  "  (4"»  S.  vi.  51^ 
Me.  Jackson  is  careless  hb  to  tbe  measure  of  tli 
old  nursery  rhyme.  Ill^  last  lin«  would  ueit 
read  nor  smg  in  time.  It  ought  to  be  — 
•*  And  shot  him  through  the  head.*' 
The  first  and  second  verses  are  cans  tan  tlv  fiim-i 
the  nursery;  but  there  is  a  third  vei 
Percy  Society ^e  Tracts)  which  ia  not  h. 
known.  There  is  in  the  same  collection  nnoth 
short  ballad,  which  goes  to  the  same  measure  - 
**  There  was  a  little  man,  iLnd  ho  wooed  a  ULtie  maidY*^ 
where  the  little  maid,  with  a  most  bouse wifi 
prudence,  desires  to  loiow  bis  meflna  of  au 
in  marriage,  and  asks^ — 

**  Will  I  he  love  tliJit  yoa*ro  so  rich  in 

Mnko  B  lire  to  the  kitchco, 

Or  the  litUa  God  of  Loir«  laro  the  spit  F '' 

The  Swan-Sojtg  or  Pabson  Avert  (4^  S. 
4B^) — There  is  a  remarkable  ooincidence  ia  1 
narrative,  which  I  mention  with  a  dewre  to  elu 
some  fuller  information,  tending  to  identify  Pa 
son  Avery  as  an  emigrant  from  England,  aiid^ 
settler  in  North  Carolina  —  probably  the 
of  a  congregation  composed  ot  Presbyter 
grating  from  Newbury  in  I^n-kshire,  **^  on©  j 
thousands  of  families  who,  iu  lt^35,  retired  ( 
EogUind,''  and  possibly  founders  of  Newl 
(Newberie  ?)  in  the  above-named  state. 

The  Avery  family  were  connected  with   __ 
clothing  trade  in  Newbury,  Berks,  at  1^1^*1    'l-^t 
They  were  Presbyterians,  and  the  nar: 
been  extinct  for  a  few  years.     Lalterlv 
Blackwall  flail  factors  in  Cat»'aton  Street, 
a  branch  settled  at  Marlbro  in  Wilts.     Dr,  Avef 
the  second  treasurer  of  Guy*s  Hospital,  was 
lated  to  tbe  Averys  of  Newbury.     They  utcd  1 
arms  confirmed  by  Cooke  to  Wm.  Averj*  of  F 
ingby,  co.  Warwick — vi%.  ermine  on  a  pule 
gtailed  asurei  three  boos'  beads  couped  or. 


4«»8.TII.  jA3r.7,7i.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


21 


if 


It  it  rery  evideDt  that  the  poem  relates  to 

•notlter  Xcwbury  than  the  Englisb  town.  It  stiits 

'iPiU  with  the  town  of  that  Dftme  in  North  Caro- 

Unt ;  Ami  pf>»^ibly  sorae  reader  of  "  N.  &  Q,^'  oti 

thit  shore  of  the  A  tin  n  tic  may  be  able  to  furnish 

linl  »7-wlHi,,no   ^,     rjiitirm  the  existence  of  rocks 

i  to  identify  Parson  Avery  aa 

•=t  from  Newbury,  Berks,  who 

nt  after  the  home  they 

.^  ions  and  civil  freedom. 

E.W. 

The  poem  referred  to  is  one  of  Wliittier*8,  pnb- 
Ikhed  in  hia  volume  entitled  Rome  Ballath. 

A.  E. 

Ibish  FORFBITX7BE3  (4*^  S.  vi,  546.)  —  The 
or  hook  referred  to  by  the  Ahb^  MacGeo- 
R^flgm  aa  accompaoyiDg  the  R^jport  on  Irish  For- 
'ettTir^.fi  m  1700,  mliat  be,  I  conclude,  that  rare 
>~^»]iuae — 

**A  Lift  ''*"  ♦'^»  '"^iims  it  tti*".*  "*"  "n*'^t|  iHtb  the 
TrT]*>r'i*  n  Ilf]U5«  oti  i  n,  Dublin, 

*-'t\.   yrl>?fur.  ill  of  j\uj:ru>t,  .     i.  "  Uuljlin, 

pe-iDlfi  \\f  Ja-tjiii  Kay,  n!i<l  are  Lu  be  aulJ  by  Patjick 
C^AmpbeiJ,  fiodUdler,  in  Skinner  Row,  1701." 

The  cony  which  belonged  to  William  Luttrell 
*«  in  my  Insh  library.  E.  Ph.  Sjiiklei'. 

pATcnijr  (4"»  S.  vi.  240,  ,31)0,  Am.)  —  Pannm, 

t^li£  Lnlin  equiTalent  of  patch,  is  used  by  PUny  of 

^*  ♦  -  t  liat  ^Tows  on  the  tree  ^l^^lopa  be- 

€ii^  ^.sr  (PL  16.  8,  1:3,  §  85.)    May  not, 

^  the  "legend      *^ We've  got    another 

3,  J  at  *ome  aa  this  one  Vre  aia*t  ev^en  so 

1-  >  ^fff cA  «;tww  '*  (**  N,  &  Q,"  p.  300)  raenn 

I  '  'ere  '*  is  no  more  to  be  compared  with 

^     •  Lap  at 'ome,"  Uian  is  the  para^te 

1  iy  with  the  acorns?    Or  may  not  a 

';ition  be  found  in  the  practice  of 

!-ed  garments?     The  pnfch  Bhonld 

,.  t«  ;n^  uioy  be  to  the  matenal  to  be  patvlwtL 

11  ucf,  when   one   person   is  very  much   nnlilin 

'—     he   may   properly   be   said   to   be  "no 

r  him/'  EDsnrND  Tew^  M. A- 

IiTE  RocirBgTER  HoapiTAL  (4""  S.  vi.  502.)  — 

The  wcrfd  •*  proctor'*  in  connection  with  Watts'a 

is  now  understood  to  mean  a  pTivileged 

It  19  used  in  this  aen«e  in  the  statutKiS  of 

dw,  VI.  and  Elirabeth,     For  an  admirable  ftc- 

tmmt  of  the  use  of  the  word  which  ao  bothered 

KfiDf'  '        '    uiries  of  the  last  century  see  a  paper 

\n  y  rn  Brenchley  Rye  in  Archa^ohi/ia 

(Wm-  If,  Ti.  o2,  58.  Geobge  Bedo. 

Rnar.^'  Jlmis  r4*'^  S.  vL 476.) — These  are m- 

Reatea^oHy  or  Gefiilen\tm'ii 

,,  in  the  part  about  bell- 

i  in  £Ilaeombe*»  Biflfritt  ondRm^m's 


•^  t»»votidir,  nor  ht  the  boll*  be  ntnde  thy  lullaby,  ^ 
diQrwn  «>cii«  dli'illaftffiriimi  ttid  ao  make  Uiee  icpur  to 


laoi^tiil 


ibe  lielfwe  (like  the  narBO  to  bw  wbi»t1e-beM<i)  lo  quiet 
thy  dijiinH>ed  mind  ;  and  thn«  (n»  the  diviae  jMMt  excel- 
lently exiiresitfl  it)  to  silence  it  with  — 

'  Look,  look,  what's  here  I  A  dainty  golden  thing  ? 
See  how  the  dancing  bella  turn  round,  aod  ring 
To  please  no  J  banthng,' "  <tc. 
Can  any  one  tell  U3  who  the  "  divino  poet"  is  ? 
Mr.  Ellflcombo  does  not  know.    In  my  copy  of 
the  School  of  Becreatim  (1606)  the  above  doea 
not  occur.  J,  T.  F. 

North  Kclfley,  Brigg. 

Addison  makea  mention  of  baby ^8  corala  in 
No,  1,  of  the  Spertator^  where,  drawing  a  fanciful 
portrait  of  himself,  he  says  : — 

*'The  gravity  of  my  behaviour  at  my  very  first  iip- 
pcarance  in  thv  world  seenved  to  favour  my  niotber'a 
dream  ;  for,  m  she  has  often  fold  mp,  I  threw  away  luy 
rattle  when  I  wai  two  months  old,  and  would  not  make 
use  of  my  coral  lUl  Xhty  bad  taken  the  bella  from  it," 

The  Spectator  appeared  in  1711,  and  its  autlior 
wa§  brought  into  the  world  with  the  gravity  and 
Bolemnity  in  the  text  recorded  in  10/2;  so  this 
tfdces  us  bnck  two  hundred  years  in  the  hiatory  of 
the  coral  and  bells.  '   Jin-IAN  Sjiarm an* 

EcsTATics  (4*^  S,  vL  475.) — Last  year  there 
was  publiahed  a  very  able  and  interesting  work 
descriptive  of  the  town  and  vicinity  of  Gheel,  the 
Bedlam  of  Belgium.  The  title  of  the  book  is 
Oheel^  the  City  of  the  Simple ,  by  the  author  of 
FUmiiih  Inicytortif  Cbflpmao  and  fltiU,  18(51).  It  ie 
dedicated  to  that  distinguished  philftnthropist  and 
Belgian  savant,  the  lat«  Dr.  Ducpetiaux.  Perhaps 
thia  might  be  of  service  to  your  inquirer. 

Ebmuttd  Jor, 

S.vMPiiEiia  (4^**  3.  vi.  COO.) — Preauroiug  that 
M,  B.  does  not  desire  to  con  fine  the  ispecimens  of 
sampler  poety  for  which  he  asks  to  such  as  are 
obtainable  in  the  dwellings  of  the  humbler  classes, 
I  send  some  lines  worked  on  a  sampler  by  one  of 
my  aunts  at  the  age  of  nine  :■ — 

*'  JesuB,  permit  thy  graciaiia  name  to  stand 
As  the  lirst  work  of  Arabella's  hand  I 
And  while  her  fingers  on  the  canvas  moviB, 
Engoge  her  ttoder  thoughts  to  seek  thy  lovp* 
With  thy  dear  children  may  Mie  have  a  part^ 
And  forai  thy  Imagu  on  her  youthful  heart. 

**  MAltY  AnABKlJ*A  PKAnsoJc. 
•♦July  llt^  1801." 

I  shall  be  glad  to  know  if  any  of  your  corre- 
ppondenta  have  met  with  tlicse  lines  elsewhere, 
as  my  aunt,  who  was  talten  to  her  rest  jui^t  nine 
years  later,  was  from  an  early  jige  accustomed  to 
versify  in  the  atyle  of  the  above.  J.  A.  Px. 

The  Bor-Bisnop  of  the  Propaoaxpa  for 
Chbistmas  (4'*'  8.  vl  491.)— As  Mr.  MacCabb 
has  recently  furnished  two  notes  upon  Christmaa 
Customs  and  Boy-Bishnpp,  I  write  to  say  that  the 
custom  exists  even  in  our  time  at  the  Propaganda 
College  of  Rome  of  choosiuj?  on  Christmas  Eve 
(by  ballot)  a  boj-bii^op.    t\i«>  "^m^i^\^^  Sa  «a^ 


i 

I 


I 
I 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[1»»«S.V1L  JA3f.7^7lJ 


to  have  been  stipulated  for  in  tKo  originftl  grant  | 
of  monej  at  lb 6  found atioD  of  thi^  iDMitutiuiii  t 
to  perpetuate  the  Middle  Ages*  custom  in  tbis 
feimtiary  at  tlie  Chriatinas  time.  The  liappy  boy- 
bishop's  attendants  are  a  deacon  and  subdeacon, 
fielected  bj  bis  lordship  ffenerally  from  the  Italian 
portion  of  the  community.  His  episcopal  func- 
tions cease  the  day  after  the  Epiphany, 

I  will  be  very  thankful  for  your  insertion  of 
this  note^  as  all  Chnstmas  usages  are  of  much 
interest  to  your  readers.  David  Flym. 

Due  or  Doue  (4^"  a  \l  500.)— The  usual 
meaning  of  dur^  dour^  dor,  found  in  geographical 
names,  is  water^  from  the  Welsh  dtcr  (dtcfr)^ 
Cornish  dower^  doury  douar^  Ihotir ;  Arnioric  dvtfVj 
doitar ;  Gaelic  dohhar^  dumhar^  dur ;  Irish  dw\ 
Fiondour  {Jxi/nn-dur)  is  =  "white  or  fair  water ; 
and  Durdoman  may  mean  deep  water  (dur-dmn- 
hnni}).  Wat! hter  says  thnt  dur  in  some  Con- 
tinentiil  names  is  ^  trajectus  fLuminis  :  hence 
Eojodurum,  "  Irajectua  Bojonim  in  Norico*'; 
Batavoduruni,  trajectus  Batavoruoi  in  Belgio; 
Duren,  1)  urate  do,  llurocassium  (DreiLv),  &c.  The 
Dame  Leadu  h  not  derived  from  this  root,  aud 
the  only  etymological  part  of  the  word  is  l—d. 

K.  S.  CHAHNocr. 

Gray*s  Inn. 

Dur  =  water  in  British.  George  BEno. 

Ihvr  is  British,  perhaps  European,  for  water 
D^vrwent,  I  believe,  though  I  am  not  certain, 
meaning  running-water,  a  riven  This  may  be 
found  in  JJvncetU'Waier^  a  not  un common  form  of 
adding  a  current  word  with  the  same  meaning  to 
fiji  enriier  one.  Dwr  is  found  also  in  Dwrby^ 
Perby,  a  place  by  water,  the  river  being  the  Der- 
went,  pronounced  **BaiTand,''  and  assuming  in 
the  dialect  of  the  neighbouring  counties  the 
harder  torm  of  **  Trent."  "There  is  a  Herefordshire 
river  Dour,  and  I  have  no  doubt  but  the  word 
Douro  has  the  same  origin,  J,  Place. 

The  Paris  Catacombs  (4**»  S.  vi.  3C0,  407-)— 
Your  correspondent  H.  H.  seems  to  have  fallen 
into  the  common  mistake  of  confounding  the  CaUt- 
cvmhes  of  Paris  with  the  Carneres.  The  fact  is 
the  CatncombestoTm  but  a  comparatively  small  por- 
tion of  tbe  va.st  aublerranean  maze  which  extends 
under  the  southern  quarters  of  Paris,  and  from 
which  wa.g  quarried  Uie  atone  for  the  building  of 
old  Lutetia.  In  1785  a  certain  part  of  these  ex- 
cavations was  separated  from  the  remainder  by  a 
thick  wall,  and  was  othorwbe  prepared  for  the 
reception  of  the  bones  to  be  taken  from  the  c-eme- 
tery  of  the  Innocents.  In  the  year  following  the 
place  was  consecrated  by  the  clergy  under  the 
name  of  the  Cataeomhes^  and  from  that  date  to 
181  i  numerous  consignments  of  human  remains 
removed  from  the  various  intramural  church- 
yards have  been  made  to  those  gloomy  bias, 
where  the  skuHa  are  stacked  up  very  much  after 


the  manner  of  old  port  wine*  Of  this  o^w«iir«,  i 
it  is  termed  J I  possess  a  very  exact  pliui,  includiii 
a  considerable  portion  of  the  adjacent  passage 
made  **  fious  la  direction  des  ingdnieiira  des  niineal 
in  1657 ;  and  a  few  years  previously  I  saw  at  th 
olfice  of  the  director  a  plan  in  the  course  of  exa 
cution  on  a  large  scale  of  the  whole  of  the  Car 
ner&t.  An  accurate  guide  to  these  excavations  [ 
indeed  absolutely  necessary^  as  men  are  eonstanl^ 
employed  in  making  good  with  masonry  the  oil 
supports,  which  from  time  to  time  give  way  unda 
the  weight  iuiposed  upon  them.  Formerljr 
CatacombeJi  formed  one  of  the  regular  lions  of  th 
city,  but  for  a  long  period  access  to  them  on  i " 
part  of  visitors  has  been  strictly  prohihited*  Tb 
usual  approach  is  by  a  stair  in  a  courtyard  adjoin 
ing  the  Barriere  d'Enfer,  but  there  are  not  leg 
than  fifty  entrances  in  alL  tt.  II.  D. . 

Fert,  oh  F.  e,  r.  t.  (3"*  S,  pamm  :  A^^  S, 
461.) — The  opinion  of  llttonuCAXAjas,  that  the 
letters  originally  formed  one  word,  aud  bore 
natural  and  not  a  sort  of  anagram  ma  tic  meanin 
seems  to  be  perfectly  well  founded,     lUs  etati 
ment  of  the  use  of  the  word  iji  the  arms  of  Sav<3[ 
before  the  date  of  the  defence  of  Khodes  is  con 
elusive  on  that  point  What,  then,  was  the  meanin 
of  the  woi'd  ?  Mere  ia  a  suggestion  which  natural' 
piesents  itself  to  the  mind.  The  princes  of  the  hou 
of  Savoy  set  up,  from  a  very  early  period,  to  1 
very  pious.    Amadeits  was  a  favourite  name  will 
them.      A  cross  was  their  cognisance.     The  mo 
fitting  word  to  apply  to  it  would  be  FeH  in  til 
proper  and  popular  sense  of  the  verb  "He  bear^ 
mdicating  ttat  lie,  of  whom  the  Cross  waa  tue^ 
typical  emblem,  bore  the  eina  of  the  world.     A 
clever  and  insinuating  courtier  might  afttTwa 
discover  that  the  letters  of  the  word  could  he  i 
plied  as  a  flattering  eulogium  to  the  Defender 
Khodes,  and  the  discovery  once  made  and  pub 
lishcd  would  be  readily  adopted  by  a  delight 
prince  and  a  loyal  people.     But  it  is  a  curio'Q 
fact  that  the  v^rj-  prince  to  whom  this  sort 
flattery  was  applied^  and  to  whose  martial 
Ian  try  writers  of  a  subsequent  date   (Sausoyind 
Delta  Onffim  de  Cavalien\  \^enice,  158H^  ascribe 
the  origin  of  the  word  itself  as  a  heraldic  dlstiad 
tion,  took  for  his  own  device  a  running  strea 
with  the  motto  **  Virea  acquirit  eundo  '*   (B^t 
linij  Compmdi'o  deUa  Storia  della  Ileuh  Casa 
Sacoia),  " 

Babders*  FoRPEiia  (4^''  S.  iii.  204.)— Twen 
five  years  ago  no  allusion  to  a  rainr  as  a  wea[ 
or  as  a  sulci diil  instrument  wns  permitted,  und4 
a  fine  of  a  gallon  of  beer,  in  any  of  the  Dortfo; 
barbers'  shops.  In  the  celebrated  breweries 
the  same  town  the  wonl  imUr  is  tabooed  unde 
heavy  fine  i  the  article  when  alluded  to  mufti 
styled  tiquot,  A»  J»  BuNJtl 

44,  D«Sdbe;ough  Gardens,  South  BdgrsvU. 


i«h  S.yiL  J  or*  7.710 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


23 


TiTE  SoNo  "DoraxA8'*  (4*'*  S.  vu  rm.)—Thh 
wmg  litts  nl»o  been  get  to  music  by  Clara  Bell  (not 
*'  Claribel  *'),  and  was  publisbed  six  or  more  yeara 
ance.  I  bave  vainly  endeavoured  to  Rnd  by 
whom.  Can  ony  reader  assist  me  ?  I  bave  it  in 
oamiacript,  and  moat  of  my  friends  prefer  it  to 
Lidy  Scott's  rendering:.  In  each  case  tbo  word  a 
are  somewhat  altered  from  the  originnl  as  pub- 
lished at  p.  292  of  "PiWTAw,  by  the  author  of  John 
Esdifai^'*  where  it  is  headed  **  Too  late/'  followed 
1>y  tne  line 

**  DowglaA,  DowgWt  tendir  and  treu." 

James  BRixTEif. 

Old  CuKiSTKls  Carol  (4«»'  S.  vl  50<3.)— Me. 
fxTSi  19  evidently  not  aware  that  the  Latin 
soiQg^,  of  which  he  givca  only  tbe  6r^t  three  verseB, 
t^nd  entire  in  **  N.  &  y/*  (4*»*  S.  il  />57)»  It 
mi  «ent  by  me,  apropos  of  an  old  Lntin  poem  of 
ft  somewhat  similar  kind  sent  bv  Mr,  Hazlitt 
(i"*  S.  ii.  IVJO),  Afl  the  first  three  versea  dtflcr 
eooaiderably  in  my  copy  from  those  sent  by  Mb. 
PiTyn,  it  ia  more  than  probable  that  the  huc- 
oeeding  verses  are  na  much  at  variance  in  our 
respective  copies.  I  will  here  repeat  merely  the 
fint  tbree  as  I  have  always  heard  them :  — 
••  Die  mihi,  quid  jit  unus  ? 
Uniu  est  veros  Deus,  qQi^regnat  in  coeli«. 

•  Die  Tnihi»  (\uU\  fdnt  dno  ? 
Doir  UbtlliQ  Moy»is : 
Utms  est  veru^  Ueus,  qiu  r^gnat  in  ctelix. 

•*  Pi**  tniM,  qtiid  sint  trcB  ? 

Ti'      '■'  ■         '-hK* 
I>  Tovsit: 

-,  as  f>ett»,  qui  rcgnat  in  ccdIjs." 

Br  is  referred  for  the  nine  succeeding 
,  _  "  N.  &  Q."  at  the  above  reference. 
T  am  no  Sanscrit  iciiolar,  and  know  nothing  of 
lodiin  literature.  But  I  have  seen  a  Hebrew 
imty  Of  aong  of  similar  construction,  though  not 
Oii  saered  subject^  but  more  resembling"  our  well- 
bown  ** House  that  Jack  built."  Indeed  these 
toass,  made  to  be  repeated  backwards  at  the  end  of  [ 
Mui  Terse,  seem  to  have  been  favourite  composi- 
lioiia  in  «U  age«  and  countries.  Tbe  Hebrew  song 
tma  op<jn  a  kid,  and  U  pretty  evidently  the 
wjginal  model  of  our  **  House  that  Jack  built.** 
liawit  in  private  posisession;  but  a  translation 
tt^ven  in  ilalliweirs  Nurgery  Rhfjmes,  together 
tith  some  others  of  a  similar  character,  including 
thf  famouij  story  of  the  "  Old  Woman  and  her 
Rg/*  This  Inar/however,  is  not  well  ^ven.  The 
dit^  aa  I  alwayi  heard  it  in  childhood  ia  far 
^tter,  but  I  fear  hardly  worth  insertion  in  the 
(igM  of  ^'N.  &  QV*  though  I  should  willinj?!y 
lenditjifdeaired.  I\  C.  IL 

X.  K  HATit  8  <'Hi8T0Rr  oy  Music"  (4*^  S. 
n.03.)— It  neems  that  Haym's  History  of  Mu*ic 
tit  originallr  written  in*  Italian^  and  m  \1'I<\ 
pB^pQMb  weie  made  for  publishing  the  work  in 


ilULi 


Englhh,  It  is  exceedingly  doubtful  if  any  MS, 
of  the  English  tran*lfttion  ever  existed.  Chal- 
mers tells  us  Haym  died  in  March  17:W,  and  that 
his  effects  were  sold  by  public  auction  shortly 
after  that  event.  If  ao,  an  inspection  of  the 
auction  catalogue  might  throw  some  light  upon 
the  subject.  An  impression  of  the  portraits  of. 
Tallis  and  Byrd  in  one  plate,  engraved  for  Haym'a 
work,  is  in  my  possession.  It  is  probably  unique, 
and  much  valued  by        Ebward  F.  UrMBAULT. 

Irish  Car  and  Noddy  (4*"  S,  vi.  545.)"If 
Mr.  Llotd  consul t9  ^'  N.  &  Q.'*  3'**  S.  vi.  115,  110, 
he  will  tind|  I  think^  all  the  information  he  re- 
q[uirea,  I  sent  tbe  particulars  in  reply  to  a  similar 
inquiry  from  A,  T,  L,  Abhma. 

"The  Bitter  Ej^d  "  (i^  S.  vi,  840,  427,  510.) 
I  did  not  mean  that  tbia  phrase  was  ungramma' 
tical  or  nonsensical,  but  that  it  was  silly  in  the 
connexion  in  which  it  seems  always  to  be  used 
with  us.  It  ia  always  said  of  a  war^  or  of  some- 
thing of  which  the  whole  course  is  bitter  or  evil 
as  wt'll  as  the  end ;  indeed  the  end  of  a  war  or 
the  like  is  surely  leM  bitter  than  the  rest  of  it; 
whereas  the  whole  point  of  the  passage  in  tho 
Proverbs  is  the  eonirad  between  tne  ways  of  the 
woman  and  the  end  of  them.  LrriELXOK. 

I  venture  to  submit  tbe  following  explanation 
of  this  phrase :  A  war  carried  on  to  *'  the  bitter 
end"  ia  a  war  carried  on  '*  to  the  death.**  The 
interchangeableness  uf  the  terms  arises  thus :  The 
Jews  have  a  legend  (TalmudtCi  I  have  no  doubt) 
to  the  effect  that  immedititoly  before  dissolution 
an  angel  coniea  to  the  bedside  of  a  dying  man  and 
drops  upon  his  Jtongue  one  drop  of  an  irtensely 
bitter  liq^uid^  which  deprives  him  of  the  faculty 
of  speech ;  a  second  dmp  takes  away  his  sight ; 
and  a  third  terminates  his  existence.  (It  is  many 
years  since  I  read  the  legend,  and  I  am  writing 
from  memory,  but  this  repetition  is  "substantially 
accurattn)  H'Mice  the  phmses  *^  the  bitterness  of 
death  is  past,"  '^  there  be  some  standing  here  who 
shall  not  taste  of  death/*  and  otheni,  which  will 
readilv  occur  to  the  reader.  J.  L.  Cherht. 

Ilanley, 

Lord  BrRox^s  **  Enolisii  Bards,"  etc.  (4***  S. 
vi.  :30S,  44t),  4S0.)— The  late  Lord  Dundrcnnau 
obtained  from  Lords  Brougham  and  JettVev  a 
holograph  note  from  each,  containing  a  li?il  of 
their  nrtickv't  in  the  Edmhurgh  Mevietf\  These  ho 
collected  and  Ijound  up  a«  part  of  their  works. 
The  article  on  Byron  was  in  Jeffrey *8  list,  and  not 
in  Brougham*9.  These  volumes  were  sold  at  a 
very  high  price  at  the  sale  of  the  library  of  Lord 
Dundrennan.  J.  S. 

A  friendly  word  or  two  with  J.  IL  Bixox, 
Montgomery's  JFanderer  of  »Sivtyzcritmd  could 
hardly  be  called  '*  a  juvenile  effort/'  at*  the  author 
was  thirty-live  yeara  old  when  he  wrote  it*    Nor 


:notes  a:nd  quebies. 


l^^  S,  Vn,  Jan.  7,  71 


WfkB  it  ever  6o  considered  by  B,nj  cIass  of  readet^ 
either  in  England  or  in  America,  where  it  has 
\t>w  Hiiii  *^  fvsiit'  tliroiigrh  a  score  of  editions* 

r^hip  of  the   review  in    the 
i  ^    .  ..      ory  never  entertained  the  leMt 

doubt. 

If  Lord  Bjron  applied  the  epithet  *'  rayiDg  "  to 
Montgomery,  no  term  could  have  been  less 
appropriate,  Montgomery  himself  published  in 
1824  two  volnmes  of  Prose  by  a  Foef ;  but  the 
work  had  too  little  of  the  sensational  fityle,  and 
too  much  of  n  pious  tone^  to  become  popular^  and 
liaB  never,  I  believe,  been  reprinted. 

The  Church  and  the  Warming-pan  waa  a  youtb- 
fuV  je\i  tl  esprit  J  but  it  was  never  "  famoua,'*  nor 
did  it  deaerve  to  be  ao  on  any  account :  it  was»  as 
Dr.  Dixo:^  eays,  "  considered  ns  mere  fun."  The 
author  was  not  **  prosecutetl  auid  convicted"  for 
publishing  it;  but,  on  two  occasions,  for  libeU  of 
a  very  ditieront  character.  It  was  reprinted  as  a 
eptteful  aunoyanoe  to  the  poet  by  some  unptia- 
cipled  townsmaOi  who  haa  **■  his  labour  for  bia 
paing-*;  for  it  may  be  doubted  whether  Moat>- 
gomery  ever  became  aware  of  the  existence  of  the 
leprint.  J.  H. 

«  Teat  Mxy'«  Father,"  btc.  (4'^  S.  yi.  232^ 
2BH,  48H,) — It  aeema  to  me  that  my  critic,  Mr, 
WiLLLAlf  Batrs,  18  the  one  who  is  wronpf  in  this 
matter.  Admittin;?,  as  I  am  required  to  do,  "  that 
the  son  of  3'oiir  father*^  son  may  be  your  nephew/' 
1  fail  utterly  to  aee  what  beariDg*  the  admisflion 
bas  upon  the  orig:inal  query,  which  was  — 

"Two  men  irere  wnlking  idong  a  portrAit-pfallt^^ : 
one  oWrved  to  the  otbfir,  poiottog  to  u  portrait,  *  That 
man's  I'ttther  woa  my  father's  only  son.*  What  relacit>n 
is  the  portrait  to  the  speaker?  " 

That  Mn.  Batbs  bastened  to  put  me  rijbt 
without  much  attention  to  the  question  is  evidt-nt 
fi*Qm  hia  introducing  a  line  which  is  rendered 
unnecessary  by  the  words  **  only  eon  ■ '  in  tho 
above.  The  query  itself  is  slight  enough,  and  no 
'*  superhuman  eflbrt  of  wiadoui*'  was  cliiimed  for 
its  Bolution.  Aa  it  was  thought  worth  putting  as 
a  question,  I  suppose  it  was  intended  to  elicit  a 
reply;  but  trifles  become  of  some  importance  when 
correapondeata  like  Mr.  Bates  impugn  tlie  cor* 
rectness  of  the  answer  given.     Charles  Wtxie. 

Bb  BoHm^  (4^»»  S.  vi.  .501.)— How  Sir  Henry 
de  Bobun  was  Alain  by  the  Bruco  at  Bannockburn 
is  well  Icnown;  but'it  is  probably  not  so  well 
known  that  tho  old  poem  of  *'  William  of  Palerne  ** 
■was  written  for  Sir  Humphrey  de  Bobun,, nephew 
to  King  Edward  H.  Sir  Frederic  Madden  gives 
several  interesting;  and  useful  particulars  about 
the  family  in  his  scarce  edition,  which  (bv  his 
permisaion)  I  have  reprinted.  (See  IViiUam  of 
Palernef  ed.  Skeat  (Early  English  Text  Society, 
extra  series),  18U7  j  preface,  pp.  x.  and  xi. 

Walter  W.  Skeat. 

1}  Cintm  Terrace,  Combridge^ 


It  may  perhaps  be  of  some  asaistance  to  A.  F. 
to  know  that  about  nine  mile^  from  De^djsoa  * 


^ 


small  hamlet  called  Mannlngford  Bohun« 

A.B,T, 

"The  Da>I9h  Bor'e  Sowg  "  (4*''  S.  ri,  601*) 
**  Among  the  remote  monatiilnA  of  the  K.W.  p«ai|i]d 
Rtill  fancy  they  bear  on  the  evening-  brwxe   i«ne»  •#v"' 
of  strings  played  tijion,  «nd  meLinehoIv  layt  lu  a  (oroig 
tongue.     It  is  *Ttie  Daniah  Boy*'  who  Mdly  &tagfi  \ 
old    bardic  lays  over  tbe  barrows  of  his  once  ini 
furefatbers/'— \Voraafle*s  Dana  and  Nonpryiam  in  . 
iand^  p.  00, 

W.l 

SttBtLfiY's  "D-fiMOW  OF  TILE  WoRt.n"  (4* 

V.  534 ;  vi.  150.) — I  have  only  lately  aecn  tbe^ 
remarks  by  C,  13.  L.  and  Mr.  J.  E.  IIod«ki  * 
perhapa  some  other  correspondent  hai*  alrcad 
furnit^hed  the  requisite  explanation^  but  of  tbL»  ] 
am  not  aware. 

The  ditficuUy  raised  by  C.  D.  L.  ia  briefly  i 
That  Shelley,  after  be  had  in  1813  iasued  Q 
Mah  aa  a  printed  bi>ok,  spoke  of  it  in  181G  (wha 
he  publijibed  the  reviaad  and  abridgped  veraion 
it  termed  The  Dttmmi  of  the  irorla)  as  *^  a  poem 
which  the  author  doe^  not  intend  for  publicatio 
It  would  seem  that  C.  D.  L.  has  not  retlect^ 
upon  the  difference  between  a  boo'  '    'and 

book    pMislted.      Qtuen  Mab    v  ^ 

Shelley  in  1813,  but  was  not  pul.n.-uMi  uv   hi 
either  then  or  at  any  later  date.     This  foct^  I  n| 
prebend,  removes  ever)*  dilHcuity.    The  matter] 
yet  forth  more  in  detail  in  the  notes  to  my  rece 
re-edition  of  Shelley,  vol.  i.  pp.  464,  473. 

5C,  EuMon  Sqaare,  N.W 

Old  PAurrTKci :  CimrsT's  Portrait  (4*^  8, 
23l»  449.)— These  portraits  of  Our  L'>-!  <•- -■ 
Byzantine  original,  are  not  vmcommon  : 

has  met  with  seven  or  eight.     1  have  L  

flight  sketch  of  one  he  varnished  for  Colniitzhi 
Feb,  184o.     A  profile  face  turned  to  tL»*  1  Tl 
the  spectator;    hair  long  and  peaky  1 
face  of  the  Jewish  t^-pe,  much  exaggera  \ 
grotesque ;  painted  in  an  oval  on  a  ^ui^re  paQ 
small  folio  size,  with  the  inscription  —  *'  This  ] 
tbe  liguerof  our  Lorde  and  Saviour  Iheaus,  th| 
waa  sente  by  the  greate  Turcke  to  pope  Innocen 
the  VIU.  to  redeme  his  brother  that  was  th4 
taken  pri^joner,"     At  Spooner's,  370  Strand, 
be  obtained  a  shilling-  photograph  of  a  head 
Christ  with  a  somewhat  similsr  inscriptinn ;  if 
face  hiw  more  of  the  Italian  type,  and  i  " 

taken  from  a  print.  Alberi  J 

Court  of  ChaaQei^% 

CniTBCHKs  wiTnm  Rohat?  Camps  (3**  R 
vi.,  vii.,  viii.,  i.v.,  X.,  jPrtWm.)  —  A  qni     ' 
asked  in  "  N,  Si  Q.'*  some  lime  b^o  abcn 
enclosed  in  Roman  camps*     I  am    i 
borne  just  now,  and  I  cannot  ibr 
tbe  neceaaary  reference  to  the  swi^      i  i  [  ig« 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


isd  othevs  giiTe  ifmt&ncBs  of  cburcbe»  eo  flilu- 
kUd.  Let  me  add  to  it  the  cliurch  of  Ta«burgh 
(Ad  Taum),  Norfolk,  C,  W,  Bjjikley. 

BffnKRTFTR  ^4**  8.  vi.  8.) — The  df^acription  of 

'R       "  "    ;it,  in  the  Harleian  MS,,  is  incor- 

Surrey.  A,  J,Dv^kis. 

Sbssrvout  (4*^*  8.  tL  502.)  —  I  hnve  uevefT 
iMDiidt  pliwl}  htit  hare  heard  it  described  bj  a  per^ 
(Qiliimljiu'  with  it.  aa  having  many  narrow  leavds 
TT^^  ■■*  -    -  ^Udkf  growiiig^  about  four  iDches  long, 

I  far.  It  is  commonly  foimd  on  banks 
[  ro,   and   is   otiierwifie    called   rvpsy 

ts  frequent  Ui?e  by  gypsien.    From 
«i  n,  who  had  been  n  cixtk,  I  learned 

I I  >  used  by  the  Fmneh  in  salads. 
1  jptioii  JdR.  BmrrEN  will  pro- 
bthir  discover  the  botanical  name, 

R  C.  H.  (MurithianO 

''The  Dbvix  beats  hto  Wife  "  (4*^  9.  ti.  273, 
^.) — Mu.  CtTTHBEETBEBE  hfts  got  hold  of  onlj 
tb  first  half  of  this  SAying.  The  complete  phrase, 
9U  I  have  always  heard  it  and  used  it,  is :  **  Le 
djable  bat  sa  femme  et  marie  aa  fille.^'  I  have 
«ked  iKrtne  French  relatives  now  staying:  with  me 
*bnfut  it.  Tbey  hmre  always  heard  it  m  I  have 
wfittcn  it  K  E,  Stjlsjst, 


II0TE9  OH  BOOKS*  ETC. 
Thi  Sf*»ry  of  Sir  Richard  UltUtinafon^  Lord  J  fay  of  oj 
UmLfU   in    th*    T&ar$   1397,    HOG-T,   and   14 19   A.i>. 

od  frk-ml  Mr.  K'iirluloy  liiLa  abown 

ti  if  Ibc  story  of  **  VVtuUin/^ton  and  his 

nu  irluiui  to  be  con.'^idcrcd  e:tclu«ivdy  Engliflb, 

in  hm  litile  qn«Jti»n  that  tliis  BurRhir  Eptw,  a» 

'     ■  '    .  -: .---■    --    :*  -  -^  '    ^.-,1  to 

of 

'    -ter 

//LiLtiiigton  and  Lui  Cat" 

f»ot  be  roi.><tintlcr8tood  or 

•  bai^  Whittin^^ton  wai  a 

i?^btcncd  t»  attested  not 

i-  anJ  hia  Ijcnefuctiooa  to 

recent! V  hy  Canon  Lyaonn* 

.del  Merchant  of  the  Middle 

'lat  romantic  portion  of  hi"?  siory  which 

in  life  with  his  worhl- renowned  Cat* 

r  of  Whittington,  ami  the  whole  spirit 

>  wu  have  «aid  es^nlinlly  Engliah*  Mr. 

'fl  judgment  in  ndcctin^  it  as  a  emb- 

"•  '  -""v'K    The  ilJustTRtions  which 

II?,  vtTT  charactpristic  aod 

1*08  shown  he  is  a  diligent 

IS  whii:ii  he  has  takrn  to  mcxive  ac- 

unie«,  and  in  tho  viirious  a<;cQS«ori(» 

vMd^L^f  .."-  .,,^,  .4uced.    The  book  is  altogether  a  very 

badiOWW  OfM>|  tod  eertatulr  the  moat  chiborate  literary 

illlfllitle  reoDttiDent  which  has  yet  been  erected  to  the 

"Sir  Richard  Whittin^toTi. 
Thrice  Lord  Mayor  of  London  Town,** 


nf  Lntulon,  aiiil  ; 
bijfetrious  ^*i=^T*  **  Tho  Mo 


Tht  Library  Dirtiftmtry  ^  the  Englhh  Lnnyuape,  Ety^ 
molofficai^  Drtirtttivt:^  JSjrpltintMiTrtf,  Pnmouncimf,  and 
SyfinMynmuM,  Fmmded  on  the  fahonrif  of  Jf*hnnon^ 
Walker,    V^  '  '^Wcnter,  ami  oth  shed 

Z^rieoffriii  umrroua  impftrkt  rmd 

an  Apptnn  ">.p  Vocabuhry  of  1         ^      ■■■■^nts, 

Clmtary  of  SvoUtMh  }FordM,  Cia»»ic  Mythuittgy^  Prt~ 
JLtes  afui  AffixtM,  Ahbrwiatlont^  Arbitrary  Siyn$^  §t. 
JltttttraUd  by  Ont  Thoutamd  Knyravinys  on  W(H*d, 
(Collina.) 

Th*  Students  Atliu^  contiHing  of  Tkirty-iwa  Mapt  *>/ 
Modern  Gettffraphy^  embraciny  Ml  the  Latent  iJiscoveries 
and  Vhan^tt  vf  Bouwiary;  and  Si^  Mupa  of  Ancient 
and  liititorirai  Ctoyrapky.  CmatrucUd  and  enymced 
by  John  Bartholomew,  F.it.G.S.  fVith  a  copiom 'index, 
(CoUuia.) 

We  have  copied  the  (jabcrato  title-pagtw  of  these  two 
new  eontributiotis  to  Edacational  LiU'rature  at  lenp:th, 
that  oar  readers  niii^bt  judge  for  themselves  of  Ihmr 
clainis  to  iitipport.  We  can  speak  m  to  the  excellent 
maimer  in  which  they  are  got  up,  and,  as  far  as  we  have 
been  able  to  test  them,  there  seeinsi  u?  hare  been  every 
care  taken  in  their  preparailoa  to  secure  accuracy  and 
completeness. 

7^e  Life  and  Death  of  Mother  Shtpton ;  being  not  only  a 
true  Account  of  her  xtranye  Btrth^  the  mnnt  important 
Paswayes  of  httr  Life,,  and  oImo  all  her  Propheciest  f*eit*fy 
roUected,  |tr,  1 687.     (Pcarso n . ) 
Those  who  take  an  interest  in  the  Prophecies  of  Mother 

Shipton,  or  in  the  correfipondence  ou  tbii$  subject  which 

has  taken  place  in  these  eolnmns  may  t>e  gla<1  to  know  of 

this  cheap  reprint  of  the  168r  Edition  of  her  Life. 

77ie    Pirate,    by    Sir  Walter  Scott^   Bart     (A.   A  €. 

Black,) 

We  must  content  oumlvea  on  this  occasion  with  ro- 
eording"  the  appearance  of  this  the  ThirteetUh  Volume  of 
"  The  Cvnteoariau  Edition  of  the  Wareriey  Novels." 

Dkath  of  thk  Rev.  Caj^qts  IlARcouttT,^ — We  little 
thought  when  we  inserted  in  **N.  Jt  (X"  of  Saturday  last 
fome  observations  on  lonj^evity  from  the  pen  of  this 
much-respected  gentleman,  thnf  h<*  hsd  be^n  called  to  bia 
rest.    The  Von.  Chariei  G* '  "  i  Ildreinirt,  ivho 

woaCannn  of  Carliiile  and  K  lAniry^Umm^tmk^  j 

r  died  on  December  10,  aged  sc  jytPtihi^iiwinliShdf 

EstGLisir    Pjio?exJscJATio!t    or    Latijj. —  The  Head 
masters  of  various  schoola  have  lately  held  a  meeting  at 
Sherborne  fur  the  purpo^  of  discussiug  roatteri»  relating  . 
to  their  profession,    A  resolution  waa  passed  declaringj 
that  in  the  opinion  of  those  present,  the  ayetcm  of  Latin  ] 
pronunciation  prevailUig  in  England    is   unsatisfactory,] 
and  inviting  the  Latin  professors  at  Oxford  and  Cam- 
bridge to  draw  up  and  lastio  a  printcfl  piper  to  seeui-o 
nniformity  in  any  change  that  may  be  contemplated. 
The  masters  also  passed  rescdutions  relative  to  the  ex- 
aminations at  Oxford  and  Cambridge,  and  al^o  oue  to 
this  etfect : — **  That  it  is  uiide8irabk%  by  ^'eneral  legisla- 
tion, to  banish  Greek  or  any  special  BuLject  from  any 
grade  of  schools/' 

CTiuoNim.B   OP  EvKNTS  nr  IB 70.  —  The  Pail  Mall  " 
Gaxeite  for  la^t  Monday  {.'ontain^  m  admirable  a  "Cl»ro*| 
niclft  of   Events  in  the  Year   1870/*  that   we  strongl]^ 
advice  our  readers  to  secure  it  at  once*     At  a  time  when 
such  stirring  events  are  taking  ploce^  and  ^^o  cloMt  on  t 
snother,  it  i*  more  nece^.irj'  than  ever  to  have  at  h*ud  a 
*'  Chronicle "  of  the  past  year  to  which  ready  reference 
may  be  made- 

Pecrlis  Vaic  StnKynKT*.— The  death  at  Brngsels  last 
week  of  thi£  eminent  artist  of  the  Dutch  school  of  painling 


28 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[i»hS.TIL  Jjur.7,7 


18  »tinout»ced»  Bom  at  Terheydon,  neiiT  Brisd»,  in  N. 
Brabant,  April  21, 1806»  he  studied  at  Iht- ftcadem y  at 
Antwerp,  then  under  the  direction  of  Tan  Brec-  Hia 
skilful  riinderini;  of  the  varied  effects  of  artificial  fiffht 
madtt  him  widely  known  and  appreciated  io  all  ajtcirclei, 
KngU^h  as  well  'as  GootinentaL 

Royal  Albert  Hall  —The  Queen  haa  fixed  Wed- 
ueaday,  March  Th  for  the  day  on  which  Her  Blajeatj 
proposed  to  open  the  Royal  Albert  Hall  at  Kcaaiiigton* 

Lovtn  THE  XlV/fi  Wig.— The  Special  Correspondent 
of  71ft If  Timet  at  Versailles  adds  the  following  to  a  de- 
BcriptioTi  of  the  service  held  in  the  chapel  of  the  palace  in 
thi-  presence  of  the  King  of  Prussia  :— '*  I  ara  told  by  a 
learn*?*!  German,  whose  name  is  well  known  in  England, 
and,  I  must  add,  Wales,  that  the  origin  of  Louis'  pro- 
<h>ri'>ua  wig  waa  not  that  he  might  impose  oa  the  world 
hy  its  dimensions,  but  that  ho  might  prewjn*e  the  tradi- 
tions of  hb  yuntb.  When  a  young  man  he  was  poasessed  j 
of  a  very  magnificent  ckeveture  blonde,  flowing  and  cuflyi  | 
so  tliat'it  was  sraall  flattery  for  sculptors  and  painters  't 
to  make  him  a  model  for  Apollo.  Bernini's  chisel  did 
nut  please  th«  king,  and  his  marble  now  doea  duty  out  in 
the  cold  as  Quintus  Curtius,  As  the  king  grew  old,  and 
*  infallible  hair  restorers'  were  not,  his  glor}'  fast  de- 
parted, ftnd  he  or  his  courtiers  mvented  his  wig^  flo  as  to 
keep  up  a  rcscmhlance  to  Apollo/* 

Messrs.  Hunar  Sc  Black ktt's  Announecments  for 
the  New  Year  comprise  :^The  third  and  fourth  volumes 
of  «  Her  Majesty's  Tower,"  by  W,  Hepworth  Dixon,  com- 
pleting the  work  ;  "  Recollections  of  Society  in  France 
and  En^^land/*  by  Lady  Clemeaitina  Diivie^  i  vub,  crown 
8vo ;  *■  Life  and  Adventures  of  Count  Beugnot,"  Minister 
of  State  under  Napoleon  I-,  editetl  from  the  French  by 
Miss  C.  M.  Yonge,  author  of  *♦  The  Heir  of  UedclyJfe,"  *tc., 
2  vols.  8vo;  **  Impressions  of  Greece/'  by  the  Right  Hon. 
Sir  Thotnaa  Wyfle»  KCB.,  late  British  Minister  at 
Atherks8vo;  "Life  and  Letters  of  William  Bewick  the 
AriiM/'  hv  Thncnas  Lsndseer,  A.E.^  2  vols.  8vo,  with  Por- 
trait by  §ir  Edwin  Landseer*  R.A.  -,  '*  Turkish  llaremq 
and  CiVciwsian  Homes,"  by  Mrs.  Harvey  of  IckweU 
Bury,  Kvo,  with  coloured  ill ostrnt ions ;  "  Lodgers  Peer- 
age and  llaronetflge  for  1871/'  under  the  Especial  Patron- 
age of  Her  Majesty  and  corrected  throughout  by  the 
Nobilit3\  royal  8vo  ;  and  New  Work.^  of  Fiction  by  the 
author  of  "John  Halifax/'  Mrs,  Oliphant,  Miss  Amelia 
B,  E*lward5,  Mr.  Anthony  Trollopc,  Mr.  George  Mac- 
Donald,  Mr.  J.  Sheridan  Lefanu,  &c. 

Thr  following  volumes  (with  the  Society's  die  mark, 
**  Union  Society/*  on  the  title-page  and  elsewhere)  arc 
wftnle<l  bv  the  Cambridge  University  Union  Society  :— 
J.oigh  Hunt*a  "  Leisure  Hotira  in  lown^^  "Talea  from 
Blackwood,'*  vol  xi. ;  Hawthorne's  "  Mosses  front  an 
Old  Mnuse'';  *'A  Life  for  a  Life";  "Kavanagh"; 
Dyan  Stanley's  "  St,  Paul's  Enistle-H,"  2  vols, ;  *'  Weh- 
jiter's  Scrmom";  Dr.  Va  ugh  an  a  "  Churoh  of  the  Firdt 
Dav?/'  vol.  i. ',  Blunt*s  **  Sketch  of  the  Church  "  ;  West- 
cot  t  ''On  the  Gosi>da'*;  ♦»WestcottV  "Bible  in  the 
Church  "  ;  Maurice's  "  Faith  of  the  Liturgy  ";  Trench's 
"  AulhoriMid  Version  of  the  New  Testament  *'j  Harriij's 
'■Africa";  Forbes's  "British  Star  Fishes'**,  Roacoe's 
"  Spectrum  Analrsi*" ;  Greg*s  "Creeds  of  Christendom  "; 
Leigh  Htait's  "Town";  Dean  Stanley*a  **  New  Testa- 
ment Kcvised  "  ;  Staunton^a  "  Chess-player's  Handbook*'; 
and  Wynter'fl  "Curiosities  of  Toil/*  2  vols* 

The  Glilh  of  LrrtnATLRE  Ayt>  Art,  establish efl 
years  ago  by  an  inllucntial  body  of  Hterarv  men  who 
Were  disiiatiitfied  with  the  Literary*  Fund,  is  about  to  ' 
appty  to  Ptrliamcnt  for  a  Bill  **tu  diHsolve  the  Guild,  to 
auihoriHe  the  Sale  of  the  Lands  held  by  it,  and  to  ap- 
propiidito    llie  X'roce^da    of  eucb  Sale  and   the  other 


Funds  belonging  to  the  Guild,  either  in  founding  one  or 
more  Scholarahipa  in  Literature  and  Art,  or  for  sacli 
other  purposes  as  Parlianiejjt  shall  think  flt/*  Under 
the  circumstances  which  led  to  the  formation  of  the 
Guild,  it  would  be  perhaps  too  much  to  exiject,  yet  what 
a  noble  thing  it  would  be  (seeing  that,  admitting  \ 
defects  in  iu  management,  llie  Literary'  Fund  i*'" 
m  in  lifter  effectual  assistance  to  Men  of  Letters 
in  need  of  it,  and  that  with  a  most  considerate 
their  susceptibility)  if  the  managers  of  the  GuilH  co 
fed  they  were  best  promoting  the  objects  fur  which 
was  established,  by  tran*firring  its  property  to  the  Lit©^ 
rary  Fund.  We  wish  Lord  Lytton  and  Mr  John  Forster, 
than  whom  a  larger-hearted  man  does  not  exisj^  would 
really  give  this  suggestion  their  unbiassed  consideration. 

TiiK  HirNTERiAN  Ci.un,— Under  thia  title  & 
has  been  instituted  iu  Glasgow  for  reprinting  some  of 
more  interesting  works  in  early   Eoglish   and  Sool 
literature.     The  removal  of  the  College  of  Crlaagow,  fi 


the  old  site  in  High  Street  to  the  new  buildings  at  Gil 
morehill  having  called  special  attention  to  the  treaaurtf 
of  old  literature  iu  the  Huntcrian  Muiseum»  the  proj'*ct  i 
forming  a  Club  has  bt!en  levived,  and  has  taken  definid^ 
shape.  The  Huntcrian  Library  contains  many  voluabla 
and  interesting  early  printed  t>Qoks  and  MS^^.,  which  are 
undoubtedly  worthy  of  being  reproduced,  and  it  has  theri 
fore  been  suggested'  that  the  Society  shall  be  called  *'  Th 
Huntcrian  Club,"  It  is,  however,  not  intended  that  i^ 
work  shall  be  confined  to  the  Hunterian  Collection;  bi 
that  books  of  interest  of  nn  old  date,  from  whatev 
source  obtained,  shall  cunie  within  the  scope  of  the  £" 
ciety's  operations.  It  ja  proposed  that  the  reprints  sh 
be  in  /ac~nmilef  and,  as  nearly  as  possible,  of  the  form  i 
the  original.  But  as  there  has  been  a  great  ^^ariety  i 
type  used  in  the  production  of  our  early  Tite«it are,  thei 
may  be  difficulty  in  getting  type  precisely  simitar  ' 
many  of  the  book^  proposed  to  t)e  reprintctf,  without  i 
curring  an  e.xpenitQ  that  could  not  ha  warranted,  t 
Council  may  be  compelled  either  to  forego  the  repcintii 
of  such  work.%  or  to  use,  for  that  purjiose,  a  tjpe  of  1 
same  character,  although  not  idi'nttcal  with  the  origim 

The  earlier  works  to  be  reprinted  will  probably  bo  tli 
following,  which  arc  cxpacted  to  bo  given  fur  the  Fie 
Year- 4  Subscription,  viz. : — 

*^The  late  Expcdieion  in  Scotlandc,  Stc,  under  til 
Conduit  of  the  Erie  of  Hertforde,  6tc.    London,  1.W4/' 

"Expcdieion  unto  Scotlande  of  the  most  woortby  f<M 
tunate  Prince  Edwani  Duke  of  Somerjjet,  Uncle  to  kiq 
Edward  Si:tth.  &c.     By  W-  Patten.     London,  154«/' 

"'  A  Dialogue  betweene  Experience  and  a  Courtier, 
the  miserable  estate  of  the  world.     First  compiled  tu  t|| 
Schottiflcho  tongue   by  svr  Dauid  Lyndsey,  knight 
man  of  great  learning  nu^f  i*cience),  now  newly  corre 
and  made  perfiL  Englishe,  ^c.    Anno  lo+jtl." 

**  The  Life  and  Acts  of  Sir  \Villifliu  Wallace.  Edii 
burgh,  1G20.'' 

A  Canadian  Novkl, — We  are  indebted  to  tlie  P»k 
Ushers'  CtrcuUr  for  ihu  following  extract  from  the  ,l/r»i 
ireal  Gtizette  :  '*  New  Novel  by  a  Canadian  Author. — \V 
understand   that  Mr,  R.  Wortbingtun,   publisher,  is 

fire<tent  engaged  in  writing  a  novel  which  is  to  br  pud 
i.^hed  fiimulLaueouhly  in  London  and  New  York.  TU 
leading  idea  of  it  will  be  the  jealousies  of  publi'-hef  a,  aa 
the  characters  will  be  drawn  from  real  life.  The  neoe| 
sity  of  an  international  copyright  law  wdl  be  advocatel 
and  the  secret  operations  of  the  New  York  Ring  expa>C)j 
The  reader  will  alio  be  made  acquainte<l  with  the  ruj? 
sterie-s  of  the  United  States  Trensury  Departineut,  ai 
shown  how  fissures  are  made.  The  book,  it  is  ejtpCcK 
will  be  fuM  of  interest/^ 


<*8. 


t  i.t.   diA,y., 


71.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


27 


BOOSS   AND    ODD   VOLUMES 

WAJCTED  TO   PtmCHASB* 
«r  rrif*.  teL,  of  the  foIloiriAf  Ik^kt  to  b«  >CQt  direct  lo 

I  NJt  or  Oturrosf  o«  nu  Psunr  0t4tb  ov 

AJmob,  176(1. 
•_j»'ri?»t*  TBI  l^riDSXca  or  Mr.  JLlmon.   ISOf, 
Tttx  Lirx  or  a  GBrrLEiuTr   1,0:10  luuziesrr  fv 

T.   SXftttM,  lOjUJfl    PAt5TEIl    TO    Ulfi  iUjlWrf , 


pcnT-^  AxxAtA  nr  UrsKM  EU£AjisTn« 


w  isi^i  10  /f*r.  ^.  c.  ^oc^«^,  ts.  lienor  TwTioi.  AmhtittI  BoAd. 


Bi«»}Jir  Of  Tii«   riojf.  AnnrHLiitT  Coju-ajit  ow 
tied  by  i>r,  fltmimff,  liJ.MnriDelFiLrfcJe.  Brltfhltjn- 

iM*  r.  Jf.  ^wif^  Walthain  Abbt?,  N. 
tuS?^' '  "  '  '  ^*'^*'*  **'  ^^^  ^^^^  Fcawick,  esecutcd  for  Hiah  Treiuon 
W«nte«l  Uf  the  /if^r.  /<i*«  Pfttl/Lrrd,  MA .,  BoUon  Ten:  j, 


E 


0iTtirftf  ta  Carrritfiaitlrrittir. 

Is*  V*  ifvW  «r  Mrt/  «■<•  Adi*c  adttpifd  hiM  iUf/gtMtioH^  mui 
*-*^  CA#t«  notice*  in  u  larger  type. 
W.  T,     Ernicd. 
Am  Ufeffiiimatt  won  of  hit  hrothrr. 
'■  mmat  remember  that  wn  hni'e  to  ctmsult  the  t€uie» 
■■7t  rirrff  nf  retidtrx^for  manj/  of  whom  iht  articUt 
''f*U  /I  are  a  rptcial  inter fsL 
»NDK3iTS  »»//,  tee  trugt,  rxcufe  our  tug- 
^S  tt^thfor  their  mket  an  weil  as  ottr  own — 
</  tAfntid  writw  charfif  and  diitirn^tly — and  on 
'  if>eronly— <  1  per  names 

i  I  rases  of  1  n>h  maif  be 

>'  •        ft /%ot  untiert  .■  '.chat  a  Qtr- 

f*i  tia^    not    think  uivrtk  iht  troubU  0/  tehtinff 

"'         '  "  >'        ffona  thould  bef\ffij;ed  fhe  name 

'(  neccitarilif  for  puLticaiionf 

■    .:■...     ■ijaitk 

xtittxi9  ihould  be  venfed  by  precine  re- 

..   chtmirr^  and  page  ;  and  reft  react  a  to 

r  t,  e^'ume^  and  page, 

r  <(f  J    who  fypj^f  to  Queries  would  add  to 

prrcita  nffrtnre   to  Vilume   and  page 

5    ar^  to  hf  fiHud,     The   ami  an  inn  to  do 

f   ver^  tittle  trouble,  bi4t  entuiti  tntivh  to 

— 4*«  vu  p.  627,  cd.  I  lino  15,  for  "spoke  '* 


Ih\i   PTiT 


■ttOW  bf  pMt.  alra^  fk<Bin  the  Pat>li*H>r,  for  l«.  AJ, 
^S^Cmb «ir  btedinr the 


f^tmieM/iprtr 


^^  *  Q,"  mA]f  b*  hiMl  ftf  iht 


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ftfld  '  ^  STES- 

SON,  ,,  S.W. 

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wntc  whuTt  redlnlnv  MCk  tn  en  euy  cheir  befbre  tin 

lylnir  in  |]«d  Of  OH  the  eolk,  obrkilns  the  fittiotte  ol  : 

tMuk,  i,iid  ibelitconvenienoe  orinee«eenll|'  ttouulnf  ovt-;  „  ........  —  ^  ih 

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Ic 


«eeu  At  hlH.  CARTER'S,  tA.  Mortimer  BtrecU 


DrKWiiLga  t>  ii«« 


MR.  HOWARD,  Siirgeon-Dentifit,  62,  Fleet  Street, 
hat  intT«jduwd  mn  eatireljr  ftew  deicrtpliQii  of  ARTIFICIAL 
TEETH,  flscd  wiihijut  fprinfi,  wlTe»t  or  U^tnr^;  they  «o  perftotly 
retcrnblc  tlic  itarmikC  (>«  r,h  «ir«  nut  In  be  dUtinfuinheil  frotn  the  oriiirineui 
by  the  cb)^<  r'        aIU  novvr  chantce  colour  or  diHAjr,  entJ 

will  be  ftri<  -•■■hU  ever  bcifure  uk^.    Thii  method 

dioea  DOtrc.  :  riK]U  or  Any  painful  opermtloft,  etid 

Till  nipiNir  I   that  an  Inu<«.  and  In  jruarauteed  to 

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dered  Auond  and  tuclbl  in  madticatlun aa.  Fleet  Street. 

(Coutnltallont  free. 


The  irew  Veltuin^wove  Cla1i<*lkoiise   Paper. 

ManuiWitured  and  »old  only  by 
PARTRIDGE  ft  COOPER,  199.  Fleet  Strtel,  Comer  ofChaoeery  lame, 

•*  The  PTixluctioii  of  Note-paper  of  a  miwHor  kind  haa  loup  been  (he 
fuNn-i  M»  4-«ii^M'inipnt  with  irmiiii.i.-u'i')jtr»,  but  untU  lately  no  Imoro**- 

men:  '    II M.^  and  thcrefnro  it  waa  looked 

upi  i'  hul  been  attained  {  but  thii 

c<i .  I  M eMf*.  Pa liTatlxiK  &  Coo I'KK, 

of  i  nue  opcrmtkm*  until  Mme  new 

rv  t  >'  hM  been  rcwaided,  for  they 

h  M  ^  :!«>»criptk»n  of  paper,  wnldi  they 

ral  iDythingof  the  kind  hi  ordinary 

w-4  '  t   I-  i.^i,ij,iiuiij  11  inLe^  ill  nirfaee  I*  m»  nnnoth  u 

1^1.  i  it«  BubrtancB  nearly  HMemblea  that  of  rellum.to 

tU'-i ;  ' '  reoa  presetitj  an  rrtraonlioary  cleAmeni  and  beauty . 

A    :  '  iwed  upuo  It  wnli  tho  fm  ili«>  of  a  >:  H,st'  quilt,  and 

thr  iirce  of  annoT  I                                                 ipcneded. 

W.  hat  a  trial  ^  1                                                u  «d  lo  Ita 

Cici.  in  atl  thearS''                                                    -l.aiwtU 

a«i.-i  ■■-t  lar^,  a»U»  lui  ■                                            !-;«ntedftir 

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JONES'  MantiJacLory-.  m,  Strand.  opiMNdte  9ocaeriet  llooiie. 
Theae  Watdiea  here  many  pobtti  effltiedel  Himlty. 


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[4*SwVU.  Jjur.T.Tl. 


Zt$wt  S«ttml4)%  TotAtoLv  QnArte,  Mul  to  bt  fuid.  btsr  oH^«  «f  »U 
Bvokfcllcn  ADd  Nefniii«ti,  iiriot  4tL,  arl^o  by  fat*  4M-* 

NOTES  AND  QUEEIE8; 

A  AtEDItTM  or  ^vTERC0^r\IUXICATT01^  ron  LTTEtlAJlY 
M£2^.  G&XSnAL  REAOSBa,  fcc. 


T««ttty-Aiit  jn«w  •Ittoe,  3?OTE9  it!»D  Q1T£TU£B  ww  «tsriod  for  the 
pwpoMi  of  tnp»\fit*£  ^iMit  WM  ftK  Co  t«  ft  tfTMt  tiUnttft  wnttU  ^t-  m 
JcmfiiAl  to  ftMlit  Lioirvn  of  Litenttttrr  and  itan  <}f  Bewaueb.  In  th«lr  iv* 
ipectii^  «ludl««*  ItJ  utililjr  m  &  HMUttm  of  IntaooiiiinimfafttJon 
b«Ni«en  tbcM*  for  whom  it  itm  latcadod  wa*  aI one*  adinifctni;  aw)  it 
wu  Boan  rveetcnlinl  mt  RvfTyhody''B  C^smiMai-iiIwe  Book,  n«  tleMlr 
UracrMB  in  piiblic  (Opinion  ilnoe  IhAt  i«tiod,  readers  anjr  tuoocHiut  cif^ttf 
oUkct  aniKrcMMLty. 

Bttt  dttHnir  the**  ytari  *  i»fw  fpnermtton  Tiaf  nH?en.  ta  TrTsorti  It  mar 
be  attinff  to  tmint  out  tb»t  NOTE^S  AWi^  J  h« 

mo*!  rnjirktdcliAjiiotfri'ticM.jf  thlt  u  'lie 

])qrilvcii.ileor  tx>-opcration.    Ffjr  wkilt  nr  :  it» 

ecklamtu  areofva  to  all^fkton  the  ri|}£  ^hulur  t:>  i.  ruil 

vtndcn  t_  who  are  »n  Kunch  of  Utonury  or  hiilorical  i  ^  i  >j 

the  mTiCiuil  i^orermtlon  i>f  all  tEule  the  inqniiiet  tttm.  i  i   i  il. 

Men  of  the  liij;hc«t  ntlul  iiitl  ttatloo  have  ftscoKuiMpa  thif 

Ihot,  tf)-  bo  III  b>klnir  &U'^  ^  '^o'  ^  ^*"  coluuma,  and  hence 

Hit  that  NOTES  aid  g,l  .,„^..  -i.Liiiu«a  to  iziOTMe  in  ialla«»cc, 
atOlky  t  sad  drculslloo. 


Xeeent  apinlosa  of  tiie  Trmwm  t 

iBtoiMtlnit  nuinlAB  mmmnilafr  ^l^h  which  NOTRS  A^si'u 
"^  '  Honmnnr  every  inirnuit  Lofiju  «f  |lit«f(trr  intttn«t." 

**  That  uwM  riMiiKitant  of  deacl  knowlKdfB,  ydejit  NOTES  A»n 
QUEIiiXS,  the  antiuuarie*'  n^wtpaper/' 

■  Qu.'      -    -    •■    r-  ,     -.-'. 

**  Th«M  two  vttliitnetifbr  l Wl  orcrlli  '"- 

Uli-wajr  learninir^  r-mfnTiiitcfMr,- innri'. 
mod  th^ra  ■»  ft*  r         ^ 
iOfna  new  ami  ain' 
iUttitnUMl  bf  tli> 
Wtrenhmnu  rup*  i  - 

lIa»yQut.r  t 

oantury  h  mi^ 

Ortove.    I.  .jr, 

put.    Tht- , 

tiaa  with  the  au  .  i*, 

COTR7  of  llMlr  re n  ,^f 


'^hakciinane'*  l-^ 

. •,    anil,  in  «ii  "v;, 

ta|Wff»pihjr,  t>itiliM-.-rriorn.'.  IJtc- 
thit  SMI  fCKT,  fari<i*h>Ml  tii,w 
Itfy  lilt  vlwrftcicr  ni  wcU  be- 
iORA  tlnift  IcaniM,  chato  ,  and 


and  BiiM,  vi 
can«idarable 


whicli  1 


ibnii  Iho  fuUfcci 
balta4a,  (blk-loTT,  i->rr«, 
rary  biflon',  ftll   atikt, 
inafcriinlf  to  thff  wetkh 
timed  upon    it,  of  \\»  i .. 


NOTES    AND    QUSaiES 

U  puhlbhod  emy  Batordajr,  p4w  «£.,  or  Fm  tv  Fbrt<  4R 

Itlialv  iMMd  In  Uonthly  Farts,  and  in  ETalf-TaarSr  Volimie»,CMh 
wiHt  oopiotta  ladez,  yc«ea  tOK.  (hi.  ablh  Uoarda. 

Hbe  Rul*rT3rtioi»  fW  Coww  ftw  Six  Mmth^  fbrwanlM  dimi  fN*m 
t^  itdudhiff  the  riAi^i^TtAnLr  iTsuirfji,   t»  lum  .W, 

^'  i'iki<l   Ify  Powt'OOIce  Unlor.  pa)  able  ai  the  ^cutieml 


NOTES  md  QUERIES  moy  fre  ^wcwr^rf  by  onier  *>/ 

ecwy  Bookneller  and  iVenT/rwut,  or  o/f/ie  Puhh»h*r<, 
W,  G.  SMITH,  '13,  WemDgtou  Street,  LooOfin^  W.C 


Kow  rOftd/4  pcice  lOv*  etii  *  cMb  ftontib,  with  -mtt  Ct)|4uia«  ]jid«3t. 

NOTES   AND   QUERIES^ 


Volume  Five,  rourtli  Bcrlev. 


Cvntaininc.  in  addUintt  to  »  ewnl  Tarf^trorf*  timita?  tiotett  *l« 
«nd  Ikplieatartlde^  uf  iulere^t  dii  thv  fnUowluii  tutijcctj ;  — 

Ba^ltflli,  Zrlsli,  and  SoattlBli  Blatovy* 

Cadtcmporarv  P.^rtrslt  of  Mary  Qi*ec«  of  8i»**-.0uniwwJifT  Do^^ 

^:r   I'll!.. ilka-  Jv'..-  .">:1  J.-ril  M.^r  n  nul  i"'     VUttW«  nl    1"i.1"im  m  n- _DiiJ.4 


Blo^rapby* 


JrJifi  I 
liam    I 


Sibil oirranliy  and  XiltersirT  Bl9ti»7« 


Popular  Antiquities  and  Folk  Xore* 

The  Pnnni'>w   FUtrh— Wit  ?«iii)tMlIlimia. 

SsUlads,  Old  Poetry,  and 


Brajidy—Th- 
jmany-^l'arM. 

Scvttwh  BAUiiM.- 


<ii)^_!^ak«*pearUiia* 


Fopular  and  Proverbial  Snytns** 

\M  (%ayin7v  and  OTd  $ni)ir«_IIantiiic  and  MuTTin^^Tb*  1 
Day  the  be  tier  the  l>eed. 

UruniblcCrkd  G«ai»— l^rUicibl  QXoMhtf, 

Oenvate^y  ao«' 

Dnnbar  Arm*—  An. 

taDiif  Fto«ra«e— Koi^u.,., . 

Fine  ArU. 

fialn^lKYr-Mi-ti'd  "TTTri<«  7!ot"-T.*  Motbq  A«»  c4  1»  Binallli 
J,   f^i,.  TV  ik;r  J.land— PorfrtiM  ftf  Ui» 

EarS-  f  Comloalltlea— SfUjIlof  r 

CoUfL  im. 

rv?ji    N'      :■      li  i  I  of  the  r"'li»M<**_n«ii»lnS<sn*nfa 


J'rden. 


Cla-islcal  Antiquities. 


pby. 


:  I  '.i*j  J  »Li—  i't  lutne 


I'Liutne  of  JdJiM  I 


•  rcatat  Oarriioii  Cbapel»  Portimonth— Old  Wdi 


]Mllse«Uaneous  Kotes,  Querie«v  asA 


TuLini:!  Titi  Sixth  ^(toj*  »«  acast  nr  a  rtw  nwf*. 


Ainlby0rd«T<rf4lir 


i»^S,VlL  JJI1S.14.7J.J 


.NOTES  an;d  queries. 


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LOXJSOJ',  SdrUXDAF,  JAJftAttr  14,  U7\. 


CONTENTS.— N*  159, 


KOTEH:-B]utTH>if.l     Of  iff  In 


J. 


"  .".in- 
.it*, 

I  He- 

A   LMI   ruiirilly  Prt>- 

ivd«'r-plot  Donrrel  — 

-  ThoiuBtt  Hocra— Mr. 


DifliiilMTtrtKMit  of  Ladv  Fctiwick»  S3  — 

'■■•■■■--■  •^-^ ^  '-'  —    i''*nrlHit>iis-*Anony* 

oh,  ntUis  Utmn  jj 

..,,j  .,,,1  ri.i,,a_   I 

'  4l<^f    j 

T  — 


L.rial  of  rhaflfs  Tl.,  HT— "Robert 

'  ruled 

• '  'jrR« 
M  k1  rnadd 
lemJ    ttijr 

.iUY  —  Lhwfd** 

'  It's  a  for  Crj 

i>h  Mueh  — Dr. 


N 


BLUEBEARD:  ORIGIN  OF  THE  STORT. 

'Hi*  %UfTj  of  Bliiob^ai'd  forms  one  of  a  collec- 

xltm  of  tte  populaj  Duir^ery  tales  of   Frano**  for 

iHiich  W6  Rre  indebted  to  Peirault.     How  far  ho 

ppe^enred  tlie    exact  form  iu  which  these  tales 

muit   have  been  related  to  him    by  some    old 

fsroottf  it  ia,  of  cotir^te*  impossible  at  the  present 

timt*  tkv  say  *     It    '        '  rted  that  the  story 

i»  fonndedOa  t  puted  to  a  certain 

"^^^      -  i»  .  .-iHiir  de  Laval,'  who 

Icij  VII.  of  France ;  but 

.M.u  ihl^  nobleman  is  said  to 

ir  bat  little  resemblance  to 

.  ,..  ro  of  the  nursery.     An  inci- 

thi*  life  of  B.  Gildas,  Abbot  of 

liiv.   in   the  sLTth  ceo tury,  comes 

tale  which  interested  us  so 

h    days.      A  cerlain    Count 

•if  matrimony,  but  wa.-^  not 

ibJed  with  the  consequencea; 

I  -•  gnve  s%o«  of  beinfT  likely 

■  r,  he  mnde  iiway  with  her. 

T  the  fourth^  or  as  some  say 

,  when  he  tiought  the  hand 

tor    of    Count  Ouerech*    of 

I  ly  of  gieut  beauty,  who  bad 

*     *ye  of  8,  GililaSt     Both 

r'wiTuld  willingly  have 

lani  in  Hrit- 


4  •  ,S«  "  X.  4,  U,'  !•*  3,  ;uu  L.6,— £».] 


I  any,  and  had  powerful  friends  at  court,  insisted 
iu  his  suit,  andgBveit  to  be  nndenstood  thiU  if  hia 
demand  were  not  acceded  to  be  was  (jidte  ready  to 
enforce  it  at  the  point  of  the  sword.  S.  Gildas, 
wisKiujr  to  avert  a  disastroua  war,  undertook  to 
intercodo.  and  was  succeKxful  in  bringin;;  about 
Ihe  desired  alliance,  on  the  condition,  bowovoi 
that  if  Conomor  should  get  tired  of  his  wife  Iil 
should  send  her  back  to  her  father.  The  wedding 
Wivs  kept  at  Vamxi';;*  with  great  pomp,  and  Cono- 
mi>T  carried  oil*  bis  bride  to  his  own  castle,  but 
before  nxany  mouths  had  elapsed,  the  countejis, 
who  was  far  advanced  in  htr  pregnancy,  por- 
c M'iv(^d  that  her  husband's  manner  towards  bvr 
was  eutirely  cbangred,  and,  fearing,'  the  fate  of  bis 
former  wives,  resolved  to  take  refuge  with  her 
father.  Watch  in »•  her  oppii^rt  unity ,  she  mounted 
one  morning  on  a  fleet  borse,  and,  accompanied  by 
a  few  fnitbful  followers,  pull  oped  off  in  the 
direction  of  Yitnne«.  Her  husband  was  informed 
of  her  flight,  mid  pursued  her.  As  he  gained 
tjpon  her,  and  she  perceired  that  her  captm-e  waf 
almost  inevitable,  she  threw  herwlf  from  her 
horse  and  endeavoured  to  conceal  herself  in  the 
deep  recesetes  of  a  forest,  but  she  was  discarered 
by  tier  brutal  lord,  who,  with  one  stroke  of  hia 
sword,  severed  her  head  from  her  body.  S.  Gildas, 
on  being  informed  of  what  had  happened, 
hastened  to  the  spot,  replaced  the  head  on  the 
body,  and  by  his  prayers  restored  the  lady  to  life. 
She  was  shortly  afteVwards  safely  deli^^ered  of  a 
son,  wbo  was  baptitied  by  S.  Gildas,  and  called  by 
bis  name,  to  which,  by  way  of  distinction,  wa« 
afterwards  added  that  of  Trech-meur  or  Tremeur. 
Such  is  the  legend  bs  told  by  the  Breton  hagio- 
graphera  Pere  Albert  le  Grand  and  Dom  Gui- 
Aloxis  Lobineau.  But  now  comes  a  fact,  m 
related  by  M.  Ilippolyte  Violean,  In  a  work  en- 
titled Prhrinafjii  dr  Ihetaffne^  which  renders  it 
aluiost  certain  that  Perrault*s  tale  is  founded  on 
the  legend.  He  Fays  that  iu  January,  1850,  in 
repairing  the  vault  of  the  chapel  of  *S.  Nicolas- 
de-Bieuzy,  some  ancient  frescoes  were  discovered 
with  scenes  from  the  life  of  S.  Triphyna:  the 
marriage — the  husband  taking  leave  of  his  wife, 
and  entrusting  a  kev  to  her — a  room  with  an  open 
door,  through  which  are  eeim  tbo  corpses  of  seven 
women  banging — the  husband  threatening  his 
-w^ife  while  another  female  is  looking  out  of  a 
-window  above — and  finally,  in  the  last  picture, 
when  the  husband  has  placed  a  halter  round  the 
neck  of  bis  victim,  the  opportune  arrival  of  her 
frii!uds,accompanied  by  S.  Gildas.  If  these  frescoes 
are  really  of  the  early  date  assigned  to  them,  they 
probably  represent  t&e  popular  form  of  the  legend, 
witli  some  additional  incidents  which  have  not 
been  thought  wr^rthy  of  record  by  the  hagiogra- 
pbers,  and  there  vwn  be  no  doubt  whence  ibie 
nursery  tale  derives  its  origin. 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[4*>^S.  VII.  J  AX,  If 


Ti^NDALF/S  XEW  TESTAMENT.  FTNESSHED  IN 
THE  YERE  1536.* 

Thia  is  no  doubt  the  lust  New  TeatAment  cor- 
rected by  the  tranektor,  ns  hia  martyrdom  took 
place  in  tlie  year  1530.  The  text  u  considerably 
altered  from  tbe  edition  of  1534,  Thia  is 
shown  at  p.  V>K}  of  A  Generai  Vine  of  (he  History 
of  the  EnglUh  Bible,  by  Brooke  Foes  Westcott, 

It  is  remRrkable  for  tbe  peculiar  orthograpby 
ft<J  opted  in  tbo  work. 

It  is  uncertain  why  this  spelling  was  intro- 
duced, what  it  i«^  or  the  object  of  it. 

Anderson  in  his  Atmah  of  the  Enfjlish  Jfihle^ 
Tol.  i.  pp.  45.J-0,  after  alluding  to  this  New  Testa- 
ment, says : — 

*'  But  i«  it  possible  that  this  could  have  been  part  of 
TyTid»l«*8  occupatioD  within  the  walUof  tlio  caatlejit  Vil- 
vorde  ?     Wbile  warriDg  with  these  doctors  of  Louvain  on 
the  one  hand,  wea  h<&^  on  the  other,  at  the  SAme  time 
eagnged  io  e^ime^t  pity  for  the  pttm^hboy  and  huMband-  i 
man  in  Glosternhire  f    Thia  orthography  Wng  regarded 
as  proviiicinU  so  it  baa  be^ii  supposed.    If  the  coDJectare 
be  well  founded,  and  Tyndulo  himttelf  had  to  do  with  this  j 
edition*  it  19  but  aeldom  that  in  tho  history'  of  luiy  mam 
such  an  instance  of  the  true  Ktiblimc  <'i»n*bu  produced.  I 
The  hook  baa  never  been  ftsaij;:^ed  to  any  Antwerp  printer  \ 
but  if  Tyndale  onlv  furnished  a  Iht  of  word-*,  to  be  eni-  ' 
ployed  wbenevpr  they  occarroil  in  the  tran.slalion,  tlie 
volume  could  have  been  printed  in  Itollaud  or  any  utbur  > 
place  in  Brabant." 

This  euhlirae  conjectura  requires  evidence  to  show  i 
that  it  is  well  founded,  and  if  a  list  of  words  was 
given  bj  Tyndale,  the  oompoaitor  did  not  follow  ' 
it  whenever  the  words  occur — ^for  many  of  the 
words  flo  pecaliRrly  spelt  occur  but  seldom,  others  ' 
more  often,  some  frequently,  and  others  generally. 
I  have  made  a  list  of  about  SOO  words  eih'i- 
Hting  this  spelling.    These  are  an  example  :-^ 


1685. 


1&84. 


ohtacvncd 

obta\'ned 

saetne 

oelde 

Oldfl' 

taefklvQge 

paerle 

pcarte 

Uekd 

pftert 

part 

toekcn 

paeyed 

payed 

taelked 

paoycr 

jMiyre 

tat^nc 

paejTic 

payoe 

taest 

Tsdgno 

rage 
faygne 

waeke 
wa«ked 

raeted 

rated 

waele 

■ae 

say 

waelke 

BidRi 

siLfe 

waero 

Bseke 

sake 

wttere 

1535. 


15SI. 


The  second  column  is  the  spelling  in  the  Nei 
Testament  of  1534,  and  shows  how  designedly  it 
has  been  altered. 

If  any  of  your  readers  can  give  any  explana- 
tion or  tnfonnation  on  this  subject,  or  show  where 
Biieh  spf^llinjj  has  been  used  at  any  time,  either  i 
print  or  MS.,  I  shall  be  much  obliged  by  a  commti 
nication  being  made  to  me.  1  believe  no  Bibh 
or  any  other  Kew  Testament  exhibits  such  s] 
ing,  especially  with  I  after  a  vowel. 

It  is  much  desired  that  the  object  should 
known  which  Tyndale  had  in  deviating  so  muct^ 
from  the  spelling  then  in  use,  and  that  of  hii  pre- 
vious edition  of  15^,  But  if  Tvndale  did  not 
direct  this  edition  to  be  so  printed,  must  not  thii 
spelling  have  been  designedly  introduced,  thougf 
irregularly  used, by  the  person  who  euperintcnde 
the  edition  ?  Fkakcw  Frt. 

Catbam,  Dmlol. 


1635. 

aboede 

abroed 

abttaeyne 

abyede 

bliend 

boedy 

boeke 

boeldety 


daay 

elcidca 

doellie 


ooele 


daay 
deoaerable 

dekaeye 

faele 

faelsly 


1  h?y\, 

aliOHile 

abnxl 

abstayne 

ftbyde 

blynd 

body 

bokt? 

bt^dcly 

ebose 

clave 

dnke 

dothe 

colde 

cole 

cote 

day 

dccerable 

deeeave 

*kkeye 

fank 

fnklve 


1535. 

fiielye 

fiiei>nt 

gaeaingfi 

gaevG 

gaeye 

graeoe 

haast 

hsestilr 

haet 

hoeth  and 

heath 
haeve 
hncven 
maied 
maiMlo 
maeke 
uiaekiDj^e 
maosstpra 
nnn^y 
naedeth 
tiacked 


frtVlfi 
ttt\Tlt 

j^aKingo 

gave 

paye 

grace 

hast 

ba^^itily 

hate 

hath 

have 

haven 

mad 

made 

make 

mak^Tigo 

mnstcrs 

niayc 

nedsjth 

naked 


*  Thb  IE  part,  of  the  second  title.  No  copy  is  known 
with  a  title  or  imprint.  The  place  where  it  was  printed, 
by  whom*  or  the  year,  ia  unknown. 


SIGXIFICATIVK  NAMES, 
It  has  often  struck  me  ns  a  blemish,  and  som# 
times  as  an  absurdity,  that  novelists,  poets,  anc 
dramatists  should  so  frequentlY  adopt  names  sigi 
nificative  of  character.      Such   a  practice   oftefl 
^*  lets  the  cat  out  of  tbe  bag,"  and  enable^  us 
guess  at  the  iUnmwuicnt  of  a  story.     In  a  farce  < 
in  an  autobiographical  form  of  late,  where  the  lea 
ing  personage  is  mlm^  we  may  excui*e  or  eve 
tolerate  Steady,  Diddler,  Greedy,  Graball,  Pr 
JIuffincap,  Ejusy,  and  such  like.     But  whert^  th 
hero  is  a  family  man  or  woman,  the  adoption  1 
such   names  becomes  in    general    an    abi^urdity 
Tbere  is  no  objection  to  *' Mrs.  Malanrop '' ;  bu^ 
if  that  learned  lady  had  possessed  relatives  who 
figured   aa    dramati»    jwrsonw    and    spoke    good 
"  idng's  English/*  the  nfuue  m  appropriate  to  her 
would  have  been  on  absurdity  for  tbem.  Sherida 
certainly  erred  when^  in  tb«   School  for  Scand 
he  iidop'ted  the  name  of  "  Surface  *'  j  it  was  a  goo 
one  fur  that  mrface-felhw ,  the  sneaking,  canting 
hypocritical,  gentmental  Joiieph  ;  but  it  becomi 
a  bad  and  inappropriate  name  when  we  find 
borne    by     his    open-hearted,    generous,    nol' 
brother. 

In  Warren's  novel.  Ten   T7*ou8and  a  Yem\  ^ 
have  a  '*  Mr.  Tittlebat  Titmouse/'     The  name  is  1 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


31 


lily  altagetber.     Xo  one,  not  even  a  Hox- 

ToD  ahop- walker  or  a  tally  man's  counter-jumper, 

could  have  had  such  an  appellative.     But  when, 

ID  a  Aubsequent  part  of  the  ^^ame  tale,  the  author 

u  DfieeBsitated  to  give  a  pedigree,  the  eumame  of 

Ti'"  ^  irne   by  eitquirea   and   men   of  high 

L  'i©8  perfocUy  ridiculous    and  unna- 

tu  .u     I  Li.   uame  of  Srai'tb,  Brown,  Jones,  or  any 

of  our  numerouii  «WM,  would  have  been  infinite]  v 

better.    Our  old  stijndard  novelists  avoided  such 

*'tcU-lAl»i "  names,  Harlowe.  Andrews,  Grandiaon, 

Trim,  Jfme»,  Adama,  &c.,  are  quita  unexception- 

ibU,    Dickens  in  jreneral  keepa  clear  of  ait^miica- 

tif«».     Pickwick,  Weller,   Snodgrraas,  Nickleby, 

Gimp^   Brodie,   rfqueera,    Dombev,    Mantalini,  * 

tht*i'  weni  liii  genuine  surnames,  and  there  is  no 

impropriety  in  their  adoptiont  but  quite  the  con- 

tnn.     MiM  Broddon   (of  who8o    **  sensation  *' 

tilfi  I  iim  no  rwItninT)  n».»ver  adopte  aigiiiticativ© 

Qiuir^  fur  hoT  heroes  and  beroines. 

The  cl (Logical  names  in  uso  by  poeta  and  others 

of  tin?  Luit  c«?ntury  were  learned  ubsurditie«,  and 

I  •roughly  mi' Enfflieh.     I  Turd  is  in  his 

iV   has'**  the    Kevorend   Antettor,*^ '^ 

-  uiiich  uf^^^L^cted,  and  most  undeservedly 

'    was  a  gtnuiae  poet  of  the  Oowper  or 

^^i-»oL     Tiie     ViUafje    Cttrate    contains 

Lto  English  descriptive  scenea  that  are 

r  to   those   in   The    Task.      But  the 

J  inrdls  are  sadly  marred  by  the  Greek 

I     :;.  .LTivatives.    However,  Buch  UBmes have 

m  Bdinotage  over  Surfaces  and  Titmou^ea.     To 

ti*  anlearned  (cl&asicaUy^,  who  always  form  the 

Dujority^  ihcy  convey  no  meaning  whatever. 

Stethkx  Jacksok* 


"ERASER'S  MAOAZLS'E^*:  POUTR  A  IT  J5,  cfrc/i  1835. 

I.'i  r.rl>-rire  the  year  18:i5,  and  subsequently, 
I  red  in  I^raMr^s  Magazine  a  series  of 
^  jind  characteristic  portraits  of  literary 
^M«,  contemporary  or  rt^cently  deceased.  I  have 
Q'j  ii«a  whetner  the  following  list  ia  complete,  or 
*ppru«ching  completeneiM*,  or  whether  it  can  only 
W  called  a  selection*  But  it  may  interest  your 
f^idftft  if  you  can  tind  room  for  it,  and  I  should 
tturh  like  to  know  what  additions  ought  to  be 
ittidc  to  it.  Those  portraits  which  I  have  marked 
*  W  the  name  of  Alfred  Croquia  (Madise); 
i  *iio*e  marked  f  have  a  cipher  composed  of  A  and 
fC  in  Uoraan  capital  j  those  marked  (  have  no 
'^Irtijit's  mark,  but  are  undiMtiDguifehable  in  style, 
^iihnt.r,  or  merit  from  Maclii^e^s  portrtuts.  All  the 

*  Tliij  u  a  o^mnion  f  talmn  name,  and  ia  Iwrue  by  Bt 
W  orn*  pnfrifian  family  in  Taacany.     We  find  a  mii- 

r   in   The    Timts  that  Sir 
,'ijtcd  *'ihc  Reverend  Ante- 

.^'  01   Fadlt'V'Cuoi-Pipetoo,  or  that  be 

1  Bishop  of  bahomey  I 


J^^i. 


above  are  printed  on  toned  paper ;  those  marked 
§  and  II  are  on  paper  of  a  vellower  tint,  and  I  think 
form  a  later  series.  Witu  one  or  two  exceptions 
they  seem  to  me  of  inferior  merit,  and  to  De  in 
imitation  of  Maclise^a  style  and  manner.  The 
fonner  are  without  mark,  and  tha  latter  have 
what  I  take  to  be  a  monogram  composed  of  the 
letters  W  and  R  in  script  hand.  By  whom  were 
the  various  classes  I  have  indicated  executed? 
There  are  also  several  extensive  groups  of  por- 
traits. That  of  ^*Tbe  Fraserians"  has  no  mark, 
but  it  is  known  to  be  by  Madise.  See  Theodore 
Taylor's  Tkavkcroy  as  a  Humoimd.  I  am  aony 
I  have  not  a  reference  to  the  page.  The  author 
refers  to  Mahony  (Father  Trout)  as  having  writ- 
ten an  account  of  this  picture  in  l8ijD-  AVhere  is 
this  account  to  be  fotmd?  The  group  entitled 
"A  Few  of  our  F.S.A.s"  bears  the  name  of 
Alfred  Croquis,  That  of  **Tiegina'8  Maids  of 
Honour"  has  no  name,  and  differs  very  much  la 
manner  from  the  othcra.     Who  was  the  artist  ? 

Ainsworth,  \\\  H.'  Lofkkart,  J.  G,§ 

Beratigrur,  J.  P.  ilc*  LiKlf^e,  Edimiod,^ 
Ble«»mgtoti,  Cnuiitvsft  of.*       Lviidburrtt,  Lord.| 

BowbA,  Kev.  W.  L.J  Macuislt,  It.t 

Biijwater,  Sir  Onvkl.*  Muijfiiun  l>r,T 

BrvilgeH,  Sir  S,  K.|  Mnrtiiirau,  HarrteL* 

Buckstorie,  J.  B4  Mitfunl,  Mnrv  R.jl 

Bulwcr,  Sir  E.  L.'  Moir,  D.  M.* 

Ca  m  pbell ,  Thos^  M  ol  e^ wort  h ,  W.  J 

Cnrlyle,  TlioTnEis.*  Mtiore*  Thoma*,§ 

Cobbetu  WtUUni.J  Montgomery,  Kobfert..^ 

Coleridfje,  S-  T,*  Morj^un,  Ijidy.j 

Croker/T.  Cjroflon.§  Moriir,  Jamea.* 

Crok e  r,  J.  VV  il .son  ^  M  u Ij^ra vc.  Earl  of-J 

Cruik?ihttnk»  G,*  Muustcr,  Earl  of.§ 

Cnnningbiim,  Allan,*  Nortoa,  Hon.  Mr*.|| 
DeTniebayCoi»io,DonT,§    O'llil       "^         t 

Di*ravli,  r*  <>'i  lielL* 

Dwracli,  B.'  I'bi- 

Fl'OrBay,  Count.t  Porter,  Janv.J 

Dunlop,  W'.'  Ropers,  Satnuel,^ 

Egt*rton,  Lord  FranciK-l  Roscoe,  William." 

Faraday,  Miclirttsl.;  Urns,  Oiiptiiin.* 

Gait,  Jybn.f  Kuji-'*!!,  Lord  .lolin4 

Q\^\yr,  liev.  G.  It.f  S^tilcr,  M.  T-t 

Gtxiwin,  WiUtflm,t  Soote,  Sir  VValLcr,§ 

( ;  t*e  I  tie,  J .  \X .  X  Smitli ,  J  Dmes4 

Hall,  Anua  .Mjina,;  Smitli,  Sydney.^ 

1 1  i  1  l/r li om a^,*  So«n i!,  Si r  .JoKn 4 

Mobbouse,  J.  C4  Talfourd,  T.  N.l 

Hogjj»  Janii'j*.*  Talleyraod,  <  \  3l.  de.* 

Hook»  Theodore  E.*  Thorburn,  Grant.^ 

Hunt,  Ldfih.*  rd( ,  L.  E* 
Tmng.  Wajshingloa.*  Wmtts,  Alane  A. J 

Jordan,  W.§  Wi^wtinacott,  C*  M.* 

Knowles,  J.  S4  Willow.  Jubn,^ 

Umb,  Charles  ?  Wonkworth,  William.* 

1  jindon,  L.  E.*  Tydus  Pooh-Pooh.  our  man 

Lardner,  Dr,'  of  Geniua.| 

J.  F,  M- 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[4»»»S.VII.  JA3r.l4,71. 


A  Stobi  akd  its  Expahsion.— 

**A  New  Mode  of  keying  a  Priifmer  under  Retiraint. — 
A  Freachman,  who  had  been  teveral  yean  confined  for 
debt  in  the  Fleet  Prison,  foaud  himself  bo  much  at  home 
within  its  walls,  and  was  withal  of  so  harmless  and  in- 
nflfensive  a  character,  that  the  jailor  occasionally  per- 
mitted him  to  spend  his  cTenings  abroad  without  any 
apprehension  of  the  forfeiture  of  his  verbal  engagement. 
Uis  little  earnings  as  a  jack-of-all-trades  enabled  him  to 
form  several  pot-house  connections ;  and  these  led  him 
by  degrees  to  be  less  and  leas  punctual  in  his  return  at 
the  appointed  time.  *  111  tell  you  what  it  L«i,  Mounseer,' 
at  length  said  the  jailor  to  him  ;  *  you  are  a  good  fellow, 
but  I  am  afraid  you  have  lately  got  into  bad  company; 
80  I  tell  vou  once  for  all,  that  'if  you  do  not  keep  better 
hours  and  come  back  in  good  time,  I  shall  be  under  the 
necestiity  of  locking  vou  out  altogether.'  *' — Sweepings  of 
my  Study,  p.  137.  Edinb.  1824. 

This  Mr.  Weller  tolls  in  nearly  two  pages  of 
"  the  little  dirty-faced  man  in  the  brown  coat." 
T  quote  only  the  conclusion,  as  everybody  has  or 
can  refer  to  Pickwkk : — 

"  At  Inst  he  began  to  get  so  precious  jolly  that  ho  did 
not  know  how  the  time  vent,  or  care  nothin  at  all  about 
it,  and  ho  wos  getting  later  and  later,  till  one  ni;:ht,  as 
his  old  friend  wos  just  a  shutting  the  gate — had  t'irned 
the  key,  in  fact — ho  come  up.  'Hold  hard,  Bill,' he 
says.  *  Wot,  aint  you  come  in  yet,  Twentv  ?  '  says  the 
turnkey.  *  I  thought  you  was  in  long  ago.'  'No,  I  wasn't.' 
says  tho  little  man,  with  a  smile.  '  Well,  then,  I'll  tell 
you  what  it  is,  my  friend,'  says  the  turnkey,  opening  the 
gate  wery  ^low  and  sulky,  *  it's  my  opinion  that  you  havo 
got  into  bad  company  o'  late,  which  I'm  wery  sorr}-  to 
see.  Now  I  'don't  wish  to  do  anything  harsh,'  he  says, 
•  but  if  you  can't  confine  yourself  to  steady  circles,  and 
find  your  way  back  at  reglar  hours,  as  sure  as  vou're  a 
standing  there  I'll  shut  you  out  altogether.'  The  little 
man  was  seized  with  a  wiolent  fit  o'  trembling,  and  never 
went  outside  the  prison  walls  arterwards."— TAci^icAfr/c* 
Papers,  p.  4.*59.  Lond.  1837. 

FlTZnOPKINS. 
Garrick  Club. 

FbOM  IlEVERSnAM   CUFRCU,   \Vr.S'nfORELA>'D. 
**  To  labor  I  was  born ;  I  bore,  and  by  that  forme 
I  bore  to  earth,  to  earth  I  straigt  w*as  borne.*' 

Moor.LAND  Lad. 

A  Bill  actually  Presented. — 

"  The  Rev.  C.  Marriott  to  John  Knapp  of  Cotesb.ich. 

**  To  one  wheelbarrow  and  a  wooden  do      .     .  —  o.-r.  — 

To  one  whtclbarrow  and  a  wood  do     .     .    .  —  5    — 


Interpretation.— ThQ  first  wheelbarrow  delivered 
was  found  ''wanting,"  and  *'a  (he)  would  not 
«to";  the  second,  on  an  improved  principle,  was 
up  to  contract  and  would  do.  The  account  is 
made  out  on  our  family-lawyer's  principle,  of 
fihowing  how  many  items  might  have  been 
charged  for  that  are  forborne. 

MooELAND  Lad. 
A  Westmoreland  GuNPOwDER-rLOT  Doggrel, 
"  I  pray  you  remember  the  5th  of  November, 
Gunpowder-treason  and  plot. 
The  king  and  his  train  had  like  to  be  slain  •» 
I  hope  this  day  '11  ne'er  be  forgot.  | 


All  the  boys,  all  the  hoys,  let  the  bells  ring ! 
All  the  boys,  all  the  boys,  God  save  the  king ! 
A  stick  and  a  stake  for  King  Jamie's  sake, — 
I  hope  you'll  remember  the  bonfire ! " 

HxTTTON-BOOr. 
Nov.  1.  1858. 

The  Prophecies  of  Thomas  Martin.— It  will 
be  remembered  by  some  readers  of  "  N.  &  Q.*' 
that  in  the  year  1816  Thomas  Martin,  a  labouring 
man  of  La  Beauce,  had  a  private  audience  of 
Louis  XVin.,  in  which  he  told  the  king  in  proof 
of  his  mission  a  secret  known  to  the  king  alone ; 
that  he  also  warned  him  not  to  attempt  a  coro- 
nation, and  delivered  important  admonitions  to 
him  for  his  future  government,  one  of  which  re- 
lated to  the  suppression  of  servile  work,'  and  the 
sanctification  of  Sundays  and  holidays.  The 
whole  account  may  be  seen  in  the  work  en- 
titled Le  PassS  et  tAvenir,  published  in  18:?2. 
But  my  present  purpose  is  to  draw  attention  to 
one  remarkable  prediction,  which  really  seems 
now  to  be  approaching  its  accomplishment.  I 
give  it  in  the  words  of  the  above  work : — 

"Le  mardf,  12  mars  (1816),  sur  les  sept  heurcs  du 
matin,  commc  Martin  finissait  de  s'habiller,  I'Ange  se 
montra  pres  de  la  fenetre  et  lui  parla  ainsi :  *  On  ne  vent 
rien  fuire  de  co  f|ue  je"  dw :  plusieurs  villes  de  France 
seront  d^truites  ;  il  nV  restera  pas  pierre  sur  pierre  ;  la 
France  sera  en  proie  a'  tons  les  nialheurs  ;  d'un  fleau  on 
tombera  dans  un  autre.'  " — Chap.  ii.  p.  28. 

F.  C.  H. 

Thomas  Hood. — ^As  the  literary  reputation  of 
eyery  genuine  poet  should  be  jealously  guarded 
by  the  public  against  incorrect  quotations,  may  I 
ask  whether  the  following,  which  appeared  in  the 
Saturday  Revieio  (p.  837,  Dec.  31,  1870)— 
"  Oh  God  !  to  think  man  ever 
Comes  too  near  his  home  " — 

is  intended  for  the  concluding  lines  of  Hood's 
Lee  Shore — 

**  O  (Tod  !  that  man  should  over  be 
Too  near  his  home  "  ? 

Amongst  various  readings  I  do  not  consider 
that,  in  a  point  of  rhythm,  any  alteration  is  re- 
quired in  this  instance. 

This  reminds  me  of  an  emendation  of  the 
Complaint  of  Nature  where  an  editor  substituted 
for— 

"  Can  any  following  spring  revive 

The  ashes  of  the  urn." 
"  No  second  spring  can  e'er  revive." 

Again,  in  Innes's  Rhetorical  Class-Book*  wo 
find  the  following  alterations  in  Campbell's 
Ilohenlimhn : — 

"  Can  pierce  the  ire/  clouds,  rolling  dun.*' 
"  And  etery  fur/ beneath  their  feet 
Shall  be  a  soldier's  cemetery,^* 

Sp^ 

*  London  :  Limbinl,  1M3. 


4*»SwVU.  J  AX.  14/71.] 


^OTES  AND  QUERIES, 


33 


Mb.  PrxcH  a  T'huphet. — In  the  mimber  of 
Puneh  for  April  7*  1600,  there  is  one  of  .Mr.  Ten- 
niel'd  inimitable  cartoons,  about  wliich  there 
mhould  be  a  nou^  in  **  N.  &  Q/'  It  is  entitled  '♦  A 
(;^w^T^.^  f  tiie  Future,  A  Probable  and  Large 
It  of  Forei^   RagSf"   and    reprea^nt^ 

K  JM  of  Nnples  (dethroned  in  Sept.  1860), 

!  IIL,   and   tbf?   Pope   landing    in   tbb 

'      I  the  very  seediest  or  attires.     Although 
i     as  not  yet  bad  the  honour  of  receiTing 
rtonate  monarchs,  theiQ  m  no  teilinp 
If*  may  have.     The  following  is  one  of 
•companying  thr  r:irtunn  : — 
iiiie  Tiill  cOTtie  wJi 

rn    utywts  triieti  TTvtir  rij;;:;' li  nm'. 
Wi'A  nte,  rebel,  atnl  kick  vc  u  out.*' 


K: 
tl 


r 


(aurrtf^. 

nrSTXTKUMENT  OF  I^\DV  FEN  WICK. 

7  Sfijnditrtl  of  Dec.  24, 1870,  occur=< 

,.  .:Ljrestinp^parngrapb,whicbI should 

luid  been  trausiiribed  from  some  Ame- 

KsmiQs  of  Lady  Fen wicit,  wife  of  the  first  govcr- 

rli'iH  '::n(]  owziefof  Coiuiiirticutt  hav6  be«n  sought 

t  Old  Stiy  brook'  ia  tlwt  state.  She  was 

'lan  bnri'Nl  In  the  tt«te,  nnii  th«»ini<T- 


re;  but  Biicb  bud  been  tb«  viiauge?  iti 
'.hlftinf?  nf  the  t*hnnnM,  that   it   yfm 

,  nearly  perltct. 

iitusually  liirge  ; 

-^l  of  Lhe  IfiMiie  iiitlieaieii  a  lady  of  slcnder 

if?  bair^  still  partly  in  curls,  and  retaining  its 

I  art  to  the  titulitionAof  hir 

lated  in  a  handsome  coffin, 

I  taki?ti  to  the  tieighbourijj^' 

^  I  iv*    Tbe  UlU  were  tulkd  for  her  for  the  ilrst  time 

'  I  Uer  bocea  irere  removed  from  thyir  long  restioj^- 

—  '    '  '  irial  there  could  have  been  no  reqoiem 

,  nnlesa  it  was  the  war-whoop  of  ihe 

r  husbanil,  after  bi'r  death,  r>?turnod  to 

uJ»  and  AtiJL  as  one  of  the  judffea  oq  tho  trial  of 

^Vho  WW  tbis   lady?    wtw    she    tiie  wife   of 

™*irft  Fen  wick,  E^q.,  who  served  with  distinction 

'    of  parliament,  and  wa^s  nominated  one 

s  judtre.s  but  dedined  taking  any  part 

The  Fen  wicks  were  a  very 

atial  family  in  Northumber- 

^  umi    Lii"    iKviiiniitcy  became  extinct  by  the 

fJi^cutiont  of  Sir  John  Fenwick  for  high  treason 
}a  thif  reign  of  King-  William  m.  He  wa5  buried 
*o  the  chQ2T!h  of  St.  Martin Vin-the-Fields,  but 

*  Hiybrpok,  m  called  from  Lords  Say  and  S«k,  and 


Lady  Majry^his  wife,  was  interred  with  her  family 
— the  Howards^  Earls  of  Carlisle — in  the  north 
aisle  of  thc^  choir  in  York  Minster.  On  one  of 
the  columns  of  a  monument  to  Charles  Earl  of 
Carlij*lt3  is  an  inacription  commemorative  of  Sir 
John  Feowick  and  his  children,  surmounted  by 
his  crest  and  arms  :  per  fess  ^i\m  and  arg^ent,  flLx 
martlets ;  cre^t,  a  pnrenix  in  flames  ppr.  por^'ed 
with  a  mural  crctvra,  countercharged;  mntto, 
**Perit  ut  Vivat'* 

An  inscription,  in  the  middle  of  the  same  m^wiu- 
ment  in  Yorlt  Minster,  commemorates  Lady  ^lary 
Fenwick,  who  died  in  1708 ;  and  at  Castle  Iloward, 
near  Malton,  ia  a  porti-ait  of  the  same  lady-  ??ir 
John  ia  said  to  have  read  Kiiimg  no  Mttrder  beforo 
enffagfing  in  his  treasonable  practif^es,  and,  though 
there  can  be  little  doubt  of  hi^  ffuilt,  yet  the  mode 
of  procedure  which  produced  las  c^mviction  Wita 
uojuat.  An  insult,  which  Sir  John  Fcnwick  hud 
once  oiTered  to  Queen  Mary,  i^  said  to  have  be<*n 
ever  nnfor;mtten  and  unforgiven  by  Kinp  M^il- 
liam  III.  MncQulay  observes,  in  reference  to  this 
circumMance :  — 

"  But  loniy  flfter  her  death,  a  day  came  when  lio  had 
rci^n  to  v/h\\  he  had  rcatrain^d  hU  insolence-  Up  fi>nnd 
hy  terrible  pr«»«f  tbnt  of  all  the  Jacobites,  the  tno*t 
de^pcrat^*  n.?sa«.*in*  not  excepted,  he  wit*  the  only  onfi  for 
whom  WHllam  felt  an  intense  pergonal  aversion-**-^ 
Nisior^  if  England^  iv.  34,  ^.nlition  c-f  \^M, 

JoiI5  PlCKI^RD,  M.A, 

Bdton  Percy,  near  Tmlcastc r* 


"•■^  priiici|»l  |nx>pn«toa. 


A'BjICKKTT*8       MrRDERER**  —  SOMEnSET^UIRK 

Traditions, — In  the  Flat  Holms  in  the  Bri^lol 
Channel  are  three  **  unknown  graves'*  which  tra- 
dition afisigns  to  the  murderera  of  Archbishop 
A*Beckett,  and  I  should  bo  prlad  to  know  on  what 
authority.  The  le^^^nd  runs  that  after  the  bloody 
deed  the  aasossins  tied  to  a  remote  part  of  S<«n ver- 
se t^hkpj  and  there  built  an  abbey.  What  abbey  ? 
Iharr  often  thought  that  an^ir  book 

could  be  made  of  Somerset^hirv  ,  for  I 

know  of  no  English  county  ricbrr  m  ui-Utrical 
associations,  from  those  of  King-  Arthur's  day  to 
"  Kin^  "  Monmouth *s. 

S.  K.  Tow3f5Hran>  Matek. 
Rjchinond,  S.  W, 

At^^onymoits.— In  1820  wa;8  publiahed  Jlom*^  in 
the  Xinetefnfh  Centtrnf  *  ,  ,  in  a  Sej'kn  of  I^itej-n, 
il  vols.  Mr*  Bohn,  in  hia  edition  of  LoimdeHf 
under  the  head  *^Eome/-  altributeait  to  MissE.  A. 
\^^aldie,  afterwards  Mrs.  Eaton.  Under  the  bead 
**W'aldie/*  he  says  that  Miss  E.  A^Waldio's  j-ister. 
Charlotte  A.  W'aldie,  who  afterwards  married 
5Ir.  Eaton,  wrote  tke  book.  AHibone  gives  3liss 
Charlotte  E.  Eaton  as  tlie  author.  Which  ia 
right?  lv\5, 

I      Aftmor  waited.— Who  ia  the  author  of  the 
'  hymn,  ♦*  Guide  ua,  O  thou  great  Jehovah  "?^ln 


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KOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[•t^hS.VIl.  Ja3<.  ii.TlJ 


htiyf^  of  my  liyinn  books  the  author  is  given 
Te?  peclivelyaa  *' Oliver/*  *'  Williams/*  and  '*  Robin- 
son/»  Y.  S.  JL 

[Millt^r,  in  his  Sm^a  and  SoHpn  of  the  Church  (p»  23), 
mys  thar  this  hymn  iii  from  tb«*\V*?l*b  of  William  Wil- 
liAm-!!.  Tho  translation  hoa  born  i^metioifiS  attribatecl 
to  n  W.  Evans.— Eu.  •*  N.  &  Q.*'] 

Hfajt  BLACKLEAcn^  aUas  Huan  Hesketet, — 
Hurdv,  in  his  edition  of  Le  Neve,  set;^  down  these 
two  Bwhops  of  Sodor  and  Man  as  the  eatne  per- 
^^n ;  and  yet  it  cnn  hflrdlv  bo  eo.  Heskelb  is 
the  nnmo  of  n  county  family  of  some  celebrity ; 
Blfickleach  i.s  compfltrativelj  unknown  to  hme^ 
though  not  an  imcooinion  name  in  some  parta  of 
Lftncadiirp,  Blacltlt^ach  is  mentioned  in  the  will 
of  Sir  Williflni  Ffanng^ton,  Knt.^  which  bears 
daUi  May  L*^i,  1*501,  and  wn^  proved  on  the  lu,st 
day  of  December  the  eani©  year,  under  the  style 
of  *'the  RtvvVnd  ilad*?r  in  God  Van  Bhikelachp^ 
Bishop  of  Man."  (Worden  Evidences,  cited  in 
Lam'fiJfhirc  Chant ries^  voL  ii,  p.  183,  Chet,  Soc.  Ix.) 
JImiH,  without  the  siiniFime  of  Hesketh  or  Black- 
leach,  is  mentioned  under  date  of  Oct.  31,  UM, 
by  GeotTrey,  Bishop  of  Lichfield  and  Coventry, 
as  Bishop  of  Zoder,  (Lane.  Ch(mt.,  vol.  i.  p.  107, 
citinf(  Uejj:.  Blythe,  Lichf.,  p,  Ho.)  On  the  an- 
Ihorily  of  thn  same  Pegister,  Huan  Ileaketh  was 
only  a  chantry  priest  at  the  chapel  uf  St.  ^Iary» 
litirtord,  in  150(3,  when  Blackleneh  was  alreiidy 
a  bishop.  In  1/507  Aiyce  Ilolte,  of  Che^ham, 
conmn  to  his  mother,  bequeathfd  to  him  **  a  piece 
of  emhraihery  ^*  ivhich  she  had  made  for  a  cope, 
whilst  he  was  still  serving  the  chantry  chapel  at 
itu  fiord.  In  1522,  however,  Thomas,  second  Eavl 
of  Derby,  constitnled  h;«  trusty  friend  Sir  Hugh 
Hesketh,  Bishop  of  Man,  one  of  his  oxecutor.««. 
(Lane.  Chant. ^  i.  160,  citing-  Bryd^e  s  Peeratfe,  Viu 
698.)  Flower's  Visitation  of  Laneashire,  recGuXly 
pubHshcd  by  the  r'het,  Soc.,  vol  Ixxxi.  |>,  80,  calls 
Bishop  Heslreth  Witlinm^  and  makes  his  mother 
to  he  Grace,  dauirhter  of  Phyton  of  GawJlwi>rth, 
county  Chester,  Knt.  This  is  quite  at  variance 
with  the  He.*iketh  pedigree  and  with  the  state- 
mvnt  puhliiihedin  ''  N.  &  Q/'  April  23,  18*^>3,  No. 
1*12,  p.  40J1.  I  shall  be  obliged  by  any  elucidation 
of  these  difficulties.  *      *     A.  E.  L, 

''  BeuIttties  op  England  and  Wales*':  Plans. 
I  should  be  ^eatly  obliged  if  any  of  jour  cor- 
reapondenta  could  inform  me  of  the  possessor  of 
the  plates  from  which  the  plana  accompanying 
thia  celebrated  book  were  worked,  or  any  portion 
of  them.  W.  G.  R 

La  Cabacole.— What  was  Wevnracokf  After 
the  memorable  interview  of  the  confederate  nobles 
with  the  DucheBS  of  Parma,  in  loOO,  Motley 
states  that  they  left  the  ro<mi  *'  muking  whttt  is 
called  the  earacok^  in  token  of  reverence,*'  He 
refers  to  the  original  of  the  Pont  us  Pay  en  MSS. : 
**tournoyans  et  faisans  la  caracole  devant  la  dite 
Dame.*'  0.  S,  A. 


I 


Chepstow. — Chepdow  is  called  in  Domesday 
Book  Estrighoiely  aliaa  Siriyoielg,  W^hat  is  the 
derivation  and  meaning?  How  aod  when  did  the 
present  (by  no  means  modem)  name  arise  F 

C.  E,  W. 

Chess  in  England  and  CniNA.^WTien  vim 
chess  introduced  into  England?  What  is  the 
date  of  its  discovery  in  China,  or  when  was  it 
first  played  in  China  ?  J.  Wason* 

[Dr,  Dimcan  Forbes,  professor  ofOtieatal  UnguAg*?*  iu 
King's  CoUtge^  contributed  u  series  of  puptn  on  t  tew 
to  tlie  lihutratcd  London  NatA^  which  were  ftftrn\  ard* 
collected  in  a  pamphlet  for  private  circulation.     TUl*  pro- 
(esmr  ailopt»?d  thi?  cotacluision  of  Dr.  Hvde  and  Sir  WiU 
liara  Jone.s  that  *^  Chess  wa»  invented  in  India,  and  th*^n™ 
introdacL'd  into  Pertda  and  other  Asiatic  regions    ' 
the  sixth  century  of  our  era."    The  origin  of  the  j 
altogether  lu/st,  and  it  is  supposed  to  have   cxi-r 
several  thousand  years  before  the  time  of  jti  iotroduciiuit 
into  Porsitt,  Jkc] 

Custom  of  the  Danish  ComT.— A.  E,  W. 
has  been  informed  by  a  lady  once  present  at  a 
stale  banquet  in  Denmark  that  two  of  the  king's 
attendants  wear  on  their  heads  a  sort  of  mitre, 
the  hollow  in  ita  centre  beinir  filled  with  natural 
liowers.  Can  any  one  give  the  origin  or  meaning 
of  this  singular  head-dress,  which  seems  to  \ 
an  ancient  one,  or  inform  A.  E,  W.  if  her  infortni 
tion  ifl  correct  ? 

Defoe  and  Manchesteb. — This  heading  will,  I 
thinkf  surprise  many ;  for  no  connection  hn^,  ^o 
far  as  I  can  aacertaiu,  ever  existed  between  the 
cotton  city  imd  the  famous  author  of  MMntg^^ 
Vntfioe.  ^U 

My  friend  Mr.  John  Owen^  who  is  a  disciple  <^^ 
liobert  Patterson,  and  indeed  is  well  known  in 
our  Lancashire  towns  and  villages  as  **  Old  ^    • 
t^Uitv/'  in  the  course  of  his  researches  am 
the  ilanchester  Cathedral  registers  has  come  ..,..» 
an  entrj^,  of  which  he  has  sent  me  the  following 
memorandum  .— 

"  1743,  Ap.  29.  Mercey  Defoe,  ividuw*  buried." 
The  name  is  so  uncommon — manufactured,  it 
generally  supposed,  by  the  man  who  hoA  made 
immortal — that  we  may  expect  to  iind  the  **  wido 
buried  *^    at  Manchester  a  relative  of  the  preat 
novelist     Perhaps  aonie  corrpspoudent   will    be_ 
able  to  assign  her  a  place  in  the  family  tree. 

William  E,  A,  AxoxJ 

Joynnon  Street,  Strange  ways. 

The    Donna    Jxjliana    Diez.— A  celebrat 
Portuguese  beauty,  to  whose  influence  over  tfa 
Emperor  Akbar  and  his  grandson,  Shah  Jal 
Ih©  Portugueti^e  are  snid  to  have  been,  in  a  grtw 
measure^  indebted  for  the  territory  ceded  to  th«0 
by  Bahadur  Shah  of   Gujrat.       This  lady,    ol 
whose  history  so  little  is  generally  known,  waa 
captured  by  a  corsair  on  her  voyage  to  Tercei» 
one  of  tlie  Azores  Islands,  and  taken  to  Constant 
uople,  where  she  was  purchased  in  the  filave  ma 


dag    ' 

I 


4»S.TII,  JAsr.  H,7L] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


35 


leet  for  tbe  Ottoman  Emperor  Selim  IL,  and  sent 
UA  at  present  to  Akbar,  the  grent  Mn^hul  Einperor 
of  Iiif^ia,  who  died  a.  d.  IIjO*').  Wo-h  the  Don  tin 
Jaliana  Die«  the  mother  of  Prince  8eUm,  after- 
warda  JahAo-gir,  and  what  ac^^ount  m  given  of 
K««y  TotnAiitic  adventures  in  the  Ahwdl-i-Bihi 
JuiumOr  tradmte  par  Edward  Henry  Piilraer,  Ht. 
J  *  '  1"  ^lege,  CftfuUridtre.  **  Nouvellea  Annalos 
d  ^."  Mill.  l^*Ji^1.  11.  R.  W.  Ellis. 

ri.A.x^i...  .  near  ExeUTt 

j^BAwncas  ht  Johx  Cakter.  —  In  whose  poa- 
^^^  are  the  twentr-seven  volutnea  of  drnwmg3 
Tjy  thi»  antiquary  between  1704  and  1817, 
^olume^  of  wliich  were  exhibited  by  th*;  late 
John  Britlout  F.S.A,,  Ui  the  Society  of  Anti- 
^Qftries  in  June  1H40?  They  were  valued  by  bim 
la  one  hundred  guineas*  W.  P. 

Tnii  Five  English  Spires  op  TmRn-PorjiTFD 
0ATK. — The  Stuuk-s  Express^  m  describing  the 
K»cent  injury  by  lightning  to  Ilarlfield  apir©  in 
iKai  county,  ata'tea :  — 

••  Tb«  jipiru  f«  one  of  five  m  EnghnJ  that  fire  clearly 
.»f  tbiffS'pt^inCfld  dale,  broad  apires^  A.n,  1377." 

Co2»  any  correspondent  inform  me' where  are 
th»  four  others  alluded  to  ? 

Thomas  E.  WrimrKOTON. 

ITrvTCY's    T^^CGLISH     "Vathjjk,"  —  It    hf   of 

known  that  Eeckford  wrote  hia 

r  tu  French.      Mr.   Timbe,  in    hia 

En^tsh  Ercciitrics  and  Eccetdncities^  art,   **Tbe 

Becklbrda  and  Fonthill/'  p.  4,  mays :  **An  En  polish 

IzanilatinQ  of  the  work  afterwards  appeared,  the 

anthor  of  which  Beck  ford  said  be  never  knew  ; 

ho  thou;>ht  it  tolerably  well  donp/*     On  readinjr 

the  Rev.    J.  Wood  Warter's  *Selediom  from  (Jw 

<  of  liohert  Sotdhtnf,  1  find  in  a  better  from 

j^'V  to  >Ui?.s  Barker  (vol.  i.  p.  ♦'?n3)  tbat  the 

Imnalation  is  by  Mr*  Henley,  who  has 

of  the  most  learned  notes*  that  ever 

I  p"  i»r^  1  m  any  book  whatever."     Who  was  Mr. 

H'^nl^vf'     1   fluppoae  it  is  his  translation  which 

lilt  ttliu>r  (Mr.   Hain  Friswell)  of  the  **  Bflyard 

iWie»**  edition  of  Vaihek  haH  reproduced  ? 

S.  R.  Towkseenb  Mater. 
Riclirofiiid,  S.  W. 

Charles  Lamu's  Complete  Correspondence 
lyp  Works. —  In  18»>8Measr8.  Moxon  issued  vol. 
'•  "f  Lunib*s  Ltftierit  rmd  fffjrk^,  to  which  was 
jJ^fiiMjl  an  ea^y  ** On  the  Geniusi  of  Lauib/'  by 
^Jr.  0.  A.  Sala,  and  it  was  stated  that  three  more 
^i>iuTne«i  would  complete  the  publication.  After 
lli»<  Upfe  of  more  than  a  year,  Mes«?rs.  Moxon 
^I'^d  Lamb*5  ComplHe  Correspondence  and  JVorkSf 
'11  four  voU.,  and  I  naturally  auppoaed  that  I  had 
-  I  purtjhase  vola,  iL,  iii.,  and  iv.  to  complete 
Jtiiige  of  my  larprise  on  tinding  that 
' i«  essay  in  vol.  i.  has  been  aubstituted 
Hial  preface  by  Mr.  Thomas  Purnel] — 


L 


making  the  187tJ  edition  of  Lamb  differpnt  from 
that  begun  in  1808,  of  which  I  am  told  that  a 
goodly  number  were  sold,  so  that  there  are  many 
persona  in  my  predicament.  1  am  informedi  on 
the  best  possible  authority,  that  the  vol.  i.  issued 
in  18G8  was  edited  by  Mr.  W.  Carew  Ilazlitt.  I^ 
that  the  case  with  the  four  volumes  publi'^hed  in 
1870?  If  not,  why  not  ?  Surely  the  purchasers 
of  the  18*38  volume  have  a  right  to  know  the 
reasons  for  the  publishers'  change  of  purpose.  I 
do  but  express  the  surprise  £uid  annovance  of 
many  of  Lamb's  admirers,  who  would  like  some 
kind  of  explanation  given  through  *'  N.  &  Q.'* 

S.  R,  Townshend  Mater. 
Richmond^  S.  W. 

Neale  kot  O'Neale:  Tatlor  not  TAyi.orn, 
Can  tmy  of  your  correspondents  explain  wliy  it 
happens  that  the  families  of  the  Earl  of  Aid- 
borough,  Lord  Dunalley^  and  Mr.  Bayly  of  Debs- 
borough,  CO.  Tipperary^  describe  th**m^tlv<'.H  as 
being  descended  from  Archdeacon  Benjiimin 
O'Neale  instead  of  Neale^ — the  archdeacon*^  real 
name?  The  archdeacon  was  born  in  PXil,  the 
son  of  Constantine  Neale,  Esq^.  (whose  will  dated 
April  20,  169^,  wm  proved  Feb.  3,  lO^j),  the 
grantee  of  estates  in  the  county  of  Wexford, 
Feb.  1,  10  Cba^,  IL — he  being  then  a  merchant  in 
Dublin.  The  archdeacon  entered  Trinity  College, 
Dublin,  Mav  12,  l(i70,  as  Benjamin  Neale.  He 
married  Ilaimah  Paul  (Marr.  Sett.,  Feb.  8, 101^), 
and  had  issue  two  daughters,  viz.  1.  Deborah,  mar- 
ried tir^t  John  Bayly,  Esq^*  and,  secondly,  Henry 
Prittie,  Esq.,  by  'whom  «he  was  mother  of  the 
first  Lord  Dunalley ;  and  2.  Martha,  marrietl  John 
Stratford,  Esq.,  created  Lord  Baltinglass  and  Earl 
uf  Aid  borough.  The  archdeacon's  will  was  dated 
Dec.  20,  1732,  and  administration  waa obtained  to 
him  Nov.  liO,  174  L  Not  only  did  Constantine  and 
bis  son  call  themeelves  **  Neule  "  all  through  their 
live^,  but  various  dceda  and  documents  executed 
both  by-  them  and  by  Messrs.  istratford  and  Bayly 
recognise  that  to  betbe  family  name.  One  of  the 
sons  of  Mr,  and  Mr^.  Bayly  was  called  to  the 
Irish  bar  in  1740  by  the  name  of  Benjamin  Neale 
Bayly;  and  his  eldest  &on,  of  the  same  name, 
levied  a  tine  in  1708.  Again,  the  present  Mar- 
quess of  Head  ford  has  changed  hts  name  from 
iaylor,  as  it  always  was,  to  *'Taylour,"  which 
spelling  was  previouslv  unknown  in  His  family, 

y.  s.  M. 

OMURE.^Can  any  one  refer  me  to  an  account 
of  this  game,  and  how  played  ?  PopeV  dcgcriptiou 
of  it  ia  magnificent  (m  tho  third  canto  of  Jlftpa 
of  thv  Lof'kjy  but  at  the  same  time  I  at  len^^t  am 
ignorant  why  the  ncc  of  a  suit  should  be  captured 
by  the  khiff^tor  we  are  told  the  latter 

•*  Falli  like  thunder  on  tho  prostrate  ace.** 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[4tbS-VlL  Jak.  14, 


"  A  Partt  m  A  PAKLorR.*'--Ia  the  E/t^i/s  of 
Eiittt  Charles  Lamb  uhpr  tbe  foUowing  quotation 
in  Lis  '*  Chapter  on  E&n^  ** : — 
**  A  party  in  a  parlrtur, 
All  silent^  flnd  aH  damned."' 
From  whence  h  the  quotation  taken  ? 

G.  SUFFBBTB. 
Willenhall. 

[Thft  line*  are  inade  up  frmfi  it  AtaniEn  in  WorrbvroTtU** 
Fcter  Bdl  (ed.  1819),  bot  winch  wjt*  otnitted  from  liic 
iMcr  editions : — 

*'  Is  il  a  party  in  a  p»rli^ur  ? 
Cramincd  just  a*  tliey  on  earth  were  crammed ; — 
Some  sippm^  punch,  some  sipping  tea, 
Btit  AS  vo«  by  their  faces  see 
All  sileo't,  And  jUI  dAmned/*] 

PzARsox  OF  IviPPEiYRoss. — I  should  he  obliged 
to  any  corri^spondont  who  would  pve  me  thut 
portiou  of  the  peditrre©  of  this  family  which  em- 
nmcea  the  ponod  between  15S0  and  K180,  also 
Any  other  pedigrees  of  the  same  name  in  Scothuid, 
l>etween  tbo-s*^  dutea^  with  coats  of  arm^,  &c.  My 
object  ia  to  identify  nn  impaled  coat  on  an  ancient 
hoiiee  in  the  neighboui^hood  of  Edinburgh,  the 
impalement  of  %vhich  I  believe  to  be  that  of 
Pearson ;  but  I  am  unable  to  account  for  the 
match  which  it  indicates.  I  published  in  the 
Getitlenian's  Mapazine^  a  few  years  since*  *  full 
particulars  of  the  above  armorial  sculpture^  but 
nm  unable  at  present  to  give  the  correct  reference 
to  the  No.  in  which  it  appeared.  Sp. 

Old  Prtxtb  of  Stottritekge. — Tery  lately  an 
old  print  of  Stonehenge  has  come  into  my  posstB- 
fiion,  containing'  two  view*?,  one  looking  from  the 
west,  and  tb«  other  from  the  south »  Judg-in^r 
from  the  costumes  and  equipage  of  the  visitors, 
and  the  general  style  of  the  engravin*?,  it  seems  lo 
me  that  it  must  date  at  least  from  the  early  part 
of  the  la^st  century*  I  have  in  my  collection  views 
taken  in  1776  and  1784,  but  these  are  evidently 
much  more  modern  than  the  other.  In  the  view 
looking  from  the  south,  the  single  stone  known 
as  the  **Friar*s  heel*'  can  bo  seen  on  the  right 
hand.  Other  outlyinj^  stones  are  also  vifiiblo  in 
both  views. 

Could  any  reader  of  "  N.  k  Q."  acquainted 
with  the  literary  and  artistic  history  of  this  the 
greatest  gronn  of  our  Brilii*h  prehistoric  stone 
remains  enligoten  me  a^  to  tlie  date  of  publica- 
tion of  this  engranug  ?  Perhaps  its  identity  mav 
be  recognised  by  the  following  description. '  Each 
view  hae  an  independent  heading,  the  upper  being 
'*  A  Prospect  of  Stonehenge  from  the  We.<"  and 
the  lower  *^  A  Prospect  of  StoDehense  from  the 
South/'  In  a  white  line  between  the  two  views 
is  printed :  **  Sold  by  Henry  Overton  at  y*  White 
Iloree  without  Newgate,  London;  ^  In  the  lower 
view  the  artist's  name  is  given  as  "  D.  Loggan 
delin.  et  excudit/ '       Edwin  DtrjcKOf,  F.R.A.S. 


MS.  NoTEi?  IX  Raleich's  Hist. — In  "  N,  &  Q/ 
of  (Jet.  ;]0,  l>-69,  p.  mo,  a  correq>ondent,  W.  C.  J 
j^ives  8^me  v«ry  interesting  extract*  from    MS 
marginalia  in  a  copy  of  Raleigh's  IlUtofri^  *?/  '  ' 
World,  1G14.     Would   W.   C.   B,   very   ■'    ^ 
allow  me  to  see  this  volume  ? 

J.  O*  IIalltwcll.  ] 

HistTOKY  OP  St.  Pancras. — Mr.  5\Hliam 
Leathart  left  a  MS.  in  two  volumes,  of  a  histoi 
of  the  parish  of   Saint  Pancntp,  in  the  county 
Middlesex.    Mr,  W.  D.  Leathart  died  in  the  yr 
1853.    Could  any  of  your  readers  iufonn  me 
whase  cuatoily  ttis  MiS.  is  now  P       R,  WAt'OB-l 

l3»JTA5t03f   OP   SwrrZERLAKD   BT   THE   EXOLIS 

In  the   Bonk  of  Butm,  1802,  p.  27o,  it  is  stat 
that  **in  137*j  the  Swiss  repelled  an  invaaion 
the  English  bunds.**     In  a  MS.  note  in  my 
session  it  is  incidentally  mentioned  that  '*in 
levan  ah  Einionab  Gruffydd  led  an  armythrouj 
Germany  intc*    SwitjterlaTid,"      I  presume 
these  two  Htatements  allude  to  the  f^ame  invasli 
I  have  looked  into  a  dozen  historical  works*^  bnfl 
1  can  find  no  reference  whatever  to  it     I  de«a: 
therefon%  to  know  where  a  detailed  account  of 
may  be  found,  together  with  that  of  the  circum 
stances  which  occaj?ioned  it,  as  well  as  of  ita  t\ 

suit.  G  LAX 

Latin  Rni^ifnco  Poem  o»  WEiTHERcocifs. 
Readers  of  Mr.  George  Macdonald's  new  story  l\ 
Sf,  Pauls,  if  they  are  also  students  of  **  N.  &  i)J 
will  have  perceived  how  closely,  in  the  convei 
tinn  on  weathercocks  in  chap.  xii.  he  follows  th( 
rurious  Tjatin  rhyming  poem  communicated  b; 
rLERicts  fD^  in  June,  1857.  I  am  glad  to  cal 
attention  to  this  poem*  as  I  wi.sh  to  ask  if  tb 
entire  comp'isition  is  to  be  found  in  any  ncce^^ihl^ 
printed  book,  Wm,  J.  Loftib. 

WHALt:*s  IllB  AT  SoHRKNTO.— Beneath  the  ] 
tico  of  a  church  at  Sorrento  there  lianga  a  rib 
a  whale,  whose  history  I  wiis  imable  to  ascer 
the  only  p*^rson  said  to  be  acquainted  with 
being  absent.  The  following  is  a  Irt^rnl  copy 
an  inscription  upon  a  stone  tablet  i\x**d  to  the  ^ 
opposite  the  rib.  Antonini  Wiis  bishop  of  So 
reuto. 

"  Rfsplee  banc  ceti  <?ostiiin, 

Admirari  miraculo 

Hie  divi  Antonini  outu 

Ubi  natnin  «  ventre  ronatum 

j^Tatri  vcndi<ltt 

Ibi  vetnirn  perdMit  ntr\u^  dedit 

Pia  flodolittts  in  tropbtt-um  erexit.** 

Can  any  of  your  readers  throw  light  upon  tha 
subject?  W.  H,B. 

BAth, 

£Q>%  Cwjtffm  in  Uic*  iir.^l  II n**.    Ut'm  inscripiioa  olb«( 
wise  rendcn»i  eorrwctly  ? — Kn. ; 


h. 


•  About  lS^S-4, 


4<^  a  Vtl.  Jan.  14,  71.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


37 


POECELAIX  MEMORIAL  OF  CUARLES  II. 

(4^  S.  ?i.  oOl,  578.) 

It  i^  imiMfiaible,  without  seeing  the  dialies  ia 
qiaemun,  tmd  even  tlien,  t^i  aay  with  certainty 
vht^rt-  thf^y  were  made.  Imi  1  would  atlributw 
tl  initioned  bj  Sv.  F.  R.  to  bf^  made  in 

i>i.  ■  rnther  tbafi  Falbam.     Indeed  tbertj 

rhiU  Ivind  which  we  cdn  positively 
ftt  Fnliiaru,  whereas  we  have 
'  iro  manufacture.  B^aides, 
pitent  ia  dated  1C71,  and  it 
,  "  ^  u,  up  at  Fulham  stjveral  new 
-:  Thia  throws  the  dish  of  F.  8.  A„ 
dai^a  iifriv,  out  ol'  the  rfcord  altogether.  In  1064 
Dwi^ht  of  FuUinni  prot  hiB  patc^nt  renewed  for 
fr,T—  -^^ara  more,  and  what  be  niakea  is  thus 
d  .lit:— 


peroral  .4 
Jolia  Dwiu 


•'  wcT*Jt  new  mttuufactor*  > 
tlM  niiea  of  wbtu?  uor;;es  (pii 


war 


Ml   aU'l   'MFJ.O 


l|^^^i^  f( 


"1  Uy 
1  me 

i  vt  cWwht-re;  aiul 
;iart"Tit  porcwllfliv,  and 
•rcellane  or  china,  and 


'..irtrs,  and  the  myaitrv  of  the  Cologne  or  stone 


Tat  a  long;  time  Dwight'e  imitation  Coloprne 
wwre  inmd<^  nt  T  niti  »tn  wa?  undirftin^uishable  from 
the  (Jennn  l",  but  a  well-mfurmed  man 

now  r  ;  --.^  iufruish  it^  and  refer  it  to  its 
ipinal  source.  Soiul*  years  ago  Mr.  Reynolds 
hnstd  a  most  interesting  collection  of  the 
Wly  productions  of  the  FuUmm  manufactory'.  It 
conirted  of  aljout  tweutT-fire  specimens,  which 
h'iil  IwM  n  pr      rvM  by  euccesaive  members  of  the 


as  heirlooma  since  the  period  of 
re,  and  were  aold  by  the  la^t  rc- 
it  there  was  col  a  dish  amongst 


V'  --•  ■ 
tk  lut 

V>r  Plot,  in  liiw  Xatural  History  of  Orfoi^dMlnre, 
(Oxford^  1677),  telb  us  that  :^ 

"TTif  trr*'ni''it*  Jf4tji  Dwiuht,  fortn^W  M,A,  of  CliHst 

CfcttTri:  I    " ' "'    .  'ihh 

..i'l'  I,  '  ,-■■."■■'  '-'l*'h 

uiti  ill  ^rc4ii  i|uuutitiv>3)  and  hiilli 

I  the  sansR^  which  (hv  method* 

'r       'her  uoHke  tbos<^  ufcd 

.   years'  time,  he  hjith 

than   it  ha,i  atlfiined 

sor  liiauy  a^ci^  insomuch  that  the 

.  <uf  Londoni  who  are  the  dealers 

ry,  have  coutrartcd  wilh  tlio  iaventor 

Bnglbh  man ufuc tare,  and  rcfase  the 


am  dishes  noted  who8^  dates 

I'acture  have  any  resemblance 

hy  W.  F.  H.,   nut  there  are 

*"u.     .,.,.,,....  ...ij    ones,     Shaw's  Chemistrt/  of 

^enj  lellii  Q8  that  Thomas  Toft  was  a  Stailord- 


ahire  potter  about  1080,  and  a  large  earthen^ 
dish,  bearin^r  his  name  on  the  border  thereof,  is  in  ' 
the  Cieologicnl  Mut^ennu  It  has  iu  the  centre  a 
lion  crowned ;  the  g^round  is  b«fi'-coloared|  and 
the  ornaments  laid  on  in  black  and  brown -coloured 
**  slip/*  .Inothi^r  di>h  t*o  niarlied  is  in  the  Bate- 
man  Mtiseum,  Yojgrave,  Derbyshire,  It  has  in 
the  centre  a  half-length  crowned  portrait  of 
Charles  II„  w4th  a  sceptre  in  each  hand,  and  the 
letter*  i\  II,,  with  a  r**d  nnd  block  trellis  pattern 
on  the  border.  A  Ilrvlph  Toft  was  also  a  Stafford- 
shire potter  about  the  same  time,  llh  name,  with 
the  datj  1G77,  in  on  a  dhah  in  the  collection  of 
Mr,  Reynolds.  It  has  a  but! -coloured  pround, 
with  fi;/ures  in  relief  of  brown,  outlined  with 
black;  in  the  centre  a  soldier,  iu  bud' jerkin  and 
full-bottomed  wig,  a  sword  in  each  hand  ;  on  one 
side  a  crc»wned  head  and  bust  (Charles  II.) ; 
chequered  ornaments  and  name  on  the  border. 
William  San? ,  al«o  mentioned  in  Shawns  Chemidnj 
of  Votttt'ih  and  William  Talor,  were  Stalfordshire 
poitf'r*  about  H580,  and  manufactured  similar 
dishes.  I  therefor©  conclude  that  the  diah  men- 
tioned by  W.  F.  H.  was  made  in  StatTordshire. 

I  v^m  think  that  the  di^^h  mentioned  by  F.S.  A,, 
of  the  dale  IGGO,  was  nianufiictured  at  Lambetb. 
In  lUmiration»  ofAjis  ami  Mamtfmiurun  (London, 
1841),  by  Aitkin,  we  m^j  read  as  follows : — 

"  It  in  nboat  two  hundred  yr'a,T*  asrn  (tthmif,  liVtO)  since 
fcjine  I'liieh  |Jottcr:*  eamo  and  e*tflbli*iied  Ihofii^icU'e*  in 
L.imheth,  and  by  degji-vn  a  Jittle  coluoy  ^\;^*^  Hxed  ia 
that  vUltt^,  piji^Riicd  of  aUmt  iwi'nty  mnnutiictoriea,  in 
which  wtTc  made  the  RU/tid  pottery  and  tik-^  rotiyiimcd 
in  I^oTiffon  aod  in  various  otlitrr  parta  i)t  tl-  '  -r-  '  'ti. 
Here  the}'  contiunt'd  in  a  flouriahin;;  state,  i- 

pUn'metit  to  many  bnn<h  in  the  various  dt[  'i' 

thut  art  till  nbout  tlfty  or  frixty  years  ago;  whtiii  lUe 
potters  or  Staffurdfthirc*  by  their  conimereiaJ  Rctivity. 
and  b}*  the  great  improvemeuts  introduced  by  them  IQ 
the  «|uality  of  their  vinre,  cMmplptcly  heat  out  of  the 
market  ihr  Lflnihetii  delft  manufactures." 

The  iware  made  at  Lambeth  was  principally  a 
kind  of  delft,  with  hmdscape**  and  ii^rures  painted 
in  blue.  One  of  the  Dutchmen  referred  to  was 
probably  Van  Ilamme,  who  obtained  4i  patent  in 
lC76,  the  preamble  to  which  jrtatea — 

**  Whereas  Jobn  Arlens  Van  Ilamme  hnth  humbly 
ret>reiented  to  us  that  he  if,  in  purciuance  of  the  encourmge- 
ineut  hehatli  rtceived  from  out  Arob.iHsador  at  the  Hague, 
come  over  to  settle  in  thia  our  Kiaj*doni,  with  hi^  own 
friniily,  to  flxcrciee  his  art  of  making  tiles  and  porcelane, 
and  other  earthenwares  after  the  way  practhied  iu  Hol- 
land." 

The  spelling'  of  the  inscription  on  the  dish  of 
F.S.A.  decidedly  indicate/^  a  Dutch  origin  rather 
than  that  of  Dr*  Dwight,  Vicar  of  Fulham,  whicb 
LyKons,  in  his  Eniirotts^  says  he  was;  and  his 
death  ia  thus  noticed  in  the  obituary  of  the  Oen- 
thiiimis  Magttzme  for  17^7; — *'At  Fulham,  Br. 
Dwight.  Ho  was  the  iirat  that  found  out  the 
secret  to  colour  earthenware  like  china." 


38 


KOTES  AXD  QUERrES. 


[;4*»'S.VIL  Jax.  H,7I. 


There  are  aonie  rery  curioua  matters,  t^  the 
studi'iit  of  ceramic  ware,  connected  with  the 
Ij<inilj»;tU  pottery,  but  spaco  forbids  me  to  allude 
ti  them  here.  William  Pi:?kkrton,  F,S.A. 


ROBERT  BOWMAN,  THE  ALLEGED 

CKNTI^XAHIAN. 

(4*»»  S.  vi*  tt,  140,  203,  22*2.) 

Mr*  Oilfix  des(»rves  the  best  thanks  of  al!  who 
are  intt?rcatcd  In  ihe  questiOD  of  longevity  for 
the  troublfi  ho  hns  taken  in  investigating  the  case 
of  Rol^H^rt  Bowmafi;  and  as  one  who  knows  by 
painful  f^xperioncfi  the  vadt  amount  of  time  and 
labour  which  mich  ioquiriea  entail,  I  beg  to  thank 
him  most  heartily. 

I  appreciate  the  good  serrice  he  has  done  in 
colleetinj^  the  information  which  he  has  laid 
before  the  readers  of  *'  N,  &  Q,,"  and  I  am  the 
more  anxious  to  avow  this,  seeing' that,  at  the  risk 
of  being  classed  among  those  '*  who  are  uudtily 
burdened  with  sceptical  mindn  on  thia  subject* 
I  am  flo  far  from  drawing  from  the  evidence 
brought  forward  by  Mk.  Gilpin  the  conclusion  at 
which  he  has  ai-riv^^d — viz.,  that  Robert  Bowman 
was  *'  at  least  one  hundr^fl  and  eujhteen  yran  old 
at  the  time  of  hiB  death  *' — that  my  doubts  upon 
that  point  are  very  conaiderably  strengthened. 

8o  far  from  confirming  or  eatablisbing  the 
identity  of  the  Robert  Bowman  baptised  at  flay - 
ton  in  the  year  1705,  with  the  Rf>bert  Bowmiin 
who  died  at  Irthington  in  182^1,  the  evidence 
adduced  by  Mil.  Oilmn  seems  to  me  to  have  a 
directly  opposite  tendency.  Mr.  Gilpin  aeiirched 
the  llayton  re^n^ter  carefully  for  lifty  or  sixty 
yearSj  and  the  only  liaptism  bearing  directly  upon 
the  subject  is  that  of  Robert  Bowman,  hftptised 
in  1705;  but  if  this  ia  the  baptism  of  the  cen- 
teuarian  Robert,  tIiP3  eame  register  would ^  in  all 
probabilitVi  have  contained  the  regi^iter  of  the 
Drother  TKomna,  said  to  have  been  horn  either  in 
1707  or  171L  Surely  the  absence  of  tlie  baptism 
of  Tbomaa  leads  to  tbe  inference  that  the  Robert 
baptihnd  was  not  the  brother  of  Thoma^s  and 
consequently  nut  the  Robert  who  died  at  lrth» 
ington.  Mk.  GilpiXj  who  produces  not  a  tittle 
of  evidence  an  to  the  age  of  Thomas,  *'  who  died 
in  1810,  aged  ninety-nine  yeara,  oPt  an  some  sat/, 
ime  hundred  and  om/^  mys :  **  If  Robert  Bowman  "a 
age  b^  a  delusion  and  a  anare,  then  h  also  the 
age  of  Ma  brother  Thomas.  Both  men  must  atand 
or  fall  together."  I  agree  with  Mr.  CiIlpin  in 
his  premise,?,  but  differ  in  his  concljLKJon,  I 
liold  that  there  ia  not  a  particle  of  evidence  aa  to 
the  real  age  of  either  of  tuem. 

It  is  imicU  to  he  regretted  that  Me*  GiLPnr's 

endeavours  to  procure  the  marriage  certificate  were 

not  attended  with  success;  as,  although  such  cer- 

♦^Hcnto  would  probably  not  have  ahown  hia  age, 

fht  have  described  the  place  of  bis  birth,  or 


at  all  eventa  bis   then   rendence.    But,  in  the 
absence   of  this  document,  we  gather  Iroin  the 
tombatone  in  Irtbingmn  churchyard  some  facts 
connected  with  his  marriage  which  deserve  coi 
sideration  with  reference  to  his  presumed  agi«,    I 
the  tirst  place, presuming  as  wo  may,from  the  birtl 
of  th*^  eldest  son  in  17t50,  that  Bowman  marri( 
in  17*50,*  he  wju?  tifty- four  years  of  age,  while 
wife,  born  in  172H,  was  twenty-one  years  youm 
being  only  thirty -three,     I  do  not  tnow'wheti 
the  yeomen  of  Oumherland  marry  yoimg  crm 
but  Hfty-four  is,  aa  a  general  rule,  so  except ioni 
an  age  for  a  man  to  marry  at,  that  the  staterae: 
i^  calrulrittHl  to  increase'  rather  than  to  rem*r 
my  scepticism* 

But  IS  not  a  clno  to  the  absence  of  all  evidence 
to  be  found  in  a  fact  which  Mr,  Giu  i 
over  slightly,  and   on  which  his   infoi  ; 
probably  imperfect-  "  Bowman,"  says  Mil  <  •  i 
^*  liaviug  pa^s^ed  his  whole  life  in  the  neighl 
hood  of  his  birthplace— p.rc«f/j;  a  few  ear  It/ 
«pent  in  XorthumhHand,''^     Now  may  not  ttU 
early  years  have  been  spent  in  Northumbcrli 
(where,  if  we  knew  the  preei*e  locality,  both  hift^ 
bnptii^mal  and  marriage  certiticatea  might  be  dis- 
covered ),  and  he  have  removed  to  Irthixigton  on 
his  marriage  ? 

What  was  the  maiden  name  of  Bowman's  wife 
where  were  their  children  bom  and  baptised  ^  f< 
the  accounts  of  Bownmn*s  children  are  very  coi 
tradictory.     l>r.   Barnes,   writing  in    1821,  Ra^ 
*Mie  married  at  the  age  of  tifty'*  (which  would  be 
in  175o)  **and  had  six  sons,  all  of  whom  are  now 
living;  the   eld e^^t  is ,>?/"/ v-n'W  and  the  voun^ 
ftfrbj^u^t'en,  which  omkci^  the  birth  of  the  eld 
son  to  have  taken  plfice  in  17(11,  whereas  <)n  tbi 
tombstone  erected  in  Irthlngton  churchyard  th< 
eldest  son  h  de.seribed  as  having  **  died  J*ily  i' 
1844,    aged    eighty-four   Tears";    according    t( 
winch  he  must  have  been  oorn  in  17tlO. 

I  am  wriliug  hist  now  under  great  disadran- 
tages,  rmd  iudeHci  should  not  have  writteij  nt  al 
but  that  1  feel  it  lis  due  toMR-  GiLPLN'to  ncknow' 
ledge  tiiG  pains   he   bfts   taken   to  aj«certain  the] 
truth,  but  as  in  my  opinion  Mit.  Gilpin's  evid- 
ence  does   not   su.Htain   his   belief  that    he    hi 
established  the  fm't  that  Bowman  was  118,  I  U 
hound  to  point  out  where  I  think  it  defective. 

Mr,  Gilpin'.^  generfjsity  hfts,  I  think,  tempt 
him  to  take  the  weaker  side ;  but  whatever  ma/' 
have  influenced  him,  he  now  deliberately  avows^ 
hi ^  belief  that  Roh»>rt  Bowman  reached  the  verjfi 
exceptional  nge  of  118.     1  do  not  say  he  did  uoi 
but  1  do  say  there  is  at  present  not  a  particle 


*  I  ant  aware  Dr.  Biiraes,  wriliiu;  in  1821,  «iiyii  I 
man  marrM  In  175.\  %vtien  he  wa»  fiftvy  '  "        '    t ' 

if  so,  it  13  turioti-*  rlint  fo  mflnyyearssho 
before  the  ttirth  <>!'  hLn  fir^t  i*hi1d,  who,  a 
acoouat,  wa»  born  in  17*50,  and  to  another  in  i;r,l,     Th#J 
births  of  the  other  children  followed  at  nhort  intervals. 


^^  s.  TIL  Jiut.  14, 71.1  NOTES  AND  QUERIES- 


3D 


eridenoe  tliAt  he  did  8o.  Those  who  support  the 
ifgument  that  Bownmn  was  118  must  prove 
tbetr  CRU^.  •*  Eo  incunibit  probatio  qui  dicitj 
nnn  qai  negat/'  days  the  civil  law ;  and  it  tiiny  be 
«ii!«  J  rTijit  the  civil  law  also  requirnd  that  in 
t  I  as  the  supposed  fact  w»i^,  aa  in  this 

<•  pflonal  and  be  von  d  tht^  ordinary  nature 

tfi  thtajra,  90  ought  the  evidence  in  support  of  it 
lo  he  clear,  distinct,  and  beyond  all  douot. 

'  WiLLUM  J.  TnOMS. 
40,  Sc  George'*  S^juftr©,  S,W. 


PASSAGE  ATTRIBUTED  TO  ST.  IGXATICS. 
(4^^  S,vi.  381,478.) 

Mb,  Tbw  does  not  seem  to  b*  aware  that,  in 
Addition  to  the  seven  epistles  of  St.  Igrmtiua 
which  MO  usually  accounted  genuine,  thero  are  a 
number  whicb  bear  his  name»  but  which  now  are 
univer>ally  considered  spuriouB,  Aniou|^st  these 
j«  an  epi*tle  to  the  Philippians^  and  in  tbat  wpietle 
(chap  xiii.)  occurs  the  passage  referred  to  by 
Hooker.  These  sp»mous  epistles  are  annexed  as 
an  a^pp^ndix  t< »  ihc  Writings  of  the  ApmtfiHc 
FqUut»^  pubUahed  by  Messrs.  Clark,  of  Edin- 
'iiirph,  in  their  "  Ante'-Nicene  Chtii^tiaa  Librrity/' 
id  in  the  introductory  notice  to  them  the  trans- 

rs  say  :— 

••  It  w*»  A  coasidernble  tirac  before  editors  ic  modem 

tim.^  y<y^T\  \ri  discriminntc  between  the  true  and  the 

f  -^  allributed  t?  IgnatiuLf.    The  letters 

r  <Ier  bis  name  were  thoi^e  tbr«e  whkh 

i;.     These  c?imc  forth  in  1495  jit  PuriB, 

I  a  life  of  Bci;ket,  Anhbi?-ht>p  of  CEn- 

♦  r^(*  yeani  htcr,  elevtti  epistJfes,  com- 

I    hy  Eusehiii!*,  ariLl  four  othersi, 

,,  and  passf'd  tlirouji^bi  four  or  live 

.   ■■    ...    whole  of  the profc&««d)y  Ij^imtian 

published  at  Coloj^ne  in   a  Latin  Vfr^ion  ; 

f)on  also  passed  through  several  editions. 

7  that  the  Iirnatinn  epifltJes  aptx^Ared 

I  ti  Greek  ut  Dilliut'in    After  tbijs  date, 

t.-ue forth  in  which  the  probftbly  j^enuiDR 
^  ixed   up  with  the  ccrtaitflly  spurious*   tb« 

'  I'-lter*  only  being  rejected  a^  dc-ntitute  of 

fl::i ;»  rj [;, .  \  edi'tiu*  of'Cicn-vA ftrst mnde  the  distinction 
»hieh  in'iiow  niuvtr<.illy  incepted,  in  an  edition  of  tbeise 
epistlta  which  h'^  pub]i*iLt<l  in  1C23  ;  and  he  was  fol- 
\o^n<X  bv  iVrirhbi^bop  U^ht^r  and  others,  who  entered 
n»'>'i' folly  intotJiat  critical  exuminatiun  of  these  writlnga 
^bidi  has  be«n  contioueil  (bmn  even  to  our  own  day/' 

A. 


■kto] 


Mb.  Smite's  logic  is  refreshmg.  Let  me  flujrgest 

tirtt  he  write,  in  some  conspicuous  place  in  his 

itad?*  is   very    larjxe   letters,    Vave   ^*  pctiiionem 

t,r  ,.-^^,;"      j^  ui^Y  act  as  a  ch«-ck  flgainat  the 

»  of  tbe   wnrsf,  though  not  the  moat 

^ ;.,,;.  of  all  fttilnriiis,     lu  his  obli^inpr paper 

httmi  aMnmea  it  as  an  evident  fact  that  I  unow 
nnthiag  of  **the  epistle  to  tb^*  Pliilippiantj  which 
nroieites  to  he  tbe  work  of  Ignatius/'  and  then 
wiltieei  the,  to  Mm  oum  mmd^  necessary  conclusion 


tbat  my  opinion  '^  would  carry  more  weight  "that 
**  Ij^natiiis  wrote  bo  epistle  to  the  Philippians.*' 
What  kind  nf  reasoninir  thU  is  I  wot  not.  To 
reverse  the  cast*,  it  might  just  as  well  bt*  naid  that 
a  man's  **  opinion  would  carry  more  weight  **  who 
should  declare  tbat  the  decretal  epistles  attributed 
to  St.  Clement  are  fork's ries,  if  he  knewsoruvthing: 
of  bis  pi^enuine  epistle  to  the  Corinthians.  Further, 
Mn  Smith  asdert«  that  "  Hooker's  quotation  U 
quite  correct.**  1  assert  that  it  is  not,  **  I  copy/* 
says  Mr,  8mith,  "the  sentence  in  full.*'  From 
what  book?  may  I  be  allowed  to  ask.  For  in 
thia  eopi/  tbe  words  toi^  nii<rxa  appear,  but  in 
Hooker  (Clxford,  1841)  they  do  not,  eitber  in  tbe 
text  or  tiie  foot-note.  So  much  for  Mr.  SMlTtl's 
accuracy. 

To  Mk.  E,  Marshall  I  tender  my  best  thanks. 
His  few  remarks  (anticipated^  as  be  will  see)  are 
cbaracterised  by  the  moderation  and  good  temper 
which  it  is  so  pleasant  to  meet  witb,  but  against 
which  some  do  so  grievously  offend. 

As  to  the  character  of  these  epistles,  but  a  very 
small  amount  of  tbe  critical  faculty  will  be  needed 
to  tbe  formation  of  a  right  judgtnent.  Forgery  is 
tm  the  face  of  them,  and  few  who  have  read  them 
with  any  attention  will  have  much  objection  to 
endori*e  the  following  statement ; — 

**yeri§imi1e  non  est,  eaa  Eusebiuni,  st  ejun  mvo  ex- 
stitijiaeDt,  latere  potui^so,  aat  ab  eodem,  si  ipsi  co<^nitUf 
esaent,  prscteriri ;  m.'deiiain|  quia  vel  ob  modum  loquendi, 
nb  Ku^ebianis  mult  urn  dbcrepantes  apparent^  vel  ob  ma- 
tedani  do€irinw,inatitutifl  et  moribos  poaterioris  Erelesiir 
ma^ia  coasona;,  et  l^uatianis  Huaebio  memoraU^  &cda 
imitatione,  caque  nimis  afff*c  tat  (l,  aim  ilea." 

Htceniioritm  Judicia  dc  S*  Ign*  EpuL^  xxxiv, 

CjulieU  Jiiob^   on 
Edmund  Tew,  M,A. 
Patchiog  Rectory,  Arundel. 


It  is  not  un suited  to  tlie  notes  which  have  ap- 
peared on  the  epiatle  to  the  PbilippianS|  called 
**  of  8.  Ignatius/*  to  st«te  in  what  manner  the 
collections  of  his  epistles  are  to  be  regarded. 
There  are : — 

L  The  shorter  recension  of  the  seven  epiatles, 
which  are  commonly  kn<iwn  as  the  genuiin* 
epistles,  which  is  the  one  in  Jacobs  on  *s  and 
Iiefele's  Patres  A/wtt.  and  other  recent  collec- 
tions. 

2,  The  longer,  or  interpolated,  version  of  the 
seven  epistles,  often  cited  by  early  writers, 

ti.  TheSytiac  version,  with  English  translation 
of  three  of  these,  with  collected  extracts  from 
other?*,  published  by  Cureton,  Loud.  1845, 

4.  The  eight  spurious  epistles,  three  of  which 
are  only  found  in  Latin.  Of  these  eight  Hefele 
observes:  **  Unsnimi  doctorum  consensu  spuria 
habentur.''     (Patr.  Apod.,  Tubing.  1847, p.  xliii.) 

The  whole  collection,  except  the  Syriac,  viz,^ 
tbe  shorter  recension,  t\ve  \ou^^i  ot  \u\«t^%N^A> 


40 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[4«kayiL  Jax,  14/71. 


and  tho  spurious  epi 
edition  of  1.  Vosauf,  A 
1680. 


be  seen    iu    the 
'  s  reprinted  Lond. 

EdW.  MAJU>ffALL. 


>rtTR.U.    PAlKTfNG   nc    STABSrOK   CHCRCH, 

NORFOLK. 

(4'*  S.  Tt.  542,  577.) 

I  hftve  no  wish  tn  Le  coDtentious :  but  the 
subject  of  tlii«  pAiritiii^  is  too  interesting  to  be 
left  tindecided ;  and  I  8«e  fts  yet  no  n/Ason  to 
chan^u  my  opinion.  G.  A.  C.  cilJs  attention  to  a 
iWiire  in  the  painting,  upon  which,  he  says,  I 
madi^  DO  obaervation,  but  it  did  not  escape  my 
notiee,     lie  obseirea  that — 

'•  <>vi*r  the  bead  of  the  dying  or  deceased  per^oQ  ii  held 
*':  Imt  Jill  hcmldic  ^hk^ld,  the  amw  ufjun  which 

*'i  itdy  too  intlifrlinct    to    he  accurately  dc- 

The  Arms,  na  well  n^  can  1>e  mide  out,  appear 
to  lii^  lliose  of  SftwtTw  or  Sal  trey  Abbey  id 
Uuntitfg'doiiahire,  to  which  the  adrow^ouj.  of 
8ever,«il  churches  in  Norfolk  were  granted,  and 
the  ahbot  of  which  held  manors  and  lands  in  the 
county.  But  whatt'ver  arms  vrere  on  the  fihield 
b,  in  my  opinion,  of  no  importance  towards  the 
elucidation  of  the  painting, 

I  am  more  and  more  ci>nvineed  that  it  rt*pri*- 
aents  the  death  of  the  Blessed  Virgin  3Iary.  Two 
angels  are  carry in;^  up  her  soul  to  heaven :  no 
snch  presumption  of  immediate  beatitude  could 
have  been  entertained  of  any  ordinary  individual, 
however  ennobled  by  worldly  honours.  In  the 
next  place,  as  I  mentioned,  I  have  fioen  various 
old  representations  of  the  death  of  the  B.  \,  M. 
more  or  less  agreeing  with  the  one  at  Staratou ; 
and,  at  least,  two  such  are  in  my  own  po^«f>ssian. 
One  of  these  remarkably  coincides:  having  the 
three  privilef^ed  Apostles,  SS.  Peter,  Jtimes,  and 
John,  close  to  the  bed,  and  St  .Tohu.  m  here, 
weariny'  n  cope,  and  extending  hii^  bauds  over  the 
bed.  In  the  other,  the  same  three  are  gtandiiig 
in  the  mime  po.^ition  ;  St.  John,  always  distin* 
jruiBhable  by  his  juvenile  appearance,  and  here 
also  wriirlci','  a  cope  and  chisping  his  bun  da.  These 
are  both  woodcuts  of  the  fifteentli  century. 

I  >*a]d  that  I  attached  no  importance  to  the 
heraldic  shield.  If  we  miike  the  very  allowable 
supposition  that  some  patron  or  distinjjui-jhed 
person  was  interred  beneath  the  recess,  aud  that 
this  paintiDg  was  executed  as  a  pious  memoiial 
over  his  tomb,  the  whole  will,  I  think,  be  satis- 
factorily explained.  The  B.  V.  Mary  has*  just 
deptirted.  St.  John  holds  a  family,  or  conventual 
coat  of  arms  towards  his  adopted'holy  Motbt^r,  to 
implore  her  intercession  for  the  owners  of  the 
arms,  or  the  soul  of  the  person  interred  beneath  ; 
and  St,  Peter  holds  a  scroll,  on  which  the  in- 
scription seems  to  have  been  **  Precor  te  Maria.*' 


mal& 
tte<^ 

eotiB 
le  qIH 


Thf  last  word  is  still  plain  ;  but  on  any  other  suo- 
|)osilion,  bowcould  it  be  appropriate ':' '  The  femala 
tigtire,  whom  G,  A.  C.  supposest  to  be  eoronett 
has  reidly  no  coronet,  but  merely  an  ornament 
head  band.     She  is,  in  my  opinion*  only  one 
the  holy  women  attendant^  on  the  B.  VirjrLn,  per 
haps  meant  for  Seranhia,  who  was  dlsUntrui§hed 
as  the  wife  of  ono  ot  the  members  of  the  Sanhe- 
driui,  and  of  whom  tradition  reports  that 
of  about  the  same  age  as  Mary,  and  had  bee 
and   clo-ely   c:>nnected   with  the   Holy  ^ 
Thore  h  one  object  standing  before  the  head 
the  bed,  which  I  cannot  explain,  because  so  littl 
of  it  remains.     It  looks  like  a  pede^t^U^  and 
have  supported  a  lamp,  or  chafing-dish,  as  the 
an»  what  appear  to  be  flames  at  the  top. 

I  take  this  occasion  to  correct  a  mistake  I  ^ 
when   the   drawing  was    first  sent  me.      I  too 
hastily  pronounced   the   coped  figure  to   be  Sl^j 
Peter*:  hut  there  can  be  no  doubt  that  it  t^pniH 
sents  St.  John.  F.  C.  hS 

P.  S.    The  misprinting  of   a  single  -word  is 
sometimes  of  mucu  consequence,  and  therefore  I 
mun  request  the  readers  of  '♦N.  k  Q/*  to  con    ^ 
in  their  copit^s  the   misprint  ot  the  end  of 
article  (p.  542).  of  the  word  hand.     It  ought  1 
be  heail     The  bond  would  be  of  no  value  tow 
making  out  the  figure  intended,   but   the 
would  be  most  important.     Unfortunately  neiti 
remains. 

In  a  chromolithograph  of  this  paiutin;r  whicll| 
have  seen,  the  following  letter??  are  qmt**  pi 
PROCE.  then  a  hiatus  occupyiug  the  space  of 
letters,  then  a  longobardic'  N  with  the  atru  _ 
stroke  prolonged  upward  and  surmounted  by^ 
cross-strnlkO  as  if  for  NT,  then  K.  then  the  woT 
MARrA,   L  f'.   proce[i>k]ktr  haku.      It   caon 
possibly  have  been  prceor  U,  unless*  the  artist  ] 
drawn  upon  his  imagination  for  three  characto 
which  are  wry  distinotly  ahown  in  the  cbron 
lithograph.  J.  T.  M 

N.  Kclsej',  Bri^» 

RoscoK'ft  *'  Novelists'  LinuART  *'  and  Gforgb 
CitiriKsHAXK  iV^  S.  vi.  C43,  426.)— Mr,  Wtxii 
U  substantially  correct  in  what  he  says  as  to 
George  Cruikalmuk*s  <!onnei'tion  with  this  work^ 
but  he  is  in  orror  iu  supposing  the  stories  to 
consist  of  mntft^tni  volumes,  which  is  cxjmplete 
in  seventeen,  or  those  illustrated  by  the  artist 
above-named.  It  was  Mr.  Roscoe*s  first  intention 
that  the  designs  for  the  entire  aeries  should  be 
executed  by  Strutt ;  but,  regarding  theee  as  a 
failure,  he '  renounced  his  connection  with  that 
artist  on  the  issue  of  the  second  volume,  com- 
mencing dinavo  with  the  designs  of  George  Cruik- 
shank.  The  two  volomes  illuatratad  by  Strutt 
were  not  henceforward  intended  to  be  reckonad 


4«^6.VIL  Jax.14,^1.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


41 


SA  any  portion  of  the  series.  Thia  ia  pldn  from 
tilt  asmouncfjmeDt  cited  by  your  correspoudent 
**1Sbml  he,  G.  Cruikfihank^  *  i'seugnged  to  iUustrattj 
tlie  whoie  terif^'  "  which  could  otlicrwise  poesesa 
xto  eigmUcftuee;  and  it  explains  the  appart^nt 
monialy  of  two  ^rst  iind  two  second  vmumes. 
Buliw  UbfiM  excre^eDceSfRoocoe*?  '^'NovHlIdts'  Li- 
InsT?*  in  tUe  view  of  its  <xlit<jr  Tbomrtis  Hnecoe, 

fcted    of   iw^vpnteen   volumes,   tlie   wliMe    of 

tioii^  were  iilustrat^^i  by  my 
liiink.  J.  C,  KoGER. 

lii  Nauch  in  Ireland  (3'''*  S.t>rtwi>ji; 
",  42'!.)— Stiittrt's  Armatjh  { Svo,  Kc?wry. 
l'<V:)f  p.  201)  atatea  from  Veaey's  Statutes^  p.  29, 


that  in  — 

Hi.'- 


t'lat  every  Irishman  -wlio 
in  the  counties  of  DabliD, 
.  ..;Idare,  should  b€  appardlud 
:i,  and  frbauld  fihavc  tbe  beard 
ike  an  EogUeiU  sumanv'  derir«l 
wttiiLX  lionj  J  I  ^vii,  n  rulour.  on  art,  fldenoe,  or  offifc, 
Etofv  ntr  derived  innnv  fiimilj  nAinefl,  such  as  Sutton, 
Gbitlcc.  Trim  <  M  =  !  I  I  If  k,  Brown,  White,  Smith,  Car- 
Hater*  Cook,  Karnes  thus  ndoptf'd  were  to 
UtriffwmiUf  ^y  oodcr  p«:n;itty  ol  f<irlVitur^  of 
eood^lkc.  Ihe  .MucanirabbAiis  became  Soil  lb,  the  GeaU 
WidtE,-  t€^ 

W.  P. 

*'Goi>  itAJ>E  Mas,"  etc.  (4*»»  S,  ti.  345,  42G, 
'  "         ^'      replies  wliicb   your  learned   corre- 
C.  H,  and  Dr.  Dixon  Lave  kindly 
query  remiecting  tbeae  quaint  lines 
•/  ^worthy — tlie  fonner  8s  showing  that 

ilii  .  ».  ^.  ..  peculiar  to  any  one  county,  and  the 
litte;  for  tbr  rerereminl  feeling  with  which  tbey 
iMir  to  have  been  y-easured  up  by  the  IJurbam 
eoukr.  It  tv^ma  probfible  that  they  originated 
imongst  the  niinpTs,  iov  the  version  of  the  lines 
ilip|)li^  by  1>IL  Dtxox — and  evidently  the  most 
oomct  of  the  three  given — uuuiistakeably  implies 
M  murh ;  and  the  ffict  of  their  being'  popular 
witli  the  pitmen  cf  the  North,  and  my  noaring 
tea  in  th<?  Stattbrdahire  colliery  district,  tenda 
tlio  to  support  thia  suppasiti^n.  May  I  inquire 
igaia.  havp  niiT  of  voor  readirs  ever  seen  them  in 
|iint  before  ?  '       '  F.  S. 

Tlir  Aijvijrr  Hnnr  r4*»'  S.  vi.  112.)— The  cor- 
JWpOfidtrl  r  the  Simdaii  Tunes,  May,  iJiTO,  has 
iid?  I  loriu^  itatetiient  concemin;^'^  the 

*»»*■  ij.    "^llelmsJey'' ia  an  adaptation 

4^tt  :  a  song  beginuing  — 


fi  ao;r^U  now  protect  me, 
hcs\ti  lo  me  the  youth  I  love/'— » 


tm2  Iv 


Ann  Ciitl^  V  iu  The  Golden  Pippin,  a  bur- 
::   Garden  Theatre,  Feb,  (5, 
\  n  a  celebratt'd  octree  and 

^ii^^.    ii*  Memoir n  (a  very  curiocis 

Jttiehook^  J  iubroas),  is  now  before  me, 

Ta$  tune   b»i^i»-ri   poptilar,  and  'was    converted 
^^  A  hornpipe  by  Buioe  playhouae  muaician,  and 


into  a  hymn-tune  by  aome  zealous  low-churdi- 
inau  I  Vtilf^arity^  and  consequent  untitness  for 
devotional  purposes,  ia  the  strong  chnracteriatic 
of  tlaa  still  (1  urn  eorry  to  say)  popular  tune, 

Edward  F.  Rimbault. 

*•  HiERusALHir !  MT  HAPPiE  IIome!''  (4**»  S. 
vi.  372,  485.)^As  a  supplement  to  the  hifltorj'  of 
this  **sfing''  or  hymn,  U  maybe  stated  that  u 
copy  in  broadside  vvill  be  found  in  the  Rawlinsor 
Collection  of  Balkda  (4to,  />G6,  107)  in  the  Bod- 
leian Library,  It  U  etuitledr  The  true  dcuu-ipUm^ 
nf  the  t'Vt'rUtstinff  iot/s  of  Jft^aiien,     To  (hr  tune  cf 

0  tnati  in  desperation.  In  two  parts,  nineteen 
stanzas  of  uight  lines  (so  by  no  mffiaia  in  nn  abhre- 
riated  form),  black  lett<?r,  two  wt>odcut^.  ** Printed 
for  F,  Coles,  T.^Vere,  aful  J.  Wright  (between 
U)60  and  1070).     It  begins  thus :  — 

•♦  J<rru»&lem,  my  happy  hnme, 

When  fihxdl  I  come  to  tbeo  ? 
Whuii  Mhall  mj*  sarrowa  have  an  en*t  ^ 

Tby  joys  when  shall  1  snyj  ? 
Wbcffc  happy  harbour  Ls  of  saint. 

With  sweet  and  pl<?aaxnt  nayl; 
In  tht'c  no  sorrow  ever  fouf^d,' 

Xo  grief,  no  cane,  no  toyl." 

Wu.  Cjiaitsll. 

**PiG8  MAT  Flt,''  etc.  (4^  S.  tS.  321, 30a)  — 

1  did  not  intend  to  claim  this  proverb  as  an  Italian 
one.  I  meant  nothing  more  than  that  I  met  witk , 
it  in  Italy.  I  had  never  bt^rd  it  in  Enpflnnd.  I 
However,  it  appears  to  be  wt*U  known.  What  ia 
tbo  Eiirrli^h  form?  I  wbh  that  Mr,  Addis  liad 
given  it.  The  .same  proverb?*  are  «o  widely  dif- 
fused, that  it  ia  impoaaible  to  tiit  locality, 

Stephen  Jackson. 

When  I  was  a  **  mid*'  in  one  of  Green  a  ships, 
a  fihipniate  from  Worcestershire  (Chipping  Nor- 
ton^  I  believe),  when  a^^ked  to  do  anything  he  did 
not  wi-sh  to,  would  frequently  reply  by  sajnng: 
"  Pigs  mwht  fly,  but  theyVe  very  unlikely  birds," 

F,  H.  D, 

Bolivar,  Mi^^sissippl,  W.  S. 

Sm  Thomas  Brov^tje:  ArchkiVs  Court  (4»^ 
S.  vL4(3,  2BB.)— HiiBted,  Ireland,  and  the  other 
Kentish  historians,  all  speak  vaguely  of  the  owner 
of  Archers  Court,  who  passed  it  to  lioa&e.  They 
say,  Sir  Thomas  BrowirL%  or  Mr.  Thomas  Browne  , 
of  Loudon,  Thomas  Broome,  &;c.  It  is  to  be  1 
regretted  that  Mrs.  Hilton  has  not  settled  the 
matter  by  responding  to  Mr.  Elsted's  very  useful 
suggestion.  I  have  seen  in  Doctors'  Commons 
the  will  of  Richards  Rouse,  Sen.,  1706;  which,  I 
think,  is  conclusive.     He  says :  — 

*^  1  give,  &c.  in  trust,  4rc  Whitfield  or  Ar<?ber*8  Court, 
bought  by  nie  of  the  Kcv.  Thomns  Bn>«i»»e,  his  wife 
Elizuhfth,  and  WtUiAm  Broume,  Esq.,  to  my  daughter  , 
iUTra  Striager,  wife  of  Fhiueua  Strioger,*'  ko.. 

The  name  therefore  is  Broome,  and  not  Browne 
at  all,  ^^T8L\^^. 


42 


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li'bS.TILJAsr.  14.71. 


The  iRisn  Planxty  (4*»>  S,  vi-  300,  512).— 
I  bftve  always  heiurd  and  imderatood  it  to  hiiTe 
"been  a  harp  Air  of  a  g^rand  and  elerating  character. 
It  min^lea  the  most  pAsaionate  ^rief  for  wroncr 
inflicted  on  clan  or  kindred  with  the  tierc<}st  de- 
nunciation of  the  wronirdoer.  It  celebrated  n, 
Tictory  and  the  virtues  of  the  victor  chief.  It 
was  the  nuptiEil  aong  of  a  royal  hero's  bridal,  or 
the  revenireful  and  defiant  strain  upon  his  fall  in 
battle.  When  Ireland  became  at  leng"th  consoli- 
dated under  English  rule,  and  the  fightings  of  the 
native  sept.*?  and  clans  was  done  away  with,  the 
plnn:cty  n^sumed  a  convivial  character ;  and  any 
l^eatleman  of  old  standings  in  the  country, 
whether  of  Irish  or  Eng-lish  descent.  Catholic  or 
Protestant,  who  kept  a  pood  cellar^  larder,  and 
pack  of  hounds^  and  who  had  m^t  an  opponent, 
once  at  least  in  hia  life,  in  fair  light,  with  «word 
Of  pistol,  was  sure  to  have  a  planxty  dedicated  to 
his  name  ami  honour  by  I  ho  peripntetic  hard  or 
harper  who  took  the  jolly  squire  iti  his  rounds, 
and  received  the  cpad  miiif  fmkhe  (hmidred  thou- 
sand welcomes)  of  Iri^^h  hospitality  m  loiig^  m  he 
chose  to  stay.  Of  such  modem  celebrations,  the 
mo»t  notable,  and  the  readiest  to  refer  to,  as 
having  been  adapted  by  Sir  John  Stevenson 
to  some  of  the  most  baautiful  of  Moore's  versea, 
are  Planxtv  Kelly,  Planxty  Connor,  and  Planxty 
Sudley  —  the  la^t  -  mentioned  having"  beeu  an 
indubitable  Saxon.  Like  the  Norman  Geraldines 
of  A  former  afre,  who  intermarrii^d  amoni^st 
the  natives  and  cultivated  the  ^od  opinion 
of  their  adopted  country,  he  pitched  his  tent 
on  some  pleasant  spt/t  of  the  ^*  Golden  Vein," 
and  making  himself  and  everyone  who  had 
to  do  with  him  happy  and  comfortable,  be- 
canae  "more  Irish  than  the  Iri^h  themselves." 
Oafolan's  best  air  was  a  planxty,  which  he  cam- 
posed  in  honour  of  a  Welnhman  (Bumper  Squire 
Jones)  during'  a  visit  he  made  to  the  Principality, 
in  return  for  the  generous  consideration  with 
which  the  most  celebrated  of  Irish  harpers  wag 
treated  not  only  by  that  particidar  host,  but 
wherever  he  went  among,st  the  descendants  of  the 
Cimbri.  The  witUf  drriiatur  of  *'  planxty  '^  I  have 
often  heiird  discussed,  ^ome  deriving  it  from  the 
Greek  TrAa7icTe$s,  vagrant,  wandering,  &c.^and  others 
firom  the  Latin  plnnrttts,  the  noise  of  the  tem- 
pestnons  waves  dashing  upon  a  rock-boand  coaat, 
to  which  more  than  one  ancient  poet  has  likened 
the  roar  of  human  voices  in  battle  or  tumult. 
The  secondary  and  more  popular  meaning  of 
pliinchijSf  as  we  all  know^is  a  plaint  or  complaint ; 
but  1  Itave  never  heard  of  any  keen  or  coranach  or 
purelv  funeral  song  of  the  Irish  having  been 
called  n  planxty.  1  believe  that  the  derivation  of 
the  word  from  the  Latin  or  the  Greek  does  not 
hold  good,  as  the  Celtic  i»  of  an  older  stock  than 
either. 

The  Kktght  of  Intshowbis'. 


Lh^td  s  Irish  MSS.  (4^*'  S.  vi.  387,  516.V 
The  Sebright  >(SS.  are  well  known  in  Trinity  Cn] 
lege,  Dublin.     The  old  pre^^ji-marks  are  11.  2o 
and  H.  fM-7l   iuHusive.     Thej?e  MSS,  were  h 
queathed  by  Sir  John  Sebright,  near  St  Alban 
to  the  provost,  fVlfows,   and  scholars  of  Trini 
OoUege,  Dublin.     The  Rt.  Hon,  Edmund  Burki 
one  of  the  executor.^  of  Sir  John,  caused  them 
be  delivered  to  thi*  U oiveraity,  having  first  sni 
mitted  them,  accordinjr  to  the  desire  of  the  tesf 
tor,  to  the  perusjil  nnl  examination  of  trenei 
then  Colonel,  ^'allaueoy.     They  were  boue^ht 
Sir  John,  and  had  beeu  the  property  of  Edwai 
Lhwyd.  B.  E.  N 

[We  shall  be  glad  to  receive  from  B.  E.  N.  lome  no! 
€\t'  tbeso  MSS.  for  insertion  in  the  colamna  of*'  X.  &  <,; 
Ep.] 

Post  Prophecibs  (4^^  S,  vi.  370,  396,  4^. 
I  saw  in  Chambers'/*  Journal  a  curious  string  . 
prophecies,  each  beginning   *'  I  would  not  be, 
The  only  one  I  remember  was,  *'  I  would  not  be 
king  in  '48."     I   cannot  remember  if  I    saw 
before  or  after  that  year,  and  I  have  no  meao» 
referring  to  the  book  now.     Can  any  of  your 
respondents  kindly  tell  me  if,  like  the  one  m* 
tinned  by  E.  L.  S.,  it  was  made  after  the  event 
Also,  if  there  was  any  other  prediction  woi  ' 
notice  in  it ;  and  how  far  the  dates  extended  inl 
the  century  ?  L.  C. 

Indkxes  (i^^  S.  vi.  434,  513.)— There  are  soi 
books  the  utility  of  which  is  quite  destroyed 
want  of  good  indf^xes.  I  believe  that  in  aevi 
cases  it  would  pay  to  print  them.  Suppose  a 
to  advertii?e  that  he  would  publish  an  index  (i 
to  Rush  worth's  Hisforical  Colic ctioju),  if  he  coi 
get  a  hundred  subscribers  at  a  guinea  eao1i| 
imagine  the  money  would  be  forthcoming. 

K.  P*  D, 

**It'b  a  far  Cry  to  Locn  Awe"  (4^''  S. 
605,) — Your  corre^pondeut  will  find  the  legei 
connected  with  this  enyijig,  unla'^s  I  mi-^Lakr, 
Hammertou*s  Fahiter^n  Camp  in  the  Hufhhtnds, 

A.M.  B. 

Lake  Dwellings  on  Lough  Much  (4*''  S- 
309.) — ^  Since  WTiting  my  query  a-*  to  the 
dwelling  in  Lough  Much.  I  have  found  the  accoi 
given  by  Lubbock,  in  his  work  on   PrehUti 
Man  of  the   Irish  **  cranoges'* ;   but  1  am 
anxious  to  hear  something  of  the   date  of 
island  I  described.     While  fishing  there,  I  h( 
from    a   man  who  farmed    some  fourteen   aci 
several  interesting  instances  of  folk  lore,  found( 
on  the  belief  that  the  lalce  was  haunted.    Thi 
he  told  me  that  when  a  boy,  fishing  with  oth^ 
boys  and  young  men,  with  baited  lines  left  in 
water  for   tiah   to  hook  themselves,  they    v 
startled  when  standing  near  and  talking  by  hi 
ing  a  crash,  as  if  a  whole  crate  of  crockery 
been  thrown  down,  about  three  vards  fn>m  thi 


4>»»&  Vri,  Jas.  14, '71.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


43 


in  the  lake.  AH,  youn^  men  id  eluded,  were  so 
frightened  at  this  freak  of  the  water  fftiries,  that 
iheT  ran  away,  leaving  their  lines  in  the  water, 
and  did  ni>t  dai-e  to  reluni  for  the  day.  vVnother 
♦»tor5  which  he  evidently  connected  with  the 
^upematuml,  though  he  did  not  aay  so  in  so  many 
wnrdi^  was  that  of  a  young  man  who  found  a 
f^ilTer  8word  on  the  ialand  I  have  spoken  of. 
Wh^n  wading  hack,  he  found  the  ground  so  soft, 
that  to  li^hWn  himself  he  pitched  the  sword  from 
him  forward  on  to  the  shore,  where  it  split  up 
2ulo  fingmenU  too  small  to  he  picked  up,  A  third 
utory  was  told  of  an  island  in  a  neifjbhouring  lake, 
which  WAS  Covered  with  trees  well  suited  for 
hoe  and  spade  handles  and  the  Uke ;  yet,  though 
it  woa  ea*y  to  wade  to  the  island,  no  one  would 
cat  one  nnd  incur  the  certainty  of  heiug  drowned 
in  returning,  even  in  two  feet  of  water  I  He  added 
ihat  when  boughs  were  hroktn  oil'  and  drifted  to 
aborts  no  one  wiiuld  use  Uieui  even  for  fire-wood, 
r  fear  of  ill-luck. 

i!if«*rmant  also  showed  me  a  field,  now 
by  hiui,  in  which  his  predecessor  kept  a 
mare  which  he  never  took  to  the  town  or  market. 
She,  howrvrr,  became  in  fonl  by  the  agency  of 
the  w ,  or  otters,  as  some  said.     I  think 

f his  lo ;  '  Ided  on  account  of  some  supposed 

iiiiu  ou  my  part,  but  the  choice  of  agencies 
me  as  curious.  The  end  of  mare  and  foal 
^Aas,  however,  tragic,  both  being  drowned  at  dif- 
ferent time.^  (by  fairy  agency,  as  was  hinted)  in 
the  lake,  the  former  in  the  Very  shallowest  part 
i)f  it,  in  only  two  feet  of  water. 

A  lad  who  waa  about  with  us  a  good  deal  gave 
toe  what  was  to  me  a  new  version  of  St.  Patrick*a 
^  ..L  :_  i-.j^mj.  tIz.,  after  telling  nie  a  number 
;  good  people,  suggesting  a  doubt  as  to 
i«. .4  -fcic^^DCe,  and  asking  if  I  believed  iu  them, 
la  h0  had  b^n  told  that  St.  Patrick  had  driven 
them  aU  out  of  the  ialand  I  A.  M.  B.  A. 

Or.  Johkson  (4'**  S.  vi.  ^fjfi/) — Il^iplying  to  my 
'jwn  quf-ry  h>«  to  the  authorship  of  a  Life  of  Dr. 
hhnhon,  published  by  C*  Kearslev,  IT^o,  I  have 
*i:ice  found,  I  think,  suftitnent  evidtMice  to  show 
tbat  it  was  written  by  Thomas  Tyers.     Bos  well 
somewhat  contemptuously,  to  a  sketch  of 
l''.(Ttnr's  life  by  Tyers  ("  Tom  Tyers,"  as  he 
d  bv  JohuBou),  as  *' an  entertaininjr  little  I 
'.-  -I'l'm  of  fragments*'  (ed.  1823,  iii.  310);  md 
'  >ivttch"  IB  the  word  used  by  tho  author  in  bis 
prtfiice  to    the    volume    printed    by    Kearsley.  , 
f'"  ;'      ih'-.    :  forence  is   made   in  Johtisotiiana  i 
i      .  to  a  biography  by  Thomas  Tyers, 

ii^^il  ID  ITrvi,  which  the  author  is  said  '*very  ' 

'    tly  to  call  a  sketch  '*;  and  as  I  do  not  find 

^     a  J  other  account  of  the  Doctor  was  pub- 

i  in  that  year,  I  think  the  authorship  of  the 

^Juie  is  clearly  established.  . 

Mi<  Thomas  Tyers,  it  will  be  remembefed,  was  i 


the  son  of  Jonathan  Tyers,  **  the  founder,**  iis 
Bosweli  says.  "  of  that  ejicellent  place  of  public 
amusement^  Vauxhall  Gardens.*' 

Charles  Wtue. 
"As  Cold  as  a  Maid's  Kijee'*  (4«»»  S.  vL  495.) 
This  and  the  saying  about  a  dog's  nose  always 
being  cold  are  common  in  the  west  of  Scotland. 
When  Noah  was  in  the  ark  it  sprung  a  leak,  and, 
according  to  a  doggrel  song — 

"  He  took  the  dog*d  nose  to  sto[>  up  the  hole. 
And  ever  since  then  it's  b«en  wet  and  cold." 

Will.  M*lLt7iuiTH. 

A  NuRsKRT  Tale  (4»'»  S.  vi,  4£)a)— A  story 
iu  its  cast  and  incidents  re.^embling  that  related 
by  AVm.  E.  A.  Axon  will  be  found  in  Chambers' 
FoptUar  Mhymvs  of  Scotkntl, 

Will.  H'Iluraith. 

Negbo  rBovERBS  (4*"  S.  vi.  494.)— Allow  mc 
to  make  one  correction  in  M.  C.  K.  L.  A.'s  list  of 
**  Negro  Proverb  a,'*  and  to  send  you  an  additional 
proverb.  No,  10  is  thus  given  in  Jamaica^  of 
which  island  I  am  ii  native : — 

"  Buckra  dey  in  a  trouble,  monkey  coat  fit  him,** 
and 

*'  Hock  a  tone  dr>'  in  a  ribber  bottom,  him  no  feel  «ua 
hot.'* 

The  $  in  Jamaica  is  seldom  eaunded  j  "  tone  '* 
for  stmie. 

*'■  Man  in  prosperity  knows  not  the  bittemesa  of  ad- 
versity," 

aeems  to  be  the  idea  of  the  last. 

H.  A.  HtrsBAJin. 

Smijth  (4*^  S.  vi.  474.)— The  Saturday  Hevicw 
need  scarcely,  I  think,  have  taken  the  trouble  to 
inform  its  readers  that  the  suniame  of  the  author 
of  the  Commonweaith  was  written  Smjfih  us  well 
iisStnith  in  Elizabethan  documents,  Of  course  it 
was ;  and  I  do  not  think  that  the  form  Sfmjth 
will  be  found  in  any  *'  document  '*  older  than  the 
eighteenth  century/  In  fact,  less  than  a  century 
ago,  the  name  of  this  par  tic  ulur  family  wfUi  Smyth, 
and  a  sbort  time  previously^  plain  Smith* 

The  author  of  the  HvFaiHry  of  Smith  simply 
records  the  fact  (page  2)  that  **  this  family  now 
write  their  name  Smijth'*;  and  there  is  no  doubt 
that  he  considers  it  a  modern  attempt  to  veil, 
imder  an  afi'ected  orthography,  a  good  old  English 
surname. 

But  if,  as  Sr.  states,  a  //  was,  in  old  MSS., 
double- dotted,  Smijth  is  analogous  to  Ffolliott 
and  Ffarrington,  both  of  which  are  "  orthographical 
errors.'* 

I  have  soma  little  acqtialntanoe  with  MSS.  of 
the  sixteenth  and  seventeenth  centuries,  but  I  do 
not  remember  to  have  met  there  with  an  example 
of  a  dotted  y.  Can  Sp.  be  correct  ?  The  example 
he  gives  (Mary)  I  should  take  to  be  the  genitive 
of  MarittB;    the  so-called  double-dotted  % 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


pti«S.VlL  Ja^.  U/TU 


1>emg  realfy  ij,  juet  m  I^  who  am  n  pKysiciRn, 
condtantlT  express  in  my  writtea  pregcriptinns  the 
numeral  2  by  ij,  and  7  by  vij»  8  by  Tiij,  ka. 

A  a  to  the  orthoepy  of  this  uiici>uth  name,  wby 
I  fear  it  IB  but  SmUh  afttsr  all. 

Mr.  Lower's  tha«y  will  be  found  in  bli 
Futrmitfmiva  Britamtica,  The  orig'in  suirgeated 
by  his  **  fftcetioua  ftieiid "  really  appiora  to  me 
more  plausible  than  ibaL  propoimded  bv  8i'. 

SlOiriTART    A^D    SiGNATAKrES    (4**'  S.  Tl.  50l3.) 

I  tfUBt  tbat,  should  this  meet  the  c^ye  of  Lord 
GranTillo,  he  %vill  excuse  me  for  obaervinff  that, 
when  I  first  saw  tbe  adjective  *^  signitary '"  in  his 
reply  t>  the  Rusaian  note,  it  struck  me  that  the 
^ord  was  new.  However,  it  seema  g^od  in  itaelf ; 
*^  dabi torque  licentia  sumpt^a  pudenter.'^ 

Keitber  it,  nor  the  "  signataries  ■  *  of  the  Tablet j 
appear  either  in  Johnson  or  Hicbardson's  diction- 
aries, though  the  latter  ia  very  full  on  connexions 
with  the  word  "  sign/'  The  rare  word  **  signa- 
turiats,*'  given  in  both,  looks  like  the  nearest  ap- 
proach to  the  term  ;  but  it  will  be  found  to  have 
rather  a  philosophical  meaning,  as  in  Bacon, 
Brown,  and  other  old  wi iters,  than  one  at  all  cor- 
lespontling^  to  ita  uae  in  reicrenoe  in  tJioao  who 
may  sign  a  document.  Fraslis  TflEXcm. 

lalip  Rf?L'lory,  Oxford. 

Old  Song  i  **  Gooby  Bottleiv  Aj.e  "  (4**  8.  Tt. 
.501.) — I  think  the  version  of  this  rboma  as  I 
have  often  heard  *it  ^*  roai'ed  out*'  by  boya  in  the 
Midland  Counties,  full  sixty  years  ago,  more  cor- 
rect than  Db,  1>ixon*s  :. — 

**  Goody  Burton*3  alo 
Ool  into  my  nr>tl»ile; 
Bein^'  strong  ant!  paU% 
ll  nmdo  mc  widdle  woJdlf/* 
I  never  supposed  it  a  chorus,  but  t\m  whole 
song.    I  never  heard  more  of  it.  Ellces. 

ScHOOtBOT  WoRPs*  (4**  S.  vi,  415,  517.)— The 
origin  of  the  schoolboy  phrase  **  Bags ''  or  **  Bags 
I  "  is  clear  enough.  It  evidently  carriea  with  it 
the  idea  of  getting  into  one*9  possession  or  into 
one's  bag  the  object  in  queation.  Thus  one  talks 
of  having  "  bagged ''  ao  many  birds,  Sic, 

**Fains  "  or  "  Fain  it,"  a  term  demanding  a  truc^ 
dtiring  the  progress  of  any  gome,  I  should  be 
catJier  inclined  to  spell  "fdgn  it/*  expressing  a 
desire  for  a  temporary  ce.Hsion  of  the  game  for  hpre- 
tenc0^  as  opposed  to  the  <*am<'sf?iea«  with  which  tbe 
game  bad  until  then  been  played.    Gaston  Fka. 

Unir.  Coll.  LcudRti. 

Key  to  «Lb  Grani>  Cybiib'',  (4»^  S,  vi.  387» 
510,) — George  de  Scudt^ry,  whom  laaac  Disraeli 
call^  ft  Bobadil  of  lit*?rature,  was  bom  at  Havre 
de  GrAce  in  1601.  After  pome  years  of  literary 
su'tivity  he  was,  at  the  solicitation  of  the  Mar- 
chioDeas  de  lUmbouillet,  appointed  by  Hielielieu 


to  be  governor  of  Kotre  Dame  do  la  Garde,  a  J 
fortress  in  Pmrencc,  srituate  on  a  high  rock  Dear] 
Marseilles,  A  witty  author  sRys  of  this  appoint-^ 
ment : — 


*Gon- 

A., 
Vn  .    . 
Pciut  i'jJ  l\ 


'  f't  Iiea«, 


thel 


Jhs  Scudery  ii*  known  as  a  Toluminoua  po?tj 
and  the  author  of  several  theatrical  pieces  of  aon 
merit  in  their  dav.  but  now  quite  forgotten.     1I| 
diod  May  14,  16(57, 

llis  di'ster  Magdalen  was  bom  in  1607,  and  di 
June  2,  1701.     She  was  a  person  of  greater  M 
than  her  brother. 

The  first  part  of  Le  Grmd  Cifrtis  was  ]i    - !' 
in  1650,  but  the  latter  part  did  not  app 
some  years  afterwards.      It  is  stated 
edition  that  I  have  seen  to  be  written  ♦*  par  j 
t*ieur  de  ScudtJry/'  and  is  dedicated  to  Mada 
Longueville,  the  sister  of  the  great  Co 
person  intended  to  be  described  under 
of  Cyrus.      The  work  is  supposed  to  be  the  Join 
production  of  the  brother  and  raster,  but  i ' 
little  doubt  that  his  part  of  the  work  ^ 
small.     Their  contemporaries   always  at 
the  book  to  the  sister,  notwithstanding  that 
title-page  bears  the  brother's  name.     I  have 
Monsieur  Cousin^s  work  to  refer  to;  but,  if  I 
member  rightly,  he  attributes  the  work  to  ~ 
demoiselle  de  Scud(Sr\\ 

Speaking  of  Mademoiselle  de  Scud^ry,  M4 
fays : — 

"M,  de  Marobi  nevotilnit  pimqiiWlA  cnH  fiiit 
Cvrtw  m  la  Clelict  parceqiu' CC5  '   ,  ■ 

'^\K\h  le  noin  tic  M,  deSiuUcry.    jl 
diijuioii,  m'a  dit  qnVlle  n*i    \ftA  ^^ 
I  ScTidtfry  ra*a  a»ur^  que  cVtok  Iwy  nai  ]<•*  4V4i 
I  jKi^ii-x.     Et  nioi,  lui  dis-je,  j«  vona  ftfj^uru  que  c'^ 
d»,"moiadle  dc  Scudcn^  qui  lo5  n  iViit?  t  et  j<?  le  say  ' 

I      If  any  reader  of  ^^N.  &  Q/^  can  tell  us  wbe 
to  find  a  perfect  and  cxmiplete  key  to  the  wud 

I  he  will  be  conferring  a  favour  on  one  who  eppn 
elates  the  work  for,  what  it  was  meant  to  be,  j 
description  of  contemporarv  manners. 

GRAXTttAjt:  Blubtowx  (4^*"  S.  vi.  475.)—! 
political  autocrat  of  this  borough.  Lord 
tower,  was  himself  known  by  the  s<^ 
*^  Blue  Billy/'  JoEM  imuij* 

Bir.mnghara. 

KiUK  Saxton  (4^^  S.  vi.  :387,  440,  500.)— I^ 
San  ton  is  a  small  hamlet,  parish  of  Irt^jn,  Cn 
berland,  whose  soil  is  of  a  light  sandy  d^scrip^ 
tion. 

Downham  San  ton  or  Sandy,  Suffolk,  in 
was  nearly  overwhelmed  by  an  immense  di 
sand  from  the  Lackenheath  Hills,  five  miles  ^>^m 
tant. 

Tbe  soil  nf  San  tor.  Hou^,  Lincoln,  is  sandy. 


4*8.Tn.  Jas.  14,  TL] 


NOTES  AND  QUEBIES. 


;Dton»  CnmberlBBfl,  is  supposed  tohnve 
J  -  Dam*?  fn3in  a  circular  pie^:e  of  water 

400  feel  m  d!ftm*?tt?r,  which  corors  the  ruins  of  a 
cliurch.  Kirk  xSantou,  with  its  appurtenancps,  was 
graut^^d  by  the  Doyvill  family  to  the  Abbey  of 
St-  MflTT  in  Fumess. 

Kirk  S-ontnn,  l^h  of  Man,  is  described  as  a  small 
Tillage  of  a  mg-ged  surface,  near  Kirk  San  ton 
Head. 

SjiDflwicbei  Keut»  is  described  by  William 
Ljuu liardt*  (An  Alphaltctknl  DeAcrifdion  of  Eng^ 
kmd  m\(i  WaU'A,  Lond.  mdccixi.  ^12)  **to  hare 
got  lb«?  name  of  the  Lipht  Sande." 

^Saattakc,  L  L<irut  Saiutulnh.  Xeair  to  Battd  In 
Sqimcs,  I*  i\  n.i*  c  aamciil  Santlok^f  wbich  th«  Pecrple  of 
the  Co  I  lo  thi»  Dave  imagine  to  be  so  cnlled 

oC  th<  f  Bli>ud  that  ranne  tbearc  after  the 

r\i   liiu;iu    r.iorne  the  Conqtieroar  and  Harould,"— 
Laml»firJ<*,  Idtm  350. 

8aj>jgiitt%  Kent — 

-'njr  n*m>.  fif  the  vilta^H  i*  derived  from  iU  aitqntion 

at .  n.     '  '\u,        r!, .;  ..r  -,,,-  of  the  KA  tio  frcfjuefit  aJon^ 
l\  ^n<ly  nature  of  the  M)il  ga 

^\.  1.  Gitirttftr, 

L'HAILLES  VlVIAIft 

41,  EfedartooSqtiArt,  &\V. 

Bjibc»^  Belt^  (4«^  S.  Ti.  475;  vii,  21.)— The 
dinner  poet  b  FrRncie  Quarle*.  The  lines  are  from 
illi  JSmhkmt^  Divitw  and  Mvral^  book  n.  No.  8, 
Vf^«!^  It  f**%Athiog  a  fretfal  earthly  Cupid  with  a 
?\ ^  no  doubt,  a  sort  of  coral).   Divine 

C  ..tL*S  — 

*  Wf  n  [♦irjk  to  hcaren,  and  trnst  to  hijchcrjojs  ; 
Let  r^inc  lore  ljK«kb  ond  children  whine  for  toyB.** 
MARfJABET  GaTT\'. 

TfTT.  RtT.ts  oy  St.  l^licif  akl*k,  Cotbh^try  (4*^ 
^-  '  '  '  —These  bells  were  at  first  arranged  in 
t'  ,  hut  on   the  tenor  bell  being  cracked 

II     -vj    ;vj  ;      by  Bryant  of  Hereford,  they 

*►:      il  i.r-   i:l   il   tn   one  level^  and  so  they  still 

'<  !i'  11  this  peal  waa  first  hungrt  >t  was  disposed 

I  I  ir— -  V   rk  resting  on  the  walls  of  the  tower, 

I  :•  r  I  LI  ;  ii:  ri;;i3r  to  iho  buildinp:  being  appre- 

i.  it  was  res!>lred  in  1703,  by  the  advice  of 

vatt^  the  arcliitect,  to  construct  a  frame 

iind.    This  Tfras  designed  by  Mr. 

1,  und  curried  ont  in  1794,  at  an 

the  bells  bving  rehnng  in  Be- 

vtMr,  since  which  timo  no  mate- 

'-    n  made.  At  the  !?ame  period 

I   Urorouj^'h  repair.      They 

,.^-^  tower  by  thirty  fewt  as  at 


M,'  tills  nrrnngement  may  be  for 

afety  to  the  building 

J   to  bo  regretted  that 

!  the  internal  appear- 

v^^r,  which  was  on  gin - 

iHjF  «»p«n  to  lb«  vrrsl  enti  of  the  nATe,  with  which 


it 


it  communicated  bj  a  lofty  and  beautifully  prop<»r- 
tioned  arch. 

A  clock  smd  chimes  appear  to  have  hccu  added 
to  the  bells  at  a  very  early  date,  for  in  l4G*>-7 
notices  of  payments  being  made  on  their  acconnt 
are  recorded';  and  in  1577  '*v'  was  paid  for  tym- 
ber  and  makjng  the  barrell  for  the  chyme,"  and 
in  the  same  vear  Henry  Bankes  was  engaged  in 
altering  the  **  chyme  and  settinge  hit  newe/* 

In  1778  a  new  clock  and  cliiniea  were  con- 
structed by  Mr.  Worton  of  Birmingham  at  an 
expense  of  271L  Some  years  ago  the  chimes  were 
rearranged  and  harmoQiaed.  Both  are  nnrler  the 
care  of  the  grandson  of  their  original  maker. 

Wm.  Geo.  Feeitox. 

Coventry*. 

[Our  correvpondeot  will  0nd  his  early  particulars  nf 
these  t»cU8  in  our  3"»  S.  ix.  427.  541.] 

MABrntt  Rose  (4**»  B.vL  4^,0,  484.)— The  rosf^ 
alluded  to  by  Mr.  .Iailes  Pkahson  is  the  one  I  in- 
quired about  (p.  4«3<1 ).  I  found  it  in  profusion  n*  ur 
Fleetwood ;  but  I  think  that  Ilosa  ipinaiumma  is 
not  the  proper  name,  and  that  it  is  more  lik*-ly  to 
be  the  Rom  rnljcUa,  as  guessied  by  J,  T.  F\     I 
know  the  apmommmn:  it  is  an  Alpine j>lnnt  found 
at  a  considerable  altittide  in  the  Vallais.    D'An- 
greTille,  in   his   La  J^orr    Vnllatsanne   (Geneva, 
18Q3),  names  it  as  on  the  motrntains   of  Fins- 
hauts  4500  feet  above  the  sea.      The   English 
marine  rose  is  certainly  entitled  to   the  epithet 
'*  epinosissima,**  but  stilf  I  believe  that  it  is  a  dif- 
ferent plant  to  the  Alpine  one — the  real  9f>iiwfi^- 
mma  of  Linmeus.     This  is  only  conjecture,     I 
siioiild  like  to  compare  the  Fleetwood  roae  with 
the  Fins- ban ts   plant.      Perhaps   some  hotaniat 
who   hi\A  visiti'd   tLo  Alps  may  be   able  to  «ny 
whether  the  two  roses  njre  identical.   The  l^*r^ 
plant  of  the  British  Boiamj  (quoted  by  J.  T,  I\> 
may  probably  be  tlie  same  us  the  Lancashire  nne,l 
but  I  fim  sceptical  as  to  the  Fleetwood  rn^e  l>dn|r1 
the  Alpine  Linnean  tpm^tmimo.   I  fas  the  Nort  h- 
umbrian  sea-rose  been  ever  examined  with  ihii*^ 
Fleetwood  one?     Cannot  F*  C.  H,  throw  soma 
light  on  the  subject  ?     Pie  knows  all  the  locjilitie^l 
above-named.*  A  MuiaxHiAir. 

With  regard  to  the  rose  inquired  about  in 
*•  N.  k  Q.,'*  had  I  a  small  specimen  or  a  mort> 
njinute  description,  I  could  tell  the  name  at  once* 
But  wanting  this,  I  have  no  duubt  that  it  is  tht^ 
Burnet  rose  =^  Ro^a  ifpt'wfnsnnm  =  Scotch  ro^e* 
The  latter  name  is  given  because  it  growd  plenti- 
fully in  Scotland.  I  have  found  it  on  the  sandy 
shores  of  Wales,  from  Pembroke  to  Catfrnarvou. 
On  the  sands  it  is  very  dwarf?  it  is  taller  inland. 
I  have  found  it  in  Worcestershire.  I  do  not  n^- 
coUect  it  in  Switzerland ;  but  it  frequently  hap- 


•  ThtJ  Rom  Atpina^  L.  is  found  nt  an  altitude  of  78^t^ 
fi»et  in  the  tnonntains  of  St-  BemaKL  It  is  the  higheeit 
Swiia  rngft. 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[4««'ava,  jAs.M.'fi.l 


p^DS  that  ft  coaat  plant  prrows  on  lofty  mountftlas. 
Tlie  aciiiTj -grass  (Cocfiiearin),  a  commoa  sea- 
coast  plant,  in  one  of  its  foraui  (C  aljnna  or 
framlandica)  growd  on  the  dummits  of  momitJiin^. 
have  gathered  it  on  the  walla  of  Tenby  in 
South  Wales,  and  on  the  suinmit  of  Ben  Lavers 
in  Scotland.  I  think  that  I  have  ^fathered  the 
lima  spino«Mma  in  CuiaberUnd.  I  am  cert^iin 
fthf>iit  Scotland,  In  Dr,  Hooker's  **itmlefU'ii  Flora 
of  the  British  Islt^s  it  is  said  to  ^ow  in  Arctic 
Europe  and  in  Siberia  and  North  China.  The 
Mifsa  rubeUa,  named  by  J.  T.  F.  (4*^  S.  vi.  484), 
19  A  Terr  local  maritime  ro^e,  and  Dot  at  all 
likely  to  he  the  Lnncdahire  rose  inquired  after  by 
a  brother  '*  Murilhiftn/'  EowiH  Lkks,  F.L.8. 
Gnwn  Hill  Summit,  Wurceatejr, 

*Spinoiimma  et  ruhtUa—ffentili^, — Je  voua  dirai, 
quant  a  ma  maniere  de  voir»  que  ccs  deux  roses 
aont  dilf^ rentes.  La  Uoi^n  fipimmMsiFtut  (Smith, 
Enff,  Fkr.)  croit  »ur  les  cotes  incultea  du  bord  de 
la  mer,  De  Candollo  (p.  00'*)  nppelle  cette  nieme 
rose  pimpinitlifoiiii*  Ello  est  abondante  sur  le 
Sal^ve,  pru^  cle  (leneve:  je  Tai  oMmx  trouTt^e  a 
CatOfipie,  aur  Sembrancher. 

Ro«a  rttbeUa  (Lindley)  =  i?(j^fl  ffentilis  (Sternh.) 
vient  auasi  en  Suisse,  aur  le  Sal^ve,  D'apr^ 
certains  auteur^,  ces  deux  roaes  paraissent  avoir 
beaucoup  de  rapport  et  de  parent^,  au  point  qu^il 
eat  dtificile  de  lei  diatinguer.  Je  croia  les  avoir^ 
les  deux  esp^ced  (sprnw^imnia  et  rtdfelta  =  gentili^)^ 
dans  mon  herbier.  G.  De  hk  SoiK,  Cur€, 

Bovernier,!  Suisse, 

Sib  H.  CnEERB,  the  StATUARt  (4^**  S.^i.  625,) 
1  can  mention  a  place  where  one  of  this  artij^t's  works 
may  be  seen— Mold  parish  churchy  Fliotshire^a 
full-length  marble  atatue  of  life-size,  of  whom  I 
forge  L  A  son  of  Charle^^  Madryll  and  Frances 
Cheere  owna  and  lives  at  Pap  worth  Everard,  not 
fur  ^m  Caxton  gibbet  Uiuesa  I  am  mistaken, 
they  have  no  grand^ion,  few  of  the  sons  having 
married.  Of  the  surviving  sous,  one  is  registrar 
of  the  Middlesex  County  Court  holden  at  Clerken- 
well:  one  is  a  major  (retired,  I  believe,  from  the 
Indian  army);  another  is  in  holy  orders,  and  in- 
cumbent of  Little  Drayton,  Shropshire. 

ARMIOEtl. 

Thb  62iTn  Regtmkkt  (4*»'  S.  vi.  628.)— In  De- 
cember 17'>5  the  62nd  regiment  (or  Loyal  Ame- 
rican Provincials)  was  raised  in  America. '  In  1756, 
in  con^quence  of  the  capture  of  the  oOth  and  51»t 
regimenta  at  Oawego,  the  regiment  wa«  numbered 
the  60th.    The  Act  of  Parliament  sought  after  by 

•  An^lux  "  pirn  pern  pK**  Vidr  not43  by  Ma.  James 
Fbarbok  of  Mibrow,  i^^  8.  vi.  p.  484. 

[f  Tiio  villHfje  of  Bo  vernier  is  a  short  disdmce  from 
Martlgay,  on  the  St.  Bernard  route,  und  our  eorreapon- 
<kfflt  A  MuBiTMiAN  snyj  thnZ  his  friend,  the  worthy  Cur6 
of  Dover nii^r,  la  alwAvs  glad  to  see  any  botaaJeal  tourists 
Mnd  to  ^nve  exary  liiformAtioit.  M*  Do  U  Soifl  ipeaks 
Kngliali.—Eo.] 


Mr.  HiOGms,  if  my  memory  serves  me,  waa  ei 
acted  at  the  commencement  of  the  French  rt?Yoli 


a 


tionary  war,  to  permit  Hanoverians  to  join 
02nd,    Hanover,  by  treaty,  furnished  a  contiDgeiit 
of  14,000  for  life  aervice  to  our  army. 

F.  Datid  Briaxt, 

Wrong  Dates  im  Ckrtaik  Biogiiapiiies  ( 
8.  vi.  410.) — In   the  comaiunication  by  Ihe  Ri 
Dr.  KooEtts  to  '*  N.  &  Q."  on  the  aboV«  aubji 
after  stating  that  he  had  shown  in  18oij  that  tl 
date  of  the  birth  of  the  Ettrick  Shepherd  on 
monly  given,  viz.  Jan,  2o,  1772,  c^uld   not 
correct,  aa  the  parish  register  proved  that  he 
baptised  on  Dec  J\  1770,  ho  goea  on  to  remark] 
•*  Yet  the   Rev.  Thomas  Thomaon,  in  a  mem< 
of  the  poet  prefixed  to  the  octavo  edition  of 
works,  published  by  Messrs.  Blackie  of  Glas^i 
in  1805,  has  repeated  the  original  error.*^      "" 
following   are  the   word'*  of  the   memoir, 
which  it  will  be  seen  whether  the  **  original 
has  been  repeated  or  not : — 

"  The  subject  of  our  memoir  wan  bom,  accon'  r  -  *-  ' 
own  account,  in  1772,  nnd  on  the  25th  ttt 
This  aasiigned  date,  however,  was  probably  a 
memory,  a^t  the  parish  rc^^wter  records  ois  bafiiiaui 
having' taken  plact-  on  the  9th  of  December,  1770,'* 

So  the  Rev.  T^t,  baa  not  discovered 
but  only  a  mare's  nest.  Blacjlib  &  Sojf^ 

Glasi^ow. 

NOTES  ON  BOOKS.  ETC. 

Hie  NcH}  Testamrnt,  according  to  the  Authnriimd  Vtt 

With  AnuiyitiB^  Xotes,  &.c.     (Bftguter  &  Sous.) 

The  great  aitzi  which  the  eiiitor  of  tbU  edtUofi  of  I 

,  New  Testament  ha^  had  in  view  ha^  bejen,  *♦  to  i 

I  volume  truly  serviccible  both  for  public  and  private  i 

I  and  to  put  tho  En^^Unh  reader  as  far  at  pO!tsibl«  { 

I  session  of  the  Divine  beauties,  accumcieft,  ped«Gt^ 

'  harmoniofl  or  the  inspired  origttial."  To  detail  thei        _ 

merit  and  modcof  printin^^  by  which  the  editor  has  endol 

vourcd  to  accomplish  this  important  objeet,  would  be  I 

trunscribo  lilLTally  the  editor**  Introduction,     For  tH 

we  have  not  *paee,  and  must.  there1^>re,  confine  our^el^ 

I  to  the  expresHion  of  our  ofiitiion   that,  in  the   vtilun 

before  u?,  the  Christian  reader  will  find  a  most  inielK* 

p^ent  and  trustworthy  guide  to  the  study  of  the  Kew 

I  Testament. 

I    Wofidfrfui    StoruM   from   Northern    I^ndg,      Sjf  Jtt 

I      Goddard,  Author  of'*  The  Boy  and  the  Constellntior 

I       See,      With  an  I nt  rod  tut  ion  by  the  Rev.  Giiorgc  W,  ( 

M.A.,  and  Sij-    H/mdratimuf  from   Designs   fry   W. 

I      Weigiind.  Engraved  bg  C.  Pearson.     (Longman.) 

Clowly  a«  the  popuhir  tales  of  all  nations  are  a1  lid 

both  in  thti  hidden  imlhs  which  they  veil  and  the  sha^ 

in  which  they  are  presented,  thev  po&$et9  neverlhdei 

an  innate  fre^shne^  and  vitalit}"  which  serves  to  give  i 

air  of  noveltv  to  them  under  every  form  they  may  i 

sume.    The  Wok  before  us  inrnii^hes  a  atrikinj*  inni 

of  Ibis.     There  is  probably  not  an   ineidn  *     ' 

stranfTc  or  starlJinjj,  in  uny  of  these  "  Wond^  r 

which  has  not  its  cntinterpart  in  some  cogn  i 

the  EaM  or  of  the  West,  yet  as  we  read  tJiem  h< 

charmed  by  the  spirit  of  oripnality  aod  teiue  of  geouiQ 

neas  by  wbieh  they  nre  characterised ;  and  we  lay  { 


*»&VIL  Jas.  «,7l.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


47 


tli«  book  irith  0  M^ttse  of  indebtedne&s  to  Miis  GaddAird 
for  •  rtttiiAl  leieclicQ  of  most  intcrcstitig  popular  fictions, 
uul  to  Mr.  C<»x  for  tlie  instmctivo  and  intelligent  intm* 
dfieUoii  which  he  has  prcfixed  to  thtm. 

•  Fitriiamrmtarw  Record,   1S70,     Edited  by  Charles 
(Wide.)  ,      , 

Wfr  wwsptex  »  very  IJirgQ  per  contain,  not  only  of  the 
'     iberi  of  tJie  two  Hooves  of  pMliaraent,  but  abo  of 
#pfH:*1lT  fntcTCsted  in  the  proceedinpr«  of  the  legi*- 
iffViii  ijnacqaaintM  with  thf:  rxi-lonL'eof  this* 

siott  II  tt>  the  progress  nf  le;^i>]iition.    Thu 

JMittir  rd  appears  from  iveek  to  week,  and 

tiCb«  T;  lys  stamliog  and  the  new  matter  i«  in- 

tiftdoce  1  pw  place,  tin*  Rff*»rfi  h  nlMrays  com- 

])lee#  ui  inent  of  fill"  ■  •«   it  ia  at 

<Bfti  ar.  ^  record  of  tlj  business^ 

iDd  an  - -     _  aiosl  valuall.  „..    -  .  ho  are  in- 

toint^  in  Kuch  matters. 

7U  MaidtH  and  Married  Life  of  Mary  Pt%trtU,  after- 
'^  Mimtrra*  Milton.    Fourth  EditiOH.  (Hall  &  C>o.) 


fit  S&amkotd  </  Si>  r/«Ji»«t  jVom    i^i/JA  Edition,  with 

«■  Appemdije.    (Hall  dr  Co.) 
€li^^  e4#  OiZ/wr/i'Kr.     Fovrf/i  Edithn*     (Hall  dt  Co.) 
Oirty  diMf  I'wi/rt:  a  Tak  of  tht  Great  Ptutjae,    Fifth 

EOl^m,    (Hall  ic  Co.) 
^f   Pracoeittitm^  of  Mudantt  Palttsy.     Fifth  Edition 
TII&O**)         ' 

;ul!ufff^s  of  these  admirable  little  bookj  must  be 
■r  the  teatimony — **  to  the  tone  of  pure 
which  so  tn&ny  scenes  of  past  times 
arr  rriJixrfi   -  '   '  --  just  beott  home  to  them  by  the 

AtthiMbop  IT,  who  ha^  been  indebted   to 

tiMo  for  ih*^  interest  which   be^iiruiled   iD.iny 

hmn  ditriDj^   hi»  long   illness.     What  nubli»bcr  c^jufd 
mitL  cucuUting    «tach    evidence    of   Miss    Manning^'a 

ParwofeTti'a  ^'Ordcnart  op  BnrTisii  Armorials.*' — 
Wtdr-t?"^  '  •  -r^^^f^ri  a  mi»9tatcment  of  which  we  have 
vridrri'  uthv,  in  announcing  that  this  work  h 

to  W  r  T  M  r.'  VValford ,  tli  e  editor  of  7'A i?  Landed 

^nfry.  iLi  c^jtiLinuan^e  b  to  bo  ent ranted  to  Mr.  Pap- 
«Htrat«lattiriraDd  friend,  Mr.  Alfred  W^Mornnt,  F.S.A., 
*W  %••  kindir  undertaken  to  prepare  the  remaitider  of 
ih^«l%ilia]  M^  far«  and  to  eec  it  through,  the  press;  and 
ibai  4|««litleationa  for  the  task  arc  not  unknown  to 
^ma  €t  the  fubacribers.  Kb  three- llfths  of  the  work  bave 
hm  piMkuhtA^  and  the  retnaimkr  is  complete  with  tbe 
ti.r*ftii.>n  ..r  n  rmrill  porUon  which  requiFos retraiiacribinp 
►  seem^  now  no  doubt  that  the  work 
*  '  ■  e<tmpler»v?,  to  the  great  advantage 

•f  41  ■  '     fiKJent'*,    Those  who 

f  lie  remaining  Parts 

'he  l>ook  in  its  com- 

t'  will  he  live  |roineas)|  should  apply 

worili,    F.HJ.B.A.,  1.?.  Hart  Street. 

I  y  of  the  new  Prospectus 


»  Vr 

^mdkhmliM.n 

Tllff  Wktfit 

tfM  for   titr 
•Hp  teU   a  *^' 

^ril^  tnoff- 


iitW  df^|nv4.    liri 


—Great  fcnr»  being'  enter- 

^   matchlc<«^  specimens  of 

'Uy  having  declared  that 

'    1  led,  or  a  c:cH>d  storm 

ition  could  eJf«  ct,"  a 

Lk'n  ha'*  bt^eii  ftjrmeil 

Bathur^t^   and  of  w!dc)i 

Vo.*>5i,  Pnrliament  Street. 

nan  is  not  only 

ic  iubje-'t  tbftt 

•  re*'eiv«  -ub' 


Wliilp  speaking  of  these  windows^  we  may  state  thi 
Mr.  11.  F.  Holt  haa  written  a  paper  for  the  Arehieologica 
Aasociation  entitled  the  "Tannes  of  Fairford/'  in  whic 
he  gives  the  rise  and  fall  of  that  family  from  documenttij 
hitherto  unnoticed,  and  in  which  he  shows*—!.  That  .loban 
Tanno  did  not  acquire  the  |>ainted  gla^)  in  1492  by  L*on- 
quiist  or    piracy.     2.  That   he  did   no*    found    Fairford 
church,  or  dedicate  it  to  the  Virgin  Mary.    3.  That  haj 
did  twt  rebuild  the  church,    i.  That  he  had    nothin^ 
whatever  to  do  with  the  painted  glass,  and  never  coiiH 
teniplated  either  its  purctiano  or  it^  erection  ;  and  lastly,! 
the  facts  connecteti  ivith  the  acquisition  of  the  windows  |,l 
by  whom  given,  and  when,  aa  well  SlB  the  drcumstancetT 
and  motives  which  induced  the  donation. 

Cork  CuvtERiAX  and  Arch^.ological  SociSTy.-^~ 
An  interesting  account  waa  given  at  the  recent  meetinfr 
of  this  Society  of  an  ogham  stone  found,  near  Macroon, 
in  an  ancient  subterranean  cliambor.  The  fragment  of 
inscription  on  the  stone  was  translated  aw — ^"  (Stone  of)f  J 
FEfLiA^A  TtiE  Son  of  Cuoi>  •  •  *,"  and  waa  believe' 
to  indicate  a  burial. 

Bodleian  LiitRARV. — The  donations  to  the  Bodleianl 
Library  at  Oxford  during  the  year  ending  Nov.  8,  187(>, 
according  to  the  eatidogue  jujjt*i«sued»  comprise  seventy* 
four  works  printed  at  the  Boulak  PrcAs  and  prt\s<inted  by 
his  Uighne^Hs  the  Khedive  of  Egypt;  letters  by  th^i  Ena- 
peror  Napoleon  III.,  pni»;nted  bv  his  Majesty,  and  con- 
tributions  from  a  number  of  ua{ver.««itie8  an<i  centres  of 
learning  in  Knrope  and  America,  lodia  and  AuiStralia, 

Antiquarian  Excavations  in  Itai,y. — Interesting, 
excavations  are  being  carried  on  in  various  parts  of  luly,  i 
especially  at  th?^  Campo  Santo  of  Bologna,  where  a  stra- 
tum of  Etruscan  inCermenCa  has  lately  been  discovered 
underneath  the  mediaeval  and  modem  strata;  and  also  at 
the  Leuciidian  promontory,  where  Professor  Giovanni 
Capelini  reiwrts  thiit  traces  of  cannibalism  have  been 
found. 

Society  of  Antiqitariks  of  Scotlanh. — This  So- 
ciety hfljs  just  been  presente^l  with  the  collection  of  anti- 
rjuities  of  the  late  8ir  James  Y.  Simipson,  which  includes 
portions  of  sculptured  slabs  fn)m  Nineveh. 

Albert  Barnes  D.D. — The  American  papers  record 
the  sud^len  death  of  thia  well-known  commentator  on  the 
Bible,  at  ihe  age  of  seventy-two  years. 

American  Literary  Mitn.— Bryant  is  reputed  worth 
aOO/><  0  dollarift  made  chiefly  by  journalism.  Lon^'fellow 
i.s  estimated  at  20(1,000  dolfarss  the  gift  of  Jiis  father-in- 
law,  brides  the  wry  runsiderablc  profit  of  hi-*  pf»ems. 
Holmes  is  rated  at  '10h1\000  dollars,  hereditary  property, 
increaflcd  by  lecturing  and  literature.  Whittier,  who 
Wv^h  frugally,  is  worth  SO.fKMj  dollar!*,  inherited  and  earned 
by  his  popiiijir  pen.  8/ixt?  is  rt'puted  worth  70,000  doUurs,  \ 
inherited  and  earned  in  law,  licturing,  and  literttture, 
Lowell  is  said  to  be  worth  3(NOOO  or  4O;00iI  dollar?,  here- 
ditary, and  a«]uired  in  his  chair  as  professor  of  Harvard 
College,  Boker  is  rich  by  inheritance,  and  worth  pro- 
bably 100,fMK)  dollars.  Bayard  Taylor  is  n  mnn  of  inde* 
pendent  property,  the  protits  of  his  literature  and  lectur- 
ing, and  dividends  frrfm  his  Tribimt  stock.  Verily,  a 
prosperous  set  of  fellows. — American  Paper, 

A  Shower  of  Bi^od. — One  of  those  phenomena,  so 
interesting  tru  sHentitic  men— ^a  shower  of  redcolourcd 
rain,  occurf'  '  '     near  Sulphur  Springs,  Texas,     It 

la!«ted  ft^r  t^  eonds,  and  from  the  colour  of  the 

drof>8  lias  1  I  by  the  people  of  the  vicinity  **  a 

shower  of  UtMHi." 

The  Book  of  Cosoion  Pratek  of  1SS6,  witb  alt ' 
the  MS.  alterations  made  by  Convocation  in  l^V  (^« 


48 


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[4*b.S,  VH,  Ja5.  11.713 


Urmft  of  tbe  prB^ont  Tenlini  diowing  tt  m  gltnce  ia  what 
particuIiLn  it  diifera  fmm  the  prTvceding  edition),  and 
from  which  the  copy  afrpended  to  tbe  Act  of  Uoifonmty 
was  transeribed,  from  which  traoa^ript  **tbe  Sealed 
Dook  '*  of  1662  waa  printed,  haa  been  reproduced  hrf 
Major-General  Sir  Henrj  James's  pboto-zliicogr&pbic 
procesa.  It  fonuji  an  exact  counterpart  of  tho  ori^nal 
folio  volume,  and  is  about  to  bf  published  by  Mr,  B»  M. 
Piekering  with  the  authoritr  m  the  Stationerr  Oftirc, 
It  ia  untiecessan-  to  say  one  word  aa  to  tbe  importance 
of  this  docnmetit  with "  reference  to  tbe  biitory  of  our 
Prayer  Book. 

William  SronKr  Giitao:!,  FAA.— We  T«gret  to  ao* 
noance  the  death  on  Jan,  3,  1871,  of  thiA  wol^knuwn 
bistoilcaj  and  topograpfaical  antiquary,  and  one  of  the 
earliest  contribators  to  the  pajj;es  ot  ^*  i^.  &  Q./*  for  two  of 
liM  articles,  nnder  the  initiala  W,  S.  Q^  appeared  in  the 
first  Yolamid  of  out  First  Series  {1849-60).  Mr.  Gibsox, 
who  wa*  for  twenty-eeTen  yean  Registrar  of  the  Court  of 
Bankroptcy  at  Kewcastle-ttpoo-Tyne,  was  the  author  of 
the  following  amonjj  other  worka : — 1.  **  Dikton  Hail ;  or 
Memoirs  of  the  Ri^ht  Hon.  Jam&ia  RAdcliffe^  Earl  cif 
Derweatwater :  to  which  is  added  A  Visit  to  Bainbnrgh 
Castle."  2.  "  Korthumbrijin  Castles,  Chorohes,  and 
Antiqoitieaw"*  Three  Scri-s.  n,  •♦The  Hjiftory  of  the  Mon- 
aatery  founded  at  Tynem(»itth.*^  4.  *'Aq  E^any  on  the 
Hiitory  and  Antiquities  of  Hiifbgate."  5,  **A  Memoir  of 
the  Life  of  Kichard  do  Bury*  Bishop  of  DniUam,"  &c 


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X'>jr^Oir,  BATVRiiAT^  JAJVAHT  U  ti*TL 


cox: 


TnO. 


Qupeti,'M9-\Vesl 

'  -..lifiil  J\inMm!H.  ',1. 


London,  iis  /  thitik  nn  the  ^outliern  or  lOaitbh 
aUlo  of  tilt!  river.     I  have  shown  tLrtt  the  m«>«t 


trimnes:- 


dormital    \\ 


^J> iy 1   " 


•flTtu"   of   mndcmb  - 


1SKAL  ff^HWN^  TN  «  THE  FAEKm  QL^EN.** 

:  thnt  all  JB  all  •-•{Tory  in  the  first 


waV|  that  Guv  on 
iiv  tarl  of  Wor- 


,  .^olied-cr OSS  Knight 

'  renowned  in  ronninise 

Iriatjoii  nf  his  ohftrac- 

-  itI'  thf  p  jetii,  we 

^  rt'ttl  fbitnK't^r — 

Ut  Usr  ill- 

n,  the  jx»v't  asi^iirus 

«^  vto  m* 

-  '^a  most  \ii'tuou8  ' 

mA  lifiAUtt 

TW  qii? 

iu 

he  first  pnrt  nf  tlie  poem  wir  ' 
nth  yenr,  and 

fMMi^Sd, 

Wit'. 

^iis  "9^^ 

r#kftf^ 

th' 

iption   of  \\ie 

r«ni 

Ijjtijjbe,   we   ttiii^^it  T>*^ 

•S^ 

fiuioni;''  tijow  Mditluturs 

■     ■'  .■     ■'.  -,v  ,.  j.h« 

«ii   r 

-uld 

^lim  ;r;> 

U8l*<'!» 

r'j»*'ir  rr  tv'.'.h  unrn  jirni  n\<.-*d  in 

i^or  of  kia  binh  wa^  tho  year  L>r>l, 
qg^  him  when  Jiftecn  or  mx teen  year*  of 
MiLvc  often  seen  tlie  queen^  who  was  then  w© 
iv  in  her  |>rimt%  ridiiifi*  hs  she  aUviiye  did 

■■•  ^'■"   -^tMi^»«  i»f  I. -■ ■■'  "-■^:-^')y  in 

to  her  fu\  hu- 

„,.  .i  .  .  .......  ..iu  d^ipr  in  l„  .  ^ ,,,,..,.,.  ;:^ii;^ 

I  that  he  may   at  tiine^^  hnve  ohuviued  Hdinif^sion 

ii.i  »   t'n'  r>nrk,  and  seen  her   b;*titlinof  lier  how  at 

zame,  m»y  not  this  Rij^ht  have  crt?ati*d 

m  his  ptron*?  nnd  6usct-»ptihhi  imn^'io/H 

f  tion  r    Even  whtjn  he  had  liist  s»?eu  her  hefov"*  hia 

I  :roiTi;:^  to   Ireknd  in   1->S0,  the  qut*en  was  f^lv 

>ev*ii,  ntiA  her  bfiiiity  was  probably  little*  i  in - 

L     ^iirely,  then,  the  j)<>et  was  not  to  bl^ine 

hf^r  in  liidO  «fi  he  lecollected  her 

■  liays. 

i  Unlj  by  Uie  way,  that  there  are  p&raans  who 

wuuld  ^ju^ritica  historic  truth   to  fj&li^o  delicacy, 

'  and  who  hli^m».*  mo  and  others  for  vindicatiajr  the 

I  r»ur  iinijo  of  tlie  grnftt  queen  from  the  foal  a.-iper- 

nf  Dr.  Lingard  and   his  authnrilied^  even 

U  f^oinowhjit  at  the  expense  of  her  heroism* 

V   *.,u,  however^  not  of  them,  and  no  litemry  act 

I  of  mine  erer  iravo  me   more  darore  ]>l<ja*iaret 

The  quotntioo  from  Kandolph's  letter  in  out*  of 

'  the  ffplie:^  I  reirard  as  of  preat  iuiportnnce,  aa  it 

prov*^j*that  in  lo(>d  somo  of  the  best  informed  per- 

snu8  knew  xn  believed  that  EliEuheth  never  would^ 

hf?  a  moiJier,     The  quoen*a  words  when  she 

ioformt.Nl  itf  the  birth  of  Mary's  son  are  ahio  veiy 

sli:tr»ii<'^mt     As  to  her  apparently  seriona  inteo- 

hu   was  nearly 
(iftVj  it  ia  etis?  of  explanation.' 

To  protjoei  then,  Tiuiias  and  Anioret  were  re- 
Lrarded  by  some  critics  as  Sir  \Vitlter  iLaleigh  and 
Elizabeth  Trograorton ;  but  the  latter  waa  in  no 
way  ultin  to  the  queen,  and  Aiuoret  ia  tfister  to 
13eipbo:^bii.  I  am  therefore  inclined  to  .hoo  in  this 
laat  Lettice  Ivnollys,  the  qneuu  s  e.>iisin,  tirat  mar- 
ried to  Lord  E*sex,  and  then,  to  Elizabeth's  great 
displeiisure,  to  the  Earl  of  Leicester,  whom  I 
tithp  to  b<?  Timia-s,  in  whci^se  ncime  there  may  b« 
an  alliifiion  to  Leice^er's  nnitto,  "Drovte  et 
I/oyall  " ;  be  is  the  squire  of  Prince  jVrthur,  and 
the  Ihuilev  family  wtiro  strorirly  attarhed  to  the 
honae  tif  Ttidor;  and  his  biL'in^  wounded  by  the 
*•  joaters,"  and  at^ciirml  and  restored  to  health  by 
Bclpboebe,  may  allttde  to  the  ruin  of  bin  family 
at  the  accession  of  Marji  and  i\»  irestoraliou  by 
that  of  Elizabeth.  By' Sir  Scudamore  may  be 
meant  tb*^  Earl  of  Es^ex. 

In  Maiinel  of  the  Rich  or  Precious  Strond 
Upton  saw  Lord  Howard  of  Effingham,  High 
Admiral  of  England,  and  in  his  trea^ureb  from 


With  it  J  however,  alienor)* 

'  only  perpnnificntioD-*;  but  it  I  tiun  of  niairyinj^  Anjon  whi  u 

that  by  these  in  j^entsral  are 

J :^  connected  with  the  court  of 

ne   critic   seea    in   the   stnid 

r  the  second  booh,  and 

r.  tho   fierv  impf^luous 

'     ^  .p    Whitc^ft,    but 

confers  1   cannot 


L  ch.  6 ;  Marivauxi 
jNirtio,  vert  la  Jiti, 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[4*i»S,VIT- JA3r.21,' 


wrecks,  &c.,  the  spoila  of  the  Spiuiisli  .Irmada.  I 
view  Marioel  aa  a  purely  poetic  creation,  aitd  trace 
its  Qiiu^n  thus:  Spencer  in  his  Vieiv^  ^c,  raakea 
mention  of  one  Aniodel  of  tbe  Strond  in  co» 
Cork,  who  was  formerly  a  great  lord,  hut  waa 
then  much  reduced;  and  I  remember  seeing  mj- 
self  the  ruins  of  a  castle  close  to  the  water  on  the 
eaat  aide  of  Clonakilty  Bay,  named  Arundel  Caatle, 
which  may  have  heen  his  residence ;  and  as  he 
may  have  'derived  much  of  Ma  wealth  from  vessels 
wrecked  on  hig  coast,  the  pot't  maj^  have  formed 
from  him  his  Marinel,  His  hirth  may  be  an 
imitation  of  that  of  Achillea,  hut  there  were,  and 
perhaps  still  are,  legends  on  the  coast  of  Cork  of 
the  union  of  mortals  with  nynipha  of  the  aea. 

In  the  fifth  book  we  come  at  last  on  real  per- 
sons. Arthegal,  for  instance^  and  Britomart  have 
hithtJTto  been  only  the  Rug^iero  and  Bra  daman  to 
of  tbe  I'\trio80f  but  now  ho  becomes  Arthur  Lord 
Grey,  the  poet'a  patron.  The  qtieen  now  is  Mer- 
cilla,  and  Duessa  the  Queen  of  Scots^  whose  son, 
by  the  way,  was  so  olTended  at  it  that  he  de- 
manded the  punishment  of  the  poet  Blandamour 
and  Paridel  me  now  the  two  great  northern  earls 
who  took  up  arms  in  her  cause.  Sir  Burbon  is 
Henry  of  Navarre,  but  in  Gerionco  and  Grantorto 
I  only  see  personifications  of  Philip  and  the 
Spanish  monarchy  and  ofO'Neil  and  the  native 
Irish. 

Sir  Calidore,  the  hero  of  the  last  book,  is  the 
fi:allftiit  Sir  Philip  Sidney  ;  Melibee  and  Pftstorella, 
Sir  h\  Walein^^hnm  and  his  daughter,  whom  Sid- 
ney married  \  Colin  Clout  and  his  Laspe,  the  poet 
and  his  wife  ElizubfUh,  another  phase  of  whose 
character  may^  as  I  have  hinted  elsewhere,  hare 
given  origin  to  Mirahella. 

There  may  be  other  real  persons  in  the  poem, 
but  I  have  not  discovered  them, 

Thob,  Ketghtley. 


WEST  HIGHLAND  CUSTOMS  AT  MARRIAGES, 
BIRTHS,  AND  rUNEUALS. 

I  am  indebted  to  various  Gaolic-&peakinj:r  na- 
tivea  of  Cantire,  South  Argylcshire,  for  much  in- 
formation relative  to  the  old  customs  of  their 
"Weat  Highland  district  in  relation  to  births,  mar- 
liagea,  imd  funerals.  The  notes  that  I  here  give 
from  the  accounts  of  my  informarrts  may  po^^wibly 
assist  to  preserve  tho  memory  of  customs  which 
have  in  many  West  Highland  districts  already 
become  obsolete. 

Marriaok  Customs. —  Early  in  the  present 
century  marriog^s  were  celebrated  in  Cantire  with 
more  ceremony  and  greater  hilarity  than  ia  now  | 
commonly   the  caae,  except  in  the  more  retired  j 
glens.     Ihe  marrisge  customs  were  these:—  | 

When  a  young  pair  had  got  through  the  leurachj  j 
or  contract,  and  had  agreed  to  get  married  with  , 


ur^H 


Liung 

I 


the  consent  of  their  relatives,  a  night  was  ap- 
pointed for  the  rnte^  when  the  friends  met  and  a 
feast  waa  prepared,  of  which  all  were  hearty 
takers.  All  arrangements  were  then  made; 
names  of  the  parties  were  recorded  in  the  chu 
session-book,  and  were  proclaimed  on  Sabbath, 
Invitationa  were  then  given  to  friends  and  neigh- 
bours, who  in  return  generally  sent  a  present  to 
the  bride  by  way  of  contribution  to  the  feast ;  and 
in  this  way,  hens,  ducks,  meal,  butter,  cheese, 
and  even  a'fat  sheep,  would  find  their  way  to  the 
hride*8  house.  The  bridet'room  had  to  provide 
that  important  part  of  the  feast,  the  jar  of 
whisky;  for  tea  was  but  little  used  sixty  yean 
ago.  Gunpowder  waa  pui chased  by  the  T*^ung 
men  in  order  to  salute  tfie  marriage  party  %  * 
discharge  of  firearms* 

On  the  morning  of  the  wodding-day  the  w; 
ing  of  the  bride  took  place,  and  after  her  1 
she  was  dressed  in  her  best  clothes  ready  for 
ceremony.    The  bride's  party  assembled  in  the 
house  or  her  narents,  where  the  wedding  feativi 
tiea  were  held,  the  bridegroom's  party  meetx 
them  either  at  or  near  to  the  church  or  mj 
where    the    ceremony  was    celebrated.      PS] 
played  before  each  party,  and  shots  were 
they  passed  along. 

The  ceremony  being  over,  the  two  parties  joii 
and  returned  together  to  *Uhe  wedding-oov 
with  great  joy.     A  bam  had  been  cleared 
dancing,  where,  after  partaking  of  refreshme] 
the  pipers  Mid  tiddlers  began  to  plaVr  and 
young  people  immediately  commenced  dancing, 
which  they  were  very  expertj  having  been  pre 
vidusly  trained  to  such  exercise.    The   dn-^  '• 
was  continued  until  the  dinner  was  set  down 
all  the  company  took  their  places  on  either  t-i 
a  long  table.  Grace  having  been  said  and  a  bl( 
ing  asked  by  one  of  the  aged  men,  they  all  fell 
at  the  good  things  provided  for  them^  and 
carvers  made  a  round  hand  at  the  fowls,  thoi 
some  of  them  were  not  very  expert  at  ae]_ 
the  joints.    Indeed,  I  remember  being  at  a 
ding  where  there  was  a  strong  man  who 
called  upon  to  carve ;  but,  not  coming  upon 
joint?,  he  was  somewhat  puzzled  how  to  divi 
the  fowl  into  pieces ;  f^o  he  began  to  tell  a  atoi 
about  a  sailor  who  was  s^t  to  carvcj  but  could 
do  it,  '*  Upon  which,"  said  the  strong  man,  **  I 
tell  you  what  the  sailor  did— he  took  the  fat 
in  his  hands,  and  grasping  it  firmly,  tore  it 
pieces  in  an  instant/*    And  with  this  the  atr-' 
man  did  the  earae ;  after  which  they  let  Him 
hia  dinner  in  peace,  and  gave  Mm  no  more  fowl 
to  carve. 

After  dinner  the  wedding  company  would 
to  dance  in  earnest:  before  dinner  it  bad  only  h 
a  little  hit  of  exercise  to  whet  their  appeti 
As  the  dance  was  open  to  all  who  chose  to  coi 
and  join  it,  yonug  men  and  girla  would  tmji 


»&V1I.  JAa.21,'71.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


51 


4  long  distunce  to  be  present  at  the  marriage  ball, 

to  vhicb    tbev  bad   admittaDce  on  eonditioD  of 

paying  a  eranll  sum  **  for  the  floor,'*    The  ball 

$ai  tlie  wbi^kr-drinking-  weie  kept  up  through 

tlie  iui?bt  utitii  the  next  day's  dawn,  and  it  was 

'  .^  latt*  hour  before  the  biid^  waa  put  to  | 

\  iVr  thia  had  been  done  with  great  cere-  , 

'^»*  bride*8  friendii,  and  the  bridegroom's  i 

id  laid  him  by  her  side,  the  company 

md  theTO  in  their  bed^  and  drank  to 

.  to  which  the  bride  and  bridegroom 

[le  fiame  manner^  and  the  company 

m.  ^  ( 

I   day  the  wedding  company   again 

t  ad  gen»^rally  made  a  happy  day  of  it  ', 

ri  njr^  walkinij'   dancing,   and   linng   of 

gwis  mid  pistols  until  the  evening,  when  they  dis- 

;^^■r^l      ^^Tif^h  was  the  fashion   of  marriages  in 

the  present  century,  but  thinga 

i  now,  although  certain  customs 

41^511^  -  especially  those  which  relate  to 

ll»4ic»i  the  whiaky*     Now-a-days^  when 

ly  have  assembled  to  dinner,  they 

•  the  neare&t  public-house^  where 

ui*  '  will  go  round  the  company  with 

wiater  '  an  equal  eum  of  money  from 

f^icJi  |.  ;jctiuiei%  m  much  as  three  shillings 

♦»r  aii;  very  guest.    The  whole  of  this 

fsm  U  .*-  '^'l   i"  the  purchase  of  whisky, 

M^tWe  tmt  pience  is  that  the  diversions 

d  tiU  •renii.  ^  .  -        :en  terminate  in  anything  but 

UmoGf  jwd  goodwill 

Uimc^iiL  C0STOM9,— The  baptism  of  infants 
»»*  rc«ij«id*ir*d   a   very  important   ceremony   in 
I  juldition  to  itis  scriptural  import, 
ri  be  a  tenrpornl  charm,     tSonie 
jr-'ir  \   that   a   cbild    would  not  grow 

«|mi  l>rtptised,  and  all  were  of  opinion 

list  it  >- iv^  L-n  i  lack  to  have  an  unbaptiaed  child 
m  tb^  Ikotidd :  hence  it  happened  that  paronta  and 
fHDiiUiia  brought  infanta  to  be  baptised,  however 
Hnjfiiiniii   the  children  might  be,  and  however 

&%  Hit?  parents  might  be.    In  cases  of  ille- 
T  the  church  exacted  a  fine  of  the  delin- 
•ttttL*.:'  and  if  the  fine  was  not  paid,  means  were 
yearn   ago,  and  prior  to  that)  to  send 
TO  the  army  ancj  nav)\  in  which  way 
mmj  'Jt    fUc  Higbtandera   became  soldiers  and 
»a^. '.  -   li  -T-**    rtro>j**  thv  proverb,   "An  ill-got 
^oldier/^ 

y\n  minister  of  the  parish 
1  ;;.  collegiate-'  with  Dr.  Smith 

tid  \  .1^  very  severe  on  those  w^ho 

tnUiL,:  nu'wer  h\s  (juestions  on  these  occiisions, 
i  ata  nAined  Mc^eil  once  came  to  the  old 
r,  bdit^ring'  his  child  for  baptism ;  but  not 
^t^B  to  aofwer  the  ministi^r  s  quesdons^  the 
Cook  a  jonng  man  of  the  company  aside 
koada^d  kim,  and  made  him  to  hold  up  the 


child  to  get  it  baptised.    This  eliamed  McNeil  and 
made  him  more  careful  for  the  future* 

The  celebration  of  the  baptismal  ceremony 
attended  with  a  great  display  of  hospitality  on  the 
part  of  the  parents,  who  mvited  their  friends  and 
neighbours  to  the  christening  feast,  A  iar  of  whisky^ 
having  been  provided,  sponsors  were  chosen,  w^hom 
they  called  ^*  goiiitie  "  and  "  hanna-goistie."  The 
care  of  the  whit^key  was  entrusted  to  the  **  goiatie," 
and  the  '*  banna-goistie  "  (or  female  gossip)  had 
the  charge  of  the  eatable.  The  infant  w«s  then 
given  up  by  the  "bonheen*'  (ailing  mother)  to 
tbe  company,  and  was  carried  away  to  church  or 
to  the  uiinister*8  house ;  the  company  also  took^ 
with  them  bread  and  cheese,  and  pina  to  bl 
divided  upon  their  return  home  among  the  young^ 
men  and  maids,  that  they  might  in  dreams  have 
a  view  of  their  future  partuors. 

Sometimes  the  merry-making  on  these  bap 
tismal  journeys  wa?  suffered  to  lead  the  compauf 
astray^  and  cause  them  to  forget  the  caune  ana 
object  of  their  undertaking.  A  baptismal  com- 
pany was  once  crossing  the  mountains  between 
Lar^ie  and  Saddell^  and  rested  on  the  rond  to  t^ik^ 
a  retreahment  of  bread  and  cheese  and  whisky ; 
after  which  they  proceeded  on  their  jvny,  and 
arrived  at  the  manse.  The  minirtter  had  begim 
the  ceremony,  when  ihey  found  that  the  infant 
was  not  present,  **  "Where  is  the  child  ?  *'  was  the 
queation ;  and  *^  Have  you  it  r"  *'  '*  Have  you  it  ?  " 
the  females  were  asking  one  another,  but  no  child 
could  be  foimd.  At  la^^t»  the  oue  who  had  been 
can-ying  the  child  up  to  that  place  where  they 
had  staved  on  their  way  for  refreshment  called 
to  niiud  that  she  had  laid  it  down  among  tho 
heather,  and  had  supposed  that  some  ono  else 
must  hfivo  picked  it  up  and  brought  it  to  the 
manse;  but  as  this  was  not  the  ease,  they  had 
nothing  for  it  but  to  retrace  their  step**  to  the 
place  in  question,  which  they  did  without  delav, 
and  found  the  child  lying  quite  safely  where  it 
had  been  left  on  its  bed  of  heather.  Then  they 
brought  it  back  to  the  manse  and  had  it  baptised. 

FuNEBAL  Customs. — Up  to  sixty  years  ago  it 
was  the  custom  in  Cantirej  when  anyone  had  de- 
parted thii^  life,  for  the  friends  of  tho  deceased  to 
provide  the  necessaries  for  the  accommodation 
and  refreshment  of  viaitors.  The  corpse  was 
wrapped  in  oUanavh  (woollen),  and  waked  day 
and  night  utitil  it  was  interred,  A  pan  of  salt 
was  placed  upon  its  breast,  and  it  was  stretched 
upon  a  platform,  over  which  was  erected  a  tent 
of  white  linen  ;  within  this  tent  candles  were  kept 
alight  day  and  night  until  the  time  of  burial. 
The  neighbours  gave  up  their  work,  and  attended 
in  the  house.  The  Bible  and  other  religious  books 
were  laid  upon  a  table  and  perused  by  the  hichd 
/(tire  (watchers)  j  devotional  exercises  were  per- 
formed each  night  and  morning',  igiXftUl^  ^lc»tL\fcU 


52 


NOTKS  AAD  QUEKIES. 


[4«»S.  VIL  Jajt.  21/ 


akM  luiil    *  itii  whialnr,  wat#«er?cd  it  in- 

ttsmilM,  ni  n|f  waiki  iiuci  in  fmim  of  the 

dvemuiril.  **  a  m n  i  ttaIb^^'  eiMitmiiM  my inj^rmftotf 
*'  tllii  rcktiTe^  drripped  ft  gentls  betoF,"' 

Whf»n  the  tiit!<?  ^f  th**  ftinrmi  mmp  tht?  com- 
I  ■  IV   WM    eerv'i''l    with    bfjid    mui    chr:*-*^    and 

v.,p-'  ^,     T' '■'■-  "--    - •  ■  •    '•■■--   -'-' 


'./   i'V    li   pi-r-vri   pln_    . 

or  »omo  oUit*r  mournful  the  Lochaber 

tniin|i*'  (•'.  r,  thu  Ji*wV  i   jiiw*§,  harp), 

\ft*?r  the  iotemiC'iit:,  aoJ    whofj    lUe   {mve  wiw 

!i»»ftt}v  fovereJ  in  with  ;rr«n*n  iwdB,  tbt*   nenreet 

'  the  dc'CM>wed  tljiiuktHl  the  c<»nipany  for 

I   fltt»fnibiicti.      Ur**«d  and  oht»*^?**  and 

re  then  serv^nl  p<miid  ;  aftpr  which  the 

i  ptirted  to  thi'ir  own  hiTdc*. 

CcnitEnT  Beiti:. 


eilAKSPRKE^d  DEATH  £  SOCIAL  GEXIALOGT. 

I'ndnr  try  0,  IMoG^  Nathaniel  llaw- 

thortM>  Wjr  I  :  ^l/rum  fh€  Eftgli'ih  Note^Bookk 

of  Xathanui  JJu:.Uujrtir,  i.  Hj^^ii)  : — 
"  I  tlitnil  ttl  Mr.  WiUimu  Browii\i  (M.F.)  Jujit  evftning 

with  fl  Inrf^o  purty Sfn'nkini;  of  SUakf^jw^iv, 

Mf. MJiid  tUni  the   D«ik«'  of  IS<jmiT»ct»  wJio  i^  now 

nnuU    r-MT  - . f,  t^ill  him  ihnt  the  father  ol"  John  and 
'  Hit*  uU  ptwiftiblc  res farch  into  th« 

>  [ij>^  atkI  that  hi!  hud  r»u&d  reajsoQ 

'  Irrl  a  certain  revel  ut 

in  diu  conviviidlty  of 
'  .  I  I'll  on  hii*  wfiy  liotnr, 

ui   1    -i    1    li^^rvl     IJi*?  Ktiiit»l4j  ffAirJArcli   won  an   atreil 
T11  ,ri  he  cojniAunicaU^I  this  ta  ttit*  fUtko.  And  thKlr 


il     1    Jii;..1ni        •  ■.       ' 

I'vtT  to  have  K*en  it  iitiut — which  h  mt)«t  stngtilar.'* 

Nor  do  I ;  and  as  it  uiny  be  new  to  many 
others*  I,  in  ftccordftnee  with  the  luotlo  of 
**  N.  Sl  Q./*  "  timke  a  note  of  it/"  It  i»  vety 
ciiriouB  how  littk^  we  know  about  8hakapert*p  Bsd 
th«  mortJ  so  consideriuij  the  few  Livt^s  interTening 
h*'two<m  his  death  and  the  data  of  bis  firet  bio^- 
plwtr  Lei|?h  Hunt  ( ttj  whom  nio&t  ideas  of  the  kind 
w«Te  sure  to  occtir»  aiid  form  food  for  in^^nioud 
gpiwuktion)  has  happily  work  ad  out  the  thouirht 
eootitined  in  Hawthorne'n  note,  in  an  artit^le  en- 
titled 4iucifil  Orr-'^--".  'rnni  which  the  fullowiDg 
ejttxnct  may  ht  .— 

"tti»a.^Vi--  -  .  ..i.r....  .„  -...-  :-^-.  ^T^at  a 

link  tif  |«'T.-  1  the 

tuithors  gf  '  id  t4) 

ffhak*pi*ar<s   hiui^riJ i**<i<k,  uhcu   «i   thikU  pre* 

vnllnil  on  foinu  iVicnJ*  to  take  him  to  n  I'tsfTcie'hotiac 
Which  Urydeii  f^tiqiwntisfl.  ♦  ,  ,  ,  .  Now  sai-h  of  ni  i» 


hflr«  thftkoD  iMDdB  Willi  ■  living  pott  nn^  Wftbln  pcr^ 
lL2p«,to  reeftoA  sp  m  nrf«»of  «DiiiMetliwaiAki*to  the 
Ttsry  hsRfl  that  wivto  af  Hmilit  «Bd  of  F«l«tsff  aod  of 

Dmkmona.  With  homa  ViviRg  potU  it  ta  €<^rtAiu.*  Ttine 
La  Utomad  JUovn^  for  instance,  vho  knew  Sberidaiu 
SlMiidati  knew  Johrnon, who wu  the  ftiend  of  SaTttgc, who 
)t»»W  fltede;  who  knew  Pope.    Pof^  wiu  lodiiuite  wiill 

I  ruoi?rFiret,  sad  Con grerre  with  Drjdac    Drydui  li  scid^ 

itea  MUton.     Mtltxsa  i»  ftaid  to  haw  knovm 

:i:,aiid  to  have  beco  «avcd  bj  him  fktim  thej 

vriigt-  ol  the  restored  court  in  xvtom  for  haTin^  m 

Davcnant  frrim  the  rovtsiffe  of  the.  Gcmunonwealtll. 

I  if  tb«  link  between  Dryden  and  S^lron,  and  MU 
Dar^naot  i^^  wine  what  apocrvphal,  or  rather  dep 
iraditirm  (for  Richardson,  the  painter,  telb  r 
tr  vo  r  pf,  who  bad  it  from  Bettertoo  the 
i':     I,  -ft's  company),  it  may  be  earned  ac 

I   i>!  V  ;.  ij  to  Davenant,  with  whom  be  was  onqii 
intimate.      Davenant,  then,   knew  Hobbes,   who 
Bacon,  who  knew   Ben  Jon-^on,  wlio  wiu  intimata  ' 

BeaaoHMit  and    Fletcher,       '  '^ Hra 

CaradaOiSelden,  Clarendon  pt 

all  tlie  good  men  of  Eli?,  i  \m^% 

irreatesc  of  them  all  ttnduubtt^y.    1  huo  we  iiuv«  a  1 
u(  *bmmy  hnnds'  ftom  our  own  titnt'A  up  to 


htiffii  Hunt  contitiiieB  }iie  ^Sorial  Gene 
stiH  further.     For  hi  a  contintmlioQ  aijd  the" 
thoriiies  (all  set  forth  at  len^'th)  i'ot  this  "ia 
lectual  pedigree/*  I  must  refer  thr   reader  to 
article  it**-lf,  which  hn«  been  r**criitly 
by  Mr.  Ilottcn  in  ^1  7h/t  ff>r  tr  f'Ju'>nu» 
tttui  other  Esftfiff*^  from  tho    ' 
little  Tolume  edited  by  Mj.  I , 
bio;lirjiphical  introduction  is  not  only 
ft^ctbit  of  writinj:  ns  to  style,  but  is  a  <ii 
of  approcittlivt*  criiamm  worthy  its  subjert, 

Eleasant  picture  of  Leigh  Ilunt  by  one  wh  .  i 
im  wolL  "  I 

Reverting'  to  the  main  subject  of  tbi?  nofp,  I  ■ 
may  add  that  in  "N.  &  Q/ for  IMu- 
(2*'*'  S-  xi  102-3),  ore  given  two  inet. 
memory  of  two  persona  extending  over  i'>'> 
and  linking    together   the   reigns  of    Ann 
Geoifj-e   III.      Doubtless  many    more   couia    ik 
fotmd  if  aouj^ht  for. 

8*  R.  TowysuKSTB  Maob. 
RIehmondf  S.W* 

CHBISTlLUi  MnJiMSRS  AKD  PloUGH- 

Thia  jourajil  bein^  the  choaen  reposif 
dates  and  partiL'ulai's  of  popular  cubl 
here  state  that  the  Christmas  miimm 
my  huuae  in  Ilnntin'rdonshire  in  tb' 
week  of   1870-l»  and  acted   the   old 
"George  and  the  Dragon/'  with  the  vh 
Bold  Bu  ona  part  e,  the  T  urki  ah  Kn  i  i'  * '  ^ 
Devildoubt,  thu  I)ocU)r^  kt.     TL 
who  perform t!d  this  mumroer'a  n:..  ^ 
tumc^d  for  the  occasion,  and  went  *.. 
pi^ee  with   much  spirit     They  hud  h' 
taiiprht  tbd  word«^  wbifik  differed  but 


•  Originallj^  written  and  published  m  1*119. 


4*>S.TU.  Jax.«1,710 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


53 


from  Temnns  tbiit  I  bad  previously  heard  in  Wor- 
oestitrshizv^  luA  els^vrlirTM,  and  which  have  been 
reosrdt  ^  of  **  N,  &  Q/'     I  may 

nko  ati'*  vilcbers  came  as  usual 

to  mj  Iiu4i0e  on  tiitj  e'?euing'  of  Ploug-h  3fond«T 
^mL  9),  flatting  their  cans  and  asking  far  money. 

CCTiniETlTBKT>E. 
an  Christmu  SftunmtfB  will  be  found  in  S""! 
M,  4«6  ;  3Lt.  271 ;  xii.  487 ;  S'^  S.  i.  66  ;  ir.  486.] 

TirR  SiEijK  OP  Brxda:  Tobacco.— The  9u?ge  of 

ac  of  the  most  celoh rated  aiegesot"  the 

centrrrT,  and  in  fre(juently  mentioned 

nmatiate.     Spinola  ertt  down 

:st  lU  l»fi4»aud  the  town 

lU  July  1  in  tho  folio  wing 

itHHTod  incrodihle  hardebips. 

:l*i  historian  Herman  ITnjjo^  "was 

ris  apoanJ;  a  calf  of  seventeen 

:   r-rty-eig'ht;  a  bog,  for  one  hundred 

and  tobacco  for  one  hundred  florins 

rhij*  wa^  after  they  had  cott^imed 

1     ^c  s,    A  few  days  aVter,  the  narrator 

'fiucb  tobacco  as  in  other  places 

J  had  for  ten  flmnp  vnns  Bold  in 

himdred,"     It  flpp«»arB  that  thi^ 

i  an  '•physic^it  bein'^  th«  only 

J  —  nt'ainst  acurvy."  Ml. 

Tub  Paii::M  i;i: -h  CoRBlAr, — 

'.'■:::.  .Ties; 

-  -  -  -■  ■■  'v--  -  -■ '  r-  ' -■  I  Ji»y- 

Wih  .  Let   this  staim    nv.i  or  thr<?e  day», 

hiii&i:  i-<lay;  then  ruu  it  throuirh  a  fSanad- 

1)^1  for  OH.'      C ^  ''*'"*  *  ^^-  p«t«**  'Ac  Pettt/  j'timU^) 

MaoRLA>'n  Lad. 

CnxiRcir.  —  As  alluaion  baa 
1  tba  parish  of  Wingj  co. 
Bfttfiu^  li  may  b«  ioterestiDg  to  note  that  in  the 
»f*  i>f  the  church  there  is  a  curioiLs  brass-plate 
bnriog  the  effi^^  of  a  man  in  a  eloaJi  Imeeling, 
"m^  *  porter's  f^talf  under  hiii  feet,  and  a  bi^b- 
'  it,  and  a  large  key  lyin^''  behind  him, 
are  lifted  up  a,H  if  in  prayer,  and 
riMov.'  H  the  following  ini^criptiH^n: — 
"BMim  old  Thomi^  f%>f«,  that  *toiiipfimoa  was 


W        PbrtBTttt  A*COt' 

-  ■  •') 

m     Uft  iti»  ki^Y.  h 

1  to  bare 

m       luKncifibrav 

.  '.  _  ■     lu an'*  grave.         ^ 

M      MadMu  prvqiar 

r  none  cftfi  ttUI, 

rP         R«lf  tlUlt  TOD  tt. 

fo-nipht, — FarcwdL 

■                      *    Hedui.i  . 

-r,  UH8. 

an  at  the  appoin 

t.jr>;psof  his  Friend. 

Gieo. 

,  _      .  '>\" 

^ 

G.  R  D, 

► 

»- 

^ 

f.— 

-Few  ecclesiastical  statea- 

,rh 

centurv  have  been  more 

1 

-ii  ,r 

H^  nnr!  unfairly  mnlig-ned 

i 

memory  has  been 

)f  iiinHhe  assuredly 

Fatmmtiy  a.  Mat  af  the  Dontioi^. 


never  cotmnitted  in  the  flesh.  AmongBt  them 
is  the  *"  fable  ''of  hia  havinjr  written  the  Latin 
epistle  mentioned  by  Mr.  Tew  (4'*'  S,  vi.  66D)i 
to  the  keepere  of  Edward  II.  at  Berkeley  Cagtle^ 
so  often  improperly  quoted  to  his  prejudice.  If, 
indeed,  there  is  one  thing  more  certain  than 
another  in  connection  with  Adam  de  Orleton,  it 
is  that  he  never  wrote  the  letter  in  question,  and 
equally  untrue  that  he  ever  **  owned  it,  but  pre-l 
tended  his  meaning  was  horribly  mistaken.'^ 
poli(^  at  the  time  of  Edward's'  incarceration  wna 
in  direct  contradiction  to  the  assumption  of  bis 
being  the  writer  of  those  wordij,  e^  en  to  the  ex^ 
tent  of  its  being  impossible  he  could  have  donfli 
so^  as  may  be  readily  ascertained  by  those  who 
feel  interested  in  the  subject.  Henry  F,  HolT. 
King's  Hoaf},  Chpham  Park. 

Generai*  Wolfk  astd  thb  2t>rn  Foot. — In 
jour  First  Series  (vol.  ii, )  I  observe  some  notices 
of  General  Wolfe,  which  remind  me  of  what  I 
understand  was  a  fact  that  merits  being  recorded 
in  **  N.  &  Q."  Ke  entered  the  army  as  ensign  i 
the  iH)th  foot,  which  WiV9  and  still  is'di^tinguishe 
as  Wolfe's  regiment,  not  from  any  other  official 
connection,  but  solely  firom  hi^  eminence  and 
glorious  death.  Now  it  happened  that  the  201^ 
was  in  garrison  at  St.  Helena  when  Napolea 
died,  and  the  bearers  of  his  body  to  the  grwrft 
were  grenadiers  of  Wolfe's  regiment.  ©. 

Ediuhut^b. 

Tre  PsopnECT  OF  Orval. — This  was  eagerly 
read,  and  extensively  believed  in,  at  the  time  of 
its  appearance  in  an  Eng-lish  translation  in  the 
eventhil  year  lt*48.  But  it  sunk  into  merited 
neglect  when  in  the  following  year  it  was  de- 
nounced by  the  Bishop  of  Verdun,  as  an  admitted 
fabrication  of  a  priest  of  his  dioce?e.  See  the 
biahop'a  circular  m  Tftc  Tablet  of  April  7, 1849, 

^.  C.IL 

WrrcHCP^AFT. — The  following  advertisement  is 
worth  a  plate  in  the  old  curioHity-Hhops  of  follies 
and  fancies  which  the  contributors  of '*N.  "Ss-  Q.** 
are  so  plentifully  furnishing  f(>r  the  edification  of 
the  future.  It  was  ii**iued  with  a  number  of  the 
Spiritual  MngnzinA  m  the  year  1868  —  that  is, 
m  the  nineteenth  century  of  Christian  civilisation, 
and  in  what  its  sons  claim  as  the  most  enlightened 
city  of  the  roost  enlightened  nation  on  the  faee  of 
the  earth.  How  far  tsbia  tiieory  i»  supported  hy 
the  following  document,  I  leave  to  the  judgment 
of  complacent  Londoners  :^ 

**  A  Gentlemiin  being  Iwwitched  br  a  hirw!  Man^Wlteh 
in  hif  ini mediate  neigh bourhood^  hire>d  and  avovrcdljp- 
paid,  during  3o  yisars,  a  fixtd  sum  of  money  yearly,  ti^' 
inij^t  reanlJ^t  for  his  cnininal  services,  under  the  impunity 
secured  to  them  by  t!jc  Statute  \>  Georga  11.  «.  "i.  H'^  the 
rrimts  of  Witchcraft ;  would  b^  ^'lad  to  obtain  the  aid 
uf  any  Medinm  who  mi^ht  be  able,  by  Spectral  Sight, 
by  Clairvny«tice,  or  by  Trance,  to  aftltrd  such  clue  for 
the  idiiatiBearion  iii  the  senjie  of  faot,  of  the  said  hired 
Man- Witch,  in  hia  peraonal  and  individaal  ca^ajdl^*  Cvkt 


KOTES  AJfD  QUEKIES. 


H^^-S,  VILJa».21,' 


the  prAi:tica]  pnrpoee,  as  would  render  possible  mi  uppti^ 
catitin  to  a  Magiatrate'a  Court,  for  a  Wftrrant  or  Sum* 
noneagaiost  him  in  thepreseot  state  of  the  Law. — Ad- 
dwsfi,    .    .    .    &c" 

W.  E.  A.  A. 
Joynson  Street*  Strangewajs. 

**  Le  Coa  FRAJf^.us." — *<The  unbroken  self- 
confidence  which  the  French,  like  the  AtbenianB, 
have  ever  ret«iiied  atnidcit  the  greatest  disnsteis  " 
i$  referred  to  bj  Dr.  Anjokt  in  his  notes  an 
ThucydideF^  i»  70,  where  he  quotes  an  epigram, 
wliicli  may  be  found  in  the  appendix  to  one  of 
the  Tolumes  of  Cim.  Dumas'  Cafnpagnes^  most 
Binguliirl^^  illuatrative  of  their  present  attitude  :^ — 

*'  Lc  coq  fraovttis  est  le  coq  da  la  glotre, 
Var  hj^  rt'Vi/rs  il  ii\>:<r  point  abattu  ; 
II  ilijiTjtt'  fort,  qujiud  il  ^^ne  la  victoirc, 
T'lu^  fort  encore,  quand  it  ert  bifw  battu. 
Ci)fl,n}«r  toMJyi|ir«  e«t  aa^rande  vert  a/' 

C.  W.  BlKOHJOf. 

MiLTON  a:^d  TTom<kopathy.  — ^llubnemann  ii^ 
*aKi  to  be  thi^  nuthor  of  boraceopathy,  but  was  he 
T9tLlh  mf  i\[ilton,  in  bis  preface  to  Samion 
AtjmtAfea,  has  thia  passage  : — 

•*  Tragedy,  said  by  Aristotfe  16  be  of  fN^wer,  by  raisipg: 
pity  and  fe.Tt  or  terror,  to  purgo  the  mintl  of  tho^  aiid 
ipuch  like  pnAftions— >that  b.  tw  temper  and  reduct*  therti  to 
just  measure  with  *  kind  of  dillifht,  stirred  n]^  Ity-  ivadinj;,' 
or  aetiug  thr  ,'"''•:■      ""'      ""     "■'  .[nre 

wanting  in  J  .u  : 

for  m  in  plij  .    iHty 

are  used  agniuht  tneiancbolvf  m/uj  againjit^our,  bait  to 
femovc  4alt  bom  ours.'' 

This  proves  that  homoeopathy  was  practbed  in 
Milton'a  tiuie^  and  even  Hippocrates  alludes  to  it. 
The  passage  horn  that  writer  wa.^  given  me  in 
the  original  NDUie  timtt  ago,  but  1  buve  mislaid  it, 
and  I  should  feel  obliged  if  you  would  quote  it 
in  anearl}'  numbt^r,  The  minim  doaes  of  thepresent 
dsiy  are  no(j  a!bided  to,  aa  1  remember,  even  in 
Jlabnomaim's  Orgmmn;  thej  seem  to  have  arisen 
from  tliii  a^mnption  tbal^  as  the  proper  medicine 
W09  to  be  npplied,  tho  ama^lest  quantity  would 
f^uiiice  for  the  cure.  G.  E. 

TlELioTypT.t— It  may  be  uaeful  to  «ome  readers 
oC  "  N.  A  Q."  to  be  informed  that  an  account  of 
tluBnew  kind  of  Indelible  phctogiftphy — admirable 
for  illaetraling  books  aud  copying'  aketchea  and 
works  of  tbe  gr^t  masters,  impossible  otherwiee 
to  be  given  in  fac-pimile  bichrome— will  be  found 
in  Art  Pictorial  and  Ifidtfjtfrial  (No  4),  for  October 
Iwt,  from  tbe  pen  of  Mr.  G.  Wharton  Simpson. 
Xb©  patentees,  ilesara,  Edwards  and  Kidd,  will  be 
bappy  to  ahow  spec i mens  to  any  reader*  or  cor- 
respond en  tit  of  **  N.  &  Q.''  who  may  call  at 
22^  Henrietta  Street,  Go  vent  Garden. 

8,  K,  TowNSHEif©  Mayer. 

E4diiaoiid,S*\V* 


'*  AlKIUANDO  DORMITAT  BOXrS  HoiTBBUS  "  (4 
S.  vi.  407.) — Where  ia  this  sentence  to  be  found] 
I  have  often  used  its  English  equivalent,  but  f 
know  nothing  of  the  Latin  quoted  by  Mr.  J. 
PiCTON  (uf  mtjira).  Stephen  Jack&oxJ 

[The  passage  h  from  Horace,  De  ArU  PotVii 
ver,  35^.  Ac— 

"  ,  .  .  ,  et  idem 
Indiguor^  qunndoque  bonos  dormitat  Honnerttsu**! 

Anonymous?. — I  have  a  book  entitled — 
**  Pleasing  Melfliicboly  ;   or^  a  Walk  among^  the  T<^ 
in  a  C<?antry  Churchyard,  in  the  style  and  maimer 
*  Horvc^y's  M<>fiitati'ins ' ;   to  which  are  addeil  Kpltap 
Elegies,  and  liiscriiition^  in  Prose  and  Verw.*' 

It  was  published  at  London  in  1793,  and  tbe  pw 
face  is  initialed  G,  W\     Who  was  tbe  author  i 
compiler  P  James  It  eh 

18,  High  Street,  Fai^liiy, 

BfituoTnKCA  Indica. — 

"Thtt    MuntnVhab  al  Tawririkb  al  Badflun:— PcriJ 
text— KiliU'l    by  i^apt,   \\\  N.   Ufm,   LL.D.,  Calouli 
18%  published  by  the  Asiatic  Society  of  UcnudU" 

What  axe  the  dates  of  tbe  MSS.  followed 
preparing    tbe  above  edition   of  Abdul    t/ii 
valuable  history  of  the  reign  of  Akbar,  linir^hed  i| 
AJI.  1W4  (A.D*  ir>D5|,  and  how  can  the  urigiu 
matter  be  diatingui^lied  from  subsequent  Luterp 
lations  when  this  inlbrmation  is  not  friven  ? 

R.  R.  W.  Ei^fi 

ikareross,  near  Exetar. 

DAUBYGNf:  Monument,  —  In   tbe    church 
Brize-Norton    (Norton    S,    Brice),    Oxon,   is 
monnm^nJtal   slab  to  the   memory  of    Sir  Jo 
Daybygn<5.     The  date  m  134G,  aiid  the  knigbt 
represented  boldly  in  elljgy.     Ilis  legs  rfte  crosse 
and  at  bia  ft*et  erouchcB  a  lion.     It  is  unusu 
rich  in  itJ3  heraldic  sculpture,  being  cbarg 
live  escutcheons.     The  chief  of  these  coveS 
knight's  body,  and  bearB  four  faeils  comoine 
fesse,  each  ctarged  with  a  pierced  mullet    Th 
remaining  four  escutcheons  occupy  the  four  coi^ 
nera  of  the  tomb.     One  of  tbembearn  th©  foi 
fusils  plain;  another  bai*  the  fusils  ermine, 
the  remaining  two  one  is  either  lozen^y  or  ma 
celly — I  cannot  say  which,  n»  the  stone  in  wi>ra| 
but!  fancied  that  T  could  defect  an  ermine  i 
on  one  of  tbe  divisions,  in  which  case  it  won 
suggest  tbe  arms  of  Kokele — *^  masculy  d*ermy 
et  do  goula."    (lloll  Hen.  III.)     Sorne  of  you 
readers,  better  acquainted  with   ih^    Daubyg 

Sedigree  than  myself,  will  probably  bo  able 
ecide*     Tbe   remaining    escutcbeon   bears    tf 
cbevronels  witbiu  a  bordurc  engrailed* 

It  ia  probable  that  some  notice  of  so  nc^  ; 
specimen  of  monumental  art  will  have  been  take 
by  others;  but  I  venture  to  ^nd  it  to  **N,  &  Q,^ 
as  an  additional  security  against  ita  being  lofl 
aigbt  of.     Tho  monument  ia,vfilaed  in,t)io  pa  '  ' 


*<*  S.  VII.  Jty.  iU  M.] 


'NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


iotd    l^   in  A   fiiirlv  mife  positioD,      Tlifi    cliiircb 
grnemlly  ^^ill  repay  a  Tbift.  W.  M,  H.  C\ 

P,8,— What  connection,  if  tmy^  is  there  bf?tween 
I>anbygfi6  nnd  D*Albini  ? 

Pm  1  T  T  V.  John  Enty. — There  is  a  abort  notice 

V.  J.  Enty  by  Jolin  Fox  in  the  MQHthhj 

,  ..;/  {xvi.  5i^'0,   18*>1,   where  it  i»  etated 

ho  was  the  son  of  a  tailor  la  Cornwall,  and 

^_.  i  in  1743.     **  Mr.  Enty  was  enoriiged  in  the 

eciiitrofer^T  Among^  tho   Dip^f*nters  in  the  We.>t 

ecme^niiiig  the  Trinitj%"     Where  is  there  any 

ffirtlier  account  to  \^  found  of  Mr.  Enty's  life  and 

vritbigs  ?  Gku.  C.  Boase. 

EiBiior  SmLLi5G  PrECEs  op  Charles  I.  — 
A  W^^'  ..*  ^vi..rp  jjgp  -wjlly  in  the  reign  of  Charles  L^ 
lf*vi  ^  if  her  depondenta  a  lei^acy  of  four 

•leTtii  -^..k...^  pieces.    Was  this  an  English  coin  ? 
Attd  if  io,  how  lootf  did  it  continue  in  circalation  ? 

E.  P. 

FaAj^KB :  Frisel. — Unheraldically  speaking,  are 

...  ♦   tK..    ti.*....  fltjrrtwberry  leavea  m   the   Eraser 

1  osaonia  =  live  petals  argent  ?  With 

.;..^  coat  originate  ?     What  is  the  diite 

t  example  of  it?     When  was  the  name 

J  from  Frii*el  to  PVaser  ?  Has  Sir  IlarriH 

s.    'Us   left   any  annotations   on    the  Friael    of 

/I   Abbey  roil,  and  are  there  any  notices  of  the 

rs'the  period  in  question  in  coimeclion 

Mian  charter!*  ?     Any  information  on  the 

Liift  q^ticries*  would  much  oblip:\  Sp. 

Pl:X>IGREE  OF  B.  R,   IIaTUON,  the  IIl8T0RlC\t 

Paixier.^ — ^In  the  Autohiograph}j  ami  JounuiU  of 
B,  IL  Uaydon  (2nd  ed.  18o*J.  \  4),  the  writer 
itates  thaJthL?  **  father  was  a  lineal  descendant  of 
.  .  .  . ,  the  Haydons  of  Cadhay*"  la  there  any 
*?idttn«  in  favour  of  thia  statement  P  None  is 
ritri  'H  the  work  quoted.  Perhaps  »ome  mem- 
artist's  family  mav  be  able  to  answer 
_.     .m.  '       '  N. 

**  UurTH  TO  CnAntJfEH."  —  Can  any  one  say 
tilifw  lUe  abore  may  be  obtained,  or  any  book 
OR  the  duties  of  the  chair  at  public  meetings  P 

VV. 
Brighton. 

"Ti«k^  ilftvivn  ,\v  Titv  Tvii»" — WTio  wrote 

vay  gives  it  to 

^    .  but  r  think  he 

S6G  in  **  N.  &  Q.'*  a 

-  '^  writinga.     I  only 

bow  ^'  Uitl  Friends  with  new  Faces,*'  and  three 

^flBj^s,  rif  ,  *'Pr^ftT  P*nse  of  Eticeme/'  \x  hnn'est 

•■Onjf,  anti  toral,  **Ten  me,  ye 

'^Bm^  h  I  tora?'*   Mr.  S'harpe, 

riy  iicquain ted,  informed 

•r  of  the  ubfvve.     I  hnve 

*}■  been  told  that  the  pas- 

-:.  lo«t  my  lo%e,'*  was  also 


from  liis  pen.  L"^  this  correct?  The  **01d 
Frienda"  well  merits  a  reprint^  with  a  memoir  ol 
the  talented  author.  Jame8  Henry  Dixon. 

Arms  of  Jenxoub,  —  Your  correspondent 
A,  AV.  M,  hna  kindly  helped  mo  to  these  arui3, 
for  which  I  had  been  enquiring.  Can  be  further 
iufonn  me  what  conner.tion  there  bad  been,  kn»jK 
Elizabeth*  between  the  family  of  Jennour,  of 
E?<jex,  and  either  Larder,  Barket,  Seymour,  or 
Storke?  All  the.^e  came  in,  T\nth  Jennour,  !nt*> 
the  arms  of  Ilusey,  of  Shapwick,  Dorset,  by  tho 
marriRO'e  of  Mary,  daughter  of  Thomaa  Barket, 
of  Dewlish,  iind  coheiress  of  her  mother,  Ur.suhi 
Larder,  to  Thomas  lluaey,  temp,  Elizabeth. 

\V.  M.  IL  CnuBCH. 

Dr.  JoniTSON's  Watch. — I  some  time  ago  (4*** 
S.  vi,  275,  405)  made  inquiries  respecting  Dr. 
Samuel  Johnson's  watch.  The  only  reply  which 
1  got  was  from  a  coiTespondent  who  referred  me 
to  Wood's  Cunostties  of  Clockji  mid  Watches^  where 
the  oul}^  information  giren  is  that  it  is  reverently 
preserved  by  its  owner.  But  I  am  anxious  of 
getting  more  detailed  particulara,  I  should  lil^e 
to  know  whether  it  is  a  gold  or  metal  wrtt<;h| 
whether  it  is  a  repeater,  what  sort  of  a  di.il 
plat«  it  has,  whether  enamel  or  metal  (we 
know  he  had  the  dial  plate  changed)*  and  whe- 
ther the  houra'  figures  are  in  Roman  letters  or 
Arabic  numerals;  and,  lastly j  the  maker !?  name? 
And  I  shall  be  mucli  obliged  if  any  one  can  inform 
me  of  liny  of  those  particulara. 

OcTAvirs  MoBQAir. 

'^' Der  relegirte  Kobbold,"  etc. — Can  any 
correspondent  tell  me  anything  of  Der  refetfitU 
KMoki,  or  of  the  Geschichte  ties  heruhmten  Bvr(}» 
^i^iiffji  fitwme  mtf  den  Smielen  f  Harrow. 

KirioHT  OP  THE  Body  and  Esqitire  of  ttik 
Boot.  — What  would  be  the  duties  and  what  the 
diirnitr  of  a  kniprht  and  an  esquire  of  the  king*s 
body  to  Henry  VIL  and  VHL  P  P,  P, 

CtrEiOTTS  Marriage  Citstom. — Can  any  of  the- 
renders  of  **  N,  &  Q.'*  givo  me  the  ori^n  of  the 
following  curious  marriage  custom,  which  prevails, 
or  at  all  events  did  prevail  some  twenty  years  a^o, 
ainon>y  the  agricultural  population  of  Aberdetrtn- 
Hhira?  The  marriage  usually  takes  place  at  the 
house  of  the  bridp^s  futber,  to  which  it  is  cus- 
tomary for  the  bridegroom,  when  the  diatance  i« 
reasoDftble,  to  walk  on  foot,  supported  by  two 
"  groom'a  maids,"  and  accompanied  by  th^ie 
fnends  who  havG  accepted  his  invitation  to  l>e 
present  at  the  ceremony.  Just  as  tlie  procession 
starts,  or  is  about  jrtarting,  two  young  m^n,  se- 
lected from  the  bridegrofun's  party,  who  are 
deaiguated  im!^  (*' sends ,"  or  mt^aaeugerswhn-ltfe 
.nent),  hurry  oti'to  apprise  the  bride  of  his  approach. 
When  a  youth  of  fifteen  years  old,  I  was  on  one 
occujiion  hastily  improvised  into  ei*'^'^*''.  ^^^^ 


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NOTES  AXD  QUERIES. 


[4^  a.  VU.  JASf.  2 


ii  neir  10  I  cun  revoUcct,  the  meainge  deliTOrtd 

bjmjooUeiigtie to ihebnd tollowa :  **Xlie 

bfidegroom  preients  lua  c  %  and  Teqnaald 

OS  to  9»y  that  he  will  900k  m-   u-  4  , ' 

What  ifl  th^  object  of  the  above  custom,  nnd 
how  or  when  did  it  originate  ?        A.  Pateksox. 

"TiTE  Prodigal  Son." — ^I  mw  Bome  years  hgp 
A  eet  of  cottage  '1  tended  to  illustrato  tKU 

solject,   bat  r-  -  everything  as  taking 

place  At  the  timM  i,i  puoiicAtioDf  namely^  the  la^t 
oentury.  For  infitanco^  in  the  scene  where  the 
ptgdi^l  is  feasted  on  his  return,  a  negro  servant 
la  waiting  at  table,  and  the  chaplain  h  ia  Im 
place  in  wig  and  gown.  I  have  just  beard  an  old 
woman  deacribe  with  great  appreciation  a  set 
which  hw  mother  bought  of  a  pedlar  when  she 
waa  youDg.  8he  says  it  was  all  **  clear  natral  ** 
from  be^uning  to  end.  I  think  there  were  eight 
pictunee,  vtvidiy  coloured.  Could  I  poasibly  pro- 
cure a  aet?  J.T.  F. 

Latin  Pboveeii. — Some  years  ago  a  brother 
clergyman  quoted  in  my  preaence  a  Latin  proverb, 
the  gist  of  which  was,  "  Th«  evidence  of  your 
enemy  in  your  favour  ia  the  best  evidence  you 
can  have.*'  Can  any  of  the  renders  of  ^*  N.  &  Q." 
tell  me  the  exact  words  of  the  proverb  in  ques- 
tion ?  The  name  of  the  Latin  author  in  which  it 
is  found,  and  in  what  part  of  his  works  it  occurs, 
will  oblige.  n.  W.  C. 

A  KECTt>R*<HIP  OF  ElQATT'OlOC  YEABa.— The 
pariah  regij^ter  of  Knoaaiiigton  Giange,  Loioeaterj 
record?^  Richard  Samson  as  rector  of  the  parish 
horn  io'iS  to  10;3i>,  a  period  of  eighbr-one  years. 
Ia  there  any  record  in  the  EngliSi  Church  of  a 
clergyman  holding  the  aamo  pariah  for  a  longer 
period  than  this  P  II. 

Turvcy. 

[Wbnt  tividonco  is  there  that  there  were  not  two  in- 
cum  be  Ota  of  the  name  of  Richard  Samson,  probably 
Jkllier  mil  mi\? — a  fact  nmoh  oioro  likdy  than  that  the 
incumbent  lived  «ighty'ono  years  after  his  ordination  ot 
Iwcnty-lhree,  nmkinic*  him  one  hundred  sod  four  at  the 
timo  of  his  dcttth.  The  ragister  of  Richard  Samson  in 
1881)  woold  probably  roeord  his  net  and  settle  this 
doubt.] 

Fkmalr  Sactt.— What  female  samt  is  repre- 
sented with  a  crown  upon  her  bead,  and  a  richer 
on©  in  her  left  baud  ?  A  picture  of  her  standing 
and  dressed  in  monafltlc  garb  occurs  on  the  door 
of  a  triptych  by  Momling,  J.  C.  J. 

SocTBTAS  Albkrtobtjm.— Stephen,  Archbiabop 
of  Toulouse,  and  Chamberlain  of  Pone  Iimocent 
Wt  acknowledges  the  receipt  of  certait*  payments 
made  by  Wilbam,  Bishop  of  Bodor,  into  the 
Apostolic  Camera,  ^'  per  man  us  Ijambertesqui  de 
Sodwtnte  Albertorum."  The  letter  is  dated  from  1 
Avignon,  May  13,  1367.     In  1871  Pope  Qregory 


1 


XL   commissions  John  Duncan^   Archdeacon  of 
Down  and  Apostolic  Nuncio  in  Ireland,  to  pay 
over,  for  the  wncfit  of  the  Apostolic  CamerHf  tha 
ijitm  of  0,000  golden  florins  unto  certain  Fl  — 
tines  in  the  City  of  L  ndon,  *'^  factoribus 
curatoribus  Albertorum    antiquomnu"'         . . 
wai9  the  Societas  Albertorum  Antiquoruiu  V     ^9 

TcsOGBinra  n.  2.  —  2Trt^(»F  t^  a«\€i0w  ^aum^ 
ofk&vT^v  KfXiBn  in  Liddell  and  Scott  is,  tetaa- 
lated  A  drinking  cnp*  Can  this  word  have  «i^ 
gested  to  Shakespeare  the  name  of  Gftliban  in  the 
Temped,  which  he  may  have  leamt  &om  acma 
friend  conversant  with  Greek  ? 

Thomas  K  WumuffOTOli 

*'  Thofoh  lost  to  Sight,  to  Mkmort  i>£ai 
(i*^  8.  i.  77, 161;  399.)^In  the  latter  referenoaj 
is  stated  that  this  line  has  baffled  the  r«3ear6^ 
of  the  literati  of  England  and  America.     1  beg j 
revive  the  query,  who  was  the  author  of  it, 
forwarding  herewith  a  seal  taken  from  a  lew 
written  in  1828^  and  engraved  with  the  words— ^ 

TC»   iilOMT 

Tu  ATEMOKT 

DEAfl.*' 

Having    a    date    at  which   it  was 
perhaps  give  a  clue  to  its  author. 

You  may  not  be  aware  that,  in  the  ^VNotices  ( 
Correspondenta ''  at  the  end  of  the 
part  of  a  publication  called  The  Mtmlhfy . 
certain  lines  are  published  which  purport  to 
those  from  which  the  above  long-sought  quotation 
U  taken.     I  therefore  give  you  the  referen 
be  made  use  of  as  your  judgment  may  decid 
my   mind,  the  lines   bear  very   strong 
evidence  of  having  been  made  to  order,  ' 
line  being,  as  I  think,  written  up  to  an^ 
necting  badlywith  those  which  preced  e  i  t.    * '  IH0 
Orleans,''  **  lui  old  nieinonuidum  book/*  and  ^  i 
unremembered  author/'  all  seem  equally  to  poia 
to  a  small  literary  forgeiy.  C.  W.  " 

[We  quote  from  The  Monthly  Pnehcf  the  passBgtt  ! 
ferrcd  to  by  our  oorrespundenr,  vhieh  fully  jastiHes  ! 
suspicion  : — 

**  A  lltPniE^'  correspondent  of  the  Nmw  OrUtan  Sm 
Times  «olve«i  the  ciufntion  conoeming  the  origin  of  i 
hitherto  untraceable  quotation — 

'  I'hough  lost  to  sight  to  nu^mofy  dear/ 


It  tirat  Bppeored  in  vimiBR  written  in  an  old  memoraodu 
book,  the  author  not  recollected  : — 

*^  Swt^etheart,  j^od  b}'^ !  the  fluttering  saU 
Is  spread  to  waft  mc  far  from  IbeCi 
And  «aon  before  the  fav'rin^  galo 
My  ship  shall  bound  upon  tho  laa. 

**  Perchance,  dl  desolate  and  forlom^ 

These  eyes  shall  miss  tbae  many  a  year; 

But  unforgotten  every  chami. 
Though  lo9t  to  sight,  to  mimiory  dear,''^ 


4«»a.nLJ«i.»j.'7io 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


fi7 


4<Xov  TrT.T>rrt\i  ^tRorKD/*— I  »hoUld  be  glad 
10  •JiO'  iy  of  J  our  readers  at  Ilitchin 

wtoiit  ^  -  _,  ^ .  ._r/'  the  orifj^ual  of  Dickens's 
OhHstiiyift  fitoiy  for  I'^Ol,  ij*  still  in  life.  I  be- 
itre  tluit  bo  is  a  tiattvt*  of  (Tarstiiii^,  Lancasbire, 
and  educated  at  tbL*Graiuniiir-flchool  of  Winwick, 
m  xhtf  sasoe  rountv,  Bomt^  year*  ago  he  was 
tkited  by  v.  n  and  lady  from  the  latter 

loeoiitj,   aih  ut«n'iew  elicited  from    this 

volutppy  reclu^  &  ]j:r©ater  waroitli  and  interest  in 
t^  proc(mdin^8  of  tbe  *'  outer  world*'  than  lie 
kaA  ever  shown  before,  M.  D. 

MTEATfoiV  AuT, — Wanted*  any  referencee  in 
^  worikS  r.^  nlard  poete  to  unrjt  and  weft 

lod  •«^,  ov  I  I'a  art  generally.      K-  P.  Q. 

WrVJBd     Ol'    li,\IlLS    OF     NoRXnUitllERLAND. — 

irh«Te  can  I  fin !  nnv  i»bort  accounts  or  frenea- 
Uf^  (trtiCt  I'  nny  or  »11  of  the  folloAvnug^ 

MCMWOged:  Novill,  Eleanor   Poyninirs, 

Matilda  Ucrbert,  Cntherln©  Spencer,  all  of  whom 
mrirr^ed    fiticceadve     Eai'lfl    of   Northumberland 
vpercj)?  T.  C. 

r  K^erton  Biydgcs*  edition  of  CoUiiw'  Peerage  of 
\  ii«),  where  lh«  aceount  of  the  D^k<^d  and 
iuimberijiad  occupies  150  page^a.] 

GUN. 
U***  Sv  vi,  417,  o.>l.) 
.  t'  we«»  DO  tirearmF  iu  the  reign  of  Ed  ward  L ; 
».  _ — -_:.  *^  ,-    „i:  .jjgj  wore  probably  man- 
L  audacious  metouymy, 
^^t  MT  i  I , . ,,  ,ioin  **  gyn  *^  or  **  gin  "  — 
;r«t  j^  a  weapon,  and  the  1  fitter  only 
.<!-..       Viifl  a  gun,  in  the  tinto  of  the 
haye    been  some  fonn   of 
\',  jtmt  aa  in  the  I'oxbpkilus 
i\m  ^oiika  of  the?  long-how  as  an  im- 
* '  nrtillt  T^f^.**    Leaving  ^im  aloue^  how- 
ken,  surely  philologers 
with  the  too  ostenBihlv 
.  imnon  from  catma^  the  Med, 
i.   1  have  tile  highejst  re*ipect 
i^n  be  puts  an  Italian  aug- 
wriTd)^  for  Dufresne,  and  for 
:  lis  think  out  the  matter  a 
illy   some   reason  in  the 
II    \\:  iJi^  1  nL^ting  of  eggs.     In 
■  iini^-r^  Lk  n  "i   or  cane^  doea  not 
"^^cted.    When 
,  aa  is  (some- 
.  wwiu  .jv  Jie  Irish  friars 
in  their  VHrj.ion  of  the 
uu  Latiuo  I  Liitin  almost 
of    radicals)  :     ♦*  Vi brans 


•■■-•-.L-e  at  - .     . . 

i:  L  hollo 
^lltpcdjii 

oteit^ly  cmnposnd 

Ojifid  in  Tola    haeulum    v.\   tnl 
tmak  moditaon 
1  €»»  yr  revd  l 


buto  aut  ti^tula  e 
place »  the  idea  of 
ri^i"  which  is  weak, 


light,  and  fragile — **  stoiias  e  cannia  cotifertas^' ; 
anil  is  not  in  any  way  suggestive  of  the  terrible] 
enfjinea  belching  forth  fire  and  death — "  weapons 
of  Hercules/-  says  Camden  (jRmiantci}^  "  Jove*e 
thunderbolt ;  for  so  some  now  call  our  great  shot." 
In  the  third  place,  by  the  middle  of  the  fourteenth 
century,  when  firoarmi  came  into  use,  the  Med* 
Lat.  catma  had  passed  into  the  Italian  language, 
and  had  been  appropriated  with  its  new  augmen- 
tatives  and  diminutives  to  signify  either  b  canal| 
large  or  f^mall  (canate,  camiiazzo,  ctmakUu),  or  the 
pipe  of  an  organ  (canmif  ctmnone),    A  thing  mak- ! 
log  BO  much   noise  in   the   world  as    a  cannon  1 
would  surely  have  been  deemed  worthy  of  somel 
special  epithet  expre»feive  either  of  its  qutdities  and.1 
attributes,  or  ri*ciuUng  the  name  of  the  personage 
who  invented  it,  or  under  whose  auspices  it  waa 
introduced,  or  the  name  of  tiie  country  or  city  in  , 
which  it  was  first  used.    Looking  into  the  hietorj  j 
of  weapons,  I  find  that  in  almost  every  iuptttnce 
one  or  another  of  the  foregoing  conditions  have 
been  observed.     Thuft,  the  earlier  firearms   had 
given  to  thein  eitlier  the  names  of  serpents  or 
riivenoud  birdn^  as  ^*  culverins  *'  or  ^'  coluorinus,* ' 
**  serpentines,^^  *♦  ba^ilisques,'*  **  faulcons,"  or  **  sa»  j 
cres;  '  or  designations  suggestive  of  the  sounds  ther^ 
emitted  in  discharge,  as  **caliver8,''  "petronels, ' 
**  pitatras,*'  *' muskets"  {imschttti^  gad-fliea),  and 
the  like.  jV3  for  **  pistol/*  its  name  is  said  to  come  J 
from  Pistoja  in  Italy,  as  ^*  bayonet "  comes  fron^l 
Bayonne.     Consider  the  ancient  weapons  of  war-^ 
fare.     Their  names  ha<J   refer«uce,  as  a  rule,  to 
their  qualities  or  attributes.     Thuj*  **  Aries/'  the 
battering  ram,  the  *'  catapult,**  the  **  malliol,*^  the 
*^traluero^'  or  *' from  the  maw,'-   out  of  which. 
I  were  cast  great  stones.     Take  King  Edward  l.*s| 
huge  engine,  the  **  war  wolf/'  u>ed  by  him  at  tlid 
siege  of  Jkechin,  Tb€  "  cathouse  "  (\'egetiiiH*  caU 
ias)t  and  the  **sow"  employed  by  Edward  IIL  at 
the  siege  of  Dunbar,  were  also  formidable  engines, 
hut  of  what  shape  or  potency  we  know  not.     For 
these  and  many  others  see  Camden  ( liemaitufif^j 
chapter  **  Artillerie '^  pamm).     Touching  propel9 
names,  the  **  Brief  die"  (the    English  Eipringoldl 
or   Spriiigftld)   waM  probably   derived   from   the  I 
name  of  a  Frenchman  so  hight;  just  as  a  certaiiil 
iViilanese    8W(ird  was   baptised  aJPter  the  cutlerf 
**  Andrea  Fetrara/'  and  a^  in  modem  times  we  have 
Colt«,  Dahljrrens,  Krupps,  Remingtons,  Snider?, 
Martini- n en rys  (a  title  which  may  puzxle  pos- 
terity sorely),  Mantons,  Wef^ley  Ttichards,  and 
the  like.     Fanciful  female  nami'S*  often  those  of  j 
a  lady  sovereign,  given  to  pieces  nf  ordnance,  an 
common,  a^  **  La  grande  Josephine/'  nnw  mounted! 
on  one  of  the  fortiti cations  of  Paris,  **  La  grando 
Louison ''  on  the  rampart;^  at  Lille,  *'  Mons  Meg  '^ 
at  Edinburgh,  '♦Queen  I-Uizabeth's  pocket  pistol  "J 
at  Dover'';'  and  to  this  Ibt,  I  doubt  it  not,  n^auTI 
of  your  contributors  will  be  able  tA>  va^V 
The  Americane  haye  been  e\eti  mox^^  \  -av 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[4<*avii.  jA!f,2i,  •71. 


chtiateniii^  their  ordtiatice.    During^  tlio  civil  war 
tbe^*    had    one   moanter    gan    nicknftmed  **  The 
Swamp  Angel/*  and  another  dubbed  the  **  Pet  era- 
bit  rj^  Express,"  because,  in  the  bombardment  of 
thfit  town,  the  great  gnn  always  opened  fire  at 
four  p.  M. — the  hour  of  the  publication    of  the 
e7t*ning  paper  of  Petersbnr;?,  The  ErjTress.     But 
in  none  of  these  names  can  I  discern  anything  so 
weakly  and  vaguely  loo^e  in  derlvatit^n  as  there 
eeems  to  bo  in  CrtUnnn,  from  cmtna;  because,  for- 
pooth,  ft  cane  is  hm^  and  slender  (which  a  cannon 
is  not),  and  can  be  made  tnbular,     I  am  aware 
that   mere  ^imnises  and   hypothii«ea  are  rarely 
permissible  in   philology;  but   backed  by   some 
strong  chronological  eridence,  I  venture  to  broach 
the  theory  that  the  word  ^fmnon  is  derived  from 
the  It'dian  cmio}n'  or  tannone,  a  big  dog;  und  that 
this  title  was  ^iven  to  the  first  gun  discharging 
shot  propelled  by  powder,  for  one  of  two  reasons : 
the  ftrst  from  the  roaring,  bellowing,  baying,  and 
growh'ng  sounds  it  emitted — as  thoFe  of  a  huge 
mat^tiff ;  and  does  not  Mr,  8yke8,  the  burglar,  call 
!n*s  pocket  pistob  **  barkers "  ?  and  did  not  our 
soldier."*  in  the  Crimea  nicknnme  the  sharply  sibil- 
lant  rifle  bullet ''  Whistling  Dick '*?    The  second, 
that  it  was  onginally  brought  into  use  under  the 
patnmaore  of  FVanc^Ico  I.,  Imprial  Vicar  Adjoint 
and  Duke  of  Verona,  Viceuza,  Feltre,  and  IlaF^efljio, 
who  **  tionrisbed,"  as  the  saying  goes,  at  the  pre- 
cise period  assigned  to  the  invention  of  fii'earms, 
jmd  who,  ft'om  his  henildic  cognizance  of  a  mas- 
tiff's head ,  was  .Humflmed  CVf/i  tframie  or  //  cfmmme, 
**The  coxoi  of  Can  gran  do  was  the  most  niagnilicent 
of  the  age  in  Italy,  and  exhibited  a  conibmation 
of  mill  tar V  splendour  and  profuse  liberality  and 
hospitality  to  the  stranger,  and  encouragement  to 
literature*    His  palace  became  the  refuge  for  all 
who,  embracing  his  political  opinions,  hod  in  any- 
wise fiubjf^cted  themselves  to  persecution  \  and  it 
^n^  here  that  Dante  found  an  asylum."     If  po- 
!       tl  exiles  and  distressed  poet«*could  be  made 
u  y.come  at  the  court  of  the  great  O  hi  bell  in  e,  why 
HOf  inventors,  and   others  of  that  luckless  race 
also  in  modem  times  all  known  as  '* patentees*'? 
Chronolnjn^  bears  out  the  Cangrandc  theory  very 
temarkftbly.  The  Great  Dog  became  co-sovereign 
of  the  Veronese,  with  his  weaker  brother  Alboni, 
about  A.D.  lan,  and  he  died  ia  13m 
Now  hear  Camden  :  ^ — 

•*  The  vcrj"  time  of  their  in\'eiitt"'^  r  ,.t- ■  til  ]<«  nnccr- 
\mi ;  but  certain  it  is  lh«t  King  1  E  liii-it  used 

them  nt  x\w  pic*::?  f^f  f^i\\W  \^M,  had  their 


by  writen  IMUa^  igm,  vpmei,  at  tire-dashing  vessda." 

Can  Grande  or  II  Cannme  "  flourished/'  be  it 
remembered,  between  a.d.  1312  and  a,d.  1320, 
jumping  ti\in<^t pari pasmt^  like  Hippocrates*  twins, 
with  Camden's  dates.     Finally  T  find,  in  Neu- 


man  and  Baretti^s  Spanish  ZHctiotmr*/^  this  nota 
entry:  **  Caw,  ivn  ancient  piece  of  ordnance' 
this  would  have  referenca  only  to  the  grawlij 
voice  of  the  cannon^"  *  can  que  raata  al  lobo/ 
wolf-dog," — a  dog»  moreover,  that  can  growl  \ 
bay  most  sonorously,     I  have  said  my  say  in 
matter,   and   must  apologise  for  the   length 
which  this  communication  has  extended, 

Georgis  AtJGtrsTtrs  Sn 

Professor  Stephens,  in  his  great  work  on  ITb 
inscriptions,  derivea  Qmi  and  cannon   from 
old  Northern  word   cmid  or  ffund,  battle,   v 
But  it  certainly  seems  most  likely  to  be  connecii 
with   caima^  a  reed  or  cane — which  indeed 
earliest  cjinnona,  made  of  stavea  of  iron  weld! 
and  hooped  together,  much  resembled  (see  Bo 
tell's  Anna  and  Armottr,  ch.  xi.  nt,  I,),     I  hnj 
long  understood  that  the  prefix  Uim-  in  **  Gil 
ness"  and  •^Ounthorpc/*  names  of  places  on  f 
river  Trent,  means  reedij  but  I  do  cot  know  j 
what  authority.     There  ia  ^*  Ileednesa  "  on 
Ouse,  J.  T. 

N»  KpIscjv  Brigg. 

GONVIVIAL  SONGS.' 
(4»'»  S.  vi.  34,  73, 104, 124,  240,  303,  423.) 

I  have  made  a  diligent  search  for  the 
inquired  for  by  F.  C.  H.,  but  i^nthout  sue 
The  last  line  is  a  proverb,  and  ia  found, 
variations  —  fofu'^  philosophies  Sec — in   nume 
!*ong9.    One  of  the  best  drinking  songa  is  that  j 
Adam  Billflult  aih^  *'  Maitre  Adam/-     It  wa 
great  favourite  with  Cardinal  Uichelieu,  who 
taiued  a  royal   pension  for  **  The  Virgil  of 
plane"  — the  title  given  to  the  cai^pentor 
There    are   mauy  versions.      Th6   variations 
consider«ble,  aul  the   metre   is  not  always 
same.     In  tb«  following  imitation  I  have  omit 
a  quatrain  which,  although  strictly  mytholog 
borders  on  profaneness:^ — 

Tiia  TUUE  Tciraa. 
When  the  sun-beamJi  flppcftring 

lllntnifie  my  c/>t. 
My  cuurse  1  ain  steeriDflr 

Where  drink*-  *    *         r 
And  I  my,  "M 
YouVp  as  Ttil 
And  vet,  when  ali  b  tiiiui^^ 

Can't  cotno  up  to  mv  nos« !  *' 
Tbi  u  ;  ■ 

A 
GTi%.  :~.   ..^   .,  , 

WmiM  seUic  him  <| 
It  wfujld  mftk*»  him  w 

Au  '  "     '  I,   JjL,  Sllrrt^t  I', 

Till  Mo 

li^  ut  Imlei^uth! 

Whcn»  ripe  on  a  berry, 

I  chance  to  depart^ 
D  ye  think  V\\  he  vwy 

liitr  off  fraiu  my  quart  7 


r4"s.vn.  Ja3i.si,'-i.i 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


59 


III  start  Uy  Avcnius 

A  Uvcni  of  note, 
That  Climnm  won*t  apum  ws 

He  come^i  iritm  hb  boat. 

No  oave-rat  inspector 

A  spy  on  mv  way p, 
ril  make  a  prime  ncctAr 

That  Pluto  will  praise. 
If  TantMua  incHii'd 

1»  to  pvci  me  tbe  meetlagf 
Thirsty  d*^ !  he  fthall  tind 

VVioc  that  knows  no  retreating! 

Ill  my  "parlour"  the  l-'uries 

Shall  jUTnilinj^ly  re*t ; 
n*er  my  wine  that  so  pure  is 

Thryll  fmlic  and  jcf*t* 
The  P'arcjc  their  frortals 

And  weavinf^  shall  fjuit. 
Letting-  poor  fated  mortals 

Alone— for  a  bit ! 

K      ■    '         Bacchus 

;  a  crack,* 

bU'  _     k-ai^ 

Mu^i  carry  him  back. 
,  And  as  for  Ixion, 

I'll  make  him  to  feel 
(He  this  may  rely  on !) 

Ills  bead  is  bis  wheel ! 

Shonld  I  eVr  pet  pfrrtniwdon 
T*  emcrg"**  from  thii  gloom, 
Id  my  o^uftl  condition 

TH  vi«it  my  t«mb. 
\j,A    i    ,1  I  4,j.pg  Senear  it 

n  vine, 
Yoi  ut  a  spirit 

1  Can  kick  up  ft  ishlne ! 

h'f  rivr  rae  a  marble — 
.'lerstood, 
-  c^n  warble 
->  til*-"  usondl 
>o  my  t  I  -k. 

With  .  ihat  say 

"  Tlii»  fiou  ijf  a  tla^k 
\Vaa  tbe  fir«t-in  hi*  way  I  " 

Skuv^  HirxRY  Dixon, 


(4'*S.  tL396,5R) 

Roquefort  lenders  ^Jt,  '*  cbez,  dans  ;  es  unz,  #* 
^res,  chet  les  un»,  chei,  les  autrea";  and  h, 
Hfi  preposition  on,  dntia,  m  j  void,  ecce. 
He  e*^t  encore  n*jt^  an  palai'**" 

ave  gives  ^^,  '*  prepoBiiion  ever  eet  before 
'^  the  plnrali  number,  m  m  before  those  of 
iihr,     Ih  (he^  at  fJte,  tntOf  or  tmto  the.'^ 
nnc  g^ivfs   **  in^  contrac*   of   m   les.'^    Both 
Vfitdfl  «od  Tarver  coDnider  h»  contracted  from 

»  ^«.  R.  S.  ChJ. KNOCK, 

iJ^aloiU 

'  Goiwp,  ttUle-tAttU  :-- 

**  Come  Kiool,  aod  gie  na  thy  cmcks." 

Andmon^s  Cttmbntm  BallmU. 


TIj6  confidence  with  which  Dr,  Dixon  sQlves 
philological  difficultiea  is  something  quite  re- 
in Arkable.  In  the  cttse  before  us,  without  a  word 
of  arg-utiient,  proof,  illuatrEtion,  or  anj  w^irrant 
fi'om  atitbority  (forldeny  that  Asbome  deCkfis te- 
la! n  m  in  any  sense  an  authontj),  he  pronounces 
fer  cathedra  that  (1)  ^8  and  en  have  the  sanie 
meanin^^f ;  (;2)  that  '*  ^j(  ia  as  good  a  French  word 
Hfj  m  " ;  (.'i)  that  "  k9  has  nothing  to  do  with  m 
tes''\  and  (4),  that  ^*ks  has  nothinjaf  to  do  with  any 
abbreviation,  except  it  he  the  Greek  etV,  from 
whence  it  is  derived.^'  Ho  then  gently  reproEvches 
me,  by  implication,  for  not  having' referred  to  **  so 
common  a  French  dictionary  "  as  De  Chastelain^a, 
and  a^^sumes  that  if  I  had  done  so  I  should  have 
been  at  once  converted  to  the  doctrine  of  that 
author  (whoever  he  may  be)  that  '*  es  is  derived 
from  tbe  Greek.''  The  fact  iSj  however,  that  Be 
Cha$lulaiii  a  and  Ds,  Dlxon's  *^  giieaa  "  (for  it  is 
m) thing  more)  that  h  is  derived  from  the  Greek 
weighs  littlo  with  me  against  the  grave  authori- 
ties of  Scheler,  Burguy,  Littrc^,  Ampere,  and 
Brachet,  assuring  and  convincing  me  that  it  has 
nothing  at  all  to  do  with  Greek,  nut  is  a  contrac- 
tion of  en  hs. 

The  arp^ument  itself  may  be  very  briefly 
stated.  The  process  which  converts  tk  les  into  ilch^ 
nnd  then  into  f/^*,  converts  eti  lea  into  etils  and 
tbeo  into  ens.  This  form  m  found,  but  as  tbe 
com  bin  at  ion  n$  was  in  early  times  distasteful  to 
French  tt&rs,  p>is  soon  became  w,  just  as  tran^jatit 
became  treaptiSf  and  mfmuff  en/cjt.  Those  who 
wish  to  see  this  little  problem  fully  worked  nut, 
with  illustrations,  may  consult  Scheler,  Lit!  re, 
and  Brachet'fl  dictionaries,  mtbroie^  and  especially 
Burguy'fl  Gravirnaire  de  Ui  Lunym  d'Oil,  L  54 

Unfortunately  for  Dit,  Butojf.  ha  has  not  only 
laid  down  rules  founded  on  no  other  authority  than 
bis  own,  but  he  has  ventu.rod  to  illustrate  them  by 
self-made  examplea.  He  tells  us  that  in  France, 
Belgium,  and  Switzerland  —  countries  where 
French  is  spoken— the  academical  diplomas  are 
made  out  in  the  following  fashion;  ^*  Bachelier  eA 
Science/'  **  Docteur  M  Droit,*'  '*  Docteur  ^  Phi- 
losiophie/*  where,  as  be  adds,  ^«  is  used  as  being 
'*  more  olTicial  and  classical  than  tv*."  Being 
greatly  siun^rised  at  tbis  information,  I  resorted 
at  once  to  tne  ^reat  treasury  of  the  French  lan- 
guage—Lit  tro's  noble  dictionary — to  see  if  by  any 
chance  such  an  anomaly  as  ^*  l>octeur  e^  Droit  '* 
had  ever  found  its  way  into  French  litt^rature. 
I  Not  one  example,  however,  could  I  find  of  ^s  be- 
t  fore  a  noun  in  the  singular  number.  •*  Ee  p«;rils,'' 
"es  mains,*'  **e8  bestes,'^  **  es  nlautes,*'  ^*  es  arbres,^* 
"es  lettres,"  ''es  arts,"  &c.,  have  all  been  in  use 
in  diflfi^rent  stages  of  French,  but  never  *'  es  p^ril," 
**es  art,"  &c.  It  now  therefore  remains  for 
Dr.  Dixon  to  tell  us  where  he  discovered  ♦*  es 
aciencoy''  "  ds  droit,"  and  **  ^  philosophte," 

KilduD  Gardens. 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[4«'S.VII,  Jaji.2i,7U 


I  cannot  admit  that  tlxe  word  ^s  is  derived  from 
the  Greek,  The  French  dictionary  that  aajs  so 
must  be  particular ij  worthless  as  regarda  ety- 
mology. How  h  h  somotimea  a  contraction  of 
ekf  and  snmetiuios  of  en  If^t  is  explained  in  Bur- 
gay*s  Grammairv  tie  h  Ltiftffite  ttOUf  vol»  i,  pp.  54, 
55  j  see  ftlao  vol,  ii.  pp.  277,  287. 

i,  Cintro  Terraee,  Camhridgc. 


THE  BALTIMORE  AND  **OLD  MORTALITY" 

PATERSONS. 

(4^  S,  vi.  187,  207,  290,  354.) 

Dk.  R,4.mage  p^ave  some  interesting  papers  on 
*'  Old  Mortality  '*  and  hia  descendants,  expreaauig 
no  doubts  as  to  the  relationship  of  the  Baltimore 
Petersons  to  **Old  MortaUtT/'  Is  he  aware  that 
Sir  Walter  Scott  accepted  the  statement  of  Mr. 
Train  with  coasiderabie  reserve  ?  I  find  the  fol- 
lowing letter  in  the  work  entitled  — 

**  Tho  Contcraporarios  of  Burns  ntid  the  more  Recent 
Poet*  of  AynshirLv  with  Selections  from  their  Writragu/' 
Hugh  Paton,  Edinburgh,  1840«^ 

to  which  Dk.  Ramaoe  has  referred  (4«^  S.  ri, 
457) ;  — 

*♦  17th  April,  1829. 
«  My  dear  Tmiin 

"  Your  valuabk  c-ommumicAtion  arrived  in  dipping 
time,  and  adda  highly  to  the  obligations  which  ytmr 
kindnejH  has  so  often  conferred  on  me.  I  shall  hardly 
veritore  to  mention  the  eictriiortlinary  connexion  hHn-ten 
the  BtmapaH*  faitiUi/  and  that  uf  Old  Alortultti/^  till  I 
learn  from  you  how  it  id  made  out ;  whether  by  con- 
tinued acknowledgment  and  corTcspi»adeace  between  th^ 
faiuUl«»  of  th»  two  brothcfji,  or  otherwise.  A  atream  of 
genius  (too  highly  touc<l  in  the  old  patriarch)  seems  to 
have  run  through  tla-  whole  family.  The  minieiter  of 
Galjifiihiels  'n  a  clever  man^  and  so  ia  his  brother.  What 
a  pity  Old  Mortality's  <|;nivc  cannot  be  dLsooveved  1  I 
would  L'ertainl}^  erect  a  monument  to  hiii  meniorv'  at  my 
owii  expense." 

In  reply  to  this  Mr.  Train  stated  that  he  had  been 
prevented  from  answering  his  kind  letter  aooner, 
Mr.  I'ater»on  not  having  drawn  up  his  accottnt  of 
Im  family  bo  etirly  ae  promised :  — 

"  I  thoai;ht  it  would  be  more  sotisfact^ry  to  yua,"  adda 
Mr.  Train,  *'  to  bavno  an  aecount  of  hia  relations  in 
Amerioa^  written  by  himself,  than  anything  I  ectuld  say 
on  the  subject.  Although  you  will  st^e  thnt  what  is 
stated  does  not  amonnt  to  po'dtive  proof  of  the  Quftn  of 
Weftphalifta  fathirr  Imng  the  «in*  of  Old  Marlalt^  1  Jbr 
my  part  have  no  doubt  tJiat  he  waa." 

Then  it  goes  on  to  say  that  Robert  Paterson — 
'*  givu^s  tt  disttiiet  aceonnt  of  his  brother  John  c^ailiuf^  in 
a  v«Mcl  called  the  Golden  Male,  of  White  ha  von,  &om 
the  Water  of  Cree  lo  Galloway  for  Amerii'a,  in  tbo  year 
1774;  of  Mi  xnakiTig  u  cormiderable  fortune  dudn;;^  the 
Ameriran  War ;  and  of  hii;  afterwards  settlin*^  at  Balti- 
morOt  where  he  improveil  his  fbrtunc,  married,  and  be* 
came  hi^lv  respectable.  Ho  had  a  son  namnd  Robert 
after  Old  Qdorta1it>%  hb  father;  and  a  davgfatar njiantd 
Elizabeth  after  his  mother,  whose  ntaideti  name  waa<aqi0f . 
Robert  married  an  American  lady,  who,  outliving  him, 


has  become  Marchioness  of  Wellealey.  EUxabeth  wo-i 
married  to  Jerome  Bonaparte.  Extraordinary  n&  tbeae 
circura'taiioea  may  appear,  Sir  WaV  rmnced  of] 

the  tnitb  of  the  stateaieut>  and    i  i  diihin^ 

solely  in  deference  to  the  Duke  of  Vs 

Now  I  Imve  little  doubt  that  Dr.  K.U£age  U  1 
aware  of  the  hesitation  which  Sir  Walter,  at  onaj 
time  at  least,  felt  iu  accepting  the  j'elatioosbip 
between  the  two  familleEi,  and  hju  probably  ex- 
amined tke  question.  Would  he  do  us  the  favour 
to  give  the  grounds  on  which  he  assumefl  the 
relfttioaBhip  ?  He  will  also  observe  that  there  aie 
some  additional  circumstances  noted  in  what  I 
have  quoted,  which  do  not  apnear  in  the  copy  < 
the  paper  which  he  gives.  Tnie  account  stopa  i 
the  sailing  of  John  to  America,  but  here 
Train  gives  some  accouat  of  John'd  cnreer  id 
America.  F.  B.  1 


PEXNYTERSAN,  KTC. 
(4«»»  S.  vi,  300,  479.) 

J.  Civ.  R.  aays,  *'The  lowland  Scotch  au 
of  Con  is  an  ascertained  Scandinavian  pen 
name,  found  also  in  the  place  called  Conn  ay ,  the 
Cottodum  of  the  Romans."     The  Scotch  name  id 
more  probably  a  nickname  of  Comeliui^f  or  froo 
the  Erse-Gaelic  cu^  gen.  voti^  a  dog,  metaphorical^* 
**  hero/'  found  in  composition  of  many  namea 
Celtic  origin.  (Conf.  The  Four  Maden.)   Camdei 
says ; — 

'^  Cow^vium^  mentioned  by  Antonioiis,  rtodved  i\s  i 
from  the  river;   which  town,  thoQgh  it  be  now 
destroyed  and  the  very  name,  in  the  place  where  it  etV 
oKtinct,  yet  the  antiquity  of  it  is  pteoerved  in  the  ppr 
name;  for  in  the  ruins  of  it  we  dnd  a  email 
named  Kaer  htn,  which  si^nides  the  old  town  . . 
river  ia  colled  tn  Ptolemy  JouotiiM*  for  CoHoi^iui** 

Gibson  saj^s  the  name  C&twvium  may  mean  *'  i 
extraordinary  great  or  prime  river.^'     Perhaps 
more  reasonable  etymology  of  Conomim  would,  "b 
from  cwn-iiij  **  head  of  the  water." 

R.  S.  Chabkock. 

(Jray's  Inn. 

P.S.— J,  Ck,  R.  thinks  Tenby  a  purelr  L 
name ;  and  he  says  the  lirst  part  of  **  toe 
Tenby   seems  identical   with    that    of  Tenbu  _ 
Worcester.     Tnnn,  Tetinemn^  TenrUson,  are  Eng 
lish  surnames/'     I  take  it  that  Tennison  is  i. 
Dennifion,  **  sou  of  Bennb,*'  i.  <?.  Diouysius. 

One  feels   his  breath  almost  taken   iLWtLj 
wading  through  the  long  list  of  names  and  i 
dinavian  derivatives  given  by  J.  Ck.  R.  in  a  rec 
number  of  "  N.  &  Q." 

He  is  very  ingenious  in  constrtdng  eresy  i 
quoted  into*  Northern  origin  ;  but  I,  for  om*,  mv 
enter  a  protest  against  his  neglect  of  the  Weld 
derivation  of  such  names  aa  Tcnhj  and  P^ntfctei 
He  appears  to  act  on  the  injunction  of  Bisho 
Percy,  but  it  tells  as  forcibly  againet  binaself  i 


■i^&VlL  Jav.S1.71.] 


JIOTES  AN©  QUERIES. 


lie  tbioka  tt  doea  agsdnBi  those  wha  put  forward 
•an J  oUier  mi^rg^Atioii, 

Teob^  WKs  ud^ttmlly  called  Dini^ok  f  P^teoed^ 

liAvitt^  W«ii  (\  tie  Ling  etatioti  uf  the  ancient  Brt- 

toofl.     Tb*»  UftTuv  18  til  us  analysed :  Bin^  a  liill ; 

ISfnfc  Cft  r  I  of  ^irf/j),  small,  and /^acoerf, 

tub^  iKii  ■  — ^**  the  fialiery  by   the  enmll 

ittlL**     TL;^,  1  L  meeive,  \&  the  correct  origin  of 

tbo  word ;  and  benriti)^  in  mind  the  composition 

ei  Mrerol  words  fiiraiing  one^  in  Welsh  names, 

ibe  rules  of  etyranlctry  iire  not  broken.     Denbigh 

if  aootber  namo  in  v/hich  wo  hnve  Din  bech,  a 

flttAll   hill ;  pTobii,bly   so   named   from  the  cam- 

pttiion  with  the  hijErher  places  surrounding'  it.    In 

tht  word  I^eaxfcun  tht^r*?  are  three  ditftinct  Wekh 

unard^  Tit,  Pm  t/^  the  head  or  promonton%  and 

am,  tommit.     The  m.'mner  in  which  auch  a  name 

as  tkifl  id  construed  h  gurpmin]2^.     Supposing  the 

&amimiirian  arigin  to  be  the  true  one,  it  fullo\^'^ 

cat  ami]  \%    I  thliiic,  that   such   words  as  Pen   y 

^  Penatrywed  (written  some- 

ed)  in  Montgomeryshire,  Pen- 

LI  in  Glamorganahire,  P«niarth 

Penderin  or  Peii-y-daren    in 

,**iurt,  mufit  testify  to  Danish  or  Scan- 

'  ufluence  ;  but  I  am  afraid  that  J,  Ck»  R. 

t  permit  this.     It  ia  hardly  eoimd  rea- 

•  «ay  that,  because   the  Danes  were  io 

i!^-.  It    Adlowsj  con-uptcil  names  mwtf  he 

V     I   III        iro  of  the  presence  of  traces  of 

r  isonhem  influence  in  Wale*,  but  to 

nt   I  nm  us  yet   unable  to  say ;  but  so 

*^'T<ls  in  question  are  concerned^  the 

ions  are  and  must  be  satisfactory  io 

^  >:udent. 

k.  R.  or  any  other  Norse  scholar  can 
ntiines  I  have  put  forward  in  support 
1  to  be  of  Norse  origiD,  then  I  ttliall 
Lppy  to  acknowledge  my  error;  but 
till  then  i  am  content  to  accept  the  Webdi  ex- 
pUaation.  J.  JEREaiiAn, 


onlv 


Thp  frrsf  rf  the**?  nnmea  u  clearl}-  Celtic.    Pen- 


nf  1; 

lorm  ui  licii-ii 

TIjerc  ia  an  i 
uftLi     ■     ■  ■  ^ 
dur 
Crr. 

Ti 
Ian 

mau. .., 
Ifat  cham  i 

•spond^i-  

{«  wife  »)  cairn  or  t 


iS  in  Cyjrsric  **  the  head  (or  end) 
A'*     111  Ctaeiic  it  would  take  the 


of  Cymric  forms  in  many 
jjlacefl^  which  is  probably 
ut,  midway  between  the 

CTideatly  Scandinavian. 

"  nn  or  wife — a  word 

English  qmm.     It 

-  i'^  connected  with 

;.  il  by  your  cor- 

.:-aify   the  queen's 

'.i.-j  l.Lce. 

•,  h  3 ;  ii  your  correapooden t 

dings  to  the  exploded 

nvation  of  such  commcm 


Welsh  names  as  Conway,  Llugwy,  &C.,  is  quite 
amusing.  If  Celtic  forms,  with  a  Celtic  intel- 
li^ble  meaninj^,  found  in  a  Celtic  district,  are  not 
eridenco  of  n  Celtic  origin,  I  am  at  a  Jo«a  to  know 
how  anj'thing  at  all  is  capable  of  proof.  The 
science  of  <>tymology  has  gnevously  suffered  from 
being  id  entitled  with  the  goeaaeB  and  riddles^ 
frequently  ingenious  enough,  of  penons  who  mis- 
understand its  very  elementa,  Aa  Max  M tiller 
observes  ^ 

"  Sound  ^t yniolfig^  hiis  notBog  to  do  with  flouud.  We 
know  wi  V  '  ..£  the  same  origin  wbinh  hare  not  a 
i^agle  I  inmn,  ami  which  differ  in  meaoing  as 

much  ft  I  nhite.     Mere  guessee, how&v«r  phrasi- 

lile^  are  cutnpictely  diM:;irdi!:iI  from  the  province  of  scien- 
tific ctymoloi;j%  A  UcrivatioD,  even  though  it  bti  trae,  is 
of  no  real  valae  if  it  oaanot  ha  proved,'* 

Take  far  instance  at  random  a  paaaage  from  the 
letter  of  J.  Uk.  II,  ^e  asserts,  without  any  at- 
tempt at  proof,  that  Fm  is  a  porj*onal  Danish 
name,  and  then  proceeds  -^ 

**Thcro  1^  Prio/t-'iru,  i(i  Pembrokeshire,  oae  of  the  chief 
Bettlem^M  pr  their  pn<decQ9sor9  the  Pidts 

on  thv  \ii  wliidi  is  fooad  Uio   pardy 

Danish  .i«*....  vi  >.*.»>. 

It  would  be  difficult  to  bring  together  in  so 
^mall  a  «pace  a  larger  number  of  fallacies.  In 
the  firnt  place  Pen-y-civmy  the  head  (or  end)  of 
the  hollow,  is  one  of  the  commonest  of  TV'ekh 
appelhitioud.  There  is  not  the  fcdightest  grrmnd 
for  the  assertion  that  it  wi\s  ever  a  Danish  settle- 
ment, Wh*:'!)  did  the  Picls  settle  on  the  English 
coatits  ?  or  if  they  did,  wlj<ere  is  the  evidence  of 
their  ever  being  in  Pembr  ^keshlre  ? 

Then  as  to  the  name  of  Tmihy.  The  suffix  h/ 
is  assumed  plausI1>ly  enough  to  indicate  a  Danish 
town  or  settlement  (not  a  fortrafis).  But  what  of 
Tvn^  the  preiix  f  Mr.  'I'aylor  says  it  is  a  corrup- 
tion of  iJitne.  J.  Cfi.  R.  very  conveniently  aastimea 
it  to  be  a  Danish  proper  name. 

Now  the  facts  about  Tenby  are  simply  these  : 
Its  orij^inal  name  was  Dynhfch^y^I^jsgod^  **the 
little  bill-fort  by  the  fisherj'/-  which  exactly  in- 
dicates the  position  of  ihe  castle  rock  projecting 
into  the  sea.  The  Danes  harried  the  coast,  in  the 
tenth  eenturv,  but  effected  no  settlement  here.  M 
No  town  existed  until  the  end  of  the  twelfth  H 
century,  when  Tenby  was  fi^unded  by  the  Flem- 
ings and  English  after  the  destruction  of  the  caatle 
by  Malgwn,  son  of  Rhys  ap  Gryffyth,  Prince  of 
vSouth  Wales.  Tenby  then  is  simply  the  English 
corruption  of  the  original  Cymric  Dytibyvh^  as 
another  Dynh^ch  in  North  Wales  has  by  a  similar 
process  become  Deahiyh. 

If  etymotoftl/  is  ever  to  take  iti*  proper  rank  as 
a  true  science,  the  first  thing  to  lir  <lr,n»t  is  to 
discard  all  such  fanciful  and  bast  i^, 

and  to  build  upon  tht^  aoUd  basis  >: 

J.  A.  Picro^ 
Bandy knowe,  WaverLrta&«  lavct^oA^, 


I 
I 


la 

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NOTES  AND  QCERIES. 


[i»^  i5,  VII.  JjLS.  21,  *71, 


Fbaj!iCis,  Eakl  of  Both  well  (4^*  S.  vi.  4220 
AxGLO-Scotus  says  that  Fraacis  Stewart,  son  of 
Jpines  Stewart,  Commend ator  of  MMlrosaud  Kelso, 
was  created  firl  of  Bothwell  in  1587  by  Jamea 
VI.  I  do  Bot  pretend  to  etiter  into  Ihea^  quea- 
tiona  with  ono  so  thoroughly  conversant  with  auch 
subjecta,  but  it  may  intereat  him  to  have  his 
attention  drawn  to*  the  following  old^  charter, 
wlilch  accidentally  came  under  my  notice  when 
I  was  investigating  the  '*  Temple-lands"  of  Bnm- 
IHesshire,  and  which  seems  to  contradict  the 
statement  aa  to  the  year  when  he  was  mitde  Earl 
of  Bothwell.  The  charter,  of  which  I  have  a 
copy,    waa    among  the    archives  of  the  '*  liirk- 

Satricka  ■*  of  Closebum.  It  is  a  charter  by 
amea  VI.  dated  **  apud  DunfermeliDg  pennltimo 
die  Meosis  Junii  anno  Domini  milleaimo  qtiingen- 
teaimo  octagefiimo  sexto  regni  nostri  decJmo 
nono,"     The  witnesses  are  — 

*'  Ferdilectis  nostds  coDsanguiouis  et  conaiUariiB  JoAnne 
DoinJnc»  JIacuiltoun,  commemiatod(»  moDAdtcrii  noatri 
tie  AU'rbrotbek.  Archibftldo  Anj^usk,  comite,  Domina 
Di^lbji  le$<  ?  ct  Abemethie,  Kcverendl^mo  Ac 

yeaerabill  pro  patribaa  Patrlciu  Sanctiaodre  Arcbi- 

u[ji»otipo»  Wakero  priore  de  Blantyrc  nostri  secreii  wplli 
custodts  i  dllucti^  nostria  famlliaribiia  «t  cora^iliariis,  Da* 
mino  Joonne  Maitland  de  Thirli«tanc  mllitc  nojstro  ^cre- 
tariu,  Alexandro  Hay  do  Eiatur/'  dc. 

Thk  charter  is  coafiimatory  of  the  ch arch-lands 
and  temple-lands  of  Glosebum  to  **  Petro  Col- 
Uce/'  which  bad  been  graoted  by  a  charter  {which 
ia  recited)  of  Francis  Earl  of  Bothwell:  "Perdilec- 
tiim  nostrum  consiliarium  Franciscum  comitem 
de  Bothwell,  dominum  Hmllis  et  commend atoreni 
monaiterii  de  Kelso/*  and  this  charter  was  signed 
•'  apud  Castrum  de  Creichton  die  viceaimo  quarto 
men^e  Jaouarii,  anno  Domini  millesimo,  qum^^en- 
teaimo  octageaimo  qninto,'* 

Here  we  have  Francis  Stewart  styled  in  this 
charter  of  Jan ufljy,  158*5,  as  Earl  of  Bothwell.  1 
throw  out  this  hint  for  the  conaidetation  of 
x\jfGLo-S€DTTrs,  without  pretending  to  give  an 
opinion  on  the  fiubject. 

Ceaufued  Tait  Ramaqe. 

Mount  Caltabt  (4«*'  S.  vL  542.)— The  holy 
Scripture,  it  ia  true,  says  nothing  as  to  the  place 
called  Goljjotha  lwln«f  a  mountain  or  a  vitlley. 
But  the  universal  custom  of  calling  it  a  "  mount '' 
could  only  bare  arisen  from  a  knowledge  of  the 
spot,  and  the  tradition  of  the  first  ages  of  the 
Christian  Church.  J,  \V.  11.  observes  that  '*  if 
the  tradiiion  of  aii  eminence  were  of  respectable 
antiquity,  it  might  be,"  &c. ;  by  which  he  seems 
to  doubt  if  it  be  of  reapectable  antiquity.  1  think 
the  testimony  of  St.  Cyril  ought  alone  to  suthce 
on  this  point.  St.  Cyril  was  Bishop  of  Jerusalem 
ia  the  fourth  century,  and  there  be  delivered  hh 
famous  CaUchesefty  or  catechetical  instructiona,  in 
sight  of  the  hoi?  plaoes.  In  his  13th  Catechems 
he  distinctly  speaks  of  Calvary  as  a  holy  eminmce 


still  to  be  seen,  and  as  bearing  witness  at  that 
vety  time   of   the   rending  of  the  rocks  at  oi^h 
Lord's  Cruel Bxion,  by  the  appearance  of  its  rocIgH 
aurface.    These  are  bia  woros : —  ^^ 

*  *0  TaKyoOas  ovros  &  S^ytos^  ^  uwtpaimmisf  xal  fUxp* 
eHlfifpov  paiyAfitvoTf  iced  Scurvei?i'  H^XP*^  *'£*'  5jr»i  dik 
Xpurry  al  wirpat  rort  4^dyijaav**  {CcUtckesis  xiij. 
5  xxxix,)  _ 

(That  holy  and  »uperemi$ttpt  Golgotha ;  and  to  be  m:<^| 
at  this  day,  and  sbuwiug  even  now,  bow  by  Chtist  tb^H 
rocka  were  then  rent.) 

F.  C,  II. 

Them  are  at  least  two  passages  of  earlier  date 
than  the  middle  of  the  eleventh  century  (the  time 
when  Mb.  FERGtrsox  auppoaes  the  transference  of 
the  Holy  Sepulchre  to  the  western  hill  t*:*  have 
taken  place),  in  which  Calvary  is  referred  to  as  ft 
"  mount/'  The  one  ia  in  the  Eccksia^ical  Jli^ 
tory  of  SozomvHf  iL  1,  where  it  is  said  that  the 
Greeks,  "  the  more  effectually  to  conceal  them, 
had  enclosed  the  place  of  the  resurrection  and 
Mount  Calvary  within  a  wall " ;  the  other  in  the 
tract  of  Theodorus,  written  somewhere  about  the 
end  of  the  sixth  century,  where  it  is  said,  apeakinir 
of  Calvary,  that  the  mount  is  stony,  and  that  the 
ascent  to  the  mount  is  by  steps'  (See  Eetmf 
itrchaolofffqite,  Aug.  18(J4,  p.  100,  and  Paletiimet 
Descriptiones  ex  Stgculoj  iv,  v,  et  vi.  Titus  Tobler, 
St  G alien ^  18^.)  There  is  a  curious  passage 
a  later  dwte  in  Geoffrey  de  Vinsaufs  Ititieranj 
Kirtf/  J^icAard  i.  cap.  79,  where,  speaking  of  i " 
capture  of  Jerusalem  in  a.d.  1187,  the  writi 
says : — 

"  When  the  city  vr  as  taken,  the  crier  of  the  Mabometl 
law  procsetidcd  to  the  summit  of  the  reck  of  Calvarr^  an 
there  publiflhed  their  false  law  in  the  place  where  thrf 
had  o(in  Hum  mated  the  law  of  death  upoo  the  cross/*  (S 
Bohn's  Chritnicieiofthc  CrusadBii,  ^t.  TQ-SO.) 

Alkx.  B.  M'Gbioob. 

19,  Woodfiido  Terrace,  Ginsgow. 

Rhyme   to  ** Widow"   (4*"   S.  yi.  J^45,  U^ 
659.) — libymes  might  he  multiplied*     Skiddan 
Kiddow  (a  CorniBh  birii)|  and  if  proper  names  i 
allowed — 

1.  "Fie-fie.  Monsieur  Dido; 

WJiat,  jilt  the  |ioor  widow  ?  »* 

2.  **  Aa  Sir  Koger  do  Cov«rlf  y» 

So  erost  vr&a  in  love  early, 

B}'  n  beautiful  widow,  « 

A  ycomftu  hight  Prideaux."  , 

Ch^^rlss  TniBiQt 

Cambridge. 

Falls  of  Foters  and  Glamha  (i**  S.  Tt.501] 
The  name  Foyers,  which  I  iind  Bot  down  in  ( 
old  map  aa  '^I'oira/'  I  take  to  he  a  corruptions 
the  Old  Norse  for^,  Norwegian  f&«s,  a  waterfall, 
from  Old  Norse  forsa,  to   rush  furioussly.     The_ 
EDj^liah  word  faii  is  an  adventitious  accretioi^ 
ohvloualj^  superiudueed  after  the  original  meanii^" 
of  the  niuBe  had  ceased  to  be  understood.     **Fa 
of  FoyerSj*'   in   point  of  fact,   meaDS   "  Fall 


4»S.VIL  Jjw.«l,7l0 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


r ' 

L 

I 


WftterfiilL"    A  simikr  imposition  is  found  in  the 

name   Strathhelmaaftle    (*' Stratli "  and  "dale" 

being  words  of  like  significance),  and  in  the  name 

iif  that  group  of  islands  belonging  to  Denmark 

called  the  Faroes,  to  which  we  apply  the  redun- 

diiiJt  denomination  of  Fartw?  I^e9 — oe  and  isle  being 

i^ne  And  the  same.    Tbe  general  uame  for  a  water- 

faH  through  on  t  Cumberland  is  force.   The  deriva- 

liun  of  the  name  Glamma  ia  not  quite  so  evident^ 

K«t  may  either  be  the  Icelandic  fflmtm,  the  name 

iH  a  tnan,  and  d^  a  rirer,  or  p^Msibly  ^ittrtir*  an 

oril  spirit — the  supposed  abode  of  the  water-fiend. 

r    '    :'  n  mentions  "the  cascade  of  Glamma"  as 

'■amidst  the  constant  darknesa  of  hills 

'"     -^  -   -1  t^r^culiftrities,  not  only  Bug- 

and  imaginfltivc  people, 

.■m  »ii,.  Lii,  known  belief  of  tbeKorth* 

the  mountain  peaks  and  hidden  recesep^ 

, ..      \  lUey  were   inhabited    by   supenintural 

b.  iij^r^t     >V  hftt  renders  this  solution  st>mewhat 

!■  I  J.L    1^   tliat  in  a  very  old  map  tiiiB  nnmo  is 

inoir.*'      In   Norway   is  the   river 

**  meanings  of  which  may  be  either 

iiif  Tivi?r  spirit,"  or  •*  01aum*8  rirer,"  or  poa- 

^  jd>vlr    '^TIj*^   turbid  Tirer'* — Gorman  qlum^   tur- 

J.  Ck,  R. 

rs....,n.  .vw;  ^4     ,,.  V,  563;  yi/ 
mentioned  by  Mb- 
and  th£  Automtdon 
'ctffd)  has  been  at- 
.  ._    .     i    ,     ^  i  ;,  F,R.S,f  oi^d  fflther 

^UTdAudlejr,     ,  ^.KA^iV. 

t) G :  "A  Hide  from  TARiiOTrrtr to 

Walm  '^  (4*  S.  Yi.  529.) — I  can  confirm  the  nccu- 

^  '*     "^  .  MArEEs  iitatement  re- 

^juiel  and  the ' '  HemarkB  " 

^'R-iiiei  I :»  '  juu riMnaij^i  a  seric-s  of  plav^^  eighty- 

i««e«f  wbichwerepublisljprj  by  Dolby  before  tlie 

tv..,i  ^r,^^.  A    'yr^^,-^  ^{j.  Cimiberland'H  hands.     The 

tions  which  prefaced  these  eighty- 

....  were  then  cancelled  to  make  room 

LQiBl'**   Those  who,  like  myself,  had  op- 

_i_ -^  of  knowing  that  voluble  gentleman, 

roost  hare   relished  your  interpretation   of  the 

tSt  D G — ~* :  but  not  many  of  even  these 

«we  Rware  thiit  when  that  model  of  *'  self-repres- 


e  Si?otcfa  word  fftamer,  to  exercise  a 

"* '  Xek«d.  in  Norwflv,  derives  itd 
r  spirit  culled  the  ^eck":  he&cc, 
-  OM  Nick ''  applied  to  designate 


t 


ftim-    1;--    i;, 

tb?  Devil, 
t  Thff  name,  ft  h  said,  contains  "  the  demonfttrative 

'  -^    '  '*"^  word  a,  a  river,  lieotiming  ia  Old  Norse  <Sw, 

I  he  old  form  of  the  name  of  our  own  northern 

1\'  afford?  an  example  of  this,  vij,— **  Ai)ir- 

id  the  entrance  of  the 

A I  .16fr,  not  yet  record  ed 

Uie  f>*j^*=-  ^T     .^.  ^-T.  V,.    ^n  .^..^iiiort,  ft  small  seaport  of 

»«riray,  f«rty-^1it  mile^  louth-west  of  CbrlJ«tiAfifl* 


slon/'  George  IV.,  when  Prince  of  Wales »  was 
reported  to  have  received  a  well-de.9ervod  chastise- 
ment from  Lord  Yarmouth,  on  account  of  Lady 
Yarmouth,  Mr.  Effingham  Wilson,  of  the  Boyal 
Kxchange,  issued  a  versified  account  of  the  affair, 
intituled  A  Mide  from  Yartnouth  to  Wales,  This 
squib  was  written  by  George  Daniel.  It  was 
bought  up  on  the  morning  of  publicatinn  at  the 
cost  of  some  thousands  of  pounds.  But  although 
bought  up  at  this  cost  I  will  be  bound  to  sav  that 
a  copy  of  it  was  found  among  Mr.  Daniers  library 
accumulations.  JoHX  Watsok  DAtnT.* 

Richmond,  Surrey, 

It  is  stated  in  an  editorial  note  that  it  is  poa- 

fiible  that,  tin  index  hand  poiatiug  toD G- — 

;  (George  I)ani>>l)  might  be  used  hy  tlie  writer  in 
I  reference  to  the  bandwriliug  on  the  wall,  indi- 
'  cftting  that  he  was  **  a  Darnel  come  to  judp^mcnt,*' 
Surely  the  phrase,  as  used  by  Shakespeare  in  his 
;  Merchant  of  Vvnice^  refers  to  the  apocryphal  slory 
I  of  Susannah  and  the  Elders,  aud  not  to  BelsLaz- 
j  2ar*s  Feast.  Daniel  was  not  a  judge  in  the  latter 
case,  but  be  was  in  the  former.  , 

K  L.  BLENKIK80FP, 
Bprlngtborpe  Rectory, 

**WniwNy  Moor*'  (4*^  S.  vL  50:1)— Tliis  poem 
hfis  been  printed,  with  an  important  dJasertation, 
in  the  appendix  to  the  Pjev.  J,  0.  Atkinson^s 
Ofi\v<*iry  (if  the  Cleveland  Duilect,  p,  505.  It  may 
also  be  seeo,  cornictly  priuted  from  the  only 
known  manuscript^  in  my  edition  of  Mvrc^s  /«- 
dructioHsfor  PariihPneds  (E.  E,  T.  S.^'p.  90. 

EnwABD  Peacock. 

Bottesfont  Manor.  Brigg. 

'^Shii  took  tee  Cup,"  etc*  (4**  S.  vL  6260-^ 

These  lines  are  to  be  found  iu  th^  Armidiiu's  Cami, 

*^  editio  qunrta/*  p.  147.     They  are  there  head csd 

"  Epitaph/^  and  '*  Anon. ' *  is  appended.     They  are 

thus  rendered  into  Latin  verse  by  Dr-  Kennedy^ 

the  late  Head-Master  of  Shrewsbury : — 

**  Parvula  ItbArat  vH«im  MtUitilU  :  sed  elveu  I 

Di?iph>(dt  nitniii  potui*  amarttin  : 

Ltniter  amovit  tenero  crfttera  laliollo, 

Atque  ileruat  wmoo  Itimina  corapostiiL" 

The  lines,  I  imagine,  form  one  of  those  epitaphs 
60  common  iu  chm'diyards,  of  wbich  it  is  so  dili^* 
cult  to  trace  the  paternity. 

"  JOHK  PlCKFOSI),  M. A, 
Bolton  Percy,  netr  Tadcaster. 

LANCAsiirRK  FuxniUL  FoLX  Lore  (4"^  8.  vi. 
406.) — The  writer  of  the  paragraph  you  have  in- 
serted from  the  liatlif  Tek^rnph  is  mistaken  in 
supposing  that  the  noor  Hindley  people  used  sprigs 
of  box  af^  a  bumble  substitute  for  rosemary  or 
thyme*  The  use  of  the  latter  planti  would  pro- 
bably have  been  as  foreign  to  their  notions  as  the 
obolus  for  Charon,  or  the  honey  coke  for  Cerberuu ; 
but  the  use  of  box  is  so  universal  among  the 
humbler  classes  in  the  neighbourhood  referred  to, 


I 


G4 


NOTES  AXD  QUERTES. 


[4*J»S.nr.  Jaw.  21,* 


tbat,  as  a  plant  grown  in  garden*,  U  ia  commonly 
spoken  of  aa  "  buryinff-box  "  ;  and  it  is  no  doubt 
panted  in  cottage  gardens  for  tlie  express  puqioae. 
The  custom  ia  all  tided  to  hy  Words-vrorth  in  hia 
Httlt^  poem  of  **  The  Childless  Fatber":— 
**Frc9b  tprigs*   of  green  box-wood,  not  six  moDtlis 

Filled  tbe  fiiBemil  baiia'  nt  Timothy *9  door." 

And  in  a  not©  (vot  i,  p.  203,  ed.  1827)  it  h  stated 
that — 

**  In  several  parts  of  the  Xortb  of  En^laodt  wh^cn  n 
fuueral  takes  pi  nee,  a  basin  full  of  sprigs  of  box- wood  is 
placed  at  the  door  of  the  hotise  from  which  th«  cofSo  U 
taken  up,  uiil  each  putson  who  attends  the  fancrol  ordi- 
narily takes  a  sprig  of  the  box-wood,  and  tiirows  it  into 
the  ^rave  of  th<f  deceosod/' 

Qy.  the  origin  of  the  custom  ?  J.  R  M^. 

Nicolas  Faiol  (4*  S.  vi.  640.> — Thw  priaat 
and  French  grammarian  «old  the  MB.  of  hie 
grammar  to  Al<?Asri<,  Lonirman :  he  ^jm  then  living 
in  Vomers  To'^rn,  near  the  present  Catholic  chuivh. 
The  firm  still  holds  the  transler  of  the  copTiight 
and  the  cheque.  Jambs  Gil^but, 

51,  Hill  StrciJt.  PtM^khmm,  S.E, 

The  Hon.  Catiteeixe  SoirTircoTE  (4***  S,  ti. 
546.) — Although  I  am  not  abl&  to  identify  this 
lady,  who  is  stated  by  yoiir  cf^r"-^  "  ^H  »nt 
J.  C.  Ct.  H.  to  have  been  living  in  17  ljvs 

the  following  informatibn  ma?  pr<Tve  • ,  .  .  to 
him.  A  '*  iWie  Catherine  f^outhcntt  aiw^  Fair- 
fax, widow,"  was  one  of  the  parli"?^  to  an  inden- 
ture bearing  date  Aug.  25,  27  Clia^  II.  ri075), 
and  recit<»d  in  the  will  of  Rojirer  Palmer,  Earl  of 
Caetlemaine,  in  lOlKJ  (Mi^c.  Gen.  ti  UtJ\,  i.  152). 
She  was  the  daughter  and  heireas  of  John  Elliott, 
Esq^t  of  the  county  of  Esses.  Ji^he  married,  first, 
Sir  George  Bouthcote,  Bart*»  of  Bliborough,  co. 
Lincoln,  who  died  in  10*14,  leavinir  issue  a  son, 
Georga,  at  whose  decease,  before  lOiU,  the  baron- 
etcy IS  said  to  have  expired,  and  a  daughter,  Ca« 
therine,  who  became  the  wife  of  Jame^  Palmor, 
E^.,  brother  to  the  above-mentioned  Earl  of 
Oastlemaine.  Lady  Sonthente  married,  secondly, 
in  1665,  the  Hononroble  Nicholas  Fairfax,  \ 
younger  mn  of  Thomiia,  second  Visconiit  Fairlhx, 
of  GilUng  Castle^  co,  York,  by  whom  sh«  had, 
with  other  issue,  a  daughter  Marv,  who  was 
bapldzed  at  Walton,  Aug.  3,  llUJG. 

ROBBBT  IL  SCAIFE. 
The  Mount,  York. 

'*  Bklb  Laws  of  Connecticut  ''  (4**'  S.  vi.  486 ; 
vii*  lfl,)^Iu  answer  to  Mr.  Pii-ton/I  give  at  fiill 
the  title-page  of  the  smftll  book  from  which  I 
took  the  qojotation  mentioaed  by  him : — 

**ThL'  f'4ide  «f  IGHO,  being  a  Compitatioti  of  th«?  cafUnt 
Lttw«i  aad  Urdani  of  the  Ireneral  Court  of  ConadetJeatl; 
aba  UiQ  Conttli&utioni  or  Civil  Compact  ento rod  into  and 


Sarelv    thi*  ii   the  correct   reading. 
**"*»  it  ii  priritefl  *'  spring!*,*' 


In  the  above 


adopted    by    tho    Towns    of  Windsor,   Ilart^brd^  sad 
WcthersffehJ  in  1(138-9.    To  ^vhich  ii  added,  some  Ea 
tracts  from  the  Laws  and  Jndidal  Proceedings  of  Ncfl 
biLvcn  Colony,  oornmouly  called   Blue  Lawfv     Hartfv^rd; 
published  by  Silas  Andrus,  1825." 

I  shall  be  happy  to  Icmd  the  book  (1 
lSOpp,»  one  woodcut,  iiill  page)  to  >!».  Pici, 
he  WK^iea  to  see  it,  and  w^ll  write  to  m©  thm 
the  office  of  **  N,  &  Q.''  Nbfb^ta  ' 

[Let  as  take  this  opportunih-  of  doing  what  we  hm 
iiitcndE'd  to  do  before  — c»U  Ma.  Picto^'s  attt'ntion  t, 
«  vain  able  article  by  a  gentleman  connected  with  tht?  .Htatc 
Library,  tUrtfbrd.'Coaneciicut,  on  '^Tbe  Blu«  Laws*'  id 
our  I**  S.  xi.  321,  which  givea  the  hiatory  of  this 
tended  code] 

Tmu  "  SH.\ir-VAx  Vo€iht''  (4*«»  S.  vi.  477,  sasj 
There  are  two  versions  of  this  song,  one  1 
"'Tis  a^orions  moonlight  night,*' 
and  another, 

*•  There  are  ship*  upon  the  aea." 
in  the  VTcarintj  of  the  Green  Surtg  Hook,  publishc4 
by  Cameron  and  Ferguson,  Glasgow, 

James  Rbo 

FnisT  Book  FBnrTSi)  w  MA^cHKhTER  {\^[ 
ill.  n7, 150.)— No  earlier  exemplar  of  our  " 
Chester  prees  than  that  named  in  my  form«»r  i 
mutiicatioQ  appears  to  bo  known,  and  yet  it  seen 
probable  that  30 mem fiy  hereafter  be  found.     M 
John  Gwe*u  of  Manchester  ha^  favoured  m*»  witj 
the  follnwin;.-,  which  ho  copied  from  an  rnlry 
the  registers  of  the  ManchcBtor  Cathedml;  — 

•*  1G93,  March. — Jonathan,  son  «f  John  Gre«.'a,  Ma 
che*t<«r,  Priot' r,  bopti^d.'* 

It  is  also  pn^>ible  that  some  of  the  Lanca 
Civil  War  Trncti?,  i^ued  ^7.,  may  have  been 
fruits  of  a  locivl  pres«.        William  E.  A.  Ax  ox. 

MiasALE  AJ>  vsm^  SARrj*  (4**'  S.  vL  430, 
Your  learned  corresipondent  F.  C.  H.,  repl; 
a  query  of  Antmum  Regk  as  t/>  the 
Sarum  Mi.^al  in  the  possession  of  the  latterj 
that  the  owner  may  determine  whether  or  do 
edition  in  question    is  that    published  by  Pel 
Violette  in  1509  **by  ascertaioing  in  what  ~' 
about  that  time  Easter  fell  on  MiU^h  27/'     I 
just  purchased  a  copy  of  that  curiotis  book»  X\\ 
BacttjUgmm  Ecckfnn&tums  of  Pompeius  Li 
fo,  Venice,  1613,     Thia  most  laborious  cak 
g;ive«  two  tables,  the  one  .supplying  the  day 
month  on  which  Easter  diiy  fell  from  A.D. 

A.D.  15h 2  inclusive,  the  other  carrying  on  th«       

table  from  \.ii.  1583  to  a.d.  J=^190  I '  By  these  tables 
I  find  that  the  years  nearest  to  ir)01>  io  wltich 
Efvster  Bay  fell  *on  March  27  were  1440,  1  *ifJ2, 
1513,  1524,  and  1022.  It  ia  somewhat  pro vokin^^ 
that  tliree  of  these  dates  should  be  so  near  15011, 
whilst  the  other  two  are  remote,  thus  perhaps 
little  perplexing  your  correspondent  Ak 
KEf^E.  "         W.  Sparrow  SniP902f 


1«  S.  Vn.  lASk  M,  Tt.] 


NOTES  AXD  QUERIED. 


If  Toa 
uall 


tpphr  to  X£eT.  W.  G,  IleDdet-soi],  B.CX., 

kl  Leeds,  jou  will  fiod  him  leanit^d 
Cflnaectcd  ivitli  i^imim  «tid  aihcx 


On  ill 


aotns  zelatin^  to  enrlr  printers  or 


old  U|ttifgwi|iliT,  Tcm  iroiild  do  well  to  sijow  ]Four 


Labmrym  af  IIerefi:ird  CiUJiedriil. 

TsT  BonxwoEJi  (4**  S,  vi.  vii>7.)— I  cannot  fur- 
otf^ouxrv  than  one  ia^tJincK'  of  the.'  ravagefi  of  book- 
VQCBsinAay  volume  of  so  re  cent  (JatoaslToO;  bat  I 
yv»»  oM  cop;  of  St.  Jerom  ol'  IBlO^  in  follo^  vrbicb 
h$  haen  f«nr  aftddifiiu^lj  f/oue  throH^h  hy  book- 
wmsm^  I  oould  collect  from  h  niaDy  examplosi, 
bal  the  two  foUowiog  maj  suffice.  One  perfoni- 
doa  ggctendft  tkrougb  tbirtj  lenTe^^  wbicb  togetber 
t1i»«  odie-eigbtk  of  an  innh  thick,  Ita 
focb  and  one-eigbth,  grc^fttest 
,s  of  aa  incli.  Another  per- 
u-ftTea,  one-^ig-btb  of  on  inch 
i  litest    lenplh    is    one    incb. 

— "Tm  ha&  mad*?  a  complete 


fa- 
ami 


d  threo-ei^rhtbs  broad, 

Mf  the  i.*]iind  has 

ving  A  bole  of  tbe 

seems  to  be  fa&ti- 

in  bifi  way,  having 

11  LookBf  which 

to  sGiLson  for 

-  r,  I  have  on« 


boos  nmtftd  is  I6ilt  decidediv  worm-eaten. 

K  C.  H. 
I  bat«  r.  1),  and,  after 

mtBW  Qfii{ui<  over  any  one 

wbi»  lia&    in  ha  known  u*  ^ia  ?    I  infer 

htm  tin  oMsatiaix  of  bis  i  uat  about  the 

( «i  tii«  la«t  oentuT)'  some  new  ingredient 
liaoed  in  the  manuiiicture  of  pnpor  which 
►  not  lik4?,  I  bane  an  eilJtion  >  a  ^t'  jutui^iif^ 
ifoliL  r*SMin  L-^S,  tb«  cftlf  binilinp  of  wiueh  i.^ 
igrtW^i     '  ^Kif  not  been 

MMir-  whf^n  n  book 

li*'w©nnea|     .'^^v  ^-r,  in  tii^.r  racni-L^u^s:  and  I  du 
not  leoMVilier  any  oj3«  so  marked  of  a  Iat»^r  date 

11.  B.C. 


pfc" 

'    by  tho 

I^ 

ui  ento- 

ESgi- 

iiiiiM"  ut-*fct  from 

F^' 

miidonxliDg  jour 

narfos 

,...1  LLTof  th«irhole». 

Geiiflrfl 

-lie  ia  confined  to  old 

!>■'- 

'  «>T  appear  to  be  pro- 

»- 

'  <3r  or  other  pecti- 

K: 

^  to  tbe  coulrarv, 

i 

.:jW, 

1  am  able  to  produce, 

L  w 

Amititaj  printed  at  Florence 

in    1^*51.   wbirb    tliH  CPtfafiir*   has  minniisl 
for,  .:n 

thi'  •    .  .     ..       ■  ■     •  nd 

volumi:  ol'  the  London  edition  of  Johnson's  Zf'ret 
of  th*  Pot^  lT8.'i  j  aad  a  volume  of  AVbiFton'a 
Jo9tjj/m8,  17*^7.  C.  W.  BtN'GHJiir. 

The  Kkv.  F.  nxTEBOAl.,  Librarian  of  Hereford 
Cathedral,  will  be  mo^t  happy  to  give  tbe  writer 
some  information*  and  abo  gome  samples  of  paper 
eaten  recently  by  bookwonns  on  being  favouied 
with  name}  and  address. 

Ttte  Zodiac  of  Dexi>ebau  (4"'  8.  vi.  529. 1  — I 
have  no  knowledge  of  the  calciUii^oQS  of  Mr. 
John  Cole  in  1824^  whei^bj  he  estimates  tbe 
zodiac  of  Tentyra  (=  Dendemh)  to  date  from 
2261  B.C.  This  sculpture,  of  circular  form,  about 
five  feet  in  diameter,  waa  di?coverpd  by  General 
Deaahc^and  waa  brought  to  P  ']'  From  the 

Greek  inscriptions  on  the  teiu ,  cderah  and 

Efioe,    ChtuupoUion    and    Lt  ii' ime     asoertitined 

&c.).  that  those  ediUcea  were  constructed  or 
tini.^bed  dtiring  the  ^in^%  of  the  Roman  emperors. 
But  the  antiquity  of  the  zodiacal  scheme  or  map 
there  represented  is  another  matter.  Depuis  car- 
ried it  to  1*>0  centuries  before  tbe  Christian  erjt. 
which,  however,  was  afterwards  reduced  to  about 
four  centuries  d.c  {Origrtie  desr  CttlUj*,  179G.) 
When  JoUoifl  and  Devilliera  saw  tbe  stone,  they 
at  onL»e  detected  ligurea  nearly  similar  to  those 
represented  ou  tbe  celestial  globes  of  tbe  present 
day.  Biot  (HechefX'heH  sur  l AHroiwmit  Egypti- 
etmc)  showed  that  this  rodiac  represented  the 
poaitioTi  which  the  polo  of  the  world  mu^t  have 
occt  '  t  the  yenr  71(i  n.c, ;  also,  that   the 

/.ndi  itave  tbo  position  of  about  700  n»c. 

It  is  tu  bu  ufcerved  tnat  ivhilst  the  pyntniiiia 
coiuddo  with  the  meridian,  the  axis  of  the  temple 
of  Denderah  deviates  17  degrees,  and  that  of  tnc 
small  temple  at  Esne  71  degrees  from  the  meri- 
dian^ both  of  tliem  being  from  tJie  north  towards 

t!i»^  e'fl^t.  T.  J,  BUCKTOI^. 

'       i*  RichiDond  Place,  Brig:bton. 

I  The  small  plaub'phero  which  was  on  the  ceiling 
I  of  one  of  the  lateral  chjiuibers  of  the  temple  of 
'  1  Irithor  behind  the  Pronads,  is  now  to  be  found  in 
I  tbe  Fgyptian  museum  of  the  J^ouvre.  The  three 
'  zntHac^  known  in  Fj^^ypt  as  Dendera,  Esne,  and 
I  Fliayr  are  all  of  the   rtoUnnaic  or  Tlonian  eras. 

On  good   authority,  the  planisphere  in  questio 
I  dates  back  little  more  than  1600  years. 
I  A.  S,  W. 

Uniciu  Club, 

Jacob  BiiHiLE  (4*^  S.  vi.  520.)— The  followiaff 
J  a  the  tith?  page  of  one  of  the  works  mentioned 
by  your  correspoacleut  Mk.  Barclav.  It  is  in 
my  possession,  and  if  tliis  edition  is  of  the  slightest 
service  to  your  correspondent  I  will  lend  it  him 
with  plea^ftire. 


I 

I 
I 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES, 


[4«kS,  VILJ4jr.il,  71. 


«TUo  Third  Dooke  of  the  Author,  being  The  High  and 
Dcvpe  Searcbing  out  of  the  Threefold  Life  of  Mad  throngh 
[or  ftceording  to]  the  Three  Prmdples, by  Jacob  Behmen 
iJki8  Teatonicu3  Philusuphiis,  Written  in  the  German 
Lan;?Uijfe,  Anno  1620,  Ln^^lished  by  J.  Sparrow,  Bar- 
rislLT,  of  the  Inner  Temple,  London.  London  :  Printed 
bv  M.  S^  far  H.  Blanden,  at  the  Cuatle  in  Com  Hill, 
1660." 

JOHS  Yakkeb, 

4^  Chorlton  Road,  Mancheater. 

Hair  orowdig  aftbr  Death  {4*'»  S.  vi.  524.) 
As  a  paraDel  case  tx>  that  cited  hr  Mr.  FlciLPORD, 
J  transcribe  the  following  from  Iiawtbonie*B  J^n^- 
iish  Not4*  Books  (vol.  i.  p.  fHl)  t — 

"  The  grandroollier  of  Mr*. died  fifty  years  ago, 

at  the  ac^e  of  twenty-eigfaL  She  had  great  personal 
cbarni^.  iind  amon^  them  a  head  of  beantifm]  chestnut 
hair.  Afttr  her  burial  in  a  family  tomb,  th«  coffin  of  one 
of  her  cliildren  was  laid  ou  her  own,  so  that  the  lid  acenib 
to  have  decayedr  or  been  broken  from  this  cause ;  at  any 
rate  Uik  wai  the  coae  when  the  tomb  w^s  opened,  about 
a  year  ago.*' 

Hawthorne  wrote  on  Good  Friday,  1864: — 
**  Th"?  gn''in*lniotber^s  coffin  was  then  found  tu  ho  filled 
with  benutirid  glossy  living  ohestnat  nnght^  into  which 
her  whole  subatance'seoms  to  have  been  iranafarmetl,  for 
there  was  nothing  eUe  but  the^e  ahinhig  curb,  the  growth 
of  hnlf  a  ccnturi',  in  the  tomb." 

A  reuiflTkable  insbitice  to  the  contrary  will  bo 
found  in  Sir  Henry  Ilalford's  at-tiomit  of  the  open- 
ing of  the  coflin  of  Charles  L  in  1813.  {/Vi*?  Life 
0/ James  IL,  by  the  Rev.  J.  S.  Clarke,  LL.D., 
ToL  ii.  App.  iv.  pp>  009-70,) 

**The  pointed  beard,  so  characteristic  of  the  period  of 

the  reign  of  King  Charle.%  was  perfect The  back 

part  of  the  scalp  was  entirely  perfect,  and  had  a  romark> 
ably  fre^h  nppearance— the  pores  of  the  akin  being  more 
disLinL't-,  as  the}*  asiially  are  when  soaked  in  moisture;; 
and  the  tendons  and  ligaments  of  the  neck  wen^  of  v.vn- 
Miderable  aubstaiieo  and  Jirmnesa.  The  hair  was  thick  at 
tlie  hack  part  of  the  he^jd,  und  in  appearance  necirly 
black.  A  portion  of  it,  which  has  since  been  cleaned  and 
dried,  ia  of  a  beautiful  diirk  brown  colour.  That  of  the 
beard  wns  a  rodder  brown.  On  the  back  |^ftrt  of  t!ie  head 
it  waj  more  than  an  inch  in  lengthy  and  had  been  pro- 
bably cut  BO  short  for  the  couvenieuco  of  the  executioner, 
or,  perhaps,  by  the  piety  of  frieuds  aoon  after  death,  in 
order  to  furnish  memoriak  of  thu  unhappy  king." 

The  indcstnictihility  of  hair  ia  shown  by  the 
fact  that  at  tlia  same  time  a  portion  of  Henry 
VHL's  l>eard  was  discovered  to  ''remain  upon 
the  chin/' 

It  may  he  thought  that  the  moist  condition  of 
King  Cliiirlea's  bead  prevented  the  poathumous 
growth  of  hia  hair.  But  as  a  general  rule  mois- 
ture induces  hair  to  grow.  At  Whitby,  last  year, 
a  young  man'  was  drowned  while  bathing,  and 
his  body  carried  out  with  the  tide.  At  the  tlood, 
two  or  three  days  after,  bis  rtjinaios  were  re- 
t*OTered,  and  his  hair  was  found  to  have  grown 
between  three  and  four  inches. 

S.  K.  TOWNSHEND  MATBB. 


•  Whose  maojc,  for  obvious  reoiions,  I  do  not  give. 


Barbara^  DtrciiBss  of  Clevelaitij  (4***  S.  t. 
401,)^  Your  correspondent  G.  S.  S.,  who  is  en-  i 
gaged  upon  a  life  of  this  lady,  asks  for  evidence  of  I 
her  *'■  asserted  remdence  at  Ohiswick."  In  a  MS.1 
note  of  Horace  VValpole'a  (pene/t  me),  I  find  it  J 
stated  —  "  The  Duchess  of  Clereknd  died  at  heTJ 
house  at  Chiswick  of  a  dropay/  Oct.  0,  170S).''I 
And  the  burial  registers  of  the  parish  (which  1 1 
had  occasion  to  consult  some  time  since)  record: J 
'*  Barbara  Villiers,  Duchess  of  Cleveland,  OcL  13.| 
170a''  Edward  F.  RoiBAULT. 

Ajs  inedited  Elkqt   by  Oliter  GOLBSl 
(4**  S.  vii.  0:)— It  would  be  indeed  "poorGoldy," 
as  your  correspondent  *'  Moorland  Lad  "  style 
bim,  if  in  1770  he  could  descend  so  low  as  t( 
produce  sucb  a  specimen  of  the  hatha')  M  tbii 
miaerahle  elegy.     Any  attempt  to  foist  such  trash 
upon  the  author  of  the  Traveller  and  the  Deserted 
I  illage  can  oidy  be  met  a8  the  poetaster  was  of 
Yore,  **  Musae  furcillis  prtecipitem  ejiciunt  '* ;  luidL 
1  cannot  but  think  that  the  careful  superintend-^ 
ence  which  ia  generally  exercised  over  what  ap- 
pears in  *'  N,  &  Q.'*  was  somewhat  at  fault  whcnjf 
such  a  com  muni  cat  ion  as  the  one  I  am  refer  ' 
to  was   allowed  to  pt^s    muster  without  some-l 
editorial  comment.     1  can  imturin©  the  expre»sioa«| 
in  the  face  of  my  friend  Mr.  John  Forater,  Gold-- 
8mith*s  admirable  biographer,  on  having  the  lined! 
MooRLAiJD  Lad  has  prcduced  put  before  him  asl 
a  genuine  addition  to  that  charming  poetry  which] 
he  has  iUuBtrated  so  well  J  as.  Cbosslet, 

Oliver  thr  Spy  {^^  S.  ix.  21,  87,  362,  52$»; 

The  name  of  this  character,  once  so  notorious,' 
appears  thrive  or  four  timea  in  your  earlier  indexes j' 
his  euhaequent  career  after  he  retired  from  the  pub- 
lic gaze  on  the  conviction  of  Thistlewood  may  nol 
be  80  well  known.  In  1820  or  1821  he  was  sent  oul 
to  the  Cape  with  letters  of  recommendation  for 
Bervices  to  Lord  Charles  Somerset,  then  ffovem< 
of  the  colony,  who  appointed  him  to  the  lucrati' 
and  resDonaible  position  of  superintendent  of  pu' 
lie  worlca,  in  which  oflice  he  built  the  preseal 
English  cathedral  and  Government  House  at  Gm 
ham^a  Town  on  the  ea8tern  frontier,  two  of  the^ 
ugliest  buildings  that  can  possibly  De  concer 
and  which  cost  enormous  aums  of  money,  the  ex- 
penditure of  which  could  never  be  very  accurateli 
accounted  for.  Oliver  died  in  Cape  Town  in  ISf 
under  the  name  of  Jones,  his  widow  survi^ 
bim  for  some  years.  He  was,  I  believe, 
of  his  class  who  was  rewarded  by  a  hao<_ 
colonial  appointment  for  his  diabolical  tread 
to  bin  eoimtrymen  at  home.  IL  II. 

Portsmouth. 


-l^aVTI.  Jan.  21/71.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


NOTES  ON  BOOKS,  ETC. 
Omeerdanrt  to  «*«  C^ruiiaii  Year.     (Parker.) 
Mmtrm^M  orrr  "The   Chrittian   Tf<ir**  ami  ^^  Lyra  Ivtno- 

emtittm.**    ^y  Charlotte  Mary  Yonge.     Topether  tcith 

afnt  Ghamnga  of  Ret^tec^nt  of  the  Rev,  dnhn  Keblt^ 

pmtAered  bp  Bevernl  Hand»»     (Farker.) 

"*'    "  f\n  ihow  more  clearly  Jiow  tcniicioufl  k  the 

h:  n»e  Otri^vm  Vt^xr  haa  takea  of  the  rcUgioQii 

n  liiid^ and  bow  deep  is  the  reverciictj  in  which 

:!  of  John  Keblo  ia  lield,  not  only  hv  those 

^  the  blessrog  of  his  friendship,  but  by*  thoo- 

•Hids  wno  kOQW  tiim  only  by  hij9  worki«^  than  the  two 
bwkft  wbo«e  titles  we  have'  jui^t  transcribed.  Nearly  two 
<Hlit«ri»ft  elapsed,  after  the  death  of  Shnk&^peare,  before 
the  world  was  famished  with  a  concordance  to  hia  writ- 
ings ;  and  the  »«ine  period,  or  nearly  mj,  before  the  poema 
of  Milton  recdved  the  same  reco(jnitioii ;  and  with  the 
cxcepticni  of  the  Laureate,  to  whose  poem^  a  cont'ordanre 
irat  published  little  more  than  a  tweWemonth  ago,  KeMe 
u  the  only  modaro  poet  ao  read  and  quoted  nn  to  call  for 
foch  an  Vccompaoiroent  to  his  writings.  The  second 
book  ii»  of  even  a  more  interesting  character.  It  con- 
tain?, not  only  gleanings  from  thirtv  years'  intercouriic 
with  Keble  from  the  pen  of  Miss  I'onge,  but  iimifar 
nvoiDections  contribated  by  other  friend^  which  mtl  be 
read  with  great  interest  by  all  who  lore  to  dwell  upon 
Harder  Vicarage  and  its  pious  honsehoM;  but  wnat 
will  beVcry  acceptable  to  all  the  atlmirers  of  Keble,  an  in- 
ter* :?tiTii:  numiiig  commentary,  explnifjinpr  al  I  unions,  clear- 
ir  yiasAa^ea,  and  uuvi  iling  hitlden  beauties,  in 

-*  of  devotionil  poems,  which  have  leavened 
rjit;iyus  literature  of  the  day  to  an  extent  of  which 

Ib  diflicnlt  to  foresee  the  limit. 

Haydn  Serits.     A  Dittionary  of  Science,  comprising 

Attriimnmjf,   Chcmiitry^    Dymxmictt    Electricity,    Hea't^ 

ff^tfrryrfr/namics^   Hydroitatics,   Lights  AIagntti»m^  Me- 

^tttoToIn^^  Fneumaiics,   Sounds  and  Static k. 

fan  EMtay  on  the  FkuMical  ScienccM.  Edited 

. ., i:ijdwen,  F.RA.S*,  F.C.S.     (Moxon.) 

There  ean  be  no  queation  of  the  utility  of  book§  of  this 

rfeafocter  when  properly  executed.    They  are  frpecially 

s^^»es  of   n?adera.     They  are  useful   to 

r.ally  denre  infonntttion  upon  special 

; !    knowledge,   but  wht^e  avocations 

,  time^  to  devote  to  a  thoroutch  fttudy 

V  are  uAeful   ahn  ajt  compendiuiTKt  of 

or  tiiose  who  io  these  daj^*B  of  com|ii«titlve 

— when  everybody  ia  expected  to   know 

-f-'  to  obtam  a  general,  if  not  thorough 

'ical  science.    It  is  no  wonder,  there* 

;  I -^hers  of  Haydn's  Dfcfiofliiry  of  iJaten, 

ikj,  taict>iiraf^cd  bv  the  sncoesa  of  that  invaluabk  h;ind- 

tiMsl^  have  decided  on  publishing  a  series  of  anahi^ous 

v,.f,^ir....    .K....1J  r.lloTu^  yp  their  Dictionary  of  Biogrtiphy 

7   of  Science;  and    they  ha%e    done 

in  its  preparation  the  aMiataoce  of  the 

t  men  whose  names  are  recorded  in  the  Li»t 

]^  which  precedes  thcEditor'ii  **■  Hi>^tory  of 


Enq.,  of  Tork,  a  suflldent  guarantee  u  given  of  the  ac- 
curacy and  value  of  the  Journals  To  add  to  tho  ui^eful- 
ne«a  of  the  book,  a  most  carefully  compiled  index  is 
appended,  in  which  nearly  every  person  and  place  is 
mentioned. 

Sm  John  Maclsa;* . — We  are  pleajod  to  reoofd  that 
the  Gatttte  of  Tuesday  aciBOuac^  that  the  Queen  hud 
been  ph'OBcd  to  confer  the  honour  of  Ktiij^htbood  on  Isir 
.John  il  A  clean,  Depaty  Auditor  of  the  War  Office ;  for 
the  f^ntlemau  in  qoi^Htion,  who  iti  the  author  of  The  Life 
o£ iSr>  Peter  Cairir,  pubEi«»hed  in  18o7,  and  the  historian  of 
The  Dtanery  of  Brtpp  Manor^  in  the  county  of  Cornwalli 
has  he*  n,  a^  our  reiiVlers  will  retnettiber,  a  frequent  oou- 
tributor  to  thK*c  pages. 

Thk  Death  uf  thk  D&as  op  Cakterboat.  —  The 
Kev.  llenrj'  Alford,  1>.I>,,  died  at  Canterbury  on  rhwrsdoy 
week,  after  a  very  abort  ilhie."4N,  be  having  preached  at 
the  Cathedral  on  the  prec^'ding  Sundny.  In  Dean  Alford 
\  the  Church  of  England  hiLs  lost  one  of  the  most  active, 
intelli^^ent,  and  liberal  of  her  »ons ;  and  if  any  evidence 
were  wanting  as  to  the  hi^h  character  of  the  lamented 
dignitary  it  would  be  found  m  the  presence  at  his  funeral 
of  men  of  all  i^badea  of  religious  opinion.  The  Bishops  of 
Gloucester  and  Salisbury,  the  Dcaus  of  Westminster  and 
Ely,  tho  Ilev.  Dr.  Stoughton,  and  the  Rev.  Newman 
Hall,  all  alike  testltied  by  their  attendance  their  seu^  of 
tho  worth  of  this  eminent  Christiao  scholar. 

Thje  Ashholeax  Museum,— The  new  Keeper  of  tha 
Ashmolean  Mnsetun,  Mr.  Parker  of  Oxford — whose  zej" 
and  knowledge  vie  with  each  other — has  junt  piiblishei 
the  interesting  Lectare  on  **  The  History,  Present  Stat 
and  Prospects  of  the  Collection  "  under  his  charge,  d( 
liverod   by  him  to  the  Oxford  Architectural  and   Hi 
torical  Societj^  in  November  last,  which  our  readen  will ' 
find  well  worthy  of  their  attention. 

Intehmatiosal  Exhibition  uf  187L — The  following 
noblemen  ond  i;€ntk'men  have  consented  to  act  as  judges 
to  select  paiii^tings  for  ilio  forthcoming  Exhibition  : — 
The  Viscount  Bury,  M.P. ;  Thi-  Loptl  Elcbo,  M.P.;  S" 
Coutts  Lindsay,  Bart,:  Altred  Elmore,  Esq.,  RA.  (repn 
aenting  the  Royal  Acnil+my) ,  Alfred  Clint,  Esq.  (rcpre^  ' 
sentiilg  the  Society  <ir  llrilr^h  Artists) ;  Alfred  Hunt^  Esq. 
(representing  the  ijoriity  of  Painters  in  Water  Cokmri^) ; 
Henry  Wurren,  Esq,  (reprtt^oniing:  the  Institute  of  Pain- 
tera  in  Water  Colours) ;  P.  Dillon,  Esq. ;  H.  S.  Marks,  Esq. 


fie  yftr/tihire  Archaohgieal  and  T&pofjraphical  Joumat. 

Vol.  L^  ftp,  392.    lusted  to  Members  otdy.    (Bradbury 

tod  £van£.)    London,  1S70.    8vo. 

Tht  tir»t  volume  of  this  journal  is  now  completed,  ooq- 

t^nSng  many  interesting  articles  on  theTopo^rnphy  and 

Aielitfolpgr  of  the  greatest  and  most  interesting  of  En^^tish 

eoBntJea.    S<»iiif  excellent  illustrations  add  much  to  the 

When  we  mention,  amongst  its  contribtilurs, 

ajitiqoaiiaiis  as  Canon  Raine  and  Robert  Davies, 


BOOKS    AND    ODD    VOLUMES 

WAIffTED   TO    PtTKCIlAaE. 


Futtomlari  of  Friae.  hc.^  of  the  folloirioa  Book*  to  be  Mat 


dlrvott. 


tiM  tpenllemcT)  hy  whom  tlitfjr  mre  required,  whu«e  nftaici  uid 

■.re  eiven  for  that  jjurpoK :  — 

TMi    CnaiBTiA?i    FT*iwi!<rrn,    wid  Church    of  Inlwod  Ifai . 

No- ».    Aii'i^    '"  '       I     '-      ■■^"*  anil  CoTitont*  from  J«»a»rj'*  1st., 
to  t>cr«nib'  fiiiiumry  to  DeoetBber,  UjM.    IMllo. 

frflTH  JuiUQ-i 

OtriW.131  ITmrBltRITY  t.;AI*RSl»AWI,  l!M«,l»».  l«M, 

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ssu, 

FoKTi*cLTK    -  '  ?rr  ot  niB  Riout  Boa, 

siu  AiiTii  fufi^  ivono  Ditptrrv  or 

IlLITLAirO.      1 

SVLVAj  or,  tht     .     _  _     .  

Tiia  BaAirriKd  uir  AiiCitQi.".aoi^  Tillctbo!?.    Chiblm,  irst, 
Wsnttdby  AW>a,  Bokeby.  Bkckrock,  I>iitlin. 

DiMToX*  tlALLo  hf  WillinniST'lacr  Uibaon,  F«S.A. 

Eii^ftirtKl  Portfftitof  Lautvute  St<rtK',  flrotn  the  Pittntlnxbsr  81t  JcHhua 

ii9)fitold[0. 
Encfrnved  PoftnUt  of  IaiJt  Mary  Fcavick,  fKan  the  YaltxXinZ  bjf  Svt^ 

GfidtVty  Knelltr. 
An  BuKraviug— The  otily  DBiucht4u^.  »fter  »it  DAvid  Wltklc. 

Wu)t«d  bf  the  Rrv.  JiJiH  I'irtfonJ.  M,A*,  BoUoH  ^tt^Jt 
ntv  Ta'icacicr.  Y^tM-kfthin.^ 

Willi  AX  Law*«  Woats.  s  Vol*. 

Wuled  by  Mfttrt,  iitU,  Dtighum,  -f  Co.,  Cambrldfft. 


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^fHinrtf  to  Corrc^milFnuiS. 

1f%  4WV  tiomptslled  to  pa^itpone  untti  next  wrch  vemrai 

HlBCRXlA.     necelvad,  and  nmter  cansuUmtifot. 

Tlr.TTTt  CTT  VRSK8  IK  PtrunTH.— CuKWC5t'«  (Bri^hloo) 
tr>i  fkubftct  irmied  it  *ireai  htftfth  in  Humtrovjt 

w'  t<ir*t  tiHd  StfOond  Strrivt,     Sa  IndcX. 

U  .  t.  ;  Kichniona.)  TtumlM:  hM  «#<*  "X.  ^  II,*' 2^ 
a  iv.  47,  7!*. 

X.  T.  Z.  Sueitttmrn  Sum>nc  (2  vols.  4to,  lft4C-^<)  «w7/ 
NO  douht  givr  _»/o«  f/*«r  mjUrnurtinn. 

F.  G/r»  lyuiTv  «*  '«  W>^  />r*£  m^dlr  nf^ ftttintting  »imiid 
pm^tiwj  thrnuph  teuUa  and  jloan  thowd  f*f  aifdrtamtd  to 
The  Bttiltlcr, 

R,  G.  F.  (SmidgBtu,)  fFe  dt  ttat  knme  mtijf  ff^ntnh- 
ght  iu  Jamtiira, 

J.  C.  TtW  Jind  tht  mformathn  ntsft^cUng  the  Mtvrral 
KcviUt  mcuiiimtd  hif  him  in  Bn^dtfc*  BldUiuu  of  CflllilUS'A 

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AUTHORS    4DVISET)    WITH  as    to  Coat    of 
PRIJTTTNO  atui    lITJT.lStrrNCi,    ami  the  chcATiWt    mtyl«    of 

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f  hotograplii  of  PersonSt  Pictures,  &  PlaoeS) 

itvuuos  &  co.s,^ftr«i,a(mofiq;GA&£,  lostdok. 

miiUihl  Mc  I>qf<tiHtiH  qn  llitTirR  Floor. 

VB.  HOWAJLD,  dae^ott-I^Kifekt,  ^,  Fleet  Stfeet, 
'fHL  Iu  tntnODeed  ttii  cadntr-Mir  tenrMkn  of  AimTCDtilkli 
TIKtB^  HMd  without  nwtnr** *lw*.  *>r  Ueninrtft'.  ibey  «>  i^HNrrlr 
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will  b«  ftafODoa  niMrior  to  aii  i      J't 

will  mppi^rt  aad  pcMenrc  tteiu  iiais  Brr  Idoir^  una  tf  KUBrtuitf^d  to 
T«ifeore  artic-alAtlon  and  miutteMiMi.  tJatmrVt  tMUi  itoiipcd  and  Ten- 
dered wimd  M»d  luefUl  In  mMtJoaHm.    M,  WMtnrat. 


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UkAMATISTS, 

1>  nf. 

EdiKdh  i:?<#IIA«. 

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cluiU,  iMtvfliliid  liowdi,  IWi. 

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OLD  ENGLISH  "  FURNITURI 

llcpniductlonii  nf  Simpit  ami  Artistic  Cabinet  Vioik.  fram 
Um§k0»  or  tlu  X^a.  *n J  XVH.  C«atariei,  cuttUBJitK  g 
•unnd  vFDrktnanaliJp,  aadtaomaqr. 

COIjLITS'SOIS"  and  LOCTK  (late  Her 
CABLNET  MAKERS, 

109,  FLEET  STREET,  E.C,    EstaWiabcd  17«J. 

TAPESTRY  PAPERHANGtNG8. 

IiAitattaDt  of  vtK  old  rri'i  \I'r  -     DAMASKS,  and  OO 

COLIilKSOK  ti  K  ( Iste  H€ 

I>ECOBATOBB, 

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. s.  nt  Jax  pk  710  NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


69 


IQ»D0»,  9dTUlti>Ar,  J  AN  VARY  28, 1871. 

CONTEKTS,— N*  161. 
is  — The  nuftUrio  Prtu*r^  at  tlip  British  Museum: 

ly  r  Antic. 

_^^  —  Sct>t- 

M^  &:,  -*  Lonl 

ffahnii'  ifttiou  — 

^^.  bey  and 

tlirCh 


Ql 


a  of  the  1; 
r  lh«  Authcii 


ion  w»a 
•  II 


•i^if**fc  fortitor  *'  — rrinct?  ruevklcr  Musk&uu  ftc,  7i(. 

•T  v.tfDatia 

■  -f  C»ro- 

i.  '.v'inilliJim 

I. 


tains  of  Quicksilver 
Xpua— **  Tho  liitter 
v>4*-r—  ^oU  Lurii;   Twctll  —  H.Jl.  H.  the 
I  ill  (JiLUAdiL  iu  1791»  83, 


Kot*^'  00  F<*  ik*.  Ac. 


THS  GrALTERTO    PAPERS  AT   THli:    BRITISH 
■       AUTOGRAPe   LKTTEKS    OF    TUE  I 
FLEt'KYt  COUNT   DK    MOIiVlLLE, 

8mc<?  the   appearance  of  my  last   article    in 

*^N,  *  Q/'  I  have  been  informed  that  the  Mar- 

dbeoft  Canipttna  i«  engaged  upon  a  history  of  tht^ 

4l«t   fitiniU-,    which    is   to   comprise    a   lar^e 

nmWr  of  <j'i V-tations  from  the  Gualterio  M8S. 

tbtir  Allies  of  tho  work  are,  I  believe, 

xtmUv  ,  and  will  be  published  as  soon  as 

^  itaLe  i*i  the  Continent  renders  undertakinpa 

d  A  littTArv   kind  tolerably  feasible.      In    the 

readers  cannot    ff*el  surprised  at 

tht!  promise  I  bad  made  of  for- 

At  Q/  a  few  epecimens  of  Queen 

■.I*  correspondence.     I  would  not, 

^    Nver,  even  seem  to  take 

th<?  Marcbesa'a  book ; 

so  rich  in  documents  of 

upon  them  for  nnuiy  a 

-  —  t  so  much  as  alluding 

ring  letters  refer  to  the 

„j  one  I  publish  first  was 

il  tiualterio  by  the  Abbe  de 

iiuia  XI \\,  bishop  of  Frejus 

i  been  selected  in  171^  to  till 

of  ^'ovemor  to  the  young 


Si 

m  my 


•dtb' 
tO  kill 


Je  me  flttte  que  V.  E.  n*A  pas  toat^^fiilt  o%\h\%4  ^m 
ancien  aervitcor  qu*ell«  honoroit  de  ses   ^  !<iia 

toiifours  fait  uae  profession  partieuliiri-  [ta- 

che*  J'ftT  rboauear  d'eacrire  u  Sa  ^aiiii  '    ,  uair 

d'elle  un  iBdult  pour  coufdrer  en  comuieudc  tou^  lea 
prieuR^^  tkpendants  dfi  mon  abhayp  d*  Tnumua.*  Je 
8ui«  oblige  d<*  me  servir  de  pluuktn  '    '    '       r^our 

redncatioa  du  Rot,  et  je  ne  puis  1  l>i«i 

que  par  le  moyen  de  cet  indidt.   Si  j  '  ur, 

veat  bl«xi  tn'acearder  rhonneur  de  uk  pruivciiou  daofl 
cette  occasioD,  j'eipcrc  que  Sa  Soiotete  ne  me  refuiera 
pa§  cttte  grace,  de  laqaeile  certain'!  '  -  voax  fairs 
qu'iin  bon  usage.  Le  Roy  m  port'  it  bicn,  et 

doQDC  de  ^andca  e^perance^.  Je  ]>r  pluif»ir  do 

cettG  occAHion  pour  mc  renouveler  diixi;*  k  »ii>uvoair  do 
V.  E.,  t*t  I'assurer  da  rc8p€ctueiLx  attacbemtiot  avcc  1©- 
quel  j«  3erai  louto  tna  vie» 

Monseigtieur, 
le  trfe*-humble  ct  tr^fr-ob<^isaatit  fleryiteur* 
A.  F.,  ancien  tfv^ue  da  Frejtiii. 
Paris,  ce  14  mars  1717.t 

M.  de  Morvillo,  the  author  of  the  next  letter^ 
bad  been  auibaiisador,  and  then  Secretaiy  of  Stata 
for  the  Navy ;  his  colleagues  in  the  administra- 
tion organised  after  the  death  of  Cardiiiid  Dubois 
were  SL  de  Maurepas,  M*  de  Breteuil,  and  M. 
d^Vrgenson,  all  young  men,  like  himself,     (Se^ 
J34ttbier^s  Jmtm^dj  Charpentier*s edition^ i, 297.) 
A  Versailles,  17  aouat  1723. 
Je  Tpgarde,  MonseigneuT,  conime  ua  des  premier?*  et 
en  m^mc  temp;*,  coromc  un  de^  plu3  agTeabled  aoins  <lu 
miniaterc  que  le  Roy  m*a  confie*  ci^luy  d'hiformcr  votreL  \ 
Em**  dc.^  chan^emcns  anxqnela  la  mort  dc  M.  lo  Cardf  i 
Dubois  a  dcniie  Jieu  daiiB  lea  dispositious  du  gouvenu>*  ( 
merit,    Le   Roy   a    remi4  radminiiitration   g<^tiemlc   dcs 
alTaires  de  son  royaume  h,  M.  le  Due  d'<3rk^anS|  qui  a  bieu 
vouiu   accepter  le  titre  et  ge  charger  des  fonetioiui  d« 
premier  minbtre.  Sa  Majesty  m'a  en  meme  temfw  honerdf 
de  eclu}^  de  pecrt^taire  d'etat  dm  affaires  etran^eres,  pouf 
t*x«?cuter  sous  lea  ordres  et  scma  les  yeux  de  S.  A.  Jl.  c« 
qui  peut  y  avoir  rapport. 

Cest  Mus  CO  titre  et  soua  eeluy  de  VlKJmme  du  laonda 
qui  porte  au  plna  haot  point  la  vcntTation^  lo  xelc  et  le  | 
d^Touement  pour  V.  Era*"  que  je  la  supplio  de  ne  me  pa» 
refuser  les  seconr*  qu'elle  vouloit  bien  doncer  a  mes  prt?- 
dect'Mseun?  daus  eet  important  employ,  par  celte  eorrear  ' 
pondance  oil  ib  ont  pui*^  ai  aouvent  les  avi^  et  1m  con- 
tseils  les  plus  utiles  au  serviee  du  Roy*  C'eJst  une  jp^eo J 
que  je  demande  td^instamment  ii  Y.  Km"  «»n  lu^'prote*- 
taut  que  j'en  auray  la  plna  parfini^  uiee, 

Je  voudroia  bien  (|ue  la  conjont  i  noua  trouh  ] 

von»  me  i«i«*at  toot  le  lempa  n*JL  ,    ar  n^-pondr* 

des  aujouxd'huy  h  celles  de  »cs  Icttrea  dout  M.  le  Card. 
Dubois  no  hiy  avoit  pas  tnarqu^^  la  r^eption  ;  elle  reeon- 
noitroit  que'  ma  premiere  attention  a'est  portee  avec 
empreasemeot  h  ce  qui  vieot  dc  Y.  Em^. 

J 'ay  fait  toutc  celle  que  je  doift  A  une  leltre  accempflgnci* 
d^nn  mcmoire  ooneeroant  M.  le  Xixic  de  Cumrn,  dej^  int<^ 
rkx?i  duqael  je  me  feray  un  objet  capital,  eomme  de  tout 
ce  qui  aura  rapport  k'ceux  do  Y**  Emw  et  it  aa  luni*- 
faction.  O'est  ce  dont  Je  la  gupplic  d'etre  perfiuadi^  ct 


•  Fleury  had  resigned  his  bishopric  in  order  to 
nearer  Madame  de  Maintenou,  who  was  at  the  height  < 
her  power,  and  he  liiid  accepted  aa  aoonnpensation  th 
Abbey  of  Toumus^  in  Buri^uody.     See  SnUd-Smu>tCi 
Menu>ir»t  3ti,  447-9, 

t  BriL  Mua,,  Addit.  MSS.  2d,322. 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


du  respectueux  Attacbe mrnt  «^ec  Icquf  1  Je  »uift^  MonscH 
gneur,  dt  V.  £in««  h  Uefr-liumble  et  ir^t^belssanl  aervi- 

Db  Morvjllb.* 
CardiDftl  Gunlterio  was,  r«  we  see,  the  faithful 
and  indefftligable  adviser  of  the  French  Crown 
on  Blatters  of  forL^^Ti  policy ;  liia  con^unitoate 
experience  gave  the  utmost  value  to  the  corre- 
spondence which  he  carried  on  with  the  ministers 
at  Versailles  and  their  ap-ents  abroad ;  and  hU 
welUcnown  partiality  for  Fnuice  had  trflnsfomied 
him  into  a  kind  of  iion-oilicial  vhaiuje  ttuffaire^^ 
whose  duty  it  was  to  watch  the  proceedings  of 
th«  cc»alition,  and  to  keep  up  a  leelin^r  of  cor* 
diality  between  the  Pope  and  Ilia  Moat  Christian 
Majesty. 

Morville  writea  to  him,  it  will  be  observed^  in 
a  ton©  of  great  obsequiousness  : — 

Je  ne  peux  me  dispenier,  Manseigneur,  do  marqucr 
encore  plus  pnrtkulioremeat  h  Votre  Emiaence  p/ir  un 
billot  separe  combitn  jo  fruis  tnu«|je  dea  marque.«i  do  bofitd 
dottt  L*He  vent  bi<m  ra'honort»r  an  commencertnint  tie  mora 
niinJ.^tiTe.  J'ai  fait  part  h  M-  le  Garde  des  Sceaux  f  <le  ct? 
qu'tille  til 'a  fait  In  grace  de  mVcdre ;  il  y  e^t  plus  sviiftiblc 
quo  je  ne  peux  rt-xprinicr,  et  j'ose  assurer  votrc  Eini- 
neoce  qu'il  partage  biea  vivtMiient  avcc  mov  la  recon- 
nolAsanee  que  je  hii  doift.  11  flVstime  tmp  hcureux  de 
pouvolr  vivre  encore  dans  m\\  juiuvcnir  ;  il  conserve  pour 
elle  tous  le»  MtntimenU  qui  la'i  sout  h  juAtement  clus. 
Pout  moy,  Monaelpneur,  j^avuuerai  ii  Voire  Eraioence^ 
qu«  rien  ne  oie  tlatte  pluH  dans  la  pla^e  dont  Je  auL;*  re- 
vctu  que  la  i-clatioji  que  j'aurai  I'lionneurd^avoir  [avec] 
die.  L'ue  eontiance  saciis  bonjesca  Votre  Ennnencoscrala 
rfcglu  du  nm  cotiduitei  et  nte  pnroitra  toujour^  lo  scul 
THoyt'n  dont  je  pourrai  me  R^rvir  pour  remplir  difjnement 
le  mijiistiire  t|U  il  a  plu  uu  Koy  tt  h.  Son  Altciwe  Hojale 
Ue  oonfivr  h,  mea  ftoins.  Je  Aupplie  done  Votre  Eminence 
de  mUitler  de  aoi  luniieres  ct  de  croire  que  per^onne  nii 
monde  ne  peut  etre  plus  jiilonx  que  moy  dVn  profiter* 
Je  «ub  :i\ix.  %t\\  reapcet  litfini,  Monsei^nour,  de  Votre 
Eminence  le  tria-htimble  et  tres-obt'issant  Pervitmr, 

De  Morvillk. 
A  Versailles,  ee  22  sept"  1723. 

The  fourth  letter^the  last — whicli  I  ^hal!  ^'ive 
here,  is  one  of  the  most  interesting  in  the  whule 
6^nm ;  it  was  written  to  Cmxlinal  Ciualterio  b^*  a 
well-known  persomige,  Julien,  who,  after  having 
been  a  Protestant,  and  even  received  a  colonelev 
from  the  Prince  of  Orange  (William  III),  hail 
returned  to  France  and  embraced  the  Itoutan 
Catholic  religion.  Court  gays  of  him — "  Son  zelt*, 
amer  et  bigot,  ne  laissoit  rien  a  d<58irer  a  cet  ^gard, 
I-iCa  Protestants  n'eiirent  pat*  d'ennemi  plus  re<lou- 
tnble/*  {HiM.  de  la  Omrrti  de«  Cfvennes^  vol  i. 
153,  154.)  Julien  played  a  conspicuous  part  id 
tile  persecution  directed  t» gainst  the  Camisards. 

A  une  m&ieon  de  campn^o,  h  7  lieue*  de  Paris. 

Le  •2U'"*juin  1709, 

J'arrivay  k  Paris,  men  inconipa ruble  Seigneur,  le  P2 

du   courarit,   et  buict  jours  apnt*  )e  vina  a  eetle  belle 

cattipt^e,  oil  nous  paaAons  agrtfablement  le  tcnip^,  eloi- 

gBd  dea  tiiacour&  ennuyeux  et  tri^ien  qui  ae  debit  tent  a 


P 

>it  ^H 

Lmi- 


•  Brit,  Mas.,  Addit  MSS.  20/323. 
t  M.  d'ArgeoBon. 


Pari4  jmr  la  miA^re  ^n^rale,  sar  la  nurct^  d*argent, 
i»ur  la  continuation  de  la  guerre  Kir»qu*on  *e  flaltuit 
eette  patx  tant  dtfein^e^  et  4|ui  a  e»te  roaipue  depuis 
eomrLe  je  vais  avoir  rbonneur  d'arprendre  a  Vutre  1 
aettce.  Kile  aura  ,Ht;eu  que  M.  de  Ton:v  etoit  a  La  Paye^ 
et  que  le  Id  may  milord  Moibourou^  y  i^tant  arrive 
avec  milord  Touasend  f  «ir  in  the  manuscript ;  it  »houid 
be  Townaend]  pl^-iii  potential  res  d'Angleterre,  lea 
ferenees  *.'<  ■  ut  le  VJ  cntrc  ces  deux  mi 

M,  de  Tt>!  ill^,  les  iroiH  ]:)Ousiunuuires 

lande,  M,  l>  ^i  i  u^^ene,  et  rambaAsadeur  de  i 

ce  c^ui  eoiitiuua  chai|ue  jour.  Le  24,  le  comte  de  Stni 
dort  arriva  ii  La  Ilayo  et  cntra  Ic  mc?me  soir  danj. 
conferencea  qui  avoient  este  tonne's  pcu  de  jonn 
ravant  deux  foia  par  jour,    Eulia,  pour  couper 
M.  de  Torcy  demanda  k  cea  messieurs  le^  artifi 
ecrit,  aftn  qu'il  lea  portat  au  Roy  pour  s^'a\'oif  «i  S. 
lej*  voudrojt  signer*  ct  oe  ministre  ei^taiit  arriv^  le  1^ 
eourant  h  Ver^yiille^  il  y  cot  conseil  le  2  soir   * 
oe«  artiilcis  fnr<?nt  trimvca  ai  durs  et  m«*»aie 
in  la  personno  du  Koy,  que  S.  M.  ue  put  *e  rt^ 
fiigaer,  de  aorte  que  tout  tourne  it  la  g'uerre  et  [>lu«  a 
paix,  Voic}'*  ii  co  qu*on  pubhe  h,  Pnm,  Tartit^le  eisenUi 
i»ur  lequel  Je  Koy  a  rompii,  II  eit  <inei<ition  de  faire 
Pliilippe  V  d^EHpagnedani*  deux  mois,  et  de  donai 
9''urete   et   otage    liayonne,   Pamptlun?,  FooUn 
quelque*  aiitre^  placea  en  Flandrea  frontiere**  de  I'Ai 
toute-4  le«i<|ueUeii  placet!  rej^teront  .lux  eunemii  «i  au  bui 
de   detix  iriuis  le  lioy  d'Espagne  n*eat  pas  revenu  < 
France,  le^ijuels  ennemia  pourront  contiuuer  la  gaen 
contre  nous,  et  comme  le  Roy  n'e*t  pas  niaiircdefaijni 
venirlo  Roy  son  petit-tils,  r]Gand  meime  il  y  em] ' 
la  force,  lc*i  deux  mois  ne  sutfiroient  \m$,  et  nous 
livru  les  portes  de  noire  lioyaume  aux  ennetais.  1 
voit  bien  que  ect  article  ne  pent  estre  execute'  de 
du  Roy,  maia  S.  JL  a'engn^eoit  do  partde  k  ne 
plus  le  Hoy  son  pitit-fiU.  il  y  a  uu  autre  article 
quel  le  Koy  auroit  eu  peine  tie  se  rc^oudrr,  c'est  I' 
eoncernant  le  rt?'uibli.<»eiiieD.t  de  I  edict  de  Nantei^"^__ 
len  eunemis  dcmandent.  On  pretend  qu'ila  laisH-ni  Vu\i- 
lion  ati  Koy,  ou  de  le  retublir,  ou  bicn  de  penn  rtrr  tart 
k  ceux  qui  sunt  »or(is,  qti^a  eeux  qui  vondrosi 
vendpe  jHodant  20  annee«  Icurs  bieos,  et  «c  r 
le  payj»  ct  ranger.  A  Tcgard  de  tous  lea  autre.>  . 
aont  ifl»c%  durii,  puldqu^il  A'ngit  de  nous  remuttre  ati 
t rai tea  des  Pyrenees  et  de  Muuster,  ii  la  demolition 
Duokerijuc,  de  Ber^nei**  de  Thionville,  a  dontjer  qui-lq 
portion  du   baut   l>.iuphine   au   due   de  Savoye  ;  tou 
I'Alaace,  et  meame  ce  que  noua  avions  avant  le  traite  di 
2b]un.«ter,     II  y  en  a  qui  as^urent  c^u'on  ne  demandi*  p« 
la  FrMche-Compte.  On  verra  lears  injustes  pretentioni 
duns  un  maniieste  que  le  Koy  doit  dormer  ou  pullie,  el 
ciqiendant  on  se  prepare  a  coniinuer  la  tjuerre.   Xoo- 
obi-tant   la   rarete    dea    dcnrees,   l)ieu  veuille 
viennc  une  famine  daua  ce  roynume,  et  que  lea  ei 
ne  movent  ait**v  heureux  en  Fhndre4*  eette 
qu'ils   I'ont   ete   Ics  precedentCi"*   C'est   I 
VilJar^  qui  commande  notro  arnii^e.  Mo; 
plu5,  non  pUift  que  M,  le  Due  de  Kourg(»i:i  -?  oirf 

eomraande  le  mareaehid  d*llareonrt,  M-  de  iiejnnr'*  eu 
pagne^  ayant  e«tederlare  avaut-hiermaresohfll  d»*  Frr^we* 
^aoHdoute  qu'il  y  '  '  ■  ' 

veUi'S,   nu)U   inci 
d'ordonner  que  vo 

il  Avignon  par  le  i^ed^ti  de  Kome  ou  de  tieuesj;  le  «iHUt»^ 
d'Urbau  aura  soin  de  le^  retirer.  ct  dc  me  lea  tnriivur^ 
Pari*,  oil  je  comptc  de  rcatei  '  - 

gagnerai  Orangv%  s'il  pluit  au 
phiifeir  que  je  pnisse  avoir,  cV-i 

de  la  santti  de  V.  Em**,  et  quo  h  Vu[  ••«» 

lea  nialhenrs  que  ta  durete  ct  iaj  :ax 

V. '.:    a  attift^  pour  avoir  elO   tr<q»   inhm:  ,i  .-..»    -  -  et 


4«S.Tn.  JAS-aS,-!!.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


71 


1 


*  i'n  scn*i  Ic  S*  Sie^re,  Yoilk  tou«  roj^  crimes, 

I>  .iC\  «*e  mo  donne  \*m   moyena  dc  biun   con- 

T*jr^r      t     1      '     1    '-   ^         nt  litlello,  teodre  et  rcspcr- 
iutrax  *vre  3-  ite  ma  vit\  Mfusei^^oeur, 

de  Votre  EtJL  j^ublc  et  trfca-oUfissant  aer- 

Titettf.  ^ 

JULIKJC. 

'"  L    ■  ■  -     f  aax  pcrsonnes 
11.  -;inref»,  s'il  voas 

[UJiorl  vuu"*  lui  fcrirtz»  Mon»iMKneur. 
h  M.  I'ribLH^  cli*  1ft  Tour,  evenuc  dp 
Avis^non  h  Mnd^  de  (ruyon  la 
lie  le  fair©  locttre  au  pedon  <le 

I  in  the  li^M  of  present  events,  tlii^  dismal 

.  of  tlie  state  of  France  dtirinj^  the  last  few 

of   the   reigu   of  Louis  XIV.   is  certaiiily 

;    .    .=  enough.  GuaTATE  Masson." 

Ujunyir^oD-tbe-Hill. 


A  BLACK-COrXTRY  LEGEND. 
Enlj  in  the   pre.«ient  century,t  -when  Bilsttnn 
int!  %  loDg   straggling   village  with  one   main 
wMch  formed  a  part  of  the  ra ail-road  from 
n    TO  Cheater    and   Holyhead,    the   Bulla 
^^rti-jed  for  sale  Lady  IJay,  1R70)  waa 
1  inn  of  the  place,  and  a  well-known 
the  old  Jriah  route.    It  was  naturally, 
:  as  a  matter  of  course,  the  house  at 
town  worthies  were  wont  to  meet, 
[  whole-9om+^  home-brewed  ale  out  of 
^ "-'  black  glazed  pota,  smoke  their 
i|K'3j  and  talk  over  the  politics  of 
t  J ttk" -tattle  of  the  neighbourhood. 
I  1 1  ] ;  I  :  H  eve,  while  thus  pleasantly 
t!>      I  1  Ml*»st   smokiDg-room  (cotTee- 
Ti  it   n-  yet  come  into  existence),  a 
■         i   to  tbe  door,  followed  by  his 
le-bugs.    Ther«  is,  of  course, 
pi  the  assembled  guests  to 
rwho   the  stranger  may  be ;  and  from   the 
nirntive  valet  they  soon  learn  that  he  ia 
ft'  ruT  en  r Old e  io  I jondon.    They  beconie 

iL  y  desiroua  of    his  company   amongat 

tii^ttiaulve^y  both  for  society  and  flews'^  sake;  but 
lilt  ptotleuian  unisociftlly  keeps  his  own  room 
(pttUTS,  So  that  at  last,  driven  to  desperation 
od  perchance  somewhat  pot-valiant,  one  of  the 
CMDpittij,  Mr.  Edward  W'ooUey  of  Stone  fields,  a 

•  Brit.  Mua,.  AddiL  MSS.  2t\UH. 

f  Bt}«ton  w;i*  at  this  lime  the  villaijo  of  the  Bbck 
Cottntrv,  po^t^tfia^  the  well-known  ti^i-yard  »enm  of 
vnl,  vkicn  proved  the  making  uf  ihe  distnot,  but  is  now 
VHW  onii  and  havin^r  ^  larger  trade  in  btickh'fl, 
i«»toaertwi^  l-i-.,,  llnui  Wnlvfrlmmpton  jt*plf.  The 
ftif<  Grofjare  (jav*  an  impfttii  tu  its  dwlininR:  trado  by 
Vttnng  A  t>urKle  of  B^l«iti'>n  make;  nnd  smih  wa-s  hi* 
■ifHty**  sH^  'nit  on  one  occa^jtm, 

JjH  «  fbbb.  U  Jtp  «aid  :  ♦*  oh  I  if 

»V  iauflbriL^...:,  ...  ^jue  it,  take  no  notice 


screw-maker  (i*.  e,  of  iron  acrews  for  wood  )^  sends 
up  the  servant  with  his  chronometer,  to  ask  the 
Irishman  if  he  can  tell  wlint  time  it  is  by  an 
English  watch.  Great  aniiety  ensues  aa  to  the 
result.  Presently  the  servant  returns  with  his 
masters  compliments,  and  he  will  he  down 
directly  with  the  watch  and  an  answer.  A  great 
shullling  of  feet  ia  heard  overhead;  and  by  and 
by  appears  Mileains,  followed  by  hia  boi!3'-guard 
bearing  a  tray  with  the  watch*  and  a  brace  of 
pistols  on  it.  Tie  iinhesitatingly  announces  that 
ne  is  come  to  challenge  the  owner  of  the  watch, 
and  hopes  he  will  have  the  ''dacency '*  to  claim 
it  and  take  np  one  of  the  pistols.  (To  the  ser- 
vant: **Take  the  watch  round,  John! '')  **Ih  it 
yours,  sir  P  '*  The  old  doctor,  Mosi*,  was  the  lirst 
thus  addrea<^ed ;  nnd  nmongst  others  present  were 
Messi-s.  IVice  and  Bitshbury.  '*  No,  sir ! "  w^aa 
the  invariable  answer  from  each  put  to  this  cru- 
cial teat.  At  length  it  comes  to  tlie  owner:  '*  Iq 
the  watch  yours,  sir  ?  "  "  No,  sir !  "  **  Well 
then,  John,  aince  no  one  will  own  the  watch,  put 
it  in  your  pocket ;  and  as  we  do  not  appear  to^ 
have  fallen  nmong  *jintlemen,'  bring  out  the 
horses,  and  we'll  ride  on  another  stage."  The 
tale  of  courfie  soon  got  abroiwi,  and  to  the  end  of 
his  career  poor  Woolley,  or  rather  "  'Oolley,"  as 
he  was  more  generally  called,  was  accoated  with 
**  What*8  o'clock, Mr.  '(lolley  i* "  Only  within  a  year 
or  two  of  his  death,  while  riding  along  quietly  in 
his  carriage,  a  young  urchin  thus  annoyed  him; 
and  in  getting  out  to  make  a  dash  after  him,  poor 
**  TJolley  ^*  waa  upset  and  grievously  injured ; 
that  he  had  good  cause  long  to  remember 
loss  of  hia  **  fAuiily  turnip/'  and  his  preatige 
Quixotic  combativeness.  Stapfordlensis, 


TEDIGUEE  OF  IIUMK  THE  illSTORIAX: 
BARON  BAIUJE. 

Hume  the  historian,  in  the  autobiographical 
fragment  he  left  behind  him,  states  that  he  was 
of  good  family  ^'  both  by  father  and  mother! 
ray  father's  family  is  a  braneh  nf  the  Earl 
Homes  or  Humes,  and  my  ancestors  had  been 
proprietors  of  the  estate,  which  luy  brnther 
possessea,  for  several  generations "  (p.  2).  The 
name  of  the  family  estate  waa  Ninewells,  and  its 
last  male  possessor  waa  David  Hume,  a  Baron 
of  Exchequer,  and  the  author  of  Commenta 
upon  the  Onminai  Law  of  Scotland.  By  the  death 
of  the  baron'a  only  son  Joseph,  which  occurred  i 
short  time  after  he  passed  advocate,  the  succea 
sion  opened  to  daughters ;  and  it  is  believed  that 
the  estate  now  ia  in  possession  of  a  son  of  one  ^ 
these  ladies. 

Although  the  Humes  of  Ninewells  had  beett' 
for  at  least  throe  centuries  in  possession  of  that 
estate,  the  assertion  that  they  descended  from  a 
branch  of  the  Eark  oi  Htime  cmvuqX^i^  ^ajc^'^X.^^ 


ff 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[i't'S.VIL  JAK.«8, 


There  ia  no  lepral  evideacn  of  the  fact,  and  the 
ciwumatftoce  that  in  L5;3G  Andrew  Hume  of  Ninc*- 
wbUr  was  with  Jatnes  QufayteUead,  one  of  the 
bailliea  of  the  prior  of  the  monastery  of  Colding- 
Ixani^  militates  a^in^t  the  historian ^fl  assumption. 
One  of  the  duties  of  a  baron  baillie  was  to  give 
ol>edioticu  to  the  precept  or  command  of  a  superior 
to  infeft  and  give  posseesion  to  a  vai?sal  of  lands 
held  of  the  over-lord.  Thus  Adam,  prior  of 
CoMinphani,  gave  precept  to  Andrew  Hume  of 
Nyne wells  and  James  Quytehead,  or  Whit*^head, 
on  January  24,  to  jrive  i«asini*  to  Sir  Walter 
O^ilvy  of  Dunlng-UR  and  Alison  Hume,  h\t^  spou&e^ 
of  one»half  of  the  lands  of  Lumnisden,  nunc  nun^ 
Cf^Hd,  Fastcastle,  in  the  barony  of  Colding-ham 
ind  shire  of  Berwick, 

This  mandate  was  obeyed  upon  January  1*6, 
1530,  and  the  fact  was  certified  by  a  notary 
public. 

The  charter,  which  is  the  warrant  for  the  pre- 
cept besides  the  conventual  seal,  has  the  subscript 
ti»»na  of  the  monks.  It  is  also  addressed  to  James 
Whitehead  and  Andrew  Hume  of  N£newell«  aa 
htiillies  of  the  prior  and  convent. 

The  Humes  of  the  border  were  more  given  to 
warlike  than  peaceful  pursuits;  and  it  is  not 
probable  that  any  of  the  cadets  of  the  family 
would  humble  ihemeelves  to  become  baron  bailliea 
of  th*^  prinr  and  convent  of  Coldingham.  When 
held  by  the  foActionary  of  an  earl  or  baron,  the 
baillie  had  within  that  jurisdiction  of  the  over- 
lord ^rreat  judiciiil  powers,  being  pubstantially  the 
commis.Hioner  and  r«pre.^entative  of  hir?  master,  and 
as  such  could  ftdjndioflte  in  all  civil  and  certain 
criminal  ca.fce».  To  discharge  the  duties  of  auch 
an  otKce  required  a  dejrree  of  education  and 
legal  knowledge  which  could  hardly  be  expucted  to 
bii  found  in  a  moss-trooping  family."  Indeed,  baron 
baiiliea  were  generally  the  legal  advisers  of  tbi*  ! 
baron,  and  were  mostly  broiig^ht  up  likw  the  cele- 
brated oflicial  of  the  Baron  of  Bradwardtne,  as 
writers,  Attf/iice  attorneys. 

It  must  not  therefore  be  imagtoed  by  Southern 
readers  that  a  Scotish  baron  baiUie  or  bailit!'  is 
the  same  parson  as  the  individual  vulgarlr  de- 
s^nated  in  the  South  as  a  bum-bailiff— a  mistake 
which  a  coiinsid  Ifmrned  in  peerage  lore  recently 
fell  into,  to  the  amusement  of  his  h carers  from 
the  North,  (>ii  the  contrary,  the  baillin  required 
lobe  well  educated,  and  a 'man  with  whom  the 
baron  could  consult  and  advise  when  it  wiv^  re- 
qtiisite. 

In  Scotland  there  used  to  be  in  former  days  no 
gmall  fondness  for  satire,  as  h  evident  from  the 
great  variety  of  pa^quils  and  squibs  of  that  de- 
8cripti»m  which  have  been  preservndt  and  many 
of  whii^h  have  not  long  since  been  collected  and 
published.  The  ba^3n  and  his  baillie  were  not 
allowe<l  to  remain  undifiturU-d,  as  in  the  r^ign  of 
Ch/trl&B  I.  the  foUowiog  work,  understood  to  hare  \ 


liticS 

liqufl 


1 

i 


come  from   the  pen  of  his  majesty's  physi( 
Dr.   Patrick  Anderson,  was  presented  to  pui 
notice.     Wo  give  the  title  from  the  tirst  editi* 
printed  in  black  letter,  and  supposed  to  be  uniqi 
*'  The  Copic  of  a  Baron^a  Court,  newly  translated 
Whftt^you-c4ill-bim,  Clerk  to  the  same.     Printed    at 
Helicon,  beside  FamttttuM^  and  are  to  b«  »old  ia  Cale- 
donia-''    (Twelve  leaves,  black  letter.) 

In  this  dramatic  production  the  chief  perfonnert 
are  the  baron,  his  lady,  Ms  chamberlain,  his 
baillie,  his  clerk,  his  officer,  and  bis  teoante ;  and 
the  plot  turns  upon  the  relative  duties  of  the  par- 
ties—not forgetting  the  frailties  of  the  great  miuiy 
his  pecuniary  diificultics,  his  lady's  follies, 
trickeries  of  those  under  him^  anti  the  vices 
the  time  —  and  presents  a  carious  and  probal 
tolerably  accurate  picture  of  the  position  of 
many  of  the  lesser  barons  prior  to  the  death 
Charles. 

This  amusing  production  was  reprinted  at  the 
beginning  of  the  last  centun,'  at  Edinburgh,  luid 
in  1824  by  Tlavid  Webster — a  remarkable  man  in 
his  wavt  much  patronised  as  a  vendor  of  old  and 
curious  books  by  Sir  W^alter  8cott,  Principal 
Lee,  Archibald  Constable,  and  other  collector  of 
literary  rarities.  To  this  edition  Webster  pre^jced 
a  short  preface  and  added  explanatory  notes.  It 
is  now  quite  out  of  print* 

Whether  the   bibtorian's  ancestor  could 
any  relatirmship,  or  any  other  connection 
than  that  of  a  clansman  of  the  luiughty  Barona 
Hume,  is  problematical  j  but  that  he  was 
descendant  of  Andrew  Hume   of  Nine  wells,   a 
bftTfjn  baillie  of  the  prior  and  convent  of  Cold' 
ingham,  is  plain  enough ;  and  the  inheritance 
an  estate,  especially  in  the  Merse,  for  consid* 
ably  more  than  three  centuries  in  the  same  1 
mily,  is  in  truth  something  to  bo  proud  of, 
much  more  satisfactory  than  any  remote  re' 
ship,  supposed   or  even   reftl,  to   the   higk< 
lluniCvS  who,  it  %viU  be  remarked,  had  no 
dom  until  lOOA,  J,  M.' 


rons^H 
&m«M^ 


A  NEW  SONG  FROM  PAUIS. 
As  art  illustration  to   Mk.  C.  W.  Bixqkam^ 
eommynicHtion  referring  to  **  the  unbrokun  selfj 
confidence  which  the  French,  like  the  Athei 
have  ever  retained  amidst  the  greatest  di< 
T   beg  to  enclose  a   song  which  I  reoeivi 
balloon -post,   with   a  note  mentioning   that 
same  superseded  the  **  Marseillaise  '*  :-^ 

U  mon  Dieu !  la  faim  me  preaae; 

Je  donnerais  poitr  une  bifteck^ 
La  principaut^  de  Ilesse 

Et  le  grand -dnche  de  Teck. 

Je  donnerais  a  cette  heiire 

Le  duch^  de  Punsigny 
Pour  ime  livre  de  beurro 

De  Bretagne  on  d'lssigny. 


4*S.VU.aAs,  88.71.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


73 


Oh !  j^eumge  quAtid  je  pen^e 

Que  le  marecbaL  Lebomf, 
Lar^ement  s'emplit  In  panse, 

El  qu^  j«  n'tii  pas  un  o.*uf. 
Je  vols  touioura  dans  mea  soDgea 

1.1  V   "-^   rie  pQval 
Atr  s  sea  longer, 

Et  ...| ..a..  -  par  du  chev&l. 
La  D^'fease  Rationale. 

D'lme  liberalo  main 
I>ei  charogTie  nous  rijgHle, 

Pour  ftujourd'huij  imua  demain  ? 
0«B  bieaa  que  Dieu  nous  envoie, 

Lapiu  de  gouttiere  oii  chien, 
Je  iMsseraift  avec  joie 

Pour  d^ouper  du  Prussien, 

HiMe  iiDjiiorous  lines,  which  are  perhaps  the 
•OtM  of  the  expinng  swan,  are  anonymoua ;  but 
1  IB  inclined  to  think  that  they  were  eomposeii 

* —    ^^  lieutenant   of  eixgrineei^  who  waa 

■ttted  in  L^T-ndon,  and   fights  now  in 

; .«  .*.c  capacity  of  an  electrician. 

FRAycisftUE  Michel. 
S77,  Stand,  W.C. 


Chi&'a  >f''^fv — Thfl  mania  for  chino,  which 
ti  at  firt»:  '■  id  no  new  taste,  aa  the  fol- 

\omm^  euri  it  from  an  old  countty  paper, 

'i%e  HletitTH  i'Vyi/i//  Pod  and Sha-horne  Qiulltocil 
Mmxmfjf^vfWi  aatisfy  the  readers  of  **  N.  k  Q/'  r— 
**  Plyaiouth,  Feb,  13, 1700. 

^ll«r  people  in  IhcBo  part/ are  *  Chuia  raad'  j  tliey 
4hi\  wjr  lay  out  all  the  motiuy  tbey  are  owners  of, 
Utt  ftwi  r«ivn  their  CZoathB  tu  gu  on  board  the  China 
IU|p»  t>  »,Mi'  tr  I  (,,..,  ..nri  Saucers.  Nothing  is  more 
iMinir:  ntheChitiu  tmcle ;  in  the 

fcl jpla  ptirchftsed  with  Trenaure, 

MTnUTic^,  Ltution  of  China  pre- 

VaiillM  O^  \irare— Tea,  the  Con* 

WBprion  of  .^  -^ . .1  .<iilk  the  Coiisuniption 

at  our  own  T  j  laetiy,  now  two  thircls  of 

tbrowr'i  h.i  L  in  Tea  and  Sn^ar." 

"Olu  Fa ni»:u  Antic,  thk  Law/'— Some  few 

'1  epeided  in  the  etatiite-book 

lit  day  are  more  honouretl  in 

-         :i  in  the  observance.     The  pariia- 

'  IT.,  Williara  111.,  Anne,  and  the 

,p8  weem  to  have  considered 

i  ^  to  have  required  legiinilation, 

ij^eata  of  these  reigns  tell  us  what 

.r  and  what   to  avoid.     Thus   by 

lu  \\  lLL  ilL  c.  2,  no  per^jn  may  use  or  sell  any 

uttiiaa  made  of  doth,  serge,  drugget,  frieze^  or 

^  Vt  of  paving  forty  ftbillingB  for  every 

maae   of  wood  were  evidently 

i?r-i  i-  :  1  ^     the  interests  of  society, 

%  IW  m^f  s  ^ta  on,  or  ^ells  any 

•idi   forfeiL;    i..ii't     .-unjiagg    for    every    dozen. 

i^MO^  by  6  Anne,*  c.  G,  it  ia  prohibited  to  make 


either  battona  or  batton-boles  of  cloth,  aerge, 
drugget,  frieze,  or  camlet  under  a  penalty  of  tiv© 
pounds  per  doxen. 

The  next  enact  meat  is  that  of  4  Geo,  I.  c.  7, 
which,  fta  a  commentator  remarks,  is  bo  loose  and 
uojrrnmmatical  in  its  garb  that  it  might  have  been 
nuide  by  the  tailors  and  button -makers  tbem- 
fektlves.  By  this  statute  the  penalty  ia  reduced  to 
forty  shillings,  and  a  power  is  conferred  on  the 
magistrates  of  sentencing  the  oftender  to  impri- 
sonment;  and  by  the  Act  7  Geo.  T,  at  1,  c.  12,  the 
wearer  of  contraband  buttuna  is  subjected  to  a 
similar  penalty.  'JuLiAH  8HABJliJf. 

Folk  Lore  :  Frost  on  the  Shortrst  Dat. — 
The  workmen  (or  delphmeo )  of  the  stone  quarries 
of  South  Ijfincabhire  say  that,  if  a  frost  sets  in  on 
the  shortest  day  and  holds  out  for  twenty-four 
hours,  there  will  be  froat  for  the  next  tlufoe 
months.  Should  this  prove  true,  we  may  now 
expect  frost  until  the  end  of  March. 

II.  FlSHWlCK» 

Scottish  Societies.— As  Scotland  is  admitted 
to  bo  deficient  in  county  histories,  it  has  occurred 
to  me  (from  papers  which  have  come  into  my 
possession)  that  a  maas  of  .reliable  materials 
might  be  made  available  for  supplying  to  a  cer- 
tain extent  the  present  want  by  publiidiing  in 
"  N.  &  Q,"  lists  of  the  earlier  members  of  the 
following  societies,  &c.,  from  their  commencement 
down  to  the  vear  180(3,  or  even  to  1820,  the  cloae 
of  George  ifl.'s  reign.  These  lists  would  gra- 
dually invite  useful  annotations: — 

1.  The  Sodety  of  Advocates. 

%  The  Writers  to  the  Signet. 

3,  The  Royal  College  of  Surgeons  ( from  1087, 
with  any  ll^^ts  of  pre\^uus  practitioners). 

4.  The  lio^al  College  of  Physicians  (Edin- 
burgh). 

i7.  Co7it)eners  of  Trades  f  Edinburgh). 
6*  Lord  Provosts  of  Edinburgh,  and  Provoats 
of  Leith. 

7.  Royal  Society  of  Scotland. 

8.  Matriculations  at  the  CoHe;;e8  of  Edinburgh, 
Glasgow,  Aberdeen,  and  St.  Andrews. 

9.  The  Canongale  Kilwinning  (Masonic)  Lodge 
of  F^iuburgh** 

Many  lost  or  entirely  neglected  branches  of 
ancient  houses  might  by  the  above  means  be 
again  brought  to  liyht.  and  identified  with  con- 
siderable advantage  to  Scotch  historical  literal ur*^. 

Sp. 

Story  ascrirkd  to  TnEonoKE  ITook. — An 
article  in  the  SpevUUor  of  Jan.  7,  1871,  entitled 
'*  The  Author  of  the  Ingoidsin/  Legmd»^'*  conUina 
the  following  passage  : — 

•  Tbi9  wiw  the  prototype  of  nuxJerii  Seotch  clubN. 
Amougjtt  its  mtitnbt^rs  were  Johti^oa'a  Boawtill,  Murray, 
ftecr<!tary  to  Prince  Charles,  and  othw  waJl-known  public 
characters. 


u 


NOTES  AND  QUEEIES. 


[iti'S.VILJA».2S.7I, 


*»  An  Irisli  story,  told  by  Thccxiore  Hook,  may  oome 
next.  A  gentleman  was  drivitt;^  his  spr^'itnt  in  a  cab.  and 
siid  to  liim,  hnlf  joculnrly,  hnlf  in  an^.-tt  *  If  tlic-  galtuwjj 
Imd  its  dup,  yon  r&.^coli  wIutc  would  you  l>c  now  ?  * 
*  Fftiih,  then,  your  honour/  was  the  reply,  '  it's  ridin;;  in 
thii*  cab  Vd  be,  all  al»tie  by  myself,  may  be.* "     (1*.  20.) 

I  believe  tliia  story,  tbougli  in  a  glijzlitly  dif- 
ferent Ibnu,  is  older  ihnn  tbe  em  of  Hook.  I  aiwv 
it  in  print  m  1827,  in  a  very  old  quarto  voliimw 
entitled  the  Connitj  Magazine^  where  it  ran  tbua  : 
"  As  a  Yankee  ftc*  cnte  und  P.nldy  quite  aly 

W«re  ridingr  to  t^iwti,  the}*  a  ]>;nlk*\vs  panaM  by. 

S>icl  the  YAnkcc  to  Fat,  *  If  I  dtm't  make  irwfx^. 

Give  that  gallows  ita  due,  and  pray  where  irauld  3*011 
be  ? ' 

Said  Pat  tr>  the  Yankee, '  Sun?,  t!int'«  enj^ily  known ; 

Fd  be  riding  to  town  by  myself,  all  nlone.*  " 

Torquay, 

Lord  Nfj^on'h  OriinoN'  of  GKUjiiAN  Gexe- 
RALgi. — It  will  bo  interestinif  ftt  tliii*  limo  to  caH 
to  mind  Lord  Nekon*8  opinion  of  the  German 
generals,  as  eipressed  by  bim  in  1795  :  — 

"A*  for  the  German  generals,  war  h  their  trade,  nnd 
pfnacc  is  ruin  to  them ;  therefore  we  laonot  expect  that 
they  should  have  any  wish  to  finish  t!ie  war." 

This,  it  ia  to  be  feared,  is  sadly  applicable  in 
the  year  187L  F.  0.  11. 

Ajf  lyBCRiPTioN.  —  On  an  old  s^ilver  epoon  at 
Etwall  Hall^  Derby ahire,  id  tbe  following  inscrip- 
tion : — 

*♦  In  clyTniui?  hye  there  was  a  fall, 
But  yet  €xe«|»t  the  {L^^^odwili  uf  us  all ; 
Thonj4;he  fortuiio  frotinde  n^aini^t  our  will, 
Yet  hope  i  wol  and  wil  dovv  ftiill  -, 
For  in  y*  straightea  of  Magalan,  Captyan  Cottont  so 

called  by  name, 
Caused  mee'io  be  maid  in  y«  lULnithe  of  Mft5%  15D2;  it 
b  trewe  y»  I  saye." 

MooRLANB  Lad. 

CuAWBA^N. — I  was  iufarmed  the  other  di»y  tbat 
between  forty  and  tilty  y^^m  ago,  an  old  Iwdy  ftt 
Lincoln  wore  **  a  cbuwhan  - ' ;  and  on  inquiry  I 
learnt  that  it  was  *'  a  narrow  band  with  a  amnll 
neat  frill  on  each  edge,  and  went  uudcr  the  chin, 
from  ear  to  ear,  to  fasten  the  cap  on  her  head.' 

The  word  appears  to  be  com  pounded  of  the 
obsolete  cfmii)  =  iaw,  and  hnndi  and,  if  ofsniriciunt 
interest,  might  be  better  noted  thim  otherwise  in 
"N.  &Q,"  J.Beale. 

The  late  Joseph  Parked, — T  have  been,  ^ince 
his  death,  hoping  to  aee  an  announcement  of  the 
pnblication  of  hi«  memoirs  and  corrcFpondence, 
I  believe  his  letters  would  be  found  f^  full  of 
interest,  humour,  and  grood  ?enseti8  Sydney  Sniith's. 
Has  it  never  occurred  to  biH  daurrhter  or  other 
friend  to  preserve  the  memory  of  liim  by  this 
means  ?  Ellcee* 

Craven* 

FlTRNESfl     AUBET    AXD     THE     CnKTHVM    80- 

CIETY.  —  l&  it  not  matter  of  itgret  that  when 


i 


ao  much  has  been  dona  for  Foimtaios  Abbey 
by  the  Surtees  Society,  so  little  hse  been  di 
for  Farnena  by  the  Chethatn  Society  P  W01 
it  not  be  better  for  this  learned  society  to  disco' 
and  edit  the  Coucher-book  of  Fumeas  than 
expend  its  funds  in  n^publisbing  scarce  tractli' 
(4*^  S,  vi.  149,)  The  lluke  of  Devonshire,  to 
whom  Ftirneas  belongs,  expressed  himself  some 
years  ago,  at  an  archaiologicjil  meeting  within  xU 
walls,  fully  alive  to  the  sacred  trust  which  had 
come  into  his  bands,  and  he  would  no  doubt 
render  any  assistance  in  his  power  to  further  such 
an  object.  It  is  posjsible  that  the  Coucher-book, 
as  a  whole  or  in  detached  parchments,  may  be  in 
his  miiniment-room  ;  or  if  not,  a  search  amonir 
the  duchy  records  woidd  most  likely  be  rewarded 
with  success.  Some  years  ago  the  Chetham 
Society  published  two  valuable  volumes  (the  lian- 
caahire  Chantries)  copied  from  the  duchy  r« 
which  are  now,  or  were  promised  to  be,  as  ; ; 
ible  as  the  other  national  records.  A.  L. 


] 


WHAT   KDITIOX  OF  THE   BISHOPS'   VEH9I 
WAS  USED  IJY  Tin:    TllAXSLATORS  OF  THE 
ACmOKlSED  VERSION  OV  IGH  ? 

It  is  stated   by  many  authors,  even  very 
cently,  that  they  used  the  edition  of  I.>Ij8.     Su< 
a  statement  once    made    is  quoted    by  vari< 
writers  without    examination/    The    instructi( 
a,=i  iiiven  by  Pettigrew  is — **The  ordinary  Bil 
reatl  in  the  Church,  commonly  called  The  Bit ' 
Bibh^  to  be  followed,"  kc. "  No  edition  is  hi 
named.      As  the  first   edition   of   the   Bisbo] 
Version  was  pjinted  in  l*jl>3^  this  date  has  becoi 
almost  a-si  a  part  of  the  de.-yiguation  of  the  versii 
and  added,  as  it  seems  by  common  consent,  to 
term  ** Bishops*  Bible*';    and  therefore,  witb 
examination,  it  is  said  that  the  translators  iti 
the    edition   of    ITiiiS.     One   author  says,   **l] 
Authorised  ^'e^sion  was  based  on  the  BisliO] 
ill  hie,  1508;* 

I  have  compared  some  chapters  in  the  edilii 
of  \h\j8^  1572,  and  1002,  As  it  may  interest  so] 
of  your  readerSj  you  have  tlie  result  of  two  chaplei 
2  Kings,  chap,  vil,  twenty  verses.  This  chai 
of  the  ll)02  diflfers  in  twenty  places  from  the  1 
The  Authorised  Version  follows  the  1»X>2  in  ti 
of  these  variations ;  it  follows  neither  in  nine 
them^  and  adopts  one  only  of  those  in  the  1 
The  edition  of  1572  reads  with  the  15G8  in 
these  places.  The  1572  dilTers  much  in  some  parts 
from  tlie  15(>8|  though  in  this  eliaptcrthey  agree  in 
these  readings.  Take  a  chapter  in  the  New  Tes- 
tament^ John,  chap,  i.,  fifty-one  ver^ar  here  the 
1572  and  1002  difl'er  fi-om  the  1568  in  thirty  plac 
wbHe  the  lti02  differs  from  1568  and  1572  in  00 
place  only.  Thus,  in  this  chapter,  the  1572  u 
1002  agree  in  thirty  diflerencea  from  the  15tJ8. 


4*S.V1L  J*x.S8,"l.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


75 


The  firet  Issue  o(  the  tiret  edition  of  1011 
follows  the  1572  and  1G02  in  liftpeii  places;  it 
foUo-iTs  the  IbijS  in  six  plnces ;  it  follows  neither 
edition  in  cine  places ;  and  it  follows  ibe  IW2  in 
one  place  onlj ;  total,  thirtj-one  vanntiocs. 

So  ihRt  tweutj'-six  readings  in  our  pre(M?nt 
Bible,  in  only  two  chftptera,  are  due  to  the  edition 
of  lti02,  and' not  to  the  tranaktors  of  1011  Imving 
•lured  the  text  *>f  15138. 

It  is  Terv  prohablv  that  the  ^*  ordinary  Bibk* 
read  in  the  Church'*  in  lt]Ori  was  that  of  1(502, 
or  other  late  edition ?»  and  that  but  few  of  the 
Jirst  edition  tb^n  remained  in  use. 

It  was,  no  douht^  well  known  that  the  text  had 
been  revii*ed  mora  than  once  since  lo(t8,  and  the 

kn^lfttora  wouM,  m  a  matter  of  courae  we  may 
»[>o«e.  use  the  las^t  improved  text  printed  by 
'^  printer  in  largt;  folio.  Dr.  Cotton  grives 
I  tns   which   were   in   large   folio   aftt^r 

1  iltnLT  that  of  11102,  which  were  in  all 

pi  1  I      It    il  in  churches.    Other  chapters  are 

iv.[-^  ,:  li,  v.)ji 'h  alford  similar  evidence ;  and  does 
it  not  show  that  the  edition  of  1*J02  was  the 
edition  of  the  "  Bishops*  Bible  ''  used  bv  the 
trmn^Utori  of  oiir  pretjcut  Bible,  and  not  tftiit  of 
lUk^*f  Fra>xis  Fky. 

C«tll«S!,  Bristol. 

** Ahwe !  Ahise !  Britannia's  Sous,  Arise!'' 
Who  wrote  the  wordg  and  composed  the  music  to 
'is  old  ecu  i*on;:r?     The  tune  is  spirited,  and 
Its  better  words.    The  song  is  a  favourite  with 
IriT-^  n„ri  {^  nften  sung  to  a  cracked  fiddle 
if  Wapping  **  publics.'*   The  pi^or 
„  .  „  .  .„r,  who  for  so  many  years  used  to 
ipe  his  tin  violin  at  the  doors  of  the  Bank  of 
fl&nd,  had  no  other  song".  N. 

Austin  Family, — Among  the  Pilgrim  Fathers, 

r.»  >■.*  ♦!...  ^irue  dftte,  some  membera  of  thia  family 

o  the  ^ew  World,  and  tht?lr  descend- 

XL...  „  ,..    uecupv  an  influential  pofiition  in  the 

Ktf  of  Boston,  Mflswichuaetts,    They  possess  oa 

old  aejil,  bearin^r  the  following  arms:  Argent,  on 

s  fesae  between  two  chovronels  sable,  three  cal- 

mr  crones  or    The  arms  al^  bear  a  label  of 

tbree  points,  uidicating  that  its  original  owner 

'w^^  tlie  eldest  i«on,  and  that  his  father  was  fitiU 

when  the  seal  was  cut. 

the  little   church  of  Kencott,  Oxon,   and 

t  its  easlem  wall,  there  h  a  monument  to 

.  widow  of  William  Oldsworth,  of  Fmiford, 

(iiosler,  and  daughter  of  William  Austin  of 

V.   Hfr  arms,  identical  with  those  of  Aui*tin 

V      ''T   -^;ichusetti!it  are  impaled  with  th<j&o 

!    Oldsworth.    I  should  say  that  in 

ii-r  Ok-    iayizv  ia  no  label. 

1  am  very  anxious  to  trace  the  connection 
between  the  Boston  family  and  their  Fng^liwh 
incestcir?,  and  1  cannot  help  hoping  that  I  have 
b^rr  pot  a  clue* 


This  Mary  Austin  died  in  1685,  ajred  eeventy. 
She  must,  therefore,  have  been  born  in  1015,  and 
must  have  been  a  contemporary  with  that  gener- 
ation of  her  family  which  migrated  to  America. 

Can  any  of  your  readers  help  me  here  'f  Wil- 
liam Austin  ia  described  as  **of  Surrey,"  Perhaps 
the  county  history  might  throw  some  light.  When 
were  these  arms  gianted  ?  W.  M.  H.  C. 

P.S,  Mary'rt  son,  James  Oldsworth,  rector  of 
Kt^ncott,  married  Anne,  daughter  of  William 
MountsteTen,  rector  of  Ooates,  Gloster,  by  his 
wife  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John  Ferebee,  rector 
of  Poole,  Wilts. 

Arms  of  Charlemagne,— Where  can  I  find 
the  arms,  traditional  or  otherwise,  of  Charlemagne 
and  his  descendants,  including  Charles  the  Bald; 
Hugh  Capet;  Geoffrey  Plantagenet,  of  Anjou; 
the  counts  of  Acquitaino;  counts  of  Navarre, 
Syntis  and  Vermandois?  W.  M.  IL  C. 

The  Deaf  Oli>  WoiiAT^.^Can   any   of  your 
readers  say  who  is  tht*  author  of  the  four  follow- 
ing humorous  lines,  well  known  in  Scotland?  — 
**  *  Auld  wide,  aulil  wille,  will  ye  ^«  n-i*hearing?  ' 
'  Speak  a  little  kmilfr,  .^ir,  I'm  unco'  (Jull  o'  hearing.* 
'  AuM  wi(if»  nyfd  wifun  will  ye  let  me  km  ye  ?  * 
■  1  hear  a  littlt*  better,  sir:  niav  a*  the  warld  bleaa  ve.' '* 

EtHnburgh. 

[We  lio  not  know  the  author  of  thc-9e  lino5.     But  we 
renucniiber  many  years  ago — ala^ !  how  many  I— ^hcaring 
the  late  Mr.  Do  ace  repeat,  ia  hi^  grand  100070115  voice, 
another  verffion  — 
**  M)]il  wonuuit  old  vroijinn,  will  you  ro  a-fthearing  ?' 

•  Y«ni  inu*t  tpeak  a  little  louder^  sir,  I'm  rattier  thick 

0'  hearing.* 
*01»1  woman,  old  womfln^  wUl  yott  Ut  me  kiss  yoa 
duintily  ?  * 

*  Thank  yoa»  kind  air»  I  hear  you  quite  distinctly.'  ^*] 

I>E  CouTtCY- :  Kix^ALE.— In  one  of  the  earlier 
volumes  of  "X.  &  Q."  I  think  that  it  was  proved 
by  referenee  t-o  inf[iuiii tions  poHt-mmtcm^  temp, 
l!dw.  IL  or  III.  tlmt  one  of  the  Lords  Kin  sale, 
who  appears  in  all  the  peerages  as  having  been 
succeeded  by  a  ^on  a^  next  baron,  in  truth  left  <t 
ftp.'e  heit'fjij*,  whose  name^  to  the  best  of  my  recol- 
lection, was  Alice.  The  names  and  dates  would 
be  an  assistance  to  me  in  connection  with  another 
subject.  S» 

Deriiv  Porcelatk.^ — Where  can  I  get  any  par- 
ticulars of  the  potter)^  manufactured  at  Church 
Gresley^  in  the  attempt  to  establish  which  manu- 
facture Sir  Nigel  Gresley  is  said  to  have  lost 
KXCKJO/.  ?  Though  mentioned  in  Mi-is  Meteyard's 
Life  of  IVedffWotxif  very  little  seems  to  be  known 
ab'out'it.  IL  W.  D; 

Gentlemen". — Will  any  of  yon r  readers  inform 
me  what  is  the  meaning  oif  the  word  '*  gentlemen,'* 
as  used  in  the  de.'*cription  of  the  complement  of 
rt^giments  both  of  cavalry  and  infantry  durin^j 
the  civil  war 't  \.^.^ yx^. 


NOTES  AND  QUERIEa 


[4»*  a  VII-  JAJf.  28,  ' 


Bishop  Grnsoi?* — Wau ted,  information  respect- 
ing the  mother  aod  wife  of  the  Rev,  Edmund 
Gibson,  who  died  1748,  Bishop  of  London.  The 
wife's  QAine  wna  Jones,  and  she  was  a  co-beireM. 
Thf  mother's  name  1  do  not  know.  She  i^  buried 
at  Bampton,  co,  CumWrland,  1\  C- 

Greek  Translation. — We  read  at  p,  51  of 
How9on*8  Hfu^^rafefi  fhtide  io  the  Ctmosities  of 
Craven  <Whit4il£er,  IftoO)  that  a  tranalatinn  into 
Greek  cleg;iacfl,  by  one  Andrew  Denny*  of  the 
following  couplet  ia  stil!  preserved.  Will  any 
correspondent  communicate  it  P — 
"  Throe  crooked  cripples  crept  tliroitgh  CUth«roe  Outle. 
Creep,  crooktHi  cripples,  creep.'* 

P.  J.  R  Gaittillon. 

La_i>t  Grikston's  Grave  r?  Tkwin  OnuRcn- 
YARD. — In  the  churchyard  of  Tewin^  Herts,  is  a 
romnrkable  ash- tree  grow  in  gr  out  of  the  totnh  «if 
Lady  Anne  Grimston,  m^e  Tuftun,  daujybter  of 
Lord  Thaaet.  who  died  in  1713,  The  tradition  is, 
that  being  (luubtful  of  a  future  state^  she  expressed 
during  her  life  a  wis^h  or  pmyerM^/  if  there  tcere  a 
ftdure  state  a  tree  mitfht  (/row  out  of  her  heart. 

What  foundation  ia  there  for  this  tradition  ? 

A.  P.  S. 

[Ofldly  enotiph  the  followinif  parapn^ph,  <?xtrairtcHl 
from  tho  Spiritual  Tintfs  (Dor,  2H,  I  HO')),  hturiii^:  on  tlit* 
SAmti  )i%ibjcct,  renchcd  ii8  i»imultaneaiL^]y  with  the  above. 
To  uw  the  wnrds  of  our  correspomlcJit  Mr,  Axon  :  *'Can 
any  one  elucidate  this  marvelloas  legend  ?  *'  Ko  refer- 
ence to  it  is  madft  in  Clatterbuck^s  HuL  and  Antiq.  of 
the  C<f}tnty  of  Hertford  :  — 

**  AN   ATlIKrRT's   FllOFHK*Tr   rULPfU^TJ. 

*'  The  cliurchyard  of  Tewin,  in  Ilerlffirdshire,  is  a  ?pot 
of  some  interest  to  the  curious  from  the  fact  of  it.^  bcin^ 
the  resting  place  of  the  mortjal  remains  c*f  Liiiiy  Anne 
<irimirtone.  The  'old  wifc^^  tale*  of  the  neiphbourhood 
in  to  th«  I'ffect  that  the  said  Lody  Annt!  Grira*Jlone  ivas 
an  Atheist,  without  a  sbmlow  of  helief  in  the  UeiJy;  iin<l 
that,  m  firm  vas  her  lielief  in  the  oaii-cxistem^Q  of  God, 
that  at  her  death-bed  btr  last  words  were  to  the  ctTect 
that  if  Godexi*teih  seven  elm  trees  would  grow  out  of  her 
toiDbntone.  Whether  such  words  were  u^ed,  and  in  such 
a  manner,  it  i*(  impossible  at  this  date  to  determine ;  but 
whether  the  tale  be  correct  or  not.  Aeven  €lm  trees  have 
sprung  up  throuj;rh  the  solkl  tomh,  and  have  broken 
awrtv  the  sohd  masonni'  in  all  direction*,  makinp^  the 
readini^  of  the  inwriptiou  a  difficult  and  almost  imposf^ible 
feat.  The  iron  riiilinif^  that  flurrounded  the  raonumeut 
are  in  mnriy  plarrn  rirndy  imlxi-dded  in  the  tninl^s  of  the 
trees.  The  nujncroiH  name^  earvefl  in  all  available  parts 
of  the  trunks  attest  the  number  of  vifiitora  curiosity  ha.H 
drawn  to  the  spot.  The  trees  are  each  distinct  and 
sepftrtte,  and^  notwith^tandinK  the  jitrangimejis*  of  the 
locality,  appear  to  thrive  well.  Many  suppositions  to 
acc<)unt  for  their  gn^owth  have  been  f*tarted,  but  some  are 
of  so  improbable  a  nature  that  the  country  people  still 
cling  to  their  favourite  story  of  Lady  Anne's  Atheism."] 

The  Case  of  Mart  Jobs^on, — Can  any  North- 
of- En  gland  correspondent  tell  me  whether  time 
has  thrown  any  light  upon  the  heavenly  mumc, 
blood-droppinfr*,  mock  »itins»  and  atrango  rfippinjj^j^ 
which  excited  so  much  attention  in  the  North 
stifne  thirty  years  ngi\  and  concerning  which  Dr, 


eiKsnaut) 

rounw^^ 

atidl^^^ 

•  that 
Bath 
altoM 


Clanny  of  Sunderland  published  a  ciicumstantia 
narrative  in  1841  ? 
3,  Gordon  Villasw  N.W. 

Longs  op  BATXTOif. — Can  any  of  your 
Bpondents  kindly  inform  me  where  I  can 
genealon-y  of  the  family  abore  mentioned  ?  Burke 
(Landed  Gentry^  W.  894)  saya,  of  the  four  sons  (of 
*'  Thomas  Long  of  Little  Cheverill  and  Melkshani, 
who  was  baptised  1570,  died  1(154),  the  you 
William,  waa  ancestor  of  the  Longs  of  Ba|j 
now  extinct.'*  1  wish  to  trace  the  relat^ 
said  to  have  existed  between  thia  family  and  thfirt 
of  the  late  John  Palmer^  Es^q,,  3LP.'  for  Bath 
and  inventor  of  the  mail-coach  service,  Waltt  ~ 
Longr,  Esq,»  of  Bath,  offered  to  leave  his  propen 
lo  Mr,  Palmer  on  the  condition  of  his  t^ifcing  T 
name  and  arm«i  of  Long  of  Monkton.  This  7 
Palmer  declined  doing,  and  ultimately  Mr.  Loajr' 
left  hif*  fortune  (on  the  aforesaid  ti'rm^)  to  Daniel 
Jones  (Long),  whose  raotht*r  was  Ellen^  youngei 
dau;,Hiter  of  Kichard  Long  of  Rood  Ashton,  wl| 
died  in  17(50,  IL  "~ 

Lionel  Lane,  ViCE-Ai>irrRAL  o?  the  Flb 
1653.  — I  am  de-^irous  of  ascertaining  the  date  i 
this  officer^a  death.     In  the   great  battle 
Tromp  off  tlie  North  Foreland  he  acted  a 
Admiral  to  Admiral  Penn,  and  commanded 
Victory,  sixty  guna,     I  learu  from  the  Rev.  J, 
Deane's  most  interesting  life  of  General  Ric**' 
Deane  that  in  the  above  memorable  actio 
one  capt^un  besides  General  Deane  waa 
and  that,  Ringularly  enough,  bia  name  had ' 
forgotten.     I  suppose  Vice- Admiral  Lane  ma?  I 
identilied  with  Lionel  Lane  (of  Beccles,  co.  Su^ 
folk),  "who  was  born  in  1617,  and  married  Dorothy, 
one  of  the   daughters   of  Edmund   Bohtin,   the 
author.     He  belonged   to  a  Suffolk  family  loPj 
seated  at  Rendlesham  Thuxton  and  Campsey  / 

C  J.  EoBixsojrj 

*^  Mr.LA  Brttajntoctts.'*— There  are  aome  i 
pblet5  published  under  this  name :  one  cuno 
IB  a  letter  to  the  Dilettanti  Society  on  the  worl 
in  progress  at  Windsor  Castle^  1827,  suggesting  t' 
removal  of  all  the  building  except  the  lower  wan 
and  erecting  in  its  stead  a  palace  of  classical  arch 
tecture.     Who  wai5  the  writer?  C.  B.  "^ 

fThe  following  title  appears  in  the  Catalogue  of! 
Library*  at  the   Hritiwh  Museum:    '*MeU,  BriU 
pH!ur|.  *[i.  r.  Charles  Kelsall.  J    A  Letter  to  tho  Soi 
the  DiHtanti  on  the  works  in  progreaa  at  Wintl 
M.B,    London,  1827."] 

Rfr   Okorge   Moore.  —  In    the    Hun^ri 
pedigree  in   Gough*8  Sepulckral  Monu' 
marriage  of  Elizabeth  Hunger  ford  with 
Moore,   Knf .      In  Hoare's  Huntjerfordwha^  \ 
he  i»   Btyled    ^^  of  Loudon^  Knt/'     Many 

j  Heraldic  Vi^itatiooa,  ike,  referred   to  in 
2iidev  have  been  consulted  without  succeiv.  j 

I  reader  who  can  furnish  u  clue  to  tlia 


^aVlL  J43r.2«»7l0 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


77 


f«milr  and  htms  of  the  aboTe-named  knight  will 
gfeaily  oblige  a  puzzkd  SBA.RCfi£E. 

"Pecca  fortiter/*— Was  it  Luther  who  said 
this;  ond  it* so,  where*:'  X.  IL 

Prdtci!  Pubckler  Mfskatj.— I  ahotdd  he  pi  ad 
of  any  infornuiliMn  about  this  prince.  He  wrote 
two  bo  ".f.<m  \n  Africa  and  Tour  in  Ger- 

many,  ii  ad  En  gland ^^  Ivan. 

NxiTRMtAn  KoQBKS. — What  is  known  of  Nehe- 
miAh  Ro^«m,  vicar  of  Meaaing  and  prebendary  of 
EIt,  author  of^ — 

"A  Mirroar  of  Mercy,  and  that  on  God's  Part  and 
tfu'i.  S«t  out  in  twij  I'ambleJi ;  L  Tho  Penitent  Citizon, 
or  Narr  Mag^Alcn'^  G^nvcrjiion,  &c. ;  II.  The  Gond 
Suaviun^  ^c.    Lcodou :  Printed  bv  G.  M.  for  Edward 

S.  A. 

^'iwsTTT  Bkakjs,  the  Man-eater, — The  sub- 
"   Xa\  m  4"*  S,  vi,  4ti7,  55i),  induces  me 
Lie?  the  chap-book  history  of  the  above 
doMtlbtli  pvraonage  baa  any  fouDdniion  in  fact  F 
Stephen  Jackson. 

-  A^D  THK  "  COBEX  SiK.ilTICrS." — In 

1  >ean   A 1  ford  on  **  The  Gospels  and 
I  Criticienj  *'  in  the  Contempfirarf/  Iiet'ien\ 
.  ther«  is  the  following  reference  to  the 
Oeielrated  Cod**^  Smaitwiig  :— 

"A  oorriispoDdcTit  of  The  Gu^trdian  of  Jnue  12  of  this 

•<r>7J  ia  anxiou*  to  know  ivbether  the  internal 

of  the  srcnuinpnejs  of  the  Sinaitic  MS.  ia  sAth- 

,     .   t;     .   ..i    ;.    .1.   I  jcjeniiinencjis  flome- 

*  xed  to  thbi  tract  of 

b  *i  unsere  Evauffeiien 

t  vihitli  ha^   Ix'cn  translated  for 

\i-  'V  by  It.  H,  Con-|KT].     We  are 

^  '  ■    -•  =    '  it  rest  on  this  point* 

'I  "  strongest  po?^iblf^ 

ti  --.     If  any  man  wero 

Mi^L    L  [ilmost  the  durntioD  of  n 

y-  M-*i   iLM  11. i. I.-   >vhieb^  wo  are 

I  in  ibc  V*  I  !  narrative  of 

I I  -f  nv.y  'jj'  .  Our  friend 
i  raewhftt  load, 
Ar  in  exuTnples 
U  u«>  i<  • .. ,.....;.  .iuxkty — uudis- 
•aM  \>\  the  end— au  to  whether 
UMco»i  i'tf  have  got  back,  or  are 
HUqr  tij  gvi  U>r;ument,  which  was 
bntjnr^  to  i  i-tirg-  — See  p.  17  of 
itelif«maii,  p.  ^. -..■  ;..^ u/" 

A  dj«ua«iin  of  this  qtiestion  might  perhaps 
Ind  into  forbidden  fields.  There  is  one  point, 
bovQ^r,  connected  with  Tischendorf's  di*fCovery 


1  bo  glad  of  farther  lufommtion. 

^iraoaidest,  whone  audacity  m  a 

as  been  many  timea  mentioned 

%  a^ierted  that  he  hinL^lf  had 

..    .lie   MS.    and    placed    it   in    the 

where  it  wa*^  found  by  h^  learned  and 

ywtk  diaooverar.    An  assertion  of  this  nature,  even 


OB  whirl 
llear 


from  fiuch  a  manmig  mijft  as  Simonidee,  should  be 
refuted,  but  aft*3r  a  long  search  1  have  only  been 
able  to  6nd  an  allusion  to  the  matter  in  Tht 
Athtn^um  review  of  the  Codex  Sinniitctis,  Will 
some  correspondent  be  kind  enough  to  say  where 
Siuionides^  assertion  ia  to  be  found  at  length,  and 
what  replies  have  been  made  to  it  ? 

W.  E.  A,  A. 
Joynson  Street,  Strange  ways. 

WiLLUM  Smith,  1530-165*5. — A  certain  Dr. 
Smith  preached  at  the  martyrdom  of  Bidley  and 
Latimer,  and  made  himself '  conspicuous  on  one 
or  two  other  occasions  of  a  ^imilftr  character; 
and,  from  the  testimony  of  another  martyr,  he 
appears  to  have  been  a  pervert.  I  am  niixiousi 
to  discover  whether  tbia  n:tnn  was  or  was  not 
identical  with  a  priest  of  the  name  of  William 
Smith,  who  was  pRrish  priest  of  Calais,  and  wrs 
bimirthed  from  that  city,  after  recantation,  in  I.'i,*iO. 
1  have  no  interest  in  the  preacher  of  the  term  on 
if  he  be  not  the  ?ame  as  the  Calais  pritst:  but  I 
diould  very  much  like  to  ascertain  what  became 
of  the  latter.     Can  any  one  kindly  b^lp  nm  ? 

IIerme5trude. 

SwoBD  OP  Sir  Kdwakd  FrHt.— Cnn  any  one 
tell  me  what  has  become  of  a  silver-mounted 
sword  which  was  presented  by  Charles  11.  to  Sir 
Edward  Fui^t  of  I  till  Court,  co.  Gloucester^  Bart.* 
in  1602,  and  sold  at  the  Hill  Court  sale  in  1846  ? 

Forb-^t-bux. 

Jacques  Stella  (Crabb  Robinson's  Dmry,  i. 
447.) — In  the  text  of  this  pa>ie  Crabb  Kol>in8on 
mentions  a  picture  painted  In  Itome  liy  Granet  iu 
the  year  1810  Cnowin  the  LeuehtenburgCollection, 
No.  245),  n;- presenting  Stella  drawing  a  picture 
of  the  Virgin  and  Child  **  on  hii  prisoii  wall/*  A 
note  to  the  same  page  informa  the  reader  that 
Stelhi  «m  his  arrival  at  Rome  was  arrest«d,  but 
soon  after  found  innocent  and  liberated.  Also, 
that  **  ^o  late  as  the  end  of  the  eighteenth  cen- 
tury this  sketch  of  the  Madonna  (on  the  priacii 
Willi)  was  shown  to  travellers  in  Rome/'  The 
note,  however,  gives  no  furlhf  r  Information.  Who 
was  this  Stella  1^  When  did  he  live,  and  of 
wliat  crime  or  misdemeanour  was  he,  as  it  ap- 
pears, unjustly  accused  ? 

NOELL  EaDECLIFFE. 

[JarqueA  SteUa  was  bora  at  Lyon  in  1506,  being  the 
Ron  of  Francois  Stella,  a  pftinter,*who  died  when  his  son 
wa.^  only  nine  years  old.  Having  i^ont^  into  Italy  ut  tho 
age  of  "twenty,  the  Graod-Duke  Cosmo  H.  eni:«^ 
Jjacque*!  to  carry  out  the  decorations  desitjned  for  the 
celebration  of  the  marriage  of  his  son  Ferdinand  11*  At 
the  expiration  of  seven  yeaw  Stella  went  to  liome,  and 
contracted  a  friendship  with  PouHain,  of  whom  he  liecamc 
an  inittiitor.  llaviug  by  some  treachery  or  mi'under- 
standinfjr  been  cast  into'priKon  at  Komc*  Stella  nmnsod 
himfeidf  by  traeinj;  on  the  wall,  in  charcoal,  the  (i retire  of 
the  Virfjin  with  the  infant  Jcaus  in  her  arini.  Cardinal 
Bnrberiui.  hearing  of  the  exeetleoce  of  the  drawin?;, 
went  to  see  it,  and  from  Ihat  Vvma  a.  W^V^  \i!LVC!i^  t»*«» 


:r8 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[4»»'S.YIL  Ja».28,71. 


mspeDctcd  over  it.  Rctuminp  in  1<>W  W  Venice  and 
Miuin  to  Frimcp,  with  the  intt^iitimi  of  vj^itin^j  Spain, 
iht  direction  oftUa  Acadcniy  lit  Milan  was ofTered  to  him, 
but  declinwf,  Hi»  jounicv,  however^  to  Spain  was  frus- 
trAted  by  Card  inn  1  liicheficu,  who  seen  red  hira  the  titlfj 
of  painter  to  the  Kinir,  with  npartrarat'*  in  tb**  l^otjvre 
iind  a  nenwon  of  l,itno  francs  a-reiir.  In  1G14  the  Order 
of  SU  flliobael  and  thti  rank  of  minripnl  painter  to  thr^ 
king  were  confcrrisi  on  StcUu,  ^md  in  1057  he  died  nt  Paris, 
8c«nie  at  the  churches  of  whicb  possess  paintings  by 
him.] 

Trench's  IIulsean  Lectures,  184G. — ^To  what 
wortI»  does  the  Archbishop  allude  ftt  p,  43  of  these 
lectures  when  be  refers  to  **  tlio  jyreftt  po+.'t  of  our 
modem  world  "  as  making  **  the  glad  voices  of  the 
KftStcm  hymn  of  poteDcv  snii!icieiit  to  wrest  the 
poison-cup  frnoi  Lbe  Imnd  of  oae  who  had  already 
raised  it  to  his  lips  ?  *'  I\  J,  F,  Gaittillon. 


ever  since. 


AMERICAN  M  NATIONAL  SONG." 

(4*''  S.  Til.  11.) 

I  haye  groat  ple^suro  in  funiiahiog  a  copy  of 
this  soD^,  which  I  so  much  admired  on  its  first 
appearance  in  our  papera  iu  1813  for  its  fine  poetry 
and  spirited  compusilioD,  that  I  have  pres»erved  it 

F.  C.  IL 
**  CoLUiinrA, 

•'Cokimbia*!*  .4jor(?9  ore  wild  and  wide, 

ColumhiaV  hill!;;  aru  hjjfh; 
And  rudely  plnnltthl  side  by  side, 

Her  forests  mwt  the  eye. 
But  narrow  tnu^t  thom  shorei  be  mado^ 

And  low  C<j!umbia*s  htlb, 
And  low  her  nueU^ul  fore^to  laid, 

Ere  Freedom  leave*  her  iields: 
For  'tia  the  land  where,  radc  and  wild, 
Sh«  played  her  gambols  when  a  cliild, 

"  And  deep  and  wide  her  streams  that  flow 

ImpetuouH  to  the  tide; 
And  thick  and  ^^reen  the  laurels  ^ow 

Un  t'vejry  river'a  f<ide. 
But  should  a  tran^tlrmtichost 

Pollute  her  waters  fair. 
We'll  meet  them  on  the  rockj'  coaat, 

And  icather  hiurels  there :  * 
For  oh  I  t\ilum bin's  sons  are  hrave, 
And  free  ais  ocean  s  wildest  wave, 

**  The  gnles  that  wave  her  mounUin  pine 

Are  fragrant  and  «erene ; 
And  never  clearer  Bun  did  shine. 

Than  lifthLH  her  valleys  green. 
But  putrid  iuu»t  tho«j  breezes  blow. 

That  sun  munt  *ct  in  gore» 
Ere  footstep?  ot  a  foreign  Uie 

Imprint  Columhia'8  »hore ; 
Ft»r  oh  E  her  son'^  are  brave  and  free ; 
Their  breasts  beat  high  with  liberty* 

**  For  arming  boldest  cuirassier, 
\Ve*ve  mines  of  sterling  worthy 
For  sword  and  buckle r,  spur  and  fpear, 
Embowelk'd  in  the  e«rtb. 


For  ere  Columbia's  sona  reaign 

The  hfjon  their  fathers  won* 
The  polLi^hed  ore  frcini  every  mine 

Shall  glitter  in  the  sun  : 
For  brijjht's  I  he  blade  nnd  sharp  Ihe  spear 
Whioh  Freedom's  son*  to  battle  bear, 

**  Let  Britain  boast  of  deedft  she's  dooe, 

Display  her  trophies  bright, 
And  count  hor  Inureh  bravely  won 

in  well-contested  fight ; 
Columbia  can  a  ban  array. 

Will  wreat  the  Inurel  wreath; 
Wilh  trntr  eye  and  fite4idier  hand, 

Will  strike  the  blow  of  death. 
For  whi'ther  on  the  land  or  sea, 
Cciltimbia's  light  is  victory  I 

**IM  France  in  blood  through  Europe  wadc^  ] 

And  in  her  frantic  mood, 
In  civil  dij^conl  draw  the  blade. 

Ami  iipill  her  chiMren's  blood, 
T(K>  deer  the  skill  in  iirms  i^  boughtt 

Where  kindred  lifu- blood  tlow?, 
Ctdumhia'A  mn»  are  only  tatiglit 

To  triumph  o'er  their' foes? 
And  then  to  comfort,  soothe  and  save. 
The  feeliuga  of  the  conquered  brave. 

"  Then  let  Columbia's  eagle  soar, 

And  bear  her  banner  hi^h; 
The  thunder  from  her  dexter  pour. 

And  lightning  from  her  cyt. 
And  when  she  j^ees  from  rettlniA  above, 

The  storm  of  war  h  fin  en  t ; 
Desecnilin^,  like  the  wejjtiome  duve^ 

The  olive  brane;h  prejfipnti 
And  ilien  will  Beauty'^  haud  divine 
The  never-fading  wreath  entwine  1  '* 


ORDRE  niPERIAL  ASIATIQUE  BE   MORALS; 
UKIVERSELLE. 

(4**'  S,  T,  300,  475,  ol2j  vi.  16o.) 

Dr.  Rohekt  Bigsby,  in  his  reply  to  queries  ] 
I^EX  rekting  to  the  above  order,  riefernid  him 
M .  Gourilon  de  iJ enouillac's  Dittionmiire htsi 
des  Otdrcg  ile  Chavuhrie  (Paris,  18C»0)  for  on  ac^ 
CO  nut  of  its  creation  ;  and  Mr.  Woouward  aub- 
aequently  conferred  an  obligation  on  many  of 
5'oitr  readers  by  giving  (vi,  1^)5)  an  extract  from 
that  work  to  the  ellect  that  the  Ordre  Imp^rb^ 
Asiatique  de  Morale  Univt'rselle  owed  its  orig* 
l.D.  1835,  to  the  Sultimn  Alina  d'Eldir  during! 
reaidence  in  France. 

Mr,  Woobwahi*  pertineotlv  nsked  certain  que 
tions  baseit  on  the  imperfect  lu formation  allardd 
by  _M.  Gourdon  de  Genouilkc,  but  they  have  et' 
dently  escaped  the  notice  of  Dr.  Bigshy,  who,  ; 
a  constant  reader  and  eorri  ^pendent  of  **  X,  &  Q 
(vide  V.  512  and  oltj),  and  as  the  ''Grand  Malt 
Conservalcur  '*  of  the  order  (v.  472),  would 
dubitahly,  bad  ho  nbsfrved  Mr*  WqodwaroIJ 
queries,  have  readily  aiForded  ej^hauative  replie 
And  that  a  full  explanation  of  certain  ditficullia 
is  absolutely  needed,  I  venture  moat  strougly 


i^avn.  jAit.28,71.] 


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79 


aver»  sine*,  owin^  to  tbe  reticence  of  the  Knighta 
of  the    "Imperial  t>rder ''   which   she   fouDaed, 
manv  bard  thinjrs  have  been  said  of  late  regarding 
tn  Ulusiiious  ladj  whoae  conduct  has  been  crili- 
OBcdy  irbo0e  mitecedenta  hftre  been  animadyerted 
n^.ta.  and  who«e  exalted  rank  has  been  pronounced 
1  ^  :ii  yn?  than  one  of  the  would-be  cognoscenti  to 
t  •  ^^  mrthical  ae  the  honours  whicli  she  ia  said 
rto  hiite  conferred.    All  this  is  most  lamentable, 
'  Vul  16  it  not  entirely  to  be  attributed  to  tbe  cul- 
|abk  Mir  nee  of  tho^e  bound  by  every  law  of  chi- 
fftln  to  defend  her  ?    Now  that  public  attention 
h»  Ven  aroused,  contemptuous  tsileoce  will  not 
Mii>fy  it.     The  fate  of  the  **  Imperial  Order,"  tbe 
linn 'tjfd  of  its  difltinguiahed  raenibers,  are  inex- 
tricably interwoven  with  the   rank^  power,  and 
dijfTiity  of  iU  founder,  nud  miiat  atand  or  full  with 
tb^Qi ;  and  although  Da.  BlosBY,  in  his  rei*ti-icted 
...1.  * .  T  ^  undoubtedly  did  aay  that  ^*  for  any 
nmuDicfltioQ  Lex  might  look  to  others, 

. «iialv  tbould  not  condescend  to  enlighten 

ifli  dtrknesa/'  yet  since  the  '*  Grand  Maitre  Con- 
IRTileur''  of  an  order  mufit  with  justice  be  uni- 
TetMUy  reicrarded  as  the  mouthpiece  and  champion 
of  the  confraternity »  and  since  the  world's  ver- 
dict ctmiot  fail  Xo  be  gravely  in  Huencod  by  any 
fftrtlicr  Mfticen6e  on  his  part,  I  do  trust  that  Be, 
^'     rrr  will  reconsider  his  somewhat  too  haaty 
vn,  and  will  deigTi  to  be  more  complakant 
'      ^^  >o0WAUD,  or  even  to  tbia  lc»8  than  the 
from  having  travelled  much  in  the  far 
11  aa  from  other  reasons^  takes  a  deep 
rOrdre  Imp^^rial  Aajatique  de  Morale 
In  justice,  therefore,  to  the  deceased 
!)il   with  appropriate  respect   for   the 
r  which  Bhe  created,  I  repeat  one 

i;d's  unanswered  c^ueries,  and  add  I 
•i  mine  own, 
laik,  firrtly,  in  what  part  of  Asia  iji  situated 
t^p  s.^irnr,  ,r,.  of  Eldir?  Both  of  my  old-fashioned  I 
:  liil  to  help  me,  and  I  am  not  aatiafied  I 
mewhat  va^ue  information  given  to  I 
V    by   a  difitinguiahed   Fi-Unw  of  tbe 
il  Society,  to  whom,  aeistinp  him  by  the 
our  cJub,  I  propounded  the   inquiry, 
f  should  hftvo  thoufz^ht,   when   1   accosted   hini, 
1L*1  be  WAS  about  the  most  idle  man  in  town,  [ 
^F-^ume   suddenly   animated   on    bearing 
1,  and   stating-  somewhftt   confusedly 
-  *^veryono  knew,  formed  part  of  the 
J*  of  Prcater  John,  he  pleaded  an 
ment  in  the  City,  and  hurriedly 
pdriure.      But  I   req^uire   aomething 
'  than  this — the  latitude  and  loD>n- 
".     Secondly,  I  wbh  to  be  made 
certain  passages  in  tbe  history  of 
zo\^  Alma  d^Eldir/'     Was 'she 
*'  ?  and  if  so,  from  whatroval  race 
L  _  r  au^uet  origin  ?   Was  she  in  her 
^fWB  light  iovcreigii  of  an  Asiatic  realm?  or,  as  on© 


of  Mi: 

«irtaiii 


ijuci'Ti   at 


bfit  br 


Gi..    ^.u-     u.^. 


of  the  four  wives  dear  to  Mohomedan  orthodoxy, 
did  she  reign  supreme  over  only  five-and-twenty 
per  cent  of  the  heart  of  the  Sultan  of  Eldir  ? 

In  the  former  e?ent»  was  it  the  disafl'ection  and 
rebellion  of  her  Mogbul  subjects  which  drove  her 
into  unmerited  exile  and  to  a  lifelong  banisbment 
in  a  foreign  land  'i  or,  in  tbe  latter  case,  did  she 
incur  the  dis>ple«sure  of  her  exalted  but  capricious 
mastert  and  escape  tbe  fatal  sack,  tbe  deadly 
bowstring,  or  even  the  minor  evil  of  the  abscission 
of  her  no8e  and  eai-s,  by  eluding  the  vigilance  of  the 
eunucha  who  guarded  the  hated  harem  ?  But  a 
third  and  more  commonplace  cause  occurs  to  me 
for  the  exijatriation  of  the  Sultana :  death  may 
have  dared  to  strike  low  the  king  of  kinffs,  tlie 
monarch  of  Eldir,  and  AUna  ma^  nave  coUapRed 
into  a  dowager !  Under  such  circumstances  her 
flight  would  not  have  been  interfered  with,  for 
the  sultan  who  filled  the  musnud  of  her  deceased 
lord  would  have  cared  too  much  for  the  comfort 
of  his  own  wives,  commissioned  and  non-com- 
missioned, to  have  given  himself  much  concern 
about  tbe  ancient  encumbrances  of  the  xenanah 
who  mourned  tbe  loss  of  his  predecesfsor ;  and 
Alino,  left  to  her  own  devices,  would  have  made 
her  way  to  France,  and  have  found  in  ita  ^%j 
capitil  consolation  in  her  widowhood. 

Thirdly  and  lastly,  I  seek  to  Imow  how,  under 
either  of  the  above  suppositions,  the  Mogbul  ex- 
Sultana  Alina,  during  tier  imposed  or  voluntary 
exile,  could  legitiaiately  have  created  in  France  a 
Christian  Order  of  Chivalry,  or,  in  short,  have 
ext-rcised  any  **  imperial "'  powers  whatsoever, 

Bk.  Brosnr  will  not  consider  any  apology  to^ 
be  due  from  me  for  thus  specially  and  urgently 
calling  upon  him  by  name  to  answer  the  above 
queries,  lor  in  a  work  which  he  has  recently  pub- 
lished he  baa  himself  announced  tbe  high  positioa 
which  he  holds  in  the  Order  under  notice;  and 
thery  can  therefore  lue  tio  discourtesy  or  impro- 
priety in  my  publicly  addrc^inf?  a  public  otCice* 
b<?arer  on  a  question  in  which  the  public  is 
evidently  interested.  Nay,  rather  am  I  con- 
strained" to  believe  that  Dk  Biosur  will  esteem 
it  both  a  duty  and  a  pleasure  to  guard  the  honour 
of  the  order  of  which  he  is  the  "  Conserva- 
teur,''  and  to  vindicate  tbe  fame  of  its  illustrioua 
founder. 

But,  apart  from  th«>se  supreme  considerations, 
it  19  certain  that  one  who  has  so  recently  subAcrib^d 
himself  in  your  pages  (v.  515)  *'  Knight  of  St 
James  of  ttie  Sword,  and  of  other  Orders,*'  will 
be  only  too  eager  manfully  to  do  lii^  deimr  a;*  a 
gallajit  chevalier,  and  to  shed  the  last  drop  of  liis 
ink  in  the  service  of  Aliaa  d*Eldir. 

MxrsAFnit. 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


t4*»»S.TU.  J^*^,  Ti. 


WRONG  DATES  IN  CERTAIN  BIOGRAPHIES. 
(4»*'S,  tL410;  vil460 

A  nLmple  e]tplaoQtioii  will  account  for  what 
would  otherwise  seem  unjustifiable  careleaiueBfi 
on  mv  part  in  connection  with  my  reiuarki>  about 
the  Siite  of  the  Ettrick  Sht^p herd's  birth^  and 
M^ars.  Blackie's  late  edition  of  his  work.  At 
the  heih'inning  and  end  of  the  second  yolume  of 
thttl  editioDf  Messrs.  Blackie  present  narratives  of 
the  Shepherd's  life — &  memoir,  and  an  autobio- 
pAphj.  The  work  was  iflsued  in  monthly  parts  ; 
I  liud  nij  hands  on  that  part  which  contained  the 
KOtoMog^raphy,  and  in  whichj  without  note  or 
comment^  these  words  occur : — 

"  t  ntn  the  second  of  four  eon«  by  the  same  fiather  mid 
mother — namely,  Robert  Hof^g  arid  Mar^Jirct  LaidluiiVf 
and  W&9  born  oa  th«  25th  of  Jauuar}'*  1772/' 

As  this  was  likely,  in  the  late  as  in  the  for- 
mer edition  of  Messrs.  BkcMe'd  ia^ue  of  the 
poet's  writings,  to  be  allowed  to  stand  aa  part 
of  the  memoir,  did  I  err  far  in  concluding  that 
thia  was  the  only  statement  intended  to  be  put 
forth  by  the  biographer  P  Where  there  are 
two  njpmoirB,  one  ai  each  end  cf  a  book,  moat 
TeoderB  would,  like  uyaelf,  accept  the  fact^  given 
in  the  Jird  he  fell  upon,  and  would  not  think 
of  waiting  for  any  further  relation  in  an  additional 
biography  which'  might  or  might  not  be  foilh- 
comiDg, 

Since  I  am  writing  about  the  Shepherd,  I  may 
remark  that  Messra.  Blackie  haye  retained  in 
their  late  edition  of  his  poems  three  songs  which 
I  showed  in  the  fiif*t  edition  of  my  ScottUh  Min- 
9ird  (186tJ)  were  comptised  by  othern*.  These 
are — *'  la  your  war-pipe  asleep,  and  for  ever, 
BlGCrimman  P  "  "0  saw  ye  this  sweet  honnie 
lawio  o'  mine  ?  **  and  **  Rise,  rise,  Lowland  and 
Highlandman.-' 

These  songs  were  severally  composed  by  George 
Allan,  Jame^  Home,  and  John  Imlah.  To  the 
JEttrick  hard  the  three  song-writers  seem  to  have 
sent  oompositiona  for  approval,  and  their  songs 
heing  found  among  his  papers  at  his  death,  were 
included  among  his  posthumous  writingn.  The 
mistake  was  venial,  no  doubt,  but  when  corrected 
it  ought  not  to  have  been  repeated.  Otherwise 
Messra.  Blackie^s  edition  of  the  Shepherd's  works 
is  prepared  creditably, 

ClIABLlta  BOQBBdj  LL.I). 

&i0wdoiiii  VUliu  LewUham,  S.E. 


PORTRAIT  AND  SKULLS  OF  CAROL  AN. 
(4^''  a  vi.  .124,  392,  507,  546.) 
I  am  quite  unable  to  discorer  the  **  proofs  *'  or 
*'  undeceptions  "  which  Mk.  Pinkkrton  professes 
to  give  in  hts  latest  communication  nonunally  on 
the  above  subject,  with  the  exception  of  ^^ proofs** 
to  be  unwisely  and  unwittingly  rude  to  Irishmen 


and  unjust  to  Ireland,  which  \a  not  at  all  un- 
common among  the  natives  or  the  pretended 
natives  of  that  great  and  just  and  now  univerfally 
respected  country,  from  which  his  favours  are  at 
present  dated,  and  ^^  undeceptions  '*  which  all 
must  experience  who  may  have  expected  that 
writer  in  *^  N.  Sc  Q/'  would  not  only  stick  to  hi 
subject  and  eschew  personalities,  but  be  a  Uti 
consistent  with  himself,  even  suppose  in  expi 
rash  or  erroneous  j  udgment. 

However,  as  Mr.  Piskertox  appears  to  put 
an  argumm^m  mi  miset^icortliam  in  stating  he 
**  away  from  the  bulk  of  his  books  at  present, 
cannot  speak  so  positively  as  he  could  wish,'* 
that  on  the  very  subject  at  issue,    I  suppose 
must  not  be  too  hard  on  him,  though  the  tjuesti^ 
naturally  suggests  itself,  why  then  has  he  wn 
at  all  ? 

To  assert  as  he  does  that  **  the  skulls  of  Iri 
men  never  pr<>duced  a  saleable  article"  until 
bones  of  the  dead  began  to  be  exported  to  bonnj 
Scotland,  and  to  the  other  great  and  **  univcrgu" 
respected  '*  country*,  may  he  very  tasteful  or  r< 
witty,  or  at  least  facetious ;  hut  it  certainly  is  m 
tiiie,  or  even  to  the  purpose.  For  instjiucc,  tl 
heads  of  Edmund  Burke  and  of  hii?  friend  Go] 
smithf  of  Swift,  of  one  Heun^  G rattan,  of  a  pe 
called  Tom  Moore,  of  Berkley,  of  Boyle,  and  > 
some  few  other  Iri^men,  have  undoubted! 
"  produced  saleable  articles''  in  abundance,  thoti 
the  possessors  of  them  were  not  quite  an  c< 
mercially  minded  as  to  sell  their  country'  into 
bargmn,  which  we  have  no  doubt  some  of 
?iatwn  botdwui^re  would  not  scruple  doing  as 
of  their  trade. 

Again^  Mr.  Pinkbrton's  innoceoce— 
ignoraore  would  not  be  polite — of  In 
which  has  led  him  to  make  the  discarded  ;  ni  a 
credited  statement  that  there  were  few,  if  an^ 
nationid  harps  in  Ireland  in  the  seventeenth 
tury ! — a  blunder  ol  his  which  he  does  not 
sume  to  repeat — lends  him   now  to  asaevtj 
**  the  Irish  after  battle  never  buried  their  ~ 
an  assertion  which  will  cause  some  am^ 
no  doubt  among  the  well-informed    readeic 
"  N.&  Q./'  and  make  them  exclaim  with  8h 
speare  — 

"Man,  proud  man  .... 
MoHt  ignonmi  of  what  he  most  sasames.'" 

Thirt  assertion  of  his  is  a  libel  on  Ir*^l/Lud  ai 
the  Irish.     Dean  Story,  it  is  true  (A  f ' 
of  the  Hiitonj  of  the   Warn  of  Irehn 

S'ves  a  sad  picture  of  the  field  of  Anghniu  afi 
e  battle  in  July,  1(591,  when — 
**The  gTcatPflt  mischief  thiil  happened  by  the  Ii 
remnviuf^  wae  to  have  tb«  Carciuvte*  of  their  CDoMtr^' 
for  want  of  Burial*  ex  poised  to  tho  Bird^  of  the  Air, 
the  Beastii  of  the  tieid.'* 

He  in  the  same  page  relates  the  story  of  thf 
wonderful  fidelity  of  the  Irish   dog  which    re- 


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NOTES  AND  QUEBIES, 


ftl 


>r.   ■ 
liny    ■/., 

(if  ii'^rr 


nuuned  '*  night  wid  day "  by   the  liody  of  hia 

master — 
**Aad  tho'  h«  fed  upon  other  Corps  with  th«  r€it  of 
^■^^^^■^  vtt.  he  wciald  not  ftUow  titeoi  or  any  thing  islio 
^^^■UmI  of  his  Muttor/' 

^(^0  of  Col.  Poulk*s  soldiers  shot  the  faithful 
Rnimiil.>  But  we  have  no  proof  that  it  wa§  not 
th  <»f  the  Irish  to  bury  their  dead  after 

Vi  this  instance,  or  from  others  in  addi- 

tion. .VI  p.  229  of  the  same  history.  Dean  Story 
bformd  us  that,  on  September  25,  ]*Jf)l,  after  the 
cuiliilAtioo  of  Litnenck,  sevenii  of  the  principal 
Miem  and  others  of  the  Iri^h  army  cjime  from 
llwfr  Howe  Camp : — 

"And  dmiog  with  the  general,  thej*  went  afterwards 

into  lown   in   a  boat  row«i  by  French  neamen  (ther« 

Wiug  ihi^n  three  res&eb  drawn  up  witbin  the  Key,  and 

fifK  '  f  ttir-ni  ^wnk  n-crooa  it,  to  prevent  onr  corainfj  up 

Ijt  by  wjiy  of  Surprise;  as  they  rid 

Bridjy  towartU  the  Boat,  a  party  or 

,.   i.tt4-*'i'f^i   the  dead  killed  in   the  tost 

,1     .'         .'         iired  foT  xetfrral  people  u-hnm 

i      r    t/it!  CcMMOiion  wa*  continued 

>  -  d   on  the  same   authority  that 

tory,  brother  of  the  writer,  who  waa 

ije  war,   **  wa^i   biiri*.nl   with  military 

mars     by  the  Irish  ;  and  there  can  be  no  doubt 

[iev»T  that  when  the  churchyarda  were  filled 

V''      '       ^ad,  places  contig-uous  to  them  were 

nr  i   to    purposes  of   ioterraent  by  the 

ln?fu^H  J  act  very  recently  more  particularly  de- 

iBOWtnited  near  the  cemeteiy  of  St.  John  s,  in 

lie  city  of  Limerick,  where/  some  feet  beneath 

the  surface  of  the  street  which  had  been  opened 

tip,  layer*  of  human  bones   became   exposed  to 

^w — the  bones  of  those  who  were  buned  after 

i)iH  si.  V    ^-lill^t  the  stone  tablet  on  the  wall  of 

n  question  states  that  the  wall 

.^ter  the  slaughter  of  that  siege, 

mentioned,  too,  that  in  the  memorable 

ri  tix>k  place  near  Butte  van  t,  in  the 

Cork,  in  the  days  of  Macallist^r,  the 

^^  weTo  removed  to  the  churchyard  of  that 

rhcre  some  of  their  bones  may  yet  be  seen 

1  n  yault  wall,  in  the  interior  of  what  was 

ipeL 

1  we  have  not  only  the  Irish  dead 

UhT   battl's    but    buried   in   consecrated 

Can   Mil.  PiKKEUTON  my  the  same  of 

;>x ■.(.-«  of  Kngiifih  soldiers  who  have  been  slain  in 

Uttle? 

Ij*alljdo  not  see  the  appropriateness  of  the 
aewtssuo  mi  Jed  in  Mu,  Pinkfrton's  letter  touch- 
hf  **  moat  grown  o>n  the  human  skull,"  except  it  ts 
Malbwf  arffmmmtum  ad  mimruwrdiam  to  account 
fef  |||#  iniTK^rrectiona  of  bls  defence^  or  that  in 
vMb^"^  .ipposes  he  has  done  the  correct 

fkfatf  in  ^     *u   the  principle  mentioned   at 

m Ml  of  ftbi  Mine  iamie  of  **  N,  &  Q.,''  viss.  that 
**1ke  pUoeojpilMr  thonM    end  with  medicine." 


Neither  can  I  see  why  the  Rev,  Dr.  Tifldale  could 
not  present  a  portrait  of  Carolan  in  court  diesa 
the  Royal  Irish  Academy  because  there  w 
wiother  Dr.  Tisdale  in  tho  time  of  Deau  Swift ! 
Still  less  con  I  discover  any  establishment  of 
Mb.  PnntEXTON's  claim  to  be  esteemed  a  judge 
of  the  merits  of  Carolan's  rich  poetry  in  the  state- 
ment made  by  htm  that  he  knows  the  bard's  poeraa 
'*  only  from  translations/'  which  he  naively  adds, 
"  I  say  is  not  knowing  them  at  all.''  Well,  I  saj 
so  too;  and  I  would  ask  him  to  consult  Hardi- 
man's  IrUh  Min^relai/,  with  which  he  profewei  1 
to  be  acquainted,  more  closely  and  patiently,  audi 
inquire  why  does  he  attempt  not  only  t^  cnticise, 
but  to  decry  Carol  an' B  son  g^s  ?  And 'why  will  be 
be  so  unwise  as  to  rail  at  his  music,  which  all  the 
rest  of  the  world  admires  ? 
I  have  now  before  j 


1. 


**  A  Favorite  CollecUon  fifth©  ni;ach  admired  Old  Irisdi 
Tnnei9,  the  Original  and  GenuiaQ  Compositions  of  Carolan 
the  cttebrafed  Irish  Bard,  set  tor  the  llarpaichord,  Piano 
Forte,  Vidin,  and  GGrmian  Flntc." 

They  were  **  published  by  Hime,  34,  College 
Green,  Dublin, '  about  the  dose  of  the  last  cen- 
tury. These  airs  awake  an  echo  wherever  they 
are  heard  In  Ireland,  even  at  this  moment ;  and 
nothing  that  Mil  Pinkerton  can  say  to  the  con- 
trary IS  calculated  to  deprive  them  of  a  high  i 
order  of  merit.  They  are  expressive,  national, 
full  of  feeling,  force,  soul,  and  energy. 

As  a  lesser  kcAf  of  Mr.  Pinkerton*^,  I  may 
mention  that  he  mistakes  the  circumstances  and 
fact^  coDBected  with  the  anecdote  which  he  quotes 
about  Carolan  and  0*Flynn,  Siippo.^ing  thti  state- 
ments respecting  the  priocipal  points  at  i^ue  to 
be  correct,  what  does  Mr.  Plnjcerion^s argument, 
if  I  can  so  designate  it,  amount  to,  after  all? 
Just  this — 

1.  That  h©  has  not  as  yet  been  able  to  identify 
Watty  Cox*s  likeness  of  Carolan  with  that  pub- 
lished by  Hardiman. 

2.  That  a  friend  of  IVln.  Pinkerton's  at  the 
British  Museum  states  that  one  portrait  sent  by 
Mr.  Pinkerton  is  not  like  Ilardiman's,  w*bich 
conveys  the  likeness  of  a  youivr  man,  while  that 
of  Watty  Cox  is  of  an  old  man ! 

3.  That  Mr.  PofKERTOn  thinks  that  Carolan 
is,  in  Ireland,  a  greatly  overrated  man.  He 
(Caroliin),  however*  has  left  more  and  better 
music  than  any  English  composer;  and  I  ho^K*  to 
see  the  day  when  that  muyic  will  be  republished 
iu  a  style  worthy  of  it  and  of  the  composer  a 
genius.  ^      [ 

Mb.  PiloaBRTOif  ha^  failed  to  prove  that  foreign 
artists  did  not  yisifc  Ireland  lin  the  eighteenth 
century,     I  have  shown  that  they  did. 

Me.  Pikkrrton  has  ^*  some  words  to  aay  to 
Mr.  Lewihjln  on  his  knowledge  of  Irish  history," 
a  subject  on  which  he  thinks  he  has  already 
demoDfitrated  Mil  PitiKSSLT0i9i^&  VntkocK^^JCi^  \)^^ 


82 


NOTES  AND  QUERIED 


[i^^s.  vn,  jAjf,«8,7i. 


sadidently  to  preclude  the  neceflsity  of  prolondog 
a  controversy  which  be  baa  wantonly  provoked, 
and  in  which  h6  has  manifested  an  absurd  con- 
tempt for  Ireland  and  the  Irish.  As  to  hU  random 
nsaertions,  unsupported  by  the  slightest  proof,  on 
tbe  subject  at  is^ue,  vix.  Carolan's  skull^  and  the 
other  issues  he  bos  raised  in  his  discursive  tligfats 
of  fancy,  ou  Carolan*8  poetry,  music,  foreign  artists 
in  Ireland  in  the  eighteenth  century,  the  burial  of 
the  dead  by  the  Irish  after  battle,  moss  on  fikulls^ 
See,  &c.,  they  do  not  nmke  it  clear  that  he  lh  gifted 
with  the  true  scholar's  modesty,  or  even  with  the 
cooler  judgment  of  the  Ecglisbman. 

There  can  be  no  dtnibt  tbat  Carolan  was  well 
received  in  the  mansions  and  at  the  tJibles  of  the 
principal  nobility  and  gentry  of  Ireland.  lie 
dedicated  the  chief  part  of  his  compositions  to  the 
O'Connors,  the  MacDemiots,  the  Loftus  Joneses 
(** Bumper  Squire  Jone^"},  the  Hurkes,  Lords 
of  Mayor  (*•  fieriia  .Mayo  '*),  the  Kellys,  the 
Crtiises,  the  Louths^  the  Roscommons,  the  8tal- 
fords,  the  Tevtons,  and  others  also  nf  the  leading 
families  of  CounaughL  He  travGlM  south,  and 
was  equally  well  received  in  Clare,  Tipperary, 
Waterford,  and  Limerick,  Hardirami  supports 
our  conjecture  that  the  genmnt*  portrait  of  the 
celebrated  Irij*h  bani  was  painted  by  Van  dor 
Hagen,  who  was  employed  when  Carolan  was  in 
the  zenith  of  manhood  and  fame,  at  Lord  Ty- 
rone's (county  Waterford),  Mr.  Christmas's  (Whit- 
tiald,  SAme  county),  by  the  city  of  Waterford 
Corporation,  &c.,  and  doubtless  elsewhere  in  this 
country.  At  Boonas  Iloufse,  the  truly  pictumRque 
residence  in  the  neighbourhood  of"  Liaimck  of 
the  then  Dean  Massy,  Van  der  JTagen  myt  Caro- 
lan, and  it  is  believed  that  it  was  at  Doonjvs  the 
genuine  portrait  of  the  hard  was  painted  by  tho 
well-known  and  clever  Dutch  artist,  Stmnge  to 
pay,  Mk,  Pinkertox  admits  this,  though  be  still 
persists  in  his  unaccountable  contentions* 

Mai  EicE  Lenihak,  M.Il,LA. 
Limerick. 

SIR  WILLIAM  ROGER,  KXT. 

(4»'»  a  L  458;  iv.  107,  222,  342,  545  j  v.  07,  214, 

:32<];  vL  482,552.) 

As  an  accomplished  heraldic  scholar  I  nm  sure 
that,  on  reflection,  Ma.  J,  C,  Roqkr  will  pardon 
me  for  helpinjar  to  settle  the  question  as  to  the 
gemtineneas  of  "the  casts"  whidi  he  communis 
cated  to  Mr,  H.  Lain^  for  his  **  Supplemental 
Catalogue  of  Scottish  Seals.''  The  question  is 
twofold.  First,  How  did  his  father,  the  lat^s  Mr. 
Cbarlea  Roger,  obtain  these  casta  F  Secondly, 
Are  the  caAts  what  they  purport  to  be  ?  With 
reference  to  the  second  part  of  the  question,  Mr* 
J.  C,  Ko<3Ea  may  easily  satisfy  himself  that  Sir 
William  Ropr  (tecimdus)  neither  owned  nor  waa 
connected  with  laud  in  Galston  in  1533,  the  dikte 


of  cast  No.  851  in  Mr.  Lning's  Toluine.    There 
never  was  such  a  kniffht.     As  to  the  first  portiq^H 
of  the  question^  Mr.  J.  C.  Kogee  has  &hown  th^| 
the  heirs  of  Mr.  Thomas?  Meik,  the  allej^ed  pu^^ 
chaser  of  the  Coupar  Orange  estate,  need  not  be 
troubled  to  produce  their  tiile-deeds,  since  **  tb 
casts  '*  turn  out  not  to  be  family  heirlooms, 
hia  father,  Mr.  J.  C.  Hoger   writes,  they  we 
**  communicated  by  the  late  Mr.  D*?uchar,  eeal- 
engraver,    Edinburgh."     lli\    Deuchap    was 
excellent  heraldic   scholar,  and    was  altogethi 
incapable  of  perpetrating  an  heraldic  forgery.  Bf 
Mr.  Roger  has,  I  fear,  been  mlsinfomied  as  to 
Mr.  Deuchar  having  any  connection  with  "  the 
ciists.*'     In  1817  Mr.  Deuchar  published  a  wo 
entitled  ^^  British  Crests.'*  In  that  work  no  Scotti 
family  of  Roger  or  Rogers  is  named  as  u&ing  ev 
a  crest    Of  four  English  families  whom  Mr.  De^ 
char  names,  none  have  heraldic  insi;znia  such  i 
those  in  *'  the  casts.*'     Some  time  aftt^r  the  puta 
lication  of  his  **  Crests,"  my  late  father,  the  K^ 
James  Roger,  minister  of  Duuino,  Fifeshire, 
quosted  Mr.  Deuchar  to  discover  his  coat  of  arn 
with  a  view  to  its  being  engraved.  After  a  s^rc 
Mr.  Deuchar  reported  that  the  Coupar  Granf 
family  had  no  crest  or  coat  of  arms,     lie  off( 
to   devise   one,      "  Make    something/'    said 
father,  **  which  will   suit  the  motto    Le  Hoy 
rjjf/lise.'*     Mr.  Deuchar  did  so,  exhibiting  as  i 
crest  a  dexter  hand  holding  a  crosier.     This  6U 
mounted  a  shield  with  charges  entirely 
from  those  of  **  the  ca^its,'*     But  might  not 
Deuchar,  in  the  course  of  further  research,  hftl{ 
got  new  light  on  the  history  of  the  Coupar  Grazig 
jfamily  ?    It  is  certain  that  he  did  not  The  who 
of  hia  researches  comiected  with   the  cresta 
8cottish  familiea   are   embodied  iji   *'  Fairb 
Cre.^ts/*  a  well-Tinown  work  published  at  Edinbu 
in  LSt30  under  the  superintendence  of  Mr.  Lauren 
Butters,  eeal-engraver  to   the  Queen.     lo  tbij 
work  my  fathers  crest,  designed  by  Mr,  Dettcbi 
forty   years  before,  is  described  im  that  of  Iq 
Scottish    house   of   Roger.      Mr.   Deuchar  di^ 
before  1850.     To  the  day  of  hia  death  ho  nevj 
had  any  communicfttion  with  the  father  of 
J.  C.  RooRR,   This  I  assert  positively.  The  Mar 
well  sculpture,  it  now  appearp,  was  not  found  1 
the   non-existing   Marywell,    but   ^*  in   a  ruin^ 
house  at  West  Town  of  Coupar  Grange,**  wh6 
a  John  riayfair  lived  in  one  century,  and  wbe 
a  George  Roger,  to  suit  tho  letters  *^  G.  R.** 
the  drawing,  might  have  lived  in  another. 
Mr.  H*  Laing'a  aupplemental  volume  Mr.  J. 
Roger's  father  is  represented  as  having  describ 
the  seal  of  Sir  WilliaiTi  Roger  {Mcamdui)  tha 
**  Sir  William  Roger,  Knt.,  from  an  instrunn^^ 
dated  1533  concerning  or  conveying  a  piece 
gn^und  within  the  parish  of  Galston/' In  **  N.&  ( 
Mb.  J.  C.  Roger  states  that  the  narrative  of  til 
cretts  was  not  in  Aw  father^ a  hunduTtiin^*     Mo 


i*^S.Tn.  JAX.2a»7l.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


83 


leeenily  he  finds  that  '^the  CMts^'  were  ''coni' 
ttooieated  by  M>.  Deuchar." 

Mit.  J.  CRooKR  chflr;je3  tne  with  hft^ing,  in 
184>7,  clftiiiKfd  descent  from  Sir  Williftm  linger 
in  IK  bonk  which  I  then  publiaht^d.  Mast  true;  I 
Ipli.'T.jl  )ii«  statement  contained  in  Mr.  IL  Lai  Jig's 
IF  4ied  the  year  previoURly.    I  have  long 

t-. .  J,  ;oGKE  to  be  an  expert  heraldic  scholar, 
bb  her^dic  dra^infra  and  descriptions  being  ex- 
quisite. I  would  have  respected  hia  authority 
idU,  had  not  invest i^mtions  lately  made  led  me  to 
pfrr?eive  tlvatin  the  preaent  instance  he  18  in  error. 
And  let  hit  mbhap  be  a  wamiDf;  to  all  grenealo* 
fists,  for  1  have  Rubjected  myself  to  be  twitted 
Qot  only  by  the  gentleman  whose  authority  I  fol- 
IdWfd/but'by  another  (W.  B.),  to  whom  Mr,  J. 
C.  RoaKit  18  evidently  a  atranger. 

Charles  r^oeEB3,  LL,D. 

Mr.  WtyDUAM  ANi>  THE  Keporteus  (4**'  S. 

tI  J17,) — t  find  among  some  letters  in  my  pos- 

Ktaion  of  distinguished  men»  litem ry  aud  politirftl, 

ili^r^  i<  >i   It^tter  from  Mr.  Windham,  dnted  Pall 

-♦  1810,  addreftsed  to  a  relative  of  my 

'    period,    connected  with  the  public 

1  ttin>wd  li^ht  OQ  the  subject  in  ques* 

.   .1  copy  of  which  I  annex,  as  you  may 

•it»cm  It  suitable  for  insertion  in  your  columns. 

T  ani  ;n- linpd  to  think  that,  after  thw  letter  hod 

: .  the  interdict  was  removed,  and  Mr. 

speeches  were  duly  reported : — 

P»  PaU  Mall,  Feb.  8tb,  1810. 

lin  to  your  letter,  I  find  in  part 
I  ,  oii^on^  which  Jead  xnc  to  sup- 

r  -  i  was  otherwise  di^po^ed  to  give 

t  v<nt  my  replying  to  it  at  all,  if  it  was 

c  ^ir>n  that  I  might  be  enppoMd  either 

M  to  h  ^aiet4?e  in  the  truth  of  the 

ibo^  ui  -\y  t»r  con  turn ntioiiMly  the 

tll«ticM  lijin  nothing  but  the  aoci- 

^Ktuor  wtitjiiiy  sitoatioa  cotdd  distinguiiih  in  any  decree 
ftmn  mv««"lfi 

'     speech  in  question,  you  mu$t  know 

t.  ij;^  iu  any  part  of  it  that  warrantt^l 

•1"  -  ,  .         rijflt  ivould  furnish  a  just  ground  of 

trah]M4itiit  to  uny  mvn  of  nny  description,  unlois  it  Ahould 

busKfEDt  to  maintain  tbnt'no  pubhck  body  or  deacrip* 

Iwnof  mm  can  ha  r  '      i'hout  the  censure  being 

«>pfK«ci]  to  Ih5    iipi  V  to   ench  individu4]l  of 

•^•"Ti  tin'  Ihm'v  \yii.  ,  Hf  who  was  in  any  way 

it:    a  iiosilioii  which  would  sonnd  but 

'  fin  the  part  of  thos«  who  are  eveiy  day 

«i  *       1  most  nareftervcd  terms, 

CI' I 

places,   I  beg  to  a^are 
ft>  ^uugh  1  believe  I  might) 

«o  to   protect  mo  in  any- 

Ciiuc  mill  u  i  J I  LIT,!:  lijiJuu'nL  jl  right  t(j  S^Av  there, 
•*  I  am.  Sir, 

Your  obetlii-nt 
Humble  wrvant, 
(Signed)  W.  WiJcmiAM." 

K  Kawoox  Power. 
Tsfthy,  S.  Walat. 


-■^ 


Legal  Commonplaces,  temp,  James  I.  f4«**  S, 
rii.  6.) — I  had  no  expectation  that  my  extrnct* 


S. 
Til.  b,) — 1  liad  no  expectation  tlmt  my  extrnctftj 
from  this  MS.  which  I  submitted  to  your  notice, 
would  have  been  at  once  adoptt  d  for  publlc^ation, 
or  I  &hould  have  taken  more  pmns  in  their  ^elec- 
tion  and  arrangement,  and  I  am  sorry  tlmt  your 
printer  did  not  receive  my  revision  of  the  proof- 
copy  before  it  went  to  pre8.«.  Will  you  now  per- 
mit me  to  supply  a  few  amendments  to  somo 
errors  in  the  *^  acute  et  graviter  dicta  "  P — 

P.  0»  line  28  from  bottom,  for  *^  patrem  "  read 
I'perram  "  (sic  in  orig.) :  coi  2^  line  1,  for  **puj*]i- 
ing  *'  read  *'  pusling  "  ;  line  12^  for  "  nullo  "  rend 
*♦  nollo  ^' ;  line  24  from  bottom,  for  "  feofm.  ^'  read 
"  psotm  "  J  line  14  frum  bottom,  the  raying  of  fc?t, 
Jerom  touching  speech  should  begin  **tria  necen- 
snritt";  p.  7,  line  Itl,  I  doubt  whether  the  jewel- 
ler's name  should  not  read  *'  vanlore  "  instead  of 
"  vaiUoee  ^* ;  line  30  from  bottom,  the  blniik 
nhould  be  tilled  up  "  'Sovihumhej-tami  in  the  starr 
Chamber.*^ 

Tho  anecdote  about  Mrs.  Babingtorii  Mrs.  Ashe, 
&:c.,  ia  so  illegible,  tltut  I  can  mul{«>  nothiug  out 
(if  it;  but  in  the  third  line.  *'  aheea*'  should  read 
"  thes , .  .  Who  were  these  ladiea  ?  aud  who  was 
old  mother  Stephens  P 

X  take  this  opportunity  of  drawing  observation 
to  two  passttgefl  which  may  lead  to  the  ideutificn- 
tion  of  the  reporter.  Under  his  head  of*  Geueral 
Observations,  he  remarks  that  his  father  was  one 
of  those  authorised  by  the  Lord  Chancellor  to 
make  or  pass  green  books  (whatever  that  may 
mean),  hut  not  in  the  character  of  Clerk  of  the 
Crown.  The  writer's  father  then  filled  the  post 
of  Clerk  of  the  Crown. 

One  of  the  "  acute  et  graviter  dicta"  of  Bacon 
was  spoken  of  the  writer  himself  in  the  case 
between  Francklyn  aud  Gascoigne ;  he  was  theie* 
fore  one  of  the  counsel  in  that  cause,  in  which  he 
was  opposed  to  Bacon.  G,  A,  C. 

Hatr  oRowiNo  AFTER  Beath  (4**"  S.  vi.  524 ; 
vii.  6(3.)*- May  I  aug-ge^t  tljat,  when  Mb.  ToT^s^fs* 
iiEND  Mayer  instanced  the, case  of  Charles  L  as 
contrary  to  that  of  the  lady  quoted  by  Hawthorne, 
he  should  have  remembered  that  no  fiubstancu  for 
the  growth  of  the  hair  could  possibly  be  derived 
from  the  body  of  the  decapitated  monarch,  since 
all  the  natural  ducts  to  the  roots  of  the  hair  were 
severed.  Assuming  that  lIftwthome*s  statement 
be  correct,  where  he  says  "her  whole  substance 
seems  to  have  been  tranaformed,"  i*,  e.  into  ** beau- 
tiful chesnut  hair/'  the  wonder  would  have  been 
to  have  discovered  any  growth  whatever  in  the 
beard  and  hair  of  King  Charles,  since  the  head 
alone  could  bave  supplied  the  subatsnoe  for  that 
growth.  Obobgb  W^alus. 

South  Kensington  Mu»eum. 

It    is   observed   by  Mb.  TowKsnExn  Mater 
that  the  indestructibility  of  hair  is  shown,  b^  iW 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[<«»S.VII.  Ja».M,71. 


1 


fact  that  a  portion  of  Henry  VII I /s  beard  was 
found  upon  1ii»  chin  at  the  time  when  the  coffin 
of  Charlie  I,  was  opened  in  181S.  I  can  adduce 
h  mach  more  remarkable  Instance.  I  aasisted  in 
the  year  1832  in  unwrapping  an  embalmed  body 
diecrtvoi^ed  in  front  of  where  the  high  altar  for- 
merly stood  in  Wymondham  Abbey  in  Norfolk. 
It  was  the  body  of  a  female^  who  was  satiafoc- 
torilv  proved  to  have  been  the  wife  of  William 
D'Albmi,  the  founder  of  the  abbey.  She  bad 
died  young  and  in  childbirth.  Iler  hair  had  been 
cut  oti'^  and  we  found  a  profusion  of  it  lying  de- 
tached on  the  right  side  of  the  neck^  of  a  bright 
auburn  colour^  and  in  perfect  prestjrvation.  I 
brought  away  a  small  lock  of  this  hair,  which  is 
now  lying  before  me,  and  perfectly  preserved  after 
more  than  700  years  from  the  time  of  the  lady's 
decease.  I  wrote  a  full  account  of  the  discovoiyt 
embidmingf  and  appearance  of  the  body  in  a  maga- 
zine at  the  time.  F.  C,  H. 

Ax  IkKMTEO   EtBay  by    OLTTElt  GOLBgltlTlI 

(4*''  S,  vii.  9,  6fl)— Mr.  Crossley's  righteotw 
indignation  seems  Uj  have  been  moved  in  no  ordi- 
nary degree  by  the  production  of  **  pix>r  Goldy*a*' 
dirge.  (Granting  that  it  is  twaddle,  and  Ibat 
•*  mediocrity  iauot  allowed  to  poets,  either  by  the 

gods  or  men/'  can  he  have  for^^otten  that  even 
good  Homer  sometimes  nods  '*  ?  I  had  it  ori- 
ginally, many  years  ago,  fi\im  the  Inte  Captain 
Adderley  Sleigh,  K.T.S,,  in  whose  family  to  hare 
doubted  of  its  authenticity  would  indeed  have 
been  worse  than  any  heterodoxy.  Moreover,  one  of 
the  primary  objects,  I  take  it,  of  **^^,  &  Q/'  is  to 
drculate  these  fascicles  with  a  view  to  their 
paasing  through  the  crucible  of  its  readers'  intel- 
ligence ;  even  as  pictures,  when  brought  together 
from  all  sorts  of  private  collections  at  some  great 
national  exhibition,  have  their  merits  and  genuine- 
neaa  at  once  accepted  or  rejected :  — 

*■  Cocido  et  compdno  quiD  mox  depromcro  ponim/* 

MOO&LAIYD  La.]>. 

Whale's  lira  at  Sorbento  (4**  8.  vit.  30.) — 
In  the  inscription^  which  was  most  correctly 
copied,  the  word  in  t^e  first  line  is  oostion. 

w,  a  B. 

**  CtntBERLAKD*a  Britisii  Theatre  '*  (4^  S.  m, 
403.)^!  doubted  that  the  late  George  Daniel  was 
the  editor,  because  the  text  U  so  incorrect /»«*!*>«. 
I  Bpeak  not  of  pi  inters'  errata^  that  a  stroke  of  the 
pen  can  correct,  but  of  frequent  omissions  of 
whole  lines,  bad  puncltuktion,  &c.  Duncombc's 
Tktairt  is  far  moi-e  correct  in  the  text,  though 
inferior  in  other  respects.  Bv-the-bye,  this  last- 
named  work  contains  *'  Mr.  Wul  Pry,"  bv  Dou- 
glas Jerrold.  It  is  a  better  play  than  Voole's 
comedy.  One  of  the  chamcters  is  Sir  Spangle 
Rwiibow,  It  was  produced  at  the  Cobourjf,  and 
amongst  the  acton  named  in  th«  dramatit  per^ 


stma  IS  Mr.  Buckstone*     If  the  play  is  by  JerroIdJ 
why  is  it  not  in  the  published  collection  of  " " 
dramas?  Biephex  Jaojeson. 

A  WiKTjcii  SATme  (4**  S.  vi.  495 ;  Vii.  IB.)— I 
a  recent  number  of  »*N,  &  Q,"  it  is  mentione 
that  there  h  a  popular  saying  in  Nottingbamshire^l 
that  if  the  ice  will  bear  a  man  before  Christma%J 
it  will  not  bear  a  mouse  afterwards. 

A  8<.»mewhat  similar  saying  prevails  in  Notth 
hamahire  and  neighbouring  counties^  which 
perhaps  not  unworthy  of  note  :— 

"  If  there's  ice  in  Xonembcr  that  '11  Ixjsr  a  duck, 
Therti'U  be  nothing  after  but  slodge  aiid  muck.** 

The  country  people   in   Nottinghamshire  pr 
pbesy  that  the  ensuing  winter  will  be  a  mild  onfl 
basing  their  prognostication  upon  the  fact  of 
wind  being  Boutherly  on  St,  Martin-s  Evr  f 

A.  E,  L. ; 

I  have  heard  this  given  in  another  form ; — "  ] 
the  ice  will  bear  a  goose  before  ^V    * 
Mm'tlemas  as  my  informant  pronon 
not  bear  a  duck  after/*    Can  the  exp+ nviir*'  ui  * 
reader  of  **  N.  &  Q,"  verify  this  saying  P 

LrniJ 

Wabm= Wbajltht  (4^*  S,  iv.  256,  320, 489.] 
Slightly  apposite  is  one  of  the  anagrams  given  i 
Camden's  liernmiUy  p.  211)  (ed»  1674)  : — 

**  Afterword,  a.i  ap^j^ureth  bv  / 
^ome   Gretkt  tUaported   tbemsefvi  '^hid 

turned  ,  .  ♦  //am*,  merryt  into  L.       ,  rm*** 

Joiuf  ADOiflu 

TitE  PiEn  PiPKR  OP  Haitelx  (4'*'  S.  iv. 
I  beg  again  to  notice  this  extraoroinary  storv,  ' 
elicit,  if  possible,  a  satiijfnctirtrv  ^^Vnri-.t, 
a  commemorntion  of  aome  i. 
Was  it  a  great  f/unine  ?  Oow^j  - 
1753^  n,  308),  writing  in  the  year  ItH^i,  stiitMS  titi 
the  inliabitants  *^  date  their*bilis  and  bonds  an 
other  instruments  in  law,  to  this  day,  from 
year  r)f  the  goini;  out  of  their  childnsn/' 

Beckford,  in  Vathek^  gives  a  somewhat  simjJ 
incident.     An  Indian^  renewing  his  loud  sbouUj 
laughter,  and  exhibiting  horrid  grimace**,  is  I 
by  V'athek,  who  repeated  his  blow  with  SQ 
siduity  as  incited  lul  who  were  present  t^)  i 
his  example : — 

"  Every  fool  wjw  np  and  Aimed  at   tl 
sooner  had  any  ^iveii  him  a  kick  tbi 
constrained  uI  reiterate   the  stroke, 
and  plump,  he  r<illect«*i  himself  into 
round  on  all  jid(»  tt  the  blows  of  hi 
pr<  ^Hnl  after  liiifl,  whcrev^er  be  tarnpil,  wjtli  iin 
Ueytjiid  conception,    whibt   their    numlxjr*  w« 
moititMit  iiicrettsiot;.     Tbe  bjilU  inUccd,  in  pruoii 
one  apartment  to  another,  drew   every  perwa 
tbnt  rf»mf?  in  it**  wny.     Tho  women   of  the  ba 
linoseorthfl  UtlJ,  t 
.  tn«v  brcAc«  tmm  the  i 
tup  tWr  fll(;ht»  plnobi 
uU  tbcy  bied;  but  in  vain;  wblUt  Iheaiativ^i, 


i'kS.VlI,  J*».28,71.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


85 


tnmhltoir  with  terror  at  tlie  escape  of  th«ir  charge,  w«no 
Ai  bcapabl^  of  nsaitftiiig  tlie  Attf»ction/'  4rc.  «tic. 

1a  this  ftceoant  a  fiction  of  Beckford^s,  or  does 
he  obtniii  it  from  anj  older  '^  Arabian  tale  "  F 

W.  P, 

FovvrxiSB  OF  QncKSn^vEB  (2*»^  S.  xii.  10S>,) 
it  would  appear  that  this  query  ha^  never  been 

kit-- 1  t'\  I  v^nrtiire  after  the  lapse  of  nine  years 
i  nee  required. 

lirer  was  aecarate.    Gibbon,  from 
l-'unlontjtr,  mhvs  that  — 

'^  In  *  Ittfly  p.i\ilinn  Qf  the  garden  **  [of  Bagdad]  **  one 
i'f  iht"^*  b.i*«in  itioft  .  .  .  ,  wiiB  replenifthed,  not 

Willi  nnlef,  1  purest  quicksilver/' — IJiMt.  nf 

/Winr  ,r     '  .,.c   lUmmn  Empire^  vol.  vi.  p.  Mi 

(Mn'  >*iias).    Km/«  aUo  aotes  to  ftame  pna- 

Mr.  Diameli,  tu  bis  "wondrous  tale  "  of  Alrinf 
(Warne*B  ed.  lH60,  p.  65,  and  note  31)^  mentions 
the  eieinic  mag^nifioence  on  the  authority  of  GibbiiD, 
S.  R.  Tow^sHESfD  Mayer, 

lEiehmond,  S.VV. 

'^PicncE  TTiB  Pu>UGHiCAKr*s  Crede  "  (4***  S.  L 
•<,  44^,  4U0,)— 
L  ,      wfti  good  Y-now  of  gTOaad  .  grejn  for  to  bcf«n," 

^^  330. 

H  I  OB  inclined  to  take  thia  as  refemni^  to  a 
^■URcnt  proverb  of  the  time.  In  hi.s  noble  defence 
^Kfpoor  Uichard  11m  Thomas  Morks,  Bishop  of 
f*   '    '  ^,  with  ail  the  epijrrammatic  terseness 

'  It  is  a  bad  wrml  that  can   take  no 
"-   r's  EecL   Hid,   nf  Great  Britain, 
'  )     So  the  better  the  wool,  the 
.  I  is  capable  of  takingr. 
if  the  poem  of  Pitrce  the  PloHghmafCn 
von  by  I^Ir.  Skeat  (E.  E,  T.   S.)    na 
. ,  a.d/"     The  deposition  of  Richard  II* 
i  the  year  13H0. 

k  of  Bi?»hop  Merka  displays  a  courage 
uteBS  ao  rare,  that  I  eaunot   forbear 
If  udiag  it  aa  worthy  of  a  perusal. 

Edmuki>  Tew,  M.A. 
i'^tLhin^  Rectory. 

X  lis  (4***  S.  iv.  272, 370.) — Your  correspondent 
.  quotes  from  a  poem  published  in  17tB  to 
i"  thr^  period  at  which  the  word  non^  waa 
with  the  English   language.      Tbe 
irom  tbe  Dunciad: — 
♦'  Ah  think  not,  Tn1i?tTM?,  more  true  dulIneM  lies 
In  Folly*B  cap  or  Wisdom's  srrflvc  »!if<»<ui>'e. 
Ltkfl  btiuys  ihiit  never  ^ink  into  the  dnmi. 
Oil  lesminK^a  »nrface  we  but  li*?  ami  norL 
TblQ«  it  the  jECf^naine  head  or  many  &  hotiw 
And  Biiieh  divinity  witbont  a  vovt^ 

JcXtAJT  SHAItlfAir. 

rK»  E^D  "  (4*'»  S.  vi.  340,  437,  519 ; 
tii  ,//  bere  I  tdce  to  mean  the  remit;  and 

I  T.  I  I  iV!D  Lyiteltok  will  admit  that  the 
Ti\,  .vi,.*l4  in  any  eense,  good  or  bad,  the 
^%i,     Aristotle  pays  it  doea.     In  war  defeat 


Burely  i«  the  wcrrd  part  of  it— an  md  the  bitterest 
that  could  come.  **  While  there  is  life  there  is 
hope.*'  While  the  event  ia  pending  the  end  may 
be  vIkv  not  T^wn?.  There  is  room,  at  all  events, 
for  hope.  Edkcnd  Tew,  M.A, 

Chowbeb  (4'*'  S.  iv.  passim;  t,  1G3,  261 ;  vi, 
44*^.) — To  support  the  derivation  given  of  thia 
word  at  the  last  reference,  I  beg  to  mention  that 
on  the  cabartti  and  guingvMtes  of  little  tiabing 
villages  along  the  coast  of  Brittany  ♦*  id  on  fait  /a 
ehawii'^re^*  is  a  frequent  sign,  Faire  la  chaudih^ 
ia  to  provide  a  cauldron  in  which  is  cooked  a  mesa 
of  fish  and  biscuit  with  some  savoury  condi- 
ments —  a  "  hodge-podge  "  contributed  by  the 
tishennen  themaelvee,  who  ouch  in  return  receives 
his  share  of  the  prepared  dish.  Now  Canada  waa 
settled  by  the  French,  many  of  them  from  Brit- 
tany, with  Jacques  Cartier,  a  Breton,  at  their  head; 
and  it  ia  precisely  from  those  states  which  hoti^ 
upon  Canada  that  we  derive  both  the  word  ch 
dcr  and  the  very  palatable  dish  it  designates. 

A.  J. 

Folk  Lore:  Tbetu  (4**»  S.  vi.  68,  131, 
5t>0.)  — Is  it  not  likely  that  the  **ring  with 
tooth  in  it,"  mentioned  in  the  advertisement  quoted 
by  E.  C,  may  have  been  a  relic  of  some  saint  ? 
I  have  in  mv  cabinet  a  heavy  silver  ring  of  French 
wc^rkmanship,  and,  I  should  think,  of  the  early 
part  of  the  seventeenth  century,  in  which  is  set  a 
tooth  of  apparently  some  condderable  age.  S. 
Apollonia  was  specially  invoked  for  the  tooth- 
acne,  See  Bishop  Jewel's  ^jpositian  upon  the 
Seemtd  E^nxUe  to  the  Thessaloniims^  ii,  5),  10  : — 

"  Hereof  it  came  to  pA^  that  each  saint  waa  an^igned 
ami  allotted  to  hissandry  charge  and  several  <'fTiv  nimrt : 
S.   Bla;^  for  the  choUiog,  S.  Roche  for  tlm^ 
Anthony  tot  the  hurning,  Valentine  for  the  t 
ues*,  Komttne  for  m&dncfis,  Apollonia  for  thu  .-,.;;. ;c.iii, 
PetrotiiUa  fi>r  agues,  nod  others  for  oilier  purposes." 

In  the  Roman  calendar  8.  Apollonia  finds  a 
place  on  Februarv  0,  and  in  Albau  Butler's  Lives 
of  the  SmntM^  untler  that  date,  I  find  it  stated  that 
the  heatben  population  of  Alexandria,  in  the  last 
year  of  the  reign  of  the  Emperor  Philip,  attacked 
the  Christians  rej^ident  amongst  them ;  and  that — 
"The  admtrahle  A^^Uonio,  whom  old  a^  and  the  stiite 
of  virj^nity  rendered  equally  venerat»le,  was  seized  by 
them.  Their  repeated  blows  on  her  jawa  tttat  ont  all  her 
teeth," 

Frequent  allusions  to  the  popular  belief  in  the 
virtue  of  the  invocation  of  S.  Apollonia  will  lie 
found  in  the  publications  of  the  Parker  Society, 
Compare  also  tlie  '*  Fantassie  of  Id olatiie,"  printed 
in  Foxe'a  Ads  and  MonumefUs,  \\  40(j,  I8th  edit 
"To  Saynt  Syth  for  my  piirso  ; 
Saynt  Love  ft*ue  my  horse  ; 

For  my  tethto  Saynt  Apolyue," 
Were  the  teeth  of  S.  Apollonia  ever  wom  9M 
relics  or  as  charms  against  toothache  ? 

W.  Sfaeeow  SiKFSoir. 


86 


NOTES  AND  QUEEIKS. 


[i*^  a  vii.  JjLx.  «8. 


htha      I 

rtflBtJl 


TI.  11.  H.  THi;  Duke  of  Kent  rs  Canada,  ts 
1701  (4***  S.  T.  Tii^S.y — Tlie  following  work  nmy  be 
of  service  to  Mr.  Macdonali*.  It  was  publiehed 
a  few  mo  nth  3  apro  by  Hunter,  Eose  ic  Co.,  at 
OttftWii  nnd  TomntOt^^vo,  pp.  241,  and  may  per- 
hupa  I>t3  found  at  Trubuer'.H^  1:2,  rateriioyterltow, 
London ;  — 

**The  Life  of  F.  M.  11.  R.  H.  Edward,  Duko  ©f  Runt, 
iJlualratod  by  hi»  Corrcponjenoe  witli  tiie  L>t'  SnlalxTry 
Familr,  never  lM'f*>rc  puhti^hcd,  exteniliDf;  from  1701  to 
1H14.  By  Dr.  William  JamM  Anderson,  L.K.C.S.,  Eiiin- 
barffh,  President  of  die  (Quebec  Littrary  and  Uistorical 
Society." 

A  parflgrnph  in  the  *'  Introductory ''  is  as  fol- 
lows :  — 

**  The  Duke  of  Kent  wag  nn  able  and  volaminous  cor- 
respondent, and  frf.ni  thi'  euro  vt'xth  wlikh  hu  Icltcra  have 
been  preserved  he  hat  unt:on!'cion:i»Iy  bccomtr  his  own 
biiJ^apher^  but  lUh  hiiv^raphy  has  hitherto  bovu  cm\- 
ttned  to  the  limited  circle.*  of  the  ftimilicaor  friends  of  hL* 
eomftpondfint^,  nnd  the  few  of  his  letters  wliieh  have 
been  pn blithe!  in  his  Life^  by  the  Rev.  Erakino  Neale, 
hftve  only  excited  a  desire  to  see  more." 

I  have  never  mot  with  Jlr*  Neale's  work.  ^Ir, 
Anderson  do€s  not  elsewhere  in  Ms  book  r^fer  to 
it  more  particularly  than  in  the  above  paragrnpli, 
and  it  is  not  mentioned  in  either  Watt'a  B.  B, 
or  Lowndes*  Bibl,  MmmaL 

A<t  the  prince-duke  arrived  at  Quebec  in  Au- 
gust, 1791,  in  command  of  ibo  7th  lloyal  Fiisi- 
leers;  in  1704  (tsi^isted  in  the  reduction  of  the 
Frencli  West  Indies,  and  was  then  appointed 
Commander  of  the  Forces  in  Nova  Scotia  and 
New  Brunswick;  and  in  May,  17D9,  Commander- 
in-Chief  of  the  Forces  in  Briti.^h  North  America, 
in  which  command  lie  continued  until  August, 
1800,— Mn.  Macdonald  will  probably  liiid  ^*  the 
full  details''  he  requires  in  the  dulce's  ofiicial 
correspondence  with  the  authorities  at  the  Horae 
Guards,  vrhere  I  presume  it  ia  still  preserved, 

Ville-Marie,  Canada.  Ebic. 


iHt^»nanr0Uisr« 

NOTES  ON  B00E8,  ETC. 

Tlit  Work*  of  Ahxandfr  Popt.     New  Edition^   includin*} 

aeverat  hundrrd  uftpubiisheit  iMttrs  and  other  Nrw  jVti- 

tfriaU^  cfylkcted  in  part  hy  the  fate   Ri;;bt  lion.  John 

Wibon  Croker,      Hith  Intr^nittrtioH  and  Xate*  htj  the 

Rev,  WhitweM  Elwin.   l\tt.  IL  Fottry.   With  Purlraiti 

and  Either  ftitutratimit.     {  M nrra v.) 

If  tL<?  admirers  of  Pope  have  had  their  patience  iM»rply 

tried  while  wAitin^  for  thia  loQiC-promised  erJiiion  of  hii 

workrt,  few  of  them  Uut  will  confers  that  that  patietsce 

haa  at  leni^th  lu  rt^WEird  in  a   cullectiLm  of  the  poet's 

writings,  vrhieh  promisca  to  leave    little  s<:ope  for  the 

labonra  of  future  commentHtors  or  future  editors.    Tbia 

new  Tohime  contains  tlie  "  Es^ay  on  Crjtici?»m  "  followed 

bv  "Warburt on' s  Commentary  and  Notes,"  **TheRap« 

of  the  Lock  "  followed  by  the  ''Fir.^t  Ed  Jtion  **  of  it ; «  The 

Elcjrv  to  thfl  Memory  of  an  Unfortunate  Ladv ; "  **  Ebisa 

to  Abclard ; "  the  **  Es^say  on  Man ;"  and  "  I'he  Universal 

Prayer,^  the  two  latter  being  accompanied  by  Warburton's 

Commentary  and  Xotes,  While,  in  the  illnstratiou  of  each 

of  these  poemif  Mr.  El  win  had  availed  himself  freely  and 


judiciously  of  the  labours  of  preceding  editor*.  h<»  has 
wiUi  greiit  advantage  to  the  »tudenu  of  Pope,  hrxpUKtif 
his  own  critical  poweni  to  bear  as  much  upon  th^i^  jtid^< 
menu  a^  upon  the  Poet**  writings;  so  that  liia  comuienn 
on  the  eommentiitoni  arw  far  from  the  lea^t  in«tnictira' 
portion  of  the  volume.  And  thhis  saying  much  for  a.  book 
which  containji  m  many  cvid'-nceH  of  the  pain)^  which  tha 
late  Mr,  Croker  iwjjtowed  in  Hearing  up  jmd  illustratiai 
passages  which  change  of  times  and  mannen^  have  r 
dered  obscure,  and  which  could  only  bo  eacplained 
cnie  th[>roui;hIy  fiiiniliar  with  ihe  literature  of  the 
Any  of  our  render.^  who  reracmbpr  how  uiu'^h  haa  been 
written  in  the  attempt  to  identify  the  "  Unfortunate 
Lady."  who  wew  the  subject  of  Pope's  elesy,  will  be 
(Treatly  amti^ied  with  Mr.  Elwin's  intrndurtion  to  that 
poem,  in  whit-h,  follnwini;  up  a  hint  first  thrown  out  we 
Delic%'e  hy  Mr.  Dilke^  he  .^hows  fIip  was  altupfther  eo 
imapnar>*  pf*r^onaj;ej  and  they  will  l*eas  greatly  plwaed 
with  the  s>ounrl  nnd  vi^jforous  critlcisTn  in  which  he  haa 
ex  posted  tbo  many  f:ilje  priaciplea  enunciated  ia  it  bjPj 
Pope, 

Sflrct   Lettrrx  of  PUntf  fhc  Vounff^r.     Latin  Tfxt^  mi 
English  Xiitpn.     Edited  htf  A.  j!  t  hnrch,  M.A.  of  LiQ^j 
ctjln  Collcs;e,  Oxford,  and  Head  Master  of  the  RovaT 
Grammar  Scbtml  of  Kinif.lajiifts  I.,  Henley- rm-Th»mo 
and  W.  J.  Brodribb,  JLA.,  late  Fellow 'of  St.  John'l 
College,  Cambridt»e.    (Lot!;;uijns.) 

ThM  is  a  Selection,  aaionntin;^  to  nltout  twivnflbj^c 
the  Kpistlea  of  Pliny  the  Youu^ijeir,  and  arraucod  in  ibi 
present  form  with  a  view  to  makin^r  them  ii:oro 
sibic  to  classical  ?tadonta.  The  comparatiri?  oUiri 
into  whit'ih  thcflie  tettors  have  fallen  i«t  the  mrtrc  i 
con«idcrinf^  that  sametime.fl  Pliny  supplies  mi^^sin 
in  th«  history  of  hi^  friend  Tacitus.  Should  Ihi^^  oft 
be  removed,  no  small  credit  will  be  dtie  to  the  editors  c 
this  volame,  who,  in  order  that  it  may  serve  as  a  cii 
book  for  tbo  upper  forms  of  achoola,  furiiii^h  each  teiti 
with  an  nnnlysis  and  point  out  «uch  word.'*  and  phraa 
as  do  not  exactly  ijclon^  to  the  .\ut:u-*^tan  a^.  Copioi 
note*  ar<!  likewise  given  at  tlie  tnid  of  the  volume. 

B')(?Ks  nECClVBD. — yitticeg  of  (fie  Jttr*  htj  tfte  ^ 
Wntrrs  of  ANtiquity^  beintj  a  CitfffCtiun  of  Factt 
OpinioHB  from  the  Wotkn  of  Ancieni  Htatftrn  Avt] 
prrviou*  to  A.i>.  y'Jrt,  htf  Johii  Gill.  (Lonq-manv)  Th 
notices  refer  to  the  Exodus  from  Ej^^pt;  the  On.,, 
llitea,  Cuslomi,  nnd  Peculiarities  of  the  Jews ;  and  NotS 
Ge<'i;raphiwd  and  Military,  cxtractetl  from  abnut  i 
various  author.^, —  Tftc  Cieif  Survive  Hutofy  of  Em 
heiHa  a  Fact-Botfh  of  KmiUsh  llutnry  arntnfftd  tJi 
for  Ejramituiiifm  Coftdidates^  I*  ah  fie  Schools  ^  and  • 
gentraffn^  by  F*  A,  White,  B.A.:  Rrvited  throwjh 
untarfftdhtf  H.  A.  Uoh^oii.  ( lUwird  of  Trade.)  (  L-^ckwo* 
Prcparetl  by  one^j^Rntleman  of  great  experience  in  thei 
paration  of  candidatiw  for  the  Civil  Servict*,  and  ttxu 
by  another,  thii  form.s  a  stiitahle  companion  to  the  Cfdl 
Service  Gto{jrmdiy  if«sued  hy  the  same  publisher*. —  jT 
Hidf'Crvivn  Atiau  of  British  Hiitory,  by  Keith  Johaat 
LL.D.  (Johnifilon,  Edinburq;h.)  Thirty-one  maJV!^  b«a<i 
tifullv  engraved,  of  these  inlands  especially;  but  inelti" 
ing  Europe  and  the  World  gctTcrally  nt  ditlWent  impoH 
ant  historical  perio^ii,  made  complete  by  an  Index  to  4 
the  places  named  in  it,  deserve*  to  be  widely  eircah 
and  ia  publbhed  at  a  price  which  certainly  admita  of  it,^ 
Dmmntic  Almmtacft  fnr  1H7I,  by  J,  W.  Anson.  T*^ 
curious  little  year*liook  dcjiervea  a  good  word  on  tn 
gmundi :  firctt,  for  the  amount  of  amusing  infonrutu 
connected  with  the  Drama  which  it  contains;  secoodlj^ 
because  the  profits  from  it  a  sale  will  be  given  to 
Dramutic  SicK  Fund,  of  which  Mr.  Ansonf  the  editor,  f 
the  Honorarj*  Socretan'. 


i'^S.Tn.  Jax.28,71.] 


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Edccatioi*al  Books,— The  editor  of  Ihe  PubHthen^ 
CKrrular  ha*  bt^o  cuUcclin;;  infunnaUon  witU  a  view  to 
is»uing  Ati  index  or  cataloj^i^uc,  dA£»itifd  nctording  to 
tobjtcts,  of  »chfx>l,  collcLie^  technical  ami  gi-neml  educA- 
UohaI  works  in  U5e  in  Grt'Jit  Ijritain.  So  many  returns 
btire  l*en  mlreaily  received  fmtn  pfibli^her.*,  thai  it  would 
Uk«  eight  or  trtj  pRgeft,  clcwelv  printe<l  in  three  columna, 
to  ittve  vXvt  Aliurt  titles  cf  mert'ly  eleraentnn*  publications 
wlikfatMch  the  EnirHsb  lanf^ua^o.  Instcar],  therffi>n!,  of 
i  Mfpletnrnt  to  the  periodical  above-name^  it  will  be 
wqmt^rf  to  uiake  lh«  cataloj^o  a  dt^tioct  volume ;  it 
«i)l  DOC*  M  A  geoeral  rule*  include  any  work  of  which 
ibcrt  h«s  Li:eii  »o  new  editioo  within  the  lost  three  fears. 

Tim  Gkuhaks  or  tob  First  axd  Xixetekxth  Crn- 
n  Riti.— A  correspotHleiit  of  the  Pall  Mall  Gaztttt 
»trUr»  fnun  incite  Pari*  ;  **The  othernigbt  the  bomhard- 
tiii^t  wa»  ^■o  nia->y  that  I  cuuld  not  sleep,  so  1  took 
T.  'i^  /'*'  Mi'iri^«j  ft  populit  Crnnania^  1HA  a  Mccttjre 
r  I  lite/    1  Kiw  there  aome  thingis  which  are 

'to  tbi5  very  day  ;  for  iiutanee,  that  they 
'  lijidcr  that  to  retrentt  provided  thoy 

T  :  _•%  in  prudence,  not  cowardice*    Tlie 

y  iiieh  struck  with  tbia  now,  and  ftre 

I  by  the  manMnivre.     Abto  TacltaB 
Ilia  even  in  dtmbtlul  encounters  cany 
va  lULir  av(i<:,     i  jjjs  ls  abo  true  now." 

<*>^tT  a  ffw  dflv«  lefiire  hi^  d<»flth  the  late  Dean  Alford 

r  It  Advent   Surmonfi 

tlie  Queen;,  wbicb 

.   . ,,   :     ii  volume  by  Mes^rd. 

X  Mou^btua,  eotitied  Truth  tmd  Tnui :  £,e*a(mM 

A  PanaiA?!  manuscript  of  frreat  l)eftnty»  containinjy 

ibtr  fuU  ^<^n   ininlaiuie  illuminations  aiid  profuMcly 

'         '        '  1  and  colours  in  the  hi j;he.Ht 

McssTA.  Puttick  &  bimp' 

viesdny,  for  'HibL 

Tut  Ti«3it  num^^cr  of  the  JltuitmUd  Rttiew  will  be 

futU«b«>d  on  ibe  lai  of  February  by  Mf^ra.  Uonbtoo  & 

&ae«  of  ratt-TTv*  vj<'r  Row.    The  snbjecl  of  tlie  memoir  and 

(wnrait  will  Iw  -Joba  Uujkin,  5LA,    In  future  the  Illvs- 

tnUd  Serine  wjij  be  iiublisbed  on  the  Ut  and  16th  of 

ibtOMiDCh  imtead  of  fortnightly. 

T,.-  r  "  -     ^    *'-        Tis.^The  seeond  Report  of 

s  much  valuable  iaforma- 

■  inn  Brid^t ;  the  Chapel  of 

iia;»,  aikU  Ui4'  i  r«umiiy  or  Brotherhood  upon  the 

the  Payment*  to   the  UlHcJali  connetHed  with 

v   ^-   '    *'       '"'i  e  of  Materbls  provivknl  fur  its 

'  Tipon  \  e'*el^  piKi^ing  through 

1  i  l;,'c.     J^lnny  of  the  clecils  bear 

r^  puch  as  Fitr  Ailwyn, 

r,  Basinp,  Ralph  de  Sand- 

I'ld  Cit_v  sfttl  attarbed  before 

lVb^*n  the  Scale  was  alterj'd  and 

<-f  thys  Cj*tyo   made  yn    the 

t.ct  on  the  one  ivde,  and 

>Jtynt  Powie/'    f  he  Rolls 

l/  Some  of  the  volumes 

*it  the  commencement  of 

^iual  biudin^.    The  Chm 

i  of  the  corn  bought  and 

City  and  the  Oiiupaniea 

^,...a   the  coetom  adopted   to 

lit'  of  scjirrity*    Tbe  df>c»menii3 

<■(  fh<*  t^tty  commence  ia  1*38!^ 

I  information.    The 

!id  Great  Fire.    The 

,!._„, it: and  practical  ju^- 


f^eaticna  for  the  better  preservation  of  these  valtinble 
archivea.  and  there  can  be  no  doubt  that  the  Court  of 
Common  Council  will  iee  the  dct»jrabiUty  of  carrying; 
these  recommendations  into  elfect. 

Mtt.  W,  R,  MonriTT,  M.A.,  Oriel  College,  Oxford,  hftA 
in  the  press  a  new  Avork,  "The  Slaves,"  their  ethnology, 
early  history,  and  papular  traditions  with  some  accoutic 
of  Slavonic  literature,  beini;  the  substance  of  a  course  of 
lectures  delivered  at  Oxford, 

TiiK  Academy  of  France,  which  under  other  circum- 
stances would  have  ^t  in  Paris  on  the  31<it  ult.,  to  dt^a- 
tributc  their  great  pnz.ej),  have  postponed  their  aascmblv 
till  the  3lBt  of  March. 

JoiixsoN  Ct.vB.  —  The  first  Meelinj?  of  the  Second 
Sesiion  of  this  Literary  Society  for  the  nurf>o*c  of  Currtmt 
Literarv  Review,  was  held  lajit  ni^hf,  Thursday,  .Ian.  2G, 
at  SL  ^ohn^s  Gate,  Clerkenwrell.  Thi^s  Club  haa  taken  ii 
room  at  this  thoroughly  Johnsonian  Tavern  for  the  pur- 
poise  of  holditifj  its  meeting:*.  Wo  are  requetted  to  stat^ 
that  f^ntlcmen  desirous  of  Joining  may  communicatG  with 
the  Dunuir  either  at  St.  John's  Galo,  or  tJ,  Harrington 
S*|uarc,  NWV.  ^^ 

BOOKS    AND    ODD    VOLUMES 

WANTED  TO   PURCHA8R. 

r«rUcul&r«  of  Prfoe.  ftc,  of  the  ftiltowlntf  B<Mkt  to  hi  witt  dtf»el  la 
thoev-ntkincn  by  wtujtit  thcjT  oxv  r^auiml,  irhoie  uamc*  aiul  addr«i*w4 
ftjti  tiveii  ibr  that  pUTpot«t  — 

CAni-VLR's   MOfCEM.A:(iiuii.    Vol.  1.    KrlllSon  nf  ln»,  or  th«  •amo 
volume  ufnii^  tutjHMiiient  Ctlltiuii  vffour  viUiimie** 
Wuited  tiy  Mr,  H\  Roltton.  Vuxlvy  Ijodge,  Lyinm.  Wuriastoa. 

A  0«o«T  t^TOitr,  by  Mri.  Crurwc. 

Wttatod  by  itr.  H\  if.  ifmUh,  4,1,  W«inciaton  Strcf t.  Strand* 

PaocBAnisnii   01*  Twn  SnciiTif  or   AKTror^mcii   ov   Tjostiioy* 
*  -    '        Vol,  U.  ^m*  I  «ad  S.    Mu«.  ft  «mJ  7,  uffikftA  in  «*- 


WautaA  by  tht  J8ci%  n\  J,  Lt^fiU,  >?,  UpiKf  Brtkcley  Stwwl,  W. 


flatter^  tcr  CorireifpiiiilEcttrif. 

WV  mutti  hc^  ftur  CorrefpondenU  ttt  write  dUUnctty, 
What  is  tcoHh  writing f  ii  worth  the  troublt  i*f  writing  to 
that  it  can  6e  read, 

G/s/KZ/jer  Aa»  been  canerjled,  OM  rrquettcd, 

P.  GliKEN  willjind  tit€  idllteratiir  poitm — 

**An  Austrian  army  awlully  arrayed/* 
in  our  S'fi  S.  iv.  1*8. 

Bovv^iAX  TIIK  CFT^TK?CAtllA^.  T^f  qunthft  U  not 
whtthtr  it  was  potsibte  that  Jlou^mnn  lived  to  bt  W^ihui 
H'hrther  he  dtd^  Our  Matu'/it'strf  rorrtiifhmdent's  inffrniotut 
/mpL-r  o«/y  poM  to  prove  th*.'  f^oun/Mify  t  «"'<^  *'"*>  cannot 
spare  tptice  Jor  so  ht^  a  poptr  on  what  i$  mot  reafljn  the 
tjurMlion  at  issue* 

G.  Ik  it  thanAcd,      If^e  hare  the  fetter  td ready  in  ttfpe. 

Ojcksuiik.— 11.  S.  W.  lor  derivation  set:  "  N.  &  Q." 
3'*«S.ijc.  CI,  lO'J,  218. 

E.  T.     ♦*  Mount  Cidmry  "  shall  appear,  ifp&stihle,  ntxt 
week. 
A  U  enn^munientitffts  9hfn*}it  he  nttdre»ae4  to  lAc  Editor  V  '*  N.  *  (|.»** 


AEea: 


>r"?:,*Q/*U  now 
«cmcQ4  prioe  U,  (n/.t 

-  .^,"  majr  be  t^d  <rf  (ho 

■*jtfd  XftTMitier  Stamp,  fA« 

'.</,,  r,'t  f,-t,f,t  the  fuhiUhfr 

.  iriU  W   idn,  3iJ.  1  iH- 

/rjtr  fntunttit  at  rA«* 


88 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[4*8.Vn.  Jaji-SH,*?! 


l|7ow  RiAtrr,  SO  pp^x  don  J  )^o,  strioi  A<t.;  peat  freet^ML 

J.  TAYLOR  <fc  SON'S 

ITOETHAMFrOKSHIEE   HAITOBOOS; 

Almanack  and  Diary  for  1871. 

with  •  Pkwr  oa 

M  ABY  QUEEN  of  SCOTS  in  NORTHAMPTONSHIRE : 

B«lnf  ■  popular  aooouni  of  her  Iropriaomjnent^  Tri*3,  and  Execution  mi 
Tothenngmy  Cftntle,  with  n   Narotiw   of  ihu  Fun«r»l  Obtfcqale*    &t 

Jxtndotii  GRATTAJS^.  IVitenioftfr  Rcnr. 
mt  TAYI^)li  ft  BON  I  (kud  ftuld  by  lU  BooIuBllet*. 


iroTics. 

THE   COUNTY  FAMILII-^S   OF   THE   UNrTED 
KINGDOM,  hih  r  '  myftl  wo,  iirteo  13  l(lf.«  will  he 

rwwJl' f«>r 'ItUvcry  on  .''''  13. 


Now  rtmijt  cxunpltte  In  .1  vob,.  mcH  Tm.  <Srf,;  by  jiort.  *». 

T  FfTUPLKS  ON  THE  HISTOKY  OF  ENGLAND. 

I  AN,    EdJtiKl   pKrtly  by  Ibo  Ule  REV. 

*  :  I    IJ.     Vol.  I.  Hotuftn    rnvii».|ioti   to   the 

N  !           iiam  I.  to  TItiuy  U — in.  Jlenry  U.  to 

llttinJU. 

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iLLufiTiiATiLD  Eevivw,  pHce  SdL 
VrOTICE.— Ob   and  aftor  Frbrhary  1,  the  Iixus- 

|>     -,  .,  .  ^.rjy  aEVlEW  ^■"  * "!-^rd  br  MESSR-S.  MOIFL- 

N8.  84.  P»*pn  ^       ...  -   .-         -      -. 

1  U*  fi>rR«rvjcw 

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STRAW  PAPER-ImproredQUtUty.^.lkf.iierrcam. 
FOOLSCAP,  nond-mfid'  OrrMffe*,  4#.  «^  p^  r«am. 
RLAf"'  r  ■-    ~—        a.nd  4U.  AcJ.  p«r  r«aiB. 

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#oiind  V urktHAiulup.  and  oc<jnoiiiy> 

COLLINSON  and  LOCK  <late  Herring 
CABIITBT  MAKEBS, 

109,  FLEET  STKEKT.  E.C.    EatabUshed  1782. 


TAPESTRY  PAPERHANG/NG8. 

Imitatloaa  of  an  old  BROCADES,  DAMASKS*  rad 
TAPESTRISS. 

COLLIKSON  and  LOCK  /late  HerringC 
DECORATORS, 

109,  FLEET  STREET,  LONDON.   Eatmblwhed  1783. 
SAUCE.— LEA    AND    PERKINS^ 

(irorioiiiiccd  t.iy  1  onnol^A-iir* 

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1 


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UT' 


brttisrli'-' 

CKa»c«ry  L*tn:,  W.V. 


Co«t  of 
t«t  mode  of 
\  mond'ulnn. 


mHF    >^T.'\v    r:i\TTFMAVSi    GOLD    WATCH, 

X     KJ  1    thaw   Forei«ti,  14/,   lU, 

JONi;>  -t^menct  IJouae. 

i  ue>c  ivHtciwi  umrc  m^v}  (•t^kuti  U'l'Speoiid  Novelty. 


TaESTTON  ^TTTK  T\rRr>iPAr.  PF^orvQQT 


LAHPLOUGH'8 
FTBEIIC     SALINE 

lla¥  t*ec«]iaT  «i]f1  rcmn-rkabN^  nT.-n->«rl3»"*  In  Rcedaichet  ?im.  a 
•vrlet,  a&d  DthCT  l'«v 
r>;erccabl«,  I 
-i»,e    '-' 

U.  LAMPLgL'aH  J13.Ualbon»HUl,I 


4*  SL  TTL  Fe».  4,  TlJ 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES, 


89 


LOJrj>CS^  SATVRDAT^  FEBRUART  4, 1871. 


CONTENTS.— K«  162, 

►Q«  4I»  Modern  U«e  of  the  Word  "  A.rt,"  89  - 
r  JaavrB&rl  or  Gl^ncsirn  to  Jofnn  YI..  Nsreh  4^ 

•  StoiTunfthin'   art. I    Atn-^riciti    Fflk   Ij^jt*o,  9t  *— 

'  —  Anti- 

i^t  - 

.\  '  „  :  .  -<iiip«rati- 

—  Fbotogrftpoy :   the  Wm  *nci 


t^  —  McdtiPTftI  Batub  —  Lpjpend 
Walk -British  Scythwl  Chi^riota: 
111!  of  Dnis«8»  Hti,  '"        J.* 

•Kojr**— Tho  K.  I  .11 

.  -  Wife  ofOeofg 


mi  Belli— T1. 
Jft»*  Markh 

ni*Biit^Kjiip1ia  !m>ck;i.7  of  BoAton^— »Tbc  Jtutinru  of 
iba  HoHb«ni  Oouotl^—  "The  Hnrta  of  Men  which 
Me,  —  Qiwt^^mi  wmnt«d  ^8t.  Jcwej>ti't  Eire  — 

8t»ri:       ■■    '        rjf  8o<foTftnd  Mnn  — -ThoiighU 

rMrl«til9  iiea  Whitille."  Ac.  by  "  R.  U."  — 

Bftuu  >oiri— Thomson  a  Drqiil —The 

f  Xerxes  — 


fina«f : 


tjovcraiiwnfc  ilt&mp  oo  Picture  Oiwa- 


It— A  Rectornhip  of  Eii^bty-oDc  Yi^nn.  »7— *•  Some 

|s  to  Church/*  Ac. :  Old  Rhjme«,ttO~OrdeM  of  KmRht- 
Md,  lOa—  Harbtroui  BfaMacre.  lOl—Kifig  WillUin  lU/s 
Mmmt  and  other  Relics  ni  CrtrnrkWarkir.  ro.  Artniiiek, 
Utt'OM  StJidown  Ca^n  rv 

—  Go«» In  Swift— Drsc.  i" 
M  a  LtMttl  Prprli— Ridlian  .  <H- 
117T  — f^t  —  M.arni\|ir*»  of  Iul4.,;tH-                     niUut^Dts 

—  BiMnI  or  ShHni  —  i*iirv»li«i!4— Th"  "-Ing" 
!b Hoflh-Kngliah  Placf-Nanjcs— *' H  .  uicm  wna 
Mi  lirv  "  —  Aaron  HomUtf,  Ao«  103« 

]E0liB  OD  Btookiw  An. 


COT  THE  MODERN  USE  OF  THE  WORD  "ART," 

Witlkm  the  mem 017  of  the  present  generation 
*^  spolAr  iwe  of  tbe  word  nrt  has  grentlj  in- 
if  while  ltd  popular  gignificatioa  ha^  oeen 
modified.  It  in  indeed  Dot  uncommon  to 
BMt  with  fairlj  well-in  formed  Qien  who  would 
i^j  its  appropriat^ne»9  when  they  ht*ar  it  ap- 
pHed  to  certain  pursuita  and  etudiesi  which  from 
iinmeini>nai  have  been  classed  among  the 
I  Tenture  to  aak  for  space  in  "  N.  &  Q/'  for 
r.«.  -'.-ii^jta  QQ  thi^q  Bubject,  in  the  hope 
y  elicit  replies  and  auggeationa  &oni 

word  an,  genitive  fzr/i>,  whence  nrt 
airrniGed  with  the  liomana  acquired 
.i^ntal  or  manual.  Hence  art, 
fin  notione,  waa  both  theoretieai 
^tj'i  jirMiLLn:.'iU  and  the  arta  either  liberal  or  il- 
l.ltnil.  A  maater  of  the  liberal  arts — a  ties  Uherahn 
or  imgmkum' — was  termed  artifej;  while  one  who 
liboiKdl  wiUi  hia  handa  at  the  ilUberal  arts — €trt4!$ 
arMcp — wna  termed  f/pift\.i\  This  distinction  re- 
lawna  in  oilt  own  language,  as  artvft  and  arttmn^ 
or  miid  and  crnfUmatK 

Among  the  various  taiRy  liberal  and  illiberal^ 
Bttaad  W  Kftman  outhora,  we  meet  with  ars 
tntdh^  rndorica^  ffrnmnmiif^aj  mtmcn^  mechanicttj 
fMlktmaticitf  ffymnai<tknf  imjuratonaf  manuantif 


In  the  Middle  Ages,  seven  liberal  arta   were 
studied,  divided  into  the    THvmm^  which  com- 
prised grammar,  lo^ric  and  rheloriCi  and  the  Quad* 
rimum^  which  comprised  music,  arithmetic,  ^eo^  1 
metry,  and  aatronomj.     The  university  degree  of  j 
magufter   aritum    implied  a  command    of    tbe 
liberal  arte.     They  are  constantly  referred  to 
early  writers^  ®-  g^  ♦  DiaJoffm  in  defensioiiem  aepien^l 
Artmm  Hheralium^  by  Th.  Crresmond,  14M7.  T 

The  term  ''  art  "waa  widely  used  in  the  clflasical 
senae  by  early  writers;  thujj  the  Art  Magna  of 
Jerome  Cardan,  published  in  lij45,  is  a  treatise 
on  algebra.  Erasmus  published  in  15^0  a  trans- 
lation of  Galen's  Exhoi-tatio  ad  bonm  AHeA  prtB-^ 
Bfiriim  Medicntanu  So  alao  we  meet  with  tSt/ntnxis 
AHU  MirMlU,  1581,  Ih  ArU  Occuiia,  1012,  0/ 
Cert  ay  ne  SinUiral  anil  Uiirlvnh  AHeif,  15G1, 

Many  of  the  arts  above  named  would  at  the 
present  day  be  rather  termed  eciences.     The  dia*  « 
tine  lion  between  art  and  science  is  well  expreased  ^ 
by  Dr,  Wbewell  in  hia  Htsiory  of  the  Jnduotivm 
Sciences  1  — » 

"The  object  of  art  ii  work,  the  solution  of  some  pfo- 
hlom,  the  production  of  some  visible  n^nlt.  The  object' 
of  aeienoe  u  kuowltMjge.  Ileace  in  an,  tho«t;h  know- 
ledge  is  luefuU  it  is  u»<et'sjl  aa  a  uieAiis  to  au  cod.  But  ixt 
scieDco  it  la  itself  the  end/' 

Archbishop  AVhately,  in  the  introduction  to  his 
l^lements  of  Logic^  says  :— 

'*It  is  to  be  remembered,  that  as  a  science  is  con- 
Yorsani  aboat  spocuktivo  knowlcd^  Qtily»  and  art  is  the 
Bppljcation  of  knowle<lgG  to  practice?,  henee  lo^ic  (aa  well 
as  any  other  system  of  kuo>vIed^>)  becomes,  ivheti  applied 
to  pructicef  an  art ;  while  eondued  to  iht  theory  of  reason- 
iag,  it  Liatriiitly  a  science." 

The  terms  "  fine  ort^/'  ^'  polite  nrt^  '*  appear 
to  have  como  Into  vogue  about  the  middle  of  tho 
last  century.  In  the  opening  address  of  8ir  Joshua 
Reynolds  to  the  Koyal  Academy  on  January  2, 
17(30,  ho  says:  "An  academy  in  which  the 
polite  arts  may  be  regularly  cultivated  h  at  last 
opened  among  us  by  royal  mmiificence/' 

From  this  date  onwards  numerous  works  on  ths 
fine  arts  appeared  f  thus — in  1762  Valmiine  Greef^ 
published  — 

''  A  He  view  of  the  PoIUo  A  rt9  in  F^anoe  at  ttui  Time  of 
their  £j!iUbliBhfnent  undirr  Louis  XIV«  compared  ivitll 
their  present  Stat*?  in  England*" 

Thomas  ICobertsau's  "  Inq^uiry  Into  the  Fine  Arts.'' 
1785* 

Settlcy*9  **  Concise  Analysis  of  the  BeHca  Lettrcs^  the 
Fine  Arts,  and  the  Sciences."     1788, 

BromU'y*b  well-known  *'  History  of  tho  Fine  ArCi^ 
Painting,  St'ulptnreT  and  Architecture.''     WM, 

As  compared  with  these,  let  ua  take  two  worka 
issued  respectively  in  1705  and  1767  :— 

Harris,  Jus.  (Author  of  Ilermef),  "Three  Treatises. 
1,  Art;  2.  MuAic,  raintinK*  Poetr>  ;  3.  llappJne**." 

DufT,  Kev.  VV\,  •*  Au  Kw.iy  on  Original  UcniuJi  afltt ' 
its  various  Modes  of  Exertion  m  PUU<;sophy  and  the 
Fine  ArtA,  particularly  in  Poetry/* 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[-t^&Vli.  Fkb.4,'7 


I 


Here  lb©  limit&tian  of  ih©  Uxms  *'  art "  and 
^•fiiie  art*'  is  not  so  definite  as  in  ibe  other 
worka  itsued  after  1700. 

Hazlitt,  in  the  article  "  Art*,**  oontribuled  Ijy 
liim  to  the  Encyclopaedia  JirUannica  early  in  the 
preaent  centuryi  lajs :  — 

**  Thi  term  Jim  arts  nuy  b«  vitired  as  embncing  all 
tbeat  Ifti  in  it bicb  the  powers  of  iioiUtion  or  mv«ntioa 
aia  astiicdt  chiefly  with  a  riew  to  the  prodocdoa  of 
pliaaaie  bj  the  immediiite  impraBion  which  they  make 
oo  the  mitKL  Bat  the  phraae  has  of  Ute,  we  think,  been 
r&Binci«d  to  a  narrower  and  men  tectaoical  Btgnilicatiofi, 
namely  to  paint ing^,  tculpCiiiep  engraTiag  and  architeo- 
tare,  which  appeal  to  the  ey«  aa  the  medlom  of  pleasure, 
and  by  iray  oif  eminence  to  the  fint  two  of  these  aita,*' 

May  it  not  be  aasumed  that,  the  rejlriction 
wliich  Hazlitt  noticea  waa  due  to  the  induenc©  of 
the  Itoyal  Academy  of  Arta  ?  In  the  present  day 
the  preralence  of  Art  Exhibitions,  Art  Schools, 
Art  Muaeums,  et  hoc  fferiiu  omne^  has  familiarised 
the  public  ear  with  the  word  used  in  this  reetricted 
senje,  and  hns  at  the  same  time  led  the  unin- 
itructed  and  the  utireUectinpr  to  suppose  thut  art  is 
aomething  apart  not  only  from  the  ortUan  or  the 
artificer,  but  liUo  from  the  master  of  arta  *,  and 
til  at  it  flhould  be  conlined  solely  to  the  artifit  and 
bia  works,  A.  C.  K. 


LETTER  OF  JAMES  EARL  OF  GLENCAIRN  TO 

JAMES  VL.  MAKCII  4,  1607. 

The  original  letter  is  aniongat  the  Taliiable 
papers  belonging  to  the  Faculty  of  Advocates, 
which  had  been  purchased  from'  the  representa- 
tives of  Sir  James  Balfour,  the  Lord  Lvon,  to- 
wards the  end  of  the  century  before  livst.  \i  refers 
to  the  existing  feud  between  the  noble  families  of 
Cunningham  and  Mnntgomery»  which*  like  the 
Corwican  **  Vtndetta,"  had  subsitited  for  a  long 
pi'rind. 

These  two  famiHei,  after  the  fashion  of  the 
Cftnuleta  and  Montagui'8,  being  bitter  enemies, 
tooK  occasion  to  injure  each  other  when  a  titting 
occasion  occurred^  At  last  matters  came  tn  a 
cri»ia  by  the  murder  committed  by  the  Cuniog- 
hamea  of  Kobortland,  Cofsebill,  anci  others  of  the 
clan,  upon  Hugh  fourth  Earl  of  P^gHnton,  of  the 
name  of  Montgomery  (for  the  later  eark  are  Se- 
tons).  His  lordship  was  riding  from  hia  own 
liouad  upon  April  15,  15$G,  when  he  was  basely 
SBflttfliinated  by  these  unscrupulous  dependents  of 
the  house  of  Glencairn* 

•  *♦  It  is  for  the  first  time,  1  beliew,  in  the  annala  of 
your  Piiircrsity  thut  the  line  afIh  will  have  rccci%'ed  that 
ootiaiderAtiou  which  I  bdievc  to  be  tiidi-  Auv: — a  con- 
aider  At  ion  whiuli  may,  I  ho|)^,  in  time  n-move  the  rc- 
pfl>ach  that  our  Ifadin^  univunUJen  confer  degrees  aa 
maMerfi  of  arts  upon  f^tndonts  from  whoic  oourMt  of 
study  ahnosi  stl  reference  to  the  fine  arta  baa  been^  Sfl  tt 
were,  aotlulously  otpung^tL'* — Sir  Digby  Wyatt'i  JUc- 
IttTN  OA  FiH€  Arit  dttittrtdat  Qtmbridgt, 


Years  elapsed,  oocaaioiied  by  the  trouble 
tiroes  which  followed  the  acceauon  of  Jam^ 
to  Uie  Scotish  diadem.  So  that  it  was  not  until 
James  bad  been  c^oietly  placed  on  tlie  English 
tbrone  that  he  ventured  to  interlere  between  the 
two  powerful  families.  Whaterer  may  baT«  been 
the  monarche  demerits,  and  they  were  not  a  few, 
he  never  omitted  any  opportunity  which  presented 
itself  of  mitigating  the  mischiefs  his  original  un- 
certain tenure  of  power  had  produced.  Ilia  mar 
jesty,  throuch  hia  privy  councdly  and  especially 
with  the  aid  of  his  great  favoimte  the  Earl 
Dunbar^  contrived  to  patch  up  matters  bet 
the  rival  noblemen  \  and  it  is  to  this  aettlemi 
that  the  present  letter —  remarkable  for  the 
nesa  of  the  spelling,  as  well  aa  its  singular 
ology — refers. 

The  earldom  of  Glencaim  was  originally  a 
creation  of  James  IIL — a  ruler  who  has  met  with 
little  justice  from  the  chronicleTS  of  his  time.  He 
was  an  accomplished  man,  fond  of  architectmc^ 
delighting  in  mu^ic,  and  a  patron  of  the  fine  artsL 
Hence  his  semi-barbarou3  nobles  first  despised 
and  then  rebelled  against  him.  He  was,  after  hb 
defeat  at  what  is  called  the  Battle  of  Sauchi^ 
Bum,  assassinated  in  the  village  of  Sauchie  by 
some  unknown  per<iou«  The  house  waa  iu  ex^ 
istenco  some  years  since.  The  honours 
by  him  on  his  adherents  were  rescinded. 
these  was  the  earldom  of  Glencaim^  which  wa* 
subsequpntly  revived  in  the  person  of  Cuthbert 
I>ord  Kilinaurs,  his  grandson. 

"Pleissk  yown  moist  Sacreid  Mairstik,  Aeeordv 

to  yowr  IktAie^teis  conitnand,  1  submittiit  the  pa 
bluidis  and  contrawerM'ii!  standiag  betwix  the 
Mon;;owmer»'j,  me,  and  my  name*  to  w*ike  freindia 
WAA  scho.««iu  befoir  yowr  MniesteiB  consaill  and 
appoyntitt  be  the  con^taiU,  to  coawece  befuir 
Cfxet'iitt  the  sameHf  qhllke  day  we  haif  all  kdpitt,  and 
the  Jtigift  exceptitr,  and  ower  clames  on  ather  ayid  was 
gif?n  in:  tlien  re^ltt  tliv  i^ommoneris  to  agre  oa  the 
owcrisinan*  quhilke  thay  wnld  nocbt  do,  and  swa  it  9 
t!  urn  men  in  yowr  M/iiestels  haiuli^  qubolroT  I  am  raatst 
j^lttvd,  ewer  expecting  yowr  Maiesteis  moi<it  gralio^ 
/"awour  to  me  and  ntynei  quha  he^i  and  sail  ewer  ea 
maist  «erwyabill  harti*  aa  we  salbe  commandirt.  Gil 
thair  sail  cummc  any  rcportis  of  roe  to  yowr  Majeatie,  I 
am  sertane,  according;  to  yowr  Maiest'eia  wtintilt  and 
moi&t  gratioWi$e  custowmc/  I  wilbe  callkt  to  my  awia 
accont,  I  dowt  noclit  bott  yowr  moii^t  Sacreid  Haiestie 
will  twa  settill  thntt  tiirne,  oa  heirefter  thay  be  na 
cawisae  of  gnige  on  athcr  frvd,  and  that  cweriixe  aae  «C 
wa  may  joisae  owcr  awin  kyndlio  rowmej  and  po»s^ 
aiowntji  to  all  tymes  cuinun:  tii;r.  Tbb  ercctiowne  of  ilie 
Abeseej  of  Kilwynting,  qiihiiko  m}'  lord  of  Eglingtowne 
menis  to  Btiite  att  vowr  Maiejstie,  will  nocht  falQ  to  ia- 
tertenej  the  stid  of  trubiil  aman^ii  ws,  for  we  wilbe 
interest  thairby,  aod  I  protest  befoir  yowr  Mai«ati»» 
ha  id  rather  loiswc  my  lyf  or  ony  occatiowne  war  jgSfin  ' 
me  to  breke  that  wnitej  quhiike  yowr  Uaiestej  will  or 
mancL  I  man  crawo  yowr  Maiewteb  hnnibiU  pardowoe 
fur  thi-»  my  faseheow»e  letlir  and  ewill  wrjtt.  Ily  moii 
humbill  »erwice  pre^ntitt  to  yowr  moist  Sacreid  Makatii 


*  See  Balfotu-^a  Annat$^  IL  19. 


i*aVUFEii.'l,'7L] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


I  pny  the  Lord  to  gif  yoor  Maientie  gud  hail  the,  Ung 
1^,  with  line  proMttperowae  rrng,  in  tho  fcir  of  the  Lord^ 
§wm  I  re0t« 

ToQr  Mftiieat«i9  maist  hum  bill  nnU 
ohedyent  ttibiectt,  <»wor  redcj  to  b«  com- 
muDditt  with  ali  humbill  serwice, 

•*  EdinhuiT^h,  th<j  Totirtt 
of  Merdie,  1607. 
**  To  lUa  mubt  Sacred  Majestv/* 

J,  M. 

STAFFORDSHIRE  AND  AMERICAN  FOLK  LORE 
I  fteofl  you  a  collection  of  folk  lore,  which  1 
foim-Ll  inserted  as  margiQal  notes  in  an  edition  of 
^  vorkg  purchased  bj  me  from  the  writer, 

a  hire  man,  who  informed  me  that  tboy 

wtrt?  dictated  hj  an  aunt  of  his,  n  native  of 
SmetliwicV,  StafTurdahire,  who  was  living  in  1^55, 
but  r^ty  ajxed.  Should  you  think  them  wortfij^  a 
pUcid  in  ''  N.  »S;  Q.,''  you  will  oblige  by  inaertmg 
theoi. 

T4I  cur^  ChiM'Cough, — Take  out  the  child »  and  kt  it 
look  at  the  nciv^  moon ;  lift  op  its  clothes,  and  rub  ytiur 
iig^ht  hiud  up  an  I  down  ita  Pitomach,  ancS  repeat  the 
lul<>wiiig  linrA   {looking  steadfa.nty  at  the  moon,  and 
Mung  al  the  same  time)  :  — 

**  What  I  a«e  may  it  increase, 
What  1  feel  may  it  decreaae ; 
la  ihf  nnme  of  the  Father,  Son,  And  Holy  Ghost, 

Araeo/* 
Wlica  you  have  yoor  haircut,  be  sure  to  bum  the  hair 
nldeh  is  cut  off;  for  if  you  throw  it  out  of  doore,  and 
'^^t  take  U  Into  their  holes,  you  irill  ha^e  a  perpetual 


n  fro£*f  I  if  ynu  do,  you  will  have  a  sin  grow 
w — If  yon  kill  a  black  beetle,  you  will  canae 
i-  -   -   -    —  r,  anrl  you  will  be  itryick  by  lightning. 

Amthfr  (tin  fur  Chi n^couffh.— 'Find  a  briar  growing  in 
tb«  j^Touuil  at  both  emls;  pa^a  the  child  under  and  over 
it  aka«»  titncs  for  three  momiaga  before  the  sun  ri^es, 
ii^tttiii^  each  time  — 

••  Under  the  briar,  and  over  the  briar, 
I  wiah  to  leave  the  chin-cough  h«rc/' 
TW  briar  maat  then  be  cut,  and  made  into  a  Amall  crosSf 
•nd  W9m  mi  the  child's  breaat, 

^^"  '  • "'  "'' "    "-^  his  cloven  foot  upon  blackbcrriet 

f  ii  Sept. ;  therefore  after  tliat  day 
f'A  daring  the  remaiuder  of  the 

^  Hftp  alwara  appear  Above  ground  on  Old  Chrlstmaa 
-  s^it  down  on  their  knees  at  12  o'clock  on  Old 

r^'ht. 

It  uin  you  fcc  a  rainbow,  tako  two  straws,  cross  them, 
F*tcttb«n  oa  the  ground,  and  the  rainbow  will  instantly 

A  Mack  eat  coming  accidentally  into  a  house  and  re- 
otitajng  there,  U  considered  a  sign  of  good  luck. 

*M  €rst  time  you  see  the  new  moon,  after  it  ho^s 

'*«*?e"1^  ftirn  rnttf  mnnry  in  your  pocket  for  good  luck  f 
111  it  will  snrelv  happen.  Tosco 
r  he  branches  of  trees,  for  the  first 

-,.......  ,.. .  unlucky. 

to  tee  one  magpie  alone  ta  al^o  veiy  unlucky. 


When  you  hear  a  dog  howl,  take  off  your  left  shoe  and 
spit  upon'the  6o1e,  place  it  on  the  ground  txittom  upwardf, 
and  ytrnr  foot  upon  the  place  you  spat  on  ;  which  will  pre- 
serve you  from  harm,  and  stop  the  howling  of  the  dog. 

Gathering  Fem-aetd.-^OD.  Midsummer  ni^ht  at  12 
o'clock  go  where  the  fern  grows,  draw  a  circle  round  yoo, 
inscribe  the  twelve  signs  of  the  Zodiac,  place  twelve 
pewter  pldtes  under  the  fern  one  wUhin  the  other,  and 
repeat  the  following  — 

"In  the  holy  name  of  Jc^qs  may  I  be  freed 
From  every  hiinu,  whilst  gathering  fern  seed.*' 

After  repeating:  this  be  sure  you  speak  not^  or  come  out 
of  the  circle  before  1  o'clock;  the  seed  will  drop  through 
eleven  of  the  plate*,  but  the  twelfth  will  catch  it.  Let  no 
person  attempt  to  gather  it,  for  terrible  will  be  the  eon- 
sequences  of  a  failure.* 

In  the  village  of  Smethwick,  Staffordshire,  It  ia  cus* 
tomary  with  boys,  promising  anything  to  each  other,  to 
repeat  the  following  (drat  making  the  sign  of  the  crosa 
on  their  throat) :  — 

'*  Hangy  Bangy,  cut  my  throat,  ~ 

At  to  o'clock  at  ntght ; 

Hnng  me  up,  hang  me  down, 

Hang  mc  all  aboui  the  town.'* 

Believing,  if  they  do  not  perform  according  to  promise, 
the  spirit  invoked  will  certainly  appear  and  cut  their 
throats. 

My  sister  r«nya  the  writer  of  these  notes^  was  curefT  of 
a  wen,  by  rubbing  tt  with  a  man's  hand  who  had  hanged 
himself. 

To  cure  the  Mump§. — ^Lead  the  pereon  afflicted  three ? 
timns  round  a  spring  of  water  before  sunriae.  The  persoa 
must  l>e  blindfolded. 

To  ture  JVartg, — Rub  them  over  with  a  dead  m«n> 
hand ;  or  steal  a  piece  of  beef,  rub  them  with  it,  and  then 
burn  the  beef;  or  rub  them  with  a  black  snail,  and  then 
hang  the  snail  on  a  blackthorn  bush;  or  rub  them,  night 
and  morning,  with  faating  spittle  ^  or  rub  them  with  the 
tail  of  a  tortoiseshell  Tom  cat  in  May. 

A  dead  persoo'3  toc5th,  carried  in  the  pocket,  cures  the 
tooth -ache.  It  must  be  a  woman's  tooth  for  a  man,  and 
vice  verta  for  a  woman. 

During  a  St  of  the  ague,  pass  your  urine  Jdto  a  bottle,, 
cork  it  up,  take  it  to  a  river  or  pool,  turn  your  back  to  the 
water,  and  throw  the  bottle  over  your  head  into  the 
water,  eaclaiminj^:  "Ague,  ague,  Uiou  hast  tormented 
mc,  and  now  I'll  drown  thee ! "  Walk  away  without 
looking  behind  you,  and  the  ague  is  cured. 

A  small  bone  out  of  a  sheep's  head,  carried  in  the 
pocket,  curci!  the  tooth-ache :  it  must  be  taken  from  the 
right  side  for  a  man,  and  the  left  for  a  woman. 

To  stop  bleeding  at  the  nose,  put  a  white  stone  or  a  kej 
down  the  back. 

Wiichcrajt, — Go  to  a  moontain-ash  before  the  sun 
rl*e«,  and  cut  therefrom  three  twigs;  be  careful  they  do 
not  touch  the  ground  ;  take  them  borne,  and  make  thri?e 
small  cro3se>j  of  Ibem  ;  tie  with  white  worsted,  and^  plac» 
one  fiver  the  door,  one  under  the  door,  and  one  in  the 
bosom  of  the  person  bewitched. 


♦  In  ManreU's  poem  of  Ihphni$  and  Chhe  (versa  21  J, 
we  read  — 

^_.   "Or  the  witch  that  midnight  wakes, 
For  the  fern,  whow  magic  weed 
In  one  moment  casts  the  seed,  ~ 

And  invisiWe  him  maiw**** 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


li^  S.  TU.  Fi 


Ameeicaj*  Folk  Lobf«— In  Peunsjlvanifi,  U.  S. 
America,  it  is  beliered  tkat,  if  you  da  not  kill 
the  fijst  black  snalw  you  eee,  you  wilL  have  bad 
luck  the  remainder  of  the  year. 

In  Virginia  it  is  belieyed  thut,  if  you  kill  a 
black  8Dake  and  banpf  it  on  ft  Persimmon  tree 
(Divipt/ros  Virffinica)f  it  causes  it  to  rain* 

I  copy  the  following  from  a  Da?enport  (Iowa) 
paper.     The  writer  saya :  — 

*'  Chatting  with  an  ag«d  ladr,  w«  noticed  the  tronder- 
fttl  pfcaervatioa  and  beauty  of  her  tectli,  and  could  not 
leirvdn  firom  tnentioaing  it  *  Te-*,'  said  she,  *  I  never  had 
a  toothache  or  lo3t  a  tm?th,  because  I  bit  the  snake/  On 
inouiry  fthe  atat«d  that,  when  children  at  homo,  their 
fatWhnd  made  thera  bite  a  rattlesnake,  be  holtling  the 
reptile  ly  the  head  and  tflit  j  each  child  bit  along  the 
entire  length  of  the  backbone,  not  violently,  but  jiwt  so 
ta  to  indent  tbe  flkin  ;  and  thi>  waa  oonsidered  an  infal- 
lible recipe  &gA\mt  toothache  and  decay,  and  which  the 
old  lady  believes  in  up  to  the  present  hoar." 

Geo.  Woblet, 

rhUadelphin,  Fcimsylrimia,  U.  3.  America, 


TYNWALD  eiLL,  ISLE  OF  MAS. 

J.  Ck.  R.  ill  '*  N.  &  Q."  (4^1  S.  Ti.  480)  givet 
a  brief,  but  intere&iiug*^  description  of  this  his- 
torical witness^  which  linbj  the  paat  with  the 
present  by  the  twofold  prooiulgatioii  of  laws 
insularly  eatabliahed,     J.  Ok,  R.  writes:  — 

*"  The  most  p<?rfe<'t  specimen  of  this  ["=law  mount]  i* 
tliat  in  the  Isle  of  Man  called  TynHmld-hill,  situated 
about  two  miles  froni  i*eelp  so  named  from  the  Nor^ 
T^tVij?,  pronounced  ting  (fronji  (Ud  Norse  thm^t  to  dia- 
Qourse  or  deliberate  upon),  and  caid,  a  bank  or  mound." 

'*  Thia  monnd,  which  is  still  In  use,  'oonaiats  of  four 
circular  terraces,  or  platfarass,  e*cb  suecesslvely  Hain^ 
above  the  other,  and  diminishing  io  breadth.  Tlic'breadth 
of  the  lowest  terrace  is  eight  fe«t ;  the  second  six  feet ; 
the  third  four  feet ;  and  the  fourth  and  la5t,  forming  the 
apex,  six  fefL  Each  terrace  is  three  feet  hi^h;  the  total 
height  of  the  hill  ta  twelve,  and  its  circumference  at  the 
base  two  hundred  and  forty  feet.  The  aocent  ia  by  a 
flight  of  stepa  cut  on  the  eastern  aide  from  the  base  to  the 
summit/  " 

In  Cregeen'a  Mimks  Dictimim-y  I  find  the  fol- 
lowing statement :  — 

"  CnowK-KEEirxOwx  =  John's  Church-hill,  or  the  hill 
of  Johti^a  Church,  called  also  TynwaJd  Hill,  ia  (iiiuale 
about  three  miles  from  Peel,  in  the  pari^jh  of  German,  on 
the  main  road  to  D<jUf;Ia5»  No  doubt  but  the  Litter  part 
of  this  word  ift  a  corruption  of  Ean  or  Yuan  (Jtihn), 
This  is  iht  hili  or  mount  on  which  the  eonstituted  an- 
tlioritiea  promulgate  all  their  Statute  Laws»  in  Manka 
and  English,  to  the  people." 

In  th^  q^uotAtion  bv  J.  Ck,  U.  the  diatance  from 
Peel  ia  «aid  to  be  about  two  niilca.  By  Cregeeu 
it  ia  stated  to  be  about  fhnc  mil  eg.  In  excavating 
for  a  buried  monument^  or  ruiii,  an  error  of  a 
mile  might  prove  seriously  and  vexatioualy  ineon- 
venient.  It  might  also  now  be  well  to  ascertmn 
and  record  the  number  of  Btepa,  and  tlio  circum- 
ference of  each  terrace. 

My  chief  object  in  thia  communication,  how- 


a^^ 


tiires 


erer,  is  ta  note  that,  1:2  the  height,  4  the  numl 
of  terraoea,  3  the  height  of  each  ascent,  8.  C,  4^ 
the  resDectivo  widths  of  the  terraces ;  d  -  4  ( 
first  and  third  =sC-i-0  the  fiecood  and  fourth — i 
all  factors  of  240,  the  circumference,  which  is  in 
proportion  to  300,  the  great  circle,  as  2  is  to  3i 
that    as    3G0  :  240  ::  3  :  2;  — Bo    the   heig 
12x2-*-3  =  8,  the   first  width;    and   the   heig 
0  X  2  -♦•  3  =  6,  the  second^width ;  end  the  hei| 
0x2-4-3  =  4,   the  third  width ;    and  the  b( ' 
3x2  =  6,  the  fourth  width.    That  there 
ascents,  because  four  units  compose  the 
four  weeks  the  month,  four  reasons   the 
four  quarters  the  circle,  and  four  ^  E.N.W,S* 
three  feet  ifl  their  eq^ual   ascent,  because 
unit*  compose  the  equilateral  triangle,  three  sidea 
=  any  triangle,  three  =  trinity  generally.      Tf 
the  product  of  the  triangle  and  square,  3x4=  ^ 
the  duodecimal  numljer,  aud  the  first  two  digil 
1,   2,  which,  added  to  the  digits  3,4-10^ 
decimal  number;    and   by   irsimple  addition 
digits  (1,  2,  3,  4,)  5,  G,  7,  8,  9,  (0),  result.     Tl 
the  ascent  ia  hy  steps  on  the  eastern  side,  becni 
the  sun  rises  m  the  east;  that  the  height  is 
because  there  aje   twelve   signs   in   the   z(  * 
twelve  divisions  of  the  great  circle,  twelve  mooi 
in  the  j-eor,  and  that,  as  the  sun  in  his  zenil 
always  indicates  noon-day  or  twelve,  so  the  sui 
mit  of  the  hip  is  duodecimal   or  twelve ;  l' 
the  sum  of  the  units  of  the  triangle  and  squi 
3  +  4  =  7,  the  days  of  the  week,  and  the  extr^ 
dinary  aeptiliteril  number ;  that  the  aides  of 
simplest  right-angled  triangle  are  3,  4,  5  =s  13, 
sum,    and  =  00,   the  product  —  of  Buch   gea^ 
Application    in  astronomical^    geographical^ 
temporal  computatioiui. 

All  the  precddiog  and  other  lessons  are 
tained  and  may  be  read  in  and  learned  from 
construction  of  Tynwald  Hill,  when  perused 
any  one  capable  of  reading  that  symbolical 
aright. 

Thus  this  mount  or  hill  is  evidentlv  a  ti 
symbolical  book  for  the  initiated  to  re^ul,  and 
inquirers  to  decipher.  And  as  the  sua,  in 
ning  his  circuit,  illuminates  the  face  and  ridai 
goverDs  the  order  of  nature,  so  the  promi  ' 
of  laws,  by  ascending  to  the  summit  of  the  nioui 
tends  to  the  enlightenment  and  good  govei 
of  society,  which  would  be  olherwiae  chaodc 
uncivilUed,  were  it  not  for  the  induence  of  i 
enlightening  ruler  or  an  enlightened  lawgiver* 

And  for  further  infonnatiou,  I  should  now  Ul 
some  correi^pondent  to  state  whether  the  fact 
Tynwald  Hill,   and  Cronk-Keeillown  or  Jok 
Church  Hill,  being  interchangeable  d( 
is  accidental,  intentional,  or  fivmbolical 

Spittlegate,  Grantham. 


4*S.V«.  Fm,4,  7K] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


Loap  pLKnncrr.— la  U»  raritw  of  Mr*  O^Flana- 
pm*B  Limt  ^  the  L&rd  ChametMars  of  Ireimtd  in 
IM  ntw  ii«imb«r  of  ^  Qmrn-terh/  Iteview,  the 
rmcver  ft«r^  in  his  notice  of  Lord  Plunkett — 

♦*Tlie  inost  c.;!ebraled  of  bis  ttnafj^Ji  is  thM  of  Time 
villi  ilic  bour-glfi^  BUil  the  «<;ytlic,  which  he  employed 
to  l&Mtt«i«  tile  effect  of  the  Suiule  of  Limitations." 

T.  t^T  Bn.ndmm  givea  tlie  passage  in  question 
h'  w«jrds : — 

^ovthe  In  hli  bftod  is  ctct  mowing 
tl  of  titloi;  wherefore  thcwij^wloni  of  tlio 

h  other  hftud  ftti  hour-glA«!i*  by  which 

^  m-vp^  fiiii  uMi  jiericMla  of  poMeMion  that  fthatl  sapiily 
lyplMH  «€  tli«  nmunnili  hia  s^tbe  Iim  destroy^" 

Lord  Brotifliam  f^fers  to  thb  pftHsng^e  more  than 
IBfei  *lrf  Always  with  unbouinied  coumiendation. 
Il  U  IH>  dcmhi  rery  fine  and  rery  striking,  but  it  h 
%  }m  regretted  thut  it  is  pure  nonsense  ;  and  it  is 
bejond  mes«im;  etnin^e  that  its  absurdity  should 
Bot  bafc  been  *iOt:u  by  its  learned  utterer,  Lord 
MitakirttY  or  by  eUher  of  its  admiring-  critica, 
I^iri  BfVH^lMun  or  the  Qtuirterli/  reriewen  I  tind 
Ifcf  inntt^r  noticed  in  the  following  terms  in  a 
F  d  for  private  circulation : — 

ni*:t<  iii;i  out  ihsi  {>criod9  of  poinesBioa 
-  '  lie  place  of  the  maai- 

f'   '  xd,  but  ju4t  the  con- 

ii»ft — turn  i«s.  to  |>r.»ic<  I  unmui  in  possesalon  Against 
mnaiiiienis  mhvih  the  *cythir  haa  failed  to  destfoy." 

It  it^pesn  to  m**'  that  it  i?  time  that  this 
liaddd  illustration  should  be  rated  at  its  true 
While  the  question  is  before  me,  I  may 
that  there  is  a  passage  at  p.  182  which  will 
|Sf»  Bnmo  sorpride  to  Eng-iish  la wy el's.  The  re- 
Jtew«>  jpeakiog  of  Lord  Thurlow  and  Lord 
Rsre^saya: — 

"  Viilhcr  Um  K^iglith  aor  Uie  Irii»h  chaiic«nor  poa- 
**i^  tbe  r»q«i/6d  aiicioant  of  leftriiiDic  or  priMrtical  know- 
MfB,     Uvn  ut  Thurlow'a  decrees  we»  diawa  op  by 


Otipava.** 

Lor' 
l«wy<: 


spealdog  of  L^rd  Thurlow  a«  a 
5pQke  of  him  as  ♦'  that  prodigious 
C.  H.  C. 


Ajmatmr  of  Ladies*  CniGaroKs. — It  may  be 


ly  leadera  to  know 

r  who  lived  in  the 

111  era,  and  that  he 

^  DreanUj  in  which 

of  his  day  ae 

:  same  expedi- 

^'td  in  this  day  for 

oUditynnd  beauty. 


'  J  .itff  not  m  enmj  of  Arlcmidonui,  nor  could  I 
fC«cas9  oiM  ia  tli£i  iM^dett  French  Ttlle,  md  oo 


IL 


cannot  verify  the  accuracy  of  the  quotation  ;  but 
I  ^ve  it  as  I  find  it  in  a  modern  Gerniau  tut^UMri 
Dr.  PfaSe^  who,  at  tht'  »ame  time,  notiHea  kit 
abhorrence  of  chi^tons  in  these  terms: — 

"*  And  so,  it  seems,  this  ftt>onihiftble  praatfca  w«a  in 
fashiun  Amongst  lh<  ancientA !  Dieto  ah«cb«u]i«hft  SitlQ 
sdieint  also  achon  in  AUcrthume  gewesea  tu  9oiu  !  " 

The  chifffian  of  the  second  century,  it  roust  be 
(Ldmitted,  was  not  so  monstrous  as  the  pyramidical 
head-dresses  of  the  Ikmian  matrons  of  tlie  first  cen- 
tury^ of  whom  it  is  said  by  Juvenal  {Sttt,  vi.  500- 
fiO^)»  that  a  lady  hi«  her  head  piled  up  mto  m 
many  folds  and  stories  in  height,  that  when  ahe 
faces  you  she  looks  aa  tall  and  stately  as  a  tragedy- 
queen,  and  when  she  turns  her  bade  she  Beeois  to 
ht>  m  diminutive  as  to  be  somebody  else  ( 

"Tot  pr«mit  ordiiiibii-s  tot  adhue  *»ompiigibij8  altiua 
yKditicnt  caput :  Amlromachtin  k  fmrite  vidi-^Ub, 
Post  minor  est :  creda*  aliom,*' 

VV.  B.  Mao  Cabe. 
Moncootoar*de*Bfeta^e,  Cote*  du  Mord*  iraace. 

CoTXcrnBXCE  of  THorGnT.^Dr.  J<ihnsorj  has 
said  that  '*  no  one  does  anything  for  the  (ml  time 
(knowingly)  but  with  regret'* 

I  met  recently  with  this  passage  in  Bishop 
Hall's J/fo/y  Oh^enxdwm,  ixvii, : 

*»  Nothing  is  more  absurd  thou  that  Epicurean  resola- 
tion,  *  Let  ufl  cat  and  drink^  to-mnrrow  we  die  ;"  as  if  wo 
were  mado  only  for  the  paunch*  and  livod  thnt  wo  niight 
livo;  ytt  ha»  there  never  any  naturai  man  found  Mvnur 
in  that  mmU  vAfcA  he  hmtw  ihould  fm  hh  Uimi ;  whftn>ai 
thev  aboold  lay  ;  Let  us  tut  and  pray,  for  to-taorrow  we 
flhidl  diC  &0. 

J.  A.  a 

Cansbrooke. 

The  SiSAiost  Gatr  ajtd  Nabuow  Wit. — 

M«tth€w  vii.  \\.  **  Straight  w  th«  gate,  and  narrow  \i 
th«  wav.  which  leadcth  uato  life,  and  few  tlierc  be  that 
find  it/' 

Compare  with  these  words  of  onr  Bleoed  Lord 
«ome  singularly  like,  uttered  by  Keb^j  upwards 
of  four  hundred  years  before ;  — 

OIkhw  fcol  ^^pov  Tiva.  iiiKph^^  Ktol  hZSp  rtV9.  Wfh  rijf 
rm;    ,      .      ,     At^ij  roivrii^  iariv  rj  6Uif  tfyj,  *)  Ayowa 

*'  Do  you  not  Aee  a  small  ^at*,  and  a  way  up  to  it  bat 
little  frequented,  and  on  which  few  tra  veil  en  appear? 
.  .  .  ,  This,  aaid  he,  is  the  way  which  katleth  to  tnus 
disdpliiie*' 

Keb^  was  a  Tbeban  philosopher^  and  a  disciple 
of  Socrates,  whom  he  attended  in  his  laat  mo- 
ments. He  wrote  three  treatises,  less  known  than 
they  deserve  to  be.  Of  these  the  most  celebrated 
b  the  ni'KAH,  "containing  a  beautiful  and  aifect- 
ing  picture  of  human  life.  He  flourished  about 
Bx.  410.  EnMxnc©  Tew,  M*A* 

KiJCTTKE  SrFEBSTiTT05a. — I  gather  the  foUow* 
mg  itom  a  ffktoty  ^f  JKalyrr,  by  Feter  M'ljit'>sh 
(Campbeltown,  1670) : — 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES, 


[4»»»  S.  VJL  Fitt.  4, 7t 


Old  Jolin  M'Tiiggart  was  a  trader  between 
Kvntyre  fttid  Ireland.  Wishing  to  get  b  fair  mud 
to  wuft  His  bark  acro6^  to  the  emerald  isle^  he 
applied  to  an  old  womau  wlio  was  said  to  be  able 
to  give  this.  lie  received  from  her  two  atiinga, 
on  each  being  three  knots.  He  undid  the  first 
knot,  and  there  blew  a  fine  breeze.  On  openinj^ 
the  isecond,  the  breeze  became  a  g»Ue,  On  nearing 
the  Irish  ah  ore  he  loosed  the  third,  and  such  a 
burricane  arose  that  some  of  the  houses  on  shore 
were  deatrojed.  On  coming  back  to  IGntyre,  he 
was  careful  to  unloose  only  two  knots  on  the 
remaining  string. 

**  On  tb«  ialmnd  of  Gipha  li  a  well  with  some  Btonw  in 
it ;  and  it  in  anid  tlidt  it  the  atones  be  taken  out  of  it  a 
great  storm  will  ariscC* 

D.  Macphail. 

Thbead  BxrrroNS.— The  making  of  thread  bufc- 
toos»  which  was  once  a  flonrisbing  trade  in  Dorset* 
fihire,  has  now  almost  ceased  to  be.  It  occnra  to 
me  that  before  it  tinaOy  departa  it  may  be  as  well 
to  record  its  nomenclature*  The  more  common 
BOrts  of  buttons  were  JavUf  shitig^  spnmylep^  and 
mitefi.  In  Mr. Barnes's  Glossaiy^  j ams  (the  largest 
size)  are  noticed,  but  not  the  pretty  little  spranglea 
and  mites,  which  are  far  too  delicate  a  manufac- 
ture to  be  superseded  without  regret 

C,  W.  Binge  AM. 

CuBTOira  EpiiAFff,— 'In  the  last  century  opera- 
tive surgery  does  not  appear  to  have  been  confined 
to  the  regular  surgeons ;  for  in  the  beautiful  little 
church  of  Stoke  Holy  Cross ,  near  Korwichp  is  a 
mural  monument  to  a  clergyman  who  died  in 
1719,  and  is  represented,  in  an  inscription  (sur- 
Touaded  by  deaigns  of  \arious  surgical  instru- 
ments) as  having  been  distinguished  for  his  abilities 
in  theology,  physic,  surgery,  and  lithotomy :  -^ 

**"  Memariw  Sacrum  Thonut  Haver*,  clerici»  qui  Theo- 
lo^o,  Medidaa,  Cbirurgia  tti  Lytbotomia,  doctua  fuit  et 
cxp€rtaa :  Erga  Denm  PJa^,  ErgA  ilomiaea  Justus :  pau- 
pcri^us  et  iD^otis  semper  muucus.  Obiit  27*  die  Junii, 
A«  Diimijij  1719,  leUtb  auiw  60." 

1  am  tempted  to  give  j^ou  another  very  short, 
but  ^erj  beautiful,  epitaph  from  the  same 
churcb :  — 

**  In  the  womb  of  tbis  toml*  twin  a  in  expectation  lay, 
To  be  bom  In  the  mom  of  the  Resurrection  Day." 

CiiARLiis  Williams,  F.R.C.P. 
Norwiulu 

TlTB     SFTPOSED     MiLTONIC      EpITAPJl.  —  The 

phrase  **  calcined  into  du6t  ^'  occurring  in  the 
epitaph  in  queaLii>n  was  deemed  barbarous  by  its 
criticSi  who  even  made  the  phrase  an  argument 
for  its  spuriousniesa.  The  so-called  barbarous  ex- 
prcsaion  wo  find,  however,  is  used  at  least  once 
by  Ijock©  (Easatf  on  the  Human  Undergtundm^f 
book  IX,  chup,  X*  i  5) :  *'  Since  we  oftentimes  find 


i  [he  is  speaking  of  memory]  the  Oamee  of  a  fever 
I  in  a  few  days  calcine  all  these  images  to  dud  and 

confusion."    I  am  not  aware  this  passage  baa  1 

noticed  before* 
Glasgow. 

PnoTooRAPH? :  TUE  Wab  AiTB  *'  Thb  Tim: 
"  N.  &  Q.*'  was,  we  believe,  the  first  joi 
which  showed  its  recognition  of  the  great  vali 
of  photography  and  the  important  results,  literaryj' 
ai'tis^tiCy  and  aocial^  which  might  be  anticipated 
from  it  hy  opening  its  columns  to  pliotographera 
until  the  science  had  suifjcieutly  advanced  to  have 
a  journal  of  its  own.  The  following  interesting 
account  of  the  manner  in  which  the  science  has 
bitely  been  adopted  to  relieve  some  of  the  social 
exigencies  resulting  from  the  dreadful  war  may, 
therefore,  very  properly  be  transferred  to 
columns  from  The  Time^  of  January  30 : — 


I 


"  How  *TnE  TiMEJi'  WAS  sent  to  Paris. — Att«iii| 
to  establish  a  ready  communication  between  the 
teagtiered  inbabitanta  of  Paris  and  their  relative! 
frionda  beyond  tbe  German  lines  have  given  rise  to  many 
contriYancca  which  are  not  unlikely  to  make  a  new 
era  In  the  bi^tory  both  of  aeronautics  and  pbotct^ipniphy. 
Among  them  may  be  mcntion«?d  the  ingi*nioaf  dcvi<»  by 
which  Ihc  matter  of  two  whole  patje^  of  The  Timet  hu 
been  transmitted  from  London  to  Paris.  This  bas  been 
accompliahetl  by  photography.  Those  pages  of  the 
which  contained  communications  to  relatives 
were  photo^aphed  with  ^reat  care  by  the  Lena 
rcoscopic  aod  Photographic  Corapany  on  pieces  ^_ 
and  almuNt  trau-sparvnt  paper,  about  an  inch  and  a 
'  In  length  by  an  inch  in  width,  Un  these  Impi 
tbcrtj  could  be  seen  by  the  nalted  eye  only  two  h  _ 
words,  *  Tht  Timts^*  and  six  narrow  brown  bands  reprt^ 
sentingtbc  *ix  column*  of  printed  matter  forming  a 
of  the  newspaper.  Under  the  micro^cof^e,  howi 
brown  spaces  become  legible,  and  every  line  of 
paper  was  found  to  have  b^en  distinctly  copied 
tbe  |^reati«st  df'arness.  The  photographs  were  sent 
Bordeaux  for  transmission  thence  by  carrier  pigefon 
Paris*  When  rccdi*ed  there  tliey  were  magrjified, ' 
aid  of  tbe  magic  lantern,  to  a  largo  size  and  throi 

a  »erecn.    A  staff  of  clerks  immcrliatdy  trance nl 

messagesi  and  sent  them  off  to  the  places  indicated 
the  advertisers.  The  success  of  this  experiment 
rise  to  the  hope  that  the  new  art  of  compreaainig 
matter  into  a  small  rouipas»  will  not  stop  b«i 
page  of  The  Tinies  can  be  compressed  into  a  w 
fargur  than  tliat  occupied  by  a  postage  stamp,  tbe 
of  as  octavo  volume  might  be  made  to  cover  not  „ 
than  two  of  its  own  pngcs^  und  a  library  could  bt 
duced  to  the  dimensions  of  the  smallest  prayer-boolu 
What  a  relitf  it  would  be  to  the  learned  persons  who  ftt- 
quexii  tbe  library'  of  the  British  Museum,  if.  instead  o€ 
having  to  make  fatiguing  jo  urn  eys  from  letter  A  to  letter 
B  of  the  ponJenous  catalogue  of  books,  they  had  ' 
hundred  volumes  reduced  to  a  space  a  yard  sqw 
whiuh  a  zuicroscope  could  be  hurrioilly  paased, 
suggestions  are  now  occupying  tbe  thoughts  of 
grsphers,*^ 


4^  9.  Tin  Pm.4,710 


NOTES  AND  QUEKIES, 


ftS 


AurnoRS  wantbd, — Wlio  is  tHe  author  of— 

••  Oeftnind,  or  Memoirs  of  a  Northumbrian  Xnblcman, 
in  the  SeTcntwutli  Ontury.  Written  by  Himflelf.**  In 
J  vol**  "  L'^iKion,  printed  at  the  Minerva  Preaa  for  LoDe, 
X€wmftn«  &  Co.,  Li>adcntia]]  Street  1808." ' 

J.  Perry. 
H'lltJmm  Abbcr, 

••  M«ry  Ma;^den*9  Tears  wip't  off  ,  .  ,  ,  London  : 
?riot«d  'for  Holwrt  Pawktt,  at  tJie  IS'Mc  in  Clmncerv 
Lmne,  j»c«  Fli^t  Strwt,  1676/* 

Tie  work  ndvocatcs  strongly  private  oonfese^ion 
tad  sicerdotAl  absoJution.        '  J.  T.  F. 

K.  K^^wy,  Brigg- 

\L  BARXS.^Tn  those  iDstAUccs  wh(?ro 

till  reuiftin  on  thy  gables  of  the  roof,  i 

*:a^*_-   I  ij-erred  that,  instend  of  heing  8.S  is  usual, 

upright,  they  are  of  a  bent  form.     1  have  never 

oWrA-ed   theni  of  the  ^atne  form  in  any  other 

mf<ljaDval  building;  nnd  this  form  being,  so  faras 

1  utn  aware,  coutiued  lo  barns — acd  being  niore- 

iif>T,   M  I   think,  sin^alarly  ungraceful — I  have 

bei'a  lf*d  to  conjecture  that  it  muat   have   had 

•ome   pyiubolical    meaning'.      Can   any   of    your 

cnrrr^rru'^ents   offer  any  explanation  of  itP     A 

:  Ion  of  a  finial  such  aa  I  refer  to  Tvill 

ii  the  O.r/ortl  GloMan/j  Mb  ed.  plate  66. 

1  Littleton,  in  ^Vorce«terl*hire,  there  is  a 

a  which  there  are  four  such  fiuials,  all  bent, 

ill  recollect  rightly^  towards  the  south. 

RrCHARD. 

Lbqejtd  on  BfiLLS. — Can  any  lover  of  bells  tell 
me  where  the  following-  legend  is?  The  initial 
croas  and  intervening  stops  are  very  elegant,  and 
^  letters  highly  ornamented.  I  poase^  a  rub- 
^g  of  it,  but  have  no  memorandum  where  or 
when  it  was  taken,  I  am  informed  that  the  same 
e»a  and  stop^  are  on  bells  at  St  Mary's  Bever- 
•7»  and  at  Stanground,  Hunts,  This  is  the 
ltg«od  in  rattTWt :  — 

*  €uitoi  :  natittAVum  i  i9idj,trl  :  it  i  mxtf: : 
^itiiiunim* 

IL  T,  ElLA  COMBE. 
^Apt  Sl  Georg^^  Di>VQn. 

Trk  Bmi)  Cage  Walk.— When  I  first  remem- 
W  the  Bird  Cage  Wulk  in  8t.  James*e  Park  — 
"la  my  hot  rontfa,  yrh^n  George  the  Third  voa  king  " — 
it  WM  the  drill-ground  of  the  young-  soldiers 
Moaging  to  the  Foot  Guards;  and  the  l*?rigth  of 
tlw  stride  or  step  which  they  were  tiiught  was 
Olirked  by  rows  of  narrow  white  stonea  let  into 
tile  gravel.  Is  this  a  common  prtvcticf,  iind  how 
^g  is  it  aince  they  were  taken  up?  I  low  this 
uorrid  war  recalls  to  mind  the  distxessing  ticenes 
I  liave  witnessed  in  the  Bird  Cage  Walk,  when 
detachmenta  of  the  G  uards  were  marched  off  to 
^<mm  lerdce  I  W.  J.  T, 


BarTTsn  Scythri)  Chariots  :  Mrs.  Mjlrk- 
HAM  — I  have  just  read  with  great  interest  Mr, 
Trol lope's  graphic  summary  of  Ctesar'a  Commen- 
taries in  the  admirable  series  of  Ancimt  dtumcs 
for  EnglUh  Reader s^  edited  by  Mr*  CoUinai,  It 
contains  a  note  at  pp,  79-80  denying  that  the 
Britons  used  scythed  chariots.  This  question  was 
brought  forward  in  "  N.  &  Q."  in  IbOO  (2»*  S. 
i.t,  225),  but  was  never  followed  up,  though  the 
Editor  invited  special  attention  to  it  aa  an  intet' 
esting  subject  wnich  deserved  further  inveatiga* 
lion.  Mr,  Trollope,  I  think,  does  not  state  the 
case  very  happily  or  fairly,  ond  seems  to  me  to 
do  scant'justice  to  the  excellent  writer  who  u  bo 
well  known  under  her  adopted  name  of  Mr3. 
Markham.  He  singles  out  Mrs.  Markham  and 
Eugene  Sue  as  peculinr  people  who  have  mainly 
fostered  the  popular  delusicm  that  the  lirilons  used 
scythed  chariots,  whereas  the  matter  was  never 
questioned  (as  the  Editor  of  "  N.  &  Q."  observes) 
until  the  year  1840,  when  the  Marquis  de  Lago^j'a 
work  Bpptinred — e.  g.  see  the  Penny  O/chpcediOj 
Lond,  }HSi\  8.  V,  '*  Chariot." 

As  to  Mra.  Penrose  ("  Mrs.  Markhatn  '*),  I  ven- 
ture to  say  that  her  Hidonj  of  England  (Urst 
published  in  1823)  is  the  best  history  for  the 
young  that  ever  appeared,  and  is  far  superior  to 
many  works  of  much  higher  pretension.  It  is 
well  written,  well  informed,  and  marked  by  sound 
judgment  and  good  sense,  and  ia  moreover  ex- 
tremely interesting*  I  know  of  no  history  used 
in  any  of  our  public  schools  at  all  comparable  to 
it.  It  is  on  a  different  plan  from  Miss  Yonge's  ex- 
cellent Land  marks  J  but  is  equally  meritorious, 

Q  Q* 

Den^artus  of  DRUsua,  Sukior. — I  have  in  my 
cJibinet  a  denarius  of  Drusus,  Son,,  struck  when 
he  had  the  title  of  "  Prlnceps  Juventutis,"  The 
obverse  Ixos  a  plain,  unlaureatedj  and  very  youth- 
ful bust     Legend — 

KRRO  CLAYD  .  CAES  .  BRVSVS  OERJC  . 
PRIKC  .  INVENT, 

On  the  reverse  are  four  sacred  implemeDts — ► 
viz,  the  lituus,  tripod,  patera,  and  ladle  for  liba- 
tions.    Legend — 

SACERD  .  CO  .  OPTDffOMIT  COKL  BVPIU 
KVM  .  EJC  S  ,  G, 

It  is  the  reverse  legend  that  I  cannot  under- 
stand. What  would  it  be  in  full,  and  what  ia  the 
meaning  and  application  61  it  ?  J.  IL  M, 

CiTRioua  Enqravhtg.— In  a  volume  {Dc  Art^ 
Cahalhtica)  containing  works  of  P,  Iticcius,  Leo 
Hebra^us,  Reuchlin,  and  Picus  M irandol us,  printed | 
at  Basle,  1587,  there  is  a  curious  print,  extendingj 
over  both  the  open  folios,  representing  a  touma-^ 
meot  in  a  court  enclosed  on  all  sides  by  lioueea. 
Nine  knights  are  on  eack  a\d^,  «bL  w^VNiaSiV^  ^\\- 
g-aged.     One  kas  ivist  uuYloi^^^  V^  ^^x^twkcs  ^  ^sA 


96 


KOTES  AJsD  QUEEIES, 


[4«i»S.VII.  Fni,4,*Tl. 


is  tliTOwing  up  his  spew  into  Ihe  air  ia  token  of 
txiunipb.  Ilia  unhorsed  adversAry  is  placed^  up- 
porenlly  in  deriaiou,  on  a  wooden  ntiL  The  fol- 
lowing* is  written  above  tlie  plat©  in  continuouB 
Unefl  over  both  folios :  — 

*♦  ExempJum  IndicriB  eommuAtODU  Gf|aejtrii  oUra  uh 
•qu(»tri  ordino  et  nobilitate  Genn«nic»  concelelirarl  H 
cxiul>eri  snilUSi  jfi  quo  quie  nabinde  a  nobis  toto  libm 
aecundi  tomi  PaJidcirtarom  triuniphalium  Ue  cunUonbua 
ad  drd  timina,  de  fiinium  iiicisionc,  de  modi  pern  torib  us 
pngnn  de  ppptoram  in  equitation*  famosa^  sntioRiTuqih' 
et  cf^tti  nmis^ione.*  dc  duiiodioruin  deaique  amputatinnc 
el  dilorifMtitiue  dicuntur^  ocuIortMa  eoiaibus  luituifc^ti^' 
Eime  sulyiLiuumrJ' 

Wbiit  is  the  connection  between  this  pkte  and 
the  work  on  KaVbalisin  ?      E»  L,  Blenioxsopp, 

MiiXKnto  OF  "Fog/* — What  is  the  orif^in  or 
meftning  of  the  word  "  fog"  as  applied  to  tbe  Uter 
growth  of  grass  in  fields  for  ftedin^  purposes  P 
'rhe  word  is  common,  I  believe,  in  only  parts  of 
Yorkshire,  whore  at  Whitby  I  was  struck  lir&t 
with  it,  in  an  advertiaeraent  of  "  so  many  acres  of 
fog  to  be  aold."  S.  H. 

r  Wedgrood  oonnects  F<ng  and  Fffft  which  he  defino."*, 
"  Grass  not  eaten  down  in  tlip  rammer,  thnt  ji^rowj  in 
tuft*  civer  the  winter/'  Gnroet  dorivi'S  ftvt  from  the 
Welch  /fr^;  bnt  it  would  flccm  from  Atkiii*ii>t!*«  Ghntrry 
of  thr  'Ckiylitnd  Ditilrct  ,  tbiiL  m  tliftt  dislriot  Attd  in 
Wc^tmortljiml,  whih/mj  is  applied  to  the  aAergrowLh  in 
meadows  when  the  hay  hu  been  cut  offf/tg  aimply  moana 
a  diied  grAss  stem.] 

The  KonoLi)  of  Grohex.^ — VThsit  is  the  pre- 
cise title  of  an  anonymous  work  on  tViia  subject 
published  in  1710,  and  abo  of  Gottfr.  WahrlieVd 
Tiftrrative  ?  I  liave  Zeutpiisi  iUr  revwn  Wuhrheitf 
172'^,  by  Jtiremifts  Ilcini^cb,  and  ZhiUrricJU  wk 
man  Gesprnatcr  tmd  Gexpetnierf/eschtchten  jtriffeu 
soil,  g,  if  1723  (by  whom?),  and  would  be  glad 
to  learn  if  there  are  other  tracta  on  the  same  sub- 
ject. SOOTT. 

Majhe  Cats  Amy  Fowls.  — Can  any  of  your 
readers  refer  tne  to  any  theory  which  has  teeti 
put  forward  to  account  for  the  existence  of  the 
breed  of  tailless  cats  and  fowls,  ao  common  in  the 
Isle  of  Man  P  Horienbis, 

[Five  ortirles  on  the  Miiitx  Cats  appeared  in  the  let 
Series  of  *'  X.  Jk  Q/'  voL  ixj 

Wife  of  Qeoroe  Nevlli,  etc* — ^Who  wa^  tho 
wife  of  Gcorjfe  N*^vill,  Lord  Latimer,  son  of  Hnlph 
Nevillj  Earl  of  Westmoreland,  by  Joan,  daughter 
of  John  of  Gaunt ;  also,  her  annorial  bearings  ? 

3.  a 

Piti-Beta-Kappa  SociBTTr  or  Bostok< — Please 
say  why  this  society  la  so  called.  What  do  llie 
thrive  Greek  iuitiid  lettortj  mean? 

JaMISS  J.  L.UiD. 

[CoMult  **K.  i  Q,"  i'^  S.  iU.  im,] 

The  "Potters*'  of  the  XoRTnEiiTr  Cotut- 
TrE.s. — Has  any  correspondent  of  "  N.  &  Q,"  ever 
raised  a  diacnaaion  oa  the  above  nomadic  tribes  ? 


They  have  all  the  characteriatica  of  the  gypsy 
tribe ;  but  are  they  g^ypsiea,  or  are  they  not  the 
descendants  of  the  Scotch  and  Enffiia^  inoea 
troopers  P  Some  of  the  real  gypsy  tribes  diAOwa 
the  Betters,  but  otherij  say  they  are  the  same. 
The  following  are  surnamee  borne  by  poUexB  sn 
the  North  British  isles:  .Tollie,  Younghasband, 
Ibbetfion,  Bell  (Wordsworth  s  potter  was  a  Bell), 
8t>rey,  Stanley,  Cooper^  Solomon.  I  cannot  in- 
crease my  list*  which  I  know  ia  imperfect  Of 
the  above  naniea  I  think  that  the  only  iTjjt^j 
ones  arc  Stiuilriy  and  Cooper-  It  is  ciirioui  to  W  n'l 
the  Jewish  name  SolouAon  borne  by  **  potters."  I 
coukl  eoy  more  on  the  subject,  tut  I  postpone 
further  rcm:iika  and  conjectures,  in  hopes  that  we 
may  have  information  from   some  one  wLo  has 

stuiied  the  subject  more  than  I  have  dooe,  

Jajibb  ITE?rRr  Bixo 

**TnE  Hearts  of  Men  whici' 
Who  id  the  author  of  the  lines  Ins' 
nice  of  the  domed  g^allery  at  the  i»«n ai  -\c.iii.emj|^ 
Burlington  House,  and  which  run  as  folbirs :  -^ 

"The  beart^^  cf  men  which  "  '    Iru 

Fair  fcciuing  stiew^  niny  p  higher^ 

Ami  learn  to  love  witb  ^>;  ..   .aty 

The  eternal  fouatahi  of  that  licaveiily  liejiutT." 

k  X.  T^ 

QtJOTATIOXa  WAKTED. — 

*•  Una  hoc  vocari  debet,  an  domus  longe  ?  " 

Makrochw: 

Who  i»  the  author  of  somo   stanzas   entith 
"Good  Night"?     They  nppeareil  in  the. 
Liter ai-y  Jouniitl   (I  think)  before  October,  18; 
I  give  the  commencement  of  the  tirst :  — 

**Oood  nijjbt  to  the**,  lady,  though  mttnj 
Have  joined  in  the  daD(%  to-niifht,*'  *c. 

**  A  glowing  irii  bending  o*cr  the  storm, 
A  swan  emerging  from  the  waves  ua  bright/'  he, 

A50Xj 

St.  Joseph-3  ErE. — 

**  This  h  the  sonff  one  might  percciva 
On  a  Wtdneiday  mora  of  Sl  Jweph's  Eve" 

These  lines  occur  in  Longfellow's  tranalalioa 
Th^  Blihd  Oiil  of  Cadil-VeiUh^  from  the  Gasc 
of  Jasmin,  and  bear  reference  to  an  approachin 
wedding  proceesion.  Can  you  help  me  to  sg 
meAuing  of  them,  or  traditian  cont^ectpd  with  th' 
dnyF  I  have  read  that  St.  Jose^^a  Day 
unlucky  for  marriages.  A.  V 

Thomas  Stanley,  Bishop  of  Sobor  a^'d  3 
In  the  Lancashire  Ckantrus^  vol.  i,  p.  CO,  noti 
being  voL  lix.  of  the  Chethani  Society,  thU  pn 
late,  who  was  also  Rector  of  Win\>Ht*t^\  Wi^^mi 
and  North  Meoles,  is  said  to  be  "a  you 
the  second  Lord  Monteagle/'     In 'an 

BOLIOTHECAB.    CHETHAat   ('»N,  JtQ,"  4"*  6, 


4<k3>  Til.  Fkb.4,71.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


T  ^^n  T.  ITeTwocd,  who  deacribes 

•  t  of  tbo"  Stunleya  ns  uncouth 

TtiYme^,  to  be  lite  '^*9on  of  thftt  Sir  Edward  Slan- 
!er  who,  for  lib  valotir  at  Flodden,  was  created 
Lord  Mout^aple** — the  first  l^ord  Monteagle,  I 
foppo^e,  AntboTiy  h  Wood  (Athen,  Oxon,,  Toh  ii. 
f^L  ^7^  rontnat^i  himself  with  Mving  that  h« 
irn^  [1  ciid.'t  <if  the  frtunJy  of  the  Stanleys,  which 
b  trur^ :  but  I  wiint  the  whole  truth/  ^V^here 
Trra5  t'lis-  pr»>lLit<?  buried,  and  where  elae  than  in 
pri  vatflj  printL^d  hooks  can  a  copj  of  the  Stanley 
P'X'Ui  oa  tne  EavU  of  Derbj  be  found  ? 

A.RL. 

•THoreiiTa  of  Patrtcius/' — 'Who  waa  the 
anthfir  of  the  above  wofk^  of  which  the  full  title 
ia  — 

•*  ThoufifhtA  of  Fatricia^  aa  UtiHti*!,  on  the  Interests 
of  Hafikind  aod  partiaj!;ir!y  on  tliosc  of  the  Irish  Xfttion ; 
also  A  ftn  occasifjUfll  Tracts,  The  whole  written  late  in 
\ih  hy  an  nonofatr  Member  of  the  DabUn  Society.  8?©, 
Piiblia,  1785," 

On  tlie  titltf-pago  in  mj  copy  \&  the  following 
its.  note :  — 

*•  And  in  truth  so  faithfully  printed,  that  y*  author  is 
iilroc«t  asUaiiierl  cFen  to  bestow  it  to  h\»  much  adnurctl 
Boloi^brolte.  He  anppressed  y*  sale  of  it^  becaase  of  its 
dijfoet*,  tml  difpened  \x  lo  his  deicendnnts,  in  \*  hop©  of 
il»  doing  tone  good— knowing  that  a  good' intention 
iltoUtadiL    I}«c  7^,  1795.  E.G.*' 

E,  Pn,  SflmLBY. 

Loagli  Ffii,  CarriclcmaciDss. 

"ThR  TIMBS  WmgiTLE;'  KTO,  BY  "  R.  C."^In 
•The  Time*  Whi^t!^/'  which  I  am  now  editing^ 
hem  tho  Canterbury  MS.,  occurs  the  following 

*  Carrier  c*f  late  wonld  hare  mado  Ilia  ttan/tt 

HTriinLin-   r,.^  ill  fin*  In  be  BSttfeOl^l  deUT 

b\  lelattf)  to  th*  citty 

01  :  '  f>,  Hud/  jkiv  some, '  *twaa  pitty 

T)  I  Ii/wd)  iuttut 

Hi  vent. 

For  !    ,  „  not  Binftlf, 

Mi^lu  HI  iht^rt  lime  have  been  a  Cardiuali.* 

What  his  •ot'oesw  had  provM  I  dare  not  say, 

Forheii'i'  v: 

H%h  Jo  *.  I  bflcksl  idc, 

S(n>lu  fiiii  ;  hii  di{;d. 

8o«ie  Ibiiik  he  was  fu/t  Ajio^totiedll, 

BniAlwiiie^  in  hi*  heart  papblicall,"  die* 

Mr  :ire  t  — 

1 .  '  era  t  hifl  description  of  **  Carrier  "  ? 

2L  LUn  tinv  reader  of  "N.  &  Q.*'  auggeat  who 

-ii.C^fiL>nt.'wae? 
Tbe  date-  of  the  «vitires  inaT  h©  placed  a  little 

earlier  than  1616  j  the  poems  iti  ibis  latter  yrar. 
rarenham.  J.  M,  Cowi'ER, 

MEWTATi   EaiTAITTT  OP   TITE  SeX>!3. — It  WOUld 

,0.5  touchinj^  this  much-debated 

am   whether  that  strange  j^ft  of 

:;       I  '  \  among  othera   by 

til.    lat^'  ly  in   hia   boyhood) 

Lfl   ever  i^tru  t>f:riuwt'u  y>u  girls»      1  have  put 


this  query  before  without  re>ceiving  any  reply. 
Surely  among  the  readers  of  "N,  &  Q,**  there 
should  be  some  able  to  giye  one. 

No  ELL  RaDECLIFFB. 

TrroMsojr  a  DRrn>. — Why  does  Collina,  in  his 
elejry  on  Thomson,  call  him  n  Druid  ?  I  am  not 
aaktng*  for  a  learned  dissertation  on  the  term.  I 
know  the  meaniiig"  of  Druid*  But  how  waa  the 
**  poet  of  the  Bcusona  '*  one  ? 

SrEPHEK  Jacksok, 

The  ChJRSJ.  OF  Xerxes, — In  Cox's  Mythcdogy 
of  the  Aryan  Natiom  (i.  92)  occurs  the  following 
note :  — 

"  It  is  now  a£5ert«d  that '  Offiki  dyke  *  h  a  natural  work, 
and  OHtt  Limwir  h  thus  carried  suspiciously  near  the 
cloud  Innd  of  mythology.  The  stippo.wd  caiiafof  X«rxM, 
at  the  base  of  Mt,  Athos,  has  f»hared  the  Mme  fate  ;  and 
the  Baspidon  of  Juvenal  (x.  74>,  that  the  stori*  waa  a 
myth,  has  thus  been  verLticd.  *■  OiTa*»  dyko'  and  the  canal 
of  Xerxes  are,  in  abort,  no  more  artificial  than  Fiagal'a 
Cove  and  the  Giant'ft  Causeway." 

As  regards  the  canal  of  Xerxes,  this  seems  a 
bold  assertion^  and  esfpccially  in  epite  of  the 
authority  of  Thucydidea  (bL  iy.  109)  and  of 
Herodotus  (bk.yii.),  whose  testimony  alone  would, 
I  should  think,  be  quite  strong  enouj^h  to  prore 
that  it  had  existed.  Col,  Leake^  in  his  Traveh  in 
Greece  (vol  iii.  ch.  xiitOi  gives  particulai-s  of  a 
careful  survey  of  it,  and  likewise  a  reason  why  it 
should  be  made.  The  suspicion  of  Juvenal,  cou- 
ddering  his  well-known  tendency  to  exaggeration 
and  his  contempt  for  the  Greeklingrs  ana  **para 
Niliaci  plobis/'  &c.,  cannot  be  taken  into  account. 
What  is  Jfr.  Cax*s  authority  for  the  assertion, 
and  what  the  veriticatioii  of  Juvenal's  suspicion? 

T.  E.  C. 

GOVERXITEST  StAMP    OX   PlCTUBE    CAJTVAS. — 

Can  any  one  inform  us  when  the  government 
stamp  on  picture  canvas  was  first  imposed  and 
when  taken  ofl?  H.  G.  k  Co. 


A  RECTORSHIP  OF  EIGIITY-ONE  YEARa. 
(4^'»  8.  vii.  50.) 

A  correspondent,  who  dates  from  TurveT,  «aya 
that  the  parish  register  of  Kuosaington  Grange 
"  record H  "  Jlirhard  Snmson  as  rector  of  the  parisii 
from  1558  to  KWU.  Although  I  have  no  acquaint- 
ance with  that  register,  1  can  venture  to  assert 
that  it  *' records"  no  such  fact  Thij*  corre- 
spondent has  been  misled  by  an  absunl  fallacy^ 
excusable  in  one  who  is  evidently  not  an  expert 
in  parish  registers.  The  facta  aro  these :  Parish 
registers  began  generally  bv  an  injunction  of 
Thomas  Cromwell  in  15;i8,  ^fhese  registers  wi»r6 
small  books  of  pifpm\  liable  to  decay  and  to  be 
lost^  and  manv  of  th^m  did  thits  suffer.     In  the 


I 
■ 


first  year  of  James  1.,  1603,  an  injunction  was 
issued  (*»oe  Gibson's  Codfx^  i.  1229)  commanding 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES* 


l4'i^S.VILFM,4,7L 


every  parish  to  be  provided  \i^ith  a  parchmefit 
book  for  the  regitter  ;  and  it  wns  further  ordered 
that  the  old  legisters  from  loi^S,  or  m  far  back  as 
tliey  could  be  found,  fhoitld  he  copied  into  tbia 
new  book,  and  that  llie  niiiii&ter  and  cburch- 
wordens  ebould  Bubtcribe  their  nHmos  Hi  the  foot 
of  every  p»ge  or  year.  II<  wee  it  h  found  that 
nearly  all  the  registers  which  vxtend  back  beycml 
1003  are  signed  from  the  beg  inning  by  the  ineujn- 
UjDt  of  the  latter  dale,  and  of  course  continue  to 
be  so  signed  till  the  end  of  hia  incumbency. 
Thus,  if  the  re^istera  of  Kno^Bing-ton  Grang^e  had 
gone  back  to  1538,  oa  they  would  have  done  had 
some  not  been  loat,  this  correspondent  would  have 
astonii^hed  us  with  a  rector  wlio  had  reigned  one 
hundn  d  and  one  years,  and  whose  age  must  then 
havi'  been  at  least  a  hundred  and  twenty-live  I 
Here  is  another  centenanan  vox  tt  pretterta  nihil! 
E.  V, 

You  will  doubtless  receive  many  comroimica- 
iioDS  showing  that  this  supposed  long-  incumbency 
iiro&e  from  Richard  Samson  signing  the  new 
xegisters;  but  would  it  not  be  wuU,  by  way  of 
clenching  the  matter,  to  aacertaiu  from  the  dio- 
cesan registers,  if  possible,  who  tlie  re  dor  or 
rectors  of  Knossington  Grange  were  between  John 
Westmill  atid  Richard  Samson  ?  11.  F.  T. 


The  difficulty  of  your  corresnondent  H.  is  one 
which  preacntii  itself  to  all  fitnaenta  of  old  regii^- 
ters  at  the  commencement  of  their  researches.  In 
ijjtplanation  let  me  quote  a  few  lines  from  the 
Cambridge  CMnden  iSociety's  Chmvhe»  of  Cmn- 
^nJf/t»hirc,  p,  15.  The  church  being  described  ia 
Cherr}'  Hinton : — 

"Ttie  pariili  rt^ister  dates  back  as  far  as  1588,  the 
3"eiir  in  which  Croiuwdl,  then  vicar-general,  ifl«uefl 
liii!  injunction  with  regard  to  them  :  it  is  not,  howev<!'r, 
to  be  iuferreit  that  the  exiijtLi]^  volume  id  uf  that  datu  ; 
for  in  the  last  of  Iho  conHiiiutioiis  of  th«  synod  of  the 
province  of  C'anterbur>',  held  in  )507,  it  wna  ordained 
ihnt  the  parish  books, moiit  of  which  hud  Leforc  that  time 
be<?n  kept  on  pnper,  //Am  cftartacciai  ^houtil  be  tran- 
scribed on  parch  men  t|  and  so  ktpt  for  the  futari"  j  each 
png«  of  the  transcript  beinj;  fiigned  hy  the  minister  and 
churchwardens,  c,f a rt/wjii  of  the  tburth/' 

In  the  rf'gister  at  Cherry  Hinton  some  observer 
had  noted  that  everv  page  from  15-38  to  1604 
*  vrm  fijgiied  by  Mr*  Moigne,  vicar,  who  had  thus 
entered  in  the  book  thai  he  had  been  vicar  for 
aixty-six  years,  and  had  had  the  game  church- 
WAi'dt'ns  for  tifty-nine  year.n.  ISul  this  same 
Thomas  Moigne  died  before  he  was  eeventy  years 
x>ld,  and  was  made  Bishop  of  Kilmore  seventeen 
years  after  he  resigned  Cherry  Hinton.  In  a  note 
IS  mentioned  an  mslance  of  the  same  thing  at 
Bishopfibourne  ehiirch|  Kent,  where  the  feigna- 
tui^  of  Richard  Hooht^r  oet-urs  as  early  as  15G6, 
at  which  time  he  was  about  thirU^en  years  of  age. 
lu  this  neighbourhood  1  have  met  with  many 
iHustratioBs  of  the  above.     At  Whittlesey  St 


I  as 

icarj 


Maiy  the  signature  of  Francis  Gates  occutb  as 
vicar  from  16tM)  to  102:^ ;  and  a  subsequent  vicar^ 
has  made  note  to  the  effect  that  he  was  vicar  "  ' 
Hxty-fonr  yeftrs  or  thereabouts.'*  'But  in  fact 
was'  preseiited  in  1590  and  died  in  1622,  and 
consequently  viear  when  the  order  of  convocatioil^ 
was  mnde  for  transcribing  the  old  boolre.  In 
Elton  the  register  begins  at  the  year  1500^  yet  it 
wns  *'made  in  the  yeare  of  our  Lord  loOH/' 
the  heading  informs  iis.  At  Eye  and  at  Peaki 
the  copyists  append  their  names.  At  Castor  th( 
ciirnte  iind  churchwardens  testify  to  the  coi 
ness  of  the  transcript.  This  is  done  in  Lati] 
except  once  thus ;  *'It  agreeth  with  the  origini 
as  witnessetb  Edward  Stokes,  Curat/*  &c.  A 
the  following  b  the  heading  of  the  register-book 
at  ilarholm ; — 

'^The  Iti'gT  lK>oke  belnaging  to  tho  pish  of  Marham 
wherio  is  recorded  tho  uamcs  of  all  suclt  a*i  have  bets 
mftried  baptized  and  buried  sencc  the  yeare  v(  our  lori 
(jjod  cine  thoui^and  five  humlreth  threescore  and  five  bclbn 
I  he  w*:^  lyaie  Is  not  anvnwmes  Rifristned  to  be  founl 
truly  coppyed  out  in  A*  l5»''  15'jy  acconb'ng  to  the  Qaeeal 
Ma''"  Imunction  and  statute/'  J 

Peterborough.  W.  D.  SW£STIK0,  | 

The  marvellously  prolonged   incnnibencv 
Richard  Samsin,  supposed  to  be  rector  of  lin^ 
i?ington  in  Leiceatershire  from  1558  to  1030, 
readily  explained,  but  not  in  the  way  sii' 
by  the  editorinl  note.     It  is  amusing  th 
hallucination  of  the  last  century  should  be  n 
just  now,  only  a  few  months  after  the  app*N 
of  an  excellent  essay  on  Pu/^i  Jiit/ister«,  by  IBB 
Eilninnd  Chester  \Vater3,  Esq.»  B.A.^  of  the  Inner 
Temple  (reprinted,  in  8vO|  1870,  with  edditiooa 
and  corrections,  from  The  Home  and  Foreign  Jti  ^ 
vieio  for  April,  181)3).     This  essay   is  in   mai 
respecL*^  more  complete  than  the  I/istor^  of  Pari* 
Me^ister^  hj  the  late  Mr.  John  S*  Burn,  of  tl 
second  edition  of  which  (18G2J  it  was  originallj 
written  as  a  review^ 

The  importance  and  value  of  parish 
seem  to   have  been  never  better  appn 
the  clergy  thnn  at  the  close  of  the  sixteen  ui  llh- 
tury.     Tney  had  then  been  kept  for  about  st*vent 
years,  and  the  old  paper  books  were  in  many  plac< 
decayed  or  wearing  out.     Provision  wns  thereforai 
made   that  they  shonld  be  transcribed,  and    on 
parchment  instead  of  paper.    Mr*  Waters  states 
that— 

"  On  October  25,  1507,  the  clergy  of  Caaterbury 
convoeation  mfld«  a  new  ordinance  respecting  regist 
whitih  waa  formally  approved  by  the  que*  u  under  the  i 
«e£i1.    It  commences  by  noticing  their  very  grvat  u 
(pt^r$Hnffntt»  ngvi),  and  Iftya  down  minute  rc^lutions  ft 
their  pVeservation,  whicli  were  afterward*  «mlwjdicd  i 

the  70tb  eanon  of  IGua. The  canon  dirpcteil  thi 

eA^ery  pari.Nh  should  provide  ititolf  with  aparchnuMit  book,' 
and  that  [he  eutrieij  from  tbc  olij  paper  booki  should  b9 
traaseribtd  therein,  each  pngc  being  authenticated  by  tha 
aignature  of  the  miuifiltfr  and  churchwardens/ 


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atUitjf 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


99 


**  In  obedience  to  tlM  iojanction  (Mr.  WaUra  lubac- 
^Kttlly  reiQAfks)  every  pa^e  of  the  trAoscript  is  signed 
bv  Uie  minister  And  clfurchw&nieiii  of  tbat  year  in  which 
tb»?  ct'py  was  made.  This  circumftance  gave  rise  to  a 
iaiiicToii*  notion  rw^p^^ing  the  longevity  of  the  clergy  of 

rl«  «kix  which  at  one  time  found  strenuoos 

^txi'i  luarian  writer  a.  (Cole^sMSS.  xli. 

I  n  >  I  ,^  in  his  UUtory  ttf  Here/ordMhiret 

triB  that  Robert  Bamca  was  Ticar  of 
ot|yhty-two  years,  as  his  name  appean 
i:  ^T'  it  period!  In  the  parcHehial  registers, 

1^  rchwardens  filled  that  office  from 

1  Another  iru«tance  of  this  sop- 

T  tTri  Mr.  Sirapwn,  who  was 

1  iiviiif;  of  Kcyham  in  Leices- 

tersmrc  uji  iimt^ij*  i^u  vrrrti»,  and  to  have  had  the  same 
dmroh wardens  for  seventy  yean." 

In  the  HisUnry  of  Leictster^ire,  ill,  980,  under 
Sewtne  Ub  the  name  of  the  chApcb-y  is  there 
epelt),  will  be  fotind  a  long  extract  from  a  MS. 
£ieiij  on  P&riBh  Registera,  written  by  the  Rev. 
Qeorgo  Ashhy,  B.D.,  President  of  St.  John  a  Col- 
Wm,  Ofttabtictge,  Mr.  A«bby  fell  into  thifl  aheurd 
nmppiehexttion,  but  it  wns  detected  by  Dr.  Car- 
dfile m  Rothley,  and  confut^^d  by  Lord  Went- 
vortb  in  the  'Omeral  Evctmtg  its*  in  1765,  and 
ogmin  by  Mr.  Bray%  afterwai'dfl  the  hiatorian  of 
Sturdy,  m  the  aecood  edition  of  hi.^  Tom*. 

Joni?  GouoH  NiCHOLdt 

In  the  btmal  register  of  St  ^fary  Alderman- 
Irory,  1/ondon,  under  date  August  12,  1*317,  occurs 
\\    '  iug: — ^*Mr,  Robert  Harland,  minister 

i.  iL"<b»  bf^inff  minidtcr  seYeJitv-mne  years." 

1  h*.  litit  cUii^e  of  tnis  entry  is  in  a  dilferent  hand- 
writing from  the  portion  that   precedes  it,    but 
forma  part  of  the  record.     I  am  convinced  that 
whoever  made   the  addition  did  bo  because  he 
Csaiid  that  Mr.  Harland  had  signed  each  page  of 
Ihe  regUter  as  far  back  aa  its  commencement  in 
1588,    exactly  seventy-nine  Teara,   but  without 
knowing,  or  taking  the  trouble  to  ascertain,  that 
down  to  abont  1600  the  register  was  the  tran- 
acfipt  ordered  in  15t)8,  and  that  it  was  the  duty 
of  toe  incumbent  and  churchwardens  to  attest  the 
•octiracy  of  the   transcript.      Perhapa  this  will 
eiiplain  the  ca^^e  at  Kno^sinfrton. 

Joseph  Lku itzl  Chesteb, 


'*S01tE  GO  TO  CHURCH."  ETC. :  OLD  RHYMES, 
(4»'>  S.  vi.  296,  404,  502.) 

Mft.  Jackson  deaires  to  see  tbe  old  rliyme  in 
ixteiwy^    It  haa  jnst  been  communicated  to  me  by 
a  Cfiend,  who  remembers  hearing  it  in  hia  youth  r — 
**  Some  go  to  church  to  take  a  walk, 
gome  there  go  to  lau;L!:h  and  tAlk, 
^>mc  ibrre  go  their  fault*  to  cover, 
Others  go  to  meet  a  lover, 
f^yvMi  there  go  to  «leiep  and  nod, 
But  few  go  there  to  worship  God.** 

I  am  Umpted  to  add  here  some  other  qnaint 


rhymes,  which  I  owe  to  the  kindness  of  the  friend 
just  mentioned.  He  received  them  many  years 
ago  from  an  ajjed  relative,  who  has  now  departed 
to  the  unseen  land. 

The  lines  which  follow  this  ancient  gentleman 
naed  to  attribute  to  a  achoolmaater  named  Byromp 
whoae  pupiliie  bad  been  in  bia  younger  days : — 

''He  that  buys  land,  bays  many  stones  ; 
He  tlmt  buys  tlefh,  buys  many  boiie»; 
He  that  buys  eggs,  buys  many  a  bells  ; 
He  that  buys  good  ale,  aeldooi  buya  aught  else.*' 

(The  last  word  prononnced  as  if  written  in 
glo&fiic  eh).  The  writer  of  it  is  said  to  have  been 
a  living  example  of  its  truth. 

Barbers,  from  Burchiello,  whose  utterly  unin* 
telligible  veraea  are  models  of  claaaic  Italian^ 
down  to  tbe  genial  author  of  the  *^  Barber'a  Shon/' 
my  good  friend  Mr.  Richard  Wright  Procter,  wno 
is  at  once  historian  and  laureate  of  the  cutming 
ahavera,  have  often  been  pen;s  (lespriL  Amongst 
them  should  be  classed  old  Jerry  Dawson^  w*ho«e 
shop  was  in  the  neighbourhood  of  Red  Bank  He 
hit  upon  a  plan  for  keeping  his  customers  in 
good  liumour  whilst  they  were  waiting  their  turn 
to  be  shaved  or  polled.  Uh  device  for  their 
amusement  was  to  write  Bcrapa  of  poetrv,  which 
he  put  up  conspicuously  io  hia  shoo,  'fhe  parti- 
cular penod  of  the  year  often  prave  nim  a  aubject 
for  bis  rhymes,  'fhus  for  Shrove  Tuesday  he 
wrote : — 

•♦Make  pancakes  of  the  b^st  of  batter, 
And  drink  good  ale  that  minute  after, 
And  keep  Shrove  Tuesday  like  a  mon, 
For  hungrj'  Lent  is  coming  on.'' 

The  old  barber  was,  unfortunately  for  himself^" 
no  teetotaller,  and  ale  was  a  feature  in  his  verses, 
as  may  be  seen  by  this  on  Easter: — 

•*  Ettt  Easter  dumpling  with  i^.HKl  ?pice»  _  _ 

And  drink  good  ale  both  warm  and  nice  { 
Eat  and  drink  till  youVc  got  red  faces. 
For  you're  not  sure  of  seeing  th*  races," 

Kaster  he  pronounced  in  the  true  Lancaabira 
fashion,  which  in  glosaic  notation  would  be 
'*  AistT.^* 

Another  rhyme  which  was  a  favourite  with  the 
old  gentleman  is  the  following  quaint  reftection 
on  the  relative  importance  of  the  lawyer,  tbe  pby- 
flician,  and  the  clergyman.  The  structure  ot  tne 
verse  nppeara  to  show  that  it  must  have  been 
written  in  the  "golden  days  of  good  Queen  Bess" 
or  soon  nfter: — 

*•  Law,  Phytic,  and  Divinity, 
Bein^  in  dispute,  could  not  agree 
Which  of  the  three  should  bave  the  sopcHority. 

**  Law  pteadii  he  doth  preserve  man's  lanih*, 
And  nil  their  goods  from  ravenoiu*  hands, 
Therefore  claims  he  to  have  tbe  awpcriiirity. 

**  The  doctor  next,  with  rcdpes  for  health, 
Which  raen  do  value  above  their  wealth. 
Therefore  claims  he  to  have  the  superiority. 


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[4«''8,VILFfti».i.7l. 


1 


'  h  face  demure, 
cam  nml  cure, 
uge  hath  he  to  hare  tlu 


•'Kextrciiiicfl  tho  —■ 

Tliereftirt?  of  r 
«upcrIorit}% 

JiloraL 
••If  men  would  kwp  the  gulden  rule, 
Tliey  nfeed  nut  br  the  lawytir's  fool. 
If  men  wouUi  kt^cp  (mm  tjccess  and  riot, 
Thoy  need  not  ftcd  on  doctars"  diet. 
If  men  would  do  vrhrtt  <^k!  dntli  teach, 
Tiny  need  not  mill  1 1  -na  preach. 

But  if  ann  U^tli  kn  \i  viW  be, 

Vt'hy  they  may  1>q  a  ..  .„-„-„  Ly  all  three,** 

This  reminds  me  of  a  gmve  debate  that  once 
took  place  in  a  dis^cusfdon  society  which  met  in 
Hancbestcr  about  1780,  as  to  which  Wfts  the 
greatest  benefactor  to  society,  the  lawyer,  the 
phyBician,  or  the  soldier.  After  all  the  pro*  and 
cuHs  had  been  adduced  the  vote  was  taken,  and 
peaceful  Manchester,  the  rery  home  of  the  **  fair 
white-winged  peacemaker,"  Conimeroe^  eoleninly 
decided  that  of  the  three  the  gfreateet  beuelictor 


•'....  the  red-coat  holly  in  h!i  hoots 
That  hides  the  mardi  of  m<^n  from  us." 

Wiu-iAai  E.  A.  Axon* 

Jogrn»on  Street,  Strangcwaya. 


A  friend  guppliea  the  folio  wing  Teraion,  as  it  is 
Mid  in  the  \\  est  of  England : — 

•*  Some  go  to  church  to  fetch  ft  walk, 
Some  go  to  church  to  hare  a  talk, 
Some  go  to  church  to  meet  a  friend^ 
Some  go  there  an  hour  to  spend, 
3ome  ^o  there  to  hear  the  ticW9, 
Some  go  there  to  ftleep  in  pews, 
And  yet,  'ti»  very  Birange  and  odd. 
How  few  go  there  to  wordhip  QodJ* 

No  doubt,  a3  h  the  case  with  all  popular 
rhymes,  there  are  many  voriationa,  WillLrDiARii 
oblige  me  by  stuting  if  his  version  is  traditional 
or  token  from  a  printed  copy? 

Stepios  Jacksoj?. 

The  following  rertion  hni  been  f^applied  to  me 
from  memory  as  having  appeared  m  a  Snflblk 
newspaper  early  in  the  present  century  :— 

**  Some  frr>  tr*  chiiroh  jtj^t  for  a  walk, 
Somt  '  Tantl  tnlk, 

Son;  t  fi  friviul, 

8on>^  ,     _  Lime  to  speud, 

SMne  gw  til  r re  to  «ec  »  lover, 
Some  go  therts  their  fiiulla  to  cover. 
Some  go  there  to  doze  mul  nm\^ 
But  few  go  there  Ut  ^foitlxip  Gt>d/* 

Pelerhorongb. 

[E+  D.  give*  A  simihr  -^ " -  -  *     ^z-    c-.^--.^f^*g 

with  the  exception  of  mi  It" 

for*'*;odf'*  and"sec'*  in  .      i        —mi.] 


ORDERS  OF  KKIGHTH001>. 

(4«*  a  V.  300,  472;  512,  C41,  GOT;  tL  121,  U 
674.) 

The  reply  of  J.  W.  at  p.  574  of  t^  ^  -^  -n}n 
of  *'N.  &  i^J*  ia  in  fact  nearly  aii  of  i 

that  1  have  been mainUdning.   *'XLio,  iiue.  -dl*- 
aitbmisaion  to  the  Holy  See^ — **ia  the  giit  of  th 
whole  mailer,"  is  J.   W.*b  observation  (p,  6751 
Undoubtedly  so.    If  the  Archbishop  of  Caat 
bury  should  eiitablish  an  associatiou  or  order,  fcN 
instance,  of  viaitors  of  the  Protestant  sick  m  hu 
diocese,  it  would  probably  be  felt  indect^nt  if  the 
Biahop  of  Natal  Dr.  Colenso,  or  Dr*  Normwi 
Mfldeod,  or  any  other  respectable  Presbyterian 
minister,  claimed  a  right  to  fill  up  any  racttociea 
or  to  establish  a  branch «     But  it  must  be  neoU 
lected  that  the  attempt  has  actually  been  tsia 
the  English  aasociation  calling  itself  the  Kl 
Langue  to  obtain  recognition  at  Koine.     Tl 
tempt  failed,  of  course ;  but  an  association  whic 
did  such  a  thing  i^  disqualified  from  speaking^ 
against  Papal  jurisdiction.    I  l>eg  once  more  to 
draw  the  attention  of  J.  W.  and  hi  a  frienda  to  1 
letters  of  HisTORicrs  and  Scrutatoe  in  the  thij 
volume  of  "  N.  &  (?."  IBOa.     So  far  from  wiah 
to  ignore  the  pretended  restoration  of  a  so-calle 
English  Limgue  in  France,  I  have  already  referre^ 
to  tne  iinawer  made  by  Hi&tobjcus  in  that  volume, 
and  I  beg  now  to  suggest  to  J.  W.  that  he  should    . 
rei>ly  to  that  able  writer,  and  to  Sckutator,  aiid 
olao  to  two  most  interesting  notes  by  J.  J.W\  ia 
volume  iv.  pp.  100  and  !212,  who  there  givee  deUdBb 
of  the  proceedings  at  Home.    If  any  reply  to  iham 
writers  is  posfiible,  let  it  be  made  at  coioe.    In  lli# 
mean  time  I  have  no  doubt,  aa  I  aaid«  that  moqt    ^ 
thinking  persona  will  hesitate  to  accept  J.  W,!^H 
authority.     The  whole  thing  may  be  illuatrat4»<[J^| 
but  not  exhausted,  by  a  short,  not  entirely  bwi^a 
ginary,  apoloL^ue. 

Mr.  St.  John,  a  gentleman  of  ancient  dosoenl, 
with  large  family  connection  in  Europe,  waa,  m. 
long  time  ago,  attacked  by  a  set  of  burgUra,  do 
prived  of  all  his  houses  and  lands",  and  hnd  to 
for  his  life  to  his  kinsmen  abroad*    The  lafi 
hia  own  country  would  not  help  him,  f«^r  th| 
rogues  had  bribed  the  Bench,  and  the  King  too 
hia  share.     So,  as  they  had  no  Uro  for  churche 
they  blew  up  and  pulled  down  all  that 
to  him,  took  the  houses  and  money,  eat^  dr 
and  were  merry.     And  it  must  be  owned  tha 
with  these  and'  other  little  pickings,  they  litd 
very  fine  time   of  it.     But  not  long  ago  the  '^ 
^ceniiant  of  the    3Ir.  St  John  who  liad    I 
driven  into  exile  came    back  to   England ; 
with  the  least  idea  of  recovering  aay  stoleiL 
perty,  but  merely  to  settle  himself,  aa  vfell^^ 
could,  in  the  country  of  his  fatb'  'frJi 

John  of  St.  John.    One  day,  wall 
buiiiaess  in  London,  he  meets  an  extetuiti^jj^ 


«*&Vn.  Feb.*, '71.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


gentleman,  wlio  iratuediAtelr  stops,  pute  him  on 
file  skaulder,  nod  says,  **  Old  fellow,  very  gplad  to 
see  Tou-  Here  we  are/'  Mr.  St.  John,  perbaps 
prifjudiced  in  favour  of  Imowxng  your  friends, 
feqitests  to  be  iDforoied  of  the  name  of  hid  soci- 
mme  but  unejqiected  interlocutor.  ^  Oh,'*  hljb 
the  Stranger, "  don't  you  know  ?  Tm  St.  John  of 
Si.  John  too ;  took  the  nRme,  you  know.  Second 
aolitmn  in  the  Times*,  don't  you  see,  deed  poll^ 
«ad  nil  that ;  I^  and  all  the  family.  We  are  one 
mow/*  Mr.  St.  John  t  tprej^aea  his  amaze- 
He  wa^  not  aware  th^t  there  waa  any 
taailmg  brmch  of  hie  family  in  EnglatKi  besides 
ills  own.  •*  Oh,  ye«/'  say  a  the  aStranger ;  "  we 
mt^  A  ^rtd  branch;  we  have  g^t  the  name,  end 
liare  taken  the  arm?,  and  are  always  known  as 
St*  John§,  and  hare  set  up  new  housea,  and,  what 
1  am  snre  yna  ^ill  like  beBt,  we  have  made  a 
pedigree,  don't  you  know»  and  there  we  are  all  in 
it,  03^  rf  pEf  na  possible.  You  and  all  your  foreigii 
f  are    there,    side   by    side    with   us." 

i-  Mr.  St,  John  BUgge«ts  that  the  Stranger 

iboeild  accompany  him  to  the  Hemlda'  College, 
fluit  tb*«<P  ?t«t«mentB  may  be  authenticated, 
•Herr/ '  '  ^  Pooh!  old  almanacks.     You 

can  £  not  I.    We  don't  mind  Sir 

0oirgi>oTi5  i3'i[ni::i,  nor  the  Pope,  nor  anybody 
elK.  Depend  upon  it,  my  dear  fellow,  it*a  only  a 
aiflller  of  Opinion.  You  call  yourself  St.  John, 
wm  do  w«^  \o  one  here  knows  any  diflerence ; 
Md  a»  wc  hare  taken  the  name  wo  shall  stick  to 
It  CN>od  bye.  Kemember  me  to  all  our  kinsfolk 
ilimd/' 

It  nsmaina  to  be  seen  what  Opinion  will  do  for 
Hie  new  Mr»  St  John. 

**  Vjb  vobis  qui  ajdifieati'^  monumeuta  Prophetarum ; 
aut^m  vcstri  occideruat  iJloi.*' 

D.  P, 
Stittftf  Lod^e,  Malvom  WcUs. 


I  have  read  with  great  interest  the  discussion 

'. }  ,.  ij  J>n3  been  gohv;*  on  for  some  time  nhout  this 

i      t  in  "K".  vV  Q/*  and  al^o  in  the  Spectator — 

n  which  was  carried  on  with  a  courtesy 

-'  that  made  the  absence  of  it  on  the 

r  too  conspicuous.     The  suggestion  of 

ra  in  No.  157  seems  to  me  cieaerving 

-t  '        i  m,  and  well  worthy  the 

i  7  narties.     The  English 

I  ,ui3  tiie  credit  of  fulfilling 

•  lility  the  duties  of  the  order, 

ling  part  of  a  court  pageant 

fiected),  as  I  have  seen  the 

,         .    .   '   in   their    scarlet  coats  in 

^^  I'lirh.     I  would  offi?r   one  more  snggeation : 

iii»   Queen   is  sovereign   of  Malta;  what  if  she 

'^iT^'  to  niwime  the  protectorate  of  the  English 

1p:rT    '  t!i?  iTTji^hts  would  then  at  court  wear 

e  they  have  every  right  to 

L        rder  would  have  a  publicly 


recognised  status,  which  must  tend  to  ita  advan- 
tage J  and  as  the  knights  wotild  claim  no  preca* 
dence  more  than  the  wearers  of  en  ordinary  war 
raedaly  while  the  rules  under  which  alone  the 
order  can  be  conferred;^  woold  effectually  prevent 
any  but  gentlemen  belonging  to  it,  the  court 
circle  would  at  all  events  lose  nothing  by  their 
presence,  The  privilege  might  be  oonfineff  to  the 
'  *  Chevaliers  of  J  ustice.  CrwRM, 

Torth  yr  Aur,  Carnarvon. 


BARBAROUS  MASSACRE. 
(4*^  S.  vL  526.) 

Don  Francois  d'Almeyda,  the  firti  vicepof  _ 
Portuguese  India,  was  appointed  governor  of  the 
Indies  in  1505,  He  sailed  from  Belem  in  ftlarch 
of  that  year,  and  reached  tha  coasts  of  Portuguese 
India  in  the  month  of  October.  In  l^K)d,  after 
the  defeat  of  the  Portuguese  forces  in  a  naval 
engagement  before  Daboid,  Don  Alfonso  d' Albu- 
querque arrived  in  India  to  supersede  Almeydau 
The  latter,  burning  to  avenge  the  loss  of  his  sou 
in  the  previously  named  naval  engagement,  re-- 
fused to  yield  up  his  authority  until  he  had  chaa* 
tiaed  the  infidels.  After  indicting  a  summary 
retribution  on  the  inhabitants  of  Daboul,  he  en- 
countered liis  enemies  at  sea,  opposite  the  island 
of  Diu,  and  completely  destroj^ed  their  fleet.  In 
November,  1500,  the  victor  of  i»iu  linally  quitted 
the  shores  on  which  his  name  bad  become  a  terror 
and  his  vengeance  a  proverb.  I>on  Frnn^oi^  d'Al- 
meyda  perished  in  March,  1510,  by  the  hand  of  a 
Caffre  at  the  Cape  of  Good  Hope, 

The  "barbarous  massacre'*  Mr.  Elus  refen 
to  may  be  that  which  was  conducted  by  order  of 
Almevda  at  Dabouk  Ilis  proceedings  therein 
have  Ibcen  thus  described  :— 

'^Alme^nlii  po»itivf1y  refuiied  to  r«sign  lik  COniraand 
antil  be  sibould  have  avenged  hin  son's  death  by  ibe 
^le^t ruction  of  the  hoslili;  Ileet  Ikinj^  supi>ort<?d  in  liis 
dixvobc'diuTucfl  to  the  rovnl  in'jndato  by  several  leading 
ctBcers,  he  refused  to  kllotv  Albut|Utrqae  oven  to  take 
part  in  tUe  intdtdetl  expedition  (agnitist  thiboal).*' 

There,  we  are  told— 
"  once  on  *hore,  by  tb«  ord<?r  ©f  th?  in*rcil<»88  victor,  an 
indiscrimlDato  i-lnuftli  '      "'        '      '      'rcrftmed 

^viih  blood,  Jiwd  the  h)  the 

eave*  oftbe  iK'iffhbM).        ,  rac«ful 

ioene  hftd  a  ftuiublc  cuitclu»iou  \  fur  Alutteytia^  unable 
to  withdraw  bia  trouj»  from  ihcir  horriWe  tinpbn  mcnt, 
eau^i^d  tbt*  tovrn  to  be  fet  an  lire.  The  tl^mi^  extended 
rapidJy  nvtsr  tlie  light  timl*cr  roofi*.  and  after  reducing 
the  stiitidy  city  to  n  pile  of  smoking  w<x)d  nnd  Ufiheji^ 
reaehed  the  bwrtiour*  The  native  ^hippin^?  was  tlc- 
stroyed  ;  the  Portngiie^c  tismJIsi  with  diiKcuity  escaped, 
and  proceeded  to  the  GbU'  of  CamUay.-' 

lie  filled  up  the  measure  of  his  barbarities  bj 
causing  his  prisoners  to  be  shut  up  in  the  prixe 
ve^els  and  burnt  with  tbem. 

*•  Manv/*  &ava  Faria  v  Sou»»a,  ''judged  the  unhnppy 
end  of  the  vioeroy  and  other  gentlemen  to  be  a  juat  pun- 
ishmeat  of  that  criuic.'* 


102 


KOTES  AND  QCERIEa 


L4»fc8,Vll.  r»,4,7i. 


If  the  massacre  occurred  about  the  year 
1511,  Don  AlfoQBo  d'Albuquerque  ^^&a  then  the 
Portuguese  goT  era  or- general  of  India,  It  there- 
for© njight  nave  been  in  connection  with  the 
acquisition  of  Goa.  The  city  was  tuken  by  sur- 
prise in  the  earlj  part  of  1510,  recaptured  a  few 
months  later  by'lujnf  Adil  Shah  in  nerson,  and 
finally  conquere'd  by  Albuquerque  at  the  close  of 
the  same  year.  The  contest  was  prolonged  and 
eanguinary,  and  the  after-slaughter  must  have 
been  terrific,  since,  according  to  Sousa.  **  nut  one 
Moor  was  left  alive  in  the  island."  (Portuffuau 
Asia,  L  172.^  The  Ilmdoos  were  treated  very 
differently;  lor  Albuquerque  confirmed  them  in 
their  poseesaions,  and  promoted  the  intermarriage 
of  their  women  with  the  Portuguese  by  hand- 
some dowries,  at  the  same  time  proving  his  con- 
fidence in  his  new  subjects  by  employing  them 
In  both  civil  and  military  capacities.  Albuquerque 
died  at  Goa,  December  13,  1515, 

N,B,  The  designation  ''Moors"  seems  iieqnently 
applied  to  Arabian  and  African  Mohammedans,  in 
contradistinction  to  Moguls  and  Fatans.  Sousa 
epeaka  of  thera  as  "  inhabiting  from  Choul  (in 
the  Conran)  to  Cape  Comorin/'  The  lioQour  of 
the  discovery  of  the  Cape  route  to  India  does  not^ 
I  venture  to  submit,  belong  to  A'asco  da  Gama. 
It  was  Bartolomao  IHnZf  ten  years  before  Vfleco 
da  Gama's  voyage  to  India,  w^ho  passed  the  Cape 
without  knowing  it,  and  deapit©  the  murmura  of 
bis  crew,  proceeded  as  far  as  the  mouth  of  the 
Great  Fbh  Kiver,  Coni]>elled  most  unwillingly 
to  Tetum,  be  now  first  discovered  the  southern 
headland  of  the  African  contineot ;  and  reaching 
it  in  stormy  weather,  he  bestowed  on  it  the 
designation  of  ''  Caho  Tormentoso»"  Biaa  re* 
turned  to  Lisbon  in  the  December  of  1487,  after  a 
voyage  of  Uttle  more  than  sijcteen  months.  The 
way  to  India  was  now  open*  In  1497  Emanuel, 
the  king  of  Portugal,  equipped  a  fieet  of  four 
ships  for  the  purpose  of  reaching  India  by  a  pas- 
fag©  round  the  Cape,  and  gaire  the  command  of 
the  expedition  to  Vasco  da  Oama.  The  expedition 
fiiiled  from  the  month  of  the  Tagua  on  July  B^ 
i4V»7,  having  iu  all  10<)  men  on  board.  It  doubled 
the  Cape  on  November  20,  and  coasting  the 
eastern  aea-board  of  Africa  as  far  north  as  Me- 
Hnda  (lat  3*"  S.),  it  sailed  under  the  guidance  of 
a  native  pilot  for  the  shores  of  India.  I'he  voy- 
age from  Melinda  to  the  Malabar  coas^t  occupied 
twenty -three  days ;  and  the  fleet  anchored  before 
the  city  of  Calicut  on  May  20,  1408.  Two  years 
and  nearly  two  months  elapsed  between  the  date 
of  Da  Oania*a  departure  ana  his  return  to  Lisbon. 
The  stetmd  Portuguese  fleet  to  the  Indies  was 
despatched  in  the  year  succeeding  his  return, 
under  the  command  of  Alvarez  Cabral. 

CnA&L£s  Naylob, 


RING  WILLIAM   IH;«  STIRRUPS  AND    OTHEE 
RELICS  AT  CARUICKBLACKER,  CO.  ABMAGH*^ 

(4**  S.  vi.  477.) 

A  query  having  appeared  in  your  Number  of 
December  3  last  respecting  a  pair  of  slirrupa  leea 
ftome  years  ago  in  the  possession  of  tho  Hen 
James*  Steuart  Blacker^  rector  of  Keady,  county 
Armagh,  it  maybe  interesting  to  aitatc  that  * 
relics,  along  with  many  others  appertain! 
that  eventful  period,  are  still  at  Cnrrickb] 
the  seat  of  the  Blaclier  family,  in  the 
Armagh,  near  Portadown.  The  reverend 
man  was  family  executor  at  the  time  adveri 
and  thus  was  in  possession  of  the  beirlooma, 
these  amongst  them. 

The  stirrups,  however,  bear  evidence  in  them" 
selves  of  an  earlier  date  than  the  Boyne  battli 
(1690),  and  as  beiog  the  property  of  an  earlle 
king  than  William  IH.,  viz.  Charlea  I,  j  for  oi 
the  interior  of  the  upper  p&rt,  where  the  leathe 
was  looped  on,  is  plainly  marked,  dotted  or  io^ 
scribed,  a  royal  crown,  witb  the  cypher  C.  K.  an( 
the  date  102G  beneath.    They  stand  eight  inches* 
in  height,  with  a  breadth  of  five-and-a-half  iocbes> 
at  the  swell  fur  the  foot.     On  the  outer  sides  a 
scallop-shell    pattern  is  inscribed.      The   whoh 
accoutrement  bears  a  darkbronio  colour  enliven^ 
with  gold  we^ed  into  the  parts  where  the  ahi 
occur,  or  are  marked  by  incised  linea     Tbai  '* 
belonged  to  Charles  L,  however,  is  no  reasoin  ».«,. 
they  should  not  have  been  worn  by  Williaju  IlL^ 
his  relative  and  descendant.    The  saddle-cloth  is 
also  at  Carrickblacker,  a  gorgeous  aflfair  of  cnmson 
velvet,^  superbly  embroidered  in  gold,  with  hoktet 
trimmings  complete.    The  saddle  itaelf  is  said 
be  in  the  possession  of  tli©  Marquis  of  Droghi 
and  without  any  stirrups  or  other  paraphernal iiu' 
How  they  became  separated  is  not  very  clear^  but 

Srobably  in  the  scramble  of  attached  attendants 
esiroue  to  secure  memorials  of  such  historic 
scenes  and  personages.  Most  of  Ihofio  at  Carrick- 
blacker  came  from  an  ancestor,  General  Frederic 
Hamilton,  aide-de-camp  to  King  William  II* 
with  estates  in  Tipperary,  Londonderry,  and  olha 
counties.  He  was  originally  of  Milbum,  ^ 
Lanarkshire,  and  called  a  property  near  Colen 
Milburn  after  it.  He  is  mentioned  by  Cap! 
Parker  as  his  chief  patron  in  his  interesting  wad 
now  scarce  record  of  the  Irish  conflicta  at  tbit 
period,  and  also  the  Marlborough  wars  in  Qooea 
Anne^s  time. 

Amongst  other  items  traceable  to  this  source, 
kept  at  Carriekbkcker,  are  King  William  HL^a 
gloves,  rather  rough  chamois  leathtM  gauntlets^ 
iimamented  with  black  satin  and  gold  embroidery 
trimmings;  tho  original  MS,  draft  of  the  brass 
money  proclamation,  with  William  III.*a  signa- 
ture, 'dated  July  10,  1600.  "  Given  at  our  camp 
at  Finglaa,"      N.B,   There   is   no   mention   of 


n 


ed^ 
alt«;^ 


4»*SwVlI*  Fmii.^,7L] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


103 


8' 


*' wooden  liboeif^  but^pecimetts  of  the  base  coinage 
i.r  ' — ■>:-  TTi  cliiiias  rouml  the  frame.  The  first 
}i  r  I'botnii^,  aft tT wards  Lord  Conyngsby, 

\v  ..  k  ; » ,  r  WilUam'a  arm  when  wounded 

li  and  kerchief  itself  is  said  to 
.  jj  .  -_ :.  a  of  the  Efljrl  of  Essex^  a 
deaoendont :  oXm  a  handsome  massive  cruet-stimdi 
preseattdd  by  the  king.  Lord  Essex  preaented 
the  mustaril-pot  to  the  present  Earl  of  Euniskil- 
Itsa;  it  i§  the  size  of  a  small  tankard^  containing 
fully  a  piiit,  and  -when  tilled  with  gr>od  liquori 
muat  be  drained  to  the  glorious  memory  without 
dimwitig  breathy  iu  order  to  obtain  "  the  freedom 
of  Floreaoe  Court." 

But  to  continue  the  list  of  historic  curiosities 
at  Carrickblacktir.  There  h  the  celebrated  Derry 
deedj  with  all  the  signaturea  and  scala  of  the 
ow&en  of  prciperty  destroyed  in  the  sie«re  of 
^poa  i-y  biimiog'  compensntion  from  the  British 
*'  it — we  are    sorry  to  say   vainly    and 

Vk  "Ct.     The  names  of  families  still  ex- 

los^eesing  property  are  easily  traceable. 
L , —  ^^,l4  fired  at  Derry  when  metal  was  ex- 
bansted.  A  scrap  of  the  tiag  of  the  Inni^killing 
mtai  bofiie  at  the  Boyne;  a  large  remnant  is  still  at 
Eoniakillen  cur  Florence  Court.  A  chair  of  oiik  made 
from  the  platform  on  top  of  the  cathedral  tower 
11  which  cannon  was  mounted  and  fired 
i'  siege.     The  old  form  of  the  cathedral 

i  ^^  afio  the  walk  in  relief  on  the  back 

I  i<.lbum*s  saddle,  used  in  a  sortie  at  the 

acgvj  beXure  they  ate  their  horses.  Two  rapiers, 
cMie  nf  thetn  naed  by  General  Hamilton  at  the 
V  1   the  other  bv  Wm,  Blacker  at  Derry 

I '  »yne.  The  long-shotted  gun  of  the 
i>iAni<'«ia  tight;  the  gong  of  Ghuzuee  j  and  the 
iHt  added  articlea  to  this  curious  collection,  viz. 
the  loyml  address  of  the  city  of  Kingston,  in 
Caoada,  to  the  Prince  of  Wales,  and  which  was 
mti  preaented  because  the  Duke  of  Newcastle 
W0M  Dot  allow  H.R.n.  to  land ;  and  lastly,  the 
Confadarate  fla?  of  the  celebrated  privateer  the 
Sbenaadoab,  wnich  is  said  to  have  done  more 
dtalniclicm  and  mischief  than  the  much -abused 
^Uabama. 
Ttie  wx^.U  rrfCarrick blacker  are  hung  with  some 
tett  ric    portraits  of  the    VVilliamite 

fBlloo  the  wt^ll-kno'mi  ones  of  the  King 

•od  QtiMiii  Mary«  by  Kneller^  are  those  of  Duke 
MMnberg  and  Do  Ginkle^  Earl  of  Athlone ;  a 
eoittavpomry  picture  of  the  siege  of  Derry,  by 
Wylia;  Genenl  Hamilton,  Governor  Walker, 
Ac   k        "   ■  ut  from  this  period  so 

lugel;  is  a  very  remarkable 

poftnm  ujfn  ^vMuin  [  I ui r  li  dissertation  to  itself  ^ — 
tibttt  oC  Sir  Wm.  Wallaco,  the  celebrated  defender 
of  Scotland*  It  waa  brought  over  more  than  three 
Iwodrcd  reaiB  ago  by  a  family  of  that  name,  and 
cums  to  \hii  prenent  proprietor  of  Carrickblacker 
WitK  Uie  remnant  of  a  small  property  from  his 


grandmother,  who  bad  received  it  in  the  same 
way  from  her  grRndmother,  the  last  of  that  family 
of  the  name.  It  is  not  in  oil-colours,  but  in 
frejsco  varnished  and  ingeniously  removed  to  can- 
vass. In  individuality  and  grandeur  of  character 
it  quite  throws  into  shade  the  usual  conventional 
and  commonplace  portraits  of  this  beio*     Akok* 


Old  Saijdowh'  Castik,  Isle  op  Wight  (4"»  S. 
vi.  5(Jt».) — Lord  Conway  was  made  Captain  of  the 
l8le  of  Wight.  Dec  8,  10:24;  Lord  Weston  (sub- 
sequently Earl  of  Portland)  succeeded  him,  Feb. 
8,  IQIM.  The  authority  for  these  statements  is 
Dugdale's  Bmrnutije^  where  a  reference  is  given  to 
the  Patent  Rolls,  22  Jac.  L,  part  15,  and  0  Car.  I.^ 
part  0,  respectively.  Portland  died  in  March, 
16iJ5,  and  I  see  by  a  letter  of  F.  Brooke  of  April 
11  (State  Papers,  Cbarlea  I.,  vol.  cubtxxvi.),  that 
his  eldest  son  Jerome,  second  Earl  of  Portland, 
was  his  successor.  G, 

Mor5T  Calvary  (i^**  S.  vi.  642  j  vii.  62.)  — I 
am  competent  to  give  no  opinion  as  to  whether 
Calvary  was  a  mountain  or  not,  but  I  am  quite 
sure  that  Sozomen  does  not  say  it  was,  as  stated 
by  Mr.  Alex.  B.  jM'Grigor.  To  establish  thia 
point  the  Editor,  I  trust,  will  permit  me  to  give 
the  passnge  in  the  original.  The  reference  is 
right.     The  words  are :  — 

Oi  7ip  it^LKat  r})¥  iKKK^mav  litLlofr^s  "EAAtji'**^  in 

T^Kp^^aVf  Kal  f*s  iJ^^of  fjy*ipcaf  ^a&i!n€po*f  vwd^x**^*)  ^* 
teal  vvy  ^olverai.  TTffuKa^SvTfi  5i  Wpi^  itdirra  t^h*  ttj? 
h/atmiattut  x**^**  *«d  rod  K^oytou,  ^ttK6<r^Ti<rajff  nal 
Aiiitf  T^v  imtpayttoif  KaTiffrpuffeuf  ,*  Kcd  *ApfM^iTns  Wth^ 

For  the  Greeks,  SlrlTiog  to  their  utmost,  hy  meiuiB  of 
persecutiou,  to  extlDgutsb  the  church  in  its  inlaucj,  con- 
ccale{l  that  place  und«r  a  hxLge  mound  of  earth,  Am\^  a.i 
DOW  appe^ira,  rai^tl  the  ground  to  a  greater  height  than 
it  was  before.  And  having  drawn  a  fence  round  the 
entire  site  of  the  rraurrection^  and  *  tho  placo  of  a  »kuU  '^ 
(CVilvary),  they  arranged  the  surface,  and  erected  apon  it 
a  temple  to  Y^nua,  in  which  tbey  placed  her  statue. 

Not  a  word,  aa  Mr.  M^Grioor  will  aee,  of  any 
mountoinf  or  of  the  slighteat  acclivity.  The  verj-^ 
oppo^^ite ;  for  prior  to  these  operations  the  surfaco 
was  lou:er  (Baetrrfpov)  than  it  was  after.  So  from 
tbia  account  the  natural  inference  must  be,  that 
the  mount  was  not  real  but  artificiaL  Homer 
uses  the  kindred  word  kcl^vov  for  the  top  of  a 
mountain — ohKii^itFoio  kvlo^vvv  (IL  n.  1G7) — whence 
it  is  not  improbfiblo  that  this  may  have  given  riao 
to  the  notion  of  Calvary  being  a  mowU,     There  i& 

•  By  order  of  the  Emperor  Hndrian  toward*  the  latter 
end  of  his  r«ign — somewhere  about  A.n.  138— when  he 
built  the  Roman  citv  of  iElia  Capitolina  oo  the  founda- 
tions of  Jerusalem.  He  alao  built  a  temple  to  Jupiter  on 
the  Mount  Zioa. 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[4««>S.VIL  Feis,4,7L 


noauiliority  for  ii  iu  any  of  the  writings  of  the 
New  Tt';»tAmeut  or  tlie  earlier  fatbertj.  As  to  the 
teetimviny  of  St  Cyril,  it  is  ▼ftlat*le«a.  He  lived 
and  ^vTote  loc^'  ailter  the  trwiaaction  related  by 
Soxoraen* 

I  may  be  permitted  to  mentaon  that  1  hare 
duo  ted  'from  Heading^  the  best  edition  of  Uia 
Greek  ecclesiastical  hi^toiiaiis. 

EDMtTjfD  Tew,  M.A. 

Ooinrar  SwT¥T  (4»»'  S.  t.  66,  135, 159,  211, 
305,  410.)— Mb,  Swiptb's  faniiljr  pedipre©  omy 
be  quite  correct,  but  no  one  who  is  fanuiiar  with 
pedigrees  ** certified  "  (not  **  veritied  *'}  afl  **  taken 
fcom  the  records  of  \i\»  oifico**  imdor  the  haiid 
and  *eal  of  oilice  of  Sir  Williajn  Hethara,  would 
thiuk  of  placing  implicit  reliance  on  theni  because 
they  werti  so  **  certified/'  I  regret  to  Fny  that  I 
know  pedi^ees  which  in  eome  very  important 
respects  are  pur©  inventions,  and  were,  no  t  with - 
standing  proofs  to  the  contrary  in  hia  office,  eo 
certified.  In  one  inBtmjce  the  very  anna  recopded 
wert  altered  without  any  reason  whatever.  These 
are  grave  charges,  but  unfortunately  they  are 
true.  If  the  late  Mr,  Godwin  Swift  was  '*c/<? 
jme  Viscount  CarlipglV>rd,'*  how  did  it  happen 
that  hia  right  was  never  proved  before  the  Uom- 
mitte©  of  i?rivilege3  ?  It  la  really  prepodteroua  to 
call  a  mere  pretender  to  an  extinct  title  the  right- 
ful peer  because,  without  a  shadow  of  right,  he 
pertinaciously  asstimed  and  claimed  the  title. 

Y.  S.  M. 

T>E8CK<rnA:?T5  OF  BisHor  Bepell  (4**'  S.  t.  811' 
591 ;  vi.  ia%)— Isabella  Bedell,  daughter  of  the 
Rev*  WilUam  Bedel K  was  twice  married.  By  her 
first  huaband,  Baniel  French,  i»he  had  a  daughter, 
Eleanor  French,  who  married  John  Stanford,  Esq. 
of  Cam,  county  Cavan  (bom  IGSC,  entered  Trin. 
Coll,  Bub,  Nov.  27, 1701),  She  married,  secondly, 
Tuke  Stanford  (who  died  in  173;i),  his  finst  wife. 
Tulce  Stanford  married,  secondly,  Anne  Heccle- 
field,  and  by  her  had  (with  other  issue)  John, 
"who  manie^  Elean<Tr  French  (as  above.)  The 
head  master  ot  Beaumaris  GrRramar  School  is  the 
Ker,  Wilham  Bedell  Stanford.  M,A,,  of  Balliol 
College,  Oxon,  great-great-grandson  of  John  Stan- 
ford and  Eleanor  French.  Y.  Sb  M. 

•'Dry"  A9  A  Local  Prefix  (4**  a  vl  163, 
236,  556.)— There  ia  no  reason  to  suppose  that 
the  Celtic  c/iiii  i^  etyniologicallv  connected  with 
tttmiy  A.-S.  tim.  The  literal  meaning  of  the  latter 
ia  an  **  enclosed  place,"  from  tynmi^  to  enclose  ; 
whereas  dun  U  properly  a  hill,  and  may  be  derived 
from  eiv^n  heap,  or  perhapa  even  from  a  Semitic 
root.  Mr.  C,  Uogersi  says  the  root  oidim  is  tlie 
Sanscrit  ilund^  but  it  would  be  quite  aa  reaaonabJo 
to  derive  it  ixom  the  Chioeae  tm,  a  *^  hillock/* 

B.  S.  CUABKOCIC, 
Gray*t  Ian  Square, 


Adaifl 

whid^H 


BrcBARD  Tkrrtcic,  Btshop  of  LoifBoiT  170 
1777  (4***  S.vi.  501*.) — He  was  the  eldef-t  son 

"^ ^   r    -    T  \Qf  of  Wheldrake,  and  cano 

, ,  by  Ann,  widow  of  Nnthanie 
-».iM^-,   i.-.|,,  ui    knedlington,  county  York,  ai 
daughter  of  John  Gibson,  Esq.  of  Wei  burn, 
the    same   county.      He  was    baptised  in  ~' 
Minster  July  20,  1710.     His  wife  was  Ta 
daughter  of  XVillniTn  Sta.iiiforth»  rector  of  { 
hurne,  c*  Immberland  (eldest  son  > 

William  >  i,  canon  of  York),  by  Franc 

daughter  of   Uoorg«  Pricket t,  Esq.,  recorder  erf 
York.  KOBBBX  H.  SkaITS. 

Tlie  Mftunt,  York. 

The  amis  of  Terrick,  as  quartered  <m  Lord 
Ilarrowby's  banner  in  St,  George's  Chapel,  are 
thoie  of  the  Tyrwhit  family,  with  the  adcntion  of 
a  plain  bordnre  argent.  Kdm13^D  M.  Botul 

Kock  Woo  J,  Torquay. 

Dr.  Terrick  La  *:me  of  those  prelates  of  whom 
Dean  Milinan,  in  his  AtmaU  of  5^  I^mttT*,  haa 
written :  — 

"  There  wis  then  a  rapid  sooeottion  of  decent  pr«lattf| 
who  no  doubt  dlscbar^^  tlidr  fitnctiims  with  qujtt 
dignity^  and  lived  tbdr  blamed eas  tlvcA  in  reaped  and  in 
esteem," 

The  following  passage,  extracted  from 
MSS.  (5B47,  p.  404)  in  the  Brit  Museum,  in 
the  bishop  ligures,  may  interest  the  readers 

"  This  putJi  me  in  mind  of  aaiagultfr  vi»it  bo  (H.  Wat- 
pole)  paia  Tor  an  hour  one  SuRdar  afternoon,  whil^:  I  < 
witti  him,  about  t<?n  years  ago.    It  vran  when  the  pre 
BUliop  of  London  was  Bishop  of  Peterborrurgb  and  1 
minister  of  Twitrkcn  ham.    TIj^  %;  it  .v  is  1m  i  .Tnv.  wim 
waaaKonianCiitholiertimi];.]  t      i  ;         ;  1    ;   rlM-i-onu 
and  lomc  Di*&eiJter».     1  reni'iil  .  i    n.r   «iio  ]i;iai« 
this  I  remember  because  it  aAruck  me,     Tbe  biah 
«ibly  might  have  n*.*um#il  some  airs  which  Mr.  ' 
might  think  di<l  '  '?  one  who  wu*  u  lord  < 

AcetdCTt,  and  W'  »r  crcAtton.     In  order, 

fore,  to  lawerni  the  pride  of  the  prela 

has  enough  of  it  aWut  bun,  I  remember  Mr.  Waljpole  I 
me,  on  his  return,  for  I  did  not  attend  him,  thml  he  < 
him  frequently  Mr.  and  Dr,  Terriolc,  ^ 
tify  him.     Purely  this  tvm  not  ri^jht  or 
of  the  bind  and  custom  unnUeruble  ha 
Auch  tidefl  to  aiich  and  such  dignities  tkaii 
whoever  disregards  them,  act^  Lko  a  clown 
perly.     I  presume  no  one  loves  titleis  better  than  1 
as  will  be  evident  to  any  one  who  Iwks  over  the  I 
tiim  of  the    Vilin  of  ^itmwherry  NHL,  where  ia  I 
fuliiome  enumeration^  on  every  occasion,  cd 
minute  titlef  of  all  the  Walpoie  imuiW  nnd  iU  i 
tant  alUancei*.     It  would  have  l'^-'^  *i   - '*it  eoa    . 
bred  behaviour  In  IJisbop  Terrick  ;n'**ird  La<1^ 

Walpole  without  the  title  of  Lai)  >  idgi?  toipar* 

tiaily  therefore,  to  omit  civ^^ng  the  due  title  to  a  bnkop 
eaiiiioi  be  jofitilled  in  any  light.^* 

Fbrt  (S'*  S,  pam'm ;  4'^  S.  vL  401 ;  \n.  22,) 
A  note  signed  with  a  Hand  mdnces  m»  to  j 
word  or  two  an  this  subject. 

The  whole  quoetioa  waa  debated  betiTMil  1 


4i^a.Txi,F™,:4»'7i,] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES* 


105 


WoamwMMo  and  my 
ft»L  Ix,  in  thti  thi-^ 

▼olume      '^'^' " 


!'■  equence  of  ft  QUefy 

■in*?  OQ  p.  323  of 
..JtcV  My  reply 
vRp's  at  p.  470  of  that 
...^  replica  by  Me,  Wood- 
be  fauDti  in  vol  xi.,  Jan. — 
DWXRD  et&tod  hia  iMise  with 
groAt  force ;  I  did  my  best  to  ^lato  niiue.  I  haTQ 
not  cb&Dj^  my  opimoD;  I  have  no  reason  to 
8tiopo8«  that  Affi.  WoonwARD  bos  changed  hia. 
I  miok  it  mi^ht  save  "  Hand  *^  aoiue  trouble  if  he 
would  ft«d  both  mdes  at  the  rotoeaisaa  which  I 
hmr^  at>p(dkd.  It  would  be  a  wt«te  of  hia  tini« 
ho  go  oTer  tha  same  frround^  imleas  He  can  gl?e 
ione  nvw  lactt  oo  either  view,  oi  on  both. 

M^ft&uoE  OF  Ti^piyrs  (4^  S.  v.  4^.>— A  bill 
\n»  likjd  in  Chuncerv  in  Ireland,  May  20,  167«, 
%y  Edward  Mlli«re,  Esq.,  and  Catherine  his  wife 
(the  onlr  child  and  heir  of  John  Fitzp:erAld,  E«q,, 
of  the  Pecies,  co,  Waterford),  a^rainst  Richard 
Earl  cf  Tyfftnij,  unci**  of  Mrs,  Viliiera.  The  bill 
iiatet  tfcat  Mi.  and  Mra,  Villiers  bad  been  mar- 
riad  In  the  preceding  month  of  [March.  The  earl 
aofwei^  the  biU^  and  stated  that  he  admitted 
the  pijitDlii&  were  maxriei  aa  stated — 

Olh  lUy,  1670,  the 
1 


of  ; 


ymn  o£d«  And  Ji4in  I^jwe^  i 
•ipy  ftar»  aiii.  TIi4«t  fihc  c 
■B4«wii*i""l>,  iL  Ui>r  wAmt  and  t 


Decie*, 


married,   by  GiU>crt 

■^"  ^  then'  Ef4:iaii«/ 

mm,  aad  hcir- 

r  n  about  $m^io€ 

or  aboot 

.....     ..    i  iiJcounteas 

eole  away  i*la«fietidnely  ont  of  the 
if  ADgleai\>>  grandfather  of  Viscouat 


I  hare  no  note  of  the  decree  in  this  suit,  bat  I 

;  i :«  aecond  marriage  was  held  good,  and 

he  formiir  one  invalid  :  for  I  see  in  the 

t  by  5Ir.  Villitra  (Brigadier-General 

Rdward  Villiera,  elder  son  and  heir- 

»,v  rui  of  George,  fourth  Vii?count  Grandison) 

(uThcrine    had    (with   other  i«due)   John*   fifth 

tWount,  created  Edjl  of  prandifion,       Y,  S.  M* 

WtL  TorB!^AirE5ts  (4*"  S.  ri.  438,  6590  — 
To  tl-  l:-r  i-rtist  bo  added  Sraitlifield,  by  tha 
Ciliiia>  lu  -aurday  afternoons. 

J\3IE8  GlLBSSX. 

h\,  EiU  Street*  Fackham,  S.E. 

8m  ^BiT  (4"»  S,  Ti.  324,  307,  501,)  ^ 

hi  3.1  r  thd  country,  to  my  own  personal 

/  or  lihffni  is  ufit*d  its  a  term  dedig* 

J  only»     In  the  north^eaj^t  distfiot 

lunty,  it  is  on©  of 

ij9  among  the  agri- 

t  ..n  :  ouL  11  i!?  never  employed  to 

,  sheep*  pig,  or^  in  fact,  any  Itind 

-— '.  -a.c  iiiat  of  cows,  oAeii^  A:i.\    An  indi^ 


ridual  Vho  has  ilonned  any  rery  smart  or  gay 
article  of  apparel  id  uftcn  addreseed  in  a  bantering 
way,  thufi :  **  y^J^  cn^t  a  daah  at  a  distanco,  like 
shtrni  on  a  lea  rig  (ridgo),"  A.  PAlEESOK. 

Barns  ley,  YurKa. 

The  ^'  Tolgar  word  "  at  which  SxEPnEX  Jacksok 
hints  in  a  foot-note  is  much  more  likely  to  bo 
connected  with  ^hiyot,  lo  Lincolnahire  a  cow 
with  diarrhcfcja  is  iaid  to  be  '^ahootiuf."  Cow- 
Mhardt  are  here  called  '^casfioiLB''  (eastings);  and 
"  A  primrose  in  a  caason  "  is  a  yroTerb  answering 
to  **  A  jewel  of  gold  in  a  awiae  s  anout"  In  Mr. 
Peacodf's  linlph  Skirlautjh  we  find  a  iarnier*s 
Bong  stacking  caitmts  for  winter  fuel,  in  accordance 
with  an  old  proverb  respecting  fuel  and  eoap, 
which,  as  Mjl  J ACSftON  aaje, "  I  cau  only  hint  at." 

J.  T.  F, 

PABonrKi^  (4*'»  S.  vi.  Alt;  vii.  15.)— I  do  not 
know  if  the  Book  of  Jiallath,  edited  by  Boo 
Gnultier,  ptiblished  ty  Orr  k  Co.,  184^,  would 
suit  W.  G.  D.  P.  P* 

There  was  a  capital  pan^dy  on  Coleridge*a 
Christ^xM  published  about  thirty-iive  yeare  a^ 
in  the  Enctfvhfifcdia  of  Anrcdote  and  Wit*  It 
coaimencr^d,  I  thiuk,  art  I  write  entirely  from  me^ 
mory,  with-^ 

"  Tb  tea  oVlodt  by  the  caatlc  dock/*  fee* 
or, 

•'  Tia  ieo  o'clock  by  tha  baroa'a  clock,'*  lee, 

\^Tio  was  the  author  f  A,  J,  IhWKiir. ' 

The  Patboi^tmic  "-ik©  "  nr  Noi%rH-Ki»0Lii 

Place-Namm  (4**  S.  V.  hmx  rl  Gl,  120,  2m, 
418,  500,  570.)— I  thmk  the  following  instance^ 
taken  from  deeds  of  the  reign  of  Edward  III. 
relating  to  the  same  family  and  aiibject,  go  far  to 
prove  the  correctness  of  'Ma*  Atkinson's  state- 
ment **  that  the  stroke  ov»-*r  the  vuwel  denoting 
Lhe  omissioii  of  n  is  often  omitted  by  old  scril>ea^ 
and  not  the  leagt  frequMiitly  in  names  inToWtng 
the  clement  -in^."  A  name'  is  thus  written  vari- 
oualy:  *^de  Ilomyujrwuld,  de  Ilomingwold,  de 
nomiagwold  bive  llomiwold.  de  Homiwold." 
There  is  no  stroke  to  denote  the  omi&^ion  of  the 
n  OTff,  although  the  name  is  materially  altered. 
"'*  "^  T.  C.  G.  a 

"1119  owK  oriKioir  was  his  law"  (4^**  S.  ri. 
271,  35.1,  5B2.)— With  great  respect  for  im,  Tait 
Ram  10  E,  whose  papers  have  always  interest  for 
me,  I  submit  that  it  is  widely  difierent  to  say  of  a 
person  that  his  own  opinion  is  hb  law,  and  that 
be  **  is  a  law  unto  himself."  As  I  interpret  the 
ojcprosaionf,  the  former  conyeys  censure,  the  latter 
commendation.    The  qm^tation  from  Juvenal,*  as 

♦  Jur.vi,'>22.  Tlitlangaa(?eofa»«lf-willH  imperiooi 
woman  to  her  pvnllaBinioua  nxoHc*as  hutfbainJ.  This, 
ftvsu  ttie  AiOhoh^,  has  aoraa  raaaoiblaaoe : — 

A  woman'a  wit  U  boubtladbff  h(ct  ^\W* 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES; 


[i*aVU»Fjl»,4,'7l/ 


applied  to  those  from  SUakeepenre  and  EvagritJfl, 
is  ftdmirably  to  the  point ;  not  bo  that  from  the 
Ethics,  Aaa  parallel  to  thia  one^  I  think,  tnigbt 
fairly  be  given  Romans  ii.  14:  — 

Edmtjxd  Tkw,  ma, 

P,S.  In  the  character  of  the  Emperor  Mauricius, 
BS  given  by  Evagrius  (lib.  VL  i.),  we  hftve  a 
splendid  example  of  the  iyKpariit  =  the  niftn  who 
is  ^*a  law  unto  himself.*^     He  aaya, — 

TUfv  itaBvf  iK  rrfs  omtlai  i^€»i}hdrrfa't  ift'X'J*  '  i^pnT^^ftpa,' 
Tfiav  35i  ^1*  ro7f  iavrov  hgyttrpLott  Karaarrjadfitpos^  {an^ 
apwTTJs  iya^a  iaurhy  irap/apftra,  itpht  ^pafii¥  i»arai~ 

Henceforth  he  made  it  his  btisinesa  not  only  to  adorn 
his  person,  but  more  eHi^ecially  bb  mind,  with  regal  dig- 
nities. For  lie  alone,  of  all  who  had  ret  vrora  the  purple, 
fitrove  rJgOTOUfllyto  rule  himself;  and  05  became  his  bi^b 
position,  while  baTiidhing  frotn  his  mind  all  evil  nft'ec- 
tions,  to  school  himself  in  evuvy  virtue,  and  thus  to  be- 
come A  living  example  for  the  imitation  of  bisiiubjects. 

Atjkora  Borealib  (i^^  S.  t1.  495.)  —  The  fol- 
lowing narralion  occurs  among  "  Pmdigiea  in  the 
Heavena,"  in  a  work  entitled :— ^ 

•'Mirabilia  Annua  Seeundua;  or,  a  Second  Year  of 
Prodigiea:  being  a  tine  and  impnJtial  Collection  of  many 
strange  SioifES  and  ArrAniTioNs  v  Uic  b  have  this  lost 
;f ear  been  seen  in  the  Heavens,  and  In  tbe  Earthy  and  in 
the  Waters,"  4to.    Printed  in  the  Year  1662. 

"  The  Heavens  all  on  Fire. 

"At  Lewet  in  Sussex,  Juno  1ft,  16G1*  about  t!irf»e  of  the 
clock  in  tbe  morning  divers  person;!  observing  a  more  than 
ordinan-  li^bt,  being  then  in  their  beds,  presently  rose^ 
and  looking  oi^,  they  perceived  the  whole  visible  hemi- 
Bphcre  on  every  side  to  be  a$  it  were  on  fire,  tbe  colour 
whereof  seemed  to  be  more  inclining  to  a  blood-red  than 
the  ordinary  dame  colour. 

"  At  the  aame  time  aXm,  at  a  town  called  Bawcomb, 
about  twelve  or  fourteen  miles  from  Lewes,  a  person  of 
f|iiality,  being  in  bed,  perceived  so  great  a  light  in  hh 
chamber  that  he  verily  thougbt  his  bams  and  out- 
hoof^e^  hnd  been  on  fire;  but  when  be  arose  and  looked 
forth,  be  saw,  as  he  conceived,  the  hcavena  on  fire,  iu  tbe 
aame  dreadful  manner  m  h  before  expressed.  This  is 
attcf^trd  by  cye-witneaaes  in  both  places,  and  a  thing  fre- 
quently and  commonly  spoken  of  in  those  parts." 

William  Bates. 
Birmingham. 

Lord  Btrok *8  "  English  Bari>9,"  etc.  (4"»  S. 
Ti.  m,  449,  480,  654 ;  ^ii.  23.)  -~  I  am  qnit« 
cognizant  of  the  sentence  quoted  by  Mb.  J.  A. 
PiCTONj  but  it  doBs  not  alter  my  opinion  of  Mont- 
gomery's Wamicrer  of  Switzerland^  and  of  the 
lUBtice  of  the  Edinburgh  reviewer's  critique. 
Tiyron's  dicta  on  poet«  are  of  amall  Talue.  He 
found  the  Faenj  Queen  of  Spenser  rery  dull  He 
eaid  In  Leigh  Hunt, '*  Take  him  awiyi  I  6nd 
nothing  iu  him."     This  was  eaid  on  returning  to 


belfl 


Hunt  that  immortal  allegory.    In  one  of  Byron^ 
notes  to  Don  Jucm  we   find  '*  Cowper   was 
amiable  man,  btd  no  poet,'*     Byron    olew  hot 
cold,  ua  it  suited  hia  humour.     The  iir»t  editio 
of  Jiimini  was  "  a  reaity  ^ood  potrn,'*     Afterwardi 
he  discovered  that   **  never  were   ao  many  fine 
things  Bpoilt  as  in  liimini: "  and,  aa  a  cIimaX|  he 
could  write-^ 

»*  0  Gemini ! 

What  a  niinini  pimitll 

Story  of  Rimini  1 " 

Many  of  Byron's  "  great  guns  **  are  now  hel( 
in   Blight   esteem,  while    other   writers   that 
bespattered  with  fscurrility,  particularly  Coleridg 
Wordsworth,  and  Southey,  have  risek  in  publi 
eetimation.     "  Stupid  "  Grab ame,  too,  ia  an  in- 
stance of  the  latter  class,    I  know  no  modern 
foem    more    truly  beautiful    than    The   Sahhath^M 
t  well  merits  the^praiaes  bestowed  upon  it  h|^| 
t)i6  lute  Professor  Wilson,    It  is  very  popular  m 
Scotland. 

Mr,  Pictox  says  The  Chitrch  and   Wanmnjf 
pan  **  was  not  a  tract.**     I  can  merely  say  ths 
the  only  copy  I  ever  saw  was  an  8vo  paniphlei 
It  waa  in  the  handa  of  o  bookseller  of  the  **  llow,^ 
who  has  retired   from  business,      I  called  it 
tract  becauae  it  had  hardly  pages  enough  to 
dignified  with  the  name  of  pamphlet     PerhAfl 
my  tract  was  Mr.  PiCT0ir*8  **  siureptitious 
tion  "  :  1  believe  it  was  so* 

I  beg  to  assure  Mr.  Picton  that  I  am  a  very 
great   admirer  of  "  the    real    Montgomery/*  aa_ 
Wilson  once  called  him ;  but  mr  admiration 
The    World  before    iAe   Flood  and    The   Peh'c 
Island  does  not  blmd  me  to  the  imperfections  i 
the  Wanderer,     I  saw  them  long  before  1  kne 
Switzerland,  and  with  my  present  acquaint-ano 
with  Helvetia  I  see  still  more  the  puerile  absu 
dities  of  Montgomery's  "  wanderings," 

Jam^  HEyRT  DixojrJ 

Lausanne. 

PuKNiya  AND  Jesting  on  Names  (4**»  S,  \u 
581.)— Chief  Ermikb  has  spoilt  the  puns  wh 
he  admires  by  reTersing  the  speakers*     Sir  Wi] 
liam  Dawes,  Arehbiahop  of  York,  was  lamentu 
that  the  clergy  who  viisited  him  would  not  ' 
things  in  such  good  order  as  in  the  time  of  hff 
beloved  Mar}-.    **  She  was,  indeed,  mar*:  padjl* 
pw»n,*'  to  which  a  curate  rejoinea — "True,  m] 
lord,  but  she  was  mare  mortuum  first*' 

In  1715  was  a  total  eclipse  of  the  sun,  follow 
in  a  fortnight  by  an  eclipse  of  the  moon.     A  f 
asked  his  grace  if  he  had  seen  the  eclipse  of 
moon*      **  No/'  said  he,  **  mv  chaplain  saw  tha 
/  saw  the  eclipse  of  tbe  aun.^*  W.  Oj 

Has  not  Chief  Ermi:^e  taken  the  point  out  i 
this  story  by  inverting  its  details  ?   I  nave  nb 
heard  itthus: — 

"  Sir  William  Dawes,  Archbishop  of  York,  wat 
f&nd  of  a  pun.    Hia  clergy  dining  with  htoi  for  Uie  ftnk 


'     '   '     :   hi3  lady,  he  tt»Id  them  hefeft/ed 
in  30  gotnl  order  as  thejif  lued  to 
,      [   Mary  ;  and,  looking  eAtrcmelj 
iwrrowful.  «diied  wiUa  a  dc«p  ftigb,  *  she  was,  indeed,  mare 
Ifhftan*    A  curate,  who  pretty  well  knew  what  she 
been,  lodd, 'Aye,  mT  loni,  btit  she  was  wiare  wor- 
k  fiiBt.'  "-^See  Mark  Lemoo'is  Jest  BooJty  No.  lu3t>, 


-i 


The  pyn  on  the  name  of  Winter  is  equalled,  I 
think,  by  the  following : — 

"  Admirfil  Dancan's  addreiia  to  the  officers  who  cftrao 
CO  boATd  bU  ship  for  in  struct  ion*  previouri  to  the  «ngnge- 
raoit  with  Admiral  d€  Winter  was  both  Ia conic  amJ 
hom^rous :  '  Gentlemeo,  yoa  bc«  a  severe  Winter  up- 
BtotchJng  ;  I  hare  only  to  adviee  yoa  to  keep  up  a  good 
i«L'  '"^UkL  No.  1255. 

W,  Spabbow  SmrsoK, 

f  pim  I  ever  be&rd  was  made  on  Lord 
JJ,  one  of  WelliDgton'd  aides  at  Water- 
il'j  waa  renowned  for  bin  conversational 
After  a  dinner  party^  at  which  be  had 
witfc  unusual  hrilliancy,  aome  one  remarked 
of  bim,  *'  It  will  be  a  great  pity  when  his  mother 
lUet.'^  4f  Why  ?  "  "  Because  now  be  ia  a  plea- 
mat  flill ;  then  he  will  be  Baron  Sandys.'^ 

A  similar  play  on  Dames  waa  the  following :  — 
Mr,  Falls,  a  well-known  Iri^h  eportaman,  hap- 
pen^d  unfortunately  one  day  to  ride  down  a 
nonnd.  The  irascible  but  witty  master  attacked 
him  in  no  rery  meaBored  lang^unge.  **  Sir/*  waa 
the  nrplVi  "  X*d  hare  you  recollect  that  I  am  Mr* 
Falift  of  Dungannon."  The  answer  was  ready  :  *'I 
don't  care  if  you  were  the  Falb  of  Niagara;  you 
aha"Q*t  ride  over  my  hoimda/' 

FiTZ  KlCHABI), 

Saibbbuck  Custom  (4*''  S.  vi.  477.)— Your 
correppondent  A.S.  asks  if  any  reader  of  **N.  &  Q/' 
u  throw  any  lijfht  upon  the  history  or  exist- 
of  customs  similar  to  that  observed  at  Saar- 
ick  ?  I  hare  read  and  heard  of  such  customs, 
but  I  must  confess  that  I  have  never  previou.'^ly 
!iK.%ril  rS  nn  application  of  the  protecting  iniluence 
s^hs  to  railway  cnrria^ea.  The  **  march 
must  account  for  this. 
To  hang  branches  by  the  doors  of  houses  is  an 
iodent  and  was  a  popular  custom.  Thus  I  read 
*t  p,  133  of  a  small  anonymous  book  entitled  A 
SkH  Account  of  the  Ciiy  and  Close  of  LklifiM^ 
fe  vhuih  u  added  a  Short  AccQurtt  of  the  CathcdraL 
1831;-  "^ 

*Tt  WIS  a  cuatom  on  A«ccu9lon  Day  for  the  clergyman 
•f  Uic  parish,  accomnanicd  by  the  churchwanlena  and 
•teMnpn,  and  fuUowed  by  a  concourse  of  children  bear- 
Uf  petn  Ijotighs,  to  repair  tri  th*^  different  reservoirs  of 
*st<r,  »iid  there  read  the  gusjiel  fi>r  the  davr  after  which 
:>^;^aled  with  cakes  and  ale  ;  during  the  cere- 
or  of  every  hooso  waa  decorated  with  an  elm 

"■•'K",     AC.  4e* 

Further:  I  am  informed  that  in   the  village 
of  Uyland,  Lancashire  (which  village  ^ves  its 
^e  to  the  hundred   ia  which  it  is  located), 
pYevBil«d  a  custom  (my  informant  believes 


cone 

^^^uBan 

^piffud 


on  May  Day)  of  the  following  nature : — The  vil- 
lagers "would  hang  by  the  doors  of  the  better 
known  or  more  notorious  inhabitauts  boughs  of 
tree.^,  the  different  shrubs  or  trees  having  varied 
aigniticatious,  and  speaking  aa  to  the  popular  re- 
pute, good  or  evil,  of  the  dweller  in  the  tenement 
BO  decorated.  Tins  was  nearly  half  a  century 
ago,  and  I  should  be  glad  to  learn — 

1 .  Whether  such  practice  is  still  in  vogue. 

2.  The  emblematic  meanings  of  the  variouB 
treest 

Again,  we  have  the  May  Day  custom  of  sus- 
pending hawthorn  bo  ugh  a  by  doors. 

Thomas  Tuixy,  Jxtbt. 

Baptism  fob  the  Dead  (S'"^  S.  vii.  38 ;  4^**  S. 
v,  424,  M4,  GGo.)— 8o  much  has  already  appeared 
on  this  quattio  vexatn  in  the  pages  of  **N,  &  H^ 
that  I  am  surprised  none  of  your  correspondents 
referred  to  the  interpretation  inserted  in  the 
Gent.  Mag,  vol.  xlix*,  as  proposed  in  part  by  an 
eminent  divine,  Bishop  Fearce,  and  further  sup- 
ported by  a  no  less  eminent  critic,  Isaac  Reed. 
It  is,  in  my  opinion,  worthy  of  resuscitation  in 
this  ^uxh%  tar^fW,  although  it  has  at  great  length 
been  revived  in  the  Journal  of  Sacred  Literature^ 
V.  396-414;  arid  I  shall,  with  your  permiasion^ 
supply  the  interpretation  referred  to  in  an  abridged 
form,  and  as  Buccilictly  as  the  subject  will  admit 

The  commentator  shows  that  $awrli'ffTBatt  sig- 
nifiea  to  die  a  violent  death  by  the  hands  of  per- 
secutors, and  the  critic  adds  the  precise  idea  of 
Mp  Twv  viKpQ^j  which  in  this  place  means  those 
to  whom  the  gospel  was  preached  (those  who  sat 
in  darknesa  and  the  shadow  of  death),  and  upon 
whose  account  the  preachers  of  it  sufi'ered:  — 

"The  interpretation  hero  proposed  is  not  only  in  per- 
fect accordance  with  the  word  of  God  at  large,  with  Ih© 
Ifloguftge  and  Miitiments  of  St.  Paul  him*elf  in  other 
piirts  of  hi9  epiatks,  with  the  train  of  rea.'ioninR  pur- 
sued in  the  chapter  in  which  these  worda  are  found,  «id 
with  the  sense  of  the  word."?  elsewhere  scpftrately  and  cun* 
ncetively;  but  all  the  artTimentfl  aclJuced  in  its  support 
have  been  drawn  from  theae  sources,  thuii  which  nono 
can  be  more  legitimate  or  better  entitled  to  deference? 
rach  of  them  posaesses  in  itself  some  stretit^th,  and  com- 
bined, they  appear  to  prove  that  the  Apostles  are  the 
pcrsatm  here  spoken  of  as  baptized— that  the  baptism 
referred  to  is  that  which  our  Saviour  annoitnced  as  their 
portion  (Mark  x.,  Luke  xii.) ;  and  that  by  the  dead  are 
niennt  the  people  of  God,  the  body  of  Chrifttians  in  the 
ttpoMoli«  limes  who  were  letl  bv  the  Apoalles  to  con- 
sider themaelvM  dead*  and  to  lead  them  to  do  which 
they  enilured  that  afflict ivo  baptism ;  and  finally,  that 
these  words  in  thia  sense  ore  well  adapted  to  sum  up  a 
powerftil  appeal  like  that  of  the  Apostle,  &s  dencribing 
in  the  condticl  both  of  tho««  who  preachfid  nnd  thoic  who 
received  the  Gospel,  if  there  was  no  resurrection,  a  depth 
of  infatuation  and  an  extent  of  folly  perfectly  unac- 
counUblc.  ^ Their  life'  in  this  case  *  would  have  been 
madness*  indeed,  '  flud  their  end  without  honoiir.  — 
(  Wmhm  of  Sohmon},  K  K.  in  journal,  <ftc, 

Bibliothecab.  Chitiham. 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[4«i»aVII,F«».4,Tl*, 


St.  Lkoxabd  (4"*  S.  ri.  371.)— 1»  tJbia  te^ly 
(by  the  Kditftr)  we  are  told  that  there  wt?n»  two 
saints  of  the  tiame :  one  h^ing  abbot  of  Vaudoouvre, 
the  other  abbot  of  Tvoblac,  Is  there  anything  in 
ihe  ludtory  of  this  *^  pair  of  saints  '*  to  accouiit 
for  ihttt  eitreme  popularity  with  our  forefathers, 
lietekeiitid  by  the  vast  number  of  places  called 
afttsr  them  throughout  tbe  leng'th  and  breadth  of 
this  ialaiid  ?  Noell  Radecliffe. 

''Vkettas  ur  Pfteo^'  (i"*  S.  ri.  474.)-:Thifl 
saying  of  Bemocritua  (who  died  B.C.  357)  is,  so 
far  as  I  have  been  able  to  discover^  first  given  by 
Cicero  in  his  Academics  (i.  10),  supposed  to  have 
been  written  about  B.C.  45:  **Naturam  accusa, 
quse  in  profundo  veritatenii  ut  ait  BemocritUB, 
penitua  abstnrsorit/'  Possibly  Seneca  [Beit^fic* 
Ti.  28)  h&fi  it  in  hia  thoughts^  when  he  saysi 
"Invokta  Veritas  in  alto  latet"  Dr.  Waloott 
('* Birthday  Ode  ")  refers  to  it:  — 

•*  The  Rages  say,  dame  Tnith  delights  to  dwell — 
Stmngo  mmnsion — in  the  bottom  of  a  well.'* 

Goethe,  in  his  MaxitFts  (iii.  100,  ed,  Stuttgart, 
1840)^  speaks  of  Truth  with  the  same  allusion:  — 

**  Der  Irrthum  bt  viel  Icichtcr  m  erkennCTi,  ala  die 
Wnbrhett  ztt  findcn;  jenet  liegt  anf  der  Oberdache,  dmnit 
liist  M«h  wobl  fertig  werden ;  diese  ruht  in  der  Tieii^ 
daoadi  stt  fonehca  lat  nicht  Jedermami*  Sache." 

Thef«  is  a  Tery  pretty  idea  in  Don  QidjeoU 
(t.  10),  which  eeems  to  refer  tto  Truth  being  in  a 
well:  — 

^  1a  vordad  tdelgaxa^  y  no  quiebra,  y  ertempre  anda 
aobrv  la  tucniim^  como  ci  aiterte  ssobre  el  agua.'^ 

"Truth  may  be  stretched  cmt  lliialy»  but  there  can  be 
no  rcatf  and  it  always  gets  abuve  faJUebood  at  oil  Joes 
ab»ve  wuter." 

I  have  never  seen  the  proverb  in  any  Greek 
writer*  Among  the  sayings  of  Democritus  quoted 
by  Diogenes  Laertiua  it  does  not  appear.  Can 
any  one  give  a  passage  where  it  occurs  in  a  Greek 
writer?  C.  T.  IUmage. 

CccrMiiKR  (4"'  S.  Ti,  474;  vii.  19.)--Gberkm 
ia  from  the  Swed.  tfurku  =Teut.  mvclie^  a  cucum- 
ber, mnre  particularly  a  amflil  cucumber  for 
lacklin^.  Some  assert  the  word  a  corruption, 
through  the  T.,  of  the  Latin  cucurbita,     1.  J.  J. 

The  naeanirig  of  gherkin,  inquired  for  by  P.  P., 
ia,  little  cucumber;  from  fffirke,  a  cucumber,  in 
Gennan.  The  Butch  have  the  word  affurhje^  The 
terminal  w,  I  take  it,  is  a  diminudve;  and  it 
would  seem  probable  that  aU  words  tu'e  allied : 
cf.  cHCurbita  *=  hamcoorde  «  gourd.  A»  H. 

J.  P.  asks  why  young  cucumbers  are  called 
gherkiiMf  and  for  the  etymology.  The  pickled 
cucumber  or  gherkin  id  probabfy  of  German  or 
Dutch  origin,  and  the  word  gherkin  seema  to  be 
from  the  German  ff^trhe^  a  cucumher;  or  the 
Dutch  optrhje^  tfurk/e,  rendered  **  a  smftll  pickled 
cucumber/'  Wachtt-r  thinks  fftirke^  kurke  may  bo 
derived  irom  its  cun'ed  fehap*^;    **Xam  Celtica 


lingoa  atfreea  eatourvuii,  inctu         !    !:•  Boa! 
in  Xat.  Ant,  Brii»  Succia  *  kr  nintm 

eurvare,  ot  krack  curvus.  Vai:  ,  ^u*  nomeli 
Latinum  a  atrvore  conatur  dcd  a. .  i .  ,  [  lauisia  ntia 
violenter,  utpote  litera  H  in  m^-dio  Jcsllttttum.'^ 
Ihre  aays  the  Su.-Goth.  gvrka  may  be  from  im- 
ffuria  (med.  Lat,  anffitriust)^  "quod  erat  cucuniia 
sativi  genus,^^  &c.  Sec;  but  he  thinks  it  may  aUo 
be  from  the  Slavonic,  the  Poles  usinff  o(/urtTk  for 
a  cucumber.  The  Bohemian  word  i^  akwu 
The  probable  derivation  of  the  different  fijrma 
the  word  in  the  Gotho-Teu tonic  and  Blavoni 
lauguagea^  aa  well  as  of  the  modem  French 
is  from  the  Lat.  cucurbila,  Roquefort,  uni 
*^coucourde,  couhoure,**  refers  to  coords,  coori 
coow'de^  courdmfe  (found  also  CQUccurd»\  wbii 
he  renders  *'  citrouille,  calebaase,  euemrhita ;  m 
Languedoc,  eouffourhj  coiujoitrdu*^* 

Grajr*!  Ian. 

A  Jacobite  BcmQi  Coor-FiOHmrs,  etc,   (4' 
S.  Ti.  543.) — I  quote  the  followiug  from  a  -ffi* ' 
of  Kinttfte,  by  Peter  M*Litoah,     (Tbiid 
Campbeltown^  1870) :— 

"  In  those  days  (a  century  ago  and  later)  the  tdkooiU 
masters  being  ill  remu&er&Ced  for  their  Uboar,  and  •eho^ 
feei  being  very  low,  the  teadier  daimed  '  "" 
oiabHng  on  Condletnas  day,  il  beisg  an  old  cvataai ; 
the  pares ts  of  the  children  took  a  groat  iutercat  In 
day,  making  an  cfiTart  to  provide  the  seholans  with  m 
thing  hand^me  to  offer  to  their  teacher ;  and  to  aniiiiata 
the  children,  a  cock-fight  was  proposed,  with  other  atanse^ 
ments»'* 

In  fiome  lines  of  verse  that  follow,  the  author 
tells  us  of  the  delight  of  the  boys  in  preparing 
their  birds^  and  giyea  a  descriptioa  of  a  figbt,  eoa- 
cluding  thus : — 

*' AH  thoae  who  die  in  the  great  fi^ht. 
The  master  cUIiua  them  oa  his  nghL** 

Furtber  on  he  tella  ua  that — 

"The  teacher  collected  his  oiKsring,  and  thai    ^   . 
girl  who  gave  most  received  the  onvicid  title  of  Rii^  i 
Queoti,  which  title  they  bad  the  honour  of  canyiQ^  to 
the  first  day  of  May." 

D.  MAOFiua, 

Piu*lcy. 

CAifCAK  (4"*  S.vl  455,  558.)—*^  A  French" 
MAir"  does  not  seem  to  have  seen  the 
danced  lately  m  the  Jardin  Mabille  of  Fa 
Tivoli  at  Hambm'g,  or  in  the  public  ga 
Berlin,  else  he  would  not  have  ventured  to  de 
its decenc\%    It  maybe  interesting  to  your  readti 
to  know  that  the  canean,  aa  danced  by  a  Fr 
woman,  formed  the  chief  source  of  the 
ment  of  the  Berliuers  up  to,  and  even  i 
declaration  of  war.     The  cylinders  for  i 
inents  in  the  Unter-der-liudeu  continu<*d 
covered   with  invitations  to   tee  this   la^Bcivii 
dance  for  three  or  four  daj-s  after  war 
clared,  up  to  the  time  that  they  wer»>  re<|y 
by  tbe  ga^«fiiment  for  advffftiaMiieDta  calHa|f  \ 


frtiS.VILFEiJ.i^TL] 


NOTES  A^D  QUERIES. 


109 


Hi^  Landwehr  and  WAntm^  pltsoda  to  work  in 
ilia  aneBalA,  ood  liU  the  a^ui-OaUicBa  feeling 
ik^:  -      ^  i  ihe  ntiiste   to   retrent. 

1 16  «  t.  qiitmqtmjn,  although. 

acLi^'t^  ^'t  ..4JL.  x^iiddle  Agefi  the  pronim^ 
^  tbia  woed  wna  the  subject  of  fierce 
eoaiestioa,  one  partj  pronouocing  it  canctm  and 
Hm  other  $ttff»^»3 ;  hence  it  came  to  signifj 
tiUle-lBltky  ^OAsip,  fiduidalj  undue  familiaritj, 
^c  J.  II. 

*»  JlrC  LITII^R  K.^T  IX  QUO,"  ETC.    (!*'*  S.  llL  5(K3.) 

Til*  »itliior  of  thi«  k  inquired  for  by  Mk^Wauoh, 
who  will  find  tho  anrvrer  in  your  columna  given 
Irr  J*  a  (-2**  B.  i.  14<3).  The  Author  i^  Wohrenfels, 
iTOftwor  of  r^ivinity  at  Basle  in  the  early  part  of 
thm  l»8t  century.  One  of  your  correspondenta,  M» 
(I*  S.  3d.  73),  furnbhea  a  translaticm ;  lufiy  1  sug- 
gest a  better?— 

*vHcrein  do  seetA  of  even'  kind 
For  their  own  doctrines  look; 
And  just  lu  enrely  do  ihry  find 
TbMB  doctrio^  ia  Lbe  book." 

W.  T.  IT. 

^2111  FoBFrnTTTEis  (4'*  S.  Ti,  o4i5.)— Probnbly 
one  of  tlie  books  relating  to  the  Irish  forfeitures 
of  16^,  of  which  Mr.  MAa.EAN  is  in  search  of,  i& 
A  i7«o^'  of  P(ijitinfj$  mui  Sale  of  Forfeited  Eaiates 
m  Irvland,  now  in  the  Bntiah  Museum  ]  the  date 
il  ITOS^  and  there  ia  a  MS.  index  of  the  pur- 
cliift^n*  namcj  appended  to  it.  There  ia  a  g«od 
dMi  nf  iTif«:krmittio!i  on  tho  same  subject  in  the 
Jb-ruirt*  i.t  fl.-  i  \^mm\Uionvr&  of  Public  Recordu  in 
L  'i)^  the  third   volume   of  which 

IT'  J  of  Grants  of  Lands,  &c.,  under 

tk«  Acta  of  .Settlement  and   Eiplnnotion,   a,d. 
l68B-h>S4;'^  and,  as   well  as  I  remember,   ab- 
llh«ti  from  oanvsyanees  of  the  forfeited  estates 
nf  16»^.    The  littter  estates  were  sold  at  Chiches- 
''dlege  Green,  Dublin,  in  or  before  the 
y  trustees  appointed  for  the  purpose. 
C.  S.  K. 

St  Petftr'a  Sqaarpi  Hamttersmithj  Vi\ 

^'^  S,  V.  580 J  vi.  78, 183.)— The 
itjation  qftke  Sctijjitural  Clainu  of 
fAt  £',.,/,  by  Ku^seU  Scott,  1S22,  has  been  attn- 
l*ut€<i  in  your  pages  to  Dr.  Barr  of  Liverpool, 
Hm  this  gt^ntleman  written  oo  both  sides  of  this 
^UtA  qtiestion,  seeing  that  A  Letter  to  the  Hev. 
^mtr^  MarsiM  ,  .  .  1820,  has  been  aLeo  assigned 
to  htm  bj  Mb*  Bjltxs  at  tJie  last  reference  but 
one  f  IIakbow. 

BooE  dF  Comma^x  Vbxtsr  (4**  S.  vi.  43*5,  500.) 
I  Wt  a  PrayeT*l>oak  of  the  same  kind : — 

•Lnj<bD,  pfinU'd  by  John  ^attketf.  Printer  to  the 
ata^'t  lloal  EjTCfllciit  Mijestn  and  by  the  A5fi.isi»  of 
'«»«  Mtmamh,  and  Hefuy  ^ilU,  decctfla'd.   iTlV 

u  U  in  Its  original  black  calf  gilt  bioding,  and 
w  Wnd  with  it  '*  A  Companion  to  the  Altar/* 
Iwid.  iVrker,  Bible  and  Cpowd,  Lombard  Street, 


1721),  and  "Stemhold  and  Hopkins^s  Pdalms" 
(printed  by  Sus.  Collins  for  the  Company  of  Sta- 
tioners, 1713.)  It  contains  many  coarsely  executed 
plates.  Tho  frontispiece  ia  a  portrait  bf  Iving 
Ueorge;  *' Joseph's  Dream''  is  in  the  carpenter's 
shop  with  tools  about.  The  iUnstration  to  ♦*  Gun- 
powder Treason  '*  is  an  eye  in  the  clouds  sending 
a  column  of  rays  on  to  Guy  Fawkt58*3  hand  as  he 
is  carrying  his  lantern  by  night  to  a  conventional 
parliament  hou-^.  Mj^  copy  is  very  neatly  ruled 
throughout  with  red  hues.  J»  T*  F. 

Vese:  Fbesb  (4^  6.  tI.  105,  4^1,  553.)— In 
this  interesting  discusaion  it  will  be  well  not  to 
lose  sight  of  tke  woidfeazed^  ineaniug  untwiHteJ, 
unravelled,  bein^  the  verb  of  feaze,  from  T.  feu  it, 
also  faj\  the  hair  of  tho  headi  same  as,  and  per- 
haps derived  from  tho  Cl./«i',  S./<?x,  T,  ffths,  all 
meaning  hair,  or  fibres  of  flax ;  thus  we  have 
Fairfax:  but  I  quite  fail  with  Joirs  Addis  in 
seeing  a  connection  with/<?^r».        T.  Jerbmiah. 

yiB»  Add  13  concludes  his  article  on  this  word 
with  the  following  sentence:  —  ^*IIow  far  the 
'  ravelling  '  and  *  driving  away  '  meanings  are  to 
be  connected,  I  do  not  see."  Wedgwood  says 
that  the  two  main  senses  of  the  word  are,  ^*  1,  to 
whip,  cbastisef  harass;  and  2^  to  ravel  out  tho 
end  of  a  rope^'f  and  Ms.  Addis  acknowledges 
that  "to  beat,*'. and  "to  beat  into  lliglit,"  are 
meanings  not  difllcult  of  reconcilement*  If  he 
had  remembered  that  the  whip  most  in  use  among 
sailor?*  is  a  rope's  end,  I  do  not  think  he  would 
have  found  muck  difficulty  in  connecting  the  two 
meanings.  The  nautical  meaning  of  the  word 
feazi*  may,  after  all,  be  the  primary  one,  and  the 
whippiny  or  driung  away  only  secondary, 

E*  M*a 

Qaeniscy. 

HlPPOnUTBS  AJTD  HoMCEOrATHT  (4***  S.  VlL 
54/)~G.  E.'s  communication  appeared  in  *'N.  &Q*" 
3'="  S.  ix.  o^  without  eliciting  a  reply.  Hahne- 
mann obserTea  that  — 

"  The  atithor  of  the  book  iri^l  T<fira>K  rOtv  if  or'  Mpuneotrf 
which  U  among  the  ^rritiags  attributed  Ut  Hippocratea^i 
has  the  following  remArkftble  w©rd»: — ^^  rh  B^m 
ifoiMras  ylvtratf  xal  ilk  Tft  tfMMWpwr^ptpvfifva  iic  ¥oatvf^ 
rav  vymitfai^at,  gc*^,  *' By  similar  things  diseftse  is  pitH 
ducedr  and  by  «uui]ar  tbiogf^  Adminbtertuj  to  thf5  sicki 
they  are  heolt^d  of  ilmt  diseases,  Thiia  tl»c  s&mn  tUtni^  \ 
whtdi  will  produce  a  strangury,  whea  it  does  not  e:\bCy 
villi  remove  it  whtiii  it  does.** 

The?e  aetitiments  are  thus  expressed  by  Coma* 
riu9  in  his  translation,  in  1504: — 

"Per  sjmilia  morbus  fit*  Pt  per  ^imilta  adldbita  em 
morbo  sanantur.    Velut  urin»;  *tilh  idturn  idemfurii  af-i 
non  ait,  el  at  mt  itUm  9edai"     HippueraieK,  Ojpem.  JuaO^ 
Comario  interpret*,   1W4,  pp.  87*  88.    Quoted  by  Win, 
Sharpi  M.D.,  iu  7  met*  cm Mtfmmopathy,  Ko.  1,  p.  1- 

J.  Yeowixi. 

Bows   AND   CT7KT8ET9  (4**'   S.  Vl.  568).— M.  D. 

a&ka  for  the  first  record  of  the  curtsey.    Is  it  not 


no 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[4«^  S,  TIL  Fits.  4,  71.  ' 


in  GeneflU  xU.  44J  ?    "  And  he  made  him  [Joaepli]  i 
to  ride  in  the  socond  chariot  wliich  he  had  j  ana 
they  cried  before  hira,  Bow  the  kneey  The  curtsey 
■wfta  formerly  used  by  the  male  as  well  as  the 
female  aex*  E.  V* 

IvEsijmjLABtK  OccxmBENCB  10  Bells  (4***  S,  vi. 
384,  4G7,  48G.)— When  the  Koyal  Exchange  was 
hurat  down  a  few  years  since,  1  remember  the 
Qcwspaperfl  telliog  u^,  bb  a  curious  coineideuce, 
that  the  Ia.^t  tune  the  bells  in  the  clock  chimed 
ero  they  fell  was,  "  There's  nao  luck  aboot  the 
hoose.*'  I  cannot  vouch  for  the  fact,  but  unly 
for  rending  it,  P.  P* 

MANcn^TEU  Chap-Book8  (4*'»  S.  Ti.  330, 4CC,) 
A  few  remarks  on  the  list  (p.  4<J0)  may  be  accept- 
able. The  Shepherd  of  Salisbmi/  Plain  is  from  the 
Cheap  Repository  Tracts  of  Hannah  More*  The 
Ohl  Woman  of  liatcUffe  Highway  was  one  of  the 
old  Aldemiary  chap-books ;  it  is  a  curious  bit  of 
noiL^cnse  from  beginning  to  endj  in  the  same  atyla 
as  Footers  **Ha  died,  and  she  very  imprudently 
married  the  barber  "  {vide  "  N. &  Q/'  3'^  S.  iv.  187, 
237.)  However,  it  must  not  be  forgotten  that 
the  •*  old  woman  **  was  laid  under  her  "  wooden 
ft  tone  "  lonff  before  Foote  was  bom.  Washington 
Irving  and  many  others  introdace  a  **  wooden 
tombstone,"  hut  the  earliest  instance  that  I  know 
of  such  a  meiTu^nto  mttri  is  the  one  in  The  Old 
Woman  of  Ratcliffe  Ilighwm/. 

The  Ment/  Piper  is  8  modem  version  (but  not 
a  very  modern  one)  of  Th^  Friar  and  Bot/j  which 
was  reprinted  by  Ritson.  The  Merrtf  Piper  is  in 
tolerably  smootfi  ballad  metre,  and  con  tains  a  few 
laughable  incidents  that  are  not  in  the  old  ver- 
t<ion.  Mr.  Swindells  presented  me  with  a  copy 
of  this  chap-book,  and  with  an  old  edition  of 
part  I.,  apparently  printed  about  a  century  ago, 
Tummus  and  Meart/  is  from  Tim  Bobbin's  (Col- 
lier) Lanca^ire  Dialect, 

jbftcks  and  \greeti]  Peas^  or  the  Kewcastie  Bider, 
ia  a  Newcastle  story  founded  on  a  domestic  inci- 
d*^nt  in  the  old  northern  family  of  Cookaou.  The 
Tabic* Book  of  Eichardson  gives  full  particulars. 
There  is  an  interlude  on  the  subject  that  has  often 
been  acted  in  the  north-country  theatres.  The  Kitiq 
atid  the  VMler,  Tom  Hivkathrift,  Dofior  Fattsfus, 
JVu-oti^i  Prophecie8,  Simple  Sitfim,  Tom  Thumb — 
all  these  (except  Nixon)  were  Alderniary  tracts, 
and  are  well  known. 

Honest  Jiihn  and  Loving  Kate  is  new  to  me. 
What  is  it  about  ?  Several  of  the  othen^  named 
by  Mn,  Hareisok^  are  evidently  mere  abridg- 
ments of  popular  and  well-kiiowii  works,  and  do 
Bot  call  tor  any  remarks.  Tbere  was  another 
Manchester  chap-book  printer,  who  had  the  re- 
markable name  of  Shelmerdtne.  I  think  there  were 
two,  father  and  son.  Has  Me.  Harbison  any  of 
the  Shelmerdine  prints  P 

jAKJsa  H^nRY  DixoF. 


TirLERs  OF  SuGAB  (4***  S.  vi.  SCO,) — Loaf  5U(^ 
is  put  up  in  lare-e  lumps  caJled  ''  lumps/'  weig-hina 
twenty  or  thirty  pounds  each,  and  in  smnu 
sugar  loaves,  with  which  every  one  id  familiaij 
But  there  is  a  loaf  of  intermediate  si^e,  we|g~ ' 
about  ten  pounds,  and  these  loaves  are 
"  titlers,"  F.  ai 

**  TiXLER :  A  Urge  truncated  cons  of  refined  auirar/'— 
See  Webster's  Dictionary t  reviMd  by  Goodridi  anil 
Porter. 

A.  S.  W. , 

Ross  OF  WiGTOXSTIIKB  (4***  S.  vL  569.) — Yo 
correspondent  will  find  three  generations  of  th 
lloases  of  Balkaii  in  a  sheet  pedigree  of  the  farrtiljj 
of  Freer,    which    appeared    in    the   Mifcellane' 
Gemalogica,     Some  copies  of  this  pedigree  wen 

Erintcd  separately,    1  believe  Mr,  Huasell  SuiitT 
as  some  lor  sale,  F.  M.  B«  j 

Anciju^t  BtnLDTiros  rs  Kashmtr  (4»*"  S. 
627,) — When  the  snake  is  in  a  horizontal  p<i8iti(i 
it  has  the  same  meaning  as  the  lingam — phallusjjj 
f  e>  creative  or  ''  vital  energy."     A  circular  sua' 
is  emblematic  of  eternity.     Querist  should  con 
suit  the  writings  of  Payne  Knight,  Godfrey  Ilig 
gins,  and  Ilenry  0*Brien;    also,   *^  Priftpeia  iiwi 
dii^ermrum  poctarum  tn  lYiapum  histfiff  iHtiMru' 
comment.  G,   Shoftpi^  Ihtnci^  *fec^   Patavii,  10tJ4,l 
I  cannot  say  more  or  be  more  explicit  on  such 
subject.     As  to  the  passsge  in  Gen,  iii,  consult  ( 
leanied  work  by  the  Ilev.^Ir.  Rendell  of  Prestoij 
The  Antediluvian  Histojy  of  the  World, 

Stephjkn  JACJLSoy*] 

Gipsies  in  Ireland  (4"^  S.  vL  527,)—"  Twent 
five  years  ago  there  were  many  gipaes  to  I 
found  between  Londonderry  and  Belfast/'  (Sin 
Bon*B  Histonj  of  the  Gip$ieSf  p,  358,  n.)  In  ' 
above-named  work  frequent  mention  is  made  < 
Irish  gipsies,  W,  K*  Df"'™'*" 

AtlkCDo^um,  M&Qcbester. 

BELL-RmoiXG  (4*''  S.  vi,  507.) — When  I  was 
an  undergraduate  at  Cambridge,  more  years  ago 
than  is  pleasant  to  contemplate,  two  of  the  churches 
there  had  a  peal  of  three  belts  each,  which 
spectively  did  duty  for  four.  One  was  rung  i 
this  order^l,  2, 1,'3,  with  very  good  e0ect,  Th 
other  had  the  third  bet  I  cracked^  and  made  tbi| 
music — "  ding  dong  ding  thud  f^*  With  the  el 
ception  of  the  glorious  peal  at  Great  SL  Mary*l{| 
and  one  or  two  tolerable  besidea,  Oaoibridgc  wa 
and  still  is,  wretchedly  furnished  with  chu 
bells,  the  greater  number  of  churches  having  on 
one  or  two  each.  The  Abbey  Church  has  lateli 
received  a  present  of  two  bell^,  and  if  the  oriRinii 
use  of  bells  was  to  frighten  away  the  evil  apiritr 
as  some  say,  then  these  two  bells  ought  to 
most  eJBcacious  for  the  purpose,  for  the  tno 
frolicsome  of  the  imps  of  Beelzebub,  even  **  Cob|'* 
*'Mob;'  and  *^  Chittabob;*  of  the  IngoUdy  JU^ 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


Ill 


would  be  **  off  in  A  crack  '*  aa  booh  as  the 
Jtiyglo  of  theae  belb  reached  tholr  ears,        17.  S. 

AnMs  OP  TUB  Counts  of  Perche  (4**  S,  vL 
54:^/)— The  arms  attributed  to  the  house  of  Be- 
leanae  are,  Bendj  or  and  azure*  Rotron,  Count 
of  Perche,  was  the  son  of  Geoffrey,  and  (it  ia 
Bttpposed)  grandson  of  Gui^rin  or  Warine  de  Be- 
lesm©  ;  i^^hich  Warine  was  brother  of  William  de 
Belesonei  eui-named  Talvahe^  who^e  only  child, 
Mabely  married  Roger  de  ^Montgomery^  Earl  of 
Shrewabnry. 

Batroii'0  friandson,  alao  named  Rotron  (son  of 
1ms  sod  Geoffrey,  by  Beatrice  de  Roiicy),  married, 
Ut  h\a  first  wife,  Maud,  a  natural  dau|rhter  o( 
Kiofr  Henrr  I,;  and  for  his  second^  Hawyae, 
dftogbter  of  Walter  de  Salisbury^  by  Sibilla,  the 
w«0iuned  daughter  of  iVrnulph  de  Ilesding.  Sand- 
tord,  in  his  Genealogical  History^  calld  Rotron  the 
"aflu  of  Amalph  de  Hesding^y  fir^t  Earl  of  Perche/' 
tod  Burke,  in  hia  Vmtaiion  of  Stats  and  Arvi^y 
iL  61,  aaeert*  that  a  family  now  called  Hedding 
ara  descended  from  Amulpn^s  son  Kotro,  Ear!  of 
Perche,  by  hia  aecond  wife,  **  a  Saxon  lady." 
Both  tiiese  etatemeiita  are,  however,  erroneous ; 
Car  it  ia  Tery  clear  that  Amulph  de  llesding  waa 
not  the  father  of  Rotron  Earl  of  Perche. 

The  Nugent  family  are  also  8l4vted  by  Burke 

iPiTT^ijr,  art. ''  Weatmeath*')  to  ha  descended  from 

t^  I  if  BelesmOp  their  immediate  ancestor 

I  ■  rt  de  Nogent,  son  of  Fulke  and  grand - 

*  1   jt  ifc'jtron  I.,  Count  of  Perche  and  Lord  of 

N  jent   de   Rotron.     This  Fulke   married*  it  \s 

r.  J,   NfHtildft,   daughter  of  Gilbert  de   I'Aigle ; 

til.:  i'  tj  aay,  his ^rand-nieca,  for  Gilbert's  wife 

Julmutt  was  the  daughter  of  Fulke 'a  brother  Geof- 

iivY,    (See  Ordertcits  VitalU.) 

1  bejr  to  refer  your  correspondent  to  a  very  able 

id  inU^re>jting  paper  on  Arnulnh  de  Heading  by 

llr.  Eyton,  the   historian  of  Saropahire,  in  T/te 

Btrald  and  Oeneahfftjst,  vi.  241,  and  alao  to  an 

irticle  ID  the  third  volume  of  the  same  periodical, 

h  173,  by  H.  J.  G. 

BoOI  ORWAStENTATTOW  (4''*  S»  VI,  507.) — I  beg 
to  inform  F.  M.  S.  that  in  our  family  library  there 
i*fl  volume  appropriately  ornamented  with  a  land- 
on  the  edges  of  the  leaves,  which  is  only 
111'  when  they  are  slanted.  The  leaves  are 
!i  1  .nit  The  book  is  supposed  to  have  been 
^  ill  l>etw^n  forty  and  fiity  years  ago  at  the 
i  :  of  Taylor  k  Ileasey.  If  the  sight  of  this 
'  -  would  be  of  any  interest  to  your  correspon- 
dent, I  could  offer  it  to  him  in  a  few  weeks. 

A,  a 

F*  M,  S,  may  be  interested  in  a  volume  in  my 
P^^lnesion  entitled  Poemt  and  J?a*fli/*,  by  the  late 
Mi^iBuwdler.  The  sixth  edition,  published  for 
^benefit of  the  General  Hospital  at  Bath^  1788. 
"bea  slanted,  a  very  pleasing  picture  is  presented 
of  ft  tropical  landscape,  and  a  very  great  Tariety 


of  shades  is  formed  by  widening  the  slant  of  the 
edges,  I  shall  bo  pleined,  if  your  correspondenl 
wishes  to  consult  my  specimen,  to  place  it  at  hir 
disposal,  '  J»  W.  Jarvis. 

Vi,  Charles  Square,  HoxtoOf  N. 

Half  a  story  ia  worth  little,  and  Ks  I  have  for- 
gotten the  binder's  name,  it  \s  but  half  a  story. 
However,  there  was  a  bookbinder  near  Leeds  or 
Skipton  about  seventy  years  since  celebrated  for 
this  style  of  ornameotation.  I  have  seen  a  beau- 
tifully drawn  storm  at  sea  on  a  Falconer's  ^(p- 
ttrcckf  and  a  landscape  on  another  volume.  It 
was  only  when  the  gilt  edges  were 'slanted  that 
the  pictures  were  seen.  When  the  book  was  shut . 
they  were  invisible,  I  have  tried  to  do  this  on  i 
gilt  book,  but  it  showed  a  little.  My  notion  la 
that  the  edges  were  cut,  then  sloped  and  drawn 
on,  and  then  gilt  The  designs  were  coloured 
pi-operly.  P.  P, 

"  Let  them  teak  him,"  etc,  (4^  S.  vi.  509,) — 
The  poem  from  which 'A,  0.  V.  P,  quotes,  not 
quite  correctly^  is  called  '*  The  Mfirtynlom  of 
Mariua/'  and  is  contained  in  a  little  book  entitled 
Aunt  Jitnes  Vtr»eA  for  Children,  by  the  late  Mrs, 
T.  Crewdson  of  Manchester,  The  book  was  out 
of  print  some  time  ago.  E,  M, 

Uotham,  Bristoi 


"DOLOPATHOS;   OB,  TEE  KlT^G   AND  THE  SeTEhI 

Wise  Men  (4*^  S.  vi,  544.)--I  take  the  following! 
notes  from  Thomas  Wrigbt's  introduction  to  The 
Seven  Sat^cs  (Percy  Soc),  which  is  abstracted  from 
M,  Loiseleur  Deslongchampa's  .Essai  swr  le4  Fables 
ludienmny  etc,  (18:i«J. 

The  original  Indian  romance  is  named  Sendabad, 
after  its  author.  The  Arabian  historian  Maasoudi 
says  that  this  writer  was  a  contemporary  of  a 
King  Courou,  In  Mossoudi^a  time  (died  A.i.  U50) 
there  were  Arabic  and  Persian  translations  of  the 
romance.  Two  Oriental  writers  cited  by  M,  L. 
Deslongchampa  state  that  it  was  composed  under 
the  I'crsian  dynasty  of  the  Arsacides  i^&.c*  250  to 
A,D.  223.) 

From  the  Indian  original  are  derived — 

A.  The  Arabian  romance,  The  A'lw^,  A«  Son, 
the  Fai'uttrite,  and  the  ^Seven  Viziers  (translated  by 
Jonathan  Scott,  18CH)). 

B.  The  Hebrew  romance,  The  Parables  of  Sen- 
diibar, 

C.  The  Greek  romance,  Stjiitipas, 
The  date  of  these  three  is  unknown. 

From  B  (which  is  at  least  aa  old  as  the  end  of 
the  twelfth  century),  it  appears,  was  derived  the 
prose  Lntin  romance  liistoria  s^em  mpientum 
Mom^ej  by  John,  monk  of  the  Abbey  of  Haute- 
Selve  (early  thirteenth  century)  ;  through  which 
version  the' work  was  communicated  to  nearly  all 
the  languages  of  Western  Europe. 

From  this  Latin  version  Herbert  or  Hebert,  a 
tiouvere  of  the  thirteenth  century,  tuade  a  very 


Hi 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


Cl**aVU.  F«B-4,7U" 


fi«o  tranFlfttiou  in  French  verse,  which  ]§  best 
known  br  the  title  Dohjmthm,  tie  name  of  the 
kinfr  who  is  father  of  th«  liero  of  the  poem* 

Kiir  details  I  refer  K.  K,  W.  Eu.is  to^Mr. 
Wright's  preface. 

The  romance  in  ftll  it^  forms  ia  a  collection  of 
Btoriw  connected  together  hy  thia  pround-plot 
A  prince,  falsely  accused  hy  one  of  his  father'a 
wives  of  having  o&ered  her  violence,  is  defended 
by  seven  phUoeophers.  who  tell  stories  showing 
up  feminine  malice  and  perveraity.  The  wife  has 
hor  turn  at  9t*'»rytcllinfr  in  antwer  to  each  of  the 
philo^^ophers ;  and  the  iiniil  result  ia  the  triumph 
of  the  princess  iusoceooe. 

The  separate  stoHtsa  Taiy  ccDsiderahly  in  the 
dilFerent  versiona.  JoHJf  Addis. 

Bkait  Swtft  :  Lo5T>ok  Chttrcitf^  (4**  S.  yi. 
569.  WThe  Gmtleinan's  Mogmm^,  toL  liv,  part  2, 
p.  499,  contains  a  list  of  thta  tilVy  new  churches 
built  in  London  hy  Sir  Christopher  Wren,  with 
the  co^t  of  each  church.  At  p.  507  it  is  stated, 
**  the  churchea^  of  which  you  gave  a  liat,  were  not 
the  fifty  new  onea,  for  hardlv  any  oi  those  were 
built  so  early,  but  of  churches  rebuilt  by  Sir 
Christopher  'Wren  after  the  fire."  The  anony- 
mous writer  ftdded|  *'  I  think  it  ia  to  be  found  in 
the  ParenUtUa."  Che.  Cooke. 

By  Act  of  Parliament,  fifty  new  churches  were 
ordered  to  be  erected  to  replace  those  destroyed 
in  the  Great  Fire,  aod  the  rebuilding  in  this 
instance  was  to  a  great  extent,  if  not  entirely^ 
entrusted  to  Wren.  In  the  tenth  year  of  Queen 
Anne's  reign,  however,  another  Act  passed  for  the 
erection  of  fifty  more,  the  object  being  not  merely 
to  remedy  the  insuJHciency  of  accommodation 
aflbrded  by  the  then  existing  churches,  Irut  abo, 
in  the  words  of  the  commission  appomt^id  to  carry 
out  tbe  Actj  the  **  redressing  the  inconvenience 
and  growing  mischiefis  which  resulted  from  the 
increase  of  Dissenters  and  Popery."  Queen  Anne*s 
Act  was  but  imperfectly  realised  as  regards  the 
number  of  buildings  to  be  erected,  but  to  it 
London  owes  some  of  its  very  finest  churches,  e.ff, 
St.  Mary*a-in-the  Strand,  and  St.  Martin's-in-the- 
Fielda  by  Gibbs,  St.  Mary  Woolnoth  by  Hawks- 
moor,  and  St.  Giles*s-in-the- Fields  by  Flitcroft. 
It  would  be  veiT  desirable  to  have  a  list  of  the 
churche**,  with  the  name  of  the  architect  in  each 
case,  which  owe  their  eiiatenoe  to  this  measure. 
Any  account  would,  I  believe,  embrace  St  Ann's 
Limehou8e,St.Georg©*s  Bloomsbury,  St.  George*a 
Hanover  Square,  St.  Luke's  Old  Street,  St.  John's 
Westminster,  and  St.  Botolph^a  Bishopsgate 
Street,  H.  F.  T, 

«  Locket's  Obdinatit''  (4^  S.  vi,  509.)— The 

**atory  told'*  of  Sir  George  Etherege  is  probablv 

just  as  true  as  a  hundred  others  that  begin  witn 

the  Mime  word«.     Where  the  original  is  to  be 

/bund  I  cannot  say;  the  ettrliest  relation  of  it,  as 


far  as  I  know,  occtirs  in  Am  AsUifuatim  BmtMt 
in  thtf  StrMw  of  LfmdoH  by  tb#  liid  /otba  ThaniA 
Smith  (ed,  1640,  L  147.) 

For    tlio  plays  as  well  aa  other  writinga  in 
which  this  once  celebrated  tavern  ia  mentioned,  I 
refer  Mr.  J.  Perrt  to  Cunmngham*s  Handbook 
of  London^  where,  under  the  heading  **  Locket^^_ 
he  will  find  all  the  particulara  he  is  in  search  ot  ^M 

OmAKLMs  Wrus,  ™ 

Heaeth  Tax  (4'»»  S.  vi.  476,  481.)— This  tax, 
or  whatever  it  was,  could  not  have  been  wholly 
repealed  by  1  William  and  Mary.  I  can  well  re- 
member forty-five  years  badk,  and  remeoaber  the 
man  calling  for  the  '^hearth  naoney/'  aa  H  wat 
st^'led,  when  I  was  very  young ;  and  I  remeoiber 
further  how  we  used  to  grumble  at  our  upper 
bedroom  firepLacea  bebg  blodced  up.         H.  W. 

Although  I  cannot  contribute  any  of  the  balladi 
asked  for   by   Cpl.,  I  send  what  I  venti 
think  will  prove  almost  as  interesting — ^ii_ 
an  epitaph  from  Folkestone  churchyard,  in ' 
reference  is  made  to  ''  the  badge  of  slavery  **  ;• 
**In  Meiiiorv  of  Kebccca  Eogert,  who  died  Ao 
22*^  1688.    Aged  44  Years:— 

*'  A  hoDw  she  hath  t  it's  mtde  of  such  good  Baihk 
The  tenant  ne^er  shjill  pay  for  rapamtion ; 
Nor  will  her  limdlorcl  ever  raiae  ber  rent, 
Or  turn  ber  out  of  doors  for  nonpaymeuL 
From  chinmey  money  too  this  ool  ia  free. 
To  such  a  house  who  would  not  tenant  he?  *• 
The  above  is  engraved  on  a  headatone  ; 
ngainst  the  north  wall  of  the  chanceL 

J.  A,  Pif.  j 

^' HlLA.RI0N^8     SEBVAIfT,     TEX     SaQE     CROw"J 

(4***  S.  vii.  IL) — Ililimon  waa  an  abbot  who  liva' 
in  the  latter  part  of  the  fourth  century.     lie 
tired  to  the  deserts  in  the  neighbourhood  of 
juma,  where  he  led  the  life  of  a  hermit.     After  I 
time,   ftcGompanied   by  a  few  chosen  folio w<»ii 
among  whom  is  e.«q)ecially  m^itioned  one  He 
sychiua,  he  betook  himself  to  thaialand  of  Cypn 
where  he  died  in  371.     There  is  a  tradition  tl 
he  was  supplied  with  fool  by  birda;  hence, 
doubt,  the  allusion.  C.  K*  P.| 

This  ia  evidently  a  mistake*of  Hilarioa  €or  Pa 
and  the  allu^on  is  to  the  miraculous  aupporl  i 
Sl  Paul,  the  first  hermit.    St.  Jerom  relates  < 
him  that  a  crow  brought  him  every  dav  half  i 
loaf.  F'  a  H. 

"TifE  Hall  of  Waters  "  (4*»»  S,  Ti-  54J5.)— A 
story  of  the  loaa  of  an  Englishman  who  attempi 
to  explore  in  a  boat  an  ancient  subterranean 
tern  at  Constantinople,  called  the  **  Bot^in  Serai, 
or  buried  palace^  appeared  about  1845,  1  the; 
say,  in  Sfntt^p^'i  Maffosiru.    There  was  rather 
striking  engraving  of  the  cistern,  giving  the  idai 
of  vast  extent,  the  roof  being  supported  by  Co- 
rinthian columns  half  submersed  in  water. 


X.R  ^ 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES- 


TmsiiLi&Bix  (4***  a  Ti.  438.)— Conf.  Thmpstoa 
(flaiEBMrly  Tnf^itcme)f  oo.  Northampton;  Thrip- 
iow,  COL  CsniDriilge ;  Thropton,  co.  Nortlmmber- 
Isml;  Tlinxp  orTnip,  co.  Berks;  and  the  Saxon 
ihorp  (G*?x.  tioff),  which  corrupts  ioto  i^trupj)^ 
dnp,  tmpf  iharp.  It  does  not,  howcTer^  follow 
tbal  the  tmSBn  ia  thtirrajK  It  maj  be  harrap^ 
mq^  <»  tfj*.  Among  the  ei{?hteen  dUferent  forma 
widen  tbe  Tocuhle  ire  is  liable  to  aasume  are 
trd  aad  tred.  Tret^r-ab  im^hi  mean  dwelling 
on  the  water ;  IreC-or-ii&f  dwelling  on  the  height ; 
liml-Aarridp,  dwelling  of  llarrap.  Ilarrap  is  an 
&|Biiali  minamo^  but  I  am  not  aware  that  it  la 
'^  -"!  in  Cornwall,  E.  S.  CHA^ttKocK, 

*i»  Inn, 
1.6.  Mr.  Lower  says  ITtorpe  In  some  diatricta 
eorrupted   to  Tharp^  and  that  in  Hampshire 
I  named  SiUhorpe  are  called  TJiarp. 


EainTALETT  FOBEIOIT  TiTLEg  (4*''  S.  Tii*  12.) 
I  ihaald  \>e  glad  to  know  how  T — x  would  dis- 
poia  of  tbe  exiled  royal  family  of  France,  or  of 
iboee  of  Spain,  Naplea^  Sleawig  Holstein,  Ilan- 
OTtr,  &C.,  in  his  scale  of  precedence  ;  and  how  he 
OB  oom^ane  nobilitj,  although  derived  from  the 
teoOy  NonnAii^  Fkntagenet,  or  Welsh  princes, 
viUt  tbtf  ad^na  of  bousea  that  hare  occupied  tbe 
pEindpAl  tiuKiDea  of  Etvope.  3. 

POOLS^  OK  MoUTHa  OF  STSBAlia  (4^''  8.  Til.  12.) 

Tto  brooks  and  watercouraea  which  empty  them- 
vhea  into  the  river  Wyre,  within  its  tidal  influ- 
eDoe,  liaTe  clows  or  floodgrdm  placed  at  some  dts* 
tiDOi  from  their  mouths  in  order  to  prevent  the 
**  iojjod  ''  from  b^ing  overflowed  by  salt  water. 
B^wUie  iloodgates^to  the  nver,  those  tributaries 
lia  called  pools.  The  streams  which  fall  into  the 
Wm  beyond  the  reach  of  the  tides  are  never 
eaUid  by  that  namai  Jailes  Peabso^, 

Itihirow* 

Litter  of  Galtleo  (4*  S.  Tii.  12.)^The  ori- 

einal   MS.  of  the  letter  of  Galileo  to  Castelli, 

diiied  Dec.  ifl,  l»jlr%  which  h  Ofiubtless  the  epiatle 

*•  *'  —    !  r-r  by  M.  M.,  was  in  1813  in  the  coUec- 

-'   well-known  litttrateur  Poggiali,  and 

,„ ...  ..d  by  luiu  in  his  l^rie  de  Tcdi  di  loujua 

Hifil^^   i.   luO).     It  was   afterwarda  printed   by 

T* n !  I L n  in  1 1 i s  Memorie  e  Lfttere  Hi  GaUlei  ( 1 82 1 , 

and  probabljr  also  in  Alben*a  edi- 

^*rc  tU  Galilei f  which  I  have  not  at 

iiAuL  ^  Gbokqb  M.  Geekk. 

37,  Kinie  William  Street.  Strand. 

Teb  Pbijit  01?  "GnD0*9  Achoba"  (I'^S.  ii. 
:J01;  2*^  a  iu*  200;  4»'»  S.  vil  13.)— Probably 
tio  readers  of  **  N.  &  Q,**  even  if  they  remember 
It,  will  hi  uhiiblQ  to  ^ud  tbe  reply  to  this  query 
iatl.  -a,  becanse  it  is  mi  referred  to  in 

jift  j  ng  been  inaerted  only  incidentally 

in  a  lofig  communication  on  a  subject  of  the 
«iitta  desci^ption,    U  b  aa  follows  :— 


"  There  is  by  the  aame  aathor  (Alexander  J&toloa^ 
spud  Galeum  ad  Fiirtheninm  Xiacenaem)  anoibar  de- 
scription of  Ibe  revolution  of  the  pkaet^,  which  is  worthy 
of  notice,  masmuch  as  tho  Latin  tnin<4Ution  coDtainji 
tnany  of  the  expresflions  in  tho  verse*  fluhjomed,  m  5Ir, 
Dawson  Turxkr  informed  ua  (1»«  Si,  ii,  3dl),  to  a  print 
of  Gnido's  cdct>ratecl  Aurora  at  Somei  an  aooount  of 
wliieh  la  given  in  A'b^e  dts  Ettampct  MXpogmM  a  la  Bik- 
I'mUicqut  du  Eoi\  12mo.    A  Piixiis  1^23, 

'  Qnadrijuffis  tnveettit  equls  Sol  aureus,— 
CirciunvulAt  aurea  iaziA  '— 

imitated  in  Ludftr  tmiemUai,  The  mroiber  «f  tiymphs 
by  which  the  .nin  ia  acctimpaniedf  and  which  hand  to 
hand  surrouDii  his  chariot,  iiidicates  not  the  hours  (1*^  8. 
iiJ,  287)  but  the  day*  of  tbe  week,  the  names  of  which  in 
several  languages  are  deri%*ed  from  the  seven  planets, 
that  goldeu  chain  in  which  ori^naled  the  principal 
dcitifia  of  pagmn  idohitry."— 1«  S,  vii.  132. 

BOLIOTHECAR.  CWETKAM, 

Ret.  Samitel  Hbnley  (4**'  S.  vii*  35.)— He  was 
once  Professor  of  Moral  Philosophy  in  the  Wil- 
liamsburg College,  Virginia,  and  the  author  of 
several  literary  works  enumerated  by  Watt,  I 
always  understood  thnt  both  the  French  and 
Enpliish  text  of  Vatl^ek  was  tbe  production  of 
Eeckford,  The  notes  alone  in  the  Bayard  edition 
are  assigned  to  Dr.  Henley. 

Thomas  E.  WDnnNGTON. 

llEFOBM  BiLi.  nr  1831  (4^^^  S.  vi.  645.)— I  well 
remember  refitting  to  pay  the  taxes  then,  tho 
Marquises  of  Westminster  and  Lansdowue  being 
niv  exemplars.  James  Gilbjux. 

'51,  Hill  Street,  Teckham,  S.E. 

Goes  (4***  S.  ti.  646.) — Gor»  or  gorce  (from 
tbe  French  govt),  a  weir.  By  statute  25  Ed.  lU., 
c.  4^  it  is  ordained  that  all  gorces,  &c.f  wheroby 
the  king*s  ships  and  boata  are  disturbed  and  can- 
not pass  in  any  river  shall  bo  utterly  destroyed. 
Sir  E.  Coke  derives  this  word  from  **  f/uraea^  a 
deep  pit  of  water,"  and  calls  it  a  f/or*  or  t/ulj;  but 
this  seems  to  be  a  mistake,  for  in  Domesday  it  is 
called  gourt  and  f/oH^  the  French  woixl  for  a  weir. 
(Jacob's  Zaic  JbkL)  G.  M.  T. 

The  meaning  of  this  word  is  a  point,  a  pike,  a 
born,  being  tbe  Saxon  fforSj  originaUy  apmied  to 
ft  prickly  shrub,  the  juniper,  and  restnarrow. 
SotTie  suggest  the  German  geir;  but  tbe  Saxi-kn^  I 
think,  is  sulficicnt.  J*  J.  Jr. 


D- 


G- 


(4»'»  S.vL  52D;  vii.  ai)— For  a 

fuller  account  of  I> Q see  :3'^«i  S.  v.  :34a 

It  is  strange  that  several  thousand  pounds  should 
have  been  paid  for  the  suppression  of  a  libel,  and 
still  more  so  that  the  libeller  should  tell  it  in 
print  Mr*  Daniel,  however,  only  says,  "  a  large 
sum  was  given  by  order  of  the  Prince  Regent." 
Ill  Tlie  Modem  Ihrnciad  (p.  2:3,  ed.  l^^o)  he  says 
of  himself,  '*  I  who  abhor  a  bribe/*  Giilord 
{Baviadj  1,  140)  says,  "  1  -w^o  t^cm^T^\jr^< 


114 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[it»>  S.  VII.  Fni,  4,  71 


and  tlie  whole  passage  is  altered  from  Gifford  for 
the  worse, 

I  am  sorry  to  think  ill  of  a  writer  who  has  given 
mo  much  pleasure*  The  tone  of  Th^  Modam 
Vunciad  is  high,  and  its  criticiam  generally  sound, 
and,  though  larppe  appropriations  are  made  from 
Pope  and  Gifford^  the  greater  part  is  good  and 
original.  If  Mr.  Daniel  really  took  the  Regent^a 
money,  ho  could  afterwards  write  highly  of  his 
generosity  when  well  applied.  In  the  early  edi- 
tions of  The  Modem  Btmciad  0'Keefe*6  age  and 
distress  are  thus  noticed  :-^ 

**  F.  ni  nam©  O'Keefb.    F.  I  can^t  be  grave  with  him, 
A  rare  compouDd  of  oddity  and  whim. 
Hifl  native  ease,  his  qiiamt  amasitig  jstyle, 
And  wit  grotesque  woulil  make  a  stoic  smilp, 
Ye  who  have  lauphed  vfhen  Liugo  trod  the  stage 
Before  tbia  dull  and  aentimeritnl  agc^ 
B«  grateftxl  for  the  merruoeiit  he  gavp, 
And  smooth  hia  cheerless  passage  to  the  grave.** 

On  this,  in  the  edition  of  1835,  h  a  note : — 
"King  George  the  Fourth,  with  that  fine  feeling whidi 
stamps  an  additional  value  on  a  favour  conferred,   ap- 
pninteil   a  high  dignitary  of  tha  church  his  almoner. 
The  Bbhop  of  Chichester  wa.9  the  hearer  of  the  royal 
bounty,  an  anntial  pension  of  one  hundred  pounds, 
**  Deeds  aucb  as  I  bene  shall  bring  him  true  renown. 
And  prove  the  brightest  jewel  in  liis  crown  ; 
Shall  shed  around  his  throne  suhHmer  rays. 
And  dim  the  brightness  of  the  diamomrs  blaze.** 

The  lines  are  creditahle  to  D O *s 

feelings^  bnt  show  that  he  waa  stronger  in  satire 
than  in  panogyric,  H.  B,  C. 

U.  U.  Club. 

"He  took  the  Dog's  Nose"  (4*^  S.  \l  405; 
vii.  43,) — These  are  the  lines  that  1  always 
heard:  — 


*♦  There  sprung  a  leak  in  Noah*s  arlc, 
Which  made  the  dog  begin  to  bark. 
Koah  took  his  ntae  to  stop  the  hole, 
And  hence  bis  nofe  u  always  cold/* 


Il,IL 


NOTES  ON  BOOKS,  ETC. 

Londfin  :  its  CtUbrated  Characters  and  RemarkaUt  Plts^ei, 
Bij  J.  Hcnengf^  Jesse,  Author  of  **  Memoirs  of  King 
Gc^rgo  tlie  Third/*  Ac*  Jn  Three  Voittjms,  (Buntley.) 
London  has  been  fortunate  in  its  historian'*.  From 
FitJt5tephen  and  Stow  (with  his  contintjors  Anthony 
Al (in day  and  Stn-'pe)  down  to  Fcnnntit  nnd  i*eter  Cnii- 
Tiingbam — to  say  nothing  of  a  host  of  minor  lumiDaries — 
London  has  never  wanted  the  jten  of  a  n^ady  writer  to 
chronicle  its  growth  and  pronrrvas.  The  In^t  fcvr  years 
have  been  essentially  prolific  in  bookfl  illmlratiVc  of 
London:  among  which  the  work  before  us^  by  Mr. 
Jease,  must  bo  awarded  a  furemos^t  pUvi*.  A  century  ngo 
Horaoe  Walpote  ezpre«aed  a  wi^h  that  stjmc  one  would 
do  for  Ijondon  what  SaJnt  Foix  h4'id  done  for  Parifi, 
record  e%*eiy  spot  rendered  interesting  as  the  scene  of 
some  remarkable  event,  the  birth-place  or  rt^idence  of 
Aome  well-known  personage^  and  jioint  out  the  historical 


id 


aasociationa  connected  with  et«ry  locality.    This  ide 
partially  adopted  by  Pennant,  was  ev«ntuatly  admirab 
carried  out  bv  Cunninghant  in  his  Ilandbtwk,  am!  by  M. 
Jessfi  in  hia  Literary  and  ifittnrieal  J^emoriali  of  L(md<M 
published  in  1817,  and  ita  sequel,  London  and  t£j  CtU 
britUs^  pubJiaheti  in  ISffO.    The  book  before  ua  is  a  happr 
oombioation  of  hift  two  former  entirely  recast,  and  to'| 
great  extent  rewritten  by  Mr.  Jewe  ?  and  while  it  mo 
be  admitted   that  it  wants  the  order  and   predso  j 
rangement  which   makes    Cunningham's   Handbottk 
extremely  valuable  as  a  book  of  refereoce,  on  thc<  * 
hand,  it  ia  charmingly  gossipy,  and  at  such  n 
doubtedly  hare  won   higher  praise  from  th« 
cynic  of  Strawberry   UiJl*     It  ia  only  juatioe  ! 
that  the  book  Is  made  useful  as  well  ai  agreeable  by  111 
very  ample  Index  of  names  of  places  and  personi  r 
which  it  b  completed ;  and  would  in  our  eyes  hare  j 
proached  as  nearly  va  possible  to  perfection,  bad 
Jeaae  followctl  the  practice  adopted  by  him  in  hla  Mem 
of  George   the    Thirds    of  quoting   With   great  fatlQ«S9 
all  his  atithorltie.%     To  hare  done  eo  would  perha|w 
have   coniiderably  enlarg:ed  the  aiza  of  the  work—It 
would  certaitily  have  increased  its  ralaa. 

Li/t  of  Amhrose  Borwicke^  Iftf  hi$  Father.  Ediitd  A/ 
Joha  E.  B.  Mayor,  M,A„  Fdlow  of  St.  John*e  Coilig«v 
Cam h ridge.  (Deighton,  Bell  &  Co,) 
This  Httlo  volume  ia  extracted  from  Catnbridgt  m 
Qnten  Anne  (printed  mainly  for  such  of  the  authoi 
frienda  ft«  arcinleresitcHl  in  tho  historj-  of  the  ITnireraiti 
and  14  a  reprint  of  A  Pattern  for  rotatg  Studentt  m 
(■niverstty.  Such  In  the  title  of  the  life  of  his  wftU  whi* 
the  elder  Borwicke  publiahcd  ia  1729.  It  ia  acc<impamed 
by  a  moss  of  illustrative  note*  from  the  pen  of  the  prt- 
sent  editor,  which  doubles  the  siio  of  the  book,  and  Ur 
more  than  doubles  its  vulne.  These  notea  Mr.  Mi;  : 
modestly  offers  as  a  contribution  towards  Athenit  dj^nU: 
britfienMrM^  adding — "  that  he  must  be  a  bold  man  wj 
undertakes  to  complete  Mr.  C4)oper's  work  j  but  ws  U\ 
rnry  taste.*  gain  ground  in  the  University,  it  beconi 
more  and  more  likely  that  iho  attempt  may  txs  mails |j 
and  in  tko  wide  a  tidd  every  gleaner  flndaaome  ears  whidk 
have  escaped  previous  search."  The  editor  dedtcstts  to 
the  Master,  Fellows,  and  Scholars  of  St.  John'**  CoU#ge 
**  this  view  of  the  Nonjuror'a  Home  as  it  appeared  on  the 
eve  of  the  Ifi^t  Cambridge  rer^ecution  **  j  and  otir  readew 
will  find  it  an  important  contfibation  towards  the 
tory  of  that  earne-st  body  of  English  CbiiVchmen 

fKhat    I  mw  of  the    tVar  at   the  Battles  of  Spfkk 

Corze,  and  Grtivtlotte,     A   Narratite  of  Twa  Mm 

Campuitjnitttjf   trith   the  Frvtsian  Army  in   the  Mm 

St/  the  ilon.  C,  Allanaon  Winn.     ( Black wowl.) 

We  take  sihame  to  onraelves  at  iSnding  that,  by  as 

untouanl  accident,  our  notice  of  thia  graphic  and  amuitog 

sketch  of  the  first  two  months  of  this  dreadful  war  has 

been  postfjoned  until  now.    But  the  book  has  more  thaa 

a  ti.<mporarf  intere-st^  and  will   be  doubUeas  hetMlfcsr 

frequently  referred  to. 

Dthrttf*  ll/uit rated  Peerage  and  TitltM  of  Cnurttiy  ^ 
(fnited  Kingdom  of  Great  Britain  and  Irttandy  to  wh 
11  added   much   Infurmation  retpectitw    the   ImmedL 
Fatniiu  Conneetimii  of  the  Peert.     Under  tUrect 
Kinal  MeviiioH  and  Correlation,     18 7 L     (Dean.) 

Dtbrett*M  lilmirnttd  Baroneta^,  with  the  Knighta^  of 
the  United  Kingdom  of  Great  Britain  and  Irctantl;  ta 
which  it  added  much  Information  re*ptcting  the  iiaaim 
iiiate  Fumdy  Connection*  of  the  BaronetM.  Undtr  dirwH 
Fertonai  Revision  and  Correction.  1871.  (Dean*) 
We  have  m  repeatedly' called  attention  to  the  claims  of 

this  useful,  and  in  point  of  form  most  convenient,  Pevr- 


ader^ 
\  hk-      I 

»fr«lH 

mtiiM 


»fI^H 


4ns.  VII.  FBai.4.71.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


115 


•ge,  B«rnDeUg«,  and  RnighUge  ta 
pablJt?,  lb«t  wif  may  rery  properly  coul 


the  fuToor  of  tlws 
fy  content  ourselves  with 
^tAtJjJK  that  the  Teeri^G  ii  brought  down  to  the  rejy 
close  of  the  rear  1870^  in&Ftnach  bj  it  rcconts  the  death 
of  Lord  WjiUliighaiii*  which  took  place  on  December  31, 
and  gives  Um  iuujU  mformation  reap-rctin^  his  sticoeawr. 
Uoleta  indeed  ii  be  to  expron  our  Mtijifaction,  that  the 
editor  atiU  coQtinaei  to  c;fLU  attention  io  the  circum stance 
thatt  owing  to  some  delect  in  oor  hiw^,  any  person  may 
with  tBir**^nUy  asMime  (he  title  of  Baronet ;  and  that^  to 
thair  diacredit  be  it  spoken,  there  are  many  among  ua 
wio  do  not  beoitate  to  do  so* 

BooiCfc  RKCK.liTKD.^Haydn't  Dictionary  of  Date* ;  Sup' 
jdrmrMt  io  lAe  TTtirf^nth  Edition^  inctHdimf  the  I/iitury 
»/  ih*  World  to  the  End  of  1870,  by  Benjamin  \'incent. 
(Sloxiin.J  A  moet  valunble  addition  to  the  iiKlis|x^nsAb1o 
Hsfdiv  if  for  one  article  alone :  iU  Chronology  of  the 
FiUM»>Pnt«9tan  War  up  to  De«:.  31. — We  roust  confine 
«ilielv««  to  recording  the  titles  of  The  Bookworm ;  an 
tSmiwmt^  Literuiy  and  Bibiio^taphicat  Etrfitnc  (fur 
^"— ■■'''^■)  ;  Cohnml  QueitioHM  preMMtny  /nr  Immedmte 
^  R.  A,  Macdv^  M.P.  ( Lonf;niian!<i)  ;  lifipoleom, 
» JSWcnie,  aruj  Prince  Imprri/ti^  and  the  Frnnco- 
Gtrmfitt  I7'«r,  by  D.  G.  F.  Macdundd,  LL.D.  (Stcvl) 

rmmber  of  the  Academy  makes  the  following 

i!*  : — Till-  li-ctjvery  in  a  bam  of  two  pklures, 

;f?r  by  Gaudeczio  rerrario, 

d  in  the  Masenm  of  Dr* 

s  iLtorio  Emaouele  ; — the  com- 

.  WheweU'a  statue  by  Mr.  Wool- 

,  Cambridge  ;  and  the  publication 

*Littl^  «jf  iwu  pu.^ihmrious  lAlea  by  Miss  Aasten — "  Ladv 

Saan/*  a  abort  one- volume  stoiy,  tod  "The  Wstsons,  * 

yrkkh  k  iinf<)ftaoately  anfiniabed. 

TiMt  MoAFiTE  S-mxE. —  Dr  Ginnburg  will   read  a 
-•*—    frti  itiis  subject  at  the  Roral   Asiatic    Siiciety"* 
:  on   Monday  evening  ;  Sir   Uenry   Rawlinson, 
ia  Ibe  chair. 

TttBkt»AT*K  GartiU  announces  the  appointment  of  Mr. 

Jiin«  Ssnt,  K^.,  as   Principal  Painter  in  Ordinary  to 

^4j4aty«  in  the  room  of  the  late  Sir  George  Hayter, 

Royal  AcAt>KMr. —  Menra.   U.  S.    Marku,    F. 
,  ind  T,  Woolrier^  hjtve  just  been  elected  Aaso- 

11  media  "  ii  now  betn|^  translated 

■umaalan  poet  L  £Uadei  Eadu- 

..  .T .  ...u^u  lime  past  been  engaged  on  this 

[.?f8  Coi<TaiQiiTs.^lt  is  stated  that  Iheas 
hv  purchase  into    the  hands  of  Messrs. 

;  fCK  Muncnisox,  the  co-patron  with  the 
choir  of  Guf'lofii*  in  the  University  of 
la  norainstrxl  Mr.  Archibald  Geikie,  F.fcS., 
r  ^fe^•JM>r.  Sir  K,  M ii re hison'a  endowment  is 
: !)«  Crown  adds  'j<n>/.  jK?r  annum  to  the  in- 
f  aaja,  and  the  fe^a. 


BOOKS   AND    ODD    VOLUMES 

WAKtED  TO   FURCHASB. 

rSp<l«»lan  of  Prtetk  ae.,  of  Uu  lbUowto«  Book*  to  tie  mnl  Airtei  to 
ItessaUMiiBi  bf  mheia  thuj  U9  iwiiured,  «ti4)t«  Duiiei  Bad  iddfegit* 
«it  V»«i»  Ibt  Out  piuiw^r  — 
a:eirmHt    d«   imria    Dioanor.    Editloa  of  IbsL    In  Twen(r-iwo 

YoUunt*.    PAfii  c  I.  L,  /.  Britn. 

WwOcd  1|f  Mr*  WHtie  CofUm,  90,  Olqwe^lv  F1«ot,  Fortmaa 


QaSTi^siiAV^a  IfAaAtTiri.    A  oorapkte  let* 
Bnirai:  H  KouTruMiii»?«»uiiLa.   I  VoU. 

KUMK  -.  iCB. 

- —  't  AncBiTKcnma. 

Bawi- . 

WMUd  br  J/  Booluettej,  is»  Co>Ml«tt  Stmt, 

OM    BiKkki  or  FrtnU  i^lftUne  to  Ctifnbcrlsnd  9t  WeilmortuuL  a^ 
Old  (|ukWer  Uixbki  or  TmcU  bcftm:  \W0. 

Waat«d  by  Mr.  fietinf  T.  fTaJfae,  CocktnnouUi. 

Aajr  of  tb*  AmnrUl  Sodfrijr'«PobllcfttloDi. 

WmiiUd  bj'  Mr.  If.  M4$rA,7,SLBA  Um  Satuire.  W,C. 

Baltic  of  th«  Bc^)me«  wi  EDsmvfnir  ^f  WootlttI  team  tho  Fhlntlaf  by 

Ben  (■mill  Wwt. 
3U  C«cilli.  nu  EncnTiitf  bjr  9lr  Robert  9tT«il«t. 

WlUtkd  by  Ibe  S^v,  John  rict/„r4,M,A .,  Bolton  PeWT, 
ucu-  TEdtiuter«  Yorkihirft, 


Ctm«Ut>aEOX, — \,  u*iil  Jind  articieM  on  (he  etymoloffu 
n/tkh  ward  in  our  3"^  S.  i.  130,  104  ;  v.  31t»i  liTO. 

A  Kkw  S*jso  from  PAitis,  ante  p,  72.— Ote'%  Io  fAe 
miscarriage  of  n  prmf  there  iVr  a  tnifreaditty  in  the  ttcond 
line  of  "  dfrnutrmt  pour,**  miltad  of  •♦  pcndrais  pour," 
which  tpaili  Ute  metre. 

Adhsa's  mffgvttion  *htndd  &e  addrtaud  to  The  Armagh 
Guardian. 

G.  J.  C,  (Leeda.*)— 1.  We  nevrr  $aw  the  Unet  before  ; 
2.  (?)  Sir  llmnm  Phiihut;  3,  The  Bookworn»  iJi  pub- 
itshed  at  the  f\ffice,  4^  Brydy*M  Street,  Ctwent  Garden^ 

Sp. —  SmUh,  spelled  Smijthf  do€$  not  occur  in  Me  book  to 
which  Sp.  rtftrt. 

**  Pkcca  fortitek,"  ante  p,  77, — Thit  query  hhi»  interted 
by  an  otertiyht ;  for,  at  tfe  have  been  reminded  by  Lr)Ri> 
LVTTKLTOX,,  it  had  already  item  onni.*ered  tery  fuity  in 
"  X.  .V  Q/'  4"*  S.  iii.  137,  ll»il,  278. 

The  Willow  PAi-ranx, — J.  B.  is  referred  to  onr  S""* 
S,  xl  15-2,  2l)«.  3)iS,  iOO,  461. 

Mko  MiiKJitLliiks. — Z.  will  Jind  a  full  accmttd  of  Jean 
Gnrdtm,  the  prototype  of  Mey  Merriliet,  in  the  prefact  tfr 
the  Cenfenaruin  Edition   of  G  uy  Mannerioff. 

GKNKALcxiCCAL  QUEitiKS  of  no  tntenit  but  to  the  in- 
qmrt-r  cannot  be  inserted  unle$M  thequerittaddf  hii  name 
and  addreu  to  whert  rtplit*  may  be  forwarded^ 

NuMEUAL  PROPHECIKH- — We  musl  refer  Mn.  MouFtia 
ta  our  a"»  8,  x,  87,  216,  and  4*^  a  Vi.  226,  2110.  3ik),  44«i» 
49<J,  where  he  will  Jfind,  not  only  the  in§tance9  yipen  by  him^ 
but  ai*o  a  collection  of  other $, 

T.  S.  N. — ExcEf^ron  ha*  already  had  a  reply.  Sex 
p.  'S^Jl  of  our  luMt  cotumtt* 

.1.  Pkuky. —  Ompman  Ar  Tlatl,  191,  Piccadilly ,  canpt 
baltly  tupply  whut  you  rfi/wire. 

Omn'iii  query  i«  in  tyfie^  and  $halt  appear  next  week, 

BKLOtqUK. — The  tjuettion   i*    entirely    one  of  feeling* 
We  doubt  the  legal   riyht  of  th€  head  of  the  family  io  I 
tawAuin  it,     A  tittle  further  revNirch  an  your  part  would 
probably  e^labtiih  the  connection, 

AU  eotnmvnieatiom  tkoHtd  hf  vtd4ttMied  to  ih*  Editor  t{f  "  X.  a  Q.," 
4S«  WiiUtkgt<m  Ulrttt,  Stratui,  H\C, 


A  Knutinff  Cmc  Tor  hol«tln«t  th«  WMikljr  ttmnhem  of  *•  7f ,  S:  Q.**  li  now  i 
etdf,  und  Mwy  be  h»<l  uf  all  Bookwller*  wnd  NewMn«D,  ptim  I 
r,  trea  by  poat,  dtrecfc  from  the  PubUAlur,  tot  U.  aif« 


ready,  %nd  ""^X  j*_*^*|[  "*  *'}  ^*^}^"t '^'•^!?  Newiwwo,  prim  Ir.  Scf«t 

mar  bt  had  of  tlit 


Pnbllabor,  aad  ( 


Mndlnir  ihe  Votcimoa  of  **  H.  ft  Q.'* 
fall  Doukjeilen  mad  KevMiin. 


In  eim»fq\ifnr«  qf  th^f  abotHiom  qftht  imprtanftl  A 
'     "       tttftid  ,&ft' 
nd« 

maybti , 

Orflce.  (h  favour  V 
;  StS *"  ** 


SuUiciriplum  fur  notify  fory>w4i     , 

ttdina  the  llalf-ycnrl^  Indeitn/tj 
tUivt  qf  11'^  *tt, ).  vAirh  may  fre  tmUi  I 


Unclt 


tA*  llalf'vcnrltt  Indeitn/vr  JiJt  Ifff^L'. 

1.  Ad, ).  trAJi-A  n«n V  fre  pntd  fry  /'Mt  q|lci 
Sftmtri^t  lioiu*  i*mt  Omet,  U  favour  nf  WC 
Wmxijrtitow  STuwrr,  9TiiA3fn»  W.C 


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rHUY  CUIflf^rs  books,  including  &  LanjuiT 

^^EftClSiHlai  >S>  Taj  n^tov  latKti  TiMvWit, 
hta^MMimifQffnmv Ji{OT#»».   Cbtt^yg port 


HOWAEDp 


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fABTEIDOE    AV1>    COOPEE, 

MANUFACTDBfXG  STATIONERS, 
192,  Ple«t  Sue«t  (Ckirner  of  CbaoccrA'  Lone). 

QAUBIAOfi  rAID  TO  THE  CX)UXTST  ON  ORDJSRB 
EXCZEVVfQ  Mc. 

l- 

lir  Am. 

r,  J    .,,  s»  r  r'^  -'in>crihJckqu*lltr, 
I firtiM  or  Foreign  Cnrrvtpofliidtneedkvt 

I'  V.^rr  tr^lnr-fA  t'>  <»,  M,  per  roftm,  or 

>n    •..,  Li.'i  L    l.".:>':a,flviUf«>    BttlltMKM 


IrM* 


f»blii*l»,  l'y*>«j;y  ^^'j 


ItAlIPL0UGH*8 
pvT^i^^n^IC     SALINE 

VtUJUtDg 


BULZjOCK  iKCi  to 


l^OrttyvfAt 


»  ««7  TiTiiiiln  mA  Ea 


IfiBnta  SOIHSBr.  WILKDiSOSr  ^  HOJDQK 


■ur  b*lHlir%T^ii 


m|ER*iT/^    VTTTIGK  &  SIMPSON  will 
iUL  thrlr  Bowe,  4J,  Laaji^  ««■ 

^JE^  nr  1^  Bad  two  MloviBf  d«M,  il  1 

MAS,  A(i4  <: t.'tiii^ri«uitf  f>ii]iiiij  lll»tDritB.  mmA  cm 

nMMCtjr  la  tiaixiifHne  Vadlncv  tvMog  vhich  m.,    _   

Aikfu**  OliwiffnB— fclifc  «nt  •ilkkn.Wliilsker'*  Lbbji.  1   _ 

— Jooci  i  B^WKiMajkUra,  1  vol*.— Ov^n  uiB  BUkrvrsf'^  >hiw%]bBnr— 
Btimt^B  Honk  Ihulwa.  laipe  vftfrr^Ruylc'i  Uomar  of  tiw  kftaMlw* 
Mmmttiln*  —  •({•rtrini  BoCvniOiiin,  7  vub.  hftlf  mMrxjcw*  _  64J«v«9 '« 
fiotanr    --'^^  -  '    ^  TuU_I>ibdiii'*  BOaiocnipbic*!  Datttt* 

eroD.   '  rwMaj^  «nd  Northtn  Cuunuo  mT  '•'-gi'^ 

IWPtr,  •♦.bjf  IvhK 

Jaipr  :.  I..    •'.  ^art* 

IM|wr.  '  p'-t'^ 

A  TOl*  \  eUiKtN 

with  iv 

CMiklMyuc*  on  nwriM  ■•<  two  Mkmn** 

ABPEK'8    CATALOG LTE    ol    BOOM 

Thcokifflcal  anil  M]«ceUiuvMJ>u4,  a  ill  be  fiiormrded  poMftMA 


»,  Tabertwde  Walk  (rmt  f  iiMtrarr  S<)UKn>.  LMkAov.  S.C. 


S^ 


THE    NE^^    OENTLEIkLVN'S    GOLD    WATC 

JL    KKTLE88,  E»elki>i  Make,  mora  wlM  tlMtti  Foralfii,  lH  I 
JuNI^  afuntaelofirtSSk  MrwML,  crnpMitt  9amum*  tUMm, 

Hmm  Watcbei  k«ina  iMttjr  pobiU  cvTipedil  9l«i«llj. 

CHITBB'S    WEW   PATETTT   SAFBi.^ 

[TEEL  PLATED,  with  DiagonAl  B<>It%  to 

Wcl-ta,  liril l«,  and  Fire. 

CKITBB'S    a^ATM9T    OBTSCTOS    XiaCXit  ■ 

of  all  Sl«c«  lUKl  for  ei^cTT  PartKH«_Stre«i-doar  Lalchei  v!|k  •fQ«U 

ana  orat  Kt^.-Cadi,  I>«»4.  P*p«r.  awl  Wrltiuff  Uas«i^ 

all  hiUA  vltk  Ui«  Dettctor  Loirk*. 

IRON    D00R3    FOR   STRONG   KOOJi& 
lllvMimtcd  Prize  Li§U  Grain  tMNti  PvH-IYtf, 

CHUBB  and  SUN, 

0*it  Crox  StreeC,  MaMlMster  1  axul  W^I vcrtiaioiitan* 


i«*&VU.FH».ll/7l.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


117 


X^Ji^CtV.  SATURItdr,  rEBBUA&r  11, 187^ 


CONTENTS.— N«  ICa, 

S&tE^  :— AINM  I-eiter  by  Predejick  of  Pruiak  to  Prince 
Chfcr].»8u  wfift  nr  —  Bhnk<?«n*«ro  and  Arden,ll8  —  8fn- 
^  .   lie  — **  The  Mrodi^l  Soil" 

h.  i!itn,  76. —The  »tr«iburg 

l^ih-  \:'y  Schoolmaster  abmud  iu 

»taiffi*i^hirc  —A  Cootra^t.  lii«©  and  1871  -  Mummert — 

^X-|.TMt ..-  _  v..-,h»  of  lrtlwid.l2i  — Bishop  AJeook  — 

i,  itfree  of  P»t«r  Btrt  ~  "Blue  Books" 

^  -  D«  Saye  or  Say  —  The  *'  Bitatica  "  of 

U  .^ .  . '         it .  .*>  Tree  "  —  "  Thu  Grecian  B«i>d  *'  —  Hfir- 

«ro»  — TbM  Hole  in  the  Wdt  — BuriaJ  V\aee%  of  Manx 

B,*»(r»p«  —  Mftsalo  ad  Usum  LauvanneDiem  —  Lad/  M. 

•,,    -.     ..  *SMtii|fir9  Letters  — Thfodoflia  Noel  — Pullfton 

1  .  t*lion«  wanted  —  EAnclai^b,  Wilts,  Ac.— The 

L  \Va\1  Nortbanipton  —  feivo  and  the  White- 

U"»  —  ^ri«  kt*nb*'rgius'B  *'  Treatise  on  Ncwwaa  "  —  Smyth, 

oimM  Htrrrsiitt  Wilhrot<»,  L©ice*iterBbirc:   ^mythofEatb- 

ftynre^t^^  r/v  Cork  —  Story  of  a  8tattt«,  122. 

^^..  .,,  _,       ,  ,  125— SampU^rs.  126  —  Comisb 

>  .  —  Cbe*a>  lo  EnjElarul  and  Chhia, 

1  .rave  in  Tevio  Churchyard,  Y2H— 

*\  liti  vu-'s  New  Testametit,  SecoutJ  Jidl- 

V  Whistle/"  Ac»  — Hair  growinif  afler 

M     X;  story  —  War  Mcdal«  —  An    Iiitdited 

^■Hi*  ioLdflmiih  —  iS»hbiimcrs  of  Furnc««  — 

^^M<    L  —  Cobblers'  Lamp*  in  Italy  —  The 

^^Hi nis  —  Wulfruna  —  St,  Vnl^-iitlnf  —  A 

BiU  ait.iihv   rr-vr-iito.l-L^MCfh  Hunt's  "  ]  ■  "    nrjj 

in  Towtt  "— lite  F]v*t  '  ThirvUPdiited  **Si  il", 

Thaiw  cf  Fifr*— RshioV   Jiills  — Wrong  lii,  un 

BhMTtii  <  ''an  Night,  thia  eaa  ^i£.iii     —  The 

Aa««^' 


ALLEGED  LETTER  BY  FREDERICK  OF  PRUSSU 

TO  PIUNCE  CHARLES  STEWART. 

The  fallowing  copy  of  a  translation  of  a  letter 

m  Fwmcb,  allep-ed  to'bave  been  seat  by  Frederick 

of  iVoAftiii  tj^  Prince  Charles  Stewart,  hafl  gone 

-r  of  the  public  journftla.     A  few 

d   by  way  of  explanation,   evi- 

I  ^'ive  R  semblance  of  truth  to  the  docu- 

liiB  represented  as  baying  been  trans- 

y  Lord  George  Murray,  and  enclosed  in  a 

'1  the  person  for  whom  it  was  inteuded. 

tter  and  translation  bad  been*  it  is  asserted, 

t?d  in  an  old  black  letter  Bible.     It  will 

;errt*d  that  neither  the  original  translation 

OCT  Hit*  alleged  letter  are  described  as  autograph. 

Tbf?  dnte  U  NoFember  8,  1740— not  quite  »ix 

ixM  after  the  defeat  at  Ctilloden  (April  10^ 

'J- 

JlBDSRICKt  KIKO  OF   PRUSSIA,  AND   TIIK   YOUUG 
PRETFXTJEB. 

[.ord  George  Murray  to  a 

1  of  a  letter  fr«3m  Frederick 

^MK-.i  i  r.i-tjiw-^  nil---     i^iiiles  Stewart,  lias  been  fotind 

tvmstly  witliin  tb«  leavefi  of  an  old  black-letter  Bible  :— 

*  My  Lnrd, — Thouf:b  thin  letter  hath   been  so  long 

^b  tecTct,  aufl  hid  from  the  public,  1  give  yoa  my 

H  b  fTwiulne.    Jt  waa  with  gt««t  dilBciilty  I 

*^""   ■  '*         '  'V       h   t  am  not  perfect  master  of  the 

iTipt«d  the  translation  of  it,  and 

I    tibliuie  in  the  EngliJah  tongue  as 

i»  Ua  «igiiULl|  y  61  it  -w  ill  in  a  great  mcMsajv  discover  the 


real  aeatimeiita  of  hia  Prussian  Majesty  to  the  nuboppj 
family  of  Slcwurt :  — 

** '  Tkt  Kv^  i^Fru»9ia"*  Letter  to  kh  JRoi^ai  Bightym 

Frinct  Chartei, 
"  *  Most  beloved  Cousin, — I  caa  no  longer,  my  dear 
Prinre,  deny  myself  the  aatisfacUon  of  ccmgratulating 
you  on  your  aafe  arrival  in  France,  and  thouji^h  the  coa^ 
nectiofn  I  have  with  the  reipnin^  fnmMy  did  not  pennit 
me  to  rejoice  too  openly  at  the  proj^rew  of  j^our  arms,  I 
can  assure  you,  on  the  word  of  a  King+ 1  was  uncerely 
touched  with  your  miafortanea,  tttider  the  deepoit  appre- 
henJiions  for  the  safety  of  your  person. 

"  »  All  Europe  was  astonlshea  at  the  greatness  of  yotir 
enterprise  ;  for  though  Alexander  and  other  heroes  oaye 
conquered  kingdoms  with  inferior  armies,  yon  are  the 
onl}*  one  who  ever  engaged  in  AUch  an  attempt  without  any. 
** '  Voltaire,  who  of  all  poeta  is  bejit  able  to  write,  is 
obovL-  all  men  mon^  indebted  to  your  Highacas  for  having 
at  lengtli  furnished  liim  with  a  subjeci  worthy  of  hi^  pen, 
wbicli  bus  all  the  rt:qiiisitefl  of  an  epic  poem,  except  a 
happy  event. 

*'  *  However,  though  fortume  was  your  foe.  Great  Bri- 
tain, and  not  your  Htghneaa,  are  tae  only  losers  by  it^ 
as  the  difHciilties  you  have  ondetigoae  have  only  served 
to  discover  those  tialenti^  and  virtues  which  have  gained 
you  the  admiration  of  all  roaokiad,  and  even  the  i^steem 
of  those  amongst  your  enemies  la  whom  every  spark  of 
virtue  iii  not  totally  extinct. 

**  *  The  Princess,  who  has  all  the  curiosity  of  her  sex, 
is  desirous  to  see  the  feattirea  of  a  hero  of  whom  she  has 
beard  s(»  much,  «o  that  you  have  it  In  yoar  power  to 
oblige  both  her  anrl  lue  inHcndmg  as  your  picture  by  tha 

Count  de j  who  h  on  hi*  return  to  Beriin ;  and  be 

assured  I  Rholl  esteem  it  the  most  valuaLle  at-qut^ition  I 
ever  made.  You  are  frequently  the  aubjfct  of  conversa- 
tion with  General  Kdth,  whom  I  have  had  the  good  foi^ 
tune  to  engage  in  my  service,  and,  besides  Ms  oonsuan- 
mate  knowl^ge  in  nulitary  aflkirs,  be  is  f)Osseased  of  a 
tbotieand  amjuble  qualities,  yet  nothing  endears  Mm  ao 
much  as  his  entertaining  the  sentiments  with  regard  to 
your  Royal  Highness  that  1  do. 

"  *  Waa  I  differently  situated  to  what  I  am,  I  would 
give  you  more  esseatial  proofii  of  my  Iriendship  than 
mere  words ;  but  you  may  depend  on  any  good  oQices  I 
can  do  with  my  brother  of  France,    Yetl  am  surry  to 
tell  you  that  1  am  too  well  acquainted  with  the  politics 
of  iliat  Court  to  oxfjcct  they  wiU  do  you  any  soHd  fsertnoei 
ri«  they  would  have  everything  to  apprehend  from  a 
Prince  of  your  oonsummato  abilitios  and  enterpriaing' 
geniua  placed  at  the  head  of  the  bravest  people  in  tha  i 
world.    Adieu,  royal  hero,  and  assure  yourself  that  no  . 
change  of  fortune  can  make  any  alteration  in  my  esteem.  | 
**  *  From  our  Court  at  Berlin,  Pnoaau* 

November  8,  1746/  ** 

It  ia  odd  that  this  affectionato  and  confidential 
commnnication  has  the  word  *^  I*riissia "  at  th©  ] 
end.  It  is  not  uflual  for  mooarcba  lo  subscribe  or  j 
superscribe  papere  of  any  kind  after  thia  fafihiom  I 
Neither  the  hinga  of  England,  Scotland,  nor  Franod  j 
signed  m  '*  England/'  **  Scotland,"  ''  France/' 

Now  the  letter  and  prefatory  observation  wer«  * 
printed  and  attempted  to  be  circulated  more  than 
one  hundred  and  twenty  years  ago.    The  writer 
has  in  bia  possession  one  of  the  printed  copies  , 
seized  by  order  of  the  mogistrateB  of  Edinburgh ^ 
on  June '29,  1748 ;  and  the  only  difference  of  Xm 
filiffhteat  momeDt,  betvreeu  t\i^  ^tl?^^  >i^tAVsa 
I  aad  the  modern   copy,  is  l\i%  da.\ft — ^^  ^ssttasa 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[4*  a.  TII.  ?■».  u. 


I 


being  ''November  the  8tb,  1747/'  and  the  latter 
^'Koveml»er8, 1746." 

In  coDiequence  of  intelligeDce  received  by  tbe 
mftgietratea  of  Edinbui^h  tbAt  a  document  of  a 
0editiou5  tendency  wea  privately  in  drculation^  an 
inquiry  wa3  set  nn  foot  by  them,  and  four  wit- 
neases  were  examined  on  the  subject,  whoae 
depoaitions  were  to  this  eifect :  — 

Upon  June  29,  1748,  John  Loch,  keeper  of  the 
Laigh  coffee-boitae,  woa  examined  in  presence  of 
the  Lord  ProToM  and  Magistrates.  lie  deponed 
that  he  had  seen  the  MS.  of  the  latter  three  or 
four  months  previouflly  — 

"  That  being  in  hh  <!ofrec-hoase  this  tnornmf?,  betwwn 
mnv  and  ten  o^clockt  a  boy,  whom  the  declarant,  knows 
not,  came  into  the  coffee-house,  and  put  into  his  liand 
fonr  copies  of  a  printed  pflper,  which  thednclarant^  with- 
ont  looiitaK  t^i  pnt  into  ajpreas  in  the  eoffee-houae  where 
be  keepa  bu  logaT  ind  coffee/* 

With  h  aing-ular  want  of  curiosity,  he  aaaerts  he 
aerer  looked  into  thenip  and  could  give  no  inform- 
Ation  about  the  boy  who  brought  them.  On  lb© 
same  day  the  constables  came  with  a  search  war- 
rant, when  Loch  put  the  papers  into  his  pockety 
refused  to  give  them  up,  and  only  produced  them 
when  brought  before  tlie  council  One  copy  waa 
marked  by  the  clerk  of  the  court,  signed  by  Loch, 
authenticated  by  BaiUie  James  Stewart,  and  is 
the  ooe  above  referred  to. 

Patrick  Arthur,  **  keeper  of  the  Brittish  colTee- 
hou!*e/-  was  next  examined*  He  declared  that 
the  previous  night,  between  the  hours  of  nine 
and  ten,  a  printer's  boy  with  his  apron  on  came 
to  the  colft^e-house,  and  gave  thirteen  copies  of 
the  letter  of  the  King  of  Prussia  to  the  servants. 
These  were  delivered  to  him,  whereupon  thej 
were  instantly  locked  up,  and  shown  to  no  person* 
He  delivered  the  copies  to  the  constables  when 
they  came,  but  could  give  no  account  of  the 
printer's  boy^  m  all  he  knew  on  the  subject  was 
communicated  by  his  servant. 

Next  day  brought  out  the  name  of  the  printer, 
who  turned  out  to  be  Robert  Drummond,  whose 
apprentice,  John  Livingston,  stated  that  one  John 
Henderson  brought  the  MS.  to  the  printing  house 
of  his  master,  where  it  was  printed. 

David  Ross,  the  pressman  of  Mr.  Drummond, 
Bpoke  as  to  the  delivery  of  the  MS,  and  the  order 
by  John  Henderson  to  have  it  printed,  which  was 
obejred,  and  five  hundred  copies  thrown  off  and 
delivered  to  Henderson.  He  concluded  his  de- 
claration by  asserting  *4hat  Henderson,  upon 
bringing  the  MS.  to  the  printing:  house,  say^d  tliat 
be  bad  got  it  fmm  one  Mrs.  Nicol/^  Who  this 
female  was  (if  such  a  person  did  really  exist)  is 
not  explained. 

The  seizure  of  this  seditious  fabrication  was  in 
June,  1748  J  and  the  paper  printed  is  dated  in 
Nov.  1747.     The  recently  discovered  MS*,  now 
rBptiatedj  ia  duted  ia  Nov.  J  746, 

\ 


It  congratulates  Prince  Charles  on  his 
arrival  in  France,  which  occurred  in  that  year, 
and  tbe  printed  letter  does  the  same  a  year  later; 
whilst  the  deposition  before  the  ma^trates  es- 
tablishes that  the  MS.  letter  and  mtroduetloB 
were  not  in  type  until  May  or  June,  1748, 

If  genuine,  this  document  is  an  early  spedroen 
of  Prussian  double- dealingf  worthy  of  the  pre- 
sent retined  age.  But  we  have  no  Utile  ditlicultf 
in  arriving  at  the  conclusion  that  it  is  a  fiction: 
one  of  those  device.%  not  unfrequently  practised  to 
influence  the  public  mind,  and  prepare  it  fort 
subsequent  rising.  That  the  government,  upott 
learning  its  existence,  issued  those  ordew  to  whiel 
the  mngistrat&s  of  Edinburgh  gave  eflect,  plain]| 
evinces  a  belief  that  a  new  rebellioQ  of  tne  Ji- 
cobites  wm  in  contemplation. 

Had  the  letter  been  a  veritable  one,  it  wouM 
never  have  been  subscribed  **  Prussia." 

J.3L 


SHAKESPEARE  AND  ARDEN. 

There  U  a  very  interesting  and  able  article  a 
the  NoHh  British  MmitnVf  No.  civ.  p.  3fM,  on 
Sbrtkespeare  and  Ben  J  on  sou,  in  which  re  r»^  notice 
is  made  to  a  grant  to  Shakespeare  by  Canj4  n^ 
159D,  to  quarter  the  arms  of  Arden  of  AlvHuley, 
in  Cheshire,  as  the  issue  of  the  marriago  of  hh 
father  with  the  co-heireas  Miss  Ardenof  S.  Stiat* 
ford,  CO.  Warwick. 

I  think  it  has  always  been  understood  that  tliii 
lady  was  of  the  old  W^arwick  stock  of  the  Ardeos, 
and  not  of  the  A  Ivanley  branch  of  that  famil); 
and  I  should  have  supposed  that  Camden  yn&  in 
error  had  not  the  writer  in  tbe  article  in  quwtioii 
suggested  the  possibility  of  the  co-heiress's  gwiid* 
fatlier,  Thomas  Arden  of  Aston  Cantlowe,  bdag 
a  son  or  grandson  of  Thomas  Arden  of  Leicester- 
shire, t^mp.  Hen.  VL,  who  was  the  son  of  IIaIdIi 
Arden  of  Alvanley  by  bis  wife  Katherioe,  dAu^'B- 
ter  of  Sir  William  Stanley  of  Hootou*  Perbafft 
some  of  your  readtirs  may  be  able  to  assist  m 
attempting  to  settle  this  very  interesting  (juet- 
tion,  1  may  add  that  there  ia  no  Arden  pediprw 
recorded  in  the  Visitation  of  Iveicestershire,  1610, 
and  only  once  in  that  very  full  record  is  an  Ardett  ^ 
mentioned  so  late  as  Shakesptjnre's  time,  and  1  * 
is  *'  l^luriella  filia  Arden  de  Parkhall  in  " 
Warr." 

The  writer  speaks  of  Shakespeare's  father  1 
of  a  peasant  family,  by  which  I  suppose  he  n 
that  the  father  being  (I  think)  a  woolstapler,  itl 
to  be  presumed  that  all  his  remote  a^  well  as  nal 
ancestors  were  of  the  same  or  humbler  condition. 
If  clearly  made  out  fia  a  local  or  personal  sur- 
name, it  might  very  materially  help  all  futurt 
biographers  of  Shakespeare,  Is  there  no  maaor 
or  humlet  in  Cireat  Britain  (I  will  not  say  Ire- 
land J  it  bras  not  yet  put  in  a  clium  to  him)  callaij 


4*aviLF«B.n,7i.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


119 


SIitlanuTf  ShAg?par,  Shftcspere*  Shokspur^  Shack- 
flpu*,  Shackle 9 pur,  &c.  ?     At  first  sight  it  would 
seem  to  be  a  personal  namt*,  such  as  Strong-i'th'- 
mrm    or  Armstrong,    Shftkt>-tli*'«pear  —  a  rather 
nuUtar^  appellation,  and  probnblj  of  very  honour- 
alkie  oTi^D.     In  any  cn^e,  I  suppose  Shakespeare'e 
(p*at-grand father  ie  believed  to  have  been  a  com- 
batant at  Boswortb.     If  this  is  the  cane  the  re- 
cord or  tradition  of  fiucb  a  circumstance  raiaes 
i  pfMumption  (dept^nding  on  the  nature  of  such 
j%cotd  or  tradition)  rather  in  favour  of  the  fnmily 
bung  more  yeoman  than  peasant    That  Shake- 
•peare  himself  makes  no  reference  to  roak   or 
female  side,  and  never  troubled  himself  in  the 
▼eiy  costly  matter  of  pedi|^e  in  those  days,  go^s 
for  nothing-,  thoug-h  it  cannot  be  fur  a  moment 
tQppo6ed  that  the  natural  curiosity   of  a  boy  to 
bioir  where  be  came  from  should  not  d eve! ope 
ttielf  in  Shakespeare's  riper  yeiurs  into  the  equally 
ftroog  curiority  to  know  of  whom  be  cfvm©.     For 
tkere  are  gentlemen  I  have  been  acquainted  with 
wkoM  ancestors  down  to  their  great-grandparents 
MUftsed   very  largo   estates  for  centuries,  who 
W  the  ^ary  faintest  suspicion  of  the  fact,  from 
the  circumstance  of  the  early  deaths  of  parents 
other  members  of  their  families^  a  mther'a 
gnndfether's  s»icood  marriape,  whereby  chil- 
m  by  the  fit^t  wife  suffered  school- banishment, 
ftD(i  afterwards  resided  at  a  distance  from  home, 
md  from  other  similar  circumstances. 

I  know  not  whether  the  woolataplere  of  Henry 

yin.  and   Elizabeth's  time  were  protected   by 

ft  J  many  other  trades  of  those  times,  by 

few  of  immediate  peii&ant  origin  were  at  all 

jlbwed  to  enter  the  community.     But  one  thing 

i«  certain,  had  not  Miss  Arden  been  his  mother^ 

I  lid  have  had  no  Shakespeare  ;    and  as  we 

jmething  of  her  »ide,  it  would  not  be  amiss 

tiiiT  we  know  something  of  his  —  the  paternalr 

As  to  the  armorial  question,  it  is  thought  in  the 

article  quoted  that  Shakespeare's  and  his  father  a 

iBiioiis  for  applying  for  the  canting  coat  subse- 

"'""** 'r   gitinted  were   on  account  of  their  de- 

Jmpale  and  quarter,  though  the  father  as 

—  ^  the  i#on  couldf  I  think,  have  used  the 

Arden  arms  without  impalement  or  quarter ;  the 

ler,  I  should  say,  by  carrying  them  as  an 

'leon  of  pretence  on  a  blank  shield.     Then 

is  further  aaid  that  Shakespeare   never   did 

qurter,  because  I  suppose  his  seal,  and,  it  is  sug- 

p«ted,  his  monument  bear  no  quarte rings ;  but 

1*  there  no  emblnzoned  coat  of  quarterings  coeval 

vith  Shakei^peare  ?     As  to  seals^  they  were  very 

ly  engraved  quarterly;  and  as  for  monumental 

lence,  why  it  is  no  evidence  at  alL 

T.  Helsbt. 


SINGULAR  PROCEEDIXGS  IN  MIDDLETO>r. 

I  enclose  a  cutting  from  the  Manchester  Examine 
and  Times  of  Jan.  10,  1S71,  giving  particulars  of 
a  singular  custom  recently  observed.  Although 
a  Liincashire  man,  Ihave  not  read  or  heard  of  the 
custom  before*  I  may  add  that  Middloton  ia 
about  five  miles  from  Manchester ;  the  manufac- 
tures are  silk  and  cottoD,  and  the  population  in 
1801  was  14,482  :— 

"  Siitnr^ay  was  the  Iwt  day  of  a  singultr  9»tuniii.ti* 
held  at  Mid  (I  let  on.  It  has  been  for  many  yeftTi  a  cuntom 
among  the  inliahitanta  of  a  locality  called  *Tbro:it1e  Hall, 
a  p«rt  of  thti  town,  to  annually  elect  a  king  over  th»  dip- 
trict»  whose  province  Ib  to  receive  petitions  concerning 
street  nuisancea  in  any  ahape,  and  take  the  best  meant 
in  hiai  conception  to  have  the  ia,me  abated.  The  kinc:  for 
the  present  year  ia  a  John  Barber^  dealer  in  salt,  ^and, 
pipeclay,  and  other  articles  of  domestie  use.  Ho  was 
crowned  on  Monday  in  the  kitchen  of  a  b^er-houac, 
named  for  the  oeewton  *  Weatminster  Abbey,'  bv  a  per- 
son who  was  dubbed  '  Archbiahop  of  Plg^eon  llill,*  a 
neighbourhood  situate  in  Tonge.  The  crown  was  made 
of  block  tin,  and  wna  profuselv  ornamented  with  fenthors 
and  coloured  ribbons  ;  it  was  abo  lined  with  fabbitn'  skin, 
and  upon  the  peak  was  a  hrasa  plate,  on  which  was  in- 
•cribed  ♦  King  John  the  First*  181 U*  On  placing  the  crown 
upon  Barber^  head,  '  hla  grace  *  deHrered  a  poetic  ad- 
dreifl.  After  thi^  ceremony*  Barber  mounted  a  platform 
in  the  street,  when  he  was  j^reetwl  with  vociferous  cheer^ 
ing  by  about  30U0  person*— the  male  portion  all  uncover- 
ing; and  remaininq  uncoveretl  while  hia  majesty  add resaed 
them»  which  he  did  to  right  royal  terma,  hoping  that  his 
an bj eels  would  be  true  to  him,  and  be  ready  for  defence 
hi  ra»e  of  itivaiiioti  by  enemies,  he  promLiing  in  return 
that  he  would  watch  over  their  interests  niq^ht  and  day, 
and  attend  to  ail  their  petitions A  Mr.  Thomas  Brier- 
ley,  of  the  *  Cottage  of  Content/  Tonge»  followed  with  an 
address,  in  which  he  exprea-wd  a  hope  that  tho  royal 
dignity  would  be  made  hereditary  by  the  people,  and  tha& 
the  present  king's  princea  and  prinoesaea  would  bear  the 
crown  after  him.  After  thi*  his  majestj  waa  taken  over 
his  dominions  in  his  cart,  attended  by  bis  officers  of  state, 
whom  he  had  already  appointed,  a  strong  body  guards 
and  thouaands  of  hia'pubjects.  In  the  evening  a  grand 
feast  waa  held,  after  which  bis  miijp*ty  danced  with  the 
beautiea  of  his  court,  to  the  strains  of  a  brnsA  band.  On 
Tuesday  the  king  paraded  the  whole  of  Middlcton  oti  bii 
*  charger  '—his donkey — attended  by  his  officers  and  guard ; 
and  in  the  evening  he  again  rode  along  the  thorough- 
fares, when  there  was  a  grind  torchlight  procession. 
Later  on  in  the  night  Mr«.  Barber  waa  crowned  queen  by 
the  women  of  Throstle  Hall,  who  provided  a  handsome 
cap  for  the  occasion.  Afier  this  ceremony,  her  majesty 
favonrcd  the  company  with  two  or  three  aonga.  About 
eleven  o'clock  the  royal  couple  were  attended  to  the  gatei 
of  their  residence  by  a  host  of  persona,  whOt  »ft«  singing 
•God  save  the  King*  and  the  ^Christmas  Hymn/  re- 
tired in  perfect  order.  A  round  of  feativitiea  was  kept  up 
till  Saturday  evening  in  honour  of  the  event.  It  may  1j«  • 
mentioned  that  Barber  had  a  rival  for  myal  honours  ia  ^ 
the  person  of  a  Jesse  Colli nge,  &  we8%'^er^  and  that  oti 
Moadav  morning  there  was  a  poll*  which  resulted  in 
Barber*  being  elected  with  205  votes  against  200  given 
for  Colli nge.  Cabs  and  other  conveyances  were  brought 
into  requisition  to  bring  voters  to  the  booths.  The  pro- 
ceedings throughout  were  conducted  in  a  veiy  orderly 
and  busineas-like  manner,  and  were  watched  by  lar^  ^ 
teumbers  of  persona  ftom  Oldhtm,  K«ctkdal<i,  a^^^a 
■nd  other  places  "  f>  w  ^ 

Hwiton  ChapeL  ^ .  XV.^^ 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIEa 


[i«>S.Yn.  Fkb,  lt,*TL 


"THK  PRODIGAL  SON,"  BY  MURILLO. 

It  htm  been  swd  that  tbe  series  of  illustratians 
of  tills  parable  hy  Mitrilla  is  in  some  inspects  the 
best  of  his  works  now  exhibiting  at  the  Royal 
Academy.  I  am  grlad  to  be  allowed  to  append 
the  foUowing  descriptive  exti*act  from  an  unpiib- 
lighed  sermon  on  tho  same  aubject,  preached  by 
Dean  Stanley  a  fibort  time  since  in  Westminster 
Abbey,  feeling  confident  that  it  will  add  greatly 
to  the  pleasure  of  yisitors  to  the  present  exhibi- 
tion, in  enabling  them,  to  appreciate  more  folly 
these  masterpieces.  H.  F.  T, 

**  The  Parable  of  tho  Prodigal  Son  micht  be  the  story 
of  nny  home,  in  any  part  of  tho  world.  ThL^re  13  a 
'  ^^'v  vivid  r^preaentation  of  it  in  it^  several 
ries  of  six  succesaive  pictures  by  the  greaiett 
!  paioters,  once  divided  from  each  other, 
imrtiy  m  Spain  and  purily  ia  Italy,  now  happily  re^ 
united  in  England.  The  painter's  geniiia  bas  there  por- 
trayed the  whole  story,  a*  though  it  h<id  happened  in  his 
<rwn  country^  There  u  the  Spanish  father  ttiviilin^  tho 
property  between  the  two  youths.  Tliey  are  hardly  to 
b«  aiAtingnished  from  each  other  in  that  happy  moment 
of  o[)eaing  life.  The  future  to  them  1.1  as  yet  unknown; 
the  world  ia  all  before  them  where  to  choose  ;  their  father 
looks  with  eqnal  and  benignant  love  on  both,  Then 
eomcs}  tho  parting  of  the  younger  i?ou  on  his  travels. 
There  he  starts  in  hat  and  plume— on  his  prandng  horse 
—in  all  the  pride  and  gaiety  of  brilliant  sticeessand  hope. 
The  father  blease^  him  witli  all  the  fulness  of  paternal 
affection.  His  mother  weepa  with  all  the  depth  of 
motherly  love.  Only  the  older  brother  stands  by,  with 
hifl  araifl  folded  and"  with  stem  unmoved  counl<'»nance, 
as  much  as  to  r&v  '  I  know  whither  you  are  going — I 
foresee  what  will  hefall  you/  Then  comes  the  fall.  Tho 
hftppy,  gay^  innocent  youth  has  plunjt^ed  into  dotoufl  Jiv- 
ing and  debauchery.  Hia  Spanish  iinery  is  still  upon  bim, 
but  it  is  stain e{l  with  the  wear  and  tear  of  revclrj-:  he  ia 
the  prey  of  dissolute  men  and  deaj^ing  women,  who  cheat, 
and  mock,  and  corrupt  him  day  by  daj*.  Next  eoraes  the 
retribution,  which  sooner  or  later  marks  every  such 
career.  He  has  wasted  his  substance — the  goo'd  gifts 
which  his  ftither  gave  hitn.  He  is  entan|::lefl  in  debt, 
in  (ii.*tjracc,  in  ruin.  The  friends,  the  fabe  friend?, 
who  clun^  round  him  as  long  as  he  had  monev  to 
give  and  means  to  indulge  them,  turn  against  liitn. 
He  is  driven  into  the  wilderness  by  the  very  oora- 
itfinioiis  who  before  were  to  him  the  choice  of  his  heart. 
Then  wo  see  him  in  the  bare  desert.  His  6nery  has 
fallen  in  tatters  about  him.  He  has  been  transformed 
into  the  emaciated,  hungry,  half-naked  outcast.  The 
filthy  *^win«  are  feeding  around  him  on  the  husks  of  the 
f  '  It  fringe  tho  arid  landiicapu.    He  is  the  very 

ii  "hition  .^nd  misery.    But  there  is  a  dawn  of 

b'  .     .^i  just  ^iiible.     He  is  on  hh  knees;  his  eyes 

*ro  niised  towards  heaven.  ITiere  is  a  deep  moaning  in 
them  whidi  we  havf«  not  df^cernerl  before.  He  is  saying 
•  I  will  arise  and  ^'  "  >  rher.*    He  has  s^i^en  through 

the  hollowness  of  t  of  earth;  he  has  caught  a 

glimpse  of  the  hrq  ^  r  heaven .^.Vnd  then,  in  the 

ai.Tth  and  Ia.st  pictim%  tlu;re  is  the  blessed  return.  The 
fatlier  has  gone  out  to  the  gateway  to  meet  and  embrace 
him.  The  penitent  youth  has  flung  bims*jlf  on  bis  knees 
before  htm.  Those  eyts  which  we  saw  in  the  desert  pas- 
tures lifted  up  towards  heaven  with  a  heiivenly  h^t 
within  them,  have  slill  the  same  deep  pathettc  meaning ; 
hut  they  are  now  fixed,  not  with  a  vague  hope  on  in- 
fmite  «paee^   but  with  a  yearning  tenderaesi  en  tbo 


ttlMWit 


filth.        ■         -  '  ■  "     \ 

to  1  'ui 

aroui.-,   ,,.,-,  ^':-    I--:- -i-   -:.--^---   '<i':>fJk 

Stall ;  the  servants  pUviug  the  merry  music  which 
remembered  in  his  chifdhonrL  Anrl  one  other  thera 
fti  II  unchanged  also.    Itl^'      ''     '       '  'hip 

ruffled  dignity  and  his  uit-i  :  -^ 

his  an  moved  countenance,  -Ipf 

on  sucli  an  unhappy  scapegrace — on  siui^Li  a  wiid  and 
less  truant  should  be  lavished  so  much  car*  and  h>' 
much  iriamph,  and  so  much  joy.'' 


CENTENARIAN' ISM. 

Robert  HowLKraoK,   aged  one  hundred  tnd^ 
three.    The  instances  having  been  so  frequenti 
recorded  in  the  public  journals,  and  eo  muiut^ 
examined  in  "N.  &  Q./'  the  place  and  date  1 
each  fresh  occurrence  ought  to  be  forthwith  * 
before  its  board  of  enquiry. 

In  hist  xMonday's  Eeho  (Jan.  2S,  1871),  I  \ 
the  pleasant  account  of  a  purae  of  twe 
30 ve reigns  having  been  presented  to  Roberl 
linson   of  West -Lin  ton    in   Peeblesbire    < 
hundred  imd  third  birthday.      Most  COi*diall| 
who  am  in  humble  expectancy  of  my  nmHy'^ 
wish    my  venerable  senior  "  mnltos  et  felices^'' 
with  the'  like  testimony  attaiihed  to  every  ono 
them,  E.  L.  " 

[Would  some  Peeblesshire  correspOTident  kindly  ftin 
the  e  video  e«  of  Robert  Ho\vlin*on*s  age  ? — K©,] 

William  Webb,  of  Frome,  aged  one  bund 
and  live  or  <on^  hundred  and  ?ix. 

Edwaiu)  Couch,  of  Tnrpoint^  aged  one  hundii 
and  ten. 

Here  is  freab  food  for  Mr.  Editor's  inquirifl 
William  Webb  is  said  to  be  now  living  at  rr 
having  been  bom  there  in  1764:  served  m  tfc 
Marines  mider  Nelson  between  1780  and   \T^ 
and  then  returned  to  Frome,  where  he  was 
ried.     Edward  Couch  ia  reported  to  have  died  I 
Torpoint  on  Jan.  30,  ajred  one  hundred  and  1 
was  on  board    the  Victory    at  Trafalgar^    wilj 
Lord  Howe  on  June  1,  and  in  receipt  of  a  pens 
up  to  the  time  of  hid  death.     Surely  his  story  | 


easily  tested- 

[As  the  cases  are  so  "easily  tested,''  wc  1 
win  undertake  to  do  so.    Both  cases  may  bt 
bably  at  the  Admiralty.   If  it  is  our  good  fori;., 
under  the  notice  of  any  gvntlctnan  connected 
department,  perhapa  he  would  kindly  infbrm 
the   records  there   tell  of  William  Webb  and 
Couch.— En.  ''N,  &  Q."] 


W.  OJ 


The  Strasbttrg  Libr.ary. — Great  intei«st 
felt  throughout  Germany  to  make  all  po«ii% 
amends  to  Strasburg  for  the  loss  of  its  Uh 
which,  in  its  reconstruction,  will  bo  henceforth'*' 
university  librar}\     A  suitable  locality  is  alrendj 
provided^  and  means  ensured  for  obtamtng  a   *" 
printed  and  rare  works,  so  many  of  whichj 
destroyed  in  the  siege*     The  University  of  . 


4*aTtf,  Fm.  IU71.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


121 


has  obtjdne«1  '    lin  &om  the  government  to 

r;e  its  du  lL  tlie  service  of  the  libmry. 

other  cireLim!^uinc68  these  duplicated  would 
hsTe  been  sold.  Fronu»e8  have  been  received  of 
ttititributiGns  from  the  University  of  GuttiDgen 
iad  horn  Dr^en  and  Bremen.  Munich  and 
VloDiui  ftra  like- minded,  and  the  Saxon  Society  of 
SoioiieM  to  Leipzig  has  made  a  gift  of  fiH  its  pub- 
UoatioAA  T'Jt.'  German  booksellera  emulate  the 
pmI  of  ;  bodies:  and  the  great  houses  of 

dotta,   1  1^,   Perthes,  Duncker  and  Hum- 

blot,  Saueriander,  Sic.  Ac.,  have  nlaced  their 
talunble  publicationa  at  free  choice  lor  selection. 
H-  ",  of  London,  wiU  use  his  best  efforts 

L  md  America;  and  Dr,  Felix  Fliigel^ 

oi  vliile  preiM?nting  a  valuable  contribu* 

t  ijwn  Librftry,  has  promised  to  interest 

Mm^ell'  v^  ith  the  Smithsonian  Institute  at  Wash- 
iogtoa  for  the  same  purpose.  All  this  is  quite 
Bi^airal  and  becoming  in  a  great  country  like 
Gwmony,  where  literature  ia  so  highly  esteemed 
ttd  cultivated,  and  which  Intenda  to  incorporate 
StUibttig'  with  the  empire.  J»  Mageat, 

p.r. — Durtng  the  past  summer  I 

1^  i^Ita  to   a  gypsy  encampment  in 

kJ,  and  upon  one  occasion  ob- 

I'Sfl  lump  of  clay  baking  upon  an 

j.t4i,  I  learned,  upon  inquiry,  that  it 

fowl  in  process  of  cooking.     After  a 

\  '  girls  removed  it  from  the  fire  j 

it  open,  I  found  it  to  contain  a 

vi  with  the  feathers  still  on  it.  These^ 

lue  oft'  with  the  baked  clay,  and  left 

'i fully  white  and  streaming  with 

countless  pore.?.     I  was  pressed 

.-  ,.«.*^.xv.    ..r.,i    the   untruased   head   and  legs 

idoked  fto  like  those  of  a  fowl  which  had  died  a 

"iTAtiiml  rlMath/*  that  I  civilly  declined  the  invi- 

'mgh   I   am   a  firm  believer  in   the 

ii  says    that  "Wliatever    does    not 

latten«."  M.  D. 

^^    ^^""^Tlt    .\tIROAD     TSf    SxARPOBn- 

:i?  illustrations  of  **life  in 
;-  '  wTf  too  pjod  to  bo  coirfined 

' '  ■_'.  S',ijr<>rfi.</^  ire  Advertiser  : — 

■1  rv  -hi  of  thf  present  Bishop 
J  thvf'  V  H  -x  1  i-^hop  at  Dilston, 
1-  whiu  a  lu:"lj<>p  wa^f  took  his 
I V  for  the  express  purpose 
upon  the  new  comer,  an- 
^^^  dawgg  would  pin  lY,*  wlmt- 

Hirr,  loquitur:  *  There's  bin  a 

'  'n  jiita.'    Second  coUi«r  : 

First  collier:  'Or,  aud 


4  tiy; 


«l»y,  h«*d  gtit  tuu 


'  Boy  gum  i 

Ai  ...jiiLAjrn  Ijlv, 
ACojo^AtT,  1809  A3n>  187L  — In  looking 


p.  366,  I  find  the  following  entry  regarding  the 
Anthropological  Society  of  Paris:  *' Stance  du  15 
juillet  lS6y,  Gt^oi5ral  Faidherbe,  Dolmena  et 
nonimea  blonds  de  la  Libye.'* 

Li  that  year  so  lately  parsed  this  great  general 
was,  therefore,  occupied  in  composing  and  reading 
an  antiquarian  and  philosophical  paper,  faute  m 
tfuettx.     Can  a  contrast  be  greater  r         H.  C.  C* 

Mummers. — 

"  A  party  of  mummerB  visited  tbs  towns  and  viUagat 
of  North  Notts  duriDg  the  pajst  fortnij^ht,  and  highly 
diverted  the  inhabitiinb  by  their  dancing,  ainging  of  old 
aon^B,  and  tho  play  of  the  Hohlnj  Horse.  The  latter 
play  was  in  03tiflt«nce  in  the  days  of  tho  P]anCagoneti» 
and  probably  the  song^  and  tune  which  they  song,  vix.f 
*  When  Joon^s  ale  was  new.*  *' 

This  paragraph,  from  the  Newark  Advertiser  of 
Wednesday,  January  18,  1871,  may  be  deserving 
of  a  place  in   your  columns,  as  a  proof  of  the 
continued  existence  of  a  very  ancient  custom. 
Newark.  J.  M» 

Old  Jokes. — A  joke  is  not  out  of  place  in 
*'  N.  &  Q./'  and  if  I  find  any  which  appear  to  me  ' 
new  or  rare,  I  will  send  them,  requesting  the 
Editor  to  reject  those  which  he  has  read  in  ten 
diiferent  books  or  heard  from  ten  diHerent  persnna* 
A  line  must  be  drawn  somewhere,  and  I  do  not 
think  that  which  I  propose  a  very  severe  one. 

I  lately   heard   one    educated  gentleman   tell 
another  **  one  of  the  best  things  Canning  ever 
daid/'     He  and  Lord  Dudley  arrived    at  Dover 
I  from  Frnnce,  and  ordered  a  rumpsteak  while  the 
I  horses  were  getting  ready  for  their  journey  toj 
I  London,     Lord  Dudley  remarked  that  the  meat 
was  hard.     **  Harder  where   there*s  none,"  said 
Canning,     The   teller  laughed,  and  the  hearer 
I  courteously  made  a  noise  as  much  like  laughing 
'  aa  ho  coulS,     Had  a  new  pupil  at  Dolbeboya  Hall 
said  *'  This  meat  is  hard,    lib  companionfl  would  ^ 
probably  have  abstained  from  the  response  aa  too  f 
stale,  1 

On  the  practice  of  repeating  stories,  I  take  tho  i 
following  from  the  Lwerpool  Weekly  Mercury f  { 
May25,  18(59  :  — 

*•*  The  Wilkinson  (Ifinncjsota)  superior  court  hBS  do-^ 
dded  when  a  mati  is  legally  drunk.  Said  the  Judge  :  '  It  | 
ia  not  ncccasnry  that  a  man  should  bo  wallowing  in  a  | 
ditch,  or  bumping  his  head  igaiuAt  your  posts,  that  you  \ 
may  know  him  to  bu  drunk;  but  whenever  be  begins  to  t 
tell  the  same  thing  over  twice,  then  he's  drunk.* " 
Garrick  Club.  FlTZHOPXlHS. 

"Skebrh^g  TJPOiT  a  GLAv:BGLATTEic."--The 
track  formed  upon  ice  by  sliding  is  called  in  the 
Fylde  district  of  North  Lancashire  a  "  glatten," 
the  act  of  sliding  is  termed  "  skerring/'  and  the 
word  "glnve,"  instead  of  slippery,  ia  used  to  ei- 
I  press  the  quality  of  the  glatten.  1  ahould  b©  glar* 
to  Icnow  whether  the  usage  of  the  above  term*  i 
I  confined  to  the   Fylde,  or  that  the^  ^i^^t^^m 
i  0  ther  dis  tricts  ?  3  AMJia  VtiSkaa^j^ . 


ISS 


IIES, 


[4**S.TrL  Fkii.il  71, 


SMYTHS  OF  IRELAJH). 

In  the  course  of  101)9  three  prelates  of  the 
name  of  Smrth  eat  on  the  Iriah  epiHcopftl  bench — 
Tbomaa  Bishop  of  Limerick,  WUliaoi  of  Eilniore, 
fmd  Edward  of  Dovrn  and  CoDnor;  and  all  the 
private  or  printed  pedigrees  I  have  seen  make 
them  members  of  one  family.  Three  IJeresfords 
were  Irish  bishops  together  for  a  considerable 
period;  and  although  this  did  not  happen  with 
the  Syn^es,  yet,  except  between  1653  aod  1680 
(when  no  Protestant  bishops  were  consecrated  in 
Ireland),  one  and  f^eneratly  two  Syngea  held  aeea 
from  1(J38  to  1771.  Still  the  fact,  as  regtiTds 
the  Smyths^  is  worth  noting.  Yet  I  am  not 
aatisfiod  that  they  were  of  the  same  family^ 

It  Ja  true  that  they  and  their  descendants 
alwaya  associated  on  the  footing  of  relatives,  but 
then  their  families  were  certatoly  connected  by 
marriao'es.  They  were  born  in  neighbouring  places: 
D  and  rum  in  the  county  of  Down,  aod  Lii*burn  on 
the  borders  of  Down  and  Antrim.  But  wbilst 
Archbishop  Henry  Ussher  married  Mary  Smyth 
of  Dundrnm,  and  died  in  1613,  and  whilst  Celtic 
Smyths  can  be  traced  in  Antrim  a  century  earlier, 
the  pedigreea  make  the  episcopal  family  le^ire 
Roasdale,  near  Pickering,  temp.  Can  L  t*rimat© 
Margetson  came  from  Yorkshire  to  Ireland  as 
chaplain  to  the  nn fortunate  Earl  of  Strafford, 
Lord-Deputy  in  1633.  John  Smyths  his  brother- 
in-hiw,  was  Precentor  of  Clogher  in  that  year. 
He  died  rector  of  Enniakillen;  and  hia  will, 
proved  in  England  in  1055,  shows  him  to  have 
Jield  property  in  Craven,  in  Yorkshire,  m  well  as 
in  Ireland ;  whilst  his  son's  executor  William, 
Treasurer  of  Armagh,  was  the  future  Bishop  of 
Kilmore,  But  whilst  this  cnntirms  the  tradi- 
tionary descent,  he  and  the  Bishop  of  Down  also 
using  the  well-known  Yorkshire  coat  of  a  bond 
between  two  unicorns'  heads,  the  Bishop  of  Lime- 
rick bore  arms  almost  identical  with  the  uncom- 
mon ones  of  the  contemporary  citizen  family  of 
Smyth  of  Hammersmtth,  created  baronets  in  1004 ; 
namely^  Qulea,  a  lion  rampant  argent^  on  a  chief 
of  the  aecond,  a  mullet  azure  between  two  tor- 
teaui.  Can  any  genealogical  correspondent  assist 
in  solving  these  doubts  ?  Gobt. 

Warfrick  Square,  S,W, 

r.S.  I  may  add,  in  reference  to  recent  notes  on 
the  apolling  of  Smtjth  ('*  N.  k  Q.,*'  4^"  S.  tj.  474 ; 
vii.  43),  that  I  have  met  with  instances  of  two 
dots  placed  over  the  y  in  Smyth,  as  suggests 
by  Sp. 

Bishop  Alcock. — Wan ted^  particulars  of  family 
and  arms  of  the  Right  Rev.  John  Alcock,  at  first 
Biahop  of  Worcester  and  afterwards  of  Ely,  about 
1480/  J.  C. 


Bevertev,  and  rsi.<i«a  hinuelf  entirdy  br  hla  own  nieiit«» 
Ho  Atoaied  at  Cara bridge,  Krhere  he  obtained  gr«at  f 
tioction  for  hii  knowl^ge  of  civil  and  common  law. 
1641  he  became  rector  oC  Sl  Marp*rct,  Fish  StP 
London,  and  dean  of  SL  Stephen'^  WestminMttr ; 
sec  rated  bishop  of  RochiMt<T  in  1472  ;  Jn  1474  wa« 
chancellor  conjointly  with  Rothcram,  biabop  of  Linc6^ 
in  1476  translated*  to  VVorc«*ter,  and  in  I48B  lo  ** 
Hit  death  o:carred  at  Wisbech  Castle,  OcL  U  16O0, 
he  woj}  buHed  in  a  stimpttiouB  chapel  he  had  er^e^ted  1 
himself  at  the  north-eait  end  of  Ely  Cathedral.  Uis 
arms  were  A.  on  a  chevron  between  3  oocka*  Ueadi  cnueil 
S.  crested  and  jalloped  G,  a  mitre  O.] 

Balltcxtlitait,  —  Will  your  obltging  rorr«^ 
spondent  Mr.  Maitbjce  LKxrfiAir,  or  any  of  the 
nnmeroua  readers  of  *' N.  &  Q."  favour  me  wi  ' 
the  following  infonnation  :  — 

L  What  ia  the  present  name  of  Ballycolli 

or    BALLICULLATAlf,   AinfA    Or    ABRA,    CO,    Tip] 

rary  ? 

2.  It  is  aald  that  William  Cleburne  f second 
of  Thomas  Cleburne  of  Cleburne,  co.  WVstm 
land»  by  Agnes  Lowther  of  Lowther),  who  di 
seized  of  the  lands  of  Ballicullatan,  Castleto- 
Burnadubher  and  Spriogmount,  lies  buried  io 
barron  church  or  abbey  (?)  near  Lough   Dei 
aod  that  there  is  a  vault  in  the  chancel  under 
the  east  window  bearing  thw  following :  — 

Ored,  A  dove  and  olive  branch. 

Arms.  Arg*.  three  chevronela  braced  in  baaej 
sa.     A  chief  and  bordure  of  the  last. 

Motto,  "  Pax  et  Copia." 


GrLTRLMXTS   .    CLEBURKE    .   DE 

ARMIGER  .  OMIT  .  VICKSIMO 

MKNSIS  .  OCTOBRIS  *  AJTKO  * 


.  BATXlCrLLATA 
SllCUWDO  .  DIB 
DOMINI  ,  1084* 


I 


ar2 


fJobo  Alooekiion  of  WHIiam  Aleock,  sometime  burge 
^SJogstfym-apoQ-Uull,  and  Joan  hia  wife,  waa  boca  i 


le  this  a  correct  copy  of  the  inacription,  aod 
what  are  the  names  q\  this  William  Ulebumij 
wife  and  children  P 

3.  Was  Patri'rk  Ronayne,  the  artUt^  a  ni 
relative  of  Patrick  K^nayne  of  Annehrook,  Queei 
town,  CO.  Cork  ?  '  Nimro; 

Pet)igr^e  0?  Pjster  Btrt. — I  shall  be  vd 
grateful  for  any  information  relative  to  the  paren 
aize  of  Pt?ter  Birt  of  Armine,  co.  York^  %.% 
Wenvoe  Castle,  co.  Glamorgrm.  lie  bore  t| 
eame  arma  as  Byrte  of  Dorset,  and  Birt  of  IJf 
Djrrua,  co,  Cardigan  —  viz.  Arg.  on  a  chat 
gules  between  three  bugle>homa  stringed  aabh 
as  many  crosaea  eroaalet  fitch<Se  of  tbe  held. 

FORBST-B 

*^Bltte  Books '*  atJOTBB  by  Bittler, — TVTie 
are  the  "  Blue  Books  *'  published  by  Stockdale  I 
1812,  and  quoted  by  Charles  Butler  in  hia  M\ 
moirs  of  Enyli&h  CathoUci  (iv.  66,  57),  to  l>e  se«*u 
Also,  what  is  known  of  the  "  Red  Book,*'  a  wod 
in  MS.,  quoted  in  the  same  place  P  They  appej 
to  have  first  made  their  appearance  about  1780. 

A  HeRFOBI>  PKARSOirJ 

I^odon  Library. 


^^i  a  Til.  Feb.  11,  TL] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


123 


Dk  SlTK  OR  Sat. — ^This  family  derives  from  an 
iDcestcr  who  accompanied  Wilfiam  the  acquiror 
<GOt  the  conqueror  id  modem  eense,  which  was 
just  the  last  thing  he  would  have  de&ired  to  be 
called)  from  Normandy. 

Cao  any  of  yout  leanied  coTrespondents  give 

Ke  aaj  informatioD  as  to  thia  family  previous  to 
m  cpDiiQesti  and  also  as  to  its  two  Dranchea  — 
le  io  England  and  the  other  in  ScotlaDd,  where 
aome  eurppoae  it  to  be  the  origin  of  the  great  family 
of  Setnn,  Saytoune,  Seytoun,  &c.  ;  although,  as 
latter  claim  from  Don  gal  de  So  ton  (circa 
)),  which  is  a  Highland  Christian  name,  that 
ita  a  dilHculty,  This  Dougal  is  said  to  have 
m  son  or  prandson  of  the  first  of  the 
•utheotically  recorded.  Lovd  Say  and 
derivea  &om  De  Say  in  the  female  line. 

Tub  "^EatATiCA  *'  of  ,CALnANO.— Can  any  of 
^itr  readers  refer  me  to  any  sources  of  informa- 
lion  rvgardio^  the  Estatica  of  Caldaoo^  whose 
eit^  (as  I  learn  from  the  article  "  Stig-matiaa- 
tm,^'  Chambers's  Encyclopaedia)  attracted  much 
ftUe&tion  about  thirty  years  ago  P  M.  D. 

TftiDAT  Tree," — I  have  met  with  thia  ei- 
pmnoo  as  being  applied  in  the  South  of  Franca 
to  ta  nnauocessful  uodertaking  or  peraon.  Do 
JOtt  Imoir  of  any  authority  for  it  ?  A*  S. 

**Tir«  Grecian  Beitd/'— What  is  the  claasic 
wthoritv,  if  any,  for  thia  eipression?  The  edi- 
\>m  of  tlnna  Breitmann's  Baliads  seem  to  think 
ii  quite  modern,  as  they  call  it  — 
*  K  Twent  Parift  fuJuon,  at  once  Adopted  in  America. 
It  l\  iljt*  curve  made  at  the  back  of  the  body,  when 
carries  herself  as  if  walking  iu  a  perpetual 

tit  mure  than  half  a  century  ago  the  term  was 
ia  use,  fts  will  be  seen  in  the  Eimmn  (iii.  67) :  — 
**  In  persoQ  h«  vras  of  the  common  size,  with  some- 
tiifl^  of  tht*  Grfcian  hend^  coD tract od  doubtless  from 
Kde&ttrjr  hAbila/' 

W.  T.  M. 

IF^^vTirs.  —  Will  Anglo-Scoius^  Espt^dake^ 
r  learned    antiquarian    correspondent  of 

.  ,  «.  l^,,'^  obli^  me  with  the  ancestry  of  Her* 
t^T,  or  Herney,  Duke  of  Orleans  a.d.  1006  f 

Ai  this  duchy  was   vested  in  the   family  of 

^  t  the  SlroDg  from  a.d.  888,  I  prt'sume  any 
of  Orleans  of  tenth  or  eleventh  centuries 
Attt  haTe  been  a  member  of  the  royal  family  of 
Fkiaee. 

%  The  ancestry  of  the  house  of  Fitz-Hugh  f 
J^wer  (Ptdrmt,  BtiL  p.  18)  states  that  this  sur- 
tuae  waa  not  used  until  temp,  Edw.  Ill,  Yet 
Glares,  in  his  HiU,  of  Cleveland ,  states  that  Hugh 
(gitat  grandson  of  Alice  de  Stavelv)  *♦  died 
32  £dw.  L,  leaving  a  son  Henry,  who  being  called 
Hts*Hagb,  oootiQued  that  name  till  4  Hen.  VllL^ 
*hca  George  FiU-Hugh  died/'  and  the  name 


became  extinct,  I  also  find  that  Adam  de  Hervey^ 
tetnp.  Hen,  II L,  married  Juliana,  daughter  of 
John  de  Fit/- Hugh.  Accordinpf  to  Lower,  Bar- 
dolph  was  the  lirst  of  the  ftimily  of  Fitz-Hugh. 
His  arms,  however,  were,  Azure,  three  cinquefoils 
argent;  while  those  of  the  latter  were,  Azure, 
three  cherronela  interlaced  in  base,  or.  A  chief 
of  the  last. 

The  early  history  of  the  Herveya  seems  to  be 
involved  in  obscuritv*  Robert,  eon  of  Ilervey  or 
HeraeVt  Duke  of  Orleans,  ia  said  to  have  had 
eeverai  eons,  but  we  are  loft  to  conjecture  whom 
they  are  from  a  number  of  Anglo-Norman  Her- 
veys  of  the  eleventh  century,  Hervey,  Marquis 
of'Bri*«tol,  and  the  Clibums  of  C  lib  urn -Hervey, 
are  said  to  be  descended  from  Herveus  tiliua 
Hervei,  Forrester  of  the  New  Forrest  and  Archels- 
garth,  18  Hen,  I,,  who  is  also  claimed  ss  the 
ancestor  of  the  Butlers,  Vide  Clarke's  Hut,  of 
Home  of  Ormmide,  But  there  seems  to  be  some 
doubt  whether  the  father  of  thia  Herveus  was  of 
the  Orleans  family,  or  a  young:er  son  of  Gilbert  de 
Clare.  Will  some  correspondent  of  *'  N.  k  Q," 
be  kind  euough  to  inform  me  to  which  of  the 
Herveys  a  moiety  of  the  manor  of  Cliburn,  near 
Penrith^  was  granted,  and  when,  and  by  whom 
was  the  "grant  made  Y  In  the  Pipe  Roll  5th  of 
fc;tepben,  Herveus  61  Hervei  pays  a  hoe  for  erecting 
his  lands  in  Amoundreness  into  manors.  Was 
Cliburn  one  of  these  ?  NtMBOD. 

Tee  Hole  in  the  Well. — There's  a  very  old 
inn  near  the  East  Gate^  Kitig's  Lynn,  called  tbo 
Hole  in  the  Welt — a  rather  remarkable  sign,  it 
appears  to  me.  The  beet  chance  I  gee  of  solution 
or  clue  is  a  query  in  your  pages.  What  is  the 
origin  of  it?  K.  L, 

[Thfre  were  formcrlv  iti  London  three  taveroswitb  the 
sign  uf  "  Hole  iu  the  VVaU" ;  but  *^  Hole  in  the  Weil  '*  U 
unknown  in  the  history  of  »igti-boftrd«.) 

BimiAL  Places  of  Maiti  Bishofb.— In  the 
Chronicle  of  Man  the  burial-places  of  fourteen 
Manx  bishops  are  recorded*  Does  any  other  i^- 
cord  of  their  burials  eiist  heeides  the  chronicle^ 
or  are  any  remains  of  their  tombs  to  be  foimd  r 
Two,  Chrifitinus  and  Nicholas,  were  buried  at 
Bench  or,  by  which  is  meant,  I  suppose,  the  monas- 
tery of  St"  Comhgall  in  Ulster,  for  there  were 
several  moDaateties  of  that  name,  one  even  in  the 
Isle  of  Man.  Michael  was  intened  at  Fountaine, 
Reginald  or  Ronald  at  Rushin,  also  a  Cistercian 
abbey  and  daughter  of  Fuiness ;  Richard  and 
William  Russell  at  Fumeps ;  Simon  and  Msrk  at 
St  Gernian*8,  Peel,  Isle  of  Man,  where  nothing, 
or  next  to  nothing,  hns  been  done  in  reference 
to  those  interesting  ruins,  though  a  bazaar  under 
high  patronage  waa  held  for  the  jpurpose  of  rais- 
ing the  necessary  means.  John  M*Ivar,  or  eon  of 
Ilefare,  waa  buried  at  Jervaux,  aa  Prof.  Miinch 
rightly  supposed,  and  not  at  Yarmouth^  la  J«ilv\i- 


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.      !ODJf 

buried  at  Peterborough,  Tbomaa  at  Scone,  Ber- 
nftrd  at  Kylwynin,  said  hy  Cumming  id  Ki^Isle  of 
Man  to  b«  Arbroath,  by  Oliver  ia  his  Monnmenia 
In.  Man,  to  be  in  Ayrshire.  Alaa  and  Gilbert 
M'Cleland  were  buried  at  St.  Mary'fiy  Rothsfty, 
lale  of  Bute.  Wimund  or  Xlamund^  whose  erent- 
ful  history  is  involyed  in  much  obscurity,  wa« 
seen  by  tne  historiiin  WiUiani  of  Newborough, 
blinded  and  mutilated  at  Byland  Abbey,  Hying 
retired,  but  where  he  died  is  not  stated.  Jolin 
Dogan  died  Bishop  of  BowB  in  1412,  and  wa« 
probably  buried  in  Ireland.  A,  E.  I*. 

Ml«9ALB  AD  USUM  LAtrSANNENSBM. — The  Vaii- 
doia  Cantonal  Library  at  Lausanne  poi^efises  a 
rare  mi^aaL  At  the  end  is  printed  in  red  charae* 
tera  — 

**  Imprc&ia  lausane  urb<»  aatiquiasimA  impensa  arte  et 
induatiiA  sokrtis  ot  iDg«^nio»i  viri  Mjigistri  iohannia 
bclot  iasi^i  civitate,  rotLomaf^n  ortnm  ducvntis  nuHa 
caJamt  cxaratJotic ;  ncd  qundam  artificiosa  €hArfl«t«ri' 
zandi  ac  unpritnendi  invcntionf^  miftsAlia  sntnniA  catn 
diligcntia  pratndata  fdbciter  nniuDt.  Anno  aalatiit  nostn. 
M.cccc,  nono^simn  tertio,  Kalendaadecembriaa  tcdent6 
r«ver«;ndi8iiiitio  prestita  Aymone  de  moatefatcooe  lausan : 
cpo;  et  comite  prindpcque  imperii  digniasimo.*' 

The  alsoTe  missal  is  a  folio  in  Gothic  letters, 
red  and  black,  double  columns,  tbirty-eix  lines  in 
a  page,  woodcuts,  has  a  drawing-  made  with  a 
pen.  ^me  of  the  leayeB  are  soiled,  and  the  mar- 
ffins  have  been  mended ;  the  title  ia  wanting,  and 
has  been  supplied  by  one  which  belongs  to  a  missal 
printed  at  Lyon8,  1522,  John  Belot  was  a  printer 
at  Eouen.    What  other  works  did  be  issue  ? 

James  IIewby  Dixos". 

Ladt  M.  Wobtlet  MojTTAor'a  Lettebs. — ^In 
his  Curumiie*  of  Lit^rtUttrc^  under  the  section 
"  Kecovery  of  Slann scripts/'  Mr.  Isaac  Dl>fraeli 
says,  ''A  considerable  portion  of  Lady  Mary 
Wortley  Montagues  letters  1  discovered  in  the 
hand.s  of  an  attorney." 

Can  you  or  any  of  your  correspondents  inform 
me  whether  these  letters,  which  I  presume  were 
diflerent  from  the  weO-knowa  letters  already 
given  to  the  public  in  1775,  have  ever  Wen  pub- 
Uthed  ?  TuRicET  Red. 

Tmeobosta  Nokl.  —  Edward  Cecil,  Viscount 
Wimbledon,  married  Theodosia  Noel,  daughter  of 
Sir  Andrew  Noel,  Knt-,  of  Dalby,  co.  Leicester. 
Waa  she  an  beiressj  and  what  arms  would  she 
bear?  J,  C. 

PiTLiSTOK  Family.— WHat  family  had  Edward 
Puliston  of  Allington,  co.  Denbigh,  besides  his 
daughter  Eleanor,  who  married  William  TVTieler 
of  Martin  Hussingtree?  Edward  Puliaton  was 
married  about  tlie  year  1500.  E.  W. 

Quota  TiQiJs  wAinrB.- 
taken  Iromf  — 


-Where  are  the  following' 


**  No  pent-up  Ithaca  contracts  ycmr  power 

fiut  the  whole  bomndLesa  CoDtineot  ia  yo 

[From  M.  SewaU*a  ProJogue  to  CaJto.'] 

**  In  the  fierce  light  that  beats  «poa  tin  ^ 

[From  Tennyaoa'a  Bedkatiom  tfHk  I^fy 

«  Whose  ycsterdaya  look  backward*  ^th  a  si 
Nor,  like  the  Parthiana,  wound  him  aa  they 

Where  do  these  lines  occur  P  P 

Rakklaoh,  Wilts,  etc. — ^Where  cai 
information  as  to  the  marriage  settlemeni 
&c,,  of  the  Coles,  barons  of  Ranelagh  of  N* 
CO,  Dublin  J  and  of  the  family  of  Goring 
bridge^hire  or  Huntingdonabire  ? 

Ajt  Ihq 

The  Rode  op  the  Wall,  Northampt< 

**  At  the  south'tr^it  comer  of  the  ehurchvmrd, 
tho  wall  of  a  cotta^^  ia  a  crucifix,  Ap])arefitly  t 
a  crtMS.  Tlie  same  deai^  ia  repeated  on  the  o\ 
There  are  marka  of  bulleta  in  it.  Could  this  1 
ginally  formed  the  apex  of  Qaeen'a  Cross  ?  '* 

So  wrote  the  late  Mr.  Pretty  in  Wettcm* 
amptoH  Guide,  The  crucifix  is  still  there, 
into  the  wall  of  the  bouse  which  supeise 
cottage.  Mr,  Pretty,  a  careful  and  conad 
antiquary,  in  all  probability  saw  it 
taken  down;  otherwise  it  would  not 
know  that  the  aculpturo  was  rep( 
other  side.  The  fact  that  it  was  so  supfQ 
conjecture  that  Jt  may  have  been  the  en 
atone  to  Queen's  Cross.  Rut  in  **  Tl  ' 
of  Payments,-'  1611  {LeUern  anil 
mid  DomeMkj  in  thB  Meign  of  Hettn/  i  ui^^ 
part  n.),  ia  an  entry  purportinj^  that,  <mJ 
the  king  was  at  PjTJwell  Abbey ;  and  am< 
expenses  between  tnat  time  and  the  lOtl 
''  offerings  at  the  Rode  of  the  Wall  in  Non 
ton,  at  Our  Lady  of  Grace  there,  and  at  eon 
Leicester  Abbey/*  "Our  Lady  of  Grace 
the  church,  long  since  destroyed,  of  the  ] 
Virgin  in  St.  Mary  Street.  Is  it  posaiW 
the  sciilpture  in  St,  Sepiikhre's  Churchy  ft 
the  *'  Rode  of  the  Wall "  of  the  chtirch 
Mary's  Street  ?  When  the  church  wm  dof 
the  materials  were  no  doubt  used  far  other 
ing?,  and  the  distance  from  St,  Mary'a  St 
St.  Sepulchre'i^  Churchyard  h  not  consgd< 
I  am  not  aware  that  any  mention  of  ^  Th( 
of  the  Wall  -^  occurs  in  any  history  of  Norl 
ton,  or  in  any  place  but  the  ^*  fang's  B 
Payments."  G.  J.  De  W 

SivR  AKD  THE  Whttrbots. — In  the  Cbfi 
dmce  of  the  Riijht  Hmi.  Edmtmd  Burke  (l. 
find  the  followin«^  in  the  j>08tscript  of  a  le 
Chief  Justice  Aston  to  Mr.  Secretanr  Ha:; 
and  dated  DubEn,  June  34,  1762,  witJi ! — 
certmn  secret  aocietiea  of  the  perio  ~ 


CL  conaci 
it  whtt 
notjM 
pea^ 


3,  Willi  ni 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


125 


ien  mn  oatb  was  imposed  on  any,  it  irms  to  bn  true 
md  her  childim ;  and  not  to  disocnrer  tny  of  th« 
'haj%  her  cliildren/' 

Who  was  Sive?  And  liow  did  tho  name 
originatej  and  haa  it  any  connection  with  fSivn.]  tli*j 
Hindoo  divinityj  the  goddess  of  dostruction  ?    H. 

Slawkenbebqius^s  **Tb£.\tise  on  NoKEa"— 
Who  was  Slawkenbergius  mentioned  b  Trustram 
\ ,  and  ia  there  auch  a  book  as  his  Treatuc 
baaif  EnnrxD  M.  BortE. 

SUwIcenbefgiui  is  altogether  an  imaguuir)'  person, 
aad  th«re  doM  not  exist  any  sucU  Trtatue  on  NoMe$  by 
huir.  SlcmeB  laarning  and  humour  upon  that  mbject 
are  helie^r«d  to  have  beui  borrowed  partly  from  Ernsmui^'s 
Colloquy  between  Pamphagus  and  Codes,  Tie  QtjytandU 
S^pttntotiiM,  and  partly  from  the  Ntuta  of  Arettne.  See 
fMier  Fitriar  on  Strnte^  p.  151  rt  id},] 

SiTTTH,  tiiia^  IIemz  of  TVithcotk,  Leicester- 
asmK:    Smyth  of  Rathcottrsey,  co.  Cohk.  — 
id  you  or  any  of  your  corre^pondenta  kindly 
the  connecting  link  between  the   above 
\?      The  first  trace  I  have  of  the  Irish 
ia  taken  from  a  MS.  in  Trinity  Callege, 
iV""    '-'^nilve  to  the  marriage   of    **  Francis 
;tbcour«ey  ^s-ith  Mftria^  d''  of  Beverly 
.   . .  .  uianes^  co.  Watcrford,  Esq.'*     Date 
giF«&f  but  might  he  about  1070.     The  first 
'  I  hare  any  note  of  is  that  of  their  child 
ag«d  three    months^  who  died  J  075,  and 
!  TsaTr  he  en,  I  think,  the  first  that  took  place 
m-,  as  an  inscribed  slab  of  marble 
Lirial-place  in  Cloyne  Cathedml* 
I  r   haa  the  original  ^Tant  of  arm§  to 

I  i  «1f,  Heriz — viz.  "  lie  beareth  gule^i, 

ni^ruij  guide  betwixt  three  besaimta,  upon  the 
three   crosses   forme  pitched  eable,  a.d. 
And  to  lioger  S.  or  Heriit,  jrrautof  crest — 
hifl   helmet,  on  a  torse  ^old  and  geulefi, 
irty  per  pale  gnlde  and 
i   I  grilfin*3  head  rased 
tned  and  ered geulea, 
'  oV  8, 
AuN  uii 'iMiL^iMj  V.  iii  u-j  ibankfully  received  hy 

John  J.  Smyth. 
l:ai[irnnf»M?\*^  Ballin&csrra,  co*  Cork. 

Y  <^F  A  Staxd^ — iKQUiBEfi  Wishes  toknow 
of  your  corref pondeate  inform  him  where 
isnd   the   follo^ving   leg-end    or  piece   of 
\   lover,  about  to  be  mfirried,  on  the 
f^'  the  weddin;r  puts  the  ring  on  a 
);(arden,  and  when  he  goes  far  it  it  is 
or  he  is  unahle  to  get  itolT*  aud^af tor- 
haunted  by  the  etatue,  Sec,     Aiao, 
iithor  of  the  pieC43  ? 

ii-nd-^nt  probably  tehtn  to  a  poem   by 
ubliflhed  itinon^  hii  Juveniie   PmmM 
a  tale,  which  will  be  found  at  p.  281 
"      11  of  Moor*i's  Fifctieal   Works, 
iinded  it  upon  a  story  told  by 
ifiann  in  hi*  work  upon  Faacijia- 
lb«,baolc  m.  pt.  ti.  eh.  xviiit  whilf?  Frommann 
iCi  atttbority  Vln£ent  de  Ucauvaia.! 


THE  DRAGON. 
(4»^  a  vii.  12.) 

The  earliest  known  delineations  of  t)ie  dragon 
are,  I  believe,  Chinese.  It  is  represented  with 
four  legs  in  all  the  early  specimens  I  have  seen. 
The  following  note  is  taken  from  Marryat'si/fW^r^ 
of  Pottery  mvd  Porcelain,  p.  217,  on  the  word 
"dragon":— 

**Tbe  origin  of  the  dragona  and  similar  ilgiuras  de- 
pleted upon  the  Chinese  as  well  as  the  E^^-ptian  pottery 
19  a  mystery*  ITie  Chinese  earn-"  back  the  ori|^n  to  the 
time  of  Fuh-hfl  (B,r*  2962),  who  is  supposed  to  Iiave 
ween  a  dra<2[on  Issue  from  a  river  in  the  province  of 
Honan^  and  it  was  then  adopted  as  the  national  ttatiiiard. 
It  i»  this  dragon  (Lanpf)  which  is  yearly  honoured  by  the 
*  Fea:»t  of  Lan tenia.*  Some  writers  suppose  the  dragon  to 
be  a  aymboUcal  representation  of  the  principle  of  evil, 
which  "was  worshipped  hy  t!ic  Bni.^lent  Ch.iMeeR,  ynd 
foand  iiiir  way  from  thence  into  China  and  other  coun- 
tries, even  to  the  New  World,  where  their  religion  ex- 
tended ;  and,  from  being^  first  titled  a^  a  ^jnibol,  en  me  in 
time  to  be  considered  as  a  reality.  ChriHtiuii  paiiiterft 
seem  to  have  literally  adopted  this  idea,  a*  in  the  pictures 
of  St,  Michael,  who  i*  reprraented  as  having  felled  to 
the  (ground  and  6xed  with  his  lance  a  dragon,  which. 
j«ym£>Ucal  of  the  enemy  of  the  human  race,  was  vomited 
from  the  infFrnal  pit.  In  the  Romish  Church,  on  Eoj^a- 
tion  Sunday  until  a  late  period,  a  large  figure  of  a 
dragon  waa  carried  in  proeeseion,  being  considered  an 
emblem  of  heresy.  The  devil,  it  will  be  recollected,  is  fre- 
cjuently  called  *  the  dragon '  in  ScnjUure.  Tht>  pnvalence 
ofdraeontic  ornaoittits  on  ancient  .sculpturt  in  EnLrland 
of  the  Saxon  or  early  Norman  period,  a*  also  in  Ireland, 
11$  well  a£  the  scrpeut  onaamentalion  of  the  Northern 
antiquaries,  deserves  notice*  Possibly  the  origin  of  tho 
former  may  hove  been  Oriental,  On  the  other  hand 
MO  me  writers  oonftid*T  the  dragon  to  be  no  mere  Ipcrtnid, 
and  refer  to  the  fosaii  remains  of  the  Saurian  irilje,  whiL'h, 
allowing  for  some  exaggeration  and  embelli^hmeut,  may 
be  considered  of  the  same  race/* 

It  19  remarkable  that  hotb  Cornwall  and  Brit- 
tany should  have  those  twin  St,  Michael  Moimta 
g:uarding  (as  it  were)  their  coasts^  Has  tJie  esta- 
blii^hmeut  of  those  churches  any  connection  with 
a  conquest  achieved  by  Christjaiiity  over  the  ser- 
pent worship  which  prevailed  in  those  parts, 
signs  of  which  may  to  this  day  he  traced  on  both 
sides  of  the  Chatmel  P  '  Z.  Z, 


The  earliest  delineations  of  the  dragon  partook 
chiefly  of  the  character  of  a  serpent,  having  gene- 
rally a  long  serpentine  tail.  In  the  early  figures 
of  the  dragon,  two  legs  were  much  more  common 
than  four.  ,  F.  C.  H. 

There  is  a  picttire  of  a  sea- dragon  (Draco  mart^ 
mm)  in  an  edition  of  Dioscoride^  of  the  date  1543, 
Butithasno  legs  apparently;  only  two  pairs  of 
wings  and  a  long  tail  cleft  at  the  tip,  and  set  with 
a  row  of  poisonous  thorns,  There  b  a  strong 
horn,  too,  hetween  its  eyes.  If  a  sea-dragon 
were  hut  the  tadpole  of  a  land-dragon,  H,  D.'s 


126 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[4«»  S.  Vn.  Fki,  ] 


que«tion  could  be  answered  at  once,  for  of  course 
tiie  tail  would  in  that  caae  be  exchanged  for  ttpo 
pair*  of  teff*  in  due  course,  after  ibe  orthodox 
tadpole  fafihtoQ.  Maeoaeei  GjLTTr. 

The  earlieat  delineatioo  of  this  beaat  seems  to 
be  that  of  the  "  Dragon  Standard  **  of  the  Bayeui 
tapeaitrv.  This  is  figured  bv  Mr.  rianch^  at  p.  1»8 
of  his  /Vr*MtV/iw/  of  Arms.  It  has  two  le^^a.  Notices 
of  the  dragon  are  found  in  Parker's  Glatmty^ 
Willement,  and  Montagu,  J*  C,  Roger, 


SAMPLEES. 


(4*^8.  Ti.  600;  Tii.  210 

The  liuea  worked  on  a  sampler^  and  inquired 
about  by  X  A.  Pn.,  are  about  the  commonest  to 
be  met  with  in  this  youthful  kind  of  art.  The 
aecond  line,  however,  has  been  adapted  to  suit 
the  joung  lady's  name.  It  usually  stands  thus  i — 
•*  Jifsu^  pennit  thy  gracious  name  to  stAnil 
Aa  the  tlrst  efTurt  of  «  youthful  haad,"  &c 

I  feel  some  difTieulty  in  eigning';  my  initials 
and  terminalH  happening  to  be  exactly' those  of 
your  correspondent,  J.  A.  Pji.  (2). 

I  have  before  me  two  very  pretty  old  specimens 
of  samplers,  worked  lespectiTely  by  my  wife's 
frraDdm other  and  my  owa  To  begin  with  hers, 
ft  contains  within  a  nmrgio  of  cArnations^  first^ 
the  Lord's  Prayer,  and  then,  in  three  divisions, 
the  following  posies :  — 

**  During  the  time  of  life  allott^  mc. 
Grant  me^  ^cmkI  God,  my  health  and  Hl^rtr : 
I  beg  no  more ;  if  more  thou'rt  pIcaVd  to  givei 
1*11  thankfully  the  overplus  receive." 

•*  Bemember  time  will  come  when  we  must  rive 
AeoouDt  to  God  how  we  on  earth  do  live.*' 


*•  A  man  that  doth  on  ticheA  tmi  hia  mind 
Strives  to  tike  hoM  on  nhadows  and  the  wind ; 
With  food  and  raiment  then  contented  be ; 
Ask  not  for  richets  nor  for  poverty." 
"  Anh  Stop  hart 
Finished  this  sampler  in  the  tenth  year  of  her  age,  in 
the  year  of  cur  Lord  God  mdocxlviii/* 

My  own  graDdmother^s  is  rather  more  elabor- 
at^ely  ornamented  with  lions  (blue,  red,  and  yellow) 
and  magnificent  fiowering  shrubs ;  but  only  con- 
tains, bender  alphabets,  the  followiQg  songi  — 
"  You  whose  fond  wishes  do  to  heaven  aspire. 
Who  make  thodo  blest  abodiia  yoar  sole  desire. 
If  you  are  wise,  and  hope  that  bliss  to  gain. 
Use  well  your  time,  live  not  an  boar  in  vara ; 
I^t  not  the  morrow  vour  vain  thoufhts  employ. 
Bat  think  this  day  thts  last  you  shall  enjoy. 
*"  SoFBia  RaLSBT  her  work,  1751,** 

C.  W,  BlKGHAJL 

I  have  three  samplers  worked  by  my  mother, 
0U  aae  of  wMch  are  lines^  almost  word'for  word. 


similar  to  those  quoted  by  J.  A.  Pn.   And  aa  M.  I 

{P^  S.  vi.  500)  suggests  the  idea  that  such  ^ 
Uibutions  to  **  N.  &  Q."  •*  would  not  be  C 
interest,  I  send  those  on  the  other  two  i 

"  From  my  heginning  may  the  Almighty  Powoft 
Btewings  beuitow  in  never-ceasing  sbowenit 
Oh  !  may  1  happy  be  and  always  blest. 
Of  evVy'joy,  of  eV'ry  wish  posMM*d  j 
'May  plenty  dissipate  all  worldly  cares,  _ 

Anh  smiling  Peace  bless  my  revolving  yeara." 

•*  If  you  desire  to  woirahip  God  aright, 
Fint  in  the  morning  prav,  and  last  at  night  j 
Crave  for  his  bleiEsing  on  your  laboors  aU^ 
And  in  distress  for  his  iSAbtanee  call.'* 

The  datea  on  the  samplers  are  1803  and  1604. 

M.  A,  S* 


frmS^ 


OOBNISH  SPOKEN  IN  DEVONSHIHE. 

(4"*  a  vii.  11.) 

Your  correfpondent  will  find  in  Professor 

Muller*s  recently  published  (vol.  iii.)  Chifiw  ff 

a  Gt^nan  Workslwp  a  Tcrjr  intereating  account  of 

the  Cornish  language  and  its  vitality.  He  aayt:^ — 

"Although  Comiih  must  now  be  claseed  with  the  tz^ 
tinct  languages,  it  has  e«rtainly  shown  a  marvelloits 
vitality.  More  than  four  hundred  years  of  Roman  ocoup* 
nation^  more  than  six:  handrfsd  years  of  Saaon  and 
Danish  sway,  a  Norman  conquest,  a  Saxon  reformalioii» 
and  civil  wars  ha\X'  all  pasied  over  the  land  -,  bui,  like  a 
troe  that  may  bend  before  a  storm  but  is  not  to  be  rooted 
up,  the  language  of  the  Celts  of  Cornwall  has  lived  on  * 
an  unbrokffli  continuity  for  at  least  2000  years.  W 
do<>s  this  mean  ?  It  means  that  through  the 
Kngli«h  hbtoiy  to  Ibe  accessioa  of  the  House  of 
the  inhabitants  of  Cornwall  and  the  wtttem  pari 
DevonMhire^  in  spite  of  intennarHages  with  Ri 
Ba&ons,  and  Normans,  were  CclU  and  remain inI  Cd 
.....  The  inhfthitanu  of  Cornwall,  whatever  the  nuiO' 
her  of  Roman,  Saxon,  Danish,  or  Norman  settlem  withhl 
the  houndaries  of  that  county  may  have  been,  oontilioad 
to  be  Celts  as  long  as  they  spoke 'Comisb.  They  ceased 
to  be  Celts  when  they  ceased  to  speak  the  langui^joC 
their  forcfathcffi.  Those  who  can  appreciato  the 
of  genuine  antiquity  will  not.  therefore,  find  fai 
the  enihusiAfim  of  Daines  Barrington  or  Sir 
Banks  in  ILsti^ning  to  the  strange  utterances  of 
Prntrenth;  for  her  laogoage,  if  genuine,  carrieit 
baek  and  brought  thein,  as  it  were,  into  immedj 
tact  with  people  who.  long  before  the  Chrinttmn 
acted  an  important  part  on  the  stagv  of  history, 
ing  the  world  with  two  of  the  most  precious 
more  precious  then  than  pold  or  silver — with  copi 
tin — the  very  mat^mls,  it  may  be,  of  the  liuest  * 
art  in  Greece,  ay,  of  the  armour  wrought  for  the  hi 
of  the  Trojan  war,  as  described  so  minutely  by  the 
oflbe//«fui;' 

Dr.  Bannister  is  collecting  materials  for  a  glos- 
sary of  Cornish  proper  names,  and  haa  c^ll 
no  lesa  than  2400  existing  namea  with   Tre^ 
withPtffi,  with  400  iZos,  ^c,  and  thus  Comii^h  Iiv 
on.    Andrew  Borde  tells  us  (temp.  Hen.  VHL' 
that  English  was  not  then  understood  by  . 
people   in   Cornwall.      Devon  and  ComTaJt 
signed  a  petition  to  that  king  n^;ainat  the 
ductioQ  of  a  new  church  lervioa  compoaed 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


127 


tigliah,  in  which  tins  fact  is  also  mentioned.  |  and  chess-rooks  emhlftzoned  on  their  anus. 
Borlii^,  in  his  Xtit.  Hift.  of  Cttrtiwatl  (315),  say*  I  Blount^  in  his  Frat/mmUi  AMputati«^  states  that 
that  as  late  as  1040  Mr.  William  Jackman,  the  |  in  the  rei^  of  Edward  III.  the  manor  of  Ktn^- 
TiciiT  of  Feoclc,   was  ohliged  to  administer   the  j  ston  litijj&ell,  in  Dorstjt,  waa  held  hy  Xiehola,  who 


iacrament  in  Comi^^h  because  the  aged  people  did 
not  understand  English,  and  the  rector  of  Lande- 
WFdnak  preached  his  sermons  in  Cornish  as  late  aa 
)6T8.  Ihe  keeper  of  th©  Ashmolean  Museum^ 
Mr.  £.  Lhuyd,  published  a  gTamniHr  oF  the  Ian- 
gaage  in  1707  collected  from  old  people^  but  ho 
ttTH  it  was  then  fast  decajang. 

1?rijDCft  Louis  Lucien  Bonaparte  erected  in  1800 
»  monument  in  the  church  yard  at  Paul  to  Dorothv 
Pentreath,  who  died  in  1*78,  and  waa  lupposed 
%A  have  been  the  last  ]3erson  who  conversed  in 
the  language.  Prof.  Max  Miiller  sajs  there  are 
Baa  J  people  m  Cornwall  who  nuiintaLn  that 
^  !a  p«r*on3  came  to  hear  her  talk  she  would 
anything  that  came  into  her  head*  She  was 
'  jTed  tci  be  102  years  of  age  at  her  death  ;  but 
f.  llalUwell  has  examined  the  reg-lster,  and  from 
date  of  her  baptism  enncludea  she  was  not 
mare  than  wxty-four  at  the  time  of  her  death. 
It  11  probable  that  no  one  now  lining  has  erer 
hati  Cornish  spoken  for  the  sake  of  conversa^ 
^~    **  iwen  says: — 

is  not  to  be  gtittarally  pmncunped^  aa  the 
the  mmt  part  is^  nor  mutteriugly,  us  the 
£«aor  mhininglj.  as  the  Irish,  but  mu&t  belivdy 
[maaly  fpokeot  like  other  primitivo  tongues.^' 

Miiller   says  that   three   or    four    small 

ea  would  ctintain  all  that  is  left  to   n»  of 

lish  literature.     MSS,  of  a  poem  on  '*  Mount 

ascrihc'd  to  the  fifteenth  century^  exist 

Brilish  Museum  and  Bodleian,  and  MSi^, 

^  piays  of  the  same  date  in  the  Bodleian 

ym  publianed  hy  Mr,  Norris  in  185^»     Accord- 
to   C&rew  these    plays   were    performed    in 
liah  at  the  beginning  of  the  seventeenlh  cen- 
To  these  may  be  added   versions  of  the 
■s  Prayer,  Commandments,  Creed,  &c. 
After  these  facts  it  is  not  unreasonable  to  sup* 
M  that  Cornish  was  spoken  in  some  parts  of 
bnoQshire  after  the  Norman  ConqueBt. 

John  PiggoT|  Jun.,  F.S,A, 


CHESS  IN  ENGLAND  AND  CHINA. 

(4«'»  S.  vii,  34.) 

There  ifl  no  small  uncertainty  as  to  the  exact 
~  1  of  the  advent  of  chess  into  this  island.    Dr. 
in  his  learned  treatise,  De  Ludis  Orienta- 
L  fiuppoees  it  to  have  been  known  here  about 
He  of  the  Oonqueet,   from    the   Court  of 

, ^jjner  baring  been   then   first  established. 

Dabea  Barrington  dilfers  from  this  opinion^  and 
!i  in  favour  of  a  later  date,  but  admits  that  the 


waa  wife  of  Nicholas  do  Moateshore,  on  condi- 
tion— 

**  to  count  or  tell  out  the  kinp's  cLcastneti  in  hk  chain* 
bcTt  and  to  put  tbctn  in  a  ba^  when  the  kin^r  ah^jutd  tiii%-e 
fmbhed  ikiii  ^farae  :  A<1  imrraod.  fBrailiara  Scacchii  liegis, 
et  ponend.  in  locub  cum  Bex  ludum  aiiuin  pcrfecerit," 

I  am  inclined  to  believe,  however,  that  chess 
was  known  in  England  at  a  much  earlier  dat© 
than  either  Ilyde  or  Barriugton  arc  disposed  to 
allow,  and  in  this  view  1  aui  supported  by  the 
high  authority  of  Sir  F.  Madden,  wLo  says : — 

**  Nothings  inde^fl^  h  moi>  probable  than  the  ititrodiic- 
tion  of  ehea*  into  Knglnful  by  the  Daneii,  and  we  tiannot 
refer  it  lo  a  more  suitable  period  tbaa  ihe  reigu  of  Canute 
hiuiMif." 

Professor  D.  Forbes,  after  reviewing  the  evideoc© 
pro  and  t(m,  considers  it  **  extremely  probable  that 
chess  was  introduced  into  Eiiglnnd'in  the  reign  of 
Athelstaue,  between  A.i>.  025  and  A.i>.  940.'* 

Chess  appears  to  have  been  well  known  in  this 
country  in  the  time  of  the  Plantagenets.  Our 
earliest  antiquarian  writer,  tho  indefatigable  Le- 
land,  has  an  anecdote  in  his  Colkctanea  about  the 
chesa-play  of  King  John.     He  says : — 

**  John  son  of  King  Henn^,  and  Fulco  fello  at  rariance 
at  ChoitGJ,  and  John  brake'Fulco's  head  with  the  chest- 
borde;  and  thpti  Fulco  gave  him  such  a  blow  that  he 
almost  kjllid  bym," 

Edward  L  was  a  chess-player  from  his  earliest 
youth,  and  pospesaed  a  set  of  men  made  of  jasp«r 
and  crystal »  From  that  curious  book  the  PadOH 
Letters,  h  would  seem  that  chess  wa?  a  favourite 
gam*3  in  bouses  of  rank^em/j,  Richard  II.  On  one 
occasion  Mrs.  Paaton  writes  to  her  husband  i — 

"The  Lady  Mor!t!j  Imn  no  harpings  and  luteings  dur- 
ing Chrbtmus,  but  oolj  playing  at  tables  and  chca:}." 

Several  of  the  royal  raee  of  Stuart  were  ac- 
quainted with  chess.  In  the  Register  House  of 
Edinburgh  there  is  preserved  an  inventory  of  the 
personal  eflects  of  the  unhappy  Queen  Mary, 
which  must  have  been  left  in  the  castle  when  ah© 
was  sent  to  Lochleven,  This  inventory  contains 
three  aets  of  chessmen,  and  two  works  on  the 
game.  One  set  is  described  as  *'  Ane  quhite  buist 
with  chas  men  in  personages  of  woid  '^ — i.  e,  a 
white  box  with  wooden  cheaamen.  One  of  the 
books  is  intituled  The  play  of  the  Cha»j  and  was 
no  doubt  Caxton^s  volume,  then  a  comparatively 
recent  publication.  That  learned  pedant  James  1. 
patronised  chess.  In  a  speech  of  nia  anioi advert- 
ing on  some  books  written  by  Cowel  and  Black- 
wood, he  sayi : — 


gime  must 
Udr  pexic 


^^  1  *  u*.*^TT'iJi.         I       ^Tbe  power  ol  Vlum  b  in  the  hiindn  nf  the  IrfitdL 

must  have  been  brought  to  England  a   an     Xbtv  .an  Ualt  law  thing*  audaW.t.^i^j;VV\^vx?Nm^Vx^^ 
pejiod   of  our  Iwiji^rf,   A?  no  fewer  thaa  j  tlie  itibjects  like  men  aicUe^Na  V.i^a\M\.ftki!;^\ii\^V^^& 
Eif^JiMh  Mauhes  hare  cheas-ho^rds  I  n    Knight." 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[4'^S.VII.  FM.a,71. 


1 


The  unfortunate  Charles  I.  was  an  ardent  chesa- 
player^  and  is  mentioned  in  an  old  English^  trans- 
lation of  Greco^a  work  on  the  jyame  in  my 
poseesaion  as  Imring  constantly  ufted  it  as  a  recre- 
ation. TheiB  are  in  the  Library  of  the  Britbli 
Museum  some  diaries  kept  by  Captain  R,  8y- 
monds,  a  royalist  officer,  in  one  ol  which  it  is 
fltated— "  Hound  about  ye  King's  chesa-hoard  this 
verse : — 

*  Subdltus  et  princeps  iatifl  sine  sanguine  ccrtenl/  " 
The  date  1G43  is  on  the  hoard,  and  the  line  con- 
tains, no  doubtf  touching  allusion  to  the  state  of 
the  poor  king*fi  own  fortunes. 

n,  A.  KsiofBDr.. 

Eldoa  Home,  Rending. 

The  date  of  the  introduction  of  cheas  into  China 
seems  to  be  very  uncertain.  P^re  du  1 1  aide,  in 
his  voluniinous  work  on  China,  under  the  heading 
of  "  Extraiu  d'une  Compilation  fuite  sous  la 
dynastie  Minf/f  par  un  lettrt**  ciJl^bre  de  cette 
dynastie  nonun^  Tawj-Jun^^Tchumf*^  gives  the 
following : — 

**  Un  aateur  parlant  du  jcu  iles  (Rebecs,  qni  tisi  le  beau 
jeu  de  la  Obinct  dit  oe  qui  ftuit: — <^uelqiie.s  gens  ont  dit 

?ae  le  jeu  des  ^beos  venoit  de  l^Empereur  Yao^  et  que  ce 
'riaoe  Tavoit  inyeof€  pour  iustruire  6on  din  daaa  Tart 
dc  gouveraer  les  peunles,  et  de  fnire  la  guerr« ;  mais 
lien  de  moiaa  vraisemblable.  Le  grand  art  de  Yao  con> 
flistoit  dans  la  pratique  eooiinueUc  dei  cinq  rertus  prio* 
cipatesj  dont  rexercice  lui  ^loit  hxxsaI  f^milier  que  Test  k 
tons  les  iiommci  rusngc  dc*  pied*  ct  de^  iituiui.  Ce  fut 
la  v€'Ttu  et  non  les  arnies  qu'il  em  ploy  a  pour  rtfJnire  lea 
pHuplea  le&  plus  barbarcs.  L'art  de  k  guerrt?,  dont  Icjcu 
clc#  6c\\ecA  est  comme  une  image,  est  Tart  de  9^  nuire  lea 
iins  aux  autrcfl.  J'ao  e'loit  bien  <^ioigiie  do  donner  ik  ion 
filB  de  pareilles  leyons.  Lo  jeu  de&  ^bccs  n*iv  sflns  d(mle 
commence  que  depuis  ces  tcmfl  ninlhcureux  ou  fct^ut  rEtn- 
pirc  fut  diaole'par  les  gnerres.  C'eat  uiie  invention  tre,s- 
pcu  digue  du  grand  VaoJ* — Description  da  la  Chine 
(4  rob.  ^to.  Ia  Have,  173G),  ii.  TBO, 

The  Emperor  Yao  reigned  in  the  traditionary 
period  about  2300  B.C.  His  name  in  full  is 
T'ang-ti  Yflu. 

The  Ming  drnasty,  Ming-chaii,  lasted  from 
A.i>.  1368  to  l<i44. 

The  following  anecdotje  concerning  Ming-tf, 
sixth  emperor  of  the  Pe  Sung  or  •'Northern 
Sung"  djrnasty,  has  reference  to  this  subject : — 

"  One  of  Im  best  oflicere,  Wang-kin j^-rucn»  wished  t^ 
iwtire  fnjm  court,  not  bcinf  able  to  endure  all  the  cniel- 
ifea  which  wore  daily  committetb  The  emperor  now 
began  to  fear  for  his  aafety,  ond  sent  the  nnp  wiih  pot «uu 
to  this  object  of  bin  susptcion,  wli  '         '        wils 

playing  Rt  chess,  nnd  emptied  it  v  1  lif- 

fterence."^ — Seethe  Iie^%ChttTlc^(jut/i!  /.iry 

(2  voli.  8vo,  London*  1834),  L  295, 

The  Emperor  Ming-ti  reigned  from  a.d.  465 
to  478. 

Respecting  the  modem  game  Sir  John  Davis 
saye:^ — 

"The  Chinese  chess  differs  in  board,  men,  and  moree 
flrom  tluii  of  India,  and  cannot  in  my  way  be  identified 


with  it,  except  us  bcin^  a  game  of  akfll  and  n&t  of 
chan<!e."^77i<f  Chitmt  (edit.  1S44),  ii.  8K 

Marldtam  Houee,  BHgbion. 


LhliahalH 


LADY  GRIMSTON^S   GRAVE  IK  T£WI 
CHUKCHYAED. 
(4*^  S.  vii.  76.) 

I  heg  to  suhjoin  a  printed  description,  puhliahe^- 
hy  Austin  of  Hertford,  which  I  know  to  be  coi^ 
rect,  though  I  dilTer  from  it  in  one  part,  belieTing 
that  the  ash  and  sYcauiore  trees  have  grown  from 
the  de«da,  the  keys  hann^  fallen  from  the  trees  of 
the  adjoining  warren  (foimerlj  the  seat  of  General 
Sahine,  governor  of  Gibraltar — the  mansion  taken 
doTm  in  1807  by  the  then  Earl  Cow  per),  an 
grew  from  between  the  joints  of  the  stone  copin 
of  the  tomb ;  being  left  undiaiturbed,  in  the  coorai 
of  years  became  the  lofty  treea  they  now  are. 
they  had  sprang  from  the  vault,  aa  sug^eate 
made  ono  hundred  and  sixty  years,  the  girth  i 
the  trees  would  have  been  much  larger  tha__ 
those  of  the  present  ai'e.  As  an  illustration  of 
their  prohuble  origin,  a  few  years  since  I  pulled 
up  a  young  aycamore  that  had  grown  from  be- 
tween tho  jointa  of  the  stonework  round  my 
father*8  grave,  which  lies  under  the  shadow  of  t' 
trees  of  the  Grirastons^  tomb.  The  prtat  sij 
larity  consists  in  the  lower  part  of  the  1 
having  becume  so  amalgamatea  together^  that  ii 
is  impossible  to  distinguish  where  tbe  bark  of  th*' 
ash  (lighter  than  the  sycamore)  ends,  aij»I  Uigt  of 
the  sycamore  cammences. 

*'  Tire  Tosuj  OF  i.AnT  AXKK  niuMSTOK,  m  Tua 
CHracHYARn  of  tewi»»  uuitTFouDsniaE, 
■*  Diflplays  one  of  the  most  extraordinary  and  romanlie 
of  those  freiika  in  which  it  is  proverbiiil  that  Dame  J 
dtsJigbtii.  The  majonry  of  ttio  tomb— once  firoil 
and  Unrnd  with  iron  pins  together — i»  now  difijoia||j| 
^'    '        ,  not  by  time  or  decay,  but  by  the  imsr"' 

tree»  never  plantcfl  by  lumian  haad 
-  ,  '    which  the  tomb  presents  is  most  « 

WjUdn»  and  iiitcrUciog  the  iron  miling  mrrouuil 
tomb,  are  seven  aab  tr^f^,  fonntcted  at  the  rantj  an 
rt/cnnwres,  alto  r  '       //«:  ro*?t.   Thes<?  troes,  I 

luuc  dfiily  ijroi^  1  \ ed  up  the  stonework j 

lomb,  fordnf;  it  -  r  L^me  diJHt4ncf^and  m 

nround  thi)  iron  rmlinj^,  wldi^b,  in  some  pUcet,  ai^ 
pictely  imbedded  and  bidden  in  tho  trunks  of  tlM. 
The  trw«,  at  their  base,  al^o  pasa  through  ami  di 
stonework,  aa  Ibouph  it  were  a  maaa  of  earth. 

"It  ia  conjectured — and  on  no  other  eujtpositifl 
tbcBc  marvelloiiB  Appearances  bo  accounted  for— that,  i 
a  pericHl  antecedent  to  the  erection  of  the  tomb»  the  fled 
of  the  now  full-grown  trees  must  have  been  depoAtiMl  I 
the  \nult  ljtne.itb;  and  there  gerrainatinjr,  forwNl  (' 
way  toward.'*  the  lights  silently  nnd  p^rnduallv  dii]jl 
the  muionry  above— and  then  embracing  and  1 
the  tomb  tbey  bad  di^lurbrd. 

**The  tupe'rattti        ^   >  v.      ..,     „      i^       ^ 
aantzT  of  the  h 
appearaneeA  so  n 
legend  to  their  sons,  in  which  it  k^  6ou;jiii  to  4ocouui  I 


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the  phenomeaoiL  The  ftorj  is  m  simple  one : — It  is  said 
thAt  Lady  Anne  was  an  unbeliever,— so  confident  in  the 
iUlachood  of  Christiaoitj'  and  of  the  Bible,  that  she  was 
wont  to  saT  that,  *  if  the  Sacred  fiook  were  true,  eevea 
wth  treea  wonld  grow  oot  of  her  tomb.'  The  reatilt,  evi- 
daiiljT — aa  in  manj  atmiiar  cases'^paoe  rue  to  tha  lejfend* 
Whether  Lady  Anne  were  bo  unbdieving  aa  is  ropre- 
tcnted,  we  have  no  meana  of  positivdy  aacertaininj^,  but 
it  is  reiT  unlikely;  and,  in  th«e  daya,  we  require  no 
andi  aolation  of  appearnnoes,  which,  however  unuflual, 
w  mm  ooatflni  to  ngard  aa  beautiful  illtiatratijjQs  of 
Mtatnllftwa. 
*Tlie  following  inacHption   ia   still  legible  on  the 


HTBK  UISTH   I2ITKRRKD  TlIJL'  BODY  OF 
TUB   EIGHT  HOaOURABLJ!  l.AJ>Y   AX»B  URUfSTOW, 
TO  STB  aAJfXTRT.  ORTMIfroM,  DART.,  OF  OORIlAMBUIEYf 
Iir   UKRTFORTiSDiUKf 
I   f        uUMarWLU  TO  TITE   LATK    RIGHT   HONOCRABLB 
^^K  EARL  OP   rilAmTTt 

^^m     WSO  HKPARTF^  TfllS  LIFE  NOV.  22XD,  1713, 
^^B  m  XEIE  60TA   1£AR  of   UT.R  AGE." 


D.  D-  HoPKTNB,  F.S.A. 


it  is  leillj  the  treCi  or  what  are  the  treesi 
ow  out  of  or  about  this  grave  P  A,  P,  S. 
'  "  one  a>*h  '^  the  Spirifitai  Times  speaks 
I  elms*';  and  the  Flora  Ilcrt/ortHensiti,  a 

TMit  iRwtworthy  work,  aays  of  the  Acer  pBeutlo' 

ft^imu,  OT  sycamore ;  — 

*lnTew!n  churchyard  are  fsome  self-sown  treea,  grow- 
^loi^try  rrmArkable  manner,  around  and  about  the 
^biif  Lady  Anne  (•rirni>ton,  and  having  in  their  growth 
^MiwJ  the  masonry  of  the  tomb  and  ironwork/' 

Tbe  difcrepancies  in  the  legend  given  in  these 
dvM  accounts  are  equally  striking.  A.  P.  S. 
Baina  ImAt  Grimstou  a  do'ubta  refer  to  tbe  exi«rt- 
tncfi  of  a  future  state,  aDd  repreeeuta  her  as  ex- 
JhMag  *^  a  wish  or  prayer  "  that,  if  such  existed, 
"*  tree  itdgbt  grow  out  of  her  heart."  The 
^firibiaJ  Times  staters  that  fihe  waa  an  AtbeiKt, 
iid  that  **  ber  last  words  were  to  tbe  effect  that, 
tf  God  exifltedj  aevea  elm  tn^ea  would  grow  out 
ffhwr  iamhsUmeJ*  Tbe  Flora,  quoting  the  MerU 
f^  TitFim^  aays  that  "  Lady  Anne  was  an  unbe- 
Wer^  uid  was  wont  to  Mr  that,  if  the  Sacred 
Ifeok  were  true,  seven  a^b  trees  would  grow  out 
"f  her  tomb."  It  may  be  difficult,  though  I  hope 
a»t  impo^4^ible,  to  trace  this  *' raanellous  legend" 
^  ita  &>»m?e,  and  to  ascertain  which  of  the  above 
ns  (if  any)  is  correct ;  but  there  can  be  no 

icultj  in  determining  whether  one  or  seven 
iw  there,  and  whether  these  are  sycamorea, 
p  elms.  Jameb  Bbiixeil 


mbmitted  the  above  to  our  oorrespondent 
B«t  we  ri*cvived  from  him  tliv  following.^ 

_The  additional  statementfl  respecting  the  tomb 

iy  Anne  f^rimston  are  very  curious.   Perhaps 

» sake  of  clearing  awny  needless  comments, 

y  be  well  to  state  that,  iu  speaking*  of  n  single 

ij  I  meant  anix  to  express  what  appeared  , 


to  be  the  fact^  viz.  that  the  aeven  or  nine  stems 
(it  is  difficult  to  divida  them  accurately)  seemed 
to  spring  from  a  eingl©  root  under  the  gravestone. 
If  two  of  these  stems  are  not  fu»h,  but  sycamore^ 
then  there  must,  of  course,  be  two  trees, 

I  told  the  story  of  Lady  Anne's  belief  or  mis- 
belief aa  it  was  told  to  me,  and  do  not  profess 
(nor  indeed  is  it  necesaary)  to  reconcile  it  with 
the  other  part  of  tlie  story. 

I  m!ty  add,  that  I  have  wnce  been  informed  by 
penons  who  know  the  neighbourhood  well,  that^ 
so  far  from  having  been  an  infidel,  she  was  a 
devout  charitable  lady,  given  to  good  works. 
Probably  this  can  be  easily  substantiated, 

A.  P.  S. 

[We  have  reason  to  know  that,  besides  her  legacies  to 
a  church  school,  abundant  e video oe  exista  of  both  the 
Christian  life  aod  Chrintian  faith  of  Lady  Anne  Grim- 
ston.  The  tradition  is  no  doubt  one  of  a  very  common 
class  of  legends— namd^,  thoee  invented  to  accouat  fo^ 
unusual  phcnomenOd — Ed,  **  N.  &  Q."] 


THE    SPELLING    OF  TTNDALE^S  NEW  TESTA- 
MENT, SECOND  EDITION. 
(4"»  S.  vii,  30.) 

The  curious  spellings  of  which  Mr,  Fry  gires 
seTeral  specimens, reminded  me  at  once  of  those 
employed  by  Churchyard  in,  I  believe,  several  of 
his  works,  but  certainly  in  his  Chips  publbhed  in 
1575,  Churchyard  writes  fffWfUt  fraem^  maedf 
hlaese^  gaH^  icaek^  waer,  haer^  mem,  by  simple 
transpo,iition  of  the  iinal  <%  for  game ^  frame ^  made, 
hhize^  i&c.,  and  also  kaek  for  cuke^  and  gnftj  and 
raeg  for  gaije  and  rage.  The  main  diiierence  be- 
tween the  spelling  in  these  instancea  and  in  those 
from  Tyndale  ia,  that  tbe  latter  both  interpolate 
€  and  preserve  it  as  a  final,  e.g.  gans,  graerc, 
nmedfif  »aek€^  iaehi^  &c. ;  while  we  also  find  in  Mr, 
FRr's  list  had  and  taed.  But  Churchyard  aa 
well  as  Tyndale  modifies  o  into  t>f,  and  bo  we 
have  roeit,  rloes^  boen«,  doen^  noes,  it^noekj  for  row, 
clothe^}  bonei*,  Mione,  nom,  smoke^  and  also  hef^  coestf 
blaedf  po^\  for  ioo/J  coad,  hlood,  poor* 

How  far  these' pec uliaritiys  represent  anything 
more  than  Churcliyard's  own  fiuides,  it  may  be 
difiicult  positively  to  say  j  but  that  there  was  some 
method  in  the  madness  —  if  madness  it  were^  i 
there  can  be  but  little  doubt  Ho  certainly  meant  j 
Ma  spelling  to  be  phonetic,  and  by  writing  a  long  I 
as  ae,  seems  to  have  protested  against  the  a^urap- 
tion  that  the  long  Ecplish  a  of  the  sixteenth  cen- 
tury was  to  be  generally  identified  with  the  Con- 
tinental o  of  the  same  and  of  the  present  time, 

Mr.  Ellis,  in  his  very  valuable  treatise  on  Earh/ 
English  Pronunciation^  after  a  minute  discussion  of 
the  authorities,  comes  to  the  conclusion  that  tbe 
long  a  of  the  sixteenth  century  was  the  a  lu  father. 
This  conclusion  is  evidently  incommtvVAfc  ^\3q. 
Churchyard's  practice,  lie  tio  ^q\vg\.  xa^^siX  V^ 
give  to  tbe  Off  in  gam,  &e,,  t\ie»  aovix^^  Vo^^^ft.'W^ 


l)eloDged  to  ae,  whether  Latin  or  Early  EogUsb, 
from  time  immemorial  down  to  the  Bixteenth 
centary^  xh,  that  of  at  in  nim :  a  sound  which,  on 
the  other  hand/ cannot  well  bo  separated^  in  early 
English  nsflgo,  from  that  of  ea  in  (/reaty  which  ia 
doubtless  traditional  Whether  Churchyard,  in 
thas  pronouncing  the  words  in  question,  is  to  be 
considered  a«  a  conservator  or  an  innovator,  U  of 
course  a  very  interesting  question »  which,  how- 
ever, it  would  take  dome  time  to  diBCUsa  fully, 
eapecially  as  it  open*  out  into  others  of  great  diffi- 
culty. I'heso  spellinga  from  Tyndale  of  fifty  yeara 
before  appear  to  be  interpretahle  on  the  same  prin- 
ciple; but  then  the  admission  of  the  principle 
involves  thia  problem  amongst  others,  When  did 
the  French  a,  ns  in  ^race — which  in  all  probabilitv 
was  pronounced  in  the  thirteenth  and  fourteenth 
centuries  as  it  is  now,  and  rhvined  with  alas^ 
change  into  a*,  8o  as  to  jujetify  'fy^dale's  pronun- 
ciation =  ^«iV!c  f  The  attempt  to  resolve  thia 
problem  would  necessarily  lead  to  some  in  vest i- 
gtitione  of  a  very  general  tendency  iiianifeat  in 
French,  and  especially  in  dialectic  French ;  to 
change  the  a  into  the  ai  sound,  as  when  amare 
becomes  aimer,  acer  aiffr^f  Sec. ;  and  in  patois,  bos 
appears  bais,  egar^  as  egmri^  bague  aa  baigite^ 
courage  as  couraige^  &c.  Such  inquiries,  how- 
ever, we  cannot  now  pursue.  It  is  to  bo  regretted 
that  Mr.  Ellis  did  not  handle  Churchyard's 
phonetic  sptdlmg.  J.  Payne. 

Kildare  Gardens. 


"Tnres  WmsTLB,'*  etc.  C^***  S.  vii.  97.)— In 
reply  to  Mr.  CowrER's  first  query  let  me  otter  the 
following :  — 

**  A  Carrier  to  a  King  \  or  Dootour  Carrier  (Chaplayne 
to  P.  James  of  ha|>py  Memory),  Ms  Motiuca  for  re- 
nouncing tlic  Protectant  Relij^ion  And  perrniading  to  Re- 
vnion  with  the  Cath.-Roman-  Direcrcd  to  his  Sacred 
Mniestif!.  '  l/iy  hart  1.1  Endyting  n  good  matter  :  I  tell 
my  deeds  vnto  tiie,  Kiog.*  Pa.  xliv/*— Perwttm  Supe^ 
riorum,  1635. 

Mv  little  book  is  a  reprint  of  the  original  "Mis- 
sine  *  dated  from  Liege,  1613,  and  embodied  in 

**  An  tn^^wcns  to  a  Treatise  written  by  Dr,  Carler*  by 
way  iif  Letter  to  hi*  Maie^itie^  wherein  he  laj'eth  down 
Sundry  Politike  C^nsideraiioni  Pretending  himaelfe  and 
Emlcavotirinic  to  move  othere  to  be  reconciled  to  the 
Church  of  Rome,  by  G.  Hakewa,  Chaplain  to  Prince 
Jttme«."    Lond,:  Bill^  1616,  ito. 

Dr.  Carrier  in  this  hook  relates  how  stnctly  he 
was  brought  np  in  the  reformed  relimon  ;  how  he 
came  to  have  his  miadvings  a^  to  ita  l)eing  the 
true  church,  and  finally,  notwi  the  landing  the 
proapect  of  **  higher  eccleaiastical  dignitica,**  he 
took  the  advantage  of  going  over  to  Rome  while 
abroad  upon  sick-certificate.  Ilia  admission  that 
**  the  more  I  laboured  to  reconcile  the  rfsligion  of 
England  to  Scripture  and  the  Fathers,  the  more 
J  was  difiUked^  Auspected,  and  condemned  as  ft 


common  enemy,"  certainly  did  not  proniij»e  him 
much  promotion,  but  which  clearly  identilies  hlj 
as  the  WTudie^s  covert  papist.     Dr.  C.  labours 
excuse  himself  to  King  Jamea,  and  perhans  kno 
ing  that  his  sacred  majesty  and  some  aoout  hii 
wero   inclining  that  way,  tries  to  wheedle 
British  Solomon  into  following  his  example,  ai 
60  to  put  down  schknie  and  all  ita  attendant  evi 
Carrier  is  of  opinion  that  there  is  very  little  c" 
ference  between  the  Mass  Book  and  the  Angii( 
Liturgy,  and  thinks  tho  matter  might  be  easil] 
adjusted  if  the  Puritans  and  Calvinistswere  toa 
overboard.    At  page  126  of  edit*  1635  he  goes 
far  as  to  intimate  that  he  is  authorised  by  some 
of  the  greatest  to  say  that  if  James  would  acknow- 
ledge the  Pope,  that  the  latter  would  meet  him 
liberally  by  conforming  the  interest  of  incumbents 
in  their  church  livings,  and  further  permit  the 
free  use  of  the  Common  Prayer  in  England  with 
very  little   or  no   alteration.      Here   again    the 
WhidU  evidently  alludes  to  our  Carrier ;  for 
acjiomplishmcnt  of  such  ends  as  he  had  in  vie 
would  doiibdeas  have  entitled  the  pervert  to  a  « 
hat  and  stockings.  A*  G, 


the 

I 


Hair  OEowniQ  after  BBiXH  (4*^  S.  vi,  524; 
vii.  116,  8^^)^ — ^This  phenomenon  may  safely  be 
placed  in  the  same  umbo  with  the  living  toads 
lound  in  the  middle  of  marble  blocks,  the  wiowera 
of  live  frogs^  the  sea*serpent,  old  Jenkins,  and 
the  Wandering  Jew.  New  animal  tissnes  cao 
only  be  formed  out  of  the  blood,  and  so  soon  as 
thia  blood  ceases  to  live  and  circulate,  all  inter- 
change of  material  throughout  tho  body  mustt 
cease  too.  Hair  can  form  no  exception  to  this 
rule^  and  its  growth  after  death  is  as  imposaiblfi 
as  the  growth  of  new  bone  or  new  flesh. 

It  is  astonishing  how  people  fond  of  mi 
are  willing  to   dispense  with  evidence.      In 
case  mentioned  by  the  old  gentlemtui  at  Turre; 
not  a  shadow  of  proof  is  offered  of  the  mi 
hair  found  in  the  lady's  coiBn  having  grown 
death.     Why  assume  this  ?    Why  should  she 
have  had  long  hair  during  life  P 

Hawthorne's  story  of  a  woman's  whold 
being  changed  into  hair  is  too  absurd  to  he 
peated. 

Mr.  Mater  will  observe  that  in  the 
Charles  I.  no  growth  of  hair  is  reported ;  hut 
this  body  was  examined  by  a  man  who  undersi 
the  common  laws  of  physiology.  In  the  case 
the  young  man  drowned  at  Whitby  we  are 
pected  to  believe  that  the  hair  of  a  corpse  grew 
t«vo  or  three  days  as  much  as  it  would  have  gro' 
in  as  many  months  during  life.  Probably 
mistake  arae  f^m  the  fact  of  the  young  man's 
hair  being  more  |of  less  curly ,  and  by  immenioii 
in  the  water  it  became  straightened  out,  and  Utiii 
appeared  to  have  gained  in  length*  The 
druditiHty  of  hair  Ma.  Matsb  must  see  to 


^ 


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131 


quite  uiotber  cjnftfttion,  utterly  unconnected  with 
posft-raortem  grc^wth*  J*  Diioir, 

Alexander  Rowland,  of  "Macftssar"  celebritj* 
rifed  fleveral  instances  of  the  indestructibility  of 
hair,  and  the  growth  nf  it  and  the  nails  after 
death,  in  his  curious  treatiBe, 

••The  Human  Umr,  Popularly  and  Phy9iologicaJI.v 
Considered,  &c.**    With  seven  IlluBtratioiw,  8vo,  London, 

The  subject  la  also  elaborately  discussed  in  — 
F.  Garmann!,  he,  De  Miraculis  Mortiioram, 
rvmissa  dissertatio  de  Cadavere  et  Miraculis  in 
'4tO»I>reid<!n,  1709;' 

Wfllum  Bates. 
Birmiagbam. 

Ei«(TERK  Stort  (4»*  S.  vii,  12,)  — The  8toi7 
will  ht>  found  in  Madame  de  Genlis*  Tales  of  the 
Cadkf  or  in  her  Taks  of  the  Gmii,  1  forget 
which*  These  (ales  ar©  among  the  few  that 
cbtrmed  our  diiidhood*s  days  some  forty  years  ago. 
*  E,  L.  BtEKKrifsopp, 

Wjir  Mebals  {i^^  S.  vii.  13,)  — "^^'^if^  the 
Pemufiular  medals  were  issued  in  1848  six  sur- 
%ivorf  of  the  war  were  able  to  make  f^-ood  their 
daimi  \A  fifteen  bars  or  clasps.  One  of  these 
ui  '  I  awell-known  private  collec Hon,   The 

\i'  vom  by  the  hvte  Duke  of  Wellington 

£ai-j  ^-<int>  cuisps.  J*  W.  F. 

Bri^btim. 

T'  *  Captain  Baldwin,  who  resided  for 
i-ii  in  Canada,  received  the  war  medal 

iR-  n  clasps  for  his  services  in  Spain  and 

Ir  ;>  the  Duke's  campaigns.     This  mim- 

V-  .  |»ij  was  always  said  to  have  been  the 

Ur^  '  :  I  r  I  -  lint  c^er  obtained  by  valour.  Comey 
^^akI*,  the  keeper  of  the  Raquet  Court  at  Hali- 
fiui,  N.  S.,  received  the  Peninsular  medal  with 
thirteen  clasjjs.  Woods  obtained  two  medals  for 
dktinguished  aervice  in  the  field.  Corncy  always 
tompUined  that  the  Horse  Guards  had'  omitted 
to  give  him  the  fourteenth  clasp.  Woods'  regi- 
TtiMTit  was  the  gullont  52nd,  the  Oxfordshire  Light 
v»  which  was  many  years  quartered  in 
ootia  with  the  Rifle  Brijrade  :  and  Generals 
\\Ubii4hara^  Norcott»  Streatfiekl,  l^ir  K,  King, 
nd  many  others  may  still  remember  the  jolly, 
fifliting,  private  Coraey  Woods,  bound  to  com- 
mumorate  every  anniversary  of  his  general  aetiona. 

Isaac  Sheaebs. 

Hi^Winjy. 

I  TED    El^GT    BT    OLTTEK   GoLnSMITH 

,  U6,  84  j — Your  correspondent  MooB- 

.  \  ii  reminds  me  of  the  remark  of  a  friend 

un  a  certain  occasion.     I  was  calling  the 

*'  an  author  of  well-de#erved  eminence 

^  early  productions,  which  he  had  not 

"-^T'ierable  lapee  of  time.     **  Good 

jed,  starling  back  in  horror,  **ia 

L».;  i   could  tiver  have   perpetrated 


such  detestable  trash  as  that  P  **  On  which  a  ( 
tical  friend,  who  happened  to  be  by,  absented  to 
bim  with  adnurabl©  gravity,  '*  My  dear  sir,  it  is 
not  to  tell  how  badly  a  man  may  write,  if  he  will 
only  thoroughly  give  himself  up  to  iL^'  That  the 
author  of  the  elegy  referred  to  *'  had  thoroughly 
jriven  hiraeelf  up  to  it/*  there  can  be  no  «|ue8tion, 
and  ag  little^  that  if  written  by  an  Oliver  Gold- 
smith— and  it  is  known  that  therewere  more  than 
one  —  he  could  not  be  that  one  whose  poetry 
affords  ua  from  youth  upwards  such  eiquisite 
pleasure. 

To  criticise  such  a  production  would  be  simply 
absurd.  Let  it  only  be  remembered  that  in  1770 
Goldsmith  was  ia  the  full  perfection  of  his  powera, 
and  that  though  sometimes  a  careless  writer  of 
prose,  he  was,  in  composing  poetry,  ever  miifdful 
of  his  fame,  His  poetical  vwdua  operandi  wna 
indeed  slow  and  elaborate,  and  it  was  in  reference 
to  his  complaint  of  the  superior  rapidity  with 
which  ChuTchhill  and  some  other  of  nis  contem- 
poraries tbrew  off  their  more  numerous  compofal- 
tions  in  verse,  that  13r.  Johnson  is  reported 
have  said  i<^  him — and  I  give  the  remark  the 
rather  because  it  is  not  to  be  found  in  BosweD- 
<*  Sir,  you  must  always  remember  that  between 
things  absolutely  ditlerent  in  degree  there  can  be 
no  approximation  by  numbers,  and  that  even  in 
what  o^in  be  reduced  to  numerical  equality  it 
ttike3  1008  farthings  to  make  one  guinea. 

J  A  8.  CR08SI.1IT. 

AsHBURN^RS  OF  FrRNE-Hs  (4**  S.  vj.  411,  582.y^ 
The  following  par^igrnph  appeared  in  the  Vlverdon^ 
Afhniiwr  {J&n.  5,  1871)  in  reference  to  a  query 
propounded  by  Mr.  T.  Helsbt  i — 

"  With  ref^ard  to  tho  paTflcrap^'  from  Nfttta  and  QuerU§ 
as  to  the  *  Ashburners  of  Fumes*,*  we  aro  informed  in 
rererenr^  to  query  6,  that  the  Rev.  Willijim  Asliburner 
was  a  mm  uf  George  A &h burner,  of  Scales,  and  that  he 
WAS  baiiitised  at  Aldinj^ham  Church  on  January  5,  1763; 
his  father,  George  A  jsh  burner  (son  of  John  Ash  burner,  of 
Ahlinghani),  wn.s  baptised  at  the  same  church  on  June  13, 
1731.  A  headstone,  nowtstandirnr  in  Aldinf^ham  Church* 
yard,  wa*  erected  by  the  Rev.  W-  A  ah  burner,  an<l  bears 
the  following  records: — George  AshLumer  (bw  broi her, 
who  vt'&a  a  tUlioner  in  I'lver&toa),  tlied  April  TJ,  1823|, 
aged  51  years,  Isab-ella  Ashbtirner  (bis  mother)  diird 
Februarr'  10,  17R0,  aged  48  years.  Georpe  Ashburner,  of 
Scales  (hi»  father),  died  December  2, 1B08,  aged  72  rear*, 
William  Aflhbumer  (hi«  uncle),  died  February  20, 'lB13, 
aged  73  years*  John  Aabburaer  (hia  brother)  died 
July  17,  IH2S,  aged  63  year**  We  have  reason  to  bfilicv(» 
that  the  ancestry  ciin  be  further  traced  should  the  abova 
not  BuflSce.  We  are  indebted  to  Mr.  John  Anhbaroar,  of  * 
Scales  (who  i.*  a  relative  of  the  reverend  gentleman  re- 
ferred to),  for  the  above  informatiou/' 

J.  P.  MoBRIfl. 

Liverpool, 

Shropshtre  Satc^os  (4**  S.  vii.  9.)— I  have 
never  heard  more  than  two  of  the  Shrophire  say- 
ings mentioned  by  Mb,  UNDERHtLt.  **  All  on 
one  aide,  like  Bridgnorth  election,*'  ia  ^  c«i3KW\crtv 
UiuAtratlon  to  the  preaent  ^\i!^\  «xA  «2^  "^x^^^ 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


»g;Vlf.FE».ll>TI. 


dinners  in  the  county  wind  ttp  with  the  toast, 
*'To  all  friends  round  the  wrekin."  There  \s 
another  Shropshire  toast,  too^  which  I  have  heard  : 
'*  The  llillfl  of  Shropshire — may  they  h©  aa  ever- 
lastings ha  the  Shropshire  hilla/^  And  one  da>y» 
intneiBin^  a  ph)ughing  match  at  EUesmere,  X 
lieard  one  rustic  urging  another  to  go  a  Httle 
faater  ^ith  his  plough.  **  Houd  thee  nize,"  was 
the  reply ;  '*  the  ground's  as  rough  as  Babby'a 
*ood  gorst"  Babin'fl  Wood  is  a  well-known 
locality  in  north*eaat  Shropshire,  but  I  never 
heard  that  the  goriie  there  waa  rougher  than  in 
other  places.  A.  K* 

Oiwestrj'. 

"  He  smiles  like  a  bundle  of  chips  **  was  a  very 
comfion  saying  in  south-east  Cornwall  from  thirN' 
to  forty  years  ago.  The  words  "under  a  dog^ 
arm  ^*  were  not  anfire(|uently  added  to  it. 

Wit,  Pejtoellt. 

Torquay. 

Cobblers'  Lamps  in  Italy  (4***  S.  vii.  IL)— 
Similar  glass  globes,  tilled  with  water^  are  used 
by  wood-engravers  and  microscopists,  and  their 
effect  is  to  concentrate  the  light  upon  the  object 
looked  at.  J.  T.  F. 

N.  KeUoy,  Brigg. 

The  women  in  Northamptonshire  and  Backbg- 
hamahire  formerly  used,  and  probably  still  use, 
the  glass  globe  of  water  with  a  candle  in  making 
pillow-lace,  the  object  of  which  is  to  increase  the 
light  on  their  work,  as  the  lij^bt  of  the  candle, 
iHLsdng  through  the  globe  of  water,  magnifies  the 
Bght  in  the  same  way  as  passing  through  a  mag- 
nifying lens.  Henbt  T,  Wake. 

Cockermouth. 

The  Rhombus  and  Scarfs  (4**»  S.  vi.  584.) — 
May  I  quott<  Martial  in  connection  with  the  notice 
to  KaoaAcrM  ?  In  epigram  xiii.  80,  he  saya  — 
♦*  Quaaivia  hitn  gerat  patella  Rhombam  : 
Hbombus  latior  eat  tamen  pateila.^^ 

It  appears  to  me  that  this  distichon  points 
clearly  to  the  tnrbot,  The  scams  is  not  so  easily 
idcTitilied ;  it  is  generally  translated  char,  which 
delicious  little  fish  (a  celestial  trout)  the  Romans 
probably  put  into  Windermere  and  Coniston  Lake, 
Char  of  Windermere  L  have  been  fortunate  enough 
to  eat  at  Wordsworth's  breakfast  table :  VerpUum 
tanium  vidu  But  the  char  does  not  answer  at  all 
to  Martiars  scar  us  (xiii.  84) : 

«  Eio  acoroa,  tec^uonsU  qui  v«iut  obesus  ab  undis» 
Visoeribua  bonuA  est,  cetera  vile  aapit," 

Pliny  (whom  I  have  not  at  hand)  alao  some- 
where mentions  the  scarua  as  famed  for  its  liver. 
Hence  it  cannot  be  the  char,  whose  liver  is  nothing 
leraarkable^  while  all  its  flesh  is  delicious.  Could 
it  be  the  red  mullet,  the . "  woodcock  of  ocean ''  ? 

Makbocoeib. 

WtrLPEtrjTA  (4**  S.  vu.  13:)— Dugdale  (toI  vi. 
^144)  ^ves  tho  date  of  th©  foundation  of  her 


rllicM 


monastery  996.      Ethelred^s  eister  at  that 
might  have  been  thirty- two  years  old. 

St.  VALmrmrB  (4^*  S.  vi.  570.)— A  parallel 
the  line — 

**  Ut  uiorieas  Tiveret,  vixit  ut  nioritarua," 
is  to  be  found  in  the  Tedamentum  ^tvc  pmepai 
(id  Mortem  of  Cardinal  Bona' — a  document  wliicl 
contains  many  noble   sentiments  eloquently 
pressed*     The  words  "  et  cupio  ante  mortem  ma- 
ture mori,   ne  moriar  in   eternum  *'   conclude  ( 
striking  paragraph  on  the  fear  of  death. 

JojiK  Eliot  Hodokih. 

West  Derby. 

A  Bill  acthallt  j*besb2ttbi>  (4*^  S.  w-  3SJ 
I  waa  surprised  to  see  this  new  version  of  on  ol 
joke;  for  certainly  I  have  long  known  a  ai* 
'*  carpenter's  bill,"  but  never  believed  that  it 
actually  presented.      The  form  in  which  it  hna 
long  been  familiar  to  me  ia  the  following : — 
2  mAbogany  boxes         •        •        ,    Q  14    0 
t  wooden         do  ,        «        ,070 

1  wood  do  .        ♦        .070 


I  have  also  a  chimney-sweep's  bill  and  a 
layer's  biU^  still  more  original  and  puzzling;  hy 
I  cannot  alErm   that  either  have  been  actnaH; 
presented,  F.  C,  H, 

Lkigh  Hunt's  '^LBisxriu  notma  m  Towx 
(4*'^  S,  vii,  26.) — I  have  as  full  an  acquaini 
with  the  writings  of  Leigh  Hunt  aa  moat  peopl 
but  I  never  met  with  a  volume  bearing  the  aoo 
title.  Probably  the  volumes  on  The  Old  " 
Stdiurb  are  those  wanted  by  the  Cambridge  U 
versity  Union  Society.  G,  J.  Be  Wild 

The  Five  "  Third-Poixted  "  Spikbs  (4^ 
vii.  36.) — The  spires  inquired  after  are  no  (" 
the  five  enumerated  in  A  Handbook  of  Ea  ' 
published  in  1S47  by  the  Ecclesiolopcal 
as  the  only  broach  spires  of  **  third-pointed  ' 

They  are'S.  Peter  Stanion,  Nortnamptoa   

S.  Alkmund^  Shrewsbury;  S,  Mary,  Hartfie 
Sussex ;  All  Siiints,  lungston ;  Seymour,  Some 
set ;  S,  Mary,  Brampton^  Northamptonshire, 
these  I  can  add  a  sixth,  viz.  Upton,  Huntingdon- 
shire, This  is  a  very  curious  example,  and  until 
examined  closely  seems  to  be  of  much  earlier  date, 
W' hen  I  saw  it  about  a  year  ago  it  was  in  a  ve 
dangerous  state,  the  tower  below  it  having  giv 
way;  but  I  believe  it  has  since  been  made  safe.  ^ 

SNAt 

IHacduff,  Thaiitb  op  Fife  {4***  S,  vl 
447.) — Mary  de  Monthermer»  wife  of  1 1 
Earl  of  Fife,  waa  bom  at  Marlbor 
1297,  and  married  in  1307,     J  on 


Opera  Antverpim^  167?|  fbl.  p.  900* 


-tA&VIT-FMull,-?!.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


laa 


ktrn  iibout  1265-70^  and  married  before  1299.  She 
wu  tlierefore  in  ail  probubility  the  wife  of  the 
tintk  earl.  W«e  abe  tne  mother  of  hig  succeeeor, 
or  had  he  more  wives  thftn  one  ?  The  two  dia- 
inherited  daughters  of  Gilbert,  Earl  of  Gloucester, 
ind  Alice  de  Lb  Marche  (of  whom  Joan  woa  the 
jcmngeT)  have  never  jet,  ao  far  as  I  know,  been 
Itcognised  in  any  printed  work.  Their  half-sjcj- 
terSp  the  daughters  of  Joan  of  Acres,  completely 
eolipaed  them.  It  would  be  interesting  to  ascer- 
tain whether  they  both  left  Ifisue, 

Hebmentbude. 

Babies^  Bells  (^  S.  vi.  476  j  vii.  2L)  — At 
the  latter  of  thi^  above  references  a  correapondont 
j&fiks  for  the  author  of  these  lines : — 

*•  What  nib  my  babe,  my  aweet-faoed  habe,  to  cry  ? 
L^ok,  look,  what's  here  J    A  dninty  tcoldeti  thing: 
See  how  the  diinctn^  bdls  turn  rouod,  &ad  riug 
To  please  my  baDtling  !  ^* 

They  were  written  by  Francis  Quarles  (bom 
1592,  died  1044 ),  and  occur  in  his  Embleiiu^  book  ii. 
No.  8,  "  Veuua  and  Divine  Cupid!*' 

Quarles  deeerres  to  be  more  generally  read. 

Hiij  quaint  Btrle,   wit,  and  uncommon   turns  of 

thought  would  make  him  a  favourite,  even  with 

thoie  who  may  not  be  touched  with  his  deep  mid 

practical  piety.     Althoug^h  a  puritan  in  his  reli- 

cidfi,  he  waa  a  zealouB  royalist  in  politics,  and 

naring  joined  the   long's    party  at   Oxford,  the 

whole  of  his  property,  including  hia  books  and 

MSS.,  were  sequestrated  by  the  parliamcEt.     The 

bii  of  these  last  preyed  so  much  upon  hia  spirits 

IS  to  bflAtcm  hia  death.    lie  was  educated  at  Christ 

Colkge.  Cambridge,    and    amongst    other  |K>st3 

whkh  oe  aucceteively  tilled  was  that  of  **  (Jhro- 

sologttr  to  the  Citjr  of  London/'     What  were  the 

fctie?*  of  this  olbcer,  and  is  any  such  now  an- 

iP  E.  V, 

%3^  wflj  appointed  ChroTiolog«r.  at  the  request  of 

%  in  le.^JD-    The  duties  of  the  office, 

y  been  held  by  Ben  Jonson,  contiie^tecl 

aiiii^  pageants  for  the  lord  mayor^  and  the 

Avaa  SS/,  6«.  8d. — equal  to  abont  a  hundred 

-•-•  a  picture  of  Elizabeth  Coghill,  aged  one 
lOO  1G24.  She  holda  in  her  hand  a  *'*■  corar' 
i9ual  shape,  with  gold  or  gilt  moimting 

So  that  J.  G.  J-'s  date  is  carried  back  146  years, 
WsoKo  Dates  rs  certaix  BioaRAPiiiEs  (4*** 


?.  \\,    nO:  \ii.  40,  BO,)^ — It  is  perhaps  »carce 

to  refi^r  to  this  matter  again;  but  aa 

m1  V  shown  that  Ds,  Kookrs  had  no 

ning  the  existence  of  an  error  in 

'^  iittrick  Shepherd^s  works,  so 

words  will  show  that  he  had 

Tie  speaks  a»  if  the  part  he 

^nined  the  ShepherdV  auto- 

^-Ise  of  a  biographical  cha- 


racter. It  contains,  howerer,  only  the  first  eight 
pages  of  the  autobiography,  and  immediately  pre- 
ceding them  the  laat  forty  pages  of  the  memoir 
by  Mi-.  Thomson*  So  that  Dr.  RoaEBs  could  not 
have  been  ignorant  of  the  existence  of  Mr,  Thom- 
son's memoir — ^and  indeed  admits  that  he  was  not 
80  —  but  **  concluded  '*  that  the  same  statement 
alone  would  *'  likely  "  be  contained  in  it  aa  in 
the  autobiography.  If  Mich  grounds  as  these  are 
to  he  considered  as  sufficient  justification  for 
writing  to  '*  N.  &  Q."  we  deeply  sympathiBe  with 
the  editor.  BLA.CSIE  &  Soif. 

Glasgow, 

"  Tnia  EA^  Night,  this  ea5  Night  *'  (4**  S. 
vi,  50a,) — ^Thc  Lyke  TVake  dirge  which  appeared 
in  these  columns  is  printed  in  Sir  W.  Scott's 
Minstrelm/  of  th«  Scottuh  Border,  In  the  preface 
to  it  the  following  beautiful  passage  Is  quoted  ou 
of  the  Russian  Burial  Service: — 

**  I  last  tliott  pitied  the  fifHictcd,  0  man  ?    In  death 
shftit  thou  be  pitied.    Haat  thon  codaoIiwI  tJie  orphon  *  ^ 
The  orphan  mil  deliver  thee.     Host  thou  cbthed  th 
naked  ?     The  naked  will   procure  thee  protection.'*  - 
Kichardsoa's  AnecdoteM  ofB^aia. 

Sir  Walter  Scott  goes  on  to  f?ay,  "  The  mofit 
minute  deacriplion  of  the  Brig*  o'  Dread  occuib  in 
the  legend  of  Sir  Owain,''  ^'c  R.  C,  Q, 

The  Advent  ITyiix  (4*^  S.  vL  112 ;  vii.  41.)^- 
What  combination  of  sounds  goes  to  make  vul- 
garity ?  I  underataud  the  adjective  *^  vulgar  *^  as 
applied  to  a  man,  a  speech,  an  anecdote,  &c.,  but 
a8  applied  to  a  tune  1  do  not,  and  I  never  could 
do.  Any  air  may  of  course  have  vulgar  associa- 
tions with  it  in  the  minds  of  particular  persons, ' 
but  how  can  that  mako  the  tune  vulgiu*?  I  ask  this 
question  the  rather,  because  the  particular  time  iu 
question,  poor  *' Helmaley,"  which  just  now  ap- 
pears to  have  no  friends,  has  always  seemed  to 
my  unsophiiJticsted  ears  so  ssingularly  appropriate 
to  the  words  of  the  Advent  llymn^  that  it  vexes 
me  to  hear  it  sung  to  any  other.  Perhaps  you 
will  admit  one  voice  in  ita  fit v our,  since  there 
have  been  so  many  against  it,      IIermbmt&iii>e. 


^t^rrlLintou^* 

NOTES  ON  BOO«:S,  ETC. 

J%tf  Hittory  t}/ Borne,    Bjf  Wilhdm  Ihnts.     ErttflUh  Edi- 
tion,   (Lon^maosO 

Horr  lbn«,  fnim  the  volumes  before  Uf!,  woold  appear 
to  take  the  advice  so  often  given  to  studenta  by  writera 
in  his  own  and  other  conntrios— viz.  to  falloWi  iVonly  at 
a  distance,  the  critical  and  exhattatlve  method  of  Niobnhr 
but  not  to  be  pinned  down  to  the  deductions  and  theories 
of  that  great  philologist.  ♦*  Would  that  1  conld  write  his- 
tory ao  vividlv  that  \  cfinld  so  discriminate  what  ib  fluc- 
turttinfe-  and  unc<  r  '    r^  develop  what  is  eonfuBcd 

and  intricate,  thai  v  hea  he  heard  the  name  of  a 

Greek  of  the  age  >     _  .  k<  or  Polyblua,  or  &  Roman 

of  the  days  of  Cato  or  TacittiJi,  might  be  able  to  form  a 
dear  and  adequate  idea  of  what  li^  Tuma,"     ^  -ssxtaV^ 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[4"»aVIL  Prb.II.TI. 


Kiebuhr,  and  it  vaa  tindoabtadlr  Admiratioti  at  the 
rare  union  of  sach  powem  with  vast  learninsx  m  blm, 
thai  impoaed  that  "  willing  bonda^  *'  to  which  m  many 
sabmiited^  but  which,  aa  time  *dTanc«3,  required  that 
that  ifi»e  €Oiin»e}  should  be  ^iven*  Uerr  Ihnc  nicKle^tlj 
aUtes  that,  had  the  life  of  Arnold,  to  whose  memory  he 
pays  a  feeling  and  graceful  tribute,  been  spared^  and  Ihna 
the  completion  of  hia  FJUtary  of  Rome  cfFected,  in  all  pro- 
bability he  would  never  have  undertaken  bii^  present 
work.  It  seems  to  ui,  howaver,  that  had  «ucli  been,  for* 
tunutdy  for  all,  the  cafle,  there  would  have  been  still  an 
equal  call  for  Herrlbue'a  labour,  our  stock  of  knowledge 
receiviof;  daily  such  vast  accosaiona  —  the  result  of  rc- 
aearch  that  appears  to  grow  more  vigorons  the  more  it  is 
pursued  — aft  to  render  noeeaaary  the  continued  rffwritinj? 
of  history  under  "  the  light  of  proicnt  historical  science/' 
Commencing  from  the  rv^al  period,  our  author  ha«  car- 
ried on  bid  history,  in  the  present  voluniPH,  to  the  end  of 
the  second  Punic  war— the  period  embraced  b^v  Arnold 
•^and  prore*  himself  no  nieau  possessor  of  our  idiom,  far 
bis  Tolumet  are  not  a  mere  trauAlation  from  the  Germatit 
but  have  been  rewritten  by  him  in  English, 

Spanith  Toirwf  and  Spaniih  Pictures.    By  Mra,  W,  A* 

Tollemache.     (Hayes.) 

Though  the  object  of  Mrs.  Tollemache'a  visit  to  Spain 
appears  uy  have  been  the  study  of  Spanlsb  Art,  on  which 
ve  have  a  ^ood  deal  of  pleasant  goiisip  in  the  work  before 
UB,  the  book  contains  numerous  fra^ment^  of  Knglish, 
Spanish,  and  le^endnr^*  hi-itof}%  which  give  variety  and 
additinnal  interest  to  it.  As  owing  to  the  state  of  the 
Continent  und  the  recent  changea  in  Bpain.  travellers  are 
likely  to  direct  their  steps  in  that  direction  durinp;  the 
next  mi^rration  of  wandering  Englishmen  and  English- 
women, we  commend  the  bonk  before  us  to  all  such,  not 
as  a  substitute  for,  but  a.-*  a  compaoioa  to,  Ford*a  ad- 
mirable Handbook. 

Ehmentary  TreatUt  on  Natural  PkiloMaphy,  By  Pro- 
feawr  A.  Privnt  Deschanel,  of  Paris.  Tran^latpd  ami 
tdited^  icith  Extensive  AdditinjtSj  hy  Professor  EvenUt, 
D.C.L,,  of  Belfast.  In  Four  Partu,  Fart  /.  Mtchanics, 
MjfdrottaticB,  and  FneuirmticB,  liiustraUd  by  nitinerowf 
Engravings^     (  Black  ie.) 

The  important  position  whicb  physical  science  bns  now 
taken  in  publie  education  has  induced  the  putvlisherE  of 
the  work  before  us,  which,  aoon  after  the  publication  by 
Professor  Descbanel,  was  adopted  by  the  Minister  of  In- 
BtructioQ  in  France  as  the  text-book  for  government 
achools,  to  invite  Professor  Kverett  to  produce  an  Enplish 
tjditiou  of  it — and  he  tells  us,  that  be  was  only  induced 
to  do  so  after  linding  it  wan  better  adapted  to  the  require- 
ments of  hia  cXvm  than  any  similar  treatise  with  which 
he  was  acquainted.  But  it*  is  not  a  mere  friin'^lation ;  it 
bas  received  many  and  very  important  addiiiona  at  the 
hands  of  the  translator* 

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AMBRosfti  B<*^rw^CKE. — By  an  annoying  and  p*m*ffi 
misprint  ihrnttghnut  onr  itntiei  of  Mr.  Mayttr's  interrUH 
litite  vofuMe  (anttf  p.  114),  the  subject  of  the  hook  iJ  ( 
caJfcd  Bornrickc. 

Zeta  (Ainlover)  will  find  several  anni*ers  in  hit  tpit^U 
by  referring  to  our  inde-ms* 

Sp—  The  author  of  The  World  of  Mlhtt«r  dkd  Item  i 
fArf*  years  tince, 

R,  H.  S.—  The  moiio— 

**  Horaa  non  numero  niii  aercnaa,** 
iV  not  unoommnn  on  sxtndialt ;  bnt  its  origin^whirh  has  I 
inquired  for  more  than  once  in  these  cviumn$^  rttmam*^ 
present  undiscovered, 

8,  W.  T.  wiftfnd  a  nott  on  ths  umrd  "  El^h-falut^m ' 
p.  478  of  our  last  volume. 

ScOTTi<*H  Music. — L.  T,  A,  will  fmi  the 
mo0t  of  the  pnptdar   Scottish   airs    traced  in 
Music  of  the  Ulden  Time, 

T,  C. —  ff^e  have  a  Utter  for  thtt  gemaioyieat  1 
Whith«r  $hall  we  forward  U  f 

O,  WMinfftonSlremtStnwi,  H'.C, 


4^&. TU,  Vmb.  la,  VL]  NOTES  AND  QUERIES, 


las 


IQMnQX,  SJLTURDAT^  FEBRUART  18, 1B7U 


CONTENTS,— N'*  164, 

I— >  Mont  Val^frien,  135— Mil  ton's  "^Rivers  arise.*' 
Ik^  tt«— Th©  tter.  Henry  Fronds  Cary,  lb,  —  Witchp*  in 
If«k]id,/fr«^TIie  Uefttiinfr  of  "  Monftkur,  MoIlsicllr"  — 
]iMKr.lMiliiltff  —  C»I»U  «.nd  &ir  Gilbert  Talbot  in  laU^ 
^^_i..-.,  !•--. .-".  -^f  thr>  Pretender  —  Mr<Aven  Letters 
*-  i«  History  of  the  Vimnia  Com- 

t«  of  Faraiifly—  Keacolt,  Oion, 

QintRf  BB I  —  Tbo  Winchester  "  Domum  "  8on|f,  140  — 
*Qupen  Arr^i.t^"  — Thf  Blf^akley  Fninlly—  Bjl11.h:hi>  iind 
3f<!>w«1»»<  '  !  —  Caiviti  »«i  — 

Chitdr*'  Monastery '  mi 

**^cfci  U-\vriiiik'— ■ 


rtiMiM,  :i'-  —  Tjir  1  m::o  —  PHrit-duaJers*  O^tolo^iies  — 
Ru..  I  j^  i<  MS  1!!  suir  Ik  Churches  —  Beauty  SlAsep  — 
ianuiy  Ta^  lor  —  "  The  Seven  Wonders  of  Wales,**  14U. 

EKPLt1?«:  —  lv4itrf?v>  of  B,  It  Haydou  tho  Bistork'fil 
r-.'  '  ^  '  ^<  -  ._  .-.  ^,^  Imperial  Lotter,  145  —  A 
S  iB  —  Book  t)riHMueritatioii,  147— 
4.  Charl««i  L  —  Dotiariat  of  Drusus, 
beiuor  i:?niii.  ofPiUTiOTi  Avery —  "  Tho  Hea%' - 
Inn  of  [  —  Kirkflantoi^  —  Gun  —  The  Didactic 
Hi*iT3r  ^^^s  hoi^  vocari  di*betf"  Ac—  L«  Cara- 
cole—''j1!n  ^  '  '  Awe" — IndoiBjj:  "  liujih- 
-vortb'ft  Hi^"  "  —  Key  to  "  Lo  Grand 
Cynj»"  — W  rJo Saint  —  " The  IVtMliial 
fbu  •*  ^   '  r  -- "  The  Adoration  of  tho 


Kotxaim  i 


MOST  VALEHIEX. 

nut  heard  of  Mtmt  Valvrien,  tho 
tit  of  the  Seine,  and  tutelttrj  genius 
I  city  at  its  foot  ? — 

I  ;irduo 
niif,  bt  monu 


Fllitque  bcJli  lony;a  praise ntia  mora." 

Joatm,  Commirii  Cartnina,    Farii,  1701,  p*  17 

aical  impoi'taTice  of  this  renowned 

'*<  its   f^ite  with  it  present  iotereat 

h  may  soeui  to  be  n*ttect«d 

Uen  phase  of  its  history. 

..rn     I'amian    or     ordinary     tourist 

Valdrien  but  as  a  fort  and  ft  barrack ; 

Huiijvioud    with     cannon     and    populous    with 

••Idiery :  prompt  forr  the  defence,  or  it  may  be 

'' ^ '        /      V    r  the  tickle  and  unruly  millions 

t  ...^    -,(•    ^  K  ,;.^^j,    history    sees 

lie  thinks  of  it 

I Mv  holy  hermit;  an 

:  a  mimic  yet  adorable 

ill  a   more  degenerate 


1  br  the  offended  shade  of 

f  \iat  it  i-*  1  alone  who 

into  hi!*  first  iambic 

. , .-.         .,,aaMa,'^   in^tend  of  the 

^i^imKk  "  iMia^''  which  is  Ibtmd  in  the  original. 


time«  a3  a  scene  of  lictjntious  profligacy,  which 
recalls  the  Dionyaia  of  the  elder  world,  or  the 
nocturnal  lore-fciAsU  of  modem  Ilevivaliam. 

AYe  learn  from  l^ierre  d'Orgeniont,  a  former 
bishop  of  Paria,  that  in  the  year  1400  and  the 
rei|^  of  Charlod  de  V^aloia  there  was  already  a 
hermitage  on  Mont  ValtSrien,  and  that  a  penitent 
named  Anthoine  occupied  a  cell  of  narrow  limits 
constructed  on  the  spot.  Tbia  was  destroyed  in 
the  time  of  the  civil  wiu-s  he t ween  the  Dukea  of 
Orleans  and  Burgundy,  and  tho  hermitage  of 
Saint  Saviour  built  on  the  summit  of  the  mount. 
This  had  for  occupant  Sister  Guillemette  Faussart, 
a  native  of  Paris*  who,  in  the  reign  of  Henry  U,, 
and  assisted  by  the  contributions  of  Henry  Guyot 
and  Gilles  Marti ne,  built  the  chapel  of  Saint 
SaTiour,  and  a  cell  of  ample  dimcnsionB,  ad  fta 
aL*Mie. 

It  ia  related  of  thb  holy  personage,  that,  after 
her  nightly  prayers,  she  occupied  herself  in  ciirry- 
inij  water  from  the  foot  to  the  summit  of  the 
mount.  This  she  did  in  such  quantities  that  it 
Bufilced  the  masons,  engaged  in  tho  construction 
of  the  chapel,  for  the  entire  day,  and  was  thus 
regarded  as  a  miracle.  She  practised  the  moat 
rigid  austerities  ;  ate  little  but  bread  and  water ; 
taking,  indeed,  lit  lie  else  to  support  life  but  tho 
Holy  Communion.  {  VartHes  hijstortqttesj jt/ti/mqiteSf 
et  Uftirairen.  Paici,  1752,  torn.  iii.  partie  \,  p.  174.) 
After  five  years  of  fasting  and  penitence  Sister 
Guillemett©  died  suddenly,  in  the  year  1501,  in 
the  odour  of  sanctity,  and  was  buried  at  the 
entrance  of  the  chapel  of  the  hermitage  whick 
had  been  built  mider  her  auspices. 

The  successor  to  this  holy  lady  was  Jean  llous* 
eet,  the  third  anchoret  of  Mont  A^al^rien.  Ha 
had  heen  a  retainer  of  Henri  Guyot,  to  whom, 
and  other  charitable  persona^  he  \\i\&  indebted  for 
hia  support.  He  occupied  the  hermitage  for  the 
long  period  of  forty-sLx  years,  at  the  end  of  which 
time,  on  Auguat  o,  1009,  he  closed  a  life  of 
austerity  and  ediiieation,  and  was  buried  by  the 
side  of  Sister  Guillemette,  his  predeceaaor,  in  pre- 
tence of  the  clergy,  many  noblemen,  and  a  Taat 
concourse  of  spectators. 

It  is  to  this  pious  man  that  Raoul  Boutmys, 
better  known  under  hia  Latinised  nnmc  of  Ko- 
dolphus  Botereius,  refers  in  the  following  not 
very  elegant  hexameters : — 

"  Imminot  iEtheiio  propo  rertice  Valeuius  Moks* 
Inclujji  spelunca  aeai.H  qui  limen  £r«ini 
{^ox  propi-  abhinc  Imtris  non  exit,  iUe  vetuatos 
iE;:>'pli  Patre«,  ^jyri^que  horrttntia  acLvqiiAt. 
()iialis  erat  ni^ro  qui  pastus  ub  alite  Paitlaf, 
Hirsut!«kiuc  hujus  tunictr,  qui  Antonins  bwrea. 
Fortunate  seni^x,  qui  gumma  ^  rape  jaceiit«a 
l>e-5picl«  orbi«  opes,  et  vere  dcflpiei^,  urbs  eat 
Magnn  tibi,  IVIons  exi|E;:aus,  Provintna  et  ingens 
Scroptaqu«  in  horreiiti  dcfo^?a  crga-stula  aaxo/* 

LuUtUi,  8vo,  Pnrisiis,  1612. 

I      The  next  and  fourth  tenant  of  the  hermit's  cell 
was  SiSraphin  de  k  Nout^,  a  Paiiaiwi^  ^\ia  ^«a 


136 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[♦"■S.Tri.FKa.  18, 


J( 


placed  in  posaeasion  by  the  Abb^  of  St,  Denis  and 
Henry  de  Gondj,  Cardinjil  de  Hetz^  August  8, 
IGOI).  Hq  waa  supported  in  the  solitury  practice 
of  piety  and  austerity  by  be  eelebrat^d  and 
lovely  Marguerite  de  Valois,  first  wife  of  Henry  of 
Navarre,  and  last  princess  of  her  ilbistrious  house. 

By  some  one  of  the.«e  hermits  three  lofty  crosses 
had  been  erected  on  the  summit  of  their  mount, 
Tbeae,  from  their  elevated  position,  were  seen 
from  a&r,  and  recaOed  to  the  pious  spectator  the 
Calvary  of  old,  where  his  Saviour  had  8ufl*er+^d 
between  the  hardened  and  the  repentant  thief. 
Struck  by  the  similitude,  a  priest  iind  licentiate 
of  the  Sorbonne,  Hubert  Chnrpenlier,  conceived 
the  idea  of  establishing'  on  Mont  ValiSrien  a  corn* 
m unity  of  priests  and  religious  men  for  the  main- 
tenance and  exercise  of  the  wor^ship  of  the  Crnas, 
similar  to  one  which  he  had  previously  founded 
on  Mount  lietharam  in  Beam,  and  a  secoud  at 
NiHre  Dame  de  Oarflison,  in  the  diocese  of  Aiich, 
The  kio^,  Loui^  XIII.,  favoured  the  scheme  with 
Ms  approbation  ;  and  Richelieu,  who  had  a  splen- 
did seat  at  I?uel,  hard  by*  promoted  it  hy  his 
liberality.  The  congregation  of  the  Cnlvarv  con- 
siHted  of  thirteen  priests,  of  whom  the  founder, 
Charpeiitier,  wjis  the  first  superior.  This  eminent 
man,  who  had  been  the  intimate  friend  of  the 
Abb^  de  Saint  Cyran,  and  the  solitaries  of  Port 
Royal  died  in  1650,  in  the  very  year  in  which 
Louis  XIV»  con  firmed  the  letters-patent  given  by 
hia  father,  permittinj?  the  coaim unity  to  build 
the  church  of  the  Holy  Cto^.%  and  a  convent  for 
the  accommodation  of  the  roiuiateriuj;^  priests  and 
other  persons  of  piety  who  might  be  desirous  of 
leading  a  life  of  edification  thereio. 

The  religions  zenl  which  hud  animated  Thar- 
pentier  does  not  appear  to  have  been  parti cipatt'd 
by  the  confraternity,  and  ten  years  later  the 
number  had  dwindled  to  two,  who  linf^eretj  on 
till  l<j<^,  when  they  sold  their  commonalty  to  the 
Jacobins  of  the  Rue  Saint- Honored  an  example 
which  the  hcnuitu,  tired  aI-5o  of  their  life  of  suli- 
tude  and  ftusterity.  lost  no  tijiie  in  following. 

These  bargains,  however,  found  no  favour  with 
the  chapter  of  the  cathedral  of  Paris,  who  en- 
deavoured to  prevent  them  taking  effect  by  de- 
spatching another  relay  of  priests  to  the  ahnnshmed 
mount.  Hence  a  collision  between  the  two  bodies. 
The  Jacobins,  arriving  to  take  possession  of  their 
aequisition,  found  another  party  in  posse ssioo,  and 
laid  regular  siege  to  the  mount  The  good  folIcB 
of  the  neighbouring  villages  took  one  or  the  other 
side;  a  baker  was  killed;  others  were  wounded ; 
the  Jacobins  remaining  masters  of  the  situation. 
The  affair^  however,  had  made  considerable  noise  ; 
the  king  ordered  an  investigation,  imd  this  resulted 
in  a  decree  by  which  the  disputed  property  was 
Testored  to  it^  original  possMNsor.4,  Sainte-Foix 
gives  full  details  in  his  £mttv!  mr  Pan\  and  a 
poem  of  some  two  thousnnd  verses  was  composed 
o}'  Ji^an  Ihvld,  n  hichvloT  of  theology^  cnt\tkd 


T^e  Calimre  profrtn^  par  kg  JttcMns  c^«  h  rye 
Hamt'Htyfwri. 

It  was  probably  at  this  period  thut  the  inoant 
began  to  be  known  aa  the  **  Calvary."  In  1606, 
the  cureM  of  Paris  were  alBUated  to  the  coogregk- 
tion,  and  the  custom  was  established  by  the  par* 
oi^ses  of  the  capital  of  making  a  yearly  pilgrimage 
to  the  holy  mouint  on  two  nights  spe^allf  conse- 
crated to  the  worship  of  the  Crosa.  Betiad  thd 
great  altar  of  their  cnurch  the  priests  of  the  com- 
munity had  constructed  a  mimic  representation  of 
the  sepulchre  of  our  Saviour.  To  facilitate  »'>^a^ 
to  the  summit,  tlie  precipitous  sidea  of  the 

were  hewn  into  terraces,  with  steps  betwe^. , , i 

chapels  at  regular  intervals,  affjrdin^  repitj»nt»- 
tions  of  the  various  stations  of  the  Passion,  were 
constructed  to  serve  as  resting-places  for  the  pil- 
grim a. 

Availing  themBcdves  of  these  facili' 
the   whole  of  Passion  Week,  Mont  \. 
thrtmged  by  an  army  of  devotees,  m 
way  from  chapel  to  chapel,  up  its  ter; 
till  they  reached  the  church  on  the  sumuuL 
it  was  on  the  nights  of  Ascension  Day  and  Go 
Friday  that  the  pilgrim-crowd  became  most  qqi 
rous,     The  gniphir    ppn  of  Dulaure  shall  1 
describe  the  midnight  doings  of  these  Oi^asts  ( 
modern  times: — 

'*  Lea  uUH  portaient  wne  croix  fort  p4!saate,  H  at  ' 
ntiient  avec  peine  jiisf|^Ei'iiu  sommet   de  U  mootagsffl 
ceux-ijk  se  f«isAi«ut  fiistig:er  ea  chernin  ;  d'aatrf"  — ^-^ 
ne  pouviuit  jouer  dcs  roleg  si  dif&ciles,  ae  cam 
^'etre  Apectatcurs  Macvdea.    CotniDe  c«)t  a^da^ 
^  f^iMak  la  nuit,  cotntnG  e^ifuit    k  la  rmin 
prinreinpa,  H  comme  tout  iMgitfn^re,  les  pile 
ptMerines   faiAaient  soavent  des  stations  danti 
Boulngne  (par  mlh  pa^ialent^  avant  d*en  fail 

pi  act?  rent  le  zele  et  la  pffnTtcncc,   ct   plusicfirs^^ 
t'taient  commis  aa  lieu  nuTue  de  l'cx|nruion. 
rjan^jes  et  lea  tlL^iordrea  qu'ils  eatrffliuai»:ut,  f\ 
sagemuTtt  rif formes*" 

At  lenorth,  to  put  a  stop  to  the  flagrant  i 
the  Cardmal  de  Xoajlles,  the  then  Archbishop  i 
Paris,  effectually  suppressed  the  **  devotion/ i 
1007,  by  forbidi^ing  the  priests  of  the  Criw*  1 
keep  their  chnpels  open  on  the  nights  of  "  ' 
Thursday  and  Friday.     Finally,  the  two  f " 
nities  of  priests  and  hermits  were  forma 
pressed  by  a  decree  of  Ihe  Coniitituent 
dated  August  18,  170L 

Tlie   church   of    the   Cross  and   the 
buildings  still  remained;  but^  a  few  years 
Napoleon,   informed  by  Fonche   that  ther 
become  the  nightly  resort  of  a  great  numW  ( 
prieslH  and  others  who  held  secret  meetings  thert 
in,  tr>ok  alarm,  and  ordered  the  grenadiers  of  thij 
guard,  in  garrison  at  Courbevoie,  to  betake  tliemj^ 
selves  to  the  dangerous  spot,  arrest  the  suppose 
conspirators,  and  raze  the  church  and  convi>nt  I 
the  ground.    His  commands  were  executed  to  t" 
letter,  and  after  some  delay,  arising  from  Hcit 
wo^s  itf  i^ntention,  the  great  uinn  gave  order*.  Jw 


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13j 


own   fall,   that  n  barrack  should  be 
I  the  desecrnted  site. 
I  point  commeDces  the  modern  historj  of 
ll**rien,  which  ia  better  known,  and  on 
io  not  propose  to  enter. 

William  Bates, 


I-TON'S  -B17ERS  ARISE."  ETC, 
VA  the  only  pasanp^e  jn  Milton's  Pfi^uit 
IB  nmible  to  explain  when  comim^ntin|j: 
When  at  length  I  became  aware  of 
sense  of  them  I  made  the  following 
i  change  in  what  I  had  written  on  it  in 
my  Life  of  MiUon : — 
|d<^l^ess  eommencinj;^  thoa^^ 

ans*',  wUi'ther  thou  beest  the  son 
fcmost  Tw«?e*1»  or  Ouse,  or  gulfy  Df*ii»'  ^c. 
puzzle  l<j  all  criticn,  who*  with  Wiirtoti»  cnuM 
what  senile  «r  in  what  manner  this  introJuc- 
riviTB  wrtj*  to  be  applied  to  ihe  subject.*  At 
«vii?wer  of  Ma*.*on'a  hiff  f^f  Mdt<m  in  the 
fepj^r  observt'd,  *  Mny  not  the  true  cxplana- 
riijclle  b«  that  the  p&rt  of  Relation  was  pcr- 
A  vouth  of  the  name  of  Rivers  ? '  Acting 
It,  'Mr.  Mn«son  had  inqnin'  made  at  Cam- 
as he  informs  us  in  Thf  'Athtmnum,  it  ap- 
on  th**  IHlh  of  Mav,  1028,  (Jeorge  and  XirrII 
I  of  Sir  John  River?,  Knt.,  of  WeMisrham, 
Ibrmer  in'  hla  loth,  the  latter  in  bia  Htb 
admitted  into  Christ  C«lleg«  as  1i^«j»i3r  pen- 
lie  whole  riddle  then  ia  tbua  solved,  and  we 
DfSpectcd  pppcimcn  of  5liIton*8  humour.  In 
tftama,  as  we  may  term  it,  he  performed  the 
^•nd  tboneof  the  Predieamenta  were  »uRtaiiied 
le  juoior  freabmenf  one  of  whom  no  doubt  was 
BlverSi  on  wboHfl  name  be  plays  thus  agree- 
aUo  an  approjiriatene^s  in  cloi^ifij^  the 
ri  vera  with  the  Medwayand  the  Thames, 
ent,  and  of  which  the  former  riaes  not 
am,  where  the  Rivers  family  resided, 
loftt  incredible  that  a  matter  tbu»,  we 
on  the  surface  should  have  eluded  the 
\y  ffeneraiions.  But  the  truth  l^  many 
luld  be  given  of  oversigb t»  e<jually  mar- 

Zjfg  af  MiUon  may  never  he  reprinted, 
it£er  The  Athenttum  nor  The  Saturday 
\  to  likely  to  be  consulted  by  future 
•a  *'N.  &  Q./*  I  have  thus,  I  trust, 
a  knowledge  of  this  removal  of  the  only 
obacurity  in  the  poetry  of  Milton. 

supposed  lines  of  ^filton'a  lately  dis- 
aaw  at  the  first  glance  that  they  were 
mid  not  be  his.  I  took  no  part  in  the 
id  I  witnessed  with  pleasure  the  final 
^good  E^nae  and  sound  criticl(«m» 

Thos.  K  EI  outlet. 


rz  REV.  HENRY  FRANCIS  CARY, 

lately  read  the   Memoir  of  the  Hev. 
^raru!U  Carifj  M,A.j  Trtntmlator  of  Dante ^ 
flfl*    London,  1^7),  I  wish  to  record  two 
particulara  which  rnhj  prove  interesting  j 


and  perhaps  useful  to  otliers,  and  my  note*book 
being  at  hand  I  am  enabled  to  do  so  without 
delay.     "  Procrastinatiou  is  the  thief  of  time/' 

It  18  atated  in  toI,  j.  p.  1,  that  bis  mother  was 
'*  daughter  of  Theophilus  Brocas,  Dean  of  Killala." 
Dean  Brocas  was  likewise  cbaplain  of  the  Royal 
Chapel  of  St.  Matthew,  Rinpsend,  Dublin,  1750- 
17(>4  (as  mentioned  in  Brief  Sketches  of  the 
Furi^hes  of  Btioierdown  and  Dormyhrookf'^.  101); 
and  bavins'  died  iu  1770,  he  was  buried  in  the 
churchyard  of  St.  Anoe'a,  Dublin,  aa  recorded 
in  the  following'  tombetone  inscription,  which  I 
copied  within  the  last  few  yeara : 

"  Here  lyetb  the  body  of  the  Rev**  Theophilus  Brocaa, 
D.D-»  Dfnn  of  Kilbln,  wb«  departtn!  this  liU  on  the  17** 
day  of  April,  1770,  and  in  (he  dt*^  year  of  hu  age," 

His  death,  according' to  Pue's  Occtirrence«f  April 
21, 1770,  was  **  an  important  Iopb  to  the  kingdom^ as 
hid  life  was  devoted  to  the  service  of  the  publick 
in  promoting  the  true  interest  of  this  country." 
It  IS  to  be  hoped  that  in  the  recent  alteiationa 
and  injpmveraents  at  St,  Anne's  due  care  has  been 
taken  of  the  tombs  tones  of  Dean  Br  ocas  and  many 
other  notables. 

In  the  same  volume,  p.  84,  where  mention  of 
Mr.  Gary's  marriage  appears,  it  u  stated  that  "  on 
the  19th  of  Septemherj  in  the  same  year  [1796], 
he  married  Jane,  daughter  of  James  Ormsby, 
Esq.,  of  Sandyrnount  [in  the  parish  of  Donny- 
brook],  DublinV'  Ilere  there  seems  to  be  a  sliglit 
inaccuracy  iu  the  date,  for  in  the  Visitation  return 
of  marriages  in  Don nyb rook  in  17[M}  (preserved  in 
the  Oonsi^torial  Court|  Dublin),  there  ia  the  fol- 
lowing entry : — 

**  August  20,  The  Reverend  Henry  Erancis  Cary,  of 
Staffbrdsbire,  and  Mm  Jane  Ormsby,  daujjbter  t^i  Jamca 
Onnsby,  Esq.,  of  gandymouivt/' 

Mr.  Omifthy  had  served  as  churchwarden  of  bia 
parii»h  in  1702,  and  in  the  old  churchyard  of 
bonnvbrook  there  ia  a  stone  over  the  grave  of 
I^Irs.  Frances  G.  Ormsbv,  wife  of  Captain  Robert 
Ormsby  of  the  Sligo  Militia,  who  died  August  19, 
1805,  aged  thirty-two  years. 

The  Bonnybrook  parish-reg^r  (17G8-1799) 
has  long  since  disappeared,  and  is  not  likely,  I 
fear,  to  be  recovered ;  and  therefore  the  annual 
returns  of  marriages^  &c.,  from  one  of  which  the 
foregoing  quotation  has  been  made,  are  the  more 
to  be  prized.  Abhba. 

WITCHES  IN  IRELAND. 
The  following  curious  case  was  heard  at  the 
quarter  sessions  at  Newtonards,  co.  Down,  Tues- 
day, Jan.  4,    187L     It  in  thus  teported   in  the 
Weekly  Whiij^  Jon.  7, 1871 : — 

"  KXTRAOnDIIf  AltT  MOT>K  OF   EXPKLLtHO  WtTOHES. 

Kenttedtf  v.  Kenned jf. 
"  This  was  a  pTooe«a  btoughl  by  Wife  v^wiTk>:\^, /^xit^ 
Kennedy,  farm  servant^  to  ttcover  1\L  tto\iiVW^«.\wi^Mi^* 


138 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


John  Kcnttedr,  fiinBer,  being  one  yeflr*^  frag«i  Allegvd  to 
be  tlup. 

*•  Mr.  C, ' '  ^V     "   appeared  for  tbc  pl&iati0;  And  Mr. 
J.  Diimtn  -dant, 

"The  jil  '   defeiidant  are  brothers,  and  the 

point  In  dnpulL*  was  whether  the  enga^uictit  w«is  7!, 
n-ytiLT  or  7/.  the  half-year,  the  plaintiff  all(^;^iin|f  the 
latter^  A«  the  evidpnce  was  conflicting"t  hi-*  worship 
refenrcil  it  and  another  case  between  the  same  piirtiea  to 
the  arbitration  of  three  '^enlkmen  in  court. 

"  It  appeared  from  the  evidence  of  the  plaintifr,  iwho 
was  examiiud  by  Mr.  I^usdell,  that  on  one  occasion 
dnrlng  the  period  he  was  in  the  defendajtt's  service  he 
was  trtwployod  in  banishing  witches  out  of  the  house,  and 
off  the  land.  W'itches  were  believed  to  sojourn  on  the 
plaintiirs  farm,  and  in  confequcnce  tsomo  cif  his  cows 
died,  and  his  crop.1  were  of  inferior  quality.  Belief 
existed  in  the  elfieacy  of  a  certain  cbarm,  "potent  in 
crpdling  witches;  but,  fllthongh  considered  unfaiUog, 
tb«  experiinent  was  attetide^J  with  dwn^^'^crons  conie- 
qiiencies,  and  no  person  couUl  be  tbund  bad  enough  to 
undertake  tlie  carrying;  out  of  the  necessary  directions. 
The  d3n;]jerlay  in  the  fact  that  if  any  one  of  therequititca 
of  the  cbiiriii  remained  unfuldllcd,  the  fjciraon  endeavour- 
in  j^  to  etfect  the  banishnient  would  be  carried  off  by  the 
witches,  and  wonld  never  more  be  heard  of.  Plttinttff, 
who  wu*  liiaiself  a  believer  in  witchcraft,  wa*  induced  to 
nnd-rrake  the  hazardous  attontpt  to  work  the  charm. 
An  cveninar  was  aijfreed  upon  to  put  tbu  witches  to  flight. 
They  were  supposed  to  take  up  Iheir  re.sidcnce  in.  the 
houne  after  n  <-ertftin  hour,  and  to  remain  there  till  bronrik 
of  day;  and  if  the  charm  was  Miocc^fully  worked  they 
would  not  only  be  for  ever  di^lodgeid  froni  the  dwelling* 
but  would  tiever  more  sot  foot  upon  the  farm.  The  mode 
adopted  was  as  follow*: — All  the  inhabitants  left  the 
bouse  with  the  exception  of  tlie  pitiiQlid'.  who  had  to  face 
the  witches  alone.  lie  locked  himself  in,  closed  the 
^  window.*,  fitnffed  all  keyholes  and  aperture*,  atid  put  swls 
on  the  tops  of  the  chimneys.  He  then  put  a  Iflr^o  pot  of 
sweet  milk  on  the  lire.  In  the  pot  he  put  three  rows  of 
pio«  that  had  never  been  used,  and  three  p.ackafjea  of  n«w 
net'illos.  The  milk,  needlos,  iuid  pins  were  allowed  to 
boil  tOj^f^thfT  for  half  an  hour.  A»  there  was  no  oatlct 
for  the  »mi»ke,  plaintiff  ws-«i  nearly  smothered,  and  during 
the  time  the  charm  wn»  maturinjr,  he  believed  he  liad  an 
encounter  with  Llio  witchefl,  and  succeeded  in  driving 
them  frrttn  the  house.  At  all  events,  none  of  tbeijj  bad 
appeared  in  the  jilace  sine*,  and  ho  had  never  heard  any 
complaints  alKmt  the  cowm  mUUing  badly,  or  the  cropfl 
not  g:iving  * atisfinction. 

**Th0  court  was  convulse*!  with  laughter  during  this 
extraordinary  recital. 

*'  On  the  return  of  the  arbitrAtora  into  court,  they 
stated  that  in  the  ca«c  for  wa^cfl,  they  found  for  the 
plaintitfin  the;sum  of  ll'j.  The  other  caac  wa«  tiismissed.*' 

W.  11.  P. 


TheMeaioj^o  of  "  Moxstefr,  MoysiEFR." — 
I  Imve  frequently  been  asked  in  Britain  why,  in 
our  country,  thej  put  tbe  word  M  on  situ  r  twice 
on  the  address:  **A  Monsieur,  Monsieur,"  etc. 
My  answer  was  that  the  first  Mumivttr  should 
hki  written  in  t^o  words,  wid  translated  "  my 
lord*'  (moH  sieur,  mon  seifpi**tir). 

If  jou  optift  the  Dicfifmnmrt*  de  la  Lanrfuo  frnn- 
C(ti^—m  ably  compiled  by  my  learned  friend 
^l<ma.  Littf^ — you  will  find  iitidfi*  the  woi^ 
**  Monaienr*^  (toL  ii.  p.  Oil,  col.  ^*)  that  tho  same» 


united  with  the  name  of  a  town,  wa.i  forme 
used  to  designate  tlie  bishop  ot'  the   diocese  i 
which  that  town  was  the  capital;  but  he  omit^ 
to  add  that  it  meant  also  the  han^mn,  m  3 
may  eee  by  the  Mf moires  /i*  Samson  ^  and  Abo  ill 
Le9  Maria ffea  (le  Paris.     This  double  acceptatf 
led  lately  to  a  very  ludicrous  mistmderat 
the  narrative  of  which  may  arau^e  your  re 
A  younf^  orderly,  who  had  leiirnt  imp 
the  German  lan^tage  (but,  however^  boaated  of 
beinj^  a  thorough  master  of  it),  haTing-  been  j     ^ 
to  the  Prusaiati  outposts  witb  a  flag  of 
appeared  in  the  company  of  a  stately  gentlemi 
much  dignified,  and  dressed  like  a  reTorend  < 
This  gentleman  the  young^  oflicer  (who,  1 1 
is  the  author  of  the  song' you  lately  print 
troduced  to  the  German  commander  as  **  Mi 
de  IVis,"  and  I  beg-  to  introduce  him  to  you  J 
Mons.   Ilendrick,   the  hangman  of  Paria/ 
boin^  a  German,  or  at  leAst  of  German  ext 
lion,  speaks  lluently   the   languajre   of  the 
vader.     Now  it  happened    the  Teuton  ytnA 

fdoua  Roman  Cathohc,  more  conversant  with  1 
ang'uage  of  Madame  de   Maintenou  and  of 
Concordat  than  with  the  phrafieolofnr  in  um 
present.     He  accordingly  prostrated  laimself  ' 
fore  the  lugubrious  gentleman^  kiasod  hia  hi 
and  acted  so  many  fantastic  extr 
the  German  faj?hion,  that  the  yo 
interpreter  were  put  extremely  out  m  c'»uru«n 
Still  the  latter  took  great  care,  for  tho  sake  of  1 
own  life,  not  to  show  h  rortU, 

One  word  mor«,  to  be  added  to  Littn*  a  artic 
In  the  nautical  language,  the  title  of  mwimur  \ 
particularly  given  by  the  crew  to  the  lowest 
them,  the  mous/ie^  tho  ehiij-boy,  and  the  reason  I 
that  is  obvious:  it  is  a  joKe  founded  on   the  lili 
nees  between  jftomnr  and  monmrttr^  pronounced 
Marseillea  and  Bordeaux  mommf> 


A  then  rum  Club. 


FRAKCl8Qu;E-Mirnnz 


Bear-tiaitikg.— I  was  never  a  witnes?  of 
bear-bait^  but  I  well  remfimbor  a  poor  brute  wl 

was  kept  alive  for  this  sole  purpose,  at  F- i 

Lnncaghire.     He  waa  confined,  U3  a  gerieral  1 
in  a  small  bade  yard,  where  sightle-^    I''**  •    stii 
ing,  and  perhupa  half-alarved,  hi  1 

stmit  exercise  appeared  to  he  m  ..  .^   ^.^  he 
and  forequarters  from  side  to  eide.     Wljen  taV 
to  other  Tillages  to  be  baited,  his  advent 
was  announced  by  a  wretched  fiddler,  who  wa 
before  him  and  the  bear- ward.     Upon  one  « 
eion  the  story  pnes  that  he  and  a  second  cha 
pion   of   tho  like  Mud   arrived   nt  \^^    on    th 
wake»'dav,  before  the  evening  chu 
compl^lei)*     This,  however,  waa  t  .  4| 

to  a  close  by  the  beadle  calling  to  ilo}  iu« 
from  the  church  door:  '*  Mestur,  th'  bear  a  t 
and  what's  more,  there's    two   of  'cm.'' 


4«fc8:VIL  FKii.i8,7J.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


139 


smoir  I 


^ednm  uf  speech  in  in  holy  pbce  is  Ic^sa  to  be 
■W'  '    «L  whpji    it  b  known  that  the  good 

r>  ;«  party  from  the  rectw' usimllr  wit- 

Dos^a  Liu»  Imar-bfidt  from  the  churchyard  ndjgin- 
mg  the  Tillage  greeo.  M.  D. 

C-iL.iTf*  \5i>  Sir  Gilbert  Talbot  ix  1oI2. — 
Tbt!  faUowiajf  old  French  letter,  signed  by  Gilbert 
Talbot^  the  then  English  governor*  may  be  of 
sufficient  interest  to  merit  preservation  in  the 
p^a  of  *•  N.  &  Q;* 

Henby  T.  Wake. 

■    ^th, 

'"'  8c  tiiescxceDtnte  ^prificeue  ct  ma  tre*- 
mU  et  M  treHhumblement  que  faire  puis 
li>  me  Kecommacde  1  Ala  quolle  plaice 
ur  Dhii}'  Jay  lleccu.  le  IVca  quil  vous  a 
htv  I  par  lesqnelleifi  me  fiucte«  sauoirqtio  pais 
iini?  narire  charRie  dc  vin?  danxerrois  poar  la 
piorision  de  lostd  dc  moua''  le  prince  ih  ("a^Ulk*  c*t  du 
y^  a  «tc  piin«  et  mis  en  tnanierc  que  J<*d'  iiaviro  et 
vli.i  ^>i.  Ill    Incontioeikt  mia  au   ddivre  |  tt  lea  laisser 

■'  tr^«»T<*«»nente  princcsse  et  ma  trrabon- 
c  '    ''        tion  de  voJ*  d'  IVes  [  Jp  feuz 

•»*  ntinent  JefttTi|iiiy  anmV  de 

d<iLi  partir  auetque  lend' vitia  I 

t*  ^|«e  •  r'tt;  iaici  c-n  martiere  qtiil  e^t  ee  Jour  I^huy 
Wttfat  t*Q  hnnrf*  dc  C€st  Villa  I  et  ay  ordonne  au  maibtre 
dictHBy  ii  son  bon  plaisir  et  voulloir  pour  con- 

•  1*  y\ns  pardevcrs  vous.  |  Ku  vons  ap- 
juc  non  pas  seuUement  en  ce^t  endroict 
j*ct)nvpliiir«et  fairo  seraice  |  niai*  en  loutcs 
a  moy  ^iA«$ibl<^  selon  raon  petit  pouvir  | 
r'  foire  service  trcsagreable 
i .'  bon  Cotijsin.  [ 
iU^  ]^>rincep«e  ct  ma  tre«hon- 
Js  buppiie  au  benoist  salnct  esperict  vtms 
rl*»r6  accoiDplLssement   de  voz^tre*haulx  et 

i:^  Ic  xxT*"»  Jotir  dttoust  ]  Ian  xv*'  & 

\  'f«j  ireah amble  &  tr&^beiasant  S<?rvit', 
Gyldekt  Talbot." 

TljM  superscription  i&  as  follows,  tiz.  :  — 
^  \  tr"!tniilte  et  treaexceUente  pHnccA^eet  matraflbon- 
M Adam 6  Margrarit«  ArcbidtichesBe  d'liiui- 
t  contf'^^*?  de  bourg"  doiiaigi«re  de  Saaoye, 
I.  (,  M^^.  ^^  4:ouvenian',  etc/' 

f'mTOrfl    PrecUBSORS    of  TITK    PRETE?f»ER. — 

'■of  July,  174*5,  gires  the  folio  w- 
n  adventurer:  ^ 

T.    We  hav^c  not  yet  heard  to 

i  David  Gillii»  (who  had  assumed 

tender's  son)  flr-d  nfler  jjetting 

in  Fife^  where  he  had  be«n  con- 

'-=*.     But  *Ti<  rrrtain  br-  ramti  to 

his 

.  find 

i    ,...,,..,  Inlh. 

Ii'  *Vi!*itation  of  the 
r/  *  Jane  Shore/  Ac, 
d  piccft'^ ;  and  Billy 
1.  But  chusin^'  rather 
(d  in  an  honest  way. 
r.ictens,  and  imposed 
i  jw  life  in  the  Ne%h- 


bourhood  of  thi».  Upon  hearing  that  ivarrfint«  were 
1         '   '      apprehend! D{^  Gilli*,  he  fled  t«  ^''  .u 

■r<m,  where  he  paseed  for  I'eter  I»  |. 

J  itig  the  people  dcvoutU'  inclined,  ht    i ,,    .  ,  .  i 

prayed  with  them  to  Adinira'tion,  and  declared  that 
Whitcfield  wa5  a  first  rate  ftaint;  but  hearing  that  a 
Party  waa  going  out  of  this  place  to  apprehend  him,  he 
fled  in  tiic  night  time  and  left  hia  rvckotiiiig  to  pav  as 
UJiuaL" 

About  ft  fortnight  later  it  is  stated,  under  dAi& 
Edinburgh,  July  lO: — - 

"  David  GiUis,  who  lately  acted  the  Prince  in  the 
Confines  of  tliia  City,  atidwho  with  his  confederate 
William  liae  was  lately  drummed  out  and  banished 
the  County  of  Selkirk,  is  returned  hither  with  hU  con- 
fuderate." 

A  week  afterwards  the  London  Gazette  oflered 
ita  reward  of  30tCKXJ/.  for  the  ftppreheusion  of  the 
real  Pretender,  if  there  can  be  such  a  designation* 

B.  a, 

IIbavept  Lbtters,^ — \  letter  written  in  Gotha, 
Germany,  and  publiahed  in  a  New  York  news* 
paper,  contains  the  following  passage :  — 

'*  Oar  old  Fran  told  un  she  had  a  hrolber  in  the  army,  J 
and  when  we  txpreBscd  a  hope  thnt  nothinr;  would  htip«l 
p<^n  tu  him^  she  replied  :  *  Oh  I  no,  he  has  a  Jieaven  letlei 
on  him,  he  is  all  safe/    We  aekefJ  her  what  a  Hiuivei^ 
letter  was  *t  which  ?hc  seemed  much  ?tnTpri?*ed,  wonder-J 
iiiff  that  we  had  never  heard  of  it.    She  said  fieveral  o 
the  peaaanlty  of  the  village  owned  one,  though  wher 
they  orifrjnated  or  where  ihtjy  got  I  hem  i^he  did  noti 
know.    We  expressed  nmcli  interest,  and  faid  that  we 
wanted  much  tti  see  what  kind  of  thing  it  was  that  thua 
protected  it*  wearer  from  all  earthly  ilh     She  i^eemed 
mttch  averse  to  speaking  nbout  it,  and  did  not  think  sha 
could  get  one  for  us ;  but  the  neJtt  moniiiig,  before  w«1 
were  up,  she  came  to  ua  with  one  she  had  borrowed  from 
a  friend,     ft  must  have  been  ^'ery  old,  perhaps  having 
eome  down  from  father  to  son;  for  though  of  pfirchment, 
it  wna  worn  in  holep.      It  contained  a  not  ilI-aketL'hedil 
picture  of  the  crucified  Saviour,  at  whose  feet  lav  an" 
apple,  cut  open,  and  expodini^  the  seeds  to  view,    1'herc 
wpre  a  numb<^r  of  vcr^ea  which  we  could  not  make  out, 
except  that  there  were  Severn!  invoeatitma  to  the  Trinity 
ntid  au  indefiuite  number  of  cru&aes.*' 

Ukeda. 

Philadelphii, 

TliA. — The  following  notice  of  tea  is  copied 
froiu  the  TieUftitm  of  the  Vot/affe  to  Swm  b*f  SiyC 
Jtigmth  in  lii^so^  London,  1(588,  p.  2fjQ:  — 

"  It  is  a  civility  am  on  erst  them  to  present  betle  and  ten 
to  all  that  visit  them.    Thuir  own  country  i^uppliea  them 
with  betle  and  areoa,  but  ther  have  their  tea  from  China 
and  Japan.    xVll  the  Orientals  have  a  particular  e^teen 
for  it,  bccaufie  of  the  great  virtues  thKnt*  find  to  Ije  in  it 
Their   physicians   say   thnt  it  is  a  fmvereiLrn  medicio# 
against  the  ftone  and  paina  of  the  head;  that  it  allayi' 
vapours;  that  it  chcans  the  mind,  and  strengthen*  ih 
Ntomack.     In  all  kinds  of  feavers  they  take  it  stronge 
thnn  commonly,  when  they  Ix'gin  to  feel  the  heat  of  tb 
fit,  and  then  the  patient  covers  himH€lf  up  to  sweat,  and 
it  hath  been  very  often  found  that  this  sweat  wholl;^ 
drives  away  the  feavor.    In  the  East  they  prepare  th 
tea  in  this  manner:  when  the  water  if  well  boiled^  ihir^ 
pour  it  upon  the  tea  which  they  have  put  into  an  earthefl^ 
pot,  pToportionahly  to  what  they  intend  to  take  CiVv^ 
ordinary-  propi»rtioH  ia  a»  mvicV\  tut  ov^ii  tftx\  \»J«,*i  u^  V\\V\ 


r 


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KOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[4«' S.  VIK  Fwi.  18/71. 


the  finpcr  And  MiamU  for  n  pint  of  water).  tUen  ther 
cover  the  pot  until  the  leaves  Are  sunk  to  thr»  l>otlom  of 
it,  And  fttterward  jfive  it  ttbout  in  china  tlisU«ia  to  be 
drank  as  hot  as  can  be  without  su^car,  or  cl*e  with  a  little 
*nipar-cttndy  in  the  mouth;  and  ufwn  that  tea  more 
boiling  water  may  be  pfmred,  and  so  it  may  bo  made  to 
aerve  twic^.  The»e  people  drink  of  it  several  limes  tt-day, 
but  do  not  tbinli  it  whol^oro  to  take  it  faMting." 

W.  E.  A.  A, 

Error  in  Neilt/s  *'IIlstort  of  the  VrKtiiNiA 
CoMPAJjr/' — ^Neill  in  bis  ]Ii»fonj  of  the  Viri/inia 
Compamj  of  Londoji^  p.  22o,  writing  of  Willianj 
Oleyborne,  eecnstary  of  state  for  tbat  colony, 
says : — 

**Edmuod5on,  Quaker  prtracher  in  IGIX  m^t  htm  at  a 
religioas  meeting,  and  was  invited  to  enll  iit  hh  houa«» 
Soon  after  thin  he  mu^t  have  died,  for  tlie  preai-dier  in  hb 
journal  says,  *  He  was  a  solid  wise  man,  rccciverJ  the  truth, 
and  died  in  the  same,  leaving  two  Friuud^i  his  execu- 

This  qnotatinii  reFtTs  to  tbe  com iiiissi oner 
llicbard  Benijt*t,  und  tiot  to  f'lsy borne.  {Vide 
Edmuntbsoa'ij  Jourmtff  a.i>.  1715^  p.  03,) 

NlMBOD. 

Pedestrian  Feat  of*  Farad  at.— I  aee  it  efated 
in  an  article  on  Farnday  {Edinburtjh  Iteiiew,l\i\y^ 
1870),  tbat  **one  A&y  he  started  alon«  from  the 
Batha  of  Leuk,  over  the  Gemini,  past  Kanderateg 
and  Fiutigen,  nil  the  way  to  Thun,  doin^f  the 
forty-five  miles  in  ten  and  a  half  hours  without 
much  fatio-ue  and  with  no  ill  etfecta.*' 

Considering  the  long  aud  feteep  ascent  of  the 
Gemmi,  which  oiust  have  been  m.-ide  in  this 
direction,  the  walk  ia  one  of  the  most  extraordi- 
nary ones  on  record. 

I  apeali  from  my  own  pedestrian  experience  on 
the  line  indicated^  Fbascis  Thench. 

lelip  Hectory. 

Kbncott,  Oxon". — In  the  chancel  of  this  church 
on  the  south  wall  there  is  a  curious  monument — 
curious  not  in  itself,  but  from  the  fact  tbat  it  is 
Bet  in  a  wooden  case,  with  oak  foldinj^  doors  like 
ft  triptych  to  close  over  all  and  protect  it  from 
injury/  It  is  to  the  memory  of  Richard  Colches- 
ter of  Westhury,  co.  Gloster,  D,C  Jj,,  who  died 
Sept.  11,  I64a  iUso  to  hla  wife  EliKaheth, 
daughter  of  Sir  Hugh  Ilatnmersley,  Knt,,  Lord 
Mayor  of  London,  by  Mary,  daughter  of  Bald  wine 
Derham  of  Derhani,  co.  Norfolk  The  arms  dis- 
played are — Or,  a  chevron  between  three  estoiles 
^'ules  [granted  Itj20],  impaling  gules,  three  rams' 
heads  conped  or.  W,  M,  IL  C. 

P.S,  In  the  head  of  the  Norman  door  of  thia 
church  is  a  hold  carvin;,^  of  Sagittftriua^  with  the 
letters  sagitj  the  arrow  has  parted  from  tlie 
bow-string. 


THE  VVINCIIESTEIt  *^DOMUM"  SOKG. 

I  do  not  recollect  that  any  of  your  correspondentj 
have  ever  suggested  any  inquiry  as  to  the  author 
phip  of  the  popular  9<ing,  which  precedes  thi^ 
summer  vacation  of  Winchester  School^  called  thij 
**Donium.^'  It  has  frequently  been  sung-  in  m.f 
hearing,  hut  no  inquiry  of  mine  has  ever  be 
satisfactorily  ^answered  as  to  the  origin  or  author^  ' 
ship  of  it. 

It  has  something  of  the  air  and  aspect  of  ailfl 
early  mediceval  hymn  or  chanson*  On  the  oth^^^ 
hand,  there  are  syraptoms  in  it  of  Martial  and^ 
other  eflrly  Latin  poets. 

As  an  instance  of  the  former,  let  me  quote  o^H 
few  lines  from  a  song  to  the  Virgin,  prinWd  in  tKQ^| 
"  Poisiej*  anfericurss  an  dmtzi^me  Steele f*  by  Ed^S-  • 
lestand  du  Meril  Paris,  1843  :— 

'*  Dormi,  llti,  duloe  mater 
Dulce  meloB  concinam ; 
Dormi,  nate,  suave,  pater. 
Suave  cArmcn  aocinam. 
Ne  quid  desit  ntemam  rosis, 
Stcmam  fomum  violin 
Pavlincntum  hyadntlils, 
Et  pra?,M?pe  liliik" 

So  in  Martial  (Epiff.  402)  we  have  — 
'*  Phosphore  redde  diet)),  quid  ;;a(idia  nostra  mofl 
CjJ*>are  venturo^  Phosphore,  rvdde  dietu." 

1  quote  so  much  of  the  **  iJnmum^'  song  j 
minds  mo  of  the  above  passages : — 
"Concinaniu?!,  o  ^oduk^if 
Kja  !  quir]  ^«ilemtt:i  I 
Kobile  canticuin 
Dnlce  melcs  do  mum 
Dulce  domitm  rcionemus* 
Appropinquat  bora  felix, 
Ilora  gaudiorum 
Poat  grave  tedium, 
Advenit  omnium 
MeCa  petita  labonim. 

Donium,  domum,  etc. 
Concinam  us  ad  pen  a  tea 
Vox  et  audiatur 
Phosphore  quid  jubar 
Si'gniuH  emicanf* 
O  audi  a  nostra  moratur  ? 

Domum,  donvum,  duico  domum » 

Dulce  domum  re^inemus," 

On  the  whole,  I  think  we  can  a.<)»gn  no  tea 
antiquity  to  this  song,  though  it  has  some  hapwl 
touches  in  it.     I  shall  be  glad  to  hear  what  old 
Wintonians  can  tell  tis  about  it,  E-  S. 

[<)wr  correspondent  in  referre<l  to  **N»  Jfc  Q."  !•*  S« ; 
66,  193;  xi.  66;  4«i  S.  v.  382  j  vL  lUa.] 

'*  QiTEEiT  Aroeuis.**— A  poem  under  this  titlo 
appeared  in  Jitackvoods  Moffadnv  for  I)HcemberJ 
18:^11,     Is  its  author  known?     The  refereticej*  1 
Dartmoor   and   Bubbicombe   seem  to  indicate   al 
Devonshire  man.     Then,  as  to  the  eharacterj :  — I 


VII.  F_B.  18,  71.] 


XOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


rugio  \%  of  course,  Melbourne.  Who  ia  Sid- 
lieU?  Does  Aotoaio  moan  Palmerstou  ?  The 
cier  I  assunie  to  be  Spring  Rice,  who  wa^ 
created  LordM<^ateagle  on  August  27^  1839.  Who 
is  Macario,  '*  of  Gallic  origin  "  ?  lioujaillon  is  mani- 
(«411t  Lord  llossell  — 

*»  The  best  and  trustiest  of  tlie  Qaeen's  divan." 
The    "  orator    of    ^nnt    force "    is,    doubtlesa, 
Brougham,  and  0'Connt!U  the  demagogue 
♦♦  Wbo  swayed  a  great  part  of  the  p^pulncx*." 
,  shall  be  very  |2:hul  to  have  information  R8  to 
Eother  characters  adumbrated  by  ibe  poet* 

"Makeocheir, 

Blkaklet  F\milt. — ^A  branch  of  this 
(ily  settled  in  the  county  Down,  Ireland,  porne 
in  the  reign  of  the  second  Charles  or  the  re - 
ibouts.    They  are  traditionally  said  to  have  been 
of  English  descent — probably  from  Yorkshire  or 
BevoQAhire,  in  which  latter  county  there  was  a 
^lice  called  Bleakley  Hall.    The  crest  or  arms  of 
'     '  '  h  branch  was  a  blackamoor  or  Saracen 'si 
1 1  the  prevailinp^  Christian  names^  Davids 
I  and  John^  which  matters  may  afford  a 
he  English  progenitors.     Tf  aome  of  your 
.  .j.mdenta  familiar  with  English  family  his- 
',  inoro  particularly  of  Devonshire  and  York- 
would  afford  tho  inquirer  information  on  the 
they  would  jBToatly  oblige  L  W.  H. 

Street,  DoWBpatrick. 

BiLLooim  AND  Xewspapers, — More  than  half  a 
wniury  ni^o  I  read  a  novel  called  The  Lu.'it  Man* 
1  tliink  it  was  in  four  volumes  12mo.  My  father 
W  it  in  his  library.  When  he,  however,  re- 
niofed  from  his  then  reaidence  in  Bromley, 
^^t,  it  was  said,  with  the  other  weedings,  by 
^^ktioQ  by  Mesjtrs.  Mandy.  It  was  a  novel  of  the 
^Bfierva  Press  ^hool,  the  immediate  predecessor 
of  the  hoiisea  of  Bientley,  Saunders  &  Otley, 
t-'olburoi  &c  Whtjther  the  two  prophecies  I  am 
tbout  to  mention  from  it  will  assist  Dr.  Cum- 
Jttbg  in  proving  that  we  are  near  the  eve  of  the 
lilt  dsy  I  am  unaware,  but  certainly  they  are 
qtdte  pertinent  to  the  present  period. 

1.  In  The  Lmf  Man  (if  I  remember  aright)  all 

Jnir«tfm^  was  to  be  performed  bt/  bailomi.     This 

lot  yet  quite  accomplished,  but  tho   French 

"  ment  is  using  ballivons  for  its  huainess  pur- 

and  one  of  its  moat  important  ministers^ 

has  made  an  aerial  voyage. 

-.  That  neiCBpapera  looitlH  be  publhhed  every  two 

^''^nt.    This  prophecy  certainly  has  been  fulfilled, 

^<>f  what  with    various   editions   of    threepenny 

^'W4r,  penny  Zfailt/    TelegrupliSt  Stamlards,  vtc, 

***«!  first,  second,  third,  fourth,  and  later  editions 

?^  halfpenny  Ecltoes,  we   have  now  newspapers 

•'^^ed  oftencr  than  every  two  hours. 


There  were  other  curious  statements  in  the 
volumes,  especially  on©  of  which  at  present  wo 
have  no  signs,  and  I  trust  it  will  not  occur  in  my 
time — viz.  that  in  consequence  of  the  prod  active 
powers  of  the  earth  becoming  exhausted,  the  last 
man  himself  directs,  a  hundred  years  before  his  own 
decease^  the  people,  who  are  then  fast  decaying 
out  of  the  world  (no  births  taking  place),  to  culti- 
Tate  the  high  and  the  bye  roads,  and  to  turn  ike 
chaimels  of  the  rivers,  so  aa  to  obtain  an  unculti- 
vated virgin  soil  whereon  to  raise  a  few  cereals, 

ily.  Where  can  I  see  a  copy  of  Tfte  Lnd  Man? 
I  have  searched  the  British 'Museum  catalogues, 
and  it  is  not  there.* 

Qy.  When  did  the  Minerva  Press  commence 
publishing  its  wondrous  lot  of  books,  and  when 
did  it  cease  its  labours  ?  Mr,  Colbum  was,  I  be- 
lieve, the  originator  of  the  present  fashion  of 
3  vols,  post  8vo  novels  at  1/.  ILt.  <M. ;  or  did  it 
commence  in  Scotland  with  jraverki/f  I  hope 
that  Mr.  Yeowj;ll  will  reply  to  this  question^ 
for  no  rrentleman  is  so  thoroughly  ncquain ted  with 
the  subject.  Alfred  John  Dunkin. 

Dartfurd. 

IT.  P.  BoxmoTOir.— Did  this  artist  ever  spell 
**  Bonnmgton"  in  wigning  his  works?  Can  any 
of  your  readers  solve  my  dilficulty  P         T.  S.  A, 

[In  Brynn'^  Diet,  nf  Painter*  (1  BID)  this  name  is  spelt 
Boiinini^ton.  The  following  parMf^raph  also  appears; — 
**  Poatc-rity  should  be  miule  aware  that  ma.ny  pictures 
And  drawing>it  JtitlributeLl  to  ihi^  arli^t,  are  capioa  and 
iinitntioiij^  made  to  siiUsfy  the  avidity  of  collectorj*,  and 
amply  ti>  nMnutierate  the  skill  of  the  copyist  and  the 
cupidity  of  the  dealer,"] 

Calvit*-  axi>  Servetus. — Can  you  or  any  of 
your  correiipondenta  inform  me  if  there  is  unques- 
tionable authority  for  the  statement  that  Calvin 
w^as  personallv  present  at  the  burning  of  Servetua  ? 

F. 
Inverness. 
[See  «N.  &  Q."  4«»  S,  i.  2G0,  394 ;  ii.  40,  C8,  108,  16fl.] 

CniLBREN's  Gambs. — What  is  the  origin  of  the 
common  game  ia  Scotland,  in  which  the  follow- 
ing rhymes  occur .^  — 

**  How  mnny  miles  to  Babylun? 
Three  score  and  ten. 
Shdll  i  be  there  by  candlcdight  ? 
C)  yoj,  and  bacit  again.'* 
I  can  vouch  for  its  being  as  old  as  17D6,  at  any 
rate.  S. 

[A  description  of  this  ami  a  similar  game*  with  a  more 
complete  version  of  the  lincii,  b  given  in  II.  Chambem^ji 
Popular  R/iymts  of  Scotland,  edit.  1870,  p,  12;t.] 

Cistercian  Monastery.— Would  you  inform 
me  which  is  considered  the  finest  Cistercian  mon- 


r*  The  fill h wing  work  ia  in  the  Britiflh  Musenm :—  ' 
**The  LiiAt  Man,  or  Omegams  and  Syderin,,  a  Romance 
In   Futurity.    Two  Vol*.     H.  l>uttfln*  15^  CAt*RSLft\Mi\«i\v 
Street,  l*H*il/'     kheuteredm  lU«  uvNt  t&^»Xt^^\3A  NascA^t 
the  word  "Omcgarua,"  pi«»-mat\L'S.yi\.^Li&r\ 


NOTES  AND  QUEKIES. 


L#i^S.VII.  FKa.i8,  71 J 


aaterv,  or  rather  niias  of  nn^^  in  En<rTond;  and 
whctker  there  is  any  good  account  of  it  ? 

A  FOBEIGKER, 

rOur  ooTrespondent  shouhl  e^nuiilt  A  Jimiftbuoh  to  tfm 
Ahhvtf  of  St,  Murtf  of  fumtMs^  in  Litncttthtre^  Ulverston, 
JH^'i.' 8vo,  whii'li  t'oiititim  tt  ^rscriptian  of  this  (umtd 
Cistercian  abbcy^  with  ill u^tra lions-.] 

Criticism  our  "MEHCHA?fT  op  Venice**;  Mrs, 
DoWKtyo. — L  I  rr^coUect  bfiTin^rc^ftd  an  anecdote 
of  a  child,  noted  iti  after  lifo  for  its  literarj'  or 
social  puidtion,  which,  during  a  rppresentation  of 
Shakespeare's  Merchant  of  Venice^  towards  the  end 
of  the  fourth  act,  where  Shylock  leaves  the 
court,  indignantlj  exclaimed,  '*Tho  poor  man  is 
wronged!'*  Can  any  of  jour  readers  inform  me 
who  this  child  waa,  and  by  whom  this  anecdote 
IB  related  ? 

2t  Can  any  of  your  readora  give  some  account 
of  the  Irish  poeteW  Mrs.  Downing,  some  of  whoea 
impassioned  poems  are  printed  in  I^Ter*B  Lyrks 
of  It\'hnd  (pp.  220,  229,  317)  ?  Have  her  weina 
ever  been  published  in  a  collected  form  ?  When 
and  where  was  she  bom,  and  when  did  she  die  ? 
The  more  dates  the  account  contains,  tlu^  more 
acceptable  it  will  be.  Kakl  Elze,  Ph.D. 

Dewaui  Feb.  7,  1871. 

CoKRiM    EXGLLSH  :     "  WUETHKR 'OR    IfO.'^^ 

Why  do  persons,  otherwi«?e  welUiufonmnl,  give 
themt*«.4ves  the  biibit  of  uBing-  the  phrase  *'  whether 
or  iu>  *'  instead  of  "  whether  or  not  *'  r*     Cureless- 
nefis  of  the  kind  is  scarcely  pardonable  in  conver- 
sation and  in  private  corre^pondf-nce  ;  but  surh 
**6lip-shod"  Engli.sh  i»  inexcuanble  in  those  who 
write   for  publication.      The   critical  readers  of 
'*  N.  &  Q/'  will  oblige  by  Bupportinp"  thw  view  of  i 
the  question  if  they  agree  willi  the  writer,  or  vice  ) 
veriul^  for  after  all  there  maij  be  two  opinions  on  ! 
the  subject,  and   it  woidd  be   curious   to  know 
upon  whiit  grounds  the  phra^  which  I  ooiri plain 
ol  could  be  defended.  M.  A.  B. 

EvELYi?*:!  "DiABY."— At  Puris,  1040,  Septem- 
ber 12— 

"  IH.  Crighton,  a  Scotchman,  and  one  of  his  maJcsiieV 
chop  I  ami,  a  l(»anied  Grecian  wlio  9«t  out  the  C4>uiicil  of 
Florence,  pre»ebecl. 

What  ran  this  mean  ?  Tb<^  Council  of  Florpn  ?€, 
a  cr>nliuiiiitJon  of  that  of  Fermra,  being  held  in 
14.')iP  to  1442^  the  object  of  which  was  the  re- 
union of  the  Greek  and  Latin  churches;  and  no 
Other  having  been  called  since  that  of  Trent  until 
the  present  now  in  rece59.  J.  A.  G. 

Carlabrouke, 

[MveJvn'^  allusion  is  to  Dr,  Robert  Cmif^titcsn'H  work, 
entillud '*  Vera  tlbtorta  Utiionis  nun  veriw  int^r  Griteoa 
ct  Lrttinofl  :  sivc  Conciiu  riorenUni  exttcL  narratio,  Gr.  et 
LaU,  HagiP,  1660,  fuU"'] 

QinsB  A2ffD  GtJizoT. — This  name  ha«^  generally 

^eett  pronounced  as  if  frpelt  in  Ivtigli^h  Gheeze  ; 

hut  as  M,  Gaizot  ia  sma  to  prououoce  hia  ovb 


name  oa  Gtveeso^  and  M  the  place  from  which  j 
duke  takea  his  title  is  marked  in  the  hmti 
tionaries   (as   an   exception   to  more   thaaj 
words  beginninsr  Gui)   to  be  pronounced 
Fn,  or  ffwetw,  En^»,  it  mijfht  be  presumed  t 
di)ke*s  name  should  follow  the  same  proci 
tion.     What  is  he  really  o«Il«il  by  well-ednci 
Frenchmen  i*  W.  >L  T,] 

Hervht  or  HERREr.— With  Riblos  of  the  i 
teenth  conturv  there  is  often  bound  up  "In 
ri^ht  profitable  and  fruitful  Concordancej 
collected  by  K.  F,  11.,*'  the  preface  to  wi 
signed  **  Tfiine  in  the  Lord,  Robert  F.  Her 
and  dated  Dec,  22,  1678.  In  catalogues 
author  of  these  Concordances  is  at  diilerent  dn 
called  Hervoy  and  Ilerrey,  and  1  am  unable  i 
make  out  from  inspection  of  several  copies  wli 
ther  it  is  an  r  or  v.  Can  any  one  (ell  me  \  ; 
also,  whether  anything  is  known  of  him  P 

8.  n.  A,  E 

Lambeth. 

[Robtrt  F.  Herrej',  the  editor  of  the  ConcortUnec^  If 
unknown  to  fflrae.  The  loUowin^  Hiiiiuns  M  UU  iwrit 
(in*  in  Ihc  British  Mus<!iLm^l579,  IhfiO,  1508.  IClb,  iCt^. 

AtEXAXDRR  Jamiesox,  M.A. — Who  «aj  hfl? 
lie  IS  described  as  the  author  of  A  Cekdifd  MUf 
London,  1822.  L.aB.    ' 

Portrait  of  Joiny  Kat,  —  I  am  Terr  mmtm 
to  iind  a  certnin  lithographed   portrait  of  Joba  j 
Kay,  of  Bury,  the  inventor  of  the  **  flv   ^  ■"•■■*' 
and  the  ffithur  of  the  present  (*ysit*m 
manufficture.     The  portrait  to  which  i  .l.  .    .-^ 
published  in  March  1843,     It  wa^  drawn  hr  W, 
Physick,  and  hthographed  byMadfK    ."^i  V^^llin^^  | 
ton  Street,  Stnmd.    If  any  of  your  ia- 

form  me  where  I  can  purchase  or  -  ;ii#i  ] 

lithographs  I  ahall  feel  much  obliged. 

B.  WOO|H3«OII 

Sui  SAMtrfiL  LurE's  Letter  Boor. — \Vu  tMi  1 
old  Letter  Book  of  the  Revenleenth  centurj*,  not  ] 
1  believe  in  the  British  Museum,  ever  prittted? 

Hexry  T.  Wiii 

Cockermouth. 

fThe  Letter  Book  of  Sir  Samuel  Lak^  the  hm^l 
HwlifmiAt  is  io  the  BritUh  ^Tkinfuin,  Kgerton  SiSi  ] 
7H.5-7H7.    It  has  never  been  priuted,]  ' 

Feast  of  the  Nativitt. — I  should  feel  ifl«di 
obliged  for  information  as  to  the  earliest  rMcorJof  j 
the  roDuuemoration  of  the  Feast  of  the  NalivifJ 
on  December  25,  I  believe  it  to  ho  a  viVj 
an(*iont  institution,  though  not  traceable  to  Api** 
atolic  times.  Has  it  any  connection  with  ti*^ 
astronomical  quarters  of  the  year?  At  what  period 
did  it  assume  the  character  of  aalurnalia  ? 

[A  reference  to  that  most  WMfnl  vnlame,  Tk*  /V^^^T  i 


\  Book  Ihterlecned^  \si  Ctm^iUiCL  and  Botiil4Kil»  1 


kS.VU.  FtB.  18,71.] 


KOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


143 


o«f  «»rfr*f»fiin(1pnt  fxt^y  i!if'^rmat1*in  he  oan  require  am 
t«-',i  I  a  by  Viirioa<i  churclie:!  uf 

*i'  1  tie  Westx^rn  Churchy  from 

ti '  ............  cU  tho  Nativity  oq  the  25  ih 

:rc*—l  have  seen  it  inore  thun  once 

*^  10  cniu  of  le'^s  ralue  thrm  tho  denarius 

^  by  our  ItlngUsh  kings  prior  to   tbti 

7'  ^mt  in  a  le<:,^^l  deed  of  thti  ninth  year 

^^  of  Tiichard  I.  I  find  ''  tits  soh  &ex 

^«tt*  eL  f."      Wm  the  alllUum  a  coin? 

In  tJ'fr'  iL  Cambridge  deeds  of  the  rt'i^i 

c>*  I  the  qundrann  is  mentioned,  and  in  a 

li  o f  t h e  Bam(»  re i^n  t he  obo!u4,   Th i  1 1 p pe 

ATi^ru-tte  uf  France  (1180-1  i!2^r)  etruck  a  variety 

of  coina  of  amall  value.     Did  they  perhaps  be- 

^'  t  in  England  in  the  time  of  our  Kor- 

I'-  OUTIS. 

'MV\r^i:oi.nerA  Chkonica/* — 13  this  a  work  on 
ttci^snt  genewd  history,  &l\,  or  is  it  isimply  genea- 
teioftl?  Robert  Cary,  the  author,  was  son  of  Sir 
IL  C&ry  of  Cockin^rt<ni  Ilouse,  Devon,  and  had  a 
!lit»ther«  Colonel  Theodore  Ctiry,  who  married  in 
1R7C,  in  JarniiifMi,  Dorothy  WalL  I  may  have  it  in 
tny  p  uT^  r  to  vider  some  su/gostioas  touching'  thia 
hmach  uf  thy  Cary  family  when  my  q^uery  hus 
bcf^a  *ii(*\v»-rcd.  Sr. 

^^'    I'      -^  '    .-» '-    ^*Tftp{fhqta  Chronica  is  n  Chroiio- 

f  nt   Time,  ia  Three  Purt«^:    t. 

^'  ."d;  3.  CunonicJil.    Lond,  1677. 

that  "  the  design  of  tliin  work 

'  '  '   interval  of  time  between    the 

"^  ^'  i'»n  of  the  worM,  and  another  of 

"    '  I    1    '     I   I  i    *li?m  by  Titus  A'e'^ptisiaii,  in  order 

'      '      :    MjfiiL  I'l    -iwh  pflrticular  limp,  wherein  per- 

i  of  oM  had  their  existence/^] 

SO. — This  instrument  made  its  first 
«nimrjMtc»:  in  London  at  C^a ent  Garden  TbeatttJ 
•Votit  17:iO,  It  rarmji  cousiderablti  eeuaation, 
^  '  in  Pi-^me  work  of  the  time. 

^  it  oblige  me  with  a  reference 

^^.'  James  GiLBKBT. 

i'et,  Peckliatn,  5i.E. 

I  rte  is  cUlmed 
i-ti,  \\'\ui  mniiu- 

id  i.'rijp,  E»«|,, 

Iff/,  tTom  V  purchaned  by 

<.    TUwe.11  notice  of  thii! 

iin»  tjt  vtA%  at  *  ov.  ut  <j.(r4en  Theatre  on 

hee  a  copy  of  thu  play-bdl  in  "  N.  &  Q." 

f  VLoa  V m. — Will  some  cour- 

^  - -   -     .M.Jly  «?nd  me  the  addre&se4i  of 

A  few  dirjilem  in  old  prinlti  who  hisue  cat^dnguea? 

J.  L.  CllKkRT. 
HarelMiV  Placr,  R4nl€y. 

I'^catisr  Squftre. 

OLE  CuuRcniTs.— Can 
i  to  the  following   liat 


of  churches  in  SuflVdk  that  contain  painted 
rood  ftcreens,  or  pmnted  panek  of  any  kind  ?  I 
know  of  Southwold,  Eye,  LTtTord,  Yaxley,  Den- 
ton, Deuham,  Sapiston,  Blundeston,  West  li all, 
Bramfield^  Btidwell  Agh,  A  description  of  any 
ejccept  Southwold  and  Yaxley  would  b«  mos^t  ac- 
ceptable. I  believe  the  8cre4fn3  or  panels  at  Sapis* 
ton  and  Badwell  Ash  are  very  curious. 

W*  Mabsh* 

7,  Red  Lion  Square* 

BBAurr  Sr^EP.— I  was  told  the  other  day  that 
this  appellation  was  given  to  all  the  sleep  which 
visits  u»  before  ttiidnight.  fs  thid  its  commoa 
defiignation  elsewhere  than  in  Lancai^hir^  ? 

Jeremy  Tatlotl — Are  there  any  persons  nf 

the  name  of  Taylor,  at  present  living,  who  are 

lineally  descended  from  the  great  divine  ?     Thero 

was  a  family  of  this  name  ut  Carmarthen,  sup- 

poaed  to  be  lineal  descendants,  eome  of  whom 

married  into  the  family  of  Jloney  of  Waltham- 

stow,   who  are  snid  to   be   descendants  of  tbd 

I  Moneys^  a  very  old  family  in  Norfolk  at  Wells- 

on-the-Sea,   whose   name   in   the   eleventh    and 

twelfth  centuries  waa  I.*e  Money.    Itobert  Money 

'  married  Sarah  Taylor  in  17l?4»  and  she  is  supposed 

[  to  be  one  of  the  Taylors  of  Carmarthen,  lineal | 

d«fScendimtB  of  Jeremy  Taylor.    Ia  there  any  hook  1 

'  or  manuscript  in  which  such  connectioti  coiald  bo 

I  traced  and  verified  ?  J- 

"  TiTE  Seven  Wondbbs  dp  W^aibs  "  is  «i  old 
sfiying  in  the  Principality,  and  is  one  that  waa  a  J 
household  word  long  before  Stephenj*on'a  TubulATl 
Bridge,  or  even  Teltbid'e  Snapensiou  Bridge  over 
the  Meuai,  were  thought  of.    These  wonders  all 
I  relate  to  Nortli  Wales,  and  are  as  follows: — The 
'  mountain  of  Snowdon,  Overton  churcljynrd,  bella 
of  Gresford  church,  Llangollen  bridge,  AV  rex  ham 
steeple  (qu>  tower  I,  Pystyl  llhaindr  waterfall,  and 
,  8t.  Winifred's  well.  Can  any  readers  of  '*N.  &  Q." 
[  tell  when  the  saying  originated,  and  why  (some 
of)  these  places  were  deemed  mote  espr^cial  won- 
ders than  other  Welsh  attractions  or  novelties  ? 

A.B. 
09WC5tr3% 

[See**X,&Q/'4«i*ah5nO 


PEDIGREi:  OF  B.  R.  HAYDON'  TEE  HtSTORICSAL 

rAiKTi:R. 

(4»^  S.  vii,  60.) 

The  query  of  N,  aiiniits  of  an  immediate  reply 
Thertt  is  no  aatiifactory  evid?^'^  -^  '*'  '^-^of  of  the 
allegation   in  my  father's -1  /  that  his 

father  was  a  **  lineal  de.*cendii  J ;  t  \  dona  of 

Cadhay/*    Two  statementrt  oi  -<^uenX 

have  indeed  beeu  mude  \>y  .i\^?s»  «vl 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[4'»SVII.F«a.  l«,'n? 


hi 


k 


Mr.  Haydon'«  family,  but  the?  are  mutually 
inconsistent,  aod  at  lea^t  one  of  tliem  is  opposed 
to  facts  which  a  careful  investigation  into  the 
ledigree  of  iho  Hajdons  of  Woodbury  and  Cad- 
Lav  bas  receally  brought  to  my  notice. 

the  more  precise  of  the«e  two  statements  is^ 
tbat  the  paternal  great-grandfather  of  the  painter 
was  "inpoeaesaion  of  the  Cadhay  eatate/*  The 
more  vague,  that  the  father  of  tlie  painter  -waa  a 
descendant  of  rt  ynunger  brother  of  the  Cadbay 
Haydon  who  '*  ruined  the  family."  The  former 
dep'ouda  solely  up^on  the  oral  teatimony,  often  re- 
pented, of  one  of  the  sisters  of  my  lather's  pa- 
ternsd  grftiidfather,  llobert  Haydon,  which  was 
committed  to  writing  about  fifty  years  since  by 
her  nieee :  the  latter,  upon  the  oral  testimony  of 
my  paternal  grandfather,  Benjamin  Haydon. 

Now,  it  will  be  easy  to  show  that  Robert 
Haydon,  who  was  born  in  1714,  could  not  bare 
been  a  1  estimate  son  of  the  last  Haydon  of 
Cadhay,  nor  a  son — legitimate  or  illegitimate — of 
any  of  his  pivdecessora. 

Gideon    Haydon^   the   last  of  bis  family  who 

fossesaed  Cadhay,  was  the  eldest  son  of  Gideon 
laydon,  junior,  of  Cadhay,  and  Alice  bis  wife. 
He'  was  born  between  March  12,  1005-0— at 
which  date  there  was  no  issue  of  the  mar- 
riage of  his  parents  —  and  Get.  0,  lOOtf,  when 
lie  was  bap  titled  at  Ottery  St.  Mary,  lie  married 
Ann,  the  widow  of  Thomas  Hanhury,  mert^bant 
of  London,  one  of  the  brothers  of  John  H an- 
bury, Esq.,  of  Woodford,  co,  Devon ;  she  was  oue 
of  I  lie  daughters  of  John  Fawscett  of  Beaconsfield, 
CO.  Bucks,  gentleman.  The  marriage  took  place 
on  October  30^  17'2t\  nine  years  after  the  birth  of 
Robert  Haydon.  There  is  not  only  no  evidence 
of  an  earlier  marriage,  but  it  la  nearly  certain  that 
this  Gideon  Haydon  left  no  legitimate  i^sue  at  bis 
death  in  Februar)',  1748-9,  while  Robert  Haydon 
survived  him  by  moro  than  four- and- twenty 
yenr^,  and  Ilobert  HaTdoii's  elder  brother,  John, 
by  more  than  thirty.  Xeithar  of  them  then  could 
have  been  a  legitimate  son  of  the  hist  Haydon  of 
Cadhay ;  and  as  it  is  very  unlikely  that  a  boy  under 
nineteen  years  of  age  tthonld  have  two  children, 
it  is  very  unlikely  that  Robert  and  John  Haydon 
should  have  been  bjs  natural  sons* 

The  last  Haydon  but  one  who  possessed  Cad- 
bay died  in  March  1700-7,"  seven  years  before 
the  birth  of  Robert  Haydnn,  His  immediate  pre- 
decessors died  in  170:?-3  and  in  l*J0i^4, 

These  facts,  which  rest  upon  the  most  satis- 
factory evidence,  appear  to  me  to  dispose  of  the 
more  precise  of  the  two  versions  of  the  Cadbay 
atory,  I  may,  however,  add  that  the  fact  that 
Robert  I  ray  don  most  probiibly  lost  his  father 
when  he  was  about  nine  or  ten  years  of  age — that 
is,  in  1723  or  1724— is  another  argument  against 
the  Identic  cat  ion  oi  that  father  with  any  of  the 
■H^jrdoua  of  Ciidhar.      Due    stL^picious    circum-  \ 


stance  about  this  form  of  the  story  is  thia :  tEat  it 
does  not  appear  that  liobert  Haydon  himself  fever 
testified  to  its  truth*  It  is  unfortunate  that  the 
account,  if  true,  should  depend  entirely  upon  the 
testimony  of  persons  belonging  to  the  mop«  in- 
accurate of  the  two  sexes.  This  account  of  the 
descent  of  ilr,  Haydon's  family  has  found  its  way 
into  print  more  than  once,  the  moat  drcnmstan- 
tial  form  of  it  being  that  in  the  lUHstraUd  London 
News  of  July  4,  1846>  It  occurs  alao  in  the 
£jreiw  Flxjmg  PtiM.  of  August  31,  1848. 

The  second  version  of  the  Cadhay  story,  beujg' 
more  vaguely  stated  than  that  which  has  been 
just  dealt  with,  is  less  easily  brought  to  the  test 
of  facts  and  dates.     Who  tte  particular  Cadhs? 
Haydon  was  who  "  ruined  the  family/*  it  would 
be  extremely  difRcult  to  determine.    The  ruin  of 
a  family  of  **gre»t  estate,"  as  the  Haydontof 
Cadhay  were,  is,  or  \ib/&A  to  be,  a  gradual  piocesB^ 
needing  the  sustained  efforts  of  many  generations 
for  its  perfect  accomplishment.     But  if  any  ua^ 
Cadbay  Haydon,  rather  than  any  other,  is  to  b<* 
selected  as  the  one  who  brought  about  the  salfl  of 
the  property,  it  is  certainly  the  Gideon  whod 
in  n02-a     In  1708  a  private  Act  of  Parli 
(7  &  8  Anne,  No.  64)  was  obtained*  under  wHd 
Heveral  of  his  est^ites  were  sold  for  the  piivuu'ntofl 
his  debts,  which  amounted  to  about  "IQfyoOL  l\ 
can,   however,  find  no  evidence    that    etther  of  I 
bi^  youuger    brothers — William,    who  died  inf 
1722,    and    John — ever  had  a  eon   or  gra&dsdili{ 
Robert.     The  former  was  twice  married,  tbefifll] 
time  to  a  lady  whose  Christian  name  was  Porotbjr  I 
by  whom  he  appears  to  have  had  one  daujrliter  j 
Dorothy,  who  married  Nicholas  Fry  at  Otteiy  St  J 
Marv  on  July  0, 1704,     She  was  a  widow  bif(w| 
April,  1714,   William  Haydon  married  his  secondi 
wife,  Frances  Putt,  of  Ottery  iSt.  Mary,  widow,  i»l 
l0f)5,  when  he  was  in  his  fifty-third  year.    Icia*  1 
not  find  evidence  of  any  issue  by  this  mftiriji^  I 
His  brother  John  Haydon,  who  waa  a  wooUwi^J 
draper,  had  a  wife  and  a  daughter  Mary,  and  a  I 
living  in  April   1714.     He   was   very   problblf 
identical  with  the  John    Haydon  of  WoodbiiiyJ 
buried    there     in    August   1724,  and    with 
'*  uncle "   of   that  name,   who  is   mentl.iaed 
deceased  in  the  will  of  the  last  Gideon  i»f  Cidh»y^ 
and  to  whose  son  John  and  daughter  Alary  ci^ 
tain  bequests  are  made  by  their  *' cousin/*  '  WiH 
liam  Hflvdon  sometimes  lived  at  Cadhay  during 
the  minority  of  the  last  Gideon.     John  lifted  wid>_ 
his  brother  Gideon  for  aln>ut  five  years,  ap 
rently  at  Cadhay,  after  leaving  LrOoSon  in  16 
There  remain   the  younger  brothers,  Thomss  l_ 
Robert,  of  the  Gideon  of  Cadbay^  who  died  ill 
1706-7,  and  the  younger  brother  Yhonnis  oftk^ 
last  Gideon  of  Cadhay.     The  latter  is  out  of  T 
question,  for  he  was  not  bom  until  1703. 
regard  to  the  two  former,  l^hojuas  was 
on  January  :24,  1671-2,  and  Robert  tnust* 


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145 


l^een  ttpyruds  of  elxie^a  ye&rs  of  age  on  May  12, 
10^^  for  bk  name  appearr^  in  the  book  of  the  rate 
l#fied  at  that  date  in  Otter j  St.  Marj  for  the 
'*  reduction  of  Ireland."  1  haie  Dot  &ucceeded  in 
traciag  these  twi>  brothers  later  than  March  12, 
1095-0.  I  should  bt}  very  gkd  to  obtain  further 
information  about  them  or  their  progeny. 

I  may  add  that  Robert  JIaydon,  mv  great- 
grandfatber^  v^aj»  for  many  year«  the  pariah  cleik 
of  Charles  Church,  Plyoiouth,  lie  was  also  a 
bookseller  and  printer,  aod  La  i^aid  to  ha?e  intro* 
duced  the  firat  printinf^  prcas  into  Plymouth,  His 
elder  brother  John  wn6  pamh  clerk  of  St.  Jatnea's 
Churchy  BrktoL  Eohert  Huydon  came,  accord- 
mg  to  his  only  daughter,  from  Ottery  when  ho 
•WHS  nine  years  of  age,  that  is,  in  1723,  and  inraa 
appreDtieed  to  a  Mr,  Savery — probFibly  Waltham 
Savery,  bom  1G92»  died  1778 — of  ShiJe,  near  Ivy 
Bodge,  and  afterwards  acted  a*  his  stewani  Hb 
began  life,  on  his  itwn  account,  as  a  fiign -painter. 
The  min  of  the  Cadhay  Haydona  is  auppo&ed  to 
hkte  hern  the  cause  of  his  early  apprenticeship, 
ind  of  that  of  his  hrnther  John.  Cadhay  was, 
Irfswprer,  not  sold  uutil  173G,  aud  the  Chancery 
?iich  led  to  the  aale  was  not  commenced 

i  iijyoiing"er  brother  of  the  la^^t  Cadhay  ITaydon, 

ThmriiC^  died  in  17/j4.    lie  had  two  sons — Thomas^ 

who  died  without  issue,  and   Josiah 

ne),  an  attornev.     The  latter  died  in 

1^'  two  sonft,  William  ami  George,  and 

"f.     The   elder   eon   I   believe  to   be 

■<■..  ,1  .li  v^  iih  the  Lieutenant  William  Ilaydon  of 

Ct:  ;k'-me   meuHontyd   by    Lysons  aa   being*  the 

ri!|>rL;i«?ntative  of  the  Haydona  of  Cadbav. 

FkAKK  Scon  &AYBOK. 
U«t©n,  Surrey, 

WAR  SONGS  t  AN  IMPERIAL  LETTER, 
(i***  S,  vi.  383,  &c.) 

Th*'  followiUfx  8'>nj^^  (or  satire)  is  traualated  from 
tin*  French.     It  appeared  originally  in  the  Cow - 
'  '      '>f  Frihourg  (Switzerland),  andia  probably  i 
i  by  one  of  the  refugees  at  present  in  that 
ible  city*      My  ver^on  i'*  tolerably  literal, 
jh  it  was  made  hastily  in  a  car*5  of  Lau-  | 
-M-,  and  when  the  paper  waa  engaged  *' three 
w  four  deep,"  to  use  tfie  lang-uage  of  the  gar^on. 
jAiiKS  He^'ry  Blsox. 
"  YcTfaillea,  Jan.  1, 1871. 
"This  cmnef  hoping^  it  will  find  yon 
Well,  Its  1  am  fit  my  luneh, 
WiiHhing  down  a  German  sau^ga 
With  a  bowl  of  Rhfiiiali  punch.* 
1  urn  io  a  anug  apArtmeot, 

ATtfl  mr  tire  is  b\utw^  bright. 
II. fw  I  pity  ihoxu  fHKJr  devild 
Who  4r».'  ill  lh<?  .^now  to-nigbt ! 

*  "  I>r.>wn*d  all  in  Rb^nish  oad  the  sleepy  itit-ad,**^ 


"  We  have  gain'd  some  noble  trophies, 

We  have  bad  atume  rare  good  foa. 
Burning  villager  by  hundreds, 

Faruis  nnd  homeatcinis— iiparing  none. 
Country  daitiwula  my  brave  soldier.i 

Take  for  wives  without  the  aid 
Of  popwh  priest  or  Lutheran  pastor — 

Mor«  to  tell  you  Vm  afraid. 

•*  We'vfl  borabflrded  mmny  a  city. 

Killing  infants  at  their  play, 
Wnat  of  that?  small  mouths' want  feeding— 

Board  is  cheap  beneath  Ihe  clay  1 
Strai^buTg's  fine  and  huo^e  cathedral 

Now  has  somewhat  aTtc'ji^d  luok5. 
And  we'd  such  a  jolly  bontire 

With  a  lot  of  fusty  books  I 

"Think  not  that  we  atop  at  trifles; 

la  a  town  we  found  a  mayor 
Who  was  loyal  to  Ilia  couatr\% 

So  bis  worsibip  danced  iu  air ! 
In  another  place  the  prefect 

And  Ilia  clerk  we  di(iti*t  bong, 
Aii  *  variety  is  charming/ 

It  with  ihein  was  bang !  hang^ !  bang  I 

"France  is  now  in  tribulation  ; 

Ketributiua  follows  wrong; 
She  is  blending  jeremiads 

Wiih  De  Lble's  triumphant  song. 
Would  I  were  beside  yo\i  bearing 

Victor}''*  shouts  from  all  arise ; 
//ere  Fve  only  widows*  cur.tes 

JJix'd  with  orphan  children's  eriei* 

"But  Fin  sleepy — inidniRbt  sotindeth — 

What  1$  that?  I  know  the  tread- 
Hiisb,  'tiH  Bin  mark  !  and  he  tells  me, 

'Emperor  !  you  must  go  to  bed.* 
If  Fill  lord,  ^tis  he  is  master  % 

So  mv  letter  I  must  end — 
Bear  Augusta !  salutation 

From  your  spouse  and  loving  friend. — W." 


A  SCRIPSIT. 
(4^'*  S.  tL  567.) 

These  sheets  went  out  of  use  (I  think)  in  thai 
fiTjit  quarter  of  tbe  present  century.  In  tbe  mordi 
rural  districts  tliey  may  have  continued  later,  ^ 
^Mu.'U  r  wa<i  at  school,  1815-25,  we  used  aheets ' 
with  elaborate  flouridhings— birds,  i>en8j  and  fiuch 
like, 

A  few  yeara  siut^e  the  old  atoclc  of  a  stationer  ] 
came  into  my  hands,  and  amongrst  it  were  some  of  , 
these  aheettj  new  and  clean ^  which  I  preserved,  all 
coloured  except  one.    I  have  the  following  (a  few 
duplicates)  :  — 

Kutb  and  Boaz. 

Measuring  the  Temple.    (Esekid.) 

Philip  baptizing  tbe  Eunuch. 

The  Good  Samaritan. 

tluflbuaV  Command. 

John  preaching  in  the  Wildern^s. 

Tbe  Seven  WonHersof  the  World. 

Kiii^'Wimam  IIL 

FauFs  Shipwreck. 

(All  tbe  atiove  published  by  WtllkViVk,  ^t\!^'^  'SiXaw^, 
Cnioo  Street,  iioroug,h.) 


146 


NOTE S  AND  QUERIES.  [4'»  s.  vii.  f«..  is.  ti/ 


Tlie  Lour*  Pmyer  and  Ten  Commandmeilta. 

McM^'^  strikin;;  the  l»ock. 

Healing  the  yiek  in  the  Temple. 

(PublLsheU  by  ILLangleyi  173^  High  Street,  Borough.) 

Cniii  and  Abel. 

Life  ofSamnel.    (Dated  1823.) 

<juceii  £liziitj€th. 

The  Vidoiis  uf  Esekiel.   (Diited  1824.) 

Buth  and  Boax. 

Life  or  Imac. 

Copenhagen. 

(Publislied  by  Dean  Sc  Munday,  Thread aeeJIe  Streot.) 

The  Coronation  of  Gi^orj^c  IV,,  July  ID,  1821. 

CaractacoH  b«*fore  ClftudJus. 

BalAitm  bleMttig  Ismol. 

LiftJ  uf  Pharaoh.    (J^ot  coloarad.) 

Christ  henling  tlie  Side. 

(Publisbeti  by  T.  Fairbam.  110.  Minori««.) 

Xfttivily  of  Jeati3  ClirinL 

(Published  by  W.  3l4aon,  21,  Ckrlcjcnwel]  Green,) 

With  them  wore  a  few  (three  or  four)  with  the 
central  part  filled  up,  serviii;^  in  ibid  st»te  lor 
decowtions  for  the  cottages  of  the  lower  cW^es, 
This  change  would  indicate  a  falling  olT  in  the 
demand  from  achoola. 

Wo  always  called  them  Bpecimens  or  pieces, 
written  tirst  on  louse  sheets  (many  were  spoiled 
and  rejected  as  not  good  enough)  and  afterwards 
stitched  together  by  the  master  and  taken  home  nt 
the  holidava,  I  have  seen  nothings  correspoinling 
to  either  of  late  jears.  Sam.  iSiiA w. 

Audover. 


T  well  retnember  these  Christmas  exhibitions 
of  handwriting;  but  I  never  heard  them  called 
**  Scripsite,'^  but  always  **  Christmas  pieces.^'  They 
were  sold  by  stationers  for  the  purpose,  and 
uauftUy  contained  a  large  picture  of  the  Nativity 
at  t bo  top,  though  neither  the  head  nor  tail  pieces, 
nor  those  down  the  Bides,  were  confined  to  sacred 
Bubjecte.  The  last  I  had  was  in  1808,  and  wa^ 
adorned  with  coloured  enj^ravings  of  national 
heroes  and  costume.  In  echools,  however,  they 
were  often  superseded  by  half  sheets  of  foolscap 
paper  written  upon  length wieo,  and  often  orna- 
mented with  tlourishing  of  such  fignreunsanaugel, 
a  swan,  an  eagle,  or  a  pen.  After  the  French 
Bevolution  the  eagle  was  the  great  favourite, 
and  he  grasped  a  scroll  inscribed  "  Libertv/' 

F.  0.  H. 


The  folio  sheets  alluded  to  by  M,  D.  aro  still 
infuse,  and. are  known  aa  "Christmas  pieces/* 
Some  years  ago  a  comic  song  was  very  popular, 
of  which  the  burden  was 

**  Would  you  like  to  look  at  my  rhristaia*  piece  ?  '* 

The  late   Mr,   Herbert   of  Sadler's  Wells,  m 

famed  as  *^  that  rascal   Jack,'*    used    to.sin":  it 

dressed  as  a  LoDdon  charity  boy.     In  the  enter- 

tmnmeut  at  '*  AmAteuia  and  Actors"  tke  song 


waa  occasionnlly  introduced  by  Qeoffry  Muflmpi 
a  charity- boy,  who  had  become  fVictntiim  to  l1 
manager  of  the  "  Theatre  Rural  Finchley/* 

"  Please  sir/'  said   G»*nffry,  "  when   I  sttows  Utat  tu 
fftnfhtntfKi^  >  me  RLXpenr*'-" 

"Very  v  nmn^ef.  "  Til  fallow  tilt  ed»- 

tj^m  ;  but  '\ ..  J..        .,  u,  iVv?  "  Cpoi^lhijj  to  « 
blot), 

**  Please,  sir,  /  didn't  do  thai^ii  wm  Bob  Biirroi  ^ 
And  now,  sir,  m  you're  a  gentleinim,  you  shall  lo©k' 
inv  ChrUtfHas  piece  as  often  jw  you  like  /ar  nalUmy 
ti///* 

*^Scripsit  **  was  at  the  bottf)m  of  the  folio  on  t 
line  where  room  was  left  for  the  pupil's  no 
but   I  never  beard  a  Christmas   piece   called^ 
scrtpsit,  James  Henry  Pixo 


HERALDIC. 
(4*"  S.  vii.  12.) 

1.  A  man  marrying  a  widow  not  ^n  heif^ 
the  daughtj-tr  of  one  entitled  to  l>ear  armit,  wou 
JmpaU  her  paternal  arms  only,  although,  in 
tractinff  a  second  marriage,  he  might,  if  so 
posed  (but  in  very  queationable  ta^te),  impale  ( 
arms  of  both  wives.  In  that  event  he  woi 
dispose  his  own  coat  on  the  right  of  the  Ijnei 
impalement,  and  those  of  his  two  wives*  pifl* 
per  fesse,  on  tht^  lijft — the  upper  portion  off*' 
subdivision  being  given  to  the  pateroal  coat 
his  former  virife.  In  practice  the  arms  of  the* 
first  (or,  if  more  than  two,  preceding  wivea)  nw 
usually  omitted. 

2,  The  issue  of  a  gentleman  not  po^^*Med  of  a 
coat  of  arms — and  uf  aucb  ther«  are  recorded 
examplea,  even  in  time«  when  heraldry  waa  fttp* 
posed  to  possess  a  significance — whiKSe*  father  luu 
married  an  heirca?,  would,  I  think,  in  ilie  absfeflfis 
of  a  paternal  coat,  be  entitled  to  use  the  plaJ* 
coat  of  his  maternal  grandfather,  whose  line  hidJ 
merged  in  bis  own  person.  No  such  caie  couiJ|l 
however,  happen  in  actual  practice;  becaus*  i| 
gentleman  marrying  an  heiress,  being  vtithoat  i 
coat  of  his  own,  would,  if  of  the  requi^te  80C^ 
status,  obtain  a  grant  of  arms  from  the  HeraWW 
College  on  payment  of  the  customary  fec^,  and  OB 
these  he  would  place  the  paternal  arms  of  lu* 
wife  in  an  **  escutcheon  of  pretence,**  i.  f.  coo* 
tained  on  a  miiiute  shield  occupying  the  et«^ 
centre  of  Ma  own.  This  is  the  usual  wav,  tho«ffc 
I  believe  it  is  patent  tti  the  husband  in  his  oj^uoo 
to  adopt  either  this  or  the  ordinary  form  ot  ut'- 
palement.  Failing  such  grant,  I  presume  it  \y  mli 
be  competent  to  the  issue  of  such  marria^'i*  t'^ 
apply  to  the  College  of  Arms  for  a  coat  v^'ii^ 
wiiich  to  quarter  his  maternal  insignia.  In  Mj^ 
case,  as  I  beliwvc,  bis  right  to  the  armorial  I 
ing  of  bis  mother's  family  would  not  be  aliect* 
hy  the  eircumstance  that  bis  father  did  not 
aess  a  coat  of  his  own ;  and  although  it  is  ^ 

,  VI  auc\i  c»aKife  \A  txswxt^t  both  coats^  it  ia 


i«*S.  Vtl.  F*B.  18,71.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


147 


kts  own. 


'^  '   that  a  coat  cannot  bo  quar- 

h  d(»es   not  exist.      Until 

'  •cttut  period,  the  luiaband 

A  hid  wHls  whether  nn 

,   ,^,    "- ly  tt  hufihiuid  quartered 

wife,  beia^  rin  hf-ire&fl,  in  wUiob 

i  ^*be  gcnt'tftlly  |)la<^t!d  her  arm^ 


XI. 


1,  In  reply  to  the  first  query  of  W.  M.  H.  C. 

Kto  the  suppositiou  of  a  widow  not  an  boiresa 
frying   a^^nin,  what   arms  should  her  second 
tband  impale,  her  father's  or  her  former  hus- 
^hukd's?  I  would  «ny  thnt  n  femme  not  an  heiress 
would,  oo  bet  oniin^  a  widow,  rt^tarn  the  impjtkd 
inilS  of  h(*r  decer^t^d  husband  and  htrcielf  upon  a 
luieiiifM :   but   in   the   event  of  her   niarrjinp^  a 
,  >sbe  would  c«f»t8t'  to  bear  her  tirst 
raia.     But  there  U  an   exc«^ption  to 
i"ule,  in  the  case  of  the  femme  being 
►f  a  peer.     For  if  she  were  to  marry  a 
3he  would  still  continue  to  bear  the 
f^t  h^r  form*ir  husband  on  a  separate  lo?;etjge ; 
^lier  shield,  her  second  husband  would 
paternal   arms^ — tho   two   forming   a 
'I'  yielding  pret^edcnce.     If,  how- 
»  marry  a  second  peer,  sbo  would 
us  i>f  her  former  husband,  unless 
I J  hijiher  than  that  of  her  second. 
^  JlfTaldty/,  Historical  and  Popular ^ 
ipter  on  *'  Mai'shalling,*'  &e.) 
-'    *      the   second  query,  as  to  an 
an  hmrt?*^,  could  the  iaaue 
.,  ,     .,.  iii  in  nny  way?  1  w^ill  quote 
M  Cusmn's  Handbook  of  JItrraldnj 

one  without  armoHfil  bearinjcr^^ 

-f  lie  could  make  no  n^e  what- 

tus:  <t>r,  hnvinj::  oo  es^tttehcon  of  hii  owti, 

I "  could  not  char^  her  f^bicJd  of  pretence  \ 

TKini  their  iv«ue«  bc-iDg  luable  to  quiurter,  be 

10  h<^ar  thdr  maternal  coat." 

not  an  exception  to  this,  in  the 

marrying  au  heiress,  and  having 

'       liter,  and  subsequently 

1  a  ?     The  I  at  ter  wo  ul  d 

Hj  ,   iiud  the  daughter  to  the 

Ti  r  vrould  hero  be  entitled  to 

♦-  ,..ui%  and  also  her  father's  by 

it  in  the  case  W,  Mc  IL  C.  puts 

'  nn  jiiTita  to  be  incorporated), 

T  be  entitled  to  '*  bring 

ne  to  the  coat  of  any 

might  marry;  in  such  a  case  cer- 

ijr  an  adrantage  over  her  non-armi- 

'  therP  J,  S.  Udal, 

J  nuiClob. 


PW&itted 


W  hcii 
l&Otiier. 

WhrT 

(tli.  I. 


BOOK  OKKAMENTATIOX. 
(4«»' S.  vL  5C7  ;  viL  111.) 

The  ''bookbinder  near  Leed^t  or  Skipton,"  n*- 
furred  to  by  P.  P.^  was  doubtless  Kdwards  ^f 
Halifax.  GlJOROE  M*  GritEES. 

'i7,  King  Williiim  Street,  Strand* 


I  have  a  small  Bible,  purchased  aome  twelve 
yeara  ago  in  Chippenham*  and  then  apparentlyj 
new,  on  the  edges  of  which  are  the  namei*  of  th©| 
boolis  in  their  proper  order.  The  edges  are  giltyl 
and  the  names  are  visible  only  when  the  leaveai 
are  slanted.  HiC  £T  miKHTB. 

i>,  Ltti4  caster  GAti^  W, 


A  manuscript  folio  volume  in  the  library  of 
Trinit}^  College,  Cambridge,  rontaiiung  the  poem, 
of  **  Gene  rides*'  snd  Lyd  gate's*  **  Siege  of  Thebes 
and  Troy/'  has  its  three  edges  ornamented  witk . 
armorial  bearings,  which  are  the  same  aa  those  ^ 
on  the  margins  and  in  the  initial  letters,  and  aii^l 
parently  belonged  t^  some  form«r  possessors.   Tno  1 
date   of    the   ikIS.   is  about   the  middle  of   the 
fifteenth  ceotary,  that  of  the  armorial  bearings 
somewhat  later — perhaps  the  reign  of  Ilea,  Vu. 
My  own  impression  is  that  the  MS.  was  decorated 
in'  this  way  for  a  wedding  pre^sent,  and  that  tha 
arms   belonjired   to  mf'tubers   of  the   families  80 J 
united  by  marria-re.     There  va^  a  marriage  in  the 
reign  of  Hen.  YIL  between  two  families  whoaa 
arms  I  have  been  able  to  identify  in  the  book. 

WiLLLVM  ALDia  Wbtokt, 

I  have  always  seen  and  beard  Edwards  of  Hali- 
fax accredited 'with  the  production  of  tho?e  books 
bound    at   the  beginning  of  this  century  which  ^ 
have  landscape  and  other  paintingrt  on  their  edges. 
That   he  did  produce   some  I  think  thert-.  i^  as 
littlo  doubt  as  tluit  tho  nuns  of  Little  Gidding 
embroidered  covers  for  Bibles  and  Prayers  in  the 
seventeenth  century  j  but  I  do  not  believe,  indua- 
ti'ious  as   these  nuns  were,  that  they  were  the 
artificers  of  idl  or  even  nearly  all  the  bindin;rs  of 
that  character,  and  just  so  Edwnrds  of  Halifax 
hn^  been  over-credited  with  work  of  the  kind  now 
in  question.     I  have   had  in  my  hands  many  of . 
these  books,  and  I  think  two  of  every  throe  have  ' 
borne   the  following  inscription: — ** Bound  and 
sold  bv  Taylor  and  Heasey.*'    I  have  one  so  in- 
scribeil,  and   have  seen   many   others.     I  have 
occasionally  seen   Edwaids^s  name  affixed,   and  ' 
others  have  no  name. 

Basil  MoNTAGtr  PicKKRnro* 

The  following  extract  from  a  bookselloT's  cata- 
logue may  interest  F.  M.  8. :  — 

'•514.  Uojier'a  Pocmn,  printed  bv  Bcnslev,  with  WcffiA.- 
ctitu  fr<>ra  Dmwhjgs  hy  SMith«td,  \\vV:s  oia  \t\?iAa.  "^^wt-* 
ilrst  edition,  l*2tuo,  h<m'ud  lu  Uwe  moTr*<:«Ai,  ^ClVi  '^^^^^^  ** 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


n.  18,  'ri- 


ch arming  colour<>d  Drawint?  of  Old  Derby  Hridgfl  on  ilie 
gilt  edge,  by  Edwardj*  of  HiilifjtXt  I'Ik.     1812/* 

Thia  tt^mpting'  little  volume  was  offered  for 
8rtl«  by  Messrs.  C.  &  G,  Noble,  ol2^  Stnmd,  in 
Catalogue  XXIII.  1868.  W.  G.  Stone. 


Eleven  Shilling  Peecbs  op  Ckarlbs  I.  (4"* 
S.  vii.  65.) — There  never  was  an  English  coin 
cuprent  of  exactly  the  worth  of  eleven  ehillings. 
Early  in  the  reign  of  Charlea  I.  there  were  angek 
or  ten-ahilling  pieces  struck,  the  estimated  value 
of  which  waa  a  little  above  eleven  shillinf^s  and 
fourpence.  (Folkes^'a  Table  of  EttglUk  Gold  Coins, 
p.  8.)  Poasibly^  though  not  very  probably,  these 
are  the  coins  alluded  to.  Would  E.  P.  give  the 
wordfi  of  the  will  to  which  he  refers?  311, 

DEXARrus  OP  Da  uses,  Skfior  (4"*  S,  vii,  95.) 
There  h  no  such  coin  as  the  one  described  by 
J,  n.  H.  to  be  found  in  either  Rasche,  Eckhely 
or  Cohen,  There  is  none  even  on  which  he  beara 
the  title  of  "  Prineepa  Juventutis;'  311. 

Tht3  SwAjf  Song  of  Pailson  Avhrv  (4***  S.  vi. 
493;  vii.  20.)  —  The  Newbury  mentioned  in  thia 
poem  is  a  co^iflt  town  in  M  a&sach  use  tta,  about  thirty - 
five  miles  north  of  Boston.  The  voyage  undertaken 
by  Parson  Avery  could  hnve  been  performed  under 
favourable  circumstances  in  ^vq  or  six  hours,  but, 
it  wa«  nece!!iajiry  to  double  Cape  Ann,  a  headland 
projecting  into  the  AtlaDtic  about  ten  miles  be- 
yond the  geni^ral  line  of  the  coast.  The  scene  of 
the  shipwreck  wo.^  a  tuilo  or  two  east  of  this  bead- 
Innd,  when  the  voyage  was  about  half  accom- 
plished, Marblehead  is  a  seaport  town,  about 
tifteen  miles  north  of  Boston^  and  is  so  mimed 
from  its  rocky  eite,  tbotigh  its  rocks  are  not  marble 
but  sieoite.  Newbury  in  Massachusetts  was  named 
after  Newbury  ia  Berkshire,  in  compliment  t*3  the 
Rev.  Thomas  Parker,  its  first  pastor,  wbo  had 
been  a  preacher  at  the  latter  place,  Ncwbem^  in 
North  Carolina,  is  said  to  have  been  named  by  its 
Swias  settlers  after  the  capital  of  their  own 
country,  and  is  still  frequently  written  ISevr  Bern, 
the  final  efeing  £r©ne rally  omitted, 

E,  W.  will  find  in  the  Xew  Engkmd  Genealogical 
Didiunary  by  Jiimes  Savage,  vol.  i.,  art  *'  Avery," 
some  account  of  Parson  Avery  and  his  family,  and 
in  Josh n a  Coffin's  Hidonj  of  Newhimj  the  narra- 
tive that  suggested  the  ^'  Swan  Song.*^  Thc^e 
works  can  be  consulted  at  the  British  Museum. 

J.  M.  B. 

The  incident  upon  which  this  poem  is  founded 
occurred  iu  16^15  otl'  Cape  Ann,  Mass,  A  full 
account  of  it  may  be  found  under  the  title  of 
"Antony  Thacher's  Shipwreck'*  ia  Alexander 
Young's  Chronicles  of  the  Planttra  of  Massachu' 
i^th,  p.  483, 

^Ir.  Avery,  shortly  after  his  arrival  in  this 
eotwtrr,    wna  invited"  to   become  the   paator  at 


Marblehead,  a  place  between  Cape  Ann  and 
Bostou.  He  sailed  from  Ipswich,  the  town  ad- 
joininir  Newbury,  in  a  pinnace,  which  had  ber^^ 
sent  for  him  from  Marblehead,  On  Augujjt  IG  th 
ve^el  was  lost,  and  out  of  the  twenty-three  \ 
sons  on  board  only  two  were  saved — Mr.  Thach^ 
and  his  wife.  They  landed  upon  a  barren  uXmi 
which  has  since  been  known  as  Thacher's  Island 
and  the  Rock  of  Avery's  Fall,  mentioned  in 
poem,  13  called  *^  Avery's  Rock." 

Mr.  Avery  was  cousin  to  Mr.  Thacher.  Go 
Winthrop,  in  his  ]ournal,  speaks  of  ^fr.  Avery  i 
"  a  miniiiter  in  Wiltshire  [Eap.]  a  godly  tiuwul 
Ilii*  bflpti^mal  name  has  been  pven  incorrectly  l 
John.  The  eailv  records  in  Massachusetta  gil 
Jorieph,  '  G.  \V,  TJ 

New  York. 

'*  The  IlEWTyG  OF  the  Lead  "  (4***  S.  vii.Sfi 
This  famous  old  song  is  attributed  to  Pearce,  I 
the  collection  called  the  Miincal  Cyclopedia^ 
James  Wilson,  published  iu  1834  ;  but  I  have 
doubt  that  it  was  written  by  Charles  Dibdin, 
whom  I  find  it  assigned  in  the  Book  of  Englii 
Songsj  published  in  1851.  It  bears  the  characti 
of  th©  many  sea-songs  of  Bihdin.  He  died  ' 
1814,  and  certainly  I  knew  the  song  aeve 
years  before  that  date.  1  do  not  know  tEd  d 
of  Mr.  Richard  Scrafton  Sharpens  death ;  but  ! 
aides  the  songs  of  his  mentioned  bv  Bu,  DtlOK-3 
*^  Poor  Rose  of  Lucerne,'*  published  as  the  "  Swii 
Toy  Girl,"  and  the  two  others— he  was,  1  believr 
the  author  of  "  Tho  Minute  Gun  at  Sea,"  wlitfl 
wii3  onco  a  great  favourite,  and  which  I  ha^ 
heard  Braham  sing  with  great  spirit  and  eff©( 
The  music  waa  composed  by  ^L  P.  King. 

F,  c.  n  ■ 

The  music  of  this  old  sea-song  is  by  Shield^ 
may  he  not  have  written  the  words  also  ?    I  mij 
however,  safely  affirm   that  neither  this  song 
the  pastoral  "  Shepherds  I  have  lost  ray  lov^ 
was  written  by  uiy  father  (the  late  Richard  Sci 
toa  Sharpe) :  they  are  Ixith  of  too  old  a  date. 
beg  to  thank  Dtt*  DixoN  for  his  very  gratifji 
notice  of   my  father'a  works.      The  paston 
which  he  all1^d^5a  (he  will  excuse  my  correctia 
is  entitled  "  The  Wreath,'*  the  first  line  bebg 
^^.Sbcphcrds^  tell  me,  have  you  seea  my  Flora  pits 

way  ?  " 
A  song  on  the  same  model,  **  The  Captive  to  1 
Bird,"  was  also  set  to  music  about  the  same  ti^ 
by  Mazzinghi,  but  seems  to  be  quite  forgott( 
while    **Tbe  Wreath"  has  a  world-wide   fm 
perhaps  owing  to  the   perfect  agreement  of 
words  and  music.  F. 

Ktrksantox  (4"' S.  vi.  387.)— In  mv  qad 
this  place  was  incorrectly  stated  to  be  in  iFurti  * 
It  is  in  Cumberland,  between  the  rivers  Irt 
Mite,  about  thiee  and  a  half  miles  from  the  i 


4l*SwTlLFto.ia,7lO 


KOTES  AND  QUERIES, 


149 


Cf  rx  (4^  S.  vi.  417,551 ;  vii.  57.)— The  gun  at 
MarlboiToupli  3lill^  temp,  Edw.  I.,  ^&9  probably  a 
**  gonne,  a  liirge  barrel  '*  (see  Chambttuii),  and  the 
hooped  otdnaivce  migbt  easily  take  the  Dame  at  a 
later  ^tde,  Wnlsingham  diatinctlj  snys  that  cun- 
mm  was  a  Fi*e«ch  tenn.  Gyu  is  nd  **  a  snare/' 
but  an  enjniit?  of  war ;  it  is  otill  in  use  with  ar- 
tilicT^en  and  engioeera  for  a  sort  of  abeara  for 

MAOKKNztB  E.  C,  Walcott,  B.D,,  F.S.A. 

Tmi  DrDACTic  Poetry  of  Italy  (4**"  S.  m. 

414 »  5ii7.) — There  are  few  better  authorities  on 

ItAHAQ  literature  than  Mr.  Green,  by  whom  my 

UKiiiirj  ns  to  the  earliest  didactic  poem  in  Italian 

WW  wiam*eiied  iu  the  Inst  volume  of  "  T^T,  &  Q/' 

«♦  537.     He  assumes  that  the  Acerba  ofCecco 

d*AAnriii^  a  contemporary  of  Dante,  and  the  Sfera 

I  Batij  who  died  in  1436,  may  claim 

r  the  Regola  da  piantare  Mdarmici  of 

Du»:)it«  I  ir>.      But  this  must  depend  upon   the 

^9X^m  of  the  works  referred  to.    Strictly  ppeak- 

b--  -"-^*^;7i^  which  teaches  in  verfle  is  a  didactic 

p  the  term  is  usually  confiued  to  a  poem 

v  lies  and  illustrates  a  specific  subject. 

y  verse  we  may  take  as  an    example 

^  . .  ^  s  A  rt  ofpreser mng  Ilealth^  one  amoa  pst 

Is  the  Acet^ha^  then,  of  this  description  ? 

•chi  mentions  it  (vol.  r.  lib.  ii.  cap.  *2,  xviii.) 

iLs  tn^ating  of  many  matters  {pm  artjomenii)  in 

rhT^i.^0,  moral   philosophy,  and   religion^  which 

'  ikflfiifn  it  to  a  different  category ;  and  the 

.    nernaps,   may  be    classed    as   descriptive 

toow  than  didactic,     I  have  not  at  present  an 

onortitDity  of  examining  either  of  these  works, 

Some  of  your  readers,  who  live  nearer  than   a  ' 

feai4rwl  miles  to  the  British  Museum,  may  be 

n ate,  and  I  shall  be  glad  to  hear  the 

^  the  poems  in  question  are  shown  to 

ic,Collenuccio  will  still  be  entitled 

I  of  having  written  the^ftrsf  didftc- 

I*  j»jrm  in  iianant  W.  M.  T, 

"Kra  noc  tocari  debet,'*  ETa  (4*"  S,  vii.  96,) 
^idi  Martial's  Epigravu^  book  in.  No.  58,  line  51 , 
«1  Schneidwin,  W.  A.  B.  C. 

U  Caiucole  (4^»»  S.  vii.  34  )  —  In  the  last 
^fitioci  of  the  Didiimanf  of  the  Spaniah  Academy^ 
CkfiMo)  is  described  as  a  mollusc  of  the  size  of  a 
iit  in  ati  orbicular  shell,  open-mouthed,  and  in 
^  form  of  B  haff-moon, 

*CQrftlitAVlE.i    Fairt  la  caractdf  souldiers  to  cast  them* 

df*  into  m  rotmd  or  ring." 

hti  it  not  mean  retiring  backwards  from  the 
f»i«iic«  of  rovalty,  the  body  being  bent  in  the 
ma  c*f  a  balf-woon  ?         .  F.  W.  C, 

nipbam  Pftrk,  SAY. 

ThiT  ii<  n  tprm  of  horsemanship:    "the  half- 
-^eman  makes  either  to  the  rich t 
:/*>     We  may  therefore  infer  that 


as  the  nobles  left  the  Duchess  of  Parma,  they 
made  in  token  of  reverence  alternate  bows  to  the 
right  and  to  the  left,  walking  backwards  till  they 
reached  the  door.  F,  C.  H. 

*'  It's  a  par  Cry  to  Loch  Awe  "  (4***  S.  vi, 
505 ;  vii,  42.)— Let  me  I'efer  vour  eorrespondenta 
who  have  written  on  this  subject  to  the  Legend 
of  Monirost.  The  expression  is  used  by  one  of 
the  Campbells,  when  Captain  Dugald  Dalgetty  is 
in  the  presence  of  the  Marquis  of  Argyll,  and  ia 
beginning  to  b^  afraid  at  the  danger  to  which  the 
sacred  person  of  an  ambassador  was  likely  to  bo 
exposed.  The  phrase  there  is  given  as  •*  It's  a  far 
cry  to  Lochom,  The  passage  will  be  found  iu  the 
twelfth  chapter.  J bun  Pickfori>,  M.A. 

Bolton  Percy,  near  Tadcaster. 

Ltdeies:  *' Kttshworth's  Historical  Col- 
lections'' (4**' S.  vii.  42.)  —  I  am  very  doubtful 
whether  the  enterprise  suggested  by  your  corre- 
spondent would  receive  adequate  support.  Some 
years  ago  I  projected  a  series  of  indexe^t,  and  actu- 
ftUv  completed  (among  others)  the  greater  portion 
of  yiushwortb,  bnt,  though  without  desire  for  pe- 
cuniary gain,  I  was  unsuccessful  in  the  endea- 
vour to  find  a  publisher.  '^  No  one,'*  it  was  said, 
*^  would  waste  print  or  paper  over  them !  '*  Pub- 
lication by  subscription,  however,  might  possibly 
answer,  I  shoula  bo  happy  to  complete  my 
work,  which,  I  may  venture  to  say,  is  that  of « 
experienced  and  expert  hand,  and  divide  the  co 
of  printing  among  as  many  subscribers  tis  were 
forthcoming,  provided  they  were  numerous  enough 
to  keep  the   price   of  copies  within  reasonable 

Hmits.  Tho,  SATCHEtL, 

H.  M.  Customs,  Cliariog  Cro«,  W.C. 

Key  TO  '^Le  Gkand  Cracs"  (4^  S.  vi.  387^! 
516;  vii.  44.)-.S.  W.  T,  will  find  a  key  to  Le 
Grand  Cyrus  in  the  first  volume  of  M.  Victor 
CoUfein^fl  work  La  Society  fnmqaise  an  jriiV  Siide^ 
vol.  i,  p.  364.  The  first  and  second  volumes  of  the 
ponderous  romance  were  published,  not  in  1050, 
but  in  1049.  '^Acheves  d'imprimer/*  says  the 
royal  privilege,  "le  7  Janvier  1041).'^ 

GusiAVE  Massoit. 

Harrow  on  the  Hill. 

Weaver's  Art  (4^^  B.  vii,  57.)— Gray  I  can 
hardly  assume  unknown  to  R.  P»  Q. — 
u  Weave  the  warp  iind  wcAve  ibu  woof. 
Tht  winding-!ihe«t  of  Edward's  race." 
Vivien,  in  Tennyson's  2di/lk — 

"  pot  forth  the  charm 
Of  woven  paces  and  of  waving  handa," 

and  Scott  tells  us — 

*'  Oh  I  what  a  tangled  web  we  u>eave 
When  first  we  practist?  to  deceive  '*j 
but  Shakspeare  supplies  many  allusions  to  the 
weaver^s  art,  such  as  in  Afft  UV//  that  Ends  FFW/, 
Act  IV.  Sc.  3,  where  one  of  the  French  lords  aays, 
**  The  web  of  oiir  life  ia  oC  il  niinyled  ^^(xaC^  \ 


150 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[I^S^VIL  ^ji.l$, 


Leontea  refers  to  it  (  Winier't  TaU,  A^t  L  Sc.  2) ; 
and  nnmeroufl  instances  miyht  cro)cvd  jour  spaoPi 
e«pooially  if  the  spider  wore  enlisted  in  t lie  ser- 
vice* (See  Merchant  of  Vtmett  Act  II L  Sis.  2  j 
Troilm  and  Ctemda,  Act  V,  Sc,  2,  &c.) 

FaiLLLB  Saktt  (4"*  S.  vii.  o<3.) — This  paiot  is 
St.  Jane  or  Joanna  of  Valois,  who  died  in  1505, 
She  was  bo  repregented,  holding  up  a  crown  in 
hvt  left  hand,  in  a  mural  painting  in  Eaton  Ghurcb, 
near  Norwich,  She  waa  queen  of  Louis  XIL 
of  France.  She  founded  a  religious  order  of  the 
Annunciation  of  the  B.  V.  ^Mary,  and  took  the 
liahit  of  it  herself,  hut  died  the  yejir  foUowinff. 

F.  0.  H. 

"The  Propigal  Soi?"  (4***  S,  yii.  50.) — 1 
liave  a  set  of  woodcuts  illuatrating  the  parable ; 
they  are  black  upon  white|  publiyhed  by  M.  Den- 
ton, Hospital  GntPj  West  Smithfield,  Ijondon,  Jnn* 
10,  1795  (I  think  that  doacribed  hj  J*  T.  F»  a 
cop7  of  the  same  work  coloured).  J*  T.  F.  may 
liAY©  a  sight  of  it.  T.  S.  A." 

Caxnon  (4'''  8.  vii.  68-)— If  the  Italian  word 
canoue  or  carmone  ever  meant  **a  bijr  dogr/'  it 
appears  t«i  have  lost  that  meaning  by  the  Degin- 
ninf^  of  the  aeventeenth  century ;  for  in  Florio' s 
Neni  World  of  WorfU  (Lond.  f011)it  13  not  an 
explained,  though  other  renderings  are  given 
beiidea  "  any  cannon/'  which  is  the  first.  Quo 
rendering  of  cmina  is  "  the  l>ore  or  concavitie  of  a 
piece/'  In  Minpheii*a  S)}anvsh  and  English  Dtc- 
Utmary  (Lond*  1591))  there  is  no  allusion  to  the 
word  can  maiming  **  an  ancient  piece  of  ordnance." 

A  5  ON, 

Ben  J,  Cakbiku  (4*^  S.  vii.  J)7,  130.)— Allow 
jne  to  answer  one  of  my  own  queations,  Benjamin 
Carier  was  the  son  of  Anthony  Carier,  a  learned 
and  devout  preacher*  Benjamin  became  Fellow 
of  C\  C  C»  Cambridge,  chaplain  to  James  1.,  and 
Fellow  of  Chelsea  College.  He  joined  tlie  ( ■hiuvh 
of  Rome,  and  went  to  Lit^ge  m  Qerraany.  He  i 
died  before  midsummer,  1014,  (See  Woods  Ftisti 
0.ioti.  and  Bohn  a  Loinidea.}         J.  M.  Cowper, 

May  not  *'R,  C,  Gent"  be  Eichard  Carew, 
who  translated  Huarta  and  part  of  To^io  p 

Geouge  M.  Grebn. 
27,  King  WilliAm  Street,  Strand. 

*'TnK  AWIRITION    OF   THE  LaJIB,"  ETC.  (4*"   S. 

Ti.  38*'5,  550.) — Tlie  following  inscription,  painted 
on  the  frame  of  this  importJint  work,  ia  taken 
from  Mr.  Maynard'a  book  TivcnUj  Ycm^d  of  tlw 
Arundel  Socidfj  : — 

PiCTOB  HUaHUTTg  K  KVCK*  JIAJOR  qVO  SKMO   RF.pCTtVa 

Inckpit;  poKDVsqvE  JoUanueii  autk  sKCtrisuvs 
Fratku  pKRrEniT,  Jv^iioci  ryn  pRKCK  fretvs. 
VbrsV  sJvXta  MaI  Vo9  CoLLaCAt*  aCta  TVKitl  + 

(The  painter  Hubert  Van  Eyck,  a  greater  was 

never  found,  began  *  and  hip  second  brother  (John) 

completed  the  work,  at  the  instance  of  Judocus 


I 

m  of 

Ina]|^l 

irenc6^ 


Vytts,     On   the  Bih  of  May,  in  the  v^-Rr  1 
these  pictures  were  completed).     We 
the  inscriptions  on  the  panels  popre&t^  _ 

Annunciation/'  and  the  legends  on  the  ligurei  of 
the  prophet*  and  sibyls. 

I  am  very  gratefill  to  F,  C.  II,  for  his  vali 
translation,  W,  Mabs: 

Clarence  (^4**"   S.   vi.  500,)  —  I  cannot 
L.  B.  C.  any  information  about  Willinm  Clare; 
nor  do  I  know  if  John,  Bastard  of  Clarence,  mar- 
ried or  left  issue.  HERMEprrRiroB, 

De  BoHrx  (4^'»  S.  vi.  501 ;  vii.  24,)-L  On  • 
cap  of  maintenance,  a  lion  crowned  (BoattiU'| 
Heraldry,  plat©  bcvi.) 

2.  I  cimnot  ascertain. 

3,  I  can  offer  A.  F.  H.  a  pedigi-ec  of  the  fan 
with  full  chronological  details,  if  he  wo  aid  like  i 
have  it.     In  two  or  three  generations  the 
alogy  is  almost  inextricably  confused,  and 
notices  can  be  found  on  the  rolls  simply 
matters  worse.    Does  A.  F.  H.  desire  more 
tailed  "particulars  "  than  are  given  in  such  woii 
as  l>iigdale*s  Baronagi^f      If  he  wishes  for 
pedigree,  will  he  pleas©  to  let  me  know  ? 

HERMK^fTRrn 

MS.  .\rTOBTOGiiirnT   of   the  N\ 
OF  KnsT,  Richard  UL   (4**'  S.   vi. 
Edward  Dering  was  right     Mr.  Tew  will  hjii 
what  he  inquires  about  set  forth  in  The  Loji  of 
the  Plmifftf/cfietSf  an  interesting  historictl  n«T»- 
tiiro  published  by  Smith  &  Elder  in  1880.    l!  tw 
by  the  ancestor  of  the  present  Earl  of  WincJiili»ft 
that  the  *' person  "  therein  named  was  omployed 
to  supei  intend  the  works  at  Eastwell     ^''^  '''*^ 
will  find  some  notes  of   mine  refeni 
Lovel  and  to  this  mvsterious  son  of  i.„  .. 
in  ''  N.  &  Q."  for  November  13,  I85S,  ai 
for  January  1,  1850.     I  shiiU  have  much  ] 
in  lending  Mr.  Tew  the  book  in  questf 
addressing  a  line  to  me.  S. 

Httl stock,  YcoAil,  Somerset* 

In  Evans's  Old  Bathds,  vol.  iv.  p.  21,  ed.  1 
Mr.  Tjcw  will  find  appended  to  a  hallad 
"  Richard  Plantagenet/'  by  Mr.  Hull,  nlmoat  j 
tho  authentic  informatton  extant  as  to  the  oh* 
of  bis  query.     East  well  Park  was  then- 
in  the  reign  of  Henry  VI L — the  prop 
residence  of  Sir  Edward  Movie,  not  Dea 
from  him  ilesceDde<l  by  an  beires*  to  the  I 
in  whom  it  is  still  vested.     The  Duke  of  , 
com  has  of  late  y^ars  rented  it  from  Uie  1 
of  the  present  Earl  of  WiuchiL^ea.     A  refen 
to   the  story   occurs  in  a  MS*  pedigree   of 
Lofties,  who  were  seated  at  WestwelL,  the  I 
joinion:  parish,  in  the  eamo  reign:    one  of  T 
is  gftid  to  have  come  from  Yorkshire  in  charge  i 
Richard   Plantagenet.      A    Richard     ' 
named  in  the   registers  as  having 
\  lliete  in  1550,    Ho  waa 


4»&..Tn.Fu.ia,'7L] 


NOTES  A2iD  QUEELES, 


\£it 


of 


eotding^  to  tlie  MS.,  waa  called  after  tlie  king. 
The  name  *' Iticbnrd"  does  not  ngfnin  occur  in 
the  family,  ^liich  v!m  ftftei*warda  seated  in  Smeeth 
perish,  in  the  church  of  which  are  many  of  their 
moniument*.  Seo  Uasteds  Kvnt^  folio,  1700, 
voL  iii,  p.  293,  Fixz  Riciiaej>. 

In  the  year  1774  was  puljliahed  a  4 to  pamphlet 
of  ir.  and    SO  pajres^  with  the    follo'«ing'  title, 

/*    ^     ^  f"  ^  \*  a  Lrfjciuhirji  Tale,     Now 

.  Hull."  It  in  a  poem,  with 
ru  f.  i'-.vid  (larrick,  and  some  account 
of  the  hero,  who  is  repreaeated  to  have  been  a 
aitund  son  of  liichtird  HI.  Jonjr  Wilson. 

Sreerwort  (4*'»  S.  Ti.  502 :  vii.  25»)— 
*•  Shfire-irort.    A  i     '  "         ic  dicta,    quia 

Batjnni'4   rx  t « I  ^   n  :  4."  —  Skinner 

(6tep.J|,  KtymdiH^i  ^ '..-/  ,  K^lX^suh  vac. 

iiDWARp  Peacock. 

Trrr-  Tu  , w ^  BooKB  (4*"  8.  \u  ftomm  ;  Tii.  la) 

1  •  di*ctis>in^   the  matter  of   the 

^  au?e  1  hold  that  it  rather  resta 

V  oLTto  phow;  if  he  can,  that  the  ro- 

c  '  'Ti   is  false.     At  preeent  he  has  nf»t 

c  -  1  know.     But  I  would  caution 

t  ;  t  hia  first  a58€rtion  with  respect  to 

ijer  waa  that  the  date  had  been  tara- 

From  the  directness  of  the  assertion, 

would  have  dreamt  that  it  waa  made  with- 

^  ever  having  i^een  the  print.     Now  he  haa 

-11  [he  print  and  tinda  that  guch  a  posiition  is 

rJ>iirH,  hfr  has  f^tarted  the  tbeorj*  of  the   print 

than  the  printinjrj  or  perhaps*  I  should 

tin  the  matter  printed,  which  is,  in 

:i«»n,  f^mte  aa  im tenable  as  his  foi-mer  as- 

J.  C.J. 

'r  dkOrlktox  (4*^  8.  vii.  I>f?.)— Mr.  Henrt 

«*s  very  positive  denial  of  Adam  de  Orle- 

1 1  eanoiirs  must  be  founded  upon  sources 

ion    not    commonly    knoTMi    to   the 

-torvi  and  therefore,  as  one  altogether 

In  the  Bubiect,**  he  will,  I  am  sure, 

^  un  i>un'£^.  me  aa  to  direct  me  to  them. 

ExmuxD  Tew,  M*A. 
Ptlchioj:  RectcrtT,  Aruadd. 

'^IflKRUSALKUl   MT  HAPITE   IIoME*'  (4***   S.  Vl* 

'  -  '  ^  ^ "» :  vi  i ,  4 1 . ) — T h  e  e \ ec  ution  of  J  o ii  n  lli »wlig 
h ester  has  been  incidentally  named  in  con- 
-^--^  ...  with  this  subject  Pr,  Ketile  is,  I  believe, 
w  erroT  aa  to  the  place  where  this  inai  tyr  died. 
rr-TT  j^^^  gives  an  account  of  his  death*  on  the 
ed,  but  at  Lancaster;  and  I  understand 
i\  Bone,  who  has  a  MS.  copy  of  the  ballad 
hich  Dr»  Neale  refers,  that  it  a^rrees  with 
Cbn1lMi«'r*3  account  in  this  reject  ThewUs  is 
^'  one  e:xeeuted  at    Lancaster  whose 

^  ^rcm  attributed  to  Mimchester,  as  may 

^  -^Hf;  by  reference  to  a  paper  (»ntributed  to  the  | 
litt'litfuy  {vM,  X.)  by  the  prei?ent  writer, 
la  li?tj5  appeared  — 


Crjrill., 


U 


"O  Moth<?r,  n<?ar  Jffitaaleml  T»i«  Ohl  Hymn,  its 
Origin  and  (renealop^^  Editt.»U  by  William  C.  Prime*" 
New  York,    iivo,  pp.  ^2,— 

which  is  thus  noticed  in  Triihnei'a  Liitt^my  Meeord 
(132):- 

**  To  the  lovers  oP  hytnTiolopy  tltis  will  be  an  accept- 
tihlt  vohime:  it  contains  old  David  l)ifckson/s  veridon  of 
tbe  well-known  livmn,  with  vartouamore  modem  and  car* 
rent  versions;  and  in  llie  Appendix  the  hymn  of  nilde- 
bort,  and  an  extract  from  the  byrau  of  fiumonl  de 
Clngny." 

WiLiiAJi  E.  A.  Axon, 

Joynson  Street,' Strange  ways. 

Dit.  Jom^soN'8  Watch  (4^**  S.  vi,  27i5,  465;  vii. 
55/)— In  answer  to  your  correspondent  on  the 
above  subject,  in  Bos^'ell^s  Lt/e  of  Jolmsanj  toI.  li* 
p.  .%,  I  find  the  following : — 

"At  thb  time  I  observed  upon  tbe  dial-plate  of  his 
watch  •  a  short  Greek  inscription,  taken  from  the  New 
Testament.  Nt^  y^p  tpx^rm^  being  the  first  word*  of  onr 
Saviour's  solemn  admooition  to  the  itjiprox^ement  of  that 
timu  whit^h  Is  allowed  us  to  prepare  for  eternity  :  *Tho 
night  ranieth  when  no  man  can  work.'  Jle  yome  time 
aftcrwardA  laid  a»ide  thif«  dial-plate ;  and  when  I  asked 
him  tbe  reason,  Jio  said,  *  It  miLrht  do  vt^r}-  w*"!!  upon  a 
doek  which  a  man  kecpi  ii     '        '      :  :  :  Live  it 

npon   hu  watth  which  he  i,  and 

wJiJoh  h  often  looked  at  by  '  i        ^       ^   '  "n-*d  va 

u:itiuitatious/  " 

Mr.  Steevens  is  now  poesesecd  of  the  dial-plate 
inscribed  as  above.  ChaBI^es  Hi^tton. 

Nottingbann 

CoKTiviAL  8o3ffGS  (4*''  S.  vi,  passim  ;  vii.  58,) 
One  of  the  best  1  ever  heard  was  produced  at  the 
Adelphi  Theatre  about  forty  years  ago.  Tho 
music  was  composed  by  ^larschner  the  German  ; 
the  words  I  forget,  but  the  idea  was  drinking  to 
the  four  aeasoni^.  Can  Mr.  LHxon  help  me  to  the 
words  P  Jaji:^  Gilbebx. 

61,  Hill  Street,  Peckham.  S.E» 

Tost  Prophecies  (4«*  S.  \  i*  370,  Vm,  H^S ;  tiL 
42.) — The  lines,  or  string"  of  prophecies  alluded  to 
by  L.  C.  D.,  were  in  Fi^nch,  in  which  lanpriiage  I 
first  saw  them,  I  believe,  in  1848,  They  raa 
thus : — 

"Je  no  youdrais  pas  etra  rtd  en  1848. 

Je  ne  vondrals  jins  etrc  prftreeo  1840. 

Jo  ne  voudrain  pas  etre  »ildat  en  IftiW. 

Jc  voiidrais  etro  tout  ce  que  vous  votidrea  €»(/&«• 
lievt)  1851. 

Of  the  laat  date,  I  am  not  sure :  but  the  whole 
thing;  was  conspictiously  worthless  as  a  prophecy, 
and  clumsy  as  a  fabrication.^BB?*^*      ^'  ^^  H* 

I  copied  from  a  newspaper  (I  tbJnk  in  1848,, 
from  a  local  one  in  Taunton,  where  I  then  resided} 
the  foUowinj^: — 

•  Sir  John  Hawkins  says  lb»t  this  waloli  was  the 
linit  Johnson  ev<*r  pos(«es»ed,  It  was  made  for  him  by 
Mod^e  and  Dutton  in  I7fi8.  They  were  celel>ratiMi 
watchmakerM  of  the  laH  c-coTury.  n)2  '  :'  '  p.  Mtuatod 
at  the  left  comer  of  Hind  Court,  v.  ■    in  Fleet 

Street  to  underjjo  the  awe^pirvg,  otA 
which  it  escaped  up  to  llw  y^ax  \^^,— 1t.\>* 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[4*fc  S.  VII.  Feb.  18, 


**The  following  prophecy  baa  loiig  been  eurreot  m  Gw- 
uamj  :■ — 

"1  would  not  be  a  kinif  in  184S. 
I  would  not  be  a  soldter  In  1849. 
I  would  not  be  a  fcrave^li^icrer  in  I8ij0» 
Bat  I  would  be  whatever  you  please  in  1851/' 

Bid  any  of  jour  r^^adi^ra  ever  meet  with  tli« 
following?    I  copy  it  from  the  Ostcentrf/  Herald  of 


1821  ;— 


**  France  rMpected, 
Spain  infc^cted, 
Sweden  npplected, 
Pras:ti«  d'jected, 
MiHoliipf  projc?ct«d, 
Turkey  detected, 
Gre€("e  unprotflcted* 
KuHsi.i  suspected, 
Mediation  rejected, 
Austria  connected^ 
It*ly  disaffected. 
Englaad  expected 
To  see  all  corrected/* 


A.R. 

Doim  OR  Bub  (4'"  S.  tL  /SOO;  vii.  2fJ.)— All 
the  staged  or  post  towns  from  Dart  ford  to  Dover 
during  the  Roomn  tlomination  had  Utir  m  a  pre- 
fix, thus:— Burobr© vis  (Kochester*),  Durolenum 
(Milton  next  Sittinghoume),  DuroTernuuit  (Can- 
terbury th  '^^^  prefix  being  the  Celtic  word  for 
water.  A,  J*  DirSKiN. 

44,  Bessborough  Gardens^  S.  Bolgravia. 

Family  of  Jennour  (4*^  S.  vii.  55.) — Ma. 
CHUficn  13  doubtless  aware  that  the  pedij?ree  of 
Jemaoitr  of  Essex  is  given  in  the  Ilarleian  MS. 
No*  1187  (in  the  British  Museum),  which  con- 
tains the  Visitation  of  Essex  in  1558. 

H.  Jenxeb-Fust^  JtJKR, 

*'  God  kadb  Ma^/^  etc,  (A}^  S.  vi.  .'345,  420 
487;  TiL  4L)^In  reply  to  your  correspondent 
F.  S*,  I  would  refer  him  to  Tfw  Loimlah  Magn- 
auie,  Toh  i.  p.  512.  (A.  Foster,  Kirk  by  Lonedale, 
1620),  for  a  few  remarks  on  the  lines  in  question. 
As  this  magazine  is  now  Ytty  acarce,  perhaps  you 
will  kindly  allow  apace  for  a  short  quotation  from 
an  article  on  *^  Rustic  Poets*" 

"  John  Oldland  was  an  inhabitant  of  Crosthwait«,  and 
A  member  of  the  Sodcty  of  Fricnda.  He  existed  about 
tli«  beginning  of  the  ik'^t  centtirv-  Ili*  propensity  to 
rkffmintf  waa  euch,  that  many  of  iiis  rhtftnet,  m  ihev  arc 
proTiaciAlly  calleti,  are  still  repeated  by  the  older  inha- 
hitanta  of  the  neighbourhood.  The  smartest  of  Jobu'a 
rhjftna  was  made  on  the  occasion  of  hi  a  being  put  to 
irittbU  (aa  it  i9 properltf  tonned  In  the  provincial  dialect) 
hy  A  lawyer  for  some  debt  whicb  be  bad  incurred  at 

*  In  the  BaxoEi  period  Btirobrevi«f  waa  chitiged  to 
Re  (river)  Ceasteh  (castle),  the  €ti»tk  hy  the  Biver. 

f  The  change  from  Durovernum  was  to  ita  pre-Komzin 
name^  Me  City  of  the  Cantit^  even  rs  Paris  returoed  from 
its  Roman  appellation  of  Lutetia  to  the  City  nfthe  PatigiL 

X  When  I  was  ajwhoolboy  the  traiiBlation  of  this  namo 
wai,  in  the  Eton  Latin  Grammar,  gi\  en  as  *'  DuVHr/'  I 
do  not  know  whether  thiA  curious  error  is  still  per- 


4 


tJlveraton — a  proof  tbat  not  only  poeta,  bnt  all  who 
meddle  with  rhyme,  are  poor.  John  repeated  with 
emphasis — 

"God  mead  meni 
And  men  mead  money  ; 
God  mead  bees* 
An'  bees  mead  honey ; 
But  the  D— I  mead  Inwyera  an'tomiea. 
And  pleac'd  'em  at  U 'aton  and  Dotan  i*  Fomeat. 

J,  P.  MoBSiau 
17  Sntlon  Street,  Liverpool 

Mahinf,  Rose  (4»*»  S,  vi.  436,  484;  vii,  46.) — 
In  default  of  a  ren/  minute  investigation  of  the  H 
Fleetwood  rose,  I  possibly  may  have  ascribed  ta  H 
it  a  wrong  specific  name  in  that  of  spinmMma,  ■ 
Yet,  with  all  deference  to  A  MuRlTHlAN,  I  think  ■ 
I  have  not  done  %o\  which  opinion,  I  venture  to  ™ 
imagine,  is  strengthened  by  certain  evidence  I  here 
beg  permission  to  adduce. 

H.  C.  Watson,  in  The  Xmv  Bottmidi  Gmde,  p. 
255,  saya  from  hia  own  personal  knowledge  "  tiiat 
Jloxa  gpmosiaxima  grows  plentifully  on  the  sand- 
hills on  the  Cheshire  coast."  And  T.  B.  Hall,  in 
the  Flora  of  Luerpoolj  states  **  that  the  Rc^m 
^pinonissima  grows  abundantly  on  the  aand*hil]a 
both  on  the  Lancashire  and  Cheshire  shores  of  the 
Mersejr.'^  I  have  seen  the  plant  growing  in  the 
situations  named  above,  and  always  couai^ered  it 
to  be  identical  with  the  one  that  grows  in  tmk 
profusion  in  the  neighbourhood  of  Fleetwood*  Sr 
J.  E.  Smith,  in  his  description  of  Ettm  rulwQa^  in 
8owerby's  EngtUh  Botamj,  says  "  that  it  is  wcU 
distinguished  from  M.  Bpimmamma  by  its  equal 
prickles  and  oUong  (not  round)  crimson  penduloiis 
fruit/'  The  same  author's  description  of  the  JZ. 
spifWsiMtmn  is,  *'  that  its  fruit  is  erect,  globuUtTf 
quite  smooth,  of  a  dark-ied  purple  colour,  chan^ 
ing  when  ripe  to  black,^* 

In  reply  to  a  query  of  mine  on  the  subject, 
have  a  letter  before  me  from  a  lady  who  oooej 
resided  at  Fleetwood  (and  who  knew  well  the 
beautiful  little  rose  in  question),  in  which  she 
says  **  that  the  rose  hnd  creamy  white  petals,  aoi^ 
that  its  Mpf  or  fruit,  when  ripe  is  quite  black  and 
rmmdf  scarcely  diatinguis?hable  from  a  large  hlaclt 
curranV  I  shall  have  pleasure  in  forwarding 
Mr.  Edwix  Lees  a  specimen  of  the  plant  when  it 
is  in  flower.  Jambs  Peabson. 

Hilnrow,  near  Hocbdale. 


^ijifetlaiiciiuif* 

NOTES  ON  BOOKS,  ETC. 


I 


SiUrpiria  de  Pn^funHin  ;  ht'ing  the  Sequel  to  the  Canfeiimf 
iff  an  English   Opium  EttUr.   and  other  J/i*<^/Mi«»*'J  j 
Wriim^B.^  By  Tliomaa  de  Quinccy.     (A.  A  C.  Black.)  I 
The  admirers  of  that  profound  and  original  thinkeTt  ^ 

Thomas  de  Quincey*  ouf^ht  to  bo  very  grateful  to  Mesw*-  j 

*  Ulvenloa  aud  Dalton  itt  Fnmeas. 


41»3lTII.  Feb,  18,'TI.} 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


153 


A<  h  Cw  Bltek  for  thu  sapplemental  volnme  of  bis  writ* 
iiiglii*  which  fumu!  the  seventeenth  of  their  colteeted  e<M- 
twn.  It  eontAiQii,  as  fiir  as  the  publlslicrs  Ate  awAre,  the 
rcmaini^  '  V  altered  writing'? — a  Urge  portion  Mni; 
toqoire  original  ptiljU^hers,  Messrs,  Ho^^  d- 

Sod,  an-'  nl  the  bcJiefit  of  the  author**  nsvi*ion. 

The  refiiiiiiiiier,  iaduriinjc  the  **  Notes  from  the  Pocket- 
bonk  of  an  English  Opium  Eater,"  and  the  *' Hbtorico- 
CriUc^  loqniiT  into  the  Origin  of  the  Kovicrucians  and 
FreemaiOQ^,"  have  been  reprhited  from  the  old  lAmdon 
Mapaxm^f  where  thev  oritpnallv  appeared  tii<le  by  s^ide 
with  the  delightful  ^sAays  by  ^titi.  In  reprinting  thiii 
latter  pa]^«er,  Me-**rs,  Black  have  done  ^lood  service  to 
historical  tratb,  and  we  recommend  its  e^ircTul  pemsal  to 
lU  who  dcsiT*  U>  know  what  j[^round*t  thrr*.*  .nrv:  fitr  believ- 
ij)^  the  remote  antiquity  claimed  by  i''rccma.-»on»  for  that 
isTst^iotis  organii»ation. 

Tkf  W*iVfrlfy  Xovtii.  5v  Sir  Walter  Scot  t^  Bart.  Ccn- 
t€mnry  iCditian.     VoL  XJV.     (A.  &  C  Ulttck.) 

We  bnvp  T^iero,  in  The  Fnrtuna  ftf  Nigrl„  Sir  Walter's 
n  'the  Briti-«h  Solomon.  And  his  graphic 

»,  II  life  in  Whitefriur*  ;  and  the  volume, 

Wk'-  ivn  ^i.l^u^^.^-:^^a%  ia  made  more  uaefnl  hy  Glos^iry  and 

DtArftt'w  m^Birnted  1fo*mt  of  Commnnn  and  the  Jtdicmt 
Bmfh^  181 1.  Cttmftiird  and  edited  b^  Robert  Henry 
Mair.  Pfr»f>na}ly  revi»*d  hif  the  yiembcr$  «f  Purlm- 
fmmt  ami  the  Jitd<ji'»,    (Dean  &  Son.) 

Of  tbi««  wplUiim^l  va1«m«  (which  is  marked  by  a 
]  '     •    '  i.-f,  namely,  en >cruvinj^3  of 

t  .<,  cities  and  boroughs  rc- 

I  'n.t)»  it  may  fltilht^e  to  my 

I   every  rL'^ficct  a  Ultin^  as  it  is  almovst  iin 
cwmpunion  to  Dtbrttf§  Peerage  nnd  De- 
Lrrtt  i   Liiifctitijc  and  KniffhUufr^  lately  nuttced  by  us 
wiUi  dcr*er\cd  <'<nnmetidatioii. 

Tkt  Ilittnrtf  of  the  Parochial  C/ufpriry  of  Ginntntttflh^  in 
titf  tWrt/'/  rt/  Im Hi  aster,     Bjf  Uen ry  Fishwiuk,  ^MI  S. 
'^  ■ Manchester.) 

Iry  ofifafmnar^h,  which  was  formerly  pnrt 

,1  K'lit  i«*>.in  Ainonndemes<f,  and  includetl 

!4rg{t4  WhitLingham,  and  News- 

<t*'  n^  to  lind  two  ^eiillemco  who 

^   history  and  the  hiT^tory  of 

^:   ii  I   L  i.  OS  to  devote  conaidernMii 

iirciiul  hiL    .,    , uujj  of  mnterials  for  a  work 

upyiB  the  subject.  ih<!  first  of  these  is  Mr*  Kiehard  Cmtk- 
Mi.  a  r«:9ident  th'-r**.  wh"  hnvm.^  I»eepi  prevented  (rum 
WTjtn^  int;.     '  '  ■  ash  the  result  r.f 

WiUbour.^.  them  to  Mrtjor 

Fuhifick,  VI  L  _,  .    li  -ieariih  of  g^im- 

*i4gi«flJI  inlnrmation  "Msmc  years  iiinc«.  The  result  is  a 
vditin«i  v<»fc  **r«'ilitflble  to  tbe  induf^fj'  And  intellip^nce  of 
^\'^  n^ — one  of  etiUHidenible  in- 

*<»»t  i*[uariCiS  and  *.f  course  «f 

•p*:3i-  ff  at  all  counei*li'd  with  the 

<*apeiry  of  Uoobfmrgb. 

Kew  Dutch  PrntmucAL. — Under  the  titk'  of  Onzc 
^^  ("Our  (^vcnlury ")«  a  new  ftjrtnightly  junrnal  hai^ 
yo  Khirtccl  at  Am**t*'injf»TTi  under  the  editorship  uf  Jlr, 
«- Ticdemiio,    a  n    to   whom   the   readers  of 

*  A,  4  Q."  hare  E«tly  indebtwL    In  addition 

to  njUf^-jl.iiiioLit.    biographical,  nnd  political 

^''^  -.^md  that  each  number  should  oontJiin  : 

*  f^"  !  r<*view  (on  European  And  American 
^^^'  .il  political  review  (on  Dutch 

L_a_      Si^  t::hroni'  It*  (for  iru-identiil 


books  on  history,  or  politics,  &o.);  and  lastlr,  a  bibUo- 
j^'rnphv,  com prie*ing"— reviews  of  recent  publications  *if 
historical  or  political  ititerest;  a  list  of  ail  new  books 
publiMhe^l  in  ttie  world,  arranged  Alphat>eticaUy;  a  a 
marj^of  the  contents  of  various  periodicals,  which  an 
cither  entirely  devote*!  to  hi^itoni-  aod  politicks  or  wh'' 
contain  articles  of  historical  or  political  interest. 

AuGUstTus   Appleoath. — The  death  at  Dartford,  at 

the  age  of  ei;i;hty-fotir,  of  Mr.  Apple^ath  is  announcw 
He  was  the  orij^inator  of  some  important  improvementL 
in  the  art  of  printifTg,  "the  inventor,"  aays  the  PallMnH^ 
Gaxette,  *•  of  the  composition-ball  and  com  position -ru  I  ler» 
and  afterwftrds  of  the  oteam  printing- press.  For  his 
invention  of  lank-notes  that  could  not  be  forpjed  ho  ro- 
eeived  from  the  tmnk  Authorities  IK,000/.  He  also  in- 
vented A  machine  for  printing  six  colours  at  once.  The 
patent  for  the  nteam-prpj4!>  was  in  the  joint  nameii  of 
Cowper  nnd  Applff^ath.  The  lirst  book  printed  by  steam 
was  Watertnn'.s  U'tinderit^fS,  Mr,  Applegath  subsequently 
e«.tiiMi«hrd  great  silk  and  print  wurks  at  Cravford  and 
Dart  ford," 

Tiiit  DrnrtcTC*tti»nir  of  thk  National  Gallkry,^ — 
It  in  rep>rte«l  that  Mr.  Boxall,  R.A.,  wbose  term  of  otOce 
expires  «hoTtly,  will  not  be  likely  to  yield  to  the  wi^ilics 
of  the  Trustees  that  he  fthould  resume  the  post  he  hat 
held  so  much  to  the  public  advantage. 

OxFORr>,— The  vnlual4e  theological  and  general  library 
heloniJtini;  to  the  late  He  v.  Df.  Plumptre,  Master  of  Uni- 
verjity  College,  )?*  announced  for  aale  at  the  CUrendoa 
Hotel,  on  Thursday  and  Friilay  next  week. 

CAMontpGi:. — Tha  Library  Syndicate  have  issued  a 
lengthy  repnrt  with  reference  to  the  new  edition  of  the 
I'niversity  Ordlnatitmea  (the  old  one  being  incomplete) 
which  they  have  prepared.  There  are  diHcrepanciei  be- 
twccfi  thu  nile^  now  published  by  the  authority  of  the 
Syudicnie  and  tho*e  which  have  been  from  time' to  time 
couiirmcd  by  the  Senate. 

PitoFEiSsnR  LtGHTFTMiT, — No  Small  ftmonut  of  sntis- 
faclion  will  be  felt  by  the  public  wbeti  Ihey  are  infonne^i 
that  the  Ilulsean  FrofeASor  of  Divinity,  so  well  known 
for  his  work  on.  the  Ualatians  ^sc,  has  hccti  nominated 
hy  Mr.  Olad^itone  to  the  vacant  canoim' at  St.  Pttal's. 
Dr.  Lijxhtfoot's  recent  noble  benefactions  to  the  Univer- 
sity of  Cambridge  wtU  be  fresh  in  Che  Riiuds  of  our 
readers. 

St.  ANT>aEW*s.— The  Senattts  Acadetnicus  of  the  Uni- 
versity liAve  just  conferred  the  degree  of  LL.D.  oa  the 
Deitn  of  Westminster. 

Tt!B  CoxontssioNAL  LmtiARY.^This  library  con- 
tains n*M,Gfi8  bound  volumes,  and  ;M,iMHJ  parupUh'Lx. 
Under  the  ttpcralion  o(  tlio  new  cop_v right  law,  I  he  hbrary 
received  during  the  pa^t  year  271  books,  314t>  pamphtcts 
and  periodica^  1^891  musicTl  camfw>?itJon«,  1175  engrav- 
ings, photoifraplH,  and  chroraos,  142i>  prioL^  146  maps 
and  charts  ;  tutal,  11,512. 

Tur.  Ahrkv  or  MAY^>. — The  Rev.  P.  Sheridan  is  en- 
deavouring to  raise  alund  for  the  preservation  and  partinl 
ri-'itorutit-n  of  this  aucictit  building,  which,  accortiing  ta 
Ijede,  was  founded  in  the  seventh  century  by  St.  Colnmn, 
f>f  LiiidLsfame,  who  was  succeeded  by  St.  Gerald  and  St 
Adamnnn,  The  abbey  having  l)ecn  thrice  buraed  by  |h*; 
Dnnes,  was,  in  the  thirteenth  centun*,  plundered  by  bir 
^Villiam  De  liurga. 

Lc>SI>ilX      iKTKRNATIOSAt,    ExtflBIIlOV     OF      1871.^ 

Mr.  J.  C-  Byckmaster  has  been  appttitiled  by  Her  M«- 
jesty^a  Commissioners  to  deliver  an  address  on  the  viiUi^ 
'if  the  Exhibition,  and  it"?  iMviring  on  indu-liru\\.  wAtw-v 
tion,  designed  patlicukiVy  i\i\  t\\tt  -wiitVKw^-Aw^sifta  W  «J^ 


154 


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[4«>^S.VII.  F«i.l«»'n 


the  lurge  iovnifl  r>f  tbe  eofcrntiy  Wblch  txpCBM  a  dcilre  Iq 
haretc. 

TrrR  "  liF.\'uiE  PES  Dkcx  MoNiiKS." — MeftfM.  ^la^li^^D 
and  Co..  Ibc  Loadon  a^ent*,  have  receivLtl  oflicinl  nolice 
from  the  editors  tliat  the  furtnii^hUy  publicniitju  of  this 
celebrated  scHaI  bos  pivceeded  uoiatermptedly  during 
tlie  siege. 

Wk     '  ir  thiit  onr  coutemporArf 

7'he  Si  publication  with   its   last 

No.  of  1  -  -  ^  ^  -  t  -  '-^  "*Jt.  pay  a?i  a  ruk,  b«» 
c&u^  it  interest*  but  n  »fieQt  circle  ot  dihttantl,  Iti  his 
five  volumes,  printed  (it  *>r>fl  ropi«»?*  only,  M.  Ik-ijeau  ha.-* 
^thtflX'ii  ■     '     '  '     M«'  inrurmatioii.    Tlia 

uumeroM  hb  v^^ark  bjivcbeeii 

drawn  j---   -,-,--  .  i    1 1 an J^  and   hav«  Ihu 

murit  not  to  be  belttr  thaa  the  originab,  bocau-nt)  ho 
nevor  touched  a  gTAver  bcforei  biilnK  fifty  ytnr-i  of  age, 
ttod  has  never  teen  a  professional  ingraver  at  work. 


BOOKS    AND    ODD    VOLUMES 
WANTED  TO  piracaASB. 

r  v>%,  or  the  fjUoirlnjr  Book*  lo  bennt  direct  to 

&ia£.  WlLilUi  H  XlUttCTK  TO  IIlDStOPATWr. 

WAiited by  Jlatn,  BmiUtt  *  Cv..  im,  Fleet  8ti«ct. 

Old  TfKti  QT  Prlati  r«l«Un^  to  North»miitoiuiilr«  IWym  ]U0« 
Wmited  by  Mi.,Johu  Taiftor^^vibmavUm, 

Hsy.  £dwaui>  Moabs'  Fitk'eiull  EsrrBiiTAisncMiT*.   Itmn,    1701. 

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221,  353,  G04, 

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CARRIAOE  PAID  TO  THE  OOUSTflY  ON  OKDCUS 
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MANILA  CIGARS,— 3IES.SUS,  VENNING 
of  17.  EA.ST  INDIA  ClIAMnKRS.  T.OXmiN,  ba  .  ^ 
0(<Tr«d  a  Coa»iirnin<M]t  cif  Xo.^l  MANLLA  CtUARS.  In  9**^m 
dJtIon.  in  Boscu  of  iw  emcK.    Pnc4*  ai.  lo«.  per  baa.    Order*  I 
accomptnUnl  bj  n  rcmtffaijte. 

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LAMPLOUGH'S 
PYRETIC     SALIWE 

II,  LAMT'I.*a  <.li,Jn,lIt.ll.nrii  Ilill.I.nrtdun, 

OHXJBB^S   KEW   PATENT 

QTEEL  PLATED,  ^Tith    Din?onjtl   Bolts,  tq 

O  Wtdffci,  Drllli.  tnd  Fkti:. 

Cai7SB*S    P^TEl^T    3>irr2CTOA    &0C 

Of  all  f*J!tc»  and  for  rvtry  Purpose— '^^irn  '.- Iwr  l<jitr>)irA  «IlJ>  ■ 
Biiducat  Key'.^Cnli,  Iki  '  '•  rilliif  UostJ^ 

aiiflttvd  wUUti  Lt, 

IRON    DOORS    FOJ:    MJvnNCr    T^r  — 
iUuntrated  Pfixe  Li$i$  Gr&th  nnd  Pokt 
Clim3B  iind  SOX, 

tHt  Sf.  Paul'*  CliiiTtl)jrftrdt  London {  »,  l^rd  tlti««t,  1^-T*r5»«^* 
«<.CrQ«i  ^trv«l.  Mwadicilcri  aad  ^ol4rctJuiopt.Au 


A^  S.  VU.  Fi^  Jb,  TI.3 


^'OTES  AND  QUERIES. 


155 


iGMBOjr,  SATVttDAT,  rSHRCARr  fS,  1871. 


COKTENTS,-N«  165. 


.^riu  iloraJta  —  Ccutt-unrtau*,  liis. 


Or 


•     ■    '       ^  ...  *-tirid*}  Kljr- 

rjtniM!  Fee 

lidDead  — 

pu"*      Ac  I  —  i^aiind:  "  Nut- 

Quotation  —  Chinese  Rud- 

iu  — KoV(*u    SicrmoDS  on   the 

Aiiiirs  in  £nc1i«h  Clmrcliwi  — 

H  "  :  NftQM»  «f  Pliii>t*  -  Tlie  Veio 

ii  Htand  of  Wedjfwood  Ware,  1  G0» 

Iri«h  Car  and  Noddv,  1C3  —  Sir  %Villiajn 
,  i(^:}  ~  Badger.  IM  —  Ombre,  107  -  'Hie  Hook- 
-  !!l>ki»k»«pittre  B.nd  Ardwi,  I fi9 —*' Parson  and 
iU-#.>/  i7l  —  A'Kf>ckpU'8  Murderer*;  S<fnjoi>i'ti*bite 
Tn/iitiiiiw,/ft.—  LArlyGrirnBtoii'ft  Grave  iiiTewiii  C^nrcb* 
r»^.i  -  »'ur.-il  r^L.iit  iiiij  in  fttarsUm  Chtirt^h,  Norfolk-- 
iviri'  iif?h  lost  to  t»ixht«  to  Memory 

lii^xr  '*t  Grwk  and  Latin  —  Tbe 

Irt.ti   :  __  .iri'  J.Hir^"  —  ii-v,  Samuel 

U^iilrr  —  i  I  Timo  — 

ilult,;tli'  .    Cburch- 

jr«H;    Ptii  .  ^     _     .     .       "Gttllnia- 

!••»**  —  d^M-bruek  Custom  —  Tb«  Ai»t>eai.vo»*e  —  OnUhmn  — 
UriHi  b  A  La^rdr^Old  Bandowu  Ca»lli5,  iMle  of  Wi«^ht  — 
SmJUi  —  Hints  to  Clmtrmcn  —  Queen  Elizubulh:  Uesl 
i*«r*mt»  ut  •*Tlie  Faerie  Qncmi**  —  Bidliwalley  —  Blgnl- 
tvT  kr«d  ^i^natftrin.  ^c,  171 
Sam  on  Boofki.  Ac. 


CRYrTOGRAPHY. 


A  r — '^ — ^^T'l^,  or,  fts  it  h  not   iinfreq^uently 

terme  ,  itj  a  m^^isajrc*  (written  or  tele- 

«»jWa  .1.   LM-  '  ^^'^  " '"'  H5)  of  Tphich  the  luean- 

1fi|  b  ttfnd<?iwi  1  '>le  to  all  imftcqiiftinted 

wnh  th^  rtil  «  '  1  its  construction.   These 

ittU«,jpnv?i  '0  bv  the  parties  corre- 

ipoiubnff  li        ^      I,  ,    to  tlie  Bulrstitution  of 

troibolt   for  lettera :    sometimes    also,  but  lesa 

fJr^Tientlv.  ti>  n  ev^trrtif^lie  tnispkcement  of  the 

'  IS  in  ft  word.  They 

\' , 

i   tiudiu^  out  tlie  rule  by  an  ana- 

»ii>n  of  the  cipher  is  called  deet- 

tneHoiog  thtis  obtained,  the 

!  ion  is  <>ft*3n  a  ditficult,  if  not 

ne,  uDd  has  occaaionfllly  engaged  the 

r^rr  profound  thinkers. 

nmunication,   somewhat 

r.  appeiir  to  have  been 

1  \^ry  mnv  unicB.    The  HcvtAla  of  the 

iM  been   otten  considered  as  fonuing^  an 

;«   ^10  .1. ,x-„ I    ......  f      During  the  last 

^  improved  systems 

J  .  ntl J  employed  both 

i  importance  and  m  the  more 

L",    In  our  day  cipher  lends  its 

^  to  politiceij  war,  commerce,  love,  fmd  even. 


occamonally,  io  crime.    A  mystic  line  in  a  column' 

ofnewapaper  advertisement^^ to  the  iminitiatedy 

a  seneelesd  jumble   of  marks   and  letters — ninj 

often  convey  the  message  of  a  lover  to  hia  raiatre^aj 

or  it  may  sometimes  be  the  friendly  caution  from 

I  a  tliief  to  his  *'  pal.'*   During  the  civil  wars  at  the 

I  begittning  of  the  seventeentn  century,  cipher  dia 

'  patches  wore  so  much  in  vogue  that  each  arraj 

I  seems  to  have  employed  experts  for  the  evolution 

I  of  any  it  might  capture  from  the  other  fide.     Of 

those  men  who  mode  deciphering  a  study  and  pro- 

fppfcion  pro  tem.r  perhaps  the  most  remorkftble  waa 

Wiillis,  the  leading  mathematician  of  his  time. 

It  is,  indeed,  chiefly  in  war,  when  communica- 
tions between  jcr^nerals  of  division  and  others 
i  must  pass  through  an  enemy*a  country,  that  cipher 
assumes  its  greatest  importance,  for  the  messnges 
in  many  cases  can  be  trusted  in  no  other  form* 
Written  in  cipher  they  conceal  from  the  enemy, 
should  he  intercept  them,  information  and  ordeia 
respecting  future  operations,  on  the  carrying  out 
of  which  possibly  the  fate  of  a  campaign  depends. 
Of  course  this  is  supposing  him  unable  to  evolve 
their  meaning. 

Having  said  thus  mtich  respectsng  the  uses  to 
which  cipher  mny  be  applied,  I  proceed  to  de- 
scrihe  very  briefly  several  systems  more  or  less 
intricate. 

In  devising  rules  for  the  construction  of  a  jn^- 
imge,  the  following  conditions  ought  to  be  attended 
to: — 

1.  Tlie  cipher  produced  must  be  sufliciently 
intricate  as  to  render  its  evolution  under  all  pro* 
hahlv  circumstances  hardly  possible.  Theoreticrdly 
no  nn:iinary  cryptograph   of  more  than  a  cert  1  in 


length  ought,  porhiips,  to  be  considered  quite  proof 
against  unravelmeut  when  submitted  to  a  clever 
e^cport — aUiawing  him  ^mlimited  time;  but  prac- 
tically, when  time  Is  an  object,  many  are  so. 

2.  'The  rules  must  be  concise  and  easily  remcm* 
bered, 

3,  They  ought  to  be  of  such  a  nature  that  their 
application  both  directly  to  the  construction  and 
invensely  to  the  rendmg  of  a  cipher  shall  be 
simple  and  expeditious  processes.  It  would  be 
absurd  were  a  general  on  the  field  of  battle  to 

I  receive  a  dispatch  rcf^itiring  an  hour  for  its  in- 
terpretation. Circumstances  ought  to  guide  us  in 
our  choice  of  a  rule.  Where  secrecy  is  all-essen- 
tialt  and  time  of  little  moment,  this  last  condition 
may  therefore  be  somewhat  ignored. 

We  will  now  take  the  fallowing  as  examples 
of  very  easy  cipher : — 

(1) . . . .  Uif  bcerfft  zpv  BJTVJsf  jt  fjKiu  Mfx  TvJtffk, 
The  meaning  of  which  is — 

i     **  The  addrefta  you  require  la  eight  New  Street." 
Here  the  rule  has  been  to  substitute  as  a  symbol 
for  any  particular  letter  the  next  to  it   in  the 

'  alphabet:   b  has  been  written  ioj  n,  /for  i\  uud 

I   00  OD, 


,  (2)  Vop€  tJhc  Idbtnc/UpL  Jfmhi  MoAfm  tdduJS 
mi^  fc  efitMnidi,  In  eiAmfile  (S)  tJi«  lattm 
ar#  trmboiifled  exutilj  u  m  (1) ;  bat  ia  addition 
Co  iJiifli  eAch  word  t«  mx^tU'A  and  mtut  be  read 
badcwBrdi.  TbU  the  reader  can  decipher  for 
hustell 

Frequcntlj,  however,  letten  an?  repluced  by 
otben  wbk£  bATe  no  apparent  alphabetical  con- 
Decttoo  with  them.  The  SMierU  Poch'tbook,  hj 
CoJooel  Wolielej,  describes  an  admirable  method 
of  thM  kind,  in  which  the  required  aubdtitutions 
may  be  at  once  foond  on  reference  to  a  diagram* 
The  construction  of  the  dingram  h  readily  Uamt 
and  remembered  bj  all  interested  in  cipher  corre- 
apondence,  but  this  in  lueleas  in  anj  particular 
€tm  without  a  knowledge  of  the  key,  which  is  a 
word  iecretly  agreed  upon  by  the  writer  and  per- 
aoo  addreaied*  Of  course,  marks  of  any  kind  may 
be  uaed  aa  lymbola,  but  letters  ^or  ligurea  are 
uaually  employed. 

Where  a  cipher  ia  lonf^  enough  to  include  a  cer- 
tain proportion  of  the  letters  moat  commonly  in 
uae,  or,  more  correctly  speaking,  of  their  ajmbolical 
O'ioivaleiitfl  (ftiipposmg  each  letter  to  have  but 
line,  and  the  language  to  be  known ),  its  evolution 
ia  genernH^  possible  by  attending  to  the  following 
ronaideratiuna  as  ^ven  for  the  English  language 
in  th«  Emyclopo'dm  Britannica  : — - 

1,  Letters  or  symbols  of  most  frequent  occur- 
rence may  be  set  down  as  moaning  vowela.  Of 
theie,  e  ia  the  most  numerous^  u  the  hoj&t  so.  3. 
Vowels  most  common  together  are,  ac  and  on. 
3.  Con»unant»  most  frequent  at  the  end  of  words 
aret  first,  t;  next  to  tbat,  r  and  L  4  When  a 
character  appears  double,  it  is  generally/,/,  s,  or 
Toweis«anda,  B,  The  letter  preceding  or  fol- 
lowing two  similar  characters  is  either  a  vowel  or 
/,  m,  Hf  or  r,  6,  In  deciphering  begin  with  words 
of  one  letter;  they  will  be  «, »,  o,  or  ^%  7,  Then 
take  those  of  two  letters  one  of  which  will  be  a 
vowel.  The  mo.*t  frequent  in  use  are :  t&j  ^  k/^ 
tf/f  on,  or.  nOj  <w,  aif  i/",  in,  it,  he,  rtiCf  wiy,  *«,  ire, 
tf  171.  8.  In  words  of  three  letters,  mostly  two  are 
consonants.  The  most  freoueiit  are :  ike,  and,  not, 
butf  yeif  for^  tho\  how,  r%,  alt,  i/ou,  duAf,  i>,  hef-^ 
nttrf  whof  j/i«y,  caUf  did^  wn^t  are,  hm^  had^  H,  &nc^ 
two,  siz,  ioif  &c.,  some  of  which,  and  wordij  of 
two  letters,  are  found  in  every  sentence.  9.  Most 
common  words  of  four  letters  :  this^  that,  ihen^  ihm^ 
wUhf  whenf/rom^  herefmrne,  mod,  nonef  thrtf^them^ 
whom^  mme,  your,  self^  mud,  icUl,  hme,  fc^m,  tvcre^ 
fotitf  Jivet  nitie,  kc,  10.  Of  five  letters  ;  their, 
these,  those,  which,  wfm-c^  while,  since,  there,  shaii, 
mighty  could,  iimuld,  oit^htf  three,  seven,  eif/ht^  &c. 
IL  Words  of  two  or  more  syllables  frequently 
begin  with  double  consonants  or  with  a  prt*posi- 
tion:  i.e.f  a  vowel  joined  with  one  or  more  con- 
sonants. Most  common  doubk*  conaonant«:  hi,  br, 
^^fj^frf  ^'t  9^}  M>  Ph  P^f  ^^>  ^\  ^T  ^,  th,  tr,  wh, 
wtf  ia     Most  comniou   prepositions:  €om^  con^ 


dtf  diif  ex^  im,  m,  M,  nitk,  ptTf  pre,  pro,  n,  mb, 
MV  •Mf  &c  13.  Double  cooaonanta  at  the  end  of 
A  long  word  are  moat  frequently  :  ck,  id^  If,  ma, 
nd,  np,  rlf  rm,  rp,  rt,  mn^  «<,  .rf,  &c»  Afoet  cooiinoa 
terminations:  e^ed^m^  #r,  e$^  rt,  ing,  /jr,  nm^  mm, 
titm^  a^^  megf  mej^,full,  leu,  ntm^  &c 

C>n  prineiplea  analogous  to  these,  ciphers  written 
in  other  langnagea  may  (in  the  majority  of  cases) 
be  evolved. 

Many  ciphers  are  rendered  more  puxriing  (hu 
they  otherwise  would  be  by  having  the  wordi 
joined  together  as  though  the  whole  formed  one 
word,  and  furthermore  by  the  omiasion  of  short 
words  such  as  the,  and,  kc^,  the  abeence  of  which 
does  not  destroy  the  true  sense.  The  use  of 
capitals  may  also  be  dtspeufed  with. 

But  to  come  to  more  abstniae  ajstems.  If, 
instead  of  always  representing  the  aame  letter  bjr 
one  symbol,  we  have  setvra/,  and  employ  one  or 
other  of  them  ad  libitum^  the  evolution  (without 
the  help  of  a  key)  becomes  extremely  difli^  'v  ' 
not  practically  impossible.  The  following  n; 
to  me  a  sufficiently  easy  method  of  carryiii-  u .. 
this  principle;  Some  easily  remembered  sentence 
containing  every  letter  of  the  alphabet,  and  in 
which  the  most  common  ones  are  aereiml  tiiaw 
repeatetl,  is  chosen  for  a  key ;  the  words  ari?  1'  t- 
tered  in  alphabetical  rotation^  and  the  lerr 
each  word  numbered  from  the  beginning! 
word.  Suppose,  for  instance,  we  take  for  oar  isy 
the  followmg  sentence,  which  fuliils  the^e  con- 
ditions — 

"  (o)  probity,  Qj)  kindness  (i?)  of  (rf)  manner, 
{e)  intelligence,  (/)  and  (^}  zeal  (A)  for  (i)  tH.t 
f/)  service,  {k)  aie  (0  qualitiee  (m)  whichmi 
justly  (o)  excite  (/i)  admiiation," 

To  each  word  an  iwrfpj- letter  is  affixed,  ai  IK* 
reader  will  observe*  The  numbering  of  the  lnUrr* 
ia  not  shown — it  can  be  readily  obtainrd  r 
counting.  As  an  aid  both  in  remembering  nud 
applying  the  key,  the  initial  letters  of  its  wordi, 
with"  their  rnrfia-letters  below  each,  may  bck«pl 
in  a  written  form  always  at  hand.     Thus — 

PKOMI  AZFTSA  Q  WJEA 

a  b  c    d  e  f  g  h  i  j  k    I    m  n  o  p 

Now,  in  constructing  a  cipher*  the  symbol  to  be 
used  for  a  letter  is  obtained  wherever  we  find 
that  letter  in  the  key,  and  is  formed  of  the  uura- 
ber  of  the  letter  in  the  word  containing  it  attwhcd 
to  the  index-letter  of  that  word.  As  an  illiutn- 
tion,  suppose  we  bad  to  cipher  '*  gun,**  we  hsre 
but  one  g,  which  is  the  8tn  letter  in  the  word 
**  intelligence/'  whose  index- letter  is  e.  For  ff  w» 
therefore  write  e8.  Fori*  :we  have  two  syn!  - 
y'li,,  12  and  n2,  either  of  which  we  may  en  , 
and  for  n  eight,  viz.,  bl,  b5,  rf3,  rf4,  «4,  elU,/ 
plO,  One  fonn  of  cipher  for  **  gun  *'  is,  therefor 
e8,  n2,  d3.  Where  capitals  occur  we  may 
capital  index- letters. 


i 


4*  8.  Til.  Fit»,  25,  71.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES* 


157 


An  Bjmljsb  of  our  kej  will  at  once  giire  an  idea 
of  its  power. 
IMtcTR.  Symbols.         ,  Letters.  SymlH^ls. 


l. 


U-n,n2. 

r-ji. 

X—o2. 


£-^H«et\r4.  f9,el3,^  Ice. 
i^ab^  b%  #1,  «7./5,  i5,  &e. 

I^t  U9  SOW  apply  tbU  kej  to  tlie  didpatch — 
•*  The  enemy  has  destroyed  bridge  over  E.  at  N» 
F«frcea  to  oppose  him  must  be  sent  via  North  em 

In  cipber  it  runs  tbu%  at  least  tkia  ia  one  form 
of  conatruetioQ : — 

/    mmi^idUl    i2i£>lf7    fSeihBaedQa'^fi^i^p2 
Mk^a5MtBm     cy4€^J^     'A2.     fleS      Bb. 
C2A2i3x»4c4i8    <s3a3    c\a\a\mj\m    {2b2p^ 
ii^lil     a4d5     meidPiB    jAelfl 
D4«3«2eSm2eOii6</4     m^Zeltf^, 

Obierve  that  where  the  aamo  word  occurs  both 
io  the  key  and  in  the  diapatcb  we  may  conveni- 
eaUj  symbolize  it  by  the  index-letter  alone.  In 
the  above  /is  put  for  **  the  *'— a  word  which  might, 
howerer,  have  been  omitted. 

Here  ia  another  example  of  the  system  which 
th«  reader  may  easily  decipher* 

iH.      05*/4A2,     a2f2A     ^%2y*6.     tfiqla^ 
l.2a4«3tf6/li4«7iB     %^^     oM2j^Me\hi 
k   BL 
The  key  consists  in  the  absurd  sentence— 
*' Doctor  John  Quack,  being  extremely  in  want 
patients,  resolved   to  make  some  by  tumtng 
Vw-fightor" ;  whichi  it  we  take  only  the  initinl 
kttsrs,  may  he  abbreviated  in  a  form  useful  for 
nferenee,  as  in  the  last  case. 
DJQBEIWOFMTMSBTPF 
a  b   e  d  e  f  ff    h  i  J  k    i  m  n  o  p   q 

ibiother  plan  of  cipher,  which^  if  too  elabonite 
h  ordinary  purpoaea^  might,  I  think,  some- 
itQ«i  be  employed  with  advantage  for  short 
Utiangea  of  great  importance,  conjiists  in  repre- 
le&tiag  letters  by  numtera.  The  number  si<riiify- 
iBg  a  certain  letter  is  not,  however,  a  constant 
|iuatity,  but  one  depending  on  others,  some  of 
»Wh  Yarv.  It  may  depend,  for  instance:  (1) 
ootbo  poBition  the  letter  holds  in  a  word  j  (2)  on 
tint  of  the  word  in  a  sentence,  as  well  as  (3)  on 
IW  own  tilphibetical  valne^  i.e.  the  number  it 
(pv...  __  i_  the  alphabet  counted  from  the  begtn- 
Utiousbip  tbe'»e  several  quantities  have 
t  ,,lq  <ujvriiier  being detined  by  a  simple  equation. 


To  make  the  system  perfectly  intelligible,  sup- 
pose Pto  denote  the  alpnabetical  value  of  a  letter 
whose  symbol  is  A';  a  the  number  of  the  letter  in 
a  word,  and  6  that  of  the  word  in  the  sentence — 
each  sentence  being  worked  out  independently  of 
those  which  precede  it.  The  values  of  P  for  the 
whole  alphabet  are  here  shown: — 

ABODE  FGHIJK   L  M  N   O 

1   2   3  4    5    0   7    8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15 

PQMSTTrVJFXrZ 

16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  28 

Almost  any  simple  equation  of  some  such  form 
as  the  following  will  do  ; — 

{l)/i'=P  +  ll-a     .     ,       orP=T-f-«-ll 
(2)  j^=P4-7  +  &-«      .       orP=x  +  a-(7-f5) 
(3)jr  =  P^2(6  +  10)-2rtorP=x  +  2a^2(6  +  10) 
&c.,  &c 

The  message  to  be  ciphered  is  first  written  out, 
and  in  calculating  the  values  of  .r  we  count  those 
of  a  and  b  for  each  letter  as  we  proceed,  and  place 
them  in  the  equation.  Solved  for  P  (as  shown  on 
the  left),  the  equation  gives  us  the  key  to  be  em- 
ployed in  the  evolution.  In  designing  an  equa- 
tion eome  moderately  easy  form  is  best,  as  the 
multiplication  of  high  numbers  involves  a  needless 
wflste  of  time.  Forms  producing  fmctional  values 
of  the  symbol  ought  also  to  be  avoided,  and  it 
were  as  well  to  choose  one  not  likely  to  give 
negative  ones*  This  ma}'-  be  managed  by  remem- 
bering that  P  varies  from  1  to  26 ;  a  ia  rnrely 
more  than  12,  and  h  than  20 — a  sentence  being 
taken  as  the  collection  of  words  between  two 
periods.  In  this  kind  of  cryptograph  the  symbols 
must  be  separated  by  commas  to  prevent  possible 
confusion,  and  a  dash  or  cross  inserted  between 
every  word. 

As  an  example,  we  will  apply  equation  (1)  to 
the  dispatch—* 

*'  Attack  at  four  to-morrow  morning/* 

The  cipher  is^ 

1 1 ,29,28,8,9,1  t5-.l  1,29^1 6,24,29,25-30,24,2 1, 
22,24,23,19,26-23,24,26,21,15,19,11. 

The  message^ 

"  The  enemy  has  thirty  thousand  men  and  one 
hundred  guns.'' 
— copstructed  on  equation  (2),  is  as  follows : — » 

27,14.10—13,21,11.18,29—17,9,26—30,17,17, 
3»%26;W  — 31,18,24,29,20,749,8  ^25,10.24 — 
14,26,15-29,27,17  —  23,35,27,16,29,15,13  — 
23,36,28,32. 

Let  the  reader  unravel  the  following  by  means 
of  equation  (3)  :■ — 
28,19,32,21-42,28,33-20,27,21,36.21,32. 

J.  R.  C. 


t 


ANOTHER  msn  OP  THE  WAR. 

Hie  following  song^,  wliicli  has  a  wide  circula- 
tion in  Piu-is,  cli^^lly  in  Belleville,  the  White- 
chnpel  of  the  capital  of  France,  is  exceedingly 
clever,  ftnd  illu^tratee  what  wna  stilted  in  the 
politicfll  papers  rekting  to  the  w^^Hcnt  feelings  of 
the  French  people  towards  Kn|;limd.  Besides 
that,  such  poetry  is  always  interesting,  and  muet 
be  preserved  m  a  part  of  general  history.  Aa  a 
modern  mithor  haa  justly  remarked :  — 

"  Tlicsro  witty  and  popular  effiiAions  lijijhten  for  the 
hour  the  pressure  of  tyrannical  power,  and  soothe  the 
feeliiJ!:^*  of  the  p<»'^pfo  when  under  the  influence  of  puMic 
cxcit*f»ment," — TViti  fUtttrif  ttf  Political  Literature  frttm 
the  EariieU  Ttmi^H,  vol  ti.  ch.  iu.  By  Robert  Bhickey, 
London,  1855.    2  voU  8vo, 

Deux  cotillons  sont  h  Potsdam, 

L'un  dit :  ^*  Mein  (n>tt ! ''  raiitre  '^  G—  I 

Appelez  le  roi  de  Baviere ; 

II  eet  en  has  qui  hoit  la  Vi&re." 

— "  Anne,  mon  fr&re,  c*est  ton  tour. 

Orimpe  au  so  turn  et  da  cette  tour» 

Et  divnoui,  aoua  peine  de  aclilaguo, 

Tout  CO  que  tu  verraa,  aana  blague." 

Le  havard-oie  a  r^pondu :  * 

**  On  salt  que  je  ine  auis  fendu^ 

Tollement  pour  lo  roi  Guillaume, 

Que  j'ai  compromis  mon  ro^raume. 

"  Je  youa  le  dis  sans  calembourg, 

Pour  Irt  t*trne^  de  Brandebourg, 

II  n^est  choBo  que  je  iie  faise 

A  tin  de  m^riter  ma  prace.'* 

—  "  Eh,  de  la  tour  !♦  Oh^,  Lambert  !* 

Quo  vois-tu  ?  " — **  Je  vois  Wtirtemberg 

Et  le  Saxon  ivres  de  rage, 

Qui  se  repaisaent  de  carnage. 

"  Dans  le  sang  ils  vont  trchucliant, 

Et,  ce  qui  nVst  pas  moina  touchant, 

Je  vois  les  anciens  a.  Ver^aille, 

Le  verre  en  main,  qui  font  ripaille, 

"  C'eat  le  grand-due  de  Mecklenbour^, 

Avec  ce  comte  d^Eulenbourg, 

Qtil,  a'dtant  rempli  la  besace,' 

Baigna,  pour  lire,  un  coq  d' Alsace.'^ 

1  The  talkative  goose  \  pronoimoed  aa  BaBoroU^  Bava- 

rifls. 
■  I  did  mr  ntmoat, 

*  TVmr,  hou-so. 

^  An  imitation  of  the  caU  of  stonc-moioos. 

*  A  viilpar  by- word, 

*  The  belly. 

t  Some  years  uffo,  the  «on  of  Graf  von  Eulcnbnrg, 
belni:  in  liquor,  kiUed  a  poor  inoffensive  Frfnch  aw*!?.  Tlio 
tnnrtlercr  was  nn  officer  in  the  Pru'wifln  arniVt  om\,  if  my 
recollections  serve  me  well,  hifl  father  wii»  Iho  minister  of 
n^ftr,  HAvin^  been  Ined  by  a  court-martial,  tbt*  ^alknt 
urarrior  wa6  leniently  dcjilt  withi  the  judges  con^idcnog 
Ihtt  case  ju  a  kind  o?  druaken  brawl  between  a  butcher 


"  Reine-impdnittiee  Augusta, 

Ton  vj»nix  pochard  de  man  t'a- 

T-il  fait  8a voir  par  t^l^apbe 

Combien  il  a  ttlllS  dV«ii  daffef^ 

"  11  a*abreuve  de  rmsinS^^ 

Et  n*a  jamais  moins  l6?in^; 

Pour  le  mitonuer  da  vantage^ 

11  fait  bruler  ville  et  village^ 

'*  ^leia  Herr  le  comte  dje  Biamardf, 

Qui  aavoure  le  mAaae  marc» 

J  tire  qui!  n'est  rien  qui  I'^^ale, 

Et  soir  et  matin  B*en  r6gale. 

'*  Quand,  sani*  pour  d'etre  bafoit^« 

Guillaume  dit :  *  Dieu  soit  lou<S  I ' 

John  Bull,  6cuyer,  de  peur  bUntd, 

K^pond  :  '  Noi  boutique*  de  miita»t  *  *' 

Athcnictim  Club,  Poll  Mall.  Feb.  20. 1871. 


P,  A.  L.  OP  "  N,  &  Q;'— If  yoiii  rained  ( 
apondent  should  see  this,  allow  me  to  eTpre«  \ 
hope  that  the  capitulation  of  Paris  wUl  enable  i 
again  to  prolit  by  his  ever-ready  store  of  infex 
tion,    His  lant  coniniunication  to  your  pages  beaff ' 
the  date  of  Roptemlver  24,  1870;  and  his  delight 
on  seeipg  ^^  N.  &  Q/^  again,  aftor  ao  long  as  la^ 
lerval,  can  only  be  equalled  by  ours  wheo 
again  recognise  lib  pleasant  answeia  to  our  mulli 
farious  inquiries.  BiL  P 

"CiiATKArx  EX  E.<iPAGKE." — Among  the  *^I 
trea  spirilm-lha"  of  S.  Fran^ob  de  Sales  occiii 
fancy,  the  first  mention  of  tbis  familiar  pbn 
which,  us  an  equivalent  for  our  own  4dioa 
"  cnsLles  in  the  air,"  has  since  tlieu  becoma  \ 
Ycrliial  The  $«ubjoined  pnaaage  I  take  from  tbo 
IH 13  Paii5  edition  of  the  Q^ttvres  choigiee  de  *Sl 
Franrois  d^  Suks^  torn,  premier,  p.  2B5.  la  t^Ii 
imrticukr  epistle,  the  Bishop  of  Geneva,, 
tlouii^hed  in  the  later  hjdf  of  the  aixt 
the  earlier  part  of  the  aevimteenth  c^intiury^' 
li»22)|  addressing  himself  "  a  une  dame,"  f 
to  th«  preparation  for  meditation  and  the  ] 
ing  oneself  in  one's  own  rocation, 
follows : — 

**  Pers^vJrez  h  bien  vous  raincrc  vtms-mrRme  en  ce*  » 
nueK  oontrodictionji  joumali^rai^VM  voiis  r«itteiit«s !  I 
le  groi  de  vos  di^sir^  (Mur  ceU  ;  f^^aebes  que  Dieaj 
rien  de  voufi,  &Jiion  celn,  |>our  mslotenaat* 
amuscz  doncqueA  pa^  h  fciire  autre  chose;  ntt  i 
voa  d4mn  Bur  le  jardin  d*uutruy ;  ctdtivea 
bien  le  vostre  t  no  dwirez  point  de  n*estre  pas  tstt[ 
eatee,  maia  dtlsires  d'eitre  fort  t*ten  oe  qo*  voos  «*t9: 
aronHex  vos  penMJet  ^  voni  perfectionncrea  oala,  «l k pttrter 
lea  croix  on  petitw  ou  |?raade«  que  vouj  y  reikOdiitNf^^ 
et  rroyoE  mo3%  c'est  icy  le  grand  mot  el  !e  moins  eat«dft 
de  la  condulte  «pirituelle  :  chaeun  nyme  w1r>n  «un  co«^* 
peadegeiift  ajment  *eJfin  Tr — '       '     "  '  -  ^    ^  *• 

tre^Ssigoeur.     l>i;  quov  mr 
E«p«gae,  puiaqu'il  nous  fnu  i 

•  Si^r  efeotf  etaffe,  tossed  off  brtn^. 
^  MaitiMt  blood,  gora. 


4»*8.VIL  Fi:b.25,710 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


159 


niAirieins  la^ont  «t  vous  Ventendrca  bien.    Dtte^-moyf 
ma  chhtm  fiUC|fli  tobi  la  pratiqoez  bieo.'" — LcUres  spiri- 


Aeoording  to  one  deJiDitioii  of  the  phrase  I 
find  ^chateaux  en  Espagoe  '*  explained  thus — m 
^cafiilea  ia  the  air,  literallf  caatlea  in  Spain »  a 
eonntiy  in  which  *  castles  ^  are  Hli^  angeU  viBits, 
'few  and  far  between  * '^ — on  explanAtion  which 
it  nuaplj  fxivoloua*  Here,  in  thia  inddeoial  illue- 
tnhtive  z^ference  of  S.  Francois  do  Sales,  as  it 
teems  to  me,  we  get  at  the  original  allusion  out 
of  which  hat  i^rowxi  up  a  aaying  that  has  since 
baoome  proverbial.  Cbakles  Kznx. 

Vsmpdm  nUJ,  Kfiasingtoo. 

Soomciasis  nr  AaiBBiCA, — Dean  Ramsay^  in 
hit  excellemt  and  most  entertainiDg  Reminiscenees 
0/  SeaitM  Life  and  Character  (the  fifteenth  edi- 
tion of  which  is  now  before  me),  mentions  several 
worda  and  phrases  which  are  peculiar  to  Scotland. 
Several  of  these  are  in  use  in  the  United  States, 
That  h©  says  that  ''frail  expresses  itifirmUy  of 
body,  but  implies  no  charge  of  aiiy  laxity  in  moral 
pRDcinle^**  We  use  the  word  in  this  tirst  sense 
ai  w«il  as  in  the  last,  as  *'His  health  is  very 
frail,''  or  *'  He  has  grown  quite  frail.'' 

In  Scotland  a  person  wht^de  health  hat  declined 
b  said  to  have  faikd.  This  we  also  use,  at  "  lie 
hia  failed  greatly  sioce  I  latt  saw  him," 

Dean  Ramsay  recollects  '*a  peculiar  Scottish 
pkiste  Teiy  commonly  used,  whiirh  now  secuis  to 
aare  paaaed  away,"  namely,  '^  the  ejEprest>ion  to 
Id  an,  indicating  the  notice  or  obtervation  of 
tomething  or  of  tome  person.     For  example :  '  I 

ttw  Mr* at  the  meeting,  hut  I  never  IH  on 

tiwt  I  knew  he  was  preaenL        Thia  expression, 
mth  p«9citely  this  meaning,  ia  in  constant  use 
vnmc  ut ;  and  it  would  be  imptidsiblti  to  express 
"'^a  intended  by  any  shorter  phnise. 
.g  heAout  foi  behoove  is  another  Scotticism 
Jtc>?fded  by  him.     Mr.  Mark  Antonjr  Trollope,  in 
hiivotiUBe  on  Xorth  America,  mentions  his  meet^ 
11^ with  a  man  in  one  of  our  Western  States  who 
rat  pfOQOUoced  the  word.    I  never  heard  it  so 
nuipronousced ;  and  the  person  of  whom  Mr,  Trol- 
lope iip(»akt  most  have  been  either  a  Scotchman 
i„  fh^  *,.*,  of  one:  and  having  referred  to  Mr, 
K>ok,  it  gives  me  pleasure  to  add  that, 
aient,  it  is  by  far  the  fairest  and  most 
ijrk  on  this  country  ever  written  by  an 
J  rt.  U2f£I»A. 

ilitlBddiihia. 
Em^nr't  "*  Dury  '' ;  GiGAifTic  Oi.— April  29, 

im- 

"I Mw  lo  [/)iidan  an  h\x;;^  ox  bred  in  Kent,  seventeen 
M  in  kngUt,  Acd  much  higher  than  1  could  rcaeii.** 

!mm  in  the  Cattle  Show  of  V^HO  an  ox  which 
*te<»d,  to  said  the  caUloguc,  fi^ht^jcn  or  twenty 
^chti  higbtf  than  any  other  beast  in  the  show, 
^  thtl  tall  may  Jbtood  on  a  chair  to  mauipuhite 


the  patient  creature ;  but,  in  thete  dajs  of  forcing, 
the  length,  though  groat^  of  the  animal  must  have 
been  much  short  of  the  Commonwealth  one.  Ha 
mu.^tj  I  think,  have  been  a  sign  of  the  times,  when 
monstrous  things  were  breeding.  J.  A.  Q. 

Cari^Urooke. 

Christophobttb  MoRALTis, — I  have  before  mo 
two  volumes  of  Jiflassesy  writton  by  this  celebrated  1 
Spaniard;  and  as  I  believe  vexj  little  is  knowaj 
ot  hia  music,  and  of  these  volumes  in  particular, 
it  teems  that  **N,  &  Q.*'  becomes  a  fitting  home 
for  this  note*     The  first  volume  is  dedicated  to 
'^  Illustrii^*     atque    excellentis.    Cotmo   MediciJ 
Floren*  Bud'^;   and  contains  three  mattes  fofl 
four  voices  thus  entitled  (generally  from  the  sub- 
ject of  the  fugue)  :—!*  *' Do  beatu  Yirgine^;  2- 
*^  Aspice  Domine";    3.  ''Vulnerasti  cor  meum*** 
Three    for  five  voices:    1,  "Ave  maris  stella"j 
2*  **Queramu8  cum  pastoribus;"   3.  '' L^homme 
arme.'^     And  two  for  six  voices;  1.  **Millo  le-l 
gretz";  2,  *♦  Si  bona  suscepimus," 

The  second  volume  is  deaicated  to  "  SanctisMmo 
Paulo  tertio  Pontifici  maximo/'  and  has  a  fine 
frontispiece,  with  the  Pope  blessing  Morales,  who 
13  holaing  open  his  book  of  music  at  the  d 
**  Tu  es  vaa/'  The  eidesi  of  the  plate  aro  01 
mented  with  music  and  instruments;  at  the"' 
bottom  are  the  arms  of  the  Pope.  This  volume 
contains  live  masses  for  four  vu ices : — 1*  *'Tuea 
vat  electionis"  ;  2.  •*  Benedicta  escelor  rcMB*';  3. 
"  AveMaria*'j  4.  **Gaude Barbara"  j  5.  ^'L'homme 
arm^/'  Three  for  five  voices :  1.  "  De  beata  Vir- 
gine";  2.  "Quern  dicunt  homines '^j  3,  "Pro 
defunctis." 

The  two  volumes  were  printed  at  Rome  by 
Valerius  Doricus  and  Lud'Uicus,  brothers,  in  the 
year  lo44*  They  ai-e  printed  in  the  old  musical 
square  notation,  and  unbarred;  have  five  initial  J 
letters  on  each  page ;  and,  at  the  top  of  each  left^  T 
hand  page,  is  the  writer's  name,  and  on  the  right 
tlie  name  of  the  mass.  It  is  said  that  only  one 
other  copy  of  thia  great  work  exists,  which  ia  at 
the  Vatican  J  and  any  one  who  reprints  the  same 
is  liable  to  excommunication.  I  hope  my  (minua 
ej:-)  comuiunicatiou  will  not  be  considered  too 
long,  as  in  all  probabibty  the  books  will  get  int 
a  library,  and  nothing  more  be  known  or  though 
of  them.  IL  A.  W. 

St.  A]kin*s,  Holbonu 

Centenariaifs. — The  following  notices  of  per- 
sons who  have  lived  for  more  than  a  centuiy  are 
worth  preserving  in*^N.   &   Q."      Perhapa  the 

naisite  proofs  may  be  furnished  in  your  pages, 
ave  cut  them  from  the  Lmct/ln,  Mtttlofid,  and 
Stamford  Mcrcun/  of  January  20 : — 

"  Mrs.  Mftry  Piit  died:  at  Li*kcard,  ComwaU,  the  other 
<t«y,  a^'ed  lO'i  y^ara  and  10  month*.  Th«  requisite  proof 
has  hecn  obtnined  of  her  langevitr. 

**At  Whiitiesford^  near  \:*mbrid{rc,  on  New  T^me'* 
Day,  a  woman  uaiued  Sarah  Dutm4v««i,  ti^  V^\  ^^cas^. 


B^ 


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^'OTES  AND  QUERIES. 


t**!"  S.  I'll.  Feb.  »li,7L 


Sbo  had  bornfl  twelve  children,  iind  she  hod  at  her  dratli 
twj^nty  grandchildren,  sixty  great -granddiildi-pn*  mid 
tbirtpen  Krrat-great*|j:raDdchridrcn,  But^  mni^^iilftr  lo  ri'Lite, 
r>ut  of  bIT  these  there  ire  only  two  males  to  pcrpettittiethe 
name  of  Dunn. 

*•  On  Thuridiiy  the  12th  died  ml  Sandwich  Mrs.  Maft 
Buller^  whfi  waa' bom  at  Wurth*  near  Sandwich,  March 
25,  1770,  ihoA  having  attained  the  patriarchal  age  td 
I0<>  years  am!  nine  montha*  Mr».  Butler^  who  was 
chriMencil  and  married  at  her  native  viltnge,  had  been  a 
widow  unwardi  of  forty  year?.  She  was  a  *harp-speaking 
woman,  had  a  quick  ear'and  a  good  memory^  but  hud  fur 
aome  jean  b«en  quite  blind."' 

K.  r.  D.  K 

The    following    cuttingr    from    The    Timm  of 
Jftnuaiy  luat  deserves  preaervation  in  **  N,  &  Q."  : 

Mm*.  Shiulky  Mfinse  Ccidp^  Aokd  100. — |*Oa  the  (7th 
Jan,,  at  Suj^sex  Lod^,  Kingston  Hill,  the  residence  of  lier 
son,  fidward  S.  Codd,  Iv«q..  need  1<X»  vears,  nine  month*, 
and  n\%  duvs,  Mrs.  Shirlny  Morse  Codd,  relict  of  the  late 
Atajor  rhihp  Codd,  i»f  Kumi»tead  Court)  Sittingboume,, 
Kent,  ajid  Kenaiugtun/* 


THE  BROKEN  nRIDGl*:. 
TluB  common  »treet  exhibition  is  well  known 
hy  us  under  the  name  of  the  **  Cbinese  sliiidtss  *' 
and  the  *'  Fantoccini  *'— an  Italian  name  which 
mejins  (according  to  Bome  Italian  lexicographer?) 
Chinese  phantoma  or  ahades.^  The  French  say 
that  the  amnsement  ia  of  Italian  origioi  so  far  at 
least,  1  presume^  aa  they  are  concenied.  The 
Italiana  Bay  that  it  cjiine  to  them  from  China.  I 
have  never  witnessed  the  Broken  Bridge  in 
France,  but  I  know  that  it  is  a  common  ehow  in 
Paris,  Lyons,  and  other  cities,  and  that  it  is  some- 
timea  acted  a  h  f/iiiy«o/,t  and  sometimes  with  the 
Ahades.  I  liave  met  with  a  French  version  of  the 
dmlogue,  which  is  word  for  word  with  oura  j  and 
I  have  heard  the  tune  sung  hy  a  French  gentleman, 
and  find  that  it  ia  the  mme  an  the  English  onp.  In 
Italy  I  have  seen  two  exhibttions  of  the  Broken 
Bridge.  The  first  waa  a  Marionette  ons,  and  it 
occurred  at  Arena  on  Lngo  Maggiore ;  the  other 
waa  at  Bologna  in  an  archway  in  the  street  that 
leade  from  the  Cathedral  to  the  Great  Square. 
A  visitor  to  Bologna  will  Hnd  that  the  ahove 
archway  is  used  ahnogt  every  night  throughout 
the  year  for  Marionettes  and  Chinese  Shades. 
The  Bologna  show  was  a  ''Fantoccini'*  one.  In 
both  cities  the  dialogue  and  song  weiT  the  same 
aa  we  have  them,  wnd  so  were  the  scenes.  There 
were  the  broken  bridge,  the  swan  that  *^  swam 

•  I  do  not  pronounce  thia  derivation  cortrcL  I  say  m 
much  to  prevent  any  corrrapondent  taking  the  paynea  to 
convict  me  of  ignorance  of  etymology.  I  neither  "  guen^  " 
noT  pronnuQce  ex  cat/iednh  I  am  a  very  modisit  mnn, 
and  may,  like  anotber  eorrespondent,  hav«  got  hold  of  a 
**dietianMty  **  of  **  no  authoKt y/' 
/  Ifjr  the  ityi^,  who  wmm  Guignol  ? 


over/'  and  the  traveller  who  "couldn't'*;  the 
cobbler  and  the  mischievous  woman,  and  the  cob- 
bler's impertinent  reply  to  the  traveller's  asking 
the  hour.  Indeed  there  wns  not  the  slightest  de- 
viation, either  In  the  music,  song,  dialogue,  and 
accessories,  from  the  panm  as  we  have  them  in  our 
exhibition.  In  Italy  the  Marquis  of  Ponte  Csswita 
is  equivalent  to  the  Marquis  of  Carabas  in  France, 
I  should  like  to  know  more  about  the  history  of 
the  Chinese  shades  and  the  play.  What  allusiont 
are  found  in  any  old  works?  I  have  no  doubt 
that  some  of  the  learned  corresDoadents  of 
**  N.  &  Q.^^  can  throw  light  even  on  taesa  shade** 
There  are  few  of  us  who  have  not  laughed  at  the 
Broken  Bridge,  and  I  shall  be  moat  happy  to 
know  when  and  by  whom  that  immortal  structura 
was  planned.        '  Stephen  Jackson. 


he  calla 

rle,      ^ 


'*  .Vntholoota  Borbalib  kt  Australis.** — Dr. 
Forster,  in  bis  Pockei  Enq/chpipdia  of  Natttral 
Phmomerm  (p.  10),  quotes  some  lines — *^  The  Stu- 
dent and  the  Cherry-clack*'— from  what  he  calla 
**the  AtUhologia  Bi/r,  et  ^i^.*';  and  again  \ 
introduces  some  quaint  verses  thus ;  — 

"An  antient  proverbial  adage  in  verae  Bxy^  — 

*  When  the  lon^lie  nwle  in  the  chimney  bowle, 
la  the  dead  of  a  wintri^  night/  Jtc. 

AnU^ol  Bot,  «l  Am* 

Canon  Oakelcy,  in  his  CathoHc  Fhrtti  fp.  I), 
gives  a  poem  of  nearly  forty  lines  from  the  same 
source,  and  makes  other  fregueat  quotations  frooi 
it,  sometimes  (as  p.  104)  with  chapter  and  vewe 
appended— **,i«/Aofo^iVi  Bar.  H  Au$,,  viii.  4," 

rh©  work  h  also  quoted  by  the  author  of  W 
Flowers  and  their  Tmchintjs  "(Bath,  184^),  p. 
and  by  other  writers. 

I  have  ascertained  that  the  book  does  not  cx^ 
in  the  catalogue  of  the  Museum  Library,  Londoi 
nor  in  that  of  the  Bodleian  at  Oxford.  Cm( 
Oakeley,  I  am  told,  can  give  no  information  al 
it,  except  that  the  quotations  were  sent  him  by 
friend.  Among  those  of  my  own  friends  who  aro 
best  acquainted  with  Engli^^h  literature,  not  one 
has  ever  met  with  this  mysterious  volume. 

Can  the  quotations,  like  the  **  Old  Play*'  of  ^it 
Walter  Scott *a  novels,  have  been  invented  for  ili« 
nonce  by  some  person,  and  copied  without  inqwity 
by  subsequent  writers  ?  Dr,  Forater's  is  the  earM 
mention  of  it  I  can  find.  lie  was  not  a  Httl« 
eccentric  in  hia  literary  productions*  Can  it  ^  • 
caprice  of  his  ?  W.  L.  N. 

Woodlands,  BridgeAvater. 

[ Seven t4?en  years  ago  it  was  dtACOTcretl  by  oar  wJorf 
correspondent  Wiluam  riNKKiiTojr,  F.S.A,  tliit  <j»*j 
Anthntitgia  Bareali*  et  Auttratia  is  a  purely  imagintfri 
title  for  certain  piecea  of  prose  and  verw,  the  prodttC^l 
of  Dr.  For^ter,  and  boa  no  existence  save  in  hb  0«^*fl 
the  Sm§om  ami  Ptickrt  Ent'ttchp^ia,  Sec  "  X.  &  Q< 
I"  S.  ix.  6(J9.] 


Atbrt  Pbdiorbk.  —  Jolin  Arery,  of  Bodmin, 
00.  Cornwall,  nmrried  Isoult  Burrj-,  of  Wynscote, 
00.  Devon,  A  clue  to  the  date  is  fiiniished  by  tHe 
f*ct  that  laoult'a  father,  John  Bjury,  died  in  1538. 
Had  thcT  Any  children?  and  were  thej  the  an- 
oeatora  of  Every  of  Wycmft  Coatle,  co.  Dtsvon  ? 
1  may  add  that  Henry  Biurj,  eldest  brother  of 
lioult,  was  horn  in  1514.  I  canoot  discover, 
though  I  have  spared  no  pain«,  to  what  family  of 
ATerrs  this  John  Avery  belonged.  Your  corre- 
Apondent  E.  W.  seems  to  be  versed  in  the  Avery 
Dodigrees.  Can  be  kindly  jrive  me  any  clue  to  the 
qedmon  of  a  question  for  wtiicli  I  have  exhausted 
all  the  Heralos*  Visitations  in  the  British  Museum, 
ioTiun?  Hermentkude. 

AlLTiFiciAL  FLY-FTsniNu. — Who  invented  thi^ 
metier  ?  Where  can  I  find  any  early  notices  of 
It*  It  is  earlier  thnn  Dame  Juliana  Bemera,  who 
lella  us  how  to  dub  **xii  flyes  wyth  whiche  ye 
ihall  afJglti  to  ye  trough  I  and,  grayUyng." 

Pelaoius. 

^  Cablo  Crtvelll— Wanted,  narticnlars  of  the 
life  ind  works  of  Carlo  Crivelli.  His  pictures 
hear  dale  from  1468  to  14D5,  and  he  is  said  to 
have  been  the  scholar  of  Jacobello  del  Fiore.  lie 
is  a  rare  master  in  England,  though  our  Nulional 
Gallery  poittsesses  four  of  his  works,  and  four  ore 

now  exhibited    at   Burlington   House,    three    of 

which  are  lent  by  Earl  Dudley. 

Jo&y  Pig  GOT,  Jrir, 

^  TCrivdli  Is  believed  to  have  been  a  niative  of  Veniv^, 

tm  to  have  flnurished  from  about  l-tfiO  til]  147a.     Two 

pictarea  by  ihw  artist  are  in  tlie  church  of  S*  Sebaitiano 

.41  v..r.i  .    r^pre:4cQting  S.  pAljbiano  and  the  Marriage  cif 

;  and  onCf  the  ^  Annunciatton/*  w&i  bought 

(    IMwaid  Solly's  collcctiou  by  the  Ute  Lord 

latter  bears   the  ]n«tcnption  "  Libertas 

i  CaroH  Crivilli  V^enett,  1486."     Con- 

:.....^.   -^, I  van's  Vict,  (tf  FaifUcrM  and  En^rapcrtt 

«i  by  Sianlej',  id40,] 

Tee  CoKcrLrAi>.''  —  I  have  recently  met  with 
1  quarto  pamphlet  bearing  the  following  title ;  — 

"ThK  Cuncilbd  ;  nr  the  Triumph  of  Patrioti«!m.  A 
hmu  Traufclated  from  ilie  J^atin  of  Ttrtiu.i  Qtinittid 
Jjintm.  TIm?  Third  Eiiition.  London :  Trtnted  for  T. 
nidftin,  It    the  Keatbers   in  Fleet  Stre«t,  near  Fleet 

U  contains  twenty- eight  pages  of  print,  hut 
*^*ft»  are  only  sixteen  lines  m  each  page.  The 
^^^v-  appears  to  have  been  published  on  the 
'lion  of  the  elder  Pitt  receiving  his  pension  of 
W>t  per  annum  soon  after  the  accession  of  . 
I  Jhorm  11 L  I  think  I  can  detect  Louis  of  France 
^  alad.-ime    Pompadour    under  the   guise    of 

^ —  aud  P ,  and  Pitt  is  very  plainly  alluded 

^  uoder  the  aaoie  contracted  form ;  but  I  cannot 

Md  tumies  to  the  following:  Fauks— ,  C 1, 

^j~/  N ,  B ^,t  A 4  »«d  H .§ 

Bedford*    t  Anson.    |  llnniwickc,] 

I 


The  letter  N  may  mean  the  Duke  of  Newcastle, 
and  n  may  be  Lord  Hardwicke ;  hut  the  verse 
requires  B  to  mean  two  syllable^?,  and  conse- 
quently cannot  stand  for  the  Marquis  of  Bute. 
Can  any  reader  of  **  N.  &  Q."  assign  names  to 
the  above  initials,  and  give  the  author  of  the 
poem  P  1\  T.  W, 

STR450E  Fee  paid  by  Irish  Bishops. — I  have 
it  on  the  authority  of  a  distinguished  prelate  that, 
nmong  the  fees  exacted  from  an  Irish  bishop  on 
appointment  to  his  see,  was  one  of  twenty  or 
twenty-five  guineas  to  the  Lord-Lieutenant^s  cook. 
The  dieestablibhment  of  the  Irish  church  has  conse- 
quently rendered  less  valuable  jwo  tanio  the  situa- 
tion of  the  Viceroy *s  cordon  bleu.  Can  anj  one 
mention  the  origin  of  this  strange  perquisite  ? 

IL  A.  Kennedy. 

Etdon  House,  Heading. 

Fire  used  ik  BtrRNiKo  ttte  Dead.— In  a  de- 
scription of  the  burning  of  the  body  of  a  prince 
on  the  banks  of  the  Arno,  near  Florence  (which 
took  place  some  time  last  year,  with  the  usual 
rites  of  Hindoo  ohservajice)^  it  is  mentioned  that 
the  tire  to  light  the  funeral  pile  was  carried  in  a 
vessel  alongside  the  bodv.  Can  any  of  your 
readers  tell  me  if  such  is  the  usual  practice  P  And 
if  so,  whence  the  fire  in  the  vessel  is  obtained  P 

Ckematiok. 

SiMtJEL  FooTK. — The  following  is  the  title  of 
a  MS.  formerly  in  the  possession  of  Richard  Heberi 
and  sold  at  his  death.  It  will  be  found  in  the 
printed  Catalogue  (Pt.  xl  MSS.  No.  429)  :— 

"  Piety  in  Pattens.  Written  by  S.  Footc,  E*q^  and 
first  performed  in  hU  Primitive  Puppet  Show."  MS.   4lo. 

Is  it  known  what  has  become  of  this  manu- 
script? Geo.  C.  Boase. 

[This  manuscript  wat  purchased  by  Thomas  Rodd,  the 
celebrated  bookseller,  for  one  shilling  I] 

**  Habeas  Com* us  "  Act. — Is  it  possible  that 
the  story  told  of  the  mode  tu  which  this  famous 
act  was  passed  is  foundt^d  on  fact  ?  I  recollect 
reading  that  the  teller  in  the  House  of  Lords  for 
the  Ayes,  when  he  saw  a  very  corpulent  peer  pass, 
called  out  **  There  go  two  lords,'*  and  the  teller  for 
the  Noes,  not  perceiving  the  joke,  counted  fwa* 
Of  course  if  the  names  of  the  peers  voting  were 
taken  down,  as  at  present,  such  a  mistake  would 
have  been  impossible ;  but  in  the  days  of  the 
**  Merry  Monarch  *■  it  may  have  been  differently 
arranged.  The  bill  was  carried  hj  a  maiority  of 
one  only.  V.  S,  M^ 

[According  to  Bishop  Burnet  (Hittory  of  hh  Own 
Time,  iu  250,  edit  1823),  we  are  inHt-bt^l  to  a  je»t  for 
tbis  highly-prized  palladjum  of  Ent;lisb  liberty.  To 
qwvte  the  bishop's  words  (1080),  he  says:  **  The  former 
parliament  had  passed  a  Tery  strict  act  lor  the  due  eate- 
cutioo  of  tho  habeas  corpus  ;  which  was  iodeed  all  thty 
did.  It  was  carried  by  an  oAA,  atWfvcA  Vu^^^^cfV^  ^ 
L&Tihk  LerdQrey  andlAr<l^(»ti^a^tx«iA3si»l\A>aa^^% 


162 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES.  [4«>s.to.  Fotis.VL 


tellers.  Lord  Korri»|  beings  a  man  fubjcct  to  vapours, 
KrasDOl  At  nil  timei  AUentive  to  what  Lb  was  doin|;  »o  a 
ren'fat  lord  coming  in.  Lord  Grej  coantcd  liim  For  t<?n, 
asJije^t  ftt  iirst,  but  s*«tiiig^  Lord  Nairis  bnd  not  observed 
it,  he  went  on  with  this  mii-reckoning  of  ten  :  m  it  was 
reported  to  the  House,  and  declnred  that  they  who  were 
for  the  bill  were  th«  majority,  thotigh  it  iudted  went  on 
the  other  side,  and  hy  this  means  the  bill  paasetL**] 

Ballad:  '^ Nuttik0,*'— Fifty  years  a^o  I  re- 
merolier  reading  a  ballad  called  '*  Nutting/'  iu 
wEicJi  appeared  the  foUowiDg  stanza :  — 
***  Zoands  I  ^  qaoth  tho  farmer,  '■  whcv«  is  Diok  ? 
Tbe  Dight  b  coining  on  us  quick, 

Tis  time  the  sheep  were  put  ia  ; 
But  I  must  fold  tbem,  I  fiuppcuSf, 
While  the  joang  idle  ras<!Al  ffoea 
With  Mnrgerj'  a-nutting/  *' 

I  tBink  I  saw  this  in  a  Lixdies*  Almnnack  or 
Diarj  about  the  time  above  mentiooed*  Can  any 
of  your  correspondents  tell  mo  where  I  can  find 
thii  ballad?  JosErK  HjLRRigoif,  Juw, 

221,  South  18th  Street,  Phi  la  J  el  ph  in. 

Tub  Pjkexix  Tiiro2?e,  —  Sebastian,  in  The 
Tctnpestf  exclaims :  — - 

"  Now  I  will  believe 
That  there  are  unicorn*,  that  in  Arabia 
There  is  one  trw,  the  phcpnix*  tiirone,  one  ph«iiix 
At  thus  hour  reigning  there," 
It  h  two  decades  since  I  looked  into  HerodotuB. 
Doe5  bo  connect  the  pbcenix  with  any  particular 
tree  ?    I  am  aware  that  ^oiV{|  ia  hoih  the  bird 
and  the  palm-tree.    But  did  Shakespeare  refer  to 
any  detimte  legend?    And  if  so,  where  may  it  be 

fopadF  MAKilOCHEIR, 

Qttotatiox.— Where  can  the  following  q^uota- 
iion  be  found  ?  — 

**  the  actions  of  the  juRt 
SmeU  iw«ot,  and  blossom  in  the  dust/' 

W.  (1.) 

[By  J,  Shirley,   Oomiemtiim   cf  Jjas    a»d    Ulg»»et, 
3»} 


Chinese  KtrDDBRs  of  Sniv%.  —  Tbeso  baire 
nnmerousi  rhomlKjidftl  holea  cut  in  thcm^  from  a 
notion  that  the  eddying  of  the  water  through 
them  imparta  an  additional  power  in  fiteering  the 
Teasel  The  Chinese  are  so  tborougrhly  practical 
ft  nation,  thitt  I  am  induced  to  ask  if  this  con- 
struction of  rudder  has  ever  been  tried  in  Enf^land, 
and  with  what  result  P  M.  P, 

Saott  Wtn^FTiAX-^Where  ihall  I  find  some 
account  of  8t  WuUran,  bishop  and  confessor, 
whose  festival  day  is  October  15?  I  have  failed 
to  discover  him  in  the  Ada  Sancfontm  under  thnt 
day,  and  have  consulted  many  other  books  with 
an  equal  want  of  success.  He  must  not  he  con^ 
founded  with  his  namesako  St  Wulfran,  arch- 
bishop of  Sens,  whose  feast  is  March  20.  As  I 
fear  some  of  your  readerf  may  doubt  the  exist- 
ence of  the  St,  Wulfran  concerning  whom  I  am 
anions  for  infunnation,   I  bog  to   refer  to  the 


calendar  published    by  Mr»  J,  J,  Bond  in  bis 
valuable  Handy- Book  of  £ule§  and  TubU^  /« 
verifying  Datca^  p,  165.  A.  O.  Y.  P, 


th^ 


xupj 


Seven  Sermoks  on  the  Sacrament,  1C3I 
I  am  very  anxious  to  ascertain  the  name  of  i  _ 
autlior  and  other  bibliographical  particulara  of  the 
following  book,  my  copy  beincr  without  a  title- 
page.  It  is  12nio)  pp.  364.  Seven  sermons  on 
the  Sacrament  of  the  Lord*8  Supper  oocupj 
np.  1-278;  a  prayer,  279-282;  a  &a&kqp'  * 
263-286  J  then  comes  a  separate  title  — 

'*  A  Instjfication  of  tho  Gesttirc  of  Kneeling:  in  the 
of  recpiving^  the  Sflcrnment  of  the  Lord^s  Sapper*    ] 
flon :  Printed  by  Eliz.  Allde  for  Robert  Allot    1^81? 
(pp.  *289^3«4.) 

On  p,  217  the  author  refers  to  bia  previous  trsB* 
tise,  entitled  the  Three/old  lUsokdion, 

[The  author  of  these  works  in  John  Dcnison,  ricar  ef 
St.  Mar^-'a^  HeadinjE^,  and  chaplam  to  King  Janiw  L 
Wood  {Athen,  Oron.  iu  439,  edit.  1815),  who  has  giT(«] 
list  of  his  works,  speaks  of  him  as  "a  learned  uao 
well  read  in  theological  authors."  He  died  in  the  I 
end  of  January,  102^9^  and  was  buried  in  St.  i 
church,  Ucadini;.] 

Stone  Altahs  in  ENOLisn  CmmcirEs.— In 
Haydn  *s  Dictionary  of  Bates  (p,  28)  I  find  '*  it  was 
decided  in  18415,  by  the  Court  of  Arches,  tliat  tioite 
aiitirs  were  not  to  be  erected  in  English  chorcbesi  j 
Can  you  give  the  reason  why  ?  Ohzoi 

[This  refers  to  the  edebralcd  jad^^cnt  of  Sir  Heth 
Jenner  Fust,  who,  in  the  ease  of  I'aulkner  r,  iJtdir 
and  .Stearn,  ruled  that  an  immovable  stone  •tmd 
whieh    had    bet-n   placed   in  the  church   of   the  Hd 
Sepulchre  at  Carabrid^   wa^  not  a  eomroonion  tabi 
within  the  roeflniDj;r  of  the  rubric    8ee  the  j«d|sriiMDt  I 
len^'th  in  Robertson's  Ecci€$tastical  RqmrlM,U  ItJi.] 

Treveris'  "Gretb  Herball'':    KAins  of 
Plants. — I  should  be  glfid  to  know  some  wIk 
culars  of  this  work,  which  was  published  in  152^ 
and  seems  to  be  one  of  the  earliest  of  EngE 
herhals.     It  is^  of  course,  in  black  letter,  and  i 
illiiatrated  by  very  quaint  woodcute— some 
which  do  duty  several  times  for  very  difi 
plants*     Who  was  Tn^veris;  nud  ifi  this  the  i 
ginal  form  of  the  work,  or  a  translation  ?    I  b*vi 
been  nnnble  to  identify  the  following'  phmts,  < 
shall  be  glad  of  help :  — 

**  Linguii  aniens,  GiK>s-byll  or  strche-wort,  Ooos-btO 
or  beodoye  is  an  hcrbp  emnyu  3-nough,  The  rot^  cf  it  10 
lyke  a  goos  byll  |  tnd  Uie  lerc*  bea  lyke  the  Uvm  of 
feme." 

"  Pa  factum  leporu  f  '  '  '    ' '  '      '      li'lf^ 

spurge  I  but  it  li.ith  ]■  '  \  ■  * 

lyke  fcnfll  and  the  nr     .  _  -rtd  *<> 

bereth  no  floiiro  |  but  a  tv^\  b^ry  Jvke  tmj^tx  IFmf 
pttf-m?"]  but  it  is  ronder.  It  is  exiled  haret  paUytu  P«*' 
yf  the  hsre  come  under  it  |  he  h  luine  that  iw'l»iat<»* 
louche  hym.    Sc^me  e.iU  it  artetyke," 

The  former  la  possibly  an  erodium  or  geransldPi' 
from  the  doscnption.     The  sow-thistle  {Somik'^  ^ 


4«*»S.V11,  F£ii.I5.*7L] 


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i)  WM  formerly  knowa  as  **  harems  palace/ * 
hnt  eannoi  he  intended  ab:>ye.    Jajiss  Britten. 

Tbk  Vkto  at  Papjll  Hlectiox*. — Milmfm^  in 
bta  Laim  Chrigtiantii/  (vL  407,  ed.  1S07),  details 
the  Iaw  rokting  to  papnl  elections  wliich  Gre- 
Ctwy  X.  procured  to  be  enacted  by  the  Council  of 
JUyoiia^  "  to  6eciir6  tlie  papacv  fiom  the  scanduls 
vkieb  bftJ  preceded  his  own  election/'  But  I  do 
not  find  mm  that  eanie  learned  work  how  it 
CBtoe  to  pAM  that  France^  Gernmny,  snd  SdaId 
exercised  the  power  of  the  veto  ngiiiost  the  elec- 
tioai  of  any  particular  cardinal  to  the  p*pAcy. 
Wlmt  u  kaown  of  the  ori^da  of  this  power? 
'^  it  still  exist?  And  if  90^  how  has  it  been 
by  the  recent  chan^09  in  tha  relatione 
yie  fforenmients  named  aud  the  papal 

1\\^  A. 

Iiir^TATTD  OF  Wedgwood  Wakts. — I  have  an 
lakBtAtid  of  Wedgwocid^s  manufacture,  consisting 
of  tk  semi-globe  supported  by  three  dolphins  on  a 
ItMt  triangular  ba?e.  In  the  centre  of  the  semi- 
globe  is  a  couical  ressel  for  ink,  with  a  perfora* 
lion  for  the  pea  when  not  in  uae.  On  one  side  of 
the  iak-Tessol  is  a  circular  hole  nearly  an  inch  in 
dijirneter,  and  ou  the  other  side  i^'a  thimble- 
sluped  cuTity.  Between  these  are  three  perfora- 
llotj<  half  an  inch  wide,  nn«l  three  a  quarter  of  an 
inch  wide.  I  fthall  feel  ohliored  to  any  corref*pon- 
loat  of  **  N.  iNl  Q/*  who  will  tell  me  the  purpose 
of  than  parA^Atioafi.  M.  1). 


I 


Hrplif^. 


IRISH  CAR  AKD  NODDY. 
(^  a  yL  llo,  105;  4'»»  S,  vi.  545 ;  vil.  23.) 

It  itm  afttoni»hin$r  circumetance,  while  it  prores 
ibna2  value  of  **  X.  &  Q:*,  that  a  vehicle  which 
*tt  m  common  use  in  Dublin  until  a  compara- 
tireljr  late  period  cannot  be  properly  described 
tilhortt  a  reference  to  its  page*.  Even  our  old 
Md  learn t^d  contributor  Abhba  ia  in  error  when 
^fstiang  i»f  the  noddy,  evidentlr  misled  by  the 
™op  of  Skt^cht^  of  Ireia**d  ^uti/  Year  a  At/o, 
^  ^  at  the  other  side  of  the  Channel  are 

d  in  the  ancient  history  of  Ireland, 
uioiigu  they  seem  to  be  quite  ignorant  of  its 
Boina  aiT&ijs.  Le^t  theVf  at  a  future  periodj 
■iftlflacarit  '  ^r  or  the  noddy  aa  state  car- 
''^  of  K  r,  the  "  Irish  sea  queen,"  or 

"oe  other  1  ^  it^iv  inbuloas  character.  I  feel  dis- 
pOted  tfj  a-ik  the  Editor  of  **  N.  &  Q/*  for  a  little 
^^f  so  that  I  m&y  set  the  question  at  rest  for 

Rtijdi^  In  Htbtrum  Cttrio^a  (1700),  speaking  of 
"obiin,  oxpnwcly  >trite«i  that  — 

•jTticy  hii'-  I'M  f  M  kin<l  rvf  li^ckni?!!  here,  that  b 
^ucd  the  i  li  is  ni^tUiog  more  thaji  an  gld 


Twks,  in  his  Tour  in  Irelmid  (Lond.  1775), 
says  r  — 

♦♦There  are  manj  8ia|;Ie-hor»e  two-wheelod  ehaijM, 
-which  coasinndy  ply  in  the  streets  in  Dublin  j  they  are 
CiAlled  ijoddiea/' 

The  Traveh  of  Twijs  were  very  unpopular,  and 
according  to  the  system  of  the  critics  of  the  day, 
were  immediately  ridiculed  by  Jn  Heroic  Epitik 
to  R.  Twis5,  Esq.,  from  Donna  Teresa  of  Murcin, 
a  lady  mentioned  in  his  Travf^U  in  S/Htin^  and  in 
this  epistle  we  find  the  noddy  first  noticed  in  verse 
as  follows : —  i 

*'  Perhaps  some  Krrtm  wafls  thc<?  all  doac 
In  mi^c  veliicle  to  catca  unknown; 
High-K»w  machine  llmt  bears  piL'bcittn  wight 
To  difttnnt  tca-houae  or  funrrt-al  rite  : 
Still  as  it  moves,  the  prom!  pavilion  nods, 
A  chaue  by  mortak,  noddy  termed  hy  goda,'* 

In  An  Heroic  Answer  from.  Mr.  Twiss  he  thus 
describes  the  car : — 

"  \Vi.'U  might  an  artist  travel  from  afftr 
To  view  the  alractare  of  a  low-backcd  car, 
A  d«wnr  nmttraM  on  the  c*r  i*  laid, 
The  reverend  fiither  iiiount^,  and  ti     '  ' ! ; 

Some  back  to  buck^  some  side  by  -  iJ, 

The  riiviihM  maid  by  paniinj^  ytni:  1,  _ 

Ijy  dozens  thus,  full  man}'  a  Sunday  muitt. 
With  daiij^Uiig  \&^-i  the  |o?ial  cruw'd  is  borne  j 
llhrniarf  th?y  seek,  or  llonrth's  aa[>inag  broWp 
Or  Lcxlip,  smiling  on  the  stream  below. 
When  t-a^e  and  chfiapne«»9  woo  Id  tbyTwisd  engage. 
Cars  he  preferred  to  noddies  or  to  Atage^ 
Ofl  00  a  ear  Bavindus  ^w  me  ridd 
From  Tred^igb's  towers  along  bis  verdant  fide.'*  * 

In  A  Tour  thrtmgh  Ireland  (Lond.  1780),  tho 
author  tells  us  — 

**  Fimn  the  gent ral  badoeas  of  the  streets,  hackney- 
cxmches  are  more  AreqoeDt  in  proportion  ttian  in  Lcmdon, 
and  aedaa^ehain  an  eTerywh«re  as  common  as  about 
St.  James's.  They  ba%'e  an  o^ld  kind  of  tangle-horse  chaise 
here,  called  noddle^?,  so  insufferably  crazy,  and  «%*en  dan- 
gerons,  a*t  to  afford  matter  of  sorpri^  that  they  am  per- 
mitted to  be  ufied  :  their  fare  is  half  the  price  of  a  coach. 
Thty  are  nothing  more  than  an  old  one-horse  chaise  or 
cbairf  with  a  sio<>l  tixed  upun  the  shafts  Jast  before  the 
seat,  on  whieh  the  drirer  sits»  just  abova  the  rutap  of  tiis 
horse/' 

The  Act  for  paving  and  lip:hting  the  streeta  of 
Bubliu  was  only  passed  in  1774^  00  we  must  not 
be  surprised  at  the  touri at  complaining  of  the  bad' 
ness  of  the  streets,  for  in  another  place  he  says  :— 

••  Poverty  can  be  no  reproach  to  citizens  whose  indniStry 
ia  prevented  from  exertion;  and  this  is  the  best  apoloc^y 
t  can  make  for  a  want  of  clean  Li  nei^  which,  if  not  in- 
jurioti'?  to  the  credit^  must  undoubtedly  be  so  to  the  health 
of  tfaU  populous  cityj  for  it  cannot  be  denied  that,  except 
the  few  new  streets,  which  are  paved  and  tiairged  like 
tho9e  of  Loodoo.  tho  whole  of  it  is  abominably  dirty  and 
slippery." 

So  it  aeems  to  have  been  better  to  have  used 
those  dangerous  vehicles  than  aubmit  to  the  dis- 

♦  These  epistles  will  be  ft.itnd  in  the  first  and  fourth 
Tolames  of  the  JitrpoBitnrU,  a  Cofhrtmn  n/  t-'npHioe  FUceMf 
edited  bv  J.  Reed,  and  published  by  DilV^  m\TS^. 


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NOTES  AKD  QUERIES. 


[4«*S.VlLFfcB,S5,'7l* 


?: 


agreeableness  of  walking  such  fitreet«,  among 
what  the  writer  calls  **  wretched  Imiridana, 
covered  with  tattered  weed:»,  tho  most  horrid  mia- 
creanta  that  ever  degraded  human  nature.*^  Fur- 
ther he  Baya : — 

"The  hawkers  of  ocwi  lod  clcftnem  of  shoes  fitl  up 
the  tneiujurc  of  apparent  poverty  in  Dublin.  The  tiltb  of 
their  hotlies  is  offenaive,  and  their  mftQncr shocking  i  their 
outrogcn  upon  decency  dii?^ust  you  at  every  corner,  and 
their  wverel  cries,  infiaitely  inor«  sonoroui  than  ours, 
tiagl«  in  your  ears  with  all  the  enraging  varieties  of  the 
bro^c/' 

Of  the  CAP  he  fella  ua  that  — 

"  Goods  are  conveyed  ahout  the  city  on  two-wheeled 
-cars,  driiwn  by  a  afnglo  horae»  The'whceU  ane  thin 
Tonnd  blocks,  about  twenty  inches  in  dbmeter.  Thejr  are 
frw^nently  us«d  ns  vehicle*^  for  the  common  people  oa 
their  parties  of  i^leaaure,  when  a  bed  or  mat  is  pluccf]  on 
the  car  and  half-a-dozen  pi'ot>le  sit  on  it,  with  their  hg* 
banging  a  few  inches  from  t^e  ground.  They  are  grnc- 
rally  dragged  a  foot-pare,  and  are  ta  ridicalous  a  chai^e- 
marine  as  can  he  imi^ned." 

It  ma  J  be  as  well  to  observe  here  that  another 
editioQ  of  this  work  waa  publlahed,  at  Dubim  I 
iiuipect,  but  I  do  Dot  know  either  the  date  or 
place,  aa  my  copy  haa  unfortunately  lost  its  Utl©- 
age ;  but  it  only  differa  from  A  Tour  through 
Ireland  by  being  entitled  the  Comply  Insh  Tra- 
veller,  and  adorned  with  woodcuta.  Of  coura© 
the  chaise -marine  and  noddy  are  mentioned  in 
the  aame  words  in  both  publications. 

In  a  very  rare  work  entitled  A  General  History 
of  Ireland  in  its  AntietU  mid  Modem  State^  written 
by  John  Angel  and  published  iu  J)ublia  in  1761, 
the  writer  tella  ua  that — 

^  There  are  80D  hackucy-coachps  and  about  400  sedan* 
chairs,  the  rxtes  of  wl^ich  arc  nearly  the  Bdme  as  in 
LondoHt  and  smgle-horM  diaiaes  mad 'can  iro  ased  on 
parties  of  pleasure/' 

Angel  being  a  secretary  to  the  Dublin  Society, 
which  had  been  then  for  aome  years  endeavouring 
to  introduce  arta  and  manufactures  into  Ireland, 
his  work  is  in  a  rather  dignified  atyle,  conse- 
quently he  doea  not  condescend  to  use  the  eemi- 
alang  terms  of  **  noddy  "  or  **  chaiae-marine  *' ;  he 
merely  calls  them,  what  they  wei-e  in  fact— single- 
horse  chaisea  and  cara.  In  180(3  Sir  John  Carr 
Eublished  the  Stranger  in  Ireland,  Of  the  noddy 
e  aays  p — 

**  This  carriage  is  now  somewhat  rare.  It  is  an  old 
battered  Kingle-horse  chaiw^  with  the  head  up,  having  a 
seat  for  Pat  upon  the  sha/U^  w bo  is  so  placed  that  he 
letaliatcs  upon  his  pasM^ngcr  for  the  rump  of  the  horse 
being  pUced  close  to  his  very  mouth,  Aa  thi*  machino 
moves  it  no<ls :  and  hence,  as  the  Irish  arc  always  de- 
aeriptive  in  their  expressions,  1  presume  its  name," 


A  new  vehicle  called  a  Jingle  had  by  thb  time 
appeared  in  Dublin.     Sir  John  tella  tia  t — 

**I  reached  a  jingle  stand,  and  having  beard  much  of 
iJtia  emrriMgCf  in  company  with  a  friend  I  mounted  one, 
Mjid  ioitk  M  drive  uptta  a  nohh  road  /or  about  two  miles,  i 
Jaia  carrfMj^  resembles  mb  much  of  a  coMch  as  remains  \ 


afler  the  doors  and  the  upper  sides  and  roof  art  reoiovedt 
and  U  mounted  very  high  upon  four  large  sleoder  wli««l^ 
It*  motion  produces  a  rattling  noi»e,  which  furnishes  its 
name  :  it  is  drawn  by  one  miserable-looking  honsCr  whoat 
fate  it  is  frequently  to  pull  after  him,  upon  a  smart  trot. 
his  driver  and  «iix  pa^tsengert.  The  principal  sCaod  ef 
these  cartiages  is  at  the  end  of  Bagot  Street ;  they  art 
tiumbcredf  and  the  drivers  are  subject  to  the  eolilrol  of 
the  police  for  improper  behaviour  They  generally  nut 
t4>  the  Pidgeon-bouM!  and  to  the  Blackroek,  and  \ 
again.  The  fare  is  sixpence  only  to  each  perMQ, 
carriages^  wretched  as  tlicy  look,  are  veiy  ooiiT 
and  persons  of  the  first  respectability  ftequeotly  cida  iiL 
them/* 

The  jingle,  then,  was  no  other  than  an  old 
hackney-coach  that  had  been  divested  of  ita  upper 
parts;  while  a  noddy  was  merely  a  aingle-bgrta 
cbaiae  with  an  added  seat  on  the  ahaft  for  the 
driver.  Being  a  public  carriage,  it  consequently 
was  not  driven  by  the  person  who  sat  in  it,  aa 
Addison  tella  us.  The  "  one-horse  chny  *'  ia  now, 
I  believe,  only  known  in  England  by  the  comic 
song  which  relates  tbe  laughable  adventures  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bubb  when  they  used  one  at  Brigh- 
ton instead  of  a  bathing-machine — ^a  vehicle,  by 
the  way,  not  so  common  in  Ireland  as  it  ought  t<r 
be.  We  here  see  the  fallacy  of  M&.  'RMSmoEJ^ 
who  tells  us  that  — 

" ...  the  old  public  cars  called  jlDglca,  which  wera  modem 
or  improved  noddies^  and  were  the  procunon  of  tba 
present  covered  and  outside  cars  pecuhar  to  Dublin/' 

The  author  of  Sketches  of  Ireland,  equailr  aa 
absurdly,  tells  us  that  the  car  *^  waa  succeeded  by 
the  noddy,*'  for 

•*  Our  one-horse  vehicles  have  always  been  peculiar  to 
ourselves,  and  were  in  use  long  t>efore  anytbtiig  of  a 
similar  kind  was  introrluced  into  England." 

We  have  seen  the  car  described  in  A  Tour 
through  Ireland  aa  a  chaise-marine,  but  it  wai 
more  generally  termed  a  Kingsend  car,  from  the 
place  to  which  it  was  most  frequently  driven.  It 
had  been  improved  from  the  dava  when  it  wai 
covered  with  **  a  bed  or  mat'' ;  it  had  now  apriogt 
and  cii^hions,  and  waa  termed  a  jaunting-car,  and 
it  is  thus  described  by  Sir  John : — 

**  Upon  the  road  we  saw  several  earnages  pseatiar  10 
the  country^  That  which  struck  me  most  waa  ibe  jaanU 
ing  car,  an  open  carriage,  mounted  upon  two  small  wbeili^ 
drawn  by  one  horse,  in  which  the  company  sit  back  to 
hack,  and  hence  the  Iri&b,  in  badinage,  caU  it  aa  Insh 
vit-a-vi*  ;  whiUt,  on  the  other  hand,  considenng  the  posi- 
tion of  the  partic:!!  and  of  the  coachman,  who  is  elevated 
in  frontt  I  have  heard  it  more  appropriately,  thoviffh  hm 
dtlicately,  nominated  tbe  cuZ-S-cw/.  This  carriage  u  vciy 
eon  veil  lent  afid  eai^y,  and  will  carry  six  peraoos  bealdil 
the  coachman/' 

In  1808  there  was  published  in  London  A  work 
entitled  My  Pockti-Bouk.*  It  was  mereir  a  tr»- 
vestie  upon  Sir  John  Carr's  Stranger  in  Ireland. 
Thereupon  the  ill-advised  knight  prosecuted  the 
publishers^   Messrs.    Hood  &   Sharpe,  for  Ubel| 

^*  ^y  Edward  DuboK]  J 


V^S,  ViL  Fm.2:J,71.] 


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estim  ft  tinier  liis  damagea  at  2000/.  The  trial  carae 
on  nt  Ouildhallf  be/ore  Lord  EUenborougb,  and 
created  a  creat  sensation  in  the  literary  world. 
The  jury,  led  by  his  lordaliip's  charg^^  without  a 
moment's  hesitation  returned  a  verdict  for  the 
dcfeudantjif  tbua  establishing  the  rights  of  criticism, 
and  Fo  the  knight  got  nothing.  At  page  20  of 
M^  Pockti  Book  there  is  a  picture  of  a  noddy,  and 
at  pag^e  1  another  of  a  jaunting  car,  a  large 
cloinaj  Tehicle  tis  it  then  wft*i^  being  in  a  tranw- 
tiofo  state  fmm  the  Ringsend  car  to  the  neat 
modem  jauntinj2:-cnr 

I  hftre,  probably,  the  largest  collection  of  prints 
felatiiig  to  Ireland  belonging  to  any  private  gen- 
tleman,  and  I  am  able  to  trace  in  them  the  Kings- 
tnd  ear,  in  its  different  phases,  up  to  the  modem 
jamitiiigHMur.  One  of  them,  being  a  view  of  Drog- 
heda,  first  published  in  the  Eunypran  Mmjozim\ 
acCoally  represents  a  pnrty  of  four  on  a  Kingsend 
car«  in  the  Tery  Fpot  where  Twisa  is  represented 
aifKBg  iu  bis  Heroic  Answer : — » 

**Oft  OD  a  car  Buvhictufl  saw  m«  ride 
Frvm  Tnjdjigh'*!  towers  along  hb  verdant  side/' 

I  rem  ember  perfectly  well  the  old  common  car 
of  Ireland,  as  we  used  to  term  the  Rings  end  car, 
with  its  wheels  formed  of  one  solid  piece  of  wood. 
AU  the  week  it  may  have  caiTied  any  kind  of 
but  on  Sundays,  covered  with  a  bed  or 
[dlt,  it  always  took  a  party  of  pleasure  out  on  a 
"laiinL  It  is/l  believe,  quite  extinct  now ;  but  an 
old  lady,  lately  deceased,  who  was  on  a  visit  at 
the  hotue  of  a  country  magistrate  in  the  county 
vH  Down  (which  has  m^n  termed  the  Yorkshire 
of  Maud)  In  the  year  IBOO,  has  often  told  me 
tlist  the  ladies  of  the  family  always  rode  on  a 
ewtmonor  Hingsend  car  to  church ;  the  gentlemen 
*w»  of  eoUT9e  on  horseback.  Iler  story  is  curi- 
Qiudj  illustrated  by  another  print  that  I  have, 
WtiUad  "  The  Tiiinihinch  Road,  with  a  View 
0(B*aT-TowTi  and  Head,"  dated  1781,  in  which 
tkrw  ladies^  dressed  in  the  extreme  of  the  fashion 
of  tiat  day,  are  repre^nted  riding  on  a  Ringsend 
»♦  The'horae  of  the  car  is  led  by  a  little  boy, 
»lw  walks,  dressed  as  a  servant  or  page,  while  the 
fwdamati  of  the  party  rides  a  spin  tea  horse, 

Let er  tells  us  a  tale  of  an  old  woman  going  to  a 
^  oa  one  of  these  cars ;  but  there  was  nothing 
<nage  in  thaty  fori  have  frequently  seen  it  done ; 
^■f  more,  1  haye  actually  seen  iu  Ireland  a  swell 
^  tlie  period  going  to  a  ball  in  a  wheelbarrow. 
^t«  night  waa  rery  wet,  and  the  two  miles  of 
^  he  hftd  to  traverse  were  very  dirty  j  hut  by 
**»«  aid  of  several  cloaks  he  was  kept  perfectly 
j^,  tad  when  turned  out  at  the  entranre  to  the 
Wl-ioom  with  shouts  of  good-humoured  laughter, 
^  l^eet  were  as  clean  as  if  he  had  come  iu  a  coach, 

WlLLIAJI  PjNKEBTOK,  F.S.A. 

I  Htre  a  more  than  boyish  remembrance  of  ih^  . 
^*^j  10  far  biiclr  as  27^1^  wbea  I  Srst  becnme  / 


acqufiinied  with  Dublin*  It  was  a  low- si  zed 
phaeton,  with  a  hood  lareer  than  its  body,  dirty 
and  dilapidated,  shabby  and  shaky  ;  its  Automedon 
seated  on  a  bar  in  front,  decked  in  a  loose  cota- 
more  and  ru.^ty  caubeen,  and  belabouring*  a  gar- 
roo,  the  flesh  whereof  would  not  have  eufhced  for  a 
hungry  Parisian's  hreakfasL  Neither  have  I  for- 
g'ttten  its  contemporary,  the  four-wheeled  jinffU, 
with  its  eix  passengers,  and  similarly  charioteered 
and  horeied,  I  once  had  the  honour  of  a  spill 
from  one  of  these  accotnmodating  vehicles,  be- 
tween Dublin  and  Seapoint*  E,  L.  S. 

In  Glasgow  the  noddtj  wa.*'  the  common  con- 
reyance  as  late  as  IS^^i-^'iO  for  people  not  pos- 
sessing a  private  carriagei  and  wishing  to  go  any 
short  distance,  as  they  were  much  Ubs  expensive 
than  a  hired  post-chaise,  although  perhaps  not  so 
convenient  J  heing  not  unlike  the  Dublin  **rg. 
car,"  but  more  like  a  car  than  an  omnibus. 

The  noddy  had  two  wheels,  was  box- shaped, 
and  was  entered  at  the  back.  Private  noddies 
were  often  kept,  hut  their  owners  generally  pre- 
ferred the  term  "  sociable  '*  to  noddy. 

W.  G.  D. 

P.B.  The  Glasgow  nriddy  was  the  embryo 
Gluttgow  cab. 

SIR  WILLIAM   ROGER,  KNT. 
(4*^  a  I  458;  iv.  107,  222,  342,  545 ;  v.  07,  214, 

326  J  vj*  482,  5^12  j  vii.  82.) 

Dr.  Rogeb  seeks  to  excuse  himself  for  having 
in  1807  claimed  to  be  the  representitli^e  of  the 
musician  lloger,  in  that  he  ^'  believed  my  state- 
ment contained  in  Mr,  H.  LaiQg*s  volume  published 
the  year  previously,'^  and  hopes  his  "  mishap  mav 
be  a  warning  to  all  genealogists,*'  &c.  Now  \ 
submit  that  in  Mr.  Laing's  work  is  contained^ 
neither  genealogical  statement,  nor  statement  of^ 
mine  of  any  kind  whatever,  my  name  being  merely 
mentioned  as  that  of  the  person  who  communicated 
the  casts ;  nay,  more,  I  am  free  to  declare  that  I" 
never,  directly  or  indirectly,  sug^^ested  to  Db.  i 
Roger  his  descent  from  this  musician,  nor  did  bf> 
communicate  with  me  at  all  in  regard  to  the 
matter.  The  truth  is  Dk.  Roger  has  fallen  into 
his  own  trap,  and  dws  not  exactly  know  how  to 
extricate  himself.  liinv  ilht  iachrym^r.  It  is 
impoaaihlo  to  follow  the  reinarks  of  one  who  evi- 
dently doed  not  iu  tho  least  luiderstand  that 
about  which  he  writes.  For  example  ;  "  The  nar- 
rative of  the  crests/'  he  say.^  (referring  to  a  de- 
scription of  an  old  charter  seal  containing  a  shield 
and  supporters  wiih  exterior  om amenta) — **  Deu- 
cbar's  book  of  British  tresis  '* — {when  it  has  been 
distinctly  pointed  out  that  the  stonesculpture  found 
at  Coupargrange  consists  of  a  fhield  wilht^wt  lao.^ 
crest)  :  "  No  Scottisti  lamWy  ol  Uo%«iX  ot  "^jcs^BSt^ 
is  oamed  as  using  tven  a  crest"    "^V^X  l^^s^*^ 


IG6 


NOTES  AND  QUEKIES. 


L4««»S.VIL  Fcii,:?i,  71.' 


eTfcr  possessed  a  crest  wilLout  iLo  rij^bt  to  bear 
annst*  Mo8t  people  know  that  many  families 
poaseaeed  tlie  right  to  bear  arm^  without  tbe  ri^ht 
of  uaiDp:  a  cxt'St,*  but  never  tliQ  con  verse,  aad 
when  was  there  aiij  Sci*tcb  family  of  tbe  mime 
of  Kog-era  ?  As  a  queatiuu  of  fact  tbo  tirms  con- 
tained ou  the  Coupargrange  sculpture  are  given 
\u  Btiuchar'a  heraldic  work — the  only  heraldic 
work  in  the  proper  oea§o  of  the  term,  with  which 
he  was  evt^r  co^aected,  viz.  The  British  Herald ff 
in  3  vok.  quarto»  by  Thomas  llobsotij  Sunder- 
land 1830.  So  the  alleged  *' report"  of  Mr. 
Deuchar,  ^*  ufler  a  search/'  *'  that  the  Conpar- 
grange  family  had  no  creat  or  cnat  of  arms''  must 
in  th  e  nat  iire  of  th  ings  he  pure  Jit' fiun .  Dh.  Ro  o  eu 
aaya  Mr,  Deucbar  wag  **  idtogether  incapable  of 
perpetratiojj  au  heraldic  forgery,"  while  in  th© 
very  jvext  sentence  he  deacriboa  the  coat  fabri- 
cated by  DeiichHr  for  bia  father  the  Iltiv,  Jjiuiea 
liofrer.  Thi^  he  tells  its  exhibits  **  a  dexter  hand 
hokliug  a  croaler  Burmouiitiug  a  shield  with 
diargos  entirely  diiTorent  from  those  of  the  cast*/' 
a  fact  which   would  rather  go  to  nutheaticatCj 

*  "  The  cTvsl  Appears  to  have  hv^n  r  mark  of  grcflt 
dignity  and  e^Ute — ^inoro  so.perliap3,  than  wiih  implit^d  iti 
tbe  mere  right  to  bear  aniiA  "  (Moaiaga,  [>.  47).  "  Great* 
were  origitiiilly  confined  to  &  few,  atid  g^iven  by  roval 
grant,  and  tveii  to  this  dny  there  are  several  old  fainiliea 
who  havu  never  nsed  thexu." — Parker's  Chmojy^  p,  9:*. 

f  Deucbiir*s  abare  in  thia  pnbUcstion,  which  ruined  Its 

Erqjector  Kobjjon,  nnd  which  was  what  Mr.  Donehjir 
irnsetf  consideFed  bia  ^cat  heraldic  eflurt — eonaisted  m 
furnhbmt;  all  the  Si-otch  element  wbit'b  it  containa.  In 
ihiB  is  fuand  Ibe  arms  of  five  nepArate  famiUea  irf  Ihe 
fiurnnme  of  Hogcr,  al^o  tbe  licLitiou^  coat  maonfaclured 
by  Deachar  fur  ihe  father  of  Dju  GHAithti^  KuuEn.  Four 
of  tbeste  (cibviouMly  auLhentic)  are  indicat<Ml  as  L»eIonging 
to  Sectch  families  of  the  nmne,  thongh  withoat  aped^c 
iMigtiatioii.  Mr.  Deiiehar*§  manoer  of  pfooMdxng  was 
this.  When  apphed  to  to  funiish  a  coat  of  arms,  he 
gr«ntedf  wiLbaut  refurcnce  to  the  Lyon.  OHice— the  func- 
tions of  which  hu  counted  it  his  pecuHar  privilege  to 
U8urp — such  a  coat  a»  in  hb  judi^cnt  he  deemed  suitalde, 
and  which  he  tuf^raved  ftceordingh\  He  tlien  recorded 
fiuuh  coat  ai  de  facto  borne  by  the  indiridnal.  My 
authority  for  this  itateneat  ia  one  of  Mr.  lieu  char's  prin- 
cipal assistants,  who  haa  for  many  years  becti  a  seal- 
tiig raver  tii  tbe  chief  c-ommerciid  city  of  St^olland.  1 
LtlicveTyic  British  I hraid  ahomido  in  6Uch  coata  t  50  mnch 
for  Vn,  Kuoer's  *' iocapabJe.'*  Ujw  Roueji'm  account 
of  Ilia  father^ii  coat  armorial  is  not  perfectly  accurate. 
The  reverend  gentleman,  like  his  eon,  had  sonie  noiioiis 
of  the  dignity  of  remote  anocstrj-,  and  *'  claimed  to  be  the 
ropreaentative'*— 1.  of  I4o;;er  the  Norman  Count  oi  Sicily  ; 
2.  of  Roger  JUshup  wf  St,  Andrew^  ntn  of  tbe  Ejirl  of 
Leicester,  Tbe  bund  holding  the  i^rosier  is  copied  from 
Ibe  episcopal  seal  of  Biithup  Rf>ger,  Tho  KiinAj-dc-lis 
coritaineil  an  the  ahi<jld  rqiresenis  his  supptiaed  Xonnan- 
Friinch  LXtractiun.  *"Le  Koy  "  (the  king,  ie.  of  Sicily), 
I'E^lise,  tbe  church,  t.  e.  the  Biahop  of  Sl  AudreWa. 
These  vagaries  diUe  from  the  veat  of  gmcc  1820.  The 
CDBt  contained  on  tbe  sc  ulpmred  atone  at  Conpargrsnge, 
and  lA&xt  found  in  Sirtftt^  Wa»  p^ranted,  piated  ivlthln  rr 
hrriirr^  hy  tlitj  J.yon  Oflic'c  fit  Editiburixh  i^nievthfre 
Within  fAc  present  century  U>  a  woud-iuerchant  in  ijla^- 
"Tjr  ofiirn  name  of  Ui^dgtr. 


thfttj  disprove  the  authenticity  of  the  latter, 
muuh  as  that  the  coat  framed  by  iJeuchnr  for  the 
father  of  Dii.  HuG£it  is  n  knowu  and  acknowledged 
forgerr*     To  this   my   late  father   alludes  in  a 
letter  written  to  me  on  October  23,  1848 : — "  But 
instances  are  not  rare  where   the   aame  family* 
through  whim  or  otherwise^  baa  adopte4  different 
arms.    Your  uncle  of  Bunlno  at  one  time  inrented 
a  new   bearing   for  hinisoli^    and   a    grocer 
Perth  of    tbe    name  of  lioger    had    a  woi 
weighing  sugar  (how  repreaented  I  do  notkn^ 
cut   for  his  arms.     Both   found  their   way 
I)euidiar*a  book  of    blazons,  which    ehowa 
worthleasness  of  some  of  theae  bookrt  at  b 
The  gTocer*s  coat  is  not  recorded  in  Thm  Bi 
Ilendd:    tliat   fabricated   for    the    father  of  I>K. 
lloG  KB  is,  however,  given  as  a  genu!  ne  cont  armoj 
with   every   circumstance   of   authentidty.     li 
BoQEB  speaks  of  the  '' non-exiating  MaryweHl 
Can  Dk.  IloGEE  point  to  an  instaDce  of  a  man 
scribed  io  an  autuentic  document  as  **  of  "  a  ^ 
which  hnd  not  an  exiatence  ?  I  have  only  to  9M 
that  the  individual  whom  Dr.  Rogeb  describes  as 
"  a  *h^\m   rirtvfair "   was  the  father   of  thf  h\^ 
Patrick   l?laylnir    of    Dalmamocic,    Esq.,    ^^'H 
India  merchant  in  Glui^gow,  and  the  husbnn  1 4 
Dr,   Roger's  granclfiivlber'ii  sister.     As  to  ^kt 
Dit.  Rogi:r  is  plenstni  to  *^  nssett  positive ' 
mu:^t  leave  thiis  to  the  judgment  and  dii 
of  tho  reader.  J.  C.  "■ 


BADGER. 


{^^  S,  vL  544.) 

A  short  time  since  I  copied  the  foll0wlDg  \ 
graph  from  the  Caletnlur  of  State  Puftwirtf  uim 
Saries,  volume  for  the  years  1547-1580;^ 

"December  17"»,  m^^h.  Note  of  certain  fwmm  ilWi 
Ilambcr  aide  who  buy  up  j^reat  (^aantitica  of  oai«,tw» 
of  whom  are  authorised  badgcxa.*' 

The  readers  of  the  ch arming  storr,  Th§  La^ 
of  Sever  Hollow ^  will  remember  the  •'butt®' 
badger/*  who  appears  in  the  opening  sceoe. 

This  word  may  now  be  confined  to  the  Nort^ 
of  England,  but  it  is  not  a  local  term*  It  w'i^ 
applied  to  a  dealer  in  com,  meal,  ^c.^  bcitig  ^^ 
rived  from  the  barbarous  Latin  word  fAntitjitf^ 
corruption  of  bladariuSj  a  com*  dealer,  and  w 
applied  to  the  brock  in  consequence  of  the  pnpi  * 
tradition  that  it  stored  its  food  (consUdng  of  0 
meal,  &c,)  for  its  winter  supply,  Soma  deriirs 
word^  as  the  name  of  the  animal^  from  the 
beii  tjStSr^  the  baiting  go ur;  if  so,  we  have  anel^ 
transition  to  the  Frenih  badf/eur^  and  I  am  iOcUmJ 
to  think  that  this  is  very  probable.  How  the  wort 
is  »till  retained  in  its  primitive  state  and  mtMUiWi 


i^avii.  riui,  25/71.] 


KOTE8  AND  QUEIUES. 


167 


the  fsrt^  tbftt  words  nnce  in  common  iise  alUoYer 
0*r  r*nMn(fv  liflve  fafld  tlidr  spheres  grftdually 
i'  i  bj  llie  u«e  of  more  nirxlem  forms  of 

<  r^i^tl  «re  thu^  fossilised :  for  instance, 

t  -nt  h  now  almost  exclii?ively  coa- 

-t  of  England,  as  in  Herefordshire, 
u  tlie  peasantry  generally ;  and  I  have 
:^L  doubt  but  that  the  word  had^  jany 
to  have  been  in  common  use  in  more 
'  irt  of  £In^land.     Badger  ia  also  nsed  to 

&  pttdlur  or  porter,  being  derived  from  the 

Italistt  imUifpo^  tiiia  being  probably  from  the 
Qteisk  fi^HTT^fw,  so  that  both  meanings  will  apply 
ill  liwwmng  your  correspondent.        i.  J.  Junu, 


Bttdirer  (from  the  French  hagage^  and  thence  is 
^  -^     ^  '  r,  a  carrior  of  sroods)  signifies  "one 

t  ind  victuals  in  one  place  and  car- 

r  jin.tther  to  sell  and  make  profit,** 

te  6  &  0  Edw.  VI.  c.  14:  Badger  cx- 
''  ra   the  punishment  of    an    iugrosser 

I  statute. 
-u.  c.  12:  Badgers  to  be  licensed  an- 
Bttotly  under  penalty  of  5/. 

Th«3  7  &  8  Vict.  c.  24,  abolished  the  office  of 
l«d|fe-ring,  and  repealed  the  statutes  passed  in  rela- 
tiuQ  to  it,  (Jac^n's  Law  Dict.^  Wharton's  Lnic 
I/T.,  &e,  Hee  also  Littleton's  Lot,  Did,,  4th  ed., 
1715,  **  Bajulua/*)  O.  M.  T. 

Wr.  Peacock's  Ghmarg  of  tfw  Diakd  of  the 
Hundred  of  Ltjuni^/cghm  "  Badger = a  travelling 
lm?pf-«p  of  produce,"  E*  IL  Kkowles. 


OMBUE. 


I  hare  henrii  that  ombre  was  a  game  eimilar  to 

u^.w^Ur.  rrhit^h  I  remember  to  have  seen  played. 

re  used »  which  in  the  fir^t  instance 

t'>  a  pool — a  pool  of  quadrille  being, 

rn^    r  nf  whist,  a  succe^t^ion  of  games. 

ri     r     Iq  were  used.    I  think  the  threes, 

tI  1:   '  ^  were  those  thrown  out.    There 

II  r  ] '  lynra.      The   three   great   cards,  or 

-'otafadorDii/'  were  Spadille,  the  ace  of  spadea; 

Iftmtl^n^  according  to  the  trump,  the  two  of  spades 

^  r   the  seren  of  henrta  or  diamonds; 

i  -e  of  clubs.     The  trump  was  decided 

^  leave,"   the  first  hand   having  the 

If  another  said  **  preference,"  mean- 

^  for  the  trimip,   the   first  gave   way. 

'  wa<i  decided  by  one  of  the  players 

'  *      ^r    '.-   tirst' would   not  yielc[  to 

lit  "  call  a  king  "— r  e.  nam- 

worthlefwi  card   in 

a  fine,  and  thon 

I-   «.  tit.k.  ii-ii  i-uL  m   n  j>Mr(t:»*r;  but  if  another 

•M  *«i  If  ill    play   alone/'   all  yielded   to  him, 


If  the  name  of  the  trump  made  all  the  ten 
tricks  it  was  a  **  voice,"  if  only  ^ve  it  was  a 
**  basto,"  if  only  four  it  was  "  codille,"  or  halted 
ofi*  the  hoard.  When  hearts  or  diamonds  wore 
trumps  the  ace  was  called  Punto,  and  ranked 
above  the  lung;  if  not»  below  him  and  the  nueen 
and  knave.  Hence,  the  king  of  hearts  not  oeing 
ft  trump  could  tiike  the  ace,  and  save  Belinda 
from  Codille. 

I  have  heard  that  in  ombre  spades  ware  pre- 
ference, and  hence  Belinda  names  spadea  as  the 
trtimp,  she  having  the  three  matadores  (or  mats) 
in  her  hand,  tha  king  and  probably  a  small  apade. 
The  reader  will  find  that  only  three  players  were 
engaged,  and  that  there  must  have  been  ten  cards 
in  each  suit.  The  game  derived  its  name  from 
the  fourth  player  being  the  nthadotc^  thoujrh  how 
he  became  such  1  know  not.  In  some  old  houses 
you  may  occasionally  see  card  tables  with  seoopod- 
out  pools — ^perhaps  now  used  as  slabs  in  an  upps ' 
storey — these  are  ombre  tables, 

I  have  heard  that  quadrille  is  a  6pimish  game. 
The  matadores  suggest  the  bull  fight.    Is  Spadilla 
the  sword,  Basto  the  club,  and  Punto  the  dog  Pi 
What  is  Manille,  and  what  Codille  ? 

Can  any  one  inform  me  what  was  the  game  of 
Boston  ?  Z.  Z. 

Your  correspondent  will  probably  find  the  de- 
tails of  this  game  in  the  Comphat  Gamtt^er^  edi- 
tion 172!,  From  thia  work  Mr,  H  alii  well,  in  his 
Arrhatc  Words^  quotes  the  following  descrip- 
tion : — 

•'There  are  sevcrnl  sorts  of  this  jjamo  called  L^Omhre, 
but  thrtt  which  is  the  chief  is  cflUed  Rcne^ado,  at  which 
thrpfi  only  can  plar,  to  whom  arc  dealt  nine  curdf^  a  pif>f^: 
m  th«t  Vltaciirrtiii^  th^i  eighth,  nincA,  and  tens,  there  will 
rcmam  thirteen  cartlt*  in  the  ^tock  i  there  is  no  trump 
hut  what  the  jtlayer  i^lenses;  live  llrst  hand  bfi^  always 
Iho  liberty  to  play  or  paas;  after  hira  the  second/*  &c. 

This  is  as  far  as  Mr.  IlalHwell  quott^s.  The 
game  is  of  Spanish  origin,  and  is  only  an  improve- 
nient  of  **  pnmero.**  The  Complcat  'GameMcr  says 
the  latter  game  went  rapidly  out  of  fashion  after 
the  introduction  of  ombre. 

In  Taylor's  Ilidory  of  I^itjing  Cardjs  (JlQiUsn) 
it  is  stated  : — 

"The  Italians  have  been  the  inventors  of  almrwt  ill 
the  gsmes  of  pure  chance ;  the  Spaniards,  od  the  contr4ry, 
atfeet  none  but  those  of  a  dignified  character.    Th*  ir 
national  ^aine — ombre,  *  the  j^amc  of  man/  a  nuxlifieatioaj 
of  th«  earlier  fjnmo  of  primen} — ia  nf  all  modern  t^Fiini^" 
that  which  mmt  re?»einble.<i  the  ancient  tarot.    We  mny 
conclnde,  therefore^  that  it  is  the  eftrUc^t  of  e^Hii'if! 
(raraen,  and  upini  that  ai^^umption,  that  the  Spaoiarwi 
were  the  earlieat  card  phiyara/' 

Joinf  Pig  GOT,  JuNH. 

There  is,  I  believe,  no  good  description  in  print 
of  this  excellent  game,  now,  alas !  disused  in  Eng- 
land, thougli  in  full  vogue  in  Spain  (iiMftt  VW 


f 


NOTES  AND  QUElllES. 


t4«*  S,  VIL  F»  t5, ' 


name  of  Tresillo)  And  Spnni^h  Amenca  (o^  Rocam- 
bor),  and,  ob  I  haTe  been  told,  in  Germany  also. 

When  I  was  in  Spain  in  18o5  I  collocted  two 
or  tliree  little  tractates  on  TreaiUo,  and  from  them 
I  compiled  »uch  an  account  of  the  game  aa  I  gup- 
pose  Mil*  Ubal  doeires ;  that  is  to  say,  not  an  hia- 
torical  ooe^  but  a  description  of  the  gnme,  with  a 
code  of  rules, 

I  fear  it  would  be  too  long  a  **  note "  for 
*^  N.  &  Q/'  (it  might  take  about  ten  pages,  I  think), 
othenvig*?  it  would  be  very  much  at  your  service. 
The  ^me  ia  so  g^ood  a  one^  and  ao  superior  to 
Whist  both  in  variety  and  the  opportunity  it 
alfords  for  the  exercise  of  skill,  that  it  would  b<3  a 
real  gain  to  the  English  world  of  card-playera  to 
liaTe  £iuch  a  knowledge  of  ita  merits  as  would  be 
tri^'en   tli^m   b?  the  appearance  of  its  rules  in 

Menn while,  Mit  Udal  ia  very  welcome  to  the 
loan  of  my  little  book ;  and  he  will  see  therein 
that  the  ace  is  but  the  fourth  card  in  the  red  suits 
(except  when  trumps),  and  is  consequently  liable 
to  be  captured  by  the  king,  which  ia  the  first 

I  will  take  thii*  opportunity  of  correcting  an 
error  on  this  subject  into  which  your  correspondent 
Mr.  Peacock  haa  fallen  in  his  very  nmusin^  book 
Grt/ii  Grange, 

He  criliriaea  Pope's  description  (which  is  in- 
deed ^  as  Mr.  if  DAL  ^ays^  magnificent)  as  not 
accounting-  for  the  full  number  of  forty  cards  ;  but 
he  seems  not  to  have  been  aware  that  thirteen 
cards  remain  out  in  each  deal  to  eerve  aa  a  hank^ 
from  whence  the  players  supply  themselves  nfter 
discard  ;  so  that  the  cards  in  play  are  but  twenty- 
seven,  and  P«ij>e,  in  this  as  in  iilfother  particulars 
of  his  deaeription,  is  perfectly  ri^rht 

Hen'BY  IL  GlBBS. 
St.  Dani^tAQ's,  Ke^nt*s  Park 


THK  HW^KWORM. 
(4»''S,  vi.627;  tjL  05.) 

I  baTo  seen  many  bookworms  in  the  course  of 
my  lon^  intimncy  with  books ;  and  the  tirst  spe- 
cimen of  the  insect  I  chanced  to  meet  with  was 
in  an  old  Tokime  in  Trinity  Collepre  Library, 
Dublin,  in  the  year  1836;  and  here,  in  OjLford/l 
have  seen  not  n  few,  Some  years  ago  I  received 
a  letter  from  Mr.  John  Leij^hton,  F.S.A.,  ajskiiig 
me  to  try  and  procure  a  spmmen  of  the  worm, 
which  he  wished  to  e:ihihit  before  a  curious  audi- 
ence at  a  hcinn^  which  he  was  about  to  deliver 
in  Loudon,  I  fortunately  was  able  to  get  a  living- 
specimen  of  the  insect  from  my  son  in  the  Bodleian 
Library,  and  trtmflmilted  itsaft^ly  toMr.  T^eighton, 
enclosed  in  n  quill,  by  poat,  just  in  time  to  be 
produced  on  the  table  by  the  lecturer, 

I  "  made  a  note"  of  the  book  in  Trin.  Coll. 
Library  irirere  /  /omid  the  rarager ;  but  I  cannot 


at  this  moment  put  my  hnnd  on  it.    The  date,  I 
think;  was  about  1600.  J,  )LkC&AT« 

Oxford, 

Is  the  bookworm  anything  more  than  the  little 
chocolitte- coloured  beetle  we  know  so  well  as  the 
producer  of  **  worm-eaten  '^  furniture  and  boords? 
His  little  twisted  borings  are  the  same  in  size,  and 
I  bftve  caught  him  in  my  books.  Once  only  havf 
I  had  the  privilege  of  catching  bini  in  the  gTubj 
or  caterpillsr  state,  and  then  he  was  a  wbiti^il 
lookinc'  grub  in  the  middle  of  a  volume  I  saddenljj 
opened,  and  was  eating  his  nas^age  out.  I 
sunied  at  least  that  this  must  be  a  bc«okworm,  ba' 
I  am  no  entomologist.  Our  old  library  used  to] 
be  infested  till  my  mother  cured  the  books  br 
hrtviug"  them  taken  down  every  year  and  dust< 
where  needful  with  pepper  and  pounded  alum, 

P.P. 


A  copy  of  Ccmfcmutin  of  FnitK  Sc,  i^'c.  ofjmbUd 
Antltoriiy  m    tke    Church   of  Scotland ^  Olifycoii; 
1764,  in   my  posse.<«sion|   is  considerably 
eaten.     The  diameter  of  the  hole,   measured 
several  phicea  where  the  perfornlion   is  peroeo^ 
dicukr  to  the  sides  of  the  book  (and  the  nolr 
consequent! V  nearly  circular),  I  make   one-tweil^ 
tiethofauinch.     '  W,  F.  (2,)f 

I  have   Prinsep's   HtHorkal  ResulU  dedt$ 
from  recent  IXscopertejt  tn  AfftjhfmutaH^  ^^^  bidlj 
wormed  on   th«  buck  mnr^in,  quite  through 
book  and  the  plates,  and  also  through  the  dot] 
binding.     Published  in  Loudon  in  1844  by  V9 
U,  Allen  S^  Co.  SAit.  Sh4W.  ' 

Andovcr, 

IL  B.  C,  will  perhflps  like  to  know  that 
8y  1  venter  believes  he  has  seen  this  inaect, 

"  Kftture,"  lie  writes,  '*  haa  gifted  m«  with  rye*  of  I 
ceptioniil  rnicrc»5ri}pk  power,  and  I  citn  npeakwitliJ 
flstu ranee  of  li«vin|;  repeatedly  w»n  the  creature  i 
on  Llie  leamiLd  pa^fc.    On  Approaching  it  with  t 
t]ni;;cfanil,  it  stiffens  out  into  the  M^niblanfc  of  a  alreak^ 
dirt»  ftiid  m  eludes  detection.*'— Lair#  of  VerM,  p»  It 
nolr. 

Makroc 

**  Row  d<?ar  are  their  t>ookii,  th«r  cabinets  af 
various  proftucitons  of  nature,  and  their  cotleetkMS  ' 
prints  and  other  work^  of  art  ami  scicact',  to  the  learai 
tlic  Bcienlific,  and  the  virtuosi !  Ev#jii  the«e  pn^ciotu  tre** 
mres  bavc'  tljejr  in?>ect  anemic?*.  The  larva  of  Cramh^ 
pimftcinaHi  will  c^tublisih  it-flf  Dpon  the  binding  oT  * 
book,  and  Bpinninjj  a  robe,  which  it  co^*er8  with  its  o^^ 
pxcrement,  will  do  It  no  little  injury,  A  mite  (jIow** 
erudttat^  Schrank)  cats  the  paste  that  fastena  tb«  pap** 
over  the  edges  of  the  bindinjEr,  and  w  lo<«eii*  ii,  I  ba** 
&bo  often  observed  the  caterpillar  of  an  '  '  '  mvtflw 
of  which  I  have  not  a.*i"ertiiined  the  :  '^^^J 

its  station  in  dHinp  uld   books,  Ix-tw*  >  v  «"" 

there  comniifs  great  ravoges;  and  many  a  bUtk-letUf 
raritv,  ivhich  in  thwe  days  of  bibUuinaaU  vtQ\kU  1**^ 


^OTES  AND  QUERIES. 


.,  raided  at  ils  weight  In  gold,  biii  been  Bn«tche4  by 
DfM  d«atTQirerxi  from  tlic  bandA  of  book^coUpctora.  Tho 
little  WOOd-bdrin^  beetles  {Annhium  pertinax  ant\  $trh- 
tmm}  aUH}  iittaek  books,  and  will  even  bore  throur;!! 
ivrcral  volume!).  M.  Fei/:irnot  mentioDJi  nn  ins^tdnce 
wherct  tn  a  public  library  bat  little  frequf^ntetl,  ttvtntyh 
ttmem  folio  volumes  were  perforated  m  a  ^trni^'bt  line  by 
til*  dame  intcct  (probably  one  of  tbe^o  pprcii'*)  in  fuc'h 
t  manner  t bat  on  passing  a  cowl  throuj?h  the  perfectly 
rtmiid  hole  made  bj  it,  these  twenty-seven  volumes  couM 
le  raiMd  «t  once/  The  animals  last  m«»ntioned  al«> 
imJtinaf  priAU  and  drawings,  whether  framed  or  pre- 
mrctA  in  a  porie-feuiiu:''  —  Kirby  and  Spcnce's  Ent<h 
r»l«22,voJ.  i.  p.  230. 

"  BOOKWfUJMS,  HOW  TO   KIIJ., 

••  Tbepe  is  a  jtort  of  buity  worm 
That  will  ihe  fnirt^st  bookMlefurm, 

By  gnawin;;  hole*  thruiii^hout  them  ; 
Abke  throiif^h  <-vVy  Ipaf  ihey  ^^o, 
Yet  of  it5  nifriJs  noiiicjht  they  know. 
Nor  eare  ihey  anpht  about  thenu 

"TKdr  taslele«s  tooth  will  tear  nnrl  taint 
The  po*tt  patriot,  s.i|*e,  or  paint* 

Nor  Pparinjf  wit  nor  leaniinfr: 
Kow  if  yoaM  know  the  reason  way, 
'Hmj  best  of  reasons  TU  i^opply— 

*Tia  bread  to  the  poor  vermin. 

"  Of  pepper,  snuff,  or  "bacco-'*mr>l;4'. 
And  uassia-calf,  they  make  a  joUo, 

Yet  ythy  should  worn*  of  sck*nre 
These  puny,  ranklin;;  reptiles  dread  ? 
*Ti*  but  tri  let  their  InHika  be  niid, 
And  bid  the  worms  defiance/* 
{rus-G waring,  by  John  F,  M.  Dur/ijston^  Shrewtbitry-f 
W16.  p,  ^54*) 

c.  w,  s. 


R.  B.  C,  io  your  iesue  of  Jan.  lM  ^  saya  **  he  has 
Mm  Ken  ft  bookworm  or  heard  of  one  who  has/' 
AJJow  me  to  introduce  mv«elf  as  that  **'  rara  avi*,*' 
t^». '*oae  who  has/'  I  [iav«3  a  copy  of  Dttramhn 
^onnUf  Arg.  148*t|  in  the  original  beerh  hoard 
"fi^itR*  The  latter  is  quarried  through  and 
^iuwigh  by  the  bookwornu  From  the  dust  it 
Aide  on  my  shelves  1  iVdt  that  the  wurni  waa  in 
'Uontbuing^  ita  ravageB.  And  one  day  I  became 
convinced  by  taking  down  a  newly-bound  book 
wtich  «tood  by  its  side,  and  finding  a  flight  per- 
foniUon  of  the  leather,  the  proximity  of  this 
fway  waa  manifest  I  took  severe  measuree,  nnd 
JBtDKhaielT  ftubjerted  Durttufim  to  a  terrible 
'^••tio^  with  a  b  a  mm  or.  Out  popp+>d  one^  then 
f*0  living  worms,  not  quite  a  quart ur  of  an  inch 
wa^,     Ultimately  I  obtained  twenty   specimens 

N'  the  worm,  which  is  of  course  a  Inrvnl  ftalo  ; 
'^  betides  thift  1  obtained  three  ei^amples  of 
»«  perfect   insect,   a  small   brown    beetle,    but 

i-weie  WW©  dead,  I  gave  spt^^cimens  to  friends, 
llrept  some  Jiivsflf|  which  by  somo  aceident 
Ihstt 

My  belief  ia  that  this  insect  originally  belonged 
^he  wood,  and  is  identical  with  that  which  per- 
waie«  old  fornittire  made  of  beech,  walnut,  or  the 
^tiod  of  the  pear.     It  ia  not  so  often  seen  in  oak^ 


for  it  evidtfntly  prefers  the  sweet  woods.  It  does 
not  like  the  mill-board  of  modern  hooks,  or  it 
w*ould  have  gone  into  mine,  and  it  prefers  wt*od 
to  paper.  It  seems  to  me  to  be  a  v«?ry  near  rela- 
tion to  the  nut  worm ;  it  is  like  it  in  overv  parliculav  ^j 

but  fltSEe.  J,  G,'  WALfBR,   / 

68,  Boisover  Street,  W- 


SlIAKESPEAItB  AND  ARDEN. 
(4"»S.vii,  118.) 

The  grant  of  Dethi^k  Garter  and  Camden' 
Clarence ux  to  John  Shakeai>ere  in  1509^  to  impale 
the  '^auncyent  armes  of  Arden  of  Wellinjrcote," 
and  for  his  is^ue  to  quarter  the  wime— if  such 
j^ant  ever  actually  parsed  the  seals  of  oliice — for 
It  15  known  only  from  a  draft  copy  preserved  in 
the  College  of  Arms  —  hns  been  very  cnrefullv 
printed  in  The  Ilt-rafd  mtd  Gntcfflofftftf  voL  i. 
p.  512,  preceded  by  the  previous  grant  in  15?Xl 
of  the  well*kaowii  arms  of  Shnkespeare.  But  it 
was  shown  in  the  accompanying  remarks  that 
there  was  no  proof  that  Arden  of  Wilmcote 
(which  is  the  true  orthography)  ever  bore  arms: 
and  that  Dethick,  or  whoever  was  tho  herald  who 
proposed  to  grant  Ihe  quarteiing,  hesitated  to 
j^ve  tho  arms  of  tho  Wurwicksbire  Ardens,  then 
flourifthiug  at  Purklmll,  co.  Warwick;  but  took 
instend  the  arms  of  ^Vrden  of  Alvonlev  in  Cheshire 
ditlerencing  them  by  a  martlet,  Thla  is  shown 
bv  a  fac-eimile  {ihtd,  p.  503)  of  the  herald's 
fitetch,  in  which  the  former  coat  is  scratched 
through  and  the  hitter  ^substituted;  one  being 
Ermine^  a  fess  eheqttt/  or  mid  azure,  the  other 
Guleg^  thret  crossiett  fitch  te  and  a  chief  or.  In  fact, 
the  two  familiea  of  Arden  in  Warwickshire  and 
Cheshire  were  distinct,  and  their  relationship,  if 
any,  is  questionflble  and  remote ;  nor  is  there  ap- 
parent support  for  Ma.  IlRtsBY's  phraseology — 
**  the  old  Warwick  Btock  of  the  Ardens,  and  the 
Alvanley  branch  of  thnt  family/*  Shakespeare's 
mother  in  the  armorial  draft  of  1500  was  described 
as  ^*  one  of  the  heyrs  of  llobert  Arden  of  Wel- 
lingcote*';  and  in  loOO  the  same  Robert  had  been 
styled,  by  Uethick^  at  fir^t  "Gent,''  and  then 
"fesquire?'  But  two  deeds  which  have  been 
discovered  and  pnhUshed  in  more  recent  times 
hnve  shown  thnt  in  1550  the  same  person  was 
only  '*  Robertus  Arden  da  Wilmecote  in  parochia 
de  Aston  Cantelowe  in  Coniitatu  Warwici  hts* 
handmmK'  (J.  P.  Collier's  Life  of  Shakesftemr^ 
1844,  p,  hxiii.)  Robert  Arden 's  will,  published 
by  Malone  and  by  flail i well,  Life  of  Shakfisprare, 
1848,  p.  6,  and  all  other  collateral  evidence  that 
has  hitherto  been  brought  to  bear  on  the  discus- 
sion, entirely  conlirm  the  same  view  of  his  posi- 
tion in  societv. 

If  the  grant  to  John  Shakespeare  and  his  issue 
for  impaling  and  quartering  Arden  ever  actually 
passed,  there  u  no  ^toot  \\iaX.\l^w^  ^\«t  %s5«^ 


170 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES, 


[4«»aTII,  Fin.  31^*71. 1 


upon.  In  no  old  tniitiuacript  hnt^  the  two  conta 
l>e«n  found  quartered ;  and  «s  for  the  **  »eiil  "  of 
William  Shakespeiire  —  of  which  Mr.  IIkl*»by 
inrnginet  the  existence — no  imnorial  &eal  what- 
eTer  of  the  poet  has  heen  discovered. 

On  his  monument  at  Stratford  his  annorial 
shield  IB  without  quartering',  and  I  cannot  «*»Tee 
with  Mr.  Hef^bt  that  **  monumental  evidence  is 
no  evidence  at  all,"  for  I  regard  it  as  amonp  the 
Terr  best.  On  the  seal  of  the  poet*8  daughter, 
Mra.  Ilftll,  engraved  in  77*#  Het-nld  and  Genealn^ 
mstf  L  514,  the  arms  of  Hall  are  impaled  with 
ShalsaBpeafe  alooe ;  so  thej  ai%on  the  mTeetones 
n£  herself  and  her  hu^bancl;  and  on  that  of  her 
daughter  Iklw,  Nash,  the  coats  of  Hall  and  Shake- 
Bpeare  apP®*r  Quarterly,  but  no  quartering  for 
Arden,  Tnese  all  are  engraved  iu  French's  Shake* 
Mptaraami  Oenmloptctt^  pp.  413,  41 4»  416. 

I  think  also  it  will  be  admitted  that  Mr. 
Hmjsbt's  reflection  is  rather  inconsiderate,  **  that 
Shakespeare  never  troubled  himself  in  the  very 
costly  matter  of  pedigree  in  those  days."  In  the 
first  place,  *'tho  matter  of  pedigree  "  vfss  a  much 
more  ordinary  atlair  in  those  days  than  in  our 
own ;  and  certainly  it  was  not,  proportionstely 
speakbg,  more  "  costly  "  then  than  now.  In  the 
second  place»  we  have  very  good  proof,  and  it  is 
undoubtedly  an  interesting  feature  among  the  very 
limitt'd  nmteriaU  we  pt^ssess  for  the  poet^^  bio-* 
graphy,  that  he  did  really  "  trouble  himself,"  in 
IMIO  and  again  in  1591),  in  asserting  hia  position 
as  a  Gentleman, — for  there  can  bo  little  doubt 
that  the  application  to  the  heralds  made  in  hie 
father*8  name  actually  came  from  himaelf;  John 
Shakespeare  having  been  bRiliffof  Stratford  thirty 
years  before,  in  15iJ8,  when  he  might  havechiiraed 
armorial  bearings  on  that  ground,  had  he  been 
inclined  to  do  bo.  However,  as  the  result  of  the 
two  grants,  we  know  that  the  arms  of  Shakespeare 
mnted  in  loOG  were  adopted  snd  used,  but  we 
have  no  proof  that  the  quartering  for  Arden  was 
ever  adopted  or  used. 

Shakespeare^s  itu mediate  ancestors,  both  pater- 
nally and  maternally,  must  be  admitted  to  have 
been  of  the  '*  peasant "  or  agricultural  class.  And 
whjr  not  ?  If  the  truth  were  otherwise,  it  would 
he  interesting  to  trace  his  descent  and  hia  col- 
lateral  relationships.  But  if  in  truth  be  was  not 
of  noble  ancestr>%  it  is  fiurt4y  more  satisfactory  to 
lest  upon  that  truth  than  \o  weave  theories  of 
riaionjtfy  ancestry  for  his  illuetrioue  name. 

It  was  the  trade  of  the  heralds  of  hid  day  to 
think  and  act  differently  :  and  the  character' and 
conduct  of  Cooke,  Detliick,  tmd  others  who  were 
high  in  oHice  in  the  Elizabethan  age  are  unfor* 
tunately  too  open  to  these  suspicious. 

The  "  combatant  at  Bosworth/'  to  whom  Me. 
nEi.SBT  alludes,  is  in  all  probability  altogether  a 
ttvth;  and  conjured  up— not  like  the  spirits  in 
^m^Aj  by  the  poet  hima^U]  but  in  the  cauldron 


at  the  Heralds'  College,  m  Bethick  finding  tha 
Sir  John  Arden  (or  Ardeme)  of  Parkhall  in  Wa 
wickshire  had  been  an  esquire  for  the  body 
King  Henry  VH.  This  borrowed  plum©  wa* 
hrst  taken  for  the  Wilmcote  Ardc*ns,  and  theiif 
ambiguouBly  transferred  to  John  Shake«pear«'t ' 
own  anocJitry  —  in  the  first  mnt  of  16W  to  a 
grandfatht*r,  in  the  second  of  1599  to  a  | 
grandfather.  McKit*m  interpreters  have  i 
accessory  conjecture  that  the  imaginary 
fought  on  Bos  worth  field. 

Before  I  concludo  I  may  refer  Mr.  TTftrrt  ia 
Trench's  Shnkeifpeareatm  Getteolofficay -pw  i 

1809  as  a  supplemental  volume  to  the  t  t3 

edition  of  Shakespeare  by  Clark  and  Wright  s 
in  which,  in  pp.  416-503,  he  will  lind  large  coW 
lections  on  tiie  various  families  of  Arden,  \n^ 
eluding  all  that  Mr.  French  could  allege  in  repl^' 
to  the  writer  who  criticised  Bellew's  Shak^ptrti 
Home  (8vOy  186.3)  in  TA/-  Heruld  mtd  OmmlogiM, 

The  wills  and  inventories  of  '*  Robert  Arden  of 
Wyllmcote  in  the  paryche  of  Aston  Cantlow' 
(lto3),  and  of  his  widow  '*Annes  Ardenne 
Wylmcote  '^  (1580)  show  their  wealth  to  a  pent 
His  goods  were  appraised  at  77/.  1 U.  10a.,  he; 
at  45/.  He  was  in  fact  a  yeoman  ;  and  even  i  * 
extent  of  bis  land  has  been  aacertained :  it  was  j 
freehold  called  Asbies  in  the  parish  of 
Cant lo we,  consisting  of  fifty-six  acres  and  a  wel 
fimiifthed  homest*^nd  possessing  a  hall,  chamh 
and  kitchen.  Such  was  the  meaning  of  «fo 
or  *^  husbandman  *^ ;  not  an  agricultural  lab 
as  we  now  commonly  accept  the  de.«ignation,  hit 
still  not  a  gentleman  ;  an  hone-st  man,  who,  like 
the  father  of  Bi&hop  Latimer,  cultivated  his  own 
land,  and  provided  well  for  hia  children.  Mw 
Fiench,  however,  is  evidently  wn^ng  when  (h 
p.  41 W)  he  amplifies  the  fifty-six  acres  to 
hundred  and  fifty- six  by  adding  to  the 
some  property  at  Snittertield,  which  passed  thr  ^ 
the  hands  of  the  8a me  or  another  Robert  Arde 
and  which  Mr.  French  mentions  as  being  of"  1 
precise  extent,  vi?:.  60  acres  of  arable,  10  of  ] 
dow,  and  30  of  fun:e  and  heath,**  &c.  &e.,  thong; 
it  is  perfectly  well  known  that  the  arbitrary  i 
mates  which  occur  in  those  round  numbem  are  * 
merely  the  legal  substitutes  for  unascertained  par- 
ticulars, And  again  (in  p.  485)  by  a  similar  ] 
cess  the  156  acres  are  increased  to  **242  acres  ( 
freehold  land  at  the  least  **  \  but  in  all  this  1 
is  evident  misapprehension.  At  any  event  Roh 
Arden,  the  father-in-law  of  John  Shakespeare,  i 
not  die  posse,«fied  of  so  much  property.  Kor  can) 
afrree  with  Mr.  FVench  in  his  identifirfih'on 
Thomas  Ardeme  of  Wylmcote,  liviog  in 
the  father  of  Ilobert),  with  Thomas  m*  i 
the  will  (1526)  of  8ir  John  Arden,  the 
for  the  body  to  Henry  VII.,  as  one  of  hi 
brothers.  Hnd  this  been  the  fact,  the  nirfit  ' 
1  Robert  Arden  to  the  coat  of  Arden  of  Pa 


i»*  Sw  XIL  fzB.  2j,  71.} 


NOTES  A^D  QUERIES. 


171 


with  due  diiiereDce,  would  have  been  unques- 
tioiiable,  Mr.  Frtnvrh  backs  his  concliisioag  by 
Mf.  Iltinter'A  ar^'uiuenta  in  bis  PrDlosLuiis  ou 
ShAktpere;  but  lluDter  was  mUled  by  trusting 
too  impIiciUy  to  tbe  assenions  of  De  thick's  grruitj 
^4MBcrtions  which  are  not  supported  by  the  Visl- 
ts^oms  or  other  documenU  of  the  heroldd,  nor  by 
any  more  substantial  legal  evidence. 

Mr.  French's  additional  proofs   or  conclusions 
ad  <  further  than  this :   that  Itobert  Arden 

01  e  was  the  son  of  Thouuia  of  the  same 

piacv ;  inu  in  proof  of  the  connecti<jn  of  Robert 
tBd  hia  father  ThomAs  with  the  noble  family,  be 
has  no  eridenoe  at  all.  The  supposition  is  merely 
founded  nu  the  fact  that  Sk  John  had  olsj  a 
brother  Thomas. 

Plaased  with  his  discnfijinaliou,  Mr.  Freuch,  in 
hia Table  X.  (p.  409)  poaitively  exhibits  Eobert 
Aidcn  of  Wilmcot©  aa  a  nephew  to  Sir  John 
Arden  of  Ptukhall ;  but  the  armorial  evidence  is 
still  just  the  othor  way,  and  shows  that  tbe 
Heralds  did  not  dare  to  asssiign  hini  tbe  coat  of  the 
Warwickshire  Arden 3.  Hubert  Arden  of  Wilui- 
(sote  and  bis  father  Thooi^s  were  not  men  who 
bid  declined  from  their  position  as  cadets  of  a 
oable  family  ;  they  were  rather  honeat  yeomen 
^ho  hMd  lisen  in'  wealth  and  substance  by  in- 
dost^  and  frugality,  and  were  able  to  leave  Bome 
little  property^  but  no  ancestral  dignity,  to  their 
*  uta  tl^  Shakedpeares, 

Jqrm  Oouen  Nxcttois, 


"  PABSO.'^  ABD  BAC02IV 

(4«'»  S.  vi.  500.) 

1  MEnd  ftaotber  version  of  tbis  song*,  but  cannot 
*jif  it  exists  in  print  in  any  furm*  This  was 
^Hrd  from  a  i^entrine  North  man »  about  the  year 
1828,  whose  pronunciatiun  gave  a  xeat  wbich,  of 
^Mima^  bt  indescribuble  in  wiiiio^.  His  figure 
t«V  nd  dreag,  were  in  perfect  ket-fping.  He  was 
aniny-buUt  man,  tall,  but  stooping ;  with  a  hat 
bokiiig  in,  a  belcher  neck-cloth,  a  frieze  coat, 
<"!«  breeches,  rough  gray  btockings,  and  high 
liioia, 

I  "  A  llt«liodist  pmnofi^  whotm  iiani€  it  was  Georg«, 
<AJaJly  fild  liokjer,  jtiAt  come  from  tbe  fofii% 
Aid  a  virtuoua  old  woomui,  wfao  stood  Cieorfrf's  £rioad, 
And  bo  ofteu  weut  tu  lier,  her  j^uuI  for  to  m^Qi«. 

Deny  down,  down,  down,  dufry  down  I 

i  r,  no  Mfcthodlst  he, 
va  jcii;,  and  w«#jully  And  free; 

L. „^...  ,^  ut^e  did  not  come  wilh  honeM  iatSfit, 

Ab4  reoohrvd  tor  bis  bftooa  to  know  how  it  w^nl, 
I>crTy  dowa,  &c. 

e  kcew  ihif!  man's  wife,  and  he  often  yrent  to  her, 
lit  of  a  ^ood  -^li*?**  of  bacon  he'd  do  iier : 

\*'ai  mjtiee  bud  tuk«n, 
inie  a  prGAcbing  fot  Ixtcoo. 


**  tie  went  out  aa  nsualf  supposed  to  bis  work, 
But  thft  canning  fllyloot*  only  went  out  to  lurk. 
By  and  hyo  he  tanic  in,  and  be  fonnd  *em  at  prayer, 
Tliey  fiOHOied  mighty  zt^alou?,  devout,  iknd  aiaoere* 
Utrry  down,  dc* 

**  He  looked  on  hia  bacon^  so  canning  and  sly. 
Then  in  George's  iK>cket  hp  cast  a  quick  eye; 
And  he  hsw  sooifthiof^  in  it  tied  up  In  a  rog. 
Says  he,  *  Honest  frii'ndi  whal*4t  thou  got  in  the  hagf*' 
Derry  down,  *tc. 

•*  *  D<air  friend/  replied  George,  ♦  it  is  God'*  holy  word. 
It  h  Holy  Scripture  Tve  got  from  the  Lord  j 
For  when  I'm  ulonc,  O  I  cannot  Lc  idle, 
I  makes  it  aiy  pleasure  to  rend  at  the  Bible.' 
Durr^'  down^  &C. 

**  *Thcn  pnll  out  thv  Bible."  thii^i  f;o*n\  m»m  replied, 
*Or  ilse,  by  the  ilivel,  IJl  Bible  thy  hide; 
VU  tiible  thee,  as  tbou  ne'er  wft*t  in  tliy  life. 
Fur  thy  Bibk  u  Iwcon  thou'it  got  fruiu  my  wife.' 
Derry  down,  ic. 

'  **  George  shuffled  about,  At  length  Bible  pulled  oat, 
A  great  Alice  of  bacon  Inpped  up  in  a  ctout ; 
On  he  took  to  his  ht^Js,  for  he  ^orst  not  l>«  idle, 
And  aever  since  that  ttme  he's  preadied  'boat  the  Bible, 
Derry  down,  <fcc, 

"  Now  oome  honest  fellow*,  who  lead  happy  lives, 
I'd  hiive  yon  take  care  of  your  bacoo  *ud  wiven ; 
For  littvo  you  a  $^ood  tiitob,  ^rcat  care  wi.U  be  tnken. 
They'll  preach  like  the  d^UI,  where  iit«re'«  pWuty  of 
bac«u.  Derry  down,  4tu." 

F.  c.  a 

I  J.  T.  F.  finds  that  this  song  is  more  comm  to 

hfid  anticlpjted,  and  therefore  we  content  ■  v- 

sclectiu^  the  above  verajon  frum  those  kindly      . -^^J 

by  our  correspondenta*  The  Min^  would  appear  at  timea 
to  have  tteen  In  aie  both  hy  Koman  Catbuiica  and  Pro- 
teatanta,  and,  of  course,  with  ttudi  variationa  aa  to  Boit 
the  re^uicemeala  of  both  parties.— Ed.  j 


ABEC&ETTS   MCEUEREHS:    S01CKB9ETSHIKE 

TKADITIDKa 

(4*  S.  VU.  33.) 

There  h  a  very  intei-e»ting  paper  on  the  murder 
of  St*  Tliornaa  of  Canterbury  in  the  Quarterly 
litiieWf  No.  186,  Sept.  185;J.  It  is  there  atated 
that  tbe  four  kiiightji  on  the  night  of  the  dead 
rode  to  Sultwood,  leaving  Robert  de  Droc  in  poa- 
aeasion  of  tbe  palace,  and  ultimately  proceeded  to 
Kuare» borough  CoAtla,  a  royal  fortreaa  in  ths 
posfiession  of  Hugh  de  Moreville,  where  they 
remained  for  a  year.  Of  course  various  legencfa 
were  circulated,  such  as  that  dogs  refused  to  eat 
the  crumba  which  fell  from  their  table.  It  ia 
said  that  they  went  to  Rouie  to  receive  the  den- 
tence  of  Alexander  HI>,  and  were  aent  by  him  to 
expiate  their  siua  in  the  Holy  Ijiod*  Tbe  legend 
states  that  Moreville,  Fitzurse,  and  Brito  died 
there,  and  were  buried  in  front  of  the  church  of 
the  Holy  Sepulchre.  Other  accounta  atate  that 
they  were  interred  in  front  of  the  church  of 
Montenegro.  The  reviewer  wonders  what  tbe 
church  cflhe  Black  Mvuniain  tttivma-wv,  *avV\a 
iiupodslbie  they  couVd  \xi\\^  Weix  Wxv^^iWWcfeX* 


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ti«»»S.VILFEB.f5.7L 


chuicE  of  the  Holj  Sepulchre,  as  it  liaa  been  a 
ftquare  of  puWic  resort.  Could  the  churcli  of 
IjlaDtony  at  Ike  foot  of  the  Black  Mountains  in 
the  Vale  of  Ewiaa  be  meant?  It  was  built  hy 
Hugh  de  Lacie»  a  Norman  baron,  between  1108 
and  1 11  o,  for  forty  Anguatine  fnara.  Tmcy,  who 
Mtnick  the  first  blow,  was  aeized  with  a  dreadful 
djaorder  at  Coaenza  in  Apuliit,  and  there  died  in 
torment.  It  is  said  the  wind  had  been  alwaya 
contraiT  when  be  wished  to  embark,  giving  rise 
to  the  Glouceatershir©  diatich : — 

•'  The  Tfuceya 
Have  alwijB  the  wind  in  their  facet." 

Fosses  Jufi^Sf  i  279, 

The  reTiewer  points  out  that  the  legend  could 
pot  have  been  true,  as  Moreville,  who  had  been 
justice  itinerant  for  Northumberland  and  Cumber- 
Jjind  at  the  time  of  the  murder,  though  diamisaed 
from  his  oHice  the  ensuing  jjear^  in  the  firat  jear 
of  John  13  recorded  as  paving  twenty-five  marks 
and  three  palfreys  for  hohliog  his  court  so  long  as 
his  wife  eon  tinned  in  a  secular  habit  Camden 
saya  the  a  word  he  uaed  at  the  murder  was  pre* 
served  in  the  reign  of  Elizabeth,  and  is  now  said 
to  be  attached  to  bis  statue  at  Brayton  Caatle. 
Tracy  was,  within  four  years  from  the  murder, 
Justiciary  of  Normandy,  and  was  present  at  Fulaise 
m  1174  wben  the  King  of  Scotland  did  homage  to 
Henry  11.  Eisdon,  in  bia  Sun^tttf  of  Decon^  ^42, 
saya  rracy 

"witlidrefT  himaelf  hither  (to  Morthwe,  Devon)  mM\ 
spent  Ihe  remnindfr  of  his  lift » anJ  lieth  t>iiricd  in  nn 
ilste  ©f  tUw  chnrrh»  by  him  bnilt^  under  an  erected 
monnmpnt,  with  his  portrailnre  engraven  on  a  grej 
morbte  itone,"  &e» 

I  have  examined  this  tomb,  and  it  app^'ars  pro- 
bable that  the  slab  of  the  tomb  belongs  to  Sir 
William  Tracy's  tomb  of  the  twelfth  centuiy,  and 
the  sides  to  that  of  William  TracVi  rector  of 
Morthoe,  who  founded  a  chantry  in  the  church  iu 

Risdon  saya  Sir  William  Tracy  left  a  daughter^ 
who  was  married  to  Sir  Gervaise  CourtneVi  nod 
their  son  Willinm  resumed  the  name  of  ^racy* 
He  it  wa??,  I  believe,  who  founded  the  priory  of 
Woodspring  on  the  banks  of  the  Bristol  Channel, 
in  honour  of  the  Trinity,  the  B.  V.  M.,  and  St 
Thomas  of  Canterburj^  (CoUinson's  Soiumtet,  in, 
514)»  And  this  is  the  foundation  probnbly  for 
the  Somereets'hire  tradition  mentioned  by  your 
correspondent. 

FitKurse  ia  said  to  have  gone  over  to  Ireland, 
and  there  to  have  become  the  ancestor  of  the 
McMahon  family,  the  latter  name  being  the 
Celtic  translation  of  Bears  son.  He  gave  bis 
estate  of  Willeton  in  Honiersetshire,  half  to  the 
Knights  of  St.  John,  and  half  t^  his  brother 
Robert  (Collinson,  iii.  G14).  In  the  neigbbour- 
Mood  the  name  degenemted  into  FitEonrt  Fiahour, 
And  Fisher,     The  fnmilv  of  Bret  or  Brito  vaa 


carried  on  througb  his  daughter  Maud,  who  gate 
lands  to  the  priory  of  St  Thomas  at  Woodspring,; 
John  Piggott,  Jitk.,  F.S.A, 


I  cannot  give  your  correspondent  any  definite  in 
'  formation  respecting  the  three  **  unknown  paves* 
'  on  the  Flat  Holms ;  but  I  have  myself  visited 
I  remains  of  Woodspring  Priory,  whicU  is  dtuataj 
about     three    miles    from    Weeton'Super-Mara. 
There    is^   I   believe,   but  little  doubt   that    the 
tradition   which  ascribes  the  foundation  of  this 
monastery  to  Filzurae,  one  of  the  mnrderera  of 
A^Beckett,  is  authentic.      C.  Rcscombe  Po 
Cinnington,  Bridgwater. 


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Ladt  GEiMSTOif'fi  Gbavb  in  Tkwik  Ciiu&cn- 

TARB  (A^^  S.  vii.  76,  128.)— I  do  not  believe  that 
there  ia  the  slightest  foundation  for  the  legend 
which  you  have  printed  about  Lady  Anne  Grim< 
ston  to  be  found  m  the  character  of  that  lady. 
It  is  ditlicult  at  such   a  distance   of  time 
show  what  were  her  opinions,  but  I  have  sufficlnifc 
evidence  to  make  me  believe  Lady  Anno  Gnm* 
ston  was  a  religious  woman. 

In  the   first  place,  she  gave   fifty   pounds  to 
HaW  Grammar   School  at  Hertford,  where  Iha 
uae  of  the  Catecbism  of  the  Church  of  Engl 
is  imperative. 

Secondly,  there  is  eridence  of  the  purchase,^  ^ 
presume  by  her  orders,  of  Usher* s  ^w/y  of  IHcim] 
tiit^f  his  JSermotUf  and  his  Life^  for  the  use  oT 
Miss  Elizabeth  Grimston,  Sir  S.  Grimston*s  daugb^ 
ter  by  hia  first  wife.  And,  lastly,  I  have  soma 
ftccounta  for  the  years  1662,  1683,  1084,  vouched 
by  Lady  Anne  Grimston  (A.  G.),  containinr 
charges  both  in  London,  at  St.  Ann's,  Soho, 
in  the  country  at  St  Michaers,  St.  Albans.  f< 
setting  up  the  horses  during  chuicb  on  Sunaa; 
Our  church  at  St  Michaers  ia  ao  far  from  G^ 
I  hambury  that  we  are  obliged  to  have  horses  out 
I  Sundays,    and  I  have  an  account  similai'  to  ' 

Samuel  Grimston^a  in  my  house  books, 
I  Xmblvum, 

GorhanibDry. 

Besides  this  case  of  Tewin  churchyard,  there 
are  other  places  near  London  where  large  masai^ 
tombs  of  the  eighteenth  century  have  had  the 
masonry  displaced,  and  their  iron  railings  broke 
or  absorbed  by  the  growth  of  elm  or  aah-trM' 
planted  around  the  grave.  One  such  instance  * 
know  of  in  the  churchyard  of  Peri  vale  in  Mid- 
dlesex; another  in  Hertfordshire  at  Aldenham: 
and  both  these  are  very  etrikinp-.  A  less  remark- 
able case  occurs  in  the  be*iutifal  churchyard  of 
Chialehurst.  A,  J,  M. 

MuEAL  Paintiwo  IK  Stabstoit  CntJBCK,  NoB' 

yoLK  (4*"  S.  vi.  542, 577  j  vii,  40.)— Your  correspoa- 

\  devit  F .  C . W  .^vx  \\\«i\«j«WT^fex^,xvce,  in  regard  to  this 


?re 


■l*&Vn.  Feu.  25.  T  1.1 


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173 


vmoe 


pietttie  6ayd:  '*Two  aogeld  are  cuTtying  up  her 
tool  (i.e.  VirgiQ  Mary)  to  Leiiven :  no  such  pre- 
Bomption  of  immediate  beatitude  could  havo  been 
entertained  of  tmy  ordiiittry  individual,  however 
ennobled  by  worldly  honours.'* 

It  id  very  dangerous  to  dog-matise  on  tnedlsBval 
irt  without  a  very  ex  tens!  ?e  Bcquumtauce  with  it. 
F.  C,  11.  is  in  error.  On  monuments  this  is  of 
flommoQ  occurrence.  There  ia  the  littUi  brass  to 
t  Be&uchanap  in  Chekcudon  church,  Oxfurddiire, 
where  the  very  design  itself  is  two  angeU  beariug 
»waj  the  soul  The  same  may  be  aeon  also  on  the 
brtia  of  Sir  Hugh  Hastings  at  Elain^iD  Norfolkjaod 
i  long  list  could  easily  be  made.  Then  in  Flemiah 
hfMWMij  what  more  common  than  to  represent  the 
Nwl in *'Abniham*« bosom,"  io  which  "  beatitude'* 
•eems  accomplished  P  Neither  is  tlm  art  at  all  in 
dSseord  with  church  teachings  in  the  Middle  Ages. 
fa  the  *'  Dialogues  of  St.  Gregory,'*  where  the 
alSee  of  the  angel  is  defined,  after  speaking  of  the 
conveying  their  souls  to  Purgatory,  in 
there  is  still  some  ein  unexpiated  left,  it 
ludeft,  '*But  if,  indeed,  he  departed  in  so 
Boch  chanty  that  all  the  rust  of  ^in  was  consumed, 
•0  that  nothing  purgeable  remained,  immedifdchj 
tbe  holj  angels  r^cc^ived  him  and  carried  him  to 
tile  kingdom  of  heaven.*' 

Hot  having  the  drawing  before  me  cannot 
^«ik  with  cert&intv  of  ita  details ;  but  if  I  re- 
Bianber  rightly,  neither  the  £gure  of  the  dying 
1ady,nor  of  those  about  her,  nor  of  the  aoul  above, 
We  the  nimhrn.  This  of  itself  ie  a  fata!  objec- 
tiooto  its  representing  the  **  Death  of  the  Virgin.'* 
MAt«OTer|  the  figures  show  a  number  of  tonsured 
li^s — monks  in  fact — and  one  in  a  cope  holds  a 
ihield  of  arms,  the  arms  of  the  Abbey  oc  I^awtrey, 
M  F,  C.  H.  thinks.     But  the  latter  expresses  his 

r*  ioD  that  the  arm^  are  of  iio  importmice.    To 
I  must  observe,  that  in  medisoval  art  every 
4ettti  ia  of  importance. 

The  Apostles^  who  $/totdd  he  at  the  bedside  of 
flj«  Virgin  Mary,  are  no/  represented  tonsured,  St, 
ftrtir  excepted ;  nor  is  the  general  character  of  the 
compotttion  that  of  the  aubject  which  your  corre- 
fQQde&t  maintains. 

Tbe  arms  are  a  very  important  feature,  and  I 
Wiere  a  key  to  the  whole.  The  bedside  shows  a 
^p  of  monks,  headed  by  their  abbot  or  prior, 
iCope»  holding  before  the  dyin^  lady  a  coat  of 
Ba,  probably  of  their  abbey.  If  the  death-bed 
0(  i  MefactresB,  what  mono  natural  than  for  her 
to  be  leminded  of  her  charity  by  tho^e  benefitin.<?j 
^^  tile  same  time  showing  her  the  aid  she  had  in 
jw  pmyers  to  forward  her  to  the  kingdom  of 
Jeireo  ?  The  painting-  merely  shows  *'  that  slie 
^,«pirted  in  so  ranch  charity  Ih at  all  the  rust  of 
aji  was  consumed/'  ^  I  J.  G.  Walter, 

PflKiUiiT  OF  John  Kjlt  (4'^  S.  vii.  142.)— I 
H?e  the  portrait  of  John  Kay,  of  Bury,  ralJuded 


to  by  Mr.  Woodcroft,  but  it  is  nnluckily  pasted 
fiist  in  my  portfolio.  I  have  also  another  litho- 
graphed portrait  of  him,  but  without  name  of 
artist  or  publitjher,  imle.*a  the  signature  **  D.  F. 
Prestolee  may  refer  to  one  of  tbem.  I  have  also 
a  folio  sheet  of  letterpress,  containing  **  A  Brief 
Memoir  of  John  Kiiy  "  on  one  page,  and  the  pedi- 
irrees  of  Kaye  of  Wood  some  and  Greenbalgh  of 
Brandle?ome  on  the  other,  with  a  shield  of  armAJ 
of  twenty   quarterings,   &c.  &c.    on   the  other,'^ 

? Tinted  by  F.  Grant,  Market  Street,  Manchester* 
regret  that  the  above  cannot  be  lent  to  accom- 
modate Mr.  Woodchoft^  but  I  enclose  my  card, 
in  case  he  Unda  it  necessary  to  consult  them. 

M.D- 
"Tflorse  lost  to  Siget,  to  Memory  drar"'^^ 
(!•*  S.  iv.  4m ;  3'*  S,  vL  120,  viii.  290;  A^^  S.  I 
77, 161,  iv.  31>9,  vii.  66.)— Though  unable  to  give 
any  information  as  to  the  authorship  of  thia  well- 
wom  quotation,  I  can  s^ifely  aver  that  it  is  muck 
older  than  1828,  as  I  knew  it  many  yeara  before  ^ 
that  date.  F.  C.  H. 

[It  wfluTi!  ftpfwar  to  l>c  utterly  imposnble  to  trace  the 
origin  of  this  line.] 

The  pRONtJNCiATioN  or  Greek  and  Latdt 
(4*"  S.  vii.  13r)  —  As  a  discussion  of  this  query 
sufficiently  ample  to  be  at  all  satisfactory,  would 
most  likely  require  more  apace  than  the  Editor 
could  conveniently  snare,  let  me  refer  Makro- 
ciiEiR  to  chap.  Til.  of  Donaldson's  Vammtanus  on  ] 
the  ''  Organic  Classification  of  the  Original  Latin 
Alphabet."  EnMrau  xiw,  M.A. 

Patching  Rectory. 

Some  eminent  schoolmasters  arc  engaged  in 
considering  this  matter.  Let  me  bring  to  their 
notice  a  poem  in  All  the  Year  Round  (Jan,  21, 
1871),  on  Frederick  the  Great,  entitled  **Fredericua 
Rex."  It  is  said  to  bo  a  favourite  song  in  the 
Prussian  camp.  The  translator,  however,  on  all 
three  occasions  on  which  he  has  to  use  the  words^ 
makes  them  scan  Fredeiicua  Rex.  Surely  the 
Great  Frederick  never  had  such  short  work  made 
of  him  before.  T.  Lewis  0.  Davies, 

The  Irish  Planxty  :  "Bumper  S<iuirr 
Jones"  (4*^  S.  vi.  300,  512  j  vii.  42.)— A  Uttle 
contribution  oti  this  aubject  may  possibly  have  a 
claim  for  insertion.  It  is  a  Quotation  from  The 
Nuiional  Music  of  Ireland* ^  by  Michael  M.  Conran, 
1846):  — 

**  Of  time,  there  were  aJx  kinds :— *  the  trebly  rapiJ,* 
the  jig  planxtif^  and  fettive^  dirge  or  lamientation,  witli 
words;  bold»  heroic,  m«rti»J ;  *  tempo  ordinario  ;*  Umaota- 

*  Conld  anvone  possessing  a  perfect  copy  of  this  work 
oblifjo  me  with  a  copy  of  the  ime-pii£:c  ?  [«The  National 
Music  of  Irelnntl,  eontainmg  the  Histoiy  of  the  Irish 
Bards*  the  National  Mi;lodk«,  the  Harp,  and  other  Mn- 
sical  InitrumeiitsofErin.  Bv  Michael  Conran,  Orffaont, 
8t.  Patrick's  Church,  Man^'Eieister.  Dublin:  Published 
for  the  Author  by  James  Duffy,  10,  WdUn^t«a-Qjia^^ 

me."] 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


tioD-^muiricAl  <1irjgos  with  worda*;  phurt  or  Icsa^oa  liaxA 
— pr»cticAl  exerci^teft.'" — P.  90, 

Ab  I  understand  this  sentence  it  eeems  tliat  tbe 
pktnxi^  Wftd  performed  in  a  **  time  "  much  quicker 
than  that  of  a  bold,  heroic,  or  mfirlinl  air.  if  this 
be  trcie^  and  if,  as  D&,  liiM^AULX  sayn^  the  planxty 
^'owes  its  origin  to  the  celebrated  IrisQ  bard 
Carolan''  C'N.  &  Q."  4^'»  S.  vi.  i>12),  it  would 
appear  that  the  earlier  part  of  The  Knigiit  of 
Lfi3iiovvEX*8  communication  was  written  undtjt 
a  wroQg  impreasion  as  to  the  species  of  ai;  and  its 
antiqiiitj. 

Aa  apiopoa  of  this  subject,  1  give  another  quo- 
tation  from  the  same  S'ational  Mtisic  of  Ireland^ 
having-  reference  to  what  is  therein  callvd  one  of 
Carolao  s  **  most  playful  planxtieaj*  vi«,,  **  A 
bumper  Squire  Jones    : — 

**Tlie  words  .  ,  .  have  bflen  parffphrased  Hr  the 
taleoted  Baron  Dawsonf, uud  Cnroliin'd  bnlUuntcfTnittoiia 
jU-e  \mi  in  the  dolcadour  uf  thu  facetious  buronV  tuiJU'- 
tion/*— P.  2lU 

Querj:  (!.)  ^hero  can  "the  facetious  baron^s 
imitation''  be  found?  (as  only  two  verses  axe  given 
bj  my  authort) ;  or  (3)  does  he  mean  that  Caro- 
lan's  lines  are  forgotten,  unrecorded,  and  that  the 
paraphrnee  only  exists  ? 

The  following  planxties  will  bo  found  in  No,  4iJ 
of  ChnppeU'a  musical  Mitf/azutc  J  Rt  the  pages  I 
give:  ''  Planxty  Dudley/'  p.  (J,  *' Plnnxty  KeUy," 
p.  8;  '*  Planxty  Irwine,"  p.  18,  and  "Planxty 
Connor,"  p.  2L  They  may  be  of  interest  to  some 
of  your  correspond euts.        Til0M:i8  TuirLYj  Juar, 

Brought on^  Manchester. 

Moore's  beautiful  funereal  Hues  — 
**  Oh,  htmquet  not  in  the  festal  bowerf,"  &e* 
are  set  in  his  Irish  Melodit$  to  '*  Planxty  Irwin." 
I  confeM,  however,  the  air  has  always  appeared  to 
me  too  jojoua  for  the  words,  P.  P. 

JIet.  Samfel  Hkxlkt  (4^'*  S.  vii.  35,  113.)— 
Mr.  Towxshb5b  Matkr  will  lind  an  ample  ac- 
count of  Pr.  Siitnuel  Ilenley,  the  translator  of 
VtU/ichf  in  Nichols's  UlmtrntionA  of  Liter  art/  His- 
tory^  iii.  750-05  ;  viii,  334.       W,  P.  CottetxeT. 

4,  Fowiij  Place,  W.C. 

DR.\G07r  {A}^  S.  vii.  12,  P.*5.)— The  real  dragon 
is  the  Greek  draco,  which  has  no  feet,  aud  is,  I 
believe,  what  is  now  called  the  hoa-consti-ictor. 
(See  Dioscorides,)  Tnos.  PHtLiirPB. 

Fishermen  in   the  Oldkn  Time  {V^  S,  vi. 

568.) — Andrew  Borde,  a  *'  native,"  received  his 

,  manumission   in   the   year    1610    from   George 

•  Thi»  seems  to  he  a  repetition. 

+  Exchei|aer  of  Ireland,  temp.  Qu«ea  Anno.  • 

[$  Huron  Andrew  DiiwAitn*s  verainn  i«  printCHl  in  The 
Ne$c  Irink  Soutf-Bimkt  edited  by  J.  E.  Cjirpeutcr.  Loiid 
1^G7,  p,  IKK— Kn.] 

§  TUi*  jiMigaaine,  by  the  ir«y,  u  edited  hv  Dr.  liim- 


Neville,  Lord  of   Berg^venny,  who  owned  Iba 

manor  of  Dychehnag  in  Sa.«isex,  to  whkh  di^mua 
the  said  '-native'"  belonged.  Possibly  T,  Q.  C, 
remembers  something  about  this  case;  it  »  ' 
latest  instance  of  slavery  I  have  read  of.  I  hn 
heard  nothing  of  the  Su. 
to  snpp'ise  they  were 
corafmred  with  the  re^t  (eMfpi  n 
nearly  all  btdun^ed  to  the  Cinqu«' 
a  stitf-backed  lot. 

HoLTT,  THK  GEHaiAN  PoET  (4**'  S.  vL  ITT, 
288.) — ^There  are  translations — or  perha|i«  ptn- 
pbraaes  would  be  the  better  word  —  of  aewmof 
Ilblty's  poems  in  the  Dnhlin  UmciTitiit/  Mngssim 
for  1837-8.  The  translator  was  Jjuucs  Clareatw 
Mangan,  the  gifted  and  ill-fnted.  D«  BiJkis* 

Melbunrne. 

Hampj^hibk  Cottktby  CnrnniiVAito:  Phivm 
Diary  (4^''  S.  vi.  i\) — The  aUnwiMi  m  Pepy*  h 
clearly  to  the  churchyard  of  Tichfiekl,  where  th« 
remains  of  the  fine  castle  of  the  Earls  of  Sootk* 
ampton  are  still  to  be  seen.  It  strikes  me,  it 
twenty  years'  distance  in  tioie,  that  aage  giew 
abundantly  in  the  churchyard  when  I  knew  it. 

D.  BLilB. 
Melbourne. 

TTMOTtir  Dkxter  (4*»*  S.  tI.  Mi5.> — ••liWd 
Timothy  Dexter/'  so  called,  resided  in  NewtjUfV- 
port,  Essex  co.,  Ma^.,  forty  miles  north-t-a-t  i 
Boston,  on  the  coast,  ffjr  many  years  in  a  lav^ 
brick  house,  which  in  his  lifetime  was  surrtvun^^J 
with  many  carved  wooden  images  or  -♦•  *  i 
more  than  life  size*  The  house  I  bav^ 
times.  J,  \\  .  -  — - 

Pesbody,  Masi-*  U.S.A. 

&)^' Galimatias  ^ (4**'  S.  iv.  294.)— This  worduM 
certainly  iwt  coined  by  Fielding.  Noel  et  Chiipdl 
moiit  correctly  define  it  thus:  "  Me'lauge  confw 
de  mots  qui  seiublent  dire  quelque  ohosd  et  nVx^ 
point  de  sens,'* 

They  do  not,  however,  give  the  folio  viji/ 
account  of  the  word,  which  I  mot  with  mm,^ 
years  ago — so  many,  that  my  memory  treacbei  u '  v 
declines  telling  me  whtre.  In  those  olden  Jiai^^ 
when  the  ''dootoraa"  argued  points  of  law  ia 
I^atiu,  a  learued  (?)  counsellor,  while  staling  tlie 
case  of  his  client  Matthias  and  a  cock  (wbi'li 

E^rtained   unto   him),  grew  so  conf»tsed  iii  lii^ 
atinity,  thf\t,  after  a  while,  he  c^'nsed  to  sp<  a*  o[ 
*'Gallua   Mattbiao,"  but,  contrariwi.-^e,  of  *MT-iUi 
Matthias."     Hence  a   sensele.is  and    innc     - 
jumble  of  words  came  to  be  styled  '*  Galiiu 

NOKLL  ItAnECLlLLi- 

SAAtiBRUCE  Custom  (4**'S.  vi.  477:  vll.  MCi 
The  custom    alluded  to  by  Mb.  Ti 
observed    in    many    parts  of    Ley  Ian 
Amounderneaa  (in  I^ncashire).     In  my    - 
of  Goomaryh^  I  have  a  notice  of  it^    In  lu 


^'^'iu,W5)W.St^t)UA5^;W4r^^^^'^\^OS^ 


4«»S.TIL  Feo,2&,  71.] 


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trict  the  eve  of  M/iy  1  10  called  **  Mav  Bough  so  predominflut  as  in  Scotland,  titular  desig- 
Night,"  and  I  pre  the  foltovHn^  as  a  sample  of  |  nations  were  coveted.  The  farmer  was  &t  church 
the  emhlerontic'  meaning  attached  to  the  various  I  ^nd  market  saluted  hy  the  name  of  hia  farm,  and 


I 


trees: — A  wickin  (i,e.  a  moant^iu  a'^h)=My  dear 
chicken ;  a  platn  tree  in  bloom=to  br»  mamed 
and  aeon ;  a  briar=a  liar.  IL  FisnwicK. 

I  liare  known  Lev  land  above  fifty  years,  and 
my  father,  a  noticer  of  old  customs,  must  have 
known  it  nearly  fifty  years  before  that,  hut  I  liave 
turrer  «*en  or  heard  of  such  a  custom  us  Mr.  Tully 
meationd,  and  I  therefore  conclude  he  is  mistaken 
as  to  tV  '  ^  ^:ty.  May  day  ia  observed  in  Ley- 
land  h  ingofthe  trii^t'^es  of  an  important 
dbarit>»  <.i. .  ^.itf  children  attend  church,  lloyal 
Oak  day,  the  2Dth  of  May,  id  alao  a  great  dav  in 
Leyland,  f'*^  fl-^^  rlnlisaad  benefit  aocieties  hold 
their  annui  ipnn  it.  On  Wbit  Monday 
the  Scindav  .  march  with  garlands  upon 
wanda  provided  by  ladies  who  take  an  interest  in 
Ihem ;  but  the  answer  to  Mu.  TuLtY^s  queries  i^ 
Kmnly  tbat  no  auch  custom  is  known.  Tbe  re* 
inarkg  ab'uit  Lichlield  seem  to  refer  to  the  **  walk- 
in^  the  boundaries/*  which  waa  practised  in  many 
plaoea  at  Ko^'ation  tide  and  on  A^cen^on  day. 

Ajf  Old  Inhaditaxt. 

Tttr  Apor^rrpMT!  (4**"  S.  vl  I06,) — For  a 
pnmmary  of  Evvftld*)*  views  on  the  Revelationt 
F.  M.  S.  shrmli?  i'MiMiitt  Auherlen'fl  masterly  work 
cm    Tht  Vi  'f  Darnel  and  the  Revelafum 

vf  Si,  Jofif^  led   bv  Ado]ph  8aphir,  and 

?'iiblished    by  T.  &  T.  Clark,  Edinburgh,   1^56. 
6  TO©  thb  remarkable  volume  m  itself  an  Apoca- 
Ijriae,  D.  HLAin. 

Mdbovnie. 

Caliban  (4"'  S.  vii.  ^tX)— Surely  this  word  is 
a  mere  nif^athesir^  of  cmmibal,  like  IJen  Jonson's 
BobadU  from  BoabdiL  MAKdocEEm. 

Who  is  a  LAmn?  (4^^  S.  vI.  482;  vii.  12.)— 
Jhb  qtiery  of  C.  S.  K.  is  an  interesting  one.  The 
lairdwti»  ori^nally  a  feudal  baron,  and  as  aucb 
*H  domintiM.  But  in  process  of  time  the  de- 
iTT'  '*  if  lr*rd  or  laird  was  applied  not  to 
f  of  barouip?*  only,  btit  to  landowners 

J?  i  hi  ths  Scottish  *' inqui«itions/'  ffnminu« 

itv-  r  t ;  proc+^dea  a  oame  which  has  portiouariif'^ 
•f(*  :  :*  1  hr^t  pnrti'iners  of  land  ai'e  ordinarily 
»Jtj  1  /!  ,  d<'  -i  it  admit  of  any  doubt  lii 
til.  s,  jr;  .  -.  ^■.  ":.  '..r^?^  nT  >^t  Ain'lrews  certain 
^  :u-i..-:;  -;•   !  >,  Armit,  and 

"\T,ji>.  —  '^_r-'  ^  ,  tbe  heads  of 

famiii/*?  have  from  time  immemorial  been 


PmM  as  Uh 
'laaxp,  but 

nMehhad 


^^. 


liBMlJ     In  a 


Porticners  were  not  necessarily 

liolder^  of  pitrtionn  of  Utnd 

*  thf^  chtin  h  or  tbe  feudal 

'ken  up  and 

-».     (Btll  ,Sr 

— h, 


the  own»jr  of  only  a  few  acres  was  hailed  as  '*  the 
laird.''  In  old  times  there  waa  hardly  any  other 
designation  for  a  gentleman  ;  ho  was  dominus — 
ho  bore  dominion.  Tbe  title  niaM^  haa  an  aca- 
demic origin.  A  graduate  in  arts  was  styled 
**  master/'  and  no  other.  Afterwards  the  paro- 
chial clergy  were  so  designated  out  of  respect  for 
their  ofEce.  Latterly,  mtider  became  the  title  of 
a  gpcntleman.  The  Scottish  schoolmaster  was  am- 
ciently,  in  respect  for  bis  learning,  styled  dtmimi^. 
As  university  training  became  more  common 
amon<^  Scottish  teachers  they  claimed  maater  aa 
a  higher  title. 

Territorial  desJnmations  in  Scotland  do  not  cease 
even  when  the  lands  with  whicli  they  are  con- 
nected are  alienated.  Thus  we  have  l^rd  Col- 
villo  of  Culrosa.  My  late  friend,  Sir  Jamea 
Mentetb,  Burt.,  claimed  the  designation  **  of 
Cloaehura,*'  when  no  lon^rer  proprietor  of  that 
estate,  And  my  relative,  Sir  John  Ogilvy,  Bart, 
M.P.  for  Dundee,  is  still  designated  **o'f  Inver- 
qnharity,^'  though  Inverquharity  estate  long  since 
pa8S4^d  iu to  tbe  hands  of  the  Lyells  of  Kinnordy. 
Were  I  personally  ambitious  of  constituting  a  aept^ 
I  might,  without  presumption^  designate  myself 
"  of  Coupar-Q range,**  though  my  ancestor  was  of 
that  estate  a  portioner  only,  and  though  that  por- 
tion has  long  been  aliensited. 

Ohaeliw  Rooeeii,  LL.D. 

Suowdoun  Villa,  Lcwisham,  8.E. 

Old  Sandoww  Castle,  Islk  of  Wight  (4*''  S* 
vU  W*}\  vii.  lOJl.) — The  last  remainder  of  San- 
down  Castle,  which  for  many  years  was  used  as 
an  office  by  the  Royal  Eogineers'  department, 
was  removed  in  1809-70  to  make  room  for  workij 
connected  with  the  national  defences  of  the  Isle  1 
Wight  A  very  tine  old  carved  oak  chimney-pieofti 
contaiuiiig  many  armorial  hearings  remained  tol 
the  last,  tknd  is,  I  believe,  still  preserved  in  the  oldj 
material  store  of  the  Royal  Engineers  at  Sando^ 
from  whence,  no  doubt,  when  the  latter  receiTO 
its  annual  clearing,  it  will  be  sold  for  firewood  1 
the  ensuing  auction,  unle^  some  antiquarian  mu- 
seum put  in  "a  claim  for  it.  H.  H, 

rortcmoutb. 


SifTJTH  (4**»  S.  vi.  474  ;  vii.  43.)-"I  haye 
**  Smith  "  in  every  age  since  the  Conquest  spelle 
SmythCt  Smithe,  Smyth,  and  Smith,  in  the 
arbitrary  fashion  as  any  other  name,  but  1 
before  the  eighteenth  century  (towards  the  mid- 
dle) have  ohseryed  it  spelled  **Smijth."  This 
cannot  be  a  dotted  //,  because  no  y  in  any  other 
name  or  word  appears,  so  far  as  1  remember,  so 
diFtinguiflbed.  I  should  think  by  the  ancient 
short  and  lonjr  ij  a  double  dotted  it  was  intended — 
Smiith ;  yet  it  is  very  curious  and  ine^Ucahle^ 
that  this 'mode  should"  have  sprung  u^  m^s 


in 


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[4««&.TII.  Fiai.i^7l 


part  of  tbe  country  ftt  a  certain  pencnil,  and  for  a 
very  few  yeoTa,  nnd  tlien  dii^appeAred  for  ever ;  nnd 
not  tbe  lenst  curious^  per  Imps,  that  the  fasbion 
flbould  bftve  been  exclusively  confined  to  church 
registers  (?).  Perhnpa  in  thid  circumstnnce  a 
solution  of  tbo  diflkulty  may  be  found  nt  tbe 
bands  of  some  of  your  more  ancient  clerical 
correspondents.  Possibly  M.  D.  is  correct  as 
to  tbe  analogy  to  Ffofiott  and  Ffaring-ton— an 
orthograpbY  origiuRting  in  the  absurd  mistikesof 
printers — tte  doiiblG  araaliy  (Jf)  being  uspd  in  old 
times  in  lieu  of  the  capitaX  and  Btill  employed  in 
the  law,  jus^t  as  tbe  old  liloman  numerals  with 
their  final  lonjr/a  are  in  physic.  1\  IIel^bt. 
15,  York Chamberi,  KingStrwt,  Monchealer. 

Notwithstanding  the  statement  in  Burke*s  TVr- 
n/f  and  Bat'otiet4iye^  that  **  tbu  pntriarcb  of  this 
family  (the  spelliuR'  of  wbnse  surname  i»  nf 
rare  occurrence  in  England)  was  *' John  Smijth^ 
Esq,/*  wbo  lived  tfmp.  Henry  VIIL,  1  incline  to 
the  opinion  that  the  name,  after  ail,  ia  really  but 
Smith  and  Smyth,  In  former  tltk^^  I  find  it 
uaual  for  mayors  of  this  town  to  write  after 
their  names  "  Maior/'  and  frfquentlv  tb©  l^atin 
"  Major."  The  official  in  1714  writes  *^ Maijor,'* 
wbicti  may  be  reaii  either  as  Maijor,  or,  with  a 
dotted  y,  Mayor.  It  is  easy  to  see  from  thij?  how, 
At  the  trifling  cost  of  two  Jots,  Smyth  could  be- 
come Smijth.  CuiEL£a  Jacksoit. 

Doncofitcr. 

I  notice  that  Sp,  connider.^  the  modern  name 
Sraijtb  to  be  an  ortho^aphieal  error^  havinof  for 
ita  foundation  an  ancient  method  of  dimblc- 
dotting  a  f/^  thus  y.  There  ia  an  old  and  common 
family  name  of  Sp.*3  which  often  appears  in  pedi- 
grees of  families  with  whom  Sp.'s  have  inter* 
married:  1  mean  **Obiit,*' spelled  also  innldMSS, 
Obijt,  thus  reveraing  tbe  cnronological  change  in 
Smijth*  Can  Sp.  tell  whether  this  name  was  ever 
spelled  Obyt,  with  a  dotted  y  F  U  N.  0,N. 

ni:!^TS  TO  CnAniMKX  (4*^  S.  vii.  5-1) — Mr, 
Ethogham  Wilson  has  published  a  shilling  hand- 
book on  tbe  management  of  public  meetings. 

J.  L.  C. 

QuETiy  ELrxABETH:  Rkal  Peksons  jx  "The 
Faerie  Queen"  (4*"  S.  vii.  4^)— 1  will  not 
question  Mb,  Kbiohtlet's  judgment  in  nssign- 
ing  Tea!  neraons  to  the  names  in  Speoser^s  poem. 
The  whola  tenor  of  the  poem  is  what  would  be 
natural  in  the  work  of  such  a  man  aa  we  know 
Spenser  to  have  been.  But  I  wish  to  draw  atten- 
tion io  a  nassage  which  Mr.  Keightlett  seem^a 
to  me  to  nave  written  without  sufficiently  con- 
sidering material;^  within  his  reach  :-^ 

**  I  find,  by  the  way,  tint  there  nre  p<^i7tons  ivho 
would  sacrifice  hktoric  truib  lo  ftiLic  ddicjicy,  ami  who 
blame  me  and  otbera  for  viadicatJUfT  the  fair  fnsne  of  the 

f;nMit  quc«n  from  the  fuiil  aspersions  m(  Dr.  Lii^^jird  aud 
in  MotboHtiv,  even  though  jiomcwUat  it  the  expense  gf 


I  do  not  know  who  tbe  perwns  are  t>f 
Mb.  Keiohtlky  U  speakings  nor  do  1  ' 
the  contrast  suggested  by  defending  h< 
"at  the  expense  of  her  heroism.*'     But  the  fi 
fame  of  EliKabeth  is  a  thing  in  which  nrobabl 
few  peisons  Have  now  any  belief.     In  her  own' 
day  it  scenis  that  fewer  still,  if  any,  would  hafe 
believed  her  to  have  deserved  what  w«  mean  " 
**  fair  fame  *' ;    and  I   beg  to   point   out  to  Mi 
Kekuitlkt  that  the  convenient  summary  of '^  tl 
foul  tt-*pereioE8  of  Dr  Lingard  and  his  authon- 
ties  '*  does  not  approach  the  question  as  it  noi 
ftands,  and  therefore  does  no  good  to  tbe  mem* 
of  Klizabt  tb. 

An  article  in  the  StiUodrnj  Jictiew  of  Jan. 
1^71,  heacIM  **  Ufilendar  of  State  Papers,^ 
show  Mr.  Krightlet  what  is  tbe  state  of 
opinion.     And  if  it  is  still  bis  pleasure  to  desci 
a   generally   accepted  view  of  her  character 
;  **  foul  aspersions,"  he  must  include  the  documi 
I  at  Simancas  and  English  State  Papers  m  bis  ( 
I  dera nation,  D.  P^ 

I      Smarts  Loclg*',  Malvern  Wells- 

I      Ballasallet  (4*''  S.  vi.  475,  583,WPo8ai] 
some  member  of  tbe  Manx  Society,  aided  byl( 

I  history   or  tradition,  may  be  able   to  atibrd 
in  form  at  inn  required.     In  the  ujeantime,  I  woi 
suggest  that  the  name  may  jjossjhly  have  tbe  ' 

I  lowing,  one  or  other,  dcrivittion :  1.  Balia  (t~ 

I  SaaiUetf  (brine);  2,  BaUa  (town),   S'mUff! 

'  beautiful) ;  8.  Baila  (town),  Salletf  (salti 
Bfilla  (town) f  Soi/Ht^  (enjoyment). 

There  are  other  words  more  or  leas  proii 
allied,  or  related  to  the  above ;  but  potdbly  thi 
now  adduced  may  be  sufficient  to  point  to  tW 
correct  meaning  and  derivatioutl 

2,  4.  If  the  locality  was  selected  as  tbe  si  It  of 
a   monastery,   on   account  of    its  delightful  sod 
enjoyjihle  position,  then  2  and  4  show  probabihi 
of  derivation. 

1, 3.  If  the  locality  was  a  fish-curing  station, 
d^p6t  for  salt|  &c.j  then  1  and  3  point  to  the  d< 
vation. 

3.  But,  if  literal  construction  is  to  dedde  ih* 
derivation,  then  .%  BfiUn  <Sa//ry  =  salting-town  = 
town  of  salting,  is  conclusive.  J,  BJU1.& 

SiGNiTARY  A?rn  SioyATABiE**  (4^**  S,  vl  5W; 
Tji.  44.)— Both  these  words  are  spelt  wpjoglj- 
Signatory  is  the  right  sp  piling,  from  stffnator^* 
signer  or  sealer.  It  is  a  word  commonlv  used  bj 
writers  on  diplomacy ;  through  tbe  Italian  \i 
would  run  most  readily  into  this  meaning,  onlj 
the  *  would  in  English  revert  to  the  iitin  t- 
Sifjnaton/^  even  in  Webster*s  Dictionary^  is  onlf 
p-iven  as  an  obsolete  adjective  from  the  L^tin 
mf/natoriu«  :==  used  to  seal  with,  SifffMtunM  is  a  quii»* 
d liferent  word,  and  signifies  a  pbyaiogfioniiiftr 
whose  science  interprets  inbides  from  outsides 
all  created  things  bt*ing  s apprised  by  such  pro- 
i  C^t^oia  to  carry  imprinted  upon  them  their  Makar'l 


iTe 


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inteatioD,  m  wax  coirespooda  to  the  signet    As- 
tlljr  ttus  is  not  what  diplomatists  intend  by 
f ;  for  whatever  sign  they  put  forth  ia  to 
!  inttjrpreted  by  its  contrary*  0.  A.  W. 

May  F*ir. 

This  word  is  simply  barbarous.  Yoii  itiigbt  as 
well  write  amUan/  for  atnaiory*  Mr,  Tilbnch 
will  find  m*jnatwry  in  Richardson. 

"MiMALS  AD  UsrM  Sarum"  (4'"  S.  vl43a 
558;  Tli,  C4.)— F.  C,  H,  8Ugge»tnh«t  the  date  of 
A  MS.  maybe  ascertained  by  means  of  tho  date  on 
which  Easter  Day  falls.  The  same  idea  occurred 
to  me  5*^ mo  time  ago  j  but  as  every  MS.  caileiidiir 
which  I  have  since  examined  places  Easter  l>.\y 
on  March  27,  I  have  come  to  the  conclusion  that 
it  WM  conventionally  placed  on  that  day,  in  which 
Cite  the  above  theory  of  course  falls  to  the 
gtomid-  F.  H.  n. 

Frahcis,  Earl  of  BoTHWKLt  (4***  S.  vi,  422  ; 
Tii,  62.) — ^Dr.  Ramage  is  quite  right,  atid  the 
date  stated  by  me  was  wrong.  I  took  it  from  a 
Botioe  (in  No.  xix-  of  the  J  lor  aid  and  Geneahgid^ 
pt  19)  of  a  seal  of  this  earl,  figured  in  the  lirat 
lenea  of  Lainff*§  Scotlish  Seals.  The  creation  cer- 
tainly took  pTace  before  December  10,  15S5,  on 
whicli  day  Francis,  Earl  of  Both  well,  a?  h**re- 
ditary  admiral  of  Scotland,  is  found  taking  pre- 
cedence in  voting,  of  Francis,  Earl  of  Errul,  the 
hereditary  constable.  See  Acts  &/  the  Scottiith 
PatHam^nif  vol.  iii.  p.  375  (cited  ia  HiddeU^s 
Atfnt^  Law,  vol,  i.  p.  16tJ).  As  Jwnuary  then 
JbUowed  December  in  the  calendar,  this  tran^ac- 
Ikm  occurred  more  than  a  mouth  before  the  ditto 
of  Boib weirs  charter,  quoted  by  Dr.  Ramaoe.  It 
il  eertainly  curious  to  hnd  him  dealinfr  vdth  the 
titk-huida  of  Olosebnm,  but  strange  thing'^  bap- 
ptQod  in  tho^e  days  of  tulchan  bishops  and  lay 
ibbota.  I  hope  some  one  will  clear  up  the  mys- 
Itry  aliont  his  brother- germ  an  Hercules  Scott, 
Hid  how  the  latter  came  by  his  Bumame. 

The  magnificent  remains  of  Cricbton  Castle  still 
ifcfceat  tlie  power  and  dignity  of  his  ancestors— t ho 
Bephigrna— whose  devices,  anchors  and  cordage, 
ilaigh  admirals  of  Scotland,  are  traceable,  carved 
aalOD6y  on  various  parts  of  the  ruins. 

Anglo-Scotcs. 

Parot^ics  (4'*  8,  vi.  47G;  vii.  15, 105.>— There 
*»  two  very  good  parodies  in  Tom  Hood's  An- 
«4«f  for  isfi :  one  is  of  Tennyson's  "  Clara  Vere 
^  Vftfep"  the  other  of  Longfellow's  **  Norman 
B«?oo."  Can  any  of  your  readers  inform  me  of  a 
ocwitpl«te  parody  on  S'hftkespeare*s  ^awi/ci^  1  am 
k»ld  that  sucb  a  thing  exists.  J.  C*  T,  Hall, 

The  Poeiic  Mirror ;  or  the  Livmg  Bards  f>f 
^ritmn,  Ixjngmaiis,  181(5.  This  is  reviewed,  and 
tom#  extracts  given  in  the  Quarterly  Jlcmcw^ 
^«*  ixx.     Reference  is  also  made  to  two  articles 


on  Parodies,  in  No.  xr.    I  have  not  that  number 
at  hand,  but  probably  it  contains  further  informa- 
tion on  the  subject.  T.  TjEWIS  0.  Davies. 
Pe^r  Tree  Vicaragt%  South ampt on, 

I  have  a  copy  of  The  Poetic  Mirror  r  or  the 
Living  Bards  of  Britain ^  second  edition,  published 
by  Longman 9,  1817  :  which  contains  parodies  of 
Byron,  Scott,  Wordsworth,  Hogg,  Coleridge^ 
Sou  they,  and  Wilson.  Before  it  came  into  my 
possesion  some  one  had  written  on  the  title*page^ 
*'  by  James  Hogg,  the  Ettrick  Shepherd.'* 

R.  R. 

Boston. 

Among  the  book?  of  parodies  and  imitations  in 
my  posses^tion,  of  which  I  gave  a  li^t  at  p.  15,  I 
find  that  I  accidentally  missed  one,  the  title  of 
which  I  now  subjoin  i — 

"Riv«l  Rhvmoa  in  Hnnour  of  Biimi.  With  curious 
Illiiatratlve  Matter,  Callocted  and  Edit«i  byBenTro- 
vato/'     Loadua  (UoutMgi;),  small  8va,  I8ii9. 

William  Bates. 

Uiniiiii|;ham. 

Lkviwkll  (3*'*  S.  X,  508 ;  xi.  65,  284,  483  ;  xii. 
402.) — Mr,  Skeat  says  he  does  not  rt member  this 
word  elsewhere  than  in  the  two  Cbauceriaa 
passages  and  in  the  Prumplorium,  I  have  just 
come  upon  it  in  the  Antttrn  of  Arther  in  Rohson's 
Three  Metnctd  Romance f^  (Camden  Society)  \ 
and,  as  the  kd/a  set  is  there  described  with  much, 
clearness,  I  think  the  lines  are  worth  quoting  in 
"  N.  &  Q/'— 

**  By  a  launeT  ho  hiy,  vndiir  a  lefe  aiile, 
Of  box  Slid  of  barbeH't  hyggyt  ful  hene/' 

Stanza  6. 
Htdliwell  quotes  fevesek  from  Occleve,  in  con- 
nection with  the  tavern.    Chatterton  seems  to  use 
the  word  correctly  in  the  two  instances  I  re- 
member r — 

•*  As  Etynour  bie  the  green  leaselk  was  syttyupv.'* 

*'  No  mo«  the  amblyn^  palfrie  and  the  homo 
Shall  from  the  lesid  rou^e  the  foxc  awale." 

Elinoitre  and  Jugeu 

I  find  no  difficulty  in  the  levegselle  of  the  tavern. 
Such  arbours  are  common  enough  in  suburbs  and 
country  at  the  present  day,  JoiiK  AitDis. 

Bkautt  but  Skin-deep  (4**  S.  il  204.) — This 
may  he  found  in  lialph  Venning^s  Orthodoxe  Para- 
dose*^  third  edition,  L(*adon,  1050,  p.  41 : — 

*'All  the  bfjiulv  of  the  world  'tis  but  skia-deep,  a 
Minne- blast  dcfrtcelh  iu*' 

W.  C.  B. 

The  Hon.  Cathrrinb  SouTnooa^  (4**»  S.  vi* 
I  54Ct;  vii.  64,) — She  wa**  the  youngest  daughter  of 
William,  second  Baron  Widdnngton  (who  died  in 
l(J7G),  and  married  Edward  (or  Edmund)  South- 
cote,  of  BIy borough  p  co.  Lincoln,  Esq.  She  died 
at  Cambray.  in  Flanders,  in  1758,  as  appears  from 
the  Gentleman' »  Afagazine  (xxviii.  29*2),  ^Vi«c^\v^ 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES, 


[4"'a.TU.r*B.25k'7l|i 


L 


ItuflVand  8  Christiiin  name  h  aaid  to  hhve  been 
EdmnDd.  The  fourth  Lord  WiddringtoD  and  Ha 
bralheia  were  out  in  1715  io  fiirour  of  the  StiiartB, 
ADd  were  tried  and  coQvicted  of  hi^^h  treaaon. 
They  were  however  pardoQed,  but  the  bwroay 
and  biioaetcy  were  forfeited.  See  I'He  P$erag§ 
cf  England  (2iid  ed.  1716)  and  Buxke's  Ej^nd 

On  the  floor  of  the  north  aisle  of  Blvbomugb 
church  18  a  atone  "To  the  memory  of  Dorothy, 
wile  of  Edmund  Soutbcote,  who  died  in  1714, 
Hged  Bixty/*  The  persona  hcr^  mentioned  were 
mobably  the  parents  of  the  hnsband  of  the  Hon. 
Catherine  Southcote,  and  the  fallowing  her  Ltia- 
band: — By  the  side  of  the  above  tomb  is  a  alab 
to  the  memory  of  Edmund  Soathcote,  Esq.,  who 
died  in  1725^  a^^d  forty-tive.  See  A  Iliitun/  vf 
the  Cmtniij  of  Lincoln,  4to,  1838  (L  30).      E.  V. 

"  HiLABroN*s  Servant,  the  Saqk  Crow  *'  (4*'* 
S.  vii.  11,  112.)^ — I  possess  an  old  volume  lettered 
on  the  back  Lives  of  the  SainUj  going  very  minutely 
into  all  their  miracles  and  supernatural  duings, 
Hilariott  Abbot  among  the  rest;  but  although 
13  pages  are  devoted  to  him,  there  is  notliiuji;  to 
support  Vaughau*s  allusion  to  him  and  the  crow. 
Your  oofreapondeut  F.  C.  H.  suggests  a  mistake 
of  Uilarion  for  Paul^  which  aends  me  back  to  mj 
Lt'^enda  Aurea,  where  I  liiid  under  *'  The  Life  of 
St.  Paule  the  Urst  Ilermite/*  that  he,  being  on  a 
certain  occasion  — 

^'  In  com rouaicatioa  with  St.  Antony,  there  came  a 
crowe  Had  3*tt*on  a  tree  tliereby,  who  %ing  softly  ucerc 
VDto  them,  let  fall  a  wIioIa  bufYe,  and  went  awiiy';  thoa 
Mid  Paul  to  ADtony,  lJlc;3i«ed  be  God  that  hnth  frent  ^-ic- 
taalt  for  ts  to  eate  ;  knof^  brother  Antony  that  it  is  six 
jeres  pince  this  crowe  hath  eucry  day  brought  me  balfe 
a  loaOe,  but  now  at  tby  ooming  the  Lord  haik  doubled 
<jur  prouision." 

After  F.  C.  Il/a  correction  I  should  not  have 
troubled  you  with  mine,  but  being  de^iirous  of  | 
ascertaining  aomething  more  about  my  authority, 
I  take  the  ooportunity  of  inquiring  what  h  known 
about  this  Lives  of  the  i^mtiU.  It  is  a  dumpy  little 
quarto,  my  copy  witbout  title,  beginning  **  Table 
of  the  Names  of  all  the  Sainta  contained  in  this 
Looke,  iind,  Kulendar  wi»e,  runs  to  p.  938,  Nov.  25, 
where  it  enda  imperfectly,  beginning  again  under 
July  31,  p,  17,  and  running  on  with  now  matter  as 
of  an  appendix  to  page  83,  where  the  book  enda 
thus: — 

**  A pprobator  Horuni  Sanctorum  Vitse  ex  alijs  longiu* 
in  Aniflitiani  a  D.  EdouarJo  Kincsman  Ver!?!i.%  tyto  et 
cunx  frtictu  edi  possum.  Arnlomarop.  27  Maij,  ataucitxin. 
Joun.  Floyd  D4y  Soo.  leea  Ttieclogiti." 

A,  O. 

Falls  op  Foters  ani>  Glamma  {V^  S.  vi.  501 ; 
vii,  620 — The  names  Glaniran,  Olamfnr,  Glora- 
inen,  might  with  equal  reason  be  derived  from  the 
^u.-Goih.  fioma  (fah  pk^mif  G,  t/femnUf  oblivisei 

tfiiT  the  river  Z^he) ;  or  from  fflimmay  micMe,  \ 


coruscaro  (Isl.  lioma,  lux) ;  or  glamma,  atrcpiii 
edere  (Isl.  glamrUf  strepere  ore»pei^,  glumr^  sti 
tusi,  glf/mr,  resonantia) ;  or  from  oa,-(ioi  * 
Ijom,  tepidus;  or  Isl.  Mn,  lacuna,  abosta^t 
ces^us  atagni.  But  a  more  probable  derivatioit' 
be  from  the  Celtic  lan^  lon^  lim,  aqua  (BoJLk. 
Lejr,  Ant,  Brit,  liynu,  liquor),  with  the  not 
C(jmmon  prefix  g.  Conf.  the  river  G Ian  (Carinthi 
whence  Klagenfurt,  i".^.  the  ford  of  the  Ghn 
Kluimi'j  the  Luue  (Lat*  Zm«<i),  a  river  of  Eng^- 
Lmd ;  the  German  rivers  Leine  and  Lame  (by 
some  Lona^  Ltums^  Loganus;  the  tail,  I  if,  m^ 
imda,  al^o  aqua;  the  Welsh  Ui^  a  liux, 
stream^  Gaelic  and  Erse  lua,  aqua* 

Gray*a  Inn. 

TflE  Mekout  op  Smells  (4*^  S,  vL  297, 
IIazlitt  is  right  in  his  assertion  that  it  is  im- 
possible to  remomber  smells,  for  the  faculty  af 
memory  ctin  only  be  exerdst^d  upon  objects  wr*"" 
have  been  seen  or  impressions  made  upon 
organa  of  hearing.  Bar- Point  says  he  can  r 
at  any  time  the  Hmell  of  the  binding  of  hi»  Bci 
books;  but  if  he  consider  a  moment^ and  analyj 
hia  mental  operations,  he  will  ftnd  that  he  finl 
recalls  by  memory  the  outward  ap 
books,  and  then  (by  a  totally  dit-t 
fancies  what  their  smell  was.  Thts  wnuie 
is  a  good  example  of  the  aasociation  of 
Taste  and  sniell  are  -closely  connected  in 
points,  and  the  same  law  holds  good  witli  tbf 
©ensations  of  taste.  Bar-Point  cannot  romeDtte 
the  taste  of  the  c^es  wLich  were  In  favour  wbcft 
he  was  at  school,  unless  he  first  remembers  wbat 
the  cakea  were  hke  in  outward  appearance.  Then 
it  is  easy,  by  the  exercise  of  fancy,  to  endow  thm 
with  tiie  attributes  of  sweetnesa,  flavour,  Jt 
which  had  formerly  such  a  charm  for  hira.  Tl 
process  in  fact  is  an  instance  of  what  3(fr.  J.  < 
Mill  hiippily  caiJa  *'  mental  chemiatry  "  ;  the 
operation  of  the  mind  almost  unconacioiijaly 
rates  the  other. 

The  mental  sequence  of  these  two  operalioDi 
thought  will  be  more  clearly  seen  by  tevc^ 
the  process.  Una  Bar-Point  ever  not; 
as  it  were  by  a  mental  flash,  a  smell 
calls  up  an  idea  of  place  ?  Association  oi  jufw  ** 
in  this  case  ngaiu  the  enchanter.  Thus  I  neTff- 
pass  a  yew-tree  hedge  in  my  garden  without  it» 
mdeacrlbabie  old-world  fraflrnnce  instantly  »- 
calling  to  my  mind  an  old  hall  in  Derby <shire,  ft 
hundred  miles  away,  in  the  garden  of  which  &» 
some  wonderful  examples  of  the  topiarian  artwiti 
which  I  first  made  acquaintance  when  qoito  ^ 
child.  Similarly,  the  peculiar  odour  which  doC 
ments  give  out  after  they  have  been  kept  iu  * 
drawer  a  long  time,  iiTesiatibly  reminds  me,  wbeo* 
ever  1  smell  it^  of  a  certain  brass- bound  mtuiGg^ 
desk  some  two  counties  removed  from  my  haia^ 

PxLien7& 


Ity  af 

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be  "fat 


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179 


TiovET  (4***  S.  viL  11.) — Tbe  name  is  pro- 
t  Boevey  (pronoanced  Boovey),  and  the 
kuiiiy  IS  now  represeutt^d  by  Sir  Tbomas  Crawley- 
Joever,  Eart,»  of  Fkxley  Abbey »  co.  Gloucester. 
[aim  Boevey  was  the  brother  of  tlie  Mnry  Cour- 
HiAfr  about  whose  father  Mn,  Bo\aB  inqiiirt's, 
rheir  father  wna  WiUitim  Hoevey  of  London, 
lifSicIiftiit,  joint  purchascir  with  his  brother  Jauiea 
^f  FUxJey  Abboy  in  1G47.  Ho  died  in  liWL 
thtii  mother  was  Anne^  dauc'hter  of  John  Lucy. 
iriiidi  Anne  married  (^ecotidfy)  Sir  James  Smith, 
Knt.  The  brother,  James  H^:>evey,  eldest  (?)  son 
rf  Andrew  Boe?ey,  died  in  16<*o»  hamg  married 
Ifugmret  Creasett  (who  snrvived  him),  and  leav- 
Dff  utile  ComeliBf  wife  of  Thomna  VaniLker,  and 
William  BoeTey  of  Flaxh-y^  whcse  widcw  Katbft- 
ine,  daujrhter  of  John  Hichea,  was  the  "  widow  " 
»«kvTad  of  Sir  lio^er  de  Coverley.* 

Th#  hr<:)ther  of  Mary  Courtenay  wa^  father  of 

Riehard  Boevey,  who  took  the  name  of  Garth^ 

mA  WHS  ancestor  of  the  Garths  of  Morden,  co, 

p  '  '.t>r  sister  Judith  married  Sir  I^\iuaa 

I  Anne  and  Jc»anna,  sifters  of  Jnmes 

Lnavvui^aLii  Bo6vey,  married^  the  latter  Abraham 

■^■ll|iand  the  former  Diivid  Bonnell  of  lal^ 

Klurtfty'  irbose  datig^hter   Mary   married  Thomas 

Citwle^r  of  LoQdoD,  merchant 

Tlw  amis  of  Bo€vey  are  given  by  Cleveland 
■a  Or,  an  a  chevron  sable  three  platee;  but  in  the 
gust  of  arma  to  Cniwley-Jk>evey  they  are  cited 
MBnn.  on  a  bend  gule^  between  two  martlet? 
iiftblr,  tlinr  putties  d'or:  and  so  I  think  they 
ipr  tnooumenta  in  Flaxley  chureh» 

I;  I  for  this  iuforniation|  which  1  hope 

VM'  -  to  Ma.  Botle,  he  can  giv«  mo  any 

H"  I  thn  pedljn"ee  (if  Andrew  Boevey^  I 

izt'd.     I  think  he  will  have  to 

.  lud.  HeXRT  H.  GlDBS. 

^,  JjimiUa'j?,  lichen t's  Park, 

Fi:i-iTR  :  FwsxL  (4^  S.  vii.  55.)— The  anrns  of 

rt3   three   strawberry   flowers  on  a   blue 

'.  iiev  are  borne  by  Lonia  lA)Tftt  and  tSnl' 

id  Tl>y  Sir  W,  Fraaer  of  Ledeclune,  Bart. 

nher  and  arrangement  have  varied  at  dif- 

iedoai  timea ;  iix  is  not  uncommon,  placed  three, 

*^,  JwH  one.     In  Scotch  heraldry  the*©  atraw- 

alled  "  Fnurira.'^     They  may  be 

iit  cross  at  Peebles.     Aa  to  the 

1  hhallbe  glad  of  information. 

.   the  French  Fraaers,  the  Maivitufl  de 

LuiCy  waa  kUled  in  the  Duche«Be  deBems 

TnB  KxidBT  OF  MORAR. 

'Rryis  OF  STo^fBHKKdE  (4*"*  S.  vii.  36.) — 

b^ggnn,  thp  tnu-mvpr  of  Mr.  EirwTff  Dim- 

^»  old  print  of  >  s  was  born  at  1  Jantzic 

*fco«t  tha  year  10..  jiig  to  Bryan  j  and  big 


J*  "The  rtrxmw  Wi4ow'*  Is  noticed  in  •'  ?!.  &  Q,/' 
'*l  bi.  m ;  il«i  S.  iU.  £16,— Ed.] 


chief  worka,  the  same  anthprity  a^anres  us,  were 
publiahed  in  the  last  quarrer  of  the  nerenteenth 
century.  Thia  will  enable  Mr.  Ditnudi  to  ^x, 
approximatively  the  date  of  his  print 

T.  WEaxwooD. 

Bev,  Nbhemiah  Bogebs  (4*^  S.  vii,  77.)  — 
Nehemiah  Roirera  occurs  aa  prebendary  of  the 
sixth  stall,  BlV,  in  ia3a  He  died  beft)re  1660, 
aa  Laurence  \Vomoclc  was  collated  to  this  atall 
July  15,  \mO,  and  inatalled  Sept  22  of  the  aame 
year.  (Walkcr'a  Sufferings^  ii.  22;  L©  Neve'a 
Fadi  Auglkmi,  i.  000.) 

Rogers  was  abo  rector  of  S.  Botolph'e,  Blabop- 
gate,  to  which  he  succeeded  March  2G,  1642,  on 
the  resignation  of  Wykes.  Robert  Pory,  D.D.,  woa 
admitted  to  the  rectory  Aug.  10,  1(K50, /r^r  nwri, 
Rogers.  (Walker,  ii.  176;  Newcourt's  MeptrtO'- 
rittm^  i.  313.)  Rogers  waa  admitted  to  the  vicar- 
age of  Messing^  in  Essex,  May  1^3, 1 020,  per  mart, 
Harris  ;  John  Preston  succeeded  May  3,  1042,  per 
ces^,  Rogers.     (Newcourt*8  Hep,  ii»  417.) 

He  waa  alao  rector  of  Great  Toy,  in  I^ex.  He 
entered  on  this  preferment  Aug.  15, 1644.  (New- 
court's  Mep.  ij.  572,)  JonirsoN  BAii*Tt 

8.  A,  will  find  some  account  of  him  in  the 
"Puritan  Series  of  Commentariee/'  republished 
by  Nichols,  Edinbuwh,  It  ia  pre&iced  to  a  r^ 
print  of  A  Btranae  Vmeyard  in  PkUestma. 

1,  RighOdd  Place,  Bradford. 

Simon roEs  and  the  Codex  SuTAiTicrs  (4*^ 
S.  vii.  77.)— W.  E.  A.  A.  will  find  the  extra- 
ordinary statement  of  Simonides  printed  tn  cjy- 
temo  in  The  Guardian^  Jan.  2L  18(j3,  and  the 
consequent  controversy  waa  carried  on  principally 
in  that  paper,  in  the  Literaiy  Chitrrhman^  anu  tba 
Clerical  JounuiL  A  few  letters  appeared  also  In 
The  PaHhmon  and  other  literary  periodicals  of 
the  first  quarter  of  1863. 

I  have  preserved  aome  collectanea  on  the  aflEair, 
and  shall  W  happy  to  lend  them  to  W.  E.  A.  A- 
if  he  will  commimicatfl  with  me. 

tJnl'iss  {m  I  hope  to  be)  I  Jim  anticipated  by 
some  one  better  qualiiled,  I  should  be  happy  to 
condense  an  article  I  wrote  at  the  time  in  a  pe* 
nodical  now  defunct  into  a  rSmm*^  of  the  whole 
controversy,  if  Mr.  Editor  could  give  it  room. 

Gbobcub  M.  Greef* 

27.  King  William  Street,  Strand. 

[Sach  an  article,  if  it  can  he  brought  within  a  mod«cate 
compaas,  would,  we  shotiid  think,  be  very  acceptable  to 
many  rcadon.  J 

A  laamed  friend  told  me  lately  that  Simonided 
informed  him  that,  if  he  ezammed  the  originiil 
MS.  with  that  of  TiaclieDdorf  a  edition,  he  would 
find  two  places  marked  aa  *'  lacuna  *'  by  tJie  hitter, 
because  they  bore  evident  marks  of  being  the 
handiwork  of  Simonidea,  for  the  invlx^V  Vvi\\«t  ^1 
I  twaity-one  consecuti^a  ^im«  «^^l«uX>jEt^  Tiasnfc 


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t^u-STU.  F.JI.25,' 


K,  o,  n»  9,  t,  ft,  D,  t,  i,  n,  o,  a,  S,  i,  m,  o,  n,  i,  d,  e,  «. 
If  thia  be  tbe  CAs&^  there  chu  be  no  doubt  thAt  all 
the  world  is  deceived  aboitt  the  antiquity  of  the 
MS.  Simonidefl,  to  tbe  last,  declart'd  it  to  be  his 
haodiwork,  0,  L.  BLENKUfsop?, 

Springthorpc  Reclorj% 

CHARLEMAQTrE,  Arms  OF  (4*'"  S.  %ii,  76-)~If 
TOY  T^coOection  eervea  me,  a  colossal  Matue  of 
OnftrlemagTie,  opposite?  nneof  the  entmncea  to  the 
Paris  Exhibition  of  1867,  bad  on  the  shield  a 
flinple  cross  florj  (no  tinctures  Bbown-) 

W,  M.  IL  C.  will  find  the  folio  vPing"  entriea  in 
Rietfttap*B  Armorial  gSn^rai: — 

**  Chftrlumagme,  Normandy.  ^^  D*/i2ur  an  chevron  ac- 
oompagQ^  en  ch^t  de  deux  croissanta  et  i^n  pomte  d'unc 
moktte,  1«  tout  d'or. 

*'  Charlemagne,  Hern*. — D'or  a  rai|*:lft  de  sable  charge 
d'unc  fasot  I'n  clivi«t'  de  gtieule*  aurchargi?  de  troi*  roses 
d'argcnt." 

Sawnry  Bkane,  the  Man-eater  (4*^^''  S.  vii 
77.) — The  narrative  {given  in  tbe  following  work) 
of  the  atrocities  committed  by  bim  and  bia  family 
are  '*  attested  by  the  most  unqueatjonable  his- 
torical evidence^'"  as  atated  by  Captain  Charles 
Jobnson  in  his  Ilut&n/  of  the  Liifts  and  Aetiom 
of  the  mod  famous  Hiqhicayfnen^  Street -robber  t^ 
|c.  *c.,8vo,  Edinburgh,^  1813,  pp.  3.^7.  Tbi»  edi- 
tion apnear?  to  be  a  reprint,  as  ttie  Adverliaement 
atates  that  "the  History  "had  become  verv  scarce 
and  Tahiatile.  At  the  sale  of  the  late  finite  of 
Boxburgb's  books  a  copy  sold  for  fifteen  guineas^ 
beaidea  duty.  W.  P. 

Whale's  Rib  at  Sorrento  (4^''  S.  vii.  ^6,  84.)  i 
The  object  alluded  to  illustrates  a  niediffivfll  prac- 
tice of  putting  objecta  of  curiosity  in  cburchea  as 
an  attraction  to  those  who  otherwise  would  not 
coBie,  and  is  defended  by  Durandus.  In  the 
churcli  of  S.  Mary  Redclifle,  Bristol^  there  is  (or 
was  until  lately)  a  large  bone,  most  probably  that 
of  a  whale,  but  aaid  to  be  the  rib  of  tbe  dun  cow 
killed  by  the  redoubtable  Guy,  Earl  of  Warwick. 
As  it  stood  upon  a  corbel  apparently  intended  for 
itj  and  of  tbe  same  date  as  the  church,  this  bone 
baa  probably  been  there  for  centuries, 

P,  E.  Maset, 

TiTB  Schoolmaster  Abroad  rw  Stafford- 
BmRE  (4***  S.  vii.  12L) — The  tirat  of  tbeso  storiea 
was  in  Punch  long  ago,  and  is  Bpoiled  in  the  Staf* 
fordshire  Ad  cert  her.  It  had  a  further  point,  in 
tbe  unseemly  resemblance  between  the  words 
bishop  and  bitch.  The  collier  aaysj  on  hearing  of 
a  bishop,  **  I  don*t  know  what  thee  means,  but 
mj  bitch  Ro6e  shall  pin  be.^'  It  may  he  seen, 
admirably  illustrated  as  uaual,  in  tbe  inimitable 
collecdoi^f  Leech's  drawings. 
TMe  etorr  fua^  be  m  triiQ  one,  but  Punch  gene- 
r^ypats  *''Fact"  when  it  w  sa        Lttoxtow*   \ 


NOTES  ON  BOOKS.  ETC. 

Otlmdtr  of  State  Popert^  DomeMtic  Seriett  of  j 
of  Knz'abm,   lCOl-1603.     With  Arldenda,   1547,  l| 
^:dUtd  by  Mary  Anne  Everett  Green. 

Caimdar  of  State  Paperw,  Foreign  Seriem^  of  the  i 
Elixabethf  15G4-5.     Edited  by  Joseph  Sterenfon,  J 

Calendar  of  State  Papert^  Cotimiat  Series^  Kuat  Im 
China  and  Japan.  1617-1621.  Edited  by  W.  ' 
SAinsburyi  lC*q, 

Calendar  of  State  FaperBf  Foreign  and  lh*mtiikt « 
i7«jaii  of  Henry   VIIL  preserved  in  the  PnhUe  P 
{}ffice,   British    Museum,   and  ^tewkere   in    Kn^ 
Arranged  and  Catalogued  by  J.  S.  Brewer,  M^ 
IK     Parti. 

If  any  douH  cotih!  cxUt  aA  to  the  valae  and  inipott> 
anco  of  ihe  great  work  of  calendaring,  and  so  renderiisf 
available   the  match1e<i9  Rtores  of   bistorical  docttBwoU 
presen'ed  amon^  our  National  Records,  to  the  inaogun* 
tion  of  which  tbe  late  81r  George  Lewis  so  largely  eoo' 
tributed,  and  wbidi  ia  naw  being  so  raoceKfully  carried 
on,  under  the  superrlaion  of  Lonl  Romilly,  it  most  l}f  ith 
statitly  dii*|>eiled  by  a  glance  at  the  conrenta  of  tbe  fwar 
f^oodly  rolumcA  w'ho»e  tiilm  we  have  just  IrtxtieiiM. 
There  in  not  a  branch  of  our  hi!vtnr}%  fiolitical,  eodeMM  ^ 
ticah  muntcipal,  or  social,  which  does  not  receive  nKne  «r 
k>M  i  n  u«itration  from  some  of  the  docuraenti  here  deeefibed, 
and  of  muny  cif  i\htch  the  very  exjftenoe  is  fir^t  mide 
known  to  »tu(kntB    b}'  these  volumea.      Mn.   Kveiett 
Greenes  Calendar   completer  the  regular  suits  of  the 
Domestic  State  Pap^^r?  *^f  the  Ueijni  of  Queen  Ellzibeth, 
and  throwa  much  li^ht  on  the  proceoding^t  against  tbe  td- 
herenta  of  the  Earl  of  E^^sex  ;  on  the  controversy  betwOTS 
the  Jesuitfl  in  England  and  the  secular  prie^ta:  and  for* 
niniheit  iiume  minute  details  concerning  the  last  Qtaosfod 
death  of  Elizabeth  :  the  remoinder  of  the  volame  b«is|5 
occupied  with  addenda  of  the  Donaestic  Paper*  ofEdwanJ 
the  SiJttb,  Mnry»  ami  the  early  yeara  of  £ii/;abctli  dii* 
covered  since  tfie  printing  of  Nfr.  Lemon's  Tolume*    Mr, 
Stevenson's  vohmie  is  the  last,  it  is  underatood,  whi»*b  tbo 
pablic  will  receive  from  this  acciimplished  ?^  hotar ;  ati] 
those  who  glance  over  the  brief  hnt  intor 
which   ho  givca   of  the  content*  of  the  v. 
contains  abstracts  sa  well  of  the  entire  officiai  corrcspnTiu- 
«noe  whjcb  paised  between  England  and  formgattnr 
Iriea,  Si  also  cyf  such  letters  as  were  sent  from  ahroid  lA 
the   Queen  and  the  Kngliith  Ministry  geoendly,  dnnfif 
the  yoara  15H4  and  15&5,  will  regret  that  tbey  are  la  f^ 
ceive  no  more  such  luatructive  sketches  from  the  asAt 
hand,    llio  interest  attached  to  Mr.  SainsburyV  voloiait 
is  altogether  of  a  different  character,  for  the  documsott 
conlained  in  it  continue  the  curious  tUusirations  of  t^« 
origin  of  the  East  India  Company  and  of  our  Stult^ 
ments  in  India  which  were  commenced  in  Mr^Sain^^bnir'^ 
preceding  volu/me — ^ a  volume  of  which  it   mar  ^>l'  i*" 
marked  that  it  was  conpidcrcd  so  valuable  by  the  S^tt- 
tary  of  State  for  India  timt  Offy  copies  of  it  bava  bf  fcil 
direction  bt>en  distiibuteiJ  among  the  four  PrttsidiiiiaHii 
India,    The  last  Calendar  we  have  now  to  notice  if  t^ 
fir.st  port  of  vol.  iv.  of  Mr.  lircwer's  State  Papers^  fhrttji* 
and  £Jome9tic,  of  the  Fieign  of  Htnrtf  VliL     Allhf*u^ 
the  papers  contalne<l  in  it  are  confined  to  those  of  1^ 
lf/2G,  yet  as  they  have  been  collected  from  tJUJ  i**8* 
able  source  and!  are  calendared  at  c^mllid^'r v'' '  ••"^'*''|- 
they  occupy  a  tliou!"«nd  pageii,  and,  in  cun 
iustructive" commentary  with  which  Mr.  Bn 
ittlTOAu,ciw\i\*'^Q\ftwwi"wUl  appear  with  the  last  |>^ri  of '*■ 


4tt&VU.  ria..25.7l.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


» 


Tl#  Foeficol  Work*  f^f  Thoma*  fffiod,  EdUedt  trtih  a  Cri- 
l»>.i/  Hmwir,  fcy  WiJIinm  Michjiel  HoiBotti.  lUuMtrattd 
l>y  liUftAVo  Dorc.     (Moxon.) 

This  w  K  nicclr  printed  volume  of  the  dioircflt  pnema 
«if  Thr>mft*  IIochI/  It  doea  not  contiim  all  his  Comic  I'ntfHM, 
or  nil  Uts  SerwuMf  tbofe  mast  be  Bought  for,  ir  granted, 
ijj  thfi  two  voluniM  so  cntitlwl.  Mr,  Ho*9ctti  opens  the 
▼olurr  ■■■'■■'  '  -cfftton- notko,  in  wbk'h  thefev  iticideiita 
of  th*  ir«  briefly  atirl  pleaxantly  told,  tnd  Ids 

nkcf  irli-^h  pocifl  fixed  by  the  writer  «»  *'the 

finet  Engli-*!!  poet  brtwctfn  the  peneration  of  Shelley  nnd 
til*  generation  of  Tennyson/*    The  volume  is  illusiratml 
with  reJuceti  cupiea  of  Dor^«  well-known  pictures, 
Tkt  Tear  Book  of  FacU  in  Scienrr  and  Art:  txhibiting 
the  mn§t  Jmynrtant  DUcrtmrirn  nnd  Impravementa  of 
cA«  Fast  Tear,  ^c.  By  JohnTimb*»  (Lock wood  &  Co.) 
We  have  apain  to  welcome  the  indcfarignUle  Mr.Timbft,, 
«Dil  we  gladly  direct  the  attention  of  such  t*f  our  readcra 
«s  are  interestetl  in  the  prwRTc»»  of  Bcicnce  to  thia  freah 
pioof  of  Mr.  Titnbj's  intelligent  industry. 

RsirisiON  OF  TUB  BiBLK.— The  Old  Testament  Com- 

ftMf  tft  BcTiaen  resvtmed  their  labonra  on  Tu&iday  ]n»i 

ttsder  tbe  nre9id«ncy  of  the  Biahop  of  SL Daxida,  who,  we 

l^oici?  to  leim,  no  longer  aec«  any  neceaalty  for  wiih- 

.111  his  connection  with  this  imporUnt  work, 

ritinue  to  g^uide  the  coundh  of  the  Iteviatrs 

lane  hitherto.     From  this  it  may  be  inferred 

:t    r      T    !>  13  judgment,  the  principle    for  which   he   »o 

n.      ^i        -ntended  in  the  debate*  of  last  week  in  the 

I  ;    r  t{  use  of  Convocation  hia  lie  en  amply  vindicated, 

I I  -ps  of  Uandaff,  Ely,  tod  B«th  and  WdLs  and 
thiric.  ii  other  membert  were'aUo  present  at  this  meeting 
of  the  compaoy. 

A  CLrn  IS  Ci>3«STAXTixoi'Lr. — A  new  Ottoman  dub 
bai  t>*«o  organised  in  Htamboulf  originated  by  Maslaphm 
Faxyl,  wb*>  h^n  already  made  a  han<l«ome  donation  of 
^m  I  ■  rks  to  the  library  of  the  club.  A  branch 
of  IJi:  n  hia  1U3W  foroiod  itself  into  a  literary 

iocif'.  -  1  puipoM  of  translating  Eur"pean  works 
of  tho  greater  edebrity  into  Turkish,  and  is  at  thia 
mocsrat  engaged  on  the  Letten  of  Lord  Cheiiarjitld. 

Ma.  John  Maiitix,  M^R,  the  Repealer,  and  tatcly- 
elfcted  member  for  Meath  county,  ha^*,  to  use  the  word* 
altbe  late  Artcm«<  Ward,  been  f^uilty  of**  a  goak/'  We 
■e  in  Debrett'a  Nemldk  and  Bioifraphictd  Houxe  o/" 

tMM  4tmi  the  Judicial  Bench^  the  editor  atales— that 

ia  r*piy  to  his  customary  inquiry*  as  tt»  the  armorial  die- 
tuictioDii  borne  by  the  new  member^Mr*  Martin  replied, 
**1  carry  no  armi!     This  U  a  proclaimed  dialrict " 

SiiAJtSTEAKX.  — At  the  sale  la^t  week,  by  Metars. 
Zo/th^t  ^^  ^«  valuable  library  of  Iha  Rev.  Thomas 
OoVMr  a  unique  collection  of  Shakfipeare'a  works  waa 
ilMaatd  of.  The  firft  four  folio  editions  fetched  re»p«c- 
;itr^  leo/^  49t^  71L,  and  UL  ;  a  second  quarto  of  the 
^i^rthAmi  of  Vtme*^'l2L -y  a  s«oond  quarto  of  MidMum* 
mtr  mffke*  DTttim,2eL  ;  the  King  Lntr of  160ft,  26/.  10*. ; 
tba  fir«t  cd  i tion  of  Troytus and  Crtneid, 37 L  }  Oihdlo^  1680, 
If.  10a,  J  and  Rmnto  and  Juliet,  1637,  1  \l  The  preatart 
mrily  in  the  sale  was  the  ori*?inal  e<titiort  of  the  Stmneh^ 
ieo»,  which,  although  the  Utle^pape  and  leaf  of  deilica- 
tioo  were  in  fac -simile,  reached  45/.  Kext  m  interest 
««fe  the  f'fuuf  and  Adtmit^  which  reached  &6/^  being 
ont  of  the  only  two  perfect  cnpie«  known  (the  other  la  in 
Uie  BHtHhMuwum),  and  the  /'wnu  tf  IG50,  duodecimo, 
quite  fierfecl,  AIL  The^so  last  throe  were  purcha.*od  by  Mr. 
Addiftjctoo,  who  lust  year  gave  200/.  for  a  s^ty  fine  copy 
ttf  the  third  folio. 

KaTioiKAf.  Gallwit*— The  Annual  Report  of  the 
THiector  hat  jii«t  been  printad.  Five  pf^tttnea  frene  bought 


« 


during  the  last  year^nameh',  *'  An  Old  Woman  peeling 
a  Pear/*  by  David  Teniers ;  *♦  Saint  Pelpr  Martyr,"  the 
portrait  of  a  Dominican  monk,  by  Giovanni  licllin),im^ 
ported  from  Milan;  **Tho  Procession  to  Calvary,**  hy 
Boccaccio  Boccaccino,  importe*!  from  Milun;  "The  Ma- 
donna  and  Infant  Christ,  the  Youthful  Baptist  and 
Anf*elV*  on  uniniahed  picture  ascribed  to  Michel  Angelo; 
an  ailtar-picco  by  (fiarabattista  Cima  da  Con ei»^liano,  re- 
presenting **  The' Incredulity  of  St.  Thomas/'  The  collec- 
tions of  the  National  Gallery  at  Trafalgar  S<}uare  and 
at  South  Kefisington  have  (nsfluming  that  all  the  visitors 
to  the  Museum  visit  the  Picture  Gallery)  been  attended 
bv  l,9i;i,56t  peri*nns  on  the  public  days  durinjj  the  year 
1870  J  898,715  at  Trafalgar  Square,  and  1,014,849  at 
f^outh  Kensin^on,  The  daily  average  attendance  at 
Trnfiilgar  Square  (open  to  the  public  180  days)  was  ^ 
4,915  ;  io  l%m  the  average  was  4,!>l  1.  ■ 

We  learn  from  Tht  Publisher  a  Cirrular  that  Messrs, 
Sampi^on  Low  4t  Co.  have  now  nearly  ready  for  ddivi^ry^ 
the  Dictionary  of  Biof^raphical  IJeference,  by  l^wrence 
B,Phillip^  F.R.A.S,,  which  will  consiit  of  over  1,000  pp. 
medium  Svo,  The  value  and  importance  of  this  dic- 
tionnry  will  be  Iwst  perceived  when  it  is  stated  that  there 
will  lie  one  hundred  thousand  namea  — a  number  which 
exceeds  by  many  thousands  those  eontaioed  in  the  most 
voluminous  existing  works  upon  the  subject — and  up- 
wards  of  a  quarter  of  a  million  references.  The  chief 
letters  run  as  follows;  in  B  12,(100  names  C  9,397,  ^m 
G  5,G40,  L  5,481,  M  6,816,  S  7,800.  ■ 

Damp.  EunorA's  Poim^ot..— The  success  of  this  pam-  " 
phlet  has  tH^en  remark  able.  The  sale  has  reached  nearly 
200,000  copies,  and  it  has  been  already  tranislated  into  ^ 
French,  white  propositions  for  German,*ttalian,  and  Por-  ^| 
tuguesQ  translations  have  been  forwarded  to  the  pub-  ^| 
liihers.  The  following,  according  to  The  Fubiighert* 
C^rcuhr^  h  a  list  of  the  answers  and  imitations  which  it 
has  called  forth.  Their  vale  has  also  t>ecn  unexceptiunally^ 
large.  The  first  on  the  list  iii— John  Justified,  a  Reply  to 
the  Fight,  6d,  (Simpkin) i  Johns  Governor  visita  Uame 
Europa'a  School,  Gcf.  (Blackwood)  ;  Break-up  of  D/irae 
Europa's  School,  dd.  (Clowes);  Which  should  John  have 
Helped?  F<£.  (Hardwicke)}  Why  Johnny  didn*t  Inter- 
fere, M  (Whitlaker) ;  The  Row  at  Dame  l^uropa's  School, 
another  account,  by  a  Chum  of  JohnnyX  Gd.  (Trilbner)  ; 
Master  John  and  bis  Tenants,  or  What  Sandy  thou|?ht  of 
the  H attar,  Sd,  (Sttopkio);  What  Johnny  thought  of  it 
all  1  a  brief  Review  of  his  Treatment  at  the  hands  of 
Friend  and  Foe,  Sd.  (Whit taker) ;  John's  LTncle  thinks  It 
Time  to  say  a  VVord,  or  How  to  Conquer  England,  6*f, 
(Hotten)  1  A  Few  Parliculara  of  John's  Fag  at  the  Dame^s 
School,  (id.  ( Den n ant). 

LnXlHiN     iNTKItNATlOieAL     ExiIinTTlOJf     OP     1871.— 

Dtirin;;  t tie  week  ending  February  18,  upwards  of  3,500 
Briti-ih  objects,  consisting  uf  Sculpture,  Pottery,  Wool- 
lens, and  Educational  Works  and  Appliances,  have  li«ea 
delivered  at  th«  Exhibition  Buildings,  boddea  foreign 
objects  from  Bavaria,  Belgium,  and  Saxony. 


BOOKS    AND    ODD    VOLUMES 

WAHTSD  TO   l*F&Oa^SB. 

FArttmlari  of  Trlw,  *«.,  of  th»  fbllowtug  Boolu  to  be  ■ent  illr«H  tft 
th«  c^nikioeti  ity  wtvjm  titer  »rt  ftquu^d,  whaM  buubm  mwI  mJOr^aaM 
«r«  riven  fur  that  purpoN;  — 
Nimait  (n%r.  JoaaV.  A  CoLLaOTios  Of  l£tacax»LAXias,  *e,    Itonft, 

tdDixkid,  17*3,  _        .        ,,__ 

ni:,nTi{W»i.i.TnB  BBfTiBM  Linii^ttU*.    Sim.    ^^*^*''^.'.L  <■'..  ^..„.. 
I>t>i:(}l.A«  tHKV.  JoifJt),    Mll.TOif   \  iXDlOATSO    rBOJt    Tua   LUAtuia 

or  FUAUUnirtH,  JKc.    ft»ro,     LHjndm,  IJ6L  ..»«.»  x^L^kl  x«vw^ 

Tna  EsoLittHMkji  t>vttWrt*i*  \»  -riaa  Cwmci.  «t  t^v*  ^-ttuv^wa, 
t8yThomMClUk*m»a,D*S>.n  »»«•  Vmdoa,\l^ 


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WmtMA  hr  Mr,  A  rt^  Was*>*,  LyMdock  OteMl.  QlM»o». 


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All*  «i<y  »**i^  Wurki  cm  MncmoDla  or  MemotT^    OfiH  StAkw,  Itot, 

WinieA  bf  Jfr.  r.  IT,  S^m^mg^  EMon  liomtt,  Leeib. 


To  fw*'*^  (A**  fffjuirtmentu pf  ovr  numfntu.%  and  in^'mittn^ 
OirrrjqnittJtfntiit  ttr  iism:  a  32  fHtgf  numher  wjain  (his  trrtk, 
IM  VI  tokc  thf  opportunity  nf  a»kxng  tftem  to  hr  um  brUfa* 
pQwitlt^  and  ttgam  to  reiaimi  them  to  write  legibly. 

SrrKNTiric  QiTKRriw  §hould  be  addret»td  to  $dii^(fie 
jemrmU,  nnd  GeNKAi.ooiCAi.  guBJtlBB,  mot  qf  gmeral 
hatrrnt^  witi  not  hr  inserted  unleMM  tA«  Qiwrwf  addi  hu 
name  find  the  uddrfts  to  vrhkh  the  informaiitm  he  r^mrcs 
mmtf  Ipc  ftrrtpordeid  direct. 

Mat  MAnRiACEs.—n.  J.  fNew  Ycjrk)  i>  rtferred  to 
"  K.  &  Q.**  !•*  S.  L  467,  on  the  $tdiject  nf  fuck  marrutff€M 
being  ntdutJ^. 

A*  lojroBAitT  Asa,—"  We  tc^mhl  wttt  hear  vtmr  entmy 
aap  JKV**  ^C„  I*  referred  to  **  N.  &  Q/*  of  Jtm,  21  hu^ 
p,  '5fi,  and  aim  to  p.  173  of  the  prtMent  number. 

Couch,  thk  allroeo  CisifTBSfAHUV.  —Mr.  Poi*e 
Caiikuv's  intrre4ting  letter  i§  un/ntddtddu  poeipaeud  ntUil 
nej^t  ttrrk.  ff  «  fuitfe  u/jo  to  tkaiJi  Mr.  VEMUKUhY  for  HIm 
commftfucaiion  o»  the  $mt*Jrct. 

EriKATA,— 4*''  H,  vi.  p.  n^n,  cril  u,  Hnc  8  frmn  hoitomt 
hr  "ScUnRAntt"  re^d  **  Tt'linpilna  "  ;  p.  r>i»f»,  col.  i.  lliia  1, 
jltr  **AK>k£r  EUidipiid"  read  **  Asok%  Edict  uiediii  in* 
actifituMii." 

AtfemmmilemUem  MkomU  %e  o^frMMrf  f»  Me  EdHvr  nf  **1f.  Ifc  Q." 

••«  CiMttv  Mndlitff  Ike  VaIuhim  04"  **  IT.  A  Q.**  raAjr  tw  had  of  Ml* 
FtiblUher,  and  <»f  all  BooluvUen  Aud  litimnen. 


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MMorqiM'r  Stamps  (kt 
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Corner  of  Cliancery  Lanp. 

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tuUicct  of  e*j>«4in«il  wJih  tnjuiufftctiir«»^  but  until  lately  no  iinpro»f>- 
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eofralfudon  did  imH  Mfoi  Miiiftmimj  u$  Memn,  Vam/tmi  uoh  ft  CooFia, 
of  tlMfc  Stncl.  wJkO  dat«nnln«d  lo  oonUAtM  «««T»tioi]«  until  wme  new 
TWuU  wM  «tt«lii«(L    Sheer  penavvFMUMi  bfls  wca  nB«ankd,fbr  tbejr 


h»vit  M  lavt  been  ablt  tu  pri^iitucfl  a  new  d««cr1jptkui  of  i  ^         

..    . ••nytliJotoftlieHodiaoedtMry 


wit  CLUraot7«B  Nuts,  tIjAt  •uriMMM«Drt]iint  of  tile  kIodl4 

ttt€.    The  new  p»p«r  i*  btMutifitlly  white,  it*  «urftee  k»  mt 

K tithed  ivory,  mad  tte  Mtwtuiee  nearly  KMmMej  th^t  of  veUam.ee 
U  the  wfiiingtfaefeuByiietm>ei>e»treotdi«Bry<i«Mnew«B4tBMi»y. 
JL  *t»eJ  pen  tmn  tx  umd  npaa  H  «1ib  the  ti«Uity  of  m  m»m  qvill.  eud 
^aL^^  '"'^  ifi*nmofaaaoF*otx  bu  tma  ooiBplMely  Mi9«Mded/' 


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KOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


183 


)OWDOX,  SATVRDAr,  MARCH  4, 1871, 


CONTENTS,— N»  166. 

^"Omrft  Ben  Jmmm\**  ISa  — A  Fretich  Mys- 
^  .„  ,oi .  it  t  vr..,.  Phhopa,  lb.—  The  Complc- 
—  Pifteon  Post  to  PiJii  — 
■j\fH  —  Dia-sptrit  —  ll»r'» 
I;  Thrushes  —  Craven  8«j- 
is —  Balltid  Printen'  8uc- 
xjorck  aDtictpfttod :  "  8tew- 

Correspondcnca  between  Queen  Anne  and 
'DilDtetion  —  *•  Apr^  moi  k  iMlupte  " :  Arrh- 
Iton  —  Bacon's  Qwpctn  Counsel »bip  —  G. 
"Mifts  Farreii's  Moufte  in  Gr^-cn  Street  — 

. Hnkfin's  Laurel    Wreath  —  Governor*  of 

H  M»nrn4'k«»  of  Combmartin  —  HtimpUm  Fjiinily 
Mi!ll|jiii  —  Merk«.  Bishop  nf  Carlislo,  t^mp, 
Ji,  —  Mutton  and  Capers  — ^  "  Owl  *.  that  lov^bat 
Sky**— P)<MH|h-bote  —  Thi*  Popi*  B»i.  or 
ir«i*— Sliftkei|Mare:  Epitaph  on  sirThomui 
Bfittta  Laird  —  **  H«ro  of  tho  Warmlng-pau  " 
or  Wyunell.  186. 
_  Tho  "  Blw«  Laws"  of  Connncticut,  191  — 
' "  "  r  -  -  ,^  "  of  CAldaro*  IBS  —  "Es  "  and 
•werm,  194  — Lady  Anne  Gri in- 
ure hj  ard  —  Berkwl'*!  M u rd«nT5 : 
luTr  I  r<iii[s"iis  —  stamp  on  Picture  Cauvaa — 
ifdiani«m  —  Kartolommo  DiniB,  the  Diaoovefpr  of 
Boute  —  Tl»*j  Dtsaf  Old  Woman  —  Stcwry  aacribed 
jm  llook  —  Lord  PI unkt-t- Cinderella  and  the 
ipprr  —  Old  Prints  of  Stoneheng*!  —  New  Zealand 
%4_Blafk*country  LpjKcnd :  "The  Purciy  Aupc- 
Hood  —  Dryden's  Affreemeat  for  his 


••0  RABE  BEX  JONSON !  " 

f  recently  published  little  volnine,  Memo- 
Templc  Bar  J  with  name  account  of  Fleet 
h»ve  copied  on  p.  1*9  a  very  intereating 
it  kLDdiy  lent  to  me  for  that  piir|)06e  by 
Itiaie  p^idsefifior,  Mr.  John  Carter  of  if, 
jeet*  The  manuecript  i8  simply  endorsed 
Cooke  hia  bill  IGIO/'  but  aa  it  relates 
|oet  Ben  Jon  son  I  presume  the  readers  of 
Q."  will  not  object  to  ita  reproduction, 
the  same  time  nccept  a  few  notes  iu  ex- 
&:— 

^aii  Jenerar  Anno  R«^is  Jacobi  Declmo 
S«ptirao,  1(J19. 
Cooke,  one  of  the  Gromet  of  the  Prince  bii* 
,l.vir:c  -•  nt  in  hidlli^hnes  aervice  bv  ye  eomand 
'r '  1  iter,  Gentollinan  Usher,  t>aily  Waiter 

!*:  ligbnes  of  two  Message  two  severall 

[D!ii  tii*>  1  ouft  at  Whithadl  into  Londun  by 
it,  to  warn  M*"  ficii  Johnson  the  Po€t,  and  Lhe 
iSt  lhe  Blacklripfv  to  atljnd  Hys  Blighnes  that 
Poiriog  at  Courts  wch.  severall  servieea  bdng 
fetnmed  eAch  tvine  with  answer,  alao  being  sent 
brme  by  the  lyke  com  and  to  the  honorabl,  the 
Kiarde  wth  letters,  wch  sen-ice  being  done  he 
^aii^wer  U*  the  Court  aforcsair],  for  wch  fl«rrices 
to  have  alowance  lor  his  boot  bier  and  charges 
for  thre  jorniea  to  b«  4  s  octed  bj*  the  hon&rbl 
'^  iry  Knyght  Cbamberlin  to  y*  Prince  flys 
in  be  p«id  by  the  w<»r*hipfull  M*"  AdiJamit 
Gtfteratl  of  Hys  Higbnea  TresHrer." 


OldTS,  mentioning  Ben  Jonson^s  ownefship  in 
the  JP'ortune  Theatre,  "the  new  house  neer© 
Goulding  lane,"  relatea  that  he  lived  in  Bartholo- 
mew Close,  in  a  house  inhabited  in  bis  ((Jldvs) 
time  by  a  letter-founder  named  Jame«.  If  Oklya 
is  correct,  it  is  certain  that,  although  the  Cloae'is 
not  in  Cripplegate  parish,  it  warranto  the  mea- 
Benger  styhng  it  "  by  Cripellgatt/'  that  being  to 
him,  as  to  other  Londonert^f  a  distinguishing  land- 
mark. But  If  Thomas  Cooke  went  to  the  play- 
houae,  which  wa^  in  the  parish,  his  description 
would  be  correct 

Next,  touch  lug  the  spelling  of  the  name,  it  is 
worthy  of  remark  that  Gillbrd  notes — **  He  knew 
bis  own  name,  and  persisted  in  writing  it  correcfltff 
though  some  of  his  best  friends  vimj^'U  it/*  We 
me  eyidence  of  this  in  many  contemporary  docu- 
ments, including  Maimingham's  Diary  ( HarL  MS» 
6353),  where  it  is  spelt  "  Ben  Jobubon." 

About  the  period  of  this  **  warning,"  several 
notable  events  were  taking  place  in  the  life  of  our 
poet  In  the  simimer  ot  1018  ha  made  a  tour 
mto  Rcotlimd,  visiting  many  fHends,  including  the 
poet  Drummoad.  GifFord  says  be  stayed  at  Haw- 
thomden  from  the  beginning  to  the  end  of  April, 
1G1S3,  arriving  in  London  in  May,  though  others 
state  he  stayed  there  several  months.  In  July  he 
received  his  degree  of  M.A.  from,  Christ  Church, 
Oxford,  and  aamewhat  later  succeeded  as  poet 
laureate.  It  is  also  worthy  of  remark  that  wnilo 
in  the  North  the  annual  mask  had  been  per- 
formed in  London,  and  but  ill  received,  his  friend 
writing  him,  "  Your  absence  was  regretted/* 
Such  being  the  case,  is  it  to  be  wondered  at  that 
this  *'  warning  *'  should  be  of  certain  interest^  and 
certainly  historical  ? 

There  is  one  other  subject  worth  noticing,  and 
that  is  the  Blackfnars'  Theatre  and  "  the  players," 
In  1615-10  the  corporation  of  London  succeeded 
in  Meventing  the  erection  of  a  new  theatre  there 
by  Rossi ter,  for  it  had  and  has  a  great  antipathy 
to  theatres  within  its  lurisdiction,  and  the  only 
way  the  promoters  could  possibly  escape  wa«  vo 
erect  the  playhouse  within  the  privileged  sanc- 
tuaries of  tue  black  and  white  friars'  monasteriea. 
Having  managed  to  prevent  the  erection  of  a  new 
building,  the  corporation,  three  years  later,  tried 
to  suppress  the  theatre  entirely,  and  on  Jan,  21 — 
twelvemonths  before  the  date  of  our  messenger^s 
chorge — Lord  Mayor  Sir  Sebastian  Harvey  (who, 
curiously  enough,  became  related  aojue  years  later 
to  Edward  Alleyn,  the  player  and  founder  of 
Dulwich  College)  issued  his  proclamation,  which^ 
after  reciting  the  privy  council  order  of  1*300 
limiting  the  theatres  to  twOy  declared  that  under 
the  title  of  a  ^'  private  "  house  it  had  been  made 
a  *^  public  *'  playbouse,  "  into  which  there  is  daily 
so  great  a  resort  of  people,  and  so  great  multi- 
tudes of  coaches,  whereof  many  are  bauckne^- 
coaches,  bringing  ^eo]g\<a  ot  bIV  feotU^  "CciaX  ^Rrtaa.- 


184 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES.  [v*^  ^.  yiu  ma^cb 4,- 


times  nil  the  streets  cannot  contain  them,"  But 
even  thia  prohibition  was  of  little  Rvail,  for  hy 
patent  under  the  great  seal,  divted  March  27, 
l619-20»  two  monlha  after  the  date  of  our  docu- 
ment, the  king  licensed  his  **  well-beloved  ser- 
vants to  act  not  only  at  the  Globe  on  the  Bankdde, 
hut  at  the  private  hou^e  situate  in  the  predncU 
of  the  Blackfriars  " ;  being  in  fact  a  renewal  of 
the  patent  granted  to  Shakespeare  and  others 
on  May  IH,  lliOli.  There  was  in  thicj  patent 
of  1610  tliis  proviso — that  performances  do  take 
place  *'  when  the  infection  of  the  platjm  shall 
not  weekly  exceed  the  number  of  fortie  by  the 
certificate' of  the  Lord  Mayor  of  London  for  the 
time  being/*  It  will  thus  be  eeen  that  at  the 
period  of  our  messenger  s  visit  to  Jonaon  and  the 
players  the  Blackfriars'  Theatre  waa  experiencing 
a  reuiarkable  trial  for  existence* 

Wit  bout  quoting-  farther  respecting  Ben  Jon* 
^on'tj  life,  it  la  curious  this  document  should  have 
remained  so  long  buried;  and,  interesting  and 
genuine  aa  it  Is,  i«  it  too  much  to  ask  where  may 
be  found  other  MSS,  equally  as  interesting  and 
illufltmtive  of  a  life  so  pleasingly  a«»«ociat<>d  with 
London  ?  "     T.  C,  Noblb, 

Great  Dover  Street,  S.E. 


A  FREXCH  MYSTERY-PLAY  IX  1815. 

The  following  is  a  literal  copy  of  a  pi «y- bill 
preserved  by  an  English  family  of  rank,  tiunie 
members  whereof  were  living  in  Frauee  at  the 
time.  It  is  one  of  thoee  many  little  triHes  which 
6o  unconsciously  accumulate  during  a  residence 
abroad,  and  wbich^  when  happily  undeatroyedy 
bring  back  such  varied  memories  i- — 

'*  Par  PwrmxMmon  de  MM.  lex  Main  et  AdJoinU  de  cette 

ViUt. 

TbJ^Atre  dT^ducation,  o\j  ^colk  de  Mcccna, 

SPECTACLE  MECANIQUE, 

Arec  lea  Gostucnes,  Decorations  et  Musique  analagnea 
aa  si^et, 

-MM.  Voos  etea  prdvcnus  qu'il  cat  arrive  en  cctto  Viile 
dea  ArtlRte^'Mc^nicieni,  qui  aaroni  rhoDncur  de  dop- 
ner  aujourcThuit  Dtmanchrt  troi*  dicembre  lf!fl5,  et  jours 
wiivttns,  alternativemeDt,  la  Kepr^sontfttion  des 

MYSTEREB  GLOIUECX  ET  TRIOMPILVNS 

DB    IrA    ElESUaUECTlOS     DK    NoTBE    StllGNEUIi    JisUS- 

Cum&T, 

Drame  ea  cinq  actcs,  dan  a  lequel  des  figarc«  tnouvAntci 
ct  porlaatei  paiaitrout  ct  joueront  sur  la  mx'tie. 

Dtinu  hprtfnitr  acte,~On  verm  Jo»ph  d'Arimjitliie  chex 
Pilate»tui  demandant  la  pcrmiH^^ion  de  donnerla  sc^pul- 
tare  &  J*?*a»,  ct  b  ddsespoir  de  Pilate. 

Dan*  fe  second, — On  verrn  dc^ccodre  dc  In  eroix  le  Sau- 
veiir  du  rnonde,  par  Nicodfemn  ct  Joseph  d*Ariraathie, 
en>(iiite  place  dans  un  a^pulchrc;  Je»ui  reH^uscitt-ra 
tritmipliaot  &u  milieu  de  la  garde,  i^oldatA  du  Grand- 
Pre  Ire. 

Dtau  U  trohicme.^On  verra  JJsua  apparaL^&aiit  k 


d«  »6»  (tliciples,  sur  le  cheniin  dTinmalU,  uuu  en  \ 

connu. 
UanK  te  ipuitrivme.-^T]  appaftitra  ensuite  h  «C9  d{fti|j 

reunh   et   renfiTrni^;)    aecrLdemetif.      Id  11    confoii 

rincrdduUt<^  de  Thorn iia,  et   predira    ic 

ea^uite  on  le  verra  monter  aa  del,  en  leur  pn 

le  Saint-lfsprit. 
Daus  le  cinquu'me.— 'On  verm  la  de^cente  da  S«ifjt-E«p, 

en  forme  iie  colombe  et  de  langue  de  fea,  sur  les  Apolj 

assemble)  dans  le  C<^nftcl€, 

l^'artl-^to  pri^vient  qu'il  doanera  des  repre4i*nta(lons| 
ville,  ehez  les  personnel  qui  te  feront  appeler* 

Le  spectacle  »cra  tcrminL^  par  des  F»nix  ur.tKt^^iiuv*, 
Ton   verra  les  Monumens  lea  plu«  r 
Capitalc,  et  autre'*  objets  cnrieux;  Li 
Fran«:t  t-t  de  Navarre ;  (-harle»-Pliilip| 
Frtre  du  Roi;  Mftne-The'rfcMt%  iJachi 
I/)uis-Antoine,    Due  d'Augouli'me;    < 
iJuc  de  Berri ;  Louis,  Prince  de  Condi-*  lEu^lJc  < 
iieur  de  hi  France ;  la  Grand'Cvoix  de  la  Legion 
neur ;  Frani^^ois  II,  Empercur  d'Autriche,  Koi  de  ] 
et  de  Hoheme;  Alexandre  1"%  Emperrnr  de  toutes  ] 
sift?,  Roi  de  PoJo^e ;  Georgef-Fr<?iJc»ric-Augiista,l 
Ot^gcnt  d*Angleterre ;    Frcrdt-ric-Guillaume  III^  fi 
Prtiiise;    le  Pape   Pie  VII,   ^ouvcrain  PoDtife |    Fti 
uand  VII,  Roi  d'Eapagne, 

C'eat  dans  tine  Salle  de  TAubergc  de  la  Serptt*  rae  i 
la  Seri>u,  X*  1*.  On  commenccra  a  *ix  heure?  pn^iseswi 
La  Snile  ^m  iti^^hien  cliauffec*  Prix  dea  plucea :  Plj 
mifsi'cs,  liuit  sous;  Secondes,  quatre  ftuu»* 

J'ai  rtionaeur  do  voa4  valuer, 

Unfortunately,  the  name  of  the  town  haa 
been  recorded.     As  **  lea  Costume?,  Ik"c<>ratio^ 
et  MusiqiiQ  "  are  bo  poaitivt^ly  stated  to  hava " 
"  anal  Off  ueg  au  sujtit,*'  it  ia  a  pity  that  no  i"  ' 
tion  hy  a  ^pectntor  has  come  down  to 
chnractt'r  and  order  of  the  princes  and  potetitoljl 
(^eueralifed  as  *»objet8  curieux"')  may 
observed  with  advantage,  remembering 
date  is  six  montli.s  after  Wuterloo.     All  < 
upon  the  treatment  of  the  subject  I  knive  to  yod 
flramalicnl  or  theological  readers,  merely  obaer 
ini^  that  tht*  actvjrs  appear  to  have  been  such  i 


are  now  called  Marionnettes. 


W.  C. 


MANX  BISHOPS. 


The  Bucces^ion  of  Manx  bishops  is  as  difficult  t 
make  out  as  thy  runes  on  their  monumenlal  «la^*fl 
It  ia  possible  that  the  varioua  conquerors  of  M« 
and  the  Isles  may  have  occasionally  set  up  bii 
of  their  own,  irrespective  of  existing  claimtj 
I  think  a  little  patient  investigation  would 
coed  in  male  in  j^  out  a  rcj^ular  succes.*ion.  In  I4 
Xeve*s  Fdi^ii  Eccle*.  Ang,  (ILirdy^s  edition,  ( 
1854),  it  is  asserted  ibat  John  Dnnkan  A\i 
1380 ;  and  it  is  conjectured  that,  on  his 
the  sees  of  Sodor  and  Man  wero  divided,  I 
Scotch  rejected  the  bishops  elected  under 
influence  of  Englnnd.  This  may  ormaynotb<»; 
but  he  is  unfortunate  in  his  factj*  r<>^nHi:i!^  iIj« 
df*si^natc9   Jo^i 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES- 


IBS 


%0  wns  appointed  on  two  commissions  fl^  Ric*  H*) 
t/i  treat  with  the  sons  of  Jolin^  lat«  Lord  of  the 
Isles  (Kym,  Tii.  50'2).  ^'nw  this  John  wna  no 
cither  thin  Jolin  Dunkan,  who  coniinued  to  be 
Bishop  of  Sodur  or  the  Isles  till  1395,  when  he 
%r?is  tntniHlated  bv  Boniface  IX.  to  the  see  of  Down^ 
whtrlt  he  occupied  for  many  years,  dving^  in  1412 
</W*/i  J^ccl.  Record.^  u  207).  A  similar  conimis- 
tion  was  entrusted  to  him  (0  lien.  IV.,  Kym. 
K.  89).  .\g')iini  I je  Neye  has  this  entry:  '*John 
Gri?ne  a/i<r«  Smolton  occurs  as  bishop  here  in  1448 
and  1454.*'  r\ow  were  these  names  used  indif- 
ferently for  the  j^anK'  person  ?  I  think  not,  frooi 
the  le  f*-*  nen  ce  1 0  1)  I J  j;  d  a1  e '  8  H  'aric  kk^h  tre^  which  I 
h«Te  e^Hruined;  but  reference  is  nlao  made  to 
jRrfj,  Ktmjf.  Cant,  and  2iefj.  Boothe  Ebor.^  which 
I  htn^tj  not  examined.  In  Ilugdale's  Wantichshire 
(od.  Thomas),  und+^r  **  DuQchurch/*  there  nre  these 
two  entries :  "b.  Job.  Grene,  cap.  xxii.  Nov,  1414/' 
"c  1).  Joh.  Insulens.  Epiac.  titulo  Comende,  ix. 
Feb.  1440  (cam  quo  ad  hoc  auctoritate  Apostolica 
wfficienter  et  le^atime  dispenrntum)/'  The  refer- 
(ine«0  «re  *'  b.  Arundel  f,  14:2  b,  c.  Bo.  f.  10,  a," 
Both  incumbents  wero  presented  by  the  patroii 
II  Epi*c*  Gov.  and  Lich.  Sproton  was  a  Domi- 
riir^n,  and,  on  the  authority  of  a  MS.  quoted  in 
itfrtim  iJomhu'caminif  is  said  to  Lave  been 
red  by  Boniface  IX.,  the  same  who  trans- 
lated John  Dunkan  to  the  see  of  Down :  — 

"  Jtf.  Sproton  orcj.  Praed.  Episcop,  Sodoren.  in  Scotia 
PRrvine,  Nidrofjen.oiUoiiifftcio  IX.  Cal  Oetob.  an.  3,  qui 
fill  a  GtoHosae  Virginia  part  a  Mileaimus  treceute^iiuua. 

This  date  1S92  does  not  agree  with  that  already 
r^T.-Ti  i:tr»'»^  for  the  tnmslation  of  John  Hunkan. 
-  who  bus  an  opportunity  of  searching' 
:  .  j^  of  the  see  of  Liebnt^d,  or  of  coo- 
Piitifig  the  episcopal  registers  alreadr  referred  tO| 
B%bt  throw  light  both  on  the  inclividufdity  of 
^toa  and  Grene  and  on  the^  date  of  DtnilfVn's 
titDtlation.  A,  E.  L. 


«BECOIIPLETIOX  OF  ST.  PAULAS  CATHEDRAL.* 

A«  many  of  the  ivaderg  of  ♦*  N.  &  Q,'*  are  in- 

iffwtttd  in  this  subject,  I  must  criire  a  short  spaee 

!  T  to  say  that  the  moat  important  point— ^on 

i  may  be  «aid  to  depend  the  ultimate  succesi* 

-  future  operations  in   this  great  national 

-vix.   the   portion   of  tho  organ,  baa  been 

i  ^i  only  it  should  have  been.    The  or;iaii 

^    plicrd  in  the  Testibule  of  the  choir,  near 

jintil  pA^ition^  but  divided — as  at  Weat- 

\   mily    ^ith   many  advantages  over  the 

linst  the  blank  walls  where  now 

n    and   Comwallis    moniiments. 

(ISciently  large  to  allow  of 

%  so  that  onfi  organ  will  be 

^m^m  ti>r  bntli  I  linir  and  dome  services.     It  is 

•  Sw^'J-  S.  vi.  40»  65, 1(J5, 


to  be  hoped  that  no  mere  sentiment  about  the  old 
organ  caae  will  be  allowed  to  roar  what  should 
be  one  of  the  most  ornamental  features  of  the 
cuthedral.    The  caj*e,  as  it  now  stands,  is  not,  I 
believe,  Sir  Christopher  Wren's^  several,  if  not  all, 
of  the  figures  having  been  added  to  it  since  his  time. 
If  allowed  to  start  from  the  ground  aud  to  run  up 
to  nearly  tho  sprinpng  of  the   roof,  the   organ, 
n»:ed  be  of  no  great  bulk,  and  if  properly  treated—] 
not  in  the  **  box  of  whistles  "  style — can  be  made] 
to  add  to  the  intended  splendour  of  the  choir* 
After  leister  we  may  hope  to  &ee  the  demolition 
of  that  eyesore,  the  transept  organ.     Could  not 
the  marble  columns  on  which  it  stands  be  pressed 
into  the  service  of  the  baldachino  ?  I  do  hope  the 
Chapter  will  thiuk  twice  before  they  sanction  the 
erection  of  the  old  return-stall!*  (happily  to  b«] 
removed  from  their  pre^nt  position)  in  the  yesti* 
hule,     As  much  of  the  mis  neb  avi  our  on  the  pait 
of  the  congregation  at  St,  Paufs  U  owing  to  tlieir 
being  able  neither  to  see  nor  hear  under  the  prc- 
fc^eut  arrangeinent,  it  seems  to  me  that   what  is 
re^uimd  is  two  choirs— one  for  the  ordinary  and 
the  other  for  tho  special  sorvices,  but  so  contrived 
that,  on  the  latter  occasions,  the  whole  cathedral  < 
may  be  thrown  open,  and  yet  the  proper  ritual  ^ 
arrangements  maintained.     If  the  eagle  were  re- 
moved one  bay  west,  the  conductor  at  the  speciid 
services  might  ataud  at  it  in  full  sight  of  the  choir 
and   organist,  and   thus  the   originally   intended 
donhle  use  of  the  lectern  would  be  restored.    Tho 
Committee  should  at  once  order  the  washing-out 
of  the  decoration  of  the  eaatemmost  cupola  of  tb© 
choir.    It5  sham  paneDing  is  most  offensive,  and^J 
moreover,  the  very  design  itself  does  mischief,  nsl 
people  naturally  ask,  with  a  shrug  of  the  ahouldera,  J 
if  acene-paintera'  work  is  to  be  the  result  of  the 
ex  pent!  it  ore  of  a  quarter  of  a  million  of  money. 
In  a  future  note  I  should  much  like  to  touch  on 
the  stained  gh\3»  and  mo&aic  work  in  the  church, 
I  will  at  present  confine  myself  to  saying  that  it 
all  appears  too  dark  and  heavy.  Y,  C.  E. 


PiGEOK  Post  to  Paris.— The  following  inter- 
o'^tinfl'  account  of  the  pigeon  post,  which  appears 
in  7  he  Tektp'ttph  of  Feb.  :i7,  in  the  Paris  Letter 
of  its  Special  Correspondent,  ought  to  be  pre- 
served in  "  N.  &  Q. '  as  a  companion  to  tho 
account  of  the  photographing  of  The  2'imea  in  your 
paper  of  Feb.  4,  mit^  p.  94 :  — 

**  I  was  much  interested  yesterday  in  an  explanation 
of  the  pijtjeon  system  kindly  given  to  ni6  nt  tlio  Centr*l 
Telej^jraph  OIRce.  Tho  niitiroflcopic  telcgriims  aent  from 
Tours  were  at  first  printed  ou  thin  paper  by  the  ordinary 
system  of  photographic  rcductioa  ;  but  the  paper  was  to»  ] 
hejivy — a  pigwn  could  carry  only  dv^  of  the  little  pheets, 
thou^^h  ihey  measure  no  more  than  three  inches  long  and 
two  inches'  broad.  To  get  over  this  dilficuUy  the  de- 
fpAtches  were  photoprraphed  on  pieces  vf  collodion  of  the 
sanis  siae  aa  the  paper,  each  HtUfi  bit  ^owUvrnvii^  >:^\W 
oolumni,  and  averaging  *ZQ,Q^^  Ytotia— VWV  'a  vci  ^ — 


186 


NOTES  AKD  QUERIES. 


[4«s.Tn.  ifAitcB4,  n. 


Blwuttbe  contents  of  Ihirteco  leaded  colomna  of  a  Lon- 
^Um  newapuper.  From  fourteen  to  eighteen  of  these  tinv 
leaves  were  put  iuto  a  quill  and  tied  to  a  pigeon's  tail, 
eevenil  copies  of  tJie  sajne  leaves  beinf?  sent  b^  difFerent 
pigeons,  ao  as  to  diminish  the  risk  of  Io«s.  When  the 
hkd  reached  Paris  the  quill  wnsi  immediately  forwarded 
to  the  telegraph  station,  i^rht^re  the  leaves  were  T*flcl 
through  a  micnwoope  to  a  clerk,  who  wrote  out  the 
dcqMtcbea  for  each  person.  But  this  was  a  terribly  slow 
prm^se  ;  it  permitted  the  employment  of  only  one  render 
and  only  one  writer,  which  was  insufficient  for  copying 
jwme  30,000  teltgrama  of  ten  words  each.  So»  after  a 
few  days,  the  leave*  were  iiuc*?e«sively  placed  in  a  larfije 
mitToscttpe,  to  which  electric  light  was  adapted ;  and  the 
mafipiiijed  Imnj^e  of  each  leaf  was  projected  on  a  while 
board,  from  which  it  w^  copied  by  as  many  clerks,  taking 
a  column  ejich,  as  could  manage  to  get  itight  of  it  from  the 
writing  table.  This,  however,  wns  jstill  too  slow,  and  the 
final  improvement  wa*  invptitcd.  Instead  of  throwinp 
thf  iniAge  on  the  white  board,  it  was  photographed 
straight  off  ypon  a  large  sheet  of  collodion  ;  direct  posi- 
tive proofs  being  obtained,  witliout  any  inbervcnlion  of  a 
negative,  by  the  siibstitution  of  black  for  white,  and  vice 
rersn.  The  collodion  shect<^  were  cut  up,  and  the  pici>es 
were  distributed  to  a  handred  clerks;  so  that  ail  the 
cargo  of  a  pigeon  was  copied  nnd  sent  out  in  a  single  day. 
The  explanation  wbicb  I  received  was  accompanied  by  a 
practical  illustration  of  the  working  of  the  process;  and 
when  I  left  I  was  presented,  to  my  very  great  satisfac- 
tion* with  ail  origmal  pigeon  deapatch  of  the  11th  of 
November.  I  shall  carefully  preserve  that  strange  little 
memorial  of  the  aiege." 

J.  H.  P. 

FoOTB  A3TB  "Chbtsal/*— ItHag  often  occurred  to 
me  that,  amongst  other  iritereBting  matter  "niado 
a  note  of"  and  preserved  in  your  pages,  it  might 
be  desirable,  before  too  late,  to  draw  up  some 
noticefl  of  the  cbarnctora  drawn  in  Foote's  come- 
dies, and  in  The  Adifeutures  of  a  Oumea.  As  a 
long  time  htis  now  intervened,  and  the  individuida 
themselvoa  bare  passed  out  of  recollection,  there 
can  hardly  ho  anything  painful  to  relatives  in 
recording  who  they  were.  I  m^'self  have  some 
notices,  drawn  from  the  magazines  of  the  period, 
of  partJedt  whom  Foote  meant  to  satirise  and 
allueioos  designed  to  tell  j  and  am  informed  that 
there  are  to  be  found  in  some  work  illustrations 
of  th©  narratives  given  in  The  Adventures  of  a 
Gum^f  hut  this  I  have  not  been  fortunate  enoufrh 
to  meet  with.  W.  (1.) 

[Thi*  is  a  very  excellent  ancrffeation ;  bnt,  aa  far  ms 
The  Adcentum  of  a  GuUua  is  concerned,  litut  been  anti- 
cipated by  r>avi»m  his  OOi*^  where  a  key  to  the  charac- 
tcrt  hi  Chr^Mul  will  be  found,] 

Shongles.— In  Sir  G.  Comewnll  Lewla^s  Life 
and  LettiTs,  somewhere  about  the  110th  pnge^^ 
for  the  book  is  not  iu  my  pos&sseiou  now — men- 
tion is  juade  by  thnt  sound  scholar  and  most  true- 
hearted  and  eonacientioug  statesman  of  the  word 
ihongU  a.H  in  use  in  Herefordshire  (called  tfumgow 
in  Devonehire  J,  and  Bignifjing  a  handful  of  com. 
1  think  he  did  not  know  whence  the  word  came, 
hat  my  recolJection  ia  not  distinct. 
It  occurred  to  me  the  other  dav  to  ask  my  man  ', 
when  driving'  me   out^  Owen  McKeon  being  V).\ 


"Hibemus  Hiberaorum/'  what  was  the  meaning 
of  the  word,  and  he  promptly  replied  *'  a  hand- 
ful of  com ;  *'  but  he  called  it  in  the  BerroMihiit 
wny — shtmpo.  So  the  word  is  pure  Celtic^  u  I 
tmderetand  it. 

On  the  same  occasion,  promiMng  nie  an  early 
sprinip'  from  the  peveiity  of  the  weather  befoie 
Christmas,  he  said  the  blackbirds  were  nlentr 
and  that  foretokened  an  early  spring* ;  "  for,"  eaid 
he,  '*  when  the  blackbird  rings  before  Christmas 
she  will  cry  before  Candlema*!***  This  niece  of 
folk  lore  comes  from  Mkath. 

Df9-srtRiT. — ^Of  how  entire  a  change  some 
words  undergo  in  the  lapae  of  time,  we  have  not 
a  more  pertinent  example  than  that  affonied  in 
this  word  dis-ipirit.  As  now  used  it  means  to 
deprive  of  spirit ;  formerly  it  lueant  the  direct  op- 
posite— to  infuse  spirit.  'Thus  Fuller  says  (Holf 
Stale,  hook  iii.  chap,  xviii.  s.  5)  : — 

**  Froporiion  on  hour' a  tHtditathn  to  on  ktmf$  rmduf 
of  a  atapie  author. — This  make4  a  man  marter  oi  bB 
leamingi  and  dis-spirita  the  book  into  the  schnUur."* 

As  true  is  it  of  the  meaning  of  wowis  iS  of     i 
words  themselves  — 

*^  Ut  ill  vie  foliia  proQos  mutant  nr  in  annos ; 
Prima  cadant :  ita  Tcrborum  vetus  interit  «tai, 
Et  juvcnum  ritu  dor«nt  modo  nata  vigentque." 

Ut  Art.  PoH,  60-^ 
«  As  ImveM  on  tree*  do  with  the  turning  year, 
The  former  fall,  and  others  will  appear ; 
JiiAt  so  it  Is  in  ii?ord!>— K}ae  word  will  rise. 
Look  green,  and  flourish,  when  another  dJea.** 

Edmuwd  Tew,  MA. 

Mar's  Year. — It  has  puxzled  readeis  to  uiid»- 
stand  what  is  meant  by  this  in  Buros's  poem  d 
*'  HalloweiiD."  Now  the  explanation  is  tiiHt  ii 
denotes  the  year  171  o,  being  that  of  the  rebellion 
of  which  the  Earl  of  Mar  was  the  chief  instii^atnr. 

a 

Edinburgh. 

TiTE  NlLi^. — There  is  not  the  9lierhte*»t  ftUuaoo 
to  the  overtiowjng  of  tho  Nile  in  the  Jiible.    hi 
consequence  of  this  omission  many  think  that  ti)« 
books  attributed  to  Moses  could  not  have  '  '^ 
written  by  hitn,  as  the  peculiar  circumsianees 
such  an  inundation  and  the  various   expedinoO 
resorted  to  by  the   inhabitants  of  Kgypt  dunfl^l 
its  continuance  must  have   here  and  there  ufld^*' 
signt?dly  cropped  out  in  the  e^iored  narrative, 
the  historian  was  resident  on  the  spot.     Perhf]i% 
bowever,  there  was  at  that  time  no  overflow,  ifA\ 
the  river  was  kept  within  its  banks^  or  when 
rose  wajg  guided  into  channels  made  for  the  inijl** 
tion  of  til e  land,  and  was  thus  under  compl<!^ 
control.     Many  learned  men  think  the  pvramid^ 
though  used  as  places  of  sepulture  for  tbejr  kinp^ 
were   mainly  subsen'ient  for   this  purpo^i,  sw 
that  the  hieroglyph ical  inscriptions  will  some  ^^J 
cleat  u-^  iV^  cs\iflR\tnX'5  iWt  at  ^redent  bangs  oTtr 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


187 


ibose  apparentlj  useleas  ttmctuTes,  and  prove  that 
thi^r  were  designed  for  utility.  G.  E. 

CAPTAiif  Coor  TjiBXTBinsa, — Ab  I  was  quitting 

cburch  one  Sanday  tl>i«spruig»  my  clerk  remarked 

that  the  winter  ball  been  ven-  fatal  to  stnall  birds, 

especially  to  the  Captain  Cook  thrushee.     On  jny 

erprif-daing  my  ignorance  a«  to  what  they  were, 

he  informed  me  that  there  were  two  londa    of 

thniiMhes,',**  one  wo  call  storm-throatles^*  (t.  e,  mia- 

**  the  othere  Captain  Cook  thmahea, 

n  Cook   brought   them  hero  from 

•,    •         "     ^*  *^®  notion  common,  and  how 

rdid  It  •nso  ?  I  should  add  that  the  clerk  in  que*- 

tioQ  is  **  no  acbolar ''  j  he  cannot  in  fact  read  or 

write,  and  ifl  merely  an  ornamentnl  feature  of  our 

aerrioe.  retained  in  compliance  with  popular  pre- 

pdiee  JQ  Eftat  Lincolnshire,  where  people  have  not 

jet  lt>ftmt  to  regard  the  possibility  of  *'  parson  and 

ckrk  '*  beirig  ever  disumted.    I  will  conclude  this 

discuft-'tve  note  by  remarking'  anent  parish  clerks, 

that  although  Blackstone  says  they  riiuBt  bo  **  auf- 

fioent  for  their  office,'*  1*  strongly  recommend 

ptncmfl  who  wish  to  teach  their  people  to  respond, 

bae^t  up  on  the  first  opportunity  a  clerk  who  (for 

iisie  At  least)  must  neeeaaarily  be  dumb. 

CBATfOf  SArnfs.^ — We  have  in  Wharfdale  a 
proTtfrb  or  sayinp  that  has  always  been  a  pujcde 
to  me.  It  is— *^  Winnot  there  be  skrtkeis  [shrieka] 
HObwon?**  It  is  used  when  anything  extraor- 
dinary is  about  to  occur  that  is  likely  to  produce 
excitement.  We  have  a  village  in  Langs  troth - 
led  Hiibberholm,  ^^^  Oberon  may  be  a 
of  the  name.  But  I  am  not  aware  that 
ever  occurred  there  to  connect  it  with 
*  Can  Oberon  mean  Holborn  in  Lon- 
13  the  saying  an  imported  one?  The 
Story  of  Linton  used  to  utter  it 
and  he  waa  of  gypsy  origin*  I  shall 
of  information  as  to  wLether  the  saying 
other  localities,  and  in  what  particuhu' 
Stkphen  Jac¥3ok» 

OBT  07  CoLDTKoHAif,  1538.  -—  The  late  Dr, 

r,  in  his  interesting  HxHory  of  Coldinghaw^  the 

kration  of  which  gave  him  a  vast  amount  of 

ble  and  involved  much  research,  was  unable 

'aee  the  surname  of  ome  of  the  abbots,  having 

nothing  about  Mm  excepting  that  he  was 

Adcun. 

ing  had  access  to  a  deed  executed  by  "Adam/' 
the  consent  of  the  c<^nvent,  I  am  able  not 
4dcupply  this  omissiou,  but  to  famish  a  list 
(fitiam^B  of  the  consenting  monks. 
In  153d  the  prior  of  Coldingham  was  Adam 
Blacader,  now  spelt  Blackadder;  the  sub-prior 
was  Alexander  Lyndsay* 

Mooka : — James  Spenss/Adnm  Ransaman,  Wil- 
liam Lermocht,  Jamea  Cjtnts,  Jacobus  Jiedpeth, 


Willelmns  Huid  [Hood],  Willelmus  Bame,  Oeor^ 
gius  Pylmer, 

The  surnames  of  most  of  these  individuals  still 
exist  in  the  Merse.  The  Hoods,  Redp&thtiT  Lo^ 
months^  Run ci mans,  Lyndsays,  SpeoPt  and  Black- 
adders  are  common  enough*  A  person  of  the 
name  of  Pilmnro  lives  at  preaent  in  Berwick-on- 
Tweed,  and  Barnes  was  recently  to  be  found  at 
Carham, 

Canta,  however,  is  puzzling.  The  Whitadder, 
originally  called  Id  old  charters  White- water,  flowa 
into  tbe^  Tweed  on  the  west  of  Gaioslaw ;  and 
there  is  a  bridge  over  it  near  that  place  which  at 
present  is  called  *^  Canty's  Bridge/'  the  origin  of 
which  name  I  have  never  seen  explained.  May 
it  not  have  been  so  called  from  gome  one  of  the 
name  of  Cant  or  Canta  P  X  M. 

Ballad  I*Rr!fTERS*  SrccissioNs.  ^In  one  of 
my  interviews  with  the  late  Mr.  Pitts,  the  ballad 
print^r^  he  stated  that  his  buMuesa  was  a  veir 
aucient  one.  He  waa  the  successor  of  Marshall, 
who  succeeded  the  Alderamry  printer  ( I  forget 
his  name),  whose  business  had  descended  from 
the  houses  of  Coles,  Vere,  W^right,  and  others* 
Mr.  Pitts's  statement  went  to  show  that  from  the 
reign  of  Elizabeth  to  that  of  William  IV,  there 
bad  been  amoogst  the  ballad  priiit4>rfl  of  London 
a  regular  btmtiess  descent  I  question  whether, 
in  the  above  respect,  the  **Row"  can  compete 
with  the  *•  Dials.'*^  James  Hejtrt  Dixok. 

Lion  SniLLrNoa. — The  ahllling  of  Get>rg©  IV. 
with  the  liriu  on  the  obverse  is  not  only  the  sub- 
ject of  catch  bets  as  the  shilling  with  *'  two  heads*' 
on  it,  but  of  a  modern  superstition  that  a  person 
having  a  Hon  shilling  in  his  pocket  will  be  lucky 
and  not  want  money-  Many  respectable  persona 
in  tlie  metropolis  have  indulgea  in  this  super- 
stition, and  of  late  years  lion  shillings  have  been 
scarce  in  circulation,  having  been  absorbed  for 
purposes  of  superstition. 

Of  late  they  are  coming  rather  freely  into  cir- 
culation, considering  their  date^  and  are  often  in 
good  condition.  Speculatively  I  attribute  this  to 
the  prevalence  of  dangling  spade  guineas  and  other 
cola  amulyt^s  at  the  watch-chain,  one  superstition 
growing  out  of  another. 

If  this  STippoeition  be  right  we  shall  have  an 
example  not  only  of  the  growth  of  a  modem  and 
recent  superatition  in  our  day,  as  I  pointed  out 
to  the  Ethnological  Society,  nut  we  may  witness 
its  quiet  extinction.  '  Hide  CLAatH. 

Bl«?]k[AKCK  ANTICIPATEB I    "  StEWING    IN   TOTIR 

OWN  Gravt.*' — I  liave  found  thie  phrase  applied 
by  the  great  Chancallor  of  the  North  German 
Confederation  in  an  unexpected  quarter,^  Ned 
Ward's  Limdon  Spy,  in  a  chapter  in  which  he 
exactly  describes  a  modem  Turkish  bath  at  the 
Hummuma  in  CoveiilOM^e^.  *^V^»KiJCwsi^«^'^- 
ing  of  the  keepei  tKeteo^^  fta.^%', — 


188 


KOTES  AND  QUERIES, 


14^  S.  VII.  MAncK 


*'  He  rettered  m  o\it  of  oiirparfTfttory  (the  iepldarium  ?) 
ami  carried  us  to  our  (lrei9iri;L;-room*,  which  jjave  iis  nmcfi 
refreshmenl;  afler  we  had  been  ntvusin^  in  our  own  gruvj/. 

Of  couree  the  pTiraae  is  from  some  cookery  book, 
but  the  place  wherein  it  is  found  makes  it  ciiriou3. 
Here  is  an  exact  reference  :  London  Spi/^  part  ix. 
p.  211),  4tii  edition,  Loiidoc,  a,d.  mdccix. 

Ha  IN  Frisweil, 

74,  Great  Euaaell  Street,  Bloomabun-  Square. 


Madame  de  Maintenon.  ^-  The  rrincesse  des 
Uratns  wroto  to  Mfldame  do  Maiiit<}non,  on  De- 
cember 20,  1700  :— 

"Jo  sais  bien  ftLcht^e  dc  nc  pas  votis  avoir  fait  part  dc 
dpujclottrea  que  Jai  revues  depuw  mi  an*  T^  prfc^nierc 
ikoit  pour  ra'avertirque  voua  traVii<*U'a  VvtM  por  le  com- 
iiiurce  T6g\i&  que  voun  aviez  avec  la.  reiiiR  Anu^,  r|ui 
fiavmi  qoe  vous  dtitiiz  la  mdJleure  amie  qti'eut  le  prince 
d' Orange," 

This  curious  pjiasage,  which  is  to  be  found  in 
Abb^  Millot'a  Menroires  poiitifptrs  et  fuiMfifWn  pour 
nermr  rt  t Hitttoire  de  Louis  XI T  et  de  Lotm  XV*^ 
&c.,  and  in  the  life  and  correspondence  of  the  vama- 
rera  vimjor  of  the  former  {j^ueen  of  Pliilippe  V,, 
written  or  pubU.9bed  by  my  irienda  and  colleagues 
Mes,«5r9,  Fran<^oia  Cooibca  and  GeiFroy  t,  seems  to 
have  been  overlooked  by  the  English  bistoriana 
who  wrote  on  the  events  of  the  early  part  of  the 
eighteenth  century.  Miaa  Ajynes  Stncldand  %  does 
not  even  allude  to  the  allej^ed  correspondenco  of 
the  two  female  rulers  of  England  and  France  at 
the  time  r  and  Lord  Stanhope,  who  dived  so  deeply 
into  the  State  papers  offices  of  the  two  countries  to 
make  a  valuahle  addition  to  his  former  works  on 
Enpliah  history  §,  mentions  only  ouo  let ti^r  written 
in  1712  by  Louis  XIV.  to  tjueen  Anne,  who  was 
ranch  pleased  with  it,  and  her  reply  entrusted  to 

•  Vol,  UL  p  S78,  Paris,  1777,  6  vols,  12mo.  Thow 
Memoirs  compiled  from  oriKinol  dncumenU  collected,  a-i 
oxprpsscii  on  the  Uile-page,  by  **  Adrien-Mauri<?e,  due  de 
XiJd'dlM^,  niankshal  de  Fra]iL*ti  et  ministry  d'ELatr**  aro 
generally  quot*^d  under  his  name. 

t  Ltt   Prlnrentk'  tte»    Unita^  ewtai  mtr  mx    Vte  ei  »o« 

Caractirrr  itolititptf^  xkc,  pp.  'JOS,  2f5^.     Paris,  1856.  8vo 

Lettreg  imdite^  tie  ta  Princi^iie  deM  Urtimt^  recueUtiej^  et 
publieea  par  M.  A.  JefTroy,  p.  *279.  Paria,  1859,  Svo,  On 
the  9th  of  Novemlwr,  1711*  the  Frineessc  des  Ursins 
writes  igaiii  to  Madami-  de  Mainlcnoii :  '*  Vou*  n'ensstcz 
paa  cru  pouvoir  aioier  »i  ttndrcnu'nt  la  reino  Anne,*'  Ac, 
and  in  another  letter  of  Auj^ust  *i7*  1714,  she  saya  to  the 
Atme  :  "  J<s  craio^^  >f  ndnmc.que  len  bruits  qui  courent  au 
nujet  de  la  reine  d'Anjjleterro  ne  soicnt  que  trop  fondeV* 
I^LetireM  intditts  de  3/»»«  de  Mainfmon  rt  de  M>'*t-!a  Prm- 
teue  deM  l/rMtng,,  Noa.CLXXXix  et  CCXIV,  t.  iv.  p,403, 4G2, 
Pari-s  182S,  A  voh,  Hvo. 

t  Livet  of  tht   Queent  of  En^land^  vol,  xi,   London, 
1847,po»t8vo. 
§  jffigtory  nf  Bntrland,  C(*mprhin0  the  Heign  of  Quemn 


r<!^[ 


Ahhe  GftuMcr.    Now,  can  any  of  your  readers 
favour  me  with   some  information  which  woj^"" 
lead  to  the  discovery  of  the  correspondence  1 
tween  your  queen  aod  Madame  de  Main  tenon 
it  ever  existed?  FfiAiTClsaUB-Mlc 

AtliRfiaium  Club,  Pall  Mall, 

''ApRks  Moi  LE  DEtroB":  Abchbh 
Leigeton.  —  It  seems  strange  to  associate 
name  of  an  excellent,  self-denying  man  withj 
saying  which  breathes  the  very  essence  of  selfi 
ness ;  but  he  only  uses  it  as  a  quotation.  Ap^ 
moi  le  deluge  is  sometimes  attributed  to  Tali<j^_ 
rand,  sometimes  to  Mettt^rnichj  or  to  some  other 
worldly-wise  stateanmn.  The  sentiment  is,IfpM^ 
only  too  common ;  but  I  seek  to  know  who  i 
embodied  it  in  tbese  words,  or  in  the  analo, 
phrase  quoted  by  L&i|rhton  {Commentary  on  ^ 
Epidle  of  Pder^  chap.  iii.  ver.  8.)     lie  says:— 

**  But  viU  aeUi^^hness  undoes  us,  feir  or  none  1 
fmrther;  if  tbem.felvtfji  and  thelrH  mi^bt  be  secured,  ho^l 
niaiiy  would  re^tjiird  Utile  what  Ijccamo  of  the  iwt;  II T 
one  said,  JFhen  lam.  dtad^  let  the  wo  rid  b*  fired** 

Wlio  ia  the  author  here  quoted  ?  I  have  OOt 
Mr.  West'a  edition  of  Leightoa  to  refer  to. 

J.  Blios. 

[So  lanp:  aKO  as  April  1831,  the  late  Doagbts  htnU 
(l«  S.  iii.  299)fttateil  that  the  French  mot  was  not  Mft- 
temich^  but  (wherever  hIio  got  it)  had  been  jtpokrii  lonjf 
before  by  Madame  Pompadour-  A  few  page.^  furthicrw 
iitfid,  p'  397),  Sir  Georgre  Lewis  and  otlitfr*  sthuwetJ  tbttt 
H  bad  descended  t^  m  from  the  Greek.  Tfcliu  Mxatt^nitf 
Walcott  subae(|HRntly  pointctl  otit  (1«  S.  v.  (J19)  (ip»*- 
Bagfl  in  Cicero,  De  Fimhu»,  in  which  he  refers  to  At 
Greek  proverb;  and  nfierwarda  (xi.  IG)  showed  m  th*t 
Milton,  ill  his  Church  Gavemment  (Bk,  I,  ch,  V.j,  ttld 
told  how  cruel  Tiberius  would  wish — • 

"  When  I  die," let  the  earth  be  rolled  in  flamw  "J 

Bacon's  Quekn  Couwselshtp. — ^In  the  '*Lif« 
of  Lord  Bacon/'  prefixed  to  Rawley's  Hm^txHtdiih 
folioi  1061, 1  find  the  following : — 

"Id  thifi  way,  he  wai»,  nfter  a  while,  sworn,  of  t^J 
Queen '«  Counsell  Learn eil,  Kxtraordinary  ;  A  gmee,  (u 
I  err  not,)  aearee  known  before," 

I  have  preserved  the  pnnctuatioii|  &c.  exactl/ 
as  it  a  tan  da. 

Can  any  reader  of  *'N,  k  Q."  infonn  t»« 
whether  this  honorary  deprree,  or  compliment,  b*J 
before  or  since  the  tiini^  of  Bacon  been  conftrifd* 
or  whether  it  ia  merely  the  origin  of  the  Qtie^nt 
Counsel  at  the  modem  bar  ?  C.  H.  F. 

G.  CAMrHAFSEJf.  —  I  have  an  old  pftiolJti? 
signed,  on  a  painted  tablet  (part  of  the  pictm^li 
*^G.  Camphauaen,  Stockholm/'  When  did  ^^ 
live?  Was  he  noted*?  Any  information  aboti* 
this  artist  will  be  most  thankfully  received  by 

T.  S(  A» 

Lindoxe  Abbey,  Newbnrgh-on-Tay. 

[In  Bn'*n'8  />'ct  ofPmntert  (1849)  it  is  Bt4te<j  t>»** 
there  are  several  pictures  in  England  by  Kamphujiisfn  ^^ 
CttmvWy*^^,  but  that  they  cannot  Ihs  by  the  pairjl'*' 
\)€ftniig  tVi^i  ^«tmt  liwaft '*V\Jci.  ^X^t  vavllals  T.  Ji^  who  ^" 


\ 


ho  ir«»         I 


k  8.  Til.  BiARon «.  Ti.]  NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


18» 


Vi  ^---'■'r'r  cm  art  would  ever  appear  to 
iVJ^^cts  of  Ui*  paijitiug?  arc  gcne- 

lias  FAJiR3:ir'8  HorsE  is  GrivEN  Street. — 
uy  of  your  correspond enta  infarm  me  what 
number  of  tbe  hou&e  in  Gre«n  Street, 
Qor  Squftn*,  inbftbjted  by  Mbs  Farrenj  the 
bolel)r»tcd  aclTGss,  in  171^6  ?  Lord  Orford  mentions 
BUpping  there,  in  the  Bixtb  vobirae  of  bis  collected 
Lftier€  (ip,  415);  and  Miss  lie ny^  in  hi^r  Jountal, 
ofken  refers  to  it  When  I  was  a  l&d  of  seven- 
leen  I  wfts  iicqiimnted  with  the  late  Lord  Car- 
hampton  (the  Luttrell  of  Wilkes's  day),  who  whs 
then  (as  he  said,  to  hk  tatUf action)  become  "  the 
"Venerable  Earl  of  Carbampton/*  addinji/'  See  what 
one  gains  by  living  ]on^%'  He  was  one  of  the  most 
able  men  I  ever  Diet  with.  At  a  later  period 
\  intimate  with  Lonl  Berwick  ( ibe  diploma- 
I),  Both  these  per^toua  naed  to  i^ave  of  the 
at  of  the  actress,  and  Lord  B,  often  said^  "  -\b ! 
chajniing  eimpera  in  Green  Street,  where 
used  to  meet  Miirsbal  Conway,  Lady  Ailea- 
y,  Mj*.  Darner,  Gen.  Burgoyne,  Fitzpatrick, 
la  host  of  all  the  pie  a^^int  est  people  in  Loudon/^ 
Leadded^  -'at  the  bow  winmrn  /www  in  Green 
■cct*'  But  there  are  now  more  than  one  bow- 
dow  house  in  that  street.  She  moved  from 
\  to  be  married  to  the  Earl  of  Derby,  Mtij  1, 
7,  &t  2^*?,  Groiivenor  Square — a  house  the  the/ 
utTf  of  the  architecture  of  Adam,  and  enriched 
i  ceilings  painted  by  Angelica  Kaulfman  and 

fl^ird  Orford  speaks  of  that^  too,  in  his  letters 

I  liidy  Ossory,  describiug  a  ball  there*     (Vol.  i. 

t  01.)    There  I  have  seen  Miss  Farren  ( Lady 

'arly)  receivings,  at  chamjiDpr  music  ptirLiea,  tbe 

irla  of  fashion  with  an  elegance  and  grace  that 

oy  of  them  might  have  done  well  to  study. 

iful  house,  I  am  told,  is  now  pnn»*d 

I  ti  some  vandalism  of  Lord  Westmiu- 

liici,  >>ii  1  i-i  said  to  have  wished  all  his  botiaes, 

I  th^  lensea  fell  in,  built  on  one  model.     The 

riiiTT.v,.^     r  fi...   Jiouse  in  Green  Street  might  be 

old  **  Court  Guide  "  or  the  tai- 

;     :.,.,  but  I  have  no  means  of  access  to 

tb.H(.,     {^na  noy  of  your  corref^pondenta  ohli^ 

Jease,  in  his  entertaining  book^  nor  P. 
I^ham,  notice  it,   though  they   name  the 
i  of  Nell  Gwynn,  Mrs.  01dfi«!d,  and  others 
^^0  have  done  less  honour  to  the  drama  than 
^i»beth  Farren.  H.  W,  L, 

Homr,  YrK  15,  1871. 

^lUi-  ledflt  Nf».  15,  Green  Strtct,  Grosvenor 

^s  Xtw  t'iuhionuhk  Court  and  Cttuutrjf 

m:.-... ...... J 

J  BoiM  vry  FRA5KLny*8  Lafbel  Wkeath.— Id 

*    the    United   Sfntts,    Cuha^  and 

U  Ui>n.*AineliaM.  Murray  (London, 

[fere,  vv*UL  Letter XTi. pp. 278,  2>9.  Waeh- 


10^,-100,  Jan.  I2r  1855  f    see  the  **  Vitit  to  Mr. 
Marcy'*),  the  following  passage  occurs  : — 

*♦  In  his  dmwiiiK-room  theru  it*  an  interesting  picturc«,, 
paintfd   in  the  time  ol   Lc-ui^  XVL^  of  tb«  King  and  | 
«^ue€n  sitting  ie  their  lirclc,  while  some  gay  ladies  of  the 
court  cfown  Benjamin  Franklin  with  a  wrcttth  of  laurel." 

I  will  be  Tery  thankful  for  tbe  artist's  name,  if 
known.  '  Isaac  Shbares, 

llighljur\'. 

GovEuNoHs  OP  Jamaica:  Hancucke  of  Comb* 
MAETJN. — Can  yau  or  «iiy  of  your  corresponden  ta. 
kindly  inform  me  as  to  who  were  the  go ve mora 
of  Juiimicu  from  17:20  to  1700  ?  I  shotild  al&o  likti 
to  know  where  I  could  see  a  genealogy  of  the 
fimiily  spoken  of  by  Burke  as  •*  the  ancient 
family  of  llaucocke  of  Combmnrtin  in  Devonshire, 
to  whom  arma  were  granted  hy  Cooke  in  1552*'* 

o.a 

[Tlie  Govemon  of  Jamaiea  were— Sir  Nicholas  Law«0, 
KiiL,  ITlRi  Henry  Duke  of  Port  land,  1722;  Mujt>r-G«n. 
Kokrt  IluutiT,  172H;  Honry  (JuiminKham.  Eso^  173r>  * 
K«lwttrd  Trdft wney,  Ksfj..  17;J8  ;  Charles  Knowlea,  Kjw|,, 
1752;  George  Haldane*  Ew|.,  17-^8;  W.  H.  LyttJelon, 
Ewj.,  I7G2.— b'or  the  genealogy  of  IJant^ocke  of  Conib- 
irunrtin  see  Weatcote'a  Deconshirrf  edit.  IHij,  p.  500.] 

Hampden  Family.— The  last  male  descendant 
of  Juhn  Hampden  seems  to  have  been  his  great- 
grandson,  Richard,  who  died  «.  p.  July  27,  1728^ 
and  was  buried  at  Hampden.  But  John  Harap- 
dotrs  unde,  Sir  Edinund  Hampden,  of  Brest- 
wood,  had,  with  other  issue,  a  son,  Edmund,  who, 
in  bin  turn,  had  etpht  sons — Edmund,  Thomaa^  I 
John,  Robert,  Ricbnrd,  Alexander,  Ilenry»  Leo- 
nard. Of  these,  bo  far  hb  I  have  been  able  to 
aacertMn,  only  Kichard  and  Henry  married.  I 
can  find  no  issue  of  Henry's  mai*riage';  but  Richard 
hnd  fvur  sons — Edmund,  Richard,  Griililh,  audf 
John.  Of  these  I  have  found  nothing  beyond 
their  names,  1  should  add,  however,  that  my 
opportunities  of  investigation  have  been  rery 
limited. 

There  are  Hnm  fid  ens  in  our  own  dav  claiming 
to  derive  frum  this  ancient  family.  Where  can 
their  di^scent  he  tiaced  ?  I  went  to  identify  ai^  ^ 
Alice  Hampden,  wdio  uiufit  have  been  born  about 
1700 — 1710,  and  who  was  etill  living,  a  widow, 
in  1773,  The  name  of  Alice  occurs  in  the  pedi- 
gree, as  I  have  it,  four  times :  first  in  tbe  person 
of  a  sister  of  Sir  Reginald  de  Hampden,  living 
1332,  and  lastly  in  that  of  the  grand  daughter  of 
Sir  Edmund  llamjHlen,  of  Prestwood,  already 
alluded  to.  This  last  .\lice  must  have  lived  about 
the  end  of  the  seventeenth  centurv,  and  cannot^ 
therefore,  be  identified  with  the  Alice  for  whom 
I  am  seeking.  W.  M.  H.  C. 

Cj.an  MoALriN. — Perceiving  lately  in  youF 
columns  some  notice  of  the  supposed  ejcistence  of  [ 
a   clan  McAlpin,  may  I  ask  any  of  yoar  t^ti^^ 
conversant    with  the    fe\i\>ie<Jt    Vo  wf  ^Vsf* 
beyond  mere  conjectare  v)t  "^ax^  UttS^vN^Q 


NOTES  AND  QUERIEa 


[4^a.yn-MABc»iiTL 


18  any  authority  whatever  for  the  statement  that 
such  a  cliiD  ever  had  a  **  local  habitatioii  and  a 
name  **  ?  The  whole  history  of  the  Scotch  dona 
aeema  as  miaty  na  the  an  mm  its  of  the  Scotch 
mountains.  I  suppose,  if  the  McAlpinfl  ever  were 
a  clan,  that  they  would  have  a  chief,  and  thftt 
the  chieftains  would  have  a  pedigree,  and  that 
there  would  be  somewhere  a  cnieftain^s  caatle  or 
stronghold.  But  where  ia  there  any  authoritv 
tor  aflirming'  that  the  McAlpins  were  a  clan,  witn 
a  chieftain  at  their  head,  who  had  a  pedigree 
capable  of  hein^  rerilied,  and  a  castle  in  which 

the  resided?  The  entire  story  deems  mythical, 
Sir  Walter  Scott  mentions  the  name  in  bia  Ladt; 
of  the  Lake,  it  18  true ;  hut  that,  though  very 
poetical,  aflords  no  evidence  of  the  existence  of 
the  clan.  At  the  touch  of  the  historical  invest! - 
gator,  I  fear,  the  whole  fabric  of  invention  will 
vaoiah  into  ''  thin  air.''  Enquirkb. 

MxBKa,  Bishop  of  Carlisle,  Ump.  HrriiAnn 
II. — Is  not  the  high-Tory  speech  of  this  bishop 
decided  to  be  apc^cryphal  ?  (see  «  X.  &  Q.'*  4^»'  S. 
vii,  86.)  Is  there  niiy  earlier  authority  for  it  than 
Oolinsbed  ?  Hume  quotes  '[vrmi  Oie  fehniouA  ^u 
John  Haywarde,  later  still.  The  quei?tion  is  in- 
teresting with  regard  to  8hakespi>are's  play^  and 
with  regard  to  Queen  Eli^tabeth.  My  Hhakes- 
pearian  note's  (made  years  ago)  lead  me  to  the 
conclusion  that  this  speech  is  a  late  forgery,  I 
should  be  glad  to  find  that  Shakespeare's  life-like 
portrnit  is  really  fmm  the  life.  JoB3i  Adbis. 

Ru  siting  ton,  near  Uttlckiantpton,  SfUtex, 
Mutton  attd  Uaper.^ — Will  any  prson  con- 
versant in  culinary  lore  inform  me  at  what  period 
capm-s  were  first  introduced  as  an  accompaniment 
to  boiled  muHon  at  the  dinner- table  ?  I  am  led  to 
make  this  auery  from  stumbling  on  the  following 
passage  in  8hakeapere*s  Twdfih  Night,  Act  L  Sc.  2, 
where  that  saltatory  knight,  Sir  Andrew  Ague- 
cheeky  exclaims,  in  the  pride  of  his  heart : — 

••'Faith,  I'caa  oat  a  caper." 
To  which  boast  Sir  Toby  Belch  gives  this  sig- 
nificant reply  :— 

"And  I  c«n  CM*  «fte  midUmto  *f." 

T.  C.  S, 
^'OwLt  THAT  TiOviwT  THE  Bonmo  Sky.'*-— Who 
wTota  these  fine  line?,  which  have  reference  to 
the  murder  of  Mr.  Weare  ?  They  may  be  found 
in  The  Lyre  (p,  38),  published  by  Sharpe,  Picca- 
dilly, 18*J0,  Stephen  Jackson. 

PLOuaH-BOTE.^-House-bot©  signifies,  I  believe, 

an  allowance  of  necessary  timber  out  of  the  lord'a 

wood  for  the  repair  of  a  house ;  hedge  or  hay 

(haxa)  bole  for  the  repair  of  feuce.s ;  fire-botc  for 

fire-wood.     lint  what  is  the  meaning  of  plough- 

boiep    Does  it  sigmif  an  allowance  of  wood  by 

i&*«  lord  to  A  lesaee  tor  the  repair  or  making  <k 

ploug-ba?  "^  X,  EL. 

fPIough-lmte  k  the  wood  or  timber  allowed  to  a  itnmX 


for  the  repair  of  instratneiiU  of  buflbaiulrv  ;  or.  a?  HtAtoil 
in  TamlinVs  Law  Dictionary,  **  a  right  of  tminiit*  to  tmkt 
wooJ  to  repttir  ploughs,  curt*,  and  hanroiri^  aad  for  m&k- 
iug  rakee,  forks,  &c.    See  2  Qmm^  35^'*] 

Thk  Poppa  Bai,  oe  QmiEir  of  Misbthlk— 

'*  The  Poppa*  B«i«  a  priaoaM  of  andant  timeA,  vbcMa 

miflmjuiaged  sovereignty  ha*  girea  rlM  to  the  proTertiv 

*  Poppa  Bal  Kifc  Rij,*  or*  Queen  Poppa's  govern ment,  to 

th©  KijpaU,"— Col.  Tod's  AtuutU  of  Haj-A*tk6n^  i.  310. 

What  \»  known  regarding  the  capital  and  tisnea 
of  Queen  Poppa,  proverbial  for  her  miiidouigi  in 
India?  R.  R,  VV.  JStuiL 

StarcroBS,  near  £xet«r* 

SHAJtEsrmABE:  Epttaph  on  Sir  Tsoitid 
Staitlet.— Drake,  in  Shakettpfare  ami  hie  Timte^ 
qiiotea  an  epitaph  said  to  be  written  by  ^lialie- 
aneere  on  the  tomb  of  Sir  Thomas  Stanley  in  Tang 
cliurch,  Salop,  on  the  authority  of  Sir  W,  Dug- 
dale,  commencing — 

**  Aake  who  lies  here,  but  Ao  not  w«T»e: 
Ho  is  not  desd,  be  doth  but  slee^te,  ^  &c. 
concluding — 

"  Stanley,  for  whom  this  stands,  shall  ftand  in  beatta*' 
Do  these  lines  still  remnin  on  the  monnmenti 
and  hM  Xh*^  authorship   been  further  autheDti- 


cated  ? 


Thomas  E.  WiXNiJfOT05« 


A  SpiTTKjr  LArRn.— What  ia  the  origin  of  fbii 
Scotch  expression  ?  In  illustration  of  ita  lue  1 
may  give  the  following  anecdote : — 

"Dake  Charles  of  Qae«i«l)crry,  whoso  appedflfikip  of 
*Gmd  Duke'  is  not  yet  fnrgottea  in  Dumfrieashira  »* 
his  Duchess  *  PrJor^s  Kitty/  were  onctt  drlvitinf  ffwn 
Drafnlaurig  Cnstle  to  Dumfries  on  an  Section  dsy*  siMl 
on  pA.<^irije^  Closcbum  saw  Sir  Jjtnies  Kirkpstrick,  irbs 


was  on  ihe  opposite  side  d  politico,  hast^ninx  on 
them»  when  tno  Duchess,  who  seems  to 


Kirkpstrick,  ' 
^t^ninx  on 

Iinvo  Keen  ; 


poUUtnan,  called  to  her  bu^^bsudT  *  There  _'  Kirk- 

pfl trick  ;  ordcT  the  postilion  to  drive  i  mre 

will  lick  the  butter  oir  our  brusd,'  L  p  n  \\\wu  i<>t 
Duko  milMly  rcpliedt  *  Mindt  my  dear,  that  tbe  K^i^* 
mtricks  were  bejtcd  knights  nf  iJloscbarn  when  w«  ir«» 
but  spittcn  f  Lairds  of  Drutnlanrig," 

Thie  lady  waa  t:elebrated    for    cxtnordittiV 

beauty  and  wit  by  Fope,  Swift,  and  p»irticuJ*t^ 

by  Prior,  in  hia  well-known  ballad  beginnbg-* 

»•  Thus  Kitty,  beautiful  and  young, 

And  wild  0*  colt  untauttd/* 

At  the  funeral  of  the  Priiicepa  Dowager  of  Wili^ 
1772,  her  grace,  walking  as  one  of  tfie  aisiitrtti 
to  the  chief  mourner,  occadtoned  these  ^^no^  V 
Horace  Walpole,  Earl  of  Orford?— 

••  To  m/iny  a  Kitty  Love  his  ear 
Would  for  a  day  engage; 
But  Prior's  Kitty,  ever  fair. 
Obtained  it  for  an  age," 


a.k 


Query,  PttpU  or  the  wicked  qaeen. 
^  tVa\  \u  a  laird  of  lower  rank  in  life. 
(^Scottisli  Dlfl*tttiart|  "^  \\ft*,  **  %i^\3UMi,  a  pod/ 


4i^9L¥IL](ABC»4»71.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


191 


**HERa  or  THE  WARiinfo-PAJi/^— In  Bhunt 
Tmnpt'  'W,  I  find  this  9€Tjtt*nce :  **IIere 

(Hamp:  .  chap«l)  the  infant  hero  of  the 

winniog-paa  received  the  rite  of  baptigm."  Wlio 
was  thifl  **  hero,'*  and  why  the  uame  ?  Will  any 
of  your  nnmeroua  readers  kindly  enlighten  an 

^'""  '  birth  of  James  Fr  aixI 

£t  I  L  by  Mary  Beat!  rm. 

At  —   ..ih  there  wa»  ill-fuu. .    aour 

thai  the  inftnc  prince  wu  snppontitioiui,  and  introdaoed 
InfB  the  ftu«M^>  chamber  in  a  wnnaiDg-paa,  that  he 
ai%ht  c  ;  princeaseSf  Man*  and  Anne,  from  the 

throne,  Iicaiilays  History  of  EnglantL,  ii,  308, 

aiUL  l^:j  ^  .  _  iickljinds  Queens  of  Unt^tatid,  vu  213- 
S48y«dtL  ihif4.  According  to  the  latter  writer,  the  prince 
yna  baptised  ia  the  ehapel  of  3t»  James's.] 

WnrxEL,  OR  Wtnwkll. — Amongst  Loidale's 
MS8.  1  find  that  a  Thomas  Wvnnell,  who  resigned 
or  abandoned  the  vicaraj^e  of  Leek  in  1662,  waa 
the  authnr  o(A  Covenanter^ b  PUafor  Infant  Bap' 
iitnu  Now  Bliss,  in  his  Athenm  Ojconienses,  gives 
one  Thomas  Wynnell  as  sometime  minister  of 
Aakarwell,  Dorsetahire,  est  *21,  a,d,  1622,  Battler 
oi  Fm«enf>«e,  Eector  of  Cranham,  Glosterahire, 
1''  r  of  Covenant's  Plea  for  Infants^  1642  ; 

ti: .  Thomas  Winnel,  M.A.,  vicar  of  Leek, 

kmp^  Uiiver,  author  of  iSuspen^on  Diactissedf 
London,  Oct  16.>7»  Qua?re»  are  not  thest?  one  and 
Ibi  tame  ?  and  where  can  I  meet  with  any  of  his 
«r  their  works  ?  Joasf  S'leioh. 

t^robridge,  Bakewell. 


^  THE  -BLUE  LAWS'*  OF  CONKECTIcrT. 

■     (1*  a  xi,  321;  4"»  8.  vL  48^5 ;  rii.  16,  G-i.) 

By  the  cnurtPFV  of  your  correspondent  NErnniTE 
I  li«ve  hiid  the  opportunity  of  CArefullT  examininpr 
tlj  Published  Code  of  the  ao-called  "Blue  Laws," 
i  by  him  <'4***^S.  vi,  48*5).  I  have  alao  searched 
*ii  the  other  authoritiea  within  my  reach,  and  will 
oow,  with  yoar  permissdon,  as  succinctly  as  may 
Wjjpresent  the  results  of  ray  inquiries* 

Xne  volume  in  question  has  the  title  as  fol- 
lows i 

**  Tlie  Code  of  1G'»0.  Iwing  n  Compiltttion  of  the  earliest 
l*tm  4)iti  (iniir^  ,4  tin'  *  ii'iK^ral  ( Vnurt  of  Conijecticiil  ^ 

ict  entered  into  and 
trfford,  nn*t  Wether?*- 

^riitir.  F>atMi  r^  from 

N.v. -il,  „v,-,  (  ,  Inny, 


Ob: 


of  the  title  18  a  certificate  of  the 
I  the  ofHce  of  the  district  of 
^  the  copyright 

"^vo  of  127 pages:  eight 
r^f  nineteen  pages  con- 


-_^  T '—  r'T^ —  " — 

"■Wag   thid  C-i»uatitution   of  16^38,  eighty-three 
f^goi  of  Um  Ooonecticut  Code  of  1650,  and  seven- 


teen pages  of  extracts  from  the  ancient  records  of 
Newnaven. 

The  advertisement  atatea  tha^the  work  — 
**  Contains  an  ejtact  copy  of  the  Constitution  and  C^Kl#|i| 
taken  from  the  original  record*  in  the  Office  of  the  Seen 
tary  for  the  State,  preaerving  the  ancient  orthograpb}'/ 

It  is  further  stated,  that  the  first  revision  of 
these  laws  was  never  before  printed. 

No  corroborative  evidence  ia  presented  of  the 
genuineness  of  the  documents;  nut  the  internal 
evidence  is  decidedly  in  favour  of  their  authen- 
ticity. It  is  a  little  remarkable  that  your  corre- 
spondent X  IL  T,,  writing  on  this' subject  ia] 
April,  ia55  (1-*S,  li,  321 ),  from  the  State  library 
in  Hartford^  in  which  town  the  volume  before  ua 
was  issued,  should  have  altogether  ignored  it. 

There  is  a  rude  frontispiece — a  woodcut  of  »J 
cona(able  seiKiug  a  tobacco  **  taker  '* ;  but  this  ia 
a  modern  productii>n,  the  costumes  being  thoee  of 
the  earlv  part  of  the  present  century. 

Now  let  us  see  what  light  we  can  bring  to  beair| 
on  the  history  of  these  acHcalled  "Blue  Laws." 

The  townships  of  Windsor,  Hartford,  ^id  Wea 
thersfield,  on  the  river  Connecticut,  were  the  fin 
settle m en ts  in  the  country,  and  i^  the  year  163 
the  iuhiiLltants  met  in  public  adsembly,  and  i 
their  own  language  did  ^^Basocinte  and  conjoinol 
themselves  to  bee  aa  one  publique  dt/tr  tfr  vofn^t 
monweaUkf^  and  laid  down  the  principlei*  of  their 
constitution.  ^ 

Newhaven,  on  Long  Island  Sound,  was  colo- 
nised in  16?JJ8;  and  on  June  4,  1039  — 
"  All  the  free  plantersi  asaembled  together  in  a  general 
meetinj^e,  to  conault  about  settling  civil  government 
acctirdmg  to  God,^'  Ac. 

The  Connecticut  Code,  foimded  on  the  consti- 
tution of  ll>J>^,  was  completed  and  issued  in  1650, 
The  Newhaven  Code  was  framed  ia  1655,  and 
printed  in  London  the  following  year.  The  Con- 
aeclicut  Code,  it  ia  stated,  was  not  printed  until 
1675,  from  a  revision  in  1672.  Now,  in  neither 
of  these  codes  are  there  the  slightest  traces  of  the 
absurdities  usually  attached  to  the  idea  of  the 
"  Blue  Laws,"  There  are  no  prohibitions  againt»t 
any  person  **  running  on  the  Sabbath  day,  or 
walking  in  his  garden  or  elsewhene,  except  wver- 
ently " ;  nor  ia  any  one  prevented  from  **  travel- 
ling, cooking  victuals,  making  beds,  sweeping 
house,  cutting  hair,  or  shaving  on  the  Hnbbath 
day,*'  Nor  is  any  woman  denied  the  privilege  of 
"  kissing  her  child  on  the  Sabbath  or  fasting  day.'* 
A  husband  is  not  prevented  from  kissing  his  wife 
Sabbath  or  week  day,  when  and  where  he  pleads. 
In  fact,  in  the  Connecticut  Code  there  are  no  laws 
at  all  bearing  on  the  Sabbath.  My  sunniso,  there- 
fore, that  the  quotations  usually  given  are  a 
literary  imposture,  is  fully  borne  out  by  the  ascer* 
tained  facts.  The  origin  of  the  fraud  is  to  be 
found  in  A  General  Bidory  of  Comiecticttt  by  a 
Gmtktnan  of  the  Fromnce^  London^  U^iiV.   'Y^t^a 


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XOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[4»»«8.VH,  M4jscy4.  TL 


author  is  said  to  baT6  been  the  BeT*  Samuel 
Peters  (a  Tory  and  Loyiilii»t),  who  left  the  colony 
at  the  brettltiiif^  out  of  the  disturbances  iu  1774, 
4\nd  revenged  Iiimself  on  his  compatriots  by  the 
fabrication  of  the  spurious  documents  iu  question. 

And  now,  having  t^eon  what  the  two  Connec- 
ticut Codes  are  not,  lot  nio  as  briefly  aa  possible 
ftate  what  they  really  are.  They  are  very  valu- 
uble  illustrationfi  of  tliQ  tone  and  temper  of  mind 
of  the  stern  pionet^rs  who  went  out  to  people  the 
wilderness,  and  whose  customs,  manners;*  and  civil 
and  relijrioua  opioions  have  been  the  normal  types 
jifter  whicli  the  grtfat  American  c^immonwealth 
ha3  been  modelled.  The  founders  of  New  Kupland 
were  resolute  God«fearinpf  men  of  the  Roundbeud 
utixmp.  In  the  foundation  of  their  institutions 
the  following  principles  lie  at  the  base  :  — 

1»  Perfect  equality  and  mutual  responsibility 
amon jT.-^t  nil  the  memWrs  of  tlio  commonwealth. 

2.  The  identity  of  the  Church  and  the  State,  with 
the  uecessarv  corollary  that  all  laws  should  be 
founded  on  the  Word  of  Clod, 

S.  The  obligation  of  the  civil  magistrate  to 
enforce  ecclesiastical  discipline. 

4.  That  the  law  should  tflJce  cognizance  of  im» 
morality  as  well  as  of  crime, 

Thei<e  principles  wore  logically  and  relentlessly 
carried  out  into  practice :  sonietimes  making  one 
fih udder  at  the  tuthless  sncHlice  of  human  life, 
and  at  other  time^  raising  a  ^ndle  at  the  ludicrous 
minuteness  with  which  the  law  intermeddled  with 
private  affairs. 

(1)  The  enactmenta  of  the  Code  breathe  the 
true  spirit  of  freedom  and  equal  rights,  the  system 
of  manhood  auflrogo  and  aniuml  elections  contain- 
ing the  germ  of  the  futiue  institutions  of  the 
United  StatcJS.  Several  of  these  laws  are  far  in 
adrance  of  their  age^  such  as  voting  by  written 
papers^  freedom  of  deblors  from  arrest  except  in 
case  of  fraud,  kc, 

(2)  The  Word  of  God  was  hold  to  be  supreme 
ia  all  cases  not  otherwise  provided  for  by  the  law, 
and  all  enact meot-s  were  supposed  to  be  founded 
thereon.  Uufortunately  it  was  tho  Mosaic  Code, 
rather  than  the  Gospel,  which  was  resorted  to. 
Hence  the  punishment  of  death  was  awarded  to 
**  idolatry,  witchcraft,  blasphemy,  and  adultery/* 
for  each  of  which  Scriptural  authority  ia  quoted. 
Young  persons  above  sixteen  *^  cunning  or  smiting 
father  or  mothor^  or  not  obeying  their  commands 
after  warning  and  chnsti semen t/*  were  to  be  put 
to  death.  Man-stealiDg  or  kidnapping  wua  a 
capital  crime.  Sternness  might  be  panloned  in  a 
state  of  society  where  it  was  necessary  to  provide 
**  that  there  shall  bee  a  guard  of  twenty  men 
every  Sabbath  and  lecture  day,  compleat  in  theire 
armes,  in  each  severall  towne  uppon  the  river.** 

(3  &  4)  The  ecclesiastical  discipline  enforced 
by  the  magistrate  descended  to  the  ordinary  in- 
tercourse of  private  life  in  the  most  minute  par- 


ticuIarR.    At  a  court  held  at  Newhaven^  Maj^^f 
1000,   two    young   persons,  Jacob   Merlin©   an^* 
Sarah  Tuttio,  were  brought  before  the  governor : 
the  charge  being  that,  after  some  cbali*^  Jacob 
had  taken  away  Sarah's  gloves.    The  record  goe« 
on  to  state  that  — 

**  Surah  desired  him  to  give  her  tbc  glorcf  ;  to  ^\i\ 
he  answered  he  wnuld  do  so,  if  she  vrciuld  giva  him 
kywc^  upon  which  ih«y  Rat  down  together,  bif  ar 
betnf^  about  lier  waiste,  lincl  ber  arme  up<in  hit  Ahoulf 
or  about  his  neckc;  and  h*  ky$5ed  her^  and  «Ae  kr 
him,  OT  ihev  kynsecl  one  another ;  continuinc  in  thU 
lure  aljirnt  half  an  baur,  as  3Iarian  and  Susan  testifird, 

For  this  grave  offence,  the  governor  read  the 
young  people  a  severe  lecture,  and  lined  each  of 
them  twenty  shillings  and  costs. 

Some  of  the  cases  are  very  sad.  One  given  bj 
Cotton  .Mather  relates  of  a  man  in  Weymou' 
about  1050 :  — 


**  This  tnaa  Jivctl  in  nbominable  adulteries ;  but 
at  length  j«niot«  bini  with  a  PalM«'.    Hi*  dead  rol^e  ma 
nocompany'd  witli  a  Quick  Conscience,  which  compelled 
hira  to  confess  bi«  erimes/* 

By  the  law  of  the  country  adultery  was  then  ^M 
capital  olfencp,  and  thin  poor  w^retch,  evidentlJH 
insane,  was  actually  coovicted  and  hung. 

One  of  the  pivatest  blots  on  the  fair  fame  of  the 
Puritan  New  Eoglanders  id  their  persecutioD  of 
the  Q  Makers.  There  i.^  only  one  authenticated 
ca^e  of  Quakers  being  put  to  death,  but  that 
hnd  enough.  Tho  usual  sentence  on  r«fracl 
(^ti  niters — who^  no  doubt,  gave  trouble — was 
ishment  on  pain  of  death.  In  lOoO,  some  Qtii 
who  had  bt!en  baniished  returned  to  Boston/ 
were  condemned  by  a  general  court  to  death. 
Two  of  them  were  executed.  A  great  clamouf 
and  excitement  was  raised,  and  the  Inw  waa 
repealed.  An  almanack  printed  by  the  y oaken 
in  Pennsylvania  in  1(1*.  14  has  the  following  entrrr 

"  Since  Ihi^  Eni^lish  in  New  En^'lnnd  h&ngcd  tlieir 
countrj'men  for  religion years  Bti/* 

One  word,  before  I  close,  on  the  *'  Bhw  Lawi." 
Why  are  they  called  hht\  and  by  whom  ww 
the  name  conferred  P  There  is  nothing  in  tb^ 
text  of  the  Codes  throwing  light  on  the  subject 
In  the  Hartford  publication  the  puges  hended 
**  Xewbaven  AntiquitieR  or  Blue  Laws"  iire  iii>t 
laws  at  alL  They  are  simply  extracts  from  thJ 
registers  of  the  court,  detailing  triah  and  ^- 
tencep.  That  hhw  is  a  contraction  of  hhodt/^  1  do 
not  belieTe^  nor  h  there  any  reason  to  »uppo« 
the  term  originated  in  the  colour  of  the  pftp*' 
covers,  like  our  **  Blue  Books."  The  pMbjibibtT 
is  that,  like  tho  pretended  laws  to  which  it  ^^ 
applied,  the  tenn  was  invented  by  the  retereoi 
fabricator ;  but  as  I  have  not  seen  his  work,  I 
cannot  verily  this.  I  have  to  apologise  for  the 
length  to  which  I  have  been  led,  though  ft  Tety 
interesting  treatise  might  be  written  on  tli« 
subject. 


4*8.  VII.  SUncu^,*:'-! 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


193 


It  is  desirable  to  "pltkce  on  record  in  the  enduring' 
pug^s  of  '*  N.  k  Q,/*  once  for  ftU,  tbe  true  state- 
mifot  of  facts  about  which  there  has  been  such 
an  amount  of  mtsrepreseDtation  and  folBehood. 

J.  A.  PiCTON. 
Saad^loiowe,  Warertroii,  near  LiverpooL 


EC5TATICS:  TOE  **ECSTATI€A"  OF  CALDAKO. 

(4«*S.  vi,476;  viL  21,  123.) 

The  most  elaborftt©  account  «>f  the  Ecdatica  of 
C&ldfuo  b  that  contained  in  the  following  work : — 

"  T  .1  the  Earl  of  Shrewsbury  to  Ambrose  Li^ile 

?!  ,  iiirscri[»tive  of  the  Eestatica  of  Oiliinro 

mi  -L  lurata  of  Caprmaa.  Iking  a  Second  VAl- 
IJinw  rvrieert  and  enlari^^d  ;  to  which  is  ailded,  the  Uela- 
tkfi  ^f  threo  *viccossi%*e  Visit*  to  the  Ecstntica  of  Sadkj- 
ttoo,iu  May  1842."    8vo,    London  (C.  Uolman),  1842. 

An  article  ba*ed  upon  this  book,  and  with 
anfei  of  earlier  Ec^taticfl  and  Sti|;rnmti8t^,  will  bo 
found  in  th*>  Churt^h  of  Eftf^laml  Qiuirtcdy  Rt^view^ 
tod  was  D- published  in  a  pamphlet  forta  under 
th«  tiile  of — 

*l/»nl  Shr<*w*burv'9  Mi ractilouft  Virgins*"  8vo.  Loo- 
hm  (W.  K,  Painter.'  Strand),  1843,  pp.  15. 

'  '  >r  fiflit  to  tbe  convent  of  Caldaro,  to  eee 

lori — **  the  Ecstatic  Virnin  of  the  famed 

jvr  ji   — wa>«  made  by  George  Waterton,  the  cele- 

Mtkd  naturalist,  who  haa  reconled  hb  imprea- 

*^""-  in  the  cuiious  autobiographical  preface  to 

:   i]  series  of  hb  Ef^'i4Jifs  on  Xntiirai  History j 

-    ,     l^S — a  renew  of  which  will  bo  found  m 

/  M/  r  <  Afftffftzine  for  December  in  the  sarae  year. 

Ai   ut  the  «ame  period  it  was  alle^'ed  by  the 

^' ry  l:ev,  John  Foley,  president  of  SL  Mary's 

M!   1  CI  I   Cilliolic   college  at  Youphal,    county 

'  'that  Bimilar  manife^tationa  of  mira- 

;■>  had  been  vouchsafed  to  the  mem- 

W^  vl  tue  c<  liege.     This  waft  atte.«^ted  by  other 

frie?u,  and  an  appeal  made  about  the  eamo  time 

*or  p<.'cuintiiy   support  to   the   institution.     The 

^fiinir  madt^  some  noise,  and  the  I'rotestant  cler^ry 

iiiii  others  demanded  a  thorough  in vea ligation. 

'The  npinione  of  The  Tablet,  which  I  will  not  tran- 

*<^^ibe  from  fear  of  givinj^  oflence,  will  be  found 

b  the  numbers  of  the  4th,  18th,  and  24th  Feb., 

1843;  and  these   are  reprinted,  together  with  a 

*>Jjiute  bistoriciil  summary  of  tbe  whole  affair,  in 

•  pimpblet  entitled  — 

"Tbfl  EcAtattca  of  YnughaJ,  compared  vi"ith  the  Wod- 
^of  IheTyruI,  in  a  Letter  to  the  Kiu'ht  Hon.  tbe  Earl 
^  Sl»T*ir*huf V,  l\y  the  Rev.  John  Ahiwt>rlh,  Rector  of 
J«Jgha],  Irtfantl.*''*  iivov  Londoa  (l^aJton,  Cockspur 
5li»t),  1&43,  pp.  7U 

Il«?fepence  may  also  be  made  to  Dr.  Herbert 
Majo'8  *'  Lt^ter^  on  the  Tnitha  contained  in 
^iipukr  Supt-r?^tition8*^  {BlGckwooiTs  Magazine^ 
June  1847,  p.  UT^ii,  in  which  allusion  to  the  Earl 
^f  Sbrewabury*8  book  is  made. 

William  Bates, 

BinaiDgham. 


The  inquirer  M.  D,  will  find  full  information 
respecting  the  Ecstatica  and  tbe  Addolorata^ 
usually  mentioned  together  aa  the  II"dy  A'irgin* 
of  the  TyroU  in  a  small  work  entitled  Aulhmiw 
AccoutUs  of  Dominica  Lazzati^  (J-c,  translated  frtjtm 
the  German,  and  published  by  Bacon  &  t'o,,  Nor- 
wich, 1841.  A  more  detailed  account  of  both 
will  he  seen  in  the  LeUerfrom  the  Enrl  of  Shrmm- 
bm'\i  to  Ambrose  LUle  Phillip/>s^  Eiiq.f  London,  0. 
Dolman,  Ql,  New  Bond  Street,  1B4L  Thia  LeU^r 
extends  over  forty-four  octavo  paged,  arid  wuft 
written  from  Munich,  It  has  also  atnking  engrav- 
ings of  both  these  Holy  ^*i^unas.  The  Addolorata 
died   April  4,  1848  j  and  Ecatatica  January  11, 

1808.  ^^____  i\  c.  n, 

"£S"  AND  **EN." 
(4«»'S.yi.  390,514;  vil  60.) 

5Ir,  J.  PAT3fE*8  language  Is  such  that  it  hardly 
merita  a  reply.  However,  as  he  has  tbrsugliC 
proper  to  accuse  me  of  **  invention  *'  of  a  deriva- 
tion, and  of  **  laying  down  rules  "  to  support  such 
invention,  I  will  make  a  brief  answer.  But  Mr. 
Pat5e  may  rest  assured  that  if  in  any  other  re- 
marks on  my  notes  he  has  not  recourse  to  more 
courteous  languagey  be  Fhall  (to  use  a  common 
expression)  "  have  it  all  hia  own  way "  The 
Greek  derivation  that  he  is  at  war  with  was  (be- 
fore 1  consulted  Chastellain's  little  book)  tha 
explanation  of  a  friend,  the  author  of  several 
learned  works  and  tbe  professor  at  a  foreign 
university.  It  was  from  him  also  that  the  in- 
formation marked  by  Mr*  Payne  1,  2,3,  4,  was 
received,  as*  w*ell  m  the  informntit-m  about  the 
academic  diplomas.  I  do  not  mention  the  nnnie, 
because  he  objects.  He  says  that,  after  reading" 
Mr,  Payne's  note  or  reply/he  doen  not  choose  to 
discuss  the  subject  with  him.  He  has  been  a 
contributor  to  "  N.  &  Q.,''  and  is  one  of  th*?  most 
distinguished  scholars  and  philologists  of  the  age* 
I  have  no  means  of  consulting  the  "  grave  "  and 
**  noble'*  authorities  named  by  Mr.  Payne.  I 
am  a  traveller,  and  the  libraries  of  hotels  are  not 
very  extensive*  But  I  find  in  a  French  Universal 
Dictionary  (apparently  a  number-book)  belonging 
to  my  landlord  that  there  are  two  Ea-ses.  Ono 
is  fiiiid  to  be  "  from  the  '  Latin  *  *  or  ex,'*  and  to 
mean  **  f/e  =  of "  j  tbe  other  is  *^  an  abbreviation  of 
m  leg,  "Es  Droit/*  whatever  Mr.  Payne  may 
pay  to  the  contrary,  is  very  common  in  French, 
Switzerlimd  and  elsewhere.  Turning  over  a  lot 
of  cards  that  from  time  to  time  have  been  left  by 
Continental  friends,  I  find  several  engraved  ex- 
amples.    One  of  the    first   I   stumbled   on   was 

'*  M.  le  Chevalier  de  V ,  Docteur  ^»  Droit." 

I  find  one  or  two  others  with  the&ame  *'  h  Droit/' 
but  those  with  en  are  certainly  more  numerous, 
**  Docteur  es  Droit  '*  in  the  newspapers  is  as  fre- 
quent as  **  en  droit.^'  Glancing  at  the  exhibition 
boards  in  three  engmvera'  windows,  I  find  several 


apecimen  card^  of  "  Ph.  D.s/'  in  aome  of  wliicla 
the  ^  ia  u^ed^  while  othei»  haye  the  more  usual 
en. 

If  ^#  ia  a  mere  abbroTlalion,  and  only  means  en 
let,  it  needs  no  logic  to  proTe  that  it  is  imprctpei 
to  uae  it  before  a  gingular  noun ;  but  if  it  be  mm 
a  w€frdf  and  as  such  signiiiea  de^  there  is  no  im- 
propriety  whatever  in  so  u?ing  it,  and  therefor©  I 
contend  (modi^tly  and  not  *u* cathedra) ^Ih^t  French 
or  Swiss  scholars  do  not  commit  any  blunder  when 
<m  their  ungraved  vi»itiiig"  earda  they  choose  to 
say  "  Docteur  es  Droit "  or  *'  ^a  Philoaophie,"  If 
Mb.  Patste  lives  in  a  ne!g:hbourhood  frequented  by 
foreigners^  and  where  there  happens  to  be  a  ca^rd 
engraver,  I  would,  in  concluding^  theae  remarks, 
advise  him  to  inquire  whether  fluch  tradesman 
has  not  frequ«ntly  printed  **  es  Droit "  and  "  ^5 
rhiJnsopbie/'  and  il'  it  hnt  been  done,  to  ask 
whether  such  cards  were  not  enj^rared  conform- 
ably to  "copy."  James  Hesby  DixoK. 

I  find  the  following  passage  in  Ampere,  Jlistoire 
de  la  Fm^taimn  de  lit  Laitpte  fran^aise^  which, 
being  the  work  of  a  Member  of  the  Institute  and 
Professor  of  Literature  in  the  Colle|?e  of  France 
(Paris,  18G0),  I  presume  16  one  of  some  authority  : 

"  L'jtncienne  forme  ffatii,'ai3e  de  rarticle  Mi '  ae  trouve 
en  Wallon,  *  li  fr*  re/  *  le  frere/ 

f  t  **  On  trcmvc  dnna  un  autre  patoij  fire  know  how 
dialc-cta  preserve  words  and  forma  which  have  slipped  out 
of  the  lat^r  writtea  and  upokeo  langnagQ]  k  fonne  da 
dati/t  *  ea  gagv« '  (aiut  jSageaX  *  ^  P^ '  (aux  pieda).'*  — 

If  this  be  correct,  it  seems  to  support  what  Mb. 
Charhook  informs  us  Cotgrayo  says :  "  A  pre- 
position ever  set  fnifore  words  in  the  pbtral  nnmher^ 
«a  'en*  before  tba*e  in  the  *Yrtyfiirtr " ;  and  what 
Mb*  Patxb  affirms  against  Dr.  Dixon,  that  it  is 
mever  found  before  a  mm;ular.^^ 

"  Bachelier  es  Arts  '  *  is  aimply  "  Bachelier  aujc 
Arts,"  or  rather  ens  arts. 

One  does  not  see  how  the  Greek  preposition  eis 
should  find  its  way  into  a  purely  i«rench  phrase. 
The  word  ^*j  in  the  phrase  ^a  ArtSj  is  probably 
from  the  old  French  prepoflition  «»*,  from  intm^ 
the  fi  haYing  dropped  out  in  pronunciation  from 
rapidity  or  careleiisness.*  S.  IL 


FINDERXE  FLOWERS. 
(4»*'  S*  vi,  o44.) 

In  the  Jonmnt  of  HoriieuUtfre  for  July  29^  ISm, 
there  appeared  an  interesting  paper  bearing  this 
title,  '*  Fmdeme  Flowers."  The  anonymous  writer 
quotes  at  greater  length  from  Burke ^s  VicUiUudew 
of  Faimlks  than  Mr.  Pearson;  and  as  it  may  be 
new  to  many  of  yoiy*  readers,  I  venture  to  copy  it 
out — first  fltating  that  through  tiie  paj^es  ot  the 
above-named  journal    I  made    Mb*   Pbabson's 


*  See  Ampere,  p*292»  note. 


inquiry,  **  WTiat  are  the  names  of  theao  flow«i«, 
planted  so  long  ago  by  the  good  old  Cruttdsf^ 
and  which  bold  so  fast  to  bit  ancient  garden^  now 
only  a  field  P  "  To  this  question  I  reoeiTed  no 
answer, 

"  The  hamlet  of  Findeme.  in  the  parith  nf  Middiorfrp 
ahout  four  mi  lea  from  Derby,  waa  for   i  rilioni 

the  chief  residence  of  a  family  who  •  >-  uaxB« 

frcim  the  place  of  their  patrimony,     h  nne  ( 

Edward  I.  to  thtiam  of  Heorr  VIII*,  when  the  male  1 
bc^/ime  extinct,  and  the  estate  passed  by  the  marnig!»4 
the  h«ir«99  to  tho  Harpurs,  the  bouw'of  Findenw  j  ' 
one  or  th<'  moflt  diatin^nL^hed  in  Derbyi^hire.  Bfe 
of  It  hatl  won  their  -^'tira  in  the  Cruaadf»i,  and  at  i 
and  at  Agincourt,  The  sons  were  brave,  and  the  d 
tcra  fair :  one,  ata<!  \  wa:}  frail  as  welt  aa  fair,  sad  tin 
heaviest  blow  that  ever  fell  on  the  timt^-bononrw!  rati 
was  when  Catherine  Finderne,  about  the  miildle  ot  ills 
fifteenth  century,  consented  to  be  th«  mi*itress  of  Henry 
Ijord  Grev  of  Codnor.  In  the  remarkftble  will  of  Cbit 
remarkable  nobleman,  who  in  1463  obinined  a  ! 
from  the  king  for  the  tran.';mutation  of  '  '■'^'.  "r« 
is  made  for  his  iile^tintate  issue  by  <  i 

which  were,  no  doubt,  deemed  unexo  ;  in  tboat 

day!*,  bat  which  would  be  deemed  Jii^hly  otTensivf  a 
our  own.  Thp  territorial  posses^iioas  of  the  Findtnal 
were  Urge:  the  f  iodemes  were  high  Aherifi^  oecasitfiiaUy 
ranj;;cr8  of  Needwood  Forest,  and  custodians  of  Tslboqf 
Castle,  and  thej  nwtched  with  many  of  the  best  faiailiea 
Findeme,  originally  erecte«l  tempore  Edward  I.,  sad 
refltored  and  enlarged  at  different  periods,  was  in  IMS 
one  of  the  qnakitest  and  larf^t  mansion*  ^-^  *» -^  -  ^T'tiaada 
Thf  pro^ynt  *_'hurch,  then  the  family  t  n^wsaf 

mon  u  men  tal  bra*?ws  and  ai  tar  tombo--  a  i  i  .  i  ^  of  (1m 

Findemes.  In  1850  n  pedigree  reseaicb  caused  la*  to 
pay  a  vblt  to  the  Tillag;e.  1  sought  for  thia  iincMBi 
halt — not  a.  intone  rem  aimed  to  tell  where  it  Itad  atoodt 
I  enteretl  the  church— not  a  eio^a  record  of  a  FimlMBl 
waa  there !  I  ftceostevl  A  villager^  hopinsr  to  ff!ean  •ome 
stray  traditions  of  the  Findemes,  *Flii 
'  wc  bwve  no  Findemcs  here,  but  we  h  - 

once  beloni^pd  to  them;    we  have  i;.,,  ,,,, .- 

*  Show  tne  themt'  1  replied :  and  the  old  man  led  nw  iT' 
a  f)ekl,  which  .still  retained  faint  traces  of  temieiii 
foundations.     *  There,'  aaid  he,  poiotio^  to  a  | 
p^arden  flowers  grown  wild,  *  there  are  the  Fii 
Sower?,  brouf^ht  by  Sir  Geoffrey  from  the 
and  do  what  vre  will,  they  will  never  <lie ! ' 

**  Poetrv  minifies  more  with  our  daily  life  tbaa  tw 
apt  to  aiiknowledge ;    and  even  to  an  antlqaary, 
myself,  the  old  man's  prose,  and  the  subject  of  it»  i 
the  verj'  e^aence  of  poetrj^ 

*^  For  more  than  three  hundred  years  the  Finrfi 
have  been  extinct;  the  mansion  they  dwdt  ia 
crumbled  into  dost;  the  bras  and  marble  iotendtil 
perpetuate  the  race  had  paaaed  awny  ;  and  a  little  i 
flower  had  for  ages  pre^rved  a  name  luid  a  moM 
which  the  elaborate  works  of  man's  hand  had  fkiWI 
rescue  from  oblivion*  The  moral  of  the  inritl^tiil 
beautiful  as  the  poetr\%  We  talk  of  the  '  ' 
tiowersj'  but  of  the  eloquence  of  flower*  ' 
such  a  striking  example  as  that  presented  lu 
of  Finderne :  ^- 

*  Time,  Time  Ms  witheriag  hand  hath  laid 
On  battlement  and  tower ; 
And  where  rich  banoers  were  displayed. 
Now  only  wavea  a  Eovrer.* 
These  are  the  intuieating  woida  of  Borke  oa  1 
flowers/* 
I  A275A.] 

'      Bockeaham. 


4^&TU.IUscn4,*Tl.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIE& 


1«9 


in  sei 


i^  S,  vii,  7G,  128,  17i»/)— I  am 
f  T^RO  Verflam  for  his  kiDdoess 
t  the  story  of  Lady  Anue  Grim- 
.^tv*  It  remains  a  curious  example 
dt  Um  growth  oif  a  legend  out  of  a  natural^  phe- 
aoQMi&OD  ;  to  be  cliiJstMi  with  the  8tory  of  NioWs 
tHTBy  which,  jilreruiy  before  Homer's  time,  had 
pown  out  of  the  dripping  statue  in  Mount  Siny- 
fnfl ;  the  storr  of  the  tmnsportatinn  of  9t.  Catha- 
rine's body  to  Mount  Sinai,  which  hftd  grown  out 
of  the  munimy-like  protuberance  of  rock  on  the 
atunmit  of  Mount  St.  Catharine  in  the  Arabian 
PaniDBtUa ;  th<^  story  of  the  Nympha  and  Pana  in 
tltt  Corycian  cave,  which  grew  out  of  the  stalac- 
tite fiirures  in  the  limestone  rock;  thestory  of  the 
impmoned  ^ant^  under  Mount  Etna«  or  of  the 
/hrctw  of  Acia  by  Pohphtimu?,  which  grew 
r  the  eruptions  of  that  volcano,       A.  P,  S. 

kbt's  Muudkrers:  Somkhsetshtre  Tra* 
i^..;^>s  (4^'*  S,  vii.  33,  171.) — My  account  in 
tile  QiMtrterit/  Ilei^itw  has  since  been  corrected  and 
inltmid  in  the  es^ay  on  "  The  Murder  of  Becket '  * 
m  ^dorical  McTnorialg  of  Canterbury  CathrdraL 

A.  P.  S. 

BTisrr  ox  PiCTTRJB  CAJrrAS  (4**  S,  Tii.  97.) — 
f  i  ries  I  have  made  I  doubt  if  any  govem- 

;  p  was  ever  imposed   upon  the  canvas 

uaed  for  pictures,  as  picture  canvas^  and  suspect 
Rtk  stamp  was  affixed  only  under  the  Acta  which 
iaraoi^  duties  on  linens  generally.  Ail  linena  on 
ynA  cxjcise  duty  was  paid  were  Btamped.  The 
f  *  — '^  -  memoranda  may  be  useful  to  those  who 
prosecute  this  inq^uiry  more  fully  than 

Dm  duty  on  linens  seems  to  have  been  6r9t 
iBKfm*^^  J'l  Tn  Anne,  cap.  10,  the  sixty-ninth 
dta»  1  imposes  upon  all  linens  and  stuffs 

(Vltli  eeptions)  to  be  printed,  stained, 

;  !,   a  duty  of  three-halfpence  for 

«t  r  lii^th,  reclconinj^  yard  wiJe  ;  while 

tii  clause  directs  the  commissioner, 

.  h  i  V  20,  1712,  to  provide  proper  seals 

#ltut>^  Uit  marking  ailks^  caUcoes^  linens,  nod 

f  24  Geo.  in.  aei?5,  2.  cap.  40,  for 

liijesty  additioniil  duties  on  linens, 

■  (',   stained,   or  dyed,  the  commis- 

-^   are  in  like  ra fin ner  directed  by 

Hj  or  before  Oct.  21,  1784,  to  provide 

and  stamps  to  denote  the  charging  of 


ips   are  only  found  on   pictures 

^t    T  ^k-^...],'  ^uf?pect  that  at  that 

i  rotation  may  have 

.     :      j,.j,uted/*  which  in  the 

-  simply  another  form  of  **  dyed,** 
whkh  was  to  be  *^  puiattKl ''  wna 


considered  to  come  tinder  the  Act,  and  as  aucb  be 
liable  to  duty. 

It  would  be  well  if  possessors  of  pictures  beanno^ 
the  ifovemment  stamp  would  record  in  *'  N.  &  (i, ' 
the  dates  of  such  stamps.  W.  J.  T. 

This  information  waa  supplied  to  '^N.  &  Q,' 
within  the  last  six  yeara.  X  cannot  give  the  refer- 
ence. An  engraving  of  the  Excise  Olfice  stamp 
was  inserted  by  wuy  of  illustration. 

Albert  BtriTERT. 

[There  must  be  some  mistake  as  to  this  reply  having 
fipi^eared  in  "  K,  dk  Q.";  no  such  woodeat  certainly  was 
ever  iojcrtetl,] 

Mahommedantsm  (4«»»  S.  vi,  S23,  448.)— This 
has  always  been  considered  a  perversion  of  Chris- 
tianity, one  of  the  numerous  heresies  which 
abounded  in  the  sixth  and  seventh  centuries.  As 
represented  by  Gibbon^  Alahomet  regarded  his 
retijdon  as  a  further  and  perfect  development  of 
Christianity,    Thus  with  him — 

*'Th«  Aotbcirity  raid  station  of  Adam,  Koah,  Abrahanit 
Mosea,  Chmt  and  Mahomet  riae  in  just  gradation  abovo 
eat'h  other ;  but  whoMwver  hates  or  rejects  ajiy  ouo  of 
the  prophets  is  numbered  with  the  inlidek."  {Dedine 
and  Fnli,  cap.  50,) 

And  again  (cap.  51) — 

"  The  diseiplea  of  Abraham,  of  Moaw,  and  of  Jcstii 
wore  aol«nitily  invited  to  accept  tlie  more  perfect  re  vela* 
lion  of  Matiomet  \  hut  if  they  preferred  the  payment  of 
a  moderate  tribute,  (hey  were  entitled  to  the  freedom  of 
cioDflcicacc  and  religioui  worship," 

In  contradistinction  to  Magians,  Jewa,  and 
Christians,  whom  the  followera  of  Mahomet  termed 
the  People  of  the  Book,  were  the  llarbii,  qui 
tolerari  nequeunt  These  (Gibbon  quotes  from 
Belaud)  are — 

"  L  Those  who,  be^fie*  God,  worship  the  mkn,  moon^ 
or  idols;  2.  Atheists,  Utriquev  qitamdiu  prinMps  sliquis 
inter  Mohauimedanod  auperest,  oppugnari  debent  daneu 
rdi^onem  ampkciantar." 

The  Mahommedans  regard  themselves  nniver- 
aally  as  Unitarians  ("  the  proselytes  of  ^lahonoet 
from  India  to  Morocco  are  diatinguisbed  by  the 
name  of  Unitjirians/'  Gibbon,  cap.  50),  and  there- 
fore the  statement  that  **  no  Mahommedans  have 
hecome  Socinian  Christians"  is  evidently  true. 
The  most  philosophic  view  to  take  of  Mahomme* 
danism  is  to  deem  it  a  heretical  form  of  Christi- 
anity. PKLAorus, 

Bartolojcao  Diaz,  the  Disco  vexes  of  thb 
Cape  Eoute  (4""  S.  vii,  102.)— Mr.  Chablrs 
Navloe  is  undoubtedly  quite  correct  in  saymg 
that  the  honour  of  this  discovery  belongs  to  Bar- 
tolomao  DiaZ;  and  not,  as  I  said,  Vasco  da  Gama ; 
and  1  feel  much  obliged  for  bis  kindness  in  put- 
ting me  right ;  but  there  is,  I  find,  a  considerable 
ditierence  of  statement  as  to  the  year  in  which 
this  very  important  discovery  is  said  to  have  been, 
effe,     ' 


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[4»»»S.VII.  MAftcu4,TL 


Antotiio  Gal  ran o,  who  died  in  15^7,  ia  hU 
Diiwo  vents  of  the  World j  Bays:  — 

**  In  ihe  year  1486  the  king  Don  John  sent  on  this 
discovery  Barttiolomcw  Diaz,  m  gentleman  of  the  court, 
with  three  sail.  Constini;  alonir,  ho  placed  pillars  of 
ptouc,  and  discovered  thu  Cape  of  Good  IJop«,  nnd  beyond 
as  far  ^  the  river  Infante ;  nnd  it  may  be  mid  that  ho 
naw  the  land  of  Indiw,  but,  like  Moses  and  the  promliJed 
lftnd;»did  iu>tenti?riu." — Jiisconeriet  o/thr  Worid  (p.  77). 
l^itftint,  impciisH  H.  Biahup,  1601 ;  republished  by  tho 
Hakluyt  Society  by  Vicc-Adiuiral  Bethuno,  C.B.,  18(j2. 

Til 8  account  given  in  the  Dictiotmaire  htdorique 
(Pans,  1810)  says;— ^ 

"  DiA/,  (Uarth«ilemi)»  navi>:rat«tir  portOKaia,  qui  de- 
couvrit  en  14G(>  un  cap  ii  rextrtfmit^  mtfridionale  de 
rAfrique.  nuquel  il  doriniile  tmni  deCap  deATotirmentc^  ; 
mala  quind  il  rendit  camptc  de  sa  docou^erte  au  roi  ^a 
PortU|;dl,  Jenii  II,  ca  prince  chaugea  ce  nom  en  cdui  de 
Cflp  dt!  lluiinc  E!i|HTaT:c«;,"^ — 

wticb  Would  vaxihi  the  discovery  to  have  occurred 
twenty  yuars  before  148^1,  the  year  to  which  it  is  , 
assigned  by  Galvnno.  During  Ibis  internieditite 
period,  it  IS  to  be  supposed  that  he  must  have 
mtide  other  voyage^*,  an  account  of  which  may 
perhups  bt?  found:  if  14i>0,  the  earlier  date  dven 
for  the  discovery  of  the  Cape  route  can  be  venlied. 

K.  K,  W,  Ellis. 
StarK'rofap  neur  Exeter. 

Tm  DE\r  Old  Woman  (i"^  S.  vii.  75.)— I 
Buspect  it  is  with  the  lines  quoted  by  G.  as  with 
innunjerable  other  old  ditties  and  sayings,  that 
all  attempts  to  discover  the  iiuthors  of  thetti  would 
"be  fruitless.  Moreover,  there  are  usually  several 
different  forms  of  thenij  as  is  the  case  with  the 
liues  under  inquiry.  I  used  to  hear  them  half  a 
century  and  uiore  ago,  from  an  old  Che&hire  man, 
recited  thus :  — 

(i»  It  loud  vnke.^ 
"'Old  woman,  old  woman,  I'm  Koiug  a^shearini;.* 

*  Speak  a  little  louder,  sir,  for  Tm  hard  u*  hearing/ 

{In  a  itiic  poict.) 

*  Old  woman,  old  woman,  I  lovu  you  dearlj.* 

'  O  Chat*ji  a  bonny  lad»  now  I  hear  you  clearly/  *' 

Thou  I  remember  hearing,  in  StatTordshire^  the 
same  humorous  idea  expressed  in  another  form  — 

(Lmtd,) 
••  *  ^ekel,  Zekel,  will  ymt  treat  me  to  n  pint  0*  drCnk  ? ' 

•  What  did  you  aay,  Mister  ? ' 

•  Zekel*  Zekel*  shall  /  treat  you  to  a  pint  o'  drink  ?  ' 

•  0  yea,  if  you  pkasej  Mibter  I  *  " 

R  C.  IL 
This  WM  sung  by  my  grandmother  in  1826 
thus :  — 
**  *  Old  wnmnti,  old  woman,  will  you  go  a-itheanng  ? ' 

*  Speak  a  little  louder,  su,  Fnivery  hard  o^  hearing.* 

*  Old  woman,  old  woman,  m&y  1  come  and  kiw  you  ?  * 

*  Yg0,  and  tbuok  you  kindly,  air,  and  (jod  Almighty 

bless  you.' " 

Stobt  ascribed  to  Theouore  Hook  (4***  S. 
Tii,  TS.J—Tliia   story^  may   have    been  told   by 


Theodore  Iloolt,  and  perhaps  he  put  it  into  Hio 
form  quoted;  but  the  joke  itself  ia  far  older  tbiui 
his  time,  and  is,  I  fear,  aft^^r  all,  but  an  old  Joe. 
For  1  have  long  known  it  in  what,  1  susptjct,  wa» 
its  firi't  simple  shape,  thus :  — 

A  Yankee  was  walking  with  an  Irishman  oq 
the  road  to  New  York ;  and  thioliing  to  roast  hi* 
companion,  said  to  him:  **  Where  would  v-u  bx 
now,  Paddy^  if  the  devil  had  his  due  ?  ■  *  **  1 
replied  Paddy,  <*rd  be  walking  by  mv. 
New  York.^'  ^ 


Art  ^ 


This  reminds  me  of  another  witty  answer  of 
Irishman  worth  recording.  The  late  Marrjuii 
Anglesey  coming  up  to  some  men  at  work  io  ' 
grounds,  thus  addi*eHfl«?d  one  of  them,  who  was  an 
Irishman :  '*  Now,  Paddy,  here's  half-a-crown  for 
you,  if  you'll  tell  me  the  truth  in  answer  to  i 
question  I  shall  ask  you."  The  Irishman  p>- 
tested  that  he  wouhi"  "Well,  then,*'  said  I'm 
marquis,  '*i:f  the  devil  were  to  come  now  iVir  m 
of  us  two,  which  would  he  take?'*  ''Intvi 
then,  my  lord,  he'd  take  me."  **  You  shan't  iuiv^ 
the  half-crovru;  I  know  you  don*t  think  tliut' 
**0  Tfe»p  I  do,  my  lord:  he'd  take  me  when  l^ 
coula  get  me ;  isn't  he  sure  of  your  lordship  nl 
any  time  ?  "  The  marquis  gave  him  the  hill- 
crown,  and  rode  off  laughing  heartily. 

This  may  seem  too  good  to  b©  true ;  but  the 
person  who  related  it  to  me  had  it  as  a  fact  ifoni 
Lady  Anglesey.  F.  C.  E 

Lord  Plukkkt  (4*'»  S.  vii.  93.)— Sureh  T  ^. 
Phinket  (so  his  name  should  be  spelt)  caii; 
immached  as  uttt-ring  "nonsense "  in  the 
of  Time  with  the  hour-ghtss  and  the  pcyth 
metaphor  could  he  more  *'  germane  to  the  m 
The  Statutes  of   Limitation  in  respect  • 
were  ohviou4y  founded  on  the  supposition  u     > 
roan  might  have  lost  bis  original  grant tltrri/iJ 
the  "scythe*'  of  Time,  and  proposed  to  m 
for  the  loas  by  a  title  derived  from  len- 
possession.     The  **  muniments"  of  whicl 
Flunket  spoke  were    tho^  which   eviden 
title  in  question.    As  for  muniments  wli 
up  any  other  title,  neither  the  metaphor  i 
statute  interferes  with  them,  except  so  far  • 
latter  meets  theni  with  a  preferable  title. 

C.  G.  PBowm. 

Garriek  Club. 

ClNUBKELLA    AND   THE  GL4S8    SuPPER  (4**  S. 

vL  ti8::),)^Tho  Itnlians  have  a  similar  stoiTp 
which  has  been  turned  into  a  musical  Stentereflft 
play.  The  lord  of  the  village  gives  a  grand  £8to» 
The  snow  is  on  the  ground ;  and  a  slipper  is  dis- 
covered on  the  following  day.  The  loid  MJ* 
that  he  wiU  marry  the  owner.  AU  the  femik 
guests  (including  several  old  women)  m./ 
JlUing  attempt;  but  the  shoe  only  lit&  Uu 
one,  a  poor  village  girL  Stenterello  (for  he  i.^  ibt? 
lord)  makes  good  his  promise,  and  this  weddimg 


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lecmcliiclefl  the  drRHia,  The  piece  is  very  popular, 
And  I  bare  ^itneesed  it  at  thri.'e  differeiit  theatres 
in  Florence.  The  name  of  the  heroine  I  forget, 
but  it  is  not  Cinderella.  I  do  nAt  siippofie  that 
ihe  Italiacs  can  go  back  to  either  ^i^Iiao  or  Stmbo 
for  the  origin  of  their  play.  1  merely  mention 
the  above  version  to  t^now  that  the  legend  is 
widely  diffused,  and  is  found  in  diirerent  coun- 
tries, with  variations  to  suit  localities  and  cus- 
toms. Me,  5fAC  Cabe's  version  hoa  a  very  con- 
,  vincing  air  about  it*         Jamtj^  llKyfiY  Dixoy. 

\  Old  PnixTa  op  Stonkhewge  (4*^  8.  vii.  m^ 
170.) — David  Lo^gan  practised  bis  profession  in 
Lomdon;  where,  as  late  as  1688,  h«  produced  a 
*OTk  illustrating  the  I'fiiversitj  of  Canihridge. 
Tltf  date  of  bis  death  does  not  appear, t  In  ihe 
Bfoitttes  of  En ff land  and  Walen^  tuo  li^t  of  pub- 
I  Wed  views,  kc.^  at  the  end  of  the  Wiltshire 
'^ ^  i'nntains  a  notice  of  two  views  of  iStone- 

Drtvid  liOggan,  from  the  we?tand  80Uth, 
i.uL  Lu  utite  is  given.  Coniddering  the  date  of 
Leon's  birth,  and  the  period  of  his  reMdence  in 
^on,  it  is,  howcTer,  probable  that  the  views 
published  towards  the  latter  end  of  the 
ith  century.  A.  B.  Middleton. 

SaHAbui5% 

AL\-^13   MtBAL  (4»'»  S.  vi.  27a)— The 
were   omitted   from  one   batch  of  medab 
ben  the  names  of  the  ckimanta  were 
ithe  authoritiea  no  dates  of  the  respec- 
be«  were  attached  ;  and  as  the  collection 
i€ed  nominal  lists  would  have  caused  con- 
ilc  delay   and  consequent  disappointment, 
v«  thought  advisable  to  iasue  the  medals  as 
Jtacribed.  J.  W.  F. 

BLACK-COtnTTRY    LBGE5D :     "ThE    PfRCT 

lEs"  (4'*'  S.  vii.  7L)^In  The  Ptret/  Antx^ 
ii.  448,  edit.  1868,  the  Btory  k  told  of 
il  Bltifh.  Dales  are  not  given,  but  it  is 
at  he  was  then  a  captain  in  a  marching 
int,  that  he  kept  the  watch  to  his  death, 
it  by  will  with  a  large  fortune  to  his 
tbe  Dean  of  Elphin,  Tht  Pmqt  Anecdotes 
n  in  1820,  and  finished  in  1823;  so, 
time  for  promotion  from  captmu  to 
WUfTtl,  and  the  accumulation  of  a  large  fortune, 
hhink  the  event  belongs  to  the  la^t  century. 

it  the  Anecdote  of  George  IlL'sdewinag  that  no 
Totv.i  J.,,ifLi  },|j  taken  of  a  robbery  if  committed 
:&  man  traditional  or  from  a  book  ? 
.  .  .  4iall  be  obliged  by  a  reference, 

t^  T/y*  JWci/  Anecdote  are  now  befi>re  me  I 
Il  the  opportunity  of  asking  for  two  more  re- 


*  TliltMs  loTk««Det  during  carnival  time  mar  olwavA 
kibt  yl^  at  tbt  Hoenini,  the  Kanonale,  and  the  MAna 
liilik  thtatfoa. 
;t  Pairid  Loggaii  died  in  1693.— Ed.] 


*'  Wnlpolc  characterised  cert  a  fa  lUGinoirs  published  In 
hb  day  8!i  '  worlliy  of  tjcinfy  inserted  in  the  bblory  of 
mankind  ;  whioli,  if  wfill  chonen  and  %vdl  ^vritten,  ^C>uld 
prccerle  commnn  In^inrie*,  wlijcb  »rc  but  rept-tiUona  of 
no  uncorninou  events.'  " — Pre  face  ^  p,  iv. 

**  A  popular  writer  ha«  well  chariicterised  thl*  f^njoy- 
mcnt :  ♦  we  who  do  not  know  our  next-door  ndghbutira' 
names/  **  Ac. — Id, 

What  are  the  '*  certain  roemoira"  ao  big  hi j 
praised  by  Walpole?  Who  is  the  "popular 
writer  "  ?  It  would  bav<j  been  quite  as  ea^y  to 
give  the  title  of  the  bonk  and  the  name  of  the 
popular  writer,  FlTZHorKLjfs. 

Uiirrick  CIuU 

TnoMAs  IlooD  (4*'' a  vii.  ^^.^-^  The  Saturday 
lievteiv'i^  citfllion  from  Hood*s  **  Lee  Shore"'  ia 
correct,  8r,'a  manifestly  the  contrary,  lu  my 
copy  of  Hood  (^oxon,  1840,  ii.  2)  the  entire  verso 
stands  thus:^ — 

*'  Let  broad  leagues  diaMrei* 
liini  froQi  yonder  foam  ; 
Oh»  God  1  to'ihink  roan  ever 
Cornea  too  near  hia  home  t  ** 

T,  W'Ea-nrooB, 
Drtden's  Agreement  for  nis  Virgil  (4^*'  S. 
vi,  275/) — I  remember  seeing  this  agreement  in 
the  house  of  Sir  Thomas  Laiwi-ence  in  Ifassell 
Souare  in  a  frame  rmd  glass.  It  was  sold  at  tbe 
s^ale  of  bii^  eflecta,  June  10,  1830,  for  eight  pounds 
eiglit  ^hillings  to  llogers  (probably  th«  poet)» 
What  became  of  it  afterwards  I  know  not. 

J.  R.  B. 

Lord  Byron's  '*  English  Bards/*  etc.  (4**"  8. 
vl  passim:  vii.  2:J,  ICHl)— Would  Mr.  J,  IL 
Dixon  kindly  refer  to  the  authority  that  attributea 
to  Lord  Byron  the  lines — 

"0  Gemini!"  *c.  ? 
The  writer  of  this  note  has  always  understood 
they  were  Theodore  Hook*fi,  with  a  slight  varift- 
tion:  thus — 

»*or,eniiai.  rrimmi! 
Whiit  A  nituini  piiirini 
Iliuie  iilj«ut  Himitii  I  " 

811. 

Orders  of  Knighthood  (4***  S.  v.  vi.  passim  ; 
vii.  100/)— CwYRM  overlooks  the  fact,  that  even 
the  qualificAtions,  heraldic  and  geiieidogical,  of 
the  knights  in  question  are  only  ex^parU  state- 
ments, and  the  datt4s  which  he  augf^sts  would 
have  to  be  allowed  by  the  sovereign  doing  one  of 
two  things — either  condoning  and  confirming^  a 
breach  i  of  ,her  own  prerogative,  or  inventing  n 
*^  modern -antique  **  to  suit  tbe  convenience  of  a 
few  uncritical  subjects.  Moreover,  before  bring- 
ing forward  such  pretensions,  each  knight  would 
have  to  pa«  through  the  preliminary  ordeal  on 
Bennett's  HilL  How  many  could  face  their  ovm 
(Standard  of  lineage  ?  S. 

A  EECTQRaHip  OF  Eiohty-Ont?  Yeahs,  axd 
Pabish  Reoistebs  (4"»  S.  vii-  6<J,  97.)— -Your 


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[4«>  S.  TIL 


ti,Tt. 


correspondent  IL  F.  T.  liaa  mvGn  the  true  way  of 
Bhowiog  the  mistake  of  attributing  excessive  lon- 
gevity to  Elizabethan  and  Jaraesine  incunibenta. 
There  is  a  very  good  example  in  thid  neighbour- 
hood. The  regiiters  of  Birtsmorton  be^iu  in  1539. 
Tothfttveftriaaffbced  the  signature  **  Willin  Clarke, 
cler,"  lie  goes  on  signing  till  September  7, 1624, 
when  ho  enters  a.  btintism  with  his  signature  "  p. 
me  Willmm  Clarke  Rt»ct  ibid/*  Thus  his  signa- 
tures extend  over  eightv-tive  yearw.  This  fact 
alone  would  be  tolerably  convincing;  hut  in 
Nash's  WorcesterBhtre  are  to  be  seen  the  names  of 
the  rectors  who  preceded  Clarke,  whose  registra- 
tions he  must  have  transcribed.  I>.  P* 
Stuarts  Ladge,  Matrcra  Welb. 

Leigh:  Ilu^r's  *^  Leisuke  Houks  ts  Towit  '* 
(4^''  S.  vii.  26,  132.)— No  work  with  this  title  was 
ever  published  by  Lei^h  Hunt.  I  havf  all  the 
writings  of  this  author,  amounting  to  some  forty - 
seven  aeparate  works,  besides  many  papers  in  maga- 
zines, &c.y  which  have  never  been  reprinted  or  in- 
cluded in  any  of  hia  miscellaneousi  collections,  and 
there  Is  not  only  no  volume,  but  no  detached  essay 
of  his  with  theabove  title.*        Alex.  Irelwtb. 

Inglewood,  B<>wdonj  Chwhire. 

CorscEDEuoE  OE  THoroMT  (4"»  S,  vii.  03.) — 
The  thought  of  Dr.  Johnson,  that  "  no  one  does 
anyiJung  for  the  lad  time  (knowingly)  but  with 
regret,"  has  received  a  further  homely  illultration 
in  Don  Juan^  canto  ii.  14  :— * 

*^  At  leaviDj^  eveD  the  utoet  unpleAsant  people 
And  places,  one  keeps  locking  at  the  steeple/* 

El>WABI>  NOKMAJf. 
45»  Besaborough  Gardens,  S.W. 

Trench's  fliniiKAy  LKCTtiRKs/1840  (4*''  S.  vii. 
78,) — The  reference  most  be  to  Goethe  a  Faust ^ 
part  1,  «c,  i.  It  is  well  known  that  the  Arch- 
oishop  is  a  student  and  admirer  of  German  litera- 
ture.    Surely  Easterw  is  a  miBprinfc  for  Easter. 

E,  E.  M. 

"  Veritas  tx  Puteo  "  (4*''  S.  vi.  474 ;  vii.  108.) 
There  is,  I  think,  clearly  an  allusion  to  this  pro- 
verb in  thi?  Irrmo  Geniilium  Phitofophonem  of 
Hermiaa,    S.   vii.      In    canvassing    the    varioug 

•  1  am  dcliixhted  to  ae«  ttiat  Blesars.  Smith,  Elder,  & 
Co.  are  publisliing  cheap  yet  elegantly  printed  editton«  of 
some  of  the  writinKsi  of  this  chftimmg  author.  Tvro  or 
three  volume**  raight  be  devoted  to  reprints  of  oitiiyB  and 
flketchea  by  Leigh  Hunt,  which  at  preaent  lie  entombed 
in  files  of  old  nowspapem  and  miigazitiea  rai^y  looked 
into  hy  the  most  adventurous  and  pendstcnt  reader.  It 
would  be  doing  a  aorviee  to  the  **  gentler  literaitire  "  of 
our  ccDtwry  to  exhame  these  miscelliniefl.    Mr.  ilotten 

gubliabed  at  a  cheap  price  a  little  volume  of  SelectiouB 
om  llant*9  Indicator ,  with  an  excellent  introductioQ 
hy  Mr.  Edmund  Oilier,  than  whom  there  could  not  be  a 
better  etUtor ;  bat  Hanf  s  aduiirers  will  not  feel  that  jus- 
tiee  has  been  dime  to  him  until  at  lenAt  half-a-dozen 
Tolumed  of  hii  Mitcdttmeoim  Euajf*  Jiukine  have  beat 
^Ven  to  the  public 


opinions  of  the  heathen  philosophers,  aod  among 
thoee  of  Democritua  and  Epicunia,  io  the  aectiiOD 
immediately  preceding,  he  comes  at  leagtil  to 
those  of  Kleunthcs,  and  says, — 

*AAX*  h  KXt^^t  k-wh  rov  ^piarot  iirdpa^  t^p  ir«^aXir, 

But  Kleanthcs  raifiea  his  head  from  the  well  and  dfr- 
ndcA  your  doctrine  (Epicnras'a),  and  I,  too»  derive  titu 
principliifl  from  the  same  ftources  ai  he  doea^God  «bI 

matter.  ^M 

Kieanth^a  was  a  stoic  (philosopheri  a  natire  f^^ 
the  town  of  Asaon  in  Epirus,  ana  bom  about  3^ 
B.  c.     It  ia  said  of  him  that  he  waa  §o  poor  v 
*'  to  he  forced  to  draw  water  in  the  night-time  for 
his  maintenance,  that  he  might  stick  close  t-t  bi« 
study  all  the  day.**     It  ia  not  impossible  t]is 
«itory  may  be  the  true  foundation  of  the  |  r 
in  queelion,  and  that  it  is  erroneously  attribute  li :  i 
i)emocritU3.     As  for  Hermias,  from  whom  I  ht^yt 
quoted,  very  little  ia  known  of  hira.     By  some  be 
is  supposed  to  have  lived  in  the  second^  by  othea 
in  the  fourth^  centurir.     He  was  a  close  foUeiw 
in  his  views  and  sentiments  of  Justin  Martyr  iod 
Tatian  the  Assyrian.  Edjcund  Tew^  MJL 

Patching  Rectory,  Arttndel. 

The  original  Cfreek^  iv  BvB^  ydp  ^  iiXfie^  wiS 
be  found  in  Diogenes's  La^tius^  ix.  72. 

WrLUAM  Aldis  W&tfiOX. 

Amsricak  "  Natiokal  Song  ''  (4"'  S.  taJl^ 
78.)  ^-~  In  the  fifth  verae  ia  a  misprint — the  itt 
line  should  be 

••  Colnrabia  can  array  a  band." 
The  song  is  snid  to  be  by  the  late  Rev,  Mr,  P»- 
body  J  Unitarian  clergyman^  but  this  is  not  oertiiB» 

If. 

*^  Poor  Mrs.  Hart  " :    Kitty  CLrrE*s  Lsnil 

(4**-  S.  vii.  ^j.)^''  Mra.  Hart/'  mentioned  m  Kittf 
Olive's  letter^  was  perhaps  the  actress  alluded  6 
by  Churchill  in  hia  J^ascuul — 
<'  With  transient  gleama  of  grace  Hart  cwet ps  aldOi;* 

IL  W.L 

Geohge  Neatll^  Lord  LArntFR  (4*^  8.  tii. 
96.)— Tie  was  fourth  son  of  Kalph  Nevill,  Ewlflt 
Westmoreland^  by  his  second  wife,  Joan  BeatifoTt, 
daughter  of  John  of  Gaunt,  and  married  ElixaWtii 
yoiiTi<re8t  daughter  of  Richard  Beauchamp,  Btfi 
of  Warwiek,  and  coheir  to  her  ni other,  EUiatoth, 
daughter  and  heir  of  Thomas,  fifth  Lord  Berbelej* 
by  Margaret,  daughter  and  heir  of  Gerard  \Vsrr«t 
Lord  Lisle.  (See  Collinses  Pteroife^  edltii  liy 
Brydges,  v.  155 ;  iii.  mi ;  and  Barke>  EMlkd 
Pt^ragen^  third  edition,  p*  60.)  G*  M.  f* 

SaioEiNo  Illegal  {4*"  S.  vi.  384,  485.)— b 
some  towns  in  Prussia  and  Austria  aaKhkiiig  i* 
prohibited  in  the  streets.  The  Canton  d»  Va^ 
Switzerland,  has  in  its  Grand  Conseil  and  C^oi^J 
d'Etat  recently  diwsiissed  the  propriety  of  taxiag 


<■  &  TTL  Mavch  4, 71.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


X9» 


>e 


It  19  proposed  ttiat  erery  emoker  ehall 
kive  imposed  on  liim  a  tax  of  two  frftncs  per 
•jumm^  imd  thnt  all  itndcr  fourteen  Tears  of  age 
ihjill  be  p^^lubitcd  Crotn  smokinjf.  The  practice 
is  becoming  a  tno^t  int»l*:*rable  nuisance ;  and  at 
LauMume  hcey^  of  six  years  old  are  met  eveiy  day 
finokixig  pip^  or  dg^ar^.  A  Kmoldng  tax  is  quite 
aa  ^TCf^mx  tui  a  gun  or  armorial  tax,  N, 

Bowers  IIaia.  Estates,  Essex  (P^  S,  v,  S59, 
436.) — la  reply  to  Mr.  Kr83ELL*8  inquiry  aa  to 
tbe  pooacMoorB  of  Bower  HalL     In  1632  the  owner 

W9m HtevenSt  Esq,,  who  bad  great  posses- 

tjorift  in  T  Jncolnsbire,  From  him  it  passed  to  hia 
(1;  V  The  wife  of  Major  Walton.  Her  son, 
t  proprietor,  is  not  now  residing  at 
IvfWf  r  Ji.ill.  He  is  mnrried,  and  bus  two  sons 
(mill  ore), 
T-.  .1.    sr^ji^Q  y^^  (1832)  there  was  ainotigst  the 

'r  dftl^d  1(555,  from  Olirer  Cromwell 
lo  M,*j  iijiph  »nd  Mifirhty  Empcrour  Sultan  Mahomet 
Han,   Chief  Lord  rnid  ronimanrjc^r  of  the    MasBUlinaa 
KiQ^ttm«  Sole  aod  goprcme  Monarch  of  tli«  Eaitinie 

It  was  intended  to  haTe  been  sent  by  Sir 
Tbooaaa  Bendifih,  fumierly  ambassador  at  the 
IWte,  but  his  illness  and  deatli  prevented  its  de- 
Etwt. 

T!i^  !f?tteT  was  shown  to  my  ^end  by  Pike 
l>q.,  of  Haverhill,  and  a  copy  was  at 
\i.  ,  and  ia  now  in  my  possession.     Euln, 

^  FttiAL  PrETi'  (4'*»  S.  Tii,  121.)— 'V\lien  living 
IB  the  neighbourhood  of  Bilston,  long  years  ngo, 
I  nied  to  bear  a  story  still  more  jlluFtrative  of  the 
Ulttf  absence  of  lilial  reverence  than  the  one 
Klatad  by  Moorlaxd  Lad.  A  gentleman  wieh- 
m$t  t^  frnd  out  a  collier,  whose  name  I  believe 
V  :u  Green,  and  having  come  to  the  pit 

t^  '  had  been  directed^  inquired  for  the 

man  ul  various  persons  about  the  pit,  but  no  one 
Ww  Mjy  sut^h  a  collier.  He  asked  again  and  again, 
tad  was  assured  that  the  place  was  quite  rtght^ 
but  that  no  William  Green  worked  there,  or  was 
louiWD  to  any  one  about  the  coalpit.  He  was 
iboQl  to  tiixn  back  in  utter  disappointment^ 
when  a  aturdy  collier  wench  auddenly  exclaimed : 
'*Whoy,  dash  moy  boottona  !  if  hay  doe&na'  mane 
nun  farther:  yo  should  a  axed  for  aud  blue- 
laichei."  E,  C.  IL 

*'  "        T"      "  *'  QTjorr.D  nv  Bt^tler  (4**"  S.  vii. 
'   sure  if  the  inqiiirer'g  name  is 

!►  Farsok,  but  I 

..,^  ,,,.,iies.    Firaty  he  asks 

*  ks'^jue  to  be  seen.     They 

^'  eum ;  but  are  very  rarely  to 

H  eL*e — indeed,  only  in  the 

Catholic  colleges' and  of 

ii'm  and  gentlemen.    But  I  I 

crif  and  have  aeen  and  raad 


them  tepefttedly.     There  were  thi^e  of  ibesa; 

and  they  were  called  **  Blue  Books  **  from  beings 
stitched*  in  blue*  or  rather  purple  (XJvera,  The 
first  ap)>eared  in  1789,  the  second  in  1791,  and 
the  third  in  171I2.  Mr.  Charles  Butler  wrote  the 
whole  of  the  first  and  third,  and  a  great  part  of 
the  second.  They  contain  scandalous  doctrine^ 
which  no  Catholic  could  be  oDowed  to  advocate; 
so  that  Mr,  C,  Butler*8  account  of  them  must  be 
read  with  great  caution  and  distrust.  There  was 
also  a  **  Buir  Book,"  published  by  the  three  medi- 
ators in  17£»2.  The  ''  lied  Book,"  so  called  from 
being  bound  in  red  morocco,  was  never  printed. 
It  was  a  MS.  in  folio,  written  by  Mr.  C,  Butler ; 
and  its  contents  were  sinulat  to  those  of  his  first 
"  Blue  Book,"  though  dillt-ring  in  some  ptu-ticulars. 
It  was  written  in  1790,  and  addressed  to  the 
Yicars  Apostolic  If  further  infonnatiofi  be  de- 
sired, it  will  be  found  in  Bishop  Milner's  Sujyfile- 
metUary  Metnoirn  of  SnglUh  CatholicSf  and  in  Br. 
Husenbeth^s  Life  of  BUhop  MUner,        F.  C.  H. 

*'  Fridat  Tr^'*  (4^"  S.  vii.  123.)— By  Friday 
tree  is  meant  the  cross — the  "  accursed  tree  ** — 
and  naturally  used  to  express  a  trial  or  misfortune. 

P.  E.  Masey. 

DE8cinn>AXTS  of  Bishop  Bedki-l  (4***  S,  v.  311, 
501 ;  vi.  183  ;  vii.  104.)  —  *'  Master  WUliam 
Bedell  and  his  wife "  are  named  amongst  the 
British  settlers  in  the  county  of  Cavan'to  wbom, 
in  accordance  with  the  treaty  miuie  betwee-U  Sir 
Francis  Hamilton  and  the  rebel  chieftain,  Philip 
MacHugh  IklacShan  Eely,  June  4,  1642  (whereby 
the  castles  of  Kylagh  and  Crohan  were  to  be  sur- 
rendered to  the  rebels),  permission  was  granted  to 
depart  im molested  with  their  baggage  in  company 
with  SirF.  Hamilton.  "  Master  Ambrose  Beclell^' 
was  one  of  the  parties  to  the  surrender  of  Crohan 
Castle,  The  alwre  notes  are  taken  from  The 
JRebellitm  in  the  Cotmiy  Cttianj  by  Henry  Jones, 
RD.  London,  Aug.  11,  1042.       ^  C.  S.  K- 

St.  Peter's  Square,  Hflmiticmmith,  W. 

SnABD  OR  Sharn  (4*^  B.  vi.  324,  397,  601; 
vii.  10o.)^'In  the  east  of  Cornwall  cmc^iem 
means  cow-dung,  and  **  the  sea,  when  it  assumes 
an  olive-green  turbid  appearance,  as  if  coloured 
with  cow-dmfig,*'  is  spoken  of  as  being  eawsftertiu, 
(See  a  *^  List  of  Words ''  by  Mr.  T.  Q.  Couch  m 
Jour,  of  Itoyal  hid.  of  Cornwall^  No.  1.) 

Shard,  Shani,  8  hem  are  derived  from  the 
Anglo-Saxon  mmam^  Mcem,  mnem^  all  signifying 
dung.  (See  Bosworth's  An^lo-Sax,  Diet.) 

The  vulgar  word  that  Mr.  Stephen  J achov 
could  only  hint  at  is  from  the  Anglo-Saxon  Mittts^j 
a  flux  (^fitwr  ahiu  Scitun  {txicarf)  is  modestly"! 
mentioned  in  Boeworth's  AnfflAt-Sax.  Did^  Tiif 
synonyms  are  Platt-Deutsch  Bchiien^  Dutch  schy*  | 
ten^  Gennan  scAeusm,  iJamsh  akida,  Iceh  tkda* . 
Scitan  is  probably  from  the  s«un«  root  aa  tb«  ] 
Anglo-Saxon  aoeoton,  to  shoot.    If  it  uL|\%  «^ 


I 
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[4»*  S.  ?IL  Maboi  4»  7L ' 


■with  til©  sense  in  which,  as  J,  T.  F.  says,  the 
*'  iihooting^s  "  of  cows  are  referred  to  in  the  Nortli, 

Iij  the  west  of  Cornwall  the  droppiDfi^fl  of  cattl« 
ftru  termed  ^' sun-cftke?'/ '  Query,  it  tiii^  has  any 
cnnnection  with  Mr,  Jackson^s  e\ii\^-i'iikcji.  The 
seurte  of  cake  seemt*  to  be  a  mass  or  liunp  of  rijt- 
ihing.  The  Keltic  word  cac  or  cdch^  dunjr,  i& 
found  in  numerous  lanj^ungea,  W.  N. 

38,  Sutherland  Stiuarr»  S.E. 

Edward  Cofch,  Cextfjtaria^  (4>*'  S.  Tii.  120.) 
In  reference  tn  Edward  Coucli,  whose  name  a^j- 
pears  under  the  heading  **  Centenariftnism  '^  m 
**  N.  &  Q/'  1  ftddre&sed  the  following  letter  to  the 
editor  of  the  Western  Moniinf/  News :  — 

"  THK   LATK   Mtt.   E.   COUCIf. 

•*  SlP^ — My  nttention  hns  been  calkd  to  n  bioprraphicxil 
Bketcb  of  the  late  Edward  Couch  in  your  pap^r  of  the  1st, 
in  which  it  »  «t«ted  that  be  was  born  in  17G1. 

"  Some  ten  yt-Ar*  dnce  the  clert;yinftn  of  the  pari.^h  in 
which  he  vraA  then  Itvin^  told  me  that  thl^  oM  man 
stated  hi»  age  jit  that  timo  to  ht?  near  100  years,  llo 
a«k«d  mc  to  examine  the  re^nster  of  thLs  parLsh  to  aacer- 
tttiii  the  truth,  and  furnidhcd  me  with  the  names  of  hk 
pjireiiUH. 

"  1  did  examine  the  register,  and  found  that  he  was 
baptized  in  October,  177<J,  not  in  1701,  The  old  man 
wa$  madfl  acquainted  with  the  reHult  of  my  ^sc^arch,  but 
still  peraisted  in  hia  statement  (and  actually,  some  years 
Inter,  referred  to  mo  a.^  authority  for  iti  truth),  though  he 
did  not  attempt  to  explain  his,  baptismal  regi.:«t«r  appear- 
ing flfteen  years  laler* 

'*  1  leave  it  to  you,  mr^  and  the  public  to  decide  whe- 
ther, in  iober  tmth,  he  died  in  his  ninety- fifth  or  in  Ida 
one  hundred  and  tenth  y^&r.  As  these  very  exceptional 
ca^fj  of  longevity  aro  cbruniclcd,  1  have  thcia;;ht  it  ri^ht 
to  supply  thia  c^-idence.^ — 1  am,  air,  your  obedient  servant, 
"  W.  H,  Polk  Carkw. 

"  Antony,  Torpoint,  Dovonport,  Feb.  Srd,  1870.*' 

Some  of  Edward  Couch *s  friends,  very  loth 
to  ttdmit  the  possibility  of  his  real  age  taving 
been  ninety 'five  iuatead  of  one  hundred  and  teu, 
bave  argued  that  "  he  might  have  been  baptized 
when  he  waa  fifteen,  and  that  baptism  in  riper 
years  i«  no  uncommon  occurrence/'  Another 
states  that  *'  hia  youo^er  brother  died  in  the  year 
1843,  ag-ed  aeventy  years^"  and  refers  for  proof  of 
thia  brotber'a  age  to  the  reg-ister  of  this  parish 
(Antony).  In  reference  to  the  firat  allegation,  it 
13  at  least  ain^ukr  that,  when  told  of  the  date  as 
appearing  in  the  register — as  he  waa,  to  my  know- 
ledge, twice  over— he  did  not  say  **  I  waa  fifteen 
when  I  was  baptized."  At  that  age  such  an 
event  muat  have  fixed  itself  in  hia  memory. 
Moreover,  I  believe  that  baptism  in  riper  yeara 
was  at  that  period^  the  latter  part  of  the  last 
century,  much  more  uncommon  even  than  it  h 
now.  Aa  to  the  second  allegation,  I  have  care- 
fully aearclied  the  parish  regiatei,  and  cannot  find 
thia  brother 'a  name  at  all.  Your  correspondent 
W.  C.  thinks  that  this  case  may  be  easily  tested 
at  the  Admiralty*  Edward  Couch's  atory  de- 
Bctibea  him  aa  pressed  into  the  naTj  in  1793 — 


this  is  not  at  all  improbable.    If  he  was  bajptifed 
at  the  usual  time  after  his  birth,  he  would  h&?| 
been  seventeen  in  1703 — doiibtlefis   having 
as  he  staled,  serving  in  a  privateer  before. 

I  do  not  imagine  that  in  those  days,  when 
sea- ports  were  swept  by  preaa-gang  crews, 
very  accurale  report  waa  sent  to  the  Admind^^ 
of  the  ages  of  the  fish  which  thev  had  netted. 
W.  Il,  Pole  Cabiw, 

Antony,  Torpoint,  Devonport. 

[Mr.  Polp:  Cauhw  hm  clearly  dcmor*'-' 
Couch  was  really  ninety-five  and  not  one 
ten.     !f  any  doubt  as  tn  the  tnith  could  po^-. 
it  M'iU  be  removed  hy  the  fact  that  when  Cou 
ILM.S,  on  June  30,  17;U,  be  i*  described  lis  bcii 
teen  yeara  of  age,  which  would  make  him  niael 
June'lasl.] 

St.  MtchabUp  MotrxTs    op   CoKXWALii 
BRiTTAxr  (1'^  S.  vii,  125,)— The  dedication  of 
MichaeFa  Mount  baa  no  reference  to  serpent  w 
ship.     The  saint  i^  represented  as  vanquishiiur  tl 
devil^  in  alliL^ioo  to  Jude  9,  He  v.  xiu  7.     ml 
respect  to  the  mount  on  the  coiist  of  Normandy 
tradition  relates  that  Aubert,  Bishop  of  A^Tuncbi 
when  living  there,  saw  a  vision  of  the  aaiot,  wl 
commanded  him  to  found  there  a  church  to  I 
honour,  which  command  the  bishop  obeyed.  Sill 
seqtiently  the  church  on  the  English  mount 
erected,  and  beiu^r  [dependent  on  the  French  o^m^ 
m unity,  was   naturally  dedicated    to  the  same 
saint.  P.  E.  Masbi. 

Story  of  a  Statitk  (4^*^  S.  vii.  lf?5.)— Aneirly 
yersion  of  the  story  referred  to  by  your  corre- 
snondent  Ixquirer,  though  prohabiy  not  the  ori- 
gmal  source  of  the  tale,  will  be  found  in  jn^'a* 
ofMitlmeshunj/(  Chnmich  (book  II.  cb.xiii.),wii8n 
it  is  given  with  much  detail.  W.  F.  IL 

Mr.  Morris  ha^  given  aa  exquisite  versioii  in 
The  EarthUj  IWmUse  (part  ^^^),  entitled  "Thd 
King  given  to  Venus.*'  W.  G.  Sl05l. 

Dorchester. 

Sabine    Bariag-Gonld    {Curiom    Mytht^ 
Series  I.  p.  207,  ed.  18lJ(J)  quotes  this  stoiy 
Fordun'fl  Scot irhran icon,    in    illustration  of 
legend  of  Tannhauser*    Fordun  relates  it  fv^^ 
that  really  happened  to  a  Roman  gent) 
the  year  1050.  JoaN 

Kustington,  near  Littlehampton,  Susses. 

**  The  Heatoto  of  thp.  Lead  "  (4**  S,  rii 
148.) — This  aong  is  by  William  Pearce,  and' 
be  found  in  his  operatic  farce,  Hartford  Bndfi^ 
The  i^kirit  of  the  Comp^  produced  at  Covent  Gr 
den  Theatre  in  170i3.  It  is  said  to  have 
written  on  shipboard  aome  yeara  before  the  piHh 
ductiou  of  the  farce,  and  given  to  William  Shi«W 
the  composer.  For  its  great  and  immediate  pop'*' 
laritv  it  wjifi  indebted  not  only  to  the  eie*»ir*tni 
music  of  Shield,  but  also  to  the  fine  Binginj  t 
Charles  lecledon,  the  vocalist,  from  whost  j;^ 
the  public  first  heard  it.  W.  H.  Hcai* 


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201 


^AXSLion,  Wn.TS^  Eta  (4**"  S.  yii.  124.) — Ax 
a,cm£B  will  doubtless  find  the  information  he 
arv«  in  The  Genealot/^  of  the  Cole  Ftwnlt/,  by 
aca  Edwin- Cole,  8vo  (J*  Kussell  Snjitb,  iSoho 
ine,  London)  ;  or  furthor  detiiils  by  corniiHini- 
afi  with  its  writer.  Ap  Coillus. 

iVhosi;  Yi»tbrdat8  look  backwatidb/'  etc. 

^  8,  xiu  124.) — From  Young's  Nu^hi  Thought  a, 

fhi  11.  Enes  334-5,     Thes^  two  lines  form  the 

hj*>tt  of  one  of  Stothard'ft  illuHtrations  in  Hi»p- 

*tair»  edition^  17*J8.     The  engraving  is  dftted 

iie,,  1707.  W.  Y. 

,  Jase  of  Valois  (4^>»  S,  vi.  380,  406,  55a) 
atich  obli^j^d  to  F.  G«  II.  for  setting  me  ri^ht 
abject  on  which  I  spoke  too  hastily.  My 
'  L<t  VkMirviil!e7fSi,,diBtmct\yR8^QTiB 
en  wfla  not  cononi&ed;  but  it^  dnfe  is 
n  ',  und  I  ontrht  to  have  remenihered  tJiat 
r  canon isfition  might  bnve  occurrt*d  tince  that 
feriod.  In  truth,  bud  F.  C.  IL  spoken  tt  little 
•ooaer,  I  *fhonld  not  Imvfi  presumed  ti>  enter  the 
Hflts  OR  a  question  of  which  he  knows  far  more 
than  1  do*  Heiim  EXTRUDE, 

"^ '^"  Hole  ix  the  Wall  (4*'*  S.  vii.  12.*5.)~- 

not  li'eUf  is  assuredly  the  right  reading;.    I 

"*  ihe  sign  in  Bii^tol,  where  a  waU  was 

^vith  a  dark  hole  in  tlie  brick.s.     It 

..      ucon  originally  intended  for  ii  breach 

I  the  rampart  of  a  beaiegt^d  city*  or  po&- 

'1  nJlufion  to  the  Caccnta  Mtiwrice  of  the 

**  tknticle  of  Canticks,"  ch.  ii*  v.  14. 

F.  C.  IL 

V\ende  note,  p.  123.  the  sign  is  **Tlje  Ibib  in 
the  Well,"  not ''  The  Hole  in  the  Well"     K.  L. 
KiagV  Lyon, 

^'"--  BKLLf*  (4"-  S.  Ti.  475:  yii.  21,  133.)— 
nh  Woodhou^e  tber»i  h  a  pretty  and 

...^  |;  jrtrait  of  Lad}-  Flt^nrietta  Maria  8tan- 

^f  md  to  be  by  Vandyke^  and  painted  when  »he 
%«*  warcplv  a  "year  old,  with  a  coral  and  bulla 
11  her  waist  Bbo  waa  the  daughter 
venth  Earl  of  Derby,  and  Charlotte 
jtUe ;  and  brought  thia  picture,  and 
of  the  Stanley  and  Tremouille  fami- 
worth,  on  her  niamage  with  WilliRni 
of  Stralford.  This  ia  another  instance 
biUjiui'  belb  being  in  use  in  the  reign  of 
1 1.  G.  D.  T. 

RfPSiT  (4**'  S.  ?L  507;  vii.  14o.)— I  am 

_^  bilged  by  your  eeveral  correspond  en  ta  who 

mphed  to  my  query  respecting  the  *'  Seripsit," 

%k!k  I  have  no  doubt  is  identical  with    their 

mna  pieces/'  although  in  my  school-boy 

by  were  taken  home  at  Midsummer  as  well 

An  old  school-fellow  recognised 

on  at  once,  with  laughing  eyes  at  the 

!!e»  it  called  up,  and  never  knew  it  by 

ly  Other  title.     Both  I  and  he,  and  our  master 


also,  were  then  ignorant  of  Latin ;  and  upon  the 
principle  of  "onine  ignotum  pro  magnifico/*  we 
no  doubt  thought  it  the  most  flattering  title  for 
our  specimen.  This  is  taking  it  for  granted  that 
the  word  was  ready  printed  for  the  fchoolboy; 
but  in  a  nrripsU  (?)  which  I  pasieiss  tiie  words, 
".Joseph  ICckersley  pcripsit,  l>ec.  17,  1780,*'  are 
all  in  manuscript.  The  centre  is  occupied  by  an 
adjuration  to  Libert}',  in  writing,  surrounded  by 
eugravings  of  the  demolition  of  the  Boatile,  July 
1 7H0 ;  a  skeleton  in  a  cage ;  a  nearly  naked  prisoner;, 
another  belnud  a  prated  window ;  the  beheading 
of  the  governor  of  Ba^^tile,  &c.  Sec,  Published  by 
Robert  Sayer,  53.  Fleet  Street,  Nov.  D,  1780. 
Probably  no  earlier  specinien-pieee  than  mine 
exiift.^.  M.  D. 

Mr.  Dixon  and  F.  C,  IT.  are  quite  right.  Th^J 
Christmas  exhibitiona  of  penmautihip  were  no 
more  called  "Sciipsits'*  than  engravings  were 
called  '*  Sculpeils/'  except  it  might  be  by  such  i^ 
person  a*^  he  who,  in  Iltffh  Life  hehw  Stairt!^ 
assures  his  fellow  servants  that  Shake.speare'8 
plays  were  written  by  Finis,  fur  he  *'eaw  the 
name  at  the  end  of  the  hook.**  CO. 

Thos.  Stanley,  Bishop  of  Sopor  akd  Mak 
(4"*  S.  vii.  9i\,)^Afemoir^  of  the  Hous^  of  S(miUj/t 
(Seacombe's,  I  believe),  published  by  Joseph 
Ilarrop,  Manchester,  17U7,  contains  the  bishops 
nncoath  rbvmes.  Tho  book  is  common  in  Lanca- 
shire. "  P.  P. 


NOTES  02^  BOOKS.  ETC. 

Jasrph  of  Arimo*hiej  vthfrreixt  called  Thr  Jlnmaner  of  tJia 
Samt    Grmii  vr  Hf^tij  Grail.     An    Alliterative  Poem, 
written  about  a.d*  mJiO,  nnd  hdw  firMt  printed  from  tht> 
Uni4m^  Copy  in  tho  Yeriioti  MS.  at  Oxfonl.     With  «n 
A  pprncjix,  etmtainkijr  "  The  Lyfe  of  Josopli  of  Arnitithy," 
rcpnntfii  from  tho  Jilackdetter  Copy  of  VV3'nkyn  de 
Wordt?;    "Do    Sancto  J*>seph    ab  ArimnthiA,''  tirst 
printed  bv  T'vnaon  a.d.  XhKi ;  and  "The  Lyfe  nf  Josepli 
of   Ariraathia/'   lirst   printed    by  Fvnson   a.o.   iri20. 
Kfiitui,  with  XoU'^  find  Glossarml  ItidiceM,  btf  the  licv* 
Walter  W.  Skeat.  M.A. 
Kinp  Alfred's  West  Saxon  Vtmifm  tf  Grepmyt  Pa$torai 
Cttrf.      With  an  English  I'rannhtHon,  the  Latin  TesU 
JVnkn,  und  fntrodurtion.    Eddtdhtf  Ileury  Swcet,  K^.,. 
of  IXiiWuA  Ci>llef;e,  Oxford.     Fart  L 
We  huvo  here  fre.*ih  proofs  of  tbe  activity  of  the  Eoirly 
Kngliuh  I'ext  Society  in  the  ehnpe  of  the  first  two  of  ' 
ttie  ?«vcriil  volumes  whicb  ivill  be  given  to  the  raem- 
Ij.rn   ill    return    for  ihtir   subscriptiMnii    for  1871.     We 
havt?  iran?ciih('d  the  iitlcs  nt  lentfth.  as  the  best  wity 
of  showinir,  within   the  HmUetl  *paee  we  cau  devote 
to    these  notir<*«,   the  character  aod  conteats  of  thc*o 
works*.     Mr,  J^kcat'ji  vohimts  it  will  he  seen,  is  a  very 
eomplcto  moiir>;;niph  of  the  Arifiinthcan  Romance,  witli 
Introcluctiun,    Indices   ^f^,     Of    Mr.   Sweet's    we    will 
tTi*'r*'iv  say,thrtt  it  w  the  tiret  pnrt  only  of  hia  book,  and 
con?^»M*of  the  twottxu  of  the  We*t  S*xoa  version  of 
(;rc|:on>  P;uitoral  Cftrc,  from  thp  Halton  MS.  and  the 
Cotton  MSS.  respectively,  printed  in  parallel  paaaagefl» 


202 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[«•>  S.  VII.  Maocb  1, 71 


I 


A  New  STAmsa  Notm  ajtd  Qe^ribs. —  Wa  horo 
received  the  first  foar  immbera  of  a  new  journal  intcniJ^Kl, 
«A  t)\^  |»roi|>ectii«  inrrtrma  u-S  to  do  for  i!ipfiin  whut  3«/fj 
tT    '    '  ■       '     '    I  j:]aod.  Z>e  iVtftJOTJf  /      *      "    If, mil, 

for  th  0  U  n  i  ted  S  /   In  - 

/'  7 r«  for  France,     1:       .     :    .!£/ 

^iprtjjrM^ufvrf  Corrrspondtncia  tutre  CurioMOM,  £/itertito§f 
Anlitfuurios^  Src^  And  b  puMiatied  in  Madrid  on  tbe  Ist 
«ntl  l.'itb  of  eztch  month.  Owin>{^  to  the  disturbed  Atatc 
of  the  country,  iM  pri'Ji  rcssor,  £"/  Conxniior  Siptmal^  had 
but  a  short  Ciir<*er.  7'^/  Averiguador  has  appeared  at  a 
more  fortunate  moment,  and  vre  heartily  wiiih  success  to 
th«  joanial,  which  cannot  but  be  one  of  great  iatereat  and 
importance,  not  only  to  Spanuih  &cbolari?,  but  to  studeata 
<lf  Sponiab  liiemturB  all  over  tho  world. 

Thk  Socrrrr  or  Biblical  Ancji-«ow»oY,— This  ia 
this  title  of  a  i^ociety,  now  in  course  of  forinatioii,  having 
for  its  o^j(*ot  the  invejti;;ation  of  the  history,  gcogfapby^ 
und  antit^uitiea  of  Bible-laniis. 

The  PeLNTATKITCII  ACCOUDtNfi  TO  TIfR  Tail-mitd. — 
ThlB  work  »  in  course  of  preparAtion  under  the  joint 
editorship  of  Paul  Herahon  and  the  llev*  Dr.  Marj*i>- 
Itoutb,  and  Ls  to  be  ia&ucd  in  partes  by  subscription,  by 
Meun,  Bogster  &  §ou.  Gencaifl  will  take  up  six  parta^ 
and  cost  a  guinea. 

TnK  Natioxal  GALLERT*^Sir  Walter  James,  Bart, 
has  been  appointed  a  director  in  succcaaion  to  Lord  Ovcr- 
4tone. 

LoTiDON  iNTBitNATTOirAt.  ExHtaiTioir  OF  1871. — 
Daring  the  week  ctidioi:  February  2f)th,  paintjnp,  sculps 
turo,  engravings,  and  piioto;iniphy,  archiU'ctural  deaignfl, 
tapestries,  carpets  t'mbri>iiJoni'<,  de^slgna  for  decorative 
manufactures  and  reproductions;  alio  nearly  2000  o\y- 
jects  of  pottery,  specimens  of  wooUena  and  worsteds,  and 
educatinnal  apptianre** — maklni^  in  all  a  tutal  of  about 
35Q0  objecU,  were  delivered  at  th«  Eathibition  Galleries. 
Forcif^  objects  arrived  from  Belgium,  the  Gtrraun  Em- 
pire, Portugal,  Ku^iu,  Spaio,  Hong-koijg,  and  Tunis, 

The  Rev.T.  W.  Wears. — *'  Westminster  Schoolmen,*' 
*ays  the  Pull  Mall  Guzettet  "will  be  sorry  to  hear  of  the 
death  of  tha  Rev,  Thomas  William  Weare,  M.A.,  who 
wjw  for  more  than  twenty  years  «e4;ond  ma^fter.  Uc  re- 
tired in  IHiWf  and  was  »otne  time  afterwards  appointed 
by  the  Archbishop  of  Cnulerbury  (Dr.  Longley)  to  tbe 
rectory  of  Infield,  Sussex.  Mr,  Wear©  was  educated  at 
Chricitchurcb,  Oxfonl,  where  he  took  his  B  JL.  degree 
in  1836.  Afterward*  ho  edited  the  Oxford  Arclueolotci- 
cal  Society'^  publications,  and  translated  into  Kngli.sh 
rer?e  Ptauti  Trinummui,  Perhaps  hi^  be&t  known  work 
is  a  paper  in  Mr.  Gilbeit  Scott'a  Gltanin^  from  JV'tat- 
mintttr, 

TiTK  CcNTF.NAiiY  OF  Str  Waltku  Scott, — The  Duke 
of  Buccleucb  hsui  agreed  tc»  preside  at  the  celebration  of 
the  centenary  of  Sir  Walter  Scott,  in  Edinburgh,  in 
Augttst  nexL 

Lord  BitouaHAit. — ^A  marble  bust  of  this  late  states- 
inui  Lftsb«en  recently  placed  in  the  Council  Chamber  at 
Gttitdholl.  The  sculptor,  Mr.  G,  G.  Adam»,  would  appear 
(0  have  been  eminently  successful  in  his  work. 


BOOKS    AKD    ODD    VOLUMES 

WANTED  TO   PITRCnASE. 


Ihaieatl^ 


K-a.,  of  iHf  rollavia«  Book*  to  bt  wnt  dfrcet  to 
ttieraure  reqiured^wtiaN!  nania  ud  addrHMi 


>r,  Metnutn  of  vn^Aetor.   ToU^  IL  IT.  And 


.  AJttkCKtSa  rATKSTSM. 

w»iitr.i  by  j/r ,  f. .  tr.  Sutton,  lltb  Lower  IC<m>  Lmm,  HiiUBi. 


Ti(K  P<KiUfiB  ov  Usuviro,  by  loHn  Lo*^,  E*i„  tt«1«4  wnt  •»- 


»uj»)iiii.  iim.   AU  or  tttr 


W>44Ud  br  Mr.  JL  jr.  Uen/r*p,  Mitfkh«cn  Ifoino,  CbUege  ttt^ 


fiotUti  us  €avtti^nnntnti* 

H.  K,' — TVf  teere  vety  pluta^d  to  hmr  frnm  ytm, 
feared  your  $iieikce  had  btcm  accaiioneU  b^y   thtM  drr 

CHATTEnTO:c. — Sauihey^B  Lttter  rntpectin^  tkv  Minm* 
ment  to  Chaittrton  is  pnntcd  m  *•  N.  fit  Q,"  2«»»  S.  iv.  3!!" 

C.  B.  T,— "  Bills  relafinff  to  the  Sotertit^n  and  Jfri._ 
iif  the  Rfl^id  FmnUy  '*  are  atttnttft  cttrrietl  dtiwn  /htm  i 
Lord*  to  the  Comffiowr  bjf  two  of  M*  Jmil^tu 

¥.hJCS.-^Thc  old  bedJad,  **Dmth  ttnd  the  Ladtf**  h 
hntf  for  insertion  la  "  X,  iHt  <j."      ''  -    •        ;^v 

ptWt  Popuiiir  Music  of  the  Oldt  = 
tmall  vi/iitmc  entitled  A  Goido  to  I : 

C,  D.  C—  The  Domestlay  of  Su^stJF,  wttA  the 
Tiant^i  nfthe  f>nrislnfM,  fuit  nat  lieen  pubiijthed, 

Cabi.ii«g  Sujtoat.— Ecsrricua,  StK  '*N,  &  Q," 
aiii.44Uj  V,  611. 

FvJXED.— //*  Y,  S.  L.  ifeft  holds  ttf  n  hook 
(oxe(\^  he  will  jind  it  gtainat  and  dUtudaured^^  thm 
Leiit^  commonlif  of  a  foxy  colour. 

G.  (Edinburgh;)  IF«  gwil«  symjualAisc  tptlk  omt^  Cap- 
re9pondttnt, 

HoKlTiTiA,  N,  Z.—  We   ihank  our   Corrwupomdtnt  in 
New  Zetituhd,  W,  P»  t3.,  and  regret  that  hit 
tian  Mhnnld  have  been  antinipaieiL 

TiiK  Prodigal  ^\*^.—  [f  T.  S,  A.  can 
tend  me  (J,  T,  Ff»WLKIl»  KS.A.,  Ilnljield  Hall,  t>\ 
the  print*  htf  hook-pott  I  shall  be  Much  {yhaittd^  urttf  tp'iff 
oHce  return  thrm.     I  am  pretty  sure  ttud  tJtosc  I  Aore 
HIT  copper-plates. 

Brl^tol  PosT-OrKtCE,  —  Our  €\)rrvspondfni  lAi 
foneard  the  list  ef  hi$  boo&B  to  hiw  neighbour ^  J£r.  K* 
lake. 

To  all  eommumeations  thottld  he  affixed  the  mtmr  amd 
addrcis  of  tit  e  tender^  md  tucttsarUy  for  puhUcaiwrnf  6mi 
as  a  (guarantee  of  t^ood  faith, 

A  it  cj>mtnnnicotitifU  •htfuU  hf  rt/jrffiilrf  #»  tlU  B4llar  vf9,^ 
11,  iVtUiHiftOH£tfftt.:StraHd,  H\C. 


THE 


HEW  VELLUM- WOVE  CLUB 
HOUSE  PAPEB. 

ManufActored  KOil  t^oid  only  by 

PARTRIDGE  AND  COOPEU,  102,  Fleet  St2«ie, 

Corner  of  Chancen'  Lane. 

"  Thr  rrr-fln'-fTi^m  nf  Ni-te-peper  of  » miimtiot  kla4  btmlt 
"^-^— T,  but  natU  I     ' 


^ 


I  xlufftU    tshcer  pcrwvttmiici 
-  v-ii  »t>)e  to  prcMiocc  « ii«w  tir 

.  si  frol:M^tb»t  »iiru.i€«j*  nil 

V  pKper  is  bt. 

j\  MLi'i  jHiit-aji  be  u*e4  opvu  '>■  ■•-■>■■>•  ■.■•    .-■ 
U)U»  one  jreat  *ouroe  of  MUta^AM**  tu*  Imma 


M 


ANIL  A  CIGARS.— MESS  l; 


ceht4  a  CoiwlaT»««ofi  of  N^ 
dJtlon.  la  Bow*  of  aoo  c» 
»eoaiiH>Aai«4  bjr  *  numJltmir 

K.B.S6m. 


^RTlLMABciin,7K]  NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


203 


Loxpoy,  8ATanj>Ar,  mabcb  n,  mu 


CONTENTS.— N»  IG7. 

_  \th,<^ ;,,.„-;  of  Bnirlifili  Priiioeasw,  203—  Barldora 

<'(*,  204  —  Stray  Notckta  on  Herbs  and 

Siprns  in  VieniTA  —  The  Surname  SafH- 

rr«.in  —  H&nderK  Concerto  for  tlio 

i  tbo  BookHTlIer's    Daughter  — 

f  Paris  — T]i«  Pha?nlx  PirJt  — 

V.  ..i. ...,.  —  Ballad*  by  Lady  Mary  Wort- 

ntng^u  and  Lord  tbeeterfl'Jld,  gm* 

BR  ;  —  T?*1t  Harp- Bciaiit  and  Florin  —  Bobadil 
I  :mao  "—Domesday  —  English  Qnft:n 
tin—  "  Et  f^cife  Smbenda  "  —  lliiUnd 
-  Great  Man  alluded  to  by  Arnold  m 
ij  "  lii'Ju^tnes  of  Eui^land  —  Ji*flten»  on  Ship* 
Judicial  0atli9  —  Moor  Park  —  Mnrtinirr,  Eft'-l  of 
—  Mouniitiff  or  Blackedg^d  Writinj?  Paper  —  XI  nr. 
I*aslcy  or  Paslf wo  —  Porcelain  Queiy— Psalm  xiiit. 
lKppcare*s  '*  Scamels  '*  —The  Sun  never  sets  on  tlie 
CioniiMinna  —  8upor8tition  in  Suflblk — Voodonbm 
liite  Tower  of  I*ondou  —  Why  dwt  a  newly-born 
fS06. 

E— "F-^'-r'"  MaKMlnc,"  4c.,  211  -  Mount  Cal- 
ais -  >  Po^r/'  216  —  T»i«  Block-Bool;^, 
-TJi«  A,                      :    •*  Uolrasley ."/&.  — The  Balti- 
.  "  Pntf-rswus,  £18  —  Pcnnyteraaij 
ae,  &c.,  219  — A^'sandc^  JFaniie- 
^o  Neville,  Lord  Latimcsr  — '*Tlio 
u  iundly,"4c.  — "  Phi-Beta-Kappn" 
—  iJ^sccndants  of  Charles  Brandon, 
Tatronyinic  Prefij  '*  Mac  "—  Bows  and 
pti-     in.    Hob  tn  Iho  Well  "  — Samplonj  —  The 
Gnid-»*«  Aur-jira- Origin  of  the  Buruamo  Cun- 
i--"  God  timdo  Man,"  &c.»2l9. 

•  fm  B(^oka,  Ac* 


0OUM* 

MABRIAGES  OF  ENGLISH  PRINCESSES. 
Sir.  Gladstone  fitnted  in  tlie  House  of  Commonfl 

I  Feb.  13,  1871,  tliat 

IwM  tio  nnuftual  thing  ia  iha  history  of  this  country, 
t  far  otherwi»t«f  for  perfons  of  the  Royal  Hoase  to  be- 

r  their  hand  opon  British  subjects.'* 

iThe  Premit>r  inade  this  statement  in  support  of 
^  molioD  to  provide  a  dowry  for  tlie  PiinceBs 
iiiBe,  **  in  yiew  of  her  Approaching  marriage," 
"^  her  Majesty's  consent,  to  the  son  of  a  Scot- 
Jpe«?r,  It  h&3  become^  therefore,  an  interest- 
f  question  what  precedents  there  are  in  English 
r  of  th«  daught^jra  and  sisters  of  the  reign- 
ereign  many  in  g  Britiah  flubjects  tviih  the 
tetd.  I  have  only  been  able  to  find  thri^ 
Unces — all  of  theni  in  the  thirteenth  cen- 
all  of  them  vrith  personages  of  great 
nd  wealth — who  accepted  the  condition 
'mg  no  dowries,  and  of  resettling  their 
as  with  reversion  to  the  Crown,  to  the 
of  their  own  kindred.  All  the  other 
of  Knglish  princesses  to  husbands  not 
^iH  were  either  to  foreigners  of  royal  descent 
Bad  Connections,  like  Ingelram  de  Coucj,  or  were 
ewitiacted  without  the  leave  of  the  sovereign, 
Tl»«  daughters  of  Edward  IV,  cannot  be  quoted 
J*  «i  txc*'plion,  for  thev  were  married  after  the 
Wl  of  their  dynasty,  and  after  they  had  ceased  to 
h  regarded  as  princesses  of  the  reigning  Hotisa, 


The  first  of  these  three  marriages  with  the 
King's  consent  is  that  of  Eleanor,  the  youngest 
daughter  of  King  John,  to  William  Mareschall, 
Earl  of  Pembroke.  Her  husband  was  the  first 
subject  in  the  retilra,  and  his  father  had  lately 
been  the  Regent  of  England;  but  IIenr\^  III, 
thought  it  necessary  to  apologise  for  consent  lug 
to  such  a  match,  and  his  letter  to  his  proctors  at 
Kome  is  still  extant,  and  mua  as  foUowa,  in  a 
translation  slightly  abbreviated:  — 

"  Since  there  are  some  people  perhapa  who,  by  sug- 
gestion to  the  Lord  I'ope  and  the  Cardinal^  will  try  to  put 
un  uvil  construction  on  what  ha»  lately  been  done  by  us 
on  the  counsel  of  our  magnates  and  lieges,  we  havo 
undertaken  to  explain  the  whole  course  of  the  afiiiir  to 
put  Tou  more  on  youffjuard  in  refatitvgtbeir  insinnations. 

'*  Know  then,'that  when  the  Bishop  of  Norwich  was 
Legate  in  England,  the  Earl  Mi^rshal  was  still  iu  posses- 
sion of  the  royal  castles  of  Marlborough  and  Ludyerghall, 
and  w&A  proposing  to  take  to  wife  the  sister  of  Earl 
Robert  de  Bru5,  and  there  were  al^o  other  magnates  in 
England  who  were  trying  to  draw  him  astray  from  us 
by  alliances  to  our  wrong.  The  question,  therefore,  of 
giving  him  one  of  our  sistera  wm  ban  died  before  the 
Lord  Legato  and  our  Justiciarj*  and  otlier  magnate*;  for 
it  was  feared  that^  if  the  E>ul  Marshal  married  the  si^t^r 
of  the  Earl  de  Bru^  this*  fareiij^n  alliance  would  give  too 
free  an  ingress  into  Englanu  to  foreigners,  especially 
when  Richard  Marshal!^  the  Earl's  brother,  held  nil  hia 
castles  and  honour  in  Normandy;  and  moreover,  the  ill- 
feeling  of  those  who  were  tr^'ing  to  draw  away  the  EarPs 
heart  from  us  was  a  suhject  of  appTehension^  Whereas, 
if  wu  ga^e  him  one  of  our  sisters,  the  said  castles  would 
be  restored  to  u%  which  was  a  matter  of  great  import- 
ance, and  other  magnates  would  be  hiduced  by  his  ex* 
ample  to  give  up  the  castles  which  they  held,  CunsideriDg 
then  the  premijic^  and  our  tender  a<::c  and  the  state  of 
the  realm,  one  of  our  si'iterd  was  by  the  authority  of  the 
Legate  and  the  counsel  of  tbo  miignatea  granted  i*>  the 
Earl  Marshal  on  the  terms  that  he  gave  his  pledge  to 
marry  her,  If  it  so  pleased  us  and  the  msgnatea  of  the 
realm.  Our  Justiciary  pledged  himself  to  this  concession 
to  tlie  Marsha),  if  the  magnates  consented ;  and  tha 
Legate  and  Justiciary,  and  the  others  who  were  present, 
faithfully  promised  to  use  all  diligence  to  get  such  con- 
sent. The  said  castles  were  then  restored  into  the  hands 
of  the  Legate  on  condition  that,  if  the  contract  was  not 
fulfilled  within  a  certain  period,  which  has  long  paA*cdj 
they  should  be  restored  to  the  Marshal  without  didicnlty, 
Wiicn  alt  this  was  intimated  soon  afterwards  to  the  otht;r 
magnates,  and  particularlv  to  the  Earl  of  Chester,  who 
had  just  come  home  from  tho  Holy  Laml,  the  Earl  loudlv 
approved  of  it,  and  the  others  consented  without  a  single 
dissentient.  Afterwards,  however,  when  certain  quarrels 
had  grown  np,  there  were  some  who  disapproved,  assert- 
ing, OS;  will  perhaps  be  said  on  their  bebalf  in  the  Court 
at  Kome;,  that  we  had  no  treasure  of  more  value 
tb:m  the  marriage  of  ouradf  and  our  sisters  |  and 
that,  therefore,  our  sisters  should  b©  so  placed  in  mar- 
ringe  as  to  give  us  a  great  alliance  in  foreign  parts. 
Thus  the  bu*iness  remained  long  uncompleted.  Biit 
when  the  Earl  Mariihal  had  lately  obtained  an  apostolic 
mandate,  addrcsscfl  to  my  lords  of  Canterbury  and  Salis- 
bury, that  they  Khould  either  absolve  him  from  his  obli- 
pntjon  to  marry  mir  sifter  or  shoold  sea  tho  contract 
iulftlled,  the  Marshal  insisted  that  one  of  the  two  courses 
should  be  Liken  foriliwiih,  as  he  refused  to  wait  any 
longer  for  a  wife.  It  w^aa  now  teat^A.  V\i*3L  SX\^  ^-m- 
shcd,  who  was  a  man  of  gteal  powet  V^SXi  \xv  ^vi,^^*.'^^^ 
and  Ireland,  should  take  lo  wvfe  V\\'i«v%\At  ^l  \>i<5.^'L6x\  ^^ 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES.         f"' &•  vn.  M^nrn  it. -i. 


Brus  or  tb^  dAU|;ht<^r  of  the  Dnke  of  Brabant  (vrho  had 

alw  be«n  offered  to  him),  which  for  the  reitsona  already 

given  woald  be  much  ag^ainst  our  interest;  or  leat  he 

should  umrrr  the  lister  of  the  King  of  Scotland,  which 

wotild  be  !*till  more  danireroa^  for  ob^  a«  ScmLind  U  so 

(tacb  nearer  to  Ireland  and  to  the  Marsbar*  domains. 

ICkmaiderin^.  therefore,  the  valaar  and  power  of  the  Mar- 

libftl*  and  the  faithful  senriee  he  haA  wrouji^ht  in  Wales, 

Iwhere  he  wrested  from  the  hnnds  of  Llewellyn  Prince  of 

(lorth  Wales  oar  castles,  which  but  for  bim  had  been  lost 

1(0  JXBi  and  also  considering  the  example  of  Philip  »omC' 

ftiuie  King  of  France,  who  married  hh  ilauuhtcrji,  sisters, 

and  niecei  to  the  Count  of  Lemur  and  the  Count  of  Po'Ut- 

hitn  and  others  of  his  subjects,  just  as  the  present  King 

of  France  lately  married  his  niece,  the  daughter,  to  wit, 

of  Guise ard  de  Beaujea,  to  the  Count  of  Champagrie. 

Considering;  the  premises  and  tbc  great  things  which  aro 

eicpected  from  the  Mazvhid,  it  occurred  to  us  and  our 

conndT,  after  weighing  all  tb«  clrcumstanoea,  that  we 

could  not  marry  our  sister  in  any  other  quarter  so  much 

to  our  profit  and  honour:  we  have  therefore   by  thdr 

eonnjeU  after  careful  deliberation,  given  to  the  Mnrshal 

our  younger  sister  to  wife  without  any  loss  of  land, 

caatlea,  or  money." 


EARLDOM  OF  LOUDON:  ABETAXCK, 

The  ca*te  of  the  Countess  of  Loudon  nflbti 
complete  ami  satisfactory  proof  of  the  diffemti 


Tlie    - 
the 


^ 


The  Princesa  Eleanor  afterwards  ra?irned 
Simon  de  Montfort,  but  they  were  married  in 
secret  under  doubtful  circnm stances,  and  Simon 
was  a  FrencliDiani  brother  to  the  Conatahbj  of 
Francej  and  only  Engliali  through  bis  grand- 
mother, the  coheiress  of  the  earldom  of  Leicester, 
The  second  marriage  is  that  of  Joan,  daughter 
of  Edward  I.,  in  1200^  to  Gilbert  de  Clare,  in 
whom  the  earldom  of  Heitford  was  united  with 
the  gomi-rojal  honour  of  Gloucester  and  with  the 
Irish  principality  of  Strongbow,  and  who  is  called 
bj  Matthew  of  \\' estminster  *'  the  most  powerful 
man  in  the  kingdom  neit  to  the  King/'  The 
Earl  waa  eompelled  tis  a  condition  of  bis  marriage 
to  surrender  into  the  King*a  bands  the  whole  of 
his  va-Ht  possessions  in  England,  Wules^  and  Ire- 
land, and  the  King  took  formal  poasofwion  of 
them,  They  were  then  regranted  to  the  Earl  and 
the  Princess  Joan,  and  their  heirs,  with  the  ro- 
version  to  the  princess,  to  the  eiciusioa  of  the 
family  of  Clare. 

The  third  marriage  is  that  of  Elizabeth,  eighth 
daughter  of  Edward  L,  in  V402,  to  Humphrey  de 
BohuD,  Earl  of  Hereford  and  E^ex,  and  lligh 
Constable  of  England,  who  aubmitted  to  the  samo 
conditiona  aa  Earl  Cilbert ;  for  he  resigned  to  the 
King  his  nine  ca^^^Ues  and  forty-nine  manors,  and 
his  hereditary  oilice  of  Constable,  and  accepted  a 
regrant  of  the  same  with  a  proviso  of  a  reversion 
to  the  Crown  in  exclusion  of  his  own  kindred. 

It  will  thus  be  seen  that,  whatever  excellent 
reasons  there  may  be  for  the  approaching  mar- 
riage of  Princess  Louise,  such  a  marriage  is  in 
manj  respects  without  precedent  in  English  his- 
tory, 

Tewabs. 


between  the  Scotish  and  English  law  on  the 
ject  of  abeyance.  Her  ladyship's  brother, 
Marquis  of  Hastings,  was  an  Englisih,  Iriah»  aufi 
Scotinh  peer.  The  earldom  of  Loudon  came  to 
him  in  virtue  of  a  Scotish  patent  under  a  destina- 
tion to  heirs.  His  Irish  earldom  and  Enirlifli 
marquisate  were  to  heirs  male  of  the  or 
patentee.  His  English  baronies  were  held  i 
writs  of  summons. 

Upon  his  death,  November  10,  1868,  the  Irish 
earldom  and  Englinh  njarquisate  lapsed  for  wnnt 
of  heirs  nmlfj  aod  tho  latter  became  extinct,  Tlie 
baronies  by  writ  fell  in  abeyance  amongst  bis  hi 
aistera,  Lady  Edith,  I>ady  Bertha,  Lady  Victorii 
aod  Lady  Francis,  But  the  Scotch  earldom,  i 
consequence  of  the  destination  to  heirnt  fell  to  tb 
elded  sister,  according  to  the  law  of  that  oountiT. 
If  the  English  dcxitrine  of  abeyance  could  have 
had  any  operation  in  Scotland,  the  Loudon  earl- 
dom wouM  have  fallen  in  abeyance  between  the 
four  sister*!  of  the  deceased  Marquis  of  Hastings 
who  through  a  female  descent  was  Earl  of  Lou- 
don. But  such  was  not  the  case.  The  eldi 
sister  became  /r/re  mnguinU  Countess  of  Loudi 
the  htmoura  passing,  without  any  form  of  serrii 
to  her  as  tho  next  heir.  Excepting  to  prove  pi 
pinquity,  when  it  is  disputed,  a  service  is  UB* 
necessary,  as  it  only  proves  a  faet^  but  ha» 
effect  upon  a  title  of  nonour.  In  some  cases 
service  would  be  a  very  dangerous  ailair.  F( 
example  :  if  a  peer  or  a  baronet  die  in  deb^l 
his  next  heir  incurs  no  liability,  although  b^] 
takes  and  uses  the  honours,  those  coming  k» 
him  hy  right  of  blfwd;  but  if  he  were  to  »rTi 
heir,  he  becomes  liable  for  the  debts  of  his  p»d^ 
cessor. 

Thus,  although  the  countess  succeeded  to  tE» 
earldom  enjoyed  bj  her  brother,  and  took  tb6 
honours  of  Loudon,  she  incurred  no  liability  for 
his  immense  debts  by  so  doing. 

Those  observations  may  not  be  without  tW? 
value  in  England,  where  the  rules  of  sucrp^sii.n  to 
dignities  in  Scotland  are  not  unfremi- 
represented  before  tribunals  where  Eti. 
vera  should  be  better  instructed.     By  t 
tnion  of  the  Kingdoms  of  England  anil  ■ 

the  law  of  the  latter  country  was  to  be  pi 
which  it  assuredly  would  not  if  the  doci     _ 
abeyance  was  to  be  imported  into   tbe  hiTf 
Scotland. 

Lady  Loudon,  with  her  three  sisters,  his  I 
separate  claim,  from  being  a  co-heire^k",  to  tl»t 
English  baronies ;  but  as  the  crown  has  toe  rigb* 
of  summoning  any  one  of  the  ladies,  it  majhippwi 
that  her  ladyahip  may  not  be  the  one  sel'ect^a,  if 
\  occutt<t4.  m  \.\x^  dw.m  some  years  ago  adrau^ti  to 


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the  Terj  old  barony  of  Uaslings,*  which  was  given 
to  the  descendftnt  of  a  younger  sister,  whilst  the 
Tcpresen lotion  was  rested  in  the  ancient  family  of 
L  Eatrange  fts  heira  of  line  of  an  elder  sister. 

J.M. 


STKAT  NOTELETS  OX  HERBS  AND  LEAVES. 
No.  IL 

"  Whftre  I  killed  ane  sl  fair  fttrne-tleath, 
By  loss  o'  blood  and  want  of  brealh," 

ficliiims  Death  in  Bums's  Death  and  Doctor  Mom- 
Iwk  1 24th  stanza)  ;  and  I  take  this  **  fair  strae- 
d^dth ''  to  be  a  death  of  quietness  and  old  age  in 
flos^fl  own  quiet  bed  containing  or  conabting  of 
BMitlf  a  straw  mattress  or  straw  pallet  in  poor 
kouseiiolds.  Thus  "  Mnrtha  "  of  bad  repute  in 
Goethe's  Faudf  part  I*  Werke  in  40  vols,,  voL  xi» 
f  liJ2)  exclaims — 

"  Gott  verEcih's  meint^m  licben  Munn, 
£r  but  an  mir  nicht  wahlgethati  1 
tichi  di  stracks  in  die  WeU  hmeiD, 
Uad  llUat  mich  anf  dem  Stroh  &Ueln." 

Uti  ber,  sweet  Gretchen  s  bud  angel,  alone  on 

the  "  Btrae.'*     And  this  expression  -will  help  Eiig- 

liah  read»:!rd  better  to  underj^tand  a  Uerman  word 

tie  meaning  of  which  I  have  often  been  asked 

sbout :    *StrohwiUwe,   u   e.    literally    a    "  straw- 

i^dow'^  (mock-widow,   as  the  German-Ei3f,''lish 

dictionaries  gire  it) — a  wife   left  alone  on  the 

**  straw  *  during  her  husband's  temporary  absence. 

It  is  a  most  common  e very-day  expression  of  all 

das^ies   in  Germany,  just  like  the   word   Stroh- 

iPBT/tt'cT,  **  *»tTaw-widower»'*     Thus  Baedecker,  the 

Qerman  Murray,  in  his  well-known  handbook  of 

GcrmojiT,  speaiing   of  Vegesack,  near  Bremen^ 

my*:-' 

"  U  is  the  bead-qoarters  of  many  sailors*  wiJt^wa  and 
'  t^mf'Wiiiow6*  (^Strohwittwen),  who  live  here  isa  amall 
Incuses  fitted  np  «abin-likc-"  [Who  dou*  iKit  mvolunlarily 
Uiok  of  dear  old  Pegottv*»  liome  ?]—  Vide  Baedeckeni 
^^Mlaehkindj  ed.  185««  ti.  51. 

!>  :r-r.^  the  time  of  the  Fronde  (middle  of  the 
jlh  century)  all  the  adherents  of  the 
tices^  and  decided  antagonists  of  Cardinal 
I  Prime  Minister  in  lB4.*j),  wore  a  small 
I  straw,  most  probably  in  remembrance  of 
Ue  Ages,  when  a  broken  straw  was  the 
:  .be  French  Tassals'  renounrinnr  their  loyal 
«»bedience.     Mademoiselle   de   Montpem^ier  t  sp* 


V 
III. 


15  an  older  barony  than  the  one  in  the  person  of 
i^al  Lord  HutingSf  who  was  put  to  death  by 
IT    ....1  ...».;,.u  Sonour subsequently  merged  m 
'1, 

I  >rl.'.ina  (born  1*327, died  1693), 

r  known  under  the  name 

or  "  Madera oiaelle,"  **  ta 

<hcT  15,  1670,  treat- 
I'.^'a  **  marriage  with 


Liuiiiu  ;  ed.  Gruuvelle,  Farw,  la 00,  L  132-3^1) 


p<fared  in  public  with  a  small  bimch  of  straw 
tied  with  rikbons  of  the  colours  of  the  rnyal  princes 
fastened  to  her  fan,  (I  owe  these  facts  to  my 
memory,  but  cannot  remember  in  which  Memoirei 
or  Zcttres  I  have  seen  them  stated.) 

Not  raanr  years  ngo  it  was  still  the  hereditary 
custom  in  (jermany  that  when  a  young  country 
girl  had  lost  her  greatest  pride,  her  honour 
{Eh'e)^  she  was  led  through  her  native  Tillage  in 
a  straw  wreath  or  strnw  crown— a  mockery  of 
the  bridal  wreath  or  crown  of  the  vestal  myrtle, 
which  bv  rights  onl?  belonged  and  still  belongs  to 
a  virginal  bride,  (/;  N.  &  Q."  4.^  S.  May  1 .)  It  was 
also  the  custom  in  Germ  any  formerly  to' present  the 
bride  with  a  straw  wreath  the  day  after  the  wedding. 
This  ceremony  was  always  accompanied  by  funny, 
witty,  and  often  probably  Tery  coarse  speeches;, 
the  so-called  Strohkranzrethn  (straw-wreath  ora- 
tions). When  Frederick  the  Great  of  Prussia  was 
celebrating  the  nuptials  of  hia  brother  in  1742 
this  old  ceremony  was  celebrated  too,  in  spite  of 
the  French  T>oli»h  of  the  court  (grattez  k  Ihtsi^)^ 
That  great  King  had  chosen  Baron  Bielfeld  to 
deliver  the  speech  or  oration  to  the  royal  bride. 
(Mde  Lett  res  fmniUbrc*  ti  la  Haye^  Par  le  Barmt 
de  Bielfeld,  1703,  ij.  04.)  This  took  place  the 
day  after  the  marriage,  of  course,  juet  when  the 
royal  party  was  going  to  sit  down  to  supper.  A 
young  cavalier  was  carrying  the  prettily  arranged 
straw  wreath,  which  was  adorned  with  small 
images  of  wax.  Twelve  cavaliera  with  wax  torchca 
were  at  the  same  time  marching  round  the  apart- 
ment, hinting  by  gestures  that  they  were  lookitig 
for  whftt  had  been  lost  the  night  before.  Not 
being  ablo  to  achieve  this,  of  course  they  stood 
still,  and  Baron  Bielfeld  stepped  forth  and  began 
to  deliver  hi  a  Strohkranzrede^  which  was  filled 
witb  the  moat  powerful  expressions,  hints,  and 
allusions,  but  was  nevertheless  received  with 
much  applause  and  gmto.  The  royal  bride  had 
to  wear  the  wreath  for  a  short  time,  after  wliicli 
the  royal  bridegroom  had  to  do  the  same. 

Who  of  us  has  nut  put  a  rose-leaf  into  a  book, 
and  has  foimd  it  in  after  years  without  being  able 
to  remember  when  and  why  it  was  put  there  ? 

"A  withered,  lifeless,  vacant  form, 
It  litis  on  my  abandoned  breast  J  **  * 

Who  of  US  does  not  know,  too,  the  charming 
story  of  Smindi  rides  the  Sybarite,  who  could  not 
sleep  on  account  of  a  creased  rose-leaf  on  hi^ 
couch  ?  worse  than  Andersen's,  dear  Andersen's, 
real  prince3s,  who  could  not  rest  on  account  of  the 
pea  under  her  tvwlve  mattresses,  and  w*is  on  that 
account  discovered  to  be  a  real  and  no  f^ham  prin- 
cess? And  who  does  not  know  the  stiil  more 
charming  story  of  that  Eastern  sage  Abtlul-Kadri, 
who  could  not  be  received  as  a  resident  within 
the  walls  of  Babylon,  putting  a  rose-leal*  on  the 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES.    -     r4«^ s,  til  lUacii  ii,»; 


surface  of  the  bnmfiil  Tegsol  whicli  vroB  shown 
to  him  aa  a  sjmbol  ?  Is  this,  then,  the  reason  wby, 
A3  a  young  friend  from  Sniyma  told  me,  a  rose- 
leaf  (I  am  alluding  here  to'tUe  peials  of  course) 
there  and  elsewhere  in  the  East  is  considered  t& 
the  eymbol  of  **let  ma  or  my  love  not  trouble 
TOE  "  ?  Who  hna  not  heard  oi  Goethe^a  "  Weim 
ich  dich  liebe,  w«a  geht's  dich  an  ?  '*  Losa  known, 
perhaps,  tban  that  pretty  ^'etory"  is,  that  the 
Greek  youtba  took  a  rose-leaf,  and  slightly  draw- 
ing the  left-hand  together,  put  it  on  tbo  opening 
thua  formed ;  then  with  their  rijjht-hand  they 
gave  it  ft  blow  to  produce  a  clapping  noise.  He 
whose  rose-leaf  did  not  '*  report  ^  waa  said  to  be 
unhappy  in  lore.  ( J'ide  Tlieocritus's  IdiflUf  the 
third.)  And  a  aomewhat  Bimilar  custom  still  pre- 
Tiula  on  the  Continent,  where  a  rose-leaf  ia 
gathered  together  In  the  manner  of  a  small  pouch ; 
thia  haa  to  he  cracked  with  a  loud  noise  either  on 
the  forehead  or  the  upper  part  of  the  left  hand* 
If  it  produces  a  pretty  pleasing  sound  when 
thus  cracked,  the  person  you  hare  in  your  mind 
or  heart  thiuks  of  you ;  or  some  aay  it  meana  the 
foreboding  of  a  kiss. 

Until  lately  it  was  alwaya  conjectured  that  the 
old  name  of  Morea  for  the  Grecian  Feloponncsus 
owed  its  origin  to  its  fancied  resemblanco  to  a 
mulbeny-leaf ;  but  this  seems  to  hay©  been  a  fan- 
ciful delusion  of  some  poetic  geographer  or  de- 
lineator of  mjips.  As  an  emblem,  however,  the 
mulberry*leaf  was  taken  bv  LudoTico  Sforxa  (the 
hero  of  ilasainger's  exquiaito  gem,  T/te  Duke  of 
Miiati),  who  adopted  it  or  a  branch  of  the  mul- 
Iserry-tree  as  a  flumame— Moro  (Lat  Moms). 
It  is  the  type  of  wisdom,  prudence,  foresight, 
as  the  mulberry-tree  (MoruSf  L.)  only  puts  forth 
its  leaver  when  night  iErosta  hare  no  longer  to  be 
feared.  Legend,  that  sweetest  deceiTer,  tells  usi 
that  the  white  berries  {Mortts  alba^  L.)  of  the 
tree  were  changed  into  purple  onea  (Morm  nigra ^ 
L.)  by  the  blood  of  Pyramus,  a  mulberr)^-treo  oyer- 
shadowing  "  old  Ninny's  tomb  *' — 

**  To  mcjEt  at  Xinus'  tomb,  there,  there  to  woo, 
•  «  •  •  *  • 

Anon  cornea  Pyrftmus,  rweet  yonth  and  tall, 
And  finds  his  trusty  Thisbv's  mantle  ilain ; 
Wb^-Tcat  with  h\m\i\  with  bloody  hlamefiil  blade, 
He  bravely  broach'J  hU  boiling  bloody  brcaat. 
And  Tbiisby»  tarrrinfj  in  irmlberry  ahode, 
Hij  d[igg<a-  drew  and  died."  • 

In  that  pleasant  book,  Nares'a  GJogsary,  the 
Tenorable  archdeacon  writes  under  the  head  of 
**IloBemary  *^: — 

<^BoieiniirT  waii  also  carriwl  at  ftineralfl^  probably  for 
[  its  odour,  and  as  a  token  of  rcnuinbTaric^of  the  deceased; 
-vrhtflh  custom  l«  noticed  as  kte  m  the  time  of  Gay  [olfu 
1732}  la  hia  Fasioral  Dirge,    Mentionod  alflo  ber&» 

*MidtujnmiT-Nl^*t  Dream,  Act  V.  Sc  1, 


,  ,  .  *  Prithee,  see  they  ]Mr% 
A  sprig  of  rosemorj^t  dippM  in  common  water. 
To  smeU  at  <u  they  walk  alon^  the  sbreeta,*'  * 
Cartwright'a  Ordinary,  Act  V,  8c. 

Is  this  custom  of  carrying  such  a  sprig  of 
mary  at  funerals  still  now  and  then  obserred 
England,  and  in  which  countiee?  I  remember 
a  TOT  large  Odd- fellows'  or  Foresters*  funeral  ia 
the  North  of  Yorkshire  (1804),  where  two  men 
always  walked  abreast,  with  their  little  fingen 
of  two  hands  linked  together,  whiUt  they 
carrying  small  sprigs  of  rosemary  in  the 
hands.  I  still  recollect  that  most  of  "^ 
were  most  anxious  to  hare  real  rosei 
substitute,  aa,  for  instance,  box. 

Ilosemarjr,  which,  by  tho  bye,  makea  «q 
lent  ingredient  for  a  no  lesa  excellent  pomal 
was  until  lately  always  used  in  this  country  fc 
Todletikrant  (aeath -wreath)  for  any  'jxmag 
dying  shortly  before  her  wedding. 

"  There's  rosemary,  that'a  for  remembraooe.*'  f 

Garlic  {Allium  »atimm^  L.)  is  still  belieyedj 

possess  an ti- witchcraft  properties  in  Germany,* 

especially  in  Greece  ana  Turkey.     AUimn  ne 

(e(^  no  garlic)  has  become  proyerbial,  as 

it — in  the  way  onions  are  used — is  said  to 

duce  quarrelsomeness.     In  ancient   tittiet  it 

the  emblem  of  belligerent  life  and  feelings;  bctt 

it  was  also  known  as  a  remedy  against  the  ehiTDI 

of  Amor  and  Eros,  on  which  account  the  GrsA 

i  ladies  ate  of  it  and  carried  it  about  them  dtmaff 

the  skiraphono'  celebrated  at  Athens  in  honour  « 

i  Minerva,  Ceres,  and  Proserpine,  when  the  parti* 

j  celebrating  these  festivals  tad  carefully  to  ft?*nd 

'  any  conjugal  connection  with   men.     I  sLouW 

fancy  that  the  smell  would  keep  the  latter  at  • 

ndi-me'tangefe  distance,    On  account  of  ite  luilJ- 

witchcraft  properties  it  was  dedicated  to  the  Lam 

at  Rome.  Hekuaxs  KiXiJL 

Germany. 

Shop  Signs  tn  Vienna. — I  ohserrr  '  -  -  '>• 
gular  signs  in  Vienna.  Not  only  wer^ 
the  patronage  of  the  imperial  royal  *«....  • 
dedicated  to  popular  favourites,  such  as  'tfin; 
Lind,  but  a  ttAacconist's  shop  I  saw  dedicate  ti  ^> 
the  **  Salvator  Mundi,"  and  displaying  a  verr  vfll 
executed  picture,  I  should  think  eight  feet  \i\^ 
of  the  sacred  personage.  Another,  a  silkmen'-jr* 
shop,  waa  dediaited  to  the  Holy  Ghost  Maaj  ^* 
the  shops  have  painted  signs,  and  well  done. 

P.  E.  Mi^^ 

The  Sttrnaite  Saiucszt^   Sabasin,  or: 
RAZiN. — This  name  is  said  to  have  be^n  : 
a  Saracenic  family  that   embraced  ' 
during  the  Crusades,  and  settled  in  i  . 
rope ;   and,  in  corroboration^  Mr.   Lower  ^)<^^ 

*  Glouary^  German  cd.  (printed  at  Strahuml,  1^" 

p.  ceo. 

t  iroiPi7e*,ActrV.  Sc.5, 


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207 


ijjidln  ^w&a  an  English  surname  temp.  Edw,  I. 
ti.*'  The  Dame  has  probably  uothing  to  do 
tb  the  SarAceo9|  but  may  be  derived  from 
Btel-S&iTftsin,  formerlj  Caslel-Sarrazin,  a  town 
Fraoce,  in  Lang-uedoc,  su  called  fram  ita  situ- 
m  on  the  rivulet  Azin  (mr-Aiin),  Conf. 
ancoort  or  Agincourt|  Dep«  Pas  de  Calais. 

E,  3.  CaABjrocE. 

6x17^  las. 

E4FPEL*S  CONCIERTO  FOB  THE  HaRF.— Did  BOt 
md  in  *'  N,  &  Q/'  that  Mr.  Brmley  Kicbsrda 
id  found  a  most  yaluable  composition  fur  the 

Sb  the  British  Muaeum?  At  any  rate  I 
it  in  many  other  papers,  and  I  thinlc  it  well 
a  T^»ke  A  note  upon  the  subject.  Be  it  known 
oto  ill  men  (with  your  permission,  Mr.  Editor) 
^^)e  CJ)ncerto  in  question  has  be«n  famiUar  to 
^b  etiidenta  nearly  eyer  eince  its  composer 
Plna  England ;  indeed  it  is  one  of  those  nopu> 
^|iec€0  wluch  haye  kept  players  tipon  Keyed 
HtRBients  from  atarvin^  (according  to  some  his- 
wans)  almost  from  lianders  day  until  this. 
^  1 1  say  that  it  is  nothing  more  nor  less  than 
ith  of  the  first  sot  of  organ  concertoes  pub- 
r by  Walsh^  vour  musical  readers  may  well 
vr  that  anytliing  so  familiar  could  be  dis- 
mmd  now.  Dr.  Arnold,  too,  published  it  in 
mt  (as  Mr.  Bichards  has  just  done  at  great 
toesBv^),  and  there  have  been  editions  of  it 
nthoat  end — some  good,  some  bad^  some  indif- 
bfflit  In  Dr.  Arnold's  copy  it  is  said  to  be  per 
Utpa  e  or^ano;  so  there  can  be  no  pretence  of 
liliaging  forward  a  new  yersion  of  an  old  work 
vm.  W.  J,  Wesibbook, 

S^Dhom. 

Ll  BBTTTiOtR  kJHi  TITB  BoOESELLER's  DaUOH- 

Itt.^-In  looking  oyer  the  Life  of  Lq  JSmi/^ni,  the 
ImuUtor  of  the  Chitracferi  of  Theopbrastus  and 
iBkluir  of  the  M<turs  de  ce  Stk-le^  1  luet  with  the 
wowing  anecdote  of  that  interesting  literary 
QiiL  It  may  not  be  unsuitable  for  "N,  &  Q*"  ;^ 
"ht  Bmy^  owd  to  frequent  the  nhop  of  a  bookselkr 
■aal  Kicnaltet^  where  he  amujscd  himself  with  reading 
h$  a^9w  panphleti,  and  playiag  with  the  book^eller^i 
jngliifer,  ah  cnjpkging  child  of  wborn  he  was  very  fond. 
ht  dinr«  taking  the  inanQ«cTipt  of  \n&  Characters  out 
fldi  pocket,  ha  offeied  it  to  Michaliet,  aaving,  *  Will 
Napiiiit  this  ?  I  know  not  whether  you  will  gain  ^ny- 
mug  by  it,  but,  ahonld  it  succeed,  let  the  profits  make 
li  Wry  of  my  little  friend  here.'  The  booki»eller, 
itiiigh  doubtful  with  respect  to  the  result,  ventured  on 
Ibt  ^Uication :  the  fi»t  Jmpreaaion  was  j»ooa  sold  otTf 
^mil  «dtliotts  were  afterwarda  sold,  and  the  profits  on 
^^wk  amoanted  to  a  large  sum;  and  with  this  for- 
^XiM  HicbaUet  was  oilerw&rda  advantafireoualy  mar- 

E^^  Fbaitcis  Teenoh. 

^^B  Eedaiy, 

^■UOOKS  ASB  THE  SlBGK  OF  PAKIS. — 

^Rmay  be  worth  while  to  mention^  before  the  fact  ia 

^JJtteBj  that  afty-fbar  atrial  engines  were  despatched 

"™*TOi  during  the  liege,  and  carried  aUoffether  about 


2,50O»O0O  letters,  making  a  totnl  weight  of  about  ten 
tons.  The  first  balloon,  the  Neptnnc,  left  Paris  on  the 
23rd  of  Septemher;  the  Armaiid  Bnrtxfa,  which  started 
on  tbc  7th  of  October,  took  out  Gainbetta  ntu!  the  tirst 
flock  of  carrier  pigeons;  tlie  Jules  Favre,  which  went 
away  on  the  IJOtli  of  November,  has  never  been  heard  of 
since,  and  h  supposed  to  have  been  lost  at  sea ;  the  la&t 
of  all,  G^nffral  CamhrounG,  was  sent  up  on  the  2Qth  of 
January." 

The  above  is  from  a  correspondent's  letter  in 
the  Dmlf/  Telegraphy  written  in  Paris  on  Feb-  17, 
1871,  and  is,  I  think,  worthy  r  place  in  *'  N.  &  Q." 

Thos,  Hatclifpk. 

The  PHfEXii  Park. — There  is  a  curious  simi- 
Iftrity  of  signiiication  in  the  French  Foutainebleaa  ■ 
and  the  Irish  Phcenix  Park.  The  former^  it  is 
well  known,  signifies  "  spring  of  fair  water,"  ajid 
the  true  and  proper  Irish  name  of  the  latter  Is 
Fionn  Uisge,  that  is  **  fair  water,"  to  which  if  we 
prefix  tuhar^  that  is  **  spring,"  which  I  am  almost 
certain  was  the  case^  the  identity  of  the  name  ia 
perfect 

The  change  of  Fionn  Uisge  to  Pho^riix  was,  I 
belieye,  made  by  the  celebrated  Earl  of  Chester- 
field when  lord-lieutenant.  To  commemorate 
this  intellectual  feat  he  raised,  not  very  far  from 
the  spring,  the  column  still  existing  with  a  phoenix 
on  its  summits  Teos.  Keightley. 

AiiECDOTB  OF  Dr.  Jokjtsow*  —  The  following 
anecdote  of  the  lexicographic  moralist  ust>d  to  bo 
told  by  a  well-known  lawyer  nud  bon-mmnt  of 
Edinburgh,  who  died  from  thirty-live  to  forty 
years  ago.'  The  Doctor,  riding  along  the  road 
during  bis  Scottish  tour,  asked  the  wiiy  of  a  country 
lad  w*ho  was  rimning  with  swollen  cheeks  and 
reddened  complexion.  Receiying  no  answer,  he 
came  down  on  the  lad^s  shoulders  smartly  with 
his  riding^whip.  The  cheeks  collapsed,  and  a 
white  fluid  spurted  forth,  when  Johnson  was  thus 
accosted  r — **  Ob,  f^ir,  what  hae  ye  dune  ?  an*  mo 
rinnin'  seeyen  mile  wi'  a  moothfu'  o'  milk  to  a 
sick  wean  I "  This  story  I  hato  never  seen  ioi 
print.  W.  T.  M. 

Ballads  bt  Lai»t  Mart  Wortlbt  Moittagu 
AND  Lord  Chesterfield. — I'erhaps  one  of  the 
most  remarkable  cases  was  that  attributing  to  Lady 
Mary  Wortley  Montagu  the  balkd  on  Arthur 
Gray,  which  made  not  only  Mrs.  Murray,  its 
victim,  but  also  her  friend  Lady  Hervey,  forswear 
her  ladyship ^8  acquaintance,  lidy  IVIary  acknow- 
ledged the  suiHciently  annoying  ode  of  the  erotic 
footman  to  his  mistress,  which  the  noble  editor  of 
her  works  has  lately  included  amongst  them,  with 
perhaps  Bligbtly  questionable  taste.  Tho  ballad 
IS  saia  to  have  been  a  much  more  scandalous 
affair,  and  was  not  acknowledged. 

This  ballad  took,  because  Gray  the  footman  was 
for  many  days  imder  aentence  of  death  in  New- 
gate,    "fhe  couit  htsd  juat  ift^Tk^^e^  ^  \jtvxySL 
German  doctor  lot  a  much.  mQi^  Votrw^  ^ixa&a 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES.         [i»«»s.Tn.MAj«iiii, 


wliicli  he  ftccomplialiec!,  and  l»y  the  entreaties  of 
llio  amiable  fjfuiiiljftgpHeYed  the  other  silly  fellow 
VFQs  let  off  for  his  Insane  conduct.  Gray  was  aent 
to  the  North  American  nettlement^,  much  as  the 
Irish  prisoners  were  lately  sent  to  New  York,  bnt 
nothing  seems  to  be  known  of  hb  future  existence." 
Lord  Cht-sterfield  wrote  a  ballad  on  the  order 
of  the  Bath,  which  was  said  to  be  equally  witty 
and  satirical,  and  to  which  his  fall  wa.^  attributed 
when  a  change  of  ministry  waa  made  about  the 
time.  It  was  perhaps  the  match  which  set  the 
powder  on  fire,  but  there  was  probably  a  magazine 
Qt  ejLplosiye  materials  somewhere.  E,  C. 


Bell-Hahp. — What  kind  of  instniment  waa  the 
l>ell-h«q>,  which  u&ed  to  be  played  upon  in  the 
early  part  of  Iftst  century  ?  Perhaps  some  musical 
reader  will  be  able  to  answer  this  query  in  an  early 
number,  L«  J. 

[The  l)dl  harp  is  a  nitutcal  instrament  of  the  string 
kind,  thuf  called  from  the  players  on  it  SMringing  it  about 
lui  n  licU  on  it*  baaii*.  It  ia* about  three  feet  lonp ;  ita 
Btrln^t  which  are  of  no  determiDate  nnmber,  are  of  bmsa 
or  ateel  wire,  fixed  at  one  end,  and  slrctehed  acroas  the 
fiourn.l-lioard  by  screws  fixed  at  the  other.  It  takes  in 
four  octaves,  according  to  the  number  of  the  string 
which  are  struck  only  with  the  thumb*,  the  right  hand 
playing  the  Irchle,  ninl  ihe  left  hand  the  haaa  ;  and,  in 
oid<ir  to  draw  the  Sf^und  the  clearer,  tlie  thumbi  are 
armed  with  a  little  wire  pin.  There  is  an  engraving  of  it 
ID  Tfl9  London  En<yctopmJuif  xi.  fiO.] 

BEZiWT  AND  Florix.  —  In  documents  of  the 
Ididdle  Ages  frequent  mention  is  made  of  golden 
florin«  and  bez«nt».  What  was  the  vtilue  of  these 
coina  ?  Where  were  they  ptruck,  and  were  they 
in  general  circulation,  or  only  used  for  calculating 
the  value  of  money  ?  A.  K  L. 

[Ciold  florins  were  first  strttck  by  Edward  HI.  in  1344  i 
the  h/ilf  and  quarter  florin  were  ittruck  at  the  s^^ine  time. 
The  florin  waa  then  to  go  for  six  mhilUtiigek  t  ho  ugh  now  it 
would  be  intrjii»i{!ally  worth  nineteen.  Jn  the  year  1327 
that  |>rincfl  bad  previoush'  purchaafd  174  rtoVitu  from 
Fhirence,  the  price  of  each  bciiig  3lUt/.  *'  N.  &  Q>,"  i" 
ai.  UD. 

Drzant,  or  Bezant,  wa«  a  coin  of  pur?  j^ld,  nrniek  at 
Byzantium  in  the  time  of  the  Chri*lirtn      i  ;  and 

hence  the  gold  oll'cred  by  our  kings  on  !  itlvd 

hrmnt.    It  feems  to  have  been  current  i  :  Tram 

the  tenth  ccn«ur>^  till  the  time  of  Edward  IIL  hs  value 
ia  not  precisely  asecrtarned,  but  it  h  gencrallv  estimated 
at  ^»,Ay,  sterling.  The  origin  and  u*e  of'bezanta  are 
jicrintiHl  out  by  Camden,  Remains^  art.  "  Money/'  Conaalt 
also  "  N.  &  Q-,"  2»*»  a  V.  258.] 

[•  The  Epistle  from  Arthur  tJray,  the  footman,  to 
Mr>-  Murray,  after  his  condemn  at  ion  for  uttempiini;^  to 
eomiiiit  violence,  i^alsi*  printed  In  Tht  Letters  mid  Workn 
rt/  Lufiy  Mary  IFort/ey  AJuntoffH,  edited  by  W«  Moy 
Thomas  edit.  1801*  it.  478,  The  eircitm«tance  took  place 
€?n  Oct.  1, 1721.    See  Stieci  TriaU,  !2nio.  1742.— Ei*.] 


BoBiDiL. — Ben  Jonson*9  buU?  and  oon 

named  BohadiL  Could  it  be  because  tb©  Mt, 
governor  of  Cuba,  who  sent  borne  Coluo 
chains,  waa  **  Bobadilla  "  ?  Ben 'a  **  Boba ' 
ma?t  agreeable  bra^rgadocio,  and  in  thi«,| 
very  dilFerent  fr^^m  the  sullen  ruffian  who  *" 
the  Spani^sb  name  by  bis  atrocioua  condue 
great  navigator  and  discoverer. 


rP 


[Giflford'9  note  on  this  cowardly      ' 
teresting,   Hcaaya :  **  Bobadil  has  ne\ 
stood,   and  tber^fore  is   always  too   J   ^    . 
because  he  ia  a  boaster  and  a  cowarU,  he  la   cur: 
di^tniaeed  as  a  mere  copy  of  ih©  ancient  bully,  or  wha 
more  ridiculous^  of  Pistol ;  but  Bobadil  is  a  creaturt  i 
gtnerh^  and  perfectly  ori^nal.    The  § oldier  of  the  Greek 
comedy,  from  whom'Whalley  wishes  to  derive  him,  1 
not  maay  traits  in  common  with  Bobadil.  .  .  •  Bob 
is  staliied  with  do  inordijiate  vice,  and  is  beaidii 
fruj?at,  that  *  a  huiich  of  radishca  and  a  pipe  ta  ^skmi 
orifice  of  his  stomach/  ^tidfy  aU  h!^  wanto.    Add  td  T 
that  the   vanity   of  the  ancient  soldier  [in  the  i 
comedy]  is  accompanied  with  stich  deplorable  St™ 
that  all  temptatimi  to  mirth   is  taken  away; 
Bobadil  is  rt-ally  amusing.    Hhi  gravity,  which 
most    in  flexible    nature,  contrasL^i  admirably 
situations  into  which  he  is  thrown ;  and  tbouslNi 
baffled^  and  dis^aceil,  he  never  so  far  forgets  oil 
to  aid  in  his  own  discomfiture.    He  has  no  j 
like  Besaas  and  ParoUes,  to  betray  his  real  cba 
expose  himself  to  unoecesaary  contempt.  * 
Bobadil  haa  manv  distinguishing  traif^,  rmd 
ceding  brog^rt  shall  be  discovered  w  1 1 
than  big  words  and  beating  to  charat  r 
not  be  amifls  to  allow  JoQion  the  cit,,..  ...  . 

pendud  entirelv  on  his  own  resoarces^^'^oojoa's  i 
by  Gifford,  ed.'  1816.  L  IGO.] 

CnArcBR*8  "  SfliPMiN/' — What  is  the  meaninj 
of  the  line  {Prohf/nc,  400)  ?— 

"  By  water  he  sente  hem  hootn  to  every  lantt*' 

Professor  Morley  pnzxles  me  by  paraphn 
{Etujlhh  Wriiern,  ii.  i2t>8),  "  he  sent  home  hit  I 
by  water  to  every  land."     I  have  somotimea  1 
inclined  to  think  that  the  line  meant  **  ha  mai 
the  vanquiahed  walk  the  plank  " ;  but  1  doaUj 
Chaucer  a  typical  sailor  waa  given  to  such  pimtia 
habits.     Protably  to  many  pople  th 
ficulty  in  the  passage.     Will  one  of  thn^  "i 
me  down  an  ass  "  F  Joasr . 

Rustington,  near  Littlehampton,  Sossex. 

Doan58D\Y.  —  Among  the  various  hooki 
papers  which  have  been  written  upon  Dou 
IS  there  to  be  found  any  attempt  to  trar 
many  pertsona  recorded  there  aa  holder*  i 
have  repreaentatives  in  the  present  day  f 

E?rrtLtsn  QrKBN  nuuiEn  at  r 
The  inhaliitrtnt3  of  Porto  Fino  (a 
the  foot  of  the  headland  of  the  bj 
Gulf  of  Genoa)  haves  a  tradition 
queen  was  onee  buried  there.     W  <•  i.  ^m. 
bable  hiatorical  grounds  for  this  belief? 


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209 


*'  Et  facerb  SciiiBENDi.*' — Ej  wliom,  and  of 
whom^  lifia  it  been  said  that  ho  was  competent  "  et 
Ucnw  iiJTibeiida,  et  scribere  legenda"?  B, 

BiLLcLD  OF  Ladt  Ferhers.  —  Ts  there  nny 
foundfttioE  in  truth  for  the  balUid  of  '*  Lady 
Fam?rs  of  Markrate  Cell "  ?  It  professes  to  ho 
foircded  on  tradidon  and  fnct,  and  a  ay  9  that 

'  eof  the  hentine,  her  singular  habita  and 

d  r^f*>T,  tT>«»  sltpmate  sedusion  and  splendour  of 

ii  as  mysterious  close,  fomi  a  detail 

r  itfordjiliirc,  at  tb«  htimlet  wbich 

The  story  is,  that  she  entertained  her  frienda  hy 
dty  and  went  out  marauding  at  night,  cU^lhed 
in  amiour,  plundering  and  slaying  ftU  the  traTel- 
Ioti  e^he  could  lay  her  hands  upon.  She  was  in 
the  hahit  of  lockiug  the  servants  in  their  roomi  at 
night  find  letting  them  out  in  the  morning}  but 
one  day  no  door^a  were  opened.  A  jn'ooni  in  despair 
lit  la»t  breaking  through  onPTthey  discovered  that 
tbtj  lady's  bed  was  empty,  and  at  lost  they  found 
b»jr»*irj  Y'rM  nrmnur,  deacf  on  the  turret  stairs.  She 
bad  b'  by  an  accidental  fall  on  her  road 

out  A  /dirk  wa:3  found  fiocurely  fastened 

bher  gifdk.     The  date  of  the  ballad  is  1811. 
Margaret  Gaity. 

QftCAT  Mait    alluded  to  uy  Arnold  in  a 
H05.— ^Who  13  supposed  to  be  alluded  to  in 
Iki  folloxviug?  — 

"  On'-  nfiht  ffreategt  men  nfour  time  has  declared  that, 
I  ]<ttn  of  bis  life,  be  did  not  believ*?  in  the 

i  ur  Lord.  .  ,  ,  .  wbilc,  in  hi*  kilter  liffjie 

•tour»rr«j  u  with  all  hia  heart  ttud  iioul/'—Df.  Arnold's 
Stnmh  V.  404. 

J.  H.  B. 

[Tbf  Ttf^rmcc  ia  vrron^;  there  is  iiille  tloul>t  that  tho 
■Won  Wi^.  to  S.  T.  Colurtdgt!.    WLiat  i^i  tLic  text  of  the 

mm}] 

l?rpr%TRrRS  OF  Enolajtd,^ — Does  there  exiat  a 
^  ptiTo  of  the  industries  of  EngUmd, 

lie  one  published  early  in  180i>  on  the 
I  <^/  Scotland  by  D.  Bremner  ? 

B.  T.  J. 

Of  Shipboard.  —  Were  commanders 
formerly  in  the  hnbit  of  keepin^^  a 
r  aboard  flhip  j  and  if  eo,  when  was 
abandoned?  Here  is  ouo  instance, 
rrative  of  Richard  Seller,  a  fisherman, 
the  service  in  1&V> :  — 

t  the  commander's  je»tcr^  nnd  told  the 

Liv  a  ^inea  with  him  ttmt  he  would 

'  hale  tiie  king's  ropes';  and  told  the 

i  rctol*:  BO  two  gamea*  were  thrown 

;  then  Th(!  jester  called  for  two  sea- 

itj  >  ropes  fast  to  the  wrists  of 

Afr  s  throu|;;h  two  hloek?  in 

•HI  H>nrd  Hdp»  and  hois ed  me 

oft  '-.M,  to  the  ijunnel  of  the 

u  then  the  jester  called  tbe 

AccmjaiiY  lu    h' 111  111,  uud  bear  him  witness,  that  be 

I  the  '-^taVrr  bale  the  king's  rope^' ;  so  veering  tbe 


ropes,  they  lowered  me  hftlf-waj  dowu,  then  mftdo  mc  f.ist 
Bgain ;  •  5fow/  said  the  je^ter^  *  noble  captain,  you  and 
th«  company  see  that  tbe  Quaker  haleth  tbe  klng*s  ropes/ 
And  with  that  be  comumnded  them  to  *  let  fly  tbe  ropes 
loose/  when  I  foil  upon  the  deck.  *  Now,*  said  the  jester, 
*  Qohle  captain^  Lh«  wager  ia  won  :  he  baled  tha  ropes 
to  tbe  deck,  and  you  can  hale  them  no  farther,  nor  any 
raan  ulse.* " — Sufcrin^*  o/iht  Quaker*,  bv  Joseph  Beisdw?, 
London,  17^3,  iil  113. 

ThOS.  StBWAKDSON,  JF2f, 

JuDioUL  Oaths.— Has  it  ever  bees  noticed  for 
the  coasidemtion  of  that  class  who  object  to 
taking  oaths  in  courts  of  justice,  because  it  ia 
forbid  in  the  Bible  under  the  injunction  **  Swear 
not  at  all,"  that  there  ia  another  injunction  in  the 
Bible,  in  equally  imperative  language,  which  they 
entirely  disregard — *'  Call  no  man  father  upon  the 
earth**  (Matt.  xxiiL  9)  F  If  any  of  your  readers 
are  of  the  cla?^  I  have  mentioned,  it  would  bo 
entisfactory  to  know  from  him  why  it  la  that  tha 
ono  command  ia  so  rigidly  con^truedi  while  tho 
other  i*  wholly  disobeyed  ?  G» 

Edinburgh, 

Moor  Park. — Are  there  extant  any  earl v  en- 
gravings of  Moor  Prtrk,  or  Moro  Lodge,  in  flert- 
ftud shire,  m  it  existed  in  the  time  of  James  L  or 
Charles  1,,  or  any  account  of  the  beautiful  gar- 
dens, other  than  that  given  by  Sir  William 
Temple  ?  M.  P, 

MoRTiitER,  Earl  op  March. — In  the  Ilarleian 
MSS*,  Mortimer,  Earl  of  March,  who  married  tha 
daughter  of  the  Earl  of  Sahahury,  ia  stated  to 
have  left  two  sons  —Edmund,  his  successor  in 
both  oarldoms,  and  Edward,  from  whom  is  traced 
therein  a  long  line.  Sir  B.  Burke,  iu  his  E.vtinct 
Baronies f  doea  not  mention  Edward  the  second 
son.  Can  any  cue  give  me  information  on  thia 
matter,  or  where  to  look  farther  for  such  ? 

J.  A. 

MouBMNQ  oa  Blackedged  Wrtttko  Paper. 
I  have  lately  been  endeavouring  to  find  out  when 
the  use  of  mourning  stationery  came  into  use  in 
England,  and  was  under  the  impression  that  I 
should  find  some  information  on  tbe  subject  in 
these  pages.  Ila^  ing,  however,  searched  the  pro^ 
ceding  volumes  without  success,  I  subjoin  a  few' 
conjectures  of  my  own. 

When  did  blackedged  writing  paper  come  into 
use  ?     1  believe  that  the  large  4 to  writing  paper, 
capable  of  being  folded  so  as  to  form  a  cover,  waa 
in  common  use  in  England  until  1840,  when,  tha 
weight  of  a  letter  carried  for  one  penny  ben  _ 
restricted  to  half  an  ounce,  the  4to  kiicr  paper ' 
was  gradually  superseded  hj  the  8vo  note  pnper. 
The  8vo    note  paner  had,    however,   this    tlis^ 
advantage — it  could  not  be  folded  so  ns  to  ensure  1 
secrecy :  a  cover  therefore   became  a   nece^ity.  ^ 
Our  ever-inventive  neighbours— the  French — sent 
U9  the  thing  we  wanted,  and  mad©  us  a  oresent  of 
the  name  enveloppe.    The  use  of  blackedged  nota 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES.         14*I'S,tilmabc«u,71| 


paper  ftnd  envelopes  (for  we  have  declined  to  uae 
the  second;;)  would  therefore  seem  to  havo  Arisen 
after  1840.  But  how  came  black  to  creep  on  the 
inarg:itt  of  writing  paper?  Perhaps  thus :  I  sup- 
pose it  to  have  been  custoinftry  long:  before  1840 
for  andertakera,  on  the  occasion  of  a  funeral,  to 
send  out  hat  ban  da  and  gloves  to  moumera  in  a 
gigiuttic  envelope  which  was  blackedged«  Thence, 
I  presnmef  the  smaller  envelopes  for  notes  re- 
ceived a  black  edge,  which  at  lost  crept  inside, 
where  now  we  are  sometimes  alarmed  to  see  it 
obtruding  from  one-sixteenth  to  three-aunrters  of 
fui  inch  all  round  the  eurfaee  of  a  ainall  sheet  of 
paper  I  But  was  there  no  blackedged  letterpaper 
before  1840  of  the  4to  size  ?  I  am  not  aware  taat 
there  was,  1  believe  that  no  ancient  blackedged 
Iciter  paper  U  known  in  the  British  Museum,  I 
have  myself  several  old  letters  in  4to  with  deli- 
cate gUt  edgeSj  but  none  with  the  hideous  black 
margins  of  the  present  day. 

I  suppose  that  black  sealing  wax  is  as  old  as 
the  red  wax  ;  and  black  wax  was,  I  imagine,  the 
earliest  and  onlv  token  of  moiimiog  employed  in 
letter- writing,  dating  perhaps  from  1556, 

I  shall  be  glad^  however,  to  be  set  right  by 
aome  of  your  venerable  and  honoured  correspon- 
deAtB  if,  in  the  above  statement,  my  inexperience 
has  led  me  into  error.  W.  II*  8. 

Hr3,  Oosr.— Who  was  Mrs.  Com  ?  She  waa  a 
lady  interested  in  muiic,  evidently,  for  her  name 
figures  upon  a  sonata  fur  pianoforte  by  the  Inte 
Samuel  Wesley  (which  is  chiefly  made  up  of 
fiigtte  upon  a  subject  by  Salomau ;  so  that  she 
must  have  had  a  t^te  for  the  abstruse),  and  again 
upon  a  sonata  by  WoelH.  I  think  I  have  seen 
her  name  upon  other  title -pages,  but  I  cannot 
remember  wliat  they  were.     VV.  J,  Wijstueook. 

Paslbt  orPaslhwe.— In  the  decayed  diocesan 
Tetums  or  manuscripts  of  the  registers  of  Iluyton, 
near  Kunwsley,  ia  an  entry,  I  think,  of  a  burial : 
"  1G39,  Henriette  Maria  .  ,  .  Christopher  Pasley 
*  .  .  ,  et  h.  of  Tarbock.*'  I  am  desirous  of  know- 
ing what  family  this  Pasloy  belonged  to,  in  order 
to  learn  its  connection  with  the  Torbocks  of  Tar* 
bock,  near  Huyton.  The  laat  abbot  of  Whitley 
was,  1  believe,  a  Pa*lewe;  and  in  1507,  ''ELiz*'** 
fib  Xfer.  No  well,"  of  Little  Mereley,  co,  Livn- 
caater,  Gent,  was  married  to  Thomas  Pawslowe, 
or  Paslewe,  of  Winewell,  co.  Lancaster,  Gent, 
It  ia  not  improbable,  notwithstanding  the  diffeiv 
enoe  in  spellings  that  the  issue  of  this  marriage 
WAS  the  above-named  Christopher  Pauley,  who, 
no  doubt,  married  a  I'arbock,  StanloVi  or  Molv- 
neux.  There  wus  Henriette  Maria  Stanley  (daugb- 
ter  of  James,  seventh  Earl  of  Derby),  who  was 
married  to  Viscount  Alolvnetix,  and  secondly  to 
Wm.  Wentworth,  Earl  of  Strafford j  but  <^be  was 
born  in  1030,  and  died  in  Hj^j,         T.  HELSBr. 


PoacEiAJX  Qfkht* — What  English  chukA  wt 

marked  m       ^^   in  a  rather    antiquated    etyltf 

My  specimens  are  in  imitatiou  of  OrientaL 

Jt  C*  J^ 

PsA^Lit  XXIII. — Who  is  the  author  of  a  i 
beginning — 

"  The  Lord  is  my  Shqiherd,  no  want  ihidl  b#  laitiei  | 
In  pajittirefl  of  verdure  he  make^  me  rcdiae  **  f 

Can  any  of  your  wwrespondents  sunply 
remainder  of  the  psalm  ?  J*  t;  lit%% 

[Jnmas  Montgam<:ry  U  the  aathor  of  a  psalm  i 
mencLDg  — 

*^T1ifi  Lord  ia  my  Sbtpherdp  no  want  fhjdl  1  kaiiw « \ 
I  feed  in  grooo  pastures,  Mfe-folded  I  rest.** 
—The  Chriaian  PiolmUU  «d*  1@25,  p.  &G,] 

Shakespeare's  '*  Scah^I^." — ^Tn  the  Drama 

Register  for  1853  (T.  H.  Lacy)  I  find  at  p.  35 1 
following  statement : — 

**  ScAmeUt  vrhLob  word  has  oceuiooed  ao  mabb  ^ 
less  discii&i{on,  it  appears  U  the  e(»mm<m  name  for  Unip 
in  Cornwall  a^  well  as  ia  Ireland^** 

This  information  ia  said  to  be  taken  from  an 
annotated  copy  of  The  Temped.     May  I  iiAk 
this  statement  can  be  corroborated  aa  to  the  ] 
vincial  uae  of  "  acamela  "? — as  of  course  the  < 
culty  ia  thus  cleared  up.  A  FoRBlon 

The  Svn  nevkr  sets  qt^  the  Brttwh 
MINIONS. — Who  waa  the  author  of  the  now  ha 
neyed  saying  that  the  iun  never  seta  on  tbe  Briti4 
dominions  ?  Did  he  borrow  the  ideafirom  Rutiliiif 
who  says  of  Kora©  (i.  53)  — 

'^Obraerinl  citiua  scelerata  oblivia  eolem 
Quam  tuu«  ex  nostro  corde  rccedat  bcnca* 
Kam  soHa  radti^  scqualia  tnnnera  tood}i^ 

Qua  circumfii^ius  Huctuat  Oceanoi^ 
Volvitur  ipse  libi,  qui  coatinct  omnia,  ] 
Eque  tuia  ortos  in  toa  condit  equoa." 

[Sce*'N.^Q."l«'S.ii.  535.} 
StrrERSTinoN  in  Suffolk*  —  In  a  '^Hlwii  i 
Suffolk  resides  a  voung  lad  who  is  afHicteo  witt 
a  glandular  swelling,  at  times  very  painftil   ^ 
May  last  his  motiiar  caught  a  toad,  and  in 
presence  of  the  lad  eewcd  it  up  alive  in  a  *■ 
wbich   she  hung  on    the  wall  of  thft  roam  ' 
the  cottage  in  which  she  lived.     The  idrn  pru^ 
ing  in  the  woman's  mind  is  tha' 
shall  have  crumbled  to  dust,  her  _ 

swelling  will  be  stanched  and  will  die  awhJ- 
this  a  common  superetition  P         Hic  kt  ruiQ^l 
7,  Lao  caller  Gate,  \\\ 

VooDONisM. — What  18  Toodontsm  f    Fp«tt  1 
note  in  the  Lomlm  Fitjnr^i  of  Jan,  SSy  V 
pears  to  be  an  American  invention.    J 
account  a  canard  f    It  is,  however,  ^taiea  m 
above  paper  that  a  man  named — 
'*  Jtis.  AUe  made  a  c 
into  tbe    le;f  t^t  o! 
,  .  ,  .  Tbc  &nflUc  Wii.  ...,  -.,-  -  ^ —  ,— „ 


4«  8.  Vn.  March  11,71.]  NOTES  AND   QUERIES. 


sn 


I  waft  then  nedac^d  to  powder,  and  strewn  in  the 

f^i.-.#.i.     1     ..-i„-..      v;^       '  T.pcd  upon  this 

iTi  jjcnt  enter  his 

It-  I .  .  S  »^*"^*»  »^''  t'X' 

imcU^l  tliu  niiiiL^  whkii  w^  a  iaut  long,  and  quite 

^  Thig  of  course  reads  like  a  lioax,  but  what  is 
I  origiu  of  the  tcnn  Voodonism  ? 

JAitES  BaiTTEN. 

Tnx  WffiTK  TowEH  OF  LoTOJON* — Queries  upon 
np.  10,  25,  ,S0,  41,  97,  08,  awd  104  of  Mr.  G.  T. 
CWk's  "  Pnrticulars  concerning  the  Military 
Aitrhitecturo  of  the  Tower  of  Loud  on  "  (OUi  Lon- 
don, Papr  IL  pp.  13  to  139),  published  by  Mur- 

f,18<)7:— 
_  Is  it  probftbk  that  Williara  the  Conqueror 
orerawed  London,  for  twelve  or  fourteen  years, 
^tb  a  fortress  couBisting  of  a  deep  ditcli  and 
rtnwjg  palisade  only  (p.  19),  and  that  he  re^itiired 
90tae  years*  experience  of  the  vAliie  of  the  site 
More  he  could  deteroune  to  erect  a  reguliLr  castle 

2,  Could  the  White  Tower  oF  London,  with 
twenty-four  feet  of  foundation  towards  the  river, 
ind  walls  IVom  twelre  feet  to  fifteen  feet  thick 
(p.  25),  reasonably  be  said  to  havo  been  executed 
mhasteCp.  41)? 

3,  Couid  the  White  Tower  have  been  built"  by 
aXnrrnrin  'irchitcct  x\R  a  refuge  for  royalty  without 
'I  ut  proper  convenieneea,  and  without 

:  the  usual  Norman  chevron  or  itig^-zag 
lit  (p.  30)? 

-  there  auvthinff  in  Tertm  Jloffenm  to  show 

tkat  Gimdulph  luilt  the  While  Tower  (p.  08)? 

5,  Did  the  Normans  build  with  '*  mortar  tern- 

with  the  blood  of  beasts*'  (Fitzstepheo^ 

\  p.  i04)»  or,  in  plain  English^  did  the  Nor- 

\  pound  red  bricks  to  mix  with  their  mortar  ? 

CAQ^idering  that  the  historical  events  of  the 

reigTi  warrant  only  a  concJueion  that 

iniildinga  of  the  lioiuRns,  the  Anglo- 

ifred,  and  of  Edward  the  Eider,  were 

red  or  fortified  by  the  Normans,  and 

t:.^.«i  jtTijj-  that  the  Tower  of  London  in  parti- 

«»lftr  wa^  hastily  prepared  for  the  Conijueror's 

*""^'-'  '   ■"  the  short  space  of  six  weeks,  is  it  not, 

e,  more  in  accordance  with  probabi- 

'^^^'t  of  other  considerations)  that  the  , 

called  was,  as  Slukeley  ehowed 

-ii/  which  the  keen  glance  of  the 

Mwqtteror  detected  the  value  of,  and  forthwith 

mMfUA  to  bis  own  u^e?  Kohan, 

P*^t  p.  22  Mr.  dark  describes  it  us  tbe  White  or 

dm*!  Tiiw»T,  ami  in  tho  same  volume  Mr,  Burtt,  in  nn 

«Wt   witulrd    '^puljlic    RffNird    Omce'*    (Paper    iv. 

fctlT),  ]|A»  <iuoltdStiak  ;  "    hnrd  TIL,  Act  Ilf. 

*)  «0  tluj  lIofnaQ  i>j  White  T(>w«r.     It 

'^jtl  \^  tnr^uiiKn\^.~  ordered  Ed ric  to  he 

»>  hoad  pLtoi'd  <'W  the  Tower  of  London, 

I*  :  tide  rose,  witehed  by  this  Tharaes. 


I 


Why  does  a  fewly-borj^  Child  cst?  — 
David  Copperfield  waa  bom  at  midnight  on  a 
Friday,  and  **  it  wiis  remarked  that  the  clock 
began  to  strike  and  ho  to  cry  aimultaneously," 
Lucre ti ufl  (v,  227)  gives  the  epicurean  reason' in 
Ilia  beautiful  linea  on  infancy  : — 

"  Vagituf|uc  locum  luguhri  complete  ut  jpqutim  est, 
Qutii  tttnlum  in  vita  restot  transirc  inalorum.** 

Augustine  says  (reference,  nlaa  !  lost)^ 
'•Potcirat  ridere  prins  puer  qui  uaacitur,  quarc  a  fltdo 

iDcipit  vivure?   ridere  nruidLim  imvit^  quale  plorare  jam 

novit  ?  cjuia  ccepit  ire  in  iatam  vitam." 

By  way  of  showing  Augustine's  familiarity  with 
nnraer}'  lore,  it  is  worth  while  quoting  from  him 
( Cofifdfi.  i.  0),  when  an  infant  first  gmiles: — "  Post 
et  ridere  ccepi,  dormiens  primo,  deinde  vigilans/' 
There  is  a  beautiful  poem  on  this  idea  culled 
^*  The  First  Smilei"  in  Keble*s  Lyra  hmvcmtmm, 
of  whichj  however,  only  the  first  stanza  is  his, 

Pelaghj^, 


llr|]ltti^« 


"FRASKR'S  MAGAZINE**:  ** GALLERY 

OF  ILLUSTRIOUS  LITERARY  CHARACTERS." 

(4*'»  S.  vii.  31.) 

The  list  furnished  by  J.  F.  M.  of  the  remark- 
able gallery  of  portraits  which,  for  the  first 
brilliant  decade  of  her  existence^  formed  ao  dia-  i 
tinclive  a  characteristic  of  **  Regioa/*  is  so  nearlj  ' 
complete,  that  were  it  not  for  the  opportunity  of 
setting  it  forth  in  chronological  order  from  a  copy 
before  me,^  and  appending  a  few  notes  that  may 
not  be  devoid  of  interest,  it  might  well  be  allowed 
to  remain  Tvithout  alteration  or  addition. 

The  first  number  of  Frastr's  Mngazim  appeared 
on  Feb,  1, 1830 :  the  '^  Gallery  '*  was  commenced  in 
the  number  for  Jime  following,  with  the  * )f8«Aqr  j 
of  William  Jerdan,  accomnanied  by  a  qimd  bio* 
graphico -critical  sketch,  which,  we  are  informed, 
is  ^*  written  in  our  most  elaborate  style/ ^  From 
this  period  to  Dec.  183G,  no  month  failed  to  bring 
forth  its  portrait  and  its  illustrative  page  of  letter- 
press. A  gap  then  occurred.  An  attempt  to 
resume  the  series  was  made  in  1838 ;  but  some- 
bow  the  old  spirit  was  gone,  and  the  series  was 
closed  in  the  month  of  April  by  the  portly  form 
of  Sydney  Smith,  of  merry  and  reverend  memory. 
The  following  list  will  be  found  to  present  tha 
entire  series  In  due  chronological  sequdnce : — 
voiA  1830. 

L  June.  William  Jerdan. 

July.  Thorn  M  CAm  pbe  JL 

I L  August.         J.  G.  LoiktiiJtt. 

September,    SnmucI  1;   .  . 

Ortober.        Thomas  iluufc, 

November.    Sir  Walter  8cQtt, 

DL-ccaibcr.    John  tialt. 


Jaunary. 


183L 
William  Mftgian.  ••  Tbft  liwX^x? 


212 


XOTES  AND  QUERIES.         [I'^s.vu.  MAnctiiv 


Just  at  thiB  period  (to  digress  for  a  moment)  a 
poom,  "  In  Laudem  Regflon?,"  appeared  from  tJie 
pen  of  the  late  F.  W.  N.  Bajley.  Altbou^h  of 
no  special  merit,  I  shaU  tranflcribe  a  couple  of 
etiLDZdfl  des^riptire  of  the  portraita  which  had 
already  appeared :  — 

"  With  portraits  of  our  leametl  men 

It  make?  the  ivorUi  flc-nmint^-nl; 
To  see  their  phloxes  p^jnuilletl  there 

Is  next  to  beinif  sat m ted ! 
Jtrdan  WW&  dmwn  m?  Jerdau  iJ 

When  ettming  dewa  arc  falling! 
Sir  Waiter  walked  about  his  ^rotmdf. 

To  hi-1  northern  watcli-do^  calling. 
CaU  ^vAnn'd  bis  inexpres&ihles 

Before  ft  ronricg  fire! 
And  R^ert  looked  aa  much  amaied 

As  one  could  well  desire. 

**  Lockkari^  the  comet  of  the  Xorth^ 
Hit  brown  cignr  was  smoking; 


■e  gazed  upon  the  clement  skiwi» 
idlookM  like  Momuu  jokini?  I 


Maori 

And 
Camjtlfelt^  with  lengthy  pipe  in  haiid^ 

ScomM  like  a  god  io  clover  I 
Jdt^Hfh  nrrnyed  in  now  brown  5cratoli» 

A  gen  Ik- man  all  over. 
Crftkcr,  the  Irish  fairy  king, 

And  U  be  TOO  of  the  modems, 
With  sevcrnl  others  vet  to  come, 

Who  doubtless  will  be  odd  'uns  1 " 

But  to  resume  my  list :  — 

VOLS.  1831. 

lU.  Febrttury.  Croflon  Croker. 

51arch«  Mrs.  ^'orioa. 

April.  John  Wilson. 

May.  Mary  Rn«Bell  M  it  ford. 

June  Don  Telesforo  de  Trucbtt  y  Coaio, 

Jidy.  The  Earl  of  M  unster, 

IV.  Au^st  Lord  John  RusselK 

September,  John  Wilson  Croker, 

October.  Tydua    Pooh-Pooh,  *^Our    Man    of 

November.    Washington  Irving. 
Bocember.    Lord  Bronghum  and  Yanx, 

1832. 

January.  Robert  Montgomen\ 

V.  February.  James  Hogg, 

March.  The  Baron  von  Goethe. 

April.  Israel  {sic)  D'lsraeli. 

May.  The  Antiquaries. 

June.  Louis  Eu!«tache  t'de, 

July.  Kcv,  Doctor  Lardner. 

YI.  AnjjuAt.  Edward  Lytton  Bulwer. 

September.  A I  Inn  Cunningham. 

tJctobpr.  William  Wordsworth. 

November,  Sir  David  Brewster. 

December.  WilUam  Koscoe, 

1833. 

VII.  JanUftry.  Prince  de  Talleyrand. 

February.  .Tuines  Morier. 

Atrtrch.  C(.unt*!AS  of  Bles^intrton. 

April.  *^  The  Tiger  "  ( VV.  Duidup.) 

JMay.  Henjumiii  Dl*iTaeli. 

J  unc.  Thomas  Carlykv 
YIII.  July.  Samuel  Taylor  fVIi  riifge. 

A  u^ast.  (j  eorge  C r uiksh.,  n k, 

JScptember,  JJr,  Moit, 


October. 

Kovciintier. 

December, 

IX.  January. 
FobrQ.*iry, 
Miirch. ' 

April.     * 

May. 
June* 
X,  July. 
August, 
S<»(»tcmbcr, 
October. 
November. 
December. 


XI. 


XIL 


Januarj*. 

Fubrua'rj'. 

March. 

April. 

May, 

June, 

July, 

August* 

September. 

October. 

Kuvfmbcr. 

December. 


XIU. 


1833. 
Miss  Landon. 
Mi»  Harriet  Martineau. 
Grant  Tborbum  (**  Laurie  ToddJ 

183L 
Captain  Rossu 
Sir  Egerton  Brydg<e«. 
Daniel  O'Conuell  andEichiidl 

Shiel. 
Theodore  Hook, 
Charles  Molloy  VVe»tmacott. 
Leigh  Hunt. 
W.  H.  Aln«worth. 
Thomaa  Hill. 

Rev.  George  Robert  Ukig. 
WiUiam  Godwin. 
James  Smith. 
Count  D'Ursay, 

183.>. 
The  Erase ri  ana. 
Charles  Lamb. 
Pierre  Jean  de  Bcranger. 
Pkfiss  June  Porter. 
Lady  Morgan. 
Alaric  Attik  Watts. 
I^ord  Franci-*  Egerton, 
Hcnr>'  O'Brien. 
Michael  Thomas  Sadler. 
William  CobbelL 
Earl  of  Molgrave. 
Robert  Macniih. 

1836. 
Begiua*s  Maids  of  Hoao! 
Michael  Faradav. 
Rev.  WiUiam  U^le  Bow1( 
Francis  Place, 
Sir  Ji.hn  C.  Hublioit^c 
Mrs.  S.  C.  Hall. 
Mr.  Serjeant  Talfourd, 
Sir  John  Soane. 
Sheridan  Knowle*. 
Lord  Lyndhnrtt. 
Edmund  Lodge. 
John  Baldwin  Buckatonev 


January. 
February. 
March. 
ApriL 
May. 
June. 
XIY.  Jul}', 

August. 
September. 
Octol>cr. 
Novell  t>cr. 
December. 
XY.  None. 

Here  ia  a  solution  in  the  continuity  — - 
series.  No  portraits  appoai^ed  in  this  volunM 
editor  expressing  in  hi^  preface  the  fear  tk^ 
readers  will  mias  "our  old  familiar  faceH 
peculiar  featnre  of  the  tnagaxine — our 
Gallery."    Htj  adds:  — 

**  \Vc  cannot  avtiid  seeing  that  onr  origl 
of  giving  our  readera  sketches  of  iiluslriitui 
ractcrSp  can  hardly  be  kept  up.  ,  ,  .  Com] 
reached  us  that  some,  occjiaionallv  prewntcd, 
thli  condition.  .  .  .  intend  to  lie  fallow  in 
department  for  a  timet,  bopiug  that  a  new  ci 
up  fit  for  the  industry  of  our  labourers." 

vot^. 
XVI.  None 

1838. 
XVil.  March.         Sir  WilUam  Mdesworth. 
April.  Rev.  Sydney  Smith. 

Here  the  series  terminates,  and  I  am 
that  other  plates  appeared.    I  take  the 


r  faceH 

d,doii(»l 


le^ 


,  M^ncu  IJ,7I.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


213 


from  a  later  Tolamo  of  tbe  luagaziue 
p.21):_ 

te   pOTirmta:  omit  Tydas  Pooh-rooli, 
idd  SlikU  who  appears  on  lAtae  pkco 
Sobbctt      .  .  .  .  ,        78 

I  in  ♦*  The  Fraaoriiins  " :  deduct  18  wbich 
previously  appeared,  leaviu^     ♦  .  9 
!n  "TKc  Anfu]uaxiea";  deduct  li  which 

'v  Appeared,  leaving     .  .        15 

Maida  of  Hofiuur'*  had  had  n 
*.»..  i,....c  lo  herself        .  .  .       *« 

r<Qlal  Dum Lxr  of  portraits        ,  .  102 

8 lis  which  AppeAT  for  the  firat  titue  in 
ans  "  are — 

r,  Bimki.  Franm  Murphr. 

uhill,  Bn*on  W.  rroctor  ("  Barry 

ler.  ConiwftlL**) 

ltd  IrvinfT.  Robert  Sotithcy. 

liaMahony.  William  31.  Thackeray, 

lAQ  he  littlo  doubt  thnt  the  next  figure 
|4>  the  right  of  Dr.  Magiuu  ia  intended 
le?;  the  aqoiline  contour  of  the  face 
that  of  the  Laureate^  and  the  identiii- 
corroborated  by  Mahony  JQ  his  repro- 
f  the  cartoon  for  BohD*8  edition  of  T/ie 
f  Futhev  Prout,  Still  it  ia  curioua  that  in 
paper,  *'  The  Fraaeriana  '*  {FruAcrs  Ma^. 
foathej^  is  not  mentioned,  and  Maclise 
D  AS  ailting  to  the  l«ft  (if  Bnrry  Corn- 
ofton  Croker,  in  hb  after -dinner  speech, 

re  weireall  chatteriDg  and  g»bhliaj^  about  the 

II  kiodfl  of  writing  people,  wo  were  for^jettiog 
wft^  ftittini*  nmong  us  a  decent  fellow,  who 

^^  in  a  manner  never  beat  yet. 

I  riani(^  for  it  ia  ihtugeriitis  ia 

.    rti  he  ij*,  Dan  — I  Ijt'^  i>ardon» 

ncominnn  near  making  a  »lip  of  the  tongue — 

Mr,  Alfptd  Croquis,  sitting  cheek  by  jowl  to 

*    aud  a  neat  article  he  ia — 1  mean 

II  as  I  mean  Com walL    Them  he 

ru  aa  A  yonng  lady  at  ji  chrUtcnint^ 

ick  Uj  him  ;  only  be  b  caricaturing  u$  all  the 

he  iJ  itrtifig  there  as  quiet  aa  if  he  were  a 

cheese.     N         '    1^1  give  his  hejilib,  and 

0  live  to    1  \r\x.   Here's  your  health, 

Joy  1 — Alii    ,  n,  only    Wl   the    ume 

DtJctor"  must  huve  made  a  mistake; 
hare  known  big  rig-ht-hand  neighbour — 
►Fed,  it  Is  true— but  then,  it  was  after 

owing  appear  for  the  first  titne  in  "  The 
!a  " : — 

rdoen.  Willjam  H,  llanuUnn. 

0rook«*  Ahred  John  Rcmpe. 

ififile*  liobert  Lemoo, 

J.  Mariin. 
EUli.  John  Buwyer  Nichola, 

Sir  llarria  Nicolas. 
lert.  William  Henry  Hoiiscr. 


Shortly  after  the  discontinunnce  of  the  series 
was  issued  in  a  aubstaiitive  form  "  A  Collection 
of  Literary  Portraita  from  Frtiscrs  MagnzineP 
The  following  were  the  plates  selected : — 

1.  The   Society    of  Ami-  17.  John  Gfh^on  Lockhart. 
quariea.  18.  D;  '      m.j* 

2.  The  Countcsa  of  Ble«»-  19,  Mi 

in^on.  20.  Ki ' -1  „  mcQ'* 

3.  Lord     Brougham     and  "21.  Thomas  Moore. 
Vaux.  22.  James  Morier, 

4.  EdwardLyttonBulwer,  23.  Tho  Earl  of  M  iiu*tcr. 
6,  Thomas  Campbell.  24.  Hon.  Mr*.  Norton. 

6.  The   Right  Hon.  John  *25.  Bamtiel  Ktj;j:ers. 

Wilson  Croker.  26.  William  Koscoe. 

7.  ThotnasCrofton  Croker,  27.  Lord  John  Hno&elh 

8.  Allan  Cunningham.  24»,  Sir  Walter  S<:ott. 

9.  Beiijamtn  D'lanieli.  2'J,  Prince  do  Tallevrand, 

10.  Isaac  DTsraelL  ao,  Don  Teleaforo  de  Tracha 

11.  John  Gait,  v  Coaio. 

12.  The  Baron  Von  Goethe  31.  tydus  Pooh^Pooh. 

13.  James  Hogg.  3'i.  Lonia  Eustrtclie  Ude, 

14.  Wa'^hington  Irving,  £3.  ProtoHsnr  Wilson. 

15.  WtlUam  Jerdan,  34.  William  Wordsworth. 

16.  Rev.  Doctor  Lardner. 

A  vury  limited  number  of  this  edition  was 
piinted  ;  price  two  guioeoa  plain  proofs,  and  thi'ee 
guineas  India  proofs,  of  which  latter  only  twenty* 
four  copies  w^re  struck  olf.  The  drawings,  we 
are  told,  had  been  destroyed  immediately  after 
their  firpt  appearance ;  and  not  one  had  been  suf* 
fered  to  get  abroad  detached  imm  the  maguiae. 

It  is  my  opinion  that  the  entire  series  of  the 
drawings  was  the  production  of  Alaclise*  They 
form  a  splendid  collection,  of  deep  and  increas- 
ing interest.  Some  are  free  outline  sketclies  with 
criiw-quill  and  lithographic  ink,-  some  artist** 
etching^s,  and  some — as,  for  instance,  the  portraits 
of  Sir  David  Brewster  and  Thomas  Carlyle — the 
moat  finished  productions  of  the  hurin^  in  the 
highest  style  of  the  engraver*8  art.  lltjjir  the 
editor's  farewell : — 

«  How  can  we  part  from  onr  Gallery,  without  saying 
a  word  or  two  al-rtiuL  hira  to  whose   pencil  we  are  ia- 
dttted  for  it— our  old  and  much-honoured  friend  Cri«|uis? 
......    He  is  rising  every  year  to  higher  honours  and 

renown,  and  displaying  freah  prouf*  of  unwearied  genius ; 
and  though  the  picturciii  which  he  exhihit^t  arc  of  greater 
splendour  and  loftier  aspiration,  vet,  Ui  their  own  way, 
wc  maintain  that  the  ftkitchca  of  (5roquis  display  aamuch 
talent  as  any  production  of  the  best  K.A.  or  A.R,.\.  of 
the  lot — ay,  even  if  you  named  Maclisk  himself.**  — 
Fraterx  Mag.  Jan.  IdiO,  p.  2<J. 

Equal  Ln  tjdent  are  the  accompanying  letter- 
press sketches.  Humorous,  le.trocd,  racy,  pointed, 
nnd  vigorou.s  \  scintillating  with  witj  biting  with 
irony,  or  withering  with  sarcasm,  who  could  have 
produced  tbem  but  the  DucroR  himBclf?  In  a 
feeling  and  painrully  intereating  biography  written 
by  his  friena^  the  modern  Deipnit.sopkiat,  and  nat 
by  Moir,  to  whom  I  have  seen  it  attributed,  the 
following  passage  occurs ; — 

«  A  highly  popular  and  delightful  feature  in  thia maga- 
zine (/VtucrV,  of  the  catahllshnient  of  which  the  tntIui 
ha^  just  been  s^jcaking)  was  \k*i  GaUtr^  oj"  L'tlttarj  Vot- 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES.  [4*  s.  vn.  Mabcu  u,  7iJ 


ImiVf,  the  letter{>ress  for  nearly  all  of  which  was  wntten 
by  Mftginn.  These  Trere  cnlirely  oiiginal  in  plan  and 
execHiioiN  and  erected  a  sensation  in  liUrary  circles  not 
often  paralJeled.  The  isxqubite  sketchea  by  MacUs*) 
added  nut  a  little  to  ihtir  Attraction.  As  a  wholo,  thry 
axv,  we  think,  the  most  original  and  sparkling  of  the 
Doctor"*  firoductiona ;  and  when  we  remember  that  they 
were  hit  oiT  at  a  moment's  notice,  we  shnll  be  easily  able 
to  fancy  how  meteoric  waa  the  iiiuUect  from  which  they 
emanated.  Wit  was  their  principal  recommcnd/ition. 
,  .  *  .  .  And  wo  never  read  them  without  involuntarily 
thinking  we  hear  the  Doctor  speak,  for  tfapy  are  jver- 
feet  resemblances  of  what  hia  conversatkn  was." — Dublin 
(Jnh,  Moff,  Jan.  1BI4,  p.  88. 

Ooe  aketcli,  liowever  (that  of  Goetlie)^  waa 
written  by  Thomas  Cailyle,  and  is  iouluded  in  the 
Americaa  edition  of  his  Essays:  the  drawiog'j 
too,  was  not  like  the  others,  ad  wWwj,  but  copied 
hy  MaclJse  from  the  full-lengUi  portrait  by 
Stieler  of  Munich, 

It  must  not  be  supposed  thai  the  originals  of 
the  portmitd  were  invariahly  gratified  by  the 
manner  in  which  lyrti^t  or  author  had  set  them 
before  their  conteniporarics.  To  some  an  amende 
was  made.  Thus  the  editor  admits  that  the  ob- 
servations on  Montgomery,  Miss  Martineau,  and 
LarJner,  "  though  not  remarkably  harsh,  were 
uncalled-for  nnd  unjust,"  **  Lord  John  RusaeD/^ 
adda  he,  "and  two  or  three  others  should  not 
have  biirn  there  at  all";  and  "tfome,  as  Grant 
Thorhnm,  the  thrice  centenarian,  Tom  Hill,  and 
Eufitache  Ude,  were  no  more  than  curiosities." 
Ahiric  Wattfi,  who  waa  depicted  as  moving  oil 
from  some  studio  or  auction-room,  with  furtive 
speed,  n  picture  under  each  arm,  brought  an 
action  agaiust  the  publisher  to  recover  damaged 
for  a  libel  He  got  a  verdict  for  150/.  Fniser 
applied  for  a  uew  trial,  and  obtained  a  rule  nm  ; 
but  on  the  case  being  ht-ard  in  lancu  the  trial  waa 
refii3t-*d  on  a  technical  point. 

**  The  Fratw^riana  "  is  certainly  the  gem  of  the 
whole  collection,  ^*  rendering  priceless,'*  as  the 
Graphic  said  lately  in  ita  notice  of  MacUse,  "  the 
number  of  Fraser  (the  01st)  in  which  it  ap- 
peared " ;  nor  cati  I  conceive  a  more  interesting  or 
appropriate  ornament  than  it  for  the  libraries  of 
those  who  are  fortunate  enough  to  obtain  it. 

The  accompanying  paper,  entitled  also  "  The 
Frastirianaj"  is  by  Maginn,  and  in  his  veiy  best 
style.  Mahouy  (Father  Prout)  has  written  no 
further  account  of  this  exquisite  cartoon  than  a 
MntencG  in  his  preface  to  Bohn'd  edition  of  the 
Beiiquea  of  Father  Pi^nd,  to  which,  for  the  firat 
time,  the  plate  itself,  with  the  name  of  the  original 
appended  to  each  portrait,  is  introduced  as  ff«n- 
tiapiece.  This  preface  bears  the  date  18ol>,  and 
m  probably  that  concerning  which  J,  F.  M,  iu~ 
quires.  At  that  time — twelve  years  ago — only 
eight  out  of  the  twenty -seven  guests  crowded 
round  Fraser'a  table  were  living — 

.  qu6t  Hbras  in  duce  summo 


What  ifl  now  left  of  that  brilliant  assemblage  of 

wit  and  learning  ? 

Of  the  singular  plate,  "Tydua  Pooh-Poob,  o^ 
Man  of  Genius,"  I  cannot  offor  any  explanati< 
It  is  described  by  Fraser  himself  aa  **  a  joke, 
point  of  which  is  now  forgotten." 

A  similar  series  entitled  **  Our  Portrait  Gallery,  _ 
inferior  in  interest  and  artistic  merit,  but  witfc' 
much  longer  and  more  serious  biographical  notioe^ 
will  be  found  in  the  Dublin  University  Magasm, 
This  includes  eevcnty-two  portraits,  and  coodadea^ 
I  think,  with  that  of  Captain  McClure,  B.N.»ia 
the  number  for  March,  1854,  vol.  xliii.  Tbow 
of  Moore  and  J.  W*  Croker,Tol.  xix. ;  Dr.  Mftginn, 
vol.  xxiii,  ;  Crofton  Croker,  vol.  x-xxir, ;  and  J.  8, 
Knowles,  vol.  xL,  have  their  prototypes  in  Fraaiti 
with  which  they  may  be  compared. 

The  signature  **  Alfred  Cro<jui3,*^  appended  to  fo 
many  of  the  portraits  in  Fnwers  *'Uallyry"by 
the  late  Daniel  Macliae,  R.A,  must  not  be  ooq- 
founded  with  ^'Alfred  Crowquill,*'  tho  vtbU- 
known  pencil-name  by  which  that  clever  htuoor* 
oua  artist  and  author,  Mr.  Forrester,  has  beatt 
fumilar  to  the  public  for  nearly  half  a  cealuiy. 

To  conclude:  **Fiflser**  remarks — and  hm^ 
again,  do  not  confuse  Ilti^h  Fraser,  the  foondtf 
and  editor  of  the  magazine,  with  Jame^  Fraderof 
Regent  Street,  the  publisher, — "  Fraser,**  I  i*yi 
remarks  on  the  conclusion  of  his  **  Gallery" tlti 
it  forms  '*  a  valuable  present  to  the  future  Graa* 
ger ;  even  a^s  it  is,  the  collection  is  in  no  iucn- 
eiderable  demand  for  the  purpose  of  illusif:it  i^-? 
booksof  contemporary  literature.  .  ,  .  Inenotlie: 
generation  it  will  form  an  object  of  greater  cario- 
sitr.'' 

This  prediction  is  verified.  What  a  troJ/ 
charming  book  of  pictures  and  prose,  the  qujiit* 
essence,  as  it  were,  of  Maclise  and  Maginn,  giiring 
the  very  form  and  pressure  of  their  lif'  inrv  tjme, 
would  this  century  of  illustrious  chora 
But  there  are^  I  nm  afraid,  grave  dn 
the  way.  The  stones,  plates,  and  drawings  ja* 
destroyed,  and  the  necessary  process  of  trtxas^ 
would  be  in  all  cases  expensive,  in  many  irupoBtf- 
ble.  The  text  alone — Maginn'a  graphic  pen-plo^ 
tares — would  of  itself  form  a  delightful  voltta«» 
but  then  the  references  to  the  drawings  *^,^. 
frequent  that  it  would  have  an  ic  l< 

of  imperfection  without  them.  a 

production  might  not  be  impraclieabi !  or 
munerative ;  and  I  for  one  should  heartily 
in  the  possibility  of  the  posaeaeion,  in  a  cm 
dious  form,  of  that  which,  from  my  boyhood,  n^ 
been  to   me   a   eource   of  constant  delight  •0'* 
interest  W^tLLUit  BjllB- 

iJirnitngliani. 


rofttuwf 

}r  oB^^I 
comnMJ'n 


1»  F,  M.  will  Und  Mahony^a  account  of  Msg^ 
lise'fl  picture  of  ^*  The  Fraserians  '^  for  which  f"^ 
Ivn^^ulies,  accompnnyiog^  j 


KOTES  AND  QUEiUES. 


215 


BaWa  edition  (IBGO)  of  The  lU^Uqucs  of  Father 
r  ■  Ii  is  al^o  illQstratti  J  by  others  of  Mac- 

U  ?,  iucluding  tho  portraits  of  B^ranger, 

Mi.^3  i. una  .11,  (Sec.  WlXUAM  KeLLT. 

Leicester. 

MOUNT  CALVARY. 
(4^»>  S.  vL  642 ;  ril.  G2, 103.) 

In  A  former  communication,  at  p.  C2, 1  quoted 

tlie^  words  from  the  13th  C^trcht^^us  of  St  Cyril 

_Qf  Jerusalem,  of  which  I  need  not  hero  repeat  the 

final  Greek : — 

lllmt  holy  find  gt^ffremiuent  QolgoihB  ;  and  to  be  Beea 

pday.'and  flhowing  even  now  how  by  Chriat  tho 

ittnL" 

I  4tli  Cat^chem  the  holy  bishop  also  says ; 

He  was  troly  crucified  for  our  sin «,  And  if  you  would 
deny  thi\  the  contpicuous  place  will  convinca  you  :  ihia 
lutfT^y  GoI;2rnth«,  on  which  we  are  now  oaiaetnbled  oti 
•oemmt  of  hini  who  was  cruciiScd  upou  it. 

kgaia,  in  his  10th  Caiechms  :^ 

I  TQAyo^kf  6  &'fiof  ovTot  6  inrtpainarriKwrf  ^ipr{t^i 

This   holy  Golj^otha^  tho  mpcreminent^   conrpicuouiftf 
"riificft.    The  mtJst  holy  monument  bcaru  witneaa,  and 
|iA»A£  /yiAj;  l/iirre  ere»  fo  l/i»»  </«y, 

^ow  in  these  pafisagea  we  have  the  clear  tesH- 

Dy  of  an  HI  us  trio  us  Father  of  the  Church,  who 

Biabop  of  Jerusalem  in  the  fourth  century, 

I  Hred  in  Jeruaalemf  and  delivered  theae  cate- 

instructiona  even  od  Calvary  itself — that 

(same  Golgotha,  or  Calvary,  bore  eTident  wit- 

Den  to  our  Lord's  crucifixion  by  its  sttpereminetd 

tad  (onipictioiif  and  rocl^y  appearance:  all  of  which 

fettotes  prove  that  Calvary  was  an  elevated  spot, 

itiil  justly  called  Mount  Calvary. 

Buf  Mr.  Thjw  dismissofl  all  this  copious  testi- 

f  St,  Cyril  as  "  valueless,"  because  the  bia- 

^1X0 men  tells  us  that  the  enemies  of  the 

a  name  walled  in  the  holy  sepulchre  and 

i:e  of  Cal\'ary,  levelled  tfie  ground,  and 

-  iitju  it  a  temple  to  Venus,  having- previously 

fv^ei  d  tbo  place  with  a  huge  mound  of  earth, 

:;  i  r  i.«d  the  pround  higher  than  it  was  before,  I 

now  appears  '■  ;  and  St  Cyril  lived  long 

id  transaction.    But  he  declares  that  at 

V  timo  when  he  delivered  his  cateclietical  | 

s  tlje  roclts  were  conspicuous  before  his 

;r  being  rent  at  thecrucifiiion^and 

:  very  stjne  of  the  sepulchre  was 

rv.      Clearly,  then,  cither  the  rocky  : 

ilvnrj  had  never  been  wholly  covered 

1^,  or  it  had  been  loid  open  again 

us  of  St  Helen  when  she  dis-  ,' 


covered  the  cross  and  the  holy  sepulchre.  8ojo- 
men  speaks  Indeed  of  Golgotha,  as  Feen  in  his 
day,  being  higher  than  it  was  before,  but  it  does 
not  follow  that  it  was  not  high  enouf^^h  before  to 
deserve  to  ho  called  a  mountain.  Tlie  object  of 
ihe  pag'aofl  was  merely  to  bury  up  and  conceal  tha 
boly  places,  but  we  are  still  free  to  believe  that  \ 
they  were  of  a  certain  height  before  ;  while  some 
parts  still  retained  in  the  time  of  Sozomen  a  con- 
siderable portion  of  the  additional  elevation  of 
the  pagan  mound.  It  is  not  likely,  however,  thut 
the  rocks  had  ever  been  covered  ;  and  they,  and 
the  stone  of  the  sepulchre,  before  the  very  eyes  of 
St.  Cyril  and  his  benrers,  afford  evidence  surely 
not  to  be  summarily  dismissed  aa  ''Talueless.'* 

F.  C,  IL 

I  am  indebted  to  Mr.  Tew  for  pointing  out  the 
inaccuracy  of  the  translation  of  Sozonien  (Bohu*3 
EccL  Lib,  ISo/j)  to  which,  not  having  the  ori- 
pinal  beside  me,  I  had  foolishly  enough  trusted. 
Clearly  h^  does  not  mixkti  Calvary  a  mount.  But 
besides  Theodoras,  whom  I  have  already  quoted, 
the  Bordeaux  pilgrim  as  clearly  does;  andhe  visited 
Jerusalem  whde  Constantine  s  chun*h  was  build- 
iug,  and  about  a  hundred  years  before  Sozomen 
wrote—"  A  sinistra  autem  parte  est  motdiculus 
Golgotha,  ubi  Dominu^  crucitirus  est"  (Parthey 
and  Piader'fl  edit  p.  279.)  I  cannot  follow  Ma, 
Tew's  reasoning  as  to  Cyril  beiog  no  authority. 
The  discovery  of  the  sepulchre  took  place  a.d.  32(J, 
and  he  was  Archbishop  of  Jerusalem  within  twenty- 
three  years  after.  Most  of  his  catechetical  lec- 
tures seem  to  have  been  actual Iv  delivered  in  the 
chtirch  of  Golgotha ;  and  ia  addition  to  the  pas- 
sage fjuoted  from  these  by  F.  C,  IL  a  similar 
expressioQ  occurs  in  his  tenih  lecture,  §  ID, 
where  ho  speaks  of  "Golgotha,  this  holy  place, 
conspicuously  standing  up  ({^tpciyfo'rjjKwi)  as  one 
of  the  witnesses  to  Clirist. 

Whilst  upon  this  subject,  I  may  be  allowed  to 
notice  that  hitherto,  while  tho  supporters  of  Mr. 
Ferguson's  theory  that  the  Dome  of  the  Rock  is 
the  Auastasis  of  Constantine  could  point  to  vari- 
ous authors  in  the  early  centuries  who  identified 
the  scene  of  Christ's  passion  with  the  bill  on 
which  Abraham  ofTered  up  Isaac,  and  to  various 
others  who  identified  this  latter  with  tho  Temple 
hill,  no  fliagle  writer  has  yet  been  found  wlio 
could  be  proved  to  have  held  both  these  positions. 
St.  Jerome,  indeed,  iu  his  Commentary  on  Genesis 
xxii.  2,  and  again  on  Jeremiah  xxvL  4,  describes 
the  mount  on  which  the  Temple  was  built  as  that 
on  which  Isaac  was  otlf^red  j  and  he  is  also  staled 
by  Augustine  (Sermo  71,  Be  temjmre)  to  have 
written  somewhere  *^  that  he  most  certainly  knew 
from  ancieut  authors  and  elder  Jews  that  Isaac 
was  sacriftced  on  the  spot  where  afterwards  Christ 
was  crucified."  But  no  passage  to  this  effect  can 
bo  found  ia  Ku  extant  wot\iSj\xxi\<i^^^NsL^^5Aa 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES.  [4**  s.Tli.  M^tncn  n,  7i 


the  Comnn^ntnVT  on  St.  Mark  tippeuded  to  Ins 
WTUinjB:^  (edit.  Venet  1771»  toiu.  ii.  pnra  3,  p.  125), 
but  wLici  u  generally  Wieved  to  be  from  another 
hand,  1  have,  however,  in  the  version  of  the 
tract  of  Theodorus  (to  ivhom  1  have  already  re- 
ferred, and  who  ia  held  by  Ttibler,  and  I  believe 
rightly,  to  have  written  towards  the  close  of  the 
sixth  centurj)  in  the  Cottoniao  Library  of  the 
BritiBh  Mueeum  (Titos,  D,  in.),  found  the  follow- 
ing remarkable  passage,  which  haA  never  before 
been  published :  Dr.  Tobler,  in  his  recension  of 
the  ^I8S,,  having?  in  this  place  adhered  to  the 
Paria  and  St.  Gall  veraiond  :^ — 

*'  From  the  pftg^ioa  of  the  Lord,  whicli  la  the  place  of 
Calvary  to  the  s«pulclirc  of  the  LonU  liftcen  paces.  There 
men  were  pur>?tHi  from  thi'ir  i^im.*  There  Abraham 
offered  hh  ton  for  a  burnt  offering  to  the  Lord  ;  and  be- 
ejiuse  the  mount  i»  rocky  it  is  aaeended  by  atepa.  There 
thp  cfofts  uf  the  Lord  waa  found,  whi*re  it  ia  called  Gol- 
^iilhfl.  There  are  again  some  who  allirni  that  the  cross 
itsclf^t  which  touched  the  nnknd  bo«ly  of  the  Lord  aiid 
was  dyed  all  over  with  Hi*  bliMjd,  was  forthwith  carried 
ftway  frcHU  human  touch  and  slight  to  heaveD,  and  wiU 
at  lait  Appear  at  the  judgment.  And  note  that  the  place 
of  JeruHJiIf'ni,  whkli  is  ealled  the  valley  of  visioQ  bv 
Isaiah  the  proBhet^  is  tho  eminence  |  ttf  Moria,  ou  which 
mi  mm  it  also  ia  the  little  hill  calhni  Moria  on  which 
Abraham  sacrificed  rsaacv  Where  the  Jewa  report  that 
ifvvard^l  the  Temple  wag  built,  and  an  altiir,  on 
Whmi  [liill]  aUo  Abraham  made  an  sltar,  atid  David 
law  the  angel  sheathing  tho  sword  in  the  threshing-tloor 
of  Urn  a  tlio  Jebtifite." 

Whatever  else  may  be  thought  of  the  above, 
one  tiling  seems  clear,  that  the  writer  believed  the 
eame  spot  to  have  witoeaaed  in  auccesaiou  the 
offering  of  Isaac,  the  vision  of  the  angel  at  Araii- 
nah's  tbre*hing-iloor,  the  binlding  of  tlie  Temple, 
and  the  death  and  burial  of  our  Saviour. 

Alex.  B.  M^Gkioor. 

1^1  Woodiide  Terrace,  Glasgow. 


MEANLSG  or  "FOG/* 
(•!*»'  S.  vii.  00,) 

Fog  19  ft  common  word,  used  ia  South  Lanciu*lilre, 
aa  applied  to  tho  aftermath^  ^ddUh,  or  second  crop 
of  gruas  in  meadows. 

In  Ihf  Fylde  district  of  North  Lancashire  the 
term  /oy  id  applied  to  the  long  ^rasa  in  pEtstures 
not  ealen  by  cattle,  but  which  becomes  withered 
and  bli^ached  by  the  winter's  frost. 

l?jiiley,  in  the  tenth  edition  of  hifl  Unt/Ush  Die- 
tionari/f  a  ay  a  :  — 

**  Fuo  [probally  of  aWogare  (Italian)*  (o  eh  oak,  be- 
cause it  i^  m  it  were  cftoakod  with  the  cold  of  the  fol- 
lowing %viuter].  Corn  which  growa  after  autumn,  and 
remains  in  pasture  till  winter/' 

•  **Dccaluabaiituf "  read  *•  decalcabantar"  =  wcre 
whitenc<l, 

t  "  Pucem  oriiMim  **  re^id  ^  cruccm  ipsjim/' 
X  The  text  here  is  very  difticnit  to  decipher,  and  ap- 
P*wiilly  very  corrupt     It  secm^  to  read,  **.  .  .  al>  JssJa 
profihHa  ttminvnlmm  Moiiam  in  nuoque  sumiuo  est  mon- 
e/vu/uM  Mitrlt  dh'ttiH/* 


Al5o:  — 

*'  FOGAOE 


F«>OGK^  }  ^*°^  ^"^  *^*  ^^^^  '"  summer*"  H 

Jambs  PkabsqirS 


red 

[id 

i 


Milnrow* 


In  the  paridh  of  Diminn,  Hfeshirei  was  ft  p(»»- 
tion  of  land  or  outfield  glebe  called  the  **I'og- 
gage/^  into  which  the  minister'a  cows  were  turned 
to  pasture,  Thia,  &s  I  remember  it^  would  not  ha 
inaptly  described  by  your  quotation  from  Wedg- 
wood, viz,  **  grasa  not  eaten  down  in  summer, 
thftt  grows  in  tuft«  over  the  winter/^  This  plnce 
abounded  with  whina  and  broom,  and  presented 
all  over  patches  or  tufts  of  dried  or  weAthered 
grass  in  various  stages  of  decay.  In  a  Glotiorjfoft 
the  Diakct  of  Craven  (London,  1828)  this  word  1 
given  — 

"  FoOt  ofter-graw,  afUrmatb,  not  ia  the  BenwofDa- 
cange  in  v.  fngagium^  or  winter  eata^e,  or  in  that  of  Ei/«. 
See  JuniuB," 

Again :  — 

**  Foo.  This  woffl  U  used  when  farm  era  take  Iho  cittl* 
out  of  their  pastures  iu  autumn;  they  say,  *lb»7W« 
buUfi^  to  fog  tUKm/  ** 

In  Westmoreland  fvg  means  dead  ^afis.    The 
word  seems  to  be  from  A.-S./trj/e,  dying;  Nor?e, 
ft'iffioj  to  rot,  from  ^vliich  too,  doubtless,  the  Wcbh 
firff,  otherwise  foot/.     Pinkerton  tells  us  that  the 
language  that  wo  call  Welsh,  but  which  ia  probablj 
only  a  corrupt  form  of  the  Pictish  or  early  San*  j 
dinavian,  ia  full  of  Danish  and  EnglLeh  woriJ«i| 
Many  or  moat  of  the  place-names  in  the  parish  ' 
of  Dunino  are  Scandioavian,  one  of  wliich  cjp*- 
cially,  called  the  ^*Tonguefl,*'  which  not  even  thtf  j 
most  zealous  Celt  could  claim  as  belonging  to  hii| 
language.  J.  CJt.  B. 

Bailey  defines  — 

"  Foa  [/op^i^'um,  Low  Lat.,  'gramen  io  f%»ntttai  , 
to^atur  \m}ft>ffaf}io.* — Leges  for  Scot,],  After-graas,  of  tM 
which  (^rowa  iu  autumn  after  the  hay  hm  been  mgirB." 

Abo  — 

"  FoQAOK,  or  FoooE  (/oreit  lew).  Rank  graai  i 
eaten  in  summer." 

An  almost  similar  explanation  will  be  foQiidiD 
Ilalliwoirs  Jyivtioftary  of  Arvhaic  and  Pi^xincid 
Words.  I  may  also  mention  that  foff^  f^iftf*^9^t^] 
by  no  means  confined  in  its  appellation  to  after- J 
grasa  in  the  south  of  Scotltmd  and  Yorkshire;  Wtl 
like  many  other  words  that  are  set  down  aa  be-l 
longing  to  specified  dialects,  it  is  used  in  tbej 
extreme  north  of  Scotland  (in  Caithness)  Tritlii 
the  same  signification  as  Bailey  defines  it,  I  hA^j 
often  been  surprised  at  the  similarity  of  the  folk  1 
lore  of  the  north  of  England  and  the  north  oM 
Scotland,  with  a  wide  space  from  the  lowlands  j 
of  Scotland  to  the  bordtra  of  England,  totally] 
dissimilar  in  the  same  respect  D,  GEi>ria. 


4»k3.vn.  MAiicnn/7Lj         KOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


217 


Till*  vrns  a  common  word  in  Low  Latin ;  but 

Ijiips  the  most  formal  ii*e  of  the  word  ftpppara 

ihA^e   been  in  Scotlaud*     Blount  {Law  Die- 

/)  haa  — 

•*  Foc^AOR,  F«XiAGitT3f,  Foo  Of  Feo.  R/tnk  frrass  not 
eitea  in  fummer. — LL*  Fortitar,  Scot,^  cap*  xvi." 

Malgtie  d^Amis,  in  his  abridgment  of  Dueange 
(Pari%186C),  8ayst  — 
•*FoaJlOL.^.  Gratnen  ut  Fopa^ittmi  *  iit  fAeereot  ovea 
foat  f^rf^ri*   in    t^rra   sua  ct  *in  fognojiw*  [«ic]    (Anno 
12*  -  ramen  »vuo«l  ;^'*Ute  aon  depa^citur, 

«t  I  praiia  biemuli  tempore  succrcscit. — 

We  ftLotild  look  perhaps  in  this  direction  for  ita 
derivation,  '       E.  Marshall^ 

S*  H*  is  wrong  in  saying  that  the  word  foff  "  is 
commcrti  in  only  parts  of  Yorkshire/'  as  1  haTe 
often  heard  the  word  used  in  Leicestershire. 
Thare  it  i^  naed  to  express  that  grass  which  haa 
itiU  to  be  eaten  off  about  Michaelmas,  which  is 
TtrvTiinlv  mid  coarse.  **Lattermouth  "  ia  applied 
rowth  in  meadows.  T.  A, 

I  amb ridge. 


THE  BLOCK  BOOKS. 
(4«'  S.  u,pamm:  x\l  13,  15L) 

It  if  rather  agreeable  to  me  than  otherwise  to 
id  jrotir  correspondent  J,  C.  J.  has  bo  lively  a 
WeolWtion  of  the  state m en ta  made  by  me*  in 
1W§  in  relation  to  the  St.  Christopher  (called) 
of  "142,1/'  and  whatever  blame  can  be  justly 
•sorted  me  for  my  first  assertion,  "that  the  date 
•f  tbe  iSt  Chrbtopher  had  been  tampered  with/' 
1  hm\j  accept,  merely  observing-  that  in  making 
•fib  a  statement  I  was  but  fultillinf^  the  instinct 
V  ttmiDo]]  fense  in  denoimcing  the  idea  that  nn 
J^tbg-  of  the  excellence  of  the  '*St,  Christo- 
jW"  could  by  any  poBsibility  have  been  pro- 
ted  in  "14iJ3.''  'Tis  true  I  had  not  then  seen 
we  wgravinj?!  simply  because  the  opportunity  of 
^••toig  had  been  wanting-;  bat  1  venture  to 
«fai^  that  to  lay  down  a  proposition  that  **  an 
"on  on  any  particular  object  must  not  be 
'  !ie  nbaence  of  an  actual  inspection  of 
will  be  found  in  practice  not  only 
^^'  nient,  but  ab.Hrdutely  prejudicial 

-t5  of  knowledge  and  improve- 

Mt ekffirteiioii  that  the  "St.  Christopher*'  was 
i  in  •*  142.1"  waa  eo  dominant,  that 
linir  to  be  victimised  even  for  a 
"  ''  V  which  had  deceived  all 
late  on  the  woodcut  pre* 
'  M*i  period  when  it  was 
voured  to  suggest  a 
—  «;  .^iM.  <*  iiir  uiixui  had  been  perpetrated ; 
iB«c>  doing  1  but  followed  in  the  footsteps  of 


i«»-rii 


learned  men  who  had  adopted  the  same  practice, 
amon;jr  whom  I  may  mention  Koning,  SotJRman, 
and  Pinkerton,  neither  of  whom,  like  myself,  had 
ever  seen  the  woodcut.  Indeed,  if  your  readers 
will  refer  to  '*  N.  &  Q  /*  4*"  S.  ii.,  Sept  19, 18G8. 
they  will,  I  believe,  find  I  have  there  stated  the 
circumstances  in  as  fair  and  frank  a  manner  as 
could  possibly  have  been  either  expected  or 
desired. 

Assuming,  however,  that  I  was  very  much  to 
blame  for  having  ventured  to  hazard  a  guess  as  to 
the  manner  in  which  the  year  **  1423  "  had  im- 
properly been  adopted  as  the  date  of  the  engrav- 
ing, I  now  venture  to  ask  J.  C.  i.  whether  he  ia 
prepared  to  dispute  my  declaiatian  that  the  "  St, 
Christopher  of  1423"  was  printed  with  a  print- 
in  pr-press  and  printing-ink,  and  thiit  the  date 
'*  1433  *'  ia  that  of  the  legend  and  jubilee  year  of 
St  Christopher  ?  If  so,  I  am  perfectly  willing  to 
discuss  tho&e  questions  with  him  in  the  columns 
of  **  N,  &  Q;'  ;  and  J.  C.  J,  will,  I  hope,  forgive 
mo  for  adding  that  unless  he  is  ready  to  do  so 
hia  warning  to  your  readers  will  become  valueless^ 
and  his  opinion  **  vox  et  pra^terea  nihil.'* 

The  avowal  of  J.  C,  J.  that  he  does  not  pro- 
pose discussing  the  matter  of  the  **  block-booxs  " 
with  me,  renders  it  unnecessary  I  should  attach 
any  importance  to  his  placing  the  onus  on  mo  of 
proving  that  the  **  received  opinion  is  false,**  I 
have  very  distinctly  laid  down  the  propositions  I 
am  prepared  to  maintain,  and  I  only  remain  silent 
in  tne  earnest  hope  that  some  among  the  many 
of  your  learned  and  intelligent  corrcsjif>ndents  may 
take  up  the  subject  and  contest  it  fairly  in  all  its 
details.  At  present  I  am  the  challenger,  not  the 
challenged.  If  circumatances  should  hereafter 
legitimately  arise  to  change  the  relative  positions^ 
I  shall  notbe  found  wanting. 

IIenrt  F,  Holt. 

Ktng'j  Koftd,  Claphom  Park, 


THE  ADVENT  HYMX:  THKLMSLET.'* 
(4^»'S.  vi.  112;  vii.  41,  L33.) 

IlERMEyTRFDE  aslts  a  vcry  proper  question,  con- 
{^idering  how  much  cant  is  talked  respecting  this 
or  that  hymn  tune  at  the  present  time.  I  may 
safely  reply,  that  it  is  impossible  to** make  vul- 
garity '*  tv  any  combination  of  sounds  apart  from 
wor<ifl — of  musical  sounds,  that  is.  **  Plelmsley  " 
is  associated  in  the  minds  of  some  few  persons 
with  a  Miss  Catley,  of  questionable  fame;  but 
even  those  who  talt  of  "  Miss  Catley*d  Hornpipe  *' 
can  tell  little  of  either  the  lady  or  the  tune. 
Those,  like  Heementritde  perhaps,  who  have 
heard  **IIelm8ley"  sung  by  a  large  congregation 
to  the  accompaniment  of  a  skilled  orgnoist,  will 
not  readily  forget  the  roll  of  its  sentences,  nor 
easily  learn  to  admire  the  characterless  tones  put 
forward  to  supply  its  place.     Bv\t  Utm^  iiCk\.>si«k 


218 


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I 


mifiUD^erstood :  it  is  possible  to  make  almost  anj 
combiQiition  or  succeBsion  of  soonds  Tulgar  by  tbe 
addition  olVords,  no  matter  bow  solemn  they  mav 
be,  and  I  can  reiidilf  believe  that  **  Helmaley  * 
would,  under  some  circuinstancea,  become  vulgar 
almost  bejond  endurance.  It  ia  a  melody  made 
for  tbose  wbo  could  sing,  or  wbo  bad  tbe  feeling 
of  singers.  Thia  is  an  oge  wbon  dinging  ia  some- 
what at  a  di^ount,  and  our  tunes  have  become  a 
Beries  of  syllabic  jerka — have  indeed  been  made 
for  people  wbo  cannot  sing,  bat  con  chatter  on 
like  magpies  up-on  a  few  notes  at  any  pace  you 
plea^,  Thia  explains  all  W,  J.  WiaiiJEOOK. 
6yd<mhai3i, 

There  seema  to  be  some  canfuaion  respecting 
the  words  of  the  song  in  The  Golden  Pip2^iiij  the 
melody  of  which  waa  adapted  to  form  a  time  for 
this  hymu.  My  friend  Dr,  RniaixTLX  (4'"  S.  vii, 
41)  states,  and  his  evidence  ia  corroborated  by 
Me.  William  Chappell  (Popular  Mtmc  of  the 
Oldm  Time,  p.  748)  and  other  writers,  that  the 
song  commences  with  the  Lines :  — 

"  Ga.irdian  angels  oow  protect  me, 
Scad  t4J  inc  the  youth  1  love." 

But  I  bare  now  before  me  a  copy  of  the  music  in 
The  Golden  Pippm^  undated  (as  usual  with  music), 
but  which,  from  tbe  correspondence  of  the  names 
of  tbe  singers  prefixed  to  the  several  songs,  &c», 
with  those  of  the  jperformera  attached  to  the  dra^ 
matit  pcrsonic  on  the  first  performance  of  tbe  bur- 
letta  at  Covent  Garden  Theatre,  on  February  6, 
1773, 1  believe  to  be  coeval  with  ibe  production 
of  the  piece  in  which  tbe  following  song  appears 
in  connection  with  the  tune  altered  for  tbe  Advent 
Hymn,  It  purports  to  bave  been  *'  sung  by  Miss 
CaUey,"  who  personated  Jano :  — 

*'  Wber^j'a  the  mortal  am  resist  me  ? 
Queena  rnuNt  ev'n^  honour  gala  ; 
Paris  surely  will  aasUt  me^ 
J  lino  cannot  sue  in  vain. 
*•  Look  in  my  fJ!lce,^  my  fC"?ntle  Paria  t 
C&n  Buch  boa u tics  e'er  despair? 
Whereas  such  an  eve  us  tbls  ? 
Wliere  lipa  more  awt'et  to  kiss  ? 
Ohl  miiiy  my  shepherd  hear  my  pray'r." 

There  is  no  song  commencing  *' Guardian  an- 
gels,*' neither  do  those  words  occur  in  any  of  the 
aoDgs.  I  bave  not  seen  any  copy  of  tlie  piece  to 
compare  it  with  tbe  music. 

I  should  be  glad  to  know  bow  ihe  E?tatement 
made  by  gentlemen  eo  conversant  with  such  mat- 
ters as  those  I  have  named,  about  "Guai-dian 
angeU"  and  the  indiaputable  fact  above  men- 
tioned, can  be  reconcifed.  Waa  oiio  mn^  sub- 
Btitiited  for  the  other  (to  tbe  mma  time)  during 
the  first  run  of  the  piece ;  and  if  «o,  which  ia  the 
original  ?  The  Ooklcn  Pippin  was  revived  at 
Covent  Garden  Theatre  on  May  11»  1702,  not 
^^^^^^g  he^^  pl^fed  lor  eight  years  before ;  but  as 
-«te.  MATtfr  thm  perfonaed'JunOj  and  tke  t\uie 


in  question  ia  always  a^snolated  with  Miia  Catb 
I  imagine  the  alteration  (if  any)  muj^t  have  b* 
made  long  before  then. 

Can  any  one  tell  me  tbe  exact  date  of  pi 
lication  of  the  CoUection  of  Psalm  tiftd  Iiy\ 
TtmeA  fpubliehed  for  the  benefit  of  tbe  Wk 
Hospital),  -in  which  the  tune  fiitt  appeared  under 
the  name  of  "  Ilelmslev,"  and  in  assi^ciatioa  with 
the  Advent  Hymn  ?  1  surmise  it  t:*  have  bet^o 
not  verv  long  after  the  production  of  Tii£  GoUkh 
Pippin'  W.  H,  IlcrsK. 

TUE  BALTIMORE  AXD  '*OLD  MORTAtlTr '^ 

PATERSONS. 

(4'^  S.  Ti,  187,  207,  290,  351;  vii.  60,) 

In  answer  to  your  correspondent  F.  B,,  I  h|W 
to  state  that  I  waa  aware  of  tbe  letter  of  Sir 
Walter  Scott  to  Mr,  Train,  in  which  be  he«t«tel 
to  accept  "  the  extraordinary  connection  betw»ett 
the  Bonaparte  family  and  ttat  of  Old  Mortalitf.^ 
I  had,  however,  examined  the  question  as  fiiru 
I  bad  it  in  my  power,  and  had  satisfied  mjulf 
that  the  weight  of  evidence,  though  not  a!tog»- 
tlier  conclusive,  waa  in  favour  of  this  close  om- 
nection.  I  hnd  communicated  with  the  dewend- 
ants  of  "  Old  Slortality "  in  thia  countrv,  isd 
found  that  the  belief  of  tbe  family,  thouga  they 
never  bad  any  intercourge  with  their  Bjutimow 
connections,  was,  that  Madame  Bon!!^'"-t''  trn^ 
the  daughter  of  John,  son  of  "  Old 
Then,  as  I  stated  in  my  former  paper,  it 
gentleman,  who  gave  uis  name  a.-^  Mr*  M* 
and  also  bia  address,  though  it  ba,'^ 
appeared  in  the  church>*aiti  of  Balgarnock 
the  last  two  years  (anS  of  this  there  can  ha 
doubt),  stating  that  he  had  been  reqnest&d  by 
Madame  Bonaparte  to  visit  the  site  wher»  h* 
grandfather  hnd  been  buried.  I  believed  thafcit 
wa3  tbe  late  Jerome  Bonaparte  "who  bud 
the  request,  but  in  this  I  find  I  bad  madoi 
take,  as  my  friend  who  had  the  iaterviei 
Mr.  M*Clymont  telb  me  that  Madame  '^ 
was  the  party  named,  and  that  it  was 
grandfatber*a  grave  that  Mr.  M'Clymonti 
The  minister  of  Galaahielei,  of  whom  Six  * 
Scott  speaks  so  favourably,  is  tbe  Rev. 
thaniel  Pat^rson  of  Free  8t  George^s,  Glasgol 
He  states  to  me,  through  his  daughter*  that 
^*  his  friend  Mr.  BinninprHomeof  Aucbeubowie,! 
Stirling,  brought  a  General  Stewart  fr«>m 
more  to  call  upon  bim*  Tbia  General 
knew  the  Patersona  of  Baltimore  intimat 
talked  of  them  as  the  descendants  of  *M>ld 
tality.- ^  It  will  alao  be  x)bservcd  that  the 
of  John's  children  appeared  to  follow  ibe 
Scottish  rule  of  calling  tbe  eldeat  chilJraa 
the  grandfftlher  and  grandmother.  Robert  j 
ao  called  after  bis  grandfatlier  Robert  Fafc 
\  B2^  '£Xatk\^\.\v  tXtfti  ker  grandmother 


"T^ 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES, 


219 


If  there  be  no  pelationahipi  thia  is  a  curiong 

nee.     I   thougbt,   therefore,   that  I   woa 

■1  in  asfiufijing'  that  Mndame  Booaparte  was 

addanghter  of  **  Old  Mortality/'  as  sue  herself 

tied    from    Mn    M*Clymonta    statement    to 

ere. 

-J  this  opinion,  however,  it  eeema  that  I  have 

i&ai  mistaken,  as  I  hare  received  a  short  time 

Affo  the  following  communication  from  a  friend  of 

Mndame  Bonaparte  in  answer  to  a  letter  which  I 

tnT»tt»  with  the  view  of  diflcovering,  if  possible, 

r  she  could  assist  in  settling  the  question, 

.  nd  writes  to  the  following  effect,  repn- 

r  dinHng  altogether  the  connection  between  the 


'Sir, 


"  Baltimore,  Xovcmlier  lat,  1870. 


EYoor  letter  of  date  7th  Oct.  1870  reached  Madnme 
BAp^rte  a  condderablc  lime  after  it  had  1>ecii  writien, 
^I  am  reqtteated  by  hi^r  to  iDform  yoo,  in  answer  to  the 
lion  addressed  by  raiiTBdf  to  her,  that  she  ia  not 
d  toy  or  descended  froro,  the  Scotch  FfHeraouB^  of 
I  ahe  knows  notblng  whatever. 
I«r  aoeestors  were  til  bonj  in  Ireland,  and  their 
bs  were  spelled  Patterson  (not  Pater^on).  She  know» 
hing  whatever  of  the  Scotch  Poieraotw,  except  that 
tber  are  not  in  any  way  relativea  of  the  Pattersons  of 
Lof_of  the  United  States  of  America. 
•*  Touts  respect  fnlfy, 

"Jamks  L.  Baylies." 
da^  of 'course,  must  be  accepted  as  authorita- 
bljr  clnsing  the  question ;  nor  do  I  wish,  aa  the 
piiy  ia  a  mere  matter  of  antiquaiian  intereat^ 
Ihrow   doubts   on   Madame   Bonaparte's   dis- 
ir,  jet,  as  the  belief  has  been  so  continuous 
fwo  loo^  a  time  that  John,  the  father  of  Madame 
parte,  was  the  son  of  **01d   Mortality/'  I 
3  like  to  know  whether  the  Pattersons  of 
Wifm,,iv.  ^Hd  ever^ven  currency  to  this  report,  or 
*  iiad  btdteved  in  this  descent.  P*  A.  L. 

i  I,  who  was  acquoioted  in  1828  with 
10  maternal  grandfather  of  Mr.  Jerome 
L,  may  be  able  to  throw  some  light  on 
^e  opinion  then  held  in  Bflltimore  by  the  family 
^ttpectbg  their  connection  with  the  old  country. 
"^  Ckaufurd  Tait  Kamaqb, 


to-XTTERS.^  (OR  PEXNYTERSAL)»  CUK- 

STONE,  ETC. 

(4t'»avi.  309,479;  vii.  CO.) 

if  tiny  of  the  observation  a  of  your  correspondents 

^JiHEMiAE  and  J.  A,  Pioton  seem  very  pro- 

'  correct,  while,  as  it  must  be  addodi  they 

'  Dd  themselves  more  to  the  judg^ment  thrin 

1  J.  Ck.  R.     The  landB  ot  Fiwi^kTsui  ara 

vated.  rather  the   reverse;  still  they  are 

at  tne  upper  end  of  a  \m\g  flat  piece  of 

land  yet  remaining  unimproved,  and  pos- 

^^e  at  any  moderate  amount  of  ex- 

fien,  may  be  the  ttrsai  (the  poor 

I  Lu  iu'i  liaaaei  only  we  would  submit  wbethet  I 


sdi  may  not  rather  refer  to  the  indigenous  mUeach^ 
sallows,  Scotic^  snughF,  with  which  this  bo^ 
abounds  and  must  have  always  abounded  ?  AutK^ 
ensail  (such  is  the  present  spelling  nnd  pronuncia- 
tion) ia  a  farm- town  in  the  neigh  bo  urhood^  and 
the  name  has  never  been  otherwise  interpreted 
than  as  the  ''willow  inclosure/' 

Whether  Mr.  Pictok  is  as  happy  in  his  deduc^ 
tion  of  Cun-stone  from  kona  or  kntia^  we  may  be 
permitted  to  doubt.  If  cmi  in  Welsh  means  a 
summit,  as  Mr.  JEKEMi\n  says,  or  a  head  (cmi-iii) 
according  to  Mr.  Charnock,  may  the  name  not 
refer  to  the  aHihcial  cairn,  inoimd,  or  knoll  within 
which  was  found,  iti  1782,  the  cint-vaert  mentioned? 
J.  Ck.  R,  admits  that  it  may  be  descriptive  of  a 
memorial  stone  belonging  to  this  cairn.  But 
supposing  this  view  ill-founded,  there  is  another 
which  may  he  adopted,  that  suggested  by  Pro- 
fessor Stephens,  in  his  work  on  Kunic  Inscrip- 
tions, where  he  says  (*'  N.  &  Q.,^'  4'-'*  B.  vii.  68)  that 
cund  or  gimd  is  an  old  Northern  word  signifying 
battle,  wnr.  Ileoce,  assuming  that  a  correct  view, 
may  not  Cim-stone  refer  to  a  cairn,  or  to  a  rnwio- 
lithf  reared  in  memorial  of  some  battle,  or  of  some 
potent  Celtic  chief  who  fell  and  waa  interred 
within  the  cist-cften  f 

We  would  incline  to  trace  the  origin  of  these 
place-names  to  a  Celtic,  rather  than  a  Scandi- 
navian source ;  because  the  most  part,  if  not  all, 
of  the  ancient  names  of  places  in  the  district  fall, 
we  believe,  to  be  so  referred.  For  example,  thera 
are  Duchall  and  Ranfurly  (two  extensive  barome8)| 
Dupenny  or  Dippcnnie,  Sclates,  Mathknoclc  or 
Mathernock,  Auchenquill,  Callsyde  or  Callasyde, 
Auchontiber,  Auchenbothie,  Craigmarloch,  Bar- 
drain  or  Baidrainy,  Aucheucloich.  Clachers,  &c. 
(farm  towns),  and  many  others,  all  in  the  vicinity ; 
and  it  will  be  seen  whether  any  of  these  can  be 
claimed  by  J.  Ck,  R.  as  belonging  to  the  Scan- 
dinavian storehouse.  Espedaee. 


Alekander  Jamte^on,  M.  A.  (4***  S.  vii.  142.) — 
He  had  received  an  LL.D.  degree,  and  was  an 
enthusiaatic  mathematician  and  a  clever  man.  He 
was  a  map  designer,  and  kept  a  school  in  London 
for  a  limited  number  of  pupils,  and  worked  most 
earnestly  in  hia  vocation.  Afterwards  he  had  a 
boarding  school  not  far  from  St  on  House,  Chia- 
wick,  and  died  about  live  or  six  years  ago. 

a  a 

He  waa  also  the  author  of  A  TVeatm  on  the 
Ctm^truction  of  Maps^  8vo,  Loudon,  1814.  I 
remember  him  ia  1832  as  priucipal  of  a  large 
private  school  at  Wvke  Uouse,  near  Brentford, 
tie  waa  then  called  Dr.  Janiieson.  I  have  lately 
inquired  in  the  neighbourhood  what  became  of 
him,  but  unsuccessfully.  J.  B.  B, 

WlFB   OP   G^ORGIB   ^lEVTULIt,  \jO«ft  VkTRCKft. 

(4*'»  S.  vii.  90, 198.)— iS^tmBi  Q.w«cVfeAi ,  \  m^  \, 


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NOTES  AND  QUEBIES-  [i^^^avii,  ju«c«n,d 


BeAticbamp  (gu.  between  a  fdsa  or,  three  crofia 
crosslets  of  the  fiecond) ;  2  and  3,  (Quarterly,  1  and 

4,  Lisle  (ga,  a  lion  rampant  arg.  crowned  or) ; 
2  and  3,  Berkeley  (gu»  a  clievron  arg.  between 
eigbt  croaeea  pmtt^  ot*  the  second). 

IIebmextbude, 

'*  The  Hearts  of  Men  which  fo2^dlt,"  etc. 
(4***  S.  TiU  90.)— The  lines  inscribed  on  tlie  cor- 
nice of  the  gallery  at  Biirlmgton  House  are  taken 
from  Spenser^a  *'  Hymn  of  Heavenly  Beauty/* 
Terse  3 1  — 

**  Votichsafc  then,  O  Thou  most  Almightic  Spright  I 
From  whom  all  guifts  of  wit  nncl  knowledge  flow. 
To  abed  into  mv  brejwt  some  spnrkling  light 
Of  thine  et^mall  truth,  that  1  may  shew 
Some  little  leAmes  to  mortnll  eyes  heluw 
Of  that  immurtal  Ueautic',  there  with  Theo 
Which  in  my  w«tke  distrmightctl  rain  J  I  see, 
•*  That  with  the  gloric  of  so  gootlly  sight 
The  hearts  of  men,  which  fondly  hero  ailmyrc 
JPiire  fleeming  ftliewea,  and  f«ed  on  vaine  delight  i 
Trantported  with  oele»lliill  d»yre 
Of  those  faire  formos  may  lift'lhomselvea  np  hyi:r, 
And  learne  to  love»  wiih  ^ralou^  humble  dcwty, 
Th*  EteniuU  tVuntaiiie  of  ihat  heavenly  Beauty/^ 

The  hymn  is  printed  at  length  in  Sekct  PoHri/f 
published  by  the  I'arker  Society,  1845,  2  vols., 
edited  by  Edward  Farr,  Esq^.,  and  from  whence 
thb  quotation  is  drawn,  Dovrx, 

''Phi-Beta-Kappa"  Societt  of  Bostoit  {4'^ 

5.  iii.  108  ;  Tii.  m,)— 

**  I  have  for  a  long  time  hecn  convinpod  of  the  worae 
than  useiea*  charaoier  of  this  secret  institution.  .  ,  . 
That  the  Fhi- Beta- Kappa  Society  is  a  fts^^ret  assoeiatioQ 
ia  well  known  to  the  public*  f t  ia  a  apeciea  of  Frco- 
mft'ionrT,  and  bears  a  Rtromg  afFmity  to  it.  If  the  opinion 
of  Mr.  Knnpp,  in  hi^  late  ds^fence  of  Freemaaonry,  be 
correct,  it  is  a  branch  of  the  Illurainati,  that  spurious 
offjjpnn^  of  the  celebrated  Weiahaapt.  ,  ♦ .  The  *1».  B»  K. 
Society  t»  of  fi^rtign  manufacture.  .  .  .  Wlicn  and  where 
it  originated  I  never  was  inforraeil,  nor  have  1  at  present 
any  means  of  ascertaining.  From  its  nature  and  forma 
it  ia  presumed  it  must  have  commenced  in  eome  of  the 
infidel  schools  of  Europe  in  the  seventeenth  or  eighteenth 
centur>\  It  was  immrted  into  this  country  from  Franca 
in  the  year  1776,  find,  as  it  is  said,  by  Thomas  JaflersoUf 
lat<-^  preaidont  of  the  United  States.'  It  was  hrst  e^^tab- 
lishk'd  at  William  anfl  Mary's  College  in  Virginia.  Upon 
the  decline,  aod,!  believe,  the  cxtiuction.  of  that  college, 
duiiag  the  ravel utio nary  war,  a  cfmrter,  teGbnicallv  called 
an  atpha,  was  obtained  b,v  tbi  students  of  Yale  College, 
where  it  still  flourishes.  'From  thence  it  was  imparted  to 
Harvard  and  Dartmouth  ;  and  since  that  time,  chflrters 
have  been  granted  tn  the  students  of  Union  College  in 
N.  Y.  and  to  Bowduiu  in  JIaine,  and  verv  receotlv,  1  un- 
derstand, to  Brown'a  University  in  Providence,  K,  1."^ 

The  above  ex  tract  ft  are  from  a  work  by  Avery 
ABjUf  published  in  Boston  (U,  S.  A,)  in  1831. 

NEPHlilTK 
I)BSOS2n>12?t8  OF  ClTARLES  BraKDON^  DuKK  OF 

SlTFFOLK  (4»*  a  vL  415,  500.)— Since  my  former 
communication  on  this  point,   I  have  found    a 
notice  of  the  hmily  of  Mary  Lady  Monteagle, 
daughter  of  Charles  i?r«ndon.     They  were  — 


1.  William  Stanley,  Lord  Monteagle,  marri 
Anno,  daughter  of  Sir  James  Lnjborne,  and  I 
isaue  Elizabeth,  married  Henry  Lord  Morley. 

2.  Elizabeth,  married  Sir  Hichard  yuangj 
Somerset. 

3.  Margaret,  married  John  Taylere  of  Lo&d 
merchant 

4.  AnnOj  married  Sir  John  Clifton. 

All  the  daughters  left  issue,  (Harl.  MS.  403| 
fol,  420  Heemestbuii 

Patkonvmig  Prefix  ''Mac"  (4^^  B,  \l  33( 
To  what  I  hare  allirmed  regarding  the  Gotl 
oH^'in  of  thia  word  I  am  able  to  add  another  fjM 
vi2.  that  in  a  Manka  history  by  a  writer  of  t^ 
name  of  Booth  it  ia  mentiooed  that  among  the  foi 
Danish  prelates  who  8 u exceeded  to  St,  Rn 
waa  one  '*  Aumond  Mac  Olave^"  in  jl.  d.  1077, 
A  Middle  Templir. 

Bows  AND  CuHTSETB  (4*^  S.  vi.  568 ;  vii.  106.> 
The  lout  (the  charity-girl'^  **  bob")  ia  many  < 
turies  old  :    the  curtsey,  I   suspect,    ciune  ' 
France  with  Queen  Henrietta  Maria. 

Be  it  remembered  ihat  mascullDe  ourtseyfi  w«l 
in  vogue  long  before  femitaine  ones. 

HBRlTENTRFia.  ] 

"The  Hob  in  the  Well  *'  (i^^  S,  viL  20L> 
This  sign  {not  **  Hole  in  tha  Well'')  is  taken  I 
an  old  farce  of  that  name.     Several  illustmtioQll 
of  It  may  he  seen  in  the  parlour  of  the  '^Kff 
Globe;-  iClile  End  Koad.  G,  WB81WCE.J 

Cambridge, 

Samplers  (4*'*  S.  vi.  600 ;  vii.  21,  126,)— Since 
your  introduction  of  the  subject  of  **SamplfPs" 
m  a  late  number  of  "  N.  &  Q."  I  have  madtf  in- 
quiries of  several  of  mj  aged  relatives  and  friend* 
on  the  matter,  and  have  seen  many  specimeQ*  o^ 
the  art  that  was  very  prevalent  at  the  commeoce* 
ment  of  this  century,  and  up  to  about  18^,aiiioft 
which  period  I  believe  a  more  refined  t««te  h«i 
existed,  although  i  do  not  think  one  requiriDg*  tli> 
attentiou  that  is  displayed  in  early  samplers. 

I  have  now  one  before  me  of  an  eLibnri^'^' 
character;  it  contains  eeveral  alphabetical  tp' 
mens,  and  also  a  sample  of  the  diMin^ui  *'  --itiQ 
stitch/'  This  has  no  poo  try  on  it,  but  the  wirip' 
tural  text,  *'  Remember  now  thy  Creator,"  'Sc*, 
and  was  worked  by  a  lady  in  Edinburgh  as  eaflT 
as  the  year  1800.  Another,  worked  by  my  ^'osA 
previoua  to  the  year  1820^  ha3  the  following  liii** 
thereon  :— 

**  Prayer  is  the  simplest  form  of  speech 
That  infant  lips  can  trj. 
Praver,  the  sublime«t  fttraias  that  reach 
The  Majesty  on  High." 
Mjr  third    specimen  contains  the  appropriatl 
inquiry  — 

"  Tell  ma,  je  knowing  and  discerning  few, 
Where  I'mmy  tjnd  a  Friend  both  firm  and  trrn 
.         One  who  dare  st^ind  bv  me  when  in  deep  distr 
\  Kii4  VW-ft  \Aft\w^  istoC  (tietidf  h  i  p  mo?t  ex J^^»»*' 


4«i  s.  Tiu  M4iio«  II.  7L]  NOTES  A^'D  QUEKIES. 


221 


It  is  to  bo  remarked,  tlint  in  all  thc«e  eicfimplea 
of  tli^  ni  inner  adopted  to  iDstil  into  the  riding 
m  the  female   populutiou   of   a    post, 

ra'  ;   the  present  Bge,  habits  of  industry, 

retinement,  and  rectitude,  the  teachers  have  in- 
Tuiublv  permitted  their  scholard  to  omit  the  year 
in  which  the  work  was  produced.  Probably  this 
was  the  last  **  g:rfttiticfttion  "  that  was  accorded  to 
lh«  young  ladi^  by  their  tutors — not  to  mentioQ 
Other  considerationjs  that  are  a  lady's  privilege, 

EoMUND  Joy. 

W,K«l«oaSqujife,S.E. 

Tax  Prot  of  <ii:iDo*3  AtrnoRA  (4^"  S.  vii.  L3, 
113. > — I  am  obliged  to  liiBLiOTjiKCiit,  CnETHiVM. 
for  his  note  to  my  query  about  the  line  a  on  the 
^ate  of  "Guidos  Aurora,"  in  your  issue  of 
Feb,  4-  Would  he  further  obliji^e  me  by  in- 
fonmng  me  who  Alexander  ^KtoJua  was,  and 
when  he  lived? 

But  still  the  answer  la  not  complete,  BiBLl- 
OTHICAR.  Cqetham.  eays: — 

•*  The  d*!»cri{itioo  is  worthv  of  notice,  inasmuch  as  it 
cni  (in*  tnttttt/  of  the  cTfiresxton*  in  ibe  verws  aubjitinedi 
>!?  FuRKaa  informed  u»  (I**  S,  iL  31*1),  to 
:  Jo'§  celebrated  Aurora.** 

(  the  expressions.'*     He  does  not  say 

I  i»'S  are  the  same  as  those  on  the  piint; 

«L  the  CMtitrary,  the  words    rather  imply,  that 

Ikm^h  aioiilar,  they  are  not  the  same.     Can'  he  not 

till  tut  where  the  lines  which  are  actually  on  the 

^him  tx^H?    It  would  be  a  gratification  to  me, 

t  ly  to  others,  as  is  evidenced  by  his 

nication.     Did  Mr,  Dawsok  Tukner, 

1   the  inscription,  not  notice  aUo  who 

liter,   or  where   the  Unas   are  to   be 

S.  R. 
Wiluuloir, 

^OrIGIK  of  the  StTRNAME  CtJNKIXGHAM  (4'^  S, 

\pkx%fim;  if.  02,  179.) — The  following  extract 
tht  Kirk-Session  records  of  Dundonuld, 
,  if  it  does  not  settle  this  vexed  qaestion, 
►  rery  significant: — 
J  Jane,  1607.  ITauUia  gifling  vj>.  Stein  Wilsonn 
1  lo  baif  schot  w*  una  ho^bit  yia  day  xt  dxiyes 
If]  «i  y«  ccnmyngLs  in  corsbics*  con}'ngaai  la 

8,  it  will  he  remembered,  rejects  the 
j"  ifaeoryy  and  points  out  that  ciming  is 
rtiish  :=  rabbit,  and  that  cunuujhnm  simply 
I  **the  place  where  rabbits  abound."  It  is 
to  fiid  tbb  opinion  supported  by  the 
I  ocourence  of  the  word  here  as  a  common 
«.  W.  F.  (,2.) 

«>0D  KAM  Man,"  etc.  fi"*  S-  vi.  345,  426, 
ru  4K  162.)— Mr.  J,  P.  Morris  has  cer- 
r  pai»ro!*d  the  most  plausible  reply  which 
<  ap^itar^  in  answer  to  my  query  respecting 
^slbanktpof  the  above.     But  may  I  suggest, 

•  Tha  LairU  of  Crosby's. 


with  all  due  deference  to  the  authority  he  quot 
there  is  a  pn>bability  John  Oldland  may  not  ha 
been  the  mdhor  of  the  lines,  but  have  simply,  **on 
the  spur  of  the  moment/'  made  a  hit  in  locali  ' 
them  by  the  addition  of  the  concluding  lines  giT® 
in  Mr.  Mobkis*s  version  P  Have  any  of 
readers  met  with  the  rhymes  of  John  Oldland  in 
a  collected  form,  as  a  reference  to  them  would 
doubtlessly  throw  light  upon  the  matter  F   F*  S, 

Arms  of  tub  Cou^'n*  of  Perche:  Nuob 
Familt  (4^»'  S.  vi.  ^-^^'y  vii.  111.)— -Perhapa  som&l 
correspondent  would  oblige  us  with  a  copy  of  thft 
foundation  charter  of  the  **  Abbey  of  Lonley  " 
(eleventh  centurv),  OrdericHS  Vitaiu^  Dugdale, 
and  Palgrave,  might  then  be  consulted  for  anno- 
tations. The  pretension  to  represent  the  house  of 
Belesme,  in  any  of  its  branches,  is  too  important^ 
to  be  allowed  to  pass  genealogical  muster  unex- 
amined*  Sp- 

Babbaboub  Massacre  (4»*  S.  vi.  520^  vii.  101.) 

'^Je  ne  cliercherai  pas  dana  let  relationi  des  anden^d 
voyof^eurs  les  traces  de  la  splenileur  de  Goa,  je  rdsistff" 
mtinie  nu  Ms\T  dt?  tran«crire  ici  la  dMcrlption  d'un  de  cea 
brillaiiU  auto-da-fe  jirepar^  et  executtfs  pi>ur  extermlner 
iej  herdtiquea  et  edifis^r  lea  habiL*nd  du  cette  villtt.     11 
nie  suffira  de  remarqnfir  ici  que  le  grand  Albnquerqu 
s'empftra  de  Goa  le  "Ih  novembre  1510."  —  L*  Laogl^ 
M<*numtna  de  Pliuh^  L  78.     Paries,  1821, 

The  massacre,  compared  for  sanguinary  cruelty 
to  the  slaughter  of  the  Jews  on  different  occa- 
sions in  Europe,  for  which  two  dates  (a.d.  1409 
and  1511)  are  given  by  Latitau,  whose  account 
would  appear  to  have  been  derived  from  Joad  da 
Bftrro3^4«iii,  continued  by  Diego  de  Conto,  seema 
to  resemble  more  in  character  the  auto-da-f4  above 
referred  to   than  the  indiscriminate   one  at  the 
taking  and  burning  of  Dabiil  in  January,  16O0, 
The  two  affairs  are  described  separately  (i,  208j 
and  310,  Lalitau)  as  belonging-  to  different  periods^ | 
and  cannot  therefore  be  id  en  tided — a  work  whicli  i 
Mr.    Charles   Naylor  had   evidently  not  met 
with  when  kindly  replying  to  my  query. 

Slarcross,  near  Exeter* 

SnaoPsiirRK  SAYnf08(4**  S.  vii.  t),  1*31,)— One 
other  of  the  wise  sawa  of  our  Salopian  farmer, 
who  was  given  lo  boast  that  he  was  *^  bom  on  the 
top  of  Kttdley  without  a  shirt,"  may  be  worth 
preserving  aa  still  applicable  to  the  times  in  which 
we  live* 

It  was  used  by  him  to  check  extraTagance  on 
the  part  of  any  one  of  hia  daughters  who  should 
happen  to  give  outward  proof  of  a  desire  to 
imitate  the  squire^a  ladv  in  the  matter  of  drees. 
At  such  a  time  he  would  shako  his  head,  elevate 
a  warning  forefinger,  and  say  with  befitting  s^J*^^" 
nity,  »*  Ah  1  child,  many  a  good  horse  dies  of  the 
fashions."  ,       „ 

This  peculiar  disease  among  }^OTa&&,  it  will  Vse^ 
remembered,  ia  referred  to  m  V&^  Tamxn^  oj  IK^ 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES,         [4^«'  s.  vii.  maucu  ii,  71.' 


ShreWf  where  it  u  said  that  Potruchio'g  steed, 
amidst  his  infiny  othc^r  flfllictions,  is  **  infected 
with  the  fftshion?."  Elsewhere  I  bare  found  the 
complaint  dedcribed  aa  a  kind  of  lepra^^y. 

Wii,  Undeebxll. 
13,  Kell^  Street,  Kentish  Town. 

Hair  growing  after  Death  (4*^  S.  vi.  624  j 
viL  G6f  83,  WO,) — In  the  sixth  yokmio  of  Not*' 
folk  Archcotdoffif  is  an  interesting  account  of  the 
discoTery  of  three  etono  cotlina  containing  skolo- 
tona  in  the  beautifully  restored  church  of  Drnjton 
near  this  citr.  In  on<3  the  akeletou  lay  enclosed 
in  a  case  of  load,  which  had  entirely  enwrapped 
the  corpse  and  taken  tho  form  of  the  inhumed 
person.  Amongst  other  particulars  respecting  it, 
it  13  stated  that  ^*  on  the  posterior  part  of  the  sknll 
was  a  conaiderable  q^uaotity  of  httir  closely  matted 
together/*  and  in  a  toot-note  the  writer  says : — 

"^Tha  i^owth  of  hair  after  death  [a  aoniethin^  ex- 
traordinary, nnd  presuming  tho  corpse  to  be  of  the  date 
circa  X3C0,  exAiTiplcs  ar<j  not  wantjri|j  to  provo  the  pre- 
servatioQ  of  human  hair  from  that  period  to  the  pre- 
9cut  in  prof  use  iiess  and  even  bcAuty.  Some  few  yeari 
fiince  a  square  box  or  coffid  (xiutaiding  a  skdetou  w&a 
fonndin  tho  Lady  Chapel  of  Hereford  Ctithtdral.  The 
body  had  IxS'cri  enveloped  in  »  sbt'ct  of  woollen  fabric. 
The  hair  wa.i  perfect  and  in  the  form  of  a  wig^  the  bones 
of  thu  Bknll  having  fallen  away  from  ir.  The  colour  wns 
a  yellow  red,  and  so  profuse  in  qnatitity  as  certainly  to 
have  grown  considerably  after  death,"  —  Arch^ifo^in, 
ToL  xxxiii. 

"Such  i^rowth  is  frequently  attested *,  but  an  cxlraor- 
diaarv  aneedoto  on  tho  Barnes  abject  ia  worth  ootice  here, 
if  oiuy  for  the  singiilarUy  of  the  atatement,  Douj^lae 
say  a  that  Juhu  Pitt  assured  him  that  on  visiting,  a  vault 
of  his  ancestors  in  Furlov  Chapel,  Somersetshire,  he  saw 
the  hair  of  the  young  Lady  Chandos,  which  had  Ui  a 
moet  extraordinary  manner  grown  out  of  tho  coUin,  and 
huftfj  doum  Jhun  it ;  while  by  the  inscription  it  appeared 
she  had  Lc«n  buried  at  least,  be  says,  considerably  more 
than  a  hundred  Vfars." 

For  my  part  I  do  not  helieTe  that  hnir  can 
possibly  grow  after  death.  X  have  not  succeeded 
in  finding  a  well-marked  iustMice  on  recordj  such 
AU  one  indeed  aa  would  place  the  matter  boyond 
dispute,  and  in  no  physiological  work  can  I  meet 
with  any  allumoii  to  this  cLrcumstaDO^. 

Charles  Williams. 

I^orwich, 


to 


WtTLrnRiTKA  (4^*»  S-  vii.  13,  132.)— Appended 
»  ErdoswJcke*a  tStafordahirej  printed  iu  1723,  ia 
'J  Some  Account  of  Wolverhampton/'  by  8ir  Wil- 
liam Dugdale.     Therein  ho  writes  — 

"  In  tliis  great  parish,  Kbg  Edgar,  ahont  the  rear  *>;0 
<anno  nsgni  xi.)t  at  the  re<jueat  of  his  dvinff  sister,  Wul- 
phruiio  (aj  'tia  said),  from  whom  'tis  called  Wulphnme* 
Hampton,  founded  a  chapel  of  eight  portionarieV  &c* 

Erdeswicke'a  text,  in  all  union  to  the  name  of 

the  town,  says,    "bo   cnlled  because  one   Wul- 

phrnna   was   Lady  thereof  nhont  the  time  that 

■^sg Edgar  was Kmgoi^ England." 

Seelog-  th&t  King  Mdg&r  deceased  (fiv©  yeai^ 


after  Wulphruna  is  stated  to  hare  been  dyi 
**  A.i>,  075,  anno  regni  10^  setat.  3:1/'  that  he  o' 
his  throne  to  the  ini!ueuce  of  the  monka^ 
counsels  almost  entirely  guided  the  actioiii 
reign,  while  Ethelred  II.  during  his  whole 
was  engaged  iu  coa^tant  warfare  with  the  ] 
who  finally  drove  him  from  his  kingdom,  I 
the  precise  terms  of  Dugda}e*8  statement 
some  weight  (they  were  my  authority,  mdt  4** 
vl.  />36)  ]  and  IIermextrudb,  there  can  be  little 
doubt,  is  right  in  her  inference  of  WulphruDa*s 
parentage.  ^,E.E 


EODKRT  FlTZDARKBtS   OR    HaRVEIS  f4«*  S, 

414,  ai7.)"The  answer  of  S,  IL  A.  H.  faiU  ^ 
throw  light  on  the  ancestry  of  Hobert  Fitz-HerreUL 
That  such  a  person  existed  there  can  be  no  doobti 
but  whether  he  was  ©on  of  the  Duke  of  OrleiM 
13  questionable,  Wace,  in  his  Jiomnn  <le  Smtf 
tells  ua  that  he  was  the  **  aon  of  Emeia  by 
Ilavrise  or  Ilaekwise,  and  nephew  of  Raonl  do 
Tesson."  The  conjecture  of  Lord  Arthur  Bemj 
is  open  to  the  objection  that  the  name  of  "Eruiii 
due  d'Orlcans  '^  occurs  in  several  lists  of  mililw 
(vide  Foxe^s  JloUf  Chron.  Norman^  Stow,  &k\]; 
besides  it  ia  hardly  probable  that  the  title  w»3 
added  (aa  conjectured  hy  Lord  Hervey)  to  a  per- 
son of  the  name  of  Emms  in  the  eleventh  centu^ 
by  any  one  familiar  with  the  story  of  an  Ern^s,*:iQ 
of  Sampson,  Duke  of  Orleans,  in  the  ninth  wfi- 
tury.  After  this  Enies  (a>d.  S15)  the  next  Count 
or  Duke  of  f  Irleana  ia  Odo  or  Eudes,  wht>$e  daugh- 
ter Ermentrude  married  Charles  the  Ihdd  in^ 
(vide  Voltxiire  and  Limier) ;  and  next  ti  him 
**  Eudes  Count  of  Paris  and  Orleans  " 
who  was  elected  King  of  France  inS>" 
this  period  the  duchy  of  Orleans  appears  h^  ii  ^^ - 
belonged  to  the  House  of  Capet  About  U^'i^ 
Count  Eudes,  brother  of  Hemry  L  of  France,  de- 
mand od  a  part  of  hia  father's  dominions,  bit 
possible  that  this  Eudes  received  the  durliv  of 
Orleans,  or  thatOrieanois  formed  part  of  the  di^y 
of  Burgundy  (aa  it  did  in  562),  and  that  liol 
Fit^-Hemeis  was  a  son  of  the  Bisliop  of  Aaxi 
or  of  a  Duke  of  Biurguudv  ?  In  HtM,  AVu 
Scri/Tt.  Antiq.  I  tiud  at  p.  1031  «  Rob.  fil.  Eniei 
p.  1046  "  Eudo  fil  Erneis,  Erneisde  Buroni  *'  ' 
p.  1044  "  Ilenif  is,^'  p.  1035"  Comes  Ilerui 
*'  llereuB  de  Vtmo,'*  p,  1142  "Herueus  d« 
p.  1030  *'  Ilerueus  de  Lion/*  &c,  &c,  Ata 
of  the  same  or  of  different  families  ? 

Now  Mr.  Collins  says  that  Robert  Fit^-Hi 
bad  several  sons,  but  from  the  Domesday 
we  are  left  to  conjecture  whether  any  or  all 
the  Herueus  therein  mentioned  are  in  Any  % 
relattMl  to  him.  It  is  certain  **  Rob.  fib  Eruei 
is  not  mentioned  in  tho  Survei/,  vet  it  U  positiri 
asserted  that  '*  Robert,  son  of  llervey,  who  g*' 
lands  to  the  Abbot  of  Abintrdon  which  Henry. 
\  co'ti^iimft^,^'  ^^  «h  aon  of  Robert  Fiti-HerfsR 


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Dulce  of  Orleans,  Ilere  the  chain  is  Iroken,  and 
from  Jlenrj,  or  Ilerveua  fil.  Hervei,  the  Ilerveys, 
Batlers,  and  Cliburnes  claim  dti5M?L'nt.  If  Dou- 
jnoulia  gives  the  anus  of  Robert  Fitz-IIen'ey,  or 
of  the  olLer  Emeiii  or  Ilerveisj  addidoDal  light 
mAj  be  thrown  on  thia  subject,  Nxmrod, 

Fedioees  of  Mortimer^  (4^"*  8.  vii.  12.)^ 
Before  it  C4m  be  discovered  how  the  Ladj  Mftu- 
ritia  wa»  related  to  Leonor  the  Faithful,  we  must 
■ficertain  her  fathers  name  with  rather  more  cer- 
tiiatir.  Different  writers  call  him  Sir  William  d« 
Fenolle?,  de  Fandles,  de  Fiudloes,  and  ait d dry 
other  Tonatioad.  Now  none  of  them  sound  par- 
licularlj  Spanish,  and  it  is  just  possible  that  the 
Tclationship  may  have  como  through  the  queen's 
French  mother,  Jeaone  Counteas  of  Aumale  and 
Fontfaieu.  Btr  mother  was  Alice  of  France  j  tho 
Jdnship  (if  ia  this  direction  at  all)  muit  be  sought 
cm  the  father  s  side,  liER3iE?iTRi  de. 

Tms  Strasrcrg  Library  (4^**  S,  Tii,  120,)— 
In  the  interests  of  literature  one  rejoices  to  learn 
that  efforts  are  being*  made  to  give  S trash urg  once 
more  a  library  wortliy  of  the  town;  but  is  it  not 
worth  inquiring  how  or  by  whose  default  iU  late 
iiimoua  collection  has  utterly  perished?  Few 
perhaps  who  have  not  seen  b:>olL8  in  or  after  b 
Bre  kiow  how  rarely  what  newspapers  call  the 
** devouring  element"  effects  the  complete  de- 
Itrection  of  such  a  mass  of  the m^  but  to  those 
who  do,  it  must  seem  almost  incredible  tlmt  a 
great  deal  of  valuable  salvage  did  not  remain. 

Supposing,  however,  that  tho  ravages  of  fiie 
TCTe  as  destructive  as  they  have  been  represented, 
▼bat  claim  has  a  town  or  corporation  to  a  new 
Bbraiy  when  it  took  do  painis  to  preserve  the  old 
ciie?  Was  it  nobody's  husinesa  because  every- 
Wy*8  to  place  such  tretisures  as  the  Gutenberg 
MS.  or  the  Uortus  Deliciarum  in  a  place  of  safety 
eren  at  the  yeiy  commencement  of  the  fciege  ? 

G.  M,  G. 

BarjAMiN  Carrier  (4**' S.  viu  07,  130,  150.) 
few  additional  particulars  of  the  life  of  Dr» 
-_  may  not  be  unacceptable.  lie  was  chap- 
*iii  and  preacher  at  the  court  of  King  James  L, 
•od  always  inclined  to  pacific  measures  in  matters 
jfrelkion.  In  his  letters  he  appears  to  insinuate 
™t  James  was  disposed  to  attempt  a  cotilition 
J^jPea  the  Catholic  and  Anglican  churches,  Dr. 
v*tti<*r,  however,  convinced  that  such  a  pcheme 
Jj«  impracticable, resolved  to  embrace  the  Catholic 
^^^  Be  obtained  leave  of  the  king  to  go  to 
*y^  oa  account  of  his  health,  where  his  conver- 
*00wa  '  '  d.     James  ordered  Casaubon  and 

'^Ws  '  him,  and  send  him  a  peremptory 

'Stfcrti  reiuri'  1  »  Eu gland,  having  a  strong  sua- 
P^Qftii  of  the  doctor's  intention.     When  his  con* 
tftsirio  bpcame  known,  the  king  hij^hly  resented 
bad  indeed  so  great  a  regard  for  Dr.  Car- 
-at  he  was  believed  to  have  been  tire  coa- 


■I  few 
■Cttiie 


fidant  of  his  mnjeaty's  private  sentiments  eta  to 
religion.  Carrier  received  mnny  letters  congratu- 
lating him  on  his  conversion,  from  Home,  Fans, 
and  several  other  places,  At  the  invitation  of  the 
Cardinal  I>u  Perron  he  went  to  Paris,  and  died 
there  in  June  1014.  His  works  are — Sermons 
preached  while  he  was  a  Protestant ;  A  Mi»m^ 
to  his  Maje&tif  of  Great  Britain j  cnntaining  the 
motives  of  (his  conversion  {Liege,  1014),  and  A 
Ldler  of  the  mi^rable  Ends  of  such  aji  impugn  (he 
Catholic  Faithf  published  in  1615  after  his  death. 
See  I>odd's  Church  Uistortf^  vol.  ii.,  who  wrote 
his  account  from  several  original  letters  in  his 
keeping  from  Carrier,  Casaubon.  Dii  Perron,  &c. 

F.  a  H. 

Post  PRornEcres  {4^'»  S.  vi*  370,  396»  4S8 ;  vii. 
42,  151.) — A,  11,' s  Jeu  de  mots  y^aa  rcchanjfi^  in 
Paris  in  September  1806  thus : — 
*'  L7tfllio  est  fttito 
Et  Rome  coiitrefaKe, 
L'Autriche  esi  dt^faitc 
Et  r.^JIemagnc  rcfnitc, 
La  Prusse  est  surfultc^ 
La  Franco  est  parfatte* 
£t  rAngletarni  mlisfaltc.*' 

W.  T.  U, 

DEirAHTUs  OP  Drusus,  Seji.  (?)  (4**^  S.  vii.  05, 
148;)— This  piece  is  not  a  coin  of  Drusua,  Sen.^ 
but  of  the  Emperor  Nero  when  a  young  man,  Tho 
obverse  lej^end  is  "nero  clatd.  caes.  drvsvs 
GERM.  PKiNc.  ivvEKT."  YouDg  bust,  bare  J  and 
the  reverse,  '*  sacerb.  coopx.  in  omn.  oonl.  svpra 
uvii.  ex  B.C.,**  which  interpreted  reads  "Sacerdos 
cooptntus  in  omni  conlegio  supra  numerum  ex 
senatiisconsuU'O.*'  Type — simpulurn,  tripod,  lituus, 
and  patera.  The  coin  will  he  found  in  Eckhel,  who 
gives  explanatory  notes,  and  in  Cohen, 

F,  W.  M. 

Mental  E<iUALiTT  op  the  Sexes  (4*^  S.  vii, 
97.) — Nearly  twenty  years  ago  a  ''calculating 
girl  '^  appeared  in  Ayrshire,  in  tho  neighbourhood 
of  Kilmamoclf,  Accounts  of  her  wondertul  feattf  ] 
appeared  in  the  Glasgow  papers  and  attracted  j 
notice.  Some  persons  (among  whom  was,  I  tMak|  | 
a  member  of  the  Ilastinga  family)  interested  them- 
selves in  lier,  and  she  was  sent  to  Edinburgh  to 
be  educated,  where  she  attended  the  school  of 
my  liite  friend  Mr.  Peter  Currio,  George  Street. 
Akhoufrh,  I  dare  say,  I  must  have  seen  the  girl  in 
his  school,  he  never  exhibited  any  of  her  feats  to 
Die  J  but  he  often  spoke  of  them,  and  many  per- 
sonSj  including  ladies  of  title,  in  si  ted  the  school 
for  the  purpose  of  witnessing  her  wonderful  powers. 
It  would  be  quite  unsafe  forme  to  attempt  to  give 
any  detailed  account  of  these,  hut  I  remember  that 
Mr*  Currie  used  to  speak  of  the  marvellous  ra- 
pidity and  accuracy  with  which  she  multiplied  a 
long  row  of  figures  by  a  multiplier  some  four  or 
five  deep  without  using  pen  or  pencil,  Iia^&kfi> 
no  question  hut  t\iRt  mw^y  ol  ^^t  w^q^:M^q^%, 


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NOTES   AKD   QUERIES.  l^^  S.  VIL  March  li/7l 


inclndinf::  Mr.  Curriers  ovrii  children,  would  be 
ablo  to  furnish  further  pnrticiilars,  as  well  m  th^ 
girls  name.  She  was  io  attendance  at  the  echool 
about  sixteen  years  ago.  J.  IL 

I  can  attest  to  the  poasossion  of  this  remarkable 
gift  by  A  highly  intelligent  young  lady.  At  ei^ht 
yeara  of  a^e  she  would  answer  the  most  diiticult 
qneations  m  mentfil  arithmetic  with  only  a  few 
tninutefl*  conaiderntion — ^queations,  be  it  under- 
Blood,  that  poBed  older  and  more  learned  persons. 

M.  C.  Lt. 

"  He  that  DTJYd  Lakd,"  etc.  (4*"  S.  Tii.  90.) 
Either  W.  E. 'A.  jVxo.Vs  **old  friend'*  or  the 
schoolmaster  '' nRmed  Byroiu"  were  evidently 
acquainted  with  the  old  drinking  song  which  ha^ 
been  reprinted  by  Mr,  Wright  from  an  ancient 
manuscript  in  his  posaeafiton ; — 
**  Bring  tu  in  good  ale,  and  htiag  us  In  ^oml  ale. 

For  our  blessed  Lady 'a  sake,  brifi^,'  us  in  good  akv 

Erini;  ns  in  nii  brown  bneail,  for  Ihat  is  marlt^  of  liran  j 
Kar  bring  ui  in  no  ivhlte  brcnd,  for  that  h  only  grnjo  ; 
But  brinf  tia  In  gcKKl  ale. 

Bring  \t»  in  no  beef,  for  there  are  mnny  bone.% 
Hut  bring  us  in  good  ale,  for  that  ji^ws  down  at  nnce. 
Th^n  bring  ua  in  good  ale. 

Bring  as  in  no  bncon,  for  that  i<*  pasafog  fat ; 
But  bring  U3  in  good  ale,  am]  pve  na  cnouj^h  of  that. 
So  bring  us  in  gocKl  ak. 

Bring  09  in  no  mutton,  for  that  Is  ofl^n  lean  ; 
Not  bring  us  in  no  trtpe^t,  for  they  bo  sddom  cknn, 
Uut  bring  us  in  irood  ale. 

Brinff  us  in  uo  c^i^?,  for  there  be  many  ishells  ; 
Hut  bring  U3  in  goad  ale,  and  gire  us  nothing  ulse. 

Theu  bring  us  ju  good  ale.** 

R.R. 

Boston. 

Medieval  Babjiq  (4^*"  S«  viL  95.)— In  forming 
A  wooden  house  the  uprights  at  the  ends  would 
be  best  made  of  a  tree  of  which  one  nf  the  brandies 
wag  cut  oir  at  the  fork  of  the  Y,  and  the  roof 
tree  attached  by  peps  and  cords.  The  remaining 
branch  sloped  oulwartlei,  nnd  was  richly  carved,  as 
we  see  in  engravings  i-epresenting  Norwegian  and 
Icelandic  ball!*. 

On  tho  attack  on  Gunnar  of  Lithsnd  (N/als 
Saffa,  I  244)  :— 

**  Some  r(»pe3  lay  thero  on  the  ground,  and  Iht-y  were 
oflen tj«?d to strenL^then  thu  roof.  J  tjcn  Mord  said,  'Let  us 
take  tho  ropes  and  throw  one  eml  ovi?r  the  end  of  tlie 
carr^'iDg  bemnti,  but  hi  us  fa-*lcn  thtj  othtr  end  tn  thi-so 
rocks  and  twist  them  light  wilb  levirf,  and  so  pull  the 
loofoir  the  ball.' 

**go  they  took  the  ropes  and  all  lent  a  bond  to  carrj* 
this  out,  an[l  before  Gunnar  was  aware  of  it,  they  had 
pulled  the  wholu  roof  utt  tho  hall, ' 

A  fininl,  then,  was  not  on  ornament,  but  **  orna- 
mented construction/*  W.  G. 

I  cannot  agree  wirh  the  statement  that  the 
leaning  fwiols  alluded  to  are  ugly.  It  aeems  to 
OJ0  but  pleming  TRrieiy^  and  on  this  account  no 


doubt  they  were  made.  NospecinlM 
be  attributed  to  them.  The  one  at  1 
is  in  conjunction  with  a  straight  or  uiri^bi  ua 
The  two  beat  ecclesiastical  barns  in  Englnud^  thai 
at  Pi  1  ton  and  Glaatonbury,  have  upright  tiniala,] 

P.  R  Mass  * 

Yese:  Feese:  Feaze(4'*'  S.  vi.  1J>5,  421,^5 
viL  109.) — As  no  reply  has  yet  appeared  to  " 
Addis's  query  regarding  the  word  feasx^  I  1 
to  sav  that  it  is  in  constant  use  in  Fife,  and 
invariably  applied  to  express  the  fretting  awny 
the  hem  of  a  garment,  or  the  edge  of  a  piece  of 
cloth,  by  the  separation  of  the  woof  from 
warp.    It  is  so  explained  by  Jamieeon  in  his  *5 
iish  Did  WHO  ty.     It  also  signifies  **  the  raveliii 
out  of  any  rope  or  cable  at  the  ends/^  as  gtat^d ' 
Bailey,    This  meaning  makes  clear  the  quotati( 
given  by  Mr.  Abdis,  which  the  sense  of  **  driw 
away**  does  not  do.     I  cannot  detect  in  P»ckB^ 
ing's  edition  the  line  in  Chaucer  referred  to,  nod 
therefore  I  am  unable  to  say  whether  the  fenw 
above  given  explains  the  passage ;  but  in  rf^gard 
to  the  quotation  from  Fuller—**  Binhop  Turbt»rril 
recovered  some  lost  land^^  which  Bisnop  Vovsey 
bad  vezed  '* — the  gloss  by  Fuller  of  **drivcuawAjr'' 
IB  decidedly   wrong.      Lands  cannot   be  drivtto 
away,  but  they  may  he  fretted  away  by  encroicb- 
raents  or  petty  sales.    It  was  such  lands^  beyond  i 
doubt,  that  Bishop  Turbervil  recovered,  Theiftitte 
sense  explains  the  verse  quoted : — 

**  be  XI.  dai  fare  windis  sal  rise 
[>e  reinhovT  huii  sal  f&l 
Jtat  al  \>e  featin  sal  y  agrts 
and  be  i/eud  into  hclle/' 

A  ferdj  in  manufacturing  phraseology,  meani^  » 
small  piece  left  of  a  web ;  the  fetdt*  of  the  reiii- 
bfjtP  are  the  fragments  of  the  bJow  after  the  doufl 
becomes  broken,  and  they  were  if  end f  fretted  away 
into  kelle,  dnrkneaa,  or  concealment.  Perhaps  tlws 
connection  between  fretted  away  and  whipped  or 
beaten  is  to  be  found  in  the  fact  that  the  araiW* 
brought  into  the  field  at  that  period  were  I^tim 
for  the  immediate  occasion,  at  the  call  of  lli<^ 
feudal  superior,  and  on  a  defeat  they  enibr»cta 
the  opportunity  of  returning  to  their  homw;  ^ 
f&ct,jfeazcd  away,  which  from  this  circumi?tftnoe 
came  to  signify  being  defeated  or  beaten,    A.  I* 

TiTLERS  OP  Sugar  {4*''  S.  vL  500 ;  vii.  110.)- 
F.  CML  says  that  a  titter  weighs  about  ten  pound* 
1  have  1  Hi  fore  me  the  bill  of  a  large  London  gfOO'J 
in  which  occurs  the  item  *'  1  Tiller  Suirar  .3o4  Ib^* 

HAW, 

«  Science  "  a^vd  '*  Art"  (4^  S.  vii.  89.)-Tb« 
confusion  of  use  of  these  words  was  very  well 
cleared  some  years  ago  by  a  writer  in  Chamheff^ 
Jounmh  He  said  **  science  *'  had  exclusive  ff^*^ 
ence  to  the  workfi  of  God  ;  *^  art "  exclusive  t^^^^' 
ence  to  the  works  of  man.  The  line  thus  Atr^ 
\  \b  '^tc^M^j^i  w^  ^'Evcid  as  any  that  can  be  drawa.  **  - 


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X  II 

■Kpnse 
RInert 


Is  certainly  time  Bome  rule  was  laid  down,  for  no 
two  words  in  the  language  are  more  u^d  wrong- 
msiy.  W.  H. 

Cnpar-Fife. 

TuoM.^oN  A  Drijid  (4*''  S.  tU*  970 — ^  believe 

t  Collins  here  uses  the  word  "  Druid  "  in  the 

of  Britirih  bard,  or  national  poet.     Without 

ning  the  peculiar  propriety  of  this  epithet  aa 

applied  to  Tnomaoa,  1  submit  that  this  is  the 
Ti^ual  raeauiog  of  the  word  in  poetry*  which  natu- 
mlly  disrt'garda  the  sacerdotal  and  other  sides  of 
the  Druid's  life,  except  that  of  bard*  Compare  In 
tli6  aatne  poet^s  ode  to  Liberty  : — 

**  The  chiefs  viho  dU  our  Albion*a  story 

Hear  their  conswrtcd  Dmids  sing 
Their  triumphs  to  th'  immortal  string*** 

Alao  Cowper's  conception  of  a  Druid  in  his  "  Boa- 
dicea,**  J.  IL  J.  Oakley. 

Croydon, 

Ib  not  Si!BPHES^  Jackson  *8  <juery  answered  by 
the  la^t  Terse  of  the  dirge  itaelf  ? — 

"  Long*  long  thy  atone  and  pointed  d&y 
Shall  melt  the  muiiifi^  Britorrs  eyes: 
O!  vateM  and  wild  woodt^  shall  hi>  ^3% 
In  yonder  grave  your  Druid  lies." 

Collinf,  I  thiuk,  considered  him  (Thomson)  as 
Nature's  high  prieatand  poet ;  delighting,  like  the 
Druid  page,  in  leafy  solitudes  and  in  the  silent 
but  eloquent  language  of  hills  and  rales  and  founts 
And  babbling  streams.  J,  A*  D. 

Cariabrooke. 

Fk4»t  of  THfi  Natititt  (of  oxtr  Lort>)  (4***  S, 
142.) — That  there  was  among  the  Orientala  a 
_^  t  diversity  in  celebrating  the  day  on  which 
our  divine  Redeemer  was  born,  is  evident  from 
the  early  Fathers.  St.  Clement  of  Alexandria, 
who  died  i^ery  early  in  the  third  century,  ob- 
KTf  ee  that  there  were  aorae  who  were  not  only 
carious  to  as^iiigii  the  year,  bnt  even  the  dfty  of  our 
Lord's  nativity,  which  they  said  was  in  the 
tweoty-iighth  year  of  Augustus,  and  on  the  StOth 
of  the  mo  ith  Pachon  (the  Egyptian  month  be- 
ginning on  the  iiOth  of  April). 

«^  fidtrxitf  rh  (rQs^  dUX^  isal  ri)v  fifiipav  rpoffriStvrts  *  !)»' 
^A<rtp  frovj  #rV  AvyotfirroUf  h  w/^irrp  n^x*»'*'  '^^  fXttaJ&t. 

lie  goes  on  to  state  the  practice  of  the  followers 
of  Ba^ilid^s  in  celebrating  the  time$  of  our  Sa- 
Ti  -'  <  ptiain  and  of  his  passion;  and  adds  that 
»  I 'm  alfto  said  that  he  was  born  on  the 

*^ ^ah  of  PharmuLhi  (which  began  on  our 

27th  of  March). 

Na)  ^V  Tti'fi  atitutif  ^a/Tt  ^apfiovOi  yty ^i^yriirdap  a'^', 
l»  aV, 

S.  Clem.  Alex.,  Stromat.^  lib,  i.poti  med, 

Caa»ian  testifies  that  the  more  common  practice 
oC  the  churches  of  Egypt  was  to  keep  the  nativity 
of  our  Lord  on  the  *6th  of  January.     (CaasiaJ. 


■freal 


CoUai.  X.  cap.  ii.)  The  same  U  stated  of  the 
churches  of  Cyprus,  Antioch,  and  other  Oriental 
churches,  by  St.  Epiphanius  (KrpofuL  Fidei\  xxii.) : 
and  St.  John  Chrysostom  (IJom*  xxi.  de  Natali 
Chn'sti)  informs  his  hearers  that  the  Eastern 
churches  towards  the  end  of  the  fourth  century, 
bein^?  taught  better  by  those  of  the  West,  fixed 
the  day  on  the  25th  of  December. 

'*  Hie  dies,  quum  ab  exordio  il%  qui  in  Occidento  ha- 
bitant, cognitus  fuerit;  nunc  ad  nm  demura  non  ante 
malto!)  annos  transmiasos  ita  iacrevit,'*  &c, 

Z.  Z.  further  inquires  at  what  time  the  festival 
of  Christmas  assumed  the  character  of  saturnalia. 
Probably  very  soon,  fwm  the  proneness  of  men  to 
turn  the  most  sacred  festivals  into  seasons  of  pro- 
fane joy  and  worldly  festivity.  Thus  we  find  the 
emperor  Theodosiua  the  younger,  in  the  early  part 
of  the  fifth  century,  severely  prohibiting  games 
nnd  public  spectacles  on  the  nativity  of  our  Lord, 
the  same  as  on  Sundays.  {Cad,  Thcodos,^  lib.  xv. 
tit.  5,  de  Spedaadts.)  F.  C,  H, 

•'ElKnN  BA21AIKH'  (4^  S,  viL  0.)— After  the 
curiou3  and  valuable  piece  of  evidence  communi- 
cated by  Mb.  SLEron  as  to  the  authorship  of  this 
celebrated  book,  the  opinions  of  so  capable  a 
critic  as  Southey  may  bo  read  Tvith  some  in- 
terest : — 

"  Among  other  booka  I  have  been  reading  the  Efftwii 
BatnktK-fjj  which  never  fell  in  nay  way  before.  The  ovi- 
tlenee  concerning  iU  atithenlidty  b  more  curiously 
balanced  than  in  any  other  case,  except  pcrhnps  thnt  of 
the  two  Alexander  Cunninghama ;  but  the  intcmul  evi- 
denci;  h  strongly  in  Jt,H  favour^  and  I  very  much  doubt 
whether  any  man  could  have  written  it  in  a  fi^.tilioua^ 
charoctor,  tho  charrtoter  ia  bo  perfectly  obaerved.  If  it 
ba  genuine  (which  I  believe  it  to  be  as  much  as  a  man 
can  believe  the  authenticity  of  onythioij  which  haa  been 
boldly  iii].|iUirnei|)  it  is  one  of  the  moat  intereatLng  books 
connected  with  English  imton'/*  —  Life  nnd  Letiertj 
V.  81. 

Again  :— 

"  Wurdswortfii  the  Alaster  of  Trinity^  has  juat  pub- 
lishf'd  a  volume  concerning  the  Efitw*/  BcunhiKht  a  ques- 
tion ui  no  Iridhi^  importance,  both  to  our  political  and 
literary  hbtory.  As  far  aa  minute  and  accamulativo 
evidence  can  amount  to  proof,  he  has  proved  it  to  bo 
genuine.  For  myself,  I  have  never,  since  I  read  the  Itook, 
thousbt  that  any  tinprcjudicetl  person  could  <rntertairi  a 
doobt  conceniin'jj  it.  1  am  the  more  pr.i tilled  that  this 
full  and  vaLisiifactory  investigation  has  been  made,  because 
it  grew  out  of  a  conversation  between  the  two  Words- 
wort  h«  and  myself  at  Eydal  a  year  or  two  ago.'*— /6*  199. 

To  this  may  be  added  the  testimony  of  South, 
which  I  happen  to  have  just  come  across : — 

",  ,  ,  .  Let  hb  own  writings  serve  for  a  Witney*?,  which 
speak  him  00  less  an  author  than  a  monarchy  composed 
with  iiucti  an  unfailing  accuracy,  such  a  commanding 
mfljt;vHtiik  pnthnx^  A4  if  they  had  been  written  not  with  a 
pen  but  with  a  sceptre:  atid  aa  for  those  whoae  virulent 
and  ridicuhrus  calumntCi;  ascribe  that  incomptrnble  work 
til  olhcr-i,  'tis  a  sufficient  argument  that  those  did  not* 
becauf^  thev  could  not  write  it,  *'Th  hard  to  countcrfdt 
the  spirit  of  majcstv,  and  the  inimitable  peculiarities  of 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES.         [-i^s-vu.  MAroniLTL^ 


An  incomnitinicable  genius," — ^A  Sermon  pruaf'iUM  on  tho 
sxx^^  of  Janunrv.  (^PosthunutH^  Workn  of  the  /ate  Mev, 
Ii<tbcrt  South,  D\D,,  «vo,    London,  1717,  p.  153.) 

A\'iTXiAM  Bates, 

Birmiogh^m. 

Tee  vStrai^ht  Gate  jlnu  Nabro-vv  Wat  (4^** 
S.  vii  O.'V)— In  reference  to  t!ie  "  Broad  Rnd 
Narrow  Way/'  the  following  extrtict  from  Win- 
wood  licftde'a  Savfujc  Africa  (p,  559}  may  Le 
thought  interesting : — 

*'  Tho  I  bo  nes;Tf>e3  describe  tbe  soul  of  man  as  poiucsitrnj^ 
tbe  Mmo  subtle  nuturc  oa  bb  *hiidow.  They  my  ibat 
each  »oui  Ls  accompanied  upon  the  way  to  iU  nppomted 
plooQ  by  two  $|jirit3 — u  gooii  nod  an  evil  one.  It  has  to 
MM  ovcf  ft  dniij^^^roua  wnll^  by  which  tho  road  is  dividccU 
The  good  spirit  helps  tbe  soul  Imppily;  the  evil  ooo 
koockfl  hia  head  ogflinit  it.  After  thn  tvVo  rcnd^  appear, 
one  h  nJirroir  and  the  other  broad.  Dy  the  narrow  road 
tbe  good  soul  is  led  by  its  jL^uardiafi  geniaa  to  trod  the 
merdfal  and  supreme;  by  the  broad  road  the  ivickefl 
floul  Id  led  by  iU  demon  to  a  place  ivhiob  is  alHrays  dark.'* 

Surely  this  must  be  the  reniaiiis  of  Chriatlan 
teaching.  Cliffoe©  W*  Towse. 

St,  John's  Coli,  Camb. 

Th©  parage  from  Kebes  quoted  by  the  Rev. 
Mr.  Tew  is  quoted  %  tho  late  Bean  Alford,  in 
hk  Grefk  Teatament  on  St.  Matt,  vii.  14. 

W.  A.  B.  O. 

Tbo  parallel  pftasagea  from  Jfatthew  vii.  14 
and  Cebea  (Tabula)  would  certainly  furniah  cu- 
rious matt<^r  of  ctinipariaon  if  the  latter  bad  been 
written  four  hundred  years  before  the  former,  aa 
Mb.  Tew  aasumes.  But  the  truth  is,  that  the 
genuineness  of  the  Tabula  of  Cebes  haa  been,  to 
Bav  the  least  of  it,  seriously  disputed.  Some  as- 
cribe it  to  another  Cebes,  who  lived  under  Marcus 
Aurelius;  some,  ^ho  believe  it  to  bo  partJLy  au- 
thentic, suspect  it  of  having  been  much  *' cooked'* 
by  restorers,  as  indeed  ia  in  eome  places  indis- 
putable. The  inference  ia  verj  atron^^  that  the 
later  Stoic  who  composed  this  interesting  parable 
borrowed  from  Scripture.      Jean  le  Trouvbue* 

MoRB  FAMn.T  (41"  S.  ii.  365,  422,  449;  iii. 
26Gj  iv.  01,  82,  104, 147.)— I  have  been  hopitig 
that  Mr,  Alois  Wright^  or  eorae  other  gentle- 
tnan,  would  have  givea  me  a  solution  of  the  in- 
quiry I  sought  as  to  the  armorial  bearings  civeA 
to  the  chancellor'a  family  in  the  MS.  collection  of 
Bonum  Catholic  families  I  alluded  to,  viz.,  **  Or, 
a  torteau  chargi^d  with  a  moorcock  ar.  and  two 
lions  passant  guardant  in  pale  gu.  between  m 
many  flaunches  ar,  each  charged  with  a  fleiir-de- 
lia  si;* 

Although  in  the  MS.  the  pedigree  is  given  at 
length,  no  allusion  is  made  to  the  other  bearinga 
of  the  famiiv,  yet  1  cannot  find  any  record  of  the 
{amUy  ever  having  borne  the  arms  stated  in  the 
MS,  I  C4m  only  suppose  my  theory  to  be  the 
most  probable  one,  i,  e.,  that  these  arms  were 
granted  hf  the  exiled  Stuart  MngB  to  Ba^l  More, 
wita  went  into  ejdle  with  them  at  St,  Getmam-, 


and  thnt  the  MS.  beincf  exclusively  of  Romwi 
Catholic  families  who  adhered  to  the  fallen  dy- 
nasty, would  not  recognise  tbe  coat  ratified  by  the 
heralds  of  the  heretic  monarchal,  more  than  it  dotA 
those  members  of  this  same  family  who  *'  dege- 
nerated from  the  religion  of  their  ancedtors,''  aod 
became  '*  lost "  in  the  estimation  of  th©  direct 
branchy  aud  struck  out  altogether  from  the  gefM» 
alogical  tree. 

1  have  never  been  able  entirely  to  discard  the 
pedigree  ascribed  to  Sir  Thomas  More  in  tJiAt 
curious  book  by  Thomas  de  Escallers  de  la  More, 
Barrister  of  GrRy's  Inn,  published  in  London  ia 
1049,  where  he  makes  him  descend  from — 

**  Laurcntiua  de  la  More,  qui  erat  in  exerdta  WiUidmi 
Bastard  i  Jli-gw  in  Conquestu  a  no  Rcgni  AnglL-e,  and  Sir 
Thomas  de  la  More,  Knfgbt,  who  was  a  courtier  in  tb» 
reigns  of  Edward  the  Finjt,  Second,  and  Third,  and  wast 
servant  (and  wrote  tbe  life)  of  King  Edward  the  Seowd." 

I  do  not  see  why  this  is  not  as  likely  io  be 
conect  as  tbe  tradition  which  Cresacre  Moremeu- 
tions,  as  **  having  heard*'  that  (his  family)  ^'eitber 
came  out  of  the  Mores  of  Ireland,  or  they  am» 
out  of  us" ;  for,  as  he  says,  **  Although  by  reaMU 
of  King  Henry's  seizure  of  all  our  evidences,  w« 
cannot  certainly  tell  who  were  Sir  John*s  aucea- 
tors,  yet  must  they  needs  be  gentlemen."  Thai 
they  did  not  come  out  of  the  Mores  of  Ireland  k 
clear,  aa  the  families  he  alludes  to  did  not  settle 
in  Ireland  till  after  the  chanceUor*s  death,  and  in 
the  other  case,  which  is  not  improbable,  it  would 
in  no  way  militate  against  the  pedigree  abota 
stated,  whether  the  writer  was,  as  he  caSs  himseir, 
a  grandson,  or  any  more  remote  descendant  of 
the  illiistrious  chancellor.  Will  Mb.  Wrwhtoc 
some  of  the  gentlemen  who  have  turned  ihdt 
thoughts  to  the  history  of  this  great  niflu,  lend 
me  their  assistance  in  unriddling  the  mysterj 
attached  to  his  ancestry  ?  C.  T.  J.  MooEX* 

Frompton  llallr  near  Bo»ton« 

Lhigh  TIcint's  "  The  Months,**  etc.  (4^  S. 
vL  108,  245.) — The  most  observing  writers  liiT« 
often  made  most  serious  mistakes  as  regards  tbe 
proper  time  of  the  annual  or  exact  appearance  of 
certain  flowers,  serving  their  purpose  in  a  poeo 
or  work  of  fiction*  Not  all  are  so  careful  as  Goethe 
who,  in  his  Sorrows  of  Wertetj  gives  almost  tht 
exact  day  of  — 

"...   the  Lime,  the  odorous  lime. 
With  taaselfl  of  gold  and  leavea  so  green,**  * 

being  in  Its  full  beauty  at  dear  little  WakOmi»* 
I  remember  (hut  cannot  lay  bauds  on  the  vobuw 
in  question)  Sir  John  Barrow  in  his  Autol>iopT^ 
speaking  of  a  mountain-ash  (Sorbus  auatpttrutfU) 
in  bis  native  home  being  covered  with  its  hmi' 
some  shining  scarlet  berries  in  the  month  of /<*»'* 
And  in  Scotland,  too,  where  this  could  never  tik* 
place  before  the  end  of  August,     Of  modern  B^ 


I 


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li^^  of  poetry  and  fiction,  ladiea  as  a  rule 

|i'i  attention  to  thia  kind  of  thing  than 

til  ^t*x  "  (with  the  exception  of  the  all- 

€>}  A'ordsworth  of    course)  j    and  of  the 

fi>  0  Eliot"  (I  am  just  thinking  of 

li'  of  the  hedgerows  in  Adam  Bede) 

»eem^  i'>  m  '  the  moat  acute.      The  remarks  of 
the  graceful  Caroline  Bowles  will  verify  my  own 

remikrk.  Hebmai^n  ICin^dt. 

Asff»Tm5RR8  ofFxtrkess  (4*  S.  xL  411,  582; 
Tli.  131.) — W'itli  respect  to  query  5,  p.  413,  last 
volume^  ft  correspondent  of  the  Ulverston  Adcer- 
'  has  eupplied  the  following : — 

"Thtt  Rev.  \V.  Ashbomer  was  the  eon  of  Geo,  Ashbur- 


r  -'^'  c  "'"^^  Low  Fumess,  and  was  baptised  at  Aiding* 
on  the  5th  of  Januarj',   1763;   his  father. 


ii  iier(*onof  JohnAshburnerof  Aldioghani),,wafl 

h«pii»i:d  at  the  same  church  on  Jane  13th,  173L  Furtlu^r 
TCKarch  at  Aldingham  church  and  Dalton  church  would, 
so  doubt,  brini^r  further  particulars  respecting  other  mem- 
ben  of  the  family  of  A*h  burners  to  light." 

The  writer  of  this  believes  himself  to  be  de- 
scended from  the  William  and  Thomas  Ashbumer 
rf  iJublin  mentioned  by  the  correspondent  of 
*"  N\  .t  Q/'  in  the  article  published  about  Novem- 
ber L\5t,  and  would  be  glad  to  communicate  with 
the  said  correepoodent^  under  cover  of  address, 
^J.  U.  R,,  Advertiser  OfEce,  Ulveraton,  North 
Uacashire."  J,  R  R. 

I  fegret  I  bare  not  bad  time  to  thank  your 
ttmrteooa  correspondents  earlier  for  the  ioforma- 
Urn  th^  have  already  kindly  given  me*    I  be- 
i^^ty  of  the  advowson  of  Urawick  at  one 
M?d  to  the  family.     Of  course  it  would 
I  -Testing  t'O  trace  the  forefathers  of  the 
I  Ash  burners  as  far  back  as  possible. 
'  here  is  no  certain  place  at  present  in 
'H  for  them,  some  further  infonnation 
>ubt  fix  the  particular  branch  to  which 
j.     It  is  highly  probable  that  the  Rev, 
-.,    .    .burner's  line  ivas  olwava  regarded  by 
lie  pAddr )ck  Hall  Adbbumers  as  being  their  nenv 
kLumtn,  and  I  think  it  will  be  found  that  they 
«Ofc  from  Francis  of   Frith   in   Cartmell,  the 
teith«r  of  Thomas  of  Paddock  Hall,  temp^Q^T.  U. 

T,  IlELSBr, 


NOTES  01^  BOOKS,  ETC. 
Teltt  nf  Old  Japan,    B^  A.  B.  Mitfofd*  Second  Secre- 
Hrr  of  iho  British  Legation  in  Japan.    In  Tu*o  Votumu, 
»  fUuftratioHS  drawn  and  cui  on  fFvod  htf  Japanae 
Aruat,    (SlacioUIan.) 

Ikdkiiiff  and  cfaaracterietic  aa  are  the  tnuntrationB  of 

^Wtk  uefore  qa,  which^  designed  by  a  Japanese  artiAt, 

fclW  U^m  cut  on  wood  by  a  famous  wood-engraver  at 

Ti4r  f>t  one  whit  more  so  than  are  the  in- 

***ni;  ;  lies  from  the  Land  of  Sunriao  which 

*     -"  ""-tnt.    The  vciy  first  itory  in 

v^aewn  lionins,"  exhibits  n 

j^ijirt  of  bis  retainers  towards 

.  feudal  krd^OQd  Le  it  remembered  that  the  story 


is  a  true  one— which  it  would  be  hard  to  paralleL  While*^ 
if  the  heroism  and  vengeance  have  in  thorn  aomethingi 
barbariCt  tbe  conduct  of  the  actor*  in  the  fearful  trag^edy  1 
e:xhibit»  a  desire  to  *?pare  the  inn«3cent  oivl  protect  front  1 
injury  the  iiei{j;hbourauf  their  victim,  which  h  citsentinUyJ 
chivalrous  in  its  nature.    Ami  when  we  tind,  as  we  do] 
fit>m  Mr.  Mitfonly  that  the  old  civilization  of  Japan  i|i  I 
fast  disappearing  before  the  new  ideas  which  the  inter*! 
course  of  the  last  eleven  years  with  the  western  races  haftl 
introduced  into  the  country',  we  fe«l  that  that  gentleman 
has  rendered  good  service  by  these  translations  of  a 
aelection  of  the  most  interesting   national  legends  and 
traditions.     Iii  these  tales,  with  the  exception  of  the 
Emf>eror  and  bin  Court — respect  lag  whom  Mr  MitfordJ 
could  tind  no  tulcs  in  which  they  plaved  a  conspicuonai 
part,  and  the  exception  is  a  remark  able  one— every  cliisM 
in  JapiiUf  the  lord  and  his  retainer,  the  wnrrior  and  thai 
priest,  the  bumble  artiisan  and  despised  Eta  or  pariahi] 
i  ail  tell  their  own  tales,  and  describe  themselves  in  a  wajl 
I  which  brings  their  social  condition  and  course  of  life  far] 

more  vividly  before  the  reader  than  cotild  be  obtained 
'  perhaps  in  Any  ot}jer  mode :  while  the  backgrounds  of 
j  the  pictures  are  filled  np  with  incidental   allusioiis  la 
I  manneis  and  customsi  the  arrangements  of  the  household* 
{  the  forms  of  worship,  the  divisions  of  the  day,  (he  natural 
,  history  of  the  country,  and  iuDumcrable  little  touchof  j 
illustrative  of  Japanese  life  and  manners — which  give  M 
coniplett?nes*  to  the  work,  and  make  it  what  wo  belie va  I 
it  to  be,  by  far  the  most  striking,  instructive,  and  authen- 
tic book  upon  Japan  and  the  Japanese  which  has  ever 
been  laid  before  the  English  reader. 

Diary  of  the  Emhauyfrom  King  Gtorge  of  Bohemia  to 
King  Louis  A'/,  of  France,  ^om  a  contemporary 
Mantttcriptf  literaltg  trandaitd  from  the  original  S/a- 
vonic,  Bjf  A,  H.  Wnitislaw,  M,A.,  &c.  (Bell  & 
DaJdy.) 

George  of  Bohemia,  regarded  as  the  wiseat  statesmsn 
of  his  day  in  Europe,  having,'  declined  to  reader  obedience 
to  the  Papal  See  in  oertflin  matters,  endeavoured  to  bring 
about  a  cotincil  of  crown e^l  heads  with  the  view  of  al* 
laying  the  confu^sion  existing  In  Europe,  and  of  restraining 
and  regulating  the  encroaching  spirit  of  the  Roman 
Curifl^  For  this  purpose  he  despatched  an  embassy  to 
Louis  XL  of  France;,  and  ihis  little  book  is  a  Diary  of 
such  embfissy,  and  a  very  curious  Diary  it  is.  It  would 
indeed  have  been  more  so,  but  that  the  jealousy  of  the 
Austrian  censorship  cut  out  many  passages  from  the 
transcript  j  and  something  of  a  kindr^  feeling  seems  to 
bave  led  to  the  abatraction  of  the  original  MS.  from  the 
archives  of  Budweia  in  Uohemla,  where  it  was  formerly 
preserved,  but  where  it  is  no  longer  to  be  found*  Still  the 
book  presents  many  curious  pictures  of  social  life,  and 
half  an  hour  may  be  spent  very  pleasantly  in  its  perusal. 

Books  bkceivep. —  Trantactiona  of  the  Historicai  So- 
ciitlg  of  Gnat  Britain^  Vol.  /.,  Pari  I,  (Printed  for  the 
Society),  contains  several  interesting  papers,  among 
which' we  would  notice  that  by  Mr,  Bond  *'On  the  Chris- 
tian Era,"*— Sir  John  Bowriiig's  Latin  Ajjhorijtms  awl 
JProverbtj  verstfed  by  Shakespeare ;  and  Dr.  Roger's  ATc- 
inoiV  and  Poems  of  Sir  Robert  Ajftoun.^Tl^e  fUrald  and 
Geneatogist,  Itv  John  Gough  Nichnln,  F,S,A.,  Port 
XXXI  L  (Nichols),  contains,  among  other  papers  of  great 
value  and  interest,  one  on  *'  Royal  Descents  of  Peer?/'  by 
the  late  Lord  Farnham,  which  is  followed  by  a  Memoir 
of  that  able  and  accorapHshed  nohlemAn.^^The  Bookuform; 
an  ittust rated  Literary  and  SiNiooraphicat  Revi^tPt  Pari 
XIL,  for  1870.  Our  readers  will  share  our  regret  that 
owing  to  the  late  horrid  war,  this  nttmber  whioh  eom- 
pletes  the  fifth  volume  closes  this  curious  and  Instnietivs 
periodical,  the  only  one  which  la  exclusively  devaUd  to 
Dibliography, 


228 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES.  [4*s.viLii»a«,xi.7L 


The  publishing  firms  of  Ix»n<1on  have  jtiBt  lost  two 
k  well  known  and  most  respected  niem?w?ra  of  Uiat  bodr, 
JAr.  Utmry  Blacketl,  of  the  firm  of  IJnr»t  A  Blackett 
of  Great '  Marlboroujtjh  Street,  diH  on  Mond&y  last 
from  an  attack  of  apoplexy,  in  his  forty-fifth  yearr  Mr. 
Sampson  Low,  Jun,,  whosc^  namt-  was  wtill  known  in 
connection  with  many  philanthropic  institution!^  nnd who 
was  not  only  a  pulili.ihcT  bat  an  author — as  hia  uaeftil 
Acetmnt  of'tht  London  Charities,  frequpiitly  reprinted, 
amply  teMifles — died  on  Sunday  last,  s^d  forty- eight, 
after  many  years  of  suffering  borne  with  Cbmtiaii 
resignmion, 

AuTOORArHS. — The  fyl lowing  nre  the  prices  of  a  (ew 

cf  the  niore  important   lotjs  wliiiih  have  been  recently 

aold  by  Messrs.   Puttick  ami  Simp-^fln :  —Lot  16,  King 

Edward  IV.  and  }m  briither,  when  thirtven  yearn  &[ 

ai^e,  32/.;  68,  Cctrrespondenco  relatinj?  to  the  Tilarrtage 

of  Charles  I.  and  Iknriutta  Maria^  iU. ;  ^3,  A  Sij^atnre 

k«f  OliFef  Cromwell, ;)/.  !»,;  IIS^  Quopn  Elizabi'th,  sif^a- 

\  tore  on  vellomt  St.  13f .  j  l.'JO,  Letter t>f  Ilenr^^  Hammond, 

f  the  eminent  Divine  TjL  ■  236  to  244,  Nioe  Lettfira  of  Lord 

If elion,  34/. ;  294,  VoUnfre,  Hijned  in  full.  31.  15*.  \  307 

to  309,  Three  Lettem  of  John  Wealin%  dL  18*. 

TitE  ATitENJjrM  hm  the  following' :  — Mr,  E.  Brock's 
Te'«dilion  of  the  fine  alliterative  poom  of"  Morte  Arthure** 
ii  iKtarly  rea.dy  for  thii  Early  English  Text  Society, 

The  Rfh  Rivpji  Expkpitio:?, — Messrs-  Macraillan 

L-^  Co,  will   shortly  publi^h  a  '*  Xarrntixe  of  the  lied 

'  River  Expedition/'   by  Captain    Hu^^the,   who   Rccom- 

panied  the  expedition  in  the  capacity  uf  private  nccretary 

to  the  commander,  Col.  Sir  Garnet  Wolalcy, 

America?!  Bookh. — Tn  the  year  1^70, 2,004  new  books, 

including  new  ciliiiontt,  were  published   in   the  United 

States.     1/2^*0  were  original  American  work*,  582  were 

[fieprinls  of  Kngll.<^h  book.i,  and  172  wero  tranjilationa  or 

Ifeprint*  of  forei^jn  books.    Classified  accordin^'^  to  3ul>- 

'  cts,  264  belont^d  to  thcolojE;:^',  3oG  to  fiction,  151  to  law, 

J  to  art*,  s^cienct-H,  nml  tine  arti* ;  1^3  to  trade,  ciimmeree, 

'tioUticis;  f>4  to  travel  and  geij^raphical  research,  l(Jk>  to 

history  end  biography,  122  to  poetry  and  the  drania,  112 

to  medicine  and  surgiry,  111  ware  educational  worki,  GO 

were  animals,  2i^o  werejtivenile  works,  180  were  miaceJ- 

neou.H  worki?. —  Sampson  Law'*  Mfmthhj  Bnllftin. 

The  Pu»t  savfl  :-^\Ve  hear  that  Sir  Robert  Peel  has  aold 
a  valuable  cufetion  of  pictures  works  of  the  old  masters, 
comprising  tlio  fincHt  llobbema  in  existeace,  as  well  as 
the  "Chapcan  de  Pnille,"  and  a  number  of  other  cA*/#* 
diruvrt,  to  the  iiattan.  Tho  Govemracnt  have  become 
purchasers  at  a  priee  of  mm^  70,0 OUiF. — a  fijs^re  which 
does  credit  to  Sir  Kobert  Peers  liherality,  for  he  could 
have  coramandetl  fnr  more  money  at  Chrialie's.  The 
purchase  will  not  disturb  Mr,  Lowers  Budget,  a*  tho 
iruRteejt  of  the  National  Gallery  have  9,000/.  in  hand  from 
la-Ht  year^  and  with  thia  their  annnal  ■absJdy  of  10,00-0/. 
a  year  will  enable  tbem  easily  to  make  all  necessary 
Afrangementa. 

Tub  Auhky  of  St.  Albans.  —  Not  only  Fngli^h 
churchmen,  not  only  eei.de:!i:ia^tical  antir^uancH,  hut  all 
who  know  what  a  centre  of  cmli=iation  St.  Albans  woa 
in  former  time?,  will  heur  with  deep  regret  that  the  recent 
dry  summers  have  m  afleciod  the  f  jumlatiotia  of  the 
irenerable  abbey  aa  to  render  imperative  immediate  steps 
for  ita  preservation.  It  is  said  that  to  do  this  ctlcctually 
DO  less  a  sum  than  40,0ou/.  will  b^  required.  But  the 
state  of  the  tower  roquirinf;  instant  attention,  a  preli- 
minary meeting  of  gentlemen  connected  with  Ilertford- 
ahire  ban  been  held  At  Ltrd  \>ruUmX  and  a  subscription 
entered  Into  to  dtfnty  thi:  t!:^pen«e»  of  securing  the  safety 
of  that  import&nt  pii'it  of  the  abbey. 


BOOKS    AND    ODD    TOLUMES 

WANTIID  TO   PrBCHASK, 

F&nictitAri  of  PHoe^  Ac.,  «r  tbe  MUonHnc  Book*  lo  t»  wni  Alftt  I0 
tii«cr«Qtlemrn  hj  whom  i}Mi7«i«  rtQQftnd.  vtkow  nBmm  ttod  Mlilto— 
art  given  fur  tUoi  ptirpon:  — 

CLArRmiTM  A7III.S.    Hub  relbfiotd  Mn^uicrr,  in(Vj  FroBtiaket^ 

1Pattbr»  Fon  Voi??ft»  {STt^inciiTfl  ts  Tirt  UirrvnianT,  kI  Ibrife  la^ 

the  E^lfr  of  Mr.  Amhni*e  UoritHekt.    Lnnd<iii»  1749. 
Mixon,  MnHAI.H,  U\  John  U-nrrinc.    Vol.  UI. 
Felix  jirMycai.r'H  IUnuh'Khc  rott  raa  CiTV  OF  C4!rTT«Bntr:2, 

I.iv  ISuidll.   T 

Rom  i)m«  tn  Cmr- 

Am  or  wiifcaiE^L 

NAil,L.1Lil>  ,.    y>t      iUK.    J. IMS     AAW     MUAtii    Oir .       Sni 

Ditto,  tterri 111 c<L    «v<>.    N<*wt»,*l.k.]!i]7. 

Tiiii  Lirs  OF  LATR  RXT.  Joux  4oH7no!f,  A.ll.,ati.,  by  iti»la|ft| 
ThtilUM  ami,  LL.D.    «va,     J^intkin.  I74lv 

AarifaiBKor  SAycRorT's  OocAaiojiAi.  ScKVOXt.  with  • 

on  hi*  life.  &ti,    IrtW, 
V^Ai.Tm   Pop*  :  An  Awendi*  to  the  Ufc  of  «<tli.  Lord  J 

iRatitbiirr,     I^indon,  1«97. 

Waated  by  JTr,  J,  r.  Strm^tU,  }y  Uin»r  Brwik  t  . 
lOulx  if  quite  clftdn  And  iicrlbcCJ 


i 


i^Anrnv  Mi««kT..    1M4.    All  or  p^jit. 

nnRviAniiTif  KKoiirntBii.   »vo. 

SAitnu.  «r  Vrirk  Strricc  Bt»k«. 

jAJf KB  I/»  \VoBK(4.  fctlio,    Iaf^  tnit  tiaperfeet  o^nr  «<Q  4ft. 

Ear  If  Sent*  Vk>uk*. 

rrlnls  t)T  Hn_V(terh'wir.  RcinbTa.T)flt.  «Dd  R«r1j  Cacr*T«fs. 

PurtTAJ  U  t.f  Ixml  Dudley  and  Wanl.    1 7H0>  a& 

Eripli«h  MAniiicri|iftA. 

Tnle  to  CTi»|.1n  I^m«c'*  B5Mc  PrinU. 

WAutvd  bf  £<v^,  J,  C.  Jitrlcum,  li,  UAnof  Ttmux,  Amltitfil  Bo«{, 
U&ckn«ytN.K. 


I 


Ifrntrix's  T.i  rr  np  Sitt!f,lmy. 

Tuv  I     sn  or  Urao^v  ajit)  SHEUtsr. 

>lAi  or  I-iOtto  Briv>Tt. 

Uvi.  uridCrttic«.ti)  J.  S.  Moot*.        * 

MIJ.U....    -    .,.,,.,,  .,;  ll.lKBuiwcr. 

LirN  ii§>  UvkiiiiiS,  Lr}  AniL-,trrinc. 

TlIK  RlVfLrxH  ;  B  Driaun.  hjr  M.  F.  IVmcttl, 

WAutcd  by  itr.  JiiAn  mUtfu  n.  Great  &ib«sU  StrvH,  W<iC. 


Pkaoooe'a  Gir!nr»  or  nn  TnAim. 

— HBAbLOso  lUu.,*c.,  beinc  Vol.  LTH.  or*Iirti«» 

Wanted  l>y  Mr.  Mortimtr  OtUltu,  Kaowl  Hill.  1 


WnjiflTTT's  HiHTOHV  or  Easax.    The  Faru  omlainliie  p^N  Ml  V 
codtVal.  11.  ^ 

Wanliid  by  Aft ,  S,  Sm ttA.t,  F«niTjf oke  Ha«d«  WaJlhaiirtflr. 


Coircn  TriK  Ai,T.Frijr:n  CkstexakiA'??. —  Th  At 

which   Wt  appended   in    Mu.    t'oi.B   Caukw*S   pf««/ tMl 
Omch  was  95  and  not  110  fantfe,  p.  2t)0),  wt  omtttedtk' 
name  of  the  ship  on  Aoarflf  of  which  hf  tniered  rAm  aaM 
tten  ffears  of  affe   in  June^  1794.     It  wot  the  Bitofllktf'f  | 
which  was  commitsioned  in  that  jfear. 

Makrociieih  wit!  find  the  couplet — 
"  Who  mnke<i  the  quartern  loaf  and  Luddites  riae? 

Who  fills  the  butchers*  shops  with  large  bluafiieif* 
in  eAe  Jlejecied  Addressei. 

W,G.STfi^K,—*'Efistem  Story**  tL*ilt  be  found  nm 
at  p.  131,      I  out  appear   to  have  bf.tn  ditfio/NiW,  M<*  j 
jAtf//  be  cffad  to  insert  further  i!»/rirw*»/ion.  ,  i 

Errata.— l»h  S.  vi.  p.  167,  col.  ji.  line  l,^if  "iu«». 
retui  "  naraer  " ;  line  "it/af  **  voice  **  read  **  vote  '* ;  fk.  i^ 
coU  rl.  lIuL'  28j/.*r  "  Dio^cne^^d  Laartitu  **  road  •'  Dwg** 
LaertiuO 


and 

auinio 


1^  S,  TO,  March  18, 71.]  NOTES  AND   QUEHIES- 


229 


LOMDOir,  &ATURBAT,  MARCH  IMSTl. 


CONTENXa— N*  168, 
^nyrXS  ?  —  a  Letter  of  Edward  IV„  229  —  On  the  Conjoint 
Froprielioribip  In  Ben  Joiuon'a  Worki,  £S0  —  lAnciJihf  re 
Funertl  Cutioznt,  S3l  --Swias  Bpring  Bong.  Tb.  —  John 
B!y«r— Eecovety  of  Fcock  Gbnrcli  Bcf^iflier— Bash  State- 
amto  —  MS.  Nota»  on  Ply-I«ivei  —  "  WeU-nigh  "  for 
"Almoft":  "Once  mnd  again"— "  Mother  Red  Cap"  — 
Wordsworth :  Constable,  ic.  —  Curioua  Propbpcy  —  Wild 
Froita  in  Germany,  238. 

^TTSttlES:  —  Albaney  and  Amonderllle  -^  Arunde]  and 
Aratidello — Mordecai  Gary  — A  one  (Ciiapman)  Knii^ht- 
ley  —  Mrs.  Mary  Churcbill  —  Lnrd  Dudley  and  Wanl.  1784 
—  WiJliam  Fcnwick,  Mayor  of  Hull —German  Princcn  — 
**God*9  Baby  "  —  Good  8ir  ami  Dear  Sir— Lines  on  tho 
Bsman  Ear  —  Geor^p  London  —  Macaulay'a  Balladi  — 
ledical  Order  of  8t,  Jobn  —  Meaning  of  "Naccarine"  — 
?Bll  ?.  and  the  Vf  netiana  —  Pipe  Roll,  5  Stephen— Punch- 
kdte  of  George  IIL  — Herjeant  Saik<.4d  —  Sickle  Boyne  : 
IdfiDa  Money  —  Tnipp's  "  Virgil  "  —  Lancaahifo  Witcbei 
-woodcut  Initial  Letters,  2S4^ 

IBFLrES:  —  Gainabonragh's  ^*Blue  Boy,"  237  — Britiah 
%e^eA  Chariots  i  Mra,  Markham.  240  -  The  Complotion 
«f  St,  hmra  Cathedral,  241-Sir  William  Roger,  Knt..  242— 
EmcSKh  Disceiit  of  rMniel  O'Couni'll*  /A.  —  Dr.  JobnBon'8 
Vitch  —  Stamp  on  Picture  Canvaa  —  Btilta  =  Cratchoa  — 
Hocampano  —  BocpR  Ornamentation  —  La  Caracolo  —  Who 
ti  a  Laird ?  —  "  Thoufyrh  lo«t  to  Siffht.  to  Memory  dear  ** ^ 
JI*T,  8.  Henley's  KuKli^h  "  Vathek"  — IIoc?Hy,  the  Ger- 
ma  Poet  —The  Dragon  — Weaver's  Art  —  Sheerwort -* 
WgfT—  Cobblers*  Lampa  hi  Italy  —  "  Queen  Argenia  "— 
Vanraen :  Waits—*'  Uilarioii's  Servant,  tho  Sago  Crow  ** 
^Uttral  Painting  in  Star»to»  Church,  Norfolk— A  Black- 
«Hinlrj  Legend,  Ac,  24a. 

Xfltei  m  Books.  Ac, 


E 


A  LETTER  OF  EDWARD  IV, 
Ajttong  a  collection  of  mitogmpbs  recently  sold 
h  Measfs,  Puttick  Sc  Simpson  waa  one  document 
wBt  will  c«rtAinljr  poBsesa  some  iDterest  for  mj 
'iitw$  hiatoriftn  of  tlie  Whtb  of  tlie  Roses.  It 
|nrfeg«j8  to  be  a  letter  from  Edward  IV.^  tben 
mtI  of  Marcli,  and  his  brother  tbe  Earl  of  Rut- 
W.  written  on  December  10,  14C50,  within  llireo 
**?«  before  the  battle  of  Wakefield ,  in  which 
tb  litter  WAS  slain  ;  and  bo  greatly  waa  ita 
Cttriority  eateemed  by  the  eellers,  that  it  is  tmn- 
•ftibed  at  fuH  length,  although  with  eomo  mac- 
^^UMiiAg,  in  the  sale  catalogue.  It  was  aold  for 
Jhii^-two  pound B»  Afl  it  has  not  been  secured 
%tbe  BntiBh   Museum,  and  there  are  several 

r>iate  ID  connection  witli  it  that  suggest  inquiry, 
l»e^  leave  to  send  you  a  more  accurate  copy  than 
™*t  b  the  auctioneers'  catalogue  :— 
J^  EarU  of  March  and  Ru(hnd  to  the  Dnkt;  of  Milan. 

/^nioiitriaaime  Princepset  Excellentissime  Domine^  po#t 
^'Bdoaaa  aalaUtiones.  Ex  relAtione  f(|>ectabili«  et  geoe- 
^  Tiri,  domini  Antonii  de  Tnrrf,  Regtce  MfljesUtif 
^•Sns  nantii  et  armigcru  intelU  ximtis  do  bono ri rice ntia 
•J  patitodine  ilU  cxbibita  pro  reverentia  Macrae  Eegiie 
^jeitatis  et  etiam  res]:i«ctu  nostro,  ac  etiam  de  favore 
*^^  pnisitito  in  Romana  Curia  apud  Pontificem  Masti- 
"*°*  pro  nostris  votis  et  hone^tis  desideriis  irapetrandifli 
*t  ^  tiognltn  earitate  et  benevoleutia  quam  ad  ito«  et 
JJJ^m  noatraiii  Ezoelleotia  vestra  gerit,  pro  qiiibus 
^vi  pcwfatK  ExceUeatiiB  irestne  cumuIatiMitne  re^ra- 

"inn   Et  qnoniam  malta  mnt  nobii  cordi  guie  IJ.  r. 


jam  cupinius  rovelari,  ideo  eiandem  dominuna  Antoniam 
dnjumua  remittendum  ad  SanctisBimum  Donunum  nos- 
trum Papam  et  ve^tram  Excellentiam  de  intentione  ac 
desideriia  noatHs  pleniraime  infonuatam.  Quo  circa 
rogamna  £.  vestram  EiEcellentiam  ut  ilJuiii  more  sua  soltto 
graliose  anj^cipiat  et  audiat  ac  plenam  itU  fidem  adhibeatp 
et  per  eundeni  respondere  dtgnetur.  Speramiis  In  I>omino 
et  in  virtate  Reverendipdmi  Dooiini  Legati  Apostolici 
aptid  nofl  exbtentifl;  ciijua  «tatna  ctim  nostris  fortunia 
est  conjnnctusj  qnod  reram  nostriirum  suceenua  erit 
gloriofliia  aicut  idem  dominua  Antoniu^,  lator  prmsentiumf 
latius  expUcehit,  Vnlcat  Excellentia  vestra,  ad  ciu'uB 
benepladta  parati  gumus.  Datum  Londonhe,  die  x,  De- 
cembna  Mcccdx. 

"  Excd1eiiti»  Testne  amid  et  cansaQgDinei 
Kduardtts  Marchii^  et  Edmondna  Rntliu- 
tandia^Comite^,  dlii  illustriagimi  Priudpt!* 
Eicardiy  veri,  iuHti,  et  legitimi  iucrediA 
regnorum  Anglifle  et  Francia?,  ac  Dominii 
Hybcrniae,  Ducia  Eooraci,  etc. 

"  E.  iL^RCli,  E.  RpTI^KD." 

[Addreaaedl — **  IlIufltnsAimo  et  Excellentisatmo  Vo- 
minO|  Dnmioo  Francisco  Sfortim  Vicecoraiti  etc.  Duei 
Mediokni,  inclyto  amico  Dostro  honorando/^ 

[Endorsed] — **I>ominomm  oonsilio  ad  Dncem  Medlo- 
loni." 

It  would  be  veiy  desirable  that  some  informa- 
tion could  be  obtained  about  the  pedigree  of  this 
document  On  the  first  blush  there  appear  some 
reasons  for  questioning  its  authenticity.  For  one 
thing,  it  contradicts  the  received  historical  ac- 
count as  contained  in  Hall,  according  to  which 
the  Duke  of  York  left  London  with  his  son, 
the  Earl  of  Rutland,  on  December  2 — that  is  to 
aay^  eight  days  before  this  letter  was  written, 
and  sent  to  his  other  tK^n,  the  Earl  of  March ,  to 
follow  him  into  the  North.  Both  of  these  sons 
had  been  with  him  in  Parliament  on  October  31 
(see  MoUa  of  Pari  v.  879) ;  but  since  that  day  it 
would  appear  that  Edwoitl  muat  have  left  Lon- 
don, and  we  know  from  Hall  that  the  news  of 
his  father*a  death  at  Wakefieldi  on  December  31, 
reached  him  at  Gloucester,  from  which  place  he 
then  removed  to  Shrewsbury,  and  was  still  not 
far  from  the  Welsh  border  when  he  fought  the 
battle  of  Mortimer's  Croi^s  on  February  2.  More- 
over there  are  some  things  in  the  style  of  the 
document  which  might  reasonably  be  regarded 
with  suspicion.  "  RegjEc  Majestatis  nostne  "  is, 
to  say  the  least,  a  very  singular  expresedon  to  be 
used  by  either  March  or  Rutland  at  a  time  when 
Henry  VI.  was  acknowledged  as  king  even  by 
their  father. 

If  the  document  is  genuine,  I  should  be  dis- 
poeked  to  say  that  it  must  have  been  drawn  tip 
in  the  name  of  Henry  YI,,  although  sigtied  by 
the  two  earlS|  who  had  the  king  practically  in 
their  power  j  and  yet  the  language  a  little  further 
on  seems  hardly  consistent  even  with  this  view  of 
tbe  case*  The  expressions  "  pro  reverentia  Sacne 
Regime  Majefltatis  et  etiam  respectu  noetro/*  ac- 
cording to  any  ordinary  interpretation,  surely 
imply  that  tbe  letlei  waa  tlxA  Xo  W  wiltsfictCtjft^  \Pi 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[4«*  5.  VIL  lUftcn  IB,  71. 


the  kinjr,  ^iH  by  some  other  persons.  In  short, 
I  gee  nothing  for  it  bat  to  acknowledtre  that  the 
writers  pnrtly  identified  themselvefe  with  th*^  kinjsp, 
and  jct  allowed  themselves  in  one  place  to  speak 
of  the  kine  as  a  third  person. 

From  these  circumstances  no  one  will  he  sur- 
prised to  hear  that  very  strongs  saspicious  have 
oeen  entertained  as  to  the  authf*nttcily  of  this 
document^  or,  at  all  event.**,  of  the  subscription 
and  sipiaturea.  There  is,  however,  something  to 
he  said  on  the  other  side  in  favour  of  its  genuine- 
ness. A  letter  very  much  the  same  in  substance 
was  certainly  written  by  Henry  VL  to  the  p<ipe 
on  the  very  day  on  which  this  letter  was  dated, 
A  contemporaneous  copy  of  it  is  preserved  in  the 
archives  of  Milan,  and  will  be  found  noticed  in 
Mr.  Rawdon  Brown's  Calcmhtr  of  Venetian  StaU 
Papers.  In  this  letter,  as  in  the  document  under 
consideration^  Antonius  de  Turri,  or  della  Torre, 
is  spoken  of  as  *'  our  euvoy,*'  ss  an  ambassador  of 
Henry  VI.,  who  had  been  lately  sent  to  the  pope, 
had  returned,  and  was  about  to  be  despatched 
again— although,  oj*  %ve  Jiiid  from  Mr.  i?ro\vn's 
Calendar ^  tlie  critical  situation  of  nlT.iirs  induced 
him  to  remain  in  London  for  at  least  a  month 
longer,  that  he  ml^^lit  bo  able  to  report  the  issue 
of  events.  There  is  ako  in  both  letters  a  refi^r* 
ence  toCoppini,  bishop  of  Teramo,  the  leg^ate  sent 
.  to  England  by  Pius  II.  to  reeoncilo  the  conten'l- 
ing  factions  j  and  the  manner  in  which  his  servico:* 
are  referred  to  are  quite  what  we  might  have 
expected* 

in  Henry's  letter  to  the  pope,  preserved  at 
Milan,  ho  is  said  to  have  cHl^ctel  much  q;ot>d»  and 
the  king  hoped  that  he  would  effect  uioro  if 
assisted*  But  in  the  letter  of  the  two  eons  of  the 
Puke  of  York  he  is  alnif^st  claimed  a^  a  partisan 
on  their  aide  ("cujus  status  cura  n<^>stris  fortunis 
estconjunctus  "),  which  there  is  no  doubt  he  prac- 
tically was  by  the  moral  support  he  ^^ave  to  their 
cause. 

All  this  is  certainly  in  favour  of  the  ^^euuiue- 
neas  of  the  document.  It  has  nevertheless  been 
suspected  by  pentlomen  whose  opinion  in  such 
matters  in  worthy  of  all  deference,  that,  althou(?li 
the  body  of  the  document  be  genuine,  the  sub- 
ficription  and  signatures  may  be  for;xeries.  This 
supposition  would  leave  us  free  to  believe,  accord- 
lu^  to  the  received  accounts,  that  neither  of  the 
fluppoaed  writers  was  at  the  time  in  London  j 
wBereas,  if  we  uphold  the  genuinenei's  of  the  sig- 
natures, wo  must  conclude  tbat  the  chroniflera 
were  wrong,  not  only  as  to  the  Eaii  of  Itutland 
having  gone  with  his  father  to  the  North,  but 
also  as  to  the  Earl  of  March  hftTing  by  that  time 
left  London. 

I  believe  myself  it  is  qtiite  poFsihle  that  the 
chroniclers  were  wrong  in  both  these  points,  and 
that  the  document  in  question  thus  supplies  us 
with  new  and  naore  a^^^^^formatioii.^    ~~ 


before  we  can  presume  that  this  U  an,  it  is  re 
desirable  that  the  document  itself  should  be  su' 
Diitled  to  critical  inspection  by  compt?tent  jndjj 
as  to  the  anthenticity  of  the  si<rnatures.  1  fny*< 
inspected  the  MS,  in  the  sale* room  befAf 
attention  was  drawn  to  any  of  the  points  < 
picion,  and  tho  handwriting  did  not  stri 
IIS  in  any  way  liable  to  quei^tion  ;  but  I  will  I 
means  warrant  that  under  the  circumsta 
may  not  have  been  deceived. 

I  would,  therefore,  beg  leave  to  sttffgest  t"  I 
present  owner  of  the  M8.  tbat  h»*  would  be  doiil 
a  service  to  English  hislory  if  be  would  consej^ 
to  lend  it  for  a  short  time  to  the  tru^^teea  of 
British  Museum,  who,  I  bav«  no  doubt,  would  1 
glad  to  tako  it  into  their  custijdy  that  it  migh 
be  carefully  inspected  by  paheographers,  and  tq 
signatures  compared  with  other  sijJinatures  of  til 
Y^xth  of  March  and  Rutland,  K)  that  itJ8  eia 
historical  fiiguiticance  may  be  the  better  asce^ 
tained.  JAJkins  Gair^kkilI 


OX  TOE  CONJOINT  PROrRlICTOUSniP  ISf  B£^ 
JONSON'S  WOnKS. 

In  a  former  note  (4^*  S.  v.  S74),  when  speakln 
of  tlie   second  volume  of  the  IajIio  Uhu  Joa 
published   by  Meighen  in   1(140,  but  cootaiuio^ 
three  plays  published  by  Allot  in  IGJl,  I 
as  follows: — 

"  As  to  the  three  plavs  of  l€3t.  AH.  '  ' 

tbmi  to  M"  igheti»  or,  aa  is  nmre  likely, 
jniTit  puhlicaiion.    A  sunilar  cimjojut  [     ^ 
I   thhik,   to  be  found   in   tlio   fir^t  ^-alume   [i>r  IG-iO], 
Pttrlojiier,  though  pvidicnth'  printed   st  th**  *^m«  i 

with  the  reat,  and  though  bearing  one  of  ' 

[the  publisher  of  the  volume],  has  Youn 

name  on  its  title-page.      Tha  probabU* 

Ihii  iv,   that  Young^  held  ihc  right  of  publkAhu 

Pitctastvry  And  by  placing  hh  nnine  on  tti«  title  pAj 

hia  proprietOTsbip  hUact,  and  ensured  hii  ripl>t  < 

much  shflra  (nbout  one- twelfth)  in   the  pi'utiti  f/ 

volume.    The  same  occurs  in  th«  Bible  of  Ii'>ii7.** 

Two  dftvs  ago,  wliile  nrranginp^  tho  loose  le^v© 
or  a  tirat  "folio  of  1010,  I  observed  aimihir  diff 
encea  in  its  particular  tille-pripres.     The 
on;^ruvied  title  bears,  *'  Imprinted  «t  Londo 
Wilh   Staneby/*  and  the   title-pn^t*8  of  all  tfi 
plays,  save  two,  bear,  '*  London  |  Prinf^d  by  Wil- 
liftm  Stan#»by.'*     One   of  these  two^  iVrry  >V*i 
Oitt  of  hi«  JInmour — the  only  play  that  hm  i^^ 
engraved  head-pieces  instead  of  one,  and  vrb«»f*  | 
alone  in  the  volume  is  a  tixil- piece  to  be  ftnind^  r 
has  also  the  only  en^aved  and  ornaminn 
ticulftr  title-page,  and  it  bears,  **  London 
by  W.  Standby  |  for  L  Smith wicke.'*     Tln>  •"" 
or  Poetader^s  title-page  hears  ''London  |  Vmiel 
by  William  Stansby  |  for  Matthew  Lown?*/*  jl»* 
quarts)  edition  of  the   Poetaster  in   1601  ItavifljJ 
been  *»  Printed  for  M.L./^and  ♦*fiOuV^   -  ^'  ^"''♦A' 
8tan*8  Church-yarde/*     It  is  there!  '''-'^ 

fli  Stansby  (or ,' 


H  ti 


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231 


Uie  right  of  publishing  rU  the  other  pre- 

nously  publiflhed  plays,  Smith wi eke,   to  whom 

tU^  ..i-;,>T.,.]   T^TinirJetot  of  £eery  Mail  Out  of  his 

lied  h\s  rights,  and  M.  Lowne«, 

_-_     ..„ .i.ji  of  the  Pbetaater,  had  refused 

to  part  with  their  rights,  but  had  allowed  of  the 
repnnting  of  their  pieces  without  prejudice  to 
themselves,  and  on  condition  either  of  a  bum  down 
or  of  a  &hare  in  the  protita.  It  i^  curious  to  find 
that,  so  long  after  M  1040,  Ilobert  Younfi:,  who 
most  in  the  mean  time  hare  ohttiiiied  the  pro- 
prietorship formerly  held  by  Lownes,  again  re- 
fused to  part  with  tho  Poeta^er.  Either  this 
iDdicates  the  continued  popiUarity  of  the  libellous 
aitire,  or  the  determination  of  "i  oung  to  drive  a 
hiid  bfirgain  in  a  matter  in  which  ho  had  the 
TDftstery.  That  Siuithwicke  held  to  the  other 
"piay  in  1616  on  account  of  its  popularity  seems 
|royed  by  Jonson'a  words  of  pretiace  to  tlie  folio 
tdition,  and  by  Smithwicke  s  godJatherly  cm-e  in 
decking  it  out. 

Thera  18  yet  another  difference  in  this  volume 
ofieia  The  five  titln-pagos  of  **  The  Epigram V 
wt  of  the  **  King's  Entertainment  on  passing  to 
\k  Connation/'  **  A  Panegyre,  &c./'  *'  A  Par- 
timliir  Entertainment  ...  at  AUhorpe/'  and  of 
''Maatiues  at  Court,"  are  without  name  of  printer 
Of  puoiifiher,  and  merely  bear  the  imprint,  *'  Lon- 
don I  K.DC.ivi,**  Why  this  ditrerence  was  made 
I  da  not  know,  but  my  conjecture  ia,  that  for  the 
,  or  for  the  chance,  of  greater  profit  (may  the 
\  of  William  Gifrord  not  take  this  aa  another 
on  his  favourite  !),  Jonaon  kept  the  pro- 
orahip  of  these  in  his  own  hands.  It  would 
looked  Ptrange  in  that  day  to  have  put 
nted  for  the  Author  |  by  |  W.  SUnsby,*'  and 
I  think  all  mark  of  proprietorship  was 
evond  the  words  **  by  B.  E,"  which  on 
Bion  would,  I  conceive,  be  held  as  legal 
the  author's  ownership  of  the  pieces^ 
'  tltle-pagea  of  the  1640  edition  (that  of 
'Panegyre'*  being  left  out),  an  edition  pub- 
after  the  author's  death,  bear  the  usual 
t  of  idl  the  others — *'  London  |  Printed  by 
op/'  BRUffiLBT  Nicholson. 


HN'CASHIRE  FUNERAL  CUSTOMa 

la  the  Furness  district  of  North  Lancaahire 

*Mne  interesting  customs  existed   within   a  few 

J*W8  igo*     Singing  or  chanting  psalms  or  hynma 

Ldh  Die  sorrowful  train  wended  its  way  towarda 

^B  charch  was  yerj  common  and  is  still  prac- 

^••d.     I  have  an  extract  from  an  old  lady 'a  will 

^e  in  1704  which  shows  the  importance  at- 

**^ted  to  this  ceremony.    It  bequeaths  **  twenty 

"^iara,  to  be  distributed  by  my  said  Son  in  Law 

^  euch  young  men  and  others  who  shall  sing 

^••hni  before  my  Corpao  to  j*  Church  all  y*  time 

^ttyfanemL" 


Is  thia  a  relic  of  pre-re format! on  times  ?  The 
old  Sarum  Use  provided  for  singing  as  the  corpse 
was  borne  to  the  grave  the  '*  Non  nobis  Domine  " 
or  Psalms  xxv.  and  cxiv,,  according  to  the  dia- 
tanre,  and  on  retumbg  from  the  grave  at  the 
conckiaion  of  the  ceremony  "  Be  proruudis,"  &c. 

Another  custom  was  to  give  to  each  individual 
a  small  cake  made  of  the  purest  wheat  en  dour 
j  (oat-bread  being  in  general  uae)  called  "  arval 
bread/*  whicli  he  or  she  was  expected  to  carry 
home  and  eat  with  the  rest  of  the  family.  A 
large  number  of  persons  was  usually  *^  biJden," 
and  it  was  considered  a  great  slight  if  each  family 
did  not  send  at  least  one  representative.  la  this 
word  etrval  derived  from  the  Anglo-Saxon  ar-ftd^ 
respectful,  awful,  full  of  reverence ;  or  from  the 
He  Drew  word  ahrat^  to  hang  down,  to  mourn?* 
In  some  parts  of  E  urn  ess,  where  the  parish  church 
was  at  a  considerable  distance,  the  bearers,  who 
carried  the  corpse  on  a  rude  kind  of  bier,  were 
obliged  to  rest  at  intervals  along  the  road ;  and 
places  were  erected  by  the  roadside  here  and  there^ 
called  "  resting-stones,'*  upon  which  the  coffin 
waa  placed  imtil  a  relay  was  provided  and  all 
had  rested.  In  theae  districts  it  was  common  to 
dii; tribute  the  arval  bread  before  starting,  and 
each  person  received  a  cake  nnd  a  quarter.  The 
quarter  was  generally  eaten  during  a  bait  about 
halfway  to  the  church*  11.  B^ebgh,  M.D. 

Ulverston.    • 

SWISS  SPRING  SONG. 
As  the  "  auestion  of  Savoy  * '  has  been  recently 
agitated,  and,  so  far  at,  least  as  a  neutral  zone  or 
portion  of  Chablaia  ii  concerned,  is  likely  to  form 
a  flubject  for  future  discussion  and  deliberation 
between  France  and  Switzerland,  I  send  a  trans- 
lation of  a  poem  by  Doctor  Ziegler  of  Soleure, 
which  came  out  afeortly  after  the  present  Sir 
Robert  Peel  so  eloquently  defended  the  cause  of 
Switzeriand  in  the  British  Parliament.  The  ori- 
ginal is  entitled  '^  Friihlingsgrusz  an  Sir  Robert 
Peel,  in  Genf/'  To  show  the  beauty  and  melody 
of  Zieglers  stanzas,  I  give  the  first  verse  :— 

**  FrUhliniyslllfte  in  den  Thalcrn, 
Bbuer  Ilimmel  in  der  llciti*, 
Grilrie  Matlen,  grilae  Triften, 
BergesUlitmen  unterni  Scbnee, 
Auf  den  Fliksen  weisse  Segel, 
Auf  tiem  See  geschilft'ger  Kiel»^> 
Soi  willkomm  in  unBeru  Bergen, 
Edler  Britte,  Robert  Peel  I  " 

"  Strain!  of  spring  salute  the  valleys  5 

In  the  lift  the  heaven  U  blue ; 
Verdure  deck^  the  tieldfl  and  hed^rgg' 

Flowreta  peep  the  unow- drifts  thraugh; 
On  the  Iftke— the  -white  saiii  streaming — 

Ple&atire  plies  the  active  keel. 
Weleoin«  nmtf  amidst  our  moantfliaii 

Noble  BritoQ— Rob«rt  P«d  1 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES.  [^s,vilmakch  la,* 


"  Many  a  prreat  mind  dwflb  mnongus; 

Alien  poGta  tune  this  lay* 
And  rewArd  proverbial  friendship 

With  the  works  that  live  for  aye. 
Tibou  h&at  uttered  words  of  freedom^ 

Words  our  wonoded  spirits  feel ; 
Therefore  welcome  to  our  mountains. 

Brave  protector— Robert  Feel  I 
•♦  Thou  hast  jjirded  on  thine  armour, 

Aimed  the  well-directed  lance, 
Waved  llelvfctia's  whitc-croi?s  banuer 

In  the  face  of  pniiipiii^  France. 
Iloarta  like  thine  will  guard  our  hirtbright 

From  the  bruise  of  deapoU*  heel, 
Thisrefore  welcome  to  our  mountains. 

Bold  conffederate— Robert  Peel  I 
•*  Monarchs  ahowcr  their  dcGorations, 

Buttoned  ribbou,  cross  of  gold : 
»SiJch  erotic  plants  we  grow  not, 

Tb<»y  would  droop  in  Alpine  cold, 
Idioti'  straws  and  r  hildron'^  haublee 

To  their  slaves  let  tyrartt^  dtjal  \ 
Fame  for  thee  baa  bright^jr  honours, 

Gfncrous  stranger — Robert  Peel  I  " 

Jamkb  IteJRr  Dixon, 


John-  Dtkr. — The  poems  of  Dyer  are  to  be 
found  in  Johnson's  JW/^,  although  the  editor  waa 
unable,  appareutly,  to  claim  for  them  any  merit 
to  justify  their  preaervatiou.  In  liis  life  of  Dyer 
we  read^ 

"  of  *  The  Fleece,*  which  never  became  popular,  and  is 
now  univeraaily  ne^1eeic4i  1  can  aay  little  that  is  likely 
to  recall  it  to  attention." 

It  ia  not  of  the  poem  a,  however,  but  of  the 
autbor'a  portrait  prefixed  to  hia  life  (Johnson's 
PwtSj  17bOj  vol.  T.),  that  I  wish  to  put  a  note  on 
record,  on  the  authority  of  ''Maloniann"  (pub- 
lished at  the  end  of  Prior'a  Life  of  Edinond  Ma- 
lone^  p.  423),  where,  writing  of  Smnufl  Dyer,  one 
of  the  members  of  the  Literary  Club,  (who,  by 
the  way,  was  suppoeed  to  have  written  the  ZeUers 
o/Jtmit4ji),  M alone  says : — 

♦*  Sir  Jo:*bna  UejTtoids  painted  the  portrait  of  Mr. 
(Samuel)  Dyer,  which  j»  now  in  Mr.  Burk*yu  possess  ion - 
There  m  a  mezzotinto  from  it,  which  haR  been  copied  for 
TAir  Lirt-x  of  the  Poet*  by  mistake,  as  if  it  wore  the  por- 
trait of  John  Dyer,  author  of  a  poem  called  The  Fleece,'^ 

Chakles  Wyiib. 

Rbcovbey  op  Fkock  Chubch  Kkgisteb, — 
The  local  papers  announce  the  recovery,  by  the 
Rev,  W.  laj^o,  of  Bodmin,  of  an  old  volume  of 
registers  for  the  parish  of  Feock  between  Tniro 
and  Falmouth : — 

"  He  met  with  it  in  London,  and  finding  that  it  had 
DO  doBcriptive  title,  but  evidently  tmlonged  to  aotne  Cor- 
nbh  pariftb,  consul  led  documents  in  the  registry  at 
Bodmin  (by  permiasion  of  Mr.  Collins),  and  was  thus 
enabled  to  itieatify  it  aa  one  of  ihe  parish  re^fijitera  of 
Feock,  lost  very  manv  years  ago.  it  reeords  baptisms, 
marriages,  and  burials  durinj?  the  iQcumbendes  of  throe 
▼icari  (Jackman,  Coode,  and  Ange)  between  1671  and 

Greenwich, 


Rash  STATEMKirr8,--As  a  remarkable  instance 
of  this,  take  the  following  from  Gibbon  {Dcdmt 
and  Faiif  vol.  i.  chap,  v.)  : — "  An  hundjred  wtU- 
didcipUned  soldiers  wiU  command  with   deepotic 
swaj  ten  millions  of  subjects,'*     This  is  ome  mtt 
against  one  hundred  thousand,     Now,  according  to 
ordinary  computation,  if  this  one  man  had  to  edi 
over  the  mnster-roU  of  these  one  hnndied  thou- 
sand, and  were  to  continue  without  intennbaoa 
from  eight  o'clock  in  the  morning  till  four  in  til 
afternoon — no  trifling  day's  work — lie  would  not 
get  through  it  under  tJiree  days. 

Another,  not  much  inferior,  is  quoted  by  Folfer 
(Jlijltf  State,  book  iv,  chap,  xvii.  s.  2)  from  Til- 
man  Bredenach,  De  BeUo  Livon. : — 

"  I  can  scarce  believe  what  one  tella  us,  bow  Wiltv 
Ptetemberg,  Master  of  the  Teutonic  Order^  with  a  mil 
number,  alew  in  a  battle  a  hundred  thousand  Ma»cdTtt» 
enemies,  with  loss  of  but  one  man  on  hia  side.** 

Scarce  belieTe  I  I  should  think  not  indeed,  ai 
who  could,  unless  he  had  deluded  bimieU  into 
the  belief  that  the  Munchausen  lies  were  nuked 
truth.  Edmtjitd  Tew,  iLA. 

Patching  Bectory,  Arundel. 

MS,  NoTKs  ON  Flt-leatbb.— On  the  flj-M of 
a  MS.  treatise  on  Wines,  thirteenth  centuns,  in  »J 
very  cramped  and  almost  illegible  hand,  mudlf 
contracted : — 

"  I  Jitliua  cesar  y'  hefjh  emp*" 

Tn  fVythe  and  in  feld  still  fair  waa  mr  failM 
Of  Uunie  &  of  liomaua  I  bare  ay  y«  flour 
and  Llicns  caput  mundi  wei  TcoUed  be  uafDe* 

"  I  Ali^under  conquered  to  paradys  gete 
Sauo  y  ile  of  women  all  y*^  warld  1  it  wan 
In  acba^'^i^  *^hai  inc  sent  a  lauedi  of  state 
Wytiies  of  Arestotlc  y*  dwelt  w*  me  than, 

"  I  am  eetor  of  troy  (k  dnk  of  cegipt 

mony  hethen  haue  I  kylde  &  hedyde  at  any* 
I  conquered  y*  greki-?  to  y*  grek  tee 
and  em&ng  tiiame  1  dyod  &  tbar 

lyes  my  bonys.'* 

On  a  leaf  at  the  end  of  the  same  MS.  occurs  tfcf 
following  chamij  apparently  to  be  used  il  * 
styptic : — 

**  In  Homme  patrii  Sf  flU  et  tpirihu  nmeti,  whea  «*? 
lorde  IbesuB  wa5  don  on  y**  cros,  than  com  loagiDH* 
thider  &  amot  hym  w*  hya  sper  in  y*  ayde  hlad&  wate' 
com  oat  at  v*  wounde  &  wypyd  hya  e^hene  4  tti^ 
anone .  thregh  y*  holy  vertewe'  y*  god  ayde  gofs.  I 
comavinde  y"  blnde  y'  y»  com  noght  out  of  y*«  cooipy*' 
tyma*    In  nomine  patrU  ^c,     Sat^  ^*  thrywJ* 

West  Derby,  Liverpool.       JoHH  EliOT  HoDGlSS* 

*' Wkll-ihgh  *'  FOR  **  Almost**  :  "  Oirc*  u^ 
AOAm." — Who  brought  into  fashion  the  war* 
weU-ntffhj  which  within  the  last  year  or  so  h#^ 
come  to  be  commonly  substituted  for  iilmoUt  Oa^ 
has  always  been  familiar  with  iOfJl-ftiffh  in  ol^ 
English^  and  in  our  northern  counties  it  has  neT0>^ 
^ne  out  of  colloquial  use ;  but  in  ordlnaij  £ti^ 
\  \\a\i  a^fefe^i^aVva.'w^^Mi^^it  bad  become  netaiX 


rka-vit.MABCHis.Ti.]         NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


233 


IrTi 


obtolete.  All  petsotiB  now-ft^aye  read  newa* 
papers  and  norels,  and  many  read  nothing  else,  so 
thfit  tt  word  once  started  by  a  popular  novel-writer 
or  journalist  becomes  within  a  few  months  adopted 
by  the  public  in  a  truly  remarkable  manner.  One 
ea&Dot  DOW  take  \fp  a  newspaper^  maf2:aziQ6|  or 
pcpolar  tale  without  coming  noon  wdl-nigh  in 
fluch  a  position  as  almod  would  na?6  held  a  year 
or  two  ago. 

Onoi  mid  apain  h  another  pet  phrase  of  quite 
recent  populariiy.  If  a  thing  occurred  repeatedly 
vi-  '  -ayit happened  "again  and  again/' but 
n  icrite  (1  do  not   observe  that  they 

gtfy  f  tmrt  tmd  m/ffin,  Mj*,  Troll  ope,  if  I  remember 
rightly,  usea  the  phrase;  perhaps  he  aet  the 
'  Ion.  Like  well-nitjh^  onee  and  a^ain  was  for- 
■It  in  U3e  (I  Thess.  ii.  18),  and  perhaps  it  has 
rived  aa  a  proviuciaiiam,  and  has  now  become 
w»pttlari*ed  by  some  favourite  author,  who  baa 
himself  retained  it  through  his  early  provincial 
up-bringing,  Jaydee, 

**  MoTiTER  Red  Cap," — I  forward  you  a  print 

af '^Mother  Damnable/'  a  few  copies  of  which  I 

bate  now  in  my  possession,  and  shall  have  plea- 

*um  in  distributing  them  amongst  collectors  of 

7\h:  Tirint>,  ii*  I  believe  this  to  be  a  specimen. 

I  lag  accounts  of  notorious  and  eccen- 

uals,  and  shall  feel  oUigod  if  any  cor- 

swpondent  could  furnish  me  with  any  information 

ibout  the    female    thus    described  :  —  '*  Mother 

Btmuahle,  the  remarkable  shrew  of  Kentish  Town, 

lib©  person   who   gave   rise   to   the   sign   of  the 

'Mother  lied  Cap    on  the  flampstend  Road^  near 

J^HMlon^  Am  I>om.  1G70,    Taken  from  an  unique 

print  in  the  collection  of  the  late  I.  Brindley,  Esq." 

Hcrtun*  Office,  Cheltcribara.         ThoMAS  IliRPKR, 

Wfmi^iwoKTH:  Constable^  etc. — There  is  a 
^"^TTnt  Viv  Words  worth  T  appended  to  the  edition 
Liies^  publieued   by   lleory  Wash- 
•-40,  in  which  the  following  lines  occur 
;  rUics,  doubtless  with  a  view  of  calliiig 
attention  to  their  beauty :  — 
"  The  feather  whence  tbe  pen 
^u  »hapedi  that  traced  the  lives  of  these  good  men, 
^^i^i  ittun  an  angera  wing/' 
Tlw  iilea  i^  certainly  felicitous,  but  it  did  not 
nft>m*»..  ^^    Wordsworth:    for,   in   a  sonnet 
To   the  King  of  Scots,"  by   Henry 
.  ,  a  poet  now  scarcely  remembered,  the 
*^cluiling  lines  are  br  follows  r  — 
•Th.i  r».n  i#h..r..i*ith  thoo  dost  80  faeavcnly  singe 
i'  k't  from  an  angell'S  winge," 

^i'  ^  it  he  thus  varies,  in  one  of  his 

^'^pirituAil  Soonettes.^  in  praiae  of  ^'St.  Katha- 

•'  My  muie  doth  nc^cde 
An  anirtlVt  fratherst  when  thy  prayae  I  Bynge/* 

■  i^n  to  the  above  ejUxacts  from  Henry 
let  me  add  the  following  from  the 


quaint  author  of  the  JSmMenis,  who  rises  to  un- 
usual elevation  in  his  poem  on  "  Faith  " :  — 
**  Bat  woald'^t  thou  conqaer.  have  thy  conquest  crown'd 
By  hands  of  §eraphim»,  triumphed  with  the  wjund  i 

Or  heaven's  loud  trumpet,  warbJcd  by  the  shrill 
O'Jestlal  choir,  recorded  with  a  quill 
PlackMl  from  the  pinion  of  an  anthers  win^^, 
Coniirni'd  with  joy  by  heaven^s  eternal  King ; 
Conquer  thymif,  tW  rebel  thoughts  repel. 
And  chase  those  fabe  ttffectioaii  that  rebel/' 

Surely  these  passages  prove  that  Wordsworth's 
imitation  of  both  or  either  of  these  pot^ts  must 
have  been  more  than  accidental.  T.  C»  S. 

[AttentioD  haa  already  hmn  called  in  **  N.  &  Q."  (!•* 
S.  vii.  191)  to  the  former  of  the  passages  from  Con&table 

3uoted  by  T.  C,  S.  lu  the  same  volame  attentioo  is 
irected  tt>  a  similar  thought  In  some  verses  by  Dorothy 
Berry,  prelijced  to  Diana  Primrose's  Otain  of  I'earU, 
1G39  :  — 

"  whoai?  noble  praise 
Deaarves  a  quill  pluckt  from  an  Angelas  wing/^] 

CuEJors  Prophecy, — In  a  register  of  the  six- 
teenth centujy,  preserved  in  the  archives  of  the 
Palais  de  Justice  at  Bruges  (Varia,  No.  511),  is 
the  following  J  I  copy  liU^rutim:-^ 

"  Galtorum  levitas  Germanos  ducet  ad  ostra : 
Italiffi  gra vitas  Gallo  d«preflso  vigebit : 
Suct'umbet  Galium ;  Aquilae  victorio  cedet : 
Pupa  cito  uioriLtir,  Caesar  refsfUiihit  uterqne 
!Sic  quo  cefisahit  tunc  vani  gluria  mundi. 

Congregati  feunt  leo  et  pardtia,  diceutes :  Ut  quid  Gttlltti 
gnllinaceua  excuttt  in  alas  aaa^,  et  superbia  sua  exsltat 
Yocem  suam^  non  enim  est  cootentus  grani»  auiSf  aed 
ccissat  rapere  alien  a:  venite  ergo,  cedamua  eum  virgis 
gun^^mnolentiSf  et  amoveamus  ab  eo  plumas  suaa,  et  ad* 
stringamua  eum  adi^o  ut  pauciji  grams  sit  contentua ;  ot 
iilud  quod  hiibet  auferte  ab  co,  et  scit  a  filiis  hominum 
quixi  humiliabitur  valde  anpcrbia  eins. 

"  Ilaec  enim  Hcripta  »unt  anno  Domini  1506,  decima 
quints  Septembris,  ex  uno  antiquiAsimo  libro,  qui  liber 
tion  credit ur  AcHptua  in  duoenti*  annis." 

W,  H.  James  Wkalb. 

WiLB  FRtriia  m  GEBMAif  r.— The  present  low 
prices  of  wild  fruit  in  Germany  seem  to  be  a  con- 
sequence of  the  raging  war,  as  thousands  of  bar- 
rels full  of  them  are  annuallv  exported  to  Franca 
for  the  fabrication  (or  so-calf&d  colouring)  of  the 
^^  pure  St.  J  alien  claret/'  the  *^  University  ckret;*' 3 
or  other  "choice  clarets  of  various  growths."  I  am 
especially  alluding  to  wild  raspberries  and  bil-  ^ 
berries  (Vaccinium  mt/rtilhuj  h.) ;  a  measure  of] 
the  latter  of  which,  equal  in  weight  to  five  pounds, 
was  otlered  to  me  this  morning  (July  27)  for  a 
little  more  than  twopence.     An  equal  quantity  of 
heautifiil  wild  raspberries  was  selling  for  about, 
sevenpence.     Cartloads  of  the  wholesome,   aro- 
matic, but  bitter  cxanbenry  (  Vacctnittm  viiu  idna^ 
L.)  will  arrive  in  a  short  time,  selling  from  three 
to  four  pence  the  same  quantity.     Beautiful  ripe 
sour  black  cherries  {Persica  cerams^  L.)  are  selling  J 
a  little  more  than  a  halfpenny  a  pound.    These, 
too,  OS  also  the  bird-cherry  (Persicum  axiium^Yk.^^ 


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KOTES  AND  QUERIES.         [4«^s.vii.Maeciii«.' 


were  exported  for  tlie  same  purpose.    Immense     doro  then  pnaaed  by  marriage  to  the  Fitxalcmi  till 


quantitiefl  of  tbe  bilberry  ana  the  cranberry  nro 
preserved  wUbout  sug'Ar  for  tlie  winter,  will  keep 
for  years,  and  are  sweetened  when  used.  Kuasian 
cranberriea  (a  jelly  of  which  is  often  put  on  the 
top  of  other  preserves,  as  a  good  way  of  '*  keep- 
IDg"  them)  are  considered  the  best,  never  pos- 
eeasing  a  Btnn<::ent  or  sorbate  taate."  The  present 
province  of  Hanover  formerly  exported  the  greatest 
quantities  of  wild  fruit  for  the  above-named  pur- 
pose to  France,  amountingr,  if  I  am  rijrhtly  in- 
formed, to  more  than  300jO(KJ  fnmc-^  a  year.  Claret 
will  rise  !  IlEEHAifN  KiNDT. 

Gennflnv, 


Albanetand  Amoitdettlle.— In  the  list  of 
nrma  and  quflrterin^  of  Worceatcrshire  families 
given  by  Nash  in  his  history  of  that  county  are 
these  two  entries :  — 

*' Allianey:  Ai:ure,  a  chevron  ennino  between  three 
lieu  rs- d  e-1  h' II  rcp  n  t. 

*•  Amonili^vihiji  Argontf  a  croBS  moUne  .  .  ,  /* 

Neither  of  theae  coata  is  given  in  Pap  worth's 
Ordinan/,  and  1  have  many  reasons  for  supposing 
them  to  he  wrongly  appropriated.  They  are  botli 
given  by  Berry  in  hia  appendix,  but  he  has  copied 
many  of  Nash*s  errors. 

I  wiwh  to  know  to  what  families  tliey  really 
belong,  and  by  what  Worcestershire  family  they 
were  quartered. 

The  latter  coat  I  take  to  be  that  of  Uvedale ; 
for  I  find  among  the  quarter tnga  of  Lord  Howard 
de  Walden,  in  Kdmondson^a  Baromi^imn^  the 
i»oat  of  Aranndeville  (Azure »  a  fret  or)  preceded 
by  that  of  Uvedala  (Argent,  a  cross  moline  g^ules). 
DidUvedale  marry  an  heiress  of  Amnndevill**? 

a  s,  G. 


1580,  when  again  by  marriago  it  became  ih 
bei-itage  of  the  Howards,  who  still  hold  it  It  i* 
well  known  that  in  the  thirteenth  centurv,  in  th«* 
reign  of  Henry  IlL,  the  princes  of  the  Ilotweil 
Savoy,  and  e&uecially  Peter  If.  (the  little  CharJ 
magne),  and  Boniface,  Archbishop  of  Canterbi 
were  in  high  favour  at  the  Engli.-h  ^-^^ih 
London  was  crowded  with  their  r. 
Savoy,  Vaud,  and  Piedmont  It  is  ] 
one  of  these  nobles  became  connect  • 

Arundel  family  of  those  times  (1241-  j 

upon  going  back  to  his  country,  out  of  regard  for 
English  associations,  gave  his'  castle  the  name  fif 
Arundel;  precisely  as  Cardinal  Gualo  n*pro<]ii  ^l 
the  architecture  and  the  name  of  St.  Anrf^,.  - 
church  of  Chester  in  the  beautiful  Sant^AnJni 
nf  Vercelli.     Tlmt  in  tho.^.  days  the  inteni.-- 
between  Itjily  nnd  England  and  the  connecltoii 
between  the  families  of  the  two  countrief  wa* 
not  un frequent,  we  may  argue  from  the  fact  thij 
John  Fitsialan,  seventh  Earl  of  Arundel  (h'a>- 
1^0*2),  married  Alice,  daughter  of  the  Marquwof 
Caluzzo.     It  is  also  on  record  that  in  ISfe,  »t 
Bourbourg  in  Plnnders,  Amadeus  VIL  of  Sawrr 
(called  *'The   Red  Count")  held  a  toumameni, 
attended  by  several  English  lords ;  and  th&t  ooe 
of  these,  the  ^'  Earl  of  Arundel,'^  was  unboned  br 
the  Savoy  prince.   The  English  nobleman  aOudei 
to  could  only  be  Richard  Hlxalan,  tenth  Earl  of 
Arundel 

Can  learned  biBtorians  or  genealogistj  tbww 
any  light  on  this  subject  ?  Q©. 


Arukdel  axd  Arcxdello.  —  In  one  of  the 
valley 8  of  the  Canarese,  or  province  of  Ivrea^  in 
Piedmont,  there  are  the  ruins  of  a  cattle  bearing 
the  nftTue  of  Arundello,  It  was  built  after  the 
year  1170  by  one  of  the  many  branches  of  the 
noble  family  of  San  Martino,  who  bore  the  title 
of  Lords  of  Arundello  down  to  tho  last  century, 
when  they  bt*cnme  extinct  Could  it  be  possible 
to  eiphiin  the  identity  of  name  between  the  Ita- 
lian castle  and  the  English  castle  and  town,  or 
at  least  between  the  family  of  the  Italian  Lorls 
of  Arundello  and  that  of  the  English  Earls  of 
Arundel  P  The  first  Earls  of  Arundel  in  England, 
from  1139  to  1221,  were  the  Albini— one  of  whouj 
cnme  with  the  Conqueror  to  England.     The  eurl- 

*  The  brAmble  {Rnhua  /rutirnMUB^  I,,)  t«  1pm  tboujjhl 

of  in  Germnay  ttian  in  KiiprlarifJ,  furnifliung:  as  it  docs  an 

excelleni  ptv^s^rve.    A  French  lady  of  mv  acquaintance 

I  "'""/t/  never  aihtr  bar  ehikiren  to  ^&i  bkAbcrrtcs,  aa  siie 

I      t wr<?  ofUuir  brini^ng  on  a  hctdaehe.  | 


MoRDECAT  Cart.— Mordecai  Cory  of  Trimtr 
Collide,  Cambridge,  went  to  Ireland  flschnpUinttt 
the  Duke  of  Dorset,  Lord-Lieutenant;  he  becunns 
Bi.^hop  of  Clonfort  in  17iil^  and  was  promoted  to 
Killala  in  17**i.S.    He  married  Catherine,  dftoghtar 

of — —  ?    1  eh  all  be  obliged  by  an  awxwfH 

of  his  ancestry.  Y,  S»  IL 

Anne  { Chapman)  IvNionTLKT.  —  •'  Auaei 
daughter  of  Sir  John  Chapman,  Lord  Major  in 

1*188,  was  the  wife  of knightley/*  Wbo^nf 

her  husband?     He  does  not  appeiir  in  BakerV 
pedigree  of  the  Knightleys  of  Fawsley* 

c.D,a 

[It  appears  that  Sir  John  (^apman  died  Mar  7,  iX 
Ifavinj^  two  ibiu^rbtora :  the  elder  roamed  ^ir  OllTff 
A}'HTic«rab,  Bart»,  af  Lj-ffbrri,  In  Berkshire ;  tho  xovn^^ 
liHhla,  i\kd  unmarried.^Burke's  Extinct  Baroiifitty*.] 

Mrs.  Mary  CnuRCHiix. — In  the  parish  ekvac^ 
of  MJnterne,  Dorsetshire,  there  is  a  memorial  bj 
Mrs.  Mary  Churchill  **  in  commemoration  of  Iwf 
husband  John  Churchill,  Esq./*  who,  acconJin^ 
to  the  register— for  there  is  some  little  conftwi*^'^ 
as  to  the  dates  on  the  stone— seems  to  have  di^ 
April  a  1(3-50. 

From  ft  comparison  with  other  memarwidit  it 
L  ft«tm^  \iM^\^  Y^'^'^'^  "^"^  "l^ubt  that  this  Joto 


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Ch archill  ^ns  the  grandfAther  of  the  great  Duke 
of  Miirlborough,  who  ia  stated  bj  all  tbe  Peer- 
iig^  and  in  Ilutohins's  Ili^ory  of  Dortet  to 
have  married  Saralt^  daug^hter  and  co-heir  of  Sir 
Henry  Winst o n .  I f  so,  M rs. Mary  C hurch i  1 1  in u st 
have  been  hb  second  wife;  nnd  the  oiiestioiis 
ariae,  who  was  sbe,  and  when  did  Sarah  Winston 
ilie,  and  where  was  she  buried  ?  Mrs,  Mart/ 
Cburdiill,  the  wife  of  Mr.  John  Churchill,  Esq., 
wna  (according  to  the  retjister)  buried  July  l*«^i 
1077.  Answers  to  these  queries  will  g^reatly  oblige 

C.  W,  BiNGHAar. 

TvOBD  DrDLi!T  AND  WiJtD,  1784. —Ilas  any 
portrait  of  Lord  Dudley,  about  1784  or  so«  been 
engraved  ?  '  J.  C.  J. 

TV*  ILL!  A  K  Fen  WICK,  Mator  of  Hull. — Can 
vou   jirucur*?  me  inforination  as  requested  con- 
suming William  Fenwick,   who  whs  mayor  of 
HttJ!  in  1709  and  a^rain  in  1727?     He  married 
Mrlior,  daughter  of  Isaac  Fairfax  of  ThonitoOj  in 
Vi#«k*>nng,  and  Catherine  his  wife.    William  Fen- 
'iu*  **Chamberlwn  of  Hull,  1G99/'  and  was 
'  Nicholas  Fenwick/*     I  should  be  glad  to 
iiTuvnurbich  branch  of  the  Fenwicka  he  belonged 
to.   Co tnuiuui cations  to  be  addressed  to  raOp 
Mus.  Barwick  Baker,  Ilardwicke  Court, 
Gloucester. 

PRFKCE. — In  The  Spintml  Kvercises 
'riis  (London,  Burns,  n.  d.,  p.  51)  there 
li  locuUuii  of — 

*'  A  Gtrrn  iti  prince/*  who,  "  wjghing  to  insipire  his  gon 

iiiorror  of  war,  ordered  a  paioLtir  to  repro- 

I   ut  soena*  of  h  l«lor>dy  bflttlt\  Aiid  to  write 

^Mw  uom-^  jit  tho  bottom  of  the  pictare:  ^  Behold  the 

htttaafwnr! '" 

^hat  was  hia  name  ?  R  Marshall. 

SibdfQftL 

"Oou's  Baby/* — Is  thi^  beautiful  expreaaion 

•ctiiilly  in    usu   in   London    amoj]*:;'  the    lower 

iTTilrvV     ]^    ^j,    Oeorge   Macdonald'8   eiqui.HJte 

At  the  Back  of  the  NoM  Wind^  it  i* 

,  made  to  appear  that  such  i^  the  case, 

•*inihe  following  ;—** » The  cabbies  call  him  God's 
^%/  she  whij»pered.     *  He's  not  ri^ht  in  the 
1(1  \J^*^  '"^^'^-     ^^  ^^^  loose.'"'  (p.  187.)     The 

■  ■     ^nuin^  of  the  term  is  here  supplied. 

JAilRS  BRITTK5. 

I  Sin  Axn  Dear  Sir. — Some  letters  in  my 

jlon  fir)m  Isaac  Maddox^  bishop  of  Wor- 

\  dated  the  early  part  of  the  last  century, 

neiice  with  "Good  sir.'*     How  long  has  the 

^1  f.rni  ♦*  Dear  *'  prevailed  in  epistolary 

In  the  Paston  Letters  the  style 

I  resembles  state  documents  of  the 

I  hoy  address  each  other  aa''  Right 

r  "  or  *^  husband." 

Tao^As  E.  WiyyiyoTOK. 


LncES  ON  THE  HcMAN  Ear, — Where  can  I  tnA 
some  clever  lines  which  appeared  in  one  of  the 
cheap  periodicals  of,  say,  some  fifteen  years  back, 
describing  the  functions  of  the  human  ear  in  the 
shape  of  nn  address  of  a  father  to  his  little  daugh- ' 
ter,  explaining  to  her  how  she  heard  St.  Pancraa 
bell  ?  E.  L. 

Til,  Gloucester  Tcrraccj  Hydo  Park, 

George  LoNDON.^This  great  ^rdener,  founder 
of  the  Brompton  nureery,  superintendent  of  the 
Royal  Gardens,  Page  of  the  Back  Stairs  to  Queen 
Mnry,  thfj  friend  of  Evelyn,  and  companion  of  the 
Earl  of  Portland  when  Ambassador  Extraordinary 
to  the  court  of  P'nmco,  died  in  1713,*  Can  any 
of  your  readers  tell  where  ho  was  buried  ?  His 
daughter  Henrietta  married  Sir  John  Peachev, 
Bart.  J, 

Macaplay's  BALLAua. — The  eighth  and  last 
volume  of  ^^  The  JVorks  of  Zord  Mticatdtty  icoui' 
plet^)^  edited  by  his  sister,  Lady  Trevelyan,"  and 
published  bv  Longmans,  Green,  &  Co.  in  1800, 
profeeties  and  is  geu erally  supposed  to  contain  the 
more  approv*^d  or  popular  portion,  at  least,  of  the 
distinpruisbed  author's  poetry.  I  mis^  from  this 
coHectiou  tho  truly  heroic  ballad  of  "  Tho  Sieg© 
of  Rocbelle,'^  which,  whoa  I  read  it  some  thirty 
years  ngo  (in  my  Canibridge  days),  1  thought  aa 
good  aa  anv  other  lay  or  bFillad  he  ever  wiotCi 
«  The  Armada,"  **  Na^eby/*  '*  Ivrj*,"  and  the  best 
of  the  Lays  of  Ancimt  J^ome  not  excepted. 
Neither  is — 

•-'  Kochelle,  our  own  Rochelle,  \woma  city  of  the  waters," 
in  the  separate  poetic  volume  in  which  the  Romnn 
and  others  of  his  heroic  lays  have  been  published 
these  HI  any  years* 

Am  I  right  in  attiihuting  this  favourite  of  my  ] 
young  days  to  Macaulay,  and  where  can  I  renew 
my  acquMntance  with  it? 

A  thought  hag  struck  me  recently  that  it  may 
hnv^  been  a  joint  production  to  whfch  Praed  lent 
a  hand,  or  some  other  of  the  brilliant  Cambridge 
eclectics  w*ho  commenced  their  literary  career  la 
Charles  Knight  a  Quntierbf. 

The  Kxionx  of  Inishowrk. 

Janlor  St.  Jamc»*s  Ctub,  St.  Jnmes'a  Street. 

Medical  Orber  of  St,  Joun.— Can  any  of 
your  correspondents,  versed  in  the  history  of  reli- 
gious and  charitahlu  orders,  give  me  any  infor- 
mation on  the  subject  of  the  **  Medical  Order  of 
S  t  John  "  ?  This  order  is  very  cursorily  mentioned 
in  Voltaire*8  Phihtophmtl  Didmnmyj  under  the 
heading  **  Physicians,**  a^s  being  founded  by  St, 
Jean  de  Dieu,  and  aa  being  in  some  way  con- 
nected with  the  profession  of  nicdicine,  .*Vnd 
Fleury,  in  his  Histoire  eccf^sia^iqtie,  gives  an  ac-  | 
count'of  the  life  of  St.  Jean  de  Dieu,  and  of  the 
establishment  of  the  order  of  the  **  Brothers  of 


t*  JtLURiy  12, 1713-14— ILD.] 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES,  t4«^i4.viLM4BciiW.7i* 


Obarity"  but  makes  no   mention  of  its  being 

especially  a  medical  order* 

The  queetionf"  I  wish  answered  are — Wns  this 
L«  BtricOT  medical  order  P  Is  it  in  existence  at 
['^resent  r  Does  any  otlier  author  give  fuller  infor- 
V  mation  on  the  subject  P  Bkloiqub. 

Mk^ixtng  of  **  Naocabotb,"  —  Xn  tbe  Life  of 
Edward  Lord  Merheri,  ©d,  1771,  p.  161,  w—' 

**  Evt?ry  boat  tied  with  a  sma!l  nhbnnd  of  a  NAccnnnet, 
l«r  the  coloor  that  the  Knij^hU  of  the  Batb  ivcar,  gave  a 
▼ery  griicefiill  mijcture,"  Ac. 

Wbat  was  naccarine  f  E.  H.  Kj?0WLB8. 

Kentlfrorth* 

Paul  V.  and  the  Vknktiaks.  —  Will  some 
render  of  *'  N.  &  Q,'*  kindly  refer  me  to  a  full 
collation  of  Ibe  — 

**  Controveraiic  Memambiles  later  Pauluni  V.  Pontl- 
I  fioom  ei  Yenetoa  .  .  *  .  ,  Iti  Yilk  SativJiicentiatia  apiid 
I'Paulum  MarcislIaiD.  Sittnptibus  CaLdoreaDos  Sodetatia, 
I-  Anno  MDcrii." 

Freytagr,  in  his  Analecta  (ed.  1750,  p.  269), 
^'gives  the  collation  an  part  i.  pp.  242;  part  ii. 
pp,  276,  in  8, 

My  copy  agreea  with  the  title-page  as  given  by 
Preytap,  out  the  collation  differe  very  consider- 
ably.  Part  l,  though  not  eo  called,  acreea  with 
Frejrtag",  endiog  with  **Finia*-  on  p.  2i2 :  its  con- 
tents ftlao  apree  with  the  index  which  follows  the 
general  titlo  (thero  are  no  acparate  titles  for 
parts  I.  and  rr.)  Part  ri*  consists  of  672  pages, 
and  it«  contend  are  all  noted  in  ^neral  index 
with  the  exception  of  the  last  item ^  fliit<?en  fttanxas 
of  Italian  poetry,  pp.  669*072.  The  pagination 
of  the  index  does  not^  however,  corres«poiid  with 
the  firat  four  articles  in  part  ii. ;  the  first  of 
which,  e.  g.  "  Card  in  alls  Baronij  Parrunesis/^  &c*, 
ia  paged  245,  aa  if  it  should  he  found  in  part  i, ; 
from  p.  l"**^,  part  ii.,  the  index  and  pagination  of 
the  part  agree. 

There  are  three  tractates  bound  up  in  the  vo- 
lume, but  they  do  not  belong  to  the  work  as 
above  described.  Adten  Irvtnb. 

Clerical  Club,  Dtiblin. 

Pipe  Roll,  C  Stephen. — Your  correspondent 
Nnotou,  in  his  note  on  *'  Herveus,*'  quotes  thia 
KoU  as  the  authority  for  one  of  hia  atatements. 
May  I  ask  whether  there  be  such  a  Roll  ?  Is  not 
this  the  Roll  identified  by  Mr.  Hunter  as  that  of 
31  Hen.  L  ?  I  put  the  question  for  information^  and 
by  no  means  as  wishing  to  be  regarded  as  myself 
an  authority,  I  should  have  known  nothing  pro- 
bably of  th'e  matter,  but  for  the  suggestion  of  an 
able,'  byt  now  deceased,  friend.        W.  M.  H.  C. 

PuifOH-LAULE  OF  Qeoroe  ITI,— I  the  other  day 

bought  a  silver  punch -ladle  with  a  gold  seven- 

shillmg  piece  Jet  into  the  bottom  of  it.     It  bore 

the  cipher  "'G,  J?./'  and  an  inscriptioa  ^*  Ex 


dono  Qeorgius  lH.  Optimo  Regi  177»i,**  and  vn 

the  stalk  the  initials  ^    ^      The  bowl  was  rather 

artistically  embossed  with  the  English  rose  ind 
Scottish  thistle  in  high  relief  j  the  naudle  wiiof 
ebony. 

As  I  am  informed  by  one  who  still  recollect} 
the  days  of  George  the  Good  that  he  was  m  tlie 
habit  of  presenting  such  gifts  to  many  person*  be 
took  a  fancy  to,  perhaps  some  of  your  readenmBj 
be  able  to  alfbru  me  a  little  farther  infamuLdon 
on  the  subject  IL  E 

Portamoatb. 

Sebjbajvt  Salkhld.— -I  am  desirous  to  hm 
some  account  of  the  ancestors  and  descendsoti  of 
Willism  Salkeld.  serjeant-at-law  and  reporter  of 
the  King's  Bench  trom  1689  to  1702.  I  beliew 
he  came  from  Rock  in  Northumberland.        W, 

[Willinm  Salkeld  was  descended  fironi  a  vtrx  afiofit 
family  ta  Cumberland.  The  Salkelds  posses 
of  Corbv,  upon  the  attflinder  of  Audrcw  dt 
grant  from  Edward  HI.  to  Richard  die  > 
Afterwards  came  Hugh  de  Saikeld*  John  d 
RjChord  de  Salkt-W.  The  latter  diod  17  llenr^ 
last  Thomas  Salkold  sold  Corby  to  the  Luni  \v 
Howard »  third  son  of  Thomas,  great  Duke  of  ^  i 
Serjeamt  Salkeld  was  bom  at  Fallodorf  or  FaUodwt  it 
Norlhumberlatidf  in  I670t  and  was  the  eldeit  flos  of 
Samuel  Salkeld^  E^q.,  of  the  same  place.  Thb&ttod 
was  of  Fallodor  and  Swinhoc,  near  Newcastle,  proHrtiM 
which  hi^  mm  inherited.  lie  died  intestate  in  1589.  Tht 
Serjeant  obtained  Fifehead  Nevil,  iu  Dorsetahire,  by  mi> 
ria^e  with  Mis§  I2yve«!,  an  heiresf.  He  wa^^  edocttidii 
Oxford,  and  ;tdmitCed  a  student  of  the  Middle  Temple  oi 
May  2»  lf>9ir»  and  called  to  the  Bar  in  161»S,  He  did  <« 
Sept.  1-4,  1715,  aged  fortv-tivo  or  six,  leaving  thneiOBl 
and  three  daughters  :  William,  the  poaaeBsor  of  Flf*hai4 
died  lEi  17>?2,  unmarried.  Robert  was  the  iectMid  too,  wti« 
married  his  first  cousin,  the  dauj^hter  of  Jamai  Salk«ki 
the  younp:er,  brother  of  the  aorjeanL  Robert  maifbL 
secondly,  Sarnh  the  widow  of  P.  Ruffe,  by  whom  bt  kid 
one  Hon,  Wnitam^  a  physkian^  who  married  Sistlte 
heth  Palmer,  one  of  Sir  Joshua  Reynolds'^  nienOL  BSi 
f^econd  wife  was  Anne,  the  eldest  ai^t^er  of  ilSNi 
Clitberow,  of  Boaton  HooAe,  near  Breotfoid.  Charkiiite 
youngest  ?on  of  the  aeijeant,  is  suppoaed  to  hav«  bi' 
€onn«*cted  by  marnage  with  the  Rev.  Charles  SinMondlf 
Cambridge.  Thia  Charle»  had  a  daughter,  whote  ^ 
acendanta  in  Doraetahire  possess  a  good  share  of  !^ 
family  pie^tures.  The  serjeant  had  three  daughti  i'  ^ 
Mary,  married  (irat  Edmund  Gay,  of  Blandford  j  scr<  ri  , 
Thomaji  Waters,  of  Blaudford,  by  whom  abe  had  i  ^ 
and  three  daughtem.  2.  Elizabeth,  married  tb»  fl^* 
James  Dibben,  rector  of  Fontmell  Ma^a.  3*  Awnc,  dW 
unmarried  in  1741.  For  other  details  of  thin  f»ail?t 
consult  Woolr^^ch's  Livei  of  Eminent  Srrjeunif-at'Laf 
of  the  En^lUii  Bar,  2  voW.  870,  1869,  voL  tL  pp.  48S- 
496.] 

SicKX^  Botfe:  Botse  Monet.  —  Inileiifl 
dated  Oct.  23, 1^78,  is  a  condition  that  tha  tttDAst 
is  to  find  one  "syde  boyne  "  to  cut  c  r-^  i>  j-** 
in  autumn,  for  one  day.  Again,  Feb, 
corporation  of  thia  borough  ordered  thiii  utr-a  .  - 
ants,  who  had  uauuUy  paid  to  the  mayors  **  boinft 
\  mcmj&^)^^  %W\ild  tb^teafter  pay  the  saioa  io  t^. 


4*8.vilma«ohi8.ti.]         notes  and  queries. 


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mmyor^  for  ever.     Can  &dj  one  explain  tbe  mean' 
in^  of  '*  bojne"  ?  CttAitLES  Jacksok. 

TjiAPP*8  *^VrROiL.'* — ^What  are  tbe  ment«  of 
th«j  yfrotk  ?  I  have  never  met  with  it,  I  httve 
amongst  mj  collectiona  the  following  anonymous 
^fpigram  :— 

**Om  hearing  Glover* i  Leonid^  compared ioVirgil. 
**  Like  unto  Virml  'tiis,  perliaps; 
But  then,  by  Jove,  'tia  DuHorTrapp**." 

Tmpp  was  a  verjr  learned  man,  and  if  there  was 
my  resemblance  between  bis  style  and  that  of 
Oforer.  lie  cannot  have  been  such  a  very  bad 
poet  after  alL  Trapp  lived  at  a  time  when  blank 
ver»  was  not  mncn  esteemed — when,  in  fact, 
Fi^cbified  jingliutj,  miacalled  heroic  verse,  was 
the  faahion,and  Milton  bad  to  auccumb  to  Boileau. 
Tiapp  must  have  been  thoroughly  acquninted 
inta  his  author.  Whether  he  hW  sufficient 
^aetic.  genius  to  tranBinute  Maronian  hexameters 
into  the  blank  veree  of  Shakspeare  and  Milton  is 
uhat  1  should  like  to  know.  Perhaps  some 
iwder  of  **N*  &  Q»"  will  obli^^  by  aeuding  an 
fitiact— say  twenty  or  thirty  Ijnes— from  one  of 
tile  eclogues.  Blank  verse  i^oema  the  proper  me- 
^um  for  hexameters  and  pentameters. 

SiEPttKN  Jacksou, 

[Another  version  of  th«  epigram  on  Glover's  LwrndoM 
Mi  M  follows  r  — 

*•  Eqasl  t4>  Virgil  ?     It  may  perhaps, 
But  then,  by  Heaven,  'tis  Dr,  Tmpp's." 
!  IfttioQ  oiThe^mid  of  Virgil  ioto  blank 

I'd  ia  1717,  in  two  vola,  4to,  is  in  littk  c#ti- 
amuori,  unn  is  s  complete  failure  as  a  work  of  art.  Dn 
^vboon  olwenai  that  ♦* Trapp's  bix>k  may  continue  its 
ttOiteDOC  aA  long:  a^t  it  is  the  clandestine  refuge  uf  $chool- 
W»."  It  ii  '*  indifforently  executed/*  remarks  John 
SkljoW  In  1758  Dr.  Warburlon  was  thus  compH- 
•^"•r  !   for  his  "Dissertation  on  the   Sixth   Book   of 

■  Sure,  in  that  Hell  which  you  designed, 
i'l  -  vile  of  ev*ry  kind ; 

%x  \'i  ell  deserve  a  place, 

)s*  r  should  find,  nor  gprace. 

Tr  .  those  re^lniB  should  hold, 

^\^    .  I  roas  instead  of  gold. 

Chief,  lhM*e  who  thy  brigbt  Muse  di^^sce, 
And  hide  with  staiun  her  bc^ut^ous  faoe. 
Th«re  crerping  Laoderdate  should  lie, 
Giid  TuMpp,  and  murdering  Ogilby/'  •] 

WiTcnES. — ^Tbe  ladies  of  Lanca- 

n  of  and  toasted  aa  **  Lancashire 

C  nder  what  sobriquets  do  the  gallants 

iglish  counties  celebrate  the  beauty  of 

^urir  (nr  t-nalaveTs?  Pekstoktensis. 

TVooDciTT  IiriTiiX  Lettees. — Can  any  of  the 
DOOGipoiideiita  of  *'  N.  &  Q."  inform  me  who  was 
ftftdengxifir  and  who  the  engraver  of  the  initial 
lltets  (many  of  which  are  verv  beautiful)  to 
bs  chapters  in  Whitakera   Rickmondshirt  and 

•  Tbrse  tfanslatora  of  Vir^l. 


Leeds  f    Many  of  these  are  views  of  places  in 
Yorkshire  which   are   easily  recognised,   but  it 
would  be  interesting  to  know  the  whole,  and  it  is' 
to  be  hoped  that  in  the  new  edition  which  is  pro*9| 
mtsed  an  index  of  their  names  will  be  given. 

G.  I).  T. 
Hudderalield, 


GAINSBOROUGH'S  "BLUE  BOY.** 
(4*^  S.  m,  570  J  iv»  23, 41, 80,  204,  237 ;  v.  17, 35.) 

Since  this  subject  wns  last  before  your  readersi 
(Jan.  8,  1870),  and  created  a  widespread  in- 
terest, much  progress  has  been  made  towards 
settling  the  question  as  to  which  of  the  two 
**  Blue  Boys  '^  is  the  original  picture,  and  thereby ' 
entitled  to  tbe  **  blue  riband''  of  the  fine  arts." 
With  your  approval  tbe  subjec'  will  be  resumed ' 
and  eompletud. 

Amongst  your  contemporaries  who  have  com- 
mented on  the  facts  disclosed  in  your  columna, 
The    Queen  *    concludes    an  interesting    article,  ^ 
accompanied  by  a  sketch  of  the  "  Blue  Boy  **1 
printed  in  colours,  with  the  following  pertinent^ 
remarks :  — 

**  Until  last  year,"  saya  The  Quetn^**  tbe  fact  that  there  - 
were  two  '  Blue  Boya  *  was  not  generally  known.    But,  as  J 
now-a-duys  there  ii  always  souiething'  new  turninj^  up,j 
or  some  aitick  of  faith  ruthleasly  swept  away,  the  W«st* 
minatar  ^filae  Boy*  is  net  exempt  from  what  appears  to 
be  a  general  rule^    The  qucjiition  aa  to  which  of  them 
the  original  aud  which  the  replica  has  been  argued  with 
^rcat  f^pirit  in  our  contemporary,  Notes  and  Qttrrie$, 
For  many  years  thsMaffjuis  of  Westminster'^  picture  1 
been  tbe'uachallfloged  claimant  of  the  oripnnJ  honours  j 
but  at  the  conversazione  of  the  Insatitotiou  of  Ciiril  Engir" 
nccrs  in  1867,  after  a  lifetime's  obscurity,  a  second  *  BluoJ 
Boy'  formed  one  of  tbe  works  of  art  lent  for  exhibition,^ 
amd  the  second  claimant  baa  been  pronouuced  by  com- 
petent jndgea  to  be  a  very  fine  work  of  art.** 

Here  it  will  usefully  refresh  the  memory  to 
quote  tbe  conclusions  formerly  arrived  at.  On 
September  18,  18G9,  they  were  — 

**  That  the  *  Blue  Boy  '  which  was  in  the  posaeasion  of 
Mr.  Hoppncr,  R*A*,  if  not  the  one  now  in  tbe  posaessioa 
of  the  Marriuifl  of  Westminster  ;  that  it  is  more  likely  td 
be  the  one  whii^h  was  the  property  of  the  late  Mr.  liall^ 
its  exhibited  at  the  rooversazione  of  the  Institution  c' 
Civil  Engineers  in  18G7 ;  that  if  one  of  the  two  *  Blu 
Boya '  baa  been  ct>pit;cl  from  the  other,  it  is  the  Wa-i^J 
luinsier  one,  which  is  a  copy  of  the  rival  picture ;  i 
that  if  both  pictured  are  Gaiuiborough'a,  then  the  1g 
known  one  is  the  finest  work  of  art."" 

And  on  January  8, 1870 — 

"  That  the  infcrenoes  formerly  drawn  in  favour  of  ih«^ 
least -known  Blue-clad  have  been  virtually  con  iirmc<l 
subsequently  received  facts ;  that  the  original  *  Blue  BoyJ , 
aa  well  as  several  other  Blue-clada,  were,  in  all  proba*^ 
bilitv,  palut€d  before,  and  not  qflw,  the  deUvery  of  Siyl 
Joshua  Reynolds's  cold-colour  discourse  in  Dece;ca\y«^ 
1778  ;  that  it  is  probable  ibe  ongmai  "  B\^^  ^^^^  -^ftaaft^ 

*  AVtVV«0,V«I^. 


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I 


4lrect  fjrom  Galosboroa^h't  ttailio  to  the  gallerjr  of 
Georgre  rrtooe  of  Wales,  iflerwards  GcorA^o  IV.;  that,  at 
anv  rate,  U  belonged  it  one  time  to  the  rrince,  and  was 
by'  him  sold  to  John  Nesbitt,  Esq.,  M.P*;  that  the  verj' 
remarkible  coincidence  betweea  the  enrly  de9criplit>n  of 
the  picture  in  Mr.  Ncsbitl'a  poswaaion  (by  Mr.  VvVsr 
Coxe),  and  the  recent  deacription  of  the  leait-kiiowii 
*•  BJue-clad"  (by  Mr.  R.  J.  Ijtnt,  AJi,A,)  la  preffumftbly 
dud  to  tlieir  aciually  referring  tu  the  same  picture  ;  that 
about  lS06,lf  not  prefioui^y,  two  *Blufl  Boya'  appcftr,  uf 
which  the  original  was  in  lloppner'i^  care,  and  the  nn- 
known  one  in  the  Grofl\'enor  colicction;  and  that  there 
ore  c}[ceUent  reaiioni  for  now  reeognisiog  the  lca«t*known 
*  BItic  Boy  *  as  the  saine  picture  which  wai  auccessively 
the  propertr  of  (or  was, held  by)  ILK.H,  (;eor^  Prince 
of  Wales,  3ohn  Neabitt,  Esq.  M.P.,  and  John  lloppoer, 
Esq..  R.A-" 

80  far  aa  we  know,  tliese  concluBiona  h&xQ  not 
been  controverted  Ijj  a  single  fuct  ndvanced  Rgaioat 
them,  altliougli  tbo  will  to  rebut  thera  has  not 
been  wanting-.  On  the  contrttry,  further  dia- 
coTeiies  and  closer  exatninationa  of  both  picturefi 
have  Tirtunlly  established  them. 

For  example,  as  regards  the  origin  of  the 
'*  Blue  boj,  it  appear*  it  was  painted  in  17D9 
and  cxhibiled  in  1770,  to  confute,  as  it  did  auo- 
cesafollY,  Kejnulds*  depreciation  of  Gaitisboxougb'g 
skill  in  pnrtraiture^  geveral  years  before  the  cold- 
colour  axioniH  were  launched  Qgaiiiat  the  successful 
picture  and  itj^  pjtinter. 

To  Mr,  Joseph  Hogarth,  the  well-known  and 
respected  veteran  in  wbrka  of  art,  Mount  Street, 
Gptiavenor  Squftr<>,  we  are  indebted  for  the  in- 
formation that  the  portrait  in  a  Vandyke  dress 
-which  achieved  for  Gainsborough  so  great  a  auc- 
C6M  at  tho  R.  A.  ill  1770*  was  the  *' Blue  Boy/' 
and  that  it  was  the  picture  of  which  Miss  Mary 
Moser  eaid,  **Gnin»borough  beyond  himseltV 
This  diK^overy  throws  a  iiood  of  new,,  if  less 
pleaaant,  light  on  the  policy  of  Reynolds  towards 
Gainsborough  ;  but  this  interesting  subject  must, 
for  the  present  at  leasts  be  deferred. 

It  also  atldd  much  weight  to  the  trfidition, 
which  it  ia  said  the  late  Mr.  Turner,  It. A.,  was 
dispoeed  to  believe,  that  the  original  '*  Blue  Boy  " 
represented  a  youth  connected  with  the  Molyneux, 
now  the  Sefton  family;  for  Gainsborough  ex- 
hibited the  portrait  of"  Isabella  Lady  Molyneux 
the  previous  year.  Tbij  lady  had  two  brothers — 
Viscount  Petersham,  then  sixteen,  nnd  Henry 
Fitzmv  Stftnhope,  a  younger  one,  sons  of  a  soldier 
of  high  distinction— Earl  Harrington.  Now,  one 
of  these  youths  may  have  been  the  model  boy^  nnd 
thus  account  for  th'u  tine  military  attitude  of  ease, 
grace,  and  elegance,  "as  if  to  the  manner  bom,*' 
which  so  prominently  distinguishes  the  least- 
known  **  Blue  Boy  '^  over  the  rival  picture,  as  the 
best  judges  tell  us. 

Moreover,  the  *'  Blue  Boy  "  was  p«mted  at  Batb, 

^^  thnt  jt  is  more  probable  one  of  the  youthful 

^/stocnts  who  vMted  (iai/i5boP0Ufh*B  studio  in 

•  Ftdcher^M  Lift  ^/GaimMborouffft,  p.  70. 


that  city  became  the  niodel  boy,  than  that  thei 
eon  of  a  London  ironmonger  did  so/ 

From  a  pedigree  point  of  view,  two  important 
discoveries  have   been  made  which    practically 
complete  the  hiatorv  of  the  least-known  *•  Bluo 
Boy  "  as  the  original  picture.     They  are  (1)  that 
Nesbitt,  the  owner  of  the  original'**  Blue  Boy,'* 
in   the   beginning  of  the  century,  had  the  pio 
ture  with  him  at  Heston  between *1815  and  ifeo, 
where  it  seems  to  have  been  a  well-known  pi©- 
ture,  and  V2)  that   Hall,  m    long  the   owner  of 
the  least  known  *'  Blue  Boy,"  purchased  it  as  the 
original,  with  it^  pedigree  complete,  the  Prince  (rf 
Wales  portion  included,  and  used  the  infonnatiott 
thus  obtained,  no  doubt  from  Nesbitt,  as  autho- 
ritative proof  for  stating  openly  on  every  oppor- 
tunity that  bis  was  the  original'** Blue  Bc»v/'  wid 
the  (jroavenor  picture  only  a  copy  of  it. '  Iltiri.^ 
statement,  it  is  said,  reaclied   the'  notice  of  iisH 
late  Marquis  of  "Westminster,    and   led   him  t<y^ 
make  inquiries  about  the  '*  Blue  Bov*s  "  history, 
as  if  there  was  a  loose  screw,  from  ilr.  Ko^er% 
the  poet  and  collector  of   works   of  art,  aonur 
twcuty-two  years  ngo.     In  connection  with  thir' 
matter,  there  is  an  incongruous  **  Blue  Boy  *' 
fathered  on  Rogers,  which  we  would  like  to  _ 
if  any  of  your  readers  ever  heard  him  menl 

It  ia,  that  Rogers   bought  the   original  **j . 

Boy  "  at  a  sale,  let  Honpner  have  it  to  copr,  ii»^ 
thatlloppner  dtshonoraMy  and  sun-entitiousfysold 
the  original  to  Earl  Grosvenor— a  libel  doubtlcas 
on  both  gentletneo,  as  it  is  known  to  be  on  Hopp- 
ner,  who  did  not  sell  the  original "  Blue  Boy  to^ 
Karl  Grosvenor.  To  us  it  appears  to  be  mersly  f 
perversion  of  facta,  having  nothing  whatever  to  d< 
with  the  original  *'  Blue  lioy,"  put  forward  as  i 
forlorn  defence  of  the  damaged  pedigree  of  tin 
best-known  **Blue  Boy; ''  but  if  wrong  we  will 
be  glad  to  be  corrected. 

Briefly  tbe^e  facts  are:— (I.)  Rogers^  much  en- 
joyed and  spoken  about  purchase  of  "  Pock  "  by 
Reynolds— not  the  "Blue  Boy"  by  Gainaborotigh— 
at  a  sale,  where  Lord  Farnborough  and  Dance tbi 
painter  were  with  him,  after  having  all  break 
fa^sted  at  his  residence;  and  (2)  the  quarrel  b* 
tween  Rogers  and  Iloppner,  not  about  the  **Blue 
Boy,'^  but  an  Artist  whom  the  former  desired  K^ 
become  a  member  of  the  Council  of  Trent  Cbib, 
but  was  strongly  opposed    by   the   latter,  wha 
bitterly  reproached  Rogers  for  this  de^re,  which* 
led  Rogers  to  say  of  Iloppner,  **  He  has  an  awfitl 
temper — the  most  spiteful  person  I  ever  knew." 


I  eo- 

tak-H 
be-fl 

Rhie  T 


•  A  fool- note  of  dubioas  origin  In  Kdw  '  "  ^ 
n/"Pu infer*  appears  to  be  the  suleattth^T 
name  of  Buttcll,  ctthur  sji  the  modef  or  ti 
orij;in«l  "  Jiloc  \ki\\*^  But  this  nii^hi  have  bfin  sdil<d 
lifter  the  death  of  Edwards  in  December,  1h<m»v  m<S  trb«ii 
lliCi  wfttk  was  j:;oinff  through  the  pres$  i  "  ~  '  i.nf- 
cqtAvti'^  1q  V\v«!  \jti>*"S;eTv?^t  ^aWvtv  %ttt<  r  pie- 


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But  to  return  to  Hall :  it  is  cert&m  tHftt  lie  was 
proud  of  Ilk  **  Blue  Boy  "  on  account  of  his  rojal 
otitecedentfl,  wlucli  he  took  core  ahould  be  known, 
until  the  picture  acquired  the  title  of  the  IVince 
of  WaUn  porlratt  atnooff  those  about  hitn,  and 
waa  «!-»  catiihjp'aed  afttT  nia  death.  In  this  way 
the  dead  wiw  u  a  wittingly  made  to  bear  evidence 
that  when  living  he  knew  well  that  the  picture 
had  once  belonged  to  the  Prince  of  Wale**,  and 
oontequently  that  it  was  the  celebrated  original 
*•  Blut*  Boy/'  well  worth  1500/,  to  keep  and  not 
to  aell. 

Another  and  a  satiafactoTT  proof  of  the  origi- 

nalitT  of  the  lea«t-known  **  Blue  Boy  ■  *  appeared  at 

the  Winter  Exhibition  of  the  Rnyal  Academy  in 

the  form  of  a  very  line  Gainsborough,  Tecently 

rulucd  for  legacy  duty  at  1500/.     It  is  No.  102  in 

Uus  CttUlogue,  and  is  a  companion  picture  to  the 

lewt^kuown   **  Blue-clad/'  in  the  de&cription   of 

Cfnras  used»  in  the  very  thin  but  brilliant  water- 

cr>WTr*like  ?*tyle  of  painting  bo  characteristic  of 

I's portraits  painted  at  Bath,  and  even 

I  hi -pi  an,  the  picturea  differing  Jittle 

try  for  the  poaitiona  and  dresseB 

:  St  pictme,  aa  it  may  be  calied,  contains 

aits  of  the  Countess  of  Sussex  and  her 

1.    Lady  Barbara    Yelverton,  afterwards 

de  Kuthyn,  aa  lent  for  the  Exhibition 

— ^te?s  of  London, 

1y  a  century  ago  Gninsborough  ex- 

..x.o   very  picture   at  the  Royal  Academy 

tkw  year  after  he  had  exhibited  the  *'Bhie  Boj," 

tlivn'Torp   a  similarity  of  materials  and  "  hand- 

'  might  be  expected  and  is  found. 

bv  this  test,  the  Groavenor  **Blue  Boy  " 

iks  a  Gainsborough.     The  canvas  is  dif- 

'^  vehicle  different,  the  painting  thicker^ 

le58  delicately   managed,  and  the 

-iisappoiDting, 

iie  least-known  "  Blue  Boy"  by  the 
:dies,  and  they  will  have  met^  per- 
re  tkaa  their  match  in  general  attracti ve- 
in materials  and  execution  they  would 
well-matched  pair,  to  prove  a  common 
iiy.  in  a  very  convincing  mimner, 
ding  with  the  history  of  the  "  Blue 
as  well  to  give  a  deacriptioQ  of 
and   the   chief  ditierencea  he- 
of  these  differences  have  been 
^^  .1  Limns,  bat  the  exhibition  of  the 

i'lue   Boy"  last  year  at  the  Koyal 
'       .1  Bubsequently  at  South  Kensington^ 
"nahied  a  satisfactory  comparison  of  the  two 
sito  be  made  by  competent  judges. 
leivottT*  to  bring  about  a  public  Aide-by-side 
^thm  between  them  have  failed,  owing  to 
"nam  of  the  best-known  **  Boy  "  to  enter 
*  Maioat  the  other. 
flsrvnee  I  a  the  ehades  of  the  blue  colours 


of  the  chivalrous  young  athletes  of  Oxford  and 
Cambridge,  who  annually  contend  for  the  **Blu& 
Riband  **  of  rowing,  ia  well  known ;  and  as  witli 
theae  colours,  so  with  the  two  pictures — one  of 
them  presents  a  darker  and  older  appearance  than 
the  other.  They  might  therefore  ht^  distiDguished 
as  Liffht  Blue  and  Dark  Bine. 

But  there  ia  a  depth  and  delicacy  of  light  and. 
shade  about  the  older-looking  picture  which  ia 
not  found  on  the  other;  and  the  colour  on  the 
figure  of  the  former,  if  ever  bright  blue,  has  mel* 
lowed  pleasingly  in  a  ffreaiuh  direction.  On  the^ 
younger-looking  **  Boy'*  the  colour  is  paler  and 
has  a  hardness,  which  gives  the  picture,  as  Allarr 
Cunningham  said,  *'a  somewhat  startling"  first 
imnraaaion  character. 

Connoisseurs  might  therefore  prefer  to  call  the 
lighter  picture  the  *♦  Pale  Bine  But/,^^  as  Leslie  did 
when  writing  about  it,  and  the  dju-ker  one  th©^ 
'*  Grem  Blue  Bmj,-*  as  it  has  been  designated. 

The  LigU  or  Bale  *'  Blue  Boy  **  belongs  to  the 
Marquis  of  Westminster,  is  a  well- known  picture, 
and  has  a  sight  size  of  70  inches  by  48  inches. 

The  Dnrk  or  Grctti  **Blue  Boy'*  has  a  sight 
size  of  71  i  inchea  by  50^  inches,  but  owing  to 
the  misforlunea  which  befel  its  owner  in  lS02j. 
and  drove  both  into  obscurity,  it  is  now  compara- 
tively little  known. 

Modem  descriptions  of  and  eulogiums  on  the- 
Groavenor  **  Blue  Boy  '*  are  well  known  and  need 
not  be  epitomised  here.  It  is  otherwise,  however, 
with  the  green  '*  Blue  Boy,^'  now  seen  to  be  the 
original;  therefore  it  is  proposed  to  quote  two 
descriptions  of  the  original^  when  it  waa  known 
as  such,  and  some  of  the  green  **  Blue  Boy,"  com- 
parative and  otherwise. 

The  earliest  description  of  the  original  "  Blue 
Boy"  yet  met  with  haa  appeared,  but  may  be 
repeated.  It  was  written  in  1803,^  by  Mr.  Peter 
Ooxe,  for  Nesbitt's  sale,  and  is  as  follows  : — 

**  Nt>.63.— (Jflinsbomuj[;h, — A  whole-lenfrth  Fif^uro  with 
a  fine  Limlseape  in  Iho  Bflckgroiiml.  This  most  incom- 
parable  perf«rinftncc  ranks  thia  Tcr}-  celtbratetl  Master 
amonfj  the  tiwt  class  of  Pnintirj^/  both  Ancient  and 
Moiitro.  It  bos  the  Grace  and  l^ilejcriince  uf  Vaa  Dyck  in 
the  FLjLfun?,witb  a  Counlcnaace  a*  I'yreibly  expressed  and 
as  rich  as  Miirillo,  with  the  man  a  ffement'of  Titian.  It  is 
a  picture  which  cannot  be  too  highly  spoken  of  or  too 
much  admired.'' 

The  green  '*  Blue  Boy  "  shows  that  this  is  not 
only  not  exaggerated  praise,  but  hardly  does  jus* 
tice  to  the  present  rich  ripe  attractiveness  of  the 
life-lilce  presence  on  the  canvas. 

The  second  description  yet  seen  of  the  original 
"  Blue  Boy  "  was  written  by  Edwards  Id  1800^ 
about  four  years  after  NeebitVs  sale,  when  Ho^ip- 
ner  was  still  the  holder  of  the  picture  for  Keshitt, 
whose  affairs  were  not  settled  until  about  1815, 
As  an  echo  of  the  title  under  which  the  **  Bluer 
Boy*'  was  catalogued  in  1770,  this  deecription  19 
at  once  bistoricarond  highly  laudatory. 


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Edwards  dedcribes  the  picture  as  "  A  whole- 
length  portrait  of  a  youDg  gerjtlemftn  "  —  exactly 
as  catalogued  in  1770—"  in  a  Vandyck  dress' ^ — aa 
explained  in  1770  by  Miaa  Mo«er — 

**  Wliich  has  obtained  the  title  of  the  *  Blue  Boy '  from 
tlie  aoloar  of  tb«  satin  in  wtdch  the  fi^re  ia  drcaaed  It 
ii  not  exaggerated  proiM  to  say  this  picture  might  stand 
amon^  those  of  Vandjxk.  It  is  now  in  the  possession  of 
Mr.  Hoppncr,  R.A.'* 

This  8how3  conclusively  that  whatever  "Blue 
Boy  "  the  first  Earl  Groevenor,  who  died  in  1802, 
did  purcbaae,  it  could  not  be  the  original  picture 
which,  four  years  afterwarda^  waa  in  the  hands  of 
Hoppner, 

So  far  aa  we  know,  that  hijprh,  if  not  highest 
of  linn^  authorities  on  Gainshorough-a  '*  hand- 
writing," R.  J,  Lane,  Esq.,  A,R,A.,  was  the  next 
to  express,  in  184iO^  an  opinion  on  the  green,  or 
I  original  "  Blue  Boy,**  This  opinion  has  appeared 
liD  your  pages,  but  with  a  sent  en  ee  nccia^nlally 
omitted  (about  the  colouring)  which  is  now  sup- 
plied : — 

*' I  Iiavi*^"  says  Mr.  Lane,  "  farafally  examined  the 
picture  (the  green  BIue'Clfl<3.)     The  figure  ijj  more  ele- 

Stnt  Lhau  the  Grosvcnor  picture — the  colouring  clearer— 
e  chflraoter  of  the  fttce  far  mure  pleasing — the  minut^'at 
touches  of  the  suhordinate  parU  palpably  Gainahro's." 

Like  Mr.  Coie,  who  wrote  sixty-seven  years 
previous  I  J,  Mr.  Lane  selects  the  elegance  of  the 
figure  and   the  beauty    of  the  face  for  special 

I  praise,  and  well  they  merit  it. 

Ilear^  abo,  what  an  able  art  critic,  commenting' 
on  the  facta  which  appeared  in  '*  N.  &  Q./'  and 
who  carefully  examined  the  **  Green  Blue ''  be- 

I  fore  he  wrote,  savs  in  The  Graphic '  about  the  green 
'^BlueBo/s"fkce;— 

"  If,*'  says  the  critic^  "  this  newly-diacovered  *  Blue 
Boy  *  IS  not  by  Gainsboroogh,  by  whom  if*  it  ?  Who 
could  imitate  the  wouderfal  bravura^  Who  could  have 
niade  the  red  blood  glow  tlirough  ibofte  brown  cheelsu  ? 
Who  could  vivify  those  intelligent  eyes  ?  The  face  is  too 
gTaceFul  for  Wilson  the  |Kjrtrait- pa  inter.  It  is  beyond 
vhat  Hoppuor  could  have  done  ;  oa  for  Beechy,  he  only 
imitated  Gmii^borough's  landscapes.  Is  this  Mooud  *  Blue 
Boy  *  to  reinaiu  an  endlcas  crwa^  for  modem  art  edtics  ?  " 

Ko,  the  puxzle  is  solved  in  favour  of  ^'  Green 
Blue,"  and  of  his  face  it  may  be  fairly  said— 
"'Ti»  beauty  truly  blent*  whas*5  red  and  whit« 
Gains bro*M  own  cuHiiing  hand  kid  on." 

The  following  artistical  comparison  of  the  two 
*'Blue  Boys  ^*  by  a  good  judge  speaks  for  itself — 
«  London,  Jan.  1870. 

" GAmsBOROCOH's  »Bldb  Boy/— Having  seen  by 
The  Timtt  that  the  Weatminater  *  Blie  Boy '  wia  at  the 
K.  Am  I  went  to  see  and  examine  it,  &»  I  bad  pr^vioiuly 
seen  and  examined  the  other  picture^  whi{!h  hai;,  I  may 
say,  both  the  body  and  soul  of  Gainsborough.  I  certainly 
was  disappointed  at  the  WeMmiu»ter  picture^  for  I  could 
not  perceive  those  qualities  in  sucli  perfectiou  in  it  as  in 
ihe  other pkfture.  The  manipulation  in  it  h  weak,  and 
the  touch  not  ao  free  and  decided  as  in  the  other,    Iha 

^Jyecwnber  ld»  1869. 


blue  i5  crude  (Allan  Cunningham  said  rather  wLartK 
wo)  and  the  fohU  of  the  dresa  cripply,  which  certainly  giw 
an  idea  of  a  copy  of  the  oilier  picaure  by  a  tolerably  good 
artist*    There  ia  also   another  sign  of  their  not^"""*^" 
painted  by  the  same  artiat^  which  is,  in  the  oatun 
vehicle  used.    I  coiuider  the  other  picture  (the  I 
Blue  Boy ')    contains  the  perfectiou  of  C 
colour,  vehicle,  touch,  and  mind,  which 
cannot  dL<?cuver  in  the  Westminster  pictaro. 
they  had  been  hun^  together,  any  connoisneiir  who  <iM  t 
know  which  was  which  would  nave  taken  the  other  I 
the  ori^nal  and  the  Weatminater  picture  for  a  id 
good  copy  of  it.** 

A  high  authoritji  after  more  than  one  ei 
tion  of  both  pictures,  recently  escpreaeed  as 
conclusion  in  these  words: — 

» I  have  closely  examined  the  Groavencir  *  Blue  Bof  A 
South  Kensington,  and  I  am  firmly  impresaed  by  iUgi»t 
infenonty  to  the  other  *  Blue  Boy*  in  grnoe  andelicinee 
of  form  and  feature  a-^  well  aa  In  delicacy  of  fobwv  1 
think  that  the  qualities  which  I  ol»-  <  olhrr 

picture  are  strong  eri<lence  of  its  origr  ^Ji»i  'f 

the  two  piciurt:a  could  be  put  side  bj. 
would  be  maintained*" 

Decided  as  both  tbeae  opiniona  are  in  fiifOWil 
'*  Green  Blue,"  it  can  scarcely  be  doubted  that  %  ' 
would  be  fully  confirmed  by  the  puhlic  gtnsi 
and  the  Groavenor  ^^Blue  Boy  *' ne  deemed  I 
comparatively  a  meaner-looking  and  Ibm-A 
Uve  picture. 

Still  more  recently  a  connoisaeur  of  high  E 
tation  as  a  judge  of  painters*  handwriting- 
correapondent  of  yours  of  many  years*  sU 
who  took  much  interest  in  the  former  ditf 
went  with  a  friend  to  see  and  criticise  th»  ^ 
Blue  Boy,'*  The  result  was  warm  praise^  1^ 
arrived  at  the  conviction  that  the  picture  wii  I 
far  the  finest  Gainaborough  he  had  ever  seen, « 
he  would  venture  to  say  the  finest  of  his  wo^j 
existence,  as  it  strongly  reminded  him  of  i 
cla^g  Velasquez. 

In  conclusion,  at  present  the  artistic  t .  , 
of  the  *' Green  Blue  Boy**  may  be  summed* 
not  at  all  inaptly,  as 

*'  Perfected  lovdinesa.    All  the  harroonici 
Of  form »  of  feature^  and  of  soul  dwplayed. 
In  the  bright  crtaiion'^ 

X  SkwiU- 

The  Lombard,  E,C. 


BRITISH  SCYTHED  CHARIOTS;  IymS.MAS 
(4^»>  S,  vii.  95.) 

Mr.  Trollope*8  not©  in  his  edition  of  C^ 
Ctrnimm^orw*^  denying  the  truth  of  the  ati 
typed  statement  that  the  ancient  BritOM  r 
their  war  charioU  with  mfthfa^  ^er^  -■ 
thoroughly  discussed  before  being  a 
rect.  In  the  first  place,  we  have  the  of 
Richard  of  Cirencester,  who  says : — 

*^  T\ie.  "ftnX^Ta  xwaH.  <ssi^^  l^niq^  <kl  foot  and^ooj 


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241 


■a  Gftllie  maimer.      ThoM  cb&riota  to  the  vcle-treei  of 
which  tcyth^M  were  fixed  were  called  covini  or  wains," 

This  passage  1  ouote  from  Dr.  Gilea'a  edition  of 
Six  Old  EnglUh  Chro/Ucks  (Bohn,  Londoo,  1806), 
who  appeads  tlie  followiDg  note : — 

"The  Britons,  however,  appear  to  have  devised  an  im- 
piDrement  in  thia  mode  of  warfare,  which  wa&  unknown 
to  the  Greeks.  Their  ebarioLs  seem  to  have  been  of  two 
khtds— the  corini  or  wainei,  heavy  and  armed  with  scythe, 
ti  hf«ak  the  thickest  ordpr  of  the  enemy;  and  the 
m  lighter  klod^  adapted  probably  to  «ituatioi)«  and 
M  ill  which  the  evvmi  coald  not  act,  and 
performing  duties  of  cavalry.'*— P.  426. 

Dr  Giles  does  not  aeem  to  doubt  the  veracity 
«f  Richard  of  Cirencester,  althou^'U  in  hia  preface 
Iw  rejects  other  of  his  productiona  as  valueless ; 
bat  to  that  on  the  *'  ancient  state  of  Britain/^  from 
which  I  have  made  the  Above  extract,  he  attaches 
tome  importance. 

Mr.    irollope  of  course   can  select  whom  he 
pleases  to  vent  his  displeasure  upon;  but  in  jus- 
tice to  the  excellent  Mrs.  Markham,  and  abo  the 
much-honoured  Eugt^on  8ue,  I  cannot  refrain  from 
fltpr^'saing  my  astonishment  at  thia  kind  of  fair 
ttfcction,  whereby  he  proceeds  to   disabuse  the 
jKjjniUr  mind  of  the  so-called  delusion.     Surely 
w  oijpbt  to  have  castigated  Richard  of  Cirences- 
t'lr  and  his  En^'lish  editor,  but  io  doing  this  he 
TT^  ulil   have  to  encounter  another  excellent  au- 
tlwtitv,  who  18  equally  guilty   of  this  just  dis- 
•weted  crime.      Sfr.    Francis  Palgrave,  in    his 
Buton/  of  Enffitmd  (Anglo-Saxon  period)^  says, 
h  speaking  of  tlio  valour  of  the  ancient  Britons : — 

"But  the  valour  of  the  Britons  was  displayed  on  land; 

ifc<7  irrre  brave  and  sturdy  warriors ;  and  when   they 

^*iit  furtii  tt»  a>mbat  they  rode  in  chariots  with  blades  of 

tixod  to  the  axle-trees  of  the  whedji.    Engaged  in 

'  .  ihcy  urged  their  horses  to  their  ntmoat  speed,  and 
i^r  (harp  edgvt  of  the  icythes  mowed  down  the  enemy/' 

N-  i^Lejr  Tacit ua  nor  C^sar  notices  the  scythed 
i  ■  I  ts,  hut  it  does  not  follow  that  there  were 

■  m  use  at  one  time. 

i  mnnt  imajTine  that  three  distinct  authorities 
^'^^dM4  Mrs.  Markham  and  Eugene  Sue  could 
j^Te  been  led  into  one  common  mistake,  unless 
|t  can  be  proved  that  all  the  modem  writers  have 
Wii  midled  by  RLchatd  of  Cirencester,  who  of 
<!*UT>*  must  be  shown  to  be  in  error.  The  onm 
task  devolves  upon  Mr.  Trollope.    I  am 

■  bat  many  will  feel  extremely  grateful  to 
^  should  ho  undertake  this ;  none  more  so  than 

J,  Jeremiah,  J  vis. 


^  COMPLETION  OF  ST  PAULAS  CATHEDRAL. 

(4^  S.  vii.  185,) 

I  obBerve  id  '*  N.  &  Q."  that  a  rumour — only  a 
^our,  I  hope — as  to  the  intended  ajran^ment 
^^th  regard  to  the  oj^gMt  At  St  P^uVb  Ca^edraJ 


is  referred  to  as  a  matter  for  extreme  satisfaction : 
^*  the  position  of  the  organ  has  been  decided  aa 
oaly  it  should  have  been.*'  It  is  to  stand,  we  are 
informed,  agaiast  the  blank  walls  where  now 
stand  the  Nelson  and  Com  wall!  s  monuments. 

To  say  that  the  ultimate  success  of  all  future 
operations  in  this  work  depends  upon  the  position 
of  the  organ — as  if  folks  were  to  go  to  church  to 
hear  the  organ,  or  listen  to  the  music — is  too 
ridiculous;  but  setting  aside  this  question,  it  la 
quite  sufficient  to  condemn  the  project  if  the 
architectural  effect  it  will  produce  is  considered. 

A  large  sum  of  money  has  been  expended  in 
the  purchase  of  a  powerful  organ »  and  m  placing 
it  in  a  good  position  acoustically.  Now  it  is 
coolly  suggested  to  do  away  with  all  this,  and 
using  up  the  materials  of  the  choir  and  transept 
organs,  to  make  one  tnighty  wholei  which  is  to  ba 
placed  in  the  narrowest  part  of  the  cathedral,  so 
as  to  make  that  which  is  already  far  too  fimall 
considerably  less. 

I  am  sure  that  no  lover'of  organs  would  desire 
that  Father  Smith's  venerable  instrument,  which 
witl^  its  recent  ttdditions  is  a  very  perfect  and 
beautiful  work,  should  be  engulfed  by  the  tran- 
sept organ,  ex(!ellent  as  that  may  be ;  and  when 
we  read  of  "considerable  additions" — the  twa 
instruments  together,  without  additions,  wotdd 
give  us  eighty  stops  at  least — the  practical  quea- 
tion  of  the  amount  of  room  such  a  leviathan 
would  occupy  becomes  very  important 

As  I  have  alresdy  remarked,  the  position  said 
to  have  been  selected  is  that  point  at  which  the 
main  avenue,  running  through  the  cathedral  from 
east  to  west,  is  most  ctmtracted.  It  is  there  little, 
if  at  all,  over  forty  feet  in  width.  No  amount  of 
piling  up,  even  to  the  springing  of  the  roof,  could 
reduce  the  organ  itself  to  a  less  projection  than 
^"^^  feet  from  the  wall,  and  this  on  both  aides 
would  reduce  the  centre  passage  by  some  ten 
feeti  leaving  for  the  communication  between  a 
dome  of  over  one  hundred  feet  in  diameter^  and  a 
choir  more  than  forty  feet  in  width,  a  restricted 
opening  probably  not  thirty  feet  wide. 

IIow  exceedingly  bad  this  is,  I  need  not  point 
out.  Your  correspondent  b  of  opinion  that  two 
choirs  are  necessary  for  the  services  of  the  cathe* 
dral,  and  I  quite  agree  with  him ;  but  I  do  not 
think  we  are  at  all  of  the  same  mind  as  to  how 
this  arrangement  should  be  etfected. 

I  have  gone  into  this  question  very  thorfjughly, 
but  will  not  occupy  your  columns  by  repeating 
here  what  it  fullj  entered  into  bv  me  in  conjunc- 
tion with  Mr,  J,  T.  Micklethwaite  in  the  first 
number  of  The  Sacrisfy,  to  which  I  would  refer 
Y.  C.  E.  SoMERS  Clakke,  Juf. 

3,  Delahay  Street,  Great  George  istreet. 

[  By  reference  to  The  Tinwi  ol  W  ei\^MAav  \asS.  \N.-wa. 
be  seen  that  Y.  C.  K  was  coTWftt  m  ^wa  %vaU!«im\.\^Vft 

the  deciaion  with  regard  to  tVk^  tutg^su— ^t»r\ 


iUlES  A3a>  QCERIEa 


#^s.rn-; 


(4F  &  Ly  if -y  Y^  fl 


id  4m  thmm  m4i^  i 

Bmh'^  K«.  2.  flod  Um  mtM  of  OililM  »  Ajr- 
Mi»;  wM#  01,  IteioBi  \m  abofm  (4»  a  n. 
4i8)  Ito  '^WMimtS^  ef  tU  flftOMW  sot  ^ 
yMAj  fiskt  414  ^i«t  in  Ui«  dxtanili  eeirtiiff 
fai  m  fiHjffcb4iififiir  pmili  of  CMrfHra*.  Not  t 
fMtlft  of  yrooC  \am  \mm*fAAmaA  to  iiifplr  t^e 

which  Ibe  oHgiiMl  iMU  «m  Hid  to  bAro  been 

wXUt^htA,    Th#  pbraMology  la  whbb  tbcHe  deed« 

^^..  ... '  t^^nii^j,  uDd  |t|«  iMOMa  of  Ibe  poitlefl  coQ- 

4*'*  H,  L  Am\  oonrinoe  m«  tb^t  ^bey 

ft: a«,  if  indeed  ih«y  eirtr  eri«t*d  m  fic- 

iirm>i,  Jf  io,  ibo  Mftli  go  too.  But  eti^n  ib^ee 
v*m\)%m  iriteTnul  tridAoco  of  tb«1r  wortbleAeneia. 
J  did  not  m»mtlon  It  lit  tlio  time,  but  remarked  to 
fjty*clf  tb<5  curi'iuii  way  in  which  the  legend  of 
ijftch  *'  mut "  mipplie/i  nom^ithinff  wanting^  in  the 

lithnr,  Thun  tbi*  hnt  in,  **H'  WilcJmi , '*;  th« 

\^tmA  irt,  *^  S*  .  *  .  .  lti>ffHr  '* ;  kwA  th«  third,  the 
ctitjou*  ion*»,  blttx«*  forth  in  ftill— **  8*  W  ,  .  , , 
Mil/'     TliM  "  unknown  "  nifirMifivctnrfT  of 
_  J  hiu  b«c«n  ftn  ivilnut  fit  bin  Irnrkv     Yut  Mr;  IL 
r^n^  nvlib'nily  had  drMibtn  nf  tln;ir  authenticity, 
im  I  nrfiiiirrl  our.  in  my  Ilrwt  nommunirntion, 

Mit  J,  ('.   lti>nKi(ii'i  tUMcrtion   tbiit  l>mchar 

[^  fdfjcnd  "  n  coat  of  anna  for  tb<J  rovi^nMid  jinrish 

IjnlnUtor    of    noninfj,    ii    ncarndy    wiirrnnlahle. 

['**  Kor^fin^  a  rorii"  I  tiik«   to  niraM,  R*^«+^rliri^'  that 

ill  wnw  ronftTHMl   nl  mchiiu  inytkiral  period,  or  for 

[iotiio    njylldcMl    I'Xploit,    or   m\    Moino    ivpUtious 

]  ftnctmtEir  of  iu  wiini'itr*  but  hnm^Mtly  **  miikinf?  up'' 

\  n*^w  www  \n  ti  vrry  dillrnrnL  thinj?.     The  tfiste  of 

[  imd)  n  |ii'or*sndin^  ninv  bo  iinntbiir  qni?i*tion  ;  but 

1  in  ibt*  (Hilly  part  of  tun  pruNtnit  t^'ntury  tln^  Ljon 

I  OtUro  itni'lf  tiorp«*trak'd  niiiny  g^rii'VoiiM  bUmders^ 

[known    lo    tnu    uuliifclod   nti    **  rrineo    H«>^ent'^ 

IhiTftldvy,  nnd   Ihvudinr  dimply  fiiUowod  in  their 

Viiko*  *  I   qiiitt^   i^rrnn   witU  Mit,   lloriKU  in  hia 

•Htimnto  of  wonm  af  tbi««o  bnoicK,  nnd  am  rntht>r 

ftmiinml  lit  hii*  infornmtiou  thnt  tko  cont  wkifb  we 

hnvn  bfiim  iH^ioUHning   br\4  bi*ou  iippropriatod  by 

thu   lat0   Hl(wtcow  w*K>d-niort.'hant  of  ibt?  nftinu, 

lfvhi»  probiibly  ktu'W  n«>tllin^^  wtid  can-d  less,  about 

i'  iiih  d)  tir«t  woim^r^  **  Sir  William/* 

AxuLo-ScoTra. 

•  i//i*  iM«itfnifir**<iti<in  muit  dat«  It.— Ki>,  •*!*♦  4  Q,* 


OOSXELI. 


m   (TOonMlTii 
base  wid  Ceitir 

flHK|osiif  or  u»  ■iiibiii^  of  D^«i(rcoBBdr« 

DAtif^  «o«al^f  I  baoir  toj  «d  UiaI  be  wm  tbi 

direct  ud  muDedkte  di  <r>wdint  of  m  htf  ^ 

EagUfib  nee,  tbnio^  wbora  be  ~  ~ 

blood  of  JeaHn  Dmiray  sod  Edmsid  Bi 

betbaa  mideitiifcert  (mI  oImiv  I  belieme;  t 

of  Sir  James  Wan  tiJie  oUarX  au^  wu  not  yetf 

diaiafiOr  related  to  a  iifimber  of  jMflo-IfiitL  «a<i 

Piotestant  f&mUiet  io  Mnniler  at  tba  pnaeat  dftT. 

in  Cfonelly*!  Eidary  ^  £le  GmMaU^  aad  in  ill 

otber   publkhed  genedogiea   of   the  OITomuil 

£amily  that  I  bare  erer  aeera,  it   is  diitisefly 

stated,     that    the    great-great-graDdmotber 

Daniel  O'Connell  was  a  member  of  the  i 

Norman    family  of  Segrare,  and  that  bis  ^ 

grand  miither  wW  Elizabeth  Conwav^  the  plti^  ' 

dautfiitBr  of  a  CapLedn  Jamas  Gonwaj,  wbof 

to    Kerry    after   the    Restoration,    and 

Elirabtith   Boe,  the  only   child   and   h^ 

I-]dmund  Roe,  of  Clo^^hane,  County  Ke 

above-mentioned  undertaker*     Edmund 

married   tho   only  dauj^hter  of  Jenkin 

whoi'e  casth  of  Killorglin,   granted   to 

Elisjabeth,  with  5,200  acres,  including  the  1 

idland  of   Innisfallen,    is    mentioned   in 

Hibernm,     I  doubt  if  a  single  instance  cojild  l« 

brou^^ht  forward   by  the   mo^t   enthusiastic 

learned  admirer  of  the  Irish  '*  pure  Celt,"  of  c 

onf"  man  of  that  race  who  achieved  real  | 

in  literature,  science,  art,  political  or  ra 

The  jj-reat  men  of  Ireland  have  been 

mixed  race — the  irreateat,  as  Swift,  Goldstt 

Wellington,    &c.,  have  had  but   a    v<?rj  si 

share  of  Celtic  blood,  if  any  at  all.     This  h  i 

the  aasettion  of  nartial  bigotry  regarding  race  { 

creed ;  it  is  simply  the  statement  of  a  fact  1 

to    the    calm    iai partial  observer    who    1 

Ireland  and  the  Irish,     I  admit  that  in  fori 

times  the  Irish  Celt  was  heavily  and   un 

weighted  in  the  race  for  fame,  but  it  is  long  fi 

his  last  and  least  bunlen  has  been  removed,  w 

yet  he  is  still  behindhand;  while  the  «DeJ^* 

bearing  a  Celtic  name  of  whom  the  Irish 

iTO  TStfftX  '^vsMd^  ^lortiog  in  him  as  their  r 


'  milita 
thel 


i««S.  VIL  Mamcu  18. 


NOTES  AND  QUEKIES. 


243 


r«entatiTe  roan — *'Imli/'  sayB  Mr.  Lenlhan  "in 
erery  element  of  his  being,  head,  heart,  blood  1  ** 
is  no  "*  pure  Irnh.  Celt"  at  all— but,  there  lasmaU 
,i.,»iT.*  inherited  his  clear-headednesp,  foresiji^ht, 
.1)lo  cuc-rgT,  and  perEeverance,  from  the 
s...  .'mewhatiinscninulous  Elizabethan  under- 
lukors  and  Kentish  and  Yorkshire  oolonists  of 
and  in  the  sixteenth  century.  11. 


Il^ft 


Dji.  JonKso>'s  Watch  (4***  S.  vi.  27o,  405; 

'"^ii.  i>5,) — This  watch  is  in  my  po^^seapion.     My 

mother  was  niece  to  the  si&ter  of  George  Steevens, 

which  sister  inherited  this  watch  with  the  rest  of 

G«?r*re  Steerens'a  property.     It  is  a  metal  watch 

with  a  tortniseabell  case  j  no  maker's  name.     The 

dial  is  inscribed,  as  mentioned  by  Boawoll,  with 

tbe  words  n'(  Tap  *px*^«*,  "  for  the  night  cornel b.'^ 

Biitwell  snya  the  dial-plate  WBa  given  to  Steevens* 

h  »p«'tn.'f  tsnlikely  that  the  dial  should  be  separated 

•  •  doctor's  watch,  to  which  it  OTidently 

i.   and   which   was   worn   by  bini.     The 

1  has  inside  the  case  the  words  *'  Samuel 

LundoD,  17/^4."     It  was  in  December, 

it  J*ibnsi->n  died.  Jahes  Pycroft. 

u  Jnu.  20,  1871. 

IV,..   v^rot  that  thi«  reply  has  acdd  en  tally  heen  de- 
Stamp  ok  Pjcttbe  Ca5tji8  (4***  S.  tii.  97, 
105.}— \Vhat  occurred,  to  my  recollection,  will  be 
f„.,i  ;.,  ;j,d  8,  V.  141,  1804,  on  '*  Stamp  Duties 
rs*  CanTOS,"  by  J,  PL  Burn,  in  answer 
.      .  .  ..  Miiritmicatiou  under  the  game  heading  in 
I   f*  S»  V,  iM»,  from  L.  F.  N.,  where  the  excise  mark 
r    u  d\>ri  in  letterpres?,  and  not  as  an  engraving, 
f^tdted  at  p.  lOo.         Albbbt  BuTTERY, 
Chancery, 

nbtlffcdby  thbcorivction,   Tn  t^e  fiflh  rolamfl 
I  Scrie*  will  be  found  a  ijucrr  by  I*  F.  N.  as 
TuA  during  which   paiutern'  canvfttei    were 
Tht^  w»s  answered  by  JIa.  J.  11,   Burn  at 
-  Ataiiffi,  butTery  incorrectly,  thatihi^  proctice 
in    1S03,   and  that  any  picture   pAiotc^l   on 
invfts    purporting  to  bo  painted    by  Gnitis- 
vimblu  could  not  therefore  bej.^t'nujne  j  btit 
t  in  itating  that  the  order  for  the  no  ti- 
ll uty  wan  issued  on  March  IT,  18G1,     In 
i'^  (p,  182)  J.  K.  S,  write*  to  show  that 
.  frvm  Ju»v2a,  1712-13,  to  March  183L— 

I     ?SnTrs  =  CRUxraES  (3'*  8.  vii,  47S ;  viii.  178, 
"  i_When  I  introduc^.^  this  subject  to 

IS  of  "  N,  &  Q/'  some  little  time  ago.  I 
d  a  pft«ag©  from  Kit  ^farlowe,  in  which  the 
stil/M  was  used  synonymously  with  crutches. 
'  iL*  to  give  an  earlier  instance,  from 
Jairnh  of  Annftthin^  printed   by 
«ui    ^■y^^l^  A.D,  1520/*     ( FiVfc  K  E. T.  S^ 
44.)     A  woman  was  taken  to  GUistonhury  for 
parpcf^  of  receiving'  a  miraculous  cure  of  her  . 
and  for  this  ^^Thrder  was  she  brought  j 


in-to  the  chapell,  verely  she  wna  beled,  and  lefte 
her  ftyftes  thore,  and  on  her  fete  wente  home  re- 
son  ably  well."  H*  FisawicK. 

Elecimpajo:  (4»»'  S.  v.  605 ;  vi.  103,  205,  204,) 
For  an  account  of  this  plant,  which  two  of  your 
correspondents  say  is  used  medicinally,  see 

*'  Botanicum  Ofllcinale ;  oft  a  compendlus  Herbal : 
irivin^  an  account  of  all  BUfh  Plants  a i  are  row  used  in 
the  Practice  of  Phvpick,  with  their  de*crJplii-na  and  vir- 
tue-s  by  Joneph  Miller,"    London,  1722,  p.  185, 

The  copy  of  this  work  now  before  me  exhibits 
in  mfiny  places  the  ravages  of  that  little  insect 
the  bookworm,  so  lately  introduceti  iustriictively 
into  your  pages,  J.  Maxuel, 

Book  Ornamentation  {4**'S.  vi.507j  vii.  Ill, 
147.) — Tlie  faUiion  of  painting  over  and  under 
the  gold  leaf  on  the  edges  of  books  is  an  old  one. 
1  have  seen  MSS.  with  illuminated  edges  (th© 
patterns  being  like  the  floreated  borders)  as  early 
as  the  end  of  the  fifteenth  century.  1  have  a 
Bible  (London,  printed  by  E.  T.  for  a  society  of 
stationers,  1G55,)  in  old  morocco,  with  the  aide 
and  back  inlaid  with  ditlerently  coloured  pieces 
of  about  the  some  date.  Under  tho  gold  m  the 
front  is  a  large  heart  surrounded  with  flowers  and 
fruit,  and  bearing  an  inscription.  Uf  about  the 
same  dat«,  I  think,  was  a  Bible  for  sale  in  a 
London  bookseller's  catalogue  not  tqtj  long  ainc*j, 
which  had  an  excellent  picture  of  the  Last  Supper 
under  the  gold,  J,  C.  J. 

La  Caracole  (4*"  S,  vii.  34,  149.)— Caracole 
was  a  word  adopted  from  the  military.  It  is  thus 
explained  in  the  Vocabolario  defjU  Accttdemioi deila 
Crusca,  I  cannot  find  on  etymological  deriTfttiou 
of  it  :-- 

"  CARACTotiM&E.  Far  earacolU.   Ydtcgf^iArs. 

"  Caiuch)LU),  Ri\'olgiinento  per  lo  ptii  di  tnippe  da 
imo  II  iw>mmo  (from  the  rear  to  the  frout  rank).  Lat*  evo- 
lutio  aciei." 

a  a 

Who  19  A  Latrtj?  {4*»'  S.  vi.  4^2;  vii.  12, 
17 r>.) — Sir  George  Mackenzie  {IForkSf  voL  U. 
p.  58;i)  says : — 

"Such  as  ilid  br»ld  their  lanrta  of  the  prince  wens 
calltd  iairdi  ;  but  such  as  held  their  lands  of  a  oubject, 
though  they  were  lar^f*  and  their  superior  very  nohte, 
were  only  railed  ffoodmen^  from  the  old  French  word  &«• 
hommet  which  was  the  title  of  the  roaster  of  Ibe  family,*^ 

But  even  in  Sir  George's  day  the  distinction 
was  falling  into  desuetude,  and  lost  century  every 
Scottish  landowner  was  called  **  the  laird  "  and 
his  wife  **  the  lady,"  But  a  distinction  was 
niftde,  and  is  still  oljserved,  between  the  "many- 
acred  ■ '  laird  and  the  **  little  "  or  bonnet-laird. 
The  former  was  8tylt*d  thus  r  *'  ibe  Laird  of  Keir,'* 
**tbe  Laird  of  Driim,"  Sea  the  latter  merely  had 
the  title  prefixed  to  bis  surname,  e.  g.  **  Laitd 
Black,"  ^*  Laird  Brovf^;'  &c,  ^V>j  lrv^^\>(^, 
Uooers'  remark,  tWl  "m  ik%^o\"C\i^  *'\TkS^^sft.* 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES.  [4«^  s.  vu.  Mj^oi  i^ 


fpequently  precedes  h  name  which 
hBA  pmiionarwM  after  it,  i«  new  to  me,  and  per- 
haps be  will  substantiate  it  bj  a  few  examplea. 

Afolo-Sootxts. 

I  am  credibly  informed  that  the  paternal  grand- 
father of  the  Key,  DB,CtoOEEi^  bad  an  elder  brother 
whoae  surviriDg  daughter  married  a  farmer  of  the 
name  of  Weat,  and  whose  son,  Mr.  William  West, 
is  farmer  in  Mayrigi^  By  the  Scottieh  law  of 
aucceaaion,  the  portion  of  Coupargrange  which 
belonged  to  the  Rogers,  had  it  continued  in  the 
family,  would  now  be  in  the  possession  of  Mr. 
West,  This  being  the  case,  how  could  Da.  Rogkrs, 
"without  presumption/'  take  a  title  from  an 
estate  belonging:  to  another  man?  and  If,  as  i^ 
alleged,  he  1>o  only  the  descendant  of  a  younger 
eon,  how  can  he  in  any  sense  bo  the  representa* 
tire  of  the  "  portioners  "of  Coupergrange  *  ? 

loiT, 

Kensiflgtoo  Gardens. 

"TnoiTtJH  Lost  to  Sight,  to  Memobt  dear*' 
{!•*  S,  iv.r  3'''  S.  yi,  Tiii. ;  4*"  S.  L,  iv,  passim  ; 
vii.  66,  173/) — Like  all  your  other  correspond Rnta 
I  hare  failed  to  fiud  the' origin  of  the  above  line; 
but  the  following  bit  ofinformation  may,  pt^rhnps, 
render  the  search  for  it  a  little  easier.  Some  time 
since,  I  mentioned  the  query  respecting  it  to  a 
relative  now  dead,  who  informed  roe  lb  at,  though 
she  was  unable  to  say  where  the  line  in  question 
occurred,  she  knew  that  the  one  which  followed 
it  was  — 

"The  nbaent  claim  a  sigh^the  dead,  a  tear.*' 
This  would  show  that  '*  Though  lost  to  sight,  to 
memory  dear,*'  is  not  a  whole  line,  but  only  the 
lost  four  feet  of  an  ordinary  five-foot  iambic  verse. 

W.  A,  Smith. 

Newark. 

Rkv.  S.  Henley's  English  '^Yathek'-  (4^ 
S.  vii.  35,  113,  174.)— Whether  by  Henley  or 
aome  other  band,  an  English  translation  of  Beck- 
ford's  story  bad  appeared  prior  to  June  1,  1815; 
tlws  is  shown  by  tne  preface  to  the  first  French 
edition  published  in  England,  Ajs  the  preface  is 
very  short  I  annex  it.  The  volume  is  published 
"  A  Londres,  chez  Clarke,  Mount  Street,  Berkeley 
Square  *' : — 

**  Lea  Mtions  de  Paris  it  de  Lauflaiine  ^tant  devenns 
extrfmcment  rarea,  j*ai  consent]  enfin  h  ce  on©  I'on  ro- 
pabliiU  h  Londres  cc  petit  ouvrage  tcl  que  j©  Tax  com- 

Kai.  La  traduotlori,  commij  oa  s^ii,  a  paru  ar&at 
riginal ;  il  est  fort  ain^  de  croire  que  ce  n^tolt  pas  moo 
intention— dw  circonstancea,  peu  Int^reaaan tea  pour  le 
public,  en  ont^td  la  cauM.  J'ai  pr^pardquelques  Lpi&odea; 
lb  fioat  indiquds  h  la  page  200,  comtne  faisADl  suite  k 
Yathee;  peut-ctre  paroitrout^ila  tuijoar. 
**  I  juin  1815.  W.  Beckfc»rd." 

The  printer's  name  appears  at  the  foot  of  the 
notes  on  na|re  218:  "lie  rimprimerie  de  J.  F. 
Ihre,  SL  John 'b  Square. • '  W.  H*  P. 

Belfast, 


HoELTT,  THE  Germut  Pokt  (4^»*  S.  vi.  177^ 
288;  vii.  174.)— Four  tranalatioas  from  HrJtv  .^r*. 
printed  in  the  *' German  Anthology  ''  v 
part  of  Poetm  by  Jattunt  Clarmtct  Mun 
York,  1859.     The  "  German  Anthology  ^^  ia  ^ 
in  the  introduction  (p.  23)  to  hare  been  \ 
and  publiahed  in  Dublin  in  1B45,  under  the 
of  Anihohgia  Germanica.  T.  W.  ( 

The  Dragow  (4*^  S.  vii.  12,  125,  174,)— If 

ward  you  a  few  copies  of  a  lithographed  draw 
of  the  St.  Beea  dragon. 

The  impout  on  which  it  is  cut  ia  one  of  a  very 
IriRh-looking  and  early  ahape,  and  L^  I  doubt  no^ 
ante -Norman. 

The  dragon  also  of  the  twelfth  century,  figowJ 
in  Mr.  Cutta's  Manual  of  Sepulchral  Mmumtnitf 
Pkte  XXXII,,  18  two-legged-        E.  IL  KxotoM 

Kcnil  worth. 

Wfji^T5R*3  Art  (4*''  S.  vii.  57,  140.)— Thar^ii 
not  likely  to  be  found  much  upon  this  subject  io 
our  standard  poets;  it  m  rather  in  the  line  of  oar 
obscures.  I  have  heard  of  a  book  en  titled  Mmtrv^; 
0r  tfie  A}*(  of  ffeavinff,  in  verse,  1077,  which,  if 
to  be  found,  would  likely  supply  the  wint  of 
K.  P.  Q.  A  much  commoner  volume  is 
Spiritualisfidf  by  the  Kov.  Dr.  ColUngB 
wich,  12tno,  London,  1G75.  In  the  ooi 
fiermonisinff,  the  art  generally  ia  treated 
the  whole  mtersper.^ed  with  poetical  mon 

The  editions  of  this  are  very  numerous, 
myself  some  three  or  four,  and  can  aeooi 
your  correspondents  with  a  sight  of  the  book  if 
desired. 

The  weaver's  occupation  is  favourable  to 
cultivation  of  the  muse,  and  1  doubt  not 
examples  might  be  found  of  bis  art  rendered  into' 
verse. 

Here  is  one  at  hand.    James  Maxwell, 
in  Paisley/'  who  in  earlier  life  published  at 
minghami    1756,   Dii^ine  ML^cellanies,  in   wl 
under  the  bead  of  *^  Weavers*  Meditations,' 
moralises  in  verse,  and  in  a  Hogarth -like  fronbi*' 
piece  represents  himself  as  the  diligent  appruatioi 
at  the  loom : — 

"Lt>  I  here  'twixt  heaven  and  earth  I  awLogt 
And  white t  bh(?  shuttle  Rwiftly  fliesv 
With  cheerfal  h«art  1  work  and  aing^ 
And  envy  none  beoeatJi  lh«  akios." 

Ho  is,  however,  I  find,  altogether  apirituid, 
does  not,  like  Dr.  C,  "raise  heavenly  meditatiflHi 
from  the  several  parts  of  their  work. '         A.  ^* 

Sekbrwobt  (4"»  a  vr.602  ;  vii.  26,  im.WTht^ 
plant  I  am  inqumnfj  for  may  very 
that  referred  to  by  F.  C.  H.  (Muri'thi 
am  sorry  to  say  that  I  am  unable  to  idt<uUfj 
from  his  description.      Can  any   Dorset 
pondent  help  ?    It  is  certainly  not  the  Jdtt ! 
poUttm^  with  which   Mr.    Peacock    appeals  i  ^ 


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245 


Badgeb  (4»'*  S.  Ti.54-1;  yii,  166.)— "As  im- 
padent  as  a  bAdp-er^s  horse  *^  \s  still  a  common 
proverb  in  the  North  of  England.  One  can  easily 
UDderstund  how  a  horse  with  a  corndealer  for  its 
master  must  he  the  most  impudent  of  lU  apetiefi. 

IL  FisnwiCK. 

CoiiBLKBs'  Lamps  ik  Italy  (4"'  S.  viL  11»  132.) 
Before  the  introduction  of  gas  the  large  globes 
fiUetl  with  water  were  very  commonly  used  by 
fitamework  knitters,  particularly  those  making  lace 
or  fine  Btockin^^.  I  dare  say 'that  in  many  parts 
of  the  Midland  Conntiee  they  are  a^l  common. 

Ellcet. 

Craven. 

*'  QirsHf  ABOMfis"  (4*^  a  vil  140.)  —  About 
the  time  this  poem  appeared  (18S9)  the  Rev. 
Matthew  Bridg'ea  lived  at  Babbie ombe  (Bribba- 
oombe  is  said  to  be  the  more  correct  orthography), 
ami  published  several  poems.  He  was  not  im- 
pttbably  the  author  of  the  poem  in  question. 
Mi£ROt:nEiB  can  easily  aBeerlftin  thi&j  no  doubti 
If  he  thinks  the  scent  worth  following, 

Wm.  Penoellt. 

Torqua>% 

MrMJCERs:  Waits  (2'»<»  S.  x. ;  xi. ;  xii. ;  3'^  S. 
I;  ix^nojiiim ;  4***  S.  vii.  55,  12L)  —  These  come 
vr&y  January  to  Sir  George  Bowyer  r  ahooting 
OQiKafo  In  R  ad  ley  Park.  I  saw  them  there  thia 
jmi  tber  were  very  well  got  up  with  shreda  and 
ptichf^  of  coloured  calico  and  paper  hangings,  and 
tlie  f^firta  of  the  doctor,  the  wounded  man,  and  St 
George  were  enacted  in  capital  style.  The  waits 
•lio  pay  tiieir  visit ;  these  are  usually  girls,  who 
t^ttr  in  two  parties  from  the  respective  villages 
dley  and  SunningwelL  Both  waits  and 
lifiTs  go  the  rounds  of  all  the  farm-houses  on 
tini  property.  W.  J.  BERifHABD  Smith. 

Temple. 

piLARioK's  Servant,  tub  Sage  Crow  *^  (4^ 

li  11,  112,  178.) — The  quotation  h  not  quite 

For  six  years,  read  sixty.     It  is  takeOj 

se,  from  St.  Jeromes  Life  of  St,  I'aul,  the 

rmit,  who  relates  the  miraculoua  iiiddent 

words: — 

."Inter  tiiu  scrrnocinxitioncK*  Huspiciimt  alitem  carvum 

■  fimo  &rboHs  consedi***!^ ;  *|ui  inde  lenit^r  aubvolaas 

paDcm   ante  iiurunlitim   ora  deposuit,      Poat 

^^Bi  ftUsQBMUTD,  '£ia«*  iaqoit  Paulus,  *  Domtoiis  nohia 

j^**»™  miiit,  vere  pius,  veit*  luiscricors.    Sexiglnta 

1  taut,  earn  aceipio  dim  id  11  &cmp«r  ponis  frag- 

Yemm  md  adventum  tuum  mlUtibua  iuis  Chri»- 

,  jcavlt  annaoftm/" 

^0.  wUheafor  information  about  bis  "dumpy 
>  quarto  ^^  Livei  qf  the  Saint*.  He  has  aid- 
bly  described  it.  My  own  copy  ia  of  similar 
icUr^ADd  bound  up  in  green  vellum.  The 
vna  wiitten  in  Spaniah  by  Alpbonaua  Ml- 
^and  translated  into  English  by  Rev.  Edward 
S.  J.  of  Louvain.  A*  G.'b  copy  was 
viti  fit^  Omer^a  in  1623;  mine  at  Douay 


a 


eight  years  previously — in  1615.     The  arrange- 
ment of  the  two  editions  diflera ;  mine  baa  945 
consecutive  pages,  begimiing    with  January  and 
endiup;  with  December.     These  are  followed  by 
an  appendix  of  perhaps  160  pa§es  ;  but  my  copy 
h  defective,  and  has  only  about  140  pages  of  ap- 
pendix.    In  this  are   the  lives  of  several  more 
recent  saints,  **  lately  c^monised  and  beatified  by 
Paul  V.  and  Gregory  XV.'*— SS.  Isidore  of  Madrid, 
Ignatius  of  Loyola,  Francis  Xa^-ier,  Philip  Neri, 
Frances  of  Rome,   Terese,   Aloysius,   Stjmislaua 
Kostka,  and  Alphonsus  Rodriguez.    At  the  end 
of  these   lives,    which  fill  78   pages,  comes  the 
"  Approbatio  "  cited  by  A.  G.,  but  it  should  have 
been  thus  printed :  *'  Honmi  sanctorum  vitse,"  &c., 
without  the  word  *'approbator  '*  at  the  beginning, 
which  is  un grammatical  and  uninteUigibk.     My 
volume,   however,   does  not  end   here,   but  baa 
several   additional   pages  dated   1636^   with  the 
lives  of  St.  Patrick,  St.  Bridgit  of  Kildare,  and 
St  Columba,  the  last  of  which  ia  wanting,  with 
part  of  the  life  of  St*  Bridgit.     This  collection  is 
chietly  compiled  from  legendary  accountSj  and  is 
of  smil]  value  and  authority.     '  F.  C.  H. 

Mural  PAmiUTQ  jn  Starston  CHtmcir,  Noii 
FOLK  (4^"  S.  vi.  542,  f>77;  vii.  40,  172.)^Afte 
reading  the  last  communication  upon  this  subject] 
of  F.  C.  II.  at  p.   40,  I  felt  inclined  to  offer  %' 
further  remark    on   some  details  in   the   picture 
upon  which  I  still  think  your  accomplished  cor- 
respondent mistaken,  but  I  forbore  for  the  reason 
with  which  he  commences  hia  note— I  did  noti 
wish  to  aeem  contentious.    One  of  the  points  I  had 
intended  to  notice — that  the  dogma  of  F.  C.  H.^ 
I  as  to  the  representation  of  immediate  beatitude 
being  inapplicable  to  any  ordinarj'  individual,  was 
disproved  Tby  two  or  three  such  upon  sepulchral 
brasses  which  I  remembered — has,  lam  pleased  to 
see,  been  taken  up  and  completely  disponed  of  by 
Mu,  Walter,  whose  nuthonty  is  indisputable.    It 
ia  ft  sentence  in  that  gentleman's  communicfttion 
that  induct' 8  me  to  address  you  again.     He  seems 
to  agree  with  the  assumption  that  the  death-bed 
depicted  is  that  of  a  lam/^  although  not  that  of 
the  blessed  Virgin,  but  there  is  not  a  feature  re* 
maining   from   which  the  sex.  can  be  inferred^ 
neither  can  any  inference  be  drawn  firom  the  figtire 
of  the  ascending  soul ;  for,  if  my  memory  is  not 
at  fault — and  Mn.  Walter  can  correct  me  if  it 
be— in  no  instance  where  the  soul  is  represented 
as  borne  to  heaven  is  the  sex  indicated.     There  is> 
therefore,  an  equal  probability  that  tbe  soul  in 
this  case  is  that  of  a  male.     Mr.  Waltbb*8  re- 
mark upon  the  importance  of  the  arms  as  a  key  to 
the  whole  subject  is  most  true,  but  here  unfor- 
tunately they  cannot  be  produced   in  evidence. 
One  thing,  however,  is  certain,  and  in  this  I  am 
obliged  to  contradict  F.  C.  H.,  the  arms  of  Sawtyy 
Abbey  are  not  like  anything  to  be  traced  upon 
the  shield,  nor  had  that  abbcfv  tke  TOma^fttX  <:«\i» 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


aection  with  tlie  fldvowson  of  Starston,  or  any 
jflanor  or  Iftnd  in  the  pariah  or  binidred.  I  may 
Add,  that  I  still  retain  the  opinion,  m  which  I  am 
not  singular,  that  tha  circlet  worn  by  Ihe  female 
tig^are  Btimdiug  by  the  bedside  was,  when  perfect, 
a  coronet,  not  merely  an  ornamental  headband. 

G.  A.  a 

A    BLACK-COTDfTBT    LEGKITB    (4*^    S.    tH.    71, 

197.)— This  anecdote  has  been  told  also  of  Geno- 
falBurgoyne  (of  Saratoga  notoriety)  when  he  waa 
<5ommandin!a:  olficer  of  a  repiment  which  had  to 
stop  tt  night  at  Bolton-le- Moors,  According:  to 
the  newspaper  story  which  I  read  some  yaara  ago, 
one  of  a  club  of  Bolton  gentlemen  who  were 
dining  in  a  differeot  room  from  the  officers  was 
pot-vflliant  enouf^h  to  send  up  a  ver^'  handsome 
gold  watch  and  seala  with  the  message  indicateil. 
Burgoyno  hept  the  watch  and  returned  a  pi^jtol, 
saying  that  the  regiment  must  march  at  nine,  but 
if  the  gentleman  would  come  with  a  friend  before 
that  hour  he  should  have  his  watch,  and  should 
know  what  o* clock  it  wfls.  When  morning  came 
Burffoyne  was  early  lounging  out  of  the  window, 
looking  up  and  down  the  street,  stretching  his 
legs  tpefore  the  door,  &c. ;  but  no  one  cam©  to 
cmim  the  watch,  bo  he  left  Bolton  taking  it  with 
Mm.  P.  P, 


NOTES  ON  BOOKS,  ETC. 

The  JVocel*  and  Nbpeiitts  of  the  Eigfiteenth  Cenhtiy  in  re- 
ference to  the  Manners  and  Morah  nf  thti  Age.  M}f 
*Wmiam  Forsyth,  M.A.,  Q.U.,  &c  (Murray.) 
Few  who  take  nn  interest  m  the  history  of  the  social  con- 
ditioQ  of  the  p«oplc,  thefltate  of  public  morals,  nnd  Ihe  pro- 
gress of  civiliEatian»bttt  must  have  Mt^wheii  titniingover 
the  novelists  and  letter- writers  of  the  laat  century,  the  wbh 
that  some  one  qualified  for  tho  task  would  collect  the 
materialfl  illustrative  of  these  variotia  but  collate  topics 
flcattered  tlirou{;h  tha  writings  we  bavo  alluded  to,  and 
bring  them  together  in  some  pleasant  and  readable  form. 
Happil}'  the  Idea  has  3agge.*itCil  itself  to  one  every  w  ay  com- 
peteni  to  do  it  jiiBtice;  and  we  feel  confident  none  of  our 
readers  wil!  Judge  the  time  iJl-spent which  they  rany  devote 
to  the  p<  ru-sal  of  Mr.  Forayth**  recently  publishcii  volume. 
In  its  page^  tbe  author'  makes  use  of  fiction  as  the  ex- 
ponent of  fact,  and  shows  what  infonnation  is  to  t>e 
gleaned  as  to  the  habits,  manners,  itioralSi  and  social  life 
of  our  ancestors  from  the  tiovelst  easays,  and  letters  of 
tbe  last  ccntnrv'^  and  not  only  this,  but  he  draws  jw>me 
eompariflon  between  those  morab  and  manners  and  the 
morala  and  manners  of  our  own  day  ^- not  always  to 
ihe  advuntage  of  the  latter*  After  illustrating  the 
faahions,  dreaSt  amuaeme&ta  of  our  forcfatherii — the 
eoaneaess,  dninkenness,  duelling  which  prevailed — the 
eondidona  of  different  branches  of  aodety,  such  as  the 
oountiy  aquire«i,  juatices,  and  ^*  parsona "  as  depicted  by 
the  peveral  classca  of  writers  to  which  we  have  rcferred*- 
tbe  book  conelndus  with  a  rapid  but  instructive  review  of 
the  mo-*t  dii?tinjjjiiiphcd  old  En^jlish  writers  of  fiction,  from 
Mrs.  JJehn,  Airs.  Manler,  and  Mrs,  Heywood  to  Richard- 
fon,  Fwidingf  SmoUetU  Goidsraith,  Misa  Burney,  Miss 
Edgeworth,  and  Jskne  Austen* 


atitutionai  flistorj/,  from  the  Earliest  1 

of  Edward  the  Firit.    Arrantftd  and  edited  %  WilliJ 

btubbs,  M.A.,  Eegiua  Profe^or  of  Modern  llltlc 

Clarendon  Series.    (Macmillan.) 

In  the  well-founded  belief  that  a  knowledge  of  e 
tntjnnal  Iri»toTy  should  Iks  a  rcco(nait»ed  part  of  i  n„, 
KnjKlish  education,  inasmuch  as  witbotit  it  no  knowlec^ 
of  English  history  can  be  sound,  the  Regius  rr«^«orC 
Modern  Hi>tory  at  Oxford  has  prepared  the  book  t  ' 
U8»    It  is  intenritd  to  be  primarily  a  treasury  of  rd^ 
or  easily  handled  repertory',  of  "the  origifKx  of  Ett!:fl«tt 
constitutional  history  ;  and,  therefore,  it  cm   r 
constitutjunal  doL'unient  of  importance  dur 
which  it  covers.     While,  with  the  view  «Ji 
manual  for  teachers  and  studentji,  the  cdii 
these  documents  by  pointinjc  out   their  b 
another  and  on  the  national  polity,  ' 
introiiuctory  sketch  a  string  of  corn 

sort  of  continuutis  theory  of  the  d^  .   .  , 

system,"  Tbe  value  of  such  a  book,  if  property  ex'  n^  .. 
is  evidi'iit ;  and  on  thif  point  we  can  safidy  say,  t>  ih>^.'- 
who  know  tbe  lucid  and  masterly  prefaeci  by'whirh  Mr, 
Stubba  has  introduced  the  several  Chronicles  edit-  1  i^ 
him  (or  the  Master  of  the  Rolls,  that  the  work  before  u^;* 
Gvery  way  worthy  of  the  author  of  those  admirable  e 

A  Descewdakt  of  Cromwkll. — A  Cincinnati  j 
records  the  death  of  Jo^efdi  Huwanl  Cromwell,  i  iinitl 
descendant  of  Oliver  Cromwell.  lie  was  formerly  r4|K 
tain  of  en  American  merchantman,  which,  in  1*  * 
1812,  became  a  privateer,  and  was  captured  br  < 
man-of-war.  The  captivity  of  the  captain  did  1 
long.  He  was  afterwards,  for  thirty^four  year%  ifll 
keeper  in  Cinciimati,  and  retired*  in  18*62  to  Td 
Springs,  Ohio,  where  he  died  on  January  31| 
eighty-fifth  year,  leaving  children  and  gm~*' 
The  deceased  is  reported  to  have  been  a  de 
a  grandson  of  Oliver  Cromwell's  son  Henrv 
tenant  of  Irclaiid»who  flettled  in  Marxian 
eighteeiitli  century,  [There  can  l»e  no  Voun  : 
statement.  Mr,  Oliver  Cromwell,  the  gren: 
Henry,  and  the  last  of  the  male  deacendam 
tei^lur,  died  at  Cheshunt  on  Mav  6,  18'Jl.— Sc^  U^ 
Mag.  for  1821,  part  i.  p,  fiCJD.— Ed.  -X.  &  Q/'] 

Namks   of    IxjjiiwjN   Streets, — The  fuperintei 
architect  of  the  Metropolitan  Boartl  of  Works  rrporttdl 
the  Boartl  last  year  that  in  fourteen  year* 4,194  »ub  '"^ 
names  of  streets  had  been  abolished,' 1, 849  new  stre«tit 
been  named,  and  94,532  houses  had  been  n<oun 
Tbe  object  is  greater  precision  of  reference,  which  lij" 
moted  to  a  large  extent  for  commercial,  social ,  sanUa 
medical,  and  other  purposes,  and  tenda  greatly  19  t 
convenience  of  the  public.    The  rules  of  thu  IJoanJ  i 
quire  that,  as  fur  as  poiistblo  in  selecting  names  for  i 
streets,  no  names  shall  t>e  repeated. 

We  recently  announced  the  appearance  q{  El  Aft 
guador^  x  Spanish  Notes  and  Queries.     We  have  itcm\ 
chronicle  the  appearance  of  another  Journal,  wbkhi 
be  of  interest  to  Spanish  studenta.     It  ia  an  8vo  i*^ 
which  ia  to  appear  on  the  last  day  of  eac  h  month*  t 
the  title  of  Hevista  de  Arehitfoi^  BibliotetoM  y  Mawft* 

The  Tarnitam   MSS.^-We  learn   '-  -    '^^-  Stf\ 
and  GenealfigUt  that  the  x^aluiilde  gen- 
formed  by  the  late  Li>rd  Farnham,  ai  id  i 
fifty  volumes  of  pedigrees  wer*^,  by  tbe   adnuaij 
hia  estate,  presented  to  hi*!  friend'  Sir  Bernard  ] 
by  so  doing  they  believed  they  were  beat  can 
the  wishes  of  Lord  Famham. 

Thomas  WiLLiEMr:tT,  EaQ.— We  regret  to  l 
,  \b^  4pikV\i  Qu  \bft  IQth  instaiiti  ai^  dgblj'-ftve,  of  t^ 


1.  M^itc.1 18, 71.]  NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


247 


lacli  Te*rp«fel#d  Fi'Ilow  of  the  Society  (*f  Anti- 
11  r  Willfmfnri*  Ifegat  Heraldry,  published  in 
*U  known  U*  nil  hcraUlic  Ptudent-t.  He  al*o 
in  1^1'T»  UtrahViC  Notices  of  Canttrburv  Cathc- 
ri9,  /nrffx  to  RuU  o/Armx  temp,  Henry  VII Li 

similar  Index  tct  Boll  of  Arms  ttmp,  Richard 
in  1844,  Kit  Atcnunt  etf  the  RcMtoratian  of  |A« 
St,  GtoTjifett  Windtiyr, 

nAitKsPr.ATs  Fon  ScnooLUfiR.— An  cditmn 
^jiro  for  achool  tij*e,  (Hiired  hy  Beveral  of  Iho 
l^tcrs^  ia  in  preparation.  Four  ptaya  hare 
ipeAr«*d  separately  ;  these  are  to  be  lullow^d  by 

AlMut  Nothing. 

-In  the  arTan;TPraents  fur  the  forthcnnun^ 
kttJ  Exbibiltoi%  thw  term  in  to.bcjir  a  very  wide 
bn.  Pictures,  sculptures  vrornl-ciarvingi*,  tapes- 
I  ornBinenLatioii,— pverytliin^,  in  short,  of  a 
nature  \%  to  find  a  place  in  the  Art  Galleries. 

KCTonsmr  of  the  Nationai,  Gau.eut. — 
will  be  plensed  to  lemu  that  Mr.  Boxall  has 
lo  resume  thla  post. 

ITAL  Soctr-TV. — Fifty  candidates  olTer  them- 
]«ctirm  tlii«seBtfi&n,  From  this  numl^t^r  fiftpeu 
kf't^d  by  the  Council  and  recommended  fur 
kt  June, 

!»»  RtJBERT  Leiorton. — A  petition,  n timer- 
lotluentiiiily  ^i;:fnecJ,  hni  been  pre«ent«d  to  Mr, 

c'u  iM'hnlf  of  iho  fjumih*  of  the  liHi^  K'tliert 
©f  Liverpool.      In  a  letter  from  Cambridge, 

Longfellow  ohsen'es :  **  Of  the  power  and 
lc^^^^\t  T.i^ighton'!*  poems  rem  know  my  opinion ; 

rely  lK»pe  the  effort  tt»  B«euro  a  pension  for  his 

children  may  prove  jmet^ssful," 


&KS    AKD    ODD    VOLUMES 

WAXTED  TO   PURCHASE* 

af  Plrtoe,  ae.,  of  th«  fLilTnirlniB'  tlnolcff  to  1!)«  lent  ttfrect  to 
iff  whum  tber  Are  i^uldhIhi  wIumc  nttme*  and  iiddrcMei 
flbat  purpofc:  — 

IATlO!r.  *c-,  br  PhlkltfUiM-    Bury  St.  Eilmtindf. 
kiMl  hf  J^.  J.  Hn^r,  E**},,  Ncwbuvcii,  fiitBO. 

IXAJmr^  tijr  John  Tacct.    ntftclcwocHl  ib  A«nt« 
[by  Mr,  J,  Oartt,  \Vi«lc Court,  Alilnctkxrt. 

|nch  tr»ii4t«tSoD»  of  Ca-innfjl*.  rorrc*,  Bnrrrw^flf  othpr 
JtUtariaom  of  India,  cic«tKtfn£  Oiqriu*,  f  aiii  da  IJouxa, 

Wmled  ^  OfL  EJtit^  StarcroM,  near  Esther. 


fintitti  to  Corrci^jiQntinit^. 

<  under  take  in  Mmt  writtrn  Replies  ta  Qu  pries. 
WuiiatfU,  wdibe  inMCttcdt  and  be  answered  in  the 

*7he  pntm  purparting  \o  he  written  by  Milton 

hHWt  COtHmeHClU^ — 

"  I  am  old  and  blind,*' 

Jy  3/7fi  Lloyd  of  P/,ihtd£l^tftm, 

inir^briilge-) — 7  Itr  T>fvmiJi,hire  ctiMtom  of  nff?r- 

trett  ig  rtctfrded  m  vur  I'*  f»,  iv.  ttOU;  v.  148. 
pttt  Jrnd  ttn  occohhI  (f  Trajano  BiKcallni  in  an^ 
H  d*etiofinry^ 

UttRtTT  viti  m  like  manner  find  an  account 
J^iaittmre. 

%%\v.luXiW, —  We  do  ntd  rtmember  to  have  re- 
'\ipjf  fntm  yan  on  the  iti/ijrvt  nf  your  communis 

iifcr<r,  fit  p.  Ihli  of  uur  preittU  tericAyou  it'i/f 


^nd  a  fudice  of  the  object  ynn  havt  in  view,  and  ccnctrmn^ 
which  tee  thati  beglad  to  hair  from  jyau, 

11.  A.  H.  (Tralee.)^ —  IFir  crave  your  patience^ 

AsoNYMOua  BooKs.^ — QnerieM  retjwctiwf  the  authart  of 
recent  anonymouM  publiculinna  are   nnt  innrrted^  for   the 
obvious  reason  that  the  tpriters  have  a  riyhty  if  they  think  ' 
proper^  ta  remain  vnAiwwn. 

W.  IL— ^5t>  J.  Bowring' s  paper  is  in  thefmt  vntume  of 
TranBactionsi  of  the  llifttoric^l  Society,  whicJi  is  printed 
l/tf  31  ess rs*  Ridge 0f  Bartholomew  Chsff  ** fir  the  Society^* 
only. 

L.  T.  A.—"  The  Boy  and  the  Mantle"  is  thefrut  ballad' 
in  the  third  mlume  of  Fcrty^t  Keliques. — See  ChappetlU 
Music  of  the  Olden  time /«r  rvpty  to  your  other  quay 
about  Scotch  titnes. 

Prison kr's  Hah  on  IltirK.^Oirr  experimce  happily 
does  not  enable  bci  to  untutrr  R.  IL's  query—  Where  au  old- 
fashioned  bar^  which  admitted  the  whale  Jiyure  of  the  pri- 
soner to  be  tisible^  can  note  be  seen  i 

A,  S.  Elus. — Your  article  is  in  t^pe. 


THE    OLD   DEAMATISTS 

ANI> 

THE    OLD    POETS. 


Roj-al  9V0,  elolh.  with  Sttcl  Portraits  and  Ttxnettet  \  Edited,  ' 
NmIva^  IntroductiobA.  and  Mcaiolri,  bjr 


TilOMAB  CAMPBELL, 
WILLIAM  GirFORD. 
IIAHTLEV  COJ*EIUI>Ge, 


Tl3«    REV,  ALEXAXDER 

l>YtE. 
TUe  KEV,  UEXRY  TOUD, 
Aiid  Otlicr*. 


POrMONT  and  FLETCHER.    2  rob.  32*. 

:^USS1XGEK  and  FORD.     16*, 

BEN  JONSON.     16#. 

WVCRERLEYp  CONGREV^E,  VANBRUGH,  and 

FARUUllAJt,    \&f. 

GREENE  iind  PEELE.     IGs. 

SHAKFi^PEAHE.    With  Pktes  by  Johx  Gioebt, 
Price  ISi. 

JOHN  WEBSTER,     I2#. 

CHRISTOPHER  M.iELOWE.  12a 

Or  thie  Set  Comiil^te,  AH'.  1U. 


The  Old  Foeta. 

SPENSER,     10*.  ec^.  .    IIRYBEN.     lOs.  Od, 

CHAUCER.     10*.  erf.        I    POPE,     10*.  Sd. 

Or  the  g«t  Complete,  it,  S«, 
OEOHGE  ROITTLEIXJE  a  SONS.  Tlie  Browlw ay,  I^dftate  Hill. 


THE    WEW   VELLUM- WOmg    CLUB- 
HOUSE PAPEB. 

Ktoiiiiiaciiirrd  and  puiil  urvty  lijr 

PARTRIDGE  AND  CuOPKIl,  II1-2,  Flett  Street^ 
Corner  of  Chant'ery  Lane. 

*'  The  prodwctlofj  of  Note-par*""  *>f  •  "jpcHor  kind  iiaa  long:  hen  tha 
nihjeet  drntiperiment  with  inaiiunic(ur«r«,  but  uittlE  latdy  du  Improrc- 
nuMit  could  hf  inmAf*  on  that  it)  irenrml  uie.  nod  tiicrvflin*  It  ir»  foLtlied 
U{him  lu  ftrtain  that  extMSm)  «aoeUen<»  had  been  attained ;  bat  thi» 
oiirM.luiiLi'n  did  nci>t  teem  ■attitaatefff  to  Meaua.  pAUTiiJDOKa  Coofsit, 
<if  f  iLse-t  Strrct,  wito  dctermlBtd  lo  eoAtlnue  opcrationt  until  mmt  new 
rrtuii  M^,  nUi.iiK.i  MKeer  pftmi^r^rmnt*  ha»  been  rewaf^le *t,  fbr  tiiejr 
hri  ^  r  r«l«ce  «  n«w  de«CTi ptli>n  of  |4ni.ir.  whieh  they 

cai !  '  t  'itti  vLirpaMCfl  anything  of  tJ>c  \iinl  in  ordinaiy 

u*H  iKmiitifuUjr  whUc  It*  wirfWuj  it  a»  tmootfi  a« 

r>«.|...L.,.  ,,.,..,  ,.i>u  ...  ibuliataoOH  nearljr  memhle*  that  of  rrtluni.H) 


thai  iJ>c  wriLkti<{ihftHKri|  pWUftt* tOt  catraordlliafy  tUm rncw  niid  lw>aat)r, 
A  iit^l  pen  mix  he  oiad  npoD  It  With  tha  lh«iUtT  ot  a  tkix^l  »\u\\\.%tiA 
tJiu*  one  ffrcmt  loaffOt  Of  WMnyaftOl  ^kU  b«ca  tmavV^AVi  %«\;«cnie^fied^:^ 


248 


NOTES  AND  QUEBIES, 


THIERS*    HISTORT   OP    THE    FB^NOH    BBVOLUTIOM", 


Nov  rtntly,  in  b  vol,^.,  extrn  fcap,  Svo,  with  41  Fine  Engravings  and  Portrnita  on  Steel,  30f, 

HISTORT  OP  TEE  &EEAT  PREIOH   REVOLTJTIOI 

By  M.  THIEES. 

**  Tlic  palm  of  excellence,  after  whole  libraries  have  been  written  on  the  French  RcTolntlofiy  has  been  assigiwdto 
the  diaaimilar  histories  of  TLlers  and  Mignet." — William:  H.  Psesc<>tt. 
**1  am  reading  'Thiers*  French  Revolution,'  which  1  find  it  diillcult  to  lay  down.** — Rev.  Stdket  Smitil 

RICHARD  BENTLEY  &  SON^  TuJ^lialiera  iu  Ordinary  to  Her  Majesty. 


Nutr  Complete,  Hap,  nvo^  p^ce  ilR  fl#. 
THE 

KDITIOS    Olf 

Sm  WALTER  SCOTT  S  ENTIREjWORKS. 

1.  Waverlky  Novkus   ,        .  •is  vol*. 

2,  POKTICAL  WORKU  .  .  -  .         12      „ 
a.  MtSCKLLANKOUa   PnOStt         .           ,  .    |   30      ^ 

4,  Life  by  I>h:khaiit    .        .        .        -  '*'  10    „ 

100  vob. 
Th*  Blxrra  if  the  only  ocrmplet«  vtx  of  %cnM*i  oollected  worlu  pub- 
Ilihcfl  III  Eo^land  or  Amerkih 

Edknbursh :  ADAM  ii  CHAtll^S  BLACK. 


I  LOT'S    STAFFORDSHUCE.^A  very  fine   copy 
r  S«Ie.   Prloet  S«Tca  OaloeM^^AddivM,  P.  >.,  fcMt  Olfice, 


TO  COIN  COLLECTOKS,  crr  */^""^-,  irre.^A 
Scl  nrSpkuairllv  evcrutetl  WEDGEU^  5 .IONS  of  tb<s 

TSVELVK  C.tlSAKS,  friiinnJinllnuitiw.jun  ,  aivli.    Al«o 

aVAIjUABLE  cabin  ET  of  ancient  Lw,.,>  ,,..  ,.1-wmwf,    UM 
fTte^H.  H.  GARBUTT.  WertM^unt,  Uitojttte*  Iiu««l,  Derbr. 


r3  r"'"T^*  MT  COLLECTORS.  — Jorof  Stetson 
}i  1.  r)430  of  lii«  i^vu  FnrtrBlti  frcm  6j/.  to  3t/-  each,  uid 

Oil  I'ljirtnili  (n   like  proportion.    Flciu«  onlrr  fmm 

EVAJS''      -    • 'GllE,  or  fyom  rny  <>wn  L.Uu>,  vU.  PurtJi  fiO,  Ol.  B*, 

•«idflrit  raxt  of  ALniABETJCAL  CATALtXilfE.  JOIIS  BTEN- 
SON,  Book  an<l  Pniit*i5]ller,  I6>  KiitK'i  PUw*  Ciici»L'a,  Loudon,  S.W. 
•»•  Booki  and  iTiiiU  Lu  UruB  oruD^Jl  cJ>U«ctJou«  butiKlit, 


RAND  PUMP  ROOM  HOTEL,  BATH,  oppo»iU 

due   Abbey   Chareh*      FIIiST-CI^lsa    ACCOMMODATION. 
'warn.  Wanal  WKter  Bilhf  ander  lb*  nme  foof. 
>o<i«iiiiinu  ^  j^j^  HA WKES WORTH. 


HOWARD,. Snrgpon-Dentist,  62,  Fleet  Sfreet, 

.    hna  Jntroduf<Hj  an  entirely  new  deaariptinTi  of  AHTmCIAL 

ETU,  DLXiCd  wilhout  fpriin?*.  *if*»i  o*"  li*'»ttirr«t  tJiry  m>  iHTfcctly 

nbla  the  natoral  teeth  «*  oot  to  bo  dUttncniftbct]  from  tb«  oTLtflnftla 

ibe  dlotest  obcemsr.    Thcr  will  Mver  di»nif«  ci»)oitr  or  deoaj- ,  mud 

L  be  ftmod  vanerior  to  ui7  teeth  ever  ttcfor«  u<ed.    Thii  mrtiiml 

OMiea  not  Rqttire  ibe  extmcUan  of  rooU  or  tkwy  p»iiil'til  tnwmtion,  mid 

w^lll  iupiM^n  luid  pn»M<rvo  t^ih  Ihftt  are  1oo«e,  and  i*  (pianuitoc<d  to 

rcfltoro  ajiJctitaUoa  and  nut^iicatlon.    Dconyef)  teeth  atopped  utU  ren* 

dertd  fuoud  And  tuefbi  In  nmittcaliun. — VI,  Fle«t  t^trcct. 

ConiultAliooa  fre«. 


SSn' 


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ILBERT     J.      FRENCH, 

BOLTON,    LAKCASKIKE. 
Itumufacturcrof 
CHURCH     FHRNITUBE. 

CARPETS,  ALTAR-CIiOTHS, 

COMHUIilOS   LINEN,   SURPLICES,  and  ROBES, 

jnrRAJ^DIC.  ECCLESIASTICAL,  and  EHJ SLKMATICAL 

FLAGti  and  BANNERS.  Ac.  ic 

A  Quiicvue  icot  hr  pot  on  a]:tvU»tioQ. 


PAETEIDOE    AKB    COOPER, 

MANUFACTURING  STATIONERS, 

192,  Fleet  Street  (Corner  of  Chancery  Lane)* 

CARRIAGE  PAID  TO  THE  COimTBT  OJC  QBJiKBS 
EXCEEDING  SQ«. 
NOTE  PAPER,  CrCKm  or  Blub.  3M..  44.,  :^.,*Kid(li,peTretm. 
ENVE  LOP  ES ,  Creatn  or  Bt  no,  «•.  G^f..  &«.  6(^ ,  «ad  Ot.  e<f.  p«  1 JN, 
THIS  TKMPLE  ENA  ELOPE,  with  Hiifh  liiA«r  ¥\ap,  U.  DtrlH. 
STRAW  PAPER— Improved  quftnty.t*.(kf.  Dvrnun. 
FOOLSCAP,  Hacirl'mad^  OiitEidr^^M^.  ed.  per  reua. 
BLACK -BORDERED  NOTE,  O.  and  0*,  Oct,  s»«r  *««». 
OLACK-ROEDERED  £N  VEU3PE3,  U.  per  IOf>^up«rthM  qpiOi 
TINTED  LINfjDNOTE,  for  Home  or  ror«itfnCan««paii4ta«i^li« 

colounl,  &  q,uir«»  for  U.  M. 
COLOURED  STAMPCXG  rRcUeH.  rodu(?ed  to  if.  U,  t»m^*l 

«*,  id,  per  I  jam.    Piaivlicd  fsstrcl  Cr«it   Diet  en«rmt«d  tkoa  !•• 

llaaocnuiui,two  letter*,  from  &f.i  three  lettets,  fhim  f«.  BnaiPi 

or  Ajdidreai  Dlea,  (torn  Aa, 
6ERM0K  PAPER,  plain,  i^.  per  reemt  Ruled  ditto,  a,  W« 
BCHOOL  BTATIONERY  vupptied  on  the  cnort  Ubtnl  tcnni 

tUneCimted  Price  Lf*t  of  lokftuids,   I>»piUch  Boxe*.  Fi ^ 

Cabinet*,  Poettct  Sc^c«,  Writioff  Cajiei,  Forlralt  AJbum*.  ae,,  ] 
free, 

rE«T.UU.II1IL11>  IML) 


S' 


CHUBB'S   KEW  PATENT 

TEEL  PLATED,  with  Diagonal  BolU,  eo 

We<$ge«,  Drilli,  and  Fitt, 
CRtniB'S    FAT'SIB-X    SSTSCXaS    ZiOCXS* 

WbiII  t*irr»  and  for  crvry  PurpoM!: StnM-t-d.)«>r  LttifJbe*  with  ii»U 

and  neat  Kryu— Ciieh,  Dc«d,  Fapcr^  and  U'ritiuf  Boiai^ 
all  fitted  wltlt  Uic  Dctt^lor  Li^ck*. 

IRON    DOORS    FOR    STRONG   ROOMS. 
Illustrated  Price  Li$i$  Grnth  and  Post- fret, 

CHUBB  and  SON, 

57,  St.  FuFi  ChoRliTanL  Loodont  ».  Lord  6tr«et.  Ltotfpiiii 
flSt  CroM  Street,  Haocheiteri  asd  Wolvcrhu^lwa. 


"OLD  ENGLISH"  FURNITURE. 

ReprcMltjctioai  of  Slmpk  an4  Arljgtic  Cabinet   \V<*rk  tn. 
Mnuijonji  of  the  XVI.  and  XVI  t,  Ccnturtea,eofnl>tBtiictMillM^ 


■uuud  wark;TiaQihJp,aud« 

COLXiXNSOK  and  LOOK  (late  HerrtniJW 
CABINET  MAKEBS, 

109,  FLEET  STREET*  E.C.     Ewtabliahed  1781 


TAPESTRY  PAPERHANGING8. 

iBiilatiobi  of  mrs  atd  BRCX<ADES,  DAMAfiKS.  aod  OOItCli^ 
TAPESTRIED, 

COLI.IKS0H  and  LOCK  (late  Herringi 
DECORATORS, 
l'Qra,"l\riL^T  STREET,  LONDON.   EiUWiahtd  17«t 


^^ 


1*^  a  Tii.  MAEctt  ^,  71]         NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


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ZQJFi>Oy^  lUTCnUAT^  MAnCU  35, 1871. 

CONTENTS.— N»  109, 
SOTKS*  — Oti  tlifiTitU^  of  Kin»c  or  Otiwn  of  Man,  2t0  — 


s  —  The  Efynio1o?y  of  '*  Wird  "  a§  »  Personal 
^1  t34}— Bean*  Eai-s  — Bouroe  *ad  Croft— Bram* 

ITortihrre  —  L.  von  Be«rthovon  —  Portrait  of  Cameron 

ef  I^biel  —  Court  Wournins  — CreiU— "  GeorKt  Can- 

|»rtKii3'9  Will" — Pedif^roe  of  Fairfju  —  Bisho[>  Fuller  — 

Ba  -Hoin«  Abbey  B^Kirtnr  —  Eliz ibcth  KilU- 

«r*  it«w  Shannon  —  Sir  Prtcr  LdjN  Ufe  ftnd 

Wsif        -  ncl  AnKflo's  "  Lxs^  JmlifuirDt  "— Mo«qtiito€» 

to  En^lAuil,  aiodnos»  — St. 

AQCiitiiine— >  \iuhope,  lAlO- 

liM  —  BtoduKi  isipniiaJied  Men 

—  •■  The  World  LursiLci  ujjaiJc  duwii,"  ur  the  Hares  tiUtiiig 

YcQ^eancse  on  Mankind^  Ac..  £5(3. 

^(^piftrc.   _  T  T,.,   rr...^  0,,^^^  at  Edinburgh.  2Gft  — 

r  of  LiUjps' Chifnioiis,   /6.  — Tho 

I^  .  for  the  f3ft'id,  ;;63  —  TL(?  lUlti- 

r.  14,.      s  —  ilAoaulay'i  Bal- 

)'  rioii-Plofi:  Lu-Lu  — 

'  linff  —  Csptaln  Johfi 

il^       —  'I  I  —  "  Skcrriii)?  upon 

ji<*;avo  (.1-1  P^d^iHriBn  FfHt   of 

Fkra>l.ii  -  1  -Ancient  HuildliK^ 

'    '      -     \r=..,  wi  ...  :vtM,At^i.'ui!d— The  Oldest  lima 

SutT'iik  li^xid  Bo  recti »,  ±0.,  29*, 

x*o. 


OX  THE  TITLE  OF  KIXG  OR  QtJEEK  OF 

WAX. 
^li  I  lAliing'  oTer  some  of  the  enrly  voluniGs  of 
'  met  with,  in  1*^  S.  v*  *205,  Mr.  Jomf 

f  I  nL8*8  paper  on  *^  Isabel  Queen  uf  the 

'  in  replj  to  Mr,  W.  S.  Gibsoit  s  on 

'■  ject,  in  Tvltich  he  appears  to  queslion 

tijj^  right  of  Vhe  Lords  of  Man  to  be  stjled  kinfrs, 
Uyija^  « they  do  not  apnear  to  be  recognised  by 
tteoids,  but  merely  by  the  chroniclers,  and  that 
^tJie  word  dumtnus^  not  r&i',  is  employed  in  Latin 
^'c»d%  and  3ci(/n€ur  in  French." 

I141.VG  always  looked  upon  ftoy  statement  from 
.  XicHai-s*»  pen  to  be  entitkd  to  every  degree 
'^f^rif  ntion  nnd  credit,  knowiug  that  his  object  is 
<'"K  Id  Fr,ite  facts  aa  far  as  those  facts  can  be 
^-o^n  ii:)r,i :  ftud  as  **N,&  Q/'  ifk  now  so  universal 
4  fii»^i]  uij  f  .r  obtaining  informatioD,  I  offer  a  few 
^^'Jii.rxH  u  the  subject  of  Manx  kiii;:;s  in  the  hope 
ttAi  ^M,rn,.  of  your  correspoadenta  may  throw 
Oft^  sildinonal  light  on  the  matter. 
_  Tliat  the  early  chroniclers  are  entitled  to  some 
J«p«e  of  credit  wiU  surely  be  granted,  for  we 
W  many  things  mentioned  by  them  which  are 
Jitahlished  facts,  yet  not  to  be  found  in  records, 
Tbe  Isle  of  Man  hm  bo  often  been  the  battle-tield 
for  its  poesesaion  in  early  days,  that  its  sovereigns 
ftre  found  at  one  time  to  be  independent,  and  at 
Mother  doing   homage    to   Denmark,  f^orway, 


Scotlandf  or  England,  whichever  might  be  para^ 
mount  at  the  time,  but  never  lodng  the  attributea 
of  a  king  in  Man.  Bemdea  many  other  earlier 
K  ingR  of  3Ian  which  are  recorded*  by  the  chroni- 
clers, wo  tind  that  Macon,  King  of  Man  in  900, 
was  one  of  tlie  kings  that  rowed  in  King  Edgar's 
boat  on  the  Pee,  eitting  at  the  third  oar,  thereby 
having  precedency  over  the  other  king<f,  and 
fhowing  the  importance  that  Kings  of  Man  were 
hold  in  at  that  lioie,  Edgar  himself  presiding  at 
the  helm  as  king  paramount  over  all,  m  he 
claimed. 

At  the  time  of  the  Oonquesf,  1066,  Gndred,  the 
son  of  Sytric,  then  reigned  in  Man  j  and  after  that 
alongfiucceasionof  kingaof  the  Norwegian  and  Scot- 
tiahline  to  whom  they  were  expected  to  do  homoge. 
About  the  year  1205  the  usurper  Reginald  agreed 
to  do  homage  to  King  John  of  EngLind  for  the 
Isle  of  Man ;  and  in  the  letters  patent  of  that 
monarch,  in  the  sixth  jear  of  his  rei^,to  Keginald, 
he  is  styled  Lord  of  Man  only ;  but  thi^  surrender 
was  as  invalid  as  that  of.  Reginald  "a  of  his  do- 
minions to  Pope  Flonoriua  in  1210,  in  which  he 
ia  styled  *'  Begin  aid,  King  of  the  Isle  of  Man/' 
Also  in  a  roll  4  Hen.  III.  (1220)  ho  is  again 
styled  "Rex  de  Man,*'  and  again  iu  the  letter  of 
Pone  Ilonorius  to  Reginald  (a.d.  1223)  he  is 
styled  "  Reginaldo  Regi  Insukmm  illustri/*  In 
12  Hen.  Hi.  Olave  had  s.'ife  conduct  to  come  into 
England  under  the  style  of  ^^  Olave  Rex  Mannire 
et  Insulanim  " ;  and  again  in  ID  Hen,  III,  (1235), 
dated  at  Windsor,  April  13,  we  iind  it  stated 
that— 

'*  We  have  taken  under  our  R«fe  and  stnrfl  condnet  our 
beloved  frieod,  Olave  Kitiff  of  Mann  and  the  I«t«id«, 
whilst  coming  into  EnKlnnd  to  confer  with  Of,  and  whilat 
tarrying  ihnife  and  in  departing  theiice," 

Also  another  protection  from  the  same  monarch, 
dated  May  24, 123<3,  **  of  all  the  lands  and  posaea- 
sions  of  Olave,  King  of  Mann  and  the  IglandS|  on 
hia  going  over  to  Norway."   (Vide  Firdei'a,) 

According  to  the  chronicle  preserved  in  Castle 
Kushen  we  find  it  stated — 

**  In  the  ciffhth  year  of  King  Edward  the  Tbird,  VVilUaia 
MoDtiigue,  Earl  of  SaU-sUury,  conquered  the  l^l-?  of  Man 
out  tjf  tlie  hanJ*  of  the  ScoU,  whkh  Jsk*  ibe  King  gave 
ui]t4'»  tho  HAid  Earl,  and  caused  liim  to  be  crowned  and 
entitled  King  of  Man,  1314/* 

Sir  John  Stanley,  the  second  King  of  Man  of 
the  house  of  Stanley,  succeeded  his  father  in  1414, 
and  one  of  the  oldest  records  in  the  Rolls  Office, 
Castle  Rusben,  printed  in  the  statute-book  of  the 
island,  states  that  in  1417  he  held  a  court  of  Tyn- 
Wflld  at  the  Tvnwald  Hill,  St.  John's,  when' he 
was  informed  by  his  deemsters  and  keya  how  he 
should  be  governed  on  his  Tynwald  day  aa  fol- 
lows :— 

**  Thii  i«  tbeCoiwtit  i  :  ^  M  time  which  ire  have 
jfiven  in  our  dayp,  he  1  be  p^ovenicd  on  your 

Tynwald  day.  'First  v  av^A\\\V\vw'\u^w«tcjftii»\ 

array,  aa  a' King  cmgU  \o  do  Yi^  iCbl^  \wt^t^N:\%^  vnSic 


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KOTES  AND  QUERIES.         [i«*avii.  MAncn23, 


Toyiltici  of  the  Land  of  Man,  and  upon  the  Hfll  of 
Tynwald  iit  in  m  chair  corcrcd  with  a  royal  cloth  iind 
eitihion^  and  your  vi<iag«'iiDt(i  the  east  mid  }*oiir  sword 
before  jou  holdeii  with  the  point  upward*,"'  drc 

Afti*r  fence  u  made — 

'*  That  no  man  make  any  disturbance  or  stir  in  the  time 
of  T)TiWflIJ^  or  say  murmur  or  rising  in  the  Kin^^i  pre- 
tence, upon  pain  of  hitn^nf?  nnd  ilrawiDg,  and  then  shall 
let  your  Barons  and  all  othcri  know  you  to  l>o  their  Kin^ 
and'  Lord/*  &(*.  "  And  in  as  much  aa  yoo  are  hy  the  jfrace 
of  God  now  Kinff  and  Ijtrd  of  Man,  you  will  now,  that 
%*our  Commons  come  unto  you,  and  shew  their  chartcra 
How  they  bold  of  you,  and  your  Barons»  that  made  do 
faith  or  (ealty  unto  you,  that  tbey  may  now,"3tc, 

Tli6  language  of  thia  i-^  only  here  modernisetL 

Thorn fl*,  the  second  Earl  of  Derby  ftiid  fifth 
King  of  Man  of  the  house  of  StAuley,  came  to  the 
throne  in  1504,  and  during  the  reign  of  Eld  ward  IV* 
he  dropped  the  title  of  King  and  made  uao  of  that 
of  Lord  of  Man  and  the  Isles,  saving  that  to  be  ii 
grfi&t  lord  is  more  honourable  tlian  a  petty  Mog; 
h\it  this  change  of  title  did  not  of  cour!?ie  derogate 
'Atom  the  sovereign  rights  or  affect  the  relationship 
etweeu  them  nnd  their  aubjoets. 

In  the  fourth  part  of  Ci.>ke's  htstttutt's  of  the 

awA  of  England^  iG71,  he  states  ^ — 

**Thi3  iftle  hath  l>ecn  an  ancient  kingdom,  as  it  ap- 
__icareth  in  Ii.  7.  in  Calvin'a  Case."  "  And  yet  we  find  it 
not  grnnted  or  conveyed  by  Ihe  name  of  a  kinjjrdoTn,  ied 
per  nnmtn  Inmhf^  &c.  cttm  patrotuitu  Epixcopatns.  Ha 
hokth  the  patronage  of  the  bi^lioprick  of  Sodor,  which  ij  ^ 
a  vinible  mark  of  a  kinc^om.  Vide  lib.  ilS.  in  n^cept. 
Scaccarii,  fol.  16^,  and  lib.  Parliam*  in  Turri  London. 
ttmp,  E.  L  fo.  II*,  21.  (Waif Ingham,  p.  287.)  VVtlliam  le 
teope  emit  de  domino  Willielmo  do  Monte  aeuto  la- 
mlani  Eul)oniee  (1.  e.  Mannin*);  est  nemp«Juaipaius  Inaulas 
tit  quiaquifl  ilJius  «lt  dominus  Hex  Tocatur,  cui  etiom  faa 
«at  Oyrona  aurea  cowtmrij" 

In  the  case  of  the  daughters  of  Ferdinando  the 
eighth  Lord  of  Man^  as  heirs  general^  and  William 
the  sixth  Earl  of  Derby,  as  brother  anil  heir  male 
of  the  deceased  Ferdinand  as  to  the  right  to  the 
island,  lo05,  it  was  decided  by  the  Lord  Keeper 
Egerton  and  the  rest  of  the  judges,  **That  the 
Isle  of  Man  was  an  ancient  kingdom  of  itselfe, 
and  no  part  of  the  kingdom  of  England.''  Selden^ 
also,  in  his  Tithx  of  Jlottom^f  1031,  ranks  it  as  an 
ancient  subordinate  kingdom,  obserTing  that  its 
kings  styled  themselvea  as  Kings  of  Man  and  the 
Isles,  and  were  so  styled  by  their  iuperior  lords. 
Both  Coke  and  Selden  prove  their  assertions  from 
the  records,  and  Black^tone  in  his  CommenlaHc$ 
confirms  this,  James  Earl  of  Derby  waa  styled 
*'  King  of  the  Isle  of  Man  **  in  171G  in  an  apjieal 
ease  beard  before  a  committee  of  the  Privy  Council 
in  LondoiL 

In  the  sale  of  the  ialand  with  its  royalties  to 
the  British  crown  by  the  Duke  of  Atholl  in  1765, 
the  negociations  for  which  were  not  finally  con- 
cluded until  182S»  the  sovereignty  of  the  island 
imu  one  considerntloUt  and  although  tbey  had  for 
« loag^  seiiea  of  yetus  been  coDteiit  witln  €be  title 


of  LordS|  the  sovereignty  however  was  not  di- 
minished by  the  change  of  name  ;  for  the  lakot 
Man  is  traceable  as  a  kingdom  into  times— |tf'" 
centuries,  but  certainly  many  years— priorj 
Conquest.  This  was  fully  discussed  and 
when  the  Duke  of  Atholl  a  lAe  of  Man  f 
to  be  heard  before  the  Privy  Council. 

It  may  be  remarked  that  from  time  immenicri^ 
the  Isle  of  Man  has  been  governed  by  iti  on 
laws,  made  and  allowed  with  the  consent  of  ihd 
kings  or  lords  by  his  council  and  the  keys  of  tli 
istandi  and  which  mode  was  continued  during  th 
Commonwealth  of  England  while  Lord  Fail' 
was  lord  of  the  island,  and  on  to  the  preaenl  ^ 
the  same  being  first  promulgated  to  the  peo| 
from  the  Tynwald  Hill  at  St.  John's. 

I  hope  what  has  been  here  stated  may  lodjiff 
Mil  Nichols  to  investigate  this  subject  a;i-r. 
and  also  induce  Mk.  VV.  S*0ib805*  to  heti-^^ 
that  the  crown  of  the  kings  of  the  Isle  of  )[ 
was  not  a  '*  shadowy  crown/'  but  a  sabsLi: :. 
and  real  one.  WiLLiAU  Hi.BSIB<i^. 

Kock  Mount,  Isle  of  Man. 


IIUNSDON  ClirRCH. 

This  church  was  built  about  a.d.  1400,  and  i» 
in  the  Early  Perpeudicukr  style*  It  cmw^t^  f 
nave,  with  western  tower  and  spire  and  :  ' 
porch  ;  chancel,  with  north  aisle  and  south  tmi- 
sept.  The  tower  contains  five  fine  b*Uk  Tb« 
porch  is  gf  oak,  of  the  same  date  as  the  ckwch, 
and  in  very  pood  preservation. 

The  church  was  once  very  rich  in  %talned  glil*^ 
placed   there  in  U40  or  1450  by  Sir  Wm.  OM; 
halle,  Speaker  of  the  House  of  Commons,  a  jtifici 
adherent  of  the  House  of  York,  and  at  that  ' 
owner  of  Hunsdon  House,  which  is  close ! 
church.    Much  of  this  glass  has  since  <] 
but  there  still  remain  in  bead  of  en 
the  Annunciation  of  our  Lady,  and  our  Lovd  ia 
glory  adored    by  saints.     In"  chanc*?!  window/^ 
several  white  roses  of  York^  and  two  fetter-loclt^ 
another  badge  of  the  House  of  York;  also  i«\iX 
canopiea,  which  no  doubt  once  surmounted  fi;'  "  ' 
of  Fointci,     In  a  window  of  the  nave,  six  Ap 
and  other  fragments. 

Hunsdon  Ilouse  subsequently  belonged  to  * 
Henry  VIII.,  and  was  used  during  his  reig^] 
re^dence   for    his    children.      Mary   (aftcm 
queen )  lived  here  during  the  reign  of  Edwaru  '  - 
and  Elizabeth  during  the  reign  of  Mary,    f^*     I 
palace  of  the  Bishops  of  London  wa*   tli'^n  i* 
Iladham,  four  miles  distant,  and  Bigl 
is  known  to  have  come  over  from   ii 
preach  in  Ilnnsdon  church.  There  are  also  rt'fv  r*^^ 
in  the  parish  register  of  Queen  EHxabcth  havior 

[•  Mb,  GiB:^x  died  on  Jaa.  3,187 L    Se<p.4«of<*' 


4*  S.  Til.  March  S5.  71.]  NOTES  AND   QUERIES. 


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£ 


icB  stood  as  sponsor  in  the  cHurch— in  1575 
d  1584.     When  Elizabeth  came  to  the  throne 
e  gave  Hansdon  to  her  couain,  Sir  Henry  Gary, 
and  created  him  Baron  Hunadon.     The  third  Lord 
Hunsdon,  who  was  sent  to  bring  Kin^*'  Jamca  I* 
to  Eoghind  on  his  accession  to  the  English  throne, 
built  the  south  transept,  and  placed  in  it  a  large 
monument  containin;^  figures  m  alabaster  of  him- 
self and  his  wife,  but  he  was  not  buried  here. 
There  ia  an  extremely  fine  oak  screen  between  the 
txBOsept  and  the  nave,  and  it  see  ma  that  when 
tMa  was  erected  the  whole  church  was  reseated, 
and  a  new  pulpit  set  up;  so  that  the  cburch^ 
•which  continues  at  present  in  the  state  in  which 
It  waa  put  then,  is  rich  in  Jacobean  oak  work. 
Unhappily  the  rood-screen,  which  must  have  been 
Tery  fine,  of  the  same  date  as  the  church,  was 
then  cut  down,  and  the  lower  half  only  remains ; 
part  of  the  remainder  was  worked  into  the  pulpit, 
(md  other  fragments  have  been  found  during  the 
reetoration  of  the  churchy  but  not  enough  for  the 
part  destroyed  to  be  restored.    A  few  of  the  old 
original  seats  are  left,  and  an  ancient  oak  alms- 
box  of  the  same  date.  There  are  other  monuments 
Mid  brasses.   One  brass,  date  1501,  to  the  memory 
of  a^'aervant  to  the  Right  honorable  the  L.  Oham- 
Wrlaine,  and  keeper  of  the  greate  parke  at  Huns- 
^n/'  represents  tne  keeper  shooting  a  stag  with  a 
CMXdbow,  and  Death  standing  between  them  strik- 
ing each  with  a  dart.     The  chancel  aisle  is  at 
sent  entirely  separated  from  the  church  by  a 
id  wall  which  bears  two  large  marble  Corin- 
thian monuments  with  inscriptions  of  the  period 
(erca  I72t>).     It  is  proposed,  by  removing  these 
iBiMitimenta  to  the  wall  of  the^  aisle,  to  restore 
fte  uda  to  the  chancel,  using  it   as  an  organ* 
dwiaber  and  vestry. 

U  is  not  known  to  whom  this  church  is  de- 
feted.  The  rector  will  be  obliged  to  any  one 
»b  can  give  him  anv  information  on  this  point. 


There  are  uine  short  pieces.  The  names  of  the 
writers  are — James  Montgomery*  J.  Lees,  Roberll 
Montgomery,  Samuel  Angerman,  1.  Angell,  Johul 
Gottwaltt  Frederic  Diemer,  John  Steinhauer,  and 
Samuel  Un thank.  They  are  just  such  pious  versi^s 
aa  we  might  expect  from  boys  taught  to  venerate 
the  memory  of  Ooimt  Zinxendorf,  who  wrote  some 
thousands  of  hymnsi  and  who  says  of  his  hymn- 
writing  — 

"  After  the  discourse,  I  cenuraUy  announce  anotlier 
h^mn  appropriate  to  the  aubject.  When  I  oannot  tintt 
one,  I  compose  one;  I  say,  in  the  Savioar's  name,  what 
conies  into  my  heart." 

In  seven  of  the  pieces  the  phvaical  sufferings  of 
Christ  are  made  prominent.    MontL'-omery's  piece  f 
stands  first :  he  was  probably  the  leader  ana  in* 
spirer  of  the  hvmnwriting  band.      In  a  letter 
written  in  1807  Le  says;  — 

"  When  1  waa  a  boy  I  wrote  a  great  many  hymns 
.  .  .  ,  But  as  1  gr«\T  up  and  my  heart  de^^enerated^  I 
directed  my  talents^  such  ma  they  were,  to  other  twrvlcw; 
and  aeldom  iude<»d,  since  ray  fourteenth  year,  have  they 
been  employed  iu  the  delightful  duties  of  the  aanctuan*/* 

But  this  seems  to  have  been  written  in  his  six- 
teenth year,  the  year  in  which  he  left  Fulneck, 
It  is  aa  follows :  —      * 

«  O  thnu  mr>5t  graeioos  Lamb  of  God* 
Who  bore  our  ein  and  guilt, 
Ble*?  him  with  thy  atoning  blood, 
Upon  mount  Calv'ry  ipilt. 

•^  And  cloiithc  liim  with  thy  dghteouJnes*, 
That  clean  and  apotlcfls  vest ; 
Adorn  his  soul  with  love  and  peace : 
Thus  he'U  be  highly  blest,'' 

JOSIAH  MiLLEB* 
Newark, 


UUhY  VERSKS  OF  JAMES_MONTGOMERY. 

A  manuscript  containing  a  juvenile  production  by 

*     ^^ininent  poet  and  hymn-writer  has  just  come  i 

r  my  notice,  and  appears  to  me  to  be  of  suffi- 

st  to  deserve  a  place  in  your  columns. 

book  in  which  several  pupils  of  the 

ravian  seminary  have  written  verses, 

n  composition  and  in  their  own  hand- 

'•^,  -.id  signed  with  their  names,  in  honour 

Q^  their  teacher  on  his  birthday.  {In  the  Memoir  a 

^MiMi^m^ry,  by  Holland  and  Everett,  there  is  a 

'tfefttice  to  this  birthday  custom,  i,  47.)     On  the 

fcit  pn^e  IS  written.  **For  Brother  Ash  on  his 

Slth-I  .  1787.*'     This  gentleman, 

^9  1  enjoyed  the  friendship   of 

f^initt  f  my  friend  Rev,  Ben- 

*oun  /  ^dion  this  book  remaina. 


EXTRAORDINARY  LEGEND  FROM  GAINS- 
BURGH. 

I  enclose  yon  an  extract  from  the  Gaimhttrgh 
News  of  March  4,  1871,  containing  an  account  of 
the  appearance  of  an  angel  ia  that  t^wn  in  the  yeai 
1810.     The  story  is  causing  considerable  sensa^J 
tion  in  this  part  of  the  world;  I  am  therefort] 
anxious  to  know  if  any  of  your  correspondenti  ] 
can  throw  any  light  upon  it.     My  impression  m 
that  I  have  met  with  a  very  similar  &tory  in  somo  1 
seventeentb -century  book,  but  I  om  quite  unablft 
to  call  to  mind  where  or  when  I  came  across  it 

Edwabb  Peacock. 

Bottesford  Manor,  Brigg. 

J^j-iraordiHorjf  Legend  from  Gainshurgh* 

"  The  Vicarage.  Gainsbur^i^h, 

February  27^1,  X^lh 
Dear  Sir,—  !  send  you  the  encIoMd  papers,  which  apeak 
for  thomsch-eau  1  »hoald  be  glad  to  know  whether  any  of 
vour  readers  can  throw  light  upon  the  legend,  or  trace  it 
to  its  Bource.  So  far  aa  1  can  lintl,  the^only  Mr.  King 
who  exercised  the  offic«  of  the  Christian  ministry  in 
GHintburgh  was  thd  Mr.  Kiag  who  woa  v^atttt  ^\  ^-j 
Independent  congregation fiom  i\i\y,  V^\^,\^  ^\mt,Wlfe, 


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^^-     It  pu 

E 


And  I  cannot  trace  out  a  Mr.  Horn  at  All  in  conoectioa 
with  any  religious  bo<ly  in  tbe  toirn. 

No  doubt  Uie  present  preTnleoce  of  tbe  in)Ji)l-p<yx  hta 
given  thiB  kgend  &  longer  exUteoee  than  its  mythical 
and  indafiiitle  ebaraoter  warranted,  bat,  asmming  that 
it  mtist  have  soma  alight  fanndation*  it  ia  a  matter  of 
interest  to  di&covcr  the  molehill  which  bas  grown  Into  a 
jnoantAiD. 

I  am,  dear  Sir,  f«ithfttlly  yDUW, 

J.  Clemebt*/' 
The  papers  enclosed  are— 

I  and  2,  Ijcttcrs  from  Kev.  W.  du  Heanme,  M.A.^ 
Beetor  of  Trinity,  Jersey. 

B.  Letter  from  Rev.  M.  Gallienne,  Wealeyan  miniiter, 
Jerser, 

4.  The  broadsheet  cjrcitlattoff  in  Jeracv^  in  French. 

5.  A  translation  of  the  sanie Into  Englidh. 

[Enclosure  L] 
**Trini(y  Rectory,  Jer«©v,  October  18th,  1870.— Rcy 
and  dear  Sir, — Would  you  kindly  give  me  some  infortna- 
tioD,  if  in  yonr  power  to  do  »o,  resnecLing  aom*  extra- 
ordinary csrcum stance  which  ia  said  to  have  arixen  in 
your  own  pariah  church  on  the  5th  of  April,  IJilU?  I 
make  this  requeat  because  the  ftoorer  and  more  illiterate 
people  about  Wro  nr«  being  penoaded  that  no  ksi  than 
an  angel  did  on  that  day  appear  to,  I  suppose,  yonr  pre- 
decesaori  aa  the  document  is  signed  *  Kiogj  rector,*  and  (I 
quite  forget  their  name«)  the  two  churchwardens  \  and  if, 
aa  I  believe,  the  docnmcnt  ia  false,  1  shall  make  it  my 
duty  to  ifly  so.  It  is  stnte<l  i«  that  paper  that  a  chifd 
was  fonnd  ringing  the  bells  at  deiJd  of  ni;^ht,  and  afler 
having  prophesied  the  present  state  of  Fr.iiice,  and  the 
overthrow  of  nil  mle  in  that  country,  dLiappeared  sud- 
denly, snmmoning  thoae  present  to  appear  before  Ood, 
All  this  and  much  more  purports  to  be  signed  by  the  then 
rector,  as  I  have  said.  It  la  printed  bj'  a  pereon  of  the 
name  of  Bcsley  at  Lincoln  itself.  The  whole  affair  is  tome 
ao  ridicukius  tliitt  1  am  rejiUy  ashamed  to  trouble  you 
aljout  it,  but  I  am  requested  to  da  *o,  and  to  beg  of  you 
to  allow  ine  to  show  vour  answer.— lam  yonn ver\* truly, 
Wm.  Di:  Heaitme." 

[Enclosure  2.] 

•♦Trinity  Rectory,  Jersey,  November  2nd»  1870.— Dear 
Sir, — Pray  accept  my  best  thanks  for  your  kind  ttn,T?i-er 
to  my  letter.  I  h.^ivc  at  la<!t  obtained  a  printed  copy  of 
the  famouj  circular.  It  Is  rather  soiled,  but  I  canget 
no  other.  You  ucpd  not  return  it.  You  cannot  imagine 
what  an  imprcs?ion  the  contents  of  that  niper  has  pro- 
duced among  the  luwcr  orders  in  this  small  community. 
It  bas  bnetu  circulated  amongst  tbe  Dissenters  chiedy* 
Our  own  people  attach  no  importance  to  it.  I  ha^'e 
known  a  gentleman  of  the  nnme  of  King  on  tbia  island^ 
about  eight  or  teji  years  ngo,  but  I  cannot  ascertain  what 
has  become  of  him'  He  was  a  verj-  superior  man,  about 
60  or  70  years  old  then,  and  too  gifted,  as  I  think,  to  be 
the  author  of  such  a  story.  We  shall  all  be  rtyoiced  if  vou 
can  tjike  the  trouble  to  read  this  paper.  I  send  It  as  ft  is, 
In  French,  which  is  onr  language,  as  used  in  the  parish 
churches  and  ofGcially,  al though  we  are  daily  getting 
more  Anglicised,  and  aro  proud  of  becoming  more  aud 
more  like  other  English  subjects  in  habits,  and  even  lan- 
gnage.— Yours  vorv  trulv»  Wm.  Du  Headmb, — ^TheKev, 
J.  Clements/* 

[Enclosure  3.] 

"25,  Vanxball-strept,  Jertcy,  February' 1  Mi,  1871.— 

Sir, — The  enclosed  paper  is  being  drculaled  in  this  island. 

It  purports  to  be  tbe  translation  of  an  account  of  the 

^PimrUion  at  f^/iinfiburgh,  in  Lincolnshire,  in  11<1I^  of  an 

f^cl  in  the  form  of  a  young  female,  who,  it  is  ioid, 

~'       *Ae  ieiis  of  the  churcli  to  ring  by  breathing  \ipi<m  \ 


them,  and  declared  that  fihc  was  sent  to  warn  England 
of  her  sins.  She  likewise  pn>phesicd  had  tintee  ht 
France.  The  names  of  tbe  Smjwmi  in  QttMt/m^ 
who  heard  her  teatimooy  ■rtmenlKMMd— Eera.  KIkioI 
Ilom  ;  and  the  parties  atteaCioflr  tba  tratbntlnais  ar  Htm 
account  are  ailded — William  CnanoberA,  John  Cob1Ih% 
and  John  Boole.  Can  ynu  inform  me  whether  the  nnui 
mentioned  are  resl  or  Hctitions,  and  whether,  for  inslaiNi^ 
the  clergymen  of  your  town  in  1819  were  tboaa  iwratit 
and  whether  there  are,  either  in  the  records  of  the  c~ 
or  in  the  memory  of  some  inhabitanta  at  pr«»ent  70} 


old,  any  circumstances  occurring  on  the  4th  of  AmIL 
181 1»,  wLich  may  have  given  rise  to  tbe  le;^nd  ?  I  ml 
feel  extremely  obliged  by  a  word  in  rvply.  and  enelos 
my  address,— I  aro,  dear  dty  yonra  reapectfully,  M.^M^ 
LiSNNE  (Wesleyao  Jliaister),"  "^^ 

[Endorare  4.] 
This  is  the  *  broadsheet  ia  French,  a  tmnahitto 
which  is  appended, 

[EnckeureS.] 
•*  A  true  and  oiTcnmitantial  account  of  the  spfiliiliH 
of  an  angel,  who  was  seen  W  tV    -"  '  *  -  -^i  .1..-^ 
otHdals  of  the  parish  church  of  G  i 
of  Lincoln,  on  Sunday,  April  4tli 
the  conversation  which  took  place  l^twcui  Lti^a*  hut,tbi 
angel  and  the  minister,  in  the  course  of  which  thaiv 
exhorted  the  EnglUh  people  to  np  '  ' "  -^         "?' 
account,   in   token  of  truth,  ha 
genUemen,  who  have  fifTixtfl  tb^ 
to  it. — On  Sunday,  the  Ith  of  Apri  , 
of  the  pariflh  were  heard  sounds  m  r^ 
than  had  ever  been  heard  before,  wUi.  .x  nnt^.i  iiisis* 
habitants  with  the  greatest  sorprise  and  aateaiitoUBli 
upon  whidi  three  of  them,  Mr.  John  C^nlston,  the  efafk. 
and  the  sexton,  Tiho  kept  the  keys  of  the  church  isdlbl 
b':'lfrey,  repaired  to  tbe  church  to  lenm  the  cause  of  tUi 
extraordinarTt'  eircum stance.    One  said  to  the  other,  'W 
us  fetch  Mr.  *Kiiig'  (tbe  minister  who  was  to  prOMlb  Ifeil 
day),  and  all  having  slopped  for  an  in*tnnt  beft»rs  III 
church,  were  nnable  to  recover  from  t  i>^  « 

hearing  the  bells  ring  so  sweetly*     Mf  *t* 

the  name  of  the  Lord  let  u«  open  the   ...      ...  ur<t!lf 

exhorted  th^m  to  say  the  folMving  prayer:  •  O  Loii 
God,  give  ua  all  needful  time  to  think  of  mir  latlfML 
deliver  us  not  over  to  the  horrors  of  death  ami  etertuJ 
tonnenta,  bnt  grant  us  grace  to  prepare  to  mak«  oitf* 
selves  worthy  of  Thv  goodness  and  infiDite  merde^ 
through  the  merits  of  our  Lord  Je*ua  Christ,  tp  wfc«i 
with  Thee  and  the  Holy  Spirit  be  nil  h«>nf'nf  sfvd  jgkwyr 
now  and  ever,  nuien.*    After  whi  "    "'     "  ',  *w 

Ileavenl}'  Father,  we  3-ield  cmrsel  HjO 

the  clerk,  at  the  name  of  the  Lord,  t ,  VfUf 

having  prayed  together  in  the  church,  1  to 

the  beifry,  where  they  saw  the  bells  r.i  loin^ 

and  looking  round  them  they  perccivc^l  i  cni;,  ipp** 
rently  about  seven  years  of  age,  dri»fed  in  while,  at4 
haxing  a  crown  of  gohl  upon  his  head,  wlut.  I.v  thr  tpsr* 
power  of  his  breatht  sat  the  bellainm  >  -^^ 

them  to  ring  in  this  hariDonious  niau:  ^.nM 

astonishment  of  those  present,  Mr,  Iving,  .i;anj|.i^ 
spokesman,  i^aid  to  the  child, '  In  the  name  of  the  uR^ 
who  art  thou?*  *l  am,^  he  replied,  *the  mt9mi$tf9 
the  Lord,  and  I  am  come  to  exhort  all  men  to  npt^ 
anee.'  The  mini'tter  then  said  to  him,  ^  And  Mf  Vfei^ 
reason  do  you  bring  us  thi-*  m««wigc?  *  *  1  am  9md  to 
the  Lord  to  induce  you  to  attend  without  cea*iog  dii& 
to  your  prayers,  night  and  morning  —  to  perform  is  B 
Gwrs  sight  all  spiritual  acts,  and  to  pray  ercry  diy* 
t^^pe dally  that  Ho  will  prepare  yon  for  the  fa<it  d«y,  Hil 
dreadful  day  of  judgment,  when  the  world  will  tit  d^ 
ffOfSf^  V?  %£%J     Aad  he  added,  *  There  will  f^oiD  aglia 


4*8.vn.MjLEOHS5/7i.]         NOTES  AND  QUERIES.  25S 


cttli&liitad  timea  opon  nil  Europe  m  pToportion  as  men 
pfwe  tlwiDfclTea  ungodlr,  Lrreii(;ii»us,  and  nn^atirfitl 
mjftici^^y  ?T^  the  cOTintrie:^  wher»?  virtue  and  truth  ought 
t»  shin  ;  -  looked  long  for  the 

tndtt  where,  iiHtend,  fVuita 

^  w^.  .„„.    ..^  God  of  Heaven,  "  I 

I  ria  nations  in  my  Aog«r  \  I  will 
Mkediteas;  I  wU  I  smite  them  Tirith 
•  aoou  •     1  vers  other  tliseaacB,  becaoac 

Cbijii.:  u"  But  befoTQ  the^e  cola mi- 

tiit  *rr:  -  -.-_.-  .  :ij  will  endeavonr  to  aggran- 
dize his  power;  f^ranti  preparations  for  war  will  b«  made 
id  ah  |>arta  of  Chrbtt^ndom  ;  bat  the  Kin^ir  of  France  will 
MfkMMWiir  humbled,  fur  diacord  will  trouble  and  de- 
&laa3[  m  kingtlotn/  The  messenger  from  beAven  slLit 
emtintiKl  to  exhort  them  to  repentance,  by  telling  them 
V  ofjadgment  approached*    Then  the  minidter 

>-  '  How  do  j-on  know  all  these  things? '    The 

angci  rcpiii  li :  *  My  Heavenly  Master  reveals  nothing  to 
Ms  mrvnaia  (ctr  Cbeir  own  use,  bat  has  »ent  me  to  yon, 
to  warn  v^u  to  rej>cnt  of  yonr  sma  before  He  la^'sHi* 
upon  yon.*    And  he  added^  *  C^me  with  mc, 
inather  miracle  to  show  you-*    Having  con- 
'     the  interior  of  the  church,  he  said  to 
Mtone/     All  havinj*  endeavoured  to  do 
.;  able  to  succeed  in  rcmoviiifr  it»  the 
i,  *  Lord,  hove  pity  on  ii5 1'  *  Very  well,*  said 
oiiie  near  ma     Are  you  afraid  of  tlie  work 
Tr  --  •  -  f.iith  is  30  weak,  when  &  messenger 
•  nj^  how  can  you  hope  to  be  strong 
I       n^om  of  heaven  ?  *  Then,  laying 
wii  the  »toQe,  he  turned  it  over^  to  the  ijreat 
\  of  the  beholders.    Then  he  picked  up  a  roll 
ich  was  ixnder  this  atone,  and  upon  which 
in    letters  of  fgold,    *  Englfind  I  England  I 
r  Tingodliness,  and  hasten  to  repent  of  it  I' 
>  rl,  amidst  the  sound  of  melodious 
ns  who  were  present  and  had  the 
■  n  '  ;  ^  ,  .  * .  * .  p  f  rapture  and  ecstacy . 

io  te-  indersignod^  flincerely 

t  the  statement  above 
ttUlttd*  ijivvn  tiuJcr  cur  rtipwcUve  signatures  the  4th 
A(wl,  Iffiy.^Mii,  Kino  and  Mr.  Hohn,  ministers;  Wh. 
Cluk&Eiis,  Jons  Ojulston,  and  JoitM  Book,  Es<jrs," 


THT 


OF  ARCHBISHOP  STAFFOED. 


1  WHS  Arcb bishop  of  Cant^rbiu^' 

:  of  Engliind  during"  some  of  the 

i'ara  of  the  reigB  of  Henry  VL     It 

Ifeutrullv  \ns*in  apsurned  tliat  he  was  a  mem- 

w  of  the  grent  family  of  his  sura  an  le  which,  na 

&rli  of  Statford  or  of  Devonshire,  or  Dukes  of 

&iBkiiJtrb*m.    -were   bo   distinguished   under   the 

'-'  -  ir.     .       _  _^^  ^^^  ^|jg  earlier  Tudors.     But, 

Y  be  conceded  that  he  belonged  to 

^  not  easj  to  trace  the  particular 

lich  he  sprung,  nor  to  decide  whe- 

\vii3  or  was  not  legitimate.    The 

without  interest,  and  may  be  elu- 

'".  hv  ventilation  in  the  columns  of 

J  induced  to  send  you  a  brief 

of  the  case,  aad  to  hope  that 

erf  your  readere  "who  are  versed  in  such 

I  m&y  be  able  to  clear  up  the  dilHcultiea 

ittfTOUfid  it 

«te4  to  my  own  mind  by  a  rkit  to 


the  Terr  out-of-the-way  village  of  North  Bradley, 
on  the  borders  of  Wilta  and  Somersetahire,  Open- 
ing from  th^i  chancel  of  tho  parish  church  m  a 
north  chapel  of  late  Perpendicular  work,  but  un- 
finished outside  in  parts  of  the  carving.  In  tho 
windoWj/whicli  faces  north,  is  an  altar-tomb  b^oav 
Lng  an  incised  figure  uf  a  lady  and  this  inscrip-* 
tion  t — 

"  Hie  jaoeC  Dna  Emma,  mater  venerattssinii  patris  ei 
Domini,  Dni  Johanuis  StaiTord*  Dei  griicta  CaotuarieDsis 
Archiepif  que  obiit  qulnto  die  mentis  Septcmbris  Auno 
Dili  Milleaimo  CCCCmo  .  quadrigeaimo  .  Cujus  an.  ppcie* 
tur  Deus  .  Amen.O  Deus  trinaj  me  Job""  conserva  ruina.'* 

There  is  a  great  deal  here  about  ^'  me  Job"  *' 
and  very  little  about  hia  mother.  It  reaUy  looks 
as  if  he  was  anxious  by  the  greatness  of  his  own 
personal  dignity  to  cover  any  little  shortcomings 
of  which  *'Domina  Emma"  might  have  been 
guilty.  The  tomb  will  be  found  fidly  deicribed 
Ln  Canon  Jackson^a  edition  of  Aubrey,  where  also 
the  curious  questions  Bup^gested  hy  it  are  set  forth 
at  length.  If  thi3  "  Emma  ^'  was  the  archbishop^s 
mother,  who  was  his  father?  If  his  father  waa 
the  huj^bflnd  of  this  *^  Emma,^*  why  is  h©  not  men- 
tioned on  the  monunient  ?  la  there  any  other 
example  of  this  kimiP  Does  any  other  eccle- 
siastic of  that  period  commemorate  his  mother  by 
herself;  and  if  he  does^  hoa  his  legitimacy  been 
ascertained  ? 

I  may  endeayour  to  point  out  the  little  that  i& 
known  in  answer  to  theae  questions.  Batteley 
{Caniuana  Sftcr^a,  p.  7*^1  calla  the  archbishop  tho 
son  of  Sir  Humphrey  Stafford  **  with  the  ftilrer 
hand,"  and  his  wife  Elizabeth  Dynham.  Banks 
{EAttnct  Baronage f  ii.  641)  makes  the  same  state- 
ment in  the  text,  but  motlifies  it  in  the  pt;digree 
at  the  end  of  the  article  by  cautiously  adding  in 
parenthesis  to  the  name  of  Dynham  the  words  **  or 
Aumarle/'  A  very  complete  genealogical  table 
of  the  Staffords  is  to  be  found  in  CfM.  Top.  et  Gen* 
\i.  335,  and  if  it  is  correct  this  statement  of 
Banks's  h  errnneous.  There  is,  in  fact,  great  con- 
fusion between  the  two  Su"  Humphreys,  and  both 
seem  to  have  been  called  the  ** silver-handed*'; 
at  leiist  the  younger  has  the  name  in  the  Colko* 
tanetij  and  toe  elder  in  TedarnetUa  Vdmta  (aeo 
p,  100).  According  to  tlie  pedigree  just  men- 
tioned, the  elder  Sir  Humphrey  had  two  wives — 
namely,  first  Elizabeth,  nee  D'Aumarle^  widow  of 
fc?ir  John  Mautravers,  and  mother  of  Elizabeth 
Mautravers,  the  wife  of  yomig  Sir  Humphrey; 
and,  secondly,  Alice,  daughter  and  co* heiress  of^ 
Sir  Ad&nt  Beville,  But  this  Alice  cannot  have* 
been  the  mother  of  the  younger  Sir  Uumphiey, 
although  this  is  stated  in  the  CoiMa»mf  iince  he 
ia  mentioned  in  the  will  of  his  atepmoilier  aa 
being  her  daughter  Mautravers's  husband.  Nor 
was  Alice  the  mother  of  the  archbishop  (who,  by 
the  way,  ia  not  named  in  tho  above- mentioned 
pedigree),  becauso  we  aee  by  the  totttb  that  hit 


I 


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mother's  oame  was  **  Emma.'*  He  h  mentiooed 
in  the  wiJl  of  the  younger  Sir  Humphrey  as  his 
brother  Jo  ho,  Bishop  of  Bath  find  Welts*  So 
tbitt  At  the  time  of  his  erecting'  this  Dionument  at 
Korth  Bradley,  his  hrotber  and  fftther  were  both 
dead;  the  latter  having  died  in  1413,  some  thirty 
years  before ;  and  his  mother  must  have  been  dead 
at  least  three  years,  becnuse  he  did  not  become 
mrchhisbop  till  144^3.  He  had  been  made  Bishop 
of  Bath  in  1425,  ao  that  his  birth  must  have  been 
Untedated  beyond  1406,  at  which  time  the  (sup- 
posed) first  wife  of  bis  father  died.  (See  Nicolas, 
I'est,  VdttsL  p.  166.J  He  was,  therefore,  cleorly  not 
the  son  of  a  secona  wife,  and  it  is  not  possible  be 
was  this  Elizabeth  Lady  Stafford's  son.  On  the 
whole*  then,  we  are  driven  to  the  conclusion  first 
started  by  Gascoigno,  a  nearly  contemporarif  au- 
thority, who  (Lewis's  Life  of  Pecovk)  .*pejilis  of 
him  as '' hastardus  origmo."  On  the  other  hand, 
Canon  Jackson  point*  out  that  the  archbishop  in- 
herited certain  Junds  in  Wilti*hire  in  1443  on  the 
demise  of  a  IpreBumed)  relative^  which  does  not 
accord  with  the  hypothesis.  But  can  it  be  proved 
that  the  land  did  not  come  by  bequest  or  settle- 
ment? 

Again,  we  luwe  certain  examples  of  similar  mo- 
n  iiments.  1  am  only  acquainted  with  one ;  but  there 
are  several,  I  believe,  in  existence.  In  Buxtead 
church,  Sui^sei  (Haines's  Monumental  BrajiseSf  ii.) 
h  the  following  epitaph  of  the  middle  of  the 
fifteenth  centurj^^  or  just  coeval  with  the  North 
Bradley  tomb  :— 

^nt  linh  grLittta  aabfi  Iki  shoit 

Pobt,  ^njjri  .Soni  fcaf  pnsuii  hitrt  r 
^ooti  t||att  TTiiij  pttrr. 
Crnst  qobrs  '^cm  ham  of  n  majjbt : 
Ca  i'pmt  ^  Jlohf.  burn  ^one  forril:i'ib* 
$^at  otut  dI  j^s,  boiib  ben  pnasrb  m  fro  : 

Now,  if  it  could  be  ascertained  whether  this 
llobert  Savap^e  was  born  in  wedlock  or  not,  some 
light  might  be  throwu  on  SlalVord's  case.  Here, 
it  will  be  observt^d,  the  surname  of  the  mother  is 
pven.  Is  her  son  properly  called  Savsge  in 
Hainea,  or  is  it  possible  to  ^wcertjiin  by  the  parish 
records  that  he  bore  any  other  name  ?  I  have  no 
doubt  some  of  your  coiTespondents  may  be  able 
at  least  to  make  sure  that  the  desLred  informa- 
rion  is  not  in  existence* 

Heraldry  seems  to  throw  little  or  no  light  on 
the  Bubjei^t.      Although  Aubrey  mentions  the  re- 
DiaitiB  tf  a  coRt  '^quarierly"  as  existing  in  his 
lime,  and   Canon  Jackson  conjectures  that  this 
may  be  the  aims  of  Beville,  which  were  **  quar- 
terly, or  and  pules/'  yet,  as  we  have  seen  that  the 
f.rch bishop  cannot  have  been  the  son  of  Sir  Hum- 
phreys  second  wife,  even  if  we  chauj^e  her  name 
^rom  Alice  to  Emma  Bevilie,  this  tells  ua  nothing, 
^'Jiem  is  no  shield  or  hadstP  of  the  Staffotda  amoTV! 


the  carvings  of  the  cbapal,  which  are 
nor  do  the  archbij^hop's  own  arms,  aa  1 
at  Canterbury  and  in  other  placesi  teU 
thing,  though"^  they  are  not  inconsistent  "w 
hypothesis  of  his  low  origin.  Willement 
them  thus  (Canterbutyf  p»  22): — **  In  the  no 
transept,  the  arms  of  the  eee  of  Cant»;Tbury,  i 
palififf  *  Or,  on  a  chev^5^  pules,  a  mitre  proper,1 
bordure  engrailed  si\ble/  *'  This  bordun?  i5  en- 
tirely different  from  any  known  example  of  the 
system  of  cadency  in  use  in  the  Staflford  famllj, 
and  at  first  sight  bos.  to  heraldic  eyea,  a  stttto^ 
look  of  illegitimacy ;  i>ut  we  must  take  iato  i^ 
count  the  fact  that  Archbishop  Arundel,  who  died 
in  1414,  used  a  ^^  bordure  engrailed  ardent  **roaod 
his  paternal  arms,  and  Archbishop  Kemp,  Staf* 
ford's  immediate  successor,  diiierenced  his  tritli  i 
similar  bordure  of  gold. 

It  seems  strange  that  such  eminent  authoritl^fi 
as  Bank.H,  Batteley,  Hasted,  Dugdale,  Fuller, 
Weever,  and  Dart  should  all  have  been  more  or 
less  in  error  regarding  the  real  oriirfn  of  this 
eminent  prelate,  W.J,  hoFTtt 


Longevity  :  Johjt  Ba.iles,  who  lived  hI 
Three  Cestut.ies.  —  Under  the  portico  of  All  I 
Saints  Church,  Northampton,  is  a  tablet,  b<irin^| 
an  inscription,  of  which  I  give  a  fac-«imile  :— 

"  Here  under  lyeth 

Jnhn  BuHcM  Bom  in  thia 

Town  he  was  above  126 
years  o!  1  k  had  his  hearing 
Siirht  &  Mem  on'  to  y*  lart 

He  lived  in  3  C^ntun'f , 


&  was  buried  y*  l****  uf  Apr 
1706." 


f  no  shield  oi  badge  of  the  Staffords  amon^  \  %Y\vl: 


Let  me  add  that  in  the  FMlamphical  Tmn^iC* 
tiom,  vol  XXV.  (1700),  will  be  found  An  Acccunt  I 
of  the  Death  and  Dissection  of  this  rcmarkiU»J 
Ifan^  by  Dr.  James  KeilL    The  foUowing  i»  IB  j 
extract :  — 

"  Jtihn  Biiyles,  Ike  old  button  maker  of  Kanli*nip< 
is  commonly  repQteil  to  have  been  130  years  oi^l 
when  he  died.  Tlieic  is  no  register  so  old  in  th»  J^jJI 
where  be  wa?  christened  ;  but  the  oldest  people,  uf  wJ>i«| 
some  art?  li>0,  others  90^  and  others  80  yearp,  r^miant*n 
him  to  have  been  old  when  they  were  ronncr*  1^*  *^1 
coaot$,  Indeed,  differ  much  from  one  au;»tb*rt  i  it  aH  1 
agree  that  ho  was  at  least  ]*'0  year*.  Ht 
alwayi  affirm  that  he  was  at  Tilbnry  cam 
Mveral  particulars  about  it ;  and  if  we  alluw 
have  been  but  12  years  old  tfatu,  he  must  have  1 
when  he  die^i.  He  used  constantly  to  walk  to  t' 
bottring  markets  with  his  buttons  within  tbtse  1 
years,  but  of  late  he  has  been  decrepid  aotJcarriM  I 
Ilia  diet  was  anythiui;;  he  could  get.  I  never  f 
WAS  more  fond  of  oue  sort  of  food  than  another,  t 
was  tliat»  about  a  year  before  he  died,  be  knfedibrf 
venison- pasty  I  but  bad  it  not»  Hit  body  was  <xti«wJj 
emaciated ;  and  his  flesh  feeling  bard,  'tht  aliap*  of  ill 
the  external  niuaclea  was  plainly  to  bt  aeeii  f        *'  ''^ 


U 


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255 


It  b  stated  elsewhere  tbat  ''Cfttherlne^  liis 
'I.Hj;^hter^  died  in  this  town  at  tli*^>  fidvRnced  age 
«>f  U>2  joars/'  TflOM\s  Walesby. 

Ttru  Doiei>*rcAX5,— It  may  be  as  well  to  re- 
conl  in  **N.  k  Q/'  that  the  long-deserted  con- 
Tent  of  Geronde,  Sierre,  VhIais,  has  just  been 
taken  prk3Bea»ion  of  by  some  Domini  cans  from  a 
dissolved  Italian  convent.  The  monks  Rie  most 
teamed  men,  and  have  met  with  a  truly  cordial 
reeepHrtfi  from  the  Swiss  of  all  confeseioDs*  The 
*  on  the  summit  of  a  hill  that  overlooks 

:  '  eronde — a  lake  not  five  minutes'  walk 

trom  r^ierre  (Simplon  route),  and  yet  unlmown  to 
the  majority  of  touriflta  who  visit  Switzerland  ; 
^ren  the  guide  books  ignore  it,  as  they  do  the 
Lac  Noir,  near  Fribourg  (Suisse)* 

James  IIkwry  Dixon. 

PoiXT  OB  VicB.— Malvolio  ears,  »*I  will  be 
l>wU  de  tric€  the  very  man."  There  are  people  in 
Cuxm  who  still  iny  *•  point  vice'*  to  express 
'  kjOf  perfect  (pronouncing  these  worda  in 
'i  way).  I  hare  n  neighbour  who^  de- 
^n'/m-  uie  p  rem  iseB  of  another  ftirmer,  concluded 
fcD[MT3it^,  "Oh!  he  is  a  very  p.irticukr  man;  he 
will  Suva  everything 'about  \iU  place  pottit  vive.'* 

Ellcee. 

Paosoot. — In  addition  to  the  liberties  already 
32)  a»  having  been  taken  with  well- 
118,  I  have  just  found  another  instance 
^  I  ^^  Of  «n  tit  led  Progressive  Lesions  itt  Ileadivg, 
fc*(Gla«»>3w,  1864),  where  Ilo/HnlMm  i«  again 
*^  principal  victim.  In  this  collection  we  have 
w  ilterations — 

*  ^'    *  -  '   md  trumpet  sound  arrayifd.** 
like  the  bolt*  of  heav«u/' 
/:  a  soldier's  cemtttrtf,'^ 

i  ta^t**  of  the  above  must  be  evident  to  the 

r  of  readers, 

,  in  the  same  work,  the  following  altera- 

118  in  the  beautiful  poem  of  The  Cuckoo 

.  Bruce  or  Logan) : — 

"  Stttrit  the  new  voice  of  iprhg  to  hear  "— 
jiliny  line,  and  very  inferior  surely  to  the 
ia  L'f  the  original — 

**  Oft  fftipt,  thy  curiouf  voice  to  hear.** 
Iltntioicnt  is  that  of  repofe,  which  sturU  bb^jha 
"  •  to  injure.  Sp, 

'^MnuriiKAjr.— In  confirmation  of  the  mean* 

▼hich   I  attached  to  the  designation  Hua- 

nan  in  my  remarks  (p.  170)  on  the  /Vrden 

topi  of  ShakeiFpeare,  the  following  entry  in 

bh  register  oi  Barwelljco.  Leicester,  is  ser- 


Uf.  Gregory  Iduim,  aih^mty  and  huMbtmdman, 


name,  and  one  who  on  other  occasions  may  have 
been  styled  a  gentleman. 

AUo  the  following  in  the  register  of  St.  John'a 
parish  in  Newcastle- upon- Ty no : — 

*'  Umphrarenairope,Aifj/»an{/»i</?i,atid  Fartune  Shafto, 
ffentkipcmanf  married  20  Jan.  15t)9/' 

It  is  evident  that  a  Husbandmnn  was  one  who 
tilled  his  own  land,  in  distinction  to  a  Farmer, 
who  occupied  the  land  of  another  person. 

Latterlyi  the  term  Yeoman  has  been  substituted, 
and  the  volunteer  troops  of  Yeomanry  Cavalry 
have  probably  contributed  to  re-establish  the  use 
of  that  more  ancient  designation*  But  whether 
the  ancient  Yeoman  was  always  so  important  a 

Serson  as  a  aranll  land-owner  1  think  somewhat 
oubtfuL  I  imagine  that  be  waa  rather  such  a 
man,  whether  a  land -owner  or  not,  as  was  com- 
petent to  perform  good  service  with  his  bow, 
when  the  sturdy  archers  were  the  main  force  of 
English  armies.  John  GorcH  Nichols. 

Suif-DIAL  IjfSCRIPTIOXS* — 
'*  Sine  *ole  sileo." — Chafvel  of  St.  Philippe^  Nice. 
*'Sci^  hora^  :  nescis  horam.'' — Convent  of  Cimi^,  near 
Kice. 

P.  w.  s. 

Hotel  de  Luxembourg,  Xice. 

Rev.  James  Hervet  ahd  William  Uooaetb 
Mr.  Cole,  the  eccentric  bookseller  of  Scarborou^'hT" 
preserves  the  following  anecdote  of  the  celebrated 
author  of  The  Meditatimi^ :  — 

'"^He  posscwcd  *  religion  without  gloom*;  was  a  sera- 
pbic  'and  Ten- cheerful  man,  though  always  ill*;  and 
the  follo^i^  tug 'anecdote  will  *u0Sciently  9hW  thnt  he 
won lil  sometimes  indulge  a  facelioua  htiniour:— lie  sent 
an  invitation  to  the  Rev.  William  Willis,  R»?ctor  of  Little 
Billing,  hh  particubr  friend  and  near  neighbour,  in  the 
foUowmg  termA :  *'  Voiuntas  $um^  vofuutas  eM  mtcum 
^a  0%7a  Tt*;  thus  rendering  his  friend's  name  into 
Latin,  and  luing  another  Latin  term,  and  thre«  Oreek 
nliflractera  for  the  remainder;  that  is,  in  Kngfish,  *  Wil* 
liam  WilHa  eat  a  bit  of  pie  with  me  ? '  ** — Hrrvetamt ;  or 
Grnphk  and  IJtemrrf  SketcheM^  iituMtrativt  0/  the  Life 
and  iViilingM  of  the  Rev.  Jamet  Herwey^  M,A,,  part  the 
scoonJ,  8vo,  1833,  p.  87. 

Fluellen  could  see  a  resembknce  between  Mace- 
don  and  Monmouth — there  was  a  river  in  each. 
If  this  reasoning  holds  good,  I  may  surely  cltdm' 
iome  mental  features  in  common  between  the 
pious  rector  of  Weston  Favell  and  the  great  artist 
William  Hoparth ;  for  the  same  idea — it  is  hardly 
likely  that  either  knew  of  the  other*s  existence- 
gee  ma  to  have  occurred  coinci dentally  to  both.  Thft^ 
humorous  vignette  of  a  platter  between  a  knife 
and  fork,  on  the  engraved  title  of  Nichold'a 
Anecdotes  of  Hogarth^  is  familiar  to  us^  05  also  its 
reproduction  on  the  title-page  of  a  little  volume 
of  more  recent  date.  From  this  I  quote  the  fol* 
lowing  description :  -^ 


family  of  tbe    on 


**H<XiARnr»  c4nr>  of  i^rviTArrox  to  pijikfr. 
'*  A  i*pt»cimen  of  HogartU'a  pmjujn-sity  to  merrimenf, 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES,         14^*^ s.%iLMi^«cii 55,71 


■ketch  cm  ft  eud  of  iovititioo  iddi^ssed  to  Dr.  Arnold 
King;  ft  coirtei  fAc-similo  of  whicU  forms  the  Tt^Tiette 
in  otir  «ngrAvt<l  tiilc-psge.  Withia  a  circle,  to  which  a 
knift  ftnd/arA  art^  the  sopportcrs,  the  written  part  is  con- 
tained. In  the  centre  w  drawn  a  ph\  with  a  vtkrt  on  the 
top  of  it  f  and  the  invitation  of  our  artist  conctutleu  with 
the  following  piocy  of  wit  on  Uic  three  Greek  charncters^ 
U  ^  IT  (to  Ha  btta  pf)'^ — Eccenhic  and  Hnmormi  Letters 
(t/Emitient  Men  and  Woment  12ma,  1824,  p.  45, 

Perbtipg  these  resembling:  efforts  of  wit  may  be 
flbowii  to  bare  a  common  origin. 

WiLUiM  Bates, 

BlltDlXDgbiJaQ« 

DmBiir'fi  "  BiBLioaEAPHiCAL  Dbcameeok.*'-- 
WiU  Tou  allow  me  to  offer  a  suggcfltton  as  to  tbiA 
hook  in  tbe  pages  of  «  N.  &  QJ'Y  It  U,  that  tbe 
text  of  tbe  book  abould  be  reprinted.  Tbe  time, 
labour,  and  eipcnae  tbat  would  be  required  to 
reproduce  tbe  illustrationa  (supposinj^  tbo  original 
plates  and  wood-blocka  to  b^  no  loDger  in  esdat^ 
ence)  would,  I  fear,  deter  nnj  publialier  from 
attempting'  to  reisbue  a  foc-sirailo  of  ibti  book, 
i3ut,  even  for  an  undertaking  of  sucb  magnitude, 
I  tbink  a  sufllcicnt  number  of  subacribers  migbt 
be  found.  Hnve  we  not  seen  in  our  dnja  a  repro- 
duction of  l)'lJo?;ier*a  noble  Armorial  ydniral  de  la 
France  f  But  the  reprinting  of  the  teict  would 
not  be  a  Teiy  arduous  nndertnkins^,  and  would,  I 
mu  aure,  be  a  great  boon  to  all  bibiiograpUers  w!io 
sre  not  fortunate  enough  to  poaeesa  the  originftl 
Tolumea.  Even  many  of  thoie  who  do  would,  I 
believe,  be  glad  of  a  working  copy  of  the  text,  to 
save  the  wear  and  tear  of  constant  reference  to 
the  beautiful  original.  Of  coursCp  in  all  instances 
where  in  the  oiiginal  reference  is  made  to  a 
woodcut » the  reference  in  the  reprint  would  re- 
quire to  be  altered  to  tbo  page  of  tbe  book  or 
MS,  from  which  the  cut  is  dra^Ti,  Various  little 
alterations  of  this  kind  would  he  necessary,  but 
would  cause  little  or  no  trouble.  Though  the 
bonk  contains  a  good  deal  of  nonsense,  it  is  yet 
delig-htful  reading  to  all  lovers  of  ancient  books 
and  MSS.  So  I  oiler  my  suggestion,  as  the  phrase 
goes,  **for  what  it  is  worth,'*  hoping  that  you, 
Mr,  Editor,  will  at  leaat  allow  the  subject  t^  be 
mentioned  in  the  pages  of  your  widely-read  paper. 

K  M,  8. 


THE  ETYMOLOGY  OF  **  WARD''  AS  A  PERSONAL 
XAME  ? 

Lower,  in  bia  Patronyrnica  BrtlamiicA,  eiplains 
Ward  as  meaning  **a  guard  or  keeper."  He  states 
tbat  Ward,  standing  simply,  is  *'  one  of  our  com- 
monest anmames — ^^187  traders  be^ng  it  in  the 
Z<m(hm  JHrmdory  of  1S52 ;  besides  forming  the 
termination  of  gevoml  others,  as  Aylwatd,  Bur- 


&c.**    There  are   also    tbe   naznea   of  Wi 
Warder,  Gard,  Garden,  and  LasBrd,  which 
considered  by  Mr,  Lower  to  be  or  similar  imj 
Of  the  compound  names  which  he  mentions, 
first,  descended  from  the  Saxon  ^Iward,  is 
haps  a  doubtful  member  of  this  fraternity.    1 
ward,  he  conjectures,  may  baye  been  derived  frnra 
a  ctma-he(trd,  or  cow-keeper :  as  we  know  that,  ia 
some  cases  at  leawt,  Coward  is  from  Cow-hCTi 
But  the  point  to  which  I  wish  to  direct  i: 
this— what  was  the  occupation,  or  fund 
Ward  f  whose  particular  employment  in     ^_ 
or  keeping  a  wood,  or  a  mill,  or  a  bay,  kc.,^ 
specified.     Was  he  the  same  as  all^rd?  do* 
Heard,     Or  were  not  many  of  those  who  baw 
left  tbe  name  of  Ward  to  their  posterity  wtlly 
what  we  now  understand   as  wants  ?   wafd*  io 
Chancery,  or  wards  of  their  feudal  superior.    It  ii 
well  known  that  the  Crown  bad  so  many  wanU 
tbat  there  was  a  special   Court  of  Wards  tod 
Lireries  for  tbe  administration  of  their  a&ia 
Mr.  Lower  makes  no  allowance  at  a!l  for  iStk 
origin  of  the  name  of  Ward,    Under  *)'-^  ^"'"'^  "f 
Wardedieu  or  Wardeux,  however,  l 
author  of  Bodiam  and  ii4  Lord fi  as  stati 
Sussex  name  (of  which  William  d 
was  living  (cmp.  Hen,  III.)  originated  : 
of  tbe  family  of  Monceux,  Lords  of  iJnr^ti^joTj- 
ceux,   who   was  a  word   of  the  Earl  of  E  <    ^ 
derivation  that  eeems   far-fetched,  and  r^qnir' 
corroboration.     Mr.  Lower  derivei  tlie  nan:'    j' 
Legard  from  "  Fr.  le  garde,  the  guard,  kftofwr,  '\* 
wwdcn.**     But  was  U  f/ardr  ever  a  French  «^^rd 
applied  to  a  person  ?     Garde  is  in  French  a  flW" 
nine  noun,  and  its  meaning  the  same  as  otir  jMi'^ 
(There  is  the  French  surname  Ik  la  OttHi,)  ^ 
person  who  guards  is  a  ffordimf  our  gvmrS'^  ^ 
ttardtm.     I  entertain  a  doubt,  therefore,  whether 
a  Ward  was  really  an  officer  or  a  person  etnplor«i 
in  guarding ;  and  if  Mr.  Lower  is  right,  shoalaha 
glad  to  have  some  examples  that  will  famish  i^ 
information  as  to  the   duty  a  Ward  bad  to  p^ 
form,  '  J.a^. 


Bears*  Ears. — In  a  collection  of  garden  flower* 

as  early  as  the  reign  of  James  L,  I  find  tbe  les* 

"Bearsears,"  which  1    presume  means  tbt  !••_ 

ricula.    Has  that  word  been  long  disused  P 

Tnos.  E.  Wr 


[In  Dr.  Prior's  Popular  Xomh^  of  , 
**  Beard'  Ear?/'  we  reoid,  ^from  tbe  fonoer  Latin  I 
Urft  auricula,  in  allusion  to  the  shape  of  tlia  lea£»7 

Bourne  akd  Croff, — Anthony  B«:»ura#l 
CO,  Worcester,  son  of  Sir  John  7' 
haO,  one  of  tbe  principal  secretin 
Queen  Mary  (see  "N,  &  Q.,''  4-  .^.  vl  il<S),i 
said  to  have  had  issue  an  only  daughter  tt» 
heiress  Mary,  who  married  Edward  Cioll  of  ds 


iww^  Sayw&rd,  Ken wiud,  Milwatd,  WoodwwcA,  \  ^i^H  Cii&Wft  l^i»i\Vi  ;\x!l  Ilerefordshire  j  but 


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257 


r  to  woam,  thU  Mr.  Croft  marrieJ  Atiue  Brown 
I  BeUiaiu.  ii.  416).     Which  is  correct  ? 

H.  S.  G. 

^'  rKSHiBJ:. — I  wbh  to  obtain  any 
-  to  the  earljr  history  of  the 
*  ..  Urainhaiu,  West  Hiding,  York- 
iicatedt  says  Allen  {Uietory  of  the  Coimty 
iM  31:ip  London,  1831),  to'iUl  Saints  f 
ng  rekting  to  William  Jame?,  who  was 
*  ere  in  1068,  or  to  his  immediate  predecea- 
^to  Q  certxda  Richard  Smith,  baptised  in 
cb  May  10,  1693,  and  buried  there  No- 
FTexit>er  19,  1647 ;  or  to  his  son  IIichard|  of  the 
parifcib,  bom  in  1620,  who  was  one  of  the 
I  fttly  proprietoi'8  of  New  Jcraey  in  Americft,  and 
)  ot  who6e  children  settled  there. 

Tnos.  Stewakpson,  Jb, 

,  rout  Bekthovkt.-— I  find  in  the  Bictiomiaire 
^V»u^  dts  MusicienSf  printed  at  Ports  in  1810^ 
Ifcllawing :  — 

^BcsmovEx  (Louu-Vai])p  qu9  Ton  a  dit  BU  OAturel 
*pfr6^/iaic  Giallaume  11,  rui  dc  rra&ae,  eat  nd  k  BoiiD, 

va«  the  crigha  of  this  extraordinary 
fcment  about  Beetnoven'a  parentage?  The 
lite  above  given  13  also  wrong.  It  ought  to  be 
Dec,  17,  17 ii),  as  everybody  knows,      F.  W.  M. 

PoRpAiT  OF  Camxeon  OF  LocHiEL.— We  we 
tMMdiagly  anxious  to  know  if  there  exists  in  any 
^tfb  •  portrttit  of  ])onftld  Cameron  of  Lochiel, 
tb  hepj  of  '  i  B  well-knuwii  poem,  «iid 

llw  took  a  i  ...i  part  on  bebnlf  of  Prince 

in  the  rubeiiioa  of  1745,     We  have  made 
;tion  at  varioua  quartern,  both  in  England 
Scotland,   but  withoat  fiuccesa;   and  have 
to  believe  that  the  present  representatire 
clan  Cameron  is  not  aware  that  any  por* 
of  hid  anct^^tor  exiists.   If  any  of  your  readers 
,  rof  euch  a  portrait,  they  would  confer  upon 
\%  verj  great  favour  indeed  by  letting  us  know 
it  is  to  bo  found. 

bringing  the  above  want  und»fr  the  notice 
readera,  you  will  very  much  oblige* 

A-  F0LLABTOir  &  Co. 
h  Place,  Lctth  Wulk,  Edinburgh. 

CocBi  MouB5iN6. — Can  any  of  your  readers 
iftfonii  uu^  of  a  book  or  books  which  regulate 
Li  s  at  court?  Are  *' weepers"  a  part  of 

'I J?     What  and  whence  are  tbey ? 
M.A. 

ITS. — I  have  been  hitherto  under  the  im- 
ioa  that  the  aaaumption  of  more  than  one 
(except  in  the  following  cases)  was  wholly 
lidMTect.  The  excepted  case8  are — where  a  per- 
mm  entitled  to  hear  arms  bad  legally  asBumed, 
fcy  Act  of  Parliament  or  othen^Tse,  the  suniame 
'  lirma  of  aome  other  person  in  addition  to  hia 
or  inherited  the  Tight    It'  I  &m  not  mis' 


takcn^  it  13  stated  by  heraldic  authorities  that 
although  an  heiress  might  carrj''  the  arms  of  her 
family  into  that  of  her  husband,  she  was  in- 
capable of  conferring  the  right  on  him  of  using 
her  father*8  cre»t;  inasmuch  as  ladies  were  not 
supposed  to  nse  crests  in  the  place  where  they 
were  the  distinguishing  mark  of  a  knight  or 
leader,  namely,  in  battle,  Howaver  I  lately  found, 
on  looking  over  the  Visiialhn  nf  Lcicodershtrc 
(publiahed  last  ycsir  by  the  Ilarleian  Society), 
several  instances  to  the  contrary.  For  instance, 
Belgrave  (p.  07),  with  six  quarteriu^^s,  bore  no 
less  than  four  crests;  Beresford  (p,  172),  with 
three  juarterings,  bore  two;  Brudnell  (p.  143), 
with  Gijfht  qunrterings,  had  three ;  Cave  (p*  121), 
with  three  quarteringSj  bad  two;  and  Sturtoa 
(p.  110),  with  three  quarterings,  had  two.  I  am 
not  within  reach  of  any  aulborilies  on  this  ques- 
tion, but  I  hope  some  of  the  able  imd  learned 
correspondents  of  "  N.  k  Q/'  will  be  good  enough 
to  enlighten  me  and  veiy  probably  many  othera 
of  its  readers.  Y,  S.  M# 

"  Gkokoe  CAJfTEaBUBT's  W^ill/* — During  laat 
year  a  new  (?)  story  was  publiblu^d  in  TM&^s 
Maffostne,  called  **  George  Cautcrbury^a  "Will,*^ 
but  my  mother  and  I  remember  having  read  a 
tale  coutainiug  all  the  main  iacidents  many  yearn 
ago;  viz.,  the  marriage  of  a  young  girl  to  a 
wealthy  old  man,  who  dies,  leaving  to  her  and  hen 
boy  the  bulk  of  his  property,  to  the  exclusion  of 
his  grown-up  daughters  by  the  fet  wife;  the 
poisoning  of  the  boy  by  the  young  lady^a  second 
nueband,  who  wants  her  money;  and  her  secretly 
making  a  will,  by  which  it  returns  to  its  rightful 
owners.  Can  anjr  of  your  readers  tell  us  what 
tho  Btory  was  originally  called,  by  whom  it  was 
said  to  have  been  written,  and  how  and  when  it 
was  published  ?  L.  C*  JX* 

Pbdiorkb  op  Fairfax*— In  a  note  on  p.  05  of 
A  MefHvir  of  Jo/m  Meadown^  Clk,^  A.M.^  by  thd 
late  Edgar  Taylor,  RS.A.,  it  is  stated  that  — 
*'  tlnrrc  is  another  pedigree  of  Fairfax  in  MS,  Harh 
fiUTU  compiled  in  h*M>  or  57,  heKi^uiing  with  John  of 
Norwich  j  ond  I  bav«  bad  the  bwittit  of  another,  com- 
piletl  about  miU  by  an  Edward  Fairfax,  commuukated 
by  the  ilever<^ud  Jo&eph  Hunter,  F,S.A<" 

If  the  present  possessor  of  the  latter  pedigree 
will  kindly  allow  me  to  inspect  it,  I  shall  be 
much  obliged.  J.  Fulleu  Russell,  F.S.A* 

4,  Ormonde  Terrace,  Regent's  Park. 

Bishop  Fullkr.  —  Wanted  tlie  parentage  of 
William  Fuller,  Bishop  of  Lincoln,        Y,  S,  H. 

HAiiEsrcncEJf.— This  word,  in  the  law  language 
of  Scotland,  denotes  (see  Jamieson's  Dictionanj) 
the  crime  of  beating  or  assaulting  a  oerson  withm 
his  own  house.  Even  yet  the  punishment  on  the 
criminal  ia  vei^  eoveae*  «n^  ViX  u'a  ^^\^  ^i^sfis^si^. 
period  waa  capital.    TC\a  o^c^c^,  \^.  V'b^  >««n. 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES.         [v  s.  vii.  m^kch  js.' 


always  BRid,  is  entirely  unkDown  in  a  specific  dense 
in  the  law  of  England,  and  the  word  does  not 
Appear  in  any  English  dictioDary.  There  i»,  how- 
ever, one  instance  to  be  found  to  the  contrarjr. 
In  the  Quart^li/  Iteview  (xcii*  300)  it  ia  said 
(rcf<jmDg  to  Scrope*»  Midory  of  Cadle  Cunthe): 
**  quod  Johannea  le  Tayllour  fecit  Itomsokme  iuper 
dictum  rectorem  in  ecclesia** — followed  hj  the 
etatenient  that  though  the  criminal  was  not 
hanged  he  was  heavily  fined.  Is  nny  other  in- 
stance t>  be  found  of  the  ubq  of  the  word  as  an 
English  law  term  ?       '  G, 

Edinburglu 

IIoxNE  Abbey  Register. — ^This  valuahle  ori- 
ginal re^'ister  has  been  the  object  of  a  long  and 
Iruitle^a  search  by  a  friend  of  the  querist.  This 
register  is  quoted  m  Blomefield's  Norfofk^  in  Dug- 
dflh%  in  Dean  Tanaer*8  books,  in  Taylor's  Inde.f 
MoMigtiom^  wid  was  traced  to  a  Mr.  CmTen  Ord, 
at  whose  sale  in  RusseU  Square,  London,  in 
the  TOOT  1820y  it  was  sold  for  23/.  to  a  dealer  in 
Lonaon,  who  afterwaids  retired  from  business  to 
Oanterburr.  It  is  not  in  the  British  Museum. 
If  any  reader  of  '*N.  &  Q/^  happens  to  know  of  its 
whereabouts,  it  would  doubtless  be  of  great  ser- 
vice to  many  readers  of  **  N*  &  Q."  if  a  note  of  it 
was  given^  S,  E.  L, 

Lynn» 

rTbis  Kegiatcr  was  lot  569*  and  sold  to  Mr  Payne  for 
21/. j  the  greater  pftrt  of  whoti«  ftf  S8.  were  purchased  by 
Sir  Thomjia  Fhillipps  Bart,  of  .Middle  Hill] 

ElIZABBTH    KlLLIQREW,    VlflCOUIfTESS    SlIAN- 

KON, — Whose  daughter  was  Elizabeth  Killigrew^ 

wife  of  Francis  Boyle,  first  Viscount  Shannon  P  I 

find  her  described  variously  as,  daughter  of  Sir 

yhomas  Killigrow ;  daughter  of  Sir  Kobert  and 

r$ister  of  Sir  William  luUigrew ;  and  daughter  of 

Sir  William  Killigrew.     Who  was  her  laotber  P 

Lady  Shannon  had  a  daughter  by  Kjdb  Charles  IL, 

and  *  I   should  be  glad  to  know  if  this  daughter 

(Charlotte  Maria  Jemima,  afterwards  Countess  of 

Yarmouth)  was  born  beforti  the   marrictge  (tlie 

I  date  of  which  I  do  not  know)  of  Elizabeth  Killi- 

Lgrew  to  Francis  Boyle :  and  if  she  bore  the  arms 

1 0^  Boyle,  or  those  of  King  Charles  with  some 

nbatement.  Edmund  M*  Boyle. 

rFnncJs  Boyle^  born  June  25,  Wl'^^  wa^  the  fjxih  son 

of  Richard  Boyle,  the  lirat  Earl  of  C<nrk.   Frantii^  created 

Viscmint  of  Shannon,  nmm«Kl    Elizwt>eth,  da ut; liter  of 

Sir  Robert  Killii^'innv  nnd  si&ter  of  Sir  Willuim  Killi* 

grew,  by  whom  he  hud  issue  two  sons  and  one  daughter. 

1^  Jacob's  EnciiUh     Pttm^,  ii,   .4K2  -    Atldlt.   MS.   (Brit. 

Museum).  24,492,  p,  105  j  and  Wheler's  Guide  to  Strat- 

ford-upan-Aimi,  ed,  1825,    p.  25.     Grammont   speukii 

of  Elbtabeth  Killigrew's  ilauon  with  Charles  II.  under 

her  maiden  imme.    The  lime  of  ihc  birth  of  Charlotte 

Jemima  Uenrietta  Boyle,  atiai  Fitzrov,  is  not  recorded. 

She  died  in  London,  JulySt,  168-1,  and  Wfts  buried  in 

We^tmimlcr  Abbey.    She  was  twice  married  ;  first,  to 

1  James,  only  son  of  Thomas,  second  son  of  Theophilus 

^ffoward,   Estl  of  SafFoik;   and,   secondly,  to  \\v\Vmm 

^sstoa,  soa  and  bdr  vf  RvUrt,  Earl  of  YaTmt>ul\i.   'Sic 


coat  is  ^veu  to  her  as  C3oitnteas  of  Tarmoath,  wbo  before 
thi^  mairiiigie  was  sometimes  called  Boyle  and  sonietitsts 
Fitzroy,] 

SiK  Peter  Lelt's  Life  akd  Works, — Whepe 
c&n  I  refer  to  a  list  of  the  portraits  painted  by  Sir 
Peter  Lely?  and  has  a  Life  of  I^y  erer  been 
published  F  if  so,  by  whom  ?  T,  M, 

[Consult  WaIpole*9  AneedoleM  of  Fmntuio^  edit  1N9: 
Bittgrapkia  Britannica,  edit  1747*60 ;  ftndBrvA&'g  Ihc- 
tianary  of  Painter  t  and  Engratert,  Lily's  coUettku  •  . ! 
for  26,0{H.>/. ;  and  besides  he  left  900/.  TeVrly  estate  at  hu 
death.    Addit.  MS.  23,070,  p.  60%  Brfdab  MoaetuD.] 

Michael  Akgelo's  '*  Last  JuDOMEyx"— In 
Michael  Anf^lo'a  fre^o  of  the  **  Lost  Judgmeot" 
there  if?,  among  the  group  of  saints  who  hMn 
sutTered  Diartyrdoni,  a  figure  which  I  take  tn 
represent  SL  Blaise,  a:^  he  bears  in  his  hands  ta 
the  iuMrumeuts  of  his  death  two  carding  coznbs, 
the  in^j^ia  of  that  patron  of  dax  carders. 

In  the  painting  iw  it  now  ezistai  the  saint  i\im 
bia  bead,  which  is  seen  in  profile,  completelj 
round  J  and  ^es  over  hia  rignt  ahoulder  at  tte 
Sanour,  who  occupies  the  centre  of  the  compofl* 
tion.    In  a  spirited  copy  of  the  picture  in  tliftJ 
chamber  of  the  cameo?,"  in  the  nSzi  p-flUery  »t^ 
Florence,  and  ako  in  ihe  engravings 
Mantuano  and  others^  the  satne  bbItH  h\ 
though  bis  hands  and  arms  are  in  thn  idenuc&i  i 
position,  hiB  face,  now  three-quarters  to  the  It^I 
loolw  down  between  them,  and  apparently  eitifir  1 
converses  with   St   Xatherine,   wno  ia  a  Htib  ] 
below  him,  or  directa  the  attention  of  the  ftrog«| 
gling  sinners  below  to  bis  fnithful  death.  I 

Aa  these  latter  bear  internal  evidence  that  tlwj^ 
were  not  copied  one  from  the  other,  and  Mtbsy  j 
are  all  taken  from  the  fresco  in  its  earlier  «tit^ 
that  is,  before  Daniel  de  Vol  terra  was  ordered  by 
Paul  IV.  to  add  drapery  to  the  tigurea,  it  miT  b* 
presumed  that  this  figure  was  then  altered  ti) 
what  it  now  is, 

I  should  be  interested  in  hearing  if  any  one  cw 
give  me  pai'liculara  as  to  the  reason  why  to 
alteration  was  made.         IT.  A.  KziTNEnr,  Jrar»^" 

KIdon  Houn,  Beading. 

Mosquitoes  w  England,  ctr.  1760.— In  J 
of  the  }^*ird  Earl  of  Matmeshuryj  hU  Fttmii 
Frimdif,  1745  to  1820,  London,  1870  (ar.j 
we  read  in  a  letter  of  Mrs,  Harris's,  desi 
visit  to  the  Dean  of  Sarum's  paiaonage  in  \ 
bridgeahii-e  in  June :  — 

"  The  Dcau'ii  parsonage  is  surrounded  with  fcnii ' 
you  are  teased  h«yond  expression  by  the  gnate.    WI«J 
we  got  herp,  tho  Deau*s  butler  eame  to  your  fiid     "** 
a  pjiir  of  leather  stackinga  to  draw  on  so  u  to  p(i 
lc^9,  which  in  hot  weather  is  dre&dfuL    Betides  I 
beds  have  a  machine  covered  with  a  silk  net,  wi 
down  ajler  you  are  in  bed  and  covers  you  all  ov«m 
out  thist  ttiere  could  be  no  aleeping :  for,  Doiwilhfl 
these  precJiutionar  we  were  most  [niAer&t>ly  stuo^* 

Could  these  have  been  ordinary  gnats  f^ 
\  John  Piaooii  /^* 


4* s. Til.  Mine.  25, '71.]  KOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


S69 


PaiLosopHtciL  Nakedxe^s.— In  Hogg's  Lift 
vfShciley  (li,  292)  it  is  said  that  '^mucb  has  been 
said  ttiid  written^  bj  wise  men  and  hy  foolish 
Qii«s,  on  tbe  subject  of  going*  naked/*  Is  refef- 
ence  made  here  to  any  apeciftl  controversy  ?  What 
^a?  been  written  at  all  on  this  subject? 

By  the  way,  has  any  one  else  been  known  to 
,  jIJgw  the  '*  philosophical  nakedness  **  of  Shelley's 
friends,  of  whom  Hu^'g  gives  so  amusing  a  atory  ? 

Sr*  ATTotr«TTKB.— By  sereral  writers,  r^  Bishop 
S  '  J,  Bishop  Lake,  and  Archbishop  Trench, 
t^  JiJ  stated  U)  have  spoken  of  the  noble 

dr^  J     le  hertthen  as  xplendtda  peccata.     Is  this 

ex:  t  :  11  to  be  fotind  in  St,  viugiistine,  or  how 
diU  li  iifw*^?  The  common-places  from  St  Au- 
gustine whidi  illuatj-rtte  the  mutter  in  other  terma 
*re^  known.  It  is  tbo  source  of  these  words 
which  it  is  desired  to  ascertain.  No  as*ii^tance  is 
to  be  gained  from  the  authors  above  mentionedj 
is  whose  works  the  words  occur, 

E*  Makshall. 
SandfonL 

ScE3ff A  :  Sct^fi. — To  vary  vour  matter  and 
meet  various  tuiftes,  may  I  a^k  by  what  analogy 
it  is  tbftt  if  the  Latin  ik.ena  comes  from  the  Greek 
<r«^*:^t  the  tintil  fj  becomes  r?,  while  the  first  one 
remains  t?  But  if,  as  I  suspect,  the  termination 
0  piiot*  to  an  earlier  stage  of  derivation  than  the 
Or^fk  tf,  bow  is  it  that  the  Latiu  a  becomes  u 
*'•  '^,  and  that  the  Latin  e  remains  tj  in 

^-  , liable?     I  fancy  some  clue  to  thin 

'     ; .  L  _    .  i  i  ^c  re  pan  cy  may  be  fo  and  in  t  h  e  com- 
li  ii  -r;-']:i  of  both  words,  Mtors, 

Sjit  WiLtiuf  SxANnopE,   1040-1080.— Some 
tTf  fi'v  v^f^Ts  flg,3,  1  purchased  at  Oxford,  mainly  i 
'  of  its  handsome  carved  frame^  a  fine 

I  which  was*said  to  have  been  tturned 
Nt  wf  Bknhciiih  On  sendiuj?  it  to  be  cleaned 
^  lined,  the  n^uies  of  Sir  WiUiaoi  Stanhope  and 
oiT  Peter  I^ly,  inscribed  on  the  back  of  the  can- 
^w,  (^merged  from  bentalh  the  old  stretcher, 
'-tUftnyrjne  aci^uaint^d  with  the  Stanhope  pedi- 
P*e  enable  lue  to  ideulifv  the  ori^nnal  of  my 
Wmit?  Sir  Pet<-r  Lcl/  died  in  10^0,  ictat. 
witv-ihfee.  The  companion  portrait,  in  a  frame 
wnitch,  was  that  of  Anne,  daughter  of  John 
yjunsoh  Earl  of  Rochester^  married  to  Sir 
'Jycis  tlreville.  This  Eari  of  Rochester  sue- 
Jjwta  to  tjie  title  in  \m.\  and  died  in  1680— 
«t  tome  veur  as  Sir  Peter  Lely.  whose  name  was 
"•OiQicribod  on  her  portrait. 

T,  Keebebt  Notes,  Jcjr, 

SttDif  4?i  Family.-^ John  Sfcedman,  the  first  of 

owned  Strata  Florida  Abbey  in 

taid  to  have  come  from  Chepsey- 

■',7/  StafTord^hire,  then  the  property 

'i'^*'  1  of  Eaeei. 


In  the  GmtlemanH  Ma^azme  of  November,  1840 
(p.  402),  mention  is  made  of  John  Stedman  m 
follows :  — 

"  Statement  of  Accoaata  on  the  ilealh  of  Walter  Ewl  of 
Essex,    (From  the  original,  pcnea  £.  P.  S.) 

«  Walter  Dcv»?r<Mix,  Earl  of  EA*ex,  died  at  Dublin 
Sept*  22»  1576 :  his  body  wad  brouj^ht  f^r  iiilemient  to 
Carmarthen,  and  aome  of  the  Itainsof  the  ensuiag  ac- 
c<]uat  rpJuie  to  the  expended  then  incurre^d  :  — 

**  *  Due  to  John  StedmnDt  hU  L'p  [Lordship'a]  officer 
as  money  lent  to  th^  Earl  at  his  gomge  into  Jreland  by 
bill  to  be  repaid  at  Mlc'ehns  l:l^t*  c'K 

"  *  Actompte  of  John  StedUian,  imrpIusagQ  of  Joho 
Stedman'aacc*  upon  his  payment  by  warraut,  xij^^*  ix»  vi*'.' " 

Can  any  reader  of  "  N*  &  Q,"  Madly  inform  me 
where  the  original  docuraeufc  containing  these 
accounts  is  deposited,  and  who  was  the  writer 
under  the  initial  "  E.  P.  S,"? 

One  branch  of  the  Steduiau  family  possessed 
lands  at  Aston,  in  the  county  of  Shropshire,  in 
1230,  which  stiU  remain  the  property  of  their 
descendants  in  the  maternal  line. 

lIuBEBT  Smith. 

St.  Leonard  s,  Bridg«Dorth. 

Watcbes  of  Distinguished  Mf.ii,— In  1835 
there  was  in  possession  of  Alderman  Oharlt 
Carolia,  of  the  city  of  Dublin,  a  yery  curious  ol< 
silver  watch  and  brass  chain.  On  the  dial  of  the 
watch  was  engraved  '^Lieut-Gen.  Cromwell  to 
Lieut. -Gen,  Fairfax.*'  The  key  was  of  curioQ 
workmanship,  and  on  it  the  cipher  in  relief 
**  U,  C/'  Can  any  of  your  Dublin  correq>ondents 
give  any  information  as  to  what  became  of  this 
watch  after  Alderman  Carolines  death  (circa 
1840)  ?  11.  IL 

'*Th^  World  turned  upside  down/*  oe  the 
Hakes  takiko  Vengeance  on  Maxkikd. — In 
the  last  number  of  The  Herald  and  O'cucahf/iat  a 
remarkable  caricature  — to  apply  that  term  to  oil- 
paintings— is  noticed,  of  which  the  subject  Ib 
above  ^-uted,  Hares  are  represented  huntinp-^ 
coursing,  and  slaughtering  the  human  race;  and 
afterwards  hanging,  dramiigi  q^uartering,  roasting* 
and  J  tigging,  and  leasting  upon  their  disjoin  tea 
members.  It  is  stated  that  such  a  picture  is  pre- 
served at  New  House  near  Downton^  Wilts,  one 
of  the  old  mansions  of  the  Eyres ;  and  that  another 
was  formerly  at  the  Duke  of  Buckingham's  at 
AvingtoDj  near  1^'inchester,  and  sold  there  bj 
auction,  I  should  be  glad  to  know  what  became 
of  this  picture* 

There  ws^  also,  it  is  said,  a  similar  picture  at 
Hampton  Court  in  Herefordshire,  the  sect  of  the 
Coningsbyes;  but  the  triumphtmt  animals  were 
there  comes,  or  rabbits,  which  that  ftxmilv  boi"^ 
in  their  arms.  Does  this  picture  remain  Dt  Ilaxnp" 
ton  Court  during  the  Arkwright  dominion  ? 

**CAPRiciorsWRAT/* — Will  tome cotres^cNTi^saiS. 
be  kind  «;uougli  U)  ie^\^  lo  ^V"t  t'AViVv\i;^  ^i^x^r^ 


960 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES.  [A^^s.nhUAncnu.iu 


aljocrt  a  sonnet  which  has  lingered  in  a  memory 
Ibr  more  than  fift j  year*  ?  The  only  lines  remem- 
bered Bxe  the  fallowing :  — 

•*  Cftpricjous  Wrav  a  fonnel  needs  mast  huTd^A  sonnet ! 
Why,  fourteen  finet  mtut  then  be  ipcmt  upon  it. 

*ri»  well,  howevef I  to  haxt  conf[tiercd  the  finl  fbor. 

I  want  to  know  who  **  Ciipridous  Wray "  is, 
who  ia  the  author  of  the  ianaet,  and  where  it 
may  be  found,  W.  D.  B* 


JOEN  KNOX'S  HOUSE  AT  EBINBULGH- 
(4*»»  S.  vi.  227,) 

As  no  Edinburgh  correspondent  has  replied  to 
Mb.  G,  J.  De  Wilde's  renmrks  on  the  inaccurate 
version  of  the  ini^riplioa  oa  John  Knox  a  houfle, 
and  the  perpetuatioiiof  **an  abeuid  popular  error 
with  reference  to  o  figure  near  the  wmdow  •  ,  ,  . 
described  as  a  rude  emgy  of  the  Ileforoier  preach- 
ing/' permit  me  to  &tato  a  fact  or  two,  perhaps 
worth  putting  un  record  in  your  colimms. 

Until  1850,  when  Knox  a  house  was  rescued 
from  deatiucUun,  after  the  order  for  its  demolition 
had  been  issued  by  the  Deim  of  Quild*— as  the 
Scottish  civic  oedile  is  called — the  inscription  was 
concealed  by  a  sign- board,  and  known  only  by 
local  tradition*  The  inaccuracies  of  the  popular 
version  have  thus  found  tlieir  way  into  the  guide- 
book quoted  by  Ma*  Be  Wilde.  If  the  sculp- 
tured f  gure  on  the  angle  of  the  building  k  now 
as  it  originally  wa/<,  there  can  he  no  question  as 
to  its  meaning  and  relation  to  the  inscription. 
Mo«efl  kneehj  and  receives  from  God — as  repre- 
sented by  the  blazing  disc  inscribed  **eE02 .  devs  . 
GOD. — the  l*aw,  as  given  from  Sinai;'*  while 
under  the  cornice  running  round  the  building  is 
inscribt4  the  summary  of  the  Tea  Command- 
ments :— 

TI  .  NTCUTBOYB  . 


' tVFK  .  OOO  < 


xnrnt 

AS 


.  AL 
TT  ♦ 


SELF." 


But  the  figure,  as  older  Edinburgh  citizens  re- 
member it,   up  to   the  above-named   date,   was 
enclosed  in  a  pulpit  imd  canopy,   within  which 
appeared  ouly  the  upper  pai-t  of  the  prest3Ut  figure 
with  upUfteJ  hantl,  as  Ln  the  attitude  of  preach- 
ing;  and  the  whole  was  painted  so  as  to  seem  t<j 
f  be  carved  out  of  the  same  block.     It  is  accordingly 
I  described  in  l>r,  ilobert  Chambers'  Minor  AfUi- 
^gtiifieSj  18iS3,  as  *'  an  elijgy  of  Knox  b  the  attitude 
of  preaching/'  and  it  was  universally  regaixled  as 
tuck 

The  restoration  of  the  old  house  to  its  present 
condition  was  carried  on  undt^r  the  superintend- 
^ce  of  the  late  Ala^tcr  Mason  for  Scotlandj  Mi. 
James  Smithy  KS.A.  Scot,  in  coniunctioii  -wix^i 


myself,  then  SecrilRir  of  the 
ries;  his  servict*,  I  may  iv 
gratuitoualy.  The  removal  uf  \ 
additions  ressfcored  to  light  the  insc 
sculptured  arms  and  initials  desciiU^  by  y^ia 
correspondent.  On  removing  the  pulpit,  woidi 
al?o  proved  to  be  a  modern  wooden  addition,  it 
was  tound  that  the  lower  part  of  the  figure  had 
been  chiselled  away  to  admit  of  this  i*pimoui 
supplement.  Its  restoration  was  entrusted  to  me. 
A  mock  of  stone  was  inserted  in  the  muiilAted 
aoactt,  and  on  thia  the  late  Mr.  Handv^ide  Kitcliie, 
tne  well-known  sculptor,  a  pupil  of  ^horwaldjcOf 
carved  the  lower  part  of  the  hsuie  £rotzi  a  sketdi 
I  supplied*  The  space,  as  will  be  seen,  was  aujy 
suihcient  for  a  kneeling  llgure,  if  the  lower  luaoi 
were  to  be  show^ ;  and  though  n£K:eeearLly  i  ooft* 
jectural  restoration,  I  believe  it  to  be  correct 

The  house  is   believed  to  have  been  occaaied 
by  George  Durie,  abbot  of  Dunfermline,  kioit| 
Knox's  time ;  but  no  ancient  titles  exist,  nor  i 
there  any  description  in  later  deeds  to  fumiijb  I 
clue  to  the  original  occupant     The  arms  tat  v>t\ 
those  of  the  abbot    The  double  initials  iiulwd  ' 
rather  point  to  some  wealthy  citizen,  who  bi 
placed  his  wife's  alongside  of  his  own.    The  sira' 
are  not  to  be  found  in  Neabit,  but  ought  t^  ;vi  i 
of  interpretation  by  some  of  your  hi  i 
respondents.    *'  A  chevron  between  1 
three  crowns,"  is  Mb,  De  Wilde's  dc^cnpu  m, 
but  according  to  a  fdcetch  made  by  me  whea  llw 
arms  were  nrst  exposed   to  view,  tbe  srKn!i"'i 
trees  are  flowers — qualrefoils  or  rosea  j  and 
three  crowns  are  on  the  chevron.    The  iuitsiil 

IM  .  MA. 

The  perpetuation  in  the  local  guide-bnf>V  ■ 
old  inucciu-ato  version  of  the  inscripti 
years  after  its  correction  by  the  disclo?  r 
onginal;  is  no  novelty  im  anti(}uariaa  exponenc^ 
A  remarkable  imstance  came  under  my  oUserrt* 
tion  when  writing  the  life  of  Chattertnn.    Iw 
satirical  will,  lirst  piinted  by  Cottle  in  l&X^^  witi 
many  inaccui*acics,  contains  the  ioBcripliou  diiO^ 
tuted   by  him  for  a  monument  to  himself;  ii»i| 
although   the  original  MS,   is  preserved  in  ih* 
Library  of  the  Philosophical  Institution  at  llri*l^J* 
and  accessible  to  all,  the  incorrect  vexsion  ol  ti* 
inscription,  according  to  Cottle's  mi^tprint,  wai  co^ 
on  the  poet's  monument  erected  in  1B40  in  B«l* 
clifle  churchyard.   As  that  inscription  disappoW 
on  the  removal  of  the  monument  in  i'  "        '"^ 
of  the  restoration  of  Hedclille  chur^l 
not  yet  been  recut,  a  reference  to  the  t.*.^^. .  ••  - 
is  advisable,  Daniel  Wilsoj. 

University  College,  Toronto. 


PARODIES. 
(1^*»  &.  tL  47C;  Til.  15,  m5,  177.) 

1810  wa^puljlkbed,  ^thout  RUthor*s  name — 
it  TraTMtk:  ia  Tlire«  Acta.    With  AnnotA- 
Jobnioa  snd  ti€a.  Steeveaei,  Eaq^  >ii<i  other 
lis.*'    Lomdotiy  V2nm. 

■PIre  trriter  was  John  Poole  of  Paid  Fry  <*cle- 
IritT.  It  was  verr  popular,  and  ran  through  dx 
jediriong  in  about  "as  many  yeara.  A  private  aud 
ibeautifal  reprint  Tras  prcKluced  in  New  York  8o 
late  as  186*5,  Other  parodies  of  Hamlet  have 
KiDeiiTed,  Tiz.  t  Hfimlct ;  d  J\>ir  Burksque.  London, 
1898,1^0:  and  JlmnlH  TravatHe,  in  Two  Act Ji, 
184a,  I^mo.'  Mr.  Hall  \vill  find,  from  AlliboneV 
Ti-  .    '  'hora  (vol.  ii.),  that  most  of  Shakespeare'e 

0  been  bnrlesqued. 
iiirtc  1!*  an  artide  on  **Pnrodj"  in  the  WeH- 

J?rOT«P  toT  July,  18^34,  C.  W.  S. 

tiles  JoUup  the  Gra%*e,   and  Brown   Sally 

^  is  a   pjirody  on  the  universally  known 

the  Brare^  and  the  Fair  Imogene."*  The 

'  both  original  and  parodv,  M.  G,  Lewie, 

ffte  introduction  to  'Hiiles  Jolfup,"*  &c.  (Taki 
tf  Wonder,  written  and  collected,  by  M,  G.  Lewis, 
Kttffid  edition^  1801,  p.  27)  thus  remarks  :^ — 
......  I  laiwt  arknowIetlgCj  bawcTBr^  tUftt  the  lines 

piiMfld  ID  ttalkAt  and  the  idea  of*  milking  an  apc^thecary 
ttftlM  knight,  mad  a  brewer  of  ibc  b&ron,  ore  taken  froTti 
'  r  which  ippcared  in  one  of  th<?  newspapers  under 
of  *  l*n-Garlic  the  Bravo,  and  Brown  Cdti^thic/  " 

in  the  author  of  the  last-named  pnrody, 
llQ  what  ** newspaper'*  did  it  appear? 
It  ly  10'  lif  the  samo  volume  tliere  is  a  ballad 
^  Cinder  King/'  with  a  few  Intro* 
vations  by  M.  G.  Lewis :  — 
■Tljo  foUowiaig^  was  sent  to  me  anonymouely.    The 
tt«4«  win  of  conttc  observe  that  it  ia  a  burlesque  imitJi- 
f  the  bolhidjs  of  *  The  Erl  King  *  and  ♦  Tlie  Cloud 

ktler  ballads,  aa  many  of  youT  readers 
are,  may  be  found  in  the  above-mentioned 

flanjlet'y  BolUoquy  Imitated,"  by  Jago,  ia 

ingenioiiis  satire  affecting  those  persona 

^er«  are  con tiuu ally  itching'  to  scribble ; 

1  whom,  to  only  have  their  works  on  the 
'  with  Quarles,  &c,,  i«  *^  a  consummation 

.  itly  to  be  wished/^  See  Eleaant  Extracts, 
lid  edition,  London,  1790,  boot  iv.  appendix 
BL  J4  Peret, 

iiltliBm  Abbev* 


i  shelf  1 


t  Mnginn  concluded  *'  Christab«jl "  in  Bhck- 
t?.  Can  it  bt?  had  in  a  separate  form  ?  1  think 
^piiodjr  quoted  by  A.  J.  DuNiclx  was  called 
pfc^ii<fl4c*fj  and  was  an  8vo,  with  **  lots  of  fat/^ 
*'<•  wide  margins  to   the   pa;^ei     It  was  verj' 


*  '^Tbis  wa«  CiYt  pnbLished  in  the  tiuid  volamc  of 


funny — Ilartlev  Coleridge  evidently  was  cogni- 
simt  of  the  autfior,  S,  1\  Coluridge  used  to  say  that 
the  burlesque  version  of — 

"  ChriBtabQl  law  the  lady'»  eye.** — 
was  admirable.  Another  word  was  subfttitnted 
for  **  eye/'  and  the  sequent  line  waa  the  same  aa 
in  the  ori^insL  The  autlior  of  ChriMahcss  waa 
never  divulged ;  but  it  ia  supposed  thfit  it  was  a 
coin  from  the  same  mint  as  the  parody  on  Pater 
Bdlj  which  came  out  almost  simultaneously  with 
the  real  **  Simon  Pure."  There  ia  a  German 
parody  on  Chridtihdj  but  I  know  nothing  about 
Its  merits,  STEpm^y  Jackson. 


I  poftsesa  a  copy  of  the  parody  inquired  for  by 
Mk.  IUll,    It  is 'entitled  — 

"  Ilamlet  Travestie :  in  Tbpp«  Acti.  With  Burlesque 
Annotations,  after  tb^  Manner  of  Dr.  Johnson  anrl  Geo. 
Stee  vent,  Esq^  aod  the  various  Commentators.  By  George 
Poole,  Esq. 

*  Quant  urn  mntatas  ab  illo.' — Virglt, 
*  CoraroentJitors  each  dark  passage  shun. 
And  holtl  their  farthing  caudle  to  the  sun.* 

Young, 
"  Third  Edition.    London :  Printed  (qt  J.  M.  Richard- 
son, No.  3,  Comhill,  opposite  the  Koyol  Ejtchangc*  181L" 

It  contains  the  well-known  lines :  — 
**  Three  children  sliding  on  the  ice, 
AU  on  a  aumm«r^A  day/*  &c.  &c.    * 

R.  Mc.  0* 
Liverpool. 

AKTIQUITY  OF  LADIES*  CHIGNONS. 
(4**  S.  vu.  93.) 
The  rjuotation  from  Artemidorus  given  hy  Mb, 
Mac  Cabe,  as  cited  by  Pr.Pfaile,  is  quite  correct. 
In  the  original  'the  pasaag^  is :  — 

TplxAs  *x*^  M<7^^o*  «fal  KttXkt  teal  iw*  ainali  orydK" 
KfffCai    ajaBhif    ^Jt^iffra  yvyaiKi '    vrlp   yap    ft>40p^«S 

From  the  very  eparing  mention  of  the  addition 
by  Greek  and  Uomnn  ladies  to  their  bead -dress  of 
borrowed  locks^  it  would  seem  that  the  prac- 
tice was  but  little  known  until  the  days  of  general 
corruption  and  extravajrance  under  the  Cmsars, 
That  a  grest  variety  of  hnir-dressiDg  fashions  ex- 
isted before  this  time  there  is  abundant  evidence, 
but  these  seem  to  have  been  all  based  on  the  prin- 
ciple of  maMng  the  very  beat  of  the  covering  which 
nature  had  ^ven  to  the  ladies'  heads,  whether  by 
dj-eing,  curbng,  plaltmg,  or  rolling,  or  by  the  ad- 
dition of  various  ornaments,  nets,  bands,  fillets,  and 
tiftras.  Ladies*  hair  was  artificially  cn^p^  ("  irisfe 
de  mille  noMid^,  cren^s  et  tortillfs^'  t)  in  the  time 
of  the   empire,  ana  even  earlier,  and  by  that 


empire, 

*  Artemidtjnjs,  Oneirocriticat  i.  19,  €d.  1608, 
4to,  p.  21. 
t  Konaftrd,  Le  wcowd  Litre  dc»  Ainowi^l. 


Latiet.^ 


262 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES.         [4'*  s.  vii.  malch is^fl 


means,  and  by  tlie  use  of  the  suhdmditres  so  well 
underbtood  and  bo  extensivelj  used  at  tbe  present 
dav,  therft  u  no  doubt  that  a  large  oppnTent 
Tolimie  of  Lair  was  produced  without  any  actual 
addition  of  the  raw  mntenal.  No  references  to 
passaf^es  in  \Tbich  the  latter  practice  is  mentioned 
are  given  in  Smith '«  Dictionary  (art.  '^  Comre  ")j 
and  the  onlj  allusiom  which  I  can  find  me  in  Ma- 
nilius ;  • 

**  niia  cura  em  rultus  frontisqae  decora 
Soinper  erii^  tortosque  in  flexum  ponere  crin^, 
Alii  nodia  revocnre,  et  mrsua  Venice  d«neo 
Fig*rre  ctoppi^sitis  cjiput  emutare  capilUs:  '* 

und  in  Clement  of  AlexftDdria^t  In  this  paisaRff^i 
after  ridiculing  the  dcTices  of  formin;?  artificial 
chains  and  plaits  of  hair,  which  were  of  bo  ciiriona 
and  complicated  a  nature  that  a  lady  dared  not  to 
touch  her  back  hair  le»t  the  hair-pins  should  fall 
-out  and  the  whole  affair  come  to  grief,  nor  go  to 
sleep  le.*it  the  fehould  spoil  the  general  effcet  of 
her  coi^ure,  he  declares  that  the  addition  of  the 
hair  ot  cthera  is  entirely  to  he  condemned^  and 
that  it  is  the  htig'ht  of  impiety  to  attach  falae 
look^  to  the  bead,  thud  clothing  the  skull  with 
dead  tresses. 

•*For  upon  whom  does  the  priest  then  loy  liamU? 
whom  do^H  he  blcsa?  Xi>t  thf  woman  who  in  su  ailonied, 
forioothf  ftut  the  hair  uf  some  one  elst,  and,  through  thifl 
hair*  some  unknown  peraon.  If  the  man  be  the  head  of 
the  woman,  and  Chrbt  the  licad  of  tfio  mnn,  is  it  not  most 
impious  that  the  women  »hou\i\  fall  into  thia  double  ma  ? 
In  thjit  they  deceive  thu  men  by  t  lie  excels  he  mass  of 
hair,  and,  a-i  fur  as  in  them  Ik-s  cast  «iliamc  on  their  Lord, 
wUiL'41  thi^y  adopt  fdlsta  and  meretriciou5  adornmentit  and 
make  that  head  accursed  which  h  ongmidW  beautiful.'* 

The  paBeage  iii  Juvenal  mentioned  by  Mr. 
Mac  Cabe  refers  apparently  to  that  method  of 
diessiDg  the  hair  in  which  a  mass  of  little  curls 
rose  to  a  great  height  from  the  forehead,  but  were 
not  cai'ried  back  farther  than  to  the  centre  of  the 
head,  where  they  were  suddenly  teniiiimted  by  a 
^flltet  or  mitt'tij  the  hair  at  the  baclr  of  the  head 
being  drawn  back  tightly  and  confined  in  a  knot. 
The  eiiect  of  tbi^  arrangement  would  be  exactly 
that  described  by  Juvenal :  the  body,  as  seen 
from  b^hind^  would  seem  to  be  of  her  real  height, 
a&  the  autenor  structure  would  hardly  be  visible, 
whilst  from  the  front  she  would  have  a  most  im- 
posing: and  stately  appearance.  The  celebrated 
jjem  of  Evoduj?,  re pres^en ting  Julia,  the  daughter 
of  Titus,  exactly  illu^^trates  tbi$  method  of  dressing 
the  hair.l:  JoBif  Eliot  HoDGKnf, 

West  Derby. 

•  Attriffii^micur.  lib.  v* 

t  Ftcdaijogutf  lib,  iii.  ed,  lfll6,  fo,.  Lugd.  Bat,,  p*  182. 
X  Described  nnd  engmvcd  in  King's  Handbook  ttf  Em- 
ff raved  Gemt. 


THE  BOOKWORM, 
(4«*'S.  vl627;  tiL  65, 168.) 

The  ravages  of  the  bookworm  have  atti 
the  attention  of  bibliographers  in  all  age**, 
notices  of  the  insect  may  oe  found  in  many  ^o 
but  as  yet  I  have  not  come  across  anytbiog  m 
factory ;  and  as  the  subject  merits  the  altentiooj 
all  who  either  possess  or  have  char^  of  Ixri ' 
lections  of  books,  I  propose  to  lay  before  the  ] 
of  "N,  &  Q."  my  own  gleanings  respecting  ' 
little  pests* 

The  mistake  that  most  observers  have  fallen 
into  is  in  supposing  that  there  is  only  one  inwct, 
the  bookworm  proper,  which  attacks  l>ooks.  Tlini 
Dibdin,  in  the  Bibtioffraphical  iJvcam&im,  give*  I 
lon^  and  amusing-enough  deecription,  but  whiek 
only  sufEces  to  prove  that  neither  he  nor  hii  ia* 
formants  at  the  great  public  libraries  to  which  be 
applied  were  aware  that  there  was  more  than  odi 
insect, 

Aj?ain,  some  of  your  correspondents  in  tbek 
recent  replies  evidently  refer  to  the  ravages  of  dif- 
ferent pests;  for  one  of  Ihem  talks  of  the  little  worm  i 
going  only  so  far  into  a  volume  and  then  atopplog 
and  excavating  a  circular  cavity.     Now  the  W(i:fll  [ 
proper  never  does  this ;  he  goes  on  ateadily  in  •  I 
straight  line,  his  thirst  for  lit**rftture  unabftted  till  J 
he  has  gone  through  an  entire  Fhelf,  if  undif turkit  ] 
We  read  (Hannett,  Bihliopegxa,  r^uoting  Pt^i^ot)  i 
of  twenty-seven  fcdio  volumes  perforated   w  •  \ 
straight  line*  in  ?uch  a  manner  that  on  p^ssbg  ij 
cord  through  the  perfectly  round  bole  mad*-  bH 
the  insect,  the  whole  twenty-seven  could  be  nii?W 
at  once.     This  must  have  been  done  by  the  vorffl 
proper.     I  have  often  observed  similar  perfori* 
tiona  running  through  several  consecutive  folio* 
of  divinity  in  my  father's  library,    Hannett  ittate* 
distinctly  enough  that  there  are  severnl  insecli 
He  mentions  the  AgloMa  piitffttinatist  wliicli  <l8' 
posits  its  larvie  in  books  in  the  aulumn,  vbuH 

Svoduce  a  kind  of  mites ;  but  says  that  the  mc>4 
estructive  are  the  little  woo3- boring  beetk*^ 
Aiwhium  perfiiia.r  and  A,  striatum,  Mr*,  Gattj* 
in  n  note  to  one  of  her  most  charming  '*  Parnble^** 
says  r — 

*'  A  bookworm  —  tlie  larva  of  HypnthenemuB  rmdttfiu^ 
Not  hut  that  there  ore  several  other  lar\it  of  the  rtA I 
which  bore  minute  holes  througb  wood,^  le«th«;r,  tt» 
pnptT." 

Here  we  have  at  least  four  insects  named,  so  v« 
must  trust  to  some  of  your  readers  who  are*killo<l  I 
in  entomology  to  give  us  more  detailed  accouati ' 
of  them,  and  of  the  readiest  way  of  distinguisluAj 
their  traces.     No  doubt  one  or  two  of  the^  ^ 
much  more  frequently  met  with  than  the  otheii 

The  following  most  interesting  account  of  t^»* 
particular  insect  pests  which  have  inflicted  terioitf 
damages  on  the  rare  and  curious  books  in  Hcref  ^fl* 
Cv^\V«^it\  \k%&  "Wi^^^ds^lY  commuuieat«id  to  0*  1 


i«i»8.VILMAnca25,71.J  NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


263r 


by  the  Rcr.  F*  T,  HuTerg&l,  tlie  librarian,  wbo 
hM  also  fiiToured  me  with  some  apecimens  of 
Kodent  wood  and  paper  perforated  in  the  most 
extraordiniuy  way*  1  am  sure  my  brother  readers 
of  **  N«  &^  Q,/'  will  be  as  mucb  interested  in  ila 
perusal  ni  I  hftie  been,  so  with  Mr.  HayeigaFs 
Jcind  permission  I  lay  it  before  tbem : — 

I  If  €hATg6  of  our  Cathedral  library  in  1853  I 
f  rtic  fifty  or  sixty  rolumes  wore  being  de- 

*iic_, ._ .  V ,.  -  umc  rer\'  enerecttc  little  mflccta.  In  order  to 
s«ve  the  books  so  attacked,  I  determined,  after  turainj; 
orer  ererrleaf  to  make  sure  there  were  none  of  the  in- 
•ects  k« '  I  nd  after  brnsbin!:^  away  all  the  apcumn- 

latioQ  <  jcd  Within  them,  to  isolate  the  bookii 

cnmji!,  *  .l..^r  immense  trouble,  by  jiving  the  ia- 

f<r  1  g^ood  shiking  every  time  I  went  to  them, 

1  ;  :^  at  lost  eradiciitct]  the  little  peata  from  our 

libr-iry.  ^ome  Tolnmes,  indeed,  which  I  had  rebound, 
won  afterwftnb  attacked  by  the  wurm«,  eo  I  am  con- 
viti'Vil  th;,t  nothing  but  the  Vigilance  of  the  librarian  will 
>:  wn. 

•^rvationa  extending  over  eighteen  year*  1 
c  •Uowing  oonclasions : — 

ur  books  were  bein^  destroyed  by  at  Icaat 

l-^.      . .         f  insect*;    one  Btmilar  to,  if  not'  identical 

wiik,  tbt  •  death-watch/    These  insects  have  a  hard  outer 

dsis,  atid  ane  of  a  dark-brovrn  colour.    They  perforate 

W00d«  no  matter  how  old  or  hard.    I  hare  never  found 

llMAi  losectir- worms  they  arc  not — nlive  and  at  work, 

h-A  I  havx>  found  the  ri'maina  of  hundreds  of  dead  ones. 

h  tlic  wcKjdeii  corera  of  the  old  books  harhourecl 

II  the  fir-it  inetance,  whence  they  proceeded  into 

Uif  iiir<  '    '     books.    Sometirat^R  they  seem  to  have 

r^^  !    the  book,  but  generally  the}  inflict 

e\-  ^^e  on  the  thirty  or  forty  leaves  next 

'■■     ■  '  'ver*. 

kind  of  insects  seem  to  me  to  be  genuine 

i?'v*worir  ?,     I  have  found  at  Uaal  a  dozen  of  them  alive 

ttJ  u  active  m  possible.     They  are  exactly  like  the 

'Hlk  ^.rois  or  zrub3  found  occa'slomdly  in  hazel- nut§. 

white  tMMliejt  with  brown  spots  on  the 

rally  po  right  through  a  volume,  never 

I  cavity  in  one  place, 

y  to  tell  whether  tlie  worm  hat  been 

I  m  tlte  volam*».    Some  hooka  had  been 

pacd  flgc5  agt* .   from  these  the  dust  waa  altogether 

9^    Oilier  book*,  which  had  been  pierced  perhapa 

■  "^'"  '-'^ ''v  vears,  had  the  worm  holes  with  dust 

donr  ;  but  books  recently  perforated 
-are  white.    Thus  in  a  moment  I  could 
H  ,u  actually  in  a  volame,  or  if  it  bad  been 
irk, 

-   i:    .:  -.   ,f  jy,g^  ^J^J^  ppsts  from  a 

ult  matter    lou  may  rest 

rm,  next  to  fire  and  damp, 

that  caii  enter  a  library. 

i^ts  do  not  relish  any  modern  paper  in 

•y  do  the  far  better  paper  which  was 

ii*  1530.      Neither  do   ther  penetrate 

S  bnt  thi*y  take  special  delight  in  the 

i  pally  in  those  which  have 

Qod.    The  worthy  men  of 

n  they  bound  their  grand 

vith  vellum  over  alb     But 

indcrs  and  their  empbyers 

►ice  of  materials  for  covers, 

became  a  anre  hatint  for 

rare  tnfltanccf   have  the 

oar  MS.  volumes  of  parch- 

ry  having  been  done  to  n 


aingle  volume  out  of  240.  Thej'  have  in  «ome  volumes 
tasted  a  few  of  the  vellum  leaver,  but  they  never  acem  to 
have  rclii^hed  the  material  in  the  same  way  they  did  the 
ancient  paper." 

In  a  subaeauent  commimicatlon  Mr.  Hayergal 
informs  me  tliat  be  thinka  he  has  found  both 
descriptions  of  insects  alive  and  at  work. 

As  regai'da  the  ravages  of  the  bookworm  — 
using  the  word  as  descriptive  of  the  class  of  insecta 
which  drill  holea  in  our  most  precious  volumes — 
the  above  lucid  account  leaves  nothing  to  be  de- 
sired* But  I  hope  it  may  be  the  means  of  eluci- 
dating some  entomological  notes  from  those  of 
your  readers  who  are  folio wera  of  Kirbv  and 
8pence.  F,  M«  3. 

I  had  often  wished  to  see  a  bookworm,  when, 
about  twelve  years  ago^  while  examining  in  the 
Bodleian  some  old  black-letter  fragments  at  that 
time  kept  loose  in  a  drawer,  I  disturbed  a  plump 
little  fellow  whose  ravages  were  hut  too  apparent. 
He  was  about  the  size  of  a  full-grown  grub^  such 
ft5  we  find  in  nut^,  white  all  over,  with  very  glo5tiy 
head,  hard  to  the  touch,  and  slow  in  motion.  I 
made  a  small  paper  cage  for  him,  intending  to 
wfttch  carefully  his  habits  and  development. 
Seeing  the  chic^f  librarian  appronch,  I  turned  out 
my  little  captive  upon  the  table.  "  Have  you 
met  with  many  of  these  fellows,  Dr,  Bandinel  ?  '* 
I  inquired.  "Oh,  yes,"  he  replied ;  'Hbev  have 
blnck  heads  sometimes/* — ^and  before  I  could  say, 
a  word  my  biographical  intentions  were  frustratedjJ 
for  down  came  the  doctors  thumb- nail,  and  nlT 
that  was  left  of  my  little  pro tegd  was  an  elongated 
smear*  William  Blades. 

Ill  Ahchuich  Lane. 


BAPTISM  FOR  THE  DEAD. 
(4*"  S.  vii.  107.) 
A  few  weeks  ago  I  heard  an  excellent  clercy- 
mnn  notice  this  subject,  in  one  of  a  series  of  lec- 
tures nn  the  chapter  1  Corinthians  xv,  A»  he 
brought  together  various  explanations  of  this 
**  most  difficult  naeaage/'  some  of  the  readers  of 
*'  X.  &  Q."  may  m  interested  to  read  his  remarks 
as  they  were  written  down  afterwards  from 
memory :  — 

"  .  .  .  .  The  words  of  this  verse  are  certainly  ditTleuU. 
If  T  were  to  try  and  give  you  all  the  explanations  of 
various  writers  on  it,  it  would  occupy  all  day.     I  wilH 
only  name  a  few.    According  to  some,  (l)  by  *  the  dead* 
is   intended  Messiah,   *the  dead  owe';    an 'instance  of 
the  ploral  being  used  for  the  singular.    (21  Others  say 
bnptizinfjf  h  to  be  taken  as  an  allusion  to  tne  custom  of 
washing  and   purifying  the  dead,  that   they  might  bs  i 
prcpar^  for  the  liesurrection,     (3)  Others,  that  it  s'v^^ 
nifies  to  be  baptized  as  dead  into  Christ  by  baptism,  and 
regarded  as  dead  by  immersion.    (4)  Others  refer  it  to 
the  custom  of  a  vicarious  baptizing  of  some  one,  for 
such  as  might  have  died  without  hope.    This  view  v<*.% 
held  by  Ambrose,  ,  ,  ,  .  au4  \s  xeXwiwSk.  \«>  M  ^t^Itv^ 


NOTES  AND  QUEBIES. 


AS  a  coaUm  of  that  Umo*  Bat  here  are  obvious  diBkul' 
ties.  ,  .  .  .  It  lA  vcrj'  dear  from  hi»lury  that  it  was  not 
a  GOfltom  of  Apostolic  ik^s.  Nor  can  wc  suppose  Paul 
would  comitenaTice  sucb  a  practice.  The  cuatotn  more 
probttblj  oroflfi  from  erroneous  interprotalion  of  thii 
Tene,     And  here  I  may  obaerre  ttiat  many  crroneouA 

Sractioea  have  arisen  from  false  interpretation  of  Holy 
cripture.  .....  Two  other  ideas  iecm  to  me  more 

Slaunble.  (5)  One  from  a  similar  uae  of  the  same  word 
1  Matthew  xs.  22, 23,  regarding  it  as  meaning  iuSerin^, 
being  overwhelmed  with  trials.  It  was  certainly  so  with 
the  ApofltlMj  bwfluae  they  spoke  of,  and  expected,  thnt 
the  d^  would  arise.  It  is  dear  thin  belief  did  expose 
thflm  to  danger,  and  that  it  was  the  fiiith  of  all  who  pro- 
fesMd  GhrisL  And  they  would  be  alow  to  hclieve  tbrir 
Sftflferings  were  for  naughts  This  suits  soniewhat  with 
the  following  Terse.  Btn  then  it  is  not  the  literal  mean- 
ing of  the  word,  (t")  Others  say  the  meaninjjr  ig,  baptized 
with  the  hope  of  resurrection  from  the  dead.  It  was 
certainly  a  badin^  article  of  the  Go^el  .  .  .  and  if  any 
denied  thi^  they  deoied  an  essential  truth«  and  struck  a 
blow  at  Chri^tinnity.  Thus,  the  Apostle  as  it  were  asks, 
*  were  all  the  hopes  of  believers  to  be  Tain*  ?  (J)  '^Y^- 
dale's  version  says  *  baptized  nvcr  the  dead/  (S)  l>>d- 
dridge  says :  *  Such  are  our  hopes  and  views  as  Christiana, 
efsCf  if  it  were  not  ihv  what  ahuuld  they  do  who  are 
httpiised  in  token  of  their  embracing  the  Christian  fttich 
lit  the  room  of  the  deadf  who  arc  first  fallen  in  the  cause 
of  Christ,  bat  are  yet  supported  by  a  succession  of  new 
convert*,  who  immediately  offer  themsdves  to  fill  up 
their  places,  m  ranks  of  soldiers  lliat  advance  to  the 
combat  in  the  room  of  their  companions,  who  have  just 
been  slain  in  their  sight?  If  ihQ  doctrine  1  opposfj  be 
true,  and  the  dead  are  ju>t  raited  at  alt,  ti'htf  art  tltey 
fwreriheleMS  thus  baptized  in  the  room  of  the  dead,  as  cheer- 
fhUy  feady  at  the  peril  of  their  lives  to  keep  up  the 
cause  of  Jesus  in  tlie  world  ?  *  There  are  many  other 
views  on  the  subject.  I  do  not  say  any  are  exactly 
satisfactory  to  my  mind.  The  idea  seems  literally  that 
of  f ub&titudon ;  the  same  word  i*  used  in  tliia  sense, 
Philemon  !3,  and  2  Cor.  v,%  And  Uii*  seems  in  accord- 
ance with  Doddridfje:  that  the  biipti^jm  was  vicarious 
(it  not  for  the  individual  deceased,  but  for  the  position 
c.  had  occupied*  to  M  up  hia  place  in  the  Church  and 
the  world." 

la  not  tbo  paB^age  illustrnted  familmrly  to  us 
all  when,  on  tLe  death  of  one  who  lias  been  active 
in  religioua  or  philanthropic  otibrta,  we  offtir  or 
aa^  others  to  otTer  to  faJie  up  the  tcork  of  the 
decetoedP  Thia  falls  in  with  the  idea  of  Br. 
Doddridge  as  aUove  quoted,  S.  M.  8, 


I 


country.  ?rol>«bly  the  Dowager  Dochftss  of  Leedi 
could  and  would  graciously  give  the  mfonfiaUoo 
deaired,  and  corroborate  Madame  Boitft|iarte'l 
ana  war  traosmitted  by  Mr.  James  L.  Bavlieei. 

1*.  A-  L, 


Tbze  Baltimore  UfD  * '  0  ld  Moetautt  "  Pateh- 
80NS  (4^^  S.  vi.  187,  207, 290,  S54 ;  vii.  60.218.)— I 
regret  not  to  be  able  to  give  Dr.  CKAUFrRD  Tait 
Kamage  the  information  he  wbhea  to  have  with 
regard  to  the  I'attersona  of  Baltimore,  When  I 
was  there,  for  a  short  8pac«  of  time  only,  in  182B,  a 
French  gentleman,  now  dead  unfortuTiately,  did 
me  the  honour  nf  presenting  me  to  the  venerable 
and  last  survivor  of  the  signers  of  the  Declaratiou 
of  American  Independence — Charle3  Caroll  of 
Carollton,  as  also  to  his  maternal  grandaon  Mr. 
Jerome  B.  Patterson ;  hut  our  acqiiaiutanee  was 
transient,  and  I  had  no  occamon  to  make  any 
inqabj  respecting  their  connection  -with  Cke  o\\i 


[We  ttre  eure  all  oitT  feaderi  will  j^rn  us  in  a  ^mtlf 
welcome  to  our  valued  oorre^ioadeiit  on  bis  rfr-apfnamM 
in  these  columns  ;  and  in  oar  hope  that  the  new  LroaUli 
which  threaten  bis  adopted  home  may  be  happily  averbd 

Ma CA flat's  Ballads  (4**  S.  Tii.  235.)— I  nfTor  J 
before  heard  of  a  ballad  by  Lord  MacMilay  oaj 
**The  Siege  of  Hochelle/*  nor  do  I  bolii?ve  q»J 
was  ev^r  written  by  him.     The  line  quoted  — 

**  And  thou,  Rochelle,  our  own  Kochelle,"  Arc^ 
is  ft  line  in  the  firat  veree  of  the  ballad  of  ^'  Ivzy.** 

H.  M.  TaETELTlir. 
e,  Grosvcnor  CreaccatT,  S.W. 

Likes  on  the  IlmtAjr  Eak  (i*^  S-  xii.  235.)—  I 
These  lines,  entitled  "  St.  Pancras'  Bell/'  vWA 
E.  L.  is  good  enough  to  call  clever— 1  know  ibt  J 
their  author  thought  them  »o  when  he  was  tDi^  J 
ing  them — were  mine.  These  two  facts  art  ifl  1 
that  I  can  give  at  present.  I  cannot  icmemlwl 
where  the  verses  appeared,  and  I  have  no  oopjof  J 
them.     They  began  — 

"A  sound  came  booming  through  the  air: 
*  What  is  that  noise  P*  said  I. 
Mv  blue-eyed  pef^  with  golden  hair, 
^adc  answer  presently,"  dfc,  Jtc, 

**  Lethe  is  a  brave  river,'*  If,  howeter^  I WC* 
reed  in  fishing  out  of  his  waters  anything  eli^  to 
the  purpose,  I  will,  with  the  Editor's  permlattdtti 
present  it  to  the  "  N.  &  Q.''  museum. 

SHUtLBT  BBXXO^ 

launch  Office. 

Plojt^Plok  :  L¥-Lu  C4^»*  S.  vi.  233,)-Th«i 
nicknames,  like  so  many  others,  originated  irlta 
the  persona  themselves  when  they  nrst  begaai^ 
apeak,  and  could  not  pronounce  their  otm  nanii^ 
Thus  our  celebrated  painter  Paul  de  la  Borf* 
was  baptised  "  Ilippolvte/'  but  used  when  qailol 
child  to  cftll  himselt'*  I*oV'  which  he  kept  thtot»j* 
life^  and  ultimately  used  to  sign  his  name  **  Paoir 
although  when  he  had  a  legal  sign-manual  to 
he  wrote  it  Hippolyte,  P.  A- 

«  fes"  A77n  '*Eir''  (4*"  S.  tL  8CN3,  514^  ml 
193.)  —  A  French   physician,  a  professor  ill  j 
government  fici  entitle  establishment  in  Patk,  I 
staying  at  my  house,  tells  me  that  et  is  oef  " 
except  with  a  plural  noun,  thus,  '^  Bacl 
Lettren/'  "^  Arts;'  *'Docteur  en  Droit." 
Droit*^*    Any  one  using  Hie  latter  on  his  < 
say 8,  would  be  wrong.  P.  Ls  Nsrs  T 

Vannier  in  his  Didiommite  p'amniati^^l  »y»* 

**  iV,  artidf  ruur  um  /rj,  at  qolji'aild^a 

qn^en  style  uji  u  ile  palais* 

L  i^^uc  maiUft  %.v\  ...:. .—  ,1  ~j.ui  les  arts.** 


11 


.vu.M^ciii^7L]         NOTES  AND  QUEEIES. 


J^wl  et  Chxpicili  Nmvcau  I}4ctmtmai}'e^  do  la 
flMfWMf  fnmqaisaj  mv  tht  same  tbing.  ''JS'j^  cou- 
aeticia  de  en  et  de  Ics,  dims  les,  umt^  ^ule- 
ent  duns  Mai tre-^-orts.  On  dit  Dociour  en  Th^o~ 
jk«^rc»/.'»  P,  A.  L. 

^^^■B  engfifnir'a  work  canDot  and  ought  not, 
PH^BfTK^  be  taken  as  ^*  proofa  of  holy  writ." 
ifW  dft^n  Jo  we  not  tee  Leraldic  blunders  in 
Mto  of  arms,  albeit  they  were  engraved  con- 
na]>ly  to  the  '*  copy  ^'  given  theai  for  thut 
f  by  persons  i^ho  knew  no  better  ? 


Aetificiax  Fi.r-Fisiii50  (4*^  S,  vii  ICl.)— I 
Bar  PiOJkGXUd  must  ^tisfy  himself  with  the 
boJe  of  St  yUbans  as  the  ui^r/^ta  r^u/#  of  ily- 
ftJiini.'  I'.r*  m  Enfrland*  From  thence  he  may 
lae,  to  the  clasiiic  lands — to 
.in  the  latter*8  **  Uiatory  of 
yumak"  iio  will  meet  with  the  II7  hippurut^ 
od  learn  how  it  was  made  by  the  5lacedomim 
msfleta  on  the  banks  of  the  river  Astreua. 

Ibere  can  be  little  doubt  that  the  invention  of 

lie  artificiAl  fly  ia  of  very  ancient  date.     Who 

iMl  my,  ine*<?ed,  how  soon  after  the  fall  of  man 

'ire  of  the  fiaberman  fi^^t  fell  on  the 

Eden?    How^old  ia  the  sport?  ia 

l4Qe!tion  coutinaally  aekisd.    Probably  aa  old  as 

pigfT.  T.  WlSSTWOOi), 


ihmis  Jomr  BLisox  (A^  S,  vi.  2i)0.)— Capt 
Hiiaa  died  in  Ijoudon  between  Nov*  20,  1(W5, 
Ifid  Dec.  22,  l(m.  His  will  bears  the  former 
lata.  In  it  is  A  request  tliat  he  shall  be  *^  buried 
a  tke  colle:,aat©  church  of  St.  Peter's  in  West- 
*'  He  eta  tea  that  he  was  bom  in  Kinglyni 
Qi  Korfolkf  and  mentions  hb  *'  couain  Dr.  Robert 
faeon,  Chancellor  of  the  dioceae  of  Wiiicheater/' 
od  his  brotlier-in-law  John  Wollaston,  1  wi/»h 
ame  one  could  give  me  more  particuJare  of  Capt 
and  his  ancestoca.  C.  W*  Tcttlb. 


M*5'iLAUoaTKii  Alfu  Cold  Iboit  (4^^  S.  i,  147.) 
0  Juoe  13,  1710.  General  Macartney  was  tried 
r  being  coneomea  in  the  murder  of  the  DuIob  of 
iltou  in  a  duel,  and  was  acquitted  of  the 
bug^hitr  "by  tbe  formality  of  a  cold  iron 
imtnediatdy  afterwards  to  prevent  appeal/* 
cofre^ondient  mquiiee  for  the  oatuxe  of  this 

an  Act  of  Parliament  which  remnined  im^ 

M  until  1822,  the  crime  of  manslauig'hter 

I>  *  by  burning  the  himd  of  the  perpe- 

by  another  Act,  remaining  in  force 

i^i'»j  It  was  lawful  for  the  person  injured 

otfence  to  prosecute  the  supposed  ofiender 

rn        V     :A^  as  we  shall  preaently  see,  at 

mdently  of  any  other  proceed- 

nca   ixiiuuL  have  been  instituted  against 

This  process  was  called  an  appeal^  and  waa 

tt^  to  only  in  tbn?e  cases— hjr  a  nran  for  a 


wrong  to  his  ancestor,  by  a  wife  Cor  the  death  of 
her  husband,  and  for  a  wrong  received  by  the 
appellants  themaelras.  Consequently  a  penon 
accused  of  murder,  manslaugliterf  cutting  or 
wounding,  though  acquitted  by  a  court  of  juisttioei 
was  liable  to  be  tried  afresh  at  the  auit  of  the 
deecendant  or  ,widow  of  the  ill-us«d  individuali 
or,  supposing  him  to  have  ei^caped  with  a  whole 
skin,  at  the  suit  of  the  ill-used  individual  himaelfi, 
The  acquittal  of  the  suppoeed  offender,  after  all 
thia  legal  machinery  had  been  set  in  motion 
against  liim,  was  a  very  serious  affidr  for  the  pro- 
secutor, who,  by  a  atatute  of  Edward  I.^  was 
obliged  to  restore  damagei^  pay  a  fine  to  the  king, 
and  suffef  imprisonment  for  a  year.  To  stmi  up, 
it  would  appear  that  in  the  caae  of  General  Mac- 
artney, in  order  to  prevent  the  occurrence  of  tbij 
oppressive  mode  of  prose cuti on |  the  sentence  of 
the  law  was  carried  out^  a  cold  iron  being  Uhed 
instead  of  a  hot  one,  Jullls  Sbxsuias. 

'*  SKBKBmO   UPOIT   A  Gl»A\"B  GlATTE^T  "  (4***  S. 

vii*  121.) — Wedgwood  gives,  **To  Jtkir,  To  glide 
or  move  muckly. — B.  To  jfraxe,  »ldm,  or  touch 
lightly,— Hal/'  The  latter  is  a  Somersetshire  use- 
The  word  is  also  in  Peacock's  Lotadnls  Ghs$m-yf 
edited  by  me,  with  the  meaning  **  to  slide  on  the 
ice/'  and  the  derivation  **  Gael. -«|/io/T,  slide;  Manx 
sktr^  slip,  slide.''  I  do  Dot  find  it  in  the  Leeds, 
Furnese,  Whitby,  Craven,  CleveUnd  gloasariee  or 
in  Brockett.  Glavo  is  given  in  Ualliwell,  **Giaff^ 
smooth,  polite, — Xorth,'*  and  is  the  Dan.  dial. 
^Pf  smooth,  Molbeck^s  example  is  '' Ileatene 
©re  ffhppe^  og  iltke  broddede "  (the  horses  are 
smooth  (shod)  and  not  roughed;  in  Cleveland, 
"slape-shod  and  not  frosted.**)  Glatten  is  from. 
Swea.  ffifttt^  Dan.  fflatj  Germ,  olnttj  smooth,  slip- 
pery— a  word  applied  specially  to  ice  by  the 
Danes.  J.  0.  Ajkutbos, 

Danby  la  Clevdoad. 

Lord  Plunket  (4"'  S.  vii.  93,  190.)— Your 
correspondent  Mr.  Prowett  agrei'S  with  Lord 
Brougham,  the  Quarterly  reviewer,  and  (of  course) 
with  Lord  Plunket  in  maintaining  the  sense  of  the 
image  of  Time  with  the  hour-glass  and  the  scythe. 
Ms,  Prowett  is  therefore  in  worshipful  company. 
Ho  will,  however,  pardon  me  for  assuring  him 
that  the  image  ia  nonsense,  and  that  he  fails  in 
his  attempt  to  vindicate  it  from  that  imputation. 
The  statutes  of  limitation  have  nothing  to  do 
with  the  loas  of  the  oHtjinal  grant  or  of  any  grant^ 
but  were  enacted  to  protect  the  man  in  possea- 
Fion,  and  he  (the  man  in  possession)  does  not  lose 
his  estate  by  reaaoa  of  the  loss  of  any  tpant 
which  the  scathe  of  time  has  destroyed,  but  by 
the  production  of  some  grant  by  an  adverse  claim- 
ant, which  the  Bcythe  has  omitted  to  destroy.  K 
Mb.  Prowett  will  a^k  any  competent  prooerty 
lawyer  on  the  point,  he  will  not  ^timfttrndafeai- 
ing  what  ia  demonattabVv  mM«Tisv\Aft* 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES,         l^«^  &  vii.  Makcu  23? 


Pedestrian  Fiat  of  Faraday  f4**»  S.  viL  140.) 
The  moat  extraordinary  thing  in  this  walk  appears 
to  me  to  be  the  fact  that  so  great  a  man  as  Fara- 
day should  have  scampered  through  some  of  the 
most  awful  and  grand  scener}- in  Switzerland  with 
the  speed  that  might  excusably  have  been  used 
by  a  letter-carrier  or  a  %in^-post.  I  paaeed  oyer 
the  same  ground  in  a  single  day  a  few  jeais  ago, 
Btarting  at  six  a.m.  on  foot,  from  Leuh  in  the 
valley,  a  greater  distance  from  Thun,  and  break- 
ing my  fast  at  LenJcabad  at  the  foot  of  the  Gemnii. 
But  I  loitered  some  time  in  mniiBg  that  matTel^ 
Ions  ascent,  and  a  still  longer  time  about  the  dead  | 
sea  at  the  fcumniit,  where  X  lunched  in  a  wajslde  | 
inn ;  and  after  dining  at  Kunderste^  or  Frutigen, 
I  forget  which,  set  oif  for  Thun,  which  I  reached  i 
late  m  the  eyening^  haying  had  the  good  fortune 
to  meet  with  a  lift  for  the  latter  part  of  my  soli- 
tary  walk.  I  certainly  felt  no  ill  eilectJ?  from 
fatigue,  but  I  did  not  race  against  time.  W.  H.  S. 
Pbince  Pceckler  Mu3iCAtr  (4**^  S.  yii.  77.)— 
Ivan  will  tind  a  list  of  Prince  Puckler-Muskau's 
works  in  Vapereau's  Diet,  des  Contcmporaim  and 
in  the  Conversatims  Lexicmif  from  which  I  have 
condensed  the  following  notes : —  . 

Prince  Hermann  of  Puckler-iluekaUj  the  well- 
known  German  traveller  and  horticulturist,  was 
bom  in  1785,  according  to  the  Alnwnac  (k  Gotha^  \ 
and  served  in  the  army  of  the  King  of  Saxony. 
During  the  German  war  against  ?^apoleon  he 
entered  the  Buaaian  service,  mstiuguiBhed  himself 
in  the  Netherlands,  and  was  appointed  military 
governor  of  Bruges,  Mter  the  restoration  of 
peace  he  passed  a  year  in  England,  and  then  de- 
voted himself  on  a  grand  scale  to  the  embellish- 
•ment  of  his  propertv  of  Muskau  in  Silesia,  which 
tira^Bold  in  1845  to  trince  Frederic  of  the  Nether- 
lands, His  illustrated  work  on  landscape  garden- 
ing (1834)  was  the  first  of  these  horticultural 
labours.  In  1817  Prince  Puckler-Muskau  married 
a  daughter  of  Prince  Hardenberg,  but  divorced 
her  in  1826,  and  travelled  during  several  years  in 
Eiurope,  Egypt,  and  Syria.  He  now  usually  re- 
sides on  hia  estate  Branitz,  in  the  circle  of  Kotbus, 
where  splendid  gardens  have  been  planned  under 
his  direction.  In  1603  he  became  a  member  of 
the  Prussian  House  of  Lords.  He  has  no  chil- 
dren, and  his  cousin  ia  heir  to  the  title.  The 
best-known  works  of  Prince  Puekler-Muekau  are 
the  Brief e  c'ncs  Vtrdorhmien  (1831),  in  4  vols. ; 
Tntii  fruit t\  *i  vols.  1835;  Setmla»iio  in  Africa j  <!(t,, 
in  which  he  has  described  the  aristocratic  society 
in  which  he  moved  in  every  part  of  Europe,  in  an 
eni'y,  conversational,  off-hand,  jovial  tone,  from 
the  point  of  view  of  a  German  nobleman,  in  a 
atyla  biistUng  with  wit,  incorrect  grammar,  and 
Gallicisms,  A.  K. 

Ancient  Buildings  tit  Kashmir  (4*'*  S.  vi. 
627  J  vii.  110,)  — The  query  about  Kalee,  the 


Hindu  goddess,  will  receive  a  partial  answer  from 
the  extract  I  supply.    It  Is  from  an  anonymotu 
t\rit  Imprei 


from 
Impressions; 


Bai 


t^  m 


work  entitled 
/«£/«^j,  1841:  — 

**  1  ought  to  kiLVG  mentioned,  as  a  regular  orntmeatof 
almoal  every  shop  m  the  haijuir,  a  paltry  woodcut,  fnaiBd 
and  glaze  J,'  with  a  wreath  of  tawdry  red  flowers  boo^ 
round  it— a  representation  of  the  goddess  KaUe.  Sbe  u 
the  tutelary  deity  of  Calcutta,  which  is  nflmed  from  her; 
and  »he  is  ihe  great  object  of  adorjition  among  the  Thup 
and  Phaasegars,  whose  BysteDiaiic  and  wonderful  plisc 
of  murder  and  subsequent  robbery  have  fo  lately  beat 
brought  to  light.  Thia  idol  h  represented  black  incoloaE 
{kaia  Bignifiea  bliick)^  with  four  bauds.  In  one  i 
a  knife ;  in  one  a  lotus,  1  think  ;  in  another 
elite;  and  in  the  fourth  a  human  head,  the 
blood  from  which  ahe  is  lappfntT  with  her  outBti 
tongue — an  emblem  but  too  typical  of  the  bloody 
connected  with  her  worship.  She  stands  on  a  piwt 
figure,  meantj  I  belteve,  for  that  of  Seera^  the  Dcstro^w, 
wnom  she  thus  prevents  ft-om  annihilating  the  world/ 

All  this  I  knew  hefore,  hut  what  does  it  ftll 
mean  ?    Of  what  is  Kalee  the  symbol  ? 

QUKRUZ, 

P,S,  Who  13  the  author  (an  Indian  aurg^on)  ^ 
of  this  little  work  of  forty-two  pag««  printed  I 
Yarmouth  P  My  copy  bears  the  inscription  **T 
B.  Holme,  Esq.'  thia* letter,  originally  addrcaKd  j 
to  Sir  Fnincis  Palgrave's  children,  is,  it  ia  ''^Jj 
presented  with  peculiar  propriety  by  the  editor/ 
Added  in  another  hand,  *' Dawson  Turner,  Esq.y 
yarmouth," 

Arms  of  Bknvenxtto  Cellini  (4*^  S.  ti.  i 
Since  I  wrote  the  note  at  this  reference  I  haT«o«* 
tained  the  edition  of  1830,  published  by  Giiwe|ip« 
Molini,  which  Mr,  Koscoe  used  for  his  re-i*uB  of 
his  translation  in  1850,  I  find  that  the  pwttp 
which  I  mention  in  the  second  column,  on  p.^J 
contfpning  the  words  *'  col  campo  di  dette  dntt^rl 
ttands  thus-^ 

"  Toniando  &  quella  che  io  fed  fare  nel  sepokro  H  ■ 
fratello,  era,"  &c.,  '*  ccd  campo  di  dctt*  arme  pirtlloj 
quattro  quarti,  g  quell*  accetta  the  io  feci  fn  solo  f ' 
non  mi  61  acordassi  di  fare  le  sue  rendettc." 

It  turns  out,  therefore,  that  Molini  hftd  1 
nble  to  complete  this  passage  from  the  MS.,  i 
that  a  change  had  been  made  in  the  text,    ' 
Mr.  Eo&coe's  translation  in  1850  doe^  not  f " 
meaning  of  the  passage.     Mr.  Roscoe  saja 
a  field  of  the  said  arms  divided  in  four  qu 

ThiB  rendering  does  not  give  the  meaainf  I 
Ccllini^B  statement.  In  his  Italian  it  is  ctalte  iT 
telligible — *'co/  campii  di  detta  arme^  partitoj 
quattro  quarti " ;  that  is  to  say,  not  witn  am 
but  '^with  t?w  field  of  the  said  arms  divided  i^ 
four  quarters.** 

This  is  correctly  stated,  although  Cellini  omitl 
to  give  the  tincturea  of  the  quarters.    It  is  cunoi 
to  observe  how  thoroughly  the  Cellini  seeia  1 
have  treated  their  anne  as  liable  to  be  altered  ij 
their ovna  pleasure.  "La  quale  io  Talterai  d«  q^ 


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propria/^  he  eaysof  himself^  and  of  others 

die  me  la  tnostro^  la  quale  era  la  zampa 

tutto  il  restante  delk  dette  cose :  ma  a 

^cerebhe  che   si  osserraaai  quelle  dei 

weouR  soprRdetta/ ^    Then  fie  goes  oo 

:.  \  change  which  he  made  id  the  ai'ias 

^  •  monument,  **  Toraando  a  qudla,'* 

^**  read  J  quoted.  I).  P. 

'^  i?f  EjiQLAifD  (i^  S.  vi.  505.) 
T-  tnvem  at  the  foot  of  Shude 
jilkd  **Th6  Seven  Stars," 
^en  a  licen^d  house  since 
V  which  lies  in  Lancaster 
'*ed  the   records  of  the 
^  country  licences  were 
>d.     There  ia  ftl&o  a 
at  the  old  church 
\  collejG;iate  church 
the  iifttenth  cen- 
1  jj'ot  their  dinners  and 
f  en  Stars.*'     T.  HfiLSBT. 

.oD  ScRKEXs  (i^  a  Til.  143.)— Add 
^  «fc.ersey,  Suflolk.  At  this  church,  dedicated 
«if  9t  MaiT,  are  remains  of  a  fine  rood  screen, 
wtlf  nowpainted  to  correspond  with  the  pews ; 
uut  fortunatelj  the  figures,  consisting  of  three 
•cdfidastics  and  three  Viogs,  have  been  left  nearly 
uatouched.  These  were  considered  so  fine  and 
psriect  that  they  were  etched  and  published  for 
Ifce  Suffolk  Archajologicnl  Society^  in  Ipswich,  in 
184^  The  engravings  of  them  are  well  done,  and 
tb fix  are  thown  in  colours,  C\  UoLi>mG, 

The  Setek  W orders  of  Wales  (4^^  S.  vii. 
U3,)^Why  Over  ton  churchyard  was  one  of  the 
wonders  is  little  known  to  this  generation.  Fifty 
ytwra  «go  it  WAS  a  local  joke  to  tfi^k  the  ability  of 
8^.i;jL'f  rs  \iy  Qouut  the  yew-trees  in  the  church- 
11  accomplished  correctly,  as  there  was 
lop  of  the  church  tower.      U.  0 — k, 

CtsTOMs  AT  Marriages,  Bibths^  aud  Funu- 

T..      i.h  c^  ^,*j  500^The  customs*  common  in 

I  irty  venr«  ago  so  closely  resemble  those 

•  MjL  1 ,  ,_^i  Highland  districts,  thai  the  interesting 

^It*  of  your  learned  correspondent  CurnnERT 

^tni^  might  be  acxjepted  as  a  general  account  of 

briuf  de»cnption  of  the  difference  between 
ft  may  be  worth  insertbg  in  **  N.  k  Q." 

\  Marria^  Ciutonia. — On  the  eve  of  the  wedding- 
i$K  the  meat  intimate  friends  of  the  happy  pair 
xnel  at  the  bnde^s  father's  house  to  take  part  in 
the  "  feet- washing,"  which  was  looked  upon  as 
gTeat  fun. 

A  tub  of  water  was  placed  in  the  best  room 
afid  the  bride's  feet  washed  by  her  female  friends — 
the  men.  standing  outside  the  door^  making  jokes 


and  endeavouring  to  catch  a  glimpse  of  the  opera* 
tion.  As  soon  as  this  washmg  was  finisheu  the 
bridegroom  was  brought  in,  and,  amidst  much 
merriment,  made  to  sit  at  the  tub  ;  his  stockings 
were  then  pulled  oil',  his  legs  grasped  in  any  but 
a  tender  manner,  and  unsparingly  daubed  by  all 
who  could  get  near  with  a  mixture  of  gieose,  sootj 
ashes,  and  a  few  cinders. 

There  was  great  struggling  to  avoid  this  part 
of  the  performance  J  however,  it  did  not  slacken 
the  energies  of  the  company,  and  lucky  was  the 
man  who  escaped  with  only  slight  scratches.  The 
"real  washing"  followed,  and  a  supper,  soDge^ 
and  whisky  ended  the  evening. 

On  the  wedding-day  there  was  no  *'  washing 
of  the  bride,"  nor  were  any  pipers  seen  at  the 
ceremony. 

Baptismal  OiHoms,  —  Before  starting  for  tho 
kirk  the  **  christening- piece,''  consisting  of  short- 
bread, cheese^  and  oatcake,  was  made  up  into  a 
while  paper  parcel  tied  with  ribbons;  this  the 
mother  held  m  her  right  hand  as  she  left  the 
house  and  presented  to  the  first  person  met  by 
her,  whether  stranger  or  friend,  gentle  or  simple. 
The  "  christening  piece  "  was  always  gladly  ac- 
cepted, and  in  return  kind  wishes  were  expr 
for  the  future  happiness  of  the  child. 

Ftmeral  Cudotm. — The  same  as  those  described 
by  your  correspondent,  with  the  e,^ception  of  the 
bagpipe-playing,  which  is  seldom  heard  in  thiM 
part  of  the  country.     Another  curious  custom  J 
may  be  added  to  the  foregoing : — 

If  a  wife  deserted  her  husband,  he  would  never- 
theless have  his  table  spread  for  her  at  each  meal, 
and  going  to  the  door  of  the  room,  audibly  invite 
her  to  join  him  in  partaking  of  the  food  prepared. 
When  ne  had  repeated  this  form  for  twelve  months 
and  a  day  the  marriage  bonds  were  annulled,  Tlnd 
the  man  couM  take  unto  himself  another  wife. 

G.  J.  S.  Lock. 

RicHAKn  Twiss:  "To^r  m  Ireland''  (4»^ 
S.  vii,  103.)— 

"Whoe'er  offeiid.-i,  at  some  unlucky  time 
Slides  Into  ver$e,  or  hitches  in  a  rhyme," 

as  did  Mb.  Pnv'KEKTUN^s  ''Tourist " ;  on  whom 
Irish  susceptibilities  fultilled  their  Nemesis  by  the 
agency  of  a  speculative  tradesman,  with  his  Iront- 
faced  and  open-mouthed  p(h)otograph  at  the/w»rf 
of  a  household  implement,  which  assured  its  sub- 
atantiitl  as  well  as  its  nominal  succees.  Some 
years  ago  I  saw  one  of  these  in  a  private  museum, 
where  it  is  still  perh^a  exhibitea  to  the  favoured 
few,  with  its  epigraphic  couplet  —  the  Idst  line 
whert'of,  and  lis  rhymal  **  hitch  " — 
*•  Upon  lying  Dick  Twiss," 
though  I  could  plead  my  kinsmanahip  with  the 
very  reverend  rhymer  who  more  than  once  verified 
and  versified  its  Jird  in  his  Satires— is  all  that  I 
venture  to  tranacnb^  Coi "  '^ .  &.  <^r       ^.\**  "^  * 


i^ai 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES.         [*«'  s.  vii.  Mxkch  a*ti 


"Tim 


Trevebis'  **  Grete  Herball  "  (4^«>  S.  Tii.  10*2.) 
On  referrinjr  to  Lowndes'  Bibiin^apheti  Afarmai, 
I  find  that  your  correa pendent's  copy  of  tbe  above 
work  is  the  second  edition.  Lowndes  gives  the  fol- 
lowing description  :  **  The  Grtte  HerhaL  London 
in  SouLhwark  by  me  Peter  Treverii.  1516.  FoHo.*' 
Frequently  repriated.  The  1^20  edition  is  tbe 
second.   It  was  purcbosed  at  tbe  Inglia  sale  for  3/. 

C\  R,  P. 

Tjik  PmEirix  Thbonb  (4»»»  S^  vii  163.)  — 
Hevodotua  does  not  connect  tbe  pboenix  with  any 
tree  (ii*  73.)  Shakespeare  may  nave  derived  this 
legend  about  the  pbcenix  from  Philemon  Hol- 
land's transktion  of  Pliny's  Natural  Midonjj 
book  xiii.  chap.  iv. ; — 

"  I  myself  Lave  bojircl  straunge  tlungii  of  thii  kuid  of 
tree,  and  Damply  in  regiLrd  of  tbe  binl  phoemix,  which  h 
fluppo«ed  to  have  tukca  that  uAtne  of  this  date  tree  ;  for 
it  w*s  ttssitred  unto  me  that  the  said  bird  died  with  tlmt 
tree^  mid  reirivod  of  ititelf  as  tbe  tree  Bpmsff  afi;min/' 

Or  from  Lyly*a  Bitphue^ : — 

*'  As  there  is  bnt  odo  phr^nix  in  the  urorldi  io  there  i3 
bat  one  tree  ia  which  *he  buildoth,*' 

Or  from  Florio's  Italian  Dictiunartj  (1598) : — 

**  Kaibin.  a  tree  in  Arnbia,  whereof  there  u  but  one 
founds  and  upoa  it  the  phoenix  sits," 

Shakeepare  makes  half-a-dozen  other  alltifdoiiB 
to  this  fanuloiid  bird;  but  none  that  bears  on  thia 
poaaage  ao  macb  as — 

'*  L<t  the  bird  of  londeat  ky 
On  the  «f>/jj  Arabian  tree,'* 

in  Tlie  PammuUe  Pilgrxm  rxvii.  or  aut.) 

It  will  he  interesting  to  the  readers  of  ^*N*  &  Q." 
to  know  that  in  these  versea  (tirst  printed  with 
Robert  Chester's  Hosabjiidc)  Malone,  on  the  ad- 
vice of  a  ieanied  friend,  had  intended  to  make 
tbe  alteratiun  r— 

"  *  Sole  on  (he  Arabian  tree  ' ;  on  thcra  are  many  Ara- 
bian tn?es  ond  but  one  Arabian  bird.  Hut  *  nulla  unquam 
cunctatlo  nia^a  est/  for  thia  poasage  in  Tht  Ttinpcst 
supports  the  old  copy." 

X  a  I.  Oaklet,  iLA. 

Croydon. 

In  Chalmers*  edition  of  Shakspeare  I  fmd  the 
following  note,  which  may  be  of  intoresi  to  your 
correspondent  IVLufEOcastB :  — 

"  Oar  p<)et  had  probably  Lyly*8  Eupkuen  ami  hig  Emj- 
land  partictibrly  in  his  tlionghra,  d^nat,  q  3  :  *  As  thf^re 
,  is  but  one  pbtcmx  in  the  world,  m  is  there  bat  one  tree 
pjn  Arabia  wherein  she  buildeth,"   See  also  Florio's /fo/wM 
•IHtHonary^  Vym*    *  l^oj^in,  a  tree   ui   Arnbia,    whereof 
there  is  but  oue  found,  and  uptm  it  the  pbcaniJt  sits,'  " 
This  note  u  attributed  to  Malone.       C.  R,  P. 
Becket*s  Mukderers:  Soateesetshjbe  Tra- 
dition's (4^'^  S.  vii.  33,  171, 195.)— Of  the  gravea 
on  the  Flat  Holms  mentioned  by  Mr.  Townshend 
Hatkr  I  have  not  heard,  but  the  **  abbey  *■  he  in- 
gnirea  for  was  Worpprinp^ — now  improperly  called 
Wood  spring — priory,  fomided  about  1210  by  Wil- 
liam de  (Jurtenai  lot  Anstin  Canons  who  aban- 


doned a  bouse  at  Dodelynch  in  the  eame  coiml 
The  church  waa  dedicated  to  tbe  Holy  Trinity, 
the  blessed  Mary,  and  St.  Thomas  the  Martyr;  ana 
the  tradition  has  survived  that  it  was  in  expiation 
of  the  murder  of  St.  Thomas  k  Becket,  the  fon  i1  r 
^^h^in^  descended  from  William  de  Triici  c  : 
is  incorrect,  as  will  he  shown),  and  nearly  rtUt'-a 
to  the  three  other  ^  assaesinators  *  of  the  caanniaed 
archbishop/* 

In  the  Mon.  Angl.  (vi.  415)  will  be  found  a  letter 
t*>  "  J(oscelin)  bishop  of  Bath"  (1205-24),  frata 
^yilliam  de  Curtenai,  detailing  his  intenlioa  d 
founding  a  convent  **  where  a  chapel  dedieated  to 
St.  Thomas  the  Martvr  stood  in  his  own  demaiM 
of  Worspryng/'  for  tte  benefit  of  the  sotils  of  Ini 
father  Robert  (whose  body  rests  there)  and  motktf| 
his  own,  his  wife's,  bia  ancestors^  and  smccessortt 
This  Willittiu  de  Courtenai,  ain  ^tl--? 

related,  was  «oi  one  of  the  Devon  i  .  n- 

rally  supposed.  (Pedigree  by  late  Dr.  Uiiv er  Aod 
Mr.  Pitman  Jones  in  vol.  x/of  Archi^ui  /oonwt 
wherein  really  neither  he  nor  his  fatli*>r  ♦xscor,! 
But  I  have  idcnlilied  him  with  that  WiUian*  do 
Courtenay  who  inherited  the  honour  of  Manl- 
gomery,  and  of  whom  some  account  may  be  fmuul 
in  the  best  of  all  coimty  histories— Ey tons 6!^p- 
ihire(id.  128),  altbou^E  he  is  not  there  n?ci»|iiii« 
as  the  founder  of  this  priory.  He  was  dead,  wilhoot 
issue,  1214 ;  and  Ada,  his  widow,  was  reaiarrisd 
to  Theobald  Lascelles.  He  was  the  only  child  of 
Robert  de  Courtenavj  by  Matilda,  daughter  ittd 
I  Fitrurae,  one  of  the  aaaifcflO^ 


heiress  of  Reginald 

from  whom  he  inherited  Worsprinff. 

And  I  may  further  add,  because  it  is  also  urslln 
Collinson's  Siomer^etshv'e,  that  the  mother  v\ 
ginald  was  Matilda,  daughter  and  heiress  of  i 
win  de  Boilers,  lord  of  Montcomery^  by  H  \  hu  .l 
Falaise,  Now  in  the  Domesday  Book  i'*^>  Ij  i^'' 
read:  *^ William  de  Faleise  liimself  holds  Win* 
Bprinp  by  consent  of  King  William,  ^txk  iIb 
Burci  gave  it  him  with  his  daughter.'* 

Curiously  enough  I  cannot  show  that  WiUiiiB 
de  Courtenay  was  even  related  to  WilUain  d« 
Trad,  although  I  find  that  he  was  connected  witli 
the  families  of  the  two  other  assassins — Hugbda 
Morvilo  and  Richard  Brito.  Margery,  a  astern/ 
Reginald  Fitzurse,  widow  of  Richard  EngjdaBt 
was  remarried  to  Geoffrey  Brito,  and  HuA  dft 
Morevile  inherited  his  manor  of  Burgh-upon-5anJl 
in  Cumberland  from  hifi  grandmother  Ada  Bi- 
gaine*  A.  S,  ** 

Brompton. 

ClSTERCIAJf    Mo^S-ASTERIKS    (4*^  S,    VlL  141. 

The  finest  Cistercian  abbeys  m  England  U$ 
Fountains  (described  in  Wal bran's  /w/k-zik  Ti 
tern  (Potter's  Monastic  Archit*  !t' 

(Chiu"ton's^6frey5  ofYork&hire^  A' . 
Fumeag  (Beck,  and  West,  ei   bv  L  \ 

Build  was  {Arch.  Asmc.  Journaly  Aild.  ^  I  *  f 

Scarborough   (Britten's  Arch,  Antiq,)^  an  fiiieo 


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269 


Abbey,  no  monastic  buildlnga  left;  Old  Cleve 
(Bev.  T.  Hugo,  m  Sam^irset  Arch.  Soe.  Jour,^ 
tL  17,54;  \\x,  72 ;  Kiikstfil  (Dr.  WhiUuker'a  Leed*^ 
fuid  an  account  with  Mulready^s  drawings,  1827  \ 
Netlev  i^^'\]k^'  IlimU)^  OillauTiie'§  j4rrA.  Views: 
l>oro  \0\  M,  liii.  305;  xcix.  497)  ;  YaUe  Crucis 
{Arch,  Cumh.  xiL401)j  and  Whallej  (Dr,  Whit- 

IKordr  Mereralo,  and  Croxden  are  described  In 
SB  Journal  of  the  BHL  Arch.  AMociationt  xxi, 
204,  Tii-  mL'4,  and  Foid  in  SomerM  Arch.  Soc. 
J<mr,  xiii.  40.  Beadien  bas  the  monastic  build- 
inp  well  preeerved.  Sallay,  JoreTalle,  Byland 
(Jour,  Assoc.  SfjCj  Tii,  220),  and   Rocbe  ret^ 

ShaM  portions.  (See  Churtong  Abh^s.) 
ay  Sairetl  Archwohfft/  I  hftve  indicated  the 
peculiaritiea  of  the  rule  as  it  affected  tlm 
ire  and  arrangement  of  Cistercian  abbeye, 
and  also  the  rnro  and  lat€r  deviationa  from  the 
rigid  nniformity  and  epariug  decoration  iDsi^itd 
Tipon  bj  this  secluded  order.  The  Ili^ory  of 
r,  edited  by  xMr.  Bond,  the  keeper  of  the  MSS. 
British  Museum,  with  the  Nommticon^ 
be  consulted  as  well  as  Martene.  The 
of  Fountains,  Tintem,  Netley,  Fumesa, 
mi  Buildwadj  Dore,  Wh  alley,  and  Vallo 
cw  HTG  more  or  less  complete  x  but  all  these 
must  vield  to  the  unrivftlled  beauty  of  tlie  choir, 
•nd  tiie  gran de in*,  even  in  ruin,  of  the  fratry  of 
Rievaulx,  which  unfortunately  is  the  least  ac- 
cesfdbld. 
Melro9a,  Scotland  (Wade),  and  Arch.  Camh., 
^L,  Till  74 ;  Morton's  Teviotdale^ 

Mackexzxb  E,  C.  Walcott,  B.D.,  F.S.A. 

I  latent  and  most  correct  account  ii?  A  Guide 
AUjey,  fourth  edition,  1870,  edited  by 
Barber,  w^th  ilUistrntiona  and  ground  plan^ 
published  by  D.  Atkinson^  Ulverston.        Anon. 

Fountoins  Abbey,  near  Ripon,  is  probably  the 
fineat  Cistercian  monMtenr  in  Eo airland,  and  there 
i*  a  good  account  of  it  in  Wal bran's  Guide  to 
Mipon  and  Neu/hbourlwod. 

J.  T.  FOWLEB,  F.S  A. 

H«tJidd  HatU  Durham. 

B  editorial  note  refers  the  querist,  A  FoR- 
to  a  description  of  the  Cistercian  abbey 
I  would  also  refer  him  to  the  Getttk^ 
Mmiadtnc  (or  Maich,  1 790,  where  he  would 
'       TV   and   description   of  another 
I  bbey,  that  of  Kirk  stall  in  York- 
:  .iKi'^  h  illuiJtrated  by  a  well-exe- 
cul  :ig  of  the  plan  of  the  abbey.     There 

p^"  ..V,   hue  pictinresquo  ruina,  moi*e  or  less 

,  of  other  famous  Cistercian  abheje  in 

J „ .1,  of  which  the  following  are   the  most 

lusted,  which  I  place  in  the  order  of  their  former 
^ue  and  importance  : — Fountains,  in  Yorkshire  ; 
"Stratford  Lanaihom,  in  Essex ;  Buckfastre,  in 
Mrej  Jare?al  and  Melsn^  Yorkshire ;  War- 


den and  Wobum,  Bedfordshire ;  Riyaulx  and  By- 
land,  Y'orkahire  j  and  Stonely,  in  Warwickshire. 

F.  C.  H, 

Bills  actually  presented  (4'*"  S,  tiL  32, 
132.) — The  following-  particulars  were  attached 
to  a  County  Court  summons,  about  a  year  a|ro,  in 
a  not  very  benighted  port  of  the  country.  I  cony 
them  vvt^baiim  et  Uin'aiim  as  they  appeared,  witK-» 
out  atop  or  break  of  any  kind :  — 

^  M'  laiah  Morcran  boat  of  M*"*  Emma  Mor^n  0B  years 
of  stoon  at  wone  shilling  pear  years  X38  rent  of  ground 
£17  reeeivd  15  fihillhig  ana  four  half  bushil  of  lioocr  at 
10  fthilliog  pear  buishU  £10  lain  of  the  Edije  18  shilling 
the  fool  a  Mount  £115" 

The  sum  claimed  was  2/.  2*.  C,  S, 

Site  and  the  Whiteboys  (4^**  S.  vii.  124.)— 
I  cannot  answer  the  question  which  II,  puts  on 
this  subject,  but  I  can  give  him  an  illusLmtiQn 
which  may  perhaps  dear  the  matter  a  little. 

I  have  before  me  a  copy  of  The  Guardian  of 
June  7,  1831  —  n  paper  published  at  Belfast. 
Several  columns  of  this  paper  are  occupied  with 
accounts  of  Ihe  outragea,  either  accomplished  or 
expected,  of  the  Terrv  Alts,  a  secret  society  which 
at  that  time  confined  its  operations  to  the  county 
of  Clare ;  but  what  I  wi^h  to  call  attention  to  is, 
the  variety  of  namr^s  by  which  the  membeia  of 
this  society  are  indlcxited  in  the  successive  para- 
graphs of  one  issue  of  a  newspaper.  They  are 
called  "Terry  Altd,"  *'Tevr[e?,^  "Mrs.  Alt  and 
Children,"  '*  Lady  Clare*8  Clxildren/* "  Terry  Alt's 
Men."  The  state  of  affidrs  in  co.  Clare  at  this 
period  must  have  been  terrible.  The  Dublin 
Evening  Mail  mjs  i  *'  We  protest  to  God,  we  know 
not  what  is  to  become  of  Clare.**  W,  H.  P, 

Belfjist. 

The  Veto  at  PArAL  Elections  (4**'  S.  vii, 
103.) — It  is  observed  in  an  in  teres  ting  and  care- 
fully written  French  work  on  the  Conclave,  that, 
*'by  lon^  custom,  the  cardinals  of  Austria,  France, 
and  Spain  have  the  right  of  excluding  any  person 
whose  election  they  consider  injurious  to  tt©  in- 
terest of  their  respective  countries;  but  this  ri^ht 
they  can  exercise  only  once.*'  This  remains  in 
full  force ;  but  I  believe  there  has  been  no  exer- 
cise of  it  in  late  elections.  F,  C,  H. 

St.  Wultkan  (4*"  S.  vii.  162.)— Notwith- 
standing the  caution  of  A.  0.  V.  P.  that  the  St 
W  111 f ran  for  whom  he  inquirea  must  not  be 
confounded  with  his  namesake,  whose  feast  is 
Martih  20,  he  may  rest  assured  that  they  are  both 
one  and  the  aame,  the  well-known  Archbishop  of 
Sens.  In  the  course  of  his  search  in  the  Acta 
Sarictorum  and  many  other  books^  how  came  he 
to  overlook  our  own  old  Eoj^lish  calendars  and 
Liturgy  P  There  ho  would  have  found  that  St 
Wulfran*s  feast,  though  kent  in  foreign  chuichea 
on  March  20,  was  observed  in  the  old  English 
rite  on  October  15*    In  the  very  early  calendar 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES.  [4»»*  s.  vii.  mauch  257 


printed  in  Maftkell's  Mmitmmta  mtnaUa  (ii.  180), 
we  find  no  St.  Wulfran  on  Marcli  20 ;  but  on 
October  15  we  bave  *^  S,  Wolfran  bLscbop  and 
confessour,*'  And  m  tbe  more  copioua  calendar 
wbicb  follows  it,  March  *20  has  obIv  St  Cutbbcrt, 
just  03  we  keep  bim  now  in  tbe  Catbolic  Ot^fk* ; 
but  on  October  15  we  find  '*\VQlfranDi  episcopi,'* 
Again,  in  a  fine  old  folio  MS.  **  Mmaale  ad  usuni 
Sarum"  of  the  early  jart  of  the  fifteenth  century, 
in  my  poaseFaion,  St  Wulfmn's  ollice  occurs  only 
on  October  15.  It  i«  imposeible  to  suppose  that 
the  Archbishop  of  Sens  was  not  celebrated  in 
England ;  and  wc  may  fairly  conclude  that  it  was 
be  who  waa  honoured  on  October  15.      F.  C*  H, 

Tbe  parish  church  of  Grantham  ia  dedicated  to 
this  eaint,  the  only  one  that  is  so,  I  beliere,  in 
England  j  and  as  there  is  a  fair  held  on  Oct  20, 
which  is  Oct.  15  O.  S.,  I  suppoas  it  is  the  St 
Wulfran  whom  your  correspondent  A.  0.  V.  P. 
inc[uiTea  about.  Probably  local  histories  say  wbo 
this  saint  was.  E.  L.  Blexedtsopp* 

Springtborpt  Recto  ry* 

Carlo  Cbitellt  (4***  S.  vii.  161.)— The  earliest 
painting  known  by  tliia  master  ia  an  altar-piec^e  in 
tbe  churcb  of  San  Silvestro  at  Ma&sa,  datod  1468 ; 
his  latest  work  known  is  in  tbe  Oggioni  Collection 
at  Milan,  dated  UJ)3. 

Mr.  John  Pig  got  may  consult  tbe  following 
works  for  information  respecting  this  great  mas- 
ter:— 

Ridolfi  (Ctrio),  Le  MaravigUe  delV  Arte,  plates,  ilo, 
Venetia,  1648;  auotber  edition,  2  foIs.,  plates,  Svo,  P&dua. 
1835-7. 

Oraini  (Baldaasaro),  Deaorixione  dellfl  PIttare.  •  .  . 
Cittii  di  Aecoli,  8vo,  Pera^ia,  17D0. 

Ricci  (Amii:o),  Memorio  btoricfae  ddle  Artt  c  dcgli 
ArtUti  ddla  Marca  di  Ancona,  2  vola.  8vo,  Macerata. 
183't 

Our  National  Gallery  possesses  six  (not  four) 
workij  by  Crivelli,  W*  Mabsh. 

7,  lied  Lion  Square. 

Information  about  this  painter  and  bis  works 
may  be  glenned  from  Carboni,  Ldttrafi  e  Artisti 
Ascokmi.  Had  vour  correspondent  consulted  Mr. 
Womum's  excellent  catalogue  of  the  pictures  in 
the  National  Gallery,  he  would  have  found  re- 
ferences to  this  and  other  authorities.  This  cata- 
lojjfue,  by  the  wny^  is  a  most  useful  manual  of 
reference  for  the  biographies  of  painters  of  all 
ages  and  schools.  George  M.  Green. 

27,  King  WillUm  Street,  Strand. 

Wrokg  DATKsr  CiGOLi  (4^''  S.  vii.  133.)  — 
Among  the  pictures  mentioned  in  The  Twm  of  the 
IStb  March,  aa  havinff  been  saved  bv  oitraordinary 
exertions  from  the  hre  at  Holker  Hall,  is  a  "  St. 
Francis'*  by  Cigoli.  A  member  of  my  family 
possesses  a  **  St.  Francia "  by  Cigoli  which  is  a 
puzzle  to  us.  Tbe  style  of  tbe  painting,  it^  great 
me/7>,  and  the  seal  of  tbe  grand  ducal  arms  of 
luscanjj  seem  to  concur  in  attesting  its  gemuin^- 


nesfl.  The  dam  aging  band  of  restorer  or  cleaner 
has  touched  it  hut  lightly  and  tbe  careful  to* 
moval  of  a  veil  of  dirt  has  revealed  to  us  tf^ 
signature  of  **  L.  C.  C^'  (i*.  e.  of  Liidovico  C« 
da  Cigoli),  1619."  Now,  all  tbe  biograpbiesj 
have  access  to  give  1613  as  the  date  of  Cigob 
death.  These  biographies,  it  ia  true,  are  mo  *' 
compilations,  find  copied  the  one  from  tbe  otbe 
yet  tbe  narrative  of  Ciffoli*s  last  illness,  last  f 
even,  is  so  circumstantially  told^  that  it  is 
to  believe  it  an  inventinnl  i)n  tbe  other  bind!,'* 
how  unaccountable  would  be  a  forgery  with  in 
impossible  date  on  a  work  of  such  suprlatin 
merit !  In  this  dilemmn  I  would,  with  your  petil 
mission,  inquire  of  your  many  readers  wbethei 
any  painting  of  Cigoli'a  ia  known  to  exist  rtf  i 
later  date  than  1613.  or  whether  any  bio 
gives  a  later  date  for  nis  decease.  "  H.  ^ 
Dursley. 

BALLOONg  ANn  THE  SnEQE  OP  Paris  (4'*»  S.  wL 
oo7.)_The  last  balloon,  Gt5n<?ral  CambroDDe,  wiU 
sent  up  on  January  28,  and  not  the  i'Otb.  Tii«j 
mistake  is  owing  to  an  imperfectly  printed  copf 
of  tbe  Dmli/  Tek^apk,  Taoi.  KAXCurrE. 

Worksop, 

GuTzoT  AXB  GtriSE  (4**^  9.  vii.  142.)— It  ii  true 
that  among  the  educated  classes  in  Pans  tbe  inX 
name  is  pronounced  (as  we  should  say)  Gtcef<^ 
and  tbe   latter  Ghecze,     It  is   equally  true  thit 
there  is  no  common-sense  reason  for  tbe  di0>reaf<? 
But  some  people  have  fancies  about  tbe  proaunci- 
ation  of  their  names,  and  otber  people  gra^v 
tbeir  follies  without  anv  regard  for  the  rules  ai 
their  own  language.    That  alone  accounts  for  tbr 
difference,     Tne  world  is  very  tolerant  of  ihm 
fancies,  and  so  tbey  are  permitted  and  winltedtl 
even  by  those  who  are  well  convinced  of  thfir_ 
absurditv.    This  is  the  case  not  merelv  with 
pronunciation  of  names  (as  to  which  1  coi 
late  a  funny  illustration)^  but  also  as  to  the 
sumption   of    titles   of   all  sorts.     The   lore  ol 
not<3riety  is  a  common  foible,  and  they  wbo  hiT« 
really  a  right  to  titles  are  the  last  to  make  a  fwi 
about  them.    Tbe  fuss  is  generally  in  the  inveff* 
proportion  to  tbe  right.  C,  (\ 

Leigh  Hitm^s  "Leisttre  Hours  ts  Tows* 
(4^*^  8.  vii.  26,  132,  198.)  —I  think  tbe  book  m- 
qnired  for  must  be  T/ip  Tohik  by  Leigh  IIu«*i 
published  by  Smith,  Elder^  and  Co,  in  1^8. 

Charlks  Wtle^ 

*'TffE  CoxCTLiAn''  (4t»»  S.  vii.  IGL)  — Tha 
author  of  this  poem  was  W.  Sam  eon,  a  ^argei^^B 
at  Sherborne,  Dorsetshire;  but  I  do  not  kio]* 
wbo  the  initials  refer  to.     It  is  not  mentioned  ia 

Batb. 

The  "Angels*'  of  Stockwell:  the  Lisx  <i^ 
I  THE  Family  (4*»»  S.  vi.  371.)  —  Happening  ti) 
\  m^ii^ioTt^^ti^'^^  Ssi^^lS.  &  Q.,*'  in  the  biwiring 


^ 


I*  s.  viL  MAticii 25,710  NOTES  AND  QUERIES, 


271 


of  THj  fntber,  who  lired  at  Stockwell  upwards  of 
eK'  ^^  ago,  he  aarrated  the  foUowmg  unec* 

d*'  list  memWr  of  that  family: — Mr, 

AagisU  Laving  been  much  ftimoYed  by  boys  rob- 
Hog  hU  orchard  and  plnying  lum  other  tricks, 
OTi  *  *  v.ent  out  witli  his  guUj  and  shot  some 
un  wight  who  was  lurkiap;  about  hid  pre- 

1  lie  eh<3ck  to  this  gentleman  was  so  ex- 
when  he  found  his  ^ud  had  taken  fatnl 
J  ili&t  he  condemned  himself  to  live  the  life  ff 
Aftclo^e  ever  after,  and  rf?rafiiQed  a  priaouer  in  bia 
own  house  to  the  day  of  his  death,  denjing  bim- 
«elf  to  all  but  one  or  two  of  bis  old  and  moat 
iatlxaate  ttc^uniiitanccis,  and  at  last  none  but  my 
^inttid/ather  was  admitted  to  his  room*  Not  ouly 
WM  be  ft  prisoner  to  the  house  but  even  to  one  par- 
ticular ?pot^  where  he  tat  all  day,  aiid  took  no 
further  exercise  than  could  be  obtained  by  stamp- 
ing his  feet  on  the  floor  m  he  sat  in  his  chiur, 
aod  the  boards  were  quite  worn  away  by  the  feet 
of  the  unhappy  recluse* 

The  **  -\ngel  estate  J  ■  and  that  of  my  grandfather 
and  one  or  two  othL-r  jft^ntleraen,  at  that  time 
eoroprised  the  pivrisb  ol'  Stockwell,  which  since 
hac  grown  up  into  a  populous  district. 

C.  T.  J,  Moore. 

FnuDptou  Hall,  near  Boston. 

"Pai^ologia  CrmoHicA'*  (4***  S.  vii.  1430— 

I  have  a  copy  of  Dr.  Gary's  Paimoioffift  Chram'ca, 

winch  is  correctly  described  in  your  reply  to  Sp/s 

qusTV.     There  Is  not  a  particle  of  personal  gene- 

uogfcal  information,  nor,  so  far  as  I  have  seen, 

my  reference   to   his  own   times  in   Dr,  Carr'a 

work.    Your  correspondent  h  in  error  os  to  fiia 

'  "  :;sbip  to  Sir  IL  Cary.     He  whs  a  brother 

L  a  son  of  that  unfortunate  royjiliat.     lie 

•r^  old  at  tho  date  of  the  herald  a*  visi- 

Ton  in  l(i20,  and  died  at  his  rectory 

*  .^  .M  i    i  iWmouth,  Devon,  Sept,  10S8.     Having 

deTOti?d  much  attention  to  the  i^enealojtry  of  the 

Trirv;  .,('  1*,  v,,n   T  should  much  like  to  be  placed 

:  with  your  correspondent;  for 

this  branch  of  the  family  ax©  as 

I,  and  he  mentions  the  probability  of 

'  ►  throw  light  upon  it 

RoBEUT  Dtmond* 
Bw|>fyUt  Hou^,  Exeter, 

Criiicism  oy  "  Mekch ant  of  Venice  '*  (4*^  S. 

^"  ^ '  •     The  anecdote  reminds  me  of  the  late 

I  »ff"a  tinal  visit  to  Glasgow,     Behind 

,xi}^n\  stalU  was  a  GIai:gow  lawyer, 

impressed  with  the  grt^at  actor*s 

ly  to  stiy  when  the  Jew  went 

^.'<1  at  the  wing— the  actor  had  orer- 

— •*  W. :!K  Shaltespeare  has  used  !Shy- 

truck  me  at  the  time  as  a 

11.     I  have  not  since  heai*d 

:.  I  w.  n. 


Child&sh^s  Gam£3  (4^''  S»  vii,  IJL)— I  fre- 
quently took  part  in  the  game  mentioned  by  S, 
when  \  child  at  Looe,  in  Com  wall »  fifty  years 
ago.  The  rhymes  appear  to  have  dilTered  slightly 
from  those  mentioned  by  S.,  and  were  as  fol- 
low:— 

"  *  How  many  miles  from  this  to  Babyloo  ?  * 

•  Three-scofc  and  ten.* 

*  Can  we  get  there  by  day  light  ?  * 

•  Ye^  if  your  legs  nro  lonff  and  *tronp:. 

*  This  oae*4  loDg»  and  thb  one'a  strong ; 
Oj>eo  yonr  jjates  n&  high  m  tbo  ak\% 
And  let  King  George  and  me  pais  by.' 

Saint  was  not  unfrequently  stibstituted  for  ^tviy. 
Wm.  Penoelly. 
Tort]Tia\% 

'*Thi:  Last  of  the  PLAXTAGENTrTa''  (4*"  S,  vii. 
150.) — Your  correspondent  Mr.  Wahtj  ia  in  error 
when  he  names  18*^9  as  the  date  of  the  publica- 
tion of  tho  above  romance.  I  can  speak  on  thia 
point  with  authority,  having  myself  assisted  in  Ita 
transcription  for  the  press  so  far  back  as  (I  be- 
lieve) i82G»  lietween  whicli  and  1820  it  waa 
oj^f/inailj/  publish  ed.  It  was  written  by  the  late 
William  Heseltine,  a  gentleman  of  distinguished 
literary  attainments,  at  that  time  residing  at  Tur- 
ret House,  South  Lambeth,  heretofore  the  hrime 
of  the  Tradescanta,  whose  collection  of  curiodtiea 
was  the  wonder  of  the  age. 

Keswick.  William  GASPEr, 

"CnATEAUX  EX  Espagne"  (4^''S.  vii.  158.)^ 
Long  before  Francois  de  Sales  we  find  the  pro- 
verb recorded : — 

TbirtG«ath  Ceatttry. 
**  Lots  fcras  cha»tiaus  en  Espai-^ne, 
Et  aur.ia  joie  da  ooient, 
Tant  com  lu  ir*9  foloiant 
Kn  la  pen^^e  delitable, 
Oil  il  n*a  for*  mcnijonf^e  et  fablf/' 

GuLllaume  de  Lorrij<,  Roman  dt  In  Rotf, 
2152. 

Fifteenth  Ceottiry* 
*' Taut  h  part  moy,  en  iuom  pcn-^.tr  in'enclo**, 

Et  fju*  chnstcaulx  en  E^paignc  ct  en  France  j 
Owltre  lea  mont^,  forge  maintc  ordunnatice  ; 
Chaacun  Joan,  j'ay  plus  de  mille  prupoa,'* 

Charles  d'Ol^an/",  Routl, 

Whence  the  saying  arose  is  a  point  which  ha» 
never  been  settled^  as  we  see  the  proverb  was  used 
as  far  back  as  the  thirteenth  century. 

Now,  in  the  fifteenth  century  we  tind  *^Cha- 
teoux  en  Aaie,  chAteaux  en  Albanie." 
Fifteenth  century. 
"  El  le  songQT  fait  chasteaux:  ca  Asie ; 
Le  grand  deMi*  la  chair  rasfcasio," 

Pierre  Gringoire,  Menus  pntpot. 

Je  v«v«,  je  vicnH,  le  trot  et  puis  U  p«js 
Jc  ^u  ung  mot,  puis  aprw^  je  le  aye^ 

£t  &i  bastid  sans  reigle  nc  com  pas 
Tout  fin  scuUet  I«  cha«teaux  d'AJhinye/* 
Le  Verier  tTihrnmur*^ 

Hence  it  would  appear  that  the  expreesiuns 


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[4»fc8.Vn.  MABCBJ5.U 


quoted  above  meant  to  build  castles  in  foreign  far- 
off  lands,  otherwise  to  feed  one^s  mind  on  silly 
faociea.  Spain  being  nearer  and  mora  Imown  on 
account  of  the  **  Chanson  et  RMta  de  lloland,'* 
*'  Fairo  des  chateaux  en  Espagne  ^'  prevailed  over 
"  Fidro  des  chateaux  en  Auie,  en  Altanie/* 

Dh  Satb  OB  Say  (4***  a  xiK  123.)  — Lamar- 
tiniere  (Gr,  Diet.  g^og.  et  critX  under  **  Say, 
Saia,  Sajum,  ou  Sadium,  a  paiish  of  Normandyi 
dioc.  S^ex/'  after  spealdjig  of  the  church  and 
property  of  Say,  says : — 

"  Pour  la  maiAon  de  Say,  encore  plaa  con  dud  en  Angle* 
terre  qu'GO  Normandle,  efle  est  ^d^teinto  i1  y  a  longtems. 

**  On  en  connnence  la  g^n^alogio  dan»  lo  baronoagt^ 
d^Angleterre,  ih  Picot  de  Snj%qtti  vivoit  mus.  Ouillaume  h 
Oonqu^rant,  et  qui  tit  ses  clcnnflonsi  4  FAbbayc  de  S.- 
Hartta  de  8eez  ;  entrc  nDtnres  il  lui  eontimia  le  tiers  de 
Teglise  de  Saj,  qu'Ostnelin  de  Saj  y  avoit  dloun^.  II 
^t43it  un  des  Baronfl  de  Koger  deMonti^ommed,  rcmdateur 
de  ce  monastferej  il  1b  suivit  en  Angletenv.  Ces^t  ap- 
parenunent  h  ratisc  de  lui  on  do  qneJoue  autre  de  .son 
Dom  qu'il  y  a  ausai  dana  ee  pajslJLun  ilea  oppclv  Say; 
cependant  on  doute  s'iJ  n'y  auroit  paa  encore  une  terre 
de  ce  nom  vera  le  Cottentin,  ce  que  quelques  litres  font 
pT^iuner;  ct  en  cc  cas  il  pourruit  y  avoir  cu  deux  fa- 
millea  de  Say :  at  il  seroit  ass^s  h  cniire  que  Jourdain  de 
Say,  qui  fonda  en  1131  I'Abbaye  d'Aunay»  au  dioc^e  de 
Bayeux,  et  dont  la  tillet  Agn&»'de  Say,  Lipoma  Richard  du 
Hommctt  eoiinctable  do  Norman  die,  nnroit  6ti  d'nue 
famillo  difFereiite:  aussi  luur  attribue-t-on  des  artnca 
diyerses;  TAbhaye  d'Aunay  fait  porter  k  son  fondateufp 
d'Argent,  sem^  de  biUettcs  de  Sable  an  lioa  de  mt-me^  et 
Ton  dnnne  au  Say  d'Angleterrc,  de  Gueulea  k  deux  facca 
do  vnirj  sur  quoi  on  pent  voir  VHUtoire  de  la  Malsim 
d^Harcourt,  tome  ii.  p,  1D52,  et  tome  4  dans  rApijendice, 
p.  22." 

The  geographical  name  ia,  without  doubt,  de« 
rired  from  saj-um,  K,  S,  Charlock, 

Gray's  Inn  Square* 

Presuming  your  correspondent  to  have  already 
searched  auch'  books  as  the  publicationg  of  the 
Hecord  Commission ^  or  Sima^s  Index  to  Pedip'eee^ 
in  the  British  Museum,  for  mentions  of  the  Say 
family^  I  can  inform  him  that  there  is  a  brass  to 
Sir  John  Say,  in  Braxbuni(^  church,  Hants  (a.d, 
147t3)»  and  also  a  curious  Latin  vers©  inscription 
to  a  William  Say  in  Denchwortk  church,  county 
Berlf s,  dated  140-i.  A  Thomas  Sav,  Esq»,  accom- 
panied Sir  Arthur  Uyd6|  of  the  latter  place^  to 
Ireland  in  158(),  and  obtained  a  grant  of  5,77o 
acres  there.  Henry  de  Say  was  for  three  years 
flheriff  for  Berkshire  in  Henry  III/s  rtigo,  Thomas 
Say,  Esq*,  held  the  same  othce  under  Henry  YlVa 
reign.  Henry  Barbt  Hyde,  Jun, 

21,  Edge  Lane,  Liverpool 

Bismarck  AyTiciPAXnn :  '*  Stewing  is  thetr 

owK  Gravy  ' '  (4'*'  S.  vii.  187.)— The  French  hnvo 

the  same  expresaon,  "  Cuire  dans  son  jus."  Talk- 

jn£-  of  cuUnarj  art,  a  great  epicurean  once  said — 

"Arec  tmepareiUe  sauce  on  mangerait  son  ^r^  \** 


ne  ni 

I 


If  the  poor  Pansiana  could  hut  hare  had  some  of 
it  during  this  horrible  siege  to  make  their  mai 
ous  food  somewhat  more  palatable  I        P.  A» 

Is  not  the  proverb  equivalent  exactly  to  ** 
ing  in  their  own  grea*e  *'  ?     If  so,  we  can  go 
little  further  hack  than  the  London  *Spi/, 

Shakespeare   has  two   allusions   to  it  in  Tht 
Mrny  Ji  hes  (Globe  edit,  ll,  i-  UO,  and  IIL 
115.) 
John  Heywood  has — 

**  Sbo  fryeth  in  hir  owue  grease,  but  as  for  my  parU 
If  she  be  anpjry,  boshrow  her  angiy  barte." 

Di'alflffite,  &c,  I.  sJ,,  Spenser  Soc,  p.  87^ 
Chflucer*8  Wt/f  of  Bathe  says — 

'*  But  eerteynly  I  made  folk  auch  chere. 
That  in  bia  owne  greea  I  made  him  frto 
For  anger,  and  for  rerraie  jaIou5ie.'* 

Prohpit  of  Wtff  of  Batku  I  ^t 
ed.  Morris. 

John  Ai»fii^ 

Rustington,  near  LitilebamptoD»  Sussex. 

I  think,  in  differing  forma,  this  saying  will  V 
found  as  old  as  the  hills,  and  that  some  ol  Uij 
classic  miners  into  the  domains  of  heatlieiuSQD 
may  send  us  specimens  from  Plautua  or  Arislih 
phanefl.  Shakspere  has  twice  availed  himfielf 
its  use  in  one  play,  The  Metry  Wiists  of  Wm 
Fftlstftff  describes' himself  as  nearly  in  that  y] 
in  his  purgatory  of  the  buck-basket,  from  w* 
was  only  delivered  by  its  being  emptied  in  " 
mead.  But  the  closest  use  of  the  pro^ 
(Shakspere)  puts  in  the  mouth  of  Ford' 
who  thus  energetically  expresses  her  hoi 
dignation  at  the  bold  protiigacy  of  the  ' 
fat  lecher  to  her  gossip,  Mrs.  Page : — 

**  Wbat  tempyst,  I  trow,  threw  this  whole  with  an 
tons  of  oil  in  hU  belly  ashore  nt  Windsor  ?    How  ikall 
be  revenged  on  him  ?     I  think  tlie  best  way  wen  to 
tertain  him  with  hope,  till  the  wicktd  Jire  of  Imi  ' 
nulted  him  in  hit  owngreaK^ 

But,  certainly,  for  cool  heartlesanesa  of 
tion  to  two  mirtions  of  suffering  fellow-crekti 
Count  Bismark  has  made  it  his  '>^^»^  i-     " 
unless  The  Tinws  can  persuade 
was  only  the  frank,  open-hearted  i,.  ,.  ^*_. 
astute  Gerioan  statesman,  with  wnich  he 
Beason  his  hard  sayings  to  those  who  he  Coi 
were  at  his  mercy,  J.  A. 

Carnbrooke. 

»»  That  in  his  owen  grese  Fmadp  him  fri**" 

Chaucer,  WiftfEathtii  To/*,  y.  6011.. J 
The   Saturday   Review,  Jan.   28,  1871. 
article  on  Ayrtou,  says  the  above  en  _ 
nolo  become  classical  I  J.  Wi 

Ikksta2«d  op  Wed0wood  Ware  (4»*  8* 
10*3.) — These  dolphiu-footed  inkstandB  were  i 
favourites  at  one  time,  I  have  Kad  two,  andl 
just  been  looking  nt  the  remains  of  one  of  (" 
red,  with  Egyptian  designs  in  black  The  I, 
\  q1  \Vl(^  Wmis^bertcal  body  used  to  be  filled^ 


NOTES  AlsD  QUERIES. 


ffpon^e  for  the  purpose  of  Triping  tlie  pens 
i^ugh  the  smaller  holes,  A  larger  one,  or 
tlier  iocketf  waa  for  the  receptiuo  of  a  wax 
|>er.  A  still  krcer  aperture  contaioed  a  per- 
rmtod  T0i««l  for  the  hlue  and  siWer  sand  oDce  in 
l^e  for  drying  the  ink  The  central  receptacle 
r  the  latter  had  usually  a  plug  to  raise  the  Huid 
r  iKtzDOw'tpheric  preseuTe. 

^  W.  J*  Bbenhabjd  Surra, 

Xjldt  Obihstok's  Grate  m  Tewdi  CnimcH- 
|ju»  (4*''  a  Til,  76,  128,  172.)— In  reference  to 
le  recent  corFespondenco  reepectiag  Ladj  Anne 
hiniBtoti'a  tomb  at  Tewin,  tie  Hert$  Guardtofi 


*  In  Earl  Cawper'»  Park,  Panshiuif^r,  one  mile  from 
)fmia  dmrch,  mtkj  be  ieen  flererat  clumps  of  six  to  ten 
IodIea  ai  aab-treea  gprioging  from  one  root ;  aad  the 
■lowii^  from  Ibe  Herts  Gwxrdkm  of  Ma^  15th,  l^^t 
^«»  thai  ihero  are  at  Itaat  two  cases  of  trees  growing 
Bt  of  tonihiitOQi*a  in  the  locality  cfTewin^^foar  milee 
ivm  Hertford.  Noticing  the  (lemoUtion  of  St.  Andrew's 
}\A  Citurcb,  Htfitford,  it  is  stated :»'  Od  the  Kmth  side 
he  chnrch  Is  a  tomb  after  the  atylo  of  Lady  Anne  Grim- 
|l«»%  :i^  Tt-wln  i  two  sycamore  trees  eoil  a  bt  of  young 
Ipri;  ^  OB t  of  it,  and  have  displiiced  the  stone- 

QTi ,  1  and  broken  the  iron  railingi:  dose  b^ 

YHiui^  rnn  h  tree  growing  out  of  a  butlresa,  and  it 
I  pQahcd  away  the  brickwork/  It  id  a  subject  for 
that  the  to  tub  was  obliged  to  be  demoUafaed  to 
room  tor  the  transept  of  the  new  ehureh.  Agaio^ 
Hfla  Uie  south  side  of  Watford  church  ia  a  tomb  with  a 
IflMia  gniwing  out  of  the  interior;  and  there  is  the 
Wauii  We^  rwcmbb'Dg  that  of  Lftdy  Anne  G  rims  ton , 
>  Chat  the  IaJv  Ijuiied  below  did  not  believe  in  a  Supreme 
Brir  1   *  if  there  was  a  God»  a  fig-tree  would 

r  heart/    Thla  fi^-lree  has  home  fruit; 
.  L  liflt  the  figs  were  *  not  Tery  good  to  eat.'  " 

W.  POLLARB. 
litrtford- 

) ' —  According  to  my  copy  of  Gibbon 
k  Co.,  1B48),  it  is  Mb.  Tew  who  is 
puh  statement.    The  passtige  is :  — 

of  military  science  and  discipline 

r  unlesj  a  proper  number  of  soldiers  are 

J  tme  Ijody,  and  actuatml  by  one  soul.    With  a 

jnen  riic&  an  anion  would  be  ineffectual ;  with 

.  Jflr  host»  it  would  be  impractirnblc;  and  the 

Itf  fi«  maehine  would  be  alike  dostroTed  by  the 

I  mif:i  ut^^rir-s  or  the  exccMtive  weight  of  it;*  PpringR. 

'     '  rvtlion,  we  ne^d  only  reflect  that 

!  y<y  of   natural   atrencfth,  artificial 

m  *Li{^\i\xK'i  skill  which  could  enable  one  man 

i  eontiafit  sabjeetion  one  hundred  of  hi^  fellow 

:  Xiif  tvmnt  of  a  ^n^le  (otmi,  i>r  n  <mall  district, 

llowenwere 
t4/'  I    orcitisensj 

rrcj  (^iMJK#unu  iTc+4  u«»Mjn*ini.i  rmi*  ti*^r9  Wlu  OOm* 

I  daspotie  sway  ten  miUioca  of  eabjaeta,  and  a 
a  or  HAceo  Ihomaiifi  gnarda  will  strika  terror 
I  nujaarotta  populace  that  ever  crowded  Ibe 
» capital,'^ 

\  eonteid  will  show  that  Mn.  Tew*9  qnot«i- 

i  kimdred  di^.iplined  ftoldiersi/*  is  wrong, 

'  liaYe  Dot  Fuller  bj  me,  6o  I  cannot  reier  to 


the  other  instance,     n  i  coma  pe 
Bredenach,  I  Lave  no  doubt  I  should  find  that 
Fuller,  like  Mb.  Tew,  bad  not  quoted  correctly, 

Clakrt. 
[**  But  an  hundred  thoumnd  well-diBciplincd  soldieiai*' 
&c     Tills  is  the  text  of  Gibbon,  according;  to  the  edition 
'*  with  notes  and  a  memoir  by  F.  A.  Guizot.**] 

IIampdek  Famtlt  (4*»»  S.  Tii,  189.)— Br.  Hamp- 
den, the  late  Bishop  of  Hereford,  claimed  descent 
"from  a  Junior  branch  of  the  same  stock  ns  the 
patriot  John  Hampden.**  {Memorials  of  BUhcp 
Hampdm^  p.  L)  The  bishop's  ancestors  are  said 
to  have  left  England  at  the  Restoration^  and  to 
have  settled  with  other  parliament nry  families  in 
the  West  Indies.  The  assertion,  or  family  tradi- 
tion, or  whatever  it  may  be  called,  deserves  some 
consideration,  inasmuch  as  the  bishop's  brother, 
John  Hampden  of  Leamington  (who  died  in 
1B60J  was  an  antiquary  of  some  repute,  and  had 
doubtless  inreatigated  the  point.  C.  J.  R. 

A  branch  of  this  family  {of  whicb  tbe  late 
Regius  Professor  was  one)  flourished  in  Bar- 
bado8»  and  the  name  was  originally  spelt  without 
the  p,  but  that  letter  was  afterwards  assumed. 
In  an  old  black-letter  account  of  EucMngham- 
shire,  the  great  patriot's  name  is  given  without 
tbe  p ;  and  can  you  inform  me  which  is  the  cor« 
lect  way  of  spelling  it  ?  There  must  be,  I  preBmDt, 
many  of  his  signatures  remaining,  but  theT  may 
vary,  like  Shakspeare'a.  G.  E. 

Hkraldtc  (4^*  S.  vi,  458.) — The  arms  which 
W*  H.  M,  C.  wishea  to  identify — Azure,  a  croaa 
patt4e  between  four  fleurs-de-lis  or  ^probably 
tielong  to  some  family  of  Ward  in  Cheshire.  The 
arms  of  Ward  of  Coplestonej  co,  Chester — B,  a 
cross  patt<?e  O, — are  borne  with  variouis  dilferenoee 
and  augmentations  by  several  families  of  that 
name.  The  nearest  approach  to  the  blazon  given 
in  ^^  N.  &  Q/'  that  I  nave  been  able  to  find  is^ 
Azure,  a  cross  patt6e  arminoin  between  four  fletira- 
de-lis  or.  Beveblkt  R.  Belts, 

librarian  of  Columbia  College, 

Samplebs:  Rev.  Joim  Xe^tton  {i^^  S.  vL 
500;  viL  21,  120,  220.)  — The  lines  given  by 
J.  A,  Pn.  were  composed  by  the  late  Rev,  John 
Newton  for  the  sampler  of  liia  niece,  Mias  Eliza- 
beth Catlett.  As  such  they  have  been  handed 
down  and  worked  in  our  faaiil^''  for  his  sake.  My 
grandmother  was  hctaoured  with  the  friendship  of 
this  excellent  man  during  bis  later  years  while 
rector  of  St.  Mary  Wooluoth,  I,ondon,'and  I  hare 
often  heard  her  children  recall  with  pleasare  the 
genial  playfulness  which  made  him  popular  with 
the  young,  and  indeed  with  all  who  knew  him. 
He  ever  endeavoured,  too,  to  convey  and  fix  some 
profitable  thought  by  all  his  verses  and  inter- 
course. Several  instances  oC  tU^e  mfv.x  bft  to^scw^ 
appended  to  a  \ittUTo\Mme  Q^Aft\\«t%^i^^^^sw9fi^ 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES.         [4-s.vi; 


to  the  above-named  relative  (1779-1783),  enlltleil 
Twcfity-One  ZeUers  writ  fen  to  ft  tiectr  Itelnlwc  at 
Schoal  (London,  65,  St.  VanVs  Churchyard). 

I  should^  however,  add  that  our  copy  of  the 
lines  variea  in  a  flight  degree  from  those  worked 
by  Arabella;  tho  second  Ene  wm  evidently  al- 
tered to  suit  her  own  name.  Oar  lines  stand 
thus — 

"  Jesa?,  permit  Thy  pradmis  Name  to  standi 
A»  the  firtt  «iffori  fifan  infant*i  hand  i 
And  while  her  flnfferB  o'or  the  canvaaa  move, 
Eng^age  her  tedder  thotights  to  seek  Tliy  love ; 
With  Thy  dear  chilJren  let  her  have  a  part, 
And  write  Thy  iVirwe,  Tfty*ti/f  upon  her  heart" 

S.  M.  S. 


^itf(rna)!f0tti^« 

NOTES  O^  BOOESt  ETC. 

Rumbles  of  Gn  Archaoio^itt  timong  Old  Bookt  and  Old 
Placu  i  beinff  Fapera  0n  Art  in  rttaOon  to  Arch^toh^^ 
PamHnf^  Art  Decomtim^  and  Art  ManufartHre,  By 
Frederick  William  Fairbolt.  F.S.A,  Itiuitrated  icith 
2&9  IFood  Engravings.     (Virtue  &  Co.) 

The  tate  Mr.  FaLrhoU  was  not  only  a  painstaking  and 
well-infonned  antiqiiAry,  lut  an  accurate  and  ftccom- 
pibhed  drAfl^man,  su  that  when  ht  brought  hb  pen  and 
pencil  to  b«ar  on  any  lubject,  the  combination  of  arcbfle- 
ological  k^owl«dge  and  artistic  skill,  as  in  the  case  of  tiii 
Dictimuiru  iif  Coatuske^  waa  attended  with  the  happieAt 
re«ult0^  Thii  waa  strongly  exempURed  in  se^^ral  in- 
terring aeries  of  paper?  which  he  communicated  to  Tht 
Art  Jtmmal;  and  we  agree  with  the  editor  of  the  book 
befora  ngit  thitt  the  merit  and  riluf;  of  these  Essays — ^the 
result  of  eo  much  labour  and  research — entitle  them  to  a 
more  lastioi^  form  than  i^  Aflortled  in  the  pages  of  a 
magazine.  Borne  idea  of  the  variety  of  Jnt<»re5ting  goswip 
intha  book  may  be  formed  from  a  glance  at  \t%  contents. 
After  an  opening  Esaay,  in  which  Mr.  Fairbolt  treats  of 
almost  ever}'  departtneut  of  Ornainental  Art,  there  ia  a 
cnrloas  paper  "On  Grotesque  Desipn  as  exhibited  in 
Omamental  and  Indiistrial  Art.'*  Thia  is  followed  by 
"Facta  about  Finger  Riuga,"  and  an  e^aay  **  On  Ancient 
Brooches  aud  Dreaa  Fastenings;"  andthe'book  ends  with 
a  pleasant  nrticle  oo  ^'  Alt«rt  Dhrer ;  his  Work*,  hi? 
Companions,  ajid  bis  Times  j"  while  nearly  3JO0  Mka- 
t rations  add  at  once  to  the  interest  and  vala^  of  the 
letter  press.  We  are  promised  a  aecond  volume,  and 
we  shall  welcome  it,  ana  even  more  cordially  if  it  is  ac- 
companied by  what  the  book  will  really  require — a  good 
Index. 

Crowhnd  and  BurjO^*  A  Light  on  iht  HutorUau  and  on 
Me  History  of  Vrowland  Abi»wy  i  and  an  Account  of 
the  ManoMtery  at  Burgh  (n4Ho  Pettrhorough)  in  Pre- 
JSWman  Timts,,  and  Uf  the  Time  of  Kintf  Richard  the 
FirH  (1193).  By  Henry  Scale  English.  In  Three 
Volumet,    (LongtuaDB.) 

The  work  before  us  fumbhea  fVasii  proof,  if  that  were 
needed,  of  the  tratb  of  Wordaworth'a  dictum,  that  the 
child  is  father  of  the  man.  In  his  preface  Mr.  English 
Bl:itcs,  with  reference  to  a  somewhat  similar  effort  that 
appeared  in  1830  :  **  That  Book  does  the  WViter  very  little 
credit.  I  am  sure  he  owes  bumble  apologies  to  any  one 
who  honoured  It  with  a  perusal^  for  it  was  badly  ar- 
ranged, full  of  mistakes,  and  the  meaning  somotimei  ao  I 
awkwardly  txpresaed,  that  the  arguments  (such  as  they  1 


were)  were  not  properly  understood.  The  Aulhnr<)f  rAif 
book,  who  has  since  had  more  than  sutlieient  time  f*^ 
rctlection,  has  now  writtcu  Mew ;  the  subjects  art  ofi  i  ik: 
same,  bnt  he  has  avoided  a  great  n amber  of  the  nv 
which  disgraced  the  book  of  1830."*  Thl*  we  thiiit  ri^mi 
n  very  fair  critJcUm  of  the  volumes  wlioae  title  w«  hsn 
transcribed  above. 

Bo<iKs  uccnvED-— /*rteri7  of  the  Peak.  Bf  & 
Walter  Scott;  t^tinq  VM.  XV.  of  the  Cenienary  Km^ 
of  the  WafitrUtj  .rJre/f.  (A.  &  C.  Black.)  We  «a  ^ 
little  more  than  chronicle  the  regolarity  with  ntueb  tbe 
volumes  of  thi«.  certainly  the  moat  complete  editioo  of 
Scott's  admirable  fictions,  are  brought  before  the  veril 
— P<*tmt  in  tfit  Craven  Dialect*  By  Tom  Twialcba 
Stco}id  Edition,  (Wildman  Settle.)  We  can  well  ai- 
deratand  whv  these  little  poems,  written  in  the  Crtne 
dialect,  sljould  be  popular  in  the  district  to  which  tSuf 
belong;  they  hare  a  pleasant  o^cr)'  ring  about  ttN9.* 
Folk- Song  and  Folk- Speech  of  Lancathir*  in  the  BaHaA  1 
and  Stmgt  of  the  County  Palatine,  tctth  Note$  9m  the  &*- 
ieett  in  tchich  many  of  them  are  written^  and  oil  Appttdu 
on  Lancashire  Fotk  Lore.  By  W.  E.  A,  Axon,  F  ILSlL 
ifre.  (Tubtis  St  Brook,  Manchester.)  A  small  but  nb- 
able  addition  to  the  now  long  list  of  works  o<n  Eoglki 
Dialects  aud  Folk  Lore, 

Dkath  of  PaoFEasoR  Da  Moboau.— Dor 
will  hear  with  deep  regret  of  the  death  of  this 
pli-jbed  gentleman,  who  was  for  many  yean  a 
conrributor  to    tb.so   columns,  which*  took    p!iw  ob 
Saturday  laat.    Professor  de  Morgan,  wh< 
many  years  intimately  connected  with  I 
lege,  London,  was  Irani  at  Madura  in  Sour 
1806,  and  coming  to  England  prooeetled  t 
lege,  Cambridge,  where  he  took  his  B.A.  d 
being  fourth  wrangler,  Mr.  Cleasby,  now  a  Uai 
Exchequer,  bt^ing  the  third  wrangler  of  that  y 
leaving  Can^ bridge,  Mr.  de  Morgan  entered  at 
Inn  and  commencod  his  legal  studies,  but  alm( 
diately  afterwards  abandoned  them  on  bein^i] 
to  the  Profesaorahip  of  Mathematics  in  the  XJnifi 
London.    Since  that  time  he  has  written  lar^ 
principles  and   history  of  mathematics,  as  wj 
arithmetic,  algebra,  trigonometry,  doable  algebrai 
fewjntial  calculus,  tbt  calculus  of  functions,  the  I 
probabilities,  life  contingencies,  the  gnomonie  ] 
formal  logic,  has  t>een  a  very  large  conttibllt 
Athen43rumj  where  the  series  entitled  **  A  BoodUl 
doxee,"  created  a  considerable  sensation,  and 
many  papers  in  The  Transactions  of  the  Qxmbri 
Mophicttl  Society.     He  was  a  fellow  of  tho  Roy 
uomical  Society,   and   for    eighteen    years  oM  1 
secretaries. 

Death  of  Koukrt  CirAMBEBi,  LLD.— Seotlaad  h 
lost  a  son  to  whom  she  owes  a  large  debt  of  gi 
Robert  Chambers  died  on  the  J  7th  instant,  in  tb 
ninth  year  of  hia  age.    Not  only  will  be  be  long  f 
bered  as  the  author  of  many  valuable  works,  sap 
tllustrativfl  of  the  history  and  literature  of  hk  1 
Gountr>',  but  for  the  share  which  he  had  with  his  i 
brother  William  in  the  production  of  the  popular  Jo< 
which  bore  their  name,  aud  the  appearaooe  of  wbieh,! 
it  remembered,  preceded  that  of  the  Penny  lia^     *~ 
six  weeks.    The  books  written  bv  Robert  Cfc  — 
those  of  his  no  lees  distinguished  brother  Wil 
long  liBt. 

A  HtsTOET  OF  THE  WeXU}  of  Kent,  with  t?i  1 
line  of  the  EaHv  Hiatoir  of  the  Gcmntr.  bv  i 
ley,  F.S,A.;  al*o,  a  Sketch  of  the  Physica. 
the  District,  by  Henry  B.  Maeke«on,  F,u„  .  ™ 
volumes,  ii  announced  for  early  publication. 


Uiiwit  ; 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


LOUDON,  SATURItAr,  AFBU  h  1871, 


COKTENTS.— N*  170, 

HOTES:  — The  Autobio^n^pby  of  Lord  Brmipham:  Mrsu 
jflshtiDAlc'i  Tonib.  277  —  On  the  Ab8«nc«i  of  any 
freoob  word  siffuifyioR  "to  stand,"  278— Cbmtlertoniann. 
J6.  — Bftrk#?r  utid  Burford's  Panorwna*,  271}  —  T.iti  d  Cfunp- 
b<dl*i    "Lite  of  Lord   Lyndhurafc  "  —  <  i  .^   at 

OrtbedfalB.  Ac  —  Gurioiu  KpiLaph  —  L  EUil- 

ynj  Matcb  —  History  repeating  itidf  —  A  r  j   .LtUi- 

tics  —  Atsaoe  and  Lorraiue,  £50, 

QUERIES:  —  DuKdale'i  "HistOTj  of  8t.  T^uVa  Caihc- 
dr»J/'  £91  — Arabic  Nuiii«r&k  in  Well*  Catbpdml  —  Sir 
Botacft  Boyle  —  Burff  —  ClOTgy  in  Btopney  Parii&h  afttr 
ItiSO  —  Consp<*rTiti^n  of  Hegitoental  CoiQuni  —  Lord  mid 
Ladx  Don-r  "  '  "aoi^iinffB— John  Pell.  Binhop of  (n- 
fticd— Han  lid  Thomas  Lnopage  —  Hwinr  VII L 

mad  theCi  ^Rov^.  Jotau  Maoeowan^V.D.M.— 

Bpenttsr^Ts  1"»u<.|m'  -  ^tiirt'a  Edition  of  the  BookofCotn- 
■iQia  Pr^er—  Wlfu  of  John  Tradeieaot -- Sir  Al«33»i»der 
Thonuoo  —Old  Volunteor  Corps—  Yqyageur  Pigeoii»  — 
Welah  Wedding  Giketom— Mrs.  Catfaerlne  Zepliyr.  £S2. 

KBPLrBSr  —  Lonn  and  Fhlmere  of  Bath,  SSd  —  *'  Wbothor 
or  BO,*'  £S«— "  Baron"  NichoUon,  /&,— The  Swan*Song 
ofPar«on  Avom  2*^8  — Marriage  of  EnKli^li  Pritjct-Msea — 
IndustriiM  of  Lu>irlaf>d  —  Rash  6t»toTOcnta  — Why  do<^  a 
iwirly  bom  Uhild  ery  ?  --  Kirjg's  CoUe#t%  New  York  —  Mr*. 
Dovoinc  —  Cbcpitow  «  Eftrighoier  —  Desoondanta  of 
Jwwny Taylor—  Hair  growin*  after  Beatb  —  Hour  P*rk 
—Clrnu  liacAlpin  —  RiibicV  Bells  —  Lettj^r  from  Oliver 
Ooniw^lU  l<i»  -  yTftk-s"-  ^>y  — 

n't  (^ueen'fc  '  .  —  Piic-eon  F  Ktta- 

j^ya,orH»r%  f^icere  fieri Ijl..:^,    ^.,  -ThtJ 

Ptint  of  Guido'it "  AurorW  ^o«  2^ 
ou  Bookf«  Ac* 


THE  ALH'OBIOGRAPHY  OF  LORD  BROUGHAM : 

MRS.  KlGSTUffGALE's  TOilik 

Tlie  fijret  volume  of  the  autobiography  of  this 
dbdnguished  man,  just  iaaued  from  iho  preas,  con- 
UiDS  s^  fiiw  anecdotes  and  statements,  the  accuracy 
of  which  is  more  than  doubtful.  No  one  would 
for  a  moment  impute  to  the  noble  author  any 
wilfol  misstatement  or  intention  to  deceive. 
Tho£43  who   haVB   enjoyed  the   company   of  the 

L  ran  statesman,  orator,  and  philoeopher  will 
r  with  pleasure  on  the  remetnbrance  of  the 
ciifpioua  flow  of  language,  tlie  rich  stores  of  anec- 
dote, and  the  vast  variety  of  subjects  poured  out 
br  tke  "  old  man  eloquent  '* ;  but  Lf  a  man  defers 
toe  writing  of  his  memoirs  until  nearly  ninety 
jean  of  age,  when  the  memory  must  baVe  failed 
to  dome  extent,  and  the  judgment  has  lost  its 
irigoar«  it  is  not  to  be  wondered  at  that  events  in 
Ike  Ikr  distAQt  perBpe43tlve  of  early  life  become  so 
floofused  and  mmgled  together  in  the  mind  aa  to 
lead  in  many  cases  to  distortion  atid  mi  stake. 

The  Saturday  Review  was  the  first  to  call  atten- 
lioa  to  the  tale  *'Memnon  ;  or,  Human  Wii*dom/* 
pi  £6  of  the  memoirfl,  given  by  Lord  Brriugham 
as  a  epedmen  of  his  early  composition,  which  is 
imUj  a  traoslatioa  from  Voltaire.  The  story 
pveD  at  p.  201  of  an  agreement  with  his  college 

Imcid  G ,  written  in  their  blood,  that  which - 

died  fiist  should  appear  to  the  other,  and 


277^fl 


the  apparition  of  the  ghost  of  G consequent 

thereon,  very  much  resembles  a  senaatiomir  tala 
of  Edgar  Allan  Poe.' 

My  object  at  present  is  to  notice  an  anecdote 
ascribed  by  Lord  Broagham  to  his  father  (p.  205), 
in  which  the  narrator  says  **  his  unbelieving  ob- 
stinacy had  been  the  means  of  demolishing  what 
would  have  made  a  very  pretty  ghost  atory  " :  — 

"  lie  had  dined  one  day  in  Deaa'd  Yard,  Westminflter, 
with  a  parly  of  \'oung  mfu»  one  of  whom  was  liis  iiiti- 
mnte  fricod  Mr.  CalnneK  There  was  gome  talk  about  the 
death  of  a  Mrs.  Nightingale,  who  had  recently  died  under 
fiomci  midiincholy  circumstances,  and  bad  been  that  day 
buriL'd  in  tin?  A b boy.  Home  one  of  the  party  offered  u*  bet 
that  no  one  of  those  presc^nt  wotdd  go  down  into  iJic  gravo 
and  drive  a  natl  into  the  onffiu.  Calmel  arceptxHl  the 
wager,  only  fctijiulnting  that  he  raipht  hare  a  lanthorn. 
Ho  wai  accordingly  let  into  the  ciithedral  by  a  door  out 
of  the  clotst&ts^  and  then  left  to  hlmeelf.  *Thc  <iinn«r 
party,  after  waiting  an  hour  or  more  for  Caltnel,  began 
to  tliink  something  mu«t  have  hajipcned  to  him,  and  that 
he  ought  to  be  looked  alter ;  so  my  father  and  two  or 
thr«e  more  got  a  light*  and  went  to  the  graven  at  the 
bottom  of  which  lay  tho  Apparently  de«d  body  of  Mr, 
Culnid.  He  was  quickly  trun*porte<J  to  the  preljend'a 
dining-room,  and  recovered  out  of  hu*  fainting  tit.  As 
6Qon  as  be  could  find  hiii  tongue  he  said^ '  \\  ell,  1  won 
my  wager,  and  vou'U  find  the  nuil  in  the  cotEn ;  but, 
hy  Jove  J  the  lady  rose  np,  laid  bold  of  mo,  and  riall&d  me 
down  before  I  could  scramble  out  of  the  grave/  Calmel 
stuck  to  his  story  in  Apit«  of  all  the  scoffing  of  hi«  friends ; 
and  tba  ghuat  of  Mr«,  Kightingalo  would  have  been  all 
over  the  town  but  for  my  fa  therms  obstinate  incredulity. 
Nothing  would  satisfy  him  but  an  ocular  inspection  of  the 
grave  and  coffin  *,  an*ri  so,  getting  a  lifiht,  he  and  some  of 
the  party  returned  t*»  the  grave.  There,  sure  enough, 
was  ttie  nail  well  driven  into  the  coffin,  but  bard  fixedby 
it  was  a  bit  of  Mr.  Calmel's  coiit-tnil  t  So  there  was  an 
end  of  Mrs,  Ni^litinKJ,le'»  ghost.  This  grave  afterwards 
became  remarkable  for  a  very  beautiful  piece  of  sculp- 
ture by  some  celebrated  artii^t,  representing  Mr.  Kight- 
ingalo vainly  attmnpting  to  ward  front  his  d^'iog  wife  tho 
dart  of  death." 

This  of  course  alludes  to  the  celebrated  monu- 
ment by  Iloubiliac  in  the  north  transept  of 
Westminater  Abbey,  A  similar  story  has  been 
frequently  told  with  a  change  in  the  locality  and 
in  tne  dramatic  ptfrsoniB.  Aa  applied  in  the  pre- 
sent case,  one  might  remark  on  the  inherent 
improbability  of  tlio  whole  narrative — the  open 
grave  or  vault  in  the  Abbey ;  the  idea  of  a  person 
left  to  himeelf  to  ramble' about  the  bitilding  at 
midnight  without  any  attendant ;  the  church  left 
open  for  the  roysterers  to  go  in  and  out  as  thw 
pleased.  But  the  simplest  answer  to  the  whole 
la  the  fact  that  Mrs.  Nightingale  died  on  August 
17,  1734,  and  that  Lord  Brougham's  father  was 
bom  in  June,  1742— ^ight  years  after  the  tran- 
saction in  which  he  is  alleged  to  have  performed 
so  prominent  a  part.  It  is  not  difficult  to  con- 
jecture how  Lorn  Brougham  was  led  into  the 
mistake,  As  a  boy  he  bad  doubtless  heard  the 
story  told  by  his  lather,  which  would  naturallv 
make  a  deep  impression  on  his  youthful  mind. 
Looking  back  through  tba  dim.  x^ta^  ^  ssw^isic^ 


I 


I 


i>78 


NOTES  AXD  QUERIES. 


l4'»«S,VIl.AFJtu,  I.  71 


yeara*  memory^  it  was  Tery  natural  to  identify  his 
fatber  as  the 'hero  afl  well  aa  tlie  narrator  of  the 
incident. 

As  a  counterpart  to  the  similar  mistake  as  to 
the  story  of  Memnon,  it  may  be  worth  preserving 
in  the  pages  of  **  N.  &  Q/*  J-  A.  Pictos. 

Sandjknowe,  Wavcrtrt%  near  Liverpool 


ON  THE  ABSENCE  OF  AKY  FRENCH  WORD 

SIGNIFYING  "TO  STANDI* 
I  do  not  claim  it  as  an  observation  of  my  own^ 
but  I  otTer  the  following?  as  one  made  to  me  the 
other  day  by  a  friend,  whom  I  shall  not  name, 
but  only  say  tliat  he  ia  one  highly  accomplished  in 
literature  and  weO  known  in  public  life.  It  was 
new  and  interesting  to  me,  and  may  probably  be 
T^ffarded  in  the  same  light  by  many  readers  of 

He  stated  that  the  French  language  alone, 
among  all  other  lAngaage>s,  had  no  word  in  it  ex- 
preasive  of  the  word  *'to  stand/*  This  is  cer- 
tainly a  very  remarkable  fact  in  the  way  of 
etymology. 

Opening  Richardson's  Dtciionary  I  observed  the 
Gre&y  Latin,  Dutch,  German,  and  Swedish  equi- 
Talent  to  the  word,  hot  nothing  in  the  French, 

Being  curious  to  see  how  the  verb  was  managed 
in  the  French  version  of  the  Bible  and  Testa- 
ment, I  looked  at  a  few  pnaaagea  there — e.  g. 
Deut  xviii.  5/*  God  hath  chosen  him  to  stmid  to 
minister;  *  The  French  is  '*  alia  qifil  aasiste  pour 
faire  le  service."  We  all  know  that  the  French 
**  assister  '*  haa  a  far  more  general  and  less  dis- 
tinct meaning  'than  *'  to  stand/'  Again  (Joshua 
XX.  4),  **  When  he  shall  strntd  at  the  entering  in 
of  the  gato  of  the  city,"  The  French  is  *^  ^uand 
il  s^arr^tera  k  Tentrde  de  la  porte."  So  m  the 
New  Testament,  '*  When  ye  stand  praying  ■ '  {<rT^- 
inyr*),  Mark  xi.  25,  **  Quand  vous  vous  pr^aenteriez 
pour  faire  votre  pri^re."  Once  more  (liev.  iii,  20), 
"  Behold  I  stand  at  the  door  and  knock  "  (fo-TTjJca), 
The  French  can  render  it  no  more  accurately  than 
*'  Je  me  tiena  a  la  porte/' 

Looking  over  a  well-known  French  dictionary, 
I  could  only  find  phrases  and  circumlocutions  for 
the  verb,  though  these  were  very  numerous. 

Strange,  therefore,  as  it  may  seem,  etymolo- 
gicAlly  speaking,  I  believe  it  may  be  concluded 
that  it  would  be  aitnply  and  absolutely  impossible 
to  say  in  French  **  he  standa  '■  contradictory  to 
"  he  sita  '*  or  **  lies  down."  I  mean  of  course  m  a 
continued  act.  The  French  for  rmng  or  sUmding 
up  is  current  enough.  Should  this  view  be  incor- 
rect and  any  word  brotitrht  forward  by  hotter 
French  scholars  than  u  vi^^^lf,  I  shall  be  much 
obliged  by  the  discoveiy  and  correction  of  these 
Tiews  on  the  subject. 

In  illustration  of  the  inoonveniences  and  losses 
la  expreasiaa  which  must  often  re8\ilt  ftoia  this 


destitution,  as  to  the  word,  I*  may  Tenture  to 
quote  a  passage  of  deep  and  grand  doctrinal  in- 
terest in  the  tenth  chapter  of  St.  Paul's  Epistle  Vi 
the  Hebrews,  11th  and  12th  verses.  H©  ia  000- 
trasting  tbe  c&nlmuoits  ministry  of  the  Jpn^^ 
under  the  Mosaic  dispensation  with  the  ^nulM 
ministry  of  Jeaua  Christ  our  Lord  : — 

•*  Every  priest  »Umdt(h  daUy  miniatering  and  offfriiij 
ortentimea  the  sam«  wiorifice«  which  can  never  takt  swij 
BiDt,  but  thU  mat!  after  He  had  ofTered  one  sacnfioelior 
■in  fbr  ever  tat  down  on  the  right  band  of  God*" 

The  argument  depends  on  the  strict  use  of  ths 
word  daudiiig  as  opposed  to  Mmg  eknvn  after  t 
finished  work,  htit  all  this  is  loat,  or  At  all  eveoti 
seriously  weakened  or  damaged,  by  tbe  absooes 
of  any  word  in  the  French  ver^on  beyond  **«•- 
aiste     for  the  tWij«f,  or  stand,  of  the  original. 

FRAi^cia  TitociL 

Idip  Rectory. '     

CHATrKRTONIAXA. 

Chatterton's  Knowleboe  of  AiraLO-SAXoi. 
In  the  paper  written  by  Rowley  on  tbe  "  Rise  of 
Painting  in  England  in  1469,"  and  commumcil«d 
by  Chatterton  to  W^alpole,  are  several  Anglo- 
Saxon  words.  Most  of  these  are  used  wrooirlTj 
but  if  we  rightly  explain  them,  and  tabulate  tiea 
in  alphabetical  order,  they  are  as  follows: — 

Aad^  a  heap. 

Adrottcfj  drowned. 

Adrtfene  (f(t(u)y  embossed  (vessels.) 

ACcced-fifij  an  acid- vat,  vessel  for  vinegar. 

yKje,  a  ship ;  lit.  ao  ash. 

j^tUice^  nobly. 

Afttgmd^  coloured,  adorned. 

Af^od^  an  idol. 

Agrafmi^  engraven* 

Ahreredf  reared  up, 

It  thus  appears  that  Rowley  was  poooeflM>dqf» 
Anglo-Saxon  dictionary  (the  earliest  was  priatii 
in  Iti59),  and  he  only  succeeded  in  aequtrisg  tam 
knowledge  of  the  latiguage  as  far  as  Ah,  Chii* 
terton's  letter  on  **  Saxon  Achievements,'*  printei 
in  South ey's  edition,  vol,  ill  p.  89,  exhibits  pre- 
cisely the  same  singular  result.  He  there  expUioi 
the  words  Amhd^Afgod^AfgododfAfraienyAfma^ 
with  the  addition  of  Thmder-fl^od,  The  Isst  of 
these  he  explains  by  '*  thunder-blasted,"  bat  ks 
has  mistaken/  for  s.  The  word  which  augMiUd 
this  notion  to  him  is  Thimder'sUtgt,  a  d£sp  sf 
thunder.  The  exception  in  Rowley's  letter  ii 
Ileofnas,  which  he  uses  for  the  colour  astire,  T\o$ 
is  how  he  came  by  it :  he  looked  into  Bailey,  ao^ 
found  **  Azure,  blue  (in  heraldry),"  &c.,  and'agsb 
**Azure^  the  sky  or  firmament."  This  sumitlM 
the  idea  of  heaven.  He  then  found  that  Isatlvjr 
gives  hi^4m  as  the  derivation  of  the  woitL  Twi 
led  him  to  look  into  an  Anglo-Saxon  dictaonaryf 
and  he  accord mgly  found  heoftm,  pL  k0nfm»f 
and  he  adopted  the  plural  as  quainter*f 


nter*loQ|a^ 


ArniL  1, 7L] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


27! 


^<2/«f»  ifl  eith<?r  miflcopied  from  *'^/jf<s^«i,  to 
c^bty  design,'^  or  dmplj  mftde  up  from  iha 
kidic  word  /rrf,  Amess  ia  miscopied  from 
wr<<p  decked,  adorned."  It  tbua  appeftrs  that 
Mterton  knew  no  more  Anglo-Saxon  than  he 
rht  hftTB  picked  up  in  an  hour  from  a  ^Lo^i^ary, 
[  wag  unable  to  dlstinpruiBh  between  i  and  /, 
I  pzobably  miaread  other  letters  also, 

Walter  W.  Skbit* 
I  Ciatra  Tcnmce,  Cambridge. 

JirATTi:RT0!r'8  MoNTTMENT    AT   BRISTOL:    UlT- 

(LTfirSD  Original  Letters. — 
Btr> — To  be  thought  worthy  of  writing'  the 
;  of  Chfttterton  for  a  publick  monument  to 
_  ed  in  his  native  City  ia  indeed  a  hi)?h  dia- 
timj,  and  I  do  not  allow'  a  single  hour  to  pa«a 
ay  without  acknowledging  the  honor  you  ha?e 
ccmfi^rred  on  me.  But  when  I  consider  that 
most  illustrioua  writer  in  existence  is  your 
nan,  and  that  his  zeal  for  Chatterton  baa 
manifested  long  ago  to  the  beoetit  of  that 
brtunate  youth's  family  and  to  the  glory  of  bia 
Ithplace,  {  must  entreat  you  to  think  again  and 
|jiot  only  how  greatly  more  able,  out  also 
atly  more  proper,  ia  Soutbey'a  pen  on  thiu 

I  acknowledg©  your  jiidgemont  in  preferring 
tt  ton^e  to  the'  latin,  for  nothing  can  be  ab- 
fttider  tEan  to  call  the  attentioii  to  that  which  the 
jRjDisniljty,  when  they  are  called  to  it,  cannot  un- 
(5'T  r&nd.     This  is  barbariam  in  the  last  tatters  of 
cruiiiiion.   It  i&  equally  an  evidence  of  your  judge- 
\  liM&ti  nor  leas  indeed  a  proof  of  your  integrity,  to 
l*oiBm<>Tromt^  by  atatuea  and  inscriptions  men  of 
Ittilte  i  It  her  than  the  reatlesa  adventurers 

I  uij ,  1  parliamentarians  to  whom  other 

Dcrcial  Citieii  have  erected  the  costly  memo- 
I  of  a  perishable  popularity. 
I  haye  the  honor  to  be 
Sir, 

Your  obed*  Serv*, 

W,  S.  Landor. 
.  James^  Square,  March  19,  l&ZB, 

-The  instant  I  had  written  my  last  letter 
pu,  I  wrote  one  to  Dr.  Sou  they. 

of  ibis  evening  is  highly  satisfiictory  to 

!  1  find  that  your  first  application  waa  to 

at  omament  of  the  literary  world*     I  hope 

\fj  Yet  be  induced  to  do  what  is  so  easy  for 

In  my  opinion  hia  Inscripdona  are  incom- 

|y  the  most  classical  productions  of  our  con- 

riea^  and  particularly  the  earliest — that, 

BCe,   on  Henry  Marten.    He,  however, 

kire  tmne  objections  to  what  you  propose ;  I 

I  certainly  haye^  I  could  neither  **  point  n 

lor  adorn  a  tale**  upon  a  tombstone;  and 

ilhe  Ufo  nor  the  death  of  Chatterton  aSbrds 


the  materials  which  I  should  be  de^roua  of  em| 
ploying  on  such  an  occasion. 
I  am,  Sir, 

Your  yeiyobed*  Serv*, 
W.  S,  Landor. 
Bath,  March  21. 

BARKER  AND  BUKFORD'S  PANORAMAS. 

I  have  been  for  some  time  collecting  the  de- 
scriptive books  of  Burford's  Panoramas,  and  for- 
ward the  following  list  as  the  result  of  my 
labours,  thinking  it  may  be  worth  preserving  in 
*'  N,  &  Q/'  I  should  like  to  know  if  1814  was 
the  first  exhibition,  likewise  anything  relative  to 
the  artists,  Sec.  '  G.  J,  NoRMAir. 

180,  St.  John  Street  Road,  ClerkeihnilL 

Barker  axd  BoRFoaB*s  Panohamas. 


StitU««t. 

ArtUt. 

Dmie. 

PliM, 

VUtoria 

H.  A.  Barker 

1814 

Leicester  Sq. 

Waterloo 

No  Arti^t*B  name 

1816 

« 

Athens 

Barker  and  Bnrford 

1818 

Stmtid. 

Sjtiisbergcn 
Vcnic* 

Barker 

IHlii 

Leicmter  Sq, 

Barker  and  Burford 

1H20 

Strand* 

Xspltti 

n 

1820 

»T 

Bern  and  the) 

Barker 

1821 

Leicester  Sq. 

Barker  and  Burford 

1821 

Strand. 

Corfu 

i> 

1822 

n 

Pompeii 

Burford 

1824 

w 

Do.  2nd  View 

»» 

1824 

LeicesUrSq. 

Kdin  burgh 

J.  and  B,  BtirTord 

1825 

n 

Mexico 

t^i 

1825 

Tl 

Madrid 

f» 

1826 

tf 

Geneva 

R.  Burford 

1827 

Strand. 

Genoa 

M 

182S 

Leicester  Sq. 

CAlcutta 

H 

1830 

J* 

Sydney 
Florence 

n 
n 

1830 

18a  1 

Milan 

n 

\mt 

«f 

Antwerp 

H 

1833 

flV 

Thebes 

ipf 

ri834 

H 

Boothia 

t* 

18M 

n 

Jcnualem 

t* 

1835 

ft 

Lima 

n 

18JW 

♦»             1 

Lugo  Mnt^giare 

ft 

imm 

»t 

Mont  BUtic 

«v 

1837 

11 

Dahlia 

n 

?|837 

»f 

Borne 

*• 

1839 

w 

Benares 

n 

1840 

««             ' 

Damascus 

V* 

1841 

f* 

Cabul 

** 

1842 

WBt«rlc» 

^, 

1842 

« 

Honf<  Kong 

Burford  and  Selous 

1844 

< 

Biialbec 

*♦ 

1844 

^ 

Xaplet 

tt 

1S45 

« 

Constantinople 

n 

1846 

*« 

Vienna 

»» 

1848 

jt 

Cashmeri* 

1849 

< 
** 

Ruin*  of  Pompeii                ^ 

1840 

Mount  Tii/;hi 

»i 

l84li 

** 

Polar  Itegiona 

n 

1850 

„ 

Lucerne 

n 

1851 

*• 

Sebastopol 

ft 

18o5 

1 

Rome 

« 

18r;o 

tf 

Meseina 

imo 

M 

[The  original  building  fov  tb*  PaxvotaTSi*  \t\  V^vwflft** 
Square  wta  craetod,  by  anb8criv^^«*'=^»  V|  1^t^^«^ 


280 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES.  [4*3.vu.Arwi.i,' 


Barker^  and  openrd  in  1791  with  a  picture  of  Lcmdan* 
taken  by  no  lew  eminent  an  arlist  than  Thomna  Girtin* 
from  the  Albion  Flour  MiU^  Kolxrt  Barker  ditMl  at  bis 
house  in  West  Square,  South wark,  on  April  8,  J80G,  a^ed 
sixty-seven.  His  son,  ilcnrr  Aston  Barker,  stj(?cpe«Ied 
hi«  fftiher  in  the  property,  ami  John  BurforJ,  tho  pupil 
of  the  seconds  came  next,  leaving  it  in  tarn  to  hi*i»on 
Kobert  Bnrfor^U  the  last  proprietor.  The  building  h  now 
a  French  chapel. — Ed.] 

Loud  Campbell's  **Lipe  of  Lord  Ltkb- 
HXTEST.'* — I  bave  only  just  read  h  book  more 
femous  for  il5  entertaining  qualitieg  than  its  ac- 
curacy—Lord Cftmpbeirs  ZtYe  of  Lord  LyndlutraK 
At  p.  150,  the  author  says  that  in  1840  he  iotra- 
duced  ft  Bill  for  oompensatinpr  the  families  of  per- 
sons  killed  by  negligence ;  that  ho  carried  it  in 
184G  (p.  1 01),  and  tbat  it  has  been  a  Tery  succeasful 
measure. 

The  latter  part  of  this  statement  is  true,  tlie 
former  untrue.  Tlie  Bill  wna  8iig]K^ed  to  me  in 
1845  by  the  late  ]SLr.  OoUis,  a  Stourbridg'e  at- 
torney. He  drew  it;  I  brought  it  in,  got  it, 
^ith  much  trouble,  against  the  opposition  of  all 
the  .Tuil^^'Oi^t  through  a  Select  Committee,  thmuj^h 
the  HouFe  of  Lords,  and  down  to  the  third  reading 
in  the  IInu?e  of  Commons.  Then  the  present 
Lord  Chelmsford,  who  was  Attorney-General,  ^t 
it  thrown  out ;  thereby,  as  I  have  oft^^n  told  him^ 
deelroyvng  one  of  my  small  hopes  of  imraorttdity. 

The  next  year  Lord  Campbell^I  lieing  in  office 
and  unable  to  attend  to  it — took  it  up  and  carried 
it  without  diiBculty.  "Hunc  ego  billictdum  feci, 
tulit  alter  h  on  ores.'*  It  haa  been  called  Lord 
Campbeirs  Act  ever  since. 

It  is  hard  that,  having  reared  to  maturity  bo 
larg-e  aiid  flourishing  a  Hock  of  parliamentary  pro- 
ductions, he  should  thus  attempt  to  rob  me  m  my 
poor  little  embryo  ewe  larab.  Ltttelton. 

Old  CtrsTOMS  at  CATUKXiRALa,  ETC, — T  think 
old  Aubrey  says  that  where  **  laudable  customs 
TAJiiBh,  learning  decayeth/'  and,  as  Dean  Gaia- 
ford  said  of  St.  Paul,  "  I  partly  agree  with 
Mm.'*  It  is  within  the  recollection  of  old  fre- 
quenters of  Durham  iVbhey^  that  at  the  words 
'*  O  come  let  us  worship  and  fall  down,  and 
kneel  before  the  Lord  our  maker,"  tho  dean  and 
canons  used  to  kneel  down  in  their  stalls.  My 
infonimnt  remembers  Dean  Comwallis,  Dr.  Durell, 
and  Dr.  Prosser  doing  this.  Their  immediate 
succesaors  only  bowed,  and  then  the  custom  disap- 
peared entirely.  At  St.  John's,  Edinburgh,  about 
twenty- five  years  ago  the  whoU  emipreffation  knelt 
at  the  aboTo  words,  and  the  well-known  chant 
(Purcell  in  G)  was  changed  Into  the  minor  key 
for  that  verse  only.  The  dean  and  canons  of 
Durham  (with,  I  believe,  but  one  exception),  and 
the  njiiior  canona,  still  keep  up  the  "  laudable  cus- 
tom *'  of  bowing  towards  the  altar  as  they  leave 
the  choir.  A  vulgar  notion  has  prevailed  that  it 
•**  datte  to  thaak  the  choir  for  tbeir  •ervices.    But 


iia{i 


with  reference  to  this  1  have  heard  the  late  J 
deacon  Thorp  say,  that  in  his  young  days  c 
one  bowpd  on  leaving  the  choir;  that  tJiey  wi 
as  soon  have  thought  of  putting  their  kats  on 
neglecting  to  bow;  and  that  when  he  was  alittte 
boy  the  height  of  the  table,  his  father,  who  W» 
archdeacon  before  himi  would  hare  boxed  bil 
ears  if  he  had  not  bowed  to  the  altar  as  a  ffood 
Christian  should.  This  vigorous  exercise  of  pt- 
rentil  and  archidiaconal  functions  might  perhi 
be  remembered  with  advantage  by  some  at 
present  day.  Duitelmensu  ol 

Curious  Epitaph* — The  foUowinff  is  ftoiii 
tombstone  in  Midnapore  burial-ground:  — 

**  Sr.<»p,  readers,   and   lament  the  Io»  of  a  <  . 
Ijeauty,  for  here  are  laid  at  rest  the  earthly  mtioki 
Mrs,  Snsnnna  Bird,  who  bade  a  long  ndieo  to  a  » 
nlft'ctionate  husband   and  thn*e  InvRd  pledges  of  tl 
nnfon,  on  the  10th  of  September.  1784,  aged  twenty««tf 
years, 

"  The  Pf"*  r-^-^-.o^  within  thi-  --^^'  -^  ' 

Tho"  I  if^  tints  htr 

Tho'  f  ^Irop  from  i 

By  sleep  leiVuah'd,  more  ben 

Will  rise  from  eartli,  her  »<  r 

And  channt  her  anthems  to  u..    -    -  

From  the  3lafwhfiter  Gvm-dmn  of  Dec  M,  H'U 

Thop.  RiTCJLTrrSr 

LoxGETiTT.^ — I  was  fit  the  funeral  of  a  ^ood 
old  ludy  of  eigbty-aeven  the  nt^  -  '-'^,  irto 
pointed  out  to  me,  the  last  time  I  JJSm 

of  being  with  her,  that  she  was  gi.-ti.'^.v.,.-|jwit 
aunt  to  a  certJiin  child,  I  l>elieve  this  to  U  » 
uncommon  a  relationship  between  living  pei«a» 
as  to  be  worthy  of  a  note.  C.  W.  BiNrrUiM. 

Hailway  Match. — ^We  are  apt  to  think  t>»^ 
speed  was  always  slow  on  early  rail  way  ?.  A 
cutting  from  the  Mark  Lam  E.^'yyreM  for  l>tl 
states  "that  JSlr.  I.  K.  Brunei,  the  engin«*er  on  th« 
Great  Western  Railway,  was  about  to  perform* 
match  from  Bristol  to  London  by  the  engim 
called  the  **  Ilunicane,"  within  two  hotfrsi  for 
1000/.,  or  nearly  stxty  miles  an  hour.  Did  ihii 
match  ever  take  place  ?  John  Piooot,  Jxrs. 

History  repeating  itself.  —  The  following 
quotations  from  Whitelocke*8  Mtmiormh  rliAn/mir 
dates  and  names,  might  have  been  let 
from  PariB,  with  perfect  truth,  and  aln^ 
same  words.  W.  C.  TreveltaJI. 

"July  7th,  164a— A  Letter  from  Colchester  Umgrmt 
that  Bt'itler  and  Cheese -were  at  6».  a  potind. 

July  22nd— Thofte  in  the  Town  have  b^ia  «o  «« 
HorstfiiKhy  and  have  provideti  store  of  Pitch  and  T»»r,ti 
fire  and  throw  upon  the  Bcj-iegers. 

July  StUh.—The  Sfildicrs  in  the  Town  had  llv«d  vm 
fforxe-jhth  five  davs  together,  and  at  a  Court  of  Giiiif 
they  roasted  a  whofa  Hone. 

August  4th.— When  sonio     '  *""  "^   -~ ^-  '   '  "^ 

want  of  Victuals,  Lorfl  Gon 

they  inuat  not  complain  tii 

ponnci  . 

August  5tb.— Seventeen  of  the  Enemy  ctnid  oat  m  w 


«*8.Vn,Ar«tI,71.] 


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281 


T<virn,  comiiliiiiiini;  thst  their  nlloirimce  of  Brtad  wwi 
t^ted  from  14  to  lo  otxtioea  a-tlJijf  And  that  their.  £rorff#- 
JUsh  *raA  TTitinli  tajnt^iL 

A        ^      ■       "       '  '!kd  30  ffor9e*  to  powder  them 

S  '  come  out  of  the  Town  affirm 

thit  itll  iitti  Lhnjg  mA  CUftf,  and  most  of  the  Hornet  there 
&re  iilroadv  catim. 

8irpt.22mi.— One  '^^  ^'  "^^  ^*  7^  -rnt  Cen- 
tzlM  bdng:  kiUedf  ni  to  fetch 

inth#  dcAd  imrae,  an  :,  jet  got 

ftOt  the  J  (fine ;  the  n^oct  il^,v  tUt^y  cauii^.  ugaiu,  and  ven- 
tQiod  their  UveSf  to  cut  off  pieces  of  the  atinking^  dead 
HorB^<»  to  BJLlkfy  thdr  hanger/* 

ARTHiTRi.ut  LocAXtTiEB. — I  cfto  add  two  places 
to  the  Arthurian  localities  in  Northumberland 
ffitBn  hj  Mr,  Stuart  GlenDie*  On  the  beach  to 
the  north  of  Cress  well  Point  there  was  a  Iftrge 
cntTikr  jrock,  called  King  Arthur's  Table.  This 
b  liow  destroyed.  One  of  the  outwaxd  Fern 
litiiids  is  called  Arthur's  Seat^  and  is  so  named 
in  ^mrejs  of  the  coast.  A  Sexagenahian, 

Ai^ACfi  AXD   LoRRAiKU*  —  Lately  I  read   in 
-    V  *i.  Engliinh  and  foreign,  that  in  Abaca 
■  \  in   the  population  of  which  the 
h  predominant,  the  worship  of 
idin^  that  of  his  dynasty,  was 
\,    Such  an  account'  b  far  from 
1  the  feeling  alluded  to  has  long 
r  h  lo,  1810,   the  Harq^uia  de 
[M  litical  ag-ent,  was  wiiting 
ii  Lawn,  Vauxhall,  to  Louk- 
1)'  '  if  Orleans: — 

liltr   une  p«r»oniie  Tenant  de 

a  observer,  et  qui  a  par- 

i  <>  Lorraine  et  do  Franche- 

"-^  ^  A  rapportife  de  eta 

lit^^  du  gouvernc?- 

touto  la  population 

!  dont  rolijcit  ftcrait 

|ii'il  existe  deji^  un 

u,  ii«  793 1  Flut,  cxxvi.  cu  foL  14  rocto. 

Fb  A  y  CISQlTE-MlCFBL. 
Chib,  Pall  Mall 


^ucritif* 


DUGDALE'S  "  HTSTORT  OF  ST.  PAUL'S 
CATnEDRAL/' 

Gin  anj  of  joor  learned  correspondents  help  me 

lidiirf»fcr  Uie  **  b>cal  habitation ''  of  some  of  the 

ifcia>€nte  (luoted  in  Dugdale's  Eidor^  of  SL 

JW«  Ottimfdf    Sir  Henry  Ellis^  in  his  edition 

iIhigdA]«  (foL  London,  1818),  throws  no  %ht 

flt«fv7  ufion  the  particular  points  in  which  I 

,  istexcited*     He  tpve^,  indeed.  In  tlie  exceed- 

\w  tritsf  pa^fat'*^   n   f  w  details  as  to  certain 

»  oC  iafons  1   refers  to  documents 

%\m  lud  obti  the  cathedral  archiTes, 

« 1^  Aupnvr '  0,  from  Heralds*  Col- 

end  mm  tL  ^s  at  Lambath  and  at 


Oxford,     But  as  to  the  ^urce  from  which  several 
Important  pieces  were  obtmned  I  haye  been  un«t1 
able  to  procure  any  certain  information,  although* 
I  have  bestowed  some  little  pains  in  searching. 

At  p.  342  of  the  appendix,  article  xixvii,,  a 
series  of  statutes  are  printed,  extending  over  about 
twelve  closely  printed  pages,  in  double  columna, 
Tliese  are  said  to  be  taken  in  part  "  ex  Cod*  MS, 
penAfl  Will.  Pierpont  Arm,,"  and  I  think  that  this 
heading  is  simply  reprinted  Jxom  the  earlier  edi* 
tion  of  Dugdale.  But  who  was  **  Will.  Pierpont 
Arm.,"  and  where  is  this  **  Cod*  MS."  now  de-»  | 
posited?  I  have  inq^uired  at  Heralds*  College , 
out  I  think  I  may  say  it  is  not  theret  Garter  King-  , 
at-Arms  himself  having  kindly  assisted  me  in  my 
search ;  nor  is  it,  I  think*  amongst  the  MSS.  &t 
Lambeth. 

At  p.  344  of  the  appendix  it  is  said  that  the 
greater  part  of  the  above  article  is  taken  "  ex  alio 
Codice  MS.  pen^s  pncfaL  W,  Pierpont  Arm," 
Whereis  this  MS,? 

At  p.  3<3C)  a  very  interesting  document  is  found, 
intituW  *'£xhibita  a  Johanne  Collet  Decano,  re* 
verendlssimo  Patri  et  Domino  Cardinali  Ebor.  oo 
Apostt>lico  Legato  ft  latere,  pro  lie  formation  a 
status  Residentiarionim  in  Ecclesia  S.  Pauli| 
primo  Septembrie,  A^  IX  1518."  This  is  said  to 
be  taken  **  ei  cartaceo  registro  penes  pr«;f.  Dec  et 
Cap.  Eccl,  Cath,  S.  Paidi  Lond/^  The  article 
extends  over  some  seven  pages.  Where  is  tliii 
document  ?  Certainly  not  now  '^  penes  prsef  Dec, 
et  Cap.,"  for  the  archives  of  the  dean  and  chapter 
are  under  my  care,  and  I  can  say  with  c*'rtainty 
that  it  is  not  to  be  found  amongst  them.  **  Colet*8 
Statu te9»"  says  Dean  Milmiui  in  his  Annah  (2nd 
edit,  p.  124),  "were  never  accepted  bv  the  chapter, 
nor  confirmed  by  the  bishop."  Still  they  merit 
careful  attention,  and  form  a  not  uuiutereating 
item  in  the  history  of  the  cathedral. 

A  little  further  on  in  the  appendix,  p.  401, 
article  Ivi.,  we  arrive  at  a  list  of  **  Books  apper^ 
taining  to  the  Cathedral  Church  of  S.  Paul  in 
London,  delivered  by  Mr,  Henry  Cole,  late  Bean 
of  tho  same  Church  to  M'.  D'.  Mey,  now  Dean 
there,  xx*"  Day  of  September,  An*'  1559,"  which 
list  is  said  to  have  been  taken  "  ex  vet,  membr, 
penes  Dec,  et  Cap*  Eccl.  Cath,  8,  Pauli.''  Now 
in  this  catalogue  1  find  no  l4.^8s  than  three  books- 
about  which  1  should  be  most  thankful  to  receiT» 
information.  The  first  a  book  intituled  *'  Statutes 
u^ed  in  Dean  Collet's  Days"  ;  the  .**eeond,  "  Liber 
visitation  is  Johauois  Colet  Decani  EccleedfiB  S. 
Pauli  Loml,  ^nb  anno  Domini  150G";  the  third, 
**  a  book  written  in  parchment  of  certain  Statutes 
collected  by  Dean  Colet,  heing  bound  in  boards 
and  covered  with  black  ..-ather."  Kow,  where 
arc  these  boiiks  to  be  found  ?  Of  course  it  is  easy 
at  once  to  diffniiss  the  question,  and  to  &ay.  **0h, 
th«y  were  burnt  in  the  Great  Fiivi,"  \iv\V  ^weVwi 
Ruawer  will  not  meet  t\ift  c*a©,  l*^it  oxiq 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES*  [4"-  s.  vri.  airil  u  ^. 


least  out  of  the  thirteen  enumenited  in  the  cata- 
logiie  is  still  under  my  care ;  and  beaideSi  I  think 
that  Knig-ht,  in  hia  Life  of  Coletf  refers  to  the 
pftrchment  book  '*  covered  with  black  leather/^ 
which  fonns  the  third  item  above-niontioned,  aa 
atill  in  existence,  I  have  not  Knight's  book  at 
hand,  nor  perhapa  is  an  exact  reference  necessary. 
Pray,  Mr.  Editor,  help  me  if  you  can.  There 
are  several  points  in  these  docunaenta  which  I 
desire  to  verily,  and  I  am  especially  anxious  to 
determine  whether  the  origioals  are  still  in  exist- 
ence. Whether  any  one  of  them  may  be  dia- 
coyered  amongst  the  archives  of  the  City  of 
London — a  mine  of  wealth  as  yet  but  partially 
explored— or  whether  they  may  liirk  in  secret 
amongst  the  papers  of  some  City  company,  or  may 
even  rest  amongst  the  multituainoua  MSS.  of  the 
cational  collection  (in  which  case  they  have  eluded 
my  search  hitherto)  I  am  unable  to  determine.  I 
do  not  think  that  Colet'a  MSS.  now  in<^uired  for 
will  be  found  either  at  St  Paulas  School  or 
amonjri^t  the  archives  of  the  Mercers*  Company, 
although  at  either  place  I  believe  that  othwr 
MSS.  of  the  dean  still  remain.  The  Rev.  J.  II, 
Lupton  has  lately  pnhlished  Tipo  TS-eaHseM  of  the 
Hieranhm  of  Dimiijum  and  the  Opit^  de  Sacra- 
mentU  Et}€lem(&f  both  by  Dean  Colet,  from  the 
original  MvSS.  preserved  in  the  library  of  St  Paul's 
School ;  but  he  has  not  discovered  in  the  school 
library  any  of  the  volumes  that  form  the  subject 
of  the  present  inquiry, 

W.  Spabbow  Simpson. 


I 


Ababio  NtTMiRALS  m  Wells  Cathedral.— 
Since  the  restoration  of  the  west  front  of  Welk 
Cathedral  began  it  has  been  discovered  that  in 
the  line  of  euhjecta  representing  the  resurrection 
of  the  dead  each  group  bas  had  a  number  marked 
on  it  In  the  space  over  end  of  north  aisle  of 
nave  the  figures  of  A,  8. 9.  occur,  which  are  Arabic 
omnerals  almost  precisely  as  used  at  the  present 
day,  These  sculptures  are  of  early  date,  and  not 
like  those  of  the  three  top  rows  containing  the 
figure  of  our  Lord^  the  row  of  apoatles,  and  that 
of  angels — all  of  which  are  of  Perpendicular  date, 
though  evidently  not  the  work  of  one  artist. 

The  rising  iigures  of  kinga^  quyns,  and  bishops 
have  crowns  or  mitrea  on  their  heads ;  otherwise 
they  are  naked.  The  tomb-slabs  are  all  plain, 
but  from  their  general  shape,  together  with  those 
of  crowns  and  mitres,  the  sculptures  cannot  date 
later  than  the  early  Decorated  period.  The  gene- 
ral character  of  the  other  numernb  seen  does  not 
agree  with  tho  figures  used  during  the  Perpendi- 
cular period. 

Aa  the  restoration  proceeds  a  greater  variety  of 
the  figures  will  be  seen,  and  perhaps  further  in- 
formation obtained.  The  material  used  is  the 
local  Doulting  atone,  so  that  the  work  was  exe- 
cuted at  or  near  the  spot  j  but  the  use  of  these 


figures  see  ma  to  raise  a  doubt^  in  so  far  aa,  if  the 
artists  wer6  local  men,  their  numerals  of  this  sort 
were  used  commonly  much  earlier  than  id  gene- 
rally supposed ;  or,  if  otherwiae,  the  carvers  wwa 
brought  from  a  district  where  these  numbers  wew 
known  to  a  country  where  they  were  not  generaflj 
used  or  known  to  execute  the  sculptures. 

No  letters  have  as  yet  been  seen  on  any  of  them, 
nor  masons'  marks,  tliough  maaons'  baoKer  marh 
are  abundant  on  the  cathedral  and  in  the  bed- 
jointa  of  the  stones  of  west  front 

Would  any  uf  your  readers  kindly  inform  ma 
of  any  very  early  examples  of  which  tl. 
certainly  be  obtained,  or  at  least  appro 
in  England  ?  Jas,  i.  ii.\  i ->.*;. 

Coomb  Down,  Bath* 

Sra  Robert  Botlb.— It  is  stated  in  the  Um 
^f  fhfi  Jris/i  ChanceUor^  by  Mr.  O' Flanagan,  vol.  L 
p.  381,  that  Sir  R.  Boyle  was  sent  from  IreliDd 
with  despatches  for  Queen  Elizabeth  annoimcing 
the  success  of  her  majesty's  forces  at  Kinsale  ia 
1601-2,  and  that  he  left  Shandon  Castle,  Cork  oa 
Monday  raoniinff^  and  the  next  day,  Tuewhtj, 
supped  with  Sir  K.  Cecil,  Secretary  of  State,  atmf 
house  in  the  Strand.  What  authority  is  tien 
for  this  apparently  incredibly  rapid  journey  ?   P» 

BuRFP.— What  is  the  original  meaning  of  tlw 
word  bnrff  or  hurff  From  whence  is  it  aeriywi, 
and  how  comes  it  to  be  locally  used  for  an  emi- 
nence? Thomas 'K  Wi^ndtoto^, 

Clergy  nc  Stepitet  Parisii  after  1050.— 
If  auy  of  yonr  readers  will  refer  me  to  any  allu- 
sions to  the  ministers  mentioned  below,  wbo 
othciated  in  this  parish  during  the  time  stated 
against  their  names,  and  to  any  works  they  m*y 
have  published^  I  shall  feel  greatly  obliged. 

Thomas  Walton,  1054  to  1656.  In  Pahnct*! 
edition  (18G2)  of  Calamy's  Nmiconfanmd^  Metno' 
rial  mention  is  made  of  a  **  Mr.  Walton,"  tJj« 
vicar  of  West  Ham,  Essex,  who  was  ejected  firott 
that  ii^dng.     Are  these  the  same  persons  P 

Thomas  Marriot,  165G  to  1665  or  1070.  Tlfl 
was  also  lecturer  of  this  parish  in  16<M-5. 

Samuel  Peck,  about  1665  or  1070  to  16J^. 
After  1090  he  was  at  Ipswich* 

Any  further  particulars  than  those  which  ap- 
pear in  the  editorial  notes  to  my  queries  in  4***  is. 
V.  120,  199  regarding  the  Rev.  John  Wheler  afli 
Rev.  Henry  Iligginson  (aa  to  their  curacies  Ifi 
Surrey  and  St.  Marylehono)  would  be  mort 
acceptable.  Chaelss  MasoKi 

3,  Gloucester  Crescent,  Hyde  Park* 

CONSECBATIOIT     OF    RBOlMEITrAL    COLOlTai.— 

The  following  passage  appears  in  sereral  his- 
torical accounts  of  Shrewsnury :  — 

**  1759*  A  Regt.  of  Foot  was  raised,  and  rendeiTttoJ 
here.  They  ivere  callefl  the  *  Royal  Volntit<?CT**  (85tli 
Foot,  mi*cd  1769,  disbunded  1768).  CoL  Crairford  com- 
manded tbem»    Qu  Dec.  21,  1759,  the  colours  wen  rtc^ 


*  S.  Tn.  April  I,  *71,] 


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283 


great  pomp,  being  carried  in  processioa  to  St. 
ui'fi  Chnruli,  where  a  seriuou  waj»  preactied  by  the 
ir<*  Rawlaad  Chanibre.** 

[Can  any  reader  give  me  further  particulArs  of 
*■  I  ceremaoy  ?     The  proceaakm  of  the  coloura  to 
ch  was  certainly  an  innovation  in  a  miUtary 
Qt  of  view,  and,  considering  how  little  atten- 
yfBLS  then  given  to  ritualiBtic  ceremonial,  I 
inclined  to  think  in  an  ecclesiafitical  sense 

H.  M.€, 

(Some  potieea  of  the  conAecratiua  of  He^i mental  Cck 
^n  lUtty  be  found  in  «  N,  &  Q./'  !•»  S.  x.  10,  75 ;  2»«»  S. 

iLoED  AJiii  La0T  BoRNK-^Thomas  Whitby, 

I,,  of  Hoiiuslow,  Middlesex,  a  widower,  aged 

aty,  had  a  licence  £rom  the  Bishop  of  Londoo, 

iy  4,  1021,  to  marry  Lady  Alice  Dome  aliag 

txnycooke,  hged  fifty,  widow  of  the  late  Lord 

I  should  be  glad  to  know  who  was  this 

i  or  Lady  Dome.  X  L.  C. 

iFAraY  CHAiTGKLrpros,  —  The    superstition    re- 

Vcting  fairy  changelinga  still  lingers,  I  believe, 

[  some  of  the  remoter  rural  districts  of  Ireland. 

or  14  it  wholly  without  foundation,   for  that 

idea  and  unaccountable  chang^ea^ — which  simple- 

nded  people  take  to  he  preternatural — do  often 

IT  iu  the  health,  appearance,  and  temper  of 

Hts   IS  an   undoubted    fact.      My    querv  i», 

medical  science  has  yet  given  a  full  ex- 

of  the  physical  causes  of  those  chang^es  ? 

exposition'exiatSj  where  is  it  to  be  found  ? 

D.  BLAIfi. 

[JoHK  Fell,  Bishop  of  03cford»  ob,  1686,  vet 

xty-one ;  bora  at  Longworth,  Berks.     Can  any 

'  your  readers  eive  the  pedigree  of  this  divim^'P 

t  am  anxious  to  know  if  he  came  of  an  old  fiimily 

jfFell  of  Redmayne  Hall,  in  Furness,  Lancashire, 

ifhich   resided    tnere    for  nineteen    generations. 

iThcimas  Fell,  a  barrister-at-kw,  a  learned  judge, 

Itnd  Chancellor  of  the  Duchy  of  Lancaster  during 

' !  Commonwealth,  was  of  the  same  stock     The 

'  ttm  of  Judge  Fell  and  Bishop  Fell  are  ditfeTent. 

11  Barber,  M  J). 

ttocl  F«ll»  dean  of  Christ  Cbtirch,   the  father  of 
rjohn  Fell,  is  »ald  to  have  been  born  in  the  parish 
dement  Danes,  London  {Bioq.  Britannica,  ed.  17.50, 
)  J  but  the  pedj^^ree  in  the  iteralds"  Cflllego,  which 
»CM  with  the  dean,  atatea  ♦'  Samuel  Fell,  S.  T.  P, 
Court  in  the  parish  of  Miich-Marde,  co.  Here- 
t*  who  married  Margaret,  daughter  of  Thomas  Wyld 
r  W0re«»t«r.  K*»q.    John  Warburton,  Somerset  Herald 
{laml  '  V  Uktex  HUitrated,  ed,  1749,  p.  41),  haa 

I  J"igji  ving  arms  to  Biiihop  Fell :  **  Ftll,  Kstq., 

■  ■<•  conioineil  in  fess  azure,  on  the  middli^ 
fwhttif  thereon  n  cros^  p&tty  fitched  or, 
between  a  portcullis  and  «  leopard's  face 
rlthlu  a  border  gales,  charged  with  four  loscenges 
cscabpt  alternate  argent.    Tbe»  are  borne  by 
*"  iq^  citiaea  of  London,  by  Tirttie  of  an  old 
I  given  to  hia  aticettor.  Bishop  Fell,  now  in 


Tom  Brown,  the  wittj^  and  faceUoas  writer  of  IHalo^es 
of  the  Dead^  in  imitation  of  Lncioff^  fr.,  b«tn|jf  about  10. 
be  expelled  the  Uaiver^iiy  of  Oxford  for  some  faulL  wa 
pardoned  by  Samuel  Fdl)^  the  Di.an  of  Christ  Church,  « 
the  condition  that  he  should  translate  extempore  the  epi^ 
gram  from  Martial,  itxxiU.  :— 

•♦Xon  amo  te,  Zjibidi,  nee  posaom  dicere  qoare ; 
Hoc  tan  turn  possum  dicere,  noa  amo  te," 
which  he  instantly  rendered : 

"  I  do  not  like  thee.  Dr.  Fell, 
The  reason  why  1  cannot  tell ; 
But  Ihia  I  know,  full  randv  well, 
I  do  not  like  thee,  Dr.  FellV' 
Some  hnef  notices  of  the  Fells  of  Lancajshire  may  hi"* 
found  iu  "  N.  &  Q.,^*  !•*  S,  iiL  142  j  iv.  258 ;  vi,  238, 
279.] 

Hanesb  GiNTnn  AXD  Thoh A8  Ljlppagb,  — 
Can  any  of  your  German  readers  gi^e  nie  infor- 
mation concerning  Hanese  Ganthe  and  Thomas 
Lappftge,  who  were  inhftbitants  of  Dantxig  in 
1528  ?  They  were,  1  suppose,  merchants,  as  they 
are  deacribecl  in  a  document  before  me  as  factors 
to  John  Parys  and  Reynold e  Litilprowe,  who 
were  En^Hsh  subjects.  Edwabd  Peacock. 

Bottesford  Manor,  Brigg. 

HEintT  MIL  AND  THE  G OLDEN  Flbecb.— Did 
Henry  WW.  ever  poseeaa  the  Order  of  the  Golden 
Fleece  ?  Are  there  any  repreaentations  of  him  as 
wearing  that  order  ?  Albert  Butteby. 

Rev.  John  Macgowax,  V.P.M.,  author  of  77<ir 
Sfmver,  A  short  time  since  a  Tery  quaint  like- 
ness in  ink  of  this  gentleman  came  into  ray  pos» 
session,  but  I  have  no  means  of  aacertaining  who 
he  was  or  when  he  lived.  In  his  right  hand  he 
holds  a  roll  of  paper,  inecribed  **  Letters  to  Dr. 
Priestley/*  His  dress  appears  to  be  that  of  the 
latter  part  of  the  eighteenth  century.  Can  any  of 
your  readers  tell  me  who  this  gentle mim  waa, 
and  the  meaning  of  V.D.M.  ?  T.  A.  IL 

[John  Mocgowan  was  bora  at  Edinburgh  about  the 
vear  172''>,  and  wft?i  placed  oat  to  the  trade  of  a  weaver. 
In  September,  17CG,  he  became  pastor  of  ft  Particular 
Baptijit  congregation  meeting  in  Devonabire  Sqnan* 
London,  where  he  continued  nearly  flfleea  yean,  and 
died  on  Nov.  25,  1780,  in  the  fifty-fifth  year  of  hie  age, 
and  wjia  buriird  iu  Bunbill  Fieldj.  V.D.M.  i»  Verbi  Dei 
or  (Diviui)  Miniftter,  a  Minister  of  God'sWord,  It  is 
n5rnarkab1e  that  W.  Tooke,  in  his  annotated  edition  of 
Charles  Churchill's  Works^  bos  not  taken  any  notice  of 
Churchiir»  poem  Nighty  with  notci  by  The  Shaver,  1786. 
For  a  list  of  Macgowan's  IKorAt,  consult  Wilson's  Hi$- 
iojy  nf  Dinentin^  Churcke*,  i.  463  ;  to  which  add  a  col- 
lected edition  of  his  Workt^  with  a  portrait,  in  two  volsu 
8vo,  1825,  He  h  also  noticed  in  G*  H,  Pike's  Ancient 
Jifeetinff  IIou«€9,  1870,  p.  6.5,] 

Spenser' !i  PAJforE.— In  the  Faeri/Qiteate^^S^ 37, 
Fanope  is  introduced  as  an  "  old  nymph  "  who  kept 
the  house  of  Proteus,  la  this  Panope  the  Nereid 
(Virg.  yEn,  T.  240,  823)  ;  and  if  so,  had  Spenser 
any  claaaical  authority  for  thus  repreaenting  her  ? 

C.  S*  J» 
SttTRi's  Epmoir  of  the  Book  of  ConiLOfS^ 


284 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[4«fcS,TU*  AfbilI^TL 


»*  Ka^rflven  and  printed  by  the  permisaion  of  Mr.  Jolm 
Bofikett,  printer  to  tho  King'*  most  excellent  Majcstf, 
1717.  Sold  bj  John  Stiwt,  Engraver,  in  Golden  Lion 
Coart  in  Aldersgate  Street" 

I  am  ftnxioiig  to  know  if  there  are  many  copies 
of  this  beautiful  work  extant.  It  must  have  been 
nublialied  at  great  expense.  Every  pair®  ia  printed 
trom  a  separate  copper-plate.  Thi?  text  tliroughoiit 
ia  in  running  bana,  debc^tely  executed.  The  ini- 
tial letters  are  big-hlv  ornamented,  Each  page 
has  rich  and  vaii^  borders,  well  designed  and 
aved, 

be  Epistles  and  Goapels  have  head  pieces  illus- 
trating tuem ;  some  are  very  good  and  admirably 
etched,  reminding  one  of  Bertaux'a  and  Morti* 
iiier*5  etchings,  particularly  those  wliicli  relate  to 
our  Lord's  Passion,  The  headings  and  tail  pieces 
lo  the  separate  Obnrch  OMces  are  ver^  gond.  In 
one  of  the  front  pages  is  a  profile  of  king  George, 
within  a  circular  band  of  three  incbea  iu  diameter, 
with  this  inscription :  — 

"  The  offices  of  King  George  containi  the  Lord's 
Praj'<?r,  the  Creeds  the  Ten  CknuniaodmentA,  the  Pravcrs 
for  the  King  and  the  Boj^al  Family,  and  the  2i&t  F^n." 

By  the  aid  of  a  microscope  every  word  may  be 
clearly  read.  There  is  a  lidt  of  subscribers  to' the 
work,  numbering  between  three  and  four  hun- 
dred* Ben  J.  Fehrey,  F,S,A. 

{HofAce  Walpolo  (Anerdohs  of  Puintiap,  ed.  1849, 
iii.  l>riN)  thus  notif?e5  thiiJ  painful  work  of  art:  ^StAirt'a 
capital  wark  wa,i  hh  Otmmon  Pmijer  BcKik^  published  by 
Sttbjc  rip  lion  in  1717:  it  is  all  enj^raven  ven' neatly  on 
aUver  plates  in  two  columns,  with  Ix^rders  round  each 

filate,  small  histories  at  top*  and  initial  ktters.  It  n  a 
arge  octaves  and  containa  16(t  plata?,  besides  twenty-two 
in  the  btiginning,  which  conaitts  of  the  dedication,  table, 
preface,  calendar,  names  of  subacribers,  &c.  Predxpd  is 
a  bust  of  Georj^  1.  in  a  round,  and  faring  it  those  of  the 
Priace  and  Princeaa  of  Wales.  On  the  King's  bust  are 
engraven  the  Lonrs  Prayer,  Creed,  Commacidnients, 
Prayers  for  the  Eoyal  FAmily*  and  the  21st  Paalin,  but 
0O  small  Ai  not  to  be  legible  wit  bout  amar^ifpngglaifl^'' 
There  are  at  least  three  copies  in  the  British  Mmenm. 
For  the  vaiionjt  Bums  it  has  fet<U]ed  at  sales,  see  Bohn*s 
XeiMid^p.  nH2.] 

Wife  of  Jonx  Tr^ibescant. — C.  K.  wii^lies  to 
ascertain  lln^  date  of  the  death  and  place  of  burial 
of  ElizabL'tlj,  the  wife  of  John  Tradescant  the 
elder.  They  were  married  at  Meopham  in  June, 
16()7;  and  their  sou,  also  named  John,  was  born 
in  Augu&t,  1C08.  They  ippti'  to  have  been  in 
the  employ  aa  gardener.^  of  Robert  Cecil,  Earl  of 
Salisbury,  lord  of  the  manor  of  Shorae,  who  died 
in  161 2,  and  of  Kobert  Lord  Wotton  of  Boughton 
Malherht.%  who  died  in  1CI08.  We  next  find  them, 
father  and  son.  settled  at  Lambeth,  at  some  period 
previous  to  10:^9,  as  gardeuere  to  King  Charlea  I. 
and  his  mieen  Henrietta  Maria ;  but  no  record  of  i 
the  wife  Elizabeth  haviag  accompanied  them,  and  | 
lier  name  does  not  occur  either  in  the  Lambeth 
iT%>ister  or  on  the  family  tombstone,  | 


;h«dal 

i 


Sir   Alexajtbbb  TiroMaoK,— I    ehoald    feel 
obliged  to  an^  correspondent  of  "  N.  Bl  Q."  who 
can  teU  anything  of  this  gentleman,  and  of  the 
services  w^ich  obtained  for  him  the  honour  of 
knighthood.     Ho  waa  the  son  of  John  Thomson, 
town-clerk  of  Glasgow,  1620-^;   was   born  in 
1606-7,  and  was,  I  think,  the  brother  of  Elizabeth 
or  Bessie  Thomson,   wife  of  Jame-s  Peadie  of 
Roughill — a  family  which  for  three  or  four  gener- 
ations held  a  leading  position  in  Glasgow  *-"'-- 
the  highest  civic  ofHces ;  and  of  which,  I 
Grizel  Peadie,  wife  of  Sir  William  Mi 
Calderwood,  Bart.,  became  the  heiress  of  line  «] 
1740.   M*Ure,  who  styles  Sir  Alexander  "  Major," 
at  p.  209  of  his  History  of  Glasgow,  tranacrihefl 
the  epitaph  on  his  monument  in  the  oath«dal 
churchyard  of  Glasgow  as  follows :  — 
"  Memorin*  aacnim  D.  Alexandri 
Thomson!  Eqaitia  aurati, 
Quooilatn  in  regie  ^ncRidio 
Centurionia  lidi^imi,  furtiss: 
Tlgilantiiis ;  tjui  pie  ac  plaeidc  in 

Domino  obdormivit, 
Octob.  1&,  anno  1G69,  n?tati»  63." 
To  this  epitaph  are  subjoined  some  versa, 
probably  incorrectly  copied  by  M'Ure,  but  which, 
as  he  gives  them,  exhibit  the  peculiar  combinatintt 
of  two  consecutive  hexameters  followed  by  i 
single  pentameter ;  — 

"  ileDtk  honoa,  virtutis  amor,  fama  Integra,  eaadoTt 
ThomsoQum  omabant  vivum  \  nunc  cere  percnni 

Firma  magis  fama;  slant  monumenta  dttcis,"  etc 
The  name  Thomson,  common  na  it  ia  in  Soot- 
land  generally,  ia  of  singnlarlj  rare  occurrence  in 
the  old  Glasgow  registers.  Northhax. 

Old  Voluntbeel  Corps,  —  Can  any  teadar  of 
"N.  &Q."  inform  me  wher?  I  can  find  i^rticuliisi 
of  the  volunteer  corps  formed  about  the  y<« 
1745,  more  partieulnrly  of  one  formed  in  LondoQ 
in  1744,  and  stated  by  the  GcntlcmmiA  Motfoam 
for  that  year  to  bo  composed  of  Swiss  readiitfiik 
and  by  Wade's  B)%tuh  Hutory  to  be  composed 
of  two  hundred  Swiss  servants,  and  oommaDdtd 
by  Colonel  De^jean  P  H.  L 

Voyageur  Pigeons.  —  Being  very  much  in- 
terested in  "  voyagieur  pigeons,^*  or  rather  in  the 
discovery  of  the  faculty  by  which  ther  soek  th«f 
homea  from  extreme  distances,  I  should  fed  visit 
grateful  to  any  of  your  readers  who  will  fumim 
me  with  their  views  upon  the  subje<'t.  The  Bel- 
gians, who  may  be  said  to  have  reduced  **  ptgeoo^ 
flying'*  almost  to  a  science,  term  this  facul^ 
**  orientation/'  Now  the  nearest  rendering  of  this 
term  I  take  to  be  "  the  power  of  finding  the  ca^ 
dinal  points/'  The  EngUBh  Pigson  Am&tmtt  b^ 
lieves  they  shape  their  ooniae  l^  'Mandmarki.'* 
I  have  many  cases  which  cause  me  to  doobt  this 
theory*  The  first  is,  a  bird  only  nine  weeks  old 
returned  from  a  distance  of  seventy  milea.  It  had 
never  before  been  half  a  mile  from  its  home;  ind 


^S.VU.  April  1.7L] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


a  Belgian  carrespondent  of  undoubted  Yeracltj 
had  lately  an  old  bird  that  bad^  without  the  least 
trainings  returned  home  £rom  a  distance  of  two 
butidred  and  fieventy-aix  miles*  Whether  this 
faculty  he  "instinct,"  "by  the  stare/'  "land- 
mark/' or  yet  undiecovered  means,  is  the  queation 
I  am  anxious  to  have  aolyed* 

B.  W.  Alldridqb. 

Hpld  Charlton,  Kent. 

^Bpur  corrcflj^ondeiit  will  find  some  infeanathig  nctfeos 
^^pe  early  use  of  this  cairifir  pli^eon  hi  the  Fenn^  Cvdo- 

HKb,  vi.  17(j,  art-  "Carrjer  Pigeon  "  ;  Chambflra'*  AWi/- 
cftyMMJia,  ii*  633 ;  Blackwood'^  Edinburgh  3faffazme,  vi. 
514;  aad  Ripley  and  Donahs  N«w  American  Cifciofwdm, 
■T.  483-485.  Dr.  Zachary  Grey,  in  hia  note^on  Hudibrm^ 
Part  n.  canto  i.  liae  55,  boa  a  carious  one  on  ibeae  early 


f 


•  With  letters  hang  like  eastern  pigeona.** 


Tqgctincier'i 
Mamag»meni 


all,  perhftpa,  the  beat  works  to  consnlt  are,  W.  B. 
;aieieri  Pig&mM,  their  Structure,  Varietien^  Habiliy  find 
i,  with  Repreaentationa  by  HarritK>u   Weir, 
'▼iii.  and  ix.  Ix>tid.  1868,  4to^  and  Orbigney,  Die* 
^^mm^rt  iTIlittmre  NaturtlU,  x.  167,  4c.] 

^MTelsh  Wbddinq  Custom. — There  \s  a  curious 

■Hkom  in  North  Wales  of  sending  a  soiali  quan* 

'^ty  of  ^nger,  or  in  some  places  a  harel  stick,  on  the 

day  of  the  wedding  of  some  fair  one,  to  the  man 

or  men  who  were  supposed  to  have  been  refused 

Plilted  by  her.  Can  aoy  one  tell  me  the  on  gin 
ihis  custom,  or  if  it  ia  practised  elsewhere  P 
Y  Blaibd. 
tsA,  CiTiTERiJf B  Zepeyb.— iVmongfft  a  ntimher 
old  prints  I  have  discovered  one  which  I  be- 
lieve to  be  rather  scarce.  It  is  dated  June  30, 
1784,  and  represents  ii  woman  holding  in  her  huiid 
an  open  fan,  the  pattern  of  which  she  L^  atten- 
tively examining.  It  is  entitled  **  Mrs.  Catherino 
2ephyr,  the  celebrated  Fan  Vender/'  and  und&c-^ 
Beath  are  the  following  lines : — 

»*^  A  Face  diiiguuM  without  a  Maak* 
A  WaiAt  lis  round  a^  anv  Cftf»k, 
A  r    -   '•^^  .      •  ■  ;  ■*.     -■ 
A  .ea, 

Wbli  lio'd  witt)  1  at  aWut  tiie  VVrtdU, 
A  gT«at  Protuberance  behind, 
Blown  out  with  either  Flti&h  or  Wind, 
Then  inch  a  Tongue  1  to  hear  her  speak, 
*TwotiJd  drown  vonr  Hearing  for  a  Wtiik. 
To  turn  the  whole,  learcli  thro'  her  Sex, 
To  match  her  wotild  Old  Nick  perplex." 

should  like  to  know  whether  tMs  scurrlloua 
luctino  i»  a  caricature  upon  some  great  per- 

ge  of  the  time,  or  whether  there  was  any  such 
as  Mrs.  Zephyr,  If  she  were  a  real  cha- 
I  should  m  glad  to  have  any  parti culara 


&boiit  her. 


SAA'DALIIfM. 


[We  would  advise  onr  ourrespondont  to  submit  this 
canoaa  caricature  to  the  officials  of  the  Print  Uoorn  of 
the  BritiaK  Moaeam.  It  had  certainly  escaped  the  «ir- 
I  of  the  lat«  Edward  Hawkiaa,  Esq.] 


LONGS  AND  PALMERS  OF  BATH. 
ii'^  S.  vU.  760 

In  reply  to  that  portion  of  H.  P.*s  jnqidry  lel 
tive  to  the  relationship  between  Mr*  Walter  Longr " 
of  Bath  and  John  Palmer^  Esq.,  M.P.  for  that 
city,  and  stated  to  be  through  the  Bayutou  family 
of  the  Ijonga,  I  beg  to  offer  a  few  remark*!.  They 
were,  aa  your  correspondent  has  quoted  frnm 
Burke,  settled  at  Baynton— an  estate  purchai*»_'d 
from  Dan  vein's  by  John  Long  of  Little  Chevrill, 
who  died  ]ti7ti;  and  Baynton  continued  in  the 
possession  of  Loogs  till  sold,  some  years  aLnce, 
to  the  trustees  of  Mr.  Watson  Taylor.  No 
match  appears  in  the  pedigreee  of  Long  of  Wraxall 
(from  which  family  Mr.  Walter  Long  is  proved 
to  have  descended)  which  could  have  produced 
relationship  between  Mr,  Palmer  and  the  wealthy 
commoner ;  and  therefore  I  confine  myself  to  the 
Baynton  family  of  Long,  which  H.  P.  represents 
aa  the  channel  of  the  relationship  which  he  asserts  - 
to  have  existed*  This  information  may  be  of  usa 
in  helping  his  future  investigation.  There  id  a 
monument  in  Edingtou  churcii^  in  which  paribh 
Baynton  lies,  to  the  memory  of  a  Long  of  Bayn^ 
ton,  with  these  arms :  Long  of  Wraxall,  quartering 
3  and  3  Duedert  quarterly  as.  and  guleSi  an  eaoar- 
buDcle  of  eight  staves,  or. 

Another  branch  of  the  same  line  of  descent  aa 
the  Longs  of  Baynton  o  uartered,  with  the  coat  of 
Longs  of  Wraxall,  Hubbard  vert,  a  chevron  be- 
tween three  eagles'  heads  erased  argent,  ducally 
gorged  or.  Through  these  matches  H.  P,  may 
perhaps  establish  relationship  between  Longs  of 
liayolon  and  Palmers,  I  do  not  notice  the  incorreafc 
information  he  gives  as  to  the  ultimate  disposal  I 
of  Mr.  Walter  Long's  great  wealth,  because  it 
seems  a  matter  of  private  concern,  and  the  curious 
may  obtniu  nil  parti  culaiia  by  referring  to  I^eroga* 
tivt  I^'ohaii'if  for  lb07. 

Mr.  Jones  Long  had  only  a  participation  in  the 
income  of  the  estates,  certainly  not  testamentary 
heirtibip  to  Mr.  Walter  Long's  entire  fortune :  be 
also  (ltd  comply  with  the  condition  which  H.  P. 
tells  us  was  made  to  Mr.  Palmer,  and  which  he 
flo  unaccountably  refused  to  accept  H.  P.  will 
find  an  elaborate  pedigree  of  Long  of  W^raxall 
and  of  Little  Chevrill  (same  as  of  Bajntnu)  in 
Walker's  Hisiori/  of  Wmxail  Mousty  compiled  by 
Mr.  Beltz  and  Air.  dharles  Edward  Long,  author  of 
Moyai  Descents,  The  late  Mr.  Long  of  l^reshaw. 
for  more  than  fifty  years,  assiduously  collectea 
every  fact  connected  with  the  Long  pedigree.  lie 
has  given^  in  Burke's  Landed  Gentnjy  all  the  evi* 
dence  which  can  be  produced  in  support  of  the 
traditional  connection  between  the  Longs  of  i 
W^raxall  and  those  of  Little  Chevrili  I  am  not 
aware  of  any  other  sources  of  information  ape^  • 
cially  relating  to  Longs  of  Baynton, 


286 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[4'J'S.VII.  A^BJtl,'* 


I  mav  mention  as  an  laBtAnee  (perhaps  the 
oldest)  that  the  Longfl  of  Little  Chevrill  ua^d  tlie 
eame  arms  as  thoski  nf  Wraxull,  tbat  the  will  of 
Thomas  Long^,  father  of  the  purchaser  of  Bnrnton, 
is  sealed  with  a  shield  hearinj?  a  Hon  rutnpant 
within  an  orle  of  cross  croealets,  and  iiupaling 
Flojrer,  a  chevron  between  three  arrows,    E.  W, 


*•  WHETHER  OR  NO." 
(4*»'  S.  vii,  142.) 

'  Beinpf  nmong^  those  who  would  rather  be  wrong 
-mtk  Shakespeare  than  rii^ht  with  the  reat  of  the 
world,  I  cannot  allow  that  the  above  expression 
is  ** corrupt  English/'  nor  even  that  "there  may 
be  two  opinions  on  the  subject/'  Let  me  refer 
M.  At  B.  to  Kint;  John^  Act  II.  Sc,  1.  Iti7 ;- — 

"Shame  upon  you,  whether  she  doca  or  no.'* 
And  in   The  Mernj  Wives  of  Wmd^or  (Act  IV* 
So.  5),  Simple  is  sent  with  two  messa^s  to  Sir 
John  Faistaff  from  Slender — 

***..,,  to  know,  sir,  whether  oQfi  Kym,  air,  that  be- 
guiled him  of  a  chain,  had  the  chain  or  no/' 
And  further — 

'* .  ,  *  about  Miatre^s  Anne  Pnge ;  to  kaow  if  it  were 
my  mafltcr's  fortun«  to  have  her,  or  no/* 

C.  G.  Prowett. 

Garrick  Club. 


I  hasten  to  give  ray  support  venr  decidedly  to 
the  view  taken  by  M.  A,  B.  as  to  the  impropriety 
of  saying^ "  Whether  or  no  **  instead  of  not,  I  have 
l>een  for  years  declaiming  against  this  slovenly, 
nn^mmmaticftl  way  of  speaking.  The  phrase  Is 
pbu&ly  elliptical,  and  needs  only  to  he  drawn  out 
in  full  to  ahow  its  absurdity  on  its  face,  I  wiah^ 
for  inatAnco^  to  tell  a  person  that  I  shall  go  to  such 
a  place,  whether  some  other  event  happens  or 
do-es  not  happen*  Certainly  then  I  ought  to  tell 
him  that  I  shall  go  **  whether  (that  happens)  or 
not,  tbat  k,  or  does  not  happen."  The  phrase 
**  whether  or  no  "  is  rank  nonsense  in  the  opinion 
of  F.  C.  IL 

The  epithet  '^slip-shod  "  should  properly  be  ap- 
plied to  the  English  of  those  who  ungrammaticallv 
aod  iiiogically  employ  the  phrase  "  whether  or  not^^ 
instead  of  *^  whether  or  no/'  which  from  Alfred 
the  Great's  time  down  to  the  present  day  has  been 
used  (with  some  slight  change  of  form )  by  the 
best  native  writeri?,  and  ia,  therefore,  thoroughly 
Enjjiish,  <|uite  grammatical,  and,  what  is  more, 
logically  exact 

1.  rf7*<?^/*er  contains  a  comparative  sufBx  -ther, 
and  original  I V  signified  which  of  two  (cp.  other  = 
one  of  two,  the  first  or  the  second  in  Old  English). 
It  implies,  therefore,  two  statements— an  aiilmia- 
tive  as  well  bs  a  negative  one;  though,  in  the 
phrase  wkdher  or  f lo, on ly  the  n^^o^iW  is  expressed, 
j^ea  OT  ^es  being  understood* 


%  Conjunctions  join  sentences ;  in  wheiKer  or  no 
the  two  sentencee  are  contracted,  ffen  being  ^hiH 
contraction  of  an  affirmative  sentence,  and  m*  ot  i^| 
negative  one.  ^^ 

The  complete  phrase  then  is  whfthet'^  ywi  or  «(i| 
by  which  we  see  that  not,  instead  of  no^  would  I 
incorrect  on  crammatical  and  logical  grounds, 
may  be  asked,  however,  is  nut  all  this  n  mere  lin^ 
gui^tic  theoiT  ?    I>o  the  facts  of  the  writti  u  lan^; 
guage  furnish' sufficient  proof  that  whtsiher  or  no  z 
whether  ffvn  or  no  f    The  following  extracts  muijl^ 
we  thinlc,  satisfy  all  reasonable  minds : — 

**  First  it  18  donbtf  nil  whether  those  barbarous  Tart^iriini 
do  know  an  unieornea  home,  y«a  or  mo"     (Ujiklu^iW 
Voyagen,  l(i(KJ,  vol.  iii.  p.  20.) 

♦♦ ,  »  ,  whether  it  were  an  unjcomes  home,  * ea  or  tnK* 

King's  CoU<^(  London. 


'1 

tinS 

■4 


«  BAROX  "  NlCilOLSOX. 
(4^'»S,  vi.  477;  Tii.  18.) 

The  Aidohioyraph^  of  thla  well-known  p^h 
character  is  an  interesting  yet  painful  record  l 
misused  abilities,  discreditable  adventures,  and  i 
generally  wasted  life;  but  is,  nevertheless,  worthy 
of  preservation  from  ita  racy  and  humorous  ^tyl< 
and  its  graphic  pictures  of  London  life.   Its  pagi^ 
moreover,Vwill  be  found  to  atlurd  a  nch  harvest  of 
anecdotes  of  well-known  characters  about  town,^ 
such  for  iostfljice  as  Sir  John  Dean  Paul;  Hanj 
Holt;  ''  Pea-Green  '*  Haynes  ;  Robert  Taylor,  the 
*'Devir8  Chaplain '^  Hughes  Ball,  of  "golden''' 
notoriety;  Charles  Molloy  Westmacott^  of  Ihl 
Atjc :  Edward  Oxford ;  "  Ephemera  "  FitxgibbQQ|i 
Haydon   the  painter;    Mesbach    Ilowley;   Jotol 
M inter  Hart;  Dufrene;  "Stunning'*  Joe  Banka;^ 
and  a  host  of  others  who  strutted  and  fretted  their 
brief  hour  upon  lifers  stage  at  the  same  penod  m 
our  hero. 

It  is  perhaps  with  the  once  celebrated  weekljj 
aerial,  The  7oir»,  that  the  nam©  of  NichoUoa,  itti 
founder  and  manager,  is  most  intimately  asaocintedfl 
The  first  nimiber  of  this  appeared  June  3,  1857|j 
the  price  weekly  was  2^?,,  and  it  was  long  j 
tinued  with  great  success.    The  chief  contrib" 
were  the  editor;  Henry  Pellatt,  the "  Brougli 
of  the  Judge  and  Jury   Society;  the  clever  hut 
profligate  John  Dalrymple  ;  J,  G.  Cauning;  Ed» 
ward  Blancbard ;  and,  not  unfrequently,  no  lets  a 
person  than  the  *^  Doctor  "  himself,  the  lata  Wilr 
liam  Maginn,  LL.D. 

Of  the  origin  and  establishment  of  this  paper 
our  author  gives,  in  his  AtUobiographt^^  so  hu* 
morons  and  interesting  an  account,  that  I  am 
inclined  to  transfer  it,  in  a  condensed  form,  to 
these  pages.  With  a  young  wife  depending  upco 
him»  and  utterly  devoid  of  meana,  aeedr*  hangiif. 
and  penniless,  Nicholson  crammed  soma  **  copy  " 


4«^&TM,  AfttJi.1,*TL] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


287 


la  hh  pnc!f^t,  an^  proppeded  to  the  office  of  a 
T»^  hpen  given  to  him — 

il.  irti  Street,  Hampsteftd 

KoikI,  liud  Ui  leave   the   MS.  for  the 

grsftt Ti  il  Hi  leisure?  and  here,  returning 

»t  nighttail,  tJi-j  jkacket  was  handed  to  him  by  a 
eenranty  with  tha  curt  iniimation  that  "  Master 
aud  it  Trr>uldn*t  do."  Here  follow  some  philo- 
BO{>hiciLl  rctiections,  which  I  am  tempted  to  quote 
^  -  -  -  n  of  the  author's  style,  ihe personnel 
of  V  '*  Baron  "  is  familiar  to  many  of  ua. 

Hi  -as  rotund  and  portly,  as  that  of  on*j 

■wl  nt  to  **  do  himself  well,"  and  it  was 

dou^..  .j.'^  own  feelings,  as  he  *'  tottered  down 
the  »tieps  '*  after  this  craol  repnUe,  that  suggested 
the  remarks  I  am  about  to  transcribe  :■ — 

**Ohf  iH^slidlous  reader  «  .  .  did  3'ou  ever  look  apon 
avtdy  fai  man  ?  .  .  ,  .  Fat  in  p^ivertj  excites  no  sym- 
jMtliy.  T1j<j  thou;:  till  ess  say»  *  A  ^eat  fat  fellow  "lik« 
ihal 'to  talk  a1  •tint  ti«ittix  serving!  Why  don't  he  work^ 
and  gn  »omr  .  '  •  "  u  off  liia  bone.%  the  laiy  vaga- 
ipa4!  Peopit  NOW  that  any  fat  aian  is  indii»- 

triooa.    The    _  o(  a  luiity  inaa  in  rags  Is  ex- 

tfondy  Judicfuud.  Tht^  hat  will  cot  itsaiime  itn  jaunty 
and  knnwittg  lrK>k  vhcn  &ttick  on  one  side,  if  old,  battered* 
and  mi*-6httf i'  •'  -  ^t  won't  meet  anyhowt  though 
«rtined  ^nd  i  button  j  the  batton  holes  have 

▼ithcrod,  fln<l  i  ling  that,  they  seem  to  breathe 

t  deCermiuation  with  violence  something  like,  *l  won*t 
oraioto!' 
tOfIr   '^     * 


.  •  Like  a  drunken  obstinate  fttllow  in  cus- 
n-boles  slip  down,  nnd  the  buttons  slip  oflt 
*Ti  t  of  fortitude  can  ever  sustain  a  seedy  fat 

itm  iid.      The  veiy  straps  straggle  with  the 

*li  ra  to  control  tbera,  rt  et  armit,  over  the 

th>  wa,  commonly  called  Bluchers.  The  waist- 

KnU  ufl")  rt  iuonl  aiTgrrtvating  practice  of  rising  up,  in 
aoBMqoeoce  of  the  broadrte**  of  the  abdomen,  four  inches 
•bora  Ihe  front  of  the  wai^^tband,  and  exposing  the  un- 
Mascbed  calico  of  the  under  garment  in  a  manner  enough 
to  laake  the  lui^ty  man  de.^pair  Oh,  umiable  reader  I 
don\  get  fat  tfyou  are  poor," — Autobiography ^  page  232» 

hxix  enough  of  this,  perhaps;  a  "cool  half- 
it,"  Btood  by  a  ?'ympathetic  Iriend,  restored  the 
author'^  coNniu'p?.  and  later  in  the  day  he 
the  attack  on  the  printer.  This  important 
was  buayj  he  had  not  had  time  to  read 
,  &c, ;  and  so  bis  hungry  visitor  insisted 
piving  hitn  a  taste  of  its  fpality  himself.  He 
[eetcd  the  story  of  **  Mr.  Sam,  Wilkina  and  JkHss 
Molly  Baggs,"  and  commenced  to  read  it  in  his 
lich  and  mellow  voice.  The  printer  listened  per- 
Ibrce,  and,  in  spite  of  himself,  became  interested  ; 
strove  long  to  maintain  his  dignity,  but  the 
ler  caniM  at  last  to  '*a  paasage  so  irresistibly 
lie,  that  Joe  could  stand  it  no  longer."  He 
tuik  ba^k  in  a  fit  of  uncontrollable  laughter; 
Compositors  and  pre^men  heartily  joined ;  and  the 
mtithcr  knew  that  he  might  cloae  his  reading.  The 
partita  at  oncp  proceeded  to  business,  and  it  was 
icranaed  tbat  the  series  of  tales  was  to  be  pro- 
^tt<*w<f  f»s  a  w<v*kly  perioditMil ;  the  author  to  con- 
trib  ns  a  week,  and  receive  3/, 

«Tc.  More  thaji  this,  the  man 


of  busineas  told  him  that,  <'  aa  he  was  going  to 
leave  the  manuscript,*-  he  might  draw  a  pound  on 
account  Hear  hia  owu  description  of  liis  emo- 
tions:— 

**  A  a  soon  as  1  heard  this  I  bad  great  difficulty  in  re- 
straining myself  from  leaping  up  and  cutting  six  in  isvf 
flolelesa  VVellinglons.  1  was  overjoyed;  I  could  not  vtam. 
home  ;  I  jumped  home,  every  inch  of  the  way,  gra-iping 
the  sovereign  in  my  clenched  fiat.  A  sovereign  i^  a 
baady  thing  when  there  are  no  coals  in  the  cupbuurd,  and 
tliat  was  the  case  with  me  before  I  gut  the  pouaiL*''— 
Ibid,  page  239. 

These  humorous  town  sketches  wore  issued  in 
a  separate  form  under  the  title  of  ^ — 

•'Cockney  Adventures  and  Tales  of  London  Life.  Br 
Renton  NiehoUon,"  8va,  London  (^Clark,  VVorwiclt 
Lane),  1838,  pp.  16^ 

The  volame  consists  of  twenty-one  penny  num- 
bers, with  woodcuts  to  each,  in  the  marked  and 
vigorous  style  of  **  C.  J.  G.,*'  by  wliicli  initials 
many  of  them  are  signed.  These,  like  the  tales 
which  they  illustrate,  are  laughably  comic ;  but 
truth  compels  me  to  add,  though  Mr.  Jacksok 
has  forgotten  this,  that  both  are  marked  by  a  fre- 
quent coarseness  (not  to  put  too  fine  a  point  upon 
it),  which  necessitatefi  the  relegation  of  thi^  volnmo 
to  an  upper  shelf. 

Bound  up  with  these  tales,  and  illustrated  also 
by  "  C.  J.  G.,"  are  two  other  ephemeral  imitations 
or  Dickens,  which  appeared  about  tha  same  perif>d. 
One  is  entitled — 

"  The  Poathumous  Papers  of  the  Cadgers*  Club,  con- 
taining the  Lives,  Characters,  and  intt;re^^ting  Anecdotes 
of  the  Members  of  that  celebrated  Body.  With  Eighteen 
superior  Engravings.**  London  (LloydJ,  8v'o,  1838, 
pp.  y2. 

The  otber— 

•*  The  Sketch'Book.  By  *  Boa.*  Containing  a  great 
number  of  highly  interesting  and  original  akctches,  Ac* 
4c."    Ijondon  (Lloyd),  pp.  ^8, 

I  have  always  considered  these  to  be  the  pro- 
duction of  Nieholaon ;  but^  as  he  doea  not  men- 
tion them  among  hia  literary  achiovements,  I  am 
thrown  into  doubt.  I  collected  them  at  the  time 
of  their  publication,  and  imagine  that  it  would 
now  be  impossible  to  recover  copies.  They  are 
not  devoid  of  a  certain  talent,  but  this  is  not  suf- 
ficient to  stimulate  much  curiosity  aa  to  their 
origin.  The  initials  **  C.  J.  G.*'  indicate  the  cari- 
caturist, Charles  Jameson  Grant,  an  artist  who,  in 
his  ntu-row  walk,  though  com-se  in  sentiment,  and 
mannered  in  execution,  was  not  without  a  certain 
amount  of  ready  vigorous  power.  Of  his  artiatic 
career  very  little  is  known. 

I  must  not  forget  to  chronicle  a  alender  and 
not  ill- written  booklet — 

•'  The  Cigar  nnd  Smoker's  Companion,"  8vo,  London 
(C.  Vickem;,  pp.  16. 

But  at  this  period  the  cares  of  the  "Oamck*§ 
Head "  and  the  midnight  duties  of  the  *^  Ik 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[4»*8,VI1,  Arrntt 


and  Jury  Society  "  monopolided  oqjp  author^B  ener- 
gies, and  left  no*  time  for  the  cultivation  of  literft- 
lope.    About  iive  years  later  we  have  — 

"Dornbey  jtnd  Daughter  :  a  Moral  Fiction,    By  Kcntoo 

N>  ^^l>k)a,'LordChki  Baron  of  the  Celebrated  .lud^  and 

Society,  U- Id  nt  the  *  Garrick'i  Head  Hotel^  Bow 

^SUevt,  London.  PiiblUbed  by  Thomas  Fanis,  840^  Strand. 

SoJd  by  the  BookaeUcra."    lioyal  8vo,  o.  d.  pp.  b^4. 

Here  ends  my  knowledge  of  tlie  litorary  doings 
of  Renton  Nkliolsoii,  for  whom,  without  respect 
to  hia  private  character,  I  claim  a  record  in  toeae 
columns  as  a  joumaUst  and  author. 

William  Bktm. 

Birmjagham. 


THE  SWAX-SOXG  OP  PARSON  AVERT, 

(4'^  S.  vi*  493 ;  vii.  20,  148/) 
Your  correspondent  E,  W,  h  wide  of  the 
truth  in  bis  aurinisea  about  Newbury.  New- 
beme  in  North  Carolina  is  more  properly  New 
Berne.  **It  derives  its  name  from  Bern,  the 
place  of  nativity  of  Christopher,  Baron  of  Graaf- 
leureidty  who  in  1709  emigrated  to  this  state  and 
settled  near  thi^  place.  The  coloniet^  were  Pala- 
tines and  Swiss.  (Wheeler's  Histori/  of  7^'orth 
Carolimij  p.  110.)  Th«  true  Newbury  of  the 
balliid  is;  a  seaport  on  Massachusetts  Bay,  aud 
derives  its  name*  aa  Cotton  Mather  saya'in  his 
Maipmiia,  from  the  fact  that  the  first  minister  of 
the  town,  Kev.  Thomas  Parker,  had  resided  in 
Newbury,  England.  **  Prom  thence  removing 
with  several  devout  Christians  out  of  Wiltshire 
into  New  England,  he  was  ordained  their  pastor 
at  a  town  (on  his  and  their  account)  called  New- 
berry. Thomas  Parker  was  the  oalj  son  of  liev. 
Bobert  Parker,  a  nonconform L-^t  diviue  uf  note, 
was  admitted  to  Magdalen  College,  Oxford,  but 
went  thence  to  Buhlin  aod  finally  to  Leyden.  He 
died  unmarried,  April  1677,  aged  about  eighty- 
two  years. 

As  to  Parson  Avery,  the  Rev.  Joseph  Avery 
was  a  worthv  minister,  who  was  coming  to  found 
a  church  at  ^larblehead^  another  ^aport  in  Mas- 
sachusetts Bay.  Sailing  from  Newbury  io  a  pin- 
nace, Au^.  14,  1035,  on  this  brief  trip,  having  on 
board  his  family  and  that  of  his  cousin  Anthony 
Thatcher,  the  vessel  was  lost  in  a  sudden  storm, 
and  only  Thatcher  and  his  wife  escaped.  The 
next  island  is  called  Thatcher's  Woe,  and  the 
rock  Avery's  Fall.  The  story  is  one  known  to 
all  who  have  examined  our  colonial  annals ;  and 
Whittier  has  only  followed  the  current  authorities 
in  hi«  version.  "The  title  "  swan-song ''  is  given 
by  Mather. 

As  we  know  nothing  of  Joseph  Avery's  ante- 
cedents, anv  information  about  him  which  K.  W. 
can  furnish  would  be  gladly  received  here. 
Anthony  Thatcher  (Aveiys  cousin)  was  brother 
of  Bev.  Peter  Thatcher,  rector  of  St  Edmund'i, 


Salisbury,  wboae  son,  He  v.  Thomas  Thatcher,  also 
came  to  New  England  and  founded  a  prosperous 
and  distinguished  familv  here.  Thomas  had  ft 
brother  Paul  living  at  Salisbury  in  1676,  asd  « 
brother  John  who  had  died  there  ab<Mit  Wt 
These  American  Thatchers  used  a  ooat-of-onns  ^ 
*■  a  cross  moline,  on  a  chief  three  grmaahonpen.*^ 

There  were  several  early  colonista  naawa  A? 
one  being  William  Avery,  a  phyaiciaii,  who  i 
at  Dedham,  Mais.     Hia  inimediate  deaon 
used  as  arms  '^  a  chevron  between  three  betiBlii 
oseat,  two  lion^s  yambs  supporting  a  bezant*"' 

If  K  W\  has  access  to  the  parish  register  ti 
Newbury,  co.  Berks,  and  can  ^va  a  list  of  thi 
names  appearing  therein  about  1620-1635, 1  thsE 
gladly  try  to  identify  any  of  our  settlers  here. 

W.  H.  WmTMoait 

Boston,  U.aA.  

The  name  of  Averv,  or  Every,  is  found  at  Bodtoift 
at  an  earlv  date,  and  exists  there  at  the  prcsat 
time.  Whether  or  not  the  names  are  distmct^or 
whether  the  ditference  in  the  orthography  is  simfify 
a  variation  in  writing  the  same  name,  seem?  • — ^ 
what  uncertain.  I  incline  to  the  former 
The  first  notice  of  the  name  with  which  .  ..  ^ 
acquainted  Is  in  1310  j  in  which  year  Thotim 
Aurey  waa  associated  with  the  prior  of  Bcidmia 
and  others  in  a  suit  concerning  five  hundr^  torn 
of  land  at  Ilalgaver,  near  Bodmin  (see  my  MkL  ^ 
Trigg,,  p.  127),  The  name,  however,  does  an 
occur  in  the  accounts  for  rebuilding  the  piziA 
church  in  1470,  to  which  work  moat,  if  not  all,  d 
the  inhabitants  contributed.  Michaf»l  Avery  wm 
mayor  of  Bodmin  in  1544  {Hid.  of  Tngg,  p.  3S01 
and  died  in  1509 ;  though  the  name  does  aol 
occur  among  those  of  the  burgesses  in  Farttimwt 
or  their  manucaptors.  The  parish  regiftteia  ca^ 
menc©  in  1659,  and  the  name  of  Avery  is  amoo^f 
the  first  found  therein :  — 

l&GO.  Johant  the  daughter  of  Thomas  Avery,  wat  ^t^ 
tIzedMav*2iiLh. 

16^1.  Thomas,  the  son  of  Thomas  Avery,  wjm  hk 

15E>9.  Walter  Aveiye  and  Orige  WiIUaiiis  mm 
Tied  Sept.  6tb, 

1569.  Micbell  Aveiye  was  baried  Sept.  28th. 

There  are  niany  other  entries  of  the  name* 
The  name  of  Averv  is  found  also  in  the  i 
of  the  borough  of  Liskeard,  of  which 
Thomas  Avery,  a  Koyalist,  was  appointed  i 
in   1659.     He  made  some  charitable 
the  town.     The  name  is  also  found  at 
and  Camelford,    To  the  former  place  the 
Mr.  Avery,  a  merchant,  was  a  grr*  -'  ^ — "'-iftcirl 
improving  the  harbour  and  trade  1 1, 

The  present  family  of  Every,  ui  :,.,„.„^,  ia  I 
lieved  to  ba  desoended  from  a  family  of  the  I 
name  formerly  settled  at  St.  Neot  in  " 
respecting  which  entries  occur  in  the 

registers  of  that  parish  as  aeon  as  they  oc 

John  Every  and  Thomas  Evety,  reapecdfalyi  hd 


<»  S.  TIL  Amu.  I,  Ti.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


ihildren  baptized  between  the  years  1567  and 
[J577.  The  present  repreaentative  of  the  familj  of 
Stery  of  Bodniin  is  the  Rev.  Nicliolaa  T.  Every, 
iiokt  of  St.  Kew,  CO,  ConiwiJL 

I  will  not  trespass  further  on  Mr*  Editor^s 
dndne^,  bat  shall  have  pleasure  in  answering  as 
kr  8^  1  can  any  inquiries  which  Hermkntrude 
Imv  desire  to  make  direct  John  Macleak. 

^ammeramith. 

Mabbijlge  of  ExaLisH  pRtNCESsES  (4***  S.  vii. 
|03l) — I  suppose  the  last  instance  of  a  princess 
DBfTying  a  feritiah  subject,  wUhmd  On*  royal  ammt^ 
the  Princess  Mary,  sixth  child  of  Henry  VII. 
md  tfster  of  Henry  VIII.,  who  clandestinely 
Carried  Charles  Brandon,  Duke  of  Sufiblk,  in 
[HujrDy  Abbey  in  151  o. 

The  princeas,  who  was  also  queen -dowager  of 
Prance,  vrtka  re-married  to  the  duke  at  Greenwich 
n  the  ?ame  year;  and  becoming^  by  him  the 
raodmotber  of  the  unfortunate  Lady  Jane  Grey, 
«part<$d  this  life  June  25,  1533^  at  her  manor  of 
r«thorpe  in  SuHblk.  W.  H.  S, 

SCSTRIK!*   OF  ESTGLAHD    {4^   S*    Vli  ^209.)— 

JK\  id  douhtleaa  aware  that  a  very  curious  list 

ks  about  apecial  **  industries  "  might  easily 

apiled,  ana  I  could  mi^ike  a  curious  ctita- 

even  Ironi  my  own  shelves.     lib  querv  is 

^'     ineant»  however,   for  general  treatises. 

emember  many  well  worth  reading  in 

Cahitmi  Ct^lo/tesdia^  especially  the  three 

pee  on  **  Alanufactures  in  Metal,''  the  one  on 

|,'*&c.  &c.    A  most  interesting  and  valuable 

iraa  set  after  the  visit  of  the  British 

aaflon  Ij  Xowcastle-on-Tyne,  when   a  finiall 

|v  in3d,  and  afterwards  expanded 

1 1  V  ork : — 

M  li    U       ir  -       f    the    three   Nortbcprn 

\\     I  .        !   '       ,  inf hiding  the  Reports 

the  British  Asso- 

nstrouf^,  J,  Low- 

....    .  y  l^on.  With  Notes 

|A  vited  writh  Alapjt,  Plnns,  and  Wood- 

:    LoDgTuana  &  Co,  (2nd  ©d.)  1864. 

L'  of  the  British  Association  at  Bir- 
i  in  18(35  produced  a  similar  volume  under 


RtMur ' 

ail  ■ 

rilMBn 


1^,  «ml  In duf trial  Hist<>ry  of 
1  tnd  Hardware  Diatrict.  A 
'■V  the  Lfjf^il  Industrie  Com* 
lion  at  Dirmin^h/im  in  18+56. 
LodJoq:  Koberl  ll^irdwkke. 


A'^s  ^re  80  much  origin  Ed  and 
iaiVitiiitJi  M  that  it  is  to  be  regretted 
tbv  eXAuiplt-*  lii^  nni  been  followed  in  other 
taaftt  (omI  that  ^  mtm^  of  facts — often 

^ialuilg' — cone  industrial  history  of 

md  hare  not  been  CLtUected  and  preserved, 


Rase  Statbmenis  (4***  8.  vii.  232,  273.)— 
All  that  I  have  y>  eav  to  Cla.rrt*b  strictures  is, 
that  in  my*  edition  of  Gibbon,  London,  1818,  at 
vol,  i,  ch.  V.  p,  168,  the  words  stand  as  I  have 
quoted  them.  This  is  styled  a  "new  edition/* 
and  WAS  published  only  twenty-four  yeaiB  after 
the  author's  death.  So,  after  all,  it  is  only  edition 
against  edition ;  and  with  no  show  of  justice  can 
I  be  charged  as  "  guilty  of  a  rash  statement." 
Dear  old  Fuller's  accuracy  and  honesty  are  too 
well  established  to  be  shaken  easily,  and  I  hare 
very  grave  doubts  as  to  their  having  lailed  him 
here.  My  edition  of  the  Holt/  and  Propliam  Stat^ 
is  that  of  Tegg,  London,  1841^  with  notea  by 
James  Nichols.  The  reference  is  not  given  in  the 
text,  but  in  a  foot  note  by  the  editor.  In  addition 
to  Til  man  Bredenbach,  De  Belh  Li  von.  f  he  gives 
Fits-Herbert,  Of  Policy  and  Rdiijion^  pt.  i.  ch.  xiy, 
Edmttnij  Tew,  M.A. 

Why  dobs  a  itewxt  bobn  Child  cht  ?  (4*^*  S. 
vii.  -11.)  —  Goldsmith  says  somewhere,  "  We 
wept  whan  we  came  into  the  world,  and  every 
moment 'tells  us  why/*  I  have  tried  to  find  it, 
but  without  Buccesa.  Some  one  will  perhaps  re- 
collect the  passage  and  give  the  reference.  My 
di.Happointment  was  however  compensated  by  the 
refreshing  pleasure  of  looking  at  old  Goldy  again. 
I  would  supplement  the  query  by  asking^  do  our 
young  men  ever  read  the  old  authors  P  My  ob- 
servation is  that  a  penny  paper  is  their  chief 
pabulum,  colouring  a  meerschaum  their  amuse- 
ment, with  an  occasional  glance  at  the  SatHrdatf 
Eevi^w  as  a  higher  intellectual  effort.      CLAKRr. 

King's  Colleob,  Nkw  York  (4**  S.  vL  623.) — 
A.  J.  M.  asks,  what  is  known  of  the  history  and 
fate  of  the  Iung*a  College  at  New  York  P  It  is 
impossible  to  answer  hitn  in  a  letter;  and  I  can 
only  say  that  the  King's  College  still  exists  under 
the  name  of  Oohimbia  College. 

I  have  sent  to  you  by  moil  the  statutes  and  the 
last  UniverBity  Catalogue  which  contaia  the  in- 
formation for  which  he  asks. 

Beveblbt  B.  Belts, 
LibrArian  of  Coiumbia  Coll^. 

New  Yark. 

Mrs.  DowirryG  (i'"  S.  tiI.  142.)— Mrs.  Down- 
ing (*'  Christabel ")  is  not  dead  ;  she  is  atill  liTing, 
with  her  husband,  who  baa  been  for  many  yeaw 
one  of  the  parliamentary  corps  of  the  Daily  NeicSf 
and  was  for  the  greater  part  of  the  time  of  the 
sitting  of  the  late  council  at  Borne  the  Koman 
correspondent  of  that  paper.  His  brother,  Mr. 
MacCarthy  Downing,  M.P.,  sits  in  the  House  of 
Commons  as  representative  for  the  county  of 
Cork.  Mr,  and  Mrs.  Downin^r  until  lately  lived 
at  Gumming  Street,  Pentonville,  but  I  believe 
their  address  now  is  Hildrop  Crescent,  Camden 
Town.  Mrs.  Downing  was  born  at  Kenmare  ia 
the  county  of  Kerry.    I  am  \mft\j\^  U>  ^x%  ^floei 


dates,  nor  ran   I  say  whether  her  poeraa  have 
btsen  ptihlished  in  a  cuUocU^d  form,  W.  0'C\ 

P.S,  I  have  learned  that  Mra.  Dowmnff^s  poems 
were  pitblUhcd  about  twenty  yewB  ago  uy  Alex- 
ander Thorn  of  Dublin,  under  the  tiU©  of  Scraps 
from  the  MomU4iim  by  CbristabeUe, 

Cin?pftTow  =  Et<TiirGiioiFX  (4*''  S.  viL  34.)  — 
This  is  no  doubt  tho  place  intended  by  the  pasaag© 
in  Domeaday  Book,  but  how  it  csame  to  bave  two 
names  no  one  ba^  yet  expbiioed.  Leland  calls 
the  founder  of  Tinteme  "  Do  minus  de  Stroghill 
alias  Chepstow."  Castell  Trojjrsry,  «orae  ten  milea 
from  Cbcpstow,  is  sometimes  called  Strigoil  Castle, 
but  I  do  not  know  on  what  autbority,  altbough  I 
believo  within  the  honour  of  Strigoif. 

As  to  the  derivation  of  this  name,  without  at^ 
tempting  ono  myself,  I  can  only  refer  C.  E,  W.  to 
an  explanation,  which  1  Jear  is  sufficiently  far- 
fetched, given  by  Lelaiid  ilim.  ix.  101),  quoting  an 
annotation  on  the  poet  Xecham  (abbot  of  Ciren- 
oester,  1215-25):  **  Strata  Julia,  cujus  pontem 
construxit  Julius  (Cn.  J,  Agricola  intendea)  quod 
Tulffo  Stri^olium  dicitur/*  In  this  passage  a 
bridge  at  Chop.*tow  is  of  course  meant ;  however, 
this  appellallun  of  the  Komau  road  which  un- 
doubtedly crossed  tbe  Wye  here  is  as  old  as 
Kecbam,  for  he  mentions  it  more  than  once,  but 
it  is  now  grencrally  confined  to  the  way  from  Bath 
to  St,  David^s,  in  con^efjuence  of  the  statement  of 
the  dubious  Richard  of  Cirencester  (xi  Iter.  '*  per 
viam  Juliam/'j*  A,  S.  Ellu, 

BromptaD. 

BEs<?EXDAX're  OP  JsEEitr  Tatuir  (4^  S.  vii. 
14,3.) — There  can  be  no  persons  living  of  the  name 
of  Taylor  who  are  Htictd  defendants  of  Bishop 
Taylor,  as  that  eminent  divine  left  no  male  issue. 
One  of  the  bishop's  daughters  and  co-heiresaes, 
Mary  J  married  Dr,  Francis  Marsh,  subsequently 
Arcli bishop  of  Dublin.  The  present  Francis 
Marsh,  Esq.,  of  f^pring-raount,  Queen's  County,  a 
descendant  from  that  marriage,  might  be  able  to 

g>©  J.  some  further  particulara  as  to  the  Taylor 
mily.  Mr.  Marsh  poaaesaea,  as  an  heirloom  in 
his  family^  a  very  good  portrait  of  his  ancestor 
Jeremy  Taylor.    '  C,  S,K, 

St.  Peter's  Si|uaTc,  Hftmmersmitht  W. 

Hair  cRowmo  after  Death  (4**  S.  vi*  624 ; 
vjL  06,  8;3,  1.30,  222.)— When  the  remains  of 
Napoleon  the  Great  were  about  to  be  transferred 
from  St  Helena  to  France,  accord inf,'  to  his  wish, 
to  repose  on  the  borders  of  the  Seine,  on  the 
▼arioua  coffins  being  opened,  to  the  astonishment 

♦  In  my  not43  on  the  "liohwn  Famil}'"  (4*»»  S.  vi.  45&), 
the  names  of  the  noble  twiaa,  KUwtrd'and  WOliara,  were 
•oddcn tally  omitted.  They  wore  born  nt  Caldecott  Castle, 
uear  Cbepstow,  about  1313.  Ttii-^  fact,  ultbim^rb  the  only 
one  to  prove  the  wcujiJition  of  this  very  interu^ttog  ruin, 
UupHioticeil  in  tbti  excellent  account  of  the  ca-stle  by  Mr. 
O.  Morgau,  M.P,,  and  Mr.  VVaketmuu-^A.  S.  E, 


I 


of  all  bystanders,  among  whom  were  his  old  com* 
panions  in  captivity,  his  corpse  appcarvd  ta  t 
wondt*rfuI  state  of  presenration,  and  the  beard 
and  nails  were  found  to  have  grown  atW  he  had 
been  inhu mated.  P.  A.  *~ 

^*The  old  Gentleman  atTurrey"  mriU- ;i 
spectful  bow  to  the  young  gentleman  v 
**N.  &  Q."  with   remarks  on  the  a: 
subject  on  February  11  last.  The  lady,  the  growth 
of  whose  beautiful  hair  after  death  the  oQ  g«»- 
tie  man  had  the  pleasure  of  seeing^,  was  the  s^ctjtid 
wife  of  one  of  the  Lords  Mordaunt   of  Turr^f, 
who  lived  in  the  reign  of  Queen  Elizahelh.    %iii 
w*w  buried  in  a  grave,  the  bottom,  sides,  and  \£i^ 
of  which  were  composed  of  thin  stones  taken  it^m 
a  neighbourio^;  quarry,  and  which  had  been  taoW 
roughly  with  the  hammer  on  their  upper  an  '      ' 
surfaeoii.     The  lady  probably  had  lonjf  hair 
her  life,  a^  the   yomig   gentleman   mtefi-suuui; 
suggests.     The  upper  part  of  the  coffin  around  w  ] 
heivd  was  filled  with*hair,  which  had  prees^  *'  ''^^^ 
into  all  the  irrefuhtrities  and  LndentaUoii 
stones,  taking  their  form  almost  as  compk:,.    - 
pla^iter  of  Paris  would  do  that  of  the  mould  W»  I 
whieh  it  was  poimjd  ;  or,  as  may  be  often  t/m^  1 
the  roots  of  plants  that  of  the  fiower-pcts  in  whkfc 
they  have  been  long  growing.     The  hair  had  sli9  * 
insinuated  itself  through  the  iDtereticea  betraa 
the  stones,  and  was  found  outside  the  oo^  ii 
rather  long  apind  dlaments. 

Thx  Old  Ghktlemai. 

Tarvey  Abbey,  Bedford, 

Moor  Park  (i^^  S.  m  200.)— The  M*>^r  Vm 
described  by  Sir  William  Temple  is  in 
between  Faro  ham  and  Waverly,  and  not  i 
fordshire.    He  removed  to  that  place  when  h»  yik 
Sheen.  V.    ' 

[If  niir  correspondent  refers  to  SirWjl 
stftt4imeiit  {lyorktj  iiL  327-8,  e«!.  1770),  h 
our  quLTLit  was  correct.     **  Tf, 
l,£ardeu  I  ever  wiw,  cither  at  h* 
Moor  Paxkjin  Uertfordshirv,  wh 

YGUTI  ago.     .*•....     It  y(^  tli&ti«    bv 

Ikdford,"  &c^  are  thi  words  of  i5ir  Wil 

atid  hla  description  of  it  is  snch  as  tniy   \<^  xi  cxawj 

wish  for  furthur  particaUrs. — Ed,  •*  K.  &*  Q.**} 

Clan  I^Ic Airnr  (A^^  S.  \il  189.)— The 
ants  of  King  Alpin  are  supposed  to  have 
the  clan  Alpiu.    According  to  Douglas's 
ngCf  the  ancient  seat  of  the  claa  waa  ~ 
nage.    At  present  the  dan  Alpin  is  repi 
b?  ita  branehea,  the  Macgregora,  Mackiun* 
The  Macalpins  of  the  present  day  (by  no 
A  numerous  sept)  I  believe  to  be  descended 
Macgregors,  and  to  have  assumed  the  name 
that  of  Mocgregor  was  proscribed. 

Who,  knowing  the  history  of  the  HigUiw 
and  its  clans,  and  of  the  clan  Oregor  is  particiii^ 
with   all  its  forfeitures  and  pro9criptioas«  worn  ^ 
expect  to  find  in  tha  charter-room  c!f  the       ^* 


4t*  s.  vu.  afril  1, 710  NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


291 


oliief  a  aeneft  of  UUe-deeds  and  other  mimimenta 
6-  T,  the  de8cent  of  the  various  chiefs  from 

K  i    iaciklpinP  Mao. 

In  the  notes  appended  to  Claft^Aljnn$  Vow  (bj 
Alex,  Boawell)  reterence  ia  made  to  the  genealogy 
of  this  mystical  race,  which  may  be  of  aervice  to 
Ejtquikeb  (note  1) : — 

'^Tbe  genealogist  of  the  Micalpios  and  Mac^pgors 
tdla  hj  in  the  Baronage  of  Srollawi  that,  in  common  with 
tlte  otber  deioimdaots  of  King  Alpin»  tliey  conaidered 
ftmastlvm  as  one  people ;  and  Chat  Cho^-e  who  hnd  pre- 
Tioutij  aimnied  the  name  of  M&ca]pin,  doubtless  to 
^pittate  the  aid  of  the  more  numeroui  Macgregors, 
adapted  tbdr  name,  and  were  thua  united  to  that  claii» 
and  all  ilistinction  loafc." 

There  are  several  copious  notes  given  in  the 
fame  work  relative  to  thia  clan.      W\  Wutxebs, 

Walthdm  Abbey. 

BABtBs' Bells  (4«*  a  vi'475j  viL  21,  133, 

'^Hcr  infant  grandame's  whittle  n«xt  it  grew, 
The  bella  she  jiogled,  aod  the  whittle  blew." 

Map6  of  the  Lock,  canto  V.  93. 

W,  J.  Bernhaed  Smith* 
Temple^ 

Letter  from  Oliver  Cbomwell,  1655  (i^  S* 
199.) — Vour  correspondent  Elan  mentions 

I  having  a  copy  of  a  letter  that  Cromwell  pro- 
^^  led  sending  to  the^Emperour  Suit  an  Mahomet,'* 
'  Mii  of  which  the  death  of  Sir  Thomas  Ben  dish 

rented  the  delivery.    Would  Elan  object  to 
publication   of  the  letter?  for,   though   the 
^*    [  never  received  it,  one  would  like  to  kjjow 
NoU*a  viewa  regarding  the  Turkey  of  the 

W.  H. 

*Tki  Ckazt  Tales  "  {4^^  S.  vil,  154.)-TIii3 

was  moat  certainly  written  by  John  Hall 

Sanson,  as  stated  by  the  Editor  of  **  N.  &  Q/' 

}»ra).     Some  account  of  the  author  may  bo 

in  rioUand^a  Iheis  of  Yorkshire.     About 

rty  years  ago  an  edition  of  the  Tales  was  pub- 

in   London  by  some   obscure  bookseller, 

name  has  escaped  me.     On  the  title-page 

'  by  liichard  Bnnsley  Sheridan  '^ — an  evi- 

§ti  mi*»HT(t?.     The  tales  are  not  without  merit 

t   many  of  them  are  very  licentioiis ; 

1  worse  than  anything  to  m  met  with 

^jn^im^^  tram  whom  many  of  the  stories  are 

Uted,     I  have  seen  an  etMtiou  (without  any 

on  the  title)  printed  at  the  close  of  the 

l^crntury.    The  publisher  was  one  Griffita  or 

N. 

TFTOOHiPHY  (4»*'S.  vii.  155.)  — The  paper 
•  B  h  interesting  and  instructive, 

k^'t  back  black  horse.     I  have  learnt  that 
^Jm  ooratched." 

id  liiuti«diotely  three  reirs.  Inf.,  one  Cav.^ 
Biktterlea,  to  relief  of  N," 


And  Gcmdudea  his  communication  with  an  artifice^ 
instead  of  thus  correctly  involving  (3) :  — 

28,29,32,20—42,28,23-^20,26,21,21,23,32. 
which  deciphered,  ia  — - 

**  Find  the  deceit" 

Aa  J*  R.  C.  is  evidently  an  adept  in  crypto- 
graphy, I  shall  be  pleased'  if  he  can  explain  the 
involution  and  evolution  of  thia  cryptogram  — 

00 182107 101 7081 7(K!0721 
2r>O,s23lH210Olti25141400 
1817121007  — 
which  I  have  constructed  on  the  basis :  — 
A  B  CD  E  F  G  H  1  J  K  L  M    NO 
1    2  3  4    5  0   7  8    9  10  11  12  13  14  15 

p  Q  M  s  T  u  V  ir  X  r  z 

IG  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  20 

as  he  will  thereby  testify  to  the  value  and  utility 
of  experts  m  cryptic  evolution. 
The  cr^-ptologue  is  — 

**  Tho  Spirit  searcheth  all  things." 

(See  1  Cor.  ii,  10.) 
J.  Bealk, 

Bacon's  Qfeeji's  CotTKSiasHTp  (4*^  S.  vii,  188.) 
The  first  Queen's  Counsel  was  Francis,  afterwards 
Lord  Bacon,  on  whom  the  dignity  was  conferred 
honoris  cmtm  in  1690 — he  receiving  neither  fee 
nor  patent.  Shortlv  after  the  accession  of  James  L 
he  was  appointed  King's  Counsel — this  time  with 
a  salary  of  forty  pounds  and  a  premium  of  aijcty. 
It  is,  doubtless,  upon  the  former  distinction  that 
his  biographer  enlarges  in  the  passage  quoted  by 
your  correepondent ;  for  at  the  time  of  its  being 
conferred  Bacon  was  only  in  his  thirtieth  year, 
an  age  at  which  a  barrister  was  not  considered  to 
have  finished  his  legal  education.  According  tci 
tbe  jurists  of  the  time,  barristers  were  styled 
apprentices  {appretiitdi ad  lei/em)j  and  not  thought 
qualified  to  execute  the  full  office  of  an  advocate 
until  of  sixteen  years*  standing,  when  thoy  might 
be  called  to  the  degree  of  serjeant,  and  thus  be* 
came  servientes  ad  kffenu  Bacon  could  scarcely 
have  been  selected  on  account  of  hia  eminence^ 
for  we  know  that  at  this  time  he  was  quarrelling 
with  hia  profession ;  and  that  in  1504,  when  he 
was  refused  the  Solicitorahip,  the  que«n  expressed 
a  very  poor  opinion  of  his  ability,  remarking  that 
he  waa  a  showy  lawyer  rather  than  a  profound 
one.  I  may  here  observe,  that  the  Encydojiadia 
Brilannica  falls  into  the  popular  error  of  saving 
that  the  present  Queen's  Counsel  receive  a  salary. 

JULIAK  SflARMAKt 

PJGEON  Post  (4"'  S.  vii.  185.)— Other  birda 
be^des  pigeons  have  been  used  aa  letter-carriers, 
aa  witness  the  following  from  Julian 'a  Higtortf  of 
Animals,  book  I.  chap.  vii.  I  spare  ^o\a  c^ 
the  Greek^  and  give  Addiaou^^  u«^£is£kik\2yc:ni\~-* 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


"  In  EgTpt,  neAr  tbe  lake'Moeris,  where  stands  the  city 
of  Crwodiles,  they  show  the  tomb  of  a  jar  (tofm^vf)^  of 
which  the  nativet  reUto  thi«  history : — T* hey  tell  you 
that  this  jay  was  brought  op  by  one  of  their  kings, 
ea]le<d  3farrA«^  ivhoao  letters  it  carried  wherever  he 
plciiAert  to  send  them;  thatirhen  they  pjave  it  directions, 
It  reailily  underj-tood  which  way  to  ttim  ita  flighty  what 
places  it  t^houM  paaa  overt  and  where  to  stop.  When  it 
waa  dead,  Marrhei  honoured  it  with  an  epitaph  and 
tomb." 

Robert  Fitzharhbts,  or  Harteis  (4^^  S.  vi. 
414,  517;  vii.  222.)  —  Nimrod  must  surely  be 
joMng  when  be  asks  wbetber  nil  tbe  persons 
beftring  tbe  Cbriatian  name  of  Hervey  in  the 
Index  of  Duchesne's  Norman  Chrontckrs  Are  "  of 
the  same  or  difierent  families."  He  mij?ht  as  well 
ask  the  same  question  about  all  tbe  Boberts  or 
Willi  am  8  in  tbe  same  Index,  The  Dukes  of  Or- 
lean8f  with  whom  be  seems  ao  familiar,  are  com- 
pletely unknoi^Ti  to  the  learned  authors  of  AH 
de  VeriJUr  les  Dat€8^  who  are  reputed  to  be  tbe 
beat  authority  on  such  a  subject.  On  the  other 
bandf  liobert  Fitz  Emeis,  bis  ancestry  and  de- 
Bcendjmts,  are  perfectly  well  known  to  all  wbo 
are  acquainted  with  Ang^lo- Norman  genealo^as, 
and  tbero  is  ample  proof  tbat  neither  bis  father 
nor  grandfather  were  the  sons  of  any  Duke  of 
Orleans  or  of  Burgundy.  It  would  seem  tbat  nil 
NiMBoD^s  speculations* have  arisen  out  of  a  ludi- 
crous raiaprint  of  Fitx-HertJeis  for  Fitz-Hemeis. 
The  Ilerveys  of  Ickworth  have  long  enjoyed  too 
higrb  a  rank  and  position  in  Knj^land  to  require  a 
fictitious  genealogy,  to  which  tbey  have  no  his- 
torical pretensions.  Tewars. 

"  Et  FACERE  ScRrDETHJA,  ETC."  (4***  S.  vii.  209.) 
B.  will  find  these  words  in  the  younger  Pliny's 
celebrated  letter  to  Tacitus  describinyr  the  death 
of  his  uncle,  tbe  elder  Pliny.  After  adverting  to 
the  eternal  fame  to  which  the  writings  of  Tacitus 
were  destined,  the  writer  proceeds  thus : — 

*♦  Equidem  beato3  puto«  quibau  deomm  niunero  datum 
est,  aut  facere  scribenda,  aut  scribere  legenda  :  beatiisi* 
raoa  vero,  quibus  utrumqne:  horwm  in  munew  avunculm 
mm»  et  sms  iibrU  et  In u  eriC* 

The  italics  are  mine*  J.  E, 

Glasgow* 

The  subjoined  epigram  (the  46th)  by  Owen  is 
perhaps  the  passage  to  which  B.  refers : — 
*'AdP,  SidnBiwrn. 
'*  Qui  scribenda  facit,  scribitve  legends,  beatua 
Ille  ;  beatior  es  tu,  qttod  utmuiqae  fads. 
Dignfl  legi  scribts,  fatris  et  digmssima  scribi  i 
Scrip  la  probanl  doctum  te  tiia,  facta  pro  bain.*' 

P.  J.  F.  G^OTTrLLON* 

The  Print  of  Guidons  "Aurora'*  (!•*  S.  ii. 
3D1 ;  2«^  S.  iii.  296;  4^^  S,  vii.  13,  113,  221.)--! 
regret  to  inform  your  correspondent  S.  R.  that 
Mr,  Dawsox  Turner  of  Yarmouth  was  so  far 
from  being  able  to  mention  the  author  relerred  to^ 


or  where  the  lines  are  to  be  found^  that  he 
the  veiy  same  question,  and  adds:^ — 

*^l  should  have  snpposed  (thii  pattoge)  might  htv« 
been  written  for  the  occasion,  had  1  not  bef»  told,  Qpcoi 
authority  in  which  I  put  contideni^,  that  it  is  to  be  fottadia 
some  clasaic  author.  If  so,  the  lines  may  possibly  hare 
given  rise  to  the  painting,  and  not  the  painting  to  tbe 
lines." 

In  reply  to  tbe  second  query,  "  Would  be  fur- 
ther oblige  me  by  informing  me  who  Alexander 
/Ktolus  was  and  when  he  lived  ? ''  I  have  tht 
pleasure  to  furnish  bim  with  the  following  ex- 
tracts &om  in  J  unpublished  catalogue : — 

"  vile^aader  .^tolas,  a  Greek  poet  and  ;ri  aiiimarlan,  nift 
lived  in  the  rci|^  of  Ptoletii.'eaa  I'l  .— V*eFtQt«lf 

PUnetia,  V.  Galeus  ad  Partheniu  in,  Adilmdli 

149-^1  (qnoted  in  *  N.  <k  QJ  '2^*^  >>.  ui.  . -n*/,  ChaleiiliM 
in  TimEeum  (p.  307  in  Hippolyto),  ElegantlaiiiBail 
carmen  de  Antheo  ex  ejus  ApoUiae^  7.  PaitlMmBi 
c.  xiv," 

"  Pnrtheniaa  (here  referred  to),  a  native  of  Klaca,  Uwd 
in  the  reign  of  Angnstusi. — Erotica,  v.  Gale,  iUfkng 
Fmticu,  pp.  343-402.  The  eighth  of  these  lovo  tt^rki  b 
translated  in  Toland'a  History  **fthe  Druids  pp,  li^-31. 
Also  the  Btory  of  Hercules.  *On  pent  con^utter  po«r 
pluJi  do  de'talbi  le  curicux  article  que  Fabrictu*  a  eda- 
aacnii  k  ce  riofete,  dan^  le  tome  ii.  de  «a  Bibtioth*  Grae» 
pp.  eTii-79.  — Bio^r.  Univen,    See  abo  Bayk. 

BlBLIOTHECAB*  CltETIUJt» 

''  One  Swallow  does  not  kakr  a  STnfi»im** 
(3"'  S,  V.  53,  63.)— Mr-  Heath's   'v  ^ 

ulready  been  answered  from  Dr.  Forst. . 
the  Seaaofus.    Perhaps  the  following  extiiict  Horn 
the  same  author's  Mesearche^  abotd  ^tttntu^Amt 
PhiBnomcna^  p.  155,  will  also  be  accept  ' ' 

**  The  occaaional  early  appearanoe  of  a  > 
haa  been  proverbially  noticed  at  not  b  "- 
iummer.  (Xote.)     It  is  remarkable  tl  uiitnai 

have  A  Binjilar  proverb  relating  to  the  :^L\idi^ 

XsA  ap[tearance  before  its  tisnal  time.  IJuc  Grieki  haft 
Mio  x*^^^^^  ^*P  ou  iroul;  thu  LutinR,  *Una  hiraniloiMt 
focit  ver ' ;  the  Freni  U,  '  Une  hirondleUe  no  fail  ptt  ll 
printcinpa' ;  the  (iurmitn,%  '^Eine  Schwalbe  mucht  kcuM 
Frilling" ;  the  Duti^h,  *  F^n  swaluw  maakt  ^i-M  zr^mtt*; 
the  Swedes,  *  En  svata  gor  Ingen  eomtnar  * ; 
*  Una  golondrina  no  hace  verono';  the  I; 
rondina  non  fa  prima  vera ' ;  and  the  Eoglirih,  ■  uu^  ^"toi- 
low  doth  not  mAkc  a  summer/  '* 

BlBLroniBCAR.  CttETniM* 

**  Owl  I  THAT  LOVEst  THE  BODING  Sky  '*  (4**  & 
711.  190.)^-!  think  this  poem  will  be  f  '  ''"^ 
OetUk'tnan's  Mnfjazine  between  IS.'iO  ' 

it  was  inserted  thei*e  by  its  author,  inv  iiv>  t 
Mitford,  tbe  editor.  I  have  no  index,  thcirfiMi 
cannot  state  in  which  volume,  0,  A 


EpTTArii  ON  Sir  Tnos.  Stanley  (!•*  S, 
IDO.) — The  lines  referred  to  are  wi*; 
still  legible  on  the  monument,     Tb+'' 
by  Mr.  Walter  White  in  All  I! 
p.  14  (I860),  among  a  few  partii 
the  singularly  interesting  old  church  at  i  >n^. 


m 


tf^avii.  APBiLi/710 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


SM 


"TffB  Srw  iriTBR  SETS  on  the  British  Do- 
MiyiftFS"*  <4"*  S.  Tii,  210.) — A  similar  idea  occurs 
in  TibuUtis,  liber  ii.  elegia  v. : — 

•*  Roma,  tuuTn  nomen  terris  fiitale  r^j^eodig, 
Qulk  sua  dc  cctlo  proipidt  arvm  Ceres ; 
QuJl^que  patent  ortu<r«  et  qu&  tiuitftntibiid  undis 
Soiu  imhetant€s  nbltiii  nniQift  oquos." 

Thomas  E.  WmifTKOTOK. 

Lady  M.  Wortlkt  MoNTAOu'ft  Li:ttees  (4'*^ 
S.  Tii.  124.) — Id  Mr,  HQnter*8  yaluftble  collection 
of  MSB.  24,48.'?,  British  Mus«ora,  may  be  found 
much  of  an  inttfreBting  kind  relative  to  thia  lady's 
literary  productions.  Mr.  Hunter  introduces  the 
subject  of  these  letters  by  stating  that^ — 
"Th^  in*  mber  of  the  family  to  whom  I  was  indebted 
tl  notices  of  thia  fatly  ir»*f  rted  to  the  i^ccond 
(h  Yorfuhire^  was  Ladv  I^uba  Stttart,  her 
r,  an  unmarried  dnuijfiter  of  the  Countess 
V  were  obtained  for  roe  by  the  kind  inter- 
""rfpTid  the  RcT.  Dr,  Corbet  of  Wortley,  to 
(-ed  in  the  flammer  of  1K26,  a  pending- 
!  at  the  house  of  Mr.  Eimington  at 

W.  WlBTBEa, 


Waltham  Abhey. 

Majtx  BwHors  (4»'»  S,  vii,  184.)— The  following 

U^t    *'  ^-  i    '  q  of  Sodor  and  Man  \^  given  by  Dodd 

in  '  Hisiory^  toI.  i*     1  copy  it  aa  I  find 

^1    i-.Tn.v  Tso  to  those  TV  ho  are  in* 

names  ami  aider  of 


'Amfihthxl  us 

,      300 

IiAnni. 

Gmiantia    . 

«      100 

MauriUus. 

Ctmitiflicu*. 

Mark 

.    1300 

Bomulu«« 

AlftD. 

Machutus    , 

.    fm 

GiUwrt. 

Cr^nanu*. 

Bernard. 

MtrhaeL 

Ttif.mrt^. 

^'^imuiidua 

.    1100 

^\' 

^eL 

Jofni. 

J, 

j_ 

IflkhAcl  XL 

l: 

ihy. 

Mrhola«  de  Meaax  1200 

.1 

.    1400 

te^nald. 

T.  ■            ..! 

;an» 

J- 

Kichrua. 

Ghonn. 

Iluam  Hlaukleach  1500 

I^umieat. 

Thomtis  Stanley. 

&fa«nL 

Henrv  Man, 

'* 

F.  C.  11. 

**  llnABioN'e   SBKVAirr,    thb  Sage  Crow  " 

(i^  a   vii.   U,  112,   178/)— At  the  last  of  the 

•bore  refHroncGs  A.  G*  wishes  to  learn  j^omething' 

^111 1  Ills  cdil  volume,    The  Lives  of  tlte  Saints, 

'  describes.     On   referring   to   Tr^^or  tic 

-.  prTf  J.  G,  T.  Graesse  (I)re8de,18f3:3),  iv. 

'  this  book  noticed  as  occurring 

[1841,  art  18361].    The  fol- 

iiJTt,  !  by  Bohn  r — 

"  ;  "f  the  Sn!nt4^  ^ther«d  out  of 

■        "      T  Rib.ideneyni,    D, 

Authors,  with  ati 

m1.    Doaay.1623." 

Ii  '^  in  2  vole.  am.  8vo  [<^u. 

,  -i  . ,    .  -  "itly  bound,  price  3/^  10^. ' 


K. 


In  our  UniveTsity  library  (Cambridge)  we  have 
an  editir^n  of  this  work  in  small  4to,  1628,  jpp, 
(after  thti  Preface  and  Table)  947  +  18L  The 
Approhatio^  at  the  end  of  "  An  Appendix  of  the 
Saints  lately  cflnonized/'coneepotida  exactly  with 
that  giv(*n  by  A,  G.,  with  these  exceptions :  for 
Approl}ator  read  Approhatio  ;  for  hngiu^  read  /in- 
fffm^  and  for  Andomarop.  read  Audcmarop,  [St 
Omerj.  These  were  doubtless  errors  of  transcrip- 
tion. The  extract  of  the  famous  miracle  of  tbo 
crow,  j^iven  by  A.  G.,  occurs  in  this  edition  tmder 
January  15,  in  "  The  Life  of  8,  Paule  the  tirst  i 
Fcnnite,"  at  the  bottom  of  page  25.  Aa  Bohn*a  j 
title  is  an  abbreviated  one,  A*  G,  will  perhaps 
liho  to  have  the  whole  title  of  this  later  edition, 
which  I  here  transcribe  ; — 

**  Tlie  Live?  of  Rjiint«,     Writti^n  in  th<»  8pnni*li  bv  the 
R,  F.  Alfun      ^.'■■'.  ^-    :  ■   ■  ■       .    "'        '       '  ,'nt  of 

Italian  jtit  li  the 

Spanish.    ^\ i  uther 

Saiatft  of  the  vniucrM&li  Church.  Extracted  out  of  F. 
Eibadencirft,  Svrivs,  and  other  approued  authors.  This 
last  edition »  newly  perused,  ctjrrectcd,  aiiiplei!ed,  & 
Bdomed  with  many  faire  Brasen  imapea  *  representing 
the  principal  Saint.s  of  eucry  month.  Ah^o  a  table  of  tho 
au^^ented  Saiiiti>  added  in  the  be^nninicr  of  the  Dook, 
and  in  tht?  end  tbo  llne^  of  S.  PATRJCIUE,  S.  Jiaip&rr,  ik 
S.Ci.L^     ..       ■.  r^  ■'  .:A, 

**  H  iitir  /i/5*   madmen,  tmd  thtiw 

end  uuir  r  theif  are  ctmntrti  ttfnQH^  the 

chifdftn  vf  Ginit  uml  t/teir  lui  is  among  the  Sainti/,  Sap. 
5.  4. 

**  With  permission  for  W.  H. 

E.  V. 

'*  Still  glides  titts  ^k^tlb  Strkamlet  oit  " 
(4^  S.  vi,  Q,} — The  author  of  th^  piece  beginning 
thus  la  Hood*  See  p.  lO-'i  of  Ptn'mt*,  tbirteentfi 
edition,  1801.  P.  J.  F.  Gajstilloij. 

Smoitinq  Illegal  (4***  S.  vi.  384,  485;  vu. 
198.) — The  citation  (p.  485)  is  correctly  given 
from  the  Colotuai  Jiecords  of  Connecticut,  edited 
by  J.  Hammond  Tnimball,  l5!sq.,  vol,  i  p,  658.  In 
the  same  volume  the  original  Act  i^  given  at 
p.  15tl,  and  its  terms  are  still  more  quaint.  It 
should  be  added  that  thia  Act  is  connected  with 
one  aimed  at  intemperance  in  drinking  wine  and 
strong  waters.  W.  H.  Whitmobb. 

Boaton,  U.  S.  A. 

Smokers  (at  any  rate  in  England)  are  tmder 
the  impression  that  they  already  pay  a  very  heavy 
tax  on  their  luxury,  in  the  form  of  the  large  duty 
on  tobacco,  and  would  not  see  any  justice  in  the 
additional  tax  advocated  by  N.,  nor  any  analogy 

*  Our  copy  is  without,  and  appears  never  to  have  had, 
the  bras^n  imapet.  The  tJtle-p&e«  ia  adorned  with  me- 
dallion bu.*ts  of  the  Saviour  ana  the  Virgin,  rf*-<i-c»«, 
with  the  Holy  Spirit  deacending  as  a  duve  from  above, 
and  a  chtsnib'g  hrnd  tx^low,  with  r>alm  bran.;heA,  Ac, 
Thero  are  thr  *''>nes  to  the  Livea  of  SS.  Patrick, 

Brid^t,  anti  '  '^d  respectively  Ao^,  19  ^CV«3u V"*  , 

and  Aug.  16»  hi.  .^  ^  w>. 


t4»»S.TIL  AH«ii.l.*n 


1 


between  such  a  tax  and  those  on  guns  and  armo- 
rial beariflgs.  N — it- 
Adorning  Wells  at  LicitFTiTLD  (4**  8.  vii. 
1070 — ^The  extract  from  A  Sf^rt  AccowUj  ^,^ 
1831,  is  merely  a  reproduction  of  a  note  to  a^- 

*'Hi*tory  of  the  City  and  Cathedral  of  Lichfield, 
chJeflv  compiled  from  Ancient  Authors,  &c,  by  Joho 
J«cksbn,  Jan.,  1805.'^ 

The  author  was  the  son  of  a  hookseller  in  I^ich- 
field,  and  had  resided  in  that  city  all  his  life  ;  he 
therefore  speaka  with  the  authority  of  an  eye- 
witness.  He  says,  p.  25,  note  (he  has  been  quot- 
ing Dr.  Plot)  :— 

**  This  ancient  custom  of  Adorning  wells,  &c.,  and  all 
places  &t  the  boundariefl  of  the  different  parisheis  is  to 
thi«  day  observed  in  Lichfield  and  many  neiKhbouHnff 
towns;*  where  the  clergy  man  of  erneb  partJsh,  attended  by 
the  ehnrcbwnrdiina  and  other  office™,  and  a  numeroua 
concourse  of  children,  with  fg^wvax  boughs  in  their  hoodsi 
reAda  the  gospel  for  the  day." 

The  interesUnQ'  fact  is  the  rending  the  gospel 
at  the  wells.  This  was  a  custom  of  extreme  an- 
tiquity. Pleasant  old  Aubrey^  in  his  MS.  **  Re- 
maiiios  of  Geutilisnie/-  says : — 

**  In  processions  Lhey  used  to  r^ade  a  Rospell  at  th« 
springs  to  bles*c  them  :  which  hath  been  dbcon tinned  nt 
hunny  ^ell  in  BerkHhire  but  since  IGHH."  —  Brajid'a 
Fopuhir  A  rttiquitiea  ;  Ellis,   IVtUt  tmd  Fvuntain§* 

Can  any  inhabitant  of  Lichfield  remember  such 
ft  custom  ?  J.  IIenry  Skqkthouse. 

Edgbastoo. 

Tub  Plant  Lingua  Anseris  (4*"  S.  viL  162.) 
I8  not  the  Lingm  anseriSf  inquired  for  by  MR* 
Britten,  FoteiiUUa  aneerina  f  the  leaves  of  which 
are  more  or  less  like  fern  leaves,  though  it  would 
require  a  great  stretch  of  the  imagination  to  see 
any  resemblance  in  its  '*  rote  "  to  a  '*  goos  byH" 

Dis-spntTT  (4***  S,  vii.  180.) — Mr.  Tew  is  mis- 
taken in  thinkiog  that  Fuller  meant  to  use  this 
word  in  the  sen^ie  of  '*  to  inftise  spirit."  iJis^spCrit 
always  means  to  pour  or  take  spirit  out ;  and  so 
in  the  passage  quoted.  Fuller,  with  hitf  wonted 
quaint  and  pregnant  use  of  words,  says,  *'  <fw- 
miriU  the  book  into  the  scholar  " — i.  e.  pours  out 
tne  spirit  of  the  book  into  the  scholar. 

J.  H.  I,  Oaklbt. 

The  Priory,  CroydoD. 

War  Medals  (4*»»  S.  vii.  13,  13L)— WiU 
J.  W.  F.  transmit  to  posterity  in  the  lasting  pages 
of  "X.  &  Q/'  the  names,  regiments,  and  battles 
of  the  nx  men  who  received  the  Peninsular  medal 
with  fifteen  clasps  ?  C*  P.  I. 

CoNVTviAL  SoN0S  (4*"  S.  vil.  151.)— The  fol- 
lowing is,  I  conceive,  the  song  desired  by  Mr. 
Jajlbs  Gilbrrt,  It  is  in  Mr.  J,  R.  Pla"nch6*8 
English  verdon  of  Wilhelm  Aug.  Wohlbruck^s 
German  opera,  Der  Vammjr^  which  was  produced 
Bt  the  EDglkh  Opera  Housei  Lyceum,  oa  Aur 


p0t  25, 1820.  The  music,  by  Heiimch  Micnclmsr, 
IS  for  four  male  voices : — 

*'In  Aatumn  we  should  dnnk,  boy% 
You  need  not  sure  be  told, 
Tia  then  the  overladen  vine 
ICf  purple  burden  sheds  in  wine. 
In  .'Vnttimn  we  ihould  drink,  boys  i 

In  Wioter  we  should  drink,  boyi| 

For  Winter  it  is  cold, 
And  better  than  capute  or  bood 
The  bright  ToklLycr  wnrm^  the  blo<KL 
Id  Winter  we  should  drink,  boys  I 

la  Summer  we  shouM  fHnk,  Imys, 

For  Sommer's  hi  -. 

The  very  earth  is  i 

And  thirsty  surely         men^ 

In  Summer  we  should  drink,  boys  I 
In  Spring  time  we  should  drink,  boya  I 

It  don't  much  matter  why ; 
But  having  drunk  for  seasons  three, 
To  blink  the  fourth  would  folly  be. 
So  round  the  year  we'll  drink,  boys  I  ** 

Vese:  Fee3E:  Fea2E(4'*'  S.  tu  195,421,5 
Tii  109,  224.)— r  thank  A.  L.  for  his  noi«  i 
this  word.     Hid  reference  to  the  use  of  it  in  ] 
is  valuable.     I  must  stiite,  however,  that  J 
terpretation   of  the  passage  Quoted  by 
Si^na  ante' Judicium  (PhilologiCHl  Society)  ] 
doubtedly  wrong.     Let  him  refer  to  the  who 
poem  either  in  the  Philological  Society's  Wj 
or  in  AUenglische  Sprachprobfn^  Sec.  (when 
again  printed)  ;  and  he  will  see  tliat  the  i    _ 
of  the  word  fentii  is  **  fiends  '*  and  nothing  I 
Within  a  few  lines  we  get — 

"  al  N  fendis  Nt  be)>  in  bel 


hou  N  fentis  sul  men  bar  mone." 
A,  L.  requotes  my  quotatioa  with  some  ii 
rectness.     Valuable  snace  of    "N,   &   Q/* 
scarcely  afford  a  third  repetition.     My  lo*t  J 
lines  mean  decidedly  and  unmistakeal** 
all  the  fiends  shall  thereof  be  terror- 
be  i/esidi?)  into  hell."    The  next  lines 
"for,  will  they,  nill  thev,  they  shall 
that  into  the  pine  of  hell**    To  satisfy 
more  of  the  meaning  of  ftntis  in  my  foimi 
tation,  I  refer  him  to  a  parallel  passage  In  1. 
Efiglish  Metrical  Homihet^  which  runs  thus  i*-^ 
**  Than  sal  the  raynbow  dec«nd 

In  hew  of  gall  it  sal  be  kend. 

And  wit  the  windos  it  sal  mel, 

Drif  them  doun  in  to  the  hel. 

And  dunt  th^  dt^wela  thidtr  in. 

In  thair  bal  al  for  to  brin." — (P.  xiL) 

A  mistake  of  this  kind  demands  correcUoil 
once ;  but  on  the  meaning  of  vcse,  /r»ae,  ^ 
I  still  hope  that  A.  L.  wul  give  us  furtlt^r 
formation.  JoflJir  A^i 

Rustington,near  Llttleharapton, 


Medical  Order  of  St.  Jomr  (4*^  SL  fit,  i_ 
Th9  Congregation  of  St  John  of  God  u  w)l\ 


if^i^ 


»S^  VU.  AiHii,  1,  71-2 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


29a 


medical  order,  nor  in  any  way  connected  with 
the  prufeasion  of  medicine,  lu  founder  was  St. 
JoLn,  who  was  bora  in  Portugal  in  1495.  He 
never  intended  to  found  a  religioua  order^  but 
bei^  by  hiring  a  house,  in  which  he  himaelf  at- 
tended the  sick,  begpfing  alma  for  their  support. 
After  his  death  in  1550,  some  of  his  brethren 
went  to  Rome,  and  their  congregation  was  ap- 
proved and  erected  into  a  regular  order  of  charity 
Sy  St.  Piu3  v.,  who  gave  them  a  habit  of  a  dark 
mk  colour.  The  brethren  of  tbid  order  do  not 
beootna  clerics,  nor  do  they  pursue  any  course  of 
Btudiea,  bat  wholly  devote' themselves  to  the  care 
of  the  poor  and  the  sick.  A  very  full  account  of 
tbi^  ordfr  may  be  seen  in  the  Ahhitdungen  der 
vorztti/lirkstai  GetHlkhen-Ordm  of  C.  F.  Schwan  ; 
and  a  very  good  account  in  the  work  of  Bonanni, 
Ortlinum  Heliffwsorum  in  Ecciesta  militanti  Cata- 
hnf%tA :  a»  also  in  the  copious  **  Life  of  St  John  of 
God."  in  Alban  Butler  s  Live^  of  JSaifUSj  March  8. 

'  R  c.  a 

«The  Broitei^  Brtboe''  (4**'  S.  vii*  100.)— 
Whatever  claim  the  Celestifth  may  have  regarding 
the  invention  of  the  so-called  **  Chinese  shades  '' 
or  **  fihftdowa/*  I  am  inclined  to  credit  the  Euro- 
peans, and  especially  the  Elngliah,  with  tlie  honour 
of  perj»etuating  this  kind  of  exhibition  for  many 
y«am,  perhaps  centuries, 

1  find  in  William  Hone's  Ancient  Mt/«t€OH€S 
Ikmrib^f  London,  1823,  that— 
••On  a  Twdfih-night,  in  1818,  a  man  making   the 
IP'  f  *  GaUftotee  show,'  wns  called  in  to 

txkil  *?^  for  Ihe  amiweiMent  of  my  joung 

falki  jiinioniw     Most  unexpectedly,    be 

*r&fft|Hi*tHti  M  inoUoit  uf  the  Prodigftl  Son  ;*  by  dancing  hh 
trmsparencies  between  the  mng^nifying  gfiut^  aiid  the 
candle  of  n  -  ■  '-nboni,  the  coJoured  fiijarea,  greAtly 
nUrgird,  y  'I  on  a  «he«t  spread  agamai  the 

irtUofiidn  tn.    The  Prodigal  Son  was  reprc- 

wiUd  cflfou^rhg  viUh  hiB  comnaniona  at  the  Swan  Irin, 
fibiiford ;  while  I  he  lantllady  in  the  bar,  on  every  fresh 
cidl,  Wii  seen  to  score  double.  There  was  also  Xoah'a 
Afk,  with  "  Pull  Devil,  Pull  Baker,"  or  the  ju9t  jnd^i^cnt 
Upon  a  baker  who  sold  sliort  of  weight,  ond  woa  carried 
to  b«ll  ifi  bis  own  basket. 

••The  manager  informed  me  that  his  show  had  been 
th«  itme  during  manv  years,  and    in  truth  was  in- 

*»The  Broken  Bridge'*  (pp,  230,  231)  1  con- 

I  to  be  the  remnant  of  a  mediaeval  motion,  or 

navstf^ry,  similar  to  the  one  juat  quoted, 

^  1  in  the  courae  of  time  additions  may  have 

. ■  mjide,  obscuring  the  traces  of  its  original 

fci  Its  universality  in  Europe  can  be  explained 
J  the  fact  that  myeteriea,  both  by  actora  and 
Ipp*l8,  were  performed  in  many  parts  of  Bng- 
teo,  France,  and  Italy,  in  aome  "cases  with  dia- 
UptDcie*,  in  others  correctly.  And  here  I  may 
MDtSon  that  I  have  also  attended,  when  a  boy, 
Aadow  exhibition  of  the  **  Broken  Bridge/*  on 
>f«ral  occBisionft,  and  the  tune  waa  without  ex- 
ftioa  the  ^'  Mftiaeilkifie/'    Mj  visits  were  not 


conEned  to  one  showman.  The  idea  of  adopting 
the  **  ahades  *^  may  not  have  been  coeval  with  the 
invention  of  **The  Broken  Bridge:"  the  latter 
having  probably  been  a  punpet  play  long  before 
the  introduction  of  the  "  ahadea"  (^juery,  by  whom 
and  when  P  and  have  the  Chmeae  a  shadow 
exhibition  P)  J.  J.j  Juif, 

ClerkenwelL 

Charlks  II.  AT  Malpas  (4'*'  S.  V.  42L)— I 
never  heard  the  story  Mr.  Kindt  mentions  be- 
fore ;  but  it  ia  a  fact  that  there  are  two  rectors  at 
Malpas,  who  divide  the  pariah  between  them,  and 
occupy  the  church  and  pulpit  on  alternate  Sun^ 
days.  In  1837  (not  1857)  the  names  of  the  two 
rectors  Twho  were  al&o  brothers-in-law)  were 
George  lyrwhitt  Drake  and  John  A,  Partridge* 
The  fonner  died  in  1840 ;  and  the  latter,  in  the 
same  year,  moved  to  Baconsthorpei  co.  Norfolk, 
where  he  died  in  1861.  W,  T.  T.  D. 

Kmm  OF  Scotland  {4'''  S.  ti.  233.)— The  only 
authority  at  all  to  be  trusted  as  to  the  Celtic 
kings  01  Scotland  is  the  learned  Br,  Heevea  of 
Armagh.  If  J.  A,  Pir.  consults  hia  Zt/e  of  St, 
Colomha  he  will  Mnd  an  appendix:  giving  all  that 
he  requires.  Belham's  Talks  on  this  subject  are 
uaelesd,  aa  they  represent  &  atato  of  knowledge 
which  waa  only  dense  ignorance  of  Celtic  archm- 
ology.  '  Maowus, 

Beifaat*  

mtilrcUitiietluir. 

NOTES  OH  BOOKS*  ETC. 

Thte  Work*  of  Aierander  Pifpe.  iV'fM'  Edition,  including 
$t!t>er£il  Hundred  UnpuUUhed  Letter »,  Collected  in  part 
by  the  late  Kipht  lion.  John  Wilson  Croker,  mth  Iw- 
tniduction  and  Nnte»  %  the  Rev.  Whitwell  £lwiii. 
Vot,  Vf.  Corregpondence.  Vol.  /.  With  Portraitt  and 
other  ItlHstrutioHM.     (Murray,) 

A  hundrtid  nnd  forty  years  ago  Pop«  was  busy  plotting 
and  contriviDg  how  btait  to  awaken  an  interest  in  hia 
Correapondcncc,  antl  bow  to  prepare  that  C^rreapondence 
for  the  pttblic  in  such  a  form  as  ahoald  best  secure  for  it 
that  admiration,  of  which  no  poet  waa  ever  more  greedy. 
Mr.  Elwin  has  in  the  introduction  to  the  first  volume  of 
the  present  edition  laid  open  all  the  tricks,  eoDtnvaaoea, 
and»  it  niuj»t  bo  add^d,  meanneaacs  of  wbich  Pope  was 
G^ullty  for  the  purpose  of  awakening  an  interest  in  thoio 
letters  which  he  profeeaed  to  giv«  to  the  preaa  only  in 
self-defence,  but  which  he  doubtless  published  in  order  to 
gratify  hb  personal  vantly.  There  may  possibly  have 
been  another  mo  five.  Was  he  conscioua  of  hia  defects  as 
a  letter- writer ;  and  being  so,  waa  he  anxious  to  prevent 
the  publication  of  his  letters  aa  originally  written,  with 
all  their  want  of  ease,  eame«tn^!a^  and  tmcerity  ?  Did 
he  seek  to  forestall  bj  the  publication  of  his  oortespond- 
ence^  CArefuUy  cooked  up  and  prepared  for  hia  Admima, 
any  chance  of  the  publication  of  his  correspondencet  such 
as' it  really  waa  ?  Be  that  as  it  may,  I*ope*s  letters  in 
their  genuine  form  are  now  before  the  world  for  the  first 
time ;  nnd  however  mueh  the  student  of  Pope  m^y  be 
pleased  to  have  tbem,  the  admirers  of  Pope  wtU  fed 
that  their  publication  does  not  tend  to  increase  his  repu- 
Ution  as  a  writer,  while  unfortunately  it  goes  far  to 
lower  him  hi  oar  estimation  as  a  ooan.    In  tha  UU». 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[4*ks.viI.Ariitl/ri.^ 


Tesp«ot  many  of  them  are  positiTdy  imSofbl  to  read. 
While  their  iitt^nuy  m«iits  are  well  and  eondselr  flnmmed 
up  in  Mr.  El  win  in  one  brii^  sentence  ;  **Tbe  ungarbled 
letters  can  now  lye  ooanted  by  himdredsw  but  tbey  are 
little  less  barren  than  the  ^Arbled^  and  wca  Dut  arti- 
fioiaL,  are  fooblor  m  com  post  tiou." 

La  Parodie  ches  Us  Grea^  ekez  Us  Romain*^  et  chez  let 
Moderm*.  Pur  Octave  Delepiarre.  (Trllbner  &  Co.) 
If  what  M.  Delepitrre  tvrites  reflect/!  what  he  raids  it  is 
dear  that  he  ffrnipathijes  with  Charles  Lamb  in  hb 
fondneat  for  »*  books  with  sonifl  dtvertiiig  twi*t  in  them. 
His  versatile  and  ready  pcii  haa  already  given  us  a  most 
amuAinj;  little  volume  on  Macarcnuc  Literature ;  which 
waa  folio «'cd  by  hla  HUtoim  de$  Fou*  liuhairts^  and 
more  recently  by  hia  Revne  anatytimte  det  Ouvraget 
deritt  en  Cmtoml  Those  who  have  threaded  these  by* 
pathf  of  literature  under  the  guidance  of  our  author, 
fltopping  every  now  aed  then  while  he  ealh  attention 
to  aoma  happy  passage  or  striking  example,  wOl  readily 
nnderstaDd  what  a  j^eaaant  hunr  or  two's  reading  they 
will  find  io  the  present  Essay  on  Parodv— a  species  of 
compoeitioQ  which,  to  our  mind,  is  thus  happily  defined 
bv  1^  Pfere  de  Monies  pin,  aa  we  leam  from  M.  Dele- 
pierre:  "La  Parudie,  tilk  aintk  de  la  Satire,  eat  aoaai 
ancionnc  qoe  la  Poci^ie  niGme.  II  est  de  reesence  de  la 
Parodie  de  mibstituer  toujours  un  oooveau  sm'et  &  celui 
fiu'on  parodie;  «ux  «ujeto  s^rieux,  des  snjots  liSgers  et 
badiiif,  en  employrint  autant  que  poeeible  lee  ezpnsaaiona 
de  rautenr  parodie." 

TnK  RoTAL  Albkkt  Hall  was  opened  on  Wednesday 
by  tier  Alajet^ty  in  the  presence  of  all  the  members  of  the 
lioyal  Family,'  the  great  officers  of  state,  and  iomc  eight 
thousand  spectators,  among  whom  were  many  of  the  most 
dIaCinguished  for  rank  and  attainments.  The  whole  pageant 
paarod  off  most  saccessfally.  The  incident  which  probably 
proved  most  intereitiog  waa  Her  Majesty*s  little  im- 
promptu speech  :  *^I  hare  great  pleajinre  in  testifying  to 
my  admiratloii  of  this  beautifnl  H/dl,  and  in  exprtisaing 
my  earnest  wijdies  for  its  complete  suoceas.**  That  BQceeea 
ifi  very  much  in  Iler  Majf^Bty'^  hands,  and  we  fnay  hope 
after  this  expresjiiou  of  her  feelio^,  that  the  Queen  will 
again  and  again  mcijit  thouaaudja  of  her  loving  fiubjects  iu 
the  Royal  Albert  Hull. 

TiiK  NKWsrArKfi  Pitcss  Fund. — The  Earl  of  Car- 
narvon will  take  the  Chair  at  the  Annual  Dinner  for  the 
benefit  of  thia  uaefol  Inetitation,  which  will  take  place 
on  Saturday,  May  13. 

TiTK  finnt  portion  of  the  stock  of  Books  and  Manuscripts 
of  the  late  Mr.  Joa.  Ljlh%  the  eminent  Dookselkr,  has  jti^t 
been  sold  by  !klci»rs.  fvitheby,  Wilkinsoti,  and  Hodge. 
It  comprised  the  first  four  fofio  editions  vt  Shakespeare, 
nmny  earh'  printed  Books  and  MSS.,  County  Histories, 
Illuatratwl' Books,  &c.,  and  reatjxed  7208/.  7».  6</. 

TiiK  Nkvv  KwioHTa, — Who  can  lay  that  in  theae  days 
men  eminent  in  art  are  not  among  those  whom  the  eover- 
eign  deliufhts  to  honour,  aeeing  tliat  on  Thuraday  week 
Mr.  WilliHin  Boxall,  Mr.  Sterndale  Benuet,  Mr.  Benedict, 
and  Dr.  Kh«y  receive^l  the  honour  of  knighthood  at  the 
hauda  of  Her" Majesty  ? 

Tbb  Awmrroau  PAflftiONs-SpiBL  Will,  it  U  Stated, 
h«  Tepeated  this  year  on  Jtuie  24,  July  2,  9, 16,  23,  and  30; 
August  6,  14,  2M,  and  ^  ;  and  Sept.  3,  H,  17,  and  24. 

AnctiDBACON  Hale.— The  library  of  the  late  Maater 
of  the  Chartf^rhouiie  has  been  purchased  by  Meaeiab 
Reeves  &  Turner  of  the  Struud. 

LONUON     LhTRRHATIONAL     ExilIUlTlOlt     OF     1871. — 

The  muKical  arrangements  fi)r  the  opening  of  the  Exhi- 
bition on  May  1  ase  nearly  completed,  and  new  compoii- 


tiona  representative  of  France,  Italy,  Gemtaay,  aatl 
England  respectively,  will  be  product  for  the  oeeuioa 
by  M.  Gounod,  Chevalier  Plnsuti,  Dr.  Fprdinaiid  llillef, 
and  Mr.  Arthur  Sullivan.    M.  Oooii  !u<- i 

Psalm,  Chevalier  Pinaoti  a  Chorale  r  -rnrdj. 

Dr.  Hitler  a  March^  and  Mr.  Arthur  Su^. » -^  «  v^^uu. 

Mr.  Gkoboic  MoRGA^f  Grkxk,  a  frequent  oootribabir 
to  *^  N.  ^  Q.,'^  is  about  to  retire  fi^om  the  house  of  HoUid 
±  Green,  and  to  join  Mr.  F.  ft.  EUis,  of  King  StMSt. 
Coven t  Garden. 

Mtt.  CARt.rLK.«^At  the  Annnal  Meeting  of  the  Urn- 
bei^  of  the  Edinburgh  Philosophical  Institation,  held  at 
Toesilay  evening,  Mr.  Thomas  Carlyle  waa  unaotnKMilf 
re-elect«d  Preudent  for  the  ensoing  joar. 


BOOKS   AND    ODD    VOLUMES 

WASTED  to  FUBCHX8B. 

PtrtlaiilMv  of  rrtor.  ae.«  of  the  tMom^BoiAm  ta  tesal 4kan 
tbc  gcBf  Utmcn  far  whom  ibej  are  leqnued*  whom  ammm  mat  wMnm 
■le  ciiTBR  Ibr  tbai  parpow:  — 

SiuJcaspaAfte.  AiiecUnim,«n»Il»yft,liOTtaf  tttnelriMOTtlyOW^M, 
after  F.  Ilftjrmut.  "■ 

W&ated  by  Mr.  CharU*  Wylit,  a  Eul'li  T^rreec,  K/mJagmtM* 

rirr  T.nr.^  cirn-^rv..  hy  TheoOcrt*  Book.   tVoto. 
'     -'I   y.  tioMctU, 

'  i.j.ar.    1&I7, 

H       L,  f  F  or  Btuos, 

AKM'^i  ii'i'^i'i  H  iAiti  i>^  iiruon.     I»(i, 

II.  in.   niTL.WXK'R  AiKHDLil  OF   BTVUS* 

Wonted  bf  Mr,  John  iVilttm,  Kl,  Ot«Al  UliiKll  8lTetl,  W  C. 

roLL-nooK  roB  THe  UirivKRSZTT  or  Camboidob.   IflL 
Muujiirr  R  Bmxx.   t  VaU.  raia    17W. 
llAJi.»'(.Ais"  Work*.    sVoI*.    ITXT. 

<J„I  .    I.'-    «...,,<.,»»,     M,.cnx.*^*T^        iVol«.lblItt. 
CKA'  11  KB.     Folio. 

Evi 

Yau!l  _  ^  .]««    IjB|iei»per. 

Wtmiod  by  J^t,  T>^*mtf  Hrrt,  BxJtaelkr.  l&,Ognd«ll  ItNfV 
B«nid  etfeci,  l0iidoii«  W. 


ftaiitti  to  CarrtffpontTrntjf. 

"  God  TrMPurts  tiik  Wiicd,"  d:a— T.  D.  mil  Jbd4 
ptumffe  in  "N.  &  Q."  l'»  S.  i.  211.  23tJ,  &c. 

M.  T.—Surefy  thrrr  in  9omt  mitiake  in  lit  data^i 
line, ''March  15fA,  1871,'* 

D,  II.  T.'-Ilaee  ym  cotutdted  wIm,  ffi.  iv. 
ourprnsttiU  serieaf 

CoWTntUATlOBT  OF  **  CmtxsTABin.** — C.  W.  8.  ^ 
one  in  Blackwood  /or  1B20,  fr^  Migrma  ,-  mwlk 
European  Magazine  /or  1816.     Stc  "  K.  &  Q."  ' 
292  ;  ix.  529,  &c. 

D*— Protestant  Popeiy  wta  wriUm  hy  Atmher^t 
of  Terrac  Filiua. 

W.  (Keswick.) — On  the  anthtnticity  of  tkt  work 
buted  to  Richard  of  CirmctMtur  consult  **  X.  A  Q.* 
i.  9a,  123,  206 ;  v«  491 ;  vL  87  ;  4^  S.  ii.  106 1  ti.  i 


riBAND  PUMP  ROOM  HOTEL,  BATH,  opp 

It     lb«   Abbey  ChurtJi.      riBST-CTJLSS    ACOOMMOI^AT 
Wum  Mlncml  Water  BMht  undvt  the  tmoit  roof. 

UIS»  nAVV'KSSWOBTn.  Ibn^ 

R.  HOWAED,  SurgBon-Bentist,  bt,  FIe«»  i 

hu  iatrodoeed  aq  entlRlr  new  dMarfplioa  of  AS 
ITU*  ftied  vithoctt  eprlncK  WtrMi,  Of  tlipatin«»i  lOm  i 

nhlc  the  nMtjiral  tteCh  Miunt  to  be  dIgllBgBMMd itam  « 

hi  the  clwie*t  otn^rver.    They  wtll  eaver  aMfe  o^kotf  or 

lAtl  be  IbuDd  lUDerior  to  aajr  leelb  erar  btfbn  wmA.   Tail  i 
doei  net  reoiiiie  the  vKtrmMou^tnijoom  to.  Bay  taJ^^l  e 
WLll  mpimiTt  enn  tiMiienv  leetn  HMe  Bto  leetov  toM  wt  e 
ye^lorc  irUcmlKildn  end  meetleKtiatu    Dwwrad  to 
4cfed  nond  *ad  tiMifbl  In  niaiUtolfoa..-JB,  Fleei  fl 


TEEl 


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297 


LQM2>0N^  SATURDAr^  AJ'RJL  8,  1871. 


CONTENTS.— N*  17L 

VOTES :'  FtoU  la  uoiszpectod  PLactsL  197  — "Qi»tory  of 
Sdward  IL,"  Fol.  1680,  288  —  Folk  Lot* :  Uwwes  at  a 
Oevetaad  Fatieral  Forty  Yean  Ago»  Ac,  75.— Ancient  Sij?- 
met  foimd  at  BaUk?,  900— Iiaac  DisraelL /6  — Ted rtjuon  and 
tlie**l'lmin  Dealer  "—James  Cav&n  a  C€rtt«uanAU-'& irj all- 
Pot —ScixufR  of  Chattels  under  a  "  Heriot*' —  Clmp- 
Books  —  A  Mountebank  of  the  lant  C«atury,  301. 

QUE&ISS  :  '  Waiiam  Baliol  —  Character  of  Gon«tantiii« 

—  D«  Lorraim^  —  "  lkn:uijiiL![i(  s  A rubictjs '*  —  A  GonuBu 
EtymoJoifical    i  "Messiah"— Har- 

row  Scbctol  r    I  Book -platt'S  — Lord 

Jcrt-oUtT  or 'i  \].m:    Ackwortb 

CL  Btberuau  — 

SI  to  Disttth  by 

^  iij  .  lilemi -- Ser- 

E\<ii\  Of  EligiiUui  —  ScutiU  —  WjuiliLS,  302, 

-Ombr**;    Bo«iton,  305— Mourning,  or  Blacls- 
'-  ''-     ^      ■'— Adam  tk  Or  k- ton,  308  — Mar- 
ly Grimsiton's  Grave  iu  Tewin 
Ch.  ■  TowfT--"TlH»   Hob    In   tli(? 

yt,r,,      -  -   -  --■         '-■     -         --  '•       r: 

t>Xlk^  -  e 

'  '"  ■"    '  <'ur,    .mniNii  iir  A.  n.     — ' 

ilordihire-"  The  straight 
Prinry  of  i 'oldiii^hani  — 
'  ''         loville— *•  Pen 
Lcr  ie.  dc*-"  Jan- 

*t^\  in  Putco"— 

*  fyriuiiiK  and    j^miiiik  nw  j.\ai!ics^  liaiiajsaiufy  —  Piadeflie' 

Itovera— llmiijtb,  Ac.,30&. 
1 00  Book*.  &o. 


FACTS  IX  UNEXPECTED  PLACES, 
the  readers   of  **N.  &  Q.**  there  can  be 
ig  new  in  the  assertion  that  many  curious 
often  reallr  Taluablo  notes  and  det^ls  ar^ 
in  books  where  they  are  leaat  likely  to  b« 
Of  c/^urse  to   any  one  inveatigatiug  a 
lionruj,  or  th©  life  of  any  indiridual,  cer-  i 
would  speedily  occur  for  exainina- 
bject    But  how  many  and  important 
mgi  lit^   unknown  and   un&oujjht  in  boak^ 
would  seem  little  likely  to  yield  such  trea* 

haa,  therefore,  often  occurred  to  me  that  it 
r  real   service   to  future   writers  to 
li  memoranda  in  Tarioua  biographies 
I  ^.  Tit  mi  books;  and  where  could  references  to 
i  h*  mort*  fitly  accumulated  than  in  the  pages 
".  Sc  Q/'  ?    Its  most  valuable  indexes,  I  doubt 
of   inestiniable   senice   to    our  present 
on  all  aorta  of  subjects,  and  will  become 
UDfcly  sa 

The  hoiLe  in  which  James  III.  of  Scotland 
ainated  wa^  not  long  ago  referred  to  by 
0 alien t  (p.  W).     At  the  pt?riod  this  was 
I   had  just  met  with  the   following 
pasMMige  in  the  Memoir  of  Br,  Jumvif 
Uev.  W,  Amot  (Nisbet,  London). 
_^       that  it  yields  also  an  interesting 
eomceming    Bannockbum     and    "  the 


Brace/*    During  an  excurmon  in  1836,  Dr,  Ilamil* 
ton  writes  :^ — 

"  At  Beaton  Mills,  saw  tba  old  cottago  where  James  III- 
was  murdertfl,  and  was  shown  part  of  the  upper  and 
netbcr  mitl'^toncSf  with  marka  of  tiic  apindic-sockets 
which  had  boun  in  oae  at  the  time.  ,.»....  The  room 
where  Jaine4}  ojcpired  ia  a  small  plnce,  with  a  roof  too  low 
to  Admit  of  vour  Htanding  upri^'ht.  The  comer  where 
he  l]iy  Ls  gtitl  pointed  out  bj  the  side  of  the  fire,  llicn 
proceeded  to  the  Add  of  Bannockbura.  Tlie  Brue«'8  flag- 
stooe  still  rcmaios,  A  weaver  had  it  built  into  the  wall 
of  bui  hooBe,  but  the  laird  very  properly  made  him  take 
down  the  wall  and  surrender  the  stones  which  is  now  de- 
ftmdt'd  from  further  perils  by  a  strong  iri>n  grating.  Tho 
cows  were  feedin;^  very  peaceably  in  the  raora»»  where 
Edward's  cavalry  made  such  etumbling  amon^t  Bnice*« 
Bpikea  and  pltfalfs."— P.  ti7. 

Two  years  later  Dr.  Hamilton  mentions  tlmt, 
among  other  curioaitiea,  he  saw  in  the  house  of 
Mrs.  Gregory,  *' widow  of  the  late  Dr.  G.  of 
famous  claaaical  and  medical  memory,  the  bones 
and  coffin  nails  of  Kobert  Bruce\* !  (1*,  101.) 

We  have  also  memoranda  of  **tho  famous 
'45 "  (1745).  When  tho  rebels  were  in  Edin- 
burgh, one  night  a  Highland  follower  of  the 
prince  was  taken  up  by  3ie  guard  because  it  ww 
plain  he  could  not  take  care  of  himself.  Wlienin 
the  gU(u-d-house  he  came  somewhat  to  his  senses ; 
his  first  ejaculation  was,  ''Hech,  sirs!  it*s  soil 
wark  flitting  thae  kings.'*  (P.  381.) 

*•  Fortv  years  ago  Strathblane  (the  early  home  of  Dr. 
H.)  r<?tatnc^l  traces  of  primitive  ftimplicity-  The  name 
of  Rob  EoY  filled  a  Jarger  idjure  in  thu  imagination  of  the 
people  than  the  Dnke  gf  Wellington  ;  and  fdl  who  had 
reached  foun&core  auld  recall  the  liraed  of  the  Pretender. 
Mrs.  ProvoQ  was  eight  years  old  when  a  detadimentof  the 
rebel  army  ptwsed  through  the  Muir  of  Fintry,  and  as 
she  waD  the  only  one  left  at  home,  the  Highlanders 
coaxed  and  threatened  her  by  turns  to  reveal  the  biding- 
phice  of  the  tneid  and  cheeses  j  but,  although  >he  h«d  seen 
them  buried  in  the  raosa,  the  little  maid  wa:^  firnit  and 
neither  swords  nor  *flweeti€8'  could   extort  her  secret. 

The  anival  of  the  first  umbrella  was  a  comp^^ 

ratively  recent  and  weU-remembered  era."— Pp.  ISt  HL 

Many  details,  correspondence,  Ac,  are  given  of 
the  disruption  of  the  Free  Kirk  of  Scotland, 
pp.  98,  158,  200,  209,  211,  231.  Among  them  is 
a  description  by  Dr.  Hamilton  of  thf?  memorable 
withdrawal  from  the  General  Assembly,  May  18, 
1S43. 

We  ha^e  also  a  reminiscence  of  Sir  Francis 
Burdett,  p.  t)l ;  Lord  JelTrey^s  account  of  tho 
system  b^*  which  he  remembered  his  speeches, 
and  his  failure  in  his  '*  maiden  speech  **  in  Parlia- 
ment, p.  400  ;  and  sundry  particulars  of  the  lieT, 
Edwaid  Irving  in  his  ei\rly  days,  and  especially 
in  London,  pp.  05, 176»  184 :  also  reminiscences* 
letters,  &c.,  of  the  late  Rev.  11,  M*Cheyne  of 
Dundee,  pn.  143.  148,  163,  235,  237.  239,  316; 
the  late  H&y.  W.  Bums,  pp.  143,  147,  148,  152, 
309 ;  of  Dx.  (now  Archbishop)  Tait,  pp.  45,  465, 
46<j. 

In  his  early  days,  xinder  tho  lectutfta  ot  'Sxt^  • 


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[4<*  a.  rth  Ai 


Hooker,  Dr,  Hamilton  studied  botany.  See  pp.  02- 
97  for  details  of  intercourse  with  Sir  W.  and  hia 
familj,  and  of  **old  George  DoDj"   the  Scotch 
botanist. 
Dr.  Hamilton  write*  in  1S37 : — 

**  Alt  know  tbe  story  of  Haago  Park  and  the  mosa. 
When  he  came  home  he  gave  it  to  hia  brother-ln-Uw,  Mr. 
Dtcki^a*  and  told  him  '  that  is  tha  mosii  that  saved  my 
life  in  Africa,*  Mr.  D.  gave  it  to  Sir  William,  who  keeps 
it  among  a  multitude  of  other  caHositiea." — Fp.  1^5,  9f», 

Let  me  alao  add,  that  Bimdry  eiplanations  and 
details  respecting  the  commao^place  hooka,  in- 
dexes, &c.,  whereby  Br.  Hamilton  made  avail- 
able the  fitores  accumulated  by  his  extensive 
reading,  may  he  interesting  and  suggestive  to 
other  itudenta:  pp,  397-404;  alao,  pp.  77-t*0. 

S.  M,S. 

[The  only  ohJ«ction  to  the  anggeation  of  our  valaed 
conreapondont  la  tbo  difficulty  of  earning  It  out.  Untesa 
ott  the  nameM  mentioned  in  auch  papers  m  are  propo»e<1 
•re  entired  in  our  Indejc,  the  object  aimt-d  at  would 
not  tie  attaint ;  and  if  »a  entered  we  fear  our  Index 
would  be  inoieaaed  to  a  yery  inoonveDlcnt  extent, — £o. 


I  dare  not  «ay  I  yield  or  yet  dear  it ; 
Shame  atopa  the  one,  the  other  fe*z  fothi 
Only  I  beg  I  be  not  made  partaker. 
Or  privy  to  the  time,  the  meaaa,  the  ma; 

The  King  a  angiy  reply  to  hia  council 

"Ami  your  king  ?    If  so,  why  then  obe} 
Leat  while  you  teach  me  law,  I  learn  yv 

Know  I  am  firmly  bent,  and  wUI  not  vai 
If  you  and  all  the  kingdom  frown,  I  can 
You  roui?t  enjoy  your  own  afTectionf* 
I  not  ao  much  as  question  or  oontroul  tbi 
But  If  that  am  your  sovereign,  must  be  t 
To  love  and  like  alone  by  your  diacretioD 
Do  not  miBtake,  I  am  not  now  in  wardsh 
Nor  will  be  chalk^t  oat  wayi  to  guide  mj 
Tend  you  the  kingdom  and  the  public  w 
I  can  prevent  mine  own  without  protecti 
I  should  \Mi  loth  to  let  you  feel  my  power 
Rut  muiit  and  will,  if  you  too  much  onfoi 
If  not  obedience,  yet  your  loves  might  t«i 
A  kind  oonsent  when* 'tis  yoar  king  that 
But  you  perhaps  conceit  you  share  my  jh 
You  neither  do  nor  shall, 'whtlo  I  commai 
I  will  be  still  myself  or  less  than  nothini 

JA8wO. 


"  HISTORY  OF  EDWARD  II.,"  FoL,  1680, 

In  the  first  volume  of  the  first  eeries  of 
"N.  &  Q."  the  question  is  raised  as  to  the  authoF- 
ship  of  this  history,  which  in  the  abridged  edi* 
tion  of  it,  printed  in  the  same  year,  h  represented 
as  "  found  amon^  the  papers  of,  and  supposed  to 
be  writ  by,  the  Right  Honourable  Henry  Viscount 
Faulkland,  souietime  Lord  Deputy  of  Ireland." 
To  the  folio  edition  is  however  pretixed  **  the 
author'fi  prefaeo  to  the  reader,"  signed  "  E.  F./' 
and  dated  February  UO,  1027  —  manifestly  dis- 
agreeing with  the  Attribution  to  the  fitiiit  Lord 
^nlkland.  On  the  other  hand,  the  same  work  is 
ascribed  to  Edward  Fannant  by  the  compilers  of 
the  British  Museum  Catalogue,  but  on  what 
grounds  I  am  unable  to  say.  But  whoever  might 
have  been  the  author,  I  wish  to  csli  attention  to 
the  fact — which,  I  believe,  bas  not  been  before 
noticed^tbat  the  epeeches  interepersed  in  it,  and 
occaaionally  part  of  the  narrative,  are  in  blank 
verse,  BuggeBting  the  probability  that  the  history 
waa  tranBprosed  or  worked  up  into  its  present 
*thape  from  some  old  play.  I  will  give  a  specimen 
or  two  from  the  volume,  it  being  understood  that 
the  following  extracts  are  printed  in  it  as  prose. 

The  Queen*3  eipostnlation  with  Mortimer  on 
hia  propofiing  to  make  away  with  the  King 
(p.  163):- 

**  Stay,  gentle  Mortimer,  I  nm  a  woman. 

Fitter  to  hear  and  take  advice  than  give  it. 

Think  not  I  pn^e  thee  in  so  mean  a  fashion 

Aj  to  despiflfl  thy  safety  or  thy  counsel. 

Mtiat  Edward  dye,  and  is  there  no  prevention  ? 
Oh  wretched  BtMUi  of  greataesa,  frail  condition, 
That  Jspreaery'd  by  bJoodj  securM  by  murdei '. 


\ 


FOLK  LORE. 

USAGES  AT  A  CLEVELAND  FDJ^ERA 
YEARS  AGO. 

An  aged  man,  wealthy,  hut  baTinj 
miaerly  life,  who  died  at  Redcar  abont  fi 
aince, ordered  his  funeral  as  follows: — 

"  A  great  public  breakfast  was  held,  sucli  i 
drinking  having  never  been  witnessed  in  the 
lifetime.  The  coffin  was  carried,  slung  m\ 
knotted  togetEier,  nnd  borne  by  relays  of  men 
up  the  old  •  Corpse- way  '  [sea  *'  Churrh-roii 
cWdnnd  Glossary],  bumped  three  times  on 
stones  (an  ancient  reeting-plaoe  at  the  tap  of 
*  The  Lamentation  of  a  Sinner*  was  then  stin 
procession  moved  on  to  the  churcbyard^  e 
woman,  and  child  receiving  a  dole  of  6a.  as  Ibei 
[See  *♦  Dole  "  aa  above]. 

My  correspondent,  in  illustration  of  t] 
ing,  adds  that  not  long  »ince,  in  an  ace 
Jewish  funeral  at  Bruges,  she  met  wjtl 
lowing  sentence : — 

"During  the  procession  to  the  bnrying  gi 
coffin  WAS  put  down  on  the  road  three  timet 
mourners  repeated  verses  from  Pa.  xci.  with  lii 
driving  away  evil  spirita."  J 

**  The  Lamentation  of  a  Sinner,*'  m 
above,  copied  from  a  Bible  of  the  date  1 
to  be  composed  temp.  Henry  VIII.,  and 
music  in  the  old  angular  notation,  rima  tl 

*•  0  Lorde*  hirne  nnt  away  thy  f^oe  — 

From  hira  rhiit  lieth  pro,«tTate,  ^ 

Lamentinp:  wore  his  .^infull  life,  ^ 
B<:f0re  thy  mercy  gate. 

Which  gate  thou  openest  wid«  to  thOM 

That  doe  lament  their  sin  ; 
Shut  not  that  (;jito  agnin^t  me,  Lord* 

But  let  me  enter  in. 


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I 

^"  t 


nd  cjill  me  not  to  mine  accoonts, 
flow  1  hiiue  liued  here ; 
or  then  I  know  right  wdl,  O  Lord, 
How  Tile  1  shaU  appe&re. 

I  need  Qot  to  confesae  my  life* 

1  am  sure  thou  cansit  tc^U 
What  I  baae  Li«enc  and  what  I  am, 

I  know  th&a  knowest  it  well. 

0  Lord,  thou  knowcit  what  tlunga  1ie  paiit^ 

And  eke  the  things  that  be; 
TboD  know(»t  aJso  what  is  to  come, 

Nothing  is  hid  from  thee. 

Before  the  heaneni  and  earth  were  mado, 
Tboa  knoweat  what  things  were  then, 

Ab  all  tbin^  else  that  hatti  bcene  since, 
Among  the  sonnea  of  men. 

And  can  the  thing?  thAt  I  haae  done 
Be  bidden  from  thee  then  ? 
^^^ar.  na>%  thou  knoweat  them  alt,  O  Lord, 
^m    Where  they  were  done  and  when, 

^Bwhii-rrfnre  with  teare«  I  come  to,thee, 
^B     Tkj  beLT  'iiid  to  entreat  : 
^Bjluen  ajs  the  child  that  hath  done  etiilli 
^■^  And  feareth  to  be  beat. 

^^%o  come  i  to  ihy  merer  ^ate, 
Where  mercy  doth  abound, 
Requirinir  mercie  for  my  sinne. 
To  heaie  my  dcadely' wound. 

0  Lord,  I  need  not  to  repeat© 

What  I  doe  beu  or  craue  : 
Thou  knowest^  0  Lord^  before  I  aake, 

I  The  thing  that  I  would  haui?. 
Hercy.  gcK>d  Lord,  mercy  I  aake, 
Thlfl  h  the  totall  summti  ; 
Tor  mercy.  Lord,  is  all  my  sute  : 
Lord,  let  thy  mercy  come," 
J.  C  Atkinsoit. 
y  in  Cleveland. 
H  Folk  Lobe,  — The  following,  which  I 
lie  from  &  report  of  a  case  in  the  Court  of  Pro- 
lie  which  occurred  very  lately  in  Dublin,  is,  I 
link,  well  worth  preser?ation  La  the  mLstea  of 

*^  Crawley  v.  Crawl ey. 

"The  deceased  Thomas  Crawley  was  a  farmer  resid- 
i|r  at  Carrickm across,  in  the  county  of  Monaghan.  He 
lei  in  May  last,  having^  on  the  2od  of  Dec  IhQd  made  a 
il,  which  having  been  duly  executed,  was  placed  in  a 
ilbof  which  the  wife  kept  the  key  by  the  t«ststor*a  direc- 
~{  but  on  the  night  of  his  death,  when  there  were  a 
of  p«ople  in  the  place,  some  of  the  women  present 
Iggmed  that  it  wob  iprong  to  hav€  any  floor »  or  drawerM  in 
k place  locked  when  apermm  Mmadyin^,&nfi  accordingly 
I  Jacks  were  unbolted^  the  safe  amon^r^t  oth(>r  places 
^  left  open.  In  the  morning  it  was  discovered  that 
^Win  was  removed  and  could  not  be  found. 
I**  Mr.  Houston,  who  appeared  for  the  plaintif;  eza- 
wtd  a  Bucnber  of  witnesses  as  to  the  contents  of  the 
ma^  doeument,  and  as  to  the  circumntaaces  under 
m  It  had  been  lodt,  and  hia  Lordship  (Judge  Warren), 
bo  heard  the  case  without  a  jury,  bein^  satisfied  that 
•  will  was  not  destrojed  by  the  testator  in  hitt  lifetime, 
id  that  it  must  have  been  taken  by  some  of  the  persona 

(lie  hoioM  on  the  ni^ht  of  the  decease,  granted  probate 

ik  oontcDti." 

Lovgh  Fe«,  Carrickmacroes.       Ev.  PE,  8m&LMT. 


SHiyriRLU  Vm.%  Lobs.— It  is,  I  believe,  an 
admitted  fact  that  the  acene  of  Mr.  Charles  Reade'S 
Pid  i/tfurseif  in  his  Place  in  laid  at  Shetfield  ;  and 
that  the  author  epeikt  some  time  in  that  neigh- 
bourhood when  engaged  on  the  composition  of  the 
work.  It  seems  to  me,  therefore,  that  the  follow- 
mg  acrajpa  of  folk  lore,  put  into  the  mouth  of 
Jael  Dence,  "a  villager  of  unbroken  descent,"  are 
worth  extracting  for  "N.  &  Q,'^  I  quote  from 
the  edition  in  oae  volume :  — 

1.  "If  a  pirl  was  in  church  when  her  banns 
were  cried,  her  cbildien  would  all  be  born  deaf 
and  dumb  *'  (p.  120), 

2.  The  ^*  Gabriel  hounds,"  called  by  Jael 
*'  Gabble  retch«st*'  What  is  the  meaning  of 
'*retchet"P  **  They  are  not  hounds  at  all  ^  they 
are  the  6ouIa  of  unhaptiaed  children^  wandering' 
in  the  air  till  the  day  of  judgment."  The  **  Ga- 
briel hounds  "  are  explained  a^i  ♦*  a  strange  thing 
in  the  air,  that  is  said  in  these  parts  to  foretell 
calamity,"  sounding  like  *'  a  great  pack  of  beagles 
in  full  cry  '*:  they  are,  of  cour8<?,  connected  with 
the  German  tcild  Jti^tr  (pp.  156,  157). 

3.  **  If  you  sing  before  breakfast,  you'll  cry  be- 
fore supper"  (p,  157).  In  London  the  version 
commonly  used  is :  **  Laugh  before  bieakfastj  crjr 
before  night.*' 

4.  la  the  reason  for  the  "imlucldneaa  '*  of  meet- 
ing a  magpie  generally  known?  I  have  never 
met  with  it  elsewhere.  "That's  the  only  bird 
that  wouldn't  go  ioto  the  ark  with  Noah  and  hu 
folk  ...  a  very  old  woman  told  me  ....  She 
liked  better  to  perch  on  the  roof  of  th'  ark,  and 
jabber  over  the  drowning  world.  So  ever  after 
that,  when  a  magpie  flies  across,  turn  back,  or 
look  to  meet  ill  luck  "  (p,  172). 

5.  '*  1  like  you  too  well  to  give  you  a  pin/' 
''  What  would  be  the  consequence  ?  **  III  luck, 
you  may  be  sure.  Heart  trouble,  they  do  aay  *' 
(p.  144). 

6.  Martha  D^nce  marries  Phil.  Davis.  Jael 
says :  **  1  went  to  church  with  a  hea\'^  heart  on 
account  of  their  both  begiantng  with  a  D — Dence 
and  Davis :  for  'tis  an  old  saying  — 

•  If  you  chnn^e  the  name  and  not  the  letter, 
You  change  for  the  worse  and  not  for  the  better*' " 
(p.  333). 

I  have  purposely  omitted  some  examples  which 
are  widely  distributed.  James  Britixn. 

Kew. 

A  Weathkr  Sattko.  —  A  Iluntiiigdonshire 
cottager  (an  octogenarian)  told  me  the  other  day, 
"There's  a  saying  that  a  dark  Christmas  sends 
a  fine  harvest.  I've  known  that  saying  from  a 
boy,  and  IVe  always  found  it  to  hold  good."  The 
dark  Christmas,  of  course,  referred  to  "  no  moon." 

CrTKBEBT  BbDE. 

Niw  Year  Sm'RBRTiTHiT*.— ^  12*^  \jaffii!t^- 
ihire  many  bQUftekoldeTa  wca  '^  w^  wmov^a  ^Oc^i^  ^ 


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[4"»S.V1I.  April  8»7L 


dark-haired  person  should  he  the  first  to  enter 
th«ir  liouaes  on  New  Year*fl  Day.  Sorae  j^q  bo 
far  aa  to  hire  a  person  to  do  this  in  order  to  prevent 
A  mistake.  A  curious  variation  of  this  super- 
stition occurred  laat  New  Year's  Daji  for  a  gen- 
tleman who  was  anxioufl  to  avoid  bad  luck  actuallj 
turned  his  hlock  cat  out  of  doors  shortly  before 
midnight,  and  did  not  allow  it  to  return  until  be 
was  quite  sure  that  the  New  Year  had  com- 
menced. T,  T.  W. 

The  Grtjat  Bear  ant)  StnonsB  RAtifFALL.— 
A  flkflful  old  ^rdener,  a  native  of  Yorkshire,  has 
just  aseured  me  that  the  coming  summer  will  he 
a  dry  one,  and  for  the  following  re a«i on: —"The 
Great  Bear  is  on  this  aide  of  the  North  Pole,  and 
aa  long  as  he  remains  there  the  summers  will  he 
dry.  He  has  been  on  this  side  for  the  last  three 
years,  and  the  summers  have  all  been  dry.  If  he 
could  get  the  other  side  we  should  have  a  wet 
Bummer,  e?p«eially  as  he  would  then  he  in  con- 
nexion ivilh  Venus  and  Jupiter.'* 

Thoiifch  familiar  with  the  popular  "  sayings 
about  the  weather  ^'  in  Devon  ana  Cornwall,  the 
foregoing  is  new  to  me.  Can  any  writer  of 
"N.  &  Q."  say  whether  it  is  known  in  Yorkshire 
or  elsewhere,  and  whether  my  ancient  &iend  has 
in  any  way  metamorphosed  it  ? 

WH*   PK5GKLLY. 

Torquay*  ^^ 


ANCIENT  SIGNET  FOUND  AT  BAIiB. 
Some  twenty  miles  south  of  Pcestum  there  ia 
a  small  yillag-e  called  Porcile,  at  the  ffjot  of  Mount 
Stella.  Here  I  happened  to  be  henightt^d  in  my 
wanderinji^s  tbrough  Italy,  and  thereby  beeamo 
acquainted  with  its  r*ispec table  padre,  Pietro 
Zammarella,  whom  I  found  to  posseaa  a  small 
collection  of  curioaitiei  of  various  kinds — coins, 
cameos,  but  the  most  interestinfif  to  me  was  a 
signet  which  had  been  picked  up  at  Baim.  Any 
closer  approach  to  our  printing  typo  could  not 
well  be  imagined,  and  when  I  covered  the  raised 
type  with  ink  find  stamped  it  on  mj  note  book  I  got 
the  letters  as  clearly  printed  ag  if  they  had  been 
formed  by  on*?  of  our  moat  accurate  tvpe-founderfl. 
The  material  fleemed  to  be  bronze,  the  characters 
were  raised,  and  I  should  imagine  that  it  had 
been  formed  in  a  mould.  There  was  a  ring  at- 
tached to  it.  The  letters  had  been  made  with 
great  exactness  and  wonderfully  similar,  the  let- 
ters being  very  slender.  It  was  in  inches  2-1  in 
length,  '9  in  breadth,  and  the  height  of  the  letters 
waa  *8.     The  inscription  was^ 

BEX  POStPO 
VALENTIS, 

A  fac-dimild  of  this  signet  will  be  found  in  my 
A^M^Ar^  and  By -way  i  of  Itahj  (^.  20).     I  do  not 
pretend  to  hftve  investigated  tiiia  suhject  at  idl  it 
e&refuUy,  and  therefore  if  I  say  that  tliis  ia  oive  ^y\ 


the  earliest    approachea  to  printing  amoag  tba 
Romans  that  has  yet  been  found,  it  muit  b**  fii3< 
derstood  that  I  do  so  with  considerable  r 
Can  any  one  who  has  investigated  this  po 
us  the  earliest  apecimen  that  haa  jet  bee' 
of  this  attempt  at  printing  amony  the  Fl 
There   are   s|i^cimenB,  I  believe,  m   the  lintuh 
Museum.     Can  any  approximation  to  the  tfe  cf 
any  of  these  specimena  be  made  f     In  rftgwi  ^ 
Sextiis  Pomponiua  Valcaia,  to  whom  thissigMt 
belonged,  I  would  inquire  if  the  names  of  Uu 
admirals  (prsefecti)  of  the  fleet  which  wai  0t^ 
tioned  during  the   imperial  period   of  Rome  it 
Miaenum,  clo«e  to   Baite^  are  known.     \VhoeT<t 
this  Pomponiust  was,  he  must  have  been  ^^  ''':'*' 
rank  to  poaseBs  such  a  signet-ring,     TL 
Sextus  Pomponiufl  who  is  mentioned  in  ii:. :.,.;; 
ia  the  celebrated   jurist,  some   of  whofe  woili 
have  been  preserved.     If  we  could  imagine  Ihil 
thia  was  the  seal  of  the  jurist,  it  would  he  a  viltt- 
ahle  relic,  but  we  do  not  know  that  his  cognoiatt 
was  Valens. 

The  family  of  Valens  came  into  notice  io  Uu 
imperial  period,  and  from  the  reign  of  Augmtiii 
we  find  several  of  soma  celebrity.  None  of 
them,  however,  have  thd  namea  Sextus  Poinp»> 
nius.  One  of  tha  principal  generals  of  ik . 
Emperor  Vitollius  in  a.d.  09  waa  Fahius  Valei 
whose  character  ia  drawn  in  the  blackest  coloi^ 
by  Tacitus.  In  the  royal  museum  at  Ni 
recoOect  seeing  an  inscription  rather  ren 
as  it  is  in  both  Greek  and  Latin,  It  waaJ 
near  Misenum,  and  on  it  is  the  name  VaL  Yd 
commander  (prcefectos)  of  the  fleet,  tl 
office  that  was  held  by  the  'elder  Pliny  ' 
fell  a  victim  to  the  eruption  of  Vesuviua,  J 
I  have  been  reminded  of  thia  seal  by  the  ill 
ing  paper  of  Mb.  Holt  on  early'  Block 


(4***  &  vii.  13.) 


CEAUFtTHB  TaJT  RaI 


ISAAC  DISRAELI. 
The  following  notes  may  interest  the  admire 
of  the  Disraelia,  father  and  son.     In  the 
church  at  Bradenham,  where  the  former  so  ! 
resided,  and  where  his  memory  is  still  ohe; 
there  is  a  tablet  of  white  marble  let  into  tha  i 
with  this  inscription :  — 

Saci^d 

Tq  the  Memoriea 

<yf 

Isaac  Disraeli,  Esquibk,  D,CL», 

of 

HrAdenham  House, 

Author  of"  Curiosities  of  LttftrAtnw," 

Who  dtod  Janunry  19^^,  1548,  in  hw  82»*y««f« 

and 

Of  his  Wifj  Marta, 

To  whom  he  was  united  for  Forty-fiw  ysam. 

Sh«  died  April  21«  1847,  in  tbc  72»*<  year  oi  km  M 

TVi^u  remflinfl  lie  side  by  side  in  thQ  viiult  of  lli«  a^pR^ 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


301 


A  few  jean  ago  the  pre«ent  Vi^ountess  Beo- 
^Qsfield  efttieed  a  monumcntnl  column  in  bonotir 
af  her  fiither-in-lftw  to  be  ercHitt^d  upon  the  brow 
}t  an  eminence  cloielj  adjacent  to  that  upon 
rlucb  ilughenden  Manor,  the  residenct^  of  her 
tOibAodp  15  situated.  It  towers  amidst  sceDery  of 
Wpaanng  loveUDesd,  is  plaii%  Tisible  for  many 
fulea  rouad,  and  bears  the  annexed  iDscriptioiir 
rftdch^  those  who  know  anything  of  tha  spontA- 
mms  gracefulnesa  of  hie  "happy"  style  will 
BUcelT  hesitate  to  attribute  to  tlie  pen  of  the 
^ight  lion.  B.  Diaraeli.     It  runs  thua :  — 

^   "  Tn  rnernorr  of  Isaac  Di»aACLi»  of  BradcnhAiD  HooRe 
5  tnly,  Ksq.,  iind  Qooorary  D.C.L.  of  the  Uni- 

t  UxronI,  vrhOf  by  hid  happy  genius,  diflTuseil 

:■•*!' thni  elevarinp  taste  for  literature 
'I  lie   wad   the  priviJej^e  only  of  the 

1  tient  wfl-^  erectwl   by  Mary  Anno, 

t  t  son   Kif:bt   Ilnnbte.   B»  Disraeli^ 

<  -heqtier  1852,  1)^68-9,  Lortl  of  this 

iu' w  ji.i  i.li«!  sixth  time  Knight  of  th'iA  SUire.*^ 

\  XHaraeli  was  bora  at  Enfield  in  May  1700, 
married  Teb.  10,  1802,     Mrs,  Disraeli 
daughter    of    George   Budsevi,    Esq.,    of 
Benjamin  DiBraeli  the  elder  died  at 
wington  Not.  28,  1810,  in  his 
wTcuLu  year,  P. 

\3os    JUTD    THE    <^PL\rK    Dkalek.*' — 
i  nor  of  the  Plain  Denier  and  of,  perhaps, 
iuaie  of  the  mo«t  corrupt  and  corrupting  comedies 
1^  are  to  be  found — although  by  no  mejin^  the 
ce»we«t  —  can  have  little   in   comtnou  with  the 
vwmt  purity   of  our   Laureate,  and  yet  in  one 
iaKiiioe  he  lias  fairly  anticipated  the  more  popular 
ffkis  beautiful  quatrains ;  nor  has  he  only  done 
tiuj^  Int  he  has  done  it  with  a  tenderness  and 
cInjrHni  t>  few  prose  men  of  hi.^  day  could  have 
rivAlLvJ      Tennyson's  worda  are  these  :■ — 
*'  1  hold  it  troe,  whateVr  befall, 
I  fe«l  it  when  I  **jitow  mont; 
*Tu  better  to  huve  loved  and  tost. 
Than  never  to  have  loved  At  all/" 

In  Mtmoriam^  xxrii* 

OoBsreve'a  pretty  thought  is  not  quite  a  purntlel 
mworoiv  ^^t  IS  exactly  so  in  feeling,  Mr^.  Mar^ 
'Dod,  who  is  not  of  necessity  either  a  widow  or  a 
J9Gng  married  woman,  but  simply  MiHtrt'M  Mar- 
*ood^  with  whom  Fainall  is  in  love,  talking  of 
ikkt  passion,  says : — 

"IViw  'tis  nn  \mhn^y  drcumttance  of  life,  that  Invp 
*|  CT»  r  ■    '  n"  ua  J  Uiit  wiy  wliat  you  vrill  7t> 

Id  A'l  '.   than  nnftr  to  have  been  /oyrJ," — 

e/Vit  \       tlLSc,  1. 

If  Mrs.  Marwood  hod  been  a  widow  aighing 
Of er  ber  lost  huaband,  the  parallel  had  been  closer 
tad  the  patho«  more  perfect.  How  thoroughly 
ffilfereDt  tf^^  r.fJTngr  of  these  two  men  of  letters, 
remiTSori  jTOve,  is  in  regard  to  their  art 

bay  he   -  m trusting  the  noble  estimate  of 


in 


the  poet  of  the  former  with  these  lines  of  Con- 
greve  from  the  prologue  to  this  play  : — 

**  Of  tho*i6  *ew  fooU  who  with  ill  .♦tars  arc  rur*l, 
Sare  Jtcribhling  fools  call'd  Poett  fjire  the  woret; 
For  thty'Ttj  a  set  of  fools  which  Fortune  make*, 
And,  after  the  has  made  'ein  Utoh^ /orsaAei  !  " 

May  I  take  this  occasion  to  beg  of  your  readers 
to  do  me  the  favour  of  sending  any  quotations  or 
celebrated  sayings  they  may  light  upon^  to  form  a 
supplement  for  my  FamiUar  Wm-ds,  as  I  wish  to 
make  that,  as  far  as  possible,  a  model  dictionary 
of  quotations,  AH  cases  in  which  my  friends  aid 
me  I  shall  be  happy  to  acknowledge  in  my  book^ 
which  I  am  alreaay  preparing ;  and  they  will  add 
to  the  obligation  if  to  every  citation  they  append 
an  exact  rererence  of  poem,  canto,  verse  and  line, 
act  and  scene,  or  Yolume,  chapter,  page,  and  edi- 
tion. ,  Haik  Friswbll* 

74,  Great  Eussell  Street,  Bloomsbury. 

Jaxb3  Cavait  a  CENTENARLOf. — Some  notices 
in  your  pages  on  the  subject  of  centeniirianism 
suggested  to  me  to  make  inqtiiries  as  to  the  actual 
age  of  an  old  man  named  James  Cavan,  who  is 
at  present  living  near  Newtown  Ards,  in  the  coimty 
of  Down.  For  some  years  I  have  known  that 
thia  man  was  '*  generally  believed  "  in  the  neigh- 
bourhood to  be  about  one  hundred  years  old,  but 
I  feared  that,  as  U  usual  in  such  case;?,  the  proofs 
would  not  be  forthcoming. 

The  following  facts  seem  dearly  to  prove  that 
James  Cavan  is  now  102  years  oM  i — In  the  year 
l77o  Alexander  Stewart  of  Newtown  Ards,  Esq. 
(great-grandfather  of  the  present  Marquis  of 
Londondeny),  granted  a  lease  of  part  of  the 
townland  of  B  nil  v  witty  cock,  in  the  panah  of  New- 
town Ards,  to  James  Cavan,  the  father  of  our 
centenarian.  The  lea*e  wa^^for  three  lives — natnely, 
James  Cavan,  the  father*  aged  alxiut  fifty  years^ 
and  his  two  sons  Andrew  and  James,  aged  re- 
spectively eleven  and  mx.  This  James  i^  still 
alive,  and  is  therefore  102  years  old  this  year. 
The  lease  is  now  before  me,  and  the  land  is  still 
held  under  it. 

I  am  told  that  Cavan  was  when  yoimg  a  yeiy 
active  and  powerful  man.  He  was  a  United  Irlsb- 
nian,  and  was  in  hiding  for  a  considerable  time 
after  1798.  He  has  always  been  an  industrious 
hard-working  man,  and  still  works,  though  he  ia 
very  feeble  and  Lis  eyesight  is  nearly  gone.  I 
saw  him  about  eighteen  months  ago  engaged 
collecting  eeaweed  for  nnmure  on  the  Deacb 
about  a  mile  south  of  Newi^swn  Ards,  near  his 
cottage.  He  has  no  descendants,  and  is  poorly 
enough  ofl,  but  is  kept  from  actual  want  bv  the 
kindness  of  a  few  families  living  in  the  neigh  Dour- 
hood.  Wm.  n.  pATTERSQir. 
Strondtown,  IMfaat. 

Small-Pox.— The  subjoined  cutting  from  the 
Wedeni  Mail  for  March  13,  1871,€fiQmft  ta  xaftjol 
preservation  in  "  ^.  &-  V  \ — 


302 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES- 


l4»fcS.ni,Ar 


**  Wales  Axr»  tiik  Small-Pox.— At  the  present  time, 
when  the  spr««d  of  ihe  flmall-pox  <?pMemic  jaocfasiontn^ 
much  fllami  m  London  «nrt  tUroujihout  the  countn%  thu 
itubjoined  note  from  an  nld  maK^ruiue  will  pos«*s  some 
interest : — *  Newport,  in  Wales,  etaiiiis  tho  merit  of  having 
pracrijied  inocuUtinn  of  thu  sraall-pox  from  time  irame- 
morial,  before  it  wa«i  pvcn  known  to  the  other  countiea  of 
Brlttln  ;  for  while  thiiL<»ndan  phymciiinp.  on  tti«  recnm- 
mendatioQ  of  a  TarkiDli  prmctioe  by  Lmdy  M«r\'  Wortky 
Montng^a,  were  oautiomly  venturing  to  expedrnvat  oa 
tome  condemned  tirimin&K  tli<B  more  hardy  native  of 
PcmbrokcAliire  ilareil  to  inoculate  himself,  wilhotit  the 
aasfattnce  of  eithur  phrsidan  or  preparation.  This  was 
aa  early  aa  tho  year  1723.  The  method  had  been  con- 
stantly attended  with  great  luccw^ ;  and  though  it  ha<I 
not  acquired  the  nnme  of  inoculfiiion,  yt't  it  was  carrit-d 
<>a  much  in  th*>  .^ame  manner.  They  called  it  hm^ing  tfif 
small'fHix^  as  it  was  the;  ciwlofji  to  purchnw  the  matter 
contained  in  tlie  pustule>i  of  each  other.*  We  j^lioald  be 
plad  if  any  of  our  readera  could  throw  moro  light  on  a 
drctinistanpe  f»o  honourable  to  Wales/' — Cardiff  and 
Merthyr  Gican/ma  of  March  10,  1871. 

R.  &  M. 
Sbtzuiie  of  Chattels  usher  a  **  IIeriot."-^ 
The  accompRTiviug  cutting  is  worth  preaen  iog  in 
'*  N,  Sc  Q/'  :— 

**SrNGUf^u  CraTOM  nr  E?toLA:fn.—  In  the  supple- 
mentary  e«ttimate  a  vote  of  75,U()il/.  h  a.^ked  f(>r,  for  the 
pietureH  collected  by  the  late  Sir  Robert  Peel.  In  con- 
nection with  Sir  Hobert*8  celebrated  picture,  the  '  Cha- 
pcaii  de  Faille,'  a  curiouii  atory  was  once  told  by  the  late 
Lord  Cranworth  in  the  Hoiwe  of  Peem.  Hif*  lordship,  in 
moving  the  second  reHftding  of  the  Copyhold  Enfranchise- 
ment Bill,  alluded  to  ihat  striinj;((?.st  of  all  anomalies  in 
Kngli^h  cu»toTn  which  passed  under  the  name  of  heriot. 
i'his  existed  in  very  many  manrtm,  and  by  H,  on  the 
death  of  a  peraoo  holding  land  subjert  to  the  custom,  the 
lord  might  ^eize  the  be^t  chattel  of  which  the  tenant  died 
pa<wc!M.sed.  It  waa  within  the  late  8ir  R.  FoeW  know- 
Je<lge  that  the  famous  horse  Bmolensko,  worth  *2,0rj<)i  or 
8,0{)0/.,  was  seized  nnder  a  heriot,  and  that  \irhen  tha 
first  L*>rd  A  binge  r,  as  Mr,  Scarlett,  was  at  the  bar,  a  fal*o 
report  of  hin  death  having  been  cireulatt^d,  the  tlr?t  inti- 
mation  which  Mrs  Scarlett  hft4  of  it  wni?  the  seizure  of 
three  of  the  leanied  gentleman'«<  be-^^t  hnr^n  by  i!ie  lord 
of  the  fWJil.  Sir  Ivobert,  b*;iiiK  ihf?  leuarit  of  a  manor  to 
which  a  htsriot  attached,  waa  In  the  greute^it  apprehension 
Ihat  if  flnything  happened  to  him  the  picture  tiboi-e  men- 
tioned mii;ht  be  taken»  and  in  ortler  to  free  htra«elf  from 
thnt  ri?k  he  bought  the  manor  "f  which  the  co|ivhold  wan 
held.— ZJtfiVy  aVVit*." — Lctd*  Mercuru,  March  17. 

K.  F.  D.  E. 

CuAr-BooKB.  ~  The  following  nre  the  short 
titles  of  chap-books  printed  at  Hull  by  J.  Fer- 
tfCUy.  They  are  m  three  seta — ^all  without  date* 
The  first  Set  I  am  inclined  to  consider  sotuewhat 
earlier  than  the  seoind,  which  u  nbrmt  1799-18IX), 
and  the  third  aomo  years  latur.  Mr.  Ferraby 
infcjrms  the  public  on  some  of  these  choice  »ped- 
mens  of  typo^iphy,  that  he  has  **  The  jjreatest 
choice  of  old  ballads^  godly  patter?,  hiatoiies,  and 
children- book 9,  printed  in  aa  neat  a  manner  and 
with  m  good  cuta  as  at  any  other  place  in  Fjig:- 
land ;/'  so  that  we  may  conclude  his  issues  to  have 
been  very  nutneroua.  Thoae  detailed  below  are 
Jt//  /  htive  yet  been  able  to  rf  cover.  All  are  in 
l^mo,  TMigihg  from  eight  to  iwenty-Coxii  ^^^^^  \ 


and  are  occasionally  adoraed  with  cnU 
match  the  printing  and  paper  in  workman 
poughneaB : — 

The  Cruel  Cooper  of  RatclifTi  Garland:  Tht  lri*</ 
Wight's    Garland  I   The  Qjtfordshlre  Tm     '         r  '" 
Virgin's  Advice  ;  The  New  Wc*t  fjountri  ' 
Strand  Garland;  Nixon's  Cheshire    Pn  i^ 
The  History  of  the  Wind  Beggar  of  1 
Crown  and  Glory  of  Chrislianitv,  to  • 
ing  Re»f,  by  Robert  Koas,  D.l).;  Du.,.j  .  .-., 
or  the  Christian '»  Reliance  upon  God;  The  H 
that  Holy  Dijwi pie  Joseph  of  Arimathea;  The  V. 
Christian,  or  the    Righteotw    Man'd  Gotlly   Sorrow;  I 
True  and  Faithful  Account  of  the  Manner  of  Chritt  con- 
ing to  Judgment  nn  the  Last  Day ;  A  Divine  DUli^fi^ 
between     John    Williams    of    Gloucester    and  Sqiiir» 
Wright;   The   .\tbe.iat  Converted,  or   tho  UDbelicver^ 
Eyiw  Opeti'd. 

The  Friar  and  Boy,  or  the  Youn^  Piper^a  P)«Mat 
Pastime  (two  parts)  ;  The  Merry  Fralics,  or  the  Comieil 
Cheats  of  Swalpo,  a  notoriood  Pickpockets  And  tht 
Mcrn^  Prank«  of  Roger  the  Clown  ;  The  Slcepini;  BetuTr 
of  the  Wood;  The  Art  of  Court-^hip.  or  tho  Schwl  af 
Love;  The  Cries  of  a  Wounded  CMMitiencc:  The  Lift  of 
William  Nevi-son,  a  notonous  Highwayman  .  .  ,  .  ,  ind 
Generosity,  a  Tale» 

Partridge  and  Flamatead's  New  and  Well*expen'wd 
Fortune  Book ;  The  Cries  of  a  Woauded  UoiwdviiM  [ii 
before]. 

W.C.E 

null. 

A  Mountebank  of  the  last  CEjrxtrttr.- 
memorials  of  an  extinct  race  wiU  be  approp 
to  '*  N.  &  Q.'^  In  Wheler'fi  JliMory  mid  A^ 
ties  of  Si rntford'Upon' Avon  (^hich  1  knowl 
been  printed  in  1806,  though  it  baa  no  datAi 
title-page)  is  (p.  60)  the  following  memonili 
a  gravestone  on  the  floor  of  the  church : — 

**  Nicholoa  Yaogablei,  Gent.,  died  the  Ilth  of  ^ 
1774,  aged  37," 

and  from  Mr.  ^lieler'a  annotated  cony  of  1 
volume,  which  waa  presented  to  the  Shi 
Museum  at  Stratford  by  the  author*s  aurrir 
sister  in  1862, 1  traoecrib©  the  following  pi; 
culars : — 

''  ^^r.  Vangable  was  a  Mountebank ;  bat  having  th 
acquired  a  Hufticietit  property  to  support  him  retlndi 
StrHtfurd,  where  he  died.    Hi*  manners  were  re^^ieef'" 
and  genteel,  and  hia  person  waa  tall  and  remarkably  i 
shaped,    I  have  heard  he  waa  of  Dutch  extrmcttoo.*' 


<9ufTtrtf. 


WiLLTAK  Baxiol. — Will  an  J  of  the  r^aden  of 
**  N.  &  Q/*  give  me  some  account  of  Sir  W'illliin 
Baliolj  the  brother  of  John  Idnj^  of  Scotland » ami 
son  of  the  founder  of  Baliol  College  f  WeevtT, 
in  bis  Ffmm*al  Monumetitg^  states  that  be  wu 
buried  at  the  monnstery  of  SVhitefriarsObeerrant^ 
at  Canterbury.  Who  did  he  marry?  by  tviwit 
means  did  he  escape  the  doom— V  '  V  it  unl 
exile — of  those  of  b i  a  n  ame  ?  and  w  ]  m  v^t 

ol  -QfiTQ.^  was  in  those  early  timea  iv-sonea  ttn,  to 


I^S.VIL  Apiih,S,7L] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


303 


acape  tHd  pains  and  penalties  attaching  to  the  ex- 
eommunicantsand  outlawed  ?  Can  Mb,  Sinclaib, 
or  Mr.  Laixo.  or  any  other  gentleman  enlighten 
me  on  the  subject,  as  it  is  a  link  in  a  chain  of  in- 
qtiiry  I  much  want  ? 

The  namo  of  Bnliol  became  extinct  after  the 
Tear  1330^  and  after  the  Biurender  of  Edward 
iialiol,  the  son  of  John  the  unfortunate  king  of 
Gotland,  although  issue  of  some  of  the  heads  of 
the  family  of  that  name  were  living  both  in  Eng- 
',  and  Scotland  at  that  time.  Did  they  assume 
other  name  ?  and  if  bo^  what  name  P  and  un 
t  authority  can  anch  assertion  bo  supported  i" 

J.  H.  S, 

Chabactisb  or  Co^eiAjmifB*— Amelius  Victor 
describes  Constantine  as  *'  TravhaUi  decern  anois 
pnestanUasimuB  ;  duodecim  flequentibuaAi^ro;  de- 
cern novissimis  pfipillus  ob  immodicas  profusionea." 
I  know  not  how  Trachala  can  apply  as  an  epithet 
to  CoDJitantine,  except,  as  at  the  bands  of  some 
he  has  not  escaped  the  charge  of  tlipperineMf  ho 
may,  in  the  earlier  part  of  hia  career,  have  framed 
his'  policy  a  liltle  too  much  on  the  following 
model : — 

IV*  ^(oAurtfcurffy  B^rp  rkt  BiaSokit. 

AristopU,  Equite$j  490. 
Edmund  Tbw,  M,A. 

TH:  Lorbajke,^ — I  should  bo  much  obliged  for 

rrect  information,  or  for  any  clue  to  obtain- 

j'*h,  concerning  the  history  of  the  family  of 

Lorraine  {pt  Durham  and  North u in b^rland) 

Ttfuritrg  the  eleventh,  twelfth,  tbirteeath,  and  foxir- 

benth  centuries;  especially   as  to  whether  the 

descent  of  Edward  Lorain e  of  this  family,  who 

dquired  the  estate  of  Kirkharle  in  Northumber- 

Uod  by  marriage  in  the  reign  of  Henry  V.,  can 

ed  through  them  to   Kohert  de   Lorraine 

ilcher  de  Lorraino,  who  lived  Lmp.  William 

L  iflU  IL    Concerning  these  two  persons  I  should 

slao  be   glad   of   information   on   the  following 

jwants :  —  From  what  family  each  was  descended, 

ind  what  arms,  if  any,  were  borne  hj  Hobert  ? 

How  and  when  each  of  his  ancestors  came  to 

EE;;^']and,  and  whether  Kobert  is  likely  to  have 

been    identical    with   the   **  Delaroune  *'   of    the 

Battle-Abbey  Roll?     (See  Grafton's  Chrottkle.) 

Whether  they  or  any  at  their  succesBors  (previous 

|0  1416)  held  property  in  Durham,   and  if  so 

whcreS* 

In  some   private  accounts  in   my  possession 
Bob#rt  de  Lorraine  is  stated   to  have  come  to 


[^*  **  There  were  lereTal  collatfind  branches  of  tbia  sir- 
Dsmt  of  Bmliol  in  Scotland,  donors  and  witnesses  in  our 
cIoi5t«r  regi:it4>n;  and  in  the  Ragman  Roll  therd  arc 
four  or  five  of  them  of  good  aocount.  Some  say  that  the 
BafUks  are  dc*cended  from  the  Baliols,  whic^h  U-it  name 
beiti^  odious  to  the  nation,  they  chaoged  it  to  Bail  lie,  aitd 
it  ieema  th*ir  arms  too,  for  they  aro  very  different  from 
ilm  BsHoIil'*— Kbb«t'«  ff€ruldry,  I  i7&-.£i»J 


England  with  the  Conqueror,  to  have  been  a 
great  fioldier  and  scholar,  and  to  have  been  re- 
warded with  lands  in  Durham  by  Rufus.  He  is 
mentioned  in  Baker's  Chrofiicie^  p.  41,  ed*  ICCO, 
as  having  epitomised  the  Chronicle  of  Marinnus 
ScotuSf  and  I  believe  he  was  made  Bishop  of 
Hereford.  Walcher  de  Lorraine  was  Bishop  of 
Durham  and  Earl  of  Northumberland, 

LOXHAIS. 
J)4,  Piccadilly. 

'*  DOCUMENTOS  AbABICOS.*' — 

**  In  a  collection  of  papers  puhliahcd  in  1790,  called 
Dacvmentnx  ArabicoSf  from  the  Eoyal  Archives  of  Lis- 
bon, chiefly  coniistinpj  of  letters  between  the  kings  of 
Portuffal  and  the  tributary  princes  of  the  East  in  the 
sixteenth  oenturi,-,  the  Zcque,  Sheik,  or  King  of  Melinda, 
with  whom  De  (jama  alicrwarda  made  a  trtJity  ol' alliance, 
and  who&o  aniha^sador  he  carried  into  Portugal,  was 
named  Wngexaje*"  — Clarke,  L  486-7 1  Kerr'a  F«yaye» 
and  Travels,  H  343 » 

The  work  above  meDlioned  was  translated  into 
Portuguese  by  Father  John  de  Soum*  iu  1790. 
Does  it  throw  any  light  upon  the  piirenta^e  or 
history  of  Timoin/rimnjnj  or  Tim- Raj,  the  Iliodu 
ally  of  the  great  Albuquerque?  Haa  it  ever  been 
translated  iuto  English  or  French  ?  and  if  so,  under 
what  name  or  title  is  it  to  be  asked  for  ? 

K,  B.  W%  Elus. 

Starcro?s,  near  Ex«ter« 

A  German  Etymological  Dictionary.  —  Can 
you  or  any  of  jour  numerous  and  learned  corre- 
epoodents  recommend  to  me  a  good  German  etymo- 
log-ical  dictionary  in  a  small  compass?  1  possess 
Grimm's Deutsciws  Worh^rbuchj  with  the  continua- 
tions by  Ilildebrand  and  Weigand,  as  far  as  it  goes ; 
but  such  a  work  is  too  bulky  for  my  purpose.  1  have 
bought  several  Cierman-English  dictioDariea,  but 
they  none  of  them  give  the  German  derivations. 
What  I  want  is  something  after  the  fashion  of 
your  Chambers*  English  Etymohujical  Dictumary^ 
or  even  Pick*8  French  Etymological  Dictimiaty. 
If  any  one  can  recommend  such  a  work  in  a  small 
compaaa  they  will  greatly  oblige 

A  FORETGNISB. 
[W«  are  not  aware  of  any  etymological  dictionary 
of  the  German  lanr^uage,  with  the  exception  of  that  re- 
ferred to  above,  as  comtnenceil  by  Grimm  and  continued 
by  Hildebratid  and  Welgand.  German  being  for  the 
greater  part  an  original  language,  it  is  impossible  to  show 
its  deriv'atlons  in  the  s^me  manner  as  fran  be  done  with 
Englkli  or  French,  the  former  of  which  ia  mainly  derived 
from  Gothic  and  Latin,  ihrou^'h  the  media  of  Anglo- 
Saxon  and  French,  and  the  latter  from  Latin  and  Celtic. 
The  only  thing  that  can  be  effected  in  auch  a  case  ia  to 
fibow  Ihe  aMnitie^  between  the  language  in  qoeation  and 
the  other  branchea  of  the  Aryan  family  of  tongues  to 
which  it  ii  attached  as  a  coratnon  atciii.  Such  an  un- 
dertaking, moreoTfer,  is  one  requiring  immeu»c  powers  of 
learning  and  research »  such  as  cotild  only  have  been  in- 
atituted  by  men  of  the  calibre  of  Grimm.  Bopp'a  VeryUi- 
chendle  Grammatik^  and  Pott'a  Etymolofftxche  fortckungen. 
may  bo  ad vantageoualy  consult^.] 

•  James  MuTtiby,  Trutstli  \%  FoTWyL\,-^.^^is^\/«AsR^ 
17%. 


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C4«&TIl.Anna»7t, 


Haitdel^b  ''Mbssiah.'*  —  At  performances  of 
this  oratorio  audieocee  inTuriably  riee  at  the  first 
notes  of  the  '*  Hallelujah  Chorus,"  and  remain 
standing  until  the  chorus  has  been  sung  through. 
Can  anj  of  your  readers  supply  a  note  as  to  the 
origin  of  this  custom  ?  F.  S, 

ILlrrow  School  :  Jomi  Lio^, — In  the  Times 
oewspuper  of  March  2  is  a  brief  notice  of  **  Harrow 
School  Tercentenary,"  in  which  it  is  stated,  with 
reference  to  this  famous  seminary^  that  the  pre- 
sent is  the  three  hundredth  year  since  its  charter 
of  foundation  was  granted  to  John  Lyon.  Is  any- 
thing known  rwgariiing  the  personal  history  and 
fnniily  of  thia  John  Lyon^  and  was  b<^  in  any  way 
connected  with  the  Lyon  w^ho  gave  his  mime  to 
the  inn  of  Chancery  long  known  as  "  Ljron's 
Iiin  ''  P  It  occurs  to  me  that  the  sign  armonal  of 
Harrow  School  is  identical  with^  or  at  least  some 
modification  of,  that  of  the  Scotch  earldom  of 
Strsthmore;  but  my  memory  in  regard  to  this  is 
not  by  any  means  distinct.  What  history  gives 
the  best  account  of  its  foundation  ? 

Babeistsb. 

[Wc  fear  but  little  is  known  of  th**  parontsge  of  John 
Lyon,  llu>  ff>um1i'r  of  Harrow  School.  He  resided  at 
PreslQU,  in  the  parish  of  Harrow,  in  tlie  coiiditioaf  as  is 
said,  of  a  **  weftUhy  yeoman/'  and  had  ccrneidcrablci 
landed  property,  acquired  by  his  own  industry.  Ac- 
cording to  Im  monumenljii  bmsa  ho  died  0«t,  8,  1692. 
No  wilt  nor  a<imini2«tration  of  hh  e^cts  biB  been  found 
4dttii!r  in  the  Prerof^ntive  Cnurt  cjf  Canterbury  or  in  the 
Bishop  of  London^H  office.  His  widow,  iloaD.  washarM, 
according  to  the  register,  Aug.  30,  1608,  Their  only 
child t  Zncliarr,  wam  btuied  May  25,  16B3.  The  lotters 
r>iitent  for  the  endowment  of  the  school  were  procured  by 
Lyon  13  Kliz.  1571,  It  baa  been  conjectured,  with  wme 
probnbiiity,  that  a  kinsman  of  the  founder  of  Hnrrow 
School  was  John  Lyon  (son  of  Th<iiims  Lyon  of  Perj*- 
fariM>r  Pirivide),  **  a  citizen  of  credit  and  n^nown/^a 
mem  lor  of  the  Gr^^era'  Company,  tShcrifl'  in  1550,  and 
Lofil  Mayor  in  15M.  During  his  shrievalty  he  had  a 
grant  of  arm b^  viz.  Azure  a  fess  or,  charged  with  a  lion 
paaaont  between  two  cinquefoilii  gul&s  between  three 
p1ates»  each  charged  with  a  griMn'a  head  enued  sable* 
Wc  are  indebted  for  tbeae  pardaulars  to  two  interestiof? 
pAjpera  in  the  Harrv/w  Gazette  of  March^  1861,  one  signed 
*'  L./*  [Geori^e  Edward  Long,  Esci.]>  and  the  other  with 
the  familiar  initial*^  *'  J.  (J*  N,"  For  the  historj-  of  Harrow 
School  constik  C'arli»>le^a  Kndotttd  Grammar' SchfutiM,  ed, 
1818,  ii.  12iV1(U  ;  The  HUtory  of  the  GAieffe*  of  Win- 
cktgt*^r^  Eton,  Ilarn^w,  &c^  cd.  IHlG,  4to;  and  Howard 
Staunton's  Great  Schor^h  nf  EntfUmdy  186.5»  8vo,  pp.302' 
M9. — Lyon'«  iim,  Holywell  Street*  waa  anciently  a  com- 
mon inn  of  the  si^^a  of  the  Lion  {feiift  Un),  king  of  beaata.] 

HoGARTii  RooK*rLATKa.— Will  any  correspond- 
ent of  voura  t€41  me  what  are  the  charactormticd 
of  the  Dook*platea  which  are  J^aid  to  have  been 
engraved  by  IIo|riirth  ?  I  believe  that  he  executed 
8ome  for  John  Wilke«  and  I  feat  on  WiJkefl;  but 
what  are  the  means  of  ideotitieation  ?  Also,  what 
others  did  he  engrave  ?  Perhaps  your  learned  cor- 
reapondents  J.  G.  Xichoi^,  Efiq,  or  Da,  IIowabD; 
both  of  whom  are  well-known  experts  in  heraldry 
^nd  book'pIateSf  can  tell  me.  G,  ATKi»ao«. 


Lord  Jebt90li>sr  ob  Yxbtboldsi. — Could  j 

inform  me  where  I  could  meet  with 
of  the  lands  held  by  Lord  JertBolder  or  Ycrtaolte^ 
in  Scotland  P  He  endgtated  to  France  with  th6 
king^  James  IL^  for  the  Catholic  reLigioa  in  of 
about  the  y^ear  1689,  He  waa  Lord  of  Kngiiad. 
and  after  being  in  France  he  went  and  estAbu^hM 
himself  in  Antwerp,  where  he  remained  tod 
married  himself  witli  Miea  Lathomver  of  Dender- 
monde  (Belgium);  he  then  changed  his  name^ 
and  took  that  of  De  Hejder,  and  had  ierm 
children.  Gitstats  Hsitvzk. 

Ret.  Timotht  Lee:  Ackwobth  CitnicB.— li 
there  any  monumental  inscnption  in  Ackwortii 
church,  near  Pontefract,  to  Kev.  Timothy  Lee 
and  bis  wife  Penelope,  who  were  living  th'erexB 
the  middle  of  the  laat  century  ?  C.  D.  C 

MoTTTAGU  QuEKTES. — ^Information  is  reqnoBked 
re^tpecting  some  memoirs  said  to  have  been  pob- 
lished  by  a  Lady  Montagu,  wife  of  one  <m  die 
Visoounts  Montagu,  of  Cowdray  and  Battle  Abbey, 
Sussex.  Also,  whether  the  cTeet  or  badge  bonM 
by  Sir  Anthony  Browne,  Great  Standard  fieareriif 
Lnglaod  (tatberof  the  first  Viscount)  was  a  Waek 
greyhound  ?  C.  L.  W*; 

Priory  of  St.  Ethernan, — I  shall  feel  ex 
ingly  obliged  by  your  permitting  me  to  use  y<Wf 
columns  in  clearing  up  an  anachronism.  I  i^ 
engaged  in  **  A  Sketch  of  the  Religious  Hotti 
of  England  aod  Wales/'  and  have  met  with  ( 
difEcuity  which  I  beg  to  propofie  t<>  your  ivadsi 
for  solution.  During  the  reign  of  David  h  i 
Scotland,  the  priory  of  St.  Etheman  in  the  lilotf 
May  was  given  by  that  sovereign  to  the  abbey  of 
Reading;  but  during  the  rule  of  Abbot  deBur.'li- 
gate  (according  to  Cotes)  it  was  alienated  oiifi  -  •'i 
to  Bishop  de  Lamberton  of  St.  Andrews*  F  y\f 
Burgligate  wa«  Abbot  of  Reading  fnnm  lH^'^tr- 
1287,  and  Bishop  Lamberton  was  not  c«  inst^cmtcd 
till  1208.  Did  the  transfer  of  May  tak*:*  pljic» 
during  the  episcopate  of  Bii?hop  Frazer  or  BishQ| 
Gamelin,  or  Bishop  Wishart  (all  of  whom 
contemporaries  of  Abbot  do  Burghgate),  ( 
it  during  the  reign  of  his  successor.  Abbot  ds 

5!ede,  who  found  the  abbey  of  Heading  m 
ebtf  and  thifi  is  by  no  means  improbable*  «s1 
succeeded  in  liquidating  the  debt  I  know  f^ 
Bishop  Wishart  witnessed  two  charters 
episcopacv^ — (1)  of  a  grant  of  a  piece  of  1 
Patrick  £arl  of  Dunbar  to  God  and  thesaintjrf 
the  lalo  of  May,  and  the  monks  there  scrvlBf 
God ;  itnd  (2 J  a  grant  of  a  cow  yearly  to  the  laros 
monks  by  the  same  nobleman/but  w«  also  hikti 
an  injunction  from  Bibhop  de  Lambertm  onl«riof 
the  prior  of  St.  Etheraan  to  pay  sixteen  matb 
annually  to  the  Prior  of  St  Andrews,  which  ^i  <»5 
been  previously  paid  to  its  former  aupsnor,  in 


4^aVlL  ApBtL«/7L] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


305 


MsTBiOiU.  VnasioKg  of  the  Psalms,— Can  any 
ETespondent  tell  me  wlio  wiota  tlie  fr>llowing 
tiiUA  "  On  the  Versions  "  ?  I  found  them  on  the 
flj-leaf  of  an  old  Greek  Teitament  and  Prayer- 
book  :  Intended  apparenUj  aa  a  kind  of  reli.^b 
after  "  The  Whole  booke  of  PsalmeB :  Collected 
into  Eojcrlifih  Metre^  with  apt  Notes  to  sing  them 
withall'*;— 

**  Wben  Ui«  Royal  Psalmist  atntng  his  f^U\ea  Lyre, 
God  smiled  apon  him  and  he  Aung  with  fire ; 
The  Voice  of  Mtuic  knt  sublime r  aid 
To  breathing  tiioughta  lo  biirniag  words  arrayed, 
O  what  a  faU  is  here  whea  Brady  pnlms 
Hit  limping  dosgrd  off  for  David*8  P^ma  t 
All  «in  alike ;  uie  eame  dall  acrannel  jf  rates 
1q  Thomaa  Stemhold'e  as  in  Nabum  Tate's. 
One  with  crude  baldnean  aeta  the  teeth  on  edge. 
One  creeps  meandering  girt  with  slimy  sedge ; 
Unmeaning  platitudes  the  sense  impede, 
A^  »iut(^iih  riven  with  the  DiOiionie  wae4« 
Shall  w«  who  boast  of  Intelleat  refiaad, 
Of  iocifll  progfc^  nad  the  roareh  of  mladf 
Still  tiHt'  Au>  1j  jargon  la  Jehovah's  praise. 
And  shiat'  ia  any  bat  rdifjious  lays? 
And  shall  men  retrospect  in  time  to  corae* 
And  own  that  with  us  aacrfd  song  was  damb?|" 

T,  Felion  Falkkke, 

PuTTUfo  TO  Death  bt  Tohtitre  for  imputbb 

*  BxKBST. — What  executions  of  this  kind^  by  formal 

'   WBnTOment  from   the   church   to  "the  secular 

r^  recorded  bet^-een  the  period  of  the  per- 

'=«  by  tlie  Tlomaii  emperors  and  the  insti- 

^^^  inquisition  by  Gregory  IX.  about 

that  of  AmoM  of  Brescia,  who  was 

1  <iver  by  Adrian  IV,  our  coutimTiuin,  to 

1  go\remor  of  Rorae»  and  by  liim  executed, 

body  burnt,  in  1155  ?  Zktetes. 

iV  Emblems. — In  the  course  of  some  re- 

^|j  "[]  the  year,  1839  in  the  parish  church 

of  duCastel,  in  the  Island  of  Guernsey  J 

fmsifi  rm*.'  Iresco-pain tings  were   discovered   on 

Bte  north  t^ide  of  llio  chaiicel  vault.     Three  dis- 

tiiCt  subjects  ore  depicted.    The  one  nearest  the 

•Item  window  is  either  the  Last  Supper  or  the 

■ipper  in  the  bouse  of  Simon  the  leper ;  probably 

ftt  latter  is  Intended,  as  there  are  traces  of  a 

with  long  hair  lying"  at  the  feet  of  the 

dour.     A  ilat  vault-rib  separates  this  from  the 

•tit  picture,  which   is  a  representation   of  the 

Btedisival  legt^Dd  known  as  **  Le  fabliau  des  troia 

Biorts  et  des  trois  Tife."     On  the  vault-rib  itself  a 

tt&gle  figure  ia  depicted,  probably  some  saint  or 

Oirtyr.     The  figure  is  attired  in  a  hmg  dark- blue 

Wbe,  with  a  close-fitting  white  cowi  and  tippet, 

bam  ihe  back  of  which,  over  the  right  shoulder, 

Baaga  a  red  lappet :  this  may  be  intended  to  re- 

pr60eut  blood.     The  ripfht  hand,  which  has  somo- 

iHng  like  a  maniple  depending  from  it,  holds  a 

flftffon  piloted  yellow,  toe  left  a  chalice  coloured 

tm.     Across  the  neck  is  laid  a  huffe  hatchet^  the 

OtAd  of  which  ib  arer  the  right  sho aider  of  the 


figure,  and  is  painted  blue,  with  stains  of  red 
towards  the  edge.  There  is  no  nimbus  round  the 
head.  Do  these  emblems  aflbrd  any  clue  as  to 
the  person  intended  to  be  represente'd  ?  A  great 
authority  in  matters  of  ancient  costume,  the  lato 
Colonel  Hamilton  Smith,  to  whom  I  sent  sketches 
of  these  paintings,  pronounced  them  to  be  of  the 
first  quarter  of  the  thirteenth  century. 

EdoAK  ALLcCtTLLOCH. 
Guemsoy. 

Serhon  of  St.  Eloy,  or  ELioirrs. — Dr.  Malt- 
land's  readers  will  remember  the  famous  sermon 
of  St  Eloy,  which  was  so  atrangely  misrepre- 
sented by  Robertson.  Has  any  English  transla- 
tion of  this  sermon  ever  been  published  ? 

C.  D.  C» 

Sew  ELL.— Wanted  the  nnrentage  of  Sir  Thomas 
Sewell,  Master  of  the  Rolls,  and  that  of  his  iSrst 
wife  Miss  Heath(?).  Y.  S.  M. 

[It  iipptMrs  from  that  compendious  storehouse  of  leeal 
biography,  Ffvs^'s  BiugmphicHl  DicHouarjf  of  the  Jmt^$9 
of  England^  tluit  Tljoina.**  Sewell  was  the  son  of  Thomas 
Scwell  of  Wiist  Ham,  Es^ex;  and  hia  first  wife  was 
Catherine,  dflughter  of  Thoma*  Deaths  Esq.  of  Staasted 
Hountfiicfaet,  in  the  same  u^iuotv.  Mr.  Foas  qoote<«  among 
other  aothoritit-*,  *♦  N.  &  Q."  H  S.  vii.  383,  521,  621;  ix. 
86;  2-^S.x.3%.] 

Webcks* — Wanted,  1.  Name  and  publisher  of 
the  book  giving  an  account  of  the  wreck  of  the 
Anson  about  Christmas,  1807,  on  the  bar  near 
Porthleven,  Cornwall, 

2.  Any  details,  &c.,  connected  with  the  wreck 
of  the  Suaan  aud  Rebecca  transport  lost  on  Gun- 
wakoe  Rocks,  about  the  same  date,  on  her  return 
from  Buenos  Ayres  with  the  7th  Dragoons,  part 
of  General  Whitelock^s  artny.  T.  H.  B. 

iThe  L(f»»  of  the  Anmn  Frifjate  on  Dec,  28,  18o7,  with 
a  plate,  wuh  publislied  by  Tbomous  Tegg,  111,  Cbcapeidc, 
flbiUit  the  year  1810,  12mo.  Consult  n\sii  NamUitc$  of 
Shipwrecktt  of  the  Rnyni  Kartf  It^tween  I70"i  anii  IH-IO,  by 
W,  0.  S.  Gilly,  Lond.  1850.  «vo,  pp.  12(3-135.  We  cannot 
discover  any  deLiiU  of  the  wrei^k  of  the  buaan  and 
Eebecciu] 


BtpTtr^, 


OllBRE:  BOSTON. 

(4^  S.  Til  35,  167.) 

Your  correspondent  Z.  Z.,  under  the  heading 
"  Ombre/^  inquires  **  what  was  the  game  of  Bos- 
ton ?  "  Boston,  as  1  have  seen  it  played  (I  believe 
there  are  varieties)^  is  a  game  standing  midway 
between  whist  and  quadrille.  Four  players  hold 
thirteen  cards  each,  the  value  of  tlie  cards  being 
as  at  whist.  The  suits  are  arranged  in  an  order 
of  value,  diamonds  being  the  highest.  The  simple 
form  of  the  game  is  culled  **  Boston,"  or  **  Ask 
and  Answer.*'  The  eldest  hand,  t^i  Iwlvcs^V^issi.^ 
the  next  eldest  «n^  so  oti/\1  \l^  ^fe^^  V^  ^sfs^.-vDAieA 
fiTe  tricks— a  cexUm  amt,  Wva%  \T\im\«r— ^^  ^^ 


J 


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[4'>S.VII.  Anm.^'n. 


L  the, 


posea*'  in  tliat  luit,  Anj  other  player  able  to 
make  three  tricks  in  the  same  euit  answers  hioif 
and  if  nothing  higher  ia  declared,  the  game  pro- 
ceeds, the  two  being^  bound  to  make  eight  tricks, 
and  the  play  being  as  at  whist,  except  that  the 
partners  are  not  necesaaril?  opposite  *!ach  other. 
A  proposal  in  a  hij^her  BUit  puts  out  a  previoua 
"  aak  and  answer  "  in  a  lower*  Honours  and  extra 
tricks  are  counted  after  a  prescribed  acale.  If 
there  is  no  answerer^  the  proposer  ia  bound  to  play 
alone  agaioat  the  three  others,  and  to  make  his 
fire  tricks. 

If  a  player  sees  that  ho  can  make  six  tricks 
playing-  alone»  he  declares  a  '*  little  independence  ^* 
in  any  euit,  or  a  "  great  independence  if  ho  can 
make  eight.  A  "little  independence"  puts  out 
an  "  ask  and  answer,*'  and  is  put  out  itself  hy  a 
"great  independence."  In  these  cases  also  one 
plays  alone  against  the  other  three^thc  suit  named 
Deing  trumps*  Of  courso  a  player  playiog  alone 
receives  or  pays  the  stake  throe  times  over  to  the 
other  players,  the  stalce  being  arranged  on  a  gra- 
duatea  acale  according  to  the  value  of  the  suits. 
But  the  most  interesting  variety  of  the  game  ia 
the  **  misi'^re,"  A  player  mavchalleng^e  the  other 
three  to  make  him  win  a  trick,  in  which  cnse  he 
declares  a  *^  mifi^re.*'  A  declared  "  mis^re  "  puts 
out  any  independence  whatever,  and  in  playing 
for  the  **  mis6re  "  there  are  no  trumps,  the  suit 
declared  in  merely  determining  the  amount  of  the 
stake.  A  mis^re  can  only  be  put  out  by  declar- 
ing a  stem,  i.  e.  that  a  certain  suit  being'  trumps, 
the  declarer  will  win  thirteen  tricks*  As  the 
game  is  sometimes  played*  a  ^*  petite  mig^ro  " 
may  be  declared,  in  which  case  the  nlayer  de- 
clares that  he  will  make  mm  trick  and  no  more. 
A  little  niis^re  puta  out  a  little  independcDcei 
but  not  a  great  one. 

Tho  origin  of  the  name  "  Boston  '"  mny  be  in- 
teresting to  Z.  Z,  The  Comte  de  Sii^gur,  in  his 
M^moireSf  ou  Soiwenir9  et  Anecdotes ,  i.  77  (Srd 
edit),  spealdng  of  the  interest  taken  among  the 
company  assembled  at  Spa  in  the  success  of  the 
Americana  in  the  early  days  of  the  war  of  inde- 
pendence, writes : — 

"  L*iiiiuiTection  am^ricaine  pdt  partoat  comme  utig 
mode:  1©  aiviiiit  jett  nnglaia,  k  wiak,  ae  vit  tout-k-coup 
rerapUcd  daii«  toua  lea  aafcins  par  un  jeu  non  tnoins  gra%'e 
qu'on  nomma  h  botton.  Ce  mouvement,  quoiqnil  aembla 
bien  \6gQT,  etait  un  notabk  pr^aage  des  gTAadi>s  ocmvnl- 
pIoim  ftuxqucHea  le  moiir^ii  en  tier  ne  devait  pas  tarder  k 
ctrolivr^^utjYtais  bien  loin  d'etre  Is  aeul  dont  le  cocnr 
alors  poJpitAt  an  bruit  du  i^veil  naiflsant  de  la  libertrf^ 
ctiercbant  k  secouer  le  joug  du  poavoir  arbitrairfi/* 

I  do  not  wi.'^h  to  impugn  this  heroic  origin  for 
the  game,  but  if  less  mvmd  than  whist,  boston 
is  also,  me  tedtj  moitiM  grave.     The  vafious  com- 
bijjfltions  1  have  endeavoured  to  describe  make 
the  game  a  very  UYely,  not  to  esy  a  noisy,  one. 

C.  X.  U 


The  following  deacription  of  the  game  oComJfate 
is  drawn  from  the  eighth  edition  of  the  CamfiieM 
Game$tcr  f  which  devotes  no  lesi  than  eighty-eigkt 
pages  to  tne  game),  and  ia  confirmed  and  supple- 
mented by  information  from  other  sonrcet : — 

Ombre  is  an  improvement  on  the  Spanish  game 
of  "  Primero,"  and  derives  its  name  from  the  Sp&niBh 
Ei  Hombre — The  Man—in  aUusion  to  the  thought 
and  attention  required,  or  perhaps  referring  to  Urn 
who  undertakes  to  play  the  game  against  the  rest 
of  the  gamesters.  Ombre  may  be  played  by  two, 
by  three,  by  four,  or  by  five,  Ombn?  by  tkrw 
(the  favourite  game)  was  played  w^itb  forty  cirfi^ 
the  eights,  niues^  and  tens  being  thrown  otit 
Ombre  packs  were  sold  for  the  parpose.  The  eaidf 
counted  in  tbeir  natural  sequence  in  spades  &nd 
cluha,  the  two  black  acea  being  always  trusipa 
In  hearts  and  diamonds  king,  queen,  and  koii^ 
kept  their  natural  rank,  but  of  the  ordinary  ei  ' 
the  lowest  in  number  counted  highest. 

To  find  the  dealer,  give  one  card  round,  and  c 
to  bank.  Whoever  has  the  highest  card  of  In 
suit  deals.  The  dealer  deals  from  right  to  I 
instead  of  from  left  to  right,  as  in  all  otuer  gune( 
and  the  players  play  in  like  manner*  Nin«  i 
are  dealt  to  each  player,  three  and  thres  ] 
tlie  remaining  thirteen  from  the  bank. 
dealing,  it  none  thinks  himself  strong  enough  tJl 
attempt  for  the  stake,  all  pass,  and  contribute  \A  I 
the  former  stake,  then  dfeal  again.  WhoeTfrj 
finally  attempts  is  called  the  **  ombre/*  and  plajf  I 
against  the  other  two  j  the  winner  must  tak«i  0fl 
tricks ^  or  four  when  the  other  five  are  dividwL 

Ombre  chooses   whit^h   suit  shall   be 
but  it  must  be  borne  in  mind  the  ace  of  «p 
ia  always  first  trump,  or  Spadille  ;  the  ace  < 
always   third  trump,  and   is   called   Basi 
second  trump  is  always  the  worst  card  of 
suit  in  its  natural  order^that  is,  the  seven  ini 
and  the  deuce  in  black  suits,  and  is  csdledManlU 
If  either  of  the  red  suits  is  trumps,  the  ace  oft 
suit  ia  fourth  trump,  and  called  Fun  to. 

Spadille,  Manille,  and  Basto  are  called  ml 
dores  or  murderers,  as  they  never  piv©  qunrttffl 
it  is  their  privilege  nerer  to  be  obli^d  to  folk 
inferior  trumps — as,  suppose  I  hold  Basto  and  I 
other  trump,  and  king  of  trumps  is  led,  I 
not  follow  -with  Basto,  but  may  renounce 
and  play  from    another  suit;  but   it   must 
deferenc«  to  its  superiors,  and  come  out  if 
dille  or  Manille  are  Jed. 

Ombre  may,  if  he  will,  discard  any  number  of  J 
bis  hand  he  chooses  in  exchange  for  an  ^vllj 
number  from  the  bank,  as  also  may  the  other  t 
or  he  may  trust  to  his  own  hand,  which  ia  i 
Sans  Prondro.  If  ombre  fails  he  is  bestad 
if  one  of  the  defender*  of  the  staka  winp  i 
tricks  than  he,  he  is  said  to  win  Codille,  and  I 
up  the  stake  the  ombre  played  for. 

^u«diO\«)^  ^mhtQ  by  four,  was  inrentdd  by  tbtl 


4'^S.  VII.  ApjiiLft.^iO 


NOTES  AND  QUERIEa 


307 


French,*  and  differt  from  the  former  game  in 
biTing  ttU  the  forty  carda  dealt  out — to  each  per- 
son ten,  twice  three  and  once  four. 

In  Qiiintille,  or  ombro  by  five,  each  person  has 
ei^bt  cftidB  dealt  bim.  There  is  no  marking  at 
ombre.     Every  deal  decides  the  game. 

JOIIK  W.  FOHD, 


MOUKKIXG,  OR  BLACK-EDGED  WRITING 
PAPER. 

(4**'  S.  vii.  209.) 

W.  n*  S.  19  not  quite  correct  in  his  conjectures 

m  to    the   time  when  black-edged  quarto-aized 

pnper  came  into  use.     He  is  not  aware  that  there 

WM   any   before    IB40.     But   I  have   a  distinct 

ncoIlectioQ    of  quarto  letter  paper  with    black 

'je^  many  years  before  1840,  liiough  I  cannot 

ite  the  eJtact  time  of  ita  introduction.     I  can, 

ever,  produce   letters  written  on  abeeta   of 

■Qiito  «^e,  with  black -edged  borders,  in  18*16  and 

W^.     The   maker  of  that  piiper  in  1 836  was 

i!^y,  London,  There  is  no  date  in  the  water- 

.  but  we  may  fairly  conclude  that  the  Da|)er 

been  made  a  year  or  two  earlier  thanJB^iC. 

It  water-mark  on  the  paper  of  1837  ie  *'  Kich** 

:onjor,  Chaiford  Mills.**    It  might  perhapa  be 

iWrtained  on  inquiry,  how  soon  either  or  both 

,Y.L       _  II.  ^    Y^^^  b«gun  to  supply  bliick-edged 

I  [ipears,  at  least,  that  the  manu- 

L.^,.-  »v.^  ii-L  confined  to  any  particular  plftces. 

Jadecd  I  ara  persuaded  that  the  use  of  such  paper 

hd  become  common  many  years  earlier. 

Xor  do  I  consider  that  the  use  of  note  paper 

wi5  *' .  i-f.nnected  as  W.  H.  S.  supposes,  with  the 

•  nt  of  the  penny  postage,  or  rather  the 

t"  1  of  weight  for  quantity  of  paper,  as 

Ibe  jtguJating  principle  of  charge.     The  fixat  re- 

UsadoD  of  the  postage  took  place  on  December  5, 

1530^  when  a  uniform  rate  of  fourpenc©  waa  fixed 

far  weight  under  half  an  ounce:  then  on  Janu- 

tfy  10,  1840,  the  rate  was  made  a  penny  for  the 

Mine  wtight,   which  has  continued  ever  since. 

Belbre  the^e  changes,  letters  were  moat  unequally 

dttiged.    If  a  letter  was  on  a  single  sheet  or  piece 

'  pap^,  no  matter  how  large,  it  was  charged 

'  '  with  single  postage;  but  if  it  contained  any 

ScBure,  however  ismall,  it  was  charged  double. 

'i  in  thoae  days  Members  of  Parliament  had  the 

jitiJege  of  franking  ten  letters  of  any  weight 

on  ounce,  and  of  receiving  fifteen   letters 

>  free  under  that  weight.     So  the  custom  pre- 

billed  of  tearing  down  a  sheet  of  letter  paper, 

folding  one  haK  of  it  to  note  site,  to  write  upon, 

and  encloaing  it  in  the  other  half,  which  served 


•  **  Who."  layi  the  Compleat  Gametier^  '*  ever  fond  of 
&07c)tv  AO<i  ^qoftlly  fickle  in  their  dresa  and  dlversionB, 
kiV9  taocoJAicd  mreral  scyous  (#{e)  upon  the  SpanJah 
laoL'* 


for  the  envelope.  This  was  the  real  origin  of  note 
paper  and  euvelopes,  which  I  remember  many 
years  before  the  peony  postage. 

The  French  are  doubtless  inventive  and  inge- 
nious, and  an  instance  in  the  matter  of  envelopes 
deaerves  a  record  in  **  N.  &  Q.^'  Who  has  not  been 
annoyed  again  and  again  at  the  difficulty  of  opening 
letters  with  envelopes  gummed  up  aU  along  the 
top,  as  if  they  never  were  to  be  opened  ?  I  re- 
ceived about  a  year  ago  from  France  some  packets 
of  envel(^jim  perksy  as  they  are  called,  ingeniously 
contrived  to  obviate  the  above  inconvenience.  A 
thread  passes  along  the  inside  of  the  lower  port  of 
the  envelope,  with  a  small  bead  {pej-le)  projecting| 
out  of  each  end.  The  fullowing  direction  uppeara 
just  over  the  sealing  place  of  the  envelope: 
*'Baisftez  une  perle.  Un  lil  coupe  le  has  de  Ten* 
veloppe."  The  enclosed  letter  U  thereby  at  once 
set  free,  I  enclose  this  communication  in  one  of 
these  ingenious  contrivances,  which  I  think  well 
deserving  of  the  attention  of  our  stauoners. 

F.  C.  H. 


To  asaiwt  your  correspondent  W.  TI.  S.  in  hia 
inquiry  I  have  looked  over  a  great  mass  of  cor- 
respondence now  in  my  possession,  from  May  10, 
1794. 

The  first  letter  I  found  sealed  with  black  wax 
was  one  from  the  Prince  de  Cond^  to  my  grand- 
father, the  High t  Hon.  William  Wickham,  dated 
June  17,  1795. 

The  first  letter  I  found  written  on  black-bor- 
dered paper  was  one  from  the  Avoyer  de  Stei^uer 
of  Berne  to  my  grandfather,  dated  March  31, 1795. 
The  paper  is  a^  small  quarto,  the  black  border 
rather  deeper  than  that  which  stationers  call 
'*  Italian  border/'  carried  round  both  sides  but 
not  down  the  division. 

I  have  found  a  letter  from  the  Bucbeas  of 
Wurteroberg  (Princess  Royal  of  En^'-land)  to  my 
grandmother,  Um.  Wickham,  dated  May  27, 1801, 
on  a  sheet  of  letter  paper  with  a  black  border  a 
trifle  wider  than  the  Italian  border,  but  rather 
less  deep  than  the  letter  of  the  Avoyer  de  Steiguer; 
it  is  put  on  the  paper  in  the  sam'e  manner  as  in 
that  letter,  and  in  both  the  black  border  ia  rough 
and  irregular.  It  will  be  noticed  that  all  theaa 
letters  are  foreign.  The  iirst  English  letter  with 
a  black  border  which  I  have  come  upon  is  one 
from  the  Marchioness  of  Down  shire  to  Mr,  Wick- 
ham,  dated  Februarv  22,  1802 :  in  that  letter  the 
border,  about  the  Italian  width,  goes  round  the 
first  page  only  of  a  sheet  of  letter  paper. 

It  would  seem  from  what  has  ^<^ne  before,  that 
the  black  border  is  older  than  a  mere  black  edge, 
and  was  used  at  first  very  sparingly.  It  is  certain 
that  whilst  mournings  and  all  trappings  of  woe 
have  gradually  grown  less  severe^  the  depth  of 
black  bordera  on  'wtitiBa  ipK^^t\i5A  wx^^j^v  ^^& 
now  often  see  pa^gkei  Iot  Vv^o^%  «i  ^<few^,  "^^ 


iBtek 


NOTES  AND  QUEEIEa 


[4*kaVn.AMn.i,7L 


little  space  is  loft  for  writing*  I  remember  seeing 
in  fi  shop  at  Marseilles,  in  Oct  1865 ^  a  visitinff 
card  entirely  black,  with  the  name  onlj  printed 
in  white  !  Certainly  the  dismal  ingenuity  of  sta- 
tiooers  could  no  further  go. 

I  imagine  the  increased  depth  of  black  borders 
to  bo  due  primarily  to  the  stationers,  and  that 
from  TariouB  causes  it  has  found  favour  with 
"tbe  public/*  William  Wickham* 

AthenxcutQ  Club. 

There  is  evidence  of  mourning  or  black-edc'ed 
writing  pnper  having  been  employed  much  earlier 
than  your  querist  seems  to  aupposs  waa  the  case. 

In  Addison's  comedy  of  Tha  J}rutnfner  (Act  IV. 
Sc,  1)  there  is  mention  of  "my  lady^a  mourning 
paper— that  is,  blacked  at  the  edgee.''  The  Drum- 
mer came  out  in  1716.  W.  F.  Pollock. 

I  have  in  my  posseaaion  a  letter,  written  on  a 
quarto-aized  sheet  of  letter  paper,  by  John  fifth 
Earl  of  Corke  and  Orrery,  with  a  black  border  a 
ouarter  of  an  inch  in  depth.  The  letter  is  dated 
Jan.  12.  1759.  Lord  Corke's  second  wife  had 
died  in  November,  17o8.       Ehmund  M.  BorLE. 

Kock  Woodi  Torquay. 


ADAM  DE  ORLETON. 
(4^  S.  vii.  m,  15L) 

The  last  line  of  my  communication  to  «  N.  &  Q." 
should  rather  have  been  readily  *Meduced"  than 
**  asct^rlained  *'  by  those  who  felt  iuterested  in  the 
subject,  I  did  not  intend  to  suggest  that  I  poa- 
flessod  any  source  of  information  which  was  not 
common  to  every  other  intjuirer;  but  1  submit 
that  history,  as  we  know  it,  disoloeea  sufficient 
facta  to  fully  juatify  my  declaration^  that  Adam  de 
t Jrloton  had  nothing  whatever  to  do  with  the 
Latin  misaive  relied  on  to  his  prej  udice  by  Ma, 

Adam  de  Orleton  has  in  turns  been  styled  **  an 
Achitophel^"  **an  artful  and  unprincipled  church- 
man," *'  a  pitiless  traitor,"  *'  a  mmiar  tiend,*'  and 
other  hard  namea ;  but  despite  these  appellationfl, 
when  judged  by  the  standard  of  truth,  and  con- 
sidered in  reference  to  the  eventful  and  troubled 
times  in  which  he  lived,  it  will  be  found  that  he 
merely  proved  himself  to  immeasurably  surpass 
all  hjjj  t-timpeera,  not  only  as  a  mivn  of  consum- 
mate ability,  but  as  one  absolutely  superior  to 
ail  the  influences  by  which  he  was  surrounded, 
Endowed  by  n|^ure  with  the  keenest  no  were  of 
perception,  iic^nd  prudence — indomitable  in  his 
purpose,  and  self-reliant  to  the  last  degree- 
Adam  de  Orleton  was  enabled  to  turn  every  phase 
of  public  and  political  existence  to  his  own  ad- 
rmttngo,  ai/d,  notwithstaudiog  he  lived  in  that 
Jaomentous  period    of  England^a  laietoty  ^\ien 


"every  man*B  life  bung  at  his  girdle/'  he  never- 
theless contrived  to  hold  his  own  without  ^.'f•  t- 
ence  to  whichever  party  was  for  the  moment  in 
the  ascendant ;  and  deenite  the  power  and  mtdtm 
of  his  numerous  enemies^  be  c^ed  a  long  aed 
active  existence  as  the  ooeamnt  of  one  of  tiM 
most  coveted  aeea  in  the  kingdonL 

It  has  been  alleged  that  he  wrote  to  Sir  Joba 
Maltravera  and  Sir  Thomas  Gumey,  at  Berkclflf 
Castle,  urging  them  to  increase  the  mlserief  of 
their  royal  prisoner ;  and  to  hU  pen  is  incorrec^ 
ascribed  the  repetition  of  those  well-known  Latin 
lines  referred  to  by  Ma.  Tbw,  but  which  are  (b- 
dared  to  have  been  written  at  a  long  anterior 
date  by  an  archbishop  of  Strimonium,  with  Icf«j^ 
enoe  to  Gertrude  Queen  of  Hungary. 

Bearing  in  mind  this  character  of  Orleton,  l&i 
his  policy  at  this  period  of  his  life,  it  aeemi  to 
me  to  be  incredible,  even  to  the  extent  of  being 
impossible,  that  he  couJd  have  written  either  tw 
supposed  letter  or  the  Latin  double  efvtendrf.  To 
have  done  so  would  have  been  to  have  plidi 
himself  irrevocably  and  hopelessly  in  the  poWB 
of  the  kinc-'s  raurtferera  and  of  those  who  directeS 
the  foul  deed,  and  to  have  subiected  himselfi  tt 
any  moment,  to  certain  and  condign  punishmflnti 
about  the  most  improbable  course  so  subtle  I 
diplomatist  m  Orleton  undoubtedly  ^v  «-  '^^ 
havo  adopted.  Contrast  that  charg 
fact  that,  at  the  veiy  moment  of  Edw.: 
der  at  Berkeley  Castle  (Sept,  22,  1327), 
de  Orleton  was  at  \'alencienne3  at  the  « 
the  Count  of  IlainauU,  selecting  a  brid**  for 
murdered  king*s  &on.  Add  to  that  unii^miJhif 
truth  that  Orleton,  then  Bishop  of  Her 
in  the  course  of  the  same  month  of  > 
consecrated  by  the  pope  "Lord  Bishop  ui  V  - 
cester'*;  that  he  continued  to  hold  thnt  n<'-  " 
spite  of  tho  opposition  of  the  queen- t 
her  imwortby  favourite;  that  he  sti 
the  favour  of  Ed%vard  lH.,  and  in  Apal,  ' 
was  appointed  one  of  his  ambassadors  to  1  ;  i 
for  the  purpose  of  demanding  the  crown  of  liiit 
country  in  Edward's  behalf  j  that,  by  a  &» 
tinuation  of  the  royal  favour,  he  was  in  ^-^ 
translated  from  Worcester  to  Winchester. 
Farnham  Castle  as  his  princely  resadenc**.  <^ 
that  he  died  there  in  July,  1345 ; — and  I  bi4iflT# 
that  from  such  facts  it  may  be  **readnv  .l<  .Tn,--.!. 
or  ascertained,''  that  the  memory  of  A<1 
ought  to  be  altogether  free  m>m  n^i 
blame  in  connection  witli  the  deatli  of  Edward  ILj 
and  that  the  course  of  conduct  adopted  totei 
Orleton  by  Edward  III.  is  equally  void  of 
one  suspicion  that  he  reward ed*  or  oven  inl 
to  do  BO,  a  man  privy  to,  still  less  direcUy  PftCiMft^ 


mending  in 
father. 


writing,   the  murder    of  his  lojd 


\    's:vtk^%iarfMA,cx»i3i^B«^ 


HxirmT  R  Hou. 


4*fcaVIL 


^•TL] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


309 


Mabruges  of  Pbifcessks  (4"»  S,  vU,  203.) — 
TxwAES  lavB  he  caan  only  find  three  timtiiiices  of 
dauptteis  or  sisters  of  the  reigning  aovereign  muT- 
TT  h  subj ectfl.  Is  not  t be  caAe  of  Margaret, 

Ti  .iiiig^hter  of  Edward  IIL,  a  fourth  f*  She 

inarried  Juhn  Hastings,  Earl  of  Pembroke.  Then 
aUo  Joan,  daughter  of  Edward  1.,  whose  mar- 
riage with  Gilbert  de  Clare  is  recorded,  married 
•econdly  Ralph  de  Monthermer.  This  would 
iippeAT  to  be  another  case.  Have  ail  the  de- 
jwendante  of  a  royal  prince  or  princeaa  the  right 
to  quarter  royal  arms  P  P« 

Ladt  GaiJcsTON's  Grave  in  Tewin  Chuech- 

TAIUJ  (4^^  S.  Tii.  76,  128,  172,  273.)— It  seems 

atrange  that,  in  two  accounts  of  this  tomb,  one 

ihould   Ftate   that  there   was   a  single   (wA  tree 

''growing  out  of  the  tomb,^'  and  another  that 

*'seyea  fhn  trees  have  sprang  up  through  the  solid 

tomb/*     We  seem  to  want  the  accurate  fact  of 

prtmmt  npjHwancef  for  the  severi  eltus  within  the 

end 0511  re  of  a  single  tomb  would  be  a  curiosity 

ir  of  any  legend.     If  the  common  elm 

1  peittrin,  or  sttbcrosa}  be  intended,  there 

iiVd  been  elm  trees  formerly  planted  in  the 

vard — •caona  from  which  roust  have  pene- 

\m\  beneath  the  tomb,  as  tbi^  tree 

iim  (*eed   naturally  in   England; 

i^tnir  tiic  ^  "    nf  the  a?ih,  ^lown 

*l»out  1>Y  V.  ite  wherever  they 

^lUX I  and   i    nine   fiftjii  at^ii  xrees  growing  within 

Mglected  tombs  in  seveml  country  churchyards. 

kUw  years  since  I  noticed  an  altar  tomb  in  the 

tfcoichipard  of   Perivale,   Middlesex,  within  the 

iioo  rails  surrounding  which  had  epruiig  up  two 

fcawthoms,  a  tall  ash  tree,   and  a  scrubby  elm, 

Willi  a  fiHMi'f'  of  brambles  all  round  the  railing, 

about  the  trunks  of  the  trees* 

1  made  out  the  date  of  the  tomb, 

(lat  itcommemoratt'd  Elizabeth  Colle- 

i.'t  of  Sir  Peter  Colleton,  Bart.,  **  and  by 

[.ointment  buried  here."    The  appear- 

vegetation  was  so  remarkable  that  I 

muilt^  a  .  J.ftch  of  it,  and  a  few  more  years  I  should 

think  wr.iild    entirely  hide  all   but   the  bulging 

1  about  the  tomb.     May  I  ask  if  any- 

^  WD  about  this  baronet's  daughter,  and 

ide  the  "  itppointment  "  to  be  buried 

'   Curiously  enough,  there  Is  no  record 

''  '  ^:'--  '       which  it  would  thus  appear 

•f  sled. 

1  .i.ir.  -uliject  of  vegetation  sponta- 

self-sown  rimng  on  or  over  tombs,  I 

»    T  It  at  in   the   chancel  of   Kempaey 

orcester,  is  the  monument  with 

fjlitf'f'd  against  the  north  wall  of 

ICnt.,  who  died  when  high 

liire  in  1620,  **  solemnly  in- 

mentation/'   and    by  some 

Kurse^chesUmt  has  fozcad  lis 


itrvdl 


way  through  the  wall  from  the  churchyard,  and 
its  digitated  kares  now  canopy  the  effigy  of  the 
knight  in  a  very  elegant  manner,  and  have  a 
curious  appearance  within  the  church. 

EnwiH  LsBS* 

Green  Hill  Summit,  Worcester. 

[The  caiio  of  Piinvole  churcbyiurd  has  been  alreadj^ 
mentioned,  gee  p.  172;   anil  iho  three  elm-trees  springing 
from  Kyrle*A  [m3W  i»  EosA  church  are  well  known  to  aU 
tooriata. — Eo.] 

TffE  Whttk  Towke  (4'»»  S.  vii.  211.)— In  reply 
to  RoMA3T  I  would  remark,  1.  The  Roman  campag 
were  merely  earthworks,  strengthened  sometinu 
by  pnlisades;  tmd  the  site  of^the  Tower  bein^ 
a  decided  mound  or  eminence,  amounting  probably 
to  a  hiU  originally,  there  seems  no  reason  whj 
the  Romans  should  not  haye  regarded  it  as 
hold  or  citadel,  quite  sufficient  to  contain  a  gar*^ 
risen  competent  to  overawe  ancient  London. 

2.  The  White  Tower  never  could  have  been 
built  under  two  or  three  years*  time,  at  the  least. , 

3.  The  supply  of  water  &om  the  Thames  muslj 
always  have  been  available  for  the  inhabitants  i 
the  Tower,  without  any  need  of  a  well;  sincfl^ 
the  river  had  free  influx  into  the  old  ditch,  and 
came  also  under  the  arch  at  Traitors^  Gate  until 
some  thirty-five  years  ago. 

St.  John's  Chapel,  on  the  second  floor  of  the 
White  Tower,  is  one  of  the  finest  and  simplest 
specimens  eidsting  of  Norman  architecture,  and 
from  its  miusdvo  proportions  must  have  been  aa 
integral  portion  of  the  original  structure,  in  thfl 
style  and  form  of  which  nothing  Rc»man  can  be 
traced.  The  exterior  having  been  unfortunately 
distigured  by  Sir  Christopher  Wren,  aflbrds  no 
criterion,  but  there  is  nothing  Roman  in  the 
character  of  the  Tower. 

4.  Whether  or  no  the  TcjLius  MoffhiMS  contains 
evidence  of  Gundulph'shand  in  the  White  Tower, 
it  seems  admitted  that  he  built  Rochester  Castle, 
and  that  be  was  the  great  military  builder  of  his 
day.  Tradition  has  always  aflcrilbed  the  White 
Tower  to  Lim,  and  there  seems  no  o&use  for 
doubting  it. 

5.  The  composition  of  Roman  mortar  depended 
probably  on  the  materials  at  hand,  but  no  doubt 
they  used  great  care  and  skill  in  preparing  it. 
Blood  would  be  a  very  bad  and  temporary  ingre- 
dient for  tempering  mortar.  It  may  be  ioubtedl 
whether  the  **  preparation  "  of  the  Tower  for  the 
Conqueror's  habitation  did  not  mean  interior 
fwrangemeuts,  hangings,  bedding,  kitcheufl,  and 
domestic  objecta,  rather  than  any  sudden  improve- 
ment of  the  defences. 

The  descrijition  of  the  Tower,  as  "  washed  1 
the  Thames  when  the  tide  rose,*'  need  by  no  i 
apply  to  the  actual  base  of  the   White  Tower  J 
which  stands  a  long  way  bade.     When  the  ditch 
of  a  fortress  is  filled  from  a  river  lIowin^5j«i«*.^X^ 
i#  iiior&  eompjon  l\i«ai  \iw4 


NOTES  AND  QUEEIEa 


[4*ks.VIL  AfklI 


*'  Ita  walls  are  waalied  by  8ucli  or  such  a  river," 
¥Lnd  that  waa  most  likely  the  way  ia  whrch  the 
Tower  waa  alluded  to.  Be  H. 

f'Tns  Hob  is  toe  Wbll"  (4^^  S.  til  201, 
220,) — John  Laguerre,  son  of  Louia,  whom  Pope 
immortal iaed  in  versa  — 

**  Where  iiprAwl  the  saints  of  Verno  and  Laguem**" 
engraved  a  set  of  prints  of  **  Hob  in  the  Well,"  a 
copy  of  which  ia  at  Stanford  Court,  and  attached 
to  each  nrint  some  ludicrous  verses  in  Somerset- 
shire dialect,  possibly  veiy  popular  in  their  day. 

THOa,  E.  Wl>'>^tKQTON. 
Stftaford  Court,  Worcester, 

I  have  heard  it  suggested  that  this  alehouse 
sign  at  Ljnu  was  the  u&me  of  a  chamcter  ia  some 
popular  play.  Hob  was  a  nickname  foruied  from 
Kobert,  and  conveyed  the  idea  of  it-?  owner  bein^  a 
country  clown  (Lrower^s  Patromjmica  lirikmnica). 
In  Larwood  and  Hotten'g  Ilistonj  of  Signlioarch 
(third  edition),  the  name  of  this  sign  is  said  to 
be  borrowed  from  an  old  nursery  fable.  If  this  ia 
rl^'ht,  can  any  reader  of  '*  N,  &  Q."  give  a  version 
of  the  fable,  or  the  name  of  any  books  where  it  is 
to  he  found  ?  S,  E.  L. 

hynn. 

K,  L.^  Kind's  Lynn,  is  perhaps  aware  that 
'^  Hob  in  the  Well  *'  is  the  name  of  an  old  ballad- 
opera,  which  was  a  popular  favourite  iu  the  last 
century.  In  country  inns  we  frequently  find  a 
set  of  comic  pictures  representing  the  various  events 
of  the  piece.  An  amRteur  actor  (Mr.  Richard 
Garrs  ol  Grassington),  who  many  years  ago  emi* 
grated  to  America,  used  to  boast  of  bis  perl  or  m- 
ance  of  Hob,  and  he  would  occasljually  volunteer 
a  ♦*  recitation  *'  of  some  favourite  passage, 

Stephen  Jacksox. 

Abms  or  Flemish  Famiues  {A}^  S.  vii.  IL)— 
Lablice  will  find  such  a  work  in  the  Royal 
Library,  Brusaela.  Sp. 

CooKEs:  Cookf^set:  Cooke  (4*^  S.  vii,  IL) — 
Your  correspondent  will  find  a  notice  of  tho 
second  name  in  Mtimortala  of  the  Surname  Archer» 

Sp. 

Qtjotatiok  (4**  S,  iv.  175,)— 

"  Friend  a  parr, 
*Ti5  the  survivor  diira." 
To  he  found  at  the  end  of  Night  V,  of  Young's 
Mffht  Thoughts,  T.  P.  R 


A  SpiTTEJf  Laibd  (4**'  S.  vii.  100.)— The  anec- 
dote related  by  S.  L,  is  somewhat  differently  told 
by  Dr,  Robert  Chambers  (Picture  of  Scotland^ 
L  237),  The  duchess  is  there  said  to  have 
**  called  out  in  her  usual  lusty  way  to  the  coach- 
man  to  drive  with  all  his  might,  ^elae  Tarn  o* 
CJoeft'bu Wf^  she  exclaimed, '  will  get  in  before  us 

nnd  lick  the  butter  off  our  bread.'  **    Tho  dui&ft'a  .  ^ 

obseiratian  being:   "'Why,  my  Lady  I)ue\iftBa,\       *  GTiiVa^^^Ta»si«l^tm, mcias* whirl wimL 


let  me  tell   you  this  eentleman's  aocestdr  wm 
Knight  of  Closehurn,  while  mine  was  only  Gude- 

man  of  Drumlanrig  I '  " 

But  I  doubt  the  truth  of  either  vei^ioD.  The 
first  Douglas  of  Drumlanrig  was  a  basUird  son  of 
the  doughty  earl  who  fell  at  Otterboume,  and  he 
had  obtained  this  important  barony  before  but 
father's  death :  for,  on  Dec.  5,  1389.  he  wsi 
guaranteed  in  its  possession  by  a  <  V 
grandmother,  the  Countess  of  D 
and  her  second  husband  Sir  Jouu  o^mlu' n  ks 
Swinion  (Drumlanrig  Charters);  and,  as  **Sir" 
William  Douglas  of  Drumlanrig,  he  obtained  s 
very  remarkable  charter  from  King  James  L| 
while  this  prince  was  a  state  prisoner  in  Englaoi 
It  is  dated  at  Croydon  last  of  November  1413; 
and  hologrepb  of  the  king,  and  confirujH  to  Sir 
William  all  his  lands  in  Scotland,  vh.  I 
Hawick,  and  S  el k  irk  ( Q.ueensberry  C  h  a  i  - 

see  art.  **  Hawick**  in  Oruj.  Par,  Scott  r  i  v  i  ..\ 
where  there  is  a  very  interesting  account  ■!  n; 
William's  successors  and  their  tenure  of  ihit 
barony  from  the  crown.  As  the  term  *''gud»tD»a'^ 
was  never  applied  i»  the  owner  of  a  barony  or  hold- 
ing under  the  sovereign^  which  the^e  Douglniifii 
were  ah  oii^ine,  the  anecdote,  like  many  simHif 
tradition P,  must  he  incorrectly  given.  At  tb» 
same  time  the  Kirkpatricks  were  undoubtedly  rf 
much  older  standing  tn  Dumfriesshire,  dating  mwi» 
the  twelfth  or  thirteenth  century ;  and  etpn  i 
magnate  like  the  Duke  of  Queensbenry  roigH 
without  detracting  trom  bis  own  iniportanoe^ 
mildly  rebuke  the  lady  duchess  by  telling  to 
that  there  were  Knights  of  Closeburn  long  beto 
there  wa9  a  Laird  of  Drumlanrig, 

ANGLD-SeOTtft. 

"  Apiiks  Moi  LE  DiLiroB'*  (4*''  S.  vii.  1^8.)- 
I  find  ia  Ed.  Foumier's  L  Esprit  dansrHitft^f-  - 

^*  Aprtt  noyjt  U  dflvgt!   disait,   mSme  dnns 
gmnde  pro»peritd,  madAino  de  Potnpftdotir  {En>i^ 
mnrquae  de  Pompadour^  en  t£te  des  Memoiret  dt  mt* 
dams  du  Haunet,   1824,   io-8iro,    p.  xlx),    qui  Tw/ii 
poind  re  dt^a  lout  au  laiD,  Ik  rborizon  do  la  rayafiU,ll 
^raio  *   rifvulutionnaire,     Cette    parole    de    noneb^ltti^ 
c\Tiigmo  dflni  la  prnpb^tk  a  4te    sou  rent    t/pC'tf  ft 
chaque  fois  on  Ta  mbe  hut  le  cuuipe  dtj  Louis  XV 
<ftttit  si  bien  le  mot,  rexprcsaion  de  oe  r^igne  at 
jour,  qu^on  pensait  quelfi  roi  bten  aime  poiivait  scui  i  i-v^i 
dite.    Fersoune  no  vit  mieux  que  lui,  qui  etait  au  900*  1 

P.A.L 


met,  vcnir  do  loin  cc  gratid  orage.'* 


FimwEsa  Abbey  ajxh  the  CHKiaAX  S  - '^^ 
(4*'*  S.  vii.  74.)  —  The  Coucher  Book  of  thi- 
has  long  been  known  to  the  council  of  th 
ham  Society ;  but  it  is  not,  as  A.  £.  L.  coi 
in  the  possession  of  the  Duke  of  Devonehii' 
information  contained  in  *^  detached  paicbmena  ' 
in  the  duke's  muniment  room  at  Holker,  »apjx«e4 
to  be  fragments  of  the  Fumeaa  Qoiicher  Book, 


«»8.VIl.  A»«il8,71.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


3U 


I 


will  probjibly  be  found  to  liRve  been  uiilifled  by 
Bufrdale,  West,  and  Beck.  The  oriirinal  toIuihg 
U  in  tbe  Record  Office,  And  is  briefly  named  io 
the  **  Deputy- Keeper's  XXJttb  Report,"  p.  4.  It 
may  interest  yrmr  corpe«pondeDt  to  know  that  it 
con'^igta  of  580  pages  of  vellum »  and  that  the 
writin)^  is  not  later  than  the  fourteenth  century. 
The  first  portion  consistB  of  the  chartularj^,  and 
the  latter  of  popes*  bulls  granting  privilepea  to 
the  abbey,  and  the  expense  of  a  transcript  of  the 
entire  volume  would  amount  to  07/,  13«.,  which 
i«  beyond  the  means  of  the  Chetham  Society. 
The  cost  of  obtaining-  the  tmn script**  of  the  *'  Rojal 
Commissioners'  Reports  of  tin?  Lancashire  Chan- 
tries," printed  by  the  Chetha*  Society  in  1862, 
and  reierred  to  by  A,  E.  L.,  was  defrayed  by  ft 
few  personal  MeDoe  of  the  editor,  and  not  by  the 
ftociety.  F.  R.  R. 

Lakcashtbe  WiTciTEs  (P^  S,  vii.  237.)^! 
imagine  the  jarallants  of  all  Enplish  counties  Bpeak 
of,  and  maybe  toast,  the  ladies  as  witches.  In 
my  county  I  have  often  heard  a  eong  the  chorus 
of  which  I  give :  — 

•*  They  are  handome,  they  are  charming, 
Tbey  are  lovely,  gay,  and  fair : 
The'prettieat  prln  in  EnKlr^nd  are— 
The  lEjirla  of  Derbyabiro," 
The  last  two  linea  frec^uently  given  as  a  toaat, 
Tho8.  Ratclipfb, 

*'A  MoiTsrBTJB,  MoNsiBm  A.  B/'  (4**'  S.  vii. 
U<^.)  — I  cannot  agree  with  Mr.  FRANCisauE- 
ilicirKL,  though  I  take  him  to  be  a  Frenchman, 
U  to  hh  interpretation  of  this  matter.  Simr  does 
Hot,  find  never  did  mean,  mon»ei(jneur.  All  the 
"1  iDStruments,  books,  and  novels, 
rongest  distinction  between  them. 
ici  ■  n  |it_iinou  18  a  mere  form  of  respect,  as  if  we 
t^ere  to  write  — 

"  To  the  Gentleman, 

Mr.  A.  11" 

Mmtunter^  if  at  all  a  recognised  word  (which  I 

i<mtrt)»  miidt  be  a  substantive  of  itself,  made  from 

mmitu,  Ti'it^  a  termination  indicBting  a  man,  nad 

iiilor*s  word.    The  bishop  was  alwavs 

f%  however  the  form  of  the  word  mijrht 

nee  sake  be  abridged  (as  **M.  S*""J 

Mb,  Michel  would  have  some  ap- 

Nuance  of  support  for  bis  theory  by  referring  to 


[*ILioweur*^  a^the  title  given  to  the  eldest  aon 

of  th?  king  or  his  heir  (apparent  or  presumptive), 

rt  this  was  one  of  the  conveniences  of  ootlTt 

Bch :  for  Mmi  Seifpiettr  would  aptly  designate 

kinr  himself,  while  Mmifiettr  might  well  be 

iM  prince^  and  would  be  then  employed 

ilent  to  the  Scotch  **The  Master,"  or 

i^r  Jot  in  of  address  to  a  prince  of  the  blood  as 

n"    The  sorereigQ  is  "  Sire/'  C.  C- 

•OL11A8TER     AbHOAD     IIT    StAFFOBD- 

._.  ,  .      -..  ril  1*21, 180.)— The  Orst  atory,  aa 


I  heard  it  at  Stourbridge  in  1855,  waa:— Two 
colliers  reading  a  notice  that  the  new  church 
would  be  consecrated  by  the  biithop.  **  VVhat'S  a 
bishop,  Jem  ?  "  "  Dunno,  but  I'll  lay  a  shilHn  as 
our  Rose  pins  im,  whatever  un  is,'* 

The  Lye  Waste  is  a  common  near  Stourbridge. 
Its    population  then    was   rery   rough,  and  ha*l 
grown  up  without  instruction  or  police.     From 
neglect  of  the  lord  of  the  manor  many  freeholders 
had  obtained  their  estates  by  occupation,  without 
recognising  his  rights,  for  twentv  years.     Those 
who   had  not  completed   their   time   were  very 
iealnus  of  strangers,  whom  they  suspected  to  bo 
lawyers  looking  out  for  defective  titles.     I  waa 
told  that  if  I  went  there  alone  I   might  bear, 
'*  Dost  knaw  on,  Jem  ?"  "  Naa.**  "  Hull  a  stun  at 
un  then.^'     Accompanied  by  one  who  was  known 
to  the  natives,  and  not  a  lawyer*  I  looked  at  them 
and  the  place,  and  was  not  molested.     I  did  not 
admire  either.     Probably  both  are  now  improved. 
Dining  here  about  twenty  yearfl  ago  with  Leech, 
Albert  Smith,   and    Hamilton  Reynolds,    I   told 
these  stories  as  above,  and  Leech  said  he  could 
make  something  of  them.     lie  did  so  in  Ftmch, 
I  am  the  only  survivor  of  the  party,  but  I  men- 
tion the  names  of  my  fri  en  da  as  mea  of  extenBive 
knowledge  in  facHiis^  to  whom  the  stories  then 
were  new,     I  said  nothing  that  would  have  war- 
ranted Punch  in  putting  **  Fact.'' 

Fiixnopzme. 

Gftirick  Club, 

How  far  the  schoolmaster  goes  abroad  in  Lan- 
cashire and  an  instance  of  **  filial  piety  ^^  may  W 
seen  in  a  story  which,  I  believe,  is  not  an  '♦old! 
joke,'*  and  which  waa  related  as  known  to  my 
informant  A  man  who  had  a  buli-terrier  pup 
went  out  with  his  son  to  blood  it,  which  ia,  I  sup- 
pose, to  make  it  draw  and  taste  the  blood  of  some 
wild  animah  They  came  to  a  hedge,  when  the 
father  took  one  side  and  the  son  and  tbe  dog  the 
other.  As  they  found  nothing,  the  father  put  hia 
head  to  tho  ground,  and  imitated  the  noise  of , 
same  creature.  The  dog  was  unexpectedly  through 
the  hedge  in  an  instant,  and  fastened  on  the  maa'a 
noie.  The  atiectionate  son  seeing  it,  was  greatly 
excited,  and  called  out,  ^*  Bide  it,  feytherl  bide 
it!  it'll  bee  th*  makkin  o'  th'  pup.'*  Ellcbb, 

Craven, 

'*Thb  Straight  Gatb  and  Naubow  Wjit" 

(4*^  8.  vii.  dS.) — A  hundred  years  hence,  when  the 
printer's  devil  is  dead  and  buried,  "  N.  &  Q."  will, 
I  fear,  unless  you,  Mr,  Editir,  enter  your  timely 
protest,  be  cited  as  an  authority  for  spelling 
«' strait  ""struight.''  C,  S. 

The  Priory  op  CotDHvoiUM  (4**»  S.  vii.  187.) 
Cant's  Kirk  is  the  appellation  given  by  fishermen 
to  a  church  in  Aberdeen  (parish  Pitaligo),  after 
the  celebrated  Andrew  Cant,  There  is  also  Canty 
Bay,  a  little  east  of  North  Ikrwids..    W^  4nvxi^axii^ 


3ia 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[4«*8.VII,  AFiin.8,71.1 


Cant  may  be  from  BritiBli  cant^  a  circle^  the  rim 
of  Bttythmg  roimd.  Conf.  tJie  Qernian  name 
Kant  {kmUf  ora,  marpro,  extremitas  rei,  orbls,  cir- 
cuius,  anguluB  ).  There  are,  however,  the  French 
surnames  Canet,  Cauot,  Canut,  Canty,  which  may 
he  dimiBuUires  of  Caun,  Caime  (English  Cane, 
Cann),  doubtless  the  same  as  Caney,  Cheney^ 
Cheeney,  from  the  old  French  chime ^  modem 
French  chine^  an  oak  tree  {quErcus^  quetcitti*^  quer^ 
mtSt  q^te^nuSf  questWf  chime).  Canty  Bay  may 
derive  its  name  from  the  Gaelic  Ceann-Tathaf 
head  of  the  Tay  (perhaps  the  original  appellation 
of  the  Forth),  a  name  which  might  be  given  to 
any  river,  seeing  that^  etymologically^  it  means 
simply  river.  One  of  the  chief  tributaries  of  the 
Forth  above  Stirling  ia  the  Tetb,  ♦.  <;,  the  Tath 
or  Tay,  Cant  s  Briage  may  simply  mean  bridge 
of  the  Cant,  L  e,  the  Can,  i.  ^,  Cam. 

K.  S.  Crabjkock. 
Ghray^B  Iim. 

Lkttrk  of  Edward  IV.  (4*»»  S.  vii.  220,)— It 
is  much  to  be  hoped,  in  the  interest*  of  history, 
that  the  purchaser  of  the  MS.  letter  purporting 
to  be  written  by  Edward  IV,  in  1466  may  act 
upon  the  suggestion  of  Mr.  Gairdner,  and  may 
send  the  MS.  to  the  British  Museum  to  have  the 
signatures  carefully  examined  by  experts ;  fur  the 
genuineness  of  this  letter  involves  the  doubt  as  to 
whether  the  historical  details  of  Hall's  Ckronick 
ar«  as  accurate  as  they  are  precise.  In  the  mean- 
while those  who  have  not  irii^pected  the  MS.  can 
only  form  their  judgment  of  its  value  from  the 
internal  evidence  of  its  style ;  and  with  all  defer- 
ence to  Mr.  <JAiRDifER,*I  would  ask  whether 
there  are  not  expreswons  in  the  body  of  the  docu^ 
maU  to  excite  grave  suspicion  of  its  genuineneaa  P 
Does  he  iind  in  any  contemporary  letters  of  un- 
doubted authenticity  that  the  Kin^  of  England  at 
this  period  ever  styled  himself  **  Retj^ia  Majosta-s 
nostra  -^  or  *'  Sacra  Regia  Majestas/'  or  that  the 
Dnko  of  Milan  was  usually  addressed  in  state 
papers  as  "  Excellentia  Veatra  "  ?  There  is  no 
difticulty  whatever  in  positively  answering  these 
two  questions  to  any  one  who  has  access  to  the 
Bodleian  Library,  for  amongst  the  Ashmolean 
MSS.  (No.  780)  is  preserved  the  letter-book  of 
Bishop  Beckington,  secretary  of  state  to  Henrj'  Vf,, 
which  includes  the  forms  and  set  phrases  of  his 
olGcial  correspondence,  "  colores  verborum  et  sen- 
tentiarum."  The  style  of  the  Dukes  of  Milan,  and 
the  mode  in  which  they  were  addressed  in  formal 
letters,  will  appear  from  the  Diteumenti  Dipio* 
matiei  lately  printed  from  the  Milanese  Archives 
by  Signor  Luigi  Osio,  Tewabs. 

AXBAJTEY   AJTD  AMOKDEVrLLB  (4*"  S.   Vll.  234.) 

In  answer  to  part  of  H.  S.  G.*s  query—"  Did  Uve- 
dale  marry  an  heiress  of  Amondeville  ?  *' — it  is 
very  probable  one  of  that  name  did,  for  at  the  end 
of  tha  aixteenth  century  the  Uvedales  (who&e 


arms  are  **  Argent,  a  cross  moUne  gules."  as  H  !?, 
G«   rightly  supposes)  are  found  to  qi:  r 

(Uia)  *^  Azure,  a  fret  or,' *  whether  Aio  <  r 

nott  For  thb  statement  there  is  the  IoUowi]i| 
evidence,  which  H,  S,  G.  will  find  in  the  second 
volume  of  Hutchins*  Hidory  of  Dor$et: — In  the 
church  of  More  Crichel,  Dorset,  appear  the  arnnH 
riid  bearings  of  the  UvedaLes,  wherein  the  fourth 
quartering  is  *^Or^  a  fretaswre  **  (revemng  the  tino- 
tures).  And  in  Wirabome  Minster,  in  the  etos 
county,  thc-re  is  a  very  fine  monument  to  Sir 
Edmund  Uvedale,  who  died  circa  1606  (which  I 
myself  have  seen,  though  I  did  not  at  the  time 
particularly  notice  the  quarterings),  in  wbict 
the  fifth  quartering  is  properlv  given  as  **  Aiure, 
a  fret  or.*'  And  again,  Kobert  Ij  vedale,  writing  to 
the  Gent.  Ma^,  vol.  Ixxx.  part  ii,  p,  31  (as  he  mom 
than  once  did  on  the  same  subject),  gives  tbt 
quarterings  of  his  family  as  copied  ixom  the 
church  at  Wykeham  (the  seat  of  the  HamptUn 
and  elder  branch),  and  the  fourth  \b  there  *'Aiiiii% 
a  fret  or." 

In  the  pedigree  given  by  Hutrhins  I  can  find 
no  mention  of  the  name  of  Amondeville,  though 
there  is  a  blank  or  two  loft  where  a  wife's  mm 
should  come  in*  Neither  can  I  in  the  one  re- 
corded by  Berry  in  his  Cow^  Oenttdogiea 
Hants, 

Edmondson  gives,  in  his  Qlover*^  0\ 
under  the  head  of  "  Frets/-  **  Azure,  a  fret  or, 
Mundeviilf'^  though  at  the  same  time  I 
iind  that  he  specifies  the  arms  of  Amondi 
Mundevill  amongst  the  host  of  others  1 
pi!ed.  '  J.  S.  Uj 

JuQior  Athenieuin  Club, 

*'  Tes  op  an  AsQm.*8  Wtsq  "  :  WoRD^if OBW, 

COTTSTABUI,  ETC.    (4*"    8.    vii.  233.)-  ^^'        ""^9 1 
beautiful  thought  is  expressed  by  JoL 
hia  Life  of  Mrs,  Qodolphin  (London,  .» 
ing,  1848,'p.  4):— 

**  It  would  becotno  n  steadier  band,  and  the  peoo  of  i 
Anfft"llfl  winf^,  to  describe  tbe  life  of  a  Siiint,  who  !•  I 
atnoD^^t  those  llludtnous  ordcra,**  _ 

Jajtkbt  Family  (4«»  S.  vi.  275,  8660— I  •* 

well   acquainted  with   John  Janney,    a  reliliA  I 
civil  service  servant-     I  have  not  as  yet  be^n  »Wt 
to  communicate  with  him,  btit  in  a  shor' 
shall  be  able  to  do  so.     In  the  interim  aii 
addiiessed  to  him  may  be  forwarded  to  mv  ai:v- 

G,  T.  f'lrLLUL 
13,  Osborne  Street,  HaU. 

G.  Camphausen  (4*»»  S.  vii.   188.; 
Siret-fl  valuftble  work,  Dictionnaire 
Peintrea  (2ud  ed,  Tarie,  1806),  may  be  \ 
T,  S.  A.  G. 

**  Veritas   m  Pttteo**  (4**»  S,  vi.  474; 
IDS.) — Diogenes  Laertius  records  thia  mjia§A 
Democntus  b  his  Life  of  Pyrrhic  Hb*  uu 


( 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


313 


72,  'tr*ov  «i  oUktf  ttfifv*  iv  BuOm  yap  ft  iA^fltia,  Cf* 
Oice^>,  ActidfrmicHi^  L  13.  Tiimebud  in  CommcfU. 
remurk* ; — 

*^  Cicero  in  LuciiUo  [AcmhmicarHm,  Ijbro  *cctindo], 
Xatnrain  ai*cu«<a  qu,i!  in  pntfuml^j  veritAtem,  ut  ait  Dl- 
morritus  f»rnituA  abstraatrit-  Simile  ent  illud  ScneciB 
N.  Q»  vii.  82.  Jlx  ad  fHndym  venireivr,  t«  91*0  Veritas 
t  tMf^quam  nunc  in  (rumma  i^rra^  tt  htyi  munu  qutcri- 
YarM  tunt  Dcmooriti,  dc.  See  also  Fabr!  Comment, 

Xnm  quia  piissit  romitera  mAgni 
S[)«cUrci  Joris  ?  ftiiulo  ilia  cnrct.** 

*1C  3  c Jiy  1  lid  et  G  roti  tw. 
BrBLIOTEBCAB,  CaETHAM* 

KO  AXD  JESTmo  ON  Names  (4'*'  S.  vi. 
304,  r>*^l  ;  vil  100.)— Dr.  Samuel  Goodenougb, 
Bialiop  nf  Carlisle;  preftched  before  the  House  of 
ComniiiQS  ID  1795,  and  before  tlie  House  of  Lords 
m  1&09,  Oa  oue  of  these  occasions  the  following 
I  fiofie  were  penned : — 

•♦  Tin  w«?ll-6nou(!;h  thflt  Goodenmigh 
Before  ttie  iToase  shontd  preach  ; 
For  sure-enough  full  bad-cDough 
Are  ihoM  he  haa  to  teach." 

linea  ar^  given  in  Xiehols^  Illw^aHom  of 
t,  Ti.  2ol,  R  P.  D, 

ISALLirr  (i^  a  vi»  475,  683 ;  vii.  176.)  — 

apf^  two  places  in  the  Isle  of  Man  called 

"  l;  one  a  small  village,  and  the  other  an 

They  are  both  low-lving^  places  near  the 

_jit.     May  not  the  word  be  derived  from 

y,  M&nn   for  place,   and  sailley^  Manx  for 

ater  ?  Mokkksis, 

DKBJTK  Flow^ks  (4*^  8,  yi.  544 ;  vii.  104.) 

ttgh   the  quotation  furnished  by  Miss  Har- 

r  hi  to  be  naet  with  in  the  first  volume  of  77ie 

y,  lHOO-61,  pa|?e  1-3,  no  one  will  diepute 

bt  to  be  reproduced  in  your  pages.     It  is 

Jy  intareating^  and  calls  for  further  re- 

fsm  I  ID  error  in  supposing:  that  the 

!    to  is   the   Pidmonaria    rtiacitlosa^ 

-r   ur  cowslips  of  Jerusalem  ?   "It 

Dt» -I  I:*,  and  flowers  in  May,*' 

li><-  f  .   mentions  (in  Quotation)  "Tal- 

Should  this  not  be  Tuthury  Castle  P 

li  m  fires,  commonly  eaUed  tindles. 

mentioned   by  Brand  in  his 

J  atiO  exist,  or  has  it  been  put 

I  to  ♦*iOT  want  of  the  wonted  materials  **  ? 

J,  MANtlKL. 

Jc-on-Tyne, 

ally  admire  the  poetry  of  the  prose  extract, 

lould  very  much  like  to  ask  the  question,  is 

^iJcHnti*  true  ?  for  on  referring  to  my  ecrap- 

biit  a  predsely  similar  anecdote  of 

^1.  'Wer  "  wfis  quoted  in  Pktufmt  Hvwm 

lrG•^,  out  of  the  LUvrai-u  Chtrchmm^, 

.     W.  H. 


SMrjTB  (4»'»  S.  Ti.474 ;  vii.  43, 175,)^I  ahoidd 
he  glad  to  have  an  explanation  of  L,  N.  0.  N.*8 
meaning  in  the  following  (which  at  present  seems 
to  be  some  play  upon  Sp.  and  ^.^.^^Wj^fd^; 
but  until  I  clearly  understand  the  sentencei  I 
could  not  pretend  to  reply) :  "  There  is  a  .  .  , 
family  name  of  Sp.*8  wnich  often  appears  in  pedi- 
grees of  families  with  whom  Sp/s  have  interviar^ 
ried—l  mean  obiit  **  f  Sf, 

Babtolomao  Diaz,  the  Disco vbbkb  of  the 
Cape  Route  (4*"  S.  vii.  102,  195.)— BouiUet,  in 
his  Dictionnaite  tmtvcr^el  (ffftJitnire  el  de  GSo- 
graphie^  ^:ives,  like  Galvano^  1480  as  the  year  of 
this  important  discovery;  and  ho  adds,  at  the  word 
Cap :  '•  La  colonie  du  Cap  fut  fondle  en  1050  par 
lea  Hollandais  (104  ans  apr*\^  la  d^converte  du 
Cap  de  Bonne- Esp^^rance)  **  which  makes  it  in  fact 
A.D.  148a 

The  great  navigator  was  correct  in  giving  it 
the  name  of  Cap  des  Tourmentea,  for  on  a  sub* 
sequent  voyage  his  vessel  foundered.  Still  there 
are  timea^  oa  I  have  myself  witnessed  on  my  ye- 
turn  from  China  in  May  1833,  when  the  sea  oflf 
the  Cape  is  as  smooth  as  a  looking-glass. 

P,  A,  L, 

Sickle  Botke:  Botne  Moket  (4"*  S.  vii, 
236.) — **  Sickle  boyne  "  seems  to  be  personal  aer* 
vice — that  of  a  reaper  or  shearer  (as  of  corn  in 
autumn)  with  the  eickle^  who,  in  the  character 
of  cottar,  tacksman,  vassal,  iStc,  was  hormden  to 
perform  such  service  to  his  over-lord,  under  con- 
tract^ or  by  some  well-established  custom  of  the 
manor,  Bo^e  is  probably  not  anywise  different 
from  hotm  or  fioofi,  the  more  usual  form ;  and  a  cor- 
ruption, as  seems  the  opinion  of  Bishop  W,  Kennet^ 
of  boundertj  or,  if  not,  of  at  least  bidaan  (Sax,),  to 
pray  or  entreat  (Glossary  to  Far.  AtUiq,  voce 
"  Precaria'').  **  Boyne  money/'  or  **  boon  ailver/* 
seemingly  the  same  in  import,  was  the  money 
commutaHon  paid  by  the  obligee  for  such  personal 
service.  The  expression,  ^*  hnon  of  shearers,"  is  yet 
quite  common  in  Scotland ;  and  says  Blount,  in 
mentioning  the  services  and  customs  of  certain 
manors  in  Nottingham :  — 

^*  On  the  dnj  of  the  Grtat  Bidrrpt,  which  was  called 
the  Pri«r*<  Btx>n^  every  nafi re  wa*  to  fiud  three  work- 
men. And  (every)  cottager  one." — Anticnt  TViittref,  edit 
of  1784,  p.  262, 

Boon  servicea  were  the  same  with  those  per- 
formed under  the  names  of  bidrepe  and  precaria f 
which  last  is  simply  the  I^atin  form  of  hidrefm^ 
which  is  supposed  to  be  derived  from  bftddan 
above-mentioned,  and  repe,  to  rip  or  cut  com. 
Hence,  a  reaping  on  a  certain  day,  on  the  prayer 
or  entreaty  by  the  lord  or  hta  steward,  of  hia 
servile  dependents — of  those  who  owed  Mm 
customary  services — was  called  bitlrtpe.  These 
assembly  days  were  called  frtW-daya,  i.  e.  biddan 
days,— those   on   which    th^  ci^aVjmw^   Nfev^assXa 


314 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[4»S,VII.AFisii.a.71. 


attended  ad  prfces  dommL  (Kennet's  GlGUory^ 
T*  "  Bidrepe*'  ftnd  **Precarift"j  Blounfs  Tmate*^ 
pp.  220,  250,  2^4,  255,  202,  204 ;  aod  the  same 
author's  Lmv  Dictionary f  v.  "  Bidrepu/ ') 

'*  SoLTJTA "  Ts  Parish:  Registers  (S'<*  S.  iii. 
61,  151,  lt*d,  23a)— In  a  MS.  called  the  Stoneley 
Ledger,  written  i€mp.  Richard  II.  (K102),  p.  5, 
afi  ^/m,j  we  find  :  *'  Qm  Robertus  gentiit  de  Arlota 
8c>luta  preflictum  Willelinus  Bastard."  Does  not 
tlio  word  here  clearlj  mean  single  woman  ? 

E.  II,  Kjjowlkb, 

Kenilwortb. 

The  Nile  akb  the  Bible  (4^*  S.  vii.  186.)  *- 
I  was  alwajB  under  the  impreasion  that  the  pas- 
sage Eccles.  XI.  Jf  *'  Cast  thy  bread  upon  the 
waters :  for  tbou  shalt  find  it  after  many  days,'' 
Lad  its  orif^Q  in  the  custom  of  the  Egyptians  of 
casting  seed  on  the  waters  of  the  NUe  when  they 
overflowed  th*!  neighbouring-  lands,  which  sinkiog 
jn  the  still  pools  that  overflowed  the  fields,  was 
covered  with  a  rich  alluvial  deposit  when  the 
waters  receded,  and  subsequently  sprung  up  under 
the  infiuence  of  the  sun.  The  passage  in  the  LXX 
is  worth  noting;*— 

tri  iv  ttxii^ti  fiufpiv  fypii/trttt  a{rr6¥.  (Compare  Herod. 
Euterpe^  xiv,) 

Ot  o(rre  hfh^^t^  QMa^^iffv6vT§t  aliAoirar,  tx'^v&i  irJrtH/jr, 

iwiffaif  TOT«  cTTffjpoi  cKacTTos  r^y  ewyroi/  &povpaVy  if.T,A, 

On  referring  to  Schultz,  Scholia  in  Vctus  Teda- 
metitum  coniintmta  a  Georg.  Laur.  Bauer j  I  tind 
the  common  acceptation  of  the  veri^e  with  another 
interpretation  which  has  some  allusion  to  the  one 
under  consideration  :^ 

"  *  Mitte  pamcm  tuum  traas  ma  re,  nam  post  moltoi 
dies  ri'pcries  illuro/  Htcc  et  seqiicntia  v<&\  de  eleemonyniii 
dandlit,  etc,  vd  dc  gAtionc  fruinenti  explicant.  Qui  pa- 
ncm  a.  bona  aim  in  aquaa  projicit.amitdl  ilia.  8lc  de  tais 
faculutibus  erga  pBuperibiw,  qui  rependere  bentficui  nya 
pMsuikt,  D^oa  rem u liberator  erit,  Luc.  xiv.  14 ;  Sirac.  xxii;, 
12.  Van  der  Pttim,  **  Krumentum  dbtribup,  i.€.  semen- 
ttni  fac  juxta  aqua^  i.e,  in  lorn  fyrtiliaribuifu  ubi  pcwt 
multos  dies  inv«oiefl,  quod  colliga*,'  "  (VoL  v.  p.  327*; 

The  passage  is  worthy  of  some  further  inquiry. 

Cork. 

"  Sapieits  est  FiLiua  qui  kotit  Patrem  " 
(4**>  S.  vi.  324»  422.)  —  Athemeus  says  that  at 
Athens  Cecrops  was  the  tirst  person  who  married 
a  man  to  one  wife  ocly,  for  before  his  time  men 
had  their  wives  in  common ;  on  which  account  it 
was,  as  some  people  state,  he  was  called  Supv-hu  ^h 
utoi  t^&^i  Turt  Ztipvtjt  yofitffBrjvmj  ovte  f^'d^w  rwt'  rpS- 
ripo¥  St^  rh-wMfios  r^r  wetr^pcu — J}eiptosoph,  xiii.  2« 

0.  P,  L 


Story  ascribed  to  Theodobb  Hook  (4**  8. 
vii.  73,  1^)6. )— This,  I  think,  must  be  old*TihiB 
the  time  of  Hook*  I  met  with  the  fnlloviDg 
American  veraion  of  the  story  about  h&Lf  a  oea^ 
tury  ago : — 

'*  A«  two  divines,  their  ambling  stmds  b»tridjii^t 

In  nacrr)'  oiotHl  y'er  Boston  oeck  w«ro  ridicg. 

Sudden  a  simple  stmcture  met  their  aigbu 

From  which  the  convict  take^  hia  hempen  dlflit; 

Where  aailor-Hke  he  bids  adieu  to  hope^ 

His  all  depending  on  a  single  rope. 

*  Sll3^  bruiher/  cried  the  one,  *  prar.  where  wtft  joi, 
Had  yonder  ^allowa  b^en  allow«d  ita  due  ?  * 

*  Where?  *  cried  the  other,  in  sarcastic  tone, 

*  Why,  wheni  hot  riding  into  loim  aloDC^*" 

UnDi. 

Philadelphia. 

Stilts  =  CnrroERs  (3^^  S.  vii  473 ;  riil  17^ 
23S),  278;  4^^  S,  vii.  243.)— The  acc^utir^of  tk 
overseers  of  the  poor  for  the  pariah  •  i 
near  Boaton,  A»a  lG(Jf»,  contain  ibi* 
The  Christian  name  has-been  left  blank  bv  toe 
writer: — '*  Given  to  ,  .  ,  ,  .  Thompson  w'ti OM 
stilte,  Tj<*."  (Xf*cA<»o/oyiti,  xli.  309.)  T 

Edward  Psaoqci^I 

BotteeJbrd  Manor,  Brjgg. 

ElecampajiE  (4**'  8.  V.  695 ;  Ti.  103,  iJ05, 2dij 
vii,  243.)— Of  thia  plant,  lIcfemHm.Inula,  or . 
campana^  all  the  old  herbals  speak  in  high  i 
of  commendation.     In  Germany  a  wine  mi ' 
it  is  in  great  eateeoi.     It  waa  accounted  { 
opening,  deterisive,  and  etlicacious  in 
the  limgs.    X^r.  Hill  even  says  that  h« 
plant   has   more   virtues,   but   that    ila 
virtue  ia  in  curing  coughs.     An  iufu^ion 
fresh  root  with  hoDey  was  found  vei>^  sue 
in  hooping-cough.    I' or  these  purpo.<9es  it  was  i 
made  mto  candy,  and  ao  gradually  became  i 
sweet  thing  for  children.     So  that  now  it 
cal  virtues  are  forgotten,  and  it  i«  sold 
a  candj  in  confectioners*  shops,  with  n^  maw  i 
the  plant  in  it  than  there  is  of  barley  in  whati 
now  sold  as  harley-imgar. 

The  virtue  of  elecampane  was  celebrated  tni 
old  distich : — 

«*  Eaula  campana  reddit  pr«cofdia  sana/' 

The  German  name  is  AianUewsel,     In  an  old  ( 
man  herbal  of  1580  it  ia  proclaimed  gOi>d  ( 
the  plague  and  pestilential  diseases.     The  aut! 
seeks  to  identify  it  with  the  herb  molt/.     He  i 
that  many  valuable  medicines  may  be  prep 
with  elecampane,  and  principally  for  asthma^  1 
breathing,  and  dry  cough,  for  which  he 
the  comjpoi-ition  of  an  electuary  ^   and  adds  in  1 
quaint  old  German : — 

^'  Diese  Latwerge  zertbeilet  die  groben  FK||CQa 
maeht  leleht  auaswerlTen.    Heilot  alaa  genUtiel  **  ^ 
Geachwer  der  Lungen,  u.  &.  w.** 

He  further  recommends  it  to  be  candied  lite 
angelica,  and  eaten  morning  and  eveniog  for  asUi- 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


(nplaiotfi.  He  very  amtuinglj  tells  big 
It  it  has  lon^  been  customary  in  Swit- 
babia,  and  Bavaria  to  keep  a  piece  of 
b'Toot  in  the  mouth  in  the  morning 
I  that  the  same  is  customary  nn  the 
other  waters,  against  poiaonona  exbala- 
hfid  air.  He  hiiA  aeTeral  more  medical 
^mpane,  but  all  theae  old  real  or  gujp- 
lee  are  now  forgotti?n ;  and  we  may  be 
Idi  Dr.  Thornton's  brief  summiog  up  in 

iti  efteemed  a  good  pectorfi1»  and ,  like  anp:elic&' 
1  i  and  these  have  become  now  a  sweetmeat 

F.  C.  n.  a  Murithian. 


jed;aE 

I 


owiFG  AFTER  Death  (4*^  S.  \i.  524 ; 
.  130,  222,  290.) — I  meant  no  disrespect 
lid  Gentleman  at  Turvey,"  when  I  de- 
lim  hy  that  title  in  my  paper  of  Feb- 

I  merely  repeated  the  expression  made 
hifl  friend  Me.  Pickforb.  The  retort 
•  gentleman  "  provokes  a  smile  from  one 
rty  years  ago,  was  already  teaching 
What  it  was  that  the  (not  old)  gentle- 
In  the  tomb  of  Lady  Mordaunt,  wbe- 
I  really  human  hair  or  not,  and^  if  hair^ 
I  come  there,  T  cannot  say ;  but  that  it 
rhich  had  grown  from  a  dead  body  is 
bosaible. 

pa  that  to  a  person  ignorant  of  physio - 
bf  the  laws  which  govern  the  formation 
I  tiaaues,  all  vitnl  phpenomena  appear 
tohable,  or  equally  improbable.  There 
i  standard  of  protabilitj.  A  hair  huM 
I  itaelf ;  it  is  n  mere  secretion,  formed 
hllklef  or  little  hag,  in  the  akin  from  tbo 
eh  is  carried  to  it  The  hair  grows  by 
vn  at  iU  root  of  fresh  material,  which 
^pushes  onwards  the  hard  dry  portion 

skin,  and  so  increases  its  length.  Btit 
le  cotmection  between  the  hair  and  the 
|la  at  ita  root  be  severed,  or  let  the 
Bf  and  these  vessels  periah — the   hair 

tdead,  and  as  incapable  of  any  further 
apiece  of  wire.  If  hairs  had  inde- 
Dwers  of  growth,  wigs  would  grow, 
.  not  occur  to  the  gentleman  at  Tnrvey 
IT  continued  to  grow  after  death,  every 
|d  exhibit  an  instance  such  as  he  believes 
B  that  of  Lady  Mordaunt?  And  what  a 
B  Egyptian  mummies  ought  to  make  ! 
I  surely  had  time  enough  to  develope  a 

ball  seriousness  recommend  yonr  cor- 
who  have  hitherto  believed  in  the 
|n  growth  of  hair,  to  reier  to  some  ele- 
ix)k  on  physiology,  and  leam  how  hair 
I  If  they  can  get  some  friend  with  a 
to  show  them  an  injected  hair-folliclR, 
le  better,  J.  Ddlof. 


Meajtiko  op  "  NACOABnrB ''  (4**«  S.  vii.  236.) 

In  reply  to  B,  H.  Kkowles,  naccarine  is  the  name 
of  a  colour  of  a  crimson  hue,  eimilar  to  that  of  the 
robe  of  the  Order  of  the  Bath,  or  more  properly 
the  reddish  hue  of  the  mother-o'- pearl  shell.  It 
is  derived  from  the  Spanish  nacnr,  the  lustre  of 
mother-o*-pearl,  or  the  French  nacre^  which  means 
the  shell  as  well  aa  the  pearly  lustre  of  it.  There 
are  equivalent  words  in  the' Arabic,  from  which 
the  Spanish  may  possibly  have  derived  their 
word ;  they  are,  n&sffru  and  noaffru^  An  Arabic 
scholar  may  contend  these  to  he  synonymous  j  if 
so,  I  am  perfectly  agreeable. 

The  word  in  English  I  have  seen  spelt  who- 
kartne:  the  affix,  as  most  would  know,  is  the 
Latin  -tnus  =  belonging  to. 

Allied  to  naccarif$€  m  nacarat^  which  means  a 
fine  linen  fabric,  dyed  fugitively  of  a  pale  red 
colour,  which  lad  tea  used  to  rub  upon  their  faces 
to  give  them  a  delicate  roseate  hue.  We  have 
also  nacreom^  applied  to  a  surface  which  reflects 
iridescent  light.  J.  J^ 

NOTES  on  BOOKS,  BTO. 

England  in  tht  Meiffn  of  Kingt   Iltnryf  the  Eighth.      A. 

JJiaJof^ttt  between  Ccirdinnt  Foh  and  Thomas  Lup»*t, 

lecturer   in  Rhttoric  at  Oxford^  by  Thomas  Starkey^ 

Chapiain  to  tht  King,    Kdiltd^  urith  Preface,  Noteg^  and 

GioMtar^t  bi^   J,  M.  Cowper.      (littriy   Englii^lj   Text 

Society.) 

A  SuppUcftcyon  for  iht  Btagars,    Wriiiwn  about  the  ymr 

15'^ I*  by  Simnn  Fi»h»     Atno  edited  by  K  J.  Furnivnil. 

H'tth  a   Supp/ycax^on  to  Ourt  Motte  Sovereiyne  Ztorde 

Kyntge  Henry  the  Eitjhth  ( AD.  1544),     A  Suppticatiow 

€f  the  Ftwre  Commons  (A.D,  1546).      7*he  iJtcaye  of 

Enqiand  by  the  yrtte  mnititude  «/  Shep^i  (a,d.  1.^.50). 

Edited  by  J.  M.  Cowper.  (Eurlv  English  Text  Society.) 

If  the  study  of  our  early  lanj^uage,  iu  history  and 

moil  amenta*  does  not  become  general,  it  will  not  bo  from 

any  loick  of  7:eal  and  intelligence  on  tbe  part  of  many 

eminent  Bcholari  who  devote  their  time  and  knowledge 

to  the  editing  of  the  pnblications  of  the  Early  Engliih 

T**xt  Sn<-iety.     It  ia  little  more  thon  a  month  ain<ie  wo 

noted  the  appearance  at  Jmeph  of  Arimatheu  and  Aifred's 

fVett   SaJCfiH    Vertion  nf  Oregory^t  Pasioral   Care — the 

first  two  hooks  issued  by  the  Society  in  return  for  the 

pre^nt  yeir's  suhacription ;  and  now  we  h«ve  to  call 

attention  to  two  more  volume^i  of  the  extra  seriea.    Of 

the  first   of  ihcw,  *^The  Di«logne  between   Pole  snd 

Ltip»et,"  the   editor  (who   conaidera   it  hartlly   of  leaa 

interest    and    leaa    importance    than    Mo  re 'a    Utopia} 

snvfl  :    *'  Il8  unimpaasiotied  state  men  ta  respecting  raen, 

its  judge-like  Buggestinns  (or  improvement,  its  koon  ap- 

preeiationi  of  what  would  profit  the  countr}' — and  make 

men  wiser,  happier,  and  hetler— give  it  a  value  which 

few  works  of  the  time  possess.**    Mr,  Cowper  haa  done 

hi^duty  as  an  editor  very  tuatisfactorily,  and  the  ahstracl, 

in  which  ho  gives  in  motlpni!  English  the  inost  ioteieat- 

ing  points  of  the  book,  will  prove  of  great  use  to  the 

general  reader  i  who  will  look  very  anxtouBly  for  Pro- 

feaior  Brewer's  promised  Introduction  to  it.    The  four 

tracLs,  which  fono  the  aecond  of  these  volumes,  weE  do- 

AEnre  the  attention  of  all  who  would  know  the  real  state 

of  the  coiiQtry  at  the  period  of  the  Befonaation, 


316 


NOTES  AKD  QUERIES. 


[4«fcaVIL  Ap«iLa,7L 


PaMttjruphical  Dictinnnry  and  Gramffuir^  By  Anion 
Ilacbmiikr,  President  of  tho  PAaigraphicol  i^odel^r  of 
Munich. 

PtuiffraphiMeke*  Wihifrtvch  xum  G^raucfie  flir  die 
J}eut9€Ae  Sprachg^    Ver/aaat  eon  Aoton  Bachiaaier. 

DicHonnaire  Pasigraphujue^  pr4cedS  de  la  Grammaire. 
Redi^  par  Antoiue  Bachmmiisr.  (Trllbner.) 
Bom«  of  ouf  readers  mar  not  be  aware  of  tbtt  exsct 
natora  of  pasi^aphy :  "  Pai^igrapby,*'  days  the  editor  of 
these  little  volumes,  "teacher  people  to  conumunicate 
with  one  anctbef  in  writing  by  nieaa§  of  nomb«rs, 
which  convi;y  the  same  ideoA  in  all  laiigunge^  thus  it 
reunites  poopls  whom  languages  wparate."  Although 
this  liyetem  cannot  poisess  all  thci^advaoUgea  of  a  lan- 
guage, it  is  a  faithful  interpreter  of  all  languages  that 
accept  It,  iLB  any  one  will  fed  convinced  who  will  take 
the  trrmble  to  test  it  by  mcam  of  these  three  dictionaries  ; 
And  the  principle  will  apply  as  equally  to  three  hundred 
aa  to  three  languagci,  provided  dictionariee  be  prepared  for 
tbapurpoee.  The  utility  of  such  a  system  ia  evident,  and 
no  leaa  ao  the  ingenuity  with  which  M.  BAchmaier  has 
OTercomc  its  difflcultiea.  The  conoeptionj  oommnnicablo 
ate  4^334 ;  and  when  it  ta  remembered  bow  few  are  the 
words  in  ordinary  nae,  it  will  be  seen  what  grejit  pro- 
grett  M.  Bachmaier  has  made  in  aohini;^  the  problem  of 
OQ  uoiverml  language,  or,  At  all  event«i,  an  unirersal 
meaoA  of  intercom mucicatlon  for  ordinary'  purposes  be- 
tween all  nntioQg  and  languages. 

Tfw  Builders  of  Bahd.    By  Dominick  M'CauaLintl,  Q.C^ 

D.C.L^  &c,    (BentJey.) 

This  is  ft  book  which  mav  safely  be  recommendiMl  to 
those  who  are  honestly  anil  earnestly  seeking  fbr  the 
harmony  that  must  exist  between  the  well-ascertained 
facts  of  scicnee  and  the  rightly  understood  words  of 
revelation*  Mr.  M*CaiJ3land»  io  the  conviction  that  pn»- 
hiatoric  orchfleologv,  like  every  other  sclcncspj  only  aervca 
to  set  thu  seal  of  truth  on  the  aaered  reoordf  in  the 
volnme  before  u»  brings  the  recent  disooreriea  which  tbis 
new  science  hns  won  for  history  to  bear  iti  bridging  over 
the  nii«ty  gulf  wliich  haa  hitherto  intirx'emKl  between  th« 
lujstorv  "of  the  Hametic  and  Japhetic  branches  of  the 
great  human  family  in  the  Book  of  GeneAis*  and  the 
Oreciau  Era. 

Jtxminiseences  of  Fifty  Years.    J?y  Mark  Boyd.     (Long- 

naaju.) 

When  an  intelligent  man  who  has  parsed  fifty  years  of 
a  busy  Mft^r  which  has  bruught  him  in  contact  with  men 
high  in  both  services,  active  politician*,  and  iiilelligent 
men  of  buHinesai,  i^its  down  to  write  hLs  remiiiLsceuces,  he 
can  hardly  fail  to  record  a  good  deal  wliicb  is  amusing^ 
and  a  good  deal  whichi  if  otvt  amusingt  i^  worth  know- 
ing. Such  is  Mr.  Boyd's  book;  which,  thotigh  certainly 
not  ei{\tn\  to  Dean  RAmsay's,  which  tsuggested  it,  contains 
some  very  interesting  anecdotes^  while  iu  many  cases, 
if  the  anecdotes  are  not  very  remarkable,  they  derive 
interest  and  value  from  the  remai'kable  men  of  whom 
they  are  related. 

Books  receivkt>.— Fnpti/rtr  Tahlen  by  Oiarkn  M.  Wii- 
tick,  Secenth  edition,  edited  l»/  Montague  Marriottp  Uwr- 
rister-at-Law»  (Longman^O  ^Fhe  great  value  and  utility 
iA  these  Tables  have  been  so  generally  recognised  thfit 
we  may  content  ourselves  with  callingattention  to  this 
ievcnth  edition,  iu  which  the  ^-ariou^  Tables,  &c.  have 
been  brought  down  to  the  present  day. 

The    Mnc  Catlum    Mnrc.     A    History   nf  the  Arqyft 

Famdy^  from   thv  earliest    Timm.      Bu   the   Rc«v.    ilely 

Smith.     (BemroBe.)    A  well-tim^d  little  book  foil  of  the 

in/brmutiun  which  the  recent  marriage  of  tht  VmcKsa 


L<^u]»e  to  Lord  Ijotne  oaturally  leads  maoy  to  inqidrt 
after. 

BoutIedy€*M  IHmatrated  Nattimi  HuHory,  By  tkt  RsT, 
J.  G.  Wood.  M.A.,  F.L.S.  Part  I.  (Boatledge.)  Thos 
can  lie  little  doubt  that  this  new  itene  of  Mr  Wosi** 
pleoMantl}^  written  and  beautifully  illujitfated  Natitrit 
Hi^tctry  will  share  the  popoUrity  which  so  deservadly 
attended  the  original  edition. 

Tac  conclusion  of  Lard  DalUng^  Bfogrsphy  aiivl 
Letters  of  Lord  Falmerston,  will,  it  is  undentood,  gp* 
pear  tn  the  course  of  the  present  year. 

Report  speaks  very  favourably  of  the  approa«ikhur 
Exhibition  of  the  Royal  Academy',  which,  it  is  aaid,  wffl 
contain  a  considerable  niimber  of  worka  by  eniintai 
French  artists. 

We  are  reqnestad  to  state  that  the  title,  *  Wd 
Wooed/'  which  designates  a  "seiiaP*  novel,  oomo 
in  Chambers^t  Jowmat  on  November  29,  1870^  was  noti 
in  connection  With  a  "  drama  in  five  acts,  and  in  ^ 
in  The  Ath€Mvm  of  October  30,  WJ^— hiring  i 
with  the  wriler  of  the  play  referred  to. 

The  Royal  Albert  IIau*— This  atrocture  c 
about  one  quarter  of  the  area  of  the  Colopfieuai^  i 
much  less  elliptical  than  that  building,  Win^  le 
half  the  length,  and  a  Uttlt*  more  than  brilf  the  I 
1  Ik*  extemxil  dimeni^ions  of  the  haU  are  272  against  I 
and  238  against  468. 


BOOKS    AND    ODD    VOLUMES 
WANTED  rO   PtTRCaASR. 
Fvtlcnbiri  of  Frio«,  fee.»  of  the  fbllotKiv    ookt  to  ht  ml  4 
uts  elv«ii  tor  that  p 


josKPK  TaAiK*a  AyngiTAaLLir  1 

Waolwl  br  Ur.  Jamu  McS:ie,  KHmftmwk. 

BooTH*s  Abut  jhtp  it»  Thapitioxs. 
Wanted  bf  Sw^n-Mojitr  FUming^  IIS.  Msrtiie  Pazttde,  1 

A  L»tst  ov  Tint  OrvtcRos  claimiso  twm  Sixty  Tmotmjjnn  f 
QtLAumtt  ttr  Bis  Sathvi^  MAJcrrr  roa  trk  Kjcu:tr  tw  I 
TwL'i.r  Loyal  asid  lauioasTT  Pa«tt.   4to,    1 

Lt9!(T  or  JnimcBS  or  i'a4cs  cusnoiraD  at  Tua  Itsaruaj 
Laadoa.    lUno.    lABtL 

Wftnted  bf  Edward  Peaeodt^  Etq^t  Botinlbrd  Mmwt,  1 

A  ProelAnietian  of  SefUlember  7«  ifiSl ,  oiUing  in  Lh«  < 

Aiiothtr  PraclAmnUiiQ,  aim  ofCharle*  tl.t< 

aimt  ntliktinc  to  th«  Coin*  of  Ihe  C^rnimniR wealth. 
Anuth«ron  the  «unemfa|eet,d»t(!d  JAauarj  CI,  IMI. 

or  Kpuutety. 
Wanted  by  Mr,  U.  IT.  Htn^w,  Mftrkham  Hotiae,  OoU«««  %9A  \ 


ftsxtitti  to  €ntxti^antitnit, 

M.  P.  C.  (tlokitika,  New  Zealand.) — The  Hm 
"A  temple  to  friend.ihtp,**  Ac^ 
art  by  Mffore^  and  tcill  be  found  of  p,   145  <jf  fiW  H 
edition  ofhia  Poems  (edit.  18<>9.) 

M.  E.  B.^The  baronet nftrred  to  uhu  mat 
phy$iciaHf  but  ^Hceteded  hh  fnther-m'lam  w 
hmittUion  in  the  patent      IF«  buliept  that  tkcrm  c 
than  oTu:  instance  of  a  nQblemun  prtictitiwf  a$Uj 

^*]ViixcimurpoetatfJimutoraiorM^'*iii  the  KnuiMaa 
ithieh  is  ytncrally  mtsqitated  as  *' '' 

T.  R.  (*  tiyhi,     TJie  coupitt  ^  I 
from  RogcommoH*$  Easay  on  TraiibLttiun. 

T.  A.  \h—Queritt  altont  Bee,  J. 
can  Iff  direct  to  this  Corretpnndmt  f 

E.  C—  We  thmdd,  ofcouffe,  be  glad  fa  netttt  tht  r 
V  Dj'  <fo«f  mquiry. 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES, 


317 


CONTENTS.— N«  172. 

SlMmswr,  t^pPoet  of  Irt-latrd,  SIT  —  FendUis: 
_Jlp,  31&  —  '*  Provinciftl  ChanuiteristiGa/*  219  — 
t>f  the  Cloudt,  i6.— Anolber  Old  Jeakin»--&ur* 
Ut  DoniF«diiy  Bfjnk  —  BigDbr<ards  —  Baron  liio- 
sstimon^  i*^-  ^<  •  ^-bmblti  BviTTtoes  of  diitin^uiibed 
Sclent  iterarj    M«n  —  John  Kecape, 

lb  op  of  (  —  The  Libmrifia  aad  Mu«eusas 

I-*  Au  O.v.  -  *;..i...  Epi|rniro» S:fO. 

fS:  —  Apwkala.  Favourite  Wife  of  Akbftr.  321  — 
i  rhH*tt"—  BUdcTooisc-llo  .^nrt'tti  — Old  Ballad  — 
■  '     "  '  locJi  — "Coutmnifir 

h>  :%:fed Virgin  Mary" 

m  k  —  Gorse  —  HoIcds 

^  1  f 5  lis"  Li#t»  —  Jobn  Korncy 

■ini.v  '  Ba J II*  McTci"  — Portrait 

1—  M  in  ibe  Isle  of  Kly.Ac  — 

X^  V  rlni;  Pamitv  —  Stembold 

n  »— 4  Toad«tciii«  Rinif 

o\  i  ,    Hagatine  —  Choice  of 

:  •*\Vuik  'or  'Hiiuk"?322- 
BI  —  Old  Sandown  Caatlc,  IbIo  of  "Wiffbt,  3*5  — 
i^J^Jtimmii**  /A,  —  Chignons.  32fi  — "  Bnrc>n  '*  Nicbol- 
I A  Laird  f  328  —  I^ord  Brougham  and  Mm. 
iDCub  •- Fnuter ;    Fri&el  —  Bowa  and  Curt- 

^ T  and  Si|Cf)aUric«  —  Samplers  —  Ktbc* — 

.  Hooka  —  Patronymic  Prt* face  *' Hao  "  —  Bntifh 
CharifJl*  —  SbciCTWort  —  *"  Tliomjth  lost  to  Sirht. 
„  fj  dear  *'  —  On  tho  Title  of  King  or  Qniwn  of  Man 
i)re  or  Say  —  Hampden  Family  —  Gulzfjt  and  Oui«o 
lerlt*  ** Gr&to  UcrbalL— The  Plant  Lingua  Anuria 
rrtiM  irtthin  Eoman  Campa  —  Lioes  oa  the  Haman 
Ballad  of  Lady  Ferren,  Ic,  1^0* 
Booka,  A«. 


iPENSER.  THE  POET  OF  IRELAND. 
No,  III. 
be  It  mere  fancy  of  niine,  but  I  hare 
lit  inclmed  to  regard  Spenser  as  being 
et  of  Ireland,  for  it  is  ouly  in  his  poetry 
neet  with  Iri^h  scenery  and  Irish  man- 
(  be  spent  the  earlv  part  of  bis  life  mostly 
Ei|  and  in  reality  knew  very  Httle  of  any 
togland  but  Kent,  he  nut  orally  describtid 
under  his  ejes  in  Irtdtaid,  with  whoBB 
od  BC^nery  he  seems  to  have  been  well 
Of  thia  I  find  the  following  proofs  :^- 
sn  be  would  describe  the  force  ol  the  tide 
pT  np  a  river  (iv.  3,  27),  it  m  the  Shannon, 
ch  no  liad  aeen  it,  and  not  the  Thames  or 
;,  in  which  he  had  not  seen  it,  that  he  in- 
m;  when  the  collision  of  two  adverae  bil- 
g,  1,  42),  it  is  in  the  "Irish  Sounds'*  that 
m;  when  he  in  a  simile  (ii.  9, 10)  desenbt^s 
wot  gnats,  it  ia  "  out  of  the  fens  of  Allan/' 
b  the  county  of  Cork,  that  tliey  rise.  The 
of  the  s*>uth  wind  dbpolling  the  mist 
"1)  is  evidently  taJien  from  what  the  poet 
bn  have  witnessed  at  Kilcolman.  Nature 
r  court  (viL  6)  on  the  hill  of  Aelo  in  the 
JintTi  the  cbanofe  of  which  hill  is  the  sub- 
ing  niTthologic  legend ;  and  lu  bis 
It  came  Home  fl^aiii,  be  relates  the 
\  two  Deighbouring  stream p^  the  MuOa 


and  the  Bregog — a  legend  perhaps  concerted  be- 
tween the  poet  and  Sir  Walter  Raleigh,  when  the 
latter  visited  him  at  Kilcolman.  I  finally  think 
that  it  was  the  Lakes  of  Killarney,  which  he 
must  have  visited,  that  made  him  place  the  bower 
of  Acraaia  in  a  lake,  and  not  in  the  sea  like  the 
palacea  of  Alcina  and  Armida. 

In  various  parts  of  the  poem  we  seem  to  meet 
with  the  aboaea,  the  manners,  and  the  habits  of 
the  rude  and  barbarous  Irish.  We  may  instance 
the  cottaffe  and  the  occupation  of  Corcieca  and 
her  daughter  (i,  3,  10  seq.) ;  the  Witch's  abode 
(iii,  7^^i)f  and  that  of  Bclaunderand  her  own  person ; 
and  the  ford  w^here  the  *'  fosters  **  waylay  Timiaa 
(iii.  J5,  17).  Perhaps  even  the  abode  of  Bel- 
phcebe  and  her  nymphs  (iiL  5,  *39)  may  have  bad 
Lta  nrototype  in  the  woods  of  Munster. 

When 'we  read  the  description  of  the  "ooro- 
mune  ball  ^'  in  the  Palace  of  Pride  (i.  5,  3),  with 
its  minstrels,  its  bards,  and  its  chroniclers,  we  are 
reminded  at  once  of  the  abode  of  an  Irish  chief, 
or  even  the  castle  of  an  Anglo-lriab  lord :  for  in 
such  the  poet  must  often  have  been  a  guest.  He 
puroly  must  have  been  more  than  once  at  that  of 
Kilkenny.  We  may  observe  that  while  in  the 
Orlmuio  the  knights  frequently  stop  at  innsi 
nothing  of  the  land  occurs  in  Tne  I*hmie  Queenep 
where  at  nightfall  they  always  repair  to  caatlea  or 
other  private  dwellings.  Kow  in  the  View^  Sfc.f 
wo  are  told  more  than  once  that  "  there  be  no 
Innes "  where  **  lodging  or  horse  meat  or  man*8 
meat*'  were  to  be  bad.  And  such,  I  have  reason 
to  think,  was  the  case  in  remote  parts  of  Kerry 
even  within  the  present  century,  wlien  the  travel- 
ler or  tourist  was  always  a  welcome  guest  in 
private  bouses.* 

But  it  may  be  said — Is  not  Moore  the  poet 
of  L'eland?  Just  as  much,  in  my  opinion,  as 
Bvron  i^  the  poet  of  Israel.  Moore— though,  I 
believe,  of  Celtic  origin — in  reality  knew  little  of 
Ireland.  lie  was  bom  and  reared  in  Dublin,t 
and  therefiire  never  mingled  with  the  peasan- 
try, who  rauat  be  known  if  w©  woulcl  know 
the  Irish  character.  He  bad,  I  think,  little  or  no 
taste  for  natural  scenery;  and  hence  his  Irish 
Melodies  do  not  contain  a  single  description  of 
Irish  scenery  or  a  trait  of  Irish  manners.     lie 


*  In  If^lS  one  of  the  gnidcs  at  Klllarneiy  proposed  to 
me  to  make  a  pedestrian  tour  through  the  tnoantaius  of 
Kerrv.  •*  But/*  ssxid  I,  *^  there  are  no  inoc."  •'  Oh,  never 
mind  Ihat,"  said  he  ;  "  for  every  dav  I  will  bring  yon  to 
the  house  of  eome  gentleroan  or  other,  who  will  be  right 
glad  to  give  you  your  dinner,  bod,  and  breakfast  next 
morning  for  the  pleasure  of  your  companj%'* 

t  Many  many  year3  ago*  when  I  wae  a  very  young 
student  in  Trinity  College^  Dublin,  I  chanced  to  beeome 
acquainted  with  the  successor  of  Moore's  father  in  tlic 
groccr'ji  whop  in  Auugier  Street,  and  I  remember  sppud- 
inj7  an  evetiing  [Iriuking'  tea,  plaving  card*,  and  eating 
nystera  in  the  little  parlour  behlud  the  shop,  in  which 
the  poet  must  often  have  sat  com^^itiisi  bMk<aM\^  n«i%«^ 
Hut  I  WAS  not  then  aw«x«  ^i  \t- 


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NOTES  AKD  QUEKIES. 


merely  took  some  names  of  persons  and  som© 
Fubuloiia  legends  from  tlie  so-called  histories  of 
Keating  and  0*lIalloran,  and  when  these  legends 
were  really  beautiful,  he  spoiled  them  by  his 
light  trifling  mode  of  narrating  them.  PreniiBing^ 
that^  in  my  opinion,  the  finest  Tersea  ever  pro- 
duced In  Ireland  are  Wolfe's  on  **  The  Burial  of 
Sir  John  Moore/'  I  would  say,  thougk  manjr  of 
the  Melodies  are  pleasing  and  some  really  spinted, 


This  "  third  and  last  volume  '*  is  h      ' 
the  two  preceding,  which  give  the 
of  the  family*     The  three  volumes  or  pans 
form  one  large  folio.     The  date  1618,  no  ( 
gives  the  time  when  Smyth  finished  bis  i 
the  end  of  the  third  volume  or  part.     But  I  found 
other  dates  in  places^  as  1634,  1635,  wbieh  we», 
I  presume,  insertions  made  by  him  ftft<>rwardft. 
Of  courfie  he  cornea  to   this  puzzling  oims, 


that,  as  a  national  poet,  he  was,  in  my  mind,  far    which^  however,  seema  not  to  have  puzzled  htOL 
inferior  to   Davis — ^the   Tyrtfpus  of  that  wild     At  p.  704,  Smyth  is  sT       '       '         '^ 


Gil^ 


band  of  hot-headed  enthusiasts  led  by  infatuated 
but  honourable  and  well-meaning  Smith  O'Brien, 
»ome  twenty  or  live- and -twenty  vears  ago,  who 
dreamed  of  such  an  utter  impossibility  as  that  of 
exciting  the  Irish  Komnnists  to  rise  in  arms 
against  the  power  of  Eogland.  I  say  so;  for, 
with  all  their  ignorance  and  enthusiasm,  the  Irish 
are  not  absolute  fools,  and  therefore  an  insurrec- 
tion in  Ireland  is  just  as  probable  an  event  as  one 
in  Wsilefl  or  OornwalL  Will  our  statesmen  ever 
get  rid  of  their  dread  of  this  noisy  unsubstantial 
bugbear?  Let  them  do  strict  justice,  and  expect 
no  thanks.  An  imafxinative  race,  conscious  of 
inferiority,  never  will  be  contented,  but  will 
always  have  imaginary  wrongs  to  brood  over, 
and  on  which  they  may  display  their  national 
eloquence.  Tnos.  Keiohxlht* 

FKNDLES:  BEAUCHAMi'. 
The  first  of  these  names,  spelt  in  various  ways, 
has,  I  suppose,  always  been  a  puzzle  to  English 
genealogists,  I  mentioned  it  (iiL  409)  when  I 
had  something  to  aay  about  the  Mortymer  pedi- 
gree. But,  although  I  am  not  yet  able  to  decide 
what  the  real  name  is,  I  think  that  IlKRirey- 
TRrDE  f4*^  S.  vii,  223)  would  lilce  to  know  that 
the  prooability  still  seems  to  incline  to  its  being 
A  Spanish  name  barbarized  into  its  present  shape. 
There  are  in  existence  two  copies  in  MS,  of  the 
Lives  of  the  Berkeleys  by  Smyth  of  Xihley*  One 
is  at  Berkeley  Castle.  I  have  never  seen  that 
MS.:  it  was  the  one  used  by  Fosbrooko  for  his 
Extracts  from  Smyth's  Liws  of  the  Bcrkrkifs. 
The  other  is  in  the  possession  of  Mr.  Berkeley  of 
Spetchley  Park,  Worcestershire,  By  his  kindness 
I  have  been  allowed  to  have  this  precious  MS,  in 
my  own  hous^e,  It  is  a  magazine  of  Gloucester- 
shire Mstor3\  At  the  end  of  it  is  this  state- 
ment :— 

"The  end  of  the  third  and  last  volume,  contc}*ninge 
the  seaaen  last  aiicratora  of  the  iiiitient  and  honorable 
fttuiilye  of  the  LStTkeleis  (inttludin^^e  the  lord  George  that 
yet  lyuetb)  wherein  127  yearea  are  takt^n,  up,  x^iz*  from 
the  vii*^  yeare  of  the  migne  of  Kinge  Henry  the  VII^\ 
Anno  1401,  till  the  xyj^"*  yenre  i>f  the  raigno  of  King 
Jjimcs  of  Englaiid  he.  Anno  1618.'^ 

I   give   the«e  pBrticulara  that  Hebmestrttdb  i 
and  other  genealo^nat^  may  see  exactly  what  the  |  of  Fienles,  as  given  by  Vrodiua.     It  is  not  tl>* 
authority  is  to  which  I  am  asking  them  to  assent,  ,  coat  of  the  ancient  iforman-English  family  of 


showing  bow  Georc«,  tint 

Lord  Berkeley  of  that  Christian  name,  Uie  lorl 
who  WR3  living  when  he  wrote,  could  diia 
several  nntionali ties .    He  says; — 

"  By  Mar^nret,  wife  of  Thomas,  the   third  ^xas^htx 
of  Roper  Mnrtimer*  first  E.irle  of  March,  sonne  rt 
Mortimer  Lord  of  Wipnore,  and  of  Margaret  ffr 
wife,  daughter  of  William  de  ffeodle^  a  SpaiiMni  t.s^ 
zen  t<j  (.iuecn©  Elleant*r,  first  wife  to  King«  Ed  want  d^  I 
lirat."  ^ 

And  in  the  dexter  margin  **  a  Spaniard." 

This  is  a  very  positive  statement,   but  it 
worth  listening  to  when  mcde  by  a  man  sueb] 
Smyth  was,     I  have  searched  the  NoblesA  {  ' 
dalmiat  in  SevUk,  1588,  but  found  noth 
Englisli  ingenuity  or  blundering  could 
dueed  to  Fen  dies" 

However,  a  possible  name  is  given  by  I 
in  his  '' Introductio  ad  Latinam  Blasomna" 
the  list  of  '*  Vredi  Blaaonire/'    At  the  end  < 

**  Si'flrilU  Comitum  Flendris cum  < 

historica  Oltvarl  Vredl  Ivriaconsvlta  Brvg. 
Flandrarum  apud  JoaDnctn  EaptUtem   KerchoviamV 
alia,  sub  sigiio  liibliorum.    Anno  1039,** 

is  a  list  of  arms  collected  by  Julius  Chifflet^  i 
of  John  James  ChifHet,  It  is  in  Latin  and  Fw 
I  know  Vrediu.*'B  book  very  well,  but  I 
possess  it,  and  cjmnot  here  refer  to  it,     Wl 
it  may  be  that  the  name  t>ccurs,  Gibbon  i 
as  I  have  said^  under  '*  Vredi  Blasonia^? 
name  is  Fienles.     He  gives  the  name  i 
thus  r — 


"Fienlcs.  Scutum  ar^atctim  fUfVO  Leone  imp 
Arg.  n  Lion  rampant  Sab.  (a  place  gi^-ini;  ^urnttnilo  J 
Fninily)." 

This  name   certainly  brings  us  very  ncur  1 
Fen  dies.     It  is  most  likely  that  in  England  \ 
name  Fienles  could  not  have  existed  long  witl 
getting  a  d  inserted.     Where  is  Fienles  ? 

Now  the  jRecuetl  GMSaioffmue  de  FamiU§i  t 
naires  de»  FmjH  Has,  Rotterdam,   1775, 
p.  365^  and  elsewhere^  the  name  and  coat  of  J 
Fiennes.     Gilles  de  Fiennes  occurs  at  the  ^ 
beginning  of  the  seventeenth  century  as  **  Chevi 
lieTj  Seigneur  de  llenauville,  fils  de   ^[axituilieii| 
Seigneur  dudit  Lien."'     The  arms  on  p,  3<>'i  l 
which  p.  .36o  refers,  are  "  dVrgent  au  lion  de  aahKl 
srmt$  et  lampass^  de  gueules.     This  is  tbecQ9it| 


fni.  AwuL  15,  71.] 


NOTES  AND  QUEEIES. 


319 


bniiesr  who  lieiir  Asure^  three  lions  rampant  or, 
med  and  lanfnied  $r> ;  and  Eliaa  Beuaner,  pArt  v. 
82  of  hw  Oinut  GenetUogienm  Caihoiicum^  1502, 
re*  '*  Stirpis  LQcembur^cre  stemma  fl^jcandum, 

tim  Fani  S,  Pavli  ac  Ligmii,  FienuKJ  Domi- 
*'  but  oo  arras.  D.  l\ 

ta  Lodge,  Malrern  Welii, 


IPBOVIXCIAL  CUARACTERISTICS." 


hnvidjcu  tfejfpritf  which  appeared  orijyiDally 
ffiei  Mik'}^i<in  Maqazine  of  Dr.  John  Brtmifto  of 
ihlin,  and  which  derived  much  of  ha  point  from 
I  fact  (hitherto  mimenlioDed )  that  it  was  impro- 
id  in  a  companv  that  fairly  represented  the 
mUiire  and  scholarship  of  the  four  Irish  pro- 
res,  haa  been  reprinted  by  Mr.  T.  Crofton 
^ker  in  his  Popular  Smt^s  of  Irdand^  and  by 
1^  Charle*  Gavati  Dutly  in  his  Ca^cet  of  /?*hiX 
Ni£i,  with  RU  accompanying  hint  that  it  tnai/ 
fe  been  written  by  Dr.  Hrennan  himself.  Both 
L  T.  C.  Croker  and  Mr.  Charles  Gavan  DulTy 
I  entirely  wrong  in  this  conjecture,  the  pun- 
It  bagatelle  in  question  havinj<  been  extem- 
Itsed  by  my  father,  a  naval  brothLT  Medico  and 
mid  of  the  Doctor'»,  who,  many  year?  ago,  gave 
i  the  original,  ffom  which  1  made  the  accom- 
nting  I^tin  tranalation,  such  ae  it  is, 
Croker^  thnutjh  a  clever  man,  makea  another 
mistake  in  quoting  the  humorous  Irish 


i, 


Fin  kin  to  the  CaUjijrbans,  Brallaghiius, 
Kowlans  and  DoMrlingis  likewise," — 

I  if  it  formed  part  of  a  totally  dillerent  nong, 
Ued  *^  I  was  the  boy  for  bewitching  thera." 
Hd  13  also^  I  think,  wron^  in  explainin*.'  the 
i^bv  Anglo-Iri^h  curse,  **  Bad  cess  to  you  "  by 
m^yy  ffht-afion  to  you*^  (11)^ — an  Iriah  curse, 
J  doubt,  but  I  think  interpreted  with  "  bad  auc- 
*'hy  Mr.  Croker. 

•*  raoVWCIAl.  CMARACTERlSTICa. 

^  thini  line  Croftmi  and  Duffy  have  **  mist^all," 
erroneously  for  **  miiBed  all/'] 

'  A  Connaught  man 

Gets  all  that  he  can, 
I  impudence  Dover  ha^  mid»od  all ; 

ifeil  seldom  flatter, 
>    But  bnlly  and  butter, 
t'hb  talk'rt  ofbij)  kin  and  his  piitol. 

'  A  Mun»ter  man 
1*  en  51  hv  flan, 
lii!  ! »f' 11  entreat  yrvtj ; 

a  ten  tini(»  refuAe, 
<    in-  ituject  pursu**!", 
(Thidi  i«,  nine  oat  of  ten  times,  to  cheat  you. 

*•  An  Ulster  man 
Kvcr  meaiiA  to  trepan, 
He  watr  h*-*  rour  eye  and  opinion  j 
r  iliAagree^ 
■rest  it  be, 
Afl4  iji£-^.-.  .-•  ..urka  hia  dominion. 


**  A  I^inster  man 
la  with  oil  cup  und  can; 

lie  calls  t'other  provinces  knaves  ; 
Yet  each  of  them  see. 
When  he  starts  with  the  three. 

That  his  ilutance  bo  frequently  Bavea." 

•*  CjIAnACTERRS  l-BOV^KClARUM. 

**  Connaeia?  natnn  qxxte  poasit  concta  Incratnr; 
Nee  semper,  audax,  fallitcir  orane  petens; 
liarns  adubitor,  bacchant  plerumque  ftrotnt ; 
Armaque  niiai;niloqDena  prosapiamque  orepttt. 
**  MonnniA*  nutua  ei villa  compndtoquo 
Urbanus  rop;itat,  sarpe  s^ubin^li?  ri>|^at ; 
Si  decic§  negitoB,  quod  vult  prosequitur  ardena  ; 
Ex  decica  noviea  fallere  qucniquQ  parat. 

"  Ultoniaj  natiui  dcceptor  mmper  ocellls 
Iiibiat  ot  mentis  callirlu.*}  advi^jlaii<i  ; 
Xi  sua  rea  fljt^itur  uunriuam  cli.>ǤGntit  auiico; 
.Spiritus  inAultAua  tmperiuinque  not  at. 

"  La^enifl!  natua  calioes  et  pocnla  partit, 
Atqn^  alios  neqnam  furuifemMjuo  vocat ; 
A-*t  ubi  contendit  triplex  provincia  curmi, — 
Qua?que  aibi  videati — occupat  Ilia  tecum." 
Tmomas  SxAKi^Er  Tkacet,  A.B., 

Ex-Scholar  Trin.  Coll.,  Dublin. 
Limerick, 


rOETRY  OF  THE  CLOUDS. 
De  tjuincey,  in  his  essay  on  Wordsworth's 
p(Mitni%  sfiys,  **it  ia  singular  that  the  gorgeous 
phi?nomena  of  cloud  scenery  have  been  so  little 
noticed  by  poet«,''  He  considers  IrVordaworth  to 
be  the  only  poet  who  has  satisfactorily  observed 
the  beauty  of  clouds  and  their  weird  fantastic 
shapes ;  and  he  naturally  selects  this  point  for  his 
eloquent  admiration.  Naturally  I  say,  for  who  is 
so  fond  of  building  "  castles  in  the  air  *'  as  Be 
Quincey  ? 

With  his  usual  display  of  pyrotechnic  r!ietc»ric 
he  daKJtles  the  reader  into  thenelief  that  the  two 
or  three  passages  which  he  "  devolvit  ore  pro- 
fundo  *'  contain  the  only  known  aUusions  to  these 
'*  vapoury  appearances."  This  statement,  support- 
ing the  theory  that  the  ancient  poets  were  msen- 
ftibk  to  natural  beauty,  I  am  anxious  to  disprove* 
The  following  are  a  few  quotations,  which  I 
should  be  glad  to  see  largely  supplemented. 

In  Theocritus  (xxv.  SB)  there  is  a  passage 
similar  to  that  quoted  hy  De  Quincey,  in  which  a 
Hock  of  sheep  is  cmiipaied  with  **  rainy  clouds.*' 

Secondly^  in  the  *'  Clouds'*  of  Aristophanes 
there  are  many  allusionji,  and  especially  in  one 
passage  {AubeSj  345-348)  where  clouds  are  likened 
to  a  panther,  a  woli\  a  centaur,  a  bull,  a  stag,  and 
a  woman. 

Again,  Lucretius,  treating  of  emanations  (iv* 
136)^  speaks  thus  of  the  forms  seen  in  clouds : — 
*•  aape  Gigantnm 
Ora  Totare  vidcntur,  et  nmbram  ducere  late : 
Interdum  mag^ni  inontes  ftvolsaqtie  saxa 
Moatibn.^  anteire  et  solcm  aii»?eodere  pneter  ; 
lade  olioa  trahere  atquc  indaoeret  beluft  mmbos," 


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NOTES  AND  QUEEIES. 


In  Uamkt  De  Quincey  allows  that  there  are 
some  *•  gleams  of  evanescent  allvisiona/'  I  fiod 
more  than  that — namely,  clouds  with  the  form  of 
a  camel,  a  weaiel,  a  whale. 

I  cannot  refrain  from  qtiotingr  «  beaatiftil  de- 
scription from  a  poet  whom  De  Qaincey  has 
styled  a  "harbarian'* — ^John  Keats;  although, 
perhaps,  in  point  of  time  the  quotation  ia  imper- 
tinent : — 

..."  before  the  <;ryi«t&l  hjeavens  darken 
I  watch  and  «Iot«  upon  the  Kilver  lakes 
Picturetl  in  western  lovelinesis  thjit  tnkcs 
The  semblance  of  ^x)k!  rocks  and  brijfht  gold  aands, 
Islands  and  creeks  and  amber-fretted  strands^ 
With  horaej  pranctof^  o*er  them,  palaces 
And  towers  of  amethyBt,"  dc. 

In  fine,  I  do  not  find  that  Wordsworth,  **  if  he 
did  not  first  notice,  certainly  has  noticed  most 
cifeamstantially  **  what  De  Qiiincey  cumbrously 
terms  *'the  pageants  of  skj'buiit  architecture." 

II.  B.  COTTERliL. 

The  Plulbcrdi,  Maidenhead. 


ANOTHisn  Olb  Jexki:!T8.^I  enclose  a  cntliDg 
from  Bcrroivs  Worcester  Journal  of  April  1,  1871, 
in  the  hope  that  some  correspondent  of  "N,  Sc  QJ* 
reside Dt  m  the  neighbourhoood  wiU  investigate 
^0  caae  as  thoroughly  aa  Me.  Pole  Cakew  did 
that  of  Edward  Couch  of  Torpoint,  atated  to  he 
one  hundred  and  ten,  but  clearly  proved  ((tni^ 
p.  200)  by  Mr.  Polb  Cabew,  upon  inveatigation, 
to  be  ninety-five  !  — 

"  In  our  obituary  this  week  we  re«^ord  the  death,  an 
the  25th  tilt*,  of  John  Junkinj*,  of  Codrliiii,-ton,  ne.^r  Led- 
bury,  Ilertrfordshire,  at  the  extraordinary  a^e  of  one 
bandred  and  seven  years.  The  deceased  lived  vrith  his 
daughter,  who  ia  now  about  ei|^hty-five  year*  of  ajje,  in 
a  imall  miid  hot  near  Coddinicton  Cross,  aad  was  fornu'rly 
A  fiinn  labourer  of  rery  industrious  habits.  For  many 
years,  however,  be  has  been  supporto4  by  parochial  relief. 
Somct  few  years  ago  Mr.  Treheme  and  Mr.  Andrewsi,  of 
BMtmry,  viiited  the  old  raan»  and  were  surpriited  to  tied 
him  in  want  of  many  necest^ar^^  articlan,  such  ha  iwiU 
dothing»  Ac,  whereupon  they  mmU  mi  appeal  to  the 
inhabitant?*  on  his  behalf,  and  sufficient  nionty  wan  raided 
to  bay  such  oeeemiries  as  he  stood  in  noed  of.  The 
deceased  was  In  pomessioa  of  all  hi4  faculties  np  to  the 
time  of  his  death.  He  freely  iailtilged  in  the  habit  of 
•mokin^." 

Feihapg^  lookinj^"  at  the  flate  and  the  naftie^  it  is 
only  a  hoax  played  otY  upon  the  U'weeder  Jmtnmi, 

A.  .0, 

StTRKAMES  nf  BOKESDAT  BooK. — In  (?oin^ 
through  the  index  to  the  Domesday  Survey,  I  finti 
the  names  *'Kogerug  Dem  $a!vd  domtna^i"  and 
**  Adam  filiua  Durandi  Malts  opibtis.''  I  presume 
that  these  were  the  surnames  of  the  persons  re- 
ferred to,  and  think  them  sufficiently  curiona  to 
make  a  note  of  ihem. 

The  name  of  Ro^er  appears  to  have  been  sin- 
gularly associated  with  gallantry  and  politeness^ 
far  I  have  the  impression  of  a  mediaeval  seal 


bearing  the  device  of  a  mun  carrying  a  roie,  mA 
the  legend,  '^  Sigillum  Rogeri  qaasi  rosa  gemts." 
Again,  ijir  Hoper  de  Coverley  is,  and  ^nll  erer 
be,  our  beau-ideal  of  the  gallaat  gentleman. 

ILB. 

SiOKBOAEDS* — The  latest  phaae  of  the  tamp9* 
ance  movement  is,  as  your  readers  are  probftblj 
aware,  the  institution  of  pablic-housea  witWtCn 
drink.     One  or  two  of  these  houses  hare  beaa 
opened  in  Liverpool,  and  have  been  attended  icit^ 
a  tolerable  amount  of  suoceasi    The  foUowiagii  ' 
a  copy  of  a  signboard  over  one  of  these  tempe^J 
ance  publichouses,  and  some  future  hiitoRflaj^ 
aignlxmrds  may  perhaps  be  grateful  for  its ) 
■ervation  in  the  columns  of  "  N.  <fic  Q/* :  — 

**  A  pablichouse  without  the  drink, 
Where  men  miy  read  and  smoke  and  thiak* 

Then  aober  home  return. 
A  Htepping'Stone  this  house  youll  find ; 
Come^  leave  roar  mm  and  bKi  behind. 

And  inter  pleasures  learn. 

♦*  Workman*8  Rert,    Admisaion  IdL  per  ireek, 
from  6  to  10." 


Baron  Liebtg*s  TKSTntoTnr  to  thi:  vitril 
Services  op  distijtquished  Frej^ci 
AKD  LtTERABY  Men.— Liebig,  the  c*.l  . 

tjiical  investigator  and  author,  to  wh\>iu  i 
tural  science  and  progress  are  so  much  indobi 
paid  a  handsome  compliment,  the  other  dav 
meeting  of  the  Academy  of  Sciences  at  M 
to  the  scientific  and  literary  men  of  Par" 
he  stated  how  much  he  (torty-eight  ya 
and  other  Germans  had  been  indebtt^d  Uj  1 
men  of   science   and  othew,  when   first  viati 
Paris  for  the  purpose  of  prosecuting  their  tti 
amidst  the  abundant  means  aflbrded  by  that  { 
city.     Baron  Liebig  mentioned,  in  particular,  t 
names  of  Oay-Lussac,  Arago,  Dulong,  Th^nsii' 
all  men  of  first-rate  eminence — to  whom  he  i 
other  Germans  were  deeply  grateful  for  i 
them  by  the  hand,  and  givinyr  them  evio 
sible  aid  and  encouragement,     rhe  Baron  i 
could  mention  many  of  his  countrymen — suii 
nrituraliats,  and  orientalists — who,   like   hit 
thankfully  remember  the   active  support  irk^ 
they  met  with  from  the  savans  and  the  UteratiJ 
I'aris.     A  warm  sympathy  for  all  that  is  i 
and  good,  ho  said,  and  an  unselfish  hospitJ 
are  amon^  the  finest  traits  of  the  French 
racter.    The  French,   the  Boron  said^  will  i 
again  be  actively  engaged  on  th©  neutral  | 
of  scientific  pursuits,  in  which  the  best 
both  nations  must  meet ;  and  by  this  m 
efforts  of  both,  united  in  a  common  cause, 
by  degrees,  help  to  calm  down  the  bitter  fee. 
of   the   French  agidnst  German v  —  feelings 
deeply  wounded  national  pride— the  oonsequeaoi 
of  tne  war  which  was  forced  upon  Germany. 


©vwyi 


mindsi 


,  Amul  is,  7L] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


Saeb  DotAg  of  peace  und  goodwiU,  proceeding 
frrnn  so  COT  men  t  a  quwter^  must  have  a  happy 
iSecty  and  will  be  lifiiled  with  satisPaction  on  every 
iuuiiL  The  new  *'  reign  of  terror  '*  which  now 
prerails  cimnot  last ;  and  the  voices  of  th*^  elo- 
quent 8acre>^or3  of  riuizot,  Coufiin,  and  Ville- 
of  Olivier  and  Blainville,  will  goon  apuin 
to  heard  by  admiring  and  thronfring  audipn(?e<i, 
iriihocit  fear  of  being  drowned  by  the  thunder 
^omnoD.  John  Ma  chit. 

JOHIC  KeMPK,  AkCH bishop  op  CA:STEKBXrKY. — 

ft  mAy  interest  your  correspondent  Mr.  W.  J. 
Lqfite,  who  makes  mention  of  the  arms  of  this 
irdihlahop  at  p.  254  of  the  present  volume  of 
N.  &  Q./*  to  say  that  they  are  emblazoned  in 
fine  eaat  window  of  Bolton  Percy  church.  lie 
Archbishop  of  York  from  1420  to  1452, 
he  waa  translated  to  Canterbury,  The 
ftTd  those  of  Kempe — Field  pilea,  three 
or,  two  and  one,  and  round  the  shield  a 
Vndttre  engrnilod  or,'-  impaling  those  of  the  see 
'  Oanterbury*  Above  is  the  fij^ure  of  the  arch- 
the  size  of  life,  habited  in  chasuble,  dal- 
embroi<lered  stole,  sandals,  and  jewelled 
left  hand  holding  a  crozier,  whilst  his 
is  raised  in  the  act  of  benediction, 
hcnd  is  ?nirroundcd  by  a  nimbus  or  glory. 
The  wiriiliJVr  in  'jue^tton  is  said  to  contain  some 
of  the  tioest  Utteenth- century  gla^s  in  the  county 
d  York.  JoHK  FiCKFOBD,  M. A, 

Bolton  Percy,  near  Tatlcaster. 

ThB   LinRARIES  AJTD    MUSEITMS    OF  rARIS.  — 

The  folio wini-^  extracts  from  some  French  news- 
pap^r^  D'lw  hi  !  ne  me  may  be  welc<:>oie  to  some 
erf  Totir  :vii  Irrs  who  take  an  interest  in  the  fate 
of  tliL'  2rj  l^ij<)id  libraries  and  museums  of  Paris: — 
Lt  Jrvtp^  of  March  7,  q^uoling  from  the  Cmi- 
Mkuiiomielt  says : — 

"  S  n<  iin  ^!<^  nog  ^leniUdes  ^tablisAemftata  artiatiqueft  i^t 
•eiv  I  R'ricuscmtat  soutfert  du  bombardenif^nt 

bo:  ;3&iens. 

'     '■     ' -ppUc  de  UViergt^  i  Saint- Sul' 

fi'  t  restaur^  apr^  no  iocendie 

pi^  ^^ratJgnure. 

r  li  Luiein  lK»urgt  tout  rempli  d*<EUvrea  d'att, 

I  ^lOJim  tin ^elat  d'obus.    Toutes  les statues 

Lw  "f  intflcttji 

^B  **  <  a  n^u  tin  obua,  qui  a  oias^  dans 

Ki  I  Uo^iques,  an  degit  ^ui  eat  i^rala^  4 

im^  r]U!n/.4iii<;  tie  fflille  francs. 
•*  Li   cfjBTfrtorc  dii  dome  da  PanlliAin  a  bi«i  ^t6 

tOfinMH' :  '  1^,    --...  i,3ncontr(f  sons 

bowiV'  '!«  taille^  i1 

yi^  arret  nes  du  baroo 

^  La  arrre  da  Jardin  del  Plantei  qui  a  4t4  loocli^  eat 
d^nfp-n  "^     i  qu'en  ce  moment  on  nc  voit  plus 

tnoedr  i 

**yot3  ibl«  d6fne  dw  Tnvalides,  le  Louvre, 

h  '  I  Palais  lacathedrale  de  Paris*  notre 

Yii  le  de  Saint-Germ ttln-dcs-Pr^  sont 

laittfTClDCUi  oaui^. 


"En  resume,  i\  n'}*  a  eu  i  i  imr- 

ticaliil^res,  on  gTHU'iti  quautitf  ut 

aoulTert.    Kn  moins  de  six  nioi.,  ..^-  .i:„^„.:^  LL*ut 

rt^pare.*' 

The  same  newniaper  of  March  10  pives  the 
following  paragraph  uom  the  Journal  officiel: — 

'^On  s'occupo  flctivement  au  Musde  du  Louvre  do 
i^tnblir  lea  coHectious  dAnn  P^Ut  oil  ellej*  tftaient  nvant 
k  siL^ge.  D'ici  a  pcu  de  jours,  plasi«ur5  ealles  pourront 
etre  ouvertes  au  public 

A  gain » the  Tentps  of  March  14,  says: — 
**  Plusicnrs  eallea  du  mu9^  du  IjOuvtc  vicnnent  d*ctfp 
reortrani*<-eH,  \jq  pobHn  pourra  lea  visiter  h.  parlir  du 
mardi  14  mars,  de  dix  beutt^  du  tnatin  ^  qaatre  bearen 
du  5oir.  On  entreni  par  I'eioalier  da  Henri  II,  pavilloa 
dij  I  Horloge." 

HzyET  W.  He^fret, 
Markbam  House,  Brighton, 

An  Old  Oxford  EpioRAii,^ — CyrH  Jackson  was 
Dean  of  Christ  Churchy  Oxforcl,  and  Nathiwi 
Wetberell  (blaster  of  University  College),  Dean 
of  Hereford,  about  the  beginning  of  this  century. 
Wetherell  when  elected  to  the  headship  of  Uni- 
versity waa  very  poor.  At  that  time  the  Oxford 
Canal  was  not  completed,  and  the  shares  in  it  were 
selling  at  almost  nominal  sums.  Wetherell,  be- 
ginning to  receive  an  income  from  his  coUegv, 
bought  shares  in  the  canal,  which  ulliniately  were 
worth  six  hundred  pounds  per  share,  and  became 
very  rich. 

fir.  Burton,  a  canon  of  Christ  Church,  had  a 
daughter  who  was  very  clever,  and  wrote  some 
very  pretty  verses.  She  was  known  by  the  name 
of  **Jack  Burton.*'  Among  other  littl»>  pocmj* 
was  the  following,  on  the  above  little  history  of 
Cyril  and  Nathan  : — 

*»  As  C^Til  and  Nat  ban  were  walkinft  by  <|nccn'«, 
Siiya'Cyril  to  NatbjiUt  *  Wo  two  am  botli  deanif 

And*bi$hopa  perhups  we  nbnll  Ixs.* 
Saysi  Nathan,  'Yon  ma}',  but  I  never  shall » 
I  will  tiikc  care  of  my  little  caual, 
And  leave  you  to  look  after  tbc  sea '  («f ')." 

I  was  a  member  of  University  College  before 
1800,  and  remember  the  prtnluction  of  this  epi- 
gram.    I  never  saw  it  in  print,  F.  C.  P* 


^urric^. 


AXARKALA,  FAVOUIUTE  WIFE  OF  AKBAK. 

**  Ilia  nngraciana  »oa  (B<?lim),  bolding  fast  bis  former 
impiety,  and  b«ifig  at  thu  bead  of  an  artnv  of  seventy 
thouAOiid  men,  upon  wbom  lie  bad  conferred  many  com- 
mandst  refused  to  do  it,  uuleas  be  would  give  a  general 
amnesty  to  all  tbo  conspirators,  whose  livo^  ana  well- 
beinfjs  were  ha  dear  to  nim  as  bis  own.  Tbis  anawer 
inccnaed  bis  fatber  to  a  denial,  whereupon  he  dislodges 
hifl  «rmy,  sndmnrched  to  Elabusse,  where  he  commandci! 
all  aorta  of  c<oln,  of  gold,  fiilver,  and  bra^H  to  bo  stamprd 
with  hia  cmn  name  and  motto ;  which,  to  vex  bia  father, 
he  eent  to  him,  and  besides  cotirted  bij  ftither'a  wiU' 
Anarkala." — Sir  Thomns  Herbert*^  TVore/*  into  Asia  and 
Africa,  vol.  i.  |>/4I!> ;  Harris's  Voyagci  and  Travelt^ 
"  Vet,  notwithstanding  that   long-continued  custom 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES.  [4t*s.vn.  AiKrti&.7L 


ther€  frir  ihe  eldest  aon  to  succcc^I  the  fnihftr  in  tlmt 
frreat  empire,  Achabar  Cha,  futherof  the  lute  king,  n|ion 
luf^h  and  jn»t  displojisare  tAkcn  against  his  9011^  for 
dimbing  up  into  tha  bed  of  Anarkelee,  his  f(ithi?r*3  moat 
b^lrivetl  ivifo  (whoM  name  Aij;<:iiilicd  the  Kernel  of  a 
l^jrar»jjratiftt«*),  and  for  other  base  actions  of  his  which 
tttirn?d  up  his  father*  high  displeai^ure  a/»ainrtt  him, 
resolved  to  break  that  ancient  custom  ;  and  therefore  in 
his  H retime  protested  ihat  not  he,  luit  his  ^randrhild, 
SultJtn  Coohsnrroo  (Khusni),  wliom  he  alwuya  kept  in 
his  court»  should  succeed  him  in  thatcmptr^/'— -1  Voifage 
to  Knit  Intiia^  by  Mr.  Edward  Terry»  IJIiaplain  to  Sir 
ThomRA  Koe,  prinitd  with  the  Travt^t*  into  hojU  IndUt  of 
Sig.  Fietro  Delia  Valle.     Londnn,  hJGo. 

AoAr  Kali,  meaning'  the  poniepratiate  bud,  is 
FupposfCfl  to  have  been  the  pet  name  iriven  by 
Akbar  to  his  favourite  wife  Donna  Juliana,  of 
Portuguese  extraction,  with  reference  to  Cfratijida/ 
tb©  last  Mooriab  stronghold  in  Spain,  which  hiia 
A  Bplit  poraeipranatfl,  it»  armorial  bearing,  carved 
or  painted  on  iln  public  buildings,  from  the  iu- 
troductiou  of  which  fruit  into  Europe  tbe  imme 
is  fmd  to  be  derived, 

When  Abul  Fagl,  thia  enlig-htened  minister  of 
Akbar,  was  basely  murdered  by  order  of  thu  Prince 
Selim,  in  a.t>.  1003,  the  Selima  Begum  wm  sent 
on  an  embassy  to  n4*ftb4s,  the  modem  AJlah- 
sibad,  to  hrinpr  bim  to  court  at  Af^ra,  when  ro- 
ported  to  be  sincerely  penitent  for  thia  execrable 
murder.  According-  to  one  accountt,  tbe  Beg-um, 
or  Siilt/ma  Selinia,  was  only  the  adoptive,  and 
not  the  real  mother  of  Selim,  afterwards  Jaban- 
gir ;  but  either  way  she  would  appear  to  have 
been  the  eanie  aa  AnAr  Kali,  supposed  to  bo  the 
Poppa,  or  Piipi  Bai,  proverbial  for  misrule,  among 
the  lUjputR, 

Were  Selini,  Mnnid  anil  Danial,  the  sons  of 
AJfbar,  all  three,  the  sons  *tf  one  and  the  same,  or 
by  dilferent  mothers?  and  in  what  Hindu  worki^ 
is  any  account  giren  of  the  misdoinjis  for  which 
the  Poppa  Bai  has  become  proverbial  among-  the 
E/ijputs  ?  R  K.  W.  Ellis. 

Starcro9s,  near  Exeter. 

"AwrjfA  Chbistl** — This  prose  is  usually  as- 
signed to  St.  Jrrnatius,  Some  say  that  St.  Thomas 
Aquinas  wa*?  the  writer,  Ramboch,  I  believe, 
makes  it  doubtful,  only  so  far  committing  himself 
as  to  say  that  it  is  found  in  a  bonk  of  devotion  of 
the  fourteenth  eentury.  T^^  it  to  be  f^mnd  in  tbe 
workB  of  St.  Thomas  P"  and  if  not  by  that  saint,  to 
whom  IB  the  Catholic  world  indebte<l  for  euch  a 
devotion  ?  IL  A.  W, 

Madllk,  Auretti,— I  have  an  engravinjr,  date 
]  746,  of  Mad  He.  Auretti,  a  theatrical  personage,  of 
whose  history  I  should  be  glad  to  know  some- 
thiDg.  A.  E.  Barrett. 

[Thcrt  are  two  engraved  portraits  of  thia  once*f«nied 

*  Pomarittm    Britftmiicum,    Hcnrv    Phillip*,     FJLS.t 
p,  312. 
f  4\fount3tuart  Blphins^ion^'^  HlBioru  of  India,  voVu, 
p.  307, 


dpiecr  in  the  British  Mtiseam, 

by  T.  HyUy,    t)f  her  j><»r9oattl  i 

Horace  Will  pole,  in  a  letter  t  , 

Dec.  J3.  1742,  nays,  "  We  are  n  1. 

Barberina  and  the  Aaretti,  a  ch 

'  Old  Ballad. — Can  any  of  your  conwpoiul<>nti 
inform  me  if  tbe  ballad  of  which  I  giT»i  thif  tint 
verse  (it  consist.s'of  seFan)  is  printed?  Ibftt^tt 
in  black  letter  12uio,  and  the  heading  is  **  A  V\*!^ 
sant  Song."  The  words  seem  familiar  to  me,  n* 
I  cannot  at  this  moment  trace  it  to  any  prmtei 
source : — 

*•  For  eanhly  chance,  for  joy  or  painc 

I  neither  hope  nor  doc  desparc  : 

In  sickne-**e,  health,  in  losse  or  g»ine, 

M}*  God  I  praise,  and  doe  not  care 

For  wealth,  ftir  want,  for  well,  for  ytot. 

I  force  no  friend,  1  feare  no  foe^" 

Jas.  Cros^lel 

•*  BuTDEs  OF  Enderbt.^'— What  is  tlie  Vp^d 
which  gave  its  name  to  the  tune  of  th^**Bridci 
of  Mavis  Enderby/*  referred  to  by  Jean  Io^'vImw 
in  !ier  poem  of  the  *'  High  Tide  on  the  I'^n-t  af 
Lincolnshire,  1571  "P  and  why  was  thi^i  tun*'  m^ 
as  an  alarum  Y  A,  B. 

[Thia  query  appeared  In  our  S'^'*  S.  v.  496. 
elleiling  a  reply.    An  acconnt  of  the  remarbibiU*  I 
tide  in  1571  is  printed  from  Holin&hed  in  Pishey  1 
soti't  JlUtory  of  Ba»ton^  edit.  18.i^,  p.  68.1 

Heharkarlb  Clock. — I  bare  been  iafi 
by  a  correspondent  at  Barcelonft  that  there  ill 
sale,  or  has  been  lately  sold  in  London,  a  1 
curious  and  vfiluable  astronomical  clock,  1 
R  watch  and  clock  midcor  of  the  name  of  ] 
of  Barcelona,  and  said  to  be  worth  Ti/KN)/,  { 
Being  desirous  of  discovering  whether  the  j 
clock  is  still  offered  for  sale,   I  shall  be 
obliged  if  you  can  elicit  any  particulars*  co 
ing  it;  and"  if  it  13  in  London,  where  it  is  to  j 
viewed.  A,  L.  McEwa: 

tiU  Threadneedle  Street,  Loodon. 

**C0UTUMIEB   OF   THE    OrDTSR  OF  THE  Vl?] 

tioiT  OF  THK  Blesse II  Virgin  Mary.*' — I 
been  trying  for  some  time  to  see  or  to  purcbai 
copy  of  the  above  book.     I  have  not  met  witlij 
at  the  British  Museum  or  Sion  College  Libn 
Could  any  of  your  readers  help  me  ?      IL  A. ' 

A  Geh  Qtery.— I  have  a  yery  beautiful  i 
taglio  representing,  I  believe,  the  head  of  IVrsei 
It  is  signed  a.  niXAEP.     Is  this  tbe  name  of  I 
modern  French  or  German  artiat,  writi*  n  in  il 
letters  ?    Was  there  an  muicnt  Greel. 
of  this  name  ?    and,  if  so,  what  doc- 
stand  for  ?  P,  W/l 

Hotel  de  Luxembourg,  Nice. 

N3W  German  Flag. — In  tbe  TiVwittof  ] 
1871,  I  read  what  follo\v^  :— 

*'TiiK  GEU-M.iN  Empike.— The  new  GsRiuni  iioptfii^ 
fi&9,Vvas  itist  been  decided  ujKkn^  and  Si  adoplad  alM 


v 


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323 


asd  argent,  and  haa  for  sapporters  th«  two 
*  with  maces  of  til ePruMian  ciesU— Globe,** 


rti  is  not  used  in  Eogland.     Guillim^  edi- 

,  p*  25,  gives  the  akieM  of  Panowitz  m 

t,  "  Parted  per  pale  and  base,  gules, 

id  sable/'     It  is  given  in  the  Wtmen- 

kMBoat  of  Panwitz»  and  is  so  quoted  by 

^Hk  this  is  nt>t  mi-partL    The   bearing 

HVt  know,  rare  everywhere.     It  is  seen^ 

mce^  in  the   coat  of  Falier  of  Venice : 

lo,  semipartito  d'  oro  e  di  azznjrro  nel  capo, 

argento  ** ;  and   of  Foscari :  *'  Spaccato, 

Ito  nel  capo,  L  di  azzurro  col  S.  Marco 

da,  %  d'  argeuto ;  aopra  V  oro."    llere^  in 

,1,  is  the  dexter  aide  of  the  upper  half, 

>i«ter:  the  whole  lower  half  is  gold, 

rhAt  is  this  new  German  imperial  flag  ? 

le  one  who  knows  put  it  into  intelligible 

I  ?    It  would  also  be  interesting  to  hear 

ddon  is  occupied  by  the  supporters  of  a 

D.  R 
Lodgu,  Malvern  Wclla. 

t, — A  voung  lady  trusts  that  the  learned 
tors  to'  '*  N.  &  Q'*'  will  not  find  it  beneath 
ftir  dignity  and  their  knowledge  to  ac- 
ler  with  the  emblematic  meaning  of  the 
rse.  Before  venturing  to  appeal  to  them, 
searched  for  it  in  rain  m  all  the  Langimges 
jts  and  other  similar  authorities  to  which 
icceas.  MoiiXB  di  Alto. 

ion  ocean  to  uj^  we  may  aav  b  just  on  our 
emblem  of  a  good  old  En^lj^h  cv\»- 
go  *^  oat  of  faahion  when  tlii)  gorw 


nestiQa  occn 


ra  LAKATTT^,  —  Apropos  of  "  Fog/*  why  is 
^  called  yorkMrefot/f 

IIorsE  OP  Co3tMo:^s*  Lists.  —  Is  there 
published  in  which  I  can  find  complete 
le  Iriah  Ilouses  of  Commons  P 

Edmukd  M.  Botle. 

I  ••  Pflriiamentflnr  Rcjpfister  of  the  Irish  House 
M  from    15>So  to  17G9"  i*  printed  in  the  Libtr 

Pnbtifori^m  Hiijtrnift;  Xn-m^^  the  Report  of 
6Ss  ptiblishedby  the  Kecoid  Commiasion^  2  vols. 

8w  Part  1,  pp.  1-40.  For  a  coatiouation  of 
I  the  yenr  ISOO,  coii»ult  The  Jnurnain  of  the 
Onnnutns  of  IrtUind^  vob.  viii.  to  xix.   DubUl^„ 

^^■pET. — Kersey's  Elenmits  of  AhjJira 
IPKq.  M.nc.Lxrill.)  IS  very  atfekionately 
by  the  author  to  his  patrons  the  Den- 
is dedication^  doubtless  familiar  to  many 
lic-al  scholars,  I  have  given  m  eatcTisOf 
hope  that  it  may  elicit  some  information 
learned  correspondents  conceniiug  two 
mnected  with  the  same,  which  hitherto 
len  unable  to  obtain, 
owing  is  in  accordance  with  the  original, 
exeeption  of  some  of  the  capitals : — 


**To  Alexander  Dflji ton  of  HUludon  in  the  eounty  of 
BackP,  Esq  Hire,  and  Mf  Edmund  I>paton  his  brother; 
tbe  hopefal  blossom^  nnd  only  olTj^pring  of  the  truly  just 
and  vertuotus  Edmund  Denton,  K&p  ;  son  nnd  hdr'of  S' 
Alexander  Denton,  Knt,  A  faithful  patriot,  and  eminent 
fuflerer  in  onr  late  intestine  wars,  for  hia  lovaltv  to  his 
late  llajoftt}'  King  Charles  the  First  of  ever-bleaaed  me- 
mory: John  Kersey,  in  beatimoDV  of  hU  gratitude,  for 
signal  (avonra  conferred  on  him  by  that  truly  noblo 
family;  which  also  gave  both  birth  "and  nourishment  to 
hi*  mathematicai  stadies»  humbly  de*licates  his  labours  in 
thia  Treatise  of  the  Fitments  of'lhe  Algebraical  Art." 

I  have  searched  several  biographical  works,  but 
cannot  lind  any  mention  made  of  Sir  BJdmund 
Denton,  Knt,,  and»  us  a  matter  of  course,  neither 
of  hia  troubles.  A  reference  to  where  such  may 
he  found  will  be  gratefully  accepted.  .-Vbo,  what 
were  the  circumstances  which  sufficiently  inter- 
ested the  Benton  family  in  the  author  s  hebalf  \\a 
to  influence  them  to^ve  *^both  birth  and  nourish- 
ment "  to  hia  algebraical  studies  ? 

J.  Perrt. 

Waltham  Abbey. 

[Sir  Alexander  Denton,  Knt  (bom  150G.  died  in  Jon. 
lC4-i-5),  resided  at  Hillesden  Uouiie,  Backs,  which  w«* 
garrisoned  in  1641  for  King  CharbM  I.,  an<l  its  situ* 
ation,  about  fifteen  miles  from  Ox^ford  and  eight  from 
Aylesburj',  rendered  it  a  place  of  importance.  la  1643 
it  waij  taken  by  the  Parliamentary  forces,  of  which 
VicajTS,  in  hlii  Ptiriiamentuty  Chronicle^  1646,  ii.  131, 133, 
baa  given  the  following  account:—^' It  waa  taken  by  a 
party  that  went  from  Newport  Pagnell,  and  some  from 
about  Banbury,  they  being  in  all  not  above  an  hundred; 
yet  there  were  in  the  house  140,  many  whereof  were 
tlicn  taken  pnaoners,  and  about  IQO  arms,  but  Sir  Alex- 
ander hi  tiir  elf  escaped."  ....  **  The  taking  of  Hillesden 
Ho  use,  whkh  a  week  before  the  garrison  of  Ayleiibur)' 
attempted,  but  could  not  take;  after  which  time,  anil 
before  we  endeavoured  it,  the  enemy  had  sent  in  two  or 
three  loads  of  ammunition,  where  were  taken  al>ove  200 
priHoner?,  about  twelve  barrels  of  powtler,  and  propor- 
tionable match,  ail  their  arms,  and  about  tifty  horae, 
which  service  was  much  to  the  e8j*o  and  coniftirt  of  the 
poor  inhabitants  of  the  almo^it  waatc-d  county  of  Buck- 
inghamshire, which  was  oppre^ist'd  by  them  ;  and  by  the 
countenance  of  whitih  house,  great  sums  of  money  and 
contribution.<i  were  raised  both  for  themselves  and  Oxford, 
and  a  regiment  of  foot,  and  a  eompktiiij^  Col.  Smithes 
rejgiment  of  horse,  waa  speedily  intendedr  where  ubo  were 
taken  Sir  Alejtander  lien  ton  and  thi^  said  Col.  Smith, 
beaidea  two  UeM  officers  and  divers  captains."  The  pedi- 
gree of  the  Denton  famiJv  of  Hillesden  is  given  in  Lipi- 
comb's  BiicftM,  iii.  17, — ^I'he  works  of  John  Kersey  arc 
better  known  thim  hij  peracnal  histoiy.  He  wa^  born  in 
ItJlO,  and  died  about  IGIJO.] 

"  KiLMEKY."  —  In  what  collection  of  ballads 
shall  I  hnd  one  hearing  the  above  name  P  It  gave 
a  name  to  and  apparently  suggested  the  idea  of  a 
novel  by  William  Blacky  published  about  a  year 


ago. 


K.  R 


I'*  Kilmany  "  i^  the  thirteenth  Bard's  Song  in  Xight  IL 
of  The  Quten*  Wake,  A  Legendary  Poem,  by  James 
Hogg,  thf  Ettrick  Shepherd. 

**  Bonny  Kilmcnv  ^aed  u^  l\k%^«L% 
But  it  Wttsna  to  m<»t  l>xHrt\T«ft  mw^r  ^^ A 


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NOTES  AJiD  QUERIES. 


**  La  Belle  Dame  s^ufs  Merci/' — From  what 
source  did  Keata  deri?e  the  original  idea  of  this 
dm  ?  F.  GLEDSTAiras  Wauoh, 

[Moat  probably  from  the  poem  of  tbc  saihc  nam^ 
jBliemUv  aUribatod  to  Alain  Chartier;  but  which  M. 
pAttHn  ^ATifl  (MamacritM  frangtiis^  vu,  252)  regards  as 
hnviu^  beea  writteu  hy  Jean  Majrot,] 

Portrait  rAiNTDTG. — Wanted  the  name  of  any 
writer  on  portrait-minting  in  water-colours  who 
treats  moro  diffufioW  on  the  subject  of  draperies, 
&C*,  than  Mr.  Merrifield  does.  T.  IL  O, 

MEi>i.i:r7AL  Seal  found  ui  the  Isle  of  Ely  : 

lOBERT  WiLSOlf  OF  MaRCH,  15  TnE  IsLE  OP  ElT. 

'A  friend  of  mine  htis  stmi  me  animpreasion  from  a 
seal,  about  three  quarters  of  an  inch  in  diameter. 
In  the  centre,  on  an  heraldic  rov«e,  liea  a  lion 
curled  up  and  asleep ;  and  round  him  is  the  in- 
scription, EN  LE  ROSE  LE  LHTf  REPOSE. 

The  braw  seal  from  which  thii*  is  taken  was 
foun<J,  I  am  told,  in  the  rectory  p^arden  at  Went- 
worth,  near  Ely.  From  its  general  appearance  and 
the  lettering,  I  should  be  inclined  to  place  its 
date  about  the  fourteenth  centuiy. 

I  have  also  an  octavo  print  repreaenting  a  man, 
in  the  drees  of  sixty  years  ago,  resting  his  left 
arm  on  a  csouped  pillar,  on  which  the  word  "  Pro- 
vidence" in  inscribed,  and  holding  in  hiB  right 
hand  a  scroll  bearing  this  inscription  :  — 

**  I,  K<)b«  rt  Wilson  of  Mwrchp  iu  the  Isle  of  Ely,  Cura- 
bridgeahirc,  .ijn  of  opinion  tbftt^  tak*;  Ent^lond^  Scotland, 
ftud  Imlatul,  tbe  West  Indiis  and  America,  sea  and  land 
together.  1  have  seen  more  of  tboae  parts  of  tbc  world 
than  any  man  exiAtin^/* 

Can  any  of  your  Cambridgeshire  correepondentB 
inform  me  whether  the  Bt^al  mentioned  belonged 
to  any  county  family  there,  or  waa  merely  a  per- 
sonal bad  go  and  motto  of  some  long-distant 
^jDoetor?  Lysons  says  the  manor  waa  annexed  to 
oMce  of  sacrist  to  the  monastery  of  Ely, 
"And  secondly,  as  to  who  Robert  Wilson  of  March 
was^  and  on  what  grounds  he  rested  his  some- 
what pre  ten  tiouia  chii  m?  S  A  ii  u  el  Saj^' j>  arb, 
28^  Glo«t€r  Plac«,  Hyde  Park. 

Song,  '^LArRiGER  Horatius." — Can  you  in- 
form me  where  I  can  find  the  words  of  a  song 
called  "  Lauriger  Horatlus  *'  ?  It  used  to  be  sung 
at  one  of  the  American  universities, 

T.  J,  WADDmOHAM. 

Sttrtng  Fahily.^ — Any  genealogical  or  other 
information  respecting  the  following  persons  will 
oblige :  —  Nathaniel  Styring  and  Jane  AVatson, 
married  in  Rotherham  16(i3;  Thomas  Styriug,  bom 
1726;  John  Styringf  bom  1720;  Kobert  Styring, 
born  1720  J  William  Styring,  born  173:i,— all  of 
Miaaon.  C»  W.  STyRiKO. 

Eldan  Mtjunt,  Leeds, 

Sternuold  anv  Hopkiks. — la  there  any  lrut\i 


litTtnc  of  March  1,  that  the  following 
the  joint  product  of  these  twin  poeta?  — 

"  And  bow  did  he  oooimlt  their  frott* 
Unto  the  caterpillar, 
And  eke  the  labour  of  tl 
He  gave  to  tbe  grassliopper.' 

Ry-tbe-bye,  it  is  a  little  curious  that  the  Plidiai 
should  have  been  twice  versified  by  a  cmnbtiiatton 
of  poetic  talent.  The  task  was  not  too  greit  hi 
one  writer^  and  wo  cannot  compare  the  saooeis 
achieved  bv  Messrs.  Sternhold  &  Hopkins,  or 
Messrs,  Ta'te  &  Brady,  with  that  which  IOC. 
Ercltmann-Chatrian  have  won.  C*  J.  R 

[In  the  first  edition  (1548-0)  of  Crrtayne  Pmime*  \fj 
Thomas  Stembold  (without  Hopkins),  tbe  verse  mil* 
follows  I— 

**  Nor  how  he  did  commit  their  fmilcB 
Unto  the  caterpyller : 
And  all  tbe  labour  of  their  bandes 
He  gave  to  the  gmMehopper  " 

Psalm  Ixxviii  rer,  KH 
Tbe  same  reading  h  givtn  in  the  folio  edition  of  UK 
by  Tbomaa  Sterahold,  Jobn  Hopkimi,  and  otherk] 

S  UK-DIAL  Queries. — 1.  What  is  the  beat  pr:  - 
tical  book,  in  English,  French,  or  Latin^  oi. 
construction  of  sun-diala  ^ 

2.  Where  shall  I  find  the  most  complete 
count  of  mottoes  suitable  for  sim-dials  ?  I ' 
those  quoted  in  ''  N.  &  Q." 

3.  ^Vhere  c^in  I  lind   picturesque  desigm 
mural  sun-dials?  I  suppose  these  are  not  to 
found  in  n  collected  form,     Kc  fere  nee,  t: 
to  even  one  will  oblige. 

4.  Will  not  some  of  your  corre$p<tndentis  ia 
England  or  on  the  Continent,  who  know  of  quaint 
or  picturesque  Bun-dialg,  oblige  the  readers  of 
^ '  K .  &  Q."  by  a  list  of  them  ?  P.  W.  & 

Hotel  do  Luxembourg,  Nic«, 

A  ToADSTONE  RiKG. — I  have  a  ring  con 
a  stone  of  a  brownish-fawn  colour,  set  ii 
The  stone  is  about  five-eighths  of  an  inch  by  bi 
an  inch  in  size,  and  two-eighths  of  an  inch  thiei: 
and  has,  according  to  the  story  in  the  family, " 
in  our  posseaeioti  for  many  generations.  Vv  e  hii 
always  held  it  to  be  a  toadstone,  and  traditioft-' 
says  it  was  efRcacious  in  preventing  miscarriagsa 
I  should  be  grateful  for  any  information  on 
suliject  H.  S.  C. 

Arts  Club, 

Umborove. — There  ore  several  familiea  of 
name  in  Holland,  and  they  say  that  their 
tors  were  Scotchmen,   A  branch  of  the  lJmbgr«ir»]| 
family  must,  tlien,  have  emigrated  from  Scotlaai  ' 
in  lOOO  or  afterwards. 

Some  years  ago,  one  of  these  Dutch  Umbgrntcf 
happening  to  be  in  Edinburgh,  saw  his  very  namtj 
wntten  on  the  plate  of  tome  doors  in  that  city. 
If  any  Scotch  Imbgrove  can  confirm  the  abcvro 
fe\^lttft<4\it,  and  ^ve  some  information  that  would 


•jAjsn^uoLu  Aifit  xiopjfirfs. — la  mere  any  \Tu\tt  \  w.^\tm«iai.,  ana  give  some  inrormaiion  tnai  woina 
^  iiie  atatement  made  by  a  writer  iu  tke  Iiiu«trtited  \  Wto^  \\^X.  xi-^u  \\,  \  SbNaalV  fe«l  much  obliged. 


\ 


4«»^  at  VIL -Aj'ML  15/710 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


325 


I  should  aUo  Hke  to  Icnow  wliat  arms  the  Scotch 
fdmiljr  bears,  and  if  it  Cftu  retrace  its  ancestry 
bftck  till  1000.  A  Dutch  Lady. 

Bittrbavto. 

Fkskcu  Wbsletah  Magazutk. — Can  any  one 
iniknai  me  whether  there  haa  been  pubUthed 
doi^blg  this  century  a  Wesleyan  or  Methodist 
magazine  in  French  ?  I  deeire  to  Bee  the  numbers 
for  1830,  1831,  183i.  I  have  reason  to  belkve 
«uch  a  magazine  haa  been  publiahed,  but  cannot 
find  it  in  the  British  Museum.  J.  F.  H. 

Choice  of  Words  :  **  Wi^jk  '*  or  "  Blink  "  ? — 
Tho  word  wink  is  so  often  used  instead  of  blinkf 
when  the  meaning  is  that  a  person  purposely 
bUnds  kimaelf.  or  shuts  hi«  eyes  to  any  transac* 
that  I  think  the  expre^^ion  must  be  em- 
yed  himplj  from  imitation,  and  without  a 
lOu^ht  that  the  word  MWc,  while  being'  more 
elegant,  really  expresses  in  its  symbolical  sense 
the  meaning  intended  to  be  conveyed  by  the 
term  uinfi ;  which,  being  associated  with  the  habit 
known  as  "  ogling,"  had  better  be  left  solely  to 
exureis  its  own  vulgar  meaning. 

Lexicographers  give  the  same  definition  in  the 
of  eacli  word ;  but  I  thiolc  that  good  taste 
mbolical  analogy  both   seem   to  sanction 
luaive  uae  of  the  term  blink  in  the  sense  of 
g  oftt  of  sight,"  or  **  purposely  evading'* 
any  question  or  allusion.  M.  A,  % 


oana 
ou. 


Er)}ltr^, 


Thu 


OLD  SANDOWN  CASTLE,  ISLE  OF  WIGHT. 
(4^^S,  vi,  5(39;  vii.  103,  176.) 

H.  IL  will  be  pleased  to  learn  that  the  very 

fin9  old  carved  oak  chimney 'piece,  to  which  he 

'_  drew  attention  (p.  17o),  has  not  been 

to  the  destruction  he  deprecate.*?, 

htj  armorial  bearings  to  which  11,  11.  alludes 

those   of    E-icbard   Weston,    first    Earl    of 

i,   Lord  High  Treasurer  of  England  in 

*n,rt,  of  Charles  L^  Governor  of  the  Isle  of 

c,  which  are  boldly   «ind   artistically 

;  .:^  m  thiis  interesting  r»>lic,  which  formerly 

in  the  banqueting  hall,  but  whicK  ^*^  the 

IdlmoUtion  of  the  caaUe,  was  carefully  preserved 

I  %  tht;  Boyal   En^neers  at  Saudown ;  until  at 

'  W^^b,  Application  having  been  made  officially  to 

itj  the  carving  in   question,  after  due 

^^n,   was  made  over  to  Lieut. -Colon el 

'-';  A      ois.   n  collateral  descendant   of  the  said 

Richir L  \\  .    Inn,  whoso  family  became  extinct  in 

the  dirt^ct  male   Hue   on  the   death  of  Thomas, 

fourth  Earl  of  PorUand.  R.  E. 


Tour  c«MT«^p<Mi4eiit  G»  will,  I  trust,  permit  me 
~  ht  as  to  the  date  of  the  demise  of 

^1^  Earl   of  PortkBd,     He 


died  at  Wallingford  House,  near  Wliitehall,  on 
March  13, 1634  (O.  S.),  not  in  March  IGiiS. 

My  authorities  in  support  of  this  correction 
are  —  1,  The  certificate  m  the  College  of  Ai*ra«, 
signed  by  Jerome  Weston,  second  Earl  of  Port- 
land, son  and  heir  of  the  deceased,  a  copy  of  which 
is  appended  to  the  Wvsimiormn  antiqiiismmi^  H 
eque^ria  familioi  Oenenhifia^  by  Sir  William  Segar, 
Garter  King-at-/Vrms.  2.  Harleian  MS,  1137,  in 
which  the  armorial  achievement  borne  at  the 
funeral  of  Richard  Earl  of  Portland  is  delineated. 
3.  The  inscription  on  his  magnilicent  monmuent 
in  Winchester  Cathedral,  which  runs  a^  follows : 
"  Depo^itina 

ElCARDI   WeSTOX,  COMITIS  POHTLAXI*, 

Magoi  An^ilflc  Thesaararii 
quo  munere  fungi 
cirpit 
anno  Rcf^k  Caroti  quartOt 
idqiie  aiinul  cum  vita  oxuit 
atiuo  pretlicti  (loDiini  regis 

luuioque  Domini  Kf^dumptoris  1634) 
d«cimo  tcrtio  die  MartiL*' 

I  maj'  add  that  King  Charles,  "who  dearly 
loved  him,-*  visited  the  dying  earl  in  liia  last 
nionients,  and  commanded  the  court  to  wear 
mourning  for  him.  His  son  Jerome,  second  Earl 
of  Portland,  was  appointed  to  succeed  lum  as 
Lieutennnt-General  of  the  province  of  Southajnp- 
ton,  Captain  of  the  Isle  of  Wight,  and  Governor 
of  Carisbrooke  Castle  and  of  aJl  the  fortresses  in 
the  said  island;  but  he  lost  these  appointments 
under  the  Commonwealth.  L  A*  N, 


TRAPFS  **  VIRGIL.'^ 
C^*'  S.  vu.  2370 
Having  read  Trapp^s  translation  of  the  JEncid 
with  satisfaction,  I  otler  mv  opinion  that  it  has 
been  unduly  depreciated,  I  cannot  deny  the  ap- 
plicability of  "cold"  toTrapp;  but  he  has  the 
merits  of  fidelity,  pains-takmg,  and  a  thorough 
knowledge  of  his  autlior.  I  know  no  translation 
so  faithful,  and  none  in  blank  verse  more  spirited. 
Mr»  Collins,  in  his  Ajwicnt  Classics  for  English 
Jitaden,  has  given  an  excellent  essay  on  Yirgil, 
and  has  generally  used  the  translation  of  the  late 
Professor  Conington,  as  good  a  scholar  as  Trapp, 
and  perhaps  a  better  poet.  I  limit  my  comparison 
to  four  passages:  — 

**  Dixit,  et  avcrtcns  rosea  cervice  refaUit 
Ainbrosiieqae  corns  di%inum  vertioc  odorem 
Spirnvcre;  pedes  ve«tia  defluxit  ad  imos; 
Et  vera  inccssu  pattdt  dea." — j^n,  i.  402-5, 

"  She  said;  and  as  she  turned,  her  rosy  neck 
Shone  bright :  her  hair  a  fragrancy  divine 
Ambrosial  breathfMi.    Down  falls  her  waving  robfl. 
And  by  her  walk  the  goddeaa  movea  confe»ed/* 

Trapp, 

**  Ambrosial  treaiM  ronnd  her  head 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES.  [4««^avu.  ArEmis.-n. 


Her  falliog  robe  her  footatepa  swept, 

And  showed  the  goddeaa  a§  she  BtepV^—Conin^iu 

•*  Hie  pater  Jilni^aR,  intentia  omnibuis  nnus 
FaU  renAiTiibat  divoiOt  cursusqite  docebat : 
CooUcuU  tandem,  factoqus  Ixic  fine  qaieviL*' 

^m.  UL  716. 
**  Tljufl  Prince  .^nea;,  while  aU  silent  sate. 
Alone  related  tlic  decree*  of  heaven, 
And  his  own  voyages  described :  be  stopped 
At  length)  and  ending  here,  retired  to  rest/' 

Trtrpp. 
••  So  Kinj;  iEneaa  told  his  tale. 
While  all  beside  were  still — 
Rehearsed  Ihe  fortunes  of  hi*  sail, 

And  Fate's  mysteriouj  will : 
Then  to  ita  c1o»g  his  lej^rend  hrou(;ht» 
And  gladly  took  the  re^t  he  sought.'* — Ciminffttm, 

**  His  medinm  di^tis  sernionem  abrtimpit,  et  auraa 
Mi^TSk  fugit,  seque  ex  oculis  avertit  ct  auft-rt; 
Linquens  nuika  metu  canctantern  et  multa  pflranlcm 
Dtcere :  suscipiunt  famula)  conlttpsaquG  membra, 
Marmoreo  refertint  thalamo,  stratistiuc  reponuni/' 
JEn.  iv.  a8«-^Hl\ 

*^  This  said,  !^he  in  the  middle  of  her  speech 
Breaks  otT  abrupt,  and  sickening  shana  the  ]i|fht ; 
With  loathing  turns  her  eyes  from  hift,  and  leAvcs 
Him  waverinfT,  and  n  thoasntid  ibings  to  Bay 
Irresolute  in  fear.     Her  mn'vh  .support 
Her  bcKly  as  she  sinka  into  tlieir  arms. 
And  lay'her  fainting  on  tlie  royal  bed,**— TVirpp. 

"  Her  fp«ech  half-done,  she  breaks  away. 

And  sickeniug  »h  [ins  the  ejo  of  day. 
And  tears  her  from  his  R:ftzc. 

While  he,  with  thousand  things  to  say. 
Still  falters  and  delays. 

Her  aervants  lift  the  sinking  fair, 

And  to  her  marble  chamber  bear."^CtfM#rt^/wi. 
"  Disec,  pner,  virtutem  ex  me,  verumf|oe  taborem, 

Fortnnam  ex  sdds.^'^-^Kn.  \1L  <43'j-<1. 
**  True  toE  and  virtue  learn,  dear  yonth,  from  me» 

FortTune  from  others." — Trapp, 
•'  Learn  of  your  fatber  to  be  greats 

Of  others  to  be  fortunate." — Commfton. 

Mr.  Collins  my%  i  — 

"The  recent  jn I mirablc  tran^Ution  of  the  y7?M«if  into 
the  metre  of  Scott  by  Mr.  Conington  will  undoubtedly 
t*ke  its  pla«!e  henceforward  as  by  far  the  moat  p<X'ticaI, 
Ai  it  ii  also  the  most  scholarly  and  faithful,  rendering  of 
the  origiiiaL"-P.  7. 

I  have  taken  the  epeciiuens  of  Coiibgton'a  ver- 
sion from  Mr,  Collins.  I  do  not  think  tliat  in 
lidelity  or  poetry  Trapp  sufter;?  by  the  comparison. 

Trapp's  preface  to  the  A^neid^  and  "  Introduc- 
tory Eeraarks  **  prefixed  to  the  fourth  book,  are 
well  worth  readiniz,  and  bis  notes  are  learned  and 
uaeful.  He  was  Profeasor  of  Poetrjf  at  Oxford, 
and  published  hia  Pnrlettiorws  PoeticiP,  Oxon, 
1711-10;  London,  ITV^O,  2  torn.  The  lai*t  edition 
ifl  neither  scarce  nor  denr;  and  I  think  that  those 
who  buy  and  rem!  it  will  not  feel  that  tbeir 
money  or  time  bas  been  misapent,  II.  B,  C» 

U.  U.  Club.  

In  Chalmers*  Biop,  Diet,  the  following  curious  , 
st/itement  is  made :  — 


**  When  he  (Trapp)  preached  his  tLBUM  ienooii  it 
Oxford,  1739,  it  was  ohsenred  that  the  Ute  Rer.  0^ 
Theophilus  l..eigh,  Master  of  Balii>l  College,  and  tMH 
Vice- Chancellor  of  Oxford,  stood  up  all  the  time  of  l^| 
preaching,  to  manifest  Ma  higlP»ense  of  m  reapoctAt^s 
character." 

An  anonym ona  epigram,  found  in  TTte  Fetftoon^ 
1767  (p.  i^tl),  w  severe  upon  Trapp  ns  a  Iranfllator 
of  Virgil,  but  shows  that  hia  pleaching  WMheld 
in  eatimation :  — 
"  Mind  but  thy  preaching,  Trapp*  translate  no  further: 

Is  it  not  written*  *Thou  shalt  do  no  muriiiBr  *  ?  " 

Asas. 


CHIGNONS. 
(i^  S.  vii,  93,  201.) 

No  doubt  jour  learned  correapnndenla  Me 
MacCabe  and  HonoKn?  rightly  assume  lb 
Iftdiea^  chi^wfis  are  to  be  trac<;^d  far  back  in  and 
guitj.  There  is,  indeed,  proof  enough  of  thitii 
German  and  Horaan  engra%-ed  gems,  and  on  f 
walla  of  the  Pompeian  bousea  there  is  a  picta 
of  a  Roman  lady  putting  on  the  pafh^  and  i 
mother  about  to  nurae  her  child,  in  the  picture  ( 
a  Roman  farmyard,  in  which  the  ladies 
perceptible  chufnom^  but  much  smaller  than  tbasi| 
now  worn.  1  have  aleo  seen  nmnv  mcilii^q* 
illuminationa  in  which  a  fuU-si^t' :  i^  «p.| 

parent.  There  need  surely  be  no  w  .  '  ^«»I 

at  this;  there  are  so  few  ways  posj*ible  of  ( 
the  hair,  that  every  way  has  surely  been  oferJ 
and  over  again  anticipated.  But  now  iat  mi 
wordr^I  have  a  copy,  which  waa  made  a  jir^-l 
sent  to  me  by  one  uiterly  ignorant  of  the  natu»4 
of  the  book,  of  the  MSmoires  tie  Cmnfwm.  It  I 
belonged  to  Thackeray,  and  has  hi?^  autoi^TAph  in 
two  volumes,  and  his  crest  and  monogram  stauiped 
on  all  pix.  It  was  purchaaed  at  bis  sale,  and  in  1 
apite  of  ita  '^  unutterable  baseness/'  as  Carlyle  bttJ 
it,  haa  been  diligently  read  by  its  late  owiurjl 
|(erha|)a  as  an  historical  study.  In  vol.  ii.  chap,  aLl 
the  Chevalier,  speaking  of  one  of  lus  many  CD^I 
queata,  aaya:  — 

*'  Elle  tftait  coiffee  en  chevenx  avec  w«  tftperU  ekiguUki  I 
main  je  gtissais  ld>-deasas,  tant  t'idee  d*une  pcmK|ai| 
m^offusquait.*'  I 

Here,  then,  u  a  chif/non  proper  in  the  ead/ I 
days  of  Voltaire  and  Rousseau — a  falsu  cA^«<i^  [ 
which    the  delicate   Chevalier  removed,     il  Iftj 
ditricult  to  asiign  the  exact  date  to  this  extract j  I 
hut  Casanova  was  bom  in  1725,  and,  aa  this  oc-  | 
curs  in  a  very  early  pei-iod  of  hie  career,  we  m»j 
put  it  down 'to  about  1747  to  1750,     The  woid 
chifjnon  occurs  In  Hamilton  and  Legros*  ^xcelfeot 
Ftmch  Dictimtary  (18G4)  befoiva  the  faaliion  wm 
rcauscitated»  hut   it  is  explained  as  urn  ^hu/nm 
(chez  lea  femmea),  back  hair  twisted  in  a  knotr 
and  therefore  not  necessarily  false  hair,     Bj  tha 
way,  can  any  of  your  readers  tell  mo  wht't'i 
these  memoirs  ofCaaanova  are,  as  Carljle  *• 


I,  Afsil  15. 71.] 


NOTES  AND  QUEKIES, 


327 


elleTe  them,  suthentic  j  or  whether,  like 
wjn*  of  the  l»uhftrry,  they  urt*  only  partiftlly 
"on  fact?      '         Uajn  Friswell. 
isell  Street,  Blooinsbury  S<iuiire. 


••  BAKOX  "  NICHOLSON. 
(4^  S.  vi.  477 ;  v\l  18, 280.) 

le  who,  throughout  a  lon^  asaocintion  with 
i  and  conditions  of  periodicals,  has  scrupu- 
IbdtJiiBed  from  writing  acythjug  which 
y necessitate  thf?  relegation  of  the  Tolume 
■Mr  shelf/'  I  should  like  to  explain  that 
pwa^ona  to  The  Toicitf  written  at  a  very 
feTwere  not  of  a  kind  that  need  make  luo 
I  life  ft^amed  to  own  their  authorship, 
the  Tou'n  came  out  (June,  18;j7)  I  had 
lined  my  seventeenth  year,  hut  some 
lof  metropolitan  life  I  had  ^n^nt  the  editor 
I  me  an  introductinn  to  Konton  Nicholson 
pgular  engagement,  which  continued  for 
•'o  yearar  Ihe  social  e-'^sBys  and  the  dra- 
ices  throug:h  the  voliimiia  for  1888  and 
mine,  and  my  acquaintance  with  Xichol- 
3  mo  to  state  that  he  had  much  more 
of  fancy  than  many  would  suppose  who 
fe  of  tfie  man  from  the  "  Cockney  Ad- 
and  the  afterwords  notorious  **  Judge 
Hia  exceasive  kindliness  of  heart 
the  constant  resource  of  the  **  hard-up/' 
llH If- sovereign  or  the  half-crown  was  sure 
pted  bv  Any  applicant  with  a  tale  of  woe. 
ft  Fafstali"  with  Bordolph  and  Nym  at 
mer.  To  the  list  Mr.  Hates  haa  given 
works"  one  may  be  added,  whilst  one  at 
aat  be  subtracted  from  the  catalogue. 
^*s  Aoctejtt  published  in  a  serial  form  in 
lltun^  some  clever  and  utterly  unobjftc- 
|tketche8.  With  **Bos"  he  was  never 
!|;  and  the  **  slender  and  not  ill-written 
Y  of  The  Cigar  and  Smoker  s  Cmnpanion — ^ 
fprinted  with   and  without  my  sanction 

k  diversity  of  titles — was  one  of  my  own 
ttsionfi.  Some  fourteen  years  ago  Mr. 
JMuired  through  *^ N.  &  Q/'  what  autho- 
te  was  for  a  statement  that  Old  Parr  had 
I  his  skin  by  an  absorption  of  the  juices 
jco.  J  nmy  now  tell  him  that  I  am  re- 
b  for  the  as^rtion,  but  I  can  by  no  means 
fd  its  accuracy. 

tttr  be  worth  recording  tlmt  a  high-priced 
p*ehurc'h   newspaper  called   The    Crown, 
in   1^39  at   the  present   office  of  the 
MayttzitH%  in  Fleet  Street,  was  for  »ome 
by  lient4:»ii  Nichokr^n,  who  under  the 
Censor"  attacked   in  The  Crmtm  the 
of  77*c  Town,  and  replied  in  7*he  Town 
laughts  of  The  Cronn,     The  artist  of 
Aichibald  Henning,  son  of  John 


Henning  the  sculptor,  and  who  died  aged  fifty- 
nine,  July  4,  18(.i4.  Rentun  Nichobctn  died  aged 
fifty -two^  May  18, 1801,  K.  L.  Bulkchard. 

Kofllierville. 

I  did  hope,  after  the  judicious  editorial  note 
(vi,  477)y  we  should  not  have  heard  any  more  of 
this  **  well-known  public  character  "  ;  and  it  is 
with  greut  regret  that  I  now  see  the  columns  of 
'*  X.  &  Q."  used  aa  the  meiins  of  preserving  thu 
nimiu  of  one  who  plied  a  prolligate  and  prostituted 
pen.  And  for  what  reason  ?  Simply  because  tho 
details  of  "  misuised  abilities,  discreditable  ad- 
ventures, and  a  genertdly  wasted  life,"  are  told 
'*  in  a  racy  and  humorous  style*"  If  the  writer 
was  a  friend  of  tho  Baron  1  pity  the  writer,  if 
he  has  only  a  cacveihea  scribiiitii,  induced  by  the 
"  racy  and  humorous  style/'  I  pity  **  N*  &  Q." 

1)068  the  writer  know  that  *'  the  once  celebrated 
weekly  serifd,  The  Toicti^''  obtained  its  popularity 
bv  invading  privatis  life  and  holding  up  respect- 
afjlo  men  U}  ridicule  and  obloquy  to  gratify  the 
evil  propensities^  of  their  ueighboura  1"  Does  he 
know  that  The  Town  wfti*  used  as  a  means  of  ex- 
tortion ?  Can  he  aay  that  money  was  not  paid  for 
the  suppression  of  articles  that  might  have  blasted 
the  peace  and  happiness  of  many  a  virtuous 
family?  Doeii  the  writer  know  it  was  notorious 
that  the  degraded  being  who  aped  a  diatinguished 
advocate  and  orator,  had  been  clerk  to  one  of  the 
city  companies,  and  having  been  guilty  of  fruud, 
sank  to  the  low  level  of  utt-ering  the  tilth  and 
nasLiness  that  made  the  **  Judge  and  Jury"  enter- 
tainment so  popular  .^  AVaa  this  person  not  a  type 
of  all  the  actord  that  assisted  at  those  indecent 
orgie.^  ?  It  is  the  tirsit  lime  I  have  heard  that 
Dr.  Maginn  was  on©  of  the  protligate  gang,  I 
very  much  doubt  it,  but  as  there  is  the  writer^a 
authority  for  it,  I  can  only  say  that  had  Urantley 
Berkeley's  bullet  taken  ttTect,  virtue,  morality, 
and  public  decency  would  have  been  benefited. 

The  writer,  "without  respect  to  his  private 
cliaracter/"  claims  a  record  for  '*  Ronton  Wichol- 
Bon  as  ft  journalist  and  an  author.^'  If  the  claim 
of  the  Baron  be  admitted^  there  was  another  con- 
temporary literar}'  ruffian  about  whom  the  writer 
can  exercise  his  sympathy — liarnard  Gregory.  He 
was '*  racy  and  humoroua,"  but  I  tdocerely  hope 
ho  will  not  be  allowed  to  be  enshrined  in 
«  N.  &  Q.^' 

The  editor  of  Tlie  Satirist  met  with  too  st^ti 
an  opponent  in  the  Duke  of  Brunawick^  who 
brought  that  **  author  ond  journalist "  to  justice, 
and  etfectufllly  stopped  the  tount  of  his  caluramea 
and  iniquities. 

Tliere  was  another  celebrated  weekly  serial 
which  appeared  about  the  same  time — Paul  Pry, 
This  perhaps  may  invoke  the  writer^s  ingenuity 
to  extenuate.  How  the  editor  of  that  **  racy  and 
humorous*'   journal  was  incarcerated  for  an  in- 


NOTES  A:N^D  QUEEIES. 


[4«kS.Va-A«i.l$pU 


famoiia  libel  on  hia  own  relAtive,  the  law  pro-* 
ceedings  of  the  time  wUl  show. 

jyid  the  character  of  the  Bafon  differ  from  these 
two  men  ?  WTiat  is  there  that  he  ever  did  or  said 
over  which  dec^'iicj  would  not  wish  to  draw  a 
veil  ?  Such  penodicabi  have,  1  trust,  passed  away 
for  ever :  and  the  trials  duriog  the  past  week 
show  that  there  ia  a  stronger  feeling  than  ever 
with  the  "Britiah  Jary'*  to  protect  the  aauctity 
of  private  life;  and  a  desire  to  teach  **^journalifita 
and  authors"  that  ihey  may  aot  calumniate  with 
impunity.  Refei^nce  to  such  papers  must  and 
ought  to  be  made  in  the  civuse  of  history  aa  an 
illubtratioQ  of  tbe  taste  and  morals  of  a  certain 
period;  but  to  drag  into  prominence  an  unblushing 
autobiogranhy  of  a  shameless  life,  is  to  malje 
**N.  &  Q.  '  a  **  medium  *^  which^  in  my  humble 
opinion^  was  never  intended  at  its  foundation. 

1  firmly  believe  that  *' journalists  and  authors '' 
of  the  present  day  are  of  a  much  better  stamp 
than  the  notorious  Baron ,  or  woe  upon  society , 
which  is  now,  throuf^h  the  cheap  presa,  addressed 
and  led  by  so  many  of  them.  CLiBitr. 


WnO  IS  A  LAIRD  ? 
(4^*'  S.  vi.  482  ;  viL  12,  175,  243.) 

C.  S.  K.  asked  whether  *' every  portioner  of 
laud  "  might  be  called  a  laird,  and  Da.  C.  Rogers 
has  replied  after  a  manner  which ,  as  it  humbly 
aeema  to  us,  ahowa  that  he  has  given  the  subject, 
wMcb  he  admits  to  be  **  an  interesting  one/' 
almost  no  investigation^  for  a  greater  number  of 
misconceptions  could  hardly  have  been  announced 
in  less  space. 

Of  the  import  of  **  portioner ''  there  can  bo  no 
doubt,  being  one  that  owns  a  portion,  not  the 
whole,  of  a  certain  estate,  property,  or  pendicle, 
Portioners  of  land  were  not,  however,  necessarily 
(hmini  or  lairds,  although  Du.  Rogers  says  this 
title  was  in  process  of  timu  applied  to  *'*  land- 
owners generally,"  DommuSj  lord,  and  laird  were 
no  doubt  anciently  synonymous  ;  so  were  the 
denominations  baron  and  freeholder,  and  in  the 
Scottish  Acta  of  Parliament  and  ia  formal  writ- 
ings the  two  latter  titles  were  used  indii^erently 
with  the  former.  Properly,  however,  a  baron 
was  one  whose  lands  were  erected  by  the  crown 
into  a  free  bai*ony,  with  the  jurisdiction  of  '*  pit 
and  gallows  "  {amifmsa  etftirm).  Still,  although 
the  lands  were  not  thus  erected,  if  only  the  owner 
held  them  immediately  under  the  crown  or  prince » 
or,  in  otlier  words,  in  capites  by  ward  and  relief, 
or  blench  (not  in  feu-farm,  feod(pJirma)f  he  was 
entitled  to  a  seat  and  vote  in  l*arUament,  and 
wna  on  that  account  a  veritable  dommm^  laird, 
bvron,  or  freeholder,  (Act  of  1  James  I.  c.  8, 
J  425) ;  Thomson's  '*  Memorial  for  Cranstoun,"  in 
Cum  V,  Gibson,  dmidtd  1818.  {Fac.  Ec|)otis*) 
The  huTons  or  Jaijds  were,  howeyer,  c\ftad^«^ 


there  were  the  greater  and  leaser  barooa.  No  oni 
was  a  laird  who  did  not  bold  immediately  d  the 
crown  or  prince ;  all  others  were  subraesils  bj 
having  a  subject  superior  interpo^d  betweCQ 
them  and  the  crown.  The  diatinctive  title  of  thil 
latter  class  was  ^*  goodman.'* 

*'  And  tliis  remeint>er8  rae,"  aaya  Sir  G.  Maekvne. 
Advueate  to  Cliarttis  m  *' that  such  aa  did  hold  thtir 
lands  uf  the  prince  were  called  latrdt  f  but  ftich  ailldd 
their  luada  of  a  snlj^ct^  though  they  were  lan;e  aad  ^tdr 
nnpefwT  ykry  noble,  were  oaly  called  goodmen^  fruiatbi 
(jld  French  word  htmne  hommi,  which  woa  ih«  titU  «Clll 
maister  of  the  family," 

Elsewhere  the  same  learned  author,  in  refeniaf 
to  the  leaser  barons,  mentions  that  they  w«« 
commonly  called  **  lairds,"  adding  that  **  a  Uifd  k 
effect  is  but  the  corrupt  form  of  a  lord/^  (£a«y  « 
Frtcetl&kcy  and  mi  the  Sdmcn  of  Jlcraldrf/t  ^&- 
IW^.)  And  Sir  G.  Mackenzie'a  view  it  ooih 
finned  by  the  ancient  rhyme  relating  to  Ui#  4i 
family  of  Hamilton : — 

"  Duik  HAmilton  and  Brandon, 
ErJ  CI  I  at  tl  row  and  Arraii^* 
The  I^ird  of  Kinneill, 
The  Gud«mnn  of  Draffeo/* 

The  Hamiltons  were  immediate  vasMla  ^ 
crown  in  respect  of  Kinneill  on   the  Fi 
oul y  vassals  of  the  abbots  of  Kelso  as  to 
and  other  lands  belonginjr  to  them  sit 
parish  of  Lesmaliago*     The  same  di 
title  is  observed  in  many  of  the  Scotch 
it  will  only  be  nBoessary  to  mention  two 
that  of  2n  Chas,  I.  (July  24,  1G44),  and 
nassed  in  the  same  reign  of  July  2,  1646.    In 
tormer  are  named  the  following  noblemen 
gentlemen,  as  forming  portion  of  a  war  comudttM 
within  the  presbytery  of  Lanark  : — 

*'  The  Earl  of  Lanerk,  the  Lord  Orbislmtn*  the  Uad 

of  SUvertonhiU,  the  Goadm       *  "      '    *^i-  IxmmUtaSr 
ton  of  llromtbili»  the  Gooi  Lh^^  QtmAmm 

i)f  Haplooh.  t  he  L.iird  of  Cu  i  1 1 1  an  of  Alias- 

ton,  Eaneloch,  \\'ondhill  Y*",  Sir  Jimit,*  S.4mervelL  ill 
l.aird  of  Cklaudtown,  the  Laird  of  Torrens^  the  Go«4* 
man  of  Oodjjtoun  Btngia/^ 
and  varioim  others* 

One  of  the  greatest  legal  authorities  of 
Scotland  can  boast  (the  late  Mr.  Thomas ' 
son,  Advocate  and  Deputy  Clerk  H^^tar) 
observed  that  by  the  ori^^nal  constitution  of 
SeottL?h  Parliaments  **  every  man  of  lawful 
holding  his  lands  iVi  eapUe  of  the  crown,  bo^ 
small  his  freehold,  was  bomid  to  g'ire  suit 
presence  in  parliaments  and  general 
Hence  they  were  domini  or  lairdSf  in  «8  mi 
parliaments  were  composed  only  of  three  ctossss— • 
the  di^fied  clergy,  the  barons,  and  oonni^ 
sioners  of  burghs.  At  another  place  Mr*  Thomio 
says  that  the  terms  **  freeholaer  "  and  "bawo'* 
were  synonymona. 

»*  TbjtTe  la  no  roason  to  6tipp03«  (his  words  «f»)  thiitlf 
I  "^Rtjlii  jTeehoUer  "WiJk  TWft&.  voi  ^ay  more  extcnw  *^ 


4»  S.  riU  Aj-an.  16,  '71.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


329 


(la  the  Act  apon  wlitch  he  was  conuneDtUig)  Uum  its 

and  «t  the  ^me  time  he  expl&iiia  tliat  *^  the  tenn 

b«n>o,  or  ^ttili  boroD,  never  vrms  applied  to  those 

whose  tonure  was  of  thU  sort  " ;  i.  e.  was  a  holding 

_  m  feu-lkrm  (**  Mem.  for  Cranstoun,"  sitprd  :  and 

^■iireace  is  also  made  to  Thomson's  Acti  of  P,  ,- 

^^^G.  Mackenzie's  06«-,  o7i  the  Siainti^^}  the  same 

HOibor's  Criminal  Law ;  Hope's  Minur  Pracdcks  ; 

MMcmdmi  Aciit:    Skene,  De  Verb.  Stg,  i  NisbeVs 

Mtraldrjff  vol.  il ;  and  Seaton^a  Law  and  Practice 

ijf  Meraldry),    No  matter^  then,  whether  a  maD*i 

huided  estate  was  great  or  small,  tho  whole  or 

a  poriiim  of  one  ;  he  waa  not  a  laird  If  he  did  not 

bold  immediately  of  the  crown  by  ward  and  relief 

or  blench — t«iiupea  known  both  as  militaty, 

Diu  KoGCRS  f^oQs  into  the  explication  of  other 
ttCloa  or  terms,  but  in  that  is  equally  unhappy. 
Ihmmm  was  given  to  the  greatt^r  as  well  as  to 
t^  lesser  barons,  to  knights  of  all  kinds,  and  even 
fiometimes  disparagingly  to  the  cleincsj  as  the 
pope't*  knights  \  but  it  was  never  properly  appliud 
to  genlictiun  in  general  In  the  case  of  the  greater 
WoQa^  or  those  ennobled,  it  always  preceded  the 
unija,  and  often  also  succeeded  it  when  it  was  in* 
tended  that  the  party  should  be  designed  by 
both  hjs  title  and  estates  or  some  leading  one  of 
tbe  latter.  A^  regards,  however,  the  lesser 
liirQiis^  tbe  lairds,  or  ^eeholders,  even  those  of 
likem  who  hud  grants  of  free  barony,  it  never  is 
foand  to  precede  their  nameSf  being  used  afttr  them 
to  f^  '  '  *'  It  they  were  doviini,  lords,  or  lairds 
not  1,  but  only  of  such  a  property  named. 

For  ^.v>.LLi|-i.,  Robert  Lord  Seinpill  was  called 
•^Dominus  Robertas  *Senipill,dommU3  de  Elziots- 
toun/*  because  he  wn.s  both  Lonl  Sempill  find 
baron  or  laird  of  Elziotstoun,  which  was  over 
Qunj  centuries  his  chief  residence.  If,  however, 
hs  had  only  been  a  lesser  baron — a  laird — ihrninm 
IB  the  latter  place  alone  would  have  been  used. 

Then  as  to  **  master,'*  Db,  Rogers  says  that 

'^a  frraduate  in  arts  was  so  styled,  and  no  other,^* 

ly  in  this  he  is  wrong.     Were  not  all  the 

1  clergy  called  "  inamatres  "  na  well  as 

-  apparent  of  the  nobles,  as  tho  Master  of 

n,  tne  Master  of  Glencairn,  the  Master 

ill,  &c.  ?     And  then  as  to  the  retention 

»riiil  designations,  after  disposal  of  the 

it  should  and  did  not  take  place  except 

me  especial  transaction  in  each  separate 

■  ««:■,  ti  tew  of  which  are  known  and  could,  if  space 

bd  permitted,  have  been  mentioned.  £sp£nAKE« 

Dr.  Roamis  seems  to  entertain  exceptional  no- 
tiaDson  the  sfubject  of  territorial  designations.  In 
my  viorw  a  portioner  of  church  lands  or  of  any  other 
laadiii  unless  his  possession  had  subsequently  been 
Q«eted  into  a  bsj^oy,  would  have  no  better  title 
to  the  designation  of  laird  in  its  legal  and  re- 
Itticted  sense  than  would  tbe  master  or  skipper 


of  a  Newcastle  coal-ship  to  the  title  of  captain. 
As  an  exception  to  this,  I  remember  indeed  the 
owner  of  a  small  thatched  cot  in  an  obscure 
Scotch  village,  whose  holding  was  divided  into 
two  compartment?.  One  of  these  was  tenanted 
by  a  neighbour,  while  in  the  other  the  owner  re- 
sided, and  followed  his  occupation,  which  was 
that  of  a  hand-loom  weaver.  This  worthy — an 
octogenarian  when  I  ^st  made  his  acquaintaxEce — 
had  "from  time  immemorial,"  as  Dk,  Rogees 
has  it»  been  dignified  by  the  villiigers  with  the 
imposing  title  of  "laird,"  although  I  fancy  this 
is  nardlv  the  kind  of  lairdship  to  which,  in  the 
view  of  "constituting  a  sept,"  Dn.  Rogeks 
aspires.  Tho  Rev.  Db.  instances  Lord  Colville 
of  CulroBs,  Bir  James  Menteth,  Bart.,  of  Close- 
bum,  Sir  John  Ogilvy,  Bart,  of  Inverquharity, 
&c.,  which  (what  would  have  been  quite  as  much 
to  tbe  purpose)  he  might  have  supplemented 
vrith  Lord  Napier  of  Magdala,  whose  family  nor 
himself,  as  we  all  know,  never  had  any  intexest 
in  the  country  whence  he  derives  his  title. 
Surely  I>k.  Rogers  can  distinguish  between 
titles  of  nobility  and  baronetcy  granted  by  patent 
to  a  man  and  bis  heirs  for  ever,  and  the  equivocal 
designation  accruing  to  a  mere  portioner  of  land 
in  virtue  of  his  fragmentary  possession.  Mr. 
Campbell  of  I^lay  to  the  end  of  his  life  was  con- 
ventionally so  designated,  but  after  the  alienation 
of  bi^  estate  would  not  have  been  described  "of 
Islav  ''  in  any  legal  instrument,  nor  has  his  son  the 
smallest  claim  to  the  title.  If,  then,  the  objection 
holds  as  regards  this  once  princely  proprietor,  by 
what  rule  does  the  "representative,"  real  or  sup- 
posed, of  an  obscure  "portioner*'  claim  exemp- 
tion? 

Dr.  Rogers  is  scarcely  more  fortunate  in  regard 
to  the  title  **  Master,"  which  he  tells  us  had  an 
academic  origin.  l>r.  Jamieaon  derives  this  from 
a  Gothic  word  meaning  "  landholder,**  Does  not 
Da.  Rogers's  statements  as  regards  the  Inver- 
quhnrity  property  admit  of  some  modification  ?  Is 
not  Sir  John  at  this  moment  in  possession  of  the 
messuage  and  old  castle  of  Inverquharitr  P  Dr. 
R0QF.R8  does  not  appear  to  have  been  lately  in 
communication  with  his  "  relative." 

W.  Beattie. 


The  Rev.  Dr.  Rogers  states  that  the  Grange, 
or  Home  Farm  of  the  abbey  of  Coupar,  was  at 
one  time  divided  amongst  **  twelve  lay  improprie- 
tors"  or  portioners,  and  from  the  statistical  ac- 
counts ana  elsewhere  we  learn  that  each  of  these 
portions  changed  hands  very  frequently.  If  Dr. 
RoGKRs  hits  a  right  to  the  titular  designation  "of 
Coupar-Grango,**  the  descendants  of  these  number- 
less proprietors  would  have  all  an  equal  claim  to 
the  title ;  and  should  his  pretensions  stir  the  am- 
bition of  a  tithe  of  tla%  ^ci\^>im^xw'«Wi«c^  ^%\^ 
claim  descent  e(\uii\\y  woble,  \Xi^  ■^t<?t3ff^'^\\:^  S^ 


330 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES.  [^^^s.vih  Xrnn.i5,m. 


that  very  soon  1;  illy  in  poBaession  of  pro- 

perty would  di>u  iy'tbe  ** territorial  desig- 

nation,*' and  that  **  of  *'  would  be  understood  as 
the  equivaleot  of  **  off  '*  in  the  sense  of  **  at  a  dis- 
tance from/^ 

Culro.4,s,  Closebum,  &c.,  are  personal  titles 
granted  by  the  sovereigTi  to  the  mdividuald  and 
heira  male  of  thoir  bodies  iu  the  line  of  primo- 
geniture, and  of  which  they  cannot  be  deprived 
except  by  forfeiture.  C.  S.  S. 


Lord  Brougham  aitd  Mes,  Niohtisqale's 
Tom  11  (4*"  S.  vii.  277.)— The  story  of  a  nocturnal 
Tieit  to  Westminster  Abbey^  in  the  Auiobiographif 
uf  Lord  Brougham^  in  which  he  repreaenta  his 
father  to   have  been  one   of  the  actors,  may  be 
found  in  a  work  entitled  Apparttwn^f  or  (M  Aft/s- 
ten/  of  G/wsUj  IloUfohlinSy  and  JIatmted  Huu^ts^ 
developed^  by  Joseph  Taylor ;    2iid  ed.  London, 
]815.      It  occurs  at   pp.'  4+5-60,   and  ia   headed 
**  Reaiarkabla  luat^mce  of  the  Power  of  Imagin- 
ation."    No  iaformatjon  is  given  of  the  source  i 
whence  Taylor  derived  this  story,  but  the  inci-  j 
dentd  are  eaid  to  have  occurred  on  the  occasion  of 
the  intt^ruiuut  uf  Queen  Caroline  (the  consort  of  ' 
(.Teor^'e  IL,  which  took  place  on  Saturday  evenbg,  i 
November  28, 1737.)  | 

A  wager  was  laid  among  a  party  of  five  or  six 

j^cntlemeu,  who  had  been   dining  to^iether  at  a 

tavern,  that  one  of  the  party  ehould  at  midnight 

enter  the  abbt^y  alone  and  go  down  into  the  royal  ! 

vault,  and  aa  a  proof  that  he  had  donts  so  should 

stick  his  penknife  into  the  floor  of  the  vault  and 

leavi5  it  there.     The  yerger  was  bribed  to  obtain 

admittance,  and   the  result   was  similar  to  that 

.described  by   IjovA  Brougham^ the  adventurer 

Civas  found  in  a  fainting  tit  at  the  bottom  ol  the 

stairs  leading  into  the  vanity  with  the  penknife 

.  atuck  through  the  tail  of  his  coat. 

Some  reader  of  **  X,  *&  Q."  may  perhaps  trace 
this  anecdote  to  its  original  source.  E.  V, 

Mrs.  Nightingale  died  Au^,  17,  1731,  not  1734, 
and  was  buried  in  Westminster  Abbey  on  the 
20th  of  the  same  month.  This  makes*  the  case 
still  stronger  against  Lord  Brougham,  as  the  date 
is  deitn  instead  of  eigU  years  before  his  father 
wan  born. 

There  are  other  points  in  the  story  equally  in- 
digestible. If  it  were  possible  for  a*  party  of  ^ay 
younjj;  men  to  walk  unmolested  into  the  abbey  &t 
midnight,  and  if  it  were  the  custom  to  leave  open 
graves  at  that  period,  juy  study  of  the  history  of 
the  abbey  for  the  last  seven  years  has  been  a 
failure.  Lady  Nightingale,  according  to  the 
abbey  records,  was  buried  in  a  vault,  which  was 
probably  hermetically  closed  immediately  after 
her  interment,  and  not  re- opened  until  the  burial 
of  her  husband  in  17o2. 

Joseph  Lemuel  Chester. 


Eraser:  Fbisbl  (4*^  S.  vii,  55.  17J>.)— Fr^w*! 
or  Fraajer  seems  to  have  been  indifferently  ui«l 
by  this  ancient  family  till  about  the  clo*e  of  the 
thirteenth  century,  when  the  latter  becume  the 
more  common  form.     In  the  Or^ite*  Parochklei 
Scotiit  ih  203-Cj  there  will  be  found  sonio  in- 
teresting notices,  drawn  up,  I  believe,  by  the  late 
Dr.  Joseph  Robertson,  who  gives*  bis  ata^)o^Iti'*^ 
among  which  the  *' Battle  Abbey  Roll"  i^  ler- 
taiiily  not  numbered.     The  shire  of  Peeblft*,  jf 
which  they  were  sheritlV,  seems  to  have  been  iJ»  i 
first  settlement  of  the  Fmsers  in  Scotland.   Th 
arms,  the    three  &aisea,    are   quartered  by 
Flemings  of  Biggar  and  the  Ilays  of  Yester,  i 
acquired  them  with  the  two  co-heireeses  of  fb^^ 
patriotic  Sir  8imon,  executed  by  Edward  L    Tho 
Knioht  of  Morab  says,  "  they  may  be  seen  oo 
the  ancient  cross  of  Peebles/'     Can  he  tell  tii 
where  this  relic  is  now  to  be  found? 

Dr,  Robert  Chambers,  writing  in  1827,  tfjl 
that  — 

••  the  dwr'i  h<?ad,  the  Fraaer  crest,  was  Utelv  riajtl*  c 
the  archway  of  their  castle"   [of  Neiilpalh^.  art?!  t1«fl 
**  carved  on  the  cross  of  Peebles  a  ctirioos  t ' 
ing  from  an  octa£;i>n  of  ina»onwork,  about  i 
tho  town*  but  which,  for  rcftaoos  iiiexplical ...  - 
moved  abuvt  ^jXten  years  a^t  (rom  the  street  nhicb  i 
adometh" — Picture  of  Scot f ami,  i.  188. 

It  is  to  be  feared  that,  as  the  <'ir»iIrKudo 
Peblis,"  by  which  its  ancient  burifhers  fiWf>r!,ii 
among  the  things  of  the  past,  ao  i.^  ita  ^hrhl 
Cross  sacrificed,  like  that  of  many  a  Scoitiih 
burgh,  to  "  improvements/^ 

The  mention  of  **  the  last  of  the  French  Fiti«i». 
the  Marquis  de  la  Frezeliore/'  reminds  mo 
curious  account  (evidently  legendary  in  tb 
t(jrian's  opinion)  given  by  M,  Michel  in  hi^  irai^ 
valuable  work,  Les  EcoMaU  eti  France^  i.  50. 
is  there  stated  that  Sir  Simon  Fraser,  '^     '* 
phe  of  Gilbert  Hay,  retired  to  Fran- 
defeat  of  Bruce  by  Edwaid  L,  and  fv-...  .r  . 
family  of  *'  Frezeaii  or  Fri^el  de  la  Frezeli^K.I 
The  koight  is  also  credited  with  being  one  of  f" 
ancestors  of  the  *^  Hays  of  Xormandie/*    So  I 
from  this  being  true,  it  is  undoubted  that  1 
gallant   Scotsman's   head  was    then  set   up 
London  Bridge,    While  the  '*  French  Fn 
and  "  Hays  of  Norraandie  ^*  were  more 
be  the  ancestors  of  those  of  Scotland^  all 
be  credited  with  this  distinction. 

Akolo-Sci)^ 

Bows  ANB  CuRTSEVS  (4*"  S.  vi*  568 ;  tii.  1 
220.}— In  reply  to  E.  V.,  1  beg  to  say  thatthi« 
pression  he  refers  to  in  Gen.  xli.  43  will  not  f 
hii  purpose.     The  meaning  of  the  original 
is  very  uncertain.  Various  explanations  hare  \ 
proposed,  but  the  most  probable  is  that  It  ^ 
Eg3'ptian  title  of  honour  conferred  on  ioiopb,  biP 
the  exact  meaning  of  which  has  not  b66n  ascer- 
tained.   All  scholars^  I  belieYe^  are  agreed  ^^ 


»S,TiI,  ApitiL  ly,  71.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


t  English  Tenion  b  wrong',  both    text    and 
^n.  T.  K  T. 

Uobttrgh. 
lowiTABr  kisD  SiojfATAiirKa  (4***  S,  tL  602: 
14,1700 — Marrochetr writes:  "Mr.  TRE>^cn 
find   m^aiortf   in    Richardgon.*'     I   confess 
«.^T.^lf  unable  ao  to  do,  and  hope  that  I  am  not 
cwlea«  or  inacctmite  in  niakinjr  this  remark.   My 
is  18oo,     As  a  prudent  man,  I  avoid  the 
Tersal  oegatiTe,"  but  do  not  think  it  ia  there. 

Francis  Trench. 
ip  Rectory. 

\Uwnj  Is  a  barbarous  word ;  but  sitjnatary  is 
'ectly  good  word,  beinpr  an  English  foroi  of 
French  strjimtwe,  TnoSt  Austin,  Juk. 

i£chifi. 

JLMPLKRa  ii'^  8,  vi.  500;  vil  21,  ISH,  220, 
L ) — 1  enclose  another  specimen  of  the  kind  of 
iliment  worked  on  eamplers  in  the  early  pfirt  of 
century  (1804) :  — 
Tell  me»  yc  knowinj^  and  disceminp  feTS", 
Where  I  jR&y  find  a  frieml  LotJi  linn  nnd  true. 
Who  dares  »tAnd  by  me  when  in  tlet;p  distress, 
.ind  then  his  love  and  frieodship  most  express  ?  ** 

W.  IL 
iewct«tIe-on-Tyne. 

A*  a  sii rapier  in  our  posaeasion  is  older  than 
described  by  your  correspondents,   perhnps 
igh   unfini'^hed)   you  may  think  it  worth  a 
It  is  hiindsoniely  worked  in  silk  on  coarwe 
loured  linen  ;  but  L^oks  a  confuted  mass, 
letters  btiuj?  in  different  colours*  prin- 
y  in  capitals  and  arranged  to  fit  the  spaces, 
t  you  must  tpell  it  over  to  find  what  the 
are — each   word  being  divided  from  the 
by  a  cross  of  five  stitches  x .     At  the  top  of 
fiampler  ia — "  Hannah  Tanner,  May  the  29, 
it)/'     L'nder  the  centre  of  this,  is  a  crown  he- 
two  coront'ts;  below  the  crown,  '* fl  GIt*'j 
his  descends  a  kind  of  waved  oval,  within 
wliichis  — 

**  Chfijt  WM  the  word  that  speak  it, 
He  took  the  bread  and  br«ftk  tt^ 
And  for  that  word  did  make  it. 
That  I  believe  and  take  it." 

Witliin  the  oval  (resting  on  the  yerse)  are  two 

*^^t  cTtjwns   of  different  patterns:    under  the 

Oght'baud  one  is  D,  under  that  to  the  left  is  M. 

few  the  verse  is  a  much  lar^f-ur  crown,  but  the 

J^fl  round  it  ia  empty,  though  a  single  letter 

NpiD  nbows  it  was  to  have  been  tilled  in.     The 

y^ii  ih  double,  and  between  the  lines  are  larger 

wttejT^  the  same  on  both  sides,  though  reversed. 

Thev  are  **  F.  h ,  L .  I .  P  *  N  .  t .  \  .  P  /*     Have 

tlj«T  any  meaning?     Projecting  from  the  outer 

fijw  of  tlje  oval,  in  each  corner,  are  two  diamcrnds 

Ottiwd  by  squares,  cxmtaining  I,  H,  T,  7,  reTereed 

tt  the  bottom  of  the  sampler :  next  to  these  is  an 

oval,  conUdmng  something  like  an  acorn,  and  an 

toipty  triangle  in  the  middle — in  all,  fourteen 


projections.  In  the  spaces  left  by  these,  capital 
letters  are  arranged  as  in  the  middle,  which  lonn 
this  verse :  — 

*'  See,  friend,  how  fast  the  year^  do  fly, 
The  lime  will  come  when  you  and  1  must  dieu 
The  wnrld  ffirwisH " 

The  rest  is  wanting.  I  have  omitted  to  say  that 
each  line  of  letters  is  divided  from  the  next  by  a 
row  of  eyelet  holes. 

We  have  another  sampler  worked  by  a  friend 
of  my  motber^s,  containiiig  several  alpbabets,  he- 
low  which  is  the  couplet :  —       , 

"  Honor  Jtnd  shame  from  no  condtUoa  rise. 
Act  well  your  part,  there  all  the  honor  lies." 

L.  C.  R. 

Kebes  (4^^  S.  vii,  03,  220.)— It  is  a  singular 
circumstance  that  writers  who  lived  in  or  cloae 
upon  the  time  of  Marcus  Aurelius,  as  for  instance 
Luciiin  •  and  Diogenes  Laertius  and  Tertullian,t 
should  none  of  them  speak  of  Kubes  as  a  cotem- 
porary,  but  evidently  as  one  long  before  their 
time,  as  far-famed  and  of  a  world-wide  reputation. 
Such  fame  and  such  reputation  is  not  usually  the 

frowth  of  a  generation,  as  in  this  case  it  must 
ftve  been,  if,  as  is  assumed,  Kebes  lived  and 
wrote  in  the  reign  of  Aurelius.  Lucian  lived 
in  this  reign,  and  died  a.d.  180,  ten  years  before 
the  emperor  J  Diogenes  Laertius  probably  in  the 
latter  part  of  it,  as  he  died  A.n.  222,  'fhe  same 
may  be  said  of  Tertullian,  as  he  was  a  Father  of 
the  second  century. 

What  each  of  these  has  said  of  Kebes  may  be 
found  by  turning  to  the  references  here  given — 
Lucian,  De  Merctde  Cimductis;  Diogenes  liertius, 
lib,  II.  c  126  J  Tertullian,  iJe  Prtt^criptimw,  c.  30. 
Lucian*8  words  are  clearly  retrospective,  A  Kt'^ijr 
^«fIi'ot,  «f.  T,  A.,  and  the  whole  passage,  the  closing 
one  of  this  treatise,  ia,  to  my  mind,  evidence  more 
than  presumptive  that  Kebes  was  no  cotemporary 
of  Lucisn. 

I  Hm  aware  of  the  objections  which  have  been 
raii^ed  against  the  authenticity  of  the  piece  in 
question,  but  see  no  force  in  them,  nor  yet  any  in 
the  charge  of  its  being  **  cooked  *' or  **  borrowed 
from  Scripture/*  at  all  events  from  the  writings 
of  the  New  Testament.         Edmuko  Tew,  M»A. 

•  Thi*  ttritcr  contrasts  Keb«s  with  Sophocles  and 
Euripiden,  who  both  flourlslied  in  the  eamc  ceatury  as 
K<*bes  tb©  Thvban. 

f  Diogenes,  in  hii*  Uvcs  of  Ihe  ancient  philoAophorPi 
places  Kebe*  oroongat  the  intimate  friend*  and  ossocJates 
of  Socrates,  as  Crito,  Simon,  8immiaK,  MenL^lemus,  and 
riato.  (See  the  Phisdo.)  He  tdm  mentions  his  three 
pieces,  Uiv<x^f'K$SA^ijj  and  »J'piWixaf.  All  this  is  quit* 
uiconaistent  with  the  sxipfoaition  that  Kobe,*«  w<w  a  con* 
temporary  or  lived  so  near  hi'«  own  time.  The  placing 
his  naiu«  immediately  after  that  of  Sim mios  is  very  ob- 
servable, in  those  two  took  sucb  a  prominent  part  in  the 
dialogue  of  Phiedo,  and  are  both  spoken  of  as  Thebana. 
Nothmg  could  »how  more  clear!  v  wbat  was  the  opinion 
of  Diogenes  as  to  the  identity  oi  Kebes  and  the  authen- 
tidty  of  his  wHtiogs. 


332 


NOTES  AND  QUEKIES. 


[4»8.Tn.Af*ttl5,'rL 


'^it, 


^ 


The  Block  Books  (4**'  S.  ii.  pasgtm ;  vii.  13, 
151,  217.) — At  present  1  stand  upon  my  urticles 
in  the  Ec^lemlagisl  mid  BttUdin^  NewSf  ftc.  upon 
Mb.  IIolt'8  0eTeral  asaertioEis.  I  see  no  good  in 
his  present  challenge  any  more  than  I  did  in  his 
mare's  neat  of  nimbuses  and  embkros.  When 
hia  book  comes  out  will  be  tbe  time  for  examin- 
ing his  opinions.  1  for  one  e3n»ect  macb  valuable 
information^  and  trust  he  will  have  given  up 
seveml  untenable  positions.  J.  C.  J. 

Fatkoxtmic  Pnnr^on  *'Mac  "  (4"'  S.  vi,  330; 
Til.  220.)— A  MiFFDLE  Tehflar  might  among 
other  names  h.iTe  added  ^IcOscar,  McCai*kill,  Mac- 
Hitteric,  MacOtt*3r.*  Armstrong  mentions  Alttc 
nn  Luin  as  **  the  name  of  Fingal^s  sword,  so  called 
from  its  maker  Lwio^  an  armourer  of  Scandi- 
navia.'^ 

But  these  names  do  not  prove  anything,  unless 
the  owners  brought  them  from  Scandinavia.  It 
would  seem  probable,  however,  that  the  prefix 
**  Mac  **  is  of  Gothic^  or,  at  all  events,  of  Teutonic 
origiD<     In  conlirmatioD  compare — 

Gothic— mrt^iw,  puer,  knabe,  riicyov ;  thiumaguSf 
•■*a7s,   diener,   kneclit;    magatl^^   puella,  irapBtyoSf 


jungfrau;  mrt//<ifA*V,  rap^ei^fa,  jungirauschaft ;  rna- 

gulaj  puert' 

vermogen. 


gulaj  puerului,  wmiHfm 


K,  knablein^ 


niagaii^  kiinnen. 


Su»-Qathic  and  lal. — ma^f  aodus^  par;  Dan. 
magti, 

Ang.-Saxon^ — macn^  maeca^  meca^  id.  {getimcdj 
fnaca,  ffcmaa^u,  gemeva  :  D.  imikker^  a  mate,  equal, 
companion^  wife.  Bos  worth),  nuBcg^  mi?^,  a  man.t 

old  Ger. — »ia</ (Francic,  ^iV^wiA),  natura;  mag, 
parens,  tilius,  conju^nctus,  cognatus,  conjux,  puer, 
famulus,  par,  similia,  (cqoalis ;  Francic,  niaga-sogo 
(Teut.  zog,  tog  :  Qr.  ra^-^'n),  rector  pueriti^.} 

In  Luke  ii.  43,  iro7r,  which  Beza  renders  piwr^ 
is  in  the  Gothic  version  magtut:  and  in  John  vi*  9, 
wa45(ipir3M,  which  Bt.*3tu  renders  paendtis^  is  in  the 
Gothic  version  magula,  Pughe,  however,  derives 
the  Welsli  maeeiug,  a  youth,  a  page,  from  magt  the 
act  ol.rearing,  bringing  up,  or  educating ;  rearing, 
education,  nurture.  R.  S.  Cuaknock. 

Gray's  1iid» 

BRiTian  Scythed  Chariots  (4"'  S.vii,  95,240.) 
In  ';N.  &  Q;»  4^"  S.  i.  414,  I  asked  whether  the 
possibility  of  a  scythed  chariot  as  an  o (Tensive 
weapon  had  ever  been  discussed.  I  received  no 
answer,  and  inferred  that  on  examination  the 
vehicle  and  il^  uses  seemod  too  absurd  for  serious 
consideration.  Historians  as  trustworthy  fl« 
Richar<l  of  Cirencester  repeat  the  story  of  the 
Trojan  horse.  They  were  not  at  the  siege  nor  he 
at  the  Imttles;  and  had  they  been,  their  testimony 
would  not  avail  to  prove  what  could  not  be. 

U.  U.  Club.  H.  B.  C. 

•  Con^  Ferguson  on  Sarnames. 
f  CoaC  Wachter,  Ght$„  and  Schake^  Goth,  Glow. 
X  Cont  H^achter,  also  Schilterus. 


the 


It  may  be  open  to  argument  wh^^fir 
Bntons  used  or  did  not  use  chariots  with 
attached  to  their  wheels,  but  it  certaialj 
fair  to  quote  Richard  of  Cirencester  in  Ui 
trove  ray.  A  lawyer  might  as  well  cite  the 
Blackstone  in  the  Court  of  Queen *s  tiench^ 
antiquary  put  the  fabe  Richard  in  evidence  in 
the  pages  of  '*  N.  &  Q.^'  If  any  ooe  in  EogUail 
has  yet  a  shred  of  faith  left  in  Uharlaa  JtUiQe 
Bertram's  forgery,  let  him  read  and  p<iader  imsU 
upon  the  preface  to  vol.  ii.  of  the  true  Hichanl  uf 
Ciranceeter's  Specnlum  Hidorinle^  edited  by  Mr. 
John  E.  B,  Mayor,  M.A*  Edwabd  Peacock* 
Botteafonl  Manor,  Bragg. 

Sheerwort  (4'*'  S.  vi.  502:  vii.  25,  151,  fJ- 
I  believe  I  can  now  satii^fy  Mr,  Brittrk  as 
this  plant.  It  is  the  AraU^,  or  wall-creas^  ttS^\ 
by  ^  ithering  "  Turkey  pod  "  {  Trtrtidtfnmma 
giMkia).  I  had  a  strong  sxispicion  that  this 
the  plant ;  and  on  my  taking  a  small  pieoe  fttoi 
my  own  garden  to  show  to  the  Dorsetshire  mm 
mentioned  in  a  former  communication,  ha  at  onoft 
said,  "That  is  what  we  call  sheentort,'^  Iti  toiat* 
what  hot  and  pungent  taste  has  led  to  its  tisain 
salads,  especially  by  the  gypsies.  F.  0.  H. 

A  MurithiM. 

*'TH0r01I  LOST  TO  SlRHT,   TO  MeMORT  MSAi" 

fl«  S.  iv, ;  8«»  vi.  viii. ;  4*"  S.  i  iv.  pamm;  m 
5G,  173,  244-)— The  line  quoted  by  Mr.  ^y^m 
at  the  last  reference  appears  in  Pope*s  **  Epistlw  (p 
Robert  Karl  of  Oxford  *'  (1731),  but  i;*  tiol  c\^Vt 
correctly  given.  The  passage  from  which  Ui* 
taken  runs  thus  :— 

'*  Absent  or  dead,  still  let  a  fHend  be  dear, 
(A  sigh  the  absent  datms  ibe  dead  a  tair).** 

art 

My  object  at  present  is  to  certify  that  wil^ 
respect  to  the  line — 

"Tbe  absent  claims  a  aigh-^thc  dead,  a  tear." 
I  have  been  familiar  with  it  for  many  year^. 
have  seen  it  connected  with  other  lines  in  f^ 
of  poetry,  but  never  with  the  line — 
-  Though  lost  to  aight,"  &c. 

F.C.H. 

On  THE  TnxE  0?  Ktfo  or  QmuEN  of  Ua' 
(4*'»  S.  vii.  240.)— Mb.  WiLLtAit  HARMsax. » 
his  very  interesting  notei  omits  to  mentioiD  Ml6 
Manis,  who  was  Governor  of  the   Isle  of  !!■» 
e*rc.  1098,  and  who  in  that  year  founded  a  Cli* 
terctan  abbey  at  Rush  en  in  the  island — a  foan&i* 
tion  which  continued  for  some   time  after  dB 
raiaral  suppression   of  the   monastic  hoosei  B 
Engknd.     Mac  Manis  was  probably  a  member  of 
the  powerful  and  distinguished  atrpt  of  Ike  MiC 
ManuseSf  whose  head  wa^ai  descended  Utm  tbe 
I  «a)d«nt  Kings  of  Connaugbt,  and  whow  iUoo^ 
Wc!k\^  «a^^  \vnf!a!ei  ^«&  «x  BaIIy  Mac  MiwQi^  aow 


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called   Belli ele,    an   Island   in  Lough  Erne,   co* 
Fdraiftuagh.  CnjLRt,m  Soxhebak* 

^  Htadow  Stne%  Mos»-si(le,  mnr  Mandietter, 

Bb  Say^  or  Bay  (4^  S.  vii.  123,  272.)— Eus- 
tachia  de  8ay^  in  the  reign  of  Henry  II.,  built 
aad  endowed  At  Weatwood,  in  the'  county  of 
Worcester,  a  Footevrauld  nunnery,  which  "was 
gmsted  ;^0  Henry  V^IIL  to  John  Paldn^n. 

"leabell,  d.  and  coheir  of  S'  Wm.  Saje/* 
mirried  at  a  very  early  date  **  Robert  Harbottell 
of  BaaingtborpH/ in  Com'  I^incon,,"  the  great- 
irittDdson  of  **  S*"  Widyard  Harbottle  of  Com* 
Korthumbland,  Knight,"  who  was  the  great- 
great-great-grandson  of  "  Roger  Harbottell »  Ix>rd 
of  Harbottell,  i^mp.  11. 1.-'  Vide  '^The  Harbottell 
Pedipee  *'  in  T/w  I'mtaWan  of  HtUland,  lOlB-9, 

Subhshed  by  the  Harlfian  Society.  '*  Winifride, 
.  of  Francis  Say  of  Wilby,  in  Com'  North'ton," 
was  the  wife  of  **  Kenelme  Cbeselden  of  Upping- 
ham/* whose  grandson  Kenelme  was  aged  fifteen 
in  1616.  Vide  "The  Cheselden  Pedigree"  in 
time  \l5iUtii3iL 

The  arms  of  Say  are  the  fourth  quartering  on 
the  Harbottell  ahield  in  Harl.  MS.  L558,  and  are, 
*•  Per  pale  azure  and  gules,  three  chevrons  charged 
with  aa  many  couped  and  coimterchanged.** 

Charles  Sotheran. 
G,  MeAdoir  Street,  Moaa-side,  near  Manchthster, 

Hampden  Family  (4'»^  S.  vii.  189,  273.)— I 
|(iKefla«d  an  autograph  letter  of  John  Hampden 
(of  the  signature  to  which  I  enclose  you  a  tracing), 
which  was  lent  for  exhibition  at  the  Crystal 
Pilice,  and  unfortunately  destroyed  in  the  fire 
wliiL'h  took  place  sonie  few  yeara  ago.  The  name 
i«  tjnially  epelled  with  a  />,  and  was  so  in  my 
ph.  It  u  also  so  spelled  in  a  letter  (en- 
from  an  original)  at  toL  i.  p.  100  of  the 
iile  l^cird  Nugeal's  Mttiumah  of  Hampden, 

Fkkdebick  Geobgk  Lee. 

6»  L&iobeth  Terrace. 

Gti/OT  A2?i>  GuisB  (4*^  S.  vii,  142,  270.)— 

'*'  (AW.)  So  pronoonced  by  M.  Guizot  himsdf,  as 
^■tid  in  a  letter  fram  him,  now  before  xia.  He  &flyg, 
'I^mon  pays  aata],  la  ville  de  Nime^  on  pronoiice 
Jon  notn  jr'if-^.  A  Park  on  dit  en  geiidral^I-5o;  et 
j«ooii  eette  pmnonciation  pln»  correcte,' 

*  A  near  relati^'e^  however,  of  the  f^reat  French  historian 

■BiaUteBniau  tJike.^  a  diiferent  view  of  the  question.    lie 

i^the  name  of  hh  family  i:i  alwaj-a  prononnccd  tjhi-tti 

fe  tlie  sooth  of  France,  wht^re  the  name  Driginated  ;  and 

^rxlna,  with  great   apmsarance  of  reason,  that  the 

•  tungei  of  the  people  of  N'imes  on^ht  to  be  d*.^ 

*';•-  pronunciation  of  Mil  iwjffi  iV/moij,*^ — Prtf- 

nary  of  Difijraphi/t  irt*.    L^y  J.  Thomas, 

1    II..  I  iiiLidelphia,  IHTO.  (i.  f/) 

Thob.  Stewaebbojt,  Jr. 

&  C.  «iy«,  **It  is  true  that  among  the  edu- 
mM  cLkSses  in  Pari?  the  iirst  name  h  pronounced 
(M  we  chould  say)  G wee-so j  and  the  latter 
GktiStJ^    NoW|  M  tlaia  true  as  regards  Omsef  I 


was  taught  by  a  Frenchman  singularly  accurate 
and  fastidious  ab«>ut  hia  language,  that  6'wi  in 
Guise  formed  fin  exception  to  the  rule  governing 
the  sound  of  «i,  and  tnat  the  historical  family  of 
Ouiee  ought  to  be^callcd  Gweese,  J.  Dixox. 

Theyeris'  ^'Grete  Hebball*'  (4»'»  S.  yii.  162, 
2^%^) — Who  was  Treveris?  There  seems  to  be 
but  little  tTUfetworthy  evidence  on  this  point. 
Pritzel  {ThemitJiis  Literatnra  Botanica,  p,  34 1> 
informs  iis  that  in  the  Catalogue  of  the  Oxford 
Library  the  Grete  HerhaU  is  attributed  to  a  Jeie- 
mias  Treveris,  professor  at  the  University  of 
Lou  vain ;  but  Meyer,  in  his  Genchichteder  Botanik  i 
(vol.  iv.  b.  XV.),  maintains  that  this  is  sn  error,  ' 
and  that  the  mistake  prtjbably  arose  from  the 
similarity  of  the  profef^sor'a  name  with  that  of  the 
publisher  of  the  uerbftl. 
M»?yer  says  of  the  book  :— 

"  England  was  content,  for  a  long  time,  to  itudy  nlanta  i 
in  translations  from,  or  imitations  of  French  and  Dutch  ] 
workfl.     The  earlieat    bo^^k   on   the  subject,  the   Grft& 
IlrrbaiJ,  waa  iifBt  published  (according  to  Palteney)  in 
1510,  by  Peter  Trc%'criR.  and  afterwards  passed  through 
five  editions,  in  152ri,  i:*2D,  1530,  and  1561,  with  wood- 
oats,  and  In  1661,  without  woodcut*.    Palteney  believes  { 
it  to  have  been  fabricated,  with  alterations,  from  a  French 
traiulatjon  of  the  Ortu*  Sanitatin,  printed  in  Paris  by 
Caroa  in  14(>9 ;  but  this  cannot  be,  as  Caron  published  no 
such  tran*latirn),  but  a  different  thoogh  similar  work, 
Le  grant  Her  bier  en  /^  ra»i7»y»»' "  ' 

Pritzel  makes  no  allusion  to  the  editions,  either 
of  1610  or  15^'>1,  and  states,  in  opposition  to  Pul- 
teney,  that  those  of  15:3t>  and  1601  are  without 
rroodttit^.  The  last  lines  of  the  book  are:  ^'  Thus 
endeth  the  gret©  her  ball,  which  is  ti'anslated  out 
of  Frensshe  in  to  Englysshe.'' 

If  Mr.  James  Bkitten  could  refer  to  a  cojiy 
of  the  GreU  UerhnU,  and  would  bend  me  '  hia 
address*  we  might  be  able  io  decide  whether  it 
and  the  Grant  Ilerbier  above  alluded  to  (a  cony 
of  which  is  at  my  disposal)  are  not  one  and  the 
same  work  ;  and  also,  perhaps,  whether  the  Graid 
Ilerbier  was  not  made  out  of  the  Ortus  Sam$ati4» 

H.  0. 

The  Pla^'t  LmouA  Akskris  (4*^  9,  vii.  102, 
294.)— I  can  find  nothing,  in  m^  old  botanical 
authorities,  with  a  diagnosis  answering  to  Treveris' 
description.  The  only  plant  named  **gooBe- 
tongue  **  is  the  s4chill(ca  Ptmynica  (Prior,  Popular 
Xatue!^  of  Brit,  Plants  p.  95.) 

Palacium  kporia. ^ThiB  would  appear  to  be  the 
mtparagm^  for  in  the  index  to  Parkinson's  Thmitr^ 
of  Plonta  I  find  '' Ptdacinm  Uporis,  t.  SonefmB  ie<m 
vulgaris, — C^mlpimf  ♦.  Aspamgm  mflmttruP 

H,  C. 
Bmsselfl* 

Chueches  yrvmni  Roman  Camps  (3'*  S.  v. 
vi.  vii.  viii.  ix.  x.pamm;  4^  S.  vii.  24.)  —  In  A 

•  Addnssa,  T.  Vr«»twooi»  IJjwvn  "^^  ^"^  ««.>».  \^, 
Brussels. 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[4'<»S.VlI.Arwfcl5|'i 


Handbook  for  Ltwes,  M.  A.  Lower,  under  the  head 
**  Church  of  St.  John  Suh  Castro/'  b  thia  sen- 
tence :  — 

**  While  in  the  churchy ird  the  vwitur'a  stienUon  Tn»y 
\yt  called  to  the  cnrious  fact,  ttiat  it  occupies  part  of  th« 
filifii  uf  A  rery  umatl  cJimpf  supposed  to  be  Ronmn,  the 
vallum  of  wluch  may  atLIl  be  traced.'' 

A  note  «iy8 :  — 

**  Several  coins  of  the  Imperial  era  have  been  foiind 
here.'* 

L,  C. 


LixEs  ox  xnE  HcTMAW  Ear  (4**'  S.  Tii.  2.^ 
The  "Philosopher  and  his  Daughter"  nppdfted 
in  the  Phonetic  Journal  for  June  25,  18o?^,  where 
it  was  given  aa  an  extract  from  the  lUmtrated 
Xeir»,  but  at  what  tiai«  it  appeared  in  the  latter 
periodical  I  am  not  aware.  If  K.  L.  wiahea  a 
transcript  of  the  poem,  i  shall  be  happy  to  supply 
one  if  he  will  communicate  his  wish  to  me, 

William  £.  A.  Axoir. 

JoynMO  Street,  Strangewayji. 

Ballad  of  Lady  Ferrer?  (4^"  S.  vii.  2000— 
What  Imllad  is  it  ?  The  date  (1811)  implies  that 
it  is  60 mQ  modern  cnm position.  I  shall  be  glad 
to  have  further  particulars, 

James  Hexry  Dixon. 

Bishop  Aloock,  circa  Um  (4*^  S.  vii.  122;)— 
The  arms  borne  by  Bishop  Alcock  were  :  Arjrent, 
on  a  fess  (not  a  chevron)  between  three  cocks* 
heads  erased  sable,  combed  and  wattlt^d  gules^  a 
mitre  or;  sometimes  within  a  borduro  gules 
charged  with  eight  crowTis  or.  Crest :  (^n  a  coro- 
net »  .  ,  a  cock  ...  (see  Olive's  Marches  of  Wales: 
Bedford's  lilazfm  of  Episcopacy :  Xa*jh's  Ifi^ofy 
of  Worce^nterahire ;  Berry's  Enc^clopoidiii  Jltral- 
dica,  lS-c.)  '  H.  S.  G. 

AvTiTB  (Chapman)  KyiORTLET  (4'*'  S,  vii.  2S4.) 
It  is  to  be  feared  that  the  note  appended  to  this 
query  may  prevent  C.  IK  C.  fmm  gettinpf  an 
answer,  aa  it  implies  a  doubt  of  the  existence  of 
the  lady  whose  husband  is  inquired  for.  The 
pedigree  ofChapiimn  in  Burke  and  other  baron - 
^Hftg-es  is  very  iorperfect  A  fuller  pedigree,  with 
the  proofs  from  vrilb  and  re^^isters,  is  printed  in 
Pnrt  I.  of  Howard's  Monffdi/  MitturU.  Gen^nL, 
from  which  it  appoarfli  that  tsir  Ji^hu  Ohapmtin 
bad  two  wives.    Bv  the  tirst  he  Imd  Anne^  the 

wife  of Kniglbtley ;  by  the  second  lie  had 

two  sons,  and  the  two  daughters  mentioned  in  the 
note.  Hir  John  Chapman  died  in  his  mavoraUv, 
March  17,  108^4)  (not  on  May  7,  17:37}.  The 
circumstances  of  his  illness  and  death  are  gra- 
phically  described  by  Lord  MacAulay  in  his 
IliMortf  of  Enfflimd:  but,  with  characteristic 
■  inability  to  tell  a  plain  story  in  u  plain  way, 
'  Macaulay  omits  from  his  narrative  the  name  of 
the  person  about  whom  he  is  writing.     Tewars* 

The  Oldest  Ikns  m  England  (4»'»  S.  vi.  505; 
vii.  267,)— One  of  the«e  '* oldest  inns'*  may  be 


fonnd  in  Philip's  Norton,  Somerset.  I  forget  the 
sign  by  which  it  is  distinffuished,  but  it  stands  at  f 
the  top  of  the  hill  on  which  the  village  is  situate^fl 
May  I  suggest  that  it  might  be  quite  wqrtli^| 
while,  as  bein^  likely  to  pay  itfl  ezpenaes  tt  vbOlB 
as  for  antiquarian  reasons,  to  take  pjiotographm^^ 
these  **  oldest  inns  **  and  publish  them.  1  would 
also  suggest  that  the  same  might  bo  done  with 
our  ancient  manor  houses.  In  another  half  cea-ij 
tury^  the  present  rage  for  improvement  (P)  \ 
pulling  down  will,  most  probably,  have  awefl 
awiiy  all  traces  of  these  precious  relics  of  uur  J 
domestic  architecture,  W.  M.  JL  C, 

Scena  ;  ScENf:  {A^^  B,  vii.  250.)— As  a  nroh 
help   to  the  solution  of  his   difficulty,  I 
recommend  to  your  correspondent  Myop«  a  cat**] 
ful  study  of  the  Doric  and  -Eolic  diah.*ct^.    Far 
these,  says  the  author  of  the  I^rt  Royal  Gram' 
mrtr, — 

"  hax-^e  lieen  almoft  entirely  followed  bj  the  Latim: 
iijwimiicTi  thiit,  if  the  writings  of  tho*e  who  B^rl  tht» 
dliiailect  {/Eoli«*)  had  been  transmitted  down  tr»  rs 
should  in  all  appearance  diacf^ver  therein  n  ver)  . 
airreement  irith  tlic  Latin,  not  only  with  regird  to  LM 
wordi,  but  moreover  with  respect  to'tbe  phrase,*' 

Edmuso  Tbw,  M.A* 

ratching  Rectory,  Arandel. 

Mvops  will,  I  hope,  forgive  me  for  sdving  thil 
his  query  appears  to  be  in  keeping  with  Lis  niQtti 
short -sigh  tea. 

L  As  the  Romans  got  most  of  their  dramstic 
literature  at  second-hand  from  the  Gtvek\  they 
naturally  adopted  many  of  their  dramatic  tsffli 
from  the  Greek ;  e.  g.  tragadia,  comtrdia,  rofAr- 
nuSf  xyrmaj  Src.  Scrna,  which  at  first  they  s^ 
inclined  to  spell  *e<rMff,  is  one  of  these.  Mt  i^ 
may,  therefore,  rest  assured  that  oKiirk  ii  the 
earlier  form. 

2.  This  word,  taken  from  the  Greek  a  tl- 
sion,   the   Latins  placed  of  course  in  thMir 
first  or  a  declension^  in  which  the  t*  rr 
invariably  a  short     They  treated  tttt^ 
as  they  did  zona  (from  t^n?)  and  man\ 
words.     The  explanation  of  the    short    ] 
lies  in  the  fondness  of  that  language  for  «bbiv>.^ 
tion.     See  on  the  whole  subject  Dkmaldson'i  A'»* 
CratyluSf  chap,  ii.,  ed»  18<K). 

J.  IL  L  Oaklkt,  JIA- 

Croydon. 

Portrait  op  Oamisron  of  Lochibl  (4^  S,  fi 
257.) — Bromley,   in   his   Catalogue  f>^   F^^^f^ 
Britinh  Portrait^  1703  (p.  3P3),  make 
a  portrait  of  Donald  Cameron  **  wboii      — 
a  Highland  dress,"  but  omits  the  iuudos  ot 
and  engraver.  G.  M   i 

Haiiesttcken   (4"*  S.  vii.  257)— (fwm  Sofli 

Hafmocm)^^  the  liberty  or  privilege  of  m  mn^ 
own  house;  also,  a  franchise  grantwl  to  lotdsfll 
manors,  whereby  they  hold  pleas  at^  talce  c^ 
nisance  of  Ike  Ibreach  and  violation  of  that  las* 


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munity ;  and  likewise  *'  si^ificat  quietatitiatn 
miaericordiiB  intratiotiia  in  iiliennm  domura  vi  ©t 
injuete  '*  (Fhta^  lib*  L  cap.  47).  la  Scotland  yiola- 
tioBs  of  this  Idnd  are  equally  punishable  with 
lape  (Skene) ;  and  **  our  old  records  express  bur- 
glory  under  the  word  hamsocne^'  (Jacobs  Law 
J}icl)  G,  M.  T. 

This  word  aurely  was  not  ^'  entirely  unknown 
in  a  speciKc  sense  in  the  law  of  England/'  and  it 
"appears"  explained,  and  with  its  denTation 
given,  in  many  dictionaries  or  trciatises,  thoug^h 
Tiiriouslv  Fpelt :  e.  y.  it  appears  (1)  in  N.  Bnileji 
8to,  l7."5o:  (2)  in  Ash,  8vo,  1775;  (3)  in  Jacobus 
Law  Didwnary,  fol.,  17.36;  (4)  in  Cunningham 'e 
Lmw  Dirtumfiry^  fol,  1771  ^  (5)  in  Co  well's  Inter* 
prtifT^  London j  small  4to,  10:37,  in  two  places; 
(6)  in  Seldcn*8  Fh'ta^  London,  4to,  11S47,  lib.  i* 
etp.  47,  I  18,  p.  as ;  (7)  in  Bracton,  (juoted  by 
Cowell  [lib.  III.  tract.  2,  c.  f?3J,  where  it  ia  thua 
defined — "  Jlomemken  dicitur  inva^^io  domus  con- 
^  pacem  domini  regis."  Cunning-ham  quotes 
al»o  a  charter  of  donation  by  Kiii^  Edmund  to 
tbe  church  of  Glastonbury,  in  which  he  granta 
JUDon^st  other  privileges,  *^  Burg^heritb  »  .  ♦  . 
iafan^theofas,  hamsocne,  et  fridebrice,"  &c. ;  and 
other  instances  most  likely  are  to  be  found  in 
ftocient  writers  and  in  cb afters.  It  was  in  fact 
the  old  word  to  express  burfflmy^  which  hna 
superseded  it ;  but,  as  Cowell  thinks,  it  also  ex- 
|sre8sed  a  franchise  or  priTilege  *♦  granted  by  the 
Klnir  to  nome  common  person,"  whereby  be  took 
mce  of  and  punished  such  a  transgression 
law.  E.  A.  I>. 

^biliiiigstooe  Kectory. 

In  Blotmt^s  Law  Dictimimf  (by  Nelson,  1717} 

it  is  said :  — 

'*  rfoMTWOKKTf  (or  Hamtohen) — from  Sax.  ham^  i.  i». 

'  %  fuiltttutio,  AQiI   itocnv^   iibtirfaSt   immnnitat — is  the 

i^e  or  frtiedom  which  every  man  bus  ifi  his  bouse; 

*ti.l  ikr  who  invndca  that  freedom  ia  properlv  anid  Jhctrt 

Amr«oArii.   Thi^  is  what  I  take  to  he  now  calletl  liunjlaty^ 

Vhleh  i«  A  crinic  of  a  v^ry  htinou*  nature,  b«?ciiU5e  it  i« 

lonly  a  brcAch  of  the  kjng*$  peace,  but  a  breach  of 

H  Uuuty  whicb  a  mim  bath  in  Vvls  bou£^,  whicb  we 

(UnHinly  say  ahould  be  bb  castle,  and  therefore  oujcht 

1  lo  be  invaded. — Bracton,  lib.  tii.  tract.  2,  cap.  23 ; 

E.V. 

&  Wrr.FRAN  (4«»'  S.  vii.  102,  200.)— I  think 

[fiiere  is  considerable  reason  for  hesitation  ere  we 

fpo^iHvoly  that  the  St.  Wulfran  of  the  Eng- 

ir  is  the  same  person  as  St.  Wulfran^ 

ii  of  Sens.     I  did  not  always  think  so, 

ill  mj  Knglisii  Church  Furniture  (p.  88)  have 

Itch  a  note,  in  which   I  state   that  Grantham 

aoich  is  dedicAted  to  the  archbishop.     A  shrine 

**8enct  Wulffram  shryne  "  existed  at  that 

till    !'  156^;  and   Gervaise   ITollis 

\yk%,  on  tr  ty  of  Inland,  that  St.  Wul- 

^  IftCt  waa  beiriTii  Luere.     Unless  this  is  a  mistake, 

IJiiug  from,  the  church  posaeasing  some  of  his 


relics,  we  must  conclude  that  there  are  two  Wul- 
frans  honoured  by  canonization,  for  certainly  the 
Archbii^hop  of  Sens  did  not  find  sepultuje  in  Eng- 
land. If  tne  St.  Wulfran  of  the  English  calendar 
ia  the  same  person  as  the  French  archbishop,  it  is 
singular  that  he  appears  in  our  old  calendars  as 
bishop  only.  The  calendar  of  the  '*  Black  Book  *' 
of  the  receipt  of  the  Exchequer,  as  published  by 
Mr.  J.  J.  Bond  in  hie  Hmid^Bmh  of  Mules  and 
Tables  for  veriffjtng  Dates,  gives — 

»  Wulfran  Archiep.  Mnr.  20. 

"  Wulfran  Ep.  ft  Conf.  Oct.  15." 

An  earlj  fifteenth -century  calendar  in  ray  po 
ses^^ion,  once  the  property  of  the  family  of  I^airfa: 
of  Beeping  Gate,  does  not  contain  the  archbishop 
but  under  October  15  we  have  **  Sci  Wlfranni  epSI 
&  conf."  ' 

Is  it  not  possible  that  our  English  sdnt  may  have 
been  somft  holy  Englishman  of  early  days  who 
became  a  bishop  in  heathen  lands,  and  returning 
home  to  die,  has  been  forgotten  except  in  his 
native  bind  ?  EowABD  Feaoocic. 

Jlottesford  Manor,  Brigg. 

Stedman  Family  (4^  S.  vii.  259.)  —  Mb. 
HunERT  Smith  inquires  as  to  the  whereabouts  of 
a  IIS.  which  was  printed  in  th^Opntlenmn  a  Maffn- 
zim  of  Nov,  1840,  p.  492^  and  which  I  communi- 
cated to  that  periodica]  under  the  initials  "E.  P.8.- * 
The  MS.  is  still  in  my  library,  but  it  is  evidently 
but  a  portion  of  a  much  looger  account,  and  haa 
been  mutilated,  though  the  writing,  which  is  of 
the  period,  ia  easy  to  oe  read.  The  whole  of  the 
fragments  in  my  posaesaion  were  printed  in  the 
Gmtleman-s  Mmjnzine,  Ev.  Fn,  Seielet. 

Lower  Ealingtcpn  Park»  Stratford -on- A  voa, 

George  Lokdon  (4"*  S.  vii.  235.)— Has  your 
correspondent  seen  tbe  following  lines  in  Felton'a 
Portraits  of  EnfflifJi  Authn'H  on  Gartlmmu^^  ^c.^ 
8vo,  1«30,  p.  40>— 

"  No  nionament  bss,  I  believe,  bet^n  crecletl  to  Mr, 
London's  memory.  ♦  .  ,  Nor  cati  I  (!n<1  out  even  where  be 
wn4  born  or  buried.  If  one  could  o!i!ftin  a  resemblance  of 
him,  one  bopen  hia  pictnrG  or  hia  bust  may  not  deserve 
the  censure  of  our  uuble  poet." 

On  p.  30  he  states  that  London  "died  towarda 
Christmas  in  the  year  1713."  .  W.  P. 


IfOTES  Oti  BOOKS.  ETC. 

Descriptive  Catahfjuf  nf  Matermh  rrlatimj  to  Ute  HtJitorjf 
tif  Grtut  liritain  aniJ  Irtlami^  to  thr  Kud  of  the  lifWn 
of  Henry  VJL    By  Sir  Tbomji*  Duffus  Hurdy,  D.C.W 
Deputy- Keeper  of  ibe  Publk  Records,    (Longmans.) 
If  there  citnnot  be  two  opinions  a.s  to  th<3  vaLue  and 
importance  of  a  work  which  should  give  fall  and  triisfe^ 
worthy  notices  of  tbe  fountains  of  our  national  biitorj^i 
as  little  can  there  be  ih«t  the  accomplished  ^hol&r,  wno^ 
was  selected  on  tbe  death  of  the  bte  Mr.  Pctrie  lo  com- 
plete th«  Monumenta   JiiMtorica  Britannica,  U  the  one 
especiall^V  fitted  to  undertake  tbe  gT«al  and  onecQ^^aA  <!i^Vi 
of  compiling  a  depcriptiv^t  catAlQiga^  ul  ^iXv^  %:oA>aat^  «A. 


Mam 


336 


NOTES  AND  QtTERIES.  [4*  s.  vii.  Amn.  w,  Tu 


these  original  works  and  the  MSS.  in  which  they  are  to 
be  foond.  Ck>nld  any  doubt  have  existed,  it  would  have 
been  dispelled  bv  those  portions  of  Sir  Thomas  Hardy's 
Dticrmtive  Caialogiu  (Vol.  I.  and  Vol.  II.,  Parts  I.  and 
II.),  wliich  have  already  appeared ;  no  1cm  than  by  the 
third  volume  which  is 'now  before  ns.  What  an  im- 
portant aid  the  book  will  prove  to  students  of  Enelish 
nistoryi  is  made  patent  by  the  fact,  that  the  third  volume 
alone  contains  notices  of  nearly  seven  hundred  different 
worksy  some  seventeen  fac-fixniles  illustcatix^c  of  the 
vexed  question  as  to  the  handwriting  of  Matthew  Paris, 
and  a  preface  of  nearly  one  hundred  page8,  in  which  Sir 
Thomas  presents  us  inter  alia  with  some  most  interesting 
pictures  of  so  much  of  monastic  life  as  relates  to  the 
oompUation  of  chronicles  in  monasteries.  This  preface 
will  well  repay  perusal  by  tho  general  reader. 

Syntmyma  dUcriminat$d.  A  Complete  Catalague  of  Sy- 
nonymout  toorcU  in  the  Enytith  Language,  with-  Descrip- 
tions of  their  various  Shatltis  of  Meaningy  and  Illuttra- 
tiona  of  their  Usages  and  Spcciatities.  Illustrated  by 
Quotations  from  Standard  lyritcrs.  By  C.  J.  Smith, 
MJk.,  Christ  Church,  Oxford,  Vicar  of  Erith,  &c. 
(Bell  &  Daldy.) 

Much  as  has  already  been  written  on  English  Sy- 
nonyms, there  is  yet  room,  as  Mr.  Smith  believes,  for  a 
new  book  on  the  subject,  written  in  some  respects  from 
fresh  points  of  view,  and  of  a  fuller  character  than  the 
narrow  limits  in  which  such  works  are  commonly  con- 
fined. We  ccmmend  the  book  before  us  to  those  who  are 
interested  in  precision  of  languajnre— a  thing  much  to  be 
debired.  We  had  hoiHul  it  would  havo  solved  our  cor- 
respondent M.  A.  B.'s  Query  (ante,  p.  325)  as  to  the  words 
**  VVink  "  and  "  Blink, '  but  must  wait  for  that  second 
edition  of  it,  which  may  reasonably  be  anticipated  for  a 
book  of  this  character.  ' 

UxivERSiTY  OF  LoNDOX. —  Mr.  Juliau  Goldfmid 
(M.P.  fjpr  Rochester),  who  is  a  Master  of  Arts  of  the 
University  of  London,  has  just  mado  hw  University  a 
handsome  present  of  1000/.,  to  be  paid  in  annual  instal- 
ments distributed  over  ten  years,  towards  the  formation 
of  a  good  Classical  Librar}'  in  the  New  Building.  The 
Senate  have  accepted  the  offer,  with  a  hearty  acknow- 
ledgment of  its  generosity ;  and  a  Committee  has  al- 
ready been  appointed  to  begin  the  agreeable  task  of 
forming  a  Oassioal  Library.  Wo  trust  Mr.  (ioldsmid's 
generosity  may  be  infectious.  Would  it  be  impossible, 
by  the  wov,  to  secure  for  the  University  the  late  Pro- 
fessor De  Morgan's  unique  MathematicarLibrar>',  which 
probably  contains  the  most  curious  collection  of  Looks  on 
the  History  of  Mathematics  to  be  found  in  England? 
The  value  of  this  collection  is  besides  greatly  enhanced 
by  Mr.  De  Mor^ran's  own  numerous  and  characteristic 
annotations.  Whether  the  Libr.iry  is  to  bo  disposed  of 
or  not,  we  do  not  at  present  know ;  but  if  it  could  be 
obtained,  there  would  be  a  special  fitness  in  securing  it 
for  the  University  of  London,  whicli  would  then  have  a 
really  good  start  towards  the  formation  of  a  fine  Classical 
and  Scientific  Library.— ^y>«;c^l^)^. 

The  Peel  collection  of  pictures,  lately  purchosed  for 
the  National  Claller}',  hjw  been  removed'  to  the  building 
in  Trafalgar  Square,  and  will  shortly  be  exhibited  there. 
Ampng  them  will  be  found  Wilkie's  well-known  "John 
Knox  preaching  before  Mary  Queen  of  Scots,"  which, 
says  the  Alhena-nm,  will  be  one  of  the  most  popular  of 
our  new  possessions. 

Cambridge.— The  representatives  of  the  late  Arabic 
Professor,  the  Rev.  H.  G.  Williams  have  just  presented 
the  University  with  102  vols,  of  OrienUl  MSS.,  chieiiy 
Arabic  and  Persian. 


A  Philolooioal  Soczbty  has  been  formed  in  Cam- 
bridge, consisting  of  the  following  members  :—Pn»feHori 
Cowell,  Kennedv,  and  Munro;  Mr.  W.  G.  Clark  and 
Mr.  Jebb,  of  Trinitv;  Mr.  F.  A.  Palev,  Mr.  J.  E.  a 
Mayor,  and  Mr.  J.  E.  Sandys,  of  St.  John's;  Mr.  W.  W. 
Skeat  and  Mr.  John  Peile  of  Christ's ;  and  Mr.  Fennell, 
of  Jesus  College.  The  society  limits  itself  to  the  lan- 
guages and  literatures  of  the 'Indo-European  family,  as 
there  has  been  for  some  time  back  a  '*  Hebrew  Sodety," 
which  would  not  readily  amalgamate  with  the  societT  in 
question. 

TiiB  University  of  Cracow  is  publishing  its  original 
documents  (Codex  Diplomaticus)  from  the  yetr  of  its 
foundation,  1304,  to  the  present  day,  in  five  volumes. 
The  first  reaches  to  1440.  The  struggle  between  the 
German  and  Polish  elements  in  this  University  is  note- 
worthy, as  also  the  part  played  by  the  Jews.  Our  own 
Universities  might  follow  the  example  of  Cracow  with 
advantage,  and  a  good  beginning  was  made  by  Anat^s 
3Iunimenta  Academica, 

Mb.  T.  G.  Steyembon,  of  Edinburgh,  is  reprinting  fa 
a  ver^'  limited  impression  chieflv  for  subscribers,  **  Satan's 
Invisible  World  discovered,  by  George  Sinclar,"  Profeamr 
of  Philosophy  and  Mathematics  in  the  University  of 
Glasgow,  from  the  original  edition  published  atEdlnboigfa 
in  1(>85,  with  a  Bibliographical  Notice,  &c 

Those  who  are  interested  in  Ceramic  Art,  may  be  glad 
to  have  their  attention  called  to  a  work  by  J.*  Hoadov, 
entitled,  *'  Uistoire  de  la  C^ramique-Lilloise  precedes  ds 
documents  inedits  constatant  la  fabrication  de  camaaz 
peints  et  emaillcs  en  Flaodre  et  en  Artois  au  qu.ntorzieme 
sieclc." 


BOOKS    AND    ODD    VOLUMES 

TTASTED  TO   PURCnASE. 

Ptrticnian  of  Price,  ac,  of  th«  following  Imoki  to  be  wnt  <Ured  t* 
theirciitleniftn  by  whum  thoy  are  reuuirvd,  wluMe  naioc  aail  •ddittf 
are  ipven  for  that  puriKwe:  — 

GRAMIBR'S  BlOiUAPIIICAL  TIlSTORT. 
Tl'SSICLIFF'S  SUBVF.Y  OK  STAVFOKIMiriRR. 

A I  sswouT  ii's  M  AOAZix  B,    Vol*.  V.  V 1 1 .  Vin .  and  IX. 
BK.vrMiY'8  Ma(;a7.ink.    Vol*.  V.  aud  XIL 

Wanted  by  tlie  Rev.  J).  J.  Draltji.rfi.  4.  Coper*  On*  Hoad,  Nee 
Beckenhain.  Kent. 


fiatitti  ta  Catvcfipan'tsenti. 

E.  T.  G.  (Oxford.)— 7%c  glfps  are  probably  from  Hjs 
(iuurdinn.  jyothing  on  the  subject  has  appeared  is 
"X.  &  Q."  since  2«"»  S.  viii.  470,  616. 

The  Red  Ckoss  Kxigiit. — I)rittain*s  Ida  is  smpomi 
by  Mr.  Grosart  to  hare  been  written  by  Phineat  FidduT, 
St'c  hin  ensny  Who  wrote  Britain's  Ida  ?  noticed  by  • 
i«"N.&Q."4»»>S.  iii.  117. 

A.  X.  E. — Dyce^s  or  the  Cambridgv. 

C.  13.  T. — Has  our  Correspondent  consulted  Mr,  A^ 
piteFs  article  on  "  Wren'*  in  the  last  edition  of  the  Ear 
cylopffidia  BritannicaV 

'  J.  E.  (Durham.)— Ye  for  the.  The  T  is  a  prvOsri 
substitute  for  the  Saxon  or  old  English  th.  On  the  meams§ 
and  deritation  of  Ampers  and  (^)  there  are  no  leu  Moa 
nine  articles  in  our  !•»  S.  U.  230,  284,  818 ;  \-ii.  179,  SS^ 
251,  327,  376,  524  ;  ix.  48. 

T.  MoGratii.— Apollo*s  CJabinet ;  or,  the  Mnacs*  D^ 
li^ht,  17r)6,  as  well  as  The  Muses'  Delifffat,  1764,  an  Mft 
noticed  in  Bohn's  Lowndes,  art.  **  Songs,"  p.  2448.  Tk 
latter  work  at  Ueher's  salt  sold  for  4s. 

Erbatum.— 4(1'  S.  vL  p.  169,  col.  L  line  84,  fsr  <*  JokB 
F.  M.  Doraston  "*  read  «  John  F,  M.  DovMton/' 


film  Arwii.  ilt  7t.] 


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lOJfPOir,  SATURDAT,  A^RIl  ^  Itfl. 


CONTENTS.— K-  173. 

t  —  islr^  nf  t}n»  Sin'ii-i.  r.'!?  —  Tin-  It^ti-  ..f  r;innr"<^f*s 

by 

.  iJ>  — 

Hri- 

ibv 

I^  e  —  Au»tio  Patntlv  —  Authors  wAnl«d  —  **  JEsojt's 

"     Bewick  —  '   \  '  liuthven";   bow 

I  -^  J6*nnefi  l  i  entary  on  Ari«- 

■— B«jncharnp  —  .     .oks  — <Jh«fli?i  I. 

I  rruriiJy  —  Crttjrurda  of  Newark, 
tie  MfUJths  —  Grantham  Inn  Simw 

1 1  Coat  Armour—  PiirtuifueiM 
of  Scotland  —  Rukesby  the 
Gloucester  —  Tetra»fi>nalln- 
—  \  ulKul* ,  A,L).  151i3  —  Walttnmstow  Hbn»h 
I  —  ••  Witty  M  Flauiiuiui  Fiaecus  "  —  The  Zodi.ic»  342. 
irUES;— Tli«  rv,n,r.1,r  m  of  St.  PaiiVj  Cathedral.  ^U 
-- Ofck-m  of  Kt  j5  — Thn  Bookworm,  .-VW  — 

OrKiti  of  Ih"  .*-  Tiincham.  347  —  Ilof*?ir>»Ty 


Dm 


turils/'  Ar,  —  A  Scnintt,  or  thria 


ami 

-')  — 


I  KLi<yk4,  ftc. 


^P  ISLES  OF  THE  SIBEXS* 

T  eould  scHfcely  be  in  the  neighbourhood  of 
^%T<1\^  without  paying:  a  visit  to  the  celebrated 
the  SireM  (**  IdhuIji*  Sirenuf;'?  ")^  which 
_ijiphers  hare  placed  on  the  north  side 
^l  ^iit*  htij  of  Salerno,  ftbout  ten  imh^  from 
It  is  Homer  (Od.  xii.  39,  &c,;  that  drst 
'these  mythical  beitiffa;  tind,  according:  to 
et,  Uly»fl<?i*  in  his  wanderings  through  the 
RDeJUifWhen  he  approached  the  Uiand,  on 
sly  beach  of  which  the  Siren?  wer^  ^ittin;?^ 
lie  advice  of  Circe,  sturtVd  the  cHrs  of  his 
n&  with  war,  aod  tiod  biioself  to  the 
lof  th<*  reaael,  that  they  might  not  be  allured 
1^  Und  by  their  melodious  singini?^  If  the  ialnnda 
PtOl  continue  in  the  aatne  st^ite  that  they  were  in 
iKieiit  timeSv  H  is  difficult  to  undet^^tand  how 
Dujjr  ahould  have  been  fielectt?d  as  the  residence  of 
M«ie  fair  ladies*  They  a^-e  threQ  rocky  ialeta, 
pfw  called  1  Galli,  bein;/  it  littU  more  than  a 
pilt  from  the  i»bore,  without  herbsige,  trL?ele8«j 
p4t^«?n  d*?etiliit«*  of  water. 
'  I  ofpr*>ai:hed  them  IJrom  S:irento,  the  birth- 
fJifie  of  TasAO,  croiiMing  the  ridge  that  runs  down 
<«  ihi*  point  rrpp«,Hita  to  the  mland  Capri,  and 
JgCeoding  by  a  llight  of  stejis  to  Scaritojo,  This 
I  U  known  to  Ovid  {Mfi.  atv.  710)  aa  *'Sur- 
I  UoUee/*  and  produced  what  waa  conridered 
i  awellfcnt  wine*     The  idets 


lie  together  in  a  hind  of  circle,  and  along  with 
two  fifiarp-pointed  rooks,  are  of  the  same  minara- 
logical  structure  as  the  neighbouring*  continent. 
The  larg^eflt  islet,  called  Isola  Lung  a,  about  half  a 
mile  in  circumference,  id  situated  to  the  east  of 
the  smaller  ones.  There  i»  no  regular  latn ling- 
place,  so  that  TOO  have  to  climb  up  a  pr*fcipitouj» 
rock  of  nearly  one  hundred  feet.  You  then  fiud 
yourself  on  a  rugged  ridge,  and  on  proceeding  a 
little  to  the  south  you  come  upon  a  level  piece  of 
ground,  where  the  remains  of  buiJdinga  ore  seen. 
This  plot  of  ground  ia  about  twenty  yards  in 
breadth  and  eixty  in  length.  There 'is' a  vault 
remaining,  which  seems  to  have  been  added  to 
eome  older  edifice,  and  the  bricks  kyb  of  the  same 
kind  na  are  found  in  Koman  buildinga;  so  that 
I  have  little  doubt  that  this  was  the  site  of 
some  ancient  villa,  though  in  summt^r  it  muat 
have  been  nearly  uninhabitable  from  the  heaC 
The  extreme  southern  point  is  entirely  rock,  and 
never  had  any  building  upon  it.  On  "the  highest 
point  there  is  an  old  tower,  to  which  there  ia  now  no 
entrance,  but  by  dint  of  acrambling  I  nuinajred  to 
get  in  at  one  of  the  windows.  Two  hah-mined 
rooms  are  all  that  now  remain.  On  th»*  western 
part  of  the  island  you  litid  a  small  part  of  a  huild- 
iDg,  and  around  it  a  few  burnt-up  plants  aod 
flowt?rs,but  tree.^do  not  seem  ever  to  have  existed 
on  it.  1  then  lowL^d  to  the  higher  of  the  other 
two,  called  11  Castelletto,  which  lies  about  a  qua  - 
ter  of  a  mile  distant*  and  ascended  to  a  tower  Iv 
a  regular  road:  it  lof>k.'*  like  a  carriage-road,  which 
had  never  been  finighcd,  a^  you  mount  the  last 
forty  feet  by  step?.  This  is  evidefnlly  a  medifeval 
building,  and  we  know  from  history  t^sat  it  was 
used  as  a  state  prison  by  the  republic  of  Amalfit 
where  they  con6ned  their  doges  when  they  had 
become  intolerable  by  their  tyranny.  Rowing  to 
the  most  southerly  island,  laola  Rot^">nda»  I 
scrambled  to  the  highest  point :  it  is  much  more 
level  and  better  adapted  tor  building  than  either 
of  the  other  two,  yet  there  is  D<»t  the  slightest 
vestige  of  an  editice  of  any  description.  Such  is 
the  present  appearance  of  the  celebrated  Islands 
of  the  Sirens ;  one  of  them  bold  and  picturesoue, 
the  other  two  of  a  tame  and  uninteresting  cna- 
racter. 

Virgil  (.'En.  v.  864)  speaks  of  them  in  the  fol- 
lowing terms: — 

*'  Jamffrte  atleo  sci^ttlos  Sircnum  advectii  sabilmt. 
l>1gidlei  fjitofi'lam,  tnuUortimque  ossiba<»  aUM>*, 
Turn  fiiuca  Msiduo  loage  sale  saxa  sonabaat.'* 

Dtiring  summer  they  muat  always  be  subject 
to  in^'UJie  heat,  as  they  are  sheltered  by  the  lofty 
ridge  of  St  Angelo  Irom  every  wind  excr?pt  the 
south  and  west. 

These,  however,  are  nn/t  the  only  islands  that 
bttv'e  had  the  honour  of  b«ing  connected  with  lie 
name  of  the  Sirens,  I  once  fou.nd  rnvt'tV^  ^^ret  'Cvn^n 
opposite  p«ninBu\a  to  l\i^  9^iVil\i  ol  Mti<t  ?>^'5  <!:1 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES, 


Sulerao,  iind  had  climbed  to  the  highest  peak  of 
Mount  Slellft  in  search  of  the  ruins  of  Petilia. 
Aj8  I  reached  the  pinnacle,  the  sua  waa  aporoach- 
ing  the  sea  horifon,  and  shed  a  g^olden  Hffht  over 
the  precipitous  shore  beneath,  and  there  1  looked 
down  on  an  i^Iet,  now  Licoea,  the  ancient  Leu- 
c^sia.  It  shone  like  pold  from  the  refracted  raja 
of  the  sun,  and  1  could  believe  would  be  a  plea- 
nant  residence,  as  it  stands  out  into  the  sea  aVout 
A  quarter  of  a  mile  from  the  mainland,  and  catches 
thtf  breeze  from  whatever  direction  it  blows. 
i5trabo  (vi.  25*2)  eay»  that  it  derived  its  name  from 
one  of  the  Sirens  who  had  periahed  here,  I 
heard  afterwards  that  both  on  the  island  and  on 
the  land  around  the  promonttiry  there  are  re- 
mains of  ancient  buildiogs,  and  I  can  ruadily 
believe  it  to  have  been  a  favourite  residence  for 
the  wealthy  Romans.  On  every  pleasant  spot  as 
I  travel] ed  to  the  south  I  found  traces  of  the 
Hoinans,  who  had  in  imperial  times  the  same  love 
of  the  *'  dolce  far  nionte  "  that  the  Neapolitans 
have  inherited  from  them. 

Again :  on  the  coast  of  Calabria,  two  hundred 
miles  south  of  this  spot,  I  came  upon  another 
islet,  known  to  the  ancienta  as  Lig^eia,  which  was 
also  regarded  as  an  iftlaud  of  the  Sirens.  It  is 
found  about  a  mile  from  the  shore  in  the  Gulf  of 
Terina,  and  is  now  called  Pictra  de  la  Nave*  It 
is  a  mere  rock,  and  I  was  told  by  an  intelligent 
^rentleman,  Don  Michel^  Prouida,  who  had  a  lar^e 
property  in  Calabria,  and  spent  the  summer  very 
pleasantly  on  the  shore  close  to  the  ruins  of  Terina^ 
ihst  there  are  no  remains  of  buildings  upon  the 
rock.  Craitfurd  Tait  Ram  age. 


THE  DATE  or  CHAUCER'S  BIRTH. 

The  SatTfrdat^  Jit v (etc  of  April  15  contains  an 
Article  which,  relating  as  it  does  to  one  of  the 
iirst  and  one  of  the  trreatest  of  our  English  poet?, 
must  attract  a  good  deal  of  attention.  I  have 
jead  it  with  greitt  interest,  for  it  dii^cusses  the 
date  of  Chancers  birth. 

Some  thirty -live  or  forty  years  since,  when  a 
few  encouraging  wurds  from  that  distinguished 
antiquary,  my  ever  kind  friend  Mr*  Douce, 
awakened  in  me  the  ambition  (long  since  extin- 
jfuished)  of  conn *:*£ ting  my  name  with  the  Catk- 
ftfi'httty  Tatea— iho'^G  marvellous  pictures  of  social 
life  in  England  iti  the  fourteenth  century — I  took 
i;onsiderable  pains  tfl  examine  the  question  whether 
Chaucer  was  bi>rn  in  1328^  as  generally  believed 
♦*  from  HiTme  inscription  on  his  tombstone/*  to  use 
the  words  of  Tyrwhitt,  or  abont  134G,  as  recorded 
in  the  report  of  his  evidence  in  the  great  Scrope 
and  Grosvenor  controversy* 

As  the  conclusion  a^- which  I  arrived  was  in 

favour  of  the  earlier  date,  and  consequently  the 

Inverse  of  that  of  the  Suturdny  Review 6i,  1  Imftt 


the  columns  of  "  N.  Sc  Q."  may  not  be  00B« 
wQstefuily  occupied  by  a  note  on  the  subject  I 
the   consideration  of  any   future    biographer 
Chaucer. 

In  matters  of  this  natmre  tradition  is  ef  nd 
slight  authority ;  and  for  four  hondred  years  tr»- 
dition  has  coincided  with  the  statement  tluit 
Chaucer  died  in  14CH3  at  the  age  of  seventy-two. 
It  was  not  until  1808,  when  Godwin  pubhibed 
his  Life  of  the  poet^  and  in  it  Chaucer  s  depo^tioo 
made  at  Westminster  in  October  1386  in  tli« 
Scrope  and  Orosvenor  controversy,  in  which  doco- 
ment  it  is  said  that  be  "  wjis  of  the  a^e  ot  forty  lod 
upwards/'  and  "  had  been  armed  iwenty-wn 
years/^  that  any  doubt  «ro*«e  upon  ibe  stihjeet, 

If  this  new  evidence  could  be  trusted,  it  «-''»' 
make  Chsucer's  age  at  his  death  about  t;! 
instead  of  seventy^   and  his  entry  into  mi. — .^ 
service  at  about  thirteen,  | 

As  it  is  admitted  that  there  cert^nlj  are  erfOW  i 
aa  to  the  ages  of  other  witnesses  in  this  tr. 
venture  to  think  that  there  is  a  Tery  j  • 
error  in  the  case  of  Chaucer, 

That  a  man  who  died  at  or  about  fifty-two  rem 
of  age  should  in  one  of  his  poems,  **  The  Cxiclcm 
and  the  Nigh  tingale,"  descri  oe  himself  as "  ■  old*  id 
un lusty,"  is  not  what  one  would  expect,    ^^ 
Spenser,  whose  intenpe  admiration  of  Cl^iWi^ 
genius  must  undoubt4?dly  have  led  him  lo  i 
fnto   the   circumstances   of  his   life,   &c., 
scarcely  write  of  him,  had  be  died  at  the  ( 
age,  aa 

"  Old  Dan  Geffrey  (in  whose  gentle  sprinir 
The  pure  weil-hesd  of  poetry  ilid  dwell )," 

And  these  are  instances,  be  it  remembered,  ^ 
might  be  greatly  multiplied. 

Moreover^  is  not  this  tlieory  of  the 
Chaucer  at  this  early  age  contraJiicted  by  < 
well*known  and  striking-  portrait ;  as  wel 
Green's  description  of  him,  probably  derivii 
tradition,  in  which  he  speaks  of  Chaucer**' 
b aires  both  bright  and  sheen/'  and 
beard  was  white"? 

Again ;  from  his  earliei^t  biographer^  Lelsnd^i 
one  of  the  latest  of  his  editctrs,  Mr.  Wright,  alU 
concurred  in  speaking  of  Chaucer  as  a    '^ 

*'  He  was  certainly/^  says  Mr,  Wright,  *      

extensive  learning,  and  had  the  educationi 
gentleman.'' 

But  if  he  '*  was  armed  **  at  thirteen,  or  ( 
aboutp  how  and  where  was  he  to  aoauire 

learning?      What   becomes  of  his  resid 

Oxford  or  Cambridge,  or  at  any  Inn  of  i 

Tlies©  are  difficulties  which  may  well  caa 
hesitation  in  receiving  implicitly  the  statffinefl 
which  Chaucer  is  supposed  to  have  made.  M  *• 
the  other  hand,  this  record  is  inconsistent  witk 
all  that  has  hitherto  been  received  and  bsli«i^  * 
with  respect  to  the  poet's  age,  is  it  ponibls  I 
x^coucile  the  two  statementaf     Frrbaps  in  r 


NOTES  AND  QUEKIES. 


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on  of  the  paMage^  nat  m  a  tranBUtion,  bat 
mda  in  tho  ori^inaif  may  h«lp  iis, 
paaaage  wkich  liaa  raUed  oU  this  coil  about 
»  date  of  Chaucer *»  birth  nin»  as  follows.  My 
laiacript  la,  no  doubt^  suiliciently  accurate; 
tgh^  it  having  b«eii  made  80  many  years  dnce^ 
aaot  apeak  very  po«itiTely.  Id  the  eaaential 
ioto  I  know  it  ia' 
It  ^il  be  aeeo,  in  the  lirst  place,  that  Chaucer 
ei  not  bimaelf  nay  that  he  is  '*  forty  and  up- 
nda.^  That  Jb  recorded  of  him,  and  not  de- 
tred  by  him ;  but  let  that  paas :  — 

•*  Geflray  Chaucere,  Eequier,  del  age  de  xL  ana 
plu9,  armeez  par  xxvij  ans,  produit  &c" 
Perhapft  the  sight  of  this  entry  will  auggett  to 
m  reader,  as  it  did  to  me,  what  i^  a  very  eaay 
Station  of  the  difficulty.  It  require*  the  mere 
ipoaition  of  two  Iffiers.  The  age  is  recorded 
in  Arabic,  but  tn  Uoman  numerab.  Suppose, 
th«*  suppohitian  is  not  very  farfetched,  that 
scribe  wrote  XL,  (forty)  inaivertently  for  lx. 
cty).  Thi?t  would  make  the  year  of  hia  birth 
35^  m-t<'ttd  of  1328,  only  two  years  eflrlier^  inatead 
F  li  years  later,  than  has  hitherto  been  su|>- 

^  i  allow  time  for  the  eduezition  which  he 

bkaarly  Lad  received ;  und  by  this  very  ►'iuiple 
*  ge  I  venture  to  think  we  arrive  at  8*>uiething 
the  real  truth  as  to  **  Old  Dan  Gelfrey'a " 
IflL  and  remove  a  stumblin^-bl'jck  out  of  the  way 
mw  future  biographera  of  the  poet 

William  J.  Thoms, 


AN  OLD  Dirrctl  NKWSPAPEK, 

I  have  liad  in  my  pixsBe-ssion  for  come  short 

le  a  tvpjigraphical  curiosity  iu  the  6hap+'  of  an 

It  Dutch  new«papt?r,eu titled  "  Ordinarisk:  Mid- 

^it^wetckse  Cmirantt^  Anno  1(^52,  No.  2/*  which 

^^Hited  at  tbe  end  to  have  been  "Ghedruckt  tot 

-Jfenferdam  V' oor  de  Weduwe  van  Francoys  Lief- 

flwodt,  Bcwck-i'erkoopfter  op  den  Dam.  int  Groot 

^Bom*  l«,  Ai^r\  U  Jniiuarij,  Anno  1*352/'     This  news- 

5*1  f»f  a  singltf  sheet  of  large  octavo 

pa]  ibout  the  aize  of  an  entire  page  of 

tb  n>'n!iiit^  and  printed  close  up  to  tbe  margin?. 

It  i«  printed  in  two  columna  on  both  mdea  of  the 

pfier,  and  in  black  letter.     It  contain*  new^  from 

Viple^  of  Dec,  8,  1<>51,  from  R^^me  of  12th  ditto, 

from  Vienna  ('•  Weenen")  of  20th  ditto,   from 

Itmdon  of  2'.Hh  ditto,  from  Paria  of  30th  ditto, 

kL  kc,     Tho  London  paragraph  contains  allu- 

iioiis  if)  the  !*tate  of  Irekna,  to  "  de  Generael 

Crrjrnw^l  "  '*  Qeoerftel   Major  Overton,"  **  Mar- 

q^  ;'  kc,  &c, 

V  of  this  ancient  acrap  is  a  little 
5'i^  ,  ;  Jjappened  one  dav  to  purchaaa  at  an 
'>1J !  M  a  Uttie  Dutch-English  phrase-book, 

^5*  '  >  u tch  and  En glish  ) — 

^"-  I'      !     J  oti  Scholf^'toMtrer :  nr  C^rUine  Rules  and 
tpei  wht:f^r  til*  SjUJrmofthcNethirhuidea  m»y  bee 


in  a  ■hort  time  taught  to  read,  understand,  and  ip«ak« 
tbe  Englub  tongue,^ 

This  book  is  a  ]2mo,  published  at  Amsterdam 
in  1646.  It  bad  been  more  recently  bound,  bow- 
ever,  AS  I  found  the  newspaper  I  have  deecribedf 
in  two  pieces,  inside  the  boards,  as  one  sometimes 
sees  music  and  printed  matter  incorporated  with 
binding  even  now,  I  eitracted  it  and  got  it  care- 
fully mounted,  and  it  i»  now,  with  the  exception 
of  one  or  two  lines  about  the  middle,  so  perfect 
that  anyone  acquainted  with  the  Dutch  tongue 
would  easily  be  able  to  read  the  whole  of  it 

I  take  the  liberty  of  sending  you  this  short 
notice  of  the  Middd-wetck^e  Courantv,  in  case  it 
may  be  of  interest  to  some  of  your  antiquarian 
readera;  and  I  shall  be  happy,"  if  any  one  does 
take  any  interest  in  it,  toafford'such  opportunities 
for  examination  of  it  as  may  be  arranged. 

I  may  add  that  the  little  phrase-book  is  in  itself 
a  very  curious  production.  It  contains  at  the  end 
some'  "  forms  of  mercantile  writs,  of  which  I 
append  that  for  **a  bill  of  lading  after  the  Hol- 
land manner,"  and  *^  a  bill  of  exchange,''  The 
form  of  the  latter  is,  I  believe,  nearly  identical 
with  that  still  in  use.  You  will  understand  that 
the  Dutch  and  Engli^jh  are  printed  in  parallel 
columns. 

1.  **  I,  J,  P.  of  Am»terdAm,  master  iind^r  God  of  my 
ship  called  tlie  Saint  Pet<;r  at  thi«  pr»?st'nt  lying  ready  i-i 
the  rivftr  of  AmMcrdam  to  saik-  witli  tho  first  good  winde 
which  God  AhmW  give  towiurt  London,  where  my  rigbt 
unliiding  sbal  be,  acknowle<l^e  and  cnnfes  tliAt  I  hsv« 
r«ceflved  under  the  hatches  of  my  forL'*ajd  ship  of  you 
a.  J.  merchaunt,  to  wtt»  four  pipe*  of  oile,  two  chests  **( 
linneDf  sixteen  bote  of  currrnl*,  oir*  ball  of  canva»e,  fiviS 
bals  of  pepper,  thirteen  rin^«  i*(  hra.sse  wyer,  ftftic  bars 
of  iron,  al  dry  Jk  wel  conditioned,  marked  irith  thM 
marke  standing  before,  all  which  I  promiie  to  dt4ivcr  (if 
God  give  me  a  prosperous  voya»?e  with  my  j^aid  ihip>  at 
London  aforesaid,  to  tbe  wor»hipfu!  Mr.  A.  -L  to  hi*  fnv- 
tour  or  a-wigncs,  paying  for  tho  fraif^ht  i*f  the  forewiid 
goods  20  fs  by  the  too.  And  for  the  perforoianee  of  lUii* 
before  written  1  hind  my  Bell  and  all  myne  e^tiite  and  my 
foresaid  ship  with  all  its'ippu^leh.11u_'e^.'  In  wiines  wberv«f 
[  hmve  si^ifned  three  instrument*  hereof  with  my  name  or 
my  pur*er  in  my  bobolf  al  i>f  on*i  contents,  the  one  bein^ 
per tormed  the  other  to  be  of  no  force. 

Written  in  Amslerdum  the  lift  day  of  September,  in  tho 
Ycare  1646. 

J.  1?:' 

2,  '*  In  Ams^terdam  tbe  6  September,  1645. 
For  li  iOO  fttarlinge. 

At  usance  nol  bavin  pr  my  tin*t  pay  this  my  second  if 
exchange  to  Mr.  P.  L.  i^r  Wi^nps  one  hundred  pounos 
sterling,  the  vakw  received  hf re  of  Mr.  .1.  H.  make  uood 
payment  and  place  it  to  ac^^mpt  nn  per  ndvise* 
Year  losing  friend, 

J*  h. 

To  Mr.  J.  G. 
Mcrchaotjt  in  Amsterdam/*  ^ 

Cea&les  B^tee* 


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NOTES  AND  QUEKIES. 


[4>^S.  Vll.  JUfJULStTI. 


yjSRSKS  BY  <)ENEBAL  BURGOTNE  OK  LOBD 
PALMERST0N*3  MARRIAGE. 

I  was  rummaging  among  same  old  papers  tjie 
other  dttv,  and  found  the  following  copy  of  verses, 
writt<»n  by  the  lat«  General  Burgoyne  (author  of 
Th€  Heiress  and  other  works )^  and  addressed  to 
Ilia  friend  Viscount  Pjxlmeraton  (father  of  the 
Premier)  on  his  first  marriage  with  Frances, 
daughter  of  Hir  Francia  Poole.  They  belonged  to 
a  relation  of  mine,  who  was  an  intimate  friend  of 
General  Burgoyne,  and  used  to  ^peak  of  hia  con- 
versation as  the  mo&l  delightful  thing  pomble  in 
the  email  hours  of  the  morning  (1  and  2  a.m.)  : 
he  was  very  fond  of  late  hours  when  he  could  ^^t 
any  one  to  wt  up  with  him,  and  few  were  found 
to  object  These  verses  appear  to  me  to  be  \^ty 
well  worth  preservation,  1  have  never  seen  them 
in  any  collection  of  his  works,  nor  in  any  maga- 
xiDe^  nor  6.0  I  believe  they  have  ever  been  printed. 

I  have  often  seen  it  stated  that  General  Bur- 
goyne wa3  a  natural  son  of  I>ord  Binglev ;  an 
Assertion  perfectlv  unfounded  in  fact,  and  I  have 
wandered  that  it  lias  not  been  contradicted  by  his 
aon  the  present  Field-Marshal.  Hia  dtsacent  from 
the  family  of  Burgoyne,  baronet,  is  clearly  given 
in  Burke*d  Pecraye  and  Buronvtage^  and  tfie  rela- 
tionahip  was  always  acknowledged  by  the  late 
Sir  Roger  and  Lady  Frances  Burgoyne* 

Perhaps  you  may  think  the  verses  too  long  for 
insertion  ;  if  so,  make  what  use  of  them  you  will 
I  have  another  copy  of  veraea  addressed  to  his 
wife,  Lady  Charlotte  Burgoyne,  on  her  endea- 
vouring to  dissuade  him  itom  going  on  a  dan- 
gerous expedition. 

Unas  u>i>KassKD  to  vissoor^iT  rALHsaaraN  osr  nts 

lUaaiAOE  WITH  FKASCIES  FOOLK,  OCT.  6,  1767. 

**  While,  Palmerston,  the  public  voic« 
Diflplayi^t  in  eomineots  on  ihy  choice^ 

Prai»e,  cenaurc,  or  surprise. 
Blames  thy  disinterested  part. 
Or  interest  find**,  in  warmth  of  hearty 

Where  Fanny 'a  ireaaurt'  lies. 

<*  Fain  would  my  mdse,  Lhn'  ruiifi,  sincore. 
One  faumble  artJe4»«  wreath  prepare 

To  hind  her  lovely  bruw; 
With  thee,  would  haU  tb'  auspicioaa  mom, 
Attend  tbo  bride  she  can^t  adorn, 

And  blesa  the  nupti&l  vow. 

"  Let  tbfl  dull  cJaJtn^  of  dne  tsUtni 
To  lukevrarm  crowds  be  praise  supreme, 

/  found  pretensions  higher : 
For  know,  the  heart  now  taught  to  beat 
With  ri:iend#hip's  sacred  temperate  heat, 
Hm  once  been  tried  in  tire. 

"  Twfl«  mine  to  see  each  opening  cbarnit 
New  graces  rise,  new  beauties  warm, 

Twai*  mine  to  feel  their  power  : 
Natun  ami  morals,  jost  and  par*. 
For  thre  hare  made  the  fhiit  mature, 
67ore  T  ariored  the  flchwer. 


**  After  hard  c&n^ct«  paftniini  cijol^  ; 
Pr   --     '    -  -   -.--..   K.^ 

A"  ■  breast, 

Willi  kiutkiid  dMriad  aod  virtu<i»  Mat, 

A  sweet  snccmtor  came, 
**  Some  year*  of  love  we>c  nambered  d'erj 
And,  oh  !  to  ui^ny  many  oiore 

May  Hea%'tn  the  term  extend, 
To  try  with  thee  the  pleaMng  strife. 
Which  boAbts  the  most  deserving  wif<r, 

Who  proved  the  truer  friend,"^ 

[We  shall  be  glad  to  receive  them.— Ed.  ^  X.  4  <^T 

"  Tnr  RoLLiAD,'*— Will  no  competent  hiD^ll 
tempted  to  give  us  a  new  edition  of  Tkt  RciSd 
with  such  explanatory  notes  am  ate  now  needti 
by  ordinary  readers,  but  the  competent  writen  of 
which  are  now  rare  and  everr  day  b^^ooouBf 
more  so,  so  much  so  that  the  clasa  will 
extinct?  When  the  task  was  suggea 
Wilson  Croker,  he  mentioned  the  late  * 
downe  and  Samuel  Rogers  as  better  qualil 
himself,  and  that  his  Lands  were  olhei 
Could  Lord  .Stanhope  be  induc^sd  to  C'm< 
80  to  employ  the  special  knowledge  of  that 
of  English  political  life  with  which  he  mult 
more  amply  provided  than  any  other  man** 

J.  E 

[We  are  sure  that  all  the  read  era  of  "  X.  A  Q/ 
join  with  us  inaoknowledging  the  value  of  the$i 
m   recofcni'^ing  Lonl  Stanhope's  p^eculiar  fitne 
task,  and  in  mo5t  earne^tij  hoping  that  be  tn 
consistent  with  other  cLaima  upon  hi- 
what  in  hb  hand?  would  become  a  v 
tributton  to  the  history  of  political  Si^t. 

Kippis's  Copt  of  the  "  Bioqrapbi  v  V<?Ark\ 
NICA.'- — I  have  recently  discovered 
been  for  some  time  the  unconscious  ] 
a  copy  of  the  tirat  edition  of  the  Biogntpkttk 
tmmkHf  which  proves  unmistakablv  to  hate 
the  working  copy  of  Dr.  l^ppi*^  '  ^^ 

nnfioiahed  seoonJ  edition,     Tne  u 
of  the  pages  are  literally  covered  with 
tor's  notes  in  shorthand^  and  I  have 
the  volumes  a  suilicient  number  of  looaa 
randa  to  tnake  a  small  volume,  some  of  w] 
in  his  handwriting,  and   others  notea  c<^i 
cated  to  him.     The  manner  in  which  the  arc 
edition  was  to  be  ootupleted  is  clearly  in 
by  the  marginal  notes.    I  shall  be  moit  ha] 
show  the  volumes  to  Any  one  int«reated  in  1 
Joseph  Lnuuii 

16,  Linden  Ylllii$,  Blue  Anchor  Road*  Dei 
Babba-Dat  HousEa,  or  Noon   UouiBi.  — A^ 

recent   number  of  The  Tmv^etkr  i  ft-*  -^     Mi 

chiuetts)  fumiaheB  the  following 

*  V*A^O\wVAVt ^U»ley,  daughter  <if  iiJwar'  ^t 


.  Aritii,  22, '71.] 


NOTES  AXD  QUERIES. 


341 


flMWiid  Centre  there  in  fltill  itanding  ouc  of 
Ufa  former  time,  a  Sabba-dayor  Swm  Hodm^ 
be  modem  convcniesces  of  ftofes  jmd  fumAces 
^  eboniica,  it  w«ji  Tcrf  dedrsblc,  iOer  At- 
¥ioo  in  ft  cold  m«etiiig4ioiiN,  to  hsve  Mfoe 
Ig  the  intennindao  where  the  suHereis  could 
D  them«!lv«A  and  eai  their  lunch.  Some  ii9od 
laghlw  '    :i^i38  tbiit  were  kindly  opened 

tar  fn  rs  went  to  the  tdTem^  which 

l»n  i^i'  ind  an  open  bar;  otbem  bailt 

Iroi  wiiat  were  caUfid  Sabba-day  or  Noon 

itor  of  the  Congregation al  charcb  in  Town- 
TMent  historical  disconrte,  deacribea  these 
he  the  one  now  standinj?  at  Townscnd,  tbey 
f  foiir  rooms  ten  or  twelve  feet  square,  with  a 
each  rooni.  They  were  generally  built  at  the 
me  of  four  or  more  persons,  to  be  occupied 
.£«l»bfttlt  by  their  respective  families  and  such 
^  invited'  to  join  with  them.  Dry  fuel  was 
md  r«ady  for  kindling  fires,  and  uaitally  a 
tk'r  for  each  family  was  placed  io  tlie  cellar. 
!  mominjc:  of  the  Sabbath,  the  owner  q(  each 
tied  in  hia  sad rUe- bags  the  necessary  refresh- 
Nieelf  and  Ikmily,  and  took  an  early  ftort  for 
~  At  \v\n  noon-honae,  built  a 
led  himself  ai)dfkmil>% 

— ^-  .-  r  tfc^  were  all  ready  to  ially 

»  abiver  in  the  cold  during  the  morning  aer- 
bmue  of  worship.  At  noon  tbey  returned  to 
Ijouae  with  invited  friends,  where  a  warm 
red  them.  The  saddle-bags  were  now  brought 
I  their  content*  diicharged  on  the  table«  of 
partook  a  little.  Then  each  in  turn  drank 
'  iheror  mugfi  of  eider  which  had  been  brought 

~       '  loe  being  performer],  and  thanks 

_  '       waa  spent  tn  reading  notei 

Ittomiiig  Mrmon,  a  chapter  from  the 
in  some  other  book  of  a  religious  character ;  not 
k  prayer  was  offered  before  retiring  again  to 
ly  for  the  afternoon  worabifi.  At  the  cImp  of 
I  of  the  afternoon,  if  the  weather  was  Kverely 
kmOy  returned  to  the  noon-bouse  to  warm 

before  going  home.  The  tires  were  then 
Id,  the  «addle-bagi  gathered  ap^  the  hoojie 
I  all  returned  home."' 

UlflDA. 

thiEAU  OP  Holy  Maht."  — Ti»  fol- 
thich  I  extritct  from  the  Church  TtmeSj 
^^lti7l}f  showa  how  old  customs  arc  kept 

fi^fte-way  districts  among  the  Wekb. 

HH|FB  tliere  tie  old  people  who  nev^r 
piTwitliout  fidjing  their  Fader  and  the 
^Mair,  or  Dream  of  the  B.  V.  Mary. 
this  tranfilation  of  the  lattei:— 

IherMary,  whv  art  thou  weeping? 
weeping,  my<^n,  but  dreaming, 
■^er  Mary,  what  is  thy  dream  ? 
taken,  m^  Son^  and  crucidedf 
■on  of  perrbtion,  blinded  and  decciyed, 
|;  his  fpear  point  into  Thy  side^  , 

f  moat  iIoTy  filood  doiring  a  stream. 

rther  Mary,  art  thoo  ileeplog  T 
bhrred  iSon,  but  T  am  dreaming  ? 
toH  Mother,  dost  thou  see  in  thy  dream  ? 
Bt  poMcaUd,  inaultfld,  and  despised^ 
lioti the  crota  and  4ffiM'ifi<d. 


The  blind  and  the  stubborn  Jew  Thee  betraying. 
Wine  to  nourish,  water  to  cleanse. 
He  who  repcateth  this  thrice  before  skcjdng 
Need  fear  no  unholy  thought  or  dreaming. 

**  Holy  Mother  Mary,  art  thou  sleeping? 
Tf«,  beloved  Son,  and  dreaming. 
What  seeat  thou  in  thy  dream  ? 
I  see  Thee  persecuted,' caught,  and  to  the  cross  nailed,. 
And  a  blinded  man,  by  the  wicked  one  deceived. 
Thy  holy  left  aide  with  spear  piercing. 
And  Thy  beloved  and  blessed  Blood  flowing. 

True  is  the  dream  of  Holy  Mary  : 

He  who  knows  it  and  repeats  it  thrice  before  sleeping, 

No  unholy  dream  shall  disturb  him. 

He  shall  never  tread  the  regions  of  hell," 

JoHiT  PiGGOT,  Jtrjr. 

Fbekch  Woot>- pig  eons  drttek  by  th£  Walt 
TO  Englaki>. — ^Fluellen  told  u«  the  connection 
between  Mncedon  and  Monmouth  ;  and  a  writer 
on  the  doings  of  the  Pytchley,  in  Land  and  Water 
for  Mart'h  25,  has  pointed  ont  the  poftsibility  of  a 
connection  between  the  siege  of  Paris  and  the 
flocks  of  wood-pigeona  m  England.     He  says: — 

'*The  woods  are  still  wintry-looking,  the  primroaes, 
violeta,  and  anemones  only  just  beginning  to  open  ;  the 
golden  citkins  of  the  sallow  are  the  only  conspicuous 
flowers.  There  have  been  unusually  large  flighU  of 
wood-pigeons  this  winter ;  they  have  come  in  search  of 
the  acorni  which  have  been  so  plentiful  *,  hut  the  popular 
l>eHpf  is,  that  they  are  natives  of  France,  driven  acToas 
the  Channel  by  the  noise  of  the  war,  or,  as  one  old  man 
expressed  it,  iJy  the  loomhenng  over  there,  I  have  aliO 
seen  more  stock  doves  and  mere  hooded  crows  than  1  have 
ever  noticed  before.  Old  Perkins,  the  Drayton  keeper, 
who,  in  his  eighty -fourth  year,  was  out  on  a  pony,  and 
thoroughly  enjoying  the  ^ort,  told  me  that  he  had  never 
*een  so  many  pigeons  befin-rf.  He  is  a  good  authority, 
ha\ingt  before  he  hecjtrao  ■  ler,  spent  more  days 

and    nit;htfl  in  the  wooi:  i    more  sport  in   an 

irrojuhr  way  than  any  ;u-i _  ;:ijiinty.** 

This  extract  ^ems  to  me  to  he  worthy  of  pre- 
servation in  these  pages.  Cuthbest  Bkde. 

**  Gentlemek  of  tkb  Patemekt."  —  This 
phrase,  used  by  Cotuit  Bismard<  in  December, 
1870,  flcorofiilly  to  desigtiate  the  Provisional 
Government  of  France,  is  of  cnurri-s  a  figuratiTe 
expreasion  coinimon  enough.  **£trw  sur  le  pa?6  " 
is  to  be  houseless,  on  the  ^treet^.  *^  Un  batteur 
de  pav^  **  is  one  who  has,  in  our  shrng  phnwe, 
the  "  key  of  the  street**  The  **  Mes&ieiirs  et 
Madacaes  du  pav*?,'*  tho^e  gentlemen  and  ladies 
wiiose  respectability  is  of  the  smallest  kind,  al- 
most in  fact  inappreciable.  We  too  have  some 
such  slang  in  our  tongue,  t.  e.  "  nymphs  of  the 
pave/* — a  phrupe  not  noticed  by  the  ingenious 
compiler  of  Ilotten's  Slang  DidiOf^ary.  It  is, 
however^  curious  to  find  an  almost  exact  parallel 
to  Bismarck's  phrase,  which  in  its  contemptuous 
vigour  struck  the  British  public  as  something 
new,  in  the  works  of  one  of  the  most  eloquent  of 
our  statesmen.  In  Burke's  pcathing  attack  upon 
some  of  hifl  noble  anifk^omaXa  ^i^  >a5«i^  ^  ^ssr^ 
similar  pbraae,  e.  p»  \ — 


342 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES.  [^-s.vii.  Ar«i.si7i. 


"  If  I  fhonU  fail  in  «  fttnglo  point  1  owe  to  the  iilu3- 
tH<vua  perBOOKr  I  L-annot  be  supp.>.*4ecl  to  mean  the  Dako 
of  Hedford  and  the  Eiirl  of  Laadenlalt^  of  the  Hoa^e  of 
Peers,  but  the  Duke  of  Bedford  and  thft  Enrl  of  Ijiuder- 
daleof  Pftlace  Yard  !  Men?  thfi/  arr  on  thr  ptivnment^  there 
tht>y  ««em  to  come  nearer  tu  niv  humble  le\rel.*' — Burke'* 
ITfTfAjt,  Bohn*B  wjition,  18G1»  voL  v.  p.  lU,  **  A  Letter 
to  a  Noble  Lord." 

I  Tain  Friswku*. 

7i,  GrestBasadl  Street,  Bh^omJihury  Square. 


^umci* 


Ausnir  Faicilt,— Sinre  sendinj?  mj  firf^t  query 
on  tbiA  aubjecty  I  find  from  a  reliable  Bourt'e  Clint  in 
1658  Eichord  Austin  was  a  freetnan  of  th«  vity  of 
London.  His  will  wft«  proved  ftt  tli«  Court  o( 
iVobate,  Middk^sex,  in  1704,  **  wlien  ^samuel  and 
Jofieph  Appraised  tln^  if.Htjite  of  their  honoured 
father  Richard,  and  Samuel  aduiiniatered  thereon/^ 

I  have  already  piven  William  Austin  '*of 
Surry,**  the  father  of  Miiry*  a.s  ascertained  by 
Mary's  monument  in  Kencott  church,  Oxon.  This 
Miiry  was  bom  in  1015^  and,  so  far  as  dates  are 
concerned,  she  might  be  a  ei^ter  of  the  above- 
named  Riebard.  Can  any  of  your  corre^ipondents 
show  whether  this  Hicliard  was  the  son,  or  any 
relation,  of  William  Auatiu  *'  of  Stirrv*'  f 

W.  M,  11.  CnFRCH. 

Authors  waijted.  — 

**  But  as  for  Jrnnt/  Jttmamy^  Betftf  Bamrs,  nod  their 
e^mpt^-ens,  I  never  hxiy  any  of  them,  though  1  Imve  looked 
"ver  the  two  lA.^t  I  have  tiafued,  in  J  heir  pansa^e  between 
lAdy  XorthumU'Tlaiid  and  Mrs.  KLinjardom." — Letter  fn*m 
thr  Ducheat  of  Somerset  ttt  Lfidy  Lusborayuhf  Decem- 
rior  81,  1751. 

Who  wrote  thoao  two  works  named;  or  are 
they  the  Dames  of  writers  of  the  time  P       W*  P, 

[Thf  History  nf  Jemmtf  and  Jettny  Jettamtf^  in  3  vola. 
I7M,  is  by  Mr^^  Eliza  Haywood,  who  for  the  looacnefls  of 
her  ejarlv  productions  is  gibbetetl  in  Tht  Dnnciad,  bcK>k  iL 
linea  157-hW.— 7'/i^  Hi*t»r^  of  Baty  BtsmtM,  3  vols, 
I2qio,  1752.  i*  an  anonymous  novid,  written  (says  the 
M&Hihly  Bevieu\  viL  47UJ  for  thtj  kitchen*] 

".'•Ksor's  Fables'^  TIkwick.— I  hare  a  volume 
of— 

**  Fal>le-j  of  Miop  and  otlien*  Jfeo.,  by  S.  Croxall,  U,D, 
The  Sixteenth  Ediiiion»  carefully  revised  and  improved,*' 
17D8,  pp.  32{K     WoodeuU,  1^5. 
Are  tbe  wooden ta  by  Bewick  ?  Vi,  S> 

[The  woodcota  in  this  volume  do  DOt  appear  to  be 
from  Che  graver  of  the  Bewick*.  There  was  an  edition  of 
71tr  Fahksof  JE»op  published  at  Newaistle  in  1818»  8vt>, 
with  deaigna  on  wood  by  ThomaH  lie  wick  ;  but  the  jjreater 
jiuniWr  of  cats  in  thia  volume  wtre  designed  by  R*  Jnhn- 
aoR.] 

*'*  AllBUTHN^OT  *' :     '^  RCTUVKN  '* :     HOW     PRO- 

KOVXCED  ? — AVill  some  well-informed  Scotchman 

tell  me  where  the   accent  ought   to  be   laid  in 

the  nawQ  Arbnthnot?    I   have  heard  natives  of 

Seat  land  place  it  on  the  second  By\\ab\e;  \iul  m 

^glmd  It  is  commonly  laid  on  t\ifs  ^t%t.    T\i^ 


I' 


famous  wit  was  evidentlr  called  Arbutimot  bj 
his  friends.     Pope,  in  hta  fepiatlt?,  sayi  — 

•^To  second,  Arbuthnot^  thy  art  and  care.'* 
More  than  six  years  ago  ('*  N.  &  ij/*  3'* 
207 )» I  asked  for  the  orig;inal  and  true  prom 
tion  of    **  Ruthven/*  but   I   have  never  bad 
answer.     I  mentioned  that  an  English  (nmd 
mine,  who  bears  it  as  a  Christian  name,  c-t 
bimp*'lf  and  is  always  called  '*  Riven  '*  (rhyming 
to  givrn.)     The  name  Rutbven  h  historical,  vai 
one  likea  to  know  how  to  pronounce  It  correctly. 

Jatbxi. 

[Lady  Rhem  is  the  title  by  which  Lady  Bixtbvva  b 
called  by  her  Scotch  fricndj.*!  * 

JoAKNEs  Baptista's  *' Commkntart  OK  Axi»- 
totlk/'— The  full  title  of  the  work  is— 

'' Philoaophia  Aristoteliea  restitutn,  et  illuAtrata.  Qv 
experimentia,  quik  ratiociniis  nuper  itiventK  A  Jobm 
Bnptista,  Presbytero  Coitgre^ationb  OrmUml  Saanl 
Philippi  Nerii  Ulyiaipponensiik^  Phllosophi«  at  Saoa 
Theologia*  Profesaore.     Ulyaaippoae.  1748,  fol** 

Can  any  of  your  readers  give  me  any  infofiBi- 
tion  respecting  it,  especially  aa  regards  the  numbu 
of  volumes  P   It  does  not  appear  to  be  in  the  BritiA, 
Museum  librarv,  nor  do  I  find  reference  to  iti 
any  available  bibliography.  W.  J,  F. 

BKATJCHAMr*  —  May    I    ask     HBRJirEsmt 
whether  she  really   means   (4***  S.  vii.  21U) 
blazon  the  coat  of  Beaucbamp  of  W^ari 
showing  only  three  cross  crosalets  ?  If  so^ 
kindly  say  where  she  lindii  the  coat  s«3  gtnt 
may  1  presume  to  suff^gest  to  Hermextri 
her  inexperienced  readers  mi)^ht  require  tt 
that  the  coat  QideSi  ft  lion  passant  ^uardant 
rampant)  or,  crowned  argent,  u  really  l)j©  ooal 
fierard  or  Gerald  assumed  by  the  De  I'lsle  fat  * 
ftswaii  cuutomary  ?  Their  own  coat  wae  Of,afe 
between  two  chevrons  sable.    They  b)tb  m 
repeated  togistber  several  times,  on  the  toau 
Ambrose  Dudley,  Earl  of  Warwick,  in  the  Bew- 
champ  Chapel,  Warwick.  D.  P. 

Stuarts  Lodge,  Malvern  Wdl&. 

Rkv.  TnoMAs  Brooke.— Where  is  any  L- 
to  be  found  of  ♦*  ]Sf  aster  Thotnas  Br%>ok%*PrBft 
of  the  Gosnel  at  MargaretV,  New  Fish  Stiwl,'* 
1657  ?     I  nave  reason  to  believe  that  a  familj  ia 
this  city  ia  descended  from   bim.     Ue  wi«   ' 
author  of  several  works.  tJjriSA-  \ 

PhilAdelphia. 

[An   account  of  Tlinroa^   Brooks,  with 
works^  may  be  found  in  Calani)***  Af^ritl^^mr; 
mer^a  Noncon/ormitt**  Memorial, 
The  Rev.  A.  B.  Groaart  has  nu 
Thomu.4  Brookfl  for  a  collective  cdi_,..  , ,  ...,      ..„    -- 
*'  ^,  A  Q.;^  81^  S.  iv.  228L] 

CHAEL1S9  L — Can  aoT  one  inform  me  into  whf)*^ 
hands  pieces  of  the  ribbon  of  the  Garter  woni  bf 
Charles  the  Martyr  at  bis  executioii  jiuij  htm. 
ctraife^   Wv*^  au^  \1&0Q  in  my  ]  '        ^'^ 


AinilvJ 


a  list  ef  I 


4*a.Vn.  AnutX^IL] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


34S 


Its  deMent  triiodd  to  about  1745.  It  seems  tbat 
when  Juxon  banded  over  the  jewel  to  ita  lawful 
^wuer  he  kept  the  ribbon  for  hiniae)/. 

W,  J.  Makbey. 

KviSAr5CB,  —  Sir   Bulwer   Lytton,   in   two 
^ea  of  his  Kin^  Arthur  (I  quote  from  2nd 
^1849),  iiaes  the  word  "  die  visa  unce '*  in  a 
•  manner — 

fik  were  those  times  of  trustful  chevt«aunc«/* 

Bk.  viiL»t.  II. 

iftd  furth— bold  cJiild  of  Christian  chevi^aunce!  '* 

Bk.  XII.  jjt  J 95. 

would  seem  almost  aa  if  Uie  poet  used  the 
word  as  ?vnon3?mou8  with  *'  chivaSjy,"  or,  at  all 
rvent^f  were  ignoring  the  dilterence  between  capid 
nod  caha/his.  To  those  acGustomed  to  the  ordi- 
nary nierc^iQttle  use  of  the  word  in  Chancer,  Lang- 
L«iKi«  Gower.  ki\,  the  etTect  is  somewhat  ludicrous. 
Chftucer^  McTcImnt^  '*  wiihhis  bargayns  nnd  with 
s  *a  u nee ' '  (  Proioy  «<*,  1 .  282 ) ,  an  d  Langloiid 'a 
with  hb  **  eschaungea  and  cheuesancen  ** 
u*'xt  Ik  pjisR,  V,  1.  24t>,  ed.  Skeat),  nre  8o  directly 
tDtipodni    to   Sir   Lancelot    and    the    Arthurinn 

Sir  Bulwer  Lytton,  at  the  first-quoted  line, 
Ttfewi  to  SptML^er;  and  I  find  a  pa^^age  {luurit' 
Qicivff<r,  hk.  11.  canto  ix,  st.  8)  where  the  word  in 

I.  in  a  B**nhd  somewhat  ftimtlar  to  that  of  the 
|»m  poet*a^ 
'Fortune  tlie  foe  of  famoas  chevisaunce, 
Seldom/  said  Guroii»  *  yidds  to  vertne  atdc*  ^' 
odd  here  glosses  **  enterprise  "  ;  nnd,  expressly 
iu»lijj^d  R5  it  18  by  the  adjective  **  famous,"  the 
woni  \H  ♦easily  to  be  understood, 

la  an<iilii*r  passage  ( Shepheai'tT s  Caletidar^ 
*•  Miy,"'  L  I •2),  Spenser  uses  the  word  in  its  com- 
tt'jo  mercantile  sense— 

"They  tnaken  many  a  wroag  chexismmec/' 
Cotgmvo  gives — 

*' CS-ris'sfinr* ,  f.  An  ftgfeemeiit  or  coni(K*sitirtn  mtkde; 
iani4  or  order  stt  down  between  a  crciUtvrr  nod  debtor.% 

1  iL^k,  is  ^' cbevisaunce  ^*  used  in  the  sense  of 
lnii;;hily  achievement  by  any  other  of  our  early 
'Poet«  f    I  can  recall  no  instance* 

JoHK  Audis. 

HtuHn^on,  near  LiU]ehamplon«  Sussex, 

f^^nxfTT,  FAMILY, — Can  any  of  your  readers 
1-  h  me  with  a  brief  gene*tlogical  his- 

"  mails  or  Cornelia  ?  Can  the  families 

^••uj-j^  Lhe^e  names  be  traced  to  the  Bame  paren- 
t'V'  '  The  Hon.  Eitra  Cornell,  founder  of  i\u> 
C'^rrll  University,  Ithaca,  U.S»,  sflys  that  hi;* 
*-'  ton?,  Thomas  and  Rebecca  Corndl,  emigrated 
^[i  or  about  the  year  IC-'iS  from  England  to  Ame- 
'^<^-A;  but  he  knows  nothing  of  their  pareota^. 
<^*ii  a  genealogical  connection  be  traced  out  be- 
^T»itn  the  CoTJieJbf  CorDoIb,  Coruwelh,   Corn- 


wall3,  and  the  French  ComeiUes  ?  Did  the  ancient 
district  of  Cornwall  give  rise  to  these  names  ? 

Replies  to  these  queriea,  fent  to  the  Key.  R*  C, 
34,  I'ortland  Square,  will  he  thankfully  received. 

CRACFrRBS      OF     NEWARK,      RaRONETS.  —  III 

Burke's  Banmvtagv  for  this  year,  the  arms,  crest, 
and  motto  of  this  family  are  given  as  those  of 
Craufurd  of  Aucbenames,  Kilhimie,  and  of  the 
Kerse  family,  descended  from  Sir  Gregan  Crau- 
fiir*i.     Is  not  this  combination  erroneous? 

The  family  of  Crnufurd  of  Newark  is  clearly 
deduced  from  Auchcuame.'?  by  George "Crawfuru^ 
the  well'known  Scotch  antiquary. 

I«  there  any  reason  to  doubt  the  accuracy  of 
his  judgment  J'  aL 

EpiTHETf*  OF  THE  MoXTHS. — I  was  speakbg  to 
a  c<.»untryman  the  other  day  in  East  Lancashire 
about  the  weather.  **  Aye,"  ho  said,  *'  ifs  March 
manyiccather$,^^  The  expression  struck  me  be- 
catij^e  it  was  evidently  a  proverbial  and  alliterative 
epithet  for  the  month.  So  I  asked  him  if  thefe 
wen?  ftimilfir  names  for  the  other  months.  ^*  Well/' 
he  said,  **  theri»*a  ¥ehruAr j Jill- dyke;  but  I  know 
no  more  than  that"  This  epithet  is  also  allitera- 
tive, and  I  cannot  doubt  the  other  months  have 
their  corresponding  sobriquets.  He  said,  marc- 
over,  that  thkrre  was  a  rhyme  to  the  February 
one,  which  ran  thus  : — 

"  February  fill-dyke 
Either  with  black  or  white  " ; 

that  is,  as  he  explained,  either  with  rain  or  snow. 
Perhaps  the  other  epithets  may  be  known  to  soHie 
of  the  readers  of  **  N.  &  (J."  U,  It,  K. 

Grantsam  Jys  Higns,— There  is  onu  remark- 
able circumstance  connected  with  Orantham  which 
I  noticed  while  spending  an  hour  in  the  town — the 
slgna  of  some  of  the  inns.  There  was  th  e  1  iluf*  M  nn, 
the  Blue  Lion,  the  Blue  Horse,  the  Bhio  Bull,  tbi^ 
Blue  Cow,  the  Blue  Ram,  the  Blue  Shpep,  ami 
the  Blue  Pig;  lastly  I  observed  a  small  stre«^t 
cnlled  the  Blue  Gate.  There  may  be  other  bluii 
things  which  I  did  not  notice.  Whence  this  curioifc* 
penchattt  for  the  blues?  E.  L.  Br.E.^KIXSOPF. 

Maids  of  Honour* — Can  any  of  your  cor- 
respondents inform  me  whether  there  is  in  ex- 
isleneo  a  list  or  memorandum  of  the  various 
** maids  of  honour '^  to  the  queens  of  England 
from  the  vear  1688  to  the  present  time  ?  If  there 
is  such  a  Ust»  how  and  where  can  it  be  seen  ? 

EaiiT. 

*^Mf>WAGF.R     ni-lS     8CIKNCK«     ET     DE8     ABT8," 

vol.  ii.,  G^md,  1823-4.— I  should  be  obliged  if  any 
reader  can  tell  me  where  1  can  hee  the  above, 
besides  the  copy  in  the  British  Museum;  or  if 
any  correspondent  could  lend  me  the  ^ame  for  a 
week  I  would  be  \«t^  ^&\jfetMV,  wv<i  t^'roxTi  V\^ 
all  expenses  pni^.  "^  ,^k^«s.^- 

7,  Ued  lion  Square. 


344 


NOTES  AND  QDERIES. 


[4«»'8.VILApto.H,' 


Old  FiitrLiEd  without  Coat  ^Vrmoitr.  —  Aro 
an^  of  jour  readers  aware  of  such  a  oase  as  that 
of  a  family  wliich  liaa  held  the  bame  estate  for 
two  ceatiiric'?,  and  the  head  of  which  was  a  hun- 
dred and  Mxy  years  ago  high  sheriff  for  the  county, 
the  said  family  aot  poaaeasing  any  armorial  bear- 
ings ?  P. 

PoBTTJGU^B  Copper  Coin, — I  have  a  Portu- 
guese copper  coin,  weighing  about  1^  ox.,  with 
the  following  inscriptiouBy  &c. : — 

06r.  /Vrma  of  Portugal —Josephfs  ,  i  .  i>  .  g  . 
aBX.  p*  T  .  n.oiriNicjt, 

B^,  Macuta  X  ,  1770,  Ajtbica  .  Portuoubza* 

Am  I  right  in  my  conjecture  that  tliia  is  a  coin 
struck  for  the  special  use  of  the  West  Coast  of 
Africa  ?  I  can  find  none  such  in  any  list  to  which 
1  have  access*  Any  account  of  it  will  be  accept- 
able. 0.  W.  Bingham. 

Eablt  Queens  op  Suotlaitd.  —  Miss  Strick- 
land begins  her  lives  of  these  queens  with  Mar- 
garet Tudor,  the  sifter  of  Henry  VIII.  Have  the 
lives  of  the  earlier  queens  been  pubUahed,  and  by 
whom  ?  C.  D.  C. 

ROKESBT  THE  SpiES. — There  were  two  English 

spies  in  1567  whose  names  were  Christopher  and 

Anthony  Rokesby.    They  are  mentioned  at  p.  362 

LOf  Mr,  Hosack  8  Maiy  Queen  of  Scots  and  her  Ac- 

r«,  and  elsewhere  in  the  volume.     Is  it  known 

r  what  family  they  were  ?    Can  it  be  that  these 

loundrels  were  «;ion8  of  the  knightly  house  of 

Jokeby  of  Rokeby  and  Mortham  ? 

A.  0.  V.  P 

SlOW-I^-THE-WoLD,  Co.  Gloucesteb.  —  In 
what  diocese  was  Stow-in-the-Wold  included  be- 
fore the  see  of  Gloucester  was  erected  by  Henry 
Xllh?  C.  DC. 

Tetra&okal  Iksobiption.^ — The  accompany in<r 
and  beautiful  tetragonal  inscription  was  found 
among  the  papers  of  a  clergyman  recently  de- 
octtaed:^ 

"  E.   Poat  tcnebraa,  lox. 
8*    In  Juce,  epes. 
W.  Ittobitu.  pax. 
N.  Post  iibitum,  sulua.'" 

A  friend  informs  me  that  it  is  found  upon  a  cross, 

inscribed  on  the  four  sides  of  the  pedestal  and 

facing  the  four  winds,  on  the  Hinds   Hill,  near 

;      /         Godalming,  and  it  is  believed  that  the  said  crosii 

pF}4^}^f^replaced  a  gibbet  on  which  the  iiMUidMiA»[Fl,  who 

murdered  an  English  sailor,  were  hun^  in  chains. 

j  If  you  could  discover  the  origin  of  tbe  words,  1 

^^        should  be  greatly  obliged.  H.  M.  I. 

w 

I  ttm. 

^»  wan 


ston«  with  s  rude  sealpture,  repr»aiiCing  tfie  thm 
mfBana  kilUng  their  ▼icdm,  and  a  rfaymin^  laxsipliDQ 
below.     See  Murray  V  Hamdbook  of  Surrey,] 

VuLOATE^  A.D.  1516. — Having  a  fine  aad  nsarlj 
perfect  copy  of  the  Vulgate,  printed  by  Johfl 
Moylin  at  London  on  April  12,  1510^  I  shouid  be 
much  obliged  if  any  librarian  can  refer  ma  to  hit 
copy  of  this  edition  which  has  a  title-page,  tkt 
Bntish  Museum  copy  has  no  title. 

FrAKCIS  T.  HArEBHAL 

Hereford. 

Walthamstow  Parish  Lajh).  —  There  ii  i 

long  slip  of  land  belonging  to  this  paiisih  mnm§ 
parallel  with  the  entire  southern  boundaiy  of  tfe 
main  portion^  but  dividing  the  adjaining  pral 
of  Ley  ton  into  two  parts;  and  there  is  a  indiCtoft 
that  the  piece  of  land  waa  acquired  by  Wallhio- 
atow  on  the  occasion  of  a  dead  body  being  csnid 
along  it.  Now  this  is  very  uncertain  and  '^fft'ij 
and  I  have  searched  in  vain  in  the  cimntv** 
tories  for  any  reference  to  it.  I  shall  be  ; 
obliged  if  any  correspondent  could  find  aoyc 
reference  to  it  in  print.  WAtism] 

**  Wrmr  as  FLAJowrgs  FLAccra." — Whn  \ 
the  following  Unea  ?  on  whom  were  they  wtiU 
and  when  ? — 
**  Witty  u  Fhiminla*  Blaoeiw, 

Aa  ^at  a  Jacobto  as  Gracebtii, 

Aa  flit,  but  not  so  -=—  ^I  cannot  remaiaber  fht  i 
here]  as  Bacefans, 

Hiding  tm  a  littk  jnekasa^ 

The  Zodiac. — It  is  aaid  that  the  sips  < 

the  seven  planets  are  of  unque«tioaably  hi^fii 
tiquity,  and  figures  resembUng  them  are  foa 
on   Egyptian  monuments.      Can  any  neadar  ' 
'•  N.  &  Q,"  say  when  or  by  whom  the'  p 
breviftted  or  curt  signs  of"  the  zodiac  were  i 
{as  it  seems)  from  the  respective  animal  repw 
tations?  J.F,' 

Wioterton. 


f<H 


[The  way-ride  rmaa  on  the  summit   of  Hindu  Dill 

WW  erected  in   1851  by  Sir  William  Erie,  and  is  coo- 

ttrneled  of  Comiih  granite.    Th(s  murder  ollLided   to 

was  committed  by  three  mUors  on  Sept.  24*  l78fJ,  and  the 

dv  roJleti  into  the  hoHow  of  the  **  Devil's  Puncb-bowl" 

the  ndgbboarini^  churohyiml  of  Thuriley  ii  a  head- 


SSI  rpltr^. 
TEIE  COMPLETION  OF  ST.  PAUL'S  C AT HIDRAl-* 

(4»*  S.  vi.  jxtfisim ;  vLi.  185,  241.) 

It  is  to  be  regretted  that  the  remarki  so 

made  in  reference  to  this  great  under 

just  too  late,  as  it  would  appear  bv  a^ 

m  The  Time*  a  few  daya  sinew  that  the  coi 

charged  with  the  duty  of  carrying  out  th« 

I  je<jted  worka  have  come  to  a  resolution  by  wl 

'  the  objeotion able  arrangements  mentiooedbT 

BoMKEs  Clarke  are  really  to  be  canied 

I  effect.     Let  us  hone,  however,  that  it  ia  not  jfi 

I  too  late  to  induce  the  committee  to  rveon^ttftbi 

.  matter^  and  that  another  acheme  ao  ably  trettad 

in    the    first    number   of   7^  Saari^'m%f  ^ 


JIte 


€*k8.VIl.  Apim.i2,7L] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


d46 


thoYotiglily  Tentilftt^d  before  any  actire  operatioQa 
IM  begun. 

There  cim  be  no  doubt  that  coDtracting  the 

■bancel,  and  hj  the  erection  of  two  aide  organs, 

would  most  senoasly  damage  the  interior  «?ffect  of 

the  building.     The  plan  proposed  in  The  San^tst^ 

fif  retaining  the  present  choir  arrangements  for 

ordinary  daily  aervices,  and  the  construction  of  an 

note-choir  with   elerated  altar   and    baldachino 

lightly  advanced  under  the  domo^  »eems  to  meet 

nil  the   require menta.      The  great   organ  might 

t»*main  in  tn«  transept;  all  the  worshippers  in  the 

dome    area,  transept,  and  nave  could  then  join 

ht^artily  in  the  aeryice^,  imd  not  preaching  only, 

but  thn  whole  of  the  church  aervioee  would  fce 

performed  in  the  presence  of  enormoua  congre- 

nttoiis*    The  detaila  of  this  scheme  are  admirably 

QCtCiibed  in  the  pages  of  Tfie  Sacristy,  and  it  la 

greatly  to  be  desired  that  the  committee  will  not 

dedin-    t-    reconsider  the  subject  simply  because 

it  r  li  by  outsidera.     It  will  be  matter 

for  -^ ret  if  so  great  an  opportunity  is  loat 

kt  eurrviug  into  effect  the  Tery  oest  plan  which 

can  be  devised. 

Let  it  not  be  forgotten  that  in  the  year  1847, 
when  the  Dean  and  Chapter  of  Weitminster 
mad^  their  great  alterations  in  the  Abbey^  how 
mlly  they  missed  the  opportunity  of  doing  the 
right  thinz,  and  instead  of  removing  a  modern 
soeen  and  aliifting  two  monuments,  whereby  the 
«iitite  area  of  the  nave  might  have  been  u^ed  for 
OODgregational  purposes,  they  preferred  seating  the 
tnniept,  placing  people  in  such  positions  that  the 
AfeAter  number  can  soe  neither  the  altar,  the 
dttgy,  nor  the  capitular  choir ;  in  fact,  dividing  the 
geni  body  of  worshippers  into  three  separate 
C^rntrrt'LTfttiona. 

'  now  before  me  No.  20j  of  Th^  PariMh 
I  /,  Chunh  Music-Book,  in  which  the  de- 

ft i*«t*ot  th'^  ,ii  r.  u^ement  are  m  >dt  forcibly  shown, 
V  arr'!  -  ]-'.\l^u  /i.-u  to  show  bow  easily  the  nave 
riTe  been  naed  and  every  eccle«iift.gtical 
.wed.  Ar^umenta  of  the  most  convinc- 
1  accompanied  the  plan,  which  was  advo- 
1  a  ver^'  able  manner  by  the  He  v.  W, 
r  William  Cope,  BarL  |  Cope,  then  precen- 
1  yet,  in  spite  of  all  the  moat  sensible 
adations,  other  coun.«eU  prernikd,  and 
L-ee  in  consequence  the  present  nncom- 
■irrangemeuts.  Circumstances,  however, 
^^n  now  compelled  the  Deaa  and  Chapter 
.  open  the  nave  for  special  service.?,  llow 
7  belter  the  etlect  would  be  with  the 
..^t-.^*>n  reiDuved,  and  the  clerg)'  and  choir 
places! 

•>f  your  renders  who  take  an  interest 
in  ci  to  the  admirable  article  in  The 

/'.  ta  which  I  have  alluded.     I  have 

tr,  id  my  purpose  in  referring 

t^  wh*>n  the  qnention  und'?r 


diacussion  relates  to  St.  Paul's,  but  the  caaes  a»d 
similar,  and  the  mistake  made  in  the  former 
building  should  be  a  warning  to  the  committee 
at  St.  Paul's.  Bekj.  Febret,  F.S,  A, 


ORDERS  OF  KNIGHTHOOD. 
(4**»  S,  T.  xlpaMim;  vii.  100,  WT.) 

HoMUXOULTTS,  ei^twhile  my  approved  good  com- 
rade and  ever  my  valued  triend,  has  for  years 
permitted  his  sword  to  rust  in  it^  scabbard»hii9 
taken  to  the  healing  of  wound.i  instead  of  the 
making  of  them — and  bids  fair  for  canonisation ; 
whilst  I,  not  tinding  the  world  to  be  yet  f^yod 
enough  to  roll  on  smoothly  without  some  fighting 
occasionally,  am  content,  like  the  Black  Douglas, 
to  let  my  hands  defend  my  face  and  to  remain  a 
man  of  war  as  of  old. 

When  the  English  Knights  of  St  John  were 
attacked  anew,  on  apparently  fixed  principles,  by 
the  Roman  clique — which  of  late,  under  orders 
from  the  Propaganda,  has  striven  to  force  itself 
into  notoriety,  and  to  u!^urp  n  position  to  which, 
although  favoured  by  papal  patronage,  it  baa  in 
this  kingdom  but  tne  shadow  of  pretension  — 
lIOMUlvcuLua  and  I  di^'ered  as  to  the  coarse  to 
be  pursued  by  those  interested  in  the  cause  of 
progress.  He,  good  man,  in  spite  of  all  I  could 
urge,  must  need;^  in  your  columns  preach  j»eace 
and  union  and  other  Utopianisms ;  whilst  1^  be- 
lieving bloodletting  to  be  advisable  under  the 
circumstances,  would  fain  have  let  the  men  fight 
out  their  quarrel  by  themselves.  Not  that  I  like 
their  Jit}4e  of  lighting ;  for  more  than  oue  of  these 
Ultramontanea  deal  strange  under  ha  tid*^d  blows, 
and  withal  are  »cant  of  courtesy.  In^itructed, 
doubtless,  by  ghostly  advisers  and  by  the  claver 
advocate  who^e  professional  ability  1  admire,  their 
plan  would  seem  in  thia,  as  in  other  quarters,  to 
Dfi  aggressive,  self-asserting,  and  uncompromising ; 
trusting  by  dint  of  subtilty  of  argument  and 
fierceness  of  attack  to  make  gtiod  their  footing, 
and  to  prevent  their  opponent*  from  carrying  the 
war  across  the  border,  Their  tactics,  so  often  sue* 
cefisful,  may  on  this  occasion  have  deceived  many 
who,  ignorant  of  facts,  are  carried  away  by  loni 
talking;  and  this  the  more,  since  the  English 
knights,  forbearing  to  culpability,  would  seem  to 
be  sufieriojr  from  an  onslaught  of  railing  priests 
or  of  scolding  women,  and  aye  acting  on  tne  de* 
fensive  of  a  consequence,  have  never  once  charged 
home  nor  have  striven  to  turn  the  tide  of  battle 
in  the  opposite  direction.  No  one  ctin  admire 
courteous  forbearance  more  than  I  do;  for  I  hold 
it  to  be  unseemly  to  batter  out  the  brains  of  a 
braggart  with  a  bludgeon,  when  he  can  be  deli- 
cately despatched  with  a  small  sword.  By  such 
observances  the  man  of  refined  feeling,  in  matters 
milharv,  is  <;ver  careful  to    avoid   unneceaaajt^J 


346 


NOTES  AND  QUEKIES.  Li'»s.vu.. 


violence,  lurl  to  murk  the  great  gulf  fixed  be- 
twee-i  the  kni^rht  nnd  the  butcher  or  the  burglar, 
I**»t  the  Knpli.sh  ♦)^ti^^^  beware,  however,  lest  the 
charity  ami  torbearnncei  of  it?  m6mb«*M  deg»?ne- 
rate  into  wenkneiss.  Tnie^  their  good  deeda  have 
hitherto  enlisted  our  sympathiei*  in  their  favoyr, 
but  we  like  men  to  hare  stiff  backbones  for  all 
that. 

iloMUNCUtua  had  his  own  way  with  me  as 
ufloal,  and  he  wrote  to  **  N.  &  Q?*  whiUt  I  re- 
mained silent  His  excellent  oil  fell  into  fire 
rather  than  npn  troubled  water.?,  and  the  eom- 
bfttRTita  went  ttt  it  again,  attack  iind  defence,  a^ 
hard  ns  ever.  And  what  has  this  peace  policy, 
this  self-rej^traint,  brought  upon  tlie^e  English 
knittljtsi  Y  A  Bunyan  ha.-?  arij*4*n  h-y  plague  them 
(4*'*  8.  vii,  ICH>) :  an  apnlojj^ue  has  bt*ei\  broiler ht 
to  bear  ujvoti  them,  and  the  jeaters,  raarotte  in 
handp  will  beat  them  out  of  the  li»t*»  nnlass  they 
plnck  up  heart  o'  grace  and  at  least  eilence  D.  P., 
who  with  hia  allegory — that  ill-con  reived  and 
fearfully  and  wonderfully  made  inBtrnment  of 
aelf-destruction— has  alreatly  done  himself  a  mia- 
chief,  and  may  be  easily  dir^posed  of  by  anr  eingle 
inignt  who  won't  mind  about  closing  with  him. 

Aa  for  the  defimned  repTe?*entative  man,  who 
haa  taken  to  call  himself  St.  John  since  he  has 
come  recently  to  England  on  a  mission  from 
Rome,  hifl  pretensions  would  have  provoked  but 
a  smile,  bad  he  not  proved  so  pertinaciously 
nggresFive.  Should  he  fail  to  amend  and  to  disann 
public  mticit«m  by  iuiilating  the  charitable  rx- 
ampl©  of  the  good  knipht  whose  name  he  has 
assumed,  let  him  look  for  smsU  mercy  from  all 
who  -wear  nineteenth*eenturv  .spectacles— who, 
Tiewingwith  distrust  and  dislike  uny  symptom  of 
a  return  to  the  bigotry,  intolerance,  and  j^piritual 
terroriwrn  of  the  ^liddle  Ages,  mean  to  keep  Eng* 
land  for  the  English ;  and  who,  in  comparison 
thereto,  care  but  little  by  what  name  a  body  of  their 
conn  try  men,  long  united  for  purely  philanthropic 
purposes,  may  choose  to  be  known,  or  what  ancient 
oontratemity  they  may  legitimately  represent 

I  challenge  I).  P/s  representative  man  to  sub- 
mit, if  be  dare,  to  the  readers  of  '*  N.  &  Q.'' 
proof  of  the  claim  he  ha^  so  loudly  taken  upon 
mmself  to  assert ;  after  which  (to  borrow  a  sen- 
tence from  the  gt«at  allegori.<*t),  it  will  *'  rpmain 
to  be  seen  what  Opinion  will  do  for  the  rn  w  Mr. 
St  John.*'  MtLKs, 


legitimately  hear  the  anna  of  that  iUa 
house,  or  can  with  propriety  ^ueetiOQ  the  i 
of  others, 
Clnrt^r  Lodge. 


Sm  GoRUEOFJ*  TiNTACK  regrets  that  his  name 
should  have  bet^n  introduced  into  a  discussion 
relative  to  the  claims  of  a  Mr.  St  John,  who  has 
recently  arrived  iu  this  con u try  from  Italy. 

D»  P.  ia  informed  that  Mr,  St.  John  must  ad- 
duce evidence  before  the  constituted  authorities 
in  support  of  his  alleged  descent  from  the  ancient 
f&Buly  whose  name  he  has  assumed^  ere  he  can 


THE  BOOKWORM 
(4»''  S.  vi.  527;  vii.  6*5,  108,  262.' 

The  following  elegant  lines  will  b©  read 

scholar  with  interest,  alike  from  iheir  me? 

the  excellent  cautions  they  gire.     The  auth< 

Pierre  Petit,  a  physician  of  Paris,  who  call 

Latin  poetry  with  such  success  as  to  ei 

himself  a  place  among  the  eminent  men — 1 

Oommire,  La  Rue,  Santeuil,  Henago,  and  I 

rier  who,  with  him,  were  held  to  con^tttul 

celebrated  poetical  '*  Pleiade  '* : — 

**  In  Blattam, 

Insect!  ^nii-s  hbri*  infestum. 

Inxnaam  Musis  pccups  aiiflax  \w" 

Chart4%ninri,  immundo  (juatti  j  •^\^^% 

Tune  sacros  iiudts  <'orrmnp«^re  of" 

tJivinte  egregian  peTderc  ni«ulii»  ujjes  ? 
Qitaa  nou  ira  it  ovist,  non  ulta  Jibi*lcfts  \'y1a5l^ 

SuAtinuit,  siDVo,  peril Jn.  *     *        .,=  7 

.Atqui  debebos  j«oln9  non  t.  ^, 

NuKceiKii  tipt^  eftt,  et  g»  i  la, 

Te  potius  ditf^  Iana\  le  purpuru  |ni5>cat, 

Quotktimquci  ct  uitilier  Uuniaria  pinglt  opus. 
Te  vastare  favft*  divjni  Musa  Maroois 

.\dmonuit  docto  carmme,  parva  qu^retw; 
At  tUt  proh  tadnuH  !  Jon^jje  moliora  Uournm 

Dona  r»pia  :  qiiunto  hjic  fmudp,  scelestji  msi^fi 
Quid  juviu  in  lihri«  taiito?  pc>soi»e  labom  ? 
Si  quo.^  eandidimu.^  perdere  blatta  poiesL 
Quid   luquor  ?   nut  quao   nunc  mihi  mentfto  i 
turbat  ? 
In  rnpidoi  atxinut  iniproUa  diVta  notm. 
Nan  til,  Blatta,  *ed  eat  oulpanda  j^navia  nostra* 

Tu  lifGt  ipsa  niK*ii,  at  priur  illa  iitHLtt. 
Non  residcii  cbartu^  tend»ri-  damnaniu*  o] 
Tq  male  c«mpo;»itas  s^cdula  carpifi  op***      ^__^ 

0  utinani  info«6o«  pontj^ea  (pioque  rodero  numonfllt' 
Abdita  quos  parri  ^tniTt^^ulat  arcasenij^. 

Quis  danmet  quail  sic  .sprer-as  uldacerU  artei  If 

Musanim  imptilsu  forsitan  otc  movi». 
Haud  a^liier  vate*  faatu  irritata  tynmaif 

Dioittir  Atisoniis  fata  dediARe  focis. 
Si  tnmen  in  te  aliqua  est  pktaa,  yenemrt  pri*Wtf 

Cams,  neu  ^tim  <)cripta  veranda  pete, 
Kagaces  potiiiB  qui  proAt^nt  undique,  libro* 

Contort,  sunt  digni  dent*  perire  too. 
If  iif-'  ^tiam  qun;  luM  in  te,  mala  cannina,  6dena 
All^^maa  per  me  :  aunt  tua  namque;  licef,** 

"  Petri  Pctiti,  Pbdoaophi  et  tH>ctorif  Hi 
Stlerinrum  Pofmatuwi^  libri  UtHK  |pCi 
Pariiiia,  l*m,  p.  4K 

1  have  lonf»"  been  in  the  habit  of  markisj^ 
a  small  pencil  *'  tick  '■  any  vermicular 
that  I  have  found  to  exist  in  a  new^ 
book,  and  have  thus  been  able  to 
yondadoubt  that  this  insatiable  marauder 
held  the  contents  of  my  own  shelves  sacred 
hia  depredatioas.  Moreover,  I  have  observed 
certain  old  hooks^  which  I  have  had  rel 


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347 


myself f  hnve  eufiered,  eepeciftlly  At  the  interoAl 
ilexure  of  the  "  end-pftpera,"  and  this  when  I 
could  not  Und  a  corresponding  externn.1  aperture 
of  eDtrance.  The  maggot  itaelf  I  have  often 
seen  *'cribVd,  cabined,  and  contined**  in  a  pri- 
eon  of  his  own  construction,  and  thua  causing^ 
adherence  of  several  pages  together.  The  only  pre- 
vention id  the  frequeDt  taking  down  of  yniir 
\  booka,  removing  the  dust  fiom  the  top  edge  and 
tbe  headband  with  a  brush,  and  beating  them 
well  together  out  o'  window. 

William  Bates. 
inghjiiii. 

[So  Mr.  Blades  caught  a  worm,  and  I  *'  nipped 

I  in  the  bud'M     I  regret  to  have  friiHstmted  his 

Taphical  intentioDPj  but  am  consoled   by  the 

lection  that  his  plan  of  making  a  puprr  cage  for 

prisoner  was  almost  as  likely  to  answer  its 

rpoee  as  would  be  an  attempt  to  contine  an 

elephant  in  n  cobweb. 

Tub  Shade  op  Da  Bandinel. 
Ufiiui  Fieldj. 

In  the  very  interesting  account  given  by  the 
^»  F.  T.  Hatergal  of  these  pests,   he   says; 
'hey  have  a  hard  outer  skin,  and  are  of  a  dark- 
iwn  colour.    1  have  never  found  these  insect*— 
w«  ihet/  are  not — alive  and  at  work/*     I  beg 
to  iDclose  one  of  the  sewml  kind^  mentioned  by 
'Vb.  H\vero\l,  which  I  have  just  caught  "*  alive 
*Qd  at  woik/^  underneath  a  smiill  heap  of  saw- 
ttu^t  ttf  its  own  making,  on   fin  old  book -ah  elf, 
^liich  I  fear  I  fihall  have  tocnuaign  to  the  flames, 
^  every  year  I  lind  a  gieater  numljer  of  holes  in 
'^      As  to  the  first  kind  of  itisocls,  with  a  hard 
outer  akin,  and  of  a  dark  brown  colour,  the  wood- 
"^Hn^  beetle,   with   wings,   I  cannot   but   help 
■  ^^king  it  is  one  and  the  same  t*pecie-^,  only  at  a 
Hperent  peno<i  of  the  year.     As  the  ritterpiilar  ii* 
Hfcngtfd  nrst  into  a  chrysalis  and  then  into  a  butter- 
jj^>  so  I  fancy  these  small  white  worms  with  a 
"*»d  brown  substance  at  bead  and  tail  are  after- 
wards turned  into  the  small  brown  beetle.     This 
conjecture  arises  from  the  fact  that,  going  habitu- 
^y  to  the  country  later  in  the  seaiinn  than  this 
y<iar,  I  have  always  seen   the  beetle,  and   never 
tbe  worm  before,  at  work.  P.  A,  L. 


There  is  a  very  interesting  pnera  on  the  "  Book- 
worm "  by  Dr.  Thomas  Pa rn ell,  but  which  is  said 
^  be  (in  one  of  my  copies  of  the  woiks  of  this 
^HHJi    an  ^'unacknowledged   translation   from  a 
^Blin  poem  by  Be  z  a  /*    Is  t his  stateme  n  t  a ffecti  n  g 
lie  originality  of  the  poem  correct  ?     J.  Perry. 
Waltham  Abbtn. 

The  bookworm  being  now  fairly  hunted  '*to 
earth/'  is  it  not  time  to  refer  to  Pamell^s  pleasing 
jiUla  po€m  upon  the  subject?  W.  (1.) 


ORIGIN  OF  THE  SUKNAME  CUNNINGHAM. 
{4?^^  S.  m,pauim;  iv.  62, 170;  rii.  221.) 

It  may  be  necessary  to  recollect  that  this  term|  j 
besides  neiog  a  personal  sum  am  43,  is  also  the  name^ 
of  one  of  the  three  great  divisions  of  the  county  of 
Ayr^that  which  is  separated  from  Kyle  by  the 
Irvine,  as  Kyle  is   from    Carrick  by  the  Doon. 
W,  F.  (2),  quoting  an  entry  in  the  Kirk  Seseiotti 
records  of    Diwdonald  P.  of  21  June,  1007,  in 
support  of  the  cmtey  theory,  adopted  by  him,  as  it 
would  appear,  in  the  wake  of  the  author  of  Cak'- 
donia\  has  evidently  misread  that  entry.     Stein  ^ 
Wildon  in  Gailes  (now  generally  written  Crayles, 
a  farm  well  known  ^  (situated  a  mile  and  half  or  so 
south  of  the  burgh  of  Irvine,  and  in  Dundonald 
P)  is  given  up,  or  reported  to  the  Kirk  ISession  ' 
as  having  transgressed  the  discipline  of  the  kirk 
in  having  shot,  with  a  hackbut,  **  at  ye  connyngis 
in  Corsbie'a   Oonyngam   in   St.  Madanes/'  on  a 
Sunday,  fifteen  clays  before,    W.  F.  says,   that 
'^  Corsbie's  '*  means  the   laird  of  Corsby's  Con- 
yngnm ;  that  is,  we  presume,  the  laird  of  Oorsb^'s 
lami^  cftikdConjnahmt  and  which  lie  in  or  within 
St.  Mndanes.     Either  that  is  the  meaning  which 
\V.  R  put4*  on  tbM  entry,  or  be  may  possiibly  sup- 
pose that  the  Laird  of  C.  was  sumamed  Cam/naani. 
In  the  latter  case,  however,  the  entry  would  have 
stood   Cor^ie^Cmiifjigam — meaning   land   called 
Corsbie,  owned  by  Conyngam — and  not  **  Corsbie*e 
Conyngam***  which  can  only  import  land  of  the 
name  of  Conyngum  belonging  to  tne  Laird  of  Cora- 
bie.  Neither  eonjecture  will  stand  an  examination. 
Dundonald  parisn,  including  Gailes,  a  three  pund 
land  of  old  extent,  U  in  Kyle,  not  in  the  Cun- 
ningham, district.   There  is  no  land  in  Dundonald 
paritth,  or  even  in  Kyle,  called  Conyngam  j  and 
none  of  the  lairds  of  Corsbie  ever  bore  such  a 
surname.  That,  on  the  other  hand,  was  Fullerton* 
designed  generally  of  Fullerton,  or  Of  that  Ilk, 
but  vet  sometimes  of  Corsbie,  tmd  of  Dreghom. 
Corsbie  was  a  twenty  pund  land  of  old  extent,  on 
which,  prior  to  the  Reformation  of  religion,  was 
an  ancient  chapel  dependent  on  Dundonald.     W. 


pendicle  of  land  belonging  to  the  laird  of  Corsbie 
called  St.  Madanes,  lying  contiguous  to  the  chapel 
of  Corsbie,  and  also  to  Troon,  a  flourishing  sea-port, 
where  is  a  way  or  street  now  called  St  Medans, 
And  as  the  old  religious  ho  uses  were  always  dedi- 
cated to  some  holy  person,  there  is  much  reason 
for  believing  that  Cforsbie  Chapel  had  St.  Medan 
for  its  tutelar  saint.  Several  parish  kirks  were 
dedicated  to  him,  as  for  example  Toskertoun,  called 
also  Kirkmedan,  in  the  presbytery  of  8  tmnraer,  and 
that  of  Kirkmdden  (the  cell  or  kirk  of  St.  Medan), 
Bums*  "  Maiden  Kirk  ^*  in  the  Rinns  of  Galloway. 
In  forming  an  opinion  of  the  ori^a  oC  Cuftwwq- i 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[4*^  9.  TIL  Aj'MlI3,7L 


II 


hanif  it  m&j  not  be  improper  for  W.  F.  to  con- 
sider tlie  eaxlieat  forms  in  which  the  name  iip- 
peaffl,      Taliesin,   a  iWekh  bard  of  the  seventh 
century,  calk  it  CatHmtm,    '■  Carawg  (eayb  Mr. 
W.  F.  Skene),  taken  In  combination  with  Coel 
and   Canauon  in  line  28,  shows  that  the  three 
pro?iiice«sof  Aytihire — Carrick,  Cyle,  andCuninj- 
iuLxa — are  meant/'     (Four  Aitc.  Books  of  Waies^  li, 
407*)     The  Ven.  Bede,  in  his  Hcc,  Ilistoiy^  which 
was  finidhed  in  the  beginning  of  the  eighth  cen- 
tury, calla  it  InomMmnf^m.    (Mon,  Hist.  BrtL 
bw  T.  c.  12.)    The  chromclera  Hoveden^  and  Ben: 
AMto,  speaking  of  a  well  near  the  Kirk  of  St, 
Vbmiii  running  blood  for  eight  successive  daye 
and  nights  durinj?  the  year  1186,  saya  this  well 
lay  *'  infra  CuniDham  " ;  (L  e,  in  the  lower  part  of 
C.,)  and  near  to  the  Castle  of  Irwine,     And  in 
many  charters,  copies  of  which  are  preserved  in 
the  monkiAh  registers  of  the  twelfth  and  thirteenth 
ceoturiea  and  later,  althouprh  the  orthography  is 
Tery  various,  it  is  generally  found  assuming  the 
forms  of  Koninglmm  and   Cunigham.     Keeping, 
those  early  forms  of  the  name  in  view,  it  may 
be  a  proper  subject  for  inquiry  and  consider- 
W^JBffl,  whether  names  of  places  in  Ayrshire,  in 
the  time  of  Taliesin ,  Bede,  HoTedeu,  benedictus 
Abbas,  &c.,  could  be  other  than  for  the  most  part 
Celtic   (British,   Welsh,  Erse,  or  Gaelic),  or  at 
least  Otiltic  with  some  little  admixture  of   the 
speech  of  the  Scandinavian  population  of  the  so- 
called  kingdom    of  North  umbria,  in  which  the 
western  shires  of  Scotland  were  sometimes,  and 
for  period^}  greater  and  leaser,  included,     (Bede*8 
HU.  r*  12 ;  Robertson's  Earh/  Kings,) 

EsrsnABS. 

*^  Chalmers  points  out  that  CSming  is  the  British 
=^ rabbit,  and  that  Cmiingfmvi  simply  means  *the 
^ace  where  rabbits  abound.'  *'  The  Saxon  word 
Xammcfkenf  rabbit,  or  a<*  it  was  formerly  spelt, 
€mmok€^  (8tfe  N.  Bailey's  Dictionary)  has  a 
family  likene-sa  to  Cmiin^kam.  V.  A,  L. 


photographic  accuracy,  has  n<^  omitted  this  fea- 
ture. In  dascribing  the  Old  Himtsiiift&'s  funeral 
he  says : — 

"  The  old  btrntamoa  gatfaeied  roaad  the  grave  ia  i 
Aolid  ring,  eaoh  holdingliu  dog  by  the  slip,  aad  vbn 
the  final  a*he§  to  asheSf  dutt  to  du$t  was  pronoaneed,  tht 
whole  atpewed  their  sprigs  of  rosemary  over  the  cflfia, 
then  raiain^  thoir  heads,  gave  a  simultiineous  *  Ytt-ho! 
tail v-ho  I '  tho  Aound  of  which  became  beighleoed  ttjr  the 
dn|i^a  jotning  their  voioea  as  thev  raag  ibe  last  erfOfW 
thoir  *  eartheti '  companion/'  — Chromcht  qf  IFofcrlop, 
p.  164.) 

It  is  also  alluded  to  in  Mr.  Edwin  WaogbV 
poem  of  **  Owd  Enoch  ^ : — 

*  An*  \Then  they  put  Enoch  to  bed  down  V  th*  graawadt 
■  "  ■  ddad  na 


ROSEMARY  USED  AT  FCKEEALS. 
(4**'  S.  Tii.  200.) 

In  South  Lancashire  the  use  of  roaemary  in 
funeral  rites  is  still  observed.  The  injunction  of 
the  Friar  may  yet  be  heard  (albeit  in  other 
words) : — 

"  Df}"  up  your  tears,  and  stick  your  rosemary 
On  ihia  fair  corse.*' 

Sprigs  of  rosemary  are  placed  on  the  corpse  aa 

it  lies  receiving  the  laat  Tisita  of  old  friends ;  and 

it  is  also  usual  to  scatter  them  in  the  grave  as 

the  pAtson  reads  the  most  solemn  words  of  the 

solemn  bimsd  d&rviee,    Mr.  Brierley,  w'hoee  ^\c- 

tares  af  LHncashire  life  are  genexaliy  marve\A  ol 


A  rook  o'  poor  aeighb<iurs  stoode  bare^yeddad  nawml ; 
They  dropt  sprigs  o'  ro^emarj,  an'  thia  war  ibeJr  xxxi* 
Th' owd  craytera  laid  by— wc  may  haply  be  tb*  oext' 

Roaemary  was  one  of  poor    Kirke    Whitill 
favourite  flowers ;  and  one  of  his  poems, 
with  that  melancholy  which  pervaded  his  writa^ 
and  si^ems  almost  prophetic  of  hia  antiaiely  ( 
is  addressed  to  that  sad  herb : — 

"  Come,  fuoeral  Sower,  who  lovest  to  dwell 
With  the  pale  corse  ia  lonely  tomb, 
And  throw  across  the  desert  s^oom 

A  sweet  daeaying  $mell« 
Come,  press  my  hp«,  and  lie  with  rot. 
Beneath  the  lonely  alder  tree, 
And  we  shall  sleep  a  pleasant  sloop. 
And  not  a  care  shall  dare  intrude) 
To  break  the  marble  folitiide. 
So  peaceful  and  so  deep/' 

In  a  little  volume  entitled  Fhwtri  end  ihfrr 
Poetry^  edited  by  J*  Stevenson  Bushnan,  MP., 
London,  1851,  and  which,  from  its  pleasant  iub- 
ject  and  the  poetic  and  artistic  taate  it  displsw, 
would  delight  your  correspondent^  I  End  mom 
poem  dedicated  to  the 

**  ROSEMAUT. 

'*  Sacred  to  sorrow  and  the  dead; 

Sighs  .ire  called  up  wherever  we  see 
Thy  bloitsoms  strewed  upon  the  bed 
Of  Silence,  Ros-Marie! 

**  We  look  nptm  a  cold  still  face. 

Yet  i^atm,  resigned  to  Heaven's  decree; 
And,  sprinkled  o^er  the  shroud  wa  tnoa 
Thy  blossoms,  Roa^Marie  I 

**  Thy  verv  odour  to  the  sense 

PreacKes  of  acenci  where  sorrovrs  be, 
An<I  of  some  spirit  summoned  hence 
To  judgment,  Eos-Marie! 

**  Better  by  far  the  house  of  woe. 

Than  thnt  of  langhter ;  and  through  tb** 
Nature  would  to  the  thoughtless  show 
That  homily,  Ros-Marie !  ** 

It  waa  formerly  used  for  bridals  aa  weD  «* 
burials,  and  to  these  '*  two  ends  "  there  is  an  allu- 
sion in  Herrick*3  **  Helper  idea,*' a%  well  aa  in  » 
poem  with  which  Mr.  Kindt  is  probabl?  faajiHtff 
^'  ^i^^iiMiv^'Q^a^^i^  Blumen/'  by  A. Schwi1»«i 


i 


<*8.VlI.ArMi.Ja.7l.] 


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349 


"W;"         ^,  denm  lioffend  btndftt 
*I  -  •  Bmut  ins  Haar, 

W  .lenii  Hoffend  windit 

Kick  tiit^  Tf  Auer  tun  die  B«hr'/' 

W.  E.  A.  A. 
Joyiuoa  Street*  Stra&gewAys. 


EKUUSil  DESCENT  OF  DANIEL  O'CONKELL. 

(4»*  S.  iii.  75 ;  vii.  242.) 
I  ftgree  with  jour  corresponilent  H.  lis  to  the 
BO-ealled  *' Irish  pure  Celt"  (if  in  Ireland  or  else- 
wheiv  there  be  such  a  thing  as  '*pare  Celtic 
blood,*'  which  I  Tery  much  doubt),  that  no  one 
anatt  of  that  race  erer  attained  "  real  greatness  in 
literiture,  »dence,  art,  political  or  military  Ufa,** 
That  A  larffe  Gothic  element  exists  in  the  race  of 
modem  Insh  i^  past  all  doubt.  Celtic  philolo- 
ipbts  may  sny  what  they  please  about  the  "antique 
p-!T^*-  -'  *hQ  Celtic  language."  Their  views  on 
(r  are  to  me  as  irrational  aa  the  specu- 

iau-...^  .  .  Lord  Monboddo  on  the  primitive  elou- 
nmon  of  the  vertebne  in  the  human  tpecies,  or 
the  more  recent  va^ries  of  Professor  Darwin, 
We  find  even  Lord  Brougham,  great  man  that 
lie  w*^  attributing  his  success  in  life  to  the  (sup- 
posed) Celtic  blo^Sd  inherited  from  his  mother: 


jni;t 


I 


tttii, 

R 


th^i  eminent  Chief  Justice  Hale  entertained 
of  witchcraft,  which  shows  that  even 
lias  are  uot  always  superior  to  the  pre- 
mie lueion  — 

K  hf'TO  hfii'nnf^  ft  Crltii^  name  of  whom  the  lri«h 

:  iu»  as  their  rcpresenta- 

1'%  *  ill  every  clement 

.„^,  :.L„ ,  -,.     .:    .1  nn'ptire  Irish  Celt* 


if»><*  your  correspondent  H.     Whatever 

Life  (and  I  ^ee  no  reaaon  to  doubt  the 

_iven  by  your  correi^pondent),  it  is  at 

cjtfrtJiin,  that  the  name  0*L  onnell  is  as  Korse 

--      r-<»  can  be,  and  afforda  a  «tr^>nif  presumption 

oi&Goibic  element  in  the  bh»d  of  the  **  great 

liWtor/'  apart  from  that  of  the  "Kentish  and 

.Yorkshire  coloniata  "  :  — 

.  *Mi^hT  ve,**  AAjB  FCTgTisoii,*  **eveQ  go  on  to  aak— 

tread  ao  tender  ^round^Mrhether  0*Cofm«Il 

an  hilf  an  Irishman  ?     Ron  all  seems  to  have 

H MiHirm  name  among  the  Norsemen:  there  are 

(hftt  Diime  mentioned  ia  the  Landndmah6k^  or  Ibt 

'.naiiJ  »«ltltir!i  ID  Iceland.    The  name  itself  appear» 

an  to  h*  Scandinavian,  and  to  have  a  clear  etymon  in 

'      N'otte— *oiir.  a  noble  or  iUu^triou?  p'L'r*on,  akioi^; 

'^  ,ji_i  mH  t ;,....;  jiQ  approprmte  title  fuongb  lor 

The  name  Con nell,"  continues 

uctaiu  an  uncommon  one  in  the 

it  mi^ht  mo«t  naturally  be  f^up- 

r a  the  Danes  or  Northmen.    The 

and  *  Mc'  In  Ireland  and  Soot- 

te  a  croas  between  the  natives  and  the 


ii 


imi  and  ITgdmtnktnd^by 


It  hfia  already  been  shown  in  the  pages  of 
^•N.  Sl  Q.**  that  the  patronymic  prefix  **  Mac  *'  is 
not  Celtic,  but  Gothic.    Thomson/  speaking  of 
the  settle  jient  of  the  Scots  in  Ireland,  whom  he 
holds  to  be  of  the  same  Gothic  origin  with  the 
Ficts^  says  that  *'  much  of  their  language  pervadail 
the  Irish  or  Erse,  where  the  very  terms  of  famDyl 
deacenty  auch  as  *Mac'  and  '0/  are  apparentlW 
Gothic''     Another  writer  of  credit,!  io  regard  Ut^ 
Ireland^  informs  us  on  the  authority  of  Tacitus^  and 
"on  every  evidence,  historical  or  traditional,"  of 
"the  introduction  at  some  very  remote  perio* 
either  by  conquest  or  colonisation,  of  a  diatin 
race  from  its  original  inhabitants";  in  proof 
which  he  mentions  the  peaaaatry  of  the  eaaten 
and  midland  districts,  who  exhibit  the  "  blue  eyes  ' 
and  Hiixeu  hair  peculiar  to  the  German  tribes/' 
In  fact,  the  doctrine  of  Celticism  seems  to  me  a ^ 
»pecie^'*  of  popular  delusion,  which  in  Scotland  i 
least  has  been  kept  alive  through  the  gratuitou 
assumptions  and  unsatisfactory  conjectures  of  sud 
writers  as  George  Chalmers,  I>r.  Daniel  WilsonJ 
Dr,  John  Stuart,  and  a  few  othera  who  folloirl 
in  their  track*     Dr,  Petrie,  of  "round  tower *•'■ 
celebrity,  was,  I  suppose,  the  great  Irish  apo9tl4 
of  Celtfcism.     That  the  nomenclatures  of  Irebuii 
and  Scotland  possess  much  in  common,  it  would 
be  idle  to  deny ;  but  that  that  element  ia  abori^ 
ginal,  and  not  merely  early  Gothic,  is  the  questioiij 
a  till  to  be  proved.  BiLBO. 


CHAR.ICTES  OFCoKSTAXTINE:  TKArHALA  (4**  S. 

vii,3CXJ,) — See  my  Leviure^  tm  the  Jlistortf  of  tl^e 
Emtern  Church,  p.  IB%  third  edition.      A*  T.  S. 

[Th<?  paj»4age  referred  to  runa  thus :  —  **  He  (Conatan- 
tine)  had  a  contemptuous  habit  of  throwing  hack  bis 
head,  which,  by  bringing  out  the  full  proportions  of  bis 
thick  neck»  procured  for  him  the  nickname  of  Trtichala" 
— Ei>.] 

Ha^^dkl^s  '*  Mbsstah  '*  (4*^  S.  vii.  304.)— This 
queatioa  is  one  of  curiou-?  simplicity.  The  audi- 
ence stand  up  during  the  "Hallelmah  Cborua" 
because  of  the  peculiar  solemnity  of  tne  words.  I 
have  known  it  done  during  the  preceding  chorus, 
*'For  unto  us  a  Child  is-  bom/'  It  is  like  the 
custom  in  moat  churches  of  standing  (or  kneeling) 
when  the  Lord's  Prayer  occurs  Id  the  Leason* 

LTTTKLTOIf. 
Hagler,  Stourbridge. 

At  the  iirst  performance  of  the  "Messiah**  in 
Westtninater  Abbey,  such  was  the  effect  of  the 
rendering  of  the  words — **  For  the  Lord  God  Om- 
nipotent reigneth,"  that  the  king  (George  IL), 
who  wa«»  present,  started  to  his  feet,  and  remained 
standing  till  the  conclusion  of  that  portion  of  the 
oratorio.    His  example  was  instantly  followed  by 

•  Etymomor 
aoD,  M  Ji  J.  is*i 


taU  |db»!LtW$aar 


S50 


NOTES  AND  QUEKIES. 


[4»»i8,VIL  Ar«t«i'a 


the  entire  coopregaiion:  lience,  I  believe ,  it  hm 
been  custouijiry  for  audieocea  to  atand  during-  the 
singittg  of  the  "  Ilallcltijah  Chorna  "  ever  aioce. 

J.  D.  L. 

Two  Passages  in  "  Ti^toN  of  Athehs  '^  (4"*  S. 
i.  43, 164,  259,  355,  445.)— Not  being  a  constant 
der  of  **  N.  &  Q/'  I  liaTe  only  to-daj  seen  the 
reply  of  A,  II.  to  itiy  sugg^estion :  *'you  want  mttck 
of  aie/'  Without  coumu^utiiig  oii  ills  own  ex- 
planation, and  still  leaa  on  tbo  language  which 
n©  baa  thought  tit  to  employ,  I  only  beg  leave  to 
lay  beft>re  y out  readers  the  following  pasdo^  from 
tbo  well-known  ballad  of  "Geraiit us'' in  Percy's 
ReUquti$  :  — 

*'  His  heart  Joth  thiiike  on  manv  a  wile, 
Ilowr  to  deceive  th©  p-u-ore; 
Hii  mouth  la  almost  M  of  w«i  Ac, 
Yet  still  he  gnpe^i  for  more/' 

Nobody.  I  think,  will  deny  that  muck  here  meana 
tfold.  Now,  gold  it  WA8,  not  meat,  which  the  ban- 
ditti wanted  I'roui  Timou,  who  had  dug  up  a  large 
quantity  of  itp  but  after  hiis  expenence  contemns 
it  as  the  merest  and  most  abominable  trash.  Com- 
pare Othelio  III.  3:  "  Who  8te«l3  my  pursie  steals 
traah."  The  repetition  of  much  in  the  two  suc- 
ceeding lineflp  far  from  contirmin^  the  reading  i»f 
the  folio,  is  in  itself  rather  auspicious  and  pro- 
bably owing  to  the  carelessness  of  the  canipnMtor* 

BrvBden. 

The  Origin  of  Abcilblshop  Stafford  (4*'*  S. 
vii.  'Ml)— 

"John  Stafford  was  Archbisbop  of  Canterbury'  and 
(TliancfUor  of  England  durio;;  Sitme  of  the  most  trembled 
years  of  tlie  reign  of  Henry  VL" 

Tbia  note  gives  me  some  hope  I  may  be  on  the 
w?ent  of  a  Stafford,  whose  large  signature  '*  Stak- 
t  PORl>^'  (I  shall  give  it  more  oorrectly  when  once 
I  get  to  Paris,  if  ever  we  can  pet  there^  and 
recover  our  ^oods  and  chattels)  is  on  &  large 
document  of  the  reign  of  Henry  VL  headod  with 
the  name  of  the  Duke  of  Bedford  (not  John  the 
Regent  in  France,  but  his  brother  and  successor 
as  governor  of  Normandy*)  Why  it  is  signed 
Staflbrd  I  have  never  been  able  to  make  out, 

P.  A,  L. 

Remarkable  Clock  (4^^  S.  tH,  322,)  —  The 
clock  referred  to  is  being  exhibited  at  the  Crystal 
Palace  at  Sydenham,  where  all  particulars  may 
be  leonied  respecting  it.    It  is  still  for  sale, 

J.  II.  J.  Oakley. 

The  Prior}',  Croytlon, 

ETyMOLOGt  OF  "  Ward  "  as  a  Personal  Name 
(4***  S.  vii-  2tj6.)-— Mr,  Nichols  has  answered  his 
own  question.  Ward  is  guard,  and  both  have 
much  the  same  aignitication  as  herd,  t.  e.  keeper ; 
c£  hoArd  =  a  treasure;  something  guarded  with 
CAre.  Thus  the  gate-kijeper  is  tbe  gate-wwA,  ^i 
^^  warden     Wards^  in  Chancery,  \m^j  X\ift  ^o&< 


session  of  property;   mich  persons  would  bate 

hereditary  or  tarntorial  designatious ;  m  wird, 
living  in  a  private  family,  say  with  his  Much. 
would  have  a  name  otherwise  tbaA  in  his  legil 
capacity  of  **  a  ward.*'  Supposing  a  minor,  or 
person  under  the  care  of  u  guardian,  to  become 
east  away,  so  that  he  is  separated  from  his  pro- 
perty and  his  guardian,  and  has  to  *•  shift*  f"r 
nimself,  I  think  his  designation  would  besji 
from  his  adopted  employment,  and  that  he  ^  .. 
lose  the  name  of  "  wapJ"  when  the  term  hai  1  ^^ 
its  significancy  as  regards  hiuv^elf,  and  nev.  r  Dt_ 
able  to  transmit  it  to  bis  posterity.  A. 

J,  G.  N,  (for  whose  knowltsdge  and  ncqi 
ments,  if  I  guess  him  rightly,  I  have  ntuch  re*] 
says,  "Mr.  Lower  derives'  the  name  t>r  T/ , 
from  ^  Fr.  leyat'de^  the  guard,  keeper,  nr 
But  was  le  garde  ever  a  French  wonl  a  ^  ^ 
peraon  P     Gardt;  is  in  French  a  feminine  mm  i 
its  meaning  is  the  ?«me  «s  our  guard.     (Th 
the  French  surname  De  la  Garde,)     The  ; 
who  guards  is  a  gardim,  our  guardian  or  u. 
I   entertain  a  doubt,  therefore,  whether  a  VV 
was  really  an   ofticer  or  a  person   employed 
guarding.     Did  the  writer  recollect  the  cu^ 
La  scntitidlef  W.  (1.) 

"  As  Cyril  and  Nathvx  '»  {V^  S.  m  .15L> 
vinother  version — 

**  ^A  Cyril  »ntl  Kathan  wt-re  pacing  by  «^i«»n\ 
Bays  Cyril  to  NHtliont  *  We're  both  uf  uft  di'jui*. 

And  both  of  wa  btjihops  in>iy  lie,* 
Says  Nttlhan  to  Cyril,  'I  oerlainly  shall 
Stay  her«,  to  Icx>k  after  my  little  canal, 
And  voa  oisv  look  afUr  the  see." 

.v.r.s.| 

ECSTATICS  :     THE     **  E8TATICA. "    OF    CxLUii 

(4»*'  a  \u  47S;  vii.  21,  123,  193.)— The  wri 
of  the  Third  Series  of  Watertoa^s  Es$ag»  on  SdM 
JIiMiori/  h  m  Frawr*8  Mtif/azi/ie^  Dec.  \^^7  ( 
18*58),  and  is  the  tirst  article  in  the  numWr. 
memorandum  is  to  this  effect,  and  I  have  verid 
the  correctness  of  it,  William  BiO*! 

Birmitigham, 

Bears*  Ears  (4»*'  S.  vii.  256.)  — The 
was  called  bears*  ears  in  Suffolk  in  IK^)^  iiGd,| 
anything  1  know  to  tbe  contrary,  is  called  i 

Or  as  pronounced  ftrnziers^  is  srill  the  ; 
name  of  rritmda  auricula  in  this  district  snd  U 
South  Lancashire  generally.     I  believe,  hoirefi 
that  the  plant  is  nut  known  by  that  name  in  No 
Lancashire,  '     James  Peakms-  j 

Milnrow,  n^Jir  Rochdale. 

It  is  asked  if  this  name  for  the  auricula  I 
long  been  disueed.     I  reply  that  it  bas  never  1 
disut^ed.     It  is  tbe  common,  name  of  the  aaricntkl 
in   the  Eastern  Counties;    and  a  clevir 
^Mti^iiLer  assures  me  that  be  was  familiar 
\  \Xv^  ?jwsv^  Ti%ssv^  'vQ.^iiA  '^w^lb.  in  Scotknd* 


4*  &  VIL  Ai-BIL  22,  Tl.] 


NOTES  AND  QUEBLBS. 


351 


flower,  Loudon  shyn,  was  cultivated  by  Gerard  in 

1597»  under  the  name  of  **  bears'  ears,"  or  raoun- 

•  -*         "slips.     The  French  call  it  b?  a  similar 

j7/e»  d'mirHf  and  so  do  the  Italians^  Orcf- 

y .i\. ,,..,     Of  course,  the  name  was  given  to 

the  plant  from  the  resemblance  of  its  leaves  to  the 

^yr^  of  a  bear ;  but  it  is  to  be  regretted  that  m 

i\  name  sliould  have  so  fixed  itself  upon  this 

hiiiiiutiful  species  of  primrose,  that  in  many 

places  it  Is  known  by  no  other.  F.  C.  II. 

Skbuabble  (3'*  S.  ii,  32(?;  4^'^  S.  i.  408.)  — 
The  attempt  to  derive  English  words  from  the 
On&ek  so  very  seldom  succeeds  that  I  hesitate 
muoh  before  sending'  a  mo.st  doubtful  origin  of  the 
above  word ;  but  the  folio wiop  sentence  of  Pausa- 
oiaa  Civ.  14,  1  )^  referring  Uy  the  close  of  the  tirst 
Meifisenian  war^  6  Sc  Ox^<*i  ^  tfoxhs  nariL  t^t  warpiSas 
fjtao-roi  ras  dtpxafsr  iffKtMftffijfFay^  pictures  a  ske- 
daddle po  well  that  I  wonder  whether  the  word 
can  ptis^ibly  come  from  trKM^wf^, 

JOEN  DOTN  GaRDSEB. 
Chttltcris. 

hi^aop  Fuller  (4'"  S.  vii.  257.)  — William 
Fuller,  Hishop  of  I.iiuenck  nud  Lincoln^  w^is  the 
son  of  Thorans  Fulit^r  nf  London,  m ere h tint.  I 
make  this  ttutement  on  the  authority  of  the  Ful- 
ler Pedijfiee,  communicated  by  James  Franklin 
FiiIUt,  Esq.,  to  Muailanea  Geneaht/ica  et  Ile- 
ra!ni-a^  vol.  i*  p-  215.  Chaklbs  8otheran. 

^t.  Meadow  Street,  Myss-suks  near  Mtttichcster. 

T.nRTJ  Ryrox's  '*ENOLi?*Et  Bakds,"etc.  (4**»  S. 

vmi;  vii.  23, 100,  ll»r.)— ''Jill  '^  will  find  the 

'  0  Gemini/'    &c,  (as   given   by  ra©  in  a 

t  rmtr  commimi cation)  in  an  8vo  edition  of  Byron 

•edited  by  Quit  and  printed  at  Paris.     Not  having 

tb*  volume  at  hand  I  lannot  state  whether  the 

i»ee  occur  in  the  memoir  or  amnngst  the  poems. 

^    ■     '      >'ver,  certain  that   tbey  were  beaded 

and    were    among&t   some    similar 

-  !>..  un  Wordsworth's   Jiliitfi  J)(^^  the  **  curst 

old  woman,"  &c,  &c*     The  very  personal  and  ob- 

RoiLi.t  -.o^tam  on  the  Prince  Regent  was  in  the 

-%  which  was  a  scraping  together  of 

-^.„p  iiypon  had  written  or  was  supposed  to 

^  The  **  O  Gemini !  '*  reminds  me  that 

i  peaaantA   frequently  swear    by    the 

5  {(iemthi)^  "who,  1  presume,  are  the 
**  Great  twin  brethren  " 
Kooulm  and  Kemus.    Can  our  vulgar  exclama- 
^  have  A  similar  origin? 

Jaates  IIenry  Dixon, 

^  ^ ^iT^  OR  Christmas  Piece  (4^^  S.  vi. 

•  '»,  201.) — Alo.^t  of  your  readers  have 

-.     .    '.he   great   painter  Joseph   Wright   of 

J%bj,  and  eome  have  doubtless  seen  his  works. 

"•^  TCfo*  for  a  short  time  at  Kepton  School,  about 

■IT  1745.     It  is  said,  when  there,  he  saw  a 

.m:>tlBM   aiBOIl''   the  PKqwrty   of  Ojl^^^lils 


Bcboolfellowa,  and  was  bo  struck  with  it  that  be 
determined  to  try  to  draw.  This  would  corro- 
borate F.  C.  H/s  statement  of  a  picture  of  some 
kind  forming  a  pi^riion  of  the  Chriistmaa  piece, 
whilst  we  may  also  suppoM  the  central  portion 
of  the  sheet  tilled  with  specimens  of  writing  j 
hence  called  a  **i?rripsit."  The  anecdote  of  the 
origin  of  the  formation  of  Wright's  taste  for  paint- 
ing is  to  be  found  in  a  memoir  of  him  in  theHeii' 

quart/,  iv.  177.  JOHK  PlCKFOED,  MA* 

Boltou  Percy,  near  Tad  caster. 

IlfiEALDIC  OR  HeKALDBIC  (4**'  S.  VI.  458 ;  vii. 
273.)— ^Instead  of  Copkdotic  in  the  county  of 
Cheater  read  Cape^honte,  once  the  property  of 
the  old  family  of  Ward,  and  now  of  Arthur  Henry 
Davenport,  Esq.  .Toaif  Pickford^  MA. 

Bolton  iVrcy,  near  Tmdcaater. 

Stubt*8  Ebjtion  op  the  Prater  Book  (4^'*  S. 
vii.  283.) — I  have  seen  n  copy  of  this  book  in  the 
library  of  the  Fitzwilliam  Museum,  Cambridge; 
but  not  being  a  resident  in  that  town,  I  cannot 
say  whether  the  university  or  any  of  the  college 
libraries  may  also  possess  a  copy  or  not. 

^SluuEL  Sajtdabs. 

2a,  Gloucester  Plaee,  Hyde  Pfltk. 

MEAKiTfo  OF  ''  Fog  ''  (4»^  S.  vii.  9G,  216.)— 
Upon  reading  and  considering  the  remarks  of  your 
correspond  en  tfl,  James  Pearson^  J.  Ck.  II.,  D, 
Gedbes,  T.  a.,  and  Mb.  E.  Marshall  on  thia 
word,  they  appear  to  me  decidedly  to  lead  to  the 
etymology  and  meaning  of  another,  which  is  of 
pretty  constant  use  in  a  certain  district,  though, 
as  far  as  I  am  awarCj  it  has  not  yet  got  into  the 
dictionaries.     I  mean  the  "word/offfffr. 

There  was  some  time  since,  and  without  doubt 
continues  still  to  be,  hardly  a  farm  in  the  western 
part/i  of  Berks,  and  along  the  adjoining  part^  of 
Wilts  upon  the  river  Kennelt,  which  does   not 
number  amongst  its  labourers  a  fogger ;  and  his 
duties  are   understood  to  be,  in  addition  to  his 
acting  as  the  odd  man  of  the  family,  to  look  after*] 
and  take  care  of  the  cattle  in  the  farm -yard,  and 
supply   them    with   what   is   necessary— hay,  if 
needed,  cavings  and  other  things  from  the  barn ; 
the  latter  before  the  flail,  as  now,  alau!  waa  silent,  \ 
To  explain  his  connection  with  the  fog,  or  coaraaJ 
grass,  I  am  supposing  that  before  parishes  wemi 
generally  enclosed,  and  the  whole  common  field  I 
thrown  open  after  harvest,  being  then  cultivated  ] 
in   small   long  etrins,   so   the   feed  which   gre^*] 
upon  the  bank&  dividing?  them  valuable,  the  fogger 
waa  the  man  to  aeo  that  his  master's  cattle  were 
safe  and  had  their  share,  and  waa  so  called  for  thia 
reason.     There  was  also  a  parish  officer  called  a 
hayward,  and  whether  we  derive  this  name  from 
heord^mird  or   hate-ward^   his   duties   must   still 
have  been  to  look  after  the  fences,  see  that  no  one 
overstocked,  and  keep  the  beasts  from  stra^iu^ 
into  other  paridhes. 


NOTES  AND  QUERlEa 


[4t*  S.  VLL  ArwL  2U*7L^ 


If  jou  o^k,  as  3tr&Dgi?rs  are  At>t  to  do,  what  b  the 
etymology  and  meaoiDg  of  fopfjer^  the  answer 
genarally  u  that  it  is  a  corruption  oipoddercr.  This 
la  hardly  satiafactorjr.  Surely  the  simpler  and 
natural  explanation  is,  that  it  ib  a  regular  noun 
descriptive  of  the  office  of  the  man  who  fouod 
fog  for  the  cattle,  as  there  seems  little  doubt  that 
in  early  times  he  did.  W,  (1.) 

P.S,  Will  your  correapondent  T«  A.  forgive  me 
for  eaying  that  the  latter  grass  is  called  latiernuUh, 
not  l^ermouth '/ 

G5AT8  d'^  S.  vii.  25a>-A  few  yeara  ago  I 
lived  in  the  Marshes  of  East  Kent^  and  was  com- 
pelled to  adopt  ft  plan  similar  to  that  described  by 
VLr.  Piooot  to  keep  the  gnats  from  biting  me 
during  the  nights  At  times  the  bite  (I  b^Uere  I 
Biu  right  in  calling  it  by  this  term)  ia  very  poi- 
Bonoufi.  One  evening  I  observed  a  gnat  between 
the  knuckles  of  the  third  and  fourth  fingers  of 
my  right  hand,  and  killed  it.  The  next  day  I 
observed  my  hand  was  swollen  a  little.  Inflam- 
mation rapidly  set  in,  extending  up  the  arm,  and 
nothing  but  a  severe  cauterising  just  below  the 
elbow  prevented  it  going  above  that  joint,  when 
probably  erysipelas  would  have  followed*  As  it 
was,  I  carried  my  arm  in  a  aling  for  about  a  week. 
My  doctor  had  a  similar  case  under  his  care  at 
the  aame  time;  al&o  arising  from  the  bite  of  a 
gnat  J,  M.  C. 

"Tbt£  World  mayED  upside  dowj^/*  etc, 
(4*^  S.  vii.  2/59.)— In  one  of  the  copies  of  Dug- 
dale*s  Wmnvkh&hirc  at  the  British  Museum, 
amongst  other  MS.  additions  ia  a  represeatatiou 
of  an  ancient  seal  of  the  Umberslade  Archers,  on 
which  the  same  idea  of  ^*  the  haie^s  vengeance ' ' 
is  made  use  of  as  a  pun.  A  hare  on  its  hind  legs 
is  car^iDg  olf  a  dead  dog,  dangling  at  the  end  of 
a  stick  over  its  shoulder;  and  on  the  piece  of 
parchment  which  unites  the  seal  to  the  docu- 
ment  (grant  of  fn*  imrrtn  f)  are  written  the 
letters  chtr  ^^  lutre-cker  J  Sp. 

LoBD  Brottoham  aitd  Voltaire  (4^^*  S.  vii. 
i77.) — Mil  Pictok  says — 

*•  Tht'  Saturflay  Meffiettf  was  the  first  to  rail  aUetitlon 
to  the  tale  *  RIemnon  ;  or  Human  Vfudom^'  p.  fS  of  the 
mc'Tnuirii,  given  by  Lord  Broughaia  as  a  «pe(rufiea  of  hia 
«;<rl>'  composition,  which  i^  really  a  iranslation  from 
V  oh  aire.*' 

Permit  me  to  say  that  the  Inwmess  Courier 
pointed  out  the  error  or  mitiatatement  on  the- 
Thurstlay  morning  previoua  to  the  publication  of 
the  Sntiirdut/  Jhcciac,  having  thus  the  priority  bv 
tyro  or  three  "days.  Though  a  amall  matter,  1 
truBt  you  will  insert  this,  as  showing  attention  at 
least  on  the  pait  of  the  provincial  pre^s.  The 
blunder  about  the  Nightingale  monument  was 
pointed  out  at  the  same  time.  C. 

Sim  Riceard  (not  Robert)  Botl^  (i***  8.  to. 
^^82.) — J  hasten  to  iufovm  your  conef^tmdfeul'P 


that  I  gave  the  statement  of  Sir  ) 
apparently  incredibly  rapid  ioiirri'  . 
London,  contained  in  my  Lives  of  't/n:  ^ 
cellars  of  Ireland ^  upon  tfie  authority  of  S 
Boyle  liimself.   The  passage  from  hia  Tna 
brancer,  containing  this  «tatement,  is  quo 
Lodgers  Pceragv  of  Ireland,  edited  by  A: 
(i.  155)  y  ako,  under  the  head  of  *^  6oyle*s  1 
Journey  to  London/'  in  Gibson's  Hi4t4»y  of 
ii.  m  J.  R.  0TLA3f  *fl4 

18,  Summer  Ilill,  Dublin. 

John  Fell,  Bishop  of  Oxford  (4*^  S,  vii.  288^) 
For  once  the  Editor  of  **  X.  &  QS  is  in  cnw. 
It  was  not  Dean  Samuel  Fell,  but  his  son  Dew 
John  Fell,  to  whom  Tom  Brown  presented  tl»e 
witty  rendering  of  Martial's  distich.  Samuel  Fell 
died*  Feb.  1,  1648-0.  Brown  was  born  (accordjlir 
to  the  Petmy  OjdojHtiHa  Supplement)  in  1(W£ 
John  Fell  was  promoted  to  tae  d*=»anerv  in  IW^ 
which,  from  1675  to  his  death  in  lG8r»,  lie  heldi 
eommcndam  with  the  bishopric  of  Oxford, 

There  are  several  versions  of  the  traur-btioa 
the  epigram.    The  one  given  in  Tom  Brnwn' 
JForksy  edited  by  Dr.  Drake,  17(iO  (iv,  100)i  "' 
slightly  from  the  version  in  **  N.  &  Q,"    It 
thua:~ 

"  I  do  not  love  ihf  e.  Dr.  Fell, 

But  whv  1  cannot  tell ; 

Bat  thit  1  know  fall  well. 

I  do  not  love  the<s  Dr.  Fell." 

KT,U 

Smoxuto  jLisBQkZ  (4***  S.  ?i.  384, 48-^ ;  vii.  19 
203») — The  annoyance  from  gmokera  is  not  t 
for  the  first  time  felt.     Some  forty  yeata  ^ 
happened  to  be  at  Castellamare,  on  the 
Naples,  when  a  diplomatic  squal'b:*'  ;ir  v*-:- 
subject  with  the  court  of  Xaples, 
the  king's  bn.>ther,  bad  a  palace  t 
at  the  gate^  when  Mr.  Erskine,  our  t 
Captain  Luahington,  son  of  Sir  Ilenry^  i 
at  that  time  our  consul-general,  hafipeDMl 
past  the  palace  quietly  smoking  their  r  "~ 
mg  no  knowledge  that  they  were  tr  .  ^ 
the  law  of  court  etiquette.     Tbe  aentinel  ] 
upon  them,  and  in  spite  of  their  r«n 
guard  carried  them  otf,  and  they  wer* 
durance  vile  for  the  night.  Mr.  Hill,  our  J 
interfered,  and  I  believe  that  an  official  hf 
was  made  for  the  contreUtiytt* 

Jesfit  MSS.  iP^  S.  V.  580.  )~W.  T,  wifl  ^ 
the  MSS.  at  Stonyhurst  College,  St  P 
Bliickburn,  Lancashire.  1 

Fimlico. 

Manx  Bishops  (4^  S.  vii.  184, 29S.>-  In  1 
list  of  Manx  bishops  given  at  the  last  pefereoe^ 
anpears  Machutus,  with  the  approiimative  ift^ 
or  500.  A  saint  of  this  name  appean  to  ht^ 
been  highlv  venerated  in  the  aouth-w«sttfS  fto^ 
ol  ^^QlCLQXia.,  «xA  c:;^QaIlY  in  the  ancient  fBi^* 


\ 


4i*S.VIL  Apbil  22,  71.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


a53 


palilT  of  Gallowaj*  SalDt  Malot  tbe  Latin  form 
d  whom  name  is  Macloviua  and  Miichutus,  and 
who,  under  the  latter  desi^'nation,  find*  a  place  in 
thp  fftliTuIrjr  of  the  Eng-Iish  chiurch  on  the  16th  of 
N  13  giiid  to  have  been  a  native  of  Moo- 

m  .  nftt^rwards  bishop  of  the  city  of  Aleth 

in  Brittanv^  now  known  as  the  town  of  St.  Ma- 
loee,  and  tu  have  died  in  the  year  627.  The  Maox 
biahop — if  any  one  of  thk  natne  ever  did  exist — 
mmt  be  a  diifereot  person,  and  it  certaiuly  geems 
more  pn>babk  that  the  aaint  who  was  worshipped 
in  ^otlatid  ahould  be  a  biBhop  of  Man  than  a 
bishop  of  BrittaDV.  Can  any  of  your  corregpon- 
dents  throw  any  fight  on  the  subject? 

£D<iyA.B  MacC'ULloch. 
Goeraiey. 

G&EAT  Man  alluded  to  by  Arkold  m  a 
SERMON  (4"*  8.  vii.  2Uli)— The  reference  ought  to 
have  been  to  vol.  iv,  p.  404  (not  v. )  of  Dr.  Ar- 
nold^a  Sermt/m,     T«st  front  Ezekiel  xx.  40. 

J.  R.  B, 

Sib  William  Staj^hope,  1040-1680  (4*^  S.  vii. 
ti5».)— Probably  Sir  WiUiam  Stanhope  of  linby, 
CO,  J?ottitigham»  ion  of  William  Htanhope  of 
linby.  who,  being  gentleman  usher  and  daily 
waiter    to  Queen  Catherine,  was   knighted    at 

Kliit^hall  July  26,  1680;  and  dyin;?  without 
ne,  left  his  e^UU  At  Linby  tn  thi»  Eftrl  of  Har- 
igton/  (SeQ  Brydges'  CoUifu^^  i\l  42 i.) 

Ev.  Ph.  Shirley. 

CRBms  (4^»»  S.  vii.  257.)— The  following  notes 
Bar  be  of  use  to  Y.  S.  M.  Joseph  Edniundfjon 
ill  fas  Mrraidry  {2  vob.  folio,  London,  1780)  «ay8 
(i.  m)  :- 

""       '■  --  "••  -  n  -r^ '-:'»'  ..  -.  .^,g  tHjaring  two  crests 

iH  io  bo  cohdemnt'd* 

,  whenever  any  man 

i  i^  another  family,  he 

"lome  by  his  own»  cxL-ept 

u.  ^  ^...,^.1,  VI   kjevice,    Thi»  Germans  in- 

^  been   accustomed  to  bear,  in  a  row  over 

if  ami^f   the    crests   of    All   the    faiiiiUes 

y  quarter ;  but  in  this  thn' are  not  fol* 

fther  nation,  and  in  truth /the  absurdity 

,  .J-  .,,.1.  a  practice  b  reiiifirkublv  *trik- 

rt  the  Dtjqio«t'  for  which  cretto 

Heraldic  writers  uujver«aI1y 

t  a  wuiu.m  tan  not  bear  a  cre?t.'* 

]*i  contirmed  in  Burke'B  Omerdl  Armory,  , 

^U  1IH44,  p.  xii.  :— 

r*TlJ«  A^*  or  cft^ixance  (dofived  from  tbe  Latin  word 

**""  '       "  "^ )  origiuatcd  in  tbe  thirte«ath  century, 

ui*h  the  combatant*  in  the  battle  or 

\A  reason,  no  crest  is  allowed   to    a 

^.  J.  E.  Cussanfl^  in  his  Handbook  of  Straldry 
|18oD),  holds  the  same  opinion  as  that  e:ipi^Esed 

*  Sir  WiiltAtn  ^ttahopc  married  Catherine,  dati|;httj' 
^  Jiich4r«t    Ltxl    B>Ti>r,    accoiding   io   Etlmtmtfion'a 


B, 


frtmofit. 


'rSome  writars  have  aiiacrted  that  if  a  m&n  ehoultl 
marry  an  helrt's^.  hv.  and  hh  deiicendantii  are  permitted 
to  bear  her  paternal  crest  aa  well  as  arms ;  bat  this  cau 
«earc«1y  be,  for  a  )ady  is  not  entitled  to  a  crest,  and  she 
surely  cannot  C(>urer  oc  another  that  to  which  ahe  haa  do 
rij^h  t' herself ."—Pi^Ec  17*i. 

HBNBT  W,  HXNrBET. 

Markhatn  IIoa»e,  Brighton. 

thAj 


L.  voM"  Beethovejt  (4**"  S.  Yii.  257.) — In 
Tm/}cnat  Didumary  of  Zlmarml  Biography^  pub 
liihed  by  ys\  Mackenzie  of  I*atemo8ter  Row,  &c., 
Mr.  G.  A.  Macfarren  states  in  hia  valuable  contri* 
bution  about  this  celebrated  mudcian  (i.  462) :  ^ 

'^  A  groundleM  rutnoar  for  some  time  prevailed  that  he 
was  the  natural  son  of  tbe  King  of  Prosaia  ;  nr-"  ^*  *^"Tt- 
diderable  pdnta,  he  proved  bimielf  to  be  the  '  >u 

of  Jobann  Beethoven,  a  tenor  ainger  in  the  <1 
electoral  prince  in  bis  native  town,  in  which  tstabliab- 
ment   his  ^;:mndfather.  after  whom  be  vraa  named,  and 
who  was  aUo  a  compcner,  &ang  bass.'* 

The  irregularities  in  the  private  life  of  Frederick 
William  IL  were  so  notorious  that  public  opinion 
credited  every  wicked  story  told  of  nim. 

Charles  Natloe. 

JoHjr  Dybr  (4«*  S,  v\\.  232.)— Whatever  John- 
son mny  say  to  the  contrary,  Dyer  is  regarded  i 
a  fine  poet  "ty  many  writers  who  are  better  judge 
of  poetry  than  he  who  was  such  an  enthusiastic 
admirer'nf  Hoolee  Taim.  Wordeworth  liiaid  that 
liyer  waa  *'  too  much  neglected,"  I  know  **  The 
Fleece  "  w^jU.  It  is  a  genuine  Engliah  poem,  re* 
dolent  of — 

''Flora  and  the  conixtry  graen."* 

And  then  what  noble  ptietry  do  we  find  in  the 
*'  Buina  of  Eomep*'  and  in  that  univerBal  favourite 
**  Grongar  Hill  *■ — a  poem  only  equalled  by  Shel- 
ley's **  Lined  written  on  the  Euganian  HilH"  ite 
reflex.     Have  we  any  modern  edition  of  DyerP 

Stbphbit  Jacxbon. 

[There  are  two  modem  editions  of  John  Dyer'a  Potmm^ 
Wiihnt>tfN  in  Routletl^^e'ii  5r«7iWi  FotU,  1853,  and  GH-  i 
finan*3.  1859  J 

Cornish  SpoEJiN  ;x  DEvoNiJHiRE  (4***  8.  vii. 
11,  120,)— H.  C.  A,  P.  will  find  the  statement  he 
refers  to,  and,  I  presume,  the  authority  for  the 
statement,  in  Polwbele's  Uidorical  View  of  Dtvon'^ 
shire.  I  have  ouly  the  fixst  volume  at  hand,  so 
can  only  quote  from  the  contents.  In  vol.  iii. 
chap.  4,  "  The  Norman-Saxon  Period  from  WU- 
liam  the  Conqueror  to  Edward  the  First/*  in 
section  ix*  he  gives — 

*'  ^JarraanB  attempting  to  substitute  Korraan-Frcnch 
f".  !M-Saxon— the  En^li.*h  attached  to  the  Saxon 

1 1  he  Comti-Britigh  in  Devon  and  Cornwall,  th« 

vu.K,w  t^'iji^de — spoken  altfo  by  the  hi^'htr  ranks  of  people 
in  Cornwall,  and  a  great  part' of  Devonshire." 

Again,  in  vol.  iv.,  "The  Saxo-Lanca«trijm* 
YorMah  Period/'  in  section  ix.  he  aaya : — 

"The  French  language  very  ^:ian«ti2\7  ^w^v«iiL\Ti'?M- 
land— the  Anglo-^Tton  i^iW  \W  N'«ttvft<:s&3Kt  Vsaie^*— ^v^ 


354 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[4**'S.V1K  AraiLn^TL 


r4ti.Bli  almost  lost  in  Exeter— retaiUfKi  in  a  great 
pat  V^  the  Southams;' 

JOBN  BaKXISTEB* 
St.  Diiy,  CorowalL 

P.S.  1  ftm  afraid  my  Ohfsnn/  of  Coniuh  Names 
just  completed  will  not  be  t*oar*ider<?d  coiicliiflive 
evidence  in  the  way  Mk.  Piggot  (p,  120)  would 
suggest  I  would  also  correct  an  error  in  his 
statement  for  which  I  Am  responsible.  The  num- 
ber ofComiah  namwa  I  have  collected  be^inning^ 
with  Ro9  should  he  200,  oot  400. 

Denarius  of  Drfscs,  Skx.  (Senior)  (4^"*  S. 
vii,9o,  148,223.) — ^The  coin  inouired  after  is  not  of 
Drusuft,  but  of  Nero^  described  by  Cohen,  No.  55, 
and  valued  by  him  at  20  francs/  The  lep^eod  on 
the  reverse  written  in  full  is  '^  sacerdos  coopta- 

TUS    IN  "     OMNI    CON  LEG  10    SUPRA    5UKERUM    EX 

SBUATUS  CONSULTO.  Fof  the  meaning  of  the 
legend,  see  Eckhel,  DorU  Num.  vi.  20L 

John  Evans. 
Kasb  Mills,  Hemel  llemp^ted. 

PasLET  or  Paslewk  (4^^  8.  vii.  210.)— Mr. 
Eelsby  aaya  "  the  last  abbot  of  Wbitley  was  a 
Fnalewe."  la  not  this  a  misprint  for  Whuliey, 
of  which  John  Pcislewe  wa.-?  the  twenty-fifth  and 
last  abbot  ?  IIrrm'kntbuds. 

"FlR"?T  IsfPREaSTONS;    OR,   A    DaY    IN    IkDIA  " 

fl***  S.  vii.  2(i6.>^The  author  of  thi^  book  was 
Gumey  Turner,  Esq,,  aurgeon  in  the  Beny:al  army, 
and  son  of  Daw*>n  Turner,  Eaq,,  of  Great  Yar- 
mouth,    lie  died  in  India  in  1848.        F.  IL  H* 

Judicial  Oath^  (4^"  S.  vii.  20i>.)  —What  does 
G.  mean  by  this  query  ?  I  believe  *'  the  claas  who 
object  to  taking  ontbs  in  cf>urt?i  of  justice  "  object 
just  as  much  to  *'  call  any  man  their  father  upon 
earth."  Our  Blessed  Lord^s  command  has  no  re- 
ference to  the  natural  epithet  given  by  a  child  to 
its  parent.     I  thought  this  was  a  truism. 

llERMEIfrKUUE. 


NOTES  ON  BOOKS,  ETC. 

t»rv  of  the  Kint/tiftm  t>f  Kerr^,     Bff  M.  F.  Ctisark, 
lor   of    the    ifiujitmted   Hintnrtf    of    hektnd^    At*, 
ngman.) 

If  it  ia  a  pond  sij^i  t<*t  IreUnd  that  one  of  her  son* 
sbould  de%'ot«  hiii)!$4>1f  to  the  pjif* para!  ion  yf  a  county  his- 
tory, it  is  a  no  lefts  fuvourable  »i^ii  tliat  the  author  should 
not  only  be  able  to  exhibit  such  a  good  \M  ol'  Sub- 
scribers as  graces  his  volume,  but  to  ackTinvrIed|;fo  the 
ready  ajaLstanoe  which  be  ha*  received  frtun  a\\  who  liave 
made  Kcrn^ — ita  history,  ita  ueoloi^v,  its  natural  ro- 
ftourcos^-the  subjvct  of  tJieir  inquirtc^.  The  Men  of 
Kernr  will  not  think  the  worse  of  Mr,  Cuaack**  book  for 
hia  anar|»  critieism  on  Mn  Froude;  and  he  certuinly  de- 
aerves  credit  Ibr  originality  in  including  in  thu  volume 

•  Till*  \&  Cohen^a  version.  Perhaps  it  would  fa*  more 
correct  to  BMy  t2t  oksu.  oohiJ^GLA, 


(from  which  pedij^reea  of  the  coooty  famillea  have  b«ea  I 
advt5»etI1y  omitted)  a  number  of  blank  pages  in  whkb 
the  Bub^c-rtber!*  may  insert  such  famOjr  records  oc  pedi- 
greca  as  they  may  desire  to  presem*. 
The   Camden  Mucetiany.      Votrnm  the  Sixth,     (Ptiotd 
for  the  Camdcii  Society.) 

The  volutuo«  uf  The  Mitcellamy^  occasiooaUy  patfdnit 
by  the  Camden  S<irietY,  have  always  been  among  tiio  c 
which  found  nuwt  favour  with  the  members  ;  and  Ckni^'li 
thid  («i,^tb  vulurnL',  c<»utaininf;  as  It  does  only  three  tept 
rate  articIeA,  exhibits  loss  variety  than  usual,  a  frlance  it 
the  nature  uf  the  !«everal  papers  will  show  that  it  di» 
Bot  lack  the  interest  ot  its  predeoeasors,  and  we  donbt  a<il 
it  will  be  equallv  acon^fahle.    The  first  of  these,  ♦♦Tht 
Life  of  Mr,  Wilfiam  WliUtinfyham,  Dean  of  Durliamt' 
a  weil-ktjown  Puritan,  haa  l>een  very  carefully  «»lit*d  hr 
Mrs.  Anne  Everett  Green  from  the  orif;inal  in  AnUiorw 
Wood's  collection  in  the  Bwlleian,  and  iUu^ratcd  bv  i 
number  of  original  documents  in  the  Record  OIBcct,  if  ah 
illuatnition  of  the  life  of  an  accomplished  Puritan  ilhitf. 
The  next  article,  "  The  Earl  of  Brislors  Defence  ai  hif 
Ne^xHations  in  Spain,"  valuable  as  it  is  in  itself  fur  ihe 
light  It  throws  tifjon  Bristol's  conduct,  and  the  srcfrt 
history  of  the  iie^ocistions  in  which  he  was  enL^ed.  u 
made 'still  more  valuable  and  interestinif  by  M^.(k^ 
diner's  admirable  introduction.     The  "Journal  of  81' 
Francis  Walsingham  from  Dec.  1570  to  April  i5HS.^  ff«B 
the  original  in  the  posscs;?i(m  of  Lieut.-Colonel  Car»«. 
may  aomewhat  disappoint  the  reader  from  its  brevity  «iiil 
tersene-w;  but  then:  can  bo  no  doubt  that,  brief  Bitl>i 
entries  are,  thev  are  of  a  nature  to  be  of  such  a»ii*»BCi 
to  students  of  felizabethan  history  as  to  justify  the  CuuH- 
cil  of  the  Camden  Society  in  committing'  them  to  the 
press,  under  the  editorship  of  Mr.  C.  T.  Martin,  wholw 
executed  bis  work  very  carefully,  and  mafle  it  avaHabU 
to  dl  who  desire  t4)  uac  it  by  a  capital  index. 
Books  atiCKiVKD.  —  Xemophon,     By  Sir 
Grant,  Bart,*  LUD.,  Principal  of  the  Univcr 
buTfrh.    (Blackwood.)    This  new  volume  oi      *  t.v  ., 
cient  Classics  for  Enf;li:ih  Readers,"  with  its  admirtWt 
introductory  sketch  by  Principal  Grant,  is  well  cJilcTjIitf^ 
to  maintaiii  the  character  of  this  useful  seri*  - 
Ihirward,   By  Sir  Walter  Scott,  Bart.    (A.  c^ 
This  is  the  sixteenth  volume  of  the  **renteii«. .  . 
of  the  Waverley  Novels,**     QucHtin  Dnrward  wb^  «vrr, 
mora  wamily  received  on  the  Cootinent,  nt  it*  f  r*  s!- 
pearance,  than  in  England,  from  the  irreatf  r 
of  the  readers  there  with  the  scenes  and  hi- 
sioas  contained  in  it.— 77ie  Proloyue  to  Cha^ 
ierbury  7U/cj»  with  ExpUttuttorv  NoU§  amd  Gl^m 
a  Life  ofih^.  Poet,     tW  the  tfwe  of  Oyltt^t3  and  i 
Edited  by  Waller  M'Leod.  F.U  d.S,,  .^ 
Tbia  little  book,  calculatwl  as  it  is  to  i 

infj  of  Chaucer,  and  so  popularise  the  1 .       i^i 

Poetrj',  deserves  the  y:ood  word  of  all  Chaucer's  ada 

We  learn  from  the  Guardian  that  the  Ffitti>ry  of  Kn 
for  which  largp  collections  were  made  by  the  Ut«  Rev.  r 
Streatfeild  and  our  late  value<l  friend  and  freqtiMta 
tributor  to  ^  N.  &  Q,,"  the  Rev.  Lambert  B.  Larking,  nciti 
of  whom  lived  to  see  their  work  in  the  printer's  hand*J 
now  to  be  broii>;ht  out  under  the  auapiee.f  of  tbr  V    * 
Archieolopcal  Society,  by  Mr.  Godfrey 
a  f^entlcman  in  evi-ry  way  qualified  i 
solicits  information  especially  from  landi>^  ..v*  .^  -»-d<S 
men  of  the  r<>unty»  regarding  not  only  hislorlcil  i 
gen ealopical  fact ^,' but  even   local  phrases,  proviiH  < 
superstitions.    His  address  is  "The  Preolacta,  Crti*^* 
bury-**    We  wish  hlia  and  his  coadjaton  aU  fttOMii 

Dabtts:.— Tlie  very  valuable  library  of  Haroa  Symowr 
Kirkup»  of  Florence,  has  been  consigned  to  LoadoB  wf 


,  AmnSi,*?!.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIEa 


355 


i  during  the  prwent  reason.  The  coJlec- 
'  irly  rich  in  Dante  liferattirt,  nn<\  com- 
|S&  of  the  "  OiviDi  (.loitinietlia  "  of  great 

j^llA  HuiDBR.'* — The  Royal  Trinih  Academy 
'^  iibliflhed  a  fac-aimile  of 'thiA  great  collBction 
f^da  of  the  tenth  and  eleTeiilb  centoriei. 

i>H. — A  nniqne  marDBcript  of  lht«  prose  ro- 
I  liecn  Itktciy  wen,  in  a  handsome  vnllum 
about  1440  a>d.  The  mme  volumi^  containj;, 
Icr  thioj^R,  a  poetical  version,  in  twrlvp  lin« 
'  many  of  the  bookj  of  the  Old  Teffiament  aitd 
fpba/and  ia  probably  tran^ated  frum  Petnis 

Mr  SociKTT.— The  early  Heralds*  Visit ation 
and  part  of  the  YiHitatioii  of  Notlitigban^  ar« 

C»KRB. — The  Director  of  the  Botnnical  Gnrdenn 
la  left  for  Morocco,  with  a  view  to  I'ollecting 
of  that  country. 

IitsTiTrTiosf,  Albemaelr  Sthket.  —  The 
lita  for  the  Friday  evenlDg  leclurea  have  been 
il  the  following  are  amtouDf^  a»  lecturers : 
rliie.  Prof.  Odlin^,  Mr.  Ralston  (Cambridge), 
llcj%  Col.  Jervoia,  Sir  J*  Lubbock,  Frof.  T. 
ind  Prof,  TyndalL 

&i?AM.— It  is  reported  that  an  inhabitant  of 
im  haa  given  the  munidceat  sum  of  BfOOO/.  aa 
tti  m  fund  for  investment  for  the  pu^^llaae  of 
(be  exhibited  there* 

I  IStTBBNATTONAL   EXHIBITION   OF  !87l. — We 

1  that  at  ihe  State  O pinning  on  the  1st  of  M&}\ 
Municipal  Authority  of  each  City  iind  Town 
(Ited  Kingdom,  tbe  Cbaimien  of  Ohurob'^rB  of 
^  the  Masters  of  City  (Jompaniei^,  the  Council  of 
jr  of  Arts,  the  (Jouncil  of  the  Koyal  Horticul- 
fty,  the  <>fficial  Slatt;  the  Reporters  for  ihc 
I,  and  members  of  Com  mitt  eiiH»  will  be  invited 
U-t  in  the  Ceremony,  and  to  inspect  the  Fine 
ldu»trial  Gallerieg ;  after  which  the  Exhibition 
,  Art  will  take  place  tn  the  Koyal  •\lbert  Hall, 
general  direction  of  Sir  ]!l(f  ichni-1  Coata,  when 
Iformcd  a  Chorale  representing^  Italian  lilujjii^ 
pud  conducted  by  Chevalier  Ptneuti ;  a  Pimlm 
Ig  French  Muaic,  composed  and  conducted  by 
d;  an  Overture  representing  German  Mu'^ic-^ 
hy  Dr.  F.  Hilltjr;  a  Cantata  representing 
^composed  and  conducted  by  Mr.  Arthur 
i'*God  Save  the  Queen"  by  the  Chorus 

nx  and  all  other  lovers  of  Old  Popular 
fht  elad  tjn  learn  that  a  Series  of  *"  LinpubliMhed 
1  Ballad  Airs,  arranged  and  harmoni^d  for  the 
^  &c.,  from  Copies  procured  in  the  Counties  of 
BanfTi  and  Moray  :  to  be  e<lited,  with  Words 
f  and  I  UiMt  rati  re' Notes,  by  W.  Christie,  A.M., 
fcray,"  is  in  preparation.    '    ' 

i  Macmillax  St  Co.  announce  the  second  vo- 
kofenor  Maaaon's  "  Life  of  Milton,  narrated  in 
k  with  the  Political,  Kcclei^iastical,  aod  Literary' 
this  Time";  *' A  Sketch  of  the  Life  of  Charles 
t  Tragedian,  with  Scraps  from  his  Son'H  Jour- 
^Han  Cbarlea  Young,  Hector  of  Ilmington  "  ; 
IgaJey'a  "At  Last,  or  a  Chriatmaa  in  ihe  West 
Kh  nnmerous  Illustrations";  and  a  **  Life  of 
|*bley  Cooper,  Fir*t  Earl  of  Shafteiburj,  1621- 


BOOKS    AND    ODD    VOLUMES 

WANTED  TO    PtmCHASK, 

ParticDlm  of  PrJoet  ae.,  at  tlte  It^tlowing  txaoka  to  be  tent  direct  to 
(he  trraUonen  bur  whom  they  tun  required,  whoce  nunn  and  ■dd/<Mti 
K«  ipven  tat  that  purpoaet  — 

BaiviAiuiTM  LaoDTTxnr. 

EnSTmriiiKii    by   Snydertiooft  Sknp,   Albert   Durer,  uid  Jm«»$  Yan 

Lc/den. 
EntrfUh  MuDiiMTlp^tf. 
Itluminttrd  ditto. 

Wmiiicd  by  Jttv.  J.  C  JarkMtm,  }3,  Manor  Terrace,  Ambunt  Boul, 

W.  H.  J.  Wkali,  Catalog  UK  ttu  Hvais  01  L^AoADiyia  oa 
Bautian.  Ndtlcvji  «t  de«crii£»tiotis  «veo  nwinofFtinincs,  etc  Broere, 
ImSI.    Adjt  other  worlu  by  the  iaiiK!  author <. 

Wanted  by  Mr.  !»'.  Manh,  7,  Red  Li<m  Stiuan. 


fiQiiitt  tn  Ciirrcfif|JOti^fnli(, 

Wt  art  compelled  to  postpone  vntil  nest  tfe<?Jt  A  Word 
for  Moore,  Gains  borough's  '*  Blue  Boy/*  ui«/*crera^  oMer 
pitpera  of  iniertfst. 

W»  H. — *''Drawin^TOom"'  wati  ori^naUjf  fktwithdrttwinsi* 
room,  a  r&ttm  to  which  the  family  tPithdrtw  from  tftegGteral 
dining  or  commnn  rwim. 

M.  D^^Parslev  Picrl,  or  Parsley  Break-stone,  I'j,  ac 
cording  to  Mr.  Prior  i  Popular  Names  of  British  Plants, 
Akhemdia  arvensis^ 

J.  A,  J. — Dcciined  with  thankf, 

Sonon  fiHU  Man, — W.  Spknek  will  find  tfie  origin  cf 
tft€  Mee  of  Stidor  and  Man  in  our  2°**  ft.  iii.  12^,  and  tht 
arms  of  the  hiihopi^  »ame  ff rior  v.  314, 

BttApFuitiUKNSis.— Uru/eyrooin  Httrail^  aieafii  bridi^g 
want  frum  A.H*  Bryd,  bride^  and  Gum,  man, 

Thk  Boyal  Assejit.^ — Wehavt  receined  several  cem- 
municatityn*  u'ith  rrferrncv  tn  a  titlif  paragraph  on  the  sub- 
ject of  tht  Irnh  Church  Bill  being  **  nuit  and  vrtid,"  because 
the  l/ithops  were  not  present  when  the  Royal  ai*ttU  wq» 
git*en  to  it.  If  tfw  Advfrti:^t^,  Daily  Ntw»,  and  8tAnd&rd 
didlt  a*  iM  aattried,  print  •U'.-A  a  paragrapli  (ire  »ay  if  ad- 
vi*edly)f  it  would  tie  Curiau*  to  /earn  how  tht  writer  prtt- 
cured  itt  imertioH, 


T.  B. — In  the  German  farcetj  Pickdherring  is  the  i 
iff  the  Droll  or  Merry  Andrew, 

AuHiKR.— J,  H.  L/a  <irftc/«  appeand  in  "N.  &  Q."  oj 
Jan.  15,  1870* 

H.  M.  fit  referred  to  the  late  Sir  G»  C  LetttM'M  udmirahle 
Essay  on  the  Itoniauce  Langungt*s. 

lo^*>RAMUa. — On  the  firtt  me  of  tdotimg-paper  eon§uti 
I*  N.  &  t^-"  l*^  S.  viii.  1«5»  and  3^**  S.  iv.  4i»7. 

J,  B.  C. — For  the  rustic  belief  that  pig$  can  tee  tht 
If iiiti,  it^  **  N.  &  Q."  1**  S.  viil.  1(H\ 

BKtiTlE, —  H'e  doubt  whether  the  engravfnys  nf '*  The 
Dance  tfDeatftf''  in  The  Portfolio,  voK  iii*  and  iv.  are 
from  the  graver  of  the  Bewickt^oM  they  have  no  resemblance 
to  thoge  by  these  artists  which  tllu»trate  the  Danco  of 
Death,  published  in  178U.  The  bliKks  of  the  latter  work 
were  shortly  afttrwardM  destroyetl  bu  jire  in  Londtn, 
Another  edUion  of  ihe  latter  work,  witn  wtrndcuts  ifnitatiny 
Dewickf  b»it  mncn  inferior,  was  published  in  Lotnlon  at  a 
subseijuent  period, 

JosATHAH  BotTcniER. — Edtpord  Phillim'M  **  ^*fi  *^ 
MittoH"'  is  prefxed  to  Milton^s  I^etters  oi  State,  Lond. 
1G94,  12nio.  The  press  mark  of  the  Brit.  Mus,  copy  it  bO% 
b.  1^. 

ERRATUH.^i**  S.  yu.  p.  882,  ool-  i.  line  11,  for  *'  Pre- 
face '  read  "  Pfvfia/* 


356 


NOTES  JlND  QlTERIEa  L4»^s/?iLAriitL22,Tj 


THrSLEY  BEOTHESS*  KEW  BOOKS. 


AT  AUL   LIBRARIES. 

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TA  iiidcroble  Addltiutii.    3  «[iU.  Bvq. 


it«:w  two  valuiDe*.  wi 


r««anJ  Atid  cn«niiifnt  mf  pufilUir 
**  Wft  batl  iriili  the  utiawt 

■anCOBW  lilocorpormtedU  Inn 
mie4ti»  «in«rtBin  the  «uife> 
the  wiirld.  to  rfwx  tnottfv*  •  < 
ot  nrinrtjji  anil  ]iec»t»|cn,  wliie)i 
ttble.     For  iurh  tk  reiuon  thc' 
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dlfpfnuUk  to  muiy.  and  we  think  It  nuiy 
•a  wifhurllj'  i«  »r«  uiAnjr  of  otn  «t«tdinff  ~ 


hen  cuvftiUy  wd  oofuveu* 
Lsiten,  b«t  ii  «  eocittlliftoni 
bt  fliKuid  M  Wtf  IftHneifvc 


t  he  t^tmmum  of  tbtM  two 

icn  Aucwl  liM  lo  ilM  pre- 

•^nmhte  OiM  vbo  ■»  dU- 

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lIO!(I>  BREN  ATT  LOUGlIKAir.    S  volt. 

BLANCHE  SEYMOUR:  a  Novel.    .1  vols. 
THE   MONARCH    OF   MINCINff   LANE:  a 

KoTftl,    E7  WILLIAM  BLACK,  Autkir  of"  in  ^llk  Attire,*'  *». 
Sroln. 

GONE   LIKE    A  SHADOW:    a.  Novd. 

the  Author  of  "  Recomnum{l«4  i«  Mercy,"  Ac    a  voU. 

FAIR    PASSIONS:    a    Novel, 

MB«  PItJOTT-CARLETON.    J  vnl*. 

DESPERATE     REMEDIES:     a    Novel. 
ONLY  A  COMMONER :  a  Novel.    B7  HramT 

MORFORD.    SYolp. 

THE  CANON'S  DAUGHTERS:   the  Storv  of 

K  Ix.¥«ChMe.    Br  R.  St,  JOHN  CORBKT,    a  voli. 

HARRY  DISNEY:    a  Novel.    3  vok, 
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iect  of  ezpeHtDetii  with  tnanizftactuTttn,  but  until  t»tetr  no  tmprome' 
uould  iM  EDftde  on  that  In  Monml  tMO.  And  thsraibre  it  wm  looked 


that 


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_  fook«d 

I  beMi  itufaMd  t  but  thie 

I.  PASTSima  *  Coonm, 


^^Jridlafloit  did  not  teem  mtiffkcticnrj  to  MoMi 

of  f  litt  StTMt^  wtM  dAtermlned  to  eontljiiM  l, 

rwalt  waft  attained.    l$bcer  perarvejancMB  has  batn  rewardedi  for  thejr 

haffc  at  tail  baaa  able  to  produee  a  new  deierliicloB  of  paaer,  wlikli  xkmf 

"' ^ — uckaSanrpaiwianrt^dacofthAkuidiaavdliiacj 


«ilt  CLmaocia  Komi, 


ovdlaacj 

. moofth  ai 

tti  fubftance  pearly  naemUa  that  of  fellmiii  eo 


nee.    Th«  new  paver  !■  bcaatifuUf  whltc^  Its  iUTfluse  le  ae  emoofth  ai 
apttdiad  l*pnr.  w™  i" — "-" ' '^'"  '*'"  --— " 


tjm  wtimMrlhiroaft  peeaentaaBi aictiaoedipary daamaei and  beauty. 
H  p«B^  DtoiKd  upoo  k  irltJitlM  tkefUtgr  of  a  aaoae  qttlU.  and 
one  gnatiovnMQf  aaaognaaa  kai  been  oaaplateljr  eupcrmdad." 

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NOTES  AND  QUEBIES. 


357 


LONDON,  SATVRDATt  APRIL  t%  ISH* 


COiTTENTS,— N«  174. 

ISt  — A  Word  for  Mooro,  357  —  Two  Cont«iiaTiBns  of 
.  aunt  Nimo.  8^  —  Sir  Edwio  Paoilyi  and  the  Bishops, 
»—  RcmAjrVjible  Altar^alab  in  Norwich  Cathedral,  380— 
nea  of  Xorsemen  in  Curoberlajicl  and  Weitmorflliiud  *- 
!■  -- JUsMrboof  or  RedioQgh  —  fiMt  ilngli&n  Folk  Lore : 
tOMVtfig—  The  iiouter  and  bii  Sow  —  Bxti^ordiauy  Mar* 
'^      I— Chaucer:  ^'Kthoo*'  — A  Forgotten  Homerisl  — 
r  of*  Treason;*  3eo. 

i:  —••  Heart  of  Hcjirt[s]/*  862— Tlio  Altic  Talent 
■B«ar**in  Dmry  Laoo  —  Oeoeral  liutler'«  Order 
the  Lftdit*a  of  New  Orleans  —  Cnniua  —  The  Car- 
I— Com pttj tors  for  tho  Crown  of  BcotlBiid  — Con- 
_     i"t  •*  Doris '*— T>:itiS IV  Ajui  A  ill n e:ton  —  Dover  Castle 
—  John  Brsktne,  1  Edinburgh —  '*  But 

Father  Anseloio  w  i  1  —  Glattoh  —  fiydne? 

Godolphi  u— Rubp  t !  i        __  j  xt\  s  '* — Leaven  worth 

Fktniljr  —  Duke  of  IlIjiitoi*i:*ur:  ¥lK^i  Marriages  — Ikfaca* 
TOOn  —  Marrioi^  Service  tiot  allowtd  to  comtnenco  after 
~ifeIvo  o'clock  —  Sir  John  Maion  —  MoUftro's  "Oomo- 
"  —  Quotatioiia  wanted,  Ac*.  3«a. 

FLIB8:  —  Gaiuiborough's  *'  Blue  Boy,"  S66  —  Mural 

'*  K  in  Stanton  Church.  Norfolk,  36S  —  Lin^  on  tho 

Ear,  309  —  Htrijry  VllL  nnd  :tho  Golden  PleetMi, 

-ft!m,  f*.  —  Cnprtcioii*:  H^mv,  17^ -Mount  CrilrarT, 

'  '••      ■ ■:'■     r  !./,  ,;.ifi-,  -'  •■  ■        ..;  1- 

•  .■  r.  .1. 

Ill    l-M     ■■       -      I  ...J.'^* 

ail  III  M fl rrur- .k 1 1 1 r "  —  TJ le  * Jdc  of  A mnn-  U rey  — 

hical  Nakedness—  £R)rli«h  Queen  buried  at  Porto 

^bks  !ium^rat»  in  Weils  Cathedral —  Priory  of 

an— Sir  Thomas  Seweli— The  Rhombus  and 

A  WORD  FOR  MOORE. 

th©  note  headed  *'  Spenser  the  Poet  of  Ire- 

^  (**N.  &  Q."  4^  S.  vii.  3J7),  mtere^tinff  aa 

to  Spenser  himself,  one  cannot  Eelp 

nt  the  writer  should  have  gone  out 

tiiL;  wuj  to  deprf  ciate  Moore,  and  to  offer  an 

00  00  the  political  conditioQ  of  Ireland  in  a 

«?  Cfdculat^d  to  raise  controversy  j   unless, 

if  one  euffers  judgment  to  go  iy  default, 

ia  not  to  be  thought  of  in  the  caae  of 

li^ioHTLBT*s  speculations  on  the  imposa- 
Bty  of  ftri  in?uneetion  in  Ireland  are  disposed 
jihi^  fact  that  one  occurred  there  six  or  seven 
f  Jgoj   but,  belie vinff  that  Moore^s  Irish  Me- 
rfmoat  of  them)  rank  among  the  finest  poems 
%  I  hope  to  be  allowed  tf^  say  a  few  words 
ijiihaUl     Mr.  KziGffrLEY  does,  to  be  sure, 
iit  (for  which  we  should  be  grateful)   that 
of  the  Meiodies  are  pleasing  nud  some 
piritod'';  but  he  iu  aissatiafied  because 
I  not  contain  a  single  description  of  Irish 
^  or  a  trait  of  Iriih  manners/'     And  pray 
*y  nbould  they  ?     Iriah  scenery  and  manners  in 
s  Jf*ia</«ca  /  Who  then  would  have  read  th'emP 
painted  the  emotions  of  the  soul,  which 
Don  to  all  the  civilised  world — and  the 
too^  for  a u gilt  I  know — and  that  is 
of  his  universal  popularity.     When 


Moor^^  wrote  words  to  Irish  tunes^  he  was  under 
DO  obligAtion  to  describe  Irish  scenery  and  man- 
ners. He  has  sometimes  described  the  tone  of 
what — not  having  time  to  seek  another  phrase — 
I  will  call  national  feeling ;  but  that  was  because 
the  melodies  themselves  suggested  it.  Hear  what 
Moore  himself  said  upon  this  point  in  hia  letter 
to  Sir  John  Stevenson,  consenting  to  undertake 
his  share  of  the  work ;  — 

*'  The  tank  which  you  propo«e  to  me»  of  adapting  words 
to  these  airs,  i:^  by  no  means  easy.  The  poet  who  wouhl 
follow  the  various  ^entimentii  which  they  expresSf  must 
feel  and  unden;Und  that  rftpid  fluctuation  of  spirits, 
that  uaaccounLable  raixture  of  gloom  uiid  levity  which 
compose  the  character  of  my  countrvuien,  and  luia 
deeply  tinged  their  music.  Even  in  their  livelieat  strains 
we  Snd  some  melancholy  note  intrude— oome  miuor  third 
or  Hat  seventh — which  throws  iia  ahodo  as  it  passes,  and 
mAkea  even  mirth  interesting/' 

If  Moore  ought  to  have  written  deacriptiona  of 
Irish  scenery  and  manners,  when  he  wrote  songs 
to  Iri-sh  tunes,  it  must  have  been  equally  incum- 
bent on  him  to  give  descriptioas  of  the  scenery 
and  manners  of  the  varioua  countries^  whose 
tunes  he  wrote  songs  for  the  National  Melodies, 
How  thankful  we  ought  to  be  for  having  got 
such  eTcquisite  songs  aj*  *^  All  that's  bright  must 
fade,"  »<  Those  evening  bells/'  *'  Should  those  fond 
hopes,*'  ^'Fare  thee  well,  thou  lovely  one,'*  "Oft 
in  the  stilly  night,'^  **  Take  hence  the  bowl,"  and 
twenty  others,  instead  of  sketches  of  landscape 
and  traits  of  manners  peculiav  to  Indict,  Russia, 
Sicily,  Scotland,  and  Naples,  to  whoso  tunea  the 
immortal  verse  is  wedded. 

I  venture  to  think,  that  though  alltisioQS  to 
manners  can  be  introduced  with  much  effect  into 
humorous  songs,  as  we  see  is  done  in  those  of 
Bums  and  others  written  in  local  dialects,  parti- 
cularly of  tho  northern  counties  of  Eugland,  and 
also  in  Irish  comic  songs — of  which  there  are 
many — they»  equally  with  descriptions  of  scenery, 
would  be  intolerable  in  songs  of  another  character. 
The  reference  to  Burns  fortunately  supplies  me 
with  an  illustration  in  support  of  my  argument* 
There  is  a  fragment  consisting  of  these  four  lines : 

"  Mv  hcarCfi  in  the  Ilielanda,  my'hcart  is  not  here. 
My  heart's  ia  the  Eldan^ls  a-chafling  the  deer; 
A-chasing  tho  wild  deer,  and  hunting  the  roa — 
My  iieflrt's  in  the  Hielanda  wherever  I  go.'* 

This  is  poetry:  it  touches  the  feelings,  and 
appeals  to  the  imagination.  We  behold  the  ban- 
isned  man  turning  with  fond  re^et  to  the  scenes 
and  sports  of  his  youth  j  we  see  liia  eye  kindle  as, 
for  the  moment,  he  fancies  himself  once  more 
"  with  his  foot  upon  his  native  heather,'*  and  then, 
the  illusion  past,  he  feels  that  it  is  in  imagination 
only  he  can  hope  ever  to  look  upon  the  much- 
loved  land  again.  Burns  took  it  into  his  head  to 
make  a  complete  song  of  this  Gagmen t,  and  this  is 
how  he  did  it.  To  follow  the  four  lines  abovu 
given  he  wrote :  — 


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[4'hS.VILArRiL  !•«»,' 


"  FurcwcU  to  the  nk'lrinds,  fftrewell  to  the  Ncirth, 
The  birlb'pliicc  of  valour,  llio  couiiln'  of  worth  ? 
Whi^rever  1  wainh»r,  whcrcvpr  I  ro%'e» 
Tlio  hills  of  tbe  Uielaud^  for  cvtir  1  love. 

•♦  Farewell  to  the  nioiintains  hii^h  l'ovcfM  with  snow; 
Furewell  to  the  arratlia  imd  i^re^ii  valleys  below  ; 
Fnrtwf'll  to  tli«  forests  and  lii.^h  iinn^ing  wckhI^  ; 
Farewell  lo  the  tor renta  and  loud  pouring  fiooda,'' 

Now,  if  Bums  was  ohtiffed  to  write  ft  song 
containing  deacriptiona  of  scenery,  he  cannot  bo 
Mumed  for  the  result  j  but  surely  it  ia  not  of  a 
nnture  to  incline  othora  tr>  tfike  the  same  courae. 

It  may  not  be  uninterebting  to  contrast  BumsV 
lines  with  Moore^a  '*  Vale  of  Avoca,'*  which  con- 
tain a  certain  amount  of  desi^ription  of  scenery. 
All  that  genius  could  do  ia  h^r^  dono.  The  firdt 
two  verses  are  charuiinj:  as  a  tiiiidacnpo  by  Claude ; 
but  you  are  not  renlly  interested  until  the  chord 
of  human  feeling  is  touched  in  the  third  and 
fourth  Tereea*  C.  Rossi, 


TWO  CENTENARIANS  OF  TOE  SAME  NAME. 

Tbe  following  paragraph  appeared  in  The  Comtt, 
a  newi5pnper  publlabed  m  Gueruaey,  on  Weduee- 
dny,  Nov.  m,  1870  :^ 

"  A  Ckntksauias.— In  the  course  of  the  prcftcnt  week 
Mra.  LcnfcAtoy,  nee  Beaucnmp,  a  native  of  the  Cfl^tel 
parish,  and  utpresfint  resHliag  near  the  dbtrict  church  of 
St.  John'?,  completed  tho  hundredth  yciir  of  her  age* 
ker  mental  fnctiltioa  Jir«  good,  and  her  eyesight  \a  »o  un- 
impaired thtit  ^he  i^  able  to  read  and  sew  without  the 
aid  of  ^pectaeles.  She  5tiU  mo  pea  about  the  bouse,  and 
were  it  not.  for  an  injury  to  a  le^  ^u^itaincd  some  time  ago^ 
is  Btill  hale  and  heartv  enouj^hto  enjoy  herself  in  vblting 
her  acqnaiiitrtnccs.  Ilcr  cHppleil  state,  however,  com- 
pt^Lj  her  tu  rtiuam  at  home,  A  tlaujjjhter,  seventy  jear« 
of  age,  rei)*le*  with  her»  Their  elroumstance^  may  be 
described  as  indigent,  Judgin;^  from  oppcaranccSt  the  old 
lady  may  live  n  fow  years  long*  r*  Htr  lifetime  forms  a 
linfe  canneeting  the  prtj^ent  with  tiiat  pcriixl  of  hbtorj 
when  Great  Britain  fitrugglcd,  un.<iuccessrully,  to  rt?duce 
tho  Amen«aii  colaniAt^  to  subjection  to  the  mother 
country.  Slie  3:iw  the  light  before  the  birth  of  Sir  Walter 
Soott  ami  Louia  Philippe  \  was  w*"ll  in  her  *  teens '  be- 
fore the  Reign  of  Terror  bail  horrified  the  civilised  world, 
and  hds  HveH  duKng  some  of  the  mo&t  inomeEitoas  events 
recorded  in  modern  hi-jtory. 

On  the  Wednesday  following,  December  4,  the 
same  new.ipaper  contained  this  notice : — 

"A  CaiycioKNCR.— In  77*e  nim*!  of  November  30th 
it  was  stateii  that  51  rs.  Lcnfcstey^  me  Beanchnnip^*  a 
native  of  ibe  Caste!  parish,  but  residing  in  ttic  diatrict  of 
8t.  Jobn'fj  had  that  week  completed  her  hundredth  year, 
audi  we  %\qw  learn,  by  a  siugular  coiucidence,  that  anotJier 
person  of  the  same'  maitkn  name,  and  a  native  of  the 
same  pari::(h  (Ca^tul)  —  namely,  Susan  do  Beauchamp, 
relict  of  Samuel  lo  Bair,  was  bnptised  in  the  Cablet 
parish,  IGlh  December,  1733,  and  buried  in  St.  Peter- 
Fort,  12th  Jiine^  iti^Ji  agiMl  101  y«ara  and  fully  six 
moaths/' 

•  The  nftme  has  aever  bf-n  written  thus  in  Guernsey, 
in  tbe  A"<*nTi«n  dialect,  fitid  Rp<tkcn  in  the  island,  the 
P'reuch  worJ  chnmp  invariably  tnkc?  the  form  ot  cump. 


As  the  queetion  of  longevity  is  one  wbicli  I 
attracted  a  good  deal  of  attenlion,  and  boa 
very  much  discuaaed  in  **N.  &  Q-»"  I  ihc 
would  not  be  uninteresting  to  the  reader 
useful  peri'xlical  if  I  were  to  verify  the  fai 
in  m  doing  I  became  more  than  ever  co 
how  eaay  it  ia,  unless  great  care  is  u&ed,  te  ! 
into  error  in  mattera  of  this  nature,  which  requ 
a  cautioLia  sifting  of  the  evidence  adduced.    I  ^ 
show  that  al though   the  fact  of  tbe   gml  «ffe 
attftined  by  these  two  individuals  is  subitantiafly 
correctj  the  writers  of  the  above  notices  are  wtom 
in  stating  that  tbey  were  natives  of  the  Caitei 
parish;  and  that  this  aFaumption  has  bf»en  th* 
cause   of  Mra.  le  Bair  being  credited   with  Bti 
months  more  age  than  she  actually  attained. 

One  of  the  venerable  centenarians  being  still 
living,  I  began  by  visiting  her.  I  found  bet  won- 
der fully  dear  in  her  memory  and  intellects,  xtrf 
upright  m  person,  and  with  eyesight  and  t'  ' 
apparentl)^  uninipaired.  Our  conrerMtio 
carried  on  in  the  old  Norman  dialect,  still  spoKen  j 
in  Guemaey,  but  the  venerable  d&iiie  speaks  uk  I 
reads  both  Euglidh  and  French.  She  toM  r-  ' 
that  what  bad  appcBred  in  the  newspaper  w 
correct,  inasmuch  m  she  was  not  a  nativj?  <ii  .i.. 
Cftfltel  pari.sb,  but  of  the  parish  of  8t,  Peter-PiMt; 
that  her  family  bad  come  originallv  ^tcmu  tW 
Castel,  but  that  her  father  bad  itif 
parish  of  St,  Martifl  until  be  bad  com 
in  tbe  town  where  ahe  was  born.  She  produced 
a  copy  of  her  baptismal  register,  wbicn  I  bRf« 
since  verified  by  a  personal  examination  of  the 
pftrieb-booka  of  St,  Peter-Port.  It  Ib  as  r'- 
lows : — 

"  Sujsanne,  (illo  de  Daniel  Bean  camp  •  et  de  Tvi^\ 
Bond,  a  a  fern  me,  nee  le  29*  de  Noveinbrc  ITT 
le  2**  de  Deceinbre  suivant  a  eu  pour  Parrni 
U^.^aucamp  et  pour  Marraines  iSuzanne  de  \jvu 
Charlotte  Mauger." 

I  looked  through  the  register  of  bapttsnil  fd 
thirteen  years  Bubseqiient  to  this  date,  and  i 
lind  no  other  Suzann^s  ^e  Beaucamp.     I  asked  1 
at  what  age  she  had  married.     She  t*dd  mt  ( 
the  age  of  twenty- four.     I  sought  for  the 
of  her  marriage,  and  found  the  following  entrf  \ 
the  register  of  St  Peter- Port :  — 

"James  Lenfcstejv  fd*  de  Pierre  Lenfestey  et  Soj 
de  Beaucamp,  til  le  de  Daniel  de  Beaucamp,  ton*  l«s<1 
do  cette  paroisse»  ont  6ii  marit&s  aasemble  !«  8*  de  f 
b«s  1794;" 

I   inquired   of   her  whether  she  had  kno* 
Mra.    le    Bair,    whoee    maiden  name    was 
Susanne  de  Beaucamp,  and  who  had  diedj 
thirty  year«i  ago.     She  answered  immediati " 
ahe  had  known  her  well,  as  ahe  was  hti 

•  It  is  not  unusual  fur  persons  in  I  he  \ov 
life,  espcriidlj'  in  town,  to  drop  the  particle  dt.    If^^^  ^^ 
true  name  was  de  Beaucamp,  but  he  was  CTideot^J'l<'*'^J 
known  as  plain  Dcaucatnp. 


l»S,  VIL  Api»it,29,7l.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


359 


mt  umBf  Diic  Deing  aesiroud  oi  n 

c^  of  the  facta  in  respect  of  the 

liT,  I  got  peimbsion  to  examio 

the  Castel  parish,  and  found  th 


►dmother.  I  asked  her  no  more  qtiestioDs  nt 
lat  dme,  hut  being  desLrous  of  testing  the  accu- 
"  the  ttg^e  of  Mrs,  le 
examine  the  registers 
Found  the  baptiam  of  ft 
isaone  de  fieaucamp,  dawj^hter  of  Deny 8  de 
&aucamp  and  Esther  Ahier,  hia  wife,  entered  on 
ecember  16,  1733.  Thia  appeared  to  verify  the 
atement  made  in  the  aecond  pamgrtipb  which  I 
ive  copied  above  from  TheComH;  fiuta  fewdays 
Iter  I  called  again  on  Mrs.  Lenfestey,  and  in  the 
lur«e  of  conversation  told  her  that  I  had  dis- 
>T€red  her  anot's  baptismal  register  in  the  books 
r  the  Castel  parish.  She  appeared  astonifihed 
id  begged  to  hear  it  read,  which  I  proceeded  to 
p^  when  she  immediately  stopped  me,  sayings 

**Oh!  that  wa5  nrtt  my  aunt;  her  father's  name  waa 
IcboTaa  do  Beaucamp,  and  licr  mothcr^a  Olympo  Robert 
am  their  f^ramUlaui^hter ;  thry  lived  at  St,  Martiii^^i, 
fihera  I  bdieve  my  aunt  was  liorn,  aj  I  remember  that 
ft  tb«  day  abe  attained  her  hundredth  year  many 
Itsons  called  to  see  bcr*  and  anions  them  the  Hcv. 
liehard  PoLengerp  rector  of  that  pArisb,  aa  be  said  that 
to  wai  the  oldest  of  his  parishioners/^ 

This  information  was  very  precise,  and  I  saw 
I  ooce  that  the  writer  of  the  second  paragraph  i 
lid  confounded  one  Susanne  de  Beaucanip  with 
Bother.  A  day  or  two  nfterwards  I  met  the  Rev. 
tharlea  Robinson,  the  present  rector  of  St»  Mar-  i 
|n*a»  ftnd  req^uested  him  to  search  the  rejrJater  of 
Sa  pariah  for  the  baptism  of  a  Susanne  de  Beau* 
ftmp  about  the  year  1734.  The  next  day  he  sent 
^a  tne  following  extract  duly  authenticated : — 

**  1734,  Juin  4.  Sozanne,  Ftlle  de  Kicotas  de  Beaucamp 
H  d'Olympe  Robert  n  6^  haptisc'e,  Daniel  Tonrt4.d» 
farain,'ct  Fnin9oiK  Maugeur  et  llachel  d(f  Beaacamp, 
HaraiQCs." 

I  In  the  note  which  accompanied  thia  extract 
W,  Robinson  added  : — 

••Aj  I  have  examined  the  re^uler  for  tirenty  sub^e- 
t|t»&t  years,  I  think  thia  must  be  the  person  you  are  in- 
quiriag  aboat.'^ 

The  discovery  of  the  error  that  had  been  com- 

Etted  by  sfipposinpr  Mrs.  le  Bair  to  have  been  a 
tive  of  the  baste! reduces  her  age  at  the  time  of 
^  r  decease  by  six  montba.     She  must  have  but 
Suit  completed  her  lOlst  year  when   she  died, 

"~    '    ^^n  baptiaed  on  June  4,  1734,  and  buried 

2f  1835,  as  the  following  extract  from 
-  i^^i^ier  of  burials  in  the  parish  of  St.  Peter- 

I^ort  will  ahow : — 
"1835.    Sit«anne  «fe  Beauciimp,  reove  de   Sanuiel  le 
^r  a  ii6  ent*m<c  Ic  12*  de  Jain,  h  Tage  de  101  ans/' 

[  The  d'^  Beattcamp  family  i^  of  very  ancient  date 
Jj»  OuernBey,  By  the  PlJvcita  Coronje,  A°  5  Ed- 
Jjttrd  IIL,  it  appears  that  Itadulphua  do  Belb 
Jj4mp->  waa  one  of  the  jurats  of  the  Royal  Court  at 
^at  time  ;  and  in  the  extent  of  the  crown  revenues 
«  the  island  of  the  same  date  (1331)  we  find  that 
h^eld  lands  in  th©  parishes  of  St.  Peter-Port 


and  St»  Andrew,  At  the  same  time  Richard  de 
Beaucamp'a  name  appears  as  tenant  in  St.  Peter- 
Port,  and  John  de  Beaucamp'a  in  St.  Peter-Port 
and  St.  Martin.  In  the  reign  of  Elizflbeth  w» 
iind  them  established  in  the  Castel,  where  a  con- 
siderable tract  of  laud,  formerly  in  their  posses- 
sioo,  beara  the  name  of  **  Lee  Beaucampa."  The 
family  bein^  looked  upon  in  the  island  as  belong- 
ing to  tbifl  parish  will  account  for  the  errors  into 
which  the  writers  in  The  Comet  have  fallen* 

Instances  of  longevity  are  far  from  rare  in 
Guernsey.  In  passing  through  the  churchyard  of 
the  Caatal  I  found  two  tombatonea  within  a  few 
feet  of  each  other,  from  which  I  copied  the  follow- 
ing inBcriptiona  i — 

*•  Ici  repo5e  te  corps  de  Dnmc  Catherine  Cohu,  femnie 
da  Si  ear  Pierre  le  Rov,  du  Frir|uct,  de'cedee  nu  Seigneor 
le  17»°*  Aoust,  Tan  1819,  ag^e  de  lOlAns,  SMoia  et  4 
Jours/^ 

**  EiiKabeCh  Robert,  vcnvc  d*Ele*azar  logroiiille,  di^cdd^ 
le  H<  JonHer,  1B60,  &g^e  dc  99  Ana  et  2  MoIa." 

Edoak  MacCulloch. 
Gtaerasey. 

SIR  EDWIN  SANDYS  AND  THE  BISHOPS. 

Mr.  Spedding  (BacmCa  Life^  iii  204)  speaks  of 
Sir  Edwin  Sandys  as  '^  a  man  whose  relationa 
to  the  bishops  may  be  inferred  from  the  fwrt  that 
on  the  2nd  of  Nov.  preceding  [<.  e.  1606]  hia  books 
were  burned  in  Paul's  Church  Yard  by  order  of 
the  High  Com  mission.'^  For  proof  of  the  fact  he 
refers  us  to  a  letter  of  Chamberlain *8  to  Carleton 
dated  Nov.  7, 1605.  (Stat.  Pap,^  Dom.  Ser.)  Itia 
strange  that  the  son  of  an  tirchbiahop  should  have 
proved  thua  violently  hoatiie  to  the  bishops,  so  as 
to  make  them  forget  all  forbearance  towards  the 
son  of  an  old  colleague.  And  it  seems  stranger 
Btill,  if  we  recollt^ct  what  kind  of  man  Sir  Edwin 
Sandys  waa.  Throughout  his  whole  career  he  haa 
shown  himself  a  very  intelligent  man  of  moderate 
views  J  and  for  a  Protestant  of  the  befnnning  of 
the  seventeenth  century,  he  was  remarkably  free 
from  intoleraney,  and  by  no  means  given  to  vio- 
lence of  any  kind.  He  was  large-minded  enough 
to  tind  Bome  good  points  e^  en  in  Roman  Catho- 
lica.  Thus  he  praises  them  in  hia  Europe  Specu^ 
lum  (written  loOO  and  dedicjited  to  J.  Whitgift, 
Archbishop  of  Canterbury,  published  11337^  pp.  8, 9) 
for  their  adorning  their  leuiples.  And  ne  is  suf- 
ficiently clear-headed  and  juat  to  see  that  **Pro- 
teatants  and  Papiata  aeeme  generally  in  the  greatest 
part  of  their  stories,  both  to  blame,  though  both 
not  equally,  having  by  their  passionate  report* 
much  wronged  the  truth ;  ^*  and  he  freely  acknow- 
ledges that  even  some  of  the  other  part  have  dis- 
charged thoraaelves*^  nobly/'  (Cf.  p.  oa)  Of 
course  this  is  notiudllference  to  religion  in  general - 
On  the  contrary,  Sir  Edwin  is  a  zealous  Christian. 
It  grieves  him  to  speak  *'  what  a  multitude  of 
Atheists  doej  biavQ  it  \^  oIL  "^XbKW^  ^^^^s^  iSkKR^ 


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NOTES  AND  QUEEIES, 


.•wber©  Papacy  is  most  in  hia  prime/*  (R  ICO; 
|«cf.  alio  p.  101. )  In  t^e  iome  book  be  openly  and 
Ldecidedty  declarea  hi*  prefereuce  for  ike  Enffliah 
iChurch  with  ita  gorernrnent  ot  biftbops.  (P.  214.) 
And  be  does  not  appear  in  tbe  course  of  years  to 
Lave  cbanjfed  bis  opnions.  Thus  on  Maj  26» 
1014,  in  a  debate  on  Uio  Bishop  of  Lincobi,  who 
had  incurred  tbe  heavy  displeaaure  of.  the  Com<^ 
iQona  in  consequence  of  a  speech  made  by  him  in 
the  House  of  Lordi^  he  warns  them  ''not  to  tax 
the  reyerent  Degree  of  Bishops  by  One  Man'^ 
EiTor.'*  It  was,  he  sayp,  an  **  Order  of  Angela 
not  Men»  where  [Wr]  none  of  tlieni  without  error," 
Bill  be  this  as  it  mnj,  wc  hnve  tbe  teatiniony 
of  a  usually  well-informed  newfiman,  writing  a 
few  days  after  the  event,  and  positively  asserting 
that  his  books  were  burned.  The  fact  of  the 
burnings  therefore,  can  hardly  be  doubted;  but  it 
may  admit  of  an  explanation,  and  thia,  I  think, 
will  be  found  in  the  following  extract  from  the 
Publisher's  Preface  to  the  Ewope^  Spectdum : — 

"  Whereas  not  many  yearc^  past,  th^ro  was  pablblied 
in  Print,  a  Treatise  in'iituled  *  A  Kelation  of  Re%ion  of 
the  Westeme  parts  of  tlie  World,  Printed  for  one  Simou 
I  Waterford,  1605.  Whithout  oamo  ofAuthorf  yet  ^ne- 
L  rally  and  currantly  passing  under  the  name  of  Sir  Edwin 
►BandyF,  Knight;  Know  all  men  by  lliPse  prpsent  that 
»the  same  Booke  was  bat  a  spurious  utolnc  Copy*  in  part 

2itomi2od,  in  part  ampmieHilt  and  Ihroogbout  mot^t 
amefbUy  faMfied  and  fahc  Printed  from  tbo  Aathora 
LOriginall^  In  so  much  that  the  uane  Rniglit  was  in- 
Ffinitely  wronged  thereby  :  and  on  »oone  a*  ii  came  in  hh 
ffknomhdgc,  thai  such  n  thing  woi  Printed  amipattBtd  under 
\hi»  wtme^  HE  cACsei}  it  (thongh  somewhat  fate,  when^  it 
nes,  two  Impresiions  were  for  the  roost  part  vonteil) 

rO  »B  faOHIBITED  BY  ALTHOaiTV  ;  Alffli  A9  I  JTAVE 
BEARD,  AS  MANY  AS  COUI^D  BE  BECOVKEED,  TO  UK 
[>E8£RVEDLT   BUHXT,    With    M>WCr   A^O    tO    pUnish     thc 

Printers :  And  yet,  nercrtheleas,  tfoce  that  tim«  there 
hath  been€  anotnur  Impression  of  the  same  stolne  into 
tbe  world." 

Ad.  Buff. 
Munich  t  Germany. 


EE1CARELA.BLE  ALTAR-SLAB  IN  NORWICH 
CATHEDRjU., 

When  I  was  Ifitifly  in  tbe  Cathedral  of  the 
Mo8t  Holy  Trinity,  Norwich,  I  saw  an  ancient 
altar-slab  which  e»?emed  to  me  of  more  than  usual 
intere&t.  It  was  found  not  long  since  in  the  pave- 
ment of  the  apse  of  the  Norman  Chapel,  which  is 
dedicated  to  the  Blesaed  Jeflua,  and  which  opens 
to  the  north  side  of  the  choir,  and  haa  recently 
been  imdergoing-  restoration. 

A  small  portion  of  one  {the  north-west)  corner 
of  thc  stone  liaving  been  broken  olT,  it  hna  been 
akilfuily  replaced,  and  the  plnb  is  now  duly  re- 
stored to  wnat  U  supposed  to  be  its  former  posi- 
tion in  the  centre  of  the  apse  of  the  chapeL 

The  mateiial  of  the  alab  ia  stated  to  be  stone 
from  01ip.^ham,  Rutland.  The  dimensions  are  5  feet 
9  wchm  m  length,  3  feet  3  inches  in  breadth, 
^md  perhaps  7  inches  in  thiclmesa. 


A  plain  moulding,  with  chamfer,  is 
round  three  of  its  eides.  On  the  fourth  aidty  t 
is  to  say  in  iU  surface  o&  the  eart  tide^  thit«  i 
three  long  mortisea  about  fire  incbM  deefL  witk  t 
round  hole  drilled  from  the  aide  into  eacn.  Tbi 
mortised  I  suppose  to  haye  formexly  support^  i 
reredoB. 

Every  altar-alab  was  formerly  marlted  witli 
&ve,  occai^ionally  with  nine,  crosBea.  In  thii  uliki 
however,  no  cross  ia  to  be  diaoeraed  at  the  &oi 
west  comer,  which  haa  be«i  repaired ;  and  t 
in  the  north-east  comer  ia  worn  away;  hut  \ 
cross  may  still  be  aeen  both  la  the  BOiiiIi-«nat  i 
in  the  south-west  corners.  The  central  ctom  don 
not  appear,  and  may  have  been  suppla&tfd  bf 
the  remarkable  feature  in  thia  altar  sow  to  w 
described. 

In  this  fine  skb  there  ia  in^^  ^  '  \\.\'- 
centre,  but  considerably  toward 
comer,  another  alab  of  amaller  mw,  u  it  ■ 
sqnarish  piece,  I  believe  of  Purbeck  ouiri^le,  mm- 
stiring  20\  inches  from  east  to  west,  and  2K|iaelMi 
from  north  to  south.  When  lately  diaooreei 
the  Purbeck  was  seen  to  be  not  flush  wjili  1^ 
surrounding  surface,  rising  above  it,  in  fact^  abr>ttt 
one  quarter  of  an  inch. 

This  Purbeck  inlay  b  marked  wi 
crosses,  five  in  number;  the  extremity 
are  drilled,  unlike  those  of  the  two  ctCBsea  viidiiiv 
on  the  larger  slab. 

The  eainller  skb  is  supposed,  bv  a  very  leiniiJ 
Norwich  authority,  to  cover  certain  relics?  whidi 
may  be  the  relics  of  a  saint,  or  the  blewed  sa9t»l 
ment,  if  the  former  were  not  to  be  o>btained  ^1 
the  consecration  of  the  altar. 

I  have  myself  observed  many  old  altar-aUkis 
our  churches,  but  have  never  before  met  will  jw  j 
like  this;  and  therefore  hone  that  eoclanokpii I 
who  read  **  N.  *&  Q/'  may  feel  diapoeed  to  «ia4  [ 
these  pages  with  their  views  respecting  %^\ 
tell  us  of  any  other  examples  that  are  fajon»>j 
exist 

Perhaps  the  archives  of  the  cathedivl  wtifl 
found  to  throw  some  light  upon  it,  if  a  K<rrW| 
archieologist  would  kindlv  consult  them. 

Yaxley, 

Naios  op  Noese  Men  ix  Citicbseui 
Westmoreland'.— Mr.  Ferguson  carries  hia| 
too  far  when  he  considers  that  Eagle  Crag, 
Crag,  Bull  Crag,  &c.,  are  the  pexaonal 
Egil,  Rafn,  Bolli,  &c. 

There  arc  four  Eagle  Cmga  in  the  c 
rowdale,  Buttermere,  Patterdale,  Eaaedftlei  ^ 
can  it  be  that  the  permmal  same  E^  ih<v 
given  to  such  craga  c«jy  as  are  suited  f' 
occupation  of  eagles  (some  of  which  have  1 
their  possession  within  a  oeatury)  ? 

Otley,  in  his  old  and  excellent  OMt  S^  | 


fcrwLjD,-!.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


361 


m  IS  a  ReTeii  Crag  in  almoat  every 
likelr  thnt  I  Ufa  gave  name  to  nume- 
»f  not  the  filmhtefit  use  to  any  one  but 
Bull  Crag  (I'ar  ICasedale)  baa  a  Calf 
r  from  it.  The  oamea  of  these  crags 
been  given  by  shepherds  after  the 
become  pastoral,  aad  it  became  necea^ 
Dgtilab  ceiiain  points  of  rock.  Ilenoe 
:>u  of  the  same  names.  In  Grasmere 
let  are  three  Blake  Rig^t  ^'^^^  lUveu 
Thran^  Crags,  two  Earmc-  (Erne?) 
» Lan^  Crap  or  Itigs,  two  law  Craga ; 
ind  little  Langdale  have  each  a  Mart 
leen  Crag,  a  Black  Crag^  and  Swine 
vine  Crag|. 

>pigeon  IB  supposed  to  be  the  pro- 
nur  domestic  pigeon,  and  there  are 
Jow  Crags;  but  I  observe  that  the 
1  Z;A«-craff  has  be€n  lately  applied  to 
il  cztg  of  that  name, 
i  neceaaaiy  to  press  these  to  aid  Bfr. 
riewB,  whtcb  are  confirmed  sufllcieniiy 

w.  g; 

rhe  follow ing  haye,  I  belle%*e,  not  ap- 
mnt : — The  late  Professor  Wilson  on 
Lake  angling  excursions  was  accom- 
a  North  countryman,  a  Mr.  Angus. 
it  to  start,  after  a  lect  on  the  slopes  of 
Mr*  Angua  waa  non  ed,  *'  Wliere  is 
waa  inquired*  ''There  be  IsV^  said 
indng  to  a  slumberer  in  some  long 
st  <m^M  in  herba  1 ''  This  joke  was 
by  an  elderly  lady  wboae  brother  was 
party. 

Of  at  a  Bcotcb  university,  while  aacend- 
)p  road  to  the  village  of  ^lorches,  in 
i,  kept  far  behind  the  rest  of  the  party, 
icker!  or  we  shall  never  get  to  the 
I  out  an  English  clergyman.  ^*  My 
i,"  said  the  professor.  **  Never  mind 
puab  on  1 —  neceasitas  non  habet  ieffs^^^ 
fy  of  the  clerical  wit.  I  was  by  when 
la  perpetrated.    It  occurred  about  four 

VlATOB. 

)0K  OB  Ukdiough,— One  of  the  corre- 
f  Imtd!  ami  Water  of  April  1,  willing 

Watflon^a  harriers"  (which,  by  the 
to  be  spelt  **  horiers  ^'),  eaya : — 
Yt  the  24th,  my  horsii  was  brought  to  me  by 
jy  raan»  mmied  Biuguliirly  enouf^'b  Koa<ly- 
,'  I  beUere,  a  descendant  of  Sir  Thoraaa 
Ormakirk  iu  Liiicashiret  wbo  was  nlUmted 

of  tho  RoflCft,  and  took  refuge  in  tbo  gano- 
ton  in  Rodciiigbam  Forest.'^ 
n»  to  me  to  be  worthy  of  preservation 

J  of  **  N.  &  Q."  CUTHBEKT  BBDE. 

aixiN  Folk  Lore  i  Sseeztsg. — II  you 
a  Umea  on  Monday  morning  you  are 
B  A  preaent  before  tlbe  week  is  out 

HrnE  Claeic£, 


The  Souteh  and  his  Sow. — The  following 
humorous  lines  were  often  hem-d  in  Scotland  long 
ago,  but  seem  to  be  now  forgot.  It  may  be  necea- 
.*ary  to  explain  that  euiUcr  is.the  Scotch  word  for 
shoemaker : — 

''Tbc  soutcr  gae  hia  sou  a  kisi. 

*  Gnxinph  *  (quo*  the  sou),  *it*s  for  my  hlrse*} 

*  And  whs  gne  ye  fac  Aweet  a  mou'  ? ' 
Quo*  tb«  Hotiter  ti*  tht*  loo. 

*  Grampbj'  (quo'  the  8ou),  *and  vrha  gae  ye 
A  tonguo  flfle  glackit  and  ma  slcc ?  *" 

G. 

Edlnbnrgb. 

ExTRAOBDnfABT  Marriaoes,  —  On  a  tablet 
against  the  north  wall  of  the  church  of  St.  Augus- 
tine, Birdbrooke,  Eeaex,  are  the  following  iaecrip- 
tions : — 

^  Mary  Bleiivltt,  of  the  Swan  Inn,  at  Balhome  Bad  in 
tbifl  pariflb,  buried  May  7,  16*HL  She  was  the  vrife  of  mas 
husbands  successively,'  but  tbe  ninth  outlived  her. 

**  Alao^  Robert  Ilogan,  of  this  pariahf  wa»  tbc  buflband 
of  Mvcn  wives  successivdy.  He  married  Annii  Livcr- 
msen,  hia  seventh  wife,  Jau.  ]|  1739/' 

F.  G.  L. 

Ohaucer  :  "SoHoo.** — 

**  For  though  a  widewe  badde  but  oo  ficboo. 
So  pleEiiunt  was  hLi  Jn  prindpia^ 
Yet  wolde  he  hare  a  ferthing  or  be  wente.*' 

MorrLs  Prologue  C  T,,  L  S53. 

It  has  been  suggested  (Tentporary  Preface  to 
dix'Text^  V^^^i  Chaucer  8oc»)  that  schoo  here  = 
90H9,  Mr.  Fiimivall  knows  of  no  such  early  u£6 
of  the  latter  word  in  English,  and  seems  inclined 
to  interpret  schoo^chtdf  from  li-omjtt.  Part?»f 
f,  447.  It  seems  to  me  to  mean  s/toe  and  nothing 
elae.  In  all  tbe  MSS.  of  the  ^'u-TeAi  the  I'ead- 
ing  ia  "  fud  a  flcboo,**  which  puts  out  of  court  the 
difficulty  raised  aa  to  what  use  the  fourth  part  of 
a  shoe  {fei'ihwg)  could  be  to  the  Frere.  Ftrthin^ 
simply  =  farthing,  the  coin, 

Iji  'Mom8*a  Aid  ill  e  edition  {Wifi  of  Baih^i  Pro* 
l&ffue,  1,  708),  we  have^ — 

**  The  cletk  ivhnn  ho  h  old^  and  may  nought  do 
Of  Venua  werkiii,  is  not  worth  a  scbo." 

But  Tyrwhitt  reada  here  ''not worth  bis  old  sbo,** 
III  the  "Song  against  the  Friars*'  {PoHtical 
Poems,  tentp.  L'div.  III.  to  Jiich.  IIL  I  266. 
Record  Pub.)  there  i^  an  appoaite  passage  to 
that  of  tbe  I^ohffue — 

**  For  had  a  man  ulajTi  al  hw  ky nuct 
Go  ^hryvo  bim  at  a  fxerp» 
And  for  ]qss^  tlien  a  pay  re  of  shone 
He  wyl  Bssoil  him  clme  aud  soae." 

The  whole  of  this  poem  (I  am  not  sure  of  the 
date  of  it)  should  be  read  with  Cbaucer*s  deaenp* 
tion  of  the  Frere.     Compare 

**Tbai  dele  with  pttrses,  [^nnea,  and  knvres, 
With  g^^rdlesy  gloTea,  fof  wenehea  and  wyvaa,'* 

witb  Chaucer's 

**  IlLi  typet  waa  ay  fkraod  M  oC  kiwitA 
And  pynncv,  iat  lo  Vivt  Iwi'j  ^^*•*^^"  \ 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES, 


[4»J»S.VII- Aj-fsiitS/ 


mnd  again — 

**  Tliam  felle  to  lyvc  al  on  purchAc^, 
with  Chaucer^fl 

^  Hi*  purcbftcc  was  bottiir  than  his  rente."* 

John  Addis. 

EastingtarL,  near  Littkbampton,  Soskx. 
A  Forgotten  HosreRisT.— A  few  days  hgo  I 
obtained  from  Mr.  Salkeld's  roontbly  catalogue — 
obiter^  well  worth  a  reading-man's  regular  per- 
quisition— a   blank-rerse  translation  of  Homer'a 
iirst  Iliiid  hy  tho  Reverend  Sanjiiel  Langley,  1).D», 
und  published  by  Dodsley  in  1707.     In  a  preface, 
occupyiDg  twenty- nine  quarto  pages  of  p<?n8sology, 
{Aiiffiue^  I  waddle  K  italici^d,  empham  ijrntid^  at 
an  average  of  one  LuQdred  words  in  every  page, 
the  learned  D,  D,  sets  forth  Ha  having  been  in- 
duced by  Pope's  RhtjmcB  and  his  Non-JIomerum 
to  translate   the  entire   Iliad  i  experimentiug  its 
'  reception  by  the  publication  of  its  first  canto. 
For  this  purpose  lie  tella  Ui?  that  be  had  speedily 
thrown  aside  Pope's  version^  and  wholly  abstained 
from  reading  the  elder  translators;  expecting  by 
the   adoption   of  Milton's  heroic  metre  —  in  his 
bands  decaayllabic  prose — to  extinguish   Popee 
Ilifid  altogether. 

Had  ibis  experiment  been  noticed  by  any  of 
Pope's  suhsequent  translators  or  commentators  ? 
"Was  it  followed  by  the  Tersion  of  the  other  twenty- 
three  cantos,  announced  as  ready  to  meet  the 
{jublic  deniaodf*  In  1707  Pope's  rhymed  Hind 
ind  been  in  everybody's  hand  auring  forty  years. 
What  nortitm  of  that  period  had  Doctor  Langley 
devoted  to  his  own  blank  Terse  ?  Did  he  survive 
to  couipaie  and  eonipete  it  w^tb  Cowper^a?  Haa 
it  been  hobcansted  to  ^'ulcan  P  or  la  it  aiumbering 
in  the  Laugleion  archives  ? 

But  lut  notour  zealous  Philhomericbe  deprived 
of  his  rightful  commendations.  Appended  to  his 
trnoalalioD,  and  independent  of  its  preface,  he  haa 
iliustr/tted  the  opening  of  the  Pelidnjan  Epoa  by 
nbundant  references  to  the  Scriptures,  to  Hesiod, 
to  Pindnr,  to  the  Greek  draraatiats,  to  Virgil,  to 
Ovid^  and  to  our  Ne$cio  gtnd  mq/m — the  Parmiise 
Zod  of  Milton,  E.  L,  S. 

Thk  Crv  of  *' Treason/' — In  all  the  accounts 
of  the  e-iege  of  Paris  and  of  the  insurrection  which 
followed,  the  writers  notice  as  a  peculiarity  the 
constnnt  uee  of  the  word  treawn :  do  they  know 
that  the  an  me*  in  the  middle  ages,  was  the  moat 
common  outciy  to  intimato  danger,  the  most 
proper  tJUinmons  to  arms  P  It  occurs  constantly  in 
Frijissait's  Vhonivles.  Thus,  relating  how  Sir 
Peter  And  ley  led  a  party  of  Navarroi^,  in  the 
nighty  to  take  Chalons,  he  says  that  the  citizens 


of  the  ca&tle  of  Berwick^  finding  that  it  bad  1 
scaled  and  taken,  began  to  sjjuud  their  trump 
and   to  cry  out^  '*  Treason,  treason  ! "  *     \V1 
Aymerigot   Marcel,   an  English  captjiin   od 
borders  of  Auvergne,  takes  by  stratfigf  m  the  cji 
of  Alarquel,  the  inmates  who  passed  through 
court,  seeing  hia  followers  climbing  orer  the  wj 
instantly  cried  out,  "  Treason,  treason  !  *'  t 
same  alarm  was  given  by  the  guards  of  OQO  of  i 
gates  of  Oudenarde  when  that  place  was  ret ' 
by  the  Lord  Destournay  t»  and  occurs  twi 
another  chapter,  where  Geronnet  de  Ma 
one  of  the  captains  of  Perrot  le  Beamo 
means  to  put  him  in  possession  of  Montfer 
Wo  may  quote,  as  additional  instnnces*  \ 
lowing  passages  from  the  metrical  Uf©  of  P 
du  Guesclin  by  Cuvelier:  — 

*•  Adnnt  It  pactie  alanne  k  une  ft*i«  t 
*Trnv,  tray  1  sdgneur,  armeje-voua  demeaoli.*** 

L.  \nm,  vol.  it.|)LfW 

*'  Monk  fort  fu  U  ti<i.saiis  qu*^  ce  jour  cnmiuiio^li 
Aux  armea  ont  crie  li  Englois  par  doik, 
Et  crioient :  *Trfty  ! '  que  bica  on  r^poutfl." 

L.  2001«{,  p,  m 
**  Lfl  gent  dc  «*  pats  lont  h  PoilieR  ale, 
Et  vunt  crijtnt :  *Trav  !  nou3  sommes  tult  find*" 
L.  200J3^|i.2i)<i. 

FiUKcisan£-3Liciist.  ] 
Atheniciini,  Fall  MalK 


e^urn'eif. 


"HEAKT  OF  IIEART[S]." 

Can  you  tell  me  what  has  led  to  the  uairenill 

use  of  the  expression  '*  Heart  of  henrt^  '*  b  1 

plural,  which  appears  to  me  to  be  not  only  inrtW^j 

rect  but  nonsensical  P     I  have  never  met  with  M 

single  writer  of  modern  date  who  ba^  not  iuitjpt«i| 

this  form  of  expression,  implying  ihst  8  iJersaoJ 

ma?  have  mom  hearts  than  one,  and  una  e«pe^ 

ciaily  warmer  and  more  coi-dial  than  the  re-5t»  lij 

it  assumed  to  be  derived  from  Sbakesi>?«f«j  f   1^1 

so,  a  reference  to  the  passage  from  which  it  nwi^J 

be  taken  will  show  its  incorrectness.    In  iht)  toek 

between  Hmnlet  and  Horatio  in  the  tbiid  ad* 

Ilajfikff  the  I^iuce  ot  Denmark  says  — 

**Give  mo  tlut  man 

Thftt  is  not  pasaioo'i^  silave,  and  I  will  wear  him 

la  my  heart'*  core— ay,  in  my  hoart  of  bcut, 

Aa  I  do  thee." 

Here  *^  henrt  of  heart "  is  evidently  usedj 

more   forcible   (though    syDon\Tnoud)"  eip 


than  "  heart's  core/*  and  mean 
of  the  heart t  or,  in  modern  ] 
the  heart.     All  this  seems  a,^  . 
,  ,  hardly   be  supposed  to  have 

were  exceediugly  wlarmed  because  there  were  cries  i  able  writers  and  speakers  and 
from  all  parts  of  "  Treason,  ti*eason  I  To  arms,  to  I  variably  use  the  form  of  expr^ 

anns !  *'  *    Further  on,  we  read  that  the  defenders     —rT.~: .   ^„   -  . , ri~ 

— . „-^^_ . -_     •  r  roi^^iiirt^  Chromatjt,  voh  if*  p 

•  t?ir  John   FmLssArt^A  OtroRtchs^  Ac,  trani^lAted  hy  f  Jlfid,  vDl.  v1.  p*  3*21, 

Thomas  Johnc?,  vol.  iL  p.  440,  3rd  edit.  London,  1808,  S\'o,  §  Ibid,  vol  ix.  pp.  1 15,  1 17. 


j/«.H 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


363 


DiaUke  in  tbia  matter 
J  ahftll  be  thnnkful 

CIIEUI3F0I1D. 


. — I  find  mention   of  nn 

i  ransom  of  b  cnptiT©  lady 

w»r  between  the  Rom  an  a 

rkeo  tlie  latter  were  totally 

ttpufl.   Can  anj  one  inform 

the  Attic  tnlent  repre- 

Thos.  IIatcliffe. 

t  Ptmodelled  the  coinage,  the  Attic 

brmted  for  it§  purity.     The  chief 

I  of  silver,  iha  arerfijc^  wdj^ht  of 

I  of  Svkn  to  that  of  Al^xamhT  the 

» C^  5  gTAiajL    From  tbi^  wc  g<;t  the 

ATOirddpobe  weijjht : — 

Ibi.    02.        1^* 
0      0       U'B 

0  0     in-77 

1  4i   nm 

75  :>|  14C9 
cal  information  relating  to  the  Attic  talent 
our  correspond  en  t  to  Smith's  7)ic/iV>n«ry  of 
ntan  Antiquities,  ed.  1849,  pp.  812.  U33  ; 
og,  Untersuch.;  Humphrey,  Coin  ColUc* 
I8r>3;  and  The  Englith  Cyciojxedia,  *' Art» 
viii.  9.1 

vr"  ux  IJburt  Lane  figures  con- 
Sir  George  Etherege's  comedy  of 
^  She  Coii'a  (London :  printed  for  the 
d.)  Courtall,  one  of  the  dramatu 
snssure  Lady  Cockwood  in  the  prac- 
having  a  jollification  on  the  morrow 
rutinous  observers,  speaks  thus : — 
at  going  to  a  boose  that  is  not  haunted 
ij^and  we  are  secure;  and  now  I  think 
'  in  Dmry  Lane  is  the  fittest  place  for  our 
IIL  Sc.  1,  p.  37. 

Jolly  also,  in  persuading  Sir  Oliver 
>  accompany  him  to  a  bacchanalian 
al  clinching  to  the  argument,  says : 
inner  at  the  '  Bear,*  the  privat*8t  place  in 
11  be  no  spies  to  betray  us :  if  Thomas  *  be 
re  warrant  thee,"  &c.— Act  III.  Sc.  2,  p.  41 , 

ke  to  know  if  there  is  any  account  of 
jxtant,  giving  when  first  built,  and 
lition.  J.  Perry. 

>bey. 

)UTLEB*S  ObDEB  AGAINST  THE  LaDIES 
BANS. — 

knows  about  the  order  by  means  of  which 
:o  anything  like  insult  being  offered  to  his 
idies'of  New  Orleans.  An  Englishman  who 
e  time  after,  in  a  railway  car,  spoke  to  him 
u  know,*  said  he,  'where  I  got  that  famous 
I  got  it  from  a  book  of  London  Statutes, 
ndon**  into  **  New  Orleans,**  that  was  all.  I 

\\x  Oliver  Cockwood'3  servanL 


The  rest  I  copied  xtfhaim  «l  Wra^tW  *'  — MacraB's 

Amcficant  at  Home^  L  165. 

Is  tiiere  any  truth  in  this  statement  of  Butler^s  P 

Josef  BUS. 

Cazhits. — Ar©  any  fragments  extant  of  tha 
writings  of  Caniua  iha  poat,  MartiaPs  friend? 
Ac^^ording'  to  Epi^ramnmia  (iii.  20^  and  viL  68J, 
both  Caniua  Kufus  and  bis  wife  Tbeophila  must 
have  been  uncommonly  plea^fmt  people* 

Maxeoceeir. 

Tiri  CABMEXiTGa. — Whore  is  to  be  found  the 
best  account  of  the  Carmelites  in  England  befgro 
and  at  the  Dissolution  P  J,  R.  B, 

[Pierre  Ilelyoi  in  hia  Iliiinire  dea  Ordre*  Mniiaaiiqii^st^ 
171 4t  4CQt  had  girtun  on  i^xcdEpot  account  of  the  Ciiritie- 
litc^i  or  White  Ffiars,  CouiuU  also  Dagdate'j^  Monax- 
iiron,  edit.  1830,  vol  vl.  pt.  iii,  pp.  1538-1^2;  FolJer'd 
Chjirch  Mmtartft  eilit.  1&46,  iii.  272-277  \  Neweotirt*s  Rv- 
pertoriumit  L  h6^-5QS  i  Fo.>fbroke*t  BfiliMh.  3lonachumf 
e^tir.  11*43,  pp.  78,  2«7j  and  for  other  works,  Uruntt, 
Mftnurl  e/ii  Li&raire,  ^ML  1865,  vl.  1170.  John  BiOe, 
LUshop  of  Oisoiy,  who  was  hitnself  a,  Giirmdite  friar, 
wrote  a  JJistojy  of  this  Order,  now  among  the  llarleiaQ 
manuscripts,  No.  1819.  Of  Bale,  Weever  thus  speaks  in 
his  Funeral  Monuments,  p.  140,  quoting  some  lines  from 
his  poem  **  De  Antiquitate  Fratrum  Carmelitarum :  "— 
"  He  speaks  much  in  the  honour  of  this  religious  order,  of 
which  he  was  a  member  inlhe  monastery  of  the  Carmes 
within  the  city  of  Norwich,  and  finds  himself  much  ag- 
grieved at  a  certain  Lollard,  as  he  calls  him,  and  a  friar 
mendicant,  who  made  an  oration,  and  composed  certain 
virulent  metres  against  this  and  other  of  the  religious 
orders,  which  he  caused  to  be  spread  abroad  throughout 
most  parts  of  England  in  the  year  1388.*'] 

Competitors  por  the  Crown  of  Scotland. — 
Where  shall  I  find  a  statement  of  the  pedigrees 
of  the  twelve  claimants  of  the  crown  of  Scotland 
temp,  Edward  I.,  with  the  precise  grounds  on 
which  each  clmm  was  based  P  C.  D.  C. 

Conoreve's  "  DoBis." — In  a  work  entitled  The 
Lifcy  Writings,  and  Ammtrs  of  William  Congrevep 
Esq,,  published  without  any  printer's  name,  1730, 
I  find  it  stated  in  a  note  at  p.  155  that  the 
*'  Doris  "  of  Congreve's  poem  of  that  name^  com- 
mencing— 

**  Doris,  a  nymph  of  riper  age. 
Has  every  grace  and  art,'* 

was  the  Viscountess  F— — ..  At  p.  62,  to  wliicb 
the  reader  is  referred  in  the  above  note^  the  Vis- 
countess F is  alluded  to  as  a  notorious  lady 

of  intrigue.  Is  it  known  who  this  Viscountess 
F was  ?  Texplab. 

Danbt  and  Ablinoton. — In  the  catalogue  of 
the  Jjondon  Library  is  entered  a  book,  ^'  letters 
of  Danby  {Duke  of  Leeds)  to  Lord  Arlington. 
4vo,  1710.''  I  have  lately  inquired  for  the  book 
fit  the  London  Library ;  it  is  not  to  be  found.  Is 
there  such  a  book  in  existence,  or  is  the  entry 
in  the  catalogue  a  mUlaVe^  TVi^  X^isrj  ^^^^ 
sesses    the  two  iveW-knoioi  ^toVmi^  \^vc^sf  % 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES 


2>  Is  tliero  a  pnrtiuit  of  Mr.  Ersldne  in  exisi- 
*e  ?    If  so^  in  wbose  possession  ?  *  Z, 


Memoirs  rekiiw  to  hts  Impeachment^  ond  his  let- 
ter s  written  1670-8,  C, 

[The  following  is  probablj*  the  vork  inquired  ttfler:-^ 
Copiei  and  /^rtractg  /)/  sotnt  LrUrrM  tcriiten  to  and  frotn 
the  Karl  o/"  Danbi/  (now  DvJie  nf  Lreds)^  in  the  year* 
JC76,  1677,  and  l*i78,  with  partinitar  Rctnark$  npon  »omt 
iff  them.  Second  E^itfoD.  l^ond,  1710,  t#%'0.  Both  odi- 
tiODB  Ar*  in  tlM  Brkiflh  Mob  cum.] 

DoTTBR  CA5TLB.— May  I  oak  if  the  following  is 
a  fact  ?— 

"In  1S22  three  men  wero  still  to  be  seen  bftnging  in 
front  of  Dover  Cnstlc.^— Victor  IIugo*i  By  Order  ftfthe 
King^  i.  85.  (English  edition.) 

Writing  on  the  subject  of  tarring  of  smugglers. 

R.  J.  F. 

JoHK  EaflKraE,  Pr.oFKssoB  or  Law,  Edht- 
BFRGU. — L  Tlie  firat  edition  of  The  LiMitufcs  of 
the  Law  of  Scotland  was  printed  and  published  in 
1773,  arter  his  deatb^  hj  a  friend  of  Llio  familj. 
Who  was  that  friendlj  editor  ? 

2    *     '  •     *  " 

ence 

"  Bn  Fath^er  Anselmo  will  never  aqaif," 
15TC.:  ABCTffBianop  op  Canterbijry.  —  In  the 
lloyal  Academy  Catalogue  for  184(>,  picture  No, 
615  is  described  br  tho  following  lines  on  An- 
Belm*8  death  :— 

**  Bat  Father  Ansel  mo  will  neref  uzaln 
Ponanoe  impose  upon  ladifi  or  swuoe ; 
His  feeble  stefipe  and  hi«  ajmdol^d  trejkd 
Will  never  again  the  forest  thread ; 
Bis  welcome  voice  in  cottage  or  hall 
Will  never  mare  bleas  nor  knight  nor  thrnlL'^ 
Can  jon  id  farm  nxe  who  is  the  author  of  these 
lined,  and  from  whence  they   are   tnken  ?     The 
picture  was  painted  by  Ftinny  Mclau. 

C.  G,  H. 

Glatton, — What  is  tlio  meaning  of  the  name 
''  Olatton  ^'  ?  R,  C. 

Stdhey  GoDOLPHiN. — I  cannot  find  in  any 
peerage-biography  the  date  of  the  birth  of  Sydney 
Gbdolphin,  afterwards  Earl  of  Godolphin,  and 
Lord  High  Treasurer,  and  a  famous  minister,  1 
should  he  glad  if  any  of  your  readers  could  supply 
me  with  this  date, 

I  am  also  anxious  for  parti  cukrs  of  another 
Sydney  Godolphin,  a  relative  "of  tho  former,  who 
was  one  of  the  wits  and  poets  of  Charles  IL*s 
leign.  He  is  mentioned  in  the  Metnoin  of  the 
jyi^  of  Buckiirjhmn^  prefixed  to  tho  '*  Rehearsal/' 
as  one  of  Buckingham's  intimates ;  and  I  suspect 
him  to  be  the  **  little  Sid,  for  simile  renowned  '* 
of  Lord  Mulgrave^s  E$9mj  on  Saiiref  and  not  Sir 
Charles  Sedley  or  a  brotSier  of  Algernon  Sydney, 
na  different  editors  of  Dryden,  to  whom  the  poem 
was  attributed,  have  supposed.  W,  D,  C* 

[•  Ad  engraved  port  rnit  of  John  Erskine  of  Cardrou^ 
advocote,  4to.  appears  in  Evana'a  Oatidogue  nf  FortraltSf 
ro7. /.p.jJ5.— hn.1 


RtTBiars'  "  JunoxEifT  of  Paris,'* — An  ftngnrr-  ' 
ing  of  thia  subject,  executed  by  Adiien  LommeJio 
about  lOtX),  bears  the  following  dedicatioa:  — 

"  D.  Jaeobo  Ditarte  nobili  domesUco  Begii  AtigWi, 
sin^lflri  pictoriiii  artis  cultori^  Imju^  ar<ibetypi  tatnlm 
int<.*r  pltirima  posaidenti  L.  31.  D.  C.  Q,  ^gidiof  Hbb- 
dricx," 

Who  was  this  Duarte,  and  is  there  any  reeort 
of  his  collection  of  pictures,  or  of  its  ultimats 
destination  ?  R.  E,  Q, 

Lbavenwortk  F^utiLT. — Can  any  reiid«t  iC 

'^  N.  &  Q,"  tell  me  where  this  family  sprung  toBf 
and  who  was  Sir  Lewis  Leavenworth,  who  is  men- 
tioned in  RuBseirs  Lii^es  of  Ecc&vtric  Ptrmna$nM 
the  life  of  Sir  Gerald  Massey,  where  a  pntf  gniB 
by  Sir  Lewis  I^eav  on  worth  of  London  is  mka 
off  The  date  was  about  1740-50.  Anyififc 
mation  respecting  the  above  will  be  thaokfatty 
received  bv  H.  A.  BAi»B&n>6l> 

24,  Ru5sdl  Road»  Kensington,  W, 

Dfke  op  MAWdTEsrER  t  Fleet  Marrucel— 
Bum,  in  his  History  of  Pm'ochial  JU^idtrit  in 
reference  to  these  marriagea,  enya: — 

**  All  clABses  flock ttd  to  tho  Fleet  to  marry  in  ha<tt ;  tbi 
re^ster  contains  the  nam^s  of  men  of  all  mnks  and  p^ 


fessions.   Among  the  aristocratic  patrons  of  its  nnlk 
chaplains,  we  find  Edward  Lord  Aben^vcnnr,  Afr  i^ 
and  Lord  Montague,  aftervrarda  Doke  of  MancfieSlir/* 

Which  Dnke  of  Manchester  was  this?  and  wto 
did  he  marry  F  T.  E  R 

[This  was  unquestionably  Robert  thiitl  Dofcs  of  War 
cheater,  who,  according  to  Sir  Egerton  Brydfm*  eriMM 
of  Col  Una's  Petratjt,  ii.  67,  **on  April  3,  17»S,  widiii 
Harriot,  daughter  and  coheir  of  Edmand  Dunch,  <d  Uttli 
Wittenbflm  in  Berkshire^  Ewjairc,  Master  of  tli«  r""  " 
hold  to  Qtiecn  Anne,"  This  Is  the  marriage 
place  at  the  Fleet  j  for  to  Bum's  Fitet  Begk 
we  read  as  fullowa  :— "  1785,  April  S.  Robert  M( 
Groa?enor  Square,  and  Miss  Parritt  Duncb,  B.  i 

JUcAROOK.  —  ^\Tjat  is  the  derivation 
word  macaromij  the  best  of  dcsseit-cakes?  Ill  t 
opinion  a  dish  of  macaroons,  a  dish  of  waliii^ 
and  a  decanter  of  '84  port  is  a  dessert  fit  fori 
emperor — aye,  were  he  Etnperor  of  Genuine ' 
Vereailles  before  a  starving  Paria.  31.  - 

[Italian   macanmi,  introduced  through    tbtt 

Mabbiaoe  Service  not  aixowe^   *•' 

KEKCE  AFTEE  TWELTE  o'ClOCK.  —  A 

missions  me  to  ask  the  reason  of  this  t^^  .- 
I  thought  it  might  haTQ  originated  wli 
was  performed  at  the  marriage,     WiD  m 
kindly  pacify  the  fair  inquirer'a  mind,  who  ' 
dently  considers  that  a  Tery  aabstantial  r^ 
ehould  be  given  by  the  clermrman  why  hi  i 
defer  the  maldng  two  lovera  nappy  at  any  n 
able  hour  ?  J*  i 

Cariabrooke* 

[A  reply  to  this  queiy  wOl  be  f<raiid  in  *'X.  A^T' 
S.  X,  148.] 


€•«*  S.  VII.  Afril  29, 71.] 


NOTES  AND  QUEEIEa 


365 


Sib  John  Mason, — May  I  a^k  whether  Mr» 
Baihtkl  Tt7C1:kb,  who  meke  Yaiiou«  inquiries  in 
**N.  &  Q/'  in  1865  ai  to  the  desceadaata  of  8ir 
John  Meaoiii  h  still  deilroua  of  ohtaining  infunria- 
tion  respecting  them  ?  Pt  H« 

MoLii:RE*9  *^  CoiTEDrEfi,"— Is  ftnj'tlijng  known 
of  the  translator  of  Seleet  Comedies  of  Moli^re  in 
B  Tola,,  printed  in  both  French  and  Enj^Ui^h,  date 
ITiJfJ  ?  ''  London  :  printed  for  John  Watts  at  the 
Printing  Office  in  Wild-Court  near  Lincoln's  Inn 
Kelda.'*  There  is  a  aeparato  dedication  prefixed 
«ach  pUj.  It  is  rath  or  amusing  to  aee  Mon- 
Jourdain  tigurinR-  aa  Mr.  Jordan^  and  atill 
amusing  in  the  advertigementa  of  booka  and 
io  «l  the  end  of  the  volumea  to  tead  of  Mr, 
iiiro  and  Mr,  Handel  t 

JOK AIHAJr  BoUCHISB. 

IJlTOTATIOKe  WAWTKD, — 
"  Rjltle  bb  bones 
Over  the  stones, 
Ho'»  only  a  pauper  that  nobody  owns.^ 

W.  P.  P. 

[The  reoiiirkaUG  poem,  "The  Pauncr't  Drive,"  which 
fifUn  b«en  attributed  to  Tbomaji  Uood,  la  by  T.  No«l^ 


wa«  flr»t  published  in 
|MU  P:  *0€.    It  if  reprinted  in  Cuwil*a  P^n^  iitadms»i 


hjji  Rifma  and  liounddaytt^ 
0.    It  If  reDnnted  *    "       «.    -•         v,     .. 
Btriei  L  p.  195»] 

Where  are  the  following  linos  to  be  found  ? — 

"When  Italic  doth  povaon  want, 
And  trATtocs  arc  in  l^ngland  3cant, 
Wfaeo  FVadc^  b  of  oommotion  frc«, 
The  world  withottt  an  etitb  shall  be/' 

E,  B,  E. 

"^ISTience  comes  the  following  line  concerning 
the  affection  of  a  dog  for  its  dead  niitster  f — 

"U  did  not  know»  poor  fool,  why  love  Ahould  not  bo 
tnt  to  death/' 

A.  O.  V,  R 

What  piece  of  poetry  begins  with — 

'^Tbe  wind  haa  a  language  I  wi«b  t  cotitd  learn/' 

P.  J.  F.  Ganhllon. 

Whaie  is  the  following  quotation  taken  from  ? — 

''Whra  philosophers  have  done  thuir  worat,  two  aud 
^  ptiU  Alike  fuor/' 

A. 

A  few  days  since  I  heard  a  gentleman  quote 
i«  following  couplet : — 

"Talk  not  to  mc  of  laugitude  or  latitude, 
Bat  tell  mc  rather  where  to  look  iot  gratitude.** 

Can  any  of  your  correspondents  tell  me  whero 
^  lines  occur,  and  who  is  their  author  ? 

E,  A.  D. 

^  Th«  mort  I  learn  the  law  I  think  I  know/' 
About  fifty  yM»  eiiiGe  I  met  with  this  aen- 
ftuce,     I  hare  always  thought  it  was  in  the 
^tingi  of  Blahop  B^veridgo,  but  recently  looked 


unauecesefully    for    it     Can    any  correspondent 
oblige  me  with  a  referenoe  to  its  source  ? 

J\MP>3  Gilbert, 

*'  Tranquil  its  spirit  seemed  and  Uoaied  Aim ; 
Even  in  its  very  motion  there  was  rest" 

H,  D.  R 
Sir  John  Hahmak  Whitfield. — In  the  Gm- 
Uemim's  Mamasint  for  1784,  p,  50,  occurs  a  notice 
of  tlae  death  of  "Sir  John  Haruian  Whitfield, 
aged  101/'  It  is  also  stated  thnt  **  he  took  the 
name  of  Whitfield  in  1700  by  Act  of  Parliament 
on  succeeding  to  the  estates  of  John  Whitfield, 
Esq.,  of  Yoikflhire."  I  incline  to  the  belief  that 
this  must  be  the  celebrated  Admiral  Sir  John 
Harman^  who  was  flag-captain  under  Admiral 
Penn  of  the  ship  which  carried  the  Duke  of  York 
(afterwards  James  IL)  to  the  West  Indies  in 
1664-6.  In  the  life  of  Admiral  Harman  in  Bio^ra* 
nhiaNavaHi^  it  is  stated  that  the  time  and  place  of 
hii  dfiflth  were  unknown,  which  may  pernapa  be 
neeoimted  for  by  this  change  of  uauie.  Should  any 
of  your  correspondents  be  able  to  confirm  this,  or 
show  how  Admirsl  Sir  John  Harman  and  John 
Whittield  were  connected,  a  very  interesring 
question  would  bo  solved,  and  probably  some 
authentic  evidence  as  to  his  age  might  bo  useful 
in  settling  the  pomt  of  longevity  so  often  discussed 
in  your  columns.  As  commanding  a  ship  of  war 
in  1664,  and  not  dying  till  seventy  yeai-s  after- 
wards, a  strong*  approach  to  the  ago  aligned  him 
is  actually  arrived  at.  There  wtire  a  family  of 
Whitfields  near  Canterbury,  but  I  did  not  suc- 
ceed in  finding  any  will  of  a  John  Whitfield  at 
York  anywhere  about  the  time  mentioned. 
Junior  United  Sen-ico  aub.  W.  Newsoitb. 

Wreck  op  tiik  Tesiple.  —  As  my  query  re- 
specting the  wreck  of  the  brig  Temple  cannot  be 
.of  general  interest,  I  write  to  give  my  addro8ai| 
according  to  the  notice  at  the  end  of  "  >f.  k  Q/* 

I  know  who  the  passengers  were,  but  then  I 
have  no  proofj  and  cannot  refer  to  any  record. 

The  fonner  were,  1.  George  Archer,  M,D„  who 
afterwards  died  in  Soinde,  while  surgeon  of  the 
04th  Regiment,  he  being  then  married  to  hta 
second  wife  Louisa  Hariwell,  daughter  of  the 
Vicar-General  of  the  Isle  of  Man.  (His  widov?* 
married,  secondly,  at  Allahabad,  Major  Clrt^thead 
of  the  8tli  Foot,  now  Sir  E.  11.  Greathead,  KX\B.j 
and  on  her  death^  the  second  husband  again  mar- 
ried.) 

2.  Elizabeth,  his  first  wife,  and  who  was  aftor^ 
wards  drowned  when  the  Great  Liverpool,  re- 
turning from  Bombay,  was  wrecked  off  the  coast 
of  Spam  in  1845  or  *G. 

3.  Their  son  (only  child)  W.  M,,  afterwards 
Capt.  in  78th  Highlanders,  aud  who,  after  ex- 
changing to  19th  Itegiment,  died  at  Clifton  in 
1861  from  the  effects  of  the  campaign  of  1857-8 
io  India.  T.  IL  Sak.  Archeb. 

%  Wellington  Terrace,  Aylesbury. 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES, 


[4«haVII.  ArBiL29.7l. 


GAINSBOROUGH^S  "BLUE  BOY." 

(4<^  S.  iiu  670 ;  iv,  23.  41,  80,  204,  237 ;  y,  17, 
35  J  vii.  2370 

The  biatory  of  the  origijial  **BlQe  Boy,"  io  the 
lianda  of  an  able  art-autbor,  would  make  a  popu- 
lar «nd  iutereattng  volume,  Tbe  feud  between 
the  two  great  painters  to  whieli  tlie  oriffin  of  the 
picture  is  due ;  tbe  feelin;?a  of  triumpli  on  one 
flid©  and  of  discomfiture  on  the  other  at  its  succesa- 
ful  d^but  ID  1 7 70 ;  the  cold-colour  semion  preached 
against  it  in  1778;  its  purchase  by  the  Prince  of 
AVftlea,  and  its  eojoum  in  Carlton  House ;  the 
dinner  over  which  it  was  sold  by  the  prince  to 
John  Neabitt,  Eeq-,M-P. ;  its  presence  amougat 
the  first-clivss  pictures  by  foreign  masters  in  Nes- 
bitt's  collection,  and  it'ii  appearance  at  bis  sale  in 
liS02;  its  a>joum  with  Hoppner  and  others  during 
tbe  unsettled  state  of  Neahitt'a  aitairs ;  its  restora- 
tion to  Net^bitt  in  1816 ;  its  sale  by  Nesbitt  about 
1820 ;  ita  purcha'^e  by  Hall,  at  whose  sale  in  1858 
it  appearea  aa  **  a  portrait  of  the  Prince  of  Wales," 
and  ita  subsequent  struggle  to  regain  its  right 
position  in  picturedom,  would  supply  ample  ma- 
terials for  such  a  volume. 

Here,  boweyer,  we  must  bo  as  brief  as  possible. 
During  the  last  century  there  arose  two  great 
painters  in  England — Sir  Joshua  Reynolds,  able, 
cool,  and  diplomatic:  and  Thomas  Gmnsborougb, 
talented*  impulsire^  and  non-diplomatic. 

The  forte  of  Sir  Joshua  was  portraiture,  and  it 
became  a  part  of  bis  policy  to  depreciate  Gains- 
borough s  portraits,  but  to' praise  bis  landscapes. 
Carey  tt>Ih  an  anecdote  illustrative  of  this  policy. 
He  staler  tliat  at  one  of  the  meetings  of  the 
B.A.B  Sir  Joshua  proposed  *'  the  health  of  Gains- 
bofoiigh,  our  bt'it  landscape  painter,''  whereupon 
Wilson,  whoso  forte  was  landscape,  retorted  wnen 
bis  turn  came,  *Hlie  he4\lth  of  Gainsborough,  our 
heal  portrait  painter.'" 

To  show  by  an  example  that  Sir  Joshua's 
policy  was  not  well  founded,  tbe  '*  Blue  Boy" 
was  painted  by  Giunsborough — a  work  in  which 
genius  to  conceive  happily,  and  skill  to  execute 
admirably  are  so  barraoniously  combined  that  it 
admittedly  **  rises  into  the  ideal  of  portraiture." 

Tradition  savs  the  ^*  Blue  Boy  '^  got  a  capital 
position  at  the'R.A.,  which  contnkited  to  its  suc- 
cess, but  gave  anQf»yance  to  Sir  Joshua  that  was 
not  forgotten  when  Gainsborough's  application  for 
a  special  place  for  a  special  picture— tbe  group 
of  the  three  royal  princesses — painted  for  Ids  life- 
long patron,  George  Prince  of  Wale?,  was  arbi- 
trarily refused.  There  seems  to  be  no  doubt  this 
refusal  was  resented  by  the  king  and  heir  apparent 
as  well  as  by  Gainaborough.  The  Moj^mg 
Herald  (April  22  and  23,  1784)  strongly  censured 


the  council  of  the  R.A.  for  refusing  this  appha 
Uon,  as  if  royally  inspired,  for  it  thus  concludes:-^' 

*•  In  tlic  name  of  charity  what  offence  has  bees  i 
mltted  by  the  throe  princesses  that  they  are  refniidl 
situation  in  which  their  chnnus  might  app&R  ia  ft  pn 
liifht  ?     It  U  A  point  which  cannot  be  easily  det^rmii 
whether  the  conduct  of  tbe  council  of  the  R^.  bt  loti] 
m  greater  affront  towards  majesty  than  to  the  ftrlist." 

The  oifence  did  not  lie  in  the  prinoesei,  but 
solely  in  the  able  manner  in  which  their  chinsA 
hnd  been  transferred  to  the  canvas. 

The  defence  of  the  council  which  appearwl  id 
the  Public  Adveriim-  (April  24,  17S4j  reacis  ii 
if  from  the  pen  of  Reynolds,  for  it  bteatbss  hit 
policy  throughout.  It' begins :  *'  That  the  Blhi- 
bition  should  be  deprived  of  the  landscai>e  peadl 
of  such  a  painter  as  Mr.  Gainsborough  is  not  ■ 
little  to  be  lamented  " ;  but  there  is  no  laraentaj m 
about  the  loss  of  his  portrait-pencil  or  the  exclu- 
sion of  tbe  group  of  royal  portraita  about  which 
the  difference  arose. 

Was  there  a  lively  apprehension  that,  horn  tlw 
exalted  rank  of  the  princesses  and  the  patjiioigie 
of  the  king  and  the  Prince  of  Walea,  these  pop- 
traita  would  have  proved  to  be  even  a  greatisr 
success  ft>r  Gainsborough  in  fashionable  socim 
than  the  *'  Blue  Boy  '*  had  been,  and  vote*  wew 
influenced  accordingly  against  any  rela.\atlOBr 
tbe  hanging  rules  ? 

The  study  for  the  groun  of  princeesai 
No.  24  in  the  late  winter  exhibition  of  the  RiA 
and  it  showed  that  lleynolds  had  cause  for  tl 
jealousy  he  was  openly  charged  with  by  tbe 
Mttrmriff  Herald.  The  picture  itdelf,  but  in  t 
mutilated  state  which  spout  its  effect,  was  Na  H 
in  the  previous  winter  exhibition.  Thii  vd 
libition,  we  have  been  told,  was  the  act  rfj 
re -arranger  of  tbe  royal  coUectioa  to  make  itf 
some  odd  place  or  other* 

Upon  the  various  pbaa&s  of  the  Reynoldia 
Gainsborough  controversy,  one  is  almost  forced  t 
conclude  that  their  quarrel  in  1772,  only  t^^ 
yeara  after  the  exhibition  of  the  "  Bluts  Bor,  | 
which  led  Gainsborough,  to  bis  own  delri"'""^ 
to  send  no  pictures  to  tbe  R.  A,  during  the  ( 
four  years ;  the  motion  carried  in  1775  t< 
Gainsborough's  name  off  the  list  of  R.A.M 
afterwards  rescinded;  the  cold-cjslour  sefl 
preached  against  the  offending  '^Blue 
1778,  the  year  after  Gainsborough 
began  to  send  pictures  to  tbe  R.A. ;  and  1 
trary  refusal  ol  his  request  in  1784  iotK\ 
position  for  the  group  of  princeases,  if  not  alistip* 
I  in  the  depreciatory  policy  of  Sir  Jo.ihuA^  ftflw* 
I  food  for  thought  at  any  rate.  Yet  when  d»tJ» 
had  removed  bis  great  and  gifted  rivals  8ir  JosHtt* 
paid  a  handsome  tribute  to  bis  memory,  «  "* 
toe  man  worthy  of  his  steel,'*  even  if  the  dep»c»* 
tory  policy  does  pop  through  in  places. 

Ihe  king  was  a  staunch  pati\>n  of  C 


II.  A»iL  29/71.] 


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367 


disliked  Re^Tiolds ;  and  the  policy  of  the 
)wikrdi§  the  klng'a  favourite  was  almost 
to  briug  both  the  king  and  the  Prince  of 

0  the  aide  of  Gainsboroiijrh  «t  the  time. 
m,  the  cold-colour  discourse  of  1778  did 

to  the  purchnse  of  the  '*  Blue  Boy  "  for  a 

the  ©Tent  of  1784  wa«  almost  certain  to 

oufrht  aboat  such  a  reault  aa  a  special 

..r-..i  "■  t-nnage*  W'hen,  therefore,  we  hear 

'  owner  of  the  picture,  Mr.  Nea- 

,.    .....  belonged  to  the  Prince  of  Wtdes 

IV/),  it  is  nothiog  more  than  und*^r  the 
tances  was  to  be  expected.     Id  ft  similar 

0  prince  afterwards  **  crtiwded  the  studio 
iner  with  princes,  peers,  and  fine  lofliea  in 
on  to-Opie,  Owen,  iind  J^awrence.'*  *  But 
dd'Colour  discourse  did  contribute  to  place 
lue  B<>y  "  in  a  royal  collection,  so  now 
opo6ed  to  cite  it  as  atfording  cogent  evi-  ! 
hat  the  green  **  Blue  Boy  "  waa  the  very  | 

agaioat  which  that  sermon  was  carefully 

1  and  delivered  to  the  miug  geoeratiou  of 
ents. 

'  Blue  Boy  *'  appeared  aa  a  norelty  in  the 
Id  which  Ibrnied  a  contract  with,  «nd  made 
f  itiip»\'«iion  than,  an  ordinary  portrait  of 
ould  hare  done.  Grace  aniJ  dignity  are 
features  of  the  *'  Blue  Boy/'  and 
treatment  was  Gainsborougfi^s  forte. 
light  in  a  cold  colour  on  the  principal 
the  middle  of  the  picture  are  other 
l&fthe'^BlueBov." 

Uxeee  features,  wliieh  then  gave  and  still 
Itbrily  to  the  picture,  form  the  chief  iiead- 
itis^^d  in  tha!  «ermon.     Novelty  and  con- 

1  a  ineiins  of  producing  a  **more  forcible 
M'*  than  or<Iinjiry  procedure,  are  cou- 
I  grace  and  dtgiiitv  added  to  the  repre* 
ire  al»o  condeoaneJ  in  atrong  language  as 
^  "  vulgiirily  and  meanness'*;  simplicity 
td  as  often  **  disagreeable  and  nauseous 
m  '*  f  inaases  of  ligbt  in  one  colour  is  eaid 
ible  ^*  an  artist  s  lirst  es.^ay  in  imitating 
:  the  po&itioD  of  a  principal  figure  in  the 

a  picture  under  the  principal  light  i» 
led  on  ag  creating  **  needle.^  difficulties  ** 
illy  acted  on  ;  and  a  cold -coloured  central 
rith  wann  colours  surrounding,  are  cou- 
%B  **^'ro*^  heterodoxy  invoking  dilliculties 
the  power  of  art,  eveu  in  %im  haudi  of  I 
pr  Tiii.in,  to  make  a  picture  splendid  and  ' 
ms'^  (far  h'^B  Gain.^borougb,  who  was  no  j 
||iilied)»     Then  follows  the  application  of  [ 
pn  t>  the  offender  in  the  preacher's  *'  mind's  \ 
Bch  baa  been  so  long  assigned  as  the  iett4^e 
^  Blue   Boy's  "  production.      Descending 
fcrallNitioa  to  particularisatioa,  Sir  Joshua 
li  for  the  itepi  and  says  :— 


v/Pamttr*^  by  AIIaji  Caniimgbam,  t.  242. 


"Though  it  is  not  my  busuieiis  to  enter  into  the  detail 
of  our  art^  vet  I  muist  tnkc  this  O|iportunity  of  mention* 
ing  one  of  the  meana  of  producing  that  ffreat  effect  which 
we  observe  io  the  works  of  the  Venetian  paiateni,  as  j 
think  it  In  not  ijencrally  known  or  obsen'ed  It  ought, 
in  my  opinion,  to  be  indispensably  ot»erved  that  the 
mansca  of  li^ht  in  n  pictare  oe  slwu'ya  of  a  warm  mellow 
colour,  3'cllow,  rod,  or  yellowish-white ;  and  th;it  the 
IjIuc,  the  grey  J  iad  the  green  colours  be  u^  only  to 
support  and  to  set  off  the«c  warm  colourt^  and  for  ihLi 
purpose  a  Amoll  proportion  of  eold  colours  will  be  9U0- 
tk*nt." 

Now  the  two  chief  colouro  condemned  here  as 
too  cold  for  portraiture,  ffreen  and  blue — for  grey 
is  more  of  a  cozy  than  a  cold  colour — are  pre- 
cisely the  leading  colours  of  the  green  "Blue 
Boy ^8**  costume. 

In  short  this  discourae  appears  to  prove,  nlniost 
to  demonstration,  that  the  '^  Blue  Bt>y  *^  was  then 
an  otTender  or  heretic  of  standing,  or  no  such  ser- 
mon would  have  been  launched  ngaiust  his  hetero- 
doxy, and  that  the  original  picture  was  a  green 
blue-clrtd — consequentljr,  that  the  green  **  Blue 
Boy  "  must  be  the  original  picture. 

The  history  of  the  ongin&l  picture,  which  has 
passed  current  for  so  many  years,  is  the  Tersion 
embr)died  in  the  pedigree  of  the  Grosvcnor  or  pal© 
"  Blue  Boy,**  as  it  appears  in  Young's  I/ittMraUfd 
CataliMjue  of  the  Grusvmor  Gttlhry^  publit»hed  in 
182L 

Young,  after  mentioning  the  influence  which 
the  **  Blue  Boy*s**  success  exerci^d  in  erihnncing 
the  reputation  of  Gainsborough,  says:  **The  pic- 
ture waa  purchased  at  Mr.  Buttiill's  sale  by  Mr. 
Xesbitt;  it  became  afterwards  the  property  of 
Mr.  Iloppner,  who  disposed  of  it  to  E«irl  Groe- 
venor  "—but  whether  to  the  first  or  the  second  earl 
is  not  stated. 

In  a  more  or  less  modified  form  this  pedigree 
appears,  with  all  its  errors,  in  subsequent  works 
on  art  In  one  of  the  latest  of  them,  Fulcher*» 
Life  of  Gain^orough  (18^0),  it  is  given  in  these 
Bomewbat  different  words:  "At  Mr,  Battalia 
deAth,  the  ^  Blue  Boy'  was  purchased  by  Mr, 
Nesbitt ;  the  picture  was  afterwards  in  the  pos- 
session of  Mr,  Iloppner,  the  painter,  who  flold  it 
to  the  iirst  Earl  Gros venor.*'  Thus  supplying  the 
information  that  the  pale  ^*  Blue  Boy  "*  was  bought 
by  the  first  Earl  Orosvenor,  whotlied  in  1802. 
Such  is  what  may  be  called  the  oftldid  pedijireo 
of  the  pule  "Blue  Boy^'j  but  it  is  erroneoiiH,  as 
hns  beeu  pointed  out"  to  the  e fleet  that  Nesbitt 
did  not  obtain  the  ^'  Blue  Boy  *'  at  BattalFs  sale, 
but  fi-oni  the  Prince  of  Wales';  and  that  Hoppner 
did  not  sell  the  origioal  '*Blue  Boy"  to  Earl 
Grosrenor,  as  the  Grosvenor  picture Vaa  bought 
from  a  dealer  {**  N.  &  Q. ''  4*'»  8,  iv.  237 ;  v.  17.) 

The  trade  history  of  the  pale  ''  Blue  Boy  "  has 
also  appeared  to  the  effect  that  it  was  fifst  heard 
of  at  an  auction-room  #ftle,  without  a  frame  and 
with  a  hole  in  it;  and  that  after  pnasing  through 
the  hands  of  several  dealers,  who  had  it  reptured 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES, 


[4«*  S.  VII.  Artat  W>,*n. 


and  framed,  it  wna  sold  for  the  GroBvenor  collec- 
tion ("  N.  &  Q./'  4'^  S.  iv*  2;37.) 

The  trade  history  seema  to  he  coufirmdd  by  the 
picture  itselff  if  it  doee^  ad  it  is  aud  la  do,  cany 
on  its  face  and  back  eyidence  of  a  hole  having 
been  repitired;  and  of  its  hflvin^  been  lined  as  a 
consequence^ 

When  this  picture  was  hung  at  a  right  height 
last  year  at  Burlington  Houbo^  a  repaired-looking 
patcL  of  an  irregular  triangular  outline^  with  iU 
oifferent  shade  of  colour — the  too  sweet  juvenilitj 
of  the  face,  more  especially  the  lower  portion  of 
it,  for  a  manly  youth  of  live  feet  in  stature — and 
sundry  un-Gain«borough-like  manipulationa  in  the 
detail — were  readily  seen,  and  led  some  judgea 
to  think  it  was  not  a  Gainsborough.  Even 
now,  when  hung  about  three  ft-et  too  high  at 
South  Keodington,  through  a  good  glaas  the 
above  drawbacks  may  be  seen. 

J^ut  it  may  be  aaked  why  it  has  been  hung  £o 
high  there,  and  in  contrast  with  the  big  brown 
faded  portrait  of  Mrs,  Siddons  as  the  ^'Twgic 
Muae  **  by  lieynolda,  ne  if  in  renval  of  the  olden 
feud,  infltead  of  having  been  hung  iu  eontra^ft  with 
an  untouched  Gainsborough  of  the  aamo  land- 
scape baclcground  cla«s,  or  the  gre<  u  'VBlue  Boy"? 
Let  any  vis-itor  to  the  Museum  compare  the  sky 
of  the '*^  Blue  Boj '•  there  with  thtit  of  *'Musi- 
dora"  or  "The  W  atering  Place,"'  kHh  by  Gains- 
borough,  in  nn  adjoining  roora,  and  the  contin&t 
can  hardly  fail  to  be  interesting  and  Bugge^tive. 

We  now  come  to  Neahitt'a  history  of  the 
original  ''Blue  Boy/'  and  a  bettf^r  authority  can- 
not he  referred  to:  for  he  ia  the  admitted  owner 
of  the  picture  formerly,  and  aLgo  the  gentleman 
from  whom  the  pale  *'  Blue  Boy  ^'  claims  its 
originality.  J.  Skwell,  Aasoc.  Inst.  C.E. 

The  LoinbArtl^  E.C. 

(^To  On  concluded  in  atir  ntrt) 

MCfiAL  PAINTING  IX  STARSTON  CHURCH, 
NOUFOLK. 
(4»^  S.  vj.  542,  577 ;  vii.  40,  172,  24.1.) 
In  flDBwer  to  Ci .  A.  C.  I  heg  to  state  that  the  soul 
is  never  rt?prej«ieDled  iu  media?  val  art  as  baring  ^.r. 
When   I  wrote  upon  this  flubject,  in  answer  to 
F.  C,  IL,  I  had  not  the  drawing  by  me,  nnd  trusted 
entirely  to  the  description  given  by  that  writer. 
Since  I  have  studied  the  details  minutelv,  I  tin d  that 
description  inaccurate,  and  therefore  all  deductiont* 
thereon  fail.     The  details  show  us  an  aUor  with 
representation  of  crudtixionj  a  priest  in  rhamhh^ 
not  cop€y  standing  by,  and  reaching  towards  a  ton- 
aured  figure  to  receive  (apparently)  the  scroll  or 
schedule  which  he  holds,  and  on  which  is  an  in- 
scription*    At  thia  end  of  the  painting,  it  is  clear 
that  the  aquicreA,  and  all  below,  are  parts  of  an 
earlier  decoration  underneath,  and  Ibrm  no  part 
o£  the  present  giihject.    That,  which  hi.a  been 
ealied  A  diield  is  certainly  no  shield  at  aW,  b.iv4  \ 


•  -  W--^T  tiiat  tht 

'•CUIt^.  Kod 

^  .--on  that  ia 

^  not  to  be  catbilf 

;t!i  the  seroOii  di 

frc*m  the 

rii  position, 


have  heard  from  the  71^^ 
markiTig"?  upon  it  were 
I  was  further  confrr'-ti- 
minute  details  the 
trusted.     Behinl  t 
with  diisped  I 
inent,  one  of  i:   - 

Then,  there  is  the  lady  who  forms  the  ceotrs 
figure,  evidently  one  of*  rank,  even  if  it  is  not 
certain,  as  G,  A.  C,  asserts,  that  she  wears  i 
coronet.  If  this,  however,  be  the  case,  it  will  laoi 
to  stronj:^then  my  opinion,  now  entertmned^  rf 
the  subject  Neir  her  is  a  veiled  llffurtv  «•«• 
ingly  holding  a  book,  but  this  is  douWid;  tksa 
a  mi^cellftneons  group  coming  in.  Thew  is  i 
diapered  covering  whirh    I  i  '     '  Ink  ii  in- 

tended for  a  bed ;  in  ftwt.  wli  aince  to  bi 

an  altar  has  evidently  t»€en  hu^uu. 'u  iVir  a  pillow. 
In  front  of  this  coyenn;;^  ia  what  appears  to  In  ft 
carved  tomb.  The  aogels  with  the  soul  cooplstal 
the  picture. 

Now,  if  this  were  merely  the  recsord  of  altfW&e* 
tress — a  subject  po&iihle,  but  I  must  say  lirt  in 
accord  with  our  experience,  altbough  Bit  Rod 
does  countenance  such  a  view — then?  would atbir 
be  less  crrcum^tance,  or  the  line  reading  wooldbi 
easy  and  simple  ;  but  this  iisbv  no  means  the  ow. 
In  MS8,  such  subjects  are  found,  but  thkiii 
difierent   matter  to  placing  in   a  churdi  ^^ 
really  is  something  complimentar)'  to  na  i  _ 
dual.     We  want  the  strnngest  evidence  bafilft 
can  admit  such  a  view.     All  our  i?npen«ll«a 
mediicval  art  point  t«>  one 
the  laity's  instniction  in  reliu 
It  was,* indeed,  the  principle  una  o 
second  Council  of  Nicea.     It  therefori 
me,  that  this  picture  would  more  natu; 
to  a  pa;«age  in  the  life  of  some  snint 
presents  the  Assumption  is  so  utterly 
a  proposition  that  it  is  mere  waste 
conrider  it      The  legend  to    which   ii      . 
me  t*y  refer  is  that  of  J^.  Mary  Magdalene.     J 
too  long  to  io?ert  at  length,  but  it  is  full 
terest,  and  has  been  very  fully  enters 
German  work.     It  is  rarely  that  \o\: 
incidents  in  one  writer.     Tnmyo} 
ing  represents  the  death  of  S.  >i 
the  bare  details  of  which  are  n.s  i 
preached  at  Marseilles,  and  convoi^ 
of  the  province,  together  with  Li 
giving  them  a  promise  of  ofeprin- 
In  a  voyage  they  then  undertook  to  vi 
the  wife  brought  forth  a  child  and 
body  was  put  ashore,  and  the  child  idi.i  f)  n*"^ 
Side,  having  no   means  of  ^nbaistenoe.    On  tbs 
father  returoing,  he  visited  the  spot  whCT«  thf 
body  had   been   laid,  and  found  Dolh  wife  9Si 
child  alive.     This  is  the  tirst  part  of  the  kgCB^ 
S.  Maiy   Magdalene,  living   in   the  d«iC7t,  $»* 


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369 


Sd  to  b«  Deor^  Skke  sent  word  to  Maximin,  faUhop 

T  AlXy  tlwt  she  would  appear  at  a  certain  boor 

tiie  OTStory,  in  which  he  performed  his  devo- 

ntfu  Mftximin  accordingly  assembled  the  clergy, 
,  went  into  the  oratory  at  the  time  appointed^ 
,  there  (bund  the  Bjunt,  who,  haying  partook  of 
a»cranient  of  our  Lord's  body^  afterwards  fell 
down  dead  in  iront  of  the  altar,  ^laximin  after- 
wardfl  ordered  his  tomb  to  be  made  clo^  to  the  spot 

Now  to  apply  thia  to  the  paaatibg;  W«  hate 
altar  and  priett  in  euchmttio  Tttstroent;  the 
-  "  d  covenng  is  doubtless  over  the  dead  tx>dy, 

I  tomb  ifl  in  front.    What  has  been  called  a 

shield  I  should  imagine  to  have  been  a  chalice :  I 
easnot  trufit  the  drawing,  edpecialJy  as  I  henr  that 
this  part  wm  Tery  obscure,  and  "my  experience 
t^aebn^  me  how  easy  it  is  to  err  iu  such  detaihi» 
Thfii    '  '%ith  coronet  (?)  would  be  the  prin- 

ces; 1  figure  by  her  ade  Martba^  who 

also  b^ion;^^:?  I  >  this  legendary  histor}-;  the  crowds 
the  assembled  clergy,  and  people  \  tbe  hgure  with 
cliifped  bands  plainly  attired,  the  pHizrim  prince. 

Now  the  inscription  must  bo  con>iJered.  The 
jiCroU  has  three  worda,  each  separaliid  bv  a  con- 
ventional colon  (;).  The  drauglit«nmu  lii  hardly 
likely  to  have  erred  in  this.  It  wiis  not  an  uni- 
Teasdd  convention ;  fiometimes  it  is  a  sinc^le  gtop ; 
more  often  there  ia  none  at  all*  We  have  therefore 
tiireo  wordfl  to  deal  with.  The  drawing  gives 
»  PBOCB :  *  * .  KB  (?) :  MAJU  a/'  If  we  ndmit  the  evi- 
dence of  three  woida,  we  cannot  allow  of  the  union 
of  the  first  and  aecond  to  make  the  word  "  procede '' 
ot ''  procedeote/*  nor  can  we  admit  *^  pro  te  ^'  on 
MCount  of  the  want  of  the  »top  between.  Nothing 
il  m0r^  common  than  erron!  in  drafts  of  inscHp- 
fimm  when  the  letters  are  at  all  obscured;  and 
Ibare  are  certain  characters  in  Longobardic  cani- 
llli  thua  frequently  confounded :  a  and  B,  ana  B 
nd  o,  and  x  and  ir,  &e.  If  we  reject  the  read- 
Ingi  as  above^  we  cannot  accept  *'  prqce  '  -  aa  a 
eorrect  rendering. 

My  suggestion  ia  that  the  inscription  should 
mod  *'  r&E4iE  :  TUA :  iiARUk.'^  If  tbia  be  ■dmiasible, 
then  we  have  coniinnatory  eTidence  in  the  le^nd 
to  which  I  refer.  **  Prece  tua  "  occurs  three  times 
iu  retoeocd  to  the  PTayer  of  S.  Mary  Magdi^- 
koe  thjongh  which  oMapring  was  obtained  bj  the 
vtiiee.  But  there  ia  even  another  part  of  the 
legend  to  which  this  might  refer:  a  sinner  in- 
scribed his  sins  upon  a  schedule^  and  placed  it 
beneath  the  cover  of  the  altar  of  S.  Mary  Magda- 
lene. On  retaking  it,  it  was  found  to  be  blank. 
The  inecription  would  be  pertinent  here.  I  have 
omitted  to  mention,  that|  on  the  decease  of  the 
saint ^  itngela  wefe  seen  to  carry  away  her  soul 
with  songa  and  hymofi ;  and  I  may  further  add, 
that  in  a  woodcut  illustration  to  her  life  in  a  copy 
I  hnve  of  Pr^M  de  Natxilihtu  the  soul  is  being 
boma  to  heaven  aa  in  the  Starston  painting. 

efis,  Bolnorcr  Strc«t.  J.  G.  W^LEB. 


LINES  OX  TEfK  ntTMAN  EAR.     / 

(4***  S.  vii,  235^34.)       Jlfc^ 

Your  correspondent  JIr.  W,  E.  A.  Axo?r  hav- 
ing afibrded  a  clue  to  the  discovery  of  these  linee^ 
the  kindness  of  my  friend  Mr.  Latey,  of  the  IlUu- 
t ruled  Lojtdon  Newtt^  has  done  the  rest.  They 
appeared  in  that  journal  (voL  xx.)^  Jan.  17,  1652, 
Perhaps  as,  like  Mr».  Bardell  in  Piokicuk,  they 
are  **  lively  and  sought  after,"  your  courtesy  may 
give  them  a  new  circulation,  especially  as'  they 
are  of  a  most  instructive  character. 

"THE  piHLoaopinsB  axd  hbk  fatqeb. 

**  A  floiind  cAine  booming  throagli  the  air— ^ 
*  VVhnt  is  that  sound  ?  '  c|aoth  I. 
My  bltte-eytti  pet,  with  golden  hair, 

flfida  answer,  preMotly, 
*  Papa,  you  know  it  vvrv  well- 
That  sound — it  was  Saint  pAncras  BcW 
'♦  •  3Iy  owD  Louise,  put  down  the  cat, 
Aod  come  and  standi  by  me ; 
Vm  snd  to  bear  you  Ulk  like  that, 

Where's  your  philcrarifihy  ? 
That  soiuid— attend  to  what  I  tell— 
Th«t  sDOsd  was  nttt  Saiat  Pancras  BelJ. 
**  *  Sound  is  the  name  the  90ge  selects 
¥pt  fhe  eondading  leiro 
Of  n  ■  ,  of  cffocti!, 

i'-.  ;  t  blow  *5  the  germ. 

TUc  .  ..       ..^  brief  analysis 
Shows  the  intorpolations,  lli«s. 
***The  blow  which,  when  the  clapper  all  p.**, 
FolU  en  your  friend  the  llcH, 
Changes  it^  circle  to  dlipse 

(A  word  you'd  better  «pell)» 
And  then  cornea  elasticity. 
Restoring  what  it  used  to  be. 
••*  Xay,  making  it  a  little  more. 
The  circle  shifts  about. 
A3  much  as  it  ahnink  in  befaie 
The  BelV  T^ii^  vm,  awells  Ottt }. 
And  Ao  a  new  eUipM  is  made, 
(Yuti're  not  attending,  I'm  airaid), 
*♦*  Tbiu  change  of  fortn  dIaturU  the  «tr, 
Which  in  ita  turn  bchavt^j 
In  like  el.t£iic  fashion  there, 
Creating  waves  oo  waves ; 
Which  ptfcsH  each  other  onward,  dear. 
Until  the  outmost  0nd9  your  ear. 
'*  *  Within  that  ear  the  surgeons  find 
A  tumpanmm,  or  drum. 
Which  has  a  little  bone  behind, — 

Maiievf^  It's  called  by  .some  ; 
Unt  those  not  proud  of  Latin  Grammar 
llambly  tnLOslate  it  as  the  hammer. 
"  *  Th^:;  wave's  vibrations  this  transraiti 
Un  to  the  ineK$  bone 
{I»ouM  means  anvil,  which  it  hii£), 

And  this  traasfers  the  tone 
To  the  small  *#  orbictdnre^ 
The  tiniest  bone  that  people  carry. 
"  *Tho  ilopTf  next— the  nnme  recalls 
A  siirrup'tf  foroi,  my  dnt<ghter— 
J<Kiiit  tbreo  half-circular  canals, 
Esch  flll'd  with  limpid  water  ; 
Their  curious  luung»  you'U  cjViaftrj^t, 
Made  of  the  ax^aatorj  nwree. 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES, 


[4»»tS,  ViLAnuLS^" 


**  ♦This  vibrates  next — and  then  we  find 
The  myitic  work  b  crown'd  ; 
For  th«n  my  daughter'*  gentk  Mind 

Fir^t  recogniiea  sound. 
Bee  what  a  host  of  cansea  swdl 
To  make  op  what  you  call  "  the  B*U."  ' 

"  AwhUe  she  poured,  my  trright  Louise^ 

And  ponder'd  on  the  ca^e; 
Then,  lettUng  that  ho  meant  to  teaa^i. 

She  slapped  her  father's  fare. 
*  You  bad  old  man,  to  sit  and  t4>l1 
Such  gibberygojh  about  a  15*.  U I  *" 


HENRY  VIII.  AND  THE  GOLDEN  FLEECE. 

To  3Ir.  BtiTTERT'a  inquiriea  I  reply  thfkt 
Henry  VI IL  waa  duly  elected  a  ICciiiht  of  the 
Ordt^r  of  the  Golden  Fkece,  and  that  (r^o  far  na  I 
am  aware)  th^^re  i:^  no  rcpreaentation  of  him  with 
the  collar  or  insignia  of  that  order.  The  circum* 
fitnnces  connected  with  \m  election,  and  his  r^^a^oa 
for  abstaining  from  weminjt^  the  order,  will,  I 
hope,  be  found  sniRdenllv  intereating  to  merit  a 
place  inj*  N,  &  Q/' 

On  Oc timber  10,  liS%  MAxmiOiftn  King^  of  the 
Romans  (afterwards  Emperor  of  GermanY)  wna 
elected  a  K.G,  in  the  fttoad  of  Henry  IVrcy,  fonrlk 
Earl  of  NorllmiBl>erliiDtl,  skin  April  28  pveviou^lv, 
(Cotton  ^IS.  Julius,  B.  12^  p.  55.)  On  Sept  1*2, 
1400,  a  comniiasion  waa  issued  to  Sir  Charles 
Somerset  and  Sir  John  Wriothealey,  Garter,  to 
invent  Maximilian,  (IlyDier,  xii.  403)  His  invea- 
titnre  took  pi  nee  at  Nuremberg  on  Christ  mas  Day, 
1490,  when  i\ui  book  of  statutes  was  delivered, 
and  the  oath  ndniinistered. 

This  investitujno  formed  (in  1528)  the  auhjf^ct 
of  one  of  Holbein's  very  rare  hifstorical  meture?^, 
executed  dnring  his  stay  nt  Sir  Thomas  Morti'M  at 
Ohel&ea,  the  original  sketch  of  which,  Kilned  bj 
the  arliet,  is*  in  my  possession  ;  awd  from  it  Wen- 
cealaufi  Hollar  made  hia  en^Tuvii'g,  to  be  found 
b  A>hmole,  p.  4^. 

Cons^pquent  npriiMnximilian*fl  proctor,  theMnr- 
gT»ve  of  BrLiudenbiJr;>h  f  Aahmole^  p.  4ii8),  not 
presenting*"  himself  for  in&tfillmion  ana  to  otler  hia 
helm,  &:r.^  wiihto  the  timu  limited  by  the  atrtfutrp, 
Maxiioilii«rs  reception  into  the  order,  a,s  well  aa 
the  oftth  talien  by  him*  becHme  void  nnd  of  no 
effect,  uuich  to  iht*  nnnoyance  of  Ilcnry  \IL 

On  August  ]4,  lJ>0*i^  11  poo  ihe  occitsinn  ot'  the 
ratification  of  the  treaty  of  alliaiu'e  between 
Henrv  and  Jlaximilian^  the  emperor  for  himself 
and  Ills  800  Philip  cuvennnted  to  accept  and 
wear  the  (i^irter  imhlivhjy  the  King  of  England 
and  his  son  Henrv  Prince  of  Wales  promising  to 
accept  and  wear  tlie  Golilen  Fleece,  (nymer,  xiii. 
35,  30»)  Accordingly^  2^ir  Thomas  Brandon  and 
I>r.  West,  attended  by  Norroy  King  at  Arms,  were 
eotnmiaaioned  on  November  18  following  to  admit 


the  emperor  into  the  order,  deliver  the  ensips 
declare  the  statutea,  and  receive  hia  oath  for  tJu< 
observance  of  them.  The  emperor,  howe?cr»  4^- 
clined  to  renew  the  oatb,  but  promised  to  a«faii  a 

groctor  on  February  IS  to  be  installed  fcft  hinj  c 
t.  Geoi^e's  Day'  next  ensuing.    (Cottoa 
Galba,  B.2.> 

On  Nov.  17, 1505,  "  Philipt^  le  BeP'  heH  t 
seventeenth  chapter  of  the  Golden  Fleece  at  J" 
delbourg  in  FlaodeiB^  upon  which  oocaaioii  I 
knights  were  elected,  ana  at  the  head  of  the  lil 
was *' Le  Prince deGalle^/' aftejwartU Henry  \\)\ 
(De  l^i0*enberg,  Uidoire  dk  VOrdtt  de  In  Toia 
tfOr.) 

In  the  absence  of  any  satisfactoiT  proof  1 
^faximilian   or   Philip   wore    the   Order  of 
Garter  publicly,  it  nmy  fairly  be  aasumci 
did  not;  and  such  omission  may  be  acceptl 
good   reason   for  Henry *8  declining   to  w< 
Golden  Fleece,  and  satisfactorily  ♦:xpliiin»  wby  i^ 
pii^ti>rial  representation  exij^ts  which  shows  Mam 
millan  with  the  Garter  or  Henrv  with  the  Fire 

Olxbi  F.  iloLl 

Ktog'a  Road,  Clapham  Park. 


RKALM. 


{4?^  S.  iiL  a34,  413,  590  j  v,  4C'6;  vl  96,  ?M) 

Mb.  Patnk  now  asserts   that  such   formi  ts 
cA#rf?.r,  hiiiXf  rt'px,  fox,  cannot,  as  I  endeavouird 
to  show  in  my  last  note  (vi.  (HJ),  he  intart/uitiidi 
forms  between    the   older   forms  cl^taL 
tieU'j  foh\  aud  the   forms  nn\v  in   use, 
hetntr*  vieiLtj /t>u« :  but  that  the  forms  u 
ox  belong  to  one  dialect  (that  of  the  ^*  a u than  i 
the  French  of  Paris*'),  and  those  in  ma',  i 
to  another,   viz.  the   French  of  Norman4, 
Picardv ;  and  that,  therefore,  I  have  been  \ 
of  confounding  distinct  dialects  together, 
but  little  dithculty  in  meeting  this  objectioo  t 
Mr,  Payne's. 

In  the  first  place  let  him  consult  Ampere  (BiuLj 
(k  Ift  format imt  ile  la  hmg.  frfrni;.^  2nd  ed<,  ^' 
18tU)^p.  371),  where  he  will  find  it  stated  tliatt 
forma  m  am,  cm  originally  belonged  to  the  Ptrisi 
dialectyt  whilst  those  in  ax  and  ^'.r  primitively  ll 
longed  to  Picardv,  and  were  thence  transfei  ~^ 
Paris,    In  other  words,  that  the  x  and  u  forj 


[^msM^ 


I 

I       *  Fornierly  11I50  bktnx*    For  the  take  of  brvvilltl 
I  ^hitll  fall  the  forma  in  ax^eJP^ojr,  the*  f»>rtiM :  ibf^u 
I  aiLT^  «tfj-,  ovs,  the  u  forms;  whilst  the  to]f 
'  fiit,  in  which  the  urij^inol  Latin  /  is  prps*»rv 
j  whk-h  both  the  t  and  w  fi>nTi»*  ar^  d<'rtv    * 
if  fornix.     It  m^^t  bo  remirobcruvl  ili 
Fnuch,  boih  in  the  singuUr  {tiid  plu!\,     _,^        im 
repLictd  by  j  or  x-  ^ 

I       +  In  AmperPi  Uttrgnn^ian  dialect;  hot  (ihtA.n.mn 
I  we  aie  told  that  und^T  Bur^undian  hi''    '    ' 
I  5pokcn  on   th*!  bunks  c»f  iho  Loire, 
I  Bnucc — that  is  what  Mt;.  Pavxi.  cui 
;  Parb.** 


4*S.Ta,  Armi.29.7J.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


371 


note*)  hofh  of  them  occur  in  the  **  French  of  Pari?/* 
T^rbich  ia  precUely  the  view  I  hold;  whilat  the 
obvious  corollary  to  Mr.  Payne's  present  position 
18,  that  the  two  seta  of  forms  fire  never  fouod  in 
the  same  dialect.  So  also  Diqz  (Grarmn,  d.  rommu 
SpracAm,  Und  ed.,  16-56),  who  snya  (i.  122)  that 
tho  lanvruBge  of  the  Ile-de-France  lies  between 
the  three  principal  dialects  (Bur^undian,  Picard, 
and  Norman),  and  is  mitetl  up  \uiih  (hem. 

Again,  if  Ma.  Patxe  will  only  take  the  tronble 

to  examine  the  Jloman  de  Rou  and  the  Jioman  de 

lindf  by  Wace4  and  hia  own  favourite  edition 

(hy  Michel)  of  the  Mommi  de  la  i?o5€,  or  even  to 

cnn?jAilt  my  last  note  (vi.  00),  he  will  very  speedily 

di^r.'vor  thit  the  x  fonns  arc  very  common  in  the 

^.'i>rLi»rin    Juliet,  and  the  «  forms  rare;  whilat  in 

'        Fitach  of  Paris *^  the  u  forms  are  much  the 

common,  and  the  x  forms  more  rare — facta 

ii  are  in  direct  contradiction  to  hia  assertions. 

■  h  dialect,  too,  hvth  forms  are  used — which 

.■  .  jjLin  in  opposition  to  Mr.  Patnk.§ 

i  have  examined  a  great  many  other  books,  and 

exceptinj;^  in  the  oldest,  where  scarcely  any  but 

th^  /  forms  ai-e  met  with,  I  have  always  frmnd 

hnth  the  X  and  k  forms,  the  .r  furuia  predoaiinat- 

fi  the  older  books.    But  even  in  the  oldest 

s  of  all  the  dialects  1  lind  tlie  x  forms  a$ 

(  =  fi*tr)j  h^  aud  dei.    As  far  as  1  can  see,  cr/r  seems 

to  hare  come  Into  use  as  early  as  the  eleventh 

'  tf  a  version  of  the  Psalms  of  that  cen- 

l  by  Fr.  Michel,  Oxford,  18(50),  and  to 

used  excimiveti/  until  it  was  t^upei-^eded 

>*  modern  forms  att§  and  aux.     If  this 

'       will  Mr,  Pavjte  explain  how  am  and  atu: 

-an  have  been  formed,  if  not  by  the  change  of  the 

■  *n  auf 

1  y  finds  great  support  also  in  the  words 

^ftule  (pole,  switch),  and  I  think 

aul).    In  the  lir.-t  three  words  the 

,     .  ...IS  b<?ea  retained,  and  yet  the  a  has 

'lie  titii-vMii  this  «?*/ being  conatftutly  found 

!  '^  oldest  writers,  has  evidently  not  been  i»- 

-i  by  Mr,  Patkk's  g^ramniarians.     See  Dioz, 

''■J  p.  103,  II     Diez  himself  virtually  allows 


ll       I  *  ?*^  PAT?rB  may  object 

""*   ^  'ill,  as  he  w 


»i 


r 


that  Wace  was  only  nti 

nj  born  iu  Jersey,  e<!uL'ati-d 

to  have  parsed  the  ijrpater  ]ijirt  of  his 

lii-i  Nor lUrtH-K reach  mu<t  have  been 

re  freely  quotes  frofu  him,  and 

testa  ♦*dout  rori^^ne  Nurmaudc 

i  lie  Riunan  de  ht  Bttse  both  lived  on  the 
,  and  their  litagunj^o  behjnf^a  to  tlie 
t,  which  ii  da»etj  by  Aiiif*i!re  (and 
Fri'ndi  of  Pari<i,**     Si?e  note  f, 

'       ■  In  tlie  same  line. 

Iifjre  is  "Certft^, 

^        \y  in  the  Rtwtnn 

•u,  I'jtrtSi   iy2ti),  e.  g.  ftiViii  trit  dot, 

jr  douTf  i,  2872  J  witli  which  compare 

m^  that  mule  imd  ^uh  (e witch)  come  from 


my  theory  to  be  possible;  for  he  states  in  the 
passage  iust  quoted  (note  *)  that,  in  the  Burgim- 
dian  dialect,  aul  not  infrequently  comes  from  «/, 
and  he  quotes  as  exainples  i^tuM  (valet),  maulai' 
droi  (malftdroit).  But,  if  in  the  Burierundian  dia* 
lect,  why  not  in  the  other  dialects  of  France? 
Besides  which  it  L?,  according?  to  Ampere  and 
Fallot  (sea  note  t)i  precisely  from  the  Burgun- 
dian  dialect  that  the  French' of  modem  times  has 
sprung. 

Mr,  PAYyE  asks  why  «,  and  not  any  other 
vowel,  should  have  come  in  before  /  in  French  ?  I 
can  only  say  that  the  addition  of  u  before  /,  whe- 
ther the  /  drops  or  not,  is  not  peculiar  to  French. 
Let  hini  ex  amine  the  English  words  mH^  mall^ 
fake,  halt;  and  the  Scotch  a'  (  -  all),/ri'  (  =  fall), 
font  (  =  fault),  saut  (  =^  salt)  i^  and  the  Northum- 
brian awmaht  (  =  almost),  quoted  by  Diez>  Ivc,  cit. 
So  sgain^  in  onrffdion,  halk^  eath  (  =  civulk),  dadk^ 
tafkf  «viM',  the  ^  hos  virtually  dropped,  and  the  a 
is  pronounced  an. 

In  conclusion,  I  will  just  notice  Mr,  PaY5X*s 
Attempt  t'l  turn  me  into  ridicule,  becmise  forsooth 
I  assumed  the  old  Fr^nieh  form  of  the  F^at,  duicis 
to  be  dith;  and  Mu.  Payne,  relyinj?  no  donbt 
upon  Schck-r,  chooses  to  assert  doj^^malically  that 
it  is  d(ditj  and  dols  only*  Scheler  and  Mu,  Paynk 
are  both  wron^r ;  for  doh  and  dids  both  occur*  and 
flids  ia  older  than  d/)h.  See  a  version  of  tlir^ 
Psalms  of  the  eleventh  c^nturv,  edited  by  Ft» 
Michel  (O.xrord,  lSm\  Psalms  iviii.  11,  xxiv.  0; 
atid  the  Chausoft  deJiolandied.  Ounin,  Paris,  1850)> 
Chant  I,,  11.  100,  mO,  572;  Chant  il,  11.  42,  4(j, 
394,  kc,  &c.  Knr  is  Mn.  Patnk  more  fortunate 
in  assertingr  ^b^t  f^"^'*  "wa'*  at  once  superseded  by 
doiis/^  for  I  have  mauv  times  met  with  what  I 
regard  as  the  intermediate  form,**  viz.  doZj  e»  g* 
in  the  Eommi  du  Remrt,  11.  7G0, 1048^  1059, 1170, 

tdltthti  and  r«/«»,  and  if  «»o  the  n  mu*t  hfivo  beeotat 
a«.  ihnugh  hti  t'ndeavttura  to  expbin  the  ««  oth?rwUup. 
As  to G utile,  DieR  sfl_\  *  the  Ik^t  /  of  CW^iVi  became  */,  whilst 
the  stcond  remains.  I  prtfpr  to  think  lh«t  the  tirst  / 
dropped,  which  woiiM  give  tw  Gfdef  mid  that  th«n  the  a 
became  ow,  a*  in  Hfin^ir  and  (fitidc  (a  wit  eh).  I  find  Gaht^ 
Galles  (Wules),  fn^rn  the  fame  root  ss  Gtdlia,  in  tho 
Roman  dr  Brut^  il  1314,  1JjI.%  1317 ;  and  it  is  well  known 
Ehiit  in  old  French  one  of  two  Latin  fn  b  commonly 
dropped,  fis  in  bde^  nufc^fule^beih^,  mdhifnUe, 

^  The  /  d4M»3  not  always  dmp  in  Scotch  when  th«  *i 
becunvfts  au.  li\\\\\  we  find  auld  (  —  old),  cuM  (  =  cold), 
wautd  (power);  and  these  wonb  are  aUo  written  aU, 
etiUI^  uHifd^  though  d'^ubtlesa  even  then  tho  a  is  pro- 
nounced HM.     See  Jamie'iori''s  ScoHUh  I^tyrnutttt/iad  Did, 

*•  One  reaiion  that  I  he  intermediate  forms  do  not 
pi  ways  occur  i%  no  doubt,  that  the  final  h  was,  oven 
when  written,  ultitnntoly  not  pronotinced,  as  Ma*  Favsk 
himself  iillovvs,  Z/r»/*  and  biaU  would,  thtrefore,  be  pro- 
rii^uuted  precisely  in  the  *ame  way  as  doz  nnd  biu^,  oadj 
hence  the  forms  t/or,  hhixy  though  useful  ns  shawiug  thafc 
the  /  was  not  pronounced,  wore  not  ab.*olotdy  ne?c.Mnrj-; 
and  hence  such  intermediate  foims  were  frequently  dia- 
peiworl  with,  and  the  I  forms  seem  to  ^^tA^  <tow^i  Nsvv^* 
ibe  i«  forms. 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


L4»»S.  Va.  Ap»n,S9,7J. 


1427*  &e.  (3€0  note  J) ;  and  he  cannot  say  this 
form  b«ioi]g8  to  a  different  dialect,  as  in  the  same 
book,  U.  2873,  70G2,  he  will  also  find  the  form 
tlouj-,  Mb,  Paytte  will  do  well,  therefore,  to  be 
more  aecimite  and  leaa  poaitiTe  in  future. 

F.  Chajtcb. 
gyaenhaot  Ilill 

CAPRICIOUS  WRAY. 

(4'^  S.  vu.  259.) 

W.  B.  B.  will  find  this  flonnet  in  Dodsley's  Coi- 
hdion  of  Poetmj  vol  ii.  p.  321,  ed.  London,  1775, 
with  the  title,  '*A  Sonnet  Imitated  from  the 
Spaniah  of  Lopes  de  Vega.  Menagiana,  torn.  It, 
p.  170.  By  the  same/'  W.  B.  B.  will  see  that 
hia  memory — and  no  wonder  after  fifty  years — 
baa  not  retained  the  lines  quite  accurately  :■ — 

♦*Cipriciou»  Wi*  [tic]  a  sonnet  needd  most  hava ; 

T  ne*er  was  «o  put  to  *t  before  j— a  SoDuet  I 

Why  fourteen  Teraea  must  be  spent  upon  it ; 
Tis  ffood  howe'er  t*  have  conqncr  d  the  first  slave. 
Yet  raliaU  ne*ef  And  rhymed  enoug^h  by  half. 

Said  I,  and  found  myself  i*  th'  cnidBto^  the  »eeoad. 

If  twice  four  veraea  were  but  fairly  n^ckon'd 
I  ihould  turn  back  on  th*  hardest  part  nod  laiijifh. 

ITius  far  with  good  saoccsa  I  think  IVe  scribbleil. 

And  of  the  twice  seven  lines  have  dean  got  o'er  ten. 
Cdorago!  another'll  finish  the  first  triplet, 

Thsinka  to  thee.  Muse,  my  work  bej^ins  to  shorten. 
There':;ii  thirtetsn  liue^  got  through  driUet  by  driblet* 

TU  done  I  count  how  yon  wiU|  I  wftfr'nt  there's 
fooftecn,** 

Iti  the  JSk^ant  Riiracts^  edited  by  Viceaimua 
Knox  [Verse^  B.  iv.  p.  838,  ed.  London,  179iJ]  the 
first  liaae  ia  given  thiia : — 

^Capricious  IFrny  a  sonnet  needs  must  have,"  Ac 

and  the  authorship  is  assigned  to  **  Edwards/' 
meaning  no  doubt  Thomas  Edwards,  of  Tiirrick 
in  Buckmirhamshire,  author  uf  the  Cmiom  of  Cri' 
tkism^  and  of  whom  there  is  a  biographical  notice 
by  Nichols  in  hia  CoHectmi  of  Piuems,  vol,  vt. 
p.  108*4,  ed.  London,  1780.  But  there  ia  a 
ittlc  doubt  in  the  nmttei-  of  autboi'ship,  which  I 
should  Uke  to  see  solved*  Knox  aaaigns  the  (>onnet 
to  Edwards,  probably  correctly,  but  Nichols  says 
of  Eflwarda,  *'  thirtem  of  his  "sonnets  are  printed 
in  Bodsley'a  CoUeciiofiJ'  and  in  that  collection 
wo  tind  f^SonneU  by  T.  E."  thirteen  in  number 
[vol  ii,  pp.  322-334],  but  they /o^ic^  the  sonnet 
aboTe  quoted,  not  precede  it.  It  would  seem  then 
that  Nichols,  though  well  acquainted  with  what 
Edwards  had  written,  and  with  Dodsley's  CoUt^c- 
turn  especiallj,  did  not  know  this  sonnet  aa  hlfl. 
The  words  in  Bodaley's  title,  **  By  the  same,'' 
whkh  Taffuely  point  to  an  author,  'when  traced 
back,  land  ua  either  at  the  name  of  a  *'  Mr. 
Roderick"  [vol  ii,  p.  300],  or  at  a  poem  on  **  The 

Feaiide  Ki^ht  to  Literature,  by  * '*  u  e,  some 

one  Mnonpnom  [vol*  iL  p.  2tM.]    Perbow  a.  Tftifti- 
Gtwe,  which  I  have  no  presc^ut  means  ci  iiviiKvn^, 


E 


to  The  Comma  cf  OiYrmwt,  in  which  Niclioli 
there  are  tweBtj-seven  other  sonnets  of  Edw 
or  to  Fearch^s  CoUectiimf  in  which  he  saya  tkcra 
are  eight  more^  may  help  to  soWe  the  qnMcnL 

Who  **Capricioua  Wray  "  waa,  I  cannot  tefl; 
but  it  may  have  been  "  Biuiid  Wray,^  the  atdiat- 
olog^st,  who  waa  living  at  the  time  the  somMt 
was  written,  and  of  whom  George  Harding  puV 
lished  Biogm^Ucai  AneedoteM.  London,  IBl^s  dvn, 
with  a  portrait.  Vide  Lawnaea'  Bihl^  Man^  toI  v. 
p.  3000.  E.  A.  i), 

ShilKngstone  Eectoiy. 

Thia  W88  Daniel  Wray,  Depnty-teUetr  rf  tha  El- 
chequer  from  1745  to  1782,  the  intimate  fideailflj 

many  of  the  litwrary  celebrities  of  hia  day.    The» 

is  a  lonfir  and  interesting  memoir  of  hiin  by  loi 

friend  Mr.  Juetice  Ilardinge,  in  Nichola**  Ifiatfrv- 

tiotis  of  Literary  Jli^ort/j  vol.  i.,  and  sotnfy  acccmst 

of  him  may  be  found  in  the  biogpaphi 

aries.  Tht*  sonnet  is  by  llichard  Rodei 

of  Ma^alene  College,  Cambridge,  wUct  <i.  .  < 

1766.     It  ia  given  in  Mchola*s  Iil»tair»tifmn,  i  1^, 

and  in  Bodsley's  <'<Mcction^  ii,  336,  17 

stated  to  be  an  imitation  from  the 

Lope;(  da  Vega.  ki   r.  if. 

MOUNT  CALVAUTT. 

(4'»»  S,  vL  542 ;  yu.  G2,  103,  215,) 

Not  only  "  because  the  historian  Soaonico  liQi 
us  that  the  enemies  of  the  Christ v  --  — -  ^rsUirf 
in  the  holy  sepulchre  and  the  \  ■\\ra%^ 

&c,/' do  I  "  di<jmi63  all  this  copi.....  ^^...i^iosyof 
St.  Cyril  as  yaluelese,"  but  from  a  mofa  erfa^ 
reason  still,  which  ia,  that  1  entertain  ymj  ^^ 
doubta  indeed  of  St  Cyril's  giving  any  ancli  l«t- 
timony  at  all.  The  words  relied  upon  in  fuppP^ 
of  this  position  are,  xyKfpavttrrtiet^  ^mf^itivm^  W^ 
al  ^irpai — rendered  respectively,  g.*4peremitutii.  (^ 
fpicxioiiSy  and  rocks^  of  which  faat  thcra  CAfl  bti 
difference  of  opinion. 

Now  admitting,  for  the  sake  of  amuneati  I 
mperemimmi  is  the  true  equivalent  cw  ^jnppt# 
is  that  word  aignilicant  of  nothing  but  hii^  i 
the  sense  of  measurement  by  feet,  yardSyOrmilfli^  . 
Is  it  hnrdly  ever  used  in  thla  sense  ?  Bo  wa  s;  ^ 
of  a  tall  mau,  a  high  mountain,  a  IqC\j  tow^r^ ) 
mpereminerU  man,  a  fnpergmmeni  niQuntiia 
stipenmimmi  tower  ?  I  think  not  And  when  «» 
do  append  this  participle  to  eithar  of  these  naan^ 
I  fnncy  the  quabfying  notion  conveyed,  and  alA^ 
universally  accepted,  would  be  that  of  tjxtHM^ 
mpeiioriti/j  in  noint  of  something  or  otbee,  Of* 
other  individnais  of  the  same  dasa*  I  betiffi  till 
to  be  equally  true  of  the  Greek  equiYaleot  Ot 
inr*pavl<TratMif  Scapula  givea,  as  renderiogai^rwi^ 
tuperOf  e^'ceiioj  valde  aniectlhf  and  aa  Cfiaiilfik*  JB 
%u^^ort  of  these  meaninga.  Greg*  9^fm  ^^^ 
Vrt^fcArw  ^%yBf<<nH<wv   ^  ao^;nia  all  othar  dflg^ 


\ 


4'»^S.VTf»  Ap^I^^^^7l.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


373 


jMlR  excelling,  Ifedrick,  nnd  IJddell  aud  Scott 
gire  sdmilar  renderinga — tlio  latter,  iw  exaniple,  ft 
<|i:ot4iticrti  from  PhilostratuB,  t^  riji  yv^^-ns  inrtp- 
atrnifxisj  intellectual  excellence  or  auperiority. 
Is  it  not  posBible  then,  ia  it  not  very  probable,  la 
it  not  more  in  keeping  with  tbe  whole  gbt  of  the 
pasefige;  tiint  this  fihould  be  th@  meaning  intended 
W  St.  Cyril  'r  For  after  describing  Golgotha  a^ 
iiret  &  Hytof^  would  it  not  hftve  been  flat,  and 
itanef  and  jcjiine  to  speak  of  ita  htiijM^  rather  than 
of  the  prc-^nihifTice  attaching  to  it  from  the  won- 
derful and  all* imposing  s€ene  of  which  it  had 
been  the  theatre  r  And  as  this  is  the  common, 
the  moi^t  general! J  received  meaning  of  tbe  word 
be  ii^es,  umy  we  not  fairly  oonclude  that  he  does 
so  use  it,  and  understand  him  as  speaking  of 
CalTJirjr,  not  as  a  mountain — the  term  having  no 
such  excIosiTe  reference — but  aa  a  lo<7ality  sacred 
above  all  others,  and  of  surpassing  dignity,  on 
account  of  the  grand,  and  solemn,  and  momentous 
tmnsaction  which  had  been  there  consummated  ? 
That  ^oij'^ufj'or  should  be  rendered  cimnpicuou^^ 
I  do  not  complain ;  bat  of  the  inference  drawn 
from  it,  I  tlo.  Because  a  thing  is  cottupicmm,  it 
does  not  folloiv  that  it  is  elevatud  in  the  sense  of 
hmffht,  Tbe  pea  i?  conepwuous,  mid  I  look  upon  it, 
at  this  moment,  from  the  room  in  wliicb  I  am 
wri ting,  nut  because  tbe  sea  is  higher  than  this 
room,  but  because  this  room  is  higher  tlian  the 
ftea*  But  ffmiy6fitt'Q% — for  it  ia  better  to  ke'*p  to  the 
original — is  a  term  uf  wide  extent.  It  is  expres- 
"  «  of  anything  that  may  be  se^jif  and,  meta- 
|>borically,  of  any  thing  that  is  rernnrkahle.  In 
this  latter  sense  the  Greeks  often  used  it,  and  we 
^hap3  vtore  often  ao.  Of  Calvary,  therefore^ 
whether  mountain  or  valley,  if  ite  true  site  were 
lown  and  conld  be  seeOi  ^on^J^n^^r  miofht  justly 
jwredicated  of  it.  And  that  it  m  predicated  of 
it,  ffives  not  a  whit  stronger  support  to  the  belief 
of  Its  being  a  mountain,  than  to  the  opposite  one 
Df  itfi  being  a  plain, 

I  consider  **  cor^pkmmh/  testifies  **  as  too  strong 
HMpidering  for  futprvpu  ^cuj^o/ioot,  and  ecaioely 
^^pe  out  by  the  Greek. 
^U  to  at  ircTfai,  I  do  not  see  its  bearing  upon  the 
KfgTimeot.  Hocks  exist  apart  from  mountains — 
HI  tha  surface  and  below  it.  Hence  the  rending 
»C  the  rocks,  and  their  after  rent  appearanoe,  tm 
uentioned  by  St.  Cyril,  is,  to  my  mind,  ouite 
iMde  tbe  question.  That  '^  the  very  stone  of  the 
iBpoleliiv  was  still  lying  there,"  is  even  more  so ; 
li  ibis,  if  adduced  in  proof  of  anything,  must  be 
of  our  Lord's  burial,  as  it  could  add  nothing  to 
ths  evidence  of  Calvary  being  a  mountain. 

In  conduding,  I  would  repeat  what  I  said  in  my 
former  short  paper,  that  I  am  competent  to  give 
910  opinion  on  tae  question  itseli',  nor  haTe  I  any 
bifts  either  way.  I  hare  only  spken  to  the  eri- 
dcsce  brought  forward,  and  of  this  I  see  no  reason 
to  alter  my  view,  that  it  Mh  short  of  supporting 


the  fact  which  is  based  upon  it*  I  think  we  HaTQ 
nothing  to  do  with  what  St,  Cyril  was  as  a  man| 
or  his  residence  at  Jerufialem^  or  his  catechising 
on  the  very  spot  in  question.  All  that  w©  hatf€ 
to  do  with  IS,  what  he  sut/fj  and  to  decide  upon  it, 
aa  matter  of  evidence,  whether  it  be  suiHcient  to 
establish  the  fact  of  Calvary's  being  a  mountain, 
or  whether  it  be  not.  Some  may  conclude  it  is  j 
others,  with  m3''8elf,  may  judge  it  not  to  bo  so* 
We  may  agree  to  differ  j  and  diiiering,  be  friendly 
none  the  less. 

I  thank  Mr,  M^GRiconfor  his  kindly  notice  of 
my  foi-mer  remarks,  I  thought  be  would  not  take 
it  amiss  to  be  set  right  as  to  the  quotation  from 
Sozomen.  We  are  all  Eable  to  aucn  inaccuracies, 
and  for  myself  I  have  nearly  always  found  that  in 
quoting  at  second  band  I  have  become  the  uncon- 
scious and  unintentional  propagator  of  some  siUy 
blunder  or  other*  Edmufd  Tew,  MA* 

1\S. — I  have  consulted  a  near  ndgbbour,  an 
eminent  Greek  scholar,  on  the  poasnge  hem  St. 
C'yril ;  and  he  says,  **  out  of  which  little  about 
the  *  Mount  *  can  be  gathered/* 

LORD  CAMPBELL'S   "LIFE  OF  LORD  LYND- 

HURST  ** : 
THE  RAILWAT  ACCIDEJTIB  COMPEKBATIOIT  BILL. 

(4**'  S.  vii.  280.) 

I  was  once  nlaintiff  in  a  case  tried  before  Lord 
Campbell,  and  the  hearing  had  not  proceeded 
very  far  when  "  my  Lud  '^  tamed  round  to  the 
jurr,  and  made  some  remarks  damacriug  to  my 
claim,  I  did  not  get  a  verdict,  but  1  was  con- 
soled by  the  assurance  of  those  about  nie  that 
the  defendant  would  never  be  able  to  hold  his 
verdict.  Such  proved  to  be  true.  I  obtained  a 
new  trial  immediately,  and  ultimately  ray  cause. 
The  future  biographer  oF  this  chancellor  wiH  be 
able  to  find  plenty  of  like  cases  illuslrative  of  hia 
anticipation  of  the  cases  before  him. 

So  much  for  his  character  as  a  judge.  LOBP 
Lyttelton  has  described  him  as  a  biographer  j 
and  now  a  few  words  upon  him  as  a  legislator. 
I  believe  that  his  Bill  for  compensating  railway 
accidents  has  been  the  source  of  more  frauds, 
falsehoods,  and  legal  chicanery  than  any  other 
enactment  that  was  ever  pjissed.  By  the  last 
Report  of  the  Brighton  li  ail  way,  it  appears  that 
the  New  Oroes  accident  cost  74,010^.,  and  there 
was  not  a  single  person  lulled.  The  com]^y 
have  since  convicted  one  woman  who  obtained 
compensation;  and  they  have  attempted  to  get 
back  the  amount  of  compensation  and  costs,  but 
"  no  money  returned  '*  is  the  motto  of  **  the  hon* 
curable  profession." 

How  many  cases  of  the  same  character  there 
were  of  which  the  company  had  suspicion,  but 
which  they  could  not  \inTV%  lo  \'QkaMvc«i.^\  ^aasasiX. 
say,  but  1  am  quile  »iift  ^JaalXl  \/i^^\itmi3sa 


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NOTES  AKD  QUERIES. 


[4i*8.VIUA 


would  take  tbe  trouble  to  iiKjnire  of  the  aeverftl 
companies  tbey  would  give  him  such  facta  ns 
would  soon  make  him  cease  to  regret  that  biB 
"  little  embrj^o  pet  hwub  • '  was  tnkeu  from  him, 
and,  I  will  even  venture  to  «iv,  make  him  blu«h 
for  the  part  he  took  in  originating  it. 

For  the  accident  that  occurred  at  Aacot  some 
few  years  ago  the  South  Western  Company  paid 
over  OOjOOOA  There  were  5(XJ  persons  in  the 
tmin,  and  they  compensated  GOO.  The  reason 
given  for  ibis  was  that  the  company  knew  from 
experience  that  the  noble  inBtitutioo,  the  British 
jury,  would  never  give  a  verdict  in  favour  of  the 
company.     Fine  work  this  for  the  lawyers. 

There  was  a  man  who  lived  at  AVorthing^  pro^- 
cuted  some  time  ajfo,  and  it  was  shown  that  he 
ma<le  n  business  of  getting-  conipensalion  when- 
ever an  nccident  occurred,  I  have  no  doubt  there 
are  many  **  black  sheep  ^*  now  who  are  working  the 
"  pet  ewe  lamb  ^'  to  get  money  out  of  the  London 
and  North  Western  Company  for  clients  who  never 
were  near  Han'ow  when  the  accident  occurred. 

I  hope  and  believe  that  I^ord  Lytteutos's 
memory  will  be  respected  and  revered  for  bis  cha- 
racter and  abilities^  and  he  need  not  envy  the 
fame  of  one  who  was  so  partial  a  judge,  and  so 
unscrupulous  a  biographer,  for  CArrj^ng  a  Bill 
fraught  with  so  much  wrong-. 

If  Lord  Lyttkltox  wishes  for  immortality  jn 
connection  with  this  measure^  let  him  introduce  a 
Bill  tu  amend  it  in  such  a  way  m,  without  reliev- 
ing railways  of  their  liabiti ties  in  case  of  neglect, 
will  prevent  poor  shareholders  beio^  robbed  by 
the  dishoneet.  The  ancestor  of  his  Lordship 
threw  Bonie  light  on  the  law :  let  hlft  Lordship 
do  flomething  to  purge  it  of  one  of  its  black  spot^, 
Claeby. 

MExzoxrNT  OF  Oliveu  ChomweiLj  oxck  the 
Pjiopebty  of  Brabshaw  the  Kewioioe  (4^**  B. 
\i,  ili'if  445,)— A  copy  of  your  interesting  paper 
of  October  22»  1870,  has  been  sent  to  me  by  a 
friend  of  mine,  on  account  of  the  notice  of  n 
curious  print  of  Oliver  Cromwell.  1  posaesa  a 
Bimilar  prints  or  rather  mezjiotint,  which  haa  a 
very  vnluable  hi  storv  attached  to  it.  This  mez- 
zotint belonged  to  liradshaw  the  regicide,  who 
pM&eased  Bradshaw-IInll,  near  Bolton-le-Moor^, 
and  haa  never  been  but  in  two  houses,  that  of 
Bradflhaw  Hall  and  my  own,  My  mezzotint  was 
TuirchsAed,  along  with  'some  other'matters,  by  the 
fate  James  Hardeastle,  who  for  some  years  resided 
at  Bradshaw  Hall,  and  he  gave  it  to  my  father. 
The  print  in  my  possession  is  considered  the  best 
epedmeii  of  me^jtotint  engraving  known,  and  is 
the  most  beautiful  work  of  art  of  that  kind  1  ever 
saw,  poseeasing  now  a  freshness  and  depth  com- 
bined with  a  softness  of  toning  of  the  shadows,  as 
if  it  had  just  iasned  from  a  publisher's  hands.  It 
dMers  in  noihlug  from  the  one  described  by  Mb, 


Lenthan,  and  is  well  known  by  nntig^uaiiea  and 
others  as  a  perfect  gem  of  its  kind» 

I  never  heard  of  another  similar  one,  but 
informed,  on  reliable  authority,  that  there  h»  i 
a  copy  of  this  print  engraved  by  Charles  Tiatok 
but  I  have  not  seen  anv  of  these-  i 

L.  G.  Starkie,  Lt-Cot  QX^B-VJ 
Kuntroyal,  Burnley,  Lanca^iiire. 
''Akima  Christi"  (4»*»  S.  rli.  35*Z>  — 1 
prayer  is  generally  supposed  to  have  been  coa 
posed  by  St  Ignatius  of  Loyola.     It  has  alw^a^ 
been  a  favourite  with  his  society,  and  finds  a  p'*^ 
in  all  their  books  of  devotion^;  which  wou]^ 
probably  have  been  the  case  had  it  been  1 
by  St,  Thomas  of  Aquin ;  for  the  JesuitI 
never  been  found  to  prefer  the  composlti 
the  Dominicans.      In   that  well-known   |    ^ 
book,  the  Ctrkd^  Patrnditm,  it  is  ciilled  •*  Bn 
et  pia  Oratio  S.  Ignalii'*;    but  in  the 
C/f?Wt'  Pahndmn,  of  which  I  have  th  *  edition  ( 
1704,  the  "  Anima  Christi  *'  is  introduced  as  on* 
"  S.  P.  Ignatio  olim  familiaria."  F.  C.  H 

The  Schoolmaster  arhoad    ys    Staffob 
suiBE  (4^**  8.  vii,  121,  180,  SllO—To  mj  '♦Tl^ 
Lye  Waste  is  a  common,"  gives  rather  an  intxi' 
impression.     It  lats  a  common,  a  wa§ii)  of  ll 
manor  of  the  Foley  family,  as  the  name  »tilj^*'> 
plieSj  but  that  wtt5  a  great  many  years  ago. 
18  hardly  any  common  or  wa^te  there  now,^ 
is  all  covered  with  buildings,  pita,  and 
all  sorts,  much  of  it  freehold,  acq^uijped 
HOFKIKS  states. 

The  place  had  begim  to  improve  even  st  1 
date  he  mentions.     The  improvement  is  altOfll 
wholly  due  to  an  excellent  gentlenmn  named  llil 
who  many  yeor^  afro  built  and  MHiiiimd  a  churd 
parsonage,  and  schtwls  there.     It  had  long 
singularly  happy  in  the  character  of  the  ^ 
bents  of  the  church,  two  of  whom  were  M? 
own  sons.  .        §  Lrrria 

Bagky,  Stoarhridge,         ^fiM0ed 

EttCEE,  I  humbly  opuie,  is  wrx^ng  both  in  • 
and  locality,  in  affixing  the  blooding  nf  the  *"  f 
to  hia  Lancashire  neighbours.     1  heaid  tli^  'h.' 
vears  ago,  fathered  on  the  Black-country,  fr  >in  tii*' 
5ips  of  a  distinguished  R.A.,  and  almost  i)^-        ' 
verhis.    Furthermore,   I   have  been   cretlil 
formed  by  a  leading  ironmaster  of  thrit  -li. 
Cimmerian  prloom,  that  such  is  the 
''  the  dawff  ■'  hns  taken  upon  the  na' 
and  around  Bilston^  that  on  one  occa- 
pi (man's  wife  had  lost  her  child,  shr 
adopted  her  husband'**  (or  neigh bour'^)  buli*pMjP 
bereft  of  matenml  solicitude,  and  aotnallv  h<*T^" 
suckled  the  interesting  creatupe  v 
ciently  advanced  in  life  to  maintin 
and  consequence,  and  in  a  futr  wuy 
its  prowess  the  ilhistriousnesi  of  it^ 
the  unusuallv  tender  care  bestoih'ed  on  iu  mai««J 


4«^  s.  TH.  apbil  29, 7L]  NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


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Kud  etalj  education,    I  can  Bear  more  thim  one 
of  joiLT  readers  ejiclaiiD,  **Credat  Judaiis  Apelkl  '* 

The  Odb  of  ARTinrB  Grey  (4**'  S.  yil  207.)^ 
The  chief  point  of  cnieltv  in  Lady  M.  W.  Mon- 
taffu*B  authorship  of  the  above  lay  perhaps  in  her 
liJTsbip'a  intimate  knowledge  of  the  hard  fate 
of  Mrs.  (ttfternrarda  Lady)  Murray.  Both  ladies 
liad  frequented  very  much  the  eaoie  circles  of 
■ociety*  The  heads  of  their  familiea  lield  office  in 
tlie  same  department  in  tlie  earliest  adiuiuistratioDS 
of  George  L 

Mrs,  Murray's  tuaband  used  to  introduce  her  to 

rtoers  ata  ball,  aod  then  threaten  to  kill  her  for 
cing  YTith  them.  At  last  it  became  absolutely 
necefidary,  from  hia  unreaaonable  conduct,  for  his 
wife  to  return  to  her  father's  house.  It  was  under 
theae  circumstances  that  the  rascally  vnlet  aa* 
nulted  her,  and  that  Lady  Mary  wrote  hei  nggra- 
Tftting  ode,  if  not  the  coarse  street  ballad  also. 

In  the  ode  she  professes  to  gire,  aa  the  result 
of  the  footman's  observadon  of  his  nnstresa^s  life, 
a  aeries  of  coarse  amours.  Lady  ftfary  descnbes 
EflT  friend  as  ring^ing  in  the  morning  for  the  foot- 
maa  to  bring^  her  tea  into  her  bedroom.  These 
might  he  the  fashions  her  ladyship  was  accus- 
tomed to  witoess  amonfif  her  acquaintances,  but 
were  probably  most  unlike  those  permitted  in  the 
nearly  Parilan  household  in  which  Jlrs.  Murray 
lived;  and  a  whisper  of  scandiil  never  rested  on 
her  name.  * 

It  is  true,  indeed,  that  Mrs.  Murray's  family  is 

topp^ised  to  trace  its  orifrin  to  a  race  of  king**i  of 

Scotland  (the  Balliole),  who  were  not  lucliy,  Iler 

gnmdfnther,  Mr.  Baillie  of  Jerviswood,  was  the 

prutomarhr  in  Scotland  of  the  short  but  i'lnn]  re* 

Vi-»lut  ion  which  rid  the  country  of  the  old  Stuarts; 

and  even  in  song  and  jest  the  name  has  been  gene- 

Ully  ualucky  in  England  also.     But  was  tfiat  a 

*«Won  why  Lady  Mary  should  crucify  her  friend 

tfith  an  ode  or  stab  her  with  a  bnUad  ?    The  wit 

WJd  it?  place  on  the  list  may  perhaps  justify  or 

exjvlniii  ita  retention,  but  its  original  offensireneaa 

*^'^  its  indecency  miffhl  exclude  it.    The  editors 

employed  by  a  great  publisher  might  scruple  to 

mterfcre  with  it,  but  perhaps  a  noble  ^reat-grand- 

^P,  "^f  tlte  author  might  be  more  inclined  to  be 

^^<^al  for  his  relatives'  aake.  E.  U. 

J  ^^i^i-osoPHicAL  Nakedness  (4**^  S.  vii.  2o9.)— 
«*"*^Ul(l  refer  your  correapondent  to  Carlyle's 
^^^**  Mesnrtuif  where  society  is  repi-esented  in  a 
BmM  *^^  nudity  in  order  to  show  the  inQuence  and 
l^^^^tkiatic  meaning  of  those  frarinents  in  which 
cent  people  have  generally  thought  it  necessary 
iij^*^^^  themselves.  In  this  work  we  have  a  pic- 
!>  J  ^f  ft  naked  duke  addressing  a  naked  House 
ad**'*^'  naked  kings  wrestling  with  naked  carmen, 
l^^^^ther  vagaries  of  fancy,  which  will  be  ex- 
^^^^  by  the  following  remarks  of  the  author  :■ — 


**  C(vnFidering  our  present  advanced  8tiit«  of  culture,  ii  . 
tni^ht  stiike  the  reflective  mind  with  some  surprise  thata 
hitherto  liltle  or  nothing  of  a  fundamental  charactcr^^ 
whether  in  the  wa^  of  philosophy  or  histon*,  has  been 
written  on  Iho  subject  of  cloth e«.     In  all  &pecu1ationBs, 
man  tia^  figured  as  a  clothtd  amrna!^  wliervas  he  is  by 
nature  a  n^ed  anhna!^  and  only  in  oertaifi  circumstances 
by  purpose  and  device  masks  hlm^tlf  in  clothe*,*' 

The  author  endeavours  to  show  that  the  first 
purpose  of  clothes  was  not  warmth  or  decency, 
but  ornament.  He  introduces  us  to  the  aboriginal 
savag^e,  with  his  beard  hunjr  round  him  like  a 
matted  cloak,  and  his  body  sheeted  in  its  thick 
natuml  ftslL  Hunger  he  satisfies  by  the  chase, 
warmth  he  finds  among  dry  leaves  or  in  the 
hollow  tiee,  but  for  decoration  he  must  have 
clothes. 

For  another  exponent  of  the  literature  of  the 
fig- leaf,  I  will  turn  to  f^ome  of  Addison's  papera 
iu  Th^  Ouardiaru  In  No.  100  he  censures  the 
scantiness  of  female  dress,  and  advises  his  fair 
readers  to  **  imitate  the  inn<jcence  and  not  the 
nakeduess  of  their  mother  Eve,"  Nos.  116,  134, 
140  also  treat  of  bare  necks  and  shoulders ;  aiul 
the  propensity  of  the  ladiea  of  that  time  to  dis- 
pense with  clothing  is  appatent  from  the  foUow- 
ing:  — 

"In  the  beginning  of  tlie  biat  century,  there  wis  J 
sect  of  men   among  us  who  called  themselves  Adamites^ 
and  appeared  in.  public  withnut  clothes.     This   heresy'! 
may  spring  up  in  the  other  sex  if  we  do  not  pot  a  UmL-ly  \ 
stop  to  it,  there  being  so  many  in  all  public  places  wh<y 
show  so  great  an  inclination  to  be  Evites/' 

Julian  Shaehak, 

C.  Fredericks  Place,  E.G. 

Foolish  nfitions  of  this  sort  were  refuted  long 
ago  by  8t.  Thomas  Aqjuinaa  {obit.  1:274)  in  hiA 
Podilii  on  Genesis^  cap.  lii.  v.  21.  W.  H.  S. 

E:ffOLlSH  QUEKN  BUBIED  AT  PoRTO  FiNO  (4^**  S. 

vii.  208.)— Isabel,  daughter  of  King  John,  «md 
wife  of  Friednch  U.,  Emperor  of  Germany,  died 
at  Fo^gia,  r>ec.  1,  1241.  Is  she  the  *'  English 
queen  '*  concerning  whom  your  correspondent  in- 
quires ?  IlKBHEKTRtTDB, 

Arabic  NtrMEBAis  ts  Wells  Cathedral  (4*»» 
S.  vii.  282.) — The  Rev.  Alban  Butler,  in  a  note 
to  his  Life  of  St.  Teresa,  Oct.  15^  mentions  an 
instance  of  the  figures  1090   having  been    difl*_ 
covered  in  the  window  of  a  house  in  Colchester,! 
part  of  which  is  a  Roman  wall;  and  another  fronri 
a  chininey-piece  in  the  parsonage  of  Ilelendon  ia  ] 
Northamptonshire,  where  is  inscribed  **  JI"*  1H3/ 
being  the  date  1133.      He  aho  states  that  Dr. 
Waliis  has  proved  that  these  figures  were  known  , 
in  England  before  1160.    They  are  seldom  metl 
with  at  the  end  of  the  thirteenth  century,  and  veryl 
T.irely  in  the  fifteenth  and  even  sixteenth. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  British  Archreological  Afl- 
aociation,  April  1,  lt^4Q,  Mr.  AV right  made  some 


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KOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[4^kS,VlI.AFitiLl9,7L 


called  Arabic,  r  nr  introduction  to  Pope 

SylTester   IL   at  inning  of  the   eleventh 

uenturj.  In  the  notice  in  the  Literary  QtmUe 
of  the^e  remarks  exmnples  of  the  earliest  fbrou  of 
the&o  figured  ore  given.  (See  lAtetanf  OoMtU  fof 
AprU  4, 1846,  p.  318.)  F.  C,  H. 

These  are  not  very  unco  mm  on  in  nieditoval 
work.  For  examplea  see  the  plate  at  the  end  of 
Godwin's  ArcJt^coto^id^s  Handb^/k,  I  have  lately 
seen  two  at  Fountains  Abbey,  and  tivo  in  Kipon 
Minster : — 

1.  Above  the  ere  at  west  window  of  FoimtainB, 
with  rebus  of  Abnot  Demtou.  1494. 

2*  In  the  interior  arch  of  an  east  window  in 
the  Lndy  chapel  at  Fountaina,  angel  beaiing  ecroU 
with  ''  Anno  Domini  1483/' 

3,  On  miserere  by  dean's  stall,  Hipon  Minster* 
14^. 

4.  At  the  end  of  stalls  near  bishop's  throne. 
1494. 

In  aU  these  the  48  are  made  of  a  line  doubled 
and  crossed  likt?  a  figure  8  inconiplele  at  bottom. 
I  have  examined  hundreds  of  early  beil-ingcrip- 
tioHB,  but  do  not  remember  any  pro-reformation 
Arabic  figures  in  them.  When  dated^  which  is 
seldom  the  case,  the  date  is  expressed  in  numerals 
or  in  words.  J.  T.  F. 

Hatfidd  Rail,  Durham. 

^Chi  thia  Bubject,  fiud  in  rep]^^  to  ii  aimilAr  query,  JA^ 
Builder  for  April  15  »ayi  :■ — **\\  e  know  of  nn»fl  on  «tone 
earlier  than  tlie  begmniug  of  the  fifteenth  century;  the 
dute  1415  in  licatbfiuld  Cburcb,  Siusex,  is  an  oxaropte 
W6  have  often  quoted.  The  nunacrida  occur  iu  MS&  of 
ih€  preceding  century/'] 

Priory  of  St.  ErnBiiKAiT  (4*"*  S.  vii,  304.)  — 
If  WiLPRiD  OP  Galway  consults  the  preface  to 
The  lUcords  of  tlm  Pnoty  of  the  I$U  vf  Mmf^  an 
elegant  little  work,  ably  edited  by*  Dr.  *John 
Sttiart  for  the  Society  of  Scottish  Antiquaries  in 
1868,  he  will  find  amnle  information  as  to  its 
transfer  by  the  abbot  ot  Readio^  to  the  see  of 
St,  Andrews.  Abbot  Robert  de  Burj^hgate  seems 
to  have  been  the  seller  and  Bisliop  William 
Wishart  the  purchaser.  ANGto-ScOTiJS. 

^  Sir  Thomas  Sewell  (4^^  S.  vii,  305.)— Robert 
Sewell  of  Chatham,  co.  Kent,  who«©  will  is  dated 
April  G,  lOliO,  had  by  his  wife  Judith  iyfo  sons ; 
the  eldest^  John,  a  merchant  in  London,  whose 
will  is  dated  July  2,  1002,  had  bj  his  wife  Abi- 
gail four  sons ;  of  these  sons  the  second,  Thomas, 
appears  to  have  been  afterwards  the  Right  Hon. 
Sir  Thos.  Sewell,  Kt.,  Master  of  the  Rolls,  &c. 

The  RHOMBira  Ajtd  ScAHtra  (4">  S.  vi.  684;  viL 
132.) — There  seems  no  doubt  the  rhombus  is  the 
lurbot,  but  the  scarus  can  hardly  be  the  char^  as  I 
was  taught  at  Eton  that  it  wss  a  fish  that  chewed 
its  cud,  as  the  cow.  I  apprehend  it  is  a  fish  now 
unknown.  Eboracitk, 


Bishop  Mobdbcai  Gary,  1731  (4*^  S.  vii.  234.) 
The  following  scrap  of  pedigree^  compiled  chitfly 
from  particulars  furnished  by  n  member  of  tkiB 
branch  of  the  Carys,  may  pos^bly  aupply  «  etoB 
to  the  information  sought  by  Y.  S.  M. ;  — 
John  Cary,  merohaat,  of  LoiDdoQ  mm 

Mordeeai  Caiy,  Bishop  of  Kitlila,  diad  llhl  m  { 


Hetiry  Cary  (eWcst  «oa)  Archdeacon  of  Killak  i 

WlUiam  Caiy  (a  Tonngw  «on\  of  Bewit,  i 
WofrcestBr  = 
^1 

Eev,  Henry  Fratici;*  Cirj'  » ,  dia.  < 

(eldest  «on),  'b«pti*cd  Fran-       OrmAby«E«q., 

cifl  Ilonn'f  this  trauatator  of 

Dantt5. 


Capt.  Cao%  of  WcK>dluid  Hoom,  F.  S.  Oif^* 

Leamlugton. 

Wa*  the  John  Gary  who  heads  this  list  Idlft- 
tical  with  John  Cary  who  was  buried  at  Put»»y, 
1701,  ffit  D7P||^See  Lysons'  Enmrm9  of  hsmim, 
vi,  413^  and  Aubrey^s  Hidory  of  SurrefJ,  vi.  12SJ. 

R*Dntom 

Exeter. 

Hymn:  *'Thb  LAiCENTATiosr  of  a  Six™" 
(4*^  S.  vii.  293,)— According  to  Round* 
Book  of  PraUn  thia  hymn  is  by  Mafdl»  ; 
the  date  15C2.     Part  of  it  is  given  asa  hviu&u 
Htf^naa  Aticieni  and  Modem, 

Thos.  Austct,  Jof, 

liitcbln. 

^*  TiS  BETIKR  TO   HAVE  LOVED  UTD  tOtt,"  Itt 

(4"'  S.  vii,  30L)— "  Magis  gauderea  quod  hahaeai 
famicuml,  quam  mcereres  quod  amiieriA^*  — 
Seneca,  ipid,  99.  This  sentiment,  upon  wbick^ 
the  philosopher  enlarges  in  his  usual  styl#.  Il  f 
more  exact  as  well  as  an  earlier  antidpattdi  r 
Tenny8on*s  lines  than  the  quotati0Q  from  Cd 
gr^ve.  G.  F.  S.  R.  I 

Lord  Broughah  anb  his  Collxos  Fnxff^ 

0 (4^*'  S.  vii.  277.)-'The  ston-  at  p.  201  rf 

Lord  Brmtgham^s  At4obiography  of  an  agressMl^ 

with  bis  college  friend  G Uiat  which everdW 

first  ehould  appear  to  the  other,  and  the  appa^ 

tion  of  the  ghost  of  G consequent  tb«roo%ii 

certainly  not  new.  In  the  Mimoirt^  du  Oemii  A 
Rochefort  (ed.  Cologne.  1688,  p.  410J  a 
compact  is  stated  to  have  been  mme  b_ 
the  Marquis  de  Hambouilldt,  the  eldest  «tt  of 
the  celebrated  Marquise  and  the  Marquis  del^c^ 
The  former  (known  only  as  the  Marattii  de  FtaL 
his  father  being  aUre)  predeoeaaed  ut  hmi,  m 


XL  Ai'RiL29,7i.] 


NOTES  AJSD  QUERIES. 


3T7 


I  at  tlie  iMittle  of  Notdlingen  in  1645,  at 
ars  of  age. 

Author  of  the  Memoir cs  du  Comte  de  Rovkc- 
3  supposed  to  he  Grntien  de  Courtilz,  who, 
euffeniig  a  lengthened  imprifionment  in  the 
a«w  died  in  Pam,  May  6, 1713. 
.  S,  W,  T, 

feoGiukFHY  tf*  S,  711,  15^,  20L)— Ma. 
iLoB  made  A  midifike  id  hi^  crolutirin  of  the 
lyptogntm  gi^en  by  J.  It.  C.  at  t>.  155,  and 
ulj  J>  R.  C.  had  also  made  a  align  t  nuatake 
r  ermhoL    The  thizd  lettar  of  the  first  wotd 

I  be  symbolized  hj  30  instead  of  82,  and 
tbe  whole  sentence  reada  **  flangthe  bearer,'* 
aethod  on  which  thia  dpher  is  constructed 
y  inffenious,  and  sufficiently  simple  in  work- 

fnake  it  worth  knowing.  J.  II.  Ellis. 
Mb,  J.  Bhals  geta  "Find  the  deceit "  out 
C/s  last  cryptogram  is  a  mystery.  Though 
ia  an  error  in  the  tirat  word  (28,'  19,  32,  21 
printed  for  28,  ID,  30,  21),  jet  the  meaning 
10U9  from  J.  R,  C.*a  third  equation — ^*'  Hftug 

Labchdsn. 

to  J.  Bbix15*8  cryptogram  ia — 
A    B    C    D    M    F    O    H 

25  94  23   22    21    20  19    18, 
/C;  or,  to  put  it  in  the  form  of  an  equatioD, 

le-R 

I I  think  he  oTorlookathe  essence  of  J.R,  C/a 
D.  which  19,  that  the  value   of  .r  changea 

lae  of  it  and  &,  ao  that  in  the  case  of 
3,  or  of  a  letter  occurring  twice  in  a 
,  iue  value  of  ,7  18  not  the  aamo  each  time, 
Wdng  away  a  great  aid  to  any  one  trying  to 
her  the  cryptogram.  I  differ  from  J/Be.ilr 
;  (3)  in  J.  II.  C.*8  article,  which  I  think  is 
:tly  involred  (with  one  exception),  and  means 
ig  the  hearer/-  The  first  word  ahould  be  28, 
\  21,  instead  of  28, 10, 32,  21.  Will  J.  R.  C. 
a  know  if  1  am  right  ?  P.  R.  H.  P. 

sr-DijLL  IxscBirnoira  (4^  S.  vii*  250.)  — 
f  me  to  add  one  to  P*  W.  S.V  sun-dial  in- 
iooa;— 

On  tf  Clock  at  Pirn, 
"  Va«lo  e  ven^^o  ogni  ^orno  ? 
^U  tu  anclrai  scnza  ritorao/' 

here  ia  thta  common  inacription  onginally 

Pereime,  et  imputantur  ?  *' 

W.  (1.) 

ttBtow^lSsTBiOHOiEL  (4»*  S.  viL  34,  2t)0.) 
ia  no  difficulty  in  the  explanation  of  theae 
themselves,  or  in  their  application  to  the 
looaHl^. 

>  Cam  orfan  names  of  placet  are  usually  d&- 
Tiatural  features  or  phenomena  of 
id.     At  the  embouchure  of  the 
r  iiepi^tow  la  «tuated|  the  tide  nuhei 


with  great  hnpetuositj  through  the  narrow  ei^ 
tranco  of  the  nver,  rising  at  the  full  and  chsoge 
of  the  moon  not  less  than  fifty  feet  Hence  the 
Cvmric  name  "  Estrig-boewal,  the  rapid  eddy  or 
wliirling  tide,  coiTupted  into  Strig-oil,  Strognill, 
&c\  The  situation  Deing  a  laTOurable  one  for 
trade,  nt  the  confluence  of  two  navigable  rirers, 
the  early  English  aettlera  conferred  on  rt  the 
name  of  Ccap-stowe,  modernised  into  Chepatow, 
the  market  or  place  of  trade*  J.  A.  PiCTOjr. 

Siindyknow*,  WAvartree,  aenr  LivsrpoaU 

The  derivation  of  Strij/oiitmt  from  Strata  Juiia 
aeem.^  reasonable  enougb,  Conf,  FriuH  fxom 
Fomm  Juiii,  The  name  may  also  l>e  dtrived  from 
another  appellation  of  the  Wye,  from  the  Celtic 
t/  («)  dwr  (fQwtl^  the  tronaparent  or  clear  stream. 
Conf,  the  ( Gaelic  gtal^  white,  fair,  bright,  dear. 
Chepstow  of  course  means  simply  market-place. 

K.  S.  Chaehock, 

Gray's  Inn. 

Dis-apiRiT  (4'*'  a  vii.  186,  294.)— It  ia  remark- 
able that  while  thinking  to  correct  me  Mr.  J.  H« 
I.  Oaklet  did  not  observe  that  he  was  aayiDg 
exactly  the  same  thing,  with  a  little  more. 
*'  Pours  out  the  spirit  of  the  book  into  the 
scholar,"  What,  then,  is  pouring .  oua  thing 
mio  another  but  mfwiing it?  Pouring  mto  one 
thing  oecaesiurily  implying  pouring  om^  of  another. 
But  now  aa  to  the  present  meaning  of  the  word : 
when  we  say  of  any  one  that  such  or  aneh  a 
thing  dit'SpintM  a  person,  or  that  he  is  ditpmUdf 
do  we  mean  that  t«e  spirit  is  poured  mrt  of  him 
into  another,  and  that  what  he  loses  the  other 
gairu?  I  think  not,  but  the  rather  as  I  have 
already  stated,  the  meaning  ia  "deprived  of  apirtV' 
or,  aa  the  dictionaries  say,  "to  exhanst  the  spirita." 
A  amilar  change  is  to  do  found  in  the  word  pre-' 
vent  —  formerly  to  go  before  or  to  direct,  now  to 
hinder  or  obstruct.  EniitfHD  Tew,  M.A, 

Patching  Rectory,  AnmdeL 

BiPTisif  FOR  THE  Deao  fi'^  S,  vii.  107,  263.) 
If  not  intruding  too  mucn  on  the  pages  of 
''  N.  &  Q.,"  perhapa  the  following  extract  from 
Thomaa  Oodwyn's  Mottu  and  Aaron  may  be  worth 
citing : — 

"*  It  may  be  deinsnded,  what  mtuner  of  Bapiimm  this 
wta?  With  sabmiesion  of  my  jadgement,  I  undenCaiid 
this  pUco  with  S,  Atithrot^  of  a  Saeramental  watkim^, 
■spmd  unf^  "  -r^  Vving  man  in  the  name  and  behalf  of 
his  liriend,  tt  Baptismaft  omt  of  a  ^peirdtiooa 

conceit,  thn-  anieot  thus  conferred  to  one  alive, 

in  the  name  ui  tht  deceased,  might  be  available  for  tha 
other  dying  unfrnpti^ed.  As  if  the  Apostle  did  wound 
those  auperstitiaua  Corinthiana  with  their  ownc  qall^and 
prove  the  resurrection  of  the  dead  from  their  own  erro- 
n«cms  practice  i  telling  them  in  effect,  that  their  taper- 
stiliouA  cuMome  of  baptiaing  the  living  for  the  daad,  ware 
vaine  and  bootless,  ir  there  were  no  lesnrreetloa.  Aad 
therefere  the  Apostle  uaeth  an  empbatleal  dittnetkm  «/ 
tkepfr9ons,  ia  the  next  immcdiati  viree,  sayinj^,  Why 
are  wa  alao  in  jeopardy  eveiy  hour,  be  inferrctb  the  re- 
surrection by  force  of  a  domtk  argument^  tbe/relp  diawAf 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


item  their  supi^rstitioas  hapHzatioH  for  the  dead  ;  the 
atamd,  from  the  hourly  jeopardy  ftnd  perill  wherein  wee, 
that  is,  himself  and  other  ChrUtians  are.  So  ihnt^  as 
that  Father  nottth,  the  Apostle  dullii  not  hereby  tjpprove 
their  doing,  hut  evinc^th  their  hope  of  the  rc^urrecLEon 
from  their  own  practice,  though  erToneou.«i,  That  there 
WM  Vicarium  ta/e  bapiismx  (as  I'trtuU'uin  Cffltpth  it, 
Remr.  CumUy  in  use  miion^  the  Mamonite$y  in  evident, 
yen  oud  among  the  Crriniltians  abo  {Kpiphan.  dt  Ccrtn- 
ikianit  hares,  2H)  the  manner  thereof  i^  thus  deacxibed 
(Chr}*BOSt.  1  Cor.  15):  If  hen  any  Coterhttminist  dtedf  »amc 
Hrhtff  per»on.  placed  tinder  the  hed  of  the  dtceated^  the^ 
eaau  unto  the  deceated  party^  and  asked  him  whether  he 
would  be  baptized  f  the}%  he  rrplyinff  nuthinff,  the  party 
wmfer  the  bed  antwcred  for  him^  iuyiny^  that  he  would  be 
baptized i  and  thus  they  baptized  him  /or  tJie  dead^  om  if 
they  acted  a  play  upon  the  §Ujye"  (P,  240|  edit.  London^ 
1C550 

Cork, 

Tire  Bones  ani>  Coppm-i^AiLa  of  Robert 
Bructfl  (4^^  S.  vii.  '297,) — It  ia  tsiirely  a '*  fiict " 
which  hrtd  been  lx?tter  left  to  ohlidnn,  thnt  in 
1838  "  the  widow  of  the  late  Dr.  (.Sregory^  uf 
famous  clftssical  and  medicftl  itiemory,"  wag  pos- 
sessed of  "  the  hone,<i  and  coiTin  naila  of  Kobert 
Bruce  'M  But  I  think  your  esteemed  correa- 
pondent  G.  will  for  nnce  apree  with  nie  in  think- 
innr  that  such  an  imputation  as  thi,H,  against  the 
memory  of  the  eminent  physician,  cannot  be  trut*. 
He  who  took  such  rehca  as  the  bones  of  the  hero 
from  their  restinj^-pli».ce  most  have  been  a  thief 
for  thievinp's  sake.  Let  us  hop(^  that  the  autben- 
lidty  of  these  same  **  bones  ^'  ia  on  a  par  with 
that  of  the  rowelled  **spur3'*  traditiooally  be- 
lieved to  bo  those  of  the  kin|r.  but^  according  to 
Mr.  Berxhabd  Smith  (l*^  8.  vi.  120),  of  a  seven- 
teenth  century  pattern  I  Such  '*  facta  "  must  be 
well  Terified  ^tor©  adinisfiioD  to  the  Index  of 
*■  X.  &  Q/'  Anglo- ScoTtrs. 

AtBJLNEir  AN©  Ahondeville  (4"'  S,  Tii.  234, 
312.)^ — Azure  a  fret  or  is  quartered  by  the  live- 
dalea  of  Wickham  for  *^  Scui"e.=«,'*  the  fords  of  the 
inr.nors  of  Xately  Scuroa  and  of  AYiekham,  co. 
Hants.  John  de  Uvedale,  K.«q.  (son  and  heir  of 
Sir  Thomas  de  U vedale),  man'ied  Sibillat  only 
daughter  nnd  lieiress  of  Sir  John  de  Sciires^ 
Knight.  The  arms  of  the  Uvedales  will  be  found 
blazoned  in  Bniortntiuid  JIus&gIVq  Ptadicat  Manuat 
of  Heraldry,  18G4,  p.  33. 

Sir  Edward  firiilm  of  Bray  broke  and  Din^ley^ 
CO,  NoTtham,  Knt.,  married  Francea,  one  of  the 
daughters  and  coheirei^ses  of  Sir  William  Uvedi^le 
tot  Wickhnm.  She  died  10-59.  A  complete  pedi- 
pree  of  the  Uvedales  of  Wickham  will  be  tound 
in  the  Surrey  Arch.  Soc,  publications,  vol.  iii. 

*'  AVHExnER  OK  NO  **  (4*»'  S.  vii.  142,  280,)— 
The  Bible  also  is  in  favour  of  no.  See  Eiiod.  xvi. 
4,  and  Deut.  viii.  2, 

With  the  Bible  and  Shakespeare  ja  its  favour 
"*  phrase  stacds  exonerated  from  tbe  cbargea  of 


being  "  slip-shod/'  "  aloreDly,'*   and  *^  ungram* 
maticid."  J*  M.  Cowpeb. 

Ben  Jonson,  in  bis  Rrficrathn  againd  Vvkm^ 
telU  US  he  wrote  — 

♦*  A  Grammar  too, 
To  tench  some  that,  their  nuraes  coaU  out  do; 
The  parity  of  language/* 

And  as  hfi  wns  most  careful  of  his  own  atyli 
often  revised  his  words  and  sentences,  it 
be  amiss  to  supple  men  t  the  example*  gif 
R,  M.with  these  which  I  have  casuallT, and  1 
out  looking  for  them,  come  across : — 

«  Fuffare  (a  Indv").  I  kno'if  not  trhether  you  reeciT«d  i ^ 
o;.  nity—Krery  Afan  intt  of  His  Uumonr^  Act  V.  Sc  1^. 
*'  Kitehj  (speaking  sUwly  and  with  delibenitifio).— 
Hut,  whether  hia  oath  can  bind  him,  ye*i*  or  no ; 
Being  not  t^ken  lawfuilv  ?  ha  I  say  you  ?  "  j 

Every  Man  !n  ^is  Umnaitr,  Act  lit.  Se.A.^ 

MouBNiNO,  OB  Black-ei)g:bd  W^RrtDfO-rAPlR 
{V'^  S.  vil  209^  309.) — Black  wax  no  di>ubt  < 
into  use  at  least  as  early  as  black- edged  j 
I   have  letters  sealed  in  black  by  Ch«  ' 
Bii^hop  of  Kill  alee  in  1721,  and  by  Tho 
Bishop  of  limerick  ont^  l72o,  with  a  non 
to  tlie  Vico-Chaucellorship  of  tbe  UmT^ 
Dublin,  sealed  in   black   by   the  great 
Ormonde  in  February  1714-5.  The  latter  mo; 
been  owin^j  to  Queen  Anae*s  deatb. 

I  have  been  fortunate  enough  to  bit  MpO(aiB 
early  reference  to  this  article  in  Allan  Haiiwr*' 
poems,  with  which  I  am  making  acquaintanaii 
the  first  time,  and  they  are  worth  being  H^ 
On  p.  34,  vol  ii*  of  the  edition,  Ediubur^j>| 
occurs  tho  following  stanza: — • 

"  Thoii  sable- bo rder'd  sheet,  begone, 
lIflrl)our  to  thee  1  must  refuse ; 
Sure  thou  e4inftt  welcome  lind  ifOTn  notte, 
^Vho  carries  such  ungrateful  ncw^" 

The   **  sable -bordered   sheet'*   eummoned 
poet  to  attend  the  burial  of  a  friend,  and  wa 
use  150  vears  ajro,  for  the  next  date  in  therolBBl* 
is  1724;' 

One  of  Max  Miiller'a  diacoyeriea  socmiftntici' 
pated  in  po^^e  37  : — 

"  O  Daphne,  sweeter  than  the  dajim. 
When  rays  glance  on  the  height, 
DiflFuring  gladnejw  oVr  the  lawn, 
With  strakes  of  rising  light,'* 

Lord   Brotjoham   and    the    Nrf^trmi^iii 
Monument  (4*'»  S.  vii.  277,  330.  j—W 
lady  perseveringly  colled  ^ITr*.  Nighi! 
daughter  (and   coheiress  indeed)  of   i 
Earl  Ferrars  she  is  surely  entitled  to  1 
Lady  Elizabeth  Nigbtingale  i-^' 

ILady  Nigbtingnle  died— at  least  so  aaya  *5i2!Si 
tion  on  the  monumtnt— Aug*  17, 17S4,  tbereby  "* 

Ma.  Picton's  statement,  j 


tltf 

lb 


4<*S.  TIL  April  29, 71.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


379 


Tetbagoxal  l^scRiprioiT  (4*"*  S.  vii.  344,)  — 
[he  words  attached  ta  the  letter  E,  in  tlie  in- 
cription,  **  Post  ten ebras»  lux,"  are  from  the  Latia 
fulgate  of  the  Book  of  Job,  xvii.  12:  **  Xoctem 
^itenint  in  diem,  et  post  toiiebrm  upero  luccm.^^ 
Fbe  other  three  sentences,  I  suspect,  were  coin- 
09ed  na  ftppropriftte  acconiimnliuents,  pursuingr 
he  hopeful  prospect  opened  bj  the  first  .sentence 
0  its  dose,  in  secuie  salvatioa,  F.  0.  Ih 

,  BuRFF  OR  BuRF  (4^''  S.  vii,  282,)— Tho  original 
ncAninp  atid  the  local  usage  of  tills  word  aa  ftn 
uniQence  may  perhaps  be  illu  at  ratted,  if  not 
eached^  from  the  following  words,  which  appear 
D  be  congeners  :■ — *'  Baare^  the  point,  head^  or  top 
if  a  bill ;  hirrarjh^  poiat^^d ;  hrogh,  the  brenat  or 
leight?  of  mountain  a  ;  hijijey^  hif^h,  elevaled,  emi- 
lent;^jyr^fl^A,»hllrp-pointed/^  (Kelly's  MiiiuDicL 
[Jongla^,  If^^i.) — ^' Barr,  point,  top,  tip,  end,  ex- 
remity,  head  ;  hruthach^  an  acclivity,  ascent,  a 
leep,  a  hill-gide,  a  precipice."  (McAlpine^a  Gaelic 
IkL  Edinb.  18€G.)— **Bn|ip,  tbe  top,  head,  or 

Riit  of  a  thing ;  **  bafipiui,  the  tops  of  nioim- 
\  beajipah',  the  tops  or  clilTa  of  mountains, 
>clcs;  bnn.i^ac*!  an  a^ent,  face  of  a  hill" 
OTveillv's  IrUh  DicL  Dublin,  1817.)— Add  to 
liese,  *'  berg,  mons,  Ulphila?,  bmrff  .  .  »  .  Wach- 
fcrtw  bertf  dictum  putat  a  beEre,  elevare/*  (Ihre, 
^hm.  S^tioffotki'cttm,  vol.  i.  coL  108,  fol.  Upi^d, 
I'm,)— "  Bar,  culmen,  lal/'  (Junius,  mpn.  M. 
hcan,  174:3,  s.  i\  ^^ Barrow.")  But  in  Cleasby's 
IctL  Diet  by  Mr.  Gudbrand  Vigfu3*on  <Oxfurd 
^Jar.  Preas,  1860,  p,  00),  ber^  iB  s^id  to  have  **a 
pedal  name:  a  rock,  elevated  rocky  ground.'' 
x)mpare  also  berg  Germ,,  bjarrff  Dan.,  and  bnvph 
kog,-Sax.  (Somner*9  Diet)  Halliwell,  in  hin  IhcL 
f  Archaic  mid  Ptw.  Words,  gives  '*  bar/f  a  hiO. 
rorkfhire." 

From  all  these  anthoritiea  it  seema  reasonable 
o  infer  that  the  word  burffj  bwf,  or  bnrf  derives 
b  meaning  of  an  eminence   from  the  root  bar 
,  which  is  found  in  so  many  languajrea, 


mihii 


Uy  in  those  of  the  Celtic  and  Gaelic  fami- 
hi  tie  sense  of  top  or  head.  E.  A.  D. 

Sbillijjg^tone  Hector}'. 

Doubtless  the  same  as  the  Lincolnshire  word 
^  used  of  a  long  low  rid^e — e.  ff.  How  sham 
[',  M e the rin  gham  Bartf.  A tkinso  o  (  Clei\  Gloss, ) 
Naonect*  it  with  barffh,  barttghf  baurf/h,  berg^  &c,, 
fc«  gutturals  being  changed  to  Jf,  as  in  thruff  for 
iirough,  kc.  J.  T.  R 

ield  HalJ,  Durbam. 

^  him  (4^  S,  vii.  323,)— The  young  lady  who 
fiites  under  tbe  signature  of  Monte  i>k  Alto 
Bttit  not  expect  to  find  many  llowora  with  em- 
f^lematic  significations  attached  to  them.  Indeed, 
the  exception  of  a  few  very  obvious  ones, 
raa  the  lily,  the  rose,  the  nmaranthu?,  «S:c.,  the 
na  given  to  flowers  aie  very  arbitrary  and 


fanciful.  The  gorae  is  not  at  nil  a  likely  shrub  to 
have  any  marked  emblemaiical  meaTiing ;  nor  do 
I  believe  that  any  haj»  ever  been  nfiixed  to  it.  I 
could  agree  with'  the  editor  in  the  hint  pfiven  in 
his  note;  but  moved  by  a  very  dilFerent  reason. 
The  prickly  nature  of  the  plant  is  a  sufEcient 
wftrniug  to  keep  awav  from  contact  with  it :  and 
so  far  the  gorae  may  be  enibleuiaticftl  of  the  con- 
pet^uences  of  indulging,  not  what  I  could  consci- 
entiously call  "  a  good  old  English  custom,'*  but 
what  I  must  stigmatise  with  a  holy  Father  as 
'*  morsua  diaholi,"  F.  C.  H, 

Trench's  Hur^Evw  T^EcirREs  (4^*"  S.  vii.  78, 
198.) — Having  noticed  the  inquiry  as  to  "  the 
great  poet  of  our  mndern  world/'  and  the  quota- 
tion frtim  him  made  in  *^  N.  &:  Q."  according  to 
the  reference,  I  am  enabled  to  supply  the  informa* 
tion  from  the  original  source.  The  Archbishop  of 
Dublin  writes  to  me  that  '*  the  great  poet  is 
Goethe,  and  the  great  passage  ia  at  tbe  opening 
of  his  Fumty  Fraxcis  Trekch* 

IsHp  Uectoiy. 

Brt^iMARCK  AlTTTorPATEI* :  '*  StEWTNO  m  THEIR 

OWN  GRAvr ''  {A^^  S.  viL  187,  272.)  — 
**  My  father's  ghost  comes  thro*  tho  door, 
Though  shut  as  sure  m  handj»  can  make  it. 
And  lead?!  me  such  a  fearful  raukc^ 
1  stew  nil  aif^ht  in  my  own  greaRC.'* 
Cyttoa*8  Virgil  Travtttk,  p.  3j,  1807,  Hth  edition. 
Louisa  J  tJLiA  Normak. 

I  think  T  can  give  a  closer  parallel  from  Thomas 
Fuller's  ''life  of  Duke  d'Alva^':  — 

**  And  lest  tho  niaiiitftining  of  gam*t:>ns  might  be  hur- 
dpujKjnae  to  the  king  his  mrwier,  he  laid  heavy  iraposi- 
lions  on  the  people :  tho  duke  nfHrming  tliat  these  coun- 
tries W€re,/"«j!  entfugh  to  be  gitu't-ii  in  thnr  own  iiqitor,  ind 
Ihat  the  soldiem  here  might  he  maintained  by  the  profits 
nrising  hence.  Yea,  he  boasted  that  he  had  found  the 
mines  of  Pern  ia  the  Low  Countries,  thoti^rh  tlie  digging 
of  them  never  quitted  the  co^U*^—7'hr  fivh/  State  and 
the  Fmfam  State,  b3'  Th08.  Fuller,  D.D.  (London,  W. 
riekemiL',  l^Ui\  p.  31) G. 

T.  W.  C, 

Mrs.  Com  ^4^"  S.  vii.  210.)— Mrs.  Oom  was  a 
lady  well  known  to  many  persons  still  living  for 
her  musical  talents  and  many  nccompli!*hment«. 
She  married  secondly  the  liight  Hon.  Joseph 
Planta,  some  years  M.  P.  for  Hastings. 

Amicus. 

TiTE  Grkat  Bkar  A5d  Summer  Raotf^ill 
(4*"*  S.  vii.  300.)— It  would  be  sati^iifactory  to 
know  what  the  '^  skilful  old  gardenefj  a  native  of 
Yorkshiie/*  means  by  saying  that  "  the  Great 
Bear  is  on  ihi^  mde  of  the  Isorth  Pole." 

W,  M.  She  WELL. 

Huntington. 

The  PftiORT  OF  Colddtgeam  (4}*"  S.  Tii.  187, 
3I1.)~I  regret  that  I  did  not,  as  I  intended,  write 
the  present  note  on  the  appearance  of  the  former 


380 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES.  [4ths.vii.  AwaLt9,7i. 


notice  in  p.  187,  as  I  might  have  saved  some 
etymological  speculation  in  the  latter  (p.  311). 
Canty's  Bridge,  near  Berwick,  a  well-known  an- 
gling rendezvous  by  reason  partly  of  a  roadside 
publichouse  there  situated,  derlTes  its  name  from 
a  former  occupant  of  the  said  house,  whose  name, 
if  I  mistake  not,  was  Swan,  but  who  was  univer- 
aaUr  known  as  Canty  (t.  e,  lively,  cheerful^  Jamie- 
son  s  Scot,  Dictionary f  tub  voce).  In  fact  to  this  day 
the  locality  is  most  commonly  mentioned  without 
the  bridge  altogether ;  e,  a.  (schoolboy  loquitw)  : 
"Where  are  vou  going  on  Saturday,  Jack?"  '*0h, 
out  to  Canty  8." 

It  is  rather  a  curious  coincidence  that  my  in- 
formation regarding  Canty's  Bridge  was  derived 
from  "a  person  of  the  name  of  jPilmore,"  men- 
tioned by  your  correspondent  J.  M.        P.  E.  N. 

Gbbxav  Etymologicax  Dictiovabies  (4^>>  S. 
vii.  803.) — There  are  two  books  that  would  suit 
A  Fobeiqner's  purpose:  Sanders*  Worterhuch 
der  Deutschen  Spracne,  and  Schwenck's  Wdrter- 
buck  der  Deuiachen  Sprache,  in  Beziehung  auf 
Ahstammung  tmd  Begriffshildung,  Frankfurt  am 
Main,  Vierte  Auflage.     1856,  8<>. 

The  former  is  a  large  work  only  known  to  me 
by  title,  but  the  Handworterhuch  by  the  same 
author  is  not  etymological.  Schwenck^s  is  a 
volume  of  778  pages,  of  considerable  merit,  though 
occasionidly  rather  crotchety. 

For  the  information  of  Mr.  Charnock  I  take 
this  opportunity  to  mention  that  the  Stdo-Crothi- 
cum  01  Ihrc  means  nothing  else  than  Swedish,  as 
Ihre — ^the  fans  ct  origo  as  regards  Swedish  ety- 
molo^ — entertained  the  notion  that  the  original 
popuLition  of  Sweden  consisted  of  the  Suiones  of 
Tacitus  with  an  admixture  of  Goths. 

J.  II.  Ltjndgren. 

PoDTT  DE  Vice  (4***  S.  vii.  255.) — In  Johnson 
and  Walker's  Dictionary  I  find  "  Point  devim  or 
device  (in  one  word).  In  its  primary  sense,  work 
performed  by  the  needle ;  and  the  term  ;>otw^- 
2ace  is  still  familiar  to  every  female :  in  a  secondary 
sense,  point  devise  became  applicable  to  whatever 
was  uncommonly  exact,  or  constructed  with  the 
nicety  and  precision  of  stitches  made  or  devised 
by  the  needle."  P.  A.  L. 

HoLCTJS  LANATUS  (4**»  S.  vH.  323.)— Mr.  James 
Britten  inq\ures  why  this  grass  is  called  "  York- 
shire fog."  He  must  be  aware  that  the  vrord  fog 
in  Scotland,  and  in  our  northern  counties,  signi- 
fies tnoss.  May  not  then  the  Holcus  lanaius,  from 
its  soft  woolly  nature,  have  obtained  the  name  of 
fog,  particularly  in  Yorkshire?  In  Ash's  JOic- 
tionary  we  find  the  name  derived  from  the  low 
Latin  fogagium,  and  he  gives  for  its  meaning 
'^  after-grasB,  not  eaten  in  summer."       F.  C.  H. 

False  QuAirrraES  (4"»  S.  vii.  319.)— Allow 
me  to  suggest  to  the  author  of  the  Lntm  version 


of  Provincial  Characteristics''  the  sabstitatioD  of 
<'  Et  alios"  for  <<  Atque  alios"  in  the  last  Btanza 
of  his  translation.  He  would  thus  attaiii  the 
desirable  uniformity  of  a  false  quantity  in  ereiy 
stanza,  whereas  at  present  the  distinction  has  been 
conferred  upon  the  first  three  only.  A  "  Scholar" 
who  could  be  guilty  of  ''  semper  audax."  ''  proee« 
quitur,"  and ''  inhiat,"  might  very  well  have  given 
us  ''  et  alios,"  or  ''  at  ubi.  Is  there  no  such  thing 
as  a  Gradus  in  all  Dublin  P 

Of  certain  eccentricities  of  rendering,  which  it 
might  not  require  a  •'  lynx-eyed  critic  "  to  dis- 
cover, I  desire  to  sa^  nothing.  The  rendeniv 
"  ex  decies  novies  "  wr  "  nine  out  of  ten  times 
will  be  readily  accepted  by  your  readers,  if  for  no 
other  reason,  at  least  on  the  score  of  novelty. 

C.  S.  J.,  M.A.  Oxoj. 

The  gentleman  who  ugns  himself  '*  A.  B.,  Ex- 
Scholar,  Trin.  CoU.  Dublin,"  should  look  at  his 
Latin  verses  again,  and  send  to  '*  N.  &  Q."  an 
amended  copy. 

1.  In  the  second  line,  the  second  syllable  of 
"semper"  is  short,  e.  g.  "Semper  ego  auditor 
tautum"  (Juv.  Sat,  i.  1.  1).  It  may  stand  if 
altered  thus :  "  Audax,  nee  semper,''  &c. 

2.  In  line  three,  *!ferocit"  is  scarcely  claaaicaL 
8.  In  the  fourth  line  occurs  "  prosapiam,"  whoie 

second  syllable  is  always  given  as  long,  e.  g.— 

"  Quit!  peccatorum  prosfipia  corpore  in  illo." 

Prodent.  in  Apotk.,  v.  IWfc 

4.  In  the  seventh  lino  the  writer  makes  the 
second  syllable  of  "  prosequitur  "  long,  but  it  ii 
short,  c.  g. :  — 

**  Prosuquitur  surgens  a  puppi  ventus  enntes."  j 

ViRG..^£».3,lS0. 

5.  In  the  lost  line  it  is  too  great  a  licence  to     j 
make  the  last  syllable  of  "videat"  long,  befow 
"  occupat." 

The  tutors  of  Trin.  Coll.,  Dublin,  would  new 
pass  over  four  false  Quantities  in  sixteen  linea,  nor 
would  an  A.B.  of  that  distinguished  college  be 
likely  to  make  them,  and  therefore  most  probtUj 
the  copy  is  incorrect.  E.  A.  D* 


NOTES  ON  BOOKS.  ETC. 

JFiOulmi  MalmeshlrienBts  Monachi  Dt  Gestit  ^<*^^ 
Angbntm  Libri  Quinque,  Edited  from  the  Atttoj^ 
Manuscript  by  N.  £.  ».  A.  Hamilton. 
Historic  and  Municipal  Documents  of  Ireland^  A  J).  Uj 
1320,  from  the  Archives  of  the  City  qf  i>»AM* 
Edited  by  J.  T.  GUbcrt,  F.a  A.,  Secretary  of  the  Pw** 
Record  Office  of  Ireland. 

These  two  new  volumes  of  the  importmt  jg*** 
«  Chronidee  and  Memorials  of  Great  Britain  and  Iiii*' 
during  the  Middle  Ag«s"  now  In  conrse  rf  poMfcW" 


,  ArRiL29,71.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


381 


lireeiion  of  the  Mait^  of  the  Kolte,  diS«riiig 
tber  do  in  acope  ud  object,  are  yet  alike  in 
Llie'fttroog  claim  tbey  put  forth  to  public 
t.  The  fltst,  not  oolj  on  the  ground  that  it  is 
i  one  of  the  moat  tnutworthy  of  oar  English 
I,  Waiiam  of  Ifalnflabary,  and  that  it  is  the 
of  the  earlj  occiflsiaatical  history  of  England, 
n  to  A.D.  U22f  on  vblch  aJI  'writeiB  have 
)  bnt  fbrther  beeanae,  havinf^  hitherto  been 
a  rery  inaceiirato  and  muatiafnctory  manner, 
mt  forth  with  great  care  and  jiidji^ent  by  Mr. 
EamiltoD,  and  that  from  a  MS,  w^ch  he  showa 
for  bdieyinf  to  have  been  the  anlhor^a  auto- 
to  ooQtain  hia  latest  additicna  and  amend' 
the  good  icrvice  which  the  editor  bajs  rendered 
|aI  atodenta  by  its  publication,  it  ia  needless  to 

has  been  done  up  to  the  present  time  to  throw 
i  the  history  of  the  nianidpul,  middle,  and 
Bsea  in  Ireland  in  connection  with  the  rule  of  I 
I  the  twelAh  and  four  following  centuries,  that  | 
like  Mr,  Gil  berths  will  b^;  sure  to  iind  a  rciidy 
It  contains  a  series  r»f  docHmcnt'J  from  a.d.  , 
1, 1320,  msinir  connected  with  North  Leinster,  I 
iodudlog  Dublin  and  Droghcda,  ccnstitntcd  i 
loo  of  tbe  Anglo-Normnn  flctilement  in 
Docnmenti  hare  beea  widely  diaperaed 
I7  far  to  Bcek — and  the  notice  of  their  I 
of  depofit  are  by  no  means  the  least  I 
11  of  Mr.  Gilbert's  'introduction — and  if  ' 
ly  of  them  present  great  diSicultieA  firora 
during  tlie  early  petioda  in  oontracted 
law  French,  replete  with  archaic  techni- 
1^  obsolete,  still  tbe  search  and  labour 
asted,  since  they  have  prodnced  a  rotame 
Luch  light  upon  a  condition  of  society  in 
Ids  as  yet  scarcely  anj^hing  is  known* 

llBCEiVRn.—/?rtii wit »««<?«  0/ Sir  Waiter  ScQtL 
~"  10,  Writer  to  the  Signet.  (A.  d:  C.  Black.) 
Eng  little  vol  urn  e»  in  whidi  Mr.  Gibson* 
tlie  lawj^er  of  Sir  Walter  in  1822,  and  was 
I  adviser  through  all  his  pecuniary  diflicul- 
his  recollections  of  him,  and  in  so  doing 
our  sympathy  and  respect  for  tbe  great  novelist. 
Jtwn  to  AnffUra,  or  "  The  Practical  Analer'*  and 
lodent  Practical  Anfflcr  "  compared.  By  W,  C. 
(A.  &  C.  Black.)  Mr,  Stewart,  tbe  author  of 
\cticai  Angler,  ivho  fcela  aggrieved  at  Mr.  Pen- 
-" >  imiUtioQ  of  bii  title,  baa  written  this  little 
Int  out  that  the  similarity  id  the  two  books  is 
tbe  title-page,  as  do  two  systems  of  flv-flsbing 
I  more  distinct  than  those  recommendea  by  Mr* 
and  himself. 

rmxxT  TO  THE  Socmr.^A  marble  monument  by 
bnled  sculptor,  SarncelH,  is  shortly  to  be  ertcte^l 
DA  in  memory  of  Lacliua  and  Faust  us  Sooinus, 
re  natives  of  that  Italian  city.  This  tribute  has 
of  a  religious  morement  about  it :  it  ia  an  honour 
talinn  noblemen,  who  were  distinguished  for  their 
\  and  virtncii.  The  Catholics  of  the  municipality 
a  have  contributed  40/.  toward*  the  expense.  The 
lied  at  Zurich,  in  Switzerlantl,  and  are  believed 
been  buried  in  the  cathedral  there,  but  the  pre- 
;  is  nnknown* 

H  or  Mr.  HALKiTT  or  tjik  Advocates' 
IT,  EDIVBI7IIGH. — Not  only  the  private  friends  of 
wmplisbed  (cholar,  but  aQ  atudcnti*  of  bibljo- 
hare  sustained  a  great  loss  by  his  death,  which 
loe  Inst  week*  Ha  was  engaced  at  tbe  time  in 
culean  task  of  preparing  a  pnnted  Catalogue  of 


the  two  hundred  thousand  volumes  under  his  charge; 
and  bad  made  con-niderable  progrrctss  with  a  Dictionary 
of  Anoaymoas  and  Pfieudonrmoua  Books,  &c.,  which  it 
is  to  be  hoped  will  not  be  lost  to  the  world.  Mr.  Ualkett 
was  an  ooeasional  oontribotor  to  these  pages,  and  wo 
have  received  several  warm  tributes  to  nls  unvarying 
courtesy,  which  was  no  leia  remarkable  than  his  great 
attainments. 

In  our  obituary  we  have  to  notice  the  death  of  Mr. 
James  Whiting,  a  gentleman  onoe  well  known  m  tlw 
printing  profession.  Ho  died  at  Taunton  on  tbe  10th  of 
this  moQtb,  at  tbe  ripe  old  age  of  nlnety^fonr.  TTi!i  name 
will  be  remembered  by  many  in  connection  with  The 
Atlaa  ncwspaper^-tt  Journal  that  in  lU  time  wai  moat 
popular  and  succeaaftil.  He  was  an  elder  liveryman  of 
the  Stationers*  Company, 

Tfloax  who  have  just  read  tbe  article  a  few  pages  for- 
ward {ante^  p.  370)  will  hear  with  surprise  and  regret 
that  the  writer,  Mil.  Henry  F.  Holt,  whose  name  must 
be  familiar  t^  tbem  in  connection  with  Tfte  Block  Bookt^ 
The  Fairford  Hindjurt,  &c,,  died  on  the  16th  instant. 
Mb.  UutT,  who  was  an  enthusiastic  admirer  of  Albert 
Durer,  is  understood  to  have  made  lar^e  collections  for  a 
new  biography  of  that  remarkable  artist. 

At  a  sale  of  old  silver  plate  which  occurred  last  week 
by  Mr,  Frayborg,  at  the  Bdgrave  Attctkm  Mart,  two  re- 
markable old  Saxon  cnpa  of  carved  wood,  embedded  in 
silvert  height  aboot  10  IncheBt  with  bandies  and  base  of 
silver,  of  a  very  early  date,  reaUaed  82/. 

Some  fine  specimens  of  Bristol  china  were  sold  during 
the  past  week  at  the  Booms  of  MeisrSp  Sothoby,  Wilkin- 
son, and  Hodjife.  'There  were  twenty-seven  lots,  which 
produced  in  the  n^^regate  1,052/.  H«. ;  of  which  a  tea- 
pot given  to  Mr».  Burke,  the  wife  of  the  great  orator  and 
stateamaDt  brought  190/,,  and  a  milk-jug  of  the  same 
fabric  116/.  respectively. 

London  and  Middlssex  AnofCJROLOOtOAL  Soctrrr. 

A  general  meeting  of  the  society  wHI  be  held  at  the  hall 
of  the  Leathersellers*  Company,  8t.  Helen's  Place,  on 
Thursday,  May  4,  when  the  following  papera  will  be 
read :— ^  Remarks  upon  the  Charters,  Records,  and  His- 
torv  of  the  LeatherBcUcrs'  Company,"  by  W.  H,  Black, 
Esq*!  "The  Hospital  of  Le  Papey,  Bishopsgate,'*  by 
Rev.  T,  Hago.  Numerous  drawinga,  prints,  Ac,  of 
Lcathersellers*  HsU  and  the  ndghbonrbood,  will  l»e  ex- 
hibited by  J,  K.  Gardner,  Esq.  The  society  will  then 
proceed  to  the  church  of  St.  Andrew  Undershaft,  when 
the  following  pniwrs  will  be  read  :— •*  A  brief  Notice  of 
the  ceb'brati'd  pointer,  Hans  Ilolbeio,  as  a  pari«ihioner  of 
St.  Andrew^s  Undcrshaft,"  by  W.  U.  Black,  Esq. :  "  Re- 
marks n|ion  the  Records  of  the  Church,*'  by  W.H.  Overall, 
Esq.  From  thence  the  society  will  pro  to  the  church  of 
St.  Peter's,  Comhill,  where  tb*'  r    '  ■  B«v.  R.  Whit- 

tington,  M.A.,  will  make  rci  the  history  of 

the  church  and  the  archives  of  l   ^        '. 

The  British  Museum  will  be  closed  from  May  1  to  7 
inclusive* 

Literary  Inteluoence. — Engb'sh  life  and  charaC' 
ters  have  fumislml  many  interesting  subjects  of  discu*- 
sion  to  (ierman  Essavists  recently— Dickens,  Bulwer, 
BiTon,  Thackerav,  Walter  Scott,  the  Princes?  Charlotte, 
Turner,  Stuart  Mill.  Carlyle,  DTsraeli,  Cobdcn,  Ix»rd  Pal- 
meiBtoni  have  stimulated  German  gravitv  and  thorough- 
ness to  mora  than  ujcual  liveliness  in  dealing  with  s^ubjects 
living  and  acting  in  a  land  agitated  fftr  more  titan  most 
countries  by  theconiliotinp  currents  of  ptibtic  lifVandeai^r 
discussion/  Julian  Schmidt  and  Fredrkh  AUhans  have 
thus  distinguished  tbemsdvM  in  some  new  volumes  of 
Charakterbtldtr* 


Saue  of  Music  by  tmk  great  Composers  at  Ox- 
FOHD,.^\Ve  usderstand  that  a  verv  choke  and  exleDsive 
collection  of  music  of  the  higheatdaas,  embmeinj^  many 
OpcruB,  ADthem^  Ac,  by  the  first  Enfrliah  and  f  oreij^ii 
Mftfiter?*  with  some  musk*  and  songs  by  Tom  D*Urfey, 
will  ahoilly  be  brought  to  the  hammer  by  La^cock  of 
Oxford,  whose  shop  in  the  Hi^h  Street  ia  well  known  to 
(be  bibliomane, 

Mb.  R.  CARRUTHFJ13  OF  IsvKiMiitaa.— Thc  Senatui 
of  tb«  University  of  Edinburgh  baa  resolved  to  b<rat(»w 
the  degree  of  LL,D-  on  Mr.  Robert  CarrutUersj  of  the  In- 
verness Courier,  in  recogniUon  of  his  knowIeitgL'  of  and 
ecrvice«  to  English  iltcrature.  So  aaya  ^Tfit  Scotchmant 
to  which  we  venture  to  «dd  that  no  degree  was  ever 
better  deserved. 

BOOKS   AND    ODD   VOLUMES 

WAITTBD  TO  PUBCHASE, 

PuUonJvi  of  PHo«,  ke^  of  th*  ftrltotrttit  boaki  Ut  be  teat  dtrett  to 
t1i«  gtotlcrnen  by  whom  lh«y  uc  requLnd.  wImm  dwq^i  «nd  Aiidre4*ei 
w«  Bivto  (U  lh«  parpoMt  — 

DnOAoan'fi  AuTtricuL  XaiioaT.  {mblUhcd  bgr  ^olta  RJchftiiiton, 

am,  with  pl&tet. 
PiKw'a  ^{^(Kitojrica,  pviblUh«d  to  Bo«taia,X7.fl>.A. 
PjlR.utoM!fi£tio-rKG[i:arY.  by  F.  F.  Ouunaa.   LondMLt  WM, 

Wftiitcd  by  Mr.  C.  If.  StyHmfftEUiaa  Mount,  l/soda. 

MoaAJTT'*  lIunonY  OF  Emex,   »Vo1j.    L«Tc«p*P«r. 
Bridoi'a  HiMToar  ov  Noutiiavptosbhikb.    i  VotU, 
OnMinoi>'ft  ItiisTouT  of  CuniiiinK.    a  Volt. 
9iiAW'{i  lIirroiiT  OP  STAirvoarHiRtAa.   «  Voli. 
MlCltOUM'  Uj«<toiiy  ov  Lkiocatkb.    §  Volt. 
Coixixso.Vn  HiBToftY  or  SoMKRaiCTflBiRH.    aVoti. 
BLOMrtJii.o's  UutToar  or  ^ourouL.   11  Vgln  syo.ot  A  YuU.  ibUo. 
Waotad  by  Mr.  namat  B*e^,'Bookm\\eT^li.  ConauU  &ti«t. 

IkfoBTnijr  0!iAToa»  1  VoU.  foy»l  Sto.     Or  anj  oUier  eoUcctloa  of 

JaMIM  MAHYIXKAU'H  IfTBCRLt^AJflEa.     t  Vifll« 
Llfl^  OV  llADAUS  GVI09.     BVtl.      177S. 

Wuited  by  Jk'r.  John  W»JOit.w,  Great  BttMlI  Strwt,  W,C. 

SWAW'S  <<TArFORDSHin«.    Val.  II, 

Eytoik'm  SBiomaiRt.    PartL 
Wftntod  by  Mtur*,  ir.  Dovnimg  f  Co.,  Jl,  New  Street  fitnaiiictiia. 


T.  E.  (Durham.)  The  late»t  and  mttst  c*yndenMcd  ac- 
count of  Praxiteles  and  hi$  w^rht  wilt  be  fonnd  in  Dr. 
^'miW«  Dictionary  of  Greek  and  Roman  Biography,  f. v. 
**  Praxitele*,**' 'We  Cannot  trace  Bonptantvt  a*  a  sculp- 
tor. 

A.  S,— 0«  watchinq  in  the  church  porch  on  the  Eve  of 
SL  Mark,  see  **  N.  &  Q,"  !•*  S.  iv,  17U. 

EsPEDARE. — In  tyjie. 

P.  v.-— Has  our  Carrtspomtent  seen  the  MS.  colUctions 
of  the  late  Mr.  O.  Smith  in  the  British  Mnseum  ? 

Mr,  Huisett  Smtth*$  address  is  36,  Siiho  SquarCf 
Lfmdon. 

BepUeM  to  other  Correspondents  in  tmr  nejrt. 

Errata. — 4*^  S.  viL  p.  330,  colJi.  Itne  2,  for  **  Fr^icr  ** 
rend**  Eraser "  [  p.  3|4,  col.  i.  line  lU  from  bottom,  for 
'*  mandarins  "  read  "  murderers/' 

i0» /br -'"■'--  -' ^■'   '•■    -' ..*    ,^:^-„> /.-  i...,,.,,,ffgf. 

tMtlf  in. 

the 


7fi 
6iiT 

*tKtie/iU.  id.). 
S^omeratt  Htfusf    f 

WKLLDfOTOjr  STUJ.K 


&TiUJi"D^  ^>  .L 


TIT    H.  AYLOTT  1ms  in  tho  Press  a  Cat&logue  of 

ff  •  Tcry  iBtere-lingSECOND-irAND  BOOKS,  eaofUtiDir  of  rue 
Work*  Id  MB.  relUingrtu  tlic  CSty  of  LuncLin,«jnd  nlm  Prinfod  Works 
In  BioicTADhv«  Comtnon  Praier  RevlaicHi,  Greek  *tid  Hebrew  History, 
Letlerf  of  Emineal  Fenon*,  Sciencei  Tbt-oloiry,  TopoaraiDiyi  Voy- 
■iee«»aa, 

htMOmt  W.  B.  ATIiOTT.  Bookiencr.  97.  St.  VnuVt  Hoiul,  Iillnfftoa. 
K.E4— Eftrly  •.pi^Ucs^tEon  tor  the  C«taU>giM:  will  ubltipe. 


FtUowofthe  RtiTal  I'riUew  vf  Phr«lrl«aK  Phyikiia 


Vital  Theories  and  Holigious  Tlioi 

With  Wirt  Calmircd  Plain,  iilnatnalna  the  ArraiueiiieBl 
Mutter  ill  tb«  Tutwn  vf  Urln;i  lk(n«*. 

Nuw  rtftdy,  i4  PUi(c9  UA  coloured^,  fU,  Sif* 

Disease  Germa.    Their  real  Nature. 

An  nricto*!  InTCatlsAthm  wlUi  tbe  Aid  of  tlM 


Entmice  of  DUmm  Qm 


Bkipttfin  aad  tt«  DeendoKloii. 
DiMAM  Otiimi  in  lluidi  a&it  m 
ttoiu. 

Nature  Afid  OHglQ  of  tho  GontaeUNM  DImm  OdOA 

S*  T1U«  work  dbetiMS  Um  fklhology  of  C«ttlA<$ua>  M 

Now  reuly.  Coloured  FUtci,  a*.  6i7, 

Disease  Oerms.    Their  eupposed  Hi 

An  OrijriT»iil  lTiTptiiif«ttitnt  witb  Xew  Dmriti<;«, 
ianaatiipt  uf  Ve^'tiiblc  Citfniu. 

Of « derm.  I      ^rdntano^pf  Orarntt 

Ovnna  in  thi  Air.  Germ*  ir»  the  Ti 

•••  Comnlahkf  CHtlesl  Remvki  on  Dr.  TyndmU'f  *D«ril 


Socond  fUirtloo.  rery  mtusli  catvg«d.S*.  Stf,    a  (klkmstA  ] 

Life,  Matter,  and  Mind ;  or  Protopl 

with  Oriiefiml  ntM-rvationa  on  Hlouia  Stnicturv  wmt 
•••  Thii  work  i«  partly  ortftn^l  sod  pvtir  contnrttnl 
Thlnl  Edition,  »*.    Nutn«rou4  lHuitimG.iKtc. 

On  Kidney  Diseases,  Urinary  Dep 
and  Calculous  Disorders ; 

TncJutUn^  ihn    Symplnntf.  DlMti^ods.  itid  TrMlBMat  4 
DikOiMc^,     With  r^itt  liirt^ioti*  fbr  tl>tCheink»l  saafll 
oil  AnAlykii  of  thti  Unae  In  Health  ftitd  DUeft««  ^ 

The  Plates  separately,  415  figures,  12s*    The 
pp.  600,  15s. 

Fourlb  ThotHOQd,  16*,    Flfty-elcKt  Plst««. 

The  Use  of  the  Microscope  in  Pra< 

Medicine, 

For  PmctiUotieri  mhI  5tnd«uii  lu  MedJclne.    Much 


On  Diseases  of  the  Idver  and  their  f 
ment. 

A  Stcand  Edition,  niach  enT«rf«d.  of  ttie  AttUuw'i  WmA 
AQftWnaj  oTlhe  Liver.    Numewua  FlAtei*  LPartirf 

London;  JOUN  CnL^RCQlLL  a  SOXS. 


Setenth  ThooMiid,  <aotb  tU.   Servntr  Flnltt.  I 

How  to  Work  with  the  Miorosoopai 


Thij  work 
cittiUEni  full  iW 


npk'tc  I 


if  many  new  unu 
wit^i  (lircctlrMit  for  cxamluluir  obj«cU  tmtier  the  ilgtMit 
for  Lakin^;  i>liotoi;raij]u. 


•,'   All  the^e  IForks  contain  the  r,^th*  nttkt  A\ 
orifjinal  investigations,     Thejf  are  /'  ll 

of  2,0(iQ  Kngracinm,  copied  frt*m    i  < 

uhich  have  been  drawn  on  wood  by  th  ■* 

under  his  immediate  super intefident&,    Ji  i 

are  Coloured. 


ri.  Mat  6,  •71.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


asa 


LOKOOS^  SA  TORns  T,  MAJ  «,  1871. 

CONTENTS.— N"  175. 

^  TypogTRphlcal  Brron  inthe'^Ftcne  Queen e." 
lortoBii  Lines  omiltod  from  "CJotnui/*  »H4- The 
Elli*1x^tli  Howard  or  Talbot?  /6,  —  Mimsoleuiii 
1  Unnrkullce,  383  —  Uogiirth's  Print  of  Lord 
Mcinori&l  Ver»e«  —  Burns  — ►  Ayrcs.  Surnanii^— 
I  "After  ooq":  '*  Stoor  "  — Generation  u  within 
temorj  —  Untutored  Crilioitm  —  M&oor  Houses  of 
ibbire.  385. 

h  — Btiifford  of  BTitlicrwIck,  Grotton,  Sudbarr. 

—  B»llad  w»nted  —  Bell-ringinf?,  A^.  —  Bedi- 
IT  Cb arches  —  The  Earl  of  D«rby  —  George  Ed- 
|*D.  1545  — Epigntin   by  Sairupt  llnffnrs  — *'Foi*s 

*•  ft  Satire  —  Dr,  Win,  Ring  —  LonI  Kin  teuton  and 

—  Lfne»  on  N&tbomiittcs  —  MaitlrnwoH,  near 
>  If anuscript  Poem  «•  Ueovlli  or  M«niiil«  —  Ferli'- 
f  Foundi5r»'  Kin  —  Pla(»rd  —  Portrait  of  Chi«f 
frd — Prajer*  for  tbo  Detd  —  Purop*  —  *'  Tiio  Maid 
■'—Old  Scotch  Newspapcfs—** Streak  of  Siircr 
PoKtiih  Venrificftltou,  SSiT. 

;— Tho  C^ — -lot:  ,.  r.f  *t  Paul's,  3»0  —  Gaina- 
'■  "  Blue   1  does  %  newly  Boro 

?8M-~1'  r   of   Ijondon,   /ft, — 

urd*rt-i>,  oi-m  — f  "i.        '  **'     *  Inida  — A 
J^cbkr  —  Frencb  WeMi'  up  — The 

-don  "  In  the  Wtald  of  \  rlairvs  of 

—Old  Bongs  tuid  ii*..-*.:,—    lAuritfpr 

— "The  Sun  nerer  «ett  on  ib«  Britiah  Do- 

—  Ombre :   Boston  —  **  Ueart    of    H  eart » *' : 
Lf«hte  *'  —  Beniarkable  Altar  Slab—**  La  Belin 

Mcrtii  "^ — A  Toadiione  Ring— Bun-diul  Queries 
■ID  Jttt,  8umaia  Injuria"  — "The  Uevilbcata 

—  Arms  of  Charlemagne  —  •*  Certosizin  "  —  More 
""  »  Druid,  Ac,  397* 


«Iftf!tf. 

graphical  errors  in  the  "faekie 
qukene;* 

he  Introduction  to  my  Slmkespeare'^xpost'- 
look  wliich  I  will  presume  to  be  in  the 
ff  every  student  of  our  elder  poetry  —  I 
iToct^d  sereral  errors  in  this  poem,'  and, 
benefit  of  future  editors,  1  will  here  cor- 
remaining  errors  in  that  poem — the  proofs 
I  the  poet  fleems  to  have  read  most  negU- 
if  lie  read  them  at  till  r  for  the  errorg, 
b  most  glaring  ones  in  the  first  edition  of 

I  part,  are  nearly  all  to  be  found  in  the 
I  make  th^  followinjf  corrections ;  — 

ytim  great  t>Miioii  of  an  won  ted  lust, 
f  wonted  fear  of  doing  o tight  amiss/' — L  U  ^^* 
have  in  "Or/*  I  think,  an  instance  of 

II  eontadon  of  or  and  and.    See  mj  final 
Miltcm'a  Sam,  AgomMes. 

told  her  all  that  Ml  in  journey  09  jibe  went.'^ 

i.  3,  32. 
her"  we  should  probably  read  Aim,  m 
1^  is  not  unusual ;  or  we  might  rt>ad  ^'all 

tr  fierce  aenraut  fWl  of  kingly  awe  "—I,  8»  iX. 

Bbould  be  Bid, 

p  of  green  Selhii»  all  alone"— i.  7,  32. 

f»   which   has  baffled   all   the   critics,   is 
hut  a  printer's  blunder  for  Ojllertm.    So 


in  Chancer*s  KnigU's  Tah  we  hav®  ^  Setheron" 
for  Ciftherofu  This  is  a  proof  of  the  enl  of  read- 
ing by  the  eye  only :  for  had  any  critic  read  the 
passage  out,  he  would  probably  have  been  struck 
Dy  tbe  similarity  of  sound  in  Selinis  and  Cyllenus, 

"  That  manv  errant  knights  have  foul  fordone/^ 

ii.  1,  51. 

**  Have  "  should  be  hatk 

•*  Inflamed  was  to  foUi>w  bej»uty*a  chiiio."— li.  2,  7. 

As  the  rimes  are  dtty^  may^  dismm/,  tbe  poet's 
word  must  have  been  r«y,  not  **  chase*"  See  i*  2, 
38;  iii.  8,  22. 

**  And  recoraijcnsed  them  with  a  better  scorse/' 

ii  9,  &5. 
**Them**  should  be  him. 
*'  For  00,  no  usual  fife,  no  usual  rage." — iii.  2,  37. 
Perhaps  the  first  "no"  should  be  know, 
**  Or  other  ghastly  apectaclo  dismayed.**— iii.  3,  50* 
We  should  perhaps  read  of,  or  "  iy  other." 

*'  And  coming  to  tbe  place  where  all  in  gore/* 

iii.  4»  84. 
Perbaps  tbe  poet  wrote  comen. 

**  Iq  that  same  garden  all  the  goodly  awwers**' 

lit  6,  So. 
Fr&inj  not  **  In,"  is  the  proper  word. 
**  Or  sent  into  the  chiingeful  world  again.**— iU*  6>  83, 
Here  again  we  have  "  Or  *^  for  And, 
"  Few  triokling  tears  she  softly  forth  let  fall,"— iH,  7»  0. 
Perbapa,  aa  the  next  line  seema  to  intimate, 
**  Few*' should  be  T^vo. 

"  Who  lovers  will  deceive,**— iiL  9,  31. 

**  Who  "  should  be  llltonK 

«  That  raadest  many  ladies  dear  lament/*— iii.  9,  85* 

For  '*  madest^'  we  ehould  probably  read  madew* 

♦*  There  a  huge  heap  of  alngulfa  did  oppress." 

For  "singulfs"  we  might  read  nngtdU. 

**  Then  virtue's  might,  and  value'a  coniidence/' 

iiL  n,  14. 
I  would  read  valat*r*8  for  '*  value's." 

"  Boar*  in  bis  boasted  fan,  or  Iris  bright, 
Wbeu  her   discoloured   bow   ah©    spreads    through 
heaven  higbt/' — iiK  II,  47, 
In  the  last  line  we  should  read  "beaTen^a 
hifffUt*'  as  in  iL  10,  2,  and  elsewhere. 

**  And  fading  vital  powers  gan  to  fade,"— ill.  12,  21. 
Hero  **  fading"  should  probably  he  failing, 

**  Dewed  with  her  dropa  of  bouutv  sovereign.** 

iv.  8,  88. 

For  **  ber  *'  it  migbt  be  better  to  read  th$, 

"  So  did  the  other  knights  and  squires  which  him  did 

see.**- iv.  9. 11. 
We  should  read  them  for  "him." 

**  In  wWch  he  found  great  store  of  hoarded  tTes4»f«.'* 

lv.8.  12. 

<'ne**abouldbe«%. 


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[4*i>S.YII.Mat6^71. 


**  The  Qe,  the  Were,  the  Giumt,  the  Store,  the  Rowne/* 

iv.  11,84. 
We  should  read  Grant  or  OrawU. 

**  For  wight  against  his  power  themselves  to  rear." 

V.  2, 24. 
We  should,  of  course^  read  wights. 

**  And  all  men  sought  their  own,  and  none  no  more." 

V.  1,  8. 
Perhaps  we  should  read  ''no  one  more." 

**  And  now  the  knights,  being  arrived  near. 
Did  beat  npon  the  gates  to  enter  in : 
And  at  the  porter,  scorning  them  so  few.'* — v.  4,  37. 

Here,  either  "near"  or  "few"  must  be  wrong. 
Church  reads  new  for  "  near/'  and  new  seems  to 
be  used  in  the  sense  of  close  in  i.  6,  38,  and  iv. 
1,  38.  We  might  also,  for  "  so  few,"  read  to  fear 
ox  to  hear. 

**  Bot  took  her  steed,  and  thereon  moanting  light." 

v.  6, 36. 
iSlE>  would  seem  better  than  "  But." 
**  The  rascal  many  soon  they  overthrew."— v.  11,  59. 
"They  "should  be /itf. 

"  Whose  every  act  and  deed  that  he'did  say." — vi.  2, 8. 
The  edition  of  1609  reads  "  deed  and  word." 

In  my  Shakespeare-Expositor  (p.  52)  I  have 
shown  that,  in  iii.  12, 42,  '*  found  delayed  "  sbould 
be  "  found  allayed,"  and  have  explained  the  cause 
of  the  error.    The  very  same  error  occurs  in  — 

'*  A  gentle  spirit  that  lightlv  did  dday 
Hot  Titan's  beams."— ProfAafamtVm,  v.  4. 

These  fully,  I  think,  justify  my  correction  of 
"tw//Mr'<?  brims"  for  "twilled  brims"  in  The 
lempest,  iv.  1. 

As  I  here  conclude  my  remarks  on  the  Faerie 
Queene,  I  beg  to  remind  the  reader  that  he  will 
find  two  other  articles*  on  it  in  4»'»  S.  iv.  169, 211, 
and  to  advise  him  to  read  what  1  have  written  on 
the  "  Life  of  Spenser  "  in  Frasers  Magazine. 

Here  then  1  conclude  my  self-imposed  and,  1  hope, 
not  q[uite  useless  task  of  emending  and  explain- 
ing where  necessary  the  texts  of  our  three  greatest 
poets.  To  these  I  have  added  (in  ''  N.  &  Q.") 
J3en  Jonson  and  others ;  and  1  have  by  me  copies 
of  Bell's  Chaucer^  Gifford's  Massinger,  and  Dyce's 
Beaumont  and  Fletcher,  in  which  I  have  corrected 
the  metre  throughout  and  the  sense  when  neces- 
pary.  These  I  hope  will  come  into  the  hands  of 
those  who  will  make  a  right  use  of  them,  and 
give  me  any  credit  I  may  seem  to  deserve.  My 
literary  life  has  now  nearly  reached  its  close :  for 
owing  to  the  decay  of  the  two  noblest  of  the 
senses,  reading  and  writing  are  to  me  now  almost 
irksome  acts,  and  conversation  is  gradually  be- 

•  In  the  article  on  the  *'  Irish  Rivers "  I  have  given 
Gold  River  as  the  translation  of  Grown ;  but  I  find  that, 
Oir  is  the  Irish  for  furze — a  plant  which  probably  grew 
abundantly  on  the  banks  of  the  Dodder,  especially  in 
the  upper  part  of  its  course. 


coming  the  same.  Still,  being  free  from  diieaae 
and  pain,  I  bear  up  cheerfully,  aayiiig  with 
Horace — 

-  Domrn,  sed  levins  fit  patientia, 
Quicqnid  oorrigere  est  nefiss,*' 

and  with  Malherbe — 

**  Yonloir  ce  que  Diea  veut  est  la  seule  sdence 
Qui  noos  met  en  repos.*' 

Tho8.  Kbightut. 


FOUKTEEN  LINES  OMITTED  FROM  «*  COMUS." 
A  mighty  fuss  was  made  the  other  day  aboot 
some  m^ocre  verses  which  certain  people  thought 
might  poesiblybe  Milton's,  and  over  the  discoveiy 
of  which  there  was  a  wonderful  flourish  of  trum- 
pets. I  beg  to  call  the  attention  of  these  gentle- 
men to  fourteen  noble  lines,  undoubtedly  the 
composition  of  the  illustrious  poet,  which  hm 
been  in  print  for  nearly  seventy  years,  but  which 
were  certainly  unknown  to  Sir  Efferton  Biydm 
and  Dr.  Mitford,  and  to  all  the  other  recent  edi- 
tors of  the  poet's  works.  They  are  found  in  the 
original  MS.  of  the  glorious  masque  of  ConmL 
and  follow  after  the  first  four  lines,  as  uintod 
below.  In  the  MS.  they  are  crossed  through  with 
a  pen,  evidenUy  to  point  out  that  they  were  to 
be  omitted  in  the  representation.  The  openiog 
speech,  even  after  this  excision,  is  inconvenioitly 
long  for  the  stage.  F.  CuNNiireHUi. 

<*  CbmKS,  a  Meuque. 
"  Before  the  sUrry  threshold  of  Jove's  court 
My  mansion  is,  where  those  immortal  shapes 
Of  bright  aeriid  spirits  live  insphered 
In  regions  mUd  of  calm  and  serene  air, 
Amidst  th*  Hesperian  gardens,  on  whose  banks 
Bedewed  with  nectar  an^  celestial  songs. 
Eternal  roses  grow,  and  hyacinth, 
And  fruits  of  golden  rind,  on  whose  fair  tree 
The  scaly-harnessed  dragon  ever  keeps 
His  unenchanted  eye :  around  the  verge 
And  sacred  limits  of  this  blissful  isle. 
The  jealous  Ocean,  that  old  river,  winds 
His  far-extended  arms,  till  with  steep  fall 
Half  his  waste  flood  the  wild  Atlantic  fills, 
And  hal^the  slow  unfathomed  Stygian  pool. 
But  soft,  I  was  not  sent  to  court  your  wonder 
With  distant  worlds,  and  strange  removA  dimes. 
Yet  thence  I  come,  and  oft  from  thence  behold 
Above  the  smoke  and  stir  of  this  dim  spot. 
Which  men  call  Earth,  &c^  &c." 


THE  WILL  OF  ELIZABETH  HOWARD  OB 
TALBOT  ? 

In  the  Testamenta  Vetuda,  p.  483,  is  the  wil[» 
Elizabeth,  Duchess  of  Norfolk,  said  to  be  "^^ 
third  will  made  after  her  husband  becsme  Dn^ 
of  Norfolk  " ;  t.  e.  Thomas  Howard,  second  d«» 
of  that  family.  Should  this  not  be,  oris  it  J* 
the  will  of  Elizabeth  Talbot,  daughter  of  Jg^ 
first  Earl  of  Shrewsbury,  by  hi$  9§oomd  mtarnffi 
and  widow  of  John  Mowbray,  last  Duke  rf  j^^ 


A^  S.  TH.  May  6.  71.] 


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folk  of  that  Hue,  ob.  1475  ?  Her  only  cMld  Ann, 
contracted  to  Richard  Duke  of  York,  son  of  Ed- 
ward IV.,  died  very  young,  and  thus  the  Howards 
C&me  in. 

In  thia  wiU  she  desires  "  to  be  buried  in  the 
Nuns  Quire  of  the  Minories  without  Aldgato  in 
London^  nigh  unto  the  place  where  Anne  Mont- 
gomtjrv  is  buried ;  *'  and  one  of  her  executors  ia 
**  Mr.  John  Talbot,  Doctor  of  Phvsick.'* 

In  the  will  of  "  Vmfrav  Talbott,  Knight,  Jlar- 

clial    of  the  towne  of  Calia,"  proved  Nov.  11, 

14JW:— 

«*Um.   I  bequfith  my  place  it  Loudon  stondyng  in 

'\  oi  Shbinct  Amlrcwe  with  the  t«nntcieji  there- 

:\ng  to  be  amortevsid  to  the  thurch  of  Saint 

:;erw<  to  baue  an  honest  presto  to  pray  for  the 

•  ul  roy  lord  my  fader*  my  lad)*  my  mmler,  and  for  the 

.   ;  Ue  of  my  body,  my  sustcr  Etuuibetb  duches  n(  Nort  h- 

i,ik,  and  for  the  aotile  of  John  Wenlok  and  Elizabeth  hia 

wife,  and  for  mv  soale  and  for  the  soule  of  Jane  my  wife 

ppeiually  to  endure.** 

In  the  will  of  "  Dame  Jane  Talbott,  widowe, 
late  the  wif  of  S'  Ilumfrey  Talbott,  Knyght/' 
datedJan.  10,  ]504!— 
♦♦  My  body  t4.i  he  baricd  w*  in  the  inner  choer  of  the 
fihoTche  of  the  Mynories  w*  oute  A%ate  of  London  nygh 
the  place  aad  sepulture  where  the  bodye  of  Maistrei 
Anne  MoDg^omery.  late  the  wif  of  John  Mongomery, 
^  [uycr,  restithfi  and  y»  buried  w*  in  the  same  qnere/* 
And  also— 

♦^  And  in  lykewise  I  bequoth  vnto  M''  Johfi  Talbott* 
^0010*  of  phisike,  for  tenne  of  his  Ivfe  |fcc!t  of  the  said 
Untl  nnd  other  the  p'sLiases  to  the  yerely  value  of 
jij  <  3iiij*  iiijo, 

"And  of  vj  wore  inrca  to  be  taken  owte  of  tb«  vj  c, 
mrcs  aboue  rehenid  ther  may  bee  provided  a  convenyent 
r.fit-j-At  \*v  the  discrcK^on  of  the  said  cxecuto"  to  synjj 
;  r  the  soule  of  me  and  of  my  husband  S^  Flura- 
:l,  and  for  Ihe  soulefl  of  John  Champcmoti  nnd 
(  1 '  ii<Kih  bis  wif  my  fader  and  moder,  and  for  the  aoule* 
1  jjiy  nuter  lady  Blaunche  Wiilouf^bby,  davgbf^  vnto 
!  be  said  John  and  Elizabeth,  and  for  all  theire  chllderfi 
^Kilea,  and  for  the  noule  of  my  lady  Elizabeth  duchess  of 
KoriL  whan  it  shall  pleaae  God  to  call  her  owte  of  thia 
WovkL  And  in  hir  Ivfe  to  pray  for  fair  noble  and  pTos- 
yai'iillt  aatate,  and  afso  for  the'  soules  of  the  ri^bt  noble 
torde  John  erle  of  $hrousbur\%  and  of  the  lady  Bdari^arete 
lu«  wtffe  beyng  fader  and  moder  vnto  the  said  Elizabeth 
<iiid»c4a  of  Norff,  and  vnto  the  said  S""  Humfrey,  and  for 
the  loalw  of  all  tbeire  chitdeni." 

the  duchem  ia  one  of  the  executors, 

I  hope  I  have  not  been  too  copious  in  my  ex- 
tiftota,  out  I  thought  the  error  ought  to  be  cor- 
l^^tedf  and  I  think  the  most  fitting  pln^e  ia  in 
^N.&Q.'*  G.  J.H. 


MAUSOLEUM  AND  TOWN  UNARKULLEE.* 

'*Aootlicr  remarkable  building:  south  of  the  city,  and 
veineau  it  and  the  river,  ii  the  tomb  of  An^-KalU,  as 
^Wl,  ronceminE^  which  is  the  following  popular  story  : 
Ai>4r-KaJli  (Anirgul,  probably,  or  the  pome/i;ranate  bloe* 
•ftcn)  was    a  rery  handiome  youth,  and  the  favourite 


*  Two  tiiil«  louth-west  fhim  L4hor. 
rJ«lui  Walker. 


Map  of  the  Sikh 


HoGiJiTH*fl  Priht  op  Lord  Lovat, — ^Trusler 
fyid  others  in  describing  this  print  tell  us  that  it 
represents  him  **  in  the  act  of  counting  the  rebel 
forces  with  his  fingers  " — an  occupation,  it  alwayt 
seemed  to  me,  quite  at  variance  with  the  expres- 
sion of  the  face,  which  is  rather  that  of  a  man  tell- 
ing a  good  story.    This  latter  view  is  home  out 

*  Mnntakhab  Ai-LubdhM  KUm  KhAn  (Persiia  tesl\ 

P^asa. 

t  Maaaon*»  Bd/or Ki«t<in,  \.  \\%, 


I 


attendant  of  an  emperor  of  Hindustan.  When  the  pnnce 
would  be  in  jcompany  with  the  ladies  of  his  biram,  the 
favourite  page  was  not  excluded.  It  happened  that  one 
day  the  emperor,  seated  with  bis  females  in  an  apart- 
ment lined  with  lookinj^-^tasses,  beheld  from  the  re- 
flected appearance  of  Anar-Kalli,  who  stood  behind  him, 
that  he  smiled.  The  monarches  construction  of  the  intent 
of  the  smile  proved  melancholy  to  the  amiler,  who  was 
ordered  to  be  buricil  alive*  An&r-Kalli  waa  acooidiogly 
placed  In  an  np right  position  at  the  appointed  spot,  and 
wa»  built  around  with  bricks,  while  an  Immense  super- 
structure was  raised  over  the  sepulchre,  the  expense  of 
which  was  defrayed,  as  tradition  relates,  by  the  sale  of 
one  of  his  bangles."— JoMrneyji  in  BdlochUidnt  Aftfktini^ 
tan^  and  the  FanJ-dbf  by  VharUs  MatMon^  E^q^^  1842, 
i.  413. 

The  Emperor  Jahdn-gir  having  died  at  the  end 
of  Safar,  a.h.  1037  (A.n.  1627  ♦),  at  RAjor,  fifty 
miles  south  by  west  from  Sirinagur,  the  capital  of 
Kashmir,  his  widow,  the  celebrated  Nur  Jahan, 
or  Nur  Mahal  (whose  original  name  of  Mher*ul-      H 
Nissa^  or  the  sun  of  women,  ia  corrupted  into      H 
Me  her   Metzia   by   Herbert),  carried  the   corpse 
away  to  Ldhor,  where,  having  interred  the  re- 
mains   of    her    husband   in    her  own  pleasure-      H 
grounds  on  the  west  bank  of  the  river  Hdvi,  she      ( 
erected  a  istately  building  remarkable  for  its  chaste 
atyle  of  architecture  on  the  spot,  two  miles  west 
from  J^ahor,  where  the  town  Shah  Dera,  or  the 
King's  Tent,  has  since  been  establiahed. 

The  Shah  Dera,t  or  last  resting-place  on  earth 
of  the  Emperor  Jah&n-gir,  the  coomteror  of  the 
world,  considered  by  the  natives  of  Hindustan  as 
one  of  their  four  moat  wonderful  works  of  archi- 
tecture, is  situated  four  miles  from  Anar-Kalli 
(meaning  the  Ipomegranate-hud)  on  the  opposite 
side  of  the  river ;  and  the  fact  of  the  same  locality 
for  the  interment  of  both  having  been  selectea^ 
tends  very  much  to  strengtlien  the  grounds  tipon 
which  Donna  Juliana  or  AmVr-Kalli,  the  favourite 
wife  of  Akbar,  in  suoposed  to  have  been  the 
mother  of  Selim,  afterwards  Jahan-gir:  the 
scandalous  stories  about  her  mentioned  by  Roe 
and  Herbert,  together  with  the  fable  by  which, 
after  changing  her  sex,  she  is  said  to  have  been 
buried  alive  by  the  humane  and  tender-hearted 
Akbar,  having  apparently  been  invented  by  parties 
opposed  to  her  bod^s  succession. 

R.  R.  W.  Elub, 
Starorosa.  near  Exeter, 


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[4«>8.VIL  MiTC,*rL 


by    the  foUowiuf    letter   from  the  Eev,  Wm. 
HaniB  to  Mrs.  Harm : — 

"Grosvenor  Square,  Aug.  28,  1746, 
*'  Pr»y  exeunt  my  sending  you  «uch  a  very  grotAaque 
fi^ore  AS  the  iaclosed.  It  u  really  an  exact  reMmblanoe 
of  tbo  pcreoD  it  was  done  for— Lord  Lovat,  aa  those  who 
arc  well  Acquainted  witli  him  assure  mo ;  and  as  you  sea 
it  is  neatly  enou;;h  etcbed.  Hogarth  took  tlie  pains  to 
go  to  St.  Albau'^  the  evening  Lard  Lorat  came  thither 
on  hit  way  from  Scotland  tw  the  Tower,  on  purpose  to 
g«t  a  fair  View  of  hia  lordship  before  he  was  locked  up  : 
and  this  he  obtained  with  a  greater  eaiie  than  could  well 
bo  expected;  for^  upon  eeodtng  in  his  name  and  the 
erraaa  he  came  about,  the  old  lord,  far  from  displeased, 
immediately  had  hi  in  in,  gave  him  a  i^alute,  and  mado 
him  sit  down  and  aup  with  him^  and  talked  a  good  deal 
very  facetiously,  so  that  Hogarth  had  all  the  leisure  and 
opportunity  he  could  possibly  wish  to  have  to  take  off 
his  ftutturea  and  countenance.  The  portrait  you  have 
here  may  be  conisidered  as  an  oritfinol.*  The  old  lonl  is 
represented  in  the  very  attitude  he  was  in  whilu  ti^lling 
Hogarth  and  the  company  some  of  his  adventures/' — A 
Striei  af  Letter*  of  We  hrtt  Eturl  of  Mt^nvtsbury^  ^c, 
by  his  tirand^D,  the  Earl  of  Maknesbury,  1670. 

At  p.  200  of  voL  i,  the  editor  haa  overlooked 
A  misprint.  The  well-kaown  alderman  Treeothic 
IB  hardly  recognisable  aa  "  Irecothie/*     Jatdeb. 

Memorial  Verses, — ^In  ii  paper  on  "  Alma- 
nacs*' contributed  to  Mavvnthut^  Matfozme  m 
Janaarf,  186^,  Mr.  Thomaa  Wright,  F.S.  A,,  makes 
the  following  statement : — 

"  It  is  io  Windcr*s  Almanac  for  lG3fi,  printed  at  Com- 
hridge^  that  we  flrst  find  the  now  wdl-known  popul/ir 
memorial  verses,  differing  only  slightly  in  the  wording : — 
***  April,  J  unci,  and  September 
Thirty  daies  havo,  as  November : 
Ech  month  else  doth  never  vary 
From  thirty-one,  save  February  ; 
Which  twenty-eight  doth  i^till  coniineii 
Save  on  leap-year,  then  twenty-nine,** 

Mr,  Wright  seema  to  he  in  error  here,  for  in  a 
copy  of  Grrtfton'fl  Abridgetnent  of  (he  Chronkks  of 
Eifflande^  dated   1570,   and   certainly  puhlished 
before  the  end  of  the  century,  1  find  the  lollowing 
licee^  which  do  not  differ  from  those  in  populitr 
use  except  in  the  omission  of  leap-year: — 
♦•  Thirty  dayes  hath  November, 
April,  June,  and  Septtmber; 
February  iioth  xxviij  alone, 
And  all  the  rest  haue  xxxi." 

W,  J,  LOPTIE, 

BimKB. — Ten  years  ago,  one  of  your  corre- 
Bpondents  elicited  certain  fine  stanzas  which  had 
"  escaped  the  notice  of  all  the  recent  editors  of 
Bums  PoernA "  (2^«»  S.  XL.  307).  1  wiah  to  call 
attention  to  a  stereotyped  blunder  perpetrated  by 

•  Lord  Malmeabnrv,  the  editor  of  bis  anwator's  inlercat- 
ing  correfltKindence,  here  makes  a  mistake.  He  says  in 
a  note  **this  portrait  is  lost,'*  evidentlr  stippodng  that 
Hogarth*a  original  drawing  was  forwarded  to  Mrs.  Bar- 
ris,  whereAB  ftlr.  Harris  expressly  states  that  he  sends  ao 
impreBiion  of  the  mtgraving.  This  print,  having  be«ii 
done  by  Hogarth  himself  after  hi«  drawing  from  the  iife, 
might  weli  b^  eddied  by  Mr.  Harris  **  an  original." 


all  these  editor%  so  far  A0  X  know,  la  ^  Aold  Ittf 
Syne/*    Thua  — 

*♦  We  11  Uk  a  richt  ffude-wiffl*  wfamdkt,**— 
is  invariably  printed  **  gude  wiUie-waupht" 

Now  it  may  be  excusable  in  Mr,  Micawber  I 
be  ignorant  of  the  nature  of  ffowans;  bat  «ni  " 
of  Bums  should  know  that  gudc^mlUfi  or  i 
wiUd  (mde  Jamieson,  sub  voce)  means  good-wilU 
or  cordial,  and  wavcht   a  draught;    and  *'gud 
Willi 6  waucht  ^*    meiins  a  hearty    drink : 
**  Rude  willie-waught  **  haa  no  meaning  what^v<| 

Every  Scotchman  to  whom  I  have  ni»*ulioni 
this  has  received  it  with  eurprisej  and  I  my« 
lonp  bliadly  accepted  the  error,  which  needs  oil^^ 
to  be  pointed  out  in  **  N.  &  Q,'^  that  it  may  b» 
corrected  in  future.  W.  T,  "M. 

Atbss,  SuBlTAME. — A  Becord  of  ths  IkKtrndaKk 
of  Capiam  John  Ayrm^  4*^.  In  a  review  of  tUft 
work,  which  appeared  in  Th$  Herald  ttnd  Omm 

lofftgt  for  October  last,  the  writer  remarks:  — 

**  Ayrcs,  there  can  be  no  doubt,  is  merely  a  pciTigifaft 
or  corruption  of  Kvre,  or  U  £yr,  a  name  dttliiiguiiihi^f 
the  eldest  son  or  heir  of  a  family,  «  .  .  ,  In  othar  Ii* 
stitnccs  the  eldest  son  was  desigoaled  aa  le  E^re^  and  Oa 
younger  as  h  Frere^  whence  the  oommon  namea  ofSfit 
and  Ayres  Frere  and  Friar;  for  we  mngt  ttoi  comelmdelkt 
latter  could  be  desceaded  from  a  holy  friar !  •* 

On  the  other  hand,  however,  it  ought  to  l» 
borne  in  mind  that  the  marriage  of  priosta  is 
mentioned,  as  one  of  the  corruptions  of  the  Cbiiab 
in  England  in  their  time,  by  our  old  chronic .  r* 
(see  Bohn^s  Series,  Matthew  Paris),  and  botii 
Hallam  and  Sharon  Turner  notice  the  fact.  This 
being  the  case,  it  does  not,  after  all,  seem  unlikfljj 
that  these  uxorious  priests  originated  many  of  o 
j>eculiar  surnames.  Sr. 

CflAucEK :  "  Aftee  ooh  " :  "Stook." — 
**  His  breed,  hia  ale,  was  alway  after  oon.** 

Morris,  Protogmt,  h  UL 
This  ^*  after  oon  ^*  puzzled  me  for  some  tiiD%1 
and  may  puzzle  others.     It  means  ♦•alwajii' 
one  kind,  always  tdike.^'    In  the  Kmigkki 
(l  923J  we  have— 

**  That  lord  hath  lite!  of  dlserecknm 
That  in  such  caas  can  no  diviaioun  |^ 
But  wayuth  pride  and  Utunblaqiaaa  < 


"  His  lordes  aebeep,  his  neet,  and  his  dayerit. 
His  flwyn,  his  hofs,  hia  atoor,  and  bis  pulttii^ 
Was  holly  in  this  reevea  gowimura.^ 

The    glossary    of   Morrises    Aldine    mtexf^  I 
'^stoera."     Is  not  thid  wrong?     In  this  ieaao ii^ 
would  be  a  re^tttion  of  *'neet"  in  the  line  i'  '^ 
and,  beyond  this,  does  "stoor  "  ever  mean  *'a 
anvwhere  elseP     It  seems  to  mean  aunptyi 
(which  Tvrwhitt  &  Linsdowne  MS.  lead).  Cott* 
pare  Wife  of  Baik'B  (Her  ProtojfW,  I  S0.3)— 
•*  But,  by  my  fay !  I  told  of  it  no  aloor.** 

JOHV  A3)P1V 

BustingtoQ,  near  LilOehamptoa,  Susacz. 


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NOTES  AND  QUEBIES. 


387 


GeSEBATIOR^S   WITHTN    LITI3IG    MeMORT. — Jkfv 

fftther,  JonathRn  Couch,  who  contributed  to  the 
pages  of  **N,  &  Q."  under  the  signature  of  Video^ 
DM  thii  entry  in  a  MS.  history  of  his  family.  I 
must  premise  that  at  the  time  of  this  note  he 
mtm  B€Tenty-two  years  of  age,  and  had  speot  all 
tlifi  time  between  hia  oupillage  and  death  at  Pol- 
peiTo  in  the  practice  of  medicine : — 

•*  I  have  this  day  attended  the  birtli  of  a  cliUdt  which 
U  the  iixth  genention  I  have  known  famllUrlj  tK>th  on 
tiue  father's  and  tht'  mother's  side,  and  four  of  tliese  gcne- 
latloiB  I  hATc  atteudcd  in  childbirth." 

Then  follow  the  names.      TnoiiAS  Q.  Couch. 

'DimnoBEir  Cbixicism. — As  a  pendant  to  W.  H.'a 
note  of  criticism  on  the  Merchant  of  Vemce(]i.  271) 
it  may  perhaps  be  within  the  province  of 
*'N.&Q/  to  record  a  criticism  on  art  made  by  a 
iroiking  man  in  the  Fine  Art  ExJiihition,  Man- 
dmiter,  of  1862.  Having  exchanged  fientimenta 
intli  Mm  about  acme  of  the  pictures^  he  led  me 
'back  to  one  of  Linnell's  landscapes^  and  said,  ^*  Look 
Hi  tJbat !  When  I  saw  it  firot  1  thought  I  was 
looldiig  out  of  a  window ! "  No  artisi  could  desire 
higber  praise.  A.  L. 

Kcwbargh-on-Tay» 

Maitor  Houses  op  Hekefordshihe*— I  am  pre- 
parrng  for  publication  an  illustrated  volume  upon 
the  old  mansions  of  Herefordshire,  and  the  stories 
connected  with  them.  Perhaps  some  of  your 
iMden  may  be  in  possession  of  sketches  taken 
Wbre  modern  improvem<3nts  had  altered  the  cha- 
itcter  of  some  of  these  buildings,  and  would  per- 
mit me  to  make  use  of  the  views.  I  purpose  also 
to  give  tabular  pedigrees  of  the  more  ancient 
coanty  families^  and  should  be  grateful  fur  any 
Issistance  in  tracing  the  gradual  descent  into  ob- 
scurity or  nothin^ess  of  those  houses  which,  in 
the  sixteenth  and  seven teeuth  century,  were  of 
bcal  importance.  As  a  matter  of  convenience,  as 
wrell  as  for  other  obvious  reasons,  I  take  the  date 
dC  the  dissolution  of  monasteries  as  the  starting 
^izit  in  tracing  the  fortunes  of  a  manor  houpe 
md  the  genealogy  of  its  inmates,  althou^rh  it  is 
LOt  possible  in  all  cases  to  adhere  to  this  rule. 

C,  J,  KoBUfSON. 
Norton  Canoo  VieBnge,  Weohley. 


Ifturtk^. 


STAFFORD    OF   BLATHERWICK,  GRETTON, 
SUDBURY,  ETC. 

A  paper  which  lately  appeared  in  "  N.  k  Q.** 
n  the  family  of  Stauora  of  Blather  wick,  co. 
Karthampton  (4**  S,  vi,  240),  induces  me  to  refer 
ko  the  author  for  information  respecting  the 
fenanoT  of  Gretton,  and  some  names  of  persons  and 
places  which  ocscur  in  his  remarks. 

AmongBt  thfi  njunea  in  question  are  a  few  sub- 
mqiiaitljr  ooonected  with  Barbados,  and  also  with 
ooimUefl  of  Bedford  and  Suffolk, 


Thus,  in  the  seventeenth  century  we  find  the 
name  **  Dorcas  Staiford/'  **  Frere/'  '*  Clopton," 
*'Gidding;*  or  "Gitliog/'  sometimes  ^^Gyttene" 
and  "  Gettins."  "  Wing6eld;'*  &c,  in  the  pariah 
registers  of  Barbados,  while  "  Oretton  **  was  the 
fiiat  name  given  to  the  original  estate  of  the 
Archer  family  in  that  island. 

In  the  county  of  Bedford  lived  Dr.  Thomas 
jVrcher,  chaplain  to  K.  James  I,  and  his  "  cousin  " 
Dr,  Timothy  Archer,  D.D.,  both  originally  from 
Sufi<jlk,  where  they  had  relatives  named  **  Major  " 
Bentley  or  Berkeley,  &c.  at  Sudbury  and  Bury- 
St.-Edmtmds,  and  amongst  others,  Nicholas,  An- 
thony, and  Edward  Archer.  Now  these  latter 
Archers  disappeared  from  that  county  about  the 
middle  of  the  seventeenth  century,  and  for  the 
first  time  their  names  then  occur  in  the  Barbadoe 
records.  Nicholas  and  Edward  are  names  common 
enough,  but  Anthony  was  unknown  amongst 
Archers  before  Anthony  Ajcher  of  Sudbury,  who 
was  contemporary  with  Anthony  StalTord,  brother 
of  Humphrey  Stafford,  who  had  the  manor  of 
Sudbury,  co.  Bedford  [query  Suffolk  ?] 

Again :  Humphrey  Archer  of  Umberalade,  co. 
Wsrwick,  waj*  the  son  of  Kichard  Archer,  by  hie 
wife,  a  daughter  of  Sir  Humphrey  Stafford  of 
Blatherwick,  (Hichard  4VrchQr  was  an  es<iuire  of 
the  body  to  Henry  VHI.) 

Dr.  "Thomas  Archer,  chsplain  to  James  L^  is 
supnosed  to  have  been  a  nephew  of  Iliimpbrey 
Arciier  of  Umberslade,  and  it  is  certain  that  Dug- 
dale  {an  intimate  friend  of  Sir  Simon  Archer  of 
Umberskde)  did  not  interfere  with  the  assump- 
tion by  Dr.  T.  Archer  of  the  arms  of  UmbeTslade, 
although  his  visitation  of  this  county  was  strict. 
The  wills  of  Dr.  T*  Archer  and  his  wife  are  re- 
corded at  Northampton. 

jVnaongst  so  many  coincidences,  I  am  curious  to 
discover  a  clue  to  the  reason  which  the  first  Bar- 
badian Archers  had  tor  naming  their  estate  in 
that  colony  (Jretton — an  uncommon  name,  and 
unique  in  the  colonies.  I  believe  this  estate  was 
subsequently  named  Uldbury,  but  for  what  reason 
I  am  quite  at  a  loss  to  conjecture. 

These  Bar  bud  i  an  Archers  kept  up  the  names 
Anthony  and  Edward  through  many  successive 
generations.  Amongst  their  marriages  in  th^ 
seventeenth  century  occur  the  names  **  Alice  Shir- 
ley,'' Elizabeth  Elli.sson  or  EUetson,  CuUum  (a 
Suffolk  name),  Ashby,  *S:c. 

Any  in  formation  on  the  subject  of  Gretton  and 
Sudbury  would  much  oblige  me.  A. 

Ballad  wa^vted. — Shenstone,  in  a  letter  dated 
1743,  asks — 
**  Did  you  hear  tho  song  to  the  tunc  of  •  The  Cackow  ?  * 
"The  Baron  stood  behind  a  tree, 
Jo  woful  pHjThtr  for  nought  heard  ho 

But  cannon,  cannon,  sc. 
O  word  of  fear ! 
Unpieaaiiig  to  a  Geraum  ear. 


388 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[4«k8.VII.llAY6,*7L 


The  notes  that  fall  npon  the  word  cannon  express  the 
sound  with  its  echo  admirably.*' 

In  a  later  letter  he  says,  "  Do  write  out  the 
whole  ballad  of  *  The  Baron  stood  behind  a  tree.'" 
I  imagine  that  it  may  be  found  in  The  British 
Orphmuj  by  what  he  says  previously.  What  are 
Uie  words,  and  what  may  have  been  the  special 
cause  for  its  having  been  written  ?  W.  P. 

Bbll-bingikg,  btc. — A  friend  requests  me  to 
ask  information  of  correspondents  on  this  subject 
in  <'N.  &  Q."  for  the  usage  following.  He  has 
observed  that  at  the  passing-bell,  and  at  funerals, 
before  the  knell,  three  single  strokes  on  the  bell 
are  g^ven  twicer  with  a  slight  pause  between  (if 
the  deceased  be  a  female) ;  but  if  a  male,  the 
three  strokes  are  thrice  given.  What  meaning 
have  these  strokes,  or  are  they  simply  to  denote 
thesezP 

Again :  at  the  funeral  of  a  soldier,  a  trent  or 
trentol,  he  is  uncertain  which  it  is  called,  is  fired 
by  a  certain  number  of  his  compeers  over  the 
grave.  Has  this  anv  reference  to  the  trental  ser- 
vice of  the  Romish  church,  preserved  in  this 
custom  P  J.  A.  G. 

Dedication  of  CHURcnES. — Was  the  practice 
of  dedicating  churches  to  (or  rather  is  it  not  more 
correct  to  say.  naming  them  after  P)  some  saint 
universally  followed  in  England  in  early  times  P 
and  if  so,  is  there  any  possibility  of  recovering 
the  name  when  all  local  tradition  is  lostP  Is 
there  any  book  which  gives  general  information 
on  the  subject  ?  A.  F.  K, 

The  Earl  op  Derby. — Many  years  since  I 
remember  reading  an  anecdote  of  the  great  Earl 
of  Derby  {temp.  Queen  Elizabeth).  A  poor  rela- 
tion came  to  pay  his  respects  to  the  earl  while  the 
latter  was  attending  the  aueen.  The  earl  re- 
ceived him  very  courteously,  saying  that  every 
noble  oak  had  of  course  lower  as  well  as  upper 
branches.  Can  any  reader  of  *'  N.  &  Q.*'  kindly 
tell  me  where — naming  edition,  volume,  and 
page — I  may  find  the  anecdote  in  question  P 

H.  W.  C. 

George  Edwards,  a.d.  1545. — Any  informa- 
tion respecting  Oeorge  Edwards,  of  the  household 
of  King  Henry  VIII.,  on  or  before  a.d.  1545,  will 
be  very  acceptable.  J.  R.  B. 

Epigram  by  Samuel  Rogers. — Can  you  in- 
form me  whereabouts  in  The  Greek  Anthology  is 
to  be  found  the  original  of  the  following  epigram 
by  Samuel  Rogers  (Poems,  edit.  1860,  p.  270)  ?— 
**  While  on  the  cliff  with  calm  delight  she  kneels 
And  the  blue  vales  a  thousand  joys  recall. 
See  to  the  last,  last  verge  her  infant  steals ! 
O  fly— yet  stir  not,  speak  not,  lest  it  fall. 
Far  better  taught,  she  lays  her  bosom  bare. 
And  the  food  boy  springs  back  to  nestle  there.*' 

The  same  touching  incident  is  also  closely  imi- 


tated by  Keble  in  his  hymn  on  the  Connninition 
Service.  S.  A. 

[In  the  Anihologia  Grmea^  by  Bmnck  and  Jaoobt,  edit. 
1794,  ii.  180,  epig.  xziz.  the  original  lines  are  attribated 
to  Leonidas  of  Alexandria  ;  but  George  Barges,  in  his 
translation  of  The  Greek  Anthohgy  (Bohn't  Glanieal 
Library,  p.  102),  ascribes  them  to  Archias.  ConsoU  aho 
Bland's  Greek  Anthologia,  edit.  1818,  p.  366,  where  they 
are  also  attribated  to  Leonidas.] 

"Fox's  Mabttrs/'  a  Satire.— I  lately  bought 
at  a  book  stall  what  bears  to  be  the  second  edi- 
tion, with  improvements,  of  what  is  called  so 
entire  new  work  called  Fox's  Martyrs :  or  a  Ker 
Book  of  the  Sufferings  of  the  Faithful,  the  date  beio^^ 
1784.  It  is  a  satire  on  those  former  members  of 
Parliament  who  lost  their  seats  on  occasion  of  the 
election  of  the  new  Parliament  called  by  Mr.  Pitt 
after  the  expulsion  from  office  of  the  coalitioD 
ministrv  of  Mr.  Fox  and  Lord  North.  It  begins 
with  a  list  of  the  sufferers  and  their  places  of  mar- 
tyrdom, being  the  places  which  they  had  repre- 
sented in  the  Parliament  which  had  been  dissolred. 
and  who  amount  to  nearly  a  hundred.  Next  come» 
an  introduction,  which  I  abridge  slightly  as  fol- 
lows:— 

^  A  fall  conviction  of  the  manpr  advantages  which  th« 
good  people  of  England  have  denved  from  that  esceUeni 
work,  a  Book  of  Martyrdom  bv  Mr.  John  Fox,  in  the 
be^oning  of  last  century,  has  indaced  us  in  these  criticil 
times  to  adopt  the  same  plan  in  politics ;  and  to  compile 
a  complete  system  of  the  political  martjrrology  of  the 
present  day,  wherein  the  lives  and  actions  of  those  wh) 
nave  fought  unsuccessfally,  and  suffered  nobly  in  tbdr 
disinterested  pursuits,  may  be  commemorated.  To  tbo&< 
who  have  the  courage  to  go  on  in  the  same  path  we  pre- 
sent the  following  manual,  hoping  that  it  ma}*  be  an  niefal 
companion  and  furnish  them  with  plentiful  souroes  of 
consolation ;  and  while  they  dwell  with  rapture  on  thf 
remembrance  of  the  sufferings  of  their  brethren,  let  tben 
pray  *  That,  when  they  have  served  their  country  with 
as  much  fidelity  and  zeal,  they  may  meet  their  end  with 
the  same  cheerful  resignation  and  the  same  pious  hopn 
of  the  day  of  retribution.' " 

Then  come  the  names  again  of  the  same  de- 
feated candidates,  with  a  short  statement  after 
each  of  his  merits  in  the  cause  of  martyrdom, 
almost  all  ending  with  some  reference  to  Mr. Fox: 
and  there  is  prefixed  a  frontispiece,  exhibitis^ 
Burke  and  Sheridan  at  a  monument  inscribed 
*'To  the  Memory  of  the  martyred  Senators,"  with 
the  head  of  Fox  on  the  tablet  which  contains  tlie 
inscription. 

From  the  similarity  of  style,  the  notices  of  tli# 
individuals  seem  to  be  the  production  of  the  suoi 
pen,  and  are  cleverly  written.  Not  improbsWj 
the  author  may  be  known  to  some  of  your  corre- 
spondents. ^' 

Edinburgh. 

Dr.  Wm.  Knra,  in  his  very  amusing  Amse^ 
of  his  Own  Time^  gives  his  elogiam  on  Ghefsber 
taylor,  the  famous  ocoliaty  but  sulijoiiM  a  not»^ 
the  effect  that  a  better  acqiUBiitMioe  with  tbs 


4^&VIL  MAT(J»7ia 


NOTES  AND  QUEBIES. 


389 


Chevalier  had  enabled  him  to  improve  the  elo- 
giutn,  "and  add  anme  new  features  ^  his  por- 
trait, of  which  I  have  printed  a  few  copies  to 
oblige  mj  friends.*'  Ilaa  the  elogium  ever  been 
imbiuhed  with  these  additions?  I  see  that  Dr, 
liing'a  Original  IVorJi^,  ivUh  Historical  Notes,  mid 
^Mmair  of  the  Auiltor^  were  puhliabed  in  177^8 
__  '  John  Nichols  in  three  volumes,  la  this  book 
BOW  to  be  met  with  ?  Doea  it  cootjiin  the  onco 
ffttxiouB  poem  The  Toast  f  J,  II.  C* 

[TJr  William  King,  whose  collected  works  were  edited 

by  Jr»hn  Nichols  in  i77ts  was  a  different  persoa  to  the 

\\%3f  K}{  Thf  TtMitt  nuil  Anecfiotrjt  tif  hia  Otcn  Tune.    The 

Di!r  was  Ju<ti4eof  the  Hijk'h  Court  of  Aclmiraltv  in 

tod ;    the   Utter  was   Prindrwil  of  St.   Mary   lljill, 

~,    Tbey  mett  both  remarkable  fur  their  wit  and 

l^Rp  KixosTON  AND  Oldham. — Is  them  any 
aTAilable  minute  information  about  William, 
fourth  Earl  of  Kitjp:ston  (Pierrepoiat),  in  whose 
house  the  poet  Oldham  died  in  December  1683  ? 
From  his  kindness  to  Oldham  he  must  have  been 
a  man  of  literary  taetes.  lie  pave  Oldham  a 
handsome  funenU,  officiated  as  chief  mourner,  and 
tiTCcted  ft  monument  to   him  at   Ilulme-Pierre- 

pOlDt.  C, 

LtJnss  ON  MATKEMATica. — Can  any  one  inform 
me  where  I  Hball  tind  some  not  very  Mattering 
Imea  on  mathematics,  beginning)  to  the  best  of 
my  recollection,  thus : — 

»»  TKrrn  iH  »  sqaar,  ill-natured  creature, 
Wilh  little  chai  m  to  boaat  in  form  or  feature,** 

Maidkitwetx,  near  LrOtJTH. —  Wanted,  some 

information  about  an  old  house  called   Maiden- 

wclL     It  is  situated  near  Louth,  in  Lincolnshire. 

Tradition  says  it  was  originally  a  nunnery ;  after- 

'^,    I   believe,  it  became   the   property  of  a 

V  of  the  mime  of  Mostly,  during  whose  time 
Tfiv  M>unj?  Pretender  is  »aid  to  have  taken  refuge 
there.  The  Mo(?elys  (who  were,  I  believe,  Roman 
'  -^'i-vlics)  left  about  the  end  of  the  eighteenth 

ry,  when  the  place  was,  I  think,  bought  by 
,.^^  -urporation  of  Basingstoke  in  Hants,  in  whose 
pomfininn  it  now  is.  No  relics  have  ever  been 
n>itDd*  The  house  is  in  the  form  of  a  cross ;  and 
iben3  was  a  corresponding  monastery  at  Hau^bam, 
a  «mall  village  near-  H,  E.  B. 

MANtmcBiiT  PoKM. — Can  any  one  tell  me  if 
the  following  poem,  copied  from  a  MS,  of  the 
«arly  part  of  the  seventeenth  century,  has  ever 
been  published,  and  who  is  the  author  ?— 

"HOMO  ABBOa. 

•■  Like  as  a  tree  from  forth  y*  earth  doth  spring, 
So  fmin  J*  earth  doth  ruan  hie  essence  take ; 
The  tree  «b(K)t«  forth,  and  doth  faire  bloasoms  bring, 

8o  maDf  till  youth  hia  mansiDn  doth  forsake. 
The  tree  growing  crooked,  if  vouH  have  it  meiidedi, 
WbilfC  that  it  is  a  twigg  it  must  be  bended.'* 

Ajiojt» 


JIksvils  OB  Mennils. —  Wher«  can  I  find  a 
pedigree  of  the  Menvils  or  Mennils  of  Sledwish, 
CO.  Pal.?  They  are  said  to  have  been  an  oOnhoot 
of  the  Ingleton  branch  of  the  baronial  house  of 
MenilL  Philip  Metitbll. 

Pedigrees  op  Founders'  Kin. — The  privileges 
attaching  to  founders'  kin  in  the  various  coUegee 
of  Oxford  and  Cambridge  having  been  abolished, 
and  those  societies  no  longer  having  any  interest 
in  withholding  from  the  knowledge  of  the  public 
such  pedigrees  as  have  been  proved  to  their  satis* 
faction,  I  take  the  liberty  ot  suggesting  that  the 

Sublication  of  such  pedigrees  is  on  many  groimd.«» 
esirable.  Practically  the  muniment  rooms  of 
those  Bocietiea  are  open  only  to  actual  foundation 
members.  Will  any  of  them  devote  a  few  days  or 
weeks  to  the  task  of*  transcribing  and  digesting  the 
documents  to  which  I  have  alluded?  If  they 
would  do  80  they  would  doubtless  gratify  a  large 
number  of  persons,  and  contribute  almost  aa  much 
to  family  hiBtoiy  as  is  furnished  even  by  the 
heralds  visitations  themselves.  Lakchden. 

Placard, — **The  queen's  grace  goeth  sometime 
with  plackarde,  and  sometime  with  stomacher; 
and  then  her  grace  goeth  lacyd."  {LiMe  PaperSf 
xi.  art.  100.)  **The  best  and  most  used  fashion 
[for  dresses]  is  large  and  loii^,  with  double 
placards,"  (lb,  xiL  art.  8il)  '*I  have  delivered 
to  Skutt  for  the  upperbodi.-*  snd  placard  1 J  yard 
lywk  velott  [Lucca  velvetj."  (lb.  loose  at  end  of 
vol  xii/)  **  In  the  flat  trnssyng  cofer  .  .  ,  xxii. 
placards  for  gownes/'  {InveiUvry  of  Lord  Lisk s 
GoodSf  mtcaiefulared. ) 

Ilalli well's  Dictionary  gives  placcard  as  "  a 
m  an*s  stomach er, ' '  Fairh  ol t*8  Ct^tttne  tn  Enghnd 
describes  it  as  *^  a  stomacher  worn  by  men  and 
women.'*  The  above  contemporary  extracts  make 
a  distinct  inn  between  placard  and  stomacher. 
What  was  the  distiiiction  ?  and  what  were  double 
placards  ?  IIermenxrube* 

Portrait  of  Chief  Baron  Ord.— There  is  a 
portrait  at  Ravensworth  Castle  of  this  eminent 
Scotch  judge,  who,  I  have  been  toW,  was  the 
only  one  honoured  with  the  title  of  Chief  Baron. 
Has  it  ever  been  engraved,  or  does  there  exist 
any  print  of  the  judge  P  C«  J.  R. 

Praters  for  the  Dead, — Will  any  of  your 
man}"  readers  kindly  oblige  me  with  copies  of  in- 
scriptions on  monuments  containing  a  prayer  for 
the  departed,  put  up  in  churches  or  churchyards 
of  the  Church  of  England  between  the  years  1700 
and  1800  ?        Frederick  George  Lee,  D,C*L* 

6,  Ltmbeth  Terrace,  Loudoa, 

Pumps, — Why  is  this  name  applied  to  the  thin* 
soled  and  low-heeled  shoes  known  as  **  dancing- 
pumps"?  M,  D. 

[Skianer,  in  hia  Etymohipicfm  IJn^ua  Anaileanx^  uja 
tbit  ptimp  13  a  5ho«  of  one  sole,  and  bq  called,  pt-rbapii, 


990 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


becftusi!  ua«d  in  trlpodiu  pompatieir^  which  we  call  mnsks 
ttnd  balUj  or  from  the  sotmd  they  make  in  dancing  ;  or, 
it  may  be  ftdded,  from  the  tpring  of  the  solo  resembling 
Ihe  eiafttjcity  of  tb«  sucker  of  the  pump.  There  ap|>eara, 
After  ftU,  an  obflcarity  respecting  tbe  origin  of  tUU  word.  ] 

*'  The  Maid  of  Rtk/*  —  Can  any  one  state 
wlio  the  nobleman  is  who  ia  mentioDod  in  the 
baUnd  of 

"  The  True  Marde  of  the  South ;  or»  a  rare  example 
of  a  Mayde  dwelling  at  Rie  in  SuMex,  who  for  the  love 
of  a  young  man  of  Lc5ter*hir&,  went  beyond  the  sea  in 
the  habit  of  a  pagt^  and  after,  to  their  hearts  content, 
were  both  married  at  Ma^rr^im,  in  Germany,  and  now 
dwellint^  at  Hie  aforesaid.  Piinted  at  London  for  Francis 
Coulc3»," 

ThiR  ia  a  ballad  of  soTenteeo  BtanzAB  at  the  end 
of  11  olio  way 'a  Hi  don/  of  E^e,  copied  from  Ihe 
original  in  the  British  Museum,  and  sold  at 
Sotheby*s  in  1846/  I  should  lil^e  to  know  who 
the  nobleman  alluded  to  is  ;  who  also  were  Sweet 
Margery  (the  maid  of  Rye),  and  Ajithonv,  the 
prido  at  Leicestershire.  E.  6.  C. 

Old  Scotch  Nitvvspapers,  —  1  should  feel 
obliged  if  any  of  your  readers  in  Scotland  can  tell 
me  what  is  the  date  and  title  of  the  oldest  news- 
paper published  in  Scotland,  and  if  a  complete 
hie  baa  been  preserved  and  can  be  seen*  I  think 
it  would  be  a  useful  addition  to  Mitchell's  News- 
paper Pj'CJis  Direc'ton/  if  the  publishers  of  some  of 
the  oldest  established  newspapers  were  to  state 
if  they  possess  complete  files  from  their  com- 
mencemeot.  W.  D. 

Kenning  ton  J  Surrey. 

[For  some  account  of  the  early  Scottish  newppapersp, 
we  must  refpr  our  correspondent  to  the  Kmydnpcedia 
BriUinnica^  eighth  cilition^  xvi.  185  ;  George  Chalmers's 
Lift  of  Thnmas  RuddimajL,  p.  4^1 ;  and  "  N.  &  Q."  !•»  S. 
%*iiL  67,] 

"Streak  op  Sn-rKR  Ska/'— Thte  phrase,  as 
applied  to  the  Channel,  is  often  used  in  The  Times* 
leaders  and  parliamentary  speeches*  It  was  placfr*d 
ill  inverted  csommas  in  the  report  of  Lord  Salis- 
bury's Rpeech  of  March  6.  Whose  is  it  P  I  have 
beard  it  attributed  to  Mr*  Gladstone,  Jun,  But 
in  the  Church  and  State  Semettf  (edited  by  Arch- 
deacon  Denison)  of  April  1^  1803, 1  iind  an  article 
iMgintung : — "  The  Channel  is  that  silver  strip  of 
sea  which  severs  meny  England  from  the  tardy 
realms  of  Europe."  Makbochmr. 

English  VERsiFicATioif. — ^Is  there  anv  book 
on  English  versification  explanatory  of  and  giving 
rules  for  the  various  metres  and  styles  ?  I  know 
Carpenter's.  C.  E.  T. 


aa< 


S*  Thishalhidiii  in  the  Roxbnrphe  collection,  j.  422, 
in  Evj     *       ■*  —  "    - 


vans's  Old  Baliadx,  edit.  1810,  i,  70.— Ed.j 


(4*^  a  tI  pamm;  vii.  185,  241,  344.) 

As  Mb.  BfiKJAMiK  Febeet  and  Mr.  Soil 
fftAKKK  are  men  of  sufficient  emiiidiice  in 
architectural  profeaaion  to  justify  the  public  : 
attaching^  importance  to  their  opinioni  on 
queatioo  of  art,  and  as  thej  come  lorward  in  t 
own  DAmea,  it  seems  only  respectful  to  them  and 
to  the  public  that  some  answer  should  be  gir«o 
to  their  remonstrance ;  and  though  I  haTe  no  ri^l 
or  authority  to  Kpeak  for  my  coUeaguee,  I  hope  the 
following  explanation  of  my  own  viewa  may  aot 
be  considered  out  of  place. 

Before  taking  any  steps  with  reference  to  the 
ultemtion  of  the  choir  of  St.  Paul's,  the  com- 
mittee for  the  Restoration  Fund  subtnitted  the 
question  of  best  musical  arrangements  to  a  sub- 
committee of  twelve  of  the  most  eminent  musiail 
authorities  in  England.  They  came  to  the  con- 
clusion that  the  best  position  for  the  organ  wsi 
under  the  arch  leadiug  into  the  choir.  Tliey  did 
not,  however,  recommeud  it  being  placed  in  tbe 
centre^  where  it  originally  was,  because  in  thai 
position,  and  with  the  solid  supports  that  wotdd  be 
necessary,  it  must  interrupt  the  vista,  and  would 
cut  the  choir  off  from  the  dome;  and  alao  beetMft 
the  organ,  if  so  placed,  would  for  obvious  reajons 
be  only  available  for  services  in  the  choir,  mi 
another  organ  must  be  provided  for  tho«e  uaiki 
the  dome.  They  therefore  unanimously  reootn* 
mended  that  it  should  be  divided,  and  placed 
against  the  piers  on  either  side,  where  it  would 
not  only  be  as  well  heard,  but  would  admit  d 
considerable  improvements,  and  could  be  iiiad9  il 
pleasing  and  as  powerful  as  any  organ  in  Englaod* 
oesides  being  ea  ually  available  for  the  sanricea  in 
the  choir  as  welt  as  for  those  under  the  domt* 

Being  satisfied  in  this  respect,  the  comiii''t' ' 
had  drawings  and  models  prepared  to  eaabl« 
them  to  judge  of  the  architectural  efiisct  of  1^ 
divided  organ  j  and  I  have  no  hesitation  in  satiaf 
that,  so  far  from  being  a  blemish,  it  is  just  what 
is  wanted  to  furnish  the  choir  arch^  and  to  glv(»  it 
that  character  and  dignity  which  it  wantsi  Oa0 
of  the  great  defects  of  St.  Paul's,  as  it  at  pressnl 
stands,  is  that  the  four  great  arches  of  the  dome 
ore  all  alike.  There  is  nothing  to  distiiigiiish  tbt 
choir  arch  from  the  other  three ;  but  this,  friA 
the  open  screen  it  is  proposed  to  add^  ferftt&f 
remedties  this  defect.  But,  on  the  other  hanop 
it  has  been  urged  that  it  obstructs  the  view,  Thi^ 
however,  Is  exactly  what  it  does  not  do,  Ub  to 
the  height  of  the  top  of  the  present  wood-worV  d 
the  choir^stalls  the  supports  of  the  organ  iwigd 
with  them,  and  are  actually  only  four  additiooal 
stalls.  These  project  considerably  lett  than  the 
statues  of  Lords^^'elson  and  Comwallis»  and  tbeiv- 


i* 8.  TIL  Mat  C,  71.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


391 


fore,  to  any  one  standmg  on  tbe  floor  of  the  dome, 
obetirnct  the  view  le&s.  Above  the  top  line  of  the 
choir  ataUa  the  two  halyes  of  tbe  organ  project 
fiy©  feet  on  either  side.  Ab  aeen  in  persfwictive, 
as  they  alwaya  must  he  seen,  there  is  no  position 
Id  which  they  obstruct  the  view  in  any  appreci- 
able manner  from  any  person  standing  on  the  fl^pr 
of  the  church.  The  ^at  beauty  of  the  arrange- 
ment, however,  Ia  that  by  it  the  choir  ia  brought 
to  the  dome,  and  the  dome  and  the  choir  thna 
form  parts  of  one  great  church,  and  may  be  and 
iadeea  must  always  be  uj3ed  together  as  parts  of 
coe  threat  whole. 

The  plan  we  are  invited  to  adopt  in  preference 
to  this  IS,  first,  one  proposed  in  the  Sacnstp^  which 
ie  to  erect  an  altar  witn  steps  and  baldachino,  and 
all  proper  accompaniments  under  the  arch  leading 
into  tae  choir,  and  so  making  a  second  church 
under  the  dome.  By  this  arrangement  the  pre- 
iieiit  choir  would  be  reduced  to  the  rank  of  a 
Lady  chapel  entered  from  the  side  aisles.  This 
would  require  the  removal  of  the  stalls  eastward, 
the  retention  of  the  organ  in  the  very  objection- 
'le  plnf5e  where  it  now  isp  and  sundry  other 
angements  by  no  means  desirable.  If  Mr. 
ERRKT  had  taken  the  trouble  to  think  twice 
before  recommending  it,  he  would  have  eeen  the 
contradiction  of  his  urging  the  cnnimittee  at  St. 
Paul's  to  do  what  he  so  much  blames  the  Dean 
and  Chapter  for  doing  at  Westminster,  At  tbe 
latter  place  it  only  is,  that  when  a  larger  coogre- 

Stion  is  expected  than  can  be  accommodated  in 
e  choir  they  adjourn  Uj  the  nave,  where  a  service 
Appropriate  to  the  locality  is  performed*  At  St 
Paurs  Mr  Ferrbt  advocates  two  churches,  wholly 
separate  from  each  other,  with  two  altars,  two 
pulpitfi,  two  organs,  and  which  can  never  be  used 
tC't-^ftber,  but  must  alwaya  be  separate  and  distinct 
churches* 

Another  scheme  which  is  hinted  at  by  Mb, 
Fkrrkt,  and  which  has  been  warmly  urged  on 
the  committee  by  several  distinguished  architects, 
is  to  erect  an  altar  with  steps,  baldachino,  reredos, 
wing^,  &C-,  under  the  dome,  but  so  as  to  allow 
access  to  the  present  choir  behind  it.  So  far  it 
certainly  obviates  that  defect ;  but  if  any  one  will 
take  the  pains  to  draw  out  to  scale  tbe  liaJdachino 
that  will  not  look  a  toy  under  a  dome  two  bun- 
dred  feet  high  and  practically  as  wide  across,  and 
plan  all  the  necessary  accompaniments,  he  will 
find  he  must  spend  more  money  than  the  com- 
mittee possess  it  it  is  to  he  worthy  of  its  position. 
He  wilt  also  find  that  he  has  occupied  at  least  half 
the  floor  apace  of  the  dome,  and  so  displaced  a 
cnrrespondrng  proportion  of  the  congregation,  and 
got  tme  of  the  moat  awkward  and  ill- arranged 
churches  in  Europe  either  for  seeing  or  hearing, 
and  with  all  the  defects  just  pointed  out,  of  having 
two  separate  and  distinct  churches  under  one  roof. 

Will  Mr,  Feebet  or  any  one  else  suggest  any 


rule  for  determining  when  the  one  church  ia  to  he 
used  and  when  the  other  ?  On  great  state  and 
festival  occasions,  when  the  Judges  go  in  state 
or  the  Corporation  on  any  great  festivals,  the  dome 
church  must  no  doubt  be  used,  as  up  to  the 
west  door  it  would  accommodate  more  persons 
than  the  choir  church ;  but  then  there  must  he 
the  bishop's  throne,  the  dean's  stall,  the  lord 
mayor's,  and  stalls  for  the  canons,  and  accommo- 
dation for  the  choir.  Are  all  these  to  be  in  dupli- 
cate under  the  same  roof  ? 

It  would  be  easy  to  point  out  fifty  incongruities 
and  incoBveuiencea  that  would  arise  from  the  two 
church  plan,  hut  this  letter  is  abeadv  too  long, 
especially  as  I  feel  convinced  that  if  Mr.  Fbrrbt 
or  Mr.  SoiCERS  Cl^bile,  or  any  of  those  who 
oppose  the  committee's  scheme  would  take  the 
trouble  to  draw  out  their  own  propoi?al8  or  to 
master  those  prepared  by  the  committee,  they 
would  be  forced  to  confer  that  the  latter  involves 
less  change  from  the  original  design,  and  is  the 
best  way  yet  proposed  of  adapting  the  building, 
on  one  great  whole,  for  all  the  purposes  to  which 
we  can  at  present  see  it  ia  likely  to  be  applied. 

J  AS.  FERQusaoir. 

20,  Langham  Place, 


GAINSBOROUGH'S  *^BLUE  BOT/*' 

(4<«*  S.  in,  576  j  iv,  23,  41,  80,  204,  237  j  v.  17, 

36;  vii.  2370 

According  to  Nesbitt's  statement,  made  at  Hes- 
ton  Vicarage  about  tifty-three  or  lifty-four  yeara 
ago,  and  reported  by  the  Rev.  Mr,  Trimmerjt  be 
obtained  the  **Blue  Boy"  from  the  IMnco  of 
Wales  over  a  dinner  for  ^300/. ;  and  it  ia  now 
certain  that  he  had  made  the  same  statement  to 
Hall  afterwards. 

It  is  probable  that  this  sale  took  place  between 
171)5  and  1802,  when  the  prince,  to  his  credit, 
paid  0^  525,000^.  of  his  liabilities  without  the  aid 
of  a  shilling  from  the  public  pureed 

But  Nesoitty  after  having  been  an  M«F.  for 
nearly  twenty  years,  was  overtaken  by  serious 
misfortunes  in  1802,  which  elicited  much  sym- 
pathy for  him  from  the  Prince  of  Widee,  who  con- 
tinued to  be  bis  friend,  and  from  othera^  among 
whom  weire  Mesat:}.  Colnagbi,  who  expunged  their 
claim  against  him. 

A  SIX  days'  sale  of  his  effects  ensued,  of  which 
the  first  was  of  the  fine  pictures,  including  the 
"  Blue  Boy" ;  three  of  the  rare  articles  of  vertil^ 
&c.,  and  two  of  tbe  choice  wines. 

The  pictures  were  of  the  very  highest  claas, 
but  chiefly  by  foreign  mastera.  They  were  de- 
scribed as  — 

•  Concluded  from  p.  3i',B. 

t  Ttiornbaiy^s  Lift  of  Turner,  ii.  63 ;  '^N.  4  Q.,**  4** 
S.  V*  17. 

X  Mr.  Tyrwbitt,  Hou**  o/Cnmmtnu^  May  10, 1802. 


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"  nelflct,  most  beiutif^l,  and  valaablo  puindngs  the  pro- 
perty of  n.  gentleman  loDg  diaiin^ishcd  for  taste  and 
jad^ent,  conRisiing  of  the  ni««t  perfect  works,  superior 
Vor  excellence  and  quality,  well  authenticated,  of  tbode 
l^reat  masu-n — (inula  Rhtni,  Giorgione,  P.  and  A.  Vero- 
nese, Del  Vftfjo,  X.  Pf>ti!isin,  Pordenini,  Migtiard,  Spai;- 
noletti,  Van  Dyik,  Rubens  Cnyp»  Berghcm,  Ihtuw, 
MoDcheroQ,  Canaletto,  Vernet^  (ireuic,  Gainsborough, 
and  other  renownwl  majslcrs/' 

The  Tttnes  thus  8tpong-ly  recommends  them :  — 
•*  To  be  able  to  possess  perfection,  and  miVn  the  golden 
fypport unity,  would  be  a  crime  ngninst  taste  and  judj^- 
ment ;  and  now,  or  never,  may  be  fairly  arirued  in  faroiir 
of  the  inestimable  pictures  that  Mr.  Coxe  has  to  aell  this* 
day  at  20,  Grafton  Street,  Piccyadilly," 

Amontfstthe  pictures  selected  forspf*dal  recom- 
Tneodation  the  "  Blue  Bny  "  was  one,  ftbout  which 
The  TitJien  inquires :  "  Where  so  superior  a  Gains- 
borongli  in  a  fancied  portmit  ?  " 

At  the  sale  several  of  the  pictures,  and  doubt- 
less other  ftrticles,  appear  to  linve  been  boug-ht  in 
cheaplv,  and  to  have  afterwards  adorned  Neflbitt'a 
residencf*  at  Heston.  Amongst  them  was  a  por- 
trait by  ( iftinsborrmgli  of  Xesbitt^B  uncle,  Arnold 
Nesbitt,  E»q.,  M.P-j  which  ia  still  in  the  family, 
and  the  **  Blue  Boy,"  at  only  sijcty-Uve  p^ineas, 

Nesbitt's  affairs  were  in  an  'unsettled  state, 
which  became  a  very  protracted  one;  so  that 
whatever  pictures  or  otlier  articles  were  b<^ught 
in  would  necessarily  be  taken  care  of  pro  tern,  by 
his  friends,  and  doubtless^  through  the  intluence 
of  the  Prince  of  Wales,  Hoppner  became  the  pro 
tetiL  holder  of  the  **  Blue  Sioy.^*  Hoppner  was  a 
mat  admirer  of  Gatnaboroug^h,  and  an  imitfltor  of 
bia  portrait  landscapes.*  iJe  tells  us  himself  of 
"  the  high  admiration  we  have  so  lonp  cherished 
for  that  distinguished  artist*'  (Gainsborough).! 
It  waa,  tht?refore,  highly  probable  that  he  per- 
suaded the  prince  to  become  his  guarantor  under 
6eal  that,  if  Nesbitt  would  lend  him  the  master- 
piece of  the  man  be  ao  much  admired  to  study 
and  perbapfl  copy,  it  should  bw  duly  returned  to 
Nesbitt,  as  it  was  returned  within  the  memory  of 
one  still  amongst  us. 

From  official  sources  we  find  that  Nesbitt's 
affairs  were  settled  about  the  close  of  1814  or  the 
beginmng  of  1815,  by  th«  sale  of  his  life-intere»t 
in  an  estate  for  the  benefit  of  his  creditors,  and 
from  local  sources  that  he  took  up  his  residence 
at  Heaton  in  1815,  and  that  the  *' Blue  Boy" 
arrived  there  shortly  afterwards,  it  was  said,  fern 
the  Palace. 

Happily  the  Ileston  period  of  the  "  Bkie 
B^iy's  history  is  a  clear  and  well-auth<^nticated 
one,  for  it  so  happens  that  one  of  Nesbitt'a  house- 
hold at  Ileston  still  survives  in  what  may  be 
called  vigorous  health,  both  intellectual  and  phy- 
sical, conaidering  her  age. 

Thia  aged  widow,  having  described  the  '*Blue 

•  Pjlkington^ii  IHttionary  of  Pahiterr. 
t  Fokber's  Life  of  GaiuMbormiffK  p.  242, 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


Boy*'  with  much  accuracy  to  acme  of  the 
chial  official [1^  was  asked  to  go  to  London  to  j 
if  she  could  recognise  the  green  **  Blue  Boy  *'  a^ 
the  picture  she  knew  at  Heston.  This  she  did 
on  March  0,  accompanied  bv  her  grandson,  and 
promptly  recognised  the  ''  boy,**  nut  not  the 
tranie  in  which  he  is  now  set,  and  rightly  so,  for 
the  frame  was  changed  after  Ne«bitt'«  aale. 

With  this  explanation  we  will  let  the  widow 
speak  for  liez^elf  through  her  grandson  in  tb«  fol- 
lowing letter: — 

*•  Heaton,  13tli  Man^h,  l§:i^ 

"  Sir,— I  am  now  in  the  cighty-wcond  year  of  ray  i 
but  iu  p08»es.^ion  of  IxXh  mental  and  bodily  healU!,  ] 
whieh  1  am  trttly  thankful  to  (lOil. 

"  I   kue^   Mr  John  Nesbitt  all  the  time  h«  wmi 
Ileston,  OA  I  waa  about  twenty-six  when  ti«  eaiBt  I 
m\d  I  went  tbere  a?  a  servant  (workiog  bouotki 
during  most  of  the  time  be  was  at  Heaton,     Mr.  N« 
hnt\  a  number  of  tine  picturea,  but  1  only  now  i 
*Thi'    Flower-Glrl,'   ♦Daniel   in  the  Lion'i    Deo,*  tnd 
the  *  Blue  Boy/     The  last  wan  a  great  favourite  an> 
us  in  the  house,  for  the  nice  l>oy  Mcmcd  always  loi 
at  u%  no  matter  what  part  of  the  room  we  were  m. 

"I  remember  the  *  Blue  Boy  '  coming  to  Mr.  NcsbitI 
5*oon  after  he  came  to  Ileston,  and  I  would  not  say  aB|l 
thing  about  Mr.  Nesbitt  and  hia  household  I   did  : 
know  to  be  true.    The  '  Blue  Boy  *  eame  there  * 
packed  in  a  large  cajte  or  crate,  and  was  hon^  op, 
the  iire-pliice  in  the  parlour  in  the  honw  now  «ilM 
*  The  Ball/  and  the  property  of  Mr-  Uogarth  the  bo* 
giatrate. 

"  Along  with  my  qrandfon  Richard  Shortland  I  99 
the  *  BlueBov*  at  No,  I.Stephens  Square,  BaAitwater» 
on  Thursday  last,  March  ^ih«  and  t  am  eon6d«iititii 
the  same  picture  which  liung  in  Mr.  Nenbitt's  lions  at 
Heston,  but  it  in  now  in  a  broader  froine  than  tt  wot  m 
at  Ileston. 

"  I  also  well  remember  two  strangers  csoming  ftt» 
London  to  see  Mr.  Nesbitt  fihortly  before  he  left  HeiMD, 
and  the  *  Blue  Boy  *  being  taken  down  to  exomiot  W 
them,  and  it«  being  left  down,  when  1  oboerred  mmtdmk 
writing  on  iu  back.*  But  soon  after  this  aotM  ftw 
f  atiie  from  London  and  took  away  most  of  the  f^milof* 
and  pictures,  and  a  neighbour,  Farmer  Temple,  IooIe  tir 
odd.H  and  ends  thev  left  to  Chelsea. 

"*  Mr.  Nesbitt  then  Idl  Heaton,  but  I  do  not  katm 
where  be  went  to,  but  be  did  not  look  to  be  aa  old  muk 
but  was  toll,  thin,  and  active. 

"  1  am,  Sir,  Ae^ 

"  VVirH>w  SiioiiTLaJrfv 
**  Per  my  grandMon, 

'"  RicnAKo  SaocTtusii.'* 

The  interview,  as  it  may  be  called,  betwMtt 
the  widow  and  the  '*  Boy**  was,  it  may  be  nddedt 
quite  like  the  meeting  of  two  long-parted  frieodl^ 
lull  fifty  years  in  this  case.  Evidently  tht*  ICQg 
earnest"  look  at  the  "  Bov "  waa  reijallintf  to 
memory  the  scenes  in  which,  aa  one  of  the  Mia 
of  Ileston  at  that  time,  she  had  shared ;  for  affetf 
a  time  she  said  with  almost  tearful  emotion,  point- 
ing to  the  picture,  **  Ah,  that  ftLCH  I  If  that  *  Boy  • 
could  speak  he  could  tell  what  atranope  thiiiffa  wert 
done  before  him  in  the  parlour  at  Heaton. 

*  Still  on  it,  at  Hall*!  sale  io  1S58,  and  diMibllM  tfie 

H.  A.  ExIiibilioQ  marking. 


#kS.VU.  Mat6,71.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


393 


Thia  important  evidence  shows  conclueivelv  that 
Xeibiu  hnd  a  **  Blue  Boy  "  'with  him  at  lie«ton, 
nod  tbiit  to  the  best  of  the  widow *8  judgnient 
the  g]f««n  **  Blue  Boy  ^'  is  the  eame  picture.  That 
the  He«ton  **  Blue  l3oj  "  waa  the  orif^nal  picture 
formerlj  in  Nesbitt'a  fine  collection  there  can  be 
DO  doubt,  for  there  wa«  not  only  bis  ovfn  taste, 
judgment,  and  knowledge  of  the  picture,  but  the 
trust  lieal  oD  it  to  prevent  a  spunoua  copy  bein^ 
mimed  off  on  bim  rs  the  original  after  having 
oeeo  kept  about  thirteen  years  for  him  as  a  pic- 
ture of  great  value.  But  tliis  is  a  short  period  of 
abeeority  compared  with  the  time — about  forty 
jests — in  which  Gainsborougb's  celebrated  por- 
trait of  Mrs.  Graham  (Lady  Lynedoch)  remained 
in  as  great  obscurity,  also  in  trust,  before  it  once 
more  saw  the  lijfht  of  puhlicitj  at  the  British 
Iiistitution  in  1848,  and  a^ain  in  18-57  at  Mau- 
cheeter,  where  it  fairly  beat  the  pale  *'Blue  Boy** 
on  merits,  and  cjirried  off  the  hig^hest  honoura, 
The  green  '*  Bine  Boy  "  was  then  all  that  year  a 
WAjd'in  Chancery  after  HaUa  death. 

It  tbuB  becomes  obvious  that,  except  nominally 
or  temporarily,  the  ownership  of  the  original  '*  Blue 
Boy  vested  in  Neebitt  from  the  day  he  purchased 
tlie  picture  to  the  day  on  the  eve  of  hi3  leaving 
HeetOB,  about  1820,  when  he  sold^  or  placed  in  the 
bande  of  strangers  to  bis  household  to  sell  for  bim^ 
the  "  Blue  B«iy  "  and  other  etf'ects. 

From  the  description  given  of  the  tin  welcome 
strangers  who  were  credited  with  breaking  up 
Ne«hitt*8  home,  there  Beema  to  be  no  doubt  they 
were  Mr.  Wm,  Hall^  then  an  auctioneer,  and  bia 
Aolicitor  Mr.  Hancott,  {^rofeasedlj  employed  b/ 
Kesbitt.  This  concloMon  is  borne  out  by  the  facts 
Mlreadj  mentioned  about  Hairs  knowledge  of  the 
joyal  antecedents  and  on^^inality  of  hia  **Blue 
Boy/*  and  also  by  the  fact  that  at  his  death  three 
tt  least  of  the  pictures  in  his  posaesaion  had  been 
in  Nesbitt's  poaaei«9ion  at  Heston,  namely  the 
=*Blue  Boy,"  the  **  Flower  GtrV  and  '^DaDiel 
b  the  Lion's  Deo." 

Curious  epitaphs  find  a  niche  in  your  pages,  and 
beie  i^  one  by  Hall  on  bis  father,  which  iskillus- 
trKtive  of  the  peculiarities  which  made  him  so 
^liceable  wherever  he  went: — 

•  Williftin  Hall,  wbo  died  July  12th,  1&62,  aged  75 
|rearn,  Implores  peace. 

•*  Kind  ppatier,  Uke  vour  choice  to  otr  or  laofirti « 
Here  Will  Uall  liet,  but  where  his'epitaph? 
tf  racb  yoa  «eek,  try  Westmijistcr  and  view 
As  nuny  Jfiet  as  fltfor  him  a«  yoiu 

**  Fire,  the  dectiic  spark,  gave  me  life.    Time  recUimed 
it; 
1  liv'd,  I  ciT'd,  I  ItDgli'cl.  I  lov'd  I 
1  felt  p»ln  and  plejutire,  and  I  was  like  you. 
And  DOW  I  *m  what  yoa  soon  will  Imb. 

"  Blened  is  the  Holy  Spirit,    Amen." 
On  October  23, 1^56,  the  son,  also  Wm.  Ilall 
lied,  and  wa«  laid  beside  his  father  and  bis  third 


wife  in  the  family  grave  near  the  chapel  in  Kenpal 
Green  Cemetery,  and  on  the  obelisk  memorial 
there  the  epitap)*  can  be  seen. 

Hall  niiule  a  will,  but  it  was  like  himself,  a 
peculiar  one,  and  was  disputed,  first  in  Chancery 
and  finally  in  the  House  of  Lords.  Under  an 
order  of  the  Court  of  Chancery  bis  household 
effects  were  sold  in  March  1858.  Lot  72  was  the 
'*  Flower  Girl,"  and  lot  78  **  Daniel  in  the  Lion'a 
Den."  Lot  75  wns  the  **  Blue  Boy,'*  but  cata- 
logued, as  formerly  explained,  and 'instructively 
aO|  as  "A  Portrait  of  the  Prince  of  Walea,"  in 
gilt  frame.  This  frame  was,  no  doubt,  the  one  in 
which  the  picture  bad  been  ever  since  it  was 
exhibited,  for  the  chalk  writing  noticed  on  it  at 
Ileaton  thirty-eight  years  before  was  still  on  it. 

At  Hairs  sale  the  "Blue  Boy ''  was  bought  by 
Mr.  Dawson,  who  took  it  out  of  the  old  frame  and 
put  it  into  the  ''  broader,  flatter,  sloping-off  "  one 
delected  by  Nesbitt's  old  housekeeper,  Shortlj 
after  the  sale  Dawson  offered  the  picture  to  th'^ 
late  Marauis  of  Westminster,  quoting  as  its  price 
HftlVs  valuation  of  it  at  1500A,  hut  eventually  he 
sold  it  to  its  present  owner. 

Through  Nesbitt  the  history  of  the  original 
*'  Blue  Boy  "has  now  been  traced  down  to  the 
present  time,  but  the  history  of  the  pale  *'  Blue 
Boy  **  seems  to  resolve  itself  into  its  Grosvenor 
Gallery  history  alone,  for  it  appars  to  have  been 
unknown  and  unheard  of  dunng  Gainsborough '« 
lifetime,  or  for  many  years  after  his  death. 

Its  originality  is  claimed  on  the  plea  that  it  was 
Nesbitt's  picture,  but  the  direct  evidence  that 
Neebitt  had  his  picture  with  him  at  Heston  ef- 
fectually disposes  of  this  plea. 

What  then  ?  If  a  copy  of  the  *'  Blue  Boy  '*  by 
an  unknown  artist  has  not  only  passed  as  the 
original  in  the  absence  of  the  original,  but  has 
been  highly  eulogised  as  a  work  of  art,  it  would 
be  a  feather  in  that  artist's  cap,  whoever  he  mi^bt 
be.  Always  subject  to  revision  by  authentic  in- 
formation, it  is  submitted  that  the  original  '*  Blue 
Boy  "  was  painted  at  Bath  ;  exhibited  at  the  R  A. 
in  1770 ;  discoursed  against  by  Sir  J.  Reynolds  in 
1778  J  purchased  by  the  Prince  of  Wales  (George 
IV.),  who  sold  it  to  bis  companion  Jbbn  Nesbitt, 
Esq.,  M.P.;  in  Nesbitt's  sale  in  1802:  in  Hopp- 
ner  s  hands  for  a  time  in  trust  for  Nesbitt ;  in 
Nesbitt's  possession  again  in  1815 ;  sold  by  Xes- 
bitt  when  he  left  Heston  about  1820  to  flail;  in 
Hairs  sale  in  1858  as  "  a  portrait  of  the  Princ© 
of  Wales/'  when  it  was  bought  by  Dawson,  who 
sold  it  to  its  present  possessor. 

Upon  the  whole  subject  the  conclusions  are  — 
(1.)  That  the  pale  "  Blue  Boy  "  is  not  the  ori- 
ginal picture,  and  (2)  that  the  green  **  Blue  Boy" 
IS  the  origiual  picture,  and  justly  entitled  to  the 
"  Blue  Kibflod  *'  of  the  Fine  Arts. 

J.  Seweix,  Assoc.  List.  C.E. 
The  Lombard^  E.C. 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


Tbe  belief  that  a  foot-note  in  Edwards's  Anec- 
dotes iif  Painters,  in  1806  or  1807,  is  the  flole 
authority  for  uaing  the  name  of  Buttall  either  as 
the  model  or  owner  of  the  original  *'Blue  Boy/' 
b  oertamly  erroneous^  for  **  Jncksoo  of  Exeter  in 
A  notice  of  Gainsborough  wrote — "  Perhaps  his 
best  portmit  is  that  known  among  the  pointers 
by  the  name  of*  Blue  Boy/  It  was  in  the  poaaes- 
aion  of  Mr,  But  tall,  near  Newport  Market.'*  I 
quote  these  words  from  Cunningham's  Lhes  of 
Btmnent  Engli^Jvnen  {vi.  140),  where  the  descrip- 
tion of  GaittsboTt>ugh  is  maiidy  borrowed  from 
*♦  Jackson  of  Exeter/'  No  reference  is  there  given 
to  the  nature  of  Jackson's  publication,  whence  the 
extracts  are  taken;  but,  as  Jackson  was  a  personal 
friend  of  Gainsborough,  he  probably  wrote  about 
him  not  long  after  his  death  in  17SS.  At  all 
events,  as  Jackson  himself  died  in  LSO^I,  the  name 
of  Buttall  in  connect  ion  with  the  '*  Blue  Boy  *^ 
clesjrly  preceded  the  ^^Edwaids*^  foot -note  of  180G 
or  1&07.  A,  B.  MiouLExoN, 

Tbft  Uose,  Salisbury. 


WHY  DOES  A  NEWIT  BORN  CHILD  CEY? 

(4*'^  S.  vii,  211,  289.) 

The  passage  fron;  Goldamith  which  Clarkt 
refers  to  is  from  the  Good-fiatured  Man  (Act  I. 
Sc«  1),  and  occurs  in  the  dialogue  between  Croaker 
and  Iloneywood : — 

*'  €to.  Life  at  tlie  grojitc^t  and  b^yt  ta  but  a  frowanl 
child,  that  must  be  fiumouttd  atid  caaxed  a  little,  till  it 
falls  ttsitwpi  and  then  all  the  cjire  ij  uver. 

"flmitfw.  Very  true,  air;  nothing  can  ezoeed  the 
vanity  of  t>ur  exij^tetic^  fjut  the  follv  of  oor  pursiirts.  We 
wept  when  w©  conic  into  the  world,  and  every  day  tulla 
us  why." 

Charles  Wylie. 
Kichard  Rolle  de  llampole,  in  his  Pritke  of 
Ctm»cience  {Siimuiujf  Cansacniup),  has  the  follow- 
ing lines  on  this  subject : — 

470  **  For  annetbes  es  a  child  Ijorn  fully 
l^at  it  ue  bygynncj)  to  goule  and  cr^' ; 
And  by  Kt  cry  men  knaw  |>aa 
Whether  it  ba  man  or  wuraan, 
480  For  when  it  es  born  it  cryea  swa ; 
If  it  be  man  it  says  *  A,  A.' 
l>at  N  first  letter  ea  of  |je  nam 
Of  onr  forme-fader  Adam. 
484  And  if  |>e  child  a  woman  be. 
When  it  ei  bom  it  aaya  *  K,  E/ 
E.  es  >e  (irst  letter  and  he  !iede 
Of  N  name  of  Eve  Ji^at  brgan  our  dede. 
4fl8  ^arfor  a  clerk  made  on  IjU  manere 
Hs  vers  of  metre  J>at  c«  wreten  here : 
DicenieM  £,  vel  A.  qttot-qHot  rtoiCHntur  ab  Bm, 
*  Alle  fjfts,*  be  m>-b,  *  >at  comes  of  Eve, 
492  {)at  e^  al  men  ^at  here  byhove^  Icve, 
When  |>ai  er  bora  what-swa  pal  be, 
t>ai  say  outher  A.  A.  or  E.  E/ 
^ua  es  here  pe  bygynnyng 
496  or  onr  Ivfo  sorrow  and  gretyng, 

Til  whifk  our  wrechednesB  atirroa  ui  i 
And  ^arfor  Innocent  says  Ns : 


Omnea  na»cimur  eiuinnteMf 
500  Ui  natw€  nmtre  mit^riam 

exprtmcimnaL 

He  says,  *  al  ar  we  born  grstiiid. 

And  makand  a  aorowfnl  semblaiid* 
504  For  to  ahcw  ^»e  grcte  wrechedne^ 

Of  oar  kynd  >at  in  us  es.*  '* 

J.  R  M€ 
17.  Sutton  Street,  Tue  Brook,  Liverpool. 


These  passages  in  Kint/  Lettr,  Act  TV,  Sc  6,  hife 
not  been  noticed  :■ — 

"  We  came  crying  hither : 
Thou  know'stf  the  first  time  that  we  smeQ  the  air 
We  wawle  and  cry." 
**  When  we  are  born,  we  err  that  we  ar«  came 
To  this  great  atage  of  fooU." 

Wartnn,  in  his  "  Observations  on  Kir^  L$ar** 
quotes  the  lines  from  Lucretius,  with  I>iTdeo'i 
translation.  (See  Drake's  MemoT-iitis  of  Skakt' 
spearcj  p.  330.)  T.  McG&im 

THE  WHITE  TOWEU  OF  LONDOK. 
(4*'' a  \ii.  211,  300.) 

It  has  been  generally  considered  that  ihm' 
Tower  was  the  nucleua  of  the  Tower  of  * 
It  was  known  in  the  twelfth  century  that 
the  Saxon  period  there  was  a  tower  in  this  locality 
learned  men  of  the  seyenteenth  and  ieig-hteeuti 
centuries  termed  it  Ciesar's  Tower ;  and  in  the 
present  century  good  authorities  have  assigned  ia 
It  a  higher  antiquity  than  the  Norman  period. 

The  importance  of  this  tower  haa  always  beai 
appreciated  by  the  ruling  powers  of  theaitia^ 
insomuch  that  from  the  earliest  times  fi?w  of  Ota 
public  building  have  had  more  real  care  bevtovfd 
upon  their  mamtenance;  and  until  within  aosQi* 
paratiTely  recent  period  the  interior  of  the  While 
Tower  remained  substantially  in  its  primitire  vOh 
fidorned  state.  The  most  extensive  alterataoo  H 
was  subjected  to^  at  any  one  time,  was  when  % 
Christopher  Wren  enlarged  the  windows  ini 
faced  them  with  Portland  stone.  The  thickoea 
of  the  mortar  joints  allowed  of  small  flints  bainf 
driven  into  the  joints  when  the  bnilding  wU 
poioted;  and  in  other  respects  the  walls  bin 
been  repaired,  when  needful|  to  make  good  tk 
defects  of  age. 

The  south-west  angle  of  the  origin^  wUt" 
spreading  basement  remains;  the  rest  <a  the  prnja^* 
tion  has  either  been  removed  for  the  ctmrimtam 
(if  making  additions,  or  may  poa^bly  sttU  eiiM 
beneath  the  superincumbetit  accumulatioa  of 
raised  ground. 

Although  the  action  of  the  London  atmoiplve 
has  corroded  the  Biirfaee  of  the  "VVliite  Towitt  H 
is  plain  that  the  buttresaea  were  built  of  hewn 
masonry  for  about  twenty  feet  upwards  ton  tk< 
plinth,  and  that  two  couraes  of  hewn  " 

were  laid  immediately  over  the  plinth. 


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The  etAjrcAse  (mnkinsr  due  allowatice  for  the 
addiUoQ  of  Bome  openings,  and  for  the  alterations 
of  oth(5T8)  18  lesa  moderDised  than  the  test  of  the 
itructure,  and  aflbida  a  clue  to  the  general  con- 
fltraction  of  the  masonry  thron ghoul  the  builds 
ing,  as  must  have  been  perceptible  to  practical 
perBona  who  have  had  the  apportunity  of  examin* 
\Dg  the  portions  which,  from  lime  to  timo,  have 
bten  biia  bare  during  the  repairs  effected  within 
tike  last  thirty  jreaia. 

The  chapel  occupies  one  fourth  part  of  the  area 
of  the  ^V  hi  to  Tower,  which  fourth  part  only  was 
Taalted,  and  that  for  three  stories  in  height  The 
fligmficaDt  importance  thus  given  to  a  fourth  part 
of  the  whole  buil'iing',  raises  a  question  as  to  the 
primary  object  of  the  sta*uctare,  and  suggeata,  in 
the  first  instance,  a  reasonable  conjecture,  namely, 
that  the  White  Tower  was  built  for  wbat  is  now 
called  the  chapel,  and  not  the  chapel  for  the 
White  Tower.  On  the  authority  of  Sir  Christo- 
pher W^ren  *  the  chapel  is  older  than  the  Conquest. 
and  so  Komaneeque  are  its  few  archittjctural 
features  that  archaeologists,  failing  to  find  the 
tuxial  Norman  ornaments^  are  driven  to  describe 
itB  details  in  terms  appertaining  to  classical  archi- 
tecture, such  as  Ionic  and  Corinthian ;  and  farther, 
m  or^er  to  uphold  the  foregone  conclusian  that 
the  White  Tower  is  a  Norman  building*  the 
•ttention  of  guperficial  readers  is  diverted  by  at 
'"■''  "^  louncmg  the  chapel  to  be  the  earliest 
ilest,  as  well  as  the  most  complete,  Nor- 
jipel  in  Britain* 
The  vaulted  apartment  immediately  under  the 
ehap^l^  now  an  armoury,  is  entered  by  a  wide 
archway  on  the  south,  the  origineJ  entrance  bav- 
been  through  a  smnil  doorway  on  the  opposite 
This  once  plain  apartment  is  now  decorated 
the  *' Norman"  chevron  or  zig-zag  orna- 
The  walls  of  the  small  chamber,  in  the 
Hiickneas  of  the  north  wall  were  bare  in  1857, 
md  showed  the  method  of  their  construction ;  a 
fiortioii  of  the  arch  of  the  vault  was  then  also 
tiaible. 

The  vaulted  apartment  imder  the  armouTy  was 
aaed  as  a  powder  magazine.  The  rest  of  the'base- 
was  vaulted  in  modem  time ;  the  vaults 
built  around  the  posts  which  previously  sup- 
ported the  floor  over  the  basement,  and  when  no 
longer  required  the  lower  tier  of  posts  was  re- 
moved. 

WTsatever  alterations  the  Normans  may  have 
made  in  the  White  Tower,  or  whatever  bmldings 
they  nmy  have  erected  around  it,  their  work  soon 
Cfombled  away,  while  that  of  the  fourteenth  and 
tBilmeDth  centuries  proved  durable.     The   Royal 


•    UwUt  fsyi   {Encyc,  Arch.,  Svo^   1*54,  LoaemaD, 
rf^  190,  ark  300),  '*  It  is  the  faahitin  of  modem  halT-Bdu- 
UkA  eiilica  ta  pUoe  little  rsUanofi  oo  such  Aatboriti«3  ma 
rta*    We  liav«  from  ezperieoce  Ittraed  lo  veoerate 


Sappers  and  Miners  of  the  nineteenth  century  had 
experience  of  the  labour  and  dilBculty  of  cutting 
a  tunnel  through  twenty-four  feet  of  Roman 
waU.  The  masstve  propordooa  and  tho  prodigioua 
strength  of  the  White  Tower  are  among  the 
strongest  evidencee  of  the  building  being  Romaa 
and  Not  Nobmak, 

A'  BECKETS  MCRDERERa 

(4"»  S.  vii.  33, 171,  11)5,  208.) 

Mr,  Towkshxxd  Maybe  refers  to  a  Somerset 
tradition  of  the  assassins,  four  in  number — firito, 
Morwell,  Tracy,  and  Reginald  Fitz  Urse— having 
fled  to  a  remote  part  of  this  shire,  and  there  built 
an  abbey.  We  would  direct  attention  to  another 
Scotch  tradition,  as  contained  in  Timothy  Pontes 
Citmnffhame  Topop-tipkiatd^  one  of  the  Balfour 
M8.S.  in  the  Advocates*  Librarv,  written  about 
1000.  It  is  drcumstanttal,  aii^  seems  in  part 
founded  on  the  regiifter  of  the  monastery  of  Kil- 
winning, Ayrshire,  which,  although  not  now 
known  to  exist,  was  certainly  perused  by  Pont 
during  his  survey,  as  well  as  by  others  at  a  later 
period* 

In  the  first  place,  Pont  snys  that  the  **toun 
and  place  "  where  this  abbey  stood,  considerable 
fragments  of  which  still  remain,  was  fm*merly 
iiAmed  Segdouue,  "'as  tho  foundation  (charter F) 
of  the  said  monastery  bears  record/'  He  thea 
adds : — 

•*lt  was  r  '  '  i  noble  Englichromn,  named  8ir 
Richard  Mor  v  e  from  hea  oane  Country  for  ye 

daughter  ot  Beckett,  Arch,  of  Canterbtinuv 

(being  one  of  Iheui),  ia  the  Kainge  of  King  Hfenry  ll, 
of  England,  quho,  flying  to  Scotland,  we3  l>e  the  then 
Scotta  Kin^  vclcamed,  and  honoured  with  yo  office  of 
Grate  Constable  of  ScoLhtnd,  a*  ^m  inrich'ed  with  yo 
Lordschips  of  Cuaiiighanier  Largis  and  LauderidaiU/' 

Pont  adds  also: — 

**  Noir  the  forca**  Richard  hefnff,  as  raid  scirao,  tuoched 
with  compuctione  for  yc  safty  of  hea  soale'  (according  to 
the  coatonid  of  these  tyme«),  did  fouud  this  Abtrey  of 
Klllvlaniii  lo  tettimouy  of  hes  repentanoe.'^ 

The  author  further  says  that-» 

•*  The  fottudcr  thereof,  Sir  R,  Morwill^  kyca  interritl 
in  the  new  cemetery  of  thl«  church  under  a  tome  of 
lym&stone  framed  coffin  way  e^i  of  old  polUabed  vofke; 
with  this  coat«  (a  fr^t  is  here  dguivd)  one  ih«  aUma* 
without  any  superscriptioue  or  epitapbe.^*^ 

Now,  what  is  particiilarly  desirable  to  be  known 
is,  what  can  be  alleged  favourable  to^  or  againsti 
these  statements  P 

We  may  be  permitted,  meantime^  to  say  that  it 
ia  generally  believed  that  not  Sir  Richard,  but  his 
father,  Sir  Hugh,  was  founder  of  this  monastery 
at  an  eadier  period  by  thirty  years  or  more, 
namely  about  1140,  than  that  or  the  murder  of 
A'  Becket,  which  is  generally  aseigned  to  the  even- 
ing of  Iktc,  29,  1170.  It  is  also  known  certainly 
that  Sir  Hugh  held  the  office  of  High  Constable 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES- 


[4>kayn*iUTd,*7i. 


under  David  L,  hai^inj?  succeeded  Edward  Biorn 
therein.  It  Is  alao  ecarcely  in  doubt  that  Sir 
Hugh  had  A  prant  of  the  three  great  posaessioBH 
inentioned,  which  Pact  ftays  were  conferred  upon 
tte  Bon  Sir  Kichard,  hut  to  which  Sir  Richard 
no  doubt  succeeded  ;  and  it  must  be  exceedingly 
nne^tionable  whether  the  then  Scots  kiog  ( W  illiam 
tbe  LioDy  the  grandson  of  David)  would  be  inclined 
to  welcome  a  murderer  of  A'  Becket,  and  for  such 
aJi  act  to  reward  him  overtly  with  various  large 
poiMeasionp.  Besides^  it  is  almost  universally  al- 
lowed that  the  name  of  De  MoreTiUe^  the  mur- 
derer, was  not  Richard,  but  Huprh,  An  interesting^ 
query  arises,  which  some  of  your  correspondents 
no  doubt  will  be  able  to  answer,  and  if*  this  i  In 
what  relationship,  if  any,  did  the  murderer  Mor- 
well  stand  to  Sir  Hugh,  High  Constable  of  Scot- 
land under  David  L  and  w^ho  died  in  1102?  As 
appears,  Sir  Hugh  had  a  son,  also  named  Hugh, 
but  of  whom,  as  belief  runs,  next  to  nothing  is 
known  beyond  the  fact  of  his  having  witnessed  a 
charter  reconled  in  one  of  the  monastic  chartula- 
ries  along  with  his  father,  in  which  he  is  designed 
as  hifl  son.  It  has  been  always  supposed  that  Sir 
Itichard  succeeded  his  father  on  his  death  in  11G2; 
but  since  two  IIughB  are  found  existing,  there  may 
be  Bome  doubt  whether  JSir  Richard  was  the  son 
of  the  first  or  of  the  second,  and  which  of  the?e, 
oonaequently,  it  was  who  died  in  111j2*  Sir 
Richard's  death  took  place  in  1180.  Reference 
is  made  to  Sir  James  Balfour  a  **  Catalogue  of  the 
Great  Constables  of  Scotland  '*  w^hich  is  to  be 
found  in  Balsteirs  Fragments  of  SttdU^h  Hidory^ 
annexed  to  the  preface. 

Regarding  the  oriffin  of  Segdoune,  the  ancient 
name  of  the  site  of  tue  abbey,  and  town  of  Kil- 
winningj  we  would  much  desire  the  views  of 
J.  Ck.  R.,  Mr.  Charkock,  Mr*  Picion,  or 
othersp  your  philological  correspondents,  Pont 
says  the*  river  G&mock  **  glydu  netwixt  ye  toune 
and  the  abbey  "—that  is,  did  so  when  he  wrote. 
Coneequently,  the  name,  this  view  being  assumed 
as  correct,  applied  to  both  banks  of  the  Gflmock, 
on  the  west  of  which  was  the  abbey,  upon  rising 
ground,  part  of  a  ridge,  situated  in  a  plain  of  con- 
siderable extent,  and  forming  a  promontory  over- 
hanging this  river.  The  abbey  is  also  close  by  St. 
Vinnin^s  Holy  Cell  and  Well,  the  latter  of  which 
was  famous  for  portending  war  or  strife,  inasmuch 
A8  Hoveden  relates  that,  in  1184,  it  ran  blood  for 
eight  days  and  nights  in  succession,  St  Vinnin 
(Winning)  was  an  Irish  saint,  descended  of  a 
princely  race,  »nd  whose  arrival  here  is  ascribed  to 
the  beginning  of  the  eighth  centnry.  Some  have 
held  that  Segdoune  is  comipted  from  Sanctoun 
(Saint's-town,  or  Sandy- town  ?),  hut  the  abbey 
Bite  would  rather  suggest  another  origin  for  the 
affix  doww^  and  point  to  the  existence  of  a  dun, 
rath,  or  hillfort ;  such  ancient  works  of  a  Celtic 
being  by  no  means  uncomnion  in  the  district. 


There  is  a  Seggiedun^  or  Segdoun,  on  theTftT^ 
near  Perth,  and  at  one  time  the  eile  of  an  hos- 
pital (Spotiswoode's  Keiifrimtn  Jloti^es.)  Tlie 
same  name  was,  it  is  said,  applied  to  Aberbrothot 
(Arbroath),  where  a  monastery  was  fotmded  br 
William  the  Lion  in  honour  of  A'  Becket,  m 
colonised  by  the  same  order  of  monks  as  KilviiK 
ning ;  and  Safffpiedtavntnif  now  Wallseod,  b  M 
the  north  end  of  Hadrian's  Wall  It  can  bardlt 
be  believed  that  this  king  would  bo  honour  tht 
memory  of  A'  Beckett,  and  also  receive,  pMUct, 
and  reward  one  of  his  murderers.  So,  douliin* 
much  Pont'a  views,  we  wait  in  the  hope  of  recseir- 
ing  the  opinions  of  others.  Esi*EOABE. 


Your  correspondent  donbtless  refers  to  Wood* 
spring  Priory,  which  is  popularlv  aesocUteti  ^:'.h 
tlie  ni order  of  the  archbishop.  Its  present  rair.i 
stand  in  about  the  centre  of  a  small  bay  <m  Uit 
Bristol  Channel,  which  liea  between  Cleved<Hi 
and  Weston-super-Mare,  and  may  be  visited  froo 
either  of  these  places.  The  ruin  ia  Tisible  from 
Anchor-head  at  the  latter.  It  is  thus  snokwi  of 
in  Whereat's  Ilamibook  (oWedot9'$uper^Mart:^ 
"  Apart  from  the  abodes  of  m«n,  bne,  solitair,  aol 
rPTnoved  from  all  fineqtiented  thoroaghfare.  with  aOfiBlf 
pbtn  an  tbe  Fouth,  and  the  tea  washing  the  teaimSs$ 
Aides  of  the  cliff,  was  the  fttem,  gloomy,  and  u&isritiiv 
ftitc  of  thf  Monasterv*  Let  us  briedv  glance  il  iU 
origin.  The  blood  of  Thomas  A' Becket  staioid  tto 
vaultedpavemetit  of  ih€ Cathedral  Church ofCuklttbm* 
and  in  this  far  off  wild  aroie  a  holr  pUe  dedioated  to  tv 
murdered  saint,  in  atonement  for  the  aacrilc^O'Cia  etWi^ 
,  . ,  .  .  It  waa  about  1210  that  William  de  OmxtmiJ, 
ivho  waJi  nearly  allied  to  (qu.  one  of)  the  Mtawiartoitif 
the  canonised  Archbittbop,  founded  this  monaMerrt  wut 
it  vm  subsequently  enriche.1  by  benefactioni  fran  ill 
the  descendants  of  the  murderers,  that  the  daily  fom 
ini|;ht  doanne  the  deep  stain  of  rtHU  which  darlciMA 
their  memories,  and*  according  to  the  superttitioiiA  ^M 
of  tbe  times,  remove  their  souls  from  the  peril  of  pi^ 
gatory." 

The  monastery  was  one  of  those  depopuUtid  is 
the  diijs  of  Henry  VIII,,  aud  by  degreee  fell  into 
decay.  The  book  above  cruoted^  desciibeJt  at  $ota$ 
leog^th  the  condition  of  the  ruins,  now  ccnTeitd 
into  fann  buildings ;  but  as  it  ia  not  of  Tery  wcWit 
date,  I  do  not  copy  tbe  account,  rrobabir  «*o«* 
more  recent  guide  ox  local  topography  may 
mpply  satisfactory  detail. 

1  will,  however,  quote  part  of  an  extract  arjt 
book  fumiahea  concerning  "a  curious  relic  « 
antiquity"  found  in  repairing  the  north  wall  <f 
Kewsitoke  church,  adjacent  to  Wood^pring,  as  it 
is  associated  with  the  archbishop*8  murder.  It  ii 
from  a  paper  by  the  Rev.  F.  Warre  : — 

*'Jn  the  front  is  carved  a  figure  In  an  arched  al^ 
having  shafU  of  early  English  character.  Tbit  ^p^S 
tbe  face  of  which  seems  to  have  been  purpoMly  onliittM 
holds  something,  probably  a  heart,  in  its  hsMS.  Al  1^ 
i>ack  was  discovered  an  arched  recess,  within  irlde&  wm 
A  smsH  wooden  cup,  containing  what  was  tiimie«ed  t*J>t 
human  blood.    This  reliquary  was  manifestly  of  si 


4«avn.  Miir6.'7lO 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


39i 


dAte  thun  tbe  w«n  into  which  it  wm  huilt.  and  sppean 
from  ili^  I'ApiUl/;  of  iu  sharts  nearly  to  correspond  in 
sevk  trith  that  in  u$e  about  the  timfl  of  the  dedicadoa  of 
\V-,..uKr„ ;,,.-.  The  opinioti  of  the  ArchiBoloKical  Insti- 
1  It  Britaio  and  Ireland,  to  which  it  wa»  lub- 

1  .,  that  it  probably  contained  the  most  valaed 

rtlic  pua?e^ed  by  the  priorv— probably  some  of  the  blood 
of  Thomas  A' Becket  — and  thut  the'monks,  foreseeing 
the  desecration  of  their  conventual  church,  deposited  it 
in  the  parish  church  of  Kewstok«i.  hoping  by  thla  rneana 
to  preserve  from  profanation  a  relic,  in  their  eyes  of  the 
gT«ate«t  sanctity*  bein^  no  less  than  the  blooii  of  their 
mordered  patron,  Su  Thomas  of  Canterbury." 

My  extracts  Beem  lengtby,  but  I  am  the  more 
ftoxioud  to  supply  them^  having  referred  to  Wood- 
mnn^  Priory  wlien  unAble  to  collect  aajr  details 
of  it,  io  my  note  on  the  Ilfrflcombe  traditioHB  in 
coonection  with  William  do  Tracy,  one  of  the 
nrebbiahop^a  murderers  (4»*  S.  vi".  217,  218.) 
Permit  me  to  take  this  opportimity  of  correcting" 
A  misprint  therein.  Every  one  who  knowa  Ilfra- 
comb  will  have  remembered  that  it  is  a  caiw  not 
hnt,  which  is  traditionally  pointed  out  as  the 
place  of  his  concealment,  S.  M.  S. 


PoETRT  OF  Tire  Clouds  (4»^  S.  vli.  319.)— Who 
does  not  remember  Coleridge's  sonnet  com- 
mencing— 

••  O  it  i*  pleasant,  with  a  heart  at  ensc, 
JiiJit  after  itun^et,  or  by  moonlight  «kie». 
To  make  the  aliifting  clouds  be  what  you  pleaae,"  Ac- 
er the  Oxford  graduate's  eloquent  pictures  of 
cloud-scenery,  in  all  its  varieties  of  cloud-beauty, 
cloud -balancings,  cloud-flocks,  cloud-perspectivB, 
cloiid-colouTj^,  &c.  ?  A  German  writer,  Heinrich 
Motz,  has  treated  of  the  feelin^f  for  the  beautiful 
in  nature  among  the  ancients  m  a  small  Tolume^ 
pablisbed  at  Leipzig  in  1865/  and  quotes  many 
pMUges  from  Greek  and  Latin  authors  in  snp^ 
port  of  his  theme.  Humboldt,  in  his  Cusmoit, 
mraU»  many  pages  to  *'  Poetic  Descriptions  of 
Nature  by  the  Greeks,  Romans/'  &c-  (see  Col. 
Sabine's  translation^  voLii.);  imd  if  your  corre- 
spondent has  not  chanced  to  meet  with  these 
works,  I  would  beg  to  refer  him  to  thern^ 

J,  Macrat,    1 

De  Quincey,  I  find,  on  referenco  to  his  essay, 
iMB  not  omitted  to  refer  to  the  most  famous  cloud- 
pataa^e  in  Shakespeare  (^Antoni/  and  Ckofmtra, 
If*.  12).  In  the  Variorum  of  1821  a  few  parallels 
ace  given  from  Chapman  and  others  (xii.  308).  I 
Jiwre  no  doubt  that  Shakespeare  had  this  **  cloud- 
aoeoer^'  **  in  his  mind  when  ne  wrote  those  familiar 
Eoesin  Th4*  Temped  (it,  1,  151-8^.  Some  editors 
1itt0  altered  ♦*  rack  "  to  **  wreck  "  in  the  **  leave 
not  a  rack  behind/'  But  compare  "  the  rack  dis* 
fimns  ^  in  the  Antony  and  Cleopatra  mse^:^, 

JoHif  Addis. 
Knstisigtott,  near  Uttlehamptoo,  Sobssx. 

•  Uettrf  dif  EfHpfruiung  dcr  NoturtchdiUieit  b*i  den 
IpfT      V<^^  JJpinnch  Motz. 


A  Gkm  Query:  Pichlee  (4^"»  S.  Tii,  322.)— 

Pichler  (probably  a  German)  was,  about  a  cen- 
tury ago,  an  eminent  gem-engraver  at  Rome.  I 
do  not  know  that  he  always  inscribed  his  name  in 
Greek  letters ;  but  a  person  well  informed  on  the 
subject  told  me  that  he  had  seen  A  niXAliP  en- 
graved  on  several  of  his  works.  B.  T. 

Pichler  appears  to  have  been  a  gem -engraver 
of  some  celebrity  in  Rome  about  the  middle  oi 
tbe  last  century :  — 

"  Th0  demand  for  Dehn*s  sulphur  and  paste  imprta- 
«ions  became  ao  great  at  tbat  time,  and  their  utility  for 
the  scholar,  artiit,  aad  Jeweller  bo  evident,  that  the  art 
of  making  them  rose  into  hi^h  eatimatioD ;  and  even 
eminent  arfciitfl,  wtch  as  Mr.  Pichler  and  others  of  Rome, 
thought  it  no  dif^aoe,  but  rather  an  advantage  to  their 
art,  to  a»i9t  the  connoieseur  with  sulphur  and  paste  im* 
preflitons  of  the  ancient  gem>%  bj  well  as  of  ibeir  own 
works.** — A  Detcnptive  Ottatopte  of  a  General  (hUtction 
of  AiKimtt  and  Modem  Engraved  Gem*,  ^*t%,  by  James 
Tasaie,  &c    YoL  i,,  Introduc.  tviii.    London,  Miiccxct. 

Cork. 

French  W^esleyan  5LiGAziNE  (4"'  S.  vii.  325.) 
A  Wesleyan  weekly  paper,  under  the  name  of 
L* EvangeUt^ue^  has  continuously  been  printed  and 
published  nt  Nimes,  and,  during  the  investment 
of  Paris,  the  MS.  was  sent  there  from  the  capital 
hy  pigeon  post.  This  has  been  stated  to  me  by 
one  of  the  Weslejan  body,  but  J.  F.  H,  can  satbfy 
himself  about  this  and  the  numbers  he  desires  to 
see  by  inquiry  at  the  Wesleyan  Misaiou  House  in 
Biehopsgate  Street.  H.  F.  J. 

J,  F.  H.  will  obtain  all  the  information  he  may 
require  from  the  Rev.  Matthew  Gallienne,  JeiBey, 
who  is  the  editor  of  such  maga:$ine. 

SAHtlEL  WaLKEB. 
I.  Highfield  Place,  Bradfoid. 

The  Tkhmijcatiox  "  vtws  '*  m  the  Weald  of 
Kent  (4^"  S.  v.  500;  vi.  lC.)^Kembl0  has  enor- 
mo u sly  understated  the  number  of  **  dens  ^'  in  the 
Weald.  Mr.  R.  Furley,  F.S.A.,  in  the  preface  t^ 
his  history  of  this  district,  says,  *'  The  manor  of 
Aldington  alone  possesses  forty-four  denes  i  *^ 

George  Redo. 

Marriages  of  English  Princesses  (4*'*  S,  viL^ 
203,  289,  m).)^l  believe  the  foUowing  list  of 
daughters  or  sisters  of  the  reigning  sovereign, 
who  haiPe  married  British  subjects,  is  correct  as 
far  as  it  goes;  and^  without  being  sure,  I  believe 
it  is  complete,  I  have  copied  it  from  two  charts 
in  my  possession :  — 

JOHX. 

1.  Eleanor,  daughter,  married  Stronprbow,  Earl  of  Pern- 
broke;  second,  married  Simon  de  lluntfart.  Earl  of 
Leicester. 

HKNRTIH. 

2.  Beatrice,  daughter,  ma rnod  John  de  Dreuic,  Duke  of 
Brittany,  France,  and  Earl  of  Richmond,  Entglaud. 


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[4t»»8.VILMAT6,7U 


edwaud  j, 

lighter,  mATTled  Gilbert  de  CUu«,  Eirl  of 
'  ijcood,  married  1^1  ph  dt  Montbenner. 

4.  £iujAb«th,  (lAUglit^r,  married  John  Earl  of  UotUDd  ; 
Moond,  raimed  Humphrey  lJohnD»  Earl  of  Hereford, 

5.  Eleanor,  daughter,  mArriL>d  Henry  Coant  de  Barn?, 
Frtoce  (who»  I  belirre^  hdd  rights  aa  a  British  subject). 

KDWABD  Ml. 

6.  Ijabellft,  daughter,   married  De  Conrcj.   Earl  of 

Bedford. 

7.  Margaret,  daoghter,  married  John  Hastings «  Earl  of 
Pembroke. 

EDWARD  rv. 

8.  Anne^  slater,  married  Hoorv  Hollandf  Duke  of 
Exeter ;  second,  married  8ir  Thos,  'de  L^par. 

0*  Elizabeth,  sbcer,  marnetl  Joha  de  la  Pola,  Duke  of 
Suflblk. 

10.  T'  Hiter,  married  John  Viscount  Wells; 
accond,  s.  Kynibe, 

11.  Aa..^,  .....i^jiJief,  married  Thoa.  Howard,  Duke  of 
Korfolk, 

12.  Catherine,  daoghter,  married  Wm.  Courtesyi  Earl 
of  Devon. 

ItEMRT  VI t. 

13.  Maij^aret,  daughter,  married  second  husband,  Arch. 
Douglaar  Earl  of  Angua. 

14.  HaiT,  daughter^  marriod  aeoond  husband,  Charlea 
BrandoQ,  Duke  of  Suffolk. 

JuifH  XEros. 
Alderley. 

P.  asks  if  all  desceDdnnts  of  a  royal  priBce  or 
princess  Have  a  right  to  quartet  the  royal  armfl  p 
Certainly  not,  unless  the  royal  person  was  an 
heirei8>  for  it  ia  the  dettcendaotB  of  heiresses  only 
who  have  a  right  to  quarter  arms,  P.  P, 

Old  Songs  ajcd  Baj^ladb  (4^"  a  ri.  47»  311.)— 
Thanks  to  Mil  Jaoksoi?  for  his  information  ;  but, 
speaking  under  correction,  I  yentuie  to  think  that 
he  exaggerates.  No  such  collection  of  old  aongs 
as  he  describes,  whether  Ktjglish,  Irish,  or  Scotch 
(nothing  ajproncbing  to  it  in  any  degree),  has 
ever  come  in  my  way.  Take,  for  example,  Mr. 
Robert  Chambers's  collection  of  SroUisA  SongB 
hefare  BumSf  or  the  collections  of  Messrii.  Maid- 
ment  and  Logao,  or  any  oi  the  multitudinous 
flocks  of  "  Linnets,*'  «  Larks,"  and  **  Nightingales,*' 
which  gave  forth  their  varying  strains  for  the 
amusement  of  the  by  pone  generations.  Here  and 
thoro  one  may  light  upon  a  coarse  patch  in  such 
collections,  but  their  general  character  as  to  morals 
is  perfect  innocence.  None  of  the  three  songs 
mentioned  by  Ma.  Jackson  have  I  ever  sp  much 
as  heard  of  before,  still  lesa  read  in  priift  Mv 
notion  was  that  the  origionl  songs,  from  which 
Boms  and  Moore  borrowed  and  adapted  their  airs, 
were  in  the  main  sioiply  charncteristic  of  the 
homely  joys,  rural  humours,  political  eontiments, 
and  rustic  manners  of  the  peasantry  of  the  two 
countries  respectively  during  the  previous  century. 
In  that  view,  popular  songs  form  always  a  most 
valuable  department  of  the  national  literature. 
Perhaps  the  fact  of  my  reading  Efe  having  been 


spent  for  the  most  part  in  this  part  of  the  woil4 
has  debarred  me  from  enjoying  that  neculiif 
species  of  literary  study  to  which  Mit.  JacCBov 
alludes.  All  the  same,  I  should  like  to  bavQ  a 
sight  of  the  printed  words  of  such  songs  as  **  The 
BatUe  of  Argan  More,'*  **The  Humotira  of  Cwib 
Lyons,"  *'The  FairyQueen,"  ^*The Piper's Dula^'' 
'*'rho  Twisting  oi  the  Rope,"  and  even  "Tb# 
Little  Bold  Fox,'*  to  say  nothing  of  **  Ilanxty 
Kelly  *'  and  ^*ThQ  Humours  of  Glynn.** 

D.BuUB, 
Mellioumc, 

"Lauriqer  HoRATiirs"  (4**'  S.  vii.  324,)-J 
This  is  one  of  the  German  '^student  songa.*^  Tha 
following  are  the  words:  — 

**  Lanriger  Horatiua,  quam  dixisti  vcmm ! 
Fogit  Euro  citios  tempuf  edax:  rerum  I 

**  Ubi  sunt,  o  pocnla  dulciora  melle, 
liixiG,  pax  et  o^ula  rubeutis  puelliB  ? 

**  Cre^wit  uva  molliter  et  poella  erescit ; 
Sed  pojfta  turpiter  ntiena 


1 


**Qald  jurat  :etemitas  nominls,  amare 
>f  Ldi  urr»  filiaa  Lioet  et  potare  ?  *' 

It  is  sung  to  the  same  air  aa  Walter  Mapfis* 
**  Mi  hi  eat  propoffltum/'  also  a  **  student  ^ 
I  have  the  music  of  both.  Ctwbx. 

Forth  yr  Aur,  Carnarvon. 

The  song  **  Lauriger  Iloratiua  '*  wiU  b#  foiffld 
in  any  of  the  many  editions  of  the  Commantlmtky 
or  book  of  songs  used  by  the  German  stndcot% 
from  whom  it  must  have  been  adopted  by  t^s 
membeia  of  the  American  tmi varsity  to  whteb 
your  correspondent  refers.  An  edition  of  tkb 
book  is  puhliBhed  by  B.  G,  Teuboer,  Leipzig,  with 
music,  for  three  shiUmgs.  E.  C,  Thojus. 

Trjn,  CoU^  Oxford. 

**  TflfE  SUW  ITBVT5R  SETS  ON  THE  BRmSH  DO- 

MllflONS**  (4«*S,  ii.  535;   vii.  210,   ^2m  i  — f,- 
moens,  whose  Lumad  was  published 
years  before  Fuller  was  bom,  says  of  t 
guese  empire  that  the  sun  looks  upon  it  wh- n  i*- 
rises,  it  still  beholds  it  at  midday,  and  when  i^ 
sets  it  sets  behind  it     The  words  are :  — 

**  Voa,  poderoso  Rei,  cujo  alto  imperio 
O  sol,  logo  noaceadoi  ve  primeira, 
Veio  umbem  no  mcio  do  homiapberioi 
E  quando  deace,  o  deixa  darcadoro,*^ 

They  occur  in  the  noble  address  to  his  king,  tht 
unfortunate  Don  SebasUani  in  the  eighth  stan» 
of  the  tirst  canto.  G  q  rt. 

Ombre:  Bostoh  (i^  S.  vii.  35,  107,  SOS.)- 
Besides  the  varieties  of  the  game  of  ombre,  or 

homhre,  mentioned  by  Tour  oorrespondenta,  I  fiad 
the  following  named  in  the  '^  DtctionnKira  dit 
Jeuit  **  of  the  EneijclopSdie  niitKodiqmy  Pili^ 
1792 : — Mouche,  mediate ur  or  ouad rilled  qtmittlfe* 
and  solitaire,  also  piqu6-mddriUe .  ^ 

termediate  between  m^diateur  a  . 


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399 


stmctloxiB  and  rules  £or  the  several  varieties  are 

fiTen  at  great  length.     Boeton  is  not  mentioned, 
ut  **  wishk  bostonien/*  a  Tarietj  of  whist,  and 
having  no  resemblance  to  ombre.  C.  G.  C\ 

** Heart  op  Heakts":  *♦  Lkiht  or  Lights" 
(4*^  S.  TiL  362,) — A  ad  11  more  aerioua  error  of  a 
nmilar  kind  to  that  noticed  bj  Lokd  Chelmsfobb 
la  observable  in  what  ougH  to  be  a  book  founded 
on  careful  theology.  In  Mymnn  AiwietU  and 
ModarUf  No.  137,  we  are  bidden  to  sing  — 
**  Light  of  Ughu !  with  momiag  shiae  ** ; 

and 

••  Light  of  lighU  I  when  fiillfl  the  even.'' 

Od0  would  think  the  composer  of  the  hymn  had 
uever  seen  the  Nicene  Creed  either  in  Greek  or 
English,  for  there  l>«j  iK  ^wr6i,  and  '*  Light  of 
Light,"  convey  a  very  different  meaning  from 
that  given  by  the  plural  of  the  hymn,     J.  II.  B. 

Lord  Chelmsford  ia  unquestionably  right  in 
objecting  to  thia  phrase  as  commonly  used,  though 
I  write  with  the  uneaay  consciouaneaa  of  having 
myaelf  often  tripped  in  the  matter  in  company 
with  those  of  whom  he  complains.  We  need 
not  look  further  for  the  cause  of  the  hi un tier 
tJuin  ia  the  ignorance  of  the  majority  using  the 
pliraae  of  the  passage  from  which  it  is  taken, 
ting  at  second  hand  is  the  source  of  much 
M^  inaccuracy  which  meets  us  everywhere; 
ana  nhraae«  such  as  the  above  are  quoted  at 
fiftietn  aod  hundredth  hand.  Perhaps,  too,  the 
analogy  of  such  phrases  as**  King  of  kings,"  "joy 
of  joys/'  where*  the  selectiem  of  one  person  or 
thing  out  of  many  is  the  salient  idea,  helps  to 
make  the  error  easier  to  commit  and  less  easy  to 
detecL 

In  quoting  there  is  nothing  more  natural  and 
man  oaogerous  than  to  trust  the  memory  too 
fiir«  Even  auch  n  scholar  as  Mr.  Froude,  in  the 
fine  lecture  he  lately  delivered  on  "  Colvinisui/' 
misqiiotes  one  of  the  most  familiar  lines  in  Words- 
worth's "  Ode  on  Immortality  " ;  and  one  of  your 
own  cotrespondentfl  recently  wrote  to  complain 
that  a  SaUtrday  reviewer  hsd  misquoted  a  verse 
of  Thomas  n»>od*s,  when  it  actually  appeared  that 
the  corrector  was  in  the  wrong,  and  tbe  iirst  cita- 
tioil  ootrect. 

*•  QuU  entcndabit  Ipaos  ctncndjitores  ?  ** 

Alfbsd  AnToisB. 

Temple. 

Kkmabkable  Altar  Slab  (4***  S.  vii.  360.)^ 
Is  not  this  the  base  of  a  shrine  F  Compare  that 
of  Bede^a  ahrine  in  the  nave  of  Durham. 

J.  H.  B. 

''La  Beixis  Dake  saws  Merct'*  (4»'»  S,  vii. 
3*20 — Keats's  noem  first  appeared  in  The  Indtcaiar 
(1S20),  with  tne  signature  "Caviare,"  and  an 
ibtioduction  by  Leigh  Hunt,  from  which  we  learn 
thftt  it  was  suggested  by  the  translation  of  Alain 


Chartier*s  poem,  which  appears  among  the  piecea 
attributed  to  Chaucer  in'8peght*s  edition.  Chau- 
cer, however,  died  when  Chartter  was  only  four- 
teen yeart  of  age ;  and  if  M.  PauUn  Paris's  con- 
jecture is  well  founded,  it  is  quite  impossible  that 
the  trauslation  should  be  by  Chaucer.  Joan 
Marot  was  not  bom  till  1457,  and  Chaucer  died 
in  1400.  According  to  Tyrwhitt,  in  the  Harleian 
MS.  373^  the  translation  is  attributed  to  Sir 
Richard  Ros.  G.  J.  Db  Wilde. 

A  ToADSTOJTK  RiNO  (4**  S.  vii.  324.)— H.  S.  C, 
will  find  a  full  account  of  tbe  toadatone  and  ita 
supposed  properties  in  The  Natural  History  af 
Oefm  or  Decoratiue  Stones^  by  C.  W.  King,  M.A.^ 
4*vo,  London,  Bell  &  Daldy,  \mi,  pp.  43-49. 

Hekbt  W.  Hxvfbbt. 

Markhiim  Houses  Brighlon. 

**  A  toadstone,  a  celebrated  iimnlet»  which  was  never 
lent  to  any  one  tinlesas  upon  a  bond  for  a  tbouHand  tnerka 
for  its  being  Aofely  restored.  It  was  Borereign  for  pro- 
tecting new-bejm 'children  and  tbeJr  mothers  from  the 
power  of  the  fames,  and  has  been  repeatedly  i>orTow©d 
from  my  mother  for  thi§  piimojie.'* — Extrart  of  letter 
from  Joanna  fiaiilie  to  Sir  Walter  Scott  in  1812 :  S&ng^ 
lUreitea  of  Scoikmd, 

I  poseesa  one.  It  is  a  convex  circular  stone, 
eleTon-sixteenths  of  an  inch  in  diameter,  semi- 
transparent  and  of  dark-grey  colour »  and  seems 
fiilicious,  It  is  set  in  a  massive  silver  thumb-iitkg^ 
of  great  antiquity,  and  ha«  been  in  the  poaaeB8iox& 
of  my  family  for  many  generations.  It  was  be- 
lieved to  be  a  specific  m  cases  of  diseased  kidney. 
It.  like  tbe  Lee  penny,  was  immersed  in  water, 
which  was  drunk  by  the  patient. 

"  I^  chicquanon,  on  poolcL*  de  la  main  dextre,  portoit 
Qn  pfros  et  large  anneau  d 'argent,  en  la  palle  dtiquel  ^it 
^ncha&s^  nne  bien  grande  crapaudme,"  —  Pantagnud^ 
St.  16, 

The  vulgar  error  of  the  toadstone  ia  of  great 
antiquit}'f  and  was  generally  believed  in.  Shake- 
spear  characterises  the  toad  as  beiu'ing  ^^  a  precious 
jewel  in  its  head."  I  have  aeen  several  soH^alled 
toadstones^  for  the  moat  part  diaBunilar  to  each 
other.  B,  Ta 

Ediaburgb* 

StW'DiAL  QuERrBS  (4**'  S.  vii.  3i>4.)— As  I  in- 
troduced the  subiect  of  dial  mottoes  into  '•  N.  &l  Q.'^ 
in  December,  1851,  by  an  inquiry  under  the  name 
of  HsBlOES,  about  a  dial  at  Karlsbad,  I  venturd 
to  answer  the  queries  of  P.  W.  S.,  although  I 
cannot  do  so  quite  satisfiictorily, 

1.  If  R  W.  S,  can  get  hold  of  a  second-hand 
copy  of  Mechaniek  Diauing^^  by  Charles  I.ead better, 
London,  1737,  I  believe  it  will  answer  his  pur- 

Sose,   as  it  describes   the  construction  c»f  every 
eacription  of  dial.     It  has  also  a  lint  of  motto 
among  which  are  those  c^>mical  translations  whic 
have  already  appeared  in  *'N.  &  Q." 

2,  This  f  answer  by  saying  that,  when  I  first 
requested  the  correspondenta  of  "N.  &  Q.**  to  fur- 


I 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


tmh  &BJ  rem&rkable  diid  mottoes  in  their  own 
neighbouThood,  I  hud  myself  been  collecting  them 
for  maaj  yejirs ;  and  the  list  at  the  present  time 
is  far  too  voluminous^  and,  I  may  say,  too  interest- 
rngf  to  be  sent  to  **  N.  &  Q/*  as  a  mere  catalogue. 
I  hope  indeed  to  carry  out  flhortly  my  long  pur- 
posed intention  of  puhlbhbg  it  in  a  Tolume,  with 
such  reniarkfl,  archnsological^  hiatoncal^  and  poeti- 
cal, as  have  arisen  from  a  consideration  of  the 
not  a  little  interestina-  suhject. 

3.  It  ia  part  of  the  plan  of  the  book  to  give 
thirty  or  forty  illustrations  (out  of  perhaps  two 
or  three  hundred)  of  existing  aun-diala.  But  this 
ia  a  singular  Question  to  come  from  Nice,  where 
ao  many  sun^aiala  are  to  be  aeen, 

4.  This  is  partly  answered  bv  No.  2;  but  I  join 
heartily  with  P,  W.  S.  in  wisliing  that  **  any  of 
your  correspondents  who  know  of  quaint  or  pic- 
ttireaque  sun-dials "  would  oblige  the  readers  of 
<*  N.  «  Q."  by  a  list  of  them,  as  the  longer  I  col- 
lect the  more  imperfect  I  oerceive  the  collection 
must  necesaarily  fee,  from  the  difficulty  of  getting 
people  to  record  those  known  to  them. 

Being  upon  the  subject,  once  more  I  appeal  to 
the  readers  of  **  N.  &  Q,"  to  throw  lights  if  tbey 
can,  upon  the  introduction  of  the  fly  into  the 
window-dials  at  JIarlborough  and  Winchester,  as 
also  into  ao  many  of  the  copper-plate  illustrations 
of  Bim-diala  in  Loadbetter's  volume* 

Margaret  Gattt, 

"SlTMMPM   JVS,   SUMVA    InJPBIA"   (4"*   S.   V. 

.'^17, 4:13,  588.)— Your  con-espondent  Q,  A.  B.  has 
been  at  the  trouble  to  collect  out  of  various  Latin 
authors  the  above  adage,  and  he  inquires  if  there 
are  any  other  instances  of  it  being  noticed. 

In  a  sermon  by  Dr.  Thomas  Sberlock,  an  old 
divine,  and  who  was  at  one  time  Master  of  the 
Temple  Church,  London,  he  will  find  mention 
made  of  the  phrase.  It  is  very  apt  to  be  used  by 
some  pennons  m  a  weapon  of  otfence  against  the 
science  of  judicature,  and  therefore  I  will  give 
the  substance  of  Dr.  Sherlock's  interpretation,  as 
I  do  not  happen  to  have  my  own  copy  of  his 
works  at  hand.  I  am  sure  what  is  given  contains 
no  vital  error  of  the  learned  bishop's  words.  It 
cannot  with  consistency  be  affirmed  that  what  is 
xummum  Jm  according  to  the  law,  ia  according  to 
the  same  law  sttmma  injuria.  Summum  jus  re- 
gards the  written  law ;  mmma  injuria  regards  the 
original  reason  of  all  law.  He  goes  on  further  to 
aay^  attention  must  be  given  to  the  diHerence 
between  the  reason  of  justice  and  the  rules  of 
justice ;  and  by  the  rules  of  justice  he  understood 
the  general  principles  and  marima  of  j  ustice  by 
which  the  laws  of  all  countries  are  governed  and 
directed.  By  the  reason  of  justice  he  understood 
the  fountain  from  which  all  maxims  and  all  laws 
are  derived,  which  is  no  other  than  right  reason 
itaelf ;  for  laws  are  not  just  as  partaking  at  the 


authority  of  the  lawgiver,  but  1%-^  nartjiTvinu  nf  |bi 
reason.     Hence  arises   the    <'  vaia 

good  and  bad  laws,  though  bo'  u  tfc* 

same  authority :  showing  thereby  that  an  au^* 
rity,  though  it  may  make  a  valid  law,  Y«t  it 
cannot  make  a  good  one  unless  acting  upon  tlia 
reason  of  justice.  A.  B* 

Edinbargh, 

'*  The  Devil  brats  irra  Wife  "  (4"  8.  ti.  578. 
856,  427 ;  vii.  25.) — With  regard  to  the  pn>vfrbiil 
'*  Devil  and  his  dam,'*  and  the  question  **  Who  u 
the  deviPa  wife  ?  "  asked  by  CuTHBKBT  Bedi  aad 
myself,  I  find  illustration  in  — 

"  Gririu  the  Collier  of  Crovfioo  ;  or  the  Dsvtl  gnl  til 
Dnme;  with  the  Devil  and  St.  DutuiiaD."— Dodslfj'i  OM 
Flayf^  vol  xi. 

The  Satanic  portion  of  tbo  plot  of  thia  play  nms 
thus :  —  Spenser^s  Malbecco  tella  th«  story  of  hii 
wrongs  to  the  infernal  judges.  They  cannot  be- 
lieve that  wives  are  so  utterly  bad  ;  and,  to  make 
proof,  send  up  to  earth  the  uevil  Belphagor,  who 
IS  to  remain  here  a  twelvemonth  and  a  day,  to 
marry,  and  so  to  take  back  evidence  on  the  mstn- 
monial  queetion  to  the  hellish  synod.  Poor  B»l- 
pbagor  18  at  the  outijet  cheated  of  the  wife  of  Mi 
choice,  marrying  the  maid  instead  of  the  mi^ttrMi^ 
His  wife,  after  committing  all  the  sina  that  woman 
can  commit,  poisons  him ;  and  he  returns  to  hall 
with  the  new  appendage  of  horns :  — 

"  Eelphtigor.  These  nra  the  anciimt  anna  of  cuckoldif* 
And  tbe«e  mv  dame  batb  kiadly  lelt  to  HW 1 
For  which  Belphaj^or  shall  be  heredecidad« 
Unlesa  your  gniat  iafemal  majesty 
Do  Boknmly  proolaim,  no  devil  iball  acorn 
nere&fter  atjll  to  wear  the  goodJy  horn. 

"  Fluto,  This  for  thj'  service  1  will  (rrant  thee  fred?* 
All  devils  shall,  aa  tboii  doet,  like  home  wean 
And  none  shall  »coni  Belphagor**  arm*  to  bear*** 

[Compare  the  song  in  As  I  on  Like  It  (n%  2)— 
"  Take  thou  no  scons  to  wear  the  horn,"] 

This  portion  of  the  plot  ia  taken  from  Machiir 
veFs  Marrtoffe  of  Belpf^on  How  much  furthv 
back  can  the  story  he  traced  P  Jons  Api»ia. 

Ahms  of  Charlkmaokm  (i^  S.  viL  75,  I8O1) 
The  a  word  aaid  to  have  been  the  property  of  Cbada* 
mague,  which,  with  other  regalia,  ia  preserved  i& 
the  Schatzkammer  at  Vienna,  bears  on  the  pom* 
mel  an  escutcheon  charged  with  the  aingle-h( 
eagle  displayed;  the  same  bearing  ako  a] 
upon  the  scabbard*  The  regalia,  however, 
a  later  date  than  the  time  of  Charlemagne*  Tba 
eagle  appeara  for  the  first  time  on  the  a^al  of  the 
Emperor  Henry  (an.  1050).  Armorial  bearinga,  ia 
the  modern  acceptation  of  the  term,  were  tm- 
known  in  the  days  of  Charlemagne ;  but  the  oaffla 
might  be  considered  the  traditional  arma  of  th< 
emperor,  and  fio  would  answer  W.  M.  H*  C^ 
purpose.  J.  Wuoowi; 

'*CfiRTosr5o"  (4'*»  S.  vi.  475;  vii.  UV)  — S 
ELot  this  termi  m  applied  to  inlaid  workp 


\  pom* 

ppo4 

areM 

Tlr-       * 


4«'S,Ta  Mat  a.  71.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


401 


origin  Rted  lit  the  celebmted  Certoaa  of  Pavia? 
An  J  one  who  has  visited  that  gorgeously  deco- 
mted  monastery  will  remember  how  e«peciiinj 
rich  it  i»  in  work  of  that  kind.  The  lUtare  in  the 
chftpelfl  of  the  nave  are  inlaid  with  pieira  dura 
work,  composed  of  the  costlieat  marbles  and  cr^rs- 
talB;  ond^  if  I  remember  aright,  there  is  also  a 
good  deal  of  work  in  the  Sagnatia  and  elsewhere 
composed  of  inlaid  wood  and  ivory. 

J,  WoonwABD, 
Montrose^  XB. 

MoRK  Fahilt  (4**  S.  ii.  iii.  if.  passtm:  yii. 
2^.) — Will  Mr.  Moobe  care  for  the  following 
extract,  on  which  I  chanced  the  other  day,  and 
copied  it,  fancj'ing  thiit  it  might  refer  to  eooae 
relatiyes  of  the  great  chancellor? — 

**  Jobn  More  died  tbc  25th  of  April  lait.  Jofan»  fats 
too  and  hdr,  aged  24  and  upwards  Dev^on,  Nor.  [cri'. 
4\  Anno  8/*  [Jnnuit.  Fmt  Mvrtem^  8  Hon.  VI  L^o, 
IL) 

Thomsok  a  DEtTiB  (4*'^  S.  vii.  97,  225.)— Mr. 
Jackson  a&ks  why  the  pnet  Thomson  was  called 
a  Dmifl  by  Collins.  I  hare  an  idea  that  the  man 
who  wrote  Irish  Bdot/ueji  micflit  haye  known  a 
little  Irifeh^  and  bo  termed  bia  brother  bard  a 
draoicht  —  n  singer  or  poet — in  that  mother  dia- 
lect of  the  Celtic  West.  W.  D. 

Htm  York. 

Tbx  PiKEsni  Throne  (4t»>  S.  vii.  102,  2C8.)— 
Byron  makes  the  phoenix  a  song  bird  : — 

"  Id  the  deMtt  a  fountain  is  springiDi^, 
In  the  wide  waste  there  still  b  a  tree, 
And  a  bird  in  the  M>IitQd{!  singing. 
Which  epeaks  to  my  aplrjt  of  thee.** 

P.P. 

SiVE  AKD    THE  WerTEBOTS    (4^**    S.    YIU   124, 

209.)=-W.  n.  P.  may  well  bhj  "  the  state  of  Clare 
must  have  been  temble.*'     1  resided  in  the  most 
disturbed  part  of  that  county  during  the  whole  of 
the  "  Terry  Alt  *'  time,  and  "**  could  a  Ule  unfold/' 
N.B.    At  present  Westmeath  is  not  much  better, 
which   after  so  many  years'  experiments  in  the 
"pacification  of  Ireland,"  makes  those  who  are 
ac<iuainted  with  that  country  wonder  a  little  as  to 
what  is  the  principle  (:')  on  which  these  experi- 
meaU  ore  based,   '*  Terries,"  '*  Terry  Alts,'*  "  Mrn. 
Alt  Hnd  Children,"  all  meant  the  BMne  persona. 
I  lire*'  was  the  name  used  by  them  when 

their  ravages  into  the  county  Gal  way. 
I    j:  uvi^  IV   \erY  complimentary  letter  from  ^*  her 
Ui|v?hip,"   addressed  to   a  relative,  a  native  of 
'         ,  who  Te.<idt^d  in  the  county  Gal  way. 

IL  P.  will  Hnd  the  true  hiatory  of  **  Terry 

'•'*'^''*'d  by  one  who  knew  him  well,  in 

of ''*N,  &  Q/'     Not  having  the 

.-...„  „„  ........  1  canoot  give  the  volume  and  page ; 

hut  the  General  Index  to  Second  or  Third  Series 


in  voce  will  oive  it.*  So  far  as  I  am  aware,  "  Terry 
Alt "  is  sUQ  alive,  and  in  the  enjoyment  of  a 
well-earned  competence,  as  he  must  now  be  sixty- 
iive  or  thereabouts,  St.  John, 


NOTES  ON  BOOKS.  ETC. 

Tht  Tl^ork§  m  Ferj«  and  Frmt,  comnlete^  njT  Henry 
Vaughan,  Silvritt^for  thejir$t  tifM  collected  and  edited. 
fVith  Memorial  Introduction^  Egtajf  on  Life  and  IVri- 
ting*^  and  NoteM,  Fa€-iimile$,  and  Original  llhttTationt, 
By  the  Rev.  Alexandyr  B.  Gro;?artT  St,  GeorgeX  Black- 
hum,  LancAAhirc.  In  Four  Volumes  VoL  L : — Me- 
morial Introduction  and  Sacred  Poetrj-,  including 
Silex  ScinUllftn^  1G50-I65a;  Thalia  Hediviva^  1678, 
Falia  Silvuhe,  1650, 1678, 

Th«iamet  VoL  IIL^  PrOTc,  containing :  Moantof01i%'es — 
Of  thft  Benefits  we  may  get  from  oar  Enemifs,  after 
Plutarch  and  M.  Tyrius— The  Ditieiuea  of  the  Mind 
and  Bodie,  from  riut^reh ;  Pr^ibe  and  Happlnessc  of 
the  Coantrie  Life ;  Hermetic  Physic,  d;c. 

The  Anatotnie  of  BammtH^  1615,  by  John  Ander$QfK 
Edited  with  Introdmcstkm  ami  iVf/<*4,  by  Kev.  A,  B. 
Groisart,  ^c 

The  Tearet  of  (he  Beloved^  1600,  and  Marie  Magdalene** 
Tearrt,  by  Gerraae  Markham,  Edited^  with  Memorial 
Introduction^  AWeg^  ^<?.,  by  Rev.  A.  B.  Grosart,  &c. 

Poems  by  Henry  Loft,  Gentleman  (1593-1597).  Edited 
witA  Memorial  Intntdttciion  and  ^'oteSf  by  Kev,  A.  B. 
Gross  rt. 

It  18  not  only  that  these  volumes,  being  part  of  "The 
Fuller  Worthies  Library  "  (the  la*t  three  forming  por- 
tiotis  of  The  Miscellanie*)^  are  **  printed  for  privftttt  cir- 
culation/' iind  consequently  by  courtesy,  if  not  of  right* 
may  claim  exerapttcvn  from* critical  Btrictures;  hnt  chiefly 
twcauae,  in  the  limited  apace  we  could  allot  to  them»  it 
would  be  impossible  to  enter  into  details,  that  wo  con- 
tent oaraelves  with  recording  their  appearance,  and  with 
j^tviog  at  length  their  explanatory  title-pa^ea.  By  this* 
ineana  we  bring  the  books  ituflicieo'lly  ntider  the  notice  of 
tho«e  likely  to  be  interei^ted  in  them,  and  tm  a.s«!i*4t.  the 
editor  in  hid  labour  of  love.  Wo  beUeve  he  »till  ha*  on 
hand  wjme  few  copies  of  the  small  pap**r  scriej?^  of  which 
it  will  be  remembered  thut  the  ntimber  printed  is  very 
limited. 

TiiK  l:«TEENATioKAL  Ex^niDTTio^  OF  1871. — Another 
source  of  rational  enjoyment  and  recreation  has  been 
provided  for  the  London  public  and  their  country  cousint 
on  their  visits  to  the  metropolis^  in  the  International 
Exhibition,  which  was  opened  with  fitting  ceremonies  oti 
Monday  lait  by  the  Prince  of  Walea.  The  object  of  the 
promoters  of  Ihia  great  work,  namely,  to  do  honour  lo 
the  mentonr  of  the  late  Prince  Con.*ort,  by  carrying  out 
Ilia  desire  to  encourage  by  a  aeries  of  Annual  ExliibicionH 
the  advancement  alike  of  the  Fine  and  lndu:<^tHal  Aru 
in  this  country*,  is  one  which  none  can  gainsjiy.  Th** 
Commt^oner^  have  done  their  part  regardless  ot  trtmblta 
and  expen»e.  It  now  remains  for  tbe  people  themselves, 
aa  exhibitors  and  ^nsitors,  to  show  their  appre^'iatiun  ot 
what  has  been  accomplished  by  a  generous  and  hearty 

[•  See  *'  N.  &  Q."  2^**  S.  xi.  178, 2S5 ;  3^*  8.  ih  270.— 
Ed.] 


402 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[4«»>8.TlLMATe»7l. 


do-opemtion   in  a  \^ork  which  may  do  much  to  iqAu- 
fipco  the  Intellectaul  and  materiftl  progreas  of  the  Dation. 

Thk  Camden  SonBrr,  — The  General  Meeting  of 
this  Hnciety  w«  held  on  Tucjday,  Sir  WillUtn  TUe, 
the  PrcMdeot,  in  the  chair,  when  Sir.  W.  F.  Coseni,  Mr, 
Alfred  Kingston,  and  Sir  F.  Madden  were  elected  mein- 
bcrs  of  the  Council  for  the  ensuing  year.  The  Beport 
announced  for  early  ptihlication  the  Letters  and  Papers 
of  John  Shilling rd,  Mavor  of  Kxeter  in  the  first 
hftll  af  the  Meenth  century ;  the  Cheqae  Book  of  the 
Cbixi«l  Royal  fkx>ai  the  reign  of  Ellznlbeth  to  the  Ac* 
4^«{nn  of  the  Hovae  of  Hanover;  a  itecond  ToJnme  of 
Ti  ..'Ivan  Papers,  and  a  Tolume  of  Forteacae  Papers, 
.11  -{yd  by  John  Packet,  Secret ar)*  to  George  VilliorB, 
l>uko  of  Buckingham  j  an  unpubli'«htd  Life  of  Bishop 
Bedell,  &C.  After  announHni?  thu  ssti*fftctor\' process 
making  in  the  preparation  of  th^-  <  Jeocral  Index  to  tho 
ftrat  hundred  volumes  of  the  Society's  publications,  and 
the  great  falling  off  in  the  number  of  mem  ben  owing  to 
the  many  deaths  of  those  who  joined  the  Society  at  ita 
formation,  the  Council  make  an  eameat  ''appeal  to  all 
who  take  an  interest  in  the  study  of  England*a  histom 
the  biography  of  England's  wur'thies,  and  in  these  the 
sources  of  Englaiid^s  greatness,  to  add  their  names  to  the 
SocietiF',  and  enable  it  to  continue  and  extend  its  tijeful 
and  h'onourahle  labonra.'*  We  recommend  this  appeal  to 
the  attention  of  our  readers.  A  suggestion  thrown  oat 
iluring  the  meeting,  that  the  Society  should  close  its  pre- 
sent jeries  of  hooka  and  commence  a  new  one,  is  well 
^leserving  the  coujiderntion  of  the  CounciL 

Ladt  NiOMTiiiOALE. — In  endeavouring  (tmte,  p.  378) 
to  do  jaatice  to  the  accuracy  of  Mr.  Picton  as  to  tho 
inscription  on  thin  lady^s  moimment,  titiiting  that  »he  died 
on  "  Aug.  17,  1734,"  we  have  unintcnti'mally  seemed 
to  throw  a  donbt  on  th«  accuracy  of  Colonel  Chester's 
statement  that  she  died  in  August,  173  L  Colonel  CheA* 
ter'fl  care  and  accuracy  in  all  such  matters  are  too  well 
^•tabliihed  to  be  aflected  by  any  such  remark  ;  hut  it  ta 
only  dne  to  him  to  say  that  there  l-*  no  doubt  that  Lad}- 
Nightingale's  death  really  took  place  in  1731,  as  stated  by 
him,  and  not  in  1734,  as  recorded  on  the  monument. 

Wr  have  received  the  Preface  and  a  specimen  of  Mr. 
Phillips*9  Dictionary  of  Bin^apkioat  Refermcf,  eomtain' 
tay  Om  Hundred  Thouttmd  Namet,  We  undentand  the 
book,  which  is  a  very  dearly  printed  octavo  volume,  h 
nearly  read!y  for  delivery  j  and  we  congratulate  Mr.  Phil- 
lipa  on  having  brought  to  a  close  his  labours  on  what 
promisM  to  he,  on  the  ground  of  its  utility  and  com- 
pleteoeasr  a  most  indispensable  book  of  reference, 

Wb  have  to  apologize  to  a  tady,  Mias  Cnsack,  f{>r  not 
reoognistng  her  as  the  writer  of  the  History  of  Kerry , 
lately  noticed  by  ua,  hut  attributing  it  to  one  of  our  own 
duller  sex. 

London  IxaTrruTioy.— Mr.  John  C-argill  Brongh, 
F.CS^  was  on  26th  April,  appointed  principal  librmrian 
in  the  room  of  Mr.  Edward  William  Brayley,  who  diod 
on  Feb.  1,  1870.  We  would  earnestly  recommend  the 
Committee  of  this  institution  to  complete  the  Catalogue 
<if  the  valuable  collection  of  hi:)  to  deal  tracts  and  pamph- 
lets. The  first  volume,  including  the  letter  F,  was  pub- 
tiahed  in  1S40. 

ImtAthenamm  announces  that  thi'  Earl  of  Shaflesbur}" 
has  placed  in  the  bands  of  the  nation,  through  the  Eeeord 
Office,  the  whole  of  hii  fine  collections  of  family  and  hk- 
torical  i>apera. 

TriB  Olu  Bond  SfTREET  Gallkry,  — The  summer 
exhibit  ion  will  be  opetied  on  the  29th  inst,  at  26,  Old 
Bond  Street,  and  pictures  will  be  received  on  the  15th 
U6th. 


RoMAsr  Pavem£xt. — Some  Roman  pavecniut  hn  Im 
discovered,  within  the  last  few  davs.  In  thegiriaLtf 
No.  27,  Mark  Lane.  This  building  fa  of  the  flev«iit««(k 
century,  and  the  garden  was  weO-known  Ibr  !ta  finsfttlB 
and  lime  tree.  That  portion  of  the  pavement  unoovind 
la  aomt  three  or  four  yards  square^  but  it  is  rridsiydj 
only  a  small  part  of  a  large  pavement.  Some  years  daoi 
a  piece  of  a  similar  character  was  foand  upcm  the  othir 
side  of  the  lanp,  directly  opposite.  The  workmen  lisw 
found  a  quantity  of  an i Rial  bonea,  as  well  aa  fragmcotscf 
Samion  and  Up'ehurch  ware.  Bf  oat  of  the«e  have  fennd 
ready  customers  in  the  numerous  persona  riailiDg  tki 
spot. —  TimeM, 

A  Britesh  MusBDif  Beadino-Kooil  Gnif^v^'**?!.— 
Under  this  heading  a  conreepoodeot  inqoir 
it  thai  bcKiks  and  MSS.  in  oat  in  the  Ec:i 
the  British  Museum  are  kept  so  long   l  :,  - 
binder'a  ? — la  many  cases  six  or  dght  montbeb  * 
longer ;  and  some  collections  purchaaed  in  1^1' 
ten  years  ago)  are  not  even  arranged  for  t*i 
I  have  sent  up  my  tickets  for  books  aoil 
after  month,  and  Btill  the}'  are  returned  v, 
*  At  the  hinder V    Surely  one  or  two  m* 
time  to  hind  a  book  or  IblS."    We  think  ' 
some  mistake  inthis  [  and  we  are  sure  that  tiu: 
of  the  authorities  once  called  to  the  eubjcct,  thtj< 
no  ground  for  farther  complaints, 

Eaki.t  Ci£«iiioMoTiEMENT.— The  mnnBgenof  t ' 

doD  daily  press  have,  it  is  said,  reeolved  to  aban 
practice' of  reporting  in  ejctenso  the  i^peochea  4ttt 
the  House  of  Commons  at  unreasonably  late  hour 
cept  in  very  rare  cases,  where  the  interest  of  the  i««««-< 
justices  a  departure  from  the  role*  hunoDrable  iMBlii^ 
who  catch  the  Speaker's  eye  after  midnight  wilt  Ihbb^ 
forth  ilnd  but  a  brief  epitome  of  their  eloqiMnoe  ia  tis 
morning  papers. 


BOOKS    AND    ODD    VOLUMES 
WAITTSD  TO  rritClU.8E, 
U.  TATi^oa's  STATaauaa. 

•«*  LsMeri  ■tatititr  iw.rik»ilKr«  und  lowtat  prlciu.  tiflrruiy*  /Wt  I*  ¥ 
Mot  to  Mu  HifiTiu  PublUher,  "  Ngras  **»  Qimjuaw."  O.  W* 
Uagtou  Street,  Btnuid.  \\\C, 

PftftlnilKri  of  Prlo*.  Ar..  ot  the  fb(lowln<  battks  to  hsMil  fM* 

reaiured,  whoH  aaaaai  aatf  iMlMB 


th«  it«Dtlainen  bj  whom  th«r  t» 
ikr«  giteii  tor  that  piiirpo>aet  — 

Jaok  SuvPHaao,  itiiiitrattd  bj  Cmilcitiaak. 
Wanted  bj  Jfr.  J.  C.  IlMttn,  7*  and  7^, 

Stewvp&tw^ac..  hMvioc  T^imitx  to  th«  laM  C, 
Wauled  Vy  Mr.  J,  Q,  TAomftto^  It,  Cnrwn  Tlrisas.  J 
ButL 


fioikti  to  Corrri|)Qtt)rmU. 

We  are  tomptlkd  to  pottpont  iintit  nfjtt  irr^A  oar* 
of  Mr.  Tteisietort'*  and  Mr.  Ckaboe*  «Uihnratt  ^ 
The  Handwriting  of  Junius. 

M  Ei^om  B  B. — Some  acoonnt  of  Damki  Qumrw,  «l*ii 
mahtr,  wiU  be  found  tn  **N.  &  Q."  2**  S.  vL  13^  \mi 
Hone'M  Year-Book,  p.  314. 

jr.  H  S. — More  resianed  /li*  «?wfe»^-«*«r»^U^  ^ 
23,  1510,     See  Towr**  Jadg^A.  %%  210. 

X.  X. — No  tharffe  for  the  imertiim  ttf  Qurim,* 
retervt  to  <mr$etw»  tke  riyhi  of  Judging  vhOi  m9  r 
tibie. 

Errata-^*  S.  vii.  p.  871,  ool.  L  ltnee4^  8»  tadU 
bottom  (of  text),  /ir  **  au  *  and  •*  ias«rtld'* '^■^ 
and  **  manufactured,"  resDooUvelr  |  p.  3T4,coL  ilif* 
/or  "  enclosed  "  read  "  endowed.**^ 


4*  S.  VIL  Mat  13,  TL] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIEa 


403 


LOITDON^  SATUREkAT^  MAT  18, 16T1. 


CONTENTS.— N*  IIC. 

If  OTBS :  —  Irish  Leponaricn  in  Bio  de  Jinelro.  '103 —  Napo- 
leon ni.,  406— Rmw  io  BotlOD  Ckurch,  /6.— UnpubUalMd 
letter  of  —  Eo«t,  406  —  Prorwha  —The  fiodl«un  — 
9urnam«a  of  Officials  in  the  Weat  Indlea,  Ac  —  William 
Gilniorf.'  Simrnit— Malc.and  Female  NumbenaadLettfiin — 
"  The  Prodigal  Son  "  hi  Greene's  "  HoumiuK  Oarment," 
1592  — Moro  about  Cockor  — "in  tJw  Straff  "—An  Edi- 
torial Centenarian,  406^ 

QrETlTES .  -  Hoaotiato  Printi.  406  —  Author  wanted  — 

i  Nuns  —  Obauviniimc»Tbe  Chevron  — Cle- 

.  i ar — Corbett  of  Chaddealoy-Corbett.  oa  Wor- 

nm  of  EtSzabeth  de  I'Arche  —  Egga  as  an 

H.  iBle  of  Man- *•  The  Greatest 

.  t  Men  "  —  Hcn&ldio  —  Joan  d'Aro 

inl  Spring  Guns  —  The  Queen  : 

)  js  Qf  P«r»aa«us  "-"  Similes, 

Spvuiti  "  —  Wal polo's  Nail- 

—  Wreck*  at  Sea ;  the  Tem- 

BXPLIBS :--  Murat  Painting  at  Starston  Church.  Norftjik. 
«tO  —  Date  of  Cbaucpr's  Birth,  412  —  Tl»o  Memory  of 
«imIIi^  413  — Scnaa :  Xcnn;,  4U— ChUdreo's  Games.  4ib^ 
The  Poal  O^llectioo  of  Pieturea  —  Pla^  of  tlltc  New  German 
Ssipire ^ Gnats  r»  M<'?«qu]toe.H—  Rev  ThomaA  Brooks-- 
Mn.  Maty  Churchill,  1075  — "The  Hob  inthoWell'*  — 
lAncfasblra  Witches-  letter  of  Eriward  IV.— Clan  McAlpia 

L—  •  1^^^  "^"'»  —  Di«htoQ  Caneatares  —  Eash  Statemtnfcs  : 
I)oclin<>  and  Pall  "  —  Essays  Dirine.  Moral,  and 
]*:  Dean  Swift —Cbanocf's  ** Col-Fox"  and 
"  —  Cri«-Croaa*A  B  C  —  Latin  Piroverb  — 
i  p.  Ac.  41&. 

ot    >  MM  E.'ioki.  Ao. 


finXti. 

IRISH  LEGIONARIES  LV  RIO  DE  JANEIRO, 

In  the  year  18;i4  there  was  published  in  Berlin 
.«  ^od£  entitled  ^'A  Contrihutimi  to  the  Hiitory  of 
A&e  W(tr  between  Brazil  attd  Buenos  Ayres  tn  the 
Ymrs  1825,  182G,  1827,  and  1828,  by  an  Eye- 
WitDeea.'**  I  do  not  know  who  wtis  the  author  of 
this  intereating  book;  but  do  one  can  read  it 
without  being  charmed  by  the  talents  of  the 
writer,  and  fully  conTincecf  of  his  honesty.  My 
main  object  in  now  directing  attention  to  his 
liges  18  for  the  purpose  of  eliciting,  through  the 
CtiJamna  of  **  N.  k  Q./*  some  further  information 
lc«pecting  an  Irish  legion,  or  body  of  soldiers, 
which  he  refers  to  as  being  organised  for  the  sor- 
rice  of  the  Emperor  Doni  Pedro  in  the  jnear  1828, 

The  Irish  are  justly  proud  of  the  achievements 
«f  their  valiant  countrymen  who,  in  accordance 
with  the  terms  of  the  Treaty  of  Limerick,  became 
txiles  from  their  native  land,  and  were  a/terwarda 
known  in  many  a  battle-field  of  Europe  as  *'  the 
Itiah  Legion/*  although  for  many  years  their  de- 
parture &om  the  land  of  their  birlh  was  lamented 
as  "  the  flight  of  the  wild  geese.*'  Nothing  could 
be  better  known  in  Ireland  than  the  fact  that  m 


the  year  1817  several  regiments  of  Irishmen  were 
enrolled  and  took  service  with  the  revolted  States 
in  South  America ;  but  of  a  later  deportation  of 
Irishmen  to  serve  under  Dom  Pedro  in  Brazil, 
little^  if  anything,  has  ever  been  said;  and  henco. 
I  am  sure  that  the  following  extracts  conccniinff  I 
the  fonnation,  the  stone-throwing  proweas,  ana 
the  disband  nrent  of  an  "  Irish  Legion  "  in  Rio 
Janeiro  will  be  as  strange  and  extraordinary  in 
telligence  to  the  present  generation  of  Irish  me 
as,  1  candidly  admit,  it  has  been  to  myself. 

Previous  to  the  engagement  of  Irishmen  in  his] 
service,  Dom  Pedro  had  formed  a  legion  of  Ger- 
maos,  and  these  were  mainly  picked  up  in  Ham- 
burg and  Bremen,  and  were  chosen  on  account' 
of  their  physical  development,  and  without  the 
slightest  regard  to  their  moral  qualities :  and,  as 
our  author  says^  there  was  no  question  cake' 
whether  or  not  they  were  outcasts  from  prison  ( 
runaways  from  the  police ;  on  the  contrary,  one 
agent  undertook  to  send  out  a  certain  number  of 
convicts  from  the  penitentiaries  {eine  Anzahl  Strafe 
linge  mts  lUn  ZuchihdttserTi)^  and  even  these,  bad 
as   thev  were,  had  been  enticed  to  enrol  them-^ 
selves  iy  promi&es  as  false  as  they  were  flattering! 
(p.  284.)  ^ 

By  such  means  were  Germans  enrolled  under 
the  tanners  of  Dom  Pedro,  and  here  is  what  the 
author  says  as  to  those  who  had  been  induced  to 
leave  Ireland  for  the  Brazils : — 

<*  The  d«t«TTntnation  to  iacreaae  th«  number  of  foreign 
troopfl  which  were  so  easily  hoftdJed,  and  constituted 
almost  the  sole  reliable  support  of  the  executive  power, 
le<l  to  the  employment  of  Colonel  Cotter,  an  Irishman, 
who  had  be«'n  jrksi  then  named  as  the  commander  of  the 
third  battalion  of  Grenadiers.  He  wb«  sent  to  Ireland 
for  the  purpose  of  raising  recmits,  and  about  the  bf^lo 
ning  of  the  year  1828  he  reacbod  Hio  de  Janeiro  with  i 
couple  of  thousand  of  his  fdlow  countrTmen.  These  n 
had  bti:cn  recruited  by  the  same  deceitml  means  that  I 
been  employed  for  enticing  the  Germans  (rfie  er  us  <' 
seiben  sweidtuti^eH  Art,  wU  die  teuUchttn  Werlter  gt 
^en),  and  for  the  most  part  were  taken  from  tho 
lowest  classes  of  the  populace,  as  wall  oa  from  the  WMu 
bova* 

**  Upon  their  arrival,  an  attempt  was  made  to  foroe  all 
capable  of  bearinjj  arms  to  enter  tho  service  and  at  once 
repair  to  the  military  depots  to  commence  drill ;  but  thia 
attempt  waj*  resiMted,  aod  when  the  government  sought 
to  t'orapd  the  men  to  become  soldiers,  an  appeal  wa-*  made 
to  the  British  ambasaadof.  Sir  Robert  Gordon,  who  at 
once  declared  that,  unless  these  men  had  bound  them- 
selves to  take  mjlitary  ^rvice,  tbey  oouM  not  be  forced 
to  do  so.  It  is  difficult  to  determiiie  whether  this  de- 
cision of  the  ambassador  was  founded  on  political,  Ic^al. 
Qf  personal  grooadSi  although  oil  such  motives  might 
easily  be  luppoaed  to  havecontribiitcd  to  Mb  deci.^ion,  by 
i«aaon  of  his  diasatisfaciian  with  the  eondoct  of  the 
amperor, 

^  Under  these  circumstances  an  amicable  arnrngement 
was  coTOc  to,  and  from  thruc  to  four  hundred  Iruhmfsn 
were  enlisted  upon  tbn  following  eon ditions»  Wz.  that  each 
man  should  receive  the  pay  of  an  Engliah  soldier — ^a  shil- 
ling a  day— which  was  nearly  twice  as  much  as  was 
paid  to  the  Germans,  as  well  aa  double  tlieir  rations ; 


404 


NOTES  AND  QUEEIES. 


[4'»S.VlLlUTl«,7i 


next,  that  there  should  be  no  J!toppa;:;:es  ;  and  liLstlVt  that 
they  efaouM  not  be  subjected  to  corporal  punishmenL 
They  were  then  inrorp»jrated  in  the  third  Grenadier  bat- 
talioni  commanded  by  their  countryman,  Colonel  Cotter, 
and  60  ierved  to  complete  the  battoliouB  of  Gertnans," 
CPp.  288.  2890 

And  here  it  is  to  be  remarked  that  our  author 
may  be  relied  upoa  as  to  whatever  statementa  he 
makes  aa  ''  an  eye-witness^^'  but  that  he  was  liable 
to  miBinformation,  and^  I  have  no  doubt,  was 
misiiiformed  when  be  asserta  that  these  Iriah- 
men  were  recruited  in  Ireland^  and  that  Bome 
of  them  were  **  Whiteboys.'*  There  were  no 
**  Whiteboys''  in  Ireland  m  1827  or  1828,  The 
aevere  enactments  entitled  "  The  Whiteboy  Acta  ^' 
were  still  in  force-  Some  landlords  were  still 
guilty  of  cruelties^  and  farmerft  and  farmers*  la^ 
bourers  resented  such  cruelties  by  the  perjwtration 
of  heinouB  crimes;  but  still  there  were^  with  the 
exception  of  the  co.  Tipperary,  fewer  grave  agrarian 
otTences  committed  in  Ireland  in  1827  and  1828 
than  for  many  preceding:  years.  1  entertain  then 
a  very  strong  doubt  that  any  of  the  Irishmen  im- 
ported into  Brazil  were  agriculturists.  And  then 
there  is  this  consideration, — how  could  two  thou- 
sand Irishmen  be  recruited  in  Ireland  and  utterly 
escape  the  attention  of  the  two  yovernmerUs  tbiTt 
were  then  established  in  that  country  ?  It  may 
seem  strange  to  assert  that  in  1827  and  1828  there 
were  two  governments^  but  such  is  literally  the  fact. 
There  was  **  the  Irish**  government  established 
at  the  Com  Exchange,  and  called  **  the  Catholic 
Agftociation/'  with  Daniel  O'Conoell  as  the  pre- 
ftident,  and  there  was  **  the  En  polish  '*  government 
ftt  the  Castle»  with  the  Marquia  of  Welle^ley  or 
Anglesey  as  Lord-Lieutenant.  The  latter  would 
not  have  permitted  the  po visions  of  the  Foreign 
Enlistment  Act  to  be  violated  ;  and  the  former 
would  not  have  sanctioned  the  deportation  of  so 
largR  a  number  of  their  countrymen  for  the  pur- 
pose of  fighting  against  a  state  like  Buenos  Ayrea^ 
which  had  only  recently  achieved  its  independ- 
ence. My  belief  then  is  that  the  Irishmen  re- 
emited  by  Colonel  Cotter  must  have  been  picked 
tip  in  London,  Liverpool,  Manchester,  and  Glas- 
gow, and  wei^ — if  one  may  judge  of  them  from 
their  subsequent  conduct — composed  of  the  refuse, 
riif-rart't  and  the  worst  portions  of  the  Irish  popu- 
lation to  be  found  out  of  their  own  country. 

"  Great  mischiefs,"  observes  oat  author,  **  followed 
from  having  in  the  same  corps  men  of  two  distinct  nation- 
aUdes,  and  receiving  diffisrent  pay,  and  treated  not  in  the 
aacna  manner.  The  Iriab,  beiog  so  much  preferred  to  the 
Germaas,  soon  tM^an  with  dots  in  thf  tavernn  «nd 
'Toodas^  of  Rio  de  Janeiro,  and  by  these  riot^i  great  dia^ 
forbancei  were  cattsed,  and  many  persoiu  loet  their  lives. 
The  Irish  alao  soon  found  oot  a  new  amnsement  for  them* 
»lve»^it  waa  by  practising  tbdr  great  akilt  in  stono- 
throwing  at  the  estpenae  or  the  neigroes  {ihre  Qtietuck- 
UehkeU  tm  Steimw^jen  an  den  Ntptnt  xu  alfttit).  These 
poor  neg^roea  were  thus  molented  as  they  daily  came  to 
draw  water  ftxtm  the  fonntaia  in  the  Place  St.  Anne,  in 


Iief7,ifl 
lalali^H 

npesdiaH 

►       AH      IW  ll 


wbjeh  the  barmcks  were  situiited.    Ttiii  »fUK»v «rn^o  a'f'!f d 

to  their  afflictions,  and  5^:r 

their  masters  most  bitter  cr 

this  consequence  followed  th*t  iuK  ^ivrwm 

flcildierx,  who  loved  brawhng  and  drialdng  aa 

the  Iriah,  readily  followed  their  examDla,  e»Dooi« 

they  Aaw  that  the^se  disorders  were  foUowad  li^  no  MM| 

punintimentf  as  the  colonel  winked  at  the  raaaooaAnct  \ 

the  Iriihmen  in  the  hope  the  remainiler  of  tlieir  i 

men  would  be  tempted  to  join  the  ra&ko.**    (P.  S89*) 

It  would  be  a  waste  of  your  space  to  enter  id 
aU  the  particulars  of  the  manner  in  which  a  {* 
regard  of  discipline  at  length  led  to  open  muti^ 
In  this  mutiny^  the  Irish  fully  sympathiniiff  wj 
their  new  and  cordial  friends  the  German  aoldia 
both  broke  out  into. an  open  insurrection,  whidi  b 
thua  described ; — 

"The  marching  of  troops,  tha  rattling  of  artilief?, 
the  racing  of  orderly  officers,  announ^^  to  tha  I 
tants  of  Rio  de  Janeiro  the  danjtrer  that  was  imp 
over  them.  A  multitBde  of  cariouj  perftOOSf  and ai 
them  many  negroes,  were  coIlect4«i  togiether  no  the 
Place  St.  Anne,  and  it  might  be  abont  mid-day,  wbat  tfc» 
insurgent.^  without  any  military'  ordcr^  bat  Jtatftaei 
together  like  a  swarm  of  bee^,  burst  out  of  the  baiftdl* 
yards. 

"  The  first  fight  of  the  insurgent*  bf^ 
t«tor^  and  was  especially  directed  n. 
The  Iriah  threw  stones  at  chem,  and  tin  j,  1 1 1  mi^j^^.^  ^  *,■ 
then  followed  discharges  of  mu&ki^lrr.    Thoiwwbolil 
been  eoLlucted  from  curiosity  fled^  and  the  insnrgods^ 
incited  by  rage,  and  eager  for  plunder^  broke  into  hio^am^ 
and  ravaged  the  adjoining  strcctsu     Rathless  and  aaiwir 
they  spared  the  lives  of  none  they  cncountt'^ed.    W 
inhabitants,  in  their  despair,  armed  thcmaelres  \  tlic  ft- 
groes,  too,  got  hold  of  weapons,  and  then  becan  a  battK 
or  rather  a  butchery^  tit  which  a  mutual  hatred,  aarptaill 
al  1  bell ef,  was  exh t'hited .    No  q uarter  was  given  on  libi^ 
side,  and  the  blacks,  like  cannibal^  tore  with  'i-''  '--^^ 
the  bodies  of  their  fallen  foes  !    The  battle  ru 
hotirs,  until  at  last  the  ammnnition  of  the  in 
exhau'tted.    *  ...  A  detachment  of  cavaln    vt 
against  them,  bat  thta  was  encoontertd   by  a  it 
Irbhmen  with  such  a  powerful,  weU-aimod   b  ..i-  t 
Atones,  that  many  of  the  riders  were  kno^:'^ 
horses,  and  the  remainder  took  to  flight."  (V , 

This  last  incident  is,  I  beHeye,  an  adtlsTWir«*^ 
unparalleled  in  modem  war£%re.     But  t^ 
to  a  conclusion  of  "  this  atrange,  event 
torj  .**    The  mutiny  was  suppressed,  and 
blame  of  it  was  thrown  upon  the  Irish* 
die  Schuld  der  Eniintnwq  alhein  m^f  dU  Irtui 
tcalzen   beabskhii^e).      The  universal  cry   of  111 
Brazilians  was  **  Death  to  all  foreigners  f  *'  "  ' 
todm  OS  estrangeir(y$!)\  and  as  to  this 
"  Irish  legion,"  we  are  told  that  its  memfiers^ 
given  over  to  the  English  authoritiea,  fa 
that  they  might  be  returned  to  their  owitl_ 
as  alike*  incorrigible  and  untameable*'  (iftV 
lander  defi  en^Uschim  JSrhardm  uherffiehm 
urn  tie  in  ihre  JSeimaih  smUcksugehafmt  di*  m 
qU  wiverbesserlich  tmd  un:Uihmbar  a»affah)t  il  ^•^ 

But  did  these  Irish  return  to  IreUndf  1  dAuh 
it    I  should  like  to  know  what  b^camo  oft 


4««S.Y1L  May  13,11,] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


405 


There  inuat  Burely  be  some  record  of  these  trims- 
actions  in  our  Foreign  Office;  or  perhaps  some 
one  in  Ireland  can  tea  of  Colonel  Cotton  and  his 
Irish  Legbn.  Wm.  B.  MacQase. 

Moocoatoar-de-BreUgoe,  Cotca  da  Nord,  France. 


KAPOLEON  IIL 
There  are  many  accounts  of  the  life  and  worka 
of  Napoleon  III.,  some  of  which,  laudatory 
enough,  were  evidently  written  hy  order*  j  but  in 
none  of  them,  as  far  as  I  know,  is  there  any  men- 
tion of  a  contribution  from  hia  Majesty  to  a  trans- 
lation bejrun  by  his  brother  and  published  in  a 
lar^e  collection^  the  PmUh^on  iittiraireA  The 
4eaication,  which  I  beg  to  subjoin,  is  ver^"  cuxious, 
and  may  gite  rise  to  more  than  one  commentary : 

**  A  Son  AltefiS6  Imp^riale 
Le  Prince  Napol^a  Louis  Bonaparte. 

•*  Mon  cher  Prince,— C*e«t  k  vom  surtout  oue  je  deT&ia 
oflrir  ce  volume?.  11  contieDt  I'auvrage  d^un  Jncquea 
Baooapartc,  homme  At  sens  et  de  cceur,  qui  porta  avec 
boimeur  au  xvi*  sihde  c«  nom  devenu  au  xix'  le  plus 
j^orieox  des  noma.  Un  autre  membre  de  votre  famille, 
an  hooime  d'uo  esprit  droit,  d'nra  coenr  gdn^reux,  d'un 
paitriotUme  cprouve,  qui  fut  votre  fr^re,  a  f&it  de  cet 
oovrago  une  trad  action  ^^gaule  et  iWile.  Y^^us-iaerue 
VD1LI  av«e  bien  voula,  k  ma  dcinandef  rcvoir  les  frag- 
menLa  omle  par  TOtre  fr^e,  car  je  ne  voulais  pas  qu'tme 
plniDo  (<trang^re  vint  se  tncler  a  cette  association  de 
CijniUe,  Je  puis  done  dire  qu'en  bonne  partie  ce  volume 
fft  toat  votre  et  voua  le  d^ier  coiume  tel*  Ma^ia  uoe 
nut--  '  rntion  encore  m*a  determin<$  k  vous  le  pr^- 

Bff  4tril  contient,  k  cote?  de  la  narration  liis- 

lo  que*  liuonapartc,  lea  M^moirea  aur  Bayjird 

n  ,  deux  heros  de  votre  afTectioQ,    Je  ne  sois 

«i  r.ivorableou  contraire,voas  appelIcra|aiMaia 

k  iin  ^  u-  u  liiLtion,  voaa  coDdamnc,  en  expiation  de  la 
l^liLoire  de  votre  nora,  k  user  juaqu'ici  dans  Texil  eette 
gto^miso  ardeur  par  loqudlo  voua  eosaiez  su  le  ooutenir ; 
faaii  ce  que  je  saL-t  bien,  c'est  que  li  jamaia  votre  patrie 
r^dasiftit  le  aacrifice  entier  de  votre  peraonne^  bctircujt 
di  vooi  expoacr  au  premier  rang,  sans  autre  ambition 
^^oa  ceTk  de  bien  faire,  sana  autre  mobile  aue  I'interet  de 
vocrs  paya,  voos  aauriez,  cotume  Bayard,  cjipitaiiie  ou 
•oldatv  mo^Crat  on  citoyeu,  conqu^rir  I'affectron,  }e 
CtipQcC,  et,  je  me  plals  k  le  croire,  radmiration  de  tous. 
•*  8i  qua  fata  aspera  rumpas, 
Tu  Marcellus  eris.' 

••  IfaHi,  27  jaUlet  1836,  Votre  ami, 

**  J.  A.  BUCIION." 

FBAircisav  E- Michel. 

i  Club,  FaU  MalL 


BRASS  m  BOSTON  CHURCH. 

Pbhey  Thompaon,  in  hia  generally  accurate 
Uistory  of  BostoTif  alludes  (p.  197)  to  **  a  most 
brtUiant  coat  of  arms  upon  a  orass  nlate  with  neal 
matab  and  tinctures  enamelled  as  Old  as  the  reign 


i'ureaUv   Dictitmnairt  univergei    dtt    ctmiwm- 

rd.  Hoefer,  NmmdU  Biographit  ^iniraU^  Mtc, 

de   ChroniqutM   tt  Memairtt  tw  PHittoir*  dt 

Loyal  Serviteor.  —  ChroDiqae  de  Bayard^ 

Pnria,  A*  Dearay,  i^jaoocxMXn^  8vo. 


f    L./unj!' 


of  Elizabeth,^'  which  was  in  18643  (and  it  is  to  be 
hoped  is  now)  in  the  south  aisle  of  Boston  church. 
It  IS  a  memorial  of  Hichard  BoUe  of  Haugh^  who 
died  1691 ;  and  as  Holies,  while  giving  the  in- 
scription which  in  1640  esisted  in  Latin,  made  no 
mention  of  the  plate,  Thompson,  who  extract 
from  Lincolnshire  Chttrches,  Division  Holland^  p.  C 
(1343),  an  account  of  the  blazoning  of  the  sixtee 
quarterings  of  which  it  is  stated  to  consist,  j 
marks  that  it  has  been  probably  renewed  since 
Holies*  time,  particularly  a-s  the  inscription  is  now 
in  English,  and  not  in  Latin. 

Possibly  in  such  renewal  the  plate  has  sufTered,! 
or  time  has  caused  the  tinctures  to  appear  other- 
wise than  in  their  proper  colours ;  but  if  the  ac- 
count describes  the  plate  as  it  bos  lately  appeared, 
it  is  very  far  from  being  an  accurate  description  of 
the  armorials  of  this  old  Lincolnshire  family. 
For  instance,  the  first  coat  (Bolle)  is  described  as 
*'  Sa.  3  lamps  or,  flame  ar.,*'  while  the  name  is 
only  attempted  to  be  assigned  to  one  coat^  and 
then  Kymt  is  ioserted  instead  of  Haugh, 

In  case  it  should  be  deemed  worthy  of  a  note^I  J 
append  a  more  correct  description  of  the  armip  > 
nnd  the  names  of  the  original  bearers  thereof,  so 
far  as  I  have  been  able  to  ascertain  the  latter. 

1.  Az.outof  8  cups  or,  as  many  boars'  heads 
couped  arg. — BoUe, 

%  Arg.  3  maces  sable. — PulvertofL 

3.  Arg.  !2  bars  gu.  on  tf  chief  vert  3  beaants, — 
Angevine. 

L  Arg,  a  chevron  between  2  escallops  in  chief, 
and  a  cross  crosslet  fitchee  in  base,  gu. — D^M- 
derhie. 

5.  Arg.  a  chevron  between  10  cross  croaaleti 
gu. — Huttgh. 

6.  Sa.  a  chevron  between  3  bells  arg. — BeU, 

7.  Party  per  pale  iodented  or  and  gu.  a  crescent 
for  ditlereuce. — lioUand, 

8.  Sa.  a  chevron  ermine  between  3  wings  furg* 
*—Nanfmi  of  Devon. 

9.  Arg.  3  wolves  couiant  in  pale  az. — Nanfan 
of  ComwalL 

10.  Chequy  or  and  ai.  a  chief  arg,  gutt^  de 
sang. — CokshilL 

IL  Gu.  fretty  or,  a  canton  arg. 

12.  Arg.  3  chevronels  sa.,  the  first  charged  with 
a  martlet  or. 

13.  Arg.  fretty  gu. 

14.  Arg.  a  chevron  between  3  cross  crosslets  sa. 
within  a  bordure  of  the  last  bezant^e.  —  FiU' 
wUlianu, 

15*  Gu.  a  chevron  between  3  cross  crosslets  or, 
a  lion  passant  in  chief  of  the  second. — MaUdhorp* 
Id.  Arg.  2  bars  engrailed  sa. — Stagne» 

In  the  account  to  which  exception  is  taken,  tlie 
plate  is  treated  as  being  quarterly  quartered, 
whereas  the  sequence  of  the  arms  following  th^ 
order  in  which  they  were  aio\pik^,*Rfcat^Saa%  \» 


406 


NOTES  AND  QUEBIES, 


[4***  a.  TIL  Mat  13,  TL 


the  fftmily  pedigree,  la  fifom  the  dexter  to  the 
siniater  siae  of  the  shield. 

Perhaps  some  coireapondeut  can  obli^  by  aa- 
signiDg  the  naine§  to  Nos,  11,  12,  and  13,  The 
arms  appear  to  have  accrued,  in  addition  to  Nos,  8, 
9,  and  10,  hj  the  mftrriag:e  of  Richard  Bolle^ 
grandftither  of  Richard  before  mentioned,  with 
Istahel,  sister  and  heir  of  Sir  Richard  Nanfan, 
whoa©  fether,  John  Nanfan  of  Cornwall,  married 
Jane,  daughter  and  heir  of  Sir  John  Coleshill. 

W.  E.  B, 


UNPtTBLISHED  LETTER  OF 


.  ESSEX 


[Tbr  iinonpj  the  papers  in  the  pouesfiion  ol 

the  Di!  iieslcr.   It  husneillier  date  nor  addrtjss. 

Is  ther*j  ...  _    J  J  existing  of  the  duel  with  Sir  Edward 

Baynton  ?  Mr.  Hepworth  Dixon  aeems  to  bavc  ov«r- 
loolEed  ehia  letter  when  seeking  for  matter  for  Tke  Court 
and  Titnetfrom  Sliiabeth  to  Annt,  T,  P.  F,] 

Deare  Essex 

The  nuis  ia  too  tnie  and  air  edward  Bajnton 
who  my  Sonne  fought  with  ia  hurt  but  yester- 
night my  Sonne  cam  ftom  ....  wljere  they 
fought  and  waa  aaaured  by  dockter  wryght  and 
the  SLrgen  that  searched  the  wond  that  ther  is 
no  dao^^^er  there  went  a  post  a  man  of  my  lord  of  Sx 
with  a  leter  from  the  Queen  and  an  other  from 
my  lord  marquis  hartfor  to  »  ,  ♦  .  his  pardon  and 
Becuer  his  future  if  the  oliier  ahould  dye  which 
God  for  bide  he  shold  you  maye  imagia  how  auch 
an  acsedent  as  this  wold  alllicte  me  to  ,  .  .  . 
that  I  live  for  the  sinne  of  it  is  more  than  anny 
thinge  else  my  Sonne  Ro.  lyes  concealed  least  he 
ahoul  gooe  in  to  a  prison,  this  onfectious  tyme  for 
UiiB  facte  cud  not  adnaitt  of  beinge  bayled  I  trust 
in  God  the  gentillman  shall  live  that  my  Sonne 
be  not  so  unfortunat  as  to  be  gilty  of  murder. 
Your  Sister  knew  nothing  of  it  nor  ahall  not  go 
longe  as  I  can  kepe  it  from  hir.  Thia  will  kepe 
us  from  coming  to  Lease  this  sumer  for  it  will  be 
fortenday  befor  the  wonde  that  ia  green  can  be 
healed^  and  all  that  tym  your  brother  Bo.  muat 
conseale  himselfe.  Therefore  when  you  wold 
have  the  coach  gend  for  iL  I  can  not  send  you  the 
pirticulers  for  T  have  letei's  to  ryte  to  Simaon  and 
my  Ledy  Carlile  being  here  tliis  day  I  waghted 
on  hir  parte  of  the  way  and  came  not  home  till  it 
waa  late^my  Sonne  to  your  [?]  Company  your 

SX, 

I  feare  that  when  yor  Sister  knows  of  this 
acsedent  she  wiU  be  in  great  affliction  though  her 

husband  bo  ■ and  I  shal  be  in  fear  a  great 

while. 


Pbotibbs. — "  Turn  coal,  never  be  rich.'^  Allu- 
sion to  the  extravagant  practice  of  turning  over  a 
half-burnt  coal.  "Faint  costs  nothing/'  Alluaian 
to  its  protecting  and  preservative  elfect  on  the 
woodwork  h«low,  M,  D. 


The  BuDLEiAi^. — In  Dauban^a  Zai  Pri§om  ^ 
Pans  torn  la  Mtvohiiiim  is  a  pmr  on  "  La  Mom* 
litd  de  Beaumttrcbttis^*'  now  prmlvd  for  thu  firil 
time.  In  this  paper  mention  is  madd  of  a  oertaa 
Abbe  de  Gevigney  employed  in  the  unawttwript 
department  of  the'  King's  Library.  This  abb«^  is 
spoken  of  as  having  been  most  unscmpuloua,  and 
as  having  sold  many  of  the  manuscriptacooiniitled 
to  his  chaige.  He  made  the  best  excuse*  lidcodd, 
but  the  account  aaya^ — 

*'Eh  bi<;n,  le  aurplua  avatt  ^t^veadii  k  dn  Anglai*.  ft 
forme  aujourd'hui  Tiin  des  jovaox  da  la  BlfalkithAaia 
BodWieime  d*Oxfont"  '  "" 

StTRiTAicEs  or  Officials  ur  thb  Wi 
ETC, — On  looking  over  the  list  of  offio9-ll< 
theee  colonies,  one  is  struck  with  tfe©  fr 
recurrence  of  the  same  name  in  the  ^mallfiT 
well  as  the  larger  islands.  Once  in  office,  a  fandlf 
seems  to  talre  deep  root,  even  although  ft  W 
exotic;  and  it  is  perpetuated,  in  the  same  w^^t*^ 
irreapective  of  otlier  local  tiea.  Some  of  tbeis 
names  are  scattered  broadcaat,  while  others  m 
intensely  localised.  This  monopoly,  ae  it  ym^ 
seems  latterly  to  have  been  abanaoned  in  Jasttica 
In  Barbados,  of  forty-one*  otHcials,  thete  antvt 
Gores,  two  Parrys,  two  Clarkes,  and  two  TayloA 
in  Bermudas  there  are  three  Darrella,  tbnt 
Brown ea,  two  Keons,  two  Tockess,  two  Gilbtrii^ 
two  Bo wy  ears,  and  two  Harveya.  In  Ba^ 
Guiana,  of  fifty-two  oflicials,  there  are  ^r^  hsxh 
tins,  two  Walkers,  two  Coxa,  and  two  PbllarilL 
In  Dominica,  of  thirty- three  officiala,  thxaa  Ijuk* 
harta.  three  Fellana,' three  Lloyda,  two  Ballot 
two  Johnsons,  and  two  Tavemeri.  In  Orenwia,  of 
twenty-seven   officials,    four     '  oxtA  twj 

Wells.     In  Montserrat,  of  t^^  nt  oMcsalSi 

§ve  Dyetta,  £our  Meadea,  two  Tdel^  two  Jo^ 
SODS,  and  two  Sempera.  In  Nevia^  of  tlairtf*aM 
officiala,  four  Maynards,  two  Dyetts,  two  Ilm«% 
one  Semper,  and  one  Wigley.  In  St  Kitt*s,  d 
twenty*8even  oiEcials,  three  Bur  rill  _  V  Eve- 
lyns, two  Elridges,  two  Wigley v-i,  oi  i  aper. 
In  Antigua,  of  thirty-£ve  o^daLi,  ivw.  ;\ug«at% 
two  JarTisea,  two  Mercers,  two  Thibouap  tiai 
Ooulla,  one  Peel,  three  Buynes,  three  Hyndmasi. 
two  Moras,  and  two  Berkeleys,  In  "ralkkiid 
Idands,  of  fifteen  ofHciala^  tlur^  Qwffitl*^ 
Ryngs,  and  two  M'Clintona,  S.J 

WrLLTAM  GlLiroRE  SiVMS. — ^The  affixed  cut* 
ting  from  the  New  York  correspondent's  letter  b 
The  Standard,  June  30,  1S70,  majinlarBSl  wa^ 
readers  of  ''  N.  &  Q.,^which  seems  to  ba  fSba  Tflfj 
paper  for  such  a  notice ; — 

**  The  Soutbera  States  hare  lost  thdr  moot  i, 
and  f^rsAtile  maa  of  letters  in  tha  deaib  of  Mr« 
Giliiiora  Simm4  of  Sooth  CatoHna.  wMck 


*  TbetG  are  appnacimatt 

nack). 


(soa  Baaai^i  JIm 


mm 


4*  8.  TB*  Mat  IB,  71,] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES* 


407 


ilice  in  Ouirle^t-         ''1  Ith  inaUnt,    Mr  Simmi  is 
irobAU^KtUe  k  ^land,  yet  be  wu  the  moHt 

KToliJIo  of  all  Atti  itujr<i,  And  the  list  of  hb  worka 

roold  probably  rviich  uui  to  u  buadrfid.  He  wm  long 
b«  odltor  of  ibe  .VomYA  Qnorteritf  Mtvuw^  a  publicntiim 
tfaidi  ocAsod  to  eju«t  before  the  breaking  out  of  tbe  war 
f  Mfwimnia,  and  ba*  not  aiDce  been  revived;  bat  ha  wrote 
istaciea*  biograpbkSf  poemst  playe,  and  u  many  novels 
■  t^Ute  G.  P.  R.  James,  whom  as  a  novelist  fie  some- 
rh»t  reacmbled.  Mr,  Si  mm?  enjoyed  at  one  time  a  con- 
Mcrable  popularity  in  tlie  XoriUera  Slates,  and  In  early 
le  was  the  perK>nal  friend  of  WafibiogtoQ  Irving,  W.  C, 
Iryant,  aJid  other  eminent  Xurthem  writers.  He  cepoused 
^th  aU  tbe  energy  of  his  nature  the  cause  of  the  ^nlb 
I  tli0  w«r  of  the  rtbcUioti,  and  sent  his  »on  into  the  field 
I  Hampton's  cavalry.  liis  country  aoat  of  Woodlands 
f«a  bomed  in  Shernion'*  raid,  and 'he  saHercd  total  im» 
Dreriahment  in  tbe  collapse  of  th^  Confederacy.  Apart 
jDOi  such  of  hid  novels  as  are  based  on  Indian  lift  and 
le  revolntiooaiy  period,  which  have  a  permanent  value 
^  preaentiug  soaal  phases  that  have  long  paaeed  away, 
|b  b«al  books  were  probably  bis  //uCory  of  8fmth  Ciom- 
^'^taf  tht  Chttkiihr  Bayard^  and  Etaau  on  the  Doubt' 

[  tbftt  many  of  Mr.  S^mraa'a  novels  of 

'»linft,  and  We&t  Amencao 

1  into  GnrmaD  {^arie  de 

JJa'  Kumke  vtni  Kiawu^  5  vols. ; 

15  vols.  ;    Wiywavi  tmd  IluUe  ; 

,  Scc.)^  and  are  read  with 

lire  by  the  lover  of  the 

V,  lUL'iy'laiown  G.  P.  R.  James 


AJfD  FeMALB  NntJJElW  AKD  LfiTTEBfl. — 

tjdiea  hAve  been  observed  by  many  philolo- 
in  tbe  distributioD  among  various  groups  of 
^e  of  numeral  root^  recognisable  as  iden- 
but  employed  to  expreBS  diverse  ntimbers. 
'    hject  on  tbe  rreaent  occaaion  is  to 
b  'n  the  probable  operation  on  nume- 

in  tut_  uual  and  consequently  sexual  evstem, 
rliioh  prevailed  during  the  Caucaso-Tibetan 
poch,  and  vtrhicb  exercises  so  mucb  influence  on 
lie  philosophy  of  the  Assyrians,  the  Ohaldaeana, 
ud  the  Hebrews,  and  which  lives  in  the  shape  of 
uperstition  even  to  this  day* 

The  decimal  system  of  a  hand  of  five  fingers  h 
elatiTely  recent,  and  was  preceded  by  a  quator* 
uiry  system  of  a  hand  of  lour  finerers,  and  it  h 
oheequent  to  this  epoch  the  numbers  three  and 
erven  were  introduced.  The  fingers  were  named 
IB  in  Wefit  Africa,  and  the  pairs  on  the  tight 
land  were  1  and  2,  4  and  5;  on  the  left  hiuxd^ 
'}  and  8;  9  and  10.  There  were  probahly  otb^ 
wira  on  the  feet,  11  and  12,  14  and  15,  &c' 

The  larger  fingfera  wcmld  bo  male  and  the 
iomller  female  in  the  development  of  the  du^ 
faiem.  The  larger  fingers  are  inside  on  the 
■liatemary  system,  and  the  smaller  or  female 
||lg«rB  m  oitwde  '"  *'-  "interrjary  and  quinary 
itMUt    ThemaJ'  ouM  consequently  be 

A,  8|  tad  %  and  u..  .. .. .^la  fingers  1,  5,  0,  and 


10,  It  can  be  observed  that  there  are  relations 
among  what  has  been  here  named  the  malegroapi 
and  likewise  among  the  female  groups  and  there 
are  further  linguistic  relations  between  the  paint. 

Letters,  the  cabalistic  relations  of  which  to 
figures  are  well  known^  »dll  maintain  the  relation 
of  solar  and  lunar  in  some  languages,  and  this 
strengthens  the  suppo^tion  of  a  precedent  epoch 
of  male  and  female,  or  solar  and  lunar^  number 
or  finder  names,  Htb£  Clakkx. 

32.  St  George's  Square,  S,W. 

"Trb  Prodiqal  Son  '*  in  Gbbkice's  "  Mocnur- 
150  Garhettt/'  1692. — Those  readers  who  had 
the  rare  treat  of  seeing  in  the  late  Exhibition  of 
Old  Masters  the  fine  series  of  **  The  Prodigal  Son  " 
painted  by  MuriUo  (ob.  16^2),  or  who  have 
perused  Dean  Stanley^s  description  of  the  six  pic> 
tures  at  p.  120  of  the  present  volume  of  "  N,  &Q,,*' 
will  study  doubtless  with  no  small  amount  of 
pleasure  an  earlier  series  of  pictures  of  **The 
Prodjgfd  Son ''  to  be  found  in  a  blnck  letter  pam- 
phlet, supposed  to  be  rare,  entitled  Qnens  Mourn" 
ing  OarnhefU  ....  hoUi  lyhaatmi  ami  pro/itahU^  by 
IL  Greene — a  humorous  poet  who  died  1W2,  and 
who  says  of  himself  (k  l^) — 

"  If  I  have  been  thought .,,...  a*  ftill  of  anionra  as 
Ouid,  yet  you  will  vouchsafe  of  my  Muuming  Garment t 
for  tbnt  it  lathe  first  fruits  of  my  new  labours,  and  the  last 
farewell  to  my  fond  de^res  «  . '.  as  thi^  is  the  first  of  my 
rsfomied  passions,  so  this  is  the  la^t  of  my  trifling  paoi'- 
phletB/* 

The  little  work  abounds  in  wise  aphorisms,  and 
contains  at  least  one  pastoral  poem  of  great  merit, 
termed  "The  Sbenheards'  Wiues'  Song/* 

W.  H,  S. 

MoBE  ABOUT  Cocker  (See  "N,  &  Q.'*  pamnu) 

In  the — 

"  Purliamentary  Intellipjencerj  comprising  the  Sum  of 
Forraign  IntdUgence,  with  the  AQiiirs  now  in  Agitation 
in  £n^and,  Scotland,  and  Ireland,    For  tbe  Information 
of  the  Peopla.    July  9  to  July  16, 16G0  *'— 
I  find  the  following  curious  advertisement: — 

**  The  Pen*8  Gallantry  :  a  copy-book  containing  sondry 
GxampleM  of  all  the  rjurious  hands  now  in  us© ;  the  second 
impression,  with  the  additions  of  court>hand  copies,  ex- 
quisitely performed  bv  the  author,  Edward  Cocker,  living 
on  the  *outh  side  of  ^t.  Paul'a  Church,  where  he  teachea 
the  arts  of  writing  and  arithmeiick  in  an  extraordinary 
manner.  Sold  by  William  PUoe  in  Gray*s  Inn  Gate 
in  Holboum,  and  Thomas  Books  ai  the  Holy  Lamb  at 
tbe  east  end  of  St.  Paul's  Chnrchyard,  London.** 

MaITBICB  hBHIKAHf  M.HXA. 

Limerick. 

"Ijt  twr  Straw," — I  fanciKl  this  saying  had 
been  referred  to  in  '*  N.  &  Q,/'  but  do  not  find  it 
in  the  three  indexes.  "The  following  extract  pre- 
sents* a  slight  variation,  possibly  arising  from,  the 
poverty  of  the  mother  referred  to  : — 

**  lie  has  now  got  the  seventh  chihl,  and  tbe  wifo  is 
presently  an  the  ttraw^  so  that  the  len  |>t>ttnd  note  came 
seaaonably/'—ln  a  note  fr^m  Brechin,  1767,  June.  • 

w.  p. 


408 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[4^8.VII.  MatI5»71- 


Ay  EDrroRrAx  Centenartait. — It  Is  stated  in 
the  Printer  9  Regider^  p.  Ill,  tlmt  ^fr.  Lewi  a 
Doxat,  lately  deceased,  was  ]08  years  old*  He  is 
reputed  to  aa?e  l)eeD  born  in  the  British  We-^t 
Indies,  to  have  been  enj^aged  on  tbe  Morning 
CfmmicU  newspaper  in  1788,  in  1804  to  have 
becooie  editor  of  The  ObAerver^  from  which  he 
retired  in  1857,  and  died  March  8  in  the  pre- 
sent year — 1871*  A.  H, 

[^VVc  believe  it  waa  only  in  Tfrn  Standard  and  the 
Prtntfr^s  ReffUter  that  the'age  of  Sir,  Doxat  i^  sair!  to 
liavfl  been  108  ;  whcreaa  in  other  papem  it  ia  stated  he 
wu  aged  ninety-eight  when  he  died.— Ell] 

e^ufrtir^, 

MEZZOTIXTO  PRINTS. 

I  should  like  much  to  obtain  a  key  to  a  pair  of 
inezzotinta  I  posaesa,  which  may  be  recoj^TjiA^d  by 
dome  intelligent  correspoadunt  by  tlio  following 
unartiatic  description  (size  2(3  in.  by  18  in/): — 

No.  L  Scene,  apparently  the  re^'^iona  of  Pluto. 
i  *n  the  right,  a  cluster  of  grotesque  demons ;  in 
their  midst  a  saintly  figure,  hands  clasped  as  if 
supplicating  the  mercy  of  a  wiuged  monster  in 
the  act  of  seizing  him  ;  the  others  pressing  around, 
aiding  and  ab^etting;  above  their  heads  a  large 
^b,  bestrode  by  a  skeleton  goat-headed  man 
playing  upon  a  pipe,  all  joining  indeed  in  one 
liellish  chorus  directed  at  the  holy  man  they  have 
captured.  On  the  left  the  three-headed  dog 
chMned,  menacingly  rampant  in  the  same  direc- 
tion ;  a  figure  in  the  corner  holding  a  dilapidattMl 
'birch  broom  over  the  heads  of  Cerberus, 

No.  2,  Scene  the  same.  In  the  centre  a  homely 
elderly  female  passing ;  a  basket  on  her  left  arm, 
containing  apparently  drinking  vessels ;  her  apron 
»ilso  filled  and  held  up ;  in  ner  right  hand,  ele- 
vated, a  naked  sword  ;  head  turned  and  eyes  bent 
on  tbe  three-headed  dog,  as  in  No.  1,  stramiug 
his  chains  to  get  at  her.  In  advance,  on  the  other 
side,  a  group  of  indesciibable  demons  crouching 
together  at  tne  siglit  of  the  sword ;  the  principal 
object  in  this  last  a  monster  with  skeleton* horse 
head,  cloth  thrown  over  the  body,  and  bestrode 
by  an  imp  with  owFs  head,  aa^ih,  sword,  spurs, 
bearing  sttilT  and  colours  a  ia  miiitaire. 

Bats  Hying  about  and  rtiplilea  filling  up  the 
foreground  of  both  pictures,  while  shadowy  nion- 
Hters  occupy  the  parts  not  illumed  by  the  light 
issuing  from  the  infernal  caverns. 

In  Callot's  engraving  of  the  *'  Temptations  of 
3t  Anthony/'  where  the  arch-enemy,  overshadow- 
ing the  whole  picture,  vomits  devils  of  every  con- 
ceivable shape  upon  the  poor  saint^  I  find  some 
resemblance  to  my  mezzotint.  In  this  and  No.  1 
there  is  notably  the  corrospoading  incident  of  tbe 
holy  man  in  the  grasp  of  the  winged  demoHi 
which  suggest  that  all  may  be  but  varied  concep- 
tions of  St,  Anthony's  troubles,  of  which  there 
are,  I  believe,  many  pictorial  versions.  J.  0, 


Author  Wanted. — 'Wlio  was  the  authot 
Sxerci^Sf  hiftnwtive  and  Enter taifimg,,  in  Fi 
English,  seventh  edit,  8vo,  Leeds,  1799? 
stated  in  the  preface  that  '^  tbe  fblli 
were    written    for    the    accommodatioii 
au thorns  own  school.^*    The  first  edition 
dates  in  1788*     My  copy  having  lost  tbe 
or  two  (after  110)'  I  should  like  to  com; 
There  ia  a  work  with  a  similar  title,  about 
same  dates^  by  John  Perrin,  W, 

BRrDOETTiNE  NuNS. — In  what  year  did 
nuns  of  Syon  return  to  England,  and  what  n 
her  of  The  Tiine$  or  Evening  MaU  contained  acoo- 
cise   history  of  tbe  slaterbood,   written   on  the 
occasion  of  their  return  F  Djlyid  Ho' 

[Ao  account  of  the  return  of  twelve  ntins  to  Eogl 
of  the  ancient  Convent  of  Syon  llouse,  ot,  as  they 
sometimes  called,  Bridgettine  Nuns,  ftppearcd   la 
Hampthirt  Oir^nicU  of  Sept.  7,  1861,  and  wjid 
into  The  }Feekly  Rtghitr  of  Sept.  14.  1^61,  p.  7, 
are  now  locnted  at  Speliabury  convent  in   Donetftliii*. 
Consult  also  Fuller'a  Church' Nittory,  book  ru  iect  L 
38-40,  and  Chambeni'B  Book  of  Day*,  it  105,1 

Chattvik^isme.— What  is  the  origin  of  the  wosi 
Chauvinisme  f  It  occurs  in  a  pamphlet  addztssid 
by  Mr.  Karl  Blind  and  two  other  Gennaiis  A^ 
Pettpk  frim^aii  et  ^  son  AsBimbiSe  national  ft  utA  i? 
dated  London,  Feb.  1871,  L.  V.  iv 

[Littr^,  in  hb  admirable  Dictionnaire  de  ta  Laatfit 
/r«nftjij)r^  definwi  Chauvmitme  **  sentiment  du  Chanria**; 
and  ex[dflinii,*»CAcjiini*,  nom  d'un  personnage  de  qadqnn 
dfijkiiliis  populaireti,  qui,  exprimant  dcs  aentiment^  d'ufl 
putriotiamt^  aveugle  et  <^troit  &u  aojet  dea  - 
rovers  de  Napoleon  f*^  est  devenu  le  oom  d 
des  sentimcntf  exoger^a  et  ridicules  de  patri"^*'^>^^  '^<  -^ 
^erre.    C'csst  tenir  ua  langage  de  Chauvin*'"] 

The  CHEVKON.^Whatisthe  heraldic  an tbanty 
for  the  belief  that  the  ancestors  of  those  who  bow 
a  chevron  on  theijr  armorial  shield  visited  tbt 
Holy  I.«and  in  the  time  of  the  Crusades  P       S.  ?» 

Kxeter, 

CtEKENTij^K  CuviER. — VVill  wiy  Correspondent 
of  «  N.  k  il"  kindly  inform  the  author  i»f  On  «lt 
Edge  of  the  Stonn  where  the  Memoir  of  ClemefdtM 
Cuvierj  daughter  of  the  great  tavant,  can  be  met 
with  ?  It  IS  mentioned  and  quoted  from  in  the 
I^^orth  Britisfi  EevieWf  but  no  bookseller  can  git* 
any  information  respecting  it 

f  The  Memoir  of  Clement m«  Cwiert  by  th«  Bev.  M"k 
VVilks,  first  appeared  in  the  Evangeiicat  Mtton: 
Feb,  law  I  and  this  interesting  tnt-morial  i:d  tbr  : 
the  beautiful  Clementine,  >viiA  reprinted  by  John  An >« 
James  of  Uirmioji^hiini,  with  **  Hedectiona,*^     Se«  hbc  ' 
Iccted  H^orkSf  edit.  ItfGO,  iv.  SOd."} 

CoRUKTT  OF  Chadbesley-Cobbett,  Co.  Wc>i»| 

CE8TER.— Can  any  one  tell  me  how  this  frmilfj 
was  connected  with  the  Corbels  of  Caue  and  WaT 
tlesborough  ? 

It  appears  that  in  17  Ed,  I.  Roger  Corbet  d\t^  j 
seised  of  lands  in  Worcestershire  and  GlattO«#t«r- 1 
shire,  leaving  William,  his  aon  and  htkp  then    •• 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


409 


under  age ;  and  tbat  A!d&»  the  motBer  of  the  Baid 
Hoger,  oeld  a  third  part  of  the  manor  of  Cliaddee- 
lej  in  dower.    (Eech.  18  E.  I.  27.) 

The  aaid  Ald«  or  Ada  waa  the  widow  of  a 
William  Corbet,  and  it  appears  from  her  pos1> 
mortem  inq^uisition  (19  Ed.  I,  8),  that  she  held 
the  whole  of  the  manor  of  *♦  Imeneye  "  of  Peter 
Corbet  by  reason  of  the  minority  of  William,  the 
Mm  and  heir  of  Roger  Corbet^  who  w&b  also  her 
heir.  n,  S.  G. 

Drbak  of  Elizabbth  be  l'Abchk. — Can  any 
of  jour  correspond enta  thxow  any  light  on  thia 
subject;  and  if  it  be  not,  aa  I  rather  BU9p«?ct, 
altogether  a  myth  ?  T.  C.  S. 

Eggs  as  af  ARncLE  op  Food.— I  cannot  call 
to  mind  any  mention  in  the  sacred  writings  of 
this  moat  nutritious  of  animal  subijtAnces.  1  may 
SAT  the  same  of  the  profane  authors,  with  the 
exception  of  Plutarch  in  his  Morak^  I  caiiDOt 
recall  where;  but  he  records,  either  of  himself  or 
by  the  mouth  of  his  colloquists,  a  partiality  for 
the  egg  of  the  domestic  fowl.  Was  there  any 
f«4iaon  (religious  or  superstitious)  for  their  avoid- 
ance by  Jew  and  Gentile  ?  J.  A.  G. 

Cariabfooke, 

^Our  correspondent**  query  will,  we  thinkt  be  fally 
caswered  by  two  familiar  passages — ^'^  Or  if  he  BhaJl  aak 
an  «ggr  wtfl  he  offer  him  a  soorpion  P"  (Luke  xi.  12)  ; 
•fid  the  evidence  aa  to  the  Geotik  use  of  egga  it  shawn 
in  the  Latin  proverb :  **  Ab  ovo  usque  ad  mail,**] 

Gates,  Isle  of  Mak,— In  Mill's  Ordinances 
and  Statutes  of  the  I«h  of  Man  (ed-  1821,  p.  12), 
mention  is  mad©  of  **  A  Court  of  all  the  Commons 
of  Man,  holdeo  at  the  Castle  of  Rushin  betwixt 
the  Gates  by  Henry  Byron,  Lieut,  of  Man,  upon 
Tueadaj  next  after  the  xx*''  day  of  Chrietmas, 
anno  domini  1430."  What  is  the  meaning  of  be- 
twixt the  gates,  and  on  which  day  of  the  month 
was  the  court  held  ?  A^  E»  L. 

"  The  Greatest  Clerks  abe  wot  the  Wisest 
Me^.'* — Who  is  the  author  who  originated  the 
foUnwing  phrase:  "The  greatest  clerks  aie  not 
the  wifi4»st  men  *'  ?  J.  IL 

£The  line  cornea  from  Chuucer :  — 
•*  Tbe  petest  clerk es  b^-n  not  the  wiieat  men. 
At  whilom  to  the  wolf  thus  spake  the  mare,"^ — 
•nd  wiU  b«  found  in  The  Revet  Tak  {I  4052,  Tyrwhitt'a 
<bditi<"in),  and  not  in   The  MiUer't  Tale^  as  errotjcously 
•tAted   bj' M r.  Thorns  in  hia  notca  to  Caxton's  Reynard 
the   Fox^»n  error  which  bus   been   repi^aied  by  other 
writers.     The  pbrAse  is  alio  to  be  foimd  in  Reynnrd, 
where  tbe  incident  of  the  wolf  and  the  mare,  to  which 
Cbaocer  refcrsi,  will  be  found;   see  p.  86  of  Mr.  Thomas 
teprint;  And  in  Johoaoa^s  Dictionary  (see  edJtjoi]   by 
JLathflm^  #.  r.  **  Clerk  **)  a  similar  paaMge  h  quoted  from 
South :    **  The    greatest  ckrka   being  not    always   the 
bonestest,  any  more  than  t^ie  wisest  men/*] 

BfiBiiLBic. — I  possesa  an  old  silver  seal,  with 
mimfi  as  follows : — Or  on  a  cberron  eng^railed  aiurei 


three  Maltese  crosses  argent.    To  what  family  do 
these  arms  belong  P  F*  G,  L. 

6f  Lambeth  Terrace^ 

Two  brothers  many  and  leave  iMue  male*  Tbe 
elder  line  dies  out  entirely  at  the  end  of  some  two 
hundred  vears,  but  in  the  meantime  heiresaes  have 
broug^bt  fresh  quartering  a  into  their  coat  armour. 
W^hen  the  jounger  «on  a  deecendants  become  the 
representatives  of  both  lines,  do  they  also  bear 
quarterings  brought  by  the  beireaaeB  into  the 
elder  line  before  it  became  extinct  ? 

W.  H.  IL  0. 

Joan  D*ARC.*-Some  years  back  a  book  came 
out  denying  that  the  Maid  of  Orleans  was  burned 
at  Rouen,  and  affirming  thmt  she  simply  retired 
into  obscurity.  It  added,  that  '*  The  Maid  "  mar- 
ried and  bore  children,  whose  descendaota  did,  for 
several  generations,  receive  a  pension  from  the 
French  crown  in  acknowledgment  of  the  servicea 
of  their  anceatreas.  Of  the  lit!©  of  this  book  I  am 
totally  ignorant ;  but  I  have  been  informed  that 
it  was  reviewed  in  Tfw  AtJientBumf  and  thinking 
it  likely  that  mnny  persons  may  remember  that 
review,  I  am  tempted  to  appeal  to  tbe  good  nature 
of  any  one  able  and  willing  to  tell  me  in  what 
year  this  ref  lew  appeared, 

Noell  Radbcliffk, 

[The  i^roaiidfl  of  doabl  which  of  late  j^ears  have  ri«Qn 
among  French  antjqoaries  as  to  the  horetofore  unque'^- 
tiotied  fact  of  tbe  death  of  Joan  d'Arc  at  Eotten,  appeared 
in  a  privaldy-printed  volume  eDtitl«d  Dome  hittttrimtt^ 
by  M.  Octave  Deleplerre,  the  learned  Belgian  consul  in 
Kagland.  An  analysis  of  tliis  work  will  he  found  in  The 
Athetueum  ofSi.pt.  15,  1655,  p,  1047.  CoELsult  also  ChacD- 
l>€rs*8  B<Myk  of  Dayt,  I  702;  and  "^N.  &  Q.,"  2»*  &  Ui. 
447,512;  3'<i  S.  iL  46,  98. 1 

Kipper. — What  are  tbe  derivation  and  mean- 
ing of  this  word  as  applied  to  salmon  ?  It  is 
thought  here  to  be  tbe  sAroe  as  keeper,  Webster 
delinea  it  "  lean  and  unfit  for  use," 

A.   MlDDLETOir. 
School  House,  Kingsbridgc,  S,  Devon, 

Mak  Traps  and  Spring  GirF8.^Wben  I  wna 
young,  I  was  often  deterred  from  trespassiog  by 
the  ominous  warning:  '* Trespassers  beware  I  man 
traps  and  spring  gnn^  set  liere/*  1  see  none  of 
flucE  warnings  now.  Are  they  out  of  date,  or  have 
they  been  abolished  by  law  ?   If  tbe  latter,  when  Y 

George  Llovd. 

Cranrlington. 

[By  an  act,  7  &  8  Geo.  IT.  c.  18  (May  28,  1827),  any 
person  setting  any  spriiig-j^un«  man-trap,  or  other  eugiae 
calculated  to  de»lroy  life,  or  intlict  grievnuB  bodily 
harm,  was  to  be  go  Illy  of  a  misdemeanour.  The  act  did 
not  extend  to  Scotland.  By  the  fourth  clause,  ipring- 
gun*.  &C.J  mijjht  be  set  inside  a  dwelling-house  for  the 
protection  thereof,  from  Banjwt  to  stinnae.] 

The  Queen:  Empress  of  India.  — What  is 
the  date  of  the  Londan  Gasette  in  which  Queen 


41* 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES,  [4t*s,vii.MiTis,*Tt. 


iTictoria  ^as  gazetted  *'  Empreas  of  India,"  tbus 
offiCMilly  aeeuming  that  title  r"  M,  W. 

[We  do  not  Vtii'vp  thnt  aaj  ancli  prodanjoUoa  has 
1         '  ■   ■  T       ,1.    The  Quecn»  in  her  pro- 

India,  niftdR  known  to  them 
f;  .ni  Allahabad,  <Uted  Xov.  1, 

I6it6,  dercriU-H  lieT»«lt  us  ^*  Victoria,  by  the  Grace  ofOod, 
of  the  TTnitpil  Kin«fl«)in  of  Gr«ftt  Britain  adcI  Irfetanct, 
and  (<r  :'     '    '  1  Bependendes  thereof,  in  Europe, 

Asia.  I  lid  AastmliA,  Qtieen,  Dvfimder  of 

the  Bill  t he  prodamatJOD, constituting  the 

Order  of  ilm  6t«f  i/f  India  (in  the  London  Gattitt  of  June 
26,  1S61),  the  <  Jut'<?ii  appoints  **  her  Heirs  and  Succt'^ssorfs 
Kingy  and  Queens  Kofrnaut  of  the  United  Kingdom,  to  be 
Sovwfigfts  of  the  Order/'] 

*^The  Shritjjs  of  Parnassus/' — 'Who  waa  the 
Author  of  Tfic  Shrubs  of  Purnm^m^  a  variety  of 
pcKjticAl  essays  (London,  1760)  ?  **  J.  Cop\ivell, 
Esq,  of  LiDcoln^a  Inn  ^'  is  named  aa  tbe  author, 
but  that  is  suppoaed  to  be  a  nom  de  plume^  espe- 
cially as  no  mJtk  name  can  be  found  on  the  books 
of  that  society.  H.  T.  E. 

'*  SntixKS,  TO  Mollt/*— 'Ulxo  wrote  this  song, 
as  pven  in  Elegant  Ktiractn,  Svo,  **  PoetiT,'*b.  iv, 
p,  845  of  edition  1790  ;  and  alpr>  "  The  Thought ; 
or,  A  Song  of  Similes,"  on  p.  847  ?  Since  writing 
the  above,  on  opening  an  octaTO  volume  entitled 
Anlidute  to  Melancholy j  I  see  the  first-named  song 
ia  set  to  a  simple  air  for  two  vocalists;  still  no 
author's  name  appears.  W.  P. 

**  Portrait  of  Lord  SprxrE,  who  commanded 
L  Scot<?h  Regiment  serving  under  Gu^stavus  Adol* 
pbuii,  by  George  Jameson,  No.  231.  Lent  by  the 
i.ftrl  of  Crawford  and  Balcarras  "  (vide  Catalogue 
of  the  litte  Rxhibition  of  Old  Masters  in  Burlington 
House).  Of  what  family  was  Lord  Spynie  'f  and 
what  is  known  of  his  career  and  adventures 
beyond  the  facta  stated  above  ? 

NoxLt  RADKCLrPPE. 

[AlexandfiT,  eecoud  Lortl  Spynie,  of  the  Lindsay  family, 
ittceeoded  his  futher  in  l4i07,  andtbo  sami?  year  ba*rn 
charter  to  him  and  Joanna  Ikiuftlafl  bis  wife  of  se\'¥ml 
landi  in  Forfa rehire.  Ht?  fought  in  (Jennanv  under  the 
bannera  of  Gustavus  Adolpiius*  and  acquircif  hi;^h  Tppu- 
tation  as  a  brave  and  gallant  officer.  He  married^  tlrst, 
Jnannn  Donj^lni;  secondly,  Lady  Margaret  Hay»  only 
d'i     '  1   iJcorge^  first  Earl  of  KinnonU  high  chau- 

^'  l:indi  and  by  the  la^t  had  issue  two  aon^  atid 

i\\  !  j^, — DongWi  Peeragej  by  Wood,  LL  518.] 

Walpolk's  NAiiy-BRrsn. — In  An  E4$m/  on  the 
Study  (fthe  Hidonf  qf  England ^  by  Major  Samuel 
Dales,  F.S.A.,  London,  lk>9,  8vo,  tliia  paa«iage 
occurs  at  p.  193 :  *'  Walpole  was  expelled  the 
house,  on  a  suffjfestioii  that  he  had  not  used  a 
nail-brush/^  This  incident  is  said  to  have  hap- 
pened during  the  reign  of  ^Vnne,  about  1710. 
\Vhftt  can  the  above  statement  refer  to  ?  I  will 
be  verv  thankful  for  any  information  on  this  sub- 
ject, if  known  to  **  N.  &  Q."  Jas.  THRtrpp. 
Kilkennv, 


WoRdiSTERSHlRB  A»ii«»— I  vdsh  to  «io«rUb 
what  arms  were  borne  by  the  undennentioiied 
eheritrs  of  Worcestershire : — 

17,36.  Isaac  Snow  of  T  n. 

17m  John  Hart  of  ^  n-Stour. 

1741,  Nicholas  Bennti  mi  jjH'inroaghloil. 

1740.  Tho.  Watson  of  Bewdley. 

1751,  Geo.  Holland  of  TeobufT. 

176.3.  Tho.  Phillips  of  Stourbridge. 

1 770.  John  Foster  of  Wordaley,* 

17?^1,  John  Darke  of  Bredon. 

1703,  John  Steward  of  Stone. 

1797.  Moses  Harper  of  AMley. 

1819.  John  Jeffreva  of  Blakebrook. 

1828.  Geo.  Meredith  of  Berrington  Court 

An?  genealogical  notes  and  a  deecription  of  l_ 
anns  borne  by  the  fallowing,  who  ocGar  in  a  iMtj 
of  Worcestershire  centiy  dated  1000,  wiU  alio  h$  i 
thankfully  rect^ifed :  Carew  of  Littletoii|  Km^ 
»oTi^  St^ton,  Sly,  Tyckridge,  Tyrer  of  Ltitlef|i 
Whitney  of  Croome.    IL  SYDNxr  Or  -— ■ 

Stourbridge. 

Wrecks  at  Sea  :  tite  Tymvle. — I  have  mA 
mjtny  friiitleAs  endeavours  to  find  an  account  rf 
the  wreck  of  iht*  brig  Temple,  Mid\vinter  murtw, 
ttbout  April,  1820,  off  the  Caymanae  in  the  Off- 
ribean  sea.  The  passengers  and  crew  escaped,  and 
were  substiqiiently  brought  to  F.ri'.lftniL  afltr  A 
month's  sojourn  on  those  islands,  I  ixtim 

of  the  barque  Thetis.     The  ownti  iinttlf 

vessel  were  .Tohn  Bourke  Rickette^  mercbiot  id 
Leadenhal!  Street,  and  C.  N.  PdllntT  of  Hart** 
ton  House,  Kingston-ott-Thames.  I  i^Iionld  ht 
much  obliged  to  any  correspondent  who  wouM 
assist  me  in  obtaining  any  newspaper  rffoft  flf 
the  above.  There  ought  to  be  sxicb  it  recoriL  Uj 
object  is  to  obtain  the  names  of  tbe  paasextgera 


lltpltrK. 

MURAL  PJUNTING  IN  STARSTON  CHUKCO. 

NORFOLK. 

(4*''  S.  vi.  pamm;  ml  40,  173,  245,  366,) 

IMr.  W^allku  has  invented  anew  theory  < 
subject  of  this  painting,  at  the  same  time  di 
ing  my  view  tnat  it  represents  the  death  i 
Blessed  Virgin  as  **  so  utterly  untenable  a.  BW»  I 
position  that  it  is  mere  wa^te  of  lime  to  conirfsr 
it.'*    Ho  states  that  when  he  wrote  in  answer  w  | 
F.  C.  H.  he  had  not  f»--  ^— i--  i,-  ^  ^ul*utlk»« 
baviog  8ince  niinut'  ij  be  <in»^ 

thi^  description  by  '  ^u.  ....:l.,  —  liratfltsa^ 
that  all  deductions  from  it  fail.  But  '^thi* 
writer ''  has  also  studied  them,  and,  with  t^ 

*  Mr.  Feetor  was  a  member  of  an  axioiait  Lii««M** 
sbiro  faintly  noticed  In  Niehola*s  hiatoiy  of  £]iSlOOiD^« 
but  the  family  urma  are  not  given. 


,  TU.»Ut13,*71-] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


4H 


bpwing  now  before  bim^  is  prepared  to  maiutaii^ 
Hticcuracy  of  his  description, 
^^e  noWthcoTT  put  forth  by  Mil  Waller  is 
mi  tbe  deUik  ^ow  ua  an  aliar  with  the  cruci- 
Ixion,  a  prio&t  in  chastihie  standing  by^  and  roach - 
M  towjirds  A  tonfiored  figoire,  apparently  to 
PBftve  the  scroll  or  schedule  which  ht^  holJs,  ami 
',  ^'     '  '        '   tion.     But  thero  is  no  altar, 

rely  the  he^d  of  the  bed, 
iu|ipviiT:^u  ><>  .1  Mia  ri  .-^^luare  poat  standing  on  the 
I^OUBd.  The  long  side-piece  of  the  bed  comes 
iloM  tip  to  it  ^  mid  apparently  HtA  into  it.  Of  tkia 
ibntiifo  be  takes  no  notice :  it  is  in  fact  subrer- 
«i«e  of  bis  whole  theory,  which  will  appear  aa 
ire  proceed.  I  think  I  know  what  a  ehambie  is, 
liter  weamig  one  tor  half  a  century;  and  the 
Sgore  reaching  out  his  arms  doe^  nU  w«ar  n 
mamhkt  bot  a  Mod  of  cope,  or  a  mere  cloak.  The 
pepresentfttion  of  the  crucifixioD  is  merely  a  pic* 
Uife  or  tablet}  not  ^tandioj^-  in  the  iiuddie,  nor  even 
lettr  tbe  middla  of  bis  snppoead  attar,  hut  nt  one 
socner — ta  fact  fixed  up  at  the  bedside.  ^*  That 
rhicb  hafl  been  called  a  shield/'  he  continues,  *4s 
Sextainly  no  shield  at  alV^     Very  likely^  but  it 

K.  never  have  been  meant  for  a  chalice,  as  he 
lie  '^should  imagine  it  to  hare  been/'  For, 
y  fotey  the  object  is  shaped  like  a  shield,  and 
hr  too  laxge  for  a  chalice,  and  has  neither  ateoi 
ior  foot  The  figure,  remember,  is  stretching  out 
Ub  kaiide,  neither  of  which  appears  to  hold  ih^ 
rirield;  and  what  then  r  ^  >1  ^  »  -^hftlice  be  for  P  It 
maj  swea  be  a  piece  ol  v  attached  to  the 

imm  of  the  h(;^ure  staL  i...^  ..ad.  But  haying 
baigined  an  altar,  he  of  course  wanted  a  chalice, 
Kod  so  a  large  ^ii^  shield-like  object  is  made  to 
to  djttj  for  a  rtnmd^  cupped,  stemmed,  and  footed 


**  There  is/'  he  adda,  *' a  diapered  corerintr^  which 
i  cannot  thi ok  is  i aten d ed  lor  a  bed / ^  ^' o,  indeed ; 
far  it  is  an  upright  screen  of  wood  or  some  solid 
material  painted  in  diaper,  and  standing  up  as  a 
IMititaon  on  the  side  of  the  bed.  It  has  no  bend, 
nor  fold,  nor  does  it  show  the  least  sign  of  bein^ 
i  covering.  **  In  front  of  thi^  covering," 
jmesy  ^'  is  what  nppesra  to  be  a  carved 
This  is  simply  the  lower  part  of  the  bed- 
,  not  standing  at  all  distant  from  tbe  obji*et 
i  described,  but  dush  with  it ;  and,  »s  I  before 
i,  joining  up  to  the  thick  post  at  the  bed's 
i,  and  not  projecting  before  it.  This  puts  an 
OEtiiigiiiaher  at  once  upon  the  idea  of  its  being  a 
caryed  tomb  some  way  before  the  altar.  What 
aw  we*  now  to  think  of  Mr.  Wa^ller's  dogmati- 
cal dectnoQ  ?  "  What  I  prrmmmce  to  be  an  altar 
bia  endently  been  mij^talfen  for  a  pUlow.''  Who 
an  altar  supported  by  a  thick  square 
cted  with  a  long  side  piece  of  a  bed- 

'  jR^s  new  theory.     He 

jnta  the  death   of  St. 


Hary  Magdalctn.  She  had  preached  at  Marseilles, 
she  lived  in  the  desert,  and  had  frequently  the 
commnnioa  of  angels.  Feeling  her  end  to  be  near, 
she  sent  word  to  Masimin,  Bishop  of  Aix,  that  sh« 
would  iippear  at  a  certidn  hour  in  the  Qrntoty  in 
which  he  performed  his  devotions.  Msximin  at*- 
corditu/ltf  tmmfiibltfd  the  cler^t^^  and  went  into  tbe 
oratory  at  the  time  appointed,  and  there  found 
tbe  luunt,  who,  haying  partaken  of  the  Sacrament 
of  our  Lord's  Body,  afterwards  died  in  front  of 
the  altar.  Maximin  aftefwosde  ordered  Ida  tomb 
to  be  made  close  to  the  spot  Ms.  W^allkr  pro* 
iBaeee  to  take  this  from  the  old  German  accounts ; 
bat  why  did  he  not  quote  them  fairly  and  cor- 
rectly ?  To  have  done  so  would  have  been  fatal 
to  bis  new  speculation.  The  siunt  sent  to  inform 
tbe  bishop  that  he  was  to  go  into  his  church,  not 
his  private  aratoiy,  on  the  following  Sunday  at 
the  hour  of  timiim,  not  at  the  hour  of  wmww,  and 
he  waa  to  go  idGne^  not  amemhlh^g  hts  chrffjf,  as 
Mr.  W^alleh  required  for  his  explanation.  IXere 
is  the  German  original  i — 

*'  Nun  hAi  mir  got  gefordret  sn  den  ewtgen  lebea  das 
aolt  du  dum  bischofT  MarimiDo  rn^en  uod  allea  dss  du  von 
jmir  gehijtt  haat  uimd  spnch  yrmnd  cr  an  den  Suntsg  za 
iDettia  auffstee,  ao  soli  er  tdieyn  in  die  kirchat  goea  io 
findet  er  mieh  dariud.'* — Pafnonal,  1477, 

Though  Maxim  in  ordered  his  own  tomb  to  be 
made  near  that  of  tlie  aaint^  he  at  first  httd  a 
marble  tomb  mode  for  her|  and  Imd  her  in  it. 

**  Da  tiieasMitxJmiauseia  mannal5teimn  sarch  machen, 
tiM  kfftt  Mariam  Maffdalenam  darem" — Ibid, 

Mr.  Waller  indeed  fails  com|*letely  in  bis 
application  of  the  legend  to  the  painting  at  Staa^ 
ston.  There  is  no  altar  and  no  priest  in  eucharis- 
tic  vestments,  as  he  represents,  and  inddfed  neither 
could  have  been  useu  at  the  midnight  hour  of 
matins ;  and  though  the  Holy  Communion  was  ad- 
ministered, it  was  not  by  a  priest,  but  by  a  bishop. 
**  The  diapered  covering,"  he  says,  *'  is  doubtless 
over  the  dead  body.^'  But  it  stands  up  as  straight 
as  a  wall,  and  is  not  calculated  for  any  sort  of 
covering.  Then  he  imagines  the  conspicuous  lady 
to  be  a  princess  converted  by  St  Mary  Magdalen, 
and  afterwards  restored  to  life  by  her  mterceadon ; 
but  this  fails  in  every  way.  Frjr  the  scene,  Mr. 
Waller  says^  is  the  death  of  the  mtnt^  snd  we 
have  ju^t  seen  that  no  one  was  present  at  that 
but  the  bishop.  Jloreover,  St.  Mary  Magdalen 
had  lived  m  a  cave  for  thirty  years  without  seeing 
any  human  being.  Was  it*  likely  that  a  lady 
converted  so  long  before  would  have  even  known 
the  time  or  place  of  her  death  Y  The  same  objec- 
tions apply  to  his  supposition  that  the  veiled 
figure  near  this  lady  would  be  ^lartha ;  for  she 
lived  away  from  her  sister  in  her  monastery  at 
Tacrascona,  had  never  seen  her  sister  for  at  least 
thirty  years,  and  may  even  have  died  before  her, 
I  think  we  may  now  apply  to  Mr.  Waller'% 
new  theory  his  own  wotds\  '*\^.  \&  ^»  wNXfc^^  "«s^- 


Em 


410 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[4*»'S.T 


Victoria  was  gazetted  "  Empress  of  India,"  thua 
officially  assuming  that  title  r  M.  W. 

[We  do  not  believe  that  anj  such  proclamation  hae 
been  inserted  in  the  Gazette,  The  Queen,  in  her  pro- 
clamation to  the  people  of  India,  made  known  to  them 
bj  the  Oovemor  General  from  Allahabad,  dated  Nov.  1, 
1868,  describes  herself  as  **  Victoria,  by  the  Gmee  of  God, 
of  the  United  Kingdom  of  Great  Britain  and  Ireland, 
and  of  the  Colonies  and  Dependencies  thereof,  in  Europe, 
Asia,  Africa,  America,  and  Australia,  Queen,  Defender  of 
the  Faith."  While  in  the  proclamation,  constituting  the 
Order  of  the  Star  of  India  (m  the  London  Gazette  of  June 
26, 1861),  the  Queen  appoints  "  her  Hdrs  and  Successors, 
Kings  and  Queens  Kegnant  of  the  United  Kingdom,  to  be 
Sovereigns  of  the  Order.*'] 

"The  Shrubs  op  Parnassus." — ^Who  was  the 
4Uithor  of  The  Shrubs  of  Parnassus,  a  variety  of 
poetical  essays  (London,  1760)  P  '*  J.  Copywell, 
Esq.  of  Lincoln's  Inn ''  is  named  as  the  author, 
but  that  is  supposed  to  be  a  nom  de  ptuniSy  espe* 
dally  as  no  sucn  name  can  be  found  on  the  books 
<^  that  society.  H.  T.  K 

**  SmiLES,  TO  MoLLr." — Who  -wrote  this  song, 
as  given  in  Elegant  Krtracts,  8vo,  "  Poetry,"  b.  iv. 
p.  845  of  edition  179C ;  and  also  "  The  Thought  j 
or,  a  Song  of  Similes,"  on  p.  847  P  Since  wnting 
the  above,  on  opening  an  octavo  volume  entitled 
Antidote  to  Melancholy y  I  see  the  first-named  song 
is  set  to  a  simple  air  for  two  vocalists;  still  no 
author's  name  appears.  W.  P. 

"Portrait  of  Lord  Sptnie,  who  commanded 
a  Scotch  Regiment  serving  under  Gustavus  Adol- 
phus,  by  George  Jameson,  No.  231.  Lent  bv  the 
£arl  of  Crawford  and  Balcarras  "  (vide  Catalogue 
of  the  late  Exhibition  of  Old  Masters  in  Burlington 
House).  Of  what  family  was  Lord  Spynie  .^  and 
what  is  known  of  his  career  and  adventures 
beyond  the  facts  stated  above  ? 

NOELL  RaDECLIFFE. 

[Alexander,  seoond  Lord  S{>yiiie,  of  the  Lindsay  family, 
succeeded  his  father  in  1607,  and  the  same  year  had'n  i 
charter  to  him  and  Joanna  Douglns  his  wife  of  several  ' 
landa  in  Forfarshire.  lie  fought  in  Germany  under  the 
banners  of  Gustavus  Adolphus,  and  acquirea  high  Tppii- 
tation  as  a  brave  and  gallant  officer.  lie  married,  first, 
Joanna  Douglas;  secondly,  Lady  Margaret  Hay,  only 
daughter  of  George,  first*  Earl  of  Kinnoul,  high  chan- 
cellor of  Scotland,  and  by  the  last  had  issue  two  sons  and 
two  daughters.— Douglas's  Peerage^  by  Wood,  ii.  518.] 

Walpole's  Nail-brush. — In  Ayi  Ensmj  on  the 
Study  of  the  History  of  England y  bv  Major  Samuel 
Dales,  F.S.A.,  London,  1*809,  8vo,  this  passage 
occurs  at  p.  193 :  "  Walpole  was  expelled  the 
house,  on  a  suff^stion  that  he  had  not  used  a 
nail-brush."  This  incident  is  said  to  haye  hap- 
pened during  the  reign  of  Anne,  about  1710. 
What  can  the  above  statement  refer  to  P  I  will 
be  very  thankful  for  any  information  on  this  sub- 
ject, if  known  to  "  N.  &  Q."  Jas.  Thrupp. 
Kilkenny. 


\VoKci:sTERsnmB  Arms.— I  wi 
what  arms  were  borne  by  the  i 
sherifts  of  Worcestershire : — 
1736.  Isaac  Snow  of  Tredington. 
1739.  John  Hart  of  Shipston-on 
1741.  Nicholas  Bennot  of  Belbr< 
1749.  Tho.  Watson  of  Bewdley. 


ordsley. 
1781.  John  Darke  of  Bredon. 
1793.  John  Steward  of  Stone. 
1797.  Moses  Harper  of  Astley. 
1819.  John  Jeffreys  of  Blakebro< 
1828.  Geo.  Meredith  of  Berringt 

Any  genealogical  notes  and  a  des 
arms  borne  by  the  following,  who 
of  Worcestershire  gentry  dated  IGC 
thankfully  received :  Carew  of  Lit 
son,  Seaton,  Sly,  Tyckridge,  Tyrer 
Whitney  of  Croome.    H.  Sydney 

Stourbridge. 

Wrecks  at  Sea  ;  the  Te^iple. 
mriny  fruitless  endeavours  to  find 
the  wreck  of  tho  brig  Temple,  Mid 
about  April,  1829,  off  the  Cayman 
ribean  sea.  The  passengers  and  ere 
were  subsequently  brought  to  Er 
month's  sojourn  on  those  islands,  b 
of  the  barque  Thetis.  The  owners 
vessel  were  John  Bourke  Kickett 
Leadenhall  StrtM-t,  and  C.  N.  Palli 
ton  House,  Kingston-on-Thames, 
much  obliged  to  any  corresponde: 
assist  me  in  obtaining  any  newsp 
the  above.  There  ought  to  be  such 
object  is  to  obtain  the  names  of  the 


Kcpltrir. 

MURAL  PAIXTIXO  IX  STARSTO 
XORFOLK. 
(4^**  S.  vi.  passim;  vii.  40,  172, 

Mr.  Waller  has  invented  a  new 
subject  of  this  painting,  at  the  same 
ing  my  view  that  it  represents  the 
Blessed  Virgin  as  "  so  utterly  unt 
position  that  it  is  mere  waste  of  tir 
it.*'  He  states  that  when  he  wroti 
F.  C.  H.  he  had  not  the  drawing  by 
having  since  minutely  studied  its  d 
the  descriptirn  by  "  that  writer  "  ii 
that  all  deductions  from  it  fuL 
writer  "  has  also  studied  thenif  li 

*  Mr.  Foster  was  a  member  of  m.M 
abire  family  noticed  in  Nichok*!  I 
but  the  family  arms  are  not  given. 


412 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[i<*avn.  MATia.fi. 


tenable,  that  it  is  mere  wasta  of  time  to  oon- 

Bider  it" 

I  adhere,  then,  to  my  original  interpretAtionj 
that  the  painting  repreaents  the  death  of  the 
Blessed  Virgin  Mary. 

I  have  two  mediaeval  woodcuts  of  her  death, 
the  details  of  which  sufficiently  warrant  the  con* 
elusion  that  the  saoae  subject  is  represented  in 
the  Starston  paintinor.  In  each^  the  three  Apostles 
Peter^  James,  and  John  are  standing  doie  to  the 
bed ;  and  in  one  of  them  St.  John  wears  a  cope, 
and  extends  his  hands  oTer  the  bed.  In  the  other 
St  James  folds  his  hands  upon  his  breast,  ju9t  as 
he  does  in  the  fieeco  before  us*  As  to  the  prin- 
cipal female  fijjfure,  she  has  a  veiy  remarKable 
chignon  confined  in  a  net,  and  a  ftinciful  head- 
dress with  etringa  under  her  chin,  exactly  accord- 
ing with  the  modem  fashion ;  but  I  can  see 
nothing  that  could  be  meant  for  a  coronet.  I  take 
her  to  be  one  of  those  devout  females  who  at- 
tended upon  the  mother  of  our  Lord,  and  ehc  may 
be  Seraphia,  who  was  a  rich  lady  long  intimate 
with  the  Holy  Family,  The  figure  holding  the 
scroll  agrees  completely  with  the  mediflBval  re- 
presentations of  ot  Peter*  We  may  dismiss  the 
speculation  as  to  the  inscription  on  tie  mfoU,  and 
the  miracle  which  Mr.  Walleb  would  connect 
with  it,  because  the  reading  is  uncertain,  and  the 
miracle  could  not  have  happened  at  the  death 
scene  of  St.  Mary  Magdalen,  because  no  one  but 
the  bishop  was  present,  and  also  becauee  the 
miracle  never  happened  at  the  saint's  tomb  at 
Alx,  but  at  Vezelay  in  Burgundy,  whither  her 
tomb  had  been  transported  many  years  after  her 
death,  go  Mr.  WiXLSB's  new  theory  breaks 
down  completely. 

I  had  auduced  the  two  angels  carrying  up  the 
soul  to  heaven  as  collateral  evidence,  testifying 
to  the  immediate  assumption  of  the  Blessed 
Virgin.  I  know,  as  well  as  Mr.  Waller,  the 
Hastings  brass  and  other  similar  cases;  but  I 
wished  to  protest  against  similar  presumption 
with  respect  to  others  than  saints.  He  told  us  in 
his  former  paper  (p.  ITS)  that,  as  none  of  the 
figures  have  tne  nimbttSf  the  omission  is  of  itself 
a  fatal  objection  to  its  representing  the  *'  death  of 
the  Virgm."  Does  he  not  see  that  it  must  be 
equally  fatal  to  the  subject  being  the  death  of  St. 
Mbit  Magdalen?  But  in  realitjr  it  would  be 
fatal  to  neither,  for  many  examples  are  met  with 
where  even  the  holiest  of  persons — Jesus  Christ 
himself — is  represented  even  in  old  cuts  and  sculp- 
ture without  a  mmbti9. 

I  am  content  now  to  leave  the  reader  to  deter- 
mine whether  my  opponent  has  shown  that  '^very 
extensive  acquaintance  with  mediaeval  art,''  with- 
out which  he  pronounced  it  *'  very  danprerous  to 
dogmatise.*'  F.  C.  II. 


DATE  OP  CHAUCER'S  BIRTH. 

(i^  s.  viL  ssa.) 

Mr.  Thoms^s  argument  would  hare  been  allowt- 
able  twenty  years  ago;  but  now  that  th«  Ke^er 
of  the  MvS8.'  in  the  British  Museam,  llr.  E.  A 
Bond,  has  printed  the  entries  in  the  HoosehoLd 
Book  of  Elizabeth,  Countess  of  Ulster,  and  wife 
of  Prince  Lionel,  son  of  Edward  IIL,  ahowiog 
payments  to  or  for  Chaucer  three  times  in  the 
years  1350-9,  when  he  was  probably  her  pag<»* 
and  now  that  modem  criticism,  in  tne  penonicf 
Professor  Ten  Brink  and  Mr.  H.  Brad^aw,  bi 
shown  that  '*  The  Cuckow  and  the  Nightiugals'' 
m  not  Chaucer's — it  is  rather  hard  to  aak  oi  to 
accept  the  old  suppositions  that  satiated  tha  lut 
generation, 

I  contend  that  there  is  no  need  to  alter  ths  H. 
of  the  Scrope  and  Groavenor  roll  to  ix.  Bun^ 
Chaucer  must  have  told  the  recorder  that  ba  «» 
forty  and  more«  as  well  as  that  he  had  htm 
armed  for  twenty-eeven  years.  The  Icttor  illll 
is  assuredly  right,  for  it  gives  us  the  Tear  fll 
Edward  Ill.*8  expedition  to  Frauce,  iSSS^  la 
which  Chaucer  was  taken  prisoner.  Then  why 
should  the  former  date  be  wrong?  Suppott 
Chaucer  bom  in  1340 ;  he  is  then  a  page  to  PitOtt 
Lionel's  wife  in  1350-D;  and,  witn  the  proM^ 
joins  Edward's  army  in  13^0  at  nineteen  ymmd 
age — a  much  more  'likely  period  for  a  yoiiag  fil* 
low  in  that  day  to  take  to  arms,  than  tne  thtiti^ 
one  that  the  1328  date  would  make  him.  & 
poet's  '^resldeDoe  at  Oxford  or  Cambridgi^flral 
any  Inn  of  Court, ^*  is  all  gammon  and  gueai;|^H 
IS  no  evidence  for  it.  i^^^ 

Next,  one  of  Chaucer's  earliest  poema  la  ^ 
Dethe  of  Blaunche/'  in  1469.  It  is  eeeentiaU; 
the  work  of  a  young  hand^  of  a  man  under  tiuriy* 
and  not  of  a  mature  age  like  forty-one  or  fort?* 
two,  HA  the  1S28  date  would  make  Chaucer  at  t» 
time— an  age  at  which  he  might  have  writtn 
The  Home  of  Fame,  The  early  date  for  Chaocsr** 
birtb  would  force  us  to  suppose  that  he  wr9^ 
6uch  t^es  as  the  Reve's  ana  Miller^Sy  brimfttl4' 
fun  as  they  are,  when  he  waa  between  t&xtj  I 
sevent>^  and  would  otherwise  make  e  iDeei  of  1 
chronology  of  the  poet's  works- 

Occleve's  portrait  of  Chaucer  is  surelT  out  i 
a  man  not  above  sixty.  He  doubtless  p^tedl 
master  as  he  saw  him,  shortly  liefore  his  death. 

F.  J.  FlTEIflTAtt* 

Will  Mr,  Thoms  allow  me  to  remind  him  thit  ] 
Shakspere's  description  of  Chaucer's  frienii  tsd 
pAtron   as  "  old  John  of  Gaunt^    time-hocooid  J 
Lancaster,'*  is  little  less  remarkable  than  Chaiieit^  J 
mippoeed  defscription  of  himself  as  '<  olde  andj 
lusty  "  at  tifty-two  ?    John  of  Gaunt  did  i 
to  Bee  hia  fifty-ninth  birthday.     Is  it  notlfl 
confirmed  by  statistics,  that  tie  average  dsntu* 


Jfa 


4«»  a  VU.  Mat  W.  71.] 


KOTES  AND  QUEEIES. 


of  life  U  longer  now  than  in  the  Middle  Agea, 
AD d  therefore  men  were  then  considered  old  at  an 
earlier  time  than  now  P  IlEEM:EiriBUD£, 

Assuming  that  Chaucer  waa  aged  sixty  in  Oct 
IS^y  SLA  suggested  by  Mr,  Thoms,  it  would  follow 
that  he  was  armed  at  thirtv-three  (60  —  27  =  33). 
la  Dot  thirtv-three  somewhat  too  old  for  a  aquire 
to  enter  military  seirice  ?  A.  H. 


THE  MEMORY  OF  SMELLS. 
(4»»' S.  vi.  297  J  Tii.  178.) 

Bar-Point  quotes  incorrectly  from    HiuEtt 
That  fine  essayist,  in  his  delightful  disquisition  on 
the  Teaaons  "'Why  Distant  Objects  Please,"  re- 
marks  that  "  souncfs,  smells,  and  sometimes  taates 
torn  remembered  longer  than  visible  objecU,  and 
ferre  perbaps  better  for  links  in   the  chain  of 
•apodation/'    This  is  the  exact  opposite  of  the 
**«trange  assertion  "  that  "  it  is  impossible  to  re- 
member smells.*^    IIa?.litt  was  far  too  acute  an 
abaerrer  of  metapbysiciil  fncts  to  make  any  such 
MKH flop.     The  illustrations  he  gives  of  bis  own 
■tfttement  are  abundantly  amnsing.     He  himself 
dutinctly  remembered    the   taste   of   barberries, 
iToeted  by  a  North  American  winter^  and  oaten 
tfair^  years  before.    He  quotes  from  John  Fearn^a 
JBtM^  on  Comcimuneu  bow  this  strong,  solitary 
thiiilm  never  lost  the  memory  of  the  smell  of  a 
bilced^s  shop  in  a  by-street  in  the  city  of  Bassorah, 
oar  the  peculiar  flavour  of  kangaroo  eaten  in  New 
Holland,  and  of   some    fruit  eaten  in  Jamaica 
twcnt^-eigh  t  years  pre  vionsly ,  Most  self-  observers 
can  corrooorate   these  experiences   of   sensation 
ftfsm.  their  own  personal  recollections,     I  once 
dinedi  twenty  years  since,  on  a  stew  of  paddy- 
miloai — the  local  name  of  a  smaller  specie*  of 
Innpioo — in  a  northern  district  of  New  South 
Wales.     like  John  Feam,  I  can  stil!  recall  the 
partieular  flavour  of  that  banauet  at  any  moment, 
f?o,  also,  the  memory  of  ray  tirst  nasal  sensation 
derived  from  a  boiiing-down  eAtablishment  in  this 
cotintry  will  ever  remiun  with  me*  A  boiling-down 
establishment,  I  may  explain,  is  one  where  abeep 
Me  boiled  down  for  their  tallow.     But  of  all  re- 
miniscences of  smell  and  taste  com  men  d  me  to  the 
accounts  which  travellers  give  of  their  first  ac- 
QMintanoe    with    that    extraordinary    fruit,  the 
Qiiiiftn»  which  grows  so  plentifully  in  the  islands 
of  the  Indian  Archipelago^     When  fully  ripe  this 
faut  gives  oat  an  overpowering  stench — something 
fnite  indescribable,  and  far  transcending  the  two- 
■nd-fieventy  separate  stinks  which  Coleridge  de- 
ekred  be  conn  ted  up  in  the  city  of  Cologne.     But 
l^t  the  first  disgust  be  got  over,  and  the  fruit  be 
«irlv  fastened  upon,  and  it  yields  to  the  conrage- 
^ttt  eater  a  flavour  surpassing  in  richness  that  of 
j^  other  fruits  in  one  luscious  combination.    I 
^Te  beard  tbeae  facta  &om  travellers  myself,  but 


they  are  fully  stated  in  Wallace's  recent  book  of 
travels  in  the  Indian  Archipelago. 

One  other  personal  illiistratton  I  shall  add. 
Within  a  short  distance  of  the  place  where  I  write 
these  lines  stands  the  Chinese  quarter  of  Melbourne, 
Let  an^  average  Englishman,  with  all  his  natural 
senses  m  reasonable  activity,  take  a  ramble  through 
that  portion  of  our  city,  and  I  defy  him  ever  to 
forget  the  peculiar  smell  which  will  there  and 
then  regale  his  olfactories.  Even  Shakapeare 
could  not  imagine  anything  in  that  line  going  be- 
yond "  a  most  ancient  and  tiahlike  smell  ;  but  the 
odour  I  am  sfjeaking  of  beats  this  by  many  de- 
jrrees.  De  Quiocey  would  have  described  it  as 
immemorially  old,  distinctly  Asiatic,  heterogene- 
ous, and  unspeakable.  D.  Blair. 

Melbourne. 


In  opposition  to  Hazlitt  and  Psi^oiira,  and  in 
agreement  with  Bar-Point,  I  think  it  quite  pos- 
sible to  remember  both  smells  and  tastea.  Let 
Pelagius  smell  to  a  bottle  of  eau-de-Cologne, 
and  ask  himself  whether  it  does  not  differ  in  smell 
from  vinegar  or  musty  parchment.  Will  he  not 
say  that  it  does,  and  will  he  not  at  the  same  time 
recall  in  his  memory  the  smell  of  yinegar  or  musty 
parchment  P  Let  him  taste  a  piece  of  sugar,  and 
iisk  himself  whether  it  does  not  differ  m  taste 
from  salt  or  Spanish  liquorice.  Will  he  not  say 
that  it  does,  and  will  be  not  at  the  same  time 
recall  in  his  memory  the  taste  of  salt  or  Spanish 
liquorice  ? 

If  he  is  asked,  after  being  blindfolded,  to  taste 
or  smell  something  of  which  the  name  is  not  told 
him — say  vinegar — will  he  not  know  by  the  aid 
of  hi-?  memory  that  it  is  vinegar,  recollecting  the 
taste  and  the  smell  of  the  vinegar  of  which  he 
had  experience  when  his  eyes  were  openP  By 
what  other  means  bat  by  his  recollection  of  the 
ordinary  smell  and  taste  of  vinegar  C4in  he  know 
that  what  is  offered  to  him  is  vinegar  ? 

Does  not  Pelagfus  confute  himself  and  Haatlitt 
when  be  says  that  the  odour  of  old  documents 
long  laid  by  in  a  drawer  always  reminds  him  of  a 
certain  brass-bound  mahogany  desk  of  his  P  Doea 
he  not  at  the  very  time  compare  the  odour  of  thaj 
documents  with  the  odour,  which  he  bears  in  big 
memory,  of  the  desk  ?  Surely  be  does  not  con- 
ceive tnat  be  compares  or  associates  the  odour 
of  the  documents  with  the/orwi  of  the  desk  ?  The 
odour  of  the  documents,  I  consider,  recalls  the 
similar  odour  of  the  desk,  and  the  odonr  of  the 
desk  recalls  by  association  the  form  of  the  desk  j 
but  the  comparison  or  association,  in  the  first  in- 
stance, is  not  of  the  heterogeneous,  but  of  the 
homogeneous,  not  of  odour  with  form,  but  of 
odour  with  odour.  Zetetes. 

I  fear  that  I  must  totally  disagree  witb  Hazlitt 
and  his  heretical  backer,  PsuioiuSy  upon  thia 


414 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[i^avu^MATii^^ 


point ;  for,  thougk  no  doubt  certain  flmelk  ue  as^ 
aociated  with  certain  visible  objects  in  the  mmaorj 
and  incTitably  recall  them,  it  acema  to  me  to  be 
ft  perfectly  natural  and  ^asj  effort  of  the  memoiy 
to  recollect  a  scent  without  identifying  it  with 
any  time  or  thing  or  place ;  and  t*o,  al«o,  I  fancy  i 
could  remember  a  cert4iin  peculiar  touch  without 
connecting  it  with  anything  else.  It  would  be 
often  tt  subsequent  proooat  ot  the  mind  to  inquire. 
Where  did  I  smell,  er  wlrare  did  I  feel  this  be- 
fore? Wliat  waa  tiie  object  that  ao  smelt  or  so 
felt? 

If  it  wew  (yliierwiae,  I  Tfntur©  to  auggaat,  by 
way  of  an  eaperimmdum  eruck,  that  a  blind  peiaon 
woald  baTe    no  memory    for    anything    except 

C,  iV,  BiNGHJLM, 


If  the  eyea  and  ears  are  the  only  organa  by 
which  we  have  any  power  of  udng  memory,  it 
follows  that  persons  both  blind  and  deaf  can  have 
no  memory  at  all.  Would  Felaoius  assert  this  ? 
I  remember  well  the  stink  that  awoke  me  one 
night  some  years  ago  in  Paris^  and  it  was  pitch 
dark  and  perfectly  quiet. 

Again;  if  Pei*aoius  were  t^  receive  a  eevere 
kick  behind,  which,  if  administered  adroitly,  he 
might  neither  see  nor  hear^  1  think  he  would  ac- 
knowledge that  **  tlirough  the  breach  "  you  might 
''reach  the  brain '^  and  memory  too, 

W.  M.  R 


I  am  surprised  by  the  aaaertion  of  Pelagius 
that  ''it  is  impossible  to  remember  smelk.'- 
Surely  this  is  contrary  to  the  expenence  ci  every 
man,  woman,  and  child.  He  awia^  "  the  faculty 
of  memory  can  only  be  axercised  upon  objects 
which  have  ))een  aeen  or  impresflQons  made  upon 
the  organs  of  hearing/'  More  startling  still.  I 
always  hitherto  thought  that  memory  retained 
and  recalled  impresdons  made  upon  any  of  the 
**  five  senses.-^  Is  it  not  so  ?  Nor  can  I  under- 
stand how  '*  the  old-world  fr.igrance  ^'  of  the  yew- 
trees  in  his  garden  should  recall  the  Derbyshire 
examples,  but  through  the  **  memory  of  smells," 
At  any  rate,  at  this  moment  I  rememW  as  dis- 
tinctly the  odow  as  the  farim  of  the  fanujua  old 
yew- trees  in  the  chuTOhyaj-ds  of  Beeley  and  Darley 
in  the  county  above-named.  Pelaqios  meutiotts 
*'  mental  chemistTy/'  but  even  that  were  powerless 
to  obHtorate  from  memory  the  memory  of  any 
amell  whatever,  I). 


SCEKA :  2KHNH'. 
(i^  S.  vii.  259,  .334.) 

There  is  no  question  that  of  words  originally 
belonging  in  common  to  both  Latin  and  Greek, 
those  in  the  h&tm  are  of  an  older  iotm,  If  dlC- 
ferent,  than  the  eqoivaleiit  Greek  ^otd*,  «a  mK^ 


ba  ieaa  by  the  frequent  nae  of  the  ohi 
digammttf  k^ppOf  and  mmpi^  as  in  oiroi, 
rifi  quis:  ircrr«,  quinque ;  irAnrw,  coquoi  and 
super;  and  the  longer  terminations  of  genitii 
pluralf  fiawfvv  (tmw)f  mmatorum:  ao  much 
that  except  in  the  ^t  and  aecood  d< 
no  circumtlex  accent  marks  the  contraetaoa  f  •» 
that  probably  the  Greeks  tbemselvea  were  »- 
aware  of  the  longer  original  form,  it  not  occnni«g 
in  any  known  book.  'With  respect  to  the  tcrmia- 
atioQ  of  ffKnv^i  {iimna)^  this  word  is  only  a  speci* 
men  of  a  class.  The  first  17  is  In  the  root,  aad 
BO  unchanged ;  but  the  termination  vyas  ^wtyi 
doubtful  in  Greek.  Thus  the  Boric  piat «  mhm 
the  Attic  had  tr,  and  tbe  Ionic  had  n  wtee  tin 
Attic  used  a.  These  dialects,  aa  th«  aaoaa  aaaial 
styles  of  architecture,  do  not  mark  ooly,  or  fm* 
haps  mainly,  the  countries  from  whieli  ikey  look 
their  names,  but  the  dfttes  at  which  tbey  |n- 
vailed — ^j  ust,  for  inatanoe,  as  we  may  fiad  a  oowa 
style  of  architecture  or  form  of  apeocfa  of  aa  <b- 
tique  kind  lingering  longer  in  one  place  thm 
another.  I  take  it  then  that  the  a  tenninaliQBW 
soma  is  older  than  the  17,  and  so  letained  la  lli 
Latin.  Another  kindred  example  ia  -vDqrriK  F*^ 
the  first  ti  unchanged,  Uie  latter  helxmgiag  to  ^ 
mination  becoming  a. 

While  writing  of  the  antique  form  of 
Latin  words  belonging  doubtlees  to  the  _^ 
common  languages  of  the  Italian  and  Otaek 
migrants^  I  cannot  help  noticing  the  en  ' 
in  which  note  and  lexicon  writera  liaTa 
or  shirked  the  existence  of  the  kopmm  and 
and  directed  all  their  attention  to  Ine 

Thus  Dr.  Ilayman,  in  his  edition  of  the  Odymjft 
stapplies  a  eUfomnm  at  each  hiatna*  Ha  gitiii^ 
instance  fott,  Foi^c^  where  the  omitted  latter  SMR 
be  a  koppa ;  of.  rot>,  rorSf ,  rf t,  ^wf,  ifhftw,  fiMfMV 
&c.,  and  in  Mb.  I.  line  382,  ^(rto^  has  ilfiiiWi| 
which  should  be  kcf^nif  as  is  clear  if  cooMn 
with  T^d-ot,  woaoSf  and  qmrntus^  the  Jfoppa  m  umk 
either  being  left  out  or  turned  into  ▼  or  r. 

Again,  auroly  there  can  be  no  diffammn  t 
=  «Mis/  tiia  letter  wanted  here,  as  in  »  01 
Ben^  tSf  $iki,  must  be  m»^:  in  mbi  we  bA^a 
both  sampi  and  dtgumma,  and  poanblj  in  1^ 
(sums)  and  ^.  Theee  are  only  specimen  exatapha 
There  are  many  othors  where  the  missing  kttarii 
certain,  more  still  where  there  ia  no  afidtf  ' 
whatever  that  it  was  f  (tUyamma)*  It  woolil 
just  as  philosophical  to  put  $an^m  < 
fdl  as  diffanvma^  though  the  mistakes 
doubtiess  be  more  numerous,  us  tfeatr 
more  words  where  the  digammtm  oaa  iie 
to  have  been  omitted  than  the  «tiber  twa 
letters.  Still  the  use  of  than  ia 
alfdiabety  aaid  the  evidonoa  at  theif 
enoe  in  the  common  words,  such  aa 
\  and  ^roBQima,  «how  that  it  is  qmte  ae  likaiy  1 
\  ^teL«iBm^\ssMdu^  tha  words  of  doabtCal 


I  ob%<>d  to  my  two  courteoua  correspond- 
for  their  hint*  and  replies^  but  they  have 
ken  the  drift  of  my  inquiir.  I  look  on 
:  and  Latin  as  brother  and  sister  languages, 
mnut  and  chOd,  and  wlahed  to  trace  thiiir 
pice  in  one  specific  word  in  the  direction  of 
wnmon  derivation,  I  suppose  the  final  a 
mbe  latent  in  Greek  which  was  eipreeead  in 
find  that  the  latter  roi^rht  more  closely  coti- 
^  a  (»ay)  Snnskrit  origin al.  Of  this  I  did 
enough  to  eay  positively  whether  it 

Kir  not.  I  must  »till,  notwit branding  the 
eavours  of  my  monitors,  sabscribe  myself 


CETTLDREKS  GAilES. 
(4»»*  S.  tU.  141,  271.) 

lid  be  intepeeting  (mtppodng  it  to  be 
iwj  ancient  rhyme)  to  trace  the  variations 
low  many  miles  to  Babylon  ?  '*  My  version 
"^  k  the  Edinburgh ;  Mb.  Petjoellt's  is  the 
end  sow,  midway,  I  find  the  StalTofdy  as 

r  mmy  miles  to  Babylon  ? ' 

e  score  nod  twentyHme/ 

1  w«  b«  thtre  by  candJc-Ught  ?  * 

\  and  back  again.' 
four  gates  aa  wida  aa  tba  slt^, 
(King  G^fge  and  hla  borie  pa«s  by !  *  ** 

hs  were  to  aiid  t*)  *' again  "  to^ni^hif  we  should 
^z«e  counleta  in^t^rad  of  alternate  rhymes. 
"^  ile-ligot  '*   reminds   one   of    tho  Scotch 
7ake  "  (Border  MinBtrchy) — 
*  Firs  and  deet  and  candJe-UffhtJ' 
fif'AT*^  nn,!  ten  is  a  well-known  Biblical 
t'Q  score  and  twenty-one  seems 
The  mythical  Dragon  of  China 
tij  thia  ktter  number  of  doz^  scales  (or 

l^l^ect  of  minting  Babylon  and  returning 

I    ataggoflta   the    quaint    topographical 

of  tSe  period  of  the  Crasadea,  and  ^ 

riB  inediflBTal  works  to  Prester  John. 

\  way,  Marco  Polo  mentions  that  the  two 

»  accompanied  him  into  Armenia,  being 

t  at  the  report  of  the  invnaon  of  the  Soldan 

tiin,  claimed  the  proti-ctian  of  the  Master 

(in  that  locality),  who  accord- 

ra  back  to  the  coast 

in  another  place,  describing  the 

ster  John,  says  thiMt  the  long  then 

71  f)  was  a  deecendant  of  Prester 

amed  George,  and  that  thia   King 

'  \  kingdom  OS  a  fief  under  theGrand 


I  have  not  seen  the  work  by  Mr,  Chambers  in 
which  this  curious  rhyme  is  noticed,  but  may 
obaervB  that  no  George  and  his  horse  occuj*  in 
anjr  Scotch  version,  so  far  as  I  am  aware.  From 
this  it  might  be  inferred  that  "  St  Gr«o?ge  "  was 
the  original  text 

Of  courae  it  will  be  apparent  that  I  am  merely 
catching  at  straws,  and  do  not  by  any  means 
propose  to  call  this  a  Templar  rhyme,  or  even  a 
Crusaders,  although  our  masonic  brethren  may 
in  certain  chivalric  degrees^  have  appropriated 
and  amplified  the  idea.  I  mean  no  disre^ct  to 
these  degrees,  and  I  may  add  that  one  is  apt  to 
dally  with  loose  ideas  when  most  sceptical  and 
hard  to  be  convinced ;  thus  rerorsiiig  the  Ger- 
man's *  apophthegm,  that  the  moatpiooa  are  tkoae 
who  can  aHord  to  jest  on  grave  eubjecta. 

The  following  is  from  Dorsetiuiire,  but  the 
metre  and  rhyme  are  defectire.  The  upraising  of 
the  gate  suggests  a  portcullis': — 

"  *  Haw  many  mile^  to  Babylon  ? ' 

*  Eipbty-eipht.* 

*  Can  w<.'  j^t  tboro  by 

Crandle-ligjit  ?  ' 

'  Hold  uft  Ute  tjatt»  a^  liigh  as  the  sky. 

And  kt  Kiug  George  and  the  Royal  rain%  pass  by/'* 

Heire,  figain,  is  another  Staffordshire  rhyme : — 
**  Groen  gravfil,  graen  gravel, 
Tba  ^rasft  grows  so  green, 
And  all  prttty  maidena 

Are  tit  to  be  seen. 
We'll  wji5h  them  in  milk. 
And  clothe  them  in  silk, 
And  write  their  names  down  ivith  mkiu  pen  and  ink." 


The  Pefl  Collection  or  PicTtTEES  (4***  S.  vii. 
228,  336.)— It  13  gratifying  to  iliink  that,  to  the 
many  important  services  rendered  to  his  country  by 
that  Tery  eminent  statesman,  the  second  Sir  Robert 
Peel,  this  "  clanim  et  venerobile  nomen "  can 
now  bo  added  to  the  treasures  of  the  National 
Gallery ;  government  bavin g»  I  am  told,  obtained 
for  half  its  value,  by  desire  of  tho  dowager  Lady 
Peel,  the  splendid  works  of  art  her  noble  hus- 
band s  refined  ta^te  had  collected.  Amongst  them 
Rubens'  celebrated,  but  miscalled,  **  Chapeau  do 
PaiBe.*'  If  I  roistako  not,  it  was  originally  named 
m  Flemish  "Rpansche  Hut" — the  Spanish  hat. 
I  know  that  spmihiit  means  chip*ha^  bat  it  is 
evidently  not  a  i<trnW'hai, 

Wilkie's  fine  picture,  too,  of  John  Knox.  But 
is  77«r  Atheiirmim  correct  in  stating  *'  John  Knox 
preaching  before  Mary  Queen  of  Scots  *^  ?  Ought 
it  not  to  I3e  **  before  the  Regent  Murray" — Mary's 
brother P 

I  am  not  sure,  being  away  from  my  bookSi 
whether  I  ever  mentioned  in  ***N,  &  Q."  my  visit- 
ing Sir  Darid  Wilkie  at  Brompton  in  1831^  wkllal 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[4«>SLvrnMAtjs»^i^ 


he  waa  busy  pwntinp  this  picture,  and  my  lending' 
him  a  sworn  of  the  period,  which  ho  copied. 
He  had  in  his  etudio  a  full-length  portrait  of 
Qeorge  IV,  &b  large  as  life,  and  twice  as  natural, 
"  in  a  Scotch  kilt  and  tartans,  with  dirk  and  day- 
more — a  atupendous  figure/'  say  a  Thackeray.  Also 
a  small  eque^rian  portrait  oTf  Queen  Adelaidei 
which  waa  not  very  remarkahle. 

P.  A.  L. 

Flag  of  thb  New  Gekjcaw  Eirpmis  (4***  S. 
Til,  322.) — The  extract  from  The  Globnj  copied 
into  The  Times  and  thence  transferred  by  LL  P. 
to  "  N.  &  Q.,**  is,  aa  he  implies^  uniEtelligible, 
and  evidently  the  composition  of  one  who  is  igno- 
rant of  the  A,  B»  C  of  heraldry. 

My  note  of  the  new  flag  is,  that  it  ia  not  mi- 
partt^  but  **  Paly  of  four,  or,  sa.,  giu,  and  arg/' — ■ 
but  I  neglected  to  append  a  reference  to  the  source 
from  which  my  note  waa  derived* 

Of  course  there  are  no  such  things  as  sup- 
portere  to  a  &ag:  hut  as  the  red,  white^  and  black 
tricoloyr  of  the  North  German  Copfederation  was 
depicted  in  a  shield  tierced  in  fess  on  the  seals  of 
its  consular  and  other  oflicialsj  I  presume  that  the 
new  paly  ensign  will  be  similarly  treated,  and 
supported,  not  by  "  the  two  IndiaDs  armed  with 
maces  of  the  Prussian  crest"  (!),  but  by  the  usual 
savages,  or  woodmen,  which  perform  that  duty 
for  tne  Prussian  eiscutchoon. 

This  is  not  the  first  time  that  I  have  heaixl  of 
persons,  presumably  well  educated,  calling  a  coat 
of  arms  a  "crest"  *' What  a  pretty  cre*^  Lord 
M.  uses,*'  was  said  to  me  only  a  week  or  two  back, 
the  said  "crest"  being  a  quartered  shield  with 
coronet,  helmet,  crest,  and  supporters — all  com- 
plete! 

Mi^parti. — D,  P,  is  quite  correct  in  saying  that 
tills  bearing  is  a  very  rare  one ;  but  is  mistaken  in 
his  assertion  that  tlie  coat  of  Panwitz,  given  in 
the  Wappenbtichf  is  not  an  instance  of  it, 

Spener^s  language   (Opus  Meraldicumt  p.  gen. 

£.  lOO)  may  appear  a  little  ambiguous  j  and  Guil- 
m's  vemon,  *'  Parted  per  pale  and  base  gules, 
argent,  and  sable,'-  may  be  thought  a  fittiDg  trans- 
lation of  **  De  gueules  parti  d^argent  soutenu  de 
sable  " ;  but  when  we  prefer  to  obtain  our  infor- 
mation at  irat  hand,  and  consult  the  JFappenbuch 
itself f  we  find  that  Spener's  examples — ^\Veiters» 
Wittem,  Volstedt,  and  Panwit2-*are  exactly  in- 
atances  of  the  bearing  in  question  (Siebmach©r*a 
Wappenbuch,  voL  i,  plates  65,  136, 146,  147,  &c) 
Rietstap  blazons  the  coat  of  Panwitz  thus: 
"  Coup^ ;  au  1  parti  d'arg.  et  de  gu.,  au  2  de  aa 
plein/'  Against  such  evidence  w©  cannot  accept 
D.  P/s  statement,  "  this  is  not  mi-pariV 

German  heraldry  ia  particularly  rich  in  coats 
formed  by  partition  lines,  many  of  the  varieties 
of  which  are  unknown  in  the  heraldry  of  other 
ations.    Before  I  became  possessed  of  Rudolphi 


Heraldica  Oiriosa^  I  commenced  a  collectiom  ki 
such  singularities,  and  on  reference  to  it  I  Ead  1 
have  recorded  upwards  of  thirty  inetmoea  of  n»- 
parti  in  Germany  and  Switzerland  alone. 

Joirir  WootnrAtSb 
St.  Marj*a  Panonage,  Montrose,  N.  B, 

D.  P.  will  find  a  correction  of  TTHe  Timtd  ds* 
scription  of  the  new  German  flaff  in  the  **Tib>ls 
Talk  ' '  column  of  The  Guardian,  MftFch  a,  1871. 

W.J.L 

GiTATS  i\  MosariTOES  (4*"  S.  vii.  352,)*— punor 
the  whole  of  last  summer  I  was  living  b  tkt 
Essex  Marshes,  in  the  neighbourhood  of  Vietoni 
Docks,  and  for  four  months  of  very  hot  w«atliv 
I  was  subject  to  perpetual  annoyance  from  mynaii 
of  insects,  which  penetrated  into  the  rooms  wh# 
doors  and  windows  were  closed.  The  bite  or 
sting  of  these  insects  was  poisonous,  and  to  may 
cases  as  serious  as  that  described  by  J.  M.  C,  m 
they  existed  in  such  numbers  that  it  was  ^uili 
impossible  to  enjoy  the  cool  of  the  evening  irit^ 
out  being  bit  severely.  The  people  who  hrd  ti 
the  marshes  said  that  these  insecta  were  av^ 
gtHioes^  that  a  few  came  over  in  the  ships  imof 
the  goods,  and  tbat  when  the  shipa  warn  uaUdii 
these  came  out,  and  bred  in  the  marshe»;  tloi 
was  confirmed  to  my  knowledge  by  several  ni^ 
captains,  who  said  that  the  insects  were  the  mbi 
as  the  mosquitoes  in  the  East,  but  much 
1  should  like  to  know  whether  moaqiutaei 
known  to  breed  in  this  country,  as  I  was  lol  *  ^ 
the  same  insects  were  seen  in  and  aboatj 
ampton.  I  was  not  so  fortunate  as  J, 
for  by  no  means  that  I  could  deviae  was  I  aUi' 
protect  my  skin  from  these  little  maraudera 

\V.  0. 

The  wound  inflicted  by  the  gnat  ia  rmtb^rl 
sting  than  a  bite,  as  the  insect  ia  aeen  to  itfF 
a  long  sting  from  its  mouth,  which  appeal!!  I 
convey  a  poison  similar  to  that  of  a  wasp  or  a  I 
It  may  be  useful  to  persons  exposed  to  i' 
noying  insects,  to  be  informed  of  an  eff©~ 
servative  from  them  at  night     When 
in  Germany,  between  fifty  and  sixty  yean  i 
my  bedroom  at  an  inn  overlooked  a  stable  ; 
The  gnats  in  the  evening  arose  too  numeroii^l 
formidable  from  this  damp  yard  to  allow  aoj  I 
of  rest  or  security  from  puncturea,      Wati 
complained  of  this  terrible  nuiaance,  the  ^ 
assured  me  tbat  he  could  very  soon  reo 
eviL    He  brought  up  a  chafing  dish  full  i 
chips  of  juniper  wood,  and  told  me  to  i 
this  wood,  the  chafing  dish  heina  placed  i 
middle  of  the  room,  and  go  to  bed  imme" 
the  smoke,   I  did  so,  and  the  room  ^ 
with  smoke,  but  of  a  pleasant  aromaCte  { 
which  was  really  agreeable.     This 
the  gnats:  they  Issued  out  from  the  curti 
every  part  of  the  room,  hurzying  to  the  i 


» am.  Mat  18, 71.] 


NOTES  AND  QUEBIES. 


417 


lo  e«cai>8  Bu location.     Thea©  beings  at  first  closed 
kly  covered  all  over  with  gnats.     Many 
V  I   to  make  their  escape  when  I  opened 

th<e  wiiidows,  and  the  rest  fell  dead  or  helpless; 
^  that  I  hod  a  quiet  comfortable  uight.     The 
-:  .  ke  of  juniper  wood  appeaia  to  destroy  gnats 
speedily.  F.  C.  H. 

Mm.  Thomas  Beooks  (4^  S.  tii,  342.)  — My 

niefiioir,  containing  all  that  has  come  down  rela- 

t  thia  illustrioua  and  venerable  Puritan,  will 

ind  in  my  collective  edition  of  his  complete 

:^  (6  Tols.  8vo)f  published  in  Nichols's  FurUan 

pc,  and  I  should  suppose  readily  accessible 

Ui  Philadelphia  to  your  correspondent 

A,  B.  Gbosabt, 
5l  GeorgeV,  Blackbtiru, 

Mrs.  Mart  Chitbchixl,  1675  (4*'»S.  vii.  234) 
I  am  afraid  I  can  only  help  Mr.  C,  W.  BnroiiAM 
further  into  the  dilemma  by  stating  that  some 
time  ago  I  was  rooting  up  this  subject^  and  jotted 
down  {authority  unnoted)  that  her  maiden  name 
was  **  -UleUj''  and  that  she  died  *^  circa  1676," 
which  is  within  about  eighteen  months  of  the 
time  as  pven  in  register  as  quoted  by  Mr,  Brsfo- 
HAH,  1  cannot  give  the  date  of  death  or  place  of 
borial  of  Sarah ^  nee  Winstan,  but  as  to  the  latter, 
leg  to  sug^st  Wootton  Glanvil  as  likely ;  or  as 
ItT  8011^  Sir  Winstan  Churchill,  died  March  26, 
1688,  and  was  interred  at  St  Martin*s-in-the- 
flelds,  London,  it  is  just  probable  that  her  re- 
aams  rest  there  also.  Mrloomhs. 

'*Jht  Hob  nf  th«  Well'*  (4*^  S.  vii.  201, 
220, 310-)— 1  notice  in  Sotheran^s  Catalogue,  Feb. 
I>f71 '  ^'— 

"  Hnn  ia  tlhS  Wkll:  or  tbe  Guanli*a  OatwJUed.  A 
f'M.m,  JliMiMiRMis  mad  MoraL  PUtas,  thin  12iso.  (From 
I^  iletirr  CoUccUon.)     1769." 

is  this  the  ,^old  fiuce"  referred  to  by  G. 
Winxocx  ?  THoa.  Siswa&dsok,  Jnr, 


tinctly  incompatible  with  the  supposition  that  it      ^ 
is  authentic.    As  to  the  form  '*  liegia  Majestas/'      fl 
I  know  it  has  been  said  that  the  term  '*  Majestj  '^      H 
was  not  applied  to  any  King  of  England  oefore 
Heniy  Vlil.     This  may  be  true  as  regards  the 
EngUiih  word ;  but  Henry  VII.  was  addjessed  aa 
*'  Sacra  Regia  Majestas  "  by  Cardinal  Hadrian  de 
Castello,"  and  as  *'  Majestas  Vestra  '*  by  two  other 
cardinals.     (See  my  LtUers  of  Hkhard  JIL  and 
Henry  VII.,  I  103,  lOtl* ;  ii.  112.)   I  suspect  the 
expression  wss  first  used  by  Italian  diplomatists 
on  the  revival  of  letters ;  and  if  so,  it  was  not  im*        h 
likely  to  have  been  employed  by  an  Italian  secre-       H 
tary^  who  may  possibly  have  coma  to  England 
along  with  the  legate  Coppini.     The  letter  cer- 
tainly is  in  an  Itfl^an  hana«     As  to  tbe  style  of 
the  Dukes  of  Milan,  I  have  referred  to  the  work 
mentioned  by  Tewars.  but  it  does  not  come  down 
far  enough  to  decide  the  questicuL 

Jaiob  Qairdker. 

Clak  McAlpdt  (4*  S.  vii,  180.  2^10.)— The 
replies  of  Mag,  and  W.  WniTEBa,  Waltham  Ab- 
bey, confirm  the  statement  I  made  in  making 
int^uiries  concerning  the  existence  and  origin  of 
this  claD ;  namely,  that  all  that  relates  to  them 
is  of  very  vague  and  uncertain  character.  Mad.^ 
for  example,  says :  — 

"  The  dnofodaatA  of  King  Alpia  ai«  sapposfid  to  hava 
fonncd  the  elao  Alpin.  .  .  .  Tbt  Mseslpim  of  tbs  praw&l 
dsy  I  believe  to  be  deacended  from  Ifacgrsgoft,  sod  tahavt 
ssaamed  tbe  name  when  tbju  of  Macgr^;or  was  proscribsd. 
.  .  .  Who,  knovriog  the  histofy  of  the  Highlands  and  its 
cIads,**  and  ao  forth,  *^  wuuld  ftxpect  to  find  .  .  .  muni* ' 
meats  establishing  the  descent  of  the  variotD  chi^  fromf 
Kenneth  Macalpin  ?  ** 


LAFcaraiBR  WncKEs  (A^  S.  vii  237,  311.)— 
"LmnwhtTC  witches"  and  <' Cheshire  cats'*  are 
Ife  oaly  oetmty  sobriquets  for  ladiea  that  I  know 
t(  and  eertainly  the  Chesbire  ladies  are  not 
foiilBd  as  cats.  I  do  not  agree  with  Mr.  Rat- 
Ctiyn^  f:»r  1  think  the  ladies  of  other  counties 
IPOuH  be  as  likely  to  take  offence  if  given  at  a 

Kk  dkjmtsr  as  *'The  Suffolk  witchea,"  ''The 
toahin^  witches,'^  as  "^  The  Lancashire  witches '' 
VwUd  U  if  toiafed  under  any  other  than  that 
rribai  fbniL    Faocj  the  i&gtiat  of  the  Lan- 
lim  Odr  rme^^  If  aocae  ignaraot  stranger  were 
l^fwae*^ Tbe  !•&«!•  P.  P, 


or  EnwAM  TV,  (4*  8.  viL  229,  312.) 
m  glad  tkal  mj  paper  hm  elicited  further  cn- 
Nm  «r  di«  lafBi9i«Qf  tliis  document,  ibiia 
ggiMiets  why  the  oiigiiial 
to  Immctiini.    I  may,  Sow* 
tbnt  I  tw  nothing  y«i  di»* 


It  will  be  seen  that  supposition^  individual 
belief  ibunded  on  no  cited  authority,  and  an  ad- 
mission of  the  unreasanableneas  oi  looking  for 
documentary  evidence,  are  freely  avowed  byMaa^ 
to  exist  in  connection  with  tma  subject, 
far,  then,  the  inquiry  has  not  been  rendered 
satisfactory  than  it  was  when  the  query 
raised. 

Mb.  WoriERa  has  my  thanka  for  referring  i 
to  the  Baronage  o/ScaUaiui;  but  it  will  be  ae__ 
that,  in  the  note  to  dan-AIpm^s  Vow^  ^e  belief] 
of  Mao.  therein  receives  a  direct  cootmdictioo  i* 
for,  while  he  snpposee  the  Ifanatoins  to  hsve 
formerly  been  of  lucgregan^  and  to  nave  i 
the  name  when  tiiai  ctf  Mttcgregior  ma  prosciUMdy 
BoflweU'a  noCe  tella  ne  thnt  t^  gcoeak^jsi  of  the  i 
MacalpiBg  end  Mai^gregoca  la  the  Brnmom  e/j 
SofOmi^Mm  that  tboee  wk»  Ind  Moned  tlie 
niiae  of  MmO^  idopied  tbe  nvne  of  tlie  Slee- 
giegoB^  in  ofder  toMfilialia  tbe  iM  of  n  ciaa 
uMiie  i»oweilnl  iluHi  iLeir  0VB,  and  than  loil  tisair 
Toi 
I  do  Boi  sake  the  attaBpt;  but  1 1 


4m 


NOTES  AND  QUEKIES. 


[ii^&iriLiUsVw^ 


body  as  the  clan  >£aca1pin,  such  a  line  of  chief- 
taiiiB  Bs  tho6€  of  tho  cUui^  and  a  pennanent  place 
of  rasidenoe  foi  them,  erer  existed  ? 

CHTQircmB  (4*  S.  Tii.  93,  261,  320.)— Voltaire 
memtionB  the  chignon :  — 

■*  lUdomoueQc,  6n  faiaant  froidc  min«, 
Ke  daigne  poa  alder  h  la  catsine ; 
£Ue  ae  mire,  ajuate  fKm  chi^fum** 

The  primary  meaning  of  the  word  ia,  ef  comse. 
"  nape  of  the  neck."  But  what  is  the  etymology  r 
I  was  at  first  disposed  to  derive  it  from  ivtov^  **  balck 
of  the  head,"  **  nspe  of  the  neck ''  (Apurr,  2L  A,f 
J,  7,  2),  with  ft  prefixed  sibilant  {ufiov — «mtian, 
dmon^  cfUgnon).  M6nage  gives  '^  chignmh  du  coUy 
de  catena ;  c^dcrui^  vatenum,  catenOf  cateHoniij 
chaigntm^  chiffnon:  chiugnon  nour  chignon  se  tiouve 
dans  Nicot,  et  dans  la  Ballade  do  Villon,  dans 
laquelle  Villon  crie  merci  il  tout  le  monde/^ 
Landais  says,  **  du  mot  Fran^-aia,  cbaine,  on  a  fait 
chaignonf  ot  enstiite  chiffnan :  le  derriere  du  oou. 
Autrefois  les  femmes  nommaient  chigium  les  che- 
veux  r^trouss^s  qui  couvraieot  leur  chignon  *'  ^ 
and  Roquefort  gives,  "  chaigne,  chaignmiy  chamg~ 
fwn:  le  chignon  du  col,  de  catefui,'*  lAttt6  says  of 
the  etymology,  **  le  meme  que  ckamoii,  par  com- 
paraisoQ  au  cbainou  d'une  chaine  avec  lea  nodo- 
ait<53  des  vert^bres;  Berry,  coifpimi^  chagaonJ^ 

R.  S.  CiLAJlJIOCK. 
Gxtty's  Inn  Square. 

P.S.  The  word,  in  its  primitive  meaning,  is 
found  in  the  thirteenth  century  corrupted  driwn 
to  coon  and  chami ;  in  lo(KJ  (J.  de  Meung^  Ted.) 
it  is  written  chaaignon^  ^md  subsequently  diaigmm^ 
cAmoNf  i0oA^99MMV  &nd  chemon. 

DlGHTOK  CAaiCATrBBS  { 3^*^  S.  X,  13,  &cO— I 
have  not  yet  seen  anything  further  on  this  subject, 

I  poBeess  a  book  containing  eighty-two,  the  ad* 
^tiDnftl  ones  being  Mrs.  IL  Johttatotie  in  Timour 
the  Tartar  and  the  Amaleui  of  Faahinu  in  the 
cjiaracter  of  Lothario  (Romeo  Coates,  the  Cocky 
Coatesof  his  day.) 

I  have  a  looee  No.  35»  the  **  Lady  of  the  Lake/' 
sUghtly  varied  in  the  detailB.  All  my  carici^- 
tares,  or  rather  characteia,  ate  coloured  The 
daughtera  imdertook  this  department,  and  I  have 
often  amused  myself  by  helping  them.  The 
**  faded  ink  subscriptions  *'  were  goneraliy  written 
by  one  of  **  Diff^bton  the  younger  s^*  sisters, 

I  give  some  informatiQii  wanting  in  Mb.  Wood's 
numbers. 

No.  ;30.  The  Duke  of  Queensberry. 

No.  40.  The  Duke  of  Buckingham. 

No.  71.  Lord  Fitzroy  Somerset 

No.  78.  Brooke  Watson,  who  had  his  leg  bitten 
oflP  by  a  sharkf  when  he  in  his  excess  of  poEtenesfl 
wished  to  gire  precedeoce  to  tha  cieatnre  in  ita 
own  element 

No.  80*  Townpend,  the  Bow  Street  Runner. 


Mem.  45.  The  lOih  R  of  W.  Begt. 
dance/'  &c« 
There  were  two  DightocDs;  nftj,   than 

more. 

De.  Doran  em  In  the  epeUing  of  the 
it  was  always  without  the  e;  and  one  who  eoold 
blacken  the  '^'  e ' '  of  another  would  scarcely  hen- 
late  to  apply  anything  but  a  detergent  to  lus 
character.  C'RirsGBixx. 

Rash  Statmociot  :  Gibbok's  **Ih&CLnns  ajb 
Fall*'  (4^"  S.  vii.  232,  273,  289.) -Mit  Tew  am 
that  his  edition  of  Gibbon,  ISIB,  haa  '■*  an  hoaiM 
well  disciplined  soldisia.*'  I  lind  the  <4itiaa  «l 
1817  has  the  same,  bul  I  hare  latehr  mat  will 
the  edition  of  S.  A.  &  H.  Oddy,  Oxford  Street,  1^ 
or  only  fil'teen  years  after  hia  dea;^  ;  it  $af%  *  n 
hundred  tLousand."  However,  from  taie  |m- 
graph  which  1  gave  at  length,  the  meaning  i»i(> 
obvious  that  X  am  surprised  that  so  acute  a  ciilb 
as  M&.  Tew  should  not  have  aoe;n  the  omiaaim  4 
the  printer.  CudOET. 

Essays  DivrNE,  Moeal^  xnd  ToLrnckij  ITii: 
Dean  Swlft  (a^**  S.  v.  27.)— One  of  your  cpf- 
respondents,  M.  S.,  inquires  at  this  refer«Di»  for 
the  name  of  the  author  of  this  pamphlet  naaai 
Dean  Swift.  Although  many  years  nave  elaplld 
since  this  query  was  printed,  sora*^  one  may  c«i 
for  an  answer  to  the  eilect  that  there  can  tsidlf 
be  a  doubt  of  thie  tract  having  been  writteo  by 
Thomas  Burnet^  son  of  the  bishop,  who  was  lik»" 
wise  author  of  tbo  Secoftd  Tale  of  a  Tnh, 

A  copy  of  the  E^myn  in  the  Librarv  of  thi 
British  Museum  (12350.  0.)  has  the  foQovilf 
memorandum  in  manuscript  of  the  period  of  pal^ 
lication,  and  on  the  title-page:  — 

"A  severe  Satire  on  Dean  Swift  aad  his Writiagi, |»- 
ticuliirly  the  Talc  of  a  Tub.  Probablv  bv  lip.  '  ^^ 
son,  Tho,  B.  Esqr.'*  • 

F.asx 

Chafchr's  «  Col-Fox*'  aud  '^  QArrotaw*^ 
(4^  S.  iv.  358.)— With  regard  to  the  fiwt,  « 
pare  *'  cold  reed ''  {Gamekfnp  I.  531  and  7^*) 

With  regnrd  to  the  second,  M»  R.  says,  **'' 
term  (gttg-toot/ti'd)  seema  to  have  been 
only  to* women/'    Here b  an inatance  to  that 
trary : — 

**  With  that  9be  b«ot  her  browes,  and  t^  a  Fsif  J 
hell  began  to  die  at  him,  "ayiagr  *  Whv  yt»tt  i 
Jnckel '  &c."— Thomft's  £«r/y  JSngHak  Froat  i 
i.  103. 

Cuthbert  of  Kendall,  the  man  yitupemtai] 

notoriously  a  lecher,  JoaN  /   ^ 

iii  CEM-CEoaa-A  B  C  (i**  S,  ti.  ^fTT.] 
illustrated  paper  on  *^  ' 
Lukis,  F.S.A.,  is  in  ti 
Me.  Lbnioan  queries  iaiti, 
not  Celtia    I  think  nut.     'i 
to  "  Crias-Croaa-laiii'*  ia  *'  cnja-crnaii  ru  w/  li'^^^'* 


.ltiTl3»7L] 


NOTES  AND  QUEBIES. 


419 


I  ^kme,  i,e.A  lane  err  row  of  letters, 
et  GBO£a£  Bedo, 

m  (4*'»  S.  Tu.  56.)— 
qnoadam  homiDe?^  et  eos  mAadme,  qxd  tc 
debnaruDt,    «t  plan  mum  Javaro  potucmnt^ 
dignitati  turo  :  simillimflinque  in   re  diflaimili 
nunc,  et  noslri  qaondftm  ftii*se  rationem : 
mpablic»  cauwi   Iscseraa,  jjalam  te  oppugn 
lUctonUteRifdignitateQit  Toluntatemquct 
turn  memores  esaeat  viftutia  tusB,  qaam 

C.RL 

r  Sleep  (4«*«  S.  vii.  14^.)~Thi8  is  a 

non  term  in  Scotbmd,  wbere  also  I  have 

fimd  Terj"  often  that  **  The  two  hours 

Idxiight  are  worth  all  that  come  after  it.^ 

El>WA»I>  RlMBAULT  DtBDIIT. 


OF  THE  Months  (4^*»  S.  tiL  343.) — ^I 
>  you  the  followiDg  titlea  of  the  moatha 
a  m  J  cop  J  of — 

[nndred  Points  of  good  Huabandnr  ncwlr 
^  Thomas  Tuiiicr,  G«atlcmAn.  Loodon,  1610/' 
**  A  Jdndly  good  Jiinitic«re 

Freeztli  fK)t  bv  the  fee  re 

FebraiUT  fill  the  diko 

With  what  thou  dost  like, 

March  dmt  to  be  sold, 

Worth  rmiisom  of  gold. 

Sweet  April  showers 

Do  spring  May  fiowen^ 

Cold  Mav  and  windy, 

Bamc  ^llctb  vp  fiDely. 

Calmc  weather  in  Juao 

Come  sets  in  tune* 

No  tempest,  ^ood  Jidr^ 

Least  come  louke  ruely. 

Dric  Aufrjifit  and  warm*? 

Doth  haraest  no  harme. 

September  blow  soft 

Till  fruit  b<?  in  lofl. 

October  gond  blast 

To  blow  the  !tog  mast. 

NoTtinb«r  take  daile^ 

Let  sk«p  no  more  &tle. 

O  dirtr  December 

For  Cbriatnuw  remember."' 

Srequentlv  heard  those  for  the  first  eight 
3th  but  little  Tariation,  frtirn  agricul- 
trer»  on  the  east  coast  of  LincolDshire, 
lonally  that  for  November.  The  word 
Sonstant  use  for  a  peck  measure, 
for  the  first  seven  months  are  also 
the  Shepherd  of  Banhut'i/n  Rules  to 
\he  Weather,  hj  J.  Claridjj^e  (Lotidon, 
run  RB  follows  r — 


1  th«  p^t  by  tho  ffre. 


rtti  his  dam  on  the  beir 


Whan  April  blows  his  horn. 

It's  good  both  for  hay  and  corn. 

An  April  flood 

Carries  away  the  froj^  and  her  brood. 

A  cold  May  and  a  windy 

Makes  a  fall  barn  and  a  tindy(?) 

A  May  flood 

Never  did  good- 

A  swarm  of  bees  in  May 

la  worth  a  load  of  haVi 

But  a  swarm  to  July 

la  not  worth  a  flv.'^' 


Queen's  College,  Oxford* 

VoYAGEim  Pigeons  t  PiGBOif  Post  (4**"  S.  viL 
18^5^  284,  29  L)— Looking  over  aome  old  nombera 
of  the  Mavue  brihmnique^  I  find  with  regard  to 
these  (voL  x,  eerie  7,  A°  1852) — 

**  De  tons  les  etres  de  In  creation  il  est  le  qnatri^me 
nomm^  ctans  ia  Gen^sev  qui  en  fait  mention  avant  la  fln 
du  Deluge. 

^'  Nod  envoyfl  nne  colombe  sept  ioma  apr^  le  corbeau, 
pour  voir  si  les  caux  avaient  cesse  de  oouvrir  la  terre. 

"  Mais  la  Colombo  n'ayant  pu  trouver  oh  mettre  le  pied, 

riTce<iue  la  terre  ^tait'toutc  converte  d'eaa»  elle  levint 
lui. 

'*ll  attendit  encore  sept  jours  ot  il  envoya,  do  nouvcau, 
In  colombc  hors  do  rnrche. 

"Ellc  Te%'2nt  k\m  Ic  ^oir,  portjint  dant  son  bee  un 
rameau  d'olivier  dont  les  feuilleA  (^taient  toutes  vertes. 

'*  Cette  colombe  ^tait  probablement  le  pigeon  bleu  des 
roches — notre biset>anvage.  Qaoi  on'il  en  soit,  les  Arabea 
out  oompoMf  eur  le  messager  de  ^o^  une  charmante  1^ 
gende.  'La  premltsre  fois,^  disentails,  Ma  oolombe  retouxna 
a  Tarohe  avec  uiic  bmnehe  d^ollvier,  mois  rien  qui  indi- 
quILt  I'l^tAt  de  la  terre ;  la  seconde  fois  le  limou  rouge&tro 
qui  couvrait  ses  pattes  indiquait  que  les  eanx  s'^taient 
retirdes  de  deaBCD  terra:  et  pour  rappder  eel  ^v^einaolv 
Noi5  demon  da  an  seigneur  que  les  pieds  de  oea  obeaax 
conserTossent  la  coiileur  rouge  qui  ks  distingue  encore 
aiijourd*huL''  L'analogte  des  mots  facbreox  adoum^  rouge, 
admeh,  terre»  avec  Adm,  Adam,  eftt  lemarquable ;  ootre 
mot  homme  se  dit  attssi  en  tare  a* dam.'* 

From  this  earHeat  eaumiple  of  the  pigeon-tra- 
valler,  it  seetms  pretty  evident  that  the  faculty  they 
have  of  returning  home  could  not  be  *^  by  land* 
mark/^  aa  the  whole  land  waa  under  water ;  nor 
"  bj  the  stars/'  as  the  akir  only  cleared  up  with 
the  rainbow  when  **Nod  was  out  of  the  ark*':  it 
must  then  have  been  ^'bj  instinct,^'  Eke  the  bird 
Mr,  R.  W.  Alldrtdge  mentions,  which  returned, 
when  only  nine  weeks  old^  from  a  distance  of 
seventy  miles.  P,  A.  L. 

"  ABBtrXttKOT '*  :      '^RtTHVEH":      HOW      PRO- 

KOUyCEn  ?  (4*''  S.  vii,  342.) — 1  once  knew  a  lady, 
one  of  the  daufrhters  of  Graham  of  Morphie,  who, 
as  it  so  happened,  was  the  maternal  aunt  of  Vis- 
count Arbuthnot.  This  lady  pronounced  the 
name  Arbuthnot  with  the  accent  on  the  second 
syllable.  She  was  a  womnn  of  good  education^ 
somewhat  of  the  best,  and  her  husband  had  been 
a  man  of  letters.  I  have  never  heard  this  name 
DTonounced  otherwiif»e.  **  Riven  "  for  Ruthven 
IS  a  conventional  departure  or  fashionable  cor- 
ruption for  which  it  is  difficult  to  accoimty  just 


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[i»k9.vn.MATij,»n. 


OS  the  EDgligh  name  Theobald  ia  spoken  Tihbaldf 
and  the  Scotch  n^me  Majori  banks  called  Marsh" 
hanks.  J.  Ck<  R. 

Tcmplo. 

In  Scotland  Ihifl  name  is  uniformly  pronounced 
with  the  accent  on  tbe  second  sy liable.  I  have 
no  doubt  tbat  Dt,  Arbuthnot  himself,  a  native  of 
Arbuthnot  parish  in  Kincardineahire,  who  did  not 
leave  Scotland  until  after  taking  his  medxcMl  de- 
cree at  Aberdeenj  so  pronuunced  ii  Nor  u  it 
by  any  means  evident  that  his  English  friends 
adopted  a  different  uae.  It  k  true  that  the  accent 
is  otherwise  placed  in  tbe  line  q^uoted  by  J^tbeb 
from  Pope^s  Epistle — 

**To  second,  Ar'tjuthnot,  thy  art  and  care  "  ; 
but|  on  the  other  hand^  we  have  the  same  poetj  in 
his  Fm*eweil  to  London^  thus  writing— 

**  Farewell,  Arbath'not'a  rflillery 
On  every  learned  sot !  '* 

His  other  friend,  the  Dean  of  St*  Patrick's,  in  his 
poem  Oil  the  Death  of  Dr,  Swifl,  writes — 

"  Poor  Fopo  will  jfricve  a  month,  and  Gay 
A  week,  aod  Ar'buthnot  a  day  " ; 

yet  tbe  same  piece  contains  the  couplet  — 

"  ArbtJth'not  ia  no  more  my  friend. 
Who  darea  to  irony  pretend"; 

and  in  Swift*s  much  earlier  verses  JVriitm  in  Sicli- 
new  are  the  lines — 

"  Removed  from  kiad  Arbath'not*«  aid. 
Who  knows  hw  art  but  not  his  trade,^' 

The  prokgue  to  T/ie  Shepherd's  Wtck  by  Gay 
gives  another  mstance — 

"  This  leech  Af  both'not  was  yclept," 
followed  a  few  lines  further  on  by — 
"  I'll  hie  with  glee 
To  court,  this  Ar'buthnot  to  see." 

The  above  qnotations  go  far  to  prove  that, 
when  the  rhythm  did  not  require  a  trans ference 
of  the  accent,  the  three  fiiends  of  tbe  learned  and 
Witt)'  Scotch  physician  retained  it  ia  what  I  muat 
call  its  proper  place.  The  jpeat  probability  is 
that  by  them,  as  well  as  by  himself  and  his  coun- 
trymen, tbe  genial  Doctor,  m  Gay  has  it,  *^  Ar- 
buth'not  was  yclept/'  Nobyax  Citwe, 

Atterdeen, 

Being  a  native  of  the  city  of  Aberdeen,  which 
is  not  far  distant  from  the'ancei^triil  seat  of  tbe 
noble  family  of  the  Arbuthnots,  I  had  frequent 
occasion  to  bear  the  name  pronounced,  but  always 
with  the  accent  on  tbe  second  .syllable*  Whether 
this  is  the  correct  pronunciation  or  not  I  cannot 
pretend  to  say,  J,  Maciat. 

Stow-oit-tite-Wold  (4*"  S.  vii,  344.)— Stow- 
on-tbe-Wold  was  in  the  diocese  of  Worcester 
before  the  Iteformation.  Alicia  Flouje  of  Stow 
S.  Edward's  (for  that  is  the  town's  ancient  name), 


bequeathed  to  the  "  mother  church  of  Worowter 
xii'*  *'  by  her  wUl,  a.d,  1378.  DAvm  RoiCl. 

Netherswell  Vjcamge,  Stow-on-Wold. 

Sib  John  Mason  (4'"  8.  vii.  365.)— I  ilttU  bi 
sincerely  obliged  If  P.  M.  will  oommiuucate  with 
me  in  reference  to  Sir  John  Mason  sad  hit  di- 
scendsnts.  Samitel  Tncux. 

FortU  Green,  Finchley,  N. 

Old  Families  without  Coax  Aamoitr  (4*6L 
vii.  344.) — As  a  herald  of  long  standing — havh^g 
studied  that  which  has  been  bitterly  but  rigkUj 
termed  the  **  science  of  fools  with  lonj^memoriej 
for  more  than  twenty  years — 1  think  I  msy  vee- 
ture  to  answer  F.'s  query  in  the  at&rmalive.  No 
doubt  there  are  many  old  families  withoni  tad, 
armour.  What  would  such  esquires  as  Bqoiri 
Western  care  for  heraldry  ?  The  wot  in  wmdk 
coat  armour  was  assigned,  it  must  be  n»iBIBi* 
bered^  was  by  tbe  heralds  in  their  visitilim 
when  each  gentleman  of  a  very  small  IMhola 
estate  was  summoned  and  made  to  pay  for  tht 
proper  entry  of  his  arms  and  crest  or  hi*  ooat 
armour  only.  But  oftentimes  the  heads  of  faini- 
lies,  to  use  a  slang  expression,  ^*  squared  '*  thi 
matter  with  tbe  heralds,  and  conveyed  themtaliii 
away,  not  bein^  willing  to  have  honour  thuslhrol 
upon  them.  Nor  was  it  alone  as  regards  tb 
bearing  of  coat  arms  that  the  retiring  nature  «f 
Englishmen  was  shown.  If  P.  will  refer  to  III 
first  pages  of  Evelyn's  Memoirs  be  will  find  Ibit 
gentleman's  father^  paj^i^g  &  ^uo  rather  tkm  T 
made  a  knight 

•  Recenvyd  the  29  Oct  1630,  of  Rich**  £vtit|ga  of  Wfii^ 
tone  in  the  eountye  of  Surr'  Kso.  by  way  of  oompurft^ 
to  the  use  of  Ai»  Mof^  being  appH  by  hb  H.  ooQeflor  l» 
the  same,  for  his  Fine  for  not  appe&ringe  at  the  tha^ttl 
place  apoynted  for  reoearinge  order  of  kuighUlMiodi tkii 
Aomme  of  fivety  pound.    I  say  receaved, 

«  Teo.  Cttrum." 
And  surelj  a  reader  of  "  N.  &  Q/'  needs  not  to  I 
told  that  m  the  days  of  Elizabeth,  and  f  — ^"'•* 
of  James  I.  and  Charles  L,  "knights" 
thought  much  of — dried  apples  wew  call<d 
"  withered  Sir  Johns/*  Honour  was  vended  veiy 
cheaply,  and  King  James's  notion  of  ottkiai; 
monev  by  a  batch  of  baronets  was  no  new  lAm. 
onlv  he  held  out  the  bait  and  added  novelty  t  it. 
Before  his  time  gentlemen  were  called  up  t  b-. 
honoured,  and  fined  heavily  if  they  did  imt  >uK 
mit  to  be  honoured.  P*  may  rest  asj^umi  tn** 
there  are  many  very  old  families  not  posseaing 
coat  armour,  unless  that  which  their  ambitioo 
descendants  have  had  assigned  to  them  by  Htmti' 
Stamp,  Die,  Blazon,  &  Co.,  the  eminent  adttf- 
tising  **  heraldic  artists."  Hain  FeiswU* 

Great  Russell  Street,  Bloomibuiy  Square; 


Bkabs'  Ears  (4*'»  S.  vii.  256,  saO.)— Many  pi^ 
sons  in  Suffolk  still  call  the  aurictda  J 

WJ 


4«»8.VILMat  I3/7L] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES* 


421 


Saints'  Emblbms  (4^^  S,  vii.  Sai)— I  think  if 
T6iiders  of  **  N,  k  Q,"  bad  each  n  copy  of  Dr.  F. 
C.  Husenbetli's  Emhleim  of  Saints^  published  by 
Ijongmans  &  Co*,  price  fire  ehillings,  they  would 
there  very  often  find  the  inrormation  sought* for 
%n  tliese  pa^es.  According  to  the  author  of  this 
work  SS.  Mathiaa,  Matthew,  Wolfgang,  Adjustus, 
liar©  for  their  emblems  hatchets,        W.  Marsh, 

Tub  Xile  akd  the  Bible  (4»^  S,  vii.  186, 314.) 
Tender  this  heading  there  are  some  references  to 
a  passage  in  Eccleii*  xi.  1  — 

»•  Cwt  thy  bread  upon  tlie  water*,  for  thou  fthalt  Stid 
Jt  after  many  day«," — 

the  drift  of  which  I  cannot  with  any  certiwnty 
make  out,  in  conaeauence  of  the  writer  not  haviiig^ 
tran^ated  the  GreeJf  and  Latio  quotations,  Wbm 
I  irifih  to  direct  attention  to,  is  the  variety  in  the 
tranalation  of  the  above  and  bo  me  other  pasaagea 
from  the  Hebrew.     In  a  version  now  before  me — 

•*  The  Holy  Bible  ....  with  Twetity  Thoiuiand  Emen- 
dation 9 /'  London :  Longman ?»  Brown^  &  Co.,  1843/ — 
the  verse  in  question  ia  thus  given :  — 

••  Cast  thy  bread-corn  upon  the  watered  groiind,  and 
thou  tbalt  find  it  after  many  days." 
In  the Doimt/  Version  (London:  Simms  and  M*In- 
tyrci  1847)  it  runs  — 

**  Caai  thv  bread  opon  the  runnie^  waters ;  fur  after  a 
Idtig  time  thou  §halt  tind  it  a^ain." 

Bgte  is  perhapa  not  much  diadmilarity  in  mean- 
liere,  although  one  might  well  dt*sire  to  have 
lore  exact  agreement  in  tranulation.    lint  what 
la  an  ordinary  reader  to  make  of  the  following? 
JobT.  7:^ 

-  y«l  man  h  bom  unto  trouble,  as  the  fparkt  fly 
upward.** — Common  Ver$iQH. 

**  For  oiao  b  not  bom  to  trouble,  aa  the  sparks  fly 
Vpvarda." —  Venion  1843. 
<•  Man  ia  bom  to  labour,  and  the  bind  to  fly/* — Dottay 

JobTi.  6-7:  — 

^  Can  tiiat  which  is  ansavnnr\^  be  eaten  without  salt  ? 
ar  U  there  any  taate  in  the  white  of  an  egg ?  '^ 

•*  Ttie  things  that  my  soul  refused  to  touch  are  as  my 
tniTow/a]  meat/' — QmitnoH  Version, 

Oui  an  uniavotiry  thing  be  eaten  that  i«  not  sea- 
'  with  salt  ?  or  can  a  man  taste  that  which^wben 
bringeth  deoth  ?  ''^-^Douatf^Venfion. 

Theae  form  a  very  smairflample  of  the  diacrep- 
tQciea  in  translation  I  have  met  with.  Am  I  right 
ia  ftuppostng  that,  in  some  cases,  the  exact  mean- 
bff  of  the  Hebrew  cannot  bo  ascertained  ?        F, 

laTaroeiB. 

Thongb  the  overflowing  of  the  Nile,  which  in 
itwlf  would  be  no  novelty  to  the  Israelites,  is  not 
fimasly  mentioned  by  Moees,  it  seems  distinctly 
nnerred  to  in  Deut.  xi.  10,  11:  where  the  le- 
nelites  are  told  the  promised  land  was  not  like 


r*  By  /.T.CQfiqaest,M.D.,  the  weU-knoim  physician, 
who  ified  oa  Oct  24,  1866.ȣd.] 


E^pt,  but  a  land  that  drank  water  of  the  rain  of 
heaven.  Zechariah  xiv.  17, 18,  distinctly  refers  to 
Egypt's  being  independent  of  nun  for  its  fruitful* 

P.P. 


Pick ELiTER RING  (4**'  8.  vii.  355.) — In  "  Notices 
to  Correspondents  "  it  is  said,  **  In  the  German 
farces  Pickelherring  ia  the  name  of  the  Droll  or 
Merry  Andrew/*  It  was  bis  name  at  Looe,  in 
Cornwall,  also  in  my  boyhood,  and  was  frequently 
abridged  into  PicJUe^  or  rather  Pecklc, 

AVm.  Pekoklly. 

Torquay. 

NOTES  ON  BOOKS,  ETC. 

lyte  Handwriting  vfJumu*^  proftmonnUyi  Int^xtigftied  htf 
Mr.  CbHfles  Chabot  (Expert),  With  Frt/ace  atiil 
Collateral  Evidence  by  the  Hon,  Edward  TwUleton. 
(Murray.) 

This  handsome  quarto  volume,  with  nearly  three  hun- 
dred fac'dlmiles,  haa  &  double  interest.  The  first  from 
the  iaflaeaoe  which  it  ia  destined  henceforth  to  exercise 
upon  all  questions  where  identity  of  handwriting  is  con- 
cerned, and  it  will  be  esteemen  a  tcxt'boofc  npcm  that 
HLiibject ;  and  the  second  from  its  l»earing  on  the  great 
Junian  oontroveray,  and  it  is  with  reference  to  the  latter 
that  it  will  at  thia  time  be  more  especially  considered. 
On  the  pablkation  of  WoodfalFs  edition  of  JtintHt  In 
three  volumes,  the  late  ingenious  Mr.  John  Taylor,  struck 
it  is  aaid  by  Junius'  advocacy  of  the  eauae  of  young 
Franci%  then  a  cierk  in  the  War  Office,  was  led  to  iavea> 
tigate  tbe  origi!i  of  this  feeling ;  nnd  the  result  was  his 
conviction  that  Dr.  Francis  the  father  of  the  injured 
clerk,  waa  Junius.  This  opinion  he  advanced  in  a  pam- 
phlet entitled  -^-l  Discovery  of  the  Author  of  the  Lttterx  o/" 
JuniuMt  which  was  published  in  1813,  It  is  believed 
that,  shortly  after  the  pamphlet  appeared,  Mr,  Taylor 
received  a  hint  from  Mr.  Dubois  the  secretary  or  amsn- 
uenaia  of  Sir  Philip  FraQcij«,  that  be  waa  not  qAoie  right 
in  his  guess,  but  very  near  it:  and  that,  consequently, 
the  pamphlet  was  suppressed  (for  its  almost  total  disap- 
pearance is  hardly  otherwise  to  be  accounted  for),  and 
another,  entitled  Junius  Idtntijied,  with  Sir  Pbilip 
Francis  for  its  hero»  made  its  apy>ea ranee.  If  thh  theory 
has  met  with  many  able  and  vigonjUH  opponent",  it  has 
on  the  other  hand  been  supported  by  many  well  quali- 
fied to  form  an  opinion  on  this  authorship,  one  of  the  most 
eminent  among  them  being  the  late  Lord  Mncaulay. 
Though  less  confident  upon  the  subject  of  late  ^eara. 
Lord  Brougham  in  1K17,  reviewed  the  latter  pamphlet 
in  the  Edinburgh  Review  ;  and  in  A  note  to  the  article^ 
the  whok  tenor  of  which  was  to  prove  the  identity  of 
Franols  and  Junius,  he  remarked : — 

"  We  understand  that  it  is  eonfidently  stated  in  Lon- 
don that  at! It  more  predse  evidence  exists  of  the 
similaritv  of  hands,  drawn  fhym  Sir  P.  Francis's  earlier 
penmanslup." 

We  have  great  reason  to  believe  that  Lord  Brougham 
here  referred  to  the  documents  now  published  fm  the  first 
time  by  Mr.  Twisleton,  and  which  form  the  basis  and 
origin  of  the  large  and  elaborate  work  now  before  as. 
These  docntnents  consist  of  a  copy  of  verses,  and  the 
anonymotiB  covering  letter  sent  to  a* Miss  Gile&  at  a  ttme 
when  Francis  was  at  Bath  on  a  visit  to  bis  father.  Soon 
after  the  publication  of  Woodfall'a  three-voJume  edition 
of  Junius  with  its  fao-simile8,Miss  GUea,  then  Mr».  King, 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[i^'S.vn.iutia.u' 


wliQ  bid  alwftTi  believed  tbe  letter  and  enclosttre  came 
from  FTiads,  ftoognlsed  the  identity  of  tbe  two  bands, 
and  in  GAnMqiMfioe  thfidoomn^nts  wero  fao-eimiled.  Thi« 
proceedings  it  is  said,  gave  oSiiDce  to  Sir  Philip  Francis^ 
Gonfleqnentty  but  few  of  tbe  fao-elmileis  were  distributed. 
We  have  not  flpace  to  d«tail  how  these  papert  came  under 
the  notice  of  Mr.  TwtJileton;  how  he  sabmittad  the  vereai 
lo  Mr.  NetJierdift,  who  decided  tluit  they  were  not  hand- 
written by  Francia ;  how  they  event aally  proyed,  in  the 
judgment  of  Mr<  Chabot,  to  Iiave  been  written  by  TtljE^h- 
man,  Franda'a  conjin  and  companion  at  Bath ;  how  the 
eoycring  letUir  waa  svantnaUy  identified  aa  Francis's; 
nor  to  entar  at  length  upoo  the  nunute  and  searching 
investi^tion  Bubseouently  undertaken  by  Mr.  Chabot  to 
establish  that  the  Junbn  letters  were  handwritten  by 
Francia, 

For  all  these,  and  maeh  more  enriona  matter  that  boars 
npon  the  question,  we  mu.^  refer  oor  readers  to  the  book 
itself.  They  must  recognise,  as  we  have  done,  the  earnest 
deaij-e  of  Mr.  Twialeton  to  preaent  lus  case  fairly  and 
impartially,  and  the  careful  manner  in  which  Mr.  Ubabot 
^ives  the  reasons  on  which  hit>  judgment  ia  founded  $  and 
the  result  will  be,  wc  doubt  not,  a  yerdict  firom  the 
majority,  affirm  a  tive  of  the  identity  of  Francis  and 
Jnnius.  In  our  mind  thtre  have  always  eiLidted  so  many 
difiLcnlties  in  the  way  of  believing  that  Francis  could  haye 
been  the  writer  of  Uie  I^etters  of  Junius,  that  if  those 
difflcolties  have  been  at  all  removed  by  Mr.  Twialeton,  we 
must  record  our  admission  of  that  fact  in  the  well-known 
declaration  of  Tertullian,  *' Credo,  quia  impossib'de.*^ 

BOOKA  niSOKtVCl*, — flert  and  There  in  England,  in- 
cluding a  PUgrifMUft  to  Strat/urd-upim-Avant  hif  a  Fellow 
of  the  Society'  of  Antiquaries  of  Scotland*  (J.  K.  Smith.) 
A  pleasant  little  volume  of  papers,  which  ought  to  have 
been  noticed  before.  There  is  peirluipt  not  muoh  to  he 
said  for  6eorj;^e  the  Fourth  ;  but  Hiush^s  book  la  a  \*er}' 
poor  authority  on  which  to  stigmatise  him  as  the  F.S.A. 
has  done. — sUtcti^mi  from  the  Carrerptmdtnoe  of  Unltert 
Bloomjidd,  the  Snffdlk  PoeL  Edit^  by  W,  *H.  Hart, 
F.S.A.  A  selection  of  interesting  itlustrationa  of  the  life 
and  writhags  a{  Bloom  Held,  which  will  be  yery  acceptable 
to  all  the  admirers  of  this  simple^  thoroughly  Eoglifth 
'po^t,'^ Lord^Li€Utemmt  and  H iff k^ Sheriff.  CorreMpamd- 
mtee  nptm  the  Qweifton  of  PrvcmUnee.  Chllated  hy  J.  M. 
Dttvenport,  FikA.  ( Stevens  dfc  Haynes.)  A  very  nseful 
summaiy  of  the  question. 

TfiK  collection  of  early  printed  books  at  the  Archaso- 
locical  Inatitate  is  of  the  most  interesting  character. 
Most  of  the  spacimens  exhibited  are  u!iat  Mbliomaniaca 
caU  "fifleencra,"  The  Rev.  J.  Fulle^r  liusscll  is  the 
largest  contributor,  and  yolumes  have  also  come  f^xn 
the  libraries  of  Sir  William  Tite,  Mr.  AdditigtODt  Mr. 
Qnaritcb,  Ueasrs^  Elites  und  Green,  and  matiy  oUiers^  The 
most  interesting  of  all  the  books  is  the  "  Mcntz  Psalter  " 
graciously  lent  by  her  Jlajcdty,  who  also  eathlbits  several 
other  ctinoas  and  valuable  specimens  of  the  earlieat  typcn 
graphy. 

MKsaiia.  Longman  announce  among  their  forthcoming 
bookj  a  volume  of  "  Popular  Lectures  on  Scientific  Sub- 
jects," by  Professor  Helmhoitz  of  Hejdelbeng. 

Higoen's  **  PoT.i€KOKicoM."  —  The  copy  sold  by 
MeSBia.  Sotheby*  Wilkinson,  and  Hodge,  on  Monday  of 
the  present  week,  is  thus  described  in  the  catalogue : — 
"  Black  letter,  a  xemarkably  sound  and  perfect  copy  iu  its 
pristine  atate,  with  largo  margins ;  of  extreme  rarity  in 
aneb  ^e  genuine  condition,  old  calf,  a  most  desirablo 
Tolamau  •Empiynted  at  Westmestre  by  Wy nkyn  Tbe- 
worde,  M.coot:.iJtxxxv.*  This  edition  is  remarkabla  for 
the  baautv  of  its  typographical  executioti*"  It  piro- 
duced  iHl 


CncOCTLATIOW  OF  THE  EzOXBITKRr  CaYALOOVKf-On 

the  twYi  first  sbiUiBg  days  at  the  Exhibition,  the  atfssT 
the  Official  Catakiirti«  was  2,800  and  2JD8(k  «opte 
ffiBpeotively, 

Tmi  Newspaper  Pbbbs  PtmD.—The  Annnal  Ukat 
erf  the  friends  of  Uus  useful  and  thriving  Inatitui^  vtQ 
take  plaoo  to-day  (Saturday),  under  the  Pnaldtoej  nf 

the  Earf  of  Cartiarvon. 

TuK  Literary  Fund. — ^The  Biahop  of  IVindieiter  ii 
to  take  the  chair  at  the  Anuiveisary  Dinner  on  Tusiitf 
nextt  on  which  occaaion  he  will  be  sapported  by  a  liifi 
and  influential  body  of  stewards. 

St.  PATRtCK.*8  AKD   CHfUST  CbUBCH  CATffKDKAllw— 

A  bill  bas  been  introduced  into  the  Irish  Church  Sjnod 
constituting  Christ  Chtirch,  as  the  older  of  tbc  twn^  A» 
cathedral  of  the  diocese  of  Dublin  ;  and  8c  PaUilfe^fl 
exempt  jurisdiction  as  the  national  church  or  f 
having  a  oommon  relation  to  oil  the  diooeaea. 


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MuiUd  to  a  qwirterly  Journai  than  a  wteMg  p^/er,  Tt 
mould  remind  them  that  brtmt^  is  a  ^rmt  Vi'rfai  as  m 
eyes* 

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mon  IWer  and  Ordinals  of  Edward  TU  fdiitd^  Bm.^ 
H,  B.  Walton^  and  published  by  Btringtotu  T  ^ 

W.  T.  Maldkn.— Dm    EijppiiaH    Antijmi^m^ 
nariovt  publication*  oj  Sir  S,  Gardner  W  " ' 

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Ttcammended  Ptrg  itrongty. 

CoMPLBTtOK  OF  8t.  FAtTL'S.— itfr.  SinMlt$  AtttrlK 

next. 

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15i&t  ajmeart  to  be  tare,  and  i*  not  in  the  BritiMk  Jf«i« 
In  ike  Bibhotheea  Anglo-Poedca,  pmbHwked  m  lllf^  < ' 
priced  at  Jive  guin&u, 

DcKTER, — 2Vb  otker  artieia  om  **JMjgm^ 
«  N.  &  Q/*  after  tkote  tpioltd. 

Errata  —4**'  SL  yii.  p,  8H  cot  L  Hm  tftoft 
for  "  irkJK>me  acts  "  read  **  nearly  unknoiwii  «rti»"  b  1 
Krraia  noticed  on  p.  228  of  this  yioAifiDe,  tho 
should  haye  been  to  **  vol,  rii."  licrt  *  vuL  H" 


i*  a  VII,  May  20, 7L] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


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^osDox,  sd  run  DA  r»  ^a  r  20.  i67j. 


CONTENTS.— No  177, 

IfOTBSs— The  OHicin  of  ttie  '*  Pettrr-Lock  "  «  aCoi^ntiant^ 
of  tbe  IjOfngri  of  Wraiall.  121  —  FmiPf»l  Flowmi:  Gold. 
UDitli.  las  —  QuotatioM  in  "  R^.liiuBon  VruiocJ'  lb.—  Folk 
Lore,  Suv^iCir  The  Slow-worm  —  Hy-jiuli'*  —  Reigning 
Beauties  in  FmntT  —  DacitT  —  ParalU'l  P;\$sa%cM  —  A 
Iffortti  Lo-UCftAhifo  tiot]*r~  Fcilk  Lore:  Tbuuder  — An  Au- 
cient  C^utorn  —  Mum,  or  Unjii^wick  Mum,  »  atrong  beer 
•-  A  CrorowtU  Noto  —  Mid*a,  427. 

QUBRT  .r?im  —  Author  w»Tilt»d  —  Thomas 

BwV  i'lshery  cif  Newfoundland,  aud  «u 

Mri§ i  i  w  ice  —  •'  Comt^s  to  Grief  "  —  Di-voii- 

•btrc  \VtjnJ:J  Tu  '  V  jiU  "  Enaraourod  "  —  Gross  EAtuig— 
Hosmi  —"Killing  no  Murder"  —  May-Daj  Custom  — 
FUTitAU  Cliai<ife>  "  f  7*nu.c^  —  0'^  the  Absence  of  »ny 
fVench  Wr>rd  fi»r  '  — '*  Roughs  "  —  The  Sicilian 

Tyraot  —  Teunv-i  ha  Bojrbuod  of  8t»  Thoniia 

Viilan  cu  »  c  "  —  V .  . :  ^ 

REPLIES :  —  Bjirkcr  and  Burford'^  FanoraiDiM.  4Si  — 
Williarn  B»Uo],  lb.  —  The  Svran  Scmi^  of  l^^u  Avery, 

453  — The       ■'  *• '  "-'    1'.   I.,  .ft     On  thfl  Absunce 

^f  luy  Fr.  iT,"  115  —  Mftr- 

g^rttt  Foivil  iphlct:  its  Ely- 

auklorT,  4.' . '  '         •  Park  and 

the  JftOfla-  —  Judiciml 

Oftth*  —  V  iiu3  Flac- 

—  "      '^  O  Gemi- 

"— Orders 

*:ij  Oxford 

i  1     Halls  — 

^  !  H        s  Miiiiiii  — 

(  :ir  r  ..     I  Librury" 

Kotes  ou  Biiolit.  4e. 


S  OF  THE  "FETTER-LOCK"  AS 
L  OF  THE  LOXGS  OF  WRAXAXU 


OXTI 
AD 

Evonr  oDo  who  b  at  all  acquainted  witU  the 
archaeology  of  Wiltahiro  i»  aware  of  the  badg^e,  or 
oognizotice,  of  the  **  fetter-lock*'  —  a  kind  of  pad* 
lode  used  for  fa^^tc^ning  together  the  chains  of 
prisoners — borne  by  the  family  of  Lon/  of  Wraxall 
ftod  IJraycote.  I'hey  aro  alio  familiar  with  the 
ftcoount  of  eiich  badge  which  they  find  in  Aubrey, 
Yiz,  that  *•  Draycote  was  held  by  petit  eerjeantie, 
namely,  by  being  JIar&hall  at  the  King's  coroim- 
tion ;  'which  is  the  reason  the  Cemes  gave  the 
Marshall's  Lock  for  their  cognizance.*'  {Jackaon*8 
Auhrtif,  p.  22K,)  Canon  Jaclcaon,  while  be  doubts 
tlie  corroctneds  of  one  portion  of  Aubrey *s  state- 
Blent  about  *^  the  bein^  Marshall  at  the  Corona- 
tion/*  nevertheless  endorses  it  in  the  mwn,  and 
gives  this  detailed  explanation  of  it  :— 

^  ''  ■  —  '    "        \w\A  of  the  Crown  by  the  iiomuiaJ  ser- 
*thottiird  rod  of  the  Marahnl^a '  in 
.lold  :  by  which  is  probably  meant  sup- 
;  Uio  verger*,  or  wmidbcarorp,  to  attend  upon 
!  — the  third  rod^a  p<jst»  according  to  annther 
.  (h  N,  1 17),  b<:ing  at » the  door  of  the  kw^*n 
■'  oitiuiH  cotftiuttr).    The  Shncklc-bolt  would 
a  be  tho  emblem  of  the  AsAi^tant  Marahal's 

autLiifity  uvcr  all  m  iriiuders  or  breakers  of  llio  fieacc,  in 
that  department,** — Jackson's  Aubrey^  p,  220, 

It  is  somewhat  pcrilou.<»,  in  the  face  of  such 
authorities,  1 1  sr-g-r-st  a  doubt  as  to  the  accuracy 


of  thoae  statenjent?,  or  aa  to  the  ingenious  e:t- 
planation  of  the  origin  of  the  badge  of  the  fetter- 
lock. But  I  have  long  been  sceptical  on  the 
subject,  and  so  venture  to  submit  my  own  ex- 
planation,  nnd  the  grounds  on  which  I  have  formed 
my  opinions  respecting  it, 

L  And,  firat  of  all,  with  regard  to  the  peculiar 
tenure  under  which  Draycote  Cerne  was  held. 
No  doubt  this  dated  from  ancient  times.  In  the 
Exon  Domesdav  for  Wilts  the  owner  of  Draicote 
is  called  "  GoiBfridus  MarencaUmP  He  is  iiicludt^d 
among  the  ^*  ministri  regis,"  or  king's  officers,  meiu- 
bers  of  the  royal  hou.^ehold»  or  principal  officers 
of  the  court,  who  held  lands  originally  appurte- 
nant to  such  office.  (See  Jones's  JDomesihty  for 
WilU^  pp.  147, 160.)  This  carries  us  back  to  the 
tenth,  or  eleventh,  century.  In  those  days,  what- 
ever accidental  meaning  may  have  been  acquired 
by  it  afterwards,  the  word  marucal  (tha  equiva- 
lent of  our  marsfial)  had  none  which  could  ap- 
propriately be  represented  by  the  **  fetter-lock  *' 
as  an  emblem  of  duties  belonging  to  him.  The 
word,  as  Max  Miiller  tells  us,  is  derived  from  the 
German,  where  in  the  old  dialect  Marah-^calc 
meant  a  farrier,  from  nmrah  a  mare»  and  scah  a 
servant.  The  care  of  the  royal  stables,  whether 
in  person  or  deputy,  would  seem  to  have  been  his 
duty. 

But,  passing  by  the  question  of  the  appropriate- 
ness of  the  badge  as  regards  the  tenure  of  Dray- 
cote,  is  there  any  nroof  at  all  that  it  was  so  u&ed, 
in  ancient  times,  oy  the  owners  of  that  estate  ? 
As  far  M I  have  been  able,  bva  somewhat  dilijjent 
search,  to  ascertain,  none  whatever.  In  truths  I 
know  not  of  a  single  example  of  the  use  of  this 
badge  which  is  necessarily  of  an  earlier  date  than 
1490,  when  for  the  fir:it  time  WraxaU  and  Drav- 
cote  were  held  by  one  and  the  same  person,  vu. 
by  Sir  Thomas  Longe,  who  having  first  of  all 
inherited  Draycote,  on  the  decease  of  his  father 
John  Longe  (c.  1470),  for  whom  the  estate  had 
been  purcbaaed,  eucc^eded  in  14D0  to  Wrtixall 
also,  on  the  decease  without  i5*ue  of  his  uncle 
Henry  Longe. 

Of  any  earlier  owners  of  Draycote  than  the 
family  of  Cerne,  from  whom  it  derives  its  second  - 
name,  we  have  no  memorials,  AtDraycote  church 
there  is  a  larpre  cross-legged  effig^^,  wliich,  ac- 
cording to  traclition,  is  the  memorial  of  Sir  l*hilip 
Cerne,  who  is  said  to  have  built  the  church  about 
the  year  121)0 ;  but  on  no  part  of  the  effigy,  nor  of 
the  arched  recess  within  which  it  is  contained,  U 
there  the  least  trace  of  the  badge  of  the  ''fetter- 
lock.** Neither,  as  fiu*  as  my  observation  has 
gone,  is  it  to  be  found  on  any  of  the  more  ancient 
portions  of  the  church  or  tower*  Then  again 
thei'e  are,  in  the  chancel,  brasses  of  Sir  Edward 
Cerne  (c,  1393),  and  of  his  daughter  PhUippa;  but 
on  neither  have  we  this  badge,  Bftid  to  be  emble- 
matical of  the  tenui"e  under  which  Draycote  was 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[4«kS.YlI.MAT20,71. 


held.  Is  it  likely  that  it  would  have  been  missing, 
if  the  opinion,  tlie  correctness  of  which  we  are 
discussing,  were  founded  in  truth  ? 

After  the  Long  family  were  owners  of  Dray- 
cote  we  find  plenty  of  examples  of  the  use  of  this 
badge.  On  tne  tomb  of  Sir  Thomas  Long,  who 
died  in  1603,  it  is  found,  and  also  on  Draycote 
Mill :  but  there  it  is  in  connection  with  the  coat 
of  Long  impaling  Darell,  which  fixes  its  date  at 
a  period  subsequent  to  1400. 

The  badge  was  seen  in  Aubrey's  time  on  a  large 
monument,  now  destroyed,  in  t!io  church  of  Box, 
to  the  memory  of  Anthony  Long  (fourth  son  of 
Sir  Henry  J/ong,  of  Wraxall  and  Draycote),  who 
was  buried  there  in  1578.  The  use  of  it  on  such 
a  monument  would  seem  to  show  that  they  re- 
garded it  now  rather  as  a  family  badge  than  as 
indicative  of  the  tenure  of  Draycote.  lu  fact  it 
was  at  Box  accompanied  with  the  motto  "  Envi 
will  lye,"  whic'i  is  found  only  at  Wraxall.  (See 
Jackson's  Aubrey,  pp.  29,  oC.) 

The  conclusion  to  which  I  have  come  is  this 
— that  there  is  no  evideiice  either  that  tlie  Cemes 
used  this  badge  of  the  ^'  fetter-lock,"  or  that  the 
Longs  first  adopted  it,  when  they  became  their 
successors  at  Draycote,  as  an  emblem  of  the  tenure 
under  which  that  estate  was  held. 

2.  We  will  now  go  to  Wraxall,  and  see  whether 
we  have  any  proof  there  of  an  early  use  of  the 
"  fetter-lock"  as  a  co;rnizance  by  the  Long  family, 
and  whether  in  the  history  of  their  estate  there 
we  can  find  any  peculiarity  that  may  account 
for  it. 

Without  doubt  the  eailicst  known  examples  of 
its  use  are  over  the  gateway  leading  into  the 
manor  house,  and  on  an  old  tomb  in  the  church  at 
W^raxall.  Judging  from  external  appearances, 
there  certainly  seems  no  reason  for  considering 
the  gateway  otherwise  than  coevnl  with  the  older 
portions  of  the  manor  hnu3'»,  which  would  bo 
about  1430-1450.  At  the  first  glance  we  should 
assign  the  tomb,  which  is  that  of  a  female,  with 
what  are  described  generally  as  the  arms  of 
"  Long  impaling  Berkeley  quartering  Seymour," 
to  about  1450.  In  both  instances  the  date  would 
bo  certainly  forty  or  fifty  years  before  Wraxall 
and  Draycote  were  held  by  one  and  the  same 
person. 

On  the  supposition  that  the  badge  really  belongs, 
in  the  first  instance  at  all  events,  to  Wraxall,  can 
wo  give  any  account  of  it?  I  think  wo  can — as 
the  following  extracts  will  show. 

In  the  Shaftesbury  Clmrtulary  (llarl.  MS.  01), 
in  its  account  of  "Wrokeshani"  (a.s  Wraxall  is 
there  designated)  as  part  of  the  manor  of  Brad- 
ford, the  whole  of  which  belonged  to  that  re- 
ligious house,  we  have,  at  fol.  82,  the  following 
entries  respecting  the  tenants  there : — 

"  WiLLKf.MlJS  Bedkl  tenet  nnnm  hidum  pro  xx  soli'l. 
pro  oiuui  scrvicio  ct  dimid.  vir'j.  tt'rnc  p.  xrclc.  de  lieJeL"' 


*'OsDEiiTUS  Sr^RUXO  tenet  dlmid.  virtfat,  pro  qot 
debet  sequi  hundreda  ct  comit.  justic.  ct  sumonicOnet  per 
totQ  handredo,  et  ad  comit.  testificari." 

These  extracts,  as  we  judge  from  internal  evi- 
dence, relate  to  about  the  year  1250.  They  show 
that  two  small  holdings  at  Wraxall  were  appur- 
tenant to  what  are  hereafter  described  as  the 
offices  of  the  "Bedel"  (or  bailiff"),  and  the  •'Ser- 
jeant" of  the  hundred  of  Bradford.  The  dutiM 
of  these  functionaries  consisted,  amongst  other 
things,  in  carrying  out  the  machinery  of  the  coort 
of  the  hundred,  and  enforcing  its  decisions.  It  Ifl 
not  difficult  to  see  how  appropriate  a  badge  of 
such  an  office  as  the  bailiff^  of  the  hundred  held 
would  be  the  "fetter-lock." 

In  a  survey  of  the  manor,  of  the  date  1030,  we 
find  the  following  entries,  which  mutatis  mutandu 
seem  but  a  translation,  with  some  additional  par- 
ticulars, of  the  extracts  above  given  from  the 
Shaftesbury  Chartulary.  In  the  index  to  this 
survey,  the  office  held  by  Daniel  Yerbur}',  which 
exactly  corresponds  with  that  held  some  four 
liundred  years  oefore  by  Osbcrt  Sperling,  is  called 
that  of  the  "  Seijeant  of  the  Ilunared." 

Fol.  20:  — 

"  Joux  Loxo,  Esq',  is  BaylifTo  of  the  Hundred  hy 
inheritance  and  Tenure  of  certain  lands  he  buldeth  ia 
Wraxall  as  before  m  set  forth.*' 

Fol.  24:  — 

"  John  Lon^;,  Em]',  holdeth  freely  one  Hide  of  hndia 
Wraxlinll  a.4  of  the  foresaid  Mauour,  vnnctymet  the  laai 
of  IViUiam  Dedell,  by  Knight's  Service,  and  xxxv*.  Rert 
and  Sute  of  Court,*'  &c. 

*'  The  sni<l  Joiis  holdeth  also  frofly  one  hal/ynrJ  Imi 
in  Wrtixali,  n*  of  the  «aid  Manour,  hy  Stirjeancye,  viz*  to 
make  all  Sonions  in  the  Hiin<lred  and  Court  of  the  ManiW 
of  Bradford,  which  Ijclon^  !•>  the  Kinj;  a.<)  I»rd  of  the 
Manour,  before  the  Rin;;*s  Majostiej  .lattices  ani  at  the 
Countie,  and  to  pomon  all  the  nun  of  \Vr.ixall  \f)  do  the 
Lords  Worke.H,  and  to  have  his  Diinkinfj  when  the  Ijorf* 
Steward  shall  keep  the  Hundred  Court  and  (.'ourt.<  of  tlie 
Manour,  and  to  do  all  Executions  which  pertain  to  the 
said  Hundred  at  his  proper  Costs  an<l  Charj^es,"  &c. 

Fol.  25:  — 

*'  Danikl  YKRnuuY  holdeth  freely  one  holf-yard  kmi 
in  Wraxall  as  of  the  f«>reHaid  Manour  by  Serji*ancye,  riz* 
to  attend  the  Baiiiflf  of  the  Hundred  of  Dradford'to  taki 
distresses  throu;;hout  the  Hundred,  to  make  somoD.",  and 
to  bear  witness  to  the  Bailiff." 

AVe  can  with  certainty  from  those  extracts  draw 
the  inference  that  the  Long  family  came  into  pos- 
session not  only  of  the  estate  of  **  o«<?.AiV/<f."  neW 
in  Wraxall  about  the  year  12o0  by  AVilliam  Bedel, 
but  also  into  possession  of  the  smaller  holding  of 
*^one  half-yard  land'^  that  was  appurtenant  to 
the  office  of  "Hedel"  (or  bailiff)  of  the  hundred 
of  Bradford.  And  as  the  badjre  of  the  *' fetter- 
lock" was  adopted  by  them  from  the  earliest 
period  of  their  settlement  in  Wraxall,  it  woald 
appear  probable  that  it  was  used  as  an  emblem, 
appropriate  enou^^h,  of  the  honourable  office  they 
held  there  under  the  Abbess  of  Shaftesbury  as 
Lady  of  the  IliuidreJ  of  Bradford. 


Mat  20,  •710 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


{bird  poiot  naturally  arises,— How  came 
^  iirat  into  Wraiall,  tmcL  how  did  they  ob- 
ipurclinso  or  by  marriag-e — the  lands  once 
I  to  William  Bedel  ?  I  dn  not  profess  to 
p  answer  these  queationa  with  any  degree 
Hty.  Still,  in  the  hope  that  others  may 
p  supply  some  additional  materials  which 
p  to  clear  up  what  to  all  who  have  tried 
;igate  it  haa  proved  a  very  diflicult  ques- 
renture  to  put  forth  tho  following  con- 
Ha  as  possible  helps  towards  its  Bolution* 
he  obser¥ed  that  the  Lonff  family 
[m  to  have  regarded  this  cognizance  of 
T-loek  *'  aa  an  honourable  one*  On  the 
j  Wraxall   church  it  ia  repeated  many 

00  the   gateway   to   the  manor   house, 

1  built  by  Robert  Longe,  the  iir»t  of 
ly  known  to  have  possessed  property  at 
I  we  have  as  the  termination  of  tne  label 
I  heraldically  epeak^nj,',  would  be  the  dex- 

the  '*  fetter-lock  ";  and  on  the  other,  in 
ktime,  was  a  "stag's  head/*  The  same  em- 
I  badges  are  seen,  and  in  the  same  order, 
ioor  opening  into  the  Longs'  chapel  in 
i  churcL  No  doubt  the  *^ dag's  head**  is 
b  of  Fopham:  and  so  is  a  record  of  the 
rift?  of  Robert  Longe,  who  was  of  that 

The  name  of  hlsjfrk  wife  is  only  matter 
jture.  May  not  the  *^ fetter -heh  "  poseihly 
^  from  the  property  which  he  obtained 

her?     After  all,  between  the  date   of 

Bediil  and  the  firat  settlement  of  the 
j  W  rax  all,  there  would  not  be  necessarily 
ftf  more  than  one  hundred  and  sixty  years. 
I  not  be  too  sanguine  to  hope  that  aome 
Itary  evidence  may  come  to  light  which 

gy\s  the  missing  finks,  and  [*o  ahow  the 
f'tbe  property,  shortly  after  the  com- 
int  of  the  fifteenth  century,  to  the  Longs, 
f  and  Camden  both  give  us  a  few  brief 
0f  the  first  '^  setting  up  of  the  house  of 
jes."  The  former  says :  — 
Lftng  Thomatt  a  ntouU  Mow,  Vfo^n  sijtte  up  by 
oltlc  Lordea  Uuo^eforde*.  AiiJ  flf(i;r  by  cauiM!, 
KS  was  ciiullid  Z^mj?  Thorn iw,  Lang  after  was 
pthe  name  af  the  family.  This  Long  ThomoM 
id  sum  lande  by  Ilungrefordes  procuralioo, 
ledid  Uym  KobcTt  and  Henry." 

liter  aaya :  — 

^  Gentleman  of  tbi^  bouse  of  Preuxt  being  of 
|B,  attending  oa  tbe  Lord  Hanji^crfurd,  Lord 
,  of  England,  was  amouj^  his  ftllows  called 
tarho  after  preferred  to  a  gr>o<i  nmrriage  hy  hii 
i  called  IL  Long^  thut  name  continued  to  hl« 
itnights  and  men  of  great  worship/' 

bt  ac^!cpting  all  the  details  of  these  tra- 
rptories  as  quite  reliable,  I  think  wo  may 
Hclade,  as  all  such  talcs  have  some  truth 

that  they  probably  give  the  real  state  of 
!'  fta  regards  two  facts :  (1 )  that  it  was  hj 

that  the  Longs  first  obtained  property  at 


Uhat 


Wraxall;  and  (2)  that  they  were  indebted  for 
their  advancement  in  some  way  or  other  to  the 
Hungerfords,  There  is  no  difficulty,  in  truth ^  in 
accepting  Camden's  statement  on  the  latter  point 
more  completely:  for  Walter  Lord  Ilungerford, 
who  was  Iligh  Treasurer  of  England  and  Knight 
of  the  Garter,  was  a  contemporary  of  Robert 
lionj^e,  and  was  very  well  able  to  do  a  good 
service  to  those  who  were  fortunate  enough  to  be 
attached  in  any  way  to  his  household. 

There  would  seem  to  be  some  little  reason  for 
believing  that  lands  once  held  by  tbe  family  of 
Bedd  came  in  course  of  time  to  that  of  Iterle/;h  : 
tho  latter  of  whom,  during  the  fourteenth  centiiry, 
were  no  ioconsidemble  landowners  in  the  neigh- 
bourhood. The  following  extracts  do  not  nbso- 
lutely  prove  the  fact,  but  they  seem  to  show  that 
such  was  not  altogether  improbable  :  — 

**  I n  1 20t  we  find  Thomos  de  Fordc  bailiflf  of  tbt  h  iindred 
of  Bradford,  with  landd  in  Wraxjill  in  viitue  of  Uh  office." 

*Mn  1321]>,  acconlinic  to  tbe  WUta  tinea,  one  Waller 
ITafpdea  aells  to  Kkbard  Povntz  of  Bradford  certain 
lands  to  wbich  the  office  of  bnififF  was  attaclicd." 

**  In  1305  Ricbard  Poyntz  and  others  convey  to  Thomas 
Btrkah,  Alice  hi*  wife,  und  John  their  son,  all  the  lantla 
they  hiid  by  gift  of  Tbomaa  Fuid  in  Box,  Twurton,  Ford* 
and  elsewliere.*' 

Of  one  thing  we  are  quite  sura,  that  at  this 
time  members  of  the  family  of  Berlegb  were  cer- 
tainly settled  at  Wraxdl :  as  early  as  1333  the 
name  of  Rofrer  de  Berlegh  appears  in  a  subeidy 
roll  under  Wraxall ;  and  pignuturcs  of  vafioua 
membert*  of  it  are  qIj^o  appended  to  deeds  Relating 
to  property  in  the  neigh  bo  urbood,  from  that  timo 
down  to  about  the  year  14G0.  Moreover,  there 
was  ft  place  in  'V\'raxftll  called  Berlcys  (or  Bar- 
ley-fi)  Court,  which,  according  to  Canon  Jackson^ 
pasaed  to  Blunt  and  then  to  Ilussey  (Aubrey, 
p.  26). 

It  has  struck  me  also  that,  possibly^  the  arms  on 
the  old  tomb  in  Wraxall  church  to  which  reference 
has  been  made  may  alTord  some  slight  confirmation 
of  this  conjecture*  The  shield  which  is  said  to  be 
that  of  Birkiiiy^  and  certainly  it  looks  as  though 
intended  for  it,  ditfers  both  as  regards  the  number 
of  the  crosses  pattee  and  the  presumed  charges  on 
the  chevron,  no  Berkeley  coat  having  on  the  latter 
either  roses  or  plates.  Tbe  whole  monument  is 
clumsily  executed,  and  the  shield  bearing  the  arms 
in  question  much  mutilated  ;  but  a  careful  exami- 
nation has  convinced  me  thot  the  charges  on  the 
shield  are  certainly  not  ten  (as  in  every  Bcrktley 
coat) J  but  nine;  and  that  the  charges  on  the 
chevron,  judging  froui  the  one  of  them  that  re- 
mains most  perfect,  are  as  likely  to  be  fieurs-de- 
lis  as  either  ro.ieB  or  plates.  Bearing  in  nand  that 
the  most  diligent  search  has  fQUud  no  mutch  at 
this  early  period  between  a  Berkeley  and  a  Sey- 
mour, the  thought  has  occurred  to  nie  that  pos- 
Bibly,  after  all,  the  shield  may  be  intended  for 
that  of  Berhf/hj  or,  as  it  came  to  be  epelt,  Barhj/: 


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[4«k8.TlI.MATJ«»'rL 


which  certainly  beais  a  stroti|T  regemblADce  to  it, 
to  say  the  leafit,  and  which  ia  that  given  By  Burke 
— ^'Otile'k  on  a  chevron  between  nine  crosnc^  crosdit 
JiichH  ardent f  thcc Jkurs-de'lis  of  t/ieJieUV* 

This  of  coursQ  is  mere  conjecture,  and  I  know 
not  whether  between  the  families  of  Berlegh  and 
Seymour  there  were  any  intermarriages.  Still, 
with  fluch  a  conjecture,  "ihe  detaila  of  Camden's 
story  would  fit  m  without  difficulty.  Between 
the'familios  of  Berlegh^  Blunt,  and  Ilusaey  there 
were  cloae  connections.  In  1S84  Thomas  Berlegh, 
of  Bath  amp  ton,  was  found  to  be  **  cousin  and 
heii'"  of  ^Mluaee/'  John  Blunt,  who  died  1447, 
and  was  of  the  family  that  succeeded  to  Barley's 
Court,  married  Wilheliiiiun,  daughter  of  Thomas 
a  Berlegh.  When  we  recollect  that  the  second 
wife  of  SirThomaa  Ilungeribrd  (the  mother  of 
Walter^  Lord  Ilungerford)  was  Joanna,  daughter 
of  Sir  fed  m  and  Husaev,  and  so  most  probably  a 
kinswoman  of  the  Berfegh  family,  the  story  of  the 
"  good  marriage,'^  promoted  by  the  *^  Lord  Trea- 
surer/' would  peem  probable  enough  after  all. 

Whilst,  as  regards  the  first  two  points  —  y\z, 
(1)  the  incorrectness  of  attributing  the  badge 
of  the  "  fetter-lock  *'  to  Draycote  before  the  time 
of  the  Longs,  and  (2)  ita  real  origin  in  the  pe- 
culiar tenure  under  which  they  held  some  land 
in  Wra3call  as  bailiffa  of  the  hundred  of  Brad- 
ford— I  am  sanguine  as  to  having  given  the  cor- 
rect account,  I  submit  my  other  considerations 
to  your  readers,  in  Ihe  hope  that  the  few  addi- 
tional particulars  wanting  may  be  supplied,  and 
so  a  matter  be  cleared  up  which  hitherto  has  b^en 
very  puzzling  to  Wiltshire  archieologistB^ 

William  II EKKY  Jokes. 

The  TicflM^e,  Bradfortl-on-Avoo. 


FUNERAL  FLOWERS:  GOLDSMITH. 

*'  77ic  HuhncM  in  IFigh  Place*. — It  is  irportcd  that  at 
tho  fttneral  of  tbo  infAixt  Prince  Alexander,  on  Tue»day» 
the  tliree  daugbtcrB  of  Mr.  Hp<?k,  the  Prince  of  Wales's 
land  ageat  at  Sandxinghani,  acalt cred  white  violeU,  prim> 
roMSf  and  anemone*  on  the  coiYInf  fn^/tW  of  ^  earth,*  at 
the  aeotence  *  Aahw  to  ashe?,'  *'  &:c» — Ttu  Rock^  April  H, 
1871. 

If  the  matter  were  of  euflicient  importance  I 
think  it  would  bo  found  that  in  addition  to  would 
be  the  fact|  and  not  *'  instead  of/^  It  is  not  likely 
that  the  clergj-man  would  have  omitted  "earth 
to  earth  *'  or  the  sexton  have  failed  in  the  usuul 
accompanimeDt. 

The  following  notice  ia  in  a  better  spirit,  and  I 
think  worth  presepving : — 

"  Had  any  of  our  njadora  vbitcd  Goldsmith*!  tomb  in 
tl\e  Temple  last  week  they  would  have  found  it,  aa  we 
did»  strewn  with  early  spnG|j  tlowcr^  Somo  loving 
hand  had  scattered  prim  rosea  flud  violets  nm\  snowdrops 
upon  the  stone  which  covers  nil  ihat  Is  mortal  of  poor 
•Nolly.*  The  flowers  had  evidently  been  plat-^'d  there  on 
t"h«  aunrver^ary  of  the  daj  of  Lis  death  hy  some  devoted 
pU^rim  to  the  ahriiie  of*  the  genius  who  j^ave  us  The 


irdtta«^j 
nroti^H 


Vicar  of  IFake/itld  and  The  Descried  Vili^e.  lHw  * 
pretty  homage  to  pay  to  departed  grcatDCia.  Perdua« 
It  was  an  inhabitajit  of 

*  Sweet  Auburo,  loTcllest  village  of  the  pUin^' 
who  had  paid  the  tribute — some  broken  eoldier, 
»on  '  to  all  the  country  dear/  or  some  Dr.  Primww 
the  period,  if  indeeil  such  a  worthy  man  eadat;  boi 
ever  it  may  have  been  it  was  a  worUiy  act,  •od  bi|_ 
a  custom  which  we  hearlilv  wi^h  werv  naincBliscd  amoai 
}u:*^ngar0,  April  27,  18tl, 

Clirbt  (4^  S,  viL  289)  will  be  pleased  to  £od 
that  ^'  Old  Goldy "  still  has  &daurei«r  &moiag 
whom  I  reckon  myself,  though  unftble  to  help 
him  to  the  reference.*  Such  of  our  yomi^' a  ^ 
whose  studies  tmd  pursuits  he  descriW,  it  u\ 
be  hoped  will  take  more  than  **a  gl; 
Sdiurdity  i?f  rtW/*  as  they  will  find  in  j 
tion  for  those  who  neglect  classicB,  wheib*  r  nrn  i  at 
or  modem.  But  many  youDg  and  even  middk- 
aged  men,  who  are  entitled  to  he  called  ireH-faid, 
know  little  of  our  standard  authors  of  the  bn 
century.  Great  booka  have  appeared  and  ^cfta 
subjects  hare  arisen  since  we  were  Toimg,  aoJ  tbs 
pressure  for  them  is  immediate.  I  oBtt  ons  »• 
stance  from  mj  own  experience,  Whda  Itf. 
Bright  delivered  his  dever  simile  of  "  Ibt  Scotch 
Terrier  ^'  I  was  in  the  country  among  mm  wio 
were  above  the  aveta^  of  careful  readeis.  I  nad 
that  the  simile  was  in  the  notes  to  The  Dmeiei 
and  wrote  out  the  lines.  See  **N.  &  Q/'  3^  &  hu 
^04  I  was  complimented  on  my  qmckneaa  iahainflf 
invented  and  versified  my  Ection  within  an  botf 
after  the  arrival  of  the  papers.  Of  four  meOttiMk 
At  least  as  much  a  reader  as  myself,  onlT  on*  III 
read  The  Dtmciad^  and  that  in'a  ono-voliuiiftail* 


tion  of  Pope  without  notes* 
Garrick  Club. 


FiXEHOFXm. 


QUOTATIONS  IX  "  EOBINSON  CRUSOB.* 

There  are  two  metrical  quotations  in  . 

Crusoe.  One  is  apropos  of  the  hero's  joy  c 

safe  to  fihore  on  the  lahmd^  after  his  ahipni 

**  For  sudden  joyi*,  like  grie^  oonfband  ai  i 

Whence  is  this  taken  ? 

The  second  occurs  near  the  commenoiQienl| 
Fart  n.^  and  when  Crusoe  is  settled  in  hlsl 
farm  in  nedfordsbire :  — 

**  Now  1  thought,  itidccdi  that  I  enjoyed  tht  i 

fltat«  of  life  thnt  my  father  so  eamettly  i ^ 

tae,  and  lived  a  kind  of  heavenly  life,  somfuu 

what  is  described  by  the  poet  upon  the  su^eelof  af 

life—  ^ 

'  Free  from  ^^ces^  fVeo  from  cait;* 

A^e  has  no  pain,  and  youtli  bo  i 

I  remember,  some  yean  ago, 
this  couplet  in  Cowley  or  Sir  Georgo 
but  I  searched  in  vain.     The  lines  hat) 
pectedly  turned  up  just  now,  while  lo 

•  Tlii»  has  he^n  supplied  by  Mr.  C.  Wruit,* 
rf  This  quotation  vrm  inquired  a/ter»  hat  i 
fully*  In  *'  N.  &  Q/'  a^J  S.  ii.  160.— E»0 


|»fcS.VlUMAT20,7lO 


NOTES  AND  QUEBIES. 


moufl  old  song"  book  of  Inst  century,  called  The 
ritM  Mudcal  Mhcellanf/,  or  the  Drlightfid  Grove^ 
ondon,  n.  d.  They  form  part  of  a  soo|?  of  two 
ftnxas  giTen  in  voL  ii.  p.  7S :  botk  words  and 
iiuic  are  anonjraoiia :  — 

*•  TOE  CCJU3JTBT  LIVE, 

•*  ITflppy  13  n  country  life, 

Ulest  with  cDQleot,  good  UeAlth  mtd  ease ) 
Free  from  factious  notfe  anti  strife. 
We  only  plot  ourfclvo*  to  plea*e ; 
k  Peace  of  mind'n  our  day's  deftghL, 
'  ad  love  or  welcome  dreams  nt  nt|j;ht* 

llTnil  I  green  fields  and  shaily  wrtods  I 

H*il  I  crystal  streams  that  still  ran  pare, 
7iitare*j  uncormptetl  ^ood*, 
\Vb«re  virtue  only  dwett-^  secure ! 
'  Free  from  vice,  and  free  from  cjirf, 
Age  hMs  no  pain,  nor  youth  a  anare.** 

I  dare  Buy  your  learned  correspondent  Da, 
lofBAULT  could  tell  me  the  autborshlp  of  the 
jog  and  the  date  of  the  book.  The  Terae3  of 
IT  George  Mackenzie,  which  I  had  in  mind, 
fegin  thus :  — 

tppy  countty  life  I  ptire  like  Ita  atr ; 
from  the  rage  of  pride,  the  pangs  of  care, 
happy  ioula  lio  bntherl  in  mft  content, 
are  at  once  secure  and  innocent." 
ElltTONNACET, 
[  ahould  like  to  know  the  date  of  another 
3ok  of  mine :  ffarmonia  Sftcrat  or  Dimne 
rat  ScnffSj    ivith    llymru   and    Antfienu^ 
IbodoQ,  n,  d.  Bm.  4to.     It  contains  firaong  other 
Wsgst  **The  Character  of  a  Happy  Life/'  by  Sir 
%,  Wotton ;  hvmna  from  George  Herbert,  Addi- 
to,  Ac ;  Dr.  Wattij' ''  Busy  Bee" ;  and  "A  Pura- 
hnse  on  the  Lord's  Prayer,  from  Gent  Mng,  for 

J  Polk  Lorb,  StrssBx;   this  Slow- worm. — In 
over  Choice  Notes  ofi  Folk  Lore  extracted 
.  &  Q./'  I  found  on  p,  243  a  notice  of 
Bupersiitiou  that  the  elow-worm  has 
ida  written  on  its  belly.    The  version 
lis- 

••  If  I  cotild  hear  as  well  m  »ee^ 
*io  man  of  life  ahotild  master  me/^ 
ThBt  I  have  heard  is  somewhat  different,  and  I 
^oture  to  think  also  worth  recording.    It  la  as 
fUaws : — 


IP 


**  If  I  could  hear  as  well  m  I  can  see, 
No  man  nor  beast  should  pa^  by  me."* 


HY-jmKS.  —  In  common  perhaps  with  the 
lultitude,  I  have  been  in  the  habit  of  writing 
lis  *•  high-jinks,'*  and  have  conmlered  it  to  re- 
Iresent  an  exhilaration  of  spirits  issuing  in  a  game 
f  romps,  or  frantic  merriment.  Under  that  im» 
teasioxi  I  have  even  written  "highest  jinka  "  for 
Ittrava^nt  fun. 
But  I  have  boen  altogether  wrong,  as  the  note 
t  Allan  Hamaay  will  show,  "  hy-jinks  "  being 


bat  Allan  H 

1^ 


a  specific  form  of  tipsy  merriment  Tlio  Scottish 
poet  thus  explains  it  in  his  Ji/^yy  on  Mat/ffi/  John^ 
ston,l20,  Edin.  1780:— 

♦*  A  drunken  f^ame,  or  new  project  to  drink  and  ha 
rich  :  thus  the  quetf  or  cup  is  filled  to  the  brim,  then  one 
of  the  company  takos  a  pair  of  dice,  and  after  crying 
•Hy-jinkfl,*  he  throws  them  out:  the  numlier  he  casta 
up  points  ont  the  person  that  muflt  drink  j  he  who  threw 
beginning  at  himself  number  one,  and  so  round  till  tha 
number  of  the  person  a^^ree  with  that  of  the  dice  (which 
may  fait  upon  himncU  if  the  number  be  within  twelve)  ; 
then  he  aots  the  dice  to  him,  or  bid^  him  take  them  ;  be 
on  whom  they  fall  ia  obli|re4  to  drink  or  pay  a  «mall 
forfeiture  in  money,  then  throws,  and  so  on.  But  if  he 
forgets  to  cry  *  lly-jinki'  he  pavs  a  forfeitur<Hnto  the 
hank.  Now.  he  on  whom  it  falls  to  drink  (if  there  be 
ftiiTthing  ill  the  bnnk  worth  drawin;;)  gjets  it  all  if  he 
drinks  ;  then  with  a  great  deal  of  caution  he  empties  his 
cup,  sweeps  up  the  money,  and  ordera  tho  cup  to  be 
m led.  again,  and  then  throws;  for  if  he  errs  in  the  arli- 
cles  he  looea  the  privilege  of  drawing  the  mon*!V.  The 
articles  are— (1)  Drink,  (2)  Draw,  (3)  Till,  (4)  ciy  *  Hy- 
jiakiw'  (5)  Count  juat,  ((i)  Chupc  your  doublet,  m.in — via. 
when  two  equal  numbers  of  the  dice  if  thrown,  tbe  per- 
son whom  you  chuse  must  pay  a  double  of  the  common 
forfeiture,  and  bo  muiit  you  when  the  dice  is  in  hi-t  hand 
(#ic).  A  rare  project  is 'this,  and  no  bubble,  1  can  assure 
vou  ;  for  a  covetous  fellow  mtiy  save  money,  and  get 
nimMlf  as  drunk  as  he  can  desire  in  tc5S  than  an  bourns 
time." 

Thi.9  is  nn  explanation  of  what  is  not  really 
worthy  of  it,  save  that  it  may  correct  ignorance 
of  the  same  character  as  mj  own.  I>. 

Reigpttno  Beauties  ts  Fraitce.^ — No  one  cir- 
ciimstancCi  in  connexion  with  the  recent  politicij. 
changes  in  France,  has  more  disgusted  the  English 
than  the  atrocious  libels  and  caricatures  circiUated 
in  Paris  against  the  Empress  Eugenie,  This 
unman  line  33^  in  tho  treatment  of  ladies  whose 
husbands  have  for  tlie  time  been  invested  with 
supreme  power,  it  will  be  seen  by  the  following 
extract  from  the  writings  of  him  who  now  pre- 
sides over  the  destinies  of  France,  has  always 
been  a  characteristic  of  the  Parisian  populace  and 
their  infamous  pre^g.  Referring  to  the  state  of 
France  in  January  179*5,  M.  Thiers  thus  expresses 
himself:^ 

''  Madame  Talllen  ^tait  la  femme  dn  jour  qa*ila  accti- 
aaient  le  plujf,  car  h  toutes  Ips  epoqucs  on  en  avnit  accused 
una :  cVtait  /«  perjhh  enchaniertsse  ti  laquelle  lis  repro- 
chaient,  comme  autrefois  h  Madame  Roland,  et  plus 
anciennement  h  ftlane-Antoinottc,  tous  le«  manx  du 
peuple." — Rintoire  de  /«  Hrvittutitm  ftun^isXy  vol.  vih 
Hv.  xxvi.  pp.  o4,  55,  Parb,  18-15. 

War.  B.  Mao  Cade. 

Monccntour-de-Bretagna,  Cotes  dn  Nord,  France. 

Dacier, — 

**  A  certain  Monsieur  Dacier,  two  hundred  3'ears  ago, 
fltiirted  the  paradox  Lhflt  tbe  French  writers  of  hi^  time 
were  a^  good  as  the  clafslcs.  Tlie  notion  found  favour 
among  his  ingenious  countrj^men,  and  engendere<J  a  ooo- 
trovorHV  in  which  many  witty  things  were  said  on  both 
sidea.  'How  nianv  uf  us  arc  there  who  remember  even 
the  names  of  the 'French  authors  who  were  handicapped 
with  Homer  and  VirgU  ?  ^— /*«//  Midi  GazcUti,  April  2U, 
1871. 


NOTES  AXD  QUERIES, 


[i«'S.VII,iUT2Q| 


The  ab-ove  is  part  of  a  very  Me  article  on  Mr, 
howcs  speech  to  the  Civil  Enpneera,  in  which 
ho  repented  bi^  depreciation  of  clflasical  studies. 
If  Dncier  la  not  a  ahp  of  the  pen,  the  writer  must 
have  stranp^ely  forgotten  his  reading  on  the  ques- 
tion^ which  has  not  fftUen  Into  such  CDiiiplcto 
oblidoa  as  he  suppo^s.  Dftcier^  though  he  did 
not  contribute  any  wit  to  the  controversy,  was  the 
moet  learned  and  vehement  writer  on  toe  side  of 
the  ancients.  La  Biographie  gin^mh  says  of 
bini :  — 

**  Amoureax  des  flutears  qtiMI  interpr^tflit,  il  ^tait  ia- 
Cflpable  d'y  aperctvoir  un  d^fawt,  ct  pour  diiaimuler 
leura  imperfections,  il  !iouit«iiait  le»  plus  i^t ranges  para* 
doxcs.  D'autrra  foip,  il  m  laissalt  slier  h,  dea  intcrprdta- 
tiunf)  Binguli^res,  que  BoiI«au  appebit '  lea  rcriflations  de 
M,  Dacier.'  Un  liominc  d'esprit  ra  c«rict^risd  en  di&ant, 
•Jl  conniii^Fnit  tout  des  nnciem  liors  Ja  p^ce  et  la 
finpsse/  Un  outre  disait  dt'  lui,  'que  cVtait  ua  gro» 
mulel  cUarge  de  tout  le  ba^a^  de  rantiquit^/  " 

A  controversy  of  which  Swift's  J?a/^/t'  ofthcBvok^ 
is  a  part  will  not  drop  out  of  literary  history,  and 
those  who  wish  to  know  the  niog^t  interesting  part 
of  it  mav  consult  Kigault's  La  QmrtUe  dt^n  Andms 
et  des  yfotierrtes,  Paris,  1850.  H.  R  C. 

U.  U,  Club. 

Parallel  Passages.  —  I  do  not  know   that 
Byron*?  touchinjr  reference  to  the  **  youn^  eallaiit 
Howard/'  in  Chifde  Hmvld,  has  been  notitred  as 
having:  its  pratotype  in  the  Pastor  Fido  of  Giiartui* 
Byroads  verse  runs  as  follows :  — 
'*  Til  pre  bave  been  lenrs  and  breaking  beorta  fur  thee, 
And  mine  were  nolliin^  had  I  such  to  give  ; 
J?ut  wl  on  1  stood  beneath  ihe  fr^-Hh  greon  tree, 
Wbk'h  living  waves  where  thou  did*^t  cease  to  Uv*, 
Antl  faw  aixunid  rnc  Iho  wide  field  revive 
Wnh  fruhn  nnd  fertile  pmmise^  and  the  spring 
Ome  forth  bir  wfifk  of  |;Iadn©?L»  In  contrive, 
Witlt  ali  UvT  rei-kle^s  birds  upon  the  wing, 
I  turn'd  frum   all  ahe  brought,  to  those  aho  could  not 
brin^;," 

Full   of  pathos  and  beauty  as  this  is,   it  is 
Bcarcely  so  pathetic  as  the  wail  of  the  Italian :  — 
^_  **  O  Piimavcra^  piovintii  dell*  aunoi 

^^^^^H  Jb'Iln  in  ad  re  de*  Qori, 

^^^^^^^^^  IV  evbt'  nnvelk  e  di  uovclli  am:}ri ; 

^^^^^^K  torni  bcn^  ma  tcra 

^^^^^^^V  Non 

^^^^^^B  II  fortuniiti  d\  AtiUa  mie  f^iujc: 

^^^^^^H  Til  torni  bi'ii^  tu 

^^^^^^^  riie  did  perduto  inio  caro  tcBoro, 

^^^H^  La  rimfimbranzn  miAera  e  dolente.'* . 

H^^         Olio  Gilbert,  a  French  poet  of  the  seventeenth 

■  c*»ntijrT,  has  the  following  niadng^l,  '*Sar  Tart 

■  d'ttimerd'Ovide'^:  — 

I  "  Cett«  lecture  est  aana  ^ale, 
B  Ce  livre  e^t  un  petit  dedale, 

B  f)u  rpj^prit  prend  plaisir  dVnrer; 

H  Phillis  »utvez  leu  pan  dlhide, 

HI  C'c*t  k  phi 9  flgri^flble  guide 

9  Qu'on  peut  choLsIr  pour  a't^parer/* 

^L        This  is  obviously  the  original  of  Prior's  epigram  j — 


*^<  Ovid  is  Ihe  surest  guide 

You  can  name  to  sbow  the  wsy 
To  any  wiitnan,  maid  or  wife. 
Who  resolves  to  go  .i stray.'* 
More  neat  and  pointed  than  Gilbert,  hnt 
says  nothing  of  whence  he  got  his  idoa, 
1  do  not  Snow  who  owns  the  incessantly  ([t 
•»  I  do  not  like  thee,  Dr  FeU,*" 
hut  it  evidently  conies  from  the  **  v  .. 
Sftbidi/*  of  Martial,  the  unacknow]^ 
innunicrahle  witticisms.  G.  J.  ^^  V^  i 

A  North  Lancasuibe  Soxo. — The  foQl 
humorous  song,  in  the  dialect  of  Fiiroeaa,  ] 
Lancashire,  was  fonnerl?  very  popular  in 
district  and  also  in  the  adjoining  couQtiea. 
never  yet  been  in  print,  except  m  the  coluii 
a  local  newspaper  to  which  I  sent  it,  Mav  I| 
to  find  a  home  for  it  in  "  N.  &  Q,"  ?  —  '  ^ 
'*  Cum  Roper  t^i  ine  as  thou  ert  mi  son. 

An  tak  the  l>est  counsel  o'  life; 

Cum  bidder,  I  sar»  wi'out  farder  ddajr. 

An  ru  wam't  tii"l  11  git  tha  a  wife— I  wiU! 

Y<*«  I  will,  sooa  r  will, 

An  111  warn't  ta  111  git  tha  a  wife— I  will  I 

**  Put  on  thi  best  cleas,  at  iver  thou  hei^ 
All  kiss  iverj  lasa  at  thou  moet5; 
Ther'a  sum  ill  leak  »hy,  an  tak  it  awry. 
But  uddcM  ill  CO  tha  a  sweet— thay  will  I 
Yes  thay  will,  aooa  thay  will. 
But  udders  I'd  co  tha  a"  sweet — thav  will  I 

**  Tho  fir.*t  bonny  lass  that  Koger  did  meft 
Wna  a  farmer':}  fair  douter^  her  neam  it  was  KM 
She  didn*t  exchange  wi  him  manv  a  word» 
But  she  feteb'd  htm  a  slap  V  the  feacc^^abt  ixB 
YeH  she  did,  mm^  she  did, 
But  she  fetched  him  a  *!ap  V  the  feaco — she  di^l 

•*  Sea  Roger,  if  ihh  be  like  laiUn  a  wife, 
111  never  ga  laitiii  nnuddor; 
But  1  will  leve  aing'et  o*  t"  days  o*  mi  lifi% 
vVu  ril  a  way  yam  tatni  otudder — I  will! 
Yea  I  vfill»  jiooa  I  wUl, 
An  111  away  yam  ta  mi  madder — I  will! 

J.  P.  Mon 

17,  Sutton  Street*  Tuc  Brook,  Liverpool. 

Folk  Lore;   Thukder. — I  pointed  oat 
when  thunder  is  heard  the  Greefis  of  Asia  L. 
my  the  Almif^lity  is  moving  his  h  *  A 

fvirniture.     I  tind  that  our  forefatti  u 

thunder  bo  the  god  Thur  playing  at  :  i 

Hi 

An  Akcient  Ctstosi, — 

King  David,  B.C.  1015. 

**  Now  the  children  of  Israel  after  their  number,  H 
the  chief  fathers  and  captains  of  thousand*  4adhDn4 
and  their  officers  that  servoil  the  king  m 
the  conraeSt  which  eame  In  and  wenr 
month  throughout  all  the  montba  of  the 
xxvii,  1. 

Qnem  FiVloria,  A. D.  1^71 

*'The  course  of  waits  of  H^-  x»-t    • 
the  month  of  Mart!h,  and  the 
cximmence  are    as  folfows: — I 
Dttchesa  of  Koxbarghe,  7  th.  Wouiai*  m(  ih- 


*tS.VU.  Ma»20,71.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


Tincdunteca  Clu.'wtoii,  7th ;  Hon.  Mrs.  Alcsiintler  Gordon, 
SUt«  MuUh  u{  Ilnnour,  f  I>jti,  Lucy  M.  Kerr,  'Mh  ;  Ho  n. 
HoraUm  V,  Stunforil.  IHIi,  Uird»  U\  Wailinf^*  Lord 
Camors,  7th  i  Lord  Metliurn,  2I«t,  Grooms  In  Wiiitin;?. 
K ear-Admiral  Lord  Frederick  Kerr,  7th  ;  Major-G^^nernl 
isir  Fnincis  Sermoar,  Bart ,  2lnU  Equerries,  Colonel 
C.T.  Du  Plat,  Colonel  the  Korl  of  Mouiitcbarles;  Fagra 
4>f  Konour,  G.  \\\  Grey,  JWj.,  Hon.  G.  F.  H.  iSomcrdcr/* 
Cvurt  Journal,  March  4»  ltf7L 

It  18  bigblj  interefiUug  to  compare  the  monthly 
^ouiaea  eon  tamed  in  the  "  Geuezvil  Rota  of  Wtdu 
at  Her  Majesty's  Hotuehold  for  the  Year  1871 " 
with  the  courses  of  King  Darid^s  householilj 
*' which  CADie  in  and  went  out  month  by  month/* 
AS  recorded  in  the  27th  chaptf^r  of  the  Firat  Book 
tof  Chionicled.  Williah  KAryxB. 

Mum,  or  Brujtswick  Mm,  a  stroso  Beer. 
JU  etymologry  ia  given  in  1"  S.  iv.  177  ;  3^'*  S.  ti. 
4U,  603;  vil  41,  101,  103,  with  ex tracte,, which 
do  not  include  the  following : — 

"  I  have  not  f&rgot  to  drink  your  health  here  in  mum, 
which  I  think  very  well  dcaervca  its  reputation  of  being 
the  best  ih  the  world."— Letter  from  I^dv  M.  W.  Mon- 
tM£JL,  ilated  Hrunawick,  Nov.  23,  0.  S.  17itS. 

w.  p. 

A  Cbohwell  Note.  —  I  found  the  enclosed 
a^mongst  some  old  Oxford  papers.  It  may  be 
worth  finding  a  pbce  in  "N.  &  Q.*'        J.  K.  B. 

*'  The  Father  of  the  late  Dr.  Smith,  Master  of  Pem- 
broke College,  was  it  Captaia  of  a  Ship.  Hi*  original 
^ame  wa»  CnrmwrJJ :  being  the  GrAUiUoa  of  Kichurd 
Ot>m  welt,  ion  of  Oliver.  Heebanged  hia  Name  to  SmitK 
croncdviBg  it  probable  that  the  Xame  of  Cromwell  might 
injure  hi*  Proraotitui  in  the  Xavy. 

*'  Lh-  Smitli,  therefore,  was  the  last  Lineal  DeMeodant 
«f  Oliver  CromwelL 

•'  TLm  Story  was  toKl  me  bv  M'  Dandns  of  Richmond^ 
«rhom  1  met  at  Lord  Howe's*  November  8^^.  1809. 

**  SCUOI'P.  BKimJIORE, 

•*  Wardeu  of  Merton." 
^ImjLS.—  ^Itdaa  was  the  name  of  more  than  one 
Jdng*  of  Phrygia.  I  wish  to  point  out  that  this 
^tame  is  connected  with  the  Lyuian  Medeus  ("Godj^ 
tt&d  as  these  laDguflges  have  bi^eu  traced  oy  me 
to  tlie  Palfcogeorgian  stock,  the  (ier»rgiaii  Tsmida 
^saioty  holyj  may  also  be  associated,  Midas  ia 
4U1  example  of  the  use  of  the  name  of  a  god  as  a 
MTBoaal  name  or  titJe^  Bucb  m  we  have  in  Baal, 
3feIeoii|  and  Adonai.  The  Phrygian  Balun,  for 
idn^  (also  represented  hy  Updli  in  Georgian)  ia  a 
local  instance*  Hybe  Clahkb. 


KuGfiVB  Aram. — Will  some  one  kindly  iufoim 
JDe  which  was  published  first — ^the  dream  by  T, 
^ood^  or  the  novel  by  Lord  Lytton  ?      C larky. 

[  "  The  Dreatu  "  by  T.  Hood  w/wpubliihed  la  1831,  and 
Xord  Lytttm'i  novel  in  tb«  following  year.] 

Author  wahteb. — Who  is  the  author  of  the 
folio  win  gi  and  where  can  I  obtain  the  pOi^m  cou- 
iaining  it  'f — 


*'  No  I  thoH  art  not  my  first  love, 
I  had  loved  before  we  met ; 
And  the  music  of  that  summ«ir  dream 

I«  plcastint  to  me  jet, 
Uut  thoUf  thoa  art  my  last  love. 

My  dearest  and  my  beat  i 
If  V  heart  but  shed  iu  outer  leavoj 
To  fire  thea  all  Lho  rest." 

Lawr,  B*  Teomas. 

Mercantile  Libraiy, 

Athenaeum  Building,  BalUmore. 

Thomas  BASKERvrLLE.— Can  I  be  referred  ti» 
an  engraved  or  other  portrait  of  Thomas  Basker- 
Tilloi  an  inventor,  circa  1760  ?  G,  0. 

Thr  Cob  Fisorrv  of  NBWForNDLAjfD,  and  am 
English  Convert  in  Francb. — In 

"A  Summaiy,  Historical  and  PoUtiral,  of  the  First 
PhmtiniT,  Progressive  ImprovcmtntJt,  nnd  Pfesent  Sf«te 
of  the  Itritlih  SeUlementi  in  North  America.  By  VYU- 
Uam  Douglass,  M.D,''    Boston,  1735,  8vo, 

this  curious  statement  occurs  at  p.  287,  sect,  vi* 
vol.  i,  concerning  the  island  of  Newfoundland  and 
its  cod-fishery : — 

"  King  Charles  h,  bubbled  by  the  French,^avo  tliera  a 
liberty  of  fishing  and  curing  fi^h  in  Newfoundland,  uyion 
t\i>7  silly  pretext  of  tuppltfmg  an  EnglUh  conrieHt  in  i'raHC* 

I  will  be  very  thankful  for  the  name  of  this 
convent,  if  known.  D,  Burke* 

I'eitdington. 

"CoMK3  TO  Grikf.'*— ^Vhen  did  this  expres- 
sion (irat  become  grenerol  in  England?    Brown- 
ing uses  it  in   his  new   poem   I£erv6  Ilicl,  the 
scene  of  which  is  laid  in  10V)2,  thus — 
**  Not  a  spar  that  conies  to  grief." 

Is  the  expression  as  now  used  correct  English 
or  simply  slang  ?  K.  A.'  D. 

Pevoksicre  Words.— Can  you  give  any  ex- 
planation as  to  the  following  terms  in  commoa 
use  iu  Devonshire.^ — dome,  common  crockery; 
dome  shopf  crockery  *hop;  Mmmd,  a  hamper; 
Seam,  of  hay,  3  cwt, ;  iieam^  of  straw,  2  cwt. 
Hay  and  straw  are  commonly  sold  by  the  *'  seam" 
in  Devonshire,  and  not  by  the  cwt.  or  ton  aa 
elsewhere,  E.  GuLsoir. 

The  Verb  ''ENAMorBED,'*— Tsa  lover  enam- 
oured of  his  mistref 8  or  laVt  her  ?  In  my  courting 
days  the  former  was  the  correct  phntse,  but  now 
tlie  latter  is  coming  into  u>«.  I  notice  it  in  the 
article  attributed  to  Mr.  Gladstone  in  the  last 
Edinhut'tfh  ItevieWt  D,  Blair. 

Melbourne. 

Gross  Eatiivo.— Is  the  following  extract  from 
a  letter  by  Gray  the  poet  a  joke  or  not  ? — 

"Our  friend  Dr.-- —  (one  of  ita  [Cambridge]  nuis- 
ances) ia  ntiL  expected  here  again  in  a  burry.  He  ts  gone 
to  \\\n  grave  with  tivc  lino  mackarel  (brge  and  full  of 
roc)  in  hif  t>elty.  He  ate  them  all  at  one  dinner;  but 
his  fare  woa  a  tarbot  oa  Trinitv  Sunday,  of  which  he 
left  little  for  the  cotnptDy  besidei  boaea.    He  had  not 


4fi0 


beta  hearty  ftU  th«weck;  but  After  thb  sixth  fiili  he 
never  held  up  his  haAtl  more,  and  a  violent  looeeneaa 
carriol  him  off.    They  say  bo  nuide  a  vciy  good  end." 

W.  P, 

IIoGAiT.— Gray,  the  poet,  writing  1737,  says  — 
"  Fpr  yowr  reputation,  tvc  keep  to  ourselrea  your  not 
hantin^r  nor  drtuktng  hogaa,  either  of  which  here  would 
be  eiifficient  to  lay  your  honour  in  the  dust," 

What  was  the  drink  so  called  ?  W.  P. 

[Thi9  quenr  appeared  iu  our  !■*  S.  iii,  4a0,  bat  elicited 
no  reply.  The  aime  quotation  is  civeti  in  Scuthcy*s 
Ciifiiiinn- Place  ^(^A,  iiL  S6»  to  which  the  cdilor,  J .  iV, 
W'ai  t«.'r,  B.D.,  baa  added  the  following  note  to  the  word 
llii-n:i:    ** Query?    Was  tbis  in  the  original   MS.   of 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES, 


b. 


to  .1  vilLigo  school  kept  by  an  obi  rjuarlerniuster  on  half- 
pa.r,  who  profewed  to  tench  notbiii;^  but  rcadirjj^,  writinjj, 
and  aritliEnetiCf  but  \vbo  had  nn  inexbausLiUe  fund  of 
frtoriej  About  ghoiit*»  b^inihecs,  nml  Uin^,  about  the 
greut  Bappirce  chieij?,  Ualdcarg  O'Donncll^iid  gallttpin^ 

Of  ♦*  Galloping  IlogflU,"  one  of  the  chiefi  of  the 
Irish  Kappnreea,  wc  find  the  following  aotices  in  The 
Jmpariiul  /H$tnry  of  the  Fllirf  in  Ireland^  bv  Goor^o 
Storey.  We  read  at  p.  22^,  under  the  date  ScptT  24«  IGUl^ 
••  The  snnio  day  we  had  au  account  that  Galloping 
Ilognn,  a  fellow  that  had  got  upwards  of  one  hundred 
BappAiees  together,  horse  and  foot,  and  got  much  plunder 
by  rob  bill  1^'  the  Suthrs  and  other  people  ttjat  came  into  hia 
power,  ho  was  now  so  bald  aa  to  act  uirt>n  a  pjirty  of  carra 
cosnin^  toward:*  the  camp  with  little  or  no  guard,  nigh 
Cullcn,  and  took  away  with  him  Beventynone  small 
horfie:i»  though  he  dur^t  not  stay  to  do  any  more  mii- 
chief/' 

VVc  nes^tmeet  with  Hogan  at  p,  270.  on  Oct.  19  :— "On 
the  19th,  Hogan  and  most  of  bia  crew  came  in  at  Ros- 
creagh,  and  had  the  benefit  of  the  proclamation »  being 
allowed  twenty-four  men  by  the  general  to  suppress  other 
Rappai'pej  upon  occ^ision,  though  this  was  fatal  to  him, 
for  tome  of  that  sort  of  people  murdered  him  after- 
wards."] 

"KilLTifo  J!0  MrEDER."— In  tbe  remarkable 
trnct  80  called,  I  find  towards  tbe  end  an  expre^ 
aioii  which  reminds  one  of  Sterno*B  ass  as  a  desig- 
nHti;>i^  for  man's  animal  nature.  This  was  before 
Sti'iiK',  and  is  probably  both  much  older  and  by 
iio  means  infrequent  in  literature.  Will  any  one 
with  learning  and  kisure  think  it  worth  while  to 
hunt  it  up? 

**\Vo  have  all  our  beast  within  us,  and  whosoever 
(«aya  Aristotle,  /*«>/.  iii.  e.  II)  ii  govtrned  by  a  maa 
without  law  i»  governed  by  a  man  and  by  a  beast/* 

The  t^rm  employed  by  Sterne  would  be  very 
likely  to  occur  iu  the  productions  of  souie  of  the 
burltisquo  preachers  of  a  ftjw  centuries  a^^o. 

May- Day  CrsioM,— It  was  the  custom  at  Ox- 
ford a  generation  a^^o  for  little  boya  to  blow  horns 
abcmt  the  &treet3  early  on  May-day,  and  they  did 
it  far  the  purpose  of  *^  calling  up  the  old  inaidrB/' 
The  flame  custom  obtained  in  thia  old  town  of 
^j^un^and  the  purpose  appears  tohave  been  thetamei 


in    If.iti     H 


•  cut; 


for  I  have  heard  the  Terr  phrase,  *' calling  up  the 
maida,**  used  amongst  the  boys  here  on  Ujo  " 
this  present  May.  I  aaked  ati  aged  inhabii 
long  the  horn-blowing  had  ceaaed,  and  hm 
**  Ever  since  the  Reform  Bill  came  in  " ;  but'tlii 
he  remembered  the  time  when  the  workhoi 
children  were  let  out  for  May-day  early  in  tlu 
morning  with  their  horna  and  j^arlanda^  and  i 
worth V  alderman  whom  be  named  alwayt  kept 
open  douse  on  that  day,  and  gave  tiiem^  a  food 
dinner.  *^  Calling'  up  the  old  moida ''  rtfeck  I 
conclude,  to  the  custom  of  calling  up  the  miira% 
whether  old  or  young,  to  go  a-maying.  Qi 
Lynn. 

[May  hafl    always  been  ooosMered  the  merriat 
months—*'  the  fairest  of  tbe  year."    The  c ustom  of 
blowing  is  thua  noti-^-^'^  ^"'  « ..,-*t..-  'r. 
preface  to  Robert  of  i 
no  wonder,  therefore,  : 
Mav  formerly,  the  c»j 
in  horns  so  much  ]• 
generally  diftued,  yti  .... 

vaila  at  this  eea^n,  even 

mind  people  of  the  pleasant: 

Aubrey  has  this  mcmorat; 

tilhfne  end  Judaismtt  MS.  1 

tho  boya  do  blow  cowa'  honi-  .  ;. .  .... 

and  ou  May-day  the  young  msiidn  of  ' 
about  gjirfitnfl*  of  flowers,  whi'*h  nfli 

up  i::    "'     '     ■  '     .      "      ■  "' 

was 

t0  6ii._,  :-,  _. ..  . —  .„  -„.  -.,,.-:,-_ ...,  ...,,.._  tia 
ing  flowers  :— 

**  Riao  up  mnid^n?,  fii?  for  ghim?^  * 
For  rvi'  f 
I've  bwsi 

Ri*€  up,  Km.    ..  .    .,*    ^  uui    M^^.     I 

PrRTT.iN  Cea:  -Names.  —  A  taalU 

Hume's  Hkionj  of  l^nylund  (vii,  230.  ed*  179!| 
says,  speaking  of  the  Commonwealth,  tnat— 

**  It  waa  usual  for  the  pr 
change  their  names  from  I  i 
littm,whir^  *!    •"      irdcd  ii-<  .v 
Mnctirie<l  ......  li 

jury  aaid   l  rit?d  ia  tht  t 

thU  time.** 

The  names  I  need  not  repeat,  aa  tliiy  ai«  I 
liar  to  most  of  us.     The   list  is   c^uotitd 
Brome*s  TravtU  m  England^  p.  57^*^ n  b«k  < 
which  I  have  not  access  hcry;  bir 
safely  come  to  the  conda^iou,  iv: 
the  passage,  tiiat  these  eighteen  v. 
are  either  a  forgery  or  a  joke,     i 
know  what  contemporary  au  f  1 
statement  in  the  early  part 
modern   writers  have   re  pent  <u    ti 
over  and   over    again,   and    that 
raneacked  their  imaginations  t    ^ '-^ 
names  for  their  I'uritan  ch^T 
remember  any  trustworthy  » 
mon wealth  time  or  that  of  t 
lead  US  to  believe  that  straup        . 
were  more  common  iu  those  da 


4«kaTn.  MatSO,-!!,] 


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431 


What  powftges  Bare  we  on  this  subject  in  ih^ 
worki  of  tlie  Restoration  playwrights  ? 

Edwaed  Peacock, 
Bott^fbrd  Manor,  Brigg. 

On  the  AnsBNOE  of  asy  French  Word  for 
'*TO  RinE." — There  i$  no  one  word  in  French 
whicli  ccmnotefl  the  action  of  riding  on  hor&e- 
bfick*  planter  fii)niiti*?3  the  action  of  mounting  on 
bcmcback,  but  hardly  of  the  continuous  action  of 
riding*  To  express  this  the  French  say  c7re  or 
aUer^  or  itrftnmitfter,  it  chant:  this  properlv  means 
ridirisr  for  amusement.  U  this  the  reason  that 
Pivr- i"  ■•'>  r.n.t^^Uy  decline  to  ride  with  the 
3ini  On«y  cun  only  **iie  promener  a 

cht  t,„  .  J  .1  _.  Lhcy  are  too  volatile  to  coatinuo 
tk»  JicticMi  ol^  standing,  and  so  hare  no  word  to  ex- 
it. E.  L.  BLEiTKrasopr, 

B^ingthorpc  R^ioij. 

**  Boxrees/* — When  was  this  word  first  used  to 
dedgnate  the  §cum  of  the  people^  the  **  dang-erous 
cJasdes/*  the  remhmm,  as  Mr.  Bright  called  them  ? 
Tlie  word  was  wanted  r8  heing  more  specific  tlian 
moh.  In  n  niob  there  usmally  ib  a  proportion  of 
roughii,  hut  a  nioh  may  be  eiraply  a  motley  col- 
li?ction  of  1  i:rVitiL  nt,  noi^y,  but  still  honest,  people; 
it  need  irily  be  compoeed  of  roughs  nor 

eren  coiv^  • , 

1m  not  tho  word  a  mere  abhre\iation  of  »v/^/v/m, 
^d  ahonld  we  not  write  riiff$  ?  I  fancy  1  fii-flt 
the  word  •♦  roughs  "  in  pnnt  during  the  turbu- 
lent period  of  the  elections*  thnt  followed  the 
Br»t  liefona  Bill,  about  ]^'J3  or  IS^i, 

Tbe  following  is  from  tlie  recently  published 
'  JtarJtam.  In  a  poetical  inritation  to  I>c« 
N'ov,  4, 1837)  he  says : — 

**,Thcro'n  be  lot*  of  now  poUccmeii 
To  control  the  rogue*  and  rmi^A*." 

J  reader  of  "  N.  &  Q."  give  rae  an  earlier 
fit  the  word  ?  Jay  i>ee, 

rC^irlff  Dickens  once  said,  "  I  entertain  m  stronju  an 

ifectlon    to    the  cuphcinious  poftenin;^  of  ntfUm  into 

vhicli  has  lately  bw!ome  popular,  that  I  rtatoro 

wc^rrl  to    llie  licft'lirg;  of  Ihiji  papir." — The 

^ria.   /  ■/  ih^   Uncommcrciui   Tratdttr^   AH   the    Year 

\  lt<6>*.      Dr.   Motli-y,   however,  in   bis 

(nriv,  tv,  1H**,  ii«rn*M«»  \\*  w^*  to   Qtipen 

aiHt'Tii  in    ii-  .   '        :"  '  '  '•,-, 

Lirinff,  dvi  It 

flx*HJ    nptiTi     ■  .       ,       ■     :i- 

y,    Wtt-8     I'CM'UgJjt    by    ill©   cuall^^l^^JJ1l    (iruUliii    Jilt    1" 

nV  IIjo  inao  lo  whom  «hp*  rlmsp-  that  Ihn  -'mwjt  vltjxil! 

jlre,    *Not  to  tt  '  *       .  <  -  i, 

grimly/*     l>r.   . 

k'tler  of  St  ^  Ltl 

**jti    lln^uA    ingkM   Biguiueii    }^»uiiSi9k    UidM    o 

TirBSrciUANTrKAXT.— In  The  TYmnsofUnj  6, 
1871,  p.  9,  coL  6,  we  read — 

•  There  U  too  Qinch  rcjuon  to  tha  contention  of  Mr. 
UdifTB*  critics  Umt  he  ftfected  the  style  of  g&rdeamg 


L«Kbi 


of  the  Sictlinn  tt/rantf*  who  «w!tehed  off  the  heads  of 
the  tAllL^st  poppies,  and  list  the  dwarf  varieties  alooc.** 

The  switching  is,  I  think,  first  told  in  Greek 
writers  by  Herodotus  (v,  92)  of  Thra^ybulu?, 
repented  by  Aristotle  (PoL  uu  13,  17,  ed. 'Eaton) 
of  Periander,  and  by  Livy  (i.  54}  and  Ovid  (Fa^fi, 
ii.  701)  of  Tarqiiiiim*  Superbus.  The  edition  of 
the  Politico  to  which  I  have  referred  abore  givaa 
no  reference  to  any  Sicilian  tyraat.  Was  the 
"Thunderer"  coufuaing  the  story  told  of  Pha- 
laiis  with  those  of  the  oUier  tyrant^  to  whom  the 
** switching-"  is  commonly  ascrihed ?  or  is  ther© 
any  Stcilinn  legend  of  the  kind  ?        A  Sm>KNXt 

TEKirT90!aANA. — Can  anv  of  your  correspond- 
cnts  iL'U  me  the  meaning  of  theae  two  passages  ia 
Tennyson,  Pnncfss  f — 

"  rho<^  monstrous  males  that  earye  the  Hving-  Itftoad^ 
And  crstn  hitn  with  the  frugmootsof  thei^rav^^" 

iii.  203. 
.[Sec«X.&Q.''2''^S.  T.58.] 
*  She  that  taaght  the  Sabine  how  to  rule,"— ii.  63. 

T.M. 
[There  apnean  to  be  jim  allusion  io  tlds  line  to  Numa 
Ponipiliu.%  the  second  king  of  Rome,  whose  oamo  reprc- 
Fents  the  rule  of  law  and  order.    The  nm*ver«nl  trndftion 
of  the  Snbine  orifdn  of  Nnma  I     '  •:     laiis 

must  have  dcrivcrl  a  great  poi  vt- 

Icm  from  the  Sabine?,  rather  tl;  .  <        -  ,.  , ,  ,.u^  as 

h  eommonly  beheved.— Smith  »  Diotionaij  of  Gredt  and 
Roman  Biography^  ii,  1212.] 

'<TirB  BoTHoon  op  St,  Thomas  ViLtA^rBiTTB 
(sic),  Bartolnmo  E.^teban  Wmillo,  No.  256.  Sent 
by  Lord  A#h burton  "  (riWr  Catalosruo  of  the  late 
Exhibition  of  Old  Masters).  What  were  the 
adventures  of  this  particnlar  St.  Thomas,  the 
second  half  of  whose  name  has  been,  I  nm  apt  to 
think;  misgpelied  in  the  cnlalo^'ue  P 

No  ELL  IlADECLrrFB. 

[An  execllrnt  aecotmt  of  St.  Thomii««  of  Yillanova, 
ArcUbifthop  of  Vnlcntia,  wiil  be  found  ia  Alban  Butler's 
Liw*ofth9  5<j»iif#,  *S<tpt.  lal 

VoLTAiniAXA.— In  the  '*  Denunciation  to  the 
Pnrliiiment"  of  the  KehlVdititm  of  \'oUflire's  worlrs 
(1781)  there  are  one  or  two  allusions  which  I  do 
not  understand : — 

"  Men  who  are  avarJ<*ioiJS  rather  than  malidons  had 
di.^cov<'red  in  a  plmit  which  w.as  almost  unknown  a 
frttnl  virtue  for  crtublin;;  eilizTisto  bj  sent  to  slecj}  And 

T' ^  ^*- ! «  You  tboii^'ht  you  ou^ht  to  pttnish  the 

1j  [    iltemptii   by  rhft4tj«cinent'feuifimr4itly  rigoroaf  to 
in  i  an  a  snliit^irj'  terror,"' 

What  docs  thi^  refer  to  ?  Al«o,  where  can  I 
lind  an  account  of  the  yonntr  man  of  Abbeville 
who  was  condemned  to  death  for  ^*  blasphoniiea 
and  crimes  "  eii;^endored  by  rcadinnr  Voltaire  ?  I 
quote  from  a  translation,  as  I  have  never  seen  the 
original  C,  Elliot  Browxe. 

*  The  itaHcs  «ie  mioe. 


432 


I 


BARKER  AND  BURFORD'S  PANORAMAS. 

(4^'»  S.  Tii,  279.) 

In  reply  to  Mr.  Normak's  general  queries  about 
the  Leicester  Square  Panoramas,  I  ahould  like  to 
say  a  few  worda.  Henry  Apton  Barker  married  a 
daughter  of  Admiral  Bligh  of  the  *'  Bounty,"  with 
whom  my  family  were  rerv  iatimate. '  I  dis- 
tinctly remember  goin^  to  West  Square,  South- 
wark,  where  Mr.  Barker  lived,  and  seeing  him 
in  hiB  wooden  rotunda  behind  the  houee,  and 
mounted  on  a  moveable  scafKjldinn',  painting 
«*  Spitzhergen*'  over  the  '*  Battle  of  Waterloo/*  He 
was  then,  with  his  long*  bi-ush,  obliterating  a 
charge  of  cuimasiera  with  iceberga  mud  white 
hears  that  quite  chilled  you  to  look  at.   This  wa^ 

irobably  in  1817,  when  I  was  four  yeara  old; 

^ufc  I  also  distinctly  remember  *'A\heos"  in 
Leicester  Square — the  Acropi>lis  and  the  beautiful 
attnosphere.  As  the  canvas  of  **  Waterloo  **  waa 
used  as  I  »iy,  is  it  not  probable  that  Mr.  Barker 
was  the  painter  of  the  grreat  battle  ?  I  am  tempted 
to  go  on  about  Admiral  Bligh. 

At  an  even  earlier  date  tuan  that  named,  I  was 
sent  with  my  nurse  (who  still  lives  with  my 
family)  to  stay  at  Farnin^ham,  where  the  admiral 
lived ;  and  he  used  to  take  me  on  his  knee,  and 
let  me  nlay  with  the  bullet  that  waa  strung  on  a 
blue  ribbon  round  his  neck,  and  had  been  the 
weight  he  used  for  measuring  the  amount  of 
bread  he  could  allow  himself  and  crew  in  their 
boat  voyage  of  4,000  miles.  Bligh  was  a  small 
man  with  a  hast}*  temper.  He  sat  in  a  library 
walled  with  hooks,  and  the  house  had  sea  curi- 
osities which  he  had  collected  for  Mrs.  Bligh, 
It  was  asked  who  she  waa  in  an  early  number  of 
**N.  &  Q.'*  (2«^S.  11.411);  hut  no^nswer  has 
been  given,  I  believe*  I  have  heard  the  following 
romantic  story,  but  without  names. 

Mrs.  Bligh  was  the  daughter  of  a  literary  man 
w^ho  was  associated  with  Adam  Smith  in  his 
writings  on  political  economy,  &c,  The  cause  of 
his  retirement  to  Scotland  was  thus  narrated :  — 
As  a  youth  he  had  1>een  with  a  private  tutor,  a 
clergyman :  and  Lord  S.  ( Sandwich  ?)  was  a  fellow 
pupiL  The  young  nobleman  fell  in  love  with  the 
tutor*8  daughter,  and  was  consequently  removed 
by  his  relfttions ;  but  the  lovers  /igreetl  to  corre- 
spond, and  the  pupil  who  remained  was  to  be  the 
medimn  of  communication*  Being  however  a 
rival,  ho  stopped  the  letters  on  both  sides,  per- 
suading the  writers  that  tliey  were  faithless  to 
oach  other,  nnd  ao  succeeded  at  last  in  winning 
the  lady  for  himself.  I  have  been  told  that  Mrs, 
Bligh,  who  was  an  intimate  friend  of  mv  mother, 
was  the  only  issue  of  this  unhnppy  marriage*  Can 
Any  one  clear  or  gainsay  this  tradition  ? 

The  admiral  was  a  Cornish  man,  and  had  a  scar 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES- 


on  his  cheek.  Gcorj^  lU,  asked  him,  at  SkUvet^ 
what  action  he  had  been  wounded ;  and 
tell  the  story  that,  when  a  boy,  he  waa  hell 
father  to  catch  a  horse  in  their  orchard,  wl 
father  threw  a  small  hatchet  to  turn  the  anion 
unwittingly  struck  his  son.  Lady  OToaneLl, 
of  the  admirars  daughters,  waa  »  person  of  f^mt 
spirit,  and  defended'  her  father  with  a  vtitcil 
against  rebels  during  his  governorship  of\m 
Diemen'a  Land.  Frances  and  Jan©  Bligh  w«r» 
twins.  Ann  was  a  beauty,  but  mentally  affiictid* 
The  admiral  was  a  severe  martinet,  even  al  bomi; 
and  not  a  little  was  he  angered  at  finding  hb 
daughters  pursued  from  church  by  a  Btraager^ 
who  had  been  told,  in  answer  to  hie  adyertisement 
for  a  wife,  to  appear  blowing  his  nose  in  the  aifl^ 
of  Farningham  church,  where  a  lady  favounbb 
to  his  views  would  be  present.  The  ladlee,  iinaW^ 
to  reprc^  their  laughter,  betrayed  themielr«8; 
and  their  father  gave  both  them  and  their  dope 
some  very  euiphatic  broadsides  irom  hia  tMUf 
excited  tongue. 

Perhaps  i  have  gone  beyond  my  brief  in  the» 
memoranda;  but  **  Bounty"  Bligh  was  a  man  * 
our  naval  countrj^  to  be  proud  of.     As  a  cavigal 
shown  in  his  conduct  of  the  great  boat  Toyage  ii 
the  Paeitic,  be  may  be  called,  like  NeUon  — 
**  Ttu;  greatest  sailor  since  our  world  be^an.** 

Alfbkd  Gattt^  DJi 

[We  «rfl  also  indebted  to  the  Rev.  HL  T.  T 
fr»r  a.  rtforonce  to  aa  interesting  notice  of  ) ! 
Barker^  E«{^  wbioli  appeared  in  Ui«  GtmUemaa  »  ju<i^- 
sine  for  October*  l«56.— Ed.] 

I  saw  in  England,  many  years  ago,  two  Itrge 
panoramas  which  I  do  not  find  on  this  list.  Wilt 
they  not  by  these  artists  ?  The  one  in  Leiceitff 
Square  (anna  1821)  was  truly  a  gorgeoua  and* 
Geon/itts  aflair,  "  The  Coronation  of  George  IV.**; 
whereas  that  of  King  William  IV.  (the  ItefoRD 
Biii),  which  I  witnessed  in  Westmin-J* "  ^^'^'-^ 
in  1831,  was,  a^  *'IL  B."  facetiously  if- 
ouo  of  his  clever  caricatures,  "A  // 
at  ion.**  The  other  panorama  I  saw  i  i 
in  1823-4  was  ''The  Storming  of  Serii  , 
and  death  of  Tippoo-Saheb. 


ie» 

"1 


>,A,L 


WILLIAM  BALIOL. 
(4»*'  S,  vii.  302.) 

Jolin  Baliol  had  no  brother  named  WUHam, 
The  competitor  was  the  youngest  son  of  DemrgilU* 
and  hia  three  elder  brothers — Hugh,  Alan,  aad 
Alexander— all  died  childless  before  be  dauosd 
the  throne  of  Scotland,  There  is  a  pretty  fto^i^ 
pedigree  of  the  BalUola  in  IlobertsOQ*s  Aynka^ 
Fnmifmy  vol.  i,,  and  of  their  T»r«dec€««ortH  lbs  Ik 
Morvillea,  in  vol.  ii.  A  Sir  v/*"'  nalllot  nu 
one  of  the  seven  Scots  com;  tO  Fr»h» 

in  1303.     (Hailes'  AnnaU.)     \\  neuier  he  wii  lb» 


fVII,  May  1^0,  71*) 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


433 


peraon  mentioned  by  J.  IL  S.  as  buried  at  CuDter-  1 
oury,  or  William  Balliol  (or  Bmllie)  of  Iloprig 
and  Pens  ton  in  East  Lothian,  it  may  be  diliicult 
to  sav.  The  latter  personage,  wlio  is  said  to  have 
niamed  a  daughter  of  the  patriot  Wallaco,  waa 
the  ancestor  of  the  Boillies  of  Lftoiington  in 
Clydesdale,  wbero  tbej  have  ilourished  for  fire 
hundred  jears.  He  is  conjectured  by  the  coo- 
tiouator  of  Nis^bet^a  Heraidiy  to  have  been  the 
second  son  of  Sir  Alexander  BalUol  of  Cavera,  a 
coflaieral  relatiTe  of  the  king  of  Scots.  The  same 
authoritv  states  that  Sir  ^VJexandcr  of  Cavers 
Toarriedisab*?l,  heiress  of  Richard  de  Cliilham,  and 
widow  of  David  de  Strabolgi,  Earl  of  AthoL  If 
this  be  correct,  it  is  curious  that  this  lady,  who 
died  in  1202,  lies  buried  in  the  east  crypt  of  Can- 
terbury cathedral,  where  I  have  seen  her  efUgy. 
Her  estate  of  Chilham  is  within  a  short  distance 
of  that  city.  If  "William  Balliol  was  her  son, 
there  woulcf  be  no  unlikelihood  in  his  being  also 
buried  thtrre^  as  stated  by  Weever.  Though  in 
the  Uev.  Msuckenzie  Walcott's  MemoritdB  of  Crtw- 
ftfhtirtf  I  observe  no  notice  of  any  monastery  of 
Whit©  Friars  Observnuta.  The  truth  is,  that 
there  i^  a  good  deal  of  obscurity  about  the  close 
of  the  Scottish  career  of  this  great  family.  The 
Bumajtie  does  not  seeui  to  have  been  propcribed, 
for  ft  Sir  Henry  de  Balliol  had  a  grant  of  Branx- 
bolme  in  Roxburghshire  fiora  Robert  Bruce  him- 
self (Robert^n's  Iptde.v)^  nnd  Thomas  de  Balliol 
held  lands  in  the  same  county  till  thij  close  of 
Da^id  Bruce's  reign.  Yet  their  French  seigneury 
of  Bailie ul,  at  this  very  dnle,  wias  o blamed  by  a 
ftsinale  descendant  of  Ridu!phim  de  Coney.  (See 
X»ive8  of  tfte  Lindia^Sj  vol.  i.  p.  32.)  And  the 
Scottislt  Baillies  have  never  been  able  to  explain 
wJiy  their  anus  are  so  diflferent  from  those  of  the 
B^ftiola— the  former  being  niue  stars,  the  latter 
AH  orle — though  complaisant  genealogists  have 
tlooe  their  best  to  tiud  a  rcfiemblauce,  or  account 
for  til©  discrepancy.  A  n  g  lo-Sc  o  rus. 


**  Scot*8  IlalU  the  undent  iwat  of  the  Scots,  n  family 
nrofessiiig  descent  from  William  dc  Balliol,  le  Scot.'' — 
MuTTny*&  Ilftndtwoh  of  Kent,  p.  103. 

** Spoil's  Httll,  whose  founder?,  the  Scott*!,  arc  thought 
to  be  riesccnrlcd  from  the  ScoltiJih  kingsi.**— Mackie's  //i«- 
iarical  Acconni  of  Folktitone  ami  iU  NeighboKrhocd^ 
p.  l'J5, 

In  a  foot-note  to  Fuller*s  Worthies ^  reference  is 
made  to  a  ballad  on  the  Scotts  in  Peck's  Uesidc- 
ratti  Cwioia  and  in  The  WarUL 

Brabourne  church,  in  Kent,  contains  memorials 
of  the  Scott  family  as  early  as  14'i3.         R.  J.  F, 


Three  pedigrees  of  the  Baliol  family  are  given 
in  The  rofrirutHf  edited  by  John  Burke^  1^47,  iii. 
174j  20o,  425,  In  two  of  them  Sir  William 
BaUol  Ic  Scot  U  mentioned  as  the  youngest  brother 
of  John,  King  of  Scotland,  It  is  also  stated  that 
'♦  Sir  William  waa  buried  at  the  White  Friftrs 
Obsenant  at  Canterbury,  mentioned  by  Philpot 
in  Weever,  and  died  about  L'Ul.*^  The  authority 
adduced  for  making  Sir  William  le  Scot  tlie 
Younger  brother  of  the  King  of  Scotlatid  is  the 
Addit.  MS,  5520,  fol.  188,  whieh  purports  to  be 
**  the  true  descent  and  lineage  of  the  ancient  and 
knightly  family  of  Scot,  descended  from  the  noble 
familv  of  Biiliol,  alias  le  Scot,  of  the  kingdom  of 
Scotland."  Coni^ult  also  HaHed'a  Kent,  1790,  iil 
29S,  2t)3 ;  but  bis  name  does  not  appear  in  Dug- 
dale^B  Maronuffe^  or  Douglas's  Paerage^  J.  Y, 

Baroshurr* 


THE  SWAN  SUNG  OF  PARSOX  AVERY. 
(4"»»  S.  vi.  Am  J  vii.  20,  148,  288.) 

The  followinsr  notices  of  persons  of  the  name 
of  Avery  who  tlourished  in  tlie  seventeenth  cen- 
tury may  be  interesting  to  Mk.  Whitmore  and 
others : — 

Avery,  Amos.  Commissioner  for  Berkshire  for 
the  asaessment  of  sixty  thousand  pounds  per 
month,  1G56,  (Scobell,  Acti  and  Ordinances ^ 
ii.  402.) 

Avery,  Aruold.  Justice  of  Peace  for  Berkshire, 
1050.  {Names  of  Judicts  of  Peace  ,  ♦  .  ^fichuel- 
mas  Terme,  11550,  8vo,  1650,  p.  5.) 

Averv.  Henry.  Soldier  serving  in  Ireland  in 
1054.  (Oeid.  Mag.  18«3,  ii.  706,) 

Avery,  Joseph.  Petition  for  examination  of  his 
accounts,  and  payment  of  Bi,(KX)/,,  1000.  Had 
been  resident  for  Charles  I.  in  Deuraark,  Sweden, 
and  Germany  for  twenty  years,  during  which 
time  he  chiefly  paid  Ma  own  expenses.  Lost  an 
estate  of  80007.,  and  the  post  of  deputy -governor 
of  the  Merchant  Adventurers'  Company  at  Ham- 
burg, worth  40(W.  a-year.  (C«/.  Stat,  Pap,  Uum. 
1600-1001,  p.  2(H).) 

,  Avery,  liobert.  A  Royalist  officer  during  the 
civil  war.  (A  List  of  Offkem  clniming  the  Sixtj/ 
Thousand  Pounds  tpntntcd  htj  hia  Sacred  MoJ,  for 
the  Relief  of  hijs  truhf  Loi/al  and  Indigent  Party ^ 
4to,  lG0:'j.  [The  list  probahly  gives  thin  person's 
county  and  the  colonel  under  whom  he  served, 
I  hftve  only  a  memorandum^  not  the  list  itself  to 
refer  to]. 

A  very  ^  Samuel.  Alderman  of  the  City  of  IjOo- 
don.  MJ\  for  London  iu  the  parliament  of  1054. 
(Rushworth,  Hid,  Coll.  part  ii.  p,  824 ;  part  iil* 
p.  162;  part  iv.,  vol.  i.  pp.  180, 181,  373.  Scobell^ 
Act^  and  Ord.  I)1>.  Comniotis*  Journals^  iii.  .308 ; 
iv.  670.  Qd,  of  NanaH  of  mch  as  were  siimmoiicd 
to  any  ParLfrum  1040,  6vo,  10*31,  p.  34.) 

Edwabd  Pkacock* 

Botteaford  Manor,  Brigg. 

I  am  much  indebted  to  Mr.  Maclean  and  Mr* 
WiiiTMOKE  for  the  iufonnation  given  me  respect- 
ing the  probable  ancestry  of  the  Averya  of  New- 
bury, Berks,    That  they  were  not  of  the  same 


434 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES, 


[•!*»»  a  TIL  :aLif  20/ 


stock  witli  William  Averj^  a  pbysicion,  wbo  set* 
tlefl  at  Dedliftiu,  Mass,,  13  evident  from  the 
differenco  of  their  respective  coatd  of  oruia ;  Dr* 
Avery'tf  descendants  fcearing'  a  c/tevron  betweeo 
tlireo  bezants  (Burke  gife«  it  a  fesae),  and  the 
Averys  of  Newbury,  Berks,  tho  same  arms  aa 
Avery  of  Warwick ^hir".%  ^*  Ermine  oa  a  pale  en- 
frrailed  azure,  throe  lions'  heads  coupe d  or."  I 
regret  that  I  bare  no  chance  of  examining  New- 
bury registers,  and  thence  coUectin;?  any  probnble 
ancestry  of  Parson  Avery,  specially  each  ta  would 
establiBh  bis  cousinship  with  Anthony  Thatcher. 
I  hare  a  ftiw  baptisms  between  1055  and  K^lH,  and 
a  memorandum  that  io  1607  Benjamin  Avt-ry, 
Richard  Avery,  and  Timothy  Avory  were  sub- 
Bcribera  to  th'j  Presbyterian  nieetiug  there.  If 
the  arms  of  the  respective  families  are  correctly 
borne  they  are  not  identical  with  tho  American 
Averys  J  but  in  those  days,  as  now,  the  practice 
doubtless  prevailed  of  *'  acod  your  uame,  and  your 
arms  shall  bo  sent  in  re  I  urn,"  it  being  a  very 
common  error  that  every  name  luu  arm<t|  and  the 


only  thing  needful  la  to  make  a  claim,  after  kpn 
of  time,  treated  as  a  right. 

The   Averys  of  Cornwall    in    all   pfoti 
descend  from  a  common  ancestor  with 
Avery,  a  somewhat  conspicuous  r  in 

troublesome  timf?8  of  Charles  I.     ^  -^\„ 

^iven  in  the  Visitation  of  Someri^t  ( ilad«iaii 
MS.  1141),  and  is  as  under — the  Samnel  At 
of  London,  merchant,  being  no  doubt  the  &be 
of  1G47|  and  the  Aldernmn  Arery  who  joint, 
in  proclaiminpr  the  Act  for  abolishing  msclj 
government,  May  iJO,  1C19.  lie  was  cotnmi* 
sionor  for  sundry  City  ordinances  about  b}4^^ 
and  the  State  Paper  OfHce  contains  letters  from 
him  dated  from  Hamburg-,  and  addressed  tiiLord 
Uigbye  and  Sir  Thomas"  Kowe,  Jan.  12,  llMf. 
p'urtter  notices  of  him  are  found  in  Kix's  JFini^ 
mnherge  Manorinlf  p.  15,  The  pedigree  ii 
follows : — 

Arms :  A  chevron  between  three  annuleta  \ 
bezants  ?)  quartering  azuro  a  ram*8  head  1 
ar.  attired  or,  Demford  f 


Win.  Avciy,  of  Congrcsbury,  co.  So;jier«ol  ss  Ann,  dau.  .ind  heir  cjf  Irish  of  Concrr^hury, 


Jaci>b  Avery,  of  Mella,  co.  Somer^t  «  Dorothy,  dau.  of  Hugh  Whitcorabo,  of  bticrbome,  co.  Donel. 
iiow  living^  l(i23. 


JkRJaMia 


Joseph  A  very = 
of  ironilon,' 
merchant. 


Franc w,  dia.  of 

—  Oeedei  of 

Londgn, 


Chii?iti«n,  wife  to 

John  lri*h,  of 

Yftlton,  Co. 

Somerset. 


Hnonah,  wife  to 
Edind.  Uobbs 
of  Congresbury. 


Sarnael  Avery  *=  Htrjtbellai  dm. 


of  London, 

niftrchnot, 

2tjil  son. 


of— Bmil. 


J 


I  have  had  the  pleasure  of  correspunding:  with 
a  cler^'yman  in  Cornw/tU,  holdinj?  preferment  in 
the  county,  of  tho  name  of  Avevy,  who  informed 
me  that  the  name  is  not  an  uncommon  one  in 
pai-ticular  localities,  though  ho  was  not  able  to 
lorm  an  opinion  as  to  their  connection  with 
A  very  of  bomerset  or  Avery  of  Warwickshire. 
The  Iflst-nnmed  family  had  a  dtacendaut,  the  Rev, 
Joseph  Avery,  Vicar  of  Kirhy  near  Coliihe*ter, 


KatheHne,  aged  3, 1623. 

Essex,  from  1C8S  to  1725.    It  b  not  ?r"'^»'^^"'^' 
that  the  original  grant  of  arms  to  Av- 
wiekshire  has  been  mixed  witli  docunii-..  .  - 
live   to  Essex  property,  and  has  thus  conit*  ^J 
urchfu^o  into  the  hands  of  your  cojrespo&dait. 


They  are  proclsely  the  arms  borne  by  Itiebftpl 
Avery  of  the  Newbury  family,  as  engraved  for  i 
book-plate  nearly  180  years  ago.  E.  W* 


THE  COMPLETION  OF  ST.  PAUL'S. 


(4"^  S-  vi.  pmsim  ; 


vii.  185,  241,  344^  300.) 

Mn.  Fergtjssoit  may  have  satisfied  himself 
that  Sir  Chriatopher  Wren  created  **ono  of  the 
great  defects  of  *b't.  Paulas "  in  that  he  made  ''the 
four  great  arches  of  the  dome  all  alike,"  but  1 
venture  to  think  that  ho  will  tind  few  men  who 
have  any  real  respect  fur  Sir  Christopher  to 
agree  with  him,  and  that  the  other  very  posi- 
tively expressed  views  in  hiij  letter,  as  to  the 
works  which  ought  to  be  done,  are  m  little  de- 
uyrving  of  acceptance. 

P  have  not  seen  the  Sacrnst^  or  the  article  on 


St.   Paul's    by   Messrs.    SoMsns   Ci>iEiCfi  tad 
MjCKLKxnwAiiE;  but  it  is  somewhat  romarkcUt 
that  shortly  before  itsappearf*^       '  ^    "'  —'^Ti'aat»i 
to  several  persons  my  very  oi  tx> 

what  I  was  infonned  wereLii.    *   l.  .......  jf  tiw 

committee ;  and  one  of  them  having  a^ed  mo  td 
put  my  views  on  paper,  I  wrote  the  letter,  of 
which  I  enclose  a  copy,  to  Mr.  IltchuMiod.  l^ 
whom  it  Wfts  laid  before  the  commiltee.  tka 
letter,  which  advocated,  as  I  gather,  veij  oosrlj 
the  same  course  as  that  suggested  in  the  StKFwdj^ 
is  at  any  rate  evidence,  1  hope,  tiuit  A  wnisf 
which  is  suggested  from  various  quftrte:^  in  lio* 
independent  way,  has  not  been  advocated  wittot 


jmm 


4*fcS.  Vll.  Ma¥2U,  71.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


435 


. 


better  groujida  than  Mr.  Feegtjsson  seems  to  be 
prepared  to  admit. 

Since  mj  letter  to  Mr,  Eiclimond  x^ns  tvTitteo 
and  printed  (by  direction  of  the  St.  Paul's  com- 
mittee )t  the  decision  as  to  the  arran^^ement  of  the 
organ  bus  been  aimoimced.  In  a  few  wordi<,  that 
decision  involves  an  absolute  violation  of  Sir 
Chri6tj:)pber  \Yreii*fl  own  work,  without  any  kind 
rjf  nec4?d?ity.  Aiid  this  niui^'ular  fatality  seems  to 
attend  all  ihfi  wo  l;i  execul>jd  for  the  completion 
of  St.  Puur^,  The  works  already  done  have  been 
confe*seiily  a  eerica  of  mistakej — costly,  but  coni- 
p1i«t»>.  They  are  now,  all  of  thoui,  to  bo  undone j 
i  I*  in  their'pUco  another  mistake,  coatly  and  un- 
Li  jessary,  is  to  bo  perpotrated.  The  organ  la  to 
b*»  put  back  on  to  a  screen  between  the  choir  and 
fhe  domcj  not  aftor  Sir  Christopher  Wren*s 
•Ii- iirn  Of  aca>rding  to  any  acheme  which  lie  np- 
fr  *ved,  but  after  (in  this  "country)  a  new  fangled 
plaji,  wliich,  in  amite  of  Mb.  Fjebgusson's  certiti- 
ctil«?  that  it  will  *^  perfectly  remedy '*  *'the  de- 
frrfs"  of  Sir  Christopbcr  Wren'a  work,  will,  in 
uiy  opinion,  ven'  greatly  damage  what  I  conceive 
to  be  one  of  ita  beauties^ 

If  Mr,  Fergusson  or  the  committee  would  ask 

'    '     org-aii-builder  for  Ida  plain  advice,  untram- 

I  by  the  opinions  of  the  musical  committee 

-  ,  I  undertake  to  say  that  it  would  bo 

to  replace  the  organ  in  ita  old  position 

v..  ^^'-  .....en,  and  to  put  such  additional  pipes,  kc, 

SS  skTQ  required  under  the  western  arches  on  each 

»?;Th  fli.-  r-lioir.     I  am  sure  that  Mr.  Willis  would 

y  that  such  an  arrangement  would  be 

y  pVactieable,  and  that  t&e  or>7aniiit,  beiug 

plactfd  at  the  north  or  south  end  of  the  inatru- 

lO'jut,  would  be  able  to  play  equally  well  for  the 

choir  in  tho  choir  proper,  or  for  a  cboir  placed; 

as  r  proposed,  under  the  dome. 

So  much  for  the  organ,     liut  Miu  FKRotrssox 

jjn??  on  t^  aF»y  that  ther«  is  another  scheme  which 

urged  on  the  committee  by 

arcbitecta."     This  scheme  is 

1,  Uitir J ut  concert  with  any  one,  pro- 

[i>   tha  committee  throuffh   Mr.  Ihch- 

Ti  I    i  1  -\  iz.  thut  an  altar  under  a  baldachin  should 

b-'  erected  under  the  dome,  with  a  small  choir  in 

f;i*at  of  it  cncbtaed  with  low  marble  screens,  in  the 

v^ry  ;nidtet  of  the  people. 

j'  cm  .^  I'M.  ted  to  have  fluthoiity  for  the  fact 
tbat  '  -  itJQguiiihed  aichitecU  *'  approve  of 

gucb  .1  -  -  :.  May  I  ask  whether  it  could  be 
equally  6ftid  of  the  committeo*fi  acheme  that 
'•several  dL^liunfmahed  architects '*  entirely  ap- 
prove of  it  Y  I  have  apoken  to  several,  but  have 
mtt  found  oHs  who  does  &tj  / 

I  know  your  space  ia  llmitedi  so  I  will  conclude 
with  only  a  ft?w  words  more. 

I  protest  ajraiust  any  work  bciug  doue  in  St. 
Paultf  which  in  any  way  alters  Sir  Christ^ripher 
TVreu'd  own  work,  or  own  recorded  intentions  or 


designs.  I  make  thia  protest  as  an  artist  who 
wishes  tbo  eame  tender  care  to  bo  ^hown  for  Sir 
Christopher's  vrork  and  reputation  that  is  sbown 
by  common  consent  for  the  work  of  the  older  and 
generally  unknown  architocts  of  our  old  cnthe- 
dralg,  or  fi>r  every  painter  and  sculptor  whose 
work  is  worth  keeping  at  all ;  and  I  do  so  because 
I  conceive  that,  under  pretence  of  completing  St. 
Paur«,  we  shall  have  its  interior  so  spoilt  and 
bedecked  that  the  old  inacnution  to  its  architect 
will  have  forthwith  to  be  obliterated. 

Mr.  Fergusson  sfiyp,  however,  that  if  a  bnlda- 
chin  IS  to  be  erected  under  the  dome  ^*  it  would 
cost  more  money  than  the  committee  possess  if  it 
is  to  be  worthy  of  its  position '' ;  end  on  this  I 
will  conclude  with  a  practical  suggestion*  AH 
the  money  the  committee  possess  spent  on  one 
really  beautiful  work  of  art  would  be  far  better 
expended  than  on  picking  out  walls  with  varied 
colours,  or  erecting  and  re-erecting  org^ms,  mosaics, 
&c.  The  committee  bave  akeady  consulted  Mr* 
Burges  as  to  a  acheme  of  subjects  for  the  possible 
mosaics.  Let  thetn  now  go  to  him  witb  their 
money  (or  half  of  it)  in  their  banda,  saying,  "  De- 
sign U3  the  most  beautiful  and  costly  baldachin 
and  altar  that  you  can  contrive;  employ  the  beat 
artists  on  it,  and  spare  no  pains  to  make  it  worthy 
of  its  place  imder  our  dome."  I  xmdertAke  to  say 
that  tcey  would  have  in  return  a  work  of  which 
they  might  be  proud,  of  which  all  England 
indeed  might  be  proud,  and  %vhicb  would  do  more 
to  redeem  St.  Paul's  from  the  charge  of  being 
unworthy  of  our  Church  and  great  city  than  any 
number  of  repetitions  of  mosaics  such  as  we  see 
in  the  dome,  or  of  organs  so  contrived  as  to  con- 
ceal Sir  Christopher  Wren*s  so-called  defective 
work,  or  of  other  alterati<ina  which  must  change 
the  whole  chai'acter  of  the  interior  of  his  great 
work.  George  EimtnrD  SiEKBr, 

AthcRsam  Club. 


1 


I 


OX   THE   ABSENCE   OF    ANY   FRENCH   WOBD 

SIGNIFYING  "TO  STAND." 

(4'''  S.  vii.  278.) 

The  peculiarity  of  the  French  language  noted 
by  Mr.  Trkncu  is  certainly  worthy  of  inve^iga- 
tion.  Amongst  the  Aryan  or  Indo-European 
tongues  there  13  no  radical  so  widely  dlirused,  cr 
of  such  general  application,  as  that  of  which  wc 
have  the  earliest  ronn  In  the  Sana.  MM.  So  pro- 
lific has  been  this  root,  that  Professor  Pott  in  his 
EtynwlotjtAche  Forschtmtjen  gives  a  list  of  deriva- 
tives occupying  sixty-three  closely  printed  pages 
from  this  single  monoayllable.  The  disappearance 
of  its  primary  application  in  the  French  lan^ua^ 
is  all  the  moVe  remarkable.  It  is  not  absolutely 
correct  to  say  that  all  traces  of  it  have  disappeared. 
There  is  a  verb  still  in  use,  though  in  a  very  limited 
aense,  ester,  which  is  the  legitimate  descendant 


436 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[4'»»31VJ1.1£4TS0.^ 


and  representntire  of  the  original  Latin  "  fltnre.** 
Iq  the  early  stages  of  tho  IttDeuage  it  was  ufied  in 
the  nonse  of  "  to  stand/'  m  in  the  jfollowiag  in- 
stances:— 

"  Au  cAinp  aU^t  que  ne  spu>us  t'aiflcux." 

{**  Staod  your  ground,  that  we  be  not  conquered.") 

ChanMon^dt  Hofand^  eleventh  eentury, 

^'Bien  puis  diro  sans  metilir;  jel  fah  ctttr  vivro  ct 
•entin*' 

{*^  I  can  any  without  untroth,  I  can  make  him  stand 
npi  livo  and  feel/' 

Moman  de  h  Ro*f,  thirteenth  ««itanr. 

Gradually,  however,  its  application  wat  re- 
stricted, and  by  the  sixteenth  century  it  hnd 
settled  into  A  law  term ;  *'edtr  en  jug-ement/*  to 
pursue  or  defend  in  an  action  ;  **e^«r  k  drt>it/*  to 
put  in  an  appearance.  It  is  wortliy  of  remark 
that  Cotgrave  (lOt'iO)  interprets  eyfiTf  "  to  at  and, 
endure,"  io  addition  to  itJ*  application  os  a  law 
term.  Tarrer  says,  it  is  still  used  figuratively  in 
the  sense  of  "  hesitalinf^  ■'  or  **  pausing/^  but  1 
bave  never  mot  with  it  in  this  Benee. 

It  bag  been  a  moot  point  with  philologists 
whether  cire  is  derived  from  Lat.  ttme.  or  from  esser 
in  low  Latin  e^nej-e.  Meuage  *  and  iSir  Comewall 
Lewis  t    adopt  the  former  deiivatioB,  but  the 

ErepooderRnce  of  modem  authorities,,  Littr4  J, 
Iraehet  §,  IlBilly  |1,  &.c.f  inclines  to  the  latter. 
There  can  be  no  doubt  that  the  iuiperfect  ^im\ 
(estois),  the  participles  of  the  present /?o»^  (estant) 
and  of  the  past  ^(4  (estij),  are  derived  from  dabmuj 

If  the  direct  expression  for  stand  in  ji  has  dropped, 
inaotne  mysterious  way,  out  of  use  in  French,  the 
reTerse  has  taken  place  in  Italian,  where  "  stare  '* 
is  used  with  almost  every  imaginable  meaning, 
not  only  of  standing,  but  that  of  delaying,  tarryiogi 
continuing,  ceasing,  pas,sing,  costing,  kc.  "  Stando 
pochi  giorni,'*  A  iVw  days  since;  "  Q iianto  vi  sta 
questo  quadro?"  IIow  much  did  ihi.^  pictuie 
cost?  **  Sta  a  toI  a  veniiv,'*  It  is  your  turn  to 
come,  &c.  Calling  on  a  friend  in  Iwome,  I  am 
informed  bv  tho  **  domestical,"  *'  11  Big  nor  uon  sta 
bene,  sta  a  letto,*'  literally,  "  Master  does  not  stand 
"well,  he  stands  in  bed/' 

There  seems  to  bo  in  the  French  langnago  a 
fltmnge  tendency  to  prefer  circumlocutory  expres- 
sions, and  to  dmp  those  which  express  the  same 
idoB  more  directly.  Thus,  down  tc*  the  close  of 
the  seventeenth  century,  to  ride  on  horseback  was 
expressed  by  **  chevaucber/*  a  most  expressive 
word  for  which  we  have  no  equivalent  This  has 
altogether  disappdaredi  and  its  place  is  takea  by 


•   Oriffhutdela  Lnntjue  franco'tMr^  1650. 
f  E§my  on  tht  RomaHCe  Languages^t  !>f(i2* 
\  Dichonttalrt  dt  la   Lanf^ue  fnim^Ue  (not  yet  com- 
pleteO 
I  JHttutHnmre  riymnlot/iqvf,  1870. 
I  ManMtl  He*  RacineM,  1»69. 


the  clumsy  expressions  ''  aller  k  dterml,**  ^ 
meoer  a  cheval/* 

Tho  numerals  "  septante,'*  ''octante/*  or  •'bttl^ 
tante,"  **  novante/'  have  within   the  same 
been  thrown  over,  to  be  supplanted  by  t' 
brous  forms     **  soixante-dix,'*    **  quatre-^ 
**  quatre-viugt-dix,"  which  in  the  ordinal 
such    as    **  quatre-vingt-dix'septi^me "    for 
•^  ninety-seventh,"  is  about  &s  awkward  a 
pbrasis  as  can  be  imagined.  J.  A.  Flcitiir, 

Sandyknowe,  Wavertree,  near  LiverpooL 

^Ir.  Tbe2vch'8  remark,  that  the  French  haTC  t 
word  to  express  our  word  ^*  to  stand,''  is  ( 
only  so  fnr  as  you  might  say,  that  the  Kn|fliiin 
has  no  word  to  express  *'  to  sit  down,*'  b^aUM  ll 
requires  three  words  to  exprew  it.  I 
French  Bible  at  hand  for  tho  Old  Testan 
the  psssage  in  Dent,  xviii.  5  does  not  mei^ 
stand/*  in  the  sense  of  being  upright  on  one*j 
and  IHodad  translates  it,  **si  presenti  perl 
servigio  nel  Nonif*  del  Signore.  nafntmi 
Ki/pfovToS  ^toZ  (LXX),  means  to  bt)  pre£t*nt  1 
and  not  to  stand.  In  thid  sense  **aJMister* 
better  than  our  rendering,  because  in  French  **  i 
fsister  "  means,  not  so  mnch  to  aid  as  to  he  fm 
nty  as  **  assiater  a  la  mesee."  So  in  Mark  xLl 
tfra*'  trrriKijTt  13  rather  when  you  eball  haa 
be  standing  and  praying,  or  may  be  prayi 
when  in  act  of  prayer,  *'  loi 
Here  it  is  not  so  much  that  i 
got  the  word,  as  that  we  havr  u-i'^*  ^ 
owing  to  the  translators  of  our  Bible  having  id- 
hered  too  literally  to  the  Greek  words.  Bcffl^ 
tions  iii.  20,  "Me  voici  a  la  porte,  et  j'y  fraj»p<,'' 
is  A  precise  equivalent  for  the  sense  of  the  Grwk, 
though  it  does  not  connote  the  uuimportant  par- 
ticular of  the  posture  of  the  person  knocking.  If 
that  were  important,  a  Frenchman  could  sav,**Me 
voici  tkbotit  a,  la  porte/*  &a  In  Ileb.  x.  il,  ibt 
pns.«age  contrasts  with  sitting ;  hence,  if  there  ^ 
validity  in  the  remark  at  all,  it  is  here  or  Dfr» 
where 'that  it  will  apply.  ♦*  Every  priest  sUmM 
daily  mlniBtering," — **tou3  les  pretres  se  pr$#Brt^ 
ent  tons  les  jours  (a  Dieu)  sacritiant/'  Tliis  ttit* 
df^ring  is  not  nearly  so  correct  as  the  Fwnch  Ian* 
guage  is  capable  of  making  it  It  ci^uld  he  doot 
thus  r  "  cbnque  pretre  »c  tient  dehmd  adminiMniHt 
tons  les  jour.i,  et  offrant,"  &c.  Di  '  ' '  '  '  ' 
thought  so,  for  be  gives  it  "  ogni 
pie  ogni  piomoministrando/*  tocotiUfist  lur  *f  **'j^* 
as  strongly  as  possible  with  **d  po«to  a  m4#»* 
in  V.  12.  *'Se  lieut  dehont,''  ••  e  lo  pi^"  m 
exactly  equivalent  in  the  meaning,  and  ia  tht 
number  ot  words  u?ed.  It  seems,  as  I  Kiid  at 
firsts  that  the  question  turns  K\Y>tx  whether  tht 
rendering  is  to  be  by  one  word  or  three.  Tbf 
French  cannot  express  *'  ho  stands'*  bv  one  woTd, 
but  there  is  nothing  we  can  aay  with  tlie  verb  **  to 
stand  *'  that «  Frenchman  oatmoi  expioii  jnut  ii 


4<*S,  VlLMAT20/nO 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES- 


437 


"welL  Of  course  you  can  call  it  circumlocution, 
but  this  18  so  triviril  an  issue,  tliat  nobodv,  pro- 
bably, would  car©  to  maintain  it.  Due  French 
word  may  require  three  in  Enj^h'sh,  or  vice  verstL 
Is  it  circumlocution  that  all  English  infinitivea 
rcqtiiro  two  words  to  expreea  them,  whilst  the 
Prench  use  only  one  (except  id  reflective  verbs), 
&a  *'  manger,"  **  to  eat "  ?     I  trow  not. 

One  thing  that  comea  out  of  nil  this  minute  pre- 
ci&ion  is,  that  the  posture  in  prayer  has  cbaiiged. 
An  Oriental  stood  and  stands  to  pray*  a  Jew  stood, 
a  Koniao  stood,  a  mystic  falh*  upon  the  face  liat, 
n  Chridtinn  kneel.*.  To  "stand  and  pmy  •'  ia  the 
Eofflish  Biblic4il  pbra^se.  In  St.  Gileses  church  they 
used  to  put  a  notice  in  every  pew  aa  to  the  pos- 
tures considered  to  befit  the  Engllnh  service:  *'To 
Atand  for  ascription  of  praise,  to  eit  to  hear,  to 
kneel  to  pray/'  In  spite  of  Pliilippians  ii'  10,  vdnf 
y6rv  Kdutlrrf,  I  doubt  if  kneeling  be  aught  else  than 
a  feudal  symbol  of  vaasala^'e,  coraDienctng  about 
the  eighth  century,  with  the  kissing  of  Leo's  ttie,  if 
M  early.  In  127o  it  was  ordered  that  every  knee 
ibould'bend  at  the  name  of  Jeaus — a  case,  Afor- 
twrif  ii  bent  to  a  baron  or  master*  It  has  grown 
preodiptive,  but  neither  manners,  dignity,  nor 
aoliqmty  recommend  it,  and  also  some  evil  has 
eame  of  it,  as  of  every  ill  change.  C«  A,  W, 

M»jr  fair* 

This  curious  fact  has  been  already  remarked 
npon  by  Thomas  Fuller  with  hia  usual  quaint- 

■•As  their  (the  Fremb)  langunf^c  wariti'th  am  proper 
woftS  t4»  expn*$4  »eand^  m  their  uatur(?:s  nil-iike  a  si'ltled, 
Ibced  poAturCt  aocl  deltglit  in  motion  and  D^^itation  of 
l^itsloeBi.**— i^u/y  Warrty  Cum  bridge,  1010,  p.  19. 

W,  R.  C. 

CUjgoir. 


Liko  vonr  correspondent,  I  have  been  under  the 
impression  that  there  are  no  words  in  the  French 
Longuape  to  express  **  to  stand,"  **  to  sit/'  *^  to  lie 
down  '  i  and  tlmt,  from  thut  want,  it  would  be 
impossible  to  express  with  the  simplicity  and 
pathos  of  Shnkspeare,  Dry  den,  and  Byron,  these 
thoughts : — 

'*She  $at^  like  Patience  on  a  tnonum«nt*" 

"  Upon  the  earth  Ihe  monarch  //Va." 
*  I  ttotni  in  Venice  on  the  Bridge  of  Sighs." 

I  have  only  to  add  the  want  (as  far  as  I  know) 
of  three  verbs  expreaaing  ordinary  locomotion — 
*«Iwalk/*  "I  ride;'  •*  I  drive."  The  verb  **I 
^Bralk  *"  exists,  I  am  told,  in  Sanscrit ;  but  except 
the  Anglo-Saxon,  all  uther  Aryan  people  have 
dropped  it  The  French  "se  promener"  means 
twenty  things ;  "  se  promener  a  cheval,**  "  sur  les 
tmxx^    **  en  voiture,    &c, 

Aa  for  riding,  the  French  have  allowed  their 
good  old  word  "  chevAucher  '*  to  become  ob^lete» 
and  I  am  not  aware  that  they  have  adopted  any 


I 


other.  Again,  they  have  no  one  word  to  express 
'•driving,"  in  the  sense  of  motion  in  a  carnage. 
*^  I  shall  walk  to  Greenwich,  John  will  ride^  and 
the  ladif?3  will  drive,-^  could  ouly  bo  rendered  in 
French  by  three  periphrases. 

I  shallbe  glad  to  be  corrected  by  some  French 
scholar.  J.  C.  M, 

In  Max  Miiller's  Chips  from  a  German  Work* 
shopf  vol.  iii.  p.  176,  in  his  article  on  "  JoinTille/' 
who  lived  about  1300,  the  author,  noticing  the 
changes  which  have  occurred  in  the  French  lan- 
guage, ifiter  <i/*a,  observes :  "  We  still  find  estei*, 
*^to  stand  *  (et  ne  povit  ester  sur  ses  pieds,  *  he 
could  not  stand  on  hia  feet ')."  At  present  the 
French  have  no  single  word  for  *'  standmg,''  which 
has  often  been  pointed  out  as  a  defect  in  the  lan- 
fruage.  *'  To  stand  "  u  ester  in  Joinville*  **  to  be  " 
IS  cMrtt,  J,  H-  L, 

Cambrid^ 

MARGARET  FESDLES,  LADY  MORTIMER. 
(4"»avii.  lL>,223,S18.) 

Your  learned  correspondents  HERMEiTTRirDE  and 
D.  F,  have  moat  ingeniously  puzzled  themselves 
into  believing  that  there  is  some  mystery  about 
the  parentage  of  **  Margaret  de  Fmdhs^  the  kins- 
woman of  Queen  Etewnor,  who  married  Edmond 
Lord  Mortimer  of  Wigmnre.*^  Margaret  was  tnji 
a  Spaniard  (whatever  the  erudite  Smyth  of  Nibley 
may  have  said),  but  wm  a  daughter  of  the  weD- 
knowu  Anglo-French  house  of  Fiennes  or  Fienles ; 
and  she  is  duly  recorded  in  their  family  pedigree 
by  French  and  English  genealogists  of  every  grade, 
from  r.  Ansel nie  (vi,  107)  to  Baker  (ii.  273J. 

Fmolies  and  Fettdles  are  mere  blunders  of  the 
copyist,  hut  the  name  was  written  in  a  variety  of 
ways  in  the  English  records;  and  her  father  is 
called  in  his  Ltq.  p,  m.  (30  Edw.  L  33)  **  Wil- 
lielmus  de  Fyenes  ala  Fenea  als  Fyeulea/'  The 
French  seigneurie  of  Fiennes  was  one  of  the 
twelve  baronies  comprised  in  the  county  of  O ma- 
nes, in  Picardy,  and  was  therefore  in  close  vicinity 
to  the  county  of  Ponthieu— the  maternal  inherit- 
ance of  Qutfi^n  Eleanor;  but  the  Sieurs  de  Fiennes 
had,  from  the  reign  of  King  John,  possessed  the 
manor  of  Clapham  in  Surrey,  and  other  lands  in  H 
England.  Margaret  was  probably  horn  abroad;  S 
for  when  her  father  Sir  William  died,  in  1302, 
his  eldest  son  John  (then  aged  twenty-five  and 
upwards)  is  said  in  the  Fine  Roll  to  nave  been 
bom  in  **  parts  beyond  sea."  This  is  the  John 
d©  Fienles  whom  'Edward  XL  calls  his  kinsman, 
in  his  letter  to  the  town  of  St.  Umer  in  1310 
{RoL  Chm.,  10  Edw.  II,). 

Margaret's  relationship  to  Queen  Eleanor  is  very 
clear.  Her  father  Sir  William  de  Fiennes,  was  the 
grandson  of  William  de  Fiennes  by  Agnes  de 
Dammar  tin,  the  sister  of  Simon  de  Dummartin, 


I 


I 
J 


438 


NOTES  AND  QUEKIES- 


[4*»S.TI1.MatS0.7L 


Count  of  Aumale  aud  Pontbieu.  the  maternal 
gmadMIjer  of  Queen  Eleanor.  The  queen  had 
evidently  a  strong  affection  for  her  cousins  of  the 
house  of  Fiennes,  for  she  gave  a  rich  dowry  to 
Maud  de  Fiennes  (tb©  Q\mi  of  Margaret  Morti- 
mer J  on  her  marriage  with  Humphrey  de  Bohun 
(Dugdale),     The  brief  pedig^ree  below  will  show 


clearly  all  tb'i^e  connections,  and  can  hi  verifii 
frrjm  1\  AnsLdine,  vob.  vi.  and  viii. ;  and  VArt 
Verifier  lc&  dafe.%  6vo,  vols,  xi,  and  xiL   It  wlU 
seen  that  riEKM^ENmrDE  ib  mistaken  ill  nfiiertxQgl 
that  tljo  queen's  maternal  grandmother  ww  *" 
of  France. 


Simon  Datamiulln,  Count  d'Aamnlc  =s  Marf ,  Countess 
and  of  Pontliieu,  jure  mx.,  died  123^.     I       of  PoutUieu. 


K^m  DammoiCin  ^ 


WiUhimd«] 
died  i^4K 


JanCt  Coiint<i»s  of  Ponthiea 
aud  Aumalu,  died  1279* 

Eleiuinp,  Qaeen  of  Edwnrd  I., 
Counteea  of  roothicui  died 
1290. 


Ferdinand  III.  Kin^  ofCastille, 
died  1262. 


sou  mid  heir. 


Wia.  de  Ftenncs  sou  aod  Ueifp  «s  DIancIiede 
di(yl  1SU2.  Brietmo. 


Mnttd,  wif«  at  Hmnpbltjrl 

Boliun,  Eiirl  of  P 


Margaret  Fiennef,  samctimcj  callod  lilaty  ^  Edmonc!,  Lord  Mortimer  of  Wigmors, 


TxwiiuL 


It  ia  not  in  the  iiigiUa  ComUum  Flamln<t^  but 
in  the  Gt^eahtfia  Comiium  FUtndrife^  a  larger 
worli  of  Olivier  do  Wree  (Latinixed  "  Vredius  '), 
that  the  name  of  Fienlea  occurs.  1  have  bc»th 
foMoa;  the  former  (a  particularly  fine  copy)  in 
Flemish,  the  latter  in  French.  I'he  Fieules  pedi- 
gree occurs  at  p.  DO,  table  13,  and  from  ^it  I 
extract  the  following  information :  — 

Isabel,  daughter  of  Guy,  Count  of  Flanders 
(died  l'30-l),  by  his  wite  Uabel  of  Luxeniburg, 
married  Jean,  Seigneur  de  Fienlea,  Cbafitclain  de 
Bonrbourg'T  Seigneur  de  Tingri,  kc.  Their  eoala 
are  appended  to  documents  given  in  vol.  ii. 
pp.  130^  140,  and  are  engraved  on  p.  02.  These 
documents  are  dated  13ti0.  Tbo  inscriptions  are 
as  follows:  —  ^  s*  iohasis  .  dSji  .  de  .  FiENLEe  . 
MiLiTis.    On  another  seal :  s\  tonia  uki  de  I'Iek- 

LES  ET  CA8TELLANI    DK  nOlJKBORGH   MILIT*.      The 

counter-seal  of  tbia  hears:    ^  Ox'  s'  lonis  dni 

DK  FrELES(t*zV)  ET  C18TJ1IXA:!TI   DE   DOVEB  .  MILIT. 

The  arms  on  the  shields  and  horse -trappinp^^  are 
the  lion  rampant  (Arg,  a  lion  ramp.  sa,).  See  Burke, 
Qetieral  Armortf,  a.  v.  **  Fynea ''  and  **  Fines."  On 
the  seal  of  Isab  J,  fienlles  ;  and  on  the  coimter- 
«eal,  FIENLIE— are  variations  in  the  spelling  of 
the  title.  The  Fon  of  John  and  Isabel  wa-i  Robert 
de  Fienles  {Did.  Moreau),  Coostahle  of  France, 
llis  seal  is  appended  to  an  agreement  by  which 
certain  exchanges  were  eiVected  between  himself 
and  Louis  Count  of  Flanders,  &c.,  and  bears  date 
13G6.  Its  inscription  is:  le  sfEEL  »  bobebt  de 
FrENKES.  Here  we  have  the  name  in  the  form 
farailinr  to  ns,  It  is  thus  spelt  also  iu  another 
document :  "  Kobert,  Sire  de  Fiennes,  Connestable 
de  France/'  kc,  &c.  (dated  Nov.  22,  18CC).  The 
seal  bears  the  above  arms,  timbred  with  a  helmet 
crested  with  a  stages  head,  and  supported  by  two 
gryphons.    Pie  died  childless,*  and  his  niece  Maud 


(daughter  and  helfeaa  of  his  nst^r  Jeaan^  Vf  Jmm 
de  ChatilloD,  Count  do  St.  Pol)  enrried  tmam 
to  her  husband,  Guy  de  Luxembourg,  Cosisis 
Ligny,  St.  Pol,  &c.  Thiebaut,  younger  tnulhir 
of  Louiii  de  Luxembourg,  Count  de  SL  i*ol,  thnt 
generations  later,  had  Fiennea  tis  his  appoaa^ 
and  it  remained  in  the  posse^ssion  of  bis  desoiBi' 
ants.  ( JaquelinCf  Duchess  of  liedford,  wai  ilittf 
of  Guy  and  Thiebaut) 

So  much  for  the  history  of  the  fnTnile  .,r  FI,rTr4 
or  Fiennes.     I  find  no  trace  of  : 
or  of  any  connection  with  Queen  ^ 
tile,  wife  of  King  Edward  I.     But    I 
inscription  on  one  of  the  seals  quo  ted 
explam  the  mystery.   It  occurs  to  mo  that  ^lo^ta, 
or  somO  otber  chronicler  from  whom  Ik^  c-^i^^*^* 
baa  been  misled  by  that  or  a  similar 
perhaps  taken  from  au  imperfect  iai]^ 
seal,  and  reading  **  D"'  de  Fienles  et  ' 
kCf  has  attributed  to  the  owner  of 
Spanish  origin — miiitiikiug  the  **Ctt- 
the  title  of  Castile.  (**  Castell'*  aopeii: 
royal  seals  of  Spauii^h  origin  in  tae  voimiio  im'^ 
me,)  It  i^as  an  eii^y  st<?p  then  to  assume  ft  c^tub- 
ship  between  Eleanor  of  Castile  and  the  oc»Ut«<i* 
porary  William  de  Ift^ndles,  who  may  haff  W« 
a  father  or  brother  of  Isabella's  husband  leaxL 

JOHJT  WoODWAlt. 


In  the  pedigree  of  the  family  of  Fienues,  la  tk 
Troph{cs  du  Brahmd  (i.  So.*!),  we  are  told  thtf 
Eustace,  who  married  Adela  de  Fumes  in  10^ 
was  — 

*•  Sieur  ct  Baron  de  Ficnnc*,  rime  4c5  doooe  RimoaS* 
do  la  Comtd  dc  Guinea,  ap^teli^  auci«nueta«Bi  djUs»  ta 
Chart  res  Fienles,'* 

I      The  arms  engraved  aro ;  Argent,  a  ItoQ 
I  sable. 


i**s*vn.  Mat2o,7l] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


439 


PAMPHLET:  ITS  ETYMOLOGY. 

(S**^  find  3'«  3,  pmsim.) 

^^''    n  Dr.  Doran  quoted  TAe  Afhrueiwij  where 
lilt^t  '*  is  gjiid  to  bnve  been  the*  name  of  a 
ii  V  '       ^  who  lit'st  employed  her- 

jicl  iletSj  4fcc,^  I    fuppo«ed  the 

eu^^L'r.nuJu  v.ui  uc::u_;ued  03  a  joke  against  etyiuo- 
logiats,  because  he  produced  no  proof  that  this 
Ti3ttraiiiou3  authoies^  did  wrUo  pamphlets;  but 
i«cently  a  very  rare  work  has  coiuo  into  my  pos- 
session, whicn  thus  describes  the  extraordiniiry 
merita  of  a  Udj  of  this  name :  — 

ipkyle  areca  B  >    '■       '       ntrice. — Pjimp1iilr»m 
greeani  ktninnu  i  im  boimm  rcvpub- 

it  temporibos  fci  !  i  «  ct  tjt'neroaa  vif- 

tote  flf»rai«8«  compertum  cat.  lii'c  quii>p6  otdi  AmplLs- 
limu  titulis  decoroH  non  posf^tt,  tftmen  quoniarn  nliquiil 
"  'it  hoaU  sua  portiofie  lamlH  tttcitumitates 
,i  non  debet.  Quo  cum  t:--i»et  ingcntH  iu- 
prima  (ot  qtiidani  auctores  vgluut)  <?x 
tiiem  Bombiccm  collc^at :  ct  ilLim  il  f^uper- 
nu  r6  mn^lo  pectine  pur^'are  primnm  cepit,  et 

Eurgauuti  C':.l  '   ■-  ■'  .    :'  ■"     niuin  tra- 

ere  ccpit :  et  i  docuit. 


jurgai-nrti   I 

lere  ccpit :  et 
Et  »»c  ilium  t; 
duxJL  Co,!  as  i^v  ruLiu  • 
tfim  in  r«(HquH  Agtindl$  <l 
Jii:      '^'   '  Fit  rati    Btrff(if<'i 

**'r  MtdieribuM    (jput, 

FrrT    -.        .     '7. 


II  inLro- 

iisse."— 

.■:,s     Ii-:    ju,iniJiis    ctartM 
I'o,  7lxk\  C!»p.  xxxiii. 


In  thd  woodcut  which  accompaniea  the  text, 
thit  illiMtriou*  lad  J  is  represented  as  holding  a 
book  in  her  hand,  prohablj  her  handbook  teach- 
'  ahe  had  iuTented  (the  rearing  of  silk- 
botind  with  the   thread  she    had 


MM    I 

-1;: 


Althouj^i  tlie  article  now  known  to  ourselves  untlcr 

'         '^     "       *  fimilidr  as  honsehold  woniV  Jt't  it^ 

V  ere  but  obscurely,  if  at  all,  ascer- 

smes,     Flinji%  wbosc  jnd^ient  and 

As  &  compiler  are  not  greiitly  to  be  relied 

that  the  hombi/m  (or  silkiworm)  lira  native 

1     <■  .1,     Ml...        nn  archipelago.     It 

■A  there  nt  a  very 

u>jly  cxpkined  that 

ilf  pri^duufcii  Irutn  the  bumbyx^  was 

bv  the  women  of  that  inland*    The 

was  r*imphUia.     She  unwove 

:ccniupi>3e  it  in  her  loom  into 

1  tcxlurc:  thus  convertiriiy  the 

i*  into  thin  trauspareut  gauze, 

!   was  lost  ia  substance^    At- 

•^  '-  the  inrentrcss  of  all  the 

bv  identifying^  the  6t*ot- 

'I'-n  it  r?  '^v\  PamnhvHri 


SHEFFIELD  FOLK-LOHE. 
(4*'*  S,  Til.  209,) 

Jtist  as  '*jannock**  m  another  fomi  of  the  word 
which  in  modern  En^^lish  appeirs  a.-*  "even,"  go 
"  retchet  "  ia  another  fiirra  of  Old  Engl,  hmchet  or 
hrttchrte.  The  forma  Irnches^  hranhezy  bracketed ^ 
rachchfs,  rnchez^  am  all  met  with  in  Sir  Ga^ 
wttynt?  ami  the  Green  Knight*  The  connectiofi 
is  with  A.-S*  racte,  Dan,  diaL  rfihke^  O.  N. 
racki^  &c.,  and  the  Promptonttm  entry  is  "  ratclm^ 
howndt'/*  *' Gabriel  hounds"  i%  therefore,  only 
a  tranalfttian  (so  to  speak)  of  ** Gabriel  ratchet/' 
The  most  curioua  part  of  the  term,  however,  is 
the  preiix  "  GabrieV*  '*  Gftbble/^  or,  as  sounded 
here,  **  GaaVrL*'  For  a  long  time  I  could  obtain 
no  clue  to  either  ic5  iiipnninijf  or  its  derivation,  nnd 
nntwithstandinff  the  Cffthoficon  Angl.  entry,  '*  Qa- 
biielle  rache,  hw  caniahott^*'  I  was  utterly  unable 
to  ix>nnect  the  said  prefix  with  the  persoual  name 
it  fleeraa  to  reproduce.  At  lejgth  an  entry  in 
Prompt.  Parv.  ^ave  me  the  clne^  nnd  I  was  enabled 
to  explain  '* Gabriel'*  or  '* Gabble,'^  the  latter 
beings  merely  a  coiTiiption  of  the  former.  The 
entry  referred  ta  ia  as  follows: — ^' Lt/vhej  dede 
body.  FmntSj  gahart^  a  F.  et  re.  in  Gabriel 
dicU  gabaiwif  vel  ffabbaf*en,'^  Gaharmi  or  gahharefi 
then,  which,  by  the  authorities  q^uoted  {^firiva* 
lerms  in  Campo  Florum,  and  VffuHio  or  Ut/idio, 
both  ancient  vocabularies),  ia  interchangeable  with 
Gabriel^  toother  with  gaharcA^  is  clearly  aynony- 
mous  with  funm^  in  the  sense  of  corpse  or  dead 
body ;  and  if  coniinufttion  were  required^  Fiiccia- 
lati  ^vcs  **  Gabborfe,  vel  Gnbbares,  cndavera  apud 
/Egyptios  pollinctorum  arte  delibuta,  arefacta,  et 
a  corruptioue  immunia,  mummies,^'  **  Gabriel- 
ratchet,'*  or  **  Gabble-ret  I-' hot,"  therefore,  when 
translated  into  Englii^h,  beeoin*?>  simply  "corpse- 
hound,"  and  challung'es  comparison  with  Dan. 
iiifj-hvalpj  liitj'hund^  Ilclrahhr  or  lle!rakh\  &C. ; 
only  rememhenn^  that,  while  /%  ia  th^:  same 
woTi\  as  O.  Engl,  h/che^  A.-S.  //r,  //t-t,  E.  lick  (in 
Uch-i^ntt)^  Hd^  m  the  name  of  the  goddess  of 
the  dead,  is  strictly  synonymous.  In  this  diatrict 
the  '*unbaptiaed  babies"  form  of  the  myth  ia 
not  known,  but  there  are  two,  in  a  sense,  dis- 
tinct ^^snperatitious "  notions  connected  with  the 
'*  Gaab'rl- ratchet/*  one  of  which  corresponds  ex- 
actly with  Dan.  hehukk^r  as  defined  l>y  Thiele, 
"  a  sound  heard  in  the  air,  very  like  the  uayingf  of 
homids,  and  when  heard,  taken  to  pre?age  death 
and  wasting'*;  the  other  is  almoat  tdenticjU  with 
Old  Dan,  hd-rakke^  describtid  b}'  Mulbech  as — ■ 

*•  A  bird  with  a  Lsr^e  bcfv!,  stariiijg:  evc^,  crooked  beik» 
sharp  obiws,  which  in  days  of  yore  ww  heli<»vcd  to  .ippear 
onl  V  as  a  harbiniicr  of  some  j^reat  mortality,  but  then  to 
fiy  abroad  by  night  nnd  ahrick  aloud.** 

I  have  had  sundry  very  curious  comraunicntions 
touching  the  **  Gaab^rl-WUiUft^*'  m^^Jwfe  V>  \ew^/vq. 
all  good  faith/^y  ftom^  ol  m-j  C:^a^^^sscQ^^^^'^• 


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[4»k  S,  Til,  Mai  'iO.'TLl 


bours.  One  ioTolved  tlie  correct  way  of  averting 
the  omen^  which  I  think  Jael  Dence  wbb  not  '*  up 
to.'*  Of  course,  as  Mb.  Britten  Ru^gests,  the 
connection  is  with  the  mullifnrm  as  well  as  many- 
named  "  Wild  Huntsman"  legend* 
Danby  ia  OeveUnd,  J,  C.  Atkinsof. 

The  word  nicM  in  the  phrase  '^  Gabhlo  retchet" 
(provindai  far  '*  Gabriel  lioiinds  '^)  mcana  **  foot- 
scenting  hounds/'  The  A.-S.  form  is  race;  E. 
Eng,  racche.  In  Sir  Gawai/ne  mtd  Green  Knight 
(E.  E.  T.  SO  the  word  is  often  used :— 

**&  SLY  racliches  m  u.  res  radly  hern  fol^ei," 

(U116L) 
*•  JBaldely  J>ay  blir  prya,  bayed  Mvr  rachchej/' 

(U  13G2,) 
In  the  Onnuium  (I.  13505)  we  get — 

'*  Kthbt  Alls  an  bannt«  takcti^  der 
Wi>)>  hifto  3aspe  racclieas.'' 

The  Promjd.  Parv,  (p.  422)  interprets  **oclo- 
linBecus,  quasi  o4oreni  st*queu3,"  &c, 

**  Ilacche "  seems  to  be  a  Northern  fonn  of 
**Brache"f  or,  a^  some  say,  *'Brache"  is  the 
feminine  of  **  Racche."  The  form  "  Brachet''  is 
common,  John  Addis. 


MuKQO  Park  and  thk  Moss  (4^**  S,  Tii.298.) — 
You  may  consider  the  following  little  incident  as 
worthy  of  insertion  in  your  periodical,  which  I 
always  read  with  pleasure :  — 

You  quote  pasHRges  from  the  Memoir  of  Dr. 
James  MamHtoti ;  a  email  error  exists  in  one  of  his 
remarks.  He  says  that  Sir  William  Hooker  pos- 
sessed the  moss  which  saved  Mungo  Park's  life  in 
the  burning  wastes  of  Africa,  and  also  that  it  had 
been  given  by  Dickson  to  Sir  William.  This  is 
not  precisely  the  fact.  The  old  man,  about  the 
Tear  1810,  snowed  it  to  the  then  youjigand  ardent 
totaaist,  who  much  desired  to  purchase  it.  Dick- 
son, who  was  a  herbalist,  and  sold  medicinal 
plants  at  his  sttdl  in  Covent  Garden  Market,  pro- 
bably thought  that  the  gentleman  might  be  wil- 
ling to  give  a  fancy  price,  and  accordiu gly  said 
that  he  "  would  not  part  with  the  specimen  for 
leas  gold  than  would  [not  weigh  as  much,  but  as 
would]  cover  it."  On  which,  Sir  William  Hooker 
diew  a  guinea  from  his  puise,  and  carried  olF  the 
prize. 

It  is  correct  that  the  tin?  moss  was  always 
shown  to  the  botanical  class  duriug  Sir  W' illiani's 
lectures;  and  always  accompumed  with  the  high 
lesson  which  it  conveyed,  and  which  ho  would 
have  been  the  last  mau  to  omit. 

People  have  erroueouply  supposed  that  a  moss 
may  have  '*  saved  Mungo  i*ark  a  life,"  iu  the  same 
aeti£e  as  the  so-called  moss  (tripe  dt*  roehe)  pre- 
aerred  Franklin  and  Richardson  from  ti>t^d  starva- 
tion. But  the  identical  plant  to  which,  and  to 
the  reflections  which  it  suggested,  Mungo  Park 


tor^^H 
icy  oTi^l 


was  indebted  for  his  life,  is  hardly  bigg^i  Ihait 
man's  thumbnail. 

As  Sir  William  Hooker's  widow,  and 
his  wifts  when  Dr.  James  Hamilton  was  oi 
favourite  students  and  a  frequent  visitor 
house,  I  can  attest  the  gene  ml  accnmcy 
Hnmilton's  statements;  and,  hut    for 
ness,  I  should  have  sooner  read    the  **  N,  Jk  Q.^ 
of  April  Sf  and  sent  the  above  infomiatiuD. 

MA&iAUoons. 

Torquay. 

Gr-uttham  Im?  Sighs  (4**  B,  vii,  S43.)  — Tkt 
great  number  of  inn  signs  at  Grantham  havifir 
the  prefix  Wwe,  aroso  out  of  electioneerini' 
tests  about  the  close  of  the  l^t  or  the  be^ 
of  the  present  century.  Blue,  contrwy  to  iLt. 
moj^e  customary  in  most  parta  of  the  kingdma,  is 
in  Lincolnshire  the  whi»j,  or  rather,  ia  these  dtyiy 
**  the  advanced  liberal  '*  party  colour.  Sir  Williim 
Talmash.  afterwards  Lord  fluntingtower,  r*  ^^- 
centric  cWacter,  son  of  Louisa  Countess 
sart,  by  her  husband  John  Manners^  Ef , ,  ^ 
Grantham  Orange,  inherited  from  bis  fatfitf  • 
considerable  estate  in  that  borouffh  and  itd  nwigk* 
bourhood.  At  the  period  referred  to  he  adfOOKted 
**  the  oM  blue  cause/'  and,  either  with  a  new  of 
increasing  his  political  influence  or  from  apnce, 
he  changed  the  signs  of  all  the  public  bouaef  tlyii 
he  owned  into  Blue  Men,  Blue  linns,  BlueBou^ 
Blue  Sheep,  S:c^  So  great  indeed  was  his  admui' 
tion  for  this  colour  that  he  was  even  chidreda&ft 
blue  bull  with  gilt  horns  and  hoofs.  Gtaotliia^ 
besides  being  noted  for  its  excellent  ^inrabfwL 
cheese-cakeSf  and  raised  pork-pies,  did  loDg,m 
possibly  now  can,  boast  of  a  uni<|UO  heet'bom 
sign  in  the  shape  of  a  living  beehive  pezcM^ 


the  top  of  an  M  poHard  tree.  It  may  be 
while  to  odd,  that  its  cosy  old  Angel,  well  hiom 
to  many  a  Nimrod,  was  an  hostelry  in  tlieliiBtof 
King  John,  and  tradition  asserts  that  that  moBaA 
once  lodged  there,  Ap  CoillvH 

Ckari^  I.  (4*^  a  tU.  342.)^The  Eul  «f 
Essex  has  at  Caahiobury  a  small  piece  of  ikt 
ribbon  of  the  Garter  given  to  Bishop  Juxon ;  it 
is  sky-blue.  I  have  heard  that  the  greatef  p»rt  cf 
the  ribbon  remjuued  in  the  family  reprastoite 
Juxon  for  several  generations,  and  was  desbro^ 
by  a  lady  to  annoy  her  husband* 

Thb  Kkioht  of  MmLO. 

Judicial  Oaths  (4""  S.  vii.  209,  354.)  — lit 
much  surprised  that  HGRMENXBtTDE  has  io  ee9* 
plctely  mistaken  my  meaning.     It  is  that  if  tk 
mere  words  of  the  Bible,  "  Swear  not  at 
are  to  be  taken  in  their  literal  sense,  wilhonl 
planation,  so  are  its  words,  **  Call  no  man 
lather  upon  the  earth  **;  and  how  then  call 
who  obey  the  one  injunction  nay  no  reirHrl  tn 
other?    It  was  most  distinctly  impl 
in  what  I  s&id|  that  as  in  the  one 


m 


L  Mat  20,  71,] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


441 


shown  from  otber  texts  of  Scripture)  it 

forbiddcm  to  take  a  judicial  oiitb,  m  in 

r  the  iDJ unction  "  bnd  (to  use  IIbemen- 

rords)  tio  reference  to  tlie  natuml  epithet 

A  child  to  ita  father/'     I  asked    those 

I  objected  to  onths  of  any  kind»  to  defend 

ilBtt-ncy.     In  making:  this  demand  then 

ling  wa^,  I  bnmbl?  think,  qviite  clear,  and 

ENTRUDE  bad  no  ground  to  say  that  I 

kot  of  a  truiam.  G. 

igb, 

DE5  Fahilt  (4*"  a  Tii.  189,  273.  233.)— 
resting,  of  course,  to  know  what  idea 
pden  had  of  tbe  true  spelling  of  bis 
le;  but  it  settles  nothing,  or  very  little, 
Ihat  idea.  I  have  in  my  posaesi^iou  a 
^t,  Ump,  Elizabeth,  in  wJiicb  tbe  principal 
^cerned  sigi^s  bia  name  with  one  spell- 
mn  fioa  with  another  as  witueaa,  while 
ia  spelt  ditierently  from  both  by  the  law 
10  dr«w  up  the  deed,  I  am  still  in  the 
to  tbe  descendanta  of  all  those  cousins  of 
ipden,  from  some  of  whom  tbe  late 
Hereford,  and  the  Alice  referred  to  m 
lal  query,  must  be  derired. 

W.  M.  IL  C. 

AA  FLAMnriua  Flaccus  "  (4*'*  8.  vii. 
'he  liaes  alluded  to  were  extemporised 
J  Smith  on  seeing  Jeffrey  riding  upon 
'  ijvecified  at  the  end  of  them.     They 
inaccurately  quoted,  and  sbouldj  if 
erfes  me,  run  as  follows ; — 
Titty  ftj  Ilorotius  Flaccu^, 
I  great  ft  Jacobin  a*  Gmcobus; 
t  flhort,  but  not  as  Tat,  as  Bacchoii, 
iented  itpoa  a  Utile  jackajs. 

F,  GtEJ>STA^E3  WaXTOU, 
■nd  Cambridge  Clttb. 
ea  which  11.  R,  wishea  to  be  informed 
to  be  found  in  Lady  II  ol  land 'a  Life  of 
nithf  p.  202,  vol  i.  I,.  A. 

[)TAL  Ajssext  (4**'  S.  Tii.  355.)— The 

referred  to  in  **  Notices  to  Correspon- 

ppeared  in  an  obscure  eheet  called  ibe 

^  GasttU  (or  Journal)^  and  was  copied 

lodged  thence   by   the  Daily  I^ews, 

J'imi.  Admriimr,     The  reason  given  by 

Iter  for  the  assertion  that  the  assent  to  tbe 

Ihurcb  Bill  was  null  and  void  woa  that  no 

►  pre^sent  except  the  myal  commissioners 

\  assent  was  given.   It*  my  memory  serves 

r  Paragraph  (which   of  course  was  pure 

[aid  not  rest  tbe  objection  on  tbe  ground 

Mice  of  the  hi^hops.     I  have  rea^^on  to 

I  paragraph  originated  with  a  notorious 

Bwspaper  editorsi  wbo*e  opinion  is  of  no 

FiLIUS  ECCLKSI^ 

OF  HoNOiTR  (4''*  S.  Tii,  343.)— I  am  not 
[  the  existence  of  any  authorised  list,  such 


as  Erdt  inquires  about.  If  be  will  faTour  mo 
with  an  address,  I  will  try  to  collect  for  him  as 
correct  a  one  as  my  opportunities  allow,  either 
from  1088  or  earlier;  hut  I  cannot  guarantee  tho 
exact  aoeuracTi  or  more  especially  tbe  fulness,  of 
such  a  compilation.  Such  a  list,  moreover,  could 
not  be  made  out  in  a  day,  IIermkntbube. 

*'  0  Gemini  ! "  {P^  S.  viL  351.)— I  am  inclined 
to  think  tbat  LTii.  DixoN  is  wrong  in  hia  conjec- 
ture that  tbe  above  exclamation  has  anything  to 
do  with  the  **  great  twin  brethren,'*  Romulus  and 
Remus.  I  have  alwa^^s  understood  it,  as  well  as 
tbe  *'  Gemelli  *'  by  whom  tho  Italian  peasants 
swear,  to  refer  to  the  Dioscuri,  Castor  and  Pollux, 
who  were  pkced  among  the  stars  as  Gemini  by 
Xeus.  Being  worshipped  both  in  Greece  and  Italy 
as  the  protectors  of  trayellers  by  sea,  they  would 
of  course  be  frequently  appealed  to  in  sudden 
straits  j  and  although  a  behef  in  them  no  longer 
exists,  we  find^  the  traces  of  it  in  our  now  sense- 
less exclamation.  Abchd.  Watsok. 

Robert  Blatr,  the  AmnoR  op  "  The  Gratb  ** 
(4«''  S.  iv.  28,  m\   164.)  — Mr.   \V.  B,  Cook 
(p.  120),  in  pointing  out  several  of  Blair's  plagi- 
arisms, mentions  one  nassage  as   imitated  from 
Henry  More  of  Cambridge.     It  is,  I  think,  worthy 
of  note  thnt  in  Dryden'a  Maidm  Quren  the  same 
idea  occurs.     Is  it  not  then  very  likely  that  the 
author  of  The  Grave  copied  not  from  More,  but 
from    ^^ Glorious  John'*   biini*e]f.     Tbe   latter  at 
least  is  the  better  known  of  the  two.     The  pas- 
sage I  refer  to  is : — 
**  I  feci  my  love  to  Philoclca  wiibin  me 
Shrink  nrnJ  pull  back  my  heart  from  thia  bard  tn'iil  i 
But  it  my  St  be  when  glory  say  a  it  mvifd. 
A3  clultlrcii  Hading  from  some  river's  bank, 
I  irnt  try  the;  water  with  their  tender  rect ; 
Then  Ahudd'riDff  up  with  cold,  atep  back  again, 
And  itratp^ht  a  little  farther  venture  on, 
Till  at  the  lai^t  they  plunge  into  the  dcup, 
And  paaa  at  va<x  what  I  hey  were  duubting  long." 

Act  V.  Seeae  L 

EbWARD  lilMBAULT  DiBDIX* 
£<lJQburgh« 

Orders  of  KxiGOTaooD  (4***  S.  v.  vi.  pfim'm  r 
vii.  100,  197,  345.)— If  S.  bad  read  my  "sugges- 
tion*' with  more  attention  he  would  have  seen 
that  it  contains  the  answer  to  his  fir^t  objection, 
I  lis  tender  feeling  with  respect  to  the  sovereign's 
prerogative  is  most  praif?e worthy,  and  I  fully  agree 
with  him  in  it,  for  I  have  come  of  a  race  who 
have  drawn  their  swords  and  «hed  tbeir  blood  for 
more  than  one  century  wherever  their  sovereign's 
dag  has  been  imfurled  by  land  or  sea ;  but  thera 
are  dignities  which  neither  king  nor  kaiser  can 
confer.  **  Tbe  king  can  make  an  earl  or  a  duke, 
but  God  alone  can  make  the  chief  of  Olenroy,** 
quoth  the  old  Highlander*  Some  may  value  the 
brand  new  title  fresh  fiom  the  mintj  others  priz© 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[4«fcS.VII.MAT«),7L 


the  '*  blue  blood ''  and  lon^  pedi^ee.  As  for  the 
"  modern-antinue "  objection,  this  bos  been  dis- 
cussed and  fully  answered  in  ''  N.  &  Q."  and  in 
The  Spectator  by  an  abler  pen  than  mine.  No 
doubt  S.  can  face  the  ordeal  on  Bennetts  Hill 
without  fear,  but  "  England  holds  a  hundred  sons 
who  are  just  as  good  as  he."  There  are  plenty  of 
*'  gentlemen  "  in  the  United  Kingdom  who  would 
not  find  the  proofs  of  their  seize  quartiers  so  very 
difficulty  much  less  the  "four  grand  parents, 
unless  the  Heralds'  Collogo  demands  proofs  such 
as  would  not  be  required  in  the  strictest  judicial 
investigation,  where  life  and  honour,  to  say 
nothing  of  property,  were  in  the  balance. 

Cywkm. 
Porth-yr-Aur,  Carnarvon. 

"  As  Cyril  a^d  Nathan  "  :  an  Old  Oxford 
Epioram  (4»»'  S.  vii.  321,  350.) — Several  versions 
of  this  epigram  appeared  in  "  N.  &  Q."  2°'*  S.  xi. 
The  best  is,  I  think,  at  p.  20G.  1  gave  this  ver- 
sion in  my  work,  The  Epiyrammatids,  but  placed 
it  amonpt  anonymous  epigrams,  for  I  could  find 
no  sufficient  evidence  that  it  was  the  production 
of  "  Jack  "  Burton.  It  seems  to  have  been  the 
common  practice  to  ascribe  unacknowledged  Ox- 
ford epigrams  to  that  witty  and  eccentric  lady. 
Of  the  epigram  on  the  deans,  one  of  your  corre- 
spondents (2*"*  S.  xi.  233),  who  matriculated  when 
it  was  in  circulation,  says : — 

"  It  was  jocosely  attriljutcd  to  tlio  pon  of  Jack  Burton, 
but  it  cninc,  I  helitrvo,  like  many  othor  Imn  mot*  of  that 
dny,  from  a*  set  of  invcti-rato  i»un>ti'r3  in  the  common 
rooms  of  diirorcnt  colleges." 

IT.  P.  I). 

In  regard  to  the  epigram  upon  Doctors  Nathan 
Wetherell  and  Cyril  Jackson,  it  may  be  interest- 
ing to  add  that  the  late  famous*  Sir  Charles 
^Vetllerell  was  tlie  third  son  of  the  former.  'J'ho 
late  Dr.  Rowdon,  Registrai*  of  the  University  of 
Oxford,  maternally  a  grandson  of  ])r.  Wetherell, 
used  to  say  that  it  was  Dr.  AVetherell  who  first 
remarked  the  talents  and  abilities  of  young  Pliill- 
potts  (late  Bishop  of  Exeter)  on  his  continually 
stopping  at  the  Bell  at  Gloucest-jr  in  liis  journeys 
from  (Jxford  to  his  dennory  at  lI<Teford,  Ph ill- 
pott's  fjithor  tht'U  being,  as  is  well  known,  the 
landlord  of  that  inn.  Dr.  Kowdon  used  to  give 
the  epigram  as  in  "  N.  »fc  I  J."  of  April  22,  but 
vai'ying  the  fourth  and  iiflh  lin'?s  thus— 

"Saj'S  X.ithan  to  Cyril,  *  You  certainly  may, 
But  leave  me  only  my  little  canal, 
And  you  may  lookaftor  the  i-ca.'  " 

Miss  Rose  Burton  wa.s  an  extraordinary  person, 
a  kind  of  Lady  Mary  Wortlcy  Montagu  in  Ox- 
ford of  her  day. 

Any  one  wishing  to  find  particulars  of  Dr. 
Wetherell  would  do  well  to  look  at  Sir  Alexander 
Croke's  History  of  the  Croke  Family,  2  vols.  1823. 
Many  intereatmg  facia  about  Dr.  Cyril  Jackson 


are  contained  in  Coxe*8  Eeminiscenees  of  Oxford, 
Miss  Burton  is^  still  well  remembered  there. 

Edwabb  Rowdov. 

13,  Little  Stanhope  Street. 

Two  errors  (p.  321)  should  be  corrected :  — 
**  Says  Nathan,  *  You  may,  but  ob  1  never  thall; 

And  leave  vou  to  look  for  the  sea*  (see)." 

F.  C.  P. 

Beauchamp  (1^  S.  vii.  210,  342.)— I  beg  D.  P. 
to  accept  my  thanks  for  calling  my  attention  to  a 
clerical  error  (if  it  be  not  a  misprint)  which  hid 
escaped  my  notice.  I  did  not  mean  to  bUion 
with  three  cross  cros.?lets  a  coat  which  either  bore 
six,  or  was  semt^e.  The  honest  truth  is  that  my 
note  was  written  in  a  great  hurry — a  state  (W 
things  of  which  I  will  try  not  to  allow  the  recur- 
rence in  writing  to  *'  N.  Sc  Q."  As  respects  the 
Lisle  coat,  I  must  confess  that  I  am  myself  among 
the  inexperienced  readers  to  wht)m  D.  P.  alludes, 
for  I  did  not  know  that  the  bearing  was  as&omed 
only.    I  am  obliged  to  him  for  the  information. 

llGRMExrnrDS. 

Lancashire  Timber  IIalls  (3'«*  S,  viL  76, 
144,  248.) — Some  time  ago  I  nrndo  inquiry  re- 
specting a  series  of  etchings  of  old  timber  houses 
in  Lancashire  published  by  a  Liverpool  firm.    To 
that  query  no  reply  was  obtained.     I  am  now 
able  to  supply  some  items  respecting  this  scarce 
Lancashire  book  from  a  catalogue  lately  issued 
by  Mr.  Henry  Young.    These  etchings  are  there 
described  as  "  Views  in  Lancashire  and  Cheshire, 
I  of  Old  Halls  and  Castles,  intended  as  illustrations 
to  tiic  County  History ;  from  pictures  by  >'.  0. 
Philips."    The  wliole  'series  consisted  of  twentv- 
four  engravings,  folio,  and  are  noted  by  iho  book- 
I  seller  as  "  very  scarce,*'  and  *'  proofs  escesaivelj 
1  rare.'*    A  smaller  edition  of  the  views  wfts  ata 
I  issued.     Thev  were  **  published  bv  Mr.  PhilipSf 
of  Chatham  Street,  Liverpool,  }S22;'  without  any 
accompanying  letterpress.  T.  T.  W. 

Eleven  Sniixixo  Pieces  op  Charles  L  (4** 
S.  vii.  65,  148.)— The  words  of  the  will  referred 
to  are  found  in  the  will  of  Dame  Elizabeth  Hil- 
diard  of  Routh,  in  the  county  of  York,  proved  on 
January  17,  1039 :— '<  Item  to  Thomas  Suddehr 
four  eleven  shilling  pieces  in  a  box." 

Your  correspond! en t  of  course  does  not  mean 
that  angels  were  a  coin  introduced  by  CharieiL: 
for  the  second  Sir  Christopher  Ilildiard,  in  (Jaeen 
Elizabeth's  reign,  leaves  amongst  under  legatee* 
to  this  same  Elizabeth  Ilildiard,  the  wife  of  hi* 
nephew  Christopher,  "  twenty  ange//s  "  («V). 

CniNA  Maiha  {4»»»  S.  vii.  73.)— This  taste  ii 
much  older  than  1760.  It  was  introduced  into 
England  by  Queen  Mary  in  1630,  and  speedflT 
became  fksnionable,  as  numberless  allusions  lo  it 


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NOTES  AND  QUEKIES. 


443 


IQ  Pope's  poetry  and  the  SpeHator  alone  prove. 
•*  AUstrcM  of  liordelf  thon^li  tli  inv  fall/'a  frag'ment 
Irom  Pope  on  everj  oii  ,  bclono^s  to  tbla 

r,i.-i\    It  Is  cuHi.iij.,  tliiif  ■}  should  stigma* 

tia  iiA  *"  a  frivolous  nnd  in- 

y^/j  cnp.  xi.),  nnd  still  taoro 

»«d  L  uU  iiavtj  writtcm  — 

*'  nen  am!   iri^Tti'r,ils  Mrcro  not  ashamed  to 

;  »U  iiuil  tlri^oDfi ;   and 
!  Lhiit  u  fine  l»uly  valaetl 
;  M  <  M  (r.Ai.  ,  T  .|ul;.c  aj  much  as  slla  vnlued 

lirr  1  macU  mord  than  bhe  vtilued  her  hos^ 

ham<i         ■ .         t]>.  xt.)  — 

wh«a  we  I'emomber  the  Premiyr'^  speech  on 
Wed«rwoad  a  few  years  ago,  and  the  fine  collec- 
tioa  of  china  tvhicb^  if  report  fipe*dkd  true,  he  pos- 

Pklagius. 


Chjiems  pon  Aqitk  (1*S  2^*,  S'*  S.  pamm.)  — 
This  curious  chfirm,  wlucli  13  copied  from  an  old 
iliiirT  of  1 751 ,  gtiU  preserves  its  traditional  vitality. 
In  April  1871  it  was  recit^^d  iu  similar  words  to 
•  friend  by  a  postb:>y  near  Spalding  r  — 

•*  IVhen  J  arij  c.niij  u«Mr  PiUt*',  He  trembled  Ukealcaft 

I   lllm  if  llu  had   the  a^ie.     Ho 

liail  the  av:iie  «or  vfus  be  afraid ;  and 

,v..    •,j^ci    1.  I..  Mii-.t  worJd  iu  raiad  shall  never  fear 

iQUt  or  any t hilly;  eKiu*' 

T^  '^loy  preaentod  ray  fnend  with 

fto  re  for  a^^ue,  which  at  all  events 

ts  ij  '-'''-ity: — 

:  off  a  look  of  v^ur  hair,  bun' 
It  u;i  ,  .  ^i*  into  your  houio  by  anotheV 

itpot  tiiau  (lint  ihmugh  irhieb  you  ciime/* 

PEULOItrS. 

,    O&WTS  (^^b  S.  vii.  f>57.  353,)— With  reference 

ti  ibo  =tittcment  that,  although  an  ht^iresiii  miirht 

arma  of  her  family  into   that  of  her 

It?  was  incapable  of  "conferring  the  right 

itj^  hwr  father-a  creat,  &:c.,  it  would 

I .  i>e  tomb  of  the  llev,  John  Richards, 

Boct^ji    ui    Wvkf^    near   Winchester,  who    died 

^IiM^h  11,  l<ttJS-i*,  and  was  buried  in  the  cloisters 

I     "'  r  Collej^e  near  the  door,  that  such 

-!  the  case,  aa  the  cre^t  on  the  tomb 

i  '    '  '   to  hid  wif^*3  family,  viz. 

I*  r  Cruoke  ;  hehavii];?  mar- 

n  i  -  •;  aa  ii:iit«r  and  co-heir  of  -^  Crooke, 

1  he  hud  two  sona. 

L  .u  Li*  lletnid  ami  Geneahfji4,  Part  xxni. 
Ilu^ust  1807,  p.  443,  will  be  found  two  pedigreea 
Kv  ^l  W  S  Ellis,  showing  several  iastancea  of 
!l  'iog  their  wives' create.         C.  R. 

i 

I  ^Firixxai  WoatiiiEs   LiBSARr "  (4**»  S.  vii. 

P*^'   '      ^  '^'Mi  inadvertent  readin;^  of  ^' Auder- 

^  ;rew«,**   author  of  i\\^  Anatomic  of 

it^  WmU  notice*  of  my  8enc^»  ^u^- 
>  well  to  recoixl  X^io  mis- 

^-^..L  my  eye  eince  issue  of 

l^aaghas,   w.,   ^^^xsoterics''    for  '^exotenes*' 


(vol  i*  p*  xxiv),  and  "  precator  '^  for  "  peccator '' 
(vol.  2,  p.  xlv.),  and  the  photo-chr6mo*lith  erTor 
of  '*  Seething '  for  **  Scethrog-/*  These  will  be 
noted  iji  errata- list  at  end  of  vol.  iv,,  and  any 
others  that  may  be  discovered:  but  I  trust  you 
will  spare  me  a  comer  in  **  N.  &  Q/'  to  note  aboTe 
onticipatively.  Tile  Editor. 

MouEKrpro  or  Black-bdqed  Wiuting-paper 
(4*^  S.  vii.  209,  rj07,  378.)  -^  From  the  recently 
published  interesting^  work  by  Edward  Dunbar 
Dunbar,  of  Lea  Park,  Forres,  entitled  Social  Life 
in  Former  2Jay^,  I  capy  a  funeral  letter,  which  was 
edged  with  blaclc  aa  follows ; — 
"  For  James  Dunbar  of  lachbrok  Hoaae,C«3tli»towari. 
»*Jaimary  .'ith,  lGd3. 
*'  Sir» — I  doe  mtcad  the  fanerall  of  the  CountwA  of 
Morray,  mj  moiher,opon  Wedneadavt  the  17th  of  JaDuary 
iustAiitt  trj  whom  1  intreat  your  preaifuce,   he  eleven  a 
dock  alt  Dnrn«;»y,  from  theaice  to  her  buriall  place  itt 
D\'kr> ;  and  thU  last  Chrlatiau  di^'-  shall  vcrrie  inaeh 
obleiilge,  Sir»  your  assured  to  sei  ve  you, 

•*  Dou:<^E.'' 

J.  Mb. 

Black  wax  wna  in  use  earlier  than  the  time 
given  at  the  lost  reference,  1  have  a  letter  from 
Xlari^aret  Ligleby  of  Ripley  Castle,  dated  Aug.  17, 
1G82,  sealed  with  black  wax  with  the  Savile  arms  j 
and  a  receipt  given  by  her  sifter,  Mary  Savile, 
dated  July  S,  r«]07.  "thia  nifiy  have  reference  to 
the  death  of  her  father^  John  Savile,  E^.  of 
Methley. 

Ite  ufic^  however,  does  not  appear  to  have  been 
universal,  aa  her  brother  and  aiatera,  who  gave 
similar  receipts  about  the  same  time,  seal  with  red 
wax,  C*  FoRRKST,  Sen. 

John  DrER(4»'*  S,  vii,  235, 353,)— Mr.  Steprbh 
Jackson  eaya,    "I  know  The   Fleece  well/'      I 
mt\y  say,  ^*  I  know  the  country  well  to  which  por- 
tions of  The  Fleixe  relate/*    On  pjijre  130,  GU- 
tillau*3  edition,  you  will  find  the  following  linea  ; 
'♦  iluffC  Breadcn's  atony  summit  onr^*»  I  oHirfbeJ 
Aflor  ft  kidling  :  Dahiaii,  wti  . 
WhM.  viirioas  views  unnmn'  i-  ncath  I 

WtiOd^,  towers,  valea,  deUs,  tl  ,  rcsat  floodi  j 

And  here  and  there  between  ttio  »iitry  rooki^, 
The  hruad  fiat  stra." 

The  Breidden  is  a  hill  stand Ing  partly  in  Shrop- 
shire and  partly  in  Montgomeryshire,  on  the  banks 
of  the  Severn. '  I  have  been  up  it  n  dozen  times, 
and  on  the  clearest  of  daya  j  but  aa  it  lies  between 
fifty  and  sbcty  miles  from  the  ueareat  coast,  and 
other  ranges  of  hilla  intervene,  you  will  not  wonder 
whon  I  ttdl  you  that  a  sea- view  is  not  amongst  the 
attractions  of  the  Breidden.  Byer  left  some  spe- 
cimens of  hia  artistic  work  in  Slontgomeryphire, 
notably  a  copy  of  Da  Vinci's  ^'hmi  Supper,'* 
whicli*  formerly  haiJ  a  place  of  honour  in  the  old 
church  at  Newtown,  ^\  e  can  scarcely  wonder  that 
The  Fleece  is  not  yety  exlftmYNe?^^  ^^a^  \va^-^ 
days,  when  we  land  m  '^  T\w&  M^>3ccaft\3X'^  «s^  'Caa 


Mdl 


444 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


t4»kS.VJL 


first  page  that  ono  of  the  subjects  for  poetry  is  '*  Of 
the  Castration  of  Lambs  "  I       Askkw  Rqberts, 
Oswestry. 

Mr.  Jacksoh  wdmirea  the  "noble  poetry"  of 
Gronffar  HUL  The  following  ftre  the  first  six  lines* 
Whfit  does  Mr.  Jackson  think  of  **  Sileot  Nymph, 
"who  Ue*^?  And  did  he  ever  see  a  *^  neUaw  lin- 
net ^7 

♦*  Silent  Jfyinph  I  with  curious  ey% 

Who,  the  purple  ©vi'ninii.^  He 

On  the  mountiiia'a  lonely  vrtn^, 

Bcvond  the  noisa  of  buay  m«4i, 

Pnlntiag  fair  the  forin  of  things 

While  the  jftUow  linmet  sings/" 

**Pen  of  an  AiTQFx'fl  Wn?o''  (4*"  S*  vii,  233, 
312,)— In  The  Tatter,  No,  10.3,  April  l>5,  1710, 
Ned  Softly  reads  the  following  to  Isaac  Bjclccr- 
staHo :  — 

**  TO  MIRA  OH  JfEn  nr<:01IPARAnLE  f OFMS. 

**  When  drcseed  in  laurel  wrenths  you  ahine, 
And  tune  your  soft  melodious  notea^ 
Tou  seem  a  sister  of  the  Nine, 
Or  rbcobus*  self  in  petticoats 
**  I  fancy  when  3'our  wng  you  sing 

^  (Your  soDg  you  sinj;  with  so  much  art), 
Your  fj^n  was  plucked  from  Cupid'a  wiagi 
For,  ftb!  it  wounds  mo  like  his  dart/' 
The  poem  is  then  discusaed  lino  by  line.    Ned 
askS;  *'  What  do  you  think  of  the  next  verse  ? — 
•  Your  pen  was  plucked  rrt>m  Cupid^s  wing/  " 
Isaac  replies :  "  I  think  you  have  mode  Cupid 
a  little  goose." 

I  agree  with  Isaac,  hut  thick  the  eonceito  more 
fiuJierable  in  Ned's  verses  than  in  aoy  of  the 
examples  cited  in  "  N.  &  Q."  II.  B.  C, 

U,  a  Dub. 

Gkorob  London  (4***  S.  vii.  235,  335.)— In 
1707  George  Loodon,  Esq,,  gave  10/.  towards 
building  a  schoolhouse  in  the  parish  of  Kensing- 
ton {Lysons*  Middlesex,  iv,  531). 

Indenture,  dated  Fek  10,  1713,  made  between 
AVilliam  Talman,  of  the  parish  of  St  Anne^s  West- 
minster, Esq.,  and  Richard  Woodward,  of  Little 
Ealing,  co,  Middlesex,  Eaq,  (executors  of  the  will 
of  George  London,  late  of  the  parish  of  St.  Martin - 
in-the-tlielda,  co.  Middlesex,  GentOj  of  the  one 
part,  and  Samuel  Lynne  of  the  other  part  (Mid- 
dUuxMe^n/,  1713,  Xo.  183). 

Possibly  the  burial  of  George  London  may  be 
entered  in  the  registers  of  one  of  the  above-named 
pariBhes.  Can  any  of  your  readers  inforai  me 
whether  Kelji^ccn,  lirst  wife  of  Kichard  Wood- 
ward (married  about  1704),  was  a  daughter  of 
George  London  ?  T.  D. 

IjffntjsTRiEs  OF  ExoLi^D  (4***  S.  vii.  200,  289.) 
Mr.  J*  R.  M'Culloch,  in  Ms  preface  to  vol  i.  of 
Earli/  and  Scarce  TracU  on  Commerce ,  ^-c.^  re-^ 
prinied  by  the  Jht^tical  JBean&my  Ciub  and  by  Lord 
Omntoiie,  1856-50  (p.  riii,),  remarks  that  Lewis 


HoberLs' tract,  rA<' rrcri«wif  'Ucou- 

tains  the  earliest  notice  of  M  >jit  of 

cotton  manufacture.  I  find,  huwcvtr,  .\binchc«t^ 
cnttous  already  mentioned  in  a  pamphlet  pitV- 
lished  as  early  as  1580,  namely,  in  A  PolUiqm 
Plott  for  the  ftonoitr  of  the  Prince f  the  ymait  ftcfi 
of  the  puUiq^te  ntate^^'c*  by  Rpb.  Hitchcock,  * 
don^  1580.    On  p.  2da  ne  says :  — 

*'  At  Rone  in  Fraance,  which  id  ths  ch«lc«t  tM 
solde  our  Enj^lish  wares,  as  Welcbe  4  HaocfiMter 
ton5,  Kurtherno  Caeseis,  White*,  Leode,  it  Ttaoa." 

I  may  add  that  the  former  of  tbo  two 
L*#wi9  Roberts,  in  his  Map  of  Commerce^  Lands? 
1G38  (p.  231),  where  he  shortly  speaks  of  Mia- 
cheater,  does  not  mention  its  cotton  miiiittfictai& 
He  says :  — 

**  Lrtncoshire  ,  .  .  wherein  Blaochester,  an  old  Uvi* 
inriched  by  the  industry  of  the  iahabitaat^^  bydoib«( 
Uaneu  &  woollen/' 

Ad,  Bctf. 

Munich,  Gcrmaay. 

Saint  WuLFRvif  (4'*'  S.  vii.  Il52,  900,  331)- 
In  A  note  at  p.  23  of  Tumor's  CoUediom  for  l4r 
Jiistcn/  of  the  7  own  and  ^Soke  of  Cfranihamf  4tA, 
ISOO,  there  is  a  reference  to  the  '^MSa  la  Hi 
Cottonian  Library^  Otho  B,  8.  Vita  S.  WulM 
Epiflcopi,*^  Mr.  Tumor,  evidently  desirous  to  iilo* 
tiry  SL  Wulfran  the  bishop,  said  in  the  book  d 
j  Peterborough  (which  perhaps  was  Lelaod^s  w- 
thority  for  his  statement)  to  have  been  burieil  il 
Grantham,  was  referred  by  the  Kev.  J.  Bna^, 
Sec.  Soc.  Antiquaries,  to  "  a  very  scarce  hook  ea- 
tilled  Q€Ualogm  Sanctorum  et  Gextorum  eonm^ 
folio  1513,  as  containing  some  account  of  **  Vol- 
pbranius  Senonends  Episcopiis.'*  A*  O.  V.  P.  vm 
incline  to  ascertain  if  the  tinst  above  relates  In 
other  than  the  Archbishop  of  Sent*       W.  K  E 

English  Descext  of  Daniel  O'Cotj xkll  (i^^  ^ 
iii.  75;  vii.  242,  349.) — Bilbo,  quoting  from  : 
guson,  says  that  six  persons  of  the  mkuia  - 
Konall  are  gtveu  in  Landadinah^h,  Fergnaon 
statua  that  "  one  of  these  was  certamlr  from  \s** 
land  '* !  Air  IfiiSBiiis* 

Bows  ANt>  CuR-RtETs  {4**»  S.  vl.  5(?8;  vii  '"" 
220,  330.)— I  beg  to  say  in  nftswer  to  T.  K.  i 
the  last  of  the  above  references)  that  I  was  quji« 
aware  of  the  diflerent  opinions  that  hunt  MV 
held  as  to  the  meaning  of  the  difficult  mrt 
AhriH.h  in  Gen.  xli*  43,  The  Authorised  V«ni3S 
has  '*bow  the  knee**;  the  Vu^j^r^v  '• .»»  ivnin* 
coram  eo  genuflecterent"  (the  S 

the  word  altogether) ;  Alexander G-  ._ _■-  L'-v 

translation  gives  tne  word  Abrtch  untmnslatid, 
with  *'bow  the  knee"  in  brackets;  and  tbtf^ 
are  very  ancient  authorities  for  the  coittsnoii  im* 
dering.  Those  who  are  interested  in  the  8o)j|tci 
may  see  in  Mr*  Barrett's  Syno/m^  of  Critieitmt 
(i/l05)  a  suocinct  account  of  what  has  besa 
written  upon  it. 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


445 


■Lquestion  naked  in  '*  N.  &  Q/'  wna  for  tlie 
^ffumiton  of  the  curtsey ;  and  until  n  gene- 
Tlccepted  correction  of  the  proa«nt  yersioti 
.  anpt^ar  1  think,  with  all  deference  to  T»  K.  T., 
tne  refew*nce  to  Gen,  xlL  43  ^*  euita  my  pnr- 
,**  In  the  words'  of  Bishop  Patrick  upon  the 
^:  — 

Jiil«8S  we  ttnderstnod  the  old  Ef^vptinn  kitjrnng^, 
^^*  htd  fts  good  rest  ia  the  Hebrew  deriiTAtbn  us 
HUMTf  acooviUjig  to  our  owa  translation.'' 
^^  E.  V. 

^  ZoDi.vc  (4'*  S.  viL  344.)  —  The  IltndnB 
i  to  have  been  the  earliest  to  give  a  character 
ie  save  ml  planets.  The  E;;yptiana  and  Bii- 
nlans  copiea  from  them,  The  crossea  in  the 
la  characters  are  the  Buffdhid  crosses,  which 
ioabt'  Tsferred  to  the^  equinox  and  the  suu 
Hog  the  same.  The  .Several  planeta  have  all 
poetiaed  by  the  Greeks.  But  let  T.  F.  read 
Bcooimts  of  thtjSQ  raattera  in  H.  Jetiainga's 
^rtuians,  their  Rites  and  MyUeries. 

PZiDETEX. 
|1f^tTT&  Its  SpmiT,"  ETC.  (4***  B,  vii.  3G5.) 
lines  are   from  Professor  John    Wilson's 
M  entitled  •*  The  Eveniog  Cloud."        D.  B. 

ILImU)  op  Laiit  Ferrers  (4"'  8.  vii.  200^  .334.) 
ve  a  MS.  copy  uf  this  ballad.  It  was  com- 
ijl  believe,  by  Sir  Thomas  Lawrence^  P.R.A., 
Ranted  for  the  benefit  of  a  distressed  person. 

J.  E.  B. 

»T»  (4*"' S.  vii.  SGIO  —  The  clergyman  was 
^Ated  at  least  eigrhty  years  ago,  in  the  tale 
Tlie  Parson-Dealer  *' :  — 

**  Unluckily  but  ono  was  in  the  Btnll, 

I  And  he  the  very  bwt  of  all. 
I      W  bat  should*  btj  done  ? 
)  ^  to  the  prlfest  he  ij:o€5  snd  hcf^s 
L      That  he  would  visit  the  ©Id  crone." 
f  Plndar*s  Worfu^  xo\.  ill,  p.  14  L   Dublin,  1702. 
I  FitzaopKiNS, 

ck  Oub. 

ov^R  Castlb  (4^**  S,  vii.  364,)— I  cannot  re- 
i8  regards  Dover  Castle,  but  I  well  remember 
©y  first  going-  to  London,  in  that  very.year, 
%  and  visiting  the  docks,  beinj^'  ehown  at  a 
mce  a  pibbet  with  two  or  three  men  (pirates 
Rreie  told)  dangling  underneath.        P,  X.  L. 

I,4CARI>  (4*»*  S,  vii.  380.)— Thia  word  is  va- 
■ly  written, — jihckankj  placard ,  or  plncM, 
ignifiea  the  lower  part,  or  extension  of  the 
iacher ;  and  appears  to  derive  it^  name  from 
\g  a  piece  of  showy  embroidery^  like  a  phimef 
late  of  metal.  See  the  dictionaries  of  Bailey 
A^  F.aH. 

flp^iK  OP  Silver  Sei'*  (4»'»  S.  vii.  3iX).)— 
■k  Lord  Salisbury  referred  i\y  this  expression 
^nng  been  tised  by  Culunel  Chesney  some 


weeks  before  in  a  military  lecture,  but  I  am 
anxtotis  to  learn  if  this  phrase,  often  quoted  since, 
was  ori^oal,  or  a  quo^imon  by  Colonel  Chesnev* 

A.  S. 

Epithets  of  the  Months  (4'*"  S,  vii.  343, 4B>.) 
xVuother  version  of  the  February  proverb,  which 
I  have  heard  in  London^  and  i  think  also  in 
Essex,  is  — 

"  February  fill-diteli, 
Bkck  \}t  white,  don't  care  which-** 

James  Britten, 

The  New  Moojt  and  the  Maids  (!■*  S.  iv.  00.) 
Allusion  is  made  to  a  Deronahire  custom,  which 
may  be  found,  I  believe,  all  over  Englaud,  of  a 
young  girl  addresain<y  the  crescent  moon  wlien 
she  Bees  it  for  the  lirst  time  after  Midflumraer. 
Can  wo  trace  the  superstition  in  those  lines  of  the 
Carmen  Sfculare  f — • 

**  Siderum  retina  hicorni-i,  audi 
Luna,  pui-llaa." 

P. 
Barslenip  StafFordehire, 

BmiFF  OR  BuRF  (4^»*  8.  vii.  282,  370.)— Atten- 
tion hnvinpi'  been  drawn  to  this  word,  the  foUowing 
quotation  from  the  opening  of  Hartshome's  Sahpia 
Antiqim  may  perhaps  posses*  aome  interest,  what- 
ever may  be  thought  of  the  proposed  deriva- 
tion : — 

**  Abdon  Burf  \a  the  moat  elevated  of  those  three  Shrop- 
shire BDOun tains  which  are  ujiually  temied  the  Broira 
Clee  Hill-s  or  the  Clee  llills^  They  are  rertpectively 
OAlIed  Abdon  Burf^  or  the  .Barf,  the  Clee  Burf,  and  tlie 
Titterstone-  The  present  one  deriv"C3  iu  dii^tm^ttidhin^ 
appellative  of  Abdon  from  having  that  little  vill«ige  at 
ita  foot.  It  la  diflicult  to  say  how  the  name  of  Btirf  or 
Barf,  nB  the  lower  orders  call  it,  ori^nated.  I  am  in- 
clined to  think  that  it  was  acquired  in  coDfiequenee  of 
the  viflt  wall  of  Atones  which  snrroundfl  its  summit,  in 
the  same  way  as  the  Clee  Burf  takes  iu  title  from  the 
C-  Brit.  Buat  thytiW  endosuro.  J3t/r,  in  0.  Brit.  Ir*  Com.  atid 
Gael,  eigrnifles  a  auuimit  or  top,  but  the  fornier  derivation 
seems  the  better,  as  applying:  tuoro  closely  to  the  extra* 
ordinary  remains  which  are  fouad  opon  thiji  eminence." 

And  in  a  note  the  author  adds ; — 

**  There  ure  two  fortresses  of  the  Anglo-Saxon  period  ; 
one  near  Ba»church,  the  other  just  on  the  outside  of 
ShTopahlre,  ncjir  Mere,  called  the  Berth,  haply  in  a]hi)*ion 
to  their  bt'ing  enclosed.  An  eminence  two  miles  south  of 
Stourport  is  called  the  Burf.  Burva  Bank,  a  large  en- 
campment close  to  Knill,  eo.  Radn.  Birth  Hill,  east  of 
Gadbury  Banks  in  Gloucestershire  " 

T.  W.  Webb. 

roTWT  DB  Vice  (4"'  S.  vii.  255,  S80.)-It  is 
desirable  to  note  that  Malvolio  does  not  biv 
** point  do  Tice,"  but  *^ point  devi?e.'^  {Twelfth 
Nitjht,  II.  V,  145.)  8o  also  in  the  other  two  pas- 
saj^es  where  the  phrase  is  used  by  Shalcespeare 
{Loves  Lnhotir*9  Lost^  v.  i.  16,  and  As  you  Like  It, 
in.  ii.  354)  we  have  not  *'de  vice  "  but  **  devise/' 
or  ** device."  According  to  Wedgwood,  the  full 
phrase,  **  a  point  devise/'  means  in  the  conditiou  of 
ideal  excellence.    *'  Point"  =  condition,  as  in  *'  en 


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Ll^'S.TII.  iUrJOrTi 


bon  point"   *' Devise'*  b  ffftm  Freiicli  rtcvisfr^ to 
imagine,  to  plmi,     Wedg^wood  quotes — 

*♦  Vn  noble  chateifti  h  devise," 
and  from  Cbaucer  {Momaunt  of  Hos^^  830) — 
*•  With  lymea  wrongtit  at  poynt  dovys.'^ 

"  The  MirsBs'  Belioitt,"  ed.  1754  (4**"  S.  vii. 
336.) — I  regret  to  Bay  that  the  reference  to 
Lowndes  does  not  furnish  an  aiiswt^r  t«  mj  query, 
I  think  the  Editor  has  been  misled  by  the  simi- 
larity between  the  title  of  the  work  which  I 
pofl§esa  and  that  mentioned  bj  Lowndes.  My 
copy  of  The  Mmes*  TJeHght  (an  octavo  Tolunie» 
witli  engraved  frontij^piecei  pp.  32S)  was  **  printed » 
publishedf  and  »old  oy  John  Sadler,  in  Hwrin^- 
ton  Street,  Liverpool,  1704,'*  Th©  work  men- 
tioned by  Lowndoa  was  publiftbed  in  London  in 
1752. 

The  octavo  copy  of  the  edition  of  1766  (entitled 
Apollo's  Cabinrt:  or  the  Mtasa*  Deliffht)^  when 
exliibiteil  at  the  January  meeting  of  the  IHstoric 
Society  of  Lancashire  and  Cheshire,  wag  stated  to 
be  '*oue  of  the  very  few  t^xtant/*  With  the  ex- 
ception of  the  addition  to  the  title  this  work  is,  I 
preatime,  the  5am o  aa  that  published  in  1 754 ;  and 
iny  query  is,  la  the  edition  of  17o4  also  scarce  ? 
Ai  my  copy  is  imperfect,  I  shall  be  ^lad  ako  to 
know'whero  I  can  consult  a  complete  copv. 

T.  McGrath. 

Cornell  Famtlt  (4**  S.  vii.  343.)— deferring 
to  the  queries  rei?pecting  th©  Cornells  or  Cornalls, 
it  ia  found  that  an  omission  occurs  in  the  address 
to  which  replies  should  be  sent  Attention  is, 
therefore,  again  called  to  the  queries;  and  replies 
sent  to  Rev.  R.  C,  34,  rortland  Square,  Bristol, 
will  be  thankfully  received. 

The  Twelve  Claimaijts  of  the  Crtowjr  of 
ScoTLAiTD  t/ftnp.  Edward  L  (4*''  S.  vii.  303,)  — 
C.  B,  C.  wUl  Hnd,  in  Ilapin^s  fftWorr/  of  Emjlandf 
a  genealogical  table  of  the  twelve  8eots  com- 
petitors. CnABLES  F.  S.  W ARREST,  M..\. 

Over  Yioifago,  St.  Iv(p»,  Hirnt*. 

"  SxROHwrrnvE  "  (4^"  S.  vii.  206.)— We  have  an 
exact  equivalent  to  this  German  word  (t^ven  by 
Hermank  IvrKDT  in  his  charming  **  N'oteleti*'*)  in 
'* grass- widow."  James  Britten . 

Glatton  {4*'>  S.  vii.  304.)— The  word  Olaiton 
is  a  North-coutitry  woitl  for  Welsh  flannel.  It  is 
flo  given  in  Coles*  Enf/liAh  Dictionary,  edition  of 
1685;  and  in  Kersey ^s  Dictionm^j^  edition  of  1715. 
As  a  name,  it  occurs  as  a  parish  in  the  county  of 
ITyntingdon.  C.  Qoi.]>ni&. 

Pflddingion. 

This  name  may  be  compounded  of  A.~S.  thln^ 
col  lis,  or  tiin^  septum,  and  glidaf  milvusj  glfi'd^ 
amcenus;  Sw.  and  G.  glatt,  hevis,  or  A.-S.  fjladij 
amnia,  livulua ;  or  it  may  be  t,  y,  Latton,  Latham, 
Lctton,  Litton,  Lutton,  Clutton ;  perhaps  etymo- 


logically  connected  -with  Ludhara,  Lsdbroke,  Lq 
ford,  Lydford;  and  with  Glnd^n^h  ml*  Pru« 
Glatt,  ft  river  and  town  of  I!  '  'Ifllt,  i 

fiver  of  Switzerland;  fi'oui  hd  = 

ftqua.  IL  S,  UitA^arocK. 

Ciriiy*9  fan, 

'^  It  DOE^  !coT  KKovr,  POOR  Fool,*'  etc; J 
viL  365.) — Will  be  found  in  a  poem  by  ] 
ton,  entitled  The  Dead  Queen. 

T.  IL  TDnno 

Cumhcrlaod. 

**When    PHTLOsormtRS    have    DOXE 
Worst,'*  etc.  (4^*  S,  vii,  30^)— There  was 
upon  a  time  a  clever  finaicier,   the    not 
Ouvrard,  who  was  not  of  that  ^ 
not  the  good  fortune  to  please  tlm 
the  firjjt  Napoleon,  to  whom  th^ 
army-contractors  were  obnoxious, 
day  taken  to.  task  by  him,  said  :  * 
en  ten  dons  pas,  sire,  parce  <^ue  V. 
deux  ©t  deux  doivent  n^ce^eaircm  - 
quatre,  et  moi  ie  suis  d*un  avis  c 

Ouvrard  bad  a  fertile  imrJi'in  r  ,  ,  uc  - 
celebrated  political  writer  of  i-.^^  pr.  n'  daf*!^ 
had  "  uue  id^  par  jour."  lliiu^'  oi;e.  l*ci((ilo|i 
in  the  fort  of  Viucennes  by  order  of  N^tolsoa, 
and,  by  way  of  making  the  durAnce-vilo  laau 
severely  felt,  not  being  allowed  either  to  tvii  if 
write,  he  got  the  gaoler  to  puichaae  for  hint 
lai'iJ-o  number  of  pins,  which,  after  counting  tbfB, 
he  threw  on  the  ground  in  the  dark ;  and  ftv-^^T?? 
down,  he  set  to  work  to  pick  them  up 
aatiatied  until  he  had  found  them  a 
began  again.    Thia  he  related  to  me  hlutik^I/. 

P.  A.L 

"WhE^    ItALIE     DOTH    PoTi^OX    WA5T/*  nc 

(4»^  S.  vii.  3('m'j.)— E.  B.  E.  will  tiiic!  the  lirtf*?  •^'^ 
wants  in  a  singular  book,  the  tit! 
I  copy.  They  are  set  forth  in  P>cj; 
the  former  1  give,  for  she  has  the  Utic;,  ^  tWj 
appear  in  my  copy  of  the  work :  — 
•*  Quand  Italie  *era  ?aii«  potson, 

Anf^lftf^rrc  nan*  trahtson, 

Kt  lii  Friincc  ^aim  guerre, 

Lors  BCfa  le  niotidc  s«tis  tcrre.** 

I  was  reading  the  book  not  long  sloeWf  cad  At 
oration  in  regard  to  France  is  well  worth  atltt^ 
tion.     It  quotes  Montaigne,  who  says:  ^^lUttB 

trois  Francois  aux  dessert  do  Lybie,  ils  ns  dCTMi 

ensemble    sans    80    harceler    et    '^'tM    L'nftifnif.* 

Also  Gaspar  Coligni  wrote  in  a  ' 

Charles  IX. :  '*  It  ia  given  by  uatur 

that  if  they  cannot  find  an  enemy  . 

will  make  one  at  homo,*'     Surely  ti; 

be  little  changed  now  for  tbe  better. 

'•  A  German  Diet,  or  the  Balljirje'*  nf  HnirrvT 
the  Power  and  WeaWnfft*,  Obry 
niid  Vices  Plonty  and  VVnut,  A 
AtiUqaitvand  Moderne.s  of  all  iv.,  ..,,....-  .,uj 
Christeadom  arc  Impartially  pouEcd»  at  a  dtkUaoi 


;if   \0 


4*S.VILSUif20,'71.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


lion  of  Som  Genoaa  Princes,  in  Sundrv  Elaborat 
OralionB,  Pro  and  Con-  Mado  fit  for  tho  MeridtAO  of 
EaglAnd.  Er  James  Howell,  Esq.  '  Sfnu'co,  nou  Seg- 
nfiaeou*  London :  Printed  for  Uuniphrey  Moieley,  and 
■re  ta  bo  sold  at  bis  8bop  at  tbe  Princes  Amies*  in  St* 
P*iili  Charch  Yard,    1653.'' 

So,  Ctevelaad  Square^  Hyde  ParL 
**TirE    MOBE    I    XKIRN    TflE    LESS  I    THINK    I 

MOW"  (4^  S.  vii.  3t)5.)— Was  not  tbe  first 
author  of  this  sentence  the  allwise  Socrates,  wbo^ 
ia  answer  to  some  Sophists  who  pretended  to 
know  eyerything^,  said :  *' As  for  me,  all  I  linow  ia 
that  I  know  notlxbg  *'  Y  P.  A.  L. 

CnBviaAUKCB  ob  Ciievisancb  (4'»»  S.  via.  343.) 
The  derivation  ehemrt  to  finish,  to  achieve,  suffi- 
ciently shows  ita  literal  meaning  and  that  in  which 
Lord  LyttoD  uses  it.  I  am  sure  that  1  have  aeen 
it  thus  used  by  Spenaer^io  27ie  Facrt/  Qttitjij  but 
cannot  just  now  find  tho  passaji^G  or  passapjes 
where  it  occurs.  I  am,  however,  corroborated  by 
Webater,  who  jjives  **  achievement"  as  the  pri- 
mary signification,  and  refers  to  Spens^jr,  The 
word  \&  certainly  to  be  met  with  in  The  Faery 
Queen ,  expressing  knightly  valour.  D.  B. 

HE3nii  Masers  de  la  Tudb  (4*^  S.  vi.  40^  117, 
24S,  3490—1  had  the  pleasure  of  comriuinicating 
to  **  N.  &  Q/'  (p.  349)  some  particulars  relating 
to  Heim  Mosera  de  U  Tude ;  mv  note  including 
A  pnssage  from  Mercier's  Nciv  Picture  of  Fari-Sf 
L<>ndo0  edition  of  1800,  to  the  effect  that 
Ibe  bronze  hand  belonging  to  the  statuo  of 
Ijouid  XV*,  erected  on  the  place  named  after  that 
mooarch  (and  subsequently  ^*  De  la  Concorde"), 
'was  in  the  possession  of  I^tude. 

Quite  recently,  on  turning  over  the  pages  of 
ToL  iii.  No,  5,  of  Tfi£  Pamphleteer^  prmted  by 
A-  X  Vftlpy  at  London  in  1814|  I  came  across  — 

**  The  Life  of  Henri  Makers  de  Latude,  who  -was  im- 
prijcned  Thirty 'five  years.  To  which  is  added  aomc  Ac- 
couat  of  the  Bastiht/  [never  publbbed  in  this  country]*" 

And  on  perusing  the  pamphlet  thus  desjrrnated, 
I  found  it  to  be  a  pr^tin  taken  from  tho  French 
publication  of  17D3,  mentioned  aa  "now  very 
scarce-*' 

llie  pamphlet,  evidently  written  by  some  one 
who  had  a  personal  knowledge  of  the  famed 
prisoner,  concludes  thus :  — 

**  \^li«n  I  saw  L«tade  in  ISO! ,  he  waa  seventy >six 
vcars  old,  atrong  and  active  for  hia  ag«,  lie  hftd  licTore 
niiTi  on  a  tabJe  all  bia  tool«  and  tnuaical  ioatrttments,  and 
middle  of  them  the  hand  of  the  bronze  statue  of 
XV.,  vibich  stood  in  tbe  Place  de  la  Coacorde,  and 
I.''  vplftined  them,  and  told  the  story  of  hiis  wonderful 
tr  i  ij»e  from  tbe  Baittille,  ta  a  spirited  and  IntereBtlng 

This  pa95age  is  confirmatxjry  of  the  correctneBs 
of  Mercitr*8  announcement  of  the  destiny  of  tho 
bronze  hand.  Tbe  **tool^fl'*  mentioned  above  I 
afiaujuo  to  bo  those  which  Latudo  and  his  corn- 
panioOy  D'AI^igre,  made  for  use  in  working  theii 


way  out  of  bondage :  the  musical  instruments,  no 
doubt,  **a  fiageolet  which"  Latude  *'had  con- 
trived to  make,  and  which  helped  to  lighten  many 
a  wenry  hour"  (gee  pamphlet  under  notice)  \  as  I 
find  therein  noted  that  — 

"  tbe  rope-larlder  and  the  thing*  tliey  were  compelled  to 
leave  were  prefterved  ia  the  Archives  of  the  Bastille,  and 
were  presented  to  Latudei  in  tho  year  1789,  tbe  day  after 
that  fortress  was  taken  by  the  people.*' 

CEBSCEirT. 
Savanaab,  l^.S. 

AYRES,  FrEBE,   A5D   FfilARj  SuRNAME'!  (4"*  8. 

vii.  38<1,) — Might  I  suggest  to  your  correspondent 
Sp.  the  N'orse  personal  names  Ari  (a  servant)  and 
Fi'cyr  (the  name  of  the  deity  symboIiKing  the 
sun),  as  aflbrding  a  more  pn^babl©  explanation  of 
the  origin  of  these  surnames  ?  The  former  would 
dso  account  for  the  name  Eyre.  It  seems  pro- 
bably that  the  form  Ayres  may  have  been  derived 
from  a  place-name,  perhaps  originally  used  ellip- 
tically  in  the  possessive  case.  This  is  what  Fer- 
guson suggests  in  regard  to  Scaudinavian  proper 
names  supplemented  with  the  tetter  ».  Why 
should  we  unite  monks  in  holy  wedlock  in  order 
to  produce  spurious  descendants  ? 

J.  C.  ROOEK. 

^tjfrelliiueoutf. 

NOTES  ON  BOOKS.  ETC, 

A  Life  of  Anthony  Ashley  Cooper^  First  Earl  of 
Sha/ltsltitrv,  1C21-*16S3.  By  W,  D.  Cbriatia,  M.A.. 
fonnerly  Iter  Majesty's  Minister  to  the  Argentine  Con- 
federation and  to  DroziL  In  Two  VoJumti.  (Mac- 
niillan.) 

In  a  time  like  the  present,  so  well  described  in  Can* 
alag's  well-known  couplet,  which  ^ — 

"  finds  with  keen,  diacnminntiag  sight. 
Black's  not  so  black,  nor  white  ao  very  white,** — 

it  is  not  to  be  wondered  at  that  endeavours  should  be  made 
to  do  justice  to  one  to  whom  5cant  justice  has  hitherto 
been  awarded,  Anthony  Ashley  Cooper,  first  Earl  of 
Shaftesbury,  That  Air.  Cbri«Ue  has  succeeded  in  his 
attempt  is  not  matter  of  surprise,  seeing  that  be  came  to 
tbe  work  with  the  advantaf^esof  a  poHtieal,  parliamentary, 
and  diplomiitlc  training,  a  familiaf  acquaintance  with  the 
history  of  tbe  times  during  which  Shaftesbury  played  hb 
fitful  part,  and  has  bestowed  infinite  time  and  pains  in 
turning  to  full  account  the  ample  materials  for  bi^  work 
which  have  been  placed  at  his  disposal.  So  long  ago  aa 
1859,  Mr.  Christie  published  the  first  volume  of  a  similar 
work,  which  brought  down  Shaftesbury's  Life  to  the 
liesto  ration,  foundftJ  chiefly  on  the  papera  preserved  at 
St.Gil&5'fj,  to  which  tbe  present  earl  had  ^v^en  him  acco««. 
Instead,  however,  of  completing  that  work,  Mr,  Christie 
bos  thou;j;ht  it  advisable  to  prepare  a  c^tunected  bio- 
graphy of  his  bero-*foanded  on  the  various  coUecliopa 
which  he  has  had  the  opportunity  of  I'onsultiu;^.  Amotijr 
ihese,  lu  addition  to  the  Shallc^lmry  Papers  fdrcady  uieu- 
tioned,  are  the  Locke  Papers  ia  tbe  po.*ie.ssiun  of  ihc  Earl 
of  Lovelace  ;  tbe  Papera  of  Mr.  Thynne,  aftenfardi  Lord 
Weyinnuth,  with  whom  Shaftesbury  was  nearly  con- 
nected by  marriaj:re,  and  which  are  in  tho  posAcrtsion  of 
the  Marnucas  of  Bath ;  ond,  Ustly,  the  Arehivca  of  the 
French  Foreign  Office  and  the  documents  prcMrved  itt 


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our  Stiit«  Paper  Office  It  eia  SMTcely  then  be  matter  of 
wonder  thatt  with  aoch  original  aaurcxa  of  inrormatioUt 
sod  fluch  a  hero  as  Shafteabarj — of  whom  Charles  IL  ftaid 
that  he  knew  more  law  than  any  of  his  judges,  and  inorf 
divinity  than  any  of  his  bishops — and  cnnwderiuf;  huw 

SrominentJy  h»»  fiVurerl  m  the  great  drama  of  hU  time — 
[r<  Chn»tie  should  have  produced  a  book  which  will 
pot  only  be  read  with  pleasure  and  intere.'itat  the  present 
moment,  but  bida  fair  to  take  a  permanent  plact:  in  every 
hifttorical  library. 

Th*  Life  of  Sir  Walter  ScotU  Bart  Ahrtdged fri>m  the 
larger  ^Vorh  by  J,  G,  Lockhurt  With  a  prrfattfrv 
iJtier  h^  James  R.  Hope  Scott,  Q.C.  (A.  &  C.  litackO 
Th  w  new  edition  of  Lo^ckhart*»  own  abridgment  of  hi* 
delightful  biograpbv  of  bifl  great  father  indaw— a  work 
liitherto  much  leas  Itnown  than  it  dt'servef  to  be— is  pre- 
ccdt'd  by  a  praceful  and  touchiiiLf  letter  to  Mr.  Glad- 
stone,  who,  writing  to  Mr»  Hope  ScoU  in  18GJ^,  jtpeaks  of 
the  grent  (]e]{glrt,and  under  what  fa&eination  he  had  been 
read  in;;  the  larger  work,  and  ex  presided  a  wish  to  9e«  Hn 
flbridgmctit  of  it  published*  We  trust  thia  new  edition 
will  Mieet  with  the  circulation  it  deserves  :  for  we  know 
no  book  whieh  a  father,  anxious  to  develop  an  honeat  and 
manly  character  in  a  hou,  could  put  into  his  handa  with 
better  hopes  of  succeaa^ 

The  Elemmit  of  Fifckoloffy  on  the  PnntlpUtt  o/Beneke. 

Edited  and  illuMt rated  in  a  nimple  and  popular  manner 

By   Dr.  G.    liaue,   IVofejisor  in  the  Medical   College* 

rhiladelphia.     Fourth  JCdilion.     Ctmyidcrabty  altei^^ 

impmttd^  and  enlarged  hjf  Johnnn  Gottlieb  Dressier, 

late  Hector  in  the  Normar  School  at  Bautzen.     Tratt*- 

iu  ted  from  the  German.     (Purker*) 

Tl;e  tranfelutnr  of  this  work  finding  bimwlf  suddenly 

in  want  of  a  Manual  of  Pj!ivcIu»Io;;v,  whieh  should  be  at 

imce  aystemallc,  ititellifjiblo,  hntf,  platiiiiiLle,  and  abffve 

uU   things   ««uj3ri:e?tive,  and  finding  no  Englisli  treatise 

which  fulrllled  all  these  conilitionH,  selected  the  Lehrbuch 

der  Fst^rhohxfie  of  JJr,  lienekc  fur  tran^btioo.;  but  even- 

tiJoHy  ftdt>|iled  the  compendium  of  that  author's  theory 

by  Kaue  ami  Dresden    The  traur^lator  data  not  tdentiA' 

l^lm»elf  with  all  Benekc'a  views,  but  points  out  in  his 

Introduction  the  ingenuity  with  which  BeneUe  applied 

it  to  the  elueidution  of  Logic,  Mctni>liysic.«,  Ethics,  Law, 

PoiiticSf  Mental  Disease,  and  Education. 

TttB  Rkv.  El>vl^vul^\VIl.Tox»— It  was  with  ileep  regret 
that  we  saw  in  Tht  Gmsrdian  the  aritHjunc^'niont  of  the 
death  of  the  Rev.  Edward  Wiltim  of  West  Lavio^ton. 
Mr,  Wilton  was  o^peeially  <pmlified  to  write  on  ail  ^- 
nealogical  and  heraldic  quc-stiun??.  wa^  n  frequent  eonlri- 
Vator  to  our  column?,  and  an  intcn^tin/tc  pnppr  from  hi.i 
pen  on  the  Swan  Song  of  Parson  Avrry  will  l>e  found  in 
oar  [tresent  number  (anti\  p,  433)»  ily  Mit.  Wh.tons 
^eath,  which  took  plaoo  on  the  4th  of  tliid  month,  Wilt- 
shire baa  Ruatained  a  real  loas. 

TnK  UNrvEttsiTT  tiF  Strasburo.— Under  the  autho- 
rity of  Baron  von  Ktlhlwetter,  civil  i^ov^nioT  of  Alaace,  a 
committee,  cnnsiBting  of  Lord  Lylton,  ilr.  Hepworth 
Di^on,  and  oihera,  lia^  been  formed  in  LomJon  to  collect 
and  forward  such  offorings  for  the  librarv  of  the  L'niver- 
aity  of  StraAhurg  a*  their  literary  and  scientific  brethren 
may  be  pleaded  to  make.  All  books  of  a  suitable  sort 
will  be  accepted.  Authors  are  invited  to  preaent  copies 
of  their  work*,  and  publkherR  aeleet ions  from  their  li.sta. 
Report-M  of  learned  bodies,  reprints  of  publishing  iocietiea, 
and  dupUcjitcs  from  old  librarica,  will  be  weicome.  Par- 
cels should  be  sent,  and  communication*  addreaaedi  to 
Mr,  Nicholas  TrUboer»  €0^  Paternoster  Row. 

Tiiti  Phiu^looical  Societty,— Pn>feiiitor  Goldstiieker 
Jfl  named  as  the  new  President  of  this  f<»cicty. 


A  ri.vsTcti  tkfit  of  the  Tablet  of  Canopua.  «flh  cW 
trilingual  version  in  Hieroglyph*.  Greek,  and  UrnMk, 
has  arrived  at  the  BHtiab  Uoaeum.  It  hai  t>ea  ^ 
sen  ted  by  the  Khedive. 

Mr.  Jamics  Grant,  Lite  editor  of  the  Mor^iyf 
tiier,  has  nearly  completed  his  new  Hi^torr  of  t1_ 
paper  Pree«i,    The  chapter  upon  tho  Marnit^  i^rw....^ 
will  be  fuH  of  cariooa  revelations. 

Mr.  Andrew  Andrkws,  author  of  '•T*^''  ti.,*,rr  ./ 
British  Joumallim,*'  i^  ab4>ut  to  publiAh  : 
paper  Presw  a  translation  of  **Histoirc  <W 
Au^leterre  et  aujc  Etat^Unts;  pnr  Caches ^aCUu^u/, 
Ancien  J^odacteuren  Chef  du  OoHititmtvjMKeL" 

TtiRTriAMK.4  EitnANKMEXT.— Mr,  W,IL  Sinrtk5tr. 
will  sliortly  brin;^  forward  hU  motion  on  tiie  wUnX  vt 
pre^ervini;  certain  land,  reclaimed  from  ihe  nwr  « 
Whitebait  as  pleamre-groundf.  It  is  prektly  l«  lia  4li< 
sired  that  the  member  tor  We^tmiDster  may  be*tiippaita< 
as  la«t  year,  by  a  majority  of  the  IIoiia«  of  f*ii«ia— 
and  to  such  an'cxtentas  to  prevent  all  id«A  df  9»jtt^ 
promise  whi<:h  would  sacrifice  the  interasU  of  ibs  rii!Jk. 

SOCIKTT  OF  ANTiQOARlKS.^TlierC  it  r 

in  the  rooms  of  the  societv  a  larjjc  collet 
mcnta  of  the  to-culled  PaWlithic  A^^n. 
the  fiubject  of  interesting^  comments  hy  ^i' 
Mr.  Francks  at  the  meeting  on  Thursday  cvru.i.^'. 


BOOKS   AND   ODD    VOLUMES 

WANTED  TO    PTTRCttASE. 

*  ParHcnUn  nnd  Trice,  kc,  of  ili«  {;>Uuirinr  book*  W  bt  <ni#a 
(h*  g«ntlnn«ii  tr|-  whom  thcjr  luw  rc<tuire«l,  whom  s 

AttCII.IiOLO'^rA. 


Vol,  TXTX. 


Wills  am 
Aococjfm  i 

BOWK"!  Th. 

DCUl:       ' 

Dfj 

IXJI 

Toj*  liKUL-iluuu  or  Jons  BtraxAOLr. 


rcTixu  ran  Rkbbixios  qw  IMS. 
icitAnp  Baisu, 


fioiitti  to  Corrrj^potitrrnU. 

Milton  a  *'Co5lfS/* — We  have  been  remindr^iljd  (V* 
respondent  that  the  omitted  pemoffe  from  Cdmai  JUl  ihm^ 
appeared  in  ^  M,  &  f^"  (4«»»  S.  iL'245),  wtk  aOiwAw^ 
Minn  by  Lord  Lyttelton* 

Sue  JojtK  Ma^?;*s  DEscEWiiAirrs.^ — The  ^Mvyi^ 
peared  at  p.  365,  and  a  rep/y  at  p.  420  of  the  prreemiw^ 
lume^ 

Eautft  wat.ks  njj  Eahtii.— Quis  h  r*ftrrtd  *n  m 
3'^  S.  iv.  112,  1 72  J  viii,  OS.  for  informotw%  rtw^ 
this  inecription  at  Melrote  and  if  tup^t^ttdauXkm^  InStai 
Bdtinye. 

E.  l;.  teiUptd  a  very  fall  titt  of  HamM*$  p%Mmtimt^ 
Biditt'g  fditiim  of  Lowndes, 

W.  A.  B.  C.^Dr.  Ginthvr^'i  work  on  The  MaAi* 
Stone  is  pHbtished  bg  I.,onymanM^  A  nrv  tdlHtm  nv** 
believe^  nearly  re^dy* 

JAYnrJl  received. 

**TuK  SiniLifta  or  PAiUfAssUB**  Coml^,  p.  Mtntf 
William  Woty  :  tef  ^*  N.  &  Q.**  i*  S.  U,  17**,  4'H. 

n,  \\%  Bixx«  (WoTi'Tster).— rAr  autk,,rthip  tf  Uf 
tatirical  fttinMly  Eikun  Bastlike  Deutera,  |i$5^«  v^»  <» 
quired  ajhr  unstiecessfmlly  in  "  X.  ^  Q,**  S^a  §.  iv.  ilU. 


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L0in>02r,  SATURDA  F.  MAT  $7,  ISIl. 


CONTEXTS.— N*  178. 
3J0TE3 :  —  B«lic&  hod  LaiUin  of  Bur ni  lately  dlwoTered 
449  — Luu^  bj  Sir  John  Bargojne,  461  —  Mvt  Queon  of 
of  Soot*,  ±c..  lb.  ^  Hcfeditory  GetiliUL /ft.  —  ^  Tho  Gaten 
Ajar"  —  A  Tj|W|cr»phJo«J  Otiditj  —  Sinmr  —  A  Gbost 
Busty  ^  Juniui,  432. 

QUBBIB8  ( »  Fr»ucis  and  Janiui,  453  —  dilld  bom  on  tbo 
AoxsivcrMi?  of  iU  PaxenU*  Weddinjc-dAV »-  Dore  —  Drum : 
Ml  Bv«iiin^  Party  —  *' Every bod/i  Biisine«ii"  —  "Tho 
tntfnl  Porcupine  "  —  Vad»  dmiratar  "  Gladti  *'  ?  ^  Hoind 
Ano«  —  Sir  Williftm  Jones's  Alca-lc  Odw  —Sir  Robert 
KitligTw :  Btirlamachl  —  Lincolnshire  t  Driiikliijr  Song  *- 
aer*  c.  R.  'Uturin  —  Minifttur«  Painter,  t^mn.  Otaurlet  I. 

—  Ikiok  of  X^poloon  —  Ofid*  "  Jdctani/'  xiil. 
2  lior"  —  Sir  s^tephen  Ptootor  —  Quotation 
vp                   tti«h  Guard  of  FrADOe^  Pmumei  in  Sbellt^y 

—  Sonnet  Queriea  —  '*  The  Thluidm  "—  Topofrapiv  — 
*  Tbe  Worrd'a  Judgnvent,"  4Sa, 

BBFLTBS ;  —  Onrman  StytDologiaa  Bictlonirleg.  4fl6  —  Ex* 
trmordinary  T/Cfcnd  from  Oainsbunirb^  457  —  The  LHt^r  of 
•*  8X  "  fiplmmod^  469— Blink  rw-jw  Wink,  4ao  —  British 
lk;jthe-Arm(Hl  Chariots.  iSi)  *-  Tho  Completion  of  St, 
FaalX  4C0  —  The  Bookworm,  4r>i  —  Scripsils  or  Christmas 
Pfcoea  —  Sjdncy  Qmlolphin  —  WortK?*t«r  Arms—"  Baron  " 
Nicholscin:  John  Dalrymple  — "  HcArt  of  Heart  W  ** — 
"  Li|?bt  of  LiKht^  "  —  "  Th»j  Wind  has  a  Lnnpuagt',  Ac.— 
Shecrwon—  Trtvtiri*  "  Grvtc  HtTball "  — M*  rnrtHat  Vf^Tsei 
oo  tbe  NittubfJT  of  Df^iiiu  the  Moutbji- TSr  '  "  '  *  ^nn% 
iuEoglaDd— Tbe  Phduiii  Throaet  Byron- '  ^i- 

lliaation  —  Roieraary  used  at  Funcrmla  —  G  is 

—  B«oket'i  Uurderort  »Tbo  School  mas  L<r  inriiui  in 
Biifllordahiro  —  Bishop  Mordocai  Cary—  Why  dowa  uewly 
bom  Child  en-?  —  feir  John  Powell  —  Samplera  —  Two 
BMMgn  in  *'  Timon  of  Athena**'  Ac^  408 

ICoiea  oo  Booki,  Ac. 


Jl0tRf. 

RELICS  AXD  LKrrERS  OF  BURN'S  LATELY 
DISCOVERED. 

Mr.  M*Dfiwall,  the  author  of  tbe  inteTeating 
Tolume  entitled  Bunu  in  Dumfriesshire^  Bas  lately 
discovered  fi  relic  of  Burns  in  addition  to  tho  many 
others  that  he  enumerates  in  hia  work.  It  may 
he  worth  while  to  rt*cord  in  "  N.  &  Q.'*  hia  stata- 
meBt,  which  ia  as  follows :  — 

"An  who  are  fumiliiu-  Tvith  tbe  biography  of  Robert 
Burns  know  that  when  nt  IiUlialaud  be  usea  to  get  Kiraty 
Flint  of  Closcbura  to  ling  over  bia  son^  in  order  thnt 
lie  might  test  them  by  her  rich  Toioo  and  good  nmaicjil 
taste.  It  u  well  known,  too»  that  the  bard  entertained  a 
lilgfai  reape^t  for  Kirsty ;  but  we  were  not  awaro  till  latelv 
Uiat  he  bad,  in  evidence  of  thb  feeling*  presented  her  with 
tlie  copy  of  Youndt  Ni^hi  Thmtghu^  which  he  often  pon- 
dered over,  and  from  which  he  repeatedly  qnot^  in  his 
^DfTttpondence.  Thia  volume  he  gave  to  Mra^  Flint, 
with  the  remark:  *Tak  that^  Kirsty-,  I  hae  got  more 
MDtimentalism  from  that  book  than  irom  any  work  o' 
Hie  kind  I  ever  read.*  Kintj^  as  may  be  well  conceived, 
ireaanred  tbe  volume^  and  when  at  mie  time  aaked  to  di«- 
poee  of  it,  dedand  solemnly,  *  I  wad  jost  as  sane  amaist 
pairt  wi'  the  Bible  iteei',  as  wP  tbe  benk  gfion  to  me  too 
o'  hia  ain  ban'  by  Mr,  Bnma."  But  to  a  neighbour  who 
knew  her  wetl^  and  paid  much  attention  to  hifr  in  her 
old  age,  Mr.  John  Col  tart,  »he  lent  the  volume  in  18:iK, 
with  the  ajflorance  that  at  her  death  it  was  to  become  his 
jftvpaty,  Mrs.  FUnt  dying  a  few  months  aAerwarda,  it 
icnuined  idth  Mr.  Coltart,  who  left  it  with  ni  a  few 
40^  hack,  with  a  request  that  we  would,  in  bis  name^ 
'   it  to  the  OoasTvatory  (of  Damfriea).     Whea 


sniUibly  inscribed  it  ^-ill  be  there  deposited  among  other 
prized  relics  of  the  national  hard.  On  the  inside  of  one 
ijf  the  boardJi  is  written,  not  by  Bums,  bat  probably  by 
Kirsty  herself,  the  words :  *  God  give  me  grace  on  'it  to 
read,  and  not  only  for  to  read,  but  trnley  for  to  under- 
stand, and  always  learn  to  be  at  God's  command/  Tho 
book  is  18mo  si2e,  plainly  bound  in  sheepskin,  and  bears 
date  Glasgow,  176i." 

The  following  letter  of  Buma  U  given  in  the 
Glasffuw  Herald  by  Mr.  Waddell ;  and  aa  it  does 
not  appear  to  have  hitherto  been  published,  and 
may  eaaily  be  lost  sight  of  if  reootded  only  in  a 
daily  paper,  you  may  perhaps  allow  U  to  be  em- 
balmed  m  your  pages :  — 

"  Sanqohar,  26th  November,  1788. 

**  Sir,— I  write  you  this  and  tbe  enclosed  literally  en 
poMmnt^  far  I  am  just  baiting  on  my  way  to  Ayrshire.  1 
have  Phihj*ophy  or  Prirje  enough  to  support  rae  with 
unwoumh'd  inditTuronco  nfjaiust  the  neglect  of  my  mere 
didi  fiup'riors,  the  merely  rank  and  Jlle  of  Noblesse  and 
Gentry,  nay  even  to  keep  my  vanity  quite  sober  under 
the  larding  of  their  oompliments;  but  from  those  who  are 
eqoally  distmgubhed  by  their  Rank  and  Charftoier — 
those  who  bear  the  true  elegant  Imnrasaions  of  the  fireat 
Creator  on  the  richeit  materials,  their  little  notices  and 
attentions  arc  to  me  amongst  the  first  of  earthly  enjoy- 
m«'nt^,  Thn  honor  3*ott  did  my  fugitivo  pieces  in  request- 
in  '  '  Ml  is  50  h if:h ly  tiatteriiuf  to  my  feelinga 
I  rn,  that  I  could  not  les^  even  this  half 
'■[I  rawliog  oft  for  yon  the  enclosed  aa  a 
small  but  honest  testimony  how  truly  and  gratefully  I 
have  the  honor  U*  bey  Sir, 

•*  Your  deeplv  obliged  humble  Serrant* 
"  RoBT.  BtJrotf;*' 

Mr.  Wnddell  teUa  us  that— 

**  the  original  of  the  document  is  in  the  po»ession  of  Mr. 
James  Gralura,  MuunC  Vernon  Cottage,  Carluke — a  most 
enthusiastic  onttqaary  of  fully  foursoore — who  has  very 
obligingly  communicated  a  copy  to  me.  From  9utMequenl 
iDquiries,  I  learn  that  it  came  into  Mr.  Graham's  hands 
from  thoee  of  an  old  acquaintance  of  hi*,  now  reddent  in 
England,  but  who  had  furraerly  been  confidt^ntial  ^crv-xnt 
to  Norman  Locklmrt  of  Lee.  Mr.  Lock  hart,  when  on  a 
visit  at  Dumfries  received  it  from  his  brother-in-law, 
Mr.  M'Murdo,  the  Duke  of  Queentberry's  repreisontative 
St  Drumlanrig,  to  whom  it  was  no  dooLt  origioaUy 
addressed  I  and  by  Mr.  I>ockhart  it  was  bequeathed  as  A 
memorial  to  hi^  faithful  attendant.  The  poet  at  that 
date  was  frequently  in  Ayribire,  coming  and  going,  be- 
fore hh  final  settlement  at  KUisland,  and  the  letter  mu^ 
have  been  written  on  the  occasion  of  hii  Journey  to 
Mauchline^  when  he  went  to  bring  home  hia  bride.  It 
gives  additional  ioterest  to  that  journey,  so  important  in 
his  life,  and  shows  him  exactly  as  he  was  upon  the  road. 
It  seems,  in  fact,  to  be  the  only  letter  ever  written  by  him 
from  Sanqubor,  although  ho  was  often  enough  there  both 
profe^isianally  and  otherwise,  and  once  in  a  verv  bad 
humour,  as  we  know,  only  two  months  later.  Mut  lU 
chief  literary  intereit  is  In  the  proof  it  affords  so  dis- 
tinctly, that  hia  friemi'ibtp  with  M'Murdo  and  others 
of  that  daas  was  courted  by  such  jiersons  tbemsdves,  and 
was  in  no  wav  brought  about  by  any  intrusion  of  tho 
poet." 

Mr.  John  M^urdo,  who  i^  heie  mentioned, 
was  Chamberlain  to  Duke  William  of  Qiieena- 
berry  (old  Q.)  from  1780  to  1797,  occiipying 
during  that  period  a  prominent  position  in  the 


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[4«*S,VIl. 


county  of  Dumfries.  His  grandsan,  Major-Gefieral 
W.  M*Murdo,  C,B,,  is  known  iis  n  distinguished 
officer  of  the  British  army,  having  attracted  the 
attention  of  the  late  Sir  Charles  Napier  by  his 
personal  intrepidity  and  great  zeal  in  the  Scinde 
war^  more  particularly  at  the  battle  of  Meeanee. 

To  this  I  may  add  another  letter  of  Bums,  n 
portion  of  which  is  found  in  Chambers's  Lift 
(vol  iv,  p.  260),  but  it  had  never  appeared  in  its 
entirety  till  it  v^aa  read  by  Mr.  M*T>iarmid,  secre- 
tary, at  the  anniversary  dinner  at  Dumfries  in 
honour  of  the  poet,  on  January  25,  1870.  It  is  as 
follows : — 

"nOBERT   BURNS  TO  MR.  FINDLATKB. 

••  Dear  Sir,— I  am  both  much  surprised  and  vexed  at  that 
acciilent  of  Lorimer's  itock.  The  lost  survey  I  made  prior 
to  Mr  Lortmer'B  going  to  £dior«  I  was  very  particular 
in  my  iuApoction,  aiul  t]ie  rtuantity  was  certainly  in  bia 
pouossion  as  I  stated  iL  The  surveys  I  made  dariniJ^bLa 
absenos  misbt  as  well  have  been  marked  *  \^yubirr\i^  as  I 
never  fonna  an vbc^dy  but  tho  tadv,  who  I  know  is  not  mid- 
tress  of  keys,  &c.,  to  know  anything  of  it,  and  one  of  the 
times  it  would  have  n?joJced  all  Hell  to  have  seen  her  80 
drnak.  I  have  not  surveyed  there  since  his  return.  1  know 

the  gentleman's  ways  are,  like  the  grace  of  G ,  past 

all  ctim prehension  ;  but  1  tjhall  givo  the  house  a  severe 
scrutiny  lo-morrow  mornings  and  send  jou  in  the  naked 
facta.  X  know«  Sir,  and  regret  deeply^  that  this  business 
glances  with  a  malign  aspect  on  my  character  as  an 
Ofhoer ;  but  as  1  am  really  innocent  in  the  aflTair,  and  as 
th«  gentleman  is  known  to  bo  an  illicit  Dealer,  and  par- 
ticularly as  this  is  the  ningh  instance  of  th«  least  shadow 
of  earelessnca*  or  Impropriety  in  my  conduct  as  an  Officer, 
I  shall  be  peculiarly  unfortunate  if  m}"  character  shall  fall 
a  sacnficG  to  the  dark  manauvrcs  of  a  smuggler, — I  am, 
Sir,  your  obliged  and  obctiieiit  humble  servt,, 

"  Sunday  even.  **  Robt.  Buhks. 

'^  I  send  you  some  rhymes  I  have  jost  itnlshed,  which 
tjckJe  my  fancy  a  little." 

There  is  no  date  to  thin  letter,  and  we  cannot, 
therefore,  say  at  what  period  he  first  attracted  llie 
attention  of  his  snperiors  by  looseness  in  the  per- 
formance of  hid  duliea,  but  we  can  eiii^ily  imagine 
that  the  duty  was  irksome  from  the  beginning,  as 
he  sung  on  fretting  hie  appointment  in  1780  to  the 
following  elt'ect: — 

<*  Searching  auld  wives'  barrels^ 
Och,  hon I  the  day ! 
That  cluriy  barm  should  stain  my  laurels.** 

In  this  letter  be  "  regrets  deeply  that  thia 
business  glances  with  a  malign  aspect  on  my  cha- 
racter as  an  officer,"  and  this  contirras  what  Mr. 
Findlftter  in  bis  tesliraony  in  favour  of  the  official 
character  of  Bums  states,  as  given  by  Chambers 
(iv,  299),  that  "  he  was  jealous  of  the  least  im- 
putation on  his  \i^ilance.'^  There  are  anecdotes, 
nowever,  which  show  that  his  good  nature  in- 
duced him  at  times  to  wink  at  the  peccadilloes  of 
**  auld  wives  "  when  they  attempted  to  cheat  the 
revenue*  The  Lorimer  here  spoken  of  was  the 
father  of  the  youn^  lad)'  whom  the  poet  calls 
Chlorifl,  and  whose  "beauty  oiid  charms  he  cele- 
brates in  no  fewer  than  eleyen  of  his  most  auc- 
oessful  lyrics. 


Id  addition  to  these  reminiaoences  of  Buma^  J 
may  state  that  there  are  eonie  Iradiliimarr 
counts  in  Oloseburn  of  the  fiit»    if  t>i'   Xn 
which  the  poet  was  bom.     Wh 
brother  of  the  poet,  took  the  fan 
Oloseburn  parish,  it  was  brought  amoog  hisj 
from  Ayrshire  to  that  place,  where  it  remolaj 
hla  death,     flis  goods  were  then  sold  by  pub 
roup,  and  as   Bacon  the  landlord  of  Brown h 
Inn  had  become  known  from  his  connection  wil 
Bitms  about   1790,  it  was  bought  by  him^   ai 
occupied  by  an  old  groom,  Joe  Laogl 
known  in  the  early  pwt  of  this  century 
were  travelling  along  the  Carliele  imd  ^•in.-j 
road.      On  the  death  of  Bacon  (his  wife  had  pn 
deceased  him)  in  1824  his  poods  were  f«>ld,  aa 
Joe^  who  was  a  great  favourite  in  the  parish.  It 
it  be  known  that  he  wished  to  purchaj^  the  bdd'^ 
with  which   he   had  been    eo    long    asiodated. 
When  it  was  put  up  no  one  offered  for  it,  sad 
Joe  got  it  at  his  own  price.     Joe  spent  the  hut 
years  of  his  life  in  Dumfries,  and  on  nis  de 
oed  came  into  the  possession  of  one  of  bis  i 
ters,  who  was  married   to  a  shoemaker, 
bedstead  is  said  to  have  been  cut  up  and  fo: 
into  snud- boxes. 

The  following  account  of  another  relic  of  Bun 
appears  in  the  Giasffcw  Merald,  and  is  particula 
interesting : — 

**A  eorretsponnent  at  Lennabagow  writes:— In 
very  valuable  and  extensive  collection  of  rtn 
the  poasesHion  of  Mr*  J,  RGreon shields  of  K 
hagow,   there  is  a  remarkably  interostiiig  siu^  v^^t.. 
perhaps  unique,  relic  of  our  national  poet<— or  at  ktM 
Ihe  first  e<1ition  of  bis  works,  publiahad  at  Uinai 
by  John  Wilson  in  1786.    It  is  well  known  to  ' 
hunters  *  that  this  edition  oonsisted  of  600  copies^  U  vydi 
about  350  were  anbscribed  for.    The  relic  allod  *"'"" 
the  *  prospectus  *  of  this  work,  with  the  sutogi 
sixteen  of  the  original  subscribers;  it  might  b«v  I 
more  accurate  to  state  ^eea  of  tbete  aabsaibonH  i 
name  of  one  is  scored  out,  with  the  ranarfc- 
bv  some  to  be  in  the  handwriting  of  the 
blockhead  refused  it,*    The  folloi#ng  is  an  a 
script  of   this  precloos  doca meat :  ^  *  April 
PaorosALS  for  publishing;,  bv   sabscription,  ] 
Pqems,  By  Robert  Burns.    The  vork  to  be  degantl^ 
printed  in  one  vytume  octavo.    Price,  lUlcbcd,^"* 
shillings.    As  the  aathor  has  not  the  most  dista 
eenary  view  in    publishing,  as    eoon  as  so 
scribers  ap{)ear  as  will  defray  the  neoeaaaiy  i 
work  will  be  sent  to  the  preas. 

*  Set  out  the  brunt  aide  of  yonr  shin. 
For  pride  in  poets  is  nae  *ain ; 
Glon-'s  the  prize  for  which  they  rin, 

And  Faun*'*  their  joe. 
And  wha  blaws  best  the  horn  shall  wis, 
And  wharefore  no  ?  ' 
— Allan  Ramtay* 

We,  undenmbscribera,  enffnge  to  take   •'■ '    •■^" ' 

tiooed  work  on  the  conditions  wpecifietl 

one  copy;  R.  Tbom^wn,  1  rrtpr-  Jamr 

Gavin  Stewart,    i 

Will.  Johnston, 

BoswbII,  one  cv^,.  ,    ^.-,...   !..„„^,  ;„„  ^.^,.. 


I^ii    >' 


«''S.T1I.MatS7,V1.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


451 


nowitMn*  one  copy;  Colin  l^I'DouiTall,  one  coppy ; 
CtiAflc*  HowiUon,  one  copy  ;  Willra.  M'Call,  one  coppy, 
wnt  per  Mr,  I>un  ;  William  Templeton,  one  cappy ; 
Williiini  S^^miner,  copy  sent  per  Chftrlea  Cncbion — The 
blui  khu4id  refused  it ;  John  Mirry,  two  coppiea.'* 

The  following  unpubliBhed  flcmp  may  scarcely 
ha  worth  rt»corditig  except  as  n  proof  of  hie  power 
of  impt^mptu  satire  when  provoked  by  anythinj? 
-wldch  he  considered  mean*  Bums  and  a  reverend 
clergy miwi  happened  to  call  for  their  horses  tvt 
the  snme  time  at  Brownhill  Ion.  When  the 
ostler  brought  them  the  minister  g^ave  him  two- 
pence«  and  I3um9|  handing'  him  a  sixpence,  tamed 
round  to  his  companion  and  called  out — 
**  Black's  your  coat, 

Black's  your  hair» 

Blacked  your  cod  science. 

And  nocht  to  »pnir/* 

C.  T.  Ramaoe. 


LINES  BY  SIR  JOUN  BORGOYNE. 

I  send  you  the  **  Lines  addressed  by  CSenerfll 

BuTgoyne  to  his  Wife^  Lady  Charlotte/*  on  her 

endeavouring  to  dissuade  him  from  going  on  a 

dABiZeroua  expedition.   I  am  pretty  sure  they  have 

Ijefore  been  printed.     It  is  not  true  that  he 

i  with  her :  he  mamed  her  with  her  eldest 

bn*ther*e  full  approbation,  and  from  his  houisv  in 

London  *     The  fath  er  obj  ected,  but  was  afterwards 

rMxmciled  tc^  her.     She  died  at  Kensington  Pahu^e 

in  1770;  happily  for  her,  before  hia  ill-succesa  in 

America.     I  see  a  new  edition  of  The  MoUiad  is 

projected — General  Burgoyne  waa  a  frequent  con- 

tHbtitor  to  it :  — 

*♦  Still  t!i>ea  my  obstinate  repine, 
And  rea0on*B  voice  disprove  ? 
Still  think  him  cold  wht)  would  combine 
Philosophy  and  tove  ? 

•*  Then  trjv  from  yet  a  nobler  source, 
To  fgBASi  the  w'iahM  relief- 
Faith  gives  to  reason  double  force. 
And  mockfl  the  MMults  of  grief. 

*•  Br  her,  bright  Hope^a  enlivening  ray, 
Vatience,  and  peace  arc  given ; 
Attend  her  call,  resign,  obey^ 
And  leave  the  rest  to  Heaven. 

•*  That  power  which  framed  ray  Gharlotte^s  heart 
Thtti  tender,  thus  sincere, 
Shall  bleaa  each  wiah  that  love  can  atartt 
Or  abeence  foster  thei«. 

"*  Safe  in  the  tbadow  of  that  power, 
III  tread  the  boetile  ground  j 
Though  fier\^  doatha  in  tempests  shower. 
And  thotijonda  fall  aroond. 

**  Afitl  when  the  happy  hoar  afaol]  come, 
(O  speedy  may  it  be !) 
That  liringi  thy  foithfal  soldier  back 
To  lon^  content,  and  th«e, 
^  Pure  ohaQ  our  gratitude  ascend 
To  iliui  who  ^ides  our  days ; 
Who,  whQe  He  gives  with  bounteoua  hand. 
Accepts  our  blui  for  praise." 

Hi  W*  Ii« 


MARY  QUEEN  OP  SCOTS: 

A  StJlOtART  OF  THB  FLACBS  AITD   PERIOBS   OF  EEB 
CAPTIVITY  IN  EXGLAin)* 

1568, — Landed  at  Working t^jn  in  Cumberland, 
on  May  17,  after  the  battle  of  Langside,  and  re- 
mained in  Carli*ile  Oaatle  until  July  15,  and  then 
conducted  to  Bolton  Castle,  in  Wenaley  -Dale, 
wht^re  she  remained  until  January, 

L50i>, — when  she  was  removed,  and  arrived  at 
Tutburv,  in  Staffordshire,  on  February  2.  She 
waa  at  Wintield  Manour,  near  Derby,  from  June 
to  September,  but  returned  to  I^utbiiry^  and 
towarda  the  ^nA  of  the  year  waa  taken  to  Coventry  p 

1570. — In  January  waa  again  at  Tutbury,  but 
in  the  early  summer  waa  at  Chataworth  and  per- 
haps Winheid,  and  about  ChristmiuB  was  aent  to 
Sheffield  Castle. 

1571. — Was  for  a  few  days  sent  from  Sheffield 
Caatle  to  Sheffield  Maoour,'  about  three  mOea  off, 
that  her  apartments  might  bo  cleaned.  This  waa 
at  mid.^ummer  of  this  year. 

1572.— In  Sheffield  Castle. 

1573,— In  the  autumn  visited  both  Chataworth 
and  Buxton  under  guard,  but  returned  in  No- 
vember to  Sheffield  Cfustle. 

1574,  1575.— In  Sheffield  Caatle. 

1570, — In  the  spring  a  short  vipiit  to  Buxton. 

1577,  1578,  1570^— In  ShelTield  Caetle. 

1580. — Xt  Buxton  for  a  week* 

158L — In  the  summer  a  short  visit  to  Buxton, 
and  perhaps  to  Chataworth. 

1582. — In  June  and  part  of  July  at  Buxton,  for 
the  last  time. 

J  583, — A  short  visit  to  Worksop. 

1584.— On  September  %  finally  left  Sheffield 
Castle  for  Win  field  Man  our. 

1585. — On  January  13  removed  to  Tutbury. 

1580. — Early  in  this  year  t4iken  to  Chartley, 
and  in  September  to  Fotheringhay  Castle,  and 
there  beheaded  on  February  7,  1587. 

Having  written  a  short  paper  for  the  May 
number  of  Aunt  Judy$  Mngadae  on  the  subject 
of  *'  Queen  Mary*s  Captivity,**  abstracted  from  the 
late  Joseph  Hunters  IlisUtrij  of  Halluvuhire^ 
which  I  have  recently  enlarged  and  edited,  I  have 
thought  the  foregoing  dates  and  names  of  places 
might  interest  some  readers  of  *'  N.  &  Q.'*  How 
many  railwav  travellers  who  pass  by  smoky  Shef- 
field have  tie  least  idea  that  Queen  Mary  waa 
imprisoned  there  for  more  than  twelve  years? 
Not  one  passenger  in  a  month,  I  suspect. 

Alfred  Gatxt,  D.D. 


HEREDITARY  GENIUS. 

George  Villiers,  the  first  Duke  of  Buckingham 

John  Churchill,  the  great  Duke  of  Marlborough 

and  William  Pitt,  Earl  of  Chatham,  three  men  of 

pre-eminent  distinction  in  Bngliab.  l^V2it^^\3A:^^ 


482 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


one  Btriking  point  of  rosemblaiice.  Their  tAlente 
were  greiit>  but  their  brilliant  success  in  life  waa 
mainlT  owing  to  the  advHntages  of  n  tine  person, 
a  noble  presence,  and  a  manner  which  alternaiel? 
fascinated  and  awed  all  who  came  in  contact  with 
them.  It  has  not  been  hitheito  remarked  by  the 
advocates  of  "  hereditary  genius,"  that  these  three 
great  men  were  all  of  the  aame  blood }  for  Marl- 


borough and  Pitt  were  lineaUy  deacended 
the  house  of  A^llliers,  n»  will  be  seen  tn  the  ] 
eree  below.  In  further  illuatmiioo  of  tha  L 
ditary  charma  of  this  family,  the  pedigree 
been 'extended  to  three  famous  ladiea  of  tiie  mii 
race,  who  by  their  beauty  and  wit  enslKvid  »► 
spectively  the  inoonatant  Charles  II.,  the  reUgiaoi 
James  XL,  and  the  saturnine  WilUam  HI,. 


George  Villiorp,  Duke  of  Bucks.        Sir  Edir,  Villicr*,  Prcaident  of  Manster.        Elk.  Villiera  -=  Joba  Lord 


I 


Wm.  VilUers,  Lord 
Groudisoti. 


Sir  Edw.  Villkra, 


Burba  rfl  V  LI  Hens 
DuelitiAs  of  Cleve- 
land, iiiiatress  of 
Charles  II. 


\ 

Elir«  Villicr«. 

C<>uiiteaM  of 

Orkn«v,  misitress 

of  William  IlL 


Audrey  Botuler,  Helea  Boteler 

mar,  Frauds  Lei^b,  Earl 
of  CliicUcistcr. 


t 


Georpe  VUlieni  ■*  Mary  Lei^, 
Lord  Grandifloo. 


Sir  John  Drake,  Zk 


Eliz.  Drake  «  Sir  WtnfUni 
Churchill,  Kl 


35dw,  Mllicrs,  Brigr-General, 


JohQ  Churchill,  K-G,, 
Diike  af  Mailborougb. 


1 


f" 


Arabella  Ctnirrihin* 
laistres  of  Jann^Qi 

. I 


Robt  Pitt,  Esq.,  M.P.  -  Harriet  Villiera.  James  FitE-James,  Duke  of  Berwick,  K.G. 

Wlilimii  Pitt,  Earl  of  Chatham, 


Tbwam 


"Tub  Gath  Ajas."— A  practice  has  lately 
come  into  vogue  of  naming  novels  by  aoma  etiiaSnt 
poetical  phrase ;  auch^  for  instance,  as  Noi  Witehj, 
tnd  iofi  Irell  which  line  is  to  be  found  in  OtheUtK 
Or,  ag^aiOi  Red  as  a  Rose  is  Sfie,  which  is  obvi- 
oualy  taken  frooi  the  well-known  verse  in  the 
Ancient  Manner.  The  singular  title  of  the  re- 
nmrkahle  little  volume  The  Gates  Ajar^  by  Mies 
E.  8.  Phelps  of  Andover,  U.  S,,  may  probably 
have  been  suggiested  by  the  thouf^ht  of  another 
Amoricfln  writer — namely,  Longfellow;  for  in  his 
OMiti  Lefftmdj  part  II.,  one  of  the  charactera 
(Eleie)  eaya : — 

'*  When  Clirist  «J?C€ndetl 
Triumpbantly  flnom  star  to  #tiir, 
lie  left  tJie  £Ktle«  of  heavea  ajar** 

Eff. 

A  TYPOOHU'Hicix  Odbitt, —  In  a  poem  on 
^*The  Milton  Gallery"  by  Amos  Cottle  (1802), 
the  brother  of  the  Bristol  'pnbliahert  the  friend  of 
Coleridge  and  South ey,  the  poot ,  deaciihing  the 
pictures  of  Fuaeli  says  — 

"  The  lubber  fiend  outatnetch'd  the  chimney  near, 
Or  md  llyaaefi  on  the  larboard  Steer." 

Ulysiees  steered  to  the  larboard  to  shun  Cbar^'b- 
dis^  But  the  compositor  makes  him  get  upon  the 


back  of  a  young  bullock,  the  left  one  in  tli«  dfOti! 
After  all,  however,  he  only  interprets  th«  ttft 
literally.  "  Steer/*  as  a  substantive,  has  no  ote 
meaning  than  buUock.  The  atib^^iantive  of  tk 
verb  **  to  steer'*  is  steerage.  '*  He  that  hath  tb 
steerage  of  my  course  "  (Shakespeare.)  Thaoooi- 
posi  tor  evidently  understood  that  Ulysaea  nodaift 
ox ;  he  would  hardly  else  have  spelt  Steer  iiitk 
a  capital  S,  G.  J.  Da  WuJ>% 

Saggar. — ^Tho  potter's  art  is  probably  one  (£ 
the  oldest  in  the  world,  and  it  would  be  no  gmt 
wonder  to  find  an  old  world  name  connected  witi 
it  Many  of  the  readers  of  "X.  &  Q/'  are  no 
doubt  aware  that  the  coarse  earthenware  jemA 
in  which  the  pottery  is  carefully  "  placed  **  bafwe 
it  is  baked  tn  the  oven  is  called  a  mmfor,  I  have 
always  considered  tbis  word  as  axi  aEbpeviatioD  of 
saffffuanL  But  I  have  lately  changed  my  mind,  aid 
incljne  to  the  opinion  that  it  may  be  derived  Uwk 
the  Hebrew^rt^cr,  to  shot  up;  fo-  tK..  ^-^^^f^g^ 
in  setting  one  saggar  on  top  of   ;  mot 

careful  to  lute  the  two  together  ^-.  ...^:  ,,k^m^' 
gars  may  be  perfectly  airtight  A  word  in  nuicb 
common  use,  $ack  f6r  graiB,  is  pure  Hebnnr* 

BarsIeiDt  Stafibrdahire. 


4»»>  S.  V1I»  Mat  1 


no 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


453 


A  Ghost  Story. — The  following  is  an  extract 
from  A  private  letter  written  by  a  lady  of  rank, 
Jaou&r}'  10, 1827: — 

**H»Te  you  b«ar(l  a  cboat  story  aboot  LonJ  Hastings  ? 
Some  ycm  ago  Lad}'  William  Russell,  in  a  merrr  moodf 
mtii«  ftQ  agnenaent  irith  bcr  unde,  thiit  which  of  them 
died  liT»t  should  call  oo  ih©  lunivor  to  give  tidingi  of 
what  hdul  iMiaaad.  Threts  iiighU  before  elie  heAit!  of  Lord 
Hastings*  death,  flhe'^aj  yifited  by  hi;i  apparition  and 
inlbnned  that  he  had  nhakca  off'hi^  mcrLal  coil  more 
eatUy  tbao  be  could  have  expected.  For  each  inteHigencc 
it  waa  acarcelr  worth  while  to  return  !" 

a 

Jnrira.  —  There  is  a  letter  in  the  Middle  Hill 
library  which  h  aaid  to  he  by  Junius,  which  once 
belonged  to  Sir  George  Jackeon  of  the  /Vdmiralty. 
It  i^  A  violent  tirade  agmost  an  admiral  or  general 
dimng  the  American  War  of  Independence,  and 
bis  neTor  been  printed.  P. 

FRANCIS  AND  JUNIUS, 
Ajb  the  interest  taken  in  this  long  vexed  que«* 
tion  hsB  now  revived  by  the  publication  of  profes- 
sional evidence  derived  from  htuidicritmg,  perhaps 
the  followiog  suggestion  may  be  acceptable  in 
reference  to  the  o^al  seal  used  by  Sir  Philip 
Fnmeid.  In  the  Lt>fe  of  Francis  by  the  late  Joseph 
Parkee^  continued  by  H.  Merivide,  8vo>  1807, 
Tol  L  p.  106^  we  are  told  :^ 

»*At  tub  time  (17C7)  the  ofllHAl  aeals  were  the  arms 
of  the  individual  hendji  of  the  ;offic«<^  and  each  chicft  on 
liU  first  taking  office,  had  the  privilege  of  a  gratuitooa 
supply  to  him  of  duplicate  engraved  tetih,,  tor  the  separate 
mie  of  the  priod|j«l  clerki*.  Thus  D*Oyly  [  I>epoty 
fleewitary  of  War]  und  Frflncifl  fCbirf  Clerk]  each  bad 
a  lea!  of  Lord  B>arringtoa*jS  [Secretary-  at  War]  coat  of 


If  true,  this  fact  is  very  important  in  reference 
to  letters  written  and  sealed  by  Francis. 

At  p.  266  we  find  thnt  two  private  letters  to 
hk  wife,  written  from  Manchester  and  Oxford  in 
August  1771,  were  sealed  with  a  lart/e  War  Office 
mnl.  This  seal  unfortunately  is  nut  dei*cribt*d  by 
Mr.  Merivale,  whether  it  bore  Lord  Barrin^lon'a 
arms  or  noti  bnt  it  is  hence  evident  that  Francis 
was  in  the  habit  of  camjitu/  an  officml  seal  about 
with  him^  and  did  not  t^cruplo  to  use  it  on  bis  pri- 
Tttte  letters.  Now  in  the  list  of  letters  addressed 
by  J  Qui  us  to  Woodfall  (Appendix,  No.  1),  we 

**  Xo.  7.  Wrftten  on  War  Omcc  paper.  Obliterated 
Ctiroitti  wax  iieal  {Barrington'a)  ttampfd  ottr  with  n  walch 

**No.  15.  Written  on  War  Office  ^It -edged  paper. 
Larjfe  and  duuble  impresaed  duguiMed  impresnion  «eal 
(pNjhtthfy  ftmmni  oj  Lord  Barrinffton**  £irnu)»  curonet 


It  would  be  very  desirable  to  know  more  about 
tlie«e  aeals,  and  to  have  them  oompnred  with  other 
perfect   impre^ons  of  Lord  Barrington*3  olfice 


seal.  Many  letters  must  exist  rfgtied  by  Lord 
Barrington,  to  which  the  official  seal  was  af- 
fixed, and  it  might  thus  be  proved  whether  a 
duplicate  of  this  seal  was  used  by  the  writer  of 
the  letters  to  Wocidfnll.  Tf  thi-?  .Should  prove  to 
be  the  case,  it  won  Id  add  one  link  more  to  the 
strong  chain  of  evidence  which  points  nut  Sir 
Philip  Francis  as  the  writer  of  the  Junius  letters. 
It  certainly  aeeni«  strange  that  Francis  should 
have  risked  discovery  by  using  such  a  f^efll  when 
writing  as  Junius^  but  he  probably  thought  that 
by  partly  defacing  the  impression  he  had  ren- 
dered such  discovery  impossible.     Is  it  so  ? 

____^  P.M. 

Child  born  ok  the  A^NnEnsART  op  its 
Parents'  Weddino-dat.  —  Do  any  of  your  cor- 
respondents who  wrote  about  the  seventh  son  of 
a  seventh  eon  know  of  some  old  saying  or  legend 
about  a  son  born  at  the  very  hour  and  day  on  the 
anniversary  of  his  parents'  wedding-day  ?  Z. 

Lncknow. 

DoRE,^ — King  Edward  IV.  is  said  to  have  con- 
ferred the  above  name  upon  the  Worcestershire 
family  of  Mabbe  as  a  **mftrk  of  renpect "  for  their 
aufl'erings  in  his  cause,  and  on  account  of  their 
relationship  to  the  Hortimers,  through  whom  he 
derived  his  chum  to  tho  crown.  Whence  the 
name  of  Dmt  f  II.  S.  G. 

Drttm:  an  Evening  PiRTY.— What  is  the  de- 
rivation of  the  word  dniyn,  meaning  an  evening 
party  i^  Henry  F,  Ponsokby. 

'*  EvERTBorDT's  BusTNESs.'* — The  origin  or  first 
use  of  common  proverbs  ia  rather  a  curions  sub- 
ject, 

In  the  opening  of  No.  18  of  The  Tatlcr  occnrx 
(almost  in  these  words)  the  familiar  saying — 
**  What  is  eveij'body^s  business  is  nobody's  busi- 
ncsB."  Query  if  this  ia  tho  first  time  this  was 
said  ?  l^TT-rELTON. 

'*  The  fretfcx  PoitcuriNE.'' — I  dare  say  hun- 
dreds of  readers  of  Shakapere,  when  they  have 
met  witli  the  passage  in  Ifamkij  *^  Like  quills 
upon  the  fretful  porcupine/'  have  imagined  that 
the  **  immortal  William  *'  intended  to  convey  the 
impression  that  the  porcupine  was  by  nature  of  a 
peevish  or  fretful  disposition*  but  1  have  Fomc 
doubts  whether  the  word  **  fretful  '*  was  uned  by 
him  in  Buch  a  sense.  I  find  in  an  old  dictionarv 
(published  in  1O06)  the  following:— '*Frd,  t,  a* 
round  verril  or  ferril"  Was  not  the  word  **  fret- 
ful "  intended  to  describe  the  round  quills  on  the 
back  of  the  animal — ^*  the  fret-tuM  porcupine  *'  ? 

1  i    Mr 

rsteevann  shows  this  by  quoting  from  ShUtttheiaf  a 
collection  of  cpif*rains,  Jkc,  1608  :  — 

*♦  Porpen tine-backed,  for  he  Jica  on  tfaornes." 
In  the  fourth  foHo,  it  will  be  remembered,  tbe  word*  arc 
'*  fretful  poffjcntiiie."] 


454 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[4»kS.VII.MAT*7,71. 


XJkde  dertvatub  "  Qladh"  ? — ^The  Celtic  word 
gladh  is  said  to  bear  the  meaning  of  sword  as 
well  as  river,  meanings  at  first  siffht  very  opposite, 
but  which  I  think  may  be  brou^t  into  harmoni- 
ous relation.  The  raiiical  idea  seems  to  be  the 
reflexion  of  light » to  glitter,  to  glisten,  &c.  Thus 
we  often  near  of  gliUering  blades  as  well  as  shm- 
ing  rivers :  gladius,  glaive^  a  connate  word ;  glade, 
a  dear  snace  where  the  sunbeams  play ;  glad 
(Sax.  gl€Ba)  ;  gladness » the  light  of  the  soul  re- 
Jlected  in  the  countenance :  all  these  words  seem 
to  spring  from  a  common  radicle,  tiie  nrimary  idea 
being,  as  I  have  said,  the  reflexion  of  light. 

I  noticed,  in  a  recent  communication  in  these 
pages  (p.  265)  of  the  word  glatten,  that  glatt 
•(Swed.),  plat  (Don.),  glatt  (Ger.)  means  smooth, 
•^c,  and  IS  applied  to  ice.  Here  seems  to  be  the 
;same  idea.  I  beg  leave  to  ask  some  one  better 
versed  in  philology  than  myself,  whether  Sanscrit 
.affords  any  root  that  bears  out  this  conjectural 
•etymology?  W.  S. 

HoBAN  Abxb. — ^The  arms,  "Gules  a  chief  bendy 
•of  eight  az.  and  ar.,"  are  ascribed  to  Horan  (Ire- 
land). Information  as  to  who  they  were  granted 
to,  and  when,  would  oblige  S.  B.  F. 

Sib  William  Jones's  Alcaic  Ode. — Every 
•  schoolboy  knows  this  patriotic  poem.  In  one  line 
of  it  the  author  denounces  **the  fiend  Discre- 
tion,'' by  which  phrase  he  obviously  means  arbi- 
trary rule,  or  what  in  these  days  is  called  personal 
^government.  I  notice  that  in  recent  manuals  of 
•elocution  the  word  *' discretion  "  is  being  dropped 
out,  and  another  of  the  same  length  substituted 
for  it — c.  g,  **  dissension."  My  question  is,  whe- 
ther the  old  reading  be  not  the  correct  one  ?  and 
whether  the  new  emendators  are  not  taking  too 
great  a  liberty  with  a  standard  English  classic 
poem,  besides  exhibiting  a  trifle  of  real  ignorance? 

D.  Blaib. 

Melbourne. 

Sib  Rob.  Killiqbew  :  Buelamachi. — Prof* 
Jorissen  of  Amsterdam,  who  is  entraged  on  the 
Life  of  Holland's  poet,  Constantin  Iluygens,  asks 
me  information  about  a  liobert  Killigrew,  Knight, 
whom  Huygens  often  visited  in  London  in  1623. 
He  says  he  knows  that  he  had  twelve  children, 
and  that  the  mother  was  drowned  in  1641  or 
1642  under  a  bridge.  Ho  guesses  that  this  Hob. 
Killigrew  is  a  son  of  Burleigh's  brother-in-law. 

Sir  Rob.  Killigrew  appears  in  the  Calendar  of 
State  Papers  for  the  first  time,  May  13, 1613 ;  he 
is  then  released  from  the  Fleet.  May  19  of  the 
same  year  he  is  committed  for  holding  intercourse 
with  Overbury  in  prison  ;  Sept.  8,  1626,  he  is  to 
succeed  Sir  Dudley  (as  ambassador  to  the  United 
Proyinces) ;  and  Jan.  31  and  Feb.  7,  1626,  he 
appears  as  appointed  ambassador  to  the  States. 
We  find  Mm  further  in  1628-29,  but  no  longer 
aa  ambaaeador:  Jan.  2, 1030,  as  vice-cliamWI^Ti 


to  the  queen ;  June  11, 1632,  as  captain  of  the 
fort  of  Pendennis ;  and  Nov.  26,  1633,  as  de- 
ceased. Chalmers*  Biog,  Diet,  mentions  three  of 
his  sons — William  (afterwards  Sir  William  Eilli- 
ffrew),  Thomas,  and  Henry ;  and  I  find  one  of  hii 
daughters,  Elizabeth,  married  Viscount  Shannon.* 

As  to  the  father  of  Sir  Rob.  Killigrew,  I  find 
in  the  ArchiBologia,  xviiL  99,  a  pedigree  of  the 
Killigrews,  in  which  a  Robertus  a|ppears  as  "fiL 
&  haer.  superstes  1620  of«  WilL  KiUigrew,  who 
obiit  Nov.  23,  1622,"  and  whose  vrife  had  been 
'» Marg.  fil.  Tho.  Saunders." 

Prof.  Jorissen  would  also  like  to  know  who 
the  Burlamachis  were.  The  Calendar  of  State 
Piters  of  James  L  and  Charles  II.  (1619-1638) 
frequently  mention  a  Philip  Burlamachi,  who 
seems  to  have  been  a  distinguished  merchant  at 
that  time  A  document  of  June  12,  1619,  con- 
tains details  of  the  proceedings  in  the  Star  Cham- 
ber against  160  strangers  accused  of  transporting 
seven  millions  of  money,  among  them  3aria- 
machi: — 

"  20  Jan.  1620.  The  merchant-strangers  are  still  in  the 

Fleet Burlamachi  has  made  bis  peace  for  10*0006 

ready  money.— 1635.  Certificate  for  Mr.  PhiL  B..  mer- 
chant, naturalized.  He  was  bom  in  Sedan  in  Fraaoe. 
and  has  been  in  England  this  thirty  vears  and  more.  #fie 
has  certain  rooms  at  Mr.  Gould's  house  in  FencboRii 
Street  for  bis  necessary  occasions  of  writing  there  soaie 
two  or  three  davs  in  'the  week,  bat  his  dwelling-boose, 
with  his  wife  and  children  and  fiimily,  is  at  Patney." 

I  have  found  abo  a  Lawrence  Burlamadii, 
April  20,  1603,  and  a  Jas.  Burlamachi,  Aug.  6, 
1623.  But  I  can  find  no  traces  of  them  else- 
where. 

Can  any  of  your  readers  oblige  me  by  some 
more  definite  information  as  to  Sir  Rob.  KilK- 
grew  and  his  parentage,  and  the  Burlamachis  'i 

J.  H.  IIessbia 

LiiTCOLXSHiRE :  Drinking  Song. — About  the 
beginning  of  this  century  a  drinking  song  was 
popular  in  Lincolnshire,  of  which  1  can  only  re- 
cover what  follows — 

**  Bring  us  good  ale  in  store. 
And  when  that's  done  send  us  more, 
And  the  key  of  the  cellar  door." 

I  shall  be  much  obliged  if  any  one  can  refer  me 
to  a  perfect  copy.  K.  P.  D.  E. 

Rev.  C.  R.  Mattjbin.  —  The  AfJienaum,  in 
enumerating  a  list  of  William  Bewick's  portraits, 
adds  to  the  name  of  this  gentleman — author  of 
Bertram,  a  once  popular  tragedy,  and  some  strik- 
ing romances — the  words  ''  of  barrel-orfnin  fame." 
What  does  this  mean  ?  D.  Blaib. 

Melbonme. 

Miniature  Painter,  temp,  Charles  L— Can 
any  one  suggest  the  name  of  a  miniature  painter, 
temp.  Charles  L,  with  the  initials  D.  D.  G.  P    The 


\ 


t*  Sea"N.&Q."4f»»S.viL2M.] 


<•»  S.  VII.  Mat  27, 71.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


lolnmtuTe  re  presents  a  man  in  a  black  dress  wltb 
a  large  white  iallinjf  collar,  and  witt  lon^  hair 
fallinsz-  over  the  shoulders.  It  is  painted  on  card- 
board! 0.  C. 

The  First  Book  of  Napoleok. — "Who  U  the 
author  of — 

»» The  first  hook  of  Xiipoleon,  the  tyront  of  the  earth  ; 
irntten  in  the  !>813th  yt^ar  of  th«  world,  and  1809tb  year 
c»f  the  Christian  eriit  by  EHokim  the  ScritH\  a  dfacondant 
of  the  nn>dprn  branch  of  the  tribe  of  L^vU  &c.  Longman, 
Hurst,  &  Co.  in  1809," 

Is  this  a  rare  work,  and  waa  it  over  suppreseed  ? 

H.  11.  R. 

Ovii>,  "  Metam/*  xnr.  254  :  "  Benigxior.'* — 
Peril  aps  it  is  bo  me  wh  Hi  la  te,  when  cine  has  written 
azkd  published  a  traoslatinn  of  a  hook,  to  set  about 
finding  out  the  real  meaning  of  certain  of  its 
p>«li9ages.  Rut  having  thus  more  or  lesa  dis- 
counted th«t  objection,  I  proceed^  if  the  columns 
of '*N.  &  Q."  will  utTord  me  the  ^pace,  to  make 
the  inquiry: — 

**  Ctijua  equo9  preliura  pro  docIc  poposeerat  hostis, 
Aruiu  negate  mihi»  fupritquc  Ifenhnior  Ajax." 

Metam,  xiii.  2M. 
What  is  the  proper  meaning  of  the  Inst  three 
Tvordfl  ?   The  Delphin  Intcrpretaiio  gives  it  thua^ 
•*  sitque  melius  de  vobis  meritus  Ajax  quaoi  ego/* 
Dnj'den'a  rendering  of  the  lines  is — 

*•  Kf!fu<ie  me  now  his  arms^  whose  fiery  steeds 
Were  promised  to  the  spy  for  his  nr>ctamttl  deeds  ; 
And  let  dull  Ajax  benr  away  my  right, 
When  all  his  days  outbalnnce  this  one  night " — 

n  v»?reion  which  in  no  way  helps  to  answer  my 

tiofi.     On  consulting  Burmann's  edition,  I  find 

.  lleinsius  says: — 

"  Sed    nil   fortasifl   mutnndum,  nt  hem^nior  pawirlL* 

vttmatur,    pro  eo    qui   btnigne   hubetur.     Cujaa  tamen 

■i^tficationis  aliud  exemplum  qu«ro.     Ita  sib  bcAignior 

grttiosior/* 

And  Burmann  closes  his  note  with  his  own  view — 
**  Immo  beniffnhr  est  mogis  popularis,  blaadus,  nt  ideo 
obtineat  quae  velit," 

I  had  not  seen  Burmann'a  note  when  I  ventured 
to  translate — 

*»  Let  Ajflx  have  them  !     Ye  may  make  at  least 
His  temper  something  sweeter  with  tbe  gift"! 

And  I  founded  my  interpretation  on  Ilorace^s  use 
of  the  word  btniffnus  in  the  second  satire  of  tbe 
first  book^ 

"  AmhubAiaram  eoll<*gia,  pharm«cn[>ol», 
Mendici,  mimfp,  bftliitront*^,  hf*c  prenus  omne 
Ma^tum  nc  ^ollicitum  €»i  cantoris  morte  TigdU ; 
Qaippe  benign n*  erat." 

I  ikgree  with  Ileineiua  in  doubting  the  p&uiTe 
use  of  benifpt{oi\  and  seem  to  differ  from  Burmann 
only  in  thi>* — that  he  says  Ajax  will  be  *'  benig- 
tjioi  "  <o  gd  (ut  obtineat)  the  arms ;  J,  that  Ajax 
may  become  so  if  he  gds  them.  Tbe  Del p bin  In- 
ierjjreiatio  appears  to  rae  of  the  tamest,  TheTe  is, 
to  mj  mind,  a  manifest  sneer  in  the  words.    1 


should  be  glad  to  hear  the  opinions  on  this  ques- 
tion of  some  of  the  scholars  who  contribute  tf» 
your  pages.  None  of  my  critics  have,  so  far  as  I 
know,  noticed  th«  pa*isage. 

If  this  query  should  succeed  in  attracting  atten- 
tion, I  ^hfill  have  two  or  three  similar  problems 
to  propostr.  IiE:?RY  Kino. 

6,  Paper  Ituiltlinga,  Temple. 

StRSTErnEN  Proctob. — Wanted  some  account 
of  tho  above-named  Sir  Stephen,  \vho  built  Foun- 
tains Hall — of  where  he  was  burn,  and  where  he 
died;  also,  information  respecting  his  parentage^ 
marriage,  &c,  Ei>waki>  Mobtoit. 

[Mr.  W'albran.  iti  hia  Memorials  vf  the  Ablttif  of  St, 
Martj  of  Fonntntits  (IM3,  p.3(i8),  hWibe  following  note: 
"According  to  ii  geni-alogy,  illustrrtttd  by  arinoHal  ina- 
palementiv  which  was  fd<ii\ed  in  the  win^lo^vs  of  Foon- 
tains  llalU  by  Sir  Stepbtn  Proctor*  in  the  lime  of  King 
Japies  L,  thi*  family  derived  its  descent  from  *Sir  Oliver 
Mirewrftyc  of  Tymbridgf,  in  the  conn  tie  of  Kont'f  the 
rvason  of  a  change  of  «t urn amo  b^ing  perbaps  suggested 
by  tbe  further  st^remertt  tbat  ■Thomas  Mirewray^  als. 
Proctor  of  Firehed,  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Ttioma« 
Proctor  of  Wintcrboni/  Both  these  places  are  in  the 
parbh  of  Gfirgrtive,  adjncent  to  that  of  Kirkffcy-Mftlhnro- 
dale,  and  were  formerly  among  the  posaessions  of  tho 
nhbev  r.f  Fiimess,  in  l^inpiwhire. —  VaL  Eccl.  vol.  v. 
p*  2711/*  For  »Sir  Stephen  Prwtor's  servicej^,  petition?, 
revenue  projects,  &c^  consult  Lansdnwnu  21Sb.»  Noa.153, 
167.1 

Qttotatiow  wanted. — A  MS.  copy  of  verses  has 
been  put  into  my  hands,  beginning :  — 
"  Winter's  coVl  blasts  have  gone  ;  now  spring  appears 
To  cheer  the  saddest  heart,  to  dry  our  tears ; 
It  seems  to  catry  on  its  silent  breath. 
The  miii??ic  of  our  lives,  no  sound  of  death  ; 
lUit  still  I  beAfd  n  drooping  flower  Ray, 
*'  Thy  time  a  not  yet,  watch,  and  abide  Ihy  day," 
Can  any  of  the  readers  of  *^  N.  &  Q."  giire  me 
Information  whether,  and  if  so,  where  these  lines 
have  appeared  in  print?  T.  W,  Webb. 

Scottish  Guard  of  France.-— In  3''''  S,  iv.  8, 1 
find  a  note  whi('h  seema  to  imply  that  the  Jlcot- 
tish  Guard  of  the  French  kings  existed  in  the 
time  of  Charles  VIL,  but  was  disbanded  in  1 1'iO. 
The  Baron  de  Tlesenval  speaks  of  it  in  hb  Mc- 
moires  (ii,  84),  in  connection  with  a  curious  privi- 
lege which  is  worthy  of  a  note*  He  is  describing 
the  miserable  death -bed  of  Louis  XV.  in  1774, 
when  all  but  four  of  the  crowd  of  assembled  cour- 
tiers fied  from  the  palace  the  moment  that  the 
king  expired,  and  says ;  — 

"  II  n'y  rest.i  que  U  dtic  d'Ayen,  survivaticier  de  fton 
pere,  cjipitaine  des  Ecoasais^  dont  k  droit  est  de  garder  le 
roi  mort." 

GORT, 

Passaoks  in  SHEtLBT. — In  Ros«otti*«  Shelley, 
**  un annotated  edition,  Moxon,"  tbe  second  verse 
in  the  **  Question  ^*  readj^  thus  ; — 

".  .  .  ,  and  that  tall  flower  that  wets- 
Like  a  child  half  in  rpnclerneas  and  mirth, 
When  the  low  wind  its  playmate's  voice  it  bears.  ^ 


456 


NOTES  AND  QUEBIES. 


[4«*s.viLiUTi;,nt 


The  lioe— 

"  Iti  moilicr's  f«i«  with  hoftrcn-coUccted  tear*'*— 
is  omitted,  but  it  seems  required  as  well  for  the 
sense  OS  the  measure.  Is  the  omission  intentional^ 
or  is  it  raerely  a  slip  of  the  printer's  ? 

In  thnse  ji>rmeT  editions  of  SheU^f/e  PoHiccU 
Work9—%h^i  of  1847  (Moxon)  by  Mrs.  Shelley, 
that  published  by  **  C,  Dnly,  Red  Lion  Square, 
180^/*  and  that  by  "Milner'and  Sowerbj,  1667/' 
the  line — 

**LikQ  a  child  half  in  tendemesa  and  mirth  " — 

is  wanting.     Does  it  appear  in  Rossetti'a  edition 

for  the  fir^t  time,  and  what  is  the  authority  for 

its  insertion  P  J,  A.'  K 

WhitcAbbev,  Bdfist. 

SoiWBT  QuBBtES.  —  1.  Where  does  Walter 
SaTEge  Landor  say  that  Milton  "snatched  the 
sonnet  from  the  hand  of  Love,  who  cried  to  lose 
it,  and  gave  the  notes  to  Glory,"  or  worda  to  that 
effect  P 

2,  Did  Wordsworth  write  Ma  Bonnets  on  "Na- 
tional Liberty  and  Independence  '*  (amongst  the 
noblest  in  the  language)  before  or  after  his  con- 
version to  Toryism  ? 

^.  Whom  does  Archbishop  Trench  allude  to  in 
the  last  two  Itnef?  of  his  sonnet  commencing  **  A 
counsellor  well  titted  to  advise,"  &c.  P  I  presume 
Wordsworth. 

4.  Mr,  Rospetti  says,  in  a  note  to  Shelley's  Osy- 
mandioi,  that  this  fine  sonnet  was  written  in 
friendly  emulation  with  Keats  and  Lui^h  Hunt, 
both  of  whom  also  wrote  sonnets  on  Ej^fyptiaii 
subjects,  I  see  one  bv  Leigh  Hunt,  entitled  A 
7%ofiffht  on  the  NiUj  but  I  cannot  find  one  by 
Keats,  Did  the  latter  ever  write  one,  and  where 
can  I  meet  with  it  ? 

May  I  venture  to  suprgest  to  Mr.  Rossetti  that 
he  has  (to  my  ear  at  least)  ruined  one  of  thu 
mast  musical  lines  Shellev  ever  wrote,  by  the 
omission  of  a  single  letter  ?  I  allude  to  the  liae 
in  Admaia — 

"  Aad  the  wild  winds  Acw  around,  solihiag  in  their  dis- 
may.** 

Mr.  Roasetti's  edition  has  it — 
^  And  the  wild  wiada  flew  roumdf  aobbing  in  ihcir  din- 
miuV* 

Th«  ftiib-stitution  of  round  for  around  quite  alters 
the  rhylhiji,  and  causes  the  line  to  haft  lament- 
ably. One  can  only  rend  it  by  empha^'iti.ing  *'  And/' 
which  8helley  could  hardly  have  intended,  I 
should  be  glad  to  hear  the  opinions  of  others  on 
this  point,  Jonathan  Bouchieb. 

2,  St/mley  Villas,  Bexley  Heath,  S.£. 

"  Tn  E  Ta  itxderer/^*- When  was  this  sobriquet 
given  to  the  London  7Yme8  ?  I  have  in  ray  po^aes- 
sion  some  numbers  of  a  schoolboys*  newspaper 
called  '*  The  Thunderor,  written  in  1822."    The 


heading  and  motto  were  printed^  the  itfl  mi 
manuscript,  the  copy  serving  for  tiie  wbbb  MtkofL 

PhilDdelpbia, 

[Whco  Thomas  Bamca  succeeded  Dr.  S«addaft  ii 
editor  of  The  Timet^  one  of  his  most  abl«  coa/BjUftm  W 
Capt.  Kdw&rd  SterUnj]r^  whose  connection  wUli  ItofttK^ 
conim«nced  in  lbli%  id  a  series  of  lettccs  nadar  tliftae* 
DAtare  Frliit,  afterwards  publi&hed  aa  a  npamti  wodtla 
throe  partly  Capt.  Sterling  in  the  latUr  part  of  bit  Bfe 
became  well  known  in  Loadon  political  •od«*yt  aid  to 
him  it  h  said  the  name  of  "  theTbuodarer  of  Tike  Timm^ 
waa  originalljr  applied.  Hia  salary,  it  is  stated,  vw  t«n 
tlioasand  ayfar  nml  a  '^hare  of  the  papev«  Ila  dM  il 
South  Placed  Kri  i  ^n  Sept-S^lSiT.agndKT^^T- 

four.     liiaaccoci.,  u  John  was  an  enuaant cdtte 

and  essayist,  tl)»3  menu  ox  Wordaworth,  CoUvMff^  Ot 
Quincey/aad  other  diatiagaished  men.] 

TopooRAPiTY, — Wanted  the  namea  of  tiro  « 
three  of  the  latest  work?  which  for  matter  ttd 
arrangement  may  be  considered  vanongat  tb«  biat 
examples  of  local,  especially  parochial,  hiiLofy. 
I  have  not  yet  seen  Major  flsnWick'a  JSTM^ory  ^ 
the  Parochial  Chapdry  of  Goomargh^  mesdooed 
with  approbation  in  "N/&  Q.''  for  Feb.  18,  ISTL 

LajobiJ 

"TnK  World's  JirDGioaiT."  —  A  late  an 
of  the  Quarterit/  Jteview  begins  with  the  < 
ment  that ''  a  great  poet  has  said  tJiat  the  htstosr 
of  the  world  is  the  judgment  of  ih©  wnrli** 
What  great  poetP  D,  Blais. 

MelboartHi. 


litplirtf. 


GERMAJ?  ETYMOLOGICAL  DrCTlOX ABIES. 
(4'»«  S.  vii  3a3, 380.) 

It  ia  really  very  difficult  to  give  a  pWn  aaswtr 
to  this  ^*  foreigner  in  distress, •becai  '  jxJiJ* 
upon  the  exact  meaning  of  a  *'  j.  mtta 

etymological  dictionary,  and  of  " ^mfoi  ctiutj^Ma'' 
Chambers's  dictionary,  mentiooad  by  voiir  cor- 
respondent, is  certainly  cleverly  done.  It  la  oaadt 
up  from  the  latest  etymological  information^  sail 
afthou^irh  I  discover  in  it  sometimes  quaar  asi 
foolish  Ihitch  and  German  words,  which  make  m* 
laugh,  I  must  confess  that  I  ahonld  be  glad  T 
Holland  possessed  ao  (generally)  correct  a  vo 
lary  on  Ruch  a  scale. 

Something  like  Chambens's  dictionarr ' 
sued  in  Genuany  in  1834,  entitled  *'  Sduoitth 
ner  (Friedr.),  Kurzes  dmdtehm  WSrUrhifA  fisi 
Eiifmologie,  Sunmytrnk  mid  OHkogmMg.  Bann-' 
atadt,  Metz.*' 

This,  I  think,  would  do  for  the  FoREto^ns; 
especially  as  the  original  price  of  thia  book  waaj 
but  If  thaler,  or  5^.    The  second  edition,  pab-I 
liahed  in  1837,  cost  2  thalers,  or  CU.    In  185S  ■ 


*  Cciaid  ba  not  address  himcdf  to  th«  SaeMrty  iat  i 
'  Forf  jgners  in  Di«tresi  "  ? 


tXL  Mxr  27,  * 


NOTES  AND  QUEBIES. 


^kf.  Wcigand  commenced  a  third  *'  vollig  um- 
PPtrbeltetd  Aulla^e  ^'  of  tliU  dictionary*  and  it  waa 
^completed  lost  year.  It  ia  Mucli  improved,  and 
i>»ay  be  said  to'  be  A  la  hauteur  of  its  time.  The 
■B-knowB  biblio^aphicai  review,  Littraritch^B 
mmiraibhtt  fur  Detdsvhhmd  (1871,  No.  12),  «ay» 
ptei  it  **  camiot  be  compared  "with  any  other  Ger- 
jUiftn  dicdonary  of  late.  It  costa  8  thalers,  or  1/,  4#. 
f  I  do  not  mention  Adelung-'s  worka,  which  were 
IjiEiarrelB  for  their  time,  bnt  have  lost  much  of 
I  their  value  since  the  science  of  Iftnguages  iiaa 
made  such  tremendous  progresa*  ;  but  Schwenclt^a 
l,<iictio]i&ry  well  deserves  a  moment^a  attention. 

The  Wortf^rbiwh  der  deuUchm  S^ache  in  Be- 
wmhmig  auf  AlMammtrng  nnd  Be^riffi^hildung^  by 
Soar.  Schweuck,  first  made  its  appearance  in'l834 
(Rwikfort-on-Main,  Sauerlisuider),  followed  in 
1836  by  a  flecond^  and  in  lB3b  by  a  third  edition. 
"^  coat  of  each  iastie  was  2f  thalera,  or  8a  In 
'  there  was  published  a  fourth  edition  ( price 
which,  if  I  mistake  not,  ia  the  last  of  this 

Iheti  there  is  Heyse's  excellent^  but  rather 
itiquated  Handworterhueh  d^r  deutsehen  Bpru^j 
imt  Miiuicht  mif  Reeht^ch-eilmng^  AhtUfmrmmg 
\mid  Bildm^f  Biegung  und  Fiigtmit  der  Wmiery  m 
auf  dirtm  Sinnmrw<md$ehaft  (Magdeburg, 
HeiDfichshofen),  published  in  parts,  the  first  of 
whick  appeared  in  1641,  and  the  lost  in  1849,  The 
le  cost  6  thalera  or  18*, 
do  not  know  whether  Dr.  Sanders*  large  Wor^ 
tier  dmiisiihen  S/trache^  mil  Behnfen  vmi 
r  hit  auf  dit  Gegentvari  (Leipzig,  Wigand, 
1805,  24  thalers  =.U  12*. ),  ol  which  ther*? 
I^ppeaind  an  abridged  edition  in  18B0  (Leipzig, 
I  Wigaady  2h  thaki's—  7#.  M),  contains  any  ety- 
Imoloffio&l  explanations,  but  I  should  think  it  does, 
libr  (irisfle  prefers  it  to  Grimm*a  dictionary,  the 
principal  ingredient  of  which  i^  etymology. 

I  must  wind  i4p  this  dry  but  nece^^ssry  enume- 

ctftion  by  mentioning  also  W.   Hofifmann's  big 

▼ooabulaiy,  entitled  Vollitdndigea  Jl'mi^buch  der 

\4euUi^£n  JSprachc^  wie  ite  in  der  allgem,  LOertUur^ 

der  Poefit^   den    WiBsensrhaften,  KimHen^   u,i,w, 

\ffefff-  '<^,  Tttit  Ant/ahe  der  Ahstmnmung^  der 

JBr  '  tifff  der  JFartformm ,  u.s,  il\  ( Jii terbog, 

Colilitz,   i5->i  and   following  years.)      This  dic- 

^tionary  was  published  in  about  ^xty  parts  at  9d. 

hm^  H.'  TlEDEHAir. 

^ 

•  Perhaps  the  FoaKionKii  may  find  a  cheap  copy  of 

I  hit  ^reat  dioiiooAty  (Mveral  isditiona),  or  of  hi*  umaller 

[  dictionafr/3r  die  Antwpracke,  Orthograpkie,  Biamn^  und 

dhhkiu^  Cceverml  oditiuni  in  1820,  ia3o/l&4G,  ^cl),  which 

I;  eost  originally  3i.  and  less. 


EXTKAORDIKARY  LEGEND  FROM  GAINS- 
BURGH. 
(4^^  S.  vii.  251.) 

I  send  some  further  correspondence  concerning 
the  angel  who  ia  said  to  have  appeared  at  Gains- 
burgh,  cut  from  the  Gaittshitrgh  News  of  March  25 
and  April  L  Edwabd  Peacock* 

Bottesfard  Manor,  Brigg. 

**TnK    LftOKNO   OF  GAIHBBUaOH. 

^•Sir^^I  have  not  succeeded  in  tracing  *the  legend  of 
Galnabnrgh/  which  has  been  so  larjpely  believed  tn  Jersey 
to  any  5iire  foandatJon.  Mr.  Sandford'fi  letter  (enclo 
sure  I)  mav  posalWy  explain  \\a  origin,  although  the 
later  facts  o^that  letter  are  incorrect,  since  the  story  wM 
current  in  Mr,  Fothergiirs  iline,  who  preceded  Mr.  Beckett 
oa  vicir  here.  Of  its  currency  in  1819  I  have  sufHoient 
evidence  in  the  testimony  of  a  truJttworthy  living  witnest, 
CaplAin  Ward,  of  Cross  Street,  in  this  town,  who  paw 
the  account  fojitened  to  the  door  of  m  church,  just  under 
Portsdown  Tlill,  a  few  miles  from  Portomouttj,  twice 
during  the  summer  of  181 3,  and  who  with  hi^  shipmates 
took  many  cjopies  of  the  paper.  Captain  Ward  aaures 
me  that  there  was  no  foundation  for  the  legend  known 
at  GaiuRburgh  at  that  time,  and  he  believes  it  to  he  a 
pare  inTenHon  from  beginning  to  end.  I  have  also  had 
a  curious  letter  (endojiure  2)  put  into  my  hands  addressed 
to  the  church  wardens  of  Gaiosbargh,  by  the  church- 
wardens of  Camborne,  in  Comwallj  enclosing  an  Eag- 
liih  copy  of  the  legend,  and  Inquiring  as  to  its  truth, 
This  letter  waa  foand  amongst  the  tate  Miss  Bellamy's 
papers,  and  itA  postage  in  those  days  appears  to  have  coat 
the  churchwardens  of  Gainsbuirgli  two  shillings  and 
threepence.  The  printer^s  name  attached  to  the  EngUah 
account  is  Byera,  109,  Fare  Street,  Dock,  and  the  aeeoont 
tallies  with  the  French  account  now  circulatiiifr,  of  which 
I  sent  you  a  translation,  except  in  stating  that  the  ap- 
parition was  seen  on  January  10,  instead  of  April  4,  in 
the  year  1819.  On  the  whole,  then,  I  cannot  help  thinking 
tbfflt  the  story  originated  in  the  south-west  of  England, 
where  it  has'  always  had  it^  home,  and  that  it  had  no 
foundation  whatever  in  any  event  that  happened  here. 
If  the  drunken  freak  spoken  of  hy  Mr.  Chapman  had 
been  improved  by  some  fertile  brain  into  an  angel  \*isi- 
tation,  and  a  warning  to  repentance,  the  names  of  the 
witnesees  would  «ureb'  have  been  recognisable  as  in- 
habitants or  church  omciai^  which  is  not  the  Ciiie  now. 
I  enclose  copies  of  the  two  letters  I  have  mentioned.  The 
churchwardens'  letter  has  every  appearance  of  being  fifty 
years  old,  hut  is  undated,  anil  toe  postmark  upon  it  cannot 
he  deciphered  with  certainty*, — I  am,  dear  sir,  yours  very 
truly,  J.  Clemeiits. 

«TheTlcar«ge,  Gainsburgh^  March  18, 187L" 
[Enclosure  1.] 
••Eldon  Vicarage,  Sheffield,  Alarch  15tb,  1871. 

♦*  Rev.  Mr.  Clements.— Rev.  Sir,— 1  write  to  von  by  the 
desire  of  Mr.  William  Chapman,  6.5,  Oxford  Road,  Shef- 
field, and  formerly  a  member  of  the  choir  at  Gainsburgh. 
Ho  wishes  me  to  inform  you  that  the  *  Angel  story '  was 
all  a  hoax,  caused  hy  a  drunken  man,  who  had  thrown  a 
rope  over  the  church  bell  and  pulled  it  by  night.  He 
adds  that  the  Rev.  George  Beckett  was  vicar  at  that  time, 
Cain  Barnes  the  clerk,  and  Thomas  Farr,  or  bis  son-in- 
law,  George  Bown  sexton »  and  Air.  King  the  Baptist 
ministCT,  and  the  mystery  was  ftdly  explained  at  the  time, 
I  aoDi  year  faithful  servant, 

'<  Gko.  auiDroBo,  Vicar  of  Eldon." 


458 


NOTES  AND  QUERIED. 


[4«fcs.vii.  MATtrr.Ti. 


[Eodosure  2*] 

**To  the  Chureliwirdena  of  Gwn*burgh, — Gentlemen, — 
If  the  enoloicd  jiccount  lie  a  fabricilion*  dcsig^ned  to  im- 
pose on  the  public,  doubles  the  printer  ought  to  be  pro- 
seeuted.  If  correct,  wc  shall  be  glad  to  see  it  conflrmed 
by  a  letter  to  the  charchwardcn*  of  Camborne,  CorawalL 
Gentlemen,  your  obedient servaut*.  the  CiiuucHWAMDBJta 
of  CamboiikV** 

•*  We  mav  mention  that  the  file  of  the  Stamford  Mer- 
cvty  for  l*fl9  has  been  referred  to,  and  that  no  allusion 
to  the  legend  can  be  found,  A  c^^tleman  well  able  to 
form  an  opinion  on  the  matter  writ«A :  *  1  Ibmk  it  ia  very 
probable  the  sheet  alleged  to  have  been  printed  at  Lin- 
coln may  have  been  printed  many  miles  away.  In  Iboae 
dayi»  **  patterers  "  used  to  wander  from  town  to  town 
fK'llin^  calendam  of  priaonera,  and  when  the  calendars 
became  stale  they  ^ot  country  printers  to  print  wonderful 
atories,  to  whieh  they  contrived  to  give  ewnietimesa  local 
and  sometimes  a  distant  habitation.  [  rememtjcra  won- 
derful story  of  the  kind  being  printed  in  Berkshire,  and 
the  dates  and  plocea  were  altered,  and  imprinta  invented. 
It  would  be  etay  to  !«ubAtitute  Gainaburgh  for  any  other 
place,  giving  either  ^ctitioua  names,  or  using  names  that 
may  have  been  known  to  the  printer.  I  have  no  doubt 
the  French  broadsheet  is  the  trandatioQ  of  an  English 
'*patterer'8  "  dodge  to  get  a  living/" 

"Dear  Sir,—!  «end  you  a  laiit  communication  on  thts 
flubject*     It  is*  plain  enoui^h  now  that  Gainsburgh  folks 
tierer  invented  and  never  believed  in  the  mar vellouf  fable 
which  ha«  bad  such  a  long  lifu  in  the  We^t  Count r}% 
"  I  am,  your«  faitbfullyj 

"  J,  CLKHsarrs. 

"The  Vicarage,  March  27lh,  1871." 

**  Beckingham,  March  25tb,  1871.— Sir.— Hcit  no  little 
surprise  to  ace  in  the  Gainsbur^h  paper  the  story  of  the 
anirel  in  the  beifr>*  of  Gaiusburgh  church.  It  "brought 
vividly  to  my  memory  the  same  story,  of  which  I  saw 
an  account  in  1810.  when  m^  husband  and  Mr.  Forrest 
were  churchwardens.  Mr.  Purley  receive*!  the  printed 
paper,  and  a  letter  from  a  /icentlenmn  aAkinj^  if  it  was 
true.  We  both  read  it,  and  well  knowing  it  was  'an 
entire  falsehood,*  no  notice  was  taken  of  it,  Mr,  Fother- 
gillt  I  think,  waa  Ytcar  of  Gatnslmr^b,  not  Mr.  Ring; 
and  Cain  Barnes  was  the  clerk.  I  liave  wished  not  to 
notice  the  story  again^  but  seeing  it  interests  many»  and 
feeling  sorry  lor  any  one  to  believe  in  what  is  really  false, 
I  have  lieen  induced  to  trouble  ymi.-«I  am,,  sir,  yours, 
Ac,  M.  A.  FuitLEY. — Rev.  J»  Clcraenta." 


THE  LETTER  OF"SX»  EXPLAINED, 
(4«'  S.  viL  406.) 

The  letter  communicAted  by  T.  P.  F.  from  the 
papers  of  the  Duke  of  Mancheati*r  will  nppear  Texy 
enign)flti€Al  to  inc3«t  readers  ;  but  I  think,  in  cod- 
eequpnce  of  aome  iDquiriea  which  I  made  three  or 
four  yeara  ago,  I  can  go  ft  good  way  t awards  ita 
ehictdatjon.  It  ia  written  by  a  person  who  signs 
SX^  to  another  who  is  add  rested  as  **  Dear©  Essex/' 
and  in  tho  sixth  lioe  *'my  lord  of  Sx''  ia  named. 
In  the  eifrbth  line  mention  is  made  of  '*  my  lord 
tDarquifl  Hertford/'  which  places  iU  date  after 
June  3,  1640^  when  that  title  waa  tirat  conferred 
on  the  loyal  Earl  of  Hertford,  who  in  1000  be- 
eame  Dulto  of  Somerset,  His  contemporary  as 
Earl  of  Easex  waa  the  Parliamentarian  general, 


who  died  m  SepL  14,  164G,  leaving  no  ffocee^* 
8or  to  bis  title.  Thu3  Uie  date  of  the  letter  is 
limited  to  the  period  of  little  more  tHao  mx  jt§a 
between  1040  and  1646.  The  next  qtic#tion  ' 
Who  waa  the  writer?  Not,  as  might  bo  *i 
posed,  a  Countess  of  Easex  ;  but  (ae  1  take  itfj 
lad  J  who  bore  Esaex  as  her  baptismal  name,  i 
who  also  gave  the  same  name  to  her  daugh) 
The  letter  was  written  (as  I  believe)  hy  L 
Essex  Cheke,  the  widow  of  Sir  Thomas  Ch 
and  it  waa  addressed  to  her  daug-hter  I: 
Counteas  of  Manchester.  Her  son  who  h  nd  fc 
the  duel  m\i»t  hare  been  Hob*  ' 
her  eldest  aon,  who  in  the  year  1< 
claim    to    the   barony   of    Fitz-W  uLU«jr    (l^^ 

Henry  Mildmay)   in   right  of  his   ^n^mdma) 

Frances  RatclilTe^  but  afterwards  died  withotf 
issue.  His  anta^ronist.  Sir  Edwani  Bajntoo,  wm 
of  Bromham  in  Wiltshire,  and  died  in  1657  at  th» 
age  of  sixty-four.  His  wound,  therefore,  was  not 
fatal. 

Her  other  daughter,  from  whom  Lady  Bivex 
Cheke  was  anxious  to  keep  back  all  tidings  of  lh« 
accident,  was  Anne  (Cheke)  I^dy  Hich^  wiCi  cf 
Kobert  Lord  Rich,  afterwards  third  Eail  of  Wii»- 
wick  of  that  family ;  and  **  Lesae  **  is  Lecze  ia 
Esaex^  the  seat  of  the  Earl  of  Warwick.  '*  My 
Ladj  Carlile/'  whom  the  writer  had  been  catef- 
tiunmg,  I  believe  to  have  been  Marcraret  (Rusn!t\ 
wife  of  James  Hay,  Earl  of  Carliile ;  and  ii  i« 
remarkable  that  some  years  after  (the  £ar^^  >>( 
Carlisle  dyin^  in  10t30).  she  became  the  J^  asd 
last  wife  of  the  E^rl  of  Manchester,  Eaaex  CbeW 
having  been  his  thirtl  Essex,  Countees  of  5Un- 
cheater,  died  on  Sept  28,  10o8,  and  waa  buritHl  m 
Kimbolton  church  on  Oct  13*  Her  mother,  t^e 
writer  of  the  letter,  had  died  only  one  iBOaiiA 
before  her,  for  she  was  buried  in  the  same  cfaoi^ 
on  Sept.  1  in  the  same  year.  An  article  Is  tb 
fifth  volume  of  The  JJeraid  mid  GeMolofid, 
pp.  444-^455,  has  for  its  object  to  disentaogle  tbt 
erroneous  statements  into  which  several  wnttfi 
have  fallen  in  regard  to  "  The  Mmrriagee  of  Hobat 
Rich,  second  Earl  of  Warwick,  AdEniral  of  the 
Fleet;  of  Edward  Montague,  Lord  KimboUea 
and  second  Earl  of  Manchester;  and  of  Robert 
Rich,  tifth  Earl  of  Warwick  and  aeoosid  Bail  of 
Holland."  The  first-named  had  three  whrea,  of 
which  ladies  the  second  hadtwohusbands^  andtht 
third  had  four.  The  Earl  of  Manchester,  m  I 
have  already  said,  had  five  wives,  and  tbie«  of 
them  were  widows.  The  fourth  was  already  doi^ 
ager  Countess  of  Sussex  and  of  Warwt^.  idi 
was  the  same  lady  just  now  mentioned  aa  hmpf 
altogether  the  wife  of  four  husbantls.  The  Pe»* 
ages  generally  are  ao  deficient  in  dates  ai  to 
ladies,  that  I  extended  my  researches  for  thai 
article  in  order  to  show  how  much  there  ttiO 
remains  to  be  done  to  complete  our  genealc^cal 
histories  in  that  respect    The  letter  prinM  n 


9.Vn.  May  27,  71.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


459 


>/*N.  &  Q."  comes  in  good  sequence  to  exemplify 
I  the  value  of  such  compilntioiia,  nnd  what  a^sist- 
imce  they  may  give  in  the  identification  and  illus- 

Pition  of  histoncal  docuTtients, 
fc  JoUTU  GOTTQH  NlOHOLS. 

Mfty  not  this  letter  be  from  Essex  (Christian 
pume),  third  wife  of  the  second  Earl  of  Man- 
ehdBter,  to  her  daughter  Essex,  wife  of  Lord 
Jrwyn  ?  *'  My  sonne  Ko."  and  **  your  brother 
Sto,^  might  be  Robert  Montaarue,  the  step-son  of 
Essex,  Lady  Manchester,  nod  consequently  half- 
|»rother  of  E*?ex,  Lady  Irwyn.  F,  S. 

I    Froome  Selvrood. 

^^^P  BLINK  v^irtni  WIXK. 

^^^  (4**  S,  viL  325,) 

^^K  contributor  in  a  late  number  asserts  that  to 
^tmk  means  ogling ^  and  that  to  blink  at  ought  to 
^  substituted  for  U^  wink  fti.  These  suggested 
Ineaninga  I  shall  attempt  to  show  the  words  have 
Dot,  and  ought  not  to  have.  He  proposes  to  re- 
legate wink  to  the  realms  of  Tulganty.  Now,  this 
Is  rtirely  bold,  seeing  that  we  find  its  use  hallowed 
In  such  passages  as  the  following.  Let  ua  trust 
Ihftt  the  new  translators  are  not  of  such  an  opinion, 
^d  that  they  will  let  well  alone : — 
)  **Ani1  the  times  of  this  ignoraDce  God  wlnktd  ai** 
^pWM^is&wv  ^  Bthi), — AcU  xviL  30.* 

L    **  Too  may  as  wpII  flprpart  out  tho  unRunn'tl  heaps 
^^pOr  miser's  trcAsare  by  an  outlaw^s  den, 
^H4nd  t«ll  mc  it  16  saK  ai  bid  mo  hope 
l^^^ajiger  wllJ  wink  nn  OpportiiiiHy, 
I*       And  let  a  isingle  helpless  maiden  pass 

Uninjured  in  this  wild  surrounding  waste.** 

Milton^  Comns, 

I  Shakspeare  also  has  '*  winldng-gatcs,"  i.  e.  gates 
hiosed  from  fear  of  danger, 

j    Now,  the  primary  meaning  of  jn'nk  Is  that  of  the 
ixclusioD  of  light,  that  of  Mink  the  presence  of, 
ptid  giving  out  of,  light    Let  as  looK  at  this  in  *' 
f  cognate  languages  :— 

Wi5K,  A.-S.,    mncanj  nivere,  nuere,    nictare. 

Temi.,  TFi/ikf  a  wink,  sign  ;  wmkeUf  to  wink,  sign. 

iLtch,  wenk^i,  to  wink,  beckon,     Swed.,  vink. 


Tlie  1&»t  U'amTators  cnmhi  have  written  nttrktoked, 
Ql  thiA  I  fancy  wouhl  have  lH*»!n  unWiomfltic  and  fitifl; 
^uther  iias  "Ubeniehen;  the  Swudbili  version  '*  tifver- 
tbe  Dutch  **overge2ien" — all  literal  equivalents^ 
jThe  old  venion  of  the  pastors  of  Ceueva  bfts  **  du- 
Dfi]^";  tlie  Spanish  **  disAimulando,"  while  Beza  is 
bmewhat  redtmdant,  "  tcmporiba^  istios  ignorantiie  con- 
ilveado  diaaimulatiA."  Now,  "  conniveo  "  Is  to  ufink  with 
00  **a£]  minima  tonitraa  et  fulgara  connivere  " 
etooioa).  It  has  also  ineUphorically  tlie  meaning  of 
matter,  take  no  notice  of;  so  Cicpro,  **ea 
o,qaibtisdam  in  rebus  etiam  conniveo."  "  Dis- 
tbe  selfsame  vecondary  meaning  of  to  take 
of—*,  g.  in  Plftuius,  "  Diwimnhibo  hoa  quasi 

tn  Tidesm."     The  mcKlem  Greek  version  has  vo^- 


beck,  sign  ;  vinka^  to  wink^  beckon.  Johnson  has, 
to  shut  the  eyes,  to  exclude  the  light  So  w*e  lind 
such  piu?3agey  as  these : — 

*'  For  he  that  leinktih  when  he  ^lould  see, 
A\  wilfidty,  God  let  him  never  the  (thrive)." 

*■  For  ofte,  who  that  hcde  tokc, 
Better  w  it  to  tt^ynk  than  to  loke/* 

Gotoer. 

Thus  we  say,  "  I  never  slept  a  wink/*  1. 1?*  never 
chned  an  eye.     And  so  thus : — 

"Beeaus**  it  was  night  wee  staved  in  the  sea,  where 
wee  «nd  our  shippea  were  not  a  little  troubled,  so  that  aU 
that  night  none  ol  us  alcpt  a  winkt,  but  watdied  every 
one," — JIacklvjftf  Voifagts^ 

Bldtk.  A.S.,  A/icrtf«jCorruscare,micare.  Danish, 
hlik,  also  Itlink^  a  gleam,  glance ;  htinke^  to  gleam. 
Swed.,  hlink^  twinkling.  Flem-,  blinking^  splen- 
dour; WiVi/c-irorm,  ErlowworrH,  Dutch,  Wt^,  white 
of  the  eye,  twinkle,  glance,  look  \  hlikkefif  to 
glisten;  em  blink,  a  clear  spot  in  a  cloudy  skv — « 
e.  g.  I/M'nk,  in  the  polar  seas.  Now,  ilngiish 
to  blink  has  in  Dutch,  as  synonymous,  ghiren 
(Scotch,  to  glour),  to  look  steadfastly  at;  also 
ooffrtt^  from  which  is  English  to  o^hf  to  look 
stt^ndfastly  at  nnd  with  some  sort  of  impudently 
contorted  expression  of  features.  (Lat,  limis  octiUji 
inttieri.)  Germ.,  Blicky  look,  glance,  flash  (of 
light)  ;  so  in  Scotch,  blinkil  jnilkj  such  as  has  been 
soured  by  lightning ;  blinkcn^  to  glance,  shine  f 
die  BUckf^  the  brightest  parts  of  a  picture.  Who 
does  not  know  the  following  ?— 

*'  Dti  Schwert  an  meiner  linken, 
Was  aoU  dein  htitret  Blinken  f 
Schsnst  mir  90  freundlich  an"  ; 

and  further  on — 

**ftrich  tragt  cin  wackrer  Rciter, 
Drum  A/i«A"  icb  auch  so  heiter. 
Hill  freieu  Mannes  Wehr.** — Komer. 

Jamieson,  a  beam,  ray ;  to  blink,  to  open  thft 
eyes,  look  with  a  favourable  eye,  &c.  And  so  I 
close  with  the  following  additional  OlustratioES :- — 

"  Than  u|>on  him  «he  ke»t  up  both  her  C'yne, 
And  with  a  blink  it  oome  in  till  hh  thought 
That  he  some  time  her  face  before  had  seen." 

Q}mphint  of  CreMeide. 
**  Balon,  baloo,  ray  wee  wee  thing, 

0  aaftly  close  tfey  blinking  ee." 

GaU,  Crodle  Song, 
*'  The  maid  pat  on  her  kirtle  brouti ; 
She  wa«  the  b rawest  in  a*  the  toun  j 

1  wat  on  blm  she  didna  gloom. 

But  blinkit  tKinnilie.^' 

Muirhind  Willie. 
'^Now  simmer  hUidtM  on  flowery  hraca. 
And  o'er  the  crystal  streamk-t  play*; 
Come  let  tis  ^'nd  the  tightnome  days 
In  the  birks  of  Abeifehlv:'* 

Bmrm. 

JOHK  CeAWFOBD. 
263,  Argyll  Street,  Glasgow, 


460 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[4«*S.VII,ll4¥*I»TU 


The  use  of  t!?ink  for  hlUk  in  an  unploosantly 
suggestible  manDer  is  hj  no  meaiiB  modem.  The 
pltj  ifl  that  icink  has  become  so  narrowed  in  our 
modem  ears  to  its  vulg^ar  ogling  meaning.  Here 
are  two  pasaagea  from  Shake^peAre's  VoiUB  mid 
Adorns  (I  00  and  121)  :— 

"  But  when  her  lips  were  iu*<1v  for  liia  pay. 
He  tciHki,  and  toraa  bia  lipa  ciDothcr  waf." 

"'Art  thorn  aabamed  to  kiss  ?  then  wink  «£aia» 
Aad  I  win  mmk ;  to  «h&U  the  day  Mem  night'** 
Adouifi;  in  fact,  cloeea  hia  ejea  from  the  sight  of 
her.  John  Addis. 


BRITISH  SCYTHE- ARM  ED  CHARIOTS, 
(4^^  S.  L  414 ;  vii.  05,  240,  332.) 

Mr.  jERiiajLn^  wl^o  maintains  in  oppoaition 
to  Mr.  TroUope  that  the  ancient  Britona  used 
ecythe- armed  coiH«t,  appeara  to  roly  priocipally 
upon  the  authority  of  the  work  De  Situ  JJritaniiui^ 
^  attributed  to  Kichard  of  Cirencester.  This  being 
the  caae^  it  ahould,  I  thiuk,  be  noted  that  grave 
doubta  exist  as  to  the  genuineness  of  that  produc- 
tion ;  in  fact  it  is  now,  I  bolieTe,  very  generally 
ranked  with  the  pseudo  Ingulf.  But  Buppoae  it 
to  be  authentic,  what  weight  can  an  aaaertion 
nutde  by  a  monk  in  the  fourteenth  C4intury  have 
as  agamat  the  negative  testimony  of  Ciesar  and 
Tadtua  ?  The  truth  is,  however,  that  the  atate- 
ment  extracted  from  the  so-cidled  Richard  of 
Cirencester  bv  Mr.  JfiREMua  is  itself  taken  from 
Pomponiua  Mela's  work,i)*  SUu  OrhU  (lib.  iii.  61, 
whicn  was  most  probably  written  about  the  middle 
or  towards  the  end  of  the  first  century.  1  have 
not  this  treatise  at  band^  so  I  cannot  give  the 
exact  worda  of  the  passage  therein  relating  to 
covini^  **falcatis  axlbus,'*  but  I  believe  that  the 
parallel  passage  in  the  paeudo  Richard  (lib.  i. 
c.  iii.  $  14)  is  taken  from  Mela^  almost  if  not  quite 
verbatim :  and  it  is  clear  that  to  the  testimony  of 
Mela  we  owe  the  **  atereo typed  statement"  re- 
specting British  scythe-armei  chariots.  Whether 
or  not  that  statement  is  correct,  I  do  not  pretend 
to  know^  but  it  seems  reasoiuible  to  suppose  that 
Caisar  would  have  told  us  something  about  the 
comni  in  question  if  the  Britons  of  bis  day  had 
used  them.  He  mentions  the  esacdt^,  as  everybody 
knows,  and  the  confusion  they  caused  — "  terrore 
equorum  et  strepitu  rotarum  ;  but  surely,  if  there 
had  been  any  chariots  armed  with  scythes,  be 
would  have  specihed  those  formidable  weapons  aa 
sources  of  terror,  rather  than,  or  at  all  events  in 
addition  to,  the  horses  and  the  wheels.  It  does 
seem  probable,  however,  that  scythe-armed  cha- 
riot* were  used  in  Britain  subsequently  to  CiEsar's 
expedition.  As  I  have  said,  Mela  expressly  men- 
tions them,  and  though  Tacitus  (in  Vitd  Agric, 
§  13)  does  not,  yet  his  notice  of  British  war-cha- 
riota  at  aU  is  so  cursory  that  no  argument  against 
the  scythe  theory  can  fairly  be  drawn  from  it  j 


rather  the  contrary,  in  fiict,  for  the  chatiots  mtt- 
tioned  by  Tacitus  were,  at  all  evt^nts,  cotuiL  I 
may  add  (1)  that  a  passage  i  i  j  (Iv.  200^ 

is  quoted  in  Camden  iBrUa^  i*  p.  x.  ei 

Gough)  to  the  effect  that  tlie  Britons  used  cha- 
riots in  war  a$  the  Gauls  did;  and  (2)  that  the 
scathed  ctwini  mentioned  by  Mela  and  the  psendd 
Eichfird  after  ,him  are  said  to  haye  been  anwid 
'*  Gallic^.''  Still  the  whole  question  ia  tayolvid 
in  doubt,  and  I  venture  to  think  that  a  bfochioi 
upon  ancient  British  war-cliariots  by  some  l.., 
plished  archaeologist  is  a  literary  deilderalum. 

W.. 
Newark. 


.A.S^ 

BTideoil 
thiif" 


There  is  a  certain  amount  of  negatiye  e^ 
touching  the  question  mooted  in  the  fact 
least  three  interments  involving  the  preseooi  d 
a  buried  **  ancient  British  chariot  **  bare  been  mit 
with  in  Yorkshire.     Two  of  these  are  noticed  ID 
Phillips'  Yorkshire^  p.  200,  with  a  reference  fer 
fuller  information  to  the  Memoirs  of  tkt  7mk 
Meeting  of  the  Arch,  ht*t  1846.     TK^  tVxr^  ttsj 
discovered   by   Mr.   Kendall   of   " 
tumulus  near  Cawthoni  Camps.      [ 
me,  when  showing  rae  the  wheel-tirt  - 
parts  of  the  "  find  '^  still  extant,  the  v. 
action,  from  the  first  meeting  with  the  hub  wm    ■ 
its  extremity  to  the  complete  une^nthic^  ofthi    \ 
whole.     But  the  minute  examinn/  ;  ,  ^. 

tire  interment  seemed  to  have  rev  .  .:  - 

lead  to  the  inference  that  scythes  had  «xistel 
Tht'^  horse -trappings  foimd  showed  that  dmqgfct 
from  the  chest,  not  the  shoulder,  of  the  souiil 
horses  employed  had  bet-*n  the  rule.  I  ikooU 
think  Mr.  KendiUl  would  give  any  inlonnitiai 
asked  to  any  '*  anxious  inquirer.'* 

J.  0.  AxxsfMA 

Danby  in  Clevtland. 


THE  COMPLETION  OF  ST.  PAUL'a 
(4«>'  S.  yi.  pnmm  ;  vii.  185,  S41^  ^14,  3d0,  451) 

I  am  very  glad  that  the  few  remaxka  wludk  I 
made  upon  this  contemplated  work  has  bn>Q|tll 
forwiird  so  distinguiahea  an  Mohitooiiuii  weOm 
as  Mk.  Jambs  FKBorssotr  to  expkui  wtaam  fd^ 
than  has  been  hitherto  known  to  the  pub&soi 
proceedings  of  the  committee  in  refereoce  to  tMl 
great  undertaking,  and  the  defijtite  amuiftilitft* 
which  are  to  be  carried  out 

Mk.  Fbrgusson  disclaims  any  aatharify  £poa 
tbe  committee  for  the  explanatians  whieh  ha  te 
given,  but  no  doubt  he  expreasea  in  a  great  wm 
sure  the  opinions  of  his  ooUeaguos,  thoQ^^I 
venture  to  think  there  are  some  of  ll 
would  not  altogether  endorse  his  vieiiik 
cuss  all  the  points  raiied  by  Mit.  Fbm 
proper  length  would  take  up  too  much  spbib  h' 


i«*s*vn.  MAT27,itl 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


461 


yottr  TnUiable  columns,  I  muBt  therefore  confine 
inv-"  ui 9  brief  replies. 

'['  J  to  the  p^isition  of  the  organ,  in  the 

teeth  ni  ^uch  accumulated  authority  as  the 
**  UBBLimcfua  opinion  of  twelve  of  the  most  emi- 
nent mimical  men  in  England/'  it  aeema  preaumn- 
tuotia  to  auggoat  that  any  other  arrangement  could 
have  been  adopted,  seeing  that  the  instrument  is 
to  be  aTaUable  for  the  services  in  the  present 
choir  aa  well  as  for  those  under  the  dome ;  but  I 
can  hardly  think  Me.  FEROtrssoy  to  be  serious 
when  he  would  make  us  believe  that  an  organ  to 
be  aa  powerful  aa  any  organ  in  Eogland,  even  if 
the  two  halves  project  only  five  feet  on  either 
aidej  can  be  so  placed  as  not  to  obstruct  the  view 
'*in  any  appreciable  manner  from  any  person  stand- 
ing on  tne  floor  of  the  church.  My  humble 
opinion  ia  so  utterly  opposed  to  Mb.  Fe&gusso^'s 
idea  about  the  organs  so  placed  being  *^  just  what 
U  wanted  to  furnish  the  choir  arch/^  that  I  muat 
decline  to  follow  him  in  that  argument.  It  seema 
to  me,  as  it  does  to  many  otberS}  that  it  will 
gllpUj  caar  the  ordutecturaL  elfect  of  that  part  of 

^^fci*  FBBHtTMON  next  mentions  the  plan  pro- 
poeed  in  the  iSucrUft/^  which  suggests  the  eroctioa 
of  an  altar  with  steps^  baldachino^  and  all  proper 
accompaniments  under  the  arch  leading  to  the 
choir,  and  dismisses  it  in  a  summary  manner  as 
the  production  of  men  who  have  no  idea  of  scale, 
and  incapable  of  judging  of  the  effect  of  their 
scheme  it  realised. 

I  think  Mti.  Fergussqn  is  in  this  matter  utterly 
mbti^en.  1  have  not  the  pleasure  of  knowing 
the  author  of  the  plan  so  carefully  studied  and 
df»wn  to  scale  in  the  Sacristy:  but  as  I  know 
something  of  drawing,  and  fancy  I  understand  a 
plan,  I  have  no  hesitation  in  saying  that  a  most 
eJE&ctive  design  might  be  produced  upon  the  lines 
of  that  plan,  aod  1  can  scarcely  imngine  a  more 
beautiful  position  for  a  well-designed  baldachino, 
crowning  an  altar  properly  raised,  and  surrounded 
by  all  the  necessary  arrangements  tmder  the  thattcel 
arch  (not  under  the  dome),  thus  giving  dignity 
to  the  sanctuary,  and  that  prominence  which  it 
entirely  lacks  in  its  present  low  position  in  the 
«»aartem  Apse.  I  would  not  pass  so  poor  a  com- 
pliment upon  the  accomplisned  professional  ad- 
viser to  the  Dean  and  Chapter  as  to  suppose  that 
hi  incapable  of  forming  such  an  artistic  grouping 
^"^    essential  features  as  would  be  intinitely 

^  to  **  furnishing  the  choir  arch ''  with  any 

ftHliOtmt  of  organ  pipes. 

The  great  diHiculty  which  seems  to  present  itself 
to  Mm,  ¥zb,bjjbbon'&  mind  is,  that  there  will  be 
aippareiitly  two  churches  under  one  roof.  1  think 
lie  attaches  too  much  importance  to  this  idea. 
ViitUAlty  thiMia  the  casein  some  of  our  cathedrals 
md  *t>bey  churches  at  present,  and  unless  we  are 
diflpOied  to  destroy  some  of  the  most  interesting 


features  of  our  old  buildings,  these  arrangements 
must  remain*  Mb.  Feboussoit  aak^,  when  one 
part  of  the  Cathedral  ia  to  be  used  and  when  the 
other  .^ 

Surely  the  daily  services  (when  moderate  num- 
bers only  attend)  can  take  place  in  the  present 
choir  as  usuaX  and  for  Sundays  and  other  special 
services  additional  to  the  great  Festivals  of  the 
Church,  the  aisle,  choir,  transept,  and  nave  would 
most  suitably  hold  the  vast  congregations  that 
might  assemble. 

In  calling  attention  to  the  plan  g^ven  in  the 
Sacridy^  I  had  no  intention  oi  defending  all  its 
details ;  poBsibly  the  scheme  might  be  improved* 
The  subject  is  not  without  its  difficulties  ;  but  in 
spite  of  Me.  Feroussox's  strictures,  I,  in  common 
with  many  others,  hesitate  in  thinkiDg  that  the 
pronosals  as  set  forth  by  him  are  the  best  that  can 
te  a e vised.  I  see  no  inconsistency  in  my  remarks 
ab out  Westminster  Ab bey.  The  plans  of  St .  Pa ul ^s 
and  Westminster  Abbey  are  so  unlike,  that  dif- 
ferent treatments  in  each  building  are  necessary* 
As  you  will  receive  other  communications  upon 
this  intertjsjting  subject,  I  will  occupy  no  furtuer 
space.  Benjamis  Ferret* 


THE  BOOKWORM- 
(4***  S.  vi.  527  J  vii.  05,  168,  262,  340.) 

In  looking  over  some  old  gentleman's  diaries  in 
my  possession  I  came  acrosi*  the  following  reply 
to  a  query  on  this  subject  propounded  ia  18^3, 
viz: — 

**  The  bookworm  is  a  small  white  silver-fihlmng  iiucct, 
or  moth,  mach  found  amongat  books  and  papers,  and  is 
supposed  to  be  that  which  eats  boles  through  the  loaves 
ttod  covew*  Ii»  head  U  bi^  and  blunt,  and  its  body 
taper-;  fmm  it  towards  the  toil  srasller  and  sniAlkr  ;  the 
body  is  divided  into  fourtooii  sflvcrul  partitiouH,  haviDg 
the  appearanco  of  ao  mtmy  shell**  and  mch  of  these  parts 
14  agaia  covered  over  with  a  multitudo  of  thin  trans- 
parent Acale«,  whichi  from  the  niultipticity  of  their  rc- 
llcctjng  aurfac«A,  make  tlie  whole  aaimal  appear  of  a 
pt-irfect  peiiirl  colour.  Thii^  insect  is  famished  on  either 
^ide  of  it8  hcnd  with  a  duster  of  e^«s»  and  each  of  these 
elustera  is  bfcM3t  with  a  row  of  small  bristles  murh  like 
the  (iha  or  hairs  on  the  eyelid »«,  and  perliaps  tbey  sorv'o 
for  the  samo  purpose*  It  has  ten  loog  horns  curiously 
ribbed  or  knotted,  having  at  aadi  nob  small  hairs  or 
bristles,  here  and  there  dispersed  among  them ;  besides 
thes«  it  bos  two  shorter  homs  or  feelers,  which  are  knotted 
and  fnngedjiko  the  former.  It  has  three  tails,  iu  every 
re^tpoct  rosembliog  the  two  lon/ETcr  horns  on  the  head. 
The  lirgs  of  it  are  scaled  and  haired  just  like  tbc  other 
parts  of  its  body.  The  body  is  beset  with  small  pointed 
bristles  like  spears.  Dr*  Hook  aaja  this  anima]  probably 
feeds  on  the  paper  and  leaves  of  books,  and  perforates 
small  holes  in  them.  To  prenrent  the  depredations  of 
this  little  animal,  books  should  be  frequently  aln)d^  and 
if  some  strong  smelling  herbs,  soch  as  roe,  wormwood, 
irc^  rusflia  leather  shavings,  or  a  small  piece  of  camphor, 
be  put  among  them,  it  wili  tend  greatly  to  ^c^Mi»:H^ 
them»" 

Anolhet  coties^oti^exil  «st^a  *»— 


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[4»^S/Vn.MAT37,'Jl 


**  The  hest  and  only  sccnri tr  ngamst  bookworraa  ii  to 
mix  mineral  italts  [which  all 'insects  abhor]  in  the  paste 
nflcd  by  the  binders." 

Charles  Pettet. 

Hammemnkh. 

Pnrnell'a  poem  on  the  "Bookworm'^  waa  no 
doubt  suggested  bv  the  lines  of  Theodore  Beza, 
but  he  hiis  introduued  intobiaparaphraso  so  maoy 
allusioDB  to  other  matters^  tliat  the  original  ia 
almost  entirely  lost  sight  of.  pAmell  is  much 
more  ind<?bted  to  the  fertility  of  his  own  imagina- 
tion than  to  Bezft,  The  following  is  the  poem 
referred  to : — 

♦*  Thmdori  Beztt  Tinea ; 
Ad  MuMOX  tiniic  aacrijtcium  tudicruni, 
**  Si  rogat  Oreremqae  Libenmique 
Yltjo  BolJicitita  sam  coIobuh; 
SI  Havnrti4  opem  petit  cruentus 
Milea,  sollicitn*  suie  salutb^ 
Quidoir  Calliope,  tibi  tuisque 
Jare  sacra  fcrBra,  quibua  |>lacere 
Eat  uuum  fitutlium  mibf^  omnibuaciae 
Qui  vatutn  h  tiumero  volant  haben  ? 
Vobts  ergo  fereeJa  »acra  ;  Miipkj  ; 
Sed  qujD  victima  grata  ?  qtiffi  Camocnis 
Dtcata  hoKtia  ?  parcite,  u  Camoenie ; 
Nova  hoBc  vi(!tima,  scd  futura  vobi9 
SaaviSi  arbitror,  admodamque  grata. 
Accede^  6  Tint^ii,  ilia  qufc  puhillo 
Ventrem  corpore  tarn  ^ria  voracetn. 
Tene  Pieridum  aggredi  minlttroa? 
Tcne  anrodcw  tarn  aacroa  taborea  ? 
Nee  factum  mthi  denc^ga.     Ecce  furtl 
Tui  cxerapla,  tiuL':  tt  voracitatii. 
Penc  tu  mihi  paKstrcm  CatulU, 
Peno  tu  mibi  Ltsbiam  ab^tulisti. 
Nunc  oertc  mens  ille  Martiali.H 
I  ma  ad  viscera  rosas  usque  languet, 
Irao  et  ipse  Maro^  cui  pepemt, 
Justo  Civsare  fticjubentp,  flamma» 
Liesus  deni<?  tuo,  Bcelexta,  languct. 
Quid  dicam  innumeros  fcn^ne  eraditos^ 
Quorum  tu  monument  a,  tu  lal>orea 
I«to  poasimo  ventre  dcvoriati? 
Prodi,  jam  tutiicam  relinque^  prodi.l 
Yah  1  ut  callida  .fitringit  ipsa  wese ! 
Ut  mortem  simulati  scsele^ta  prodi. 
Pro  tot  criminlbua  datum  pcDnaa. 
Age,  iiitum  jugulo  tuf»  cruento 
Mucronem  exeipe,  et  L^tum  et  istum> 
Vide  ut  nalpitatp  ut  cruore  largo 
Aias  poll  ait  hnc  profkna  sacraa. 
At  ▼OS,  Pieridea,  boneqae  Mnsro, 
Nunc  gandetfi  i  jacet  Urn  interempta, 
Jauet  aacrilega  ilia,  quic  solebat 
Sacros  Pieridum  vorare  servos  j 
Hanc  vero  tunicam,  has  dico,  Camoena*, 
Yobis  BXuviaj,  at  hine  tropaeom 
Pamaito  m  medio  locetb  et  sit 
Hoc  iaacriptio  ;  de  fertL  latere mta 
Beza  dat  apoUa  base  opmia  Musis." 


Cork. 


R.  C. 


The  f<^ll owing  extract  seems  to  me  worthy  of  a 
place  ftmoDgftt  the  Tarious  mMs  which  the  cor- 
respondents  of  "  N,  &  Q.*'  have  furnished  on  this 


interesting  topic.  I  take  it  from  Thomas  l>e( 
cey'a  Autoi/ictf/raphiv  SJceCrkcv^  chap,  vi, : — 

"That  librnrj'  of  120,000  volumes,  which  Gtot^  I 
presented  to  the  UAtion,  and  firhich  has  since  g«ne  tai^ 
the  collection  at  the  firitish  Museum*  had  bcro  fetn 
(as  1  was  often  aastired  by  persons  to  whom  th«  nbalt 
history  of  the  libran%  and  ita  growth  from  ftroall  roifi* 
mentfC  was  familiarly  known)  under  the  direct  pcnooal 
auperiDtendence  of  George  II L  It  was  a  favouriti  and 
pet  ereationj  and  hU  care  even  extended  to  the  i 
of  the  l)Ooka  in  approprinte  bindings,  and  (a*  f 
told  nie)  to  their  health :  exphtining  himsielf  { 
that  in  any  caie  where  n  book  wai  worm-^aten.of 
however  »lie;htly  with  the  worm,  the  king  was  ; 
to  prevent  the  tujurA*  from  cxtcndinir.  or  from  iafet 
orhers  by  <  b'*e  neighbotirhood  ;  for  it  Ist uppoaad  by  mm^ 
that  6«ch  injuries  spread  rapidly  ia  favourabla  fitaatieaR. 


ScmrsTTs  or  Christmas  Pjecbs  (4«*  S.  ri, 
Tii,  ]4o,  201^  351,)— Seeing  that  your 
dent  Mr.  Shaw  mentions  my  father*a  ^_ 
(p.  14*j;,  Dean  and  Munday, "  as  publisher  ^ 
aenpdiL««,  I  thoughta  few  facts  from  persdiiil  bm- 
niory  and  knowledge  might  interest  3  ouf  nttdoi. 
As  B  youngster  some  thirty -five  years  ago  ta  mf 
father's  establishment,  the  sale  of  *'  achoof  pieoei^^ 
or  **  Chmtmas  pieces,"  as  they  were  called^  ni 
not  scripsitfi,  waa  very  lar^ ;  ray  father  publWW 
Bome  thirty  diflerent  subjects  (a  new  one  tniT 
year,  one  of  the  old  ones  being  let  ^o  out  of  pilBt). 
There  were  also  three  other  publishers  of  tlMO. 
The  order  to  print  used  to  average  about  ftfl 
hundred  of  each  kind,  but  double  of  the  Life  of  iW 
Saviour.     Most  of  the  Bubjecta  were  t'  '  ■  ^ 

Old  Teatament.     I  only  recollect   i^  -- 

not  sacred.     Printing  at  bome»  we  getn  rmty  c>ai- 
raenced  the  printing  in  August  from  the  eO'PJ■^ 
plates,  as  they  had  to  be  coloured  by  hand.  Vbff 
sold  retail  at  sixpence  each^  and  we  iiaed  to  «p- 
ply  them  to  the  trade  at  thirty  shillings  per  gni^ 
and  to  schoola  at  three  shillings  aiMl  sixpeaee  ptf 
dozen  ^  or  two  dozen  for  six  shillinga  and  uxpeoOk 
Charity  boys  were  large  purchasers  of  theoe  pIiOM^ 
and  at  Christmas  time  used  to  take  tbem  tQioA 
their  parish  to  show,  and  at  the  same  tim<»  dohdl 
a  trifle.     The  sale  never  be^^an  before  Octaiv^  ta   * 
the  country,  and  December  m  London ;  ar 
iti  January  the  stock  left  used  to  be  put  i 
the  following  season.  It  is  over  fifteen  yeiir?  swift  > 
any  were  printed  by  my  firm,  and  the  last  Btr 
one  1  find  was  done  in  lithography- 

S.  A.  H.  Dean^  of'Defui  and  S«^ 
successors  of  Dean  and  M  uDdsf. 

SrUKBY   G-OBOLPHIK   (4*^**  S.   viL    3t)4.)— ' 
person  of  this  name  for  whom  TV.  D,  C.  ^ 
IB  probably  the  son  of  John  Godolphin,  Jud 
the  Admiralty,  who  waa  nephew  of  Sir  Will 
Oodolphin,  the  grandfather  of  the   Lord  £ 
Treasurer,    He  was  bom  1651,  and  was  a  oola 
in  the  army  and  governor  of  the  island  ^^f  Sc" 
He  married  Snsan^  daughter  of  lUese  Tannat  i 


4'«»8.VII.  May27,*71J 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


A^»TUnnat,  Salop,  Eao.,  hy  whom  he  had  several 
cLrldbr^n;  and  wtia  prni>abiy  ftiive  in  1704,  \s'hen 
'  Ati  daborate  pedigree  of  the  fainily  was  entered  in 
tht'  Heralds'  College,  Ip  this,  however,  the  date 
of  birth  <nf  the  Lord  Treasurer  is  not  ^veu,  but 
hh  monument  states  that  he  was  aged  sixtj- 
seven  at  his  de^th  on  Sept.  15,  1712.      G.  K  A. 

WoRCBSTKK  Arms  (4*'»  S.  vii,  410.)  — If  Mr, 
r*  M>K  had  paid  the  visit  he  promised  to  a 

shire  antiquary  he  might  have  obtained 
a  cme  to  some  of  the  names  he  is  hunting  for, 

P, 

"  Barok  **  Nicholson  :  Joh2?  Dalbyhplk  (4^'' 
S,  vii.  2>^>,) — ^ Amongst  the  chief  contributora  to 
The  Tow  tit  Mr.  Bates  mentions  *'  the  clever^  hut 
prntiiifatc  John  Dalrymple/*  To  whom  does  this 
refer  ?  I  particularly  hope  Mr,  Bates  will  reply 
to  this  inquiry.  t>i  Quis. 

"Heart  of  HEARxrs]  ^' (4*''  S.  vii.  362,)^I 
am  quite  unable  to  reply  to  LonD  CETKtjtfsFOBJD'a 
inquiry  as  to  what  has  led  to  the  universal  ex- 
pression of  **  Heart  of  hearts "  in  the  plural.  I 
€«0  only  satisfy  him  by  quoting  an  oid  authority 
far  a  lady  who  appears  to  me,  contrary  to  his 
expectations,  to  have  been  in  possession  of  two 
hearts. 

In  that  RTaceful  sonnet  which  ha.^  been  attri- 
buted to  Sir  Walter  Raleigh,  claimed  by  Lord 
Chesterfield^  but  vmtten  by  the  Earl  of  Pem- 
broke, who  died  in  1G30,  he  addresses  Christiana, 
daughter  of  Lord  Bruce  of  Kiiilos,  thus— 

**  Wrong  not^  dear  emt>rca9  of  my  heflrt, 
The  merit*  of  troe  i^aaaion, 
With  thinking  th&t  he  fecla  no  smart 
Who  aues  for  do  con)pa.«ision.*' 

Having  thus  disposed  of  his  heart  to  his  **  Platonic 
mistress;"  as  many  others  have  done  under  similar 
eucumstances^  the  aonuet  concludes  thus — 

••  Then  wrong  not^  dear  ITmrt  of  mi/  Ifeartf 
My  trtie  thouj^h  secret  pnsnion  ; 
He  smarteLh  maat  that  bides  bis  bmartt 
And  9uea  for  no  compABiion.'^ 

R.  B.  S. 

"  L ronx  op  Lights  '*  {4'»»  S.  vii.  300.)— J,  H.  B.'fl 
Cliticistm  on  No.  137  in  HymfU  Ancient  and  Modern j 

**  Light  of  LighU !  with  moniiog  ahioe/* 
and 

•*  Light  of  LighU !  when  falls  tho  even," 

is  gPoandleAs.     He  says, — 

**  One.  would  think  the  composer  of  the  hymn  had  never 
■een  the  Nk'<>weCr«ed  either  in  ii reek  or  Engliah,  for  there 
#^t  in  ^iar6sf  and  **  Li^ht  of  Light/'  convey  a  vcrj' 
difTervnt  meattlng  from  that  given  by  the  plural  of  the 
hyiDQ." 

Of  course  they  do,  and  for  this  very  suiiiclent 
iQiaon,  that  the  author  of  the  hvum  intended  his 
ward£  in  a  diiFerent  meaning,    the  Creed;  in  ^C^s 


iK  (^ar^^f,  IS  Speaking  of  the  second  person  in  the 
Trinity;  whereas  the  hymn  is  addressed  to  the 
Trinity  in  Unity.  The  author  may  be  supposed 
to  have  had  in  his  mind  Oen.  i.  10,  **  And  God 
made  two  frreat  lights,''  of  which  Ho  is  himself 
the  light;  Psalm  cxxxvi.  7,  [0  give  thanks]  **to 
Him  that  made  sreat  lights,  for  his  mercy  en- 
dureth  for  ever*  ;  and  James  i,  17,  **  Cometh 
down  from  the  Father  of  lights.''  Mr.  Ain'ger 
aptly  asks  on  the  same  page, 

"Quls  em«adabit  ipsos  emendatorea  ?" 

KY. 

*'  The  Wind  has  a  LAKatJAQE,"  etc."  (4***  S.  vii* 
30o.)— In  the  absence  of  infoxmatioBi  of  a  more 
definite  kimi^  it  may  interest  Mb.  Gantillon  to 
know  even  this  little,  that  the  lines  appeared  in  a 
magnzine  more  than  forty  years  ago;  and  thfit 
the  first  four,  vividly  impressed  upon  my  boyish 
mind,  and  clinging  with  bur^Iite  tenacity  to 
memoryi  ran  thus:  — 

**  The  wind  has  a  language  I  would  I  could  leam  ; 
Sometimes  'tia  soothing,  and  isnmetjmea  *tia  stem ; 
And  ^omf^timcs  it  cooies  like  a  low  sweet  song* 
And  all  things  grow  calm  as  tht;  strain  t1oat«  along.*' 

Of  the  remaining  lines  I  have  too  imperfect  a 
remembrance  to  venture  attempting  to  give  them. 
I  do  not  rempmher  the  author's  name,  if  indeed 
it  was  appended  to  the  lines,  nor  the  magazine  in 
which  they  appeared.  J.  L. 

SnEERwoRT  (4^'»  S.  vi.  502;  vii,  26,  151/244, 
332.)— I  hope  F.  C.  IL  (a  Murithian)  will  not 
think  me  hypercritical,  but  I  do  not  fancy  the 
Anthk  Itolmna  would  be  u^ed  in  saiads,  even  by 
gypsies.  Was  his  plant  the  Cardamine  htrmfaf 
My  own  notion  is,  that  the  plant  we  call  Ame- 
rican cress  (Barharea  pr€tco,v),  may  have  been 
the  sheer  wort  of  old  writers,  hut  1  have  no  proof 
of  this.  Aruhis  Italinna  was  certainly  never  cul- 
tivated, and  I  find  sheerwort  in  a  catalogue  of 
"  sallad  herbs  "  dated  1088,  In  my  very  numer- 
ous liit«i  I  hare  no  plant  so  called,  except  AHer 
Tnpoliunu  Could  F.  C.  H.  send  me  a  scrap  of  his 
plant  ?  James  Brittex. 

Koyal  Herhannm,  Kew. 

Treveris'  **Gretb  Herball**  (4i»*  S.  vii.  102, 
2t>S,  335.)— H.  C.  does  not  quote  Parkinson's 
Index  correctly,  or  he  would  see  that  his  **  Son- 
chus''  and  '^Asparagus,'*  although  in  the  same 
line,  have  separate  references,  and  are  quite  dif- 
ferent things.  My  copy  reads:  "  Palatium  lef}orUf 
l,  Stmchus  Icpiis  vulffaru^  807.  C/pmlpino^  i.  Aitpa- 
rttffm  vfdparts** — which  is  indexed  in  its  place 
under  A.  There  is  no  doubt  that  our  sowthistle 
is  the  *' hare's  palace"  of  moat  authors;  but  it 
does  not  seem  to  be  that  of  Treveris. 

I  subjoin  my  address,  and  sliall  bo  very  glad  to 
correspond  with  H.  C,  I  suspect  w©  shall  find 
that  the  Orim  Softittdu  was  the  aource  from  which 


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JIOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[4*fcS.VILMAY2?^71*l 


both  tbe  Orete  HerhaU  And  Onmt  H«rhi$r  were 
compiled.    My  edition  (1526)  b&s  cats. 

Jame^j  BRiiTEir,  F.L.8. 
SoyKl  UcTbariuiD,  Kinr. 

Memorial  Versss  ox  thx  NumrKit  of  Day* 
xjr  THE  Months  (4'**  S.  vii.  386.) — It  may  interest 
Mb.  Lofttr  to  hare  his  attention  directed  to 
Brae*s  edition  of  Chaucer «  Treatise  on  the  Astro* 
labe,  published  last  year,  wherein  he  will  find  at 
p.  25  tbe  foUowiDg  note :  — 

"  It  is  worthy  of  remark  that  St«rvioa  here  Inaertj,  by 
way  of  UJiifitrating  the  text,  tboac  well-known  linea: 
'  TEirtie  dAL4  hskth  September/  &c  Adding  *Lo»  venea  of 
the  nomber  of  tbe  dais  in  ye  Kalendac/  '* 

In  his  introduction  to  the  Treatise  Mr.  Bme 
concluijively  dhows  that  tbe  MS.  of  Stevina,  here 
spoken  of,  must  have  been  written  about  the  year 
1555.  So  that  here  are  the  Terses,  not  only  at  a 
much  earlier  date  than  even  Mk.  Lofttb  ha§  dis- 
covered, but,  to  judnre  firom  tbe  one  line  quoted, 
n  version  of  them  much  nearer  to  that  we  are 
habituated  to  at  the  present  day,  J,  P» 

The  OLDirgT  Inks  in  Englajj d  (4»^  S.  vi.  505 ; 
vii.  267,  3S4.)^ThQ  legend  current  in  the  neigh- 
bourhood  is  thatj  in  one  of  the  chambers  of  the 
ancient  inn  at  Norton  St.  Philips,  Somerset,  the 
Duke  of  Monmouth  slept  the  night  before  the 
battle  of  Sedgemoor.  Should  any  of  your  readers 
wish  for  a  pbotograpb  of  this  inn,  f  can  supply 
them,  and  the  procoeda  will  be  given  to  a  useful 
charity.  Ella. 

Bath. 

The  Phcentx  Thbohe  :  Btkon  (4»'»  S,  vii.  162, 
208,  401.)— What  groimd  has  P.  P.  for  supposing 
that  in  the  verse  he  has  quoted  Byron  intended 
any  reference  to  the  phoemx  P  To  me  the  mean- 
ing appears  to  be  simply  and  plainly,  that  in  the 
desert — ^tbe  wide  waste — the  solitude  of  his  life, 
there  was  still  one  fountain  springing,  one  tree, 
one  bird  singing — these  all  typifying  his  sister 
Augfusta^  to  whom  the  lines  were  addressed. 

G.  J.  De  WlLBK. 

English  Versification  (4*^  S.  vii.  SfK).)  — 
The  moat  copious  rulc3  and  instructions  for  English 
versitication  will  bo  found  in  the  Art  of  Enffiuh 
Poetrtf^  by  Bys^she^  lirst  published  in  1702*  It 
treats  of  the  structure  of  English  verses,  of  their 
several  kinda,  and  of  tbe  due  observation  of  accent 
and  pause  j  and  contains  niles  cc^nducing^  to  tbe 
beauty  of  our  versification.  It  has  chapters  on 
elialoiifl  and  Thyme,  and  a  dictionary  of  rhymes, 
followed  by  a  very  ample  collection  of  passages 
from  tbe  best  English  poet«4,  with  the  subjects 
arranged  in  alphabetical  order.  I\  C.  H. 

ROSEMAKY  rSED    AT  FrNERALS    (4**'  S.  Vii.  206, 

348.) — I  remember,  many  year.^  ngo^  being  once 
at  a  funeral  in  North  Lancashire  of  a  distin- 
guished officer  in  the  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  when, 
a  little  before  the  procession  moved  from  the 


house,  A  basket  oontaining  rosetnarj  was  brought 
in ;  from  which  each  gii^  took  a  sprig,  cazrud 
it  with  him  to  ^e  grave,  and  deposited  it  m 
the  coffin. 

The  custom  of  iistng  roseomry  at  fananils  ii 
thus  explained  by  muxdhj  on  Commom  iViaytf  r— 

*'  To  express  their  hopes  that  their  frieod  is  Dot  lort 
for  ever,  each  person  in  tUe  company  n^uAlly  boan  la  bii 
liADd  a  9png  of  Tv$rmary ;  a  eostom  wbieb  seent  labile 
taken  its  rise  from  a  proctice  among  tbe  hf  ihwMt  of  ■ 
quite  diHerent  import.  For  they,  baviof;^  no  thoagtuta  of  • 
future  resurrection,  but  believing^  that  the  bodies  of  thett 
that  were  dead  woiild  for  ever  lie  in  tbe  grayfv  matk  at 
of  cyprtu  at  their  funerahi ;  which  is  a  tree  thac.  b^ 
onot)  oat,  never  revtvea,  bat  dies  away.  Bat  CM^In^ 
on  the  other  side,  having  better  hopes,  and  knowisf  Hit 
this  vcTT  body  of  their  friend,  which  they  art  aovfA^ 
solemnly  to  commit  to  the  grave,  shall  ocig  dijr  ila 
n^oin  and  be  rennite^l  to  Iiis  soaU  intUiad  of  qrfn^it^^ 
tribute  rmemaiy  to  the  company,  wbioh  (being  ata^ 
green  and  douriBhing  tbe  more  for  bein^  ^i^^P^  **^  ^ 
which  a  sprig  only  t^ing  set  in  tbe  groond  inu  S|f9al 
up  immediately  and  branch  into  a  tree)  Is  monfrnptf 
to  express  tbis'oonfldenco  and  tmst.^* 

It  would  appear  that  the  early  colonisli  4 
America  had  taken  with  them  this  old  eutaBi 
Dr.  Coxe,  the  Bishop  of  New  York.  aUodiM  •• 
the  practice  in  his  beautiful  poem,  The  ObrdCi 
DmtglUcr,  Although,  as  he  aays  in  a  Qota^hiS  bn 
taken  a  quaint  licence  with  the  botanical  nsintflf 
the  flower,  rosemary  {RosemlLrimU)  i  — 

"  Then  roSefS  pule  and  Tem-marmt, 
She  scatters  o'er  tbe  Tn^rVirrv  .in*f  . 
And  at  the  last  heartrefi 
Aa  earth  takes  back  ii  '■.  rust.*' 

Milnrow.  Jamus  P£JLBSdl« 

Geokoe  Edwards,  a.d.  1545  (4*»*  S.  tH,  388L}- 
The  name  of  this  gentleman  appears  a«  one  of  tbi 
twenty-two  veomen  of  the  chamber  of  *'  the  cfffi- 
nary  of  the  Clueen*a  side  which  hava  tbsir  tSff^ 
ance  of  wages,  without  any  meaie  ccr  Boucli  d 
Court,  *^  and  he,  as  well  as  each  of  hia  ooUeigM^ 
received  15/.  4«,  2rf.  per  annum  {Ordinantm  of  Ik 
R^lfal  Ilottsehold,  p.  170),  This  informaf^ 
given  in  the  **  Ordinaooes  made  at  Elthani 
xviith  year  of  King  Henry  VIII."  ;  but  whue  iii»' 
year  was  15^5-6,  any  person  who  will  read  th* 
liHts  of  muue,¥  there  given  with  any  alb 
will  see  that  they  must  have  been  kept  < 
to  a  much  later  period :  for  they  contain  till 
which  were  not  conferred  until  quite  the  < ' 
tbe  king*s  reign.  To  instance  two :  **  The 
of  Hertforcl,  Lord  Great  Chamberlyn/*  af^e 
tbe  Protector  Somerset,  was  created  ear)  OeL  1 
15;t7;  while  the  title  of  "The  Lc»rd 
AdroiralV'  dates  only  from  March  12,  1642. 
mention  of  George  fid  wards  occurs  in  tbe  P 
Purse  Accounts  of  Henry  'N'^UI.,  nor  in  tbt . 
land  or  Trevelyan  Papers. 

Becket's  Murdekeks  (4»*>  S.  vH.  SX 
268,  395,)— One  of  the  Hugh  d^    " 
tioned  had  no  son^  but  two  dai 


'8.VU.  May-C,';!.] 


iJOTES  AND  QUEKIES. 


heirs — Adama,  married  to  Ricbard  de  Lucy  and 
Thomas  de  Multon^  and  Joan,  wife  of  Ricbard  de 
Gernon  of  Essax.  De  Geraon  waa  pardooed  a 
debt  of  250  marks  owed  to  the  king  lor  the  in- 
heritasce  of  Hugli  de  Morville.  wlioee  daughter 
he  bad  married.     {Jlo(.  Fm.  15  Joh.,  Feb.  L) 

Hermentrude, 

Thb  ScBOOLMASTirR  Adboai»  w  Staffoed- 
srrnus  (4'^  S.  tiI  121, 180,  311,  874.)^Moohlakd 
Lad  tella  of  the  sucJdiDg'  of  a  *'  bull-pup  '*  by  a 
pitman's  wife.  Such  iiursmg  is  not  unique,  as  he 
eeetDS  to  think,  Mrs.  Piozxi,  somewhere  in  her 
Autobiagrnphif  or  LeUcra  (ray  note  is  incomplete), 
speaks  of  the  suckling' of  lap-dogs  by  humnu  wet^ 
n  iretet)  as  a  common  pnictice  at  Nifples;  and  re- 
fers to  ft  picture  she  has  seen  of  a  woman  suckling 
a  cat  John  ABDia. 

Rnsito^rton,  near  Littloliamptcm,  Sussex. 

Bmhop  Mobdecai  Cart  (4''*  S.  vii.  234,  37G.) 
K,  1»YM0ND  will  find,  if  be  refers  to  my  recent 
contjibuLion  (4^  S.  vii.  137),  that  the  Rev. 
Henry  Francis  Gary  married  Jane,  daughter  of 
James  (not  John)  Ormsby,  E*q.,  of  Sandymount, 
near  Dublin ;  ana  also  that  his  mother  was  Plen* 
rietta,  daughter  of  Theophiliis  Brocas,  D.D.,  Dean 
of  Killala.  His  son,  the  Kev.  Henry  Gary,  M.A., 
of  Worcester  College,  Oxford  (not  mentioned  in 
tba  p^gree),  was  the  author  of  the  Mtnioir  to 
wliicn  I  referred,  and  in  which  may  be  found,  as 
ooe  nught  expect,  many  biographical  details. 

Abhba. 
Wht  does  a  n^wly  HORN  Child  cry?  (4*'»  S. 
TiL  211,  iiSO,  394.)^If  the  quotation  nmde  by 
Mb*  Morkis  (p.  374)  is  perfectly  reliable,  it  tends 
to  throw  mocn  light  on  the  mature  (as  well  as 
on  the  infantile)  pronunciation  of  the  period.  We 
may  certainly  conclude  that  the  first  letter  of  the 
JSnglish  alphabet  was  then  pronounced  as  A  in 
ifMDi,  can,  kc. — a  fashion  whicn  is  still  retained  in 
aome  old  plttC4?.«i. 

There  is  p«  rhaps  more  difficulty  about  the  pro- 
mmciailon  of  the  second  vowel  E.  It  is  by  Mr. 
Mo&Ris's  authority  made  to  rhyme  with  the  verb 
bff  and  to  p^ive  the  tone  to  the  very  ancient  desig- 
antioii  of  Eoe,  Perhaps  a  pbUosonhical  accoucheur 
or  obeetvant  monthly  nurse  coula  teli  us  whether 
liie  incipient  cry  of  a  young  ladv  most  resembles 
m  shrill  EE  or  a  broader  AY  or  £H  ;  but  we  may 
gnejis,  without  such  initiation  into  the  mysteries 
of  the  sick  chamber. 

"We  have  no  reason  to  believe  that  the  verb  he 
haa  always  been  pronounced  in  its  present  shrill 
or  insignificant  way.  In  modem  poetry  it  seldom 
or  never  forma  the  final  syllable  of  heroic  lines,  as 
it  did  often  in  that  of  Spenser.  And  the  name 
Mve  was  probably  in  old  times  a  word  of  two  syl- 
lables, of  which  the  first  resembled  the  initial 
scmtid  in  E valine  or  Evanj^eline  or  EIRe  Deans. 
These  q^ueationfl  afi'ect  the  history  of  languages 


very  intimately  in  their  progress  and  decay*  We 
require,  however,  a  proper  scale  of  sounds  even  to 
discourse  of  them.  Might  I  again  sugeest  the 
natural  scale  otlbred  (4*'*  S.  v,  545}  as  a  basis  for 
such  speculations,  and  which  I  have  ventured  to 
repeat  here : — 

EE,  AY  I  ,^jj'^  j^^  QQ^  00. 

LiTEBA. 

Sm  Join^  PowBLL  (l*\  2-^  4J*»  8.  passinK^— 
When  found  not^  make  a  note  of  it,  I  have  oe- 
forc  me  the  JUofjraphicfd  Didionart/  of  Eminent 
TFelchmcn,  by  the  Rev,  Robert  Williams,  M.A. 
(London,  Longmans,  1852),  in  which  I  cannot 
find  the  name  of  this  upnght  judge  and  Welsh- 
man. 

I  see,  however,  that  your  first  query  was  pub- 
lished OB  March  12, 1863,  and  I  find  in  the  CltTf^ 
Lid  that  the  reverend  author  of  the  dictionary  is 
still  liviD^ ;  therefore  I  venture  to  hope  that  he 
baa  already  made  a  note  of  the  judge^s  name,  to 
grace  some  pages  of  addenda  to  his  origmal  work. 

Geo.  E.  Frere. 

Samflers  (4*"  S.  vi.  600  J  >^i,  21, 120, 220, 273, 
331.)  —  About  fifty  years  ago  I  was  shown  a  kind 
of  sampler  at  Bactou,  Herefordshire,  in  the  church 
there,  of  exquisite  work,  but  unfortunntely  1  ttiok 
no  note  of  it.  I  should  be  very  much  pleased  if 
any  lady  or  gentleman  in  that  neighbourhood 
would  describe  it,  I  think  I  was  told  that  it  waa 
worked  by  Bbuiehe  Parry,  chief  gentlewoman  to 
Queen  Elizabeth,  and  who  died  1590.  PeiliapB 
ati  older  sampler  than  this  does  not  exist. 

F.  C.  P. 

Two  Passages  ih  "  TmoH  ow  Atimjns  *'  (4**^  S, 
vi.  43,  164,  259,  356,  445;  rii,  850.)— Professor 
Elze  will,  I  trust,  pardon  my  pointing  out  that 
the  question  is  not  whether  the  word  mucic  might 
be  used  for  useless  treasure,  but  whether  Shak- 
apeare  has  used  that  word  in  the  passage  above 
referred  to,  from  Act  IV.  Sc,  3.   The  received  text 
follows  the  first  folio;   Herr   Elze  suggests  a 
speculative  emendation.    Now  I  do  protest  most 
earnestly   against    all    such    merely    speculative 
emendations.    Show  a  fault  in  the  text,  and  many, 
perhaps  too  many,  are  ready  to  come  forward  and 
correct  it— and  welcome.     But  here  is  no  fault, 
for  the  text  reads  as  grammatically  correct.     If, 
as  the  Here  suggests,  a  faulty  compositor  bad 
placed  much  wheii^ShakapeaTe  wrote  muck^  which 
I  do  not  admit,  we  have  this  further  difiiculty  of 
the  additional  substitution  of  fneM  for  me  to  con- 
tend with.     Such  double  inadvertence,  thus  con- 
joined, is  against  all  we  know  of  the  doctrine  of 
chances.     We  are  dealing  with  a  question  of  pK^ 
babilities  only,  imd  the  odds  are  against  the  fmum 
tbeonr.     It  may  be  sdd  that  the  printer,  haviiif 
blundered  over  the  word  much  inadvertently,  hi^^ 
substituted  meat  for   m0  deajgnedly,  to  make-fti 


I 
I 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[4**  S.  VII.  Mat   7, 


false  sense.     It  won^t  do ;  ftnd  for  the  following 
reasnnft: — ►  1.  A  coin p<>8i tor,  having  made  a  slip 
inndvm'tentUjt  would,  aa  a  matter  of  course,  pass  it 
iiaooticed-    2.  If  noticed  by  coiupoaitori  reader,  or 
editor^  there  was  the  *^  copy''  to  refer  to,  by  which 
means  the  original  error  could  bo  corrected,  in- 
stead of  needlessly  piling  Pelion  upon  Osaa  by 
making  a  second. 
Shakspearo  should  be  respected  in  his  grave : 
"  Good  freml,  for  Jesua*  Mke  forbears/' 
lest  we  fall  under  the  consequent  ban — 
**  .  ,  .  carat  be  he  v«  moves  my  bonea," 

A.  IL 

The  Aoctden'ts  Compensation  Bill  (4^^  S.  vii. 
2B0,  373.)— As  a  fellow-sufferer  through  Lord 
Catupbeirs  shortcomiufs  &9  a  judge,  I  con  fully 
sympathise  with  Clarrt»  He  ib,  liowever,  niis- 
talten  in  his  censure  of  the  hiilxctihis  of  which 
LoRB  Lyttelton  claims  the  parentage.  The  act 
was  a  moat  just  one,  though  extravagant  damages 
have,  DO  doubt,  been  recovered  under  it.  But  the 
cases  of  fraud  upon  companies  to  which  Clares 
refers,  and  wliicii  are  no  doubt  rife  enough,  are 
connected  with  actions  brought  at  common  law 
by  persons  who  aUt?ge  themselves  to  be  injured, 
and  have  nothing  to  do  with  the  statute  in 
question.  C.  G.  ProwktTp 

Garrick  Club, 

In  such  statements  as  that  at  a  railway  accident 
500  porsons  wor«  in  the  train,  and  that  the  com- 
pany compensated  tSOO,  exact  are  preferable  to 
round  numbers.  Will  Clarbt  oblige  me  with 
them,  and  also  the  authority  on  which  he  relies  ? 
Aa  no  one  was  killed  at  the  accident  which  cost 
the  Brighton  Railway  74,0OC)/.,  Lord  Campbeira 
act  intlicted  no  hardship  in  that  case. 

Railway  companies  are  subject  to  frauds  bv 
perwns  who  pretend  to  have  been  injured.  Stifl 
more  so  are  insurance  offices  by  those  who  set 
their  houses  on  lire,  and  I  believe  all  great  e^tab* 
Ushmenta  are  much  cheated,  against  which  there 
is  no  protection  but  vigilance.  I  have  been  pre- 
sent at  many  trials,  and  do  not  think  that  the 
tendency  of  juries  is  to  give  excessive  damages  in 
railway  cases.  On  the  contrary,  they  are  disposed 
to  take  too  pecuniary  a  view,  and  calculate  what 
a  man  has  lost  by  the  interruption  of  business  and 
the  doctnr*8  bills,  and  what  he  is  disqualified  from 
earning  by  temporary  or  permanent  injuries — 
leaving  personal  suilerings  almost  out  of  their 
consideration. 

I  was  a  rather  close  observer  of  Lord  Camp- 
bell's career  from  1828  to  his  death,  and  espe- 
cially so  of  liis  conduct  on  the  bench,  and  I  wish 
to  ofier  my  opinion,  in  which  I  believe  nearly  the 
whole  profession  will  concur,  that  he  waa  a  veiy 
great  lawyer,  and  at  nisi  prim  an  eminently  fair 
and  patient  judge. 

I  bave  nothing   to  say  in  Lord  CampbellV 


favour  as  a  biographer  or  a  lejrislator,  ll«  knew 
what  was  good,  and  unscrupulously  apprt>prijilM 
it.  I  believe  Lord  LytteltoxV  bill  to  b«  ikd 
most  valuable  of  all  hLs  appropriations,  and  one 
which  would  have  done  honour  to  botVi  had  Itii 
vabity  allowed  him  to  say  where  be  got  it 

An  Ixnku  TEiLrLAR. , 

Capriciotts  Wbat  (4»»»  S.  vii.  259,   87iV^ 
Perhaps  some  of  your  reader*  may  not  ^ 
b^cnrae   acquainted  with   the  French 
which  the  one  you  have  reprinted,   M 
the  present  volume  of  '^  N.  &  Q.,"  ia  * 
translation.     It  is  possible  that  the    t  i>?ocn  j-* 
(TeJipni  may  be  an  imitation  or  tranalation  fn^m 
the  Spanish :  — 

**  Doris,  qui  salt  qu*aux  v«ri  qadqoeibia  Je  m«  pliil, 
life  demoode  un  aonnet^  ct  je  m'ca  d^bespere. 
Qufttorz«  vera,  jcrand  Diea !  Ip  mayea  de  leff  flirt? 
Ell  voilil  cependant  M]h,  quatre  ile  fails. 
"  Je  ne  pouviuA  d'abord  trouver  dc  rime  ;  mtii 
En  fiil^Aiit  on  npprend  Jk  sc  tirer  d'affaire. 
Pourstuivona  ;  les  quatrains  ne  m^AonQeroat  gQ*r^ 
Si  dti  precDier  tercet  je  pais  faire  le»  fraia. 
**  Je  commenc€  au  hasard,  et  si  je  ne  xn*abtis^ 
Jc  n*ai  pas  comiaeoc^^  sans  I'aveu  de  ma  moit ; 
pQisquV'tt  «i  pea  de  temps  je  m'ca  tire  ai  net. 
'"  J'cntarao  lo  second,  et  ma  jo'te  c»t  extreme  \ 
Car  des  vers  commandes  j'8cbt*ve  le  treifidmf ; 
Couiptez  a'Us  sont  qnatorze,  et  voilil  le  sonneL" 

Uuernse^'. 

W.  D.  B,  asks  who  was  thus  indicjited  in  a  cer- 
tain sonnet  which  he  imperfectly  r 
reply,  E.  A.  D.  (p.  372),  after  n 
w,*  of  Dadsley*8  Collection  become? 
Elqimd  i?j/r«ci«,  suggest-*  that "  Capri 
may  have  been  Daniel  Wray,  the  arci 
II.  P.  D.  is  more  positive ;  he  says  (p- 

teller  of  the  i... v.,  -i^. 
Surely  W.»  (whetb€ 
**  Wray  "  or  not)  was  a  lady.  Men  do  not  write 
vers  demciHe  of  this  kind  to  one  another  To 
play  with  the  caprice  of  a  pretty  woman,  sad 
write  her  a  sonnet,  is  natural  enough ;  bu^  flw 
could  not  flirt  with  a  deputy-teller  of  the  Ex- 
chequer* 

The  name  Wray  is  not  uncommon,  and  m 
doubt  there  have  been  several  ladies  of  that  nasi 
quite  worthy  of  a  sonnet.  E.  A.  D.  qurjt»»  fro* 
a  copy  of  Dodsley's  CoUection^  dated  177''  '' 
copy  of  vol.  ii.  is  the  third  edition,  publi-^ 
17oL  When  was  the  sonnet  first  prints ■ 
the  Aiunml  Eegi&ter  for  1770  I  find 
death  of  the  **  relict  of  Sir  Jobn  Wr*T,  ^ 
Would  the  sonnet  fit  her  ?  Jatd 

Meaning  op  «  Foo  "  (4«>  S.  vii.  96,  216* : 
My  indistinct  writbg  has  led  your  piixtter  into  I 
error  in  my  remarks  on  the  e^mology  ot/off^^ 
The  common  explanation  of  the  word  wluch  itns* 
gers  are  sure  to  ask,  is^  that  it  is  a  ^omiptioa  of 


was  Daniel  Wray,  deputy- 
fr*jm    1745    to    1782," 


4«^S,TU.  May  27/71.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES- 


467 


fodJerer  (not  'pofhlerfr)^  or  tbe  man  who  fodders 
the  cattle.  But  tbia  cban^e  of  two  ff$  into  two  ds 
will  hiirdlv  do»  Fotjg*^  la^  I  do  not  doubt,  a 
regular  derivative  from  fofj^  in  the  sense  attributed 
by  3-our  correspondent  to  the  latter  word. 

The  Soctter  km>  his  Sow  (4*''  S.  vii.  :^61.) — 
It  is  scarcely  correct  to  say  that  the*e  linea  have 
b^en  forgotten*  They  have  been  preserved  by 
C.  K.  Sharpe  in  one  of  his  collections  (reprinted 
in  Four  Books  of  Chm'ce  Old  BtUltid»y  p,  3l5*  Ste- 
xtsavmf  Bdin.  1868) ;  and  in  an  Edinburgh  journal 
cif  date  Nov.  14,  1868,  a  correepondent  iaqiiires 
after  the  remaining  ver&es  not  yet  recovered, 
giving  at  the  same  time  the  stanza  preceding 
ihiOae  quoted  by  G. : — 

**  There  was  a  soatar  ind  a  sow, 
7\xft  l£c-re«rtr-  arwin, 
An'  For  her  blrae  he  k««ed  her  toon, 
Tim^ci-recnV-arii  m ," 

Sharpe'e  copy  is  more  exactly  like  the  version  I 
have  heard  in  Forfarshire.  **  Tantara,  tantara  " 
was  a  favourite  biirdf  a  at  the  bef,niining'  of  the 
eeventeentb  century,  W,  F.  (2.) 

South  Ilook,  Eilmnmock. 

The  Chevron  (4'^*  S-  vii,  408.)— S.  P.  asks  a 
Terv  odd  question.  I  think  I  may  venture  to 
po«iively  assert  that  no  **  heraldic  authority " 
exists  for  the  belief  in  question.  It  is  simply  ab- 
surd. H.  S.  G. 

Is  the  belief  such  ad  S,  P.  states  it  to  be  ?  I 
bad  always  understood  that  tbe  cockle  ahells  or 
piilmers^  drin king-cups,  such  as  appear  on  the 
gjins  of  the  Bernards,  Villiers,  and  Russelk,  were 
the  Crusaders*  emblemfi. 

IlENTir  F.  Poxso?rBT. 

Rebvey  or  Herrby  (4^*^  S.  vii.  142.)— The 
Bible  concordance  in  my  possession  is  aigned 
'*  Tliine  in  the  Lord,  Robert  F.  Hein/f'^  aa  exa- 
ndJied  under  magnified  power. 

Georoe  Wads  worth. 

304,  Oxford  Street,  Manchester. 

The  '*  PLAi?r  Dealer  *'  (4^»'  S.  vii.  30L)— It  is 
MBgular  that  Mr.  Fhiswell  should  have  ascribed 
tbe  authorship  of  ihe  Plain  Dealer  to  Coo^eve, 
aod  that  G.  F.  S.  E.  (p.  370)  should  have  indorsed 
that  opinion.  It  is  of  course  by  ^Villiaui  Wycher- 

R.J.G. 

9^iv,  Geobgr  Moore  (4*'"  S.  vii.  76.)— He  was  a 
hflrorif  t.  See  Burke^s  Rdinct  Baroitetaf/e  under 
*•  Moor,  of  MaydV  Jlorton."  In  Lijtscomhe's 
HUtonf  of  Bfwkifvjhautahire^  vol.  iii.  p.  41,  be  is 
mtftitioned  as  an  intimate  friend  of  Titus  Oatea, 
and  his  coat  of  arms  u  ffiven  as  "On  a  fess  3  fleurs- 
dc*lyii  between  m  mullets." 

X  E.  jACKSoy,  Hon,  Canon  of  Bristol. 

Ldgh  Dckiiicre,  Chippenhara. 


GoRSE  (4^  S.  vii.  323,  379.)  —  In  a  small 
volume  on  the  Lanffuage  of  Fiotcertt^  published  by 
James  Williams,  London,  1844,  I  lind  anger  a** 
the  emblematical  meaning  attached  to  "whin," 
which  ia  eynonymous  with  gor»fi.  This  is  cer- 
tainly y^xy  appropriate,  and  will,  I  hope,  be  satis- 
factory to  the  fair  inquirer.  J,  Mw, 
St.  Bees. 


NOTES  ON  BOOKS.  ETC. 

A  Memoir  of  iMnid  Madhe,  TLA.  By  W.  Juitin 
0'Dri«eoIl/M.R.LA.,  Barri«ier-at-Law.  (Loognuius.) 
Mr.  O'l^nscoll  has  the  firet  ea»nti(i]  qualification  for  a 
biographer — a  thorough  admiration  of  the  subject  of  bis 
labourij^;  he  has,  too,  the  advantage  of  having  known 
Maclbe  from  hi»  boyhood  tohis^mvp,  but  as  he  modestly 
conf«i8.M«8,  h<*  has  been  long  unaccaatomed  to  liter&iy 
work,  wlnle  it  is  obviou»  ho  do<y»  not  poaaess  that  know- 
ledge of  art,  without  which  no  nifla  can  possibly  produce  a 
satis  factory  life  of  a  f^retit  artist.  As  a  mere  record  nf 
the  leading  ineidenU  in  the  artbfs  luneventful  Ufe-^a  Ufa 
marked  Alike  by  an  hnnotirable  spirit  of  ludependenctir 
and  an  earnest  determination  to  excel— and  a&  a  record* 
too,  of  the  order  in  which  he  pfodaced  tbe  noble  works 
which  established  his  reputation^  the  work  h  not  without 
present  interest.  By  far  the  most  valuable  portion  of 
the  Isook  consists  of  MacHse'a  letters  to  his  friend^  Mr. 
John  Forster,  which  that  gentleman  moft  libcrallT  placed 
at  Mr.  O'DriscolVi  service.  Thc-^e^  which  are  geniftl  and 
pleaaant,  with  an  admirable  letter  from  the  Prince  Con* 
ftont,  give  life  to  the  book,  aud  increase  ihe  value  which  it 
will  iLnquejtionably  be  found  to  posaesa  for  the  future 
biographer  of  Daniel  Madi«e, 

Our  Baths  and    JVrlU,     The  Mineral    TFatcrs    nf  the 
British  Islands^  with  a  List  of  Sen-Bathing  Places.  By  < 
John  MfflcPheraon,  M.l>.,   Innpector-tieneral  of  Hos- 
pital H.M,  Bengal  Army  (Retired).  Arc.    (Macmll- 
Ian). 

This  well-timed  little  volume  gives  the  results  of  thet 
aathor'a  visits  to  the  health  resorts  of  Great  Britain  and 
Ireland,  made  for  the  purpose  fjf  comparing  them  with 
all  the  chief  foreign  ones;  and  it  fofma  therefore  not  only 
a  volume  of  practical  use  to  tho«e  who  for  reasons  of  their 
own  prefer  or  are  compelled,  to  avail  themselves  of  our 
native  balneological  reaoarce^,  but  also  a  meana  of  com- 
paring those  resources  with  th^  Baths  and  W^h  i*f 
Ettmpe  as  deseribe^l  in  Dr.  Macpherson's  fonner  work  so 
entitled.  The  reputation  which  that  little  work  enjoya 
as  A  most  useful  and  discriminating  guides  will,  we  have 
i  no  doubt,  be  »hared  by  the  intelligent  tittle  volume  be- 
fore us. 

Books  nacKtVED.— \Vc  must  content  ourselves,  for 
obvious  reasons,  with  recording  the  appearance  of  the  fol- 
lowing : — Ftttdom  in  thf  Church  of  Engtnnd.  Six  Seruums 
syfjfft'sted  b{f  the  Vo^svy  Judgment.       Jig  the  llev.  Stoplori  \ 
A,  Broftke.  f  Henry  S.  Kini;).—7'he  Juritdictitmmul  Mis- 
Kton  tfthe  Anpfican  EpiscvfHite.    By  the  Rcv.T.  J*  Baiiey*  \ 
B,A,    (Parker). — The  Engltih  Btble^  and  our  Duty  tedh  ( 
regard  to  it,    A  Plea  for  Reeiiion.  Btf  Tliomos  Kingj^miR  i 
Abbott.  M.A,     (Hotiges,  Foster,  &"Co.).— .4   C<iUihquA\ 
of  A  nylo-Saron^  and  other  Antiquiiiem^  bet/ueathed  btf  iVd" 
i\am  OibbSf  Esq.^  to  the  South  Kensington  Mujteffm.  Cmn- 
mled  6v  C.  Roach  Smith,  F.^A.    (Chapman  &  HaJL)— 
The  ftutboritk'S  of  South  Kt^nsitigton  deserve  credit  for 
I  having  w»pured  the  service*  of  Mr.  Roach  Smith  to  turn 
to  good  accotiut  Mr.  Gibbs'a  patriotic  benu«t. 


4fi8 


A  GnAKD  DniLL  Rkvikv^*  orgmnifod  1^  tbe  Society 
of  Aria,  of  four  thousand  boya,  with  their  bandfl,  wiU  be 
held  br  Oia  Itoyal  Highne**  Prince  Arthur  in  the  Royal 
Uortieoltural  (j&rdens  on  Wednwdflv,  June  14.  Adrait- 
tatire  to  the  Gardens  only,  one  shilling.  A  masical 
peTformflnce  by  the  boys  in  the  Royal  Albert  Hall  will 
take  place  afUr  the  Review.  Subscriptions  in  aid  of  the 
co&t  of  conveyinj^  the  boys  by  railway*  and  providing 
them  with  refreshments,  will  be  receiTcd  by  the  Secretary 
of  the  Society  of  Arta. 

A  BooitSKLLER  of  the  old  school,  George  May,  died  in 
tho  Charterhouso  on  May  13,  aged  sixty-eight,  UHiile 
in  buidneu.  in  1815,  he  wrote  and  publiiahed  a  descriptive 
HiAtory  of  the  Town  of  Evesham,  where  he  resided*  He 
subsequently  went  to  America  ;  but  not  being  auooenful 
be  retynied^  and,  like  many  oLherN  found  a  resting-place 
in  thue  house  founded  by  XLomaa  Sutton. 

«  Who  wm  Will,  ray  Lord  of  LQicester*s  jeiKting 
Player?*'  was  a  question  raiiied  by  the  tate  Mr.  Bruoef 
who  inclined  to  the  opinion  that  Will  Kemp  was  the 
man.  Accordinp  to  Th^  Atkeiucum,  Mr,  HaUiwell  has 
discovered  in  the  private  account- book  of  the  Earl  of 
L«ic88ten  preaervwl  in  the  Longbridge  Collection  in 
Wtnrickihife,  confinnation  of  the  accuracy  of  Mr.  Unico's 
judgment.  Perhnps  further  researches*  may  Rhow  that 
the  BOgj^tion,  that  Shakespeare  also  served  with  Leicea- 
ter  In  the  Low  Gotmtrtes,  is  equally  well  founded, 

Mff.  J.  IL  HKagKLS,  a  Dutch  fjcntloman^  well  known 
for  bis  acquaintance  with  early  printiitl  books,  hi  cng;agcd 
in  makiuj^  a  translation  into  i.n^li.sh  of  Dr.  Van  der 
Linde's  work,  entitled  **  De  Itaarlemscho  Costcr-Legende.V 

Oliver  Cromwkli/s  Ho usk.— Workmen  have  beesi 
employed  Uj  demoliJ^h  the  dne  old  largo  retl-hrick  man- 
sion on  Briicton  Rise,  which,  according:  to  repute^  was 
once  occupied  by  Oliver  Cromwell,  This  i«  the  last  ape- 
cimen  in  the  locality.  The  property  has  been  purchased 
bj  the  London  Tramway  Company. 

SiTBSCiiiPTioTfB  are  invited  by  Messrs.  BarcUy 
Bxothcw  for  20,000  fully  paid-up  shares  in  the  South 
Aurora  Silver  Mining  Company,  the  prke  of  issue  to  the 
inventing  public  being  10/.  per  share,  payable  bv  instal- 
ments* extending  over  to  the  Iflt  Aujjruj'tnext.  The  mine 
!£  situated  in  tJbe  Nevada  district^  and  haii  been  worked 
with  very  sMitisfactory  rcBults,  one  dividend  of  20  per  cent* 
having  been  paid  in  February  last,  while  a  furiber  quar- 
ierlv  dividend  at  the  same  rate  has  just  been  announced 
payable  on  the  1st  proximo.  These  shart^  now  oLTered 
were  lately  owned  by  the  vendors  of  the  mine,  who  ac- 
cepted them  in  part  payment  of  the  purchase  monev, 
Ono  sail  ■  tiure  in  the  terms  of  the  circular  pub- 

lished I  -  tuit^  will  participate  in  the  dividend 

to  be  pa.  -  _,  .:._  L.jj;inniug  of  next  month. 


NOTES  A:N^D  QUEEIE& 


Soticfjf  t0  Cartful] anUrtittf. 

G.  O,  W.—  W«  cmmot  trace  any  ttuch  article  ;  ptrhapi 
iktmatierwai  imiroduced  incideHtally  into  a  juineron  Mome 
otktr  ttAJecL  JTiere  have  hten  no  omtuiom  Jrom  any  rr- 
prints.     Did  the  writer  Mt^H  Ait  name  f 

T.  E.  G,—  What  M  the  title  of  the  book  ? 

M.  E.  B, — Sir  Ilugli  Smithstm,  who  had  married  a 
daughter  of  the  Duke  af  Somenti,  tticteeded  hU  father-in- 
leoB  {under  a  Kfteci<d  limitation  in  the  patent)  om  JBartm 
Warkwarth  and  Ettrl  of  Northuml/eriand,  He  WiU  not 
tnnnhled  hecauue  he  was  a  pl^yncian. 

F.  T,—  On  **  3Iad  as  a  hatter;*  get  ••  N.  &  Q."  3'^  S.  ▼ 
24,  6i,  126. 


,    H.  M,  (Tralcc,) — Pleane  rr ,»<,■,*  th,  'wnny, 

C,  W,^7W  artitUt  on  !  f   «$■  a 

t^peartd  in  **  N*  &  Q.'*  l*^  ^  mJQ, 

P.  (Lutikttow.) — Om  horK'iaujfkt  w 
our  3'*>  S,  xL  242. 

A,  O.  V.  I*, ^  Saint  Sundnp,  alias  SaUi  D&mimi^A 
been  noticed  in  our  2^^  S.  vi,  132,  216. 

W.  IL  S.  unit  find  at  p.  44S  that  Uaek'tJfftd  < 
papgr  date*  at  mrty  t«  ltJH3. 

Richard  BAittttKoTox, — We  do  not  t 
received  t/our  L*ommumcution, 

ERRATtTiT.— 4"»  S.  vii.  p.  433.  ooL  lins  S4»  ^ifa  *•«(• 
before  **HadolpUiia,'» 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


CONTENTS,— N^  179. 
Arms  of  CriBijinus,  Shtkcapcfcro't  or  Mw- 

^ Hel»  KDd  Kictiona  ftbout  th«  DuJce  of  Buck- 

n't  Mcytber,  Ih.— Memory,  471  —  Rotcoo'a  **  Life  of 
m  EoMoe  "  —  Gloocestersbire  Polk  Lore  —  "  Pfcddy, 
gBt  O'Ralferty  "  —  "  The  IriRh  Colours  foldad,"  by 
fP.  Walsh  —  **  Bitwniia  ipsis  Hibernlorea  "  —  Popu- 
etbod  of  Observing  Eclij^ucs  —  Proverb  —  Hood's 
n»  to  Mr.  Cross  "  —  ImiWitionii  of  the  Old  B«llad: 
forte  Arthur**  —  Laal  D«y§  of  George  IV,—  Memo- 
Iblota  at  St.  B«net"s,  Paul's  Wlmrf— Straaburgh  Li- 
^  Ls  E6publique  —  A.  Coiucidenco,  471 . 

I:  — AnonyraoDs— What  is  r  Barrow  P—Brod<?rick 
-LcttfflT  of  Oliver  CroiDWell  —  St.  Edward  the 

„ J"  sad  the  Ring—  Etch  hi  ff  a—  Ford  Abbey  Ssto— 

at  Greek  snd  Romnn  Literature— Looptb  of  HoJr 
PQ  »ud  Woinou  — Our  Lidy  of  llolyweU  — Military 
on  —  "The  New  ^lonthly  "  —  Northartiptonstilre 
I — ••  OoDiered  "  or  "  Umered  *'  —  E<jbortand  ThDiuae 
W —  Passiofi  Plays—  PUca  PoK  Mica  — Dan l-c  Etis- 
I  Picture  of  Lad)*  Greensloeves— Deatractiou  of  Sur- 
bui  cbc'b.  1068  —  Taaffe  Family,  474. 

*:  — Hsir  Growing  after  Death,  476  — Tlie  CIc- 

amily,  Ac, 477- Date  of  Chaucer's  Birth,  478  — 

cviated  to  T.»  47d— Dedtcatioii  of  Cburcbca,  4S0 

HDirea  de  Casanova,"  /j&.  —  Dimrainia  — Ohitfuons 

n  — Old  Fanulies:  KniKbtN  of  Charlea  I..  1030  — 

D^  of  Villaoova  —  Etymolog-y  of  "  Ward"  as   a 

no— The  Memory  cf  SmelU  —A  Cromwell 

I  —War  Medal*  —  "  In  the  Straw  "  —  "  The 

"  Ac.  — Charms   for  Ague  —  Mezaotintu 

bite  Tower  of  Londnu  —  Suraamea  of 

-Hemldio  ~ Gates,  Isle  of  Man,  ko.,  481. 

Books,  Ao. 


B  OF  crasriNi:^,  shakespeaee's 

on  MARSTON'S  ? 

I  HsLSBx'a  communication  at  p.  118  has 
me  of  a  note  I  commenoed  some  bix 
ago.    Thfit  Grispinuja  in  the  Poeitvster  is 
imdi^:meed,  or  io  tKe  flimsiest  of  db- 
s  «s  certain  n^  tliat  Capt.  Theca  i»  stut- 
apt.  HaDnam,  Utimotrius  the  dresser  of 
cker,  and  the  Horace  of  the  Saiiro^MaMtLv^ 
drefia,  get  up,  luid  in  all  hispeculiantieai 
n  himself.     Deckor,  in  bia  retort,  ac- 
uamesof  I)emetriufl  tmd  Cmpinu^  both 
'  Murston,  and  put  their  likenesses 
But  the  author  of  the  axtide 
s   Ijuarrel  with   Shake^^Mne/*    in 
the  NoHh  IhiluJi  Review  (Julv  1870) 
"  much  imagination — while  allowing 
lus  is  in  the  main  Mar&ton,  thinks  **  It 
evident  that  the  person  from  whom 
borrowed  the  incident  of  the  arms  wiis 
or  in  other  words,  that  Jonson 
ing  Shakespeare  and  Shi^espeaie^s  preten> 
w  gentility*      He  has^  howeyer.  given  no 
ble  opinion  for  this,  and  in  truth  if  proof 
it  is  not,  that  Crispin  us  ia  Mar- 
ical  dascription  of  his  arms  would 
[ecieive. 

iom  Jonson  attacked  in  his  Poetaster ^ 
the  ozUj  one  of  gentle  blood.  X'artij 


therefore  the  better  to  mark  him  out,  partly  be- 
cause Marston  seems  to  have  been  fond  of  parading 
it,  and  partly  perhaps  because  Jonson  would  ex- 
hibit Jum  as  a  sorry  specimen  of  his  class,  his 
gentility  is  brought  forward,  frequently,  promi- 
nently, and  diatinctively.  On  the  occatoon  in 
question  Crispinus,  having  asserted  it,  says: — 

»Ytm  abaU  see  mine  arms  if*t  pleaae  yoa  . .  .  mis- 
treaa,  for  I  bear  ihem  about  me,  to  bavo  *era  seen  ;  mv 
name  is  Criepinui  or  Cn-apinas  indeed ;  which  is  well 
exprest  in  my  arras, — a  face  crying,  in  chief;  and  be- 
neath it  a  bboiij*  toe  between  three  thorns  puogeiit." 

Now  thia  latter  part  is  merely  a  grotesque^ 
description  of  the  true  armaT  of  Marston — a  feaie 
ermine  between  three  fleurs-de-lis  argent  As, 
however,  it  would  have  been  too  perilous  in  those 
days  of  old  gentility  to  ridicule  too  closely  or 
markedly  an  honoured  heraldic  device,  Jonson, 
with  vidoufily  spiteful  malice^  added  in  chief  *^  a 
face  crjnng,"  and  in  so  doing  managed  to  mark 
out  his  opponent  more  distinctively.  It  may  have 
been  suggested  to  him  by  the  long  melancholy 
face  of  the  greyhound  which  is,  I  believe,  the 
Marston  crest ;  but  it  was  an  addition  which 
became  as  it  were  a  new  and  pergonal  grant  to 
the  holder  in  recognition  of  histglorioua  achieve- 
ment, in  that  he,  the  upholder  of  the  honour  of 
an  old  coat,  had  taken^  like  Decker,  a  public 
beating. 

*^  Or  if  (tranitported  by  any  aadden  or  dsBpemte  reso- 
lution) you  do  [malign,  Craduct,  or  detract  the  person  or 
writings  of  Q.  llor.  Flaccu*]  ;  tbat  then  ^*m  *hatt  not 
under  the  LaUoon^  or  in  the  next  prejenc*",  lifin^  aa 
hoDourablc  assembly  of  his  favouren,  Ae  brought  m 
voluMary  pfnticmen  to  nn^crt&ke  the  forswearing  of  it." 
(Oflth  administerett,  Poetatt.  v.  3.) 

The  ^tire  of  the  whole  oath  and  of  the  connter- 
oath  in  Satiro-Mastur  is,  that  they  swear  not  to 
repeat  certain  acts  and  incidents.  '  We  leam  also 
from  DruDimond  that  Jonson  once  beat  Marston. 

B.  Nicholson. 


facts  axd  ficti0x8  about  the  duke  of 
buckingham:s  mother. 

The  old  iitory  about  the  mother  of  the  first 
Duke  of  Buckingham  having  l)een  a  Mtchen-maid^ 
and  of  her  descent  frum  the  Beau m  on t'^  of  Cole- 
ortoQ  being  an  invention  of  tlio  heralds,  having 
been  recently  revived  by  a  popular  writer,  it  may 
be  worth  while  to  ask  how  the  case  really  stands. 

Here  is  the  story  in  its  origbal  shape  from 
Coke's  Detectian : — 

»*  Mary  Beaumont  was  entertained  in  Sir  George  VU- 
liera  hifl'  family,  in  a  mean  offiiic  of  the  kitchen,  but  her 
ragged  habit  could  not  shade  the  beauttfull  aod  excelleat 
fVamc  of  her  person,  which  Sir  George  taking  notiee  of, 
prevailed  with  his  lady  to  remove  Mary  oat  of  the  kitdhta 
toto  an  oflice  in  ber  cbamber,  which,  with  some  impoitD* 
nity  on  Sir  George's  part,  and  UDwiUingaees  of  my  lai|^, 
at  last  was  doae.^ 


470 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[l^kS-VII.  JuxkS,* 


Lady  VilUers,  Coke  goes  on  to  eay,  died  soon 
After,  upon  which  Sir  Georgo  married  her  maid. 

Roger  Coke 'a  authority  for  the  affairs  of  the 
Teign  of  Jamea  L  does  not  stand  very  high.  In  this 
instance,  however,  he  gives  his  authority — one  of 
Sir  Edward  Coke's  daughters  by  hia  first  iiiar- 
liage,  who  may  have  been  well  informed,  but  who 
waa  certainly  prejudiced  against  the  Villierses 


from  the  oppoaitiom  which    sprang    up  between 
Coke's  party  and  the  favourite. 

Very  difierent  ia  the  account  pven  in  i 
grees  of  the  two  familiea  of  \illief8  12 
mont,  as  given  in  Nichols's  Leicestmhif^^ 
744,  the  important  parts  of  which   aro 
lows ; — 


Richard  Clerke,  Eaq. 


William  Beaumaot,  Esq.,  of  Colaortoo,  d  1529. 


Sod  hQ»b.  Witliam  Yilliers, 
ofBrookiby. 


»  CoktU  » 

I     I 


Eldest  son. 
Ut  litub.  Rtehard  BeaamoDt^  Esq. 
of  Coleortoo,  d.  July  %  1385. 


Seventh  son. 
Anthony  Deamnout,  of  < 


Sir  G.  Villier*,  of  BrookAby, 
Iktber  of  the  Duko  of  Buckiugham. 


I  I 

Xit'bolas  Beaumont  Esq.,  Mary  Beaumont,  mother  of 

of  Coleorton,  d.  J uly  9,  li%o,  the  Duke  of  Backinghain. 

Sir  Henry  Beaumont,  Knt,  d*  March  31, 1607. 


According  to  this  genealogy,  therefore,  Sir 
George  Villiera  of  TJrookab^,  the  futher  of  the 
duke,  was  half-brother  to  Nicholas  Beaumont  of 
Coleorton ;  and  that  so  much  at  least  of  the  pedi- 
gree 18  true  there  can  be  little  doubt,  for  in  a 
deed  dated  Augr4,  1570,  eight  yeara  before  hia 
first  wife's  death,  which  ia  recited  in  his  own  in- 
quimtion  p,  vu  (Chaftc.  Inq.  4  Jamea  I.,  Part  ir. 
No.  74),  he  leaves  the  manor  of  Goadby  to  his 
then  wife  Audrey  for  her  life,  and  after  lier  death 
to  Nicholaa  Beaumont,  Esq.,  and  liis  heirs, 

Ijet  U9  now  see  what  external  testimony  there 
18  for  Mary  Beaumont  having  been  one  of  the 
Beaumonta  of  Coleorton. 

Sir  H.  Wotton,  a  first-rate  authority  (Bel. 
Wot  i.  208),  states  expressly  that  she  waa  *'  daugh- 
ter to  Anthony  Beaumont  of  Coleorton,  Es^.,"  thua 
differing  from  the  pedigree  only  in  ^vmg  the 
qualification  from  the  abode  of  hia  family  instead 
of  from  hia  own.  Goodman  (i.  265)  says  **  ahe 
was  descended  of  the  Beaumont?,  as  ancient  a 
family  m  hW  {L  e.  the  duke'a)  *^  father.^* 

Wilson  (Keymetf  ii.  690),  whose  leaninga  would 
be  against  the  duke,  apeali  of  the  marria^  in  the 
following  way  : — 

*•  For  the  old  man  coming  to  Coleorton  111  Ijeicester- 
ibira  to  visit  a  kinswotnaij,  the  Lady  Beaumont,  foand 
a  young  gentlewoman  of  that  name  ilUed  and  yet  a  scr- 
Tant  to  the  lady,  wbo  being  of  a  bandaome  presence, 
took  his  alTectioDs,  and  be  married  her." 

This  in  all  probability  is  the  true  account  of 
the  matter.  The  Lady  Beaumont  mentioned  wag 
the  wife  of  Sir  Ilonry,  who,  by  the  half  blood, 
was  Sir  George  Villierses  nephew.  Mary  Beau- 
mont,* poor  cousini  was  in  the  household,  according 
to  the  custom  of  the  time^  as  a  waiting  gentle- 
woman, just  as  Margaret  Dakins,  successively 
married  by  the  brother  of  the  Earl  of  Essex,  the 
brother  of  Sir  Philip  Sidney,  and  Sir  Thomas 
Hoby— without  any  idea  of  disparagement — was 


waiting  gentlewoman  to  the  Countess  of  Huntifl 
ton.  Even  Weldon,  who  ia  scarcely  evcT  to 
truated,  and  who  says  that  the  duke'a  mother  ^ 
of  a  **  mean  '*  fiuuily^  calls  her  "  a  waiting 
tlewoman."  The  story,  therefore,  of  Mary  " 
mont  having  been  a  Mtchen-maid  in  Sir  G¥9§f 
Villiers's  own  house  may  be  left  to  K,  CokeV  ona 
authority,  which,  alight  enough  in  itself,  is  ibai^ 
lutely  worthless  in  the  fiice  of  the  concnnvBl 
testimonies  given  above. 

Another  point,  which  has  been  made  the  inMl 
of  by  biographers  who  write  for  effect,  hi  the  old 
ago  of  Sir  George  Villiera  at  his  marrlag'     V 
doubt  in  this  they  have  Wilson *8  authon; 
still,  as  Sir  George  lived  some  seventeen  or  ♦ip.* 
teen  years  after  liis  second  marriage,  they  mifii 
have  remembered  that  he  could  bflHU  1,  mV.^  i»-^ 
so  very  old.     But,  in  point  of  fac 
on  his  father  (KvcA.  Inq.  3  &  4  1_.  „.        ^  _ 
I^ic.**  No.  6)  states  that  he  was  lourteeQ  j«ki 
and  more  on  Nov,  3^  1501.  Ages  Ln  inqui-if  i  o^sEiif 
not  always  be  quite  accurately  given 

five  him  seventeen  years  in  Iwl,  we  cm  • 

im  more  than  forty-three  in  1587,  wheo 
wife  died.    The  date  of  his  second  _ 

uncertain,  but  as  his  second  son  was  born  in 
be  cannot  have  remained  long  a  widower* 
Again,  Lady  Villiera  is  said  to  bar©  " 
in  great  straits  for  money ;  flo  that, 
Sir  Simonds  D'Ewes,  he  first  came  to 
worn-out  clothes.    As,  however,  she  had 
than  360  acres  of  land  with  her  houae  at 
{Chanc.  Inq.  4  James  I.  Part  11.   No,  74), 
part  of  the  story   may  be  dismiased   at 
though  im  she  had  ouly  a  life  intere?«t 
land)  she  may  have  lived  savingly  with  .  ., 
occasions  less  important  than  her  soo^a  pnsadili 
tion  at  court 

Fmaliy,  what  is  the  truth  about  bet  .. 
nage  ?    The  name  of  her  second  htiabaail  | 


S.TIL  Junk  3,  71.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


471 


iowe,  not  in  all  of  the  pedigTeea,  is  Sir  W. 
ner.  It  appears,  however,  from  the  ioquisi- 
into  hia  death  (^Chtvir.  Inq.  5  Jamea  L  Part  ii. 

160)  that  he  died  Nov.  2,  l«30t5,  and  this 
li  little  tirae,  though  the  objectipn  ia  not  an 
perable  one,  for  a  marriage  with  Lady  Vil- 
1^  whoae  husband  died  onlj  in  the  preceding 
nary.  Nor  is  there  any  mention  of  his  leav- 
i  widow,  either  in  the  inquisition  or  in  the  will 
ed  Oct,  27,  ICOC)  recited  in  it.  Farther :  in  a 
of  tenants  in  capite  in  Leicestershire,  given  in 
bols's  Leicextn'H/iire  (i.  rjcxxiii.),  Goadhy  ia  a*- 
ed  to  **  Maria  Villiera/'  The  list  waa  made 
906,  and  corrected  by  one  the  date  of  which 
lot  be  earlier  than  Slay  22,  ICIl.  If,  theri>- 
I  the  correctiona  were  carefully  made,  this 
■^overthrow  the  marriage  altogether,  aud  I 
^B  the  whole,  ioclined  to  disheliere  in  it 
HRirther  evidence  can  be  adduced, 
Wk  me  conclude  with  a  query — What  was  the 
\  of  the  marriage  with  Sir  Thomas  Corapton  ? 
derson  implies  that  it  took  place  before  young 
iers  became  a  courtier.  Sanderson  ia  not  a  high 
lority,  hut  if  his  atatement  is  true  it  is  cer- 

that  the  8tep«son  of  a  brother  of  Lord  Comp- 
would  find  his  way  much  fimoother  before 
.  than  one  who  was  merely  the  son  of  the 

»of  a  country  knight. 
S,  R.  Gabuinbe. 
MEMORY, 

W  St.  Louis  Jownal  of  Sjtectdalive  Phitosopht/ 
JmSfiinxji  1871,  containa  an  account  of  a  person 
teiied  of  a  moet  extraordinary  memory,  Mr. 
liel  McCartney,  a  labouring  man,  which  baa 
a  thua  condensed  by  a  Cincinnati  newspaper ; — 

llr,  McCartney  -was  bora  in  Westmoreland  county* 
Dcylvanii.  Sept«(nber  10,  1817,  and  ta  nearly  bliud' 
pn  read  the  lAigeat  priat  only  by  holding  it  within 
JDcbea  of  his  e>*ea.  Hia  niemory  ia  exceedingly^  re- 
tT«  and  minute^  and  be  claims  tliat  b«  can  r«collcct 
inreiitfl  of  ev&ry  day  since  Janntrj'  1,  1827,  when  he 
atKMit  nine  years  and  a  balfold.  He  never  kept  any 
■d  of  occurrences,  and  Kub  no  svBtem  of  mnemonica* " 
JbiesuunioAtion  by  D«  W.  I^enkle«  commisaioner  of 
lie  scboob  in  Ohio,  showed  that  McCtrtner's  ns^cr- 
liTES  tme.  Mr.  Henkle  baa  a  jonmnl  with  bim  which 
^tdid  the  event*  of  forty-five  yeara  past,  and  found 
IMcCartney^a  anawers  tallii^d  witb  the  records  of  the 
If.  Hia  questions  lelati^d  to  tbe  day  of  the  week,  tbc 
|J  of  tho  weatbeTt  and  occurrences  coming  under 
fC^n«y'«  obftenration.  In  reply  to  an  interrogatorv- 
jKgartl't^  Octobers,  1828,  McCartney  in  two  aecoutU 
pi  'Wednesday,  It  was  cloud>\  and  drizzled  rain. 
Irtied  dinner  to  my  father  where  he  waa  getting  in 
i» 

Qnegtiont  *  February  21,  1829?*  Answer  in  two 
ttiUi:  *  Saturday.  It  was  cloud}^  in  tbe  morning  and 
I"  in  the  afternoon;  there  was  a  little  snow  on  tbe 
icitt.  An  nnde,  who  lived  near,  aold  a  horse  be^ist 
day  for  jfilib:  Question  :  *  October  13, 1851  ? '  Aa- 
'»  after  iift^^un  feconda:  *Mimday.  It  was  kinder 
i^^nt-Uko  weather.    I  staid  all  night  Sunday  night  at 


my  brother*a,  and  next  day  I  went  to  the  depot  ia  Card- 
in  gtOD  to  saw  wood.*  Question  :  "  May  8,  184*3  ?  '  An- 
swer»  in  two  aecoudA :  ♦  Friday.  It  rained  some.  The 
Sflturday  before  I  attended  a  quarterly  ineetinp;  in  Iberia." 
(He  is  a  MeLbodtst^  t^nestion  :  *  July  Ifi,  ISOflV  An- 
swer, instantly  i  *  Monday.  A  very  hot  day.  I  aawed 
wood  that  day,  and  the  next  day  went  out  into  the 
Country  to  hoe  potatoes/  Tbe  sanie  accuracy  and  faci- 
lity wafl  shown  in  respect  to  many  other  datea^  3onie  con- 
nected with  important  public  events,  and  others  having 
no  such  association. 

"McCartney  likewise  ihowed  wonderful  qnkkncss  in 
mathematics.  Bdag  aaked  to  multiply  32  by  45,  he 
roEurned  a  correct  anfwer  in  two  ficcunds,  doing  the  sum 
*  in  his  head,"  multJplyinfir  firrt  by  five  and  then  by  four. 
In  the  same  w^ay  he  multiplied  9\]  by  97  in  twelve  seconds, 
84  by  53  in  e'ight  secondss,  456  by  123  in  thirty-five 
tiewnds,  and  182  by  8,756  in  four  and  a  half  niinutca  j 
becoming  crmfusedf  bowerer,  io  the  last  attempt.  He 
displayed  a  good  knowledge  of  geoi»^raphy. 

*'  On  subsequent  occasions  Mr.  Henkle  again  examined 
him  ns  to  datea  and  in  cubic  root  His  accuracy  and 
powers  of  computation  were  as  manifest  as  on  former 
trials.  HIa  spelling  wsm  found  to  be  rather  faulty,  but 
he  knew  something  of  German  by  hearing  neighbours 
speak  it.  McCartney  is  certainly  a  curioaity,  and  de- 
Bcrvc*  the  attention  uf  those  learned  in  psychology  and 
tbe  collateral  sdencea/' 

Bar-Pohtt. 

Philadelphia, 


Roscob's  "  Life  of  William  Ro&coe,"— Per- 
mit me  to  point  out  one  or  two  inaccuraciea  in 
the  remarka  in  this  work  which  relate  to  the  sale 
of  Roscoe's  splendid  coUection  of  hooks.  In 
chap,  xiv.  p.  105  (ed.  1833),  the  bio^pher  statea 
that  "  ft  copy  of  the  Mappretentaxiont  Sncte  which 
had  cost  him  (W.  Roscoe)  a  few  shillinga  sold 
for  thirty  guineas."  And  later  on  in  the  Bame 
chapter/'*  the  splendid  manuscript  of  the  Bible 
was  purchased  for  the  sum  of  two  hundred 
guineas/*  Both  of  theae  Btatements  are  in  them- 
8elve«l aligbtly  inaccurate:  the  Mappre^entazioni 
Sacre  having  been  »oId  for  321  0.-?.  Grf.,  whilst  the 
price  paid  for  lot  1810,  BiUia  Sacra^  utrumque 
TeMamentum^'whh  178/.  10^.  These  figures  I  have 
ascertained  by  referring  to  a  copy  which  1  possess 
of  the  catalogue  of  the  sale,  in  which  the  prices 
at  which  the  various  lots  were  sold  have  been 
neatly  appended  in  ink.  I  picked  up  this*  relic 
of  Roscoe  at  an  old  bookstall  in  Liverpool^  and 
from  tbe  autograph  it  bears^  it  would  appear  to 
have  been  at  one  time  in  the  noftaession  of  the 
late  Rev.  Br.  Rafflt^s,  who  resided  at  Liverpool 
for  a  number  of  years.  Whilst  on  this  matter 
I  may  mention  that  the  church  in  wldch  Roscoe 
waa  married— namely*  St.  Ann's^  Liverpool,  is 
shortly  to  be  pulled*  down,  probably  in  a  week 
or  two,  for  town  improvenieDta.  Eff* 

Gloucestershire  Folk  Lore.— Talking  with 
one  of  the  villagers  lately  about  a  sudden  death 
which  occurred  here  lost  Friday  night,  she  said 
that  she  knew  that  there  would  be  a  death  in 


472 


the  YiUiige ;  there  alwaja  was  one  hefore  a  menih 
wa$  out  after  mi  open  grave  on  a  Su^idaf/,  A  graye 
wi»  dug  OQ  Saturday,  March  25,  for  the  mter- 
mont  on  Monday  raomiii}^  of  another  pftrifihioncr, 
who  hud  alao  dit»d  rather  sutiflenly. 

Might  not  the  mjsixTj  of  the  blue  signs  m 
GranthAiu  be  revealed  by  ascertaining  tho  Diiko 
of  KutlAnd^s  election-colours  P 

Datid  BoTct:. 
Netherswell  Vioange,  Stow-on- Wold. 

"Paddy,  ob  Peggt,  O'RAjfrEBTY." — In  tho 
Lodmi  Own  Jottnial  for  January  21,  1871,  occurs 
tho  following'  note  : — 

'*  Iq  answer  to  an  inquinr  of  jour  correspondent 
*  J.  H.  K./  in  your  '  Notes  ajidQut^nes'toIuran,  regard- 
ing Uoj^'a  aong  eatitkd  *  Paddy  O'RafTcrtv,'  I  infonneti 
him  in  your  iiutnbei  of  the  Ladki  Jonmal  of  d(^h  July 
]A8t,  Umt  1  had  heard  Hogg  say  that  tliis  song  was  never 
printed,  ag  he  had  merely  composed  it  to  sing  btm«eir.  la 
your  Journal  of  Stnt  alt.  a  correspondent — I  snppone  the 
same,  but  whose  initials  are  printed  '  J.  H.  R.* — again  re* 
fesw  to  thlBaong,  and  aoHdts  any  of  your  coDtributors  to 
j^nt  him  a  copy  of  it.  He  alao  says— I  suppose  in  refer- 
enoo  to  my  anawer  to  Ms  first  oommunication— '  He  (that 
h  Hogg)  WAS  heard  to  say  that  he  wottld  never  print  it, 
but  keep  it  to  sing  himself;  but  this  may  have  bucn  a 
bit  of  hi9  accustomed  bombaat,*  Hog^  hai  now  been  in 
hia  grave  for  thirty-live  years,  and  has  Itft  hi.*  racmorY 
in  charge  to  his  countrymen^  expecting  it  would  he  eafe 
in  their  keeping,  and  I'mufih  regret  to  see  *J.  U,  R/s' 
remarkf  written,  1  hope,  without  thoughts  As  I  can 
hardly  think  *■  J.  H.  IL'  wonld  exhibit  so  much  anxiety 
to  poeacAs  the  songs  of  the  Ettrick  She^iberd  auleas  ho 
was  auimate^l  with  nomo  friundly  fE?eling  towards  his 
Tnfimorj\  will  he  excuse  me — who  ought  to  have  known 
bim  well — when  I  mr  that  ho  wa5  not  a  talker  of  bom- 
bast, and,  moreover,  1  bad  the  most  implicit  confidence 
that  he  would  not  state  as  a  fact  that  whiuh  he  knew  was 
not  true.  It  ia  very  probable,  however,  that  *  PatUly 
0*Kaflerty*  may  have  been  taken  down  from  Hogg's 
singing  and  printed;  indeed,  I  am  almost  certain  tbat  I 
have  seen  it  in  print,  but  I  cannot  recollect  wtiem. 

•    "J.  H."' 

Are  J.  H.  K.,  J.  H,  R.,  and  J,  IT.  RulBciently 
conversant  with  the  thenio  thoy  are  diacui*sing? 
The  song  '* Peggy  O'llafferty,"  which  1  presume 
the  corpe.«ipODdents  unconflcioualy  have  in  view^ 
was  composed  by  Robert  Tanimbill,  and  is  in- 
cluded in  every  edition  of  his  worka.  On  this  the 
Ettrick  Shepherd  may  have  written  a  pnrodj^,  and 
being  a  parody,  ha  would  of  course  not  pnnt  it. 
Will  not  this  solution  satlsty  the  question  ? 

Charles  Roqkrs,  LL.IX 

flmowdoun  TillHf  Lewisham,  S.E. 

"The  Ibish  Colours  folded/'  tit  Fatrer 
PUTKR  Walsh, — It  is  rather  surprising  that  Mr, 
Prendergast  did  not  examine  the  library  of  the 
Royal  Irisli  Academy  for  the  /m/*  Colour b  folded 
of  Fathtr  Peter  Walsh ;  for  there  he  could  have 
foimd  it  among  the  books  of  his  deceased  friend, 
Mr,  Chiifies  Haliday,  which  he  has  so  well  de- 
Bcribed  in  the  preface  to  hia  CVomicellian  SetUe-- 
ment.  They  are  now  catalogued  and  classified  in 
A  nmnsjer  that  does  credit  to  this  noble  institution, 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES 


I 


»letit  iai49    J 


so  that  every  work  amoi^f  the  man^  tiiot^nidi 
Mr.  Hididay's  pom  ^ii  eta  is  acoeaaibla  —=**—' 
moment's  delay,     1  speak  as  a 
gone  there  this  day  to  look  for  tke 
tion  and  found  it  at  once. 
Dublin,  Apm  2  i.  187 L 

^*  HiBERNIS  rrsIH  HlDBSNTOBBI."  —  lUi^  l> 
KoXov  'AXKiBtdSov  2jiTi/pof  tfrropQif  K4yefm  (f«9^! 

^koXkoiv  Beu^iof,  *   .   .  .  bw4pr\pf  S^  leoi  Tiyr  t^ 

oif/NiTo^-otffeur. — AtheniEi  Deipnotoph,  12,  47. 

This  sentence  hoB  been  attnbuted  to  CHali 
Cambrensis.  C*  P.  L 

PopiTLAn  Method  op  OBSKBvxifG  £icui«au-» 
Ibis,  as  far  back  as  I  can  remember,  ttied  to  tekf 
looking  at  the  reflection  in  a  tul>  of  water.  I«^ 
tulliau  mentions  the  very  sam^  custom  in  Ml 
treatise,  Ad  Natione*^  ii-  vL :  ^^ 

**  Jam  majora  ejus  (luna)  detrtmettta  soletit  ia  m^ 
specok*  oonaideraR*.    Jpae  etiam  sol 
tattts  estt" 

'^  Nothing  new  under  the  siui. 

E]>Mi7X]i  Tew, 

Peoverb. — "  From  clogs  to  clogs  is  otnly 
generations/'  A  Lancashire  proverb,  in^lilf 
that,  however  rich  a  poor  man  may  eveaUiil^ 
become,  his  great-grandson  will  certainly  lall  bud 
to  poverty  and  **  clogs***  *     M.  H 

HooD^s  "Adi>re9s  to  Mb,  Cross,"— la  tb* 
lament  which  the  poet  pours  forth  on  dui  dtftfa 
of  the  elephant  Chunee^  speaking  of  Um  \m  d 
great  pubhc  clmractera,  he  expreii^eQa  lumffilf  m 
follows : — 

"  !  should  not  wholly 
Despair  for  *ix  montlis  of  another  C  *  *  ,  ♦  * 

Nor  though  F lay  on  his  amali  Wrr 

Be  melancholy. 
But  when  will  sucb  on  elephant  appear?  ** 

In  a  note  appended  to  this  paaaage  in  thettt- 
lected  works  of  Hood,  edited  \pf  aiB  son  ill 
daughter,  C  ,  ,  .  is  identified  wHh  the  K«v.  ^ 
Crofy,  but  F  .  .  .  .  remains  undidooTored.  I 
lieve  the  choract^ir  indicated  to  be  Sir  Tl»( 
Fowell  Buxton,  the  celebrated  philanthtu^itAi 
brewer,  who  died  Feb.  19,  1845,  "* 

Imitations  of  the  Old  Ballad  :  **!*¥:  Ma 
Arthub," — In  The  Athenctum  of  May  '20  I  b^< 
some  observations  in  which   I  beiirtily  \ 
to  the  carelesa  licence  in  wliich  editors 
they  term  old  ballads  eoostantly  indn 
serting    passages    obviouily    added     i 
hands,  without  warning  the  readr*r  of 
tioua  character ;    but  I  am  not  Aure  of 
neaa  of  an  instance  which  the  wni*;r  aii^'^'^^* 
one  of  the  *'Morie  Arthur"  balladft  ooeon^J 
following  line — 

'•  The  Duke,  all  shent  with  tikili  I 


iJM. 


4*fc8.VILJL3fK4r,7lO 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


473 


The  writ  fir  ffi?o«  good  rouson  for  rej^arding  this 
OB  I'  t'cy's^  but  proceeds  to  call  it  **  »  line 

ifH]  an  old  ballad.**  and  the  addition  of  a 

'^mudtTu  bidkd-monger."  Is  thia  so  'f  The  bUhop 
#vidently  "cribbed'*  it  from  *'The  Heir  of  Linne  *' — 
**  Sorely  »hont  with  tbli  rtjbuke. 
Sorely  &faeut  was  the  IlMir  of  Lmoe." 

*'  The  Heir  of  Linne/'  like  mof^t  ballads  of  re- 

Eiite,  is,  we  may  presume,  a  pie<?e  of  patchwork; 
ut  I  hare  always  been  in  the  habit  of  regarding 
tltia  Bs  an  old  patch. 

Few  perhaps  duly  appreciate  the  genuine  ring' 
of  an  authenticated  "ballad,  and  fewer  can  imitate 
it.  Bums  tried  repeatedly,  and  all-imbu«d  with 
tile  old  rhYtninf^r  spirit  as  he  was,  cotdd  neTer 
keep  it  up  beyood  a  stanza  or  two.  Scott  (if  my 
own  instinct  does  not  deceive  me)  never  suc- 
oeeded  but  once,  and  that  is  in  old  ElCT>eth*8  frag- 
ment of  A  chauut  on  the  **  Battle  of  rlarlaw'*  in 
Tilr  Anltqumy,  If  that  be  not  without  a  flaw^  I 
.lit  leist  am  at  a  loss  to  au]jgest  it. 

Jean  IE  Teothteub* 

Last  Days  of  Geokge  IV.  — The  following 
bit  of  cottrt  goaaip  may  serve  as  an  illustration 
of  pitat  times :— * 

•*  I  i,H„.,  .,„»  ...r  ,....:  f:,.^  f,^o,  ^y  iq  day/*  says  Lndy 
B»  "  I  ry,  **  expecting  each  would  be 

liw  ^  lifo.     But  to  thp  joy  nf  his 


^Sikt: 


be,  h. 


iof 


two  opiniofi'^.^  t  ierrjcy  that  it  is  water.  Sir  Henry  Hol- 

!aii<i  Titgf    h  U    I  fhmn.    However^  Ma  1**^^  frnvr*  lir^n 

*ciiri  L  Violent  MpasTin* 

uR,  I  u$t  (tie.    H<}  has 

the    1  -  .,^^.  ^.   ;..   .,     ,.^r,  taken  the  Mcr........  ;..    , 

and  taikeU  v*;ry  reii^ously  to  her,     Madame  [Lady  C.]  is 

_  ftnler^^    nt*vpf  ffy  rome  into  hk  presence  bat  when  sent 

fe^^  ^  ^  .  ,ind  then  oaly  for  five  miQUtes.    A  a 

^B  i'xp«cted.  Madam,  it  Ib  said^  had 

^fcl\        ,  L]H,  hut  thiJ  moy  be  calnmny.    The 

PuehcM    o«    rinr'^nce  is  bo  nervous' at   the  idea  of  the 

rhaogie  in  thrir  ^ituiitiou  and  the  re^poneibility  attached 

to  it«  added  to  the  fear  m  to  the  effect  it  may  have  on  him 

ftom  over-ezdlenicnt«  that  she  shakes  at  bekrini;:  a  knock 

«  a  bono  galloping^  up  to  the  door.    She  is  an  excellent 

woman,  -rery  sen-ihle,  and  would  like  to  have  cveni,'thing 

fefpitrtJ^KV.     !£"jt   hovr  ihe  is  ever  to  weed  the  motley 

ewr^v    •        '  ;,  admitted  to  court  i^i  hard  to  8rty, 

0?'  inong  the  tradtid-people  that  nobody 

orrt*  1        ^  posing  there  mu«t  soon  be  a  moani- 

Ifij^.    SoiiK^  hiivo  iKfUf^ht  mouniing;^  bat  I  will  do  no  such 

tkiQir.    1  nlwnvs  think  of  Mm,  Crew^,  who  bonght  cheap 

■       '      'Ifror^e  the  Tl      \       '  fin  liveti  fifteen  years 

I*  caiif^ht  '  d,  and  her  cheap 

>vorn  by  otti'  r  tdfl" 

ThiM  lelti^r  h  dated  May  18,  1830.  Georg©  IV. 
lived  till  Juno  20.  C. 

Memorial  Taklrts  at  St,  Bbket's,  Paitl's 
WttUiF  'V  i  ring  to-  day  along  the  new  street 
to  BIat^  id^,  I  came  upon  the  recently 

©xpo#ed  iinriu  Mi[*^  of  Wren*8  church  of  St.  Benet's, 
PaAirs  Wharf.  Whilst  admirinjf  it,  I  noticed  some 


fine  tablets  against  its  wall,  which  are  now  un- 
protected from  the  public,  as  a  roadway  has  been 
lormed  close  upon  tbeni.  One  of  them  is  to  the 
memory  of  *'Sir  Ralph  Bigland,  Knt,  Garter, 
bom  I'^lay,  1757;  died  14  July,  183^";  also  to 
his  first  wife  and  a  daughter.  Will  not  the  pre- 
sent **  Garter  **  (if  none  of  the  family  are  living) 
place  this  tablet  in  the  church  ?  The  vault,  I 
presume^  baa  been  destroyed  for  the  roadway. 
Another  is  to  the  memory  of  Mary>  daughter  of 
Robert  and  Matt  Moser,  May  31,  1827,  aged 
nineteen;  and  to" Robert,  Sept.  30,  1828,  aged 
fourteen.  Are  these  relatives  or  descendants  of  the 
artist  Mary  Moser,  R.A,,  imd  her  father  George 
Michael  Moser,  R.A* — as  it  is  an  unusual  name  ? 
The  Robert  may  have  been  a  nephew  of  George. 
Why  are  not  aU'  these  tableta  removed  ?  for  they 
will  soon  be  destroyed.  W.  P. 

STRASBtrHOH  LrBBARY.  —  It  may  be  eatiafac- 
tory  to  know  what  MSS.  have  been  lost  by  the 
fire  at  Strasburgh,  A  catalogue  of  them*  wa« 
printed  by  ITaenet.  P. 

La  RlpuDumjE. — In  France  imder  the  third, 
as  under  the  second  republic,  coins  have  been 
struck  on  the  obverse  of  which  is  the  Greek 
profile  of  a  woman j  representing  the  French  Re- 

f)ublic,  with  flowers,  m-heat,  and  copiously  braided 
inir — the  whole  held  by  a  band  round  ber  fore- 
head, on  which  is  incompletely  written  the  word 
♦*  Concorde/'  (Alaal  it  reads  now-a-days  like 
an  opigram.)  Above  the  head  is  a  star  (an  ill- 
•  "  Hi  one,  I  fear).  At  the  exergue  stands  the 
t?r's  name,  Oudino.     On  the  reverse,  the 

:  jvcrameut4il  words:  **  Libert^i  figalit^,  Fra- 

ternitt*/'  God  knows  how  *■  l.*e8  freres  et  amis  de 
la  Commune  "  have  interpreted  them  both  in  lB4fc< 
and  in  1871.  The  whole  reads  now  as  then: 
**  Mtffftbliqtje  Frtmcatie,  d^tresse  (des  tresses)  par- 
tout:  *  Liberto  .  Egalitc?  .  Fraternit«5  .' "  (there  is 
between  each  word  a  full-stop  or  pointy  which 
latter  word  in  French  means  uofte),  ^*La  Citncortie^ 
on  n'en  voit  gueres.  Omlim  **  (on  diner)  "  aous  la 
RtSpublique  ?  '*  (when  so  many  are  dying  from 
hunger)  *^  #  a  la  Belle  itoile." ^  It  is  remarkable 
that  the  three  words,  **  libertt^/'  &Ct  which  ob- 
taiji  on  the  coins  of  1870,  have  been  suppressed 
on  those  of  1871— probably  as  being  too  contrary 
to  truth.  Likewise  the  civic  oak-leaves,  which  ou 
the  wreaths  were  interwoven  with  laiurel,  have 
disappeared,  leaving  the  latter  unly :  no  doubt  ag 
a  protest  against  the  nefarious  acts  of  the  Com- 
mune. P*  A,  L. 
A  CorsciDKHCK.— 

**  It  L»  unitismf*  to  henr  of  the  Standard  Xapolcon  (pear 
Of  apple)  beini;  planted  on  Coxhoath,  n  f^x^t  whore,  dur* 
iug  the  war,  the  dower  of  the  lS^iti^'h  array  were  os^cm* 
blod  io  prevent  tuch  a  result.  '—Kx tract  from  No.  1  of 
tha  GardMmr'a  Hugazint  for  Jantiaiy*  18'i(f, 

W,F 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[4»6S.VII.  JOTK^I 


AyONYMOtrs.— Who  was  tbe  authoe  of  a  little 
wark  entitled  Thirty  Li'iters  oh  various  SHb/'fctjfj 
3  Tols.  13mo.  LoDdon^  1783?  It  containa  an  m^ 
terestiDg  criticism  on  a  poet  whose  name  liaa  iip- 
peared  in  your  columns  once  or  twice  lately — 
Francis  Quarles,  concerning?  "whom  the*  Ker.  J, 
Pomfret,  in  the  preface  to  his  poems,  Iruthfullj 
remarks  that  "even  Quarles  and  Withers  hare 
thoijT  admirera.'* 

[By  W»1luim  Jackjop,  miuicAl  composer  of  Exeter: 
Ob.  July  12,  1803.] 

1  should  also  be  gkd  to  know  the  name  of  the 
author  of  any  of  the  followinp;'  works  :^ — 

Metnoirsqfnn  Old  Wig.     8vo.  London,  1815, 

iMttrs  on  Lifideliiu,  'Second  edition.  12nio. 
Oxford,  Mm. 

[By  Gcurgu  Home,  Bi»hop  of  Nont icli.] 

CanfesmoHs  of  a  Gamester,     8vo.  London,  1824. 

A  Volume  of  SmoJi^^  in  Two  Ptiffs,  with  Strat/ 
Whiffs  from  the  sam  e  Pi/tc.     1 2  m  o ,  I  jOi  id  on ,  1 BTAK 

Essays  mt  the  Sources  of  the  I'i^^un*s  receii^d 
from  Literary  Compositions.  Second  edition,  8vo. 
London,  1813. 

[By  the  Rev.  Edward  Mmgin,  of  Bath  ?] 

Edgbaston.  A,  H.  BaTBS. 

What  is  a  Barrow  ? — Gules^  two  barrows  or, 
is  one  of  the  cnat«  quartered  on  the  corporate 
seal  of  the  town  of  Droitwich,  in  Worcestershire* 
What  kind  of  instrument  is  a  bar  row  f  In  appear^ 
ance  it  is  not  unlike  a  wooden  spoon.      H.  S.  G. 

Broperick  FAMitr,— I  shall  he  glad  to  receive 
any  information  relating  to  a  branch  of  thii*  family 
settled  in  the  neighbourhood  of  Shap  Fella,  co.  of 
Westmoreland,  in  th+3  early  part  of  the  eighteenth 
century.  Were  the  Shap  Fell  Brodericka  cadeta 
of  the'  house  of  Broderick,  Lords  of  Middleton, 
CO.  of  Cork  P  W,  H.  Cottell. 

Manor  Rise,  BrLxtoti. 

Lettkk  op  Olitfr  CRoaiwKLL. —  Can  any 
reader  inform  me  where  i»  now  preserved  the 
original  of  a  letter  addressed  to  the  Parliament 
by  Oliver  Cromwell,  February  4,  1050-1  P  It  is 
printed  in  tbe  appendix  to  Harris's  Historical  and 
Critkal  Aveount  of  Otiirr  Crfmut^rH,  1772,  p.  M 8, 
.ind  reprinted  in  Gough*8  second  edition  of  Vertue^a 
Works  of  Thomas  Sitnon.  It  was  then  (1772)  in 
tho  posfiesaion  of  John  Raymond,  Esq.^  of  Fair^ 
ford,  Gloucestershire.  The  letter  ia  written  from 
E«linhurgh,  '» For  y^  Houo^"^  tbe  Cofoitteo  for  the 
army  the^/^  and  n^lates  to  tbe  journey  under- 
taken by  '*  Mr.  Symonds  "  in  onler  to  draw  his 
portrait  for  the  Dunbar  medah     Oliver  adds — 

'*  I  shall  m&ke  it  my  seeiond  suite  unto  you  that  you 
will  please  to  t'onferr  up«m  hrm  that  imployni*  in  yo»"  ser- 
vice w""*  NicbolM  Briott  bad  before  him,'*  8cc. 

HkNBY  W.  HEincitKT. 

Markham  House,  Brighton. 


St,  Ebward  the  Cokfbssob  axd  this  Rnr*. 
Tbe  legend  of  the  ring  given  by  King  Edwtid  t^ 
Confessor  to  St.  John  the  Evangelii^t  disgruiMi  u 
a  beggar,  is  represented  on  an  ancient  window  ii^ 
the  ffreat  church  of  St  Laurence  at  Ludhnr,^ 
wbicltt  town  tbe  pilgrims  who  received  tha  i 
from  the  saint  are  said  to  belong. 

Nq  mention  of  these  pilgrims*  home  Jjp.^ 
the  various  live«  of  St.  Edward  tbe  King^j^^ 
Itshed  by  tbe  Master  of  the  Rolls^  though  tfaefCGrr 
is  there  related.  Dean  Stanley,  in  bia  Mematiak 
of  1  rest  minder  Ahltey^  in  his  version  of  the  tok^ 
describes  the  Ludlow  PiUmers,  and  the  reoaptuD 
of  the  ring,  by  the  king  at  Ilaveriog^atte-fiower. 
la  there  any  other  foundation  for  Um  legend  beiz^ 
connected  with  Ludlow  than  the  window  ia  tbi 
church  ?  Thos.  E,  WnryiKOTO». 


[A  tradition  prevalent  at  Ludlow  when  Leland 
it  in  the  roign  of  Henrj'  VII L,  and  which  waa  ffvfo  tkc 
ancient,  said  thftt  the  two  *' palmers"  who  brongtit  tbi 
ring  to  Edward  the  Confeasor,  w«re  men  of  Ludl^^aid 
the  Ic^nd  was  itself  repre^nted  ia  the  painted  ^m  d 
a  window  in  a  chapel  uf  St.  John,  to  the  north  ef  tbt 
choir  of  Ludlow  church.  **Thia  church,"  wys  I*ilfl4 
^'  haih  been  much  advanced  by  a  brotherhood  therdB 
founded  in  the  name  of  SL  John  the  Evangcliil:  Ik 
original  thereof  was  (as  the  people  #^y  there)  in  tbe  Dv 
of  King  Edward  the  Confeiaor;  and  it  is  cooAiid/ 
nfBrmed  there  that  the  pilgrima  that  brought  th*  fo^ 
from  beyond  the  sea,  a^  a  token  from  St.  John  tbe  £ii^ 
delist  to  King  Edward,  were  the  itibabitanta  of  Lii4Iw.* 
Jdmrary^  ed.  1744,  iv.  91.  It  ta  not  tmpoeeabie  tbit  lit 
pilgrims*  on  theJr  return  from  Jemaalem,  may  bavtlMi 
received  by  Edward  the  C'Onfea^or,  or  that  tboNtv»|0* 
grima  may  ha^'e  been  men  of  Ludlow ;  the  tradiUflMV 
belief  of  this  early  period  thus  .^howin^  that  tbe  tovsa- 
if  ted  in  Saxon  times.  Consult  Thorn  aa  Wright*!  JTiifc^j 
nf  Lufihu\  p.  464  ;  nnd  his  Ludlow  Sketches,  a.i»  IH 
**N.  ^Q;'^1-*S.  vii.  15.] 

ExcHutoa, — A  series  of  fourteen  clevejr  < 
appeared  in  1814  in  Illustration  of  a  work  eotid 
iSomcfhinf/   coiicemimj  Nobody^  edited    bv  Soillr 
body,  London,  pp.  19L    There  ia  no  nrtifet**  i  ~ 
engraver'a  name  appended  to   tbe    plates,  and  1 
cannot  find  any  mention  of  tbe  book  in  Loin 
or  elsewhere.     The  idea  is  one  which,  a»  nii| 
have  been  expected,  George  Cruikshank 
allowed  to  escape  him,  and  in  bis  Omnibus  I 
displayed  the  pranks  of  Nobody ^  and  the  ] 
ment  likely   to  befall  Somebody  in  con 
He  made  use  of  the  same  idea  as  far  back  i 
(the  year  after  the  publicotion  of  the  work  Ii 
inquiring  about),   in   the   folding    plate  to 
Scourge  for  Jan.  2  of  that  year  on  the  »ubj^  i 
the  property  or  income  tax,  on©  of  tbe  tigi« 
having  a  label  issuing  from  bi9  mouth  wtth  ^1 
word*  '*  Nobody  pities  you,  upon  my  booor.**  V^\ 
haps  fiome  of  your  correspondents  can  gif«  m 
eome  inform  ation  respecUng  it.         A.  H.  But^ 
Edgha^ton. 

iTbis  curious  hook  has  now  be  come  v^  natei^  Tb 
icroua  etching  are  by  that  strange  aod*i 


nigliS 


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NOTES  AND  QUEBIES. 


475 


racter,  poor  6.  M,  Woodward,  to  wbonn  George  Cniik- 
thmnk  11  indebted  for  tome  hlnta  from  Llie  effigy  of 
"Xobodj.**] 

FoBD  Abbey  Sjllb. — Can  you  infonn  m©  tte 
exact  dale  of  the  sale  of  about  tv^o  liimdred  paint- 
ingB  (somewhere  about  twenty  jcAra  since)  at 
Ford  Abbey,  near  Aiminster»  Somersetshire  [De- 
'Tonabirel,  oy  auctioD,  lifter  the  death  of  the  pro- 
prietorr^  Mr,  GwynP  also  the  naiiio  of  the  auc- 
tioneer who  sold,  and  hi^  address  if  living,  and  if 
dead,  who  carriee  on  hia  bujiineas  ?  alao,  whether 
there  is  any  catalogue  of  the  ptun tings  in  exist* 
ence  F  I  believe  Mr,  ^lilea  U  now  the  owner,  by 
purchase,  of  the  property,  Paikxeb. 

[John  FruunceU  Gwyo,  Eaq,  died  it  Ford  Abbey, 
DevuDsbire,  on  Feb.  28,  1846,  iged  eighty-foar.  Hu 
'paiTitinf;^  were  f^nhl  *>n  Oct.  2*5, 1846,  aod  aercD  following 
«iu  '  !i  and  Sona,  whose  local  resideoo« 

i  ilogue  (printed  at  Bath).     Sonic 

aj,:;..^..,  :  :..:^  .i.^  V. iM  be  fuund  in  the  GefUieman** 
.M^SfOzine  for  Uixcmber,  184<>,  p.  625.] 

Akchsnt Greek  ani>  Eomaii  Literaturk, — In 
1600  Mr.  James  Grey  Jackson  wrote  in  hia  -4c- 
Cfftmt  o/Uw  Empire  of  Morocco  that — 

•*  If  ihe  present  ardour  for  discovery  in  Africa  be  per- 
•rrercd  in,  tbe  {earned  world  may  expect  in  the  course 
of  a  |4'W  yean  to  receive  bifltorio^  and  other  worka  of 
Orvfk  and  'Roman  authora,  which  were  traoilated  Into 
•**^  Arnbic  language  when  Arabian  literatare  was  in  its 
iind  have  ever  since  been  confined  to  some  priviite 
I A  in  the  cities  of  the  interior  of  Africa  and  in 
Ax4bia.  Bonaparte,  aware  of  the  political  importance  of 
a  practical  knowledge  of  this  Inn^njage.  ha,»  of  late  given 
ito remitting  Attention  to  tlie  subject,  and  IF  we  may  be- 
lieve the  mutilated  acconnta  wbieh  we  receive  occasion- 
ally from  France,  he  is  likely  to  obtain  from  Africa  in  a 
abort  period  relies  of  ancient  karning  of  coni^idcrablo 
value,  which  have  escaped  the  wreck  of  nations."^ 

Was  tbia  anticipation  verified,  and  to  what 
extent  ?  W.  K 

Lknoth  of  Haib  tk  Mek  A5d  Women.— 
You  have  inserted  a  good  many  remarks  of  late 
about  the  hair  growing  after  death.  Can  you  tell 
tne  which  will  grow  longer  in  life,  the  man's  or 
the  woman's  ?  1  once  saw  a  young  DnirKHh  lady, 
of  middle  height,  shake  down  her  hair,  which 
touched  the  ground  as  »he  stood.  The  hair  was 
of  lijifht  colour.  I  have  seen  long  hair  with  Chi- 
nes men,  though  none  ao  long  na  that ;  but  I  am 
told  it  will  grow  as  long.  G.  E. 

OrR  Ladv  op  Holywell.  —  A  Lincolnshire 
gentleman,  making  his  will  in  the  early  part  of 
the  sixteenth  century,  leaves  something  to  "  our 
Xiftdy  off  Holy  well."  What  place  did  he  mean? 
It  wo«  almost  certainly  in  Lincolnshire  or  near  its 
^boideTS.  CoRNUB. 

MrLiTAKT  CHEVB0I7.  —  Is  there  any  special 
reason  for  the  heraldic  chevron  being  reversed  on 
the  sleeve  of  the  subaltern  officer?  M.  D, 

**  THE  Xkw  Monthly." — I  should  be  glad  if 
mijr  of  your  correspondents  could  give  me  a  com- 


plete list  of  the  editors  of  the  Neto  MontMyMagu' 
zine  since  Its  commencement.  It  was  started  in 
(1  think)  1821  [1814],  and  among  ita  conductors 
were  such  men  aa  Campbell,  Theodore  Hook, 
Horace  Smith  (P),  Tom  Hood,  and  Harrison 
Ainsworth.  F,  Gledstanks  Waugh. 

Oxfonl  and  Cambridge  Gub, 

fThe  New  Monthly  Mtt^^tnt!  and  Univtr^ttl  Re^ftster, 
voW  L  toxiv.  181 4 — 1H2CC  the  editorship  unknown  to  us. 
The  New  Monlhty  Mtujiizint  and  Literacy  JtmrtutL  vols, 
XV,  to  XXX.  1821,  Ac,  edited  bv  TtiomiA  Campbell  and 
Mr.  Dubois;  vol.  xxxi.  to  xlvlii.  unknown.  The  Arte 
Monthly  Magazine  and  HumorUt,  vols,  xlix,  to  IxiL  by 
Theodore  Edward  Hook  ;  voIa.  Ixiil.  to  Ixviii.  by  Thomas 
Hood ;  volt,  Ixix.  to  Ixxii,  unknown ;  vols.  Ixxiii.  ^c. 
by  William  Ainsworth»] 

Northamptonshire  Feasts. — ^Can  any  of  the 
readers  of  '*  N.  &  Q.**  give  me  a  list  of  the  ser- 
mons preached  at  the  Northamptonshire  feat^ti 
before  those  citizens  and  inhabitants  of  London 
who  were  born  within  that  cotmty?  The  tirst 
was  preached  by  John  Williams,  rector  of  St. 
Mildred's,  Poultry,  November  8, 1683, 

John  Taylor. 

Northompton. 

^*OoMEBEi>*'  OR  ^'Umereo,*' — Ii  Craven,  when 
trees  overhang  a  road  or  garden,  the  spot  is  said  to  I 
be  too  tnuch  *^  oomered  **  or  **  nmerod,  ■  for  I  am  at  %\ 
ftjloss  as  to  the  orthography,  The  word  is  evidently 
from  the  Latin  umbra >  Arran  for  a  spider  is 
another  word  that  we  have  from  the  Latin.  Are 
the  above  words  used  in  other  parts  ? 

Stephen  Jacksos. 

Robert  akd  Thoilas  Parkkr, — Does  tbe  para- 
graph (p.  288)  imply  that  Thmnm  Parker  wa* 
admitted  to  Magdalen  College  ?  His  father  Jtcbert 
certainly  was.  He  was  admitted  chorister,  a.d. 
1575;  elected  demy,  1580;  fellow,  158*5.1593. 
Anthnny  Wocsd  says  he  was  *'  a  divine  sometime 
of  Wilton,  Wilts,  who,  leaving  the  nation  for  con- 
science-sake, died  at  Deusborough  in  Geklerland 
in  1630.  J,  R.  E, 

Passion  Pi. ays,  —  Where  nr©  Passion  plays 
performed  in  addition  to  Oberamniergau  and  Brix- 
legg  ?  St.  S within. 

Plica  Polonica,^Is  the  disease  called  Plica 
Polonica  well  authenticated  ?  The  common 
opinion  is  that  tbe  hair  becomes  fleshy,  and  will 
bleed  if  cut ;  but  I  have  heard  a  surgeon  say  that 
bo  once  saw  the  dittense,  and  that  it  is  not  tbe 
hair  that  changes,  but  that  the  ilesb  at  the  roots 
ri^cs  a  ^ood  deal,  and  that  it  is  that  that  bleeds, 
if  carelessly  cut.  G.  E. 

Banti:  nossJKiTi'B  Picture  op  Lady  Green- 
fiLBEVES. — Perhaps  some  of  your  correspondents 
would  Itindly  enable  me  to  answer  the  questions 
contained  in  he  lbllowiti{;r*  which  I  have  received 
firom  a  lady  who  ha.'^  bt^eo  <>n  a  visit  to  the  dismal 
regions  near  Manchester ; — 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


C4«fcS,VIL  JiniKS.7L 


"We  went  U>  Agnew'a  «xtaibttion,  "whoro  I  found 
iereral  old  Academy  friEntifl,  and  a  perfect  marvd  by 
Dante  Kometti.  A  small  picture  it  was  of  a  woman  half- 
liSDgtli*  Oa  the  frame  beneath  was  a  line  of  mualc  set  to 
tb«  words-* 

*  Greenftleerv«8 10  my  heart  of  gold, 
And  who  but  my  lady  Green  sleeves  ?  * 
On  her  shoulder  *he  hold  her  knight's  chain  armour  and 
the  i^een  ulccvea ;  and  the  hand  that  grasped  them  was  a 
perfect  miracle  of  pAintinp.  It  looked  alive  j  while  the 
face  and  neck  and  other  Ijand  were  deadnsold  in  colour — 
unnaturally  cold  i  the  eyt.s  perfect  ^recn,  the  niouth  hard 
and  crimson,  and  the  fa^e  fmt  o^^  rirawmtf,  and  vet  with  a 
wontlt^rfully  tender  expre^ion  m  it.  What  did  it  meaA? 
^Ay  <iid  he  draw  the  fiico  wrong  ?  He  must  have  bad  a 
mtaning.  Why  did  be  paint  ooe  bond  living  and  the 
rest  dead  ?  The  picture  waa  not  pleasing^  bat  perfectly 
fwcinating.  There  waa  a  apray  of  a^ple-bloasom  that 
seemed  to  grow.  The  general  compoaition  waa  indeecri- 
bable.  Do  von  know  an^^hinij  of  Lady  Greenaleevea  ? 
If  not,  couhi  you  write  to  '  N>  &  Q/  and  ask  for  those 
ltoe^  and  if  there  ia  any  old  ballad  ?  It  will  baant  me 
till  I  Imow  the  idea  and'  what  it  means.  It  waa  covered 
with  i^lasii,  though  oils.  It  was  on  a  cbair,  not  hung ; 
and  we,  being  absorbed,  nearly  sent  two  young  specimens 
of  the  Manchester  "^  swell  '  into  seHoui  fit*  by  turning  it 
upside  down  and  all  manner  of  ways.  They  thought  wo 
were  mad,  evidently." 

For  myself,  not  having  «een  the  pictttre,  I  cam 
only  suppose  that  the  lady's  hand,  touching  the 
emhlema  of  her  lover,  gains  thereby  a  certain 
mysticnl  proximity  to  liim,  and  ia  represented 
therefore  as  drawing  life  from  thence  ;  while  the 
rest  of  her  typifieB  utter  loneline!*8,  with  life,  %b  it 
were,  deferred.  But  perhaps  some  one  more  <m< 
fait  than  myaelf  with  such  exqmsitenesa  of  sym- 
boliein  will  kindly  elucidate  the  my^terj',  I  take 
the  liheity  of  borrowing  my  fair  corr<3«pondent*3 
initkk  for  fiivour,  M.  Af.  C\ 

DESTJtucTiox  OP.  Surrey  Chttiches,  1G68, — 
'Vlmtitig  recently  the  parish  church  of  Windles- 
ham,  Surrey,  I  was  told  that  its  date  was  KJ68, 
when  it  was  rebuilt  after  its  dej^truction,  with  fif-  i 
teen  others  in  the  neigh bourhrkjd,  by  u  atorm  of 
thunder  and  lightning.  I  have  failed  to  iind  re- 
ference to  such  catastrophe,  which  must  have  been 
noteworthy,  and  ask  your  aid.  ^\^  T.  M. 

Taapfe  Family.— Ia  tlxere  in  the  British  Mu- 
seum a  copy  of  the  Memoirs  of  the  Taaffe  FmnUi/^ 
published  at  Vienna  in  1866?  Does  tbia  work 
contain  a  more  extensive  pedigree  than  that  which 
appeared  before  the  Committee  of  PrivUegea 
about  seven  years  ago  ?  If  so,  perhaps  aam© 
render  of  "  N.  k  Q."  who  may  have  one  would 
allow  me  to  look  over  it. 

Whose  daughter  was  the  Lady  Suaanna,  wife 
of  Charles  Taafe,  Esq.,  who  had  a  lease  (July  15, 
1660)  of  the  lands  of  Mansfield,  Ballyclare,  &c. 
(Louth)  from  the  Earl  of  Carlint/ford?  With 
whom  did  the  Taaffe  interest  in  Bally clare  (more 
eapecijdJy)  terminate? 

Cbristopber  Taalle  had  thele  lands  in  1080 
when  attainted.    When  did  be  die?    I  do  not 


think  that  he  waa  the  Lieutenant  of  King  Jamw'a 
own  regiment,  but  the  lieutenant  waa  pit)babtj 
the  Chriatopher  who  died  in  1725. 

I  am  acquainted  with  aU  printed  sources  of  in- 
formation on  thia  subject,  save  the  Vietma  mtb* 
lication,  and  my  queries  could  only  be  aaawenid  lq|L 
a  correspondent  acquainted  with  tm published  i 
corda. 


HAIR  GROWING  AFTER  DEATH. 

{4}^  S,  Ti.  524 ;  vii.  GO,  83,  130,  22t?^  2tX),  315,)] 

My  attention  was  called  many  yean  ago  to  1 
subject  by  reading  Douglas's   statemeur, 
Nenia  Brifanmca,  about  Lady  Chandos's  I 
above,  vii.  222),     I  have  not  the  book  f 
but  the  following  ia,  I  believe,  a  faithful  i 
from  it  {p.  57) :  — 

'*  Mr.  John  Pitt  assured  mc  that  on  vtaitliiff  a  ifwlllfll 
hid  ftneoftora  at  Farley  Chapel  in  SomorsfetMlra,  to  ^ 
ofdtrs  for  some  necosianr  repairs,  he  uaw  the  biii  d  a 
young  Lady  Chandos  wfiich  had,  in  n  most  cxoliftllll 
manner,  grown  out  of  the  coffin  and  hanging  down  tnm 
it ;  and,  by  the  injicnption,  abc  was  buried  mott  thin  i 
hnndred  years  aincse.** 

By  *^  Farley  Chapel  in  Somersetsbir©**  migtW 
meant  (for  there  is  no  other  in  that  cotuM 
old  chapel  within  the  ruins  of  Farley  Castl^ 
Bath — a  place  with  which  I  am  very  wvlt 
qualnted.    There  is  certainly  an  old  family  maJt 
tueret  and  in  it  are  several  leaden  coffini;  bat 
Farley  Chapel  was  the  burial-place  of  the  Htm* 
ger fords,   and   it   never  belonged   to    t! 
Chandos,  nor  to  any  ancestor  of  the  VI 
The  chapel  meant  by  Douglas  is  most  lik>^ij  i 
at  Sudcley  Castle,  near  Winchcomb,  c<K  C*  ^ 
ter,  which  did  belong  to  the  Lords  <  ^'' 
widow  of  the  la^it  lord  (Jane,  dan  3. ant] 

Uiver<«)   married   George  Pitt   of  .  ..^ .., 

and  brought  Sudeley  CasUe  with  her  in  mairi^ 
Douglases  mistake  in  the  name  ia  not  of  maA  | 
importance,  and  I  only  mention  it  in  order  Id  If  1 
able  to  say  that,  wherever  else  the  deemed  Ldif  I 
Chandoa's  hair  may  have  grown  aftor  bar  4mA,  I 
it  certainly  waa  not  out  of  any  leaden  coffin  js 
Farley  Chapel,  *  I 

But  after  Mr,  J.  Dixon's  letter  (Mi/n-d  vii«31^l 
most  of  the  readers  of  **  K.  &  Q.''  will  probil^rteltj 
come  to  the  concltmion  that  the  very  few  in  ' 
of  alleged  growth  of  hair  after  death 
diapoeed  of  by  some  more  likely  expUnaii 
I  can  suggest  from  my  own  experience. 

A  few  years  ago,  whU^t  draining  a  flei 
Clapcot©  Farm,  near  GrittleUin,  co.  WUti^  i 
a  nn'le  from  my  house,  the  workmen  w«ft^  i 
large  rough  slab  of  stone.  OnraiaingrittlMjl 
sepulchral  chamber,  about  eight  feet  longv  «  6«* 
wide,  and  as  many  deep.     The  aidet  aoii 
were  formed  of  similar  rough  aUibe;  iod  oal 


TW9m  Z,*7L} 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


477 


yidn  apart)  some  OAk  planks,  per- 
,  and  about  tkiee  incliea  thick,  the 
,  rude  outer  coffio.  Wit  hi  a  these  was 
sffiji  entire^  but  iomewhat  corroded, 
part  being  removed,  a  akoleton  was 
mahf  from  the  length  of  the  iigiire 
jdlBett  of  the  bones,  was  pre«umed  to 
.  Toniff  female.  The  bones  also  were 
f  imbedded  in  a  ^e  black  ailt  which 
bottom  of  the  leaden  c^jitin*  Before 
irtber  was  donei  the  proprietor  of  the 
ar  me,  and  the  messenger  (a  country 
iartled  me  at  my  studios  by  the  Intel* 
they  bad  found  a  skeleton  *^  with  bair 

'arley  Chapel "  and  *'  Ladv  Chandos  " 
Ited'on  my  memory »  I  sped  with  great 
I  aee  the  wondyrftil  sight.  Standing 
c  of  the  sepulchral  chamber^  the  skull 
ton  appeared  to  me  at  first  sig^ht  to  be 
grown  with  hair;  but  on  de^^ceudiug 
ling  more  closely,  it  proved  h^  he 
ird  than  the  tini>  hbre.^  of  the  roots  of 
or  other  little  plant,  which  had  found 
t  in  the  black  silt,  and  had  spread 
the  skull  to  the  length  of  six  or  eight 
lis  was  all.  Nevertheless,  the  rumour 
vo  feet  long^'  spread  like  wildfire,  and 
eing  Sunday,  I  saw  hundreds  of  people 
iKuiriiig  Tillages  flocking  to  the  f^ot  to 
pbeDomeoon. 
lordaunt'g-'  case  at  Turvey  (vii.  *JiM)), 

0  Upper  part  of  thf^  coffin  round  the 
Ued  with  hair,  which  had  pretisod  itself 
i  irregTilarilies  and  indeiitationsf  of  the 
ng  their  form,"  &c„  und  **  insinuating 

the  interstices  between  the  stonea," 
)e  be  aocouuted  for  in  a  nimUar  wair* 
*  before  me  a  draining^pipe  completely 
b  a  mass  of  6ne  fibrouB  roots  of  grass 
fhicli  being  taken  oat,  preaervea  tlie 

1  of  the  pipe,  and  at  a  little  distance 
ustaken  for  a  roll  of  coarse  hair. 

only  add,  by  the  way,  with  respect  to 
t©  leaden  coffin,  that  f  caused  the  black 
turned  out  upon  the  grass ;  and  a  few 
rards,  as  aoon  ad  it  was  dry,  on  raldnjr 
with  my  fingers,  I  found  several  small 
I  corroded ;  but  one  of  them,  more  per- 
ffs  to  be  Eoman.  In  the  field  below 
ich  the  leaden  coffin  wa«  found,  I  have 
and  other  marks  of  a  Roman 


E.  Jackson, 
Boa«  Canon  of  BnstoL 


Cblppeidtmi> 


THE  CLEBURNE  FAMILY:  BALLYCULUTAN, 
OR  BALLYCOLLBTAN:  PATJilGK  RQNAYNE. 
OF  C^ARR1CK41>X~SUIR. 

(4*"  S.  vii.  122.) 

I  owe  an  apology  to  NmmoD  for  not  having 
earlier  answered  bis  queines* 

1,  The  present  name  of  Bailycullitan,  according 
to  the  Grand  Jury  Books  of  the  county  of  Tipj- 
perarvt  and  the  Topo^aphit^at  Dictionaty  of  Lewis 
(it.  49).  is  Ballycolleton,  It  h  called  Ballycol- 
latane  in  the  Down  Survey  and  Book  of  Distribu- 
tions, and  is  a  townland  of  one  hundred  and 
seventy-one  acres  Irish,  in  the  parish  of  Kilbar- 
rane,  or  Kilbarron,  barony  of  Lower  Ormonde, 
above  county.  Sir  Nicholas  Wbyte,  /r.  pa,  (Irish 
papist),  forfeited,  consequent  on  the  civil  wars  of 
1641,  but  he  was  granted  poseeasion  again  in  fee, 
phis  forty-three  acres.  Anagh,  or  Annah  {ftot 
-Arra),  is  a  townland  close  by  BallycoUetan.  It 
was  forfeited  to  Captain  Solomon  Camby,  one  of 
Oliver  Cromwelfs  olticers,  by  John  Harly  (Ir,  pa.}, 
Anagh,  or  Ann  ah »  contains  two  hundred  and 
forty- three  acres  Irish.  There  is  a  cattle  at 
Annah  called  Annah  Castle.  BallycoUetan  ia 
remarkable,  amoog  other  peculiarities,  for  its  co- 
pious spring  wells,  and  '*  clear  as  BallycoUetan 
waters  ^'  i^  a  proverb  in  the  district. 

2.  The  inscription  on  the  tombstone  over  the 
vault  in  which  the  remains  of  Sir  William  Cleb- 
bumc  (as  ho  is  called)  lie,  in  the  ancient  chureb  of 
Kilbarron,  is  very  nearly  the  same  as  that  given 
by  NiHBOD.  The  vault'irj  in  the  angle  under  the 
eastern  glebe,  as  you  enter.  The  memorial  flag- 
stone, wiiich  is  of  the  usual  ^e,  lies  flat  along 
the  upper  surface  of  the  vault ;  and,  in  letters  cut 
in  relief,  tlie  inscription  is  as  follows ;  — 

©mjIEXMUS  .  OIiEBBiriCrE  .    DE  .  BJLLLYCXrLLATAF  , 

AKUmSR  .  OUIIT  ,  VlGBSSniO  .  SBGUJfDO  .  DIE  . 

MEK8IS  ,  OCTOBRIS  .  ANNO  .  BOM  LSI  .  10S4. 

I  l^ad  *'  vigessimo,"  your  correspondent  *'  vi- 


ces^imo. 

There  ta 
front  wall 
inscription  i 


*  yigessimo,' 

a  small  rude  stone,  inserted  in  the 
of  the   vault,  bearing  the  following 


hi:kb  xtbth  the  body 

OF 
RX^TTSABETH    CLRBBTTRKR, 

AGED    13    DAYS,    WHO 

DIED   m  THB  TIAB 

1682. 

As  to  the  exact  locality  of  Kiibarron  cburcb,  it 
is  situated  about  twenty  perches  from  the^  esBt 
bank  of  the  Shaimon,  where  the  river  is  exceedingly 
broad,  and  forms  portion  of  the  extensive  expanse 
called  Lough  Darrigee,  or  the  Lake  of  the  Red 
Eye ;  commonly,  but  erroneously,  named  Lough 
Dergh,  which '  stretches  between  Killaloe  and 
Portumna. 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[i^S.YtLJjnat%nt 


A  respected  friend  writes  to  m©  as  foUowa :  — 

**  The  coat  of  arms  he  [NiMBOJ>1gi7e8  seems  io  me 
the  same  ivith  one  over  the  door  of  uUtmnie  or  Clibomi) 
CasLle^  in  Camberland;  but  that  has  no  crest  or  motto, 
nof  do  I  recollect  any  other  in  the  old  church  there.  There 
Are,  I  undentandp  documents  in  the  Recorda  in  Dublin  re- 
luting  to  a  person  of  this  name  who  waa  Receiver  General 
in  Queon  Elizabeth's  time,  and  who,  I  have  heaidi  had 
Uiat  grants  made  to  him  by  the  crown  in  pajment  of 
clafms  he  made;  and  I  have  heaj^  of  a  rather  famous 
Dean  of  Kildare  of  thb  name^  who  tried  to  make  certain 
Xrinh  people  steady  by  lending  them  money  to  trade  in 
cattle,  and  so  help  to  supply  her  majetaty^  army  with 
heef;  and  that  Uius  he  may  have  had  claims  on  the 
Queen,  and  have  ^t  land  in  place  of  the  roone^  ao  ad- 
vanced. This  Dean  of  Kildare  seems  to  have  retired  nnd 
died  in  Gloucester,  where  be  left  his  library  to  the  cathe- 
dral there,  and  otherwise  made  himself  rather  a  u^ful 
p«riion.  I  have  been  applied  to  several  times  for  historic 
n(itie4^^  of  thii  clerical  Clebome,  but  I  never  bad  time  or 
opportunity  to  buat  them  up." 

My  friend  goes  on  to  state  tliat  the  family  tra- 
ditions of  the  Clibborna  (as  the  name  now  is  writ- 
ten) are  not  satisfactory :  — 

**  We  know/'  he  state*.  "  that  the  firat  Quaker  of  tlie 
name  was  the  son  of  a  William  CLibhom,  and  we  hav«  a 
ridiculous  story  of  a  fight  he  had  with  liia  father  or 
brother  (William),  which  was  the  cause  of  the  total 
break  up  between  the  Tipperary  and  the  WestmcAth 
famili^." 

I  may  add  tbat  in  Tipperary  county,  barony  of 
Lower  Ormonde,  and  adjoiniDg  tho  banka  of  the 
Shannon,  the  name  of  Clibbom  is  frequently  met 
with  at  the  present  day  j  though  it  does  not  aji- 
pear  in  the  Down  Survey  or  in  the  Book  of  Dia- 
tributions;  and  tbat,  near  Clonmel  in  the  same 
county,  the  Clibborna  are  a  highly  respectable 
and  alflnent  fairiHy,  enterpriaing  for  some  gene- 
rations past  nmon^  the  moat  extensive  flour-mill 
owners  and  mnnufacturera  of  flour  in  that  great 
wheat-growing  county*  They  own  Anner  Mills, 
dose  by  the  estate  of  Mr.  and  MrsL  Bemal  Os- 
borne. 

3,  As  to  Patrick  Ronayne,  the  eioe«iingly 
clever  Carrick-on-Snir  artist ^  I  am  not  aware  that 
he  was  a  relative  of  Patrick  Ronayne  of  Anne- 
brook,  Queenstown,  co.  Cork.  I  bavo  written  a 
large  quantity  of  interesting  particular*  in  my 
journal,  the  Limerick  Reporter  ami  Tip^jcrart/ 
Vindicator,  in  reference  to  Patrick  Ronayne,  the 
accomplished  Carrick-on-Suir  artist ;  and  a  gentle- 
man named  Farrell,  a  resident  of  Dublin,  but  a 
native  of  Carrick-on-Suir,  who  knew  Patrick  Ro- 
nayne well»  has  contributed  some  interesting  letters 
to  the  same  journal  in  reference  to  him.  1  have 
heard  that  a  ineraoir  of  Patrick  Ronayne  is  about 
to  be  published 

Maubice  Lbnihan,  M.E.LA. 
Limerick. 


DATE  OF  CHAUCER'S  BIRTH*  ■ 

{4^  S,  vii.  338,  412.) 

I  be^  to  say  a  few  words  on  HicBatEjrTBrsB'M 
suggestions,  which  are  aa  ingenious  aa  thay  an 
courteously  made.  With  respect  to  her  referentt 
to  the  epithet  "  old "  appliea  to  John  of  Gaunt, 
who  did  not  live  to  complete  his  fifty-ninth  j 
venture  to  think  that  it  is  used  by  ShaJ 
in  the  sense  of  *'  aged,'^  but  rather  in 
who  lived  in  old  times — in  timed  long 

and  if  this  be  so,  I  am  bound  to  admit  I ,^ 

epithet  may  have  been  employed  in  that  aenae  bf 
Spenser  when  he  speaks  of  **  old  "  Dan  GdBef* 
Herjien TRtTDE's  second  suggestion,  that  the  dti0 
tion  of  human  life  is  longer  now  than  it  vm  I 
the  middle  agea^  is  unquestionably  founded] 

I  would  reply  to  A.H/s  query — "la  not 
three  somewhat  too  old   for  a  squire   to^„, 
military  service  ?*^  by  asking  whether  the  alti 
native  ♦*  thirteen  "  is  not  more  improbable* 

It  is  possibly  my  own  fault,  but  :S[k,  Fr 
NivAXL  has,  I  think,  rather  misunderstood 
object  of  my  note,  I  am  preaching  no  new  he 
I  merely  seek  to  confirm  the  ancient  belief, 
belief  unquestionably  was  that  Chauci?r  lived  to 
be  an  old  man,  and  that  when  young  he  had  bwn 
weU  educated ;  and  I  only  sought  to  clear  tip  by 
what  seemed  to  me  a  very  aimpie  and  natural  tftr 
planation  the  change  of  il  (40)  into  Ix  ( 
discrepancy  between  what  had  long  been  u 
sally  believed,  and  the  statement  as  t^  the  ] 
age' in  the  deposition  in  the  Scrope  and 
Tenor  controversy. 

We  are  all  liatle  to  error,  and  the  early  biofta- 

Fhers  of  Chnucer  may  have  made  mi^    '        ' 
protest  against  their  statements  aa  t 
education  and  early  life  being  denounc^u  hj  ■  vi 
gammon  and  guess/*  whatever  that  may  aean* 

It  is  clear  that  Sir  Harris  NieoV-     -^     -•^-yifel 
critic,  and  himself  the  editor  of  oinl 

Grosvenor  RoU  (in  which   docur  ij  re- 

membered, others  of  the  witnesses  i  mrer 

are  stated  to  have  been  ^t  f*rei 
^oun^er  than  they  really  tctre)  believed  thi 
ral  opinion  as  to  Chaucer's  agt?  was  coi 
his  Life  of  Chaucer}.     I  hope,  therefore^ 
be  pardoned  if  in  the  face  ot  Mr.  Fntjn 
dogma  *Hhat  Chancers  residence  at  O: 
Cambridge,  or  at  any  inn  or  court,  is  all  ^ 
and  guess :  there  is  no  evidence  for  it,*'I  sti] 
proof  of  their  inaecuracv  be  produced,  folld 
example  of  Sir  Harris  Nicolas,  and  '*  acc<»pi 
suppositions  which  sati^iied  the  last  century/' 

There   is  one   charge  which   ALft.   F 
brin^rs  against  me  to  which  I  fear  I  i 
guilty— that  of  ignorance  of  Mx,  Bond*s 
discovery,  and  of  much  that  has  beti 
late  years  in  the  way  of  Chaucer  t^^ 
is  a  third  of  a  century  ^ince  I   ! 


4»*S.Vn.  JtJ.Hic3p7t] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIEa 


479 


qtxeAtion  of  Chauct^r's  age,  &nd  then  to  my  own 
sntieSictioo  reconciled  the  contllcting  statements 
in  the  wwv  I  have  pointed  out  Me.  Furnivall, 
frtjm  his  connection  with  the  good  work  of  pub- 
lishing A  tittinp'  edition  of  Chaucer^fl  writings — in 
which  I  should  once  have  been  glad  to  take  a 
v.\ri,   however  humble — ia  of  courae  au  courant 

ih  the  latest  discoveries  connected  with  the 
poet  8  life  and  works.  In  that  he  liaa  so  greatly 
the  advantage  over  me^  that  had  I  anticipateii 
prOToking  his  trenchaijt  criticism,  I  scarcely  think 
I  should  have  troubled  Chaucer  students  with 
vrhat  I  believe  U)  he  a  simple  mode  of  dealing  up 
a  difficulty  in  the  biography  of  our  eailieat  and  all 
but  greatest  poet ;  and  it  was  siixnply  in  my  de- 
sire to  establish  the  truth,  and  not  for  the  purpose 
of  provoking  controversy,  that  I  put  togetlier  the 
few  remarks  I  ventured  to  make  on  the  date  of 
Chaucer*s  birth*  William  J.  TnoMS. 

P.S.  I  have  received  from  a  well-known  man 
of  letters  (i  very  liattering  communication,  in  which 
he  fittgfresLH  a  new  interpretation  of  the  words 
**armeez  nar  xxvii  aus  " — viz.  that  Chaucer  had 
baen  cited  by  the  herald?,  and  had  had  arms 
Jiasigned  to  fiim  for  or  since  that  period.  Can 
any  corre.^pondent  confirm  the  ueo  of  the  word 
**  armeez  "  in  this  sense  P 


ST,  AUBBEVIATED  TO  71 
(a*^  S.  i.  219,  25G,  206.) 

Four  examples  of  this  abbreviation  are  quoted 
by  Cfthbkrt  Bede,  viz.  Tmleij  =  St.  Ooley,  i.  e. 
St-  Olaf ;  and  Tandrew,  Tanthonj/^  Tawdry  (used 
of  gaudy  finery)  =  respectively  St  Andrew,  St. 
Anthony,  Sl  Audrey.  I  myself  have  but  little 
doubt  that  in  these  cases  the  <  comes  from  =  St. ; 
but,  as  one  of  your  corre^jpondents  suggests  that  the 
t  m  merely  the  familiar  rustic  abbreviation  of  the, 
Aod  as  this  derivation  of  tawdry  is  looked  upon  as 
jatber  uncertain  by  Wedgwood,  Miiller,  &c.,  I 
Uaink  it  ia  well  to  give  an  extunple  which  cannot 
b#  gainsaid.  Such  an  example  I  find  in  the  Por- 
tuguese Tingo  =  James,  That  the  ^  in  this  case  is 
derived  from  Santo  is  indubitable,  for  the  ordi- 
luiry  Spanish  equivalent  of  James  is  Santiago,  * 

On  the  road  from  Cambridge  to  Haslingfield, 
and  in  Haalingfield  parish,  I  have  noticed  the  name 
Abraham  Tabraham  on  a  public  house.  Has  the 
t  in  this  name  Tabraham,  which  I  do  not  find 
in  Dr.  Ohamock^a  Ludus  Patrojigmicus,  also  come 
fnom  faint? 

It  is  scarcely  correct  in  these  cases  to  say  that 
St.  haa  been  abbreviated  to  L  It  is  impossible 
fully  to  pronounce  the  mutes  (or,  as  Max  Miiller 

■  '  '  -  Frenchman  of  the  name  of  T^ttc^,  ami 

I  may  Iiavu  a  stmibr  connection  with 

>  I  ,  li  ihr  f'ronch  /  hns  not  now  the  wound 


the  soft  palate,  we  hear  the  consonantal  aoiae 
of  ^.'*  This  IS  certfdnly  not  true;  for,  till  wo 
aenarate  the  root  of  the  tongue  from  the  soft 
palate  again,  and  thus  give  vent  to  a  Towel  sound, 
we  hear  nothing  at  all.  Hence  the  name  con* 
sonant — thaf  which  is  sounded  witb,  or  cannot  be 
sounded  without,  a  vowel. 

Thia  peculiarity  of  the  mutes  has  long  been  felt, 
and  hence  no  doubt  the  circumBtaDce  that  in  Old 
English  we  tind  an  e  written  at  the  end  of  words, 
as  in  stvoote  (aweet),  root4!  (root),  &c.  Sometimes 
the  preceding  consonant  wofj  doubled  as  well,  as 
inne  (ln)»  Metre  (star),  &c.  And  so  again  we  may 
explain  the  double  n  and  double  /,  stifl  ao  comnion 
in  German,  as  in  Mann^  BanUf  Fett.Bett^  &C.1I  Our 
forefathers,  therefore,  expressed  the  real  prontm- 


f  Dotibtt  h  scarcely  comet,  as  the  first  half  of  the 
mute  baa  bv  no  mcjins  the  same  value  as  the  »cc(»nd  half. 
Yet  the  only  way  of  €xppeaaiiig  my  meaning  in  writing 
is  to  write  the  consonnnt  double    See  note  l|. 

I  The  ?  in  /^f  =  thcTrench  e  in  rfc,  &cv — the  Urvoeal  as 
it  IS  caUed. 

8  When  a  vowel  follows,  the  i  h  merged  in  it. 

|]  If  we  do  hear  that  a  A  is  coming,  it  can  only  be  becauae 
the  tongue  ia  not  closely  pressed  against  the 'palate  ;  for 
if  they  be  pressed  together,  to  the  thorough  exdunon  of 
the  hreatb,  nothing  at  aU  can  he  heaTxl.  In  pronouacijig 
kf  and  the  other  consonants  named,  there  are  tiro  pro- 
cesses. The  first  oonalsts  in  putting  the  neccssarj*^  organs 
in  position,  and  is  accompanied  by  nu  Aound ;  the 
fiecoiid  consists  in  separating  these  organa  again,  and  is 
accompanied  by  the  sound  of  the  so-called  consonant. 
Consonants  have^  however,  virtually  no  exi*tence  at  all, 
and  merely  represent  voivels  nnodified  hv  the  different 
organs  of'  speech ;  whibt  the  vowels  themselves  arc 
merely  oiodincations  of  the  simple  nnaspirated  breath. 

^  The  double  conionant  8cr%*ed,no  doubt,  also  to  show 
that  the  preceding  wmmA  was  not  long. 


« 


calk  them,  checks)  k^  i,  p;  g^  d,  b;  «,  tn,  when 
final  consonants,  without  virtually  doublingt  them ; 
and  when  the  first  letter  of  the  next  word  ia  a 
vowel,  the  second  half  of  these  checks  is  todted 
on  to  it,  if  no  pause  ia  made  in  the  pronunciation. 
Thus,  if  we  carefully  examine  our  pronunciatiaa 
of  naint,  we  shall  find  that  we  really  pronounce  it 
tamt-te^l  and  thia  tej  or  rather  f,5  i^  joined  on  to 
the  following  vowel.  Max  Miiller  calls  attention  to 
this  matter  (Lectures  on  tfm  Stience  of  Languaffe^ 
2nd  Series^  184>4,  pp.  142, 14*'i),  but  he  does  not  h 
express  himself  accurately.     He  says :  —  H 

"  If  we  say  Aa,  the  eHect  produced  on  the  ear  is  very  ~ 
different  frthoi  ak.    In  the  flr»t  case  the  consonantal  noise 

i^  produced  by  the  sitdden  opening  of  the  tongue  and  ^J 

palate^  in  tha  second  by  their  shatting/*  ^| 

But,  if  the  tongue  is  shut  against  the  palate,  the 
full  aauod  of  ak  is  certainly  not  heard*  We  may 
perhapH  hear  enough  to  tell  us  that  a  A;  is  com- 
ing;  |[  but  the  tongue  must  be  drawn  away  from 
the  palate  a^&in,  before  we  get  the  full  sound  of 


the  kf  and  then  we  really  pronounce  ak-ke.  Re  fl 
makes  a  similar  mistake  (ifcw/.  p,  139)  when  he  W 
saya :  *^  K  we  bring  the  root  of  tie  tongue  against 


480 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


dation  more  accurately  than  we  do,  though  wo 
ifsre  our&elyes  labotir  and  ink.  F.  CiLurov. 

aEDICATION  OF  CHURCHES. 
(4»^S.  71459;  vil  388.) 

There  can  be  no  doubt  that  the  practice  of  dedi- 
cating churchea — not  to  any  saint,  but  to  Almighty 
Ood|  in  honour  and  memory  of  some  saint — woa 
univef&ally  followed  in  England  in  early  timea,  aa 
it  was  in  every  other  part  of  the  Church,  It  is 
clear  from  the  British  historian  Gil  das,  who  wrote 
about  the  year  550,  that  the  Bntons  had  their 
churches  in  honour  of  the  martyrs,  even  at  the 
beginning  of  the  fourth  century :  "  basilicas  sanc- 
torum martyrum  "  (p,  10)»  SL  Bed©  relatea  that 
when  St.  Augiurtin  and  his  companions  were  sent 
to  England  by  the  Pope  St.  Gregory  the  Great, 
in  607,' they  found  an  old  church  near  Canterbury, 
where  th^  queen,  who  wnu  a  Ohriatian,  used  to 
perform  her  devotions,  which  had  been  built  long 
before,  in  the  time  of  the  Romans,  in  honour  of 
St  Martin:  «*in  honorcm  Saucti  Martini  anti- 
qnitufl  facta,  dum  ad  hue  Romani  Britanniam 
mcolerenf  (JFwf.,  lib,  i,  c.  i^).  The  Anglo- 
Saxons  always  dedicated  their  churches  in  memory 
of  some  saint  In  every  form  of  consecrating 
churclies,  and  even  altars,  as  in  tl\e  Pontificats 
of  Egbert  and  Bishop  Lacy  of  Exeter,  the  name 
of  the  saint  in  whose  honour  the  church  or  altar 
Is  dedicjited  again  and  again  occurs. 

I  fear,  however,  that  when  all  local  tradition 
of  the  name  of  a  church  is  lost,  there  is  hardly 
any  chance  of  recovering  it.  Bishop  ChaUoner» 
in  his  Memorial  of  British  Pieti/^  has  a  copious 
appendix  of  BritisS  saint?,  which  might  be  pro- 
fitably consulted.  F.  0.  IL 

The  practice  eeems  to  have  been  universal  in 
the  eArly  Church,  Among  the  Anglo-Saxons  no 
solemnity  was  celebrated  with  greater  pomp  than 
the  dedication  of  a  church.  It  was  tne  custom 
in  the  first  ages  of  Christianity  to  celebrate  the 
Holy  Eucharist  upon  the  tomli  of  the  martyrs 
(Eusebius,  lib.  iv.  c.  15 ;  St.  Cyiil  contra  Julian^ 
327,  S34),  After  the  conversion  of  Constantine, 
the  biahopg  either  built  new  churches  over  former 
tombs,  or  removed  the  contente  of  the  tombs  to 
the  now  churches.  Hence  it  became  a  general 
rule  to  require  relics  of  saints  for  the  rite  of  con* 
secrationp  although  we  are  told  that  the  Eucharist 
was  fiuflicient  when  relics  could  not  be  procured, 
because  it  was  the  Body  and  Blood  of  Christ. 
When  such  relics  had  been  bmught  in  procession 
to  the  church,  at  the  porch  the  bishop  stopped, 
and  announced  to  the  people  the  name  of  the  saint 
to  whose  honour  the  church  would  be  dedicated. 
He  then  deposited  thieo  portions  of  the  Eucbari&t, 


together  with  the  relic«,  in  a  chest;  which \.^ 
then  placed  under  the  altar,  and  the  prayer  dt 
dedication  followed.  (For  a  detailed  aooountaf 
thh^  ceremonial  see  lAngtiTd*BJinffh^Sajrim  Chtnr^ 
1^45,  vol  ii,  pp.  3iM3.)  G.  H.  Z 

A  list  of  EogHsh  and  Welab  dedicatioiu  urn 
given  by  Ecton,  affcer  each  church,  in  Tkesatint»B^ 
rum  Ecclesia^icorum^  with  additions  at  pp.  7834 
(4to,  London,  1742).  The  number  waa  maiie  i 
complete  in  Bacon*s  Ziher  Re^  (4to, 
1786>  E.  ■* 


•*  MEMOIRES  DE  CASAKOTA. 

(4«»'S,yii.S26.) 

Mr*  FmswELi.  inquires  aa  to  tlie  diigf^  «f . 
authenticity  to  be  attached  to  the  famous  Of  f 
famous   memoirs  of  this  adventur»?r.      The  ' 


ne/^  ai  U 
a  kladni 


Xm 


ana  we  r  is  conveyed  in  the  worda  o 
first  brought  him  into  notice,  the  c 
de  Ligne,  who  speaks  of  him  Ir 
Mhnoires  elMflatigev  historigues  t 
man  was  abetter  judge  of  wit  ^n  ' 
brilliant  courtier  of  *'  la  granl 

called  the  great  Czarine.     Spj i. 

spirit — the  renegade   Count  de   Jtkmneviil  ^tln 
prince  saya  of  C^anova : — 

"  Homme  otflebrc  par  »oa  esprit  ^al,  prom 
sm  ouvragea,  IVrudition  1a  plus  profonde,  • 
toas  ccux  qui  le  ccQnais&eiitf  etoi" 

Elsewhere,  in  his  Mdmuires  mtr  U* 
GrecSf  the  prince  cites  the  following  c' 
of  Casanova :  **  Je  n'estime  pas  coux  f\ 
la  noblesse/*  observed  the  Lmper<nr  J 
Casanova.     *'  Et  ceux  qui  la  vendent, 
the  apt  reply.     The  prince  furni 
resting  details  of  the  closing  y* 
and  hia  charming  style  would  lose  much  in 
lation  I — 

**  J<?  *^roLi  qne  c'ert  alors  T  i  " 
_  1  a  d  em  i  l-f^  foia.    Mon  ne vt  i 
loi  cliejt  I'ambaNwidear  de  ^  _ 
oompogner  en  Buhemc*    Casaaova*  o 
voyages  et  d'aventuroj,  yconseat :  Ic  V 
d'un  dc^endaDt  du  grand  Waldstein.     li  .i  pa**- 
q  ualitd^  lea  qoatflOR  demi^res  anti^  4o  ta  vis  la 
de  Dux  prhs  de  TccrpUtz,  J'eas  occmaioii  dr  V\  vuir 
six  vl&i  cons^cutitk,  «t  il  me  n^odit  vv^rir 
par  la  vivacity  d«  son  imftfyinatioij,  q-j 
d'un  jeono  hoitiii      ' 
tion.     Qu*on  m 
(rnnquillit^  que   ! 

Qvait  ouvert  pour  in  prtacrver  eoiitj^  i 
alt  pus  cbercb<^.  11  n\v  a  pas  de  Joilt  qxi 
dispute  dans  la  mabon/' 

It  would  take  up  too  much  apaca  i»  ^ 
the  amuaing  detaite.     SuiHoe  it  to  iPlM 
capridou.9  auscfsptibiHty  never  weariod  w 
aliip  of  his  patron,  who  watched  arm 
cloae  of  his  existence,  which  was  '^decuflt  W 


il 


4*  a  ?IL  JuXB  S»  71.] 


NOTES  AND  QUEEIEa 


481 


yifig;*  He  died  at  Dux  iu  1707,  or  at  Vienna 
ISOa.  W©  have  the  positive  a»8urance  of  the 
Prince  de  Lig^ne  that  CafiAnovft  wrote  hb  memoirs 
»ith  his  own  hnnd  while  at  Dux.  It  ia  true  that 
e  spoke  little  about  them,  and  maiDtained  pro- 
found silence  as  to  their  contents.  He  contided 
he  manuscript  to  Count  Wuldstein,  who  read 
hem  before  hia  uncle  the  nrince.  The  latter  was 
)  struck  by  them  that  he  wrote  a  notice  or 
Ftngment  «ur  Casanova"  under  the  title  of 
Arentnros  **  in  the  fifteenth  volume  of  his  (Etnres 
lilies.  Many  efforts  were  made^  to  obtain  their 
mblication,  but  it  waa  not  before  twenty  years 
ad  elapsed  after  his  death  that  a  truncated  edi- 
tion appeared  in  Gexmany.  The  original  manu- 
icript  ia  written  in  French,  and  consists  of  600 
leaToa  or  sheets  divided  into  ten  volumes,  and 
>ttch  volume  into  chapters,  comprising  forty  years 
>f  his  eventful  career.  It  was  from  this  tliat  the 
lr»t  French  edition  was  published  in  1830,  in  eight 
oU*  8vo,  and  fourteen  vols,  in  12mo.  Other  edi- 
have  appeared  in  1837  and  in  1B43,  Paris, 
four  vols.  12mo.  I  have  a  rare  portrait  of 
iova — a  medallion  with  Latin  inscriptit>n 
it  and  under  it,  *'  L.  Berkadol-  et  ac.  Prajra?/' 
word  may  be  added  conoerning  the  work  itself, 
t  is  characterised  by  the  most  outspoken  crudity 
if  detail  in  the  amorous  adventures,  but  in  other 
cts  it  is  invaUiabl©  to  tho^e  who  do  not  con- 
snt  ihem*it-ht>s  with  official  history,  but  look  to 
mai  niciuoirs  for  h  dc^muji  fies  cartes.  The 
whft  was  in  personal  relations  with  all  the 
itiitei*  of  the  age,  the  royal  mistresses  and 
tBservient  ministers,  the  associate  of  the  scheming 
iiIvtniLtT<^r«  of  an  age  of  credulity  such  as  Ca- 
^  -Germain,  and  the  Illuminati,  who 

h  ^  ted  even-  country  in  Europe  in  al- 

ter; i  find  poverty,  has  much  to  say 

pbfT'  f  the  commimity, 

i  fnooiite  il  Va.  piesciai?  toi^ours  vu  dc  b«s  po- 
et e'est  aitisi  quHl  donne  aur  une  ^poqaG  nche 
remarqaat)le«  une  foule  de  traits  o«ra6~^ 
lividtLcls  pris  danfl  toutisa  lc-%  dlA8so$/* 
-  .yroihers,  bom  in  London  in  1730  and 
17S1,  were  di«*tinguifihed  painters. 
"  J,  B.  DrrcffFnxD, 


iAMHA  r4*'*  S»  vii.  414,) — My  opinion  is  that 

etter  H  is  the  digatmna^  being  a  letter  formed 

prefts  the  p-utlural  sound  of  the  aspirate*  as 

find  amoD^  t!if>  Franki-sh  kings,     H  LudoWcus 

}  of^cn  written  ChUulovicus,  which  shows  clearly 

be  bsurah  or  hard  sound  of  fbe  K«  P. 

S0N8  (4'**  S.  vii,  418.)  —  From  the  same 
r  root  cornea  our  expression  "  a  chine  of 

P. 

&BOX  M^**  S,  Tii,  4ia)— The  edition  of  Gib- 
da  t«d  i819  Ls  full  of  errors,  some  of  them 
gross.  P. 


Old  Families  :  Kniohts  of  OfiAEUBS  L,  1630 
(4***  S,  vii.  42U. )  —  A  great  number  of  receipts  of 
tinea  for  not  being  knighted  were  discarded  from 
the  Record  Offices,  but  fortunately  many,  if  not 
all»  were  entered  in  n  book  still  left  in  the  Record 
Omce.  P. 

St.  I'boicas  of  Villaitota  (4«**  S.  vii.  431.)— 
Besides  the  admirable  Life  of  this  saint,  referred 
to  in  the  editorial  note,  the  inquiper  will  find  « 
great  many  more  particulars  in  his  Biography  by 
the  late  Dr»  Faber,  published  in  1847  by  Richard- 
son and  Son,  Derby.  '  F.  C.  H, 

ExTMOLOttT  OP  **  WaUD  '*  AS  A  PERSOlffAL  NaME 

(4"'  S.  vii,  256,  350.)— Is  J,  G,  N.  acquidnted  with 
Mr.  Toppfer's  entertaining  sketches  ?  In  his  His- 
toire  de  Mr.  Vrepin^  **  Le  Garde  Champetre''  \a 
introiiuced  under  a  variety  of  amusing  conditiona, 
but  never  in  the  feminine  gender*  C.  S. 

The  Memory  of  Smells  (4*''  S.  vi  297;  vii.  178, 
413.) — Having  lived  many  yean  among  Chinesei, 
T  can  corroborate  Mr,  Blaib  as  to  the  peculiar 
odour  observable  in  their  shops  and  dwellings: 
the  idea  it  gave  me  (and  still  gives)  waa  that  of 
seivaffe  and  aandai'Wood.  Mb,  Blatr  correctly 
dcacribea  thediurwm;  he  might  have  added  that 
it  is  an  aphrodisiac,  as  may  be  guessed  from  the 
exclamation  of  a  decent  old  Scotch  lady,  when  a 
new  arrival  in  Singapore  waa  about  to  taste  it  for 
the  tirat  time  : — ''  Maister  Tamson^  lay  that  doon, 
ye  mauna  eat  it;  it  '11  no  agree  with  ye,  and  be- 
sides that  it's  a  maist  unchaste  fruit." 

W.  T.  BL 

A  Chomwell  Note  (4*''  S.  vii*  429,)  —  Ac- 
cording to  the  pedigree  in  Burke's  Landed  Gentry f 
the  second  Protector,  Richard  Cromwell,  only  left 
three  daughters;  therefore  no  grandson  of  his 
would  hear  the  surname  of  Cromwell.  Of  these 
three  daughters  the  SiT&tj  Elizabeth,  died  unmar- 
ried in  1731;  the  second,  Anne,  married  Thomas 
Gibson,  M,l).,  physician- general  to  the  arihy,  and 
died  without  issue  in  1727 ;  the  third,  Dorothy, 
married  John  Mortimer,  Esq,  of  the  county  of 
Somerset,  and  died  in  1681* 

HejtET  W.  HfiirFBET. 

Markbnm  Housp,  Brighton. 

HooAJf  (4**^  S.  vii.  430.)— Perhaps  from  the 
Dutch. 

**  Hotfan  Mogan  (high  and  mighty),  a  title  of 
the  States  of  the  United  Provinces  of  the  Nether- 
lands."*— Batky,  R.  S.  Chakitock. 

Grayed  Inn, 

Obeying  Captain  Cuttle,  I  send  the  foDowing 
"  note/*  made  the  other  day  from  that  oddest  oT 
odd  old  controversial  books,  the  ilfafi- JfcuMe  (1650), 
by  the  twin-brother  of  Henry  Vaughan  the  Silurist 
In  his  epistle-dedicatory  to  good  Matthew  Herbert, 
he  vehemently  disclaims  any  courting  of  the  "  great 
ones,^'  and  thus  puts  it :  ^The  truth  ia,  I  know  iu> 


482 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[P^S.Yn.  Jnnt,m. 


use  of  Hogkens  and  THulados;  if  they  are  in  an 
humor  to  giye,  I  am  no  beg^  to  recdve."    Is 


reply?    If  not,  can  any  one  explain  the  word 
Hoghens  as  aboye  used  r  A.  B.  Qbosabt. 

Wab  Medals  (4^  S.  yii.  13, 131,  294.)— I  beg 
to  correct  an  error  at  p.  131.  Of  the  six  suryiyors 
of  tihie  Peninsular  War  who  applied  for  Jifieen 
clasps  each,  only  two  made  good  their  claims. 
These  were  Priyate  James  Talbot,  46th  Kegt., 
and  Priyate  Daniel  Lookstadt,  6th  Battn.  60th 
Regt,  previously  of  the  King's  German  Legion. 
The  former  had  been  present  at  the  battles  of 
Koleia,  Yimiera,  Corunna,  Talayera,  Busaco, 
Fuentes  d'Onor,  Ciudad-Rodrigo,  Badajoz,  Sala- 
manca, Vittoria,  Pyrenees,  Nivelle,  Niye,  Orthes, 
and  Toulouse.  The  latter  served  at  Albuhera,  and 
in  all  these  engagements  with  the  exception  of 
Conmna.  The  other  pensioners  were  granted  from 
ten  to  fourteen  clasps  each.  J.  W.  F. 

"In  the  Straw"  (4}^  S.  vii.  407.)— I  always 
supposed  that  this  phrase  had  reference  to  the 
practice,  yery  prevalent  in  London  before  Maca- 
damized roads  were  made,  of  laying  straw  before 
a  house  in  which  a  lady  was  confined. 

The  mention  of  Macadamised  roads  reminds  me 
that  I  saw  roads  made  upon  that  principle  in 
Westmoreland  before  MacAdam  introduced  them 
as  a  novelty  in  London ;  and  from  a  passage  in 
Castle  Rackrent  it  appears  that  those  roads  must 
also  have  been  in  use  in  Ireland,  for  in  the  account 
^ven  of  the  overthrow  of  Lady  Rackrent's  jaunt- 
ing car,  it  is  stated  that  ^'she  was  dragged  I 
can't  tell  you  how  far  upon  the  road,  and  it  all 
broken  up  with  stones  just  going  to  be  pounded; 
and  one  of  the  roadmAers  with  his  sledge-ham- 
mer in  his  hand  stops  the  horse  at  last/*  &c. 

Another  word  upon  a  kindred  subject.  Long 
before  the  iu>e  of  asphalte  was  introduced  into  this 
country  I  saw  floors  of  farm-houses  and  of  bams 
in  Derbyshire  made  after  that  manner,  with  this 
difference,  that  the  material  used  for  binding  the 
mass  together  appeared  to  be  lime  instead  of 
pitch.  C.  Iloss. 

The  saying  was  referred  to  in  "  N.  &  Q."  3'«»  S. 
X.  321,  4a3,  in  connection  with  the 'song,  "Moll 
in  the  Wad,^^  which  appears  to  bo  only  another 
form  of  saying  "  Moll  in  the  Straw,^^  i.  e.  after 
her  accouchement  Mb.  Seeat  quoted  the  fol- 
lowing from  Nares'  Glossary : — 
**  Wad,  a  bundle  of  hay. 

*  A  vrisp  of  rushes  or  a  clod  of  land, 

Or  any  wadde  of  hay  that's  next  to  hand, 

They'U  steale.'— Taylor's  Works,  1C40." 

John  PiQaoT,  Jux. 

"The  Sun  never  Sets/'  etc.  (4*"  S.  ii.  635; 
vii.  210,  293,  398.)— This  idea  occurs  in  James 


Howell's  quaint  and  amnmng  FamSUar  L$tUn^ 
a  book  of  which  we  ought  to  naye  a  reprint:— 

**  In  Philip  the  Second's  time,  the  Spaniaii  Mooaidnr 
came  to  its  highest  comUe  by  the  Conquest  of  Poftqnl, 
whereby  the  East-Indies,  sondry  Islands  in  the  Atua- 
tick  Sea,  and  divers  Places  in  Barbazy  were  added  to  tbt 
Crown  of  Spain.  Hy  these  steps  this  Crown  came  to  ^ 
Grandeur,  and  truly  give  the  Spaniard  his  Doe,  be  ii  a 
mighty  Monarch,  he  hath  Dominions  in  all  Parts  of  the 
World  (which  none  of  the  four  Monarchies  had)  both  in 
Europe,  Ada,  Africa,  and  America  (which  he  hath  soMy 
to  himself)  though  our  Henry  the  Seventh  had  the  frit 
Profifer  made  him :  so  the  Sun  shines  all  the  four  and 
twenty  hours  of  the  natural  Day  upon  some  part  or  other 
of  his  Countrey ;  for  part  of  the  Antipodes  are  subject  to 
him.*'— Eighth  Edition,  1713,  p.  142. 

As  the  letter  from  which  this  is  taken  wis 
written  in  1G23,  Howell  applied  the  same  idet  to 
the  same  monarchy  as  did  Tuller  nearly  twenty 
years  later. 

What  is  the  word  cumhle  in  the  second  line? 
It  is  not  recorded  by  Johnson,  Richardson,  OgilTiSy 
or  Nares.    It  is  perhaps  from  the  Latin  cufrndm. 

J.T.P. 

Cheltenham  Library. 

[Howeirs  Familiar  Letten  are  announced  in  Mr.•A^ 
hers  reprint9.^^umble  (Lat.  cumulus  «  heap),  signito 
crowning  in  its  architectural  sense ;  the  pinnade.] 

The  following  passage  occurs  in  a  very  aUeand 
interesting  book  of  transatlantic  origin : — 

**  Ancient  Rome,  whose  name  is  the  sjmonym  of  »■ 
sistlesB  power  and  boundless  conquest,  could  not,  in  tki 
palmy  days  of  her  Ctesars,  vie  with  Great  Britain  iatki 
extent  of  her  possessions  and  the  strength  of  her  re- 
sources. Half  a  century  ago,  her  great  f5*n*.r?rMB, 
sketching  the  resources  of  her  territory,  said,  •  The  King 
of  England,  on  whose  dominions  the  sun  never  seti'  Ai 
American  orator,  of  kindred  genius,  unfolded  the  «■• 
idea  in  langua^  which  sparkles  with  the  veiy  eflff* 
vescence  of  poetic  beauty,  when  he  spoke  of  her  as*thit 

Eower,  whose  morning  drum-beat,  following  the  son  ad 
eeping  company  with  the  hours,  encircles  the  earth d4r 
with  one  continuous  and  unbroken  strain  of  the  msitiil 
airs  of  England.*  "Sketches  of  Reform,  and  Bdnrmn 
of  Great  Britain  and  Ireland,  by  Henry  B.  StaBtfl>» 
8vo,  Dublin,  1850,  page  18. 

A  similar  sentiment  will  be  found  to  pemdei 
noble  and  spirit-stirring  poem  on  the  '^Ensliik 
Language,"  also  by  an  American  writer,  the  Kef. 
James  Gilbome  Lyons,  LL.D.,  of  Philadelphia:— 
"  It  kindles  realms  so  far  apart. 
That,  while  its  praise  you  sing. 
These  may  be  clad  with  autumn's  fruits, 
And  those  with  flowers  of  spring. 

**  It  (quickens  lands  whose  meteor  lights 
I?  lame  in  an  Arctic  sky. 
And  lands  for  which  the  Southern  Cross 
Hangs  its  orbed  fires  on  high,**  &c. 

These  fine  verses  wore  republished  some  jeiii 
ago  in  Chambers's  Edinburgh  Journal,  whence  I 
transcribed  them  :  but  I  have  not,  unfortunateSji 
preserved  a  reference  to  the  number. 

WiLLiAX  Bat* 

Birmingham. 


^StVn*  JuirR3,TlO 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


483 


CsjLKics  FOB  Ague  (4'"  S.  vii.  443.)— A  rery 
xespeetable  eccleraastic  once  told  me  the  following 
fact,  whicb  had  occurr^^d  within  hia  own  expe- 
rience. Having^  leamed  from  a  young  person  tnat 
8h«  had  been  subject  to  the  ngue^  but  had  never 
had  an  J  return  of  it  since  she  had  worn  a  ppell 
for  its  cure,  he  explained  to  her  the  sinful 
nature  of  all  such  superBtitions,  and  advised  her 
to  put  away  the  spell.  For  a  long  time  she  de- 
clmedy  alleJnufT  that  if  she  removed  it  from  her 
neck,  or  opened  it^  she  ahould  hare  a  return  of  the 
ague.  At  length,  however,  she  yielded  to  the 
priest's  exhortation,  took  off  the  spell,  and  handed 
It  to  him.  It  was  a  small  paper,  sealed  up. 
He  opened  it,  and  read  its  contents  to  her,  as 
follows ;  — 

**  At^c  farewell  1 
Till  we  meet  in  hell." 

'"Thore/*  said  he,  "how  do  you  like  the  bar- 
gain?*' The  poor  younff  woman  was  horrified, 
and  declared  her  decided 'Preference  for  the  return 
of  her  malady.  I  knew  a  similar  instance  of  a 
epell  for  the  bead-ache  which,  on  being  opened, 
pfeeenled  the  foUowing  pleasant  arrangement :  *— 

**  Good  devil,  cure  her, 
And  take  her  for  your  pains." 

K  C.  H. 

kMEZZonj^TO  Pbtxts  (4^  S.  vii.  408.)--Tbere 
»  certainly  maii}^   pictorial   representationa   of 
B  teraptationa  of  St.  Anthony,  with  devils  of  all 
shapes  and  in  the  moat  groteeque  attitudes,  but 
many  other  saints  have  been  painted  with  demons 
annoying  them  in  various  ways.    I  have  several 
old  engraringa  of  such  subjects.    Among  them  is 
<me  of  St.  Guthlalce,  surrounded  by  evil  tpiiits  in 
^e  shape  of  a  cow  with  the  trunk  of  an  elephant^ 
a  monster  in  scaly  armour  blowing  a  horn,  and 
other  figures  quite  indescribable  ;  out  an  Angel 
stiuids  by  to  protect  and  encourage  him.   Another 
represents  St.  Elphege  coming  out  of^  his  cell  at 
flight  with  a  lantern,  alarmed  by  the  cries  of  one  of 
hia  montos  whom  a  party  of  devila  are  scourging  to 
deatJi  for  having  disregarded  the  holy  man's  ad- 
fnonitions.     St.  Juan  of  Dalmatia  is  depicted  in 
mother  with   infernal  monsters  of  most  terrific 
Ibiraia  about  him.     One  trie*  to  tear  his  back  with 
%  fijghtful  double  hook ;  another  blows  a  bom  in 
Ua  ears ;  a  third  mocks  him  at  his  prayers,  and  a 
femrtli  is  about  to  burl  down  upon  him  a  huge 
fmg^nent  of  a  rock.     The  saint,  however,  remains 
immovedp  and  defeats  all  their  attacks  by  recur- 
liii^  ti>  his  crucified  Saviour : — 

••Tartnreii  inaesM  ferw»  quiw  lethere  raiasa 
ExpaliU— «t  P«llit  crux  mala  ciincta,— enioe," 

J    nill  describe  one  more.     It  represent*  the 

tMB  of  St.  Pet*?r  Celestin  and  his  monks  in  the 

»^..  -T     zM   nTT'ilr,    hv  exulting  devils,  who   are 

\vindowa  and  from  the  top 

t  and  two  monks  who  have 


made  their  escape.  The  sidnt  by  his  prayers 
obtains  the  extinction  of  the  flames  and  the  flight 
of  the  demons : — 

**  Te  ^ammis  urgent  furijc  jam  eultor  erenU ; 
S«d  cmce,  sed  prficibus  flamnm»  furorque  pent." 

The  mezzotinto  prints  described  by  J.  O.  cannot 
both  represent  the  temntatione  of  St.  Anthony,  a£ 
in  No.  2  the  principal  Dgure  is  a  female.  Nor  do 
I  think  that  either  of  them  refers  to  any  saint  in 
particular,  but  that  each  is  emblematical  of  the 
temptations  and  trials  of  the  Christian's  warfare. 
The  figure  in  No.  1  appears  to  defeat  hu  enemies 
by  prayer ;  and  that  in  No.  2  holds  up  against  her 
assailantf  the  aword  of  the  Spirit j  which  St.  Paul 
says  h,the  word  of  God  (Ephes,  vi.  17),  and  her 
basket  and  apron  full  of  provisiona  would  seem  to 
indicate  the  eElcacy  of  charity  and  alms  deeds 
agiunst  the  potcm^a  of  darkness  and  ihe^iriU  of 
wkkednett*  F*  C.  H< 

The  White  Tower  of  London  (4**^  S.  vii.  211, 
309,  304.)  — On  p.  300  it  is  stated  "it  seems 
admitted  that  he  (Gundulph)  built  Eochester 
Castle/^  This  is  a  point  not  at  all  admitted  by 
many  antiquaries,  if  yout  correspondent  will 
refer  to  Rev,  C.  II.  Ilartfihorne'B  paper  on  Giin- 
dulph  in  the  volume  for  1803  of  the  Jnunml  of 
the  Architohffkai  Inditide^  he  will  find  some  in- 
teresting passages  on  the  question. 

As  regarda  the  White  Tower,  the  passage  in  the 
Texim  Roffmm^  as  printed  by  Heame  (8vo,  LfOE- 
don,  1720)  in  connection  with  Gundul^h's  n 
is  "  ex  prsecepto  re^is  Willelmi  magni,  pra& 
operi  magme  lurris  Londonias."  These  two  ques- 
tions have  been  considered  by  your  esteemed  cor- 
respondent the  late  A»  A,  in  the  DiHionet}y  of 
Arehiteciure  of  the  Architectural  Puhlicatiom 
Society.  W.  P. 

[In  otir  ^^^  S.lv.  321,  will  be  found  a  paper  on  "  Blahop 
G  undo  If  and  hii*  Architect  are,"  J 

StTHNAMEs  OP  Officials  (4***  S.  vii.  4060^ — It 

is  much  to  be  regretted  that  S.  did  not  give  the 

Christian  names  of  the  ofhciak.  They  might  lead 
to  the  identity  of  families.  '       P» 

Hekaldic  (4^'*  S.  vii.  409,)— In  reply  to  W.  M, 
n,  C.  I  apprehend  that  the  junior  branch  has  no 
right  to  alter  its  own  bearings,  marks  of  cadency, 
*fcc,,  or  to  adopt  additional  quarterings,  unless  U 
can  show  that  it  inherita  the  blood  of  the  heir- 
eases  who  brought  such  quarterings.  In  aU  such 
cases  it  is  usuaf  to  seek  an  intermarriage — for 
most  lines  leave  female  issue  of  some  kind. 

If  it  be  clearly  proved  that  there  Is  not  even 
female  issue,  the  armorial  bearings  would  most 
probably  bo  assumed  by  the  chief  inheritor  of  the 
estates,  who  in  such  case  would  adopt  the  family^ 
name  al^o. 

No  lapse  of  issue  can  convert  a  junior  iQt4> 
senior  branch.  ^^^ 


484 


Okrm.  IsLB  OF  >LiN  (4**  8.  viL  409.)  — « A 
Court  hoJden  betwixt  the  gatae.*'  Without  any 
(tuCi  to  guide  to  a  cooclu^ian^  I  would  suggest  as  a. 
povible  enUuoAtioa  tba  Noree  word  gaiHf  a  road 
or  way.  Yemaeular  'Scotch^  g^te^  S^^^  %^^  ^ 
road,  war,  street.  **  A  Court  of  all  the  Com  moos 
of  mmx  ^*  may  havo  be^D,  aod  probably  was,  an 
opeo-^  asaemblage  held  betweeu  certain  roads 
oeftT  to  the  CaAtb  of  KadbeUi  but  tliis  on  my  part 
18  entirely  ooDJectaraL  J.  Ck.  K. 

TffE  Aia,  roR  Ma^'s  AxniAL  NAximit  (4''*  S. 
▼ii  430.)— Not  burlesque  preachers,  but  grave 
diTines  and  holy  fatherg  of  the  church  have  often 
apoken  of  our  animal  nature  as  of  a  b^aat.  The 
most  remarkable  in^^taoee  h  that  of  St  Bettjard, 
who  flouriflbed  in  the  twelfth  century.  He  ap- 
plies the  words  of  Abraham  to  hia  eervants  (Geo. 
xjtii,  />)  in  a  manner  both  iogenious  and  edifying, 
Spealdng  of  the  preparation  we  ought  to  make  for 
prayer,  the  holy  fAther  alludes  to  Abraham  saying 
to  hia  young:  men:  *'Stay  you  here  with  the  as»; 
,  ,  .  alter  we  have  worshipped,  wo  will  return  to 
you  ** ;  and  he  goea  on  thus  :— 

"  Whan  you  oomft  to  the  church,  lay  your  hand  upon 
y<mr  mouth,  and  aay  i  alky  you  here/ovU  thoughts,  in- 
tifntionfl,  and  aUnH^tK^ns  of  tho  heart,  and  camal  dciiree : 
but  thou,  my  mui,  enter  into  the  joy  of  thy  Lord,  that 
thou  mayst  am  tho  will  pi  tiodt  and  Tint  hid  templeu'^ 

F.  G.  H. 

"A  MoKSiEirB,  MoNatETK*'  (4'*»  S.  vii.  138, 
311.)— ^\a  M.  FitiSciiiUxrE-MrcnKL  rightly  says, 
the  word  77id7»jnWr,  pronounced  mMr^ucffte  by  the  Gas- 
cons and  Provun^Miux,  Lh  frequeotly  given  to  the 
cabin -*boY  by  his  fellow-i«ailor9,  playing*  on  hia 
name  In  French,  mottsse. 

This  reminds  me  that  the  same  epithet,  in 
iSiglish  **  sir/'  used  fre<|uently  to  be  applied,  *at 
the  beginning-  of  tho  present  century,  oy  young 
naval  otiicers  spealiin^  to  their  men,  thus:  "I  say, 
you  sir/'  which  was  strictly  forbiddBn  in  the  fleet 
by  Lord  CoUiogwood— that  fine  type  of  a  true 
^ntleman,  a  good  €^ri«tian,  and  a  great  captain. 
One  cannot  read  hia  Memiw'M  arid  Cofreipemdmtce 
without  loving  hini|  although  an  enemy.  I  dure 
not  say  as  much  ivith  regard  to  Nelson,  *'  the 
sinew  and  the  forehand  of  your  hoat.^*    P.  A.  L, 

A  ToAusTONE  RiN©  (4*''  ,S.  Tii.  324,  JiOO.)— 
Under  the  name  of  "  Crapaudine  "  several  an- 
swers will  be  found  («N.  .Sc  Q.*'  3'f  S.  iv.  351, 
4^3^  443.)  I  took  much  interest  in  the  subject 
tbeOt  ana  collected  all  the  information  I  could, 
which  was  printed  {3'"^  S.  v.  142.)  I  have  no 
doubt  that  the  toadatone  has  received  its  name 
from  it  being  of  the  colour  of  the  toad ;  and  Uie 
reason  why  any  stone  should  be  named  from  the 
toad  because  it  reaembles  it  in  colour,  any  more 
than  a  groeniah  stone  should  be  calh^d  a  frogjitone, 
ia^  b^cauae  of  the  old  saving  that  ^'  the  toad  had 
a  jewel  in  its  head,*'  which  I  consider  to  be  aynony- 


NOTES  AND  QUEBIES- 


moua  with  ''  the  Devil  ia  nat  an  blick  aa  ha  i 
painted.'* ;  for  even  the  (reported)  po^noui  in 
hideous  reptile  the  toad  baa  aonud  nliafiiQg  pois:^  * 
look  at  the  beauty  of  its  eya. 

It  would  ba  an  interesting  thing  to  Sod  out  U 
all^toadatoQea  are  of  the  same  m&temL  I  opict 
some  are  plaamas,  some  olivinea  (mam  emaa% 
if  slightly  amygdaloidal),  or  even  felmlhic  por» 
phyriea,  dome  of  which  are  vei;  htad.  iL  S.  Cm 
hia  atone  has  been  in  the  DOfiMwion  ot  hia  ftam 
for  many  genemtioDs^  ana  J.  (S^  S*  it,  3$1)u 
his  query  about  crapattdine»  takes  the  saaitf  oot  of 


a  liat  of  family  jewela  bequeathed  some  IBO  mii 
ago.  So  both  the  toadatonea  a»  old,  and  I  jm% 
no  doubt  the  name  was  usad  when  it  waa  imafisoad 
that  the  toad  had  a  real  stone  in  Ma  ImL 
Another  idea  occurs  to  me.  The  name  mar  Ittw 
been  given  to  stonea  having  iridescence  or  radbtr 
ing  light,  like  an  eye.  IXaa  H^  S.  C.'a  a&Taai& 
propertiea,  for  I  find*  the  atone  crapatidmt  oeADid 
"uno  sardoine  ceillee  "  ?  .  NcriisiiK 

I  believe  the  true  toadstone^  onoa 
prijced  aa  an  amulet,  was  the  foMil  nalatal 
or  possibly  sometimes  the  dorsal  t  tc' 

species  of  shark  or  ray.     These  i*  ui  lu 

the  oolite^  and  especially  in  the  StoiAUDtieU  ila&u 
have  UHually  a  rich  brown  colour,  and  the  hifk 
polish  of  their  enamel  is  as  perfect  as  when  leent 
They  are  called  bufonUes  by  the  old  vrilaff  flft 
natural  history,  and  in  the  days  when  tbetr  ctfi^ 
was  unknown  most  have  struck  people  is  »«f 
atrange  objects  indeed*  The  toad  waa  tiuiipM 
to  void  them  when  placed  on  a  red  cloth,  W  0 
they  passed  from  hand  to  hand  thdr  anlWtifii^ 
was  sometimes  called  in  mieetiani  howarer  tfat  M 
was  easy  of  application.  In  One  Thonsm^d  JVbHifr 
Thhiga  we  are  directed  to  set  a  doubtful  cnqimJm 
before  a  living  toad,  who  will  di^r^^aid  il  if  4 
forgen-,  but  endeavour  to  seixe  it  if  Mmiiti 
^'  for  he  envieth  much  that  man  ahomd  hand 
that  stone."  When  of  a  circular  and  button-] 
form  these  teeth  were  obviously  weU 
for  setting;  but  I  remember  seeing^  in  t4idy  \ 
dasborough's  fine  collection  a  remarkable  rOQr 
containing  a  large  corrugated  palatal  tooth 
ptychodujs,  which  must  have  been  rather  awi 
to  wear.     This  fossil  was  derived  &oni  the  i 

IVmplp, 

EoGS  A3  AX  Article  of  Form  (4«*  !%  vii  i 
Uoaidea  the  text  referred  to 
to  this  query  (Luke  li  iJ  a\ji 

passage  in  the  Holy  Scriptui  .b  qM»** 

spokenof  as  things  eaten,  an^i  u  Iarut.S^ 

*^  He  that  shall  eat  of  tiieir  egga  ahall  dM."* 
is  well  known  that  the  Romans  nsnnlly 
their  principal  meal  with  eggs :  h^ 

I  Horiwjej  '*  An  ovo  u&que  ad  mala  t  i 

I  And  in  Ma  Satire  il.  4,  hia  fneod  Catiu^  bcg{51 


4*S,Vn.  Jit3ib3,710 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


accoTuit  of  the  requisites  for  a  good  dinner  by 
recommendiDg"  long-shaped  eggs,ratli(^r  than  round 
onea,  as  being  sweeter  and  more  nutritious : — 

**  hougn  qaibii9  fad«a  ovia  erit,  illn  metnento, 
Ut  Bticci  mclioni  ee  ut  magi?  aim  a  rotuntUs, 
Foner« :  namque  marem  cohibcot  callota  Yitellam.'* 

Cicero  &ldo  speaki)  of  de\ounng  eggs  with  enger 
■appetite: — 

*•  lflt«gTAm  faiaem  ad  ovum  affcrro.** 

Lib.  tx.  ad  Famil,  ep.  xs, 
Fleury  mentions  in  bia  Manners  of  the  Im'aeJitrif^ 
5  xjI,  that  the  E|?yptiRna  in  the  times  of  their 
purifications  abstained  even  from  eggs,  which  of 
coune  implies  that  they  eat  them  at  other  times. 

F.  C.  U, 

Eggs  lire  mentioned  seven  times  in  the  Blble^ 
tho  most  ancient  being  that  of  Job  vi.  i\  ^'Is  there 
nr  taste  in  the  white  of  an  egg  ?  '^  J.  B. 

Streatltam<  S.W. 

•*  Wnr.THBR  OR  Ko  *'  {4*^  S.  vii.  142,  286,  378,) 
The  correspondents  who  write  in  support  of  tliis 
expre^on  in  preference  to  **  whether  or  not " 
■eem  to  miss  tbe  reason  of  the  objection  origin- 
al^ mged  against  **  whether  or  no ''  being  used 
inAacriminately.  Aii  elliptical  expression  cannot 
be  comect  if  the  gaps  will  not  bear  filling  up  j  fur 
laatance,  "  whether  welcome  or  not/'  is  the  proper 
exnresnon;  and  the  'absurdity  as  wall  as  mcor- 
feekoefs  of  the  other  mode  of  expression  becomes 
obriouB  when  the  sentence  is  completed  or  the 
gap  left  after  "  no ''  filled  up. 

Some  of  the  defenders  of  *'  whether  or  «o  " 
g^ye  examples  of  (sentences  quite  dilTerently  con- 
structed^ such  as  the  foUowinj?,  which  is  correct : — 
•*Wliether  his  oath  can  bmd  him,  yea  or  no.** 
This  i«  the  same  as  saying  **  whether  u  it,  yea  or 
nay  ? "  the  propriety  of  which  is  not  disputed. 
At  the  same  time  I  may  f-nv,  that  I  should  not 
consider  either  the  Bible  or  Shakespeare  good 
authority  for  correct  modem  English, 

M.  X  B. 

The  following  passage  fhim  The  Winter* »  Tale^ 
Act  I.  Sc  2,  seems  to  be  in  point  :^ 

**Oimith.  , I  must 

FoT^ke  the  court :  tn  dfy%  or  «ks  is  certain 
To  me  a  bfcak-QCck."' 

William  Wickbulu. 


Tnr^^^oy  k  Bbutd  {4**  S,  vii.  97,  22/5,  40L)— 
>h  J  Id  calls  in  question  the  propriety  of 

U:-  .-:  — 

**  Thvfii  ia  1  in  c!illin;jt  ThomsGn  a  Druiil  or 

apilgrfni,  eh  Uy  fomi;:cn  to  bis  own.    To  the 

nagulnary  aiiu  ...,,.  i...aoufl  Druid  it  vaa  peculiarly  im- 
ttffvp«r  to^Tornpare  a  poet  whose  religion  iras  simule  aa 
Imtlk  snblimis  m  nature,  and  liberal  a§  the  spirit  of  phi- 
biophy.'' — it«wy.  p.  43. 

Upon  this,  the  most  able  editor  of  Collins,  the 
Eey.  Alexander  Dyce,  has  the  following  com^ 
meat: — 


■^A  ttnugv  lemaKk!  Tbe  Dnuds  passed  their  days 
amid  nund  so«nei:  soefa  seaiias  Thomson  delighted  m^ 
Olid  exqaiaiuly  described  ;  bence  he  is  called  &  Druid. 
Keed  I  addf  that  *  woodland  pilgrim '  is  a  beautiful 
pc^etical  expreision  for  *  a  wanderer  utooti^  woodlands  *  ?  ** 
Foeticai  tVnrkt  of  GAlim^  8vo,  1827,  p.  196. 

Confer  Thomas  Warton*s  lines  : — 
**  Or  Druid  prieats,  sprinkled  with  bum  an  gcrre. 
Taught  mid  tbv  massy  niaae  tbeir  mystic  lore." 

"  Sonnet  written  at  Stoaehenge ''  (Fo^Hcai 
WorkM,  by  Mant,  1802,  ii.  14C.) 

WlLLLLat  B^TES. 
Birmingbam* 

Altab  Slab  nr  NoRTncfH  Cathbdkal  (4*^  8. 
vii.  300,  39tl.)— The  slab  mentioned  by  W.  H.  S. 
as  haying  been  found  in  the  chapel  of  the  Blessed 
Jesus  in  the  cathedral  of  Norwich  is  no  doubt 
the  mensa  of  an  altar.  The  piece  of  marble  near 
th^centre  no  doubt  covers  the  aepulchruni  or  ca\'ity 
made  to  receive  a  box.  which  should  contain 
relics,  three  grains  of  incinse  and  a  parchment 
scroll,  on  which  should  be  written — (1)  what 
relics  are  enclosed,  (2)  the  name  of  the  saint  in 
whose  honour  the  altar  is  dedicated,  (3)  the  name 
of  the  consecrator^  (4)  what  indulgence  the  Pope 
has  granted  for  the  anniversary  of  the  day  of  con- 
secration, (5)  the  day,  niontlij  and  year  of  the  con- 
secration. 

These  particulars  ana  taken  from  tbe  rubrics  of 
the  oifice  '^  De  Altaris  Consecratione  qus  fit  ittiie 
eodeeiie  dedicatione  "  in  the  Foniifioak  Momtmum 
of  the  time  of  Pope  Pius  IV, 

Many  altar  slabs  may  be  seen  without  this 
sepulehrum ;  in  those  cases  it  is  probable  that  in 
and  after  the  twelfth  century  the  sepulehrum  was 
in  the  base  of  the  altar,  as  a  special  ofiice  will  be 
found  in  the  Pontijicale^  in  which  that  case  is  pro- 
vided for* 

The  earliest  instance  which  I  have  noticed  in 
which  a  sepulchnmi  exists  in  the  mensa  is  in  an 
altar  in  the  baptistery  at  Ratisbon ;  probably  of 
the  twelfth  century  —  possibly  of  the  eleventh 
century.  In  eiuiier  altars,  as  of  the  sixth  and 
ninth  centimes,  there  is  no  trace  of  such  a  cavity* 
It  is  uncertain  wliea  the  practice  of  inserting 
relics  in  altars  became  obligatory.  Moroni  {THsu  m 
Entdi:iimie  Ecclesiadico-Siorico)  remarks  that  the 
rubrics  of  some  ancient  rituals  make  provision  for 
the  case  in  which  no  relics  were  placed  in  an  altar 
about  to  be  consecrated.  A.  N. 

ENGLISH  Descent  of  Danikl  O^Cokitibli:.  (4**" 
S.  iiL  75 ;  vii.  242, 349,  444.)— As  Imisinujr  tells 
the  tnith,  but  he  does  not  tell  the  whole  truth. 
Ferguson  doessay  in  regard  to  the  eix  persons  named 
Ktmailj  mentioned  in  %andtuhfwh6h^  that  "  one  of 
these  certainly  was  from  Ireland '' ;  but  he  also 
says,  which  An  Irishman  has  seen  lit  tosuppreaStj 
that  this  individual  **  appears  to  have  been  moat  J 
probably  one  of  the  >ortbmeu  who  had  settled] 
tkefe^  as  both  his  wife  and  son  have  ScandinaTiaiE  ] 


names.  All  the  others/ '  he  contitiueSy  "aeem  &om 
the  ttamea  of  their  piu'ent^  to  have  been  pure 
Norsemen."  It  is  not  by  such  shifts  that  the 
dogma  of  Celticism  is  to  be  sustain  ed,       Bixbo. 

ELE>^EIf-SHILI,IKQ  PrECES   OF  CnARLES  L   (4^ 

S.  vii.  55,  148,  442.)^ — I  may  be  permitted  to  in- 
form W.  H.  that  ani^elfl  were  first  coined  in  Eng- 
land by  Edward  IV.  about  the  year  14^15,  They 
were  so  termed  from  the  design  on  the  obversei 
which  was  the  archangel  Michael  standing  with 
hia  left  foot  upon  the  dragon,  and  pierciog  him 
through  the  mouth  with  a  spear.  They  each 
weighed  eighty  grains  of  nearly  fine  gold,  and 
were  at  finst  current  for  six  ahillinge  and  eight- 
pence.  Every  succeeding  sovereign  continued 
their  issue  until  Charles  I.,  who  was  the  last  who 
coined  angels.  They  were  then  current  for  ten 
shillin^^  and  only  weighed  sixty-four  grains  and 
a  fractioa.  Hjenbt  W.  Hexfrey. 

Markham  Hoase,  Brighton « 

BiTRFF  OB  BtTBF  (4"»  S.  vil  282,  879,  445.)— 
This  word  may  be  derived  from  A.-S.  heatnVf 
which  is  variously  rendered  "a  barrow,  a  high 
or  hilly  place,  a  woodi  grove,  hill  covered  with 
wood.""  Conf.  Barf  (in  Bede  Barve)^  near  Bever- 
ley. R,  S.  Chasnook, 

Gray*6  Inn. 

*  CoNGRnrv'E  AND  Wycherley  (4"*  S.  vii.  SOI.) 
Mb.  Ha  FN*  Friswell  gives  a  sentiment  to  Con- 
mve  that  belongs  to  Wycherley,  who  wrote  the 
JPktin  Ikaier,  The  Bonbk  Dealer  was  written  by 
Oongreve.  G.  E. 

"  Stbeak  of  SiltbbSea**  (4**'  S.  vii.  Sm,  446,) 
The  quotation,  '*  streak  of  silver  sea,"  concerning 
which  your  correspondent  A.  S.  inquires,  and 
which  Lord  Salisbury  was  reported  a^  talcing  from 
a  lecture  by  Colonel  Chesney^  was  plainly  bor- 
rowed of  a  nurpoBe  by  the  latter  from  the  eulogy 
of  England  m  the  famous  Gladstone  article  of  last 
October's  Edinburgh  MevtvWf  p.  088.  In  Colonel 
Chesney's  printed  lecture  it  appears  between 
commas,  as  a  quotadon  should  be.  B.  E. 

TnoifAS  Basktoyuxe  (4*»»  S.  vii.  429.)  — K 

your  correspondent  means  John  Baskerville^  the 
printer,  who  was  also  an  inventor  and  a  patentee, 
iiB  will  find  a  portrait  in  Mr.  Woodcroft  a  collec- 
don  at  the  Patent  Olfiee,  25»  Southampton  Build- 
ings. May  I  ask  what  G.  C.'s  Thomm  Baskerville 
invented?  R.  B.  P. 

Imsn  Legioxarits  ik  Bio  de  .lANErRO  (4**'  S. 
vii.  403.)— Mr.  MacCabk  will  tind  a  full  and 
very  painful  account  of  the  treatment  of  the  Irish 
Ijegion  in  Brazil  in  Arniitnge's  Ilistonj  of  Brazil, 
2  vob.  8vo,  183G.  W. 

Brass  in  Bostott  CnrrRcn  (4^**  S.  vii.  405.) — 
W.  E.  B.  says  that  the  brass  at  Boston  is  for 
*^  Richard  Bolle  of  Haugh,  who  difd  1501/*  Burke, 


in  his  Extmei  Barongf^i^  givea  thk  BielMid  it 

the  husband  of  Isabel  CEB^abeth)  Nanfan,  mD* 
ing  the  name  in  error  Namaat.  But  in  the  fe*. 
ton  brs;^  Nanfan  occurs  as  a  quarteiisg.  Thii^ 
might  not  prove  that  the  bimst  was  nu^  ^ 
Richard  Bolle.  But  what  are  the  quartcriufi 
after  10.  Coleahill?  No.  8  is  Nanfan,  not  of  mveii 
but  of  Cornwall,  or  Birts-Morton,  Wopc«*ti 
to  which  place  the  Nanfans  migrated.  N< 
Penpons.  Jfo.  10  is  Coleshill,  as  given  by 
These  two,  Penpons  and  Cole-shiU,  are 
quarterings.  No.  12  certainly  might  be  Ei 
or  Trecarrel;  the  martlet  being  for  difference. 
But  what  are  the  others  r*  Not,  I  thinks  quarter- 
ings  of  Nanfan. 

The  lady  is,  I  think,  buried  at  Btrts-KortOB. 
In  that  church  still  exists  an  tmuauallT  cuion 
altar  tomb,  moved  from  its  place  and  mntilaiad 
as  usual.  Habington  gives  an  account  of  it  ill  Ml 
MS.,  now  in  the  possession  of  Lord  Ltttwlws, 
I  have  copied  his  account,  and  have  it  before  xns. 
It  is  not  everywhere  quite  correct ;  but  he  giT« 
things  which  have  now  perished.  I  read  a  mei 
of  it  at  the  tomb,  some  time  ago,  to  a  few  fri< 
among  them  the  present  rector;  and  I  should 
to  be  allowed  to  give  a  note  on  the  subject 
dajr  in  '*  N.  &  Q.*^;  but  the  detail  is  too  loof  Aff 
this  reply. 

It  is  enough  to  say  here  that  HabingtOQ 
tions  her,  and  that  her  figure  ia  stiU  to  bl  iML 
He  says :  — 

•*  A  gentellwoiniin  prayingc,  w^^  hw  hAtt  tun>t4  «psi 
a  cbapiett,  &  wryttcn  Mizabeth  BoUvs,  sisUf  to  6m 

None  of  theae  words  are  now  to  be  seta.  Tbe 
"both**  refers  to  John  and  Richard  Naafia  W 
brothers*  John  Nanfan  being  of  Birts-MortonCoufL 

iv  r 

St  Darts  Lodge,  Malvem  Wells. 

The  Longs  of  Wbaxaix  (4»*  S.  viL  433.>- 
Mr.  Jokes  says  (p.  425)  — 

**  there  was  n  pUcc  in  Wraxall  ealled  Bcrl^v's  Tw  B»- 
ley^e)  Court,  which,  occording  to  Canon  Jackeuti,  piMid 
to  Blunt  and  then  to  Httawy." 

The  coincidence  of  these  names  suggest?  thep««* 
sibility  of  a  connection  mth  Verdon :  f 
the  youngest  of  the  three  daughteiB  •' 
de  Verdon,  by  his  first  wife   Maude 
married*  first  (before  June  17,  1327) 
Blnntj   secondlv,  Mark  Husee  (who 
that  is,  before  J'uly  23,  1349);  and  tL 
Crophull.     She  left  iasue,  by  her  ^  - 
at  least.     I  oifer  this  suggestion 
be  found  worth.  1  i  L.k^j..  ._>  ^ *> l  l  ,* 

The  Con  Fish:eiiy  op  NBWFoinf  dlaxp,  attt  a 
English  Convert  in  France  (4^  S. 
The  jEnglish  convent  mentioned  in 
quoted  by  your  correspondent  w  t 

of  the  Visitation  of  St.  Marie  of  '  i  1 


4*^3,  Til.  JusBa/TL] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES- 


by  Henrietta  Hon  a,  Queen  of  Charles  I*  Her 
dAOgbter  HeDiietta  Anne  was  educated  here,  and 
to  tnia  place  the  unfortunate  queen  retired  when 
overwhelmed  with  grief  at  the  loss  of  her  hua- 
biind.  She  then  resided  at  the  chateau  of  Co- 
lombe,  and  died  there  Aug.  31.  1G69.  By  her 
express  wish»  her  benrt  wa«  taken  to  Chuillot, 
Id  the  archivea  of  France  ia  an  interesting  account 
of  its  reception,  written  by  one  of  the  nuns.  It  is 
quoted  in  Lit?es  of  the  Qu4feft^  of  Eti^wtd  (v.  465). 
JoHJf  PiGQOT,  Jirst,,  F.S,A. 


NOTES  ON  BOOKS,  ETC. 

Am  Hi»tortcal  View  of  Literatnre  and  Art  in  Ortai  Bri- 
hum^frxtm  tht  Actamon  of  t/tr  Hnutt  nf  HnnoDer  to  the 
Bmyn  of  Quren  Vietoria.'  Bi/  J.  Murray  Graham,  M,\. 
(Longmans.) 

Tbe  anttior  remarka  that  though  an  historical  account 
cf  a  nation*!  literature  an*]  art  in  entitled  to  con^ideratiun 
MS  an  important  part  of  itA  general  bi»ton'.  it  hiu  too 
fvEqaently  been  the  practicG  in  hiatoncal  compositions,  if 
not  altogether  to  ignore,  at  least  to  treat  in  a  very  aum- 
mmry  manner  the  lii4?rar)'  and  al>^thetic  development  of 
tbfi  national  thought  and  taste.  The  present  volume  is 
tn  atUmpt  to  remeily  thia  omiiiion,  and  to  fumi«h  a 
ahori  history  of  literature  and  art  in  Britain,  as  developed 
in  the  ilneV  and  more  popular  forms  during  the  most 
fteent  period  of  her  annalfi.  After  a  preliminarr  view 
of  the  general  condition  of  literature  and  art  and  their 
t»rur«MCin  in  Great  Britain^  at  the  acce^ion  of  the 
UooM  of  Hanover,  Mr.  Graham  proceeds  to  consider  the 
-•-• '  of  the  varioud  branches  of  literary  composition  dur- 
lie  periodf  and  the  inflyenco  which  the  different 
r^  HaTe  bad  upon  public  taste.  In  tbe  same  manner 
he  examines  the  progress  of  nrchitectarct  palntiuf^,  and 
■enlptore  in  this  country.  The  book  give^  in  tbia  way 
jiut  the  information  suited  to  tho»e  who  want  a  general 
idea  upon  the  subject^  while  tbe  writer*a  authorities 
~^~iii  out  to  tbose  who  de&ire  further  information  the 
!  of  obtaining  it. 


J^arodkiai  and  Famiiy  Hhtory  of  the  Deanerj^  of  Tri^ 
MaoTj,  in  the  Countv  of  (hmiealt.  Br/  Sir  John  Mac* 
kan,  F.S.A.,  &c.  Fart  III,  AY.  Brctcard.  (Nichols  & 
Sod.) 

We  oongratnlate  the  raen  of  Trc,  Pol,  and  Pen,  on  the 
•taadr  prngress^  which  Sir  John  Maclean  is  makJug  with 
hi«  hjJtofy  of  that  interesting  portion  of  their  county* 
the  DwuieTT  of  Trigg  Minor.  In  the  Part  before  aa, 
which  oontalnt  a  description  of  the  parish  of  8t.  Bruered 
aiioM  SL  Broward  aliaa  Simon  Ward,  it  is  treated  with  the 
fnlneoi  of  detail,  local,  historical^  and  genealogical  and 
tbe  same  endeavour  to  attain  accuracy  and  completeness 
which  have  characterised  the  former  portions  of  the 
vork,  and  which  will  ensure  it  a  place  in  the  library-  of 
an  Cornish  Antiquaries  and  Topographers. 

Boors  received. — An  Kuay  on  the  iJruidf^  (he  An- 
eieni  Churches^  and  the  Rtfund  Tower*  nf  Ireland,  By 
the  Rev.  Richard  8middy  (Kelh%  I'ublin)  has  claims  to 
Attention  as  containing  a  new  theorv  of  the  Round 
Towers,  by  a  Celtic  antiq nary,  who  t&inka  it  probable 
that  Celtic  was  the  first  language  »pokeo  by  man. — Tht 
JBoiawii  Fiay  of  the  Highlandi  tf  Bar  arm.  By  Alozan- 
dftf  Craig  SelTtr  (Blackwood)^  reprinted  ttom  Blaek- 


I 
I 


troocfi  Magazine^  will  be  found  verv  nsefol  to  intending  ^ 
visitors  to  Ammergau,  where  the  i^aasion  Play  ia  to  be  ^| 
performed  this  year  on  June  24  ;  July  2,  9,  16,  25,  30 ;  H 
Aug.  6, 14,  20,  27  ;  and  Sept.  3,  9,  17,  24.— Fu/tcm**  (^taie  \ 

BrackeUU)  lUuttrated  Guide  to  Tunbridffe  Welti,  ^c.  By 
J.  Kadford  Thomfwon,  M.A.,  veir  full,  and  with  a  couple 
of  good  maps,  which  in  some  degree  make  amends  for 
ven-  inferior  woodcuts. — 77ie  Denderatum;  or,  H^lecirt- 
cUy  made  Flain  tmd  Uaeful  by  a  Lover  of  Mankind  ami 
of  Common  Seme  (Bailhere)<  This  is  a  reprint  of  the 
remarkable  tract  on  Curative  Electricity  written  by  John 
Wesley,  1759,  and  which,  like  his  little  pamphlet  on 
Cold  VVater  as  a  means  of  health,  shows  that  be  was  as 
interested  in  the  physical  as  in  the  moral  improTemeni 
of  his  fellow-creatures. 

Harrow. — To  celebrate  and  commemorate  the  tercen- 
tenary of  Harrow  School  a  committee  baa  been  formed 
to  raise  a  fund,  to  be  called  the  **  Lyon  Memorial  Fund," 
for  the  purpoB*  of  acouiring  land  and  erecting  buildings 
for  school  purposes,  tne  iirst  object  being  the  erection  of 
a  Speech  Room,  with  an  architectural  devadon  worthy 
of  its  splendid  neighbours,  the  Chapel  and  Yanghan  Li- 
brary. It  is  calculated  that  not  less  than  30,000/,  will 
be  reauired  to  carry  out  all  the  objects  in  view;  and  the 
first  list  of  Bubscription.H,  containing  two  donations  of 
1,000/,  each,  afibrdji  good  reason  for  believing  that  old 
Harrovians  will  not  allow  the  committee  to  lack  the 
means  neoessary  for  carrying  out  so  laudable  an  object. 

Dit.  DwLUNGER.— fn  a  convocation  to  be  holdcn  at 
Oxford  on  Tuesday,  it  will  be  proposed  that  the  degree 
of  D.C.L.  be  granted  by  diploma  to  Dr«  Joseph  John  Ig> 
natiua  von  l>Dllinger. 

St.  Akbax's  Annr.r. — On  March  1 1  we  called  atten- 
tion to  the  measures  in  contemplation  for  the  preservation 
of  St.  Alban's  Abbny.  We  arc  now  glad  to  announce 
thftt  A  public  meeting  will  be  held  at  Willia*s  Rooms  on 
T hurray,  June  2%  for  the  purpose  of  considering  the 
steps  to 'be  taken  for  raising  46,000/.  required  for  this 
purpose.  The  i^rl  of  Verttlam  will  preside,  and  we  hope 
he  will  be  supported  in  his  laudable  endeavour  to  pre*  ^m 
serve  one  of  the  most  important  of  our  architect urai  H 
monaments.  H 

The  second  volume  of  Lord  Brougham^s  autobiogra- 
phy will  shortly  appear.  Tbe  narrative  will  extend  to 
the  passing  of  the  Cotholic  Emancipation  Bill,  and  include 
a  great  portion  of  the  affairs  of  Queen  Caroline  and  her 
trial.  H 

TuE  ileath  is  announced,  in  his  ekhtj-Mh  Tear»  of  H 
Sir  Oswald  Moaley,  Dart.,  of  RoIWton  Hall,  near  l3urton* 
on-Trpnt,  and  formerly  M.P.  for  North  Suffordahire,  Tbt 
proxirniiy  of  his  fanlily  seat  to  Tuthury  Castle,  one  of 
the  prisona  of  Mar>'  Queen  of  Scots,  led  him  to  turn  liia 
attention  to  its  itory,  and  in  1822  he  published  a  History 
of  the  Coftf/e,  Priory^  and  Town  if  Tutbury* 

Strasburo  Library.  —  The  subscriptions  Ibr  the 
Straaburg  Library  are,  according  to  the  muinmd  Zeitung^ 
progressing  so  favourably  as  to  promise  to  leave  the  in* 
filitution  rich,  not  onhr  in  tbe  number,  but  e<|uaily  80  in 
the  literary  value  of  its  volumes.  The  efforts  made  to- 
wards this  objoct  in  England  are  highly  appreciated 
abroad.  Moreover,  the  Grand  Duke  of  Baden  has  con- 
tributed two  thousand  volumes  from  his  libntr}'  at  Carla- 
ruhe,  and  the  univenitiea  of  Heidelberg,  Baste,  Erlangen, 
GreiTswald,  and  Jena,  and  the  roval  library  at  Stuttgardfc 
have  made  liberal  promises.  Switzerland  is  doing  ita 
best,  and  the  Austrian  capital,  though  disclaimed  as  a 
German  city,  proposes  to  add  sonao  •pedmens  of  peculiar 
value.     Some  appredahle  mawnti  ooroa  fhim  private 


[4«>&TIt.  Jomea.'n. 


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Herr 


rail-    ""  -  '--*ance*  from  the  W--'  —^"—  n-r 
▼(1  In  Addition  to  I  taa 

ICi^v  idch  the  new  iii^T  uum 

f^ovununcui  iuudn.  Prof<»$or  Bockui^^^it  Imuuujd,  uolkciioa 
is  to  be  iticorporttted,  nod  that  of  Proftsiaor  von  Vanf^aroWr 
in  Heidelberg,  hm  already  been  pttrchaMd.  Both  are 
rich  in  T«luaUle  law  books  and  mauusicripU,  the  latt«r 
tiarobeiing  no  fewer  thsui  3,550  YolumeK 


BOOKS    AND    ODD    VOLUMES 

WAii-TBD  TO   PtntCHASK. 


FutlciiUni  ftnd  Prlce«  ke,,  of  tbe  fuHowlttir  tMdk*  to  be  wnt  dbtwt  to 
tti«  Kcntlt^mao  by  whotu  they  »«  rcquircil,  iriwjw  nunc  mt\fl  Mldr««t  *re 
£i'V0ti  for  UiAt  purpoic. 
Kmirntritou  linrifiw,   Noil3,J«a,  1«U'. 

Wuted  h;  Mr.  W*  G,  Smith,  43.  WelUqfftaa  Stivel,  Str&tid. 


^otfrnr  to  CortMTiJcrwtrritt^. 

C^rrtwptmd*His  J^ho  write  rfJtpircting  urticltt  which  hnv€ 
nai  appfartd  mhould  Mlule  tkv  i»uLiJ<.^tf>  to  whioh  tAcy  f€fer. 
fVe  oa*$HOi  rtcolUct  aiffnutureg  or  imlitiU* 

W.  M.  (Wirkswortli,) — For  the  khtnrtf  of  the  mnmc  <jf 
"ITitf  ManwiamHt  Blac/nmithi*  comvlt  "N1  &  QJ'  2"d  ^. 
I  356. 

G«  A.  C* — Am  we  have  further  c&mmuHicaiionA,wt  wiih* 
hold  ^our  t&\UD6. 

J.  G»  Waller, — /m  t^p€. 

Antwer*  tn  other  CorrMpondenit  in  ottr  ncrl. 


Nrjrth  tnd  8t.-i" 

rury  OoUtcts 
*  ulonisatloD  or  < 

t  tytii.    Port  free  far  2>.  tn  fHtsi- 


THE   NEW   VEIiliUM-WOVH   CIiHB* 
HOUSE  PAPBB. 

V .1-    I    "- :.i   -..Iv   iff 

PARTRIDO]  FltuSttm, 


BIBLIOTHEGA    AMEHICAHA. 

A  CATALOGITE  of  Five  Thousand  Volumes  of  Book.?, 
iritftln^  to  the  Ubtani'  knd  « 
ftnd  Wert  iDdid;  Qr>fiUiJnH< 

St«t<!*r    T  T I  mj*  erf  !».'>«»  F";.'i' 

«Bcliibc  AroerUaui. 

A  .  rtELL  SMITH.  56,  StAo  94iafcre,  Loadoii . 

7ABTEID0E    AlTD    COOPEE, 

MANUFACTURING  STATIONERS. 
192,  Fleet  Street  (Comer  of  Chunccry  Lane), 

CABRIAGC  PAID  TO  THE  COirXTEY  ON  OAD£E8 
EXCEEDDra  Mf.  ^ 

NOTE  rAI*ER,  Creatn  or  tila; Im.^U.^  5*., and Af.  pcrrfam. 
ElfV£LOPEr9.  Cream  or  Blue,  U.  id.,  bt.  M. .  ana  B*.  8cf .  prr  1  fiOi. 
THE  TSHPLE  EKTELOPS,  irittiHlih  loner  Flai>,1«.t>«rl(». 
fiTKA  W  PAPEB-^Iittpnirnd  qualitr,  !».«</.  vtr  ream. 
FOOI^CAP*  Hand-made  OaM6m§M*^d.pcr  ream. 
BLACK -BOHDERED  NOTE,  4#,  and  tti.  id.  per  Nam. 
BL ACK-B<  moERED  ENVELOPES,  U.  per  lOO-Soper  thick  Quality 
TEKTCD  LINfcD  NOTE,  for  noma  or  Fonls&C^nvipoculaiiee  tfive 

colount  I,  i  quItm  for  1*.  ed. 
OOr^URED  STAMFTNO  (Rellefi,  rednoed  to  if.  ad.  per  r«ani<  &r 

Ai.  «</.  t««r  1/soo.    iNiUiliad  SbMl  Oe«t   Die*  cnrmved   hom   *», 

MoDOiCTuiD*.  twn  Jettcrt,  from  *»,t  Uuw  lettan,  6«Kt  7*.    BwiniMi 

oar  AdArva  Dieiu  mum  it, 
8KKMOW  PAPER,  pWn.i*.  per  team  I  Ruled  ditto, 4*,  W. 
SC7HO0L  flTATIOWEar  tuipplled  on  the  mort  Ifberal  termi. 

IUltifto«te4  Prtae  U«t  «f  Inkitand*,  Desfwteh  Boxei,  Stattoaerr. 
OaldMla.  PMtwa  e«yw»  WHtias  Ca«««.  P^irtralt  Albomi.  ac.  p«Mt 

*••■  ^ 

rEirrAiiLisRZD  l«tl.> 

fTHE    NEW    GENTLEMAN'S    GOLD    WATCH, 

1     KETT^SkS.  EoffUkk  Malu.  iiKira  nttd  «Ma  Fdrolim*  l«i.  Mt. 
JON""'  -'- —  ^ -•  — — >--— *- 


dNE5'  Maaa(k«tacr«BA,Alia«l,QBiKMilcaeB 


IHOIM. 


Xbaat  Watahw  hm  aanj  vaialaof  flpxtfalirofiltf. 


that  the  M'rM 
A  ftteel  pent : 
thui  one  £ix 


0/.0  ENGLISH"  FURNITURE. 


r« 


B«proda<^iotit  of  Simple  and  Artlrtic  CaMoct  Wark  ft* 
Maauoivp  of  the  XVI.  and  XTIX.  C«ultLrle«f  combigipic  t»>4  tiii^ 

i*jLit)4l  «rorkmari«ltlp.  atid  o-ooomj', 

COIiIiINSON  and  X<OCK  (late  Herring', 
CABINET  MAKBBfi, 

109,  PLKET  STREET,  E.C.    EsUbluilifd  ITM, 


TAPESTRY  PAPERHANQtNQB, 

Ijnilatloni  of  rare  old  BRiX^ADES.  DAUASKS,  add  001 
TAl'ESTftlES. 

COIiLINSON  and  LOOK  \\sXe  Hemaili 

DECOEATOBS, 
109,  FLEET  STREET,  LONBON.   EstabHuhed  17 


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ob:ne's  pompeian  jdecohatioi 


ROBERT   liOIlNE, 

.,..1  T>it>i'n.HAX«l1Mi. 


HOUSE  DECOI 

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BuMdr.   flold  In  Bottk>» 


tliB«l  Cfiei»i«t*,  and  tlic  yi 
t««.  «qollM2tiptoo  Bflfw .  It  L. 


ntcncAi 


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DIS:aiFOllD  a  CO..  in^NewBoodStrMt,! 
And  of  all  Chemtola. 


SAUCE—LEA    AND    PERRINa 


1  by  LonQoa««inuii 

**THE   OUl^T    GOOD  SAUCE, 

Itnnroti^  Uia  api^tite  and  «ld«  dicceliQek 

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CXJNTENTS.— N»  180. 

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th« 

:  Hint* 

—  I'uliLical  Satirical 

ilnftion  of  Consols  — 

QUisi&lK8:  —  Aco  Ine   Chaini**  — 

AnrinvnifMsa  —  A  i  a  8e»ta  —  Baby- 

Vtet^LonL  Falkl&nd, 
Ffrrf^rinm  ^*wn — Fic- 

'' ''"^ "liv"  or 

Oul. 

-lU  —  .n«TiJ*]j*   of 

sh  IleglntiTH  of 

^istor—  Soidcu'fl 

l-^  Lord  Pal  1110 r> ton's  Ttivnussal  from  Office,  4S>ft 

i'liir-c  in  ^tnr-..M    rlmrr!:,  Xorfolk,  497  —  The 

.,  ±c.,  /6.-The 

< :  "  Richt  Gude- 

.'  -  FiriLT  <,r  the 

-,  /6, 

Bpi- 

I   any 

CrcsU  — 

I'  at  ions   of 

'  nun.iiv-    —   rinjdrLni'--*     i.i^Liit-^  -—  isjaudiiU  —  **Attiina 
i  TMi  "  —  D-v  Hiihire  Wordj*.  4iCi  S04, 


JUmUS'S   SECRET  AND    "TUE    TIMES" 
RliVtEWER. 

As  at  the  present  moment,  when  Piirliament  ia 

ill  full  work,  and  the  columns  of  The  Time$  ure 

full    T.v  rv  .  rilnvi-liv^  With  Tepoi'ts  fro 111  Pari 3  and 

*  t  would  m  vain  to  expect  the 

t  i  for  th©  dl^ussion  oi  n  mere 

J,  1  hope  to  be  pentijtted  to  call  at- 

iX  Q.' '  t«  a  paragraph  in  The  Time^ 

.    oi   Air.  Twjaletous  interyating  volume,* 

"  hnpt*  t!ifit  doing  *n  will  help  to  clear  up 

ich  can  scarcely  fail  to  strike  sucn 

jui  have  ever  cared  to  look  into  the 

Who  was  Junius?*' 

turnpli  u  as  follows  : — 

U^4»n  (the  late  Premier)  that 

thara)  knewwha  wrtjte  lire 

"  f  Francis.     LonlAber- 

wfi»  the  Hon-  Arthur 

iHu^.  Thr"  RiiihtHon. 

-  W  illiams 

^h'm  great 

-     --.::-.      .    ...   ,. .."....,..  iliat  Junius 

r  nue  fit  the  persors.i  to  whoin  the  k-tter^  had  tjeen 

irly  afcribwL     Soon   nftcr  the  pnWication  of  the 

/  .   i:f  a  I.iiiy  of  Quoiiftf,   in  Tvhich  the  Grenville* 

^v.  r    iriMi  1  M'  I   oa  poMtswdof  the  key.  Lady  Grenvillo 


•  "  rtiiim^  nf  Junia*,  professionally  iirreati- 

«pit«l  uiHca  ChAbot  (Expert).    With  Preface 

Atid  Cuiidtt  r.a  bvidence  by  the  lion.  Edward  Twialeton,'' 


/^cut  a  mea^gc  to  tho editor,  through  Dr,  Jatnea  ForgtiBoii 
to  Aay  that  Lord  Grenvillc  told  her  ho  kmtw  who  wrote 
the  .Umiiu  Letters,  and  thoy  wtre  not  writieo  l>y  Fraucla*'' 

Tho  lirat  thing  that  must  sU'ike  the  reader  of 
this  paragraph  is  the  curio ua  fact  that  the  myete- 
rioii^  i<ecret  which  Junius  declared  dhould  die  with 
him  was  known  to  no  less  than  four  persons— -Lord 
Chatliam,  Mr,  Htt^  the  Hon.  Thomita  UrenviUe, 
and  Lord  Grenville. 

But  how  was  it  known  to  them  f  Was  it  known 
in  the  strict  sense  of  the  word  ^  Waa  it  knowu 
from  the  information  of  Junius  himself,  or  liHjm 
any  other  direct  sources  of  positive  information  ? 
Or  was  it  Atimwi  to  them  (that  ia,  contidenily  be- 
lieved by  them)  in  the  same  manner  in  which  tho 
late  Mr.  Taylor  might  have  said  he  knew  that 
Junius  was  trancis,  *.  ('.  from  the  cooTiction  of  his 
own  mind,  from  evidence  which  he  felt  it  was  im- 
pos^ble  to  resist  P 

How  did  these  distinguished  persoQS  become 
possessed  of  the  secret,  which  Junius  dedared 
would  perish  with  him  P  Lord  Chatham  could 
ficorcely  have  received  it  otherwise  than  in  con- 
fidence ;  yet  as  Mr.  Pitt  was  only  eleven  years  old 
when  Junius  ceased  to  write,  but  for  that  diliicnity 
it  would  be  a  natural  inference  that  Mr.  Pitta 
knowledge  ^'aa  derived  from  Lord  Chatham. 
How,  too,  did  Lord  Grenville  learn  it,  bom  as  he 
was  in  the  same  year  with  Mr,  Pitt  f  for  if  he 
learned  it  from  Mr.  CTreuville,  then  Mr.  Grenville 
could  only  have  received  it  under  circumstHnces 
which  would  justify  his  divulging  it. 

A  very  slight  examination  of  most  of  tho  tra- 
ditions respectinjif  Junius  shows  of  how  little  value 
the?  are  as  evidence  for  tbe  discovery  of  the 
iiutnorship  of  the  Letters.  And  this  without  tile 
slightest  doubt  being  felt  as  to  the  high  character 
and  thorough  truthfulness  of  those  by  whom  and 
through  whom  they  are  related  and  handed  down. 
Who  can  feel  otherwise  than  convinced  that  in 
sending  a  message  to  the  editor  of  Thv  Dinrie6  of 
a  Ltidt/  of  Qualiti/,  **  that  Lord  GrenviJle  told  liejr 
he  knew  who  wrote  Junius's  Letters,  and  that 
they  were  not  written  by  Francis/'  Lady  Gren- 
ville was  only  anxious  to  contribute  as  far  as  pos- 
sible to  the  establishment  of  the  truth  P  In  like 
manner  who  can  feel  otherwise  than  convinced 
that  the  Hon.  Arthur  Gordon  is  actuated  by  the 
same  praiseworthy  motive  ? 

Yet  assuredly  there  must  have  been  aome  de- 
fect in  Lord  Anerdeen'a  memory,  or  Mr.  Gordon 
has  been  under  a  '<\Tong  impression  tia  to  the  name 
of  the  mysterious  author ;  for  as  Mr.  Put  died  in 
18CH),  ancl  Francis's  supposed  connection  with  the 
Letters  was  never  hinted  at  until  18PJ,  it  is 
scarcely  possible  that  Mr.  Pitt  could  have  told 
Lord  Aberdeen  that  **  he  and  his  father  knew  who 
wrote  the  Letters,  and  that  it  was  not  Frandty 

That  Mr.  Grenville,  to  whom  Juniua  oddreaaed 
the  private  letters  printed  in  the  Qrm^iUe  Or 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


L4«>>S.yiI.JinnBl0^71. 


regpondence.  did  not  know  the  writer  of  them, 
may  fairly  be  inferred  from  the  manner  in  which 
he  had  tied  them  up  as  '^  anonymous  " ;  and  Mr. 
Smithy  the  accomplished  editor  of  that  corre- 

ridence,  says  expressly — and  his  testimony  on 
point  is  very  important — 

"  It  has  been  suppoeeid  that  the  late  Mr.  Thomas  Gren- 
Yille  had  some  peculiar  knowledge  respecting  the  aathor- 
ahip  of  Janiua.  I  have  no  reason  to  join  in  thlit  opinion, 
Ibr  I  never  heard  him  speak  upon  the  subject,  nor  did  I 
ever  hear  it  mentioned  in  his  presence." 

And  it  is  certain  that  Mr.  Thomas  Grenville 
never  saw  the  Stowe  Letters,  about  which  so 
many  marvellous  accounts  have  been  given,  until 
the^  were  shown  to  him  by  Mr.  Smith  in  1840. 

Surely,  in  the  face  of  what  has  here  been  stated, 
it  is  not  unreasonable  to  ask  what  proof  is  there 
that  either  Lord  Grenville,  Mr.  Tnomas  Gren- 
ville, Lord  Chatham,  or  Mr.  Pitt  knew — that  is, 
had  positive  knowledge  of — who  wrote  the  Letters 
of  Jonius.  QuiBSiTOB. 

NICHOLAS  FERRAR'S  EULOGY  UPON  THE 
AUTHOR  OF  "IGNORAMUS." 

Nicholas  Ferrar,  the  pious  recluse  of  Little 
Gidding,  and  George  Huggle,  the  author  of  Igno- 
ramtu,  the  well-known  comedy  played  before 
King  James  at  Cambridge,  were  both  students  at 
Clare  Hall.  In  after  life  both  became  interested 
in  the  colonisation  of  Virginia,  and  Kuggle  in  his 
will  made  the  following  bequest :  — 

•*  I  give  and  bequeath  one  hundred  pounds  towards 
the  brmging  up  of  the  infidels'  children  in  Virginia  in 
Christian  religion,  which  my  will  is  shall  be  disposed  of 
by  the  Virginia  Company  acconlingly,  desiring  Almighty 
God  to  stir  up  the  charitable  hearts  of  many  beneftictors 
in  this  kind,  principally  for  the  increasing  of  the  king- 
dom of  our  Lord  and  Saviour  Jesus  Christ."  * 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Virginia  Company  held 
November  20,  1022,  Nicholas  Ferrar,  as  deputy- 
ffovemor,  made  the  following  statement,  which 
has  never  before  been  printed  in  England,  and  was 
copied  from  the  company *s  MS.  Transactions  in 
the  Congressional  Library,  Washington,  U.  S.  of 
America :  — 

**  M'  Deputy  further  acquainted  the  Company  that  M*" 
George  Ruggle,  latelv  fellowe  of  Ciare  Hall  in  Cambridge, 
beinge  a  Brother  of  the  Company  and  newly  deceased  (w«»> 
he  said  he  could  not  without  great  griefe  mencon),  had 
by  his  will  bequeathed  100*  for  the  educacon  of  Intidells' 
children,  w*ch  he  had  caused  to  be  put  into  the  Table ; 
"w«*»  the  Court  well  approued  of:  but  seemed  (at  least 
the  most  part)  to  be  utterly  ignorant  of  the  person  or 
qualities  of  the  man  : 

**  Whereupon  desiringe  to  be  informed  of  both,  M' 
Deputy  told  them  he  was  a  man  second  none  in  know- 
ledge of  all  manner  of  humanity,  leaminge,  and  so 
generally  reputed  in  Vniuersity  of  singular  honestie  and 

[*  A  copy  of  the  last  will  and  testament  of  George 
Roffgle  t»  extento  is  printed  in  his  Ignoramus^  edited  by 
J.£  Hawkins,  edit.  1787,  pp.  xci— dv.  Consult  also 
Mavor's  Ttco  T.ice»  of  Nicholas  Ferrar,  1855,  p.  12.1 


integritie  of  life,  sinoere  and  sealoas  in  Religion,  and  of 
verie  great  wisedome  and  nnderstandinge ; 

«  All  w«i>  good  partes  he  had  for  theae  last  three  yearet 
wholly  almost  spent  and  exercised  in  VirsfiniA  baisiDessei^ 
haninge  (besides  oontinoally  assistinge  his  Brotheit  aad 
himseu  with  Coonaell  and  all  manner  of  help  in  thesa 
places)  written  sundry  treatises  for  the  benefltt  of  tke 
Plantation,  and  in  pticular  the  worke  so  highly  ««• 
ended  b^  S'  Edwin  Sandys,  concerning  the  (joaenat 
of  Virginia,  but  such  was  his  modestie  that  he  would 
by  no  meanes  suffer  it  to  be  .knowne  during  his  lifti 
But  now  being  dead,  M**  Deputy  said  he  could  not  whh 
a  gfood  conscience  deprive  him  of  that  Honos  w«^  be  so 
dnely  deserued.** 


Ruggle  willed  that  all  his  papers  and  note- 
books should  be  burned,  and  among  these  ms 
probably  his  treatise  on  the  Government  of  Vir- 
ginia, an  abstract  of  which  is  given  in  the  minutes 
of  the  Virginia  Company. 

Edward  D.  Neill 

Dublin. 


Thb  Repentant  Thief.  —  I  once  heard  in 
Jamaica  a  clergyman  of  the  Scotch  kirk,  in  sneak- 
ing of  the  Repentant  Thief,  say  ''he  had  th» 
peculiar  privilege  and  high  honour  of  being  tlM 
last  that  was  blessed  by  the  dying,  and  the  fint 
that  was  redeemed  by  the  dead  Saviour  " — a  ses- 
timent  to  me  original  and  beautiful,  and  worAy 
of  preservation  in  ''  N.  &  Q.''  G.  E. 

Anecdote  op  the  Duke  of  Wellikotok. — 
Many  years  ago,  whilst  shooting  in  I  Jampshiie  with 
a  young  clergyman,  I  was  told  by  him  a  pleasiDg 
anecdote  of  the  Duke  of  Wellington.  With  in 
estate  purchased  for  the  Duke  went  the  advowsoi 
of  a  living  for  which  the  clergyman  was  being 
educated.  The  Duke  heard  of  it,  and  one  day 
asked  the  lad  to  be  his  guide  in  a  ride  across  the 
country,  and  finding  what  he  had  heud  to  he 
true,  and  being  pleased  with  his  companion,  the 
Duke  told  him  the  change  of  proprietorship  is 
the  land  should  make  no  difference  as  to  the 
living,  which  he  should  receive  when  he  hid 
qualified  himself  for  it ;  and  he  was  in  possesaoo 
of  it  when  I  knew  him.  G.  E 

What  Critics  are. — I  do  not  know  whether 
it  may  interest  the  readers  of  N.  &  Q."  to  knov 
that  the  sayinj^,  now  celebrated,  of  D'Israeli,  thit 
''  Literary  critics  are  for  the  most  part  men  whs 
have  failed  in  original  composition,"  is  not  cfOr 
ginaL  The  idea  is  aptly  einpressed  in  the  epil<:^ 
to  Congreve's  Way  of  the  World:  — 

*<  Then,  all  bad  poets  we  are  sure  are  foea, 
And  how  their  number's  swell'd  the  town  well  knovi^ 
In  shoals  l*ve  marked  'em  Judging  in  the  Fit, 
Tho'  they're  on  no  pretence  for  Judgment  fit. 
But  that  they  have  been  damned  for  want  of  wit 
Since  when  they,  by  their  own  oflfenoea  taasht* 
Set  up  for  spies  on  plays  and  finding  fludt? 


It 

i. 


4««i  a  VII.  JPMB  10,  710 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


491 


Mtnorr-FruyTi^G.— The  eticloaed  cutting  from 
tbe  Harrunvard  Mail  of  April  22,  being  the  first 
notice  of  tho  diacovery  of  uiummiea  in  Indin,  from 
which  importADt  historic^^l  deductions  may  he 
ejipected,  may  perhapa  not  be  unacceptable  fot 
republication  In  * '  N.  &  Q.*' :  —  i 

_  •*  KuJiMT-HuNTiKO. — General  Cunningham,  the  super-  I 

iMttndtot  of  the  Arehndlogicfll  Sunoy  in  India,  is  now  | 

in  L&horr,  and  mumm^-huoters  are  inVited  to  coramuui-  | 

cate  iirith  him.    The  Indian  Public  Opinion  nays  t — *  We  j 

think  that  Bvefythinf;  valuable  that  may  bo  found  should  j 

bt  acnt  to  Enrope,  where  alone  the  men  are  found  who  , 
have  both  the  learoiog  and  the  leisure  to  compflre  nnd 
<*omTil  t'*   KPieuiiiic  investigation  9.     Not  bin  r  would  bt* 

*  ' '>aa  and  ephemeral  thmn  to  attempt  to  ereate  n  , 

)  ris  in  some  comer  of  India.   Tho  le*9  General 

<  "  -T-u  to  tabordinate  oflScial  agency,  and  i 

<  raffeft  independent  inquiry,  the  g^reator 
^•^                          -  which  hi»  misiiun  will  achieve/  '* 

K.  R.  W.  E. 

**AinTiE  LArRiK,"— The  birth  of  this  young 
ladv,  80  well  known  to  in  any  of  your  readers^  is 
<|«jdutly  recorded  by  her  father  Sir  Robert  Laurie, 
of  Maxwelltownj  in  the  family  register  in  these 
wmrds;  — 

••  At  tti©  pleasure  of  the  Almighty  God,  my  dauphtert 
Anna  Lsnrie,  waa  borne  upon  the  Ifi***  day  of  Ducembur, 
l*StS2  years,  about  six  oVIucik  in  the  morning,  and  waa 
Lapliaed  by  M*-  Geo."  [Hunter,  of  Glencairn]. 
And  hia  own  marriage  is  given  in  the  same  qutunt 
atyle :  — 

*•  At  the  pleasxire  of  the  Almighty,  I  wns  married  to 
my  wife  Jean  RMdell  upon  tbe  L*7»^  dav  of  JuU*,  1674,  in 
the  Tron  Kirk  of  E  di  n  b , .  by  M '  A  n  nane." 

These  statements  I  find  in  the  valuable  collec- 
tloii  of  manuscripta  left  by  the  late  Mr.  W.  F.  H. 
Arundell,  and  which  bis  bod,  W.  F.  Hunter  Arun- 
dell,  Esq.,  of  Baijarg  Tower^  Dumfriesshire,  has 
*ly  allowed  me  to  examine  and  make  use  of. 
ley  contain  a  vast  fund  of  curious  information 
ipecdng  the  antiquities  and  county  families  of 
Dumfriesshire.  Many  of  your  readers  will  know 
that  Annie  was  wooed  by  William  Douglas  of 
Fin  gland,  in  KirkcudbrigbtHhire,  Her  c  bar  ma  are 
thus  spoken  of  in  his  pathetic  lyric,  **  Bonnie 
Annie  Laurie'*:  — 

**  Her  brow  is  like  the  snaw-flrift, 
Her  neck  i*  like  the  swan, 
Her  face  it  is  the  fairest 

That  eVr  the  eun  ah  one  on, 
That  e*er  the  sun  shone  on, 
And  dork  blue  is  her  e'e  ; 
And  for  bonuie  Annie  Laurie 
I'd  lay  roe  down  and  die/* 

She  was,  however,  obdurate  to  his  passionate 
npn**fil,  preferring  Alexander  Fergusnon  of  Craig* 
d  '  whom  she  was  eventually  married. 

T:  I  am  Douglas  was  said  to  have  been  the 

bisro  of  the  well-known  song,  **  Willie  was  a  wan- 
ton wag."  Though  he  was  refused  by  Annie,  he 
did  not  pine  away  in  single  blessedness,  but  made 
m  mnaway  marriage  with  Alias  Elisabeth  Clerk  of 


^iiai: 

■rhdy 


Glenhoig,  in  Galloway,   by  whom  he  had  four 
eona  and  two  daughteik  C»  T.  Kamaoe. 

Pahodtes, — ^The  recent  mention  of  parodies  in 
**  N.  &  Q/'  haj*  reminded  me  of  some  lines  which 
originated  in  thifi  country,  in   imitation   of  the 
well-known  verse  in  Moore's  LalJa  Hookh :  — 
**  I  Dever  tiur^ed  a  dear  jgAzelle, 

To  gla^l  me  with  its  soft  black  eye. 
But  when  it  came  to  know  me  well 
And  love  me,  it  was  suro  to  die." 

Thus  imitated  t  — 

'*  I  never  had  a  piece  of  toasts 
Particularly  long  and  wide. 
But  fell  upon  the  sanded  tloor^ 
And  always  on  the  butter'd  side." 

And  Hood's  beautiful  little  poem  commencing^ 
**  1  remember,  I  remember, 

The  bouse  where  I  was  bom," — 
Has  ffi^en  rise  to   an  imitation,  two  verses  of 
which  are  — 

*•  I  remember,  I  re  member. 
The  day  that  I  was  b©rn. 
When  iirat  I  saw  tliia  breathing  world, 

All  naked  and  forlorn. 
They  wrupp<?tl  rae  in  a  linen  cloth, 

And  then  in  one  of  frieae; 
And  tho'  1  could  not  spoak  just  then, 
Yet  1  contrived  to  aneezo. 

"  1  remember,  I  remember, 
Old  ladies  came  from  far ; 
Some  said  1  was  like  mother  dear. 

But  othem  thought  like  ptir  ; 
Yet  all  agreed  1  had  a  head, 
Aad  most  expressive  ^'es; 
Thti  tatter  were  about  fta  largo 
Ai  plums  in  ChrlBtmas  pifls.*' 

Uneba, 

Philadelphia. 

Political  Sattrtcal  Dramas. — I  perceive,  by 
an  ftdvertisement  in  '*  N.  &  Q./'  that  No.  260  of 
the  QuarUriif  Eevtew  contains  an  article  on  the 
^'lirst  Lord  Shaftesbury."  Not  having  in  thin 
remote  locality  an  opportunity  of  seeing  that  pe- 
riodical, I  am  curious  to  learn  if  any  reference  is 
made  in  it  to  what  was  no  uncommon  practice  in 
his  lordship^s  time,  that  of  introducing  real  cha- 
TtActen  on  the  stage  for  the  purpose  of  satirising 
them.  Lord  Shaftesbury  was  so  assailed  by  Dry- 
den  in  an  opera  entitled  Alhion  and  Alhams.  "  The 
eubject  of  this  piece,"  as  Baker  says  in  his  Bio- 
ffraphia  Dramatica^  **  is  wholly  aUegorical,  being 
intended  to  expose  Lord  Shaftesbury  and  hia  ad- 
herents j''  but  neither  Baker  nor  the  learned  Dr. 
Johnson  seem  to  be  aware  that  a  more  violent  and 
virulent  satire  upon  the  same  individual  is  to  be 
found  in  Otway's  play  of  Vetike  Prederved,*  Baker 
quotes  Dr.  Johnson  as  truly  describing  those  por- 


[*  Mr.  ChriAtie  (it.  429,  et  ttq.)  treats  of  the  attacks  on 
Shaftesbury  by  Drvden,   Butler,   Duke,  and  Otway. — 


492 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES,  [4i»avn.  Jtnmw,' 


tionii  of  the  plaj,  now  never  represcntedf  and  in 
wkich  the  loading  character  b  Antonio,  m  **  des- 
picable scenes  of  vile  comedy.**  All  the  vices 
assigned  to  Antonio  were  intended  to  depict 
Anthony  ErtI  of  Shaftesbury :  and  it  was  on 
account  of  these  very  scenes  that  the  play  waa  a 
favourite  with  Chjirlefl  II.  These  statements  are 
made  from  my  recollection  of  what  I  read  in  (but 
unfortunately  did  not  make  a  note  of  J  a  periodical 
entitled  TVi*  Zh-ama,  and  published  in  London  in 
1821.  The  probability  of  its  correctnesa  r^sts  upon 
the  fact  that  both  parties,  at  that  period  of  Eng- 
lish history,  were  merciless  in  their  treatment  of 
each  other,  and  made  use  of  the  forms  of  a  drama 
to  gfi-atify  their  detestation  yf  their  adversaries. 
Look,  for  instance,  to  Baker's  account  of  the  fol- 
lowing pieces:  Abdicated  Prince ;  Thfi  Assembly; 

Bmtiihed  Dttke  ;  Biemn^t  o/P ;  Blood}/  Ihtke ; 

The  Cabal;   Vity  PMiquis;   Cola  6  Fury^  ^'C.  lV<?. 

An  instructive  history  might  be  written  upon 
the  political  satirical  drama  as  founded  by  Aris- 
tophanes, and  perpetuated  in  Eiix^and  until  the 
lost  century.  Wm.  B.  Mac  Cabe. 

MoncH>atour-dc-Bretagae,  Cutci  du  Nord,  France. 

TnrE  Enjoyment. — That  most  accomplished 
and  kindlv  country  gentleman,  the  late  J.  B.  S, 
MoiTitt  0^  Rokeby,  inviting  a  friend  to  hia  house^ 
writes  (February  1840)  m  this  courteous  and 
genial  strain : —  ' 

*•  Ynu  fire  not  ta  be  in  any  hurry,  but  obllffing  and 
obedient*  aT]d  to  ?«tfly  «  lon^  visit,  and  ^c  ALlniy  favourite 
lion^  and  tujoy  what  I  ulwaya  prefer  to  all  nthtr  onjoy- 
niLmtf  of  aocjcty — a  fHcnd*!*  bouse  and  flue  weather  ip  the 
oountrvj  that*  which  Sir  William  Temple  sav*  u  like 
home  hut  not  hotucJy,  and  like  solitude  withoat  beiug 
lonely/' 

C. 

DEFrNTTTON  OP  CoKsoLS. — Mr.  D^Israeli,  iH)me 
time  since,  in  the  House  of  Commons^  referriti}? 
to  Sydney  Smith's  mot  on  the  suhject,  Ftpoke  of 
the  "  sweei  simplicity  of  Conaola,**  which  has  ^one 
the  round  of  the  press.  Unless  my  menaory  is  at 
fault,  the  expression  nsed  by  the  witty  canon  of 
St.  PauVft  WH8  **  the  tkyant  simplicity  of  the  three 
per  pent^/'  *  H.  A.  Kknt^rpt. 

Eldon  l{(<us^,  KeaiTliig. 

Saved  uy  a  Fisu. — ^The  following  cutting  fVom 
The  Timea  of  April  20  is  worthy  of  a  comer  in 

•*  lliat  the  orcan  aljound*?  with  wonders  \s  daily  l>etng 
excjmpliOed,  and  itddiftu  inoiii  f»rcihly  so  than  in  the 
«tpeni?nce  of  CaptAiii  Wiird  of  the  bark  Pn)\nd«ncc,  of 
Ttartlppooh  who  ban  just  returned  from  Datitdc.  at 
wb^h  part  he  was  frow^u  up  during  the  late  severe  winter. 
Ha  states  that  djirinir  his  oatwanl  voya|r«  to  that  port,  in  ' 
Novembar  last,  the  ahip  sprang  a  severe  Icsk  durinj^  a  i 
ICale  in  the  Baltic,  and  hv%  ercw  were  all  but  cxhausited 
in  their  eflbrtt  at  the  pam[)s  to  reduce  it*  On©  day  she 
auddinaly  stopped  tonklnf;  more  water,  and  evttntualh* 
the  Tttsel  reached  Daotzic  safely.  After  tho  discharise 
Af  the  cai^  a  tearcb  waa  made  for  the  ]«ak,  nsuUing  m 


the  di^ovvry  of  a  hole  in  the  eentn  ofoo*  af  tka  after 
plitnliM  from  tbo  yiddtn^j;  of  a  knot  in  the  wood,  amA  m 
thi«  aperture  was  wcd[;ed  a  dead  Ash,  wboM  coDLiimi 
mtb  tjje  vessel  when  olive  had  been  the  evident  cmmt  *i 
the  stopnsge  of  the  leale^  and  oonseqacot  aalvaiioa^ot  (Is 
ship  and  oiew.** 

The  name  of  the  ship  is  not  a  HltJ» 
abio— "The  Providence/* 

I  remember  reading  some  V  *     /rt 

act  of  Providence,  but  have  : 

Cram  ling  ton. 

CHACcrtt's  WoRKa,  ed.   Stowe,   1 
worth    noUco,   that   in   Stowe's   Supj 
Thynne'a  edition  of  Chaucer's  Works  (Ui 
l^'i2),  which   Stowe  heads— ''f[  Hm«    ~ 
certaine  woorkes  of  Gettrny  Cbauaei*!  wbiolif' 
not  here  tofore  been  printed,  and  im  pii^iliid 
and  added  to  this  booke  by  Jhon  Stowe,**  tb«  ' 
Balade  of  three  .^tanzas  on  GentilxteaBe,  or  Y 
not  being  hereditary,  was  not  only  printtd 
Wynkyn   do  Worde  (Univ,  lib.    Oam]ir.)i 
by  Thynne  in  his  edition  of  1C32,  at  Uu 
Scogftn's  moral  Poem  to  the  Lord^  and  Oeiilii' 
men  of  the  King's  House  (where  alom?  thURiIsi' 
is  preserved)^   but   was   also   pji 
himself  on  leaf  3**V»,  col,  i\  iri   hi-      ^ 
same  poem  of  8c<  t  bnclr^i^  bsk 

Ther«  are  a  few  ti  M.-ee  in  lbs  iivil 

of  the  two  copies  in  Stuvve.  F*  J*  F» 


i 


<aunritK. 


irrd  in  tis 

iont  illicftte  itm 
l:-^  Thnile,  bAc 


Account Ai^CK. — lias  this  word  eT«r  been  ttMl 
by  Enjzlish  author*,  as  is  to  b-  =-'' — rj  fn:nii  Mbi 
Thralt**s  letter  to  her  jrrau'i 
French  acceptation  of  it*<  i^^" 
ad  comifare — ''lisdson  >■■, 
homme  avec  une  femm*- 

which  homely  English  name  we  all  aeein  to  piK 
fer  her,  writes  in  February,  1782 ;  — 

'*  Looking  over  so  mo  French  melangci  ym^€tUy,  t 
obscrvcsi  that  M,  PAbb^  d*Artigny  used  tile  wi«^  t-^  ■*■ 
ftTfitv;  it  Wft3  a  new  tbing  (o  ine,  and  oo^  of  -Wi  ri:l 
bud  no  notion  before.  Pray  bow  on»«  it  into  *m.  ' 
gnsfie  ?  " —  Vitle  Mr*.  Pia«it'$  oollectioii  nf  Lnittt  u 
from  the  talc  SamMcI  JoAatatwi,  LLJ[^,^  2  "VolLt 
urn,  vol  ii.  p.  283- 

There  is  no  answer  to  this  question  in  nut  flf 
Dr.  Johnson's  subsequant  letters^  wtikh,  b v  ti# 
way,  make  us  lore  bim  more  tban  any  of  hi*Vn«l 
works,  and  well  deserve  that  little  s^K*praj«  rf 
himself  aod  his  letters:  **  AmeK  ia  $omo  ;»^ 
(  Vi<k  aitt^f  ibid,  vol.  ii,  p.  14,) 

Germany. 


**  AiUMAm?fB  CHAnfs," — Can  mar 
ply  mo  with  examples  of  this  fine 
than  the  following  ?  — 


uratoiif  J 


4«k8.VIL  JuiiElO,71.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


493 


.£schyla8,  Promethtui,  line  6. 
M  Adamante  texto  vincire.'* 

Seneca,  Uercmlet  Furaa,  807. 
**  Bat  ber  in  chaines'of  Adamant  he  tvde ; 
For  nothing  else  might  keepe  her  safe  and  soond.*' 
Spenser,  Faerie  Queene^  book  ii.  canto  xii.  82. 
**  In  adamantine  chains  and  penal  fire." 

Milton,  Faradise  Lott,  book  i.  line  48. 
''In  adamantine  chains  shall  Death  be  bound." 

Pope,  Mesnitih,  verae  47. 
**  Bonnd  in  thy  adamantine  chain.** 

Gray,  Hymn  to  Adversity. 
Tttr  Kedcbosse  KiriOHT. 
AiroimcoiTS. — ^I  have  now  in  my  possession  the 
following: — 

■^The  Ivdgement  of  a  most  renerend  and  learned  Man, 
fkoMhqrond  the  Seas,  concerning  a  Threefold  Order  of 
Btahopib  with  a  Declaration  of  certainc  other  waightie 
P^iintsooncemiDg  the  Discipline  and  Govemcment  of  the 

Who  was  the  author  E  Where  was  it  printed  ? 
What  is  its  date?  1  cannot  find  it  in  Bohn*s 
Lawmdes,  It  is  bound  up  with  *'  A  Lamentable 
Complaint  of  the  Commonalty,"  "TheVnlawfull 
Practises  of  Prelates,"  and  '*  A  Booke  of  the  Forme 
of  Common  Prayers,  Administration  of  theSacra- 
mentB,  &e.,  agreeable  to  Gods  Worde^  and  the 
Vie  of  the  reformed  Chvrches." 

J.  M.  COWPKR. 

Anttqite  Heads  in  Medt.e\'al  Seals.— In  the 
fifth  Tolume  of  Ardusologia  Cantiana  are  several 
seals  of  Stephen  de  Thumham,  Mabel  de  Qalton, 
MMJ  Bobert  de  Thumham,  twelfth  and  thirteenth 
eentnries,  which  have  an  interesting  feature  which 
I  do  not  think  has  been  noticed.  Each  of  the 
niall  counter-seals  has  in  the  centre  an  antique 
liead  or  device,  doubtless  taken  from  Roman  and 
other  intaglios  inserted  in  the  probably  gold  seal. 
The  one  at  p.  208  appears  to  be  an  early  Eastern 
■gnet  with  inscription.  Could  any  reader  ex- 
pfiifi  the  inscription  ?  It  is  not  unusual  to  find 
"  i  inserted  in  book  covers,  church 
igs ;  but  I  do  not  remember  to 
early  used  afcain  as  seals. 

J.  C.  J. 

BABTLOiriAir  Bricks. — In  the  sun-dried  bricks 
wliich  the  Israelites  were  required  to  make  for 
the  Egyptians,  the  chopped  straw  which  they  con- 
teinea  would  serve  as  a  binding  material,  but  in 
the  kiln-baked  bricks  it  would  be  entirely  burnt 
sway ;  yet  we  find  that  the  Romans,  at  a  far  later 
periodi  in  their  kilns  at  Castor  {Dttrobriva)  had 
wit-rftH  vegetable  matters  vrith  the  clay  walls  of  the 
>n««-  What  purpose  wb»  this  admixture  intended 
to  serve,  and  is  it  ever  resorted  to  in  the  modem 
Bumnftctiire  df  bricks  P  M.  D. 

A  CiBiCATxniB  QxTEBT.— There  is  a  caricature, 
dstod  1817,  entitled  '*  The  Horse  Marine  and  his 
Trompeter  in  a  Squall,"  referring  to  the  appoint- 


ment of  the  Marquis  of  Worcester  as  a  Lord  of 
the  Admiralty.  The  marquis  is  represented  in 
his  hnssar  uniform,  riding  a  sea-horse  in  a  turbu- 
lent sea:  beside  him  swims  a  water-rat;  before 
him,  floating  on  a  ^'  Walcheren  log,*'  is  his  trum- 
peter, a  bald-headed  Triton  in  a  harlequin's 
jacket  Query :  Who  are  the  trumpeter  and  the 
water-rat  P  A.  P. 

Cleopatra  :  was  she  EoTPTiAisr  or  Greek  P — 
In  M.  G^rome's  "  Cl^opatre  apport^e  a  C^ar  dans 
un  tapis,"  now  exhibited  at  the  Royal  Academy, 
I  was  astonished  to  find  Cleopatra  represented 
with  the  fleshy  sensual  features  and  yellow  skin 
of  an  Egyptian  woman.  I  had  always  looked 
upon  her  as  a  Greek.  M.  Gdrome  must,  no  doubt, 
think  that  he  has  authority  for  representing  her 
I  as  he  has  done ;  [but  where  does  he  find  his 
authority  ?  1  have  taken  some  trouble  in  inves- 
tigating the  matter,  and  I  cannot  discover  that 
she  hadl  a  single  drop  of  Eg}'ptian  blood  in  her 
veins ;  and  if  she  had  not,  surely  the  residence  of 
her  family  in  Egypt  for  some  two  hundred  and 
fifty  years  would  not  alone  suflice  to  give  the 
most  notorious  member  of  it  purely  Egyptian 
features  and  Eg}'ptian  skin.  The  Americans  of 
the  United  States  have  not  yet  become  North 
American  Indians,  although  some  maintain  they 
are  upon  the  road. 

It  18  true  that  Cleopatra  seems  to  have  had  two 
slight  tinges  of  Persian  blood;*  and  that  her 
father  TIHolemy  Auletes)  and  her  mother  are  said 
both  ot  them  to  have  been  illegitimate  children 
of  Ptolemy  Lathyrus  by  an  unkaown  mother  (or 
mothers).  But  even  supposing  this  unknown 
mother  (or  mothers)  to  have  been  Egyptian — 
which  there  is  no  reason  to  suppose — this  and  the 
tinges  of  Persian  blood  would  not  have  converted 
a  Greek  race  into  a  purely  Egyptian  one.t 

The  copies  of  the  coins  of  the  Ptolemies,  given 
in  Smith's  Diet,  of  Bom.  and  Grec.  Bioffrapl^  and 
Mythoiogify  show  us  thoroughly  Grecian  flEUses. 
Cleopatra's  face  is  less  Grecian  than  the  rest,  but 
only  because  it  is  more  Roman.  But  perhaps 
these  coins  are  of  little  value.  F.  Chakcx. 

Sydenham  Hill. 

Cottle,  the  Poet. — Joseph  Cottle,  poet  and 
publisher  of  Bristol,  the  friend  of  Southey  and 
Coleridge,  and  Amos  Cottle  the  poet,  were  brothers. 
From  which  branch  of  the  Cottle  family  did  they 

*  Ptolemy  Epiphanes  married  Cleopatra,  daughter  of 
Antiochus  fll.,  or  the  Great.  Her  mother,  Laodice,  wa« 
daughter  of  Mithridates  lY.,  King  of  Pontus ;  and  An«> 
tiochus  I.  also  married  a  Persian  lady  named  Apama. 

t  The  practice  of  marrying  their  own  sisters,  so  com- 
mon among  the  Ptolemies,  would  naturally  tend  to  the 
perpetuation  of  the  peculiarities  of  the  founders  of  the 
race.  Cleopatra,  owing  to  the  illegitimacy  of  her  parents, 
had  the  benefit  of  one  and  perhaps  two  crosses;  and  very 
likely,  I  think,  she  owed  at  least  a  portion  of  her  ability 
and  heanty  to  this  drcumstanoe. 


XOTES  AND  QUKUIKS.  l^"^*-^'"-''"*'^^^ 


deflc^nsd  ?  They  used  the  (irma  of  tbe  Cottells  of 
Nortli  Tnwton/Devon;  but  hitherto  I  have  failed 
to  trace  their  conTiectioii  with  them,  nntwith- 
8tandinf7  that  the  uncommon  name  of  Araias  or 
Anin^  frequently  appears  in  tlie  pedigree  of  that 
family  during  the  sixteenth  and  seventeenth  cen- 
turies. ^Vny  information  connected  wiili  the 
descent  of  these  brothers  will  be  thankfully 
received.  W.  IL  CoTTELL, 

Brixton  Road,  S.\V. 

Loitn  Falkland,  Dr.  Donne,  and  Sir  Ed- 
ward Dyer* — Intending  to  include  in  the  Mi*' 
cet/avirH  of  th^  F*ttlkr  JJ'oiihipji'  Lihrarjf  aa 
complete  a  collection  as  pn^sible  of  the  hitherto 
uncoUected  poetiT  of  Lord  Falkland,  allow  me  to 
ask  readers  of  **  Isi.  &  Q/^  to  favour  me  with  refer- 
ences to  any  preserved  in  manuscript  or  in  unlikely 
books.  I  name  the  latter  because  one  of  \\h  mo^t 
characteristic  poems  ia  found  pretixed  to  an  anony- 
moui^  funeral  sermon  for  the  Counteag  of  Hunt- 
injirdon.  1  know  of  course  I^y  Theresa  Lewis's 
*♦  Memoir  of  Ix)rd  Falkland''  in  her  admirable 
Zu?i?^  of  the  Cim^endon  JFaviili/,  and  alt^o  the  pains- 
taking articles  in  the  New  Seriee  of  the  Gentle' 
irums  Matfo^ne  n8*35-18*J9),  as  well  as  the 
invariable  authorities.  What  I  desiderate  are 
MSS.  (including  letters)  and  books  (either  or 
both)  that  may  be  accidentally  known  t<j  indi- 
viduals. 

Further  r  as  my  work  on  the  Fu^kr  Worthies* 
edition  of  the  complete  Poems  of  Dr.  Donne 
(with  numerous  additions  from  MSS.  of  rare  value 
and  interest)  is  well  advanced,  I  ask  help  in  elaci- 
dation  of  the  many  initials  of  his  poetry ;  and 
perhaps  M.  TiEDEMAJf  or  other  Dutch  correspond- 
ent of  "  N.  &  Q."  may  be  able  to  oblige  me  with 
the  title-pa^e  and  contents  of  a  Dutch  translation 
of  Donne's  Fo^nn  very  amusin^dy  referred  to  by 
Llewellyn  in  bis  Man' Miracles  (104<J).  Or  by 
Dutch  is  German  meant?  I  am  curious  to  know 
if  so  early  rs  1040  there  really  was  a  translation 
of  Donne's  poetry.  Finally  :  can  any  one  inform 
me  where  n  copy  is  prei*erved  of  Sir  Kdward 
Dyer's  Sice  MjUia  (1558)  ?  \.  B.  Orosart. 

St.  George *s»  Blackburn,  Lanc^L&hirc. 

F^EEYiNQA  Saga.  —  I  have  seen  in  an  old 
volume  of  one  of  the  quarterly  reviews  (I  forget 
which,  and  am  unable  agnin  to  find  it)  a  review 
of  this  TcelaQtlic  f'aga,  *'  done  into  English  **  in  the 
year  sixteen  hundred  fuid  sonietlun^.  As  tbe  text 
of  tbe  SR*?a  wiis  not  printed  till  1832,  I  presume 
this  Engl'mh  trauHlation  must  have  been  made 
from  the  Latin  version  of  Torfieus,  published  at 
Copenhagen  in  1095.  A  reference  to  tbe  review 
or  any  account  of  the  English  translation,  will 
greatly  oUige.  Wt 

Fiction  and  Fact. — It  is  not  two  years  since  I 
read  in  a  magazine  a  story,  the  hero  of  wbicb,  a 
Jeweller's  asaistant,  was  robbed  under  much  the 


-oc^H 
all  nil 


same  conditions  aa  those  attendant  on  th*  Tarpey 
exploit.  I  shall  be  jj^lad  to  be  ren»inde*l  when 
this  hi^rhly  inprenious  and  sn^jte^tive  iisttb^vs 
appeared.  1  believe  it  was  in  (V/"'  *-  -'  '^' 
Perhaps  Mr.  and  Mr?.  Torpi^y 
accustomed  to  improve  their  niinu,  :....      \\k. 

8t.  ^w 

Fire    at    MBTHERrNGHAM,  —  The    Com\ 

Journals,  vol.  vii,  p.  680,  contains  the  notice  aft 
presf^ntation  to  the  House  of  Conn  nous,  z*n  Jnuf 
1650,  of  the  petition  of  Edward  Shon*  and  '" 
liani  Dickenson,  on  behalf  of  themselv^H,  ,,^,1 
inhabitants  of  Metheringham,  in    th 
Lincoln,  praying-  for  **  a  publick  coot:  j?" 

their  loss  by  tire."     A  certificate  under  tbe  haodf 
of  sievernl  j  usticea  of  peace  was  annexed. 

Crtn  any  one  inform  me  where  I  sliaU  find  aij 
further  account   of    this  catastrophe?    Can  tka 
original  petition  and  certificate  be  in  existence 
Edwakij  Peaci 

Bottcsford  Manor,  Brigg. 

Garroons  or  Garrons.— Can  sny  one  1^11 
the  meaninjc  of  this  word — perhstps  Irish  P  Vl 
occurs  several  times  in  \Vhitelock*-'s  MefHittiak, 
in  enumerating?  the  animals  taken  from  tiia  lak 
rebels :  for  instance,  '*  They  took  about  900  ph 
TOOUBj  300  cows,  and  400  sheep  and  goats  ";  «r 
again,  "They  took  many  hundreds  of  cows  sod 
garrons."  '  T-  W.  Wisi. 

[A  ^rron  is  a  small  horse,  a  galloway*,  that  ia*  a  hoot 
not  more  than  foiirt(*en  hand-^  high,  much  umd  in  tk 
North,  tSpehnan  snys,  "Jumenta*  seu  eabsni  eolaoil^ 
am  in  Ireland  caWed  garrunM,  a  stroDg  honik  ahsdoif 
or  work  horse'*] 

Glatton  (4^  S.  viL  S64»440.)— Th©"OUtt«' 
man-of-war,  lately  launched,  is,  I  believe,  Oiowi 
after  an  armed  merchant  vessel^  called  aUo  <b 
'*  Glatton/*  and  which,  in  the  last  war  betwwB 
England  and  Frauce^  was  engaged  in  a  despanl* 
and  Bucce*-ifu!  action  with  two  or  more  fwKi 
ships.  This  armed  merchant  vessel  waa,  I  beUeT^ 
fitted  out  by  some  traders  at  Glatton,  a  pbet  ia 
Cornwall,  I  think.  Perhaps  those  mow  fopfnniM 
than  myself  in  having  books  in  which 
the  necessary  information  on  tbe  si 
establisli  my  statement  as  true,  or  upi^i  it. 

H.  A.  St.  J. 

Herbert. — On  the  Puddledock  eatalia 
George   county,   Virginia,   is    a  laiig^ 
erected  to  the  memory  of  Joha  Herbert, 
tbe  following  inscription : — 

**Herp  lyeth  interred  the  body  of  John  0«rb«T,tk 
son  of  John  Herbert,  apothecnn%  and gmndAon  UMd^ 
Herbert^  citken  of  Looilon,  who  depart^rd  thU  Hit  ikm  C* 
daye  of  March  1704,  in  the  ifi**"  year  of  bU  ag«u* 

Above  the  inscription  is  a  crest  sad  €ioit  » 

arms :  the  former  representing  a  bundk  of 
arrows,  pointa  downwards ;  and  the  Uttar 
lions  rampant 


leUttarJfl^ 


4»i»S.VII.  JcxElO,71.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


495 


fVom  whom  was  this  Richaid  Herbert  (circa 
1650)  descended  ?  Ndolod. 

JSAH  DE  MiLON. — 

**  Jean  de  Milon,  a  famons  physidan,  who  wrote  in  the 
Mventeenth  century,  and  addressed  bis  aphorisms  to  a 
king  of  England.^—J/oft  and  Gtteit,  by  A.  Y.  Kirwan. 
London,  1864^  p.  261. 

I  shall  be  greatly  obliged  by  any  information  as 
to  whether  his  works  have  been  published,  and  if 
so,  where  and  when.  T.  W.  C. 

CuL,  CoxTL. — ^This  is  a  common  prefix  to  place- 
names  in  Scotland,  probably  of  Celtic  ori^.  One 
of  the  Ochills  is  called  Coul,  and  in  Kossshire 
'  there  is  a  large  property  of  the  same  designation. 
We  have  Caulbum  in  Strathclyde,  Cuicairti  in 
the  counties  of  Inverness  and  Ross,  and  Culchum 
in  Argyleshire.  Are  we  to  consider  Cu/loden  an 
example  of  the  same  prefix  ?  Is  Ctdt,  which  also 
appears,  to  be  considered  of  the  same  origin? 
(Suter  appears  in  the  counties  of  Aberdeen, 
Peebles,  and  Lanark.  Can  anyone  give  us  a 
meaning  which  will  be  ap][>licable  to  moat  of  these 
place-names?  In  the  Irish  language  we  have 
CuUan  said  to  mean  "  place  of  hazels."  CoU,  Is 
this  connected  with  the  Scotch  Cidlen? 

J.  WK. 

Jewish  Marriage  Rings. — ^There  are  certain 
large  rings  which  are  broad  and  much  ornamented 
in  the  hoop,  and  have,  by  way  of  a  bezel,  a  small 
house,  temple,  or  tabernacle  projecting  from  them. 
They  are  generally  called  Jewish  marriage  rings, 
and  have  usually  a  Hebrew  inscription  on  them, 
meaning,  I  am  told,  "  Good  be  with  us."  I  have 
been  very  credibly  informed  that  no  such  rings 
are  used  in  the  Jewish  marriage  ceremony ;  and 
I  should  esteem  it  a  favour  if  any  one  can  inform 
me  whether  they  are  really  Jewish  marriage  rings 
or  not,  and  whether  they  are,  or  ever  were,  used 
in  the  Jewish  marriage  ceremony.  K  they  were 
used  in  former  times,  when  tfiat  usage  ceased? 
And  if  they  are  not  used  at  such  marriage,  what  is 
their  use  and  meaning  ?  The  universal  Hebrew 
inscription  seems  to  favour  the  idea, 

I  have  a  large  and  very  broad  gold  hoop  ring : 
Toond  the  top  and  bottom  of  the  noop  is  a  thick 
twisted  cord  or  rope ;  and  the  intermediate  band 
of  the  hoop  is  composed  of  three  groups,  repre- 
senting the  Creation  of  Eve,  the  Temptation,  and 
the  Expulsion  from  Paradise.  These  groups  are 
ornamented  with  translucid  enamel;  and  being 
pierced  work,  there  is  a  lining.  I  am  told  that  it 
IB  a  Jewi^  ring.  There  is,  however,  no  Hebrew 
inscription,  and  I  doubt  if  the  Jews  would  have 
made  a  graven  image  of  the  Creator.  Can  any 
one  tell  me  what  the  use  and  intention  of  that 
ring  may  have  been  ?  It  is  nearly  an  inch  deep, 
•nd  an  inch  across. 

I  am  very  anxious  to  obtain  a  sergeant's  ring. 
They  are  very  uncommon,  though  vast  numbers 


must,  or  at  least  ought  to  have  been  made.  What 
becomes  of  them  all  P  for  one  never  sees  them  in 
shops  or  sales.  Where  am  I  likely  to  meet  with 
one  P  OcTAvius  Mobgak. 

10,  Charles  Street,  St.  James's. 

Kalksdib. — ^There  is  a  curious  use  of  this  word 
in  Wydif 's  Semums,  lately  published  under  the 
editorship  of  Mr.  Thos.  Arnold.  WycHf  is  speak- 
ing of  the  knowledge  that  shall  be  given  to  the 
blessed :  "  And  in  tokene  of  kalendis  of  ]>is  Poule 
telli]>  of  himsilf  how  he  was  caught  up  into 
heaven,"  &c.  (ii.  263.)  And  again  ^on  the  next 
page^  :  ''  pe  )>ridde  hevene  is  by  undirstonding,  as 
seintis  seen  that  ben  in  blisso ;  and  kalendis  of  )ns 
&i3t  hadde  Poul  whan  he  was  ravyshid."  Mr. 
Arnold's  note  is,  that  the  word  ''seems  to  be  used 
in  the  sense  of  *  first-fruits  *  or  '  initiation.' "  Can 
any  of  your  correspondents  give  me  another  in- 
stance of  the  word  being  usea  in  this  way  P 

F.  D.  M. 

Liturgical  Query. — Can  any  of  your  Catholic 
readers  inform  me  when  XheOfficium  Deftmctcrum 
in  its  present  form  was  first  used,  and  (if  known) 
by  whom  it  was  composed  ?  And  especially,  how 
early  in  the  history  of  the  Church  can  traces  be 
found  of  the  use  of  the  De  Profundis  and  of  lec- 
tions from  the  book  of  Job.  in  connection  with  the 
obsequies  of  the  departed  P         Sarisburisnsis. 

Maimed  Soldiers. — On  June  13, 1659,  a  com- 
mittee of  the  House  of  Commons  was  ordered  to 
prepare 

*'  A  list  of  the  names  of  maimed  soldiers  and  widows 
now  in  pay  in  the  Savoy  and  Ely  house ;  and  of  what 
country  each  of  them  severally  are :  what  pensions  are 
payable  to  them,  and  how  they  may  be  provided  for  in 
the  several  counties  or  otherwise." — Com,  Jour,  vii.  682. 

Is  this  document  still  in  existence,  and  if  sO; 
where  ?  Edward  Peacock. 

Bottesford  Manor,  Brigg. 

Sir  John  Mason  {4'^  S.  vii.  365,  420.WI 
would  feel  extremely  obliged  if  P.  M.  could  tell 
me  whether  Sir  John  Mason  married  a  daughter 
of  the  Lord  Audley,  and  how  many  sons  he  had, 
and  what  is  known  of  their  descendants  in  the 
second  generation  ?  H.  M. 

Medals  of  Oliver  Cromwell. — I  should  be 
pleased  if  any  subscriber  could  throw  any  light 
upon  the  following  paragraph,  as  to  which  par- 
ticular medal  is  referred  to ;  whether  it  was  any 
die  of  Thomas  Simon's,  or  one  engraved  by  the 
Dutch  in  imitation  of  his : — 

"  Northampton  Mercury,  July  10th,  1738. 

London,  Jnly  6. 
**  A  Curious  Dye  of  Oliver  Cromwell,  cut  in  London 
during  bis  Usurpation,  was  lately  purchased  in  Flanden, 
and  brought  to  the  Tower,  where  the  Hon.  Richard  Anm- 
dell,  Esq.  has  given  leave  for  a  certain  Number  to  be 
struck  in  Gold  and  Silver  for  the  Curious."— Vide  NumU- 
nuUie  Chronicle,  old  series,  voL  xL  p.  103. 


NOTES  AND  QtJERIDS-  ii*^B.Yii.Juwmio,nu 


la  any  medal  known  to  exiat  like  that  engraved 
by  Vertue  in  his  Wotk^  of  J^wion,  plate  Xli: — 
^Bxnftll  oval,  size  1  inch  by  f  inch  ;  one  aide  only 
Dgraved ;  with  three-quurtwr  face  bust  to  right, 
i  ftrnaouj,  bare-lieaded.  Inscription:  "niTIlERTO. 
ATH  .  THE  .  LORD  .  HELPED  .  Ts.*^  No  medal 
^  tlie  kind  is  in  the  British  Mu$eurn,  and  I  have 
Herer  seen  or  nth^^rwise  hear^i  of  a  specimen.  I 
may  add  that  Vertue's  en«navin;r  is  merely  copied 
by  rinkyrton  in  his  MedafHc  Hi^onj, 

I  should  abo  be  thnnliful  to  receiye  any  other 
infonuntiou  respecting  unpublished  or  rare  coina 
and  medals  of  Oliver  Cromwell. 

Hekrt  W,  Henfrbt, 

Markbam  IldUfi^,  Brighton^ 

Pardon,  ICrUO.^The  following  fragment  \r  from 
the  Odding^ton  (Glouc.)  register:  — 

^* iiA  oxatinplcs  to  all  tbe  inhabitAnti 

.  ,  .  who  shall  daely  subscribe  iheir  names  lieretietn, 
«ntl  ,  ,  .  acceptation  of  the  said  Gracious  Ptirdon  to 
be  enf4«rQd.  ....  Registi^r  booke  of  pish  of  Odington 
aforoeajdf  and  hereunto  mbaenbe  oar  names  the  leavcnth 
day  of  June;  In  the  ycaro  of  cntr  Lord  one  Thoasand 
'xe  hundred  and  sixty  — 

Wfllinrn'Tray,  Minbtor  of  the  Gospel  at 
TMin^on. 

Job  in  r"     ,  ^'-  irchwardon. 

Kid  I  I  lu  Constable. 

John  <  \  iverseer  of  the  poor(^. 

John  tjtiv,  li^jbert  Groro.  John  Iini,  Jon'. 

Rohert  Uenlv,  WillUm  \Veal&, 

Will.  Barker> 

Can  any  one  supply  what  ia  wanting  from  any 
lik«  entry,  or  give  information  on  this  frag-ment  ?' 

Datiu  Rotce. 

Parish  Kegisters  op  Barbados  (4*''  S.  vii. 
387.) — Will  A.  please  give  an  account  <\t  these 
registers^  their  present  condition,  earliest  dates, 
and  aome  of  the  earlier  names  ?  l>rn*.i  the  name 
of  Cutt  or  Cutt^,  of  Floel  or  Ilowell,  and  of 
Vaughnn,  occur  in  tbem  ?  T. 

Professions.— I  shall  be  glad  to  be  referred  to, 
or  to  rt3ceive  from,  aorae  correiipondent  an  accurate 
definition  of  the  word  professimt  as  deecribing  the 
mode  by  whioh  a  man  earns  hia  livelihood.  I  do 
not  tiad  it  in  the  newe.^t  dictionaries  or  encTclo- 
p.TdiftB,  The  **  learned  **  profeaaionB  are,  I  know, 
divinity,  law,  and  phyaic;  but  there  its  also  the 
**  profession  of  arms,"  which  applies,  f  snppoee, 
equally  to  the  army  and  navy ;  and  many  others 
claim  to  be  included  in  the  class  of  professional 
men^  as  accountants,  architect*,  auctioneers,  whose 
status  is  at  present  ill-defined.  W.  Q.  J. 

A.  U.  Club. 


The  Athmetum^  but  have  not  succ^^  -- 

covering  its  pre'^ent  pli\ce  of  deposit.  it 

the  lateGeorge  Piym©,  M,R,  muat  h  .4 

It  at  Home  period  of  his  life,  for  in > 

graphic  Mecolkcticrm^  p.  4,  are  aome  exuaculiott 
it  relating  to  his  own  family.  Can  it  be  pQiAI» 
that  among  his  papers  may  be  fotmd  &  auno- 
randum  stating  who  is  the  preieiit  OfwnerP 

EBwamD  Pbaooci, 

SEtDEK*s  Ballads^  stc.^ — The  last  lame  of  lb 
Surtees  Society,  the  Diar^  of  AbrcAam  4i  k 
Pry  me,  the  JSatJield  AnUfpmrtf]  contjuna  a  itith 
ment  that — 

^'  Mr.  Selden,  the  famous  aatlauaix,  ff*tii«rid  ap  d 
the  old  ballt'ts  be  could  meet  with,  and  wmiUt  faoM 
there  was  moro  truth  in  them  than  tliara  frat  in  wa^d 
our  hiftorian>."— P.  67. 

This  memorandam  waa  mnAe  in  Angofk,  I6l6t 
Sel den's  books  are  most  of  them  in  tli<>  Bd&ii^ 
but  I  do  not  think  hi^  collection  of  balltii  ii 
among  them.     Can  any  one  tell  wbero  it  uf 

It  is  atated  in  another  place  — 

that  the  preabtterl  1  '  hive  latdty  eavt 

niiole  hmhj  of  :   by  Clti  ' 


hangman,  and  with 
Earth:* 


_   .Vcw   TkofTf  ^1k 


Sandtojt  Rbgistf.r.  —  The  register  of  the 
French  chapel  of  Sandtoft,  on  the  level  of  Hatfield 
Chaae,  was  in  existence  within  the  lost  fiflty  or 
sixty  years.  I  have  made  inquiries  for  it  through 
the  medinm  of  "  N.  k  Q.,"  •  of  The  Tinm  and 

[•  See  S^J  a  iv.  71,  99 ;  4'**  S.  r.  505.] 


Bid  this  reallj  happen^  or  ia  it  but  a  bit  of  i^ 
gossip  P  A.aV.K 

AjfCiBKT  Service.  — In  a  tliirtaenth-Cfiitar 
Psalter^—wbich  has  for  centurit*a  been  in  &glui( 
being  still  in  its  Sfteenth-century  Bogliah  1ri]i4ii|; 
and  having  as  usual  the  word  "papa^'  and  thi!  dboi 
of  **  S.  Thos.  Cant''  erased — ^there  are  the  folloirtaf 
names,  whose  country  and  datisa  I  should  likf  b 
know :  G  alii  can  us,  Momelphus ;  Gtindulphiii  at 
Guadulphu«,  Arnulphus,  Trudo  Oda^  FoULnna 
Chunibert,  itlodesanJis.  Is  it  An^rlo-Nonnifl? 
In  the  Litany  is  a  prayer  "Pro  esercitu  Fi«- 
cortiui.'- 

2.  At   the  end  is  a  very    long  eemea— 
nativitate  B.  M.  YLrg.";  in  wlnrli.  Lv  wnr  ^f* 
v«r8ation,  we  have :  "VoxCIt 
**  Vox  eoclesifB  ad  Christum  '  .  -     , 

adolescentulos."      Wen?   tbeae  penontfttad  m 
miracle  pla3's  ?    Is  this  service  known  f 

I  CI 


LORD  PALMERSTON^S  DISMISSAL  ] 
OFFICE. 
(4^''  S.  V.  576;  vi.  3S,  121,  204,  288.) 

If  I  have  not  sooner  replied  to  ibe  ibor^M 
as  you  well  know,  dear  Mr,  Editor^  bi'iiw  IJ 
only  now  coming  into  the  pitiiuving  jhmsM^ 
the  numbers  of  '^N,  &  Q.'^  which  apfiMUtl^ 
ing  the  war,  and  the  No.  144  I  was  iM^#| 
only  just  reached    mc  —  Qod     kmiwi  fil  « 


4«kB.VILJuins  10,71.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


497 


horrible  cucamstaaoes,  when  one's  mind  is  oyer- 
whelmed  by  the  unheard-of  calamities  of  our 
beloved  Paris  !  One  can  think  on  little  else,  as 
you  will  OMily  conceive  when — 

"  Proximns  ardet 
Ucalegon !  '* 

and  that  at  every  moment  you  may  learn  that 
your  own  house  is  petroltzed  and  on  ire.  Still  I 
must  needs  seek  for  some  diversion  to  my  too 
painful  thoughts. 

In  speaking  (p.  204)  of  Lord  Palmerston's  dis- 
™i<M"^1|  I  did  m  fact  transcribe  the  note  'literal  as 
it  is,"  and  I  very  respectfully  venture  to  say  to 
your  venerable  correspondent  (for,  if  I  err  not,  it 
was  E.  L.  S.  who  said  somewhere  in  '^N.  &  Q." 
^  I  have  a  more  than  boyish  remembrance  of  the 
noddy  as  far  back  as  1791  ")  I  see  nothing  in  my 
note  that  could  induce  hini  to  think  '*  it  might 
have  been,*"  much  less  that  it  could  '' certainly 
appear  to  him  "  what  the  French  journalists  call  a 
eomm%iniquS ;  but  we  are  always  inclined  to  believe 
what  we  wish.  Some  day  I  hope  to  be  able  to 
eammmiiquer  to  you,  Mr.  Editor,  Lord  Palmorston's 
original  to  Wfdewski  by  way  of  proving  my 
"  voudier." 

In  the  first  part  of  E.  L.  S/s  note  (p.  288) 
your  worthy  correspondent  says,  "The  ^Vench 
ambassador  m  London,  who  was  Uiereby  made  as 
thorough  a  traitor,*^  &c. :  but  in  the  second  he 
aays,  *' Walewski  (whose  innoccttce  of  the  coup  is 
a  curious  ingredient  in  the  matter.")  Innocence 
and  treason  are  far  apart — 

''  Utmm  homm  mavis  acdpe ! " 

Now  allow  me  to  transcribe  a  passage  from  The 
SUmdard  at  that  period.    It  is  intituled 

"  Lord  Palmenton^i  Resignation  Explained, — Wo  have 
TtasoD  to  believe  that  the  following;  is  a  correct  account 
of  the  cause  and  manner  of  Lord  Palmerston^s  resigna- 
tion : — On  8rd  of  December,  the  day  nftcr  Louis  Napo- 
leon's coup  d'Httt,  Count  Walewski  saw  Ix)rd  Palmerston, 
and  in  the  way  of  conversation  entered  into  the  reasons 
whicfa  had  induced  the  President  to  adopt  so  bold  and 
coEtraordiDary  a  measure,  discussed  the  previous  anoma- 
lous state  of  parties  in  France,  and  the  rival  claims  of 
the  Lepitimist*,  Orleanist.>«,  and  Socialists,  the  assertion 
of  which  by  either  party  tended  directly  to  a  ciWl  war, 
and  finally  assured  Lord*  Pal merston  of  the  earnest  desire 
<if  the  President  to  maintain  friendlj-  relations  with  the 
Bnglish  government.  Lord  Palmeriiton  replied  that  he 
had  only  heard  of  the  coup  d'etat  through  the  newspapers, 
that  it  was  neither  the  policv  nor  the  intention  of  her 
Majesty's  government  to  meddle  with  the  internal  affairs 
of  France,  that  no  doubt  the  state  of  parties  in  France 
was  inimical  to  the  stability  of  the  Republic,  and  that  it 
mpeared  to  him  the  saooess  of  the  President  would  save 
ft«noe  firom  a  civil  war,  and  was  therefore  preferable  to 
the  triumph  of  anv  of  the  other  parties.  This  conversa- 
tion took  place  before  any  of  the  details  of  the  coup  d'^t 
wmi)  known  in  England,  and,  we  believe,  Count  Wa- 
lawaki  immediately  communicated  the  substance  of  it  to 
Ua  own  government.  Either  on  the  same  day,  or  within 
one  or  two  days  after,  Count  Walewski  saw  Lord  John 
Bnssdl,  Lord  J^nsdowne,  Lord  Grey,  and  Sir  Charles 


Wood,  ail  of  whom  expressed  themselves  substantially  to 
the  same  effect  as  Lord  Palmerston.  A  despatch  after- 
wards arrived  from  the  Marquis  of  Normanbv,  inquiring 
if  we  were  to  recognise  the  government  of  Louis  Napo- 
leon ;  which,  as  a  matter  of  course,  was  promptly  replied 
to  in  the  affirmative  by  the  Cabinet.  Lord  Xormanby 
formally  communicated  this  answer  to  the  French  Foreign 
Office  on  Saturday,  6  th  December.  The  French  govern- 
ment, which  was  not  too  friendly  with  the  noble  marquif, 
was  nettled  at  the  delay,  and  took  occasion  to  inform  him 
that  they  had  been  aware,  some  davs  previously,  of  the 
friendly  dispositions  of  the  English  Cabinet;  at  the  same 
time  conveying  to  him  verbally  their  ambassador's  ac- 
count of  his  conversation  with  Lord  Palmerston.  Upon 
receiving  this  intelligence  Lord  Normanby,  it  is  said, 
wrote  to  Lord  John  Russell  in  a  tone  of  complaint  A 
correspondence  thereupon  ensued  between  Lord  John 
Russell  and  Lord  Palmerston;  the  former  requiring  to 
know  whether  Lord  Palmerston  had  had  anj'  conversa- 
tion with  Count  Walewski  without  the  previous  know- 
ledge of  the  Cabinet,  and  the  latter  avowing  that  he  had, 
and  averring  that  it  would  be  impossible  to  carry  on  the 
duties  of  his  office  if  the  Foreign  Minister  had  to  consolt 
his  colleagues  prior  to  every  conversation  between  him  and 
a  foreign  ambassador.  The  result  of  this  correspondence 
was,  that  Lord  Palmerston  was  requested  to  resign— an 
event  which  we  believe  was  as  startling  to  everj'  one  of 
the  Cabinet,  except  the  noble  Premier  (though  afterwards 
submitted  to  by  tnem),  as  it  was  to  the  whole  of  Europe. 
It  would  appear,  therefore,  that  Lord  John  Russell  con- 
sidered that  a  Secretary  of  State  for  Foreign  Aflairs  is 
not  justified  in  holding  a  conversation  with  a  foreign 
ambassador  upon  a  subject  connected  with  his  depart- 
ment without  the  previous  sanction  of  the  Cabinet;  but 
that  it  is  competent  to  a  first  minister  to  dispense  with 
the  services  of  so  important  a  member  of  the  government 
as  the  Foreign  Secretary,  without  any  previous  commu- 
nication with  the  Cabinet ;  and  to  dispense  with  hU  ser- 
vices also,  for  doing  precisely  what  the  first  minister 
himself  and  others  of  his  colleagues  had  done." — 
Standard, 

But,  as  "one  good  turn  deserves  another,"  in 
Feb.  1852,  Lord  John  Russell,  who  ha^J  thus 
ousted  Lord  Palmerston,  was  Iwaten  in  the  House 
(see  The  Titnes)  on  an  amendment  of  Lord  Pal- 
merston, and  forthwith  resigned.  P.  A.  L. 


MURAL  PAIXTING  IN  STARSTON  CHURCH, 

NORFOLK. 
(4}^  S.  vi.  gMssim:  Tii.  40,  172,  245,  368,  410.) 

F.  C.  H.  replies  to  my  communication  at  p.  410 
with  no  little  heat.  Were  it  not  so,  I  mignt  be 
disposed  to  express  a  regret  that  anything  should 
have  fallen  from  me  to  awaken  his  susceptibilities. 
As  it  is,  his  tone,  to  speak  mildly,  is  such  as  to 
relieve  me  from  any  ''compunctious  visitinga.^' 
I  have  "  invented,''  says  he,  "  a  new  theory  "  on 
this  subject.  The  old'  "  theory "  is  not  then,  I 
suppose,  "  invented "  by  himself.  As  he  atill 
clings  pertinaciously  to  it,  it  is  due  to  Aim,  to 
myself,  and  to  your  readers,  that  I  should  now 
prove,  what  I  llefore  asserted,  that  it  is  utterly 
«  untenable." 

First,  then,  I  must  refer  to  the  narrative  of  the 
'*  Death  and  Assumption  of  the  Viririn,*'  as  ffiven 


given 


498 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


io  the  Letfmda  Aw^a.  Your  limited  space  for- 
bids me  to  quote  in  ejtefuo,  I  shall  tberefore  only 
take  one  little  pasaago  which  is  apt,  and  is  of 
itself  destructive  of  R  C.  11. 's  **  theory  "  fts  it 
shows  that  the  soul  of  the  Virgin  was  immedi- 
ately received  by  the  arms  of  Chmt,  therefofe  not 
as  in  the  Starston  painting.  Thus  the  legend, 
**  eicque  MarifB  anima  de  corpore  eCTeditur  et  m 
uhim  Jiiii  advohvH,^*  &c.  Of  the  mterpretation 
thftt  art  gave  to  tiie  history  I  shall  now  speak. 
The  subject  ba^  two  phases ;  one,  the  assumption 
of  the  soul,  the  other  that  of  the  body.  It  is  of 
course  the  first  that  F.  C.  H,  refeisi  to.  In  the 
Guide  of  the  Ureek  Church  pubiiabed  by  M.Didron, 
which  contains  ancient  formula  for  the  artiat's  use, 
is  found  this  one  i — 

*^  A  house-  In  the  iiudst  the  holy  Virgin,  dead,  laid 
npon  ii  bed,  the  handa  crossed  upon  her  breast.  On  each 
aide,  Dear  the  tied,  great  torches  and  lighted  tapers.  Be- 
fore the  bed,  a  Hebrew,  whww  hands,  cut  oft;  are  attached 
to  the  bed,  and  near  him  an  angel  with  a  naked  sword. 
At  the  feet  of  the  holy  Virgin,  S.  Peter  (sensing  with  a 
Cfinser,  At  her  head  S!  Paul  and  S.  John  the  Evangelist, 
who  embrace  it.  AJl  around  the  other  Apoatlea  and  the 
holy  bi-*hofv!i«  S.  Deni^,  the  Areopagite,  Jerothy  and 
Timothy  hnldinf?  the  Gospela.  Women  in  tears.  Above ^ 
Christ  holding  in  hi*  amtt  £Ae  toul  of  iA«  koi^  Virgin 
chtked  t»  white/* 

lix  Afi^incourt's  Hhtoire  de  VAH^  ete,^  Is  an 
engraving  from  a  Ruthenic  picture  of  this  subject, 
date  the  eleventh  century.  It  exhibits  a  treat- 
ment very  similar  to  the  above  formula,  having 
the  incident  of  the  Hebrew,  the  ani^el  with  the 
Bwordj  the  Virprin  on  a  bed  or  bier  with  anna 
crossed  ;  above,  Christ  within  an  irradiated  aureole, 
holdijip-  the  aoul  of  the  Virgin*  Thus  the  narra- 
tive, the  formula,  and  the  illustrationa  are  in 
accord.  But  to  show  the  pcraistence  of  eccle- 
siastical art  conventions,  in  my  copy  of  the  Catti- 
Itgtu  Srtttctorunf^  date  If^tB,  is  a  email  woodcut 
having  the  same  general  treatment,  though  with 
the  omisaion  of  some  minor  details ;  the  main 
features  are  the  same^  although  tivc  centuries 
stand  between  them.  I  cite  the^  instances  as  ready 
to  my  hand,  but  any  one  having  the  time  will  add 
plenty  others  to  this  list  in  one  morning's  study 
amongst  the  MSS.  in  the  British  Museum.  In 
France,  the  west  fronts  of  Amiens,  Notre  Dame  at 
Paris,  and  very  many  others,  will  supply  examples 
of  like  character.  In  fact  there  is  no  subject  in 
medinjval  art  upon  which  there  is  less  excuse  for 
error  than  m  this.    But  it  is  a  curious  fact,  and 

3>t  on  the  present  occasion,  to  note  that  M, 
idpoD,  in  his  Icotioffraphie  ChrMiennef  warns  us 
not  to  confound  the  Assumption  of  the  Viigin 
TKith  that  of  St.  Mary  Magdalene.  F.  C.  H,  rerere 
to  two  woodcuts  in  his  poasesaion  representing  the 
**  Death  of  the  Virgin,  which  he  says  are  treated 
like  the  Starston  painting.  But  he  does  not  say 
if  be  there  ee^s  the  soul  being  conveyed  by  angels 
m  a  simil.nr  mann«^r.     In  fact  he  implies  the  con- 


trary when  he  says  he  merely  referred  to  that 
incident  as  corroborative.  So  far,  however,  fawa 
It  being  "  corroborative,"  it  is  of  itaelf  di 
of  his  "  theory."  But  for  that  he  might 
case,  though  a  feeble  one ;  with  that  it  * 
impossible,  as  the  narrative  in  the  lei^  _ 
show.  He  tells  us  the  figure  holding  the 
agrees  with  representations  of  St.  Peter. 
the  exception  of  one  point,  the  tonsuie,  it 
with  every  example  I  have  seen,  and  witff  tin 
characteristic  type  so  well  known  in  med is&i 
For  the  latter  I  refer  to  an  instance  in 

ston's  work  on  Painted  Glms^  as  well  a«  ^ 

brass  at  Upper  Hardres,  Kent,  published  by  mi 
self.  Both  agree  with  each  other,  though  of  dt 
ferent  dates,  in  that  typical  treatment  by  which 
this  saint  is  known.  The  figure  with  dmed 
hands  is  St.  James^  but  which  of  the  two  he  doo 
not  say.  It  is  immaterial ;  there  is  no  distiih 
guishing  character.  The  figure  in  the  oope  is  St 
John :  but  St.  John  is  always  represented,  exeepi 
when  at  Patmos,  as  a  youth  with  flowing  or  carted 
hair.  I  have  two  tracings  from  painted  pliwp,  t 
drawing  from  a  figure  in  Henry  ^^I,*s  CMyl 
and  several  examples  from  brasses,  all  haviu.  il 
same  character.  The  figure  in  the  Staistoo  pumS- 
ing  is  (I  think)  tonsured ;  St.  John,  in  m  lat- 
perieace,  is  never  so.  But  I  have  called  tit 
cope  a  chasuble.  F.  C.  H.  says,  having  wnm  ^oi 
for  half  a  century,  he  ought  to  know  wbal  t 
chasuble  is.  Very  possibly ;  but  if  the  oharalit 
was  that  extremely  ugly,  stiff^  ungmnly  vegtmal 
now  80  usually  worn,  1  could  not  be  surpristidif 
he  did  not  see  one  in  th©  Starston  planting.  " 
experiences  are  from  the  thirteentn,  fourii 
and  fifteenth  centuries.  But  whj  does  ' 
point  out  the  other  Apostles  P    For  insf 

Paul^-a  figure  never  to  be  mistaken  in  nu , 

art — and  who,  of  course,  he  knows  should  be 
sent?  I  wiU  answer:  because  he  is  nt^t  tlim. 
Instead  of  St.  Paul,  he  points  out  the  lady  **  8e»*, 
phia,''  on  which  I  shall  say  no  more  than  this:  it 
IS  the  first  time  she  ha9  ever  made  her  anpe«jiMi{ 
in  this  subject,  and  I  doubt  not  it  wflfbe  tbi 
last. 

Not  having  the  engraving  by  my  side,  I  uihi. 
postpone  a  reply  on  the  joints  raised  by  F,  C.  Hi«| 
but  I  will  here  say  that  if  he  sucx:eeda  in  el 
me  such  weaknesses  in  my  "  theory  ^  ae  to  . 
it  as  untenable  as  I  have  shown  his  to  be,  I  vill 
throw  it  away  at  once  to  foUow  hia.     Pn>babl?«i 
shall  tben»  by  clearing  the  ground,  be  more  Jui^ 
to  arrive  at  the  truth,  and  by  ^*  indii^cticiaiM 
direction.'*  out."     I  trust  it  will  be  long  en  Of 
mind  arrives  at  that  unhealthy,  inehutie  itti» 
which  would  lead  me  to  hold,  for  a  sin|^o 
to  that  which  baa  proved  to  be  an  error.    I 
claim,  a  portion  of  your  space  on  a  future 
which  m  the  more  necessary  as  F.  C.  IL, 
a  want  of  good  faith,  on  my  |karty  TCspeeti^gll* 


4*»»S.Va  Jy3«EiO,TlO 


NOTES  AND  QUEBIES. 


49S 


lafrend  of  St.  Mary  Magdalene.    I  shall  ahow,  by 

a  qtiolation  firom  my  authority,  that  it  is  as  un^ 

waxranted  tia  it  is  imwarraQtable. 

68,  Bolflover  Stwt,  W.  J.  O.  Waller. 

{Totte  conehidtd  m  our  next} 


THE  PASSIKG  BELU 
(4'*»  S.  vii.  388.) 

The  peculimities  reepectinj^  the  (now  so-called) 
pftsiiin^-ben  are  far  more  numerouB  than  J.  A.  G. 
can  imaipne,  both  as  regards  the  tolling  to  dis- 
tinguish the  sexes^  and  also  the  time,  fm  the  fol* 
lowing  cases  wiU  show. 

At  Bangor  Iscoed,  in  Flintshire,  the  bell  is 
tolled  twelve  hours  after  death,  and  then  the  dis- 
tinction of  five  tolls  for  a  girl,  six  for  a  boy,  seven 
for  a  woman,  and  eight  for  a  man ;  and  in  the 
Cheshire  churches  we  find  that  at  Bowdon  a 
minute-bell  is  tolled  at  six  oVlock  every  evening 
preceding  the  day  of  interment ;  while  at  Wren- 
Vury  the  beU  tolls  every  morning  in  the  interval 
between  decease  and  interment,  and  at  ten  o*clock 
for  an  hour  on  the  day  of  the  funeral,  if  requeated. 
At  Tarvin  tlie  bell  is  tolled  the  night  before  the 
funeral  for  persons  above  seven  years  of  age,  and 
on  the  morning  for  persons  under  seven;  at  Lower 
Peover,  the  evening  before  the  funeral  for  an  hour, 
from  aeven  to  eight  for  six  months  of  the  year, 
and  from  six  to  seven  the  other  bix  months ;  at 
the  end  of  the  hour  the  six  bells  are  tolled  each 

three  times  for  a  male,  twice  for  a  female ;  whilst 

^B^  Alderley  the  tolling  is  only  for  twenty  minutes 
^Bbe  preceding  evening,  when  the  same  distin- 
■Sniifiiiing  strohes  are  given  as  at  Peover.  At 
BBedbury  the  tolling  is  in  the  evening  before  the 
Ibneral  at  eight  o'clock,  after  which  the  distin- 
guishing tolls  of  hve  for  a  child,  seven  for  a 
woman,  and  nine  for  a  man  are  given.  At  Acton 
the  tolling  takes  place  the  preceding  evening,  after 
whirh,  on  the  smaller  bell,  is  given  one  stroke  for 
a  child,  t%vo  for  a  woman,  and  three  for  a  man. 
At  Church  Hulme  a  bell  is  tolled  the  night  before 
the  funeral  for  an  hour,  after  which  each  of  the 
six  bells  is  struck  three  times,  and  three  times 
Tound  if  the  deceased  be  a  male,  either  a  child  or 
man,  and  twice  round  if  it  be  a  female.  At  Til- 
«ton  all  the  four  bells  are  *' knocked  round"  in 
aucct?8sion,  beginning  with  No.  4,  three  times  if 
the  death  is  that  of  a  male,  twice  if  that  of  a 
female,  each  bell  being  struck  twelve  or  fifteen 
times  In  succession;  and  on  the  morning  of  the 
fimera],  bell  No.  1  is  tolled  for  a  certain  time 
(Moording  to  circumstances)  till  the  corpse  is  in 
dlgllt«  when  all  the  bells  are  chimed  till  the  pro- 
oemon  stops  at  tbe  lych  gate.  At  Eastham  the 
dIatinctloQ  is  given  by  three  times  three  for  a 
tamle^  and  three  times  two  for  a  female.  At  Brom- 
bofough  a  dt/ferest  introductory  ringing  to  dis- 


tinguish the  BeXf  and  then  the  age  of  the  deceased 
in  years  is  tolled ;  while  at  Davenham,  the  evening 
"before  the  funeral,  three  strokes  for  a  male  and 
two  for  a  female  are  given  on  the  four  bells,  after 
which  a  number  of  single  strokes  are  givon 
amounting  to  tbe  age  of  deceased. 

At  Audi  em  a  peal  of  three  or  four  bells  ia 
rung  as  soon  as  tne  funeral  cortege  is  seen  ap- 
proaching. At  Coppenhall  the  bell  is  tolled  the 
evening  before  a  funonil,  and  chimed  in  the  morn- 
ing when  the  body  comes  within  a  short  distance 
of  the  church.  At  Wettenhall  the  tolling  takes 
place  on  tbe  removal  of  a  body  from  any  house  on 
the  green  for  interment,  whether  at  the  parish  or 
any  neighbouring  church ;  and  at  Wybunbury  the 

Sasstng  bell  ifl  not  rung  (I  believe)  except  on  the 
eath  of  one  of  a  family  named  Cobbe, 
'*  Trentals  or  trigintals  were  a  number  of  masses, 
to  the  tale  of  thirty,  said  on  account,  according  to 
a  certain  order  instituted    by  St.   Gregory/^ — 
Ayliffe,  Parergmu 

**  At  Morn  and  Even,  beaidca  tbeir  anthems  sweet, 
Thdr  psay  Mjuses,  and  iheir  Complynea  mectt 
Their  Dirges,  their  Trentah,  and  their  Sbrifta, 
Tbdr  Meraori<98»  their  Singings,  and  their  Gifta." 
Spenaer'a  3Sothtr  HuhhenT»  Tale. 

Cbstter,  Eobeet  Morris. 

Surely  thre©  times  three  tolls  for  a  man,  three 
times  two  for  a  woman,  must  have  been  explained 
in  some  of  the  former  volumes  of  *^  N.  &  Q." 

H.  T.  E. 

An  old  homily  for  Trinity  Sunday  declares  that 
the  form  of  the  Trinity  was  found  in  man:  that 
Adam,  our  forefather  of  the  earth,  was  the  first 
person  ;  Eve  of  Adam,  the  second  person.  Further, 
at  tbe  death  of  a  man  three  bells  were  to  be  rung 
as  his  knell  in  worship  of  the  Trinity,  and  two 
bells  for  a  woman,  as  the  second  person  of  the 
Trinity.  See  Fosbroke,  ed.  1843,  p.  267 ;  Honeys 
Evert/flai/  Bonk^  voL  i.  p.  724  j  also  Penni/  Cyc/o- 
pmlia^  vol  iv.  p.  188.)  G,  IL  T, 


8E0DOUNE,  SEGGIDUN,  ETC. 
(4"»  S.  vil.  S90,) 

As  one  who  reads  by  what  has  been  called  "the 
false  light  of  Celtic  resemblances,"  I  hardly  think 
your  correspondent  Espedahe  will  be  much  edi- 
fied with  my  views  in  regard  to  the  names  about 
which  he  desires  my  opinion.  Sigge  was  a  title 
of  Odin,  and  was  also  a  proper  name  borne  by  the 
Northmen,  Segdoune,  the  site  of  the  abbey  of 
Kilwinning,  Segdoun  or  Seggiedun  *  near  Perth, 

•  The  Northmen,  «fter  their  converHion  ta  Chriathuuty, 
retained  certain  forms  of  their  idolntroujt  womb i p.  It  U 
not  inipoflsible  tb»t  Seggiedun  tnay  hftvo  de^df^ated  lb« 
h  Ul  or  eminonce  on  which  uader  tbia  title  they  worshipped 
their  gud  Odin. 


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[4«*S.VII.JuHKlO,7L 


now  called  Seggieden,  seem  to  contiun  the  Norsk 
personal  name  Sigf?e,  and  Scandinavian  dun  from 
the  Gothic  idwi*  a  mountain  or  precipice.  Fer- 
gusson  mentions  the  place  called  SipQcthivaifey^ 
for  which  he  cites  the  authority  of  an  ancient 
charter  of  Shap  Ahbey.  Thivaitc,  Norwepian 
thveitf  Danish  teed,  a  piece  of  land  cleared  in  a 
forest.  In  this  we  find  an  explanation  of  the  ter- 
minal portion  of  the  Pictish  place-name  Fortevht, 
absurdly  called  Celtic.  J  There  is  Sigtun  in 
Sweden,  probably  derived  from  this  appellative 
of  Odin  used  as  a  personal  name.  '*  Gamock," 
Glengamock,§  are  also  Norse.  Many  Scotch  rivers 
are  designated  from  personal  names  of  the 
Northmen.  Some  rivers  were  named  from  the 
adjacent  lands,  more  frequently  place-names  from 
the  rivers.  There  are  the  Garry  =  Scand.  personal 
name  Gari,  and  Crummen  =  personal  name  Kruniy 
and  Old  Norse  din,  the  river.  Rspedare  dis- 
courses of  "  ancient  works  of  a  Celtic  race  by  no 
means  uncommon  in  the  district."  Whore  are 
these,  and  by  what  evidence  has  their  Celtic 
origin  been  determined  ? 

Although  not  immediately  related  to  the  sub- 
ject of  inquiry,  I  would  remark,  in  pa5»sing,  a  name 
mentioned  by  your  correspondent,  viz.  **  Edward 
Biom,"  High  Constable  under  David  I.,||    this, 

*  It  is  ridiculous  to  call  a  term  Otitic  which  is  found 
in  every  dialect  of  the  Teutonic.  Tlic  Gotha,  Teutons, 
Picts  or  early  Scandinavians,  S<'andinavians  proper 
(Danes  and  Xorthmen),  and  Anfi:lo-Saxons  (improperly 
80  calle<i),  one  and  all  u.sed  this  word ;  the  G««ths  anil 
Picts  apparently  in  the  ft)rnis  (»f  iV/wn,  c/mw,  and  duwl — 
tbo  last  identical  with  the  Sanscrit,  f'ruoi  whicli,  or  I'roin 
some  dialect  nearly  related,  an',  descended  the  Greek, 
Gothic,  and  Slavonic :  for  example,  the  name  t)f  the  rock 
(now  removeii)  which  pave  its  name  to  tljo  town  of 
Dundee  was  originally  called  Z>ri;uic  =  Sanscrit,  (iothic, 
dumt,  and  e  or  a,  water,  a  river. 

t  There  is  also  Seg«;ic',  Kinrossshire  ;  Seg^jie,  Fif«» ;  Sep- 
giehole,  Lanark ;  Seggat,  Aberdeen ;  Sej^piecrook,  Itanll. 
X  The  name  Teviotdale  has  obviously  the  same  origin. 
§  Mit.  Cir.vujfocK  tells  us  (see  "  X.  &  C^.,"  4*''  S.  iv. 
52*2)  that  •'  the  word  (Jltn  can  have  lume  other  than  a 
Celtic  orij;in,''  a  statement  wliich  I  would  counsel  the 
reader  to  accept  cum  <jrano  sulis.  Gothic  and  Icelandic 
(/i7,  a  ravine  or  fissure  of  a  moimtain,  from  NorMi  //////v,  to 
open  out,  to  tear  asunder,  Icelandic  and  l)ani«*h  deiinite 
articles  hinn  (in  composition  inn),  r/i,  GU-inn,  Uil-cn  = 
the  ravine,  in  the  obsolete  Gothic  speech  which  mingles 
with  the  liinguage  called  \Vel>»h,  (wl-yn.  The  old-fa-shioned 
natives  of  Korfarshire  pronounce,  or  did  so  in  time  past, 
this  word  in  two  syllables,  (!il-in ;  in  England,  and  in 
the  modern  dialect  of  the  Scottish  Lowlands,  modilied  to 
Glen.  Ttntc :  (ilenr/f)«ar,  Glen/ocArr,  Glenrov,  Glencir*/-e/, 
Glen/fmir/,  and  a  host  of  others.  Norse  personal  names, 
Gunnar,  Loker,  IIn»i,  Arnkell,  Finnr. 

11  Mr.  Cosmo  Innes  says  that,  long  1>}foro  this  reign, 
high  officers  of  state  ami  attendants  of  the  court  were 
SuLon  or  Danisb,of  whom,  among  others  during  this  king's 
reign  and  that  of  his  brother  f^lgar,  he  gives  the  names 
Ult,  Hemming,  Eamulf,  Oter,  llior,  Algar,  Osbem,  Cnut, 
Carl,  Ogga,  Sweio,  Eilav,  Hwite,  Alwin  fitz  Arkil,  Osolf, 
Orm,  Dodin,  one  and  all  Scandinavian. 


with  scarcely  any  change,  being  the  ScaQdinavian 
Biom.  J.  Ck.  R. 

Cowel  (Interpreter)  gives  Segedimum  =  Seghill, 
in  Northumberland  ;5Segelocum  and  Segelogum= 
Aulert  and  Littleborrow,  co.  Nottingham,'  and 
Agio,  CO.  Lincoln ;  and  Sigtima,  Segorbe  (*S<y- 
ohriffa)f  Segovia,  Segeberg,  Siegberg,  Seckiogen. 
Seckenheim,  are  local  names  in  Continental 
Europe.  Some  of  tlh^se  may  be  from  A.-S.  $i4fe^ 
segey  sigor,  victory,  triumph ;  0.  Norsk  siar,  Franc 
et  Alam.  sigo,  lories,  et  0.  G.  sieg  (whence  the 
proper  names  Sigimerus,  Sigismimdus,  Sigebertiu, 
Sigericus).  Sige-diin  might  be  rendered  "  hill  of 
victory";  but  it  is  more  probable  that  most  of 
these  geographical  names  are  from  a  river  name. 
Siegburg,  in  R.  Prussia,  is  said  to  have  its  name 
from  the  river  Sieg  (anc  Segus),  Conf.  Siegen,  in 
Westphalia,  on  the  Sie^  or  Siegen  ^  Siegenbui]^, 
in  Bavaria ;  Siegelsbach,  in  Baden.  Sieg,  as  a  river 
name,  may  be  etymologically  the  same  name  as 
Tag,  the  letters  t  and  s  and  y  and  a  being  respec- 
tively interchangeable.  R.  S.  CiiARXOd. 

Gray's  Inn. 

P.S.  tSig  is  the  name  of  two  rivers  of  Algeria; 
and  Sign  of  a  river  and  town  of  MauritaauL 


THE  ORIGIN  OF  ARCHBISHOP  STAFFOBa 
(4»'»  S.  vu.  25a,  350.) 

The  register  of  Canterbury  Cathedral  recoidi 
in  its  list  of  obits  there  celebrated,  "  4  non.  Sept, 
Kmma  Stafford,  mater  Dni  Jobannis  Stafford, 
Archpi.'*  Iler  name,  then,  was  Stafford :  and  if 
the  archbishop  was  a  son  of  Sir  Humphrey  Stif- 
ford,  he  was  apparently  a  legitimate  one.    Sop- 

Ensinjr,  then,  that  Sir"  Tlumphrey  StatTord  wi* 
is  f^ither,  which  Sir  Humphrey  was  it  of  the 
three  who  follow  in  succession  ? 

Humphrey  (1)  married  the  daughter  and  heir 

of Gremvil,  and  widow  of  John  Cobham  d 

Blakeburgh.  She  was  dead  July  li>,  14L'0,  tad 
there  is  a  presumption  that  her  name  was  Kathe- 
rine. 

Humphrey  (2),  sumamed  Silverhand,  who  diid 
1413,  before  Nov.  28,  married  Elizaboth,  daoffh- 
ter  of  Robert  Cefrewast,  and  widow  of  John 
Maltravers,  junior;  she  died  1413,  the  sameyetr 
as  her  husband. 

Humphrev  (3)  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  and 
coheir  of  Sir  John  Maltravers  and  Elizaheth 
above-named,  between  1380  and  131^ :  she  died 
after  1417,  ho  in  or  about  1419. 

John  Stafford  was  consecrated  Archbiahoprf 
Canterbury  in  1443,  succeeding  Chichele,  anddM 
May  35, 1452.    The  evidence  of  dates  tends  if  i 
show  that  he  was  the  son  of  No.  2  (if  of  d*  j 
family  at  all) ;  and  that  No.  2  miut  have  had  i 
former  wife  before  Elisabeth  Cefrewiat  it  iV* 


i^S.VlL  JCHJEIO,*?!,] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES* 


501 


dered  certain  &om  the  connderation  thiit  No.  3 

^.,„i^   ^*i    ,.„,:.    i.^,  ,  ,.-,„-:, „^  jjjg  Q^ji  sister.     I 

J I  wast  ciilled  T^'Au- 

fii.M.>  ,.  .    v.     -.'-    c^     ....... ^er  Elizabeth  Mal- 

Imver*  eurne  to  be  called  Dynlmm  wi»«  ap^mrentlj 
bv  riiM  irji^r  her  with  her  sLsler;  for  Sir  John 
V  and    Elixnheth    Oefrewast  had   two 

di    ^  — Mnmlti,  who  married  (1  j  Sir  Poter  de 

le  M&re,  (2^  i:i9):*-14a»,  Sir  John  Dviiham,  and 
^ed  4,  p.  140i>  or  1410,  and  Elizabeth  Stafibrd. 
EliziibetJi  WAB  origtnallv  affianced  to  John  Lovel 
(Mot,  Pitt  10  Ric.  11.  tart  i.j,  and  was  unmar- 
ried Nov.  L*t?,  L'l^O  ( t'ft.)  A  ;jrftnt  was  made  to 
Ilumphre}'  do  Stadbtd  and  Elizabeth  his  wife, 
with  rt'iiiJtimk'r  to  Humphrey  d©  Statford  le  tilz, 
and  Elizabeth  ^i^  vdie,  Oct,'  1,  l-'W  {RoL  Put, 
21  Ric.  il.,  Tart  I.)  On  Jan.  7,  1402»  mention 
ia  made  of  ^*  John  Dynham,  Ch?,  et  Matilda  vix' 

rs/'  with  the  additional  information  that  "  Eii«- 
th,  wife  of  Ilumphiey  StiiUbrd  of  Honie,  Chf, 
holds  of  the  heritage  of  the  sidd  Matilda''  (Rot. 
I\tt.  3  Hen.  IV.,  Part  r.)  Another  i^-ant  to  Hum- 
phrey Sta0brd.  mil.^  and  Elizabeth  his  wife»  ap- 
DOMB  Feb.  1 ,  1417  {HU.  Pat  4  Hen.  V. )  On  Nov. 
§B.141^t  we  read  of  the  elder  Humphrey  and 
Misabeth  i%8  **  jam  mortui/'  and  of  the  yoimger 
Humphr»  7  a«  surviving  (ih.  1  Hen.  V.,  Part  iv.) 
Xil8tly«  the  inquis.  p,  m,  of  Elizabeth,  widow  of 
Hurnplixey  Staflford,  w^as  taken  li  Hen.  IV.*— 
1  Hen.  V:  [1413.] 

Now,  Huuiphrey  (No.  2)  can  fjcareely  have  had 
anj  wife  after  Klizabeth«  seeing  that  she  died  in 
tbe  eame  year  as  himself.  Was  Alice  Be v ill©  a 
fomer  wife  Y  or  was  the  former  wife  the  Emma 
of  whom  wo  are  in  search  ? 

If  I  do  not  occupy  too  much  of  your  space, 
mllow  mii  two  further  remarks  to  P.  A.  L.  The 
autograph  of  n  Startbrd — namely,  Humphrey, 
cresatod  Dukti  of  Buckingham  in  1444,  will  be 
found  in  Cott.  MS.  Galba,  B.  I.  fol,  24n.  One  of 
P,  A.  L/*  senttnces  haj3  **Hxercided"  me  greatly, 

H*'  *^"*  -  '' 1   -  IF,... Tit  is  "headed  with  the  name 

ci:  »rd  (not  John,  the  Regent  in 

1...    -.,     .  .'*r  atid  suceestor  as  Governor 

of  Normmidy).'  Will  he  kindly  tell  me  whom  he 
means  by  tbe  words  in  italics  ?  John  Duke  of 
HiJfnH  had  no  brother  of  his  own  title. 

HnaMKirTRtrDE. 


BUKWS:  "RIGHT  GCDE-WTLLIE  WADCHT.^' 

(4'*'  S,  vU,  380.) 

,  J^ot  one  of  the  numerous  editors  of  Bums,  and 

i  one  of  bin  annotators,  so  far  as  I  can  see,  have 

rly  th*i  up  in  type  this  familiar  expression, 

wluch  ucciirs  nowhere  el-^e  in  Sc<3ttiflh  song  except 

t^  .1.    ,..  _t  J  *  ;'^i,^u^  ii  Auld  Lan^:  Syne  *'  of  Bums, 

m  the  gin;?in^'  of  an  old  man/* 

*i  L-.  ^  .,i  .UtT  of  very  small  moment  whether 

tli»  oominou  Scotch  word  "waucht^'be  spells 


with  c  OT  ff,  I  would  prefer  the  c  in  this  and 
similar  words,  as  shovdng  the  more  ancient  stjh ; 
but  either*  way  is  quite  proper.  I  might  go  over 
the  whole  alphabet,  and  select  from  each  Itjtter  a 
word  in  the  Scottish  dialect  with  the  same  gut- 
tural sound,  which  may  be  apelled  by  using  either 
rh  or  ffk.  For  instancef  ttuckfy  or  &uphtt/  for  eighty, 
l/auehif'Shjon  or  bauffhie-shoon  for  ahoea  worn  out 
of  shape,  clfiucM  or  ciauffht  for  caught  hold  of* 
dtcht  or  dit/hf  for  wipe  up,  fnucht  or  fmtffht  for 
fought,  and  so  on.  The  word  VofA,  wgnifying  lake, 
is  often  spelled  loifffh^  and  the  proper  name  Lachr 
ian  or  McLachlan  iis  juat  aa  often  ^Ued  LaujjfMmi 
ar  McLuuffhlan. 

My  present  object  in  writing  ia  to  point  out  to 
your  readers  that  there  is  no  such  word  in  the 
Scottish  dialect  as  **  willie-wancht/^  True,  it  is 
invariably  found  so  printed  in  aU  existing  editions 
of  Burns,  including  even  that  of  the  critical  Dr. 
Hately  Waddell ;  fjut  this  only  shows  how  very 
ignorant  modern  Scotchmen  are  regai-ding  the 
ancient  dialect  of  their  country.  Had  Burna 
lived  to  edit  the  printing  of  his  own  song,  "Auld 
Lang  Syne,"  the  word  '*  willie-waucht  *'  would 
never  have  been  seen  nor  heard  tell  of.  It  is  not 
to  be  found  In  Jamiesoua  fkoUiah  IHciitmary* 
The  word  *-  waucht  or  waught/'  a  copious  drinks 
will  he  found  there ;  and  the  word  **gudewiUie," 
with  a  good  will,  is  tliere  also.  A  "  good-wiUie 
waught  '*  therolbro  meana  a  copious  libation,  taken 
with  good  will.  The  great  error  of  editors  and 
printers  lies  in  absurdly  placing  the  connecting 
Lypheu  between  wtUie  and  witucht  instead  of  be- 
tween ifude  and  tciUie.  If  an  Englishman  were  to 
ejtpross  in  writing  that  he  took  a  "  willing  drink  " 
or  a  "  hearty  driiUi  "  of  generous  liquor  on  some 
happy  occasion,  he  would  never  cunnect  these 
words  like  Siamese  twins,  as  printers  have  hitherto 
done  in  reconling  thia  rich  phrase  of  Burns — 
**  Gudewillio  waught.*'  In  like  manner  it  is  per- 
fectly unin  cessary^ — nay,  it  is  an  error  to  do  so 
in  traui^nbinj  the  phrase  either  in  Scottish  or 
German. 

I»have  been  favoured  with  a  glance  at  the  proof 
sheets  of  an  edition  of  Bums  shortly  to  proceed 
from  the  press  of  Mr.  James  M4\ie  of  Kilmar- 
nock, and  I  ani  liappy  to  say  that  the  poet*8  happy 
phrase,  which  forms  the  subject  of  this  note,  is 
there  correctly  printed. 

I  may  state  that  in  Jifhnaon's  Mfneunij  where 
^^  Auld  Lang  Syne  *-  tlrat  made  its  appearance  a 
few  months  after  the  poet's  death,  the  phrase  is 
printed  thus — **  right  gudo-willie-waught"  This 
IS  better  than  the  usual  rendering,  but  the  last 
hyphen  is  a  printer's  error  calculated  to  mislead 
the  reader.  The  Scottish  epithet  "  ill-wiilie,'' 
used  as  a  prefix  to  man,  woman,  bairn,  dog,  &c.» 
L8  quite  as  common  as  its  converse  **  gude-wilUe/^ 

Wm.  S.  HoudLAJi. 

Ediubargb. 


I 


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[4«fc8*VII.  Jtrirelft.*Tt 


I  hardly  think  buj  Scot  coiild  miatJike  the 
meaning  oP'gude-wilhe  waucht/'  however  printed. 
In  a  general  way  Engliah  ji^ople  neither  imder- 
8tand  nor  try  to  nnoerstand  veniacular  Scotcli, 
"  He's  ralo  gnde  willie  *'  (ho  is  really  good-hearted) 
is  a  most  common  form  of  ezpresaion  in  the  Low- 
lands of  Scotland,  and  most  persons  born  north  of 
the  Tweed  know  that  '*  a  gude  waucht,'*  without 
the  intermediate  term  **  willie,"  means  a  hearty 
drink,  ''  Gude-u^iV/tV  waucht  '*  suggests  aomethitig 
more.  It  means  a  hearty  drink  accompanied  with 
jovial  feelinffs ;  in  the  alang  of  the  day  **  awfully 
jolly,'^  overtlowing  with  a  sort  of  drtmken  kind- 
ness engendered  in  those  who  having  imhibed 
rather  more  than  sufficient  are  disposed  to  ho 
friendly  with  every  body*  Men  become  sen  ti- 
me ntal  as  the  blood  circulates  with  greater  rapi- 
dity* "  Aukl  Lang  Syne  ''  was  seldom  sung  until 
"  after  men  had  well  drunk/*  and  just  before  the 
company  broke  up.  J.  Ck,  K. 

W.  T.  M/s  communication  having  been  quoted 
into  the  Glasgow  Iltrah!^  I  replied  to  it  at  some 
length  there  in  the  first  instance,  and  now  beg 
very  bri^f  tly  to  sum  up  the  facts  of  the  case  for  the 
infornmtiun  of  your  correspondent:- — 

1,  There  wore  originally  three  MS.  copies  of 
"  Auld  Lang  Syne,"  m  the  hands  respectively  of 
Johnson,  Thomson,  and  Cnrrie.  In  tneir  several 
editions  the  phrase  stands  thus—'*  gude-willie- 
wnught."  '*  gude-willie-waught ''  **  gode  willie- 
waught"  In  Thomson's  second  edition,  1821,  he 
fieems  to  have  revised  his  former  reading,  and 
adopted  Curriers ;  at  least  I  find  the  words  quoted 
from  him  as  they  were  printed  by  Currie,  **  gude 
willie-waught/'  Whether  the  original  MSS,  agree 
or  ditier  on  this  point,  not  having  seen  them,  I 
cannot  say ;  hut  these  editions  are  the  only  public 
authorities  we  now  have  to  rely  upon^  and  al- 
though one  editor  might  give  a  wrong  reading, 
two  would  not,  three  could  not, 

2*  Jamieaon  ba.«i  been  misquoted  by  your  corre- 
snoudeut  W.  T.  M.  to  some  extent ;  and  Jamieson 
himself  has  misquoted  Bums.  The  extent  of  the 
misquotation  may  be  ascertained  on  reference, 

3.  There  are  such  words  in  Scotch  as  "  ill- 
willie,"  "  ill-deedie,**  &c.,  hut  no  such  word  as 
"  gude-willie.*'  "Ill  "  is  an  adverb*  and  may  he 
conjoined  as  above  with  adjectives ;  "  gude  "  is  an 
adjective  itself,  pure  and  simple,  and  can  not ,  or  at 
least  should  not,  be  so  conjoined  with  another  ad- 
jective, as  **  Willie  **  is.  Bums  certainly  would 
not  have  committed  such  an  error;  and  if  any 
MS,  of  his  should  seem  to  justify  that  reading, 
it  must  have  been,  I  should  think,  by  mere 
accident. 

4.  **  Willie,"  as  an  adjective,  combined  with 
**  waught  *'  indicates  the  strongest  will  or  deter- 
mination to  drink.     *' Hearty*    is,   perhap?,   the 

" '  T'/TTlish  word  we  have  for  it;  but  it  means 


far  more  than  hearty^  and  its  oombisatiioo  ^witfi 
*'  waught "  is  perfectly  legitimate. 

5.  W.  T.  M.  writes  *^richt"  and  *'-«w 
improperly.  Burns  did  not  uae  the  letter 
such  words ;  he  knew  the  power  of  his  own 
guage,  in  all  its  details,  better. 

These  being  the  simple  facta  of  the 
think  proper  to  submit  them  in  reply  to  W.  X,TL 
but  beg  leave,  once  for  all,  to  decune  any  eoBte>» 
versy  on  the  subject,  more  egpociaUy  witb  a 
anonymous  correspondent, 

P,  Hat£i.t  Widhill 

Elmgrove  Place,  Glasgow. 


R,  P.  BONIXGTOX, 
{4}^  S,  vii-  14L) 


To  whose  sterling  worth  may  well  be  ap^Bet 
the  lines  of  Comeilie — 

"  Aux  Ames  bien  &^ 
*'  L«  valear  n*attend  pas  le  nombre  des  anaeii.* 

I  think  I  can  unhesitatingly  aiHrm,  hanngoto 
been  assured  of  it  by  some  of  his  best  Meodfr^ 
Baron  Bivet,  Mr*  Montfort,  Mr.  A.  CoHii— tbi 
Bonington  wrote  his  now-renowned  oamii  wiik 
one  n  only. 

I  was  intimate,  too^  some  forty  yeart  i>g<V  ^^ 
a  French  gentleman  a  long  time  i^-sident  in  LondiA 
— Mr,  John  Lewis  Brown,  jun,,  of  Bordeaui,  irh^ 
was  then  the  fortunate  possesaor  of  A3  mAAt  n 
ItiH  of  the  tinest  water-colour  drawings  by  Un 
admirable  and  fertile  hand,  and  on  none  of  Ita 
have  I  ever  seen  the  name  written  othi*r*W 
Not  sO|  however,  with  spurious  ones,  of  irlikk, 
ahisf  but  too  many  have  been  made  ^^taattitfr 
the  avidity  of  collectors,  to  remunerate  the 
of  copyisti*,  and  gratify  the  cupidity  of  d' 

It  was,  if  I  mistake  not,   in  ISSS 
exhibition  in  Regent  Street  wholly  of 

tons,     I   used   to  go   there  and  atudy  1 

hours^  ^*  as  if  increase  of  appetite  hat!  grews 
what  it  fed  on."    So  much  so  that  B.mi 
father,  who  at  the  entranf**  delivered  the 
logue  and  received  the  shilling  fee,  seaaliSe 
my  ndmiratioa,   at  last  refused   to  let  me 
He   asked  me  to  his  lodging!^   wbere  be 
show  me  many  unfinished  axetchea  by 
departed  son.     With  these  were  some 
the  father,  likewise  for  sale,  but  so  inferi( 

Speaking  of  this  gifted  youth,  nuiy  I  be 
to  relate  what  once  passed  between  him  aad 
French  historical  painter  Baron  Groa^  tn  i  * 
studio  our  young  Englishman  learnt  to  dmw 
life,  on  his  first  arrival  in  Paris  ?    After  a  vislk.^ 
the  master,  dis.satistied  with  hia  oew  pupil 'i  W^ 
pendent  way  of  treating  art,  said  to  bim  ^m$  i 
m  his  rough  and  ready  manner,  "  That's  all  f 
sense ;  you  are  useleily  wastiDff  your  tima 
your  parents'  money,     r  ou  had  tietter  toRi  ^ 
mind  to  something  else."    Fancy  poor  Bon^ 


4 


4«»  S.  Ylh  JvHU  10,  71.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


503 


with  hb  metis  dimnwr^  heftring  such  a  condemna- 
tion !  However,  a  short  time  after,  Groa  hap- 
pened to  pass  by  a  then  well*kDOwn  and  haua- 

ik>me  pictuiV'deftl<^r*s  shop,  Mnie.  H ,   who» 

unfortunately  for  the  lovers  of  art,  took  too  great 
a  hold  on  dear  Bonin^on'a  heart,  for — 
••  She  tftlkM,  ^he  smil'd,  hi*  heart  she  wyl'd^ 

She  cbannM  hi*  soul  he  wUt  na  how  j 
And  ay  the  dtoundt  the  deadly  wound, 

Cam  fra.  her  eec  sae  bonnie  blue." 

There  the  baron  saw  in  the  shop  window  some 
very  cleverly  painted  views  of  Itouen,  Caen,  and 
other  towns  of  P'rance  and  Belginm.  He  was 
much  struck  with  their  wonderfully  bold  touch 
and  true  effect  of  chiaroscuro ;  not  less  astonished 
was  he  on  hearing  from  the  fair  vender  that  the 
author  was  no  other  than  the  young  insulaire  he 
had  judged  so  severely.  So  the  ne?tt  day,  sitting 
down  on  Bonington's  stool,  in  the  studio,  by  way 
of  correcting  his  work  after  a  living  model,  be 
looked  up  benevolently  in  his  face  (and  he  could 
do  so  when  he  liked,  as  much  as  anyone)  and 
aaid,  "J'ai  vu  hier,  Hue  de  la  PaLx,  ae  grands 
detans,  des  interieura  de  villes  en  Normandie. 
On  me  dit  r^ue  c  est  de  voue  ?  "  Bonington,  with 
SQXoe  trepidation,  owned  them  as  his.  "  Eh  bien  I 
mon  gar<;i  tn,*'  retorted  the  master,  '*  c'est  bieBy 
mcdja  tres-bien.  Je  vous  en  faia  mon  sincere  com- 
pliment. Allons,  allona,  je  vols  que  vous  ave^s 
trouv^  votre  voie,  Suivez-la ;  '*  and  softening 
down  his  voice,  and  putting  out  his  broad  right 
hand  to  the  astonished  and  delighted  youth,  he 
added;  "  Dorenavant,  vous  viendrcz  ici  tantqu'il 
vous  plaira,  et  je  n'entends  pas  que  celn  vous 
oooie  rien." 

This  I  heard  from  an  old  camarade  d*atelier  of 
Boningtoi^  who  was  present  nt  the  time. 

I  am  sorry  to  say  I  am  not  acquainted  with 
HrjBSi'S  IHcf  tun  fir  tf  uf  Paint  rrs,  and  possibly  the 
«tofy  may  there  be  better  told.  I  send  it  you 
Uite  quale,  P,  A.  L. 

FLAG  OF  THE  XEW  HERMAN  EMPIRE, 
(4*»'  S.  vii.  322,  41G.) 
I  hav«  no  doubt  that  Mil  Woopwabd's  account 
cf  the  new  flag  is  true,  and  the  readers  of 
**  K*  A  Q."  and  of  the  nonsense  which  I  quoted 
ftom  The  Globe  and  77*e  TimeM  will  be  obliged  to 
Mid,  as  I  am,  for  answering  my  query.  1  have 
oot  seen  the  correction  in  The  Guardimi  to  whicli 
W.  J.  L.  refers. 

Mi-Fort i, — It  is  a  Tory  small  matter;  but  I 
cflT-^ ' '  -■--  ---'^h  Mb.  Woodward  about  Panwiiz, 
Mr  fore  think  that  I  am  mistaken.    J 

hiiS'  ^i'  ir  ,,  >.'nbti^h  before  me  The  extreme 
uncertainty  <>f  engraving  the  horizontal  line  of 
ID  shields  makes  it  quite  reasonable  to 
I  the  divisifjn  which  we  see  in  Panwitz  to 
en  made  to  look  mi-jmrti  in  error,  Spener, 


Tefening  to  this  plate  at  the  reference  giren  by 
Mb.  Woodward,  certainly  does  not  cmI  it  so. 
His  marginal  note  is  '^Tii partita  in  partes  ince- 
qualee,**  After  saying  '^  2Son  alienn  ab  hoc  loco 
eat  ilhi  dlvisio  parmaj  in  tres  partes,  quas  partes 
non  omnino  Lequales  facit,*^  and  giving  instaacesy 
be  goes  ou  — 

"  Hiyua  exempla  sticcurrunt  ills,  ut  basi  nigrsD  im- 
poaitum    caput  dextrd    parte  rubeat,  sint«tr&    ai^ento 

splendeat et  inver»o  tan  turn  dtu  mlnii  et  argoiiU 

VVeiters  [Hass]  Pauwitz  [Sile;*].'* 

He  refers  to  the  Wappesihuch  plates. 

After  this,  the  continuator  oi  Guillim  puts  in 
Panwitz  as  I  quoted  it  at  p.  322,  not  referring 
to  the  Wappenhu^^h,  but  giving  authority  later 
than  the  nrst  issue  of  that  work.  I  think  l'fm» 
witz  may  be  taken  to  he  as  Guillim  gives  it 

I  have  to  add  thrit  1  have  founds  **ince  I  wrote 
at  p.  322,  a  note  of  my  own,  made  many  years 
ago,  which  I  had  forgotten,  giving  an  example  of 
mi-parti  in  England.  It  is,  or  was,  for  I  saw  it, 
in  the  spandrels  of  the  porch  of  the  old  parsonftge 
at  Milverton,  near  Taunton.  The  shield  was — 
Coup^,  chief  mi-paHi  sable  and  argent ;  in  dexter 
side  a  flower  of  four  leaves,  gules  and  argent ;  in 
sinister  a  quatrefoii,  or  and  sable;  the  base  s&ble, 
a  quatrefoii.  I  eunpose  the  charge  in  the  dexter 
aide  diHered  irom  tne  others. 

I  also  have  a  hook-plate,  signed  in  handwriting 
with  the  name  '*  Prosser,^'  which  shows  mi^parti, 
ail  three  areas  being  without  tincture ;  in  dexter 
chief  a  fleur-de-lys,  in  sinister  a  tower,  in  baad 
the  sea^and  a  sea-horse  swimming  pierced  through 
the  neck  with  an  arrow — all  proper.  Burke  does 
not  give  this  coat.  D.  P. 

Stuarts  Lodge,  Malvern  Wells, 


BUITISH  SCVTIIEn  CHARIOTS. 
(4*'»  S.  Tii,  95,  240,  332.) 

I  looked  up  this  point  some  time  since  on  read- 
ing a  curious  passage  in  Mr.  Smiles'  Industriai 
Biography f  p.  l.'l  (1863): —  * 

"When  the  Romiuis  invaded  (Britain),  the  metal 
(iron)  3**eiii9  to  have  heeu  already  known  to  the  tribes 

along  the  coast Wc  munt,  however,  regard  the 

storiea  told  of  the  aneient  Britbh  chanot«  armed  with 
9 word*  or  acj-thea  a*  altoj^ether  apocr>'phal.    The  exists 
eDCe  of  iron  in  sotBcient  quantity  to  be  awed  for  such  a 
purpose  is  iDcompatille  with  contemporary  fact^,  andJ 
unsupported  by  a  single  vestige  remainiDg  to  our  time*^ 
The  country  was  then  mostly  forest,  and  iho  roads  did 
not  as  yct'exiat  upon  which  chariota  could  bo  used; 
whtlat  iron  mras  too  scarce  to  he  mounted  aa  scythes  upon 
chariota  when   the  warriora  themselves  wanted    it  for  J 
swords.     The  orator  Cicero,  in  a  letter  to  Trebaltus  tbea  " 
!»erring  with  the  army  la  Britain,  aarcostica I ly  advised  ' 
him  to  capture  and  convey  one  of  thcw  vehicles  to  Italy  \ 
for  eidiihitioa  ;  bat  we  do  not  bear  tliat  any  apecimeo  of 
the  Britiah  war  chariot  was  ever  seen  in  Rome." 

Here  is  a  notable  confusion.     The  author  is  sure 
there  was  not  enough  iron  for  scythes— and  rightly  j 
no  doubt-Hmd  so  ae  savs  thero  cauH  wA  Vsiifi^J 


504 


NOTES  AND  QUEEIES. 


[4«*S.Vn.  JoJiBlO,'7L 


been  any  chariotSi  which  ia  quite  another  thing. 
He  simply  cannot  have  consulted  his  authorities 


at  all,  and  he  certainly  misiquotes  Cicero.    It  is 

r'te  impoesible  to  discredit  Ciesar's  testimony 
ut  the  chariot  (essedum,  essedarii),  B.  G.  iv.  33; 
y.  19y  for  his  statements  are  plain  and  precise, 
and  upon  a  matter  notorious  to  every  man  in  his 
anny.  If  such  testimony  may  not  bo  trusted, 
what  may?  But  then  Oiesar  says  nothing  of 
scythes  or  iron.  Almost  precisely  the  sume  may 
be  said  of  the  testimony  of  Tacitus  (Affricola, 
35,  30^,  who  calls  the  chariot  corinua.  He  is  a 
careful  writer,  and  he  must  have  known.  He  says 
(like  Caesar)  •*covinarii  peditum  se  prrclio  mi»- 
cuere."  He,  too,  mentions  no  scythes  nor  iron. 
The  ordinary  references  for  the  oHsedmn,  esseday 
essedarii  are  Cicero,  Epp.  T)h\  vii.  0, 7 ;  and  Upp.  ad 
AUicum,  vi.  1  (end),  and  Orat.  Phil.  ii.  24;  Virgil, 
Qeorg.  iii.  204  (cf.  Conington's  note  ad  he);  Per- 
sius,  yi.  47  ;  Propert.  ii.  1,  80,  and  iii.  24,  5 ;  Sil. 
Ital.  iii.  3.*^7.  What  Cicero  does  say  {Epp.  Div. 
yii.  7)  to  Trebatius  is :  "I  hear  there  is  neither 
gold  nor  silver  in  Britain ;  if  that  be  so,  1  advise 
you  to  catch  an  cssedunij  and  drive  back  to  me  as 
soon  as  possible  "  ;•  in  another  he  says,  **  Take  care 
you  are  not  taken  in  by  the  charioteers  in  Britain,*' 
as  if  he  knew  all  al)out  them.  l']lsewhere  he 
speake  of  the  chariots  in  Rome,  of  a  man  "  cum 
duobus  essedis";  "  tribunusin  essedo."  The  covi- 
ntu  is  mentioned  (Lucan,  i.  420 ;  Martial,  12,  24) ; 
he  couples  it  with  the  essedum  and  cnmica  as  a 
pleasure  carriage ;  nowhere  any  mention  of  scj'thes 
or  iron. 

But  Pomponius  Mela  (iii.  0,  5),  the  gf'ogTapht?r, 
says,  "  Covinos  vocarit  quorum  fulcutis  axibus 
utuntur,"  and  ho  is  speakiiijr  of  the  Britons.  He, 
I  suppose,  is  responsible  for  the  story.  Surely  bis 
evidence  is  not  good  agjiin«t  the  eve-witness 
Ctesar,  nor  against  Tacitus.  He  compiled  from 
books,  and  probably  made  a  mistake  by  transfer- 
ring the  Ejwtem  scythed  cliuviots  to  the  Britons. 
Livy  ('x-xxvii.41,  5)  speaks  of  the  "  falcatre  quad- 
rigfo  '*  of  Autolochus,  and  X^nophon  {Anah.  i.  7 
and  8)  says  the  king  had  200  and  Cyrus  had  twenty, 
&Pfiara  hptvavri^pa,  scvthe-bearing  chariots.  These 
in  the  battle  were  soon  Ktvk  i)Pu>xoiy  in  the  rout. 
The  Greeks,  he  adds,  ^*  opened  out "  when  they 
saw  one  coming;  one  man  was  knocked  down 
as  on  ^*  a  raoe-course,"  and  it  was  paid  that  even 
he  got  no  harm.  If  Liyy  and  Xenophon  have 
so  much  10  say  of  the  scythes,  would  Cfcsar  and 
Tacitus  have  omitted  them  if  they  hatl  any  exist- 
ence? Diodorus  Siculus  (vi.  21)  compares  the 
British  chariots  to  those  which  were  said  by  tra- 
dition 'to  have  been  used  by  the  heroes  in  the 
Trojan  war.  Would  not  he  have  known  these 
Eastern  chariots,  and  have  compared  the  British 
chariots  to  them,  instead  of  the  Homeric  chariots, 
unless  he  had  known  that  the  British  chariots 
had  no  scythes.  O.  W.  Tancock. 


" EFGKfE  Ar^"  (4"»  S.  yii.  420.)— Mr. Edwnd 
Lytton  Bulwer's  (now  Lord  Lytton)  noyel,  Eiagmt 
Aramy  appeared  in  fact  after  T.  IIood*a  "The 
Dream,"  of  which  he  said  ''the  mens  divimkt 
breathes  through  every  line  of  it  '* ;  but  the  novel's 
dedication  to  Sir  Walter  Scott  bea^  date  London, 
Dec.  22,  IdfU.  It  is  probable,  therefora,  that  it 
came  out  on  January  1,  1833.  I  have  before  me 
an  American  edition,  with  an  epistolary  preface 
by  the  author,  bearing  the  same  date — London, 
Dec.  22,  1881.  I  bought  it  at  Manila  in  1832: 
so  Lord  Lytton  can  see  his  works  made  much  way 
in  a  short  time.  His  Pelham  I  read  in  America 
in  1828.  P.  A.  L. 

LAycAsniRT!  Witches  (4»»»  S.  vii.  237,  311» 
417.) — The  Yorkshire  ladies  rejoice  in  the  sobri- 
quet of  "Yorkshire  wenches.*'  Whilst  partici- 
pating two  years  since  with  the  Archseologictl 
Institute  in  tne  hospitality  of  the  Duke  of  DeTon- 
shire  at  Ilolker,  I  used  the  phrase  '*  Lancaehixe 
witches"  to  a  fair  damsel  who  sat  next  to  me. 
^'Oh  no!  I  am  not  a  witch,  I  am  a  Y'orkshire 
wench."  A.  J.  DryxCT. 

PoPE*s  Epitaph  ox  Sir  Godfrey  Kselub 
(4'«»  S.  vi.  170,  202.)— Speaking  of  that  of  Rif- 
faelle,  D.  P.  rightly  says  — 

'*  Bat,  in  or  about  lH3d,  had  been  ad(le<1  another  iofcrip- 
tioD  commemorotinfc  tho  discovery  of  the  body  of  Btf* 
faelle  in  September  that  year." 

I  have  a  lithograph,  now  rather  a  scarce  one, 
made  by  Horace  Vemet  at  Rome.  He  was  at 
I  that  time  Director  of  the  French  Academy  at  the 
Villa  Medici,  and  with  his  father,  (\irle*Venifit, 
accompanied  the  pope  and  Cardinal  Lambruschini 
to  ■  the  Pantheon,  where,  mider  an  altar,  were 
discovered  the  mortal  remains  of  the  inmiortai 
d'Urbino.  P.  A.  L 

Oy  niE  Absence  of  any  Frkxcit  Word  poi 
"to  Ridk"  (^''^  S.  vii.  4:il.)— I  venture  to  ay 
Mr.  Blenkinsopp  is  mistaken  in  supposing  there 
is  no  French  word  for  *'  to  ride.'*  We  say  cA*- 
rancher,  '*A;j:nL'S  lasse  de  chevnucher."  Volt 
•' Chevaucher  court  ou  long* — **To  ride  with 
short  or  long  stirrups." 

Then,  as  to  Frenchmen  declining  to  ride  with 
the  hounds  because  they  cnu  only  **  se  promeMf 
a  cheval,'*  I  fancy  Count  d'Or^ay  would  have  pro- 
tested. Ask  Ix>rd  Chesterfield"  or  Sir  G.  Grtat, 
the  president  of  the  Iloyal  Academy.  And  aUl 
can  sav,  as  far  as  I  am  concerned,  is,  that  the  M 
time  i  ever  followed  the  hounds  was  in  1828^  I 
was  then  a  mere  lad.  I  kept  on  horseback  fron 
seven  o'clock  a.x.  to  seven  r.M.,  returning  hoM 
in  the  dark.  I  shall  never  forget  how  much  I 
enjoyed  myself  that  day,  nor  the  ffalop  I  got-^  <* 
a  French  expression — fn^m  an  uncle  of  mine  M 
an  Englishman),  who,  thinking  I  must  have  futo 
in  some  ditch,  sent  grooms  and  coachman  to  M* 
the  country  after  me.    And  when  he  saw  m  k 


4«*a  Vll.Juif«10,'TL] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


506 


begtha 
^ttitist  SI 


siud ;  "  If  you  do  not  mind  youreelf,  I  "wish  you 
wotild  mind  my  horses.-'  His  wife,  on  the  oth^r 
hiind  (a  thorough  English  woman),  thought  I  had 
shown  Bome  spunk,  and  gave  me  an  encourt^ng' 
look.  Then  again,  we  mav  be  **  volatile,*'  and 
piohahly  are;  still  methinks  we  can  ** stand'*  a 
^ood  deal  after  all.  See  what  we  are  goin^ 
thK)iigh  in  France  since  a  year :  first  that  horrible 
Oerman  war,  and  secondly  thii*  still  more  horrible 
sodal  war.  Who  would  have  believed  it?  And 
we  may  well  say  with  H.  Heine :  — 

**  t'ud  ich  ^laubf  U'U  tm  ^  .-^  ritmnier« 

Uiid  ich  hab'  cs  d-  n^ 

Aber,  fragt  mich  imr  ijidit  wie  I  '* 

P.  A.  L. 
JrPTrtAL  Oaths  (4^**  S,  vii.  509,  354,  440.)— I 
"beg  thatG,  will  forgive  dig  for  misapprehending  his 
*ifig?  imd  f«>r  my  unnecessary  remarks  on  the 
ject.  Whfit  hn  ni*  jmt  is  now  plain,  but  he 
lUst  suHer  me  to  sAy  that  it  was  not  quite  *o 
before,  or  I  could  scarcely  have  so  completely 
mifiimd*?r8tood  him.  The  weapon  which  ho  used 
was  Ciipable  of  cutting  two  ways,  and  I  should 
kftTo  held  my  peace  had  he  indicated  a  little  more 
cUarly,  to  begm  with,  which  t^ide  he  intended  to 
employ,  Hebmenteudb. 

Cm»t«  (4"»  S.  Vii.  257, 3oa,  44^.)— With  regard 
to  the  crest  on  the  Rev.  John  Eichards'  tomb 
(1008-0)  I  am  inclined  to  think  it  cannot  be  taken 
*»»M  r.hw,f  of  holy  writ/'  I  knew  a  gentleman^ 
1'  ^^^edy  who,  having  no  crest  of  his  own, 

ai  ^  _  at  of  his  wife's  family  on  his  plate  and 
cafriag'ca,  notwithstanding  the  objections  started 
br  the  latter,  because,  thought  he',  it  looked  well. 
Cm  his  tomb  has  been  engraved  his  coat  of 
arms  mth  this  creaif  and  no  doubt  some  hundred 
jreftn  hence  this  will  likewise  b«  given  as  a  case 
in  pmot.  p.  A.  L. 

Gkoror  LoxBCwr  (4***  S.  vii.  23o,  ^8.5,  444.)— 
1  am  i^l:i<l  t<i  h.^  ^h],*  tn  Mmvvvr  that  Rebecca,  first 
wifi*  CI  I  (niamed  about  1704), 

wa«  a        _  ;;e  London  ;  and  if  you 

will  fefer  to  iSo,  (rJi^  of  the  Jom-nul  of  Hm'timd" 
tm^^  for  the  pn^i^nut  year  you  will  tind  a  long 
aotic©  of  George  London,  rw  la  ting  many  incidents 
of  his  lift*,  the  part  he  took  in  effecting  "the  escape 
of  the  Priiueiis  Anne  to  Xottingham,  and  also  a 
copy  f»f  hi^  autograph.  It  also  statea  that  London 
waa  burii'd  in  Fulham  church  in  the  grave  of  his 
f  econd  w  i  f ♦> ,  R 0  CE  rt  Hoc  cj  , 

W»  St  (Jetirge'i  Ro»<l,  Pitnlieo, 

Si.  WuLnuK  (4»^  S.  vii.  169,  200,  335,  444.) 
Tbtt  lLfi?t  of  St  Wulfran  contained  in  Uie  Cotton 
MS.  Otho,  D.  viii.»  was  consulted  by  me  when  I 
Wfote  the  note  concemiog  this  saitit  iu  my  Snfflish 
CS^mrck  iMmUitre^  ti.  88,  It  is  a  lifv^  of  the  Arch- 
biihop  of  8eaiy  ooa  has  been  much  injur««d  by  the 
fim  of  1731 .  £DWA&i>  Pkacock. 


GuiJts  verius  Mosumross  (4^  B.  Tii.  352»  416.) 

Our  ancestors  took  wise  nreoautious  to  preserve 
their  bodies  from  the  ftssaults  of  these  pests — c.  g. 
among  the  goods  of  the  Abbey  of  Sawtre  there 
was  found  at  the  dissolution  in  the  '*  New  Cham- 
ber,— The  bedstedd  with  a  net  for  knattes.*'  {Ar-  h 
chfcvlogiay  xliii.  240.)  Edwaed  Peacock.        H 

The  fact  of  mosquitoes  being  imported  in  ships 
I  have  myself  witnessed.  I  recollect  when  passing 
the  Straits  of  Salayer,  the  captain  causing  the  lid 
of  a  large  water-cask  on  deck  to  be  opened  for  our 
xi^  — ,  vre  had  hitherto  had  no  mosquitoes  on 
board-^when,  lo  and  behold^  myriads  of  these  ne- 
farious ijiaects  sallied  forth,  and  from  that  moment 
we  had  no  rest  They  must  have  been  bred  spon- 
taneously in  the  water,  P.  A.  L. 

1  havo  occa^onally  seen  insects  in  the  South  of 
England  which  were  identical  in  appearance  with 
the  mosquito  of  the  East,  but  I  never  experienced 
their  sting.  The  latter  is  inflicted  by  a  minute 
prohoacist  through  which,  in  attacldng  the  hyman 
subject,  the  insect  both  injects  poiaou  and  with- 
draws blood,  wherewith,  if  crushed  at  such  a 
time,  the  little  vampire  is  usually  found  to  be 
gorged.  This  power  of  drawing  so  thifk  a  fluid 
as  numan  blood  through  a  micruecopie  tube,  not 
exceeding  in  diameter  a  human  hair,  is  one  of 
nature  s  innumerable  marvels.  It  was  staled  in 
Tfic  Times  of  July  27,  1868,  that  the  use  of  wild 
rosemary  will  keep  off  mosquitoes.        C  W.  M. 

Margaret  Fb?idli»:  Lady  Mortiiter  (4*^  S. 
vii.  12,  223,  318,437.)— After  Tewabs's  ♦>j[celleni; 
reply  no  question  need  be  raised  any  more  as  to 
Margaret  Fendles.  I  had  pointed  out  {p.  318) 
that  Fendlea  was  an  impossible  name,  and  that 
the  Nf)hieia  gave  no  name  from  which  it  could 
have  been  reduced  by  English  ingenuity  or  bJun- 
dering ;  but  that  Fienles,  which  must  soon  have 
pained  a  rf  in  England,  brought  us  very  near  to 
Fendlej?.  This  turns  out  to  be  the  real  name,  with 
the  alternative  of  Fiennes,  which  I  suggestetl.  I 
Lad  not  access  to  Vredius  nor  to  the  Tnifiher^  to 
which  Lord  Gort  obligingly  refers.  It  still  re- 
mains to  inquire  as  to  the  arms.  Fienles^  or 
Fiennes,  cames  the  coat  given  bv  Vredius.  But 
1  mentioned  (pp.  318'9)  that  ttis  was  not  the 
coat  of  the  Anglo-Norman  Fiennes  family.  In 
England  they  certainly  bore  tliree  lions  rampant 
Can  Tkwars  say  what  coat  was  bora©  by  Ingra 
do  Fiennes,  who  married  Sibella,  daughter 
Fnramus  r/ef  Bolonia^  and  with  her  had  tho  manor  ^ 
ofClapham?  D.  P. 

Stuarts  Lodge,  Ma] vera  Wells. 

DEIHCATI05S  or  CntTRcnEs  (4**  9,  vii.  388, 480.) 
These  are  given  in  Ecton'a  ThesauruM  and  Browne 
W^illis^s   Parochiale  An^Hcanum,     The  Bishop^ 
Registers  should  be  consulted  where  these  wora 
fail     Mackeszie  E.  C.  Waicott,  B.D.,  r.S,A. 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


t4»^  S.  iril.  Jevft  M, 


CEtLDKHN'sGAiras  (4"»  S.  vil  141, 271, 415.)— 

"  *  How  many  tiiiJes  to  Bo  by  Ion  ?  * 

*  Tbree  icore  m ilea  and  ten.' 

*  Can  we  get  there  by  candle-light  ?  * 

*  Tea*  and  tmck  Again.* 

'  Hold  op  tlia  gates  aa  hi^h  as  the  aky, 

And  let  King  George  and  hU  train  pais  hyV^* 

The  above  linea  were  those  of  my  childhood, 
which  was  pa^^sed  in  London,  Herefonij  and  Can- 
terbury. 1  cannot  remember,  therefore,  in  what 
county  I  first  learnt  them,  £.  A.  D. 

Tofijuay. 

SuKBiALS  (i""  S.  vii.  324,  399.)— A  very  rater- 
esting  article  on  aundiald  will  be  found  in  the 
Zemtre  Horn  for  June  1,  1870.  W,  Marsh, 

7»  Red  Lion  Square.  ^ 

«  Akima  Cbwti  "  (4">  S.  Tii  822, 374.)— Who- 
ever  waa  the  author  of  this  prayer,  it  certainly  I 
was  not  S.  I|arnatiua ;  for  in  a  collection  of  prayera  [ 
which  I  have  bound  up  with  a  32mo  copy  of  the  I 
Samm  Breviary  (Pars  flyeraalis,  a.d.  1620),  it  is  j 
^ven  aa  an  **  oratio  post  elevationern  "  to  the  say- 
ings of  which  **  conoeduntur  iij  dies  indultrentia- 
rum  a  Joanne  papaxxij."  As  John  XXII.  waa 
Pope  from  131u  to  1334,  the  prayer  is  at  leaat 
two  centuries  older  than  S.  Ignatius,  Whether 
the  comparative  nearness  of  this  pope  to  S.  Thomas 
Aqiiinat^  (died  1274),  and  the  fact  that  it  was  he 
who  canonized  the  a&Lnt,  auffice  to  establish  tiie 
latter^fl  aythorahip  of  the  prayer,  I  must  leave  others 
to  determine.  1  have  heard,  though  I  cannot 
aay  on  what  authority,  ati  Englkh  origin  assigned 
to  it.  But  it  seems  to  me  much  more  probable 
that  botb  S.  Ignatius  and  Pope  John  ehtmld  be 
acquainted  with  tlie  production  of  the  great  Do- 
minican than  with  a  peculiarly  English  prayer. 
With  all  deference  to  P.  C,  II,,  I  woiUd  suggest 
that  Jesuit  reluctance  to  adopt  Dominican  compo- 
fittions  IS  mhit  ttd  rem.  If  S.  Ignatius  picked  up 
the  prayer  somewhere,  and  placed  it,  as  he  ild^ 
in  his  book  of  Spiritual  Exercises j  its  popularity 
with  the  Jesuits  is  easily  accouHted  lor.  It  is 
more  diliicult  to  reconcile  its  comparative  disuse 
among  the  Dominicans  with  the  authorship  of  S. 
Thomas.  Saribbitbiensis* 

DBvoNsinRE  Worm  f4»*  S,  vii.429.) — L  dome 
(crockery),  perhaps  another  orthography  of  laam. 
[Qro«ie  gives  cloam^  coarse  earthenware,  E.nn.  x 
and  Halliwell  cloam^  earthenware,  Devon ;  domer^ 
a  maker  of  earthenware ;  clume^httsza^  an  earthen 
pan.] 

2.  Mound  (a  hamper),  i.  q.  the  Scottish  fjiatmd  ^ 
a  hand-basket,  from  A,-S.  wmwf/.-  Dan.  id. 

3.  Seam  (of  hay  or  straw),  from  the  French 
ionitne  ;  Lat,  «umma  for  gaurtm^  satif/mttj  gat/ma^ 
trayfiaf  fiom  (rdrrutf  to  load.  lo  Essex  a  seam  of 
com  is  eight  bushels,  Blount  renders  mmma 
aimuBt  ''a  seam  or  horsa-load  of  oats/' 

K.  S.  CHABlf OCK, 
Oray'ft  Inn. 


3 


William  Bauol  (4*»'  S.  vii.  302.  433,)— 
ander  de  Baliol,  elder  brother   of  tb^^    Kuvg 
Scotland,  who  died  1277-8,  married  Aliaaova 
Genoure,  "the  king's  cousin^**  who  survirsd IbiiL 
(Catetidiirium   Gentabifjicum^  pp.  261^   744;  hi 
Pat.  7  Edw.  I.)     She  wai  apparentlj  the  di^ 
ter  of  Peter  de  Geneville,  or  Pierre  de  Gfuvf^i 
blood    relation    of  Queen    Eleanor    ot  Prm  <■ 
through   her  mother,   Beatrice   of   Savoy.     Hi 
other  Alexander  de  Baliol,  whom  AiroLO-Sonci 
calls  Sir  Alexander  of  Cavers,    married  ItM, 
elder  daughter  and  coheir  of  Richard  Hliroy  ar 
de   Chilham   (natural  son   of    King  Joho)  lad 
Roisia  de  Dovor,  heiress  of  Chilham.     Shi  v» 
widow   of  Ihmd  de   Strabolgi,  Earl   of  Athoh^ 
and  died  at  Chilham  Castle  in  l2Vh?.     Tbp  ii, 
therefore,  nothing  strange    in   her   buri«l  tn  tht 
Undercroft  of  Canterbury  Cathedral 
obit  was  annually  kept  on  April   17 
Christ   Church,   Canterbury,    Arundi 
She  left  issue  two  sons — John  de  ?  f 
Alexander  de  Baliol.    Sir   Alexander    m 
was  living  on  April  8, 1298,  when  he  wa^ 
neving  to  Scotland  in  the  king's  eervif**^ 
Ptf^.  26  Edw,  I-)     I  thought  both   tb.       \  ;  r-^ 
ders  were  brothers  of  John  Baliol.     \V  tj     ^ 
Clementift   de    Balliol,   precentrix    of    Eh-v,  t 
Abbey,  and  afterwards  abbess  ?     Her  electioti  w-j 
continued  by  mandate  of  Edward  I^  Sept.  % 
1294  (Rot  Pat.  23  Edw.  I.)         Hfi&MzirTtiFW 

FiTZSTRATHERjfE  (l'**  S.  ii.  302,  451.)— A  yf- 
son  bearing  this  name  has  been  inquired  about  it 
"  N.  &  Q.,"  and  ia  thus  written  about  in  tht  sedK 
daknis  chronicle  of  a  Miss  Caiy,  1825,  3  Tola  8?% 
London : — 

"  Th(^  son  of  a  grave-digj;er  at  tbe  Orkntys  , «  . .  1ft 
attttiKl  tiint»(air  to  be  the  aoii  of  the  Duke  of  Rtat   Xl» 
Fitjutrflthome  sayi  be  is  in  pArtnenship  with  II r.  Kalil( 
a  solicitor,     lie  '^caa  imitate  anv  handvrritii]^ aadlVS'' 
torgvd  tho  tetter  to  which  H«r  Majesty's  [Qoan  Chi^ 
lotte'»]  name  was  affixed ;  that  letter  wiu,  aiiiS  I  m 
still  iio&i lively  aiaored  is,  in  tbe  bar  i 
Mr.  Fit/^^tratherne  having  recently  ^v. 
of  hb  misdoedH  are  likely  to  be  ni'\'\<'  [ 
ti;rs  not  what  a  inan*a  name  is  w]<  i ;.-  ir:  i  -,  r  .-^.'..■,       \ 
his  conduct  it  correct.    Hia  asstun^Mi     lalTii  t.^tir   L"- 
of  royalty  is  beat  exftlained  by  stating  tti^tl  )a»  Aitlc 
was  nevW  out  of  Scotland*  and,  with  tha  ea^cvtuka  di 
His  Majesty  upon  a  reoent  occasion,  not  otie  of  ibt  ngr^ 
family  has  ever  l»cii  tlier^"*' — Vol.  Ui.  App.  xvii. 

BollBTl^ 

Old  Songs  and  Bvllads  (4**  S.  vi.  4: 
vii.   3fJ8.) — 1   can  fally  endorse   Mb.  Ja( 
assertion  as  to  the  wretched  doggrel,  not  to 
tilth  in  ess,  of  many  of  the  original   songs  lA 
melodies  employed  by  Bums  and  Moor«,    Boi 
less  some  few  are  harmless  enoagh^  but  u  a 
they  are  belter  consigned  to  that  obUviao 
they  now  enjoy.     I  have  a  pretty  good  siiriBkl^ 
of  old  song- books  on  my  shelveev  andiliooll 
happy  to  convince  any  one,  by  persdnal  \siMtik 
of  tue  truth  of  what  I  most  unheaitBlii^gi^  af^ 


4**S,Vll.JcHEl0.7J.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


The  ideas  of  our  grandfathers  and  grand  moth  era  as 
to  what  was  presentable  and  what  wns  not,  dif- 
fered considerably  from  ours  upon  the  same  point. 
I  do  not  think  that  we  should  allow  our  children 
free  «cee«8  to  the  pages  of  Allan  Ramsay's  Tea-* 
TiUde  Miscellttnyf  j^et  the  editor  expressly  says  in 
his  preface : — 

••  In  my  CoinpnsitioiJ  and  Collrrtion  I  have  kept  cmt  atl 
ncmt  and  nbaldry^  that  the  modest  Toice  and  ears  of  tlie 
Ikir  singer  miglit  mtet  with  no  alTronC 

Some  few  of  the  originals  of  Moore*8  Melodies 
are  preserved  in  tranedationd  from  the  Irish.  I 
may  instance  Walshes  version  of  *^  The  Twisting 
of  Uie  Rope  'Mn  Lover's  Lyric  ft  of  Irdandy  p.  3111 

With  regard  to  many  of  the  tunes  mentioned 
by  Mb.  BtAiR,  they  wfere  originally  dunce  tunes, 
and  have  no  old  words*.  This  ean  not  only  he 
proved  from  various  sources,  but  is  evident  from 
the  structure  of  the  melodies  themselves  which 
ahonpra  that  they  were  composed  for  some  instni- 
ment. 

The  oldest  Scotch  tunea  are  to  be  found  in  the 
Skene  MS.  (See  Dauney^a^'l/jriWi/  Scot  ink  Melo' 
dies.}  The  earliest  Irish  tunes  (if  we  exclude  two 
or  three  trivial  collections  of  dance  tunes  of  the 
middle  of  the  lft*t  centur})  are  those  noted  down 
by  Mr  William  Bunting,  and  which  supplied  Moore 
with  the  music  for  his  celebrated  Meiitdies.  Had 
it  not  been  for  Bunting  and  the  late  Dr.  Petri e 
(who  jrave  the  poet  a  few  tunes),  the  memory  of 
the  Irish  music  would  have  been  but  little  more 
tlian  as  a  departed  dreami  never  to  be  satisfactorily 
xeaUaed.  Edward  F.  Rimbault, 

Sttitbt  GoDOLPimr  (4*''S.  vii.  364,  4«3.)— The 
poet  of  this  name  was  surely  the  brother  of  the 
Lord  Treasurer,  **  a  youn^  gentleman  of  incom- 
partible  parU/-  according  to  Clarendon,  who  gives 
nim  a  very  high  charaeterj  both  in  hia  Life  and 
in  the  Hittortf  of  t/w  Iid*el/hth  He  was  born  in 
Cornwall  in  1669  or  1010,  and  was  educated  at 
K\^'ter  College,  Oxford.  As  he  was  killed  at  the 
attack  of  Chagford^  in  Devonshiret  Jan.  1642-*j, 
he  ean  hardly  be  called  (supposing  it  to  be  him^ 
**  one  of  the  wits  and  poets  of  Charles  II/s  reign." 
Ho  translated  the  fourth  hook  of  the  A^netfi^  in 
'which  he  was  assisted  by  Waller.  It  was  printed 
in  1058,  and  included  in  iJryden's  MuceUanm 
(edit.  1716,  iv.  134.)  Many  of  bis  lyrics  are  pre- 
served in  MS.  They  are  remarkable  for  prettineaa 
cf  thought,  if  not  for  great  vigour  of  expression. 

EoWAliD    F*    RlMBAUlT, 

Sir  Jonx  Powell  (4^*  8.  vii.  465,)— If  Mr. 
Feebe  has  no  objection,  I  will  answer  his  query, 
aa  perhaps  the  author  of  J^mmmt  Wth/tmen  may 
not  aee  *'N,  ^  Q.*'  The  following  extract  is 
taken  from  Dr.  Thomas  Reea*  Descrij^tion  of  South 
^ri»Hp.  382:— 

"  At  a  short  distance  to  the  westward  of  Laagbame 
lire  the  rcmalDS  of  Boadway  Hou$e.,  the  seat  of  Sir  John 


NOTES  ON  BOOKS.  ETC. 

Scottith  Lftur^itJt  of  the  Reign  of  James  VI.  The  Booitf 
of  CommLtn  Frayer  and  Administration  of  the  Scicra- 
vtentt^  with  other  Ritra  and  Ceremome$  of  the  Church  of 
Scotland^  a*  it  was  $ett  Houme  at  firsts  befort  the  Ckvmge 
thereof  made  by  ye  Archh.  of  CanterhwrxCy  and  teni  back 
to  Scottand.  (^From  a  MS*  in  the  British  Miueum.} 
Also  an  earlier  Draft  prepared  before  the  Trouble* 
caused  by  the  Articles  of  Perth.  (From  a  MS.  in  the 
Advocates-  Library).  Edited  with  an  Introduction  and 
Notes  by  tJte  Rev.  W.  Sprott,  B.A.  (Edmonston  and 
Bouglas.) 

This  ample  title-pagu  shows  so  fully  the  niiture  and 
cont€ntfl  of  this  little  volame  and  ita  bearing  upon  thc^ 
history  of  tho  Episcopal  Church  in  Scotland,  as  to  render 
any  detailed  accoont  of  it  unneceswirv.  Our  readers  art- 
aware  that,  after  the  Reformation,  the  Prayer  Book  ot 
£dwanl  the  Sixth  waa  naed  in  public  worMhifj  by  the 
Chnrch  of  Scotland  nntil  it  was  superseded  by  the  Book 
of  Common  Order,  or  Knox's  Liturgy,     In  1601  other 


I 


Powell,  one  of  the  judgea  of  the  Court  of  King^s  Bench, 
who  preaided  at  the  trial  of  tho  seven  bijihops,  in  the 
reign  of  Jame:^  II,  The  part  he  took  on  this  ot^eajnton 
against  the  Court  cnnsred  his  dinmisisal  from  his  situalion* 
H©  died  in  1696  at  the  ago  of  sixty-three,  and  was  buried 
in  the  church  at  Lnugbarne,  where  is  a  monument  erected 
to  his  memory.    The  indcription  ttatea  :— 

"Strenuua  ecdesue  defensor  foerit.  Testes  ii  septem 
Apostolic i  Prawules,  qnoa,  ob  Christi  fidem  fortiter  vin- 
dieatom,  ad  ipsiuA  Tribimnl  accitos  intrepidas  absotvit." 

Such  ia  the  only  notice  I  have  seen  of  thj«  up- 
right judge.  If  Mr.  Frere  or  any  other  reader 
of  "  N,  &  Q."  would  like  to  te^t  the  accuracy  of  ^ 
the  above,  his  shortest  course  will  be  to  stop  on  H 
the  South  Wales  Railway  at  Ferry  side,  to  cross  ™ 
over  to  IJanstephan  by  boat,  to  walk  two  miles, 
when  he  will  tind  himself  in  view  of  Laugh ame 
Castle,  and  an  old  man  ready  to  carry  him  on  hU 
back  across  the  river.  T.  8. 

Atsks,  Frerb.  kyu  Fklaji,  Surjtambs  (4*^  S» 
vii.  386,  447.)— I  think  Mr,  Eoqer  indicates  the 
true  source  of  the  above  names,  seeing  that  there 
is  an  English  form  in  the  surname  Are^  north  of 
England,  and  Scotch  Air  and  Icelandic  Areson. 
Bishop  John  Areson  at  Iloolum  established  the 
first  printing-press  in  Iceland.  X.  S.  A. 

Trinity  House, 

Ki?EELi5G  IN  Prat^  (4*^  S.  vii.  437-)-- A 
Concordance  would  have  satisfied  C.  A,  W.  that 
so  far  from  kneeling  being  a  feudal  custom  which 
came  in  about  the  eighth  century^  wti  are  ex- 
horted in  Psalm  xcv.  to  **  kneel  before  the  Lord 
our  Maker/'  that  Solomon  knelt,  and  that  Daniel 
knelt  three  times  a  day.  I  admit  ''  to  fall  down 
before"  ia  a  commoner  Scripture  phrase  than  to 
kneel;  but  that  standing  was  the  only  Jewish 
posture  no  Scripture  reader  will,  1  think^  allow. 


I 
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608 


NOTES  AND  QUEBIES. 


[4««»S.VII.JniBlO,7l. 


changes  were  contcmplatcJ,  and  the  pn)f?ress  of  these 

changes  in  well  tnid  in  the  Editor'.*)  intnxluetion  lu  the 

Litnrfgr  which  ho  has  printed  in  the  volume  before  us. 

That  Liturcj'  waa  discovered  in  thi!  British  Masouin  bv 

the  Rev.  Alezaader  Irwin,  an<l  described  and  parU  of  it 

printed  by  him  in  The  Sritith  Magazint  for  1H45-G.    For 

Its  publication  in  its  present  form,  with  the  accompanying 

letters  throwing  light  upon  the  preparation  of  tliu  Prayer 

Book  of  1C37,  Mr.  Sprott  deserves  the  tbanks  of  uU  who 

desire  to  study  the  history  or  the  Chun.-li  in  Scotlaml. 

The  Work$  of  Alexander  Pnne.     .Vr«p  KdU'um,  including 

gneml  Hundred  uvptdtlished   lA-tters,  and  other  new 

Maierkdt  collected  in  ftart  hy  the  late  Uight  Hon.  John 

Wilson  Croker.     With  Jntntductions  and  A'tftet  by  the 

Itev.  VVhltwell   El  win.      VoL    VI  I.      Onrrcgpfwience, 

Vol,  J  I.       iVith    FortraitSy    and   other    JUmtmtiona. 

(Murray.) 

This  now  and  important  edition  of  the  writing  of  the 
Bard  of  Twickenham  makes  steady  and  most  .latnfactory 
progre»s.  Tour  out  of  the  cij,'ht  vidunuM  ni  which  it  is 
to  consl««t  are  now  ])ulilisl»ed.  The  one  before  us  is  the 
second  of  the  "  Corn^ipondiMU'e,"  and  contnins,  first,  one 
hundred  and  fifty-six  letters  to  and  from  Swift  and  others, 
fvGm  1718  to  1741 ;  next,  four  letters  between  Pope  and 
Bolingbruke;  thirty  lottrrs  betwit-.n  Pujhs  and  Gay. 
dated  betwiM»n  1712  ami  1732 ;  tji;;ht  letters  between  Pop»j 
and  ParncU,  from  1711  to  1717  ;  and  la.-<tly,  ei;jhteen  let- 
ters betwj-cn  Pope  and  Dr.  and  (loorcre  Arbuthnot,  from 
171 1  to  17'13.— and  of  all  the^o  letters,  it  must  be  remem- 
bered, there  are  a  gn'at  number  which  either  in  whole  or 
in  part  arc  not  in  tho  i.-dition  of  ili).-«one.  The  volume 
ma^'  not  perhaps  contain  so  unu-h  new  matt  it  as  some  of 
tb«)sc  which  have  precedeil  it,  but  it  is  marknl  by  the 
same  careful  editing  and  full  and  judicious  illustration. 

Mr.  Asiibkk'h  Oc<:a8U)NAi.  Fac-nimilk  Ukim:ist8. — 
We  have  already  brought  under  tlie  notiivj  of  our  readers 
several  of  the  series  of  Krprints  of  shurt  printed  traeb*  of  a 
mUccllaneons  character,  whii-h  Mr.  Aslibee  has  produ'rcd 
in  fac-simile  with  a  sueeess  which  mikes  tlieni,  to  all  in- 
tents and  i)urpo.-'i;ssatisf;i'?t(«ry  sub-^titute-*  fur  the  original. 
We  have  now  five  more  of  them  before  us.  naim;ly : — 
The  Deltatc  and  StryJ>  betwenr.  Sonur  and  IVyntvr^  I'rom 
the  original  blaek-lettcr  tract,  "luiprynted  by  Lawrcns 
Andrew."  "?..  Tnatysr  of  this  Cnlaunt  with  thf  Mnryftrje 
of  the  Bo«ne  of  Jidiijnnnijntf  unti>  Lowlnn  Slnnr,  «lso  in 
blaek-lctter.  X  A  Xrir  Phit  calhd  Cantrrhitric,  his 
Clmti'je  of  />/i;/,  Av'.,  from  the  original  puMi>«lie.l  in  Mil. 
•1.  A  Certain  RtUUinn  of  the  ILmfwcd  (imtfnnnnan  criilal 
Jfistris  Fasmu/mr,  .V/rl'wA.T,  ^Ve.  lO'iD ;  antl  .').  and  l:i-t. 
The  Mt-rry  Cunreited  Ilnmntrs  of  BfUlnm  the  Wturcr, 
from  Kiriiman's  edition  of  IfitU.  We  Uli-.'ve  if  the 
iil«rar>'  history  of  this  droll  was  thoroughly  inve-tigatel 
it  would  throw  considerable  liirht  upon  a  curioiis  «;hap- 
tnr  in  the  history  of  the  Knglish  Drama.  Our  rpjulers 
need  scarcely  be  "reminded  that  these  reprints,  which  arc 
limited  to  lU')  copies,  are  to  lie  procured  for  shillings 
where  the  ori>;nial  tracts  would  cost  iwunds. 

IwOYAL   iNSTlTUTUkJf   OF     (rllKAT     I^UITAIN.  —  At    tllfi 

gL'ueral  monthly  meeting  on  Monday,  Sir  Krederiek  Pol- 
lock, M.A.,  Vio''-Pre.M<lvnt,  in  tin-  ch.'iir,  Mr.  Silas  Kemlmll 
4'ook,  Miss  Klinor  Mnrtin,  .Mr.  Ch.-irles  IJland  KadclilTe, 
M.D,,  and  Mrs.  Kadelille  w^-re  ck-rted  members. 

Pari«». — It  is  n'jvirtiMl  that  nearly  all  the  missing 
pieces  of  the  Colonne  Ventloine  have  been  reeovered,  and 
that  it  will  be  no  ver>'  difiicult  matter  to  bring  al>ont  its 
complete  restoration.  Meanwhile  a  discussion  ha?  arisen, 
says  The  Times'  special  correspondent,  ••  as  to  what  to  do 
iri'tb  tberu'ma — which  shall  be  rebuilt,  which  pulled  down, 
and  which  left  standing.  One  proposal, ifbich  &Tid& favour, 


is  to  pull  down  all  that  ivmains  of  ttie  TuiWriea,  and  lo 
open  up  the  Louvre  to  the  Champs  Elysees  withoot  a  break 
in  the  vista,  laying  out  the  sjpaoc  now  occupied  by  the 
Palace  in  a  public  garden.  'Fhe  universal  »cntiment  \* 
to  enclose  the  Hdtel  de  Ville  in  a  square,  and  let  it  stand 
a  magnificent  ruin  and  illustration  of  the  manner  in 
which  the  most  advanced  philosophical  and  philanthropic 
ideas  of  tlie  present  age  find  tlu.ir  highest  expreaion  aad 
ultimate  development.** 

Trk  chateau  of  the  Maniuis  Laplace  at  Arcuril  Caefaia, 
which  escaped  the  Prussians,  has  Iteen  plundered  bv  a 
band  of  housebreakers  from  the  MoufTctard  district.  ITm 
manuscripts  of  the  celebrated  astronomer  were  thrown 
into  the  nievre,  from  M-hich  the  original  of  7^e  Meekamm 
of  the  i/eaueiu,  in  the  author's  handwriting,  hat  sabv- 
qaently  been  fished  out.  The  library,  which  wu  rich  in 
rare  book-s  souvenirs,  an<l  works  of  art,  has  been  looted 
and  devastated. — Cwinlinn. 

Ur  a  fire  at  Alexandria,  Virginia,  on  the  lOlh  olL  wu 
destroyed  the  old  Court-house  of  Fairfax  county,  eroctfil 
of  imported  bricks  in  174K.  In  this  buildintr  the  Britisb 
troops  %verc  barracked  after  the  rapture  of  Fort  NeceaBtv 
in  1754,  and  from  it  the  forces  i»f  Uraddock  marched  totheu 
memorable  defeat  in  17.).*).  For  fiftv  yoars  it  was  familiar 
with  tho  footsteps  of  George  Wa«i}iinu:toii,  and  under  its 
rouf  he  cast  his  last  vote  in  170!).  The  old  Alexandria 
Musi'um,  which  contained  many  relics  of  Washingtoo, 
was  burnt,  but  tho  relics  were  saml. 


BOOKS    AND    ODD    VOLUMES 

WANTED  TO   rCRCHASR. 

FsrUeulsrf  of  Price,  *c.,  of  thr  foU-iwInirbolci  to  btper.l  <!Iwr!» 
the  Rvntierocn  by  wliom  thi-y  arc  reauuud,  whoMi  iimmc*  aud  aiUnaie* 
are  given  for  that  purpoK  :— 

Caoliohtro.    kixrr     uku     MruKwr»i>iaj*n:x     AiirvTHznts 

VNKRKS  JAniiHc^oini'n*.    I7W). 
Mf^llOlUK.S  Al'TnrNTIQrKS  III'  ClOI.IiiSTIirt,     irvi. 

Ki\  I'AAii  Tu-ii'iLEis  Ai^  i>KM  IJtji.N.M-.x  iiKi:  WuM^nKir.  ir^- 
t,KtUi'>'*t:\  vrtii  i>Ksi  ynvKs  Tii.vfMMr'nfjKv  c.\t;i  :ri«*Ti.ii.    r-i. 

C'AOI.KHTUO  IM  WAitM.'ll\r.  i;*"').  Or  tliv  i'r\:iiclL  t.>l:UuJi  cUtkJ 
"  ('nijllo«tro  ih  mafiiu-'-  a  Va»-<nvjc." 

1st  CANMOHTKO  CIIKF  DFM    [Lr.CMlX.lTbV?  ITjO. 

IjKTTIIK    UK  COUTi:    UI  MniAllKAU  Sl.i:  CAUt.KiSTRO  RT  Lavatcs. 

I.I  UK  It  Mi'.MiiuiAi.is  on  Cvleohtko,  nt  x  ks»i:t  Bouoni.TrL  ilr 

thv  (jri'nimu  tran«lation. 
Wanted  by  Jir.  iVHUfim  F..  J.  A  cm,  ■*>,  Joyn-'in  Street, StFBi:sv*V^ 
whu  will  tie  thunkful  for  early  otieri. 

Rw.Tiirii   »K  Stivpks  in:  t.uiiXRT  i>k  Due  de  Choikiul.  ISI- 
Mi-aUniul  Kn^'IiKli  MSS. 

Wanted  by  Jiev.  J.  (.'.  Jprl-9.yn.  It,  Maiiiir  Terrace,  Amhunl  B<9«d. 
Ua«:kiU),N.i:. 

TiiR  T.iFB  OF  D«iN  Ji'AX  n^  ('A-iTRO.  Till!  ForRTH  ViTiNlloT  o: 
I  SHI  A.  Iiy  Jfciiit  Fny  do  .Viidr«..la.  TrarmUtci  l.y  Sir.  1*.  IV)cht- 
Loii-loii.  intil. 

Wanted  by  Col.  Fllis,  StanTow.  near  Exeter. 


^aticrjer  ta  Carrr<{pantrrntif. 

Joan   (»f   Aut!. —  When   referring   Mij.    Xoki.l   JUSh 
t'l.IiH-:  (antt\  j).  4n0;  tn  M.  /tdtpiirrr't  pricjitvfy  printwi 

I  Uouto  llistoriquL'/Iw-  iufornuition  rcsprr.ting  Joan  of  Art. 
trr  omitted  to  stute  that  thr  tam///  i*  jrihlisfud  in  thtitf^*- 
Hi'wan'g  int€rv*timg  ni/Htnv,  vntithd  Hi.^torical  L)iiliciliue» 
and  OmtCHtod  K vents,  rvrietreil  in  "X.  «&  y."  N'  Afn, 

I  lb»;s,  I'h  S.  i.  331. 

1  A.  11.  11ATR.S  (Kdijbaston.)  A  more  correct  rrrtiamff 
Jrkyir*  *»  Tears  of  the  Cruet m  "  uppeiircd  in  "  X.  d  Q."*  1* 
8.  X.  172. 

Errata.— 4»'»  S.  vii.  p.  470,  col.  i.  line  19  from  holtff" 
(of  text)  dele  "  r=  " ;  ibid,  coL  last  line  Uit  notej  r 


4*&TIL  JcrjrE  17,71.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES, 


IMynON,  8ATURDAT,  JXTSE  17.  IftTl. 


CONTENTS.— N«  181. 

KOTKfl ;  —  OfitJi  von  Berlichhiffon,  SO©— ATrintcr**  Error, 

ia,  —  Lord  Erakioe  -  Steel   Eriirraviug  —  "HlbblU  **  — 

JLoimImi  to  October  —  Tvvttty  Poiiifrs  of  iHel^  —  Mra.  Hmr* 

Tfot  dark^ieodlOS  — McmoriJ^I  Bells  at  St.  Dun»Uu*i 

r  **-  l^i^txy  PortnitA  —  Itlflj  Day  at  Oxrord,  5L0, 


QUEUES:  —**  Agreeing  t^  differ  **  —  Alcest'ii  —  "  Arlbur'a 
slow  Wftiti"— Bumbo:  Clod  Berf—OoUcetion  for  a  Hli- 
tonr  of  laus.  ±c.  —  *' Ex  Luc*?  LuoeUutn"  —  Ancifitit 
SiQsm*  —  Flemish  Ft>li  t  i^d  ia  £iu(buid  —  **  The 

Garaen  of  tbe  Soul "  —  i%n  Bood  "  -^  Hebrews 

ii.  Idl  — Joha  Kii]0]ow  i^o  — Samuel  MAundor 

—  MmimuLa^  a-nd  Carlyltj  -^  McdilUc  Query  —  MUtOQ'A 
Folk  I^re—  MoQoUth  at  Maftnata  — Ancunt  aiddl«»— The 
Sej^ui^gmt  —  TbomM  Bimon  —  Jamoa  Smyth  of  Whttohill 
^  biicip  —  **  The  Sonir  of  Solomoa  "  —  Biihop  Jorcmj  T^y- 
lur—  &Iby  Family,  513. 

RBPLIES^  —  Eood  Screens  in  SulTollc  Churche»»  516  — 
llurtl  Paintinit  in  Storsit^n  Church.  Norfolk,  517— "  Jaok  " 
Hitrton.  518— Pootry  of  the  Clomk,  /&,— Eoalm,  B19  — 
Jlwria^ea  of  Enfrlinh  Princf^^-ii,  520— Ovid,  "  Alcbam/* 
lULSii!  •*  B«nigmor/"  531  —  8un-dia]  Inscriptions-  Pivs- 
liiror  Ptelewe — Bismarck  anticipated:  "Htewiiifctu  their 
ovQ  Ormvy  "  —  Childjv n's  Gfttoua  —  "  The  Wind  has  a 
iAiigwwcL^  Ac  —  Cooke« :  Cookeaey  i  Cooke  —  Another 
Old  Jenkins  —  FrsnHs:  Junloa  und  the  8Mla— Oricln  of 
thx  S  I  uam  —  *'  Tho  Thutiderer  "  —  Uomn 

—  E-  of  "  Barrnl-or|iran  Fluno"  — Mra, 
Mar.  1  Dyer  — Stunt  Jlers  —  Oarae  — Tho 
HociniM'  - '[ »  oji  u  -^7  k  —  '•  Thirty  Dayi  hath  September  "  — 
%%,  Vaitt« tine— Miry  QU'.'en  of  Scots'  Iiuprtioiimcnta  — 
'*C*»iii«»  to  Grief  *'— pMrT^i  Changftsof  Kaiiie8^'*Drum" : 
an  Bvesunv  Pxrtjr ,  ' 


fttttti. 

GUTZ  VON  BERLICHINGEN. 

GSIs  0*  Gottfried  von  Berlichinffen,  or  Ber- 
liiMlHllirr^  amnaiiied  ^  of  the  Iron  Hand/'  in  beat 
Iebowh  to  ms  by  Gothe'a  drama  or  Sir  Walter 
Scott's  tranaktion  of  it.  Very  lately  the  well- 
lanttwn  philologist.  Dr.  W.  H.  J,  Bleek,  has  dis' 
oovocd  a  Tery  interesting  hL^torical  document 
felfldx)^  to  him  in  the  shape  of  an  inscription  at 
tiie  end  of  an  old  manuscript  Tolume  in  the  Grey 
libra^  in  Cape  Town.  The  manuBcript  Tolume 
m  quse«tiaD  ia  a  very  curious  one,  "  written  ia  the 
loarfeeeiitli  century/*  I  quote  the  words  of  Dr. 
Bl-ckt— 


It  oonuUi*  leaaoftui  from  the  Goapela,  and  U  highly 
atfid  with  Ttiry  qnaint  luiniatures  and  mltiib  in 
pya  and  ooloim.  The  pr«iicnt  bmdtjitkf  is  evidently 
etigiaali  and  from  the  wori  *  im. ..!.«..». '  ,.,i.;  >,  ..,p^aj.^ 
Ibiu  tsnsflf  oa  tii«  fltam  ped  co\  '  u  me 

i»fiicclyb«loii0MltothcCou\  atimr- 

teeh  ia  Uue  Odewald,  now  the  rc^cnce  ol  Xho.  Ptince  of 
l^niB^TBO,  a  wmg  rolative  of  Qoean  Victoria's.'* 

The  inscription  in  question  fixes  the  precise 
:iLi>'  during  the  peasant  war  of  hit  presence  at 
A!!^ arbock  A  parchment  leaf  attached  to  the  end 
c  V  r  of  thiij  volume,  ia  the  writing  of  tbe  first 
l^nn  rf  the  aixteeath  century,  beam  the  following 


"*  jVjioo  do.  1^.25  fflr 

argento  ^eminjaqu^  t^ 
^uodam  sobHitaiij  (n 


huiuj  libri,  aaro 
Uippi  &  .Ijuiohi  i\ 
>  GgC2  dc  Deilin- 


gen  nomine  at  alio  rostioane  fectJ  anteslgnano  Georgio  a 
liaUenber^h  Unio  arte^  factis  uero  et  actious  homine  per* 
fido,  latroae,  et  propHi  honoris  prpdigo,  cleri,  nobilitatisi 
ac  proprii  domiui,  contra  evang^olic4U  tocius  quoque  na- 
tnralid  Icgia  sanctioned  perseejuotore  infestiadmo,  eccl&- 
aiarum  inetiper  et  religiosonm  locoram  dovaatatore  et 
extvrDunatore  atrocbsimo.^' 

'*  In  the  year  1525tO&  the  eve  of  Philip  and  Jamei; 
there  took  rdace  tho  spoliation  of  thia  book,  which  vraa 
corered  witli  gold,  silver,  and  jewels,  by  one  who  was 
made  cooapicuous  by  the  title  of  nobilitVt  G^tz  of  Ber^ 
Ikhin^en  by  name,  and  another  leader  o?  the  rustic  mob, 
GtH»rge  of  Bail  en  berg,  a  butcher  by  trade,  but  in  his 
deeds  and  actions  a  perfidious  fellow,  a  robber,  earelew  of 
hifl  own  honour,  a  most  inimical  persecutor  of  the  clergy, 
nobihty  imd  of  hia  own  lord,  contrary  to  thci  ordinances 
of  theGoApd  and  those  of  every  natural  law  ;  also  a  moat 
atrodoua  apoiler  aad  destroyer  of  churches  and  all  reli- 
gious places/' 

This  fixes  April  30, 1525^  &a  the  date  of  the 
vi^t  of  Got2  and  the  insurgent  peasants  to  th^ 
Convent  of  Amorbach. 

The  volume  in  ijuestion  is  now  mounted  on 
brass  ornaments,  evidently  antique,  and  probably 
of  the  date  immediately  following  its  spoliation. 

It  is  probable,  boweven  from  the  very  tenor  of 
the  denunciation,  that  it  was  the  work,  not  of 
Gutz,  but  of  the  Metzler  or  Butcher  George  of 
Ballenberg  of  G  others  dramtu  Gutz  was  but  the 
nomiiial  captaiii  or  chief  of  the  insuj^ents,  and 
must  have  been  at  Amorbach  almost  immediately 
after  he  had  accepted  the  captaincy ;  for,  having 
met  the  insurgents  at  Gundelabeim^  he  was  on 
the  following  day  at  Buchen  forced  to  put  himself 
at  their  head.  Thence  they  proceeded  through 
Amorbach,  Mittenberg,  &c.,  on  their  way  to 
Wuraburg, 

The  above  interesting  particulars  are  condensed 
from  a  communication  by  Dr.  Bleek  to  the  Ce^ 
Magcadne^  and  may  be  worthy  of  a  comer  in 
"N,  &Q."  H.HALU 

Portsmootb. 


A  PKINTER'S  ERBOB* 

The  third  edition  of  my  Myihoiogy  of  Greece 
and  Italy  was  printed  i>erbatim  from  the  second^ 
except  where  additions  were  miMle  in  M8,  My 
surpriae,  therefore,  was  great  when,  under  tha 
head  of  "  Fortune/*  in  the  mythology  of  Italy,  for 
**  altars  and  fanes  *'  I  found  ^'  altars  and  gamee.'^ 
It  was  a  pUKzle  to  me  for  years.  At  lost  it  struck 
me  that,  as  in  the  com|K>»i tor's  case  the  type  ia 
arranged  in  boxes,  each  box  containing  the  type 
of  one  letter,  and  iks  the  compositor  works  me- 
chanlcaU}',  be  may  stretch  too  far  or  not  far 
enough,  and  so  t»dre  up  the  letter  before  or  after 
tbe  one  he  requires,  and  the  reader  seeing  tha 
error  may  mate  the  correction  in  the  wrong 
place :  thus  fm^  may  have  become  ^<uic,  wbic& 
the  reader  changed  to  t/*tme.  On  inquiry  I  found  I 
was  right,  and  that  this  is  a  constant  source  of 
error. 


510 


NOTES  AND  QUEEIES. 


Now  there  are  aik  places  in  Shakei^peftTe  tbiia 
corrupted,  and  curious  enough  they  have  all  heen 
corrected,  and  rigrhtly,  by  myself  imd  others— a 
sure  proof,  by  th«  wnv,  thnt  emeitdQtioti»  when 
acting  under  a  tme  critical  sense,  is  no  moro  hap- 
hazard  work.     The  places  are  as  follows : — 

"Or  for  loue^i  sake,  a  word  thnt  hues  all  men." 

roiJe'f  Lnb,  An  IV,  Sc,  3. 

Here  Hantner  properly  read  mmtes,  and  to  our 
ahame  be  it  said,  no  editor  aeenw  to  have  fol- 
lowed him. 

'*  A  mother^  oni]  a  miAtre^i,  and  a  friend*'* 

Am  imi.  Act  L  So,  1, 
Here  at  the  first  glance  I  saw  that  the  right 
■word  was  fcrrr,  but  I  supposed  that  a  part  of  it 
bad  been  elTaced,  and  too  printer  snpplif?d  the 
want.  I  now  see  that  the  eompoBltor  and  the 
reader  made  the  ordinary  mistake. 

"  To  nje  she  speaks  ;  she  moufs  mo  for  hfr  tbemo/' 
Cm.  n/Erwrt,  Act  II.  Sc,  S. 

Hejre  I  saw  plfunly  that  the  word  waa  lom^f 
which  the  context  proves  to  bo  rigbti  i 

**  My  birth-place  haue  T,  nnd  mTlovc*B  xipon.** 

Will  it  bo  believed  that  the  obvious  correction 
hattf  waa  left  for  St^vena? — u  and  w,  being  used 
promiacuously,  were  in  the  same  box* 

"And  the  marring  upsprin^Sf  Teela.'* 

Hatttleij  Act  1.  Sc.  4. 
For  i  the  compositor  took  up  m  or  t',  which  the 
reader  ch angled  to  it\ 

"  8fllt  Oeopatra,  soften  thy  mfattd  lip.'' 

An.und  C7«r«>/i.  Act  U.  »Sc.  !♦ 
As  Cleopntra*s  dark  skin  is  frequently  referr<»fl 
to,  the  right  word  muat  be  iand  {tnmi-'d^t  of  which 
the  compo.sitor  mtide  unnti  or  ixmdy  and  the  reader 
changed  it  to  wand  {wcm'd)* 

Surely  emendation  is  no  mare  gue^woik* 

Lord  Erskttte. — I  extract  the  Mnwln^  from 
an  autobiographicBl  Memff^  of  TkomnA  Hm-dij^  i 
whose  trial  on  a  charge  {of  hip;h  treason  in  17V)4,  I 
and  his  acq^nittal  after  nine  day»*  inve-aUpalion,  | 
are  well  known.      Speaking  of  Mr.^  afterwords 
Lord  Chancellor  Erekitie,  hi^  counsel,  the  memoir 
atates : — 

*'  Ont'  disappointment  la  the  legaw  way  i3  particularly 
worthy  of  rcinnrk,  A  fj^iMitlein""  '  ' — i^  ftirliinn  in  Hef- 
byishirc^  of  tbe  iminc  of  Ivunt.  Ita  Htat^  Trials 

m  1791,  made  hi*  will,  rinl  in  f  hi?  rjpproba- 

iion  of  the  ability.  '  ,  U- 

qucij  ce  diipla v»Ki'  \  .  1  v* 

beqncathca  lum  asj  *,..,_  ...l..  .,^.^„i,a^  m»  l..j,  i>  iiioti- 
Band  pounds.  Hardy  himself  was  also  handsomefy  ni<?n- 
tioned  in  the  will,  b>  which  Mr.  Kant  afterwards  added  a 
codiciL  He  died  about  seven  years  nflerwartia,  snd  hii 
attorney  came  up  to  London  with  the  will  enclosed  in  a 
letter  written  by  the  gentleman  himself  at  llio  time  of 
making  lU    After  Mr.  Erskin©  hud  rend  the  ktter  he  I 


aakad  the  attoTcey  if  ha  had  taken  ihe  pro[ 

to  make  th«  codicil  valid  ?  He  rcph'cd  *  N- 

Mr.  Ertikina,  *  Bj'  God,  yon  hnTelo*t  me  the  e  ia|4 

Krskiae  tent  for  Hardy  a  few  day»  afterward*.  ^ 

what  had  happened, '  aijd  said  that  Ui^  will   ^,.,_,.,,^ 

through  the  ignorance  or  villaioj  oi  »  atvp^  oofUtij 

attorney/* 

Not  having  heard  that  this  di 
mentioned  elsewhere,  or  that  it  i 
generally,  it  humbly  appears  to  a^  U>  lu^iitji 
eertion  in  '*  N.  &  Q.^' 

Edinbargh, 

Stesl  EnoraVh^o,— a,  Correspondent  3 
suggested  (4***  8.  vii.  334)  the  photogTapbisg  tl 
old  inns  and  manor  houaea  of  Eo^f»nd   ft«fittt,| 
loso  them  for  ever.     May  I  .^^i 
and  propose  thataome  one  ^ 
the  taste  should  undertake  n  ^rr 
grrarings  ?  Experience  has  not  yei 
photography  will  stand  the  ravages  ..[  nrq 
apart  from  this  qucation,  I  have  little  ha 
in  saying  that  photography  ouffht  not  to  ^ 
engraver  out  of  the  field'.     Tet  read  tb 
graph,  cut  from  our  ^'>-'il  t.mt..  v  .^ 

"  The  art  of  steel  « 
the  youngest  line  en;;} 
be  over  fortj^  aofl  without  a  pupil. 
efiticru9  of  pb^tbgraphy  ha\*«  Bacc«<«ifuil 

It  strikes  me  with  alarm.    Rath 
80, 1  would  devote  my  leisure  to  1 
To  neglect  it  will  be  a  di^grac*^ 
hope  tliat  the  statement  I  nave    ^ 
gerated,  \\  ^lhu,-^ 

'*HiiiBXT8,"— ITy  likle  boy  went  out  walk 
in  Devon  with  bia  nurse,  a  g'enuint^  af^ediaen  d 
the  cmiDty,  and  came  home  highly  eidtM  hPrnti^ 
he  had  seen  "two  hihbit^*^  on  a  iroa 
Perhaps  it  is  worth  noting  that  thi- 
word,  which  greatly  puzzled   me,  i^    the     ' 
Country  mode  of  prononnciog  ejf«€ — i  # 
eft  GTnetct^  ,  V 

LojTDOTf  m  October. — The  late  Lor*  1 
John  Archibald   Murray,   tlbo  SeottiiU  jt^^a  — 

thus  writes  to  a  friend  ;^  ' 

"  I  am  much  djspr»sed  to  mmtir 
will  think  a  great  piradox,  that  i 


(.'xci^r^.-^ivi.'' ;   bat  it  Ls  otily  U>,'D  vr  m  auluma  ttj.it  ^ 
what  I  call  Hoolety^-^innn  part  less  and  tbe 
whom  vou  like  or  are  disposed  to  ^.^  !♦---»     /- 
day.    in  April  and  May  tnere  are 
thftt  it  distracts  me,  and  I  go  out 
fatigued  that  I  am  umible  to  attend  La  iUi^v 
pn^^is  m  conversation^  aod  have  pot  i>n£ideat] 
flpints  to  take  aahjira  iu  it," 

Had  the  good-humoured   acC'  ; 
been  more  abstemious  at  table  He  \,  v. un- 
less discomfort  J. 
J  TwEifTx  I'oi?iw.p?  PrwT*.r-Xhe  ,_ 
which,  I  think,  ougtt  to  find  a  plaoo  in  f*Jji 


4«*8;Vlf.i<o«iii7iTli] 


NOTES  AND  QUEKIES. 


1«    « 

rj 


•l^^'i-e  ActJount  of  our  duty  to  God  an4  our 
It    was    written    In    1557    Ujr    t>j^^ 

i  :   .  rigiitfollji'. 
ijil  in  TriQity# 
in  unitv,       *   ,  •      i 


Thrtite  pfefBoiis,  one  in  Deity. 
To  «*»rve  Him  aJway,  guitelef^ly, 
T    - -k  Iliiji  all  thu'iijtf,  iifedfully, 
i^p:  ITiui  ih  all  euqi;»atiy/ 
rijin  fUivrty,  hc.irtiljrf 
!  i  rn  al  Way,  ChristI Ati  ly* 
!  mercy,  pam6fhtly» 


lii»    •  1  irti  ahvay,  thankfully. 

ll»    i  alway,  virtue iiily*  ' 

Jfiw  i"  1'  '^  uiv  neighbour  hoortBtlV* 
|(^*  To  IiM>k  for  dn-atli  stilj^  pi'CMD^ly, 
!7.  To  hrjlp  ftic  inr.or,  in  miser}'. 
n'a  ralieity* 
;>c;,  and  ctiarity. 
_,,   M,^  vT.t*ii*  u^M,-.  .ii.j  bat  vanity  :  ' 
Be  poorrs  of  CttmsTi.vjriTr, 

Som0  ioiarmfttton  about  tli;0  fiuiLor  would  h& 
acceptiibk.  Tnos.  Hatcllfjpe, 

Mbs.  IIahrikt  Clabke.  aged  100.— Tho  en- 
closed from  the  Sundttj/  Tivwi  of  May  28  deservcB 

••Fd.vf.ital  of  /  T  .  ..y  iMi^  Years  of  Aoe.— On  Mon- 
d«]r  nwromt:  thr  liiw  of  Mrs.  ITarriet  Clnrk(% 

^dow  of  Mr.  Th  i.LS  fonnejrly  of  Maryltsboiie, 

irere  interred  in  l\i;jj.ii,il  Uroea  Cemetery,  near  the  grave 
</  Tpuj  H<xm1.  Thy  (lenea^ed  resided  at  NortlivroiJ,  and 
"Imd  attained  the  remarkable  age  of  l^^'*  v^-ar^.'* 

U  there  for  *»if]tJpKv»«i*/ that  Mm*  Clarke 
iir  it  h  um\i^y>A  to  ask  wlxat  eoidence 
i:  i  Lited  fact^— Eu,  " N.  &  Q."] 

Mbmoriai  BfitM  AT  St.  DtrssuAif  *s,  SrErKUT, 
Iiiacriptiona  on  the  church  lielld  of  St.  Dunatan's, 
Stepney.    On  the  treble  : — 

**Ca«t  by  Mi'ss*  3Iears  &  Son,  LoacIun»  Fcdit  1806. 
iitnrixe.  Harper,  U.D.,  liector.  Mathew  EaAum,  Kobart 
Turner,  W""  Wade,  W^  Thorasoo,  Gcg.  Evcuritt,  Church- 
wardens,'* 

Second  bell,  third  bell,  fourth  bell,  fifth  bell 
the  same  inscriptiou. 

Sixth  ball :« 

**  To  the  Piou*  Memftn'  of  M«  Prisca  Cobom,  a  libetal 
Rfrripfacfr'^  i  l*  thti  Seamen's  Widows  of  tlie  Parish  of  St 

D  Liri3 1  a  1 1  ^ ,  S  t  ^  I  I )  -y.    J .  Mears  &  Bon  Feci  t,  1 806." 

SevGotU  bell  :^ 

••  The  following  inscription  was  upon  ih^  sixth  b^H  of 
tbe  late  peal  :— 

"  'TifjrlniM  e<?Tegl«  rocof,  cAmpnuft  miriie,  1503/  T. 
!!««»  dE  Soa  Fecit,  18(HJ/* 


Sail 
liyi 

Weii 


onr  of  the  Volnntoera  of  tlje  Pariah  of 

SicDntn.  thiff  Kaicliif  C<nri»*  cotnauuided 

)r,  U,  C,  O.  T^  Ly  W"*  Thom- 

Toplar  ik  UlaiHiwall,  by  John 


■'i. 


1784. 
,  1806, 


dohu  MsiheWJ,  Tr^aanfer, 


i;^'  the 
r  1540, 
lit  Belk 
in  pTo- 
^  Thirl- 
Wnde. 


Ninth  ben :— 

...  1 

the  ..-M... ,., 

T.  Menr^v 

Tenor  beU  t— 

•*  The  late  Tenor  (Wrfpht,  49  Cw«)  was  pi 
Prions  of  the  Holy  Trinity*  Uulte^s  Plao 
Nidiolsts  rimdwortht  rentiw«d  by  Thom*ia  /<' 

wits  -  '  '  v-^-'    -'  ,1  ".    ,-     V      ■:"  '  "''' 

Pft. 

recii^' 

were  licvii-jt  intu  Ten  Uy  1 ,  M^ir^  A 

sanee  of  Geo,  Harper,  X>^V,^  Kcctor,  K 

wjUI,  Lecturer,  Mathew  Enfuiu,  Rol>*  i  n  i  >•«  j  , 

GtH>.   Everritt,   Churchwnrdenf*.     J^'*  Cnrtij?,   Esq»;  J*"** 

Edwards,  Esfj.  j  Jert-mijih  f^imw,  Ev|. ;  .Ichn  PauUtii  Esq.; 

M^  James  rxirnfeild,  W,  M.  Simcm«,  Mathe%r  WartoUt 

Surveyor;  Jk>hn  Baiter,  Vestn^  Clerk. ^Weight,  31  cw% 

Kev  D." 

Tapestbt  roRTKAiTB*— At  ft  6(i3e  of  ttiicient 
efFectfi  that  lately  t/^ok  phic©  at  8Umbridge  Erlea, 
Hants,  thene  waa  mid  a,  very  handsome  piece  of 
domestic  tapestry^  worked  on  white  satin,  show- 
ing faded  gold  nod  white  beadB^  This  waa  de- 
acribed  in  catalogue  aa  — 

"  Tape$tr.v  Neodliwork,  rapneaoiititiir  Charles  II.  and 
his  Queen  In  tho  cbariober  of  a  Shepherd  and  Shepherdesti, 
date  about  1670." 

This  curious  epeoimea  of  needlework  may  now 
bt)  sueu  exhibited  in  the  shop  window  of  a  book- 
seller  in  Beiuond  Street^  StDUthampton,  and  at- 
tracts the  attention  of  all  those  interested  in  this 
bygone  accooipliahment*  It  ia  an  elaborate  pro- 
duction. E.  n. 

Kelson  tSqtutre,  S,E. 

Mat  Dat  at  Oxfoed.^TIio  following  account 
(taken  from  The  Tt'meg)  of  this  time-honoured 
cufltoni  appears  to  me  to  deserve  a  comer  for  pre- 
servation in  *'  N.  &  Q,'*  :— 

**The  aneient  fustotn  of  chanting  a  hymn  on  the  top 
of  Magdalen  ColkgB  tower,  Oxford,  woa  duly  obsa'Vttil 
yesterday  morning  at  live  oVlock  by  the  choir,  under  the 
direction  of  the  organist,  Dr.  8t&iner.  For  this  service 
the  sum  of  10/.  U  rocHrrtl  out  of  the  rectory  of  Shnaa- 
hrid^e  in  Glon  Tradition  informs  ns  that, 

previously  t<>  i  tion,  a  requiem  mass  was  cdt- 

brat«»d  on  the  tuj.  r .  l...  ,  u.wer  every  Alay-dxiv  morning, 
at  an  early  hour,  for  the  repose  of  the  soul  of  11  enry  VIL** 

J.  S.  Udal. 


I 

I 
I 


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NOISBS  AND  QUERIES. 


[4fkS.yiI.Jcnl7,71. 


<Si\xttM. 

*'  Aqbxsjsq  to  diffsb." — When  did  this  phzase 
fint  come  into  uae  ?  There  is  an  idea  somewhat 
similar  in  Sir  Philip  Sidney^s  romance^  the  Catm- 
tess  of  Ptmbroke^a  Arcadia,^  in  book  i.  of  which 
tiie  noble  author  observes :  — 

•*  Between  these  two  pewnnnpes  (/.  e.  Dametas  and 
Hiflo),  who  nerer  agreed  in  any  hnmbnr  bnt  in  diaagree- 
ioff,  is  issued  forth  Miatress  Mopsu,  a  woman  fit  to  par- 
tidpato  of  both  their  perfcctione." 

Eff. 

Alceshs. — ^From  what  Yersion  of  the  story  of 
Alcestis  did  Mr.  Leighton  take  his  picture — 
^Hercules  wrestling  with  Death  for  the  Body  of 
Alcestis"?  The  critics  refer  to  Euripides,  and 
The  Spectator,  one  of  the  highest  authorities  on 
artymys:  — 

••  Mr.  Leighton  has  ventured,  with  the  best  result,  to 
represent  the  overthrow  of  Death  as  produccil  liy  the 
most  scientific  croaa-buttock,  and  enforced  by  an  irre- 
sistible twist  of  the  right  fuoL  The  remaining  groups 
are  too  numerous,  or  too  little  massed  togetlicr,  allhougli 
graceful  in  themselves  and  genorallv  pretty  in  sentiment. 
Alcestis  herself,  yet  sleepirip;  the  sfcep  of  death,  is  fairly 
well  portrayed ;  'but  tliere  is  no  one  tlie  mind  ran  ac- 
oept  as  a  charly  aatiafuctory  ptrwnijicaiion  of  Admt  tus,  on 
whose  account  all  these  thiujrs  wore  done.  Some  have 
objected  {after  re/reshiny  thvir  nwmorUs  regarding  the 
m^th)  that  Apollo  is  not  present.  But  he  could  hardly 
with  decency  look  on,  while  his  own  bargain  with  Death 
(viz.  that  if'Admetns  lived  some  one  should  die  for  him) 
waa  being  broken  by  a  deity  of  inferior  power." — Spec- 
tator, May  27, 1871. 

Those  who  object  to  the  absence  of  Apollo  have 
not  "  refreshed  their  memories  "  with  the  play,  in 
which  ho  comes  on  with  Death  to  speak  the  pro- 
logue, and  appears  no  more.  Death  ends  it  by 
showing  the  sword  with  which  he  intends  to  cut 
the  lock  of  Alcestis*  hair  (v.  70),  and  I  suppose 
does  so,  as  she  dies  at  v.  401.  After  that,  he  has 
no  more  business  with  her  "  body."  She  is  dead 
before  Hercules  arrives.  Ho  asks  where  her  tomb 
is,  and  says  ho  will  go  there  and  watch  for  Death 
coming  to  drink  the  blood  of  the  victims :  — 

K!bnrcp  Xoxiiffas  ainhw  i^  cSpas  (ru0els 
Hdpr^Uf  k6k\w  8c  Ttpi/BoAu)  X^P^^  ifiaii^f 
Oi>K  itrrty  vfrrts  ai'T^v  4^atpi}(rfTai 
Mayovvra  irXivpd,  rrp\y  yvyaiK   ifiol  fi^Bf, 

XV.  8G2-0. 

It  is  plain  that  ywaTKa  does  not  signify  "body," 
as  he  says,  if  Death  do  not  come,  ho  will  go  to 
Hades  and  intercede  to  bring  iVlcestis  back.  Wh<?n 
he  returns  with  her,  he  tells  how  he  seized  Death 
at  the  tomb  (v.  1101).  The  picture  represents 
the  wrestling  as  before  the  royal  liousehold.  Had 
Admetus  been  present,  the  beautiful  scene  with 
the  veiled  Alcestis  would  have  been  lost. 

I  believe  that  Mr.  Leighton  is  an  accomplished 
scholar,  and  no  journal  is  less  likely  to  be  mis- 
taken on  classical  matters  than  7%  Spectator :  so 


I  infer  that  the  pieture  is  not  from  Eurimdea,  and 
ask,  from  whom  P  H.  B.  C. 

U.  U.  Club. 

"  Arthue's  8W)w  Wain  "  (Scott's  Loff^  canto  i. 
V.  17.)— 'Why  is  the  constellation  of  the  Great 
Bear  called  *' Arthur's  Wain"?  I  know  what 
Miss  Yonge  (ChrMan  Namei,  L  125Xand  Owen 
(quoted  by  Southey  in  introduction  to  Ayn^  Arthur, 
i.  vii.)  saj'  about  it;  but  the  information  they  give 
is  not  satisfactory.  C.  W.  S. 

Bumbo  :  Clod  Beep. — ^In  an  hotel  bill  of  1709 
I  find -^ 

9,    d, 

"  Clod  beef  about  40  Ibfl.,  charged  only  20  lbs.      :>  10 

IJumbo I    '^^ 

In  another  bill,  about  the  same  date,  "a  dod 
of  beef*  is  mentioned.  What  part  of  the  ox  wis 
meant  ?    And  what  was  Bumbo  ? 

J.  M.  CowpiR. 
IBumbo  we  take  to  be  J?iiin6o,  a  nautical  drink.  Sr 
Walter  Scott  says :  *'  He  intrudecl  himself  rni  the  tmtal 
presence  of  Hawkins  the  boatswidi),  and  Dtfrrick  the 
quarter-master,  who  were  regaling  themselves  with  a  can 
of  mmho,  after  the  fatiguing  duty  of  the  dav.'*  {The 
Pirate,  eh.  xudx.) — Clod  ia  the  coarse  part  or  the  nod 
of  an  ox.] 

COLLECmOK  FOB  A  HiSTOBT  OP  1^170,  BIC^All 

''Extensive  and  Curious  Collection  of  Maiw- 
scripts,  Drawings,  Engraving,  Newspaper  Cut- 
tings, for  a  History  of  Inns,  Taverns,  and  Coflee- 
Houses,  to  be  sold  in  one  lot  by  Messn.  Soutbgale 
&  Barrett,  22,  Fleet  Street,  on  Monday,  JIaT  97, 
1869  "  (see  The  Aihepumm,  May  21, 1859).  Bdujr 
very  anxious  to  inspect  the  above  collection,  I 
should  |feel  greatly  obliged  if  you,  or  any  reader 
of  "  N.  &  Q.,"  can  tell  me  where  it  can  now  be 
seen,  as  I  cannot  find  anythinjr  relating  to  die 
subject  in  the  British  Museum  Library.      W.  D. 

"  Ex  LrcE  LucELLiTM." — I  cut  the  followis^ 
from  the  Evening  Standard  of  May  1 :  — 

"  *  Ex  Luck  Lucellum.'— *  The  Man  About  Town,'  io 
the  SfMirthig  Gazette,  says:  —  'Many  ns  are  the  retorts 
which  have  followed  and  been  founded  on  Ifr.  Loirc> 
now  memorable  er  luce  lucellum,  perhaps  the  most  biMV 
U  that  which  asserts  that  it  is  not  orif^inal !  I  «■ 
assured  by  a  venerable  "  Man  About  Town,"  one  who  his 
not  quite'foiigotten  Ids  woU-titored  lore  anent  the  politics 
of  the  last  generation,  that  he  perfectly"  remembers  tke 
piirasc  bein^  appended  as  a  motto  to  a  satirical  coat  of 
arms  devised  for  Mr.  Pitt  on  that  minbter  creatrngpSr 
rather  increasiu^,  the  window  tax.  My  informant  %A^ 
that  he  is  almost  sure  that  he  once  bou'^ht  a  copy  of  tbac 
coat,  duly  coloure<i,  for  sixpence !  It  is,  however,  twt 
possible  that  lilr.  jMvre  never  heard  of  the  former  aqalb» 
and  that  his  classical  fancy  hit  upon  the  idea  quite  « 
original  as  the  satirist  of  1784.* " 

Perhaps  Mr.  Reid  will  kindly  tell  ne  wfaete 
the  caricature  referred  to  is  contained  in  the  col- 
lection of  which  he  has  charge  at  the  Britkk 
Museum.  R.  R  P- 


[Mr.  Kekl  informs  us  that  nothing  of  tha  kind  c 
among  the  caricatures  of  17dl-o ;  nar  it  tbcia  9aj  d« 


4<kS.TIt  JcsfKlf,*?!.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


t^  it  in  Om  CeaeM  Index  in  tli«  Hitflldlloti  6i  uUricm] 

AXCIENT     EXTGMA.  —  I     off^     R     C1lriOTi«     old 

e:  '  r  aoliition  to  tb©  ingenious  wndiira  of 


In  El 


itn  tjuneo  et  cadiyer  inttiB." 

'A 
A 


ring 
tber 


.>  t  "-' '-  ■■"-  --r  ^  within/* 

F.  c.  n* 

In  Smil^^^s'  Ilxtjmfiof^  I  find  the  obsprvatiorr  that — 

"O:    '      :" 

the  rv  i 

«hl«tb(bfc  111  ]\Kid  woriiA,  imiiii!:::*^  an'l  places^  ' 

Can  &ny  of  jour  Sussex  reftdeia  gird  aaj  in- 
atettocfi  of 'these  P  A»  9* 

"  Tht  GABi>Eif  OP  THE  SoTJL.*' — Tho  histoTy  of 
tbis  work  is  somewhat  obacuro.  It  bears  the 
name  "f  T7irTi?^ril  Ohalloner,  Bishop  of  Debrs^ 
Vicai  of  the  London  district,  who  died 

<m   Jf!  ',   1781.     The  b<x»kT   however,  is 

VBttlnT  noticed  by  James  Barnard  in  hi^  Life  of 
'^MMard  ChnS<mtr  (1784f,  nor  in  nny  bibliogra- 

«ilMl  account  of  Challoner's  works.     The  earliest 
^hh  edition  in  the  British  Museum  hna  the  date 
y\  and  leafl  publiehed  twelve  years  after  the 
nf  l>r»  Challoner,    In  1S59  there  appeared 
at  \  Aoncj — 

•♦r.b*  Jjirditi  de  TAm^  on  CHnix  d«9  Meditationa  dc 
Clialloi^  ;.  pour  tons  le^fiimancUc^  et  les  prindpfd'**  f<Stw 
«lt    riiiMi  >.      Trmluit    de  rAo^hii:!  par  IVtUb^  Baurdy, 

I-  there  an  earlier  Frencb  translation  of  this 
TTork  ?  J.  Y. 

**  The  Grecian  Beud."^ — I  would  ask  my  me* 

.»:,..i   t,.  *!.-.,.  ^^^^  i^^  QT-  iintlier  wan,  the  true 

N,  Si  QV'  i'^  S,  vii.  123]  ?     I  am 

-  not  the  ungainly  forward  stoop 

V-  d  at  the  present  day»  and  which 

Ci  les  in  the  nips  or  loins^  or  both 

r  i-ii    ii  I      My  belief  is,  that  it  was  a  natural 

Hi:  f  nal  peculiarity  in  tho  conformation  of 

i\  1  or  humeral  (neck  or  shoulders)  por- 

ti  spinal  column;  throwing  tho  head  n 

little  juore  in  advance  of  the  bust  thmi  is  asual 

with    our  modern  ladies,  but  at  the  same  time 

fiL'  it  cracefully  downwards.    In  a  population 

,1  KX>  I  oulv  know  one  young  lady  who  in  my 

.<l0]^liuoti  has  thU  tru6  Gredan  bend^  and  I  need 

■4iBMweiy  eay  that  it  is  neither  the  result  of  art  nor 

affectation'  M.  D. 

TTrnp.EWS  tx«  10. — ITie  Committee  on  the  lle- 
X  i  A  ish  Bible  is  respectfully  rtqu«ated 

to  i  olio  win  g^  suggestion : — 


At  Hebrews  ix*  10  the  vord  haBf f^i^vov  migfht, 
without  gi-eat  violence,  mean  the  nctim  which 

attests  the  Cnvr^Tmnt         Wn  sli  nisLl   \^^.^^y   ^',.^A  r  — 

"Forwljerc  ry 

be  the  death  of  i    ;   a 

covenant  Id  oC  foree  ov«^r  tlie  daikd,  d'mea  ii  never  htkA 
force  while  fbat  which  attests  it  is  living/' 

This  makes  as  dear  a^  aunli 
the  ordinary  rendering  niak^ 

jAsrr.it  r 
Ain»  Pre9b*n  Mission,  Pttkinp,  Vhmn. 

ff K. .!,.♦..  1  >..„,.     ^ir.^.i    ;„    1.;,    \'....   7 


wbich 


.UCILVAIHB. 


IMrtf 

giv 

dcjir 
tLie« 


ijCT.*    ft 


It  niAdo  It.     For  n 

.  ».-^  iiflnd,  Aodng:  that  u  .^  vj  ..-  r.i,'r-,i-ii,  „i  all 
while  he  that  made  it  is  alive,''] 

John  Kingsiow^  thr  Rkcitise,^ — ^Particulars 
are  re^ueated  respecting  the  life  of  John  Kingalow, 
who  IS  said  to  have  been  the  iirst  rcclu&e  who 
lived  in  the  Hermitage  founded  within  Shene 
Monagtery  in  141Gj  and  whether  any  record  or 
work  eiistfi  containing  any  account  of  his  life. 

HunEiixSMrnr. 
St.  Leonard's,  Bridgnorth. 

Samiticl  Mattn-der. — Can  yon  give  me  any  in- 
formation respecting  Samuel  Maunder  t' — a  name 
fftiniliar  to  most  people  as  the  autlior  or  compiler 
of  some  half  dozen  very  useful  Treaduries,  but  I 
have  never  seen  in  print  any  details  of  Ids  life, 
where  or  when  bom,  and  the  date  of  his  decease, 
A  new  edition  of  the  Bifif/rnphieftl  Trrti^tty  hm 
lately  been  published,  L  is  made  of 

the  original  projector.  ae  deserves 

ftome  notice,  however  brici,  in  iujll  inUiretUag 
Tolume?  Wm.  Wriqhx. 

.Sj    P.,  1  .  ir.,1   n\d  Kent  Road. 

\>  was  the  hrother-ia-law  ofWilUatn 

jPini  '  (1  his  .^i-f'-r'j.  andli^iiltlii- <"Iiiit'f  band 

in   iliy  |>ri-p4i<*lii>ii  of  th«'  vii  for 

&chal^ls  to   which   Pinnotk'  md   to 

him  the  yonth  rf  r-  ^  r^  '  *'  j^ 

instraction.    It  i- 

mate  aad  finn  1 1 > 

literature  in  ita  btit»t  »eut»a  for  ddueiiti^^  lUo  hiiu>ti  uj  the 
people,  *♦  smell  wwcet  and  bloaiom  in  the  dast,**  tso  Xonir 
shall  the  mcniory  of  8amtiel  ^r .  ■  «  -  i  '  '  '  /I 
throughout  tho  liritifth  Empire.  'n 

Gibson  Si)nnre,  laUngton,  on  Apn.  i 

brief  notice  of  hiDi  in  Cates*a  DktiLfHary  i*/ MtuonutitUt 
td,  1867,  p,  726,] 

Macatttat  A!n)  CARtTT*E, — Who  is  the  author 
of  the  following  parallel  between  Maoauluy  and 
Carjyle:  — 

"To  sum  ap  the  kmlini^  rbafat^torijitir**  Af  the** two 
greatautli-r    '    '      ''  '/    ^'     -•         '      !        r- 

baps  the  i 

tho  morP!  i  » 

all  their  bnlli.Hiiay«  areubvt 

wbilfit  those  of  Carlyk  ar  y 

light,  which  makes  hk  b.  «i   iu*    mat 

they  are  to  many  a  weary  jrim,    Mac- 

auliiy  writes  like  a  tranWr  i  man  of  the 


I 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[4»k  8.  Vn.  JusHE  17, 7L 


world;  Carlvle  like  a  man  who  Mnokn  l>eforo  and  after,' 
and  *  hean  the  mil  of  the  a^^en.'  Maoaulav  acldonK  geti 
beyond  the  out:»ide  of  a  clmractor,  whilst  Cnrl3-le  jiitrcos 
to' the  ^'e^}•  heart.  Aa  an  exjimple  of  my  tiieaninjr,  I 
nee<l  only  compare  Macnulay'.-*  brilliant  essay  on  John- 
son with  CarlyleV  on  thn  samt;  Aubjoet.  Macanl.iy  hu 
given  us  an  admirable  incture  (if  .Tnhn.HDn's  vuticartl  niau, 
at  of  Johnson'a  heart  ho  know  nothing.  i-#t  us  how- 
ever, read  Carlylc'8  essay  «tt*»ntivoly,  ami  wo  nt  once  see 
that  Carlyle  both  knew  and  under.>*too<l  .lohnson.'* 

JoyATTIAN  J^OrCHIEK. 

Medalltc  QrEKY.— Could  any  of  your  corre- 
spondentA  kindly  give  mo  some  infonuAtion  about 
a  couple  of  BiWer  uiwlals  which  1  have  lately 
added  to  my  collection?  The  first  is  a  little 
larger  and  hisavier  than  a  lialfcrowu  piece,  and 
lias  on  the  obverse  the  three-quarter  busts  of  a 
youn-r  womau  and  an  aged  man:  the  former  is 
represented  a^  Ruckling  the  latter,  ^rho  is  in  a  very 
emaciated  condition.  In  the  haok^^round  ii*  a 
fitronply-barred  prison  window.  Tlie  lopond  (which 
begins  with  a  iive-p' anted  .star,  as  a  sort  of  mint* 
mark)  i.'* — **  ^  I  .  was  .  in  .  prison  .  and  .  ye  . 
came  .  unto  .  me  ."  On  the  revtTSO  are  several 
trumpets  or  ])iiirlos,  acr(»ss  tln'iii  l)».'ini»"  laid  an 
open  music-book.  The  name  *'. Joseph  PaiTy"  is 
inscribed  iu  the  outer  circh*.  I  would  be  glad  to 
know  what  is  the  connection  between  the  obverse 
and  reverse  of  thia  mtsdal,  or  what  in  the  lirst 
instance  led  to  its  being  stru(!k  Y  I  have  also  a 
specimen  in  copper  precisely  similar,  except  as 
regards  the  iiame  that  is  engraved  on  the  reverse. 

The  second  meflal  which  I  shall  be  obliged  for 
information  about  has  on  the  obverse  a  full-length 
figure  of  Krin,  repres^Mit^'d  with  a  bold  defiant  air, 
holdinjr  in  Ii't  riglit  hand  a  sheatlied  sword,  while 
her  left  hand  rests  on  a  harp.  An  Irish  wolf-dog 
sits  beside  h»»r :  overall  beino"  the  leg<^nd,  *'Th« 
Order  of  Liberators."  In  the  exergue  (in  two 
lines)  are  tlii>  words  "  Ireland  a^  she  ought  to  be" ; 
the  whole  snrroun<led  l)y  a  double  wreath  of 
shamrocks.  On  the  r^versts  Htandinjr  on  a  rock,  is 
a  large  cro«*s,  witli  tlie  l«^priui,  **  In  hoc  signo 
linces,"  o^-erhead.  Tt)  the  left  of  the  cross  is  a 
pole,  with  a  cap  (of  liberty?;  thfreon;  to  the 
right  are  thn^e  hands  joined*  the  words  *'  F!rin  go 
bragh/'  in  Irish  chariicler.-^,  being  in  the  fxergue. 
In  the  distance  is  a  sun-burst,  the  rays  of  which 
ocxiupy  th»»  field  of  the  medal.  A  double  wreath 
of  shamrocks  surroumls  the  entire,  as  on  the  ob- 
verse. Tliis  medal  is  about  the  size  and  weight 
of  a  crown  piece,  and  is  of  rather  coarse  work- 
manship. 1*.  ^y.  II.  xasii,  b.a. 

Florinda  Tlaco,  Dublin. 

MiLTOZ^'s  Folk  Lork. — The  vitality  of  our 
common  folk  lore  is  well  known  to  those  wlio 
have  only  cursorily  considered  the  subject;  and 
when  thia  haa  been  enshrined  in  our  best  poets, 
the  chances  are  that  it  will  remain  unchanged  for 
many  centuries.  Milton  has  a  choic<>  morsel  in  i 
his  hrst  sonnet,  and  it  will  be  interesting  to  ascer- 


tain through  "^.  S^  Q.*'  in  how  many  icooiitiei 
this  piece  of  love  lore  still  exists.  When  addtirai- 
iag  tJie  nightingale,  he  says :  — 

**  Thy  liquid  notes  that  close  the  eve  of  day^ , 
FirMt  heard  be/ore  the  shalhw  CHchn>*t  bifl,. 
Portend  succe»t  in  lovr.    O !  if  .Tuve's  will 
Has  linkefl  that  amoroas  power  tn  thy  soft  lay, 
Now  tSmely  ping,  ere  the  mde  bird  afhata 
Korotel  my  bopclcM  doom  in  some  groye  nigh.** 

Id  rAUcffro  he  tells  of  the  doingu  of  <*  Fairv  Mabf 
the  '*  Friar's  lantern,"  or  "Will  Tvitb  the'Wisp'*; 
and  the  **  drudging  Goblin," — in  terms  all  ont 
identical  with  tliose  by  which  thi^ir  pranks  would 
be  described  in  Lancashire  and  Yorkshire  at  the 
present  time  by  the  peasants  in  '^  the  undistoxlMd 
nooks  and  comers*'  of  those  counties.  So  fara« 
I  know,  we  have  no  visits  from  the  nightrngtle 
so  far  north;  and  hence  I  hope  some  of  the 
"  south-country  "  correspondents  will  state  irhe- 
ther  Milton's  fove-token  is  still  extant 

T.  T.  W. 

MoN'OLrm  at  MEAsys. — On  the  high  gronnd 
which,  I  believe,  is  tlie  southern  boundaiy  of  the 
parish  of  Meams,  iu  the  county  of  Kenfrew^  dose  to 
the  avenue  which  nms  from  the  Kouken  estate  to 
Capel  Hig,  there  is  a  monolith,  as  far  ns  I  can  lednOf 
about  5ft.  Oin.  high,  or  more.  The  noTthem  and 
southern  sides  are  rudely  sculptured,  and  divided 
into  two  sections,  each  iillcd  with  a  rude  onameat 
resembling  a  plait  of  three.  The  eastern  and  wastea 
sides  have  been  apparently  ornamented,  but  aie 
more  indistinct ;  a  very  deep  groove  is  on  Uie 
eastern  side,  'i  his  interesting  stone  is  in  a  eon- 
field,  carefully  fenced  in.  Can  any  antiquaTv  give 
me  any  information  respecting  its  history  'ir  Dimen- 
sions, as  far  as  I  could  guess  :  height,  ->ft  ^.  by 
6ft. ;  breadth  on  north  and  west  sides,  3ft.'; 
breadth  on  north  and  south,  1ft.  Slopes  irregu- 
larly from  base  towards  the  summit.  Thcs. 

AyciJKXT  RiDDLKS. — Some  years  ago  an  oH 
friend  of  mine  bought,  at  a  book  stall  in  London, 
a  MS.  Medical  Keceipt  Book  of  the  fifteenth  cen- 
tury. The  volume  bad  once  belonged  to,  uA 
bore  the  book-plate  ofj  "  Sir  J^^rancis  Fust,  Bart. 
WVl,'-  While  looking  over  this  quaint  relic  after 
it  came  into  my  friend  s  possession,  I  discovered 
on  Uio  last  leaf  two  attempts  at  rhyme,  written  1 
should  say  about  the  date  of  the  Ilefomiatioaybot 
certainly  not  later  than  the  reign  of  Maiy.  One 
is  still  very  distinct,  and  runs  as  follows :  — 

"  The  benety  of  the  nvKhl  vi  .Miee, 
of  hncniora  mother  All  that,  be, 
and  l^'ke  wvse  lady  of  the  ftiy^t 
that  tyme  doth  mesure  as  she  tleys ; 
the  sonn  ehe  follows  eveni-  where', 
and  she  ys  chauf^rr  of  the  nyer. 
this  ladys  name  fayae  woold  1  know 
that  dwells  so  high  A  ndea  «o  low.** 

TbiS|  I  take  it,  is  dearly  an  elil{fma,  and  fk 
answer  to  it  I  understand  t6  be  ^the'lnMil'^  ^ 


4«k  S.  VII.  JcHK  17^710 


NOTES  AND  QU^jtEJj. 


515 


i  *  f*y  an  alder  .^crib<j,  are  wriUt'n 

u:  .nd  corner  of  the  s&mo  leaf. 

This  coruer,  uwia^^  lu  exposoio  to  the  «ur  And  the 
friction  consequeat  on  frequent  turning  over  th6 
leaves  with  appitrenlly  not- over-clean  hands,  is 
almost  ille;^bl«.  I  submit  the  following  as  an 
appixixtiijate  teading^^  but  must  not  guarantee 
every  letter,  the  writing  is  so  very  indistinct:^ — 
*'  t  --^  h  ^nwle  of  thctn  that  byde 

"i;t  rotrya  jg'du 

u' Tki-  riddle,  but  if  so  I  cannot 

eat  the  auMWuK.  ^ome  of  jour  readtiis  may  be 
Q  to  da  so.  11.  E*  T. 

"flLR  S^PTUAGn^T.^Will  you  tell  nao  which  lA 
the  best  w  ■'  -■:''■  bed  on  the  LXX,  version, and 
all  questix :  A  with  it  ?       W.  A.  B.  C. 

r*  '  T  Iniit  gf  A  Icfn^'*'  '  ^:  ru.**- 

t  ,  we  must  rrc- 

i'  ,    i.p,    iiC,   417, 

1  J  to  Sir  Lab ce- 

!  ^'  '\    Con*tilt 

ni  /t:,i,2U- 

A  \\&<^" 

Thuyas  8ixoir. — Where  is  nmr  preserved  th« 
«»ri$insl  mutm^cript  of  Oliver  CromweU's  appoint- 
noentof  Tbuni/ij*  Simon  to  the  otfic©  of  cMet  en- 
irrav^r  and  medal-maker,  dated  July  0^  1G5(>P  It 
ii|irmted  in  (jouirb  s  edition  of  Vortue  s  UWka  of 
S'  ■■■.''  MS*  on  volhina.  in  the  library  of 

l  !^^*  (p,  >*<3),  containinpr  the  '*  In- 

r  irunn*nts  vt  State,  Grants  of  Of- 

r  .Tano>24,  l<j5i,  to  Uie  De.^th  of 

t_ii..T*  t  1  ij<.^ril,'^  and  also  during  the  *^  Pro- 
t«bi<mte  of  Klchard  €^i<omwell,  and  the  ndminis- 
tTAtioQ  of  the  Parliameut/' 

;M:irL!mui  Ilouae,  Brightoi^ 

{TTEI  OF  WirrrBHiiiii. — ^This  pfersonsge 
V  ■'  M     -*   '      .^a  Wark/'in  Scot- 

I;  lie  notoriety  as  «n 

''i     lu       ,\\n'in\i'-^     pu  '""'r-J-    towns    wlth 

about    wljioh    hv  i    the  Scotch 

.,..-.., f    ..r*  ..,.■^,'.1    ,,.  .  ,^    ^c<e^  Acta  Pari 

*^  !tt/^^  Jfcc.)    1  shall 

1'  ..        -.    to  ask  a  question 

(If-     I     I,    not   with   the   view  of    saving 

Ki\.-rit  ,iu\  1 1'  'iilr.i]i»  ill  searcbinc,  but  only  because 

1  have  ei^jsu.^tr  of  infomiation  in 

priDt  or  yi^.  wi:  \bat  T  am  in  aearch 

of,     'J  i  lu  fcume  of  the  principal  fnct« 

r??^i;H'r'  ,  k  I  havo  succeeded  m  exca- 

u^t  have  been  bom  c.  lG4<)-5(> ; 

J Ld  before  IGbO  to  Janet,  daughter 

ltob4;ct  MjA^e  of  Bftlfarg,  the  '^Elpg'^J^t^r 


Mason/*     About  1C80  he  pn    '        ^  \he  estnte  of 
AVhitehill,  in  the  parii^h  of  near  Edin- 

burgh, hoiitt^  th6  V  iMa  JiJ>  .   1  if 

land  at  Parkend  ai  -dalen-Bi 

same  parish  j  and  iL^ctnveu.  a  grant  of  anii>  (^.\/unj 
throe  Hauiefi  of  tire,  «.>r ;  oii  a  chief  ardent,  a  thistle, 
vert)  from  the  Lord  Lyon  of  Scotland.  Hepoft- 
se&sed  at  this  time  n  tenemetit  in  Niddry's  Wyud 
in  Edinburgh.  In  lOiliJ  he  is  assignee  oud  credi- 
tor \u  the  testament-dative  of  one  Mr.  James 
\  Smvth,  secretary  to  the  Earl  of  Perth^  who  di».Ml 
about  this  time.  In  1701  he  is  the  **  cautioner" 
for  Miss  Mariaona  Smith,  apparently  his  daughter, 
on  her  mrtrriage;  and  two  yeaw  later  he  buya 
another  piece  of  Isod  at  Paikend.  In  170o  he 
had  a  sou  born,  usmed  trilbert.  The  next  year 
he  sold  part  of  WhitphilK  but  lays  out  eom* 
mont^y  to  repair  hh  "dykes**  at  Parkend.  In 
171*3  his  daughter  llella  was  married  to  one  Gil- 
bert Smith  in  Edinburjrh ;  and  thirteen  j9fa& 
later  ho  uasigus  the  remftinder  of  his  property  of 
White  hill  to  his  son-in-law  Crilbort,  m  Boourity 
for  a  debt  of  ^UOh  sterliutr.  He  ttqs  de^ui  in 
1720,  leaving-  two  surviving  mtiBf  Gilb^t  and 
Cleiurttirick. 

Can  any  one*  give  mo  any  ia  formation  ^^^^--ti^y^* 
hh  birth^  ptireota;:e,  or  rt^alions?      ' 

the  relationship,  if  aim  between  him  :.   }.Ll. 

James,  the  secretary  to' Lord  Perth  ?•      F.  M*  S. 

SNor. — What  is  the  correct  word  to  express 
the  sound  made  by  a  billiard  or  a  croquet  ball 
striking  another?  In  the  Wostern  counties  we 
should  call  it  mt/fif  a  term  that  would  with  equal 
propriety  be  applied  to  tl.  '       '  '     %. 

Imnnuer.    Such  words  : 
nji4/^  rapt  none  of  theui 
idea  as  FHop.     Since  th* 
of  the  light  between  S*., . . 
antagonist,  a  way  valuable  ] 
has  been  adopted   into   our 
butuhly  sujjgeiit  that,  with  our  poverty  in  terms 
of  sound,    we  should   draw   upon    our  country 
cousins  for  moTQ  at  theoi^  |i.  0*  A.  Pbxc^* 

"TukSqxgofS  1  "    ^v  •    '        ^. 

phrases  of  this  ui\ 
as  the  versions  of  tbe  i 
Hograpbical  list  would  ^ 

Here   is    oae,    probabi>     iNi.ii.>>u  L 

Eclogue,  or  the  Songs  of  Solon^on.     P:  1 

by  h.  Lftuiance,  KevisM  by  F.  L.  i  -.  ,./  .. 
manascripfc  apparently  preoared  for  the  peSs. 
Mr.  L.  is  profuse  in  introductorv  maiif^r:  *'To 
the  well-ailected  Reader'- :  *♦  To  tli'  aded 

Vul^ar'*f  and  *'Th<*  Translator'^  li  '  ^for 

liid  *'8acr«^d   l  "  are  from  'uhat  famotts 

French  pr>ot,   ^  hit '*>,— all  in  the  comic 

vein.    It  tiation  the 

author  11}  ind  here  is 

the  ytyle  of  his  deii«uicfc  :  — 


a  In  T/ie  Timt'it 

. , ,     -_  i 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES, 


f4^8.VILJtwlT,U^ 


«  Yt  stupid  Astes  of  tltill  Midiw  brot»<J, 
In  rudeness  karned,  and  in  lenmiug  ^u^l^^ 
Hftn^T?  ftff;  I  fffiy.  profane  out  this  my  book 
W"  prcstiine  not  once  to  lfx>k 

O  \  •■  infectioua  brtaih 

JBiL -._..„.    :.:  jwikons  and  detracting  death. 

*TiB  not  to  ypu  y'  I  my  lines  oonuiieiKli 
Or  do  1  cmv^  y^  ftroar  to  bf  friend 
TbU sacred  Poem ;  '     ^a.^ke  aad  bite; 

UaCf  iwa  J*  utmost  *  d  spite, 

Spitt forth  the  xviu  lid  brains; 

Whip,]  1  il  w«^  invective  strain*. 

You  cttu  LI,  for  the  wholo  worKl  knows 

lt*9  alanuc'T-prcxuc,  and  can  rcpalnc  y  blows : 
U^  full  of  pr«cknaii  worth,  do  c<juton  thing. 
Thfl  Peonian  waa  du  otht-r  y»  a  King. 
Then  do  not  wrong  y*  Lar<l*s  Anoynted  so, 
A»  ba&e  a9per$ioQ4  on  bis  works  to  throw  ; 
Shew  more  reap^t,  forb*^-     '■    T'  '-  Writt, 
Nd  wnntott  faa£y  of  a  cof 
Ask  j  irnM  BeJlcaih  who  I  ne, 

VV*  d  each  line. 

II.  Ivre 

Co:/^  .     :,   •  •  ,.i.i...4..  1  lio attire 

In  1      I  1 '    L   ,      ■  i  ?o  b6  my  qnOl 

Con»i-  -riMi-t  ill  m-.  'u-  vr;uit  of  art  not  wUl. 
Then  €«Aio  y  Uiwling,  Furyes,  rt'preh*ud 
In  mil^KT  terms,  lunl  the  next  tifin!  wcH  mend/* 
My  query ;  Is  the  bwok  in  print  ?  A.  G. 

Brsnor  .TfiREanf  Tatlor. — I  hAve  Itttely  seen 
mquiries  in  tho  **N.  &  Q/*  for  descendanta  of 
Bishop  Jeremy  Taylor.  My  object  is  not  to 
answer  thoBo  {nquiries,  but  to  inttke  an  inquiry 
myself,  A  Chri^opher  Taylor,  son  of  a  .Tames 
Taylor^  ironmonger  in  Dnblin  (who  was  dead  in 
1728),  was  bonnd  apprentice  in  1728  to  a  procer 
in  London,  and  became  hiin^lf  a  i^fAcer,  having" 
a  filiop  3n  Oracechnrcb  Street.  He  was  bom  in 
1717,  and  in  1737  (or  thereabout*)  married  Anne, 
the  eldest  daughter  of  Bir  Edward  Hales,  Bart,  of 
the  city  of  Lincoln. 

Christopher  Taylor  reside d  in  the  pariah  of  St. 
Mft^us,  London  Bridge,  aijd  had  a  large  family* 
His  eldest  son,  also  named  Christopher,  was  ree- 
tor  of  Selborno  when  White,  the  historian  of 
8elbome»  was  curate  there.  The  family  is  now 
extinct  in  the  male  line. 

I  should  mention  that  Christopher  Taylor^  the 
father,  b<?camo  clerk  of  the  hospital  of  Bt,  Bartho- 
lomew,  and  died  there  at  the  age  of  fifty. 

There  has  been  a  notion  in  the  family  that 
Christopher  Taylor  descended  frt>m  the  bishop. 
Can  any  of  the  readers  of  "N.  &  Q.**  say  whether 
there  is  any  reason  to  believe  that  the  tradition  is 
tme  or  not  P  Cecil  Moimo. 

Couicryative  Club.  S.W. 

Sblbt  Famtly.— Can  any  reader  of  "N.  &  Q,*' 
give  me  particulars  of  the  early  life  and  parentage 
of  Charles  Selby^  the  actor?  If  so,  I  shall  b« 
much  obliged  by  communications  n-ddresaed  to 
H.  A.  Bainbbidge,  24,  Eitss+.^ll  iioad,  Kenaing- 


ROOD  $Cn£E!!;S  IN  SUFFOLK  CQL'ECSEl 

(4'*  a  vii.  143, 2e7.y 

I  «ra  indebted  to  Hftmlct  T.'    '  ., 

Stonham,  for  the  followiutr  de*-  -^s- 

field  screen*    Theri  '  la  i>im£Li2t.t 

which  are  painted  ..ike,  Juki, lU^ 

thew,  Mary  Mai^dal'ii*. 

S*  Mark  is  ve^t^d  in  k  full  white  miBtk^  i 
derdresa   of  green;    hia    right-liftml  poiiltrto] 
scroll  on  which  ia  writteu  cw  .  WASf^  m  01 

rs    KEDKLBM  jvt>E»      Th^    U-f-l^^^ffiuild   li  «(  fdl"* 

with  the  ^^  VQfiica/'  <^  ^'^  il9  ifi  niiilpilk 

At  the  head  of  thia  aaLni     .,..    j.viikgrQanilii'lip 
with  gold  staii,  with  BAHcxvii  habc^s  in  fiidd  E&^ 

lidh  lettera, 
S.  Matthew.  l  pen  in  hi^  right  iiiadi«» 

vested  incArini  %  ffrct?n  undcnirea^icnil 

in   left  hand,  iiet. .  f.  i; 

written  thereon;    t  ,  .u;, 

but  black  diaper  in^qiuTiidy^a^  aujiiHT^^MAMBmi 
in  old  English  letters. 

S.  John  is  of  a  youthful  <  Vur  t 

reddish  brown^  vested  in  w  i 
derg^rment;  In    '    '  ' 
baud.    At  the 

gold  colour;  bur  i-i  uniu  ;^u:, 
gold,  on  which  is  painted  8A> 

S,  Lidi-ehas  :'  -  i  ^  ■-- i 
lined  white,  tL 

At  the  dexter  L ..   ^  :   ,.  .^  .^.  ..,.*,._.  ^.  ^ 

This  saint  beard  a  scroll^  on  which  is  wniln    d 

MISSIS  BJT  OABTirEL.  1 

S.Mary  Magdalene, 
specimen  of  screen  paint  5: 
h  surrounded  by  a  nimbua  with 
tho  headdress  of  rich  grcon  :  in 
jewels,  in  the  centre  a 
of  precious  atones.     The  i 
lined  green,  looped  up  on  the  i 
the  underdress  is  of  gold  col 
troidered  with  red  llowers.     iu 
she  holds   the  pot  of  ointment,   t 
with  pearls  and  emendd^,       * 
cross    of    pearls;   th^    I 

SANCTA  MAOD. 

Mr,  Watling  points  out  th«   ._ 
between  the  hgurea  of  tl;^^  a.,*.., 
minations  in  the  Bible, 
abbey  at  Bury,  now  nt.  i 
bridge,  and  consider 

to  be  the  work  Of  t  _     .        Ibil* 

ford.  ^  i 

Befl/M.—The  screen  is  'boarded   ti|».  hut  k\ 
Daly's  MSS,  on  Sufiblk  lA  th,e  |gU<kw1ng ;  ' 

liobtvs  DKNI,  Audx  vx  • 
Johva  MAyHVGH , 

%  joELL .  prtAj •  BjaLmm  . 


*«fc«.VU.Jc»»  17,71.] 


NOTES  A^D  QUERIES- 


517 


Sadipeil  vlsA.— The  foUowin|^  from  Davy's  MSS. 
rolatea  to  this  screen,  dow  eatureljr  destroyed : — 
Orate .  • .  yto , . .  aiftbus  . . .  Johes . , .  Boker ,  * . . 
et  p . ,  MMS  .  ^ . .  f  il . .  * .  mvin ,  *  ♦  Uvc .  • . , 

,  IC9i0^  On  the  buitressea  of  this  church  are  the 
AooIb  of  ft  blacksmith  desig:ned  in  fllutwork,  with 
tLe  letter  Tl  r*  peated  many  timea.  Doubtless  this 
T'  <*£  the  benefactor  to  the  church, 

T  inme  of  Bokeii  as  on  the  screeA. 

contained  a  good  screen.    On  the 
U'^ain.  '.■  /    ^    ■■  Lod — 

FL4GEI.LM  E^r  IltB  flCl  TBiWlTlL  V«  D»TD 
SEPTLXVS  BST  *  IHS. 

^ifpiston. — No  trftc©  of  this  screen  now  remains. 
There  were  some  thirty  yeAra  ago  two  panels 
lemaitiing',  one  containing;'  a  painting  of  a  bbhop 
in  full  pontificals  ;  from  his  mouth  this  legend — 
ADORAMVS  E  VWR  ET  BENEDICIMV9  TIBI.   The  Otber 

panel  represented  a  congri^n-ation  in  prayer  j  from 
tlte  mouth  of  one  was  written— am  per  scam 
CBVCEH  TVIM  REDEMiSTi  MVjrDVM,  the  back- 
ground diapered  with  inB  in  monogram,  and  m 
with  a  crown  on  the  top. 

In  my  next  I  will  describe  Uflord,  Hitchftm, 
and  others  from  intormaiion  sent  to  mo  direct 
from  manT  clergy  and  gentry  in  Suffolk,  to  whom 
1  am  deeply  indebted  for  their  kindness  in  anawei^ 

T,  Red  Lion  gk^nare. 


UUUAL  TAINTING  IN  STARSTON  CHUECH, 
NORFOLK/ 

(4««»  S.  vi.  poinim;  Tii.  40,  173,  245,  396,  410.) 

X  am  now  in  a  position,  haviDg  the  engraving 

,y  ^,.  ^i  f..  *  .  ,  ..r„T.|„te  mj  reply  to  the  strictures 
hall  do  AS  briefly  an  possible, 

.,r    1,^n,l  .,f    ih.    ]u.],       A\*lth 

I  have 
^  i'*'ds  from 

].  'Uth  century,  with  almost  an 

rs,  and  find  that  the  fall  of 
iig  ia  like  the  latter;  and  I 
I  '6  of  the  former  which  at  all 
•  rather  remotely,  Unbappily» 
■  effaced,  it  is  now  imposeible 
I eiy  either  way.  It  is  important 
effaced  portion  show  '  us  a  sub- 
in  cides  in  character 
ith  the  figure  hold- 
ii,  ijji-^*  v,itM  nj»_"  form  resembliag  a 
1  tree  of  a  brigbt  red  colour,  and  also 
red  **  post  "  to  which  F,  ( '.  TL  refers 
irt  of  the  bedstt'ad,  U  so  different  iu  ita 


strut LLDl  Ol 

with  that 


loug 
has 


Cbtii4bti«d  frotn  |i,  499. 


existed,  and  it  oomplicjitea  the  explanation  of  the 
details.  The  base  of  the  bedstead  l\  C.  II.  says 
**  apparently "  fits  into  this  poflt;  that  is  to  say, 
we  nave  a  scarlet  post  to  a  st*'>ne-coloured  base. 
A  very  oxiginal  combination  !  But  to  my  eyes  it 
does  not  fit  in  is  a  gap  between,  sbowing 

a  diapered  p  nowbat  eiimkr  to  that  oi 

the  "coyering'  or  which  1  ehall  now  speak.  Thia 
F.  C,  H.,  iu  a  tone  of  authority,  declares  to  l>e  '*  a 
screen  of  wood  or  other  solid  substance  painted 
in  diaper/'  It  u  therefore  inentable  that  the  bed 
must,  for  the  greater  part,  be  behind  the  screen. 
So  an  artist,  representing  a  death-bed,  places  all 
but  the  bead  behind  a  screen.  In  the  whole 
range  of  art  there  will  not  be  foimd  a  paralleL 
Now  as  to  the  **  chalice.*'  Here  I  entirely  agree 
with  F,  C.  IL's  obseryations.  If  the  form  given 
in  the  engraying  is  a  correct  delineation,  there  is 
no  chalice;  neither,  by  that  same  eridence,  b 
there  a  shield,  for  its  shape  is  at  least  a  hundred 
and  fifty  years  too  late ;  nor^  by  the  same  rule,  Ib 
it  **  a  piece  of  embroidery  '*  belonging  to  the  figure 
behind.  The  "cope/'  with  all  deference,  is  no 
cope.  It  is  difficult  to  imagine  how  »uch  a  con- 
clusion CO  aid  be  arriyed  at,  A  cope  is  open  in 
front,  and  is  fastened  by  a  morse  on  the  breast. 
This  i6  not  so,  but  i  '  '  n  chasuble,  F.  C\  H/i 
experience  notwitl  — one  of  the  period, 

however,  ample  in  umh.^^  lalUng  down  oyer  the 
Bkiva»  beyond  the  elbow,  and  showing  also  an  in- 
dication of  the  amice  above  it  It  is  a  matter  to 
be  decided  by  the  evidence  of  examples.  All  the 
rest  of  the  tigure  thus  attired  is  obscure.  Now  as 
to  the  absence  of  the  nimbus.  F.  C.  II,  says  it 
equally  militates  a^jaonst  my  ''  i]M-r>ry  •,  '^  at  the 
same  time  he  telU  you  it  is  ^ted.    Now 

the  objection  is  a  Justine,  ;  njzli  against 

my  viewn,  I  will  not  allow  of  a  fallacious  argu- 
ment. The  *'  nimbus  '"  is  omitted  by  some  schools 
lato  in  mediaeval  art,  but  in  the  thirteenth  century 
it  is  not  so ;  and  the  totJil  absence  of  it  in  the 
Starston  painting  is  very  remarkable.  I  was  not 
unaware  of  this  weak  point,  but  thought  I  had  a 
goo  I  nt  in  this  ca^e.     L'nless,  however,  I 

can  liy  ^ood  precedent,  I  shall  allow  it 

to  S'tarivl  lie. 

llaviii.  to  those  objections  I  considered 

most  mattrriMi^  i  now  proceed  to  the  h  '  ''  '^t, 
Mary  Magdalene.     F.  C.  II.  tells  you  I  o 

*' In]:  .1  ;.  tVnu  an  old  Gk*rman  accouju.  .*ly 
*Hi  'unt"  was  oo©  of  many,  and  was 

only  ...i  V     He  then  pr'^^^"''^^  *"  wtn+i.  tliiit 

•^^  no  on»'  it  at  tha?  ^ 

bishop/'  i:_  1  .    iL  it  WA^  111 
an  oratory.     Hetl; 
relating  to  th^'  c 
the  evident  b 
faith  on  my  i' 
invention.     Were  F. 
considered,  I  should 


C.  11. 


uiine 

,  vrith 

1 

■       :  '.>^ 

die  uulv   one  to  be 

W  reply,  but  ^<iwx 


I 


NOTkife^AifD  QUEKtfeS-' 


[4»SwTltJfnnt1 


readers  requjm  it  Thm  tben  sliall  vtt/  authoritj 
(^SbwrjMit  iJijrmi  sec^trir)  answer : — 

M»rUt  Mji;j:diil«fiii  corpus  vt  B.injj:uinvni  cwm  tnaltA  mora' 
(JACioae  lAchiymarum  aN  una'pU:  <it'inJc  pnoa- 

tratA  HDtQ  alt&ra  sam  i  anima  ad  liominiini 

raigravU:  et  ang^U  eju^  ..i..;.......  ^.iim  h^innis  et  cAndcirt 

in  celtim  penluxcrant*.  jnctijasexitut«ata»taayiasinkus 
odnr  IbitJem  remansit :  ut  per  Septetn  diet  ftb  ingHditatt- 
bus  oratorium  iontiret,"  &c. 

Any  comment  is  tmueceasafy,  as  I  stall  leave 
your  roRders  now  to  judge  between  us.  A«  regards 
Martha's  death,  &c.,  I  counsel  F.  C.  H.  to  further 
reaearcli ;  for  I  am  not  called  upon  to  give  autho- 
litiea  to  one  who  has  so  indiscreetly  challenged 
my  Terncity.  Should  I  pursue  the  subject,  I  shall 
not  fail  to  substantiate  what  I  have  uttered. 

The  rest  of  F.  C.  H-'a  rcmorkB  refer  to  the  ob- 
servation of  the  nnkm.  Xow^  are  they  not  con- 
stanth>  even  upon  nrinciple,  I  would  say,  violated 
in  legendary  art  ?  It  is  well  known  it  is  so  ?  Nor 
is  there  any  subject  in  which  the  unities  are  more 
violated  than  in  the  *^ Death  of  the  Virgin"  and 
the'*' Assumption/'  as  any  one  can  convince  him- 
self of  by  tha  smallest  nmoimt  of  reaenrcli*  I  have 
left  many  points  urgtsd  by  F.  C*  H.  unnoticed 
because  I  am  really  indifierent  to  the  issue,  and 
also  Consider  them  of  fieo(»idary  importance.  It 
is  not  my  **  theory,"  nor  thf^t  of*F.  C.  IL  which  is 
of  conaeouenee,  but  imih^  which  is  only  to  be 
obtained  oy  thecoUiBioniuid  expression  of  opinion. 

(>8,  Bolaover  Street,  W. 


"JACK"  BURTON. 
{4}^  S.  vU,  331,  rt50;44i3.) 

Tonr  correspondent  Edwjlbd  Rowpek  is  in 
error  when  he  spealcs  of  the  celebrated  Miss  Rom 
Burton,  dau^'hter  of  Dr,  Burton,  Canon  of  Christ 
Church,  better  known  by  the  name  of  **  Jack  ^' — 
her  name  was  **  RacheL^'  I  was  very  well  ac- 
Quafnted  both  with  her  and  her  father.  I  should 
think  she  never,  in  vouth^  was  more  than  **got>d 
looking  and  fi*esh/'  8he  was  certainly  very  clever. 
Her  mi.'^fortnne  was  to  have  chieliy  lived  in  the 
society  of  mou.  Hhe  used  to  have  frequent  en- 
counters of  wit  with  the  lata  Lord  Ducioy,  Can- 
ning^ and  others,  in  which  she  sustained  her  part 
welh  Tier  verses  were  nearly  all  witirioal.  I  have 
copies  of  t»everal :  one  is  addreased  to  the  Han. 
Charles  Bagot,  **  My  Apology  on  his  objecting  to 
the  Manners  of  a  certain  Nobleman,  whom  1  at- 
tempted to  vindicate/'  One  of  the  stanaas  runs  l 
thu§»— ^ 

♦'Til         '      '  *       '      *        r  refiiiod, 

'    A\  ^peAka  hii  miDd  ; 


u  see, 
rts  tJee, 


-\nii  Yoie  tuem  ail  a  artrtr 


Another  is  addressed  (conv 

ments)  to  Lord  Garlies,  and  . 

"  I^rd  GaUoway'a  soil-'    'Mhm  faat  •toaia  it  | 

following :  — ^  '  < 

"  In  a  wortl,  tlien,  this  youth  has  an  paSned  on  my  fc 
That  if  fatts  croel  fate,  »hoQld  ordain  ii»  1"  p^rt,  » 
In  the  world  I'll  not  tafrr,  imt  qalditT  !' 
And  hi  pmyent  end  my  Uf^  /or  Loed  G&i 

All  her  ver  "  ' 

Dire   feuda  v 
Pegge,  the  witV>  oi  in.  i 
and  Regixis  Professor 
Oxford  Volunteer  cr  "~- 
and  members  of  t)i 
Lnd  V  Mackworth  pit  .-^ . 
Rachel   produced  the   t 
send  vou  as  it  is  short :  — 


j^ht  armr. 


"  TWR  myxx,  coi/>trKs. 

{^Hms  Burt       ' 

'»  Twice  twenty  sons  of  i 
Formed  a  prcmd  Hn«,  iii 
Seized  my  gay  bAnnera  with 
And  swore  to' keep  them,  %J 
For  tlieset  they  cry,  we  even-  lou  win  r 
And  bravery  and  beauty  fUltd  the  air,'' 
{Ladjf  Machv    ''  '       'Uir.) 

*'  Twice  twenty  tnde9ni«^' i  ,  to  a  row, 

Mudc  at  my  feet  a  fine  a i  1 1^  i  w  ; 

A  um  of  Galen,  stationed  ut  ' 
Who  fiweflfji  hfl'll  stTfke  the ' 
Xot  n]j  '  ]^\%  iu  the  frtmt  or  rcnr. 

Can  1.  nan  with  a  greater  fear ; 

For^  I'  ,  tit  once  thay  sure  wonli  ilaf^ 

If  jihown  ihii  nliiab  In  my  captain's  abop  j 
And,  cowarfl-like,  would  H^amper  in  a  Xxicst^ 
If  threatened  e*tn  with  Major  Pegcc^a  advkA. 

You  have  conjured  up  the  rememl^n 
more  than  half  a  century*     I  bave  a 
drawing  too  of  her,  very  fil  ^^    >"^»  *^^^t  I  ^ 
send  you.     She  was  a  sil  l^t  ^ 

Hon  nf  the  poll  at  Leu  liv 

Chfincpllor^  in  1800,  em' 
party  m  the  midnight  cons 
a  yery  worthy  man^  was  an  > 
younger  eister,  who  married 
Balen  (I  think),  of  yfhich  lK?4y  i^df  uu^ie  J*f**dr 
was  ft  member.  H.  W,  L 

Kome* 


POETRY  OF  THE  CLOCDS* 
(4^**  S,  vii,  310,  807.) 
The  following  paasaffea  from  Antonp 


iM^ 


vaira,  if  known  to  De  Qoincey,  might  oam  . 
him  luateriaHy  to  modify  his  extrnvagviiii  ndtw^i 
of  Wordsworth's  poetrv*  Shakespeare  seenw  t> 
havo  exhausted  the  eubject  in  a  dngle  p«*^/ 
and  one  can  hardly  imagine  how  this  ptaw^,  ♦» 
much  to  tbe  point,  could  eacape  the  rtcolkctsa 
of  Oe  Quincey:  — 


4*b3.yii.  jn»«.7U]  NOTES  AND  QyE:^S. 


519 


"  Sffmi^^9  wa  «te  a  cload  that's  draeoniih ; 
4.  f^^wnr  Bom^tlme  irke  a  bear  or  lion, 
A.to'wer*d  citadel,  a  pendent  rock,  ' 
A  fbifced  ttiwhitain,  or  bkie  promontoij 
"With  trees  npon't,  that  nod  unto  the  world* 
Aii4  nvwk  oar  eyes  with  air:  thou  hast  seen  these 

signet 
They  acahUok  vesper^s  pagcanta^" 

««  That  whieh  in  now  «  hone,  eren  with  a  thought 
Th«  rfv)f^  jdislimns." 
Bnt  Dthev  poeta  have  not  been  unobservant  of 

dofid  peenepry,  and  I  bave  no  doubt  tbe  following 

ezteivti  cfUi  be  largely  added  to.     Milton,  in 

Piaradm  Laa,  has  the  following :  — 
«( Such  a  frown 
Ei^li  east  fit  tbe  other,  as  wbon  two  black  clonds 
With  heav'n's  artillery  fraught,  come  rattling  on 
Over  the  Caspian,  then  stand  front  to  ftront, 
Hovering  a  space,  till  winds  the  Mgnal  blow 
To  join  their  dark  encounter  in  mid  air." 

■'  Book  ii.  1.  7M-8. 

In  Conifnt  we  find  — 

**  Did  a  Aablo  cloud 
Turn,  forth  her  silver  lining  on  the  niKbt."  • 

And   in  liia  ode  "On   the  Morning  of  Christ's 

Nativity '' :  — 

"  So,  wht^n  the  sun  in  bed, 
CurtainM  with  cluiuly  roil, 
Pillows  his  chin  upon  an  orient  wave.** 

In  Quarles'  Emhlcms  wo  find :  — 
"  To  dissolve  a  rock 
Of  marble  clouds  into  a  morning  shower." 

Book  V.  5. 
And  in  hia  Hieroglyphics  (xiv.  1)  :  — 
*•  Brij^ht  Titan's  hair; 
AVhose  western  wardrobe  now  begins  t'nnfold 
Her  purples,  fringed  with  gold 
To  clothe  his  cv'ning  glor}'."t 
Beattie,  in  the  Minstrel  (Book  i.),  has  the  fol- 
lowing paisage :  — 

*  Oft. when  the  winter  storm  had  ceased  to  ^a^T, 
Ha  roam*d  the  snowy  waste  at  even,  to  view 
The  dond  stupendous  from  th'  Atlantic  wave 
High- towering,  sail  along  th'  horizon  blue : 
Where,  'midst  the  changeful  scenery,  ever  new, 
Fancy  a  thousan<l  wond'rous  forms  descries, 
More  wilcUv  great  than  ever  pencil  drew : 
Kocks.  torrents  ffulfe,  and  shapes  of  giant  size, 
And  glitt'ring  cliffs  on  cliflfe,  and  flery  ramparts  rise." 

Young,  in  his  Night  Thoughts  (ix.  L  554-7)  has, 
as  follows :  — 

"  Clouds  in  heav'n's  loom 
Wrought  throagh  varieties  of  shape  and  shade. 
In  ample  folds  of  drapery  divine, 
Thy  flowing  mantle  form." 

•  Imitated  by  Voang :  — 

•*.OBoe  I  beheld  a  sun,  a  sun  which  gilt 

Thataablaeloud,  and  turned  it  all  to  gold." 

Night  Thmtghiti  vii.  1.  815. 
t  See  Gollins's  Ode  to  Evening!  — 
«'  The  bright-faair'd  sua 

Sita  in  yon  western  tent,  whose  cloudy  skirts, 

Unth  brede  ethereal  wove 

0*eriiang  his  wavy  bed." 


But  it  is  to  Shelleyi  with  His  exquisite  fancy 
and  felicity  of  description,  we  must  award  thJa 
palm  as  the  poet  of  -the  douds;  A  ehiBter  of  de-- 
ughtful  paasagea  are  found  in  the  opening  Unes 
of  hid  (£ieen  Mob  (booklL)^  iVom  wnich  I  may 
select  the  following :  — i 

'*  the  billowy  clouds 

Edged  with  intolerable  radiancy, 

Tewering  like  rocks  of  jet. 

Crowned  with  a  diamond  wreath." 

**  Far  clouds  of  .feathery  gold. 
Shaded  with  deepest  purple,  glenm 
Like  islands  on  a  daxk  blue  sea." 

*'  Golden  islands, 
Gleaming  in  yon  flood  of  light." 

*'  feather^'  curtains. 
Stretching  o'er  the  sun's  bright  couch." 

.   "  fertile  golden  izilands. 
Floating  on  a  silver  sea." 

And  in  a  poem  entitled  The  Cloud: — 

**  With  wings  folded  I  rest,  on  mine  air}'  nest. 
And  t»till  as  a  brooding  duve." 

But  it  would  occnpy  too  much  space  here  to 
quote  nil  the  passages  one  finds  in  Shelley  relat* 
ing  to  this  subject.  If  Mr.  Cottkrill  will  read 
The  Witch  of  Atias,  be  will  find  other  passages  to 
add  to  hiR  list ;  and  he  will  also  be  rewarded  in 
reading  Mariaitfte's  Dream,  A  Vijnoti  of  the  Sea, 
and  Erenittff,  T.  IJ^'GLixn. 


REALBL 


(4'**  S.  iii.  V.  vi,  pamsim ;  vii.  370.) 

It  is  with  some  reluctance  that  I  return  to 
this  discussion,  inasmuch  as  Mk.  Chance,  instead 
of  meeting  the  main  argument,  still  dwells  on 
irrelevant  points.  The  real  question  is,  whether 
the  V  found  in  reaulnw  of  the  sixteenth  century 
is  intrusive  or  organic.  I  have  shown  by  re- 
ference to  the  analogies  of  the  French  language, 
and  in  conformity  with  all  the  philological  autho- 
rities— Diez,  Burguy,  Schelor,  Brachet,  &c. — that 
it  is  tbe  /,  and  not  the  u,  that  is  intrusive— -the  u 
which  in  this  class  of  words  is  organic,  simply 
representing  the  softening  of  the  /—as,  e.  g,,  in  hati^ 
frr)m  altua.  Until  Mr.  Chanck  can  prove  that 
this  automatic  phenomenon  was  not  a  feature  of 
the  earliest  French,  it  is  quite  beside  the  question 
to  quote  instances  from  later  times,  when  theories 
had  superseded  natural  laws,  and  the  language 
had  become  corrupted,  to  show  that  /  appeared 
alongside  of  the  organic  ti.  The  fact  is  not 
dLspoted,  but  it  is  maintained  that  it  was  dae 
to  the  sciibe^s  ignorance  of  the  original  laws  of 
formation,  to  a  fantastic  spirit  of  innovation,  or 
to  an  absurd  ambition  to  mend  what  required  no 
mending.  This  is  die  real  question  between  me  and 
Mr.  Chance.  Whetherthe  word  cAepn^  was  spelt 
chevaXy  c?ievaus,  or  chevaux,  is  really  no  part  of  the 
argument.    The  first  form  is  probably  toe  earliest 


520 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[4^S,VU.  JmiB  IT,  7L 


in  point  of  time.  Subsequently,  or  even  coatempo- 
raoeouiilr — for  the  point  is  doubtf q] — x  was  ased 
(see  Burguy,  i.  \}\)  as  a  contmctian  of  h  or  ta, 
benc«  chmix';  then  the  proper  xneaning  of  the  .r 
being  ini«iintiMrstcH>d,  i>  w^i.^  rr^quently  employed 
for  simple  ^   and  1im  uv  ^^  Gheaam,    So 

in  regard  to  Mt  qt  r  i  b  I  do  not  deny 

to  be  ft  Tariant  of  the  word,  though  I  hftve  not 
seen  it)^  oIbo  found  oB  dmis,  ditz,  with  the  femi- 
nine fornis  (hdcef  dttctf,  Jcwaw,  dQUcCf  it  is  evident 
that  th<ire  w  no  triic©  of  **the  insertion  of  o 
[or  ti]  before  the  /  dropped.'*  The  organic  I  ia 
simply  auperaeded  by  an  organic  i^  or  £  is  con- 
tracted  into  ::  =  a.  In  no  one  of  these  forms  che- 
vans,  chcvauj\  vheva^if  doz,  Sic*  is  u  **  interpolated,*' 
P     '  .  d  by  Mk.  Chance  from  Macbault,  is 

T'  in  point,  and  can  only  be  explained, 

aa  i  uuve  6tif<jre  shown,  by  considering  the  dou  as 
a  phonetic  spell  Sag  of  the  fourteenth  century  (at 
which  time  it  had  unirersally  become  a«),  «>f  du. 
I  have  in  the  precedinj^r  remarks  designedly  gone 
ov.*»-  M  .nri^l  already  trodden  in  order  to  keep  tho 
1'  I'f  the  argument  from  beiog  lost  m  ir- 

ilJ-     ..^  _i^cu8eion. 

Mb.  OiLAJfCE,  in  quoting  from  Ampere,  seems 
not  to  be  aware  that  Aaii>dre  is  simply  stating 
Fallot's  views,  not  his  own-  Amp^re^fl  book, 
though  Teiy  intere^tiog  in  many  respects,  is  of 
no  authority  on  dialects.  It  anpeara  to  me  that 
Mil  Chance  baa  not  examiued  for  him^lf  Fal- 
lot's and  Burguy^s  elaborate  discussions  of  the 
matters  which  he  treats  in  his  Inat  paper.  If 
I  have  been  "  inaccnrate  "  and  *'  positive  ^*  in  re- 
presenting their  viewa»  no  one  will  re^rret  these 
taults  mope  than  myself;  bat  1  refrain  from  entering 
on  ttb«m  again,  as  bearing:  oulv  very  remotely  on 
the  question  before  us,  and  leading  to  an  intermin- 
able controrersy  on  old  French  dialects,  I  simply 
beg  to  remark  in  reference  to  Waco*s  works  aa 
specimens  of  Xorman  French,  that  the  best  judges 
are  of  opinion  that  they  very  inadequately  repre- 
sent that  dialect/  Fallot  says  (p.  46(ij  of  the 
Horn  flit  Jr^  limif  ^'  Le  dialecte  de  Normandie  y 
'  '  en  bien  des  parties  j  11  y  a  de  longs 

fi  ^  ;  u  il  n'en  reste  que  fort  peu  de  tiacas,'* 

and  ho  states  his  opinion  that  "  la  copie  n'est  pas 
andenne:  on  ne  voit  plus  la  correcticai  et  la 
rigide  obeervatiou  dea  regies  qui  caract^risent  les 
bona  manuacrits/-  Indeed,  if  Wace's  writings 
are  compared  with  genuine  Anglo-Norman  texta, 
sneh  as  Chnrkmaf/n*?^  The  Conqucd  of  Ireland,  and 
Th^  JUft  of  Edwwd  the  Confeami-f  it  will  be  seen 

•  Tho*t  who  dej»iru  to  know  what  th«  oliarActonstici  of 
Aoglo-Ncrman  were  may  be  refiTrod  to  a  paper  by  the 
l^r.>...nr  t,  i^ef  Jn  the  Tranmcliong  of  tht  Phitofotfkal 
^-9»  ''The  Norman  Elcmenr  in  the  S[»okeJi 
I  Enfflish  of  tlie  TwL^ftb,  Thirteenth »  and 
FounefiutU  Centuries,  and  in  our  Provincinl  niiUectd 
(with  nn  KxriniiuiitioQ  of  Cbaiioer*s  ug«  of  the  final  e.) 
Piit.l.  PxuuuiicialionYPp.3o^-44d,.,  (,.i,|ji       ,  j  ,i,v      , 


at  once  that  Waoe  it  ng  Anglo-Normin  wnftn  ia 
the  proper  sense  of  the  term,  Amp^^ii  ofuioQ 
to  the  contrary  is  of  no  value. 

I  remark,  with  some  surprise,  Uia£  Mb.  CfiJUiCB 
se^oaa  to  consider  that  the  Scottish  sani  fat  «t, 
maut  for  inaltf  Sic*.  conhrm  hia  bypotbeoia*  Th^ 
apoear  to  ma  to  confute  it. 

Mil  Chancb  will  probably  pronouuo^  worn  cffifv 
because  I  decline  to  so  through  bis  cspaes  ii 
detidit  and  defend,  aa  1  best  could^  my  *'ini^ 
curacies/'  I  am  well  content,  however,  to  pri 
him  the  ben eBt  of  -Ijmk 
him  to  render  it  coi,  ,  rnp-:- 
sitions  at  the  dose  uT  my  la^t  P^p^^ 
300.)  - 

Kiidare  Gardens, 


MAERIAGES  OF  E> ' 

(i^'^a  vii,  m  ',397.) 

If  one  of  the  most  famous  belles  an3  Rfoota* 
plished  women  of  the  fourteenth  eentttjy — the 
who  was  pronounced  in  Committee  of  the  wkdt 
House  of  Court  ladies  to  be  *^  la  mieax  damtatill 
mieux  chantant'' — could  read  the  lial  ol  JciTI 
NEPOSy  her  train  of  rayed  bandekyu  woal4  00^^ 
on  end  in  indigoation  at  the  preaumplioia  that  H 
could  be  complete  without  her.  He  wIM  ftlkMr 
me  to  present  him  to  the  Lady  F!  f  I«b- 

caster,  second  sister  of  Henry  r\  ;t<nr«4 

her  hand  in  succeaaion  on  three  iiriu^h  &ubjert&. 
She  married  (1 )  in  1379-80,  John  HMtisjEi^  of 
his  iiuu  third  and  last  Karl  of  P«mbrolie^  to 
whom  she  was  divorced  ;  {2)  about  1^1^  Jtffai 
do  Holand,   Earl  of  Huntingdo  '    »  ; 

Exeter^  beheaded  Jan.  7,  1^1^: 
Jiihn  Uomwall,  Lord  Fanhopo,     i.tixoueai  mw 
Nov.   24,   1425,    Her  Urst  and  third  f—pty 
were  issueless,   but  by  the  second  sho  vvthi 

lie 


mother  of  three  sons  and  two  daughten^ 
Registers  of  John  of  Gaunt,  her  fa*"» 
mimerous  items  of  provision  for  the  -' 

dignity   of    '^iire    file     do    Penbrok  T 

brother,  Kiu-^  >ed  in  a  cbaractoiiitt 

manner  his  an  as  bis  favaurile 

by  a  grant  datt^d  l)ec.  io,  1400,  bestowing 
her  an  exquisite  collection  of  the  sr  tt^dt 
deceased   and  attainted   husbaiv'  >i 

Exeter :  to  wit,  one  old  bed  of  h 
old  celet  and  tester  of  *ilk,  8 
carpets,  eleven  towels,  and  '*  m 
et  tracta,'*  an  old  nowter  basin,   ani  sundry  -^U*^ 
valuables  of  the  like  character.     Any  tarn  ^h 
wiflhea  to  peruse  Li  \  v    --        -     *- 

to  his  eister  will 
Part  1.     I  ought  u*  ^uin   i 
things  better  worth  having 
There  are  two  nt^i  v  ,.rf, 
appearance  on  the  ' 
consideration..  iLu,,  — ^ 


#»S,VlI.JinBl7,'71.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


521 


mar'   '  '       de  Bretaj^e,  Duke  of  Breta^e  and 
CN? !  i  IX,  vrho  had  been  Earl  of  Ridimond, 

aod   uii^uL":n  he  liad  resigned  bis  earldom  before 
marriftgo/he  nevertheleas  continued  a  Biitiabsub- 

H^ect,  and  received  a  ser-  "*   --"  *    <-  ♦!-    irMom 
B  iS96.  A^n,  Marv,  fll.^in 

manying  her  conain  \\'i;..*^t..  j  i.u      ^    ...Lcester, 
mxrely  married  a  Britiib  subjtct,  though  a  prince. 

Giindreda,  married  to  Willkm  de  Warrenne^ 
Earl  0(f  Surrey,  (rota  which  union  la  descended 
tho  house  of  Howard,  m  included  by  some  his- 
torinne^  and  jj^enealogistii  amongst  the  daughters  of 
William  the  Conqueror*  A*  S. 


OVia  "METAAL"  XIIL  2M :   **  BENIGNIOB/' 
Planudea  translates  the  passage : — 

kpaS^tfi<fs  6  Atas  SoKtir<»t, 

13ftSs8onad0  says  in  a  note  i —  * 

>T^rli^rt    *  fHi'rit<|oe  Iw-nigtiior  Ajox/  Vftlde  aont  ob- 
iMi  hjr  oiil  : — ipse  AjAx  vobi*,  ai  AtmtL 
'jrjl  w»e  btinigraior,  noc  oa  mihi  reciiAaro : 
ill  vht  in  ea  juris." 

tslates : 

*-*Sfli1agt  deis  VVaibii  tuir  ab,  und  etsei  det  verdientere 
lUait.'* 

Tlie  obscurity  of  the  p^issage  is  shown  by  the 
Molcet  efiv^rts  to  mend  it.  Muretus  proposes 
^ferat  ha?c  ut  dignior  Ajajc,"  and  Koeppeniua 
mbititates  Hector  tor  Ajai.  I  agree  with  JMr* 
King  that  there  b  **  ei  nianifest  sneer  in  the  words," 
and  I  orftfr  a  very  moderate  alteration — 

**  Armtt  negate  mihi :  fieretnt  benigiiior  Ajar  ?  " 
I  quote  from  IjemiUfe's  edition,  tomes  iv.  and  r, 
Tms^  182%  a  B*  C. 

'  r.  u.  Club. 


. 


(*qtt09  pretium  pro  uocte  poposccrat  b65tiB, 

I  ftHirote  mihi,  fueritfjue  benignior  Ajax/* 

Mii.  Kmc  dvsx'vyea  great  praise  for  his  8oIidtud« 

-  .,  ,  iM  -v  in  this  paseage^  aa  well  as  in 

;  Is  veraion  of  the  Mdamor phases^ 

..    -  _  Ly  in  requesting  the  judgment  of 

I  a  point  on  which  he  is  m  well  able  to 

•:  himself.     In  my  opinion  he  has  given  a 

y  satisfactory  sense  of  the  word  hejiigtnor  m 

tnin.«?lation.    It  rfgnifiesi,  I  consider,  **  better 

better  satined,  more  kindly  disposed  to- 

ju/'      Fiitrit  ia   taleen   by   the   Delphin 

itor  and  (Others  in  an  imperatiVe  seusei  as  in 

patntio  plebi  sua  r€stitnero; 

iuni  ujciaci  nequitur,  jurt*  fae- 

<^.  —  1--1  Miv   iv-iuration  of  Ihdr  rights  to  the 


peopla  hare  been  an  ilv^  i 
which  CATtnot  be  avcnp 
dtizBDa  have  b«en  done  v 


citcntv;  let  that 
:  iig  tlie  blood  of 


The  sense  of  Ovid-fl  words  will  then  bo,  **  and 
let  Ajax  (by  this  means — when  this  is  done — 
when  the  a/m«  have  been  given  him)  have  been, 
or  have  become,  better  contented  '* ;  or  they  may 
be  turned  optatively,  ^'may  Ajax  have  thus  been 
(rendered)  more  favourably  disposed."  But  it 
may  b©  considered  whether  ftierii  may  not  be 
taken  aa  a  future,  **and  (perhaps)  Ajax  will  by 
this  means  have  become  better  inclined  towards 
yon/'  that  ia,  *' will  be  in  b«*tter  temper  with  you." 
There  is  no  doubt,  as  Mb.  Kryc  observes,  a  sneer 
or  sarcasm  in  the  words  of  Ulysses :  *'  Refuse  me 
the  arms  of  bim  whose  horaea  the  enemy  had 
demanded  n«  his  reward,  and  then,  noflsibly*  A  lax 
will  feel  more  friendly  towards  you !  **  Tho  Delphin 
editor,  who  is  at  all  times  a  weak  stall*  to  lean  ojij 
goes  away  from  the  sense  with  hia  dt  melius  de 
xn*hi4  m*fritm;  but  he  was  fully  sensible  of  the 
irony.  In  taking  henitjtiior  in  the  sense  which  I 
have  suggested,  and  in  which  indeed  Me.  Krjfa 
had  already  taken  it,  no  violence  is  done  to  the 
word,  but  'it  is  kept  to  itj?  ordinary  si^idcation, 
"Ivind,**  such  as  it  hoa  in  Hor.  Sat^  i,  2,  4,  to 
which  Mb.  Kutg  refere.  J.  S.  W, 

According  to  the  old  Homeric  account  of  the 
coQte^  between  Ajax  and  Ulysses  for  the  arms  of 
Af;hiUes,  Ulysses  obtained  them  by  the  fraud 
practised  by  th«  Atreidse.  See  Sophocles'  Ajajc^ 
1135,  and  Rndar's  Nmnean^  viii*  2g412,  who  says : 

**By  ^oret  ballots  the  Danai  piud  court  lo  Ulyaaes ; 
and  io  Ajax«  deprived  of  the  golden  armoort  giappted 

mth  sla  u  Lf  I  i  [ « 1 .     Y.  t  A .  ry  d i  fferen  t  %v  i.= i  o  th  i ^  iv  ounds  they 
clave  tt  r  warm  fit  '  ':  lA' 

tb«  mai  .  partly  in    !  tHes 

whoD  iU'*i  1.^  n, 41111.  aij-j  Hi  other  hard  ^Liuj,i,M.3  kiu  <acath* 
deoling^  days." 

Now  the  object  of  Ovid  was  to  remove  the 
coai'se  device  of  fraud,  and,  without  denving  that 
Ajax  was  ntronger  and  braver  than  Ulysfies,  to 
prove  by  argument  that  Ulysses  waa  the  more 
meritorione.  We  must,  therefore,  understand  the 
ingenious  argument  pot  by  Ovid  into  the  mouth 
of  Ulysses. 

If  the  steeds  of  the  Troians*  ally,  Rhesus,  had 
not  been  captured  by  the  Greeks  **  before  they  had 
tasted  the  fodder  of  Troy,  or  drank  of  the  "river 
Xanthiis"  (--iViciVf,  L  4bl)-73),  or  (Euripides' 
RJiemj^,  408-50t>)  if  the  Greeks  did  not  obtain  the 
Palladium,  or  statue  of  Pallas,  which  the  Trojans 
possessed^  Ilium  would  have  been  surrounded  by 
a  charm  which  all  the  prowess  and  valour  of  Ajax 
and  AehlUes  could  not  break  through.  Ulysses 
planned  and  performed  the  captund  of  the  horses 
(see. the  Iihe$u^)  by  learning  the  watch- word  of 
Ehesus'  men ;  and,  disguised  as  a  beggar,  he  made 
his  wav  into  Ilium  and  stole  the  Palladium.   This 


522 


N6¥i^  Mt)  QUERIES- 


[4*kS,VlLacantir»9l, 


latter  exploit  waa  the  flubject  of  tU©  old  «pic  called 
'*  The  Vngrnnt;'  \        _ 

Conaequently  the  nr^meDtuf  Ulysa^U:  Ajax^ 
ftlthough  stronger  and  braver  than  I,  hna  neyer 
remoTtfd  any  diiiicvilty  without  the  remoTiti  of 
which  Ilium  could  not  be  captmed ;  1  have  re- 
moved two ;  in  the  face  of  theee  facts,  will  you 
e*teeDl  Ajax  Aea^ioi*,  "  ft  jifreater  bejaefactor,'* 
than  I P  TfiDOj^.  L'EexBA^iaB* 


Scx-DiAL  Inscriptions  (4**'  S,  vii.  256,  377.)— 
The  followiDg  inscription  U  eajrraved  on  a  dial 
prmecting  from  the  ciU  of  the  library  window  at 
Arlej  Ilall,  Ch^sbir^  ;— 

^  >*•  Jklfiy  the  dread  bonk  At  our  1  ist  trinl, 

T\'h«;'n  ODCMi  .sim'fltl,  l>e  like  thb  dial ; 

'I  I  i  i^i^ir  to  mark  lUtretii 

1     I  nrk  by  ilecikof  ftin  ; 

I'uu-^  4>;kiy  in  tii;it  record  write 

Which  \iriu<^  tik€  the  «tm  maiked  blight.'* 

AyOTTt 

'*  Vado  Q  i^cnpo  o^fni  gbrho ; 
Sla  tu  andmi  scnzA  ritomo.*' 

By  somt^  accident  the  letters  r.  and  r/  in  tho  third 
word  are  troDjepo^d*   It  ahould  have  bt^en  pnnted 

It  may  be  a  bold  thing  for  an  Englishman  to 
find  fuuU  with  fin  inscription  in  Italian,  set  tjp  in 
aa  Italian  city,  but  has  wot  the  little  word  ne  here 
b<*en  ouiitt43d^  which  would  haye  given  the  second 
line  thvu  — 

«  Ma^  tu  n*  andrai  ac&%«  litorno," 
I,  k — 
**  I  ^  away  and  comG  Agtin  every  thiy, 

Bui  tJiuu  (Llie  leadur)  ahult  go  awu^  and  pever  re- 
turn/* 

The  other  inscription — 

"Pareuat  et  imfjuuntur," 

appears,  amongst  other  placi^  undar  the  Inner 
Temple  clock,  under  that  in  All  Souls  College, 
Oxford*  and  (I  think)  of  the  Cathedral  at  Exe- 
ter. It  ia  ao  truly  reli^ioud  and  Christian  — 
u  Ik  "  Though  hours  slip  by  U3  idly  and  unprofit- 
ably,  but  are  carefully  written  np  ajGffiinst  ua  *'— 
that  upon  on  CO  asking  an  exceEent  scholar  where 
he  thought  it  waa  to  be  found,  he  replied  without 
hesitation  that  he  supposed  in  Lac  tan  tins  !  It  is, 
however  (who  would  think  it  ?),  in  Martial— 
**Ad  Julium  Martialein^ 
*'Nu5i  "  ■[  ijcuter  hou,  bouosque 

St* J ■  At rjuy  ahita  aen tit  j 

Qui       .  -  ^       -ni,  et  imputantur." 

MartialU  Ep'tg,  V»  21,  IL 

But  this  ia  not  the  only  extraordinary  passage  in 
Martial'a  writiuga,  who,  although  he  can  be  nut 
unfre<ju©nt]y  naughty  and  dirty,  has  in  the  fol- 
lowing liuefl  to  the  memory  of  Alcimui?,  his  youth- 
ful slave,  m  completely  expressed  in  their  fullest 
extent  all  the   tendenieaa  and  delicacy  of  the 


Grecian  mnscj,  that  I  am  siune  the  Editot 
be  disposed  to  forgive  me  far  calling  nttec^  i 
them,  by  causing  them  to  be  je^riated  ia  ^ 

pagea:— 

^*Ad  AlcimaWL, 
'*'  Alcirne,  qoem  mptum  domtno  cresceatibii*  ai8ti», 
I^hicaiui  levi  cc«pitc  velat  hmnus, 
Acclpe  noQ  Phario  nutaiitia  poodera  s&xo* 

Qu;»^    !>T.  ri  vmniLS  dat  niittir  •  1  ii.^n* 
Sed  f I  ,  ct  opaea*^  nhri 


Maud  fliuer  ciacrps  mondo  jaccm  inca«- ' 


am  much  obliged  to  IIer^iextri 
kind    correction    of   the    eorror — \t^*„.., 
course,  the  abbey  meant     I  am  under 
pi'^sfioii  that  there  was  a  Sir  Christopher 
Knt,  in  the  eevent^ientU   century*     Prol 
have  eeen  it  in  some  old  LancjLslnte  char 
latLug  to  Cookersand  Abbey 
friend,  whose  ancobtors,  it   f 
of  Bome  of  its  land  at  H 
however,  be  glad  of  a 

mystery — the  marriage  "Ifi! 

rietta  Maria  .....  CL 
et  h.  of  Tarbock  ** — as  appuiia  in  lU 
of  riayton  parish  ehurcL     I    mav   !> 
from  1617  to  1043  the  veil  urn  \^  ^ 
cut  (evidently  ages  sinco)  from  n 
about  the  same  period  the  tr- 
ap pear  very  much  oblit^rj^te*! 
damp  or  vermin.     It  may  be    .j^ 
story  of  generations  hangs  to  t;^ 
the   loss  of  a  manor  in  the  ntig;^.^^. 
which  adds  considerable  ioteieat  to  t 
question — romantic  and  flnnniinrinn 

I  should  also  lee  I  e\ 
correspondent  who  coulo 

f*age  and  date  of  a  hook  written,  I 
aat  or  begiuain^of  this  century  by  a.  > 
on  *^  Carpentr)'.        I   believe   auch    ft 
catalogu^  for  Mle  within  this  last  quarter 

T.  Hi 


BidMAKCK    AiNrinr.VIED  :    ' 

OWN  Geavy  "  (4*'^  S»  vii.  It 

correspondent  J.  A  C.  f" 

conjecture  that  thiu  m} 

will  be  found  in  *'  the    ] 

If  he  will  turn  to  PlaiiT 

ho  will  find  in  tIi.^  tV^r 

lamenting  to  i 

class  of  men  v.  .:._... 

the  country,  and  parasites  hnve   no  tlioseri 

comparing  them  to  snails  abut  up  iu  1 

&c.     lie  flftvs  :— 


-er.  J 


^mm 


4*  s.  rn;  Joirt  ir,»7U] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


1 iUlii>,    J1IJ.>L-J|     I  "■   r^ii-:*, 

l>um  ruri  lurant  h  liiiurriant/* 

A      !  >  to  81,  efJ»  Teubrn'r. 

As  P]n«t«9  is  the  nioffit  nnciont  Latin  aiith'T 
extftot,  liftvmg  lived  above  2000  years  ago^  anless 
the  idea  be  found  <vlao  in  8f>me  more  ancient 
Greek  nnthor  or  in  th^  Old  Tti^tAnient,  wc  may, 
I  presume^  fym^dder  liiin  the  aource  from  which  it 
ongiimted ;  at  least  a«i  the  firpt  nutiior  in  wJiom 
the  idea  ia  found,  thoufrh  he  may  have  takeu  it 
from  the  Greek  ilnaxandridei^. 

It  dt>e«  not  necessarily  follow  that  an  idea 
found  in  a  succession  of  authors  hos  been  adopted 
|v  •'  ^  -pr  from  the  earlier;  nnd  thia  one  may 
]i  aa  orijCiiial  with  Biamarck  as  with  the 

Wi  be  well  to  record  in  '*  N.  &  Q/'  on 

wKrit  he  great  statesman  employed  it  f* 

KK'UASD  li.lRKIKeXOK. 

i<if4*»«  S.  viL  141,  571,415.) 
']  u  of  the  Babylon  (?)  rhyitje^ 

f,;  10  i\  fill's  play,  wns  jiicked  np  many 

^r  in  Chorlt<?n-npDn-MeaInck,  Manehea- 

t*3(  -  — 

**Qn*'ryi,  *  TJcfflr  many  milea  to  Buralcra  ?  " 

*'.^«»,    ♦TlM-..-.  ...v.in'ir/  f,  n; 

*'Qijtri/,  ' '  '  candlelight  ?  ' 

^•OfM  A3  \\i>\t'  iiH  you  can* 

At  ^  limles  and  hh  familj  through.** 

See  al?<.   xwiiuwreira  Kurseri/  Rhjn^es^  No.  328, 
Hulliwell  also  includes  a  ft^uixa  of  the  "Green 
Gmvel '*  song  or  noniiny  amou^  his  relics  {ISo, 
66l>,  but  the  follow'inp^  Gorton  version,  liS  played 
by  the  flchool-girla  thirty-five  years  ago,  is  the 
ttott  complt?te  we  have  seen  : — 
•nrvH-n  r-m\'d,  gtcen  gniT«l,  the  praM  ia  «o  gr«cn, 
'  you»(cd«mi«i  that  ever  was  seen. 
')  M«iry  your  true  love  is  tli*o<l  I 

*    I  (urn  round  your  head.* 
,  ilf>  vou  til  ink*  tt  ia  trac  ?  * 
.  ,  1 1  lit  ahftll  [  do  I 

l')|  W;tH^  you  iu  uulk,  and  dress  rnn  in  ^Ik, 
An'  write  down  your  njuao  with  a  gdd  pen  and  i&k/  " 

,  u«|r  Oldhnm. 


*'  The  Wdtd  has  a  LAyGFA^E,'-  ktc.  (4*'*  S. 
-H.  '''5,  46-?  )"This  poem  is  to  he  found  in 
'  (18:10,  p.  128.0),  Prom  the 
Jy  of  the  manner  I  should 
jim^^iini  it  Wius  \\  riLt*iO  by  L.  E.  L.  or  some  clever 
imitator  of  that  p^rteM  (in  ppite  of  all  the  stron^- 
nj"    *    '       '  T  liold  to  this    tisefol  word). 

11  1  '^  Iniprovisatrice/^     J,  L, 

im.H^vioies  iiio  innd  line*     Fie  should  delete  the 

*f  And'*  Wa  LTKB  TfiORNBUBT. 

^jpoylting,    ^_____« 

*  Or  whatever  the  girri»  naiu«  wa&     i 


I      CooKEs :  Cookeset:  Cooke  (4'*S.  vTk  11, 310,) 
I  r  fim  fifraid  the  book  to  which  Sv.  haa  referred  your 
i  ci>rrts|n>Tn!fiit  will  AtTordi  him  but  little  informa- 
tinn,     I"  Mrt  p.  17  iliat  Thomas  Arcber 

*'inarrii  IniTo-hter  of  Sir  Walter  C'odUof 

Cokesey,  ui  '-  nt'  Woroeeter^  and  fzrand-' 

daughter  of  i  {^e^y  "  ;   but  Coke  should 

be  Cokesey.  i  i^*-'n^  aro  numerous  errors  •  of  a  like 
description  in  the  book:  ♦*Ha^tieM,  co-  Herta,*' 
shonM  be  ''Ha/fleM,  co,  Hereford  " ;  '*  Banctoa.**: 
should  be  ^'  Bt  arcroft/'  *tc- 

Your  correa  pond  en  t  will  fir''  "  ^'^refuHy  com- 
piled pedigree  of  Cookeey  <  '  iu  a*  recent 
number  of  Uie  Iltn^ald  mid  ?'';  but  I 
feel  sure  thnt  any  attempt  :he  Cookes 
family  upon  that  stock  will  l  _  i  failure, 
i  H.JS,G. 

Anothek  Olji  Jkstvins  (4'''  S.  vii.  320,)  —  I 
have  waited  to  tee  whether  some  one  with  more 
inform atloo  than  I  have  would  gay  eomething 
about  John  Jenkins  of  Coddin^ton.  I  write  now 
to  assure  A,  O.  that  no  **  honx  has  been  played  off 
upon  the  WorveUer  Jaurtinl ^'*  and  in  the  hope  that 
further  details  may  be  seut  to  *^  N,  &  Q,"  by  pome 
one  elae.  It  is  believed  in  the  neighbriurhni>d 
that  John  Jenkina  did  reacli  the  a^e  specified, 
lie  had  been  well  known  aj*  approaching  the  age, 
and  had  attracted  attention  by  his  protracted  life. 
A  dauL'hter  of  his  is  living,  and  is  said  to  be 
eighty -tive.  But  the  following  statement,  if  it 
can  be  confirmed,  will  go  very  far  to  settle  the 
question  of  Jenlcins'^a  age.  In  or  about  1770  a  new 
bell  waa  hung  ia  the  tower  of  Colwall  chinch,  a 
place  adjoining  to  Coddiugton,  both  being  on  the 
Ilerefurdshire  side  of  the  Malvern  Hills.  Jenkin.^ 
constantly  affinned  that  he  was  put  into  this  bell 
at  the  time  of  it&  being  hung  in  the  tower»  Modem 
bells  are  usually  dati-d,  la  any  bell  in  ColwaJl 
dftted  about  1770?  I  hope  the  subject  will  not  be 
allowed  to  drop  without  farther  Inquiry*  D.  P, 
Stuartj  Lodgv,  Malvoni  W^elK 

FflAifcis:  Junius  AJTP  the  Skaxs  (4**' S.  vO. 
452.) — F.  M.,  who  ia  looking  into  the  curious 
question  of  the  seals  used  by  Juniiu*,  may  bo  glad 
to  be  referred  to  a  passage  in  which  that  writer 
speaka  of  the  care  which  an  anonymous  writer 
would  observe  with  respect  to  the  seale  he  used. 
It  is  in  the  PrmiU  Letters  to  Woodfalt,  No.  10 
(Bohn'a  editioui  il.  -- * "  — 

"  1  shall  he  glad  t*'  ket  you  speaker     It 

cannot  come  from  tln'  L  jet,  thVmj^h  th«re  he  no 

end  of  them.     7%eu  would  uot  be  bo  Billy  as  to  pat  their 
arms  on  the  cover. 

F,J, 


I 
I 


•  It  is  atatcd  on  p.  10  that  in  Coajrhton  churolt  lak  1 
«ght  sliicdda  of  llirockmorton  "  oil  th*'ir  rich  monqr  ] 
meat,"  io  all  of  whir^h  arw  quartcired  th«  inn»  of  Archen] 
Thja  is-  aa  error*  The  three  arrows  in  these  Bhte|d4  aif  J 
the  arras  of  ^<>«njri.  '  * 


524 


NbtES  Airb  QtTERlES  u^  s,  vii.  jc«  n, -n. 


OwGiw  OP  THB  Sttrname  Ouhvikobak  (4*"  S. 
ui.,  iv.,  pamm;  vii.  221,  347.)  — I  am  mnch 
obliged  by  Espedabe's  correction  of  my  reading 
in  uie  extract  from  Dundonald  Kirk-Session  re- 
cords. Not  having  made  up  my  mind  as  to  which 
is  the  correct  theory  of  the  origin  of  this  name,  I 
had  no  intention  of  reopening  a  discussion  'already 
sufficiently  protracted,  much  less  did  I  mean  to 
make  the  extraordinary  suppositions  so  clearly 
shown  by  Espedark  to  be  untenable.  I  wished 
merely  to  give  what  seemed  to  me  a  new  fact, 
viz.,  tne  occurrence  of  the  word  conyngam,  where 
it  could  only  signify  "  a  place  where  rabbits 
abound.'*  Perhaps  I  was  a  little  too  credulous  in 
believing  I  had  round  a  new  word ;  for  on  again 
referring  to  the  MS.,  with  the  additional  light 
afforded  by  Kspedaee,  it  appears  I  should  have 
quoted  "  in  corsbies  coivjufjan  '' — either  that  or 
conyngair.  As  however  the'  former  of  these  words 
is  unknown  hitherto,  it  is  more  likely  that  Espe- 
DARE  is  right,  and  that  I  should  have  written 
conyiigair.  As  to  the  earlier  fonus  of  the  name, 
to  which  Esi'EDARK  kindly  directs  me,  although  I 
admit  that  he  is  here  on  the  right  track,  I  need 
scarcely  point  out  how  little  satisfaction  can  be 
derived  from  such  different  forms  as  Canonan  and 
Inciinenintfumj  given  by  writers  so  nearly  contem- 
porary as  Taliesiu  and  Bede.  Does  Espebare 
Know  that  the  chapel  of  Corsbie  was  used  for 
divine  service  long  after  the  Iteformatioii  ? 

W.  F.  (2). 

"  The  Thunderer  "  (4**'  S.  vii.  45G. )  —  In  one 
of  the  leading  articles  of  Thi'  TimeSj  the  writer 
said,  *'  We  thundered  out,"  i^'c,  referring  to  a 
former  article.  Hence  the  appellation  of  *'  The 
Thunderer  "  was  applied  to  the  paper.  Tho  writer 
of  the  article  may  have  been  Oapt.  Sterling ;  of 
that  I  know  nothing,  nor  can  I  recollect  its  sub- 
ject D. 

HOGAN  (4*»»  S.  vii.  4,^0,  481.)  — Bailey  says 
hogan^mogan  is  a  corruption  of  hough 'mngedige^ 
high  and"  mighty,  Bvlg.  Supposing?  tli»'  word  to 
have  the  double  senile  of  (iUhSj  \ve  should  get  the 
"  deep  drinking,*'  an  every-day  expression.  There 
is  an  old  Greek  word,  ^Ciyhv  =  'aiceavoy,  which,  but 
for  the  mrft  in&teiul  of  tlie  rough  breathing,  might 
suggest  a  derivation.  Could  the  first  use  of  the 
word,  however,  be  traced  to  Warwickshire,  this 
difficulty  might  bo  surmounted.  Every  one  has 
hoard  of  "  drinking  the  sea  dry." 

KDMuyn  Tew,  M.A. 

HEV.    Iv.     C.    MVTFRIN'    OF    "    l^AP.KEL-ORGAX 

Fame"  (4»»»  S.  vii.  4r).|.)  —  The  alhision  of  The 
Athenamn,  in  speaking  of  this  gentleman  as  of  ; 
**  barrel-organ  fame,"  is  to  a  stanza  in  some 
sportive  verses  of  Dr.  Maginn  on  liord  Byron's 
JDofiJuan ;  they  are  entitled  '*  Dow  Jtran  Unread,*' 
and  are  a  parody  on  Wordsworth's  »'  Yarrow  Un- 
visitqd  " :  — 


**  XjBt  Colbiim*8  toma-hred  cattle  annff 

The  sweets  of  Lady  Mefgaa ; 
liBt  Motarin  to  amorou  themes 

Attane  his  barrel-oigan  ; 
We  will  not  hear  them,  will  not  read 

The  parson  or  the  granny; 
And,  I  dare  say,  as  bad  as  they, 

Or  worse,  is  Don  Giovanni.** 

The  whole  piece  may  be  seen  in  Murray's  seva- 
teen-volume  edition  of  Byron,  toL  xy.  p.  89. 

J.S.W. 

Mm.  Mart  CHTmcimL  (4^  S.  vii.  234, 417.) 
I  have  received  from  a  learned  friend  a  confinift- 
tion  of  the  reply  given  by  vour  cnrretpoodeit 
Melcombe  respecting  this  lacty.  She  wu  the 
daughter  of  Mrs.  I^Iargaret  Allen,  whose  nHrnn- 
mentat  Glan%'ille's  Wootton  is  surmounted  bytfct 
following  coats  of  arms:  '*A  chevron  between 
three  leopards'  heads  erased,  impaling  in  abordofe 
six  lioncels  rampant  3,  3,  and  1/'  which  may  pro- 
bably lead  to  the  discovery  of  who  she  was. 

Mrs.  Mary  Churchill  made  her  will  in  1G75, 
wherein  she  desires  to  bo  buried  near  her  late 
husband  John  Churchill,  if  her  son-in-law,  Sr 
Winston  Churchill,  will  give  permission:  but  if 
not,  then  near  her  mother,  Mrs.  Margaret  AUen. 
She  was,  therefore,  undoubtedly  the  second  wife 
of  John  Churchill,  grandfather  of  the  great  Duk> 
of  Marlborough. 

My  friend  adds— and  I  know  of  nobody  mow 
experienced  in  such  matters — that  the  pcKiigree^ 
of  the  duke  are  the  most  mendacious  he  has  ere: 
met  with,  being  all  apparently  taken  from  coe 
drawn  up  for  himself  by  tho  heralds. 

Any  light  timt  can  be  thrown  upon  the  «mbject 
by  your  useful  pages  would  be  very  acceptable 
fur  tlie  next  part  of  the  new  edition  of  f  lutcfain*. 

C.  W.  BiyGH-vM. 

John  Dtek  (4'»»  S.  vii.  232,  m^,  443.)-Jati)EF, 
surely  dt)es  not  suppose  that  I\ver.  a  learned 
clergyman,  was  ijjnorant  of  the  English  lancniai.'e 
and  its  grammatical  construction!  Had ''lies" 
been  used  it  must  have  rhymed  with  *'  eyes,''  and 
the  poet  would  have  found  a  sibilant  termioation 
to  each  line.  To  avoid  this  his  nymph  has  'mt 
eyey  and  we  have  a  very  excusable  bit  of  bad 
grammar.  Jay  dee  is  acquainted  with  fcjliake- 
speare.  Has  he  ever  examined  the  first  verse  of 
"  Hark,  the  lark  "  P  or  if  he  patronises  Pope,  ^^ 
is  his  opinion  of  the  grammar  in  the  verse  **Thott 
Great  First-cause,"  &c.  ?  Any  ornithologist  cvi 
inform  Jayi)i:e  that  there  are  ditferent  sorts  of 
IhincU,  .'Vmongst  them  is  tho  green  linnet,*  irfuA 
probablv  is  wliat  Dver  meant,  or  ho  might  m«n 
the  bird  known  as  tKe  ^'yellow  yo wring."  whid,I 
believe,  is  one  of  the  linnet  tribe.  If  Dver  b» 
erred  in  his  ornithology,  which  I  do  not  aomxt,  o; 
if  ho  has  committed  a  grammatical  error,  wluflbl 

*  I  think  that  Ebenezer  Elliot  hav  a  ^re«ti  Ihmet 


4^aVIUJujrKl7,11.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


5i5 


do  admit,  X  aasert  that  such  UemUhea  do  not  de- 
tract from  his  merit*  ae  a  poet.  What  does  Jat- 
Bias  thinlt  of  the  "  there  let  him  hi/  "  of  Byron  ? 

StWtten  Jackson. 

BjlXPIXBS  (4**>  S,  TU.  405.) — ^The  embroiderj 
iEtBftCton  ia  mentioned  in  **  N.  &  Q.,*'  Dec,  19, 
1868,  p.  579.  This  is  douhtleaa  what  J^our  corre- 
0|>oiident  alludes  to.  'W.MjlksK. 

7,  Bal  Lm\  i^qoiiire. 

OoRsK  {4»*  S.  vii.  3:23,  370,  407.)— The  eve  of 
3klay  Day  was  forraerlj  known  m  **  Mischief 
Ki|f ht "  tlirouj^hout  South  Lancashire,  and  prior 
the  epf>eb  of  thf)  **  new  policotnB«»"  many  were 
ilMU3i  '  -,  rude  practical  jokes,  imd  mor- 

^    1^  i1  13  conaniitted.    But  there  was 

■Ib'  cu^Loni,  certainly  in  aomo  fespect^ 

loi  I ,  but  liable  to  be  cuuie  ©qually  aa 

ioying>  i  hid  was  the  iiej>ositiT]fr  on  the  thres- 
bold^  or  affirming"  to  the  door-handle,  sprip:^  or 
lirancheB  of  certiiin  .shrubs  and  tr^'es,  m  eiuble- 
laatical  of  the  traits  of  character  of  some  damsela 
lli^^o  t...u;.i;vM.  \o  t>.i.r]jt  be  *?xp^'cte^^,  «  "i  '^  *m 
iM^i  women  wouh  t 

ioaih  .    :^-«  - .     .liing  fnces  in  *' -    -^     .      /' 

ind  6o  beautify  themselvw  for  tAvelve  mcjotbs  to 
borne,  but  ako  to  ascertain  what  compliment.^ 
Ihear  suitors  had  paid  them.  Bat  alad,  it  often 
happened  that  some  Diischievous  lad  or  rival  fe- 
BMB  had  *'  laid  tK^methiog  at  their  door  ^'  not 
it  to  moTali«e  upon.  The  popular  rending' 
tkede  Ternal  avmbola  bore  no  relationtihi|i  to 
ly  fancied  resemblance  between  them  and  tlie 
inal  characteristics  cd'  th&  persona  honoui-ed, 
it  wBfe  formed  out  of  an  attempt  to  rhyme .  The 
r  are  the  chief:  — 
of  quicken  (or  wicken)  =  my  dear  (or 

rreet;  chidcen. 
•Sprig  of  oak  =  fond  of  a  j  oke. 
,,        owler  (i*.  e.  alder)  ^  a  acowler  (scolder), 
a^h  ^  a  swearer  i*ash. 
ntit  (hazel)  ^  a  slut 
thorn  =  teom. 
brfimblp  ==  lik^M  to  ramble* 


:-i; 


-01—  in  Uiil  l.iu 


'OltUiAm. 


^  a  w —  at  noon. 
Joint  HiGsoK. 


I  BocTRixE  OF  Celticism  f4*^  S.  rii.  340.)^ — 
•  correspondent  BrLBO  says,  "  the  doctrine  of 
tticism  aeems  to  me  a  species  of  popular  deln- 
-  '*  Tu  Scotland  we  hold  Celticism  to  be  n 
.  It  ia  established  by  a  variety  of  proofs 
1  not  be  entered  into  here.  Nay,  more, 
s  reason  tn.  think  that  there  ia  a  much 
?atpr  amount  of  Celtic  blood  among  English* 
I  U  commonly  aunposed.  But  my  chief 
re  is  to  refer  to  the  popular  notion  that 
r  blond  race,  in  the  British  Isles,  denotes 
Litonic  anccfetry,  and  that  the  dark  races 


I  <1»  some  1500  years  B.C.,  by 

Caucasian  races — the  Celts 

iir-skitmed  and  Ught-halred, 


are  the  Celts,  Thia  ia  not  aupported  by  ethnolo- 
gical authorities. 

Nott  and  Oliddon,  in  T^Pff  of  ManJdnd^  after 
an  analyfiiH  of  the  works  of  Thierry  and  Edwards, 
conclude  that  — 

''An-    -  "     '   '  .. 
at  lea- I 
and  thi   i 
and  the  other  a  Usirk  i 

Bodichoni  in  his  £(ud^s  sirr  TAJgh'ie^  plaeea  the 
Celts  (whom  he  divides  into  Gaelic,  Bel^c»  and 
Cymbric)  in  his  great  division  entitled  ''  The  Blond 
Bace."  Professor  Huxley,  in  hi^  lecture  at  St. 
George's  Hall  (March,  1870),  coincides  with  the 
above  statementSj  and  emplmtically  says  — 

"Tn!T  stature, fair  ha!r,and  bluc^ye'',  in  a  native  ofBri- 
t.ii  I  \idence  of  hU  dwcent  n  thepri- 

n  [>eflking,  than  from  th*  Tcutoni« - 

K|ji ^      juent  of  oar  population.  ..  ,..-  .  verse.    Bu- 

U  as  likeiy  to  be  a  Gek  a^  a  Teuton;  a  Teuton  as  n 
Celt."— licport  in  PaU  Mall  Gtizetic 

Whenoc,  then*  the  dark  races  in'tbo  Britiah 
Lilies  ?  Therei  as  in  other  parts  of  the  West  of 
Europe,  they  are  descendants  of  the  Iberiana,  who 
seem  to  hare  been  spread  over  Europj  before  the 
arrival  of  the  Celts-  Alfred  Maury,  late  librarian 
to  the  French  Inatitutet  says :  — 

♦*  These  Iberiana^a  nation  lively  n.nd  tnapre«9ionab\t'. 
vain  and  stirrinir — ^may  wi'll  have  infustd  into  the  Eehic 
bjood  that  cl' -  -  *  *  n  j^tleMCt^d  and  kvUy  which  one 
perceivca  in   :  but  which  U  alien,  on  the  con- 

trary, to  the  1 

Professor  Huxley  adopts  the  same  view  as  to 
onr  dark  races,  that  they  are  of  Iberian  descent ; 
referring,  aa  fiuthorities,  to  Thurnam  and  Be 
Belloguet, 

I  must  add,  for  the  information  of  Bilbo  and 
your  English  readers,  that  in  Scotland,  without 
adhering-  to  them  slavishly,  we  lortk  upon  George 
Chalmers,  I  Jr.  Daniel  Wilaou,  and  Dr.  John  Stoart 
as  gentlemen  who  have  done  g(x>d  aervico  in  Bcot- 
tiflh  history  and  nnti(]uities,  and  whose  vieWa  on 
these  subjects  are  eutitled  to  rvapectful  con^idera- 
tioo.  n.  E, 

Dtinbar. 

"  TirTRTY  DATS  TlkTE  SlPTEMinni  "  f4**  8.  Til. 

S8G,  464.) — Your  correspondent  J-  P,,  who  refef^ 
for  an  early  example  of  these  '*  memorial  linea  '* 
to  my  edition  of  Chaucer's  Trcaim  oti  fhe  Aiiro- 
iabe^  and  who  seems*  to  regret  that  the  extract 
from  Stevtns'6  M9.  should  have  been  eontined  U* 
the  one  line  quoted,  may  be  pleased  tu  have  a 
transcript  of  all  four  lines,  as  follows :  — 
**  Thirtic  dales  hath  Sefytetnbtr, 
Apriil,  June,  and  Novembor  ; 
Fcbruarie  t  wen  tie  and  eight  alone, 
And  all  the  rest  have  thi r tie  and  one/' 

This  example  is  certainly  not  later  in  data  than 
1555,  and  may  be  a  Tear  or  two  earlier. 

A.  E.  Bra& 
Leeds. 


526 


NOTES  AND  QtJEHIEa 


St,  VALETn-iNE  (4«»  S.  v\.  670;  tu.  132.)— 
•*  Ut  maiieiii  vi  scroti  vixU  ut  mciriturui^/' 
reminds  me  of  the  following  distioh^  which  mj 
masfter  wtote  ih  my  Stftnutthu^h  when  1  left  school 

•*  I  Ui  wenti  du  stirbat 

P.  A.L. 

Hart  Qfeek  of  Scots'  hiPRisoKatExts  (4*'*  S, 
111.  451*) — Does  Dr,  Gattv  mettu  that  Mary  Stuart 
was  never  in  cliarge  of  Elizabeth  Slirewbbury  at 
Hardsvicke  IJjUJ ;  and  that  the  chamber,  bed»  and 
arraa  shovvu  there  are  all  a  myth  aa  fkr  as  Mario 
Stuart  jj  concern e  J  1"  W.  D, 

<*CaMES  TO  Gkief"  (4^^  iis.  vii.  420.— I  fancy 
that  it  is  quite  withia  my  owa  memoiT  that  thict 
slang  phrase  has  obtained  currency.  1  have  al- 
ways rejrarded  it  as  an  adaptation  of  thoBe  most 
solemn  word«  id  laaiah  liii.  10,  '*  He  hath  put  him 
to  grief  *^  and  haro  eschewed  and  repro Dated  it 
accordinii^ly. 

It  13  certainly  not  twenty  years  &go,  that  I 
rememher  a  friend  of  mine — and  by  no  means  a 
atrait-laced  oae — who  exprt^^ed  to  me  hia  horror 
at  hearing^  it  at  a  bishop'^s  table  from  the  lips  of 
one  of  his  dati^htere.  C.  W.  B, 

PUBJTAN  CttAJSGEB  OP  NlMES  (4^^  S.  Vll.  430,) 

Were  my  m»^mory  botter»  I  am  «ure  I  could  give 
other  quotalions-  The  following  is  from  the  first 
act  of  Jonson*3  BaHholomew  Fair :— 

'*  Jtfhn,  He  wtt?  a  bakex,  ftifi  buLt  he  does  dream  now, 
and  Ace  vi^oos ;  he  has  ^iveu  ov6r  hu  irHde^ 

Qnat*  .  .  .  his  riirUten-naine  is  ZcJil-cif-tho-land. 

i/<>/iiw  Yea,  wj,  Zeal-4)f-thc4arjil  Dusy. 

W»f»r*  How !  wb^ta  n/ime'jj  tlus  ?  ' 

Jtfhn,  Ob,  they  have  all  tmcli  oimics*  airt  ho  was  wi(- 
iieaa  for  Win  hi?ro  (tbcy  will  not  be  called  god-fatbew), 
and  aaniett  hor  Wm-thc'li^tit ;  you  Uiought  her  nam^ 
had  be«ji  Winnifred,  did  you  not  ? 

WinM^.  I  did  ind«Ned. 

Jb/iit.  He  woidd  ha'  thought  hlmaelf  a  atark  reprobate 
if  it  had." 

Some  years  agt>  the  nam©  of  an  omnibus  pro- 
prietor in  Sheffield  was  pointed  out  to  meaa  bcJing 
the  contracted  umfi cation  of  one  of  theae  Puritan 
names,  hut  what  the  contraction  Ib^  or  what  the 
oiiginal  name  was,  I  now  forget.  B.  N. 

"DauM":  AN  EvKNUio  Party  (d^**  S.  vii.  453.) 
I  pmume  the  origin  of  the  term  ^  drum/'  as 
applied  to  an  even  in  {j  party,  ifl  merely  from  the 
drcamstanco  of  the  company  being  aBsembled  or 
dntmfned  together,  as  soldiers  are  by  the  military 
mstroment  of  muHio  in  queation*  In  reference, 
however,  to  this  particular  application  of  the  word 
**  drum,"  the  following  t|uotation  from  Fieldinf;*a 
Tom  Jtme*  may  not  l>9  without  interest.  It  seems 
to  show  that  at  the  penod  when  that  work  was 
first  published  (1740)  the  phrase  was  of  recent 
inb-oauction  in  England,  and  not  much  known 
beyond  the  bounds  of  London: — 


"That  lady  [Soiibia  Western  ]  wa*  most  unliniflT 
dine  ihU  very  day  with  h«r  auDt  We«ti?rn,  «ad  iu  I 
iifbemoof)  tbey  wera  all  throai,  by  anpnintuniM,  m 
together   to    the    operas   and    IbeQc^' 
Hatchet's  drum-     .     .    .     Haviui?  ri 
moiitionod  a  Siruifii,' — .1  t^v   ri  ivlJi  h 
hoped,  will  nor 

m^at  todeacri^ie  iiit-  fnii-ruiiuintnir,  ajiri  :&►•  r.u.fe-.'?,  -■ 
can  ia  a  moausal  «le»cnl>e  ii. 

•*  A  ilnini,  tlivu.  i^  au  .a>-rcmLlv  of  WirlUanj:-^^ !  u 
ofl 
do  ^ 

foTTm   till.'    ['urt  <u    iiif    itiiMiiMv 
londhidy  of  an   inn,  priilt^i  her^- 
gUi*t«/ though  sh«  doth  not  uj 
thhix  by  it. 

*'  Nu  woadeor,  theo.  a«  so  tnaoh  spiriLa  ttiiur^ 
to  ^ny  ■■-'-*-"'—:'■--;'-''■■•'■  •      ----    •     ■'  '^- 
hea  1 
of  III 

to  II  i.iat  thb  time: ! 

xvii,  Kiv.,^,  ,,, 

We  have  improved  aomewbat,  1  do. 

the  days  of   Fielding,  but 
DOW  iind  some  points  of  refer  .1 

fashiouable  entertainments    mi    u       ^ 
and  those  of  our  ancestors  as  des  l.^I^l^^ 
thinly  the  term  ketttedttitn  is  now  the  *<u 
vogue  ihfandrttm^  but  Fielding's  afitidpau 
scarcely  been  realised. 

Compare  Dutch  drmn^  *' crowd'*; 
verzamek^i^  **  to  crowd  together/'  * 
part}',  a  rout, 

NujiiSMAtic  (4^  S.  vli.  - 
notes  on  the  numismatics  of 
of  1870-71  may  be  worth  iiiotx 
to  the  conxmuxiication  of  F.  A*  ^ 
puhlioue/' 

A  nronze  ten-centim«8  pi6C4» 
been  struck,  bearing — *1 
flags  and  rigging  :   *'  Iv 
verse,    **1870"   in    the   ceiuiv, 
*<  Gouvemement  de  la  Defenae  N 

Also,    in    the    IlktMnd^d   I^utttinn 
March  11,  1871,  is  engraved 
commemorating  the  nj?-*''*"" 
tional  Aseemblv  at  B 
are  the  arms  of  the  cii,,  . . 
crown,  and  aurrovmded  by  a 
oak.     Above  ia  the  inacripti 
tionale  a  Bordeaux,  12  f^vrier  1cj71/* 
the  following  words  in  four  lines ;  **  £le 
8  fi'vrier  1871." 

I  have  not  yet  been  aucces«fi^  In  obtiumitf  li 
originals  of  these  jneces,  and  therefore  I  no* 
guarantee  the  entire  aocnracy  of  ^e  al»f»  k 
scrlptions,  llKy»r  \y»  Ej^Flll 

15,  Eaton  riace,  Brighton. 

Waltole's  NAFL-Biirfeii  f4**  S.  m  Itt 
take  it  that   Mfijor   Dales*    meaning,  i!tl 


aaall  iriiiai 


4*fc  S.  TIL  Jc3f«  IT^^IlO 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


62T 


EgurivtiTely  expressed^  was  that  Walpole  hod  not 
kept  hU  Imndft  clonn  in  office,  wKicii  iiftdoubtodiy 
lio  hftd  not.  It  wtts,  8t  the  time  whi?n  Watpole 
wfwi  expelled,  a  very  rare  thin^  for  a  man  m  office 
to  do  so, 

1  hftTO  not  tt  t  n  Major  Dale/  ivorle.   and  do 
not  know  ;ie  Diiuje  are,  or 

wheihereitl  imed;  but  .  ios  wrote 

ID  1800,  and  I  have  very  conwderable  doubts 
wBetlier  nail-brushes  were  in  u«e  in  1712.  I 
think  that  was  the  date  of  the  t-xpubion,  not 
1710.  James  Ejs'owles, 

45-1  i_T  f\r..A-  tiiat  K  P,  1).  E.  in  mistalcen  in 
ptr  lOg  he  quotes  to  have  been  part  of 

a  u:.  „  .^  ._.  1  remember  a  similar  Terse  in 
"vogiie^  aa  he  says,  at  the  be^dniiin;.'  of  the  present 
century*  But  it  wtxs  merely  a  bi^j>rlo  Torae  which 
used  to  be  tacked  on,  rather  profane! y^  to  the 
natioTinl  antbeni,  "  God  e^ave  the  Kin^,''  and 
pv  L4  for  hU  jnajeiity^  which  I  alwiiys 

iiL  |tartieularia&d : — 

••^ad  him  roast  bo>ef  in  »tof9  j 
Wiicn  tJb&Vi  pone  «jid  liim  motv, 
And  IIm!  key  of  the  cdUr  <loor« 

(jod  have  the  kin^/' 

,    I  F.  an, 

SsMRwoRT  (A'^  S.  viL  25, 161,  ?44,  832,  468.) 
TW  plant  I  mentioned  as  bearing  this  natn^  is 
^PTtafely  not  the  Carditmine  hxrsuin^  nor  any  other 
mint.     This  plant  1  knew  before  1  w»i  ftv© 
M,     "What  1  described  is  tbo  Arahi»^  but  I 
ti  i  \t  Itiilinfia  ;  it  is  what  AVitberinircnlk 

**  d  "  and  **  wall -cresa.-*     My  authority 

f'  It  fihoerwnrt  wns  an  old  but  very  intel- 

h:  e  of  Dorsetshire,  who  rocop-nised  the 

^i  '  '''  '      '    ■        nty, 

-^  nd 

^Iri.   * 't. (  I  i  r,.T«    El  ^ii^n  i.n    Liiy  piiiuc   110%^  m   nii>s.soQl 

to  my  garden.  F,  C,  H. 

What  ra  i  Bakrow?  r4^*»  S.  vii.  474,)  — The 

moanliT'*  of  tttp  /.^rr^ir  on  the  corporate  iKjal  of 
^  *^*'  1  is  exactlv  explaiued  in  the 

«*"^^  from   Keanett   >18.  J.ansd. 

^  '  m  iliiliivvell**  /^V«,  .J#W*.  HwW*  •— 

fwicb  »nrl   DrofhvMi    !]in   ,  o,ii.  nl    bftskHs 
^'..rH,n    J  i  .V  T^itt  thf.  »ttlt  to  1^  '  m  Av>*t»  It 

m  CiUetl  luirrotta.  A  Urnjw  ^  i,i  pe^lu," 

John  PiaooT.  Jtrif, 


SfOTJKSO^  BOOKS,  KTC 

■^y  t  Inn,  llurfbtPr-at.I.*w,  ^t-. 


ono  OTf^re  amusing  or  inatnTctiv*  than  the  presrat,  in 
which  he  applies  LvIv'a  wi»ll-known  work  to  the  itltidtra- 
tion  of  the  Gwat  Master.    Tbo  E^phues  vrnn  pablifihei''  ^ 
1j«foro  Shakespeare  b^jan  to  writ*  for  the  stacfc;  snd.i 
it  liaa  been  taiU  *'that  all  t'     '    '        '  ''     *  ^ 
Lyiy'a  gcbolarSf  she  who  5; 
Utile  regarded  at  court  a^  ii 
it  is  reasonable  to  bdieve  that  L> 
without  bis  inflaonce  <vn  Shakeape'i  t 

r- r-^-.—  ^'  •.-  ■'"-  >!--  ''  i 

■^\ 

:-  _  ._.  ,    ,,  '-ej 

tbc  ^mm  UuQ^io^e  and  phru&cd,  aiid  play  upuu  the  szuoe^ 


Fi-li. 


fry  from  i?v 
ry.     Sy    1 

mL  Oxford.  Plur- 


rton,   D.D.» 
r.«trv  ill  thfl^i 


University  af  Oxford.     ^iM  a  Frefiu:€  bit  i^ichard'l 
Prirt?,  and  Notes    VariorunK      IJ<f'f'if  li/  W.   Crirewj 
Hnzlitt.     With  nete  Notrs 
Frederick  Madden,    KM 

W 

and  I^Lictt,     In  I'uur  Valumes, 


J  ''^ctry 

or  others; 

Pattnj  has 
iriouij^ 
h  buft 


V\  J.  Furoi- 
'  of  Nam 
Cllt'  \  Co  &  "turnerO 

In  much  the  same  spirit  in  which  FalstafF  dpeiarcd 
hJmscliV  **  1  am  not  only  witty  in 
that  wit  is  in  other  mcnV'  (he  b:^' 
mi^ht  claim  the  credit  of  boini;?  u 
but  the  tiieauB  of  calliiig  forth  r 
for  Wiirtoa*a  invalaable  BhtoTi/ 
awmredly  been  the  rneanA  of  dra\i> 
iilnstration  of  the  fiubject  from  otl 
for  it  niijE^ht  othenviw  aevw  hi 
world.    Ihe  iml  edition  of  Wn 
appeared  at  intcrviila  bttwecn  17 
it  was  reprinted  in  1J^24  under    ; 
aceomphflhed  sch&lnr  Mr.  I*licharil 

work  was  greatly  enhanced  by  tlic  i:       ..; 

of  the  illustrations  of  Joseph  Kilson,   i»r.  . 
Park,  that  ripe  and  rare  scholar  Francis  Dotj 
eminent  antiquiirica*    Sixteen  ycAm  ^ 
Mr.  Price's  edition,  and  in  1841)  it  waf^ 
the  superintendence  of   the  printer,    li 
Taylor^  a  man  of  no  ordinary  leaminj;.    Tin 
like  mniiner  received  a  lange  accession  ^f  v  h 
from   Sir  Frederick  Madden,   the  la«      " 
Kemble,  the  Rev,  R.  Garnett  of  the 
Mr.   Tlhitnas  Wright,  and  other  stu  ' 
Uter.r  presaot  ediuon  jn 

i<^   \>  ir.     Mr,   llazlitt 

are  r  '  t.v  ur.w.x 

Uh:  ./!■;-, 

nud  • 
vtlyo 


II U  wUi^diuiOait  ««^  (*i  iu  ii4ab».to 


If 


528 


NOTES  AND  QUEBIES.  [4*  a  vii.  Jow  n.iL 


ing,  to  be  hold  oa  Thursday,  to  promote  sach  reparation, 
are  going  on  satisfactorily,  and  will,  we  hope,  produce,  a 
a  good  result.  It  is  not  generally  remcmberea  that  this 
abbey,  of  royal  foundation,  has  at  intervals  since  the 
Reformation  received  the  considerate  care  of  various 
sovereigns.  In  a.d.  1612,  for  example,  from  James  I.,  by 
brief— '•That  monarch  took  a  personal  view  of  the  struc- 
ture as  he  made  his  progress  into  the  North, '  and  out  of 
his  princely  zeal  and  pious  inclinacion  to  preserve  so 
antient  a  monument  and  memorable  witnesse  of  the  first 
conversion  of  this  kingdom  from  Pagonisme  to  Chris- 
tianitv,  granted  a  brief  for  collections  to  be  made  through- 
out England  and  Wales  for  the  speedy  repair  of  the 
same.'  "—(Old  MS.) 

1681.  Charles  II.,  by  brief. 

1689.  William  and  lEdary  by  grant  out  of  certain  ecde^ 
siastical  funds. 

1721.  Greorge  I.,  by  brief. 

1764.  George  III.,  by  brief. 

1832.  William  IV.,  by  voluntan-  contributions,  raised 
under  his  ausjMces. 

The  example  thus  set  will,  wo  dare  say,  not  be  lost 
sight  of  on  the  present  occasion. 

Arcu.£Ological  Institute  of  Gkeat  Britain. — 
The  preliminary  arrangements  have  been  made  lor  the 
congress  of  thissociety,  to  be  held  this  year,  towards  the 
latter  end  of  .Tuly,  at  Cardiff.  The  Marqnis  of  IJute  will 
bo  president;  the  Duke  of  Bedford,  Lord  Tredegar,  the 
Earl  of  Cawdor,  Mr.  C.  R.  Mansel  Talbot,  M.P  ,  and  the 
Bishop  of  Llandatf,  the  local  patrons. 

The  OfHcial  Reports  of  the  various  sections  of  the 
Ijondon  IntGrnatiorud  Exhibition  are  already  nearly  com- 
pleted. Part  I.  of  the  Fine  Arts  Division,  comprising 
Painting  in  Oil,  by  Sir  Coutts  Lindsay;  Painting  in 
Water  Colour,  by  Mr.  S.  Redgrave ;  Miscellaneous  Paint- 
ing, by  Sir  M.  Digby  Wyatt ;  and  Mosaics  and  Stained 
(rlasSf'by  Mr.  T.  Gambier  Parry,  will  appear  in  a  few 
ilays.  Lord  II(»ughton  is  the  general  editor.  The  Reports 
are  t"  be  published  by  Messr.^.  .1.  M.  Johnson  and  ^>ons, 
and  wi'.l  l>e  sold  in  the  Exhibition  at  }>opular  prices. 

Lincoln  Cathedral  LmRAitv.  —  Dr.  Jercmie,  the 
present  Dean,  iifis  presented  upwards  of  a  thousand  works 
to  the  catliedrar  library.  Great  improvements  have  lately 
been  made  in  this  library.  The  whole  collection,  which 
contains  many  rare  and  valuable  books  anil  manuscripts, 
is  now  open  to  all  the  clergy  of  the  diocese,  and  a  cata- 
lo!;uc,  very  carefully  drawn  up  by  the  Librarian,  has 
been  published. 

The  remains  of  Ugo  Foscolo,  the  celebrated  Italian  poet 
and  patriot,  were  last  Wednesday  week  .disinterred  at 
('hiswick  cJiurchyard,  in  the  presence  of  the  Italian 
Minister  and  a  number  of  distinguished  Italians,  for  the 
purpose  of  being  removed  to  Italy,  to  be  rciuterred  in  the 
churcli  of  L:i  Santa  Croce,  at  Florence.  Although  the 
body  ha?"  Wrn  under  ground  for  forty-four  years  the 
form  was  intact  and  the  features  still  perfect. 

The  Into  ^Irs.  Charles  Maclaren,  widi»w  of  Charles 
Madareii,  at  one  time  editor  of  yVie  SrotsfHan^  has  be- 
qucathetl  !*,.'>' »()/.  to  found  a  scholarship  connected  with 
the  l^niversity  of  I'.dinburgh,  to  be  called  *'  The  Charles 
Maclaren  Scholarship." 

Ar.CII-EOLOOICAL    DiSrOVElilES    AT  FlNKLEY. —  Dr. 

J.  Stevens,  of  St.  Marj*  Bonnie,  Hants  has  just  discovered 
a  Roman  villa  nt  FinkW,  Sir  C.  Hoare's  site  ofVin- 
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CONTENTa— N*  182* 


rid  Nncwia  In  Bmttlimi,  529— 
inpet«i  S3<X  —  Notci  muuiinir  in 
HiivM  ..Pi  ax..i.^u'8  Poeroi,5ai  —  A  t.u.^i.^;.,.i 
•  i,ife  of  Johnson  "  — Abitil or 
jQSxm  of  SooU  —  Bi^a  aud  i 

-  EngrAriDir  of  AniiD  of  Bcnin&rk,  &3d  —  Birch 
.  B  Bocaae  Tree  —  Buck  I  <\v ,  u  H  >.\  Toi  tl  —  *'  Candor 
'  Dftndj  Rollij  —  Eit^^  -''Tlir!  Four 

gi"  —  Helionrabalus  -  —  Uori©  — 

J  of  Sir  PeUT  licly  by  <  kirburj  Dun 

ant*9  Priophccy  —  JiOuiH  Vive--.  —  Peri txlieala  — 
'  Lifo  of  Dr.  Dotine  *'  —  PliiJip  WilliRms^s  Mfita- 
I  Wreck  of  the  London,"  a  Po(?m  by  FiUbiiD,  634^ 

J  -^  The  "  Fett«r-Lock  "  aa  »  Co^izancc  of  the 

|[Wr»ihaJl,  63«— P1i«iPoloni<a.  M»— The  Toad- 

—  Propbeci'"^  ■'  *^'  ■  •-idamua  and  others  on  tho 

ria.  S42-A  Hhire  Song,  64'i-Kipper, 

of  t  «  Moth*T,  £44 -'Sonnet 

Ger  ri  . -u   fsiiblin, /ft,-^ 

I  — *-  John   l>ver  — 

I  SutI  Latest  C-lcrki 

i  hivii      —  rjuwB^*  tujl^  ijii^e;  Tlie  Sl0W> 

J  CIoKa  to  C1c«»/*  ±c  —  Date  of  Chaucer'e 
>«rt  of  Hdartfl  "  —  GUttton  —  MaMeiiwe]  I,  near 
uf^mia  of  Newirk.  Baroiuiti  — ''Tlw  Bbrutaa 
"—Old  Scoicb  Newspapers  — "Canterbury 
1  of  1561  — John  Poster  of  Wepdslcy,  177U  — 
-  Refdroontil  Bttdm.  MottoeiL  tc.  —  Jennour 
GruouiloeyGi^'^OoiQered''  (mt  **  Uioorcd." 

Oka.  40. 


0F  TEHTNA    AJTD   NTTCEBIA  T?? 

BKUTTIUM, 

Iftched  tH6  site  where  these  ancient  eiUes 
eed  to  baTQ  been  pUced^  froua  tlio  direc- 
_  the  CRpital  of  one  of  tbc  Calii- 
fing  ]>russed  the  night  at  the  small  riilfige 
^  wluch  overlooks  a  beautifiil  wooded 
«it  which  I  found  from  the  official  au- 
to ^a^  onl  J  a  deceitful  cloak  of  briganda^^ej 
J  was  in  fact  exemplifying  the  saj  iiig  of 
prtr,  ii,  i,  7)— 

'^Incedi^per  ignea 
&Ufypo«iito8  chieri  doloso/' 

least  dangerous  course,  I  was  advised  to 
night  for  the  coast,  walldng-  along  the 
the  SaTuto,  the  ancient  Sabbatusi  and  I 
rmore  inclined  to  do  thi»^  as  it  brought 
e  spot  where  I  knew  these  ancient  citiea 
ised  to  have  been  situated.  Hoad  there 
I,  but  I  paaaed  without  much  difficulty 
\  bed  of  the  S&Tuto,  which  risea  in  the 
dof  La  Sila  from  a  fiisure  in  the  hiU,  at 
Fontana  del  Labro,  and  becomea 
^  stream,  In  the  beginning  of  May 
TSieiderable  body  of  water,  and  in  the 
m  it  muftt  be  quito  impassable,  Henry, 
of  Frederick  IL,  waa  drowned  in  at- 
to  cross  the  river,  and  on  looking  at  its 


winter  channel  I  o(»uld  belli^Te  thai  such  an  ao* 
cident  could  easily  take  place.  After  a  fatigiiing 
walk,  and,  I  confess,  with  conaidei-able  trepida- 
tion, I  got  safely  to  the  village  of  Nocera,  which 
is  believed  by  some  to  represent  the  ancient  Nu* 
ceria,  only  Imown  to  us  by  its  coins,  which 
hftve  the  Greek  inscription  NOTKPlNriN.  The  coins 
have  on  the  obverse  a  head  of  Apollo  crowned 
with  laurel ;  on  the  re  verso  a  lion's  head ;  and 
what  iscujiousy  those  of  Terina  differ  in  no  respect 
but  in  the  epigi'sph^  which  is  THPINA  and  TEPl- 
NAIAN, 

The  village  of  Nocera  ia  prettily  eituated  on 
the  declivity  of  a  hill  a  short  distance  li-om  the 
banks  of  the  Savuto,  which  falls  into  the  sea 
some  three  miles  further  down.     This  is  the  first 
interruption  in  that  mountain  ridge,  which  be* 
gins  a  little  northjof  Paola,    The  valley  is  about 
a  mile  in  breadth,  when  the  mountains  again  rise 
suddenly  to  a  coneiderable  height,  and  are  wooded 
to  the  top.     Nothing  could  exceed   the  beauty 
of  the  epoty  and  it  may  very  well  be  the  site 
of  an  ancient  village  ^  but  though  I  made  diligent 
inquiiT  of  the  intelligent  inhabitants,  both  lay 
and  clerical^  1  could  bear  of  no  ancient  remains 
that  had  ever  been  diicoveied  at  Xocei-a.    Yet  the 
modern  ilhme  and  the  ancient  coins  render  it  dif- 
cult  not  to  believe  that  some  such  city  must  have 
been  placed  in  this  neighbourhood.   Is  ext  morning 
I  pioccN&ded  with  the  Syndic  of  Nocera,  who  had 
promiaed  to  show  me  the  ruins  of  an  ancient  city 
about  three  mile 6  distant,  close  to  the  aea.^  We 
passed  down  the  left  bank  of  the  Sayuto  till  we 
reached  a  spot  called  Torm  dd  Piano^  where  it 
was  evident  that  the  extreme  point  of  the  hlU  had 
been  levelled,    A  few  bricks  were  scattered  here 
and  there,  while  the  foundations  of  houses  were 
clearly  to  be  traced.    What,  however,  showed  the 
importance  of  the  city  was  the  aqueduct j  which 
had  conveyed  water  to  it  from  the  Savuto,  and 
which  is  still  to  be  seen  in  tolerable  preservation. 
May  not  this,  therefore,  be  the  fflte  of  the  ancient 
Nuceriai  as  we  know  the  piratical  attacks  of  th 
Saracens  during  the  Middle  Ages  drove  the  in- 
habitants on  the  coast  to  seek  safer  positions  in 
the  interior  ?  and  it  might  be  thus  that  the  present 
Nocera  took  its  rise.     It  may  be  asked,  if  this 
be  BO,  where  are  we  to  find  the  position  of  Terina, 
We  know  it  to  have  been  a  city  of  considerable 
note,  as  it  gave^name  to  the  bay  now  known  as 
Sta.  Euphemia,*  being  called  by  Thucydidee  (vi. 
104)  rhit  Ttpiytuotf    K^WoPf  where  Gylippus    the 
LftcSedffimonion,  B.C.  413,  was  driven  by  adverse 
winds  from  the  coast  of  Sicily.     Strabo  (vi.  255) 
informs  its  that  it  was  destroyed   by  Hannibal 
about  i!,c.  20:3,  when  ho  could  no  longer  retain  it, 
and  it  probably  never  recovered  from  this  blow, 
though  it  is  mentioned  by  Pliny  and  Ptolemy. 

1  think  we  must  go  some  twelve  miles  farther 
south  to  look  for  the  ruins  of  Terma,  to  the  nedt 


nfttne  to  the  Imy,  liut  it  will  be  obeerred  ill  at  H 
bay  waa  called  in  later  times,  after  Terina  H 
in  a  greAt  measure  disappeared  from  hli^tH 
Hipponiates,  from  the  city  of  Ilipijonium  or  VH 
the  modem  M<mte4imi6j  "which  la  nearly  atH 
e<[Ual  diatance  from  the  sea*  In  fact  it  woH 
receive  its  name  from  the  largest  city  with  ill 
moderate  distance  of  the  coast;  Terina  in  cnl 
times,  and  Vibo  latterly,  seem  to  have  been  I 
The  village  of  Tiriolo  is  situated  on  a  steep  (9 
cliyity  of  the  Apennines^  where  the  mountains  I 
the  Sila  come  to  an  abrupt  close,  and  where  tl 

JlaiiiB  of  Maida  are  found,  famed  for  the  battle  J 
uly  4,  180G^  between  the  English  troops  undl 
Sir  John  Stuart  and  the  French  under  Generl 
Re|rnit*r.  The  ruins  of  the  ancient  city  are  a  mil 
below  the  present  village,  and  are  of  considerabl 
aize.  If  this  bo  not  Terina,  we  know  of  no  otbJ 
ancient  city  in  this  neighbourhood.  It  was  herl 
that  a  bronze  tablet  was  found  in  1G40,  on  whicl 
is  inscrihed  a  decree  of  the  Roman  senate^  B.al8<3 
against  a  society  devoted  to  the  worship  of  Bac 
chus,  which  bad  excited  their  alanu  from  thi 
licentious  and  profligate  chnracter  of  its  devoteef 
This  decree  U  referred  to  by  Livy  (xxxix.  18) 
and  it  is  surprising^  that  a  copy  of  it  should  hav* 
been  found  in  this  remote  part  of  Italy  in  the  niin 
of  a  town  respecting  whose  name  there  should  b 
any  doubt,  Thig  tablet  is  to  be  seen  in  the  Roya 
Museum  of  Vienna^  and  its  enacting  daiiaes  \ 
fnund  to  he  the  toll  owing ; — 

"CirSSVERK   .    HOM1?fES   .   TLOVS   .  V   .  OlXTORSEl  . 
VIRKI   ,   A-rqVK   .   MVLIVIRKS  .  SACRA   ,  KK   , 
QVIJKJVAM   .    1T-CIS?8B   ,  VSLKT  .  KKVB   .   TKTER  , 
TBai   .  VIRF4    .   FLOVS   .   t>VOBVa  ,  MVLIEIIIB%<'8  , 
PLOYS  ,  TlunVS  .  Al>FVI3SK  ,  VEU5T." 

The  present  inhabitants  of  Tiriolo  are  a  race  o 
sturdy   mountaineers,  and   its  women_ 
"  x\v  fltrili ~ 


DSBM/n.j 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


ith^  like  UiAt  or  the  ophfckidea  one  heurs 
.ey  smi  Gregorians  capttidly/  Mr,  Fidd, 
Bimvl'rooko,  gives  the  dimGasiona  of  thia 
t,  din.  ia  lenfi^h,  and  2iL  lin.  Acroaa  the 
t  has  no  isUde  tike  a  telescope.  Ar«  the 
^rijins  prepared   to  Adopt  Mr.  Sutton's 

[uite  certain  tbat  these  instrumenta 
order  to  make  the  mnst  of  the  voice 
>al  village  vocalist^  whether  in  **  lead- 
ly  bv  eingin^  the  melody,  or  in  lead- 
tea.  '  When  these  trump eU  were  iu 
',  tiinea  for  villiijare  pftftlmody  were 
part  arranged  with  the  melody  as  a 
then  those  who  sang  by  ear  could 
t  up,  whether  boys,  woDien,  or  men ; 
h  fid  could  read  music  or  bad  ft  aenae 
there  was  a  second  treble  or  counter- 
")  part,  and  iilso  a  bnas  part.  How- 
:nn>eta  may  have  been  used,  we  may 
that  the  trumpeter  would  be  in  hia 
f  in  such  paasages  aa  the  bit  of  basa 
mbridge  New/'  or  in  darkens  psalm, 
a  pleasant  thing'  to  stand/'  where 
ig  cedar  ^^  cornea  in.  I  have  under- 
a  Lincolnshire  the  chief  bass  singer 
fittempted  to  pronounce  the  words  at 
ted  all  the  energies  of  body,  pou!^  and 
enunciatioQ  of  the  notes*  J.  T.  F. 
[I,  DarhafD. 


:NG  in   KKKillTLEVS  EDITION  OF 

MILTON'S  FOEMS. 
y  great  surprise,  in  looking^  over  my 

C  after  they  had  been  published,  1 
no  note  on  the  well-known  — 
Bpiritual  creatures  walk  tfae  t^Artfa,**  &:c, 
Far,  Lo»t^  iv.  C77. 
;  I  should  have  left  it  ao  is  an  utter 
,  and  it  at  laat  struck  me  that,  as  I 
es  on  anmll  paper,  the  leaf  continning 
been  lost  at  the  printing-otiice,  and 
I  by  tlie  printer  or  by  myaelf.     To 
3vil  as  far  aa  poasible,  I  have  added 
I  paragraph  in  MS.  to  the  section  on 
y  in  my  L{fe^  ^c,  of  Milton  .*— 
i  and  evil  an^eb  were,  according,''  to  Mil- 
LO  only  animated  and  ratioual   Uing^  in 
1  God  rcsolv&i  to  create  tbe  worlds  and 
irtb,  ita  centre,  the  firnt  liuman  pair.    It 
,  iurpri:9e  to  meet  LiL  Parmlhe  Lost  the  two 
iges,    1q  tbe  first,  speaking  of  tlie  stars,  he 

urlda  they  accmed,  or  happy  i^les, 
lesperiangdrdens  famed  of'old» 
slds  and  grovea  and  tlowery  vales, 
Y  IhleSf  but  ffAa  dweif  happy  there^ 
it  to  inquire.*' — iiL  5<i7. 
i: — 

spiritual  creatures  walk  the  eartli 
I  when  wc  wake  and  when  we  alcep  j 
h  ceasoless  praise  hii  worka  behold, 
d  night,*— Iv,  t/77. 


**  The  firfit  of  thesa  is  an  instance  of  whnt  we  have 
already  noticed,  tlie  poet'a  halting  between  the  Ptolt  inuic 
and  Copemican  aystema;  tho  second  ia  a  reroarkahlt} 
proof  of  the  power  the  iniflgt nation  posseraca  of  over- 
riding and  controlling  the  other  mental  faculties  Milton^s 
imai^natioQ  bein^  full  of  a  w«dl'kiiown  beautiful  pae4a^ 
in  Ilesiod^*  he  rc£;olvod  to  imitate  and  surpass  it,  utterly 
forgetful  of  how  completely  it  waa  at  variance  with  hii 
whde  eastern  of  pneumatology.  What  could  he  have 
replied,  if  asked  who  or  what  those  apiritual  creaturca 
were^  or  where  they  came  from  ?  But  this  question  never 
se^ms  to  have  entered  his  own  mind,  or  thoao  of  his  com- 
mentators. It  may,  no  doubt,  be  said  that  they  were 
good  angeia  (see  v.  647)  j  but  these  were  the  reaident*s  of 
btaven  alune,  which  thus  rarely  if  ever  left,  unless  when 
dispatched  on  special  errands.*' 

Having  thus  cured  as  well  aa  I  could  the  only 
defect  of  any  importance  to  bo  found  in  njy  Poems 
of  MiUon,  I  venture  to  claim  for  it  the  character 
given  it  by  one  of  our  most  Jistiogui«bed  pro- 
latea^  that  of  being  by  far  the  beat  edition  ot  an 
Enitrlish  classic  in  the  language. 

The  beautiful  Variorum  Edition  of  Shakespeare 
now  coming  out  at  Philadelphia,  U.  S.,  will  dis- 
play the  number,  variety,  and  value  of  my  not^s 
and  emendations  aa  compared  with  those  of  my 
predeceasors ;  and  I  feel  convinced  tbat  fur  many 
years  to  come  my  name  will  appear  in  constant 
union  with  those  of  our  two  (may  1  not  say  three  ?> 
greatest  poeta. 

A  parasitic  immortality !  it  may  invidiously  be 
aaitl.  Even  be  it  so:  it  contents  me.  I  have, 
however,  written  other  works  which  may  bo  read* 
for  many  a  year  to  come,    TnoiiAs  Kki outlet*. 


A  PLAGIARISM. 


Whilst  recently  perusing  a  book  contoining  se- 
lections from  Flemish  authors  (Leesoefeniftgcn  imw 
(h  Jeugd^  by  K.  F.  Stallaert,  Ghent,  18t.io),  I 
found  an  alleged  incident  in  the  life  of  Louis  v«tt 
Male,  CouDt  of  Flanders,  aa  having  occurred  in 
1351  at  the  French  court  of  John  the  Good,  where 
the  burgomasters  and  Bheriils  of  Bruges,  Ghent, 
and  Ypres  had  presented  themselves^  with  tb^-ir 
count,  to  pay  homage  to  the  new  king  on  the 
occasion  of  big  coronation.  It  ia  therein  record*  d 
(p.  47)  that  at  the  grand  tourney  held  in  comme- 
moration of  the  event,  Louis,  who  was  a  stately 
knight,  carried  off  all  the  honours.  Notwith- 
standing the  magnificent  display  of  the  surround- 
ings of  ro3'alty  at  the  feativo  board  on  the  same 
evening,  the  narrative  proceeds,  there  was  some- 
thing, nowever,  which  displeased  the  natives  of 
Bruges :  it  was  their  seats,  which,  whether  simply 
of  wood  or  not  so  costly  as  those  they  had  been 
used  to,  seemed  to  make  them  uncomforlabl*^. 
Perhaps  they  had  hardly  imagined,  at  the  French 
court,  that  they  were  too  common  for  Flemings. 

« It  was  enough  ;  the  men  of  Bruges  spre.ad  ttuir 
splendid  thickly  gold-covered  scarlet  mantles  upon  their 

•  See  Ilcsiod,'JEp7,,  120. 


I 


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NOTES  AND  QUEEIES. 


[4»«»S.VII.  Ju3fE24^7L 


seats,  and  following  the  advice  of  Simoen  van  Aartryke, 
their  burgomarter,  left  them  there  upon  their  departure. 
This  astonished  the  king  as  well  as  all  his  ooartiers  and 
guests  ;  and  messengers  were  sent  after  them  to  inform 
them  of  what  had  been  forgotten.  But  Sim6en  spake 
smilingly  to  the  polite  master  of  ceremonies :  '  Friend, 
when  we  Flemings  leave  the  dining-table  we  never  cany 
away  our  scats  with  as." 

.Now  it  happens  that  this  tale  is  told  of  Robert 
of  Normandy  in  his  travels,  some  hundreds  of 
years  before,  to  the  Holy  Land.  Maistre  Wace, 
the  Norman  trouv^re,  in  his  metrical  chronicles 
follows  the  duke  to  Constantinople,  where  the 
emperor  gave  him  an  invitation  to  meet  him  at 
Ills  palace,  but  never  as  much  as  offered  him  a 
chair.  The  following  lines,  given  as  an  English 
version  of  the  passage  referred  to,  are  taken  (I 
believe)  from  BhckzcootTs  Magazine  for  August, 
183<5  :— 

»*  Then  from  his  shoulders  off  he  drew 

Uis  mantle ;  on  the  ground  he  threw 

It  down,  and  sat  himsolf  thereon. 

The  converse  ended,  when  each  one 

\lo9e  to  depart,  he  left  it  there. 

One  of  the  Greeks,  with  courteous  care, 

Reminded  him,  and  to  him  brought 

That  mantle  rich  and  fair  ^'wrought, 

That  he  might  put  it  on  ;  but  he 

Replied— with  true  nobilitie— 

*  Wliere  I  have  left  it  let  it  lay,  [«ic] 

1  carrj'  not  my  seat  away.' " 

History  is  said  to  repeat  itself,  but  I  cannot 
think  the  two  pictures  a  coincidence.  The  only 
question  is,  under  how  many  forms  and  under 
what  varied  circumstances  has  the  incident  been 
misrecited  ?  II.  W.  R. 

Jersey. 

BoswFJiL's  Life  or  Johnson.  —  There  is  an 
error  in  IJoswell  which  neither  Croker  nor  any 
later  commentator  has,  I  think,  detected.  The 
dates  of  the  various  epochs  of  the  career  of  the 
great  conversational  gladiator  of  the  last  century 
are  the  very  vertebra}  of  his  Life.  Now  one  of  the 
chief  of  these  dates  Bos  well  has  evidentlv  set 
down  incorrectly.  At  page  30  of  the  ISCO  edi- 
tion, Boswell,  in  his  list  of  Johnson's  London  resi- 
dences, writes  '^Staple  Inn,  1758,"  whereas  in 
E age  118  he  inserts  a  letter  of  Johnson's  to  Mrs. 
rucy  Porter,  dated  March  23,  1769,  which  con- 
t^iins  the  following  conclusive  passage  : — 

"  I  have  this  day  moved  my  thin^rs,  and  you  are  now 
to  direct  to  me  at  Staple  Inn^  f^ndnn^  &c! ,  ...  I  am 
fiCoing  to  publish  a  little  storj-  book  (7?ajwe/a«),  which  I 
will  send  you  when  it  is  out.*' 

In  1750  Johnson  was  fifty  years  old.  Ilis 
mother  had  been  buried  on  the  ^23rd  of  January 
of  the  same  year.  ItasseUvt  was  written  in  March 
1750,  and  published  in  April.  Jolmson  received 
100/.  for  the  first  edition,  and  2^)1  for  the  second. 
lie  told  Reynolds  that  he  wrote  it  in  seven  con- 
secutive evenings.    With  the  lOOA  Johnson,  like 


a  good  son,  defrayed  the  expense  of  hia  motiiei'f 
funeral,  and  paid  off  some  small  debts  she  hrnd  in- 
cnrred  in  Licnfield.  Voltaire's  Ca$utidef  also  a  po- 
test against  the  comfortable  doctrines  of  optimum^ 
appeajred  about  a  month  before  HasdelaSf  but  Jobs- 
son  had  not  seen  it  Two  passages  in  JRataelm, 
alluding  to  the  death  of  the  aathor*s  mother,  al- 
ways seem  to  me  peculiarly  touching  illustntians 
of  what  a  tender  heart  the  hig  bear-like  man 
had.  The  first  is  in  cha]^ter  zlv.,  where  Imlae 
the  sage  says:  "I  have  neither  mother  to  be  de- 
lighted with  the  reputation  of  her  son,  nor  wife 
to  partake  the  honours  of  her  husband."  In 
another  place  Imlac  says :  ^  That  the  dead  an 
seen  no  more  I  will  not  undertake  to  mmtain 
against  the  concurrent  and  unvarying  testimony 
of  all  ages  and  of  all  nations.'' 

Johnson,  at  the  time  he  was  in  Staple 
was  carrying  on  the  liller,  which  he  began  Ap 
15, 1758,  and  ended  April  5,  1760.  lie  seems  to 
have  left  Staple  Inn  in  l)ecember  175D,  forGrvr*i 
Inn.  It  was  as  nearly  as  possible,  too,  about  the 
same  time  that  Johnson  formed  the  acquaintance 
of  Goldsmith,  then  a  bookseller's  hack  in  Green- 
arbour  Court,  Old  Bailey.  In  1700  he  had  cham- 
bers at  No.  1,  Inner  Temple  Lane,  and  in  1777 
he  went  to  Bolt  Court  I  feel  a  new  pleasure  in 
passing  along  Holbom  when  I  think  of  Johneco 
reading  the  proofs  T)f  Basseiat  or  writing  the  ItBer 
in  his  chambers  in  Staple  Inn. 

Walter  Tkovxvukt. 
5,  Fornivars  Inn. 

Absaxox  and  AcniTOPHEL. — ^In  a  note  to  the 
following  lines,  which  occur  in  the  well-known 
description  of  Shaftesbury  (Achitophel) — 
*'  David  for  him  his  tmieful  harp  had  strung. 
And  Heaven  had  wanted  one  immortal  song," 

Mr.  Christie,  the  editor  of  the  "Globe  Edition" 
of  Bryden,  makes  the  following  singular  re- 
mark : — 

"  This  arrogant  hoast,  Trhich  has  been  justified,  cooU 
only  have  been  made  in  an  anon^-mous  publication.'' 

^  Surely  this  is  entirely  to  mistake  Dryden's  allu- 
sion. Tie  poet  has  been  drawing  (whether  jiutlj 
or  the  reverse  is  not  here  the  question)  a  m 
severe  portrait  of  Shaftesbury,  and  goes  on  to  eay 
that  had  he  been  as  loyal  a  subject  as  he  was  an 
upright  judge,  David  would  have  composed  a 

Sialm  in  his  honour,  and  Heaven  (to  whose  gloij 
avid*s  psalms  are  without  exception  devoted) 
would  have  been  without  at  least  one  of  the 
number. 

It  is  true  that  on  this  explanation,  equallv  with 
Mr.  Christie's,  the  allegory  halts;  for  Charfes  E, 
who  rejjresents  David  in  the  satire,  was  not  in 
the  habit  of  addressing  hymns  to  the  Almightf ; 
but  such  occasional  lapses  are  a  nite  in  Diyden'i 
manner ;  and  it  is  certamlj  most  improbable  thai* 
arrogant  or  not,  Dryden  should  speak  of  a  sildzicii 


4«^S.VIL  JuyB24,71.] 


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333 


poem  as  one  by  the  writing  of  whicli  *'  HeaTen  " 
could  be  eitlier  pleased  or  honoured- 

I  ahftll  be  glad  to  know  if  any  more  plausible 
explanntloa  of  the  passage  ]ias  been  fiuggested. 
Sir  Walter  Scotfs  edition,  like  many  other*, 
pasens  orer  tbe  dilHculty,  **  sicciBsiniis  pedibus." 

Templeu  Alfred  Ai^oisb. 

Mart,  QrEEX  of  Scotb.— A  tragedy  on  this 
eTer-attractive  theme  baa  just  appeared  in  Oer- 
^_2iumyf  the  author's  name  Lothar  Erae,  a  native  of 
■•Austria.  The  scene  of  action  is  placed,  not  in 
England,  but  in  Scotland;  and  Mary  is  not  repre- 
aented  as  in  prison^  but  as  a  reignmg  aovereign* 
The  play  ia  said  to  posaess  decided  dramatic 
poTvor,  and  waa  received,  on  ita  representation  in 
Weimar,  with  great  applause.  In  the  present 
dearth  of  native  aramatic  talent,  here  is  a  fine  sub- 
ject for  oui*  playwrights  to  work  from ;  and  I  freely 
throw  out  the  hint,  as  suggested  to  me  by  a 
favourable  critique  in  a  German  periodicaL 

JoHK  Macray, 
BrFFix  AKD  PrFFD?, — Afl  I  was  walking  some 
two  or  three  years  ago  through  the  streets  of 
Cambridge  with  my  wife,  we  noticed  in  a  grocer's 
abop  0ome  pears  Hattcned  out  and  dried  after  the 
manner  of  bitlins.  "  What  do  they  call  them,  I 
wonder,"  said  my  wife,  '*J*ilHn8  of  course,"  I 
repli»*d^  jokingly.  We  went  into  the  shop  and 
asL^id.  **Piflin8,  ma'am,"  waa  the  reply,  to  my 
gr^at  amusoment  The  originator  of  tnese  dried 
peats  had  evidently  followed  exactly  the  same 
train  of  thougbt  that  I  mjaelf  had.  Dried  apples 
are  called  bi^s ;  the  word  pear  begins  with  a  p : 
therefor*.'  dried  peara  should  be  called /^i^/j^.  No 
logic — ^but  concise  and  oonvenient  And  so  the 
wr»r>i  Has  pn^sed  into  the  English  language.  It  h 
t'  I   now-a-days  for  philologists  to  deny 

t  !  can  be  manufactured  in  this  way  out 

•  liiore  other  words,*  and  the  word  piffin 

I  t  valuable  as  showing  how  convention- 

El  I  may  sometimes  be  formed.     If  irifin 

i  *n  formed  in  our  own  days,  is  it  notpoa- 

fii.ji.  ^u  ,L  ,i  few  words  may  have  been  thus  formed 
in  former  dava?  And  if  so,  this  mode  of  word- 
foruiation,  utterly  illojj^ical  and  irradical  (if  1  may 
cold  the  word)  as  it  is,  should  be  borne  iu  mind 
M  possible, 

i  know  one  other  instauce  in  which  a  word  has 
be6ll  manufactured  in  a  similar  manner.  A  young 
ladjr  of  my  acquaintance  has  for  her  Christian 
names  Jane  Emma,  and  for  some  little  time  she 
was  called  Jane  Emma*  Some  one,  however, 
60OO  discovered  that  Jane  Emma  was  rather  long, 


•  Tiitta  the  word  Jefumah  ia  commonly  beliaf  ed  by  tha 

JawB  t    '    '     '     ■     :  .  i-.i..  .-    I  ^.,m  of  tlie  past, 

prese n  i  i  trew  verb  Ka^h 

ai  AUog<utlt<ir  iuipos^bl^aailiidiculed  hy  Hebreir  8cb<dir«* 
.qC  the  modem  bcIloqI. 


and  that  Jemma  would  anaweT  the  purpose 
equally  well.  The  idea  found  favour,  and  now 
no  intimate  friend  of  the  young  lady  ever  calla 
her  anything  else  but  Jemma  *  j  and  if  she  ever 
marries  and  has  daughters,  I  doubt  not  but  that 
one  of  them  wiU  be  christened  Jemma,  and  then 
some  day  the  origin  of  this  name  mav  be  a  puzde 
to  her  descendants  and  to  other  people  also. 

F.  CttAITCB, 

I)  IK  WIN  *s  Th^ort  uj  Java. — 

^^Jiundreda  of  anecdotes  are  told  concemmg  thcsso 
*  doubles  *  of  th«  Javaufi^e.  If  you  question  a  native  on 
the  subject,  there  is  not  one  who  will  not  tdl  you,  *  The 
monktJjB  arc  mcu  just  like  ourselves,  but  th«y  are  much 
<ilevcrcr,  and  have  never  cbosen  to  speak,  so  that  thi?y 
unght  not  be  mode  to  work,** — A  Voyage  Round  tht 
World,  by  M,  D©  Beavoir, 

This  is  precisely  the  opinion,  and  expressed  too 
in  the  same  words,  which  ia  attributed  to  the 
natives  of  India  by  Euiopeans.  Eut  because  in 
Hindu  mythology  there  happens  to  be  a  monkey- 
god,  there  U  no  reason  why  such  a  belief  should 
bo  attributed  to  them.  They  are  scarce! v  suf- 
ficiently enlightened  to  entertain  it  sonously. 
Perhaps  travellers  do  not  give  semi-civilised  ori- 
entals sufficient  credit  for  their  satirical  talents* 
There  may  be  many  a  Domaaf  in  Java.  8, 


CHurrtritf, 


ENGRAVING  OF  AKNE  OF  DENMARK, 

I  bave  recently  met  with  an  engraved  portrait 
of  Queen  Elizabeth  (P)  three-quarter  lengtn.  As 
I  am  desirous  of  knowing  if  it  is  of  any  Talue,  I 
will  endeavour  to  deecribe  it  The  size  of  the 
engraWng  ia  10  by  8  J  in.  The  face  ia  certainly 
not  young;  the  hair  in  rolla,  leaving  the  forehead 
bare.  Between  the  fifth  and  sixth  rolls,  which 
are  transverse  in  their  direction  and  powdered^ 
are  what  seem  to  be  abort  rolla  of  a  darker 
colour,  80  disposed  aa  to  resemble  an  embattled 
coronet,  and  quite  at  the  back  ia  a  dark  feather ; 
on  the  left  side  is  a  long,  narrow,  tapering  plait 
of  hair  with  the  ends  free.  She  wears  a  necklace 
of  three  rows,  and  a  locket  appended  to  them. 
On  each  aide  of  the  neck  is  a  broail,  embroidered, 
ribbed,  reverted  ruE  The  low  drcas  has  a  rosette 
on  each  shoulder,  and  one  in  the  centre ;  on  the 
left  arm  ia  a  scarf  with  very  brood  ends  of  fringe. 
The  long  sleeves  end  each  in  a  deep  richly  em- 
broidered reverted  cuJFj  on  each  wri^t  is  a  triple 

•  My  wife,  IT  ho  15  a  rtlalton  of  theroung  lady,  teUa  roe 
that  the  name  is  now  alwaya  spelled  GemnuL  This  makes 
ita  origio  atill  more  obscure  and  puzzUagt  for  there  is  n 
genuine  Itatian  woman's  name  GcnuiMU— See  Miss  Yoagc*a 
HUU  <\f  ChrisHaH  NaiM». 

f  Dumas  being  oaked  by  a  rude  fellow  (with  reference 
to  hiB  ©omplejuon)  who    lua  father  was,   repHed  **  A 

'^— "Ani!  your  crtndfathcr  ?"  —  "  A  monkey ,  air, 

b^^lna  where  yoars  ends," 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[4«*S.VIL  Jui««4,7L 


row  of  beads ;  in  the  left  hand  is  a  handkerchief, 
and  in  the  ri^ht  a  fan  (?)  of  three  large  ostrich 
feathers  fixed  in  a  handle.  The  waist  is  long,  end- 
ing in  a  hoop.  Unfortunately  the  dress  has  been 
daubed  oyer  with  dull  red  paint.  At  the  bottom 
of  the  engraying  are  the  following  two  verses  of 
eight  lines  each,  placed  side  by  side,  in  manuscript 
cluuracters.  There  is  no  date,  but  this  inscription : 
— ^^  Sould  bv  John  Ouerton  at  the  White  Horse 
neere  the  Fountaine  Taueme  without  Newgate. 
Are  to  be  sould  by  .  .  .  .,*  Peter  Stent." 

Before  the  first  verse  is  a  large  A,  and  after  the 
second  a  large  C,  done  in  pale  green  water-colour. 
**  Thee  to  invite,  the  great  God  sent  a  starre, 
Whose  friend  and  neerest  kyn  good  Princes  arc. 
For  though  they  run  the  race  of  men  and  dye, 
Death  seems  but  to  refine  their  Majestie  : 
So  did  the  Qaeene  from  hence  her  court  remove. 
And  left  the  Earth  to  bee  enthroned  above  ; 
There  she  is  chang*d,  not  dead—no  good  Prince  dies, 
But  as  the  day  sunne,  onely  setts  to  rise. 

*•  And  now  that  cloud  of  death  is  ouer  blowne. 
To  heav'n  her  native  soyle,  her  sonle  is  flowne 
Where  her  Redeemer  lives,  with  him  to  raigne, 
Millions  of  Angclls  waiting  on  the  traine ; 
No  more,  as  here,  half  mortall,  half  devine, 
But  in  pure  glorj'  in  her  sphere  to  shine, 
From  whence  shec  sends  a  brighter  lustre  downe 
Then  Coisars  locke,  or  Ariadnes  crowne." 

T.  P.  Febnie. 
[The  engraving  of  which  Mr.  Ferxie  has  furnished 
us  with  a  rough  tracing  is  Anne  of  Denmark.  A  fine  im- 
pression, bat  without  the  large  letters  A.  C.  and  the  line 
beginning  "  Sould,"  is  in  the  British  Museum.  It  is  thus 
described  in  Granger  (ed.  1824),  ii.  9 : — 

"In  a  rich  dress,  large  feather  fan  in  lier  left  hand, 
sixteen  English  verses,  *  Thee  to  invite,'  &c.  No  name 
of  engraver,  Sec. ;  small  Bhect ;  rare.'* 

Judguig  by  the  style  and  extremely  delicate  working 
•of  the  face,  it  is  very  probably  the  work  of  Pass.] 

BiRcn  Family. — In  the  church  of  South 
Thoresby,  Lincolnshire,  is  a  tablet  to  the  memory 
of  the  Rev.  Thomas  Birch,  who  died  in  1808,  and 
who  had  heeu  rector  there  for  upwards  of  fifty 
years.  I  should  feel  ohlipred  to  any  of  the  numer- 
ous readers  of  "  N.  &  Q."  if  they  could  give  any 
account  of  the  ancestors  of  the  above.  Mr.  Birch 
left,  I  believe,  five  sons — viz.  Thomas,  Jonathan, 
William,  Neville,  and  Charles.  Anv  information 
■  of  the  descendants  of  these  would  likewise  be 
esteemed  a  favour.  F.  M.  Datkin. 

43,  Glasshouse  Street,  Nottingham. 

The  Bocase  Trke.— In  Farming  Woods,  Rock- 
ingham Forest,  Northamptonshire,  stands  an  old 
stone  about  three  feet  high,  with  the  following 
inscription : — 

**  Here  in  this  pines  stood  Bocase  tree." 

If  you  would  give  any  information  about ".  Bocase 
tree  "  you  would  greatly  oblige  F.  R.  A. 

Thrapston. 

[The  bocase  tree  signifies  i)robably  the  chestnut-tree, 
from  the  old  French  word  bochassef  a  wild  chestnut.  (See 

♦  An  erasure  here. 


Cotgrave*8  Dictionary.)  In  Anglo-Saxon  hoe  or  bocet, 
in  modem  Swediah  Mk,  denote  a  beech-tree ;  bat  the 
common  root  in  all  these  is  evidently  the  same  ae  fai  the 
Fiench  bois,  a  wood,  bocage,  a  grove  of  trees,  and  the 
English  wood,  which  is  doubtless  merely  a  metathesis  of 
letters.  The  word  book  also  comes  from  the  same  sonra^ 
from  the  circumstance  of  thin  layers  of  wood  or  bsik 
havine  in  former  times  been  the  materials  on  whid 
recorcb  of  any  kind  were  kept  From  the  primary  rigniil- 
cation  of  the  root  in  6oc  or  bochasae^  the  word  b^'  a  natmil 
law  of  metonymy  came  to  be  applied  to  particular  tnsi 
as  well  as  to  wood  in  general.  What  this  significatioa 
originally  really  was  would  be  difficult  to  pronoonoe  on 
positively,  and  at  least  would  entail  a  lengthened  and 
wearisome  disquisition.  Bescherclle  derives  boiM  firom 
the  Greek  $6<ncM,  to  graze,  from  woods  being  the  pasture 
grounds  of  cattle ;  but  this  explanation,  though  it  donbl- 
less  carries  some  truth,  is  manifestly  imperfect  la 
**  N.  &  Q."  2«<i  S.  vUi.  498,  will  also  be  found  some  con- 
jectures as  to  the  origin  of  the  Bocase  tree.] 

BucKLET,  AT  OxpoRD. — Some  years  ago  then 
was  a  young  man  at  the  University  of  Oxford  of 
the  name  of  Buckley,  who  gave  promise  of  gnat 
eminence  in  classical  and  general  literature,  bad 
his  life  been  spared ;  but  he  was  cut  off,  by  ferer, 
I  believe,  before  he  had  reached  his  thirtieth  year. 
He  was  indefatigable  in  editing  new  and  iniprored 
editions  of  standard  school  and  college  books,  aad 
I  am  anxious  to  procure  a  list  of  all  tnat  he  ddd  m 
this  way.     Can  any  of  your  readers  assist  me  F 

Young  Buckley  was  a  proUgS  of  the  well-known 
Greek  scholar,  George  Burges.  Quxbist. 

[The  Rev.  Theodore  Alois  William  Buckley,  UA^ 
late  one  of  the  chaplains  of  Christ  Church,  Oxford,  was 
bom  July  27,  1825,  and  died  Jan.  30,  1856.  He  wm 
buried  in*  Woking  cemetery  with  this  inscription  on  his 
tomb : — 

"  The  love  of  learning  made  thee  early  known. 
But  Death  as  early  struck  the  flower  half-blown." 

The  works  he  edited  or  translated  attest  his  diligence, 
accurac}',  and  accomplishments  as  a  classical  scholar.  A 
list  of  them  (too  long  for  quotation)  is  printed  in  the 
Gent.  Mag.  for  March,  185G,  with  some  account  of  hi* 
personal  historj*.] 

''Candob  iLLiESTJS." — ^What  family  used  the 
motto  "  Candor  illfesus  "  in  the  early  part  of  the 
seventeenth  century,  say  from  1020  to  1030  ? 

Geo.  Willluis. 

Dandy  Rolls. — I  am  a  maker  of  dandy  roUs. 
Can  any  of  your  correspondents  tell  me  the  mein- 
ing  or  derivation  of  the  adjective  in  this  case? 
I  suppose  its  application  is  not  anterior  to  the 
making  of  paper  by  machine.  E.  Aiueb. 

English  Bible. — Will  one  of  your  learned 
correspondents  be  so  kind  as  to  favour  me  vith 
dates  of  the  editions  of  the  English  Bible  pab- 
lished  in  the  reign  of  King  James  I.  P  and  also  io 
inform  me  which  is  the  most  authentic  histoiy  of 
the  English  Bible  ?  R  GBimTBB. 

Molleston  House. 

[The  following  list  of  the  English  Bible  printed  tt^ 
James  I.  is  taken  from  Bobn*s /k>»fKfw  and  theCi^ 
loguee  of  the  British  Museum  :~Loiid.  4to,  blad^  leM 


J 


4«kS,TlL  JcNB2i,7L] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


535 


4to  and  870  ;  1005,  Lond.  black  totter,  4to }  t<J06.  Lond. 
4toaQdSvo;  1607,  l^nd.  foL;  1G07-8,  Lond.  4to;  1608, 
Lond.  4to  and  Sro  j  1609,  Loud.  Ito ;  1610,  Lond.foU,  4to, 
and  Bvo;  Edinb.  foL ;  Dowav,  2  vola.  Ato\  ICIO-H, 
Lond.  4to;  lOll-UUa,  the  Authorised,  Lond.  fol.,  4to, 
8ro,  and  12ino;  1612,  the  Koyal,  4to  ;  1<;13,  Load,  fol 
and4to;  1C13-14,  Lond,  4to  ;  1614,  Lond.  8vo ;  1615, 
Lond.  4to  ;  1<j16,  Lond.  foL;  1617,  Lond.  foU  8vo,  and 
12ino;  1618,Lond,l'2rao  1  1613,Loud.4toiind8vo  ;  1020, 
Lond.  12mo;  102 1»  Lond.  4to  and  8vo  |  IGi:^,  Lund.  4tn; 
1^^-S,  Jjoml  Ho;  1625.  Lond.  4to.  Consult  also  the 
T.  '  s.  Cotton,  and  Li  a  Wilson. 

rk.  on  The  History  of  the  Bible  is  that 

h\    ^ -  -:-.,:.iiouaC|  especially  tbo  ediLious  corrected 

ttiid  improved  by  Dr.  George  Glei^  (Lond.  3  vols.  4to, 
1817),  and  that  by  Dr.  Dewar  (Gla^^gow,  roy.  Svo,  1838, 
l^G,  1650),  The  following  works  may  aUo  be  profitably 
coRflultcd*— (L)  A  General  Surrey  of  the  HUtoty  of 
the  Cnnon  of  the  JVeuj  7'e^tametUL  during  the  Jirtt  four  Cen- 
ttirit*,  by  u,  F.  Woatcott,  M.A,  1855,  Svo ;  and  by  the 
sanae  author  (2*)  A  Gcntnil  View  of  the  Hi$tory  of  the 
KnglUh  Bible,  180«,  8vo,  To  which  may  be  added  Dr, 
Wni,  Smith's  Student' i  Old  and  New  Tettameni  History^ 
2  Yok  18C5-60 

"The  Four  Last  Things."— A  kte  acquisition 
to  my  library  is  Pocnu  on  the  Four  Last  Tkmys : 
viz.  Death,  JufltpnetU,  Hdl^  Ift^veHf  ISmo,  pp.  122, 
Hetffworth,  170<1  In  the  catalogue  of  the  collec- 
tioa  it  came  from  it  is  called  Greeo^s;  but  00 
looking  up  that  name  I  find  tlie  Four  Last  Thintjs 
of  the  Rev.  T*  Greene,  Bishop  of  Ely,  are  iu  prose, 
John  Bun  van  wrote  a  book  in  verse  under  the 
dtl©,  but  It  is  not  Ilia ;  nor  i$  it  The  Four  ImM. 
Things  of  Dr.  Tra^p.  '*  The  Author  to  hia  Booke, 
in  Imitation  of  Ovid/*  introduces  himself  and  work 
in  thirty-two  linca,  tegiiming  — 

"  Go,  little  book,  whikt  1  lament 

My  wretched  fate  and  barmhment/*^ 
and  eoding^ — 

**  but  kctp  my  iiam« 

From  the  malicious  breath  or  Fame." 

A  prohibition  which,  considerinjj  the  time  of  day, 
the  possesaor  of  the  secriit  umy  without  any  breadi 
oC  confidence  now  reveal,  A.  G. 

IlELiooABALVS.^Upon  what  occasion  was  it 
that,  or  for  what  purpose  did,  *^  Ileliogabalus  col- 
lect ten  thousand  pounds  weifrht  of  cohweba  in 
Rome"?  aa  I  have  just  found  stated  on  the  au- 
thoTity  of  Lauipridiua  in  an  edition  of  the  worka 
of  Horace.  W,  P. 

[The  following  passage  occars  in  the  life  of  Helloga- 
lialus  by  Lnmpridiiui:— "Joeabatuf  sane  ita  cum  scrvis, 
(ij  1    -  t  miHena  pondo  sibi  aranearum  deferrc^  pro-  I 

p  >;  colkgiswciuo  dicitur  decern  millia  pondo 

01  .  liccns  ct  hinc  iatelligendura  quam  magna 

c»*i.L  Koiua,"*] 

Heraldic. — Can  any  readers  of  **  N,  &  Q,"  in- 
form me  to  whom  the  creiat  of  a  lion  rampant 
holding  an  olive  branch  in  hid  mouth  belongs  ? 
also  ft  coat  of  arms  with  a  coronet  and  two  chev- 
rnnela?  Also,  I  am  desirous  of  a'^certninin;? 
antecedents  of  a  familv  name<l  • 


nected  with  that  of  Millet  Any  information 
respecting  the  above  will  grreatlv  oblif^e  H,  A. 
Eaixbkidoe,  24,  Russell  Road,  Kensington, 

HoB.13, — I  shall  be  much  obliged  if  any  of  your 
correspondents,  learned  in  ritual  matters,  can  tell 
me  in  what  part  or  parts  of  a  MS,  Book  of  Hours 
ir*  look  for  the  diiTerencea  which  distinguish  one 
Use  from  another,  as  the  Use  of  Sarum  from  the 
Use  of  Home  or  Paris.  I  have  one  befij^  me  in 
wliich  there  are  no  words  such  as  we  r^[uently 
tiiid — **  Incipiunt  Horte  b.  v.  M.  secundum  usum 
Ftomano^  carife,'*  or  the  like.  The  workmanbhin 
ia  apparently  French;  of  the  few  saints  which 
the  Calendar  contains  there  ai'e  none  but  St.  Ed- 
mund the  king  which  are,  I  suppose,  distinctively 
British  ;  but  the  fact  that  there  are  large  minia- 
tures of  8t.  George  and  the  martyrdom  of  St, 
Thomas  of  Canterbury  might  lead  one  to  conjec- 
ture that  if  one  knew  where  to  look  for  the  proof 
the  vohuiie  might  be  found  to  be  a  Sarum  one, 

IlEJTRr  H.  GiBBS, 

[  Wc  are  indt;bte<l  to  a  kind  friend  for  the  followiag 
rejil y  to  our  correapondeiu's  querj* : — 

"The  particular  Use  after  which  the  Manuscript  Hours 
were  writteu  i^  to  be  \m\inA  for  at  the  commence  men  t. 
When  not  thus  apecilied,  the  diocese,  monastic  onlcr,  antl 
even  the  church  and  monastery  where  it  was  recited,  mny 
be  gathered  from  the  ^nU  named  in  the  Calendar,  the 
Commemorations,  and  the  Litauiaa  Sanetornm*  The 
Sarum  hourd  of  the  Oksaed  Virgin  Mary  difTercd  from 
the  Koman  in  paalminaud  lessons.  At  pre?cnt  the  Itoioaa 
is^ alone  in  use,  duasult  also  De.  Officio  Parro  B.  Marim 
Viryinig :  Rfttlnlph,  Deam,  Tonfjrrc'M  De  CtHQHum  Ob- 
servantia^  pr<ipo.«itio  21,  at  p.  1146  of  Melcldor  Hittorpin*. 
De  Divinis  Vtiiholk.  EccL  OJiciis,  I- aria,  fob  1G'J3,  — 
H.  C."] 

MONITMEN'T  OF  SiR  PeTER  LeLT  BY  GiBlJONS. — 

It  is  Stated  in  the  Art  Jotrnml  for  January  IS^lj 
that  Sir  P.  Lely  was  buried  in  the  church  of  St* 
FauFa,  Coven t  tfarden,  on  Dec.  7»  1(180,  by  torch- 
light. He  left  one  hundred  pounds  for  a  monu- 
ment, which  was  executed  by  Grinling  Gibbons. 
The  fire  of  1705  destroyed  the  church.  Does  any 
drawing  or  engraving  of  thia  monument  exist? 
JoHJ^  PiOGOT,  Jtnr. 

Marbury  Dry.— Xe.ir  Morbury  Hall,  Cheshu 
13  a  knoll  or  tumidua  crowned  with  trees,  and  ( 
stone  bearing  the  inscription :  — 

"  Here  lioa  Marbury  Don, 
The  best  mare  that  ever  mn,** 

Where  shall  I  find  the  true  history,  or  even  tba 
legend  of  this  famous  horse »  which  is  said  to  have 
been  buried  with  silver  shoes  P  M.  D. 

MiRY  Rant's  Prophecy.— In  Langiua'  preface 
to  that  curious  alcheraiatical  book  --L*  Open  En- 
trance to  the  Shu  Palace^  there  is  an  allusion  to 
"  Mary  Rant  (an  Englishwoman),  who  by  inward 
revelation  promised  concerning  the  making  of 
gold^  th&t  it  would  become  vulvar  or  common  in 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[4»fcS.VILJuHB2i,'71. 


the  yefir  1061.'*  Who  was  she,  and  where  is  the 
prophecy  to  be  seen  ?  Similar  anticipations  have 
been  ascribed  to  many  modern  physicists. 

C.  Ellis  Browne. 
[Marj-  Rant's  work  is  extremely  rare,  and  is  not  to  be 
found  in  the  British  Museum  or  the  Bodleian.  It  is  en- 
titled Clavia  Apocalyptica  Maria:  RaniCf  Angl,  qua  auri 
facturum  Brevi  Vufyarem  futurum  forty  ut  note  anno 
IGGi.promittiL  To1obip,8vo.  See"N.&Q."2"<»S.  v.  130.1 

Louis  Vives. — Who  was  J.  II.,  the  translator 
of  Vives'  Commentary  on  the  treatise  of  Saint 
Augustine,  "  De  Civitate  Dei "  H  In  what  works 
can  I  find  any  information  as  to  his  (Vives') 
sojourn  in  England  ?        Em.  Vanden  Bussche. 

Bruges. 

[J.  II.,  the  translator  of  Vives*  Commentary  (1610)  was 
John  Ilenlcv,  of  Eumianuel  Collc^,  Cambrtdp.%  of  whom 
some  notices  will  be  found  in  **N.  &  Q."  3'*  S.  ii.  203, 
334, 470  ;  iii.  28G.  The  best  account  of  Johir  Ix)uis  Vives 
(ob.  1540)  is  the  Mcmoire  sur  la  Vie  et  les  Ecrits  rleJean- 
JTAiuis  ViccSj  par  A.-J.  Xameche,  printed  in  Mnnoire* 
Couronnrg  de  CAcadfrnie  Roynle  dv*  Sciences  et  Belies- 
Lettreu  de  Bruxelies,  184 1 .  U)ine  x v.  ( Consult  also  Wood's 
Athena  Oronienses  by  Bliss,  i.  Ml,  and  Fiddes,  Life  of 
Cardinal  JFohey,  etl  1724,  p.  218.] 

Pekiodicals. — A  lady  will  be  obliged  to  you 
or  your  correspondents  for  .information  as  to  the 
names  aiid  numbers  of  periodicals  published  in 
Great  Britain,  London  excepted. 

[Our  correspondent  will  find  a  copious  li$t  of  maga- 
zines, rcvifws,  and  neriodicals  published  in  the  United 
Kingdom  and  the  British  Isles  in  the  Newgpaper  Press 
Directory  for  1871  (London,  C.  iMitchcll  &  Co.,  Red 
Lion  Court,  Fleet  Street,  price  one  florin),  pp.  125  to  135.] 

Walton's  "  Lipe  of  Dr.  Donxe."— In  Wal- 
ton's Lifo  of  Dr.  John  Donne  there  is  an  extract 
from  a  letter  written  by  the  latter,  in  which  the 
following  passage  occurs  :  *'  It  is  now  spring,  and 
all  the  pleasures  of  it  displea?o  in<» ;  every  otlier 
tree  blopsoms  and  I  wither,"  &C.  The  date  of  the 
letter  is  Sept.  7.  Can  any  of  your  readers  account 
for  this -^  '      "  Alpha. 

[\yhat  appears  a9  one  letter  in  tho  Life  of  Dr.  Donne 
consists  of  extracts  from  several  others,  as  stated  by 
Walton  in  the  priccdin;^  paraprraph :  "  Tluis  he  did  bo- 
moan  himself;  and  thus  in  other  Icltrrs.**  Some  of  the 
pa3sa;:fes  we  have  traced  in  Donne's  Ltthra,  edit.  ICwl, 
pp.  30,  oo,  51,  78,  &c.] 

Philip  Williams's  Metaphor. — In  the  JRccol- 
lectins  of  the  late  John  Adolphus,  by  his  dau;f li- 
ter -Mrs.  Henderson,  just  publi*lied,  are  m.iiiy 
interesting  extracts  from  his  diary.  In  onr^  dated 
Christmas  Day,  1840,  he  mentions  dinin-j  in  the 
Inner  Temple  Hall  and  hearing  — 

"A  strangely  mixed  metaphor  used  bv  Phil.  Williams 
in  a  lecture  delivered  by  him  as  Vinerian  Professor,  I 
believe.  It  was  somethiupj  like  this:— *  Thus  is  the 
student  launched  into  tho  wide  ocean  of  the  Law  without 
nidder  or  compass,  jinnpini;  like  a  squirrel  from  boufrh 
to  bouuh,  and  cndeavourini;  to  tish  up  the  disjointed 
members  of  the  polypus." — p.  UIG. 

I  remember  Thilin  Williams,  K.C.,  about  thirty- 
five  years  ago,  as  tne  tallest  man  at  the  bar.    I  , 


think  he  was  on  tho  Western  Circuit.  He  hid 
little  practice,  but  was  reputed  to  be  a  competent 
lawyer  and  good  scholar.  He  held  tfae  Vineriin 
Professorship  at  Oxford,  and  was  bo  well  satisfied 
with  his  Inaugural  Lecture  that  he  had  a  few  copies 
printed  for  private  distribution.  Lord  Denman 
received  one,  and  told  me  the  metaphor,  which 
was  so  striking  that  I  wrote  it  down,  and  asked 
him  if  I  had  it  correctly.  He  said  yes,  and  offered 
to  lend  me  his  copy  for  perusal,  but  as  he  said 
there  was  nothing  ehe  remarkable  in  it  I  did  not 
trouble  him.    My  version  is : — 

"  Launched  in  the  wide  ocean  of  lepral  study  without 
rudder  or  compa.<a,  he  leaps  like  a  squirrel  from  twij^  to 
twi^,  vainly  endeavouring  to  collect  the  scattered  Imbs 
of  Hippolytus." 

I  commend  these  variations  to  the  consideratiai 
of  those  who  believe  that  the  text  of  Homer  wai 
preserved  in  its  purity  through  so  many  centnriei 
oeforo  the  invention  of  letters.  Should  any  resder 
of  '*  X.  &  Q.**  possess  a  copy  of  the  lecture,  I  shtll 
be  glad  to  have  the  exact  passage,  if  it  diflers  from 
the  above.  An  Inner  Texfus. 

"  WRiiCK  or  THE  London,"  a  Poem  by  Fni- 
BALL. — ^AVhere  can  this  be  obtained  P  X. 


WitpTiti. 


THE  "FETTER-LOCK"  AS  A  COGXIZAXCE  OF 

THE  LONGS  OF  WBAXHALL. 

(4"»  S.  vii.  423,  496.) 

The  communication  by  the  Vicar  of  Bradford- 
on-Avon  about  a  monument  in  South  'Wraxhall 
church,  CO.  Wilts,  will  not  fail  to  catch  the  atten- 
tion of  any  Wiltshire  archoDologist  acquainted 
with  the  place;  for,  as  he  most  truly  says,  it  Ins 
been  for  a  long  time  a  verj-  great  puzzle.  It  may 
be  well  just  to  mention,  m  aid  of  any  reader  oif 
**  N.  &  Q."  who  may  wish  to  try  his  hand  at  in 
opinion,  tliat  small  engravings  of  it  (with  id 
elaborate  description  by  the  late  C.  E.  Long,  Esq.) 
may  be  found  in  the  Gent,  Mag,,  June,  ISfe, 
p.  688;  also  in  Walkers  ^w/A  rtVa.r*<i//  (p.C), 
and  in  Wiltshire  Collections,  Aubrey  and  JacKSCO, 
plate  ii.  and  p.  23.  The  effig}-  is  certainly  that  oft 
lady,  apmrently  the  wife  of  a  "  Long."  '  That  the 
''  fetter- lock ''  badge  on  the  cornice  and  panels  lisd 
reference  to  the  tenure  of  the  manor  ofDraycote 
Ceme  (a  manor  some  miles  oiij  and  in  a  different 
Hundred  from  that  in  which  South  Wraxhall  Kei) 
was  John  Aubrey's  story,  not  mine.  At  the  tine 
I  wrote  the  observations  on  Aubrey  which  the 
Vicar  quotes  from  me,  tho  matter  bad  not  been  » 
fully  ino  uired  into  as  it  has  been  since  both  Iv 
him  and  others;  and  I  therefore  did  not  Ibm 
myself  quite  in  a  position  to  contradict  or  camd 
Aubre^r  (who  lived  two  hundred  years  ago),  exospi 
on  a  minor  point  It  is  now,  I  think,  lUmoit  eer- 
tain  that  the  *< fetter-lode **  badge  has  notldivto 


4«*aVII.  Ju3fE24,  7h] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


537 


do  with  tlie  tenure  of  the  manor  of  Dnjcota 
Ceme. 

'        That  this  hsdge  was  more  lilcoly  to  hare  been 
adopted  by  the  Long  family,  as  an  emblem  of 

'  their  herediUiT  office  of  '*  IWdell  or  Bailiff  of  the 
hnndred  of  Bnuiford,"  under  Shaftesbury  monas- 
tory.  ia  m  good  idea  of  the  Yicar'a  own,  and  it  is 
i]\r,  hest  solution  of  the  diiliculty  yet  put  forth. 
J\v  will,  I  ara  sure,  not  object  to  my  making  one 
zetnark  upon  it,  yiz*  that,  firom  the  authorities  he 
qiiotest;  there  seem  to  have  been  two  quantities  of 
lands  attached  to  the  office  of  Bedell:  one  which 
paM*d  through  the  hands  of  **  William  Bedell, 
'  t*>  **  John  Long,  R*q,,  a.d.  HJSO  " ;  the 
j^h  thrvse  of  the  fiuTiiliea  uf  *'  Ford"  to 
••  (nbove,  p.  -125,  col  2),     Now  that 

11  I    parcel    of    ground,   with    office    of 

IkaLji  Li'ijchul,  ever  come  to  the  Long  family,  I 
think  iltultiid;  because  the  Ford  and  Berlegh 
eatatee  in  thtit  part  of  Wilts  and  Somerset  cer- 
teinly  passed  to  a  different  family — the  Huaseye ; 
ISpom  them  to  Sir  Wm*  Button  of  Alton,  now 
r^pre^riented  by  Heneage  of  Compton  Bas&et  Sup- 
ooaing  that  aomehow  or  other  these  Berlegh  lands 
had  come  to  the  Longs,  they  muat  have  been 
iMigniticant  in  quantity,  not  enough  to  constitute 
whrtt  is  generaOy  unier33toi>d  by  **aa  heireaa"; 
to  SUV  ni>thing  of  the  fact,  that  of  any  such  heireaa 
13  no  record,  nor  eten  tradition j  in  the 
;,^"  family. 
The  Vicar  of  Bradford  auggeata  that  the  anna 
on  the  tomb  may  perhaps  bear  out  hia  conjecture 
about  aij  Jieiress  of  the  name  of  Berlejrh,  or  Bar- 
ley. Tho  rjiv^wtion  turns  upon  the  1st  and  4lh 
<]  r'lQ  wnister  (the  wife^s)  aide  of  the 

^1  t>y  the  figure  of  the  angel.    This 

qt.   ;  hrts  hitherto  been  commonly  supposed 

t*:-    '  iirnis  of  Berkeley,     But  as  the  Vicar 

counts  oidy  nine  crosaea"  upon  it*  **  whereas  every 
!Bczheley  coat  haa  ten,''  and  as  he  considers  the 
isharge  on  the  chevron  "to  be  fleurs*de-lys  as  likely 
aa  rose*  or  plates,  which  two  latter  no  Berkeley 
coai  has,"  he  is  led  to  think  that  the  quartering 
jnay  be  the  arms  of  ^^  Barley  or  Berlegh  *' ;  because 
Burke's  Armoty  giyes,  under  the  name  of  *'  Bar- 
ley,'* **nine  croasleta  litchiSe,  and  on  a  chevron 
three  fleurs-de-lys." 

In  reply  to  this  there  is,  firct,  this  objection: 
the  crosses  given  in  Burke  to  **  Barky  '*  arc  croaae«i 
JUih^'c  (pointed  at  the  foot),  whereaa  those  on  the 
SLontiment  are  assuredly  crosses  paicc — and  such 
arc-  lit^rkeley  croases. 

iN uKJn  t  at?  to  the  number  ''nine."  Ten  is  eor* 
tainly  tlv?  proper  nunibt-r  on  the  shield  of  the 
priiKnpiiI  Jm  iii^'  of  Bi^rkeley;  but  Papworth  {Or- 
tUtiftfy  vfliriiuhAnHorUih)  and  other  authorities 
ahow  that  the  number  ten  was  not  uniformly 
adhered  to  by  all  the  Irmwheg  of  the  house  of 
Berkeley,  We  tind  **8emee  of  croasea"  or  "field 
laruailly"^'  (where  the  number  is  indefinite),  and 


other  varieties,  a8*Hhree,"«aix,"«8evBn,"  ^* eight/* 
and  **mne*'  (Papworth,  pp.  412,  413).  So  that 
had  there  been  only  tiint  at  South  Wrathall,it 
miffht  still  have  been  a  variety  of  Berkeley:  but 
I  think  the  Vicar  will  tind,  at  his  next  visit  to 
the  church,  that  ho  has  counted  wrong.  I  had 
often  examined  the  monument,  but  (since  reading 
his  communication)  I  examined  it  again,  taking 
with  me  other  eyes  besides  my  own;  and  we 
declare  ^Um  crosses  patt^,  without  a  doubt." 
The  quarter  No.  1  is  damaged  and  indistinct ;  but 
the  quarter  No,  4  contains  undeniably  Uftj  sue  in 
chief  and  four  in  base. 

As  to  the  charge  on  the  chevron,  whether  Rosea, 
Plates,  or  Fleurs-de-lys.  Generally  speaking',  the 
Berkeley  chevron  was  plain ;  but  (as  before  stated) 
the  subordinate  houses  used  distinctions.  Boutell 
(Memldtyj  p.  172)  and  Papworth  (p,  424)  name 
**rose8^*j  the  latter  (p.  600)  *^  three  torteauxea*' 
(which  are  merely  plates  gules).  On  the  glass 
windows  of  old  South  Wraxhall  manor  house, 
Aubrey  copied  thfee  varieties  (see  Wiitsht're  Col" 
l^ionif  plate  ii,  Nos.  16  and  17;  also  plate  lii. 
No,  32)  r  one  chevron  *'  plain/'  another  "  ermine  " 
(for  Berkeley  of  Botetourt,  in  PMmondson's  Baro^ 
naffium,  y,  40),  and  another  char^j-ed  with  "  three 
torteauxea  or  plates.^'  BouteU  mso  gives  an  in- 
stance of  "throe  ileiirs-de-ivs  "  on  the  chevron  of 
Bericeley;  so  that  whether  they  be  Roses,  Plates, 
orFlears-de-lys  on  the  monument,  any  one  of  them 
is  to  be  found  (according  to  the  authorities  above 
named)  on  Berkeley  shields.  But  upon  the  late 
careful  inspection  (just  referred  to)  my  companion 
and  myself  were  decidedly  of  opinion  that  the 
*' charge*'  was  never  meant  for  Fleurs-de-lys,  nor 
(as  I  formerly  thought,  and  indeed  once  printed) 
for  Plates,  but  ceTtninly  for  "/?<i*ed."  ThU  is  j  iist 
one  of  tho.^e  t^enf  diflicuU  minutim  of  an  old  worn- 
out  stone  which  would  puzzle  the  whole  Ruyal 
Society  of  Antiquaries  itself,  every  member  with 
his  beat  spectacles  on,  to  pronounce  for  certain 
whether  the  thing  is  OUs  or  thtiL  AH  that  my 
fneiid  and  I  haye  to  say,  i>ersu$  the  Vicar  of 
Bradford,  is,  that  we  «  go  in  • '  for  "  R^aes  '*  I 

But,  there  remains  upon  this  Wraxhall  monu- 
ment one  peculiarity  (not  hitherto  taken  notice 
of,  80  far  as  I  am  aware),  which,  if  admitted 
to  be  correct,  ouj^ht  to  go  a  long  way  towards 
determinin;^'^  the  lady^s  effigy  to  be  that  of  a 
Berkeley.  In  front  (see  the  engraying  above  referred 
to)  are  I  wo  large  lions  as  snpporrters,  the  mtisler 
one  inihj  heimj  cromted  The  crown  is  a  very 
clumsy  one,  quite  overlapping  the  animal's  head; 
but  its  clumsmesa  is  the  more  useful  as  showing 
(to  our  eyes  at  least)  that  upon  the  dexter  lion 
there  has  never  been  any  crown.  Now,  it  is 
curious  enough  that  (as  may  be  seen  in  any  iUua- 
trated  Peerage)  the  "  supporters  ^*  of  Berkeley  are 
two  lions,  the  sinider  one  ortfy  crtntyned,  i 

1  observed  above  that,  in  the  family  of  Long  of 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[4»*S.TII.Ju2fK24/7L 


CO,  Wilts  there  h  no  record ,  nor  even  tradition, 
of  a  mnrriftge  ^'hh  a  lady  of  the  nnmo  of  Berlegh 
or  Barley  ^  Dut  it  ia  otherwise  as  to  Berkeley*  In 
&  letter  printed  in  Kiniber"tj  Baronvtagt  (ii,  266), 
Sir  Jamea  Long  of  Brayoot©j  writing  in  A.n.  1688, 
speaks  of  — 

**  an  ancestor  wlio  married  Berfeclej-,  of  BeverstoOt  »nd 
an  belresa;  by  whom  vre  qu.nrter  Fitzhnrding^s  coat, 
now  Eflrifl  of  Burkleji  'with  didti  action  of  tbree  roeesi,  on 
tlie  cbevt-roti,  bctwect)  the  croasi^a  pntde/' 

In  anpport  of  this  tradition^  th^  arms  of  Berkeley 
(ftccordiug  to  Aubrey's  drawinffs)  were  in  bia  time 
on  the  windows  of  South  Wrasball  old  manor 
house  \  and  they  are  etill  to  be  seen  on  o  tomb  of 
LoDg-  in  Di-ajcote  Cerne  church ;  also,  impaled 
with  Long  (fet  the  ^'icar  note  tbia),  mxt  to  a 
shield  of  Lmi^  impahmj  Fiiphum^  on  a  window  in 
lb©  ball  of  Lacock  Abbey ;  nlsOp  with  the  anna  of 
Long  aod  the  '*  fetter-lock**  badge,  on  the  font  in 
I^ri^ton  chureh,  near  Bath,  All  tbia  leads  me  to 
think  tbat  Iho  lady  on  tbe  Wruxboll  tomb  must 
hare  b^en  a  Berkeley* 

And  why  not  a  Berkeley  of  EeveTSlonej  accord- 
ing to  the  family  tradition  mentioned  aboro  in 
Sir  Jamea  Long'a  letter  ?  For  it  helpa  nij  notion 
of  the  case^  to  say  tbat  Waller  Lord  Hungerford, 
lk,G*,  Treasurer  of  England  tmniK  IIen»  XL,  who 
according  to  Camden  *'  preft^rred  ^'  one  of  the 
eaily  Longs  to  a  '*good  marriage/'  had  himself 
maiTied  Eleanor,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Berkeley 
of  this  very  Be  vera  tone  (a  castle,  the  ruins  of 
which  are  siill  Remaining  near  Tetbviry^  co.  Glou- 
cester). In  deeds  in  my  po.'^^'iession  relating  to 
this  Lord  Hurigerford,  of  a.b.  HoO  oud  thereabouts, 
I  find  "Itohert  Long"  as  hm  feolfee  and  coniiden- 
tial  friend,  associated  with  Wm,  Lord  Botreaux, 
Sir  Humphrey  Statr^rd,  Sir  John  Stourton,  and 
others.  I  beheve  this  ** Kobcrt  Long*'  to  bo  the 
earnest  to  whom  that  pedigree  has  been  traced 
with  certainty.  He  was  Mr.  for  ^^'ilt^  in  14^33, 
and  as  the  names  of  }m  two  wl^es  t\v^\  on  record,! 
would  suggest  (and  it  is  simply  a  t^uggestion)  that 


the  county  of  Wilts.  Lord  Iluogcrfoid,  the  Trea 
eurer,  may  have  introduced  the  fatJur  to  Bever- 
stone  Castle,  there  to  talve  unto  bim&elf  a  wife 
out  of  the  same  nest  of  yomig  ladies  from  which 
lie  had  chosi?n  one  for  himself.  It  may  assist  the 
Bolution  of  thia  obscure  ^ue^tion  to  add,  that  this 
U^anor  Berkeley  (Counteas  of  Arundel,  and 
widow  of  Lord  lluui^erford),  being  sister  of  Sir 
Maurice  Berkeley  of  Beveratone,  by  her  will, 
A,D.  145u  (Nicolas'  TM.  TU,  p.  270),  bequeathed 
money  to  I'homas  Berkeley,  a  younger  son  of  ber 
brother  Sir  Haiirice;  and  t&ere  is  a  Thomas 
Berkeley  named  in  a  pedigree  bv  Le  Neve  {BaH^.^ 
Tol  i  VoE  Arm.)  as  tbe  husband  of  *'  Elij&abeth 
B&j'mer/'  ginnddaughter  of  '*  Edmund  aepjra.OT 


Chiraler.'*  These  aie  all  the  hints  that  I  mn 
supply  towards  the  explanation  of  the  shield  on 
this  tomb,  viz.  Long  impaling  (aa  I  must  maintaia) 
Berkeley  quartering  Seymer, 

Of  *'  sum  lande  bad  for  Long,"  as  Leland  saja» 
'*  Vy  Hun gref orders  procuration,"  I  have  one  or  two 
notices,  but  not  at  South  WraxhalL  The  Hun^ 
ger fords  had  nothing  in  South  WraxhaU  except 
sixteen  acres  adjoining  At  worth,  and  an  "ad  vow- 
son  worth  5^."  The  first  notice  I  hare  of  tha 
Longs  havincf  land  in  Wraxb&ll  is  in  the  KoUs  of 
Parliament  (iv.  407),  which  contain  — 

"  11  <fc  12  H,yi,  (A.D,  X433)-  A  Petition  to  the  Crtwa 
from  tbe  Abbess  and  Coaveat  of  Sliafteabury  [to  wliAia 
Wraxb^ll  belong^]  and  Kobert  I^ng  for  License  to  Eciba- 
Long  to  give  to  tho  Abbesi  and  Uonveut  Ij^nd^  worth 
3C  murka  por  annum  in  Attewarde,  Bradefordej  and  Wrox- 
hnU,  wbich  he  bdd  under  tbe  Abbess  and  Convent  la 
exchaui^e  for  certain  other  landfl  and  teocments  in  Wrtix- 
bttU  and  Briideford  ivorth  ^  murks  per  antinin*  to  k 
given  to  tbc  aald  Hobert  Long  by  the  Abbc^^ki  ud  €m^ 
vent  tn  escbflnge  for  ever  bj  tlie  'same  service  as  be  Bdd 
befoF^;* 

I  had  always  supposed  that  the  Longs,  having 
been  tenants  of  Wraxhall  manor  under  the  ahbey 
of  Sbaftesburj^  had  pat d for  it  at  the  dissolution; 
but  a  novel  idea  has  occurred  to  me,  wMcb  I 
throw  out  for  the  condderation  of  the  Vicar  of 
Bradford.  He  will  find  in  HutchinB^a  Don^  (1st 
edit,,  App.  to  Tol,  ii,  pp.  BIO,  517)  eeTeral  notice 
of  proper^  belonging  m  tnoieiies  to  the  mcfflsstaijr 
of  Shaftesbury  and  the  Berkeley  family.  Is  it 
possible  that  the  Berkeley s  may  also  have  hid 
some  moieti/  intm-eM  in  \Vraxhall  which,  by  tie 
maniage  with  a  lady  of  the  Berkeley  familv,  ctutf 
to  the  Longs  P  If  t bis  point  could  be  estftMishad, 
my  explanation  of  the  South  Wraxall  **  difficulty'" 
would  stand  thns;  viz.,  That  the  lady  wai  » 
Berkeley  of  Bevei'stone ;  that  the  Berkelevs  hi4 
eome  joint  interest  with  Shaflesbury  Ablwy  io 
the  manor  of  Wraxhall:  That  Lord' Hun perfori 
(from  his  own  wife's  family)  had  (delicat€ly)_ob- 
tmned  a  partner  for  Master  Long  (the  fafmr  d 
Itohert,  the  M.P,  for  Wilts,  in  a.j>.  1^33);  vii 
that,  by  some  arrangement  with  the  Abbevj  tie 
Berkeleys*  joint  interest  in  Wraxhnll  wasfiuallr 
S3Vtred  from  that  of  the  Abbey,  and  became  tb« 
lady ^a  fortune.  In  this  way  the  meaning  of  the  vny 
cursory  notes,  both  of  Leland  and  Camden,  aboat 
the  original  rise  of  a  well-known  Wiltshire  Umif 
still  owners  of  AVraxhall  manor,  would  be  m^d^ 
ont{  and,  after  four  hundred  years'  interral,  it 
would,  at  last,  appear  how  "  Long''  was  not  (tfiy 
**  preferred  to  a  good  marriage,''  but  also  '*  hsd  wm 
laude  by  Hungreforde^a  procuration*** 

With  the  email  exceptions  of  such  tiifliaf 
matters  as  Abury  and  Stonehenge,  I  do  not  Ina* 
anything  in  WMtsbire  that  has  tormented  tbi 
archEeologistB  of  the  county  more  than  this*'  SootI 
Wraxhall  monument," 
\  L  E.  Jacksoit,  Hon,  Cmon  of  Briftot 


4">S.  VII,  Jg^K  24,71.] 


KOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


539 


PLICA  POLOXICA, 
(4"*  8.  TiL  475.) 

I  now  a  woman  euifeiing  from  this  affection  in 
Berlin  in  1858,  and  I  heard  a  clinical  lecture  de- 
lirored  upon  the  case  by  Prof.  Bareneprung,  a 
man  of  hi^U  reputation.  Her  hair  was  matted 
and  felted  together  in  the  moat  intricate  manner, 
and  fornied  a  kind  of  natural  pad  or  ciiahion  several 
inches  in  thickness  and  aymmetricallj  placed  upon 
the  top  of  her  head,  hat  prcgecting  be3'ond  it  to 
a  coGSiderahle  distance  all  round.  A  milkmaid 
would  have  fomid  such  a  pad  invaluable.  Be- 
hind, however,  the  hair  was  feathered  into  two 
taila,  one  of  which  was  three  or  four  inches  lung» 
and  the  other  perhaps  ten/  Dr.  Biirensprung 
bade  us  particularly  note  that  the  hair  for  an  inch 
and  a  half  or  two  inches  above  the  scalp  was  not 
matted  together,  but  that  for  this  distance  everj* 
individual  hair  was  normal  and  free,  whilst  tbere 
was  no  exudation  of  any  kind  visible,  and  thescidp 
itw^lf  presented  a  perfectly  natural  appearance. 
^^  Ij»  ti  the  hair  waa  taken  hold  of,  there  was  no 
t  jiiipldat  of  tenderness,  either  in  the  hair  itself  or 
io  tlie  jJctUp. 

Br,  Bhrensprung  then  told  ua  that  he  had  re- 
cently  been  to  I'rusaian  Poland  for  the  express 
porpoee  of  investigating  the  eo-called  disease ; 
that  he  had  seen  some  hundreds  of  cases  of  it^  and 
that  they,  one  and  all,  had  presented  the  same 
characters  as  the  case  then  before  ua.  Some 
writers  had  described  the  Plica  aa  an  Rfrection  of 
the  e4!^p  which  furnbhed  an  exudation  glueing 
the  hairs  toprether,  but  this  we  had  seen  to  he  in- 
correct. Others  considered  it  to  be  a  disease  of 
the  hairs  themselves,  from  whicli  a  glutinous 
matter  exuded ;  but  this  he  had  never  fomid  to  be 
the  case.  Others,  again,  regardetl  the  pr€^^enco  of 
fungi  as  the  real  source  of  the  whole  mischief,  but 
no  fimgi  hod  ever  been  discovered  by  him.  In 
Poland  he  bad  found  the  general  opinion  to  be 
that  thei^e  wa^  an  internal  disease,  the  Plica- 
polottica  disease  (Weicbselzopfkrankheit),  of 
mrhich  the  matted  and  felted  state  of  the  hair  was 
merely  the  outward  and  visible  sign,  or  rather  con- 
jiituted  the  crisis.  Whenever,  therefore,  anvbody 
living  in  a  part  of  Poland  where  the  Plica  wa;3 
common  felt  a  little  out  of  sorts,  het  immediately 
rufihed  to  the  conclusion  that  he  either  was  going 
to  have,  or  had  already  got,  the  Plica- polonica 
dAsea^e.  He  woiUd  then  go  to  some  old  woman, 
iiliepherd,  or  parson  in  the  neighbourhood  who 
liad  ffamed  a  reputation  for  skill  in  the  treatment 
<>f  tbigaftection  (for  medical  men  in  Poland  seldom 

•  ITcnce the  Cemmn  name  of  the^ai^r«VWw) 
1  \^*'"J«»a"^^<y^/;  pigtail,  thuut,'U  it 

^  « ....  .  .;  .  ,,.„ .        ^"*  ^*'''  ^  ^*^«  ^^*^^  *^  soraetime^ 

cJm'it'.'''*    ^'"^  ^**^  -^^  ^^^  appear  to  suffer 


cared  to  interfere  in  cases  of  the  sort),  and 
would  beg  to  be  told  if  he  had,  or  were  likely  to 
have,  the  dreaded  disease.  A  lock  of  hair  (dog's 
or  horse's)  would  then  be  given  him,  with  direc- 
tions to  wear  it  next  hia  skin,  either  on  hb  chest 
or  in  one  of  hia  armpits,  for  a  certain  length  of 
time.  If  the  lock  of  hair,  at  the  expiration  of  the 
time,  was  found  to  have  become  tangled  and 
matted  (as  of  course  it  almost  invariably  would 
be  found,  in  consequence  of  the  constant  friction, 
and  of  the  moisture  of  the  piurts  in  which  the  hair 
was  placed) — them  the  patient  waa  declared  to  be 
sufFeriog  from  the  disease,  and  he  was  told  ho 
could  nut  be  cured  unless  the  disease  were  brought 
to  a  crisis — in  other  words^  unless  a  Plica  could 
bo  produced  upon  his  head*  For  this  purpose  hia 
head  was  kept  emistanily  covered  up,  his  hair  was 
never  cut,  and  sudorificji  were  freely  administered  ; 
so  that,  Bsmight  be  expected,  he  found  himself  cro 
long  in  poflsesfiion  of  his  much-coveted  Plica.  But, 
when  he  had  it,  it  waa  not  long,  the  professor  con- 
tinued, before  he  quite  aa  eagerly  wished  to  get  rid 
of  it  again,  though  ho  but  seldom  gave  efiect  to  his 
wish,  as  he  was  afraid  to  have  the  mass  of  hair  re- 
moved, lest  the  internal  disease  *  should  return  with 
redoubled  violence  and  hill  hira.  Dr,  Bflrensprimg 
had  nevertheless,  he  said,  removed  the  hair  in 
several  cases  without  the  occurrence  of  any  ill 
effects ;  he  had  always  taken  the  precaution,  how- 
ever, of  cutting  off  the  htdr  little  by  little.  If 
t\m  account  of  the  disease  were  correct,  the  lec- 
turer continued,  it  wa^  evident  that  the  Plica 
could  be  produced  at  will,  and  accordingly  he  had 
succeeded  in  producing  it  in  several  of  his  hospital 
patients.  The  means  he  had  employed  were  pre- 
cisely those  mentioned  above  as  adopted  in  Poland ; 
and  if  the  Plic4i  occurred  only  or  chiefly  in  Poland, 
it  was,  he  said,  merely  because  it  was  only  or 
chiefly  in  Poland  that"  paina  were  taken  to  pro- 
duce it. 

In  conclusion,  Br,  Barcnsprung  observed  that 
we  had  daily  before  our  eyes  genuine  instances  of 
Plica,  although  we  were  probably  unaware  that 
they  were  such.  He  alluaed  to  the  matted  state 
of  the  hair  bo  common  in  long-haired,  uncared-for 
dogs,  and  to  that  of  the  wool  in  sheep. 

If  this  is  the  true  view  of  the  matter — and  I 
believe  that  it  is  the  true  view^how  con  we 
account  for  the  fact  that,  even  by  recent  eminent 
medical  writer3,t  the  hair  is  described  a^  being 
glued  together  by  a  secretion  exudino;  from  the 
8caip  J  that  the  hair  and  scalp  are  said  by  one  or 


•  The  poticnt  wham  I  M^  coinplained---ftl though  she 
had  a  very  fine  Plica,  and  ought  to  have  bcc»  cured— f>f  a 
number  of  achc«,  pains,  disagreeable  sv^tiHatitrnfl  and  feel- 
ings, which  Dr.  Bttrensprung  obierTed  might  wdl  be  re- 
ferred to  hyateritt,  dyepcpBia,  or  botli. 

p/666),  and  lIo\m«if  Skt^*^  ^^^^^^^:^^ 

Men  %  caa«  oi  Uio  ^iae^ae* 


540 


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[4«»S.Vn.  JuH»24,71. 


other  of  these  writers  to  become  acutely  sensible 
and  tender,  and  that  the  scalp  is  said  to  *'  bleed  on 
the  dightest  touch  "  ?  •  Dr.  Barensprung  did  not 
enter  upon  this  part  of  the  question ;  he  contented 
himself^with  describing  what  he  himself  had  seen 
in  hundreds  of  cases.  My  own  impression,  how- 
ever, is  that  sometimes  an  ordinary  inflammatory 
affection  of  the  scalp  accompanied  by  exudation 
(such  as  Eczema)  comes  on  in  a  person  who  has 
already  become  possessed  of  a  Plica  in  the  way 
above  described  t ;  or,  again,  that  a  person,  already 
having  such  an  affection  of  the  scalp,  fancies  he 
has  the  Plica  disease,  and  allows  his  hair  to  be- 
come matted*  In  either  case  there  would  be  an 
exudation  glueing  the  hairs  together,  and  there 
would  be  tenderness  of  the  scalp,  which  would 
xeadily  bleed ;  and  yet  the  exudation,  the  tender- 
ness, and  the  bleeding  would  have  nothing  in  the 
world  to  do  with  the  formation  of  the  Plica. 

If  I  send  this  account  of  Dr.  Barensprung's 
viewj  to  "  N.  &  Q."  it  is  because  I  look  upon  it 
rather  as  the  record  of  a  singular  popular  supersti- 
tion than  as  the  history  of  a  real  disease. 

F.  Chance. 

Sydenham  Hill. 

In  this  disease  (Pol.  GwozdzieCy  Qer.  WeicJuel-' 
zopf,  Jndenzopf)  the  hair  also  is  characterised  by 
imusual  length,  by  becoming  thickened,  and  by 
loss  of  lustre.  The  disease  is  not  conflned  to  the 
scalp. 

•*The  hair  loses  its  lustre,  and  appears  thickened, 
softened,  or  distended  by  a  glutinous  lluid  of  a  reddish  oi 
brownish  colour The  hair  is  matted  or  aggluti- 
nated in  different  wa3'S — sometimes  in  single  locks  of 

various  thickness  and  length,  resembling  ropes 

Occasionally  the  hair  is  stuck  together  in  one  mass  or 
cue.    In  other  instances  it  is  felted  into  a  mass  or  cake 

of  various  sizes The  hair  often  accinires  a  great 

length.    Instances  of  its  reaching  the  length  of  some 
yards  have  been  adduced."  (Copeland.) 

It  occurs  principally  in  Warsaw,  Cracow,  and 
Landomir ;  most  fre(niently  on  the  banks  of  the 
Vistula  and  Dnieper.  It  is  also  found  in  Lithuania, 
Volhynia,  the  Lki-aine,  Tartary,  and  Hungary; 
but  is  very  rare  in  France,  Germany,  Ilolland,  and 
Switzerland.  There  are  two  cases  of  plica  polo- 
nica  in  England ;  the  first  in  the  middle  ot  the 
last  century,  the  last  (discovered  by  Dr.  13eigil)  in 
18G6.  A  memoir  of  these  is  recorded  in  Philoso- 
phical Transactions,  May  28,  1714,  and  in  Trmi- 


•  That  the  hair  itself  becomes  fleshy  and  bleeds  when 
cut,  as  mentioned  by  G.  E.,  may,  I  think,  bo  dismissed  at 
once  as  a  popular  exaggeration. 

t  The  process  adopted  for  the  formation  of  the  Plica 
'Would,  I  think,  have  a  tendency  to  produce  such  a  skin 
disease.    ' 

X  This  view  has  never,  I  believe,  appeared  in  print, 

for  Dr.  BUrensprung  died  very  shortly —  I  think  withiti 

4  .rear— after  the  delivery  of  this  lecture  of  his.    I  took 

cophuB  notes  at  the  time,  and  it  is  from  Uiese  noVsa  Oaax 

/  bare  drawa  up  the  above  suraniary. 


sa(^ian8  of  Pathological  Socidy,  toL  zvii.  I  doubt 
much  whether  any  one  of  the  diseases  of  the  hah 
mentioned  by  Qalen  is  represented  by  plica  polomcai 
In  this  disease  I  have  seen  several  specimens  of 
hair  in  which  the  whole  growth  (adhered  together) 
has  been  removed  entire.  B.  S.  Chasvogx. 

Gray's  Inn. 

THE  TOADSTONE. 
(P^  S.  TiL  324,  899,  484.) 

Aji  account  of  the  toadstone,  its  genentioo^ 
nature,  and  properties,  will  be  found^  under  its 
Latin  appellation — Bufoniits  lapis — or  its  vaiioai 
synonyms  in  most  of  the  old  treatises  De  Gemmii 
et  Lapidibus,  The  following  passages  are  inteTMt> 
In  gin  themselves,  and  may  save  M.  S.  C.  the  time 
and  trouble  of  seeking  for  rare  and  unfindaUe 
books : — 

*'  Borax,  Nosa,  Crapondinas,  are  avnonymoiu  namci  of 
the  same  stone,  which  is  extracted  ntmi  a  toad,  of  whki 
tbex6  arc  two  spedea— the  white,  which  is  the  hestyaad 
rarely  found ;  the  other  ia  Uack  or  don,  with  a  esm- 
leiin  glow,  having  in  the  middle  the  similitude  of  an  9ft, 
and  must  be  taken  out  while  the  dead  toad  ia  yet  pant- 
ing, and  these  are  better  than  those  that  are  extiiwted 
ffom  it  after  a  long  continuance  in  the  giocind.  TVj 
have  a  wonderful  efficacy  ia  poiaona.  For  whoever  kai 
tuken  poison,  let  him  swallow  this;  which  b^ii£[do«B» 
rolls  about  the  bowels,  and  drives  out  every  'potfoiMMi 
quality  that  is  lodged  in  the  intestines  ;  and  then  paaM 
thro'  the  fundament  and  is  preserv'd.  It  is  an  exoBlksi 
remedy  for  the  bites  of  reptiles,  and  takes  awmy  fenB> 
If  it  be  made  into  a  lotion  and  taken,  it  ia  a  great  hdp 
in  disorders  of  the  stomach  and  reins  ;  and  some  sa^  it  lutf 
the  same  effect  if  carried  about  one." — The  3/inw  of 
Stones,  &rc.,  by  Camillus  Leonardus,  M.D.  London,  ^ 
1750,  p.'77. 

I  transcribe  another  account  from  the  c\xAm 
English  translation  of  the  I7taufnatogranhta  3V 
iHralis  of  Johannes  Jonstonus^  a  Polish  pbjd- 
cian : — 

'^  Toads  produce  a  stone  ;  with  their  own  image  iobm- 
times.  It  never  grows  but  in  those  that  are  veiyoU. 
Libav.  1.  3.  singul.  In  the  familv  of  LemmuM  there  is 
one  kept  that  is  greater  than  a  hnzel  nut.  Lemmm  ir 
occtdt.  1.  2.  c.  30.  It  ia  proved  to  dissolve  tamoois  tbit 
arise  from  bitings  of  venomous  beasts,  if  you  mb  it  «b 
often.  The  Lapis  Bufonitu,  called  GraterianOy  the  Swete 
ebronicles  write  of  it,  it  weighed  5  physicall  pounds  nfl 
a  ounces,  2  drams  lesse ;  Crahius  Annal.  Sueric  L  11 
p.  3,  c.  87.  The  words  arc  these : — *  After  the  joyfWI 
birth  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  of  the  Vircin  iluy,  tbe 
Mother  of  God,  anno  1473 ;  after  the  birth  of  St  i(^ 
the  27  of  June,  Berchtoldus  Gratterus,  dwelling  then  tf 
llopstach,  in  the  afternoon  went  into  a  wood,  which  tkr 
call  the  Yale  of  Dipachifi,  to  cut  poles  to  make  hoop  f* 
vessells.  In  that  place  he  heard  a  hissing  and  a  gnt^ 
noise  by  a  river  in  that  valley,  and  when  he  stood  a  ftff 
off  to  see  what  the  matter  was,  he  aaw  an  incredible  htfp 
of  serpents  and  vipers,  and  toads  lying  twined  to^^' 
As  nere  as  he  could  conjecture,  it  was  a  neater  ^^^  i 
than  a  great  waahmg  tub  conld  contain,  ue  was  fif^jttj  j 
and  durst  go  no  neerer,  yet  he  cat  a  bongh,  and  mtiW 
I  \.Vi^^Wi&  there  in  the  confines ;  that  day  he  canw  t*ic| 
\  \^<!»:^  «sA\^^^  ^^  ^»q:^^3iU&1a  of  serpentSy  uA  * 


4»awVn.  jOTn!S4.7i.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


641 


fonnd  them  all,  ttltmottt  to^Llier  upon  a  heap  :  wherefore 
b«  left  ihom  amt  went  homci,  concefilinjc;  tho  matter  for 
tijree  J^tye?* ;  when  he  rLtumed  to  the  wooij,  he  fuimd  that 
thoMi  wati-'r  snakes  wore  gon,  aad  nono  of  th(is«^  venomous 
creatures  were  leflt,  bat  onljr  one  toad  that  waa  killed,  and 
a  fnnkf*  m  a  w!iit<?  ^iQtenous  bumoar,  and  thick,  Bhiuing 
K  a  neere  to  it,  that  toadatone^  Bu- 

up^  aud  wiped  it,  and  carrietl  it 

V,     .   •-..  ..J  ,  „.  (  „i^  it  for  some  farther  profit*    But 

jxiiei  t  ii4t  GrAtterus  came  into  tha  town  (about  a  100  j'earea 
since),  the  stono  waa  used  aQccesfully,  for  a  mail  and 
btAft»  A*  it  folio  wes.  The  eldast  bo  ace  of  the  hoti^  of  Grat- 
••BBftiM  keept  thia  toadstono,  and  he  will  not  lend  it^ 
especially  to  strangers,  under  a  pawn  of  50  or  lOQ  Urers/ 
^st  the  other  vcrtuca  it  is  observed  that  it  hath 
.  roat  force  againat  maUgnaBl  tamiooia,  that  are 
v^itfuioua.  Cbolenok,oreiiaipe[jia,apOBtemB,  and  bubos^ 
mod  for  oait«l  that  are  bewitched.  They  are  used  to  heat 
it  la  a  bag«  and  to  lay  it  hot  without  anythiop;' between  to 
the  naked  Iwdy,  and  to  nib  the  affected  place  with  it* 
'The3"  Fay  it  prevails  a^jaiost  inchantmenta  of  witchea, 
^Mpecialij  for  great  bt^Uiad  women  and  children  bewitched. 
Bo  aoon  At  you  apply  it  to  one  bowitched*  it  sweats  many 
dtofM.  In  the  plague  it  ii  laid  to  the  heart  to  strengthen 
it.  It  draws  poyaon  out  of  the  heart,  and  out  of  carbun- 
cles and  i>estilemt  sore?.  It  consuznei,  dissipates,  and 
softenfl  all  hardnesse,  tumours,  and  TArices,**— An  If itttoty 
of  the  H^ontlerfnl  Things  of  Aufwrr,  Art'.  Rendttd  into 
Etiijluh  l>r/  n  Pentm  of  Quaiitt^,  fol,,  London^  1657, 
p.  115. 

Aiiotlier  pliyiician  of  the  same  period — ^an  esprit 
fort  in  his  way — ^was  not  satisfied  with  hearsay, 
bat  dared  put  the  matter  to  the  test  of  actual  ob- 
eeTYfttioti  and  experiment.    This  is  bis  account: — 

■ '  rrc  de  crnpaut  que  qnclqueji-rns  appdlent 
nite,  batrachitc,  ou  era pau dine,  du  mot 
itjt.  et  les  autrea  garatroine^  mi  appelltf«  par 
''•nttcin.  Car  c*e9t  vn  bruit  vulgaire, 
Hi  liora  par  des  vieux  crapauts  i  quoy 
^.u.v^^  -aliment  quo  c*eu  est  Ic  crane.  Je  roe 
mmv^atSf  lors  que  j'estois  enfant,  d'auoir  prix  vn  vieux 
cra^aut,  et  rauoir  mis  sur  vu  drnp  rouge,  afBn  de  pouuotr 
auoir  oestepierre :  (csrron  racontequ'tl  nc  rend  point  aa 
pierre,  qtt«  Ion  qu'il  est  repose'  «ar  vn  drap  rouge,)  tusis 
apria  anoir  obsent4<  toute  la  nukt,  le  crapaut  no  jetta 
naiy  et  depuis  oe  teinps-lk,  i*ay  ton^ours  creii  pour  badi- 
Deries  tout  c©  que  Ton  racontc  de  la  pierro  de  crapaut  et 
4e  son  originc.  11  me  aernble  qu'oti  la  pt^t  rapporter 
ixnnsnodement  cntre  la  pierre  stellarfs  plu^i  olisoure : 
(«aj-  elle  a  de«i  taehei  obscures,  et  la  coutcur  ile  ta  pierrc 
atellaris,  *i  ce  nVat  que  sa  cotileur  cendr^  et  grise  retire 
tUT  le  Toti[|:p).  I'lk*  e*t  <'onii**X'  commo  itn  eeil,  et  de  I'autre 
Cioat^cl;  I  lita-vn  nppellent 

^StUi^I^ii  i  oinbria/* — Le 

Pttrfkk*  t  .  ,     .-  i^...   ,,  ..,.,  ,  .. . .  i,r;M»  ii'Ct    Com- 

p«»#  par  Anaeime  Bo#ee  de  Boot,  tfvo*   A  Lroo,  1G44, 

See  also  a  loog  account  of  the  etone  in  Jonnrjis 
De  Laet  De  Oammis  el  Lftpidihm  libri  fluo,  ^r,, 
3ro,  Lup:d.  Bat.  1047*  This  writer  conaiders  that 
Boetiri/?  ( De  Boot)  has  wrongfully  confounded  the 
**  '  ■ '  with  the  **  garatronium,'*     lie  adds ; 

tn  illius  virtutem  pncdicat  contra  vertigi- 
p  81  parti  dolcnli  appHcetur,  uut  brachio: 

»*  rtam,  contra  pleuritidem,  deliquta  antml  at 

tTi  * '    uit  me  Vir  Nobilisaiinua  Wilhcl- 

fi'  '■  mi  Regis  Mag,  Britao,  res  agens 

^J  iinoa  D.D.  Ordines  gcaerales  Cou- 


I 


fa^derati  Bdgii,  hanc  g^mmam  si  ardenti  Canddfle  pro* 
plus  ohjiciatur,  cam  senaim  extiuguere,  quod  iMjpias 
fuerit  expertup,  scd  ;;;emmam  paulatim  nonnihil  corrumpi 
et  vcluti  rugaa  conlrabere."— p.  09. 

Mao  J  similar  passages  might  be  transcri1>ed, 
the  authors  often  doing  little  more  than  citing  or 
referring  to  the  statements  of  their  predecesaora. 
I  mav",  however,  before  concluding,  summon  a 
Danisli  physician  to  gi\^e  us  the  i^eault?  of  that 
rare  and  dilHciilt  process,  especially  where  the 
marvellous  is  concerned — personal  observation : — 

**BufoDias  Lapis,  ab  aliis  CI  '  '  '"  "'  't 
Crapaudina  vocatur;  Germans  ]  i 

fert  ab  antiquis  bnfonibus  enii  i      .     ,  .  i  ::i 

falsum  e^e  tL>enit  Anshelmo  Bo^tiou  Buot.  .  .  ,  Nasci- 
tur  fungi  insiar  in  saxis  et  pctris,  non  ver5  in  capltibus 
hufonuin,  ut  vul^i  credunt. 

•*  ComnjcndiUnr  ad  tiiraorca  et  inflationes  h  veneiiatis 
animalibus  ilbta,",  quas  eontactu  et  adfrictn  discntit^ 
cujus  exempluni  in  contubcmali  vidi,  qui  cum  inter  alias 
plantas  Esulsm  majoreni  colh^iwet,  ac  inter  eradtcan* 
dum  auc4;u  '    ItN  adhttsissct,  quibus  iocaute  faciem 

fricuit ;  t  fit  ad  ni iracu) urn  usque,  sed  petito 

annulo  n^  jii  lapidcm  hunc  tenebat,  et    loco 

tumido  aliquutie^  ailricto,  intra  horam  detumuit  indatio. 
Praaeote  veueno  sudare  et  colorem  mutare  ferunt,  quo- 
circa  contra  venena  ejus  pulvis  exhibetur.  C^Jutra  cal- 
calofi  vtm  habere  insagnan  existimantt  aUeo  ut  eunt 
g«nerari  non  pcrmittaU*  — jlTiisettJA  Wormummn^  »eu  HU- 
tQria  Rervm  Ittiriontm,  &fc^  ab  Olao  Worui,  Mod.  DocU  4c, 
folio.  Amstd.  (sput  L.  and  D.  Elzevirios),  1655^  p>  107*) 

But  the  possessor  of  the  'Hoadstoiie  ring'* 
seems  somewhat  dubious  as  to  the  nature  and 
yahie  of  his  gem,  and  may  wish  to  be  assured  of 
its  genuineness— for  belief  is  a  jrreat  thing  in  these 
matters— before  he  invokes  its  virtues  to  pre  vent  the 
formation  of  calculits,  to  dissipate  a  tumour,  or  to 
"  give  forewarning  against  venom."  An  old  writer, 
copying  from  others  still  older,  indicates  the  means 
by  which  the  character  of  the  stone  may  be  settled 
beyond  question,  and  which  your  correspondent 
will  have  no  dilHculty  in  putting  into  requisition  r — 

"  You  shall  know  whether  the  tode-stonn  be  the  right  _ 
and  perfect  stone  or  nol.     Hold  the  atone  before  a  tod<|   ~ 
so  that  he  may  see  it»  an<l  if  it  be  a  right  and  true  ston 
the  totle  will  leap  toward  it,  and  make  as  thuti;j:h  he  would ^ 
snatch  it.  Ilecnvicth  io  mndi  that  miin  should  have  that 
stone." — A  Thmannd  NftiuUe  ThinffM,  by  T.  Lupton,  Ito. 
Loudon,  15dG,  book  i* 

I  need  not  remind  H.  8.  €.  that  the  stone  in 
his  ring  is  that  *'  precious  jewel,"  which,  worn  in 
the  head  of  the  **  ugly  and  venomous  toad,"  is 
used  by  Shakespeare  {As  You  Like  It,  Act  II, 
Sc.  1)  as  an  apt  symbol  of  the  sweetness  of  **  the 
uses  of  adversity."  The  analogy  is  unfortunatel^J 
not  based  on  scientific  truth.  lu  an  amusing  littU^ 
work  the  Rev,  R.  H.  Newell  remarks  upon  tbk 
paaaage: — 

"The  stone  diftinguijdied  hv  th?  nimii  of  the  rep^je- 
and  called  Ti^d-itone^  Crapandinft  KfottmtUin,  has  b""^ 
diiKHjvertHl  to  be  nothini?  but  the  fomii  tooth  of  the  I 
wolf,  or  some  flat-toothccl  fish  not  ttiif«wvi«^  ^J?!^. 
iatand,  as  w«ll  7&  *e^<ixiil  tfCtwei  ^ywsssSjfwft-  — T\^*  l4BKWS(«ft 


842 


NOTES  AXD  QUERIES. 


r*<»S.Yri.JiwisS4.7 


1 


4*fth*  Eftgluh  Foett  correcttd  by  the  Writingt  of  Modem 
il^aiuralUUt  imall  8yo,  London,  IB45,  p.  130. 

See  also  on  the  samo  poiat  Pennaafa  Brituh 
Zoology^  iii.  16* 

Some  further  remarlcs  upon  the  «mpo^ed  virtues 
of  the  toadstone  will  be  found  in  The  History  and 
Poetry  of  Finger  Rimjs^  by  Charles  Edwards,  8vo, 
Rediield  (U.S.),  1866,  p.  107. 

William  Bates,  B*A, 

Biniiiiigbain* 

PROPnECIES  BV  XOSTRADAMUS  AND  OTEEEES 
ON  THE  FALL  OF  PARIS. 

(^^  S.  vi.  32-1,  370,  390,  500,) 

The  Bubject  of  French  popular  prophedea  of 
impending  national  calamities  remains  etill  un- 
exhaufited,  although  there  has  been  a  good  deal 
of  writing  about  it  of  late.  If  I  mistake  not,  the 
first  reference  to  it  in  **  N.  k  Q."  bore  my  signa- 
ture. My  attention  was  attracted  to  the  subject 
by  a  little  brochure  which  I  picked  up  on  a  six- 
penny stall  here  in  Melbourne.  The  title  of  tbia 
volume,  which  is  obviously  a  pedlar'a  chap-book, 


**Le  Livre  de  toutei  lea  Proph^tics  et  Pr^Uctioni, 
Pass^— Prtfsent— 0t  Avenir,  (4fmff  ^).  Consid^mble- 
incut  nugment^e,  et  suivie  dune  Lcttre  sur  la  rroximiti? 
de  In  Fin  du  Monde,  par  M.  le  Chaaoinc  RdmuMtf  at  de 
la  Pri^  de  Pie  IX    Paris,  18 19." 

Peihapa  a  brief  account  of  thia  curious  little 
budget  of  oracles  may  be  of  some  interest  io  your 
readers. 

The  collection  ranges  from  Istoah's  prophecy 
a^nst  Jerusalem  (chap.  ixiL)  down  to  the  pre- 
dictions of  the  seers  of  the  revolutionary  year 
1848,  All  the  best-known  oracular  utterances  of 
these  latter  days — ^such  as  those  of  Oazotte,  Sla- 
dame  Lenormand,  the  Nun  of  Blois,  La6j  Hester 
Stanhope,  and  Chateauhiiand^are  included ;  and 
taken  aa  a  whole,  and  read  by  the  light  of  recent 
events,  it  is  impossible  to  deny  that  there  is  n 
atrange  reality  and  an  arresting  intereflt  in  the 
littleoook.  Take  the  prophecy  from  Isaiah,  for 
example.  In  our  English  version  the  title  of 
chapter  xxii.  is  "The  Burden  of  the  Valley  of 
Vimon,"  and  it  is  quoted  with  an  obvious  sub-re- 
ference to  the  coming  doom  of  the  proud  and  gny 
capital  of  France.  In  your  last  volume  (p.  540), 
Mi,  Q.  A,  Sala  has  shown  how  slrikinglv  the 
predictions  contaioed  in  the  sixth  chapter  of  Jere- 
miah would  apply  to  the  siege  of  Faris  by  the 
Pnisaana ;  but  there  is  a  still  more  remarkaWe 
coincidence  of  statement  in  Isaiah's  prophecy  of 
the  sack  and  fall  of  **  tbe  tumultuous  city,  the 
joyous  city,**  whose  **  rulers  are  all  lied  together,** 
snd  of  which  *'  the  houses  have  been  broken 
down  to  fortify  the  wall,*'  Another  remarkable 
circumstance  which  the  book  presents  is  that, 
though  it  has  been  evidently  compiled  for  popular  I 
drctuation  in  France,  it  everywhere  predicts  the  I 


decline  of  the  national  glory  ^"-^  i^  ■ 
empire.    This  is  exactly  the 
would  be  sure  to  find  in  a^ri    . 
oracles.     Thus,  the  fall  of  the  i 
Church  is  indicated  in  these  ttn 
the  Ninth  there  shall  be  ten 
each  indicated  by  a  Latin  sy  i 
and  then — 

»*  In  peraecuUone  extrcma  Ronuno!  Ecclcflfl! 
Petrns  Horn  an  us,  qui  piAcet  oves  in  r 
buii,  qiiibos    transacti^*   civitos   aepti 
judex  tremendns  judicabit  populum. 


Again,  Jean  de  Vatiguerro  in  the 
century  predicts  **  the  spoliation,  devHstali 
pUlage  of  that  most  famous  city  which 
capital  and  nustress  of  the  whole  king  * 
France.'*    At  the  same  time,  *'  toute  r£glS 
tout  l^univers,  s^Sra  person t^  d'line  ma 
men  table  et  douloureuse,  et  i^ra  d^pottl 
privde  de  tons  ses  biens  temporeb.**     T*" 
of  the  Church,  moreover,  is  to,  change 
dence,  and  (this  is  striking)  *^  I'Kgli^e  n-aumf 
de  d^fenseur  pendant  vingt-cinq  mois  et  plajy 
parce  <jue  pendant  tout  ce  temps,  il  n'j  ftun  m 

fape  m  empereur  a  Rome,  ni  regent  en  Ttnxus^^ 
t  is  specially  mentioned  that  ''Lcaraino  ikaB 
shudder  over  her  spoliation,  and  Ohampagne  ifail 
be  pillaged  wid  devastated."  But,  when  all  the» 
calamities  shall  be  overpast,  "  a  young  captin 
prince  shall  recover  the  crown  of  the  liliea,  and 
shall  extend  his  dominion  oyer  aU  the  umTena 
Once  established,  he  shall  destroy  the 
Brutus  and  their  isle,  so  that  their'  memo  ^ 
pass  into  everlasting  forgetfulnees "' — an  erili 
lor  England* 

This  young  prince,  who  is  to  delivifir 
from  her  uttermost  depths  of  tribulation,  m^ 
pears  in  very  many  of  these  prophecies.  In  •etem 
of  them  he  appears  as  the  last  remaining  mem  of 
the  **  vieil  sang  de  la  Cap,"  which  would  seem 
to  point  to  a  restoration  of  the  Bourbons. 

Madame  Lenormand,  the  seeress  of  the 
Nnpoleon*8  days,  predicted  in  *'  ' 

guage  the  utter  destruction  « 
tbage,  modem  Babylon,  the  :■ 
It  should  fall  a  prey  to  " ; 
whom  its  cowardice  and  indilici^ia 
more  resolute  to  ruin  it ;  and  thr 
that  Paris,  destroyed  hy  forei^^n  '^' 
temal  dissensions,  would  fall 
"  narrow  limits  of  the  agea  of 
The  general  tenor  of  the  i 
same  cast,  and  the  last  imi 
mind  of  the  reader  of  the  U'  k 
plusage  of  undesigned  errnr  all 
always  in  the  world  a  Ini 
spired  but  perfectly  auii 
however,  only  after  its  fuUiluLen;  Uia.1  any  ^tq< 
phecy  can  be  proved  genuine.  D.  Hlais-i] 

Melboarne. 


tmiTena 


re  mtoi 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


{4^  S.  Tii.  428.) 

Thh  quaint  and  liamorotia  ditty  was  formerly 
very  po^mlar  in  South  Laacoshire  and  in  Cbe«hire. 
Even  atill  it  is  frequently  sung^  by  farmers'  sons 
and  daughters  whilst  driving-  in  springs  carta  on 

Sic-nic  excursions  to  Dunham  Park,  Rostheme 
Teer,  Belle  Vue,  &c.  Indeed,  only  sjk  few  months 
ago  1  saw  a  gentleman  make  hia  d{'htU  before  a 
Weat-Riding^  Yorkshire,  audience  at  a  "  Penny 

Rl^g/'  singing  this  song  to  the  best  of  his 
■^4  So  uiorough  waa  the  appreciation  and 
^'  the  laughter  at  song  and  ainger,  one  or 
hj  that  he  declared  he  would  never  appear  in 
public  Again,  The  South  Lancashire  veri^ion  is 
much  like  the  one  given  by  Mr.  Morris,  allowing 
for  the  diflorence  of  dialect,  except  that  the  anxious 
mother  advises  him  to  **  put  on  hia  fine  clothes 
wad  hia  new  yeUow  hose/'  in  order  to  captivate 
tBe  afTections  of  the  fair  sex.  But  the  Cheshire 
TersioD^  obtained  from  Nantwich  seventeen  years 
ftgo,  which  I  give  verbatimj  is  by  far  the  best  I 
bare  seen.    It  is  entitled — 

"Robin  in  ttarth  of  a  Wife, 
**'  I  am  thee  mother,  and  thee  art  ray  son, 
Come  listen  to  pftrent's  advice, 
Put  on  thy  bc«t  clolhfia  and  thy  mvcai  yellow  hoaa, 
Ao^l  go  out  and  seek  thee  a  wife— thee  must ! 

Aye  thee  must,  sure  th«e  mtast, 
Go  out  and  e«ek  thcc  a  wif(>— thee  must !  * 
•*  So  Robin  be  put  on  his  holiday  dothea. 
Which  were  neither  tatter'd  nor  torn, 
HiA  iwc^t  yellow  hose,  as  well  as  bU  clothes ; 
Be  looked  Uke  a  gentleman  bom — he  did  I 

Ave  he  did,  eitre  he  did, 
He  looked  like  a  getitlemau  bom^-he  did  i 
**  He  had  not  gone  aJoag  very  far. 

When  he  met  a  farmer's  fat  daughter  called  Grace  ; 
He  had  ooly  just  aj^ken  but  two  or  three  words. 
When  she  hit  him  a  slnp  in  the  face — she  did ! 

Aye  she  did,  sure  she  did. 
She  hit  him  a  alap  in  the  face— she  did  ! 
•<  As  ItobiD  was  walking  the  street  one  day, 
Ttiinking  of  nothing  but  folks. 
He  hAppened  to  kiss  the  wife  of  a  priest ; 
She  had  him  put  into  the  stocks— she  did  I 

Aye  she  did,  sure  she  did,   ' 
She  had  him  put  into  the  stodcs-^he  did  t 

••  Now  Robin  sat  sobbing  and  aiKhlng  fuU  sore. 
And  kicked  up  a  terrible  bother ; 
•  If  this  ia  the  way  the  men  get  their  wives, 
ni  go  home  and  live  with  my  mother— 1  will  1 

Aye  I  will,  sure  1  will, 
m  go  home  and  live  \i'ith  my  mother— I  will ! ' 

**  So  come  take  down  the  tabor,  and  play  us  a  tune, 
And  take  down  the  meal  from  the  ihelf. 
For  we  shall  have  muBic  and  dancioig  in  fuJl^ 
For  Robin's  a  man  of  himself—hels  I 

Aye  he  is,  sure  he  14, 
For  Robin's  a  man  of  hunself— be  is ! 

•♦  •  I'll  tell  thee  now,  mother^  it's  no  such  nice  thing, 
I  was  never  more  shamed  in  my  life  j 


IVe  spoiled  my  best  clothes  and  my  sweet  yellow  hose. 
And  111  never  more  seek  for  a  wife — I  won't ! 

No  I  won't,  sure  I  won*t  I 
I'll  never  more  seek  for  a  wife— I  wonH  I  *  " 

John  Hiqsou 
Lees,  near  OUham. 


KIPPEK. 
(4^'^  S.  vii.  4090 

Our  lexicographers  have  been  singularly  unfor- 
tunate in  their  treatment  of  a  class  of  words 
closely  allied  to  l-ipper.  The  idea  of  something 
crooked,  or  something  turned  suddenly  or  sticking 
out  abruptly  from  a  normal  direction,  is  common 
to  the  whole  class.  Thus  we  have,  from  the  form 
of  the  things  named^  gibhet  fiXi^jib-hmtm  ;  and  to 
Jihe^  from  the  action  of  a  horse  or  boat  in  starting 
aside  from  a  direct  course.  On  both  sides  of  the 
common  border  of  England  and  Scotland,  a  cow 
with  a  crooked  horn,  that  is,  with  a  horn  abruptly 
bent  upwards  or  downwards,  is  called  a  hppit 
cow;  the  tumed-up  plate  of  a  man's  shoe  is  a 
htppit  toe-plate ;  a  tumed-un  nose  a  kippit  nose, 
&c.  A  stick  with  a  turned  handle  is  always  a 
"  dbby  "  stick, 

Ilalliwell  gives  gib-fieh  as  the  name  of  the  milter 
of  the  salmon  in  the  North.  Jamieaon  {Eti^m, 
Diet,  of  Scot  iMng,  SuppL)  says  gib  (g  hard)  is 
used  m  Et  trick  Forest  to  denote  the  beak  or 
hooked  upper  lip  of  the  male  salmon* 

I  think,  then,  it  may  bo  fairly  concluded  that 
the  word  ktpptr  h  only  a  corrupt  form  of  gibhr. 
A  kipper  salmon  is  a  salmon  with  a  Jcippit  nose. 

Those  who  know  how  the  word  kipjier  is  pro-' 
ootmced  in  Scotland  will  recognise  it  in  the  fol- 
lowing verse,  which  I  have  met  with  in  Watson's 
Choice  C&Uedum  of  Ct^mic  and  Seriom  Scots  Poettis 
Qjm,  1700,  /7ll),  in  a  description  of  **  The 
Blythesome  Wedding,"  which  ia  said  to  be  *'  the 
first  of  the  sangs  of  the  Lowlands  to  bo  met  with 
in  print  ** : — 

**  And  there  will  be  sow-libber  Peottie, 
and  plouckie-fjic't  Watt  i^  the  Mill  j 
Cap  per- nosed  Gib  hie  &  Francie, 
that  wins  i*  the  howe  0'  the  hill." 

Though  Jamieaon  failed  to  see  the  true  mea 
of  the  word  kipjk^r,  his  explanation  of  it  contaiiii"^ 
matter  of  interest,  lie  says  (Supplement) :  — 
"  Eiifper  originally  denoted  salmon  in  the  state  of 
spaNvnia^,  and  was  synoaymous  with  *  reid  fische.' " 
The  title  of  an  Act  of  7ames  IV.  (1503),  c.  72, 
ia  <*  of  slauchter  of  redde  fish,  or  kip  per. '^ 

Skinner  thinks  the  word  denotes  youngr  salmon, 
or  fry,  from  Belg.  kippm  =  to  hatch.  Kipper  ier 
properly  the  name  given  to  the  male  fish ;  tho 
female  is  called  a  roan,  or  roaner,  on  the  Border. 
We  read  in  Acts,  Hen*  VU»  c.  21,  **  That  no  person 
take  and  kyl  any  salmons  or  trowtesnot  heymg  in 
seaeon^  being  kepper  salmons,  or  kepper  txowtes^ 


544 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


t^tJ-S-VII.  Jux«24,7L 


eliedder  salmons,  or  shedder  trowtes";  and  in 
Eot  Pari  60  Edward  III.  (Cowel),  '*  that  no 
salmon  be  taken  between  Gravesend  and  Henley- 
upon-Thames  in  kipper-time,  tiz.  between  the  In- 
vention of  the  Cross  (3  Mar)  and  the  Epiphany." 


TnoMAS  DoBSON,  B.A. 


Kipper,  according  to  Webster,  is  '^  a  term  ap- 
plied to  salmon  when  'unfit  to  be  taken,  and  to 
the  time  when  they  are  so  considered."  Kip- 
pered salmon  are — 

"Salmon  split  open,  salted,  and  dried.  The  word 
IdpperttX.  first  denoted  a  fish  immediately  after  the  spawn- 
ing season ;  and  as  such  fish  are  not  cobd  for  food  whUe 
frtth,  they  were  usually  cured  and  hung  up.  Whence 
the  word  properly  denoting  a  spawning  salmon  came  to 
mean  a  salted  and  dried  salmou." — Jamieson's  Scot.  Diet 

Dr.  J.  further  suggests  that  the  word  kijyper 
may  literally  mean  **  beaked  "  £sh  from  the  Scotch 
word  kipf  a  hook,  a  jutting  point ;  and  I  suppose 
that  thus  construed  the  name  expresses  the  ap- 
pearance of  the  fish  out  of  season. 

It  is  hardly  likely  that  this  word  has  any  con- 
nection with  the  English  word  *'  keeper." 

D.  B. 

Paisley. 

Kipe  (from  the  Saxon  Cypa)^ 

''A  basket  or  engine  made  of  osiers,  broad  at  the  end, 
and  narrower  by  degrees,  nsed  in  Oxfordshire  and  other 
parts  of  England  for  the  taking  of  fish,  and  fishing  with 
those  engines  is  called  kipping.  Wo  read  that  no  salmon 
flball  be  taken  between  Gravesend  and  Henley-upon- 
Thames  in  kipper  time,  viz.  between  the  3rd  of  iiay  and 
the  Epiphany.  Rot.  Pari,  60  Ed.  III."  (Jacob's  Lax 
Diet.) 

G.  M.  T. 

THE  DUKE  OF  BUCKINGHAM'S  MOTHER. 
(4"»  S.  Tii.  4C9.) 

It  has  lonff  been  reckoned  amongst  the  ex- 
ploded scandals  of  history  that  this  brilliant  and 
accomplished  countess,  who  played  so  prominent 
a  part  in  the  court  of  James  L,  was  originally 
a  kitchenmaid  of  mean  descent.  This  absurd  story 
has  lately  been  reproduced  by  Mr.  Ilepwortn 
Dixon  with  so  many  circumstimtial  details  with- 
out a  shadow  of  foundation,  that  one  is  almost 
afraid  of  correcting  one  of  the  blunders  in  his  nar- 
rative, for  fear  of  being  supposed  to  acquiesce  in 
the  rest.  Those  who  write  on  historical  subjects 
in  the  spirit  of  the  song  at  the  music  halls,  "that 
every  dodge  is  fair  which  will  make  a  good  sensa- 
tion," scarcely  deserve  serious  refutation.  The 
pedigrees  of  Villiers  and  Beaumont  in  the  third 
volume  of  Nichols's  Leicestershire  are  incom- 
plete and  require  some  corrections;  but  the  parent- 
age of  Anthony  Beaumont,  the  father  of  the 
xsountess,  appears  in  the  Visitation  of  Leicester- 
sbiieaflOlS. 


Mb.  Gabdineb  is  mistaken  in  supposing  that 
there  is  any  doubt  about  the  marriage  of  Lady 
Villiers  to  Sir  William  Reyner;  for  the  marria^ 
took  place  at  Qoadby  on  Jane  19, 1606,  and  is 
dul^  recorded  in  the  parish  register.  Peck,  the 
antiquaiy,  extracted  from  the  Goadby  r^isten 
all  tne  entries  of  the  Villiers  family,  and  they 
were  reprinted  by  Nichols  (voL  ii.  p.  196).  The 
following  extract  from  these  registers  supplies  wk 
amusing  illustration  of  Mr.  Dixon^s  recklessness  cf 
statement :  — 

« 1607,  April  8.  Sir  William  fielding  sad  Mrs.  SoM 
Villitts  married.*' 

It  is  clear  from  this  entry  that  Snsan  Mllien 
married  Sir  William  Fielding,  one  of  the  prindpil 
knights  in  Leicestershire,  and  afterwards  Esn  <tf 
Denbigh,  in  the  next  year  after  the  death  of  her 
father,  Sir  George  Villiers,  and  some  time  before 
her  mother  mamed  her  third  husband.  Sir  Thomsa 
Compton.  But  what  does  Mr.  Hepworth  Dixon 
say  about  it  l*  — 

<<  A  *litt]A  man,  a  dmnkard,  and  a  fooV  Sir  Thooafl 
Compton  'tras  the  butt  of  his  county,  and  the  makesport 
of  his  village  green.  But  what  were  such  thuigs  to  a 
parent  with  her  four  small  children — John,  George,  Kit, 
and  Susanj  to  feed  and  clothe  ?  She  knew  that  he  was 
rich,  and  that  was  enough  for  her." 

I  should  like  to  know,  by  the  bye,  what  evideaca 
there  is  of  the  gre-at  riches  of  Sir  Thomas  Compton. 

TSWAXS. 

Since  my  note  was  written,  I  have  found  evi- 
I  denceof  the  second  marriage  of  Lady  MUieis.  Ins 
pedigree  (State  Papers,  Domestic,  xc  10),  which  w 
proved  by  internal  evidence  to  have  been  drawn 
up  as  early  as  1017,  Buckingham's  mother  is  said 
to  have  been  married  the  second  time  to  Sir  W. 
Ranger.  There  are  other  misspellings  in  the 
pedigree,  so  that  the  name  may  be  identical  with 
Sir  vV.  Reyner.  If  it  is,  she  must  have  married 
very  soon  after  her  husband's  death,  and  the 
name  "Maria  Villiers"  in  the  list  referred  to 
must  have  been  left  uncorrected.  As  she  had  no 
special  bequest  in  SirW.  Reyner's  will,  she  nnat, 
if  he  is  the  husband  in  question,  have  been  en- 
titled to  her  dower  out  of  his  lands — another 
argument  against  her  extreme  poverty. 

I  would  tfJre  this  opportunity  of  pointing  oat 
two  misprints  or  miswntmgs  in  my  note  at  p.  47(X 
In  the  pedigree  there  should  be,  of  course,  no 
I  horizontal  line  connecting  Nicholas  Beaumont 
]  with  Mary  Beaumont ;  and  the  date  at  whidi^ 
George  Villiers  was  siud  to  be  fourteen  yeeis  » 
more  is  Nov.  23,  not  Nov.  8, 1661. 

S.  B.  GabdiA 


J 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


545 


SONNET  QUERIES. 

(4**'  S.  Tii  456.) 

J  Mr,  Botjciuer  will  find  the  soonet  on  the  Kil© 
'  isL  The  Life  and  Letters  of  KvaU,  by  K«  Moncktou 
BClnea  (Moxon,  1848),  L  90.  In  a  letter  to  lik 
bi^Dthera  from  nampstead,  Feb,  16^  1818,  Keats 
writes:  "The  WeoDesday  before  last,  Shelley, 
Hunt,  and  I  each  wrote  a  aonnet  on  tlie  river 
NUe."  The  aonnets  of  Shelley  and  Hunt  are  well 
Jmown  as  magnificent  specimens  of  their  clti^  of 
poetry.  Keats',  which  was  certidnlr  lea^t  suc- 
eeaaful  of  the  tliree,  and  ia  not  included  in  bis 
^oemsj  runs  aa  follows  i  — 

**  TO  THK  NILK. 

**  Son  of  the  old  moon-motiataina  Africau* 
Strenm  of  the  P\Tamid  and  eroctxiil?? ! 
Wc  call  Xhm  fruitful,  and  tlmt  ver>'  whUe 
A  desert  lilU  oar  sceiog's  inward  span : 
Knrve  of  swart  nattoDS  since  the  world  began, 
All  thou  to  fruitful  ?  or  doat  thou  beguile 
Tliose  men  to  honour  thee,  who  worn  with  toil, 
Host  them  a  space  'twixt  Cairo  and  Decan  ? 
O  mjiy  dxak  fanctea  err  1    They  Hurely  do  \ 
Tifl  WDoranoe  that  makea  a  barren  waste 
or  alibeyond  itself.    Thou  dost  bedew 
Greun  rushes  like  our  rivers,  and  dost  taste 
The  pleoaajit  sun-rise.  Green  islea  hajt  thou  too, 
And  to  the  jiea  aa  liappily  dost  haste.'* 

This  would  seem  to  have  been  not  the  unique 
utfttaoce  of  a  poetical  tournament  of  the  kind 
lietween  these  highly-gifted  men.  Both  Leigb 
Hoat  and  Keats  wrote  a  sonnet  each  on  the  graas^ 
liopper  and  cricket ;  Leigh  Hunt's  beginning :  — 

'*  Green  little  yaulLer  in  the  sunny  gtass,** — 
ftnd  Keats'  — 

**  The  poetry  of  earth  is  never  dead-" 
I  quite   a^ee  with  Mtt.  BoucnTEE  that  Mr. 
Boesetti'a  version  of  the  line  from  the  Adomm  of 
Slielley  is  a  mistake.    The  emphasis  belongs  to 
the  word  *^wild,"  not  to  the  coirj  unction  "And." 

G.  J.  De  WtLDE. 


Mh.  Joit^TEAN  BoFOHiER  questJoDS  the  cor- 
rectness, as  regards  rhythm,  of  Mr,  Kossetti's 
alteration  of  around  to  round.  In  defence  of  3Ir, 
IRosaetti's  reading:,  if  it  requires  any,  in  the  fii-st 
place  I  beg  It^ave  to  say  that  this  accomplished 
editor  has  a  precedent  in  earlier  editions*  I  have 
one,  published  by  Milner  ajid  Soweiby,  giving  the 
line  in  question  the  same  as  Mr.  Kossetti.  And  in 
HhB  second  instance,  I  cannot  iwi'ee  with  Mb. 
B^UCHiEB  in  his  correction,  and  I  do  it  with  the 
less  reluctance,  as  Mb.  Bouchxeb  ia  so  far  unde- 
cided himself  as  to  ask  other  opinbns.  The  line 
in  debate  is  a  most  perfect  Alexandrine;  and 
throughout  the  whole  poem  SheUey  has  preserved 
the  close  of  his  stamtaa  unvaried  by  increase  or 
decrease  of  syllables,  If  a  had  been  prefixed  to 
roundt  it  would  have  been  an  exception;  and  I 
eftimot  help  thinking,  with  due  deference  to  Me. 
BoucittEB,  an  uopleasing  one.    The  emphasis  on 


**  And,"  as  the  line  now  nms,  is  slight,  and  its 
weight  is  on  the  "  wild  winds,''  then  on  the  paose 
at  round;  the  first  syllable  of  the  second  member 
of  the  verso  answers^  but  with  a  much  stronger 
accent,  to  the  ♦*  And  "  of  the  first  Thus  it  runs : — 
"  And  the  wild  tmnds  flew  round,  fobh'mQ  iu  their  ilhmnyj* 

It  is  the  only  instance  in  the  elegy  of  two 
monosyllables  eounded  long  coming  together — 
^'wild  winds/'  and  the  auperfiuous  a  to  rotmd^ 
would  to  my  ear  be  very  inharmonious. 

J.  A,  G. 

Carisbrooke. 

GERMAN   LUTEERAN  CHURCH,   DUBLm* 
(S'**  S,  X.  302,  4B40 

By-  the  kindness  of  a  friend  I  have  been  lately 
furnished  with  a  copy  of  the  following  document, 
which,  us  I  have  oeen  informed,  has  never  ap- 
peared in  print,  and  which,  unless  I  am  mistaken, 
will  be  deemed  interesting  by  many  of  your 
readers : — 

**-i  Short  Statement  of  the  German  Church  and 
Conffregfation, 

"  It  was  about  the  ^^ear  1698  that  a  Mr,  Lichtenstein 
came  to  Dublin  to  try  if  he  could  find  a  congregation  of 
Germans.  He  sneeeeded  in  collecting  a  small  number, 
who  agreed  to  receive  him  as  their  mini»teri  and  pay  him 
n  salary  by  voluntary  subscnjitiou ;  but  as  the  mo;ii  of 
them  were  poor,  they  were  notable  to  give  him  as  much 
as  was  neoeeaary  to  anpport  hims&If  and  fomily.  Mn 
Lichtenatein  offered  to  go  to  Londou  and  the  Continent, 
and  trj^  to  raise  flubscriptiona,  which  he  did ;  and  rccoivod 
a  good  doal, which  \vm  afterwards  applied  to  the  buLklbng 
of  tbts  church  and  dwelling- ho  use  for  the  minister  in 
Poolbeg-street.  In  the  year  1706  a  ^Ir.  Kellinghmcn 
succeeded  him  ;  and  under  his  dirwrting  the  church  and 
houAc  wero  built  about  the  year  1725.  It  appears  that 
about  thia  lime  ho  got  a  yearly  fprant  from  the  King  by 
royal  patent,  which  was  renewed  to  his  suceesson^  bat 
was  never  granted  by  Parliament  or  the  Irish  Govern* 
ment*  Aa  oefora  stated,  the  congregation  ha«  bean  con- 
thiuallv  small,  and  most  of  them  poor :  only  one  or  two 
were  a6le  to  contribute  for  the  upholding  the  church  and 
ministry;  of  which  wa«  a  Mr.  Felster,  who  oontribated 
liberally  nearly  fifty  years,  and  at  last  left  In  hh  wUl 
b^\}L  for  the  poor  of  the  German  church ;  by  whidi  he 
could  not  mean  only  what  arc  called  paupers,  but  the 
poor  who  attended  the  church  service,  but  could  coatri^ 
bate  very  little  for  upholding  It.  The  fore- mentioned 
bequest  oame  to  the  church  in  the  year  1 770,  when  a 
Mr.  Molkrwaa  minister;  who  had  also  been  appointed 
hv  atr.  Febter  executor,  to  act  after  the  death  of  Mra. 
Felst^r,  which  happened  in  1769.  From  that  time  the 
interest  of  saiJ  money  baa  been  used  by  minister  and 
churchwarden,  as  it  haa  been  wanted,  for  charity  and 
upholding  said  church.  In  the  year  1806  I  was  a[»pointed 
minister,  and  vtas  promised  100/,  salarj'  per  year,  aa  thoge 
was  no  one  who  would  enijage  for  less.  This  same 
should  be  made  up  in  the  following  way  t  that  h  tJ>  say, 
fitW*  from  Government,  the  other  by  ^  -i ;  and 

what  was  wanting  should  be  added  tV  est  ol 

said  money.    This  was  kept  up  until  Ii^ !    ,  ru  that 

time  the  contribution  ceased,  as  most  of  th«  cotigregation 
had  died,  and  no  now  uettlers  did  come;  so  that  I  could 
not  receive  my  full  salary  any  more,  only  what  came 


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[4««'S.VII.  Ju»b24*»7L 


from  Goyernment  and  the  interest.  I  had  also  from  this  I 
to  keep  the  charch  and  house  in  repair;  by  which,  if  I 
bhonld  be  paid,  there  woald  not  be  sufficient,  if  I  should 
get  the  whole  of  said  500/. ;  but  I  do  not  claim  it,  and 
wish  not  to  deprive  the  church  of  it ;  only  I  have  taken  a 
loan  of  it,  to  finish  some  houses  belonging  to  my  family." 

Appended  to  this  document  there  is  a  note  to 
the  tcmowing  effect : — 

*•  This  is  my  father's  own  writing.  I  have  only  to  add, 
that  when  the  other  grants  to  charities  from  Government 
were  stopped,  my  father's  salary  was  likewise  withdrawn. 
— C.  M.  Shulze." 

Abhba. 

Ancient  Riddles  (4*»»  S.  viL  514) — The 
answer  to  the  first  riddle  is  certainly  the  moon^  as 
sug^ted.  The  second  is  rather  a  prophecy  than 
a  nddle.  and  refers  to  the  overthrow,  soon  after 
the  Reiormation,  of  the  celebrated  ''Rood  of 
Chefiter,"'formerly  a  favourite  object  of  pilgrimage. 
This  cross, mentioned  in  Piers  the  Plovnnany  pass.  y. 
L  469  (B  text),  stood  beside  the  "sacred  Dee," 
as  Tennyson  calls  it,  in  a  spot  to  which  it  gave 
the  name  of  Rood-eye  or  cross-island,  now  cor- 
rupted into  Roodee  in  the  attempt  to  assimilate 
the  latter  part  of  the  word  to  the  name  of  the 
river.  The  prophecy  merely  asserts  the  downfall 
of  this  cross,  and  was  probably  written  soon  after 
the  event.  Walter  W.  Skeat. 

1,  Cintra  Terrace,  Cambridge. 

Sun-dial  Inscbiptions  (4**"  S.  \ij.  255,  877, 
622.)  —  At  Middleburg,  the  capital  of  Zealand, 
in  the  island  of  Flushing,  there  is  a  fine  old  town- 
hall,  built  1408  by  Charles  the  IJold,  ornamented 
with  twenty-five  colossal  statues  of  coimts  and 
countesses  of  Flanders.  Above  the  face  of  the 
clock  affixed  to  this  building  there  is  the  inscrip- 
tion— 

"  Prietcreunt  et  imputantur." 
No  doubt "  Periunt  et  imputantur"  already  quoted 
In  "  N.  &  Q."  is  to  be  preferred. 

It  has  struck  me  that  part  of  the  tenth  verse  of 
the  ninetieth  psalm  might  form  another  solemn 
inscription  for  a  clock  or  sun-dial— 

"  Soon  passeth  it  away,  and  we  arc  gone  " ; 
or— 

"  Irrevocable  I  Irreparable." 

Round  the  clock  at  Keir  House,  near  Dunblane, 
the  seat  of  Sir  William  Stirling  Maxwell,  the  fol- 
lowing striking  inscription  appears : — 

"  Hours  ani  Time's  shafts,  and  one  comes  winged  with 
death." 

R.  B.  S. 

John  Dyer  (4»»>  S.  vii.  232,  353,  443,  524.)— 
Mr.  Jackson  knows  the  old  proverb,  that  ''  two 
blacks  don't  make  a  white,''  and  it  is  needless  to 
bring  forward  instances  of  bad  grammar  in  Shake- 
speare, Pope,  and  Byron  to  excuse  the  same  faults 
in  Dyer.  If  he  had  written  such  poetry  as  theirs 
we  might  pardon  him  a  slip  in  grammar  now  and 
iheu}  hut — to  quote  another  vulgar  ada^e— "^i.. 


J4GKB0N  ''falls  out  of  the  fiying-pan  into  the 
£ie  "  in  suggesting  an  amendment  or  Dyer's  Tezb. 
''  Thou  who  Um  "  would  be  just  as  bad  as  ''  thoa 
who  he:' 

As  for  the  linnet,  of  course  Dyer  used  the  WQid 
yeUaw  as  an  epithet  without  any  intention  ci  oni- 
thologicall^  distinguishing  the  bird  from  the  gieen 
or  brown  land.  The  twittering  of  the  linnet  sug- 
gests nothing  poetical  or  pensive,  in  harmony  with 
the  ''purple  evening,"  and  tiie  bird^  being  an 
early  rooster,  does  not  sing  at  that  tune  at  alL 
Ana  now  I  tnink  we  had  better  let  poor  Dyer  zeit 
In  his  obscurity.  Jatdek. 

EooD  Screens  dt  Suffolk  CnrBCHBS  (4*  8. 
vii.  148,  267,  610.)— Allow  me  to  remind  Mb. 
Marsh  with  regard  to  his  kindly-intended  con- 
tribution, that  it  will  be  most  desirable  (as  indeed 
he  vrill  have  learned  from  the  endless  controveifly 
on  the  unhappily  destroyed  Starston  fresco,  the 
original  copy  of  which  is  now  known  to  be  of 
doubtful  accuracy)  to  wrify  the  statements  and 
inscriptions  sent  to  him  before  printing  them,  siooe 
akilful  draughtsmen  like  Mr.  Watling,  and  even 
clergy,  are  not  always  quite  accurate  in  copjin^ 
legends  or  skilled  in  reading  the  contractea  and 
indistinct  words. 

Possibly  Mr.  Marsh  might  obtain  valuable 
assistance  from  Mr.  R  L.  Blackburn,  F.A.S.|  who 
in  his  professional  duties  as  architect  has  for  many 
years  been*  compiling  the  History  of  the  Rood- 
Bcreens  of  SufTolK  and  other  counties  from  personal 
inspection,  and  some  time  since  issued  a  prospeetitt 
of  a  forthcoming  and  evidently  very  careful  wod[ 
on  the  subject.  Suffolk  AjraariBT. 

"  The  Grpatest  Clerks  are  not  the  Wisest 
Men"(4^S.  vii.  409.)— 

«  The  grctest  clerkcs  ben  not  the  wysest  men. 
As  Ymilom  to  the  wolf  thus  spake  the  mare.'' 

This  is  the  only  passage,  so  far  as  I  can  remwn- 

ber,  in  the  Canterbury  Tales,  containing  an  alluaion 

to  any  incident  in  The  History  of  Heynard  tk 

j  Foxe,    Mr.  Thomas  Wright,  in  his  note  on  the 

above  lines,  says :  — 

**  The  fable  of  the  wolf  and  the  mare  is  fouDd  in  tfa» 
Latin  iEsopcan  collections,  and  in  the  eariy  Frencli  poem 
of  Renard  Je  Contrefait,  from  whence  it  appears  to  MW 
been  taken  into  the  English  Reynard  the  I'ojc." 

Now  it  is  quite  true  that  the  story  occnis  in 
Reynard  le  Cmdrefait  and  in  other  early  poesji; 
but  it  certainly  iid  not  come  into  the  Epgyu 
Reynard  from  the  French  poem  just  mentioDei 
Caxton  translated,  as  we  all  Know,  from  the  Dutw 
prose  Historic  van  Reijnaert  de  J  os,  printed  at 
Gouda  in  1479,  and  his  translation  is  for  the  suMt 
part  fMthful,  fully  justifying  his  own  statemtfi: 
*<I  haue  not  added  ne  mynusshed,  but  hanefcj-  \ 
owed  as  nyghe  as  I  can  my  copye,  whiche  was* 
dutche  " ;  and  this  fable  of  the  wolf  and  the  W» 
\  (oTtcA  T3L0  exception  to  the  fidelity  with  which  M 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES, 


547 


iiAs  **folowed  his  copye."  It  may  be  observed 
that  Chaucer  appears  either  to  have  had  an  im- 
perfect acquaiut*ince  with  the  fable,  or  to  have 
quoted  from  memory ;  for  it  was  not  the  mare  at 
^1,  but  Iteynard  himaelf  who  thus  addressed  the 
wolf,  the  mare  having  quietly  trotted  away  with 
her  foal  as  soon  as  she  had  shown  laegnni  the 
price  which  was  written  on  her  hoof. 

F.  NORGATE. 

Montaigne  (Ess.,  liv*  i.  ch.  xxiv.)  quotes :  — 
*•  Mng^is  magnos  clericos  non  etint  tUAgU  mugnos  sapi* 

And  his  editor  (ed.  Didot,  Paris,  1802),  tbe  poet 
Pegmer's  translation  i  — 

♦*  Le«  plu5  graada  clorcs  ne  «ont  pas  Us  plus  fins." 
James  Knowles, 

Scss^s  Folk  Lore  :  The  Slowwohm  (4^  S»  vii, 
427.) — In  Norfolk  the  saying  is — 

•*  If  snakea  could  hear  and  slows  cotild  tet^ 
Nur  loao  noir  beast  would  ever  be  free." 

The  ^low-worm  is  known  as  the  liind-wofm 
^Teryw  here,  G.  A*  C* 

**Fro3i  Ci/iGs  TO  Cloos/'etc.  (4^''  S.  Tii,  472.) 
M.  D»  ha^  «ent  you  ti  refined  copy  of  the  proverb 
in  question.  The  original,  1  venture  to  tliink,  is 
tlie  better  of  the  two:  '* There's  nobbut  three 
generations  atween  dogg  and  clogs." 

HBEMBNTEtTDE. 

''  ts ''  AND  ^'  En  ''  (4'»»  S.  Ylpamm ;  vii.  50, 193, 
264.)  — I  have  been  prevented  by  a  long  ilbiess 
from  enticing  Dr,  Dixon's  reply  to  me  before.  My 
•*  languHge/'  of  which  he  complains,  is  simply  that 
of  the  facts.  I  am  sorry  they  do  not  accommodate 
themselves  to  Dr.  Dixok's  hypothesia,  but  surely 
that  is  no  fault  of  mine.  It  appears,  however,  tha't 
tbe  real  combatant,  conveniently  sheltering  him- 
self imder  Ds.  Dixojt's  buckler,  ia  "  the  author  of 
se?^al  learned  works  and  the  professor  at  a 
foreign  university."  and^  moreover,  "one  of  the 
most  distinguished  scholars  and  philologists  of  the 
age/'  Well,  "non  omnea  oumia  scimus,''  This 
g«litlemau  may  perhaps  be  a  profcfesor  of  geology 
or  of  oriental  languages,  but  certainly  not  of 
French  J  and  therefore  (especiiilly  as  we  do  not 
Imow  who  he  is)  I  hope  one  may,  without  want 
of  courtesy,  question  his  authority  ivhen  it  is 
opposed  to  that  of  all  the  philologists  of  France, 
It  vdll  be  remembered  that  I  before  asked  Dr. 
Dixon  where  he  **  discovered  ^*  **  ea  science,**  "  ^ 
droit,"  and  *'^  philosophie.''  lie  now  informs 
UA  that  those  phenomena  are  "very  common  in 
French  Switzerland  and  elsewhere,*'  as  well  as  on 
ibe  rifiiting  cards  of  some  of  his  acquaintance  (bad 
'cess  to  the  engravers  I) ;  and  adds  that  **  Dncteur 
^  droit,''  in  the  newspapers,  is  as  frequent  aa  **  Doo- 
teuT  an  droit"  In  the  presence  of  these  statements 
I  admit  I)r,  Dixox's  rights  as  a  discoverer,  but 


demur  to  the  value  of  the  discoveries ;  especially 
as  the  accomplished  Littr^,  after  working  inde- 
fatigably  on  his  great  dictionary  for  twenty -four 
years,  seems  to  have  been  enUiely  ignorant  of 
them.  Perhaps  the  incatmu  professor  would  ob- 
ligingly conmaunicate  them  to  him  for  insertion 
in  the  "  SnppMment,"  I  have  often  read  with 
great  interest  Br.  Dixon^s  valuable  contributions 
on  ballad  literature  in  "  N.  &  Q.,^*  but  I  submit, 
that  this  case  of  "^*  and  en^^  comes  under  quite 
another  category.  J.  Paok* 

KUdare  Gardens. 

In  the  BovcUer  de  la  Fmff  ov  defense  de  la  con^ 
fessioii  de  fo\j  des  EgltM^  rS fannies  de  France ,  by 
Herre  da  Moulin  (1619),  this  word  and  its  com- 
pounds are  very  frequently  met  with.  Thus,  in 
sec.  X.  p.  85,  **  lis  nous  ont  laiascS  I'Euangile  iji 
Escritures,  pour  ©str©  colomno  v^  appuy  de  nostre 
foy,'^  is  given  as  a  translation  of  t^e  passage, 
*♦  Evangel! urn  »V*  scripturis  nobis  tradiderunt,  fun* 
damentum  &  columna  fidei  nostno  futurum" — ^s 
plainly  meaning  "  dans  les,''  But  I  have  not  as 
yet  noticed  any  reference  in  your  columns  to  the 
words  esquekf  isqutUes^  &c.,  compounds  of  ^^,  and 
implying  ^*  dam  ksqwetW'  Here  is  a  line,  from 
the  some  work,  which  ehows  it^  own  significa* 
tion ;  — 

"  lis  sf  auent  que  le  iour  ]i*Qst  pas  plus  oontraire  [k  la 
Duict  que  lea  ftudtus  coacUes  aux  noaueaux,  vioueh  U 
pa|>e  Tegle  tout  &  ordoane  de  tout . . .  dans  leaqueb,"  etc. 

Then  again ;  — 

**  Uae  dgliw  partiouli^ro  est  Aujette  k  ettct,  mesme  en 
ce  dont  11  a^agit,  h  e^auoir  ii  faire  defl  remonstrancea,  el 
vser  (user)  de  cenaurea,  eaquelUt  (daua  lesquelles)  se 
cammetteat  des  fautea*^* 

H.  W,  R. 

Jersey* 

Date  of  CitATTCER's^BiRTn  (4'"  S.  vii.  412, 478.) 
Ms.  FuBJf  ivALL  speaks  of  Chaucer's  *'  Boke  of  the 
Duchesse '"  as  '*  essentially  the  work  of  a  young 
hand,  of  a  man  under  thirty."  I  will  not  'pause 
to  consider  how  few  men  of  such  an  age  could 
have  written  one  of  the  most  melodious  and  hautU' 
vit/  poems  that  ever  was  penned,  but  I  ask  per- 
mission to  call  the  attention  of  your  correspond- 
ents to  a  difticulty  in  the  chronology  of  this  poem. 
Chaucer  deecribea  the  duke  as — 

"  A  wonder  welfariog  knight,  .  .  . 

Of  good  mokc!K  and  right  yong  thorto, 

Of  the  age  of  four  and  tweotte  ycre." 

The  Buchesa  Blanche  died  in  1300— an  undis- 
puted date;  and  in  that  year  John  of  Gaimt, 
according  to  the  received  date  of  hii  birth,  would 
be  twenty-nine,  not  twenty-four.  His  friend 
Chaucer  can  hardlv  have  failed  to  know  his  age, 
which  is  attested  oy  Froissart  and  other  histo- 
rians, but  not  (so  far  as  my  researches  have  in- 
formed  me)  by  any  State  document  otherwise  thaiL 
inferentiaUy.  Tb«»  tosl  m^v^Si^  SSswbXV  ^s^^^ 
him  ia  ia  ou^  ot  \>x^  Botul\  CwtTaT^u\«>.«m  ^<a^ 


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[4«»8.TII.Jujie24,71. 


pkii  LiberOTum  Mf^w^  tindar  date  Feb.  16^  1S41. 
£iiig  EdwJird,  who  was  fiometimeg  dilatoTy  in  hia 
p&Tmeiiti^  did  not  beatow  his  gift  of  lOQ/p  reward 
tbi  the  tidings  of  bU  san^a  Wth  (which  thiee 
Indies  hod  to  divide  among  them)  until  Julyr 
1342  (Mot  Riit.  Mi^A.  16  Edw.  UL)  These  two 
entries  may,  however,  be  taken  as  confirmatory 
6Tidence  of  John  of  Gaunt 'a  bkth  in  1340,  con- 
Hideriug  al§o  that  Edmund^  who  waa  certtuiily  hie 
younger  brother,  was  bom  in  1341,  How  shall 
we  account  for  the  five  years'  di^repancy  between 
the  datea  P  HERME3f  tb'D^be, 

«  Heaet  of  HEiRia  "  (4*'*  S,  rii,  362,  SOD,  463,) 
Among  the  able  writora  who  Have  assisted  to  give 
currency  to  this  phraae,  ia  Mr.  Anthony  TroUope, 
ATi  gr. :  — 

•*  Id  hfir  heart  or  liearts  Mra,  GFantly  hated  Affs^Prou- 
die^that  h,  with  the  sort  of  faatrsil  one  Cbrktian  lAily 
allcrwfl  bflrself  to  feel  towarda  Another/* — Fmmtty  PaFMoa- 

CuxHnEUT  Bebe. 

Glatton  {4^  S.  vii.  964j  44(5,)  — Perhaps  the 
4uemt  meaot  to  ask  why  an  iron-buOt  turret- 
Bhip  was  caKed  *'  Glatton,"  If  bo,  he  will  find 
that  hia  query  has  already  been  answered  by  my- 
aelf  and  others  in  previous  Tolumoa  of  "  N,  Sc  Q./' 
but  m  1  have  not  now  got  them  at  band  I  am  un- 
able to  ^ve  the  exact  reference,  I  may,  however, 
briefly  saf,  that  tho  name  of  '*  Glatton  "  has  been 
preserved  in  the  navy  since  the  beji^inning^  of  the 
century,  when  ^Ir,  WeUs  built  at  Chatham  a  ahip 
of  fifty  guns,  which  be  named  "  Glatton/'  after 
the  Huuting-donabirc  parish  of  thnt  namo,  near  to 
Stilton,  of  which  he  waa  the  lord  of  the  m^mor. 
The  greater  portion  of  the  1^1^,-^11  of  Gktton  still 
belongs  to  Ins  descendants  W.  WeDs,  Esq,,  M.l\, 
of  Holme-wood.  A  full  description  of  the  Gkt- 
ton will  be  found  in  Mr.  Heed  s  Our  Irondad 
Ships.  I  have  often  been  oniused  at  seeing  the 
woTd  miftiirintAd  '*  tliA  DlnHnn/' 

CrrnuERT  Bebe* 


word  misprinted  '*  ^^  Glutton  J 


Glatton  is  a  parish  in  riuutingdonsbire,  and 
gave  name  to  ILM.S.  Glatton,  5U,  in  wbidi  Capt. 
^f*...^       j_  c.:..x  TT  m    ,,  ,       French 


fee 

very  littlo  boy,  occoaional  visits  paid  to  the  gallant 
old  man  in  bis  quiet  home  at  FroBhford,  near 
Bath,  where  he  prided  himaelf;  with  justice,  on 
the  beauty  of  his  garden. 

Was  not  Lord  Simdwich,  First  Loixl  of  the 
Admiralty,  connected  with  Hunts? 

Mackexzje  E.  Walcott,  B.D.,  F.S.A. 

Maidbnwkll,  near  Louth  (4"»  S.  vii.  380.) 

The  first  of  the  family  of  Mosely  living  at 
Maidenwell  in  the  eighteenth  century  was  an  ad- 
lierent  of  the  House  of  Stuart,  who  raised  a  troop 
of  hone  in  1715,  and  was  made  prisonei  Skt  Pi^- 
ton.     After  many  adyentures  ne  Bucce«><i^^  m 


escaping  to  Franca,  wbeie  he  resided  for  mmB 

time,  but  ultimately  came  hock  to  Knghmd,  and 
not  venturing  to  return  to  the  north,  settled  at 
Maidenwell  under  the  assumed  name  of  Moselji 
which  his  desc^mdants  retained.*  A  short  tims 
before  the  rising  of  174d  Prince  Charles  Edward 
visited  Mr,  Mosely  at  Maidenwell  The  prinot 
was  knded  from  the  vessel  which  bad  brought 
him  from  France  somewhere  about  Saltfleetby  bj 
a  man  who  was  known  to  tbe  writer's  grand- 
father >  Burin?  this  visit  the  prince  went  to  Lin- 
coln, and  with  his  usual  recklessness  appeared  tX 
an  entertainment  where  his  presence  excited  sus- 
picion, and  would  have  led  to  his  detention  had  it 
not  been  for  the  vigihrnce  of  his  hoat^  who  acoozn* 
pamed  him  from  Haidenwell.  Amon^zst  othar 
Jacobite  relics  which  have  been  handed  down  m 
his  family^  the  writer  has  in  hia  possession  an  old 
8Jc^'Mi4e  nbbon  of  the  Garter  which  was  worn  hj 
the  prince,  and  left  by  bim  at  MaidenwelU  Hj: 
Closely  died  suddenly  about  the  time  of  tbe  ri^h^ 
of  1745,  from  the  mortifieatiou  of  an  old  woanu 
received  in  1715.  The  authorities  thinking  thit 
bis  eofHn  bad  been  filled  with  stones^  and  thit 
Mr,  Mosely  himself  bad  gone  to  join  tbe  ianif- 
genta,  had  him  disiuterred  and  exposed  to  puUk 
view.  The  Moaelys  being  Catholics,  it  is  not  uht^ 
that  tbe  parish  books  will  contain  any  reigiatir  « 
baptiams,  though  they  may  of  burials.  About 
thirty  ^-eara  ago  there  was  a  atone  in  the  wall  m 
the  inside  of  Farforth  church  recording  the  desth 
of  one  of  Mr.  Mosely 'a  daughters,  R  S.  B. 

Cratjfd-eds  op  Newahh,  Baeokets  (4^  9.  rii 
343p) — I  have  not  seen  Burke*a  Batonti^j^  for 
this  year,  and  do  not  precisely  underataQd  ham 
Mp's  communication  what  arms  utb  now  attrilHitd 
to  the  above  family ;  but  in  the  volume  for  IW 
the]^  are :  Quarterly,  let  and  4tb,  giijes,  a  im» 
ermine;  2nd  and  Srd,  a  chevron  between  tiuw 
crosses  patt^e .  Crest :  an  ermine,^be4»rings  whidl 
can  only  appertain  to  the  descendants  fiout  ths 
marriage  of  Malcolm  Craufurd  of  Greenock  iriti 
Marjory,  daughter  and  heiress  of  John  BoidsT  d 
Kilbimie, 

I  notice,  too,  that  the  present  baronet  is  atyW 
*^of  Kiibimie"?  and  in  the  "Lineage"  Quentm 
Craufurd  of  Newark,  the  father  of  tbe  first  biH^ 
net  (created  1780),  is  called  '*  a  descendant  of  t** 
Graufurds  of  Kilbimie."  The  ermlno  fceee  tai 
the  chevron  and  crosses  x>att^e  are  quartered  tj 
Sir  Hew  Crawfurd-PoUok,  Bart.,  who  it  appein 
to  me  is  alone  entitled  to  the  dedsnatioo  ''rf 
Kilbimie  *';  but  I  write  under  correction. 

Betham,  in  his  BaronHage  (voL  iv.,  Appeodh^ 
p.  15),  gives  a  short  account  of  the  Newark  i«^ 
out  although  tho  then  baronet  ia  called  <<of  M- 
bumey/'  the  pedigree  is  not  caziied  beyond  tlieiU 
baronet,  and  the  arms  are  there  given  as  Anca( 

\  K  Wck'a  head  erased  gules,  which  are  not^  I  ioi4 

\  ^<^>M»saL^  ^'CfiL^^^^li^^amSk  family. 


\ 


4»»S.TU.Jc»»2*,'71.] 


NOTES  AND  QUEEIES 


M9 


The  Rev,  C  H,  Craufurd,  rector  of  Oldswinford, 
in  Wniceatershiro  (whose  fotber,  the  fankius 
r-Generid  Robert  Cmufurd,  was  a  sou  of  Sir 
tuder,  the  first  baronet),  in  n  (pitbH^ibed) 
e  Tuiou  preftched  "on  the  occaaion  of  his  secfmd 
xnarriafire/*  made  the  following  extraordiuarj  state- 
ri     ^        yectinf?  his  family :  — 

:<Ifl  ray  ance5itn%  i  vc\]\  iintr  only  RHj*  that, 
1  Mvith  the  li«roii*  VV'ftllll(:^e,•  I  am  ut  leitBt 

i-  to,  if  not  line^ly  dtHcended  Iroin,  the 

:<  rnufard,  who  ruled  their  broad  domnios 

i  uf  ftiudal  &tjltQ  licform  the  nximy  mtuA- 

warm  the  peerxigc,  had  BprouttJil  from 

H.  B.  G. 

<*Tiii  SimrrBs  of  Pabitassus**  (A^^  S.  vii.  410, 
448.) — The  author  of  this  little  Tolumc  was  Wil- 
liam Woty.  {See  mycommimication  to  **  X.  &  Q./' 
4''*  S*  ii.  4tl8.)  Perhapa  the  most  interesting  poem 
in  the  Tolume  i^  *^A  Description  of  Baij^iiigjie 
Wella.**  In  the  same  author's  DhaAoms  of  Jielicon, 
170.0,  w*?  haye  a  poem  on  "  Yauxhall/'^  and  another 
on  **  WirUe-Conduit  Houae."  Woty  was  fond  of 
writing  ftViout  theee  old  places  of  amusement,  and 
his  descriptions  are  valuable  records  of  the  past, 
Edward  F,  RrMBAULT* 

Oi^  Scotch  N^nsrAPEjis  (4'*'  S,  vii.  390.)— 
Tho  oldost  exiting  Scotch  newspaper,  barring  the 
<^''  ihurffh  Gazette,  is  the  Edinhnrgh  Eoett- 

if*:  ^  which  waa  established  on  Becem- 

l>erlO,  1718:  — 

♦*  It  Tra-,**  S3V3  Andrews,  la  bis  HtMiary  of  BntUft 
Jpmrtvt'  7),  "the  property  of  three  partners, 

John  >f  rnea  iMSwen,  and  WOliam  Brown,  and 

•^^^'■'  M.  ,,H  of  the  said  Jamet  M*£tren  aod  WU- 

1'  The    privUege  was   panted  to  James 

^^  inn-r,  burgosa,  of  e^cclasively  printing  news 

i'  fondaws  Tuesdnya,  and  ThurMiays,  on 

<■'  tiould  *  g^ive  anCi  coppie  of  hw  pnent  to 

tj  ^'--'  prior  to  pablicatioD.     An  Edinbur^ 

^''  '   been  in  eicialenco  for  lomc  years  prior  to 

t]'  i  he  Scotch  paper  which  »tancFa  next  ou  the 

V\  i  hvrdnen  Journal^  wbich  WAS  <%stabhshej  in 

1  ■  battle  of  CulJodeji,  of  which  No,  1  contains 

A^- i'he  pablicalion  was  so^pettded  for  about  two 

jmmxa^f  but  it  has  been  pttbli*hed  regularly  since  1748.'* 
Alexaj^der  Paterson. 
Bartuder, 

y  Canterhuet  Tales/'  edition  of  IGOl  (4***  S. 
TiL  422. )— pKLAorra  can  be  referred  to  a  copy  of 
iJb\s  edition,  if  he  will  communicate  with  me* 

GbO.  OLtTLOW. 

87,  Ctvmham  Road,  K.W, 

JoBsr  Foster  op  Wordslky,  1770  (4»*'  S.  vii. 
4I10.>--To  the  name  of  John  Foster  of  Wordaley 
th^re  is  added  a  note,  that  he  was  a  member  of  an 
ffi^^^t  LWceatershire  family,  noticed  by  Nichola 
i^'  '  y  of  that  county.     Are  the  Leice^tej- 

*^;  13  related  to  the  Foatets  of  Ryhall, 

who  njinruiarried  with  the  Bnrr^Us^  and  whose 

*  _ 

•  Wall4ce'a  R]Qth«r  vrai  a  dntiirhtcr  of  niii^U  Craururtl 


pedigree  is  given  in  13i\Qt<i^  Rutland?  In  Bloro 
the  arms  of  the  Bujrelh*  ore  given,  but  not  tboae 
of  the  Fosters,  F. 

La  Cail^colb  (4'*'  S,  vii.  S4, 149,  243,)— From 

the  Spanish  caracoL  Johnson  and  Walker  give 
it  as  **an  oblique  tread  of  a  horse.*-  Noel  and 
Chapsal  aay ;  *'  Tormc  de  maut-ge,  mouvement  en 
rond  ou  demi-roud  qu*on  fait  faire  h,  un  chevaL" 

Motley  nrobably  made  use  of  this  hippie  term 
to  denota  tne^  custom  which  obtains  at  courts,  never 
to  turn  on©*s  back  upon  the  sovereign  ;  and  thence 
the  awkward  obligation*  when  initiate,  to  with- 
draw performing  a  semi-circle  after  making  the 
nstial  *'  Salam  alaiknm,  alaiOmm  salam/'  This 
mode  of  retirement  ia  sometimes  attended  with 
ludicrous,  if  not  serioua  consequences,  as  I  onco 
witnessed:  an  unfortunate  foreign  military  ir^^ar/i^ 
(one  of  hia  spurs  having  got  entangled)  taldng 
what  the  French  call  humorously  *'  un  billet  de 
parterre,"  to  the  no  amall  glee  of  the  midcMef- 
loving  young  prinoeafies  pieeent 

I  have  seen  the  tezm  caracoier  uaed  otherwise 
than  in  the  mtm^e.  When  that  brilliant  young 
naval  officer,  the  Prince  de  Joinville,  appeared  with 
bis  frigate  before  San  Juan  d'Ulloa  at  the  taking 
of  Vera-Cru2,  a  French  newspaper  said ;  "  li 
prince  est  Tenu  cranement  faiie  caracohr  LaBeHe- 
Poule  en  vue  des  forls»" 

There  was  another  kind  of  evolution  in  dandng 
much  in  vogue  at  the  court  of  Catherine  de  Me^ 
dicis.  It  was  of  Italian  origin,  as  its  name  implies, 
La  Pavatie  (from  l^va  for  Padova),  It  oonalst^Hi 
tn  A  slow  majestic  step:  hence  we  say  in  French, 
^*Be  pAvaner,  marcher  d'une  mani^re  grave." 

P,  A,  L, 

Beoiupntal  Bai>6E9,  Mottos,  ktc.  (S'^  S- 
pamm;  4*»»  S*  ill,  loi  312,  890.)— I  have  not 
noticed  any  reply  to  the  inquiry  respecting  the 
meaning  and  origin  of  the  pigtail,  saicl  by  Sebas- 
tian (p.  ?j12)  to  be  worn  by  the  officers  of  the 
2l8t  Begiment  I  understand  that  it  is  the  23rd 
lloyal  Welsh  Fusiliers  who  wear  this  peculiar  ap- 
pendage, and  not  the  21st  North  British  Fusiliers, 

The  28th  Eegiment^  familiarly  known  aa  the 
*'  Slflshers/'  being  attacked  in  front  and  rear,  faced 
About,  and  in  that  novel  position  repelled  the 
enemv,  and  thus  acquired  the  distinction  of  wear- 
ing tto  number  in  front  and  rear.  (See  Sioc- 
queler's  British  Soldwr,  p.  85,) 

The  34tb  Regiment  have  had  confirmed  to  them 
the  laurel  wreath,  but  were  unable  to  prove  its 
origin,  aa  the  regimental  records  were  lost  about 
17fe— tradition  associates  it  with  Fontenoy. 

H  MoRPimr, 

Jexnofr  Arms  (4^**  S.  vi.   45^,  o€3.)— 1 
arms  of  Dr,  Edwaid  Jenner  of  Berkeley,  accord- 
ing to  Fofibrooke  in  1^  Biographical  x]  s  '^ 
Dr.  JeHfieVf  were —  *  *  Az.  two  aw  o«4&  <i"t^- 


I 
1 


550 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


C4ttS.TII.  Jd»»34, 


4 


covered  cups  of  Ibo  last/*  1  have  seen  a  copy  of 
Dr«  Jenner  8  book-plate — Azure,  a  cro6&  flory  or» 
between  four  tieurs-de-lis.  Crest:  a  greyhound 
sejant,  sable.  Motto :  "  In  pretium  perse vero." 
On  his  father's  tomb,  in  Berkeley  church,  same 
arms  UnpaUng  Head.  H.  Mobphtk. 

Ladv  Geeensleeves  (4'^  S.  vii,  475.) — The 
ballad,  with  its  music  and  history,  Ib  printed  in 
Cha^pell's  Popular  Mtmc  of  the  Olden  Time 
(i.  sSo).  The  picture  is  not  explained  by  it,  unless 
the  "  dead-cold  colour  "  of  the  kdy's  face  be  con- 
sidered to  typify  her  coldness  to  her  lover ;  — 

**  They  act  thee  up,  they  took  thee  dovrn, 
The>"  served  tneo  witli  humility ; 
Tbv  foct  might  not  once  touch  tho  ground, 
And  yet  thou  WQuldat  not  lovo  me." 

H£B][E5TKiri>E. 

"  OOMERED  ''  OB  **  UMEHEp  "  (4**  S.  vil.  475.)— 
A  word  with  a  similar  dgnifi  cation  as  the  above, 
viz.  **to  be  overshaded,"  and  pronounced  as  if 
written  omneredf  is  in  common  use  in  North  Lan- 
cashire. James  FEAEsoif, 

MUnrow. 

**St."  jlbbeeviated  to  *'TJ'  (S'^  S.  passim: 
4**^  S.  vii,  470.)— In  Norfolk  parlance  *'it'*  is 
generally  abbreviated  to  t  or  tt,  I  was  waiting 
for  a  train  at  a  railway  station  this  afternoon ;  as 
soon  as  it  camo  in  eight|  a  boy  called  out  '*  Here 
a  come;'  Q.  A.  C. 

Roger  de  Loqes  (3^<*  S.  vi,  534.)— It  may  pro- 
bably interest  F.  P.  to  know  that  Bernard  Kirk- 
bride  of  Ellerton,  in  Hesket,  co.  Cumberland,  who 
died  in  1677,  was  the  last  descendant  of  Adam^ 
second  son  of  Odard  de  Loges,  secoat^baron  of 
Wigton  (circa  1206),  ^l3tE0J>* 

The  Chevron  (4^*^  S*  vii,  4aS,  4G7.)— Robson, 
in  vol.  ill*  of  his  British  Herald^  after  describing 
a  bezant,  which  is  believed  to  represent  a  coin  of 
Byzantium,  states — 

*■  That  its  inlroductioa  into  coat  armour  is  supposed 
to  luave  takt^n  place  at  the  time  of  llie  Kir»t  CniAade,  or 
Uoly  ^Var,  und  since  borq.e  by  the  descendants  of  the 
Championa  of  Chrittiatdty  in 'that  and  tlje  ffuoceediug 
cnuftde." 

S.  P.  may  have  had  this,  or  a  similar  passage^ 
in  his  mind,  when  he  asked  his  chevron  queiy, 

Flefe-de-Ly8, 

EvEBTEoni's  BuaiNBsa  is  NoBonv^s  Busln^ess 
(4***  S.  vii,  453.)— I  often  wish  that  a  list  were 
made  from  your  earliest  pages  downwards,  of  que- 
ries which  have  never  been  in  any  way  answered. 
The  truth  of  this  proverb  would  abundantly  ap- 
pear thereby. 

As  to  its  antiquity,  I  can  cany  it  back  at  l^afit 
Bftf  years  before  Lobb  LYiTELTOK'a  reference — to 
WaItOD*$  Complete  Afigler^  where,  pait  i.  c  u,,  he 
B6j8f  ''I  remember  that  a  wiae  m^nd  ot  imiiQ  d^ 


i 


usually  say,  *  That  which  is  everybody** 

is  nobody's  businefia.' "'  YnfGBX'T  S*  I«K49* 

Sir  Rob,  Killigeew:  Burlamachi  <4**  S. 
454.) — The  State  Papers,  domestic  and  fowi 
especially  the  latter,  of  the  latter  part  of  th^  \ 
of  James  I.  and  the  early  part  or  GharW  X 
fuM  of  notices  of  Phili;         ^      Achi,     He 
great  cajjitalist,  with  c  :nts  in 

commercial  centres  in  lAirope,  who 
employed  by  the  government  to  transi 
siderable  sums  of  monev  abroad  for  th 
ambassadors    and  for    the   payment   of 
occasionally  also  to  adr-*"  -  t*^p  sums 
In  this  way  his  name  i  y  to  bo 

the  issue  books  of  the  E^v»v^«c.» 

In  the  Journal j>f  the Mof/al  ItfUittdion  o/*CwniJw^', 
just  issued  to  the  members  and  sabacribris,  b  • 
**  Memoir  of  the  Family  of  Killigrew,^'  irriitirtilf 
Hr,  Martin  Killigrew  in  1737  or  1738.  ITiis  mtf 
perhaps  afford  some  information  which  intf  m 
acceptable  to  Mr,  Hessels.  After  dispomug  d  \k 
elder  branch  of  the  family,  ^the  writer  prxe^ 
to  speak  of  the  younger;  and  inasmuch  «i  tfae 
Journal  has  not  a  very  wide  circulation,  and  ttif 
not  be  easily  obtainable  by  non-members»  wfbM^ 
Mr,  Editor,  with  his  usual  courtesy,  will  alW 
me  to  trespass  upon  his  space  with  the  followiai^ 
extract : — 

"  ConceminR  the  younger  hfiitich  of  Ihfi  CunQv,^ 
writer  says  **Thiit  Thoma?  '  -  ^n,  wnsoflilrl 
KiUigrew,  2^^  Governor  <  iLt  DisUf^  ^ 

great  esteem  with  Queen  L  tadioqtxln 

estat6w     Sir  Robert  Killigrew  waii  at  y*  hvkd  i 
branch,   Vice  Chnmberldn  ttr  King  'Chajles 
Queen,  and  lefl  ht.^  great  posaeaaioiis  to  hlai 
Sir  W*  Killigrcw  :^»ereral  younger  lona  mak 
%urea  in  >«  world,  and  four  fine  dauj^liter*, 
their  Wit  and  Beauty,  and  from   t^ 
inarriage^  one  to  y«  Earl  of  Yarroout 
ShonnoD,  a  third  to  Berkeley  Lord  Fius-nariir^s;  i 
othiir  to  Qodolphin  of  ComwalL    Y*  aaid  youiiM 
of^*  said  Sir  Robert  making  their  tray  at  Court  b} 
wit,  w<**,  for  want  of  prudence,  was  y»  min  of  r*  ! 
branch  of  this  familyf  still  exceptingij  -with  jii4i  i 

(Mb 


to  his  memory,  Henry,  one  of  y«  Toungest  soiu  tf(  j*^ 
blr  Uobert,  bred  to  y*  Chnreb  and  of  great  Ettemnt 


Governor  to  y*  Earl  of  Devonahire'a  sona,  sinc^  t.%  tlsr 
William  created  Duke  of  Deroosblre,  also 
T''lflte  Duke  of  York,  King  James  y*  2»**,  l 
KDligrew,  Master  of  y*  Savoy  and  V—' 
miusterf  who  had  two  sons,  Heniy  an 
to  the  Sea.    HIb  son  Henry,  a  roan 
long  service  arrived  to  command   y 
under  King  VVm.j  iny*  late  war  with  I 
by  J*  name  of  Admiral  Killigren-,  -v^- 
James,  at  31  years  of  aea,  waa  Xv 
of  5  men  of  war  in  y«  Straights : 
of  Lechom  be  met  with  and  engaged  2  Ftk-. 
war,  bigger  than  any  of  his,  and  yet  tho*  tif«»  C 
tains  proved  Cowards  and  would  dbt  come  to  L 
ance,  he  took  odo  of  the  Frenchmen  and  annk } 
V  \ra.t  at  \.\\A  expense  of  hiai  own  life,  and  that  of  oMll 
\  i£t!a^^^£iint,«^  ^fvKM&«sL^KAdid^  aamo  Jiiail  ] 


4 

to  vl^^H 

niAky<  ^H 
ofoMril  ^H 
»JasiMll    ^ 


«*S.VII.  .It-!ne!4,71.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


551 


I 

I 
I 


gr«w  makA;  ir^  two  Cow&rd  CApUinB  For  y"  prea^Dt  from 
J*  death  of  y*  said  Cotnmuider  e^eapcd  Paniahmcnt ;  but 
Mme  yoftrs  aifter,  apon  a  seootid  mtabehaviour,  werti  con- 
demned and  shot  at  Pljmouth.  Kirby  wae  the  niime  of 
one  of  them/'* 

Hammersmith.  JOHIT  MACLEAN. 

"  Rough '*   (4'»»  S.  tII.  431.)— That  this  word 

(which,  m  I  said  in  my  query,  first  became  popular 

about  forly  years  ago)  should  have  been  used  in 

its  modem  sense  by  Queen  Elizabeth,  passes  all 

I    r  ti  ds  of  belie f .    Wi th  all  h er  faulta  sh e  did  not 

itiiike   silly  unmeaning  remarks;    and  surely  it 

would  hftVe  been  utterly  aillj  in  her  to  say  she 

did  not  wish  a  low  rulBon  to  succeed  her  on  the 

tbroD©.     One  cannot  accept  the  Italian  Searamelll 

as  good  authority  for  explaining  an  obscure  sayings 

of  the  d}ing  queen*     Does  any  English  writer  of 

the  time  mention  that  Elizabeth  used  the  word 

rott^hf  as  reported  by  Mr.  Motley  ?  ( Ignited  Nethef^' 

hrtfh,  iv,  138.)     Had  the  wori  been  common  in 

her  day,  we  should  surely  meet  with  it  in  writiogs 

of  the  period  ;  it  would  not  have  lain  dormant  for 

more  tiian  two  hundred  years.     A  word  that  has 

escaped  the  notice  of  Nares»  Wricfht^  and  Halli- 

well  (see  Nares'  Glossary^  ed.  1B50)  cannot  have 

been  in  use  daring  the  seventeenth  century  j  and 

unless  some  good  English  authority  be  produced 

for  Queen  Elizabeth  haying  used  this  word  rough^ 

I  must  altogether  disbelieve  that  she  did  so.     If 

8lie  uttered  any  word  having  that  sound,  it  might 

possibly  have  been  n*^.     The  ''  rutlV  although 

worn  by  men  of  the  upper  clasa,  was  in  Queen 

Eltxftbeth's  time   an  es]>ecially  female  article  of 

and  the  queen  might  have  said  "  I  will  have 

/f  to  succeed  me,'*  just  as  now-a-daya  one 

1  say  "  I  will  have  no  petticoat  government.^* 

t,  Ijowever,  wait  for  some  better  authority 

1  bat  of  the  Italian  Scaramelii  before  I  can 

<-i  that  Queen  Elizabeth  used  either  the  word 

or  i^ff  when  consulted  as  to  her  wishes 

L'ting  her  successor  on  the  throne,     Jaydee. 


^xittWiiwtnui, 


NOTES  ON  BOOKS,  ETC. 

T%€  Uol]f  Bihlt^    accorflinp  ta  the  Authorised  Version 

{AAj*  1611);  te'f//i  an  Explanatory  and  Critical  Com- 

mumiarif,  ana  a  Rtviiion  of  the  TVufti/a^ton  bu  Bishops 

■      "        ^"     -y  of  the  Anqlican   Church,     JCdited  by 

A./CHnoii  of  Exeter.     VoL  /,,  Part  I, 

■IS,      VoL  I.,  Pari  JL  Leviticus^  Num- 

'  fotiomy,    (  M  tirra3\) 

or  did  good  service  to  iho  catue  of  religious 
ought  under  the  notice  of  the  heads  of 
IvjjjabUity  of  pro  V  id  in  1^  a  Commentary 

_    UookA,  in  which  the  ktest  information 

u«  made  accessible  io  men  of  ordinary  culture : 
:  »v«ry  educated  man  should  have  access  to  some 

wai  the  name  of  the  other.    Tlioy  were  shot 
ii  Soond  in  1702  for  cowardice  in  Bonbow*s 
Lj<tn   \\M\   r>»  Casse,  in  the  Wcat  Indies,  and  were 
rtcd  in  Charles  Church,  Plymouth." 


work  in  which  he  might  find  an  explanation  of  any  diffi- 
cnltiftj  which  his  own  mind  might  sug|]fCJ9tt  aa  well  aspf 
any  new  objections  raised  a|;?ainst  any  particular  book  or 

fiaaaoge.  The  want  of  auchCi^mmcntary  has  indeed  b«ea 
ong  and  deeply  felt  by  large  classe«  of  intelligent  Church- 
men. But  it  is  a  far  ejiaicr  matter  to  point  out  a  want  than 
to  devise  tlie  mean^  of  ^applying  it ;  and  it  was  not  antil 
after  long  and  anxious  conaitlcration  that  the  ArchUi^hop 
of  York,  and  the  company  of  divines  who  were  asso- 
dated  with  him  in  the  endeavoar  to  orgaaise  a  plan  for 
the  effecttial  carrying  out  of  the  great  object  proposed  by 
the  Speaker,  saw  their  way  to  overoomiog  the  diilleuUles 
with  which  the  undertaking  was  enoompasiaed.  Not  the 
least  of  these  was  the  necessity  of  keeping  the  Commen- 
tary within  the  limits  whieh  would  make  it  acccaaiWe  to 
those  for  whom  it  was  more  especially  intended;  and 
boundless  o-s  la  the  subject^  it  hoij  been  decided  to  com- 
prise the  Text  and  Commentary  in  eight  volumes. 
Another  difliculty  arose  from  the'  neoessitv  of  treating 
subjects  requiring  a  good  deal  of  research,  hi*tQrica.l  aad 
philological,  at  a  length  disproportionate  to  the  interest 
which  could  be  felt  by  those  not  specially  prepared  for 
such  studies.  This  has  been  overcome  by  remitting  such 
nates  or  essays  to  the  end  of  the  books  or  chapters  to 
which  they  refer,  where  they  can  be  fbund  by  thoae  who 
desire  them.  To  a  Committee,  fonned  for  Che  purpose, 
iTOii  left  the  aeloction  of  the  writers  of  the  various  sections 
of  the  whole,  being  divided  into  eight  sections — and  of  the 
general  editor.  Tlie  latter  important  duty  was  entmsted 
to  tht:  Rev.  F.  C.  Cook,  Canon  of  Exeter  and  Preacher  of 
Lincoln's  Inn,  with  whom  are  ajisociatedi  aa  a  amoll  Com^ 
mitteeof  Reference  in  coaasof  difficulty,  the  Archbishop  of 
York,  with  the  Rej^us  Professors  of  Divinity  of  Oxford 
and  Cambrid;^c.  The  text  selected  as  the  basis  of  the  Com- 
mentarv  is  the  Autherised  Version  from  the  edition  of 
1611,  the  first  section  of  the  Commentary  is  now  before 
na,  forming  a  volume  (In  two  Parts)  of  upwards  of  nine 
hundred  pages.  The  Book  of  Genens  has  been  the  work 
of  the  Bishop  of  Ely  j  Exodus^  ^o  the  twentielb  chapter, 
of  the  editor;  the  remainder  of 'that  book,  and  Ltviticu*^ 
Cif  the  Rev.  Sarauj?!  Clark,  Vicar  of  Bred  warden;  while 
Number*  and  Dtui^mnnmy  have  been  the  joint  labour  of 
the  Rev.  T.  E.  Espin,  Warden  of  Queen**  College,  Bir- 
mingham^ and  the  Kev,  J.  F.  Thmpn,  M.A.,  late  Vicar  of 
Barrington.  From  what  we  have  thun  stared,  it  will  be 
readily  seen  how  great  are  the  claims  of  this  New  Bible 
Commentnry  to  general  acceptance,  «nd  the  satisfaction 
with  which  its  appearance  cannot  fail  to  bo  hailed  hy 
those  earnest  Churchmen  who  have  long  felt  the  want 
of  such  a  guide  to  the  profitable  study  of  the  Holy 
Scriptures. 

A  Dvctionary  of  Binqraphical  Reference^  ranbi'ming  One 
hitnthcd  thousand  A*atneMt  tog^thfr  with  a  Clnuifitd  Indtj; 
of  the  Bi^fffraphicai  Literature  of  Europe  and  America. 
By  Uwrencc  B.  PhilUps,  F.K.A.S.,  &c.  (Sampson 
Low*) 

There  is  one  fact  stated  in  this  title-page  which  must 
commend  the  book  to  general  attention,  namel}^  that  it 
contains  one  hundred  thousand  names,  so  that  whoever 
consults  it  for  information  rc*pt^ing  any  man  wtio  has 
ever  made  himself  a  name  from  Julius  C^iaar  to  Edmund 
Cnrll,  mav  be  prcttv  snre  of  Ending  in  it  the  mare  pro- 
fninent  dates  and  facts  jn  the  lifi«  of  the  individoaf  in- 
qnired  after,  and  in  addition  a  reference  to  the  works  of 
a  more  recondite  nature,  in  which  fuller  information  may 
be  found  if  needed.  It  is  this  whieh  gives  a  peculiar  and 
most  useful  character  to  the'  Dictionary,  not  of  simple 
Biographv,  but  of  Biographical  IJefcrence,  How  f^nx^ 
has  been  the  hibouc,  a\i^\— ^\\a\.  \&  cA  ^5t^.\v\^«t'vowyw^- 


552 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[4*»'S.VII.  Jcjf«24,  71. 


preparation  may  be  learned  from  his  preface,  which  should 
DO  carefully  read.  But  the  book  has  another  ver>'  useful 
feature.  It  is  supplemented  by  a  Bibliof^raphy  of  Bio- 
graphy in  the  shape  of  three  classed  Indexes  of  Works 
upon  Biography.  The  first  is  an  Index  of  General  Bio- 
graphies classed  according  to  the  languages  in  which  they 
are  written ;  the  next  of  Xational  liiographies  arranged 
in  Countries,  and  subdivided  into  Provinces  and  Cities ; 
and  the  last,  of  Class  or  Particular  Biographies  arranged 
alphabetically  and  according  to  Countries  and  Cities. 
After  lading  before  our  read(>r8  the^  notes  illustrative  of 
the  objects,  scope,  ami  extent  of  tlio  work  in  question,  it 


Mr.  George  Smith,  of  the  British  Musenm,  read  a  paper 
on  the  **  Early  History  of  Babylonia,"  oommeneing  witk 
a  resume  of  facts  already  ascertained  by  the  Ubonn  of 
Sir  Henry  Rawlinson  and  others.  Mr.  J.  W.  BoMnqaA 
read  a  paper  "  On  the  Date  of  the  Nativity,"  conaidcnBg 
in  detail  the  facts  of  that  occurrence,  and  thegovenuncBt 
of  Cyrenius  and  the  Census  of  Caesar,  as  recorded  in  ths 
Gospel  and  by  Josephus.  The  various  eclipses  and  astn- 
nomical  data  incidentally  connected  with  these  evcBti 
were  enumerated,  and  the  author,  reasoning  from  ^ 
together,  was  disposed  to  believe  that  the  birth  of  oor 
Lord  took  place  eitlier  in  the  autumn  of  the  year  3,  or  ths 


is  scarcely  necessary  that  wo  should  give  our  opinion     spring  of  2  before  the  Christian  Era. 


that  it  is  a  book  which  is  destined  to  take  a  permanent 
and  foremost  place  among  biographical  text  books  and 
authorities. 

2^  JVile  without    a  Dragoman.      Bi/  Frederic  £don. 

(King  &  Co.) 

Written  in  a  bright  and  pleasant  style,  and  full  of 
practical  common  sense,  this  book  will  Ik;  fuund  a  most 
valuable  companion  to  any  who,  chilled  by  the  cold,  and 
wearied  by  the  length  of  bur  Englisli  winter,  may  wish 
to  pass  one  in  Egypt  without  indulging  in  that  most  ex- 
pensive luxury — a  Dragoman. 

Engliah  and  Scotch  JlUtoricnl  Ballads.  Indited,  rcith  an 
Introduction^  Notes^and  Ghnsari/forthc  The  of  Schools, 
hy  ^Vrthur  Milman,  M.A.,  late  Student  of  Christ  Church, 
Oidbrd.    (Longmans.) 

A  well-consi<lered  essay  on  the  nature  of  popular 
poetry  prepares  the  reader  for  the  explanatory'  .sketches 
with  which  the  several  ballads,  selected  by  the  editor, 
are  introduce<l.  These,  with  the  illustrated  notes  and 
glossary,  form  a  little  volume  for  whicli  every  school- 
l)oy  into  whose  hands  it  may  be  placed  will  acknowledge 
his  obligations  to  Mr.  Milman. 

Remarks  and  Svggtisfions  on  the  Scheme  for  the  Comple- 
tion of  St.  PanVs  Cathedral.  By  George  Edmund 
Street,  A.IJ.A.  itc.    (Kivingtons.) 

A  Letter  to  the  Venj  Uev.  the  Dean  of  St.  PauVs,  printed 
at  the  Requvst  of  the  Executive  Committee  for  the  Com- 
pletion of  St.  PauCs  Cathedral.  By  F.*  U.  Sutton, 
Vicar  of  Theddingworth.  (liivingtoiis.) 
The  former  of  these  pamphlets  treats  of  the  proposed 
mural  decoration  of  St.  Paul's ;  and  who  has  a  better 
right  to  bo  heard  on  such  a  subject  than  Mr.  Street  7 
whilst  Mr.  Sutton's  letter  is  principally  taken  up  with 
discussing  the  style  of  pointed  glass  that  sliould  be  intro- 
duced into  the  Cathedral.  Both  contril)utioiis  as  well  as 
our  own  column^,  testify  to  the  variety  of  opinion  that 
exists  on  these  Hubjoct".  We  thoroui,'hly  agree  with 
Mr.  Street  when  he  asserts  that  no  one  known  what  Wren 
intended  to  do  in  the  way  of  decoration,  otlu-rwiso  how  is 
this  variety  of  opinion  to  1ki  account«Hl  for?  nay,  the 
verj' work.**  carried  on  during  the  ht^t  few  years  within 
the  building— now,  happily,  to  be  all  undone — witness  to 
not  a  few  and  by  no  nn»ans  inexpensive  leaps  in  the  dark. 
Without  endorsing  all  ^Ir.  Stroft's  opinions— we  confess 
to  fearing  that  the  objection  stated  at  p.  i;^  to  the  carT>'ing 
out  of  his  design  woul<l  prove  insuperable — wc  earnestly 
trust  that  theCommittee  will  listen  to  his  words  of  warn- 
ing. For  our  own  part  wc  should  like  to  sec  the  works 
at  present  confinetl  to  freeing  the  walls  of  their  wretched 
coats  of  paint,  cleaning  the  windows,  and  the  removal  of 


Stkabburoii  Library.— The  University  of  Oxford, 
by  a  decree  in  convocation,  has  authorised  the  delegttss 
o^  the  press  to  contribute  copies  of  sach  works  printed  by 
them  as  they  may  think  fit  to  the  library  of  the  Univer* 
sity  of  Strasburgb,  and  that  the  volome  so  presented  by 
them  be  bound. 

The  Historical  Sogiett.— This  Society  held  its 
sixth  Meeting  for  the  Session  in  the  Scottish  Corpora- 
tion Hall,  Crane  Court.  Fleet  Street,  on  Mondav  evcniEg, 
Sir  John  Bowring  in  the  chair.  The  following  papers 
were  read :  **  Xotes  from  the  Records  of  Farersham,  lo60 
to  1600,"  by  J.  M.  Cowper,  K«iq.,  Fellow  of  the  Socidr; 
and  *'  An  Official  Inaccuracy  Bespccting  the  Death  and 
Burial  of  Princess  Mary,  Daughter  of  King  James  I.**, 
by  Colonel  Chester,  Fellow  of  the  Society.  An  intere^tine 
discussion  followed.  The  p.ipers,  it  was  agreed,  shooM 
be  included  in  the  Society's  Transactions. 

Mc.  S.  R.  TowxsTiKXD  Mayer  has  resigned  the  edi- 
torship of  the  Illustrated  Review, 

Mr.  Grote.— It  has  been  truly  said  that  by  the  deidi 
of  George  Grote  this  country  has  been  robbed  of  one  of 
its  chief  literary  ornaments.  Bom  in  1794  at  Beckcn- 
ham  in  Kent,  and  having  been  educated  at  Charter  Hooie^ 
the  future  historian  of  Greece  entered  his  father's  count- 
ing-house in  hi<}  sixteenth  year,  devoting  all  his  spire 
time  to  classical  studies.  How  iirofound  a  Greek  acbolir 
he  became  his  History,  as  well  known  in  Germany  ss 
England,  and  of  which  the  first  volume  appeared  in  1W4, 
sufficiently  testities.  Plato  and  the  other  Companioiu  (f 
Socrates  was  completed  and  published  in  1865,  but  un- 
fortunately the  Aristotle  will  remain  an  unfinished  worlc, 
only  one  volume  bein;:  ready  for  the  pres:>.  Mr.  Grot* 
was  a  trustee  of  the  British  'j^Iuseum,  and  hi.s  portrait  by 
Millais,  in  this  year's  exhibition  of  the  Royal  Acadnav, 
as  Vice-Chancelfor  of  lx>ndon  University,  testifies  to  the 
gratitude  felt  by  members  of  Convocation  for  their  cbaa- 
pion. 

Mk.  B<;h.ton  Corxky's  LinRARY. — ^The  sale  of  the 
library  of  the  late  Mr.  Bolton  Comey  was  concluded  os 
Saturclay,  at  the  Rooms  of  Messrs.  Sotheby,  Wilkinson,  4 
Hodge.  One  of  the  chief  features  was  the  collection  of 
early  voyages  and  travels  and  works  relating  to  Americi, 
all  of  which  excited  nmch  competition  and  brought  vcnr 
high  prices,  as  will  be  seen  from  the  following  qnoU- 
" Ffori^. 


daylight 

SociETT  OF  BiTtLiCAh  Arch.eolooy.— At  tho  last 
meetlnff  of  thia  society,  Dr,  Samuel  Birch  in  the  c^aaii, 


tion:— (218)  Basanier,  Ilistoire  Rotable  dc  la 

lo«6,  3C/.— (710)  Champlatn,  Voyages  en  la  XouveBe 

France,  1627,  3.)/.  10a.— (813)  The  celebrated  Letter  rf 

(Columbus,  being  tlie  first  printed  document  known  rdtt- 

to  America,  consisting  of  four  leaves,  1493,  116/.— (SH) 

Historic  del  Fernando  Colombo,  1571,  16/.  16«.-- (I19I) 

Enciso,  Suma  dc  Gcographia  qne  trata  de  todas  las  Vf- 

t  book  printed  in  Spanish  relatiiV 

(1204)  £rondelle,Nova  Frsnda, 

ar,  Romanoero  del  CavalleroelCi^ 

1812,  45/.— (1^2)  Frobishcr,  True  Discourse  of  the  UH 

.  Voyages  of  Discovcrie,  1578,  67/ (1412)  Gilbert's  Dif- 

\  CK>^Ty&  Qi^Ty^&^N^m^Qt  &New  Passage  to  Cataia,  1j76i4^ 


4«»S,Y1LJCOT  24,71.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


553 


1 

t- 

lit 
S-' 

c 

do 


^   -ith,  Vidtt  Scacchiffi  Lndii^  trftnaUted  b^^ 

!  itt  his  aatograph, 88/,— ( 1 70t>)  James, 

3^JTOUS  Voyage,  38/.  10*.— (2140)  Mar- 

ii   Optw    Epbtolarum,   KiSO,  49/.— (2164) 

TransA'lvani  Cicsnris  a  Secretis  Epistola, 


1  *.  ^nar  Nafiess 
'.  Historia 
htto,  Ht)0, 
I  a  Wonclerfuli 
ription  of  New 


34/.  10*. —  {2*i)04)  SclwuUjUh 

Voifigc,  1619,  22A— (a02n)S! 

InrfanrV   ^'^"'    ^r^A  10».— (:^.r^.vj 

1518,  ■'  '  Tpspntiufl   (Aivi.  -<n, 

BMIile  L  tt  Nouo  MondO'ii  iti^i 

1507»  loli.    Tke  toUl  amount  realizi^a  was  3,53d/.  1^4.  &il 


BOOKS   AND    ODD    VOLUMES 

WAJTTED  TO   PITKCHASE. 

Pcrtteulin  uid  Ptfae.  *e^  of  the  Jblloviiif  bcpok*  to  be  Mnt  ^ilroek  to 
1h*  pmltenan  Irjr  wliooa  ther  m  rcqQlitd^  Vho«e  nwne  and  addresi  uq 


WK>»[.i:ri.i^  HfrrnoQicT  MAaiZiSE.    I«f7'. 

W^,  Or  June  Part  of  the  latter. 

WafU«d  br  JTr.  C.  W.  Styring,  Kidon  Moant.  Leetk. 


flirticrsf  to  Corrrd^aitlrnitit. 

AtTF  TTTTTIK    AXT  E3CTANT  MS 9.  IN    TfTR    HAjmWRrT- 

IX  rtSFKARK  ?  fpt//  ht  dkatned  m  tmr  neactf  in  a 

J  nierable  interest, 

isr,- — f  ftv  v^n^,  **See  hoir  0te*e  ChriitioHM  Itwe  one 
tfMf^y"  i§  moiic^  bjf  TertuUifiH  m  a  remark  cvrrmi 
mmm^  ih«  heathen.    See  "  X.  Jt  Q/'  S'^  S.  i,  488. 

C  E*  D. — DfmaipB  comet  waM  ^Ucorered  bt/  Dr,  Donnti 
af  fiorrnce,  Jtint  2,  1868^  ond  was  tsitUAe  in  England  in 
th«  end  of  SeptemUier  and  m  October  cf  that  ytar, 

TA.vtLSTB.r  PouTBAiTS. —  The  »peeimen  alluded  to  at 
p.  511,  ii  to  be  §  fen  at  Mr,  Gilbert* tf  Bernard  Strtet, 
Stmthampion. 

^I.  T.  iTfom(ySeIwCKKl.) — No  particular*  of  Jakm 
I  'jiren  in  Manning  and  Brag't  Surrey. 

■  nrnr.— Copf.  Fdnnrd  Sterling — not  Thomas 
£aritL  ^ifierer  of  The  Times,**  09  ttated  in 

Thm»*'!  !  Jobn  Sterling,  ed-  \B^>\^  p-  1&» 

r  A'  ...  ..-^Ute,  a,   177  J  and  CoMaetrt  Bio- 

^'  iiy. 

V  frcen  detcrlbed  w  «  N.  &  Q,"  1^  9.  xL 
87\  I7i,  iil  ;  IS"^'  ai25V* 

P.  A.  L.  7*hf  mom^ram  dotM  not  agree  tcith  the  exampitt 
of  the  hoHdu^riling  of  Hemry  VI,  ofj&tglami  in  the  Brttith 
Sfueeuntt 

C*  E.  B.  (Peckham)  vV-^  ' '  —  ^fafed  where  he  picked 
•^  mtch   a  quetr  tcont  c  ■  -,   for  om  he  facetiim*tg 

miyt,  **  if  ft   not  tit  be  J  heaveni  adove^  or  the 

e*T  /j,  Of  tfte  uujtLj^i  under  the  earth**    It  hoks 

it  <  ttrruptum  of  PrtJgeny . 

J,    nwi  iiiT. —  Thctr:      *  ;,    excuaabk,    Antfone 

•0asi  »€r  that  it  94  a  mrrr  .  «, 

F.  \V.  r:.  f  Hnfh  i—  I  .;  _:,;^A  edi^itm  of  Burns* e 
V  ■  !,     Th^'Jirtt  edition  wom  priided 

iu  ■  nnd  Hte  WMond  editim  nt  Edin- 

^^  1787. 

—Ff*r  the  editio^nt  of  P^tiennne  de 
/  ..■.,„«,„;  jUmtarir  Servitude  emiwuh  Bmnet^ 

.Ml     I  ^Mb'i,  iti.  711.     An  Engliih  edition  vHtt  pnblifhed  in 


k 


<TA,— 4«»  5.  vM  p.  353,  tot  ii  line  12  from  bottom. 
u«p.  I,**  read  "  sect,  ix."  ;  p.  473,  ooU  li.  line  22, /or 


WORKS  ON  ART. 


A  HISTORY  of  PAINTING  in  ITALY,  from 


the  iad  lo  tUe  14th  CcntoiT. 
CAVALCASELLE. 


Br  i*  A.  €EOWE  mnA  G.  B. 


Aim  br  tbe  cune  Atitlicm, 

A   inSTORY   OF   PAINTING  IN  NOETH 

ITAI*r,  TcnioB,  F^dos.  VtaeOM,  Terona,  Fensm,  UJIan,  Trinll, 
BitwhK  firao  the  llth  to  Urn  IflUi  Century.  Ttltli  niiMtraMonf. 
fT0lfl.9fiaL    lit. 

"  Our  svibarfl  dv*  v^t  lUnatiop  to  ndent  ffneemt*  of  julntter* 
«tnd  Ihfii  wt  8ft  ftom  thii  book  attnjr  Unit  on  Ute  luiazQ  cf  azamj^Uw, 
Bticih  u  no  other  kiod  of  inibmutlon  woold  aflfonL  It  would  bs 
aUBcBlt  to  OT«Ti«ite  the  inipoit«n«e  at  thtj  hnoeh  of  itnity  t  It  eoAltlae 
A  critic  fto  fpeak  in  a  fk^r  man  dcmdttriw  onanef  ti  totbeniitttre,  tad 
eTtm  tli«  ofiffln  of  a  ptetBie  thaa  ife  weald  be  eelb  Id  da  «a  the 
anilioriijr  of  reoonb  ak>oe.  Tbii  book  ii  a  weloeoiB  eflOfttflmttOD  to 
the  Ifbrarr  of  art," 


A  HANDBOOK   FOR  YOUNG  PAINTERS- 

By  C.  B*  LESLIE*  B.A.    Author  of  "  LMu  of  Goiutable."    With 
moftraUooi.    FMttv«.   7»*^d. 

*'Thii  book  huuIbi  Om  aalfeor  w  a  aBaa  witli  nraiii  iiileiinwat  «r 

perception,  a  catholie  Mrtt,  and  aoonildireble  amount  of  itraai  taor 
mon  MOM.  The  more  tivaetkal  peitfon  of  tfae  work  oontaln  mmr 
eswUeol  critical  TCmiriu  on  tb«  wviriici  of  the  freat  manteri,  wblah  era 
made  nofe  Inlexcethv  br  the  addUHon  of  ■etcial  fflntlTaiioiUL  Theee 
AN)  tlisht  h«i  eQod«enacvh  to  BJTeaa  tdea  of  the  I 
of  the  pietona  ttwsi  whkh  their  are  oosied.** 


TV, 

MEMOIRS   OF   THE    EARLY   ITiVLIAN 

PAXKTBBS,  and  of  the  PAOGaSSS  of  PAI5TmO  ia  ITALT^ 
FiOiB  GiBiabue  «o  BaeMUUk.  Br  Mlti^  /AMESON.  With  Por^ 
tniu.   Crown  ^ro.   IIk. 

'*  Af  a  ffoide  and  bacdbook  to  the  characterliltet  of  the  sreat  palnterw 
thli  li  an  toTaliMhle  woriE.  Whila  Itdoee  nolaflbct  toalmaiezteadad 
aUfdem,  Ite  enltuxcd  aoa  eduailal  taauner  la  wUeh  the  dlttrait 
|)4c«iaolLiaaliaii(ldei  an  eem^wae^^  fiviathc  readiradearaodtfiialli 
Idea  of  the  itirlo  and  taae  of  the  leeiiegtfT'e  pafaUen.  Itm  laiiMiWU  li 
one  of  tlu!  niu»t  wholeiDiii*  wiitert^afioa  art."-.'X<nKioa  AciNMrw. 


HANDBOOK  of  P^UNTING;  tlie  ItiUi^  Ctaiy 

man.  FkmUh,  and  patch  sehooU.   Tt hihid  li)Mu<ii4tewa  of 

Kui^er.  £dltod<  «ith  Nqtce.  hr  8IB  C^  L.  EASTMJES,  ILA^ 
and  DB.  WAAGEN.  WlthDlnatraUoiM^  Ireli^  PoetAm  su, 
"It  ii  the  oombiiiatioo  ofhiftortfi  loieirlthartiftic  fiieUnethat  hai 
made  Kngler'i  book  mimlar  dnoaali  Eorope,  He  Aeeli  the  peenMar 
<aeritooftaehniaa«erlMaotieee,aadbMoe  U  enabled  bgr  a  ftwdaacrti^^ 
tivt  totudiei  to  ea|n««a  the  chaxaelirofliU  pialwt  wtxke  and  ftev  a 
tme  lde»  of  hSe  sonbia. 

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Bant  ttjle  Lu  w%icl\  tht«b«adbDok  U  pradueed^lhe  moniMaalllailM* 
UoTii  WQtiia  ahioe  girt  fotwlauttal  ^mlue  lo  the  w«rk.*~ni  IViait 


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Pita  fit.  •(f.ito.d^th, 

ANCIENT  SYRUC  DOCUMPiNTS  rt-Utive  to 
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QoiMM  BdiMha.   By  E< 


PriM  ^  iM^  «am  «fo,  doth, 

THE  LEGEKMiiiri'THBpltrESof  thi^BlTDD- 

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with  ft  llemoLr.  by  Iii*  SON. 


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. .  «rds,  cloth, 


Ciwo  (iro,  «lo<1it  ^H<»  ln».  6rf. 


INDEX. 


FOUKTH   SEEIES.— VOL.  VII. 


.  £7fv  cUiftifled  ariidei.  tee  Amokympcs  WoiKi,  B<wic»  itcetrtLT  poBusmo,  BptGAJiMs,  Ei'Itapi*,  Folk  Lofli, 

FftOVKRBf  AKD   Plllliiailtff  QVOTATJOW*,  SBAJUPWANA,  ^MD  SOKG*  AMD    BALLADf.] 


on  StJifl'ord  family i  337 

(A.  M.  BO  on  *•  ItV  a  fur  cr;  to  Locli  Jiwt,**  41 
Ltkke  dwelUogs  on  Lou;;h  Much,  42 
AbhbA  on  tlie  Eev,  H,  F,  Cury,  137 
Cary  (BUhap  Mardfic«i>,  463 
German  Lather&n  church,  Dublin,  545 
IrUb  car  aud  noddy,  23 
AccideoU  Compensation  Bill,  2S0, 373,  466 
AoootuUnoe,  the  osc  of  tbe  word,  492 
A.  (D.)  on  Domeaday  repres^ntjitive*,  208 
Adam  of  Orleton,  bishop  of  VVincbeator,  53^  308 
Addis  (John)  on  blink  vtr.  wink,  460 

Cbnucer'B    "  Sliipmim/'    208;     **  ScUoo^'    361; 
"Aft«r  000,'*  **Stoor/'  386}  '^*  Col- Fox/'  md 
"GattotLBd,"418 
^^         CheTisatmoef  343 
^K       '*  Dolopatbofl,  Ihe  King  and  Seven  Wive  Men,"  1 1 1 
l^^f       Deril  bcaUflj^  bis  wife,  400 
^^         Merks,  bi*hop  of  Carlisle,  190 
I  Poetry  of  tbe  clouds,  397 

I  Poiot  de  ▼]<»,  445 

I  H0toliei,44O 

1^^        Sdioolmavtcr  abroad  in  Siafford^bire^  465 
^H        **  StAWiDg  in  their  own  graTj,"  272 
^f        8toi7  of  a  Btatuf*,  300 
P  Vw«i  feeae:  feaxe,  294 

I  Warm  —  wealthy,  84 

f       ,"■  ^     '  t  Hymn,  its  tune,  41,  133,  21  7 

1  (Alexaader),  Greek  poet,  221,  292 
-  )  on  '*OwlI  that  loveat  the  boding  sky,"  202 

£.)  on  Sydney  Godolphin,  462 
I  (Alfred)  on  **  Absalom  arid  Acbilopbel/'  532 
L  *'  Hoart  of  beartc/'  399 

I      A.  (J*)  on  Mortimer,  Earl  of  March,  209 
I      AtbADey  and  Amondeville  family  arnui,  234,  312^  373 
I      AUmt  (rHnce),  a  practical  engraver.  20 
W      WL^iii^  Mr.  Leigh  ton's  picture  uf,  512 
I  V:  (Bp,  John),  family  and  arm*,  122,  334 

I  1   (Dr.  Henry),  dean  of  CanterlmT,  deatb|   C7, 

I  *i7 

1      AVUlridgfi  (XL  W.)  on  Toyagear  pigeons,  2S4 
■     Akaof  and  L^raine  and  Napoleon  dynaity,  281 


I  Attars  of  stono  in  the  Anglic;in  cburch|  162 

AltlUam,  a  coin,  143 

American  literary  men,  their  wealth,  47 
I  Amies  (E.)  on  Dandy  rolb,  534 
'  Ammargau  paaAion  play^  296,  48 7 
I  AoarkaU,  faroarite  vrif«  of  Akbar,  321 
I  Anar-Kalii,  page  of  tbe  emperor  of  Hinduttait  385 
I  Angeb  (Michael),  '*  Last  Judgment/'  253  # 

Anglesey  (Marqtiw  of),  anecdote,  196 
1  Anglo- Scot U9  on  William  Baiiol^  432 
I  Bothwell  (Franeia,  Earl  of),  177 

Brtuse  (Robert),  bone^  and  ooffin-nalU,  379 
I  FraBar;  Frieel,  330 

Laird,  who  Ih  one?  243 
Friory  of  St.  Ethernnn,  376 
I  R-ger  (Sir  William),  Knt.,  242 

I  Spitten  Lai nl,  310 

"  Anima  Chriati,*'  its  antboi,  322,  374,506 

Anne  (Queen),  filty  new  cLurcheji,  I12j  eonrtspondence 
I      with  MadaiTie  de  Malntenon,  188 
I  Anne  of  Denmark,  consort  of  James  I.,  engraving,  53* 

Anonym  one  Worka: — 

Barnes  (Betty),  her  History.  342 

Bertrand,  or  ^lemoira  of  a  Kortbumbrmn  Noblft- 

roan,  95 
Confoawoufl  of  a  Gam«ater.  474 
CoQcilUid,  iatirical  poem,  161,  270 
Eaoayi  on  the  Sources  of  Fleasufe  from  Liteftttj* 

Compositions,  474 
Essays,  Divine,  Moral,  and  Political,  418 
Exerciises,  Instructive  and  Enteruinitii;,  403 
•      First  Impressions,  or  a  Dav  In  India,  266,  354 
Fox  s  &Iartyrf ,  a  satire,  383 
History  of  Edward  IL,  1680,  298 
Jesaamy  (Jenny),  her  History,  342 
Juhnson  (Dr.  Sarnuel),  L'jfe,  43 
JudgiTient  on  a  TLrctjfoI !  Order  of  Bibbop*,  19^ 
Lay  of  the  Scoitl&b  Fiddle,  10 
^  LexiphAnei,  15 

Mary  Magdaleu^s  Tears  wip't  uif,  95 
MeU  Briianbtcns,  76 

of  an  Old  Wig,  474 


556 


INDEX. 


f  Ia<lex  9up|ile0«icto  tke  Ko««»m4 
iQoeriM^  wltli  No.  181^  Jalj  li^  IfTL 


Anonjmoas  Worki  :— 
Pleasing  ilelancbolj,  54 
Poems  on  the  Four  Last  Things,  535 
Rome  in  the  Nineteenth  Centary,  33 
Shrubs  of  Parnassos,  410,  44S,  549 
Thirty  Letters  on  Various  Subjects,  474 
Thoughts  of  PatriciuSf  97 
Volume  of  Smoke  in  Two  Poffi«,  474 
Warreniana,  15 

Whitehall,  or  the  Days  of  George  IV.,  15 
Anselm,  abp.  of  Canterbury,  lioea  on  his  death,  364 
Ansoa  frigate,  accounts  of  its  wreck,  305 
A.  (0.  S.)  00  Badger,  166 

La  Caracole,  34 
Ap  Collins  on  Grantham  inn  signs,  440 
Applegath  (Augustus),  his  death,  1 53 
Arabic  numerals  in  Wells  oathedral,  282,  375 
Arbuthnot,  its  pronunciation,  842,  419 
Arbuthnot  (Dr.  Alexander),  8 
Arc  (Joan  d'),  her  death,  409,  508 
Ardueological   Institute,   collection    of   early  printed 

books,  422 
Arcbe  (Elixabeth  de  1'),  her  dream,  409 
Archer  family,  387 

Archer  (George),  BLD.,  his  £unily,  365 
Archer  (T.  H.  S.)  on  the  wreck  of  the  *•  Temple," 

365 
Archer's  Court  in  Kent,  its  ownen,  41 
Arden  family  of  Wilmcote,  co.  Warwick,  1 18,  169 
ArgylfTamily,  its  history,  316 
Armour,  old  fknoilies  without  coat,  344,  420,  481 
Arnold  (Dr.  Thomas),  allusion  to  a  great  mao,  209, 

353 
Art,  the  modem  use  of  the  word,  89,  224,  247 
Arthurian  localities,  281 

Arthur's  Wain,  constellation  of  the  Great  Bear,  512 
Arundel  castle,  origin  of  the  name,  234 
Arundello  castle  in  Piedmont,  234 
A.  (^)  on  epigram  by  Samuel  Bngtr*,  388 

Rogers  (Nehemiah),  77 
Ashburcer  family  of  Furness,  131,  227 
Ashmolean  Museum,  lecttire  on  it,  67 
A.  (T.)  on  the  meaning  of  fof^^  217 
Atheist's  prophecy  ful6Iled,  76 
Atkinson  (G.)  on  Hogarth's  book-plates,  304 
Atkinson  (J.  C.)  on  British  scythed  chariots,  460 
Cleveland  funeral  uaage.^,  298 
Sheffield  folk-lore,  439 
"  Skerring  upon  a  glave  glattea/'  265 
A.  (T.  S.)  on  R.  P.  Boirington,  artist,  141 
G.  Camphausen,  artist,  188 
"  The  Prodigal  Son,"  a  print,  150 
Attic  talent,  its  value,  363 
A.  (T.  V.)  on  the  veto  at  papal  elections,  163 
Audley  (Ralph)  of  Sandbach,  1 1  * 

Auretti  (Madlle.),  dancer,  portrait,  822 
Aurora  borealis,  106 
Austin  family,  342 ;  arms,  75 
Austin  (T.),  jun.,  on  "  The  Lamentation  of  a  Smner," 

376 
Automaton  chess-player,  63 

Avery  family  pedigree,  161,  288  % 

Avery  (Parson),  "  Swan  song,"  20,  148,  288,  483 
A.  (W.  E.  A.)  on  automaton  che>8-player,  63 
Rosemary  used  tt  funerals,  348 
Simonidea  and  the  "  Codex  Slnaitieus,''  71  \ 


A.  (W.  E.  A.)  on  tea,  early  ootioe  of,  139 

Witoheraft  in  1868,  58 
Axon  (W.  £.  A.)  on  the  first  book  printed  in  Has 
Chester,  64 

"  HienisalemI  my  haj^  hooM,"  151 

Lines  on  the  human  ear,  384 

Reasons  for  going  to  church,  99 
Ayres  family  sumame,  386,  447,  507 

B 

B.  (A.)  on  **  Summnm  jos,  somnia  ii^juria,"  4C0 
Babel,  the  builders  of,  316 

Babies*  bells,  21,  45,  138,  201,  291 

Bacon  (Francis),  Baron  Vemhun,  his  Queen's 

ship,  188,291 
Badger,  a  corn-dealer,  166,  245 
Badwell  Ash  chnrch  screen,  517 
Bailee  (John),  loQgefity,  254 
Baily  (J.)  on  Rev.  Nehemiah  Rogers,  179 
Bainbiidge  (H.  A.)  on  Leavenworth  family,  864 
Heraldic  crest,  535 
Selby  family,  516 
Baker  (Mn.  Barwick)  on  Wm.  Fenwick,  235 
BaUol  (Sir  Wm.),  802,  432,  506 
Ballad  airs,  traditional,  355 
Ballad  printers'  sucoessioD,  187 
Ballasalley,  origin  of  the  name,  176,  318 
Balloon  post  and  the  siege  of  Paris,  207,  270^  275 
Balloons  and  newspapen,  141 
Ballycollitan,  co.  Tippenuy,  122 
Bannister  (J.)  on  Cornish  spoken  in  Devooshii%  851 
Baptism  for  the  dead,  107,  263, 377 
Baptismal  customs  in  the  HighUrnds,  51,  267 
BaptisU  (Joannes),  "  Commentaiy  on  Aristotle,"  84S 
Barbados  parish  registers,  887,  496 
Barber  (H.),  M.D.  on  Bishop  John  Fell,  288 

Lancashire  funeral  custoois,  281 
Barber  (John),  king  of  Throstle  Hall,  1 19 
Barbers'  forfeits,  22 

Barker  and  Borford's  panoramas,  279,  432 
Barkley  (G.  W.)  on  churches  in  Roman  camps,  14 
Barnes  (Dr.  Albert),  his  death,  47 
Bamingham  church  soreen,  517 
Bams,  mediaeval,  95,  224 
Baron  BailUe,  his  duties,  72 
Bar-Point  on  an  extraordinary  memory,  471 
Barrett  (A.  E.^  on  Madlle.  Auretti,  322 
Barrington  (R.)  on  "  Stewing  in  their  own  grsty,"  fiW 
Barrow  in  heraldry,  474,  527 
Baskerville  (Thomas),  portrait,  429,  486 
Bates  (A.  H.)  on  anonymous  works^  474 

Etchings,  474 
Bates  (Wm.)  on  the  aurora  borealis,  106 

Bookworm  ravages,  846 

"  Eikon  Basilike,"  its  aathor,  225 

EcsUtica  of  Caldaro,  193,  350 

Eraser's  gallery  of  portraits,  21 1 

Hair  growing  after  death,  181 

Hervey  (Rev.  James)  and  Hogarth,  255 

Mont  Valdrien,  135 

Nicholson  (Ronton)  <'  Baron,*'  286 

Parodies,  works  on,  15,  177 

Royal  topography,  20 

Sun  never  sets  on  British  dominiom^  482  j 

Thomson  ( Janies),  a  Dmid,  485 


INDEX 


557 


» 


iths  and  wells  of  Britttm,  497 
iiutar  (CljarJej)  on  a  Datcfc  neirtpaper,  339 
(a  W.)  on  **  Comes  to  gri<"  526 
(D,)  on  Che? imiDco  or  cbcvi&anct,  447 

Dmm^  an  evtnrfng  ptrt^,  526 
lie  r  J.)  on  BalUaalley,  176 
Chaw  ban  explained,  74 
CrjptagTiiphf,  291 
Tjnwald  Hill,  Iil«  of  )fan,  93 
baiting,  138 
«an.  a  pbot,  256,  350,  420 
(W.)  oo  Laird,  32& 
leaachamp  family  arma,  219,  342,  442 
toelerk  (James  LordX  3 

mmoul  (Mary)^  mother  of  the  Ut  Doke  of  Bockiag- 
liam,  469,  544 

Beantle.'t  of  England  and  Wales,**  pbna,  34 
iecket  (Thomaa  \),  mnrdermj,  33,  171,  19!^,  268, 
395,  464 

kfcrd    (Wm).  HieoNiy't  tranalatfoo  of  "V»tl»k," 
35,  U.%  174,244 
i«cqiicrpl  (M.),  his  death.  275 
;B«de  (Cuthbert)  <m  Chrifittrrw  Qiamtneiii,  Ac,  52 
French  pigeons  driren  to  England,  341 
GlaltOD,  a  ship,  548 
"Heart  of  bearte,"  548 
Keadyboof  or  Rediongh  family,  301 
Wpftther  saying,  399 

!  md  ctiMoms^  50 
^e^i'  ),  d«K«Ddants,  104,  199 

n!>ui  ciiutvti  i^creen,  516 
lo  (Gtjorge)  on  Criaa-croeo  row,  41 S 
Den,  a  local  ti^fmiiiatlim,  397 
Hahcmiflii  of  Ihe  dden  time^  1 74 

(Louia  tod),  pttroirtBge,  257,  3^ 
B«l|^ue  on  Mvdical  Order  of  St.  Jolin,  235 
B«l!,  tlic  passmgt  388, 499 
Bell-h»rp,  a  Tnn«««l  instnimenty  309 
Bell-ringings  110,388^ 
Belk  of  St.  PeterV  at  Rome;  Kremlin  at  Moseow;  and 


St.  Paal'e^  Loadon,  th«r  weight,  11;  St.  Midiiel'B, 
CoTHitry,  45;  legend  tm,  95;  aneedote  of  OB^al  tht 
Boyal  Ex&haogff  110;  inemoriAl,  at  3b  1>9mttnn\ 
Stepney^  511 

Belle  (,1a)  Dame  sans  Mtrei,**  potfm,  324^  399 
Bflltfi  (B.  B.)  on  Kmg*«  Oiitleg<»,  New  Ywk,  2W9 

Ward  ^Bunlly  ■nn«,  275 
Berkeley  family  arm^^  537,  53S 
Berlichtngea  (Gdtt  von),  50* 
Bewick  (John),  engrwiifa^  365 
BenzHt  a  cdfl,  208- 
B,  (F.)  on  tlie  Paterson  family,  60 
B.  (H.  £.)  <'*>  MaidMtweU,  dvat  Louth,  389 
Bible,  tfa«  Bishops'  ^'^?rBioo  uaed  ■-  *'^'"  ' — ^ftlatofs  ©t 
tlM  authorised  venFio?i,  74;  revt  ^nlkn^mf 

^frnmo,  181 ;  the  Vnlgate,  ed.  i  ,  lilt  imp^ 

Jame^  h,  534;  works  on  itfl  histoiy,  5^9 ;  Gritictl 
CommeiDtajry,  551 
Bible  illtetn^ionfl,  11 
Biblical  Arobawlogitjal  liodetf,  2U2,  552 
BIblioftlieear.  Obalbaai.  oo  boptistn  ftir  the  dml,  107 
0iiidi0*8  Aurora,  print,  11 3,  29S 
"  One  swallow  doee  not  make  a  iummer/'  292 
Pisnphlelf  its  dymokgy,  439 
*^  VeriLii  in  puleo,"  312 
Biffin  and  pi^,  588 


BUbooB  the  descent  of  Daniel  O^Oonoell,  348;  48$ 
BUU  actudly  presented,  32,  132,  269 
Bitaton  legend,  71,  197,248 
Bingham  (C.  W.)  oa  the  book^Torm,  65 
CbarchUl  (Mrst  Maty),  2M,  524 
Loogerily,  280 
Memory  of  smells,  418 
Portugoew  o^per  e<olo,  344  ' 
Samplsf?  poesy,  19$ 
Thread  buttons,  94 
*'  Bioigraphia  Briiannioa,**  1747-66,  Kippia't*  copy,  340 
Biographical  lieference  Ditrtionazy,  161,  402^  551 
Biographies,  wrong  dates  in,  46|  80«  183|  270 
Bireh  family,  534 
Bin  (Peter),  psdigrse,  122 
B.  (JOf  GUtsffouf,  on  tb»  MlttoQio  spitepli,  94 
B.  (X  li.)  m  '*  Heart  of  bSMrta,''  399 
B.  (J,  M.)  on  Parson  Avery%  Sw»q  sonj^,  148 
B.  (X  li.)  on  Arnold*a  aUiksiofn  to  a  great  man,  209 
353 
Carmelites,  383 
Cromwell  note,  429 
Dry  den's  agreement  for  hb  Virgin  197 
Edw&ids  (George),  388 
Ferrers  (Lady),  b&lldd  of,  445 
Jamieaon  (Alemander),  219 
Parker  (Robert  and  1  homai),  475 
Blaekett  (Henry),  his  daatb,  228 
Blackfriars'  tbeatrv,  183 

Blackie  and  Son  on  dates  in  biogmphies,  4$,  ]33 
Blaekkaoh  (Bp.  HmnX  of  Sodor  and  Man,  34 , 
Bladss  (WmO  on  the  bookworm,  263 
Blair  (D.)  on  Enamoored,  oa  a  verb,  429 
Ewiyd'e  rittwa  on  the  Apocalypse,  175  • 
Fairy  changelings,  283 
Hampshire  country  cbnrehyard.  174 
Holty,  the  German  poet,  174 
Jones  (Sir  Willlan.)  ••  Alcaic  Ode,"  454 
Matnrtn  (Bor*  C.  K.),  454 
Memory  of  smells,  413 
Prophecies  by  Noatradamns,  &&,  542 
Songs  and  ballads,  398 
"  The  wtwid'a  jodgmenf,"  flte,,  458 
Blair  (Robert),  «  The  Grave,"  441 
Bluachard  (H.  L.)  on  Baron  NiohalsoD,  327 
Ble«kl»y  family,  141 

Blenkinsopp  (B.  L.)  on  Goor^ge  Daniol,  63 
Gwiona  engraring,  98 
Eaitern  story,  131 
French  word  for  **  to  rtde,*^  431 
Grantham  inn  signs,  343 
St  Wttlfran,  270 
Simooides,  179 
"  Blink,"  or  **  wink,"  their  cormjt  too,  325,  459 
Block  booki,  Ibeir  hiatory,  13,  151,  217»  832 
Bhcdf «  aliowfr«f,  47 
Bluebeard,  ongiu  of  the  story,  29 
Bine  books,  12S,  199 
Blue  Lsws  of  Conooctieot,  16,  64,  191 
B.  (M*  A.)  on  corrupt  Engiisb,  142 
*•  Whether  or  no^"  485 
Wink  or  blmk,  325 
BoASe  (G.  C.)  on  the  Bet.  John  Enty,  55 

Foote's  "  Piety  in  Pattens,"  161 
Bobadil,  Ben  Jodsod^s  boliy,  208 
Booisetree,  634 


Andttiffffi  Amtomm  of  giwaiii^,  40i^  443 

AMcm*s  Dramatic  Alnnmck  for  1871,  86 

Aaiibee'«  ikcuioiiAl  Beprintt,  508 

Ajcoo's  LRRCftshire  Folk*Socig,  274 

Bsilejr  OQ  the  Angliun  EpiaoopAte,  467 

Bmrtbolotiiew's  StnJent'i  At) as,  1t5 

Bible,  ibo  Authorised,  ifith«  Comment^rr,  551 

Bloomfield  (Bohert),  Comepondence,  43S 

fioowickt  (AnibFOee)^  hin  Life,  114 

BookwOTtii,  115,  154,227 

Bojd^a  ReD)iol!iceDc«a  of  Fifty  Year*,  316 

Brooke  on  tlie  Voysej  Jadgmtnt,  447 

Cifcleiidar  of  St»te   Papew,  Domwtic,  EUs^betlij 

1601    1603  ;     Fomgn,   Elix»b«th,     1 564-5^ 

Fwtjign  and  Domeatic,  Henry  VJIf.;  GoloiDiHl} 

Eoat   Indies,   ChlDa^   aod  Japnn^  1617-1621^ 

180 
Cajnden  Knioellafiy^  vol.  vi.,  354 
Cftrr'a  Stoiy  of  Sir  Richard  Whittingtoo,  45 
CbAQCcr'a  Canterbary  Tales,  the  Prologue,  3M 
Chronicles  and  Afemoriala  of  Great  Britain  and 

Irelaod;  Hardy's  Catalcgoe  of  Materiala,  335; 

Williain  of  Majuieabury;  Hiatoric  Docntnente  of 

Ireland,  380 
Claijde  the  CJoIpode&r,  47 
OpMck'a  History  of  Kerry,  364 
Dame  £aropa'i»  School,  181 
DaTooportf  Lord-Lieutenaxii  and  Higb-Sberitf,  422 
Debrett'a  Illiistnited  Houae  of  Cocntnona,  153 
Debrtti'a  Peerage  and  Haronetage,  114 
Delapierre^  La  Parodie  chcz  lefs  Grecs^  &«»,  296 
D«flchaners  Treatise  on  Katiiral  Philosophy,  134 
Dictionary  (Library)  of  English  Langaage,  25 
Early  Eogliah  Tciit  Society:  England  in  the  Reign 

of  Henry  \T11L  A  Snppllcacyon  for  the  Beggars^ 

315 
Eden,  The  Kite  without  a  DragomaD,  562 
Engliah'a  Orowlaod  and  Burgh^  27i 
Fairboti'a  Rambles  of  an  Archosologi&t,  274 
Felton'a  Gaido  to  Tanbridge  WelU,  487 
Fiahwick*«  Chapelry  of  Gooenargh,  153 
Fofiytb*a  Koreii  and  NoTdiata,  246 


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Bootrfm  church   K!('V!r»r»1  t 
Bothwell(Fr. 
Bgachier  (J 

Soonet  qaedoti  456    i '. 
Boagbs  before  doors,  107  - 
B-oiuiie  and  Croft  fanitlii^,  256 
Boftj  (John),  family,  11,  170 
OWW3  Hdll  eafeit«#,  K««x,  11*9  r- 

owjwin  (Kubm),  AH  4i^ged  centenfifiau,  ^8»  67   ; 
I  and  curUie«,  109,  220,  330,  444 
r  yaLop  of  ihe  rri»ptg]iada|  21 
1  (E.  L.)  OP  i"  Wboi  ItiUUi  doth  poyetyn  ^vi.i,t     4  4'^^ 
Bojle  (E.  W.)  on  Joha  Bovej.  1 1 

Irkh  House  ;c»f  Cotmnoiu'  Jwt^,  323 

Moomiag  paper,  30& 
^Ipwkeiilbergiiu* ''  Treatise  on  >^osee,*'  1^5 
Tein'pk  fuDilj  ann&,  104 
■  I  (Sir  H..i..-^rt\  yJB^t  to  Iftiliiak|,285»  3S2 
313 

ihirty  days  luiUi  Spplemlwr/*  5^ 
iiiiiii^iu  York^kii,  257 
dichuroli  e^ocD,  i3I6 
a,  its  siege  io  1  €24,  J53 
.  (B.  H.  DO  on  tlie  oAtaooQik  cf  Parii,  22 
■     t  (F.  D,)  on  tho  6l>i"'  --']m^-t,  46 
lofBal^jIon,  493 
_  Kiw  jinne,  40» 
Brltiib  Ma^eum  Keadiiig-r«0cu  grieviuioe,  402 
Britten  (J&mea)  on  ^Dwigl^l    DguglasI  tender  and 
troe,^  23 
SpitheU  of  ike  montbi;,  445 
£.AVi^«<V»  baby,**  885 
,  l>Wiilll«n  (Ladj),  h«r  ^nre,  1 29 

.:  fijMimtDrt^  a  nJaiik,  244,  463 

Sheffield  fulk-lore,  299 

StroliwUtwe,  44t) 

gBnrwia*  •*  Grete  Herbair  162. 403 

Voodoni^m,  origjiii  of  the  trroi,  1210 
I  (Dr.  TbgophUiw),  deati  of  KtlhU,  137 
Irodefiek  UmWf^  474 

I  bridge,  an  exliibUiau,  IGO,  S9S 

I  (John)  on  GmTith^m,  iJittg  Bkaetows,  44^ 

I  CSWfliy)  <•'  ii?  huinen  wr,  204 

I  (Ber.  Thoma;.;,  D»r>grapiiy,  342,  417 
bj(J4hQ  Car£iU)i  tibnirlui  d'  tlje  London  la^tltu- 
,  4n? 
b^  uod  the  itaj  «f  Mre.  Kigbtiaijiile, 

76,  378,  402;  hli  bo&t  2  13 
Fell<  283 
-;o4 
u  117  i ;  n !  1 1  'is  prophec V,  535 
31 
,  -u  ..a«)  of  Archer')*  Court,  4 1 
r  (ftubert),  boMS  aud  cofliii^nails,  '>97.  378 
gr^  (h%)  Aiid  the  book^lkr';>  di^ughlcr.  207 
.  (T.  H.)  on  trrcck^i,  305 
Portrait  pfttntiiy:,  324 
udungbam  (Geo.  VOyera^  Ut  Dnka  of),  ii::^  JS»oL\jf  r, 
469.  544 
|o:rkley  (HoT,  T,  A.  Wat.>«ba«Mj  tobdar,  .134 
'nekton  (T.  J.)  on  Zodiac  of  Denderab,  G5 


'ir»r.  >>i/ 
Buff  (A,)  en  f^ 
;  IndkiHtrit^ 
6  limbo,  or  ^u 

Bnrfr,  its  deri V  [ 

Borford's  panoiin:^.-,.  *  ; .. 
Burgoyne  (Sir  John),  ily: 

lines  hy  him,  451     ^ 
Borkouebi  (Philip),  sic^h  ; 

Biimet  Thotnas),  satire  on  .  1  ,  ^ 

Bums  (Robert),  reSicf  attd  klli^  44^1^1  .^r^.^^-^uid.  1 

hang  Syne,''  386,  501 
Burton  (Mies  Rachel),  eatli  -    "'^   '**^  Ji-ooH 

Bnseche  (Etn,  Vandeo)  on  ^ 

Botier  (Cbftrki),  Biue  aad  ..  .  —  ,  :.- 

Butler  (Om^),  order  Ag^Hi^t  the  i^diw  of  New  Qrie*ns, 

363 
Butler  (Mrs.  Mttr7)j  s  ceiiUnari/in,  IfiO  .^ 

Buttery  (Albert)  (KrChri*L«i  partniit,  34  j[ 

Henry  Vlli.  and. tlifc  r: :  3  ,, 

Stamp  on  picture  CAtr  ,  j 

Buttona,  lftwr«  reUiiog  to,  T  ji 

B.  ( W,  C.)  0^  Johji  Deak  i| 

Beauty  bat  akin-daep,  ^ 

Chap  books,  302  \ 

Frencb  Ritst«ix*p]a^f  IS4  -^ 

B.  (W.  D.)  on '^  Cap, ;  • '  * 

B.  (W,  E()pn4brft  K  40;* 

SL  Wnlfran.  44^ 
WtapbraMj  223 
D.  (Wt  11.)  m  a  vrhiih^'ft  rU>  at  fiviroenta,  33*  ^4 
Byron  (George  Gordon,  6tli  Lord),  the  young  gallatit 
Howard  in  "ChiWe  EUruW*  4a3^«Tri*w  of  bi» 
*'  Englinh  Bardi,"  2;^^  im,  W,4W,  44 1 


q.  on  catlied^l  liclla,  1) 

,    Jkougbaoi  (Lord): asd  \>lu&rft  352 

Dnnby  (Enrl  of)  and  Lord  ArJiDgtQo,  36^ 

Ghost  story.  453 

Kingatoti  (Karl  of)  and  Oldham,  flSB 

LondoD  in  Octol^Tt  5U» 

Troi  ei\}oymflnt,  492  1 

C&lais  and  Sir  Gilbert  Tulbut  ia  1512,  I3£>  >J 

Oaldaro,  tl^i   E<  h^ika.  21,  123,  li»3,  341  1 

Onlihan.  .c,  56,  lJi> 

Oalw>-  62.  103^  ill  ft,  372 

Gninn  (Jalmj  uiid  St^rvclus,  141 
Onmbqdg^i  Qew  ediUoci  of  Uw  UoiTecutj  *'0^jdili- 

tiones/"  153 
Oumbridge  Philological  &jcirty,  336 
0  em  den  Sooietj,  gentfrA]  nhvtlui..  402 
Cameron  (Donald)  •'  { 

Campbell , (Lord),  It i.  3T3, 

466  ,y      

Oamphaoflen  (0.)>  Vtt«t»  ISS,  312 

OanDdian  novel,  26 

OaarCint  A  danee,  108 

Oanms  tho  poet,  hia  iVngst,,.....,   .;,^ 

Canoiog  (George)  and  Lord  I>ad|6y,  l%\ 

CsDDon,  ita  derirajiijo,  58,  150 

Canterbury  (G«>rge)»,hi9  "  Wili;'Afcaie,  357 

Gapers  and  muttou,  IdO 

damcole,  \\b  mesnin  ,  '  "    '    ' 

Oarcw  (W,  II,  r.)  .  t 

Caricatures:  '*  The  li. .  ..  ......,..-,.  -,_    :^  .t^elir" 

493;  *'  Ex  luce  luceUum,'  512 


UUMf  ^Am^iOtCltt,  41*  21 7  u        >     .,  ...-_.'.  I 

CatiU]  (John),  ■  centenarian,  301 
C«  (C.)  on  n  scripit,  201 
Gmsot  find  Galsc^  270 

U  O»r«colej  343 

Moaeieor,  mon«itQr)  311 
G.  (C.  D.)  on  Airne  GhapmnHf  234 

Gompetitors  for  the  Scottish  cn>wn,  3G3 

LeeXRoT.  Timothy),  rooniuiieiit,  304 

Stow-in-llif.Wold,  344 
C.  (C.  G.)  OD  BobUm :  Omhr&^  398 
Q.  (G,  H.)  an  Loid  Pluak«t  jLud  the  boui>£lii&s,  &3 
C,  (E*)  on  curicius  precursors  of  the  Pretender,  139 

MonUga  (L(uly  Mary  Wankj)|  buJtftJ,  207 

Ode  of  Arthui  Grev,  375 
C.  (E.  B.)  on  '*  The  ftUid  of  Rje,"  390 
GelUoi  (Beaveuuto),  tirma,  266 
CelticiiPt  ^lifi  doctrine  of,  349^  S25 
Ceiiteii«rui[ii»Tp<     Ste  LQ^/evity 
Ottrmmic  art^  work  on  it,  336 
^G«rto«iao^  its  m«MiiDg«  19,  400    ,^ 
GenraDteSf  new  edition  of  "  Don  Qaixoti*,^  275 
G.  (F.  W*)on  La  Caracole,  149 
C.  (G.>^m  T,  BukerviUoij  portrait,  459 
C,  (G.  A,)  OD  folk-lore^  the  tlowworm,  547 

Legal  commomplacscs  J'^m/I^ James  L,  83 

PAJntiDg  in  S^rstoQ  obufch,  245 

St.  «bbrevialed  to  T,  550 
C.  (G.  H.)  on  Lord  Pluokot,  265 
G*  (H.)  on  the  plant  Liu^un  Auaetw,  333 

Trevem'  *'  Gr<Ke  Herbal  I/'  333 
GhAinneu,  hints  to,  55,  176 
GUIlooer  (Dp.  Ricliard),  "^  Giirdeo  of  the  Soul^  513 
Chambers  (Eobert),  LLO.,  his  dealh,  274 
ChftQce  (F.)  on  Biffin  and  f\fSa,  533 

Gleopntra,  49a 

Plica  Polouica,  539 

Bealm,  it*  ditleront  hrvas,  370 

St,  abbreviated  to  T,  479 
Gbap*booki!^  303 
Cfaapmau  ^f  John),  hia  danght^r?,  ^4,  334 


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CLinese  raddera  of  »iiipa,  1&2 

C.  (H.  M.)  OD  consecmliiii;  rti  J^l' 

Chowier,  4  Mvoary  dish,  85 

CbrUt  (J«ei30),  |>ortr«it»  ^i 

Chri&t -cross  A  B  C,  418 

~^bnbtmis  mnmni«irB,Aii(J^,pioujy^'WU  ^45 

Sbn^tmiu  carol^  23 
Chmtmai  schoolboy  piecs-s  145»90),  351  ^  I'y^ 

Chrooido  of  evenis  in  1870,  a5 
Chronologer  of  tLe  *'  =  '-'  T    .,  1  ..   it'^ 

C.  (H.  a)  on  toaJ 
Church,  Botne  reas 

"rhurch  (W.  M.  H.)  on  Au*tin  fiimilj'.  Ui 
ArniB  of  Jentiour,  55 
nreliM,  dedication  of,  3SS,  '  '^.v  ones 

in  Loddon,  112;  in  Surrey,  -,  476; 

irithifi  Rooian  cn~  7-  1<    "' 
hurcUill  (Lord)  ures,  416 

urchill  (Mrs,  Mj- ;, ll  Mini  erne  cliurch, 

234,  417,  524 
,  (H.  W.)  on  9,  Litin  p^ivtrb,  56 

iiitin^of  "Sl  Fmnck"27() 
^loiii.  slippjcr,  196    ^ 

'i^iiitr  vi\v  '  ' .  "_""Jl^  377 

SwUrciaa  u  :  EngUn.J,  141,  263 

J,  (JOor>  1  Akuck,  122 

NctI]1  1  Latimer,  hla  wife,  90 

NoeI(i:.  12-1  ■•■ 

L  (J.  H.)  on  Dr,  \\  iJiam  King,  388 
•*  RoUkd,"  with  notea,  540 
(J.  L,)  on  Lflrd  and  LaUj  Dome,  2?3 
C,  (J-  M.)  on  gfiftta  titlng,  S52  )  '*  | 

C.  {J.  R)  cm  crypt ograpliy,  1 55  | 

Ckrke  (Mn.  Hftrriei),  her  loni^tvity,  51 1 
CUrke  (Hyde)  00  lion  flhillixig>,  IS7 

!l         MaJc  and  female  nunibcid  and  letters,  407 
I        Midw,  origin  of  the  name,  429 
Saeezing,  301 
Thonder,  429 
Clarke  (Somery),  Jon.,  on  compktiiiu  of  St.  Puura,  241 
pUtry  oU  u  newly. b>rrj  cLiLi  crying,  289 
[         Ciin,,;,!,.^::  CLor,o.  Li>-  .A  Lor.i  Lrisdhurst,  373 
'  ■ 


Coldinghain  pi 
Cole  family,  I 
Coleridjye  (S, 


^leburae  (Wnj-),  of  Tlppcrary.  iir.ir 
477 

Cl«'op*tra!  wa4»he  Egyptian  kw  Gi 

Cleveland  f  BjrLir.u  r>'iK]:i-..s  .>r),  \\\\ 

Ix 

^ivck.  /in  usuoijuiuip*!,  322,  ii50 
^  T  beef  explained,  512 


vri, 


429,  50G 
\  397,  5tB 
■  ,■,!■  r.t"  ArbuLL......  .-.^ 

.  (M.  M.^  on  pictarii  <  i4ee%'es,  475 

,  (C)  ota  govemora  of .  '.♦ 

MiaiatDro  pinter  imkfi.  CJuiiicj  L,  474 
Cobblers*  lamps  in  luly,  II,  152,  245 
Cocker  (Edward).  «  The  Pen's  Gatlantry,"  407 
Codd  (Mrs.  Shirley  Murse),  a  cciitcnarinn,  160 
Cofffee-hotiijea  of  London,  5 

Cokts,  elevcn^shilling   pi<}ce$  of  Charlej  I.^  55,  148, 
442,  4fl6;  dcnariua  of  Droana,  sen.,  95,  143,  14S; 
L  Bltilium  and  oboluB,  143 i  Fortngac^o  copper,  344 


:"^   187,311.379 

,,,-..i.209    ' 
(JoJot  CJoha),  dctm  ot  Si.  Pfliii's,  281 
Colvtl<s  (P.  L.)  on  Robert  Keck'd  portrait,  12 
Common  Prayer  Book  uf  tb^  Church  of  EngUod,  «dit* 

1732,  JOD;   the  SeitJ.-d   Book  photo*ftinCogrBphi«i«d , 

47;  Sturt's  edition,  1717,  283,  351 
Cock-fighting  a  cen(:iify  ago,  108 
Congresaioonl  library ^  153 
Congrev*  (Wm,),  who  was  "  D-iri-i "?  .1B3 
Connecticut,  its  "  Blue  Lair*/'  16,  «♦,  191 
Coosoh  defined;  492 
Coaatablc  (Henry),  paasag-  in,  23:1 
Canatantine,  his  ch&racter^  303,  349 
Constantinople,  the  Hall  uf  Wulers,  1 :  <X<Q- 

man  dub,  181 
Conway,  origin  of  the  namcL  61 
Cook(Capt),  hjA  tbroslies.  3^7 
Cjoka  (Chr.)  on  LoniJoii  <  '  M 

Cookea,  Cookesey ,  and  r  \  \\  t\ 0^  523 

Cookes  (H.  W.)  o«  *  *%s.  11 

Corbottfamily  of  Oi  8 

Cor  Caroli^  a  donh!c  y tu,  i-5 
Coik  Cuvicrian  and  ArchatoIoglcjilSocf'  *v\  17 
Cornell  family,  343,  446 
Corney  (Boltoo),  sate  uf  his  library,  552 
Comi:sb  spoken  in  Det^jHshire,  11,  126,  353;  Gl^tsary, 

126 
Cornab.  on  Oar  Lady  of  Hdy4rell,  175 
Cottell  (W.  IL)  on  Broderick  ftimily^  474 

Cottlo  the  ^t,  493 
Cottcrill  (H-  B.)  on  r» »»  rr-.Tv  ^►f  f>iA  clooda,  3n 
Cattle  (Amoi).  pOe^  "  tilery/'  Aht 

Chjtlle  (Joseph)  of  li,  ,  493 

Conch  (Edward) Jiis  iuageviiy,  120,200 
Coach  (T.  Q.)  m  geheratiijna  within  Ttting  tt^emotry, 

387  '-' 

Couftenay  (Wm.  de),  26a  p 

CourUey  (W.  P.)  on  Her,  Samuel  Hc«.ity,  174       '^ 
"  Coutumicr  of  the  O.der  of  Htm  Bl«««ei!  Vif^ifl  Hiirv/' 

322 
Coventry,  bells  of  1^' 

Cowper  (J.  M)  on  j  > 

Anonyni-' ; 
Bumbo  : 

.      '*  WheUier  or  no,"  373  TvnniirfO 

A  (RO,  r(?rJt,  on  bar^fi^n  for  Ihe  ae^J:^?^^^*^ 
Book  wonn » 4  62  '  wiMlO 

Kile  and  tlie  B/b!e,  314  '  «MlK> 

Picbltr,  a  g«m  engir  ^ 

a  (8*)  (ient,  aoUior  of  '  tl-V  ^ 7 

C  r*cow  un i versi  cy ,  i is  ^K\t « ;  1 .1 1  u  '^n:  ui  1  ' '' 

Crag,  a  local  affix,  360 

Criinfurds  of  Newark,  l);irtmel:i,  343,  "j  ;  ^ 

Cij.w(brd  (John)  on  blink  rer,  wtnk,  45.*  -^ 

Crawl«y  rpr.  CrawliT',  a  prcibate  Cusc,  2:*9  "^ 

Crcighton  (Dr.  IJobert),  on  th?  Council  yf  FJi^i-eiii-'e,  142 
CroHta,  assamptiou  of  more  th  tn  one,  257,  ^553,  443, 

305 
Crtvpinus,  his  arms,  4fi'9 
Criticism,  oniulored,  271,  3S7 
Critics  described,  490 
Crivelli  (Carlo),  life  and  work^,  161,  270 
Croft  fiimily  of  Croft  c«sU«,  255  ^ 


,562 


/I:^(P,firX. 


{Ia4ex  Siwi>leuient  to  tlie  KoCe^nd 


Cromwell  family,  429,  481 

Cromwell  (Oliver),  letter.. .to  tLa.£mfcn>r  Spltin.^Ai- 
homet,  199t  2^L^  meuotuit,  374;  iioose  on  Bxifton 
Ribc,  468;'  htUif  of  Jt^eb.  4,  1650- 1,  474  f  siippoebd 
descendants,  246j  429 1  medals,  495;  af^htment'of 
Thomas  Simon  as  medal  maker,  515 
Croqois  (Alfred),  i.<?.  Daniel  Modibe,  213 
Crofisley  (James)  on  an. old  bpiUad,  322 

Go^smiUt  (OUwr),  iuediUd  elegy,  66^  131     i 

''  Hi8toi7  of  Edward  11..  1680,*'  998 
Growland  abbey,  its  history,  274 
Crowquill  (Alfred),  *,«.  Alfred  Henry  Forrster,  2U 
Craiksbank.Georgfl),  illustrations  iQ  Boscce's  '*  Novel- 
ists' Library,'*  40 
Cryptography,  155, 291,  377 
C.  (T.Jon  Bp.  Gibson's  wife  and  mother,  ?& 
C.  (T.  E.)  on  the  canal  of  Xerxes,  97 
C.  (T.  W.)  on  Hoelty,  the  German  poet,  244 

Millon  (Jean  de).  495 

■"  Pen  of  an  angei'a  wing,"  312 

"  Slewing  in  tlwir  own  gravy,"  379 
Cucumber,  its  deriralioD,  19,  108 
Cul,  Coni,  a  local  prefix,  495 
Cumble,  its  derivation,  482 
ConniDgliam,  origin  of  the  eornamo,  221,  347 
Cunningham  (F.)  on  lines  omitted  in  **  Comoa,"  384 
Cun-btone,  its  derivation,  61 
Cuvier  (Clementine),  biography,  408 
C.  (W.),  Jiichniondf  on  London  citiTce  houMS,  5 
C.  (W.  A.  B.)  on  "  Bos  hoc  vocari  debet,"  &L,  149 

The  Septuagint,  515 
C.  (W.  D,)  on  Sydney  Godolphic,  364 
C.  (W.  M  H.)  ofl  Austin  faujly,  75 

Average  of  linman  Ufc,  10 

Chailemagoe  arm;,  75 

Dauhygn^  monument,  54 

Hampden  family,  189,  441 

Ueruldif,  409 

Mortimer  pedigree,  12 

MoiiUioent  in  Kentxtt  cLurcb,  140 

Pipe  Bull,  5  Stei^hcn,  236 
Cywrni  on  orders  of  knlgIj.i,OLd,  10 1,  441 

Song,  "Lanriger  licrMtiuH,"  39S 


D.  on  IIi(;li.jiriks,  a  tipi^y  inerriuitnt,  4^7         • 

Memory  of  sm4ll:>,  414 

Mourning  writini:- paper,  378 

Thundt-rer  of  '*  Th«  Times,"  524 
Dacier  (Andrew),  noticed,  427 
Dalby  (J.  \V.)  on  Geor^-e  Daniel,  C3 
D'Almeyda  (Don  Frat9t'is:,  101 
Dalryinple  (John),  noticed,  286j  46;J 
Dandy  rolls,  534 
Daniel    (George),  editor   cf   CuLiUiland'l    'British 

Theatre,"  C3,  84,  113 
Danish  couit  head-.lrte,^,  M 
Dante  literature,  354 
Darwin  (C.  B-X  uia  theory  in  Java,  533 
Diiteii,  discrepaocres  in,  9 

Dtubygne  (Sir  John),  r.ouumont  at  Brize^Nviion,  54 
Davies  (T.  L.  0.)  oa  prouuuciutiou  of  Greek  atel  Litjn. 
178 

"  The  Poetic  Miiror,"  177 
Dawes  (Alp,  Wm.),  fond  <4  punning,  106 
Dajkin.  (F.  M.)  m  iht  BircU  family ,  5A4i 


D.  (E.  ^).GO  Butff  or  burf,  379, ..  y      ..  ?  .  - 
fiil8et'gTuuititie8,.35p    .   ./^    \''  ' .  ,f' 

Hames^ken^  33^  .    "'''.'■.'■ 

Phrase,  "  Comes  to  griefi"  4ia'     ," 

Song,  "  Old  woman,  old  womtin,"  196 

Wray  (Daniel),  372 
Deacon  (yVm.  Fr^ick),  *'W»rmiiaija,"  15 
"*  Deaf  dd  w*omaD,7  Hnes  oni  75, 796 
Dean  (S.  A«  U.)  on  Christmas  piieee8,'462 
Death  by  torture  for  imputed  beresr,  30^ 
De  Bohan  family,  24,  150 
Deed,  ancient  SootUsh,  19 
De  Foe  (Daniel),  qooUtloos  ia  "Rbbixtson  Crnsoe,'* 

426 
Defoe  (Mercy)  of  Moochester,'  34    . 
De  la  Soie  (GL)  oh  the  marine  rotf,  4$ 
Demoniacs,  works  on,  109 
Den,  as  a  local  teooination,  397 
Deniuias  of  Dnisus,  sen.,  coin,  95/354 
Denbigh,  origin  of  the  name,  61 
Denison  (John),  his  works,  162 
Denney  (Andrew),  Greek  couplet,  76 
Denton  (Sir  Alexander),  Iuyali&t,.323 
^  "  De  profundis,"  its  early  use,  495  . 
Derby  (Henry  Stinley,  4th  Earl  of),  aricdofe^  388 
Derby  (Thomas  Stanley,  2nd  Ear]  oOt.^k  King  of 

Man,  250  * 
'*  Der  relegirte  Kobbold,"  55" 
D.  (E.  S.)  on  Maidenwell,  near  Loath,  548    . 
DtyjH  bents  his  wife,  25,  400 
Dexter  (timothy),  Ameiican  merchant,  174 
D.  (F.  H.^  on  "  Pigs  may  fly,"  &c.,  41  . 
pi  (0*  f  J  on  epitaph  in  "Wing  qhiirch^  53 
D.  (H.  P.)  on  Epigram :  "  As  Cyril  ami  Nalfiw,''  442 

Epigram  on  the  Walcheren  expedition,  18 

Fell  (Dean  Samuel),  352  . 

Punning  and  jesting  on  names,  313 

Titlers  of  siigar,  224 

Winter  saying,  18 

Wray  (Daniel),  372 
D.  (H.  W.)  on  China  mania,  73 

Derby  porcelain,  75 
Diaz  (Bartolomao),  discoverer  of  the  Cape  Boute,  102. 

195,313 
Dibdin  (E,  TL)  un  Hvauiv  ilecp,  41\) 

Bhk  (HoEi^tt),  "  The  Grave,"  441 
Dib4in<0L  T,  R),  ''  Bibrb>graplLv«U  D*can:eren,'  256 
Dickens  CChatlea),  ctpyyjghts  of  his  worit?,- 134 
Diez  (Dojijja  Juliji£&)|  Portugncsc  beauty,  34 
Djgftnuii«j.  414,  U\  .  '  . , 

Dighioii  (Evhch},  ca^paturist,  41S 
Disraeli  (f^aac)  and  ^unlj,  300 
Dis-spirit^  its  old  ;*ud  nwdem  mewuing,  V$6,  1^4,377 
Ditchfield  (J.  B.)  on  "  Memoirea  ce  Cautfiova,''  io 
Dixon  (S.)  on  "  After  me  the  4'*luge,"  18$ 

.  BalUd  of  Lady  Ferrers,  334 

Gnizot  and  Guise,  333 

Hair  growing  after  deatli,  l30,  315"     ■'    . 
Dixon  (James  Henry)  on  Ballad  priiueu' 
187 

Byron's  ** Erglijjh  Bards," .  106,  351. 

CjBrtosino,  its  meaning,  19      .    ^       . 

Gobblers'  lamps  in  Iia|^%  11.     '    - . . . 
.  Convivial  scngs^  58.  ,.  v    \ 

«  E»"  |«d  "  En."  1 93 .  .  .      ";/  ,'■ '  ■; 


In^T  8iip|>Ietii«Qt  to  the  T^atet  and  \ 
Qucrlet,  wlib  Ko.  Iflfi,  July  IS,  1«7L  > 


INDEX. 


563 


Dixon  (Jnmea  Henry)  on  Manchester  efaip-bookflp  1 10 

ATiasftle  ad  mum  LjiusaDDensem,  124 

Fotten  of  the  uortherD  counties,  96 

Scriptut,  146 

Swiss  spring  song,  231 

"  The  He«vjng  of  tht  tend/'  55 

Ww  song:  An  Imperial  Letter,  145 
D.  (M.)  on  Babylonian  bricks,  493 

Bear-lailing,  138 

Bwiiy  sWp,  143 

Ghl]ies«  mddera  of  ships,  162 

DtlineatioDs  of  the  dragon,  12 

Eatfttica  of  Caldano^  123 

Gipsy  cookery^  121 

Heraldry  of  Smith  families,  43 

Inkstand  of  Wedgwood  wjirc,  163 

Kay  (Jobn),  portrait,  173 

Macaroon,  its  derivation,  364 

Marbiiry  Dan,  a  fanied  home,  535 

Military  chevron,  475 

P>  A.  L's  oommntii cations,  156 

Pools,  or  months  of  streams,  12 

Proverbs,  406 

Pumps,  low-heeled  shoes,  389 

Scripsit,  201 

Snmames  in  Domesday  Book,  320 

The  Grecian  bend,  513 

Tom  Tiddler's  ground,  57 

Yorkshire  Prayer-book,  13 
Dobson  (Thotnns)  on  the  meaning  of  Kipper,  543 
"  DocBiuentofi  Arabicoa,"  303 

D^inger  (Dr.  J.  J.  Ip^atiua  ran),  Oxford  degree,  487 
•*  Dolopalbosi  or,  the  King  and  the  Seven  Wise  Men,"* 

111 
Domesday   Book,   its  surnames,  320;  its  kodon^rier's 

representatives,  208 
Don  on  Eastern  story  of  a  heavy  b!ab,  12 

War  medals,  13 
Donne  (Dr.  John),  "  Pq«ms,"  AH]  letter  ia  Walton's 

Life  of  him,  536 
Dore,  a  family  name,  its  derivation,  453 
Dome  (Lord  and  Lady),  2S3 
Donglas    (W.    S.)    on    Bams'    "Kicht    Gnde-Wiilie 

Waucbt,"  501 
Donr,  or  Dur,  a  local  prefix,  22,  152 
DoTer  castle,  smugglers  hung  in  front  of  it,  364,  445 
Downing  (ilrs  Harriet) ^  Irish  poetess,  142,  289 
Doxat  (Lewii),  his  age,  408 
Doyll  on  Enphah  queen  buried  at  Porto  Fino,  208 

Spenser  s  "  Hymn  of  Heavenly  Beauty,"  220 
Dragon,  earliest  delineation,  12,  1 25^  174,  200,  214 
Dramas,  political  satirical,  491 
Dramatic  Almanack  for  1871,  66 
Drennan  (W.  It)  on  gipsies  in  Ireland,  110 
Druidical  history,  487 

Drom,  an  evening  party,  its  derivation,  453,  526 
Drumlanrig  (tha  Laird' of),  190.  310 
Dmry  Lane,  the  Bear  tavern,  363 
Dryden  (John),  ptstaga  in  **  Absalom  and  Achitophcl," 

532 
D.  (T.),  on  George  London,  444 
Dmule  (D,  Jacobo),  collection  of  pictures,  364 
DobUn,  Gennan  Lutlieran  church,  545 
Dudley  and  W*rd  (John,  2nd  Viscount),  portrait,  235 
Dagdale  (Wm.),   alioaiona   in    bis    **  History  of   St, 
PaalV28l 


*'  Dalce  Domnm,"  140 

Dan,  as  a  local  prefix,  104 

Dunkin  (A.  S.),  on  barben^  forfeits,  22 

Balloons  and  newspapers,  141 

Doer  or  Dcir,  a  local  prefix,  152 

Lancashire  wilchea,  504 

Parodies,  work  on,  105 

Eederiffe,  in  Surrey,  25 
Dunkin  (Edwin)  on  prints  of  Stonelienge,  36 
Donkin  (E.  H,  W.)  on  Feock  church  registers,  232 
Dunn  (Sarah),  a  centenarian,  159 
Dur,  or  Dour,  a  local  prefix,  22,  152 
Dutch   newspaper,    1652,    339;     periodical,    « 0.  le 

Eenw,"  163 
D*  (W,)  on  collections  for  history  of  Inns,  512 

3fary  Queen  of  Scots'  imprisonments,  526 

Scotch  newspsper^  390 

Thomson  (James),  a  d raid,  401 
D-  (W.  G.)  on  the  Ghisgow  noddy,  165 

Gnat  t'.  mosquitoes,  416 
D,  (W.  T,  T,)  on  Charles  IL  mt  Malpas,  295 
Dyer  (Sir  Edward),  "Sixe  Idyllia,^'  494 
Dyer  (John),  poet,  232,  353,  443,  524,  546 
Dyer  (Samuel),  his  portrait,  232 
Dymond  (R.)  on  Gary's  **  Patasologia  Chronica,"  271 

Bishop  Mordecai  Gary,  376 


Ear,  lioei  m  the  human,  235,  264,  334,  369 

Eastern  story  of  a  heavy  slab,  12,  131 

Eating  to  excess,  429 

Eboracum  on  the  Rhombus  and  Scaras,  376 

Eclipses,  popular  method  of  observing,  472 

Ecstatics,  works  on,  21,  123,  193,  350 

E.  (D.  CO  on  Robert  do  Comyn,  19 

Edward  L,  marriages  of  his  daughter*,  204 

Edward  IL,  "  History,"  298 

Edward  IV„  letter  dated  Dee.  10,  1460,  229,  312,  417 

Edward  the  Confessor  and  the  ring,  474 

Edwards  (George),  ad.  1545,  388,  464 

Eff  on  "  Agreeing  to  diSer,"  512 

Bookworm,  462 

Phelps  (E.  S.),  "  Gsles  Ajar,"  452 

Roscoe's  "*  Life  of  William  Roscoc,"  471 
Effessea  on  Sir  Thomas  Sewell,  376 
E.  (G.)  on  Bobadil,  203 

Congreve  and  Wycherley,  486 

Himpden  family,  273 

Milton  and  homceopathy,  54 

Nile,  its  overflowings,  186 

Plica  FoJonica.  475 

Length  of  hair  in  men  and  women,  475 

Repentant  thief,  490 

Wellington  (Duke  of),  anecdote,  490 
E*  (G.  F.  S.)  on  "*Ti8  better  to  have  loved  and  lost," 

376 
Egcrtou  (Sir  Charles),  Kut^  12 
Eggs  as  an  article  of  food,  409,  464 
E,  (H.  TO  on  •*  The  Shrubs  of  Parnasaos,"  410 
**  Eikon  Baaihke,**  authorship,  9,  225 
Eirionnach  on  quotations  in  "  Itobinson  Orusoo,"  42  G 
E.  (K-  P.  DO  on  centenarians,  159 

Diaz  (Bartolomao)  and  the  Cnpe  route,  195 

Indexes,  their  utility,  42 

Lincolnshire  drinking  song,  454 

Seizure  of  chattels  under  an  heriot,  302 


564 


INDEX. 


rikid«x6iipiil«BeBtlotli»«aimiMd  ' 
t  QBttfM,  with  No^aiw  JalF  IK  un. 


Eleanor,  daughter  of  King  John,  her  marriage,  208 

Elecampane,  a  plant,  243,  314 

Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Edward  L,  maniage,  204 

Eliiabeth  of  Lancaster,  marriage,  520 

Elk  on  the  oldest  inns  in  England,  464 

Ellacombe  (H.  T.^  on  legend  on  belb»  95 

EUcee  on  cobblers^  lamps  in  Italy,  845 

Parkes  (Joseph)  memoioi  asid  ccmreapopdence,  74 

'<  Point  deviee,^  255 

Song:  "  Goodj  bottkd  ale,**  44 

Schoohnaster  abroad  in  Lnoaahire,  31 1 
Ellis  (A.  S.)  on  Beckefs  mnrderen,  266 

Chepstow— Estri^oie],  290 
Ellis  (J,  H,)  on  cryptography,  377 
Ellis  CJobn),  misoelJaneons  writer,  5 
EUis  (R  B.  W.)  on  Amorkala,  wife  of  Akbac,  821 

Barbarous  massacre,  221 

Bibliotheca  lodlca,  54 

Donna  Juliana  Diez,  34 

"  Documentos  Arabieos,"  308 

Mansoleam  and  town  Uoaiknllee,  3S5 

Poppa  Bai,  or  Queen  of  Misrule,  190 
Elze  (Dr.  Earl)   on  "Ueicha&t  of  Venioe;*"   Ma. 
Downmg,  142 

<*  Thnoo  of  Athens,"  two  paauges,  350 
Enamoured,  as  a  verb,  429 
Engraving,  a  curious,  95;  early,  13,  151,  217,  332; 

steel,  510 
Enigma:  '<  Cadaver  nee  habet  snum  sepnlchnnn,''  5t8 
Enty  (Rev.  John),  biography,  55 

Epigrami : — 

Brown  (Tom)  on  Dr.  Samuel  Fell,  283 

French  cock,  54 

Jackson  (Cyril)  and  Nathan  Westherell,  821,  350, 

442,518 
Walcheron  expedition,  1 8 

Epitaphs : — 

Bailee  (John)  of  Northampton,  254 
Bird  (Mrs.  Susannah),  at  Midnapore,  280 
Cotes  (Thomas),  in  Wing  church,  53 
Havers  (Rev.  Thomas)  at  Stoke  Holy  Cross,  94 
Heversham  church,  Westmoreland,  32 
Portland  (Richard  Weston,  Ibt  Earl  oQ,  325 
Stanley  (Sir  Thomas),  190,  292 
E.  (R.)  on  "Streak  of  silver  sea,"  486 
Eric  on  the  Duke  of  Kent  in  Canada,  86 
E.  (R.  R.  W.)  on  mummy-hunting,  491 
Erse  (Lothar),  tragedy  on  Maiy  Queen  of  Scots,  533 
Enikine  r John),  editor  of  his  "  Institutes,-'  364 
Erskine  (Thomas,  Lord),  disappointed  of  a  legacy,  510 
Es  and  En,  59,  193,  264,  547 
Espedare  on  A'Bocket's  murderers,  395 
Cunningham  surname,  347 
Laird  or  lord,  328 
Pennytersan,  Cunstone,  etc,  219 
Sickle  Bqyne:  Boyne  Money,  313 
Este  on  Industries  of  England,  289 
Evans  (John)  on  coin  of  Denarius,  354 
Ewald  (H.  G.  A.)  and  the  Apocalypse,  175 
Exhibition,  International,  of  1867,  67,  153,  181,  202, 
296,  855,  401 
B.  (Y.  C.)  on  the  completion  of  St.  PauVs,  \ft5 
£^ck  (Brothen  Van),  «  Adrntkn  of  the  Um\>r  \S0 


F.  on  Calvin  and  fiervstas,  141 

Foster  (John)  of  Wordsley,  549 

Nile  and  the  BiUe,  421 
F.  2  (W.)  on  the  bookwoBn,  168 

Cunningham,  origin  of  the  tomanie,  221,  .224 

"*  The  Soater  and  his  Sow,'  467 
Facts  in  unexpected  places,  297,1178 
Faidherbe  (G^n^ral),  noticed,  121 
Fairfax  court-house  destroyed,  "508 
Fairfax  family  pedigree,  257 
Fairf ord  windows,  47 
Fairy  changelings,  283 
FalUand  (Lord),  mtioed,  4M 
Falkner  (T.  F.)  on  metrical  muM  cf  ^  Paafana,  305 
Falls  (Mr.),  his  pun,  107 
Families  without  coat  anmir,  M4,  420,  481 
Faraday  (James),  pedeatriaa  fort,  140,  266 
«  Farceur  (le)  du  Jour  et  de  k  Nnit,''  12 
Famham  (Lord),  memoir,  227;  SMnnsoipta,  246 
Farren  (Eliza),  house  in  GrseD  StrMt,  169 
Faussart  (Sister  Guillemette),  135 
Fell  (John),  bishop  of  OzEord,  268,  362 
FeU  (Samuel),  dean  of  Christ  Churdi,  288,  262 
Female  saint  lepnsented,  56,  150 
Fendles:  Beanchamp,  318 
FenoUes,  or  Fendles  (Sir  Wm.  de)»  daiig^  Mngant, 

12,223,318,437,505 
Fenwick  family,  33 
Fenwick  (Lady),  her  disiatennflnt,  3S 
Fenwick  (Wm.),  mayo^  of  Hull,  biogniphy,-2S5 
FerguaMm  (J.)  on  the  eompietion  of  St.  l^vS^  890 
Femie  (T.  P.)  on  engraving  of  Amw  of  Denmark,  533 
Ferrar  (Nicholas)  and  George  Buggle,  490 
Ferrers  (Lady),  ballad,  209,  334 
Ferrey  (B.)  on  St.  Paul's  cathedral,  its  eompietioo,  344, 
460 

Sturt's  Book  of  Common  Prayer,  283 
Fert  in  the  Savoy  arms,  22,  104 
Fetter-lock,  a  cognizance  of  the  Long  fsmily,  428, 536 
F.  (G.)  on  bears*  ears,  350 
Fiction  and  fact,  494 
Fiennes  family  pedigree,  438 
Filial  piety,  121,  180,  199 
Findeme  flowers,  194,  813 
Finkley,  archnological  discoveries,  528 
Fish  and  the  bark  "  Providence,"  492 
Fishermen  in  the  olden  time,  174 
Fishwick  (H.)  on  Badger,  245 

Frost  on  the  shortest  day,  73 

SaarbrUck  custom,  174 

Stilts=crutcheB,  243 
Fitz-Hameys  (Robert),  genealogy,  222,  2Sfi 
Fitzhopkins  on  a  black  country  legend,  197 

Funeral  flowers:  Goldsmith,  426 

Jests,  445 

Old  jokes,  121 

Schoolmaster  abroad  in  StaffBidshire,  811 

Story  and  its  expansion,  32 
Fitz-Richard  on  punning  and  jerting  od  name;,  107 

Riehard  PUmtagenet,  150 
Fitzstratheme  (Mr.),  506 
F«  (JO  on  the.8ig08  of  the  Zodiw;,  844 


\' 


Indax  flopplemf  nt  to  the  Sotn  and  ) 
Qanlm,  with  Xo.  165,  Jal7  U,  1871.  J 


INDEX. 


565 


F.  (J.  T.)  on  burff  or  burf,  879 

Cobblera'  lamps  in  Italy,  132 

Gigantic  tin  singing  trampots,  530 

Gnn,  its  deriTstioD,  58 

"  Marj  llsgdalen's  lean/'  its  anthor,  95 

Mnral  painting  in  Slanitoa  chnrcb,  40 

Print  of  the  Prodigal  Son,  56 

Shard,  or  sham,  1Q5 

Wolls  cathedral,  its  Acabio  nnrntrah^  376 
F.  (J.  W.)  on  Kew  Zealani  medal,  197 

War  medals,  13],  482 
Flag,  the  new  German  imperial,  322,416,  503 
Flemish  families,  their  arms,  11,  310 
Flemish  fishermen  in  England,  513 
Flenry  (Abb<<  de),  letter  to  Card.  Gnaltexio,  69 
Florin,  the  golden,  808 
Flj.fishing,  artificial,  161,  265 
Fljn  (Dayid)  on  the  boy-bishop  at  GJiristmas,  21 
Fog,  meaning  of  the  word,  96,  216,  351,  466 

Folk  Lore  :— 

Agne  charms,  443,  483 

American  folk  lore,  91,  92 

Blackbirds  singing  before  Christmas,  186 

Frost  on  the  shortest  day,  73 

Fnneral,  51,  63,  231,  298 

Gabriel  liotnds,  299 

Garlie,  its  anti-witchcraft  properties,  20G 

Graves  open  on  Sandays,  471 

Irish:  Crawley  ver,  Crawley,  299 

Kin^re  snpeistitioos,  93 

New  moon  and  the  maids,  445 

Kew  year  saperstition,  299 

Sheffield  folk  lore,  299,  439 

Slow  worm,  427,  547 

Sneezing,  361 

Stafibrdahire  folk  lorej  91 

Summer  rainfall  and  the  great  bear,  300 

Teeth  folk  lore,  85 

Thnnder,  428 

Toads  core  glandakr  swelling,  210 

Weather  sayings,  299,  300,  343,  419,  445 

Winter  faying,  18 
Foots  (Samuel)  ^IS.  of  "  Piety  in  Pattens,**  161 ;  cha- 

imcters  in  his  "Chrysal,"  186 
Ford  Abbey  sale  of  paintings,  475 
Ford  (J.  W.)  on  the  game  of  Ombre,  306 
Foreigner  on  a  German  Etymological  Dictionary,  303 
Forrest  (C.)  sen.  on  black  wax,  443 
Forster  (Dr.  Thomas),  "Anthologia  Borealis  etAns- 

tralis,"  160 
Fortone  tlicatre,  183 

Foicolo  (Ugo),  removal  of  his  remains,  528 
Foster  (John)  of  Wordslc^y,  410,  549 
Founders*  kin,  pedigrees  of^  389 
Foxmtains  abbey,  141,  269 
Fowler  (J.  T.)  on  Foontwns  abbev,  269 
"Fox's  Martyrs,"  a  satire,  388 
Foyers,  the  falls  of,  62,  178 
Fra  (Ghuton)  on  schoolboy  words,  44 
France,  its  reigning  beauties,  427 ;  coins  of  the  Bepnb- 

lies,  473,  526 
Francis  (Sir  Philip),  a  Junius  claimant,  421,  453,  489 
Franklin  (Benjamin),  laurel  wreath,  189 
Fraaer  or  Frisel  £amilies,  55,  179, 330 
''Fraser's  Magazine,*'  portraits  circa  1935, 81,  211 


Frederick  king  of  Prussia,  his  alleged  letter  to  Prince 

Charles  Stuart,  117 
Freie  (G.  E.)  on  Sir  John  Powell,  465 
Fretton  (W.  G.)  on  bells  of  St.  MlchaelV,  Coventry,  45 
Friday  tree,  or  non-success,  123,  199 
Fiiswell  (Hain)  on  Chignons,  326 

"  Gentlemen  of  the  Pavement,*'  341 

Old  families  wiUiout  coat  armour,  420 

"Stewing  in  their  own  gravy  "  187 

Tennyson  and  Congreve,  301 
F.  (R  J.)  on  Dover  castle,  364 

Scot's  Hall  in  Kent,  433 
Frock  church  register,  its  recovery,  232 
Frosts,  severe  ones,  18 
Fruits,  wild,  in  Germany,  233 
Fry  (Franois^  on  Tyndale's  New  Testament,  30 

Bishops  version  of  the  Bible  used  by  the  trans- 
lators  of  the  Authorised  Version,  74 
F.  (S.  B.)  on  Horan  family  arms,  454 
F.  (T.  P.)  on  the  nuuriage  of  the  Duke  of  Manchester, 
364 

Unpublished  letter  of Essex,  406 

Fulham  porcehun  dishes,  37 

Fulhun  (G.  T.)  on  the  Janney  family,  312 

Fuller  (Wm.),  bishop  of  Lincoln,  parenuge,  257,  351 

Funeral  customs  in  the  HighUnids,  51,  267;  in  Lan- 

oashira,  231 }  at  Glevehmd,  298 
Fnneral  flowers,  426 

Fumess  Abbey  and  the  Chdtham  Society,  74,  310 
Fumivall  (F.  J.)  on  Chaucer's  birth,  412.  Works, 

492 
Fust  (Sir  Edward),  his  sword,  77 
Fust  (H.  Jenner),  jun.  on  Jennour  family,  152 
F,  (W.  G.)  on  plans  In  "  Beauties  of  England  and  Wales," 

34 
F.  (W.  M.)  on  the  memory  of  smells,  414 


G.,  Edinburgh^  on  Lord  Erskine,  510 

"  Fox's  Martyrs,"  a  satire,  388 

Hamcsuckea,  a  legal  t<>rm,  257 

Judicial  oaths,  209,  440 

Mar's  year,  186 

«  The  Deaf  Old  Woman,"  75 

The  Souter  and  his  Sow,  361 

Wolfe  (Gen.)  and  tlio  20th  foot,  53 
G.  (A.)  on  Dr.  Benjamin  Carier,  130 

Hilarion;i  servant,  tlie  sage  crow,  178 

"  Poems  on  the  Four  Last  Things,"  535 

"  The  Song  of  Solomon,"  515 

Weaver's  art,  244 
Gabriel  hounds,  299 

Gainsborough  (T&omaa),  "  Blue  Boy,"  237, 386,  391 
Gainsburgh  legend,  251,  457 
Gairdner  (Jan^e-s),  on  letter  of  Edward  n%  229,  417 
Galileo,  his  letter,  12,  113 
Galimatias  =  nonsonse,  1 74 
Games,  children's  141,  271,  415,  506,  523 
Ganthe  (Hancse)  of  Dantzig,  283 
Gantillon  (P.  J.  F.)  on  Denny's  Greek  translati-in,  76 

Epigram  by  Owen,  292 

Hood's  poem,  293 

Trench's  Hulsean  Lectures,  78 
Gardiner  (S.  R)  on  Philip  Burlamachi,  550 

Duke  of  Buckingham's  mother,  469,  544 
Gardner  (J.  D.)  on  Skedaddle,  351 


566 


INDEX 


f  Tndex  Sopplemeot  to  the  IToCet  nd 
\  Qnerlea.  wTtb  Vo.  IM,  loir  U.  isn. 


Garlic,  its  anti-iritchcraft  properties,  206 

GarroD,  a  small  horse,  494 

Gaspey  (Wip.)  on  the  last  of  the  Plantagenetf,  271 

Gates,  Isle  of  Man,  409,  484 

Gattj  (Dr.  A.)  on  Barker's  pmoramas,  432 

Mary  Queen  of  Scots'  captivity  in  England,  451 
Gatty  (Margaret)  on  bubieh'  l-.ells,  45 

Ballad  of  Lady  Ferrers,  209 

Sea-dragon  delineated,  125 

Son-dial  qaeries,  399 
Geddes  (D.)  on  the  meaning  of  fo^,  216 
Gem  query,  322,  307 
Gemini,  351,  441 

Generations  within  living  memory,  387 
Gentlemen,  as  used  in  the  army,  75 
"  Gentlemen  of  the  Pavement,"  341 
George  IV.,  his  last  days,  473 
German  Etymological  Dictionary,  303,  380,  456 
German  imperial  flag,  322,  416,  505 
German  prince  inquired  after,  235 
Germans  of  the  first  and  nineteenth  centuries,  87 
Geronde  convent,  255 
^  Geschichte  des  boruhmten  Berggeists  Gnome  aaf  den 

Sudeten,"  55 
Gg.  on  Arundel  and  Arundello,  234 
G.  (G.  M.)  on  Strasburg  library,  223 
Gheel  iu  Belgium,  the  home  of  madmen,  21 
Gherkin,  its  derivation,  19, 103 
G.  (H.  J.)  on  arms  of  Counts  of  Perche,  1 1 1 
Ghost  story:  Lord  Hastings,  453 
G.  (H.  S.)  on  Albaney  and  Amondeville,  234 

Alcock  (Bishop),  his  arms,  334 

Bourne  and  Cruft  families,  256 

Chevron,  467 

Cookesey  family,  523 

Corbett  family,'408 

Craufurds  of  Newark,  baronets,  543 

Dore,  a  family  name,  453 

Heraldry,  the  barrow,  474 
Gibbs  (H.  11.')  on  babies'  bells,  133 

Bovey  (John),  179 

Manuscript  Horaj,  535 

Ombre,  a  game,  167 
Gibson  (Bp.  Edmund),  mother  and  wife,  76 
Gibson  (William  Sidney),  his  death,  48 
Gilbert  (James)  on  convivial  song,  151 

Hamel  (Nicholas),  64 

Pianoforte,  its  first  public  exhibition,  143 

Reform  bill  in  1831,  113 

Local  tournaments,  105 
Gipsies  in  IreUnd,  110;  their  cookery,  121 
G.  (J.  A.)  on  bell-ringing,  388 

Coincidence  of  thought,  93 

Creighton  (Dr.  Robert),  142 

Eggs  as  an  article  of  food,  409 

Gigantic  ox,  159 

Marriages  before  twelve  o'clock,  G64 

Sonnet  queries,  545 

•* Stewing  in  their  own  gravy,"  272 

Thomson  (James)  a  Druid,  225 
(jladh,  its  derivation,  454 
GUmma  waterfall,  62,  178 
Glan  on  the  English  invasion  of  Switzerland,  36 
GUtteUf  a  provincialism,  121;  its  meaiim^,  ^^4^446 
494,  5iS 
GlencMim  (James,  Eari  of),  letter  to  Jaxawi  YL,^0 


Gnats,  their  bite,  258.  362)  416,  505 
Godolphin  (Sydney),  364,  462.  507 
Godolphin  (Sydney,  Earl  oQ,  364 
<'  God*s  baby,"  iti  mtMiins,  235 
Golding  (0.)  on  Glatton,  Its  meaniiig,  445 

Suffolk  rood  sereena,  867 
Gddsmid  (Jal'ian),  present  to  the  UnivwBityof  Londan, 

336 
Goldsmith  (Oliver),  Elegy  w  J.  F.  Sleigb,  9,  66, 84, 

131;  bis  tomb,  426 
«  Good  night,"  Ac,  stanzas  on,  96 
Goosnargh  chapelry,  its  histiwy,  153 
Qors,  erected  on  rivers,  1 13 

Gorse,  its  emblematical  meaning,  328,  379,  467|  5S5 
Gort  (Viscount)  on  the  ftunily  if  FitDDflS,  436 

Mourning  writing  paper,  378 

Scottish  guard  of  Fninee,  455 

Smyth  family  of  Ireland,  122 

"  Sun  never  ssttingon  the  BritSsh  4oniinioni»*SM 
Grantham,  alias  Bloetown,  44;  inn  signs,  343,  440 
Orasebrook  (H.  S.)  oo  Worcesttrshira  sberifftf*  arms,  410 
G.  (R.  C.)  on  "  This  ean  nighty"  Ac,  133 
G.  (R  E.)  on  Bobens'  "  Jodgmtot  of  Paris,"  364 
Grecian  lieod,  origin  of  the  term,  123,  513 
Greek  and  Roman  literatnre,  475 
Greek  pronunciation,  13,  173 
Green  (G.  M.)  on  book  omamcntatloii,  147 

Carlo  Crivelli,  270 

Carrier  (BenjaminX  150 

GaUleo's  letter,  113 

Simonides  and  tha  Codex  Sin^tieiB,  179 
Greene  rLady  Katharine),  twifK  Charles  II.,  2 
Greene  (R.),  "  The  Prodigal  Son. '  407 
Greenoway  family,  535 
Greenslcevea  (Lady),  her  picture,  475,  550 
Gregory  (Barnard),  editor  of  "The  Satiritet,"  327 
Gresley  (Sir  Nigel),  porcelain  manuiactory,  75 
Grey  (Arthur),  ode  to,  207,  375 
Griffiths  (E.)  on  Bibles,  len^.  James  I..  534 
Grimston  (Lady  Anne),  grave  in  Tewin  churchrarJ, 

76,  128,  172,195,273,309 
G.  (R.  J.),  on  •♦  The  Plain  Dealer,"  467 
Grosart  (A.  B.)  on  tha  Rev.  Thomas  Brooks,  417 

Egerton  (Sir  Charles),  knt,  12 

Falkland  (Lord),  Dr.  Donne,  and  £•  Dyer,  494 

Hogan,  or  Hoghens,  481 

Vaughan  (Henry),  allosion  in  his  poem,  II 
Grote  (George),  his  death.  552 
Gualterio,  (Card.),  papers  in  the  British  Museum,  69 
Guido  Canlassi,  lines  on  his  **  Aurora ,**  13,  113,221, 

292 
Guild  uf  Literature  and  Art,  26 
Guise  and  Guizot^  their  pmnuncaatlon,  142,  270,  333 
Gulson  (E.)  on  Devonsliire  words,  499 
Gun,  its  derivation,  57,  149 
G.  (W.)  on  Mediieval  bamji.  224 

Norsemen  in  Cumberland,  &c,  360 

Panning  and  jesting  on  names,  106 
Gwyn  (John  Frauuceis),  sale  of  paintings,  475 
Gwyu  (Nell),  letter  to  Mr.  Hyde,  2 

H 
H.  on  English  descent  of  Daniel  O^Coooril,  242 
S  \  H.,  Dublm^  on  SiTS  aod  liie  Whiteboja,  124 
\  ^^  T>iTiB«9,  ^  ^QDib>ac^%\wtacilu^  of  B.  Saason,  56 


\ \ ^^^^H 

^H 

^^^ 

^^^^^~3_ 

^3 

^K^                "^1             ISDEX. 

867 

^^p.  (A.)  <m  «dLtor  1                         » 

Sealer  (Ber.^liMtiiMl).  a&,  113,  LT4,  244 

^H       Gberkio  imd  c  ^ . .« ,^. ,  i  u  a 

\Uy^xv  VIT      '■n.,rr>...>..  nr-  Ih^  a^BghtfflT  ila^»  tm 

^H       H^riddic.  433     , 

W                                                *».  2S8,3ffO 

^H       *^  'i  imoD  of  Athene/'  t w«  p«M(i. 

r                             ,  :      vm             ' 

^■BftbAtji  Cofpuii  Ac  t  pABSfld  9iy  A  j«Bi. 

!'                                ..-rOjiitJril,  3o,' 

J  Licknuf  T  lis 

^  Eiir  ^o?ring  fttor  deiAb,  66^  a3|  \4it,  %2^^  \im,  345, 

aer]>ert  {^ICiGiiiira;  at  Loodw,  aacealn-,  4»4 

476;  lU  loQgth  in  mea  and  wooiiin.  475 

Herbs  and  leaves,  noteltta  on,  206,  34«,  44^ 

I^UtPff  *  v;- n»on  Jiia  dflrth^  3?> 

Herefordshirt  manor-hanaas,  387 

Hall  {                     7011  Berliu: 

Heriot,  Atimre  of  chattels  under  om,  3<iJ 

ttdl  (  '                i  p«odi<*»  J ; 

Heriz  family  of  Withcote,  c*  Loieettar,  lz*j 

Hall  (Wm.)  Aitetkfie«»  adft        :    -    .  . 

Hormeatnide  on  the  Adveat  Hjrnai,'  13^ 

HaUiwetl,  (X  0.)  on  MS.  ikM  la^Hgtliigh'a  Hiatar^ 

Aver7  pedigree,  161                    ^^ 

eft;    ■          ■  36 

Baliol  (Willkto),  606 

HamcN                  ^  iffcudi  aoUior,  64 

Beauofaaoip  amv,  442 

Hame;^,  tu„  ^..^u  piptT  of.  84 

Bedrat'a  mardiitts,  4^ 

HazoesQokflDf  a  kw  tmn,  257,  aa  i 

Bows  and  enrlKTi,  220 

Hampden  family,  169,  273,  333,  441 

CUieiioelatt%,  16€ 

HampBhitv  ccMUitr;  cburciiyard,  174 

Ohaucer's  bifth,  4t2,  347 

HaiiOTcki^  /amilj  of  CusibnuiTUa,  I  m 

De  Bohcn  family,  J  50 

Eaodtl  (G.  F.).<K»«rtg  ior  th«  hanv207i  "ilwwali," 

Edward.  (G«trge),4«4 

304,  349 

Eogliish  queen  baried  at  Porto  Fiaa^  375 

.  £o«UdipiliifsiiB^thikmaniasa%5SO 

"  From  dogs  to  cloga,"  etc.,  547 

Harlaiid  (Ber.  BobertX  :hba«g«iii7,  »» 

Judicial  oaths^  354,  50fi 

Hannaji  (Sir  John),  lib  death,  365 

*'  Lady  GreeittlflevM/  a  Ullad,  550 

Harper  (Thomas)  qq  iiftoyiiw  Hed  Gap,  208 

Utim«r  {Gm.  Ktvillcv  LanJ),  his  wiA^  219 

Harria  (Joseph), actor,  3         u\^       .    ,      -. 

Long  family  d  WraiaU,  486 

Mwsddfl;  Than*  of  Fife.  132 

Finderae  ilowors,  194 

Blaida  of  boiiourf  441                                                          ^^^M 

Harriaon  (Joseph),  jun*,  on  Wkd  '<  NulAirij^, '  102 

More  fjui%,  401                                                               ^^B 

Harriaoa  (Wm.)  oo  liioe  or  qosen  of  lb©  kW  of  Maii, 

&Iortlmer  pedigtte^  'iM                                                 ^^H 

S49 

Padewe  familTi  3^4                                                       ^^M 

Placard=atomacber,  389                                                 ^^^M 

Hart  (Mni,X  actressy  3,  l^a 

St  Jaoe  of  Valoia,  201                                                     ^^H 

Hanr«»(llob«:0.£ttwalogy,  222                                  , 

Smith  (Hev,  William),  a.D.  1539-15$9f^lf>                    ^^H 

Harrej  {l^Af  HUfiOraUt),  3 

Steffbrd  (Abp.).  ori^  of,  5t}0                                          ^^H 

HajitiDga  (Lord),  a  ghogtalorf.  4&3 

Suiblk  (Charles  BmndoD^  Duka  oQ*  d^oendaata,           ^^H 

^^areri^a]  (R  X)  aa  ibe  Saram.  mintaU  65 

^^H 

^K,      Vdgdtti  Bilk  of  U16,  344 

Walfrona,  13                                                                       ^^H 
Hemy  (Boht,  F.),  *"  Concordance i,'*  142'.  467                           ^^H 

^^pAjdou  (B.  H.),  puiuter,  pcdi^ 

*ef>.  .'jfj    143 

^^Daydoti  (Fraftlr^wDtt)  on  B.  I:                   13 

Hen  ey,  Duke  of  Odeana,  oottst                                                 ^^H 

^Hajm  (K.  F.X  "  Hiator;  oll^lu 

Hervey  (B«ir.  James)  and  Wia.  i                                              ^^H 

^■■^g.  G.)  oD  liuea  on  Ah^  A&^m,  ^4 

Heaketh  ( Bpi  Jliian)^  of  Sadot  axtd  Han .  >4                              ^^H 

^Hm^)  00  tapastrj  portnilB,  6)  I 

Hcasek  (J.  H.)  on  :^r  Rohetft. KiUfiSitw.  ike.,  i54                    ^^H 

^^bmHtj  (R  il)  on  opitheU  of  th«  luonthi,  419 1 

IJ.  (F.  CO  on  Amtnaan  natzoonl  toUf  ^                               ^^H 

**  Haut  of  iieftru,"  the  phxMt,  a^fi^  399,  46a,  548 

Anscdotea*  196                                                                  ^^H 

Hearth  Ux.  112 

«'  Adiiia  Oiurtaf V  374                                                 ^^1 

Heavte                    * 

Bean'  cars,  350                                                              ^^H 

Hftlire,                    atw  readiiift  jIH 

Bill  actually  presente9|  1 39                                             ^^M 

HaIiogiiLd4&  aqU  cohirebs.  535'                           s.   ^ 

BookvOfO},  iti  Timigee»  65                                                ^^H 

Helmal«7  tnoe,  41,  133^21:7/   ♦^in  ^«tr»*»U  1.  iu:  n 

Bntlar^a  Blue  and  Bfll  BoeUi*,  I  Jl*                                    ^H 

Halii^J  (TO,  OR  AshWraerfl  of  FiviiMi,  337 

Carrier  (Benjamin),  aita                                                  ^^^| 

P»jJe7  Of  PnbJcwa  f*tnjif,  2IU,  £22 

Charms  for  agu4^  463                                                      ^^H 

"  Seven  SUr«  "  ino,  Maathaatcr^  267 

Chriatmui  cat^^'^                                                        ^^H 

Shakspeaze  and  A«d«D,  11% 

Cistareian  abbeys,  2d9                                                    ^^H 

SntitlitoUKitd 

Deaf  old  >wwram,  lOe*                                                   ^^B 

ElBftvf  (H.  Wr);  oft^  Qliarlii*  JJa  cOaftn  ^Miliaff  i>iec«, 

DedlcatioQ  of  churches,  490                                           ^^^H 

49§    ,                                         ^    ' 

Dragon  a«li<teti(Wia,  1 79                                                  ^^H 

Gbws  ill  China,  Lid  1 

Eggs  aa  an  art!                   IR4                                        ^^H 

Creats,  their  j»roper  use,  363                                   , 

Ecatalica  and                                                                 ^^^| 

'               Croonfell  (OUv»?r),  ATA,  481 

Elecampane^  3 1  ^                                                                ^^^| 

NamlyQ^Mticr*  336 

Eogliah  ¥0ni«<}ciitl«v>,  464                                              ^tfjI^H 

I^Afi^  lihniriu  end  Oiuimns.  :i^i\ 

Efiigiaa^  aaoitQl,  .^Iffr                                          ^^^^H 

gr.8»iiiM^(Tli4iAa>>,  mdaib 

Tcttd^o^  ritig,  S^U- 

-.^^^^^^^H 

568 


i:ndex' 


f  Indcz  Sniipleincnt  to  the  Xoftes  «ii<l 
tQiierlGt.>Ht]i  Ho.  188,  Jalr  It.  len. 


H.  (F.  0.)  on  Gone,  its  embkinatio  sigDificAtioo,  379 

Hair  growing  after  dtatb,  83 

Holctu  lanatos^  360 

Hole  in  the  Wall,  an  ion  sign,  201 

La  Caracole,  149 

Lincolnshire  drinking-song,  527 

Man*8  animal  nature  called  a  beast,  484 

Manx  bisbops,  293 

Medical  Order  of  St.  John,  394 

Mezaotinto  prints,  483 

Mount  Calvary,  62,  215 

Mourning,  or  black-edged,  writing  paper,  307 

Mural  painting  in  StarBton  cburcb,  40,  410 

Nativity  of  our  Lord,  feast  of  the,  225 

Nelson  (Lord),  opinion  of  German  generals,  74 

''Parson  and  Bacon,"  a  song,  171 

Poet  prophecies,  151 

Placard,  its  signification,  445 

Prophecies  of  Thomas  Martin,  32 

Prophecy  of  Orval,  53 

St.  Anguktin's  Sennons,  17 

St.  Jane,  or  Joanna,  of  Valois,  150 

St.  Paul,  the  first  hermit,  112,  245 

St  Thomas  of  Villanova,  431 

St.  Wulfran,  269 

Scripdta,  146 

Sheerwort,  a  plant,  25,  332.  527 

"  The  Heaving  of  the  Lead,*  148 

"  Though  lost  to  sight,  to  memory  dear,"  173, 332 

Tetragonal  inscription,  379 

Titlers  of  sngar,  110 

Veto  at  papal  elections,  269 

Wells  cathedral,  its  Arabic  nnmerals,  375 

"Whether  or  no,"  286 
IL  (F.  H.)  on  '^  First  Impressions,  or  a  Day  ia  India," 
354 

Sarum  Missal,  177 
H.  (G.  J.)  on  the  will  of  Elizabeth  Talbot,  384 
H.  (H.).  PorttmoHth,  on  Oliver  the  Spy,  66 
.  Puoch-ladJe  of  George  in.,  236 

Sandown  Castle,  Isle  of  Wight,  175 

Watches  of  distinguished  men^  259 
Hibbit8E=  little  eft  or  newt,  510 
I  lie  et  ubique  on  book  ornamentatloD,  147 

Superstition  in  Suffolk,  210 
Higden  (Ralph),  "  Polycronicon,"  422 
Highland  customs  at  births,  marriages,  and  funerals, 

50,  267 
Higson  (John)  on  children*s  games,  523 

Gorse,  525 

Nortli  Lancashire  song,  543 
"  Hilarion's  servant,  the  sage  crow,"  11, 112, 178, 245, 

293 
Hill  (Lord  Arthur^,  pun  on  him,  107 
IIind*s  Hili,  near  Godalming,  inscription,  344,  379 
Hinton  (Charles),  on  Dr.  Johnson's  watch,  151 
Historical  Society  meeting,  552 
History  repeating  itself  280 
H.  (I.  W.)  on  the  Bleakley  fumily,  141 
H.  (J.)  on  Lord  Byron's  "  English  Bards,"  23 

Cancan,  a  dance,  108 

Mental  equality  of  the  sexes,  223 

"  The  greatest  clerks  not  the  wisest  men,"  409 
U.  (J.  F,)  on  a  French  Wesleyiin  ^la^am^  Z*l^ 
IT,  (M.)  QD  Harriet  Clarke's  longevity,  5\\ 
i^/>/>  in  the  tV^ftll  m  hm  siwu  123.  20\,^'20,^\Ci,\\n 


Hodgkin  (J.  Kl)  inr  the  antiquity  of  drigaon,  S61 
Notes  on  fly-leaves,  288      ■ ' 
St.  Valentine,  1S2 

Hogan,  galloping  and  drinking,  430,  481,  594 

Hogarth  (Wm.),    book-plates,  304  ;  sprint    of  Lord 
Lovat,  385  }  vignette,  255 

Hogg  (James),  soDg  "  Kilmeoy,"  323 

Hogg  (Robert)  on  George  London,  505 

Holcos  lanatnss  Yorkshire  f>g,  323,  380 

Holt  (H.  F.)  on  Adam  de  Orieton,  53,  306 
Block  Books,  13,217 
Henry  VIIL  and  the  Goldett  Fleeca,  370 

Hdt  (H.  F.),  his  death,  381 

H31ty  (L.  0.  H.),  German  poet,  174,  244 

Holywdl :  6\a  Lady  of  Holywell,  475 

HomcBopathy  noticed  by  Hilton  and  Hippoeratet,  64, 109 

Hood  (Thomas),  <' Address  to  Mr.  CroM,**  472;  *'  Lfe 
Shore,"  32,  197;  Works,  181 

Hook  (Theodore),  stoiy  ascribed  to  him,  73, 19S,  314 

Hooker  (Maria)  on  Mut^  Park  and  the  moss,  440 

Hopkyns  (D.  D.)»  ^  ^^7  Grimston^  S"^*  ^^ 

Horan  fiunily  arms,  454 

HcekyiiB-Ahrahall  (John)  on  lothing  hmd,  19 

House  of  Commons,  speeches  after  midnight,  402 

''  House  that  Jack  built,**  its  original  model,  23     '  - 

Housset  (Jean)  of  Mont  Val^rien,  136 

Howlinfton  (BiJbert),  a  osntenarian,  120 

Hoxne  abb^  register,  258 

H.  (B.)  on  "  Cold  as  a  dog^  noBe,"  1 14 

H.  (S.)  on  the  meaning  of  Pogi  96  ' 

H.  (S.  H.  A.)  on  R  F.  Herrey,  142 

H.  (T.)  on  the  "  fretful  porcupine,"  453 

H.  (T.  A.)  onJtev.  John  Macgowan^  »W 

H.  (T.  C.  G.)  on  the  ptfronymic  <•  ing,"  105 

Hume  (David),  pedigree,  71 

Hungerford  fSwnfly,  425,  426,  538 

Hunsdon  church,  co.  Hertford,  250 

Hunsdon  house,  ca  Hertford,  250 

Hunt  (J.  H.  Leigh)   "  Lefanre  Honrs  in  Town,"  £6, 
132,  198;  •*  The  Months;"  226 

Hunterian  Clnb,  2G 

Husband  (H.  A.)  on  negro  proverbs,  43 

Husbandman,  its  meaning,  255 

Husk  (W.  H.)  on  Convivial  songs,  294 
Cromwell  (OKver)  medals,  495 
"  The  Golden  Pippin,"  218 
"  The  Heaving  of  the  Lead,'  200 

H.  (W.)  on  the  Bodleian  MSS.,  406 

Criticism  on  **  Merchant  of  Venice,*  271 
Cromwell  (Oh'ver),  letter,  291 
Eleven-shiinng  pieces  of  Charles  1.,  442 
Sampler  poesy,  331 
Science  and  art,  224 

H.  (X.)  on  the  Hall  of  Waters,  112 

Hyde  (H.  B.)  on  De  Saye  family,  272 

Hy-jinas,  a  tipsy  merriment,  427 

Hymnology  :  **  Guide  me,  0  thon  great  Jdidrsh,"  33; 
"Advent*  41,  133,  217;  «Jen»a!«mImy 
happy  home,"  41, 151 ;  "  The  Lord  b  tny  Shep- 
herd,** 210;  ''The  Lamentation  of  a  Sinner," 
298,  376 


I.  (C,  P.)  on  Latin  proverb,  419 

"^  ^^^RSA  «l^^fe!QBL  ^<GMlt  iQatrev.^  314 


\' 


1   (H.  M*)  *»»  » tetwgoiwl  iiiscilplioB*  344*, 

Indexes,  tbeir  utility*  42, 1 4& 

lat^ks  of  EngUod,  209   289,444  I 

InUute,  tbcif  imtfiiag«,  103 

fotfttind  of  Wedewood  ware,  IbJ,  -i/^      ^ 

Waii«n,Crh  ,'.,64,510 

lona.  ancient,  jo  i  .    .       a  ij    a-,^ 

ic^riplion  at  Hini..  n.u,  xua. ammg.  344,  ^.  J 

loD  on  tbe  Roger  family,  244 

Ixifth  CAT  fud  tioddy, -i^^,  i^'^* 

Irbb  forfeiture*,  21,109  -^^ 

Lu  «iiasci4pt-  beloa«ii.g  to  LV.^ja.  42 


Imh  '*  prorincial  characteri^ 
Irrtne  (Aikfn)  on  Taul  Y.  ;. 
Ifvine  (J»  T.)  Q»  Arabw  nuv.ieri 

282 
l^lcs  of  the  Sirens^  337 
luly,   anliquaiiaii    eicaTaUona 

Iran  oo  an  aoony«v>uii  worl^  6^ 
Moakaa  (Pnnce  Faeckler)» 

J 


330 

Wells  catbevlnd, 


47,    it  a  didatUo 


J.  m  George  Loodi>ja,  g^rdejwr,  2Jl> 

Tayluf  (Bp.  J«roti,y),  a««pduril^,  14J 
J.  CA.)  OD  chowder,  ft  aava^ry  dii.b»  bj 

Smith  family,  176  ■  ,  .    ;^^,   r^r. 

Jackson  (J,  E.)  on  ih«  i-tWr-lock  as  A  c.gnir>-" 

Bak  growing  after  death,  4^6 
"     Moore  (Sir  Georga),  *67 
Jackson  (Stephen)  on  the  BroV  i 

*•  Alio nando  dormiUt  boiiu 

Craven  saying,  1*7 
Cumberiaivi'a  BritUb  Tbe^U. ,  -^ 
Dyor  (John),  iha  po^^,353.  5a4 
Hob  in  the  well,  3*0 
Kaahmir,  Ua  ancieat  bttiidtflg^  1 1^ 
KaiD«9,  aigiilficantj  30 
Ni^jheUon  (Reotoa),  *^  Baro»,   18 

Ootnensd  or  UitjereJv^"^ 

"  Owll  that  W^cet  the  bodu^K  sky, 

Parodies,  261 

-PigBmayflyr&c.,4l 

Beasyoa  for  going  to  chiirch,  H.HJ 

Sawney  Beane,  the  irian-taUt,  77 

j;miS?io.i^rtof,172(>.n  , 

11^.,    legal  common-places  i"   hh  re.gn,  5    K3| 

^1  J  Gk^caiiaa  klter  to  lilm.  90,  Scottiflb  bt^r^ 

ji:  UL^f'a^Iboo.e  of  his  assa^natio^.  297 
Jamieaon  (Alex,),  matheaiatiaani  142,  21i* 

Janney  family,  312  .  .►  „   lu 

Jarvi*.(J.  W-)  oQ  book  orB^«ejjUUi>o,  I U 
JaVdee  on  Jo£a  DyWa  ^  GrotJgw  liai,'\4*4:,  '.' 


Wray  (CapricionOi  466  j 

J   fB  TOon  liidu^trws«t  t.Q^  [ 

j'.  (c!  S.)  on  W*e  qLaantities,  3.  ,, 

I       ^  SpeDaer»aPanope,2S3  ^^^ 

,  Jenkins  (John),  at' 

j  Jennonr  family,  5.^  chinois,  24i) 

'  Jeremiah  (JO  ^,  ^yTTW, 
Tenby*  its  deriVaUon,  eo 

V«ae'  feea®.  ^*^^  ' 

Jestai*  on  shipboard,  209 

Jeata  unrecorded,  361 

Jesuit  manoaenpts,  35-i   ^  i 

Jewish  marriage  nnp,^  i 

J  (H,  F.)  on  French  \\  { 

jinf^le,  an  Irish  hackHL) 

J.  (X)  ion,  on  badger,  Itjb 

^  Derivation  of  c^icnrrber,  10^^ 

Naccarine,  r  '    " 

Millie  Brok^i  '  ^^ 

T   fj,  C.)  on  the  BI^kk  u-K-t  1S1|,^^^- 
'  ■      Book  omamonttttion,  243 

Dudley  and  Ward  (tard).  poriril!,  1^-^ 

MedtsBTa  seals,  ^f  3 

Pi<,tiireofa>in*1«!»i'^^'^- 

Porcelahi  qhci^.  210 

Scena:  6oen(S,  414 

Service  book,  496  ^ 

JukeA,  some  old  00e8,J2l  ^^^,                         li 
tnes'(Sir  Wm,^  ^Aka;.  <3a^- 1^,  ,,^tzabe*»,  423 

Junes  (Wm.  Henry)  '  =  •  '                     igg.  the 

Joni5on(BenjO  *»<*  -  230;    the 

conjoint    proprtft  Li 

Crispinnsof  "Ini  i  <  -iU 

Joseph  of  Arirnalhr^.  .   5^63 
J^ephus  on  Gen.  B^^ 
Jqj  (Edunand)  on  e^ 

innW  handwriting,  421,  453.  4BJ, 


'  100 


Julien  (Mons.>.  leiver  -  -— --^     g^g 
Junins  handwriting,  421,  453.  489, 
J  (W.  CO  oil  prfif«sa^oii»T  ^V^ 

Lines  on  maU^enmUcs,  abi* 

Kiiiendb  =  first  fruits,  495    ^  ,    .    ,,3,. 
K!\A.B.)ontbe"BrMc.nfEnde.^j^^3^^ 

Kaiimir,  Lttt  andi'  ,^ 

Kay  (John)  of  Bus  ant,  284 

Iriahforfcltiirea,109 
Laird,aporLi^«eron^t)d,lj- 
Tgylor  (Bp.  Jcrctny),  d.«.c.nd. 


570 


ZSIDSX. 


( mderflMppMiMMto'i 


Keato  (JohB),  !*  La  IkUa  ORine  hmm  U:rd,"^4, 39fl 
KSbes,  a  ThebaD  philos(;phtT,  93,  226,  391      -     *  : 
Keck  (Robert),  portrait,  12 

Keighkiey  (T.)  <m  a\kf^Tj  of  "  Tb«  FaBf'nb  Qtkttn;'  1 ; 
real  persons,  49,  317;  tjpqpTftpIueal  mtora,  383 
MiltoD's  Poems,  note  nisaitii^,  511 
MiltOQ'B  ^  Biv«r9,  arbe!  *>  fre.,  187 
Phoenix  Park  and  FuntaioeUmv,  207 
Printer's  error,  509 
Kelly  (Win.)  on  Macliiic'd  picture  of  the  Fnuerians,  214 
Kelsall  (Cbarka),  "  Mala  Britannietu,'*  76 
Kempe  (John),  abp^  of  Canterbury,  ami,  9Ul 
Kencott  church,  Oxfordbhxre,  moBnDMBt^  140 
Kennedy  (U.  A.)  on  Cheat  in  EngUad  and- China,  137 
Angelo  (Michael)  "  Last  Judgment,"  258 
Consols  defined,  492 
Singular  fee  puid  by  Irish  bishops,  161 
Kent,  a  new  history  of,  354 
Kent,  history  of  the  Weald  of,  274 
Kent  (Charles)  oo  "  Chateatix  en  Espagna,"  158 
Kent  (Duke  oQ  in  Canada,  86 
Kerry,  History  of  the  Kingdom  of,  354 
Ktnay  (John),  inathamatician,  323 
K.  (G.  B.)  on  epithets  of  the  mootha,  343 
Killigrew  (Elizabeth),  Viaoonutess  ShaoDOD,  268,  454 
Killigrew  (Sir  Robert)  fainity,  454,  550 
Kindt  (Harmans),  on  Accointanee,  492 
Fruits,  wild,  in  Gennany,  283 
Hunt  (Leigh),  '•  Tlie  Mooths,"  226 
Notekts  oa  heiba  and  leaves,  205 
Simms  (Wm.  George),  his  death,  406 
King  (Henrir)  on  Ovid,  "  MeUm.  ziii.  264,''  455 
King  fP.  S.)  ou  Mont  Cauia  tunnel,  10 
King  (Dr.  Wm.)i  Judge  cf  the  Irish  Court  of  iWimiralty, 

389 
King  (Dr.  Wm.),  Principal  of  St.  Mary  Hall,  Oxford,  389 
King's  College,  New  York,' 289 
Kingblow  (,Tobn),  the  Uiclunood  recluse,  513 
Kingston  (Wm.  4th  ICarl  of),  biography,  389 
Kinsale  (De  Goiircy,  Lord^  descendanta,  75 
Kintyre  superstitions,  93 
Kipper,  its  derivatioo,  409,  543 
Kirk  Santon,  origin  .  f  tho  name,  44,  148 
K.  (J.  A.)  on  pHtsagQs  in  ShclUy,  455 
Kneeling  in  prajer,  437,  5u7 
Knight  of  the  Budy  and  Kfquira  uf  the  Oudy,  their 

duties,  55 
Knight  of  Icishowea  on  Mm  aula/s  ballads,  235 
Knight  of  Morar  on  the  Garter  of  Chsrles  :L,  440 
Knight  (Mrs.),  celcbmtcd  singer,  2 
Knighthood;   "Oidre   Imie'riate  Aiialiqoe,"  &c*,  78; 

and  foreign  orders,  100 
Knights  of  Malta,  100, 101,  197,  346,  441 
Knowles  (E.  U.)  on  lloeity,  the  Gwrnan  poet,  244 
Naccariiie,  its  meauiog,  286 
Soluta,  in  pariah  rcKiattrs,  31.4 
Walpole's  nail-brush,  .>26 
Knox  (John),  houso  at  Ediuburrh,  260 
Kobold  of  Groben,  96 


L.  (A.)  on  untutored  criticism,  387 

Vese:  feese:  feaae,  224 
L.  (A.  E,)  ou  B^  Huan  BhickkaQb,  34 
Bezant  and  florin,  208 
Fumeaa  Abbey  and  the  GhetlMm  SiM'iatT,  74 


L.  (A.  E,)  on  Gates,  Isleirf^MlK  AO^*-  :  ^  ' 
Kirksantoo>'14l'  -  ■■*'■:  •■  .''•■■'    ' 

Manx  bishops,  burial  places,  123)^184    -    ' 
Plough*k>tai  J90  ... 
Societas  AUwrtorain^  5B 
Sfamky  (ThoBMi),  bishop  of  8od»r  and  Hao^  96^ 
.  Winter  sayinr,  84 
Laiid»  or  lord,  1^:175/ 243y  310v  398' 
Lamb    (Chariea),    <*  Compiitt   ChtrnfmHsMb    and 

W«ka,"86    • 
Lamb  (J.  J.)  on  Phi-Beta-Ka]^  Satiety,  98 
Lambda  «  topographioal  iMrti>  459- 
Lancashire  funeral  UHk^mi  68,  98T,-  lli  oMl'timber 

halls,  442 
Landgren  (J.  H.)  o>  Genaan  ttyamtegicat  MAmuimt 

380 
Laodor  (W.  S.),  letters  on  CbattertonV  mmtamal^  979 
Laoa  (Vice-adoical  Lionel),  death,  78 
Lmglir  (Be?.  Samml;  IMX,  txamiataoii  of   '^Tht 

Iliad,"  889 
Lappaga  (Thomas)  of  Dantrig,  983 
Larchden  on  eiTptogmpfay,  877 

Padigrtw  of  fonndar'a  khi,  399 
"  Eiase  MMt,"  two  works  ao  eotiiM,  141 
Latimer  (George  Nevill,  I^rd),  his  wife,  90,  198,  119. 

442 
Latin  pvonnnciatioi,  18, 25, 173 
Laurance  (L.),  "  The  Song  of  Solomon*  61V 
Laurie  (Anne),  alias  Mrs«  Fergwaoo,  491 
Lausanne  Missal,  124      ■ 
"  Law,  physic,  and  divinityV'  compared,  99 
L.  (C.  A.)  on  Ombrs:  Boctoo,  305 
L.  (E.)  on  lines  on  the  human  ettr,  985- 
Lean  (Vincent  S-Xoo  "^  Eirwybody'h  bfaslDM,*-te,  MO 
Leathart  (W.  D.),  M&  HiatorT-  of  ISlU  Pancms^  36 
Leavenwurth  family,  364 
Lee  (F.  G.)  on  Hampden  (amily,  338 

Prayers  for  the  dead,  389 
Lee  (Rev.  Timothy),  monament,  304 
Leeds  (Danby,  Duke  of),  **  LettKra,"  389 
Lees  (Edwin)  on  marine  roee,  45 
Legal  common- plnccs  temp.  Jamea  L,  5,  83 
I^ighton  (RuU'rt),  iieiiiiou  on   behalf  v£  hil  ftmilyi 
I       247 
Lely  (Sir  Peter),  lifa  and  wt>rhs,  258;  nMBuant  bf 

Gibbons,  535 
Lenfestey  (Mrs.)>  a  ceateoarian,  ^8 
Lenihan  (Maurice)  on  Edward  Coeker,  407 
Carolaa  s  porlrail  and  akulla,  80 
Cleburne  family,  477 
L'Estrange  (T.)  on  Ovid,  ''Matam.  xiii.  254,"  5tl 
Levesell  =  a  lattice,  177 
L.  (F.  G.)  on  extraordinary  riMnnagw,  361 

Heraldic  query,  409 
L.  (H.)  on  old  volunte«T  oorpe,  284 
L.  (H.  W.)  un  Hiss  KarrauVhoUHe/lSO 
"Jack' Bttrl»n,  518    . 
Hart  (Mn?.)  actresa,  198 
^  Lines  by  Sir  John  Burgoyne^  340,  461 
Lhvyd(£dw.X  Irish  maBiuoriptor  49    ; 
Lichfield  cathedral,  paintii]^  of  the  GnieifijticD,  % 
Liebig  (Baron)  on  Franch  MdtDlifio  moo,  8S0 
Life,  average  term  of  hvoMn,  10 
Li^htfoot  (Rev.  Joseph  Barber),  cimd  of  St.  Fftdfti 
,      \^^  • .  -         .■.--.  I .» 


lUilffX  iSitpplrnrf  tut  to  Ihc  XotFA  •tttS  \ 

yurrlc^t  uu^  ao.  l«5.  Jut)  la,  tan.  / 


INDEX. 


571 


LiogDi  AuMm,  ■  plAut,  162,  394«  333 

Licm  ahillbgii.  187 

L.  (X)  on  "  The  wind  h«a  ti  Un^tttJige,"  463 

L.  (J.  D)  on  HAndel'd  *'  Mesukh/'  349 

U  (J.  H.)  on  Frvnch  word  signifring  *'  to  aUndr'*  437 

L.  (K.)  on  sign  of  *•  The  Hale  io'tbt  Wall/'  123,  201 

Llojd  (George)  on  tiMQ  tri|l8  imd  spring  gaus,  409 

Sft^  bj  a  fisb,  492 
Lock  (G.  J.  S.)  on  cdmIoids  at  Duirniige&,  &c^  267 
Locket'a  Ordimuy,  113 

_^fti«  (W.  J  )  on  Uiin  poem  on  weftthcrcocks,  36 
iJlMiioriAl  v«r6e8  of  the  moolhsr  38D 
rStaffoni  (Abp,),  family,  253 

m  (Soiger  de),  de»cendiuita,  550 

Lok  (Henrj),  Poems,  401 

•  LoDdoo,  iu  fiftj  navr   churchei,   112;    its  cele^Mnted 
characters  and  remarkable  places*  114^  its  oUmiio- 
loger^  laS;  chaitjge  in  the  noinea  of  itt  streets^  246 
London  and  Middlcwx  Archajologicivl  Society,  381 
London  Corporation  Libmrj,  Second  Report,  87 
I  London  JoaiitutioDf  it&  new  librarian*  403 
'  LoDdoD  (George),  gardener,  235,  335,  444,  505 

Long   famil/  of  Bajnton,  7G,  385;  cognitADce,  423, 
\      489,536-538 
Longwity,  rmark»ible  cases,  38,  56,  97,  99,  120»  159, 

200,  254,  280,  301,  320,  348,  408,  5U,  523 
Lomune  family,  d03 
Lotholr  on  D«  Lorraine,  303 
LoChing  land,  ila  derivation,  19 
London  earldom,  abeyance,  204 
Loogh  ainch,  Inke  direJIio^  or,  42 
Lonii  XiV^,  his  fti^j,  2€ 
Low  (S«n>pftan),  jun.,  bis  death,  228 
L.  (P.  A*)  un  "  Apr^  moi  te  deluge,"  3V0 
BoDington,  {II  p.),  502 
Bookworm  nragoe,  847 
CrvBts,  505 

Caniughftm  family  name,  343 
Dia2(Barlolomiio),  313 
Dover  Castle,  445 
"  Ei"  and  "  En,"  264 
•*  Eugene  Anun/'  504 
Hair  g^rowing  after  deatb,  290 
rCtidler  (Sir  G.idfri'y),  epitnph  on,  504 
I  La  Cumcole,  549 
f  **  Monsi^nr,  monsieur,'*  484 
I  Mosquitoes,  505 

Palmerston  (Lord),  diamiBSul  fpora  office,  496 
Panoramaa  in  London,  438 
Fatoiwm  farotly,  S64 
Peel  collection  of  pJctuiw,  415 
Point  dc  vice,  380 
St,  V.i^--:..^.    ''»f; 
St*ff  hn),  350 

''  Su-A  ir  own  gniry,"  272 

*'  The  iiofo  i  loani  the  teas  I  think,*'  447 
»'  To  ride/  absence  of  ant  French  word  for,  504 
VoyagMir  pigeons,  419  '  ^ 

"  When  philiwopbers  have  done  th«r  wont,"  lit 
L,  (&)  on  ^itten  Laird,  190 
L.  (8.  E.)  no  Bob  in  the  Well,  310 

Hnine  abbey  register.  258 
Ll  (M.  C)  on  the  menUl  eqtialily  of  Uio  ii«««,  9^4 
Lttke  (Sir  Samuel),  letter  hr^k^  J  42 
l/tfknJ  M  a  irinter  m/iitg,  Si 


Lyeo  (Jwhn),  foondof  of  Harrow  School,  S04^  memo* 

rial  fond,  487 
Ly tteiton  (Lord)  on  "  the  bitter  end,**  23 

Oampboll  (Lord),  life  of  Lord  LyndfaurBt,  280 

"  Everybody's  baaincss^*'  453 

Handei'd  "  Messiah,"  349 

Schoolmaster  abroad  in  StafEbrdsbire,  160^  374 
LtHoo  (Lord),  "  Engene  Aram,"  429,  504 


M,  00  Cranfnrds  of  Newark,  baronots,  843 

Mac,  a  patronymic  pr<»6x,  220,  332 

McAlpinclan,  189,290,417 

Macaroon,  ita  derivation,  364 

Macanlay  (Lord)  and  Thomas  Carlyle,  5! 3;   UlUiJs 

235,  264 
MacCabe  (W.    B-)  on  Charbon  de  Tcrre,   ^    Liege 
legend,  7 

Chignons,  antiqnity  of  ladies',  93 

Irish  legionaries  in  Rio  d«  Janeiro,  403 

Political  satirical  dmmss,  491 

R*ignj»g  beaut iea  in  France,  427 
McCartney  (Daniel),  bis  extraordinary  memory,  471 
WC.  (E.)  on  Vese;  feese,  109 

Wray  (Capricions),  466 
MeC.  (R.)  on  Parodies,  261 
MacCulloch  (Edgar)  oti  the  Story  of  Bltiebetrd,  29 

Manx  bishops,  352 

Saints'  embkma,  305 

Two  centenarians  of  the  same  name,  353 
Bfacduff,  Thane  of  Fife,  132 
McKwan  (A.  L.)  on  a  remarkable  clock,  322 
iL»n;owaii  (Ittv.  Jvlm),  author  of  "Tbe  Shaver,"  283 
5kGratb  on  a  newly-horn  ebild  crying,  394 

Poetry  of  the  clooda,  518 

"  The  Moses'  D*light,"  &c.,  446 
M*Grigor  (A  B.)  on  RIooot  Calvary.  62,  215 
M*llaraith  on  "  As  cold  as  a  maid's  knee,"  43 

Nursery  Uk,  43 
Mcllvaine  (Janper  S.)  on  Hebrews  ix,  16,  513 
M'K.  (J.)  on  Cul,  Conl,  495 
Maclaren  (Mrs.   Cbwles),   scholaraliip    in   Edinburgh 

University,  528 
Maclean  (Sir  John),  his  knighthooil,  67 
Maclean  (Sir  John)  on  Avery,  or  Every  families,  288 

KilHgrew  family,  550 
Macliae  (Daniel),  drawings  m  Fraaer's  Magnaine,  213, 

214;  Ifameii',  467 
Macphail  (0,)  oo  eock-6ghting  a  centiify  ago,  108 

Kinlyre  soperstitioM,  93 
Ibfiny,  (X)  on  Utbig^  taitinumy  to  French  Ht«nti, 
320 

Mary,  Queen  of  Soots,  533 

Fittfy  «r  tiii  ehNida,  397 

riiwiimiiliwi  of  ArlMtknot,  490 

Sm^borg  Ubiw^i  1S4> 
Ib^tn  (0r.  Wm.),  **  Wlnteball,"  t5 
IlilMRMMdttifin  as  a  biaticll  of  th«  cJiardl,  195 
IfeMnwia,  Mar  Loot^  ^%  548 
lWdai>nMMMttr,Usliol,34a,44l  ^    ^ 

liUHtmon  riMMM  daX  u»in»f«BJ«»«  '"th  Qaooi 

AaM.l8S 
M.  (A,  J.)  m  Udy  Gnwom*^  ©»^  ^^^^ 


572 


I  IT  D  B  X. 


f  latex  SQppleaMnttA  tto  Votct  Mid 
t  QoertflB,  wltk  Ho.  ltt»  7aiy  U.  im. 


Makrochdr  on  pboamz  thnne,  IfiS 

ProDimciatioo  of  Greek  and  Latin,  13 
Bhombns  and  Scanu,  lSi2 
•*  Stxwk  of  iUw  Ma,"  890 
Male  and  female  nnmbers  and  letters,  407 
Man,  Isle  of,  bnrial  place  of  its  Usbops.  128;  oouri  of 
the  Gates,  409,  484 ;  snoceBsian  of  ito  biahopB,  184, 
862;  title  of  King  or  Qaeen  of,  249,  882;  Tyuwald 
mU,  92 
Man  traps  and  spring  gnna,  409 
Man's  animal  nature,  430,  484 
Manbey  (W.  J.)  on  Charles  L's  ribboD  of  the  iOarter, 

342 
Mtfichester,  the  first  book  printed  in,  64;  chap  bpoks, 

110;  '*  The  Seren  Stars  "  ino,  267 
Muichester  (Robert,  3rd  Duke  of),  marriage  3M 
Manalanghto*  and  cold  iron,  265 
Mannel  (J.)  on  Elecampane,  243 

Findeme  flowers,  313 
Manx  cats  and  fowls,  96 
Marbnrj  Don,  a  famed  hone,  635 
Maroh  (Mortimer,  Earl  of),  his  sons,  209 
Marriage  cnatoms  in  the  Highlands,  50,  267;  in  Aber- 
deenshire, 55;   of  infants,   105;   not  alkmsd  jfter 
twelye  o'clock,  364 
Marriages,  extraordinary,  361 
Marriages  of  English  prinoesses,  203,  289,  809, 897, 

520 
Marriot  (Rev.  Thomas),  282 
Mar's  year  ezpUined,  186 
Marsh  (W.)  on  the  "  Adoration  of  the  Umb,"  150 
Crivelli  (Carlo),  270 

"  Messager  des  Sciences  et  des  Arts,"  348 
Rood  screens  in  Sufiblk  churches,  143,  516 
Saints*  emblems,  421 
Samplers,  525 
Marshall  (p:dw.)  on  SL  Augustine,  259 
Dedication  of  churches,  480 
Fog,  its  meaning,  216 
German  prince,  235 
Passage  in  St.  Ignatius,  39 
Marston  (John),  alias  Crispinus,  469 
Martin  (John),  M.  P.,  his  armorial  pun,  181 
Martin  (Thomas),  his  prophecies,  32 
Mary,  the   Blessed  Virgin,  her  "Dream,"  341;   MS. 
Hours,  535;   painting  representing  her  destb,  40, 
173,245,368,410,517 
Mary  Queen  of  Scots,  captivity  in  England,  451,  526; 

German  tragedy  on  lier,  533 
Masey  (P.  E.)  on  Friday  tree,  199 
MedisBval  bams,  224 
St.  Michael's  Mount?,  200 
Shop  signs  in  Vienna,  206 
Whale's  rib  at  Sorrento,  180 
Mason  (C.)  on  clergy  in  Stepney  pariah,  282 
Mason  (Captain  John),  265 
Mason  (Sir  John),  his  descendants,  365,  420,  495 
Massacre,  barbarous  one  in  IndLi,  101,  221 
Masson  (Gustave)  on  the  Gualterio  pupers,  09 

Key  to  " Le  Grand  Gyrus,'  149 
Mathematics,  lines  on,  389 
Maturin  (Itev.  C.  R.),  noticed,  454,  524 
Maund  ^  a  hamper,  429,  506 
MMonder  (Smne]),  noticed,  613 
MMxwell  (J^mes^  Paisley  poot,  244 
MMj^daj  customs,  430,  525;  at  Oxford,  5\\ 


May  (Cborgi),  bookidler,  bis  diath,  468 
Mayer  (S.  R.  T.)  OQ  A'Beflkct's  mordersn,  33 
Hair  growing  after  death,  66 

Henley's  English  «  Vathek,*"  35 

Lanb^  Corraapondeoee  and  Wockt,  M 

(hiikaihrer  fmntaina,  85 

6hakspeare*s  death:  weitX  gsMilngy,  62 
M.  (C.  W.)  on  mosquitoes,  505 

''Thaiigh  krt  to  sight,  to  memory  dau',"« 
M.  (E.)  on  a  poem,  *"  Let  them  tear  Urn,"  ecc^  1 U 
Meaim,  monolitb  at,  514 
Madillio  qneiy,  614 

M.  (E.  E.)  on  Tranches  Halasn  Leetima,  IM 
Mflmoi7,  an  exiraoriinary  i■rta]lc^  471 
Mendez  (M.),  ^'EpisUe  to  John  Kliia,**  6 
Maotil  or  Mennll  family  pedigree;,  889 
Mereer  (Andrew),  deed  of  an  award,  19 
Meiks  (Thomas),  biaiiop  of  Garlitie,  86, 190 
"  Memger  dee  Bdnoas  fft  dsa  Arts,"  843 
Metheringfann,  fire  at,  494 
Meynell  (Philip)  on  the  Mentib  or  Mensili,  J89 
Memlnto  pratB,  406,483 
M.  (F.)  on  Francis  and  Jnnins,  458 
M.  (F.  D.)  on  Kalendia,  495 
M.  (F.  W.)  on  Beethow'fl  pwentagt,  257 

Denarios  of  Drum,  osn.,  223 
M.  (G.  W.)  on  Ralph  Aodley  of  Ssndbacb,  11 
M.  (H.)  on  Sir  John  Maaon,  495 
M.  (H.  0.)  on  Herbert  of  Muckrnsi,  12 
Michel  (Frandsqne)  on  Akoee  and  LomuM,  281 

Correspondence  of  Queen  Anne  and  AladnM  de 
Maintenon,  188 

Monsieur,  mooaieiir,  188 

Napoleon  III.,  405 

New  Song  from  Paris,  72,  158 

Treason,  a  cry  to  anna,  362 
Midas,  origin  of  the  name,  429 
Middle  TempUr  on  the  prefix  "  Mac,"  220 
Middleton,  singular  custom  at,  119 
Middleton  (A.)  on  derivation  of  Kipper,  409 
Middletou  (A.  B.)  on  Gaiiuib<wongh'a  •*  Ulne  Bi.y,'  394 

Prints  of  Stoneheoge,  197 
Miller  (Joeiab)  on  venes  by  James  Montgomery,  251 
Milon  (Jean  de),  physician,  works,  495 
Milton  (John)  and  homceopalhy,  54;    epitaph  attri- 
buted to  him,  94 ;  Poems,  "  Rivecs,  ar'i<el "  Ac,  137; 
fourteen  lines  omitted  in  ♦*C«mu*,"  384;  hi«  folk 
lore,  514;  Eeightky's  edition  of  Mi  **  Pueros,"  531 
Minerva  press,  its  histoiy,  141 
Miniature  painter,  D.  D.  G^  454 
Missale  ad  usum  Lansannensem,  124 
M.  (J.),  Edinburgh,  on  Dr.  Arbuthnot.  8 

Coldingham  priory,  187 

Frederick  of  Pruwda,  aUeged  letter,  1 1 7 

Hume  (David),  pedigree,  71 

James  Earl  of  Glencairn,  letter,  90 

Loudon  earldom,  abeyance,  204 
M.  (J.).  A'cwrtrit,  on  mummera,  121 
M.  (J.  C.)  on  French  word  siguifying  **  to  stand, '  437 
M.  (J.  F.)  on  Eraser's  M^gasine  portnuts,  31 

Lancashire  funeral  folk  lore,  63 
IL  (J.  H.)  on  Denarius  af  Drosiai,  aeo ,  95 
Mi.  on  the  siege  of  Breda,  56 


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VlUa  Kil.  IA«,  July  U,  iBTL  f 


INDEX. 


573 


ougu 
bAllad< 


hfdi^re  (J.  B.  Poriaelm  ilt), Emulator  of  JUs  "  ScIieQt 
Couiedifs,**  365 

i»t  lletms,  514      ' 

(Cecil)  on  Bp.  Jtstmy  Taylor^  dnoiodnktSp 
M6 
IHms  Valtur  doicnbod,  3 

itwr,  monsieur,  ita  double  sfo,  ISS,  ^11,  4S4 
L  Gmis  Imuid  completed,  10 
tY«ltfne&,  135 
1  familf ,  30i 

(Udj   Mary  Worlky),   Ittlm,   1^   SIS; 
I  on  Arthur  Gmj,  207,  375 
MoDtgomerj   (Jnmes)  mnd  L^rd  Bjraa^  33,  106 •  M» 
earl  J  reracftt  251 
llfofitbfl,  «pithei5   on   tli«^   843^  419,  445;  ^meamkl 

verses,  386,  464,  525 
Montpen^er  (MadomoisdJ*  d»),  205 
Mood,  iht  naw,  «nd  tiifl  mild^  445 
Moot  Pvk,  EvrtfardBbire.  tmgravl^p^  300,  S90 
Moore  (C.  T.  J.)  on  tho  Mora  fanu^,  S96 

Stockwell  aQj;«lfi,  270 
Mbofe  (Sir  ikoii^),  Knt„  76,  467 
Moore  (ThomaA),  the  poet  of  IreltAd,  317,  357;  poero, 

"The  Ring,"  125 
Moorl&nd  Ljid  on  blU  ftdnullj  jneseotsd^  38 
Goldamitb'a  ilMdlled  Kiw^j,  f>,  84 
HeT«rsb<m  churcbf  epiupb,  3S 
Pretendti'ft  cordialf  53 

Scbooloutter  abrotd  in  Stu^dahm,  181,  674 
Spoon  inscription,  74 
' '  I  (Cluiitophani«)^  «*  Mum/*  159 
^Um\[j,  226^401 

t  (Prof.  AngnsttM  do),  his  dtalh,  274 
t  (OoUrios)  on  Dr.  Jofinaon's  watch,  55 
^Jewish  marruige  rin|pi,  495 
l^iforpbf  0  (H.)  on  Jenoour  nnxii,  549 
Hegiment&l  budget,  he,  549 
i  (J.  P.)  on  AsbbcmerB  of  FumeWf  131 
Kewlj  lioiti  child  crying,  394 
Oldland  (John),  a  riutJe  poet,  158 
Song,  a  Kortb  Lcnoubir^,  423 
Hortit  (Bofaert)  on  tlie  pttHini^b?!!,  499 
Morritt  (J.  B,  S.)  and  true  onjoyment.  492 
Mojtiffier  (Sir  £dmand  de),  piediffw,  12,  ^23,  318, 

437 
Morton  (Edward)  on  Sir  Stephen  Proctor,  456 
Morrilld  (Count  de),  letter  to  C«fd,  GiMOltfio^  €9 
Morwell  (Sir  Richard),  nolif?«d,  895 
Moaley  (Shr  Oswald),  1 
Moeely  fomily  of  Maid 


;,,  Lv,  ^1,.,.  1 


^i,JO,   OJi^,     *t  J  t>.    JIJ*? 


I  Cup,  283 
,  n,  233 

Motto:  '  O&odor  iyffi5ua;\534 
Haandng,  court,  257;  or  bkKikfd|ttd  p«p«^  iOt.  307, 

376,  443 
Moisstebnnk  of  the  last  century,  302 
If,  (P.)  on  Isaac  Disnn)i«  300 

M4i»oa  (Sir  Jtibn),  365 
M.  (R)  on  "whether  or  no,"  2^6 
M.  (t.)  on  Sir  Peter  Ldy'ji  life  ami  wotki,  2&e 

TmnjaaDitmA,  431 
M.  (T.  A.)  on  Sttvigny'a  "  Trcntiee  on  Oi»Hg«lioQf,^  13 
Mom,  a  strong  sort  of  beer,  429 
Mamtners,  Chri*tnm.s  52,  245 
Mummy  hnnting,  491 


"  MTtnlakhab  al  Taw4rikh  al  BftdAQm,**  54 

Murillo  (B.  S.),  illmtrntioiiB  of  tbe  PradtgEl  Sod,  120 

llimthian  on  mirine  nee,  45 

l!aia£5f  on  Ordre  Imperial  A«nit^«e  4e  Moi4l»  DoU 

Yttstiie  76 
Moftkan  (Priooe  Poedtler),  77,  2e7 
M*  (W.  T,)  or  Boros'e  **  Aold  lang  ayner  3S6 

Gnc\m  bend,  123 

*'  Hie  liber  eat  in  qao,"  &c,  109 

Johnson  (Dr.  Samuel),  ^oeodote,  t07 

Memory  of  amells,  461 

Poet  prophecifli,  228 

Scottish  deed,  19 

Sarrey  churches  destro»wjd,  47 C 

Weaver '»  art  poeey,  149 
Myops  on  scena:  ftean^.  259,  415 
M.  (V.  S.)  m  Bififaop  Bedel  re  deaccodanta^  104 

Gary  (Btfihop  Mordeoai),  2S4 

Crests  legally  awttmed,  257 

Fuller  (Bp.  Wm,),  parentage,  257 

Habeas  Corpus  act.  161 

Hynm:  *'  OttMe  me,  0  tboa  graiit  Jiterab,^  33 

l4di  li«t  O^Neale,  Iko.,  35 

O'Malley  (Sir  Samuel),  bart.,  9 

itarfi^  of  infiuita.  105 

Sewell  (Sir  Thofias),  305 

Swill  (Godwin),  104 
Mystery  play  of  the  Resurrect  ton  in  Frenclj^  1S4 

N.  on  American  national  song,  IffS 

*^  Ar'iie!  BritnnniA*a  sans,  ariee! "'  75 

Smoking  illegal,  198 
K,  (A.)  on  altar  slab  in  N<irwich  oatHedral,  485 
HacofiDe,  Ha  meaning,  23(i.  315 
Nakedneas,  pbiloaopliical,  259,  375 
Names,  significant,  30;  obaogca  of  in  Ireland,  41?  pu- 
ritan chsngea  of,  430,  596 
Napoleon  11 L,  literary  co  >  4  05 

Nash  (E*  W.  HO  on  "1^  '14 

National  Gallery,  Anntiai  uejinri,  ir»i 
Natinty,  frast  of  the,  early  notice*,  142,  225 
Naylor  (Charles)  on  a  barbarous  maKaacre,  lOJ 

Beethoven  (L.  Ton),  353 
N.  (B.)  00  Puritan  cJiangcs  of  oamet,  4iS6 

'*  Whether  or  no,"  378 
N.  (B*  K.)  on  Lbwyd^a  IrUk  maotiseripfcs,  42 
Neale,  not  O'Neale  family,  35 
Negro  proverbs,  43 
Neill  (E,  DO  en  Nicholas  Fenv  afid  George  Baggie, 

490 
Neill's  '*  History  of  Virgmia  Company,"  emtntD,  401 
Nelson  (Horatio,  Lord),  opiniea  of  German  gefiet«U,  74 
Nemo  on  ''  a  beast  within  tw,"  430 
Nephrite  on  the  Blue  Laws  of  Connaoiicnt,  64 

Phi>Beta*Eappa  Society  of  Boilaii,  2S0 
•    Toad^lone  ring,  484 
Neebitt  (John),  M,  P.,  366,  391 
Newfoundland,  its  t^-l  fi:.l,.*n.  A19,  4«A 
•' New  MunthW  M 

Newsome  (WO  on  .  .id.  365 

Newspaper,  an  old  Dutch,  iim\  ''«r[y  .>eatta»b,  390 
Newton  (Ttev.  John),  line*  tm  a  sampler,  273 
New  Zealand  mednl,  197 
N.  (1,  AO  on  Sandown  Castle,  325 


674 


INDEX. 


f  Index  Soppleaimt  lo  the  IfoCM  and 
t Qaeriet,  with  Ko.  185»  Jaljr  15^  im. 


Nichols  rJohn  Gough)  on  rectorabip  of  81  jean,  98 

Shjucespeare  and  Ardea,  169 

Unpublished  letter  of  '*  SX.,**  458 
Nicholson  (B.)  on  the  arms  of  Crispinns,  469 

JoDson  (Ben),  proprietonhip  cf  his  Works,  230 
Nicholson  (Benton)  "  Baron,*  18,  286,  327 
Nightingale  (Ladj  mizabeth),  storj  of  her  death,  277, 

330, 352,  402 
Nile,  its  overflowings,  186,  314,  421 
Nimrod  on  BalljcnliUn,  8ce.,  122 

Fitzhamejs  (Robert)  or  Harvies,  222 

Henrej,  Dnke  of  Orleans,  123 

Herbert  (John),  494 

Loges  (Roger  de),  550 

Neiirs  "  History  of  the  Virginia  Company,*  140 
N.  (J.  G.)  on  Hares  taking  vengeance  on  mankind,  259 

Mountebank  of  the  last  century,  302 

Ward,  as  a  personal  name,  256 
N-n.  on  the  plant  Lingaa  anseris,  294 

Smoking  illegal,*293 
Noble  (T.  G.)  on  Ben  Jonson,  183 
Noddy,  an  Irish  vehicle,  23,  163,  267 
Noel  (Theodosia),  wife  of  Visconnt  Wimbledon,  124 
Noon  honses,  340 

Norfolk  (Elisabeth,  Dncbess  of),  her  will,  384 
Norgate  (F.)  on  "  The  greatest  clerks  not  the  wisest 

men,"  546 
Norman  TEdward)  on  coincidence  of  thought,  198 
Norman  (G.  J.)  on  Barker's  panoramas,  279 
Norman  (Louisa  Jnlia)  on  Bismarck  anticipated,  379 
Norsemen  in  Cumberland  and  Westmoreland,  360 
Northampton,  the  Rode  of  the  Wall,  124 
Northamptonshire  feasts,  475 
Northumberland  (Earls  of)  their  wives,  57 
Northumberland  (Robert  de  Comyn,  Earl  of),  18 
Norwich  cathedral,  remarkable  altar-slab,  360, 399,  485 
Nostradamus  (Michael),  prophecies  on  the  fall  of  Paris, 

542 
"  Notes  and  Queries,*'  Spanish,  202 
Non^  (Seraphin  de  la)  of  Mont  Valcrien,  135 
Nous,  a  slang  word,  85 
Novelists  of  the  eighteenth  century,  246 
Noyes  (T.  H.)»  jun.,  on  Sir  Wm.  Stanhope's  portrait, 

259 
N.  (P.  E.)  on  Coldingham  priory,  879 
N.  (S.)  on  Hunsdon  church,  250 
Nuceria,  its  ruins,  529 

Nursery  rhyme,  "  There  was  a  little  man,*  &c,  20 
Nursery  tale,  43 
N.  (W.)  on  shard,  or  sharn,  199 
N.  (W.  L.)  on  "  Antlologia  Borealis,"  &c,  160 

0 
Oakley  (J.  H.  J.)  on  a  remarkable  clock,  350 
Dis-spirit,  294 
Phoenix  throne,  268  ! 
Scena:  Sceo^,  334 
Thomson  (James),  a  Druid,  225 
Oaths,  judicial,  209,  354,  440,  505 
Obolns,  a  coin,  143 
0*C.  (W.)  on  Mrs.  Downing,  289 
O'Carolan  (Turlough),  portraits  and  skulls,  80 
O'Connell  (Daniel),  his  English  descent,  242, 349, 444, 

485 
October  society  in  London,  510 
"  Officinm  deftwctorum,'*  its  autlior,  495 


O'Flanagio  (J.  B.)  on  Sir  Richard  Bojle,  359 
0.  (J.)  on  mexzoUnto  ptipts,  408 
Oldland  (John),  ihymcster,  152 
Olim  on  De  Sayo  or  Say  &mUy,  123 
Oliver  the  Spy,  66 

CTMalley  (Sir  Samuel),  btrt,  of  oou  Mayo,  9 
Ombre,  a  game,  35, 167,  3Cf2,  398 
Omega  on  stone  altars  m  EngHah  churcbas,  162 
0-n.  (U.)  OQ  the  seven  wonders  of  the  world,  267 
Oom  (Mr8.).T«aDi8t,  210,  379 
Oomered,  or  Umered,  its  meanfasg,  475,  550 
O'Rafierty  (Paddy),  Hogg's  song,  472 
Ord  (Chief  Baron),  portrait,  889 
Orleton  (Adam  de),  58,  151 
Orval,  the  prophecy  of,  53 
Cutis  on  numismatic  query,  143 
Ovid  "  Metam.  xiii.  254,"  455,  521 
**  Owll  that  lomt  the  boding  sky,**  a  poem,  190, 292 
Ox,  a  gigantic,  189 

Oxford,  the  Heralds^  TisStotion,  355;  May-day  costoo, 
511 


P.  on  Sir  Robert  Bojle^  289 

Marriage  of  princesses,  309 

Old  families  without  coat  anmmr,  344 
P.  (^Bur$lm)  on  new  moon  and  the  midds,  445 

Saggar,  its  derivatbn,  459 
P.*  on  Chignons,  481  « 

Digamma,  481 

GibboB'a  ''Deerine  and  Fall,"  ed.  1819,  481 

Junius's  unpublished  letter,  453 

Knights  of  Charles  I.,  481 

Strasbnrgh  library,  473 

Surnames  of  officials,  483 

Worcester  armfl,  463 
P.  (A.)  on  a  caricature  query,  493 
Pagny  (Maroellin)  on  *<  Chateaux  en  Espagne,"  271^ 
Painting,  a  mural  one  in  Starston  chnrdi,  40,  172, 

245,368,410,497,517 
Palmer  family  of  Bath,  76,  285 
Palmerston  (Henry,  2nd  Viscount),  lines  on  his  mar- 
riage, 340 
Palmerston  (Henry  John,  3rd  Viscount),  dismissal  imn 

office,  496;  visits  to  Paris,  134 
Pamphlet,  Hs  etymology,  439 
Panoramas,  Barker  and  Bnrford's,  279 
P.  (A.  0.  V.)  on  Rokesby  the  spies,  344 

St.  Wulfran,  162 

Selden's  ballads,  496 
Paper,  mourning,  or  blackedged,  909, 307 
Papworth's  '<  Onlinary  of  British  Armorials,"  47 
Pardon  in  1660,  a  fragment,  496 
Parallel  passages,  428 

Paris  catacombs,  22;  pigeon  post,  185,  291,  419;  its 
libraries  and  museums,  321 ;  prophedes  on  its  fall, 
542 
Park  (Mungo)  and  the  mosa,  298,  440 
Parker  (Robert  end  Thomas),  288,  475 
Parkes  (Joseph),  Memoirs  and  CorrBSpaDdeoce,  74 
Parochial  registeifB,  their  histecy,  99 
Parodies,  works  on,  15, 105,  177,  261,  996,  491 
Parsley  piert,  or  break-stooe,  355 
Paaipaphy,  works  on,  316 
^%a^v3 , « i:^w^  \«Ric\^  ^a\ft^  854^  623 


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PauLiu,  lis  deav.ti 
Patemfty,  24 
patersoii  (A,)  on  i 

OJdScotcli  El 

Shwd,  or  shLlIT  rn    '  r  1 

Pat«r*oo  (Robqrt),  -  Old  M.rU^U);.   to^ily,  u) ,.  > » 

pattersoii  (W.  H.)  m  J,  Chv»ii,  a  canteMfiaTi,  301 

Paul  v.  and  the  V 

Paiilet  familY  of  A 

PAJUB  (J.)  '  i  '*' 

Bealoi, 

Tjodttlv^  AT*-'   * 
P.  (C.  B,)  on  Bicon's  l; 

IHU&rioii*t5  servant, 
rbojaix  throoe,  268 
Treveria* ''  Grete  HerbaU,"  26S 
What  ctilic8  arc,  -itJl 
CD,}  ou  tho  arms  of  BenttcliAmp  fawUj,  3458 
Arms  of  BenTenuto  Cellini,  366 
Brass  ia  Boitou  cliuidj,  48^ 
Fenaicsii  B«nichamp,  313;  505 
Fert  io  the  Satoy  tamn^  104 
Gftnnwi  imperUl  flig,  322,  503 
JeDklDA  (Jobn)j  a  cantenwrinn,  523  rrq 

Orders  of  kriighUiood,  100 
r     ^     L-.ter3,l97 
I  lafTic  Queeo,"  176 

liv  L,.,  ^  -   Ahr.igUtcr'a,  i^ 
Pearson  family  of  Kippenrow,  36 
Peck  (Bfiv.  Samuel),  285 

the  '*  Chapeuti  de  I 
PeUgios  on  ague  chm 
Artificial  fiy-fifil 
CbisA  mauim,  442 
Cook  (Captain),  tUroaMi,  1^7 
Hlbbit^.  511 


dF4i<1^  on  stilts  =r<"v 


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14 


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Mi  4^; 


Fenoytcrsan,  or  Pern; 

'  pe  -'',  uilusions  in,  107 

P^ri_  ;  ■i.ireat  Brluin,  SfJ^ 

Peraiau  uiauujK:npt  o- 
p.  (E.)  onclcveo  shii 
Peanioa  (A.  HciKvl-,.  >  .  >■  ;;,uo  Liwjitii,  i 
Peirwn(J.l'^^*     -^     ian  ^  jJiO 

Fog,  its  Ditnoingt  2  L  6 

Marine  tose^  150         ^.t^ 

OoHJtred.  or  Unitred,  5^ 

J?Lv  rreanJii  113 

Pm£Cic1c  (J£dw»id)  oa  iUa 

Tire  al  - 
Guiiiiibu.„ 
Gantbe  (iiine, 
-  Guats  and  W'  *  ' 

PiiTitciEi  tJjaitgea  oi  Uiiiuctt  430 

St.  Wulfran,  335,  506 

Sandt^ft  reipterj  496 . 

Sbecrwort,  ita  etyroologf,;l5tT*  ^«<l 


P0fC<^j^aF« 
Pcn^TTy  O^i'' 

Children' 

Grti 

,  .    Pit! 

•■■-  Stm;  u.. 

rer0  (J.)  w 

Bear  tav  : 

Bookworm,  34^7  ,1 

Kersey  (JfibnX»atlufliintiu»li#^  323 

PftrodAOfli,  261  "]■ 
Pettet  (Charles)  on  tlie  bookworai,  461 
p.  (Ff  C.)  00  *"•  ^^"^  Oxfurd  «pigr»Bi,  321, 

Sumplefs,  465  .„      .       *« 

P.  (H.)  0(1  the  Loiiiz  faiTnly  of  Bayntoo,  j« 

i    fhrlps  (E.  S.  ■  '  '' 

riii'Beta'Ktt}  I 
!  Philip  Norton,  iU  i... 
I  Pbiiri|Ks(SirTii<iri. 

Phconix  Park  in  Irt-KUii 
I  l^boBuix  tbrone,  a  legomi, 
I  Photography:  the  w.-ir  ai  : 
'  Piaoofarte,  early  notice,  143 
I  Pigbler  (MrO,  gem  «ngraTer,  322   ^9^ 

PickeU«iTUig,ft(iUoUor  Merry  Andrew,  .ij-*,*^^ 

TpS^JobD)  i»  Lady  —  ^     ^^,.<rt«rn.nt.  ,J3 

**  lL*j»  H  ftf:  cry  ><*  ^ 
^empf  (Joli'O  '^  - 

^Sliotook  Llv  ,  t>J 

Pictou  (J^'^^  M  Iifoagb»m6  Mtc^hwgiaphy, 
277 

r.     ■ 


lo  ttiwit^/  4')i3 
>1,  419 
B^;  carrier  o.  w^gcui,  2d4i  driven  ^rom  Fr*uoe 

Piggol%Xi5.^^         -"  .l«tV«nuird.r.r.,  171 
Barrow  *xt  x   sue 

i<"J^    /  ven  in  iJcvuUhhir^  Vi6 

«  I    alo),  life  and  ^Torks,  161 

Lely^B  moil. 
Moat^mtoeik 

••^p£a«e?fiilbe»i^'^'''*e^ 
Railway  matchi  2^" 

Pinkerton(lfmOonl;  -  ' 

Porcclum  meiijoiisil  vi  caaiiw  u.,  j# 


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Pipe  K^I,  5  6tirptMO,i^6      .       *  f 
Pitt  (5lr^  HW)r  a  centenaiixu,  l.iJ 
PitU  (Mr.).  *>all*d  printer  187 
R  (J.)  on  T«f8«»  on  the  moi^^^  -  ^  ' 

P.  (J,  H.)ooi»B««^'P^^ 
P.  (J.  TO  on  th^ppn  q««<ir 

482 
Placard  or  stomacher,  389,  44& 
n,^c(  (J.)  00  0\xt  or  Dour,  22 
ritUiMv,it»ni«MiDLgi^^  173 
rUcii  Putonica,  a  dUease,  475.  s.-» 
PloT.  plon,  origin  of  th«  pbr^utr  2»»4 
PU.igh-bolo,lt»  m^Komt  V90 


1 1  t  >  ^Ui^ 


iufflioioiiif 


PooU,  or  hioqUh  or»trfftii»,  13,  }l$^  ^  f 

Pope  (Aid.),  ^  orki  bj  Elvlu.  S6,  2?5,  50iS  I 

Pops  (MlBa),  ftctreas,  2  ' 

Pop«  ol  Boom,  veto  At  tli^'ir  •l^cUona,  I  &3,  ^d 
Foppft  B»i^  or  Qaoen  of  MMnilti^  XDU  , 

PorccUin  querj,  ^10^  niaaurACt^^ry  st  Churcli  Greilvf, 
75;  memorial  of  Chftrlea  lit  ^1 7  ' 

Forcupme,  the  fictful,  4£r3 
PortUnd  (Rkhard  AVcttoo,  lat  Ewl  uf),  325 
Porta  FioOj  bunal-plac«  of  on   Ebgltsti  (^tiee£^  2L^, 

375 
Portrait  paintmg  in  water-^oloura,  384  | 

Potten  of  the  northern  countieii^  t>6 
Powell  (Sir  Joliny  4C5,  .VC 

Poller  (C,V  -oir  fTA/,  226! 

Pow«r  (D,)  ,  I 

Power  (E.  H.)  on  Mr.  U^uaham  utj'i  lu^  rtporttrs,  83  i 
P.  (P.)  oQ  a  blAck  country  Jcgenij^  2iS 

Book  finmraentAtion,  i  1 1 

Bookworm,  168 

Cocanvber  &od  gberkm,  PJ 

Brooglijun  (Lonl)  ftsd   the  KigbtifigAle  moma' 
in«tit,  378 

KDeeUqgin  prajer,  ^07 

Knjgbt  and  enquire  of  ibt  1)o4j#  55 

Laocasliire  witches,  417 

Nile,  its  0Tcr£uwingr  '^  1 

PAFodiw,  work  on,  105 

Phoenix  throne,  401 

lioyal  arma,  398 

BojilEichi  I 

Stanley  (T:  >Qdor  *|jd  ll.*n,  2*)1 

Prayen  Ibr  thedeau  iu  Luurciniuda  darini;  l7Ui>  ISiK}, 

P.  (K.  B.)  on  Thomas  Baskervllle,  4$6  , 

*'  Ex  lace  lucellum,"  518 
P.  (R.  C.  A.)  oQ  Corniih  gpufcca  m  Dcvoitsfiirc,  I J 
PrcatoQietisU  on  I^jjicashire  witches' 
Pretender'ji  cordial,  53 
Ptuw>eai«fl,  Boarriagcg  of  EeigliaJi^  **taj,  ^c:^^  ouj,  .ii^Tt, 
5»0 


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FlBftlnUf  lines  on  the  metrical  ^ot^ianVi  30^} 

Faalter  ecrvic«-book  of  the  l3ih  centbfy,  49^ 

pDliston  (Edmrard),  Ub  fttsily*  124 

Paope,  or  dancirgslioeij^  389 

^'PowV  lb  profibct,  33 

Pmich-liidle  of  George  III.,  236 

pQiming  aod  jesling  oq  fULmes,  106,  313 

PuriUn  cfajwigea  of  names,  430,  526 

P,  (W.)  oa  miwnjmoaB  works,  343,  4  OS  ^ 

Bdkdi ''  The  bftron  Atcod  Uhmd  ik  trtfl,"  $87 

Bible  i Hast mt ions,  11 

CiLrt«r  (John),  bis  dmmiXig&,  3a 
I  .Obaqgvof  immes  m  Irelund,  4] 

Greek  and  B^rmn  literal  ore,  475 

Groaa  eating,  429 

HeliogaliDliu  and  cobwebs,  ^35 

Hogan,  fc  acting  aiidilriiib'fjgp  430 

**  Id  the  straw,''  407 
B«    Loodoii  (G«orgt),  gardener,  335 

Mmn,  A  strong  beer,  429 

Memorial  tableta  at  St.  Bauets  church, ^^S 
^LtriL  Sftwnaj  Be«Of  the  man-^ter,  180  '    ^ 

Soogn,  410 

"  Tboagh  loet  to  fiigbt»  to  memory  dear,^  5$ 

White  Tower  of  I 
P.  (W.  HO  nn  H*Dky  .U 

Sive  and  the  WbiicjQjB,  zt j 

Witches  m  Ireland,  137  , 

»Pjcroft  (JAineB)o]i  Dr.  Johnson's  wak'Ti.  243 
Pyrimida  and  the  NiU^  186 
Q^IQ^)  cnBritiaL  acjlhed  ebanr.ts,  95 
Quare  (Daniel),  watchmaker,  402 
••  Qnett)  Aigeaw/*  a  poem,  I4t>,  245 
Qoickiilver  fopnlaios,  85 
Qui»(L7nn)  on  Maj-dajr^^lomit,  430 

>  ^,^ , A  glowinjgltH  benlittg  o'er  the  atornjj  9G 


rirst,  426 


A  part  J  in  a  parlour,  36 
Aliqnando  dormira'  '-■■'^"-'  t^' 
k  J£i  Fer  sodden  joys, 
God  made  man  :<i 

SSI     ^  ^  ,,. , 

Hlo  Uber  est  i  n  ^^6^  $tc,f  1 09  ^  , 

III  tbe  fierce  light  that  beaU  upon  the  thr^e^  124 
^Ji  did-Qot  knoWf  poor  fool,  365^  446 
Let  them  tejir  liim,  &c.,  Ill 
N9  pent-«p  Itbaca  contracte  yonr  ^wers,  1S4 
Nol  thou  art  aot  my  first  Ioyc,  429 
Rob  hoc  Tocari  debet,  an  domus  louge?  96',  149 
SapieoB  est  fi Una  qni  ooTit  patrem,  314 
StUl  glidee  the  geptle  &t  ream  let  on,  293    . 
I  <fy Talk  not  to  me  of  longitude  nnd  latitude^  365 
The  aotioDfl  of  the  juat  smell  sweet,  &c.^  162 
The  hietory  of  the  world  is  the  judgment  of  tl» 

world,  456 
The  mpre  X  learn  the  lesa  I  think  I  know,  365,  447 
The  viad  has  a  lAngoage  T  wL»h  I  could  learn, 

365,463,523  ,, 

1^  If^'iiou^li  Iwt  to  sight,  ;to  memory  djpr„  $6,  IIS, 

244,332  "' 

Tranquil  it^  spirit  se^^J  and  Honied  ih%  365 
When  Itnlie  doth  poyeon  want,  365,  446 


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Qnotationi  :^ 

\\hm  philoeopher*  hafa  done  tbetf  wonf,  365. 

446 
Whowyest^i  ckwardi  withaaroi!^  124 

Witty  as  FL.  vus,  344,  441 

Winter  e  cold  bh^ts  are  gon^  f  && 


R.  (A,)  on  Prince  Foeckler  Maskau,  266 

Piwt  propbedBBTj  15! 

Seven  wonders  of  Wa lea,  143 

Shropflhire  sayings,  151 
RadeclifTe  (Nocll)  on  Joan  d'Arc,  409 

Galimatias,  174 

Mental  equality  of  the  Mxes,  97 

Portrait  of  lord  Spynje,  410 

St  Thomas  of  VillanoT*,  431 

Stella  (JiKMinee),  7 1 
Railway  match  in  1841,  280 
Baleigh  (Sir  Walter),  marglailia  ijl  hk  ^HlSt^irte  ht 

the  World,"  36 
HaBekgh  (Coles,  Barons  of),  124,  201 
Rant  (Mary),  hei*  prophecy,  535 
Bamagfl  (C.  T.)  on  Fmncis,  Extl  of  Both  well,  62 

Bnrna*s  relics  and  letters^  449 

lales  of  the  Sirens,  337 

Lande  (Anne),  aiioi  Mrs.  F^rgnssoc,  491 

Mona  Vullnr^  3 

Pulersona  of  Baltimore  and  *^  Old  Mortallfyi*  218 

Ruins  of  Terina  aud  Nnc^ria,  529 

SigneE  fotmJ  at  Baias,  300 

"  Veritaa  in  pnteo,"  108 
Ratcli  ffe  (Th  omas)  oa  the  A 1 1 1  ■  3 

Balloons  Ji^iid  aiego  of  Pu;  > 

Epitaph  on  Mrs.  SasantjuL  L-i^u,  _-> 

La&easHre  witches,  31 1 

Twenty  Pointa  of  Piety,  :>]  0 
Rayner  (Wm,)  on  an  ancient  - 
R  (C*)  on  Alhaiwy  and  Amon  : 

Cresta,  443 
R  (C.  J.)  on  Hampden  family,  373 

Ord  (Chief  Baron),  portrait,  380 

Stern  hold  and  Hopkins,  324 
Readings,  various,  in  p.>eU',  32,  I!>7,  25 j 
Readyhoof  or  Kedi  w;  1 

Realm,  ita  difleren  ot^ 

Hebetlloaof  1745, 
BetJ  Book,  a  mam:  199 

Rederifife,  co,  Sorrtv,  ^.'t 
Refmn  Billin  1831,  113 

Regiment,  the  8jity-6e<;ond,  46  ^^  '^ 

Regimental  badges,  mottoes,  &,C„  549 
Regimental  colours  conaecnited.  28^ 
1?eid  (Jamea)  on  author  cf  '•  Pleasing  JfelancholyJ*  54 

Song,  **  The  Shan- Van  Voght,"  64 
Ketchet,  its  etymology,  29^,  439 
Beaver  (Gastave)  on  Lord  Jertsolder,  304  ' 
Reynolds  (Sir  Joahnk)  aild  GaiDsborongh,  30 G 
R.  (F.  R.)  on  PnmoKs  Abbey,  310 
R,  (H.)  on  tha  doctrine  of  C«lJid'>fn  525 

"  WitlY  ua  Flaminius  Fit 
It  (H,  H.)  V  **  The  Flret  B^^ 
RhOtnbtis  and  Scartii,  I3J2j  376 
R.  (H,  K)  on  "  is  *'  ftnd  "  K/i,'"  547 

Plagiarkm^  5"' 


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i^i%'±' 


r  ladnr  Bavilcment  (»««lSioi«r«id 


Richard  on  media) val  bams,  95 

Biditrd  III.,  tatobiography  ofhis  natvrfj  koh,I^n,  271 

Richard  of  Cirfenceater,  historian,  332 

Riddles,  ancien^  .514,  54G 

Ride,  the  abwoee  of  any  French  word,  '*  to  rT./  ii31, 

436,  504 
Rimbaalt  (Dr.  E.  F.)  on  the  Advent  liyinn,  41 

Cleveland  (Barbara,  Duchess  of),  66 

Godolphin  (Sydney),  507 

Haynrs  "  History  of  Music," "23 

Old  songs  and  ballads,  506 

"The  Shrobs  of  Parnassus,"  549 
Ring,  a  toadstone,  324,  399,  484 
Rings,  Jewish  mairiage,  495 
Rio  de  Janeiro,  its  Irish  legionaries,  403,  486 
R.  (J.)  on  "  Et  fiicere  scribenda,"  &c,,  292 
R.  (J.  Ck.)  on  Falls  of  Foyers  and  Glnmma,  62 

Fog,  its  meaning,  216 

Gates,  Isle  of  ^lan,  484 

"  Gude  Willie- wancht,*^  502 

ProQsnciation  of  Ariiathnot  and  Ruthven,  419 

Segdoune,  Segpidun,  &c ,  499 
R.  (J.  R.)  on  Atfhbnmers  of  Forness,  227 
R.  (K.)  on  the  ballad  "Kilmeny,*'  323 
R.  (L.)  on  the  doctrine  of  Celticism,  525 

Smoking  illegal,  352 
R.  (L.  0.)  on  «  George  Canterbury's  Will,*'  257 

CbiRcheB  within  Roman  camps,  333 

JamiesQD  (Alexander),  M.A.,  142 

Post  praphecics,  42 

Sampler  poesy,  331 
Roberts  (Askew)  on  John  Dyer,  443 
RobinsOQ  (C.  J.)  on  Vicemdiniral  Lionel  Lane,  76 

Manor  bouses  of  Herefordshire,  S87 
Robinson  (S.)  on  Imes  on  Gnido'*  "  Aurora,"  13 
Rochester  Castle  keep,  134;  hospital,  21 
Rochester  (John  Wilmot,  Earl  of),  3;  portrait  of  Lis 

daughter  Anne,  259 
Rochester  (Lawrence  Hyde,  Eari  of),  2 
Rode  of  the  Wall,  Northampton,  124 
Roger  (J.  C.)  on  Ay  res,  and  Frere  sumaroeB,  447 

Cruikshank's  illustrations,  40 

Dragon  delineated,  126 

Heraldic,  146 

Roger  (Sir  William),  165 
Roger  (Sir  William),  Knt.,  82,  165,  242,  244 
Rogers  (Dr.  Charles),  on  biographical  dates,  80 

Laird  or  lord,  175 

**  Paddy  O'Raflerty,"  a  song,  472 

Roger  (SirWniHam),  Knt.,  82 

St.  Leonard,  108 
Rogers  (Xehemiah),  vicar  of  Messing,  77, 179 
Rogers  (Samuel),  epigram,  388 
Rokesby  the  spies,  344 
"  Rolliad,"  suggested  annotated  edition,  340 
Roman  pavement  in  Mark  Lane,  London,  402 
Ronayne  (Patrick),  artist,  122 
Rowl  screens  in  Suffolk  churches,  143,  267,  516,  546 
Roscoe  (Wm.),  sale  of  his  books,  471 
Rose,  the  marine,  45,  152 
Rosemary  used  at  funerals,  20G,  348,  464 
Ross  family  of  Wigtonshire,  110 
Ross  (C.)  on  a  word  for  Thomas  Moore,  357 

Phnse,  »'  In  the  straw,*'  482 
Roesetti  (Dante),  picture  of  Lady  GTe(?n»\etvw,  415       \ 
liossetU  (W.  W.)  CD  Shell ?y's  *'  Demon  of  ibeW'oiU:^  ^4  ^ 


Rougli  =  ruffian"  origio  of  the  word,  43l^4Uil.. .  ■  r    t-  . 
towdon  (E.)  on  epigran^.fVOfql)  Od  Ihtton,"  44ft    -^  • 
I  ]|oyal  Academy,  Bariingtim  Henec^^  tiw  ^ Aa  ■  iha  ikfid 
\  gallery,  96, 220        ■ -«     ...;■  .      .  ■        i 

Royal  Albert  Hall,  296,  316 
ioyal  assent  to  the  Irieh  Cbsnfa  UU,  365,  4il 
.lioyal  households  of.Sins.Patid  and  QRMn  VilMi 
■  ■  428 

Royal  typograpbj,  W 
Royoe  (Divid;  on  Bridy^tiaeniMi-IOS 

Gloaeesteiibire  folk  iose,  471 

Pardon^  1660,  486 

Stow^n.the^W«ld,4B0 
B.  (R.)  on  an  old  arinkiag  joag,  2M 

"Poetic  Mirror,"  177 
B.  (S.)  on  M  Es  "  Md  «  Bo/*  1 W 

Guide's  Auron,  print  of,  821 
Buthven,  its  pronunciation,  342,  419  •   - 
Bushworth  (Joh«),  Index  to  Ida  -Hiitorkal iColhc- 

tions,'-  149 
Bussell  rChiriea)  im  Pkoles  family  «f  AmiMNt,  JO 
Russell  (J.  F.)  on  the  pediTree  of  FaiWiiz,  f57 
Rust  (J.  C.)  on  Psahn  zxui^  210 
R.  (W.  F.)  on  atoiy  of  &  atsttie,  800 
Russell  (W.  P.)  on  "  The  ConclUri,"  «70 


S 
Su  on  ChiUren's  games  in  Sootland,  141 

Darwio'e  theory  in  J^n,  533 

Discrepancies  in  dates,  9 

EquifalaDt  fortigtt  titles,  113 

Einsale  (Lords),  desoendants,  75 

Orders  of  knighthood,  197 

Surnames  of  Q6kiala  in  tJM  West  hidiM,A(» 

Taafe  familv,  476 

Wreck  of  "  The  Temple  "  bog,  4L0    . 
S.  (A.)  on  book  omomeoUtioD,  111 

Friday  tree,  123 

Flemish  fishermen  in  England,  513 

St.  Joseph's  ere,  96 

^  3treak  of  silver  sea,"  445 
Saarbriick  custom,  107,  174,  294 
S»bhft^Rj  hoofM,  340 
.Sftga^JWqnnga,  494 
Saggar,  its  derivation,  452 
Saint  abbreviated  to  T,  479,  550 
St.  Alban's  Abbey,  its  restoration,  228,  487,  527 
St.  Albans  (Charles  Beaoclerk,  let  Daka  oQ,  3 
.St.  Anthony,  engravings  of  hia  temittAtMn*,  401%  483 
St.  Augutioe, ''  si^endida  ^coaU,"  250;  fiemuos,  17 
St  Benet's  chnrch,  Paul's  Wharf,  memorial  tahbt?,  47a 
St.  Eloji  or  Eligins,  bis  lennoo,  305 
St.  Elphege,  engraving,  483 
St.  Etbemin's  priocr,  304,  ^376 
St.  GnthUke,  engraving,  483      . 
St.  Ignatins,  passage  attriboted  to  bim,  39 
St.  Jane  or  Joanna  of  Valob,  66, 150,  201 
St.  John  on  Sive  and  the  Whiteboys,  401  - 
St.  J(din,  medical  order  of,  235,  294 
St.  Jowph's  ere,  song  on,  96 
St.  Juan  of  Dalmatia,  engraving, -483 
St.  Leouaxd,  two  of  the  name,  108 
St.  Michael's  Mounts  of  Cornwall  and  Biittnnj,  125, 20> 
Sit.  VoMXiE^Lsathart's  MS.  History,  36 


tndfrx  Supplemeul  to  the  Xoteii  aud  I 
^erl«ft.  with  Ho. !»,  Jtt)j  lA,  It/TUf 


INDEX. 


5W 


St.  Pftora  c«tliedrd,  ill  oompktioD,  185^  241,  344^  391, 

434,  460,  552 
St  Swittda  on  6ction  and  fact,  494 

Fi«sloo  jAmjB,  475 
St,  TbotnAs  of  Villanova,  431,  481 
St.  VidcoUDf,  132,  526 
St*  Vmaio,  an  Irish  Mint,  396 
St  Wttlfnm,  162,  269,  335,  444,  505 
Saints'  imblems,  305,  421 
SaU  (Geo.  AtigiutDa)  cm  deriration  of  Gan,  57 
Salkdd  CWin.)i  aeijaiiot-at-law,  236 
Sampler  poeay,  21,  126.  220,  273,  331,  465,  525 
SamacH)  (Rev.  Richard),  longevity,  66»  97^  11J7 
Samson  (W.),  aotbor  of  **  The  Conciliad,"  161,  270 
Saodaliiiai  on  Mrs.  CathtrizM  Zephyr,  285 
Saodcn  (S.)  on  seal  foaod  in  Ia!c  of  Ely,  324 

Start's  sditioo  of  ilia  Common  Prayer,  351 
Sandown  Castle,  Isle  of  Wight,  103,  175,  325 
Saodtoft  register,  496 
Sandys  (Sir  Edwin)  and  the  bi&faops,  359 
Satigreal.  ar  Holy  Greal,  201 
S.  (A.  r.)  on  the  chanicter  of  Constautlne,  849 
Becket's  mordercrs,  196 
Epgram:  »*  As  Cjrril  and  Nathan/'  360 
Lady  Grimaton's  grave,  76,  129,  195 
I  church  scaisen,  517 
,  its  deriTation,  206 
hurifiuua  on  **  Anima  Christ!/'  506 
Lltargicai  qnery,  495 
i  missal,  64,  177 

lell  (T«)  OD  Index  to  Bushworth's  *'  Oi^llectfoas,'^ 
9 
tgny  (F,  C.  von),  **  Treatise  on  ObHgattoni,"  13 
i.'nS  (E«aj)f  Tice-ehamberkin,  3 
twney  Bean,  the  man-eater,  77t  180 
g«ye,  or  De  Says  fatDily,  123,  272,  333 
S.  (C.)  on  bills  actaalty  presented,  269 

"  Tha  strait  gate  and  narrow  way,"  31 1 
Want,  as  a  personal  name,  461 
Scamds,  its  provincial  use,  210 
Soena:  scene,  259,  334,  414 
Sehendel  (Pecms  van),  hi*  deaths  25 
Scbodtnaster  abroad  in  Stafifbrdshiie,  121,  ISO,  199, 

311,374,465 
ScoilaDdf  list  of  its  kings,  295;  early  cjneenif  of,  344; 
cocDpeUtofB  for  the  crown,  363,  446  j  Soeivty  of  An- 
tiqoaries,  47 
tt  on  the  case  of  Mary  Jobson,  76 

Kobold  of  Groben,  96 
[tidamsiQ  America,  159 
lisb  guard  of  Francs,  455 

newspapers,  earliest,  390,  549 
societies,  73 

Scripait,  or  Christinas  school  piece,  145,  201  ^  351,  462 
Scrope  (Sir  Carr),  Bart.,  2 

cndcry  (G.  de),  Key  to  *'  Le  Grand  Cyrns*  44, 149 
ry  (Madcmoiseile  de),  44 
.  W.)  on  the  bookworm,  168 
"Arthur's  slow  wain,**  512 
Parodies,  261 
**  Pnnch  "  a  prophet,  33 
(D.)  on  bell-ringing,  110 
T  Winchester  Dotn am  song,  140 

lu  the  bio  of  Eh%  324 
.wt.^J^e  beads  in  tnedwval,  493 
of  straw  and  bay,  429,  506 


Seats  not  carried  away,  531 

Segdotine  monastery,  395,  4B 9 

Seifferth  (C.)  on  "  A  party  in  a  parlour,"  36 

S.  (E,  L.)  on  a  forgotten  Homer  ist,  362 

HowUoson  (Bobert),  a  ceotesariAS,  120 

Irish  noddy,  165 

Twiss  (R)  '*  Tour  in  Ireland/'  267 
Selby  family,  516 

Selden  (John),  collection  of  balJuds.  496 
Septoagint,  works  on,  515 
Seven  Wonders  of  Wales,  143,  267 
Sewell  (J.)  on  Gainsborough's  "  Biue  Boy/*  237,  366, 

391 
Sewell  (Sir  Thomas),  parentage,  305,  376 
Sexes,  Ibeir  mental  equality,  97,  223 
S.  (R)  on  "  God  made  man,'*  fltc,,  4l,  221 

Handel'a  Bfesslah,  304 

Si^boards,  320 

"*  The  Heaving  of  the  Lead,"  US 
S,  (F.  Bl)  on  the  bookworm,  262 

DMiu's  **  Bibliographiciil  Decameron/*  256 

Privately-printed  books.  13 

Hofis  family  of  Wigton»hire,  110 

Smyth  (James)  of  Whiteh'dl,  n  1 5  \ 

S,  (G.  HO  m  Middleton  custom,  119 
ShadweU  (Thomas),  poet,  3 

SbafUabarjr  (Anthony  Ashley  Cooper,  Ist  Earl  aQr  ^*7 
Sbakspeare  (Willsain),  tradition  of  bts  death,  52  ^  and 
the  Ardeo  family,  116, 169,  his  acquAiiUanco  wiih 
Lyly's  **  Euphues,"  624 j  Works,  early  cditious,  181 

ShalcaperiaiLa  i^ 

Merchant  cf  Venice,  142,  27 1 
TimoD  of  Atliens,  Act  iv,  sc.  3:  *'  Tott  waot  mvch 
of  meat/'  350,  465 

Shannon  (Francis  Bovle,  \lscount  of)^  258,  454 
Shard  ^  cow-dnng,  i05,  199 
Sharman  (Julian)  on  baby's  corals,  21 

Bacon's  Queen*s  counsel^hip,  291 

Laws  respecting  battoue,  73 

Manslaughter  and  cold  iron,  265 

Nous,  a  skng  word,  85 

Parodies,  worka  on,  16 

Philosophical  naked ncsiS,  375 
Sharpe  (Rkhani  Scrafton),  noticed,  55,  14$ 
Shaw  (Samud),  on  the  bookworm,  16S 

Scripait,  145 
Shearer  (Isaac)  on  Benj\  FrauklinV  kurel  wreath,  189 

War  medals,  131 
Sbeerwort,  a  pknt,  26, 151,  244,  832,  463,  527 
Sheffield  folk  lore,  299,  439 
Shelley  (R  B.),  "Demon  of  the  World,"  24;  **Ques- 

tioD  "  455;  "  Oiymandias,"  456;  "  Adonais,"  456 
She  well  (W.  M.)  on  the  great  boar  and  nuiumer  fail,  379 
Shield  (Wm,),  song/^  Heaving  of  the  Lead,*'  65,  148 
Shillings,  Ken,  187 
Ships,  Ch'mese  ruddera  of,  162 
Shipton  (Mother),  life  and  death,  25 
Shirley  (E,  Ph,)  on  Irish  folk  lore,  299 

Irish  forfeitares,  21 

Stanhope  (Sir  William),  353 

Stedman  &mily,  335 

"  Thoughts  of  Patricius,"  iu  author*  97 
ShoQgles,  its  derivation,  186 
Shop  signs  in  Twtiua^  20^ 
Shonh^juM  (^3.B.')  m  aj4oro\n^^^\va.'i^^ 


580 


ISfDB^X. 


f  Indftc  Biii)(de9BKSit  to  Ofv  Votrnm 


Shropehire  sayiDgs,  9,  131,  221 

Sicilian  tyrant,  431 

Sickle  Bojne,  236,  313 

Signataries,  an  adjactive  or  noun,  44,  176,  331 

Signboard  for  teetuUllers,  320 

Signet  foond  at  BaioB,  300 

Simma  (Wm.  Gilmore),  hh  death,  406 

Simon  (Thomu),  appointment  as  medaU&C^  Alft' 

Simonides  (Oonstantine)  and  tha  **  Codtx'  SSaudtkm," 

77, 179 
Simpson  (W.  Sparrow)  on  Dogdalif'a  St.  PftnTa)  981 

Panning  and  jetting  on  names,  106 

Samm  misaal,  64 

Teeth  folk  lore,  85 
Sirens,  the  Isles  of  the,  337 
Sive  and  the  Whitebojs,  124, 269,  401 
&  (J.)  on  Lord  Bjron's  <'  English  Bards,*  28 
&  (J.  R.)  on  WilUam  Baliul,  302 
Skaife  (R.  H.)  on  the  Hon.  Gatherino  SoutboolKv  64 

Terrick  (Richard),  bishop  of  London,  104. 
Skeat  (W.  W.)  on  Da  Bohtua,  24 

Chatterton*8  knowledge  of  Aftgk^Sazon,  278 

ISb  and  En,  GO 

Riddles,  ancient,  546 
Skedaddle,  its  derivatioo,  351 
Skerring  =  sliding,  121,  265 
Skwkeobergios' ''  Treatise  on  NoseA."  125 
Sleigh  (John)  on  "  Eikon  Ba«llke,"  9 

Winnel,  orWjnneU  (Ber.  Tbomvi),  191 
Sleigh  (Joseph  Fenn),  Goldsmitfals  Elegj  oo  him,  9 
Slow- worm  superstition,  427 
&  (L.  y.)  on  Cbaavinisme,  408 
S.  (M.  A.)  on  samplers'  poesj,  126 
SmalUpoz  in  Wales,  1722,  301 
Smells,  the  memory-of,  178,  413,  481 
Smith  families,  the  heraldry  of,  49,  175,  313 
Smith  (Hubert)  on  John  Eingslow,  the  rechise,  Sfl3 

Stedman  family,  259 
Smith  (W.  A.)  on  '*  Though  lost  to  sight,"  &c.,  244 
Smith  (Dr.  Wm.),  temp.  1539-1555,  77 
Smith  (W.  J.  B.)  on  hnbies'  bcllji,  291 

Inkstand  of  Wedgwood  ware,  272 

Mummers:  waits,  245 

Toadstone  ring,  484 
Smoking  illegal,  198,  293.  352 
Smyth  family  of  Ireland,  122,  125 
Smyth  (James)  of  \Vhitebill,  515 
Smyth  (J.  J.)  on  Smyth,  alias  Herir  of  Wiftwte,  125 
Snaix  on  five  third-pointed  spires,  132 
Snop,  a  sonnd  made  by  a  billiard  ball,  515 
Societas  Albertorum  Antiqaomm,  56 
Sodni,  mounment  to  the,  381 
SoldJera,  maimed,  in  1659,  495 
Solnta,  in  parish  registers,  314 

Songs  and  Ballads:— 

American  national  soi^  1 1,  78,  198 

Arise!  arise!  Britannia's  sons,  aritt!  75 

Arthurian  ballads,  472 

Ballads,  English  and  Scotch,  552 

Bonnie  Annie  Laurie,  490 

Brides  of  Mavis  Enderby,  322 

Bring  ns  in  good  ale,  &c.,  *224 

Bumper  Squire  Jones,  17& 

Christmas  carol,  23 

Colombia'f  ahorw  on  widt  and  mU,  U,U,\»^ 


Bcmg*  aad  Bidkidi:^ 

Cum  Roger  ta  me  as  thou  art  my  sen,  428 

Danish  boy's  song,  24 

Death  and  the  Lady,  202' 

Dongks!  Donghul  tender  and  tne,  23 

DriiSung  song,  454,  527 

Dulce  EMntmi,  140 

Ferrers  (Lady),  209,  334 

French  convivial,  58;  "  O  mm  IKen!  fit  ftun  n 
pcCMe,"  72, 115;  war,  145, 158 

Goody  bottled  ale,  44 

Gny  (Arthur),  the  footman,  207 

Greensleeves  (Lady),  475,  550 

In  automn  we  shonild  drink,  boys,  294 

Kihneny,  hyvlamea  Hogg;  929 

Lanriger  Esfstias,  824,  39» 

NOTth  Laneaahire  song,  428,  543 

Nutting^  162 

0  happy  coontiy  life!  pure  like  itvah*,  427 

Order  of  the  Bath,  by  Lord  ChesterfieU^  207 

Paddy,  or  Peggy,  O'Raflftrty,  472 

ParMBand  Baeeo,  171 

Pleasant  song,  822 

Robm  in  search  of  »  wife,  549 

Shan  Van  Toght,  64 

Similes  to  Molly,  410 

Songs,  old,  and  ballads,  398,  506 

Swan-song  of  Parson  Averj;  20, 148, 288, 4SS 

Swiss  spring  song,  231      • 

The  Baron  stood  behind  a  tree,  387 

The  Boj  and  the  Mantle,  247  "  ^ 

The  Goontry  Life,  427 

The  Golden  Pippiir,  218 

The  Heaving  of  the  Lead,  55,  148, 2DV 

The  Hefar  of  Lione,  473 

The  Pauper's  Drive;  365 

The  Souter  and  his  Sow,  361,  467 

The  Thought,  or  a  Song  of  Similes,  410 

The  True  Mayde  of  the  Sontir,  390 

The  True  Toper,  58 

War  songs,  10,  145,  158F 

Whinny  Moor,  63,  133 
Sonnet  qnerie^  466,  545 
Sotheran  (C.)  on  De  Saye  or  Say  family,  383 

Fuller  (Bishop  Wm^},  351 

Man,  King  or  Qoeen  of,  332 
Southcote  (Hon.  Catherine)  in  1736,  64,  177 
Sp.  on  Ayre  family  surname,  386 

Cary*s  ^  Palnologia  Ghronieaj''  143 

Children's  games,  415 

Cooke:  Cookes:  Cookeaey,  310 

Flemish  families  arms,  310 

Fraser  and  Frisel  fismilies,  55 

Ham  taking  vengeance,  352 

Hood  (Thomas),  and  varioua  rsadiagB;  32 

Pearson  family,  of  Kippenross,  36 

Perche  (Counts  oQ,  their  anna,  221 

Prosody,  255 

Scottish  societies,  73 

Smyth  families,  313 
Spanish  **  Notes  and  Queries,"  209 
Spenser  (Edmund),  allegory  hi  tba  *^filurfiB  QoNB," 
real  persons  init,  49, 176;  typognphieal  ecrai,a8 
the  poet  of  Irehmd,  317;  his  Paaops^  283 
,  Spires,  the  five  Engfish  ef  th&rd-pointad  ditSL  291.181 


I  IT  D  EX. 


581 


Spoon  ioMripiioaai  Etwall  Eail,  Dfirbj^fthiie,  74 
&  (P.  WO  oa  a  gem  query,  322 

Sun-dlfU  ioacnptioQB,  256^3^21 
Spyni«  (iJid  Lord},  notified^  410 
S.  (R.  B.)  on  "  Hiiut  of  bearts/^  46d 

Sundial  iDdcriptions,  546 
3.  (S.  M.)  on  baptiAm  for  tlio  dead,  263 

FxctB  in  anejcprcted  placos,  207 
Ne^vton  (Bti^.  John),  Imea  on  a  sampifix,  273 
Ss  (T»)  on  Sir  John  FowcU,  307 
Stafford  family,  387 
Stafford  (John),  abp.  of  Caoterburjr,  &miljr,  253,  350, 

500 
Stamp  OD  Pic  Lure  canYos,  97,  195,  243 
Staci^,  the  abAeneo  ai  muj  Fmtcb  wofd  aigtiifyisg  "  to 

fitaDd/'  278,  435 
Stanhope  (Sir  Wm.),  portndt,  239,  363 
StanJej  (Dean)  otx  Moriilo'ii  picliirsift  of  \h&  Prodigal 

Sou,  120 
Stanley  (Sir  Jubn),  500tiOd  king  of  M«xi»  249 
Stanley  (Thomas),  biMhop  of  Sodor  aod  MaO|  96|  201 
Stanley  (Sir  Thotnos),  «pitapb»  190,  292 
Starkie  (Liflul.  €tl.)  on  mwzotiiit  of  Olirer  Civmw^ll, 

374 
StintOD  Cbnieb,  muml  poiuUflgf  40,  172,  24£,  363, 

410,497,517 
Sfcatimtots.  mK  ^32,  273,  289,  418,  461 
Statue,  story  of  one,  125,  200 
S.  (T.  C.)  on  tba  dnsam  of  Eli^bdtJL  dft  TAfobt,  409 
Motion  and  capeia,  190 
WordAWortb,  Constab^  &«,,  233 
Stodnum  Damily,  259,  335 
St«l]a  (Jacquea),  aftist,  77 
Steplieaa  (F.  G.)  on  *'Ea»7ij  Diviiie,  Moml,"  &c, 

418 
Stepney  parbb,  it«  clergy^  282  {  meisoiial  bdlsatSt. 

Dnnfitaa's*  511 
Stflriiiig(Capt.£dwErd),  "Tbuod«rar  uf  'Tba  Timea,'  " 
456,  524,  553 

idd  (Thomas),  version  of  Pb.  Izxriii  4G,  324 
son  (John  Hall),  his  "  Craiy  Tales,'*  154,  291 
rddon  (Thosv),  jun.,  on  Bramluuu  cUurcb.  237 
Goiaot  and  Gnifld,  333 
Jesters  on  aliipboanl,  2U9 
"The  Hob  In  the  Well,"  417 
Stllta  ==i!niU^«B,  243,  314 
Stock  well  angels,  270 
Stone  (W,  G.)  on  book  oroamMitatioo,  147 

Story  of  a  statne,  200 
Stofiebengft,  old  phnta  of,  36,  179,  197 
Story  and  Ob  expansions,  32 
Stow>in  ibt-Wold,  ita  iir«t  diocese,  344,  420 
Strait  gate  and  narrow  way,  93,  226,  311 
Stnubm^g  library,  iu  CMtoratioo,  120,  223,  448,  487, 

552;  Uaenel'a  Catalogue,  473 
Street  (£.  £.)  on  ''  The  Deril  beata  bia  wUe,"  25 
Street  {Q.  £,)  on  the  completion  of  Sl  Paura,  434 
Stuart  (Charles  Edwerd),  grandaon  of  Jamee  XL,  an 

alleged  letter  of  the  Klcg  of  Pni«aia  to  bim,  117 
Stnart  (Janice  Frascia  Edward),  son  of  Jamee  IL,  bi^ 

binb,  191 
Start  (JohnX  ediOon  of  the  Commaii  Prayer,  283,  351 
tyring  family,  324 

uffolk  (Cbarlea  Brandon,  Duko  oQ^  220 
ummer  rainfall  and  tbe  Great  fiear,  300,  37H 


Sun-dial  inscriptions,  255,  324,  377,  2109^506^522, 

546 
Surnames  of  offidala  in  tbe  Wfst  Irriira^  406,  483 
Surrey  churohBt  deatroyed  in  1668,  476 
'*  Sufiau  and  Kubcccji,*'  ita  wreck,  305 
S.  (W*)  tn  Jiisop's  Fttbles  by  Bewick,  342 

*'  Danish  Boy's  Eoog,"  24 

Gkdh,  ita  derivation,  454 
S.  (W.  A.)  on  Briliiih  acytbed  cbanota,  460 
Sweeting  (W.  D.)  on  reasons  for  gijlng  to  cbutcb,  100 

Kectorsbip  of  eighty -oue  jean,  98 
S,  (W,  11.)  on  F&raday'a  pede&UiM  feat,  266 

MarriAgc  of  EngliAh  princenea,  28i9 

Mourning  writing  paper,  209 

Norwich  caLbedral,  Ita  altar  slah,  360 

Pbilosopbkial  oakedneM,  375 

"  The  Prodigal  Son/'  407 
Swift  (Godwin),  104 

Swift  (Dean  Jonathan),  satire  oa  bimr  418 
Swiae  spring  song,  231 

Switzerland  invaded  by  the  £flgiiib  iii  1975,  36 
Syon  fiouM  nuns,  408 


T.  on  parish  regiBters  at  Batbadoes»  406 

Taafe  family,  476 

Talbot  (Elizabeth),  her  will,  384 

Talbot  (Sir  Gilbert)  and  Cal»ia  in  1512,  139 

Tancock  (0.  W.)  on  Britisb  scythed  cbarioUf  503 

Tapestry  portralta,  511 

Taverns,  inna,  &c.,  collectiooa  for  thelc  blaUify,  512 

Taylor,  not  Tayloor,  faniily,  35 

Taylor  (Bp.  J«r«my),  destendant*,  143,  290,  $16 

Taylor  (John)  on  Nyrtl>aaiplo«abir«  feaeta,  475 

T.  (B.)  on  Pichler,  a  geta  eiigc*i?er,  397 

Toadetooe  ring,  399 
T.  (G.  B,}  Q&  *'  Mela  BdtanniciiB,"  76 
T.  (C.  E.)  on  Englkb  versitotion,  390 
ToA,  ita  early  o^  139 
Teeth  folk-bre,  85 
Teetotallera'  signboard,  320 
"  Temple"  brig,  ita  wmik,  365,  410 
Tenby,  its  derivation,  60,  61 
Tennyson  (Alfred)  and  Congrew,  301, 376,  48« 
Tunny&onianft,  *131 
Terina,  its  ruins,  529 
Terrick  (Bp.  Bi chard),  biography,  104 
Tew  (Edmund)  on  "  the  biltar  eod,"  85 

Gonstantine,  chat»ct«r  of,  303 

Difl-spirit,  186,  377 

**  Hie  own  opinion  was  liia  law, '  1  (>i> 

Kibes,  a  Tbeban  philoeopher,  ua,  aai 

Mount  Calrary,  103,  372 

Orletoii  (Adam  de),  151 

Patcbin,  ita  meaalog,  21 

Fierca  the  PlDngbmana  Orede,  85 

Popular  method  of  obsenriog  flcllpsaa,  472 

PronxutoislioQ  of  Greek  and  Latin,  173 

Huh  fttatements,  232,  289 

St.  Igimtiiis,  panage  atlribiitid.  to^  hk^  30 

Scena:  Scen^,  334 

Strait  gate  and  narrow  way,  99^ 

'' Veritaa  in  pDteo,"  199 
Tewars  on  marriages  of  Eo^lLib  prmeeoai,  2(k3 

Duke  of  BQckingham'a  mother,  544 

Fltshftro^,  or  HaKTiei>  ffl]iitU«a,.292 


BMlflnliip  «f  df  hlT-^Oi  jean,  98 

r  (bwiX  Scnnon  oo  the  Plrfld^»I  Son,  ll 


TfrtMB  (Bidiftrd),  bkbop  of  Londoni  104 
M  thtmp^  la«l  to  light  to  mnnoij  dctr^  5.1i! 
Tbkf,  tbt  rcp«Uiit,  490 
Tlikkld  (Cbtffat)  00  Rfajm*  lo  widoir,  G2 
TliOBAi  (£.  C.)  on  iOQ^,  **  Laoriger  Honiitt«^*  399 1 
ThofBA  (W,  J.)  OD  Hob»t  Boirnui),  ttntcOArUo,  38 

CLftoeer'a  birUi,  iu  date,  338,  47d 
Tbomtoo  (Sir  Aleuaderl  kiuetitL^xvl  2?4 

Thofubttfy  (W,)  on  Bofe.  vtd,  532 

**  Tilt  wiad  b«i  a  luigun;;?;   i*':i 
Thotighl,  ootociilimov  of,  93,  t98 
Tliro»tl«  lUtl  ctiftotn,  119 
Thiupp  (J.)  90  Wi1pp1e>  Uftil-brtub,  410 
Tlttu  on  BMioolUh  At  M«^rfii,  5t4 
Tiadttnia  (B.)  oo  German  et^rmological  dletiMMrief, 

456 
*'  TiOiii  "  Qtiitpopcr,  iU  "  Thaitdcrer,"  456,  524,  553  ' 
"  TJia«i  Whbile,'*  bj  R.  C,  »7,  130  1 

Tlniack  (Sif  Oor^^eoua)  oo  Mr,  5l  John,  346  ' 

Tlt«(B(r  Wm.)  uo  Irtiera  of   KcM  Gwjn  and  Kinj 

Titlcra  of  tugif,  110,224 

TiUi-A^  «miivaleta  foreign,  12,  113 

*i\  (IC   F.)  on  >ti&  never  eettiag  on  tb«  Bdtiab  do. 

tniiilQ(af,  210 
T  — Q.  00  equivaleot  fimigo  lillei,  12 
lottdi  OQft  gUuidiiliir  iwellinga,  210 
Toidjtooi  ring,  334,  399,  484,  540 
TotMio^  Uken  medtciDallj^  53 
Tula  Tidilltir'v  ground,  57 
Toflbridge  Welb,  **GQid«»,"  487 
Topognphj^  works  od,  456 
TomTiftrncou,  local,  105 
Tower  of  London,  tho  White,  211,  309,  394, 


oK*ie<  *u1j  No.  1,15.  Jurr  liiWt  f 


172 


b 


Vertikm  (Eiirl  of)  ou 

'victorfii  (Qaeerr),  Itniprcsi  ot  loai 
Villegaa  (R.  F.  AlfonaD),   -  TUe    i 

178. 293 
VUll^rti^amily  ^gre*,  451,  iji4 
TSflitrtC^^ ''  *  "■     •    '"1' 

■^  Vergil;  Er  j:> 

VivesCJaL..  . ,,      ,,    ,  ' 

Vm»a  (Chtrioaii  to  Ktrk  S . 

.  Volt*iriaii*p  431 
Voliinteer  corps  m  1744-5,  284 
VoodOsiiem,  origin  eP  tbe  term,  210 


W.  on  Fwreyinga  Siig»»  494 

SWkdd  (Serjeant)t  ist 
W^,  Brighton,  on  *'  Hmta  to  Chairn 
W.  (!,)  on  the  bookworm,  ^tt 
Fog,  itfl  meanini;'  "'^    '"" 
FooU's  **Cbryi^. 
Quotation,  162 

Sua-dial  inacriptiwi^  377,  622 
Ward,  A3  a  pr^oflal  nAtne,  330 
^Yfldell  (P,  H.)  OT  "  Gnde.willie  waucht/'  502 
Wftddin^ham  (T.  J.)  on  aong  *'  Laiirigcr  Horatiufi,'*  324 
WiigBtaSe  (Tbomafi),  nonjuror,  oooscc ration,  10 
Wake  (H,  T.)  on  cobbler^'  l*mps  in  lulj^  IS2 

CftkiiandSirGi'    -  '   *^-^    ^  ^^  ^ 

Luke  (Sir  Sflmue  ^2       '  *    y.- 

Walcott  (M,  K  C.)  or,  teries^  263' 

Dedicatioos  of  cburcb«5,  60  j 
Glatlan,  a  ship,  548 
Gnn,  an  engitn  of  war,  149 
Wales,  ilfi  seven  wonders,  143,  267 
Walesby  (Thomas)  on  John  Bmle^'  longn'ity,  254 
WalUa  (Geo.)  on  Lair  growing  iifur  dwtli,  83 
Walpolo  (Sir  Robert),  expelled  the  Hoaac   if  Cummooe, 

410,  526 
WaUh  (Father  Peter),  "  frkh  CoJoar^i  i  7  i 

WaUingbam  (Sit  Francis),  Journal,  354 
Walter  (J.  G.)  od  tbe  bookworm,  169 

Mnrtl  paintlDg  in  Btarstoa  cKurcb,   173,  368 , 
497,517  ; 

Waltlnmataw  pari»li  lanii  144 
Waltfaeof  on  Btecl  bu,  ' 

WiiltbainitOW  P  •  4  4 

Walton  (Bev.  Tb^maa),  282 
War  medab,  number  of  d^apa,  13,  131,  294^  482 
Ward,   itB   ctymolopy  as  a  periODal  nam«,  256, 350, 

481  I  fjimily  anus,  273,  351 
Ward  (S.)  on  liicbai-d  Plantagenet's  aDtobiograpby,  150 
WArtfi^  meaning  wealthy,  84 
Warren  ^C.  F.  S.)  on  tbe  cliimRnU  of  the  Sootti«h 

crows,  446 
W.  (A,  a)  on  the  Zodiac  ortNjoderab^  65 
Wwon  (J,)  on  chess  in  Eagkod  and.  Cbioii,  34 
Watcbee  of  dialing uisbed  men^  25^ 
Watson  (Arebd.)  on  *■  0  Gemini,'^  441 
Wattgh  (F.  G.)  oa  Keats*  ^'  La  Belle  Dume  aans  Merci," 
324 
"Tbe  New  Monthly  Magaaluo,'*  475 
"  Witty  as  Flaminiiw  Flaccua,"  441 
WiixigU  (ft,)  on  Leatbftit'a  MS.  of  St.  Pftncras,  S6 


.^..^.T 


'446 


U3,44S 


220 


Wai,  black,  ita  aark  iisp   '^''^ 
W.  (C,  A.)  OD  French  ., 
Sign«itar}'  and  SSj 
W,  (C.  EOonC)> 
W.  (aL.)anM^i 
W,  (E,)  on  Longs  and  PuIuk 
PoU^ton  family,  124 
Bight  to  quarter  ar-  - 
Swan  song  of  Farn 
Weale  (W.  H.  JO  on  a  < 
Weare  (Rev.  Thomas  Wm,),  i. 
Weathercocks,  Lntin  rbyintn: 
Weather  aayings,  18,  S  J 
Wearer's  art,  allu&ioos  * 
Webtf  (T.  W.J  on  V 
Garroona  or 

Gentlemen,  n^  ....  — ,. ,  .,, 

Webb  (William),  %  oenlenarian,  12U 
Wedding  custom  in  Wales,  265 
W^eperPr  ^^^  at  moaroinga,  257 
WelUngtOQ  (Arthur,  Diike  of),  aneodote,  4QQ 
Wells,  custom  of  adorning,  107,  294 
Wclah  wedding  cuatorn,  2S5 
Wells  cathedrAJj  Arabic  numeral^  iu,  ^i^^  .^- 
Westbrook  (W.  J.)  on  the  Advent  hyinn/217 
HAUdeFs  concerto  fgr  live  hurp,  207 
Oom  (Mria.),  piftmst,  210 
West  Indiei,  eumames  of  offloifl)!!,  406^  483 
Wesleyan  Ma^azii,        " 
Westlock  (G.)  01. 
Weatmoreland  gtUi^  -> 
WiBtwood  (TO  on  arlii. 
Hood'fii  "Lee  Sbor  , 
Pfinte  of  Stoaeheuge,  17y 
W.  (HO  on  Robert  d«  Comyn,  18 

Hearth  tax,  112 
W,  (H.  AO  on  Anima  Chriati,  322 
ChrifitophcmiB  Morales,  1 59 
^'  Coutumier  of  Order  <»f  ibe  Virgin  Maty,"  322 
Whate*a  rib  at  Sorrento,  36,  84, 180 
WhiUki!!-  (Dr.  T.  D,),  initial  ^ttecs  ia  hti  **  BUbmond 

uhirfl  and  Leeds,"  237 
Whitfield  (Sir  John  Hiirman),  -n^.'^ 
Whiting  (Jamea),  bia  dentil,  'dbl 
Whitmore(W.  IL)  on  Parson  A  v  fry's  Swan -song,  288 

Smoking  illegal,  293 
Wliittingham  (WmO,  Dean  cff  Diiiham.  his  lift*.  354 
Whittington  (Sir  Bichard),  I 
Wickham  (WmO  oD^lAck-jt^ 
"  Whether  or  no,*' 485 
Widow,  rhjmo  to,  62 
Wilde  (G.J.  de)on  "T     "  ' 
Hunt  (Leifb),  *'  ' 
Parall^^l  T,.,;.ur,..,   ;,  . 
Pha^  1*4 

Rode  >rurth:tmptaD,  124 

Soni^  ■  i ') 

Typ:,    ,  ::!,,4o2 

Wilkio  (Sir  U^vidj,  ri>uced,  41  j 
Willement  Crbomaa),  Jonth,  24G 
WiUiam  IIL,  bis  stirrnps  aivl    i! 
W'dllam  of  Malmeabary,  '*  C 
Wniiams  (CO  or.  a  curl-uii  ' 

Hair 
WilUama(i  lor 

Wilson  (DmielJ,  on  Krox  h  iii>iihe  at  Edinbtttgh, 


no  sans  Merci, "  399 
-  in  TawB,"  132 


584 


INDEX. 


{Index  Snpplemeiit  to  tlie  Kot«t  Mid 
QiuMei,  with  JTo.  18S,  July  IS,  1871. 


WilMm  (John)  on  Richard  Plantafcenet,  151 

WiUoD  (Robert)  of  March,  Ely,  324 

WUtoo  (Rev.  Edward),  his  death,  448 

WindhMri  (Sir  Wm.)  and  the  reporters,  83 

"  Wink"  or  "  blink,"  theu:  correct  use,  325,  459 

Winnel  or  Wjonell  (Thomas),  191 

V^nnington  (Sir  Thomas  E.)  on  boant*  ears,  256 

Bnrff,  its  deriyation,  282 

Garter  (John),  his  drawings,  35 

Edward  the  Confessor  and  the  ring,  474 

Good  Sir,  and  Dear  Sir,  235 

Henlej  (Re?.  Samuel),  1 13 

"  Hob  in  the  Well,"  a  sign,  310 

Stanley  (Sir  Thomas),  epitaph,  191 

Son  never  sets  on  the  British  dominions,  293 

Theocritus,  ii.  2,  56 
Winter  (Admiral),  his  pun,  107 
Winter  sayings,  18,  84 
Winters  (W.)  on  McAlpin  clan,  291 

Montagu  (Lady  M.  Wortley),  letters,  293 

Peer  tree  farm,  18 
\Vitchcraft  in  Loudon  in  1868,  53 
Witches  in  IreUind,  137;  in  Lancashire,  237,  311,417, 

504 
W.  (J.  S.)  on  Ovid,  "  Metam.  xiii.  254,"  521 

Maturin  (Rev.  R.  C),  524 
W.  (M.)  oo  Queen  Victoria,  Empress  of  India,  409 
Woroestenhire  sheriflb,  their  arms,  410,  463,  549 
Wolfe  (Gen.  James)  and  the  20th  Foot,  53 
Woodcroft  (B.)  on  portrait  of  John  Kay,  142 
Woodspring  priory,  396 
Woodwrnrd  (G.  M.),  **  Something  concerning  Nobody," 

474 
Woodward  (J.)  on  arms  of  Charlemagne,  400 

Certosino,  400 

Flag  of  the  new  German  empire,  416 

Margaret  Fendles,  Lady  Mortimer,  43S 
Wordsworth  (Wm.),  sonnet  in  Walton's  Lives,  233,  312 
Worley  (G.)  on  Staffordshire  and  American  folk  lore, 

91 
Wrazall  church,  ai-morial  bearings,  423,  486,  536 
Wray  ("    apricious  "),  259,  372,  466 


Wright  (W.  A.)  on  book  omameotatioo,  147 
Wright  (Wm.)  on  Samuel  Mannder,  513 
W.  (T.  T.)  on  "  The  CoocUiad,"  161 

Lancashire  timber  halls,  442    ' 

Milton's  folk  lore,  514 

New  York  superstition,  299 
Wnlfruna,  a  Sazoa  princess,  13,  132,  222 
W.  (W.)  on  bells  at  St.  Donstan's,  Stepney,  511 
Wylie  (Charles)  oo  John  Dyer's  portrait,  232 

Hunt  (Leigh),  **  Leisure  Hours  in  Town,"  270 

Johnson  (Dr.  Samuel),  "  Life,"  43 

Locket's  Oidinary,  112 

Newly  born  child  crying,  394 

"  That  man's  father,"  &c.,  24 


Xerxes,  the  canal  of,  97 

X,  (L.)  on  '^  Le  Farceur  da  Jour  et  de  la  Nuit,"  ]  2 


Y  Blaidd  on  Welsh  wedding  custom,  285 

Yarker  (John)  on  Jscob  Bohme,  65 

Yarmouth  (Charlotte,  Jemima  Henrietta  Boyle,  Countess 

oQ,  258 
Y.  (J.)  on  "  The  Garden  of  the  Sonl,"  513 
Yeoman,  its  meaning,  255 
Yeowell  (J.)  on  William  BaUol,  433 

Hippocrates  and  homosopathy,  109 
Yorkshire  Archsoological   and  Topographical   Journal, 

67  • 

Yorkshire  Prayer  Book,  13 
Y.  (W.)  on  quotation  from  Young,  201 


Zephyr  (Mrs.  Catherine),  a  caricature,  28f 
Zetetes  on  putting  to  death  by  torture,  305 

Memory  of  smells,  416 
Zodiac,  the  present  signs,  344,  445 
Zodiac  of  Denderah,  65 
Z.  (Z.)  on  the  dragon,  125 

Feast  of  the  Nativity,  142 

Ombre,  a  game,  167 


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