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NOTES  AND  QUERIES: 


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LITERARY  MEN,   GENERAL   READERS,   ETC. 


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THIRD     SERIES. —VOLUME    FIFTH. 
Jantjaby — June  1864. 


LONDON: 

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OFFICE,    32    WELLINGTON     STREET,    STRAND,    W.C. 

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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


LONDON,  SATURDAY,  JANUARY 9, 1864. 


CONTENTS.— N».  106. 

KOTB8:  — Unpublished  Hnmorous  and  Satirical  Papers  of 
ATChbishop  Laud,  1  —  A  State- Paper  Brectified,  5  -  A  I^aw 
Pastoral,  6  —  Particulars  regarding  Sir  Walter  Raleigh.  7 
~  Fashionable  Quarters  of  London,  8  — Rye- House  Plot 
Cards,  9  —  The  Lspwing :  Witchcraft  —  John  Rowe,  Ser- 
Jeant-at-Law  —  Charles  Lloyd  —  Oambridge  Tradesmen  in 
1685— Robespierre's  Remains,  10. 

QTJK  RIE8 :  -  Old  Latin  Aristotle — John  Baroroft  —  Oeno- 
ti^iih  to  the  79th  Ri*giment  at  Clifton  —William  Chaiirneau 

—  B leaner  d'Olbreuse—  Hyoscyamus—  Luurel  Water  — 
Lewis  Uorris  — The  Prince  CouMort's  Motto  —  Richard 
Balveyne  — Swinburne—  Captaiu  Torke,  11. 

QvBKias  WITH  AHBW«it8:  —  Pholoy— Lines  addressed  to 
Charles  L  — Crest  of  A tx>thecarie»' Company— Fru men- 
turn  :  Siligo  —  John  Burton  —  James  II.  and.the  Pretender 

—  New  l^raoslatioii  of  the  Bible,  by  John  Bellamy,  circa 
1818, 12. 

RRPLI KS :  -  Exhibition  of  Sign-Boards,  14  -  **  Est  Rosa 
Flos  Veneris,"  15 -Rev.  P.  Roscnhsgen.  16 -Collins.  Author 
of  "To-morrow,"  17  — John  Hawkins— Rev.  F.  S.Pope — 
Mrs.  Cokay ne  —  John  Donne,  LL.D. — Scottish  —  Execu- 
tion for  Witchcraft  —  Mutilation  of  Sepulchral  Monu- 
ments —  Longevity  of  Clergymen  —  Ehret,  Flower  Fain- 
ter :  Barberini  Vase  —  Rev.  Thomas  Craig  —  Or.  David 
Lamont  —  Baptismal  Names  —  Tydides  —  Capnobstn  — 
Joseph  Washington  —  Handanyde  —  Early  Marrifigcs  — 
Revalenta  —  Paper-Makers'  Trade  Marks  —  Christian 
Names  —  As  Mad  as  a  Hatter,  £0. 

Notes  on  Books,  Ac. 


ADDRESS. 

A  Happy  New  Y6ar  to  everj'  kind  Contributor,  gentle 
Header,  and  warm  Friend,  under  whose  geninl  influence 
** Notes  aud  Queries"  has  continued  to  flourish  for 
Fourteen  Years. — Yes,  Fourteen  Years ! 

At  fomrteen  years  of  age  the  Roman  youth  was  entitled 
to  assume  the  torja  virilis.  The  toga  virilis  of  a  periodical  is 
its  own  Publishing  Office.  So  from  henceforth  *•  N.  Sc  Q." 
will  be  issued  from  No.  32,  Wellington  Street,  Strand, 
where.  We  trust,  with  the  continued  assii^tance  of  those 
kind  old  friends  who  have  rallied  round  it  in  its  new  I 
office  with  contributions  to  enrich  the  present  and  fol- 
lowing Numbers,  it  will  go  on  increasing  in  interest  and 
usefulness  for  years  to  come. 


UNPUBLISHED  HUMOROUS  AND  SATIRICAL 
PAPERS  OF  ARCH151SH0P  LAUD. 

Few  people  would  look  for  humour  in  anything 
wiid  or  written  by  Archbishop  Laud.  He,  whose 
'*  hasty  sharp  way  of  speaking ''  is  commemorated 
by  Clarendon,  who  said  of  himself  that  he  had 
**  no  leisure  for  compliments,"  and  whose  voice 
and  manner  in  speaking  were  such  that  they  who 
heard  and  saw  nim  always  supposed  that  he  was 
angry — such  a  man  seems  very  unlikely  to  have 
been  gifted  with  the  slightest  predisposition  for 
drollery.  Yet  I  had  occasion,  some  time  ago,  to 
point  out  that,  in  his  letters  to  his  friends,  there 
existed  traces  of  a  heavy  but  kindly  pleasantry,  of 
T^hich  I  quoted  several  examples.    I  have  now^ 


ffoing  a  step  farther  in  the  same  direction,  to  lay 
before  you  evidence  that  there  really  was  within 
that  cold  hJirsh  man — for  such  in  his  "  full-blown 
dignity  "  he  exhibited  himself  to  the  world — a 
power  of  appreciating  and  applying  wit  and  wag- 
gery for  which,  without  this  evidence,  scarcely 
anyone,  I  think,  would  give  him  credit. 

But  I  must  premise  a  few  words  of  explanation. 
In  1618  the  future  Archbishop  was,  in  his  fortieth 
year,  President  of  St.  John's,  Oxford,  a  Doctor  of 
Divinity,  and  a  Royal  Chaplain.  In  that  same 
year  a  most  absurd  ''  sedition,"  as  it  is  termed 
Dy  Antony  4  Wood,  was  raised  in  the  University. 
Some  of  the  youngsters,  headed  by  one  Henry 
Wightwick  of  Gloucester  Hall,  deemed  the  dig- 
nity of  the  Convocation  House  diminished  by  the 
circumstance  that  the  Vice-chancellor  and  Doc- 
tors were  in  the  habit  of  sitting  in  their  assemblies 
bare-headed.  There  have  been  many  foolish  re- 
bellions ;  but  surely,  if  we  know  the  truth  about 
this  matter,  no  one  was  ever  more  silly  than  this. 
Like  many  other  hare-brained  things,  however, 
it  found  patronage  amon^  men  of  higher  standing 
than  those  with  whom  it  originated;  and,  thus 
supported,  what  appears  to  have  been  a  mere 
childish  outbreak  divided  and  excited  the  whole 
University.  We  must  suppose  that,  somehow 
or  other,  it  linked  itself  to  party  differences 
of  a  higher  character.  Dons  as  yrell  as  under- 
graduates were,  for  several  years,  kept  in  hot- 
water  by  this  contemptible  dispute.  Some  of  the 
leaders  of  the  dissentients  even  went  the  length 
of  threatening  to  follow  an  example  which  had 
occasioned  cousiderahle  trouble  once  before — that 
of  secession  from  Oxford,  and  the  erection  of  a 
new  college  at  Stamford. 

Occupying  an  eminent  station  in  the  University, 
Laud  could  scarcely  have  avoided  taking  some 
share  in  the  dispute ;  and  we  know  that  he  was  not 
a  man  to  do  anything  otherwise  than  energetically. 
Whatever  he  did  or  said,  wo  may  be  sure  that  on 
such  an  occasion  he  took  the  side  of  authority ; 
but  we  have  no  information  on  the  subject,  until 
the  proposal  was  made  to  dismember  the  Univer- 
sity. Aroused  by  a  suggestion,  which  was  either 
absurd  or  of  weighty  moment,  he  determined  to 
crush  it  at  once  by  overwhelming  it  with  ridicule. 

The  stories  of  the  folly  of  the  Gothamites, 
which  were  then  familiar  to  everybody,  gave 
him  a  foundation  to  build  upon.  He  conceived  the 
design  of  publishing  a  burlesque  account  of  the 
contemplated  foundation  at  Stamford,  under  the 
name  of  Gotlkim  (or,  as  he  spelt  it,  Ootam,)  Col- 
lege, introducing  into  its  imaginary  regulations 
such  Gothamite  recollections  as  could  be  made 
applicable,  with  such  other  strokes  of  humour  as 
could  be  brought  to  bear  upon  the  contemplated 
design,  in  the  way  of  quizzing  and  contempt. 

Tne  subject  has  not  been  mentioned  (so  far  as 
I  know)  by  the  biographers  of  Laud,  nor  ate  there 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[S'^iS.V.  Jaw.  2/64. 


any  documeDta  respecting  it  printed  in  the  edi- 
tion of  his  Works  published  in  the  Library  of 
Anglo-Catholic  Theology ;  but  there  exist,  among 
the  State  Papers  in  tne  Public  Record  Office, 
placed  at  the  end  of  the  year  1613,  various  papers, 
mostly  in  Laud's  handwriting,  which  clearly  in- 
dicate the  nature  of  his  contemplated  publication. 
None  of  them  are  probably  quite  finished ;  but 
all  are,  more  or  less,  advanced  towards  comple- 
tion. Why  the  intended  pamphlet,  or  whatever 
it  was  to  have  been,  was  laid  aside,  does  not  ap- 
pear. The  Qothamite  scheme  may  have  died 
away,  and  it  was  not  deemed  advisable  to  stir  its 
decaying  embers;  or  Laud*s  execution  of  his  de- 
sign, after  much  touching  and  retouching  (of 
which  the  papers  before  us  present  ample  evi- 
dence), may  not  have  pleased  him.  These  manu- 
scripts remain  —  mere  wrecks  and  ruins ;  but 
there  is  enough  in  them  to  indicate  clearly  the 
author*s  purpose,  and  to  demonstrate,  unless  I 
very  much  mistake  their  character,  that  he  pos- 
sessed no  mean  power  of  making  sport.  He  dealt 
with  the  subject  before  him  in  his  naturally  sharp, 
but  also  in  a  frolicsome  and  witty  manner. 

The  first  of  these  papers — ^an  **  Epistle  to  the 
Header,"  designed  as  a  preface  to  the  intended 
work — seems  to  be  all  but  complete.  I  shall  give 
it  you  as  it  stands.  It  will  be  found  to  be  quaint 
and  old-fashioned,  but  not  without  touches  of 
efiective  pleasantry. 

"To  THE  Reader. 

**  Come,  Reader,  Ict*8  be  merry  !  I  have  a  tale  to  tell : 
1  would  it  were  worth  the  hearing,  bat  take  it  as  it  ifi. 
TIiere*8  a  great  complaint  made  against  thiH  age,  that  no 
good  work.s  are  done  in  it.  Sure  I  hear  Slander  hath  a 
tongue,  and  it  \»  a  woman's  bird  never  born  mute.*  For 
not  lung  since  (bfsidcs  many  other  things  of  worth)  there 
was  built  in  the  air  a  very  famous  college,  the  Skminart 
OK  Innocents,  commonly  called  in  the  mother  tongue  of 
that  place,  Gotam  College.  I  do  not  think  in  these 
latter  freezing  ages,  there  hath  been  a  work  done  of 
greater  either  protit  or  magnificence.  The  founder  got 
up  into  a  tree  (and  borrowed  a  rooks  nest  for  his  cushion) 
to  see  the  plot  of  the  building,  and  the  foundation  laid.  He 
re:H>Ived  to  ^uild  it  in  the  air  to  save  charges,  because 
castles  are  built  there  of  lighter  materials.  It  is  not  to 
be  spoken  how  much  he  saved  in  the  very  carriage  of 
timber  and  stone  by  this  politic  device,  which  1  do  not 
doubt  but  fouLders'in  other  places  will  imitate.  Yet  he 
would  not  have  it  ralMi>d  too  high  in  the  air,  lest  his  Col- 
legians, which  were  to  be  heavy  and  earthy,  should  not 
get  into  it ;  and  it  is  against  all  good  building  to  need 
a  ladder  at  the  gate.  '1  he  end  of  this  building  was  as 
charitable,  as  the  ordering  of  it  prudent ;  for  whereas  there 
are  many  places  in  all  commonwealths  provided  for  the 
lame,  and  the  sick,  and  the  blind,  and  the  poor  of  all 
sorts,  there  is  none  anywhere  erected  for  innocents.  This 
founder  alone  may  g'lory  that  he  is  the  first,  and  may 
prove  the  only  patron  of  Fools.  He  was  ever  of  opinion 
that,  upon  the  first  finishing  of  his  College,  it  would  have 
more  company  in  it  than  any  one  College  in  any  Univer- 
•ity  in  Europe.    Such  height  would  b«  waited  upon  by 


*  FiautuM, 


malice.  Ther^ore  he  resolved  to  build  it  in  no  Univer- 
sity, but  very  near  one  famous  one.  Not  in  any,  for 
such  a  place  cannot  bear  their  folly  ;  not  far  off,  for  no 
other  place  so  liable  to  discover  and  publish  their  worth. 
I  could  tell  yon  much  more,  but  it  is  not  good  manners  in 
the  Epistle  to  prevent  the  tract.  If  you  will  not  take 
the  pains  to  walk  about  this  College,  you  shall  be  ignor- 
ant of  their  building.  If  not  to  read  their  orders  and 
statutes,  yon  shall  not  know  their  privileges.  If  not  to 
be  acquainted  with  some  of  the  students,  you  shall  be  a 
stranger  in  all  places,  and  not  well  acquainted  in  your 
own  country.  One  counsel  let  me  give  you  :  whenever 
you  visit  the  place,  stay  not  long  it ;  *  for  the  air  i» 
bad,  and  all  the  students  .very  rheumatic  1  have  heard 
that  Lady  Prudence  Wisdom  went  but  once  (then  she 
was  masked  and  muffled,  and  yet  she  escaped  not  tbe 
toothache,)  to  see  it  since  it  was  built,  and  myself  heard 
her  swear  she  would  never  come  within  the  gates  again. 
You  think  the  Author  of  this  Work  (who  for  the  founder's 
honour,  and  the  students*  virtues,  hath  taken  on  him  to 
map  out  this  building)  must  depart  from  the  truth  of  the 
history.  Reader,  it  needs  noL  For  there  is  more  to  bo 
said  of  these  men,  in  truth  and  stor>',  than  any  pen  can 
set  out  to  the  world.  His  pen  is  weak,  and  mine  too ; 
but  who  cannot  defend  Innocents?  Farewell.  The  founder 
laughed  heartily  when  he  built  the  College  :  if  thou  canbt 
laugh  at  nothing  in  it,  borrow  a  spleen.  You  know  1 
dwell  a  little  too  near  tbe  College  that  I  am  so  skilful  in 
it,  and  have  idle  time  to  spend  about  it.  But  it*s  no 
matter.  What  if  1  were  chosen  Fellow  of  the  house  ? 
As  the  world  goes,  I  had  rather  be  rich  at  Gotham  than 
poor  in  a  better  place.  You  know  where  I  dwell.  Come 
to  see  me  at  any  time  when  it  is  safe,  that  the  Ears  f  of 
the  College  hang  not  over  me,  and  I  will  show  you  as 
many  Fellows  of  this  Society  highly  preferred  as  of  any 
other.  I  know  you  long  to  hear;  but  you  shall  come  to 
my  house  for  it,*as  near  the  College  as  it  stands.  There 
you  shall  find  me  at  my  devotion  for  Benefactors  to  this 
worthy  foundation." 

This  "  Epistle  to  the  Reader  "  is  followed  by 
a  variety  of  rough  notes,  scattered  over  seventeen 
leaves,  many  of  which  contain  only  a  sentence 
or  two.  Ihey  were  apparently  intended  to  be 
worked  up  into  the  designed  work. 

We  next  have  a  Latin  Charter  of  Liberties, 
supposed  to  have  been  granted  to  the  College  by 
the  Emperor  of  Morea.  There  are  among  the 
papers  two  drafts  of  this  charter.  Li  one,  the 
Emperor's  name  is  given  as  Midas.  They  are 
both  framed  as  if  granted  to  the  founder,  who  was 
at  first  designated  as  "  Thomas  White,  miles/'  but 
the  "  White  "  was  subsequently  struck  out.  Why 
the  name  of  Sir  Thomas  White,  the  founder  of 
Reading  School,  where  Laud  was  educated,  and 
of  his  beloved  College  of  St  John's,  was  thus  in- 
troduced, I  am  unable  to  explain. 

Xhe  draft  of  a  Foundation  Charter  of  the 
College  then  follows.  It  runs  in  the  name  of 
"Thomas  a  Cuniculis,  miles  auritus,  patriae  Mo- 
reanus." 

We  next  have  two  copies,  but  with  many  varia- 
tions between  them,  of  a  paper  entitled  "  The 
Foundation  of  Qotam  College."  This  was  the 
author's  principal  effort    In  his  account  of  the 

*  Aniwia  pnuUm  in  tieeo.  f  Tkfjf  are  ttty  long.  • 


8«i  8.  V.  Jak.  2,  •U.'] 


NOTES  AND  QUEKIES. 


rules  and  regulations  of  the  college,  he  ]^ur8  out 
his  store  of  Gothamite  recollections,  with  such 
fresh  wit  as  he  could  make  to  tell  against  the 
chief  members  of  the  party  to  whom  he  was 
opposed.  It  is  difficult  occasionally  to  identify 
the  persons  alluded  to,  but  many  of  them  will  be 
easily  reco^ised.  The  two  brothers,  Dr.  Samp- 
son and  Dr.  Daniel  Price,  top^ether  with  Dr. 
Thomas  James,  the  author  of  BeUum  Papale^  were 
clearly  leaders  in  the  suggestion  which  excited 
Laud's  dislike.  Upon  them  the  vials  of  his  wrath 
were  consequently  poured.  All  thn^e  were  strong 
anti-Romanists.  Antony  Wood  t^.lls  us  that  Dr. 
Sampson  Price  was  so  distinguislied  in  that  re- 
spect, that  he  acquired  the  name  of  *' '  The  Mawl 
of  Heretics,'  meaning  papists ; "  and  that,  both  he 
and  his  brother  were  regarded  with  especial  dis- 
like at  Douay.  Both  brothers  were  royal  chap- 
lains and  popular  preachers,  and  of  the  same  way 
of  thinking, — that  way  being  in  most  respects 
nearly  as  far  removed  from  Laud's  way,  as  could 
co-exist  within  the  pale  of  the  Church  of  England. 
Dr.  Thomas  James,  tlie  well-known  Bodley  libra- 
rian, was  a  man  of  precisely  the  same  anti-Ro- 
manist views  as  the  Prices,  but  probably  of  far 
greater  learning  than  either  of  them.  All  these 
had  no  doubt,  like  other  men,  their  vanities  and 
peculiarities;  and  it  is  upon  these  foibles  that 
Laud  seizes,  and  applies  them  to  the  purposes  of 
his  ridicule.  Thus,  we  learn  that  James  was 
highly  pleased  with  his  dignity  of  Justice  of 
Peace,  whence  Laud  styles  him  Mr.  Justice 
James,  and  appoints  him  library  keeper  of  the 
new  college.  We  learn  also,  that  Dr.  Sampson 
Price  enjoyed  his  nap  at  the  sermons  in  St.  Mary's, 
and  that  Dr.  Daniel  was  fond  of  an  anchovy  toast, 
and  had  a  general  liking  (in  which  respect  he  was 
probably  not  singular,  either  at  Oxford  or  else- 
where) for  a  good  dinner.  All  these  points  come 
out  in  the  following  paper ;  which  I  print,  with 
one  or  two  omissions,  from  one  of  the  two  manu- 
scripts, adding  here  and  there  passages  derived 
from  the  other. 

"The  Foundation  of  Gotam  College. 

**Tbe  founder  (being  the  Duke  of  Morea*)  made  suit 
and  obtained  leave  for  this  foundation,  that  it  might  be 
erected,  anno  1613.    The  reasons  of  his  suit  were : — 

*'  1.  Because,  in  the  midst  of  so  many  good  works  as 
had  been  done  for  the  bringing  up  of  men  in  learning, 
there  had  been  none  taken  in  special  for  the  Gotam  ists. 

**  2.  Because  every  College  in  the  University  had  some 
or  other  of  them  in  it,  which  were  fitter  to  be  elected  and 
chosen  out  to  live  together  in  this  new  foundation. 

'*  8.  Because  it  is  unfit  that,  in  a  well-governed  com- 
monwealth, such  a  great  company  of  deHerving  men,  or 

*  This  is  not  consistent  with  the  foundation  charter 
noticed  before^  and  is  an  evidence  that  the  author's 
design  was  still  unsettled.  In  the  margin  is  written, 
"Sir  Thomas  Cuninsby,  con-founder."  This  is  evi- 
dentlv  the  "Thomas  k  Cnniculis,'*  mentioned  in  the 
fonndatioii  charter. 


youth  full  of  hope  as  those  are  Tfor  ttultorttm plena  tunt 
omnia),  should  want  places  of  preferment  or  education. 

"  Maintenance. — ^Their  mortmain  is  to  hold  as  much  aa 
will  be  given  them,  without  any  stint ;  which  favour  is 
granted  them  in  regard  of  their  number  (being  the  great- 
est foundation  in  Christendom),  and  at  the  instant  re- 
I  quest  of  the  honourable  patroness  the  Lady  Fortunafavet: 
provided  always,  that  they  hold  no  part  of  this  their  land, 
or  aught  else,  in  capite,  but  as  much  as  they  will  in 
Knight's  service,  so  .they  fit  their  cap  and  their  coat 
thereafter. 

*'  Sociorum  numerus, — The  number  of  Fellows  may  not 
l)e  under  500,  and  200  probationers  (if  so  many  may  be 
found  fit)  ;  which  it  shall  be  lawful  to  choose  out  of  anv 
C^ollcge  in  Oxford :  Provided  that  when,  if  ever,  there  u 
any  eminent  man  found  in  the  other  University  of  Cam- 
bridge, or  any  other,  it  shall  be  lawful  for  them,  which 
after  the  founder  shall  be  put  in  trust  with  the  election, 
to  admit  them  in  veros  et  perpetuns  aocios. 

*'  The  statutes  are  appointed  to  be  panned  in  brief,  for 
the  help  of  their  memorj',  which  yet  is  better  than  the 
wit  of  any  of  the  Fellowships.  [^Memorandum.  In  making 
of  a  speech,  they  must  not  stop  at  any  time,  but  when 
their  breath  fails.]  There  is  leave  granted  they  may  re- 
move *  Cuckoo-bush,'  and  set  it  in  some  part  of  the  Col- 
lege garden  :  and  that  in  remembrance  of  their  famous 
predecessors  they  shall  breed  a  Cuckoo  every  year,  and 
keop  him  in  a  pound  till  he  be  hoarse ;  and  then,  in  mid- 
summer moon,  deliver  him  to  the  bush  and  let  him  at 
liberty. 

"  Because  few  of  these  men  have  wit  enough  to  grieve, 
they  shall  have  'Gaudyes'*  every  holyday  and  every 
Thursday  through  the  year;  and  their  * Gaudyes '  shnll 
be  served  up  in  woodcocks,  gulls,  curs,  pouts»  geese,  gan- 
ders, and  all  such  other  fowl,  which  shall  be  brought  at  a 
certain  rate  in  ass4uads  to  fumiiili  the  College.  But  on 
other  days  which  are  not  *  Gaudyes,*  they  shall  have  all 
their  commons  in  calf's  head  and  bacon.f  and,  there- 
fore, to  this  purpose  all  the  beef,  mutton,  and  veal,  shall 
be  cut  out  by  their  butcher  into  calvec»'  heads ;  and  on 
fish-days  conger,  cod's  head,  or  drowned  eel,  with  a  piece 
of  cheese  after  it — of  the  same  dairy  with  that  cheese 
which  their  wise  predecessors  rolled  down  the  hill,  to  go 
to  market  before  them, 

"  Broths,  caudles,  pottage,  aiid  all  such  settle-brain, 
absolutely  forbidden.    All  other  meats  to  he  eaten  aua, 

"  FcuU. — They  are  to  fast  upon  O  Sapientia,  The 
solemn  day  of  their  foundation.  Innocent's  day.  [Another 
solemn  feast  day  to  be  renewed,  St.  Dunstan's.] 

**  Benefices. — Gk>tam  annexed  to  the  headship.  The 
other  benefices  belonging  to  the  Fellows  are  Bloxam, 
Duns-tu,  Dunstable,  St.  Dunstan's  ^East,  West),  Totte- 
ridge,  Aleton,  Battlebridge,  Gidding  (Magna,  Parva),  the 
prebend  of  Layton  Buzzard,  Little  Brainford,  Little  Wit- 
nam  (Mr.  Dunns  being  patron  of  Little  VVitnam,  gave  it 
to  a  good  scholar),  a  petition  being  made  by  the  (jollege 
that  Witnam,  and  all  that  Mr.  Dunns  had  in  his  gift, 
should  belong  to  the  (Allege.  [Added  in  the  marain  : — 
Cookeham  (Magna,  Parva),  Steeple  Bumstead^  Uggly, 
St.  Asaphs.] 

"  An  Act  of  Parliament  held  for  them. 

"  The  College  to  be  furnished  with  all  munition  save 
head-pieces.  None  of  the  generations  of  Wisemen,  Wise- 
dom,  or  Wise,  eligible  into  the  house,  for  the  disgrat^e  their 
predecessors  have  done  to  the  College.  The  book  of  Wis- 
dom to  be  left  out  of  their  Bibles.  To  abjure  Pythagora*, 
Tacitus,  Tranquillus,  and  Prudentius. 

•  Diet,  •*  Nepenthe  potus."  A  fool  at  second  courset 
Mustard  with  everything  to  purge  the  head, 

t  It  being  lawful  for  them,  as  well  as  the  towns-bogs^  to 
eat  bread  and  butter  in  the  ttreeU. 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[S'^S.V.  Jaw.  2/64 J 


*  There  »re  throe  qundrtngles;   the  north  for  Gota- 

^hU;  th<»  Bonth  ft'f  tho»«  tbiit  would  bn  knaves  if  they 

111  wit  enough  ;  the  miil«!lrmoat  for  *iich  a*  arc  hij^amL 

I  fiiitwanl  (iit£idru.nj$)e  al»o,  ftC  both  whiM«  entrimces  in 

f *^Bftttkf.—  Ufj>Ai  jriven  to  the  Ithrary^:  Coiyat'g 
Irwiiiien  ;  Dr.  Drtu.  Prit'e*!*  Anmprrwrif$,f  with  his  other 
Orks  tHumci  with  Xm'it  Stu/tiftra;  Justict'  Jrimcs*  Be/- 
Fttptilt ;  Ayirippm  JEntomivm  Afini  ;  FesthuM  VituJui 
Wuretta;  Kncmnium  Moria ;  linim*  LhUum  An  Magna  tt 
area;  Dudtevt  dn  Ane  ;  Ihymiuicux  a  Sftlrt  ;  iMna  Sea- 
n;  Litter  an  /fotnn  ait  Att'nu*  i  Bird*  of  All  Souls,  his 
ifrrmon,;  and  Pmrik*  (If  .vou  will),  tiut  not  Cat<. ;  Car. 
fmrrrfr,  ,§  Gruftii  [Oruntiii]  Corocoltie  Porrelli  Te$- 
^f^Hf*mf ;  tL  \ir\nwT  i  Tcnlcrhclly  ;  Howes*  Chronic,  ;\\ 
^'.■^  Puerikt;  0  childre'u't  dicliunary  J  Seneca, 

ihey  keep  th d r  A*-t,  Dr.  Jom ca  to  answer  In 

|Svinit;r» 

f ••  Hike   Loftrry*  —  Dr.  Sh-  he\n^  out  of  office,  and  bo 
irted  with  hi*  castom,  drew  a  plHow.     Dr,  Dan.  Price^ 
H'hoviea/  ami  ci>«ld  rkot  dniw  jmythitig  bat  %'i^tual. 
Sttitutr§  *  in  ffi-e.'^H^  ihflt  die^,  if  he  have  not  a  son 
C>rthy  to  iU(^eed  hiio,  tautit  leave  one  of  the  Fellows 
Vfdem  e^  oMte. 
r**  Jitnefiictort. — WilL  Scmmer^  Charles  Cheater,  Patch, 
iJBuhle/'^  &c.,  Fffrtutut praeipue*    [jMuJfym,  Tom  Cop- 
r  of  Okingham.\] 

*The  CoJle^e  never  to  be  orerlhrown,  because  the 
DiM  emmut  »tAUd  withoat  sncb  &  foumlatiuu.  Tbere- 
tre  Ihe^e  willing^  to  (^uidc,  &<?. 

[*•  Kjttrtu,  St  hoi, — Dii§putaliona  Deanbnaet  trUtlligenHtM 
ridddt'Q.     An  fie  grnitu  ti  ftenaatut    They  must  maintflin 
[tvirMHm.    The  diversity  of  moona  in  dinrs  |ilac^|  with 
%c  chee.<iy  subittjiiice  of  it. 
I  ••  Forgeo4;rnphy,  8ir  John  Mandeville'a  Tratef$;  and 

» South  luditfa/ 
I  •*  Ejirrcinn^t. — They  niiy  play  at  no  caice  at  rjiH!?  bat 
loddy  ond  Lodauu  Xo  CbrUtmws  pnMime  liit  i  - 
HI).  pu5h-pin,   and  hlow-point;  no   mcc   bu^ 

5  rttce  ;  no  wolkin*;  in  the  summer,  but  ti>  i^  -.  ^  -  j 
rtii*  neet»^e#pecia]ly  the  t'uckoo. 
I  **  ji/j/wre/.— wrar  no  glove*  hwi  falf *<  skin,  ye*,  and 
5  »kiu  ;  no  bn:icb»'»*  hut  m  1  are  ihi*r«fore  to 

ive  all  uld  clojik-bugH driven  r  rlic  po«:trer sort; 

I  these  to  be  k<?pt  in  thtir  lill  time  serve  j 

*y  are  to  plutk  off  their  fur  frnm  their  gown,  that  Ihcy 
Hy  prove  >fin«  niM^.  A  feaiiicr  in  their  c«p» — ^they 
Umot  beti-  '  tod, 

"LantU,^^ .  hubl   ncthini^  i«  capites  but  at 

inch  ne  th^y       1  -      <  ;igr,  and  tiotliiii^  in  fan  tail  but 

simple 
[  **  PntitrUinntra, — None  admitted  till  piut  twenty-four, 
;  he  prove  wi«?r,  md  h>  Ik  cot  off  frtJin  the  hope  of  the 
tlowhhip. 

'  Ue  miiy  h^  ohoMen*  lie  he  never  *a  old,  if  he  b<r  able 
I  ibofr  hlmtelfjitvem*  fnoribH*»  ti  $tc  imdonrm  audiiior, 

[•  Msiny  of  U»e  l>o«lui  »«d  authors  hor«  mentioned  are 

dl  known— thouji  I   bar«  not  thought  it  neceaBJiry  to 

hiome  few  I  do  not  know. 

r  f  WiK*d   n<iUi?«^  Prinrt  Urniy^  hit  Firtt  AHmver»afy, 

fid,    it  a,   n^  vrH'ti-n    t.y  fv,    Dnniel    Pricci^     He  alao 

iiion. 

PrtrfrxM    Partt^mj   a 
ii.„    ,....   .i,„,.i„,r,   u, 


tnn. 


**  Cauttt  dttcrtmli  Ooitf^mmt^'i  f    to   be 

jwUed  for  fear  of  corrupiinj;   th'  md  yet 

j  nemo  CAaeti  to  be  admitteil,  fi>r  E^jr., .. ......  ualiurum  i 

fftttra* 

"  *  lirnornmuj**  to  be  pluyed  every  year,  that  they  may- 
be pertet  t,  and  on  their  deeti<)o  day  a  mock  pJay*  '         ~ 

**  No  pirtiireg  but  *  \Vi"  tlir»*o/ 

**  Si  sapitntiorjiat  ipto  facto  antot^eatttr,  non  tldoctu 
h«cauAtt  ibe  j^reatcat  clerks  ate  not  always  the 
men. 

*•  If  he  be  honest  and  constant  expeUttur^  be  it  nol  nil 
aeitled  eoongb,  &c. 

**  Thoft.  Muriel*  cho*cn^  bocnuse,  Iw'ing  senior  proeta 
of  Cambridge,  the  University  r«fu*ed  him  to  be  til 
father  of  the  Act  ]  a  thing  not  knowu  before,  and  tfiva 
him  for  hid  worth. 

"  Morly  chosen  for  a  roost  fiimonii  sermon  made  at  Sl 
SJary'd  in  Oxon,  upon  which  both  hfnd  und  fellows  tfi^ol 
Buch  a  liking  to  him  thut  there  Wsie  [a]  particular  ttatulT 
for  him,  that  he  should  not  he  hxji^IIikI  whutevt^r 
committed,  but  ^tiU  to  r'         '  '  '     of  his  pluce, 

*^  Tntvetier'n  place.—  rs  :  if  he  have  I 

child  eli^'ible,  they  ar*  iu.     No  man  maj 

travel  hut  in  the  Ship  i'l  i'\/<>l>.  ntver  coming  nenr  th 
(*&im  BuOiU  S|>ei, and  their  travel  must  be  moist  towail 
♦Gotsland* ;  Fouliaua  the  fat ;  Mor^a* 

**  The  head  to  be  marritHi  and  to  keepe  hii  wife  ill  th 
Colle|j*\  that  the  chiidren  may  be  right-bred. 

**  He  mu>»t  K^ve  over  liU  house  that  nocepi*  of  any  othfi 
benefice  but  1ho§>e  that  are  in  the  Colh-^e  gift ;  but  wtti 
any  of  them  hi>  may  keep  hla  bouifl«  oa  long  aa  he  will, 

'^They  must  ro^t  their  own  aggo,  but  their  fuel  19  \ 
borrowed  out  of  the  town* 

"  FmmUri  JhViiJwen,— The  DuDcev  Holf-heiids,  QaM^ 
Medcaifes,  WiK>dcock«,  Bluckn,  Gudtng^,  Wildgoo9« 
Ilarcbrains. 

** /;^ecliba.— Their  election  to  be  at  *Cookoe't  tiir 
more  formally,   but  at  all  tiines  due  itxtra  ordinrm,  [    ^ 
cauM*  of  the  nnmbof  of  thmo  who  oootintudiy  wiU  b«  pro- 
vided fur  the  place, 

*«  Picttt/09  t0  he  lud  mp  in  thtir  tpaadran^lea. — *iXa«Tta 
As^enUtiu,  Oblivio. Murowoi'fa,  VoluptnA,  Amentia,  De, 
liiia*;  Dw  dii — K^juoi,  Deiis  commiaaatioui^  NifjrptTiij 
0rvof,  DulcJa  douinus, 

AtiioDg  other  rougli  notes  intended  for  inaar- 
tion  in  their  proper  places  in  the  complete  work 
occur  the  following : — 

"Whereas  there  hath  been  a  foolivl^  «"  '  <^'^ 
buck  intiluled  An  Honm  tit  AmIhus^  whi' 
of  that   qiteetion,  and  kstlv  resolves 
hereupon  tbcrt;  mav  be  a  collei^e  which  ah^il 
quaint  and  AcipbiBtrcate  nuidduie^,  but  by  m* 
Wfa^i'  '  ■  '^•'>^"  -    "'  'V*' tnp>  wholr  I  met  To  t>r  tj., 

•'  I  phyjdciiihB  are  no  fool». 

•♦  >  tn   \nT  •|v>l^tn  thjiM  their  tnothfl 

lof I  ^M  ;     w  hich  Uwy  we " 

bom, 

♦*  ...   ..,.,...,  uo'cauiw  no  divli 

muxi 

♦  • ,  ^  ] ,  if  i  t  w«r«  not  for  their  patroneai, 

Furiir    ,  '-     .  'i  ■.■■■■■  '.  Hj./jo.  ~ 

**^  I,  I,  ;  |i  >  iiniit  tbt  conanmpiioo  of  Ut«j 
wU. 

**  Young  Mr.  Linker  tu  b«  tohoolmaiiar  lo  onU  of  IB 
iemimtria  vf  th^  ColU-j**, 


t    «-K, 


HVIl. 
-  uin«r  mooiu" 


8'*8.V.  Jak.2,'64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


**  Paul  Oapham,  another  of  the  seminary  schoolmasters 

^  They  have  this  privil^e  of  nature  newly  bestowed, 
that  thdr  old  men  shall  not  be  ever  bU  pueri^  if  they 
make  a  good  choice  at  first. 

**  Tell  the  holes  of  a  siere  on  both  ades. 

**  Kxcluduntur  nudicL  1st.  Quiet,  a  fool  or  a  physician. 
2nd.  Less  he  should  core  the  rest.  3rd.  Lest  axiy  man 
that  is  sick  shotdd  borrow  a  physician  hence  and  be 
worse. 

**  DominuM  Thomnt  Lectus^  collegii  con- founder,  et  ob 
hoc  preclamm  opus  jam  nmperrime  honort  militis  aasignaha. 

"  The  schoolmen  foresaw  this  worthy  foundation  should 
be ;  otherwise  thev  had  never  distiu'^^ished  of 
r  Intdltctwdu^ 

^ppetuu8<  2Nrrtf«r«/i«,  which  no  where 
V.     else  is  to  be  found. 
**  They  must  swear  by  nothing  but  •  By  this  Cookoe,* 
or  ^ By' the  swine  that  taught  Minerva;'   *Juro  per 


*<This  title,  *  OeUnuM  SapUntum*  annexed  to  the 
headship." 

There  are  many  other  ^milar  random  jottings 
which  I  must  leave,  at  any  event  for  the  present, 
and  among  them  that  which  some  people  may 
esteem  the  most  curious  thinff  of  the  whole, — the 
outline  of  perhaps  an  intended  Latin  play  upon 
the  same  subject  It  is  divided  into  wnat  would 
have  been  acts  or  scenes,  and  the  first  of  them 
runs  thus :  — 

**  Ini^ediuntur,  Dr.  Sampsonus,  Dr.  Danielus,  Albeeus, 
Eqninua,  colloquentes  de  Oxonia  relinquend&  et  Stan- 
fordiffi  eri^endo  coll«'gio  suis  inpeniis  magis  digno.  Causas 
hujus  seceasionis  euarrant,  pnepropere  faciendum.  Dr. 
Dan.  et  Albeeus  statuunt  statim  Stanfordiam  iter  facere, 
et  ihi  situm  commodissimum  designare.  Iterea  £quinus 
recipit  ee  apnd  Yilpoliim  rhetorem  insignem  acturum  ut 
literas  suasorias  ad  Dominum  Lectum  det,  quae  istos  ad 
hoc  collegium  junctis  samptibus  asdificandum  eflScaciter 
hortantur.    £xeunL" 

I  shall  feel  obliged  by  your  correspondents 
directing  me  to  any  sources  of  information  re- 
specting the  subject  to  which  these  curious  papers 
relate.  On  many  groimds  they  seem  to  me  to 
have  an  interest.  Unless  your  readers  think  so 
too,  I  fear  they  will  consider  that  I  have  trespassed 
very  unreasonably  upon  your  pages. 

JoHK  Bbucb. 

5,  Upper  Gloucester  Street,  Dorset  Square. 


A  STATE-PAPER  RECTIFIED. 

In  the  Mucellcmeous  state  papers  which  were 
edited  by  the  second  earl  of  Ilardwicke  in  1778, 
in  two  quarto  volumes,  we  have  various  specimens 
of  the  correspondence  of  James  I.  and  the  favorite 
Buckingham.  I  shall  not  presume  to  characterise 
the  letters  on  either  side,  unexampled  as  they  are 
in  some  particulars,  the  interpretation  of  an  ob- 
scure phrase  in  one  of  the  letters,  assigned  to  the 
year  1024,  being  the  main  object  of  this  note.  The 
extract  which  follows,  modernised  by  the  noble 
editor,  CQntuna  the  phrase  in  question :  — 


**  Duke  of  Buckimgham  to  king  James. 
Dear  dad  and  gossip. 

In  one  of  your  letters  yon  have  commanded  me  to 
write  shortly,  and  merrily.  •  •  •  This  inclosed  will  give 
you  an  account  of  the  Dunkirker*s  ships.  By  this  Uttle 
paper  you  will  understand  a  suit  ofjiae  ffollands,  Br 
the  other  parchment,  a  suit  of  my  Lord  President's.  (5f 
all  do  but  what  you  please,  so  you  give  me  your  blessing* 
which  I  must  never  be  denied, -eince  I  can  never  be  other 
than 

Tour  Maje8ty*8  most  humble  slave  and  dog, 
Stkksie." 
Now,  what  are  we  to  understand  by  a  suit  of 
fine  Hollands?     No  doubt  the   manuscript  has 
been  mis-read,  and  we  must  have  recourse   to 
another  text 

In  1834  a  small  volume  entitled  Letters  of  the 
duke  and  duchess  of  Buckingham  made  its  appear- 
ance at  Edinburgh.  It  contains  the  above- de- 
scribed letter  printed  from  the  Balfour  papers 
LiTKRATiH,  auu  the  extract  must  therefore  be 
repeated :  — 
**  Dere  dad  and  gossnpe. 

In  one  of  your  letters  yon  have  commanded  me  to 
right  shortlie  and  merelie.    •*  •  *  This  inclosed  will  give 
you  an  account  of  the  Dunkerkers  ships ;  by  this  little 
paper  you  will  understand  a  $ute  of  hue  HolLinfTs^  by  this 
other  parchment  a  sute  of  my  Lord  PresidenU ;  of  all  d»e 
but  what  you  please,  so  you  give  me  your  blessing,  which 
I  must  never  be  denied,  since  1  can  never  be  other  than 
Your  Maty,  most  humble  slaxre  and  doge, 
Stbenir. 
I  have  forgotten  to  write  my  legable  hand  in  this  letter, 
forgive  me." 

The  editor  adds  this  note  to  the  mysterious 
phrase  —  "  Ilardwicke  makes  this  a  suit  of  fine 
Hollands.'*  But  the  critic  leaves  it,  with  regard  to 
the  majority  of  readers,  almost  as  much  a  mys- 
tery as  before  I  I  must  act  the  commentator, 
the  form  of  the  small  A  was  sometimes  used  as  a 
capital.  A  fac-simile  of  the  signature  of  sir  Henry 
Wotton  appears  thus,  henry  Jrotton—so  hue  means 
Hugh. 

We  now  advance  to  184G.  The  same  letter 
was  edited  in  that  year  by  Mr.  Halliwell.  For 
hue  Holland  he  substitutes  Hugh  Holland,  and 
adds  this  note — "  This  is,  of  course,  a  petition  of 
a  person  of  the  name  of  Hugh  Holland.'* 

The  accumulation  of  materials  on  the  life  and 
writings  of  Shakspere,  the  splendor  of  the  volumes 
in  which  those  materials  are  ornfcodied,  and  the 
recent  patriotic  proceedings  at  Stratford-upon- 
Avon,  have  obtained  for  Mr.  Halliwell  a  very 
eminent  position,  but  I  cannot  conceal  the  sur- 
prise which  I  felt  on  observing  that  he  had  failed 
to  recognise,  in  a  person  of  the  name  of  Hugh 
Holland,  the  pupil  of  Camden — the  friend  of  Ben. 
Jonson — the  eulogist  of  Shakspere  I 

The  best  account  of  Hugh  Holland  is  given  by 
Fuller  in  his  Worthies  of  JSnglandy  1602.  (Wales, 
p.  16.)— but  it  is  devoid  of  dates.     Tha  Oy«rt^ 


6 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[3'*  8.  V.  Jan.  2,  *64. 


pRrticulars  of  his  career.  Besides  tbat  poem,  and 
some  fugitive  verses,  he  left  three  works  in  ma- 
nuscript,—!. A  metrical  description  of  the  chief 
cities  of  Europe ;  2.  A  chronicle  of  the  reign  of 
Q.  Elizabeth ;  3.  A  memoir  of  Camden.  The  duke 
of  Buckingham  was  his  patron,  and  his  services 
are  thus  recorded :  — 

"  Then  you  great  lord,  that  were  to  me  so  gracioofl, 
In  twenty  weeks  (a  time  not  vcn'  spacious) 
To  cause  me  thrice  to  kiss  (me  thrice  your  debtor) 
That  hand  which  bore  the  lilly-bearing  sceptre." 

It  is  very  probable  that  our  non-poetical  poet 
presented  one  of  the  three  manuscripts  on  eacn  of 
those  occasions.  Alas !  neitlier  the  praise  of  Cam- 
den, nor  the  friendship  of  Ben.  Jonson,  nor  the 
patronage  of  Buckingham,  availed.  He  did  not 
obtain  the  favor  which  he  solicited ;  and,  as  Fuller 
expresses  it,  he  '*  grumbled  out  the  rest  of  his  life 
in  visible  discontentment."  He  died  at  West- 
minster in  1633,  and  letters  of  administration,  of 
which  an  attested  copy  is  in  my  possession,  were 
granted  to  his  son,  Arbellinus,  on  the  31  August. 

Bolton  Cornet. 

The  Terrace,  Barnes,  S.W. 


A  LAW  PASTORAL. 

The  Transactions  of  the  Northern  Circuit  are 
said  to  be  recorded  in  a  book  accessible  to  mem- 
bers of  the  circuit  only,  and  to  them  under  the 
understood  protection  of  **  private  and  confiden- 
tial." So  the  Northern  Circuit  keeps  to  itself  a 
large  amount  of  very  good  wit  till  it  becomes 
mouldy — a  word  which  may  be  applied  to  jokes 
when  the  circuni.stances  under  which  they  were 
made  aro  forjjrotlen.  Should  some  modem  Cneius 
Flavins  treat  this  book  as  the  Roman  did  that  of 
Apmua  Claudius,  he  will  serve  the  public;  but  I 
wisn  it  to  be  understood  that  I  have  not  seen 
the  sacred  volume,  or  obtained  an  extract  by 
treachery.  The  poem  which  1  offer  was  repeated 
to  me  by  one  remarkable  for  the  accuracy  of  his 
memory ;  and  by  putting  down  what  I  remem- 
bered then,  and  hearing  scraps  quoted  by  others, 
I  think  I  can  give  a  satisfactoiy  copy. 

About  thirty  years  ago,  Joseph  Addison  joined 
the  Northern  Circuit.  Sir  Gregory  Lewin  had 
been  on  it  some  years.  Addison  h^  been  a  pleader 
under  the  bar:  ho  was  a  tirst-rate  lawyer,  a  good 
scholar,  and  a  thorough  gentleman.  He  was 
neither  pedantic  nor  obtrusive,  but  he  loved  to 
talk  law  to  those  who  could  appreciate  it  Sir 
Gregory  Lewin  broke  with  meteoric  brilliancy  on 
the  criminal  courts,  which  he  led  for  some  time — 
I  believe  till  he  died.  In  1834  he  published  A 
JReport  of  CaseM  determined  on  the  Crown  Side  of 
the  Northern  Circmt,—h  marvellous  work,  well 
worth  an  hour's  perusal,  lie  took  a  clumsy  note 
of  the  cases,  and  had  a  strange  style  in  writing 


the  marginal  summary.  Take  two  examples  from 
consecutive  pages  (ll3,  114):  —  "The  hand- 
writing of  prisoner,  not  in  itself  primd  facie  evi- 
dence of  forgery ;"  and  "  Possession  in  Scotland 
evidence  of  stealing  in  England."  I  could  not 
explain  what  follows  more  briefly.  The  Eclogue 
is  by  the  late  John  Levcester  Adolphus,  whose 
reputation  is  still  too  fresh  to  need  revival  by 
me.  The  best  part  of  the  wit  will  be  understood 
by  lawyers  only,  and  the  Common  Law  Procedure 
Act  is  making  much  of  it  obsolete.  The  next 
generation  will  know  no  more  about  it  than  the 
present  does  of  attornments;  but  I  think  you 
have  enough  of  us  among  your  readers  to  ex- 
cuse the  insertion  of  a  piece  which  I  know  Lord 
Macaulay  thought  the  best  imitation  he  ever  read. 
Persons  are  mentioned  of  whom  I  know  nothing. 
If  anything  interesting  is  known  about  them,  a 
statement  of  it  will  be  acceptable.  1  believe  all 
but  one  are  dead.  I  leave  a  blank  for  his  name, 
though  I  am  sure  he  would  relish  the  joke  even 
more  than  the  char. 

"THE  CIRCUITEERS.    An  Ecloguk. 
Scene  :  The  Banks  of  JVindermere,—TiUK :  Sunset. 

ADDISON,   LEWIN. 

Addison.  How  sweet,  fair  Windermere,  thy  waveless 
coast! 
*Ti9  like  a  Koqdly  issue  well  engrossed. 

Lettin.  How  sweet  the  harroony  of  earth  and  sky  I 
*Tia  like  a  well-concocted  alibi. 

A,  Pleas  of  the  crown  are  coarse,  and  spoil  one's  tact. 
Barren  of  fees,  and  savouring  of  fact. 

L.  Your  pleas  are  cobwebs,  narrower  or  wider. 
That  sometimes  catch  the  fly,  sometimes  the  spider. 

A,  Come  let  as  rest  beside  this  prattling  burn, 
And  sing  of  our  respective  trades  m  turn. 

L.  Agreed :  our  song  shall  pierce  the  azure  vault ; 
For  Meadi's  case  shows,  or  my  report's  in  fault. 
That  singing  can't  be  reckoned  an  a^ssault.* 

A,  Who  shall  begin  ? 

/».  That  precious  right,  my  friend, 

I  freelv  yield,  nor  care  how  late  I  end. 

A.  Vast  is  the  pleader's  rapture  when  he  sees 
The  clas8ical  endorsement,  **  riease  draw  Pleas." 

L   Dear  are   the  words — I   ne'er  could  read   them 
frigidly, — 
•*  We  have'no  ca^e ;  but  cross-examine  rigidly." 

A.  HIackhurst  is  coj',  but  sometimes  has  been  known 
To  utrike  out  •*  Hoggins  '*  and  write  **  Addison." 

L.  Me  Jackson  ott  deludes,  on  me  he  rolls. 
Fiendlike,  his  eyes,  then  chucks  the  brief  to  Knowles. 

A.  Thoughts  much  too  deep  for  tears  pervade   the 
Court, 
When  I  assumpsit  bring,  and,  godlike,  wave  the  tort. 

L.  When  witnesses,  like  swurms  of  summer  flies, 
I  call  to  character  and  none  replies  ; 
Dark  Attride  gives  a  grunt;  the  gentle  bailiff  sighs. 

A.  A  pleading,  fashioned  of  the  moon's  pale  shine, 
I  love,  that  makes  a  youngster  new-aasign. 

A.  I  love  to  put  a  farmer  in  a  Aink, 
And  make  the  galleries  believe  he's  drank. 
A.  Answer,  and  you  my  oracle  shall  be, 
How  a  sham  differa  from  a  real  plea. 


*  **  No  words  or  sfnglng  are  equivalent  to  an  assault.'* 
^Meade's  and  Bdt's  cast^  Lcvtn,  Cro,  On.  184. 


S""  S.  V.  Jab.  2,  '64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


L.  Tell  me  the  difference  first— 'tia  thought  immense. 
Between  a  naked  lie,  and  false  pretence. 
Now  let  us  gifts  exchange,  a  timely  gift 
Is  often  found  no  despicable  thrift. 

A.  Take  these,  well  worthy  of  the  Roxburgh  Club, 
Seven  counts  struck  out  in  Gobble  ver»u9  Grub. 

L.  Let  this  within  thy  pigeon-holes  be  packed, 
A  choice  conviction  on  the  Bum-boat  Act. 

A.  I  give  this  penknife  case,  since  giving  thrives ; 
It  holds  ten  knives,  ten  hafts,  ten  blades,  ten  other  knives, 

L,  Take  this  bank-note,  the  gift  won't  be  my  ruin ; 
Twas  forged  by  Dale  and  Kirkwood,  see  Ist  Lewin.* 

A.  Change  the  venire,  knight ;  your  tones  bewitch  : 
But  too  mufh  pudding  chokes,  however  rich. 
Enough's  enough,  aqd  surplusage  the  rest. 
The  sun  no  more  gives  colour  to  the  west. 
And  one  by  one  the  pleasure-boats  forsake 
Yon  land  with  water  covered,  called  a  lake. 
Tis  supper-time ;  the  inn  is  somewhat  far. 
Dense  are  the  dews,  though  bright  the  evening  star. 
And  .  •  .  might  drop  in  and  eat  our  char." 

An  Inneb  Templar. 


PARTICULARS   REGARDING   SIR  WALTER 
RALEIGH. 

Thirty  or  more  years  ago,  I  heatm  to  make  col- 
lections for  a  new  "  Life  of  Sir  Walter  Kaleigh ; " 
but  the  publication  of  Tytler's  biography,  and 
another  subsequently  by  Mr.  Whitehead,  induced 
me  to  forego  my  scheme.  I  find,  however,  among 
my  scattered  papers,  a  few  that  1  think  may,  some 
time  or  other,  be  of  use  to  those  who  are  looking 
for,  or  arranging,  additional  materials ;  and,  as  I 
do  not  know  of  a  better  depository  for  them  than 
"  N.  &  Q.,"  I  add  two  or  three  of  them  now : 
hereafter,  if  acceptable,  I  will  transmit  others  for 
insertion.  There  are  so  many  memoirs  of  Sir 
Walter,  that  it  is  possible  I  may  include  some 
particulars  already  printed;  but,  to  begin,  I  do 
not  believe  that  sucn  is  the  case  with  the  follow- 
ing information,  derived  from  the  original  ac- 
counts of  the  Lieutenant  of  the  Tower,  at  the 
time  when  Sir  Walter  Raleigh  and  his  friend  and 
coadjutor  Lawrence  Keymi?,  or  Kemys,  were 
in  custody  early  in  the  reign  of  James  I.  Of 
course,  this  was  only  about  the  middle  of  Kaleigh's 
career;  but  I  do  not  profess  to  observe  chrono- 
logical order  in  my  contributions  to  his  history, 
and  those  who  at  any  future  period  may  avail 
themselves  of  them  wiU  be  able  at  once  to  deter- 
mine to  what  dates  they  belong,  and  what  events 
they  illustrate.  The  first  account  is  thus  headed : — 

"  The  demaundes  of  Sir  George  Harvie,  Knight,  Lieut* 
of  the  Tower  of  London,  for  the  diett  and  charges  of 
Prisoners  in  his  cnstodie  for  one  whole  quarter  of  a  yeare, 
viz.  firom  Michaelmas,  1603,  to  Christmas  following." 

After  a  statement  of  the  charge  on  account  of 
*'  the  late  Lord  Cobham,  and  the  late  Lord  Gray," 
we  arrive  at  this  entry :  — 

•  Kiricwood'scase^  £€aiwi,  Cro,  Ca.  143. 


<*  S'  Walter  )     Item  for  the  diett  and  charges  of  8"^  Wal- 

Raleigh,     >ter  Raleigh,  Knight,  for  himself  and  two 

Knight.    J  servants,  from  the  16  Dec',  being  then  sent 

from  Winchester  to  the  Tower  againe,  for 

one  weeke  and  a  half  ended  the  2cxv^>>  of 

December,  att  iiij"  the  weeke  -        -  vj"." 

**  Lawrence  )    Item  for  the  diett  and  charges  of  Lawrence 

Kemishe,  >  Kemishe,  Esquior,  from  the  '29*^  Sept.  1603, 

Esquior.  J  untill  the  last  of  December,  on  which  day 

he  was  discharged  from  the  Tower,  being 

14  weekes  and  two  dayes,  at  xl»  the  weeke 

xxviij"  xj«  viij  V 

Here  we  see  the  precise  charge  made  for  Ra- 
leigh, and  that  he  was  attended  by  two  servants ; 
but  no  servant  is  mentioned  in  the  entrv  for 
Kemys,  who  we  know  was  often  examined  and 
questioned  as  to  his  complicity  with  Sir  Walter 
and  his  friends,  iu  the  plot  for  which  they  were 
tried  at  Winchester.  The  next  account  relates 
to  the  Fleet  Prison,  to  which  it  should  seem  both 
Raleigh  and  Kemys  had  been  removed :  it  is  from 
Christmas,  1G03,  to  the  feast  of  the  Annunciation, 
1G04.     It  is  in  this  form :  — 

•*  Sir  Walter  )      Item  more  for  the  diett  and  charges  in 
Kai.  igh,      y  the  Fleete  of  Sir  Walter  Raleigh,  Knight, 
Knight.     J  and  two  sen'ants,  for  two  weekes  and  a 
halfe,  at  v»  the  weeke     -        -    xiju  x«." 

The  charge,   therefore,   for  Sir  Walter  was 

greater  in  the  Fleet  than   it  had  been   in  the 

Tower :  for  Kemys,  who  accompanied  him,  it  was 

the  same  as  in  the  Tower,  viz. : — 

"Lawrence)      Item  for  the  diett  and  charges  of  Law- 

Keniishe.  j  rence  Kemishe,  from  26  Dec%  1003,  untill 

the  last  thereof,  being  one  weeke  at  xl"  the 

weeke  ------    xK" 

Here  we  see  that  no  addition  of  Esquire  was 
made  to  the  name  of  Kemys  while  he  was  confined 
in  the  Fleet.  It  is  to  be  presumed  that  he  was 
discharged  at  the  end  of  the  week ;  and  we  meet 
with  no  farther  mention  of  him,  on  this  authority, 
in  either  place  of  confinement.  Of  Raleigh  we 
next  hear  after  his  return  to  the  Tower,  in  an 
account  by  the  Lieutenant,  from  the  feast  of  the 
Annunciation,  1604,  to  the  feast  of  St.  John  the 
Baptist  in  the  same  year.  The  charge  is  for 
thirteen  weeks ;  not  at  4/.  per  week,  as  in  the 
first  instance,  but  at  6/.  per  week,  as  in  the  Fleet ; 
and  the  total  is  66/.  The  latest  account  by  the 
Lieutenant  of  the  Tower,  that  I  was  abk  to  pro- 
cure a  sight  of,  was  down  to  June  24,  1005 ;  when 
the  charge  of  6/.  per  week  for  Raleigh  and  his 
two  servants  was  continued. 

I  may  mention  by  the  way,  and  as  a  biogra- 
phical note  of  some  interest,  connected  with  the 
fate  of  Henry  Constable,  author  of  the  beautiful 
sonnets  published  in  1592  under  the  title  of 
Diana,  that  he  was  in  the  Tower  for  ten  vveeks  in 
1604,  between  the  feasts  of  the  Annunciation  and 
St.  John ;  and  that  the  charge  by  the  Lieutenant, 
for  keepinflf  and  maintaininsc^  b.vccw^  ^v«.  *^.  j^ 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[3^*  S.  V.  Jan.  2,  '64. 


bim ;  so  tbat  we  may  infer  that  he  was  no  longer 
in  custody  there. 

Reverting  to  Keniys,  it  may  be  farther  stated, 
that  there  is  extant  from  him,  but  never  yet 
printed  that  I  am  aware  of,  a  long  letter  to  the 
Earl  of  Salisbury,  dated  August  16  [1604],  deny- 
ing the  truth  of  any  allegations  against  him ;  and 
bearing  testimony  to  his  long  friendship  for,  and 
dependence  upon,  Sir  Walter  Raleigh.  Kemys, 
as  is  well  known,  afterwards  destroyed  himself  on 
shipboard,  in  a  fit  of  grief  and  despondency  at 
the  unmerited  anger  of  Raleigh,  who  had  been 
his  effectual  patron. 

Among  my  miscellaneous  papers,  connected  with 
the  long  and  friendly  intercourse  between  Raleigh 
and  Lord  Cobham,  tried  together  at  Winchester, 
I  have  met  with  the  following  letter,  which  bears 
the  date  only  of  "  12'*»  August,'*  but  in  what  pre- 
cise year  I  am  unable  at  this  moment  to  deter- 
mine :  perhaps  some  of  the  readers  of  "  N.  &  Q." 
will  be  in  a  condition  to  supply  the  year  from 
circumstances  mentioned  in  it    It  is  addressed  — 

"To  the  ripht  honoraMe  my  Bingnl^r  pood  I^orde,  the 
Lord  Cobham,  Lo.  W'ardeu  of  the  five  Port,'*,"  <tc. 

**  My  worthy  Tx>rde,— I  am  now  arived,  having  staydc 
BO  long  as  1  had  means.  I  caused  the  Antelope  to  be 
revit]<9  for  14  dayet*,  which  was  as  much  ns  that  plnce 
could  afforde ;  and  that  being  spent,  I  durst  not  tarry  to 
cam  home  towards  winter  in  a  fisherman.  I  presume 
there  is  no  cause  to  doubt  it :  the  castells  are  defensibell 
enough,  the  country  n  asonabell  well  provided,  and  the 
Spaniards  will  either  do  some  what  more  prayse  worthy, 
or  attend  a  better  opportunitye.  I  am  rcddy  now  to  ob*;y 
your  commandments.  If  you  will  come  to  the  Bathe,  I 
will  not  faile  yow,  or  what  soever  else  your  L.  will  use 
me  in  in  this  worlde. 

•'  I  will  naw  looke  for  the  L.  Henry  of  Northumber- 
lande,  who,  1  think,  will  be  here  shortly,  knowing  my 
relume  ;  and  I  doubt  not  but  he  will  meet  us  also  att  the 
Bathe,  if  your  L.  acquaynt  hyme  with  the  tyme.  It  is 
be««t.  if  your  L.  propose  it,  to  take  the  end  of  this  moneth 
att  farthest. 

••  1  here  that  the  I-ord  Chamberlayn  is  dead  :  if  it  be 
so,  I  hope  that  vour  L.  may  be  stayde  uppon  good  cause : 
if  it  be  not  so,  1  could  more  willingly  cum  eastward  then 
ever  I  did  in  my  life.  IJ«>w  so  ever  [it]  be,  they  be  but 
things  of  the  worlde,  by  which  thos  that  have  injoyed 
them  have  byne  as  littdi  happv  as  other  noore  men ;  but 
the  good  of  *the>e  thinges  wilbe,  that  while  men  are  of 
necessity  to  draw  lotts,  they  shall  hereby  see  their 
chances^  and  dispose  tliem  selves  acconlingly.  I  beseech 
your  L.  that  I  may  here  fn»m  yow:  from  hence  I  can 
present  yow  with  nothinge  but  my  fast  love  and  trew 
affection*,  which  shall  never  part  from  studying  to  honor 
row  till  I  be  in  the  grave 

"  W.  Ralegh. 

•*  Wemouth,  the  12  of  August 

[P.S.]  "My  L.  Vicount  hath  so  exalted  Mierea'  sates 
•gaynst  me  in  my  absence,  as  neather  M'  Sergent  Heale, 
nor  iinv  one  else,  could  l>e  hard  for  me  to  stay  trialls 
while  1  was  out  of  the  land  in  her  Mitjcbties  service,  a 
right  and  curt««y  afforded  to  every  begger.  1  never 
busied  myaealf  with  the  Vicount,  ueather  of  his  extor- 
tions or  poysonings  of  his  wife,  as  it  is  here  avowed  and 
•|K>keo.  I  have  f(»rbome  hyme  in  respect  of  my  U 
Thoma^  and  chiefly  beeanse  of  M'  Soeretory  who  in  his 


love  to  my  L.  Thomas  hathe  wisht  mee  to  it :  bat  I  will 
not  indure  wrong  at  so  pevishe  a  foole's  hand  any 
longer.  I  will  rather  loose  my  life ;  and  I  think  that  mj 
L.  puritan  Periam  doeth  think  that  the  Queen  shall  have 
more  use  of  roggs  and  villayns  then  of  mee,  or  ela  he 
would  not  att  Byndon*8  instance  have  yielded  to  try  ac- 
tions agaynst  me,  being  out  of  the  lande.*' 

The  whole  of  the  above  ia  in  the  handwriting 
of  Raleigh,  as  well  as  the  following  document, 
which  may  serve  to  explain  what  is  said  in  the 
P.S.  regarding  Mieres. 

**  Know  all  men  that  I  S*"  Walter  Ralegh,  Knight, 
Capitaine  of  her  ma**~  Gard,  and  Lord  Warden  of  the 
Stanneries  of  Devon  and  Cornwall,  doe  hereby  aucthoriae 
John  Meere,  my  man,  to  take,  cutt,  and  cary  away,  or 
cause  to  be  cutt  downe,  taken,  and  caryed  awaye,  all  such 
manner  of  Trees,  growinge  in  my  manor  of  Sherborne,  or 
else  wher  within  any  other  my  manors,  or  lands,  in  the 
hundreds  of  Sherborne,  or  Yedmyster  in  the  county  of 
Dorset,  when  he  shall  think  convenient,  to  be  employed 
to  my  necessarie  use  in  my  castell  of  Sherborne,  as  to 
hym  I  have  gyven  dyrection :  whom  I  have  appointed  as 
w'tll  keper  of  the  same  castell,  and  to  demand  and  keepe 
the  kayes  of  the  same,  as  also  to  be  overseer  of  all  my 
woods  and  tymber  within  the  sayd  hundreds,  that  do 
spoyle  be  made  therein;  or  of  any  Fesaunts,  or  other 
game  of  the  free  warren  whatsoever,  within  the  same. 
Moreover  I  doe  auctborise  him  hereby  to  receave  to  my 
use  all  knowledge  money,  dew  unto  mee  by  my  tenauntes 
within  the  sayd  hundreds.  In  witnes  where  of  I,  the 
sayd  S*"  Waller  Ralegh,  have  here  unto  put  my  hand 
and  scale  the  xxviij"»  daye  of  Auguste  in  the  xxxiiij*** 
veare  of  the  Raigne  of  our  Soveraigne  Lady  Elizabeth, 
by  the  grace  of  God  Queene  of  England,  Praunce,  and 
Ireland,  defender  of  the  Faythe,  &c        W.  Raleoh." 

Out  of  this  deed  of  1686,  no  doubt,  CTew  the 
lawsuit  between  Raleigh  and  Meere,  which  Jus- 
tice Periam  had  heard  during  the  absence  of  Sir 
Walter  from  England.  J.  Payne  Collier. 

Maidenhead. 


FASHIONABLE  QUARTERS  OF  LONDON. 
[ko.  ii.J 

Though  York  House  (late  Norwich  House),  in 
the  Strand,  was  granted  to  Archbishop  Heath  by 
Queen  Mary,  for  the  town  residenc  of  the  Arch- 
bishops of 'York,  in  lieu  of  their  former  palace 
seized  by  Henry  VIIL,  it  is  doubtful  whether  he 
or  any  of  his  successors  ever  inhabited  it :  for  Sir 
Nicholas  Bacon  was  residing  in  it,  certainly  as 
early  as  the  second  year  of  £lizabeth*s  reign.  Ho 
had  previously  resided  in  Noble  Street,  Foster 
Lane,  Cheapside,  in  a  house  which  he  built,  called 
Bacon  House. 

Of  the  London  residence  of  Queen  Elizabeth's 
next  Lord  Chancellor,  Sir  Thomas  Bromley,  there 
is  no  record ;  but  it  is  not  improbable  that  he 
eJao  inhabited  York  House,  inasmuch  as  several 
of  his  successors  did. 

Lord  Chancellor  Sir  Christopher  Ilatton  had  a 
grant  of  the  l^ahop  of  Ely's  house,  in  Holbom, 
long  before  ^e  had  posBesBion  of  the  Great  Seal, 


3'«»S.V.  jA3f.2/64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


9 


and  continued  to  reside  in  it  till  his  death.  His 
name,  and  the  bishop^s  title,  are  preserved  in  the 
streets  built  upon  its  site. 

Sir  Christopher's  successor,  Sir  John  i*uckering, 
who  was  only  Lord  Keeper,  lived  at  first  at  Rus- 
sell House,  near  Ivy  Bridge,  in  the  Strand.  He 
then  removed  to  York  House,  under  a  lease  from 
the  archbishop ;  which  enabled  his  widow  to  keep 
possession  for  a  year  after  his  death. 

At  the  end  of  that  year,  the  archbishop  granted 
a  new  lease  to  Sir  Thomas  Egerton,  Queen  Eliza- 
beth's next  Lord  Keeper ;  who  resided  in  it  till 
his  death,  in  1617;  having  been  created  Lord 
Chancellor  by  James  I.,  and  ennobled  with  the 
titles  of  Baron  Ellesmere  and  Viscount  Brackley. 

King  James's  second  Chancellor,  Lord  Bacon, 
after  residing  for  a  short  time  in  Dorset  House, 
Fleet  Street,  removed  to  York  House,  the  place 
of  his  birth ;  which,  soon  after  his  disgrace,  be- 
came the  property  of  the  Duke  of  Buckingham ; 
and  within  fifty  years  was  converted  into  various 
streets  and  alleys,  now,  or  lately,  designated  by 
the  names  and  titles  of  that  nobleman — George 
Street,  Villiers  Street,  Duke  Street,  Of  Alley, 
and  Buckingham  Street. 

Sir  Thomas  Coventiy,  Lord  Coventry,  Lord 
Keeper  to  Charles  L,  died  in  Durham  douse,  in 
the  Strand—now  the  site  of  the  AdelphL  The 
Lord  Keeper's  country  house  was  at  Canonbury, 
Islington. 

I  do  not  know  the  residences  of  King  Charles's 
three  remaining  Lord  Keepers — Sir  John  Finch, 
Lord  Finch  of  Fordwich ;  Sir  Edward  Lyttelton, 
Lord  Lyttelton  of  M(»unslow;  and  Sir  Richard 
Lane.  Nor  can  I  trace  with  any  certainty  the 
London  houses  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Grreat 
Seal  during  the  Commonwealth. 

The  Earl  of  Clarendon,  the  first  Lord  Chan- 
cellor of  Charles  II.  after  the  Restoration,  resided 
at  first  in  Dorset  House,  Fleet  Street,  before 
mentioned  as  an  early  residence  of  Lord  Bacon ; 
then  at  Worcester  House  in  the  Strand,  the  same 
as  Russell  House,  where  Sir  John  Puckering  had 
for  some  time  resided  as  Lord  Keeper  in  the 
reign  of  Elizabeth ;  and  lastly,  at  the  splendid 
mansion  he  built  at  the  top  of  St  James's  Street. 

Sir  Orlando  Bridgeman,  who  succeeded  the 
Earl,  while  he  held  the  Seal  resided  in  Essex 
House  in  the  Strand — now  the  site  of  Essex 
Street 

Anthony  Ashley  Cooper,  Earl  of  Shaftesbury, 
while  he  held  the  ofilce  of  Lord  Chancellor,  re- 
sided in  Exeter  House  in  the  Strand,  where 
Exeter  Street  and  Burleigh  Street  now  are.  The 
Earl  afterwards  lived  at  Thanet  House,  in  Alders- 
gate  Street,  where  several  of  the  nobility  had 
niansioDs  in  that  reign. 

Sir  Heneaffe  Finch,  Earl  of  Nottingham,  the 
nest  Chanoellori  resided  at  Kensington  m  a  man- 
rioii  which  has  nnce  become  a  royal  palace ;  but 


he  also  had  a  town  house  in  Great  Queen  Streef, 
Lincoln's  Inn  Fields,  where  he  died. 

Sir  Francis  North,  Lord  Guilford,  who  was 
Lord  Keeper  to  Charles  II.  and  James  H.,  resided 
when  he  was  entrusted  with  the  Great  Seal  in  a 
great  brick  house,  near  Serjeants'  Inn  in  Chan- 
cery Lane.  Ilis  brother,  in  his  entertaining 
biography  of  the  Lord  Keeper,  intimates  that  ho 
removed  to  some  other  house  ;  but,  as  far  as  I 
recollect,  omits  to  name  where  it  was  situate. 

The  infamous  Chief  Justice  Jefireys,  the  last 
Chancellor  of  James  II.,  heard  causes  m  his  house 
in  Duke  Street,  Westminster. 

Lest  I  should  fatigue  your  readers,  and  occupy 
too  much  of  your  space,  I  wiU  stop  here,  and 
commence  my  next  contribution  with  the  Revo- 
lution. Edward  Fobs, 


RYE-HOUSE  PLOT  CARDS. 

I  have  met  with  a  nearly  perfect  pack  of  play- 
ing-cards, ornamented  with  figures  and  inscrip- 
tions, all  of  which  relate  to  the  celebrated  Rye- 
House  Plot.  The  cards  are  distinguished  by  the 
mark  of  the  suit,  usually  on  the  right-hand  upper 
comer,  but  in  some  of  the  suit  of  Diamonds,  and 
the  ten  of  Spades,  on  the  left-hand  upper  comer. 

The  number  in  the  suit  is  indicated  by  the 
Roman  numerals,  i!,  ii.,  &c.,tox.,  and  then  by  the 
words  Knave,  Queen,  King.  The  figures  on 
these  last  court  cards  have  no  relation  to  their 
character  as  cards.  Twelve  cards  are  missing — 
namely,  the  iv.  and  vii.  of  Hearts ;  the  iii.,  vi.,  viii., 
and  X.  of  Diamonds ;  the  iii.,  iv.,  ix.,  and  King  of 
Spades ;  and  the  i.  and  x.  of  Clubs. 

The  figures  upon  the  suit  of  Clubs  are  as  fol- 
lows : — 

i.  Missing. 

ii.  Figure  of  a  man  resting  on  a  walking-stick, 
and  the  inscription  "  West  gomg  downe  to  White- 
hall." 

iii.  A  man  going  to  a  door,  with  the  inscription 
"  Keeling  going  to  the  L**  Dart." 

iv.  A  man,  wearing  a  hat  and  robed,  sitting, 
and  another  man  standing  before  him  with  his 
hat  in  his  hand.  Inscription,  "  Keeling  examined 
by  S'  L.  lenkins." 

V.  A  man,  wearing  a  sword  and  hat,  with  words 
from  his  mouth,  "  I  beg  the  King's  mercy,''  bow- 
ing to  another  man  in  an  official  dress.  Inscrip- 
tion^ "  C.  Rumsey  delivering  himselfe.'* 

VI.  Two  men  in  official  robes,  one  of  them 
wearing  a  hat,  standing  at  a  table,  examining 
another  man,  behind  stands  a  ^uard.  Inscription, 
"  Rumsey  examined  by  the  Kmg  and  Councell." 

vii.  A  man  in  a  hat  writing  at  a  table,  the 
words  from  his  mouth  "  I  must  discover  all."  In- 
ecription,  "  West  writing  a  letter  to  S'  G.  J." 


\ 


10 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[3r<»  S.  V.  Jaw.  2,  "ei. 


javelin,  arresting  another  man  from  behind.  In- 
scription, "  Lord  Grey  Anprehended/' 

ix.  The  Tower  of  Lonaon  in  the  back  ground. 
A  man  in  a  hat  and  flowing  wig  landing  from  a 
boat,  received  by  another  man ;  a  coach  standing 
by.    Inscription,  "  Lord  Grey  making  his  Escape.'* 

X.  Missing. 

Knave.  A  man  in  gown  and  bands,  with  the 
words  from  his  mouth,  '*  Fight  the  Lairde's  bat- 
tle." Inscription,  *'  Ferguson  the  Independent 
Parson." 

Queen.  In  the  front,  a  man  standing  hj  an 
overturned  cart ;  at  a  distance  a  coach  and  six  on 
the  road.  Inscription,  **  A  conspirator  overturn- 
ing a  cart  to  stop  the  King's  coacn." 

King.  A  nobleman  sitting  in  an  arm  chair,  with 
the  words  from  his  mouth,  "  Assist  me  friends." 
Behind  him  a  shadowy  black  figure  with  horns, 
evidently  the  evil  spirit,  holding  the  back  of  his 
chair.     Inscription,  **  The  Lord  Shaftsbury." 

The  six  of  Hearts  has  a  representation  of  the 
execution  of  Lord  Russell,  with  the  inscription, 
**  L**  Russell  beheaded  in  Lincoln's  Inn's  Feilds." 

This  may  be  sufficient  to  give  a  notion  of  these 
very  curious  cards  j  and  I  should  be  glad  to  know 
whether  any  other  copy  of  them  is  known  to  be 
in  existence.  T.  0. 


The  Lapwing  :  Witchcrapt.*— In  looking  over 
an  old  French  book  a  few  days  since  I  met  with  a 
word  which  caused  me  some  vexatious  research. 
The  author  tells  his  readers  how  they  may  render 
themselves  invisible,  and  his  directions  are — '*  To 
wear  a  wig  made  of  the  hairs  of  a  person  who  has 
been  hung,  having  first  had  the  wig  steeped  in 
the  blood  of  utte  pupu^  I  sought  for  the  mean- 
ing of  pttpu  in  Chambaud*s  quarto  French  and 
English  Dictionary,  in  French  and  Latin,  French 
and  German,  French  and  Spanish,  French  and  Por- 
tuguese, French  and  Dutch  dictionaries  in  vain  \ 
but  at  last  discovered  that  the  word  was  obsolete, 
and  synonymous  with  the  modem  hvppe,  and  in 
English  signifies  a  lapwing,  peewit,  and  hoopoe ; 
that  in  Latin  it  is  upupti ;  in  Greek,  (wa^ ;  in 
German  JViedehopf ;  in  Dutch,  kievet;  in  Italian, 
hubhola:  in  Spanish,  avefria ;  in  Portuguese, /Mivon- 
cino ;  and  that  it  is  our  old  Ovidian  friend,  the 
naughty  Tereus,  who  fell  in  love  with  his  sister- 
in-law  Philomela,  whose  tongue  he  cut  out  lest 
she  should  tell  his  \^ife  how  badly  he  had  behaved; 
and  who  afterwards  dined  upon  the  remains  of 
his  son  Itys.  I  traced  the  pupu  afterwards 
from  Ovid,  Mtt  vL  672,  673,  074;  to  Virgil, 
Eclog,  vi.  78 ;  to  I'lautus,  Capt,  Act  V.  Sc  4.  Ime 
7;  and  fhimd  honourable  mention  made  of  it  in 
Pliny's  Kniural  History^  in  iElian,  De  Animal,  i. 
:J5;  iil  20;  vi.  40;  x.  10;  xvi,  6;  in  Pauaaniaa, 
lib.  i.  c.  40.  What  I  wish  to  know  ia,  does  the 
lapwing,  80  remarkable  a  bird  in  andeot  lore  and 


legend,  and  an  ingredient  in  mediaeval  French 
magic,  hold  any  importance  in  the  folk  lore  of 
England? 

I  append  in  the  original  the  receipt  for  making 
one's  self  invisible : — 

**  Porter  une  peruque  faite  des  cheveax  d'on  pendu,  et 
tremp^  dans  le  saog  d*uiie  pupa,  afia  de  se  rendre  in- 
visible." 

W.  B.  MacCabb. 

Dinan,  Cotes  da  Nord,  France. 

JoHW  RowE,  Serjeant- AT-L AW. — Several  in- 
quiries have  been  made  in  previous  volumes  re- 
specting Serjeant  Rowe.  From  an  Inq.  p.  f/».  at 
Exeter  Castle,  Oct.  28,  35  Henry  VllL,  it  ap- 
pears he  died  on  the  8th  of  October,  leaving  a  son 
of  the  same  name,  aged  thirty-five  years  and  up- 
wards, a  widow  Agnes,  and  property  in  Dart^ 
mouth,  Totnes.  &c,  &c.  Another  copy  states, 
that  his  son  John  was  thirty  years  of  age,  and  YiIa 
wifc*s  name  Mary. 

It  will  be  seen  from  the  above,  that  Seneant 
Rowe  was  closely  connected  with  Devonshire; 
and  that,  therefore,  the  statement  in  the  Rowe 
pedigree  (HarL  M.S.,  1174),  that  he  was  the  son 
of  John  Rowe,  of  Rowes  Place,  Kent,  is  highly 
improbable. 

A  family  of  the  name  of  Rowe,  or  Roe,  had 
been  seated  in  the  West  of  England  for  at  least  a 
century  before  the  reign  of  Henry  VIIL 

C  J.  R* 

Chakles  Lloyd,  the  poet,  the  friend  of  Words- 
worth, Lamb,  and  Southey,  died  at  Chidllot,  near 
Paris,  January  10,  1839,  aged  64.  {GetU,  Mag, 
N.  S.  xi.  336.)  He  was  son  of  Charles  Lloyd, 
Esq.,  banker  of  Birmingham:  was  bom  in  that 
town,  and  privately  educated  by  Mr.  Gilpin.  On 
August  31, 1708,  being  twenty-three  years  of  age, 
he  WHS  admitted  a  Fellow  Commoner  of  Caius 
College,  but  never  graduated.  The  late  Mr. 
Justice  Talfourd,  in  his  Memorials  of  CTuxrleB 
Lamb,  referring  to  the  year  1709,  says:  "Lloyd 
had  become  a  graduate  of  the  University."  This 
is  a  mistake;  but  it  must  be  observed  that 
another  Charles  Lloyd,  a  native  of  Norfolk,  pro- 
ceeded B.A.  at  Emmanuel  College  in  that  very 
year.  C.  H.  &  TnoMPSOK  Cooper. 

Cambridge. 

Cambridge  Tradeshen  in  1036.— Aristippus 
foj.:— 

**Ti8  boere  that  drowns  the  soules  in  their  bodies. 
HumiC$  cakes,  and  Paix  his  ale.  hath  frothed  their  braines ; 
hence  is  the  whole  tribe  contemned ;  every  prentice  can 
jeere  at  their  brave  CaMockes,  and  laugh  the  Velvet  Caps 
out  of  countenance." — Randolph,  ArutippuSf  1635,  p.  12. 

**  Topicks  or  Common-places  are  the  Tavemes ;  and 
Hamom,  WQ{ft^  and  Farhtwty  are  the  three  best  tutors  in 
the  Univenitifls.'*— .^b-»ft9vm«,  1685,  p.  15. 

J.  D,  Campbell. 


3'd  S.  V.  Jaw.  2,  '64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


11 


ROBESPI£BRE*S  ReMAIKS. — 

**  The  mortal  remains  of  Robespierre,  St  Just,  and 
Lebas,"  says  the  Patrie,  **  have  just  been  discovered  by 
some  workmen  occupied  in  digging  the  foundations  of  a 
house  at  the  Batignolles,  at  the  angle  of  the  Rue  du 
Kocher  and  the  old  Chemin  de  Ronde.  Those  men,  who 
played  so  important  a  part  in  the  Revolution,  were  buried 
at  the  above  spot ;  the  cemeterj'  of  the  Madeleine  being 
too  full  at  the  period  of  their  death  to  admit  of  fresh 
interments." — Leeds  Mercury^  Nov.  5, 1863. 

Qbime. 


^Vizxiti. 


Old  Latin  Aristotle. — In  a  volume  of  Latin 
Semwnes,  printed  at  Cologne,  and  in  the  original 
binding,  I  nave  found  parte  of  two  leaves  of  an 
early  edition  of  Aristotle  in  Latin.  I  know  that 
they  are  early,  because  of  the  contractions,  of  the 
Gothic  letters,  and  by  the  omission  of  the  first 
letter  of  qutmiam,  which  was  to  have  been  sup- 
plied by  hand.  I  give  a  short  extract  below,  and 
I  know  that  it  is  from  the  4th  book,  near  the 
beginning  of  the  treatise  "  De  Anima ; "  and  that 
it  is  not  the  translation  in  the  folio,  Paris,  1029. 
The  page  is  printed  in  columns,  just  two  inches 
wide.  As  far  as  potentiof  in  the  extract,  the  Qer- 
man-text  letters  are  half  an  inch  high. 

"  [q]uoniara  an  |  te  ead6  poten  |  tia  |]  Post^;  phBs  detei^ 
mi^ne^'vit  qua  si  qued&  pambula  |  ad  potencift  ve^etativS 
hie  incipit  |  dt'terminare  de  ipa  &  dao  facit.    qr.  |  " 

Will  some  of  your  bibliographical  readers  be 
so  kind  as  to  tell  me  the  edition  to  which  my 
fragment  belongs?  Wm.  Davis. 

Oscott. 

John  Barcropt.— In  «  N.  &  Q."  3"»  S.  iy.  187, 
it  is  stated  that  Laurence  HaUted,  Keeper  of  the 
Records  in  the  Tower  of  London,  was  bom  in 
1638,  and  married  Alice,  daughter  of  John  Bar- 
croft,  Esq.  Is  anything  known  of  John  Barcrof t  ? 
There  was  a  John  Barcroft,  perhaps  his  son, 
whose  history  presents  some  remarkable  features. 
He  was  one  of  Oromweirs  officers  in  Ireland, 
where  it  is  to  be  supposed  that  he  did  good  service, 
as  he  was  rewarded  with  the  estate  of  Castle  Car- 
bery,  near  Edenderry,  the  name  of  which  he 
changed,  according  to  the  fashion  of  the  times,  to 
Ask  Hill.  Tj^e  Castle  Carbery  Estate  reverted,  on 
the  Restoration,  to  the  CoUeys  or  Cowleys,  ances- 
tors of  the  Duke  of  Wellington,  to  whom  it  had 
belonged  from  the  time  of  Queen  Elizabeth.  John 
Baicroft,  sickened  perhaps  by  the  scenes  of  blood 
which  he  had  witnessed  dunng  his  service  under 
Cromwell,  joined  the  sect  of  Quakers,  and  be- 
came one  of  the  principal  founders  of  the  Quaker 
colony  at  Balitore,  co.  ELildare,  respecting  which 
tome  intereatiiig  particulars  are  given  in  the  J^ad- 
heaUr  Ptipen.  Ubsagellxjs. 

Cqrloo. 


Cenotaph  to  THEJOxn  Regiment  at  Clifton. 
Sir  William  Draper,  nearly  a  hundred  years  ago, 
erected  in  his  garden  at  Clifton,  near  Bristol,  a 
cenotaph  in  memory  of  the  oflicera  and  soldiers  of 
the  79th  regiment  who  fell  during  the  war  in  the 
middle  of  the  last  century.     This  memorial   is 
alluded  to  in  the  Ann,  lieg,  1768,  vol.  li.  230 
(0th   edit.  1800),     The  inscription,  which  is  in 
Latin,  is  given  in  the  Gent,  Mag,  1792,  vol.  Ixii. 
part  I.  p.  168 :  and  a  translation  of  it  occurs  in 
the  same  volume  at  p.  162.    According  to  the 
Gent.  Mag,  1789,  vol.  lix.  part  il.p.  607,  it  would 
seem  that  under  the  base  of  the  sarcophagus  the 
exploits  of  the  regiment  in  the  East  Lidies  are 
particularised,  and  the  names  added  of  thirty-ftmr 
[  officers  who  were  killed  in  action.    These  names, 
I  as  far  as  I  have  been  able  to  learn,  not  having 
been  copied  into  any  journal,  I  would  suggest, 
against  the  chances  oi  that  obliteration   wnich 
time  and  the  weather  work  on  all  exposed  monu- 
ments, that  one  of  your  Clifton  or  Bristol  readers, 
interested  in  preserving  the  records  on  such  me- 
morials, impose  on  himself  the  task  of  sending  you 
a  list  of  the  names  of  those  brave  fellows  for'in- 
sertion  in  "  N.  &  Q."    To  your  military  readers 
and  others  no  doubt  such  a  list  would  oe  useful, 
more  so  as  the  London  Gazettes  of  the  period — the 
chief  source  of  reference  in  many  instances— only 
note  the  deaths  in  war  by  totals. 

For  purposes  of  identity,  the  names  should  be 
followed  by  any  other  information,  such  as  dates, 
and  the  names  of  the  battles  and  sieges  in  which 
the  officers  lost  their  lives,  if  such  particulars  occur 
on  the  cenotaph.  M.  S.  1{. 

William  Chaioneatj. — The  famous  Irish  novel 
entitled  T/ie  History  of  Jack  Connor^  and  which 
I  believe  first  appeared  in  1752,  is  attributed  to 
William  Chaigneau,  Esq.,  who,  in  1796,  is  re- 
ferred to  as  deceased  (Gent,  Mag.j  Ixvi.  823). 
Information  respecting  him  will  be  acceptable. 

S.  Y.  R. 

Eleanor  d'Olbreuse. — Where  can  I  find  par- 
ticulars of  the  parentage  of  this  lady,  who  married 
one  of  the  Dukes  of  Zelle,  and  so  became  an 
ancestress  of  our  present  tojbI  family  P 

J.  Woodward. 

New  Shoreham. 

HroscTAMUS.  —  In  Bishop  Hall's  Quo  Vadis 
(sec.  6),  the  following  passage  occurs : — 

*♦  The  Persian  Hyoscyamus,  if  it  be  translated  to  Egypt 
proves  deadly  ;  if  to  Jerusalem,  safe  and  wholesome." 

I  wish  to  know  whether  this  is  a  positive  fact? 

W.  J.  Smith. 

Laurel  Water. — It  was  stated  in  conversa- 
tion after  Donnellan's  trial  for  the  murder  of  Sir 
Theodosius  Bou^hton^  that  a  book  on  botany  was 
lent  to  the  captam  by  Mr.  Newsom,  the  rector  of 
Harboiough^  and  that  \t  '^^Si  ^^^wiaKsK.^  -^>jjia.*55as^ 


12 


NOTES  AND  QUEEIES. 


[8^  S.  V.  Jan.  2,  '64. 


leaf  doubled  down,  saying  that  laurel-water  dis- 
tilled was  a  deadly  poison.  Can  any  of  your 
botauical  readers  state  in  what  book  this  account 
of  laurel- water  is  to  be  found  P  A  book  called 
the  Toilet  of  Flora  was  published  in  1779.  This 
book  is  not  in  the  British  Museum.  Perhaps  one 
of  your  readers  may  possess  the  book,  and  be  able 
to  state  what  the  account  of  laurel-water  is. 

Ak  Inqtjireb. 

Lewis  Morbis. — At  the  commencement  of 
Lord  Teignmouth*s  Life  of  Sir  William  Jones  is  a 
letter  signed  Lewis  Monis,  in  which  the  writer 
states,  that  he  has  sent  Sir  William,  as  a  new 
year's  gift,  and  in  pursuance  of  an  old  Welsh 
custom  among  kinsmen,  a  pedigree,  showing  their 
descent  from  a  common  ancestor.  Can  any  of 
your  readers  inform  me  whether  the  writer  is  the 
celebrated  antiquary  and  poet  spoken  of  by  Mr. 
Borrow  in  his  recent  work,  IVild  iraleSj  and  whe- 
ther anything  is  now  known  of  the  pedigree  in 
question  ?  I  should  be  glad  to  know,  too,  whether 
Lewis  Morris  has  now  any  lineal  descendants 
living  ?  11.  H. 

Thk  Princb  Consort's  Motto.— The  motto  of 
the  Prince  Consort — "Treu  und  Fest" — was  one 
so  strikindy  applicable  to  his  high  character,  that 
I  should  be  glad  to  know  its  origin.  On  reading 
in  the  Book  of  ReTelations  (xix.  11),  that  he  that 
sat  upon  the  White  Horse  was  called  **  faithful 
and  true,*'  it  occurred  to  me  that  the  £lector  of 
Saxony,  from  whom  Prince  Albert  probably  de- 
rived it,  might  have  taken  the  motto  from  this 
passage  in  Luther's  translation ;  but  upon  examin- 
tion.  I  find  Luther's  words  are:  "Treu  und 
Wanrhaftig."  As  it  seems  probable  that  this 
motto,  and  the  white  horse  in  tne  arms  of  Saxony, 
Lave  been  derived  from  this  passage,  may  I  ask — 
.When,  and  by  whom  they  were  first  used  P 

T. 

Richard  Salvetwb.  —  In  Chiswick  church, 
near  London,  upon  a  monument  is  read  this  im- 
perfect inscription : — 

**  Orate  pro  anima  Mathildis  Salve3me  axoris  Rycbardi 
Salve^iie  militia  Thesaurar:  Ecclesie.    mcxxx;xxxii.*' 

So  states  an  old  MS.  in  my  possession,  but  I  do 
not  find  it  recorded  in  the  copious  list  of  inscrip- 
tions under  ''Chiswick"  in  Lysons's  Middlesex 
Parishes,  though  it  existed  in  W'eever*s  time. 

It  is  further  stated  in  the  MS.  this  Richard 
Salveyne  was  of  the  same  family  as  Humphrey 
Salway,  escheator  of  the  county  of  Worcester, 
whose  tomb  at  Stanford  in  that  county  is  there 
described. 

The  monument  at  Chiswick  I  presume  to  be  no 
^onger  in  existence.  I  do  not  find  Richiml  Sal- 
)yne  in  Burke's  elaborate  pedigree  of  that  family. 
I  anything  known  about  him,  why  his  wife  should 
'6  bu:icd  at  Chiswick,  and  what  was  his  official 
ipAcity  P  Thomas  £.  WnrKiKOXOv. 


SwiNjjXJRisrE. — Is  anything  known  of  a  person 
of  this  name  who  was  living  about  1610  ?  lie  was 
secretary  to  Sir  Henry  Fanshaw.  Cpl. 

Captain  Yorke. — I  am  anxious  to  obtain  in- 
formation about  a  Mr.  Yorke,  a  captain  in  the 
Trained  Bands  of  London,  who  lived  about  the 
middle  of  the  last  century.  It  is  thought  that  he 
was  descended  from  the  Yorkes  of  Erthig,  Den- 
bighshire, Wales;  and  I  should  be  grateful  to 
any  correspondent  who  could  give  me  any  details 
as  to  the  Captain's  connection  with  the  Yorkes  of 
Erthig.  Carilpord. 

Cape  Town. 


Pholey.— What  is  the  meaning  of  this  word 
in  the  following  advertisement,  which  I  copy  from 
a  List  of  Books  printed  for  and  sold  by  Edward 
Cave,  at  St.  John*s  Gate,  Clerkenwell  ?— 

*•  Travels  into  the  inland  parts  of  Africa,  containing  a 
description  of  the  several  Nations  for  the  space  of  6cKl 
miles  op  the  river  Gambia,  "with  a  particular  nccount  of 
Job  Ben  Solomon,  a  Pholey^  who,  in  the  year  1733,  was  in 
England,  and  known  by  the  name  of  the  African.  Bein^ 
the  Journal  of  Francis  Moore,  Factor  for  several  years  to 
the  Royal  African  Company  of  England." 

E.  H.  A. 

[An  interesting  account  of  the  Pholeys,  a  free  and  in- 
dependent people  of  Gambia,  is  supplied  by  the  author  in 
the  above  work,  in  the  first  edition,  1738,  p.  30,  in  the 
second  edition  (no  date),  p.  21.  He  says,  "In  every 
kingdom  on  each  side  of  the  river  Gambia  there  are  some 
people  of  a  tawny  colour,  called  Pholeys,  much  like  the 
Arabs  ;  which  language  they  most  of  them  speak,  being 
to  them  as  the  Latin  is  in  Europe ;  for  it  is  taught  in 
schools,  and  their  law,  the  Alcoran,  is  in  that  language. 
They  are  more  generally  learned  in  the  Arabick  than  tlie 
people  of  Europe  are  in  Latin,  for  they  can  most  of  theiu 
speak  it,  though  they  have  a  vulgar  tongue  besides,  called 
Pholey,  They  live  in  hoards  or  dans,  build  towns,  and 
are  not  subject  to  any  kings  of  the  country,  though  they 
live  in  their  territories ;  for  if  ^hey  are  illtreated  in  one 
nation,  they  break  up  their  towns,  and  remove  to  another. 
They  have  chie^  of  their  own,  who  rule  with  so  much 
moderation,  that  every  act  of  government  seems  rather 
an  act  of  the  people  than  of  one  man.  This  form  of  govern- 
ment goes  on  easily,  because  the  people  aix  of  a  good  and 
quiet  disposition,  and  so  well  instructed  in  what  is  just 
and  right,  that  a  man  who  does  ill  is  the  abomination  of 

all,  and  none  will  support  him  against  the  chief 

The  Pholeys  are  very  industrious  and  fungal,  and  raise 
much  more  com  and  cotton  than  they  consume,  which 
they  sell  at  reasonable  rates,  and  are  veiy  hospitable 
and  kind  to  all ;  so  that  to  have  a  Pholey  town  in  tlie 
neighbourhood,  is  by  the  natives  reckoned  a  blessing. 
They  are  strict  Mahometans ;  none  of  them  (uuless  here 
and  there  one)  will  drink  brandy,  or  anything  stronger 
than  water  and  mgar.*'] 


8«*S.V.  Jaii.2,'64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


13 


Lillys   ADDRlt88BD  TO   ChARLES  I. — I  COpv  the 

following  veraes  from  MS.  on  a  tiy-leaf,  at  the 
t-nd  of  a  copy  of  Jus  Imayinis  apud  AnyhSy  or, 
the  Law  of  England  relating  to  the  Xohility  and 
6eniri/y  hy  John  Brydall,  of  Lincoln's  Inne, 
Esquier,  1675."    8vo  — 

**  Great  Charles,  thoa  Earthly  God.  CelcRtial  Man ! 
Whose  life,  like  othera',  thoap;h  it  were  a  span, 
Yet  in  that  life  was  comprehended  more 
Than  earth  hath  waters,  or  the  oceans  shore  ; 
Thy  heavenly  virtues  angels  shall  rehearse ; 
It  is  a  theme  too  high  for  human  verne. 
He  that  would  know  the  ri^ht,  then  let  him  look 
Upon  this  wise  incomparable  book. 
And  read  it  o*er  and  o'er ;  which,  if  you  do. 
You'll  find  the  Ring  a  priest  and  prophet  too ; 
And  sadly  see  our  lot,  although  in  vain  "  — 

QCetera  desunt.) 

They  appear  to  have  been  written  by  the  hand 
of  one  William  Thomas,  as  they  fo'llow  these 
words:  **John  ffarr  his  Booke.  William  Tho- 
mas witnes.  1076,"  But  they  were  evidently  not 
William  Thomas's  composition,  as  he  was  an  un- 
educated fellow,  who  wrote  — 

**  Grate  charls,  though  earthly  god  se- 
Lastiel  man,  hose  Life  Like  others*'— 

and  no  on — oshians for  " oceans,"  Enyels  for  "an- 
gels," &c :  on  which  account  I  have  modernised 
the  spelling,  in  order  to  make  the  whole  intelligi- 
ble. They  seem  to  have  been  really  the  production 
of  one  who  could  write  verse,  as  well  as  the  most 
extravagant  adulation,  and  may  be  taken  as  an 
extreme  example  of  the  poetical  hyperbole  of  that 
hyperbolical  age.  The  "  incomparaole  book,"  for 
which  they  were  first  written,  was  probably  the 
JSikon  BasUxke.  Do  they  occur  in  print  in  any 
edition  of  it?  J.G.N. 

£Thefle  lines  are  entitled  ''An  Epitaph  upon  King 
Charles,**  signed  J.  H^  and  are  usually  found  printed  in 
the  earlier  editions  of  the  Eikon  Banlike,  e.  g,  that  by 
RoystoD,  24mo,  1649 :  that  printed  at  the  Hague  by  S. 
BrofWDy  24mo,  1649 ;  and  in  the  Dublin  edition  of  1706. 
Firfi  «N.  &  Q."  2«*  S.  iv.  347 ;  v.  393,  464  ;  vL  179.] 

Cbbbt  oy  Apothbcabies*  Compaj^t.— F.  H.  K. 
will  be  glad  to  know  the  meaning  of  the  rhino- 
ceros^ or  whatever  the  animal  may  be,  which  orna- 
ments all  things  sent  from  Apothecaries'  IlalL 

[The  oniooniv  as  fictionized  in  heraldry,  is  a  white 
bont,  having  tlie  horn  of  the  narwhale  emanating  from 
the  fordiead ;  the  hdief  in  the  animal  being  based  on  the 
pssMge  in  Job  xzzix.  9 :  **  Will  the  unicorn  be  willing 
to  serve  thee?*'  but  the  original  word  *^ Rem,**  thus 
translated  **  anioom,"  is,  by  St.  Jerome,  Montanus,  and 
Aqnila,  Tendeicd  **  rhinoceros  *' ;  and  in  the  Septuagint, 
**  mopoeeros  **  signifies  nothing  more  than  *'one  horn." 
The  fUnooeros  is  therefore  the  misinterpreted  unicorn  of 
i;  and,  from  a  belief  in  the  fabulous  medicinal 
lof  flie  lioniy  has  been  advanced  as  the  crest  of 
of  Apothecarici^  on  some  of  whose  sign- 


boards the  rhinoceros  presented  the  similitude  of  any- 
thing but  the  real  beast ;  and  being  frequently  miittakea 
for  a  boar,  the  practice  of  painting  the  monster  became 
more  monstrous,  and  the  boar  proper  has,  to  be  more 
a;;^eeable  to  the  eye,  been  bedizened  a*)  a  blue  boar. — 
Ueaufoy's  Trade»men'$  Tokens,  edit.  1855,  p.  58.] 

Fbumentum:  Siligo.  —  In  an  account,  /£»m/>. 
Edw.  III.,  I  find  these  words  used  for  distinct 
kinds  of  grain.  What  kinds?  In  Littleton's 
Latin  Dtciionart/,  **  silifjo  "  is  defined  as  *'  fine 
wheat,  whereof  they  make  manchet;"  and  *'fru- 
mentum"  as  *' all  manner  of  com  or  grain  for 
bread."  But  in  my  account,  the  price  of  fru- 
luentum  is  Is.  and  %s.  the  quarter,  that  of  siligo, 
bs.  (kl.  and  (js.  4d.  only.  Can  I  be  referred  to  any 
more  definite  explanation  of  these  terms  ? 

G.  A.  0. 

[Frumentum  was  used  in  the  Middle  Ages  somewhat 
Indefinitely,  but  it  most  frequently  signifies  wheat.  Pure 
wheat — •*  i»a.'pe  siopios  designatum  opinor  triticum  purum, 
nee  aliis  granis  mixtum."  {Du  Cange  in  verb.)  In  the 
passage  before  us  it  is  certainly  wheat. 

Siligo,  in  Middle- Age  Latin,  means  rye.  We  know 
that  in  classical  Latin  it  signifies  a  fine  wheat,  praised  by 
Columella  and  Pliny,  as  preferable  to  ordinary  wheat  for 
food,  being  finer,  whiter,  and  lighter ;  but  in  the  Middle 
Ages  it  almost  always  represents  rye,  as  it  assuredly  docs 
in  this  passage.] 

John  Burton.  —  I  have  in  my  possession  a  ^ 
rather  scarce  tract  of  31  pages,  entitled  Sacerdos 
Paroccialis  BudiatSj  published  at  Oxford  in  1757. 
Its  author  is  "  Johannes  Burton  de  Maple-Durham 
in  Com.  Oxon.  Vicarius."  The  duties  of  the  parish 
priest  are  in  it  beautifully  described  in  classical 
hexameters,  G80  in  number,  and  occasionally  re- 
mind one  of  the  picture,  in  Goldsmith's  Deserted 
VUlagCy  of  the  country  clergyman. 

Is  anything  known  of  the  author,  and  what 
college  in  Oxford  claimed  him  as  an  alumnus  ?  I 
presume  that  the  same  person  was  the  author  of  the 
following  efi*usions  in  "  Selectee  Poemata  Anglonim 
(Editio  Secunda  Emendatior,  1780),"  viz.  "  De- 
horse  Ejpinicion."  p.  28 ;  "  Psalmus  cxxxvii.,"  p. 
107 ;  "  Hortus  Botanicus,"  p.  147 :  and  **  Tsalmus 
xlvi.,"  p.  276  for  the  name  "J.  Biurton,  S.  T.  P." 
is  appended.  OxoNiEJfSis. 

[Dr.  John  Burton,  a  learned  critic  and  diWne,  was 
educated  at  Corpus  Christi  College,  Oxford.  He  died  on 
Feb.  11,  1771,  in  the  seventy-sixth  year  of  his  age,  and 
was  buried  at  the  entrance  of  the  inner  chapel  at  Eton. 
His  Life  has  been  publLshed  by  his  pupil  and  intimate 
friend,  Dr.  Edward  Bentham.  Most  biographical  dic- 
tionaries also  contain  some  account  of  him,] 

I  James  II.  and  the  Pretender.  —  Can  any  of 
i  your  readers  refer  me  to  any  work  giving  detaila 
I  bf  the  coutt  Vi^\^  V3  X^Hi^W  ^^'^^"^^'^SU 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8rt  S.  V.  Jan.  2,  »64. 


former  P    Did  James  II.  confer  patents  of  nobility 
upon  any  of  his  adherents,  and  upon  whom  P 

N.  fl[*   XV. 

[The  state  of  the  Court  of  St  Germains  will  be  found 
in  the  following  works:  (1)  ^  View  of  the  Court  of  St. 
Germaitu  from  the  Year  1G90  to  1695  [by  John  Macky], 
8vo.  1696.  (2.)  '*  The  Life  of  James  ILj  containing  an 
Account  of  his  Birth,  Education,  Ac,  the  State  of  bis 
Court  at  St  Germains  and  the  particulars  of  his  Death. 
Lond.  8vo,  1702."  (8.)  Clarke's  Life  of  James  IL^  ii 
472-647,  copied  from  the  Stuart  Papers  in  Carlton  House* 
Consult  also  chap.  xx.  of  Lord  Macaulaj's  History  of 
England,  iv,  380.  For  the  titles  of  nobility  conferred  by 
James  II.  after  bis  abdication,  see  **  N.  &  Q."  2^^  S.  ix. 
28;  X.  102,  215,  387.] 

New  Teaxslation  of  the  Bible,  by  John 
Bellamy,  circa  1818. — Bellamy  did  not  complete 
the  whole  Bible.  Query,  how  much  did  he  pub- 
lish? .  Geo.  I.  Cooper. 

[Eight  parts  of  this  new  translation  were  published, 
namely,  from  Genesis  to  the  Song  of  Solomon,  pp.  1868. 
See  Home's  Introduction  to  the  Holy  Scriptures,  ed.  18i6, 
V.  304.] 

VitpUti. 

EXHIBITION  OF  SIGN-BOARDS. 
(3'*  S.  iv.  307.) 

Bomiell  Thorn toD*8  object  in  establishing  an 
exhibition  of  sign-boards  was  to  convey  satire  on 
temporary  events,  objects,  and  persons.  It  took 
place  at  an  opportune  time,  when  the  good- 
natured  public  was  not  disposed  to  consider  it  as 
an  insult;  and  for  a  period  it  is  said  to  have 
answered  the  witty  projector's  most  sanguine 
expectations. 

The  mention  made  of  this  exhibition  by  the 
newspaper  press  of  the  day,  presents  so  many  il- 
lustrations of  the  state  of  art,  and  of  the  spirit 
of  the  times,  that  a  few  extracts  from  it  may  not 
be  unacceptable. 

The  St,  James's  Chronicle  of  March  20,  1702, 
after  noticing  the  preparations  of  the  Society  of 
Arts,  adds — 

*The  Society  of  Sign- Painters  are  also  preparing  a 


bv  tne  ablest  masters,  and  executed  by  the 
best  hands  in  these  kingdoms.  The  virtuosi  will  have  a 
new  opportunity  to  display  their  taste  on  this  occasion, 
by  diticovering  the  different  styles  of  the  several  masters 
employed,  and  pointing  out  by  what  hand  each  piece  is 
drawn.  A  remarkable  cognoM^enti,  who  has  attended  at 
the  Society's  great  room,  with  his  eye-glass,  for  several 
mornings,  baa  alreadv  piqued  himself  on  discovering  the 
famous  painter  of  *  The  Kiiting  Sun  *  (a  modem  Claude) 
fti  an  elegant  nightpieoa  of  *  The  Han  in  the  Moon.' " 

The  London  Begister  for  April,  1762,  as  quoted 
in  Mr.  Pye'a  Patronage  of  British  Art^  gives  us 
the  foUowbg  aoooiiiit  of  the  exhibition  itwlf  :— 


^  On  entering,  yoxi  paas  through  a  large  parlour  and 
paved  yard,  of  which,  as  they  contain  nothing  but  old 
common  signs,  we  shall  take  no  further  notice  than  what 
is  said  of  them  in  the  Catalogue,  which  the  reader  will 
not  find  to  be  barren  of  wit  and  humour.  On  entering 
the  grand  room,  you  find  yourself  in  a  large  and  com- 
modious apartment,  hung  round  with  green  baize,  on 
which  this  curious  collection  of  wooden  originals  is  fixed 
flat,  and  from  whence  hang  keys,  bells,  swords,  poles, 
sugar-loaves,  tobacco  rolls,  candles,  and  other  ornampntal 
figures,  carved  in  wood,  which  commonly  dangled  from 
the  pent-houses  of  the  different  shops  in  our  streets.  On 
the  chimney-board  (to  imitate  the  style  of  the  catalogue) 
is  a  large  blazing  fire,  painted  in  water-colours ;  and 
within  a  kind  of  cupola,  or  rather  dome,  which  lets  the 
light  into  the  room,  is  written  in  golden  capitals,  upon  a 
blue  ground,  a  motto  disposed  in  the  form  following  :— 


SPRCTATUM 


"  From  this  short  description  of  the  grand  room  (when 
we  consider  the  singular  nature  of  the  paintings  them- 
selves, and  the  peculiarity  of  the  other  decorations),  it 
may  be  easily  imagined  that  no  connoisseur  who  has 
made  the  tour  of  Europe  ever  entered  a  picture-gallery 
that  struck  his  eye  more  forcibly  at  first  sight,  or  pro- 
voked his  attention  with  more  extraordinan'  appearance. 
We  will  now,  if  the  reader  pleases,  conduct  him  round 
the  room,  and  take  a  more  accurate  survey  of  the  curious 
originals  before  us  ;  to  which  end  we  shall  proceed  to 
transcribe  some  of  the  most  conspicuous  features  of  the 
ingenious  Society's  Catalogue,  adding,  by  the  way,  such 
remarks  as  may  seem  necessary  for  his  instructiun  and 
entertainment : — 

"No.  I.  Portrait  of  a  justly  celebrated  painter,  though 
an  Englishman  and  a  modem. 

"  No.  8.  •  The  Vicar  of  Bray.*  The  portrait  of  a  beni- 
ficed  clergymen  at  full  length.  *  The  Vicar  of  Bray '  is 
an  ass  in  a  feather- topped  grizzle,  band,  and  pudtUng- 
sleeves.  This  is  a  much  droller  conceit,  and  has  much 
more  effect,  as  here  executed,  than  the  old  design  of  the 
ass  loaded  with  preferment. 

"No.  9.  'The  Irish  Arms.'  By  Patrick  O'Blanev. 
N.B.  Captain  Terence  O'Cutter  stood  for  them.  This 
sign  represents  a  pair  of  extremely  thick  legs,  in  white 
stockings,  and  black  gaiters. 

"  No.  12.  •  The  Scotch  Fiddle.'  Bv  M*Pherson.  Done 
from  himself.  The  figure  of  a  Highlander  sitting  under 
a  tree,  enjoying  the  greatest  of  pleasures,  scratching 
where  it  itches. 

**No.  16.  '  A  Man.'  Nine  tailors  at  work,  in  allusion 
to  the  old  saying,  *  Nine  tailora  make  a  man.' 

^*  No.  19.  *  Nobody  alias  Somebody.'  A  character. 
The  figure  of  an  officer,  all  head,  arms,  legs,  and  thighs. 
This  piece  has  a  very  odd  effect,  it  being  so  droUy  exe- 
cuted that  you  don*t  miss  the  bodv. 

•*  No.  20.'  •  Somebody,  alias  Nobody.'  The  companion 
of  the  foregoing,  both* by  Hogarty.  A  rosy  figure,  with 
little  head  and  a  huge  body,  whose  belly  swags  over, 
almost  auite  down  to  his  shoe-buckles.  By  the  staff  in 
bis  hand,  it  appears  to  be  intended  to  represent  a  con- 
stable :  it  migbt  also  be  mistaken  for  an  eminent  justice 
of  the  peace. 

*«No.  22.  'Tbe  Btmgglen:  a  Hatrim<mial  Convcrsa- 
tioD.'  By  Baniby.  B^nmts  a  man  and  his  wife  fight- 
ing for  the  biwehii. 


S-^S-V.  Jaii.2,'64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


15 


••  No.  23.  *  A  Freemason's  Lodge ;  or,  the  Impenetrable 
Secret'  By  a  Sworn  Brother.  The  supposed  ceremony 
and  probable  consequences  of  what  is  called  *  making  a 
mason.'  Represents  the  master  of  the  lodge  with  a  red- 
hot  salamander  in  his  hand,  and  the  new  brother  blind- 
fold, and  in  a  comical  situation  of  fear  and  good-luck. 

**  No.  27.  *  The  Spirit  of  Contradiction.'  Two  brewers 
with  a  barrel  of  beer  pulling  different  ways. 

"  No.  85.  *  A  Man  in  his  Element.'  A  sign  for  an  eat- 
ing-house. A  cook  roasting  at  a  fire,  and  the  devil  basting 
him. 

**  No.  86.  *  A  Man  out  of  his  Element.'  A  sailor  falling 
off  a  horse,  with  his  head  lighting  against  a  milestone. 

«  No.  37.  *  A  Bird.'  by  AlUson.  Underneath  is  writ- 
ten— 

<  A  bird  in  hand  far  better  'tis 
Than  two  that  in  the  bushes  is.' 

**  No.  38.  *  A  Man  loaded  with  Mischief/  is  represented 
carrying  a  woman,  a  magpie,  and  a  monkey  on  his  back. 

*'K^o.  39.  *  Absalom  Hanging.'  A  peruk'emaker's  sign 
by  Sclatter.    Underneath  is  written  — 

*  If  Absalom  had  not  worn  his  own  hair, 
Absalom  had  not  been  hanging  there.' 

'*  But  the  cream  of  the  whole  jest  is  No.  49  and  No.  50, 
its  companion,  hanging  on  each  side  of  the  chimney. 
These  two  are  by  an  unknown  hand,  the  exhibition 
having  been  favoured  with  them  from  an  unknown  quar- 
ter. Ladies  and  gentlemen  are  requested  not  to  finger 
them,  as  they  are  concealed  by  the  curtains  to  preserve 
them.  Behind  the  curtains  are  two  boards,  on  one  of 
which  is  written  *  Ha  I  ha  I  ha ! '  and  on  the  other  *  He ! 
he !  he ! '  At  the  opening  of  the  exhibition,  the  ladies 
had  infinite  curiosity  to  know  what  was  behind  the  cur- 
tains, but  were  afraid  to  gratify  it.  This  covered  laugh 
is  no  bad  satire  on  the  ihdecent  pictures  in  some  collec- 
tions, hung  up  in  the  same  manner  with  curtains  over 
them. 

«  No.  66.  *  A  Tobacconist's  Sign.'  By  Bransby.  The 
conceit  and  execution  are  admirable.  It  represents  a  com- 
mon-councilman and  two  friends  drunk  over  a  bottle. 
The  common-coundlman,  asleep,  has  fallen  back  in  his 
chair.  One  of  his  friends  (an  officer')  is  lighting  a  pipe 
at  his  nose;  whilst  the  other  (a  aoctor)  is  using  his 
thumb  as  a  tobacco-stopper. 

**  Some  humour  was  also  intended  in  the  juxtaposition 
of  the  signs,  as  '  The  Three  Apothecaries'  Gallipots,'  and 
*  The  Three  CoflSns,"  its  companion." 

The  locale  of  the  exhibition  was  the  house  of 
BoDDell  Thornton  in  Bow  Street,  Covent  Gar- 
den— as  we  learn  from  the  following  advertise- 
mentSy  and.  from  the  title-page  of  the  catalogue. 
The  latter  reads  as  follows :  — 

"A  Catalogue  of  the  Original  Paintings,  Busts,  Carved 
Figures,  Ac.  &C.,  now  Exhibiting  by  the  Society  of  Sign 
Painters,  at  the  Large  Room,  the'  upper  end  "of  Bow- 
street,  Covent  Garden,  nearly  opposite  the  Playhouse 
Passage.    Price  One  Shilling."    4to. 

An  advertisement  was  inserted  in  the  cata- 
logue, and  also  in  the  daily  papers,  in  these 
words :  — 

**  The  Society  of  Sign  Painters  take  this  opportunity  of 
reftiting  a  most  malicious  suggestion,  that  their  exhibi- 
tion is  designed  as  a  ridicule  on  the  exhibitions  of  the 
Society  for  the  Encouragement  of  Arts,  &c.,  and  of  the 
artists.  They  intend  theirs  as  an  appendix  only,  or  in 
the  style  of  painteiB,  a  companion  to  the  others.  There 
is  nothing  in  their  ooUection  that  will  be  understood  by 


any  candid  person  as  a  reflection  on  any  body,  or  body  of 
men.  They  are  not  in  the  least  prompted  by  any  mean 
jealousy,  to  depreciate  the  merits  of  their  brother  artists. 
Animated  by  the  same  public  spirit,  their  sole  view  is  to 
convince  foreigners,  as  well  as  their  own  blinded  country- 
men, that  however  inferior  the  nation  may  be  uniustly 
deemed  in  other  branches  of  the  polite  arts,  the  palm  for 
sign-painting  must  be  universally  ceded  to  us,  the  Dutch 
themselves  not  excepted." 

The  purchase  of  a  catalogue  entitled  the  owner 
to  an  admission  to  the  exhibition.  A  printed 
slip  was  appended  to  it  in  the  form  of  a  ticket, 
which  was  torn  off  by  the  door-keeper  upon  pre- 
sentation, thus  rendering  the  catalogue  unavail- 
able for  a  second  admission. 

Copies  of  the  catalogue  are  of  very  rare  occur- 
rence. The  only  one  I  ever  saw  was  sold  at 
Puttick's  about  a  twelvemonth  sice. 

Edward  F.  Rimbault, 


"  EST  ROSA  FLOS  VENERIS." 
(!•'  S.  i.  214,  458;  3«»  S.  iv.  453.) 

As  this  question  appears  to  be  of  so  ancient  a 
date  as  the  first  volume  of  "  N.  &  Q.,'*  it  certainly 
ought  to  be  disposed  of  at  the  earliest  oppor- 
tunity. The  lines  will  be  found  in  the  Anthotof/ta 
Vetenim  Laiinorum  Epigrammatum  et  Poematum 
of  Peter  Burman,  the  younger ;  and,  also,  in  the 
collections  of  Wemsdorf  and  Meier,  founded  on 
the  same  work.  It  is  pretty  evident,  from  their 
epigrammatic  character,  that  they  are  not  a  part 
or  a  larger  poem,  but  complete  in  themselves. 
Burman  quotes  De  la  Cerda  as  his  authority  for 
the  lines,  but  I  can  give  an  earlier  one,  having 
found  them,  introduced  seemingly  as  a  quotation 
into  a  work  of  Lsevinius  Lemnius,  the  learned 
Canon  of  Zeric-Zee,  entitled  Herharum  atque 
Arborum  qua  in  BibUis  passim  obvits  sunt  Expli^ 
catiOf  AntwerpisB,  1566.  Lemnius  does  not  give 
any  authority  or  reference  for  the  lines;  but  in 
the  Opera  Omnia  of  Virgil,  edited  by  the  learned 
Spanish  Jesuit  Johannes  Ludovicus  de  la  Cerda, 
they  are  again  quoted,  the  editor  telling  us  that 
they  were  found  incised  on  marble.  The  lines 
occur  in  a  note  to  a  passage  in  the  first  book  of 
the  yEneid;  and  the  first  six  books  of  the  jEneid^ 
edited  by  La  Cerda,  were  published  at  Lvons  in 
1612.  This,  probably,  is  all  the  reply  that  can 
now  be  given  to  the  first  query  of  J.  S.  L. ;  his 
second  does  not  admit  of  so  ready  an  answer. 

One,  who  had  a  very  complete  idea  of  the  world 
of  literature,  shrewdly  observes  that  — 

^  Commentators  sometimes  view 
In  Homer  more  than  Homer  knew." 

And,  in  all  likelihood,  most  of  the  readers  of 
"  N.  &  Q.''  will  coincide  in  the  opinion,  that, 
generally  speaking,  the  notes  and  quotations  of 
commentatozs  and  axm$^tAi^x&  ^cis::j5lA.\si^'tfestsbcvj^ 


16 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8'd  S.  V.  Jan.  2.  '64. 


cum  grano,  I  would  not  presume  to  say  that 
Lemnius  coined  the  lines  to  suit  his  purpose ;  still, 
withal,  they  have  a  comparatively  modern  aspect. 
When  the  authority  is  so  very  vague  as  "  reperi- 
imtur  in  marmore,''  we  have  every  right  to  look 
for  internal  evidence,  and  that,  as  far  as  regards 
the  antiquity  of  the  lines — which,  indeed,  is  the 
whole  gist  of  the  question  —  is,  in  my  humble 
opinion,  wanting.  For  they  seem  to  be  deficient  of 
the  sonorous  ring  of  the  ancient  Augustan  metal, 
as  well  as  of  the  quaint,  flat  chink  of  the  mediseval 
Latinity.  And  being  the  only  authority,  as  far  as 
I  am  aware,  for  the  often-repeated  assertion,  that 
the  ancients  respected  the  rose  as  an  emblem  of  i 
silence,  and  consecrated  it  to  Ilarpocrates,  these  ! 
lines,  with  regard  to  their  antiquity,  afford  a  very 
interesting  question;  or,  as  J.  iS.  L.  puts  the 
query  —  "Is  the  custom  therein  referred  to  the  , 
origin  of  the  phrase  sub  rom  f  "  | 

There  is,  nowever,  something  more  than  a  ' 
custom  referred  to  in  the  lines ;  there  is,  also,  a 
sacred  principle.  As  is  well  known,  it  was  a 
custom  for  the  ancients  to  decorate  their  festal 
tables  with  roses;  but  that  they  recognised  the 
rose  as  a  sacred  symbol  of  silence,  through  an 
alleged  mythical  connection  between  the  flower, 
Cupid,  Venus,  and  Harpocrates,  is  exceedingly 
doubtful ;  there  being  no  other  authority  for  the 
assertion  than  these  lines,  of  which  the  authorship 
is  imknown,  and  the  antiquity  most  questionable. 
La  Cerda,  though  not  the  first  to  quote  the  lines, 
is,  in  all  probability,  the  first  who  alleges  that 
they  were  found  on  marble ;  and  the  manner  in 
which  he  introduces  them  into  print  is  rather  sus- 
picious, they  being  dragged  in  as  an  annotation  to 
the  following  passage  in  the  text :  — 

**  Hie  Retina  gravem  gemmis  aaroqae  poposcit, 
Implevitoae  mero  pateram.  qaam  Belus  et  omnes 
A  iklo  soliti :  turn  facta  silentia  tectia.*' 

A  more  inappropriate  quotation  than  the  lines 
in  question  can  hardly  be  imagined ;  silence,  it  is 
true,  is  alluded  to  in  the  text,  but  there  is  cer- 
tainly not  one  word  about  roses.  How  then  does 
the  commentator  connect  the  two  ?  By  artfully 
and  Dlogically  dragging  in  another  quotation,  in 
which  roses  are  alludea  to,  without  any  reference 
to  silence.  Here  it  is,  from  the  nineteenth  epi- 
gram of  the  tenth  book  of  Martial :  — 

"  Haec  bora  est  tua,  dum  furit  Lvkus, 
Cum  regnat  rosa,  cum  madent  capilli : 
Tunc  me  vel  rigidi  legant  Catones." 

It  is  not,  then,  without  iustice  observed  in  the 
Bioffraphie  Umcerselie,  in  allusion  to  De  la  Cerda*s 
YirgW  — 

**  Que  le  iesuite  E«pagnol  explique  sonvent  ce  qui  D*a 
pas  beaoin  d^etre  expliqa^  et  qaelqnefois  oe  qui  ne  devrait 
pas  I'fitre." 

Whatev^  doubt  there  may  be  respecting  the 
noient  Komaiui  usiog  the  loee  at  their  feai^  a^ 


an  emblem  of  secresy,  it  is  certain  that  the  Teu- 
tonic races  did  from  a  very  early  period.  The 
custom  and  principle  is  particularly  German^  ac- 
cording to  the  ancient  proverbial  saying  — 

**  Was  Kir  Kosen,  bleib'  unter  dem  Rosen.'* 
And  Wemsdorf  decides  against  the  antiquity  of 
the  lines  in  question,  because  they  form  tne  only 
Latin  notice  of  a  peculiarly  German  custom  and 
idea,  while  Meier,  m  his  edition  of  Burman,  goes 
further,  and  says  the  Latin  lines  were  written  on 
the  German  proverb  — 
**  Hoc  epigramma  factum  est>  nt  proverbiam  iUud,  Hoc 
\dict  " 


3ub  rosd  dictum  e»U  explicaretur  poetice.' 

When  looking  for  the  origin  or  explanation  of 
an  emblem  or  symbol,  we  must  study  the  natural  #' 
features  of  the  subject,  and  resolutely  reject  every- 
thing approaching  to  the  fabulous  or  mythical. 
A.nd  so,  we  cannot  conclude  better  than  in  the 
words  of  our  worthy  English  philosopher,  Sir 
Thomas  Browne,  who  says ;  — 

**  When  we  desire  to  confine  our  words,  we  commonly 
Bay,  they  are  spoken  under  the  rose ;  which  expression 
is  commendable,  if  the  rose,  from  any  natural  property, 
may  be  the  symbol  of  silence,  as  Nazianzene  se^ma  to 
imply,  in  these  translated  verses :  — 

*  Utque  latet'rosa  vema  suo  pntamine  clausa,  ^ 
Sic  08  vincla  ferat,  validisque  arctetur  habenia, 
Indicatque  suis  prolixa  silentia  labris,' 
and  is  also  tolerable,  if  by  desiring  a  secresy  to  words 
I  spoken  under  the  rose,  we  only  mean  in  society  and  com- 
'  potation,  from  the  ancient  svmposiac  meetings  to  wear 
chaplets  of  roses  about  their  heads :  and  so  we  condemn 
not  the  German  custom,  which  over  the  table  describeth 
i  a  rose  in  the  ceiling." 

The  lines  which  have  caused  so  much  inkshed' 
have  been  thus  paraphrased :  — 

•*  The  rose  is  Venus*  pride;  the  archer  boy 
Gave  to  Ilarpocrates  his  mother*s  flower, 
What  time  fond  lovers  told  the  tender  joy 
To  guard  with  sacred  secresy  the  hour : 
Hence,  o'er  his  festive  board  the  host  uphang 
I  Love's  flower  of  silence,  to  remind  each  guest, 

When  wine  to  amorous  sallies  loosed  each  tongue, 
I  Under  the  rose  what  passed  must  never  be 

expressed." 
'  William  Pikkerton. 

I      Honnslow. 


REV.  P.  ROSENHAGEN. 
(2««»  8.  X.  216,  315.) 

Nobodv  seems  to  have  looked  at  Mr.  John 
Taylor's  Jtmius  IderUified,  An  extract  from  this 
work,  and  the  original  communication  to  the 
Athetiauniy  on  which  the  question  was  raised  in 
your  pages,  will  secure  your  having  all  thnt  has 
been  said  (Taylor,  p.  119,  AtheruBumf  Aug.  28  and 
Sept.4, 1868):  — 

<*  The  Rev.  PbiUp  Roaenhagen  was  the  schoolfellow, 
and  continued  through  life  the  mutual  friend,  of  Sir  Philip 
Francis  and  Mr.  WoodfalL  ...  It  is  a  little  remarkable. 


3'«S.V.Jaii.2,'64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


17 


that  to  Mr.  Rosenhagen  the  letters  of  Janios  were  at  one 
time  attributed,  though  certainly  without  foundation. 
In  the  Essay  prefixed  to  the  last  edition  of  Junius  the 
conjecture  is  thus  noticed: — *It  is  sufficient  to  observe 
that  Mr.  Rosenhagen,  who  was  a  schoolfellow  of  Mr.  H. 
S.  Woodfall,  continued  on  terms  of  acquaintance  with 
him  in  subsequent  life,  and  occasionally  wrote  for  the 
Public  Advertiser:  but  he  was  repeatedly  declared  by 
Mr.  Woodfall,  who  must  have  been  a  competent  evidence 
as  to  the  fact,  not  to  be  the  author  of  Junius's  I^etters.  A 
private  letter  of  Rosenhagen*8  to  Mr.  Woodfali  is  stiil  in 
the  possession  of  his  son,  and  nothing  can  be  more  dif- 
ferent from  each  other  than  this  autograph  and  that  of 
Junius.'" 

The  following  are  the  communications  to  the 
Atlufusum :  the  second  by  myself.  The  first  is  an 
extract  from  the  Gazetteer  of  Jan.  24,  1774: — 

*•  The  celebrated  Junius  is  at  last  discovered  to  be  the 
%Rev.  PbiL  R ^gen.    He  was  originally  a  great  ac- 
quaintance of  Mr.  Home's,  and  a  contemporary  of  his  at 

Cambridge.    Mr.  R ^gen  was  there  celebrated,  above 

all  others,  for  his  classical  abilities.    Mr.  R gen  was 

in  London  durinethe  whole  time  of  Junius's  publication; 
for  a  considerable  time  before,  and  ever  since,  he  has  been 
abroad.  He  b  now  resident  at  Orleans  in  France,  where 
he  cuts  a  very  conspicuous  appearance,  having  married  a 
very  beautiful  and  accomplished  young  lady,  sister  of  the 
celebrated  Mrs.  Grosvenor ;  nor  does  he  make  it  any  secret 
where  he  resides  that  he  is  the  author  of  Junius." 

"The  identity  would  have  been  perfectlv  clear  in 
1774,  though  few  would  see  it  in  1858.  The  Rev.  Philip 
Rosenhagen  is  lost,  because  he  published  nothing  with 
bis  name.  But  he  was  very  well  known  in  the  literary 
world,  and  better  still  in  the  convivial  world :  this,  how- 
ever, must  have  been  more  after  1774  than  before.  He 
had  the  sort  of  reputation  to  which  Theodore  Hook 
should  attach  a  name,  as  the  brightest  and  most  enduring 
instance  of  it.  He  took  a  high-bottle  degree  in  England, 
and  was  admitted  ad  eundem  in  India,  where  he  went  as 
chaplain  8ome  time  before  1798,  to  increase  and  fortify 
the  well-earned  gout  which  he  carried  out  with  him.  I 
think  I  have  heard,  from  those  who  knew  him,  that  he 
had  been  one  of  the  boon  companions  of  the  Prince  of 
Wales.  He  was  a  necessary  man  to  be  fixed  on  as  the 
author  of  Junius^  at  a  time  when  any  man  of  much  talent 
and  no  particular  scruple,  who  wrote  nothing  which  he 
acknowledged,  was  set  down  as  one  to  be  looked  after  in 
that  matter.  And  if  it  should  turn  out  after  all  that 
•TtiniiM  is  to  be  written  by  some  biting  scamo  on  whom  no 
lasting  suspicion  has  settled,  this  same  Philip  Rosen- 
hagen has  a  fair  chance.  I  think  that  the  Junius  rumour 
was  current  among  his  acquaintance." 

It  now  appears  that  the  Junius  rumour  T^as  so 
strong,  that  WoodCall  himself  had  to  deny  it  re- 
peatedly. M. 


COLLINS,  AUTHOR  OF  *•  TO-MORROW." 
(3'*  S.  iv.  445.) 

It  will  be  difficult  at  the  lapse  of  more  than 
half  a  century  to  obtain  many  particulars  of  the 
life  of  John  Collins.  Of  the  many  who  laughed 
at  his  humorous  monologue.  The  Brush — per- 
formed as  an  interlude  at  the  Theatre  Royal, 
Birmingham,  then  under  the  management  of  the 
elder  Macready,  at  the  end  of  last,  or  the  begin- 
ning of  the  present  eenturj — those  who  are  aliye 


were  mostly  children,  who  cared  little  about  the 
private  doings  of  the  performer  who  amused  them 
m  public ;  while  the  eiders  who  accompanied  them 
have  made  their  exits  from  that  larger  stage,  on 
which  thev  were  fellow-actors  with  him.  He  was 
^*  bom  at  6ath,  and  bred  up  to  the  business  of  a 
stay-maker,'*  as  I  gather  from  a  short  notice  of 
him,  as  "  an  actor,'*  in  the  Thespian  Dictionary^ 
8vo,  1805 ;  and  we  may  conclude  that  his  father 
was  a  professor  of  the  sartorial  art,  from  his 
verses,  "  The  Frank  Confession,"  "  inserted  by  the 
author  some  years  ago  in  the  Bath  Chronicle,  in 
consequence  of  a  report  being  spread  with  a  view 
to  injure  him  in  the  eye  of  the  fashionable  world ; 
which  report  was  nothing  more  nor  less  than  his 
being  the  son  of  a  man  who  supplied  his  employers 
with  raiment  for  the  body,  wnile  he  was  furnish- 
ing the  public  with  amusement  for  the  mind," 
In  this  piece  the  yerses  occur : — 

"  This  blot  on  my  scutcheon,  I  never  yet  try'd 
To  conceal,  to  erase,  or  to  alter ; 
But  suppose  me,  br  birth,  to  a  hangman  allied. 
Must  I  wear  the  print  of  the  halter  ? 

**  And  since  *tis  a  truth  IVe  acknowledg*d  through  life. 
And  never  yet  laboured  to  smother. 
That  *  a  taylor  before  I  was  born  took  a  wife 
And  that  taylor's  wife  was  my  mother.' 

"Yet,  while  Pve  a  heart  which  nor  envy  nor  pride 
With  their  venom-tipp'd  arrows  can  sting, 
Not  a  day  of  my  life  could  more  gladsomely  glide. 
Were  it  prov'd — I'm  the  son  of  a  King  ?  " 

From  an  expression  in  this  piece — 

**  While  I,  brushing  hard  over  life's  rugged  course, 
Its  up  and  down  bearings  to  scan,"  &c. — 

we  may  also  infer  that,  while  in  Bath,  he  had 
turned  his  attention  to  the  stage  ;  and  set  to  work 
with  his  Brush  to  "rub  off"  cares  and  troubles. 
His  name  is  not  to  be  found  in  Pye's  Birmingham 
Directory  for  1785 ;  but  we  may  suppose  that  he 
shortly  afterwards  made  his  appearance  in  that 
town,  as  we  find  among  his  verses  an  **  Impromptu, 
on  hearing  the  young  and  beautiful  Mrs.  Second 
sing,  at  the  Musical  Festival  in  Birmingham,  for 
the  Benefit  of  the  General  Hospital  there," — this 
lady  being  one  of  the  vocalists  engaged  at  the 
Festival  of  1793.  We  find  his  name,  **  Collins, 
John,  Great  Brook  Street,"  in  the  Dii'ectory  for 
1797 ;  since  which,  and  the  previous  one,  a  period 
of  six  years  had  elapsed.  It  was  in  that  street,  in- 
deed, nearly  opposite  the  church  at  Ashted — and 
not  Camden  Street,  though  he  may  have  subse- 
quently removed  there — that  he  is  Imown  to  have 
lived;  and  he  was  editor,  and  part  proprietor 
with  Mr.  Swinnev,  of  the  Birmingham  Chronicle, 
under  the  firm  of  Swinney  &  Collins.  This  paper 
was  subsequently  purchased,  or  at  least  edit^,  by 
Mr.  Joseph  Lovell,  a  pin-maker  in  thd  town.  I 
mention  the  fact  as  possessing  some  interest:  this 
gentleman  haying  been.  tlsA  «vBk  ^l'^Jo53«?stfOwJ!s^^5i^ 


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[8«»  S.  V.  Jan.  2,  '64. 


the  PantUocrat  of  former  days,  the  early  fHend 
and  brother- io-law  of  Coleridge  and  Southey,  who 
were  consequently  the  uncles  of  our  Birmingham 
editor.  Lovell  also  became  a  resident  in  Great 
Brook  Street,  where  he  died.  Collins  had  no  fa- 
mily :  his  wife,  remembered  as  a  handsome  woman, 
sufi^red  from  that  fearful  malady  a  cancer  in  the 
breast,  and  neyer  rallied  from  an  operation  for  its 
remoyal.  His  portrait — the  chief  characteristic  of 
which  is  so  happily  hit  off  by  Mr.  Pinkbbton— 
is,  as  I  haye  been  informed  by  contemporaries, 
an  admirable  likeness.  I  belieye  that  the  Brush 
was  never  published.  There  is  also  a  theatrical 
portrait  of  him  in  the  character  of  Master  Slender. 
Several  copies  of  mnemonical  lines  on  English 
history  haye  appeared  in  these  pages.  The  fol- 
lowing by  CoUins  are  illustrative  of  his  manner, 
and  will  be  read  with  interest.  I  transcribe  them 
from  the  probably  uniaue  original  broadside  in 
the  possession  of  Mr.  William  Hodgetts,  an  in- 
telligent printer  of  Birmingham,  who  knew  Collins 
personally;  and  whose  portfolios  are  not  more 
crammed  with  literary  and  artistic  scraps  of  rarity 
and  local  value,  than  his  head  is  full  of  the  un- 
printed  traditions  and  memories  —  the  "  trivial 
rond  records  "—of  a  long  and  active  life  wholly 
devoted  to  letters.  Why  does  not  such  a  man 
provide  against  the  prospective  loss  of  the  vast 
mass  of  facts  he  has  accumulated,  by  embodying 
them  in  an  autobiography  or  local  chronicler 
But  this  by  the  way.  The  document  is  as 
follows : — 

"The 
Chapter  of  Kinos. 

A  Comic  Song, 

In  Do^erel  Verse ; 

Repeatedly  sung  with  Universal  Applause  by  Mr.  Dignnm 

at  the  Theatre  Royal,  Dmry  Lane ; 

and  written  by 

Mr.  Collins, 

Aathor  of  the  *Oral  and  Pictorial  Exhibition,*  which 

bears  that  Title. 

^  The  Romans  in  England  awhile  did  sway ; 
The  Saxons  lou|(  auer  them  led  the  way. 
Who  tu^g*d  with  the  Dane  till  an  overthrow 
They  met  with  at  last  from  the  Norman  bow  ! 
Yet,  barring  all  pother,  the  one  and  the  other 
Were  all  of  them  Kings  in  their  tarn. 

•*  Bold  Willie  the  Conqueror  long  did  reign. 
But  Rufus,  his  son,  by  an  arrow  was  slain ; 
And  Harry  the  fimt  was  a  scholar  bright. 
And  Stephy  was  forced  for  his  crown  to  fight ; 
Yet,  barring  all  pother,  the  one  and  the  other,  Ac 

**  Second  Henry  P]antagenet*s  name  did  bear, 

And  C{cur-de-Lion  was  his  son  and  heir  ; 

But  Magna  Charta  was  gained  from  John, 

Which  Harry  the  third  put  his  seal  upon. 

Yet,  barring  all  pother,  the  one  and  the  other,  &c, 

*"  There  was  Teddy  the  first  like  a  tvger  bold. 
Though  the  second  by  rebels  was  bought  and  sold ; 
And  Teddy  the  third  was  his  subjects'  pride, 
Though  EU  grandson,  Diclnr,  was  popp*d  aside. 
Ye^  barring  all  pother,  the  one  and  the  other,  &e. 


"There  was  Harry  the  fourth,  a  warlike  wight. 
And  Harry  the  fifth  like  a  cock  would  fight ; 
Though  Henny  his  son  like  a  chick  did  pout. 
When  Teddy  h|s  cousin  had  kick*d  him  out. 

Yet,  barring  all  pother,  the  one  and  the  otlier,  &c 
**  Poor  Teddy  the  fifth  he  was  kill'd  in  bed, 
Bv  butchering  Dick  who  was  knock*d  on  the  head ; 
Then  Henry  the  seventh  in  fame  grew  big. 
And  Harry  the  eighth  was  as  fat  as  a  pig. 

Yet,  barring  all  pother,  the  one  and  the  other,  Ac, 

**  With  Teddy  the  sixth  we  had  tranouil  days, 
Though  Mary  made  fire  and  faggot  olaze  ; 
But  good  Queen  Bess  was  a  glorious  dame. 
And  bouny  King  Jamy  from  Scotland  came. 
Yet,  barring  all  pother,  the  one  and  the  oti^er,  &c, 

**  Poor  Charley  the  first  was  a  martyr  made. 
But  Charley  his  son  was  a  comical  blade  ; 
And  Jemmy  the  second  when  hotly  spurr'd. 
Ran  away,  do  you  see  me,  from  Willy  the  third. 
Yet,  barring  all  pother,  the  one  and  the  other,  &c. 

"  Queen  Ann  was  victorious  by  land  and  sea, 
And  Georgy  the  first  did  with  glory  sway. 
And  as  Georgy  the  second  has  long  been  dead. 
Long  life  to  the  Georgy  we  have  in  his  stead. 
And,  may  his  son*s  sons  to  the  end  of  the  chapter, 
All  come  to  be  King's  in  their  turn." 

**  *,*  As  the  idiom  of  this  whimsical  ballad  may  seem 
rather  nngular,  it  may  be  necessary  to  observe,  that  it 
was  originally  sung  in  the  character  of  an  Irish  School- 
master. 

"Printed  and  sold  by  Swinney  &  Ferrall,  No.  75 
High  Street.'* 

Tbis  song,  which  was  highly  popular  in  its  day, 
will  be  also  found  in  the  Scripscrapologia^  but  with 
a  different  heading. 

The  first  piece  in  this  volume  is  & — 

'*  Previous  Apostrophe  f  for  it  cannot  be  called  a  Dedi- 
cation) to  Mr.  Metler,  bookseller  at  Bath,  at  once  the 
most  ingenious  and  most  indolent  Bard  of  his  Day;  who, 
having  written  a  Thousand  excellent  Things,  which  he 
will  not  be  at  the  troubleof  transcribing  and  arranging  for 
Publication,  is  now  become  such  a  Buryer  of  his  Talents, 
that  they  are  all  consigned  to  an  old  Lumber  Box  in  the 
Comer  of  his  Garret ;  and  he  seems  quite  indifivrent 
about  adding  to  the  Heap  the  bare  composition  of  another 
Couplet." 

These  verses  were  not  without  effect,  for  soon 
after  appeared : — 

**  Poetical  Amusement  on  the  Journey  of  Life  ;  con- 
sisting of  various  pieces  in  Verse,  Serious,' Theatric,  Epi- 
grammatic, and  Miscellaneous,  lij  William  Mevlcr. 
Bath.    8vo.    1806." 

At  p.  193,  of  this  amusing  collection,  we  find  a 
retort  courteous  to  "  John  Collins,  Esq."  — 

•*  The  well-known  and  facetious  author  of  The  Morning 
Bru$h ;  who,  in  an  Apostrophe,  prefixed  to  a  collection  of 
his  Poems,  published  under  the  humorous  title  of  Scrip- 
Merapoiogia^hsM  censured  the  author,  &c..  .  .  .  Perhaps 
the  vanity  that  was  awakened  by  the  praise,  mixed  with 
those  friendly  oensures,  was  the  pnme  cause  of  this 
Volume  bdng  pat  to  press.** 

These  lines  will  be  thought,  perhapa,  a  little  too 


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long ;  but,  especdally  in  connection  with  the  sub- 
ject, may  appear  to  merit  preservation : — 

**  To  John  Collins,  Esq. 

**  When  Players  an^  MaDagers  of  Druiy, 
Some  fall  of  dread,  and  some  of  fury, 
Consulted  lately  to  enhance, 
Their  Treasury's  cloee-drain*d  finance ; 
Ere  bounced  had  '  Carlo  *  into  water. 
Or  Cherry  shown  his  *  Soldier's  Daughter ' ; 
'Mongst  various  schemes  to  prop  the  Stage, 
Brinsley  declared  heM  now  engage 
His  long  expected  p\&y  to  finish, 
And  all  their  cares  and  fears  diminish  ; 
Make  creditors  and  audience  gay — 
Nay,  actors  touch  their  weekly  pay. 

*  Fair  promises ! '  Mich.  Kelly  cries, 
'On  which  no  mortal  e'er  relies; 
Again  to  write  yon  will  not  dare. 

Of  one  man.  Sir  you've  too  much  fear.' 

*  Fear !  whom  ?     I  dread  no  man's  control.' 

*  Tes,  yes,  you  dread  him  to  the  soul.' 

*  Name  him  at  once,  detractive  Vandal  I ' 
*The  author  of  The  School  for  Scandal* 
Thus,  Collins,  does  it  hap  with  me,  1 
Since  noticed  by  a  Bard  like  thee,    > 
And  blaz'd  in  thine  'Apostrophe.'  J 

I  fain  had  written  long  ago. 

Some  tribute  of  my  thanks,  or  so  ; 

Some  warm  and  faithful  swtet  eulogia. 

At  reading  thy  Scripecrapologia  ; 

But  whisp'ring  fears  thus  marr'd  the  cause— 

*  Thy  Muse  is  not  the  Muse  she  was ; 
When  scarce  a  day  but  would  inspire 
Her  mind  with  some  poetic  fire. 
Disus'd  to  rhyme,  in  *'  old  chest  laid," 
She's  now  an  awkward  stumbling  jade; 
And  if  thou  e'er  deserved  the  bays,    \ 
Kesume  no  more  thy  peccant  lays,     > 
Nor  damn  thy  friend's  poetic  praise.' } 

Ah  !  when'l  now  invoke  the  Nine, 
Ere  I  have  hammer'd  out  a  line. 
Some  queer  sensations  make  me  stop. 
And  from  my  hand  the  goose-quill  drop ; 

*  Richard's  himself,'  no  more  be  said. 
For  Richard's  of  himself  afVaid. 

But  hence,  ye  stupefying  fears  I 
Why  should  1  dread  ?  hence,  hence,  ye  cares  ; 
Let'me  in  gratitude's  warm  strain. 
Thrilling  and  glowing  through  each  vein, 
Prei«8  to  my  lip  that  friendly  hand 
Which  points  to  where  Fame's  turrets  stand  ; 
And  as  the  path  I  upwards  climb, 
I'll  pause  and  listen  to  thy  rhyme ; 
While  Poe!<y  around  me  glides. 
And  Laughter  holds  her  jolly  sides. 

Oh  !  as  I  read  thy  motley  page^ 
Where  wit  keeps  time  with  morals  sage, 
I  trace  those  days  when  pleasure's  morn 
Bade  roses  bloom  that  knew  no  thorn  ; 
When  many  an  Epigram  and  Song, 
Came  from  thy  voice  with  humour  strong ! 
Those  well-kuown  notes  again  appear 
To  come  fresh  mellow'd  to  mine  ear. 
With  accents  faithful,  bold  and  clear. 

Mav  ev'ry  pleasure  still  be  thine. 
That  hope  can  wish,  or  sense  define ! 
May  Ashted's  shades — if  shades  there  be, 
For  strange  is  thy  retreat  to  me — 
Afford  thee  health— Oh !  cordial  bliss  I 
Enjoying— what  can  be  amiss  ? 


ear     ] 
sar.    J 


Ma^  Ashted's  blessings  round  thee  pour, 

Amid  thy  autumn's  tranquil  hour ; 

And  may  the  partner  of  thy  cot, 

(Whom  never  yet  my  prayer  forgot,) 

Loiig  feel  as  cheerful,  bright,  and  bonny. 

As  when  she  first  beheld  her  Johnny."  [1804.] 

The  well-known  song  "To-morrow"  has  figured 
in  many  collections ;  the  last  stanza,  with  its  line 
pathos,  is  eminently  poeticaL  The  Rev.  James 
Plumptre  has  the  following  remarks  upon  it : — 

**The  serious  pun,  which  is  similar  to  the  Parom>ma»ia 
of  the  Greeks  and  Romans,  is  sometimes  used  by  Collins 
in  his  songs.    The  *  Mulberry  Tree '  has  some,  but  the 
fruit  is  not  of  the  best  flavour.  The  following,  in  his  song 
of  •  To-morrow,  or  the  Prospect  of  Hope  '  (the  whole  of 
which  is  given  in  my  Collection,  vol.  1.  p.  194),  is  not 
bad  : — 
*  And  when  I  at  last  must  throw  off  this  frail  covering, 
\Vhich  I've  worn  for  threescore  years  and  ten. 
On  the  brink  of  the  grave  I'll  not  seek  to  keep  hovering, 

Nor  my  thread  wish  to  spin  o'er  again : 
But  my  face  in  the  glass  I'll  serenely  survey. 

And  with  smiles  count  each  wrinkle  and  furrow ; 
As  this  old  worn-out  s/u/f,  which  is  threadbare  to-day, 
May  become  everlasting  to-morrow.*  " 

Letters  to  John  Aikin,  M,D.,  on  his  Volume  of 
Vocal  Poetry f  8vo,  Cambridge,  1811,  p.  372. 

Having,  as  we  have  seen,  been  successively  a 
stay  maker,  a  miniature  painter,  and  an  actor, 
Collins  was  somewhat  advanced  in  life  when  he 
took  up  his  residence  in  Birmingham.  He  was 
a  big  ponderous  man,  of  the  Johnsonian  type,  and 
duly  impressed  with  a  conviction  of  his  varied 
talents.  Men  of  this  manner  are  apt  to  become 
unwieldy  with  age ;  and  so  it  was,  I  am  led  to 
believe,  with  our  friend  Collins — whose  Brush 
probably  ceased  to  attract  the  public,  with  his 
growing  inability  to  sustain  the  labours  of  a 
sprightly  monologue.  Even  in  1804,  the  date  of 
his  book,  he  speaks  of  it  as  his  "  once  popular  per- 
formance^" and  he  seems  then  to  have  retired  mto 
private  life.  He  continued  to  reside  at  Great 
Brook  Street,  Ash  ted,  with  a  niece,  Miss  Brent. 
This  lady,  to  whose  parentage  some  degree  of 
mystery  was  attached,  was  possessed  of  a  fortune, 
and  kept  some  kind  of  carnage.  The  uncle  may 
not  have  been  entirely  devoid  of  means,  but  1 
fancy  was  somewhat  dependent  on  his  niece  for 
the  comforts  of  age.  He  died  suddenly  a  few 
years  later  —  probably  in  1809  or  1810,  as  Mr. 
Plumptre,  in  the  book  above  referred  to,  pub- 
lished in  1811,  speaks  of  him  (jp.  331)  as  "  the  late 
ingenious  Collins,  author  of  The  Homing  Brush  " 
— and  Miss  Brent  returned  to  Bath. 

John  Collins  was  undoubtedly  a  man  of  shrewd 
and  kindly  humour,  as  well  as  considerable  natural 
talent.  His  song,  "  To-morrow,"  is  a  niece  of 
unquestionable  merit :  though  whether  it  aeserves 
the  extravagant  laudation  of  Mr.  Palgrave  — 
whose  opinions  on  poetry  will  be  taken  cum  grano 
by  many  who  have  read  his  criticisms  on  art — is 
another  question.    Many  other  pieces  in  the  UttL^ 


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LS'd  S.  V.  Jan.  2,  '64. 


volume  before  me — "How  to  be  Happy,"  p.  110; 
**  The  Author's  Brush  through  Life,"  p.  162,  Ac- 
are  of  great,  if  not  equal  merit,  and  the  entire 
collection  is  well  worthy  revival  and  perusnl. 

William  Batbs. 
Edgbastoo. 

Your  able  correspondent,  Mr.  Piwkerton,  has 
been  enabled  to  supplement  Mr.  Palgrave's  very 
scanty  notice  in  The  Golden  Treasury ^  of  the 
author  of  the  admirable  poem  "  To-morrow.'* 
So  long  since  as  June  9,  1855,  I  had  called 
attention,  in  the  pages  of  this  periodical,  to  Col- 
lins and  his  Scripscrapologia,  and  said,  "The 
book  contains  a  variety  of  poetical  pieces ;  among 
which  are  several  songs.  One  of  these,  '  In  the 
downhill  of  life,  when  I  find  I'm  declining,'  still 
enjoys  a  justly  deserved  popularity."  ("  N.  &  Q." 
1*  S.  xi.  450.)  I  also  quoted  at  length  {apropos 
to  a  subject  then  under  discussion)  some  other 
very  popular  lines  by  the  same  ready  vn-iter,  but 
which  were  often  ascribed  to  other  authors, — 
"  The  Chapter  of  Kings,"  that  historical  memoria 
technica  wnich  contains  such  well-remembered 
lines  as — 

*^Then  Harry  the  Seventh  in  fame  fip*cw  big. 
And  Harry  the  Eighth  was  as  fat  as  a  pig.** 

The  Scripscrapoloffia  has  another  song  of  the 
same  character  as  "  To-morrow,"  and  embracing 
many  of  its  qualities.  As  the  book  is  so  rare, 
perhaps  you  would  like  to  print  the  song  in  ques- 
tion, which  I  here  subjoin : — 

••how   to  BK  HArPT. — A  BONO. 

*'  In  a  cottage  I  live,  and  the  cot  of  content. 

Where  a  few  little  rooms,  for  ambition  too  low, 
Are  fumishM  as  plain  as  a  patriarch's  tent. 

With  all  for  convenience,  but  nothing  for  show : 
Like  Robinson  Crusoe'ii,  both  peaceful  and  pleasant, 

By  industry'  stor'd.  like  the  hive  of  a  bee  ; 
And  the  peer  who  looks   down  with  contempt  on  a 
peasant. 
Can  ne'er  be  look*d  up  to  with  envy  by  me. 
**  And  when  from  the  brow  of  a  neighbouring  hill, 
On  the  mansionn  of  Pride,  I  with  pity  look  down. 
While  the  murmuring  stream  and  the  clack  of  the  mill, 

I  prefer  to  the  murmurs  and  clack  of  the  town. 
As  blythe  as  in  youth,  when  I  danc'd  on  the  green, 

I  difKlain  to  repine  at  my  locks  growing  grey  : 

Thus  the  autumn  of  life,  like  the  springtide  serene, 

Makes  nppn»aching  December  as  cheerful  as  May. 

**  J  lie  down  with  the  lamb,  and  I  rise  with  the  lark. 

So  I  keep  both  disease  and  the  doctor  at  bay  ; 

And  1  fi'el  on  mv  pillow  no  thorns  in  the  dark, 

Whid)  reflection  might  raise  from  the  deeds  of  the 
dnv  : 
For,  with  neither  myself  nor  my  neighbour  at  strife. 
Though  the  sand  in  my  glass  may  not  long  have  to 
run, 
I'm  detcrmin'd  to  live  all  the  days  of  life. 
With  content  in  a  cottage  and  envy  to  none  I 
«*  Yet  let  me  not  selfithly  boast  of  mv  lot, 

Nor  to  self  let  the  comforts  of  life  be  confin*d ; 
For  how  sordid  the  pleasares  mutt  be  of  that  sot. 
Who  to  share  them  with  othenno  pleaaare  can  find  I 


For  my  friend  IVe  a  board,  I*ve  a  bottle  and  bed. 
Ay, 'and  ten  times  more  welcome  that  friend  if  ho*8 
poor; 
And  for  all  that  are  poor  if  I  could  but  find  bread. 
Not  a  pauper  without  it  shoujd  budge  from  my  door. 
**Thus  while  a  mad  world  is  involved  in  mad  broils. 
For  a  few  leagues  of  land  or  an  arm  of  the  sea  ; 
And  Ambition  climbs  high  and  pale  Penury  toils, 

For  what  but  appears  a  mere  phantom  to  me ; 
Through  life  let  me  steer  with  an  even  clean  hand. 

And  a  heart  ancorrupted  by  grandeur  or  gold  ; 
And,  at  last,  quit  my  berth,  when  this  life's  at  a  stand. 
For  a  berth  whidi  can  neither  be  booght  nor  be  sold.*' 
CUTHBEBT  BeDE. 

I  find  the  following  account  of  this  author  in 
Dr.  Iloefer's  Nouveue  Biographie  Genirale,  tome 
xi.  coL  194  :— 

•  "CoLLiss  (John),  acteur  et  litterateur  anglais,  n^ 
vere  1738,  mort  en  1808,  k  Birmingham.  11  se  lit  re- 
marquer  au  th^&tre  dans  presque  tons  les  genres.  11 
chantait  avec  une  rare  perfection  des  Rnmances  etd'autrcs 
poesies  de  sa  composition.  On  a  de  lui :  The  Morning 
Brushy  ouvrage  fac^tieux.  Ses  cours  publics  lui  pro- 
curferent  une  assez  grande  fortune.  II  <^tait  aussi  un  des 
propri<^tairus  da  Birmingham  Chronicle" 

Dublin. 

P.  S.  A  notice  substantially  the  same  as  the 
above  may  be  seen  in  the  new  edition  of  Michaud*s 
Biographie  Universelie,  tome  viii.  p.  GOO, 


JoHW  IIawkiits  (1»*  S.  xi.  825 ;  ,^'«»  S.  iii.  459 ; 
iv.  425.) — We  beg  to  refer  Mr.  Harland  to  a 
communication  from  us,  which  appeared  in  your 
columns  so  recently  as  June  3  in  the  present  year, 
su^rgesting  that  the  author  of  the  MS.  Life  of 
Henry  Prince  of  Wales  was  John  Hawkins,  secre- 
tary to  the  Earl  of  Holland^  and  one  of  the  clerks 
of  the  council,  who  died  in  1631. 

C.  II.  &  Thompson  Cooper. 
Cambridge. 

Hev.  F.  S.  Pope  (3"»  S.  iv.  396.)— Mr.  Brod- 
RICK  begs  to  inform  the  inquirer  that  Mr.  Pope, 
formerly  minister  of  Baxtergate  Chapel,  Whitby, 
left  that  place,  and  died  at  York,  he  believes, 
some  twelve  or  fifteen  years  a^o.  Mr.  Brodkick 
knew  and  was  well  acquaintea  with  Dr.  BHteniaii. 
The  Rev.  W.  L.  Pope,  Fellow  of  Worcester  Col- 
lege, Oxford,  and  now  Minister  of  the  Chapel  of 
Ease,  Tunbridge  Wells,  is  the  brother  of  the  late 
Mr.  Pope,  of  Whitby. 

18,  Talbot  Square,  Hyde  Park. 

Mrs.  Cokatne  (3">  S.  iv.  305,  338,  415)— 
i  I  thank  Dr.  Rixabult  for  his  courteous  and  very 
I  satisfactory  answer  to  my  query.  His  account  \b 
confirmed  in  several  particulars  by  W^ood  in  his 
Life  of  Aston  Cockaine,  for  so  he  spells  the  name 
(A.  O.  iv.  128,  ed.  Blias.)  The  tradition  of  «  Dr. 
Donne*8  chamber  ^  at  Ashbourne  is  valuable  as  at 


S«*S.V.  Jah.2,'64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


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onee  yeatifyiog  her  witli  Im  '^  noblaBl.  and  lo?- 

H.  J,  H.  think*  it  '*  odd  tbit  Mrs.  Cokain  ahould 
bo  ao  little  knowi],"  £iot  hemg  aware  perhaps  that 
tbere  was  more  thrui  on©  lady  af  the  name  at  the 
period,  t  shrawdlj  suap^ct  thnt  he  haa  learn  I 
8oinethmg  more  than  he  knew  before^  through  my 
query,  which,  like  many  olhera,  was  addressed  to 
"  N^  &  Q./^  not  ID  mere  ignoranrfSf  hut  in  order  to 
aave  time  in  further  consul uog  books  of  refiireace, 
and  to  elidt  som tithing  mure  than  I  did  know  on 
the  matter.  As  to  the  Mory  of  Oliarles  Cotton's 
witticiflm  on  her  head^dros^  and  his  hmng  her 
estate  by  his  humour,  X  am  q^aroely  rticouaik  it 
with  the  fact  that  ahe  had  children  of  her  own^ 
unlesa  she  intended  to  di^inhtirit'them  for  the  sake 
of  her  nephew.  Will  H.  J*  H,  allow  me  to  aak  him* 
to  traee  the  relationHhip  F  In  the  J£i«tortf  attd 
Topographtf  of  Ai^bmtme^  ^,  published  in  1830,  it 
is  stated  that  Thomas  Ouckavne  lived  in  London 
under  the  faigfned  name  of  Brown  (p.  16).  On 
what  earlief  authority  do&&  this  statement  restP 

Some  of  Delt4^9  queriea  are  answered  by 
Wood  (A,  O,  17,  128),  who  aaya  that  "during 
the  time  of  the  civil  wars  he  eujirered  much  for  hia 
religion  (which  was  that  of  Home)  and  the  kind's 
cause^  pretended  then  to  he  a  baronet  made  by 
King^  Charlfts  1,  after  he,  by  violence,  had  left 
the  paxliamtint  aboni  Jan,  10,  1G41,  yet  not 
deemed  ao  to  be  by  the  officers  of  ormfi^  because 
no  patent  waa  enrolled  to  justify  it,  nor  any  men- 
tion of  it  made  in  the  docqut^t-books  belon^^ing  to 
the  clerk  of  the  crown  in  chancery ^  where  all  patents 
are  taken  notice  of  which  pom  the  grt^at  senl^  " 
and  afterwards  he  adds — >'*The  fair  lordship  of 
Ashbourne  also  was  some  years  ago  sold  to  Sir 
WilHam  BiotUbj,  Bart"  Dr.  Bliss  refers  to  the 
BritUk  BihtiogrQpJwr^  vol.  ii,  pp.  450-403,  which 
I  have  not  got.  Qpii. 

Jqjls  Donne,  LL.D.  (3^^  S,  ly.  295,  307*)— 
Thanks  for  the  information  given  in  your  answer, 
though  it  does  not  meet  the  precipe  point  to  which 
my  query  was  directed.  I  wns  aware  of  his  ad- 
dre^ing  Lord  Denbigh  aa  his  patron,  hut  I  do 
not  see  the  connection  between  iWv^  and  his  being 
supposed  to  have  held  the  rectory  of  Martins- 
thorpe.  May  I  ask  whefe  his  will  is  to  be  found? 
Was  it  ever  proved  P  The  "  S'  Cons  tan  tine  Huy- 
gens,  Knight,*^  to  whom  Bonnets  son  addressed  toe 
letter  in  the  preseutation  copy  of  the  BiaBana- 
T02,  now  In  the  possession  of  your  correspondent 
A*  B,  G.,  was  not  the  broiiter  but  the  jfuher  of 
groat  agtronomerr 

«  Hi:  vciUEi^s  ( Chretien),  liu^htnim,  vit  1e  jour  k  La 
II«yc,  en  1629,  da  Conatjuitin  Hay^h*»ij^  K^lUbummd 
hDlUndob}  ooano  pur  de  matiVAJit<»  p^^ifa  Ucinvi,  qnllA 
ti^bien  intltut^  Momcfita  denuHari.i,  1665,  ia-l?/' — 
Dietionnaire  M^torl^e,  |rp.,  povr  jf i-f  iV  if«  SwrnddmaU 
au^  Deiica  tkM  Paift-Bat,  L  J74     Psm,  1786* 

Cpl. 


ScornsH  (3'^  S.  iv.  464,) — I  beg  to  adl  a  mora 
complete  answer  to  An 0 Lira  than  I  last  forwarded 
to  you. 

It  is  true  that  mA,  terminating  some  worda,  haa 
the  signidcation  of  raih^rj  as  dfirkish:  but  the 
other  word,  brackish j  is  not  an  English  word  at 
all  without  the  wA,  But  itth  has  no  more  mean- 
ing  in  the  word  Scottish  than  it  has  in  Danish^ 
Swedish,  Spanish »  &c.  A  Dane^  Scot,  or  Swed^ 
m  abiolntely  of  Danish ^  Scottish,  and  Swedish 
descent^  not  in  decree  or  rtither  so. 

lu  Geruian  McAis  a  termination  to  the  word*' 
Drmisehj  Ent;fimh,  St^hMi^ch^  Siostfuchf  Spaniiichf 
in  the  same  sense  as  in  Banish f  Stc*  ScoTva^ 

Ext5CFTioN  FDR  WrrencEiFT  (3"*  S.  iv*  BOS,) 
Sir  Walter  Scott,  in  his  Letter*  on  Defnonolof^ 
and  Witchcraft^  mentions  a  trinl  and  e^tecution  for 
this  supposed  crime  which  took  place  in  Scotland 
of  a  date  six  years  later  than  the  Engliih  case  re- 
ferred to  by"  PKLAotTTs,  In  1722/ the  Sheri  ff- 
Deptity  of  Sutherland  pave  sentence  of  death, 
which  was  carried  into  execution  on  an  insane  old 
woman  who  had  a  daughter  lame  of  hands  and 
feet»  which  was  nttribiited  to  the  mother^s  bein^ 
used  to  transform  her  into  a  pony,  and  getting  her 
shod  by  the  deviL  (See  Leitsr  mh.) 

Sir  Walter  adds  that  no  punishment  was  in- 
flicted on  the  sheriff  for  thia  grosa  abuse  of  the 
lu  w.  It  wa&  the  last  case  of  the  kind  in  Scotland  i 
yet  soch  v^as  the  force  of  prejudice,  and  of  mis- 
taken interpretation  of  the  Scriptures  that,  in  a 
declaration  published  eight  years  afterwards  by 
tiie  Associated  Presbyterj  of  Seceders  from  the 
Church  of  Scotland  (and" which  will  be  found  in 
the  Scoti  Maf/nzim  of  1743)  there  is  clawed 
among  other  national  sins,  against  which  they 
dedre  to  testify,  "the  repeal  of  the  penal  statutea 
against  witches."  S, 

MnTLATlnK  OF  SkP^LCHBAL  5rOKFH129TS  (B** 

S.  iv.  284t,  36^1,  4570— ^ly  ^^^^  ^^  certain  monu- 
ments which  had  suffered  mutilation  has  nrovoked 
so  many  observations  in  the  pages  of  ^^  N,  &  Q." 
that  I  cannot  let  the  subject  drop  without 
maldng  one  or  two  remarks. 

I  admit  that  my  language  was  strong,  I  in- 
tended that  it  should  be  so.  The  uncalled-for 
destruction  of  family  records,  if  condemned  at 
all,  muMt  be  cond  e  m  ned  strongly.  H  ad  th  e  monu- 
mentfl  in  question  been  to  memhers  of  my  own 
family,  I  should^  without  a  moment's  hesitation, 
have  placed  the  matter  in  the  hands  of  ray  soli- 
citor ;  as  they  did  not,  I  sent  copies  of  the  in- 
scriptions  in  order  that  for  the  benefit  of  future 
genealogists,  they  might  be  rescued  from  oblivion* 
Vebna  assumes  that  the  slabs  in  question  "  have 
been  overlaid  by  trie  paving,  more  suited  to  the 
sacred  eharaetar  of  the  spot"  As  far  as  I  can 
remember,  the  new  paying  was  of  white  brichsf 
such  aa  1  should  be  sorry  ta  see^  va.  *asj\  4ssic^ 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[S'*S.V.  Jan.2,  »64, 


kitchen.  Vebna  adds,  that  I  am  ''unfortunate 
in  my  selection  of  a  sig^nature."  When  I  wrote 
the  note,  I  had  just  come  from  a  place  named 

P ,  and  wanting  to  put  some  letter  at  the 

end  of  my  note,  ex  P.  suggested  itself  to  me,  and 
so  I  wrote  XP.  I  hope  this  solution  of  Vebna's 
"  mare's  nest "  will  prove  as  satisfactory  as  that 
equally  intricate  puzzle  which,  when  deciphered, 
was  "  Bill  Stumps,  his  mark." 

I  a^ree  entirely  with  the  remarks  made  by 
Mr.  H.  T.  Ellacombb  and  Mr.  P.  Hutchinsok, 
whom  I  have  to  thank  for  writing  replies  which  I 
felt  too  idle  to  do  myself.  I  must  add,  in  con- 
clusion, that  I  think  the  destruction  of  our  old 
sepulchral  memorials — the  only  witnesses  to  the 
greatness  of  many  a  bygone  family  —  is  to  be 
deeply  lamented.  And  I  would  ask,  what  place 
is  so  well  fitted  as  the  House  of  God  to  oe  a 
storehouse  and  record  room  of  the  names  and 
actions  of  those  who,  while  living,  have  worshipped 
at  His  altars,  who  are  numbered  among  the  faith- 
ful departed,  and  whose  actions 

**  Smell  sweet  and  blossom  in  the  duat "  ? 

XP. 

A  friend  of  mine  visited  Hereford  Cathedral 
lately  on  purpose  to  see  if  the  tombstone  of  a 
great-ffreat-grandparent  required  rechiselling  or 
any  other  repairs.  Alas  I  the  cathedral  had  been 
"  restored."  The  tombstone  was  gone,  and  nothing 
could  be  learned  about  it ;  and  the  whole  of  that 
part  of  the  floor  had  been  relaid  with  heautiftd  tiles 
to  look  like  marbles  and  granites.  The  sooner  this 
sort  of  thing  is  put  a  stop  to  the  better.       P.  P. 

LoNeBviTY  OF  Clergymen  (3'*  S.  iv.  370, 602.) 
To  the  instances  named  by  your  correspondents 
you  may  add  the  following :  —  The  Rev.  William 
Kirby,  the  celebrated  entomologist,  was  rector  of 
Barham,  in  Suffolk,  sixty-eight  years,  and  died 
July  4,  1860,  in  the  ninety-first  year  of  his  age. 
(2^(5,  by  Freeman,  p.  606.) 

Dr.  William  Wall,  the  author  of  Vie  History  of 
Infant  Beqttism,  was  vicar  of  Shoreham,  in  Kent, 
fifty-three  years,  and  died  January  13,-  1727-8, 
aged  eighty-two  years.  (Hook's  Ecclesiastical 
Biography,  vol.  viii.  p.  642.)  Dt,  Wall  was  suc- 
ceeded in  the  vicarage  of  Shoreham  by  the  Kev. 
Vincent  Perronet,  who  held  it  fifty-nine  years,  and 
died  May  9,  1786,  aged  ninety-two  years.  (Me- 
moir of  Mn  Perronet  in  the  Arminian  Magazine, 
yoL  xxii.  1799.)  The  case  of  two  clergymen,  one 
immediately  following  the  other,  and  together 
officiating  in  the  same  parish  for  the  space  of  one 
hundred  and  twelve  years,  is  a  length  of  sacred 
service  I  think  not  often  paralleled. 

Geo.  I.  Cooper. 

Ehret,  Flower  Painter:  Barberhh  Vasb 
(S^  S.  iv.  432.)— I  have  a  catalogue  of  the  sale  of 
the  Portland  Museum,  with  the  purchasers'  names 


and  the  prices  in  manuscript.  There  were  many 
purchasers  of  the  works  of  the  above  flower- 
painter.  Among  them  are  the  names  of  Lady 
Weymouth,  who  bought  sixty-two  pieces.  Lady 
Stamford  twenty.  Lord  Brownlow  twenty-seven, 
Wedgewood  (the  potter)  eighty.  Lord  Parker 
nine.  Walker  ninety-two,  Shepherd  fifty-one, 
Morrison  thirty-six,  and  many  others.  I  find  the 
prices  varied  from  1/.  Ss.  to  SI.  ISs.  Qd,  the  lot  of 
four  paintings.  The  celebrated  Wedgewood  was 
a  purchaser  of  prints  and  other  things  at  this  sale, 
and  the  following  note  in  the  catalogue  regarding 
his  bidding  for  the  Barberini  Vase  may  not  be 
imacceptable :  —  "  y)29/.,  bought  for  the  Duke  of 
Portland ;  cost  the  Duchess  1300/.  Mem.,  the 
contest  for  the  vase  was  between  his  Grace  and 
Mr.  Wedgewood.  On  his  Grace  asking  Mr. 
Wedgewood  why  he  opposed  him,  he  replied,  'He 
was  determined  to  have  it,  unless  his  Grace  per- 
mitted him  to  take  a  mould  from  it  for  his  pottery, 
as  he  wished  to  possess  every  rare  specimen  of  art 
that  could  be  attained ; '  on  which  his  Grace  gave 
Wedgewood  his  consent,  and  the  vase  was  knocked 
down,  and  immediately  put  into  the  hands  of  Mr. 
Wedgewood.  who  has  moulded  from  the  same  in 
imitation  of  oronze,  &c.'' 

I  notice  Marryatt,  in  The  History  of  Porcelain, 
states  it  was  knocked  down  to  the  Duchess  at 
1800/.,  whereas  my  Catalogue  states  1029/.  Which 
is  correct  ?  A.  P.  D. 

Rev.  Thomas  Craig  (8">  S.  iv.  325.)  —  The 
Rev.  Thomas  Craig,  minister  of  the  Associate 
Congregation  of  Whitby,  1789,  who  published 
Three  Sermons  on  Important  Subjects,  Whitby, 
1791,  of  the  time  of  whose  death  your  correspon- 
dent, S.  Y.  R.,  wishes  to  be  informed,  was  my 
father.    He  died  in  the  year  1799. 

Thomas  Craig, 
SLxty-one  years  Pastor  of  the  Congregational 
Church  at  Bocking. 

Dr.  David  Lamont  (3'*  S.  iv.  498.)  — Dr. 
David  Lamont,  about  the  date  of  whose  death 
S.  Y.  R.  makes  inquiry,  died  in  1837.  I  cannot 
tell  the  day  of  the  year,  but  that  mav,  I  suppose, 
be  had,  from  any  contemporary  local  newspaper. 
He  was  Moderator  of  the  General  Assembly  of 
the  Church  of  Scotland  in  1822,  and  preached  be- 
fore King  George  IV.  in  the  High  Church  of 
Edinburgh,  on  the  forenoon  of  August  25,  same 
year.  S. 

Baptismal  Names  (3"*  S.  iii.  328 ;  iv.  608.)— 
I  should  say  that  in  case  of  anv  objectionable 
name  being  given  at  the  font,  sucn  as  those  cited 
at  p.  328,  vol.  iii.,  a  refusal  might  be  made  to  bap- 
tise on  the  ground  of  the  sponsors  attempting  to 
throw  scorn,  and  to  bring  contempt,  upon  so 
solemn  an  office  of  the  church.  I  very  much 
doubt,  however,  whether  any  cler^man  could  re- 
fuse to  give  such  a  name  as  "  Bessie."    In  one  re- 


8'dS.V.  Jaw.  2, '64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


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gister  I  have  seen  the  Dame  **  Bob  "  recorded,  and 
a  clergyman  of  my  acquaintance  baptised  one  of 
bis  own  children  by  the  name  "  Tom."  "  Kate," 
too,  is  of  frequent  occurrence.  Whether  Sir 
Thomas  Dick  Lauder's  second  name  was  a  sur- 
name;  or  an  abbreviation  of  Richard,  I  cannot 
say.  OxoNiENsis. 

TrniDBS  (3"»  S.  iv.  139,  318.)— I  have  no 
conjecture  as  to  who  or  what  is  intended  by 
"  Tydides ; "  but  a  hint  or  two  may  "^ut  others  in 
the  way  which  I  cannot  find.  Of  course  the  head 
of  the  clerical  Melanippus  on  the  table  is  that  of 
some  clergyman  ill-used  by  his  bi8hop,^perhapa 
his  preferment  eaten  up.  Fojt  the  meal  of  Tydeus, 
see  omith^s  Classical  Dictumaryy  iii.  1195. 

The  "  blazon"  of  Tydeus  is  given  by  iEschylus: 

"Ex**  8*  Mp4>poy  ffTJfi   hr'  iunrl^os  rSBfy 
^K^yovB'  vr  Atrrpois  obpayhv  Ttrvy fi^voy  * 

Upwourrw  iffrpwVf  mtxrhi  i^doKfios  irp/irci. 
Sqttem  contra  Thebaic  v.  389. 

Tydides  has  added  to  the  arms  of  Tydeus, 
Gwiilim  says : — 

**  He  beareth  azure,  the  sun,  the  full  moon,  and  the 
■even  starres,  or ;  the  two  first  in  chiefe,  and  the  last 
of  orbicular  form  in  base.  It  is  said  that  this  coate 
armour  pertained  to  Johannes  de  Fontibus,  sixth  bishop 
of  Ely,  who  had  that  fafter  a  sorte)  in  his  escutcheon 
which  Joseph  had  in  his  dream.** — Gwiilim,  Display  of 
Heraldne,  p.  123,  second  ed.  1632. 

Was  any  bishop  of  Ely,  about  a  century  ago, 
charged  (after  a  sorte)  with  ecclesiastical  can- 
nibalism ?  H.  B.  C. 

U.  U.  Club. 

CAPNOBATiB  (3^  S.  iv.  497.)— The  only  in- 
formation I  am  aware  of,  respecting  the  Capno- 
batse,  is  in  the  French  translation  of  Strabo,  where 
it  is  suggested  that  intoxication  by  inhaling  smoke 
and  using  the  vapour  of  linseed  as  a  bath  are 
intended  by  that  designation,  referring  to  He- 
rodotus (i.  202,  iv.  76).  With  due  siibmission, 
I  think  this  very  doubtful.  Strabo,  in  the  section 
previous  to  the  mention  of  the  CapnobataB  (vii. 
lii.  2),  refers  to  the  Hippemolgi  (milkers  of 
mares),  Galactophagi  (people  who  live  on  milk), 
Abii  (people  devoid  of  riches),  Hamaxced  (dwel- 
lers in  waggons) ;  and  in  the  two  following  sec- 
tions he  mentions  the  Capnobatce  (people  who 
cover  the  smoke),  who  are  described  as  religious 
(etarc^tiy),  and  abstaining  from  animal  food  (^/i- 
^iptv)y  but  who  lived  in  a  quiet  way  on  honey, 
milk,  and  cheese.  They  were  also  remarkable 
(Strabo,  yii.  iii.  4)  for  living  in  a  state  of  celi- 
bacy, which  they  also  adopted  from  religious 
motives.  The  obvious  inference,  I  conceive,  is. 
that  requiring  no  cooking,  the  Oapnobatae  closea 
the  aperture  (icairyo8<{in}),  which  served  as  a  chim- 
ney, and  thus  received  the  characteristic  descrip- 
tion of  Kajrvo€((rai,  people  who  cover  the  smoke. 


Th^ir  resemblance  to  the  Hindoos  cannot  escape 
notice : — 

"  Contrary  to  what  might  have  been  expected  in  a  hot 
climate,  but  aijreeable  to  the  custom  of  almost  all  Hin- 
doos, one  small  door  is  the  only  outlet  for  smoke,  and  the 
only  inlet  for  air  and  light."  (•*  The  Hindoos,"  L.EJ[. 
I  387.) 

Their  stat«  of  celibacy  also  had  its  parallel 
amongst  the  Hindoos,  who,  by  destroying  female 
infants,  augment  the  ratio  of  the  males,  and  con- 
sequently of  unmarried  men,  leading  thereby  to 
the  legitimatised  prostitution  of  which  Ceylon  and 
the  Nairs  of  Malabar  furnish  examples.  (The 
Ilifidoos,  i.  247,  285-287.)  To  remedy  this  evil, 
marriage  is  rigidly  enforced  by  the  Hindoo  parent 
on  his  child,  even  prior  to  maturity,  and  the 
widower  speedily  provides  himself  with  another 
wife.  (Id,  i.  284.)  The  geographical  connection 
is  thus  shown:  "Tartary,  or  the  environs  of 
Mount  Caucasus,  is  the  original  natal  soil  of  the 
Bi-ahmins."  (Id.  i.  3^2.)  This  chain  reaches  to 
the  east  shore  of  the  Euxine,  whilst  the  Mysii  or 
MsBsi,  amongst  whom  the  Cannobatee  are  found, 
occupy  the  south-western  and  western  coasts  of 
the  same  sea.  The  linguistic  connection  of  the 
Hindoos,  the  Romans  and  Greeks,  is  well  ascer- 
tained. This  brief  notice  of  the  Capnobatae,  which 
Strabo  extracts  from  Posidonius  (a  teacher  of 
Cicero),  is  an  historical  trace^of  what  baa  been 
called  the  Thraco-Pelasgian  origin  of  the  Greeks. 

T.  J.  BUCKTOH. 

Joseph  Washington  (3"*  S.  iv.  616.)— He 
died  a  year  later  than  is  stated  in  the  reply  to 
C.  J.  K.,  as  his  will  was  dated  Feb.  25,  and 
proved  April  7,  1693-4.  He  describes  himself 
as,  not  of  Graves  Inn,  but  "of  the  Middle  Temple, 
Gentleman.''  If  he  had  a  son  John,  he  was  probably 
dead  at  the  date  of  his  will,  for  he  provides  for 
his  ''  only  daughter  Mary,''  and  then  leaves  the 
residue  of  his  pronerty  to  his  son  Robert^  who  was 
still  living  in  1703.  The  daughter,  Mary,  was 
unmarried  in  1739,  when  she  proved  the  will  of 
her  aunt  Sarah  Rawson.  The  earliest  ancestor  to 
whom  I  can  yet  trace  him  positively  was  Eichard 
Washington,  gent.,  of  co.  Westmoreland,  who,  ac- 
cording to  an  Inq.  p.  m,  died  Jan.  3, 1666-6.  He, 
Joseph  Washington,  is  mentioned  in  Wood's  Athen, 
Oxon,  (ed.  Bliss)  iv.  394,  8ub.  James  Harrington. 

J.  L.  C. 

Handasyde  (S^  S.  iv.  29,  96,  432.)— The  will 

of  the  Hon.  Major-General  Thomas  Handasvd 

(not  Handasydtf),  who  died  in  his  eighty-mth 

year,  March  26, 1729,  is  probably  at  Huntingdon. 

Joseph  Rix,  M.D. 

St.  Neot*8. 

Eablt  Mabbiages  (8"*  S.  iv.  616.)— I  am 
much  interested  in  the  inquiry  started  by  Vectis, 
and    am  tolerably  weU.  ^nn^^aaN.'^^  -«>i5ia.  t«e«^ 


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[3^-  8,  V,  Jan.  %  VJi. 


nence  literature;    bat   do   not  know  that   any 
J  ,mter  \m»  entered  upon  a  scleiitific  demonstrrttiou 
of   the   mptubvte,  tbrtt  early  marriages   tend   to 
purity  01  nioraU.     The  atBtement  haa  often  been 
tunde  in  fugitive  essays,  associiited  with   a  con- 
ieLiinAtion  of  thft  «dvice  given,  and  so  often  re- 
'iteratfcd  by  a  certain  cla«s  of  economists,  ajki^niust 
early  nmrriflges      There  have  been  n^  yet  no  data 
.  on  which  to  establish  it  positively.     The  statistics 
ec«?ntly  publiahed  in  relation  to  Scotland,  show- 
Dg  the  great  number  of  ilh^gitimate   births  in 
Kce«a   over   the   standard  of  Ireland,  and  even 
Soglaiid — when  taken  in  connection  with   other 
[estubliahed  fncta — will  go  far  to  prove  that  "  fore- 
^BJght  and  restraint"  in  etilering   upon  marriage 
mav  he   a   great   evil     It  diiet>  not  follow  that 
early  marriages  are  always  imprudent  ones ;  but 
that  doctrine  hue  been  taught  to  n  most  itijurious 
extent.     When  this  complex  question  is  eutt-red 
I  lipon  fairly,  and    the   condition  of  Ireland   con- 
|||raj»ted  wfih  that  of   Scotland,  it  will  be  found 
that  great  mistakes  have  been  itH^de  in  our  in- 
vest igationa,  and  that  hasty  coucluiiiona  haye  been 
arrived  iit. 

The  whole  question  14  a  mo^t  important  one, 

but  to  pursue  it  would  not  be  coniri^teut  with  the 

objects  of  *'  N,  &  Q/'     I  am  now  manipulating 

the  Statistical  Returns  of  the  Three  Kin^rdoms, 

with  the  yiew^  of  lilucidating  this  «ubject,    Vectis 

will  do  well  to  consult  Que  tele  t     In  his  Treatise 

tm  Mnn  fsee  Chambers's  People's  Edition)  will  be 

found  some  valuable  tables,  accompanied  by  his 

own  remarks.     Although  he  does  not  enter  upon 

tbia   inquiry   ?peciallyi    his   chapters,  where   he 

examines    into   the   causes  whicu   inlluence    the 

frcundity  of  marriiiges,  may  be  read  with  much 

^'  '       '         who   are    interested  in  the 

before  us.     It  may  be  well 

J  i« .  -I  f.  i^  I  ( I  Hi  Mj  1  r  r- ;idler*s  work,  Tl*e  Lmv  of  Pnpw 

wiutwn.     Both  these  wori[s  were  published  before 

f  onr  statiistical  knowledge  had  assumed  a  detinite 

form,  lint  they  are  valuable  in  every  research  of 

this  kind.  T.  B. 

Rkvai.e^ta  (3"*  S.  iv.  496,)— I  remember  the 

[first  introductioD  of  the  article  now  called  "  IJeva- 

^lenta.'*     I  knew  the  man  who  first  prepared  it, 

^♦nd  advertised  it  under  the  name  of  *' Er^alenta." 

It  was  then  merely  the  meal  of  ground  lentils ; 

not  of  tho  Ei^yptian  sort,  but  the  common  lentil,  of 

ft  lighter  cohmr.    The  b<jt^mical  name  of  the  lentil 

la  ii>riiw»  lifij ;  and  probably  the  name  Ermtmta 

"~        found    rather  too   trsuspai-ent :    and  «io,  by 

tmnftpo-ing  the  first  two  letters,  the  article  waa 

^  ^-'aled,  and  swimo  mTBtifieation  gained — 

Ji  ivparation  is  now  named  **  Kevalentu/' 

F*  C,  H. 

Pa I'lnt -Makers*   Tfitm;    AI  vkkk    00'**   S    iv* 
nir>  )_r  d.>ubt  if  ;  i  of  the  trafte 

mark^  i,[  the  ol«l  ;  uid  th«  water* 


marks  in  their  papers,  haa  ever  been  published; 
but  the  late  Mr  Dawson  Turner  had  collected  a 
large  quantity  of  specimens  of  old  paper,  which 
he  showed  me  with  great  self-gratulation  on  his 
success  in  what  he  believed  to  be  a  hitherto  un- 
pai?u*>d  inquiry.  He  entered  into  the  «ubj»^cl 
with  lively  mterest ;  had  all  his  samples  of  paper 
arranged  in  chronologicJil  order,  and  initiated  me 
readily  into  t!ie  mysteries  of  •*  Pot,"  "  Crown/* 
•*  Feather,**  and  "  Foobcap/*  I  quite  understoiid 
from  liim  that  he  could  determine  the  age  of  the 
paper  by  its  texture  and  water-mark.  vVhetheir 
oe  contemplated  the  publication  of  the  resulta  of 
Ilia  regearches  in  this  line,  I  do  not  know  ;  nor, 
have  I  any  idea  what  l>Hcame  of  his  large  collec- 
tion of  old  papers,  which  I  suppose  were  sold,  to- 
gether with  his  extensive  library,  and  very  curious 
and  valuable  collections  in  vaiioua  other  depart- 
menta.  F.  L\  11. 

CHKisTiAif  Namrs  (3^''  S.  iv.  Sm,  41*3,  526.}— 
A  coiTespondent  asks,  how  we  are  to  account  for 
the  great  prevalence  of  P«gan  names  in  a  Catholic 
country  like  France,  if,  as  1  had  asserted,  the 
Catholic  Church  so  ranch  disapproves  of  Chris- 
tiana beoi-iug  baptisimal  names  which  are  not 
Christian,  luid  admonishes  her  cl-  '     >    '  ■- 

rate  them  ?     I  answer  that  the  !  j, 

when  C.^hri8tianity  wjv^  openly  diwn^^  ii^u,  an 
eical  models  were  aifected  in  everything,  ^' 
count  in  great  meiHure    for    the   inti'^n- 
Pagan  names;  but  it  must  also  be  r  d 

that  many  such  names  are  altto  the  nam  ...14" 

tian  saints,  and  as  such  allowuble.  The  following 
occur  to  me  at  this  moment:  Achillea,  Alexander, 
Apollo,  Bacchus,  Horace,  Justin,  I^eanderi  Luciano 
Marcian,  Martial,  Marius,  Nesitor,  Plnto^  PoDiOp 
Socrates,  \'alerian.  F.  C  H, 

Ag  Mad  as  a  Hattkr  f2»*»  i^^  iv*  4(J2.)— 
Although  an  inquiry  reHpecting  thia  simile  ap- 
jieared  in  **  N.  &  Q."  as  far  back  oa  June  1860, 
It  has  not  hitherto  elicited  a  reply.  The  phrase, 
however,  has  now  ag^n  come  up  in  that  very 
amusing  volume,  Capt.  Gronow's  Revf.Mn'tifmM  tmd 
AnecdottSf  2nd  series  [may  it  be  followed  by  a 
third!]  1803,  pp.  151,  152:— **on  the  subject  of 
politico,  my  dear   Alvanley,  ktf  is  tin  mt^  as  n 

One  is  at  a  lofla  to  understand  wby  a  hatter 

should  be  made  the  type  of  insanity  rather  than 
a  tailor  or  a  shoemaker;  but  may  not  thophm« 
in  question  be  thus  ,  —  1^1^  The  French 
compare  an  ineapabh'  liuded  person  lo 

an  oyster  i— "  He  '-- -  . . . i  ^ »y»»tei* '   {hHHrt), 

I  would    suggest,  .  that,*  through    simi- 

larity of  sound,  L .     .  .       li  halhc  may,  in  tho 
eJi»el)efore  u*<,  have  given  occ anion  Ui  iJjfs  Eng- 
lish '*  halter."     From  **  U  misonno  f.^mTVi^   nne 
huiUt  *'  may  have  come  out  "  as  mad 
Thero  ans  other  atiuilar  ioititucoa,  u  .ij 


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k  followed  imther  than  signiiimtion.  So  In  our 
Teniae tilar  pbraae,  *' That's  the  ch^m" ;  i,  e, 
"  ThAt'a  the  thing  *'  (cAa»e).  Schijt. 

John  Hasmsoit  (3""  S.  iv.  626,)— " Jotan 
HorrioB**  if  of  coursa  an  anFtgram  of  John  Har- 
rison. What  was  the  relation  of  tbia  person  to 
his  hero,  *'  Longitude  '*  Ilftrriaon,  and  what  led 
Mm  to  adopt  io  tmnapar^nt  a  deirico  for  concf^aling 
lib  identiiy  f  Job  J,  B*  Wohxaud, 

STEPMofBEma'  Blbsstkos  (3^^  S.  i^.  403.)— The 
troubteeome  splinters  of  eMn,  which  are  of  tan 
fomifd  near  the  KMite  of  the  naila,  are  prohably 
called  "  eteppiother's  hleaaingSj"  upon  the  same 
prindpte  that  they  are  called  **  back*fnenda ; ' ' 
Dotb  ejcpressions  deflignating  somethinjic  odious^ 
and  bringing  no  good.  F.  C.  H. 

"Jou,r  Nose"  (3'^  S.  ir.  488.)— An  edition 
of  Olivier  Baeselto'a  Vaux  de  Vire  was  published 
hj  M,  Louts  du  Boia  io  1821,  together  with  some 
Norman  songB  of  the  tifteenth  centarr  from  a 
MS.  till  then  unedited.        Job  J.  B,  \Vobkaki>. 

Jake  the  Fool  (3'<*  S.  It.  453,  623.)— Some 
of  the  entries  relatinj^  to  thia  person  io  Sir  F. 
Madden'a  edition  of  the  Prity  Pttrg^  ETpemes  of 
the  Prtnces9  Mart^  would  saem  to  sujj^fjreat  that  she 
waa  the  Tictim  of  meotol  disease.  Tbu  tirst  entrj 
in  which  she  is  mentaoned  bears  date  1537.  In 
1543,  in  foar  succfsaive  months^  March,  Aprils 
May,  and  June,  there  ia  a  charge  of  4rf,  per  month 
for  shaving  her  head.  In  Julj  there  is  a  char^ 
for  22a.  6dL  paid  to  her  duriujr  sickneas.  In 
August,  her  bead  ia  again  i^haved.  In  the  suc- 
ceeding January,  the  charge  for  shaving  her  head 
ia  M,,  and  a  like  entry  appears  in  July,  August, 
&tid  September,  1544.  All  the  other  entries  re^ 
ferriog  to  her  are  far  clothiog.  In  1556,  she  bad 
tome  disorder  of  the  eye.  Is  there  anythiog  to 
fibow  that  she  acted  as  a  jester  F 

Job  J.  B.  Woek.uid. 

Eabthkitwabe  Vessels  touhd  is  CsTJBcnEa 
(!■*  and  2**  S./Mw«Vn*)— Numerous  communica- 
tions have  appeared  in  the  !■*  and  2°**  Series  of 
"  N.  &  Q."  on  the  subject  of  the  earth bn  jars,  or 
potSp  which  have  been  found  in  several  churchea 
imbedded  in  the  masonry,  and  generally  under- 
neath the  stalls  of  the  choir.  Io  one  of  these 
(I"  S.  X.  434),  I  described  a  jar  of  this  Mnd  in 
my  poeseasion  ;  which  was  found,  in  16^11,  be- 
neath the  choir  of  St,  Peter's  MttQcroftr  Norwich. 
I  saw  several  of  the  jars  as  they  lav  in  the  ma- 
sonry horiEootallyi  with  their  mouths  outward, 
though  it  could  not  be  ascertained  whether  tbey 
ever  protruded  or  appeared  in  the  wall.  I  gave 
an  opinion  that  they  might  have  been  intended 
for  sepulchral  vases,  to  receive  the  ashes  of  the 
hearty  or  some  other  part  of  the  body  of  the 
canons ;  but  that  opinion  I  have  for  some  time 
excbasged  for  the  far  morts  probable  one^  that 


they  were  intended  to  increafle  the  sound  of  tha 
singing. 

Indeed,  I  eonetder  the  question  quite  set  at 
rest  by  a  recent  paoer  in  the  GtntlemntCs  Mma-- 
stite  for  November  last,  where  the  following  ia 
quoted  from  the  Chronicle  of  the  Order  of  the 
Ueleatines  at  Ketz,  for  the  year  1432  : 

"It  was  ordered  that  pots  shoM  be  mftde  far  the  choir 
^f  the  church  of  Ceans,  be  (Br.  Odo)  sUting  that  he  had 
secu  such  lu  another  church,  and  thinking  th^t  ther 
maao  the  chantuig  neaound  more  stroagly." 

It, is  added,  that  such  jars  have  boen  found  in 
several  churches  in  France,  inserted  horizontally  ia 
the  wall,  with  their  mouths  emerging,     F.  C*  IL 

NOTES  ON  BOOKS,  ETC 

Miit*(m;  mth  im  Ititradnctfjnf  DUKrtaJtim  oh  tome 
ear/y  Usa^et  nfihe  Church  m  /rehnd,  (md  ifci  historical 
loMttionffom  the  EitahHthmeni  nfihe  Ef^gfiih  €iflQRui& 
the  pre^mt  Day.  B^  Jus.  Hen  thorn  Todd,  D.D.,  4c. 
DubtiQ.  (Hodgea,  Smith,  St  Co,) 
Any  of  oar  readers  who  bavfi  ever  tafled  (as  was 
latdy  our  own  fortune^  through  the  previous  biogmphies 
uf  St,  Patrick,  and  toed  to  sia  truth  from*  fabte  in  the 
wntiuga  of  Us»her,  Ware,  Betham,  Lanigan,  aad  Cotton, 
wdl  appreciate  the  welcome  with  whjeh  we  opened  this 
scholariy  menjoir  of  Dr.  Todd.  The  accomplished  author 
hafl  studied  to  prod  ore  a  complete  monof^nph  upon  the 
early  history  of  Christbnity  in  Ireland,  iiihjoinJog  be- 
aidfia  twme  Bupplemeoury  reinarkn  on  the  preaeat  post- 
Lion  of  the  Rftabli^hed  Chureh.  He  thinkt}  it  tiecesaarr 
to  argue  for  the  hifltorical  eKiAteod^  of  the  Saint,  in  oppo^ 
gition  to  the  ultrn-Protesiaiit  extravagance-,  whit:h  would 
reactive  the  Apoj^tly  of  Ireland  into  a  mythical  personage; 
he  denies  Patrick's  a'jterled  comml-'Jiion  from  Pope  Ccle»- 
tine,  m  wanting  authority  to  establisib  it,  and  scout?  the 
later  fables  by  which  the  S^lnt'a  real  bli^tory  has  been 
obKured.  lie  di«;uf«M\'i  the  whtilesate  conv'emon  of  the 
Iiiflh  cldu^  umier  thu  iofiueoce  of  their  chie^,  and  their 
relapse  into  Pruidlsm  after  Putrick  hid  been  leEnoved — 
a  uaernl  lesson  to  our  mlsaioiiariea  in  the  preaentday. 
He  examlnett  minutely  into  the  Aingnlarepiseftpate  which 
obtained  so  long  among  the  Irish,  and  the  multlplicatmn 
of  biabops  wiibout  a  see,  who^ie  wanderinij  mini^tnitiona 
were  0.5  unwelcome  to  the  Eni;li:ib  prelates  of  the  day  a^ 
Irish  preaching  hm  since  been  atnon^  ourselves.  He 
d(M^rib^  at  tenexth  the  ancient  monn-^tLc  infstitutions  of 
the  country,  which  Patrick  was  so  injiitnimentfll  in  iii- 
au^narntin^,  and  in  connection  with  stima  of  the  unrnks, 
tells  a  cnrifjua  sitory  of  primitive  copy- right  Jaw,  which 
will  amuae  some  of  our  literary  readens.  St*  Flnnian 
posaeseed  a  beaut tful  copy  of  the  Go»pcb  ;  St.  Golttmba 
boTToweij  it,  and  made  a  trjinsoript  ofit  by  stealth.  Fm* 
nian  heard  of  the  fVaud,  and  cJ aimed  the  eopy  as  his 
own  i  and  King  Dinmiait,  before  whom  the  holy  monks 
carried  their  cause,  decided  in  F Ionian's  favour,  with  the 
remark,  "  that  as  the  cow  ia  the  owner  of  her  calf,  so  the 
Book  is  the  owner  of  aoy  transcript  made  from  it,"  Bat 
for  more  of  this  sort,  and  for  a  great  deal  more  valuable 
lesming,  we  must  send  our  readers  to  Dr.  Todd'a  in- 
teresting and  scholnriy  volume. 

7^e  Scten  d$es  o/Moir,  Described  by  Wifltam  Shtxkipmrt, 
Depicted  b^  Robert  Smirke.    (L.  Booth.) 
The  bits  EoWrt  Smirke's  IlltistraCiona  of  Shakspeare'a 

Stisai  Aga  are  almoat  va  well  known  as  the  matchlffin 


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bit  of  description  which  called   them    into  existence. 
They  are  here  reproduced  in  miniature  by  Photography, 
together  with  the  Droeshout  Portrait  and  the  Monument, 
and  form  a  quaint  and  interesting  little  volume. 
Ijetters  of  Queen  Margaret  of  Anjou  and  B'uhop  Becking- 
ion  and  otherg.     Written  in  the  Reigns  of  Henry  V.  and 
Jffenrg  VL    From  a  MS.  found  at  Emral  in  Flintehire. 
Edited  hy  Cedl  Monro,  Esq.     (Camden  Society.) 
When  we  say  that  this  volume  contains  a  series  of 
early  letters  comprising,  first.  Forty-two  Letters  written 
during  the  reign  of  Henry  V.  and  Heniy  VI.  before  his 
Marriage ;  secondly,  seventeen  Letters  of  Bishop  Beck- 
ington,  written  for  the  most  part  in  the  year  1442,  when, 
being  then  King's  Secretaiy,  he  was  on  the  pomt  of 
embarking  as  Ambassador  to  the  Connt  of  Armagnac ; 
and  thirdly.  Letters  of  Queen  Margaret  of  Anjou  after 
her  Marriage  in  1445 ;  and  that  the  whole  space  of  time 
covered  by  these  Letters  mav  be  stated  roughly  at  about 
forty  years,  namely,  from  the  Battle  of  Agincourt  to  the 
Commencement  of  the  Wars  of  the  Roses,  we  have  said 
enough  to  prove  the  obligations  which  historical  students 
are  under  to  the  Bev.  Theophilus  Pulston  for  permitting 
their  publication,  to  Mr.  Cecil  Monro  for  the  care  and 
learning  witli  which  he  has  edited  them,  and   to  the 
Camden  Society  for  its  judicious  application  of  its  funds 
in  giving  so  curious  a  series  of  documents  to  the  press. 
A  Dictionary  of  the  Bible^  compriting  AnHquitie»y  Bio- 
graphy ^  Geography,  and  Natural  History.     By  various 
Writers,    ifdiierf  6y  William  Smith,  LL.D.    Part  XL 
(Murray.) 

This  eleventh  Part  of  Dr.  Smith's  valuable  Dictionary 
the  Bible  will  be  welcome  to  many  of  our  clerical 


t 


riends,  more  especially  those  who  took  in  the  first  volume 
in  Monthly  Parts— partly  because  it  contains  the  valuable 
Appendices  to  that  volume,  and  more  particularly  as  an 
evidence  of  the  intention  of  the  Publisher  to  afford  them 
the  same  facilities  for  procuring  the  completion  of  the 
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LONDON,  SATURDAY,  JANUARY 9, 1864. 


CONTENTS.— N«  106. 

NOTES:  — Walter  Traven.  B.D..  Ac^  27  — Juitioe  AHm 
Park.  28  —  Jamec  Kirkwood.  C9  -  Of  WH.  SO  -  Dr.  Robert 
Wauchop.  31  — A  }'a«sion  for  witnessing  Bxeoutions  — 
lionftevity  —  Micbael  Johnson  of  Lichflnld  —  Amen  —  Ring 
Mottoes  —  Charlemont  Earldom  and  Viitcount,  8S. 

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ceal his  Thoughts  -  Harriett  LiTermore :  the  Pilgrim 
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Loaves  at  Funerals- Mr.  W.  B.  Rhodes-Scottish  For- 
mula—Trade and  Improvement  of  Ireland  —  Wild  Men 
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John  Wigan,  M.D.— John  Reynolds  —  Richard  Gedn«'y  — 
Arms  of  Sir  William  St-nnoke-Wegh  -  Twelfth  Nisht: 
the  worst  Pun  — Portrait  of  Bishop  Uorsley —  **  Educa- 
tion/' 36. 

REPLIES ;  —  Jeremy  Collier  on  the  Stage,  Ac,  88-  Roman 
Games.  89  —  St.  Patrick  and  the  Shamrock,  40—  Uanrev 
of  Wangey  House,  tf-Virgir*  Testimony  to  our  Saviours 
Advent  —  Richard  Adams  —  Thomas  Coo— George  Bankes 
—Quotation  —  Sir  Nicholas  Throgmorton  —  Pen-tooth  — 
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Longevity  of  Clergymen  — Msy:  Tri-Mllohi  —  Phol^s, 
Ac.  42. 

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WALTER  TRAVERS,  B.D., 

•OUBTIMB   LECTURER  AT    THE    TEMPLE,  A2n>  PBOYOST 
OF  TRINITY   COLLEGE,   DUBLLN. 

Bom  circa  154S ;  died  in  London,  Jan.  1634. 

In  no  published  memoir  of  the  life  of  this  cele- 
brated divine,  have  I  ever  met  with  an  account 
of  his  parentage,  or  the  place  of  his  birth ;  the 
following  notes,  may,  therefore,  be  of  use  to  some 
future  biographer,  and  save  him  the  trouble  of  a 
protracted  search. 

The  will  of   "Walter  Travers,   Clerk,"  was 

5 roved  in  London,  at  the  Prerogative  Court,  on 
an.  24, 1634,  and  in  a  clause  of  it  is  contained 
this  brief  reference  to  his  family :— ^ 

**  My  father  dying  seized  of  three  tenements  in  Not- 
tingham, left  the  one  to  his  daughter  Anne,  and  the  other 
two  to  his  three  sonnes  then  liveing,  that  i.<«,  to  me  the 
said  Walter,  the  Eldest,  John  the  next,  and  Humphry, 
the  youngest,"  &c. 

Following  up  this  clue,  I  recently  found  that, 
among  the  inhabitants  of  Nottingham  chargeable 
to  the  subsidies  of  the  35th  and  37th  Hen.  VIII., 
and  the  13th  Eliz.,  there  lived,  at  "  Brydelsmyth 
Gate,  w'^^in  y*  towne  of  Notyngham,"  a  certain 
"  Walterus  Travers,"  by  occupation  a  "  Qold- 
smyth."  I  was  afterwards  lucky  enough,  at 
York,  to  meet  with  bis  will ;  and  as  it,  at  once, 

? roves  that  the  goldsmith  was  fiftther  to  the  divine, 
think  I  need  not  apologise  to  the  readers  of 
"  N.  &  Q."  for  giving  it  in  fuU  :— 


*<In  the  Name  of  God,  Amen:  the  fiftenth  daie  of 
September,  in  the  yeare  of  our  Lorde  God  a  thonsande, 
five  hundrith,  seaventie  and  five,  I  Walter  Travers,  of 
the  Towne  of  Nottinghm,  Gold  Smythe,  beinge  weeke 
and  feeble  in  bodie,  but  of  good,  sownde,  and  perfect  re- 
membrance, thanks  be  to  God  thearfore,  do  ordaine  and 
make  this  my  laste  Will  and  Testaroente,  in  mann'  and 
forme  followeinge :  First,  and  before  all  thinge^s  I  comende 
me  into  the  handes  of  oare  Lorde,  who  haste  created 
and  redemed  me,  beschinge  the  most  humblye,  for  Jesos 
Christe  sake,  pardon  and  forgiveness  of  all  my  synes ; 
asseuringe  myself  also  nndoubtedlie,  as  trustinge  to  thy 
promeys,  0  lorde,  which  cannot  deceave,  that,  altho*  I 
be  in  my  selfTe  most  unworthie  of  thy  Grace,  yet,  for  that 
Jesos  Christe,  thoue  wilte  receive  me  to  the.  Not  ac- 
comptinge  to  me  my  synes  for  whiche  he  hathe  suffered, 
and  fully  satisfied  thie  Justice  allredie ;  but  imputing  to 
me,  of  thie  fre  grace  and  mercie,  that  hoh-nes  and  obe- 
dience whiche  he  hathe  performed,  to  thie  moste  perfecte 
lawe,  for  all  those  that  shoulde  beleve  in  hime,  and  come 
unto  the,  in  his  nanie.  W^ithe  faithe,  O  lorde,  seinge  that 
of  thy  goodnes  thoue  haste  wroughte  and  planted  in  me, 
by  the  preachinge  of  the  hollie  go^pell,  I  stedfastelle  hope 
for  the  performance  of  thy  promyse,  and  everlastlnge 
lifTe  in  Jesus  Christe.  This  blessed  hope  shall  reste  with 
me  to  the  laste  daie,  that  thoue  rayse  me  upp  agane,  to 
enjoye  that  liffe  and  glorie  that  now  I  hope  for.  Thear- 
fore, I  commende  my  sowle  into  the  handes  of  God,  my 
bodie  I  Will  that  yt  be  honest  lie  buried,  and  lade  upp  in 
pease  to  the  com^nige  of  the  Lorde  Jesus,  when  he  shall 
come  to  be  glorified  in  his  Sayntes,  and  to  be  marvelous 
in  theme  that  beleve ;  in  that  daie  when  this  corruptible 
shall  put  on  incorruptible,  and  this  raortall  immortalitie, 
accordinge  to  the  Scriptures.  And  as  for  those  goods  and 
landes  that  God  bath  given  me,  I  declare  this  my  Will, 
and  fun  mynde  and  intcnte  tbearof,  in  forme  followinge : 
that  is  tu  sale,  I  give  and  bequctbe  all  and  singular  that 
my  messuage,  house,  stable,  and  gsrdens  thearto  belong- 
inge,  whiche  I  latelie  purchased  of  Thomas  Cowghem, 
late  of  the  saide  towne  of  Nottingham,  slderman,  deceased, 
wherein  I  nowe  dwell,  to  Anne  Travers  my  Wiffe,  for 
and  duringe  her  naturall  lifie,  and  after  her  decease,  to 
Anne  Travers  my  daughter,  and  to  theires  of  her  bodie 
lawefullie  begotten  and  to  bo  begotten  :  And,  for  defalto 
of  such  issue,  to  Walter  Traverse,  John  Traverse,  and  to 
Humfrey  Travers,  my  Sones,  equallie  amongste  theme, 
and  to  theires  of  theire  bodies  lawefuUie  begotten  and  to 
be  begotten:  And,  for  defalte  of  such  Issue,  to  the  righto 
heires  of  me  the  saide  Walter  Travers,  the  Testator,  for 
ever.  Further,  I  will  that  the  saide  Anne,  my  wiffe, 
duringe  her  liffe,  and  allso  the  saide  Anne,  my  daughter, 
duringe  her  lyfle,  after  the  decease  of  my  said  Wiffe, 
havinge  the  saide  messuage  and  prcmyses,  shall  give  and 
paie  yearlie  ten  shillinges  at  two  usuall  daies  in  the  yeare, 
by  even  pof cons,  to  my  Overseers ;  to  be  by  theme  dis- 
tributed to  suche  poore  people,  within  the  towne  of  Not- 
tingham, as  they  shall  thinke  moste  mete  and  conveniente. 
Allso,  I  give  and  bequethe  all  my  other  lands,  tenements, 
and  hereditaments^  not  before  b^  xba,  ^<eBk*v&.'<^cS»^^s^ 


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[3'«  S.  V.  Jan.  y,  o*. 


Testamente  and  presente  laate  Will,  to  my  said  Wiflfe 
Anne  Traverse  during  her  naturall  liffe;  and  after  her 
decease,  lo  my  saide  three  Sones,  Walter,  John,  and 
Hamfrey,  eqaallle  amongestc  them,  or  so  many  of  theme 
as  shal  be  then  liylngo,  and  to  theires  of  theire  bodies 
lawefullie  begotten  and  to  be  begotten :  and,  for  defalte 
of  such  Issue,  to  Anne  Travers  my  daughter,  and  to 
theires  off  her  bodie  Jawefullie  begotten  and  to  be  be* 
gotten ;  and  for  defalte  of  such  Issue,  to  the  righte  heirs 
of  me  the  saide  Walter  Travers  for  ever.  And  I  will 
that' my  saide  daughter  Anne  peaceablie  permjrtt  and 
suffer  my  saide  thre  sones  to  have  and  enjoye  the  saide 
lapdes  to  them  bequithed,  which  I  boughto  of  Robert 
Wynscll;  notwithstanding  anie  bondes,  or  assurance 
thearof,  heartofore  by  me  to  the  saide  Annc^  or  to  her 
use,  made.  And  fur  the  disposinge  of  my  goods  and 
chatteUs  that  God  hathe  given  me,  I  will  that  my  debts 
be  paide  and  my  funeralLs  discharged,  of  the  whole :  and 
the  rescdewe  of  all  my  goods  and  chattells,  gold,  silver, 
plate,  and  howeshoulde  stuff,  moveable  and  un  move- 
able (my  debts  paide  and  funralls.  discharged),  I  give  to 
Anne  my  Wiffe,  and  to  Anne  Travers  my  daughter, 
equaUie  betwixte  theme.  And  I  do  make  and  ordeine 
the  saide  Anne  my  Wiffe,  and  my  saide  daughter  my  full 
Executrices  of  this  my  Testament  and  laste  Will ;  and  I 
make  my  wellbeloved  Sones,  Walter  and  John  Travers, 
Supvisors  of  the  same,  to  sc  the  same  justlie  and  trewlie 
executed,'  done,  and  performed :  thois  beinge  Witnesses — 
Lawrence  Brodbent,  Esquire ;  the  Queen es  Highnes  Re- 
ceiver within  the  Counties  of  Xottinghm  and  Derbic — 
Thomas  Atkinson  —  Symon  Willson — Richard  Ogle— 
Arthure  Francis — John  Warde,  and  others.'* 

"This  will  was  proved  in  the  Exchequer  Court 
of  York,  18th  January,  1576,  by  the  Oaths  of  Ann 
Travers  (Widow,  the  Relict),  and  Anne  Trovers 
(the daughter), the  ("o-Executrixes  therein  named; 
to  whom  probate  was  granted,  they  having  been 
lirst  sworn  duly  to  administer." 

Two  of  the  three  sons  herein-nanipd,  Walter 
and  Humphry,  entered  at  (^nmhridgts,  where 
Humphry  became  Fellow  of  C.C.  Coll.,  and  after- 
wards married,  but  left  no  issue  male.  Of  Walter, 
the  future  I-recturer  at  the  Temple,  and  opponent 
of  Hooker,  I  leave  the  Messrs.  Cooper  to  give 
an  account,  in  their  valuable  Athence  Cantabi'idg' 
tenses, 

John  Travers,  Fecond  son,  took  his  degree  at 
Oxford  in  1570,  and  was  afterwards  presented  to 
the  Rocti>ry  of  Faringdon,  Devon,  which  he  held 
until  his  death  in  1(520,  He  married,  on  July  25,  i 
1580,  Alice,  daughter  of  John  Hooker  of  Exeter, 
and  sister  to  Richard  Hooker,  Master  of  the 
Temple.  This  fact  explains  a  sentence  in  Walter 
Travers's  Supplication  to  the  Lords  of  the  Council 
(Hooker's  Worksj  iii.  557),  where,  speaking  of 
Hooker,  he  saya : — 

**  Hoping  to  live  in  aU  godly  peace  and  comfort  with 
him,  both  for  the  acquaintance  and  good  will  which  hath 
lieeu  lietween  ua,  and  for  some  bond  of  affinity  in  the 
marriage  of  his  nearest  kindred  and  mine.'* 


The  issue  of  this  marriage  was  four  sons — 
Elias,  Samuel,  John,  and  Walter — who  all  were 
educated  at  Cambridge,  and  entered  the  chtirch. 
Ellas  Travers  died  rector  of  Thurcaston,  Leices- 
tershire, in  1641 ;  Samuel  was  ejected  from  his 
vicarage  of  Thorverton,  Devon,  in  1646,  and 
died  soon  after;  John  was  presented  to  the 
vicarage  of  Brixhom,  Devon,  in  1617 ;  "was 
ejected  therefrom  in  1646,  and  died  curate  of  St. 
Helen's,  Isle  of  Wight,  in  1659 ;  and  Walter 
became  Chaplain  to  King  Charles  I.,  was  pre- 
sented in  succession  to  the  Rectory  of  Steeple 
Ashton,  Wilts;  the  Vicarage  of  Wellington, 
Somerset;  and  dying.  Rector  of  Pitminster, 
April  7th,  1646,  was  buried  in  Exeter  Cathedral 
Ot  these  four  brothers,  John  and  Walter  only 
married ;  one  of  the  sons  of  Walter  being  Thomas 
Travers  of  Magdalen  Coll.  Camb.,  M.A.  in  1644, 
who  .became  Lecturer  at  St.  Andrew's,  Plymouth, 
and  Rector  of  St  Columb  Major,  from  which 
living  he  was  ejected  by  the  Bartholomew  Act,  in 
1662. 

Perhaps  some  Nottinghamshire  antiquary  can 
assist  me  in  hunting  up  the  origin  of  the  old  gold- 
smyth  of  "  Brydelsmyth  Gate,*'  from  whom  de- 
scended so  many  distinguished  men  ?  or  can,  at 
least,  point  to  some  class  of  records  likely  to  bear 
fruit  P  If  so,  he  would  confer  a  great  favour  on 
me,  by  adopting  a  like  method  of  imparting  his 
information.  H.  J^  S. 

Oxford.  

JUSTICE  ALLAN  PARK. 

Some  thirty  or  fortv  years  ago,  this  learned 
judge  was  travelling  the' Northern  Circuit  with 
one  of  his  brother  Judges  of  Afisize,  and  it  hap- 
pened that  the  business  at  an  assize  town  was  not 
got  through  till  late  on  a  Saturday.   It  was  abso- 
lutely necessary  to  open  the  Commission  on  the 
following  Monday  at  the  next  assize  town,  which 
was  at  a  great  distance  in  those  days  of  travelling, 
and  either  for  that  reason*,  or  because  of  the  heavy 
business  to  be  disposed  of  there,  Justice  Park 
propsed  to  his  brother  judge  to  set  off  late  on 
the  Saturday,  and  to  get  as  far  as  they  could  that 
night,  so  that  they  might  avoid  the  necessity  of 
journeying  any  part  of  the  way  on  the  Sabbath. 
Ilis  brother  judge,  who  was  not  so  scrupulous  on 
that  point,  protested  against  the  proposal,  and  the 
result  was  a  compromise,  the  terms  of  which  were, 
that  they  should  start  at  a  very  early  hour  on  the 
Sunday  morning,  and  attend   divine  service  at 
whatever  church  they  might  reach  in  time  for  the 
morning  service.    It  thus  happened  that  between 
ten  and  eleven  o'clock  the  steeple  of  a  small  parish 
church  within  a  ^ort  distance  from  the  high  road 
was  sighted,  and  the  postboys  were  ordered  to 
make  for  it.    Thus  the  inhabitants  of  si  quiet 
country  village  in  the  Wolds  were  thrown  into  a 


8r*  S.  V.  Jan.  9,  '64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


29 


state  of  "  intense  excitement "  by  the  announce- 
ment that  **  niy  Lords  the  Judges  "  were  coming 
to  church.  The  rector  select^  a  sermon,  on 
which  he  rather  prided  himself;  the  churchward- 
ens dusted  out  the  squire's  pew,  where  their 
lordships  might  be  the  observed  of  all  observers, 
and  the  rector's  wife  and  daughters  selected  their 
best  bonnets  in  honour  of  an  event,  the  like  of 
which  had  certainly  never  occurred  before  within 
the  memory  of  the  very  "  oldest  inhabi^nf  The 
Judges  were  ushered  into  church  witn  as  much 
state  as  could  be  mustered  by  the  parish  autho- 
rities for  the  occasion,  and  all  went  perfectly  well 
and  in  order  till  the  termination  of  Morning 
Prayer,  when  the  psalm  was  to  be  given  out.  In 
those  days,  the  selection  of  the  psalms  was  con- 
fided to  the  uncontrolled  discretion  of  the  parish 
clerk,  who,  when  the  tidings  of  the  arrival  of  the 
au^st  personages  reached  his  ears,  had  become 
quite  as  much  alive  to  the  importance  of  the  proper 
performance  of  his  duties  upon  the  occasion  as 
the  rector  and  churchwardens  were.  His  guide 
in  the  selection  of  psalms  upon  special  occasions 
had  been  the  Table  of  Psalms  set  out  at  the  end 
of  Tate  and  Brady's  Version,  giving  alphabeti- 
cally the  ;lirst  words  of  each  psalm.  On  coming 
to  the  letter  S,  he  found,  "  Speak,  O  ye  Judges," 
and  concluding  that  the  psalm,  of  which  these 
were  the  opening  words,  must  be  an  appropriate 
one,  he  gave  them  out,  and  invited  the  congrega- 
tion to  join  in  singing  the  68th  Psalm,  which  they 
proceeded  to  do  most  heartily,  being  struck  by 
the  appositeness  of  the  introductory  words,  and 
thus  they  sang  at  the  two  learned  judges: — 
**  Speak,  O  ye  Judges  of  the  Earth, 

If  just  your  sentence  be? 
Or  must  not  innocence  appeal 

To  Heav*n  from  your  decree  ? 
"  Your  wicked  hearts  and  judgments  are 

Alike  by  malice  swayed ; 
Your  griping  hands,  bv  weighty  bribes, 
"*  To  violence  betrayed.*' 

And  so  forth ;  with  all  the  other  denunciations  of 
the  Psalmist  upon  the  imjust  Judges  of  Israel 

This  is  my  Note  of  the  circumstances;  my 
Query  is.  What  was  the  name  of  the  parish  where 
they  occurred ;  who  was  the  rector,  and  who  was 
the  brother  Judge  ?  who,  by  the  way,  was  atter- 
wards  heard  to  declare  publicly  that  nothing  should 
ever  induce  him  to  go  to  church  again  with  brother 
Park.  Dorset. 

JAMES  KIRKWOOD. 
* 
Under  this  name,  in  the  Bihliotheca  Britanm'ca, 
Watt  has  rolled  two  persons  into  one,  beginning 
with  James  Kirkwooa,  the  Scottish  grammarian, 
going  off  to  James  Kirkwood,  the  minister  of 
Astwick,  Bedfordshire,  and  again  returning  to  the 
mt,  all  under  the  same  heading.    Misled  by  this 


authority,  I  have  only  recently,  on  becoming  pos- 
sessed of  the  several  works  of  these  Ki'rkwoods, 
discovered  the  confusion ;  and  as  neither  (although 
both  are  of  sufficient  mark)  appear  in  the  new 
edition  of  L<ncnde8t  I  venture  a  few  jottings  by 
way  of  supplviag  the  deficiency  in  "  N.  &  Q.'* 

James  KirKwood,  the  schoolmaster,  was  a  very 
notable  character.  We  first  hear  of  him  in  1675, 
when  he  obtained  charge  of  the  school  at  Linlith- 
gow j  leaning  to  episcopacy  when  the  Presbyte- 
rians were  resolved  to  extinguish  it  root  and 
branch  from  Scotland,  Kirkwood  soon  got  into 
trouble  with  his  superiors;  and  the  struggle  to 
maintain  office  on  tne  one  hand,  and  to  oust  the 
schoolmaster  on  the  other,  which  followed,  must 
have  made  it  a  cause  cilehre  in  that  quiet  burgh. 
The  clever  pedagogue,  however,  could  not  hold 
his  fpround  against  the  local  magnates,  and  the  Do- 
minie was  deposed. 

The  litigation  which  arose  out  of  these  squab- 
bles is  recorded  in  A  Short  Information  of  the 
Plea  betwixt  the  Toicn  Couticil  of  Linlithgow  and 
Mr.  James  Kirkwood,  Schoolmaster  there,  whereof 
a  more  full  Account  may  perhaps  come  out  here^ 
after,  a  quarto  tract  of  twenty  pages.  Kirkwood 
here  intimates  that  he  has  a  heavier  rod  in  pickle 
for  his  persecutors,  and,  being  of  a  ^aggisn  and 
satirical  disposition,  he  carried  his  threat  mto  exe- 
cution. Among  other  charges  brought  against 
him  was,  that  he  was  '^  a  reviler  of  the  Gods  of 
the  people."  "  By  Gods,"  says  Kirkwood,  "  they 
mean  the  twenty-seven  Members  of  the  Town 
Council,  the  Provost  four  Baillies,  Dean  of  Guild, 
Treasurer,  twelve  Councillors,  eight  Deacons; 
so  that  the  Websters,  Sutors,  and  Tailors  are 
Gods  in  Linlithgow." 

Tickled  with  this  notion,  aod  being  bent  upon 
ridiculing  the  magistrates,  he  crowned  his  con- 
tempt for  the  burghal  authorities  by  publishing, 
in  a  small  quarto,  pp.  79 — 

"The  Historj'  of  the  Twenty-seven  Gods  of  Unlith- 

fow ;  Being  an  Exact  and  True  Account  of  a  Famous 
lea  betwixt  the  Town  Council  of  the  said  Burgh  and 
Mr.  Kirkwood,  Schoolmaster  there.  Seria  Mij^ta  Jocis." 
Edin.  1711, 

which  contains  many  curious  particulars  regard- 
ing the  social  and  religious  state  of  afiairs  during 
the  contention  for  supremacy  between  the  Pres- 
byterian and  Prelatic  parties. 

Our  schoolmaster,  it  might  be  supposed,  steered 
a  safer  course  in  his  next  appointment  at  Kelso. 
But,  no  :  the  same  cantankerous  humour  brought 
about  a  collision  there,  and  we  next  have  Mr. 
^irkwood's  Flea  before  the  Kirk,  and  Civil  Judi- 
catores  of  Scotland.  London :  D.  E.  for  the  Au- 
thor, 1698.  Another  quarto  of  about  160  closely 
printed  pages,  containing  the  story  of  his  subse- 
quent wranelings  with  the  Kirk  Session  and 
Presbytery  there,  in  all  its  minuteness.  Beyond 
what  can  be  gleamed  from.  h^&  t^^^  -^^s^&O^^^ss^ 


30 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[S^**  8*  V.  Jah.  9,  • 


but  Utile  recorded  of  thit  remarkable  character. 
In  PtfDney'8  HiAtinnf  of  Linlithgowsfiirey  and  In 
Choluier's  Life  of  Httd^iman^  he  is  gpokeo  of  as  the 
first  grammarian  of  hk  day*  lie  frequeotly  him- 
aelf  alludes  to  the  high  repute  in  which  he  was 
held  in  thifi  respect  by  his  learned  oontemporariea, 
but  I  question  if  he  is  to  be  found  in  any  of  our 
blographiea,  or  his  name  oven  to  be  traced  in  the 
British  Museum  Catalogue. 

In  addition  U)  that  I  have  mention ed,  I  posseas 
his  Prima  Pars  GrammatiaB  in  Metrum  redacta  : 
Attfhort  Jacvho  Kirkwoodo^  12mOf  Edin.  1075. 
With  the  Privy  Council's  Privilege  for  nineteen 
year^ ;  the  Second  and  Third  Parta.  Editio  S&- 
cunda^  1*170 ;  and  Ail  the  Edamples^  both  Words 
otid  Smtetices  of  the  First  Part  of  Grammar^  trans- 
lated inio  Enj/liih  btj  I,  K.  107(j.  Containtid  in  one 
Tolmne. 

As  with  Watt,  my  first  impression  on  becoming 
acquainted  with  the  namea  of  these  Kirkwoods 
was,  that  the  grammarian  and  the  minister  at 
Aatwick  were  identical,  and  that  Jamee  Kirkwood 
waa  one  of  the  rabbled  curatea  for  whom  the 
government  had  to  provide  for  in  the  south  j  but 
a  very  slight  examination  fihowed  this  to  be  a  mlt»- 
take ;  and  we  lind  that,  while  the  pugnacious 
fichoolmaater  was  fighting  his  battles  with  the 
Gods  of  Linlithgow  and  Kelso,  the  minister  of 
Aatwick  was  engaged  in  England  with  his  pasto- 
ral duties,  and  in  connection  with  the  lion.  Rob. 
Boyle,  labouring  to  supply  the  Irish  with  a  Verna- 
cular verMon  of  the  Scriptures,  The  minister  was, 
however,  alao  a  Scot.  lie  figures  in  Charters 
Catnht;ue  of  Scottvth  Writers  as  **  James  Oirdwo<l, 
Minister  of  Minto^  outed  tor  refusing  the  Te*t." 
The  only  worit  of  hia  which  I  have  is,  A  ^'ew 
Family  Book:  ar,  the  true  Interest  of  FamUifn^ 
being  Directiona  to  Ponmta  and  Children,  &c 
With  a  Preface  by  Dr*  Homeck,  2nd  «dit  12mo, 
London,  1003.  \  fniinti^piece  by  Vander  Gutch 
in  two  compartments — the  happy  and  the  un- 
happy family ;  the  latter  a  grotesque  representa- 
tion of  th^  wicked  parents,  with  a  hopeful  lot  of 
Beven  children  all  in  a  state  of  inebriety,  with  the 
iiaual  accompaniment  of  the  religious  chap-book 
— the  monster  in  the  corner  of  the  picture  vomiting 
fiames,  indicating  a  family  on  the  road  to  Tophot, 

Perhaps  some  other  correspondent  may  be  able 
to  tell  us  what  became  of  the  restless  gramma- 
tian  \  and,  if  any,  what  was  the  relationship  be- 
twom  these  two  Kirkwooda.  J.  0. 


OF  WIT. 

Many  of  onr  old  Enpli'-I'  arnH*  have,  in  papuing 
from  one  ag«  to  aooth  U  either  wholly 

or  in  a  gnat  me«aim,  i  >  ..  ^  ual  slgniticatioti. 

The  elder  I**I«r»u?U  haa  iUuatrat«Kl  this  in  a  very 
ploasijig  way  in  quo  of  his  istitartaiaiag  worka. 


The  word  Wit  has,  however,  been  overlookedJ 
and  I  have  something  to  any,  not  in  example,  bal 
in  iiluatratton  of  it. 

"  Tell  me,  0  tell,"  says  Cowley,  "  what  hind  < 
thing  is  wU  f  "  a  question  I  admit  the  prr»p  i   * 
his  asking,  for  be  defines  it  but  by  negat  i 
negatives   alone.     Every  one  concedes  to  l.uticfJ 
the  name  of  a  wit,  and  that  Iludibras  abounds  * 
itit  of  the  finest  quality.   But  this  is  in  ita  prefeat^ 
sense.     W^at  was  wit  m  one  a^e  became  bombast 
or  affectation  in  another :  and  he  who  was  styled  a 
wil  in  the  age  of  Elizabeth  is  styled  a  poet  now, 

*'  Nothing,*'  says  Addison,  '*  ia  so  much  admired 
and  ao  littl^  understood  as  tmif."     ..."  Wit/^* 
says  Locke,  *'  lies  in  the  assemblage  of  ideas,  andl 
putting  those  together  with  quickness  and  varietyiJ 
wherein  can  be  found  any  resemblance  or  con -I 
gruity,  thereby  to  make  up  pleasant  picture* 
agreeable  visions  in  the  fancy.''     Addison  sho^ 
that  any  resemblance  cannot  be  called  wit :  "  thua,' 
when  a  poet  tells  us  the  bosom  of  his  mistress  ia 
as  white  as  snow,  there  is  no  wit  in  the  compari- 
son ;  but  when  he  adds,  with  a  sigh,  that  it  is  aa 
cold  too,  it  then  grows  into  wit.**     *     .     .     *•  True  j 
wit,"  says  the  same  great  writer,  "  consists  in  the 
reaemblance  and  congruity  of  ideaa,  and  fal^^e  wit 
in  the  reaemblance  of  words.     Mixed  wit,  whic' 
we  find  in  Cowley,  partakes  of  the  character  ol| 
both,  a  composition  of  pure  and  true  wit/' 

I  select  a  few  instances  of  the  use  of  the  wor 
wit  from  the  works  of  Bryden  : — 

•*Tru©  wit  i»  sluirpneiw  of  conceit,  the  lowest  and 
most  grovcUiog  kiu*l  of  wit — ctencbea,   ,    .    .   There  arcl 
mjiny  witty  men,  but  few  poets,    .     .    ,     Sftflk*po«r(p'!ia 
c  i  ^^enerlLtisd  into  cJeodiea;  h\^ 

i  ,     .    .    ,    No  mjiii  <  mi  <Msy 

hi  ijcct  for  hiii  wit»  And  that  1^ 

«  .  .  One  cannot  aay  Ilea  Juuson  wAntCMl  wti,  i)ut  ri»th«^r  J 
that  he  waa  frugal  of  It,  .  .  .  Wit,  iud  lAJ^gua^^^  mid  I 
humour,  wo  had  bdbreJonsMti'imiays.  ,  .  ,  lrlwi>uldl 
coiiifMire  JonsonwithShukspe«re  I  iiiuat&cknowli'^l^.'  him  J 
the  mure  corrci^t  iKR^t,  but  Shakjpc«r(?  the  »?r^ :u(- 1  wit. 
«  .  ,  ShakKitCiire,  who  many  times  has  writ 
than  any  poet  in  our  Iringuage,  is  far  from  w 
ftlwftvs,  or  expreBBiitg  tli&t  wit  scoordiug  to  Lbi:  lii^iiikv 
tho  subject.  .  .  .  Dormewas  the  greatest  witi  " 
fiut  Lhts  matcat  poet,  uf  our  nation.  .  .  .  i 
Satirtv  abound  m  wit.  I  may  safi^ly  say  this  of  th«^  [ 
aent  s^e.  that  if  we  are  not  ao  gn^at  witj  as  L^onnc,  yet  ] 

err'  ■  ■■»'    " -     1..r*..^  (rtjett.      .     .      .      Ttf  "     '^tianl 

It  hi  lie,  wit,  which  1  !  14*1  I 

tv  '!!,        .        .        ,        r\V  ■    TTlt    ' 

fuUv,  by  iTiii 

ofthou^^'btfe  u  .  .    ,     i .  .^...  , -i  >", 

word*  elegiuiiiy  ntlapted  to  th«^  aubjtK:L" 

Twice  has  I)r)*den    ^'Vw^usA   }n-  .1*.rir,iii.»f(  of-^ 
description  of  wit  J  *'  n>» 

**i»o  properly  a  deflcrii^  ^     _      rit*l 

in^  ill  general.  If  Drvdnn'e  bo  a  trut*  d^^nnitiou  1 
of  wit,  I  am  apt  to  tfiink,*'  Addison  adds,  **  that  I 
Kuclid  is  tho  greatest  wit  that  ever  set  pea  to  I 
paper/* 


a-*  a  V.  Jaw.  9,  •64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


3V 


Wit,  in  its  original  signification^  Johnson  tells 
us,  ^  denoted  the  powers  of  the  mind — the  mental 
faculties — the  intellects."  The  meaning  has  been 
greatly  extended ;  it  has  been  used  for  imagin- 
ation, and  for  quickness  of  fancy  or  genius.  A 
wit,  too,  has  been  called  a  poet^  and  a  poet  desig- 
nated a  wit 

Ben  Jonson  uses  the  word  toit  for  verse ;  he  who 
possessed  wit  possessed  the  faculty  of  song.  Shak- 
speare,  Fletcher,  and  Jonson  formed,  says  Sir 
John  Denham,  a  triumvirate  of  wit  What  is 
translated  poe^,  says  the  same  writer,  but  trans- 
planted wit  Cleyefand,  wishing  to  express  the 
rank  of  Jonson  among  the  poets  of  his  age,  says, 
he 

^  Stood  out  illostrions  in  an  age  of  wit," 

Pope,  alluding  to  the  little  patronage  which 
poets  meet  with,  speaks  of 

**  The  esUte  which  wiu  inherit  after  death." 

The  mob  of  gentlemen  that  twinkled  in  the 
poeticad  miscellanies  of  the  days  of  the  Charleses 
are  called  by  Pope  the  '*  wits"  of  their  age. 

*<  But  for  the  wiU  of  either  Charles's  days, 
Th^mob  of  gentlemen  who  wrote  wiUi  ease.** 

It  is  not  poetry y  says  Butler,  that  makes  men 
poor,  for  men  have  taken  to  wit  only  to  avoid  be- 
ing idle. 

'*  It  is  not  poetry  that  makes  men  poor ; 
For  few  do  write  that  were  not  so  before  : 
And  those  that  have  writ  l^t,  had  they  been  rich, 
Had  ne'er  been  clapp'd  with  a  poetic  itch ; 
Had  lov'd  their  ease  too  well  to  take  the  pains 
To  undergo  that  drudgery  of  brains ; 
But  being  for  all  other  trades  unfit. 
Only  to  avoid  being  idle  set  up— «««.*' 
Davenant  has  a  great  Nursery  of  Nature  in  his 
Gondibert,  and  foremost  in  this  delightful  dwelling 
has  a  band  of  pleasant  poets: — 
^  And  he  Who  seemed  to  lead  this  ravish'd  race. 

Was  Heav*n's  lov'd  Laureate  that  in  Jewry  writ ; 
Whose  harp  approach'd  God's  ear,  though  none  his  face 

Durst  see,  and  first  made  inspiration  witJ'* 
That  King  David  was  a  wit,  and  wrote  wit, 
sounds  .in  an  ear  of  the  nineteenth  century  as  a 
sad  misapplication  of  terms.  Yet  in  Davenant 
the  word,  m  its  old  signification,  is  very  appropri- 
ate, and  very  poetical. 

Such  have  been  the  changes  in  the  meaning  of 
the  word  wit,  Shakspeare  was  a  wit  in  his  age, 
but  Wordsworth  would  have  deemed  it  no  com- 
pliment to  be  called  a  wit  in  ours.  Johnson's  de- 
finition of  wit  is  admirable : — *^  That  which  though 
not  obvious,  is,  upon  its  first  production,  acknow- 
ledged to  be  just,  that  which  he  that  never  found 
wonders  how  he  missed.'^  *  This  is  near  the  mark, 
but  perhaps  this  is  nearer :— "  Wit/'  says  Corby n 
*  Morris,t  **  is  the  lustre  resulting  from  the  quick 


t 


LifiofCowfe 


fVowigi. 

won  mt, 


JTtMHmr,  and  Jtail/ery,  8vo,  1744. 


elucidation  of  one  subject,  by  a  just  and  unex- 
pected arrangement  of  it  with  another  subject" 

Further  illustrations  of  the  earli/  use  of  the 
word  '^  wit "  might  worthily  find  a  place  in  the 
columns  of  "  N.  &  Q."  Shakspeare's  daughter, 
''good  Mrs.  Hall,"  was  (her  epitaph  tells  us) 
*'  witty  above  her  sexe." 

Peter  CvmasQiLAM. 


DR.  ROBERT  WAUCHOP. 

A  few  months  since  an  able,  affecting,  and  most  * 
interesting  appeal,  in  behalf  of  the  Catholic  Blind 
Institution,  Glasnevin,  in  the  immediate  vicinity 
of  this  city,  appeared  in  the  Freenum^s  Journal^ 
from  the  pen  of  its  present  guardian.  Brother 
Jerome  Moroney.  After  enumerating  several  in- 
stances of  the  high  intellectual  attainments  of 
which  this  afflicted  class  are  capable,  such  as  that 
of  Didymus  of  Alexandria,  who  had  among  his 
pupils  the  illustrious  St.  Jerome  and  Palladius; 
biodatus,  the  preceptor  of  Cicero ;  Scupi  Neria, 
who  held  a  professorship  in  Bologna,  wrote  poetry 
in  Latin  and  Italian,  and  was  one  of  the  most 
accomplished  scholars  of  his  day ;  Salinos,  who, 
although  blind  from  his  infancy,  was  yet  elected 
Professor  of  Music  in  the  University  of  Sala- 
manca about  the  year  1713;  the  writer  of  this 
brief  memoir  —  and  to  this  I  wish  particularly  to 
direct  the  attention  of  your  readers — mentions 
that  in  the  year  1642  Dr.  Wauchop,  although 
blind  from  infancy,  attained,  as  a  divine  and  a 
scholar,  such  distinguished  eminence,  that  he 
readily  obtained  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity 
in  the  University  of  Paris ;  attended  on  the  part  of 
Julius  III.  at  the  Council  of  Trent,  ^d  was  sub- 
sequently appointed  by  Paul  III.  to  the  see  of 
Armagh.  Now,  being  under  the  impression  that 
blindness,  as  well  as  any  prominent  physical  de- 
fect, constituted  what  is  termed  a  canonical  im- 
pediment, incapacitating  the  parties  for  the 
reception  of  Holy  Orders,  I  was,  I  confess,  some- 
what sceptical  as  to  the  accuracy  of  Brother 
Jerome's  statement,  more  particularly  as  I  could 
find  no  reference  whatever  to  Dr.  Wauchop  in  the 
profound  and  learned  work  of  Dr.  Lanigan,  or 
such  writers  on  Irish  subjects  as  I  happened  to 
have  at  hand.  At  length,  however,  this  worthy 
monk  referred  me  to  Dr.  Renehan*s  Collections  on 
Irish  Church  Historyy  from  which  I  make  the 
following  extract : — 

**  Robert  Wauchop  (alias  Venantius)  was  appointed  to 
the  see  of  Armagh  by  Paul  III.  when  informed  of  the 
death  of  Dr.  Cremer  in  1542.  Wauchop  was  by  birth  a 
Scotchman,  and  although  blind  from  childhood  yet  such 
were  the  natur.il  powers  of  his  mind,  and  such  his  perse- 
vering industry,  that  he  distinguished  himself  highly 
during  his  collegiate  studies,  and  easily  obtained'  the 
degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity  from  that  learned  faculty. 
Pope  Paul  III.  had  confirmed  the  Order  of  tK«.  <I«ft?a2«&^ 
and  selected  Wauchop  vbl  VVkV  \ft  Nssx^^jft^xiRs.  >ia*s-  ^^*»«^ 


&r 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES- 


[8^*  S.  V.  Jaik,  fi,  *64« 


into  [rclaiid.    In  coiv  '  i  iit 

to  this  eounln.',  and  ^^ 

vvbom  wa»  Puschusiu/,  .  . ...,- ..  .^..t '    -  -  —  .,,...i.i,cd 

AlphoHAas  SAlmeron,  whoatterwurtb  attended  tiie  Coatidl 
of  Trent.  Waochop  was  nhortly  aftf^rword*  appointed 
to  the  aep  of  ArningUt  bat  it  would  appear  he  never  took 
po&Msisiim  of  bb  ievt^  which  w&a  alre^idy  takim  possesRioti 
of  by  Dr.  DuwdAl  bjr  the  np[>oiutmeut  of  Hcorr  VllI, 
Ub  le«miug,  piety,  and  prudence  recomtncuded  him  to 
th«  confidence,  and  secured  him  the  esteem  of  Pnal  III., 
ftnd  40  blghlv  did  thftt  di^rifninatln^  pontiflT,  a^  also  hia 
eucc«»or  Juiiur4  IlL,  appreciate  his  iaaUi  for  bu^iness^  that 
bti  aent  him  as  th^ir  LepHnte  k  latere  to  the  Emperor  of 
(tennany  and  to  iJie  Cburt  of  France,  which  j?ave  oeca* 
sioii  to  the  fraying  •  Lcgatua  aa^cm  oculatia  tiermania.* 
Ill*  aIao  attended  on  the  part  of  the  pontiS^at  the  Coaninl 
of  Trent  during  t ho  first  ton  session!*  from  1545  to  1547. 
After  the  death  of  Piuil  111^  his  pAtron,  and  the  oon«e- 
qufnt  prnrt^atioo  of  the  (Council,  he  started  for  Ireland, 
and  subsequently  retired  to  Francis  where  he  died  in  & 
convfsot  of  iii«  JeAuita  at  Tatu,  oq  th«i  ICItk  of  November 

Now  with  reference  to  Ih.  Dowdall,  aboye 
alluded  iOf  a  few  brief  particulars  may,  evi  passant^ 
brovts  intere^Jtinj^^.  Un  the  lOih  of  Marcb,  1543, 
died  Georg^e  Cromer,  Arclibishop  of  Ajmagh  ;  aod 
ou  November  28,  a  maadale  was  issued  by  Henry 
VIII*  for  the  coiuecratioti  of  George  Dowdall. 
He  was  consecrattid  hr  Dr.  Staples,  asabted  by 
other  biahop9 ;  but,  unlike  hia  BufTragaD^  neither 
tbe  trowns  nor  careases  of  the  world,  could  tujrn 
him  frttm  the  path  of  rectitude  and  duty,  as  the 
following  circumdtaoce  will  aatiafactorily  prove* 
The  English  liturgy  was  read  for  the  fir^ 
time  it!  the  cathedral  of  Chrisl'a  Church,  Dublin, 
on  Easter  Simday,  1551 ;  and  in  the  same  year, 
Sir  James  Crofts,  the  Lord  Deputy,  invit<:d  the 
bishops  of  the  Catholic  Churcn  and  of  the  Ri^ 
formntioii  Ic^aTe  a  di»cuti«jioti  ou  religion «  The 
prelates  aasembled  in  th^  great  hall  of  St.  Mary's 
Abbey,  Dublin :  the  subject  of  debate  being  the 
Sacrilioe  of  the  AEiiAS.  The  piimate.  Dr.  Dowdall, 
defended  the  Catholic  docirines.  His  antagonist, 
on  the  Protestant  side,  being  no  other  than  his 
consecrator  Edward  Staples,  once  Catholic  bishop 
uf  Meath/  Whatever  may  have  been  the  rela- 
tive learning  or  abilities  displayed  by  the  dis- 
putsuts,  there  was  no  duubt  on  whict  side  lay  the 
prospect  of  worldly  promotion.  The  result  of  tbe 
disctission  being,  says  Ware,  that  it  gave  to  the 
King  and  Council  an  opportunity  to  deprive  Dow* 
dall  for  his  obstinacy  of  the  title  of  Frimate  of 
ftU  Irelatid,  and  of  imuexing  it  to  the  see  of 
Dublin  fur  «ver.  Accordingly^  Brown  obtained 
Lett«*rs  Pntt^nt  from  King  Edward  VI.,  dat^^d 
October  20,  IfMl^thathn  and  hih successors  should 
be  Primates  of  all  IrvLmd.  Dowdall,  awitre  of 
the  tone  and  t«jmpf  r  of  die  parties  he  had  to  deal 
ifHth,  fled  to  the  Continent  and  took  refuge  in  the 
mODiirterj  of  Centre  Brabant.     Edward  VI.  died 

*  Sao Wsro'a BUhopt^  p.  351 ;  Moraa'a  Dhcut  o/Mwth, 
^ficsaitt  tutti  JlCodcTvi* 


in  July,  1553,  and  was  succeeded  by  Mary,  dauglt 
ter  of  Catherine  of  Arragon.     Soon  after  her  ac- 
cession, Archbishop  DowdaU  was  recfllled    froi 
exile,  and  the  title  of  Primate  of  all  Ireland  wi 
by  Letttjrs  Patent   restored  to   him.     To  reft 
abtiaea  which  crept  in  during  the  last  two  reigtif, 
and  to  remove  false  brethren  from  the  saoctuaryi 
were  the  especial  objects  of  his  care. 

Dowdall  having  now  obtained  considerable  in 
duence  in  the  goveniment  of  the  coimtry,  lived 
see  those  principles  triumph  for  which  he  j*uliere< 
He  saw  the  seeds  of  true  faith  and  Christian  piet  jj 
planted  by  his  episcopal  labours,  growing  up  ini 
a  rich  and  abundant  harvest,  and  Provideoi 
spared  him  the  mortification  of  seeing  the  croj 
destroyed  by  the  political  elements  that  shortl; 
after  hift  death  checked  their  growth  and  threal 
eued  their  entire  ruin.  Having  held  a  synod 
bis  diocese  at  Drogheda  in  loo 7,  he  died  In  thi 
year  1558  in  England,  on  the  Yeast  of  the  At-^ 
sumption,  just  three  months  before  the  acoessioQ 
of  Elizabeth  to  the  English  throne.  I  ide  RetK 
han*s  Collections  cm  IrUh  Church  Hidory. 

To  return,  however,  to  the  special  object  of  thi 
brief  communication,  I  must  not  for^t^ 
Ware,  that  during  the  life  of  George  Do^ 
who  waa  in  possesion  of  the  see  of  Armagh  (by 
donation  from  lung  Henry  VIIL),  Pope  Paul  111. 
conferred  that  archbishopric  ou  Robert  W^auchop, 
a  Scot,  who,  although  biind  from  his  youth,  yot 
anplied  hi qi self  with  that  diligence  to  leamingj 
ihttt  he  couime-uced  Doctor  in  Divinity  in  Paxia 
He  a^ist^d  at  the  Council  of  Trent  from  the  Isl 
ScAsion  held  in  1545,  to  the  eleventh  in  4547.  11^ 
was  seut  by  the  Pope  as  legate  d  laiert  into  Ger- 
many from  whence  arose  the  proverb,  LtgtUm$ 
c^cus  ad  octdatos  Gennanos — a  blind  It'gate  to 
the  sharp- sigh  ted  Germans.  By  bis  means  thaj 
Jesuits  were  iirst  introduced  into  Ireland.  It 
died  in  a  convent  of  Jesuits  at  Pari  a,  Not.  10, 
1551.  De  Burgo,  iu  his  Milfemia  Dominicana^ 
statics  that : — 

*♦  I'ator  NicolAUB  OrUndiniii  e  Socletate  Jatu  V 
pro<ltditi  hue  lemfH'sliite  f1i>ruij^»«  Kobertum  H 
virum  insiii^em  ct  super  alias  fuli;euti3>!jima.s  . 
?i  "U;rnuin,  quod  quaravw  a  pu  ■ 

<  \  tiiuu.'n  miuuii  cluro  mentis 

J.M  -,.  V .  .  rr.in  ire,  laborantirjij*  -■  ■  « 

ril,  Atqua  Has  lioijatu  noumill 
prtifff'ttfs    A-    B.    I;:nalii    I'nt . 

«•  ;-di.J 

J^roi'tMi'itdn  /jTirrtfrw,  I'arknitjf  in  ('(invtnla  Pu 
10  Nov.  diiMii  t.tltii"<'if  rn  vrrha  tdTilidrrn  fsT' 
lloniit}«,  fti  1'  Hiu 

ffciuo;  fio  )  la> 

burioBbdmifj  =    ..   ,  ^  ^;vinci| 

tuo  concpectu  vi  »ter«a'  quui 

O'Sullivan,   in   his    Cai  r/ry^  confirm* 

the  iiiy^cedLiig  statement  (torn.  li.  lib.  3^,  aaatuing 
tts  that  he  olo«ed  hij  career  in  a  maiiQc*r  worthy  of: 


ot    f 

I 


3rtS.V.  Jah.9,'64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


33 


his  uniform  piety,  with  the  zeal  of  an  apostle,  and 
the  resignation  of  a  saint.  The  last  sentence  he 
was  heard  to  utter  was  "  0  I-iord,  if  my  continu- 
ance here  be  necessary  for  the  good  of  Thy  peo- 
ple, I  shrink  not  from  the  useful  task  which  Thy 
wiU  may  allot  to  me ;  but  if  it  be  not,  I  cheerfully 
yield  up  my  station  in  this  laborious  life,  that  my 
spirit  may  enjoy  beatitude  in  thy  presence." 

Such,  Mr.  Editor,  are  a  few  of  the  leading  facts 
I  have  been  able  to  collect  regarding  this  extra- 
ordinary man :  one  who  accumulated  a  vast  store 
of  knowledge  under  circumstances,  it  must  be  ad- 
mitted, of  the  most  unfavourable  character,  and 
of  whom  it  may  be  said — humble  Catholic  priest 
as  he  was — his  history  belongs  to  mankind  at  large 
rather  than  to  sect  or  party.  T.  Mc  K. 


A  Passion  for  witwessino  Exectttiows. — 
Looking  into  Jesse's  Life  mtd  Correspondence  of 
Sehcyn  the  other  day,  brought  to  my  mind  a  story 
I  have  heard  of  a  laird  in  the  north  of  Scotland, 
who  died  some  thirty  or  forty  years  ago ;  who 
seems  to  have  had  as  great  di  penchant  for  attend- 
ing executions  as  the  witty  George,  and  whose 
local  standing  would  appear  to  have  made  his 
presence  at  such  exhibitions  a  sine  qua  non.  I 
give  the  anecdote  as  I  heard  it,  premising  that  it 
may  be  relied  on  as  authentic  On  one  occasion 
an  unfortunate  wretch  was  about  to  be  "  turned 
off;''  the  rope  was  adjusted,  and  everything  was 
ready.  The  hangman,  however,  stood  waiting 
with  apparent  anxiety,  evidently  for  an  addition 
to  the  spectators.  Being  asked  why  he  did  not 
proceed  with  the  business,  he  replied,  with  a  look 

of  surprise  at  his  questioner :  "  A (naming 

the  laird)  is  nae  come  yet!"  The  hangman's 
paramount  desire  to  please  the  local  dignitary 
(who  we  may  suppose  he  looked  upon  in  the  light 
of  a  patron)  under  such  circumstances,  is  fine. 

RoBBBT  Kempt. 

LoifGEviTT. — As  several  instances  of  longevity 
have  lately  appeared  in  your  columns,  is  it  not 
worth  while  preserving  the  case  of  Mr.  Hutches- 
son,  who  died  last  September?  He  graduated  in 
1804,  and  was  elected  Fellow  of  Clare  College  in 
1812 :  so  that  he  was  more  than  half  a  century 
a  Fellow  of  that  society.  J.  C.  Boscobel. 

Michael  Johitson  of  Lichfield. — Besides  the 
work  of  Floyer  mentioned  in  my  recent  Note  (3"* 
S.  iv.  469),  I  have  found  another  printed  for 
Michael  Johnson.  Considering  the  very  humble 
way  in  which  he  carried  on  his  business,  it  is 
amusing  to  read  about  his  '*  shops  "  at  three  dif- 
ferent towns  :— 

**  ^apftoKo-Bairapos :  or  the  Touchstone  of  Medicines^ 
&C  By  Sir  John  Floyer  of  the  City  of  Litchfleld,  Kt, 
MJ>.ofQaeni's  College^  Oxford.  London:  Printed  for 
Hicfaael  Johnson^  Bookseller ;  and  are  to  be  sold  at  his 


shops  at  Litchfield  and  Uttoxiter,  in  Suffordahire  ;  and 
Ashby-de-la-Zoucb,  in  Leicestershire.     1687." 

In  the  later  works  of  Floyer,  the  name  of  Mi- 
chael Johnson  does  not  occur  as  publisher.  Trea- 
tises dated  1698,  1707,  and  1725,  have  the  names 
of  Londou  publishers  only.  Jatdbe. 

Amen. — As  an  instance  of  the  curious  deriva- 
tions to  which  even  learned  men  have  been  driven 
for  lack  of  pbilolo^cal  science,  may  be  mentioned 
the  notion  of  St.  Thomas  Aquinas  respecting  the 
word  OM'/''.  That  Father  jrravely  states,  in  his 
Commentary  upon  Isaiah  (xxv.  extr.),  that  "  the 
word  is  derived  from  d  privative,  and  fiijy  the 
moon,  q,  d.  Sine  luna,  hoc  est,  sine  defectu,  puta 
solidum  et  stabile.''  W.  J.  D. 

HiNO  Mottoes. — On  a  ring  dug  up  at  Godstow 
Priory,  Oxfordshire.  Date  early  in  the  fifteenth 
century,  black-letter  characters : — 

jMost  in  mynd  and  yn  myn  herrt. 
Lotbest  from  you  ferto  departt. 

On  plain  betrothal  rings  of  the  seventeenth  cen- 
tury : — 

I  bane  obtained  wbom  God  ordained. 
God  unite  our  hearts  arigbt. 
Knitt  in  one  by  ChriMt  alone. 
Wee  Joyne  our  loue  in  God  aboae. 
Joynd  in  one  by  God  alone. 
God  above  send  peace  and  love. 

All  exhibited  by  the  Kev.  James  Beck  to  the 
Archaeological  Institute,  March,  1863.  ( Vide  ita 
Journal,  p.  195.)  T.  North. 

Leicester. 

Charlemont  Earldom  and  Viscount.— James, 
the  "  volunteer"  Earl  of  Charlemont,  succeeded  as 
fourth  Viscount  April  21, 1734,  and  was  raised  to 
the  Earldom  on  Dec.  23, 1763.  Francis,  his  eldest 
Bon,  the  late  Earl,  died  last  Christmas  day ;  con- 
sequently, the  father  and  son  held  the  Viscounty 
for  more  than  one  hundred  and  twenty  years,  and 
the  Earldom  for  one  hundred  years.        S.  P.  V. 


^Mttiti. 


Anontmoxts.— ^Vho  was  the  author  of  a  little 
treatise  on  Re^urrectum,  not  Death,  the  Hope  of  the 
Believer,  12mo,  pp.  46,  issued  in  1833,  at  the 
Central  Tract  Depdt,  1  Warwick  Square,  London  ? 
Is  this  depot  still  in  existence  P  Vectis. 

Mrs.  Barbat7ld*8  Prose  Hymns.  —  Of  this 
charming  little  work,  Mr.  Murray  has  just  issued 
a  charmingly  illustrated  edition.  It  contains 
fifteen  hymns,  of  which  the  tenth,  eleventh,  and 
twelfth  are  not  in  the  ''new  edition,  printed 
1799,'*  though  they  have  appeared,  I  bebeve,  in 
some  other  modem  copies,  i  have  been  famlUax. 
with  the  lemBii^^Vw^^^V^j^sssis^^^'^*^^^^^ 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8»*  8.  V.  Jax.  9,  '64. 


The  other  three  hare  the  Rppearance  of  ^  imita- 
tations.  Can  they  be  from  Mrs.  Barbauld's  pen  ? 
Or  who  is  the  author  of  them  ?  S.  W.  Rix. 

Bcccles. 

BURIAL-PLACK    OP    StILL-BORN    CHTLDREW. — 

Standing  beside  the  ruins  of  a  Scottish  parish 
church  built  in  161>1,  and  talking  with  a  friend 
about  it,  he  mentioned  that  he  remembered  having 
been  told  hy  his  grandfather,  that  it  had  been 
the  custom  to  bury  the  still-bom  children  of  the  i 
parish  all  along  the  outside  walls  of  the  church, 
and  as  close  to  the  walls  as  they  could  be  laid. 
Any  information  as  to  such  a  custom  will  oblige. 

Y.P. 

Churchwarden  Quert.  —  Considerable  con- 
troversy has  arisen  as  to  the  origin  and  duties  of 
the  oificer  called  sidesman,  who  is  annually  elected 
at  the  same  time  with  the  churchwarden.  Is  he 
the  same  person  alluded  to  in  the  83d  canon  of 
Archbishop  Whitgift,  1G03,  which  is  directed  to 
'*  the  churchwardens  or  questmen"  ?  A.  A. 

Captain  Alexander  Cheyne. — Seeing  that 
«  N.  &  Q."  has  its  readers  in  Hobart  Town,  Tas- 
mania, I  venture  to  ask  J.  M*C.  B.  (one  of  your 
correspondents)  to  assist  me  with  information 
about  Captain  Alexander  Cheyne,  who  died  there 
about  six  or  eight  years  ago.  Captain  Cheyne 
was  formerly  an  officer  in  the  Engineers,  and  hav- 
ing resigned  his  commission,  settled  at  Ilobart 
Town,  where  he  held  some  official  colonial  situa- 
tion, such  as  surveyor-general.  I  wish  to  ascer- 
tain the  date  of  his  death,  and  to  be  favoured  with 
a  copy  of  the  inscription  or  any  tablet,  or  tomb- 
stone raised  to  his  memory.  It  will  also  greatly 
serve  me  if  any  account  be  added  of  his  colonial 
services,  together  with  the  dates  and  names  of  the 
offices  he  may  have  filled  in  Tasmania. 

M.  S.  R. 

Earl  op  Dalhoxtsie. — At  the  contested  elec- 
tion for  Perthshire,  in  18i^,  when  the  Earl  of 
Dalhousie  (then  the  Hon.  Fox  Maule)  was  un- 
seated by  the  return  of  L#ord  Stormont,  it  is  said 
that  I^rd  Dalhousie  retired  to  the  Ilicrhland  Inn, 
at  Amulree,  in  the  same  county;  and  that  he 
there  wrote  the  following,  or  similar  lines,  in  the 
visitor's  book :  — 

**  Rejected  by  the  men  of  Perth, 
Cast  on  the  world  an  ex-M.P. ; 
I  floufi^bt  and  found  a  quiet  retreat 
Among  t^y  wilds,  sweet  Amulree  " 

Is  the  visitor's  book,  referred  to,  still  in  exist- 
ence ?  If  so,  where  can  it  be  seen  ?  I  am  told 
that  there  were  many  curious  stanzas  and  re- 
marks in  it.  J. 

"Fa  18  CE  QUE  Tu  DOTS,"  ETC. — Can  the  famous 
old  knightly  motto,,"  Faisce  que  tu  dois,adyienne 
que  pourra/'  be  aligned,  on  good  authority,  to 
any  particular  date  or  person^  and  what  are-  its 
variations  ?  F.  H. 


Giants  and  Dwarfs.— Can  any  of  the  readers 
of  "  N.  &  Q."  inform  me  where  I  can  inspect  the 
best  collections  for  a  history  of  the  giants  and 
dwarfs  who  have  been  exhibited  during  the  last 
and  present  century;  and  can  furnish  me  with 
the  names  and  addresses  of  those  now  living,  their 
heights,  weights,  and  ages  P  W.  D. 

General  Lambert. — In  Vertne's  work  on  the 
Medals  of  Thomas  Simon^  originally  published  in 
1753,  mention  is  made  (p.  31)  of  a  medal  of 
General  Lnmbert  The  medal,  in  silver,  is  stated 
to  be  in  the  possession  of  the  heir  of  the  family ; 
and,  a^  I  recollect,  there  was  a  cast  of  it  in  the 
cabinet  of  Maurice  Johnson,  Esq.,  secretary  of 
the  Gentlemen's  Society  at  Spalding. 

Maurice  Johnson  died  in  1755. 

Is  it  known  what  has  become  either  of  the 
original  medal  or  of  the  cast  ?  P.  S.  Caiiet. 

The  Laird  of  Lee. — At  a  road  side  just  en- 
tering the  village  of  Mauchline,  in  Ayrshire, 
there  is  a  tombstone  surrounded  by  iron  rails. 
On  the  stone  is  the  following  inscription :  — 

"  Here  lie  the  bodies  of  Peter  Gilli«s  John   Brrce, 
Thomas  Young.  WilUnm  Tiddi^on,  and  John  Bruning, 
who  were  apprehended  and    hanged  without    trial   at 
Mauchline  in  1685,  according  to  the  then  wicked  laws, 
for  their  adhesion  to  the  covenanted  worke  of  Reforma- 
tion.— Rev.  xiL  11. 
**  Bloo^ly  Dumbarton,  Douglas,  and  Dundee, 
Moved  by  the  Devil  and  the  Laird  of  Lee, 
Draj^p^'these  five  men  to  death  with  gun  and  sword. 
Not  HufTering  them  to  prav  or  read  Ood's  word  : 
Owninji:  the  worke  of  God  was  all  their  crime^ 
The  Eighty-five  was  a  saint-killing  time. 
**  Erected  by  subBcri  prion  in  1830.    The  old  decayed 
tombstone  from  which  this  is  copied  lies  below." 

Who  was  the  personage  here  alluded  to  as  the 
''Laird  of  I^e"?  M.  M. 

Language  given  to  Man  to  conceal  his 
Thoughts. — "  Language  is  given  us  not  so  much 
to  express  as  to  conceal  our  thoughts."  This 
famous  saying  occurs,  as  above  quoted,  in  one  of 
Goldsmith's  works  (T?ie  Bee);  out  it  has  also 
been  traced  back  to  South,  the  eminent  divine, 
and  it  is  well  known  to  have  been  a  favourite 
saying  of  Talleyrand's.  Are  any  of  your  readers 
aware  of  any  other  celebrated  person  from  whom 
the  dictum  in  question  has  proceeded  ?  I  rather 
think  the  stthstance  of  it  may  be  found  in  the 
works  of  Home  Greek  author,  whose  name  I  cannot, 
however,  recall.  It  is  certainly,  under  any  circum- 
stances, a  remarkable  fact  that  three  such  totally 
different  individuals  as  the  before-mentioned, 
should  have  promulgated  this  Machiavellian  sen- 
timent independently  of  each  other,  unless  we 
suppose  that  Goldsmith  derived  his  from  South ; 
but  even  then,  how  came  the  witty  Frenchman  to 
think  of  it,  who  most  certainly  could  scarcely  haye 
been  familiar  with  the  writings  of  the  other  two 
persons  desi£;nated  P    And,  as  I  have  said  before^ 


S'iS.V.  Jan.  9,  •64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


35 


it  will,  I  belieye,  be  found  to  be  of  very  great 
antiquity,  there  being  some  classical  writer  upon 
whom  the  bonour(P)  rests  of  originating  the  say- 
ing in  the  first  instance.  Alpha  Thbta. 

fThe  saying  hu  been  traced  ia  oar  1*'  S.  vol.  i.  p.  83^ 
to  Lloyd  in  hid  State  Wvrtiiie$^  Dr.  Yoiuig,  Voltaire,  and 
Fontenelle.] 

Harriett  Livermore  :  the  Pilgrim  Stran- 
ger.— In  the  year  1836,  about  the  end  of  August, 
Miss  Livermore  came  from  Philadelphia  to  Liver- 
pool :  from  thence,  she  crossed  to  Dublin  (through 
the  night  of  Aug.  31),  and  then  proceeded  by 
steamer  to  Plymouth.  She  remained  at  Plymouth 
for  some  time.  She  called  herself  ''  the  Pilgrim 
Stranger ;  "  and  she  was  then  on  her  way  to  Jeru- 
salem, in  pursuance  of  what  she  designated  to  be 
a  divine  monition.  She  spoke  of  herself  as  being 
in  some  way  descended  from  the  North  American 
Indians;  and  also  as  bein^  the  daughter  (or 
granddaughter)  of  "Lord  Livermore,  Attorney* 
Ueneral  to  King  George  III.,  by  whom  he  had 
been  honoured  with  an  American  peerage."  She 
said  that  Joseph  Wolff  was  one  of  the  two  wit- 
nesses in  Rev.  xi.,  considering  herself  to  be  the 
other:  hence,  in  her  lodging  in  Plymouth,  she 
placed  Dr.  Wolff's  portrait  on  the  wall,  that  the 
two  witnesses  might  be  together.  After  some 
months,  she  went  to  Jerusalem ;  and  after  a  resi- 
dence there,  she  returned  to  America.  She  paid 
a  second  visit  to  Jerusalem ;  and,  on  her  return, 
she  a^ain  stayed  Tabout  twenty  years  ssp)  for  some 
time  in  Plymoutn,  and  was  again  in  London  be- 
fore returning  to  America.  Her  opinions  and  i 
Professions  still  continued  to  be  very  peculiar, 
he  absolutely  identified  Mohamet  Ali  and  Na- 
poleon Buonaparte ;  remarking,  however,  that  it 
was  very  strange  that  there  was  a  difference  in 
their  ages.  Can  any  reader  of  "  N.  &  Q  "  give 
information  respecting  Harriet  Livermore?  Is 
she  still  living  r  And  if  not,  when  did  she  die, 
and  where  P  Did  she  visit  Jerusalem  more  than 
twice  P  KaiLiiTs. 

Madman's  Food  tastdtg  op  Oatmeal  Por- 
ridge.—In  a  letter  written  by  Sir  Walter  Scott, 
dated  March  16.  1831  (not  published  by  Lock- 
hart),  he  describes  his  state  of  health  at  that 
time,  and  says : — 

"  I  am  better,  bat  still  veiy  precarioos,  and  have  lost,, 
as  Hamlet  says,  all  costom  of  my  exercise,  being  never 
able  to  walk  more  than  half  a  mile  on  foot,  or  ride  a  mile 
or  two  on  a  pony,  on  which  I  am  literally  lifted,  while 
my  forester  walks  by  his  head,  for  fear  a  sadden  start 
shonld  unship  me  altogether.  1  am  tied  by  a  strict  regi- 
men to  diet  and  hoars,  and,  like  the  poor  nuzduian  in  Bed- 
htm,  mo»t  of  my  food  teutea  of  oatmeal  porridge.** 

To  what  do  these  last  words  refer  P         Y.  P. 

Sib  Edward  Mat.— The  second  Marquis  of 
Donegal  married  Anna,  daughter  of  Sir  Edwaid 
May,  of  Mayfield}  county  Waterford,  Bart    I 


should  be  glad  of  any  particulars  relating  to  'this 
baronet,  his  ancestors,  or  descendants.  What 
were  his  armorial  bearings  P  Carilpord. 

Cape  ToMm. 

Rev.  Peter  Peckard,  D.D.,  Master  of  Mag- 
dalen College,  Cambridge,  author  of  a  Ltfe  of 
Mr,  Nicholas  Ferrary  published  in  1790.  I  am 
desirous  of  discovering  his  present  representative 
if  there  is  one  living,  or,  if  otherwise,  the  deposi- 
tary of  Ivs  literary  collections  and  MSS.  Were 
they  bequeathed  to  Magdalen  College  P  J.  L.  C. 

Penny  Loaves  at  FtJNERALs. — A  singular  cus- 
tom was  wont  to  prevail  at  Gainsborough,  of 
distributing  penny  loaves  on  the  occasion  of  a 
funeral  to  whomsoever  might  demand  them.  W^hat 
was  the  origin  of  this  custom  P  And  does  it  still 
exist  P  Robert  Kempt. 

Mr.  W.  £.  Rhodes,  author  of  Bombastes  Fw- 
riosoj  died  in  1826.  From  the  obituary  notice  of 
the  author  in  the  Gent,  Mag.  he  seems  to  have 
written  some  other  dramatic  pieces.  What  are 
the  titles  of  them,  and  have  they  appeared  i|i 
print  ?  R.  L 

Scottish  Formula. — Can  any  of  your  readers 
inform  me  when  the  following  formula  was  first 
broueht  into  use,  and  employed  by  the  Moderator 
pro  tempore  in  closing  the  General  Assemblies  of 
the  Scottish  Church  r — 

*'  As  this  assembly  was  const  itated  in  the  name  and 
by  the  authoritv  of  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  the  only  King 
and  Head  of  this  Church,  so  in  the  same  name  and  by 
the  same  aathority,  1  hereby  appoint  the  next  General 
Assembly  of  the  Church  of  Scotland  (or  Free  Chorch  of 

Scotland,  as  the  case  may  be),  to  be  held  on  the 

day  of  May,  18—." 

Or  words  to  this  effect  0. 

Trade  and  Improvement  of  Ireland.— I  am 
now  pursuing  some  inquiries  into  the  commercial 
history  of  Ireland.  I  have  obtained  a  tract  of  100 
pages.  An  Fssay  on  the  Trade  and  Lnprovetnent 
of  Ireland,  by  Arthur  Dobbs.  Published  in  Dub- 
hn,  MDCCXXix.  It  is  full  of  important  statistical 
information.  On  the  last  page  it  is  stated  that 
''  The  rest  of  this  discourse  shall  be  given  in  a 
second  part."  Can  you  or  any  of  your  readers 
assist  me  to  the  second  part,  or  inform  me  if  such 
second  part  was  ever  published  ?  I  think  it  will 
be  the  same  Arthuar  Dohbs  vdio  is  given  in  Lowndes 
as  the  author  of  a  work  entitled  An  Account  of  the 
Cotmtries  a^foining  to  Hudson  8  Bay,  in  the  North- 
west Bart  of  Americoy  London,  1744.  But  no 
mention  is  made  of  the  work  on  Ireland  abovn  re- 
ferred to.  T.  B, 

Wild  Men. — ^What  work  contains  an  account 
of  the  sect  who,  during  the  last  century,  held 
evangelical  principles  in  Scotland,  and  were  termed 
"Wild  Men,"  and  theae  rasassij^Xss^  *«isissv3E>s^c«<^»' 


36 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[3«»  S.  V.  Jah.  9,  '64. 


Portrait    op  General  Wolfe  bt  Gains- 
borough.— In  Mr.  Thornbury*8/-BnVwA  Painters,  \ 
from  Hoffarth  to  Turner  (vol.  i.  p.  20),  mention  is  , 
made  ot*  a  portrait  of  "  General  Wolfe,  in  a  silver-  ; 
laced  coat,    and  Mr.  Thombury  has  kindly  re-  1 
ferred  me  to  his  authority.    In  the  Catalo^ie  of 
Portraits,  appended  to  G.  W.  Fulchef  s  Life  of 
Gainsborough   (1866),   I  have  found,  under  the 
heading  of  "  Soldiers  and  Sailors :  "  '*  General 
Wolfe.     (Head  and  bust)     He  is  in  uniform,  and 
wears  his  hat :  the  silver  lace  on  which,  and  on  his 
coat,  is  touched  with  great  brilliancy.     Possessor, 
Mrs.  <jibbon."     (Query,  Gainsborough's  sister?) 
Wolfe  and  Gainsborough  were  born  in  the  same 
year;  and  the  latter,  it  appears,  did  not  remove 
from  Ipswich  to  Bath,  wnere  he  acquired  cele- 
brity as  a  portrait  painter,  until  1700 — the  year 
after  Wolfe's  death.    From  this,  and  other  cir- 
cumstances, I  think  it  improbable  that  the  General 
sat  to  Gainsborough.    However,  1  wish  to  in- 
quire whether  any  correspondent  of  **  N.  &  Q," 
ever  met  with  a  reputed  portrait  of  Wolfe  by  that 
artist  H     And  if  so,  when,  where,  &c.  ? 

Robert  Wright. 
102,  Great  RumcII  Street,  W.C. 


"  Adamus  Exul''  of  Grotius. — In  18*39  there 
wafl  published  "7%«  Adamus  Exul  of  Grotitis,  or 
the  Prototype  of  Paradise  Lost :  now  first  trans- 
lated from  the  Latin,  by  Francis  Barham,  Esq.'' 
(Pp.  xii.  and  51.)  This  pamphlet  is  introduced  by 
a  dedication  to  John  A.  Heraud,  Esq.,  then  the 
editor  of  the  Monthly  Magazine,  in  the  October 
Number  of  which,  in  1830,  this  translation  from 
Grotius  was  also  inserted.  In  the  preface  to  the 
translation,  Mr.  Barham  gives  a  curious  account 
of  the  original  Latin  drama  of  Grotius,  which 
was  not,  it  seems,  included  in  his  cr)llected  works. 
Mr.  Barham  concludes  his  introduction  thus : — 

"We  may  just  add,  fhat  if  thia  work  should  excite 
much  intercut,  it  in  our  intent'on  to  republish  the  original 
Latin  —  now  extremely  acarce." 
Twenty-four  years,  however,  have  passed,  and 
there  has  not  f so  far  as  I  know)  been  any  edition 
of  the  Latin  or  this  drama. 

Is  the  Adamus  Exul  a  genuine  production  of 
Grotius  ?  If  so,  why  has  it  had  no  place  in  his  col- 
lected works  ?  Is  there  an^  mystification  about  this 
book  ?  Where  can  genuine  copies  of  it  be  seen  P 
What  has  become  of  the'  copy  used  by  Mr.  Bar- 
liamP 

Who  was  the  translator  ?  Was  he  the  editor  of 
Collier's  Ecclesiastical  Ilidory,  published  in  nine 
vols,  by  Mr.  StrakerP  What  other  works  are 
there  of  Mr.  Francis  Barham  P  LlSLIXjs. 

[A  copy  of  the  original  Latin  tragedy,  with  the  auto- 
graph of  Grotius,  is  iu  the  British  Mnsenm.  It  is  entitled 


«  Ilvgonfs  Grotii  Sacra  inqvibvaAdamvs  Exvl  Tragoedia 
aliorvmque  eivsdem  generis  carminvm  Cvmvlva  conae- 
crata  Franciae  Principi.  Ex  Typographlo  Alberti  Heorid, 
Hag«  Comitatensi,  1601,"  small  4to.  It  will  be  remem- 
bered that  this  was  one  of  the  works  quoted  by  William 
Lauder  in  his  attempt  to  derraud  Milton  of  his  fame  as 
author  of  the  Paradise  Lost 

Mr.  Barham  was  the  editor  of  the/r«*  recent  reprint 

of  Jeremy  Collier's  Ecclesiastical  History,  1840.     (The 

edition  of  1852,  by  Mr.  Lathbury,  is  decidedly  the  best.) 

Mr.  Barham*s  name  i«  also  connected  with  the  following 

works  :  1    The  Life  and  Times  of  John  Reuchlin,  or  Cap- 

niort.    2.  The  Political  Works  of  Cicero,  comprising  '•The 

Republic"  and  the  ••  Laws," translated  from  the  originaL 

2  vols.    3.  The  Hebrew  and  English  Holy  Bible,  from  the 

I  text  of  Heidenheim  and  the  version   of  Bennett.     4. 

I  Socrates,  a  Tragedy  in  Five  Acts.    5.  M.Guizot*8  Theory 

\  of  Syncratism  and   Coalition,  translated  from  his  cele- 

I  brated  article  on  **  Catholicism,  Protestantism,  and  Phi- 

j  losophy."] 

I      Cambridge  Bible. — A  Bible  pnnted  at  the 
I  Pitt  Press,  dated  on  the  title-page  1837,  contains 
j  a  preliminary  inscription  as  follows : — 
I      **  In  consequence  of  a  communication  most  fcn^owAy 
made  by  his  Majestv  Kin^  William  the  Fourth  to   the 
Marqu^  Camden,  Chancellor  of  the  University  of  Gam- 
bridge,  the  Syndics  of  the  Pitt  Press,  anxious  to  testier 
their  dutiful  obedience  to  His  Majesty's  wi^ihe^  undertook 
the  publication  of  this  impression  of  the  Uuly  Scrip- 
tures," 

A  copy  on  vellum  was  printed  for  his  Majestj'y 
the  iirst  eight  page^  being  struck  off  at  the  Public 
Commencement,  Id3iji,  by  the  Chancellor  of  the 
University,  the  Duke  of  Cumberland,  and  other 
royal  and  noble  personages.  The  Bible  is  a  quarto, 
in  a  beautiful  type,  double  columns  withm  red 
lines.  My  copy  was  purchased  at  Sotheby  and 
Wilkinson's,  and  I  am  under  an  impression  that 
this  edition  was  not  sold  to  the  pubbc. 

What  was  the  communication  made  by  King 
William  IV.  ?  H.  T.  D.  B. 

[At  the  first  commencement  after  the  installation  of 
the  Marquis  Camden  as  Ciiancellor  of  the  University  of 
Cambridge,  on  July  8,  1835,  he  and  his  friends  proceeded 
to  one  of  the  press-rooms  in  the  north  wing  of  the  Pitt 
Press,*  when  the  first  two  sheets  of  a  splendid  edition  of 
the  Bible  were  struck  off  by  the  Chancellor,  the  Duke  of 
Cumberland,  Prince  George  of  Cambridge,  Duke  of  Wel- 
lington, Duke  of  Northumberland,  the  Archbishop  of 
Canterbury,  &c.  On  which  occasion  the  Chancellor  in- 
formed the  noble  personages  that  His  Majesty,  William 
lY.,  had  expressed  to  him  a  desire  to  have  a  copy  of  that 
Sacred  Book  from  the  press  which  bore  the  name  of  the 
illustrious  statesman,  William  Pitt  See  the  Chancellor'a 
speech  aa  reported  in  the  Cambridge  Chronicls  and  Jour- 
nal of  July  10, 1885.  This  ia  the  last  edition  of  the  BiUe 
in  which  the  reading  occurs,  Matt.  xii.  23,  **  Is  this  tlia 
Son  of  David?**  inbtead  of  *< Is  no<  this  tht  Son  of 
David?  "] 


8^  8.  V.  Jan.  9.  *64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


37 


Britannia  on  Pence  and  Halfpence.— I 
shall  be  glad  of  any  information  as  to  the  origin 
of  this  tigiire,  when  first  employed,  and  why 
adopted.  Also  why  the  fourpenny  piece  is  the 
only  silver  coin  which  bears  it       W .  H.  Wills. 

Bristol. 

FThe  earliest  coin  we  have  been  able  to  trace  with  the 
fif^are  of  Britannia  is  a  copper  halfpenny  of  Charles  I  l.t 
1672.  This  coin  was  engraved  l^^'  Koetier,  and  the 
%are  of  Britannia  is  said  by  Evelyn  to  bear  a  strong 
resemblance  to  the  Duchess  of  Ricliroond.  *'  Monsieur 
Roti  (graver  to  his  late  Majesty  Charles  II.)  *o  accurately 
expressed  the  countenance  of  the  Duchess  of  Richmond 
in  the  bead  of  Britannia  in  the  reverse  of  some  of  our 
coin,  and  especially  in  a  medal,  as  one  may  easily,  and 
almost  at  first  siuht,  know  it  to  be  her  grace."  (Numit- 
nuUa,  p.  27.)  Walpole  says,  he  believes  this  was  Philip. 
Rotier,  and  that  he,  •*  being  in  love  with  the  fair  Mrs. 
Stuart,  Duchess  of  Richmond,  represented  her  likeness 
under  the  form  of  Britannia,  on  the  reverse  of  a  large 
medal  with  the  king's  head."  {Anecdotes  of  Painting^  iii. 
173.)  In  1836  it  was  resolved  to  L«»sue  silver  o^roats  lor 
general  circulation  ;  the  reverse  is  a  fif?ure  of  Britannia 
halmeteil,  seated,  resting  her  ri^ht  hand  upon  her  shield* 
and  supporting  a  trident  with  her  left.  "  These  pieces," 
says  Mr.  Hawkins,  **  are  said  to  have  owed  their  exist- 
ence to  the  pressing  instance  of  Mr.  Hume,  from  whence 
they,  for  some  time,  bore  the  nickname  of  Joeys.  As 
they  were  very  convenient  to  psy  short  cab-fares,  the 
Hon.  M.P.  was  extremely  unpopular  with"  the  drivers, 
who  frequently  received  only  a  groat  where  otherwise 
they  would  have  received  a  sixpence  without  any  demand 
for  change.  One  driver  ingeniously  endeavoured  to  put 
them  out  of  circulation  by  giving  all  he  received  to  his 
son  upon  condition  that  he  did  not  spend  them  or  ex- 
change them.  This  had,  however,  one  good  effect,  as  it 
made  the  man  an  economist,  and  a  little  store  became 
accumulated  which  would  be  useful  upon  some  unex- 
pected emergence."  {Silver  Coins  of  England,  p.  267.) 
Consult  also  Ruding's  AnnaU  of  Coinage,  ii.  885.] 

John  Wioan,  M.D. — Where  can  any  sketch 
of  the  life  of  this  distinguished  physician  and 
eminent  scholar  in  the  last  century  be  found  P 
He  edited  a  magnificent  folio  edition  of  Aretaus^ 
published  at  the  Clarendon  Press  at  Oxford  in 
1723.  A  John  Wigan  occurs  in  the  list  of  Prin- 
cipals of  New  Inn  Hall,  from  1726  to  1732,  whom 
I  presume  to  have  been  the  same  person. 

He  was  educated  at  Westminster  under  Dr. 
Kobert  Friend,  elected  to  Christ  Church  as  Stu- 
dent in  1714,  and  died  in  Jamaica  in  1730.  Be- 
sides Aretecus  he  edited  Dr.  John  Friend's  Works, 
and  was  the  author  of  several  copies  of  verses  in 
the  Carmina  Quadreiffesimalia,  Such  particulars, 
however,  as  I  can  discover  about  him  are  but 
meagre.  Oxoniensis. 

[John  Wigan,  M.D.,  bom  1695,  was  the  son  of  th«  Bev. 
Wm.  Wigan,  rector  of  Kensington.  lie  was  edoeated  at 
the  Wettminater  school,  and  at  .Christ  Church,  Oziord, 


A.B.  Feb.  6, 1718,  A.M.  March  22,  1720;  proceeded  M.D. 
July  6,  1727.  On  Oct  5, 1726,  he  was  adn^itted  Prin- 
cipal of  New  Inn  Hall,  Oxford,  and  about  the  same  time 
appointed  Secretary  to  the  Earl  of  Arran.  He  was  ad- 
mitted a  fellow  of  the  College  of  Physicians,  April  3, 1732, 
and  settled  in  London.  In  1738  Dr.  Wigan  accompanied 
his  friend  Mr.  Trelawny  to  Jamaica  as  physician  and 
secretary,  and  died  there  Dec.  6,  1739,  aged  forty-four. 
Vide  Munk's  Roll  of  the  College  ofPhyticians,  ii.  108,  and 
Welch's  Alumni  IVesimonaHterienses,  ed.  1852,  p.  262  ] 

JouN  Reynolds. — Can  you  furnish  any  parti- 
culars of  the  life  of  John  Reynolds,  Esq.,  Admiral 
of  the  White,  who  died  in  1783.  Ii.  S.  F. 

*  [Some  particulars  of  Admiral  John  Reynolds  after  be 
entered  the  navy,  are  given  in  Charnock*s  Blographia 
yavalis,  y.  603.  On  the  30tb  of  October,  1746,  he  was 
promoted  to  be  captain  of  the  "  Arundel  ** ;  was  governor 
of  Georgia,  between  1745  and  1758  ;  appointed  captain  of 
the  "  Burford"  in  1769  or  1770 ;  removed  into  the  •*  De- 
fence'* early  in  1771,  which  was  his  last  command  as 
private  captain.  On  March  31,  1775,  he  was  promoted  to 
be  rear-admiral  of  the  Rloe,  as  he  was  on  Feb.  3, 1776,  to 
be  rear-admiral  of  the  White;  early  in  Jan.  1778,  to  be 
rear  of  the  Red,  and  on  the  29th  of  the  same  month  to  be 
vice-admiral  of  the  Blue.  On  Sept.  26,  1780,  he  was  far- 
ther advanced  to  be  vice-admiral  of  the  White,  and  on 
Sept  24, 1787,  made  admiral  of  the  Blue.  His  death  took 
place  in  January,  1788.] 

Richard  Gednet. — Can  you  ohlige  me  with  a 
few  particulars  regarding  the  life  of  this  juyenile 
poet  'f  the  date  of  nis  death,  8cc  ?  R.  1. 

[Richard  Solomon  Gedney  was  bom  at  New  York  on 
Oct.  15, 1838.  At  the  age  of  two  years  he  was  brooKht 
oyer  to  England,  and  educated  first  at  Chorlton  High 
School,  near  Manchester,  and  afterwards  at  Cheltenham 
College.  In  his  late  years  he  manifested  a  strong  par- 
tiality for  dramatic  literature;  but,  alas!  this  youthful 
Aspirant  for  literary  fame  did  not  live  to  complete  his 
eighteenth  year.  After  a  protracted  illness,  he  died  on 
July  15,  1856,  and  his  remains  were  embalmed  and  for- 
warded to  America  for  interment  in  the  family  mausoleum 
at  Malvern  Hall,  on  the  banks  of  the  river  Hudson.  See 
A  brief  Memoir  of  this  youthful  genius  by  James  Ogdeii, 
M.D.,  prefixed  to  R.  S.  Gedney's  Poetical  Works^  Second 
Edition,  New  York,  8vo,  1857.] 

Arms  of  Sir  William  Sennoke.— The  arms 
of  Sennoke,  Lord  Mayor  1418,  are  seyen  acorns. 
I  should  he  glad  to  know  their  relatiye  position, 
and  the  tinctures  of  the  coat.  C.  J.  R. 

[In  Stow's  Survey,  1633,  fol.  p.  561,  the  seyen  acorns 
of  the  coat  of  Sir  William  Seyen  oke  are  placed  as  three, 
three,  and  one ;  but  in  Burke's  Armory  we  read,  **  Seven- 
oke  (Lord  Mayor  of  London,  1418).  Az.  seven  acorns 
or,  two,  three,  and  two.**    Uad«t  \.V>fc\a«JS.TJ3h5s>!fe.^  *%«*ssc^- 

i 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[3'*S.V.  Jak.9,'64. 


Wegd. — In  an  account,  temp,  Edw.  III.,  this 
-^ord  seems  to  express  a  particular  or  certain 
weight  or  quantity :  thus,^*  wegh  salts  et  dimidium, 
a  \vt'i<rh  and  half  of  salt  Bos  worth's  Ang.-Sax, 
Z)ic^ translates  **w8eg,  weg,"  a  wey, weigh,  weight; 
"wegg,  wfticg,"  a  mass.  The  modem  usa^e — ^a 
weiph  or  wey  of  cheese,  for  instance — ^is  also  mde- 
tiniie.  A  reference  to  any  authority  where  used 
otherwise  will  oblige.  G.  A.  C. 

[The  following  passages  in  the  "  Statutum  de  ponderi- 
bu8  et  mensuris  "  (which  we  transcribe  from  a  MS.  copy 
in  a  hand  temp.  Edw.  I. ;  see  also 
will  explain  as  well  as  may  be  the 
correspondent :  — 

**  Waga  euim,  tarn  plambi,  qnam  lane,  sepi,  vel  caaei, 
ponderat  xiiij  petras."  And  in  another  place  we  have — 
*'  Quailibet  petra  habet  xlij  libras."] 

Twelfth  Night:  thb  worst  Ptjw. — Among 
the  amusements  of  Twelfth  Night,  did  any  one 
ever  hear  of  a  prize  given  to  the  party  who  could 
make  the  worst  pun  f  Joseph  Milleb. 

[We  never  did  ;  but  we  have  heard  many  puns  which 
might  fairly  be  admitted  to  the  competition.  We  once 
heard  of  a  prize  offered  for  the  worst  conundrum^  which 
was  won  by  the  following : 

"  W^hy  is  the  bellowing  of  a  tingle  bull  less  melodious 
than  the  bellowing  of  tico  f    Give  it  up  ?  " 

Answer :  "  Because  the  first  is  only  a  bull,  but  the 
second  is  a  bull-bull "  (bulbul,  a  nightingale). 

This  was  unanimously  admitted  by  the  fViends  as- 
sembled to  be  the  worst  conundrum  they  had  ever  heard, 
and  as  such  received  the  prize.] 

PoRTK.UT  OP  Bishop  Hobsley. — In  any  of 
the  numerous  publications  of  the  Bishop,  was 
there  ever  a  portrait  of  him  published  in  any  of 
them,  or  in  any  contemporary  publications  of  his 
time,  or  since  P  Geo.  I.  Coopsb. 

[A  memoir  of  Bishop  Uorsley,  with  a  portrait,  may  be 
found  in  the  European  Magazine,  IxiiL  371,  494.  In 
Evans's  Catalogue  of  Engraved  FartraitMt  vol.  i.  p.  177, 
■re  the  following :  8vo,  (kL ;  large  folio,  6«.  proof  7«.  6rf., 
by  J.  Green,  engraved  by  Bleyer;  4to,  2«.  Qd.  by  Hum- 
phrey, engraved  by  Godby.] 

"  EDrcATioN.**— Who  was  the  author  of  a  work, 
entitled.  Of  Education,  es])ecially  of  Young  Oen- 
tlenien  f  Wy  copy  is  **  the  fifth  impression,  Ox- 
ford, printed  at  the  Theatre  for  Amos  Curteyue, 
anno  1087,''  and  has  a  woodcut  of  the  Sheldonian 
Theatre  on  the  title-page.  H.  T.  D.  B. 

[This  is  one  of  the  productions  of  Obadiah  Walker, 
sometime  Master  of  University  College,  Oxford,  who 
espoused  the  faith  of  the  Roman  Qiurch  on  the  aocesnon 
of  Jameif  1 1.,  and  abj  ured  it  on  his  abdication.  Commons' 
Jonmalt,  Oct  26,  l(>b9 ;  and  Dod*s  Church  History,  iL  8.] 


ISitvliti. 

JEREMY  COLLIER  ON  THE  STAGE,  ETC. 

(3'd  S.  iv.  390,  435.) 

The  notice  of  Collier's  Short  View  in  Collej 
Gibber's  Apnlofft/,  led  me  early  to  procure  the 
book,  and  its  own  proper  merit  and  interest,  to 
search  after  the  works  of  those  who  took  part  in 
the  controversy  with  him.    One  of  these  led  to 
^        another,  till  at  length — (in  the  way  that  Charles 
^si^ute7o/theIiealm)  '  La™})  said  that  he  had  managed  to  acquire  the 
quesdon  asked  by  our    wonderful  mastery  over  tobacco,  by  which  he  m- 
tonished  the  weaker  nerves  of  Dr.  Parr:  '•by 
toiling  after  it,  Sir,  as  some  men  toil  after  vir- 
tue '') — I  succeeded  in  obtaining  a  very  complete 
collection.    In  looking  this  over  with  the  list  of 
your  correspondent,  I  find  that  I  am  able  to  add 
the  titles  of  the  following : — 

"  Overthrow  of  Stage-Plaves,  by  way  of  Controvcny 
between  D.  Gager  and  D.  Kainoldes,  wherein  is  manifMy 

S roved  that  it  is  not  only  unlawful  to  be  an  Actor,  butt 
>ehoIder  of  those  Vanities.  By  Dr.  John  Reynolde."  Los- 
don,  4to,  1599. 

**Theatrum  Redivivum ;  or,  theTheatreVindicatedvliy 
Sir  Richard  Baker,  in  Answer  to  Mr.  Pryn's  Hiatnh 
Mastix,  Wherein  his  groundless  assertions  against  Sta«- 
Plavs  are  discovered,  his  mistaken  allegations  ofUH 
Fathers  manifested,  as  also  what  he  calls  his  Resaont,  to 
be  nothing  but  his  Passions."  London,  12mo^  1661; 
pp.  141. 

[These  pieces  of  coarse  belong  to  former  controventa. 
I  mention  them  as  connected  with  the  subject,  and  Jist 
I  falling  under  my  hand.] 

I      **  A  Vindication  of  the  Stage,  with  the  Usefollnesi  sad 
I  Advantages  of  Dramatic  Representation,  in  Answer  to 
Mr.  (Collier's  late  Book,  entitulcd,"  &c.  4to,  London,  1686^ 
;  pp.  29. 

I      **  A  Letter  to  Mr.  Congreve,  on  his  Pretended  Amaod- 
mentis"  Ac    8vo,  l^ndon,  1698,  pp.  42. 

**  A  Further  Defence  of  Dramatic  Poetry ;  BtSmg  ibt 
Second  Part  of  tlio  Review  of  Mr.  Collier's  View,  ^ 
Done  In-  the  same  Hand."    8vo,  Lendon,  1698,  pp.  72. 

**  A  Representation  of  the  Impiety  and  ImmorsIiQr  of 
the  English  Stage,  with  Reasons  for  putting  a  stop  tberttOk 
and  some  Questions  addrest  to  those  who  tTequsiit  ths 
Play-Houses."    12mo.  London,  1704,  pp.  24. 

"Serious  Reflections  on   the  Scandalous  Abuse  and 
Effects  of  the  Stage :  in  a  Sermon  preached  at  the  Parish 
Church  of  St.  Nicholas  in  the  City  of  Bristol,  on  Sanday 
the  7th  day  of  January.  170}.   By  Arthur  Bedford,  H.A., 
&c    8vo,  Bristol,  170d,  pp.  44. 

**  The  Stage-Beaux  tossed  in  a  Blanket,  or  Hypooriiis 

Alamode ;  Exposed  in  a  true  Picture  of  Jerry — ^ 

a  Pretending  Scourge  to  the  English  Stage,  a  Come<ify, 
with  a  Prologue  on  Occasional  Conformity  ;  beings  FdU 
Explanation  of  the  Fousain  Doctor's  Book,  and  an  Jtoi- 
logue  on  the  Reformers.  Spoken  at  the  Theatre  Itoyalin 
Drur}'  Lane."    4to,  London,  1704,  pp.  64. 

[This  piece  was  written  by  the  celebrated  Tom  Buowil] 

**The  Evil  and  Danger  of  Stage  Plays,  shewing  thdr 
Natural  Tendency  to  I)e8troy  Religion,  and  introdnoe  m 
General  Corruption  of  Manners,  in  almost  Two  Tbonsand 
Insunces,  &c.  By  Arthur  Bedford."  Svo^  London,  1706^ 
pp.227. 

[•*As  ths  eminent  Ubonis  of  Mr.  CoUir  and 


S^S.V.  Ja».9,'64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


39 


have  justly  alarmed  the  nation;  so  I  hope  that  my  weak 
endeavours  mny  be  in  some  measure  serviceable  for  their 
further  conviction,"  &c.] 

**  A  Defence  of  Plays ;  or.  the  Stage  Vindicated  from 
several  Pas!»apes  in  Mr.  Oillier'a  *  Short  View,*  wherein  is 
offered  the  most  ProbHble  Method  of  Reformin^f  our  Plays, 
with  a  Consideration  how  far  vicious  Characters  may  be 
allowed  on  the  SUge.  By  Edward  Film  or,  Doctor  of  the 
Civil  Laws."    8vo,  London,  Tocson,  1707,  pp.  167. 

[This  is  the  work  of  which  the  imprint  is  sought  ] 

«  The  Works  of  Mr.  Robert  Gould,"  &c,  2  vols.  8vo, 
London,  1709. 

[The  second  volume  contains  "The  Play  House,  a 
Satyr."  In  three  parts,  some  1 200  lines,  very'"  free  "  and 
curious.] 

•*  A  Serious  Remonstrance  on  Behalf  of  the  Christian 
Religion,  against  the  horrid  Blasphemies  and  Impieties 
which  are  still  used  in  the  English  Play  Houses,  to  the 
great  Dishonour  of  Almighty  God,  and  in  contempt  of  the 
Statutes  of  this  Realm,  shewing  their  plain  Tendency  to 
overthrow  all  Piety,  and  advance  the  Interest  and  Honour 
of  the  Devil  in  the  World ;  from  almost  Seven  thousand 
Instances  taken  out  of  the  Plays' of  the  present  Century, 
and  especially  of  the  last  four  years,  in  defiance*of  all 
methods  hitherto  used  for  their  Reformation.  Bv  Arthur 
Bedford,  M.A.,  Chaplain  to  the  Most  Noble  Wriothesley, 
Duke  of  Bedford,"  &c.    8vo,  London,  1719,  pp.  383. 

[In  this  very  curious  book,  the  reverend  compiler  has, 
with  singular' industry,  and,  as  it  would  appear,  out  of 
consideration  for  the  convenience  of  lovers  of  obscene  and 
blasphemous  reading,  produced  a  manual  whjch  saves  the 
necessity  of  reference  to  our  more  licentious  writers  for 
the  drama.  Thus  we  are  reminded  of  those  Judicious 
editions  of  the  Classics,  in  usum  scholarum,  so  neatly  sati- 
rised by  Byron  in  Don  Juan,  canto  r.  xliv.  Very  little  is 
known  of  the  Rev.  Arthur  Bedford ;  he  was  successively 
Vicar  of  Temple  in  the  city  of  Bristol,  and  Rector  of  New- 
ton St.  Loe,  in  the  county  of  Somerset.  He  afterwards 
resided  in  London  as  chaplain  to  the  Haberdashers*  Hos- 
pital at  Hoxton,  and  died  September  13, 1745.  His  other 
works  are  enumerated  in  the  Fly-Leavet,  published  by 
Mr.  Miller  late  of  Chandos  Street,  12mo,  1854,  p.  176, 
1st  Series."] 

"  The  Conduct  of  the  Stage  considered  ;  Being  a  Short 
Historical  Account  of  its  Original,  &c.,  humbly  recom- 
mended toihe  consideration  of  thosewhofrequentthePlay- 
Houses.  *  One  Plaj'-House  ruins  more  Souls  than  Fifty 
Churches  are  able  to  save,'  Bul8trode*s  Charge  to  the 
Grand  Jury  of  Middlesex,  April  21, 1718."  8vo,  London, 
1721,  pp.  43. 

*«  The  AfafUute  Unlawfulness  of  the  Stage  Entertain- 
ment fully  oemonstrated,  by  W.  Law,  A.M.''  2nd  ed. 
8vo,  London,  1726,  pp.  60. 

••  A  Short  View,  &c.,  by  Jeremy  Collier."  8vo,  London, 
1728. 

["Containing  several  Defences  of  the  same  in  answer 
to  Mr.  Conffreve,  Dr.  Drake,"  &c  I  cite  this  reprint  of 
Collier's  original  work  here,  in  chronological  8€M)uence, 
as  being  the  best  edition,  and  the  one  to  be  specially 
sought  for  by  the  collector,  as  he  will  here  have,  without 
further  trouble,  the  **  Defence,"  the  **  Second  Defence," 
and  the  "Further  Vindication"  in  reply  to  Dr.  Filmer.] 

"  An  Oration,  in  which  an  Enquiry  is  made  whether 
the  Stage  is,  or  can  be  made,  a  School  for  forming  the 
Mind  to  Virtue,  and  proving  the  Superiority  of  Theatric 
Instmetion  over  those  of  History  and  Moral  Philosophy. 
By  Chailcs  Poree  of  the  Societv  of  Jesus.  Translated  by 
Mr.  Lockman."    8vo,  London,'  1 734,  pp.  1 1 1. 


The  citation  of  the  last  two  pamphlets  has  taken 
me  somewhat  beyond  the  Collienan  controversy 
proper ;  but  they  are  not  without  value  and  im- 
portance as  bearing  on  the  general  subject. 

William  Bates. 

Edgbaston. 

ROMAN  GAMES. 
(3'*S.  iu.490;  iv.  19.) 

Allow  me  to  assure  CnEssBuKoroH  that,  to  the 
best  of  my  belief  and  information,  I  have  not 
"  misquoted  the  passage  from  Justinian,*'  sent  by 
me  to  your  columns  some  months  ago,  in  the  hope 
of  eliciting,  if  possible!,  an  exact  explanation  of  the 
games  therein  alluded  to.  I  have  since  consulted 
several  of  the  best  editions  of  the  Corptis  Juris, 
and  cannot  find  anything  to  justify  the  substitu- 
tion of  "  cordacem  **  for  "  contacem ; "  and,  be- 
sides, from  an  extract  which  I  shall  presently  give, 
it  will  be  seen  that  the  "  quintanum  contacem  '* 
is  quite  another  thing  from  the  *'  cordax/*  with 
the  aid  of  which  Chessborough  interprets  the 
passage. 

Among  those  which  I  have  consulted  I  may 
mention  the  well-known  editions  of  Dion.  Gotho- 
fredus^  cura  Sima.  van  Leeuwen,  Amst.  1663 ;  the 
Corpus  Juris  Academicum,  Frienleben,  1780 ;  and 
a  modem  stereotyped  edition  (1868)  of  the  Corpus 
Juris,  originally  prepared  by  the  critical  brothers, 
Kriegel. 

The  passage  I  before  sent  to  you  was  (taking 
the  Gothofredan  edition  as  our  guide)  from  Code, 
8,  43,  3,  in  med.  By  way  of  further  explanation 
I  would  take  the  liberty  (assuming  that  the  work 
is  not  in  Chessborouoh*s  hands)  of  quoting  a 
previous  passage,  c.  3,  43, 1,  which  has  the  ad- 
vantage of  a  few  notes  (jcurd  van  Leeuwen)  in 
explanation  of  the  text :  — 

"  Duntaxat  autem  ludereliceat  iiov6Bo\ov^^^  liceat  item 
ludere  Koirrofio¥6&o\^*9  Kovrai^Av  Kdvrcuca,  et  item  liceat 
ludere*o  x»pl»  ^^^  »<Jpinj5,  id  est,  ludere  vibratione  Quin- 
tiana,^^  absque  spiculo,  sive  aculeo  aut  ferro,  a  quodam 
Quioto  ita  nominata  hac  lusus  specie.  Liceat  item  ludere 
'KtpixvT^y,  id  est,  exerceri  lucta:»«  liceat  vero  etiam  ex- 
erceri  hippice,**  id  est,  equorum  cursu,"  &c 

Having  before  me  the  information  contained  in 
this  passage,  what  I  wanted  was  a  reference  to 
some  work  of  authority  containing  a  full  and  ac- 
curate description  of  the  different  games.  If  such 
a  work  does  not  exist,  I  reciprocate  the  wish  ex- 
pressed by  Chessborough,  that   some  modem 

"  *•  Id  est,  singulari  saltu. 

^  Saltu  conto  sussulto. 

*o  Alii  legunt  Kar  Afjufw,  vel  Catampo,  vel  Catabo,  quod 
genus  est  ludi  Festo. 

*^  Ab  inventore  sic  dicta. 

*'  Seu  collnctatione. 

»*  'linruai,  Troia  sive  I^rrhica,  curriculMsa.*ft^ssc«Ka.V 
&c.  ' 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES- 


[8'*  S.  V.  Jax.  9,  '64. 


"  Strutt "  would  give  to  the  world  the  results  of 
his  researches  in  this  neglected  field. 

A  difficulty  occurs  in  Cke8Sborou6H*8  render- 
ing cf  the  '^singulari  saltu''  a  somersault;  be- 
cause supposing  it  to  be  a  somersault,  how,  in  the 
'*  saltu  conto  sussulto  "  could  it  be  thrown  with  a 
pole  ?  May  it  not  rather  have  been  an  ordinary 
flying  jump?  The  note  marked  *<*  may  give 
CHE9SB0R0UGH  a  better  clue  if  he  will  kindly  con- 
tinue hi:)  inquiry,  and  oblige  one  at  a  distance  who 
has  not  his  facility  for  reference  and  research. 

What  was  the  "  vibratio  Quintiana  ?  "  for  if  it 
was  "  ab  inventore  sic  difeta,"  as  the  note  says  it 
was  (note^\),  it  is  at  variance  with  Chkss- 
B0R0T7on*s  reference  to  the  "  Quintanus  or  five 
deep  rows  of  the  circus."  Would  it  not  rather 
be  an  exercise  in  which  a  Koi^rhs  was  hurled 
at  some  object,  the  Hoprht  being  "  sine  fibula," 
X«p2f  rvt  vSpmis,  i,  e,  without  a  hooked  point  or 
prong,  to  avoid  danger.  I  admit  this  to  be  an 
explanation  par  hasardy  and  therefore  will  not 
stake  my  "  etymological  sagacity  "  on  its  accuracy. 
The  TfpixwrV  ^as  evidently  a  wrestling  matcn, 
*'  exerceri  lucta/'  but  of  what  precise  nature  still 
depends  on  some  of  your  obliging  correspondents. 

I  have  no  doubt  that  the  ''  hippice  "  was  some 
modification  of  the  "  Indus  Troi®,"  for,  judging 
from  the  account  given  by  Virgil  {JEln,  v.  545)  of 
that  very  intricate  movement,  it  would  scarcely 
have  been  worth  the  performer's  while  to  have 
played  for  the  single  *'  solidus,"  which  Justinian 
fixed  as  the  legal  limit. 

I  find  I  omitted  to  add  another  game  to  those  c4 
which  I  before  sought  explanation,  viz.,  what  ex- 
actly were  the  "  lignea  eauestria  "  ?  In  the  Code 
3, 43, 3,  adjin.y  these  words  occur : — "  Prohibemus 
etiam  ne  sint  equi  (seu  equestres)  lignei,"  &c. 
And  in  the  "argumentum"  preceding  the  (Go- 
tbofredan)  text,  the  following  amusiUg  passage  is 
given :—  ^ 

**  BalMmon  notat  de  equi  lignei  significatione,  inddiMe 
apud  Imperatorem  gravem  quondam  dinpatationem,  qui- 
bufldam  asflerentibua  ilium  ludum  sif^xiificari,  quo  pueri 
extra  circum  aurigando  pro  ec^uis  hominibus  utuntur; 
aliis,  vero,  contro  contendibus  ligneam  esse  fabricam  per 
scalas  llgneas  exaltatam,  habentem  in  medio  di versa  fo- 
ramina :  nam  qui  hoc  genere  ludebant,  quatuor  globules 
diver$orum  eoforum  supeijiciebant  ex  superiore  parte,  et 
qui  primus  globulomm  per  foramina  ex  ultimo  foramin^ 
egrediebatur,  hie  victoriam  dabat  ei,  qui  projecerat.*' 

This  extract  may  assist  in  the  solution  of  the 
difficulty,  although,  if  there  was  "  gravis  dispu- 
tatio  apud  Imperatorem,"  as  to  its  exact  meaning, 
we  can  hardly  now  look  for  a  precise  settlement. 
I  have  no  access  here  to  the  works  of  Balsamon, 
who  was  a  scholar  and  ecclesiastic  of  the  Greek 
church  in  the  twelfth  century,  and  wrote  Com" 
meniariuB  in  Photxi  Nomoc€monem^  4to,  Paris, 
1615.  Photius  wrote  his  Nomocanon  about  the 
year  858  a.d.  ;  it  was  published  at  Paris,  4to,  with 
a  Latin  version,  by  Justel,  1615.    The  latter  es- 


pecially of  these  works  might  furnish  us  with  an 
explanation.  We  know  that  in  the  Roman  chariot 
races  the  charioteers  were  divided  into  ditferent 
factions  {greges  v.  factiones),  according  to  the 
colours  of  their  livery  (v.  Adams's  Itftm.  Ant.)  ; 
thus  we  have  the  white  faction  (/.  a/ba),  the  red 
(russata),  the  sky  or  sea-coloured  (veneta),  the 
green  (prasina) ;  and  afterwards  the  golden  and 
the  purple  (aurea  et  purpurea)  j  and  AdaraR  tells 
us,  on  tne  authority  of  Procopius  {Bell.  Pers,  i.), 
"  that  in  the'  time  of  Justinian  no  less  than  30,000 
men  lost  their  lives  at  Constantinople  in  a  tuamlt, 
raised  by  contention  among  the  partisans  of  tiieae 
several  colours."  The  constitution  prohibiting 
these  **  lignea  equestria,'*  CHBSSBORouon  will  re- 
member, was  Justinian's  own  :  but  can  he  trace 
any  connection  between  the  two  matters?  In 
conclusion  I  may  add,  that  in  the  hope  of  satisfy- 
ing my  curiosity,  I  have  consulted  different  com- 
mentators on  tie  Code,  but  find  that,  like  those 
on  the  Digest,  they  deal  with  the  general  subject 
of  th»"  alea  "  without  specifying  or  inquiring  into 


the  character  of  the  prohibited  games. 
Cape  Town,  S.A. 


Uum. 


ST.  PATRICK  AND  THE  SHAMROCK. 
(S'*  S.  iv.  187,  233,  293.) 

I  am  certainly  not  a  little  surprised  to  find 
Canon  Dalton  taking  up  this  subject  in  a  serious 
manner,  having  always  considered  it  as  a  weak 
invention  of  an  enemy.  Admitting,  as  we  must 
do,  that  St  Patrick  was  a  Christian,  a  man  of 
common  sense,  and  ordinary  ability,  the  story 
falls  to  the  ground  at  once.  For,  surely,  it  must 
be  evident  to  the  meanest  capacity,  that  neither 
as  a  symbol,  argument,  nor  illustration,  can  any 
material  substance,  natural  or  artificial,  be  com- 
pared to  the  Divine  mystery  of  the  Trinity  in 
Unity. 

It  is  pleasant  to  turn  from  this  absurd,  if  not 
egregiously  irreverent,  story  of  St.  Patrick  and 
the  Shamrock,  to  the  charming  and,  instructive 
legend  of  St  Augustine,  on  the  sad^  holy  and 
incomprehensible  subject.  When  this  revered 
Palher  was  writing  his  De  Trinitate,  he  one  day 
wandered  on  the  seashore,  absorbed  in  profound 
meditation.  Suddenlv,  looking  up,  he  observed  a 
beautiful  boy,  who,  having  made  a  hole  in  the 
sand,  appeared  to  be  bringing  water  from  the  sea 
to  fill  It  "What  are  you  doing,  my  pretty 
child?"  inquired  the  holy  man.  '*I  am  going 
to  empty  the  ocean  into  that  hole  I  have  jost 
made  in  the  sand,"  replied  the  boy.  '*  Impos- 
sible !  ■*  exclaimed  the  saint.  **  No  more  impos- 
sible," replied  the  child,  <<than  for  thee,  O 
Augustine,  to  explain  the  mystery  on  which  Uiou 
art  now  meditating."    The  boy  disappearedi  and 


\S.V.  Ja»9/64*1 


■Augustine  then  understood  that  ba  had  been 
H  vouchsafed  a  cekatlul  vidon, 

■  The  earlieet  notice  that  I  know  of  the  story  of 
Bst.  Patrick  and  tJie  Shamrock,  U  found  in  The 
\      Koratij  not  that  of  Mahomet,  by  the  way,  but  a 

work  attributed  to  the  indeeent  scoffer  and  dia- 
^  grace  to  hia  cloth,  Laurence  Storne,  and  runs  aa 

■  follows:  — 

"      *•  Yr:   »  •  •-'^  T  the  mystery  of  the  ttedemption  once  to  a 
vijui  I  bttppeaed  l<>  tiiiLke  rq  illusion,  ndnpted 

io  iii  iice,  ot"  the  Uvtfing  n  JinCf  ami  tufferinff  a 

recQverp ;  tlii»  »imile  was  repeat&d  »fUTwaril«  to  my  di^- 
udv«uUige  {  Aod  I  iriu  deemed  aa  iiiti^lfsl  theacefonrurd. 
And  why  ?  mertly  becauae  I  am  a  merry  pMaoii,  I  sup- 
pose— for  St,  Pftuick,  the  Irish  patroo,  because  he  wiia 
)«  grave  one,  wftj  oanonixed  for  iilufttratiag  the  Trinity 
by  the  compariaoo  of  a  Shiinrock/'  • 
The  varioua  differenoea  of  opinioni  reapeetlng 
what  plant  really  is  the  shamrock,  are  most  ludi- 
croua»  A  Mr.  Bicheno^  a  Welshman,  I  believe, 
discovered  it  in  the  wood-aorrel,  Osalis  acetoxUa ; 
and  Mb.  Rkdmosd,  who,  at  least,  has  an  Irish 
name,  follows  the  example  of  Moore,  and  calls  it 
**  a  grass/'  But  it  must  be  recollected  that 
Moore  can  claim  poetical  licence  for  his  error, 
and  does  not  fall  into  Ma.  Redmond's  curious 
Xusiun  of  ideas,  by  Bpeakiug  of  a  *'  trefoil 
i,"t  That  "all  flesh  ia  grass"  we  know, 
It  Mb.  Rkdmokd  will  find  a  difficulty  in  per- 
suading us  that  all  vegetable  is.  The  plant  known 
all  over  Ireland  as  the  shamrock  is,  moat  un- 
doubtedly, the  white  clover,  tri/oHum  rrpms:  it  is 
not  **  puculiarly  indigenous  to  some  parts  of  Ire- 
land only,"  but  to  my  certain  knowledge  is  found 
in  Eogland,  Scotland,  and  France.  Curiously 
enough,  in  the  last-mentioned  country,  it  bears  a 
kind  of  implied  sanctity,  its  common  French 
name  being  AUduia-  while  a  kindred  plant,  the 
large  clover,  cultivated  for  fodder  both  id  France 

I  and  England^  is  termed  Saintfoin — Fcenum  iouc- 
Mr,  F.  R.  Datfes  shrewdly  hits  the  mark, 
when  he  notices  the  white  clover  as  a  sacred 
plant  of  ancient  Pagan  times.  Almost  all  tri- 
toHated  plants  have  been  so.  Pliny,  in  his  Katural 
Ilidort/f  tells  us  — 

"TrifoUtiin  scio  credl    pncvalGre  contra  serpent  ium 
ictus  et  scorpion  [LID, -^Mrpentesq  tie  naoquAm  in  tri  folia 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


I 


♦  From  The  PotthumotiM  WarhM  of  a  tate  ceieitrat«i 
GeniuSy  iPeceanetL  This  rather  rare  bouk  is  reviewed  in 
the  GentlananM  Mftpazine  for  1770.  My  copy  lieara  the 
imprint,  Dublin,  3iiic<i.xx.  Si»me  bibilograplicrs  have 
erraoeouily  attributed  this  work  to  Svrif^  liiis  error 
can  only  be  accirunti  d  tor  by  the  wdl-ktiown  fact,  that 
sa  travelers  not  uiifrequ»5utly  deooribe  pljice&  tliey  have 
not  Vjdik'di  60  bibliographer:}  very  often  take  it  uj»od 
them  to  »|.'5*^ri)^K*  iMUik*  rh^'v  have  n»!vef  »ppn     [7"A*  Ptnt- 

huu..  .'''  .■'     ■    '     ''■'''    ■  '  '-:■        r  ■    ■  .,-,..' :n,,i 

vty  -I 

Gnii.-.  ,    .      ' :  .  ■       i     1  .    r    ^    ■..    .     ',..■.■,  v;  -.,  ■  ul. 

tXTiL  pt,  LI,  p.  too,  auU  "  ^.  «*  Q/'  i"  bu  i,  'lid*— ^Ki».] 
^  lira«»  pioduce«  bhides,  not  ieavu. 


aspid-    Pnoterea,  cekbratibns  aaoloiibaa,  contra  omnia 
venena  pro  antidofco  sufficere.*' 

These  arc  very  remarkable  pa^sa^es,  to  the 
comparative  mythologist;  takinj^^  thtfin  in  con- 
nection with  the  legends  of  St,  Patrick,  the 
soakeSf  and  the  shamrock. 

About  fifty  years  ago,  Br.  Druramond^  a  dis- 
tinguished Irish  botanist,  found  in  the  western 
part  of  the  county  of  Cork,  a  variety  of  clover 
with  a  brown  spot  in  the  centre  of  each  leaf, 
which  he  poetically  and  fancifully  named  "the 
real  Irish  Shamrock ;  '*  this  plant,  however,  is 
English,  as  well  as  Irish,  and  I  have  discovered 
it  growing,  plentifully,  beside  the  towing  path  on 
the  Surrey  aide  of  the  Thames,  between  the  Cross 
beep  at  f  wickenbam  and  Teddingti>n  Lock. 

As  I  hftvejustobserved,  many  tri-foliated  plants 
have  been  held  sacred  from  a'  remote  antiquity. 
The  trefoil  was  eaten  by  the  horses  of  Jupiter* ; 
and  a  golden,  three-leaved,  immortal,  plant,  af- 
fording riches  and  protection,  19  noticed  in  Homer's 
Hymn,  in  Mermtrmm.  In  the  palaces  of  N'lneveh, 
and  on  the  medals  of  Rome,  represeotations  of 
triple  branches,  triple  leaves,  and  triple  fruit, 
are  to  be  found.  On  the  temples  and  pyraoiidsof 
Gibel-el-Birkel,  considered  Xjq  be  much  older  than 
those  of  E^rypt,  there  are  representatinns  of  a 
tri -leaved  plant,  which  in  the  illustrations  of 
Ho&kins'a  TraieU  in  Ethiopia  &eexnB  to  be  nothing 
elj*e  than  a  8hamr<x;k.  The  triad  is  still  a  favourite 
figure  in  national  and  heraldic  emblems.  Thus 
we  have,  besides  the  shamrock  of  Ireland,  the 
three  legs  of  Man,  the  broad  arrow  of  England, 
the  phaon  of  henildry,  the  three  feathers  of  the 
Prince  of  Wales,  the'tri-color,  and  the  fleur-de- 
lia  of  France,  Key,  in  his  exceedingly  interesting 
work,  Ilidoire  du  Draj^au^  dtx  Couleurs,  d  dea 
Imii^nm^  de  la  Monarchic  Frani,tiiA6  (T'kris,  1837), 
gives  engravings  of  no  less  than  311  different 
forms  of  fleur-de-lis,  found  on  ancient  Greek, 
Roman,  Egyptian,  Persian,  and  Mexican  vases, 
coins,  medals,  and  monuraents.  Including  also 
forma  of  the  fleur-de-lis  used  in  mediieval  and 
modem  Greece,  England,  Germany.  Spain,  Por» 
tugal,  Georgia,  Arabia,  China,  and  Japan,  It 
also  appears  on  the  marioera*  compass,  and  the 
pack  ofplaying-cards  j  two  things  which,  however 
essentiiOly'diflerent,  are  still  the  two  things  that 
civilisation  has  most  widely  extended  over  the 
habitable  globe.  WktixM  Piskebtok. 

Hounalow. 

For  a  good  summary  of  the  evidence  in  favour 
of  the  Wotjd  Sonel,  gee  an  article  by  Mr.  Jdmes 
Hardy  in  the  Horder  Magatiine^  i.  148.  (Edin- 
burgh, Sept  1803.)  ^on.  J.  B.  Wobjcard. 

•  CalUmicUus,  J/ymit.  ia  i>winom. 


^ 


42 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[ardS-V.  JaH.9,*(ML 


HARVEY  OF  WANGEY  HOUSE. 
(3'0  S.  iv.  529.) 
In  answer  to  the  appeal  of  your  correspondent, 
C.  P.  L.,  I  beg  to  inform  hiin  that  Wangey  House 
stands  on  the  south  side  of  Chad  well  Heatn,  about 
two  miles  from  the  town  of  Romford,  but  in  the 
parishes  of  Barking  and  Dagenham.    The  present 
nouse  was  erected  in  the  second  quarter  of  the 
last  century ;  but  I  have  a  rudely  drawn  sketch  " 
of  the  old  Ilarvey  mansion,  from  the  large  map  > 
of   Barking    Manor,  a.d.    1663.     The  Manor  of 
Wangey  has  for  some  centuries  been  held  distinct 
from  the  manor  house  and  lands.     The  Har?eys 
lived  at  Wangey  House  from  early  in  the  reig^  of 
Queen  Elizabeth,  —  when  Alderman,  afterwards 
Sir  James,  Harvey,  purchased  the  estate  from  Cle- 
ment Sysley  of  Eastbury  House — until  far  on  in 
the  reign  of  King  Charles  II.     Of  this  there  is 
good  evidence.     See  Visitation  of  Essex,  1634,  in 
the  College  of  Arms ;  Funeral  Certificates,  Col- 
lege  of   Arms ;    Dagenham    Parish    Registers ; 
Harvey  Wills  at  Doctors*   Commons;   Barking 
Manor  Court  Rolls,  &c.    From  these  and  other 
sources,  I  have  collected  much  relating  to  the 
Harveys — as  a  considerable  Essex   family.     Sir 
James  Harvey,  who  died  in  1583,  was  father  of 
Sir  Sebastian  Harvey,  who  settled  at  Mardyke, 
an  old  house  still  standing  near  Da^renham —  i 
James,  who  succeeded  his  father  at  Wangey —  . 
and  William,  who  died,  «.  p,  in  1610.     Sir  Se- 
bastian Harvey    died  intestate  in  1620,  leaving 
one  daughter,  Mary,  afterwards  the  wife  of  John 
Popham.     James  Harvey  had 'a  very  large  family, 
ana  died  in  1627.     His  stately  monument,  with 
its  quaint  inscription,  still  remains  in  the  rector*8  I 
chancel  at  Dagenham  church.    Samuel,  his  second  | 
son,  who  lived  at  Aldborough  Hatch,  in  Barking 
parish,  married  Constance,  daughter  of  Dr.  Donne,  | 
and  widow  of  the  celebrated  Edward  Alleyn.    At 
his  house,  of  which  I  have  also  a  tracing  from  the  | 
map  of  1653,  Donne  was  taken  with  his  last  ill- 
ness.    Samuel  Harvey's  children  eventually  in- 
herited the  property  of  the  family. 

Numerous  entries  of  the  Harvey  family  are 
scattered  through  the  Registers  of  Dagenham, 
Barking,  Romford,  and  Ilornchurch.  There  must 
be  many  entries  i^so  in  the  Registers  of  St.  i 
Dionis'  Backchurch,  Fenchurch  Street,  as  the 
town  house  of  the  Harveys  stood  in  Lime  Street ; 
and  the  earlier  generations  were  buried  in  St 
Dionis*  church.  1  found  about  forty  entries  at 
Dagenham.  The  last,  Jannarv  21,  1677-8,  re- 
cords the  burial  of  James  Ilarvey,  ggnt  He 
had,  not  many  years  before,  sold  the  Wangey 
estate  to  Thomas  Walde^rave.  • 

These  brief  notes  may  be  acceptable  to  C.  P.  L., 
as  no  account  of  the  Harvey  family  is  to  be  found 
in  Morant*8  or  any  other  Uidory  of  Essex*    They 

*  These  Ilarveyt  must  not  be  confounded  with  the  Har- 
veys of  Chigwel(  00.  Essex;  nor  with  the  Heiveys  of 


are  not,  however,  offered  as  a  satisfactory  accoimt 
of  the  family,  and  I  shall  be  happy  to  give  him 
further  information.  Edward  J.  Saqs. 

Stoke  Newington. 


Virgil's  TEsnMONr  to  our  Saviour's  AjDYnrr 
(3'*S.  iv.  490.)--The  exact  words  of  the  line 
quoted  by  your  correspondent  are  not,  I  believe, 
to  be  found  in  Virgil.  The  line  intended  by  the 
author  of  the  Christian  Mystery  is  doubtless  the 
seventh  in  the  well-known  fourth  ecloguei  or 
FbUioof  Virgil 

**  Jam  nova  progenies  ccelo  demittitar  alto.** 

In  the  '^  Argument "  prefixed  to  this  eclo^e  in 
Forbinger's  Vtryil,  LipsiaB,  1862,  vol.  1.  p.  62,  the 
writer  observes — 

**  Vaticinationem  Sibvllfle  de  Christi  natalibns  ezpres- 
sam  esse,  quam  Yirgilius  iniceniose  ad  natales  nobilis 
poeri  transtulerit  jam  Lactantius,  Inst.  vii.  24,  Btatnit, 
et  Constantinus  M.  in  Orat.  ad  Sanctorum  Ccetum,  Euaebii 

libris  (le demonstrare  voluit.    Cujus 

auctoritntem  quam  dim  plerumque  Christian!  homines 
(cf.  Wemstlorf,  Poet.  Lat.  Min.  t.  iv.  p.  767.  tq.')  tam  re- 
centioribus  temporibus  viri  docti  secuti  sunt  pleriqae." 

And  again  — 

**  Succurrebat  jam  vaticiniam  illad  vul^atum  de  rege 
sive  hcrOe  veuturo  vel  nascituro  (cf.  Suet.  Aug.  94),  quod 
sub  Nerone  iterum  increbruit"    (Suet.  Vesp,  4.)    • 

With  this  of  Virgil's,  we  may  compare  the  first 
eclogue  of  Calpumius. 

W.  Bo  WEN  Rowlands. 
In  the  mediaeval  dramatic  colloquy  concerning 
our  Saviour's  birth,  contributed  by  Mr.  Work  abb, 
he  says  that  Virgil  gives  his  evidence  thus :  — 

**  Ecce  polo  deniiasa  solo  nova  progenies  est/' 
but  that  he  cannot  anywhere  find  the  words.  The 
idea,  if  not  the  actual  words,  I  thought,  sounded 
familiar  to  my  ears  on  reading  it,  and  on  referring 
to  the  fourth  eclogue,  1  found  the  sentiment  thus 
expressed :  — 

**  Jam  nova  progenies  c(pIo  demittitnr  alto." 
This  is  so  very  like  what  is  put  into  Virgil's 
mouth,  that  we  may  surely  conceive  the  other  to 
be  merely  an  error  of  copyists,  or  a  line  written 
down  from  memory.  Might  not  the  Mantuan 
possibly,  when  summoned  after  so  long  rest,  have 
somewhat  adapted  his  metre  to  that  of  the  rest  of 
the  dialogue,  and  spoken  thus  P  — 

*♦  See,  sent  down  from  highest  heaven, 
Wondrous  child  to  man  now  given." 

Jos.  IIarorove. 
Clare  College,  Cambridge. 

Richard  Adams  (2«*  S.  x.  70 ;  S'^  S.  iv.  527.) 
Some  light  may  be  thrown  upon  his  identity  from 
the  facts,  that  the  one  of  this  name,  who  was  the 
second  son  of  Sir  Thomas  Adams,  Alderman  of 

j  Marks,  an  important  manor  house,  which  stood  within  a 
mile  of  Wangey.    They  were  in  no  way  connected  with 
famiUea. 


8»«S.V.  Jan.  9, '64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


43 


London,  &c.,  was  bom  on  January  6,  1619-20 ; 
and  died  without  issue  on  June  id;  1661.  He 
was  buried  in  Lancaster  Church,  where  there  is, 
or  was,  a  monumental  inscription.  He  would  have 
been  only  seventeen  years  of  age  in  1637 ;  rather 
young  to  be  the  author  of  the  verses  in  the  Cam- 
bridge collection.  If,  also,  he  were  admitted  a 
Fellow  Commoner  of  Catharine  Hall  in  April 
1635,  he  would  have  but  barely  passed  his  fifteenth 
year.  The  Mbssbs.  Coopeb  can  j  udge  of  the  pro- 
Dabilities  better  than  I  can.  J.  L.  C. 

Thomas  Coo  (2^8.  vi.344,  375,  376.)  — This 
person  who  represents  himself  as  starving  in  New- 

Cin  November  1633  (Bruce's  Calendar  Dom. 
Papers,  Car.  I.  vi.  310),  was  of  Peterhouso; 
B. A.  1586-7;  M. A.  1500. 

C.  H.  &  Thompson  Coopsb. 
Cambridge. 

Gbobob  Banbbs  (2*  S.  ix.  67.)  —  We  make 
no  doubt  that  the  president  of  some  college,  whose 
Common-Place  Book  constitutes  MS.  HarL  4050, 
was  George  Bankes,  Fellow  of  Peterhouse,  Cam- 
bridge, B.  A.  1597-8 ;  M.A.  1601;  Taxor,  1615; 
Vicar  of  Cherryhinton,  Cambridgeshire,  1629-38. 
We  have  transcripts  of  many  college  orders  signed 
by  him.  In  1633  and  1635  he  adds  president  to 
his  name. 

For  the  information  of  such  of  your  readers  as 
may  not  be  conversant  with  the  usages  of  this 
University,  we  may  explain  that  in  that  College, 
Prudent  is  synonymous  with  Vice-Master.  The 
term  certainly  occasions  confusion,  as  in  one  in- 
stance here,  and  in  several  at  Oxford^  it  denotes 
the  head  of  the  college. 

0.  H.  &  Thohpsov  Coopbb. 
Cambridge. 

Quotation  (3'*  S.  iv.  499.) — Li  reply  to  your 
correspondent  M.  S.,  the  lines  he  alludes  to  must, 
I  imagine,  be  these : — 

**  Tender-handed  stroke  a  nettle, 
And  it  stings  yoa  for  your  pains; 
Grasp  it  like  a  man  of  mettle, 
And  it  soft  as  silk  remains. 
**  Thus  it  is  with  vulgar  natures. 
Use  them  kindly  they  rebel ; 
But  be  rough  as  nntm^-graters,     ' 
And  the  rogues  obey  jou  welL" 

The  author  was  Aaron  Hill,  and  they  will  be 
found  at  p.  822  of  the  ElegarU  ExtracU.  W. 

Sib  Nicholas  Thbogmobtov  (3'*  S.  iv.  454.) 
I  find  in  Nichols's  Progresus  of  Queen  JEUzabethy 
ToL  i.  p.  215,  mention  made  of  a  Sir  Nicholas 
Throcmorton,  Knight,  as  having  received  the 
degree  of  Master  of  Arts  at  a  convocation  held  at 
Oxford,  Sept  6, 1566.  A  note  at  the  foot  of  the 
page  referrmg  to  the  convocation  gives  its  place 
u  the  Calen&r,  viz.,  Fasti  Oxon,  voL  L  ooL  100. 
Perhaps  this  may  be  of  some  assistance  to  the  re- 
aearchea  of  Mb.  Thbobald  Shid.  Various  other 
memben^  I  should  suppose  of  the  same  fomily, 


with  variously  spelled  names,  may  be  found  in 
the  same  book  at  the  following  pag^s : — vol.  L 
pp.  192, 197  note,  534  j  vol.  ii.  pp.  73,  86. 

K.R.  C. 

Pbn-tooth  (3'*  S.  iv.  491.)— I  am  inclined  to 
think  that  the  Huntingdonshire  labourer  meant 
pin,  though  he  said  penriooih. :  for  the  e  and  i  are 
very  much  confounded  in  the  eastern  counties, 
and  very  likely  so  in  the  bordering  county  of 
Huntingdon.  In  Norfolk,  a  person  will  speak  of 
9k pin  when  he  means  a  pen  for  sheep,  or  cattle; 
and  a  pen-tQoih  was  probably  a  /nn-tooth  (a  ca- 
nine tooth),  which  is  more  sharp-pointed  than  our 
other  teeth.  Thus  the  uvula,  in  Norfolk,  is  called 
the  pin  of  the  throat ;  and  Shakspeare  speaks  of 
the  pin,  or  point  of  the  heart.  F.  C.  H. 

Maboabet  Fox  (3'«  S.  iv.  137.)— The  follow- 
ing are  the  arms  of  her  first  husband,  of  the  name 
of  Fell,  of  St  Martin's-in-the-Fields,  Middlesex, 
granted  Jan.  9,  1772 :  Ar.  three  lozenges  in  fesse 
vert  between  as  many  damask  roses  ppr.  seeded 
or  barbed  of  the  second.  Crest,  out  of  a  mural 
coronet,  gu.  a  dexter  arm  embowed  in  armour, 
ppr.  garnished,  or  holding  in  the  hand  ppr.  a  tilt- 
ing spear  of  the  last.  Dubiiax. 

Fbith  (3">  S.  iv.  478),  in  the  Weald  of  Kent, 
where  also  it  signifies  a  wood,  is  pronounced 
"  fright."  This  is  another  of  the  singularities  of 
pronunciation  peculiar  to  that  county,  derived, 
probably,  from  their  ancestors,  the  Jutes.  Thus, 
a  ditch,  or  dyke,  is  called  a  ''  dick."  It  seems  not 
unlikely  that  such  variations  may  throw  light  on 
the  original  languages,  or  dialects,  of  the  Angles, 
Jutes,  and  Saxons.  The  word  "  burh,"  variously 
pronounced  " borough,"  "burgh,"  and  *' bury,"  is 
an  instance  which  has  already  been  given.  Can 
your  readers  furnish  more.  They  might  be  of  great 
service  to  the  philologer.  A.  A. 

Tedded  Gbass  (3"»  S.  iv.  430,  524.)— Our  best 
thanks  are  due  to  your  correspondents ;  for,  in  all 
archsBological  investigations  tne  most  valuable  in- 
formation we  can  have,  next  to  the  proof  of  what 
a  thing  really  w,  is  the  being  assured  of  what  it  ia 
not.  It  seems  pretty  dear  that  tedded  tjrass  is 
that  first  shaken  out  of  the  swath.  Now  what  are 
tods  of  grass;  surely  the  weight  of  less  than  half  a 
truss  of  hay  would  have  been  in  those  times  a  very 
inconsiderable  remuneration.  Are  the  tods  the 
hay-cocks  ?  I  should  explain  my  reason  for  this 
query  is,  thatan  answer  may  throw  some  light  on 
tnat  very  important  subject,  the  wages  of  workmen 
in  the  middle  ages,  A.  A. 

Poets'  Corner. 

Pbw  Rents  (3'«  S.  iv.  373,  443.)— -Your  cor- 
respondents  are  really  in  error  when  they  suppose 
that  before  the  Reformation  there  were  no  pews 
nor  pew  rents.  This  is  one  of  the  verythings  ob- 
jected against  the  R^jxiajMas^^^Nec^^s^  YixSass^^^ 


44 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[3«*  5.  y*  Jajc,  s^  im.  ' 


in  bis  Image  ofboths  Churches^  printed  by  Ricbatd 
Jug^e,  London,  no  diil©  (vtrca^  1*550),  B  b  viii. 
recto.     Among  otber  thingt*  he  eDumerate«^ — 

"  All  sbrrnes,  imflges,  church  strtlei,  and  pewe*  that  are 
weil  pti^edjor,  all  banner  sUves,  Pater-ooBter  scores^  and 
p9ce(i  of  tbti  holy  crosse/* 

I  say  nothing  of  the  spirit  or  taate  which  per- 
Tftdes  the  work,  but  it  is  impossible  that  puch 
things  as  pews  and  pew  rents  could  have  entered 
into  the  bishop's  bead  if  thev  never  existed.  The 
first  edition  is  placed  by  NValt  1550,  only  two 
years  after  Grafton  printed  the  iirat  Primer,  and 
'long  before  the  Refornoation  had  time  to  influ- 
ence the  '^  miuiners  and  costonis  '*  of  the  people^ 

A.  A, 

LoKOEvmr  of  CLERGTMKiff  (3^S.  7.  23>) — The 
Rev.  Peter  Young,  rainidter  of  Wigton,  was  ap- 
pointed  to  that  charge  in  1799,  and  i«  now  the 
only  minister  in  the  Church  of  ScoHund  who 
dates  from  the  last  century*  G. 

May:  TBi-MiLcm  (S***  8.  it,  516.)  —  Aa  an 
illustration  of  the  milk- producing  qualities  of  the 
month  of  May,  I  may  mention  that  when  my 
hijU8ekeeper  expressed  surprise  to  the  fish  boy, 
who  brought  her  shrimps  one  May  morning,  that 
they  were  so  early^  he  answered :  "  Oh,  yes,  ma'am, 
«hnmp«  always  oome  in  in  May  with  the  fresh 
butter."  KEifT. 

PHOtmna  (3'*  S.  v.  12.)  —  These  people  are 
clearly  the  Fulas,  otherwise  called  Fulani,  or  Fel- 
latahs.  The  description  of  their  character  by 
Edward  Cave,  in  17.'yi,  ia  singularly  in  accordance 
with  whiit  iiindem  travellers  have  stated  of  them. 
The  wurksof  (Happerton  and  Dr,  Barth  should  be 
consulted  by  K.  H,  A,,  if  he  is  curious  to  learu 
more.  F.  G. 


ACtfcrlUctirotitf. 

NOTES  OX  B(X)KS,  ETC. 

t  Lift  and  CSnrrttfvnndehce  of  Georpe  CatLttus.^  Luthrran 
*  Abbot  of  KifnitfSkhutttT^  and  Prnfamr  Prinutriu»  in  lA* 

Univ^ritty  o/  Ilelmalad(.    By  the  Rcv,  W,  CL  Dowdiflg, 

M.A,    (J.  U.&  Jojs.  Parker.) 

W<j  hc»rtily  thank  Mr.  Dowli       •" 
HA  ripe  n  Hcliutur,  as  goiHl  aCbrr 
i  man  as  ^vcr  breathed.    Antl 
tooe  oa  time  in  making  acq uftin 
bioffrsphy.    Her©  th<?y  may  rr.i 
aiadl,  oul'horodiD^  the  ^^ 
#rhtM>l«»^of  COD  vers  10113  t 
<!foll^Ana»  irhkh  wtrre  gs. 
Profi'«*f»r — of  lh<j  thirty  yt^ia*  w*ii 
«t*.iid4«mics  to  tba  «liidj» — af  the  »l> 


It  k    4i    Ll4l>j,l.> 

thuoifbtfal  tvp 
Ifitejwt,  ai  in 

•t«in  atid  SI* 


■      11^  us  to 

h«art<»d 

.r>  will 

II 

iiig    ^n    tnir    jailiiic 

ag  hia  old  fdlow- 

{o  .,ur  ProteatJint 

hU  ^OO 

tCDCG   at 

u "  nj  m'ni  uver  the 

It  U  a  touching 

unvs  at  thi"  luvirt. 

-a\ 

'1  before 


Narratitnf9nfthtETpui»ion  ufthitl^mth^h  f'nrm 
MCOrCXT  IX — MCCC<?U      ifftberiu,^ 

Her,       ,",  '      ,"  '^      ' 

bugSn 

Jo«tj  L  '-  :■_  ._._  '  '    '    '_   ' 

the  Master  vi  the  Bt^lk.)     j^Liii^fiunn,) 

The  leamei!  editor  of  the  prc«Jnt  volume  reniarkp, 
great  truths  that  tb<>Te  could  be  oo  iiion* 
eompaniment  to  the  volumes  which  trrat  > 
tht  Enghah  in  France — which  have  win  > 
the  pre-HOut  Sirica  of  ChrookJe*— than  [ 
printed  from  MSS.  in  the  Imperiul   Lii 
which  eoabje  us  to  trace,  day  by  day,  tn 
the  cnUMS  which  led  to  the  expnLsion  of  ti 
Normandy.    Bloadtd'a  narrative  record-*  *>.i. 
able   minuteness  tbe  eventii  which   o<*cufTvd   froii 
capture  of  Fougeres,  when  tbe  truce  betwrm    Fng 
and  France  was  broken*  to  ibti   final  ex 
English  after  the  1(i»b  of  Cherlwurg — an<1 
mprtant  n?cord  which  we  have  of  ihi^  inti .     ...^  j-* 
The  w<.frk  nf  Jat'ques  le  Bouvter,  Riunumt^d   iWr 
firist  King  of  Amu?'  of  CharU*  VIL,  closely  fnH.tiv^  tij 
Blondel  in  its  arranji^ement  and   dctidlH  : 
Bome  pflrticubkTis  not  reci»rtlpd  by  Idra.     '\ 

between  the  Ambasaadora  of  France  and  I   .^.-, wf 

cxit'Juit.'d  from  tbe  2uth  Juu«  to  Uh  July,   t4tt>.  ^it 
compietenesd  to  the  work,  on  which  the  editor  Uoa 
stowed  his  wonted  diU|g;eaee  and  karning, 

A  Spring  and  Suinmur  in  Lapiamt*  *if*th  Nat^t  am 
Faufm   of  LuteH  t>apnvirk*      By   an   Old  Bu  * 
(Groombrid^e.) 

Ori^nally  published  in   77m«  FitUt^  where  t^ 
favmirubly  received*    then*  Xote»  on   Laplan 
Fauna  will  be  \vry  acceptable  to  lov^^rs  of  n^L..  : 
tory»  ftud  paitieulaVly  so  to  student*  of  omit  liology, 

Thf  Brown   Book:   a  Btv^h  ^f  litad^    p,t\*^r.,^^  t 
Jlotgh^  Lt»ltting  and  BonnJivp  Mount 
JUning    Ib*omx^    Littrarien    (Puhtir   um 
AmUtrttfteHt*^  liotftiftifn,  .SV/if-o/*  aur/  C/ifJr>>r'.'Jr  /ij 
tiimt,  in  LfOnittm  ;  t^Uh  fuil  tufnnmjtion  at  tt  Sftut^ 
Spei'itffty^  ^  c. ;  autt  «i  ftamty  Ltut,  *ftt>u\thj/  the 
I*oat  Office,  Money  Ontet  Office,  CfJutt^ind,  Poiict  Sk 
tiont  Hrt-Enffin€,  Ptrt-K$mpe,  Hoapitah,  jfe„  Id 
Th^umnd  of  th*  Prineipai  &tri»t*  if  ih*  Jti^rvpofkk 
(Saunders  &  Otley.) 

A  book  containing  tbe  iiiforrantion  dctnilwt  in  thl^ 
amfd4>  title-page  cannot  but  be  very  usf  ful,  if  Uitf  iti^j 
fornittliun  be  correct ;  and  we  are  Lxiund  to  stiite  that, 
tBt  aa  we  have  been  able  to  t^^t  it.  7'he  Bnjttn  BmtJi  ia  i  ^ 
correct,  and  consequetitl)'  oa  u-^^ful,  an  any  vf  iIa  Kvd  or, 
Blue  cootemporaries. 

The  Commim  Prayer  in  Latin.    A  Lfttm-  ^ddrtutd  to  jl 
ffep.   Air    W:   Cope,  Bart.     By  ,Will»am  John    Ht«w] 
With  a  PoMtBcrijA  »n   the   Citmiuon  Prayer    tn    tir\ 
(C.J.Stewnrt) 

A  k'arned  ami  teniperati*  pNntpbtet  nti  a  iubjecidti 
ing'thc  ik'rious  attention  of  all  Chunhmen. 

Afontinpt  t^i'enlny,  and  JfJi/ntV/Zif  Hymmt  by'T\\t\mm%  Ke 
11.  D,      With  an    IntTfiductvry  iMtrr  hy  Sir   Kmifid«^ 
Palmer,'  and  u    Bi&yrapkital  tikitch  Oy  a   Ijiynia 
(S«dgwick.) 
Thia  edii 

merV  bitn.  i 


46 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8»*8.V.  Ja».9.'64. 


JNOIfiKSTION.— THE  MEDICAL  PRO>bi>SION  , 
..lout  M*»US<»NS  rilKl*ARATm!f  uf  I'KIVINK   "the  trut 
i.„,'.ly.    SnI.l  in  ll^rtlc.  ..,.1  Hoxw.  fr-n;  l*- •'-'•^  Mwos'i'^N 
lx4.Suut]iiii:«|>t<Hi  K»w.  KuMi  U  Si|uarc,  I^jinlnn.  | 

LK.V    AND    PEURINS'    SAUCE. 

TBB  •• 'VTOXCUTBKSBZSB.** 

lirtuiiHiiiiTd  hy  I'linmilMvun 

"TIIK   OSLY    good  8ACCK." 

Imi'iiivm  the  ii|ipciltr  aiid  aiiU  ilim-'tion. 

UNIIIVAI.I.KI)  KOH  IMUrANCY  AND  FLAVOUR. 

Ask  for  "liKA  AND  PERRINS'»*  8AUCB. 
11  K  \y  A  U  E     ()  F     I  M  I  T  A  T I  o  N  S, 

Mil  KC  the  Nttiiu>  ot  Ll^A  AND  VERllINS  on  all  botUri  uid  Ubclf. 
ARCiitft-C'i;(  'SSK  *  IILAi:K  WKLU  l^miliHi.  mU  aold  by  all  | 

iH-aii-r*  in  ^Kuivi  thruutshout  th«  World. 

DZIVBEFOBD'S   FXiUZB  MAOBrBSZA. 

flip  »»c*t  roinp.lv  K»ili  At'IDITY  OF  THE  STOMACH.  IHSART- 
lirUN,  MKAOAfllK.  (H»|:t.  AM)  INl)l(JE«iT10N:  and  Hiv  hnt 
■iilil  aiMTiiiit  iiir  ilflii-ait  mmtltutiuni, e«|«ci«ny  adapted  for  LADIlus, 
CtllUmKN,  and  INK  ANTS. 

DINNKKORD  ft  OK.  17».  NewRond  Strcet.liondon, 
And  of  ail  Chvmi»t<. 

FARTRIDOE    AND    COOPER, 

MANIFAOTIJKING  STATIONERS, 
192,  Fle«t  Street  (Corner  of  Chttiirt^ry  Lane). 

CAUUIAOE  PAID  TO  T1IK  COUNTRY  ON  ORDERS 
EXCKKDINU  Sibi. 
NOTE  PArRK.rrramnr  Iilur..\f.,4jr.,  &ji..andii«.  per  ream. 
ENVKUU'F.S.rrvHiiKir  llliir.  I«.A//.,  :»ji.i-H/.,aiid  Kn.iW/.  i«r  1,000. 
TIIK  TKMI'I.K  F.NVKI^)i'K,vith  llich  I niur  I  Up.  la.  per  100. 
HTllA  W  I'AI'Ell-  Iiii|T.ivi'«r  i|iiality.l«.(i</.  mr  ream. 
F(HlI.SCAI'.  lluiid-iiiai|i-Miit>idi--^M.  rt<^  i^er  ream. 
BLACK- IK  iK|>F:HI:I>  NOTK.  I*,  and  I'.Jt.  In/.  iN-r  ri-am. 
fiLA('K-»«ii:iiKUl-:iiKNVRl/il'KS.I>.|ivr1iNi-Sii|i«>r thick  quality. 
TINTI!i>  LIM^r)  NOTE,  for  llnnic  i>r  ForeivitCurr«k|Hjndcncc  (flve 

I'iiliiiir  ■■,  ;■  ■|uiri-»  fur  In  lii/. 
C0]^>I'I:KI)  '^I'AMl'INt;  Jltclipn.  redu«>rd  to  it.  M.  per  ream,  or 

hji.  i\f.   in-i    l.iiNi.    l'iilii.)iid   Kui-l  Cn-kt    Dirt   i>iii!ravi>d    fVoni   &«. 

Miiiii«--'rHiiih.twi>  IfitiT*.  tfun  A».t  tlirce  ieiii-m.  fruni  7a.    Builnaia 

or  A'lilri"  li't«.tr..ma«. 
8ERMIIN  I>M'KI<.  plain.  t«.ptr  ream  i  RiilH  •litt«i.4a.  (V/. 
HC'I11M)L  STa  i'ltiNKKY  •upplivdun  the  iiiim>I  lilKTal  lerina. 

IlluMtrativl  rriif  l.i«t  of  Inkufaiidm  IVvpMN'li  U»vca,  Stationery, 
Caliiiici*.  rujiatrc  St-aU-a,  Writinir  Canci.  Turtrait  AHiuina,  fte.,  pott 
frw. 

<EKTAHI.IH||ICn  I'M].) 


MR.  HOWARD.  Surprron-DeDtist.  64,  Fleet  Stmt* 
haa  Introduced  an  entirely  new  deacripikm  of  ARTIFICIAL 
TEETH,  flsed  without  aprinpi,  wirei,  or  liKaluraa.   Tbev  mt  rtttmVk 


IwinW  the  da«« 


tlie  natiiVml  teeth  a«  niit  to  he  diatlnffiHohed  fhiin  then  L, ....^ 

olMrrver.  Thfa  inelhud  (^lc«  nut  rvi|ulre  the  ntraetion  of  rmtt.«i 
any  fiainflil  mcnulim  i  will  aiipimrt  and  preaerTe  looae  teeth,  and  b 
guaraiiiec«l  tu  rmtore  articulation  anil  martlcalloii.  De^ytd  mih 
■topped  and  midared  eound  and  ukAiI  in  niaatioBCioB. 

M.  Fleet  8trcct.   At  home  frtmi  10  Ull  a.  CgaralMloai  ftot. 


TO    INVESTORS. 

Dividends  10  to  20  per  Cent  on  Onfli|. 

Inveatora  dcrirout  of  making  aafr  InTentmenla  ahoald  applf  li 

MR.  Y.  CIIKISTIAX. 

RTOCK  *  SHARE  DEALER,  II.  ROY AT^  EXCRA2C0E. 

LONIM)N.  R.C.    I  lUnkcr«-Ba&k  of  Enjrland^ 

Who  will  forwanl,  uimn  appllmtion.  hia  enmpirhvndTe  rerlev  ef  At 

Mnxicr  Mahkkth.  tiicvthcr  with  a  avleeted  llet  of  InrcauncDti  Mikv 

from  10  tu  VI  iK'r  ivnt. 


G 


ILBERT     J.      FRENCH, 

ROLTOX.   LANCASHIRE. 
Maiiafhctnrer  of 
OHUBCH    FUHNITtTBX. 

CAR1»ET8.  ALTAR-CI/YTHB, 

COMMimrttN  MNEN,  fiURPLICEJt.  and  ROBCt, 

HERALDIC.  ECCLESlA>iTICAU  and  EMBLBMATICAl 

FLAOS  and  BANNERS,  *c.  fte. 

A  Cafalinrue  acnt  hy  piiat  on  appliratloa. 
Paroela  dclivcre<l  ftec  at  all  principal  Railway  SUtfoBa 

'old  ENGLISH"  FURNITURE. 


Reprodiirtiona  of  Simple  and  Artiatte  Cabinet  Wnrk  ft« 

Manahmi  of  the  XVI.  and  XVII.rei>turies,nDmUnliiffgoailMh~ 
■iiund  workniaiiahip,  and  cuonom/. 

COLLINSON  and  LOCK  (late  Henli«a^ 
CABINET  MAKEBS, 

100,  FLEK  r  STREET,  E.C.    EnUbHsfaed  1781 


TAPESTRY  PAPERHANGINQ8 


The  Vellum  Wove  Club-house  Paper, 

MaaiitXotiiM'.lrVMiS'.ly  t.>  niivt  mh  tiiilvvrinlly  «-<|HTlcnccil  want.tf.  t.  a 
|Ni|N>r  wiiii-li  dial  I  in  ii-i-ti'  iMinhinv  a  itcrfi'clly  MiitNjtli  aurlaoe  wltk 
tutjtl  fr«-  diini  fi  nil  L'n-MM.'. 

The  Now  Vollum  Wove  Club-House  Paper 

will  U-  fmiini  tu  |NNio(»M  llii-M"  |iiriiiiitr<lU»c<iiii|<K-li-ly.  iK-inu  niMle  fhmi 
till'  U>*t  iiiii-ii  ra:»  mil).  ii<i<«c4<iin(r  irnat  ti'iiai'itv  and  diirnhility,and 
pn-i  nthiL-  :i  Mirfniv  •■•lunlly  wll  ■linHfd  fur  i|ui||  ur  hti-el  in-n. 

i».r  n:  U  VEM.l  M  WtiVE  Il.ril-IHUSK  I'Al'EK  iiirnaMCi 
all  'iijii  |.  fur  siii.i.itliiii-<H  ofiiiirl'mr,  ililiniry  uf  iiiluiir.  ttrmiii-Mot  tev- 
tiin-.  «tiiiii>  oli-t-iiii-  uf  any  <Mliiiiriiiir  matti>r  ur  iiijiiriniia  chcmirali, 
tviiiliii»."t>i  iiii|Kiii  it^iiliirnhility  nr  in  any  way  atTtvlinu  lt<  wrltinn  pro- 

Brrti.-ji.    A  >.iiiii.'  ■   rm-ki-t   cuiiitainliiK  an  Amnrtnieut  of  the  varloui 
izeii,  |Ni«i  tri«  t-ir  31  >t:iiii|ii>. 

I'A  KTHilUiE  \  Ci  N  )PI:R.  Mann  fact  nrrn  and  Side  Vendors, 
isa.  IticiSlnct.K.  l". 


Ij^HKNCH.    •>.    Knval    Exchanco,    I/.iulon,   Wutch, 
('l<H-k.aiHl  (  liri.ni.'niitrr  Makur.    Extahl'wiud  A.li.  I*>lt. 

lfE«":nrs  AVEI)l)lN(f    PRESENTS   consist  of 

ifl  Dn-iiiic  ('ok*.  Dn-MlM',.'  Daira  Work  Hinea  and  Baffa.  Writlnjr 
CaM-a.  J.WI  It  iiM  -.  M  I'll  iu>\al- nil  luiitcd  Writinir  TaMe  Seta  In  Wood 
Md  <•  It.  AjljiuiH.  l-apiiT-nurh.'  Tea  Traya.  Chvati.  and  Caddlea, 
piirtaiiU;  Wririni:  (  aM>a.  and  Deapafch  Biiie»  |  a'-  an  inHnltc  variaty 
of  No»vliic*  t.i  ih.H»e  fMm.-n«.  Refvnt  Siiict.W.  Cataloffnci  poat 
five.    Mh.  Mix.' II I  ur  hla  Sun  atlcudi  |«rwnali>  louiy. 


Imitations  of  rare  old  BROCADES.  DAMASKS,  and  ( 
TAPESTRIES. 

COLLINSON  and  LOCK  (late  Herring)| 
DECORATOBSp 

109,  FLEET  STRKKT.  LONDON.   EsUblUbed  1781 


TBB      BTB'Vr      a&AOX      ZBB 

(blPFRUKilT  PItnM  A!«TTIilS(a  KUtR  KVKU  PaODUaiD.) 

DRAPER'S  DICHROIC  IHX. 


Writinic  tMnnnra  a  pleasure  when  thia  Ink  la  iianl.  It  has  been  alopM 
by  the  iiriucii-al  lianka.  i>iiMi«  ulHcva.  and  railway  citmpanict  ihrBMjfc- 
out  Ireland.    It  wriii-»  alniiMt  ini>rantly  ftill  Idavk.    Jjuea  i"* ^ 


by  the  iiriucii-al  lianka.  i>iiMi«  ulHcva.  and  railway  citmpanict  I 

out  Ireland.    It  wriii-<  alniiMt  ini>rantly  ftill  Idavk.    Jjuea  not 

iti-el  iwnii.  Driva  ranidb  un  ih«-  i>a|ivr.  la  eleanly  to  nae  and  noC  lUUl 
to  liK>t.  FlowHvaMiy  fruin  tla'  ivn.  Bliitlin<  paper  may  be  anlM  ri 
the  minni-nt  uf  writint:. 

In  hail-pint.  pint,  and  i|u«i«  )ara,at  (W/..  la.,  and  li.  each. 

AA'nta:  Mi'<->r«.  Ban-lay  «  S<ma,  Farrinirdim  Hiivet.  I^raidaBi  1 
Mather.  Mam-lieiitiT  :  A.  K%aia  &  C-ii..  Ewtvr  i  F.  Ncwbcry  t  fl 
»\.  Paul's  (.'hun!h>  ard.  l^tunUiti  i  Wm.  Edwnrda,  aa.  Old  QmI 
London.    Stdc  whiilv*ale  ain-nti,  Bvwley  &  Draper.  Dublin. 

ORATKKrL — COMFORTING. 

EFFS'S         COCOA. 

BREAKFAST. 

"By  a  thornuffh  knowlc<lge  rf the  natural  Uwi  which  fovera  ttl 
oneratiiina  uf  illm^tlon  acd  nutntiun,  and  liy  a  careftil  apnllraflcMir 
the  flne  pmiicrtlra  uf  well-K-leclsd  Cnctia.  Mr.  Epps  has  nravldadav 
break  fk^t  tahira  with  a  delicatci.*  flaT.mrcd  bemSn  wUShaur  m 
u«  many  lu-avy  doctor*'  bllia."— C/nY  Srrrict  b'tisrifc.  ^^ 

Mafia  simply  with  hniUnf  watir  or  milk.  Bold  ooItIb  ftl^  Ilk. 
and  1  lb.  tln-lmed  packets,  rabelldi-  ««•  wuj  m  t  !»•  •  »• 

JAJIES  KFP8  k  GU. 


8'*aV.jA».  16,'M.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


47 


* 


LQSTDOSf,  SATURDAW  JAKUARYV^  1B64. 


CONTENTS.-^N".  107. 


I 


NOTES:  — Mr,  Frotido  In  Ulitflr,  47  —  S!uikspeaxl&DA : 
Slcphuio  —  **Hunl«t**  '—  Hftmtet'a  Gimv«,  49  —  "The 
Grand  Impostor/'  ISO— St  llAry'i.  Beverioy.  ei—Fuitoo- 
d&i,  £iS  —  **  Ob»  SwftUov  does  not  mak^  m  SamxB«r "  — 
Draidlcftl  Benuliu  In  I&dla  **  Aiiagimztii  —  A  Notd  on 
NotM  —  ZacIuij  Bojd*  63. 

QUERIES:  — Mjuioscrlpt  EngUih  Chrotiide,  M  —  BAmneBi 
— ^The  Bloody  HAod  —  Books  of  Mojumeoiikl  InacriptloDi 
—  Alfred  BuDU  —  Tbomu  Cook  —  mmwell  —  Cullum  — 
EnlcEBA  —  Eogliab  ToporrAphy  is  Dotch  —  Fowl*  with 
fiiunwi  Bonudni  — "  The  ijt^roKy  ot  Nuunaji " — KicholM 
Newlin  —  NorthomtKrUa  (Anglo-SAxon)  Moa«j  —  Oidor 
of  St  iJolm  of  JeniMlem  —  F&lntcr  to  Hit  li^mij  — 
Pocl«t  Fender  -^  PaoiSoe  Stone  —  References  Wuitea  ^ 
Bpuilih  Drought  —  Tonington  FKtniljr,  54. 

Quutictf  vmt  AurgirmfiB: — H&Ilf&x  Law  —  duu-lei  Left- 
ley  —  Pmlni  xe.  9  —  rHMolutfon  of  MonAiteiiee,  4cl  — 
Hiorse,  the  Architect— Copy! d{(  ParUh  fiegiiten^  50. 

RBPLIS9 :  -  B*tfAbl«,  08  —  Bir  Robert  GifToid,  50  ^  Mn. 
PltshertMTt,  2b.— Si.  retrlck  and  the  Shjunroclt,  00  — 
QootAllon:  **Ant  tn  Morus  ei  "  ^.  —  Stoniae  —  Henldic 
YLfitAtioni  printed  —  Clerk  of  the  Cheque  —  Quotatlont 
"W  Anted  — Vken  i  FUea  —  Rob.  Bumi  —  BrettinKbAm  — 
BhAkepeAre  and  PLAto  —  LAurel  Water  —  Fholey  —  Penny 
LoAvei  At  FonefAli — "Trade  and  ImproTement  of  Ire- 
lAod"- Armt  of  StaioDf— "EbI  BotA  floe  Venorli "— "  The 
AraAteiu'i  BfAftAKtne  ** — Mad  a»  a  Hatter — ftichard  AdAmi 
— Madmmti'a  Food  tARting  of  OatmeAl  PonkSire- Sir  Bd- 
vmrd  May— Sir  WUliaxn  Sevenokft— Longevity  of  Oargy- 
men  —  Paper  Marks  —  The  Laird  of  Lee  —  Frith  SUrer  — 
PotAto  aad  Potnt-^reek  And  Roman  Games,  &&»  61. 

Notes  on  Books,  4c 


■    sett 
H^  teen 


I 


MR,  FROUDE  IN  ULSTER, 
In  two  chapters  of  tlie  eighth  and  Uat  pub- 
lished volume  of  his  History  of  England^  Mr. 
Froude  has  sketched  the  leading  events  of  the 
SFtruggle  with  Shane  O'Neill  at  the  commencement 
of  Elizabeth's  reign  ;  but  the  theme  was  worthy 
of  a  much  larger  space,  and  indeed  required  an 
ampler  treMmeut,  to  render  it  intelligible  to  Eng- 
lish rea<len«.  In  that  Btruggle  the  Scots  formed  a 
principal  element,  and,  in  con^nection  with  their 
settlements  in  Ulster  during  the  fifteenth  and  six- 
teenth centuries,  Mn  F.  had  rare  and  plentiful 
iterials  at  hand.  The  whole  story  of  the^e 
ittish  settlements,  however,  h  told  at  page  10, 
in  the  following  words  :  **  The  Irish  of  the  North, 
and  the  Soota  of  the  Western  Isles,  had  for  two 
centuries  kept  up  a  close  and  increasing  inter- 
course." This  intercourse,  practically  speaking, 
began  with  the  marriage  of  John  Mor  Macdonnell 
to  Marjory  Bisset,  sole  heiress  to  the  Glyons  or 
Glens  of  Antrim,  about  the  year  1400,  and  a 
simple  recite  of  facts  in  the  history  of  their  de- 
Bcendants,  the  Clan  Ian  V<5r,  or  Cl&ndonnell  South, 
would  have  been  highly  important  in  reviewing 
the  le:iding  parties  throughout  Ulster  during  the 
sixteenth  century. 

But  without  any  previous  knowledge  of  these 

Boots^  the  reader  is  introduced  to  a  company  of 

them  thus,  at  pKige  10  ;— 

No.  107. 


"  James  M 'Conn ell  {MacdonneU)  and  bis  two  brothers, 
near  kinsmen  of  the  House  of  Argyle*  croMicd  over  with 
2000  followers  to  settle  in  Tyrconnell.  while  to  the  CaJ- 
logh  O'Donnell,  the  chief  of  the  clan,  the  Earl  of  Argyle 
hiiuaelf  gitTe  hi*  half -sister  for  a  wife." 

Jamea  Macdonnell  had  not  only  two,  but  seven 
brothers,  the  sons  of  Alexander  of  Isla,  all  of  whom 
were  lead  ere  of  greater  or  less  not©  in  the  ranks  of 
the  Clan  Ian  V<5r,  and  all  of  whom  were  probably 
bom  and  brought  up  on  the  Antrim  coast,  where 
their  father  resideil  from  the  year  1493,  having 
been  then  banijibed  from  Scotlnn<i  by  James  IV. 
They  were  not,  however,  "  near  kinsmen  of  the 
house  of  Ar^le,"  neither  had  they  any  immediate 
family  relationship  with   the  Campbells,   farther 
than  that  James  Macdonnell,  the  eldest  brother, 
was  married  to  a  daughter  of  Colin  CampbeU,  the 
tliinl   Earl   of  Arg^de.     James   Macdonnell  and 
two  of  his  brothers  may  have  gone  on  some  expe- 
dition into  Tyrconnell  (Donegal),  as  the  allies  of 
the  O'BonnellSj  but  they  never  went  there  for  the 
purpose  of  settling   permanently,   although   their 
movements  may  have  been  bo  representeil,  or  mis- 
represented,  by  English    officijus,     Jiimes    Mac- 
donnell, when  in  Ulster,  had  his  own  well-known 
town  and  castle  at  Red  Bay,  on  the  Antrim  consti 
and  his  two  brothers,  Colla  and  Sorley  (who  no 
doubt  went  with  him  into  Tyrconnell,  on  the  oc- 
casion   referred    to   by    Mr.    Froude),    dwelt    re- 
spectively at    Kinbann   and    Ballyca^tle,    on   the 
same  coast.     Mr.  Froude  always  speaks  of  Calvagh 
O'Donnell  as  "  the  Callogh,"  thus  adopting   the 
phraseology  of  English  emissaries.      By  them  he 
ia  no  doubt  also  milled,  in  supposing  that  Argyle 
gave  his  "  half-sister  "  to  the  "  Callogh  "  as  wife* 
The   fact    that  the    kdy  in   question  Is  alwjiys 
termed  Countess  of  Argj'lc  naturally  enough  puz- 
zles Mr.   F.,  seeing  that,  had  tshe  only  been   the 
Earl's   half'*wfU»r,    she    could   not   have   had    the 
title  of  ConnkM.     This  lady,  however,  baii  been 
hitherto    regarded    as    the    sttp-mother    only,   of 
Archibald,  fourth  Earl   of  Argyle,   having  been 
his  fathers  second  wife,  and  conyecjuently  Countess 
dowager  of  Argyle.      She  afterwards  became  the 
fiecond  wife  of  (jalvagh  O'Donnell,  but  continued 
to  retain  her  Scottish  title.     She  was  one  of  the 
seven  daughters   of  Hector   Mor  Mai^lean,  Chief 
of  the  house  of  Dowart,   in  Mull,      Her  mother 
waa  Marv,  daughter  of  Aleximder  of  Islay,  and 
sister  to  Jtimea  Macdonnell,     After  her  abduction 
by  Slmne  O'Neill,  Sussex  wrote  to  Elizabeth  tlint 
"Thre  of  the  Mac  lUanes  (Macleans),  Kynsmen 
of  the   Countess  of  Oirgyle"  had   offered  great 
services  to  her  captor  for  her  release.      It  must 
be  admitte^i,  however,  that  the  lady  is  still  some- 
what of  a  genealogical  puz/ie,  but  it  is  certxiin  she 
could  not  have  Wen  hulf'sUtcr  to  the  then  Eai'l 
of  Ai^yle.     The  latter  is  represented  as  being  a 
wonderful  match-maker,  for  he   is  deacrihed   as 
proposing    to   marry  Jamea   MiWida\iSsft.W>fe  W\^s«. 


48 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[z^  a  Y.  jAir.  le,  'u. 


("another  hivlf-sister  of  Argyle/*  page  395) »  to 
bhane  O'Neill,  after  tlie  latter  had  repurUated  or 
put  away  James  MacdoDnell'a  daughter ;  and, 
aeain  (pa^e  387)^  m  making  arrangements  with 
O'Neill  for  manning  two  of  hh  children  by  the 
Connteas  of  Argyle^  with  two  of  the  ehildiin  of 
James  Macdonnell  I  This  husine^a  waa  mooteti 
in  1565,  when  O'Neill's  children  by  the  Coiintesa 
could  not  have  been  more  than  thre^  and  four 
years  of  age  respectively  ! 

The  following  is  Mr.  Fronde's  account  (p.  38<)) 
of  fc^hane  O'Neill's  celebrated  expedition  against 
the  Scots,  in  the  spring  of  1565  : — 

"O'Neill  lay  qniet  through  the  winter.  With  the 
spring  and  the  Hut  weather,  i^hcn  the  rivers  fell  and  the 
grouod  dried,  he  roused  himielf  out  of  hin  luir,  Btid  with 
Hit  galloglns^e  Rtid  kcn>,  nnd  a  few  hundred  'harqucbiiia' 
men.*  he  d&«hed  tuddeiilj  do^m  tipon  the  *  Redshanks ' 
and  broke  them  to  pieces.  Six  or  seven  buudred  were 
killed  in  the  l)ehl;  Jumea  M'Cotinell  and  Lis  brother 
Borleboj  were  taken  prisoners ;  and  for  the  moment  the 
whole  colony  wus  ewept  away.** 

In  this  brief  spaco,  ^fr.  Fronde  compresses  all 
the  stirring  event*  of  that  remarkable  campaign  ; 
the  mnsterlnp  of  O'Neill's  force  in  Armagh  lifter 
the  solemnities  of  Easter— his  march  into  Clande- 
boye,  and  the  grithering  of  the  gentry  in  that  ter- 
ritory,  with  their  adherents,  around  the  standard 
of  their  great  chief— the  brittle  of  Knockboy,  near 
Bttllymena,  where  .Somhftirle  Manlonnell  with- 
stood, for  a  time,  the  overwhelming  force  of 
0*Neill— the  siege  and  capture  of  Red  Buy 
Castle'  (Uaimderghl— the  landing  of  the  Scots  at 
Cushindnn  under  James  Mtuxlonnell,  and  their 
union  with  Sorley  Boy's  small  force  —  their  re- 
treat before  O'Neill  northward  along  the  coast 
to  Baile  Caialean  (now  Bally  castle)  —  the  furl- 
otu  battle  of  Gleanntaisi,  in  that  district,  com- 
mencing at  five  o'clock  on  the  morning  of  the 
2nd  of  May— O'NeiU'e  halt  at  Ballycastle, — where 
he  listened  to»  but  rejected,  the  despairing  pro- 
posals of  the  Scots,  and  from  which  he  addressed 
iiifl  oelebrated  letter  to  the  Lords  Justices,  in- 
forming them  of  his  victory— his  subsequent 
capture  of  the  Castles  of  Downe«terick  and  Dun- 
luce —  his  sending  Jnrnes  and  Sorley  Macdon- 
nell, together  with  nineteen  other  Scottish  leaders^ 
o»ptured  on  the  field  of  Gleannt-aisi,  to  dungeons 
in  Tyrone— and  his  own  triumphant  return  into 
Armagh. 

In  selecting  the  season  of  epring  for  this  *'  da^h** 
again Bt  the  Scots,  Shane  wai*  not  My  much  con- 
oerne*l  about  "  when  the  rivers  fell  and  the  grouod 
dried  *  liH  ubnut  tl  fty  of  having  the   blow 

dealt  brforr-  the  |  i  reinforcements  began 

generally  to  txiu^,  .r  (n  Scot  hind.  The  ScottJ 
wen?  known  to  leave  Antrim  each  sea80n  in  Oc- 

tol>er,  or  early  in   November,  except  mrh    * - 

ben  a«  were  nece«ary  to   hold  certain  ji 
^ong  the  const,  cuid  aa  regularly  to  return 


spring,  after  they  had  sown  their  own  ba 
putihes  of  soil  with  here  or  barley,  throughou 
Cant  ire  and  the  Iblea,  If  an  emerpjency  aro* 
however,  reinforcements  were  summoned  by  «!: 
simjile  means  of  lighting  a  great  tire  on  Tof} 
Mmd,  which  is  the  nearest  point  of  the  Anlriu 
coast  to  Cantire,  the  Cliannel  her©  beicK  ^td^ 
eleven  miles  and  a  half  in  breadth.  31?.  Vmiu 
asserta  that  the  Warning  Fire  waif  light^i  on 
"gigantic  coluiani  of  Fairhead/'  but  Icical  indl 
tion  invariably  assigns  that  distinction  to  *"~ 
Head  ;  and  in  Nordcn's  Map  of  Ulster  prefi  j 
vol  ii.  of  the  State  PaptTS,  we  have  the  follfl 
announcement  at  the  latter  h(3idland  :  *'  At 
marke  the  Scotts  u»ed  to  make  their  Wumifi 
Fires,"  It  is  not  unlikely,  however,  that  Fa 
bead,  which  is  much  higher  and  more  prouii 
although  further  from  Cantire,  may  have  bee| 
n!*ed  for  the  same  purpose  ]  but  on  what  autl 
Mr.  Fro ude's  statement  nests,  I  do  not  know. 

At  page   418,  Mr.   Fronde  thuH  desonbea 
plac^  of  Shane  O'Neiirs  aBsassination  : — 

**  In  the  far  extremity  of  Antrim,  lieside  the  faiTI*  < 
liimleara,  where  the  bliick  valley  of  GlcnarifT  opens  o< 
into  Red  Day,  ^heltere*!  aurnng  the  hilla  and  closa  iip«^ 
the  gea,  lay  th**  camp  of  AUo-^ter  M'Coiinell  (Ales 
Ogc  Macdonnell)  and  his  nephew  GilleBpie*" 

The  county  of  Antrim  extends  along  the 
from  Belfast  to  Coleraine,  but  the  point  here 
indefinitely  referred  to  is  neither  at  ntie  €*x^ 
tremity  nor  the  other.  Shane  O'Neill  w: 
the  present  townbind  of  Bally teerim,  o\. 
Cushindun  Bay,  and  still  containing  tracer  uf  ti]it| 
building  in  which  hia  laat  fatal  Interview  w^i 
the  Macdonnells  took  place.  In  Norden%  Mn 
prefijced  to  the  StaU  Faptrs^  vol.  ii.,  the  mune 
this  toTSTiland  is  Balle  Teraine,  and  it  is  accom^ 
panied  with  the  following  note :  "  Here  Sbanij 
O'Neal©  waa  slayne/'  Mn  Froude  has,  no  dont)t| 
some  authority  for  associating  that  chieftain'^ 
death  with  the  **  falls  of  I?«naleara*'  and  tl 
*' black  valley  of  Clenariff."  Wo  are  told,  al 
that  O'Neill's  lifeless  body  was  "flung  into 
pit  dug  ha^^tily  among  the  mined  arche*  of  Glf»n^ 
arm,"  and  if  so,  the  assaKsins  nun^t  have  cameq 
the  corpse  a  diPtance  of  at  least  fwdre  miiet  i 
Local  tradition  afhnna  that  the  mutilates!  remain^ 
wen?  buried  in  rm  old  church  enclosure,  at, 
near,  the  tdnce  of  assassination,  and  <!ampioi| 
t^Us  us  that  O'Neiirs  last  resting-phico 
*'  within  an  old  chapcil  liard  by.*' 

The  ScottiJ^h  leader  whom  Mr.  Froude  deaJ^ 
nates  as  "  Gille^rpic  '^  was  the  eldest  *on  of  Jam« 
Macdonnell,  and,  as  such,  wai*  ;    '       "  in^ 

t^a^stcd  than  imy  othiu*  in  a^  ler 

death,   and   repudiating   tlie    i  *■ -?! 

motlier's  profTei'ed   marriag<?s  as 
t''«"i''ic,   misled   by   others,  n  ] 
Mfmcll  aj<  ntphrw  of  Juin 
■ion    is    correct    in  bIul^.,    .i^ 


3^  8.  V.  jAir.  16,  '04.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


49 


I 


(Jamea  Maedonneir*  widow)  hatl  a  aonne  Mac 
Gillye  Aspuckc,  who  betmyed  O'Neal e  to  avenge 
lu8  fathers  and  uncle's  nuiUTfU*"  It  is  not  likely 
that  n  nephew  of  the  huly  oaly  by  marriage  wouM 
htive  BttXHl  cij»  so  fiercely  for  her  reputjition.  ThU 
Gilkwpio,  or  Archibald,  wob  Jumes  Mat:«lonnell*s 
ehk'tst  son,  Jtnd  U  always  rrn.*iitioned  .is  his  lieir  in 
the  vivrious  gnints  of  lands  in  Cuntlrc  made  to 
hi*  father  by  >r'*'  '  *'!*'en  of  Scota  ♦  Jame3  Mac- 
doiinell  hud  son  of  hh  brother  Colla) 

named  alao  <  Vmt  be  wa3  killt^l  by  an 

iiccident  nt  1  ]^'-t  on  the  day  he  ciime 

of  age,  and  cn  w    lifen  more  than  fifteen 

year*  of  age  jvt  the  time  Shane  O'Neill  was  skin. 

Mr,  Froude  writes  too  decidedly  in  the  vtt 
ifiditi  style,  and  is  angry  because  the  Irish  did  not 
Accept  with  a  better  gnice  the  bleasmga  of  subju- 
gatioo.  He  utters  complaints  as  he  proceeds, 
pretty  much  in  the  spirit  wkich  dictated  the  let- 
ters of  Fitzwilliajn  and  Piers.  The  queen,  for- 
Booth,  **  cared  to  burden  her  excheauer  no  further, 
in  the  vala  effort  to  drain  the  bhick  Irish  mora*a, 
fed  as  it  was  from  the  pereuninl  fountains  of  Iri^ih 
nature."  (r*!^;?e  377-8.)  Thi.s  writer  also  speaka 
m  if  he  really  belie ve^i  that  ihe  Irish  and  Scott  iah 
chieftidmi  were  more  truculent  or  ferocious  than 
English  officials.  Shane  tVNeill  13  de^crilwd 
(pcfcjjc  42C))  iL'i  a  *'  drunken  ruffian,"  and  Allaster 
M*ConneU  (Alexander  O^q  Macdonnell)  acts 
(mi^e  413)  "like  some  chief  of  Sioux  Indiana," 
All  this  may  be  true,  but  their  ''  Irish  nature  "  ia 
not  blacker  than  fSngliah  nature  aft^r  all.  The 
EngEah  were  caught  twice  plotting  the  secret 
assaaaination  of  Shane  O'Neill  by  poison  ;  and 
Susiiex,  the  Lord  Deputy,  was  concerned  in  at 
let^t  one,  if  not  both,  of  these  infamous  affairs. 
An  Mr.  Froude  proceeds,  iie  will  find  that  Sir 
Jiiities  Macilonnell,  of  Durduce,  was  poisoned,  in 
letH,  by  a  government  emissary,  named  Douglas, 
whom  that  chief  was  hospitably  entertaining  at 
his  custle  on  the  Antrim  coast.  Mr.  F.  will  idso, 
do  ditubt,  mt^et  the  ftillowing  extract  from  a  letter 
written  by  Sir  Arthur  ( 'hichester,  and  descriptive 
of  ti  journey  made  by  that  fiimous  statesman  and 
soldier  from  Carrickfergus  along  the  banks  of 
Lough  Netigh  : — 

*■  I  burned  tklX  along  the  hr>\v^h  wUhin  four  rayle*  of 
Duniraiinon,  aoJ  killed  Ion  .  ,rjngnitne,  of  what 

quality,  »it?» ,  f>T  sex  socTcr ,  r.ij  burned  in  de^th : 

w  kill  m»n,  womaa  and  s.,...^  .  »©,  beMt«  and  what- 

BO«ref  we  fimj." 

This  atolid  nionsti  r%  m.Ucy  wjia,  th^t  fhn  Triah 
OOtild  be  iii'jre  f|  need  to  «fi  iiy 

huH'jerihMi  i\T\y  i'  n- ;  hence  1:  rd 

com  and  cjittle  in  every  direction  ;  and  during 
bis  administration,  little  children  in  Ulst^ir  were 
Keen  eating  the  tlesh  of  their  dead  mothers ! 

^^f'^ft  Gko.  Hill. 


t'i  Paroekiai^f  ScQtiaf  toL  ii.  pftrt  1,  ttodor 


BUAKSPEARtANA. 

'^But  roomer,  fairy,  here  come*  Obcron/' 

Midaumtiier  ytjffU'i  Ifteatn,  II.  1.  (Puclc.) 

By  thus  adding  r  to  the  roome  of  the  first  folio, 
on  the  supposition  that  the  printer  or  copier 
dropped  it  through  carelessness  or  ignorance,  the 
line  can  be  scanned,  and  the  rhythm  is,  I  think, 
better,  and  the  expi'easion  less  prosaic  than  tho/se 
of  any  other  reading.  Room  and  roomer  were  sea 
plirases,  which,  in  speaking  of  the  sailing  of  sbipa, 
meant  to  alter  the  course,  and  go  free  of  one 
another,  or  of  rocks  or  land,  or  more  generally  in 
reference  to  tlie  wind,  to  go,  as  we  now  say,  large 
or  free  (or  roomer,  freer)  before  the  wind.  Thus 
we  read  in  Hakluyt — 

"Then  might  the  Hopewell  and  the  Sw»Ilow  hftvo 
pftyed  ronme  [payed  oflT  before  the  wind]  to  ie>cond  biin, 
but  they  failed  him,  as  they  did  ua,  atandiug  off  cloM  by 
A  wind  to  the  eastward;*' 

and  in  the  same,  Best,  airrating  how  in  Frobisher's 
second  voyage  the  ships  were  caught  in  a  et^rm 
amidst  drifting  ice  and  iceberg.s,  says  :^ 

"We  went  roomer  [off  our  course,  and  more  before  tho 
wind]  for  one  (tceberi^),  and  loofed  [Tuffed  up  in  the 
wind]  for  another  (and  to  up  and  down  during  the  whole 
uitsht.)" 

Henoe  rooftur  aptlf  expresses  one  of  the  two 
courses  which  must  be  adopted  by  an  inferior 
vessel  when  it  meets  another,  whose  sorercignty 
entitles  her  to  hold  on  her  way  unchecktnl,  and 
the  courec  which  would  l>e  adopted  if  it  were 
wished  to  get  away  unohalienged.  The  fairy  had 
liitfed,  and  ao  stayed  her  course  to  sfieak  with  Puck. 
Having  interchanged  civilities,  Here,  says  Puck, 
comes  Oberon,  bearing  down  upon  you  full  sail ; 
do  yoo,  vassal  as  you  are  of  a  power  that  he  is 
unfriends  with,  alter  your  course  ;  go  off  befot© 
the  wind,  and  free  of  him.  In  a  word,  roomer. 
Why  should  not  the  earth-engirdling  imp  have  a 
few  such  phrtises  at  command,  or  have  gone  mas- 
querading as  a  sailor-boy,  especially  in  Attica  or 
in  England  in  1.595  I  in  botn  which  places  even 
Titania  fieema  to  have  been  fond  of  Neptune's 
yellow  Bondfl*  Or,  if  objection  stdl  be  made,  I 
would  quote  the  inlander  Romeo,  who  talks  as 
though  by  nature  of  the  high  top-gallant  of  his 

Strpbako.  — 

'*Now  is  the  jerkin  under  the  line. '^—7*CTJi;j«»f,  IV,  1. 

meaning  it  was  put  as  were  the  stnkes  at  tennis, 
and  so  could  be  taken  by  the  winner. 

**  Let  ua  keep  the  Uwet  of  the  court ; 
That  ii,  Blake  niouey  uudcr  the  Uue^^tottu  la  corda),  is  ti 

not  po  ? 
Yea,  Sir,  you  hit  it  right : 
Here  ii  toy  aiouef  ,  now  ft^ke  yon.** 

Fbiriu'i  Sfcund  f  rutin,  ch.  2.  "At tennis 
in  Charter  Houdc  Court/* 

B.  NtcuciXAcj-^, 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES.  [S"*  8.  v.  jm.  le,  •«. 


*'  ThuB  hnft  be  (and  maoj  more  of  the  iunf  breed  tbit 
I  know  the  droKjuy  age  dot«^0  o»*)  only  got  the  tunc  of 
the  time  und  outwaH  habit  of  encounter,— a  kind  of 
je«t,v  collection,  which  cai  riet  them  through  and  through 
the  most  fond  ntid  vfinitoafif't  opinions,  und  do  but  blow 
them  to  their  triul,  the  bubbles  ure  out,'*  (First  Folio.) 

Act  V,  So.  2. 

"  Pi«pbane  and  trennowed  {trennowned)  quartos  fanned 
and  winnowed  "—  Warhurton, 

Hamlet  of  course  means  that  Osric  and  his  com- 
peers have  not  that  inward  wit  necessary  to  parley 
true  euphuism,  but  only  the  outward  trick  of  the 
language,  which,  while  it  tmssed  with  folks  of  Like 
mind,  would  not  stand  the  trial  of  better  judg- 
ments. So  at  leuat  he  ejiys  in  the  rest  of  the  pas- 
sage ;  but  when  he  is  made  to  say  that  their 
yesty  collection  of  words  carries  them  through 
and  tiirough  the  winnowed,  or  fanned  and  win- 
nowed, opinions  of  the  age — through  the  wheat  of 
the  world — he  is  made  to  say  the  contrary  of  what 
be  means,  and  the  contrary  to  tlie  fact ;  for  Oaric 
did  not  pass  through  two  fuch  winnowed  opinions 
ua  those  of  Horatio  and  Hamlet.  Or  if  contrary 
to  all  annlogy  of  speech,  the  fanne<l  and  winnowed 
opinions  are  the  chatf  and  not  the  wheat,  what 
sense  is  there  in  a  ye&ty  collection  carrj'ing  one 
through  either  whe^t  or  chaflW  or  if  a  ye^ty  col- 
Jection  did  such  a  strange  net,  where,  after  such  a 
passage,  would  be  the  bubbles  that  the  puff  of  air 
is  to  blow  away  f  But  if  for  winnowed  or  tren- 
nowed,  we  read  vincwed  or  vintuwed^find  blue 
vinney  is  Dorsetshire^  and  vinewedst  is  spelt  in 
the  folio  edition  of  Troilus  and  Crusida  "  wbinidst " 
— we  have  a  chiinge  that  restores  the  sense— a  word 
not  incongruous  with,  but  suggested  by,  the  meta- 
phorical yesty  collection,  ana  a  repetition  of  that 
iSh  ikspearian  expression,  a  mouldy  wit.  In  truth, 
liamiel's  metaphor  is  drawn  from  Sly's  pot  of  ale, 
h»  is  shown  by  the  words,  "blow  them  to  their  trial/' 
The  yesty  collection  is  the  frothiness  of  sour  and 
stale  beer,  which  passes  with  those  of  corrupted  and 
vitiated  t4iste  ;  but  when  tried  and  blown  upon  by 
more  sober  judgments  flies  off,  and  does  not  remain 
like  the  true  head  of  sound  liquor  or  wit. 

B.  NiCHOLSOK. 


Ha.mlet'9  Grave,— Writing  of  Elsinore,  Mn- 
bony,  in  a  small  work  on  Tht,  Baltic,  published  in 
1B57^  says  :— 

« Ii  wiii  mt  here,  but  in  Jtithmd*  according  lo  Bnxo 
Onn  from  whose  ClironicW  8b »kB|>fftri'drrw  the 

pl'  t  iLnble  tmge«Jy,  that  AmblettU!*.  or  Humlet, 

fth^'M  turiei  before  tho  €liri*timi  ura,  »ven»ct'd  the 

tdufder  *4  hifl  father.  But  thoueh  the  tourtHt  will  seek 
in  fain  the  ifrav©  of  th**  I>nni*h  prince,  he  will  find 
fcinp'  '  Mio^ntic  fitonei  eon- 

iie»  i  oat hednd  Mild  the 

glOo; 

This  reminds  me  of  the  following  story,  aw 
wnimircy   lately  told    l»y   a  friend.      He  visited 


Elsinore  this  autumn,  and  liearinff  that  the  En 
liah  who  called  there  always  asked  for  and  visit 
*'  Hamlet's  grave, ^'   he  undertook    the   same    pil4 
grimage.     On  his  road-,  at  a  short  distance    oii^ 
of  the  town,  he  came  to  a  place  called  Mariealyst 
a  public   garden    nicely  laid   out,   and  with   thi 
usual  refreshment  rooms  of  the  continental  stat>e4 
Sauntering  along  the  walks,  he  met  a  gentlemai] 
with   whom    he    entered   into    conversation^ 
stated  his  object  in   being   there.      After   a  (ew 
turns  of  the  path,  the  gentleman  pointed    to   i|^ 
block  of  stone  about  three  feet  high,  somethindfl 
like  part  of  a  columji  standing  on  a  slight  moimiM 
and  said,  **  That  is  Hamlet's  grave/'     My  frieiKS 
thanked  him,   but  seeing  a  smile  on   Ids    couxi^ 
tenance,  asked,  **  What  is  the  matter?"     '*  Well,* 
said  he,  **  I  will  explain.     On  the  establishment  of 
this  place  a  short  time  since,  a  countryman  ^^n<i4B 
on  the  pro2)rietor  to   say  that  he  was  so    ti)ll<^| 
troubled  with  the  English  visitors  who  flocked  to 
his  garden  to  Foe  *  Hamlet^s  grave,'  and  did   him 
50  much  damage,  tbit  he  would  be  greatly  oblig 
if  the  proprietor  would  allow  him  to  place 
stone  at  the  back  part  of  his  garden,  by  which  me 
he  would  be  relieved  of  it,  and  both  of  them 
greatly  benefited.     This  was  acceded  to,  and  her 
is  the  grave.     I  fear  you  will  think  you  have 
your  walk  for  nothing."     As  dinner  was  not  i 
ready,  he  ma^ie  a  sketch  of  the  spot. 

Have  any  of  your  correspondents  and 
experienced  this  walk  to  **  Hamlet's  grave"? 
if  BO,  have  they  ever  heard  how  this  block  CAme  1 
be  originally  attributed  to  this  so-called  **  Priiic 
of  Denmark/'   and  when  it  may  have    been 
named    and   placed  in  its  former   position  t      It 
would  seem  to  lie  between  1857  and  1863. 

Wtatt  Papworth* 


"THE  GRAND  IMPOSTOR." 

I  have  lately  acquired  a  copy  of  77il« 
Imfosim*  Detected,  or  an  nhUn'ical  Di^uU  i>f  ih% 
Fapanj  and  Popish  Uclifjion^  bv  B.  C,  Part  l.^ 
4to.,  Kdirdjurgh,  lti73.  The  inilials  upon  the  titJ* 
arc,  in  the  dedication  to  the  Duke  of  Lnuderd&le 
and  preface,  extended  to  Samuel  Colvill  ;  and  ib 
is  still  a  moot  ooint  whetlier  the  man,  who  \wm 
m  i^etiously  lumdles  the  Pope  is  identipai  witli 
he  of  the  same  name  ^  ho,  in  the  (»ppo*iite  rein- 
showed  up  the  Scottish  Covenanters  in  the  Mock 
Voc m ,  Of  U 1*  m[f*  S I fpp I  ication ,  8 vo. ,  L4^  nd  i  •  n ,  1  tj8 1 , 
The  last  iH  uQiloubt<yiy  a  piece  of  coarse  l^xtunp,. 
uiid,  at  lir-wt  gLmce,  assorts  w»  ill  with  the  formcrt 
that  without  clo^fr  ii  '  i       .  t*pt 

t lit*  inference  drawn  '>  •*re 

two  of  these  Hn        '  ■  .ns.      i    n 

louke*!  into  the  ;  t>  of  the  ] 

on  comparing  ptir.-...^^  '^rrsin  un-  Au<,lu,  '^ 


r 


3"'a.V.JA«.  18, 'W.] 


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51 


» 


Apology  for  the  Mock  Poerti,  find  siiMcient  re- 
semblance in  the  phraseology  to  warmnt  the  belief 
that  they  are  both  written  by  the  same  hand  ;  and 
should  the  books  be  in  the  possession  of  any  of 
your  correspondents,  I  shall  be  glad  to  have  my 
oninion  checked.  Charter,  a  contenipomry,  in 
his  Cataloijue  of  S<'oUish  Writes  (not  published 
until  1833),  certaialy  assies  both  to  the  sjime 
person — Samuel  Oolvill,  Gentleman,  and  brother 
to  Alex,  CoItjII,  B.D.,  and  it  i^  only  upon  the 
apparent  incongruities  of  style  displayed  by  the 
polemic  and  poet,  that  any  doubt  upon  the  sub- 
ject existed.  With  respect  to  the  author,  there 
does  appear  to  be  a  moat  remarkable  want  of  in- 
formation.     Can   nobody    supply   a   biographical 

►te  which  would  explode  or  confinii  the  ix»pular 
^ef^  in  his  being  a  son  of  Lady  Culros  ? 

A  correspondent,  some  time  back,  suggested 
that  he  might  be  also  the  "  S.  C,"  who  wrote  TIic 
Art  of  Compla'Uan€'€f  12mo.,  London,  1673  ;  but^ 
believing  him  to  have  written  the  Grand  Impon- 
tor,  it  is  highly  improbable  that  in  AprQ  of  that 
year  the  same  individual  obtained  an  imprimatur 
both  at  Edinburgh  and  London  :  and  that,  too, 
for  works  of  such  an  opposite  character.  It  seems 
to  me  also,  that  we  should  know  something  more 
regarding  the  publication  of  the  liliuft/s  Suppli- 
cation. There  are  many  contemponiry  manu- 
scripts of  the  poem  about,  which,  coupled  with 
what  the  author  says  in  his  Apology^  would  almost 
lead  to  the  belief  that  it  waa  at  &-st  extensively 
published  in  that  way  :  indeed,  as  far  as  we  know, 
it  may  have  got  into  print  surreptitiously — the 
original  edition  bearing  only  ^*  London,  printed  in 
the  year,  1681,*' 

In  Chalmers's  Lift  ofRuddiman,  we  ^nd  that  our 
author  was  alive  in  1710  :  it  being  noticed  that 
the  North  Taller  was  printed  at  ^inburgh  that 
year  by  John  Reid  for  Sam,  Colvili  As  the 
author  of  the  Scots  Hudibras  has  come  in  for 
more  abuse  than  commendation,  I  may  record 
Daniel  Defoe,  when  dealing  with  his  own  ene- 
mies, adopts  the  language  used  by  honest  Sam. 
ColviU  in  his  Apology^  to  repel  malicious  criti- 
oiara.  Cunningham,  too,  in  his  HisL  of  Great 
Britain  (always  suppoeing  there  is  but  one 
Samuel),  is  said  to  have  complimented  him  upon 
being  a  strenuous  defender  of  the  Protestant  re- 
ligion ;  but  I  do  not  find  the  passage  in  Thomson's 
edition,  1787.  Finally,  who  was  the  "S.  0.," 
alluded  to  by  Peterkin  in  the  following  extract 
from  his  Records  of  thi  Kirk  of  Scotland,  Edin- 
burgh, 1838  ?  Speaking  of  the  powers  exercised 
over  the  Kirk  by  the  English  commissioners  in 
ie54  :— 

•*  They  put/*  iays  he,  '*  Mr,  John  Row,  in  Aberdeen  ;  Mr. 
R.  Lei^fhtoii,  in  Edinburgh:  Mr.  P.  Gillespie,  in  Gla*- 
wm;  and  Mr,  Samuel  C^jIt'iH  they  offered  to  the  Old 
College  uf  SL  Andrews  :  this  last  if  stUi  held  off;  but  the 
other  three  act  oa  prLac'ipttU." 

A.  a 


P.S,  The  author  of  the  Grari^d  Impostj^r  designed 
a  much  larger  work,  but  says  it  would  be  difficult 
for  him  to  publish  it  ail  at  once  ;  and,  I  think,  no 
more  than  this  Part  L,  treating  "  Of  the  Bishop- 
rick  of  St  Peter/'  appeared*  Samuel  Colvili,  m 
his  dedication,  calls  himself  a  condiscipU  of  his 
jMtron  ;  and  reminds  his  grace  that  he  had  before 
received  his  countenance,  by  the  acceptance  of 
several  trifl^^t  from  hira.     What  were  they  I 

I  should  add,  while  upon  the  subject,  that  to 
me  the  London  imprint,  1681,  to  the  Mock  Poam^ 
appears  a  blind.  At  the  period  the  Prefibyteriana 
were  at  the  height  of  their  resistance  to  the 
epitcfypal  intriLswn;  and  it  would  hardly  have 
been  safe  to  have  openly  publislied  at  Edinburgh 
such  a  book,  with  the  aggravation  of  what  may 
be  considered  a  Puritanitil  armoriu!  device  upon 
the  title,  Colvili  wai?,  of  course,  a  prelatic  advo- 
cate ;  and  my  belief  is,  that  the  book  was  printed 
at  Edinburgh,  and  not  at  London  as  indicated. 
The  second  impi^ssion  of  1687  waa  avowedly  from 
Edinburgh,  without  the  device  ;  and  **  Sum  Col- 
viU "  signed  to  the  Apology  for  the  first  time. 


8T.  MARY'S,  BEVERLEY* 
Some  seven  years  ago  I  explored  for  the  first 
time  the  priest's  chambers  belonging  to  this  noble 
perpendicular  church.  The  inner  roona^  which,  if 
I  remember  right,  contained  no  furniture  but  an 
old  box  and  a  shelf  or  two,  waa  strewn,  and  heaped 
with  antique  books,  folios  and  quartos,  brown, 
wormeaten,  dilapidated.  They  lay  jumbled  toge- 
ther on  the  shelves,  tossed  together  on  the  Boor  ; 
some  open  ;  all  dusty  and  uncared  for.  The  lat- 
tice stoo<i  wide,  and  the  wind  and  rain  were  driving 
in  ;  the  bindings  of  the  books  were  wet  accord- 
ingly, and  clouds  of  loose  leaves  were  eddying 
about  the  room,  Tliese  books  were  the  renuiins 
of  the  old  church  library  of  St,  Mary's,  and  this  wb« 
their  normal  condition. 

After  seven  years  I  returned  to  the  place  last 
September  in  company  with  the  parish  clerk. 
The  window  was  still  open,  but  it  was  not  raining 
this  time,  and  the  boofcs,  such  of  them  «a  survive, 
had  been,  by  some  pious  hand,  thrust  piecemeal 
and  sausage- fashion  into  that  same  old  box.  When 
the  lid  was  lifted,  and  the  simoom  of  disturbed  duat 
that  arose  had  been  fanned  away  by  the  clerk's 
coat-tail,  I  spent  my  ten  minutes  in  jotting  down 
the  titles,  as  far  as  I  could  discover  them,  of  the 
topmost  volumes.     Behold  the  mndom  result : — 

**  St.  Bernard  on  the  Canticlea,  folia, 
**  Crakenthorp'a  Lptcic. 
"  Calvini  Op.  (one  >oL  of),f»lio, 
"The  TVoltri^tt  Nfttiinilii  of  Riymond  LeVon,  folio. 
"The  Tbeatrnm  Hist.  lUuft,  Exemplorum,  folio, 
"Bylto^ter's  L>u  Baitaa.     (A  fine,  1  think  folio,  copy,) 
*•  O'uicciardini'f  History  of   Florence,"    (A  fine  und 
early  Itali^in  edition.) 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8- 8.  V.  Jam.  !«,•«. 


Nearly  all  these  were  'seventeenth  century  edi- 
tions, jin<l  hiid  ori^rimilly  been  noble  copies  an»i  well 
bound  ;  und  everyone  of  tliem  had  lost  itH  title- 
pa«^e,  and  few  or  many  of  its  leiives.  As  I  closed 
the  liil,  I  iiddri'sscil  to  my  com|)anion  certain 
brief,  and  iKWsibly,  caustic  remarks ;  but  he,  re- 
adjusting his  coat-tjiil  the  while,  in  a  spirit  of 
meekness,  replied,  "Sir,  it  was  always  so!  Why," 
he  continued,  "  they  used  t^)  make  l»onfires  of  the 
books,  and  I  remtmlHjr  when  I  was  a  boy  (he 
looks  about  forty  now)  the  clerk  tliat  was  use<l  to 
light  the  vestry  fires  with  *em." 

Aj>rc8  tout,  what  matters  it  ?  For,  as  my 
friend  again  ri'marke*!,  with  a  symiiathi'tic  snutlle, 
"  T*  books  is  nigh  all  gone  now,  Sir."    A.  J.  M. 


Bevkiiley  Minster. — I  have  foun<l  the  follow- 
ing lines  on  Beverley  Minster  in  an  old  newsijajier 
(date  183(J),  and  should  like  very  much  to  know 
who  is  their  author.  They  are  of  considerable 
merit,  and  ai)tly  describe  that  beautiful  stnicture, 
the  west  front  of  which  is  jwrhaps  the  finest  sixfci- 
men  of  the  [Kjrpendicular  style  in  Kngland  : — 

"  Built  in  far  other  times,  those  sculptured  walls 
Attest  the  fuith  which  our  forefathers  felt, — 
Stnnig  faith,  whose  visihle  preiieiico  yet  nmains : 
We  pra J  with  deeper  reverence  at  a  shi  ine 
Hallowed  by  many  ])rayer8.     For  years,  lon^  years, 
Yrars  that  make  centuries — those  dimlit  ainles, 
Where  rainbows  i>lay,  from  coloured  windowH  flung. 
Have  echo««d  to  tne  voice  of  pmyer  ami  pruise ; 
AVith  the  last  lights  of  evening;  llittiuK  round, 
Making  a  nisy  atmoxfthere  of  hofie, 
The  vesper  hvmn  hath  rinen,  bearing  heaven. 
But  purified  tlie  many  CHn-s  of  eurth. 
How  oft  has  nmsio  rocked  tho^e  ancient  towers, 
AVhen  the  deei>  bells  were  tolling ;  as  they  rung, 
The  CMtle  anu  tlie  liumlet,  high  and  low. 
Obeyed  the  summons  :  earth  grew  near  to  Qod. 
Tlie  piety  of  ages  is  around. 
Many  the  heart  that  ha*  before  yon  cross 
Laid  down  the  burden  of  its  many  cnres. 
And  felt  a  joy  that  is  not  of  this  world : 
There  nre  both  sympathy  and  warning  here. 
Mothinks,  as  down  wo  kneel  by  those  old  graves. 
The  Patt  will  pray  with  us." 

OxONIENSIS. 


FANTOCCINI. 


Exhibitions  of  pupi)ets  have  always  been  amongst 
the  favourite  amusements  of  the  British  public. 
I  speak  not  of  that  most  popular  of  wooden  per- 
formers, Mr.  Punch,  but  of  such  entertainers  as 
have  aimed  at  the  representiition  of  more  regu- 
larly constructed  dnimas.  The  allusions  to  them 
in  our  older  writers  are  numerous ;  but  it  will 
suffice  to  notice  here  thase  of  Shakspeare,  in  his 
Winter'i  Tale,  where,  having  "  compassed  a  mo- 
tion of  the  Prodigal  Son,"  is  mentioned  as  one  of 
the  many  callings  which  the  merry  rogae  Auto- 
lycus  had  follow^  ;  and  of  Bon  Jotison,  whose  ex- 


quisitely hnmorous  portrait  of  La&tbotn  Lesthe^ 
head,  with  his  "motions*' of  Hbto  §Md  Lttmder 
and  T>amon  and  ryihiaSf  in  his  oomsdy  of  Bar- 
tholomtw  Fair,  is  familiar  to  every  reaur  of  tin 
old  dramatists.  A  large  circle  of  readen  of  sb- 
other  class  of  literature  will  remember  how,  i 
century  later,  Steele  and  Addison  celebnted  thi 
"  skill  in  motions  **  of  Powell,  whose  place  of  t^ 
hibition  was  under  the  arcade  in  Covent  Gardca 
In  April,  1751,  the  tragedy  of  Jane  Short  was  si* 
vertised  for  representation  at  "  Panch's  Theane  ■ 
James-street,  in  the  Haymarket,"  by  popped; 
"  Punches  Theatre "  being,  of  course,  locttsd  k 
Hickford's  Room ;  and  other  puppet  exhibMoM 
were  announced  at  different  times  during  dttkit 
century.  S^trutt  (iS/>orf«  ar^d  Faatimei,  edit  HoH^ 
1838,  p.  1G7),  says  :— 


**  A  few  yean  back  JTi'.  e.  before  1801]  a  pBp^_  _ 
was  exhibited  at  the  Court  end  of  the  town,  vitk  I 
Italian  title,  Fatitocdni,  which  greatly  attracted  tkt ■» 
tioe  of  the  public,  and  van  spoken  of  ba  an  eztiMVfiHB 
performance :  it  war,  however,  no  more  than  a  p«||> 
tfhow,  with  the  motione  conntruoted  upon  bettsr^ 
ciples,  dretied  with  more  elegance,  and  mansfedill 
greater  art,  than  they  had  formerly  been." 

I  have  a  note  of  an  "  Italian  Fantoocioi*  l» 
ing  been  exhibited  at  Uickford's  Room  in  Yutti 
Street  (the  same  place  as  the  before-DMoliMi 
*' Punch  s  Theatre  m  James-street^**  it  hanfS* 
trances  in  both  streets),  in  1770  ;  but  it  lian 
likely  that  the  exhibition  referred  to  bjlW^ 
was  one  which  was  shown  in  Pic^^dilly,  iallR^ 


and  which  continued  open  during  the  fi^valvitfl 
of  that  year.     Many  different  pieces,  chiefs M 
operatic  kind,  were  represented  ;   and  fiui 
advertisements,  which  are  very  numeronsi  I 
selected  the  following  as  best  explaining  thai 
of  the  performance  : — 


"Italinn  Theatre,  No.  22,  Piccadilly.    At  tlis 
Fantoccini,  cin    ThurMlay  next,  will    be  peffflMrf  a 
Comedy  in  three  Actn,  called  '  The  TransformatiNi;  Mi 
Harlrquin  Soldier,  Chimney  Sweeper,  Astrolon.  Msik 
Clock,  and  Infant.'     End  of  Act  I.    ^ereral  Msaftl  j 
Italian  Songs,  Duets,  and  ChorusAes.    End  of  AfllU  A  J 
Dance  in  Character.    And  End  of  Act  III.  A  miAWf" 
niflcient  Kepresentation  of  a  Koyal  Camp.     The  lAM 
conclude  wich  a  general  grand  Chorus.    Tickets  Wfc 
Shilling  each  may  be  iiad  as  above,  and   sfaNv 
Mioheli,  No.  61,  Haymarket,  where  Places  mayhlwa 
from  Eleven  in  the  Forenoon  till  Five  in  the  iMli^  l 
The  room  is  neatly  fitted  up,  kept  warm,  and^' 
illuminated  with  AV ax.    The  Doors  to  be  openedsll 
and  begin  at  Seven  o'Clock  precisely.    *  Vi«*nt  loi 
Regiua.'" 

"  (Tuciidfty,  January  18th,  178M" 
"  Italian  Fantoccini,  No.  *22,  Piccadilly.     ThS^  i 
Every  Evening  during  this  Week,  will  be jpresnle 
new  Comic  Opera  in  two  Acts,  called  '  Tiinnstti 
Cour;  or.  The  Fair  Nancy  at  Court'    The  BdsIi 
Mons.  Favre.    The  Muiio  composed  by  the  ediF 
Signor  Peigolesl.  Signer  Jomelli,  and  other  esW 
Gomposen.    Bnd  of  Act  II.  A  Dance  in  Ohei    ' 
End  of  the  Opera,  a  Meny  new  Danoe.    To 


a-'s.v.  Jix.  le.  w.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


53 


[  m  new  SotorUinmetit,  in  one  Act,  called  *  Hnr- 
nli  Love-Triumpli,  By  the  ftfaj^ic  Art.'  With  mi 
1  J^«r««  of  Uaritsqain,  wbiie  refreshing  himAelf 
k  of  Hac&mtu^  ia  lurprised  bj  the  Appearance 
■lard  from  &  remote  Corner,  whu  sinjica  a  inToiirite 
Bong.  In  which  Uarlequin  will  take  bis  Flight 
^  ii  of  60  Feet  long  Aiid  40  Ftct  wid»?,  in  a  Man- 
truly  vvrynxitig.  and  never  ber^ne  exhibited  in 
The  whoie  of  the  Scenery  and  Machinery  en- 
Ittrelj  o««,  T\m  public  i*  acq ')*!!» t-ed  by  the  Managers 
I  Ui«%  tblftiaAn^le  &iiiioe  Uy..-'  d  fmm  Italy; 

Vbd  11^  n  flMli  Compaa:^.  the  <  if  the  superb 

pftl  Bologtia,  an  J  u  are  the  Puint- 

I  mlj-brntei  Bibbiena.  Fiont  iieata  5f.  Back 
Tickets  may  be  had  as  above,  ar^d  of  Signor 
'*'    '^  rket     Plioea  may  bKi  takenlrom 

i  till  PiTC  in  the  Evening*     The 

'  ]i,  kept  warm,  and  will  be  illu- 

with  \Va.t.     The  Doors  t*»  be  opened  at  Half- 
y  Six,  and  lo  be(pn  at  Uulf-pa^t  Seven  o' Clock  pr^i- 
LadieJ   or   Gentle  men    muy  huTe   a 
any    Hour  in   the    D»y,   by    giving 
r>ay  before.    '  Virant  Rex  k  R^gina, 
'  tWedfla«day,  February  2:Jd,  IZJiO.)" 

!hlich«li  nained  in  these  axiDounceineDts 
,  ia  ftil  prt^biibility^  ft  gentleman  who  held  the 
;  III  copyi*t  to  the  Opera-house,  at  that  period, 

Viit  few  opera  songs  were  printed  aingly> 
i  tbe  c<»pyist  had  the  privilege  of  supplying  the 

id  vith  manuscript  copies^  a  yerj  lucrative 

F  iwder  of  »N,  &  Q."*  say  whiph  of  the 

in  Picciidilly  bore  the  No,  22  id 

nambering  of  the  houses  was  al  tiered 

removal  of  several  for  the  formation  of 

El,  I  maj  just  remind  the  reader  of 

tlois"  exhibited  aome  years  since  at 

I  Gallery  behind  St  Martin's  Church, 

PfBotical  Science"  baa  now  given  way 

f  md  coffee  and  cheap  icea),  and  of  Greorge 

lt%  ttdmirabie  delineation  of  the  itinemnt 

i  shown  in  the  streetn  of  the  metropolifi 

W.  H.  Husk. 


"'ALLOW  DOES  yOT  MAKE  A   SUMMER."— 

il  of  this  proverb  appears  to  be  the 

-ita  \(ktSiiiv  €ap  ov  TTOttt" — which  we 

^ifl  Ariatotle,  Ethic  Nic,  (A) ;  and  I  think  the 

"oo  ia  the  better.     Was  the  form— "One 

[doe«  not  make  a  Spriyig  "—ever  in  use  i 

'  i  me  to  notice  what  appears  lo  me  to 

'  Bngular  omission.     We  are  accustomed  to 

L  thft  advent  of  the  swallow  as  one  of  the 

jam  of  returning  Spring ;   and  yet  I  ciin- 

^ift  present^  recall  a  single  passage  of  our  old 

Uduing  any  allusion  to  the  swallow  as 

^rbinger.     And  not  only  this,  but  I  find 

w  cotmected  more  especiaUy  with  sum- 

Imr  foUowB  not  rammer  more  willing,  than 

miip." 

e.  Ttmon  of  Athfus.  Act  III,  ic.  <i. 


A  modem  poet  has  th@  same  idea  : — 

''And  the  swallow  'ill  comeback  again  with  iQnunfir 
o'er  the  ware." 

Tennyson^i  Af ay  Qann. 

It  ia  true  Shakspeare  says  : — 

" daffodils, 

That  come  before  the  swallow  dares,  and  take 
The  wind*  of  Murch  with  beauty ;  .        ." 

WinUr'*  TaUt  Act  lY.  Sc.  3. 

And  allownnc*  must  of  course  be  made  for  poetic 
license  \  but  that  which  strikes  me  as  remarkable, 
is  the  absence  of  passages  connecting  the  swallow 
directly  with  the  first  return  of  spring.  And  I 
sbidl  be  oblitfed  if  your  correajKindents  will  refer 
me  to  any  su<:b  passBgea,  if  such  there  be.  No 
poet  bos  shown  a  greater  love  for  our  small  birds 
than  Chaucer,  and  ytjt  he  seldom  mentions  the 
swallow.  Tb**  only  instance  I  can  recollect  is  in 
"The  Assembly  of  Foules/'  and  that  is  not  com- 
plimentary ; — 

"  The  awalowfl,  murdrer  of  the  bees  smidfl, 
That  iLiukeii  hunie  ol  flowres  fresh  of  bew." 

Perbfips  the  bird*s  bck  of  song  was  the  cause 
of  the  poet's  neglect,  for  he  loved  the  small  birds 
for  their  song.  No  one  can  read  Chaucer  without 
noticing  bow  be  loved  the  w&rbling  of  the  little 
feathered  aongstera,  eepedidly  in  the  early  morn- 
ing. R  C.  Heath. 

Dectidical  Eemains  m  India. — After  the  pub- 
lication of  the  Notes  on  the  religion  of  the  Druids 
in  "N,  &  Q.**  (S'^  S.  iv.  485),  it  may  interest 
some  of  your  readers  to  learn  that  throughout  the 
south  of  Indian  situated  in  secluded  spots,  such  as 
mountain  summits,  sequestered  valleys,  and  tracts 
overrun  by  jungle,  are  to  be  found  cromlechs, 
cistvaens,  tolmens,  npright  stones,  double  rings 
of  stones,  cairns  and  barrows,  containing  earthen- 
ware cinerary  urns,  spearheads,  &c,  &c.,  and 
every  other  relic  of  the  Druidical  religion  occur- 
ring in  our  own  country.  They  have  been  exa- 
mined, and  are  fully  described  in  one  of  the 
periodicals  of  the  Madras  Presidency.  They 
furnish  another  interesting  link  in  the  chain  of 
evidence  connecting  the  ancient  inhabttanis  of 
Europe  with  those  of  India.  H.  C. 

An'Aorams, — A  copy  of  the  Jesuitu  Vapxilajit 
[Lugd.  Bat.  l(>3d]  lias  written  upon  a  dyleal  ai^_ 
follows : — 

"  AimaKAi  RiTXTtrs, 

AnaffT. 
'*  Veritas  res  nnda, 
Sed  natur^  esTir, 
Vir  natura  tedes, 
E  nature  ea  rudia, 
Sed  esiriti  rarua, 
Sed  rure  vanitas. 
In  terril  aufi  Deua, 
Yeni,  sudas  terra.'* 


4 


54 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES, 


[Z*^  8.  V.  Jam,  19,  IBA, 


A  NoT«  ojf  Notes. — The  wordi  of  O&pt&in 
GuttliL  "  When  fouiul,  make  n  note  of,"  are  ofU»n 
quoted,  but  there  is  a  much  older  authoritj  for 
inch  a  quotation  ;  ^  Note  it  in  a  book,  that  it  niay 
be  for  the  time  to  oome/'    la.  xxx.  8. — City  Prut> 

Zachart  Botd. — ^Thd  foIlowiDg  i^otice  of  thiA 
Boots  worthy,  whose  poetical  version  of  the  Old 
Testament  still  xemains  in  MS.  occuis  in  the 
Commiflsaiy  Kecords  of  Glasgow,  end  of  Maj, 
1625:— 

**  E]izab«ih  Flenuii^,  executrix,  oonfirmed  to  omqubne 
Rolwrt  Fyiidlojt  Merchant,  and  Mr.  Zacharia  Boyo^  now 
her  •pouA.  *' 

__^ J.  M. 

MANUaCBIFT  ENGLISH  CHRONICLR 

I  hare  before  me  a  boand  Yolume,  containing  a 
MS.  Chronicle  of  £nglADd  ;  comprlaing  103  leaves 
of  vellum,  written  probably  by  the  same  hand,  and 
22  leaves  of  paper,  by  another. 

The  Tellutn  is  manifestly  deficient  of  a  leaf  or 
leayes  at  the  beginning,  as  it  commences  in  the 
middle  of  a  sentence,  aod  the  first  marginal 
ebapter^itle,  in  the  (present)  first  page,  is  Oxx^, 
It  ends  also  with  an  imperfect  sentence,  in 
C  ccxx**. 

The  paper  appears  complete  at  its  beginning. 
The  ftrtt  chapter-heading  is  0*  ccxxadlj,  but  it  is 
deficient  at  the  end. 

The  dntos  of  the  vellam  ran  from,  say,  a  a  400 
to  A.i>.  1345. 

Those  of  the  paper,  from  20  £dw.  III.  (say 
1346)  to  the  Battle  of  Aginconrt,  1416. 

In  the  vellum,  the  initial  letters  of  the  chapters 
are  fine,  and  finely  illuminated  with  red  and  blae 
ink,  the  decorations  sometimes  occupying  the 
entire  mar|^  of  a  page ;  and  the  chapter-head- 
it]g»  in  the  outer  margin  are  Ukewise  red  and 
blue,  and  the  chapter-titles  red. 

In  the  paper  oontinuatlon  the  ink  is  inferior  ; 
the  chapte^ headings,  initbls.  and  paragraph  marks 
are  in  red  ink  ;  the  handwriting  more  current  and 
neat,  but  lesji  legible,  at  leaat  to  me. 

The  foEowing  are  extracts.  Pftge  1  begins 
with  these  words  ;— 

'•  hdr  unto  the  Rfulme  hot  he  wm  not  of  atrenirihe, 
Bot  nororthelcMO  thb  l^onebikudo  ordeyncd  hiin  »jpcat 
pow#r  aiitl  c«ri»[uer« !  i  -^.-^<|  j^jjd  than  this  Doiic- 
baude  wentQ  into   :-  r   to  conquer   It.      Bot 

8eatt«r  (Hcorttcrt)  ti reof  aiwmbled  s  grvto 

pcrwer  of  Uyn  t>eu|)ie  taiA  u(  WiillHheinon  whoa  niter  «?iii 
one  PmUli  (aixlifrh?  Riidakfl,  Hot  8e»t(cr  bitd  Hudiik 
Wftfl  slasxift  iknd  then  thti  Uonebnude  toko  foialU  and 
hontaft  (»f  tlu'  cuiitree  ■.nd  rtrlgned  thair  in  [»eji«e  mod 
qolete  that  niau/  yor^  »fore  U  traa  not  «o«. 

(Iti  rad  ink]  **  Horn  liiynitftiud  vat  thi  firH  ling  thai 
tv^  •ffTfii  cmwht  nf  goltU  m  Rritaiwt  v*  honour  and 
wurikfppj* 

(P.  102J  **  fn  the  yert  of  our  Lorde  ucccxxxru  and 
of  King  llenry  XIU  itit,'  It  was  ISdw.  Ill  J     In  the 


moncth  of  Marcbe,  at  a  Fleuit  bolde  mt 
King  Edw&rde  made  of  the  Erkdorn  of  of  [#t<]  < 
walle  a  Duchie,  and  gvrt  it  unto  Bir  Edvmrde  hia  f&fSI 
Bonne,  and  he  gave  him  alio  the  erledom  of  Cheater.  ati4J 
he  lOftdo  ri  erles,  that  is  to  aay.  Sir  Henry  the   Rrlet  Maj 
of  Lancaater  was  made  JBrle  of  Lejxfar  [ !  LaacBfltarl 


iford, 

fejuffolk,  William  of  Clynton,  Erie  t>f  Huuteyndoa 
iic.  kc."    [Howe  put*  this  in  1336.] 

"  Sovt  Kynff  Edwardt  eamc  to  SltUM  {%)  and  * 
f^i  aUe  the  power  of  IVanee, 

"  And  in  the  xv  yero  of  Kyng  Edw&rdya  r&igne  Kin_ 
Edwarde  eomaunde  fro  tb&t  t jme  forthe  for  to  wryte  la 
hy*  wrytfceft  and  all  bye  other  wrytinife  the  d&te  of  hy 
reygne  of  Prance  the  fante«  and  so  fie  wrote    tuito  h 
lofdea  of  Englonda^  aptell  and  temporell,  and  thanne  I 
come  a^ifalne  into    Englande  with  the   queue  and  hywM 
childn,  and  aoone  after  yat  be  wente  agayne  into  Fkaoceff 
for  to  warre  upon  the  King  of  France,  the  whiche  haidl 
aiaembled  and  ordered  to  him  a  grete  power  of  Almanal 
of  {potorlnsT),  and  at  BIujb  they  mette  togetlier 
foughte  sore,  when  was  killed  xxxiij  menne  of  the  I " 
[power t]  of  France,  &c.  kc.  kc/^ 

1  should  be  glad  to  learn  whether  the  Chroni^M 
is  a  known  one,  and  whether  it  has  been  prlnt^U 
The  handwritings  indicate  that  the  MSS.  r^"^ 
respectively  produced  at  or  soon  after  the 
periods   to  which  they  refer ;  and   the  sty  I 
narrative^  in  each  case^  towards  the  end,  WQ 
lead  to  the  belief  that  the  writers  were  cost 
poraneous  with  the  facta  they  record.    W.  P.  P. 


Baeok^iss,— Is  the  daughter  of  a  Fretheir  en-  ' 
titled  to  be  addressed  as  baroness  in  England  f 
In  Germany  the  address   is  Franlein*  or    Min. 
Which  is  correct  ?  Abraco. 

Berlin. 

Thje  Bloody  Hand.  ^ — James  L  gmnted  tin 
arms  of  Ulster  as  an  honourable  augmentation  to 
be  borne  by  "  the  baronets  and  their  descendanti.* 
Out  of  this  concession  arise  two  questions  : — If 
the  word  (laundanU  to  be  interpreted  aa  in- 
cluding those  not  in  tail  to  the  baronetcy — datigh> 
ters,  for  example,  and  tlieir  children  ?  If  so  ta  be 
interpreted,  is  the  concession  limited  to  the  de- 
scendants of  baronets  of  1612?  For  example,  » 
baronet  of  Anne's  creation  has  a  son  and  daughter: 
Does  the  daughter  bear  the  bloody  band  within 
her  lozenge  f  Does  her  husband  retain  it  in  her 
ooat  whicn  he  impales  ?  Her  brother  dies,  and 
she  becomes  her  father's  heiress  :  Does  her  hua- 
band  bear  the  bloody  hand  in  the  eecutohcon  of 
pretence  which  thereupon  he  assumes^  and  dooi  ft 
ap|}ear  in  the  children's  quarterings  7    £.  Stirpb. 

Books  of  Mokukkntal  Inscriptions. — Where 
shall  I  lind  a  list  of  the  difTetent  collections  of 
monumental  inscriptions  which  have  been  pub- 
lished Y  Of  course,  I  am  well  acqnainted  with 
•uoh  la  Weerer,  Le  Neve,  Parsons,  Gough,  &c» 


;  of  some  of  the  principal  collections 

OsoBOE  W*  Marshall. 

y. — Where  ws^a  this  comedian  born* 
His  mother  died  in  Dublin,  Was 
Irishman  ?  Bunn's  father  was  an 
)f  what  rank  I  In  what  regiment  ?  Bunn 
»man  Catholic.  Had  he  been  educated 
hurst,  U&haw,  or  any  other  Roman 
college  ?  What  were  the  leading  facta 
EicfL^ro  he  became  lessee  of  the  Theatre 
■muighara  in  1826? 

merely  for  information's  sake,  with  no 
purpose.  Mi^ny  persons  mast  be  quite 
'  L  all  the  incidents  of  his  career.  Bunn 
^volume  of  poems  in  1816.^ 

Querist. 

DK,  alderman  of  Yoaghal,  is  men- 
I  author  of  MS,  Memoirs  of  that  town 

2*^*  S.  xLi.  310).  Information  re- 
tiitn  will  be  accepuble.  I  particularly 
icertfun  at  what  period  he  lived. 

feS.  Y.  It 
— la  it  generally  known  that  Sir 
r  wiis  created  at  the  Restoration  Vis- 
knnon,  for  his  signal  gallantry  in 
ver  Cromwell  at  the  battle  of  Mar- 
»r  ?  His  daughter  was  the  second  wife 
cestor  of  the  late  Lord  Bimgftnnon^  by 
ath  without  issue  the  title  h^  again  be- 
i&et.  E.  H.  A. 

IL — I  am  anxious  to  asoertaLu  whether 
%m  Cullam^t  the  first  Baronet^  had  any 
uuned  Dorothy  Cuilum,  and  who  '*  Master 
iher'*  waa,  to  whom  he  bequeathed  a  ring, 
i&Bcriptioa  **Asi8 :  t.c  so  shali  ihu''  f 

S. 

-Will  some  one  of  your  fair  readers 
►lution  of  the  following^   by  the  cele- 
I  of  Surrey ! 
ave  K  gift,  which  ahe  had  not, 
c«iTe<iher  gift,  which  1  took  not : 
I  it  me  willingly,  and  vet  she  would  not ; 

rrecoiTed  it,  albeit  I  could  not ; 

I  gives  it  uie,  I  force  not^ 

faho  Uk«»  it  again,  fhe  carei  opl, 

ime  what  this  is,  uid  teil  not ; 

m&sl  sworn,  I  mxf  not." 

XL. 

m  TOFOQRAPHT  IK  DtTPCH. — 

Dtscriptian  of  England  and  SwUnnd,  written  in 
tch,  and  printed  at  Nuremberg:,  1669i  Maps  of 
pal  towns  are  giren,  which  are  generally  pretty 
mi  Btoiford  is  repiesented  u  »  walled  town, 
^bridge  and  port-ouUis,  and  MTen  hills  in  the 

p.  809  of  our  last  Tolnme  for  some  notices  of 

iphj  of  Alfred  Bunn.— En.] 

"Jumat  Culluui  waa  the  ftrst  Baronat.  Wotton^s 

ih.  20.— En.] 


I 


distance,  and  Rutland  ha4  a  citadel  and  artillery/*— {TV 
poqrotjkical  Note*,  by  John  Ridley,  M.A.,  London,  1/62, 
p.l7-) 

Was  Stafford  ever  walled,  or  Oakham  fortified  t 
Any  fuller  account  of  the  book  printed  at  Nurem- 
bergf  or  in^formation  where  I  can  see  a  cony^  will 
oblige  T.  P.  E. 

Fowls  with  Human  Reuains.— About  twelve 
years  ago,  during  the  construction  of  the  new 
docks  at  Great  Grimsby,  LlncolnsbLre,  I  waa  pre- 
sent at  the  exhumation  of  some  human  remains, 
on  the  banks  of  the  Humber.  They  were  found  a 
short  distance  above  the  highwater  line,  beneath 
six  feet  of  sand,  and  one  or  two  feet  of  clay,  which 
appeared  to  have  been  the  original  surface  before 
the  deposition  of  the  sand.  They  consisted  of  the 
perfect  skeleton  of  a  figure  of  sipali  stature,  and 
were  laid  east  and  west  There  were  no  remains 
of  any  metallic  or  other  substances  iu  connection 
with  them  ;  but  under  the  left  arm  were  the  bones 
of  a  fowl,  a  cock  apparently,  from  the  long  spurs 
on  the  legs.  Can  any  of  your  readers  inform  me^ 
through  jour  columns,  whether  similar  instance* 
have  occurred  of  the  bones  of  fowls  being  found 
in  juxtaposition  with  human  remains,  and  to  what 
people  and  customs  they  may  be  referred  ? 

J.  D.  Macktenzie,  Captain. 

"The  Leprost  of  Naaman." — Can  any  one 
acquainted  with  the  literary  history  of  Leeds 
inform  me  who  is  author  of  this  sacred  drama  (by 
J.  C),  Leeds,  1800?  It  seeroa  to  have  been  the 
production  of  a  very  young  author,  and  contains 
at  the  end  a  few  pieces  of  poetry.  The  editor  of 
this  little  book  mentions  that  the  juvenile  author 
had  written  another  sacred  drama  on  the  subject 
of  Joseph.  R  I. 

Nicholas  Newlin.— Can  any  of  your  Irish 
readers  give  me  any  information  respecting  the 
family,  arms,  &c.  of  Nicholas  Newland,  subae- 
qucntly  written  NewHn,  of  Mount  Mellick, 
Queen's  co.  Ireland,  afterwards  of  Concord  and 
Birmingham,  in  Pennnylvania,  Eaq.  ?  He  was  a 
Quaker  and  a  gentleman  of  good  family,  as  will 
appear  firom  books  of  that  time,  and  came  to 
Pennsylvania  in  1683  with  William  Penn.  He 
was  a  friend  of  Penn*s,  and  soon  after  his  arrival 
was  made  one  of  the  provincial,  or  governor's 
council,  and  a  Judge  of  the  Cumnion  Pleas. 

The  council  was  at  this  time  (1685)  the  supreme 
legislative,  judicial,  and  executive  body*  His 
son,  Nathaniel  Newlin  of  Concord,  Birmingham, 
and  Newlin,  Esq.,  was  a  Juatice  of  the  County 
Courts,  a  Member  of  the  Provincial  Assembly, 
Commissioner  of  Property,  Trustee  of  the  Geneial 
Loan  Of5ce  of  the  province,  kc.  He  was  one  of 
the  largest  landed  proprietors  in  the  colony. 
Newlin  township,  in  Chester  county,  was  first 
owned  by,  and  called  after,  him. 

James  W.  M,  K«?«njEi- 

No.  lOOfi,  PiaaStxt^V^^NiiaiSisetiJfiLvk. 


Dd 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[3^'  S.  V.  Jan.  W,  'U. 


North OMBKi AX  (Anglo-Saxon)  MoNKr. — 
Mr.  Bruce,  in  his  invulu^ble  work  on  the  Manuin 
Wall,  says,  at  p.  433  of  tho  edition  of  1851,— 

''Saxon  money  is  found  in  North  umberlund  of  a  date 
coevul  with  the  arrtTul  of  tliat  people.'* 

Will  Mr.  Bruce  kindly  describe  that  Saxon 
money  in  the  pages  of  "  N.  &  Q.*'  1  C* 

Order  of  St,  John  of  Jkrusalkm. — Wlio  are 
the  pabUshers  of  Sir  R.  BrouD's  Synoptical  Sketch 
(3«*  S.  Ui.  270),  and  Sir  G.  Bowyer's  lUtual  of 
Fraffsitt&n,  dtc,  {ik  note  to  p,  450,)  R  W. 

Painter  to  His  Majesty. — Not  finding  any 
list  of  those  who  filled  thia  post^  can  you  inform 
iiie  who  was  the  person  hereiu  referred  to  ?  — 

"  In  1700,  tjp<in  n  vacancy  «f  the  king's  painter  in  Scot- 
land, Ite  (Michael  Wriubt)  aoUcitcd  lo  sueceisd,  but  a 
rfiopkoeiier  was  preferred,'*  — Walpole's  Afucdota,  Ac, 
Wornumi  edition,  15(J2,  p.  474 

W.P. 

Pocket  Fender  (3"1  S.  iii.  70.) — 

"He  tmvelB  with  n  pocket  fender/* 

''PiH.'ket  toaa ting  fork*  have  been  invented^  as  if  it 
wa»po«-iM<*  in  want  a  toaatinj^-fork  in  the  pocket;  and 
cvt''  ^»etn  exceeded  by  the  fertile  gfnuw  of  a 

eel'  Lctor,  who  ordered  a  pocket  feiitlcr  for  his 

o*^  '  li  wws  tocofit2tK)/,     The  article  waa  made, 

bat  iM  a  did  Out  please,  pajmentwas  refused.  An  acticm 
W»«  ill  conseqricDCG  braugbt,  and  the  workman  satd  upon 
the  trijil  that  he  was  Tcr?  sorry  ttJ  disoblige  si  good  a 
cast'.tuer,  and  would  willingly  b&vc  taken  the  tbin;f  Uuck, 
but  thwt  really  nobody  except  the  gentleman  in  (|uesticm 
wniiM  t'Tcr  want  a  pocket  fender. 

**  Tills  ^ame  gentleman  haa  pnntrived  to  ha?©  the  whole 
»et  of  lire-irona  iiiftdc  '    "       '  '    f  solUl.     Tobeeure 

tiie  CMSt  m  more  thu  wbut  U  that  to  tlie 

convenience  of  hfAi  m  the  hand  when 

you  stir  the  fiie,  inat'.ui  ol'ii  lew  pmniisl     This  cunoua 

Jiroj  ct4:if  b  fiiilJ  to  have  Ukcn  out  about  seventy  patents 
or  inrentioim  eHualiy  ingcnioua  and  imfmrtunt.  -^  Ev 
priella  (Southey),  LttUrt  from  ^a^/ajw/,  London,  1807, 
vol.  i.  p.  185. 

Who  was  the  gentleman  ?  Was  there  any  such 
trial  i  At  that  time  the  plaintiff  could  not  have 
nifMlc  the  statement  tia  above  described,  aa  he 
could  not  have  been  a  witness  when  u  party. 

J.  M,  K. 

PCMICB  Stonc— In  a  note  to  Grtrth's  Ovid's 
Art  of  Love^t  in  vol.  iil  of  Poetical  Trnv^Utimut 
(mo  diit*  or  editor  ifiven),  I  read  on  the  lines— 
*'  Hut  dhen  not  like  a  fop,  nor  carl  your  hair, 
ifor  with  a  pumiee  inttke  your  bwly  We  *'— 
*!Du  use  ofilie   I  no  is  very  ancient ;  the 

plueked  Tj,  with  it,  and  the  hook* 

Bfiwiinooth  Lh  ...,..*  with  it  ....  The 
patt*ant*  in  piottio  part*  of  ^jogjand  take  off  tb«ir  beards 
with  ilt.iuMteiid  of  a  razor." 

What  dat«  could  thiji  hare  been  at  f  And  wtwj  it 
with  the  pnuiice  «t<jne  that  Uje  ancient  Britons 
removed  their  beards  t  W,  P.  P. 

RKFKnKNrrifis  WANTED.— 1.  Alexander,  being 
Mkt*d  where  be  would  lay  hi!i  treaanre.  answered, 
amon^  hu  frieiult ;  being  coufident  that  there  it 


would  be  kept  with  aofetyj  and  returned  witli  iit^ 
terest» 

2.  When   or  by  whom   was  the  phrase  **P<i^ 
fert'idnm  ui^eriium  Scoioruvi'^  tirst  employed  M 
embodying  a  x>eculiar  characteriatic  of  the  Scot-j 
tiah  nation  ?  Viectis. 

Sl'ANlSR  DbOUOHT, — 

*'  Tlxere  is  a  tradition  that  in  the  ^n-eat  droi  _ 
8{iatn,  which   lasted  a  quarter  of  a  century,  the   ri' 
wrre  dried  np  and  the  crncV"  *it  rhr  cftrtU  wfte    ^o 
and  dcef»  that  the  fire  of   "  ''       '  i 

them.     Alluftiiina  to  thi- 
rrnnunco3." — Notice  of  Ln 
TiHt,  December,  )77'2. 

I  wifih  to  know  if  there  ia  any  historical  record 
of  this  drought,  and  shall  be  glad  of  any  reference 
to  the  poets  who  mention  it.  J,  M.  K. 

ToRRFNOTox  Fahtlt. — lu  the  north  tnma^t 
of  Great  Berkbampstead  church  ia  a  handaoine 
monument,  "  whereon,**  »aya  Weever,  *'  the  shape 
of  a  man  in  knightly  habilimenta,  with  bis  wiib 
lying  by  him,  are  cut  in  alabaster."  These  aj« 
!<^»&id  to  be  the  memorials  of  Richard  and  Margatet 
Torrington,  who  lived  early  in  the  fourt^enti 
century.  Ia  anything  further  known  respecting 
them  ?  C.  J.  R 


Halifax  Law.— I  find  iji  Motley's  UniUd 
N€th€rhind$  (i.  444),  the  following  pu-ssage,  oc- 
curring in  a  letter  written  by  Leicester  to 
BurghTey :  — 

**  Under  correction,  my  jjood  Lord,  I  have  had  Halilax 
law— to  be  condemned  first,  and  inquired  upon  after,** 

I  have  often  heard  of  that  peculiar  kind  of  trial 
as  applicable  to  Jedburgh,  whence  the  tenn 
"Jedburgh  justice;'*  but,  with  the  exception  of 
the  gibbet  law,  I  have  not  read  of  any  peculiarity 
attached  to  Halifax,  and  ahall  feel  obliged  by  aDj 
one  referring  me  to  any  other  instance  by  any 
author  in  which  Halifax  law  is  mentioned  in  the 
same  spirit  as  Leicester  quotes  it  j  and  judgtop; 
by  the  manner  in  which  he  usea  the  phrase,  tt 
would  seem  to  have  been  proverbial  in  his  time. 

T.  Wji^k. 
%%  Southgate,  Halifax. 

[Tliere  wai  a  slight  difference  between  the  Jedbuffsh 
and  Halifax  law,  although  the  mode  of  procedurt  by 
the  Intter  wa«  not  very  mtiifactory  to  the  poor  erSmi* 
mil  The  inhabitants  within  the  fon»»t  of  Hardwiek 
claimed  a  right  or  ciutom,  from  time  immemorial  that  If 
a  fofon  be  taken  withgoodi  ti^the  amount  of  \'i\^d.  Mtotan 
within  their  rihoriy,  aHcr  being  carried  befor^o  the  lord^a 
baililT  and  tried  by  four  frith  burgert,  from  fuwr  towna 
within  the  said  precinct,  ho  wjii»  on  condf-r-"-*'-"  tn  be 
executed  on  the  next  marketday.     But  cu* 

tioH  a  coroner  was  to  take  the  verdiet  w,  »  .,.i,,  luid 


I 


3"  8.  V.  J*s.  18,  'Bi.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


57 


ometioies  of  those  ivho  oonil&mned  liim.  The  inttru- 
Qt  or  process  of  execution,  ^miUr  to  the  noted  French 
'  gmllotmo,  wiiB  detvominalted  '^  HaLif&x  gibbc-t  law/*  Sc6 
B€ alley's  J/ali/tLr,  and  its  Othbd  Law  placed  in  a  true 
Light,  12mo,  1701.] 

Charles  Leftlet. — The  followiog  elegant 
lyric  was  given  to  me,  many  years  ago,  by  a  per* 
aon  of  considerable  poeticid  taate^  who  told  me  it 
was  written  by  "Leftlcy/'  I  neglected  then  to 
inquire  who  Leftley  was  ;  but  I  should  be  glad  if 
any  of  your  correspondent*  could  give  informa- 
tion as  to  who  he  wiis,  and  whether  any  of  his 
writings  were  publijihed,  aud  aro  now  in  ex- 
istence I 

The  style  of  this  little  lyric  is  so  truly  aerial 
and  Shakspearian^  that  it  reminds  one  of  ArieFs 
«ong  in  the  Tempest — "  Where  the  bee  sucks, 
there  suck  I  *' :  — 

'  "  TO  THR  ZEl'UYRj  BT  liSTTtlY* 

H  "  Zephyr,  whither  iLrt  thou  fftfaying  I 

■  Tell  me  where  I 

H  With  pronkiah  girla  in  gard^itfi  playing^ 

H  False  as  fair  I 

^M  A  biitterdy'e  light  back  besindliig  1 

H  Queen  l)eea  to  honeysuckles  ipiidingi 

^M  Or  on  a  swinging  hureboll  riding^ 

H  Frc«  from  care] 

H         "  Before  Aurora's  car  you  amble* 

^M  High  in  air !  ^ 

H  At  noon  with  Neptune's  sea- nymphs  gamU*;  ^^C 

H  Bmid  their  nair. 

^m  Kow  on  tumbling  bi!l 

H  Or  on  the  smooth  sai  ^^^S « 

H  Or  in  cool  grottoes,  1 1  igi 

^m  You  sport  there  I 

^^^^  '*  To  chase  the  moonbeams  up  the  mountains, 

^^^K  You  prepare; 

^^^H  Or  dftncc  with  elves  on  brinks  of  fountains, 

^^^■^  Mirtii  to  share  ! 

^V  Now  with  ioYe-iom  lilies  weeping: 

^fc^^  Now  with  blushing  rose  buJs  sleeping, 

^^^H  While  fays,  from  forth  their  chambers  peeping, 

^^B  Cry,  <Ohr&ro!'" 

^^  C.  H. 

(Charles  Leftley  was  educated  at  St.  Paul's  School, 

»and  subsequently  employed  as  parliamentary  reporter  to 
Tkt  TifHi^*      A  cunntitution   uuturally  weak  was  soon 
impaired  by  lik  constant  exertions  of  mind  and  body  :  a 
decline  eniued,  and  he  died  in  1707,  aged  twenty-seven. 
For    farther   partieulara    of  him  consult  the  foUowkig 
work :  "  Sonnets,  Odes,  and  other    Poems,  by  the  late 
^     Mr.  Charles  Leftley,  together  with  a  abort  account  of 
B     hii  Life  and  Writings.     By  William  Lintey«  Esq.^  Lond. 
^     12mo,  1816/'    This  work  is  noticed  in  the  Gent,  Mafj.  for 
June  1815,  p,  536.] 

Psalm  xa  9. — Our  Prayer-Book  version  (and 
the  Bible  version  is  to  the  same  efiect)  runs  thus  : 
"  W©  bring  out  years  to  an  end,  as  it  were  a  tah 
Ihai  u  ioldJ^  What  b  the  authority  for  this  transla* 
tion  1  The  Septua^nt  version  is  aa  follows :  "  ra 
€T^  »J/jtwi/  tLiCTit  fipd^mi  e/ioVcrr^t'.*'  The  Vulgate 
aayt:  "Anni  nostri  sicut   aranea   meditabuntur.** 


De  Sacy  has  this  paraphrase  :  "  Nos  ann^^ea  aa 
passent  en  dea  vaines  incpiit^tudes  comme  celle  de 
raraign<l»e/'  Wycliffe's  rendering  is  curioos. 
Has  ircifjt  found  its  way  into  any  of  our  archaic 
glossaries  l  He  says  :  "  Cure  yeris  as  an  irtyn 
sbul  be  bethoyt'*  James  Dixo*?. 

[The  olil  tWyn  is,  no  doubt,  equivalent  to  tratn  and 
araiii,  aram^^and  arran,  which  in  ourlungunge  formerly 
aignified  a  spider  (arunea).  It  would  appear,  theHj  that 
WyclifTti  intended  to  foUow  the  version  of  the  LXX.  and 
the  Vulgiite.  For  this  rendering,  we  are  utnable  to  os- 
pigu  a  shadow  of  authority ;  but  the  passage  is  obscure, 
as  it  stands  m  the  original  Hebrew. 

It  will  be  remarked  that,  in  our  Authorised  Version, 
the  passage  stands  thas— **  As  a  tale  that  u  told: "  where 
the  last  throe  words,  being  italicised,  are  Intended  as 
explicfttlve,  and  have  nothing  that  corresponds  to  them 
in  th«  Hebrew.  Moreover,  in  the  mai^nal  readeringi, 
for  *'  as  a  tale  "  we  find,  **  Or,  a*  a  nieditalwn,'* — which  is 
perhaps  the  better  rendering  of  the  two.  In  Halliwell  wo 
find  I  ram,  arain,  amwyf,  and  nrran,  but  not  irepi^] 

Dissolution  of  Monasteriks,  etc. — Arcb- 
biabop  Laud»  in  his  IHary,  under  the  date  of 
1G22,  June  22,  &c.,  observee  : — 

**  I  saw  two  books  in  folio  of  Sir  Robert  Cotton's^  In 
the  one  wa^  aD  the  Order  of  the  Eefonoittion  in  the  time 
of  Hen.  VIII.  The  original  letters  and  dispHtcheis  under 
the  King's  and  Bishops',  &c.,  own  hands.  In  the  other, 
were  nil  the  preparatory  letters,  motives,  &c.,  for  the 
^;:;  f  the  Ahbies  :  their  suppression  and  value, 

in  i]d.    An  extract  of  boLb  which  books  I  have 

Are  these  in  existence,  and  have  they  been 
printed  ?  W.  P. 

[The  two  books  consulted  by  Abp.  Laud  are  now 
among  the  Cottonian  manuBcripts  in  the  British  Museum,  . 
Cleopatra,  E.  IV.  v.,  and  entitled  "  A  volume  of  papen 
and  letters  imoat  of  them  originals)  relating  to  Monas- 
torieit,  and  the  Diaaolution  of  them  in  the  time  of  Henry 
VIIl/*— "A  collection  of  papers,  chiefiy  originals,  con- 
coming  the  Reformation  of  the  Oiurch  in  the  reign  of 
King  Henry  VIIL,  many  of  them  corrected  by  the  King's 
own  hand."  For  the  contents  of  each  volume  see  the 
Cnialoi/ue  of  ift4  Cottimia n  L ilrary,  pp.  589— 6t*6.  M uch 
of  the  former  MS.  has  been  priuttd  in  the  volume  odited 
by  Mr.  Wright  for  the  Camden  Society.] 

HionxE,  TiiE  Architect.^A  tower  in  Arun- 
del Park  is  called  Hiome's  Tower,  from  the  name 
of  the  architect  called  in  seventy  years  ago  by  the 
then  Duke  of  Norfolk  to  rebuild  Arundel  Castle. 
He  also  built  the  tower  of  SL  Mary's  church,  Nor- 
wich. Can  any  of  your  readera  give  an  account  of 
him,  where  he  was  bom,  where  he  died,  and  his 
Christian  name  ?  An  Inquikbr. 

[F.  Hiome,  who  was  architect  to  CharlcB,  Duke  of 
Norfolk,  and  built  the  three -cornered,  or  triangular  tower, 
in  the  park,  recently  used  as  an  armoury  for  the  Arundel 
Y'eomanry,  was  an  architect  at  Warwick,  and  then  at 
Birmingham,  at  the  early  part  of  the  ^c«sB»*.<s«cawac\X 


m 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


ir*  S.  y.  Jam.  itf,  -ei. 


Copriwo  Parish  Reoistebs,— Will  any  corre- 
fpondent  of  "  N*  &  Q."  tell  me  if  I  have  a  right 
to  muke  copies  of  pariBh  registers  (if  acconi panted 
hj  the  parifih  clerk  to  see  that  I  do  not  mean 
mischiefji  without  bebg  compelled  by  the  incum- 
bent to  have  certified  copies^  and  to  pay  Sa.  7d, 
for  each  of  them  ?  IL  E.  0. 

[There  it  no  right  to  take  extracts^  or  to  make  copies : 
the  legal  right  is  limited  to  inspection,  and  to  a  compari- 
■OD  of  the  oertifi&d  extract  with  the  origuialj 


RELIABLE. 
(2»*  S.  iiL  28,  93,  155,  216  ;  3^^  S.  iv.  437,  524} 

The  word  reliable  was  so  fully  discuised  in 
"  N*  &  Q-"  2»^  S.  that  I  almost  wonder  at  your 
reopening  the  question.  Having  done  bo,  how- 
ever, dooDtleas  you  will  give  me  a  small  space  to 
reply  to  some  points  in  F.  C.  E/s  letter* 

If  you  remember,  Sir,  the  very  same  objections, 
£ar  better  put,  though  with  much  less  strong  lan- 
guage, were  brought  agninst  this  word  as  have 
been  now  reiterated*  The  beginning  of  the 
diicassion  rose  from  a  letter  by  Alpha  in  the 
AUiOfUEum,  Then  the  controversy  seemed  to  be 
carried  on  by  the  AthenctJim  vera  us  The  Times. 
(''Slipshod  newspaper  writers*")  Now  the  Aifu- 
naum  itaelf  comes  in  for  its  share  of  polite  Ian- 


rlrst^  then,  I  am  at  a  loss  to  know  how  this 
word  can  be  a  vile  "  compound.*'  I  thought  that 
it  being  a  word  quite  incapable  of  composition 
wan  ita  one  fault ;  but  no,  it  haa  another,  it  ap- 
pears, for,  says  F.  C  H.,  such  a  word  as  reliable 
ought  to  mean  **  disposed  to  rely  npon,^*  appli- 
cable only  to  such  amiable  '^pergont,*  "It  is  a 
gross  perversion  of  language  to  use  it  in  the  sense 
of  anything  to  be  relied  upon/'  So  I  suppose 
Credible,  which  I  have  proved  incontrovertibly 
to  be  an  txacily  corruponding  word^  of  the  same 
form  and  sense,  and  suffering  from  the  same  ac- 
knowledged defect,  must  mean  '^  disposed  to  be- 
tieve "  ;  Datable  (=  debateable)  disposed  to  bate 
or  fight ;  amci^ttf,  disposed  to  love,  not  loveable, 
but  iim&n  abundatig ;  cum  mulHs  aliit.  If  it  were 
not  for  what  comes  after,  I  should  have  thought 
that  a  sentence,  so  muDtelligible,  must  have  been 
incorrectly  printed.  Alpha  and  many  others  have 
stat#d  that  -ble,  -able,  always  are  equivalent  to 
passive  infinilivea.  This  I  showed  by  numerous 
examples  to  be  a  mistake.  Now  we  are  told  that 
it  la  a  grOBB  perversion  to  make  one  particular 
example  anything  ebe  than  a  weak  future  par* 
Uciple  active,  *'DiBpo^d  to,"  F,  C.  11.  should 
really  explain  what  tliis  sentence  means,  for  to 
<ibe  uninitiAted  it  seems  to  lack  sense  altogether* 


The  reason  given  by  the  supporters  of  the  word 
reliable  for  its  use  is,  that  it  is  a  most  convenieiit 
word,  perfectly  intelligible,  and  now  really  under- 
stood by  all,  and  that  it  expresses  a  partioolai 
shade  of  meaning  not  to  be  found  in  any  other 
word.  This  is  uniformly  denied,  and  usually  tlie 
word  troatworthy  is  propfiaed  as  a  synonyroe  ;  but 
this  word  does  not  e}!])re8S  the  exact  shade  of 
meaning;  for  it  apphea  properly  to  persong^ 
whereas  we  want  a  word  to  en  press  the  some  rf 
thitifjs.  It  is  an  un thoughtful  and  inaccurate 
expression  to  speak  of  a  thing  being  wortlkj  of 
trust ;  and  so  thoughtful  writers  want  a  worn  to 
suit  the  idea  of  a  '*  thing  to  be  relied  on.**  F.  C,  H. 
wflxes  very  bold  upon  thia  point.  "W©  can," 
says  he,  "  use  in  the  same  sense  a  ftoif  of  legiti- 
mate expressions  ;  in  fact,  our  language  abounds 
with  words  expressive  of  the  meaning  to  which 
this  vile  compound  has  been  so  lamentably  ap- 
plied/' And  yet  I  venture  to  affirm  that  ho  haa 
not  adduced  a  single  instance.  But  then  in  placa 
thereof  he  has  given  us  a  good  long  string  of 
words  which  have  a  perfectly  different  signifioi- 
tion.  Quantity  must  njake  up  for  auality.  Suoh 
as  they  are,  then,  let  us  glance  through  tbem. 
We  can  proclaim  a  person  or  a  source  of  in/omuh 
imn  to  be  — 

1 .  TruAty. — Yea,  of  a  person  ;  no,  of  a  thing. 

2.  CrtdibU—Oi  a  person  or  fact.  True  ;  but 
the  word  is  in  Latin  at  least  as  defective  at  re- 
liable. 

3.  VertMfiouf. — Applied  to  a  fact  would  be  atlcr 
nonsense.    Veracious  m<*ans  tp^ahing  truth. 

4.  Authmtic. — Absurd  of  persona,  and  nMi  ad 
rem  in  any  way.  The  facta  might  be  authentic 
but  quite  unreliable. 

5.  Ee^utahl€. — These  men  are  respectabla  ; 
these  facts  are  reapectable.  Would  any  one  traxui*- 
kte  either  expression  into  worthy  of  being  relied 
upon  ? 

6.  Und^niahl^  —  "The  persons  I  shall  next 
produce,  my  hid,  are  undeniable.'^  Hta  Lordsh^i 
would  be  a  clever  fellow  if  he  made  much  out  of^ 
it.  Again :  these  facts  are  undeniable,  would  be 
sense,  but  would  not  mean  the  same  as  tinr^ 
liable. 

7.  Jnduputo^k— The  same.  Witnesses  being 
indisputable  is  not  sense.  If  it  means  anything,  tl 
most  be  such  as  cannot  be  dUpuUd  agaimt^ — as 
vile  a  word,  therefore,  as  reliable. 

8.  What  are  we  to  say  of  an  undoubted  irit* 
neas  ?  Has  the  word  ever  been  used  in  the 
of  trustworthy  ?  I  trow  not.  We  all  know  wbail 
undoubted  facts  are.  We  can  rely  upon  them 
certainly,  because  they  are  undoubted  and  eer^ 
tain,  but  the  reliablenesa  is  not  even  hinted  at^ 
the  word  undoubted* 

9.  Ina>^itr0veriibk  can  surely  nevpr  be  m 
persons.  It  may  well  be  used  of  facta,  but 
It  also  Bufftn  torn  the  same  defect  as  No.  g 


I 
I 


3^  8.  V,  JAif,  16,  -64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


59 


8IE  EGBERT  GIFFORD. 


expresses  much  more  than  reliable,  though  it  doea 
not  give  the  exact  shade  of  meanLng  at  all. 

In  conoluBion,  I  can  only  say  that  I  think  this 
word  haa  oaas«d  a  great  deal  of  causeless  irrita- 
tion and  stormy  language — lanj^uage  ahowing  far 
worse  taste  than  the  use  of  this  word,  which  I  have 
shown  before  to  be  only  one  out  of  many,  and  quite 
as  well  formed  as  many  worda  in  Latin  and  Englisfa, 
which  haye  been  used  at  all  times  by  the  beat 
writers  J,  0.  J. 

^^ft  (3"^  S*  IT.  429.) 

^^^Tfn  answer  to  the  query  of  your  correspondent 
as  to  the  politics  of  this  worthy  man  and  sound 
lawyer,  perhaps  the  following  facts,  coming  from 
one  that  knew  him,  may  not  be  unaccepUbfe  :~ 

Sir  Robert  Gifford,  like  many  other  able  law- 
yers, is  DOW  forgotten*  His  appearance  on  the 
trial  of  Queen  Caroline  was,  although  on  the 
unpopular  side,  remarkably  brilliant.  It  was 
neither  so  rhetorical  ot  eloquent  as  that  of  his 
opponent,  Brougham,  but  it  was  powerful  and  to 
the  point,  and  worthy  of  the  poaition  he  held  as 
Attorney  -Gen  eraL 

He  was  a  Tory  from  the  time  of  hia  first  ap- 
pearance, and  was  never  a  "  rat*^  He  rose  from 
the  ranks,  and  in  attaining  his  ultimate  high  sta- 
tion,  had  no  aid  from  ^litica!  jobbery  or  aris- 
tocratic connections.  He  early  attracted  the 
notice  of  Lord  Eldon  for  his  ability  as  a  lawyer. 
Latterly,  from  holding  briefs  in  Scottish  cases,  he 
acquired  a  sound  knowledge  of  the  law  of  that 
country.  Then,  as  now,  the  peers  had  been 
grumbling  at  the  vast  quantities  of  appeals  from 
Sie  North  ;  and  as  Lord  Eldon,  even  with  the 
aid  of  Lord  Redes  dale,  could  not  master  them,  it 
became  a  matter  of  seriouB  consideration  how  to 
dispose  of  them. 

Thus  it  was  that  Sir  Robert  was  pitched  upon 
by  the  ministry  to  abate  the  evil,  and,  as  Deputy 
Speaker  of  the  House  of  Lords,  to  hear  and 
decide  them.  It  was  at  one  time  thought  that 
Sir  Robert  should  only  have  a  life-rent  peerage  ; 
but  the  expediency  as  weD  as  leaality  of  such  a 
measure  wus  doubted  by  sound  constitutional 
lawyers.  Indeed  it  was  generally  rumoured  that 
on  the  thing  being  suggested  to  the  proposed  life- 
rent nobleman,  it  was  without  hesitation  declined. 
He  bad  been  raised  to  the  Bench  as  Lord  Chief 
Jostioe  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleaa  January  8, 
1824,  and  created.  January  30,  a  Peer  of  the  Realm 
by  the  style  and  title  of  Baion  Gifford  of  Su 
Leonard's,  in  the  county  of  Devon,  In  April  he 
resigned  his  office  as  Chief  Justice,  and  was  ap- 
pointed Master  of  the  Rolls.  His  decisions  in 
Scotch  cases  gave  general  satisfaction  ;  and  as  he 
.wu  somewhat  more   rapid  in  giving  jttdgmont 


tkan  Lord  Eldon  was,  he  very  soon  disposed  of 
the  greater  portion  of  the  arrears.  His  tordship 
died  prematurely  on  Sept.  4,  1826,  to  the  great 
regret  of  his  friends  and  to  the  loss  of  his  couotry, 
for  he  was  both  an  able  and  impartial  (judge.  As 
he  was  bom  Feb.  24,  1779,  he  was  therefore  in 
the  forty-seventh  year  of  bis  age. 

Lord  Gifford  was  a  good-looking  man  ;  mild  in 
his  general  demeanour,  and  courteous  to  counsel ; 
a  kmd  husband,  and  an  affectionate  father  He 
married  as  soon  as  his  circumstances  would  admits 
and  he  was  fortunate  in  the  object  of  Ins  choice, 
for  Lady  Gifford  was  as  amiable  as  she  was  beau* 
tifuL  She  was,  if  I  mist;ike  not,  a  clergyman's 
daughter.  His  eldest  son,  and  inheritor  of  his  peer^ 
age,  married  a  daughter  of  the  Lord  Fitzhardioge, 
a  nobleman  whose  claim  to  be  Baron  Berkely  by 
tenure  was,  we  are  inclined  to  think,  somewhat 
hastily  disposed  of  some  short  time  ance  hj  a 
Committee  of  Privileges. 


^ 


MBS.  FITZHBEBERT. 
(3«»S.iv.  411,522.) 

I  am  quite  unable  to  answer  M.  F.*s  inquiry  aa 
to  whether  Mrs.  Fitzherbert  had  a  child  either  by 
her  first  husband,  Mr.  Weld,  or  her  second,  Mr. 
Fitzherbert ;  but  if  not,  the  child  introduced  into 
the  caricatures  referred  to  by  M.  F.  is  probably 
an  alloslon  to  a  piece  of  scandal  current  at  the 
timBp  and  which  was  given  to  the  public  in  a 
mmphlet  entitled  Nemstu,  or  a  Letter  to  Alfred, 
By  *  ♦  *  ♦,  There  is  no  date,  but  there  can  be 
little  doubt  that  it  was  publi.^hed  in  1789,  inas- 
macb  as  it  contains  an  aflSdavit  by  the  Rev. 
Philip  Wither,  stating  that  it  reached  him  by 
the  Penny  Post ;  thiit  he  was  totally  ignorant  of 
the  author  ;  and  tbivt  he  believed  every  part  of  it 
to  be  strictly  true,  except  so  much  of  it  as  related 
to  himself.  The  affidavit  is  dated  Feb.  11,  1789. 
The  following  passage  gives  Nemesis'  scandaloua 
account  of  Mrs.  Fitzherbert  :■ — 

"The  first  tiiiifl  the  Prince  saw  Mrs.  Fltslierbet  was 
io  Lftdy  S«f ton's  box  at  the  Oi>pra,  and  tlie  novelty  of 
her  face,  more  thai)  the  brilliancy  of  her  charms,  had  the 
uBual  effect  of  enftmounng  the  Prince.  But  he  had  uot 
to  do  with  a  raw,  unpractised  jiirL  An  eiperienced 
dame,  who  had  been  twice  a  widow,  was  not  tikely  to 
surrender  upon  common  terms.  She  looked  forwards 
toward B  a  metre  brilliant  prospect  which  her  ambition 
might  artfuJIy  tuggeBt,  founded  upon  the  feeble  character 
of  an  amorous  young  Prince.  She  adoptc'd  the  stole  arti- 
fice of  absenting  herself  for  Home  monthf,  uid  went  to 
Plombiers,  in  Lorrain,  where  she  contraeled  an  intimacy 
with  the  Marqub  de  Rellero^e,*  with  whom  flhe  with- 
drew for  »ome  time,  and  lived  ia  the  greatest  familiarity. 
The  conjequenoc  of  this  intercourse  was  a  neceastty  of 

*  Reputed  the  bandsomost  man  in  Fnotce  before  he  was 
shot  ill  the  f&co,  but  that  accident  coolfd  Mn.  Fitahor* 
berths  ^tMiQn.—NoU  in  Original. 


60 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[3'*a  V.  jAF-ie,^* 


retiring  to  PAri»,*  where,  by  me&nB  of  Her  two  Scotch 
To(ul-«ater9,  the  BC&ndaloui  trajiEaction  wu  industnoualj 
concealed^ 

*'  Leat  Ihd  m&tter  ibonld  come  to  the  ears  of  the 
Prince,  it  wm  thought  nVbt  to  come  to  En^h'tid  imme- 
diately, and  by  Mr.  BouTorie  and  Mr.  Erdnstiui  aa«' 
dutty,  the  niBiriaf^'e  wjis  conchided.  Whether  in  Grafton 
Street  or  Clevelarid  y^unre  j^hall  b«  fully  disclosed.  Her 
reliition9,  particuhirly  her  uncii ,  >lr.  Faimer  and  Mr, 
Throgmorton,  were  tint  pruiid  of  the  ercnt ;  but  aince 
the  publication  of  your  biK>k,  they  haTC  been  Tcry  shy 
upon  the  subject 

**Thc  Mafquifl  camo  orer  la^t  winter,  and  became 
known  to  the  Prince.  Mm.  Fitxherbert.  fearing  a  disco* 
Tery,  spoke  of  him  as  a  man  unworthy  the  Prince's  «c* 
quamtaiice.  The  Marquis,  pir|ued,  demanded  tlie  two 
thousand  pounds  she  had  borrowed  from  him ;  she  re* 
fu^ed  to  pay  bim  uidei^ia  he  gave  up  her  lottt  tp,  with  her 
notes  of  hand,  which  he  refused,  ishc  then  wnt  Anthony 
St.  Loger  and  Weltje  to  ncgncittte  ;  ami  aficr  luuch  dc 
bate,  by  means  of  tlie  Abbt^  Lcoharup,  tiie  nintter  wan 
coin  promised  for  the  sum  of  two  hundreJ  pound'* ;  but 
the  letters  were  not  girttii  up,  and  nijiy  hereafter  be  nub- 
hshcd  tiJ  the  di«»srac*  of  a  P  •  ♦  *  ♦  ♦  *  who  Htauds  in 
■o  eminent  a  ret  Uian  with  respect  to  this  countrv.  Her 
brother  Wat  Hmith,  whom  *he  h/id  ill-treated,  dirul^^ed 
many  of  the  itcrets,  but  he  has  been  Intely  silenced  by  a 
hiri^c  sum  of  money.  ImmeuBe  sums  have  bten  tavislied 
in  trinkets,  and  much  is  due  to  Groj  and  CoAttetroDC  on 
her  account.  The  eirpenses  of  puffing  paragrapht  in  her 
favour,  and  of  suppressing  others  ajEoinst  her,  have 
amounted  to  large  tums^  which  must  come  out  of  the 
public  purse    ..... 

•'8ho  has  correspondence  in  France  through  the  Gros 
Abbe,  the  Duke  of  Orlet^na'a  bastard  brother,  and  through 
Abb6  Taylor,  and  some  Irish  Friurt  id  many  part*  of 
Italy/'  kc. 

A  cbargA  so  gross  cotild  not  pftM  nnnoticed  by 
the  Iftdy.  The  Rev.  Philip  Wither,  who  Btyled 
himaelf  "ChapUin  to  Litdy  Dowager  Hereford,'' 
and  WAS  a  writer  of  potitical  and  polemical  tracts, 
wiiB  indicted  for  libel,  found  guilty,  A^utenced  to 
imprisotiment  m  Newgate,  and  died  there  before 
the  term  of  his  impnaonment  htid  expired. 

T.  S. 


ST.  PATBIGK  AND  THE  SHAMROCK. 

(Z^^  S.  F.  40.) 

Though  no  one  is  bound  to  beliere  the  tradi' 
tion  of  8t.  Patrick  and  the  Shu tti rock,  it  is  not 
to  he  samtnarily  disposed  of  as  attempted  in  the 
article  referred  to  above.  This  is  the  first  time 
I  have  heard  that  any  one  considered  the  subject 
aa  a  weikk  invention  of  the  enemy  ;  though  this 
oorreepondent  declarer  that  ht  has  always  so  con- 
sidered it  I  am  perfectly  at  a  loss  to  conceive  why 
he  should  so  consider  it.  It  is  a  very  respect- 
able tradition,  very  widely  received,  very  firmly 
believed,  very  respectably  defended,  and  very 
warmly  -  t'^-r.-Kod  by  a  whole  tjation,  and  many 


others  for  many  centuries.  What  could  an] 
enemy  to  Christianity  have  hoped  to  jpiin  by  i 
venting  such  a  story?  We  may  perhaps  gae 
what  SIr.  Pinkerton  would  aj^fcign  for  hia 
tives,  as  he  seems  to  consider  the  tradition  unten 
able,  because  Saint  Patrick  was  too  much  i»f 
Christian,  a  man  of  common  sense,  and  ordins 
ability,^  to  have  recourse  to  euch  an  expedient 
Now  I  should  maintain  exactly  the  reveT»e,  ttid 
contend  that  it  wug  prticisely  because  the  saint 
Wiis  such  a  man,  that  he  was  most  likelj  to  employ 
the  Shamrock  as  he  is  believed  to  have  done. 

He  laboured  to  convert  a  rude,  illiterate  tiatiaii_ 
of  PivsratKs  to  the  belief  of  the  sublime  truths 
Christianity.  What  more  Datur^l,  when  he  inca 
Gited  the  belief  in  the  great,  fuodamentAl  doctrin 
of  the  Blessed  Trinity,  than  to  employ  an  ob^ 
calculated  to  facilit4(te  in  some  degree  to 
uncultured  mimls  the  beli*?f  of  the  mya 
Trinity  ?  As  a  **  Christian,"  he  woulil  be  anx! 
to  gain  their  soula  to  Chriht,  and  gladly  take  up 
simple  plant  to  help  to  illustrate  his  divinity, 
a  *'  nisiu  of  common  sense,**  he  would  see  that  til 
easiest  way  to  enlightt^n  their  rude  minds  won 
be  to  adopt  some  very  simple  inisge,  which 
ctipaclty  could  readily  take  in  ;  and  a«  a  tnan 
"ordinary  ability »"  he  would  employ  that  ahilit 
in  choosing  an  illustration  most  likely  to  produo 
the  effect  which  be  desired.  Certainly  every  t 
knows  that  no  material  substance  can  he 
pared  to  the  divine  mystery  of  the  Trinity  ; 
this  St.  Patrick  never  attempted.  He  used 
shamrock,  not  in  comparison  with  the  myster 
but  as  some  sort  of  illustration,  however  U 
and  iniperfectt  to  soften  the  difficulty  for  the 
Pagans,  which  it  waa  well  calculated  to  do,  Fo 
myf^elf,  I  am  free  to  own,  that  being  a  "  Christian,'^ 
and  I  hope  "  a  man  of  common  sense'*  to  bo 
were  I  engsged  to  preach  Christianity  now  to  i 
nation  of  hf'athena,  I  should  readily  make  use 
any  »uch  illuKtraiion  ;  and  am  confident  that 
would  greatly  facilitate  their  belief  in  the  divio 
mystery  of  the  Blessed  Trinity. 

The  well-known  name  of  Herb  TritUty  given 
the  Ariemofu  Bipatica,  on  account  of  the 
lobes  of  its  leaf,  shows  that  other  Christians  an^ 
men  of  common  sense,  besides  St  Patrick,  hav  _ 
found  plants  with  similar  leaves,  in  some  degiei 
symbolical  of  the  adorable  Trinity.  F.  G.  H, 


wr» 
Hi 


di>si|^n  to  in«in»titi«  thnt  Plombiere 

'  '  r  accom- 

:e  divine 


I   send   you   these  few  lines  merely  with  thfl 
view   of  informing  Miu   W.   PiJfKKRTON  that 
really  see  no  reason  why  he  should  express  hii 
surprise  on  finding  "that  Ca5<on  Dai*tuk  take 
up  the  subject  in  a  serious  manner/* 

What  waa  the  suljj#?cl  I       I  sent  a  QtJCTy, 
know    on    v,]iAi    fiujijtlfitlon    rtstid    the    ancieiil 
tnidition,  y  of  the  Shan 

rock  to  ill  iity  ?     K 


^a  v.jah.  iai'64.j 


Hpmflwered,  with  his  usual  kindneas,   to  the  effect 
Vthat,  though  the  tradition  wria  (incient  and  vene- 
■     mblej  their  seemed  to  be  no  kiatoricid  foUDdaiion 
for  it. 

Mr,  Pi^fKKRTON  now  comes  forth^  and  culls 
the  tradition  an  **absurd»  if  not  egregrously  ir- 
reverent story,'*  ^^hy^  I  cannot  uaderstsindi 
except  that  he  appeara,  in  his  first  paragmph,  to 
have  made  a  Tery  stnuige  mistake  :  these  are  his 
words  ;— 

"  For,  iupely.  it  mtiat  be  eTideot  to  the  meanest  capa- 
city, thut  neither  aa  a  aymbol,  str^uraont.nor  UlueiratioiH 
oau  any  mtticrijil  aubsiance,  Djatural  or  ariificinl^,  be  com- 
pured  to  th«  Dirin©  Myettry  of  the  Tfinity  in  LTiiity." 

ThuB  yonr  correspondent  tjupposea  that  St. 
^  Patrick  compared  the  Shamrock  to  the  mystery 
H  of  the  Trinity  !  Surely  there  must  be  some  miu- 
"  take.  1b  there  not  a  great  difference  between 
camparing  the  Shamrock  to  the  Blessed  Trinity, 
And  makmg  use  of  it  merely  aa  a  faint  illustra- 
tion of  Three  distinct  Persons  united  in  on© 
Divine  Person  7  This  latter  is  all  that  the  tradi- 
tion affirms  ;  hence,  I  cannot  see  the  least  absur- 
»dity  in  supposing  the  Biint  lo  have  made  use  of 
the  Shamrock  for  thi^  pUTpoae. 
Mr,  PiNKEBTON  reters  to  the  well-known  trear 
tise  of  St*  Augustine  De  TriniUite,  There  the 
Saint  makes  use  of  an  illustration  to  explain,  in  an 
imperfect  manner,  the  teaching;  of  the  Church  on 
the  adorable  Mystery  uf  the  Blessed  Trinity,  He 
mentions  that*  as  there  are  three  Persona  in  one 
God,  so  the  three  distinct  powers  of  the  Soul — 
the  Will,  the  Memory,  and  the  Understanding — 
is  an  emblem  or  illu^jtmticm  of  the  Trinity.  Now, 
I  mantain  that^  these  two  different  illustrations, 
made  use  of  by  St.  Patrick  and  St.  Augustine, 
are  far  from  being  absurd  or  *' egregiously  irre- 
Ttrent."  J-  Dalton. 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


61 


I 


Without  interfering  in  the  diaousaion  u  to  St 
Patrick  and  the  Shamrock,  which  I  am  content 
to  leave  in  CASfox  Dalton's  bunds,  I  beg  to  point 
out  to  Mr,  Pinkerton  that  the  appearance  of  the 
fleur^de-Iys  on  the  mariner's  compasB  has  no 
bearing  at  all  upon  his  case.  Hia  words  are  these 
(p.  41):- 

It*'  (the  fleur-de-lye)  "aLio  appears  on  the  mariner's 
compaii  iind  the  pack  of  playin^i;  curda ;  two  things 
winch,  howerer  essenfcuLllj  diSferi^ut,  are  still  the  two 
things  that  civiliBation  hu  moft  widely  cxteiLd«d  ovisr 
the  huhi table  globe/' 

I  will  not  pause  to  examine  the  escactness  of 
the  assertions  contained  in  this  extract.  My  only 
object  In  this  reply  ia  to  mention  the  facta  which 
ooncem  the  Ueur-de-lys. 

I    The  fieui^de-lyB  appears  on  the  mariner^a  com- 
pass,   because  Gloia  invented,   or   perfected,   it. 
Moreri  says : — 
"  Giota  (Jciui)  natif  d'Anulphi   dans  le  Eojanme  de 
Naples^  ayantotjt  parler  de  la  rertu  de  la  pierre  d'Aimant, 


B'en  servit  dans  aes  navigation*,  et,  pea  &  pea,  4  forces 
d'experiences,  il  invents  et  perfectionna  la  BoumoIo. 
Pour  runrquer  que  eet  instniment  avoit  tit^  invent*  par 
un  Bujet  des  Boia  de  Naples,  qui  ettiietit  alora  Cadeta  do 
la  Maison  de  France  de  la  Bnuicbc  dci  Comt«e  dAitjtm, 
U  morqua  le  Septentrion  avec  une  Fleur^dedys,  ce  qui  a 
^i£  Buivj  par  touttis  1«b  nations.** 

Moreri  girea  no  date  to  Gioia.  Bat  the  Tahhtte^ 
Chrormlogiquex  of  the  Abb^^  Lenglet  dn  Fresnoy 
place  him  under  the  year  1302.  It  ia  tme  that 
Du  Fresnoy  says,  "H  paroit  par  Gnyot  de  Pro- 
vins,  Poeta  Francois  de  U  fin  du  xii  siecle,  que 
la  Bouasole  etoit  d^4ors  en  usage  en  France.*' 
Butj  if  that  statement  is  true,  it  only  carries  the 
fleur-de-lya  to  the  place  from  which  Anjou  and 
Naples  obtained  it.  And  if,  as  ia  usually  sup* 
poaed,  playing  cards  "  were  extended  over  the 
habitable  globe**  from  France,  the  appearance  of 
the  fleur-de-lys  upon  them  is  taken  back  to  the 
same  source,  and  the  value  of  both  these  instances 
will  be  determined  by  the  value  of  the  French 
fleur-de-lys  itself  liS  an  instance. 

The  introduction  of  the  well-known  incident  in 
the  life  of  St.  Augnatino  does  not  seem  very  appo- 
site, and  not  a  sufficient  excuse  for  the  expressions 
"absurd,  if  not  egregiously  irreverent,"  which  I 
regret  to  see  in  the  pages  of  "  N.  &  Q.,"  as  used 

by  MU.  PlNKEKTON.  ^'  F* 

Stuarts  Lodgo>  Malvern  Wells. 


Quotation  :  "  Aut  tu  Morus  es,"  etc,  (3^**  S. 
iv,  515,)— J.  W.  M.will  find  the  required  quota- 
tion in  Dr.  Kiog*s  "Supplement  to  the  Life  of 
Sir  Thomas  More "  (printed  in  extenMo  in  Faulk- 
ner*8  CkcUea,  vol.  i.  p.  113  — "  Ayseough's  Cat. 
MSS.  Brit.  Mus.  No.  4465  '^  is  the  reference  given 
in  the  foot  note.) 

The  passage  at  length  is  aa  follows  :— 

"Sir  Thomas  being  one  day  at  my  lord  mayor's  table, 
word  was  brought  him,  that  there  was  a  gentleman, 
who  was  a  foreigner,  inquired  for  his  lordship  (he  being 
then  Lord  Cbaucellor) ;  they  having  nearly  dined,  the 
Lord  Mavor  ordered  one  of  hia  officers  to  ti*ke  the  gen- 
tlemau  into  hia  care,  and  give  him  what  he  he«t  liked. 
The  officer  took  Erasmus  into  the  lord  mayor's  ccllHr. 
where  he  choae  to  eat  oysters  and  drink  wine  (m  the 
frtBhion  WM  theu)  drawn  ia  to  httlhern  jacks  and  poured 
into  a  silver  cup.  As  toon  aa  ErKStnua  hud  well  pcfrei»lied 
himself,  he  wi*s  introduced  to  ISir  Thouiaa  More.  At  lua 
iirst  coming  in  to  himi  he  saluted  him  in  Latiu. 

Sir  Tfioma*  asked  him^  Cade  veuisl 

Eratmui.     Ex  infeiis. 

^fV  Tkomcu.    Quid  ibi  afpturl 

Etajmm.     Vivifl  vcseuntur  at  hibunt  ex  ocreis, 

^Sir  Thomoi.     An  noeci*  I 

SrnM^nus,     Ant  tu  ei  Morua  aut  nollus. 

,St>  Tkouiai.  Et  tu  as  aut  deua,  aut  dsemon,  aut  mem 
Elrasmtu/' 

Walter  Rye. 

King's  Eoad,  Chelsea. 

The  words  "Aut  tu  es  Moms  aut  nullus,*"  wre 
those  of   Erasmus ;   and  the  retort  '*  A.u.t  tja.  <»*. 


62 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES, 


[Z'^  S,  V.  Jam.  16.  'U. 


Krtmiuji  luit  dkbolui*'  wn  thote  of  Sir  Thooias 
Mor0. 

ArijoDjifit  bifl  other  eminent  acqiiEintunce,  he 

?i1ore)  woji  pAiticiilarly  uttoolied  to  Erasmus, 
boy  hiwl  lonii  r.orrc«|)ondcd  before  they  were 
I^inMnmlly  known  to  ciu.h  other  Eraamui  came 
to  Erij{liiiiii  (ijr  thu  purpose  of  Kt*4?in(;  hifl  friend  ; 
and  it  vfiiA  v.uuirweA  that  th<»v  should  meet  at  the 
Lord  Mjiyor'n  lubln  bi^fore  they  were  introduced 
to  mch  other.  At  dinner  they  engaged  in  argu- 
ment. Knuiinua  folt  the  keenness  of  bis  antngo- 
ubt's  wit ;  and  when  hard  pressed,  exclaimed, 
**  Yoii  ait»  More,  or  nobody,"  the  reply  was, 
"You  ar©  Knuium8|  or  the  devQ/'  {Gallery  of 
PmtiraiU,  L,  V,  A\  ii.  27.)  T.  J.  Buckton. 

8ti)!wjur  (3*^  S.  IT.  475.) — DoBB  not  Ogygius, 
in  o^Uiiig  hit  victim^  **my  stork/  taunt  him  with 
Ul«  exoMI  of  ^rvpyy  he  ha«  displayed  If 

In  thi»  copy  of  lUndulph's  poatbumous  Poim$^ 

ir^JM,  in  tho  Britifih  Muaeuiii,  the  following  ana^ 

gram   of  ihii    name   of    Richard,    I^cd   Weiton, 

ChuntH'llor   of  tho    Exchequer,    created  Earl    of 

rmrltuid  in  1632,  U  written  on  a  flyleaf;  — 

**Virdurus  ac  boneBiui, 

Kicli&rdu*  VVcatouui, 

Virduruiao  boiiua. 

*•  T«  lloet  dtinim  vocut  WJ  honostum, 
NoTidiili  fiulit  aiiiiitmnima  veatH, 
Kli  tanivn  t|uatt  mUi't  mit^*  duru8« 

Vhlde  «t  honcitiu, 
*  AlUbough  your  Lordalitp[>«  s  ImpTiy  juinKgninime, 
Oifi  you  of  hard  atid  boriMt  both  tho  niuiie* 
Yel  l«l  tbfti  hard  (1  prayc  you)  fall  an  me« 
Gently,  atid  |»a/  mo*  wUo  /aur  Uuneitv. 

Tho,  Rahi^li'h/' 

Ai  Randolph  diinl  in  1G34,  and  the  Poenu  were 
publiihed  bv  hid  brothi?r  aftt^r  his  death,  I  am  at 
«  lots  to  underatand  thin  flyleaf  insoriptioo. 

Joa  J,  B.  WaiiKAnD, 

HkRAT  Pir  VtaiTATlOK*  rRtKTKD  (3*^  S,  IT,  433,) 
^Tho  '  of    txindon,   taki^n  by  Kobrrt 

Cookr,  ^  1,  l^(*^  ba»  recently  been  edited 

fft>m  MS,  liiuri.   U6a,  by  Mr.  J.  J.  Howakd  mid 
Mh,  J.  Q.  Nk'Moia 

Jon  J*  Barohtkll  W0IULAItl\  M.A. 

Glikk  Of  TKV  Cnftqtri  (3^  a  ir.  43, 417)  it 
Uk  oAoir  In  Uit  KiQg%  Ocmit,  to  oalltd  beoaute  ht 
bftUk  lib«  «Jb«dt  mid  eoiilrolmmii  of  tlie  yvomeo  of 
lh«  gnmd,  and  all  c^hm  ordbmrytfomra  bdbogiog 
•illltf  10  tlie  king,  fiutmi»  or  pmioa ;  giting  Ieli1r^ 
tn  dUovbiig  Ui«ir  tWnee  in  «tUiidaikO#»  or  di> 
mittlthiiif;  iK^if  wapra  for  tho  mme :  ht  tho^  by 
ymttlf  kee  the  riew  of  iKone  that 

ftivio  ^  \t%^  and  hath  the  ftctting  of 

IhitvmKfL     l^i  I  "T    c,  IJi      AW  Ibi^ra  it 

«i«AM?of  the  ^  tn  th«  kin{*'ii  navy  at 

niyvimitk,  Dtpttoni,     >^  ^Hdwicb,    rh»ih^^       ' 
10€bik  IL  Q,  L    (JacoV»  U^  lHeli*mn> 


QUOTJLTIOKS  WAITED  (3^  S.   IT.    474^   408^ 

— The  lines  oommeDoIng — 

"  Few  the  wordi  that  I  have  tpoken/' 
are  by  the  Rev.  J.  Moultrie,  Rector  of  Rtigl 
and  appear  in  the  Tolume  of  PotmM  ptiblisticd 
him. 

In  Bishop  Alley's  Commentary  on  SL  jPffiv't 
Epuiluy  the  linei^ 

'*  Hoc  eit  nc«cire,  dine  Chrlsto  pturima  scire  ; 
Chriitum  li  b«ne  scii,  eati«  eit^  li  eietera  neeoii^** 

are  thua  rendered : — 
"  To  know  mucb  without  Chntt  if  nothing  expedient; 
Bui  well  to  know  Christ  is  onelj  sufficient.** 

The  original  source  of  the  thought  I  atn  tmablt 
to  indicate. 

What  authority  hat  J.  L.  for  caUing  the  ooopbl 
an  epitaph  7  0«  J.  B^ 

'*  God  and  the  doctor,"  &c. 

The  following  linea  by  Quarles  convey  the  same 
ientimeut  :■ — 

**  Our  Ood  and  soldier  we  alike  sdore, 
Et'u  at  the  brink  of  ruin,  not  before  ; 
After  delir'niica  both  alike  requited. 
Our  God's  forgotten,  and  our  soldier's  slighted.^ 

I  have  heard  the  lines  at  quoted  by  T.  C«  B^ 
fiincy  they  are  only  a  yeision  of  the  aboTew 

W.  I.  a  HORTOA 

YixKN :  FiXKH  (3^^  a  IT.  389, 463:)— In  looki^ 
through  Gammtr  GurtorCs  Needle  (printed    157^ 
or,   accordinjf   to  Oldys^  as  quoted  by  Hawkio 
155IX  in  DodsleVs  Old  Playa^  I  have  dlacoTe 
tho  word  "  fixen  *  twice  uaed — 

"  That  false  /Mrnt^  that  same  dmxaa  Chat/'  itc. 

Act  iiL  e^i 

"  A%,  Hodge,  HodjK,  where  was  thy  help,  wheu  Ana 
had  me  downr'-Act  III.  Sc.  3. 

JoffK  AuDDl^ 

Ron,  Buiuw  {3*^  S.  IT.  497.)— Watt'i 
th§ea  BtitannicQ  is  far  £rom  an  immaculate  ' 
und  I  Tentuie  to  think  the  Codtdonian  ATu 
Museum  of  1809,  there  ascribed  to  the  yaua 
Bumtf  b  among  the  compiler's  errors  of 
ilon«  A  hook  under  that  title  is  mentiooid 
Lowndet  under  '^  Songs,''  with  a  portrml 
Burvi  ;  thill,  with  the  probability  that  it  b  ,„ 
oommoB  with  a  host  of  books,  under  the  tttlai 
Oahdomimm  M%dtoi  Btpotiicrf,  Edifihw^  Jfis- 
eiool  MuHwm^  9uk  ^\  Mi  of  the  lyriet  of  Um 
A^fmh^^  hafd»  is,  t  presume,  its  only  ooit]i«<itioa 
wtth  the  name  of  Burnt. 

That  Roherl  Bumx^  Jun.  in  early  life  had  aa 
UMliniklioB  fiir  his  father's  dtnai  aH,  we  know; 
but  C%ambeffa— one  of  the  laieat  of  the  poet'i 
bi4%gi^«fi,    t^lli  fit  that  atthoQgh  be  vrtite  m-.^ 
*  ^ngi  and  »  ^  of  mitcellaneoiit 

0  'oaidexmbl  Kis   rvmoTii   in  Id 

iiomiott  upwiki  lits  uttrary 


5 


i 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


63 


I 


I 

I 
* 


I  were    ultiraAtely   crushed    out   by  a  long  life  of 
I  routine  drudgery  &t  the  Stamp  Office.  J.  O. 

Baettinoham  (3^   S.  It.    468.)  —  Thanka   io 
IHessrb.  Ooopkr  for  the  dates  of  the  deaths  &c.  of 
I  this  architect  and  of  his  son.    Can  they  furnish  the 
Tdate  of  death  and  place  of  burial  of  Robert  Furze 
'  Brett ingham,  also  an  architect,  and  supposed  to 
bare  been  a  nephew  of  the  father  above  named, 
and  whom  he  appears  to  have  succeeded  in  the 
art  1     The  latest  date  of  him  given  in  the  profes- 
sional  account  in  the  DUtionary  of  ArchiUdurt^ 
is  that  of  1S<)5,  when  he  resigned  his  official  post 
in  the  Board  of  Works,  but  waa  probably  in  prac- 
tice much  later,  as  he  was  then  only  al)out  forty- 
five  years  of  age.  Wtatt  'pAPWoRTn. 

Sbakbpsarx  xwd  Plato  {%*^  S.  iv.  473.)— 

"It  b  truly  lingular,"  lajs  Coleridgir,  '*th&t  Plato, 
g«nume  prophet  and  antiotpator  as  he  was  of  the  Pro- 
teat&nt  Chrieti&n  Km^  should  b&Te  given,  in  hia  Dmlogue 
of  tht  Bunr/iici,  a  justification  of  our  Shakspeare  ;  for  he 
rslat«e  that,  when  all  the  other  i3;uMts  bad  either  dU- 
iwrsed  or  fallen  aileep,  i^ocniica  only,  together  with  Ari- 
atophanea  and  Affathon,  remained  awuke ;  and  that 
while  he  continued  to  drink  with  them  out  of  a  large 
goblet,  he  compelled  them^  tbougli  mo^t  reluctant! j,  to 
admit  ihiit  it  waa  the  bniineea  of  one  and  the  tame 
genius  to  excel  in  tragic  and  comic  poetry,  or  that  the 
tragic  poet  ought,  at  the  same  time,  to  contain  within 
himself  the  powers  of  comedy." — Eemains,  vol  il  p- 12. 

0, 

hAVKRt  Watur  (3^*  S.  V.  IL)— 

'*  In  the  observations  on  Donelhin's  caae  contained  in 
Mr.  Townsend*B  Life  of  Justice  BuUer  {Livet  of  Bngluh 
JudgtM,  p.  14)^  the  following  stateinent  is  made :— '  In  his 
(Dooellan's)  librarj  tfiere  happened  to  be  a  cingle  number 
of  the  PhUotepkical  TratuactionM ;  and  of  this  single  num- 
ber the  leaves  had  been  cut  only  in  one  place,  and  thin 
^lace  happened  to  contain  an  account  of  the  making  of 
Imuret  water  by  ditiilhition.'  Nothing  is  said  of  this  in  the 
reports  of  the  trinL  It  is  something  like  the  evidence  in 
Palmer's  case  about  the  note  on  etrychninein  the  book, 
although  much  Btronjtt'r."— Steplien'^*  General  View  of 
the  Qrtminal  Law  of  England,  18(18,  p.  348  n, 

R  R.  Dkes. 

Wallsend,  Newcaitleon-Tyne, 

I  have  a  copy  of  the  Toild  of  Flor€t^  which  I 
procured  through  a  notice  of  ** Books  Wanted" 
in  "  N.  &  Q/'  There  is  no  mention  in  it  of  knrel 
water ;  but  in  a  work  published  nearly  hiilf  a 
century  prior  to  that — namely,  the  Supplement  to 
Mr,  Ohambers'a  Dictionary  of  ArU  arid  Scknccs^ 
1753,  the  poisonous  cpuUity  of  laurel  water  is  no- 
ticed  under  the  article  **  Lauro-Cerasu?."  The 
author  there  observ^es  :  **  This  was  discovered  in 
Dubhn  by  the  accident  of  two  women  dying  sud- 
denly after  drinking  eome  of  the  distilled  laurel 
water/*  Several  experiments  were  then  made  by 
Dnk  Madden  and  Mortimer,  and  communicated 
to  the  Ro}^  Society.     See  PhiL  Tram,  Noa.  418, 

420.  SkPTIOTS  PiKBflE,  F.C.S. 

Chisirlck. 


I  possess  a  small  8to,  printed  for  J,  Murray, 
32,  Fleet  Street,  and  W,  NicoU,  St.  PuuPs  Church- 
yard,  1779,  entitled  Tht  ToiUt  of  Flora,  I  am 
afraid  An  Inquirer  will  not  obtain  the  informa- 
tion he  expects  from  the  book.  The  only  mention 
of  laurel  water  is  at  p.  1,  io  the  following  terms  : — 

"  A-n  A romatic Bath, — Boil  for  the  space  of  two  or  threa 
minutes  in  a  sufficient  quantity  of  river  water^  one  or 
more  of  the  following  plants— riz.  laurel,  thyme»  ro«e- 
mary,  wild  thyme,  &«.,  kc. ;  or  any  other  herbs  that  hava 
an  aj^reeable  scent.  Having  strained  off  the  liquor  from 
the  horbft,  add  to  it  a  little  brandy  or  camphorated  spirits 
of  wine.  This  is  an  excellent  bath  to  strengthen  tlie 
Hmbs ;  it  removes  pains  proceeding  from  cold,  and  pro- 
motes perspiration.  * 

A.  F.  B. 

Pholet  (3^  S.  V.  12.)  — The  Pholeys,  better 
known  as  Foulahs,  are  well  described  Ln  Mungo 
Park's  first  Travels  in  Africa,  He  speaks  of 
them  in  several  parts  of  his  book  as  he  happened 
to  come  among  them.  They  are  found  neur  the 
Gambia,  and  in  all  the  kingdonia^  of  the  windward 
coast  of  Africa.  They  are  of  a  tjiwny  complexion, 
with  silky  hair  and  pleasing  features.  They  are 
of  a  mild  disposition,  and  retain  their  own  lan- 
guage, though  most  of  them  have  liome  knowledge 
of  Arabic.  They  are  employed  in  husbandry ; 
have  large  henls  and  flocks,  and  use  milk  chiefly 
as  their  diet,  but  not  till  it  b  *1H^*^  ^^^^*  They 
make  butter,  but  not  cheese.  Tliey  also  possess 
excellent  hoi^s,  the  breed  of  which  seems  to  be  a 
mixture  of  the  Arabian  with  the  original  African. 
See  Mun^o  Park's  Traveh  in  Africa  in  1795-6-7, 
chapters  ii.  iv.  xiv.  F.  C.  H. 

Penny  Loaves  at  Fukeralb  (3'**  S.  v.  35.)  — 
Whether  the  custom  of  distributing  penny  loavea 
at  funends  still  exists  at  Gainsborough,  1  do  not 
know  ;  but  the  other  ciuestion  of  Robert  Kempt 
is  very  readily  answered.  He  asks  what  was  the 
origin  of  this  custom.  It  waa  the  pious  pnictice 
of  our  ancestors  to  direct  in  their  tmIIs  that  doles 
of  bread  or  other  alms  should  be  given  to  the 
poor  at  their  funerals,  whereby  they  performed 
a  double  act  of  charity,  relieving  the  corpora! 
wants  of  the  poor,  and  securing  their  prayers  for 
the  repose  of  their  own  souls.  This  custom  not 
only  i^revailed  in  England  till  the  change  of  reli- 
gion in  the  sixteenth  century,  but  has  been  kept 
up  among  Catholics  ever  since.  I  could  point  out 
many  recent  instances  where  sums  of  large  amount 
hiive  been  distributed  in  loaves  of  bread  to  the 
jx)or  at  the  funerab  of  wed  thy  Catholics.  There 
can  be  no  doubt  that  the  cus^'ra  at  Gainsborough 
is  a  remnant  of  thiH  ancient  practice.       F.  C.  H. 

Trade  and  lirpRovEiiENT  or  Ireland  {3^  S. 
V.  35.) — Arthur  Dobbs  published  a  second  part 
of  his  Essay  on  the  Trade,  and  Irnprovcment  of 
Ireland  in  1731,  Bvo.  There  is  no  account  of 
him  in  Chalmers's  Biographical  Dictionar^y  but 
your   correspondent    may  fijad.  -^  %Wi^  x«^\st«t  '^ 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8«>S.  V.  Ja».  le,  *6i. 


him  in  McOiiIIocIi'b  Literaturt  of  FolUical  Etc- 
nomy  (1846,  Svo^  p.  46),  taken  from  a  note  bj 
George  Chalmers  in  hi^  copy  of  Dobbs's  Essay. 
There  is,  however,  a  fuller  bioi^niphj  of  Arthur 
D^bhK  in  George  Chalmers's  valuable  **  Livea  of 
the  Writers  on  Tiude  und  Political  Ef!onom;y\" 
which  is  a  storehouse  of  infomiation  on  the  sub- 
ject. It  IB  in  manuseript  in  my  possesaion,  form- 
ing a  thick  4to,  volume,  and  bw  never  yet  been 
published.  Jas.  ORossLBir. 

The  second  part  of  Arthiir  Dobbs's  Essay  on  the 
Tradt  and  Tmprtftrmr.nt  of  Ireland  Wits  ptibliyhed 
at  Dublin  in  173 L  Both  parts  of  the  work  have 
recently  been  reprinted  in  vol.  ii.  of— 

•*  A  Collection  <if  Tmcts  ajid  Trentises  illustrative  of 
th*  Kftlurftl  History^  Antujuitica,  ottfJ  th*?  Politic nl  and 
SociaI  Stute  at  Ireland,  ftt  varidua  Periods  prior  to  the 
present  Century  :  in  Two  Volumes/*    Dublin.  18^1»  8-vo, 

All    the   above-mentioned    works     are    in    the 
libniry  of  Trinity  College,  Dublin.         ^A\i€vs, 
Dublm. 

Arms  of  Saxony  (3^^  S.  v.  12.)— Tlie  writer 
of  the  Query  entitled  **The  Prince  Conw>rt's 
Motto/'  expresses  his  opinion  that  the  white  horse 
of  Saxony  is  derived  from  a  passage  in  the  Book 
of  Revehitions  (xix.  lU.  The  armorial  beiiring 
in  question  i^^  without  doubt,  of  a  date  long  ante- 
rior to  the  era  of  the  Reformation,  The  Ib>Tse 
was  the  emblem  on  the  standard  of  the  earliest 
Saxon  invaders  of  the  South  of  England,  and  is 
preserved  in  the  names  of  the  Saxon  leiwiers 
Mengisi  (German,  Hencrst^Stullion)  and   Horsa 

ioiir  "  Horse "  and  the  German  "  Ross ").  We 
Ind  it  ai2^in  in  the  arnia  of  Kent.  Those  Saxon 
invaders  most  probably  were  of  the  Siime  race  as 
the  present  innabitantB  of  Hanover  and  TlVjff- 
phalia^  if  we  may  judge  from  their  speaking  the 
**  Platt-deutsch,"  or  Low  German,  which  is  the 
same  branch  of  the  Teutonic  from  which  the 
Anglo-Saxon  was  descended.  Further,  the  arms 
of  Hanover,  as  well  as  of  WeBtphalta^  are,  to  this 
day,  a  white  horse.  De  Lzun. 

"Est  Rosa  flos  Vr:^ri»"  (!•»  a  L  458; 
3^'''  S.  iv,  4,^3  ;t.  15,)  — Th<?  pft*«age  nought  after 
in  the  Hhodohffia  of  Rosenheim  is  as  follows  :— 

*.  n.._..v..  r..,.:A..  v-.---  <v' -^  -^  ..«*...  f;iulantur. 
IT:  iouiiyil. 

li  k-iso  vidc- 

tii.''  u.-  jiUi-'j-i  nieiietirum 

▼r  t\  tenux    ea^et,  nt-C 

ftn ,.-.,;.,,  -      ...citjcilcntilfidodicU. 

Qua  Ud  T*  v\'  '   i*ot:(a  Mquentem  in    modum 

caaii :— "  Kni  .ncris/'  &c»  Part  I,  caji.  2. 

The  author  of  the  linos  b  not  named. 

Job  J.  B.  Woukaru, 

"Trk  AiCATEtR's  MAOAErNR"  (3"*  S,  V.  200  — 
ITiere  wat*  yet  anoth^^r  monthly  pf*ri'>-li-  ,1  .„lIod 
Tkt^  Am*tt(ur,    ^^linh  aUo    had    an  of 

nine  moot hs,  having  been  bora  in  JnU,  .  aid 


having  expired  in  March,  1856,  during  which  tim« 
eight  numbers  were  published.  It  was  int^nde 
to  be  a  quarterly  publicjttion  ;  but  **  in  conse 
tjuence  of  the  encouragement "  that  the  fir 
number  received*  it  was  altered  to  a  monthly* 
its  fourth  issue  its  price  was  reduced  from  Is* 
6t/.  It  was  **  prnji^cted  by  a  small  stalf  of  u^t|l^ 
fessional  writer*,''  and  was  published  at  Hi,  Gt«»ft 
Marlborough  Street.  I  believe  that  its 
was  Mr.  E,  C.  Mus^ey,  a  young  and  clever  ^ 
whose  first  publi^ht^d  work  (anonymous)  was  ' 
Grcfu-fijed  Monsttr;  a  Chrutviai  Le4son* 
Wlmtsiiisname  (pp.  101).  Jnun^a  Cooke,  Fe 
church  Street,  1854,  Cutbbeut  Bei>b. 

Mai>  ab  a  Hatter  (3^  S.  v.  24.)  —  Colchest 
and  all  ita  natives  remonstrate  ugainst  your 
respondent  Scnts's  sugfreetion  as  to  the  origin 
this  phrase*     Even  the  hatters  lb  ere  are  not  will^ 
ini?  to  remove  the  obnoxious  cap  from  their  own 
heads  on  such  temis.      Neither  sound  nor  sensi 
could  reconcile  them  to  ih©  notion  of  making  th^ 
oyster  a  symbol  of  madness.     Finding  some  tin 
ago — I    think    iu    Haliiweirs   iHrtiofnary  —  thil 
ffnait^y  is  used  in  some  parts  of  Enghind  in  !!•" 
sense  of  irritable,  I  fancied  that  in  the  same  pla«il 
a  gnat  might  be  called  a  gnattcr^  and  hence  *'  it 
mad    as   a   gnatter/      I  do  not  think  I  was  far 
wrong ;  thongh  perhaps  natter^  the  German  name 
fur  adder,  points  to  the  true  origin.     It  is  eajsy  to 
trace  the  progress — a  natttr^  an  atttr^  a  hatter. 

B.  L.  C0LCE6T RICKS tB. 

RicQARD  Adams  (S"'*  S.  x.  70  ;  3"^  *S.  iv.  627] 
v.  42.)  —  We  see  no  reason  to  doubt  the  ideutitr^ 
of  the  Richard  Adams,  who  died  in  1661,  with  thd 
Fellow    Commoner  of  Catharine    Hall      At  thfl 
period  in  question  admission  at  a  college  at 
age  of  fifteen  was  no  unusual  occurrence,  nor 
there  anything  remarkable   in  Latin  versos  by 
l»d  of  seventeen.     We  i*ball  be  oblijred  by  a  cop 
of  the  monumental  inscription  to  Richard  Adau 
in  Lancaster  church. 

C.  R  &  THOMrsoH  Coorxit, 

Cambridge. 

Madmai?'s   Fooo  tastiko    of  Oathbal  Plf»H 

RJDGK  (U^**  S.  V.  35.)— The  followiuj;  extr 
from  the  Kactes  A  mbrotian^t  may  enlighten  yoo^ 
correspondent  Y.  P,  It  is  necesRtry,  however,  iq 
the  first  pUce  to  observe,  that  the  conversaMoii 
hiiB  been  turning  on  the  LdUrt  on  Jinnmiohyg^ 
and  iViUhaafU  recently  contributed  by  Sir  Waliel 
Scott  to  the  Family  Librarxf^  then  in  isoura© 
publication :  — 
**  Sfi^phfrd     1'  g  iiYani;  wt*  you,  fih 

**  AV(A.     You  ii  uic,  Jnuiet, 

therr:  :■•! 

♦•  SI 

**  i\  me  ptitjcnt  In  the  In 

firmiin  ,-_:„,      ii   ,  l:  _  ,^4  fill  liii  iiienl* 


8-  S.  V.  Ji«.  16,  St.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


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I 


I 


■        1  th^  ho  h*d  f^try  daj  »  dinner  of 
,  and  ih  desMrt;  aiMi  j^  t»t^Jfi3^ 

, ^_  _      .  , '.  V€ri/<hi»p  h€  <tU  tatted  of porrxtifji  I  ** 

'  Wirktoi  i^rofcMor  Wikon,  ird.  iiL  pp.  137,  1SS« 

OxoNiEJfsia. 

Sir  Edward  Mat  (3'-'»  a  t.  35.)-Sir  Edward 
Mny,  M.P.  for  B^lfAst,  was  the  eon  of  Sir  Jumes 
MjiV,  M.P*  f«ir  tbi*  CO.  VV*iterford,  wbo  was  created 
a  baronet  June  3(\  17*53.  A  few  pArticulara 
of  the  p«?di^^pee  appear  in  Burke*8  Extinct  and 
Dormant  Baronstci^,  Arms :  gu.  a  fees  between 
eight  biJleta,  or.  R.  W, 

Sra  WtLLiAU  8evt5nokb  (3"*  S.  Y.  370^In  the 
**  List  of  MttyOfB  of  London/*  compiled  Ly  Piiul 
Wright,  B*D.,  F.8A.,  1773,  Appended  to  Hey- 
lin*8  Help  to  Englhh  History^  tne  amia  are  de- 
scnbed — **  Az.  seven  acoms  or/**  and  are  engmved 
three,  three,  and  one.      ThU  is  probably  correct. 

R.  W. 

liOXOEVTTT  OF  Clero-tmf.n  (Z'^  S,  V.  22,  44.) — 
The  Frtston  ChroiUrU  of  Jjtn.  9,  1864,  records  the 
demise  on  Jah.  3,  of  the  Rev.  Joseph  Rowley,  in- 
cumbent of  StaJmine^  Lanciushire,  for  sixty* four 
years  ;  having  bt»*?n  Jippoioted  thereto  in  the  your 
1799.  The  reverend  gentlernnn  wtia  for  fifty-four 
yeara— VIZ.  from  1803  to  IboS,  chapUin  of  Lan- 
caster Castle,  during  which  period  be  attended 
the  execution  of  no  leas  than  170  persons. 

PaESTONIKNSIS, 

Paper  Marks  (3^  S.  iv,  515.)  — The  Rev. 
Samuel  D|nue,  son  of  the  archdeacon,  an  Jinti- 
qnary  of  some  eminence,  communicated  in  1705 
to  the  Arch(mlf}gia.  i\  very  interesting  and  valuiible 
article  on  Paper  Marks,  It  is  cliieBv  drnwn  up 
from  some  nmterials  coDected  by  Mr.  Thomas 
Fisher,  printer,  of  Boche«ter,  and  ia  illustrated 
with  B\x  platea  exhibiting  various  markii  from 
1473  to  1712.  The  size  and  form  of  the  paper 
bearing  the  mark  is  shown,  and  the  subatance  of 
the  material  is  described  as  far  a«  it  can  be.  Alto- 
gether it  15  a  very  carious  document.    X-  A.  X, 

Tex  Laird  of  Lee  (S'**  8.  r.  34.)  — The 
Laird  of  Lee  is  comtnonly  understood  to  be  Look- 
hart  of  Lee.  Wodrow  (vol.  i,  p,  2S2)  says  that 
Sir  James  Lockhart  of  Lee  was  the  only  sober 
man  at  the  drunken  meeting  of  Council  at  Glas- 
gow, 16G2,  which  ejected  ao  numy  ministers,  and 
that  he  alone  f>pposed  it.  Thi»  waa  more  than 
twenty  years  before  the  Mauchliue  Mh rty nhuu  ; 
80  that,  however  likely,  it  cannot  be  quite  cerUin 
either  thikt  he  is  the  person  alluded  to  in  the 
inscription  on  the  Mauchtine  Monument,  or,  Bup- 
posirit;  be  is,  that  it  does  law  justice.      J.  R,  R 

Ediuburgh. 

FaJTH  Silver  (3'<^  S.  iv.  477,  629.)— Fee-farm 
rent*  are  p>iyable  to  Lord  Somers  in  most  parts 
of  the  North  Riding  of  Yorkshire ;  and  regular 
aaditi  held  at  certain  market  towns,  and  cc»llec- 
tioii0  made  by  Mr.  Samuel  Danby,  of  7,  Giay's 


Inn  Square,  The  devisees  of  a  Mr.  Ef»blnsmi  hmr^ 
liho  a  similar  claim  ujmu  aU  e!?tates  which  onise 
poeseswed  a  deer  pjirk,  8urround'*d  by  a  bow  rake. 
I  believe  frith  aUver  is  tn  lieu  of  underwood. 
Although  I  apprehend  Mr.  Danby  is  our  beft 
authority.  Eboracxju. 

Potato  and  Point  (Z'^  S.  iv.  496.)  — 
"  1  wuB  indobted  for  my  firat  glimmering  kiiow1ed?«  of 
history  and  aiitiijuitica    to  ihom;   evening  'oni 

round  our  Piuall   mrf  Jire,  whire,  after  u  LSt 

upon  Ihiit   ima;j;iuativc  di«h.    ^potivtoes  m  uiy 

father  himhI  to  talk  of  the  traditani  of  other  tiiu«4. 

**  When  there  ip  l»iit  a  itual]!  |»ortt(iQ  of  eaU  left,  the 
potfttoe,  iiittcad  vf  f  -    d  if, to  it  by  the  gueAtt,  is 

invrcly.  aa  a  Nort  oi  to  the  fnncy.  prtintffim% 

Greek  and  Roman  Ga3IE!=i  (3»^  S.  v.  3iK)  — 
It  may  be  added  that  the  Xunioranon  of  Photiug 
find  the  6VWia  of  Bal^amou,  were  republished  in 
Vt»elli  et  J 113 te Mi  Biblwihtca  Juris  Canoniei  Vt" 
Irru^  Qrfici  ti  Laiitu^  Paris»  1061,  2  vols,  fol.  lu 
loc,  cit.  Tit.  xiii.  c.  29,  Balwamon  supplies  no 
further  iltustratioQ  than  what  has  already  bei^n 
(jQoted.     He  only  adds  :  — 

*'  Videtur  etium  mihi  quo<jue  alteram  biiao  ladum  a 
lege  Mvenabynde  vitari  et  puxtirij  utpote  ^ui  oottum 
confirraot/'— P.  1131, 

For  KOTTc*^,  see  Ducange,  Glossarinm  Media  H 
Tt^im(P Latinitatis:  **Toi^ kvPov^ rjroi tov k6ttov»* 
Blbliotbecar.  Cuetham. 

Churchwarden  Query  (3^  S.  v.  34 )  —  The 
sideumen  appoint^ed  last  Easter  at  the  meeting  of 
the  parish  of  St.  Michael's,  Lichfield,  were  tbir- 
teen  in  number ;  and  were  designated  to  the 
eight  out- townships  included  in  that  parii^L  They 
are  only  assiatants  to  the  churchwardens,  in  re- 
ference to  their  respective  townships.  Their 
dudes  in  recent  times  sppeara,  from  Canon  90  of 
the  Constitutions  of  15(j2,  to  be  to  prevent  ab- 
sence of  parishioners  from  church,  and  disturb- 
ance to  the  congregations  by  absentees.  In 
Canon  89,  the  word  "  churchwarden  **  is  made 
equivalent  to  questman  (say  inquestman  or  in- 
quirer) ;  but  prior  to  these  Con&titulionSj  there 
was  a  distinction,  for  — 

"  In  the  ancient  <    '  '  '    the  bishops  were  wont 

to  §iimm<^ii  divcJ-B  >  out  of  every  parish, 

to  ^ve  iiif^jniiftiiofi  .lie  diAordors  of  clergy 

and  peofile.  Tbe^  wt^ro  catkd  tejiia  tt/nodaU^;  and 
were  in  iif^cr  times  a  kind  of  impannelid  Jury,  consisting 
of  two,  thrce»  or  mort;  )jfiion*  in  every  parish,  who  were 
upon  oaili  Co  present  all  horuticks  and  olbcr  irrfgular 
per^onn  (AVn.  Par,  A^f  <J41»)-  And  these  in  process  of 
time  hecunie  staoriing  r^fficiri  imeverul  places,  etpedaliy 
in  gpfftl  cities  ;  and  Ironi  hence  were  ciilled  fyaJoj-wefi, 
and  by  corruiifinn  iirJcumn.  They  ate  also  sometimes 
cidled  f/vr-itmat,  from  tlio  nature  of  their  office,  in  making 
'iuquiry  conccrniiig  ofTeftcea.** 

£y  Canon  90,  if  the  minister  and  parishionerfl 
cannot  agree  in  the  choice  of  iheae  aidflBBM^^  «sc  J 


66 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[Z'^  8.  V.  Jah.  16»  * 


qaestmec,  In  Easter  week^  the  ordinary  of  the 
diocese  is  to  appoint  them  (Burn's  EccUs,  Lan\ 
L  399).  T.  X  BucKTON. 

Sir  Edward  Mat  (3'*  S.  v,  35,)  —  I  have  se- 
veral old  letters  in  the  iiuto^raph  of  Sir  Edward 
Mny  in  my  possession,  and  (jAaiij'ORD  might, 
perhaps,  joommunicate  with  me  direct  in  his  own 
nntne.  J.  Rearix>n. 

Sttllorgi^n,  CO.  Dublin. 

CHAJONEAt;  (3''^  S,  V,  11.)— The  name  has  re- 
vived my  boyish  remenibrancc  of  a  stoiy,  strangely 
Uloatrating  the  social  habits  and  feelings  of  the 
kst  centuiy  ;  aa  I  heard  it  narrated  more  than 
seventy  years  ago,  by  a  then  elderly  aunt  of  mine, 
a  lady  aa  well  nurtured  and  as  kindly  hearted  as 
any  of  hpr  time. 

The  Mr,  Ohaigneau  ^hom  it  commemorates 
was  an  eminent  luceman  in  Dame  Street  (the 
Regent  Street  of)  Dublin,  wbt?re  his  speciality, 
though  less  expanaive,  was  more  expensive  than 
are  our  wives'  and  daughters'  crinoiines.  One 
day^  a  titled  lady  honoured  hii  shop  with  a  visit 
in  her  sedan  chair ;  during  her  eiplorations, 
the  ahopman  observed  her  "couveyiug"  a  card 
of  lace  into  her  muff.  On  her  departure,  he 
informed  bis  master  of  this  Iha-boutiquej  who 
posted  after  her  ladyship^  andj  with  the  requisite 
oows  and  begging  pardons,  suggested  her  having — 
unconacioiBly,  of  course  —  taken,  &c.  &c.  Of 
course,  also,  Madam  was  indignant.  That  a  parson- 
age of  her  fortune  and  position  could  condescend 
to  the  vulgarity  of  shoplifting  !  The  laceman  per- 
Slated  in  the  **  mistake  *' :  would  she  be  good 
enough  to  order  her  sedan  back  to  the  shop? 
would  she  aUow  it  to  be  examined  f  Growing 
desperate,  he  inaisted  on  the  search  ;  whereupon, 
drawing  the  card  of  lace  out  of  her  muff,  she 
exclaimed  (well  do  I  remember  my  aunt's  words 
and  tone),  "  There,  fellow  :  there  ia  your  lace  ; 
and  it  shall  be  the  dearest  lace  to  you  that  ever 
oame  out  of  your  ahop."  The  promise  was  duly 
kept:  the  emit  de  corps  was  too  strong  for  the 
tradesman  :  from  one  of  the  richest  of  bis  calling 
he  gradually  became  one  of  the  poorest ;  dwindled 
down  into  bankniptcy,  and  obtained  his  discharge 
by  catting  his  throats 

Such  was  my  aunt's  story  ;  she  never  mentioned 
the  lady's  name,  and,  if  she  had,  I  would  not  dis- 
entomb it.  K  L.  B. 


NOTES  ON  BOOKS,  BTa 

Post  Orvtos  Lokdov  DraiscroBT  for  1864.— When 
Macaulay't  mueli  txlketl-of  New  Zealtmdir  takes  bift  seat 
itpoti  the  ruins  of  8t.  rauri,  he  will  got  but  a  r^rj  im- 
perf^t  notiuu  of  what  ths  great  city  wa«,  of  which  th« 
r«t]ialu»  He  ppreaU  before  him,  imleii ho  has  the  good  for- 
ioDe  to  pick  up  from  among  them  an  old  Poet  Office 


London  Dircctcn-y.  There  he  wotild  be  told  in 
takeable  characters  the  true  history  of  London*f  grcat^ 
iie««,— a  volume  of  newly  3000  ctoaely,  yet  clearly  pnntedJ 
pages,  pointing  out  not  only  CFcrv  Wiart  where  men  da| 
ciiugreicatc^  but  the  quiet  homes  to  which  the  hundredsJ 
and  thoiuatids  of  those  busy  men  retire  when  the  day'j 
work  ii  done,  would  speak  more  clearly  of  Uie  wealtT 
intelligence,  and  vast  extent  of  London  than  acres  < 
crumblin;?  ruinx.  For  siity-fiye  years  haa  the  Pott  O0Ut 
Loudon  Dirtctor^  gone  on  increa«ing  in  dze,  acciiraej« 
and  utility  until  tt  lias  reached  a  completenos  comxxum- 
surate  with  the  labour  and  expense  which  have  been  be- 
stowed upon  it,  and  which  mukes  it  a  Commtreial  AnRHtd 
Register  of  the  metropolia  of  England.  If  the  reader 
would  wish  for  evidence  of  tlie  progress  of  oommercc  and 
msnufaottires  in  London^  and  now  the  Post  OMtt  EHrtc^^ 
lory  keeps  pace  with  this  progresSt  he  will  find  it  in  thi 
almple  fact  that  about^/i/%y  nem  trades  hare  been 
to  the  present  volume.  * 


BODES     AKD     ODD     VOLITMES 
WA^TEI)  TO  puneHASE. 

Pitrtletilftri  of  Price^  ftc.  of  the  fulloiritijir  BcMika  to  h%  ami  dlr«ca 
the  ^cotJ«ii««u  by  whom  they  fti«  required,  vkd  wboM  OASacii  ojul  i 
drwMB  »Fe  FlTf  n  rot  tb»t  puri>o««  :— 
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by  Rer,  E*  Trollops,  \m>-^ 

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LOHDOh,  SATVitDAY,  MHVAHY^  1864. 


CONTENTS.— K**  108. 


NOTES:  — Tho  lI.^5nrrrptiGn  ffif^^  SL  GilL-jtVin^thn  Fields 

«:  —  Curloiui  Modern 

Cv  I'fttnrile,**  by  GoorjKB 

Ui  r  =/»rd  JtilTrey  io  Br/r- 

■  w  hr-K.  Ih.  —  The  Owl—  Early 

-OriJ^iu  of  Names  — "County 


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W.  F.  —  LrnnartiiK   >ViinlnK<'ruA  —  Miaw 
I  y  Qu«»rlcs  —  Mottoes  and  Coats  of  Xrxtxn  — 
iL  iIereury"""Notc*  to  Sliakaiwure/*  73. 

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vity  of 


Notes  on  Booka.  &e. 


THE  RESUKRECrrOK  GATE,  ST*  GILESMN- 
THE-FIKUJS. 

I  notice  with  regret  tbiit  fchi*  giite,  with  itit  in- 
ti?reatinj^  old  curving,  bii»  recently  been  removed. 
Whether  it  is  the  iiit<}ntion  of  the  vestry  to  re- 
atoro  it  remjuus  to  l»tt  »een. 

The  gilt e-ei» trances  to  churuhyarcU  were  for- 
jnerly  designated  by  carvings  in  wood,  of  which 
only  a  ftiw  remain  :  one  of"  tbette  wuh  the  senii- 
cii-cular  basKo-relievu  of  the  **  Las^t  Judgment;* 
within  the  pediment  of  the  north  gate  of  St. 
GiIes*-in»the-Field8,  Another  on  the  siune  sub- 
ject, but  much  inferior^  is  preserved  in  the  east 
gnte  of  St.  Stephen,  Coieman  Street.  A  fi^re 
of  Time  wns  formerly  to  be  gueii  **ver  the  north 
^ate  of  St,  (riles*,  Cripplegate.  It  has  been  taken 
down  and  set  up  wilhhi  the  ehureh,  over  tiie  west 
enfcfancc. 

The  **  Resurrection  Gate,'*  by  which  name  it 


is  comraoniy  known,  was   origin  ally  erected  in 
\mi,    Itt  th<  '  ^ 

order;  — 


be  previous  year  the  vestry  made  an 


••  Thtt  a  substantial  gate,  oat  of  tho  wall  of  tit* 
ehtifchyitrd  aear  the  round-houso,  slimtld  Ih«  m«idot  und 
al»u  «  door  Anawerable  to  it,  out  oi  ilic  cIiuk'1j»  at  th^ 
foot  of  UiH  8t4irfl,  leading  up  to  tbtj  uorlU  gtillciy." 

In  pursuance  of  this  resolution^  the  gate  was 
trttotoa  md  adorned  with  the  curious  piocQ  oC 


wood*carving,  representing,  with  various  altera* 
tions  and  additions,  Michael  Angelo's  **  Laet 
Judgment." 

In  Edward  Hatton*s  Nbvs  Vxtm  ofLandan^  1706, 
speaking  of  the  gate  and  wall,  the  author  says ;  — 

"  The  churchyard  is  fenced  with  a  good  brick  wall  | 
and  under  a  large  compaiig  pediment  over  th«  gate,  near 
the  we^t  end,  is  a  pro^lii^ious  number  of  carved  J3gur«8| 
boing  an  emblem  of  the  ReAurrection,  done  In  'mii^o, 
very  ctmoualy,  and  erected  in  the  year  1087,** 

The  erection  of  the  eate,  and  the  et  ceteraM 
connected  with  it,  cost  uie  parish  165/.  and  up- 
wards; out  of  which,  27/.  was  paid  for  the  carving 
work.  The  several  other  items  of  charge,  accord* 
iiig  to  Partonj  were  as  follows  :  — - 

"  77i4j  New  Gate,  £  m.  d. 

Mr.  Hopgood'fl  bill          -  -  -  -  U  10  0 

—  WnicAtley^fl  bill         -  -  -  -  67  0  0 

—  WoodiLiaxi,  tho  TOason  -  -  -  23  0  0 

—  Bailey,  bricklayer    -  -  -  -  31  0  0 

—  Towiisend,  painter   -  -  •TOO 

—  tjandi,  plumber  -  -  *  US  0  0 
Gravel  fur  A?alk  .  -  *  -  *  2  6  0 
Spreading  ditla,  and  rubbi^L  -  •  •  0  19  G 
Love,  the  carvcr'a,  bill  -  -  ^  -  27  0  «J 

Total 185  14    (t» 

This  gate  was  of  red  and  brown  brick,  and 
stood  near  the  centre  of  tfic  L'hurchyard  wall  It 
was  taken  down  in  1800 ;  and  the  Tuscan  gate, 
recently  removed,  erected  in  its  place  —  the  carv- 
ing being  placed  in  the  new  gate  in  tJie  sjunc 
situation  it  occupied  in  the  old  one. 

Tho  author  of  the  second  edition  of  Ralph's 
Critical  Review  of  the  Public  Building s^  Stahtvit^ 
and  Ornaments^  in  and  about  London  and  Wi?Hi^ 
minster^  1783,  speaking  of  St,  GUes'  Uhurch, 
snys :  — 

**  The  biUi-relittf  uf  the  Hesurr^^tioQ,  yt\.'  r  the 

aurth  gate  of  the  churchyard,  is  a  remai  lud 

oharacUjristic  piiijce  of  carving,  and  ia  in  ^,  .  i  va- 
tioa.  This  Wst  circumtitauLe  is,  porhapji,  uwiog  tu  tho 
narrowness  and  hurry  of  the  street,  \Thir*h  prcvt'uts  its 
bejnj^  taltea  notice  of.    But  th«  sul  i  >  ven 

for  a  painter,  and  much  tnore  for  u  ini- 

{KKSfiibto  for  the  moat  creative  fancy  t  ^.  mall 

number  in  thi»  piece  con  represent  tbtr '  uiiilUiud«»  uf  all 
nations  gathered  from  all  the  corners  of  the  earth.*  The 
faces  seem  to  want  variety," 

Malcolm  also  commends  the  carving.  Speaking 
of  the  church,  in  hi^  Londinum  BmiviDUm  (ill. 
4dl),  he  says:  — 

•*  A  vory  ne^t  Tuscan  gate  baa  recently  been  erected; 
and  iUa  nrch  is  filled  by  the  celebrated  repreaiiDUtion  of 
tho  Resurrection— a  p<}rfonnanoe  of  infinite  labour  and 
flinch  merit,  carved  atcmt  1G87.'* 

J.  T.  Smith,  however,  was  of  a  diiferent  opinion 
to  that  just  expressed.  Speaking  of  the  old  gaie-^ 
way,  in  his  /3ook  for  a  Rainy  Day  (1S45,  p.  *iO), 
he  add£ :  — 

♦*  Ovtt  V\iU  ^%.\.t,  A«A5St  \\*  v*^M«Je.V  ^^  *^  ^^^ 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[3'<aV.  Ja>.-^ 


^^iCkliMl  Angelov  but  firom  the  worldiigs  of  the  brain  of 
*^^    ne  ship-carTcr.** 

Who  shall  decide  upon  the  merits  of  a  work^ 
when  aa^es  difler?  Some  years  ago,  examining 
the  carving  with  a  powerful  glass,  1  was  much 

E leased  with  its  execution*  It  appeared  to  nic  to 
e  a  work  above  the  ordinary  degree  of  merit, 
I  may  add  that  I  discovered,  eut  upon  a  snnll 
aquare  in  the  middle  of  the  lower  group  of  fifrurts, 
the  ToUowing  inscription :  *^  A.  P.  3°."  What 
does  thia  mean  ?  The  entry  in  the  old  ac^tounts 
informs  us  that  the  sealptor*s  name  was  Love* 

EflwABP  F.  Ulmhault. 


DECA.Y  OF  STONE  IN  BUILDINOS. 

At  a  time  when  so  much  is  j^ald  and  though  I  of 
the  de<r.iy  of  stone  in  our  publie  buUdinj^s,  ihc 
following  passage  from  a  letter  to  King  Henry  V, 
f^om  nn  olfici^r  flavin^,'  the  cliarge  of  public  Works 
at  Caliiitt,  may  not  be  read  without  intoresti  au 
showing  tlio  precautions  taken  in  earlier  limes  to 
preserve  them,  II  b  to  be  found  in  a  late  publi- 
cation ul'  the  Cumden  Soricly,  entitled  Lvtlers  of 
Queen  Mnn^aret  of  AnJoUi  BiBhitft  Bechittgton,  and 
others,  p*  20;  ^ 

"Sou\TLUATiffR  Loi«»E»  Pcc.«  »9  t^iieliifig  the  ilone  of 
thi«  cuatr«,  tb«t  »titiJd  b«  for  tbr  ittiiihp*  of  your  lioonis 
*im1  viiDdowciii  q(  your  ;  li  I  thipflC  1  dojo  not  luke  upon 


workes,  hit  frtttih 
had  I  not  on t. lined 

I 

■    .       ,  1  Lit 


oi«  t«  «clt  any  morr 
<knd  frrtth  *»i   fmtlt 
lyno4F*<yle  oylc  to   I    ,  ,     ... 
hav©  frDd(tf«^,  (»r  plesoci   %'vur 
have  |i« veyed  xiiij  toti&  fight  [  v. 
■*»^**-do  youre  workes  withal/' 

_^Frora  tliia  it  will  be  seen  that,  at  that  early 
period,  linseed  oil  was  applied  to  stone  to  preserve 
it,  and  wbaterer  those  who  eonsider  only  the 
htnfjii  of  trade  may  say,  it  did  and  still  doe^ 
answer  the  purpose;  but  not  unless  properly  ap* 
|4ied.  Yat  storje  should  be  duly  kept  and  sea- 
Kinrd  before  being  used  in  u  building,  especially 
ifinu*nd*»ti  for  enrvi>»  h  as  timber; 

for  the  stone  which   i  L ardent  to 

cuti*  by  no  means,  a^  jui  u'  '     *'ir»  most 

durable;  but  the  best  \%  t'  being 

cut,  harden^;,  and  form:  it^.  m  .i.«  ..  , .1  nt*r  coiit; 
and  this  h  the  case  with  the  Caen  stonr^  which  \% 
Mitt  when  fiwt  taken  out  of  the  quarry.  But  if 
cx|»ectt;d  tu  tbrni  itstdf  a  coat,  it  must  not  be  cut, 
and  then  exposed  at  ^mvc  U\  ihe  inclemency  of 
the  weather,  but  shoi*  od  for  a  time  in 

the  dry»  under  a  shctl,  ly  exposed  to  the 

air,  but  not  to  rain  or  temj»cJtA.  When  thi*  ha* 
l>eeTi  priori  V  donv.  and  th<^  stone  is  thnrnvt^hly 
dry,  I  in  i  ty  be  applied,  and  v 

it :  mjt  i  r*»ak4,  ar.  might  be  tif 

unlciu  \!.ry  luick'^^lj  laid  00,  but  produA*iiii^  ^ 
plett»in^  and  subdueil  gray  tmt*  There  is  vaftic, 
1  <?oito«iTr,  ia  %k^  «Eiggi8tUoii  oAeamade  of  placing 


the  stone  as  it  lay  in  its  natural  bed ;  Imt  to  < 
it  out  of  the  quarry,  and  use  it  g^reen  (so 
workmen  term  it),  as  is  too  often  done  at  p:""~ 
what  is  it  but  a  knavish  practice  of  the  buiJ 
provide  for  a  second  job?  For,  in  this  sta 
sun  affects*  and  the  winds  and  frosts  eraij 
shiver  it ;  and  if  oil  be  ap|ilicd»  this  niak^ 
matter  still  worse  by  confining  that  moi^tu 
which  ought  to  be  permitted  to  oo7.e  out,  aocj 
hastentu;^  instead  of  preventing  the  decay  ( 
stone,  which,  as  a  general  rule,  should  havt 
tjuarried  for  some  time,  and  have  become  perfecll 
dry  before  being  used  in  the  construction 
buildings.  It  is  no  uncommon  thing  among  &mi 
churches  to  find  the  clusters  of  pillars  in  the  id 
terior  composed  simply  of  hard  cJinlk,  whid 
answers  the  purpoi^ts  very  well.  But  let  uei  aufl 
pose  these  to  have  been  put  together  while  tlj 
chalk  was  yet  diimp,  und  what  would  have  beij 
the  consequence  f  That  the  fii-st  frost  would  ha^ 
shivered  and  broken  them ;  but  the  chulk  bclai 
quite  iiry  when  put  together,  frost  does  not  at  1 
affect  it.  And  something  analogous  U\  iWva  tntf 
be  observed  in  the  use  of  much  of  our  stiinc, 

I  have  beture  me  an  instance  of  linseed  oil  1 
plied  mure  than  twenty  yearfi  since  to  orname 
tal  carving  in  slorie  out  of  doors,  and  deeply  cii 
which  it  h&H  preuerved. 


CURIOUS  MODERN  GREEK  AND  T1TBKIS&  | 
NAMES. 

I  have  devoted  some  spare  hours  to  maojr  [ 
of  ''  N.  k  Q,/*  where,  especially  of  late,  haw  ap- 
peared  lists  of  Christian   names    and    sur 
curious  and  otherwise^  together  with  their  tup 
po*ed  dei'ivations.     It  was  my  good  fortune,  whc 
»n  Asia  Minor,   kc^   to  be  intimate   with 
scores  of  Greek  and  Turkish  better  cJass  ] 
and  acquainted  with  perhaps  as  many  of  1 
sex  of  botli  nations;  indeed,    to    use   theifj^ 
phrast?,   "Was   1  not  their  good   T 
struck  mo,  a  few  day»  a^o»  that  as  i 
ft  '  '    "f  ihe^e  oh]  tru  n  i . 

>  s  some  time  and  attentia 

lu  M  .„  r...-.i  .4i      .  iiA  of  thcni  might,  if  pri 
amuse  your  readers.     It  would  at  nil  t^ventaj 
hap«  help  some  orni  writer  of  on  r  F. » ,t» m  he 
to   a   ivw  unstercotyped  nam 
and  heroines ;  for  really  we   li 
a  doj&cn  proper  names  in  t 
thi»  lasft  half  century.      I 
some  other  time*  j;ive  the  i 
niin  names — ^a  thiujj  total  I 

vhili.s   I    append    »    ftsw 
rtfid  Turkbh  nanicjt,  t» 
Uiid   H  thography  bet»t  aibcd  tu  Uicif  ttii« 

proniJ: 

The  luUowing  art  a  few  doMse^  flist^; 


S'J  a.  V.  Ja».  S3,  •«,] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


69 


I 


I 


wy  fCftrce :  Feynate — Calliope,  Cle- 
^  Fefieiope,  Sophi,  ITt»bi.  Male  — 
•nyevani,  Adonj,  Xerxo. 

Of  modern  names  ptilpubly  ullicd  to  ancient 
ones,  take  for  mstance:  Fefiiale — Angelica,  Pipina, 
Xristftlaniji,  Harcoadoo,  MaU — Marco,  Apostoli, 
Manolif  Thcofani,  Stephani,  Michali,  FetnUi, 
Yeoree,  Yanako. 

An  examples  o[  fenude  name^  made  from  male 
names,  witness  the  following.  The  mide  roots  are 
in  italies :  Female  —  Panat/oteaisa^  Athamisoola^ 
Xrw^ofoolelhtt,  Zaehoroola^  iS/rtwm/eetsa,  Coatin-^ 
dinn,  TaniyodlB^  Photentso^  Sevastil&nia., 

To  f?ontinue  with  female  namejs,  and  as  I  litis - 
trating  how,  by  menn;)  of  affixes  to  some  female 
names,  other  Christrnn  female  names  are  formedj 
I  have  n of  iced  :  Female  —  Zoe  hecommg  Zoe- 
teetsa;  llelene,  Ilelenika;  Seva^tee,  Seva^talania; 
Katina,  Kateriteena,  and  Vasili,  Vasilikee. 

Sometimes  again,  the  various  nouns  Viy  lliis 
German  system  of  addition  beeome  female  nuraes, 
thus  :  Femrt/*?— Pai*a5kevooJii,  or  born  on  Friday; 
Kirittkeetsa,  or  born  on  Sunday  ;  Staphelia,  or  so 
named  from  the  grape  (the  red  variety  of  which 
they  will,  by-the^ye-,  not  eat  on  St.  John  the 
Baptist*3  day)  ;  Triandafooletha,  from  the  numeral 
30,  and  so  on  In  endl(?^a  variety. 

Nor  are  comical  names  scarce ;  and  these,  as 
in  our  own  country,  ^ipem  to  have  lost  their  eviJ 
power,  lind  are  uj'i'tl  in  common  with  the  less 
susjgiesfcivc  ones ;  for  instance ;  Female — Castnnia, 
the  chestnut -haired;  Astrienne,  the  starfaced ; 
Troumethela,  the  onion-lieaded ;  and,  as  illus- 
trating pood  nunlities  Kalee,  the  good  one ;  and 
Gramatiuhe,  the  writer. 

As  examples,  however,  of  real  nickname^^  the 
mention  of  which  sets  the  cafe  in  a  roar,  but 
which  are  nevertbeles?  tratiamittcd  to  posterity, 
take  these  few :  J)/«/r — Garf^lia  Faga,  or  (tot- 
pelia  the  glutton ;  Alexi  HcsLi^  or  Alcxi,  the 
open  bowel  led ;  Evendria  Glcgori,  or  the  Jiliarp 
Eyendria.  It  is  noticeable  also,  that  if  the  poor 
wight  resides  in  some  of  the  littoral  villat^es 
where  Turks  and  Armenians  "most  do  con^re- 
gat«/*  the  nichmmcy  to  be  more  effective,  will 
take  a  Macaronic  construction ;  as  for  instance, 
Lefteri  Sakolee,  or  Lefteri  with  no  beard ;  or 
agaiDf  Ancftti  Kirklyelani,  or  Anesti  the  forty 
liam.  Neither  friend  nor  foe  escapes  this  ten- 
dency to  give  every  one  a  name  that  will  de- 
mons trat*^  your  person  to  Uiem  in  a  moment. 
And  1  may  »is  well  fidd  thut  for  two  years  T  cer- 
tainly had  no  other  n^me  amongst  the  Greeks 
than  CockinetiM  Dutpolox,  and  no  otlter  amongst 
the  Turkomans  than  y'tipigi  Bashi, 

When  a  stranger  comes  to  reside  in  a  village 
or  town  large  enough  to  render  surnames  n&c&' 
ffftry,  he  is  cafled  after  the  village  or  liland  from 
which  he  emijrrHted,  thus:  ^/a/r^Klreeako  Dar* 
li ;    AniUuii     Nichoretta ;    Sali     Mytilene ; 


Panayote  Tenedeo ;  Yarghell  Gallipolliti^  and  so 
on  ;  and  if  he  has  been  a  traveller  abroad, in  some 
cases,  when  he  returns,  the  family  name  altogether 
changes,  and  Nikifori  Lala,  who  has  been  to  Eng- 
land (or  Bays  hehAi*),  becomes  Nikilbn  Englaiso  ; 
and  by  the  same  rule,  Steliano  Gheyikli  becomes 
Steliauo  Spania. 

Other  surnames  are  derived  from  the  occupa- 
tiona  of  the  persons  who  bear  them,  and  remain 
similarly  permanent  in  the  family.  Thus  we  have, 
Male — AnchoU  Seece,  or  Ancholi  the  Groom; 
Fotaki  Arabajee,  or  Fotaki  the  cart  driver ;  AH 
Meelona,  or  Ali  the  Miller ;  Adam  Caifajee,  or 
Adam  the  Cofl'ee- keeper;  Seraphim  Asvesti,  or 
Seraphim  the  Lime-burner ;  and  Steii  Pappuchce, 
or  Steli  the  Shoemaken 

The  above  are  a  few  of  the  rules  which  the^e 
m(.Mlern  Greek  proper  names,  &c.  neem  to  follow. 
Of  course  there  are  s<^orcs  of  other  names,  which, 
like  irregular  verbs ,  are,  so  to  say,  words  *'  in 
their  own  right,"  such  as  the  male  names  Spero, 
Pani»  Xafi,  &c.  The  first  niuned  /  hope  never  to 
meet  again.  Of  female  names  of  this  nrder,  take 
Reyiuee,  a  matron  from  Giourkioi ;  and  Murootha, 
the  beiiuty  of  El-Ghelmez. 

It  must  be  understood  that  the  foregoing  names 
were  all  noted  down  in  Asia  Minor.  In  Greece 
Proper,  other  rules  have  away  with  still  more 
grotesque  results.  On  a  future  occasion,  I  may 
send  the  more  striking  combinations  found  in  the 
larger  towns,  in  comparison  with  which  even  the 
name  of  Cbronontonthologos  would  sufier. 

To  conclude,  here  are  the  more  common  Turkish 
names  from  the  villages  in  the  interinr.  These 
rarely  alter  even  in  towns,  and  above  idl,  have  no 
jokes  performed  upon  them  ;  rarely  either  do  they 
take  surname?  :  Male  —  Of  old  favourites,  say 
Mehmet,  Mu  staph  a,  Magrup,  Evrahaim,  Mussa, 
Sulieman,  Ishmael,  Hussein,  Achmctj  and  Osman. 
Female  — ^  Of  old  favourite  female  names,  take 
Futimeh,  Ayeaha,  Sultanna,  Musleumeh,  Esmeh, 
and  Gulezer ;  and  amongst  those  not  so  common 
to  u?,  I  quote  from  out  of  my  married  friends, 
Kusoon,  Sabuer,  Gulu,  Nacharlu,  Baghdati,  Yaa- 
galoo,  Mavehlec ;  and  from  my  single  (at  leaf^t 
then  single)  list,  take  Sheriffeb,  Aleef,  IsnuVban, 
and  Sevier  --  the  last-named  being  the  intiuitive 
mood  of  the  Osmoidi  verb  to  love^  and  a  very 
pretty  verb  too.  W.  Eas^iU!. 

High  Orchard  Hunae,  Gloucester. 


"THE  TEMPLE,"  BV  GEORGE  HERBOT 

•*  The  Chunh  F^rcK 
'*  IToiifltaiity  kuitB  the  bones,  ttiirt  makei  us  thrit.>f 
Some  copies  read  tmrer. 

*'  77tt  TUanhii^vlng. 
**  SUalt  I  W<*cp  bTond?    Wbv,  thou  host  wept  »uch  ntort 
That  all  ih  v  hody  wan  on©  door,'' 


70 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[f^av.  jam.%m 


Some  copies  read  gore.  See  this  word  in  "  The 
Agony. 

**  BqiaUance. 
**  Man's  ige  is  two  hoars'  work,  or  three." 
What  does  this  meanf    The  expression,  **  An- 
geFs  age,**  is  used  in  the  poem  entitled  *«  Prayer.** 

"  Jordan, 
**  May  no  lines  pass,  except  they  do  their  duty 
Not  to  a  true,  hnt  painted  chair  f 

What  cluur  is  here  alluded  to  ? 

•*  Riddle  who  list,  for  me,  and  puUforprimC* 

What  is  meant  by  pulling  for  prime  ?  It  can 
hardly  mean,  I  presume,  rin^ng  for  matins. 
Does  it  refer  to  the  old  game  "  Primero  **  f  • 

**  So  devils  are  our  sins  in  pen^tive." 

Query,  Does  this  mean  that  our  sins  in  per- 
spective appear  to  have  '*  some  good**  in  them  P 

•<  TheQ^iddily, 
<^Bat  it  Fa  verse]  is  that  which  while  I  nse 
I  am  with  thee,  and  moat  take  aU.** 

Some  copies  read,  **  must  take  all.**  Does  not 
'*  take**  here  mean  captivate  f  It  seems  to  be  so 
used  in  the  poem  entitled  **  Gratefulness.** 

*■  CkriatmoM* 
**  We  sing  one  common  Lord ;  wherefore  he  should 
Himself  the  candle  hold." 

Should  there  not  be  a  comma  after  "  should  ** 
and  "candle**;  **hold*'  meaning,  as  I  think, 
"fftiy**P 

"  Vtrtut. 
•«  Only  a  sweet  and  virtuons  soul, 
Like  season'd  timber,  never  gives ; 
But  when  the  whole  world  turns  to  coal, 
Then  chiefly  lives." 

Some  copies  read :  '*  But  tho'  the  whole  world 
turn  to  coaL'*  Neither  reading  makes  the  sense 
yerr  clear. 

AH  the  editions  of  The  Temple  I  have  met  with 
differ  materially  in  many  parts,  and  I  much  doubt 
whether  there  is  one  that  is  free  fh>m  many 
errors.  J.  D. 


INEDITED  LETTER  FROM  LORD  JEFFREY  TO 
BERNARD  BARTON. 

"Edinburgh,  Jan.  28th,  18S0. 
"Dear  Sir, — I  have  very  little  time  for  correspondence 
—especially  at  this  season,  or  I  should  have  great  plea- 
sure in  cultivating  yours.  My  answer  to  vour  former 
letter  to  me  makes  it  less  necessary  to  write'  at  large  in 
this.  The  novelty  of  a  Quaker  poem  will  rather  attract 
notice  and  cariosity,  I  should  imagine,  than  repel  it. 

[•In  the  JForks  of  George  Herbert,  edit.  1869,  8vo 
rBpII  8c  Daldy).  is  the  following  note  to  this  line :  "  Pull 
for  prime.**  A  French  phrase,  meaning,  *  to  pull,  or  draw, 
for  the  first  place,'  espcciallv  in  sporU  involving  a  trial 
of  stpengtli.*'    Vide  «  N.  &  Q.,"  2»«  B.  iv.  496.-ED.] 


But  if  I  can  consdentionsly  promote  your  notoris^ 
without  hurting  your  feelings  I  certainly  aoaU  do  mx 

**I  confess  to  the  review  of  Clarkson,  and  also  li(r 
claim  to  the  ];>aper  on  Prison  Discipline.  There  Is  sow 
necessary  levity  in  the  former— tne  latter  was  writtti 
Arom  the  heart.  As  to  the  phrase  about  honMtj  to  whM 
yon  objsct,  it  was  not  set  down  in  mere  nmamnfag  wsa- 
tonness,  but  was  intended  as  the  mild  and  mitigated  Ex- 
pression of  an  opinion  founded  perhaps  upon  too  namsr 
an  observation,  but  very  seriously  and  consdentionsly  ca- 
tertained,  that  the  lower  classes  and  ordinary  dealers  d 
vour  society,  were  rather  more  canning  and  ^laapingt  aid 
illiberal  in  their  transactions  than  the  associat—  of  otlMr 
sects.  I  liad  recently  had  occasion,  in  the  conrae  of  mj 
profession,  to  see  several  instances  o(  this,  and  was  raths 
shocked  and  disgusted  at  finding  instances  of  harahnea 
and  duplicity  that  amounted  almost  to  criminal  finuid, 
coolly  [raised?  illeg.']  and  defended  bv  persona  of  tUi 
persuasion.  It  is  posAble  that  our  Northern  dimate  mtf 
corrupt  them,  and  very  likely  that  the  instances  may  bi 
rare  and  casual— yet  Quaker  traders,  I  learn,  are  gene- 
rally reckoned  among  traders  to  be  sly  and  stingy,  aad 
ready  to  take  advantage,  and  I  cannot  believe  the  repa- 
tation  to  be  wholly  without  foundation.  I  hmr%  said 
that  the  body  is  generallv  illiterate,  and  I  think  yos 
agree  with  me.  That  it  has  contained  many  eminsnt 
men  since  the  days  of  Penn  and  fiarday  no  candid  pv* 
son  will  dispute  I  have  myself  the  happiness  of  knoim^ 
severaL  I  am  well  acquainted  with  Mr.  Walker  of  loi- 
don,  and  flatter  myself  I  may  call  W.  Allen  my  flimd. 
To  the  philanthropy  and  calm  and  wise  persevarswiiC 
the  body  in  all  charitable  undertakings,  I  shall  alwaysbi 
ready  to  do  justice.  But  I  trust  I  need  make  no  pmes- 
sions  on  this  subject,  nor  does  it  seem  necessary  to  dit- 
cuss  further  the  points  of  difiference  between  as.  I  sop- 
pose  you  don't  expect  to  make  a  convert  of  me^  and  I 
certainly  have  not  the  least  desire  to  shake  yoa  in  yoor 
present  convictions.  There  are  plenty  of  topics^  I  hoac^ 
on  which  we  may  agree,  and  we  need  not  seek  after  tve 
exceptions.  I  shall  be  liaopy  if  my  opinion  of  your  poem 
can  be  ranged  in  the  first  da^.  Being  always,  with  great 
esteem,  vour  faithful  ser* 

••  F.  JsrFasr. 

"P.S.  Do  not  let  your  Quaker  Whigs  be  diacoaraged 
by  abuse  or  ridicule.  Being  Whigs  they  most  hive 
borne  abuse  whether  they  were  Quakers  or  not.  That 
circumstance  only  suggestctl  the  [^word  Uieg,'}  topics — 
abuse  is  one  of  the  ways  and  means  of  electioneering,  and 
cannot  be  dispensed  wiUi.    Never  mind  it*' 

The  above  letter  has  not,  I  think,  been  printed. 
It  is  well  worthy  recording  for  many  reasons. 
I  received  the  original  through  Mr.  Dawson  Tur- 
ner's sale.  The  penmanship  is  as  hard  to  deci- 
pher as  any  MS.  in  modem  £uglLsb  well  can  be. 

J.  D.  Caiiphbu., 


BOOK  nAWKING. 

I  should  like  you  to  publish  the  following  as  a 
Note,  worthy  of  remembrance  of  all  literary  per- 
sons. A  man,  dressed  in  a  suit  of  black,  with  a 
white  neckcloth,  called  recently  at  my  private 
residence ;  and,  as  I  was  at  my  of  uce,  he  expressed 
a  wish  to  sec  my  wife.  On  entering  her  room,  he 
8tate<l  that  be  had  been  re4]uested  by  the  rector 
of  the  parish  to  call  u|X)n  me,  and  wished  to  see 
me  personally.    My  wife  told  him  I  returned 


p 


8,  V.  Ja5«.  >3,  'M.J 


NOTES  AND  QUEEIES. 


71 


home  to  dincOT  at  six.  and  could  be  ieen  soon 
iiftt^r  tiittt  Uoar  j  but  he  stated  thiit  the  nmht  air 
wju  injurious  to  liis  health,  and  asked  for  my 
olUce  address,  which  ahe  gave  hira.  WhtMj  I 
returned  home,  sho  mentioned  the  circumstance ; 
and  wc  both  concluded  thut  it  was  the  rector*3 
new  curate,  who  wanted  ray  ffub&cription  to  some 
local  charity.  I  was,  therefore,  fully  prepared 
fbr  the  **  curate/'  when  he  presented  himself  a 
few  daya  after  at  my  office.  However,  to  my 
•urprisc,  he  stated  that  his  object  in  calling  was 
"  reijiiOMt  uiy  aubsrription  to  a  new  work — Bun' 
"m  Life  and  Writings ;  which  he  led  me  to  infer 
ic  rector  waa  about  to  edit,  lie  produced  ft 
ter  from  the  clergyman,  whose  handwriting  I 
'  ;  and,  aa  I  wua  very  busy,  I  did  not 
'  at  once  told  the  man  I  would  sub- 
ijc  I  or  one  copy,  He  tried  to  get  me  to  take 
;  but  I  told  him  one  would  suffice.  He  then 
uced  an  order  book,  and  requested  me  to 
ite  the  usual  order ;  and  asked  me  how  I  would 
c  the  work,  in  numbers  or  volumes  ?  So  I 
ired  him  to  supply  it  m  volumes,  aa  the  work 
/eared.  He  produced  what  seemed  to  be  n 
umber,'*  and  opened  it  at  the  middle,  where  a 
idnomely  engraved  frontispiece  showed  the 
Tocter  of  the  work.  Thin  volume  was  in 
let  calff  and  in  a  handsome  binding.  A  few 
dfty«  after,  while  I  waa  in  Ireland,  my  wife  in* 
formed  me  that /£>Mr  volumes  of  Bunyan's  Worh^ 
i«nd  in  clothe  had  been  sent,  with  a  demand  for 
\6g. — and^  luckily,  she  hud  not  paid  the  money, 
my  return  home,  I  found  it  waa  an  old  work 
(t'd  uf  Stebbing's,  which  I  (mbsequently  as- 
taincd  had  been  published  in  1859.  Soon 
erwarda,  the  publisher  sent  me  an  impudent 
tply  to  my  letter  of  remonstrance^  that  the  work 
not  the  some  I  had  ordered,  not  having  been 

^ited  by  our  rector;    and    the  result  was,   a 

County  Court  summons.  I  wa.*»,  however,  not 
daunted  bv  this,  and  told  my  story  to  the  iud^e ; 
and  he,  ftller  hearing  my  "  clerical**  friend  (who, 
by-thc-bye,  appeared  in  his  ever? -day  dress*  and 
had  dropped  the  white  ^  choker^'),  decided  that 
tlic  man  had  no  claim  on  me^  the  order  havmg 
Ijcen  obtained  under  false  pretences.  I  truest, 
If  my  Clapham  and  Brixton  neighbours  have 
been  similarly  imposed  on,  they  will  adopt  a  like 
course  with  the  *'  Canonbury*'  publisher. 

N.  H,  R. 
DvTonihiM  Eo«4  Soutli  Lambeth. 


Till  Owt..— I  had  no  idea  until  I  met  with  the 
following  items  in  the  churchwai'denM*  ficcounts  at 
8t,Mttry  s  Church,  Beverley^  that  the  oWwa^  a  pro« 
acribcd  bird*  but  had  supposed  that  he  was  pro- 
tected. Such,  however,  seems  not  to  have  been 
the  case  at  Beverley.  I  transcrihc  the  text  and 
OQUlvsl  Ibr  the  years  1642  and  1646 :  — 


1642»  26**  April  To  the  riogcrs,  wTien  the  Idng 

came  in  and  went  out  -        *        -     xi«  viij** 
tt    C^^  July.  Paid  the  ringers  when  the  king 

came  In         -        -        -        -        *     iij'  viij* 
„     IG^  July-  For  rJR^ng  when   the   kiag 

comfi  from  Newwark      -        *        -   ilij*  viij'* 
Paid  to  Jas.  Johtuson  for  killing  thred 
owlei  In  the  Woodhall  cloaeSf  that 
lie  did  ateadliistly  aflirmo  them  to 
b<$loo^  to  thia  church      -         -         •  xvU** 

IfllC.  Paid  John  P<'Ar?      ^  -  ^   "  -  -  -  "^.i-mt  tj** 

Paid  John  Peiirnrjn  IV  r  Is  vj** 

Paid   Dtikii  Kedmau  1  k 

dawes     ....--*  v]« 

Paid  to  tho  il^xton  fbr  killing  ao  otd^  and  car- 
ry! ag  the  ammuoition  in  the  chamber      *         j*  ij' 

Oxonmrsis. 

Eablt  Works  or  LrvixG  Authors.  ^ — In  the 

year  1809,  Mr.  E.  B.  Su;;den  first  published  his 
Lelttr^  to  a  Man  of  Property ;  and  on  Feb.  12, 
1863,  the  7th  edition  of  the  same  work,  under  its 
new  title  of  A  Handy  Book  on  Property  Laii\  was 
issued  by  its  author  (now  Lord  St.  Leonards), 
still  in  the  vigour  of  his  faculties, 

In  the  year  1815,  Dr.  Charles  Rich-ardson  pub- 
lished hii  TlUutratioiis  of  Englinh  Philology ;  and 
in  1854»  published  his  valuable  summary  of  the 
Divermin^  of  Ptwlq^,  with  the  title  of  The  Stwly 
of  Lmiguage.  T.  H. 

Obioim  or  Kambs.  —  The  following  extract 
from  the  letter  of  an  emigrant  to  Kalferland,  is  a 
modern  specimen  of  giving  flumumea  to  parties 
descriptive  of  Bomc  (quality  or  neculiarity  in  the 
party  named,  and  as  such  may  uo  worth  record- 
ingin^K.  &Q.:"  — 
"OlU•  maatpr^  Mr.  V ^  li  called  K-gon-a*»halaw» 

which  means  broad-JihoQldfrwl ;  Mr.  L> — — ,  Emooonyoui, 
becatue  he  rojir  earty  when  he  first  came  out;  Mr*  T   ■  -» 

Unjolotagost  that  is,  thia-faccd ;  Mr.  F -,  Maka-wba, 

because    hi*    ej*c-brow9    meet ;    Mr.    S ,    Ins-w-bo, 

weakly- looking;  Mr.  K ,   Mnfumbo,   stooping;  Mr. 

R ,  Ift-stop,  largf  noioi  Mr.  G ^  El-tabala,  very 

silent;  Mr.  W— %  Mack-ka-«ob%  because  he  stoops  in 

^'"^'^•"  H.T.E. 

''  CotJirTT  Famimes  of  EiiaLAjm,**  etc. — I  ac- 
cidentally met  with  the  above  work  a  few  days 
since,  and  am  induced,  in  the  cause  of  heraldry 
and  genealogy,  to  suggej^t  that  in  anch  compila- 
tions it  would  be  better  that  a  distinction  should 
be  made  between  clainut  and  dencentff  founded  on 
documentary  evidence  or  the  undisturbed  posses- 
sion of  real  estate,  and  those  put  fjrth  on  the  mere 
conjecture  of  the  parties  immediately  interested. 
I  say  this  because  many  are  misled  by  a  claim^ 
and  take  it  for  granted  that  there  is  evidence  for 
the  same ;  but  in  the  work  referred  to  several 
such  claims  have  been  inserted  without  any  inves- 
ti;?ation,  and,  consequently,  Peppeir*H  Ghost  is  so 
like  a  reality,  that  serious  errors  arise,  when  suoh 
a  record  is  considered  as  a  book  of  reference*  B. 


n 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[3^ ay.  JA!f.ta.i 


RICH.IKDSON  FAMILT. 
Conon  Ricbardson,  Abbot  of  Parshore  Abbey, 
miirried,  after  the  dissolution,  a  Miss  Pates  of  Bre- 
don,  CO.  Vigorn ;  and  had  issue  two  sons,  Conon 
and  ThoTuas,  Conon  had  issue  an  only  son,  Sir 
William  Richai'dson,  Knt,  who  died  #./).  Thoma^^ 
by  hi3  ijrst  wife  Elizabeth,  had  a  8on  Conon,  of 
Tewkesbury ;  and  by  bb  second  wife  Anne,  daugh- 
ter of  Leonard  Mazey,  of  Shechenhurst,  Worces* 
ter«ihire,  he  had  further  issue  :  seven  sons,  and  eix 
daughters.  The  sons  were  Henry,  of  London, 
haberdasher,  burieil  a.d,  1634;  who,  by  his  wife 
AnnC)  dau^^hter  of  Anthony  Nieholls  of  Morton- 
Tlinmarsi,  Glouceaterahire,  had  i^sue  a  ^^on  Kenelni. 
The  other  sons  of  Thomas  were  Edmund,  Leonard^ 
Kafe,  John,  William,  and  Christopher.  The  arms 
borne  by  this  family  were  :  "  Arfjent,  on  a  chief, 
sable;  3  leopards'  heads  erased  of  the  1st.*' 

I  find^  in  the  IlarL  MSS,  the  very  Kame  arms 
given  to  another  family  of  Richardson  :  —  John 
UiobardBon  of  Roskell,  or  Roatill,  eo.  York,  mar- 
ried Isabel  Ilai't  of  Botriugton,  and  had  issue  two 
«ons  and  three  daughters,  William,  the  elder  son, 
was  of  South witrk ;  and  by  his  wife  Jane,  daugh- 
ter of  RobL  Harrison  of  Milton  Green,  Cheshire, 
had  issue  Thomas  (<Ft  17,  anno  1623J,  John,  Wil- 
liam, Francis,  and  Mary.  George,  the  second 
son,  had  issue  by  his  wife — who  was  a  sltster  to 
Sir  John  King,  KnL— a  sou  Richard. 

Sir  Thomas  Hichartbon,  Serjeant- at- Law  (antto 
1620),  bore  the  same  arms  as  given  at  p.  240  of 
Dugdale*9  Originest  JuridimleM.  And  1  find  that 
Capt.  Edward  Hit^hardson,  of  Colonel  James  Cas- 
tles'Regiment,  who  was  '*  second  son  of  William 
Richardson,  Esq.«  descended  of  the  ancient  family 
of  the  Richardsona  of  Pershore,  in  the  county  of 
Worcester,'*  wa.s  rejristered  May  'i2,  1647,  by 
"  Win.  R*>brrt8,"  Ulster  Kinjj,  as  beurin';  the  same 
arras,  with  a  crescent  for  diderence.  ifis  descen- 
dant !^  continue  to  tise  these  arm^. 

William,  the  father  of  this  Edward,  may  have 
been  a  »on  of  Conon  of  Tewkesbury.  I  am 
anx^iou^  to  know  his  exact  descent.  I  shall  feel 
greatly  obligt'd  to  any  of  your  corresjiondents 
who  will  kindly  furnish  roe  with  any  additional 
information  renpectinfr  this  family ;  so  as  to  con- 
nect the  9«!veral  branches  which  are  named  above. 
I  shall  be  glad  to  know  any  thing  respecting  the 
parentage  and  descendants  (if  any)  of  Sir  Thomas. 
and  whether  he  was  (he  j«ame  pcnion  as  the  Chief 
Justice  [of  the  Common  Plea»,  IG'i<i,  and]  of  the 
King**  Bench,  Ui3I  Y  whose  arm*,  however,  Dug- 
<lj|le  gives,  at  p.  23Hj  h.h  **  Or  (jiiKteail  of  argent) 
on  a  ch,,**  &e,,  quarterly  with  *'ei'mineon  a  Ciwi- 
ton,  aaurt',  a  iialtire  gules." 

Nanh's  Worcegternhirc  contain*  a  slight  i-cfcr* 
ence  to  Conon  and  his  issue. 

H,  Loi"Tl!8  ToTTKJIIIAM. 


A  FINE  PORTOAIT  OF  POPE. 

In  The  5«tWerofthisday  (Jan.dth,  1864).ll^ 
the  foiJowit];:;  "curious,'*  or  rather  marvellaus  **^ 
covery  at  Gloucester,"  in  which  "  a  fine  por 
of  Pope  *'  h  concerned,  and  which,  if  true,  ij  i 
taialy  worth  recording  in  "  N.  &  Q."  :  — 

"  CUaiOUS  DISCO VKItY    I!C   QlX)VCBJiTT: 

"  It  ma3'  not  he  generally  known,  or  it  n 

he  forgotten,  that  in  the  olden  time  county  U> ;^ .    , 

came  into  tlicir  principal  city  or  town  for  some  of 
winter  months,  where  they  had  thar  regular  town  bo«OTir| 
and  those  who  had  not,  bestowed  themselves  in  lodgtBgai 
A  vtait  to  the  metropolis  was  then  a  much  more  ■ariliP  ' 
btisinesa  than  it  is  now-a-days.  Folks  were  then  cAitt^nt 
with  the  ajiius<?incnta  the  city  afforded  them:  lh^ 
alreu,  the  ussembUcH,  parlies,  &c.,  were  asoflririeiit  m 
tion;  consequently  many  fine  old  maoiuona  will  b*-  i< 
hi  our  principal  towns  now  devoted  to  vert  dirt-' 
purposes  from  what  tliuy  were  original )v  l.uiji 
of  these  abodes,  the  town  bonse  of  the  ^ 
of  about  Queen  Aunc*^  prrioiK  ba«<  of  V 
BA  a  school  of  art;  nn 
this  purpose,  the  ar<l< 

it  seemed  to  hini,  au  ■    .       ,.;.j    ..  ,  . 

small  sitting-room,   always  called  ^  Pope's  roou 
made  up  his  mind  to  remove  thiaprujectioa,  and  { 
so  brougbt  to  lii;ht  a  line  portrait  ot  Hof*e.     This  1 
to  Biispect  that  the  oppotitc  side  miglit  aij^o  con  tail 
treasure,  and  on  taking  it  down  a  paiuting^  wa3  r«fl 
since  said  to  be  the  *  T*?mptation,*  bv  Gui*hx     A  man  L 
rich  dress  of  the  time  of  Frftn<;ois  l^mier  U  holdiD«;  I 
a  string  of  pearls  to  a  woman,  who  appears  to  be  r«si»ti| 
bis  entreaties  and  tempting  offer.     It  ia  de3crib<?d  to  J 
as  a  remarkably  fine  painting, 

'*  Pope  was  a  frequent  visitor  in  Gloucestertbi 
the  neiirhbonrinrr  ro»iity  of  Herei<iTd,  Hia  w«ll< 
line?^  '       ;        *"  '-  ; 

ill  til 

of  tb-  ^ 

Court*  nut  i'ar  troni  the  city  ;  another,  cAlitrd  il^uil 
in  the  same  county ;  and  Uie  house  in  Glovice^fter  I 
to.  He  was  also  a'not  iafbcquent  visitor  at  the  ] 
Lydnev  Park,  near  Cirencester. 

"  why  thca«?  pictures  were  *  WJilled  up- 
form  any  ntasonable  conjecture:    thei-e  were   noj 
iroublbg  Iti  (tlnucpster  ai  that  time.    Are  wci  tu 
r,^---'-*'-      '»  ,  •■  ,    ':     v,t  to  pomo  ar"--'--' 

h  inlRht  b 
[    I     ._  ■;   thnu   out  p 

J  t>rlLiu»Leiy  ihey  wiSfB  iii  a  dry  pl<U'i',  ou  each 
fire-place,  and  Jiave  received  tio  injury*  from  tliei 
impriMonmrnt. 

•'  Tlie  pi<nnre^  are  ntjfVf  in  the  possession  of  Mr.  Uiy 
Tliami'ji  ilaak.  Fulbaiu/* 

Mr  Baylis*^  very  remarkable  collet  t ion  of  jUiill 
(luiiics  and  articles  of  virli\  particuhrly  piclj 
is  now  of  long  repute;  but   is  rt  M]  at  '^" 
Bank»  Fulhum?    I  wa*?  under  the  iinpresaJo 
it  had  for  many  years  left  that  loeaJit)'. 

And  are  the?e  picturcn  from  Glouei-stcr  no 
in  his  ijallery,  or  have  they  ever  been  ?    Even 
they  are  so,  eoUectors  arc  liable  to  be  impo 
uf»on  bv  the  dcjilers,  .and  such  a  tnle  as  the  i  ' 
is  sui"eiy  a  mtist  suspicious  one.     I*  it  evani 
or  rut  from  on  old  newspii|M?r  ?   Peil 
resfrfmdent  al  Ifbucejtler  will  clear  fs. 

i  r^riii.lii.r|.i;a*  I 


I  &  V.  X«M.  2a.  'MO 


JfOTES  AND  QUERTEP. 


W 


BaBO  UxSltSEItUS,   AlCII^MICJU.   WaiTEK/  —  I 

nsk  for  inrormatioiircepiictinnrthe  under- described 
work  and  its  autbor.  I  am  unable  to  find  aoy^ 
tHiog  ubout  either  in  ordinary  books  of  reference 
at  h&nd. 

It  is  a  thin  12mo  of  66  pages,  coOi^isting  of  two 
treatiBes  continuouslj  paged.  The  first  title-page 
id  wanting,  but  the  title  at  the  beginning  of  the 
101  AphoriBnis  of  which  the  fiirt  treatise  is  com* 
posed  runs  thus  :  — 

•*  Ariioniaaii  llKDiQKnAM;  Or,  CtHain  R*dttt  dearly 
dtmoHMtratintj  the  Thrtt  Injltilibte  Wtips  of  prrfmring  thf 
Gbaho  Elixir  t^fthf  PiiiLfiarjpiitiis,** 

The  title-page  of  the  second  treatise  is  vla  fol- 
lows:— 

^  1     minux    f"  ^  .  fht,    TlIB     PlllU*- 

in    OK  Vr  ;    With  The  Three 

»J  Pr«!pArin^  i,.  .,  .  „jid  clearly  M.'t  forth 
in  One  ami  thirty  ArfiaKi^Ms.  by  Bmio  LIiiitHiEitiiM, 
A  Servant  of  God  in  the  Kingdom  of  Nature.  Sjptrt*} 
CWdt.  LoNtJON,  Printed  for  Henry  Faithome,  at  tht 
Kofi<f  in  St.  Paul's  Churt  h-yard,  1000/*  • 

John  Avmn. 

Samuki.  Burton.  —  Wanted,  any  information 
respecting  Stiinuel  Burton^  Esq.,  whose  decease  at 
Sevcnoak*,  in  Oct.  1750,  is  mentioned  in  the 
obituary  of  the  GfjitU'man«  Mnfrarine,  He  had 
served  the  office  of  High  Sluiriff  for  the  county  of 
Derby,  and  bad  attained  the  age  of  sixty-cight 
yeara^  E.  H.  A. 

"Tab  Cobk  Magazine"  1847-8.— Who  was 
author  of  an  artitrle  in  thi5  Magazine  on  Georffe 
Sand's  **  Seven  Chords  of  the  Lyre,"  No.  I.  pp.  35- 
43.  R.  I. 

DowiiEswtM.  Pamu.y. — "Etch.  Dowdcswell, 
lEtatis  sua*  46,  anno  17*26,"  is  writltm  cm  the  back 

■  of  a  portrait  in  my  possession.  Can  any  of  your 
H  correfipon dents  iniortn  my  who  ihh  Kichard 
H    Dowdeswell  was  ?     1  think  he  or  his  son  married 

■  a  Miss  Levcrlon,  J.  D- 

H        Nathaniel  Eaton. — One  of  my  matcrntil  :in- 

■  ccatore,  Nathaniel  Eaton,  of  Manchester,  in  1674. 
^ngrried  Chri>.tian  Yawdry,  of  '*  The  Biddings," 
^^■p  Bank  Hill,  Timpcrly,  Cheshire,  ile  was  a 
^TTOmber  f+f  the  Society  of  Friend?,  but  I  suspect 

wjis  a  5on  or  grandf^on  of  one  of  the  six  Xon- 
conforniist  ministers,  of  the  name  of  Eaton^  who, 
iiccording  to  Calamy,  were  ejected  frnm  their 
livings  by  the  Act  of  Uniformity  in  1662.  This 
conjecture  is  strengthened  by  the  fact  that  Uie 
jnother  of  Christian  Vawdry  (Margaret,  daughter 
of  Oswald  Moseley,  of  Garratt,  near  Manchester), 
\  after  tht?  death  of  her  first  husband,  Robert  Vaw- 
►  dry,  father  of  Christian  Vawdry,  married  the  well* 

[•  TbtTc  ought  to  be  a  beautifully  engraved  frontis- 
fHCce,  nfhkh  it  explained  at  the  end  of  the  volattie.  A 
Gtintita  translation  of  it  was  printed  at  Hamburgh  in 
l«rt5,    l*h(j  uatno  UrLiijtrus  lot-ks  like  a  jieeiidouyni,^ 


I 


known  John  Angler,  minister  of  Denton,  Lanca- 
shire^ who  bad  as  intimate  friends  or  coadjutors, 
seireral  Nonconformist  miuistera  of  the  name  of 
Eaton, 

I  Khali  feel  obliged  by  any  luforiuation  or  sur- 
mise as  to  the  parents  or  relations  of  the  above 
^athanid  Eatmi^  at  the  same  time  remarking  that 
hid  marriage  in  1674  is  inconsistent  with  his  being 
the  NeUhaniel  Eaton^  born  in  1^09,  who,  according 
to  Cola  my,  was  the  first  master  of  the  College  at 
New  Cambridge  in  New  England,  and  who  after- 
ward r  died  in  the  King's  Bench.  H.  D. 

FncGERs  or  Hjisdoo  Gods. — ^What  is  the  mean« 
ing  of  the  position  of  the  fingers  below  descrilwd, 
which  I  have  observed  in  effigies  of  gods  and 
kings  on  Hindoo  pagodas,  as  well  as  in  sculpture* 
uf  faaints  and  abbots  on  Christian  cathedrals? 
The  upper  part  of  the  right  arm  is  pressed  close 
to  the  right  side,  the  lower  pait  of  the  arm 
doubled  up  against  the  upper  part,  so  that  the 
hand  is  brought  uji  to  the  shoulder ;  the  palm  of 
the  hand  is  turned  to  the  front,  the  fore  and 
middle  fingers  pointing  upwards  :  the  thumb  and 
other  tingem  being  doubled  on  to  the  palm. 

n.a 

IIebaldic. — I  shall  feel  obliged  if  you  can  tell 
me,  is  there  any  tradition  by  which  the  history  or 
origin  of  the  following  arms  can  be  found  ?  — 

'*  Per  chcvcron  inverted  or  and  sable,  a  lion 
rampant.  Countercharged  crest,  a  demi-moor 
holding  in  dexter  hand  an  arrow,  and  in  sinister 
a  ihicld  or.     Motto:  filers  pcrtiuH  macula." 

J.  B. 
DubliiLi 

**  liBRACLiTtrH  Rn>EKS,"  »  weekly  fly-shee^ 
iH^sucd  in  1681-2,  and  republished  in  1713,  nuis 
over  with  abuse  of  Whigs  and  Dissenters.  It  is 
in  the  form  of  dialogues  between  Jest  and  Earnest. 
The  wit  is  coarse  and  slrong,  and  the  book  i^ 
nl together  a  racy  specimen  of  people  s  English  m 
fhojic  huppy  day?.  There  are  some  useful  his- 
torical and  literary  allusions  in  it.  It  lived  to  be 
eighty-two  numbers  old.  In  his  postscript,  at 
the  end,  the  author  alludes  to  his  successful  pre* 
servation  of  the  nominis  mnhra ;  wherein  he  says* 
"he  has  had  such  a  felicity  (uotwithatanditig  all 
the  conjectures  that  have  l^een  made  of  him),  as 
that  he  is  not  more  publiclv  known  than  the 
author  of  the  Whole  Dutt/  of  Man:* 

Wm  Beraclitut  liulens  ever  revealed  ? 

B.  H.  C. 

TfTE  Holt  Hoosk  of  Lohetto*  —  Not  long 
since,  I  read  a  letter  in  the  Dailif  Telegraph  that 
the  Sarda  Cam  has  been  removed  to  Milan.  Is 
this  a  fact?  And  if  eo,  what  are  the  circum- 
!jtance8?  A  Loretto  guide-book  says,  that  angels 
curried  this  house,  in  1291,  from  Nazareth  to 
Tcrsatto  in  Illyriu ;  and,  in  1294,  from  Illvrta  to 
Loretto*  U.\?^.^. 


74 


NOTES  AND  QUEBIEa 


[p*^Y.  jAw.nf'u. 


Rbv.  Edwaed  Jamba,  A.M.,  Vicak  or  Abeb- 
OAVEWifT  FMOM  1709  TO  1719.  —  Can  and  will 
any  reailer  of  "  N.  k  Q.^  oblige  by  giving  lome 
reference  where  to  find  any  further  particulars  of 
him,  and  did  he  leaye  any  descendanta,  and  their 
namei  f  Glwtsio. 

**  Mamacbb  or  TiiB  Ibvocbhts.** — 


methodi  of  killing  are  exhibited.  Beneath  is  a  deecrip- 
tion  in  uncouth  Latin  and  Dutch,  which  I  am  eorry  I 
hud  not  timu  to  copy.  One  child*8  throat  ia  said  to  be 
too  small  for  the  dagger,  and  the  eyes  of  another  are  at 
the  back  of  its  clefL  skulls- illnstrating  *  ocdIos  per  vnl- 
nus  vomit.'  '*  —  Jowneu  through  UoUand  tmd  the  Nether' 
lantU  in  1777,  by  U.  Ward,  p.  56. 

I  do  not  think  that  there  ia  any  such  picture 
now  in  the  hospital.  Any  account  of  thia,  or  a 
copy  of  the  verses,  will  be  acceptable.  Is  Ilamlin 
a  slip  of  the  pen  for  Memling  P  T.  P.  K 

Wiujam  MiTcnBL,  "  The  Gbbat  Tibclabian 
DocTOB." — Can  any  reader  of  "N.  &  Q."  supply, 
or  direct  nic  to,  information  regarding  this  fanatic, 
who  published  many  indescribable  books  and  broad- 
sidcH  in  Edinburgh  and  Glasgow  at  the  beginning 
of  last  century,  of  which  I  possess  a  few  ? 

**  The  reason  I  call  myself  the  Tinclarian  Doo- 
tor,  *  says  he,  '^  is  because  I  am  a  Tinklar  and 
cures  old  Pans  and  old  Lantruns,**  which  humble 
oc(?upati(m  he  seems  to  have  neglected  and  set 
himself  up  for  a  Light  to  the  Ministers  and  a 
dirootor  of  crowned  heads. 

8|M)akiiig  of  Popidh  practices  abroad,  he  ob- 
8erv(*H,  **  I  have  written  so  much  about  them  in 
my  French  Travels,  that  I  need  not  write  of  them 
here.**    Is  this  book  of  the  Tinker's  known  ?  * 

J.O. 

P.S.  The  Doctor  seems  to  have  been  at  one 
time  literally  the  Lamplighter  of  Auld  Reekie. 
When  the  magistrates  dismissed  him  from  that 
post,  he  uAsumod  the  more  spiritual  office ;  and 
flirt  portiiinHty  in  teaching  both  the  clergy  and 
laity  in  liirt  mrolicrent  fashion  must  have  been 
sumricntly  annoying  to  the  Kirk.  Some  time 
ago  I  purchased  his  Tcetament^  in  which,  in  the 
usual  style  of  these  mad  prophets,  he  applies,  and 
inveighs  against  '*the  beast  in  the  Revelations, 
whoso  number  is  six  hundred,  three  score,  and 
six.**  If  the  ministers  had  had  the  lotting  of  this 
b<M>k,  they  could  not  have  retaliated  better  than 
the  auctioneer,  who,  as  may  be  seen  by  the  undis- 
turbed ticket,  accidentally  lotted  The  Qreai  Tin- 
eliirian  Doctor^  6G6 1 

Obatobt  of  Pitt  ahd  Fox:  **Sabs  Culo- 
Tn>Ka.** — In  a  contemporary  satire — Sans  Culo" 

[*  The  death  of  this  shifi^lar  character  is  thus  an- 
aouDCMl  in  The  State  Mtuaeime  for  March.  1740  (iL  148) : 
•«  WiUUm  Mitchel,  Whlte-ironsmith,  Kdinbuiyh,  wiU 
known  by  the  name  of  Tindarlan  Doctor.*'-^£i>.  J 


tides^  bv  Cincinnatoi  Rigshaw,  Profesior  of  Tbeo- 
philanthrophy,  &o.,  4to,  1800 — there  ia  a  curiooi 
passage  illustrative  of  the  different  atjies  of  ora- 
tory of  Pitt  and  Fox.  It  is  an  imitation  of 
Virgil's  eighth  Eclogue,  and  runs  as  follows  :  — 

**  Inconstant  man  I  firom  roe  thy  fancy  rovea. 
And  Pitt's  big  vofce,  and  sounding  perioda  loreai 
'llioa  lov'st  no  more,  when  I  impaMion'd  speak. 
My  shriil-ton'd  treble's  energetic  smieak : 
Thy  taste  no  more  Judaic  charms  allows. 
My  chin's  black  hononrs,  and  my  shaggy  browa  t 
Bejfjrin  my  mnse,  begin  the  phdntive  strain ! 
Hear  it  St.  Ann's,  and  hear  each  neighbouring  pUia." 

No  one  who  only  knows  the  two  great  atmtei- 
men  by  their  portraits,  could  suppose  that  thi 
*^big  voice  and  sounding  periods  belonged  to 
Pitt— and  "shrill  ton*d  trebWs  energetic  squeak** 
to  his  great  rival.  Among  the  readers  of  ^N.  &  Q." 
there  are  still  some  who  must  have  listened  to 
them  both.  Will  they  kindly  give  m^aelf  and 
your  readers  Hio  benefit  of  their  reminiacenoesf 
One  confirmation  of  the  statement  I  hare  met 
with,  though  I  cannot  now  recollect  my  autho- 
rity, namely,  that  the  late  Lord  Stanhope,  in  hu 
style  of  speaking,  bore  a  marked  resemblaaee  to 
his  distinguished  relative.  May  I  add  a  aeeaiid 
Query :  Who  was  the  author  of  Sans  Culotadee}— 
obviously,  a  violent  Pittite.  S.  H.  T. 

Petbabcha.  —  I  have  three  editions  of  thii 
poet,  that  of  Filclfo,  folio,  1481,  and  two  others. 
Reading  in  that  most  agreeable  of  bibliographers, 
Dibdin,  p.  7^6,  Lib,  Comp.,  he  says,  **  an  ^idon 
by  Rovillio,  18mo,  1574,  with  two  suppreased 
leaves.  The  previous  editions  of  Rovillio  are 
1550-1.**  Now  on  examining  my  two  copiet  I 
find  "  II  Petrarcha ;  in  Lyone  appresso  G.  RoviUio, 
1564,**  size  4  in.  by  2  in.,  printed  with  italio  letter. 
The  other  II  Petrarcha,  Venice,  bv  the  well-known 
Nicolo  Bevilaoqua,  1564,  size  of  the  text  4|  in.  by 
2  in. ;  and  this  edition  has  a  preface  of  four  pages 
by  G.  Rovillio.  So  that  he  (Rovillio^  printed,  or 
caused  to  be  printed,  two  distinct  editions  of  the 
poet  in  the  same  year.  I  don*t  think  this  has 
Deen  noticed  before.  Of  the  earlier  edition  above 
named  I  know  nothing.  I  should  be  fflad  of  any 
information  concerning  the  suppressed  leaves  men- 
tioned by  Dibdin.  Wm.  Davis. 

Hill  CotUg^  Erdington. 

PoBTBAiT  or  OuB  Savioub.  —  lu  the  AnH' 
ouarian  Repertory,  vol.  iiL  (ed.  1808),  p.  428,  I 
find  a  letter  ftom  Wm.  Lottie,  Canterbury,  dated 
July  15,  1780,  with  a  drawing  ^  of  a  very  dd 
picttire  painted  on  oak  on  a  gold  ground.** 

The  accompanying  drawing  in  the  Repertory  ia 
a  very  fine  representation  of  our  Saviour,  bearing 
an  inscription  that  it  was  — 

**  Imprinted  hy  the  prcdeseisors  of  the  grsat  Tmk^ 
and  sent  to  the  rope  Inaooent  the  YIII.  tt  the  coat  of  the 
Greta  Tnrka  Ibr  a  token  for  this  canse  to  rsdema  his 
Brother  that  was  takyn  preaooor." 


r 


s^  s.  V.  jAK.  as,  "fi*.] 


NOTES  AND  QDERIE& 


Wbere  the  original  of  tbij  painting  waB  at  tlio 
date  of  the  eomuiunk'atiori  (1780)  is  not  stated. 

From  the  newspapers  I  observe  that  a  cameo 
has  lately  been  disjcovered,  said  to  have  been 
executed  by  order  of  Tiberius,  and  supposed  to 
be  a  representation  of  our  Saviour. 

Could  any  of  your  correspondents  inform  me 
where  the  painting  above  referred  to  is  to  be 
seen?  What  resemblance  it  boors  to  the  alleged 
OAmco,  iind  if  the  painting  is  a  copif  of  the  catneo? 

Awow. 

^Mrs.Parkbs  tui  CnciTJiiiAviGATOB.— Iq  179^ 

I  publiihwd  at  Limdoii,  in  8ro,  A  Vo^agu  rQtmd 

World  in  the  ^'Gorgon  '*  A  fan  of  IFicr,  Caj^laiJt 

I  Purker^  per/orm*ffl  btf  hts  Widow  far  the  A4* 

runtagi  of  a  tmtneroiL^   Fnmihj,    (NiuhoU*»    LiL 

AfteciUeg,  U.  158,  QtaU,  Ma,;,  Uv.  041.)     I  shall 

be  «r};id  to  know  the  Christian  name  of  this  laiiy,* 

and  the  date  of  her  deatli.     The  work  appears, 

from  the  review  of  it,  to  be  of  a  very  interesting 

chai'ttcter.  S.  Y.  R. 

PeitiLiKs  PJUIOI.T* — Does  there  exist,  m  MS.  or 
in  print,  a  more  detailed  and  complete  history  of 
the  family  of  Perkins  than  the  one  to  be  found 
in  Buvke*s  Lmuiai  Gentry  /  A  reference  to  such, 
if  in  existence,  would  hu;jc'ly  oblit^e  me.f 

IF.  iilLBTSAKD   D'AUFCE. 
Quotation. — Are  the  fidlowinrr  lines  by  Geo, 
Wither,  or  by  any  one  of  his  time?     Or,  are  they 
of  more  modem  and  Ie§M  illuittrlous  parentage  ? 
**  Oh  God  of  1 '       '  "  1  u  iiast  ti«iuari»d  up 
For  111(9  my  la  of  dlitrcsa  % 

Bat  with  La  ^'  t,  in  every  bitter  cup 

^^  Thy  haiul  Uitih  uiixU  to  make  iu  soreness  losSf 
^P  Somo  cordial  drop;  for  which  Thy  NwrnL'  I  bless. 
And  olti^r  up  my  mito  of  thankfubeu.'* 
W»  CAMrBEIX. 

ScssiEx  Kkwspapehs- — I  have  iu  my  posseftsion 
the  first  number  of  the  Haitiiigs  Chronicle^  (>rf. 
[July  29,  1&2«)],  and  of  the  Brighton  Chrouicle, 
2#f.  [Alay  13,  1829.]  The  latter  is  composed  of 
facetious  skits  on  contemporary  abuses^  but  the 
Hastings  production  is  of  a  more  pretentious 
character,  devotin*^  three  columns  to  a  "  rctrO' 
spective  review  of  literature.**     Did  any  subse* 

auent  numbei*s  appear  ^    Is  anything  known  of 
le  contributing  staff  of  the  Haitirtgs  Chronicle? 
Arc  any  of  the  earliest  numbers  of  the  Stusez 
Advertiser  in  existence  J* }  An  imperfect  copy  was 
sold  a  short  time  ago,  and  now,  I  believe,  fonns 


part  of  the  plant  of  that   newspaper,   but  the 
earlier  numbers  are  wanting. 

Wv'itMB  E.  Bakteb. 

Fassagb  m  TKMwtftOK.— To  what  docs  Tenny* 
son  allude  when  he  speaks  of  the  rtght  tar  filled 
with  tlmi^  in  tlie  following  ataiua  itoui  hU  poem  of 
the  Two  Voicen  f  — 


I 


[*  The  Dedl^tion  to  the  Prlace^i  of  Wales  in  the 
sbov*  work  ts  si|;iifid  "  Mary  Ann  Parker,  Xo.  0,  Xattlo 
CI«lMJt"-Kr,.l 

tt  A  .  1        *^      V  r  of  the  Pcfklui  of 

Ortoii»ot>  ;  rintcd  in  Kichols** 

Lnettttrr  ^  [■  L>.] 

[!  Au^  SH3tBKx  Adf-ertiaer,  from  iu  com- 

tn'*:  J  the  present  time,  is  in  the  Brtttah 


*  Go,  VQKiid  &pJrit,  alccp  In  trust ; 
Tho  ritfht  mr  that  is  liltw!  wilh  rtu$t 
Hears' little  tif  the  fAlso  or  jU5t/* 


M,0. 


J.  G.  WiLLK.^I  hare  in  my  ncssession  a  large 
folio  volume  of  engravings  by  tuo  ehkr  Wille,  of 
which  I  can  find  no  mention  in  any  bibiiogr.iphicHl 
work.  The  title  is  as  follows  :  fEuvrcM  de  Jean 
Georges  WiUe^  celchre  graoeur  AUemarul  .  »  .  ,  , 
Faris,  1814,  Then  follows  a  Lite  of  Wille  in 
English,  French,  and  German ;  and  after  that, 
furty-one  of  bis  most  celebrated  |ilutes.  At  the 
end  of  the  volume  is  a  ^^Keeueil  de  payeugas  et 
autres  figures  «...  Foris,  1^01 ;"  thirty-six  in 
number,  by  the  some  engraver. 

I  hope  some  of  your  readers  will  be  able  to  in» 
form  me  how  manv  copies  of  this  work  were  pub- 
liahcki ;  whether  the  engravings  contained  therein 
are  late  or  early  impressions  ?  and  what  is  it« 
present  market  value.  J.  C.  LiKDSAr. 

New  Tork* 


Wllliam  Deij.,  D.D.  —  Can  you  iofomi  me 
whether  the  **  Mr.  Dell,"  who  was  sent  by  the 
Conimissjioiiers  as  one  of  the  tniinsters  of  religion 
to  attend  King  Charles  I.  before  his  execution* 
was  I  he  William  Dell,  al\erward8  Master  of  Gonvil 
and  Caius  College,  Cambridge,  and  Rector  of 
Yeldon,  Beds? 

Is  anything  known  of  William  Dell  beyond  the 
iew  sermons  of  his  still  extant  ?  S.  S. 

[William  Dell,  0.D,  received  his  e(]ucatiuii  st  Emanuel 
Collejje,  Cmiibridgc,  where  he  waa  chosen  Fellow,  and 
held  the  living  of  Yeldon,  co.  Bedlbrd.  About  tho  ycsr 
1615  he  became  chaplain  to  the  army,  constantly  attend- 
ing 8ir  Thomas  Fairfax,  and  preacliiog  at  head -quarters. 
On  May  4, 1649,  he  was  made  Master  of  Caius  Coltoge^ 
Cnmbridgc,  which  he  held  with  hi*  living  at  Yeldon  till 
ho  was  ejected  by  the  Act  of  Uniformity.  Although 
tinctured  with  the  enthusiasm  of  the  timea,  he  was  a  man 
of  some  learning,  with  very  peculiar  and  unsettled  princi- 
ples. Wm.  Cole  has  left  a  rery  unfavourable  account  of 
Dr.  Dell  among  bis  MSS.  He  says,  •'On  Dell*B  appoint- 
ment as  Chaplain  to  the  General  Sir  Thomas  Fairfax,  at 
the  surrender  of  the  garrison  at  Oafbrd,  he;,  among  others 
of  hia  tribe,  was  sent  down  there  to  poison  the  principles 
of  that  umversity  i  and  on  tho  morning  of  the  martyr^ 
dom  of  King  Charlei,  he,  wilh  other  bold  and  insokxA 
fanatical  ministcrK^«iaJL^'v>ii^Ss.>^Q&v3s&Tsi^^^ 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[m  S.  V.  J«r.1 


A  better  cause;  iiid  nil  llie  cunfidcncc  and  AssarAnco  pecu- 
liar to  the  ftmalical  tribei  lo  ofler  their  unhallowed  ser- 
vices to  the  blessed  martyr,  whom  they  had  thus  brought 
to  the  si^itifold  ...  .  ,  .  .  *  Dr.  Dell  wajiso  little  curioitH 
where  hia  carcase  was  depoaited,  that  he  ordered  himself 
to  be  buried  ia  a  little  {spiriDey,  or  wood^  on  his  estate 
in  the  parish  tpf  Weslooioj?^,  co.  Beds;  and  I  was  told  hy 
my  worlhy  Rood  friend^  Dr.  Zachary  Grey,  that  hia  son 
irurapbrey  Dell,  riding  or  walking  by  the  Bpitiney  with 
nri  acquaintance,  reflecting  too  Aev&rely  aa  a  bod  upon  liis 
futher't  base  conduct  and  aclings  in  the  Itttc  Rebellioai 
could  uot.  help  exclaiming — pointing  to  the  place  where 
hia  father  WAB  buried^*  There  lies  that  old  rogttc  and  raa- 
caJ^myfaiiier!'"  (Add it.  MS.  5834,  p.  271.)  DeH'aworks 
were  repubUahed  in  2  vols.  8vo.  in  1817.  Vide  T7u  Non^ 
t^m/ormhfs  Jlemorial  by  CaUmy  and  Palmer,  ed.  1802» 
i.  258;  Neal's  Hittory  of  the  Puritan,  c*l  182*2,  v.  191 ; 
and  the  Monthly  MaQOiim,  xv.426.] 

'^^LiHGUA  Tersincta/'  bt  W.  F. — Can  you 
^iveme  any  infomiation  ctmcernmflj  the  foHowmg 
book  ?  I«  it  a  rarity,  or  nf  any  vidue  ?  It  con- 
mu  of  four  parts  cacb  having  a  acparftte  title- 
p<ige:  — 

**  Ling^iia  Terjmncto  \   or,   a  moat  Sure  and  Com  pleat 

Allegorick  Dictionary   ta  the   Holy  Lan^ago  of  The 

i^pirit;  Carefully  and  i^aitbfully  expounding  atid  illUMlral- 

ing  all  the  several  Words  or  Divine  Symbols  in  Drcaiu, 

pViaiion,  and  Apparition.  &c.     By  W.  ¥.,  Esq.,  Author  of 

hilM  Wew  Jerusalem.     London:  Printed  for  tbo  Author, 

'ilidaold  by  E.  Mallet  near  Fleet-bridge,  1703." 

The  other  pgrts  are  —  "  The  Fountain  of  Jloni* 
lion/'  "The  Divine  Grammar;*  *^Thc  Pool  of 
Betheida  wateh*d"  The  first  i)art,  the  title- 
page  of  which  I  have  ^iven  at  length,  runs  (in- 
cluding an  index)  to  ^^^  puges.  Clutoa. 

[Thi«  work  appears  to  be  one  of  the  singular  produL* 
tigtis  of  William  Freke,  Kaq.  (a  youDger  soo  ofThomai> 
Frekcv  £<q.  of  Hanningtoti,  WUtft),  of  Wadham  ColliAge, 
O-Ttfordt  and  aflerwartls  a  barrir»ter  ^i  low.  He  wrolfs 
An  Ku^if  t&tvtirdton  fTnion  Af^irren  LHvifiiity  and MortjUfi/, 
1687,  8vo.  la  thic  hr  styles  himaelf  Gul  Libera  CIavIb, 
I.  r.  Free  Kej%  L  e,  FrtAe.  Also  A  Dialogue^  /*y  wa^  t\f 
Qmttkm  and  AnMPert  comcrrning  the  Vettj^ :  to  wbich  ia 
Addetl,  a  Clear  end  Brief  ConftitatioD  of  the  Doctrine  of 
the  Trinity,  !€[►?>  j  which  he  »ent  to  several  momberd  of 
parliament,  who  voted  ibem  to  be  burnt  in  PiUace  forcl, 
the  author  being  indicted  in  the  Ring's  Beach,  1(J33,  and 
found  guilty,  the  following  year  wos  fined  %>00i,  and  to 
make  a  recantation  in  the  four  courts  in  >\'c!atminster 
Hall,  He  publiahcd  also  a  Dieliomuy  of  I/remm,  4to,  a 
medley  of  folly,  ohfH^Bity,  and  blasphemy.  Although  bia 
ttndvrstanding  wu  derang«d,  he  was  permittod  to  act  sa 
juBlice  of  the  peace  for  many  year*.  Ho  rciiiled  at  tbf 
Cbapelry  of  Hlnton  St.  Mary,  eo,  Dortct,  where  he  dif<i 
in  I74(}.^IIotLhins'B  Dor^Hthirt^  liL  153 ;  Wood's  Athamx^ 
by  Bllas»  iv.  740  j  and  *♦  N.  &  Q.'*  2"'»  S,  at.  188.] 

I^roNAitTTTs  PAMti^GVitrs.^ — Thcfc  If  a  cunoug^ 
and  it  may  be  premmed  a  raro  collection  of 
£it3gi«9  to  tbo  meiuory  of  ihta  penoo,  wl»o  died 


on  May  3,  15fi7.    It  wa*  printed  at  Ratisbon  i 
Aujrust,  1568. 

His  porlniit  in  given  at  the  end  of  the  yoliimi?, 
with  the  following  "  Ilex  as  ti  ebon  "  abovtii  it ;  ^ — 

'*  lata  Leciuarii  r  :     r  ^,^|^ 

Attamen  arti  ilpta  manu. 

Sic  igitur  pftuJ  J   u  :. .    i     .^       i^eunilcai; 
Corporn  vir  pne^tans,  logenioque  fait, 

£t  bene  Chrirticola  de  poateritote  mcrendo, 
ExluUt  bjirinouim  dogmata  sacra  modia.** 

The  woodcut,  notwithfitandin^  the  stut^oseflt 
above,  has  every  appearance  of  being  a  good 
likeness.  Paminger  has  on  him  a  fur  robe«  Mnd 
holds  in  his  hand  vr hat  seems  to  be  a  music  book* 
He  is  represented  as  being  seventy-three  years  c»f 
ajre.  Where  can  any  account  be  found  of  him  cir 
hia  works  P  J»  At. 

[Loocard  Pamlnger,  or  PamFger,  an  eminetit  motlcal 
composer  of  the  dxleenth  century,  resident  at  Pataan, 
was  a  learned  man  and  intimate  friend  of  Luth«r.  H» 
computed  a  great  variety  of  church  music,  edited  bjr  Ills 
BOO  after  his  decease,  and  published  at  different  potiodiw 
1 573,  1 .57(>,  15^0.  See  Diet ianurtf  of  MasiciaHi^  ed.  1 821*  ii. 
259.] 

Mi5s  Bailey.  —  The  popular  sona:  of  "  Unfor- 
tunate Miss  Barley  **  was  admirabTy  translated 
into  Latin  not  later,  I  think,  than  1807  or  1808* 
Can  any  one  oblige  we  by  stating  where  I  can 
find  the  Latin  vcreion  in  question  ?  Eurydice  if 
dying  to  see  it.  OaPH&cra. 

[As  probably  many  olhere  would  be  as  pleased  to  art 
%Vim  Bailey  in  her  Latin  costume  aa  Eur^'dice,  me  iuf»« 
joiii  atopy  of  it: — 

**Sedu?:  ii,  reci^ptus  in  hyberai\ 

Prairi  .^e  tran^ttilit  Avemi^ 

impr*ut.^ .-_.....,  ^<!d  acriufi  potabat, 

Ef,  consciua  facinons,  per  vina  clauiitabat — 

*  MiBeram  Bulisira,  infortunatam  fiaUam, 
Prodi  Lam,  irnditatu,  iniscrnmamque  Baliaoi.* 

**  Ardentc  demujn  siinguiQi*,  Uum  repAit  ad  cuhik, 
♦  Ah,  belle  p-    '*■■'.    »   ♦  -*.  <i»tiim  vile!* 
Nfictumji'  4  )  multaf*  imag^dtra 

Anteoraictui  iniojis  ira, 

*  A»pi«'e  Bdliaiii,  iiilurtuualiJUi  U.iliam, 
Froditam,  traditam,  miherriinamque  Baliam.* 


iSuiiLidaiii  ijuii>at«.'r  nuucupiiL,  ^y-A  Uin  culpa,  Cainuf^ju 
TiiA  culpa,  camifcx,  qui  violasU  Baliam, 

Pt'  '  ' *     '  *  '    — imamque  Bsliam,* 

"*bui  iranitidi  quam  pakbll 

Hos  n      ,    ,  ^  j]iabere  si:pttlchri  J ' 

Turn  Lcuiurifl  non  tacicj  ut  anlca  iracundior, 
Argentum  ridenjt  numurat,  fit  ipsa  vox  jucuudiof— 
*  i^alve,  Riihi  corculum !  Ittsiatt  satis  Baliam ; 
Vrtlo,  mrhl  corculum!  nunc  hide,*!  via,  allatn.*" 

It  was  written  by  the  Iter.  G,  FI,  GlasBe,  aod  printed 
in  the  Grnttfmaf^*t  Mognzifu  for  Aogast,  180$,  ytiL  Ucjtr* 
pt.  2,  p.  7:^0] 

Strnunr  QtiK«t>i.  —  L  When  an  Engliahtnaa 
would  iajT  ^  I  got  a  regular  scoldiqg  for  tkot^  m 


»s.T.  jAK.2a,'6i.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERNS. 


77 


Seotcbnuin  wmild  any  ^*  I  got  my  kail  through  tlie 
reck  for  thaL''  What  is  the  origin  of  this  kst 
phrase? 

2.  Were  Supiyrville's  sermons  vvcr  Iranslated 
from  the  Freacb  into  English  ? 

3.  Is  there  an  Englkh  tranalaiiim  of  Saurin*s 

[1,  Jatnieson  «cpUiB»tbe  plinue,  bat  does  out  giive  its 
origTiD'  **  *  To  gic  one  hm  kail  throw  tbe  r«fik,*  la  to  give 
one  a  s«vcre  reproof^to  iubject  to  »  severe  scolding  match. 
"  U  h«  brings  in  th«  Gleagylo  folk,  and  the  GJenflnlaA  and 
Bdqubiddfsr  I  ads.  be  may  romti  to  gie  yott  joar  kaO 
throagb  the  re<sfc/    i£o'*  itiy,  iii.  75/* 

2*  Daniel  de  8up«rville'&  Scrmonii  Iiatc  been  tronftUted 
hf  John  Reynolds,  2  voU.  8vo*  York,  lerj;  and  by 
John  Allen,  with  Memoirp,  Lond«  8vo,  1816. 

5,  Jtmes  Saiinn*s  Sennons  have  been  traoilated  by 
Robert  Eobinwn,  Dr.  Henry  Hiint<T,  and  Jowph  Sut- 
diiTe,  in  8  vols.  8yo,  fifth  edition,  1812.  ] 

MoTTOss  AJfP  C0AT8  or  Asara.  — Could  you 
direct  me  In  what  book  I  can  (iiiU  tbe  mottoes 
used  by  »omc  of  the  nobility  (pcera^s  now  ex* 
ttnct)^  with  their  coats  of  iirmf?.  about  the  toidiilc 
of  the  fieventcciiih  century  ?  The  i-rost  and  arms 
are  found  in  many  works  on  heraldry,  but  tbe 
mottoes  ore  not  given  In  any  work  I  have  con- 
aulted.  G.  W. 

QTbe  following  worka  may  be  consulted  :  Svtik  of  Fa- 
mify  LVtat^  and  Motioe$^  with  4000  engravings  of  tbe 
Crif*)i»i  of  the  Peers  and  Gentry  of  England  nnd  W&le«, 
SrotlAnd  »ind  Irutand  :  a  DicttouHry  of  MottocS|  JSrc.  — 
Klvitfd  iJttnd'Bnok  of  Mntfftfgf  trAnfibted  witll  Notes  nnd 
Qnotations,  12mo»  1 800.  ^  Kairbaim's  CWmIb  <*J'  Great 
Sritnin  and  Inland,  by  Butters,  2  vols^roy.  8vo^  18flb] 

"The  ATiiiatAi«  MtaciiBi.'*  —  Over  what 
period  of  time  did  thii^  publicntion  extend  ?  Who 
were  the  writers  therein  ?     Are  copiea  scarce  ? 

R  A.  G. 

DuQgatioosi^  Ireland. 

[The  Athtniun  Mercury  «ii«  a  eontinustion  of  tKe 
Aihmian  Gazette  under  another  title*  both  of  them  super- 
uitcmled  by  that  4?i,cefttrie  Irooksellor,  Jobn  DunUm, 
-  assisted  by  the  Rev.  BaitiQfd  Wifsley,  !^lr.  Richard  SatiJl, 
aad  l>r.  Norris.  Tlic  first  number  of  the  At/unian  Ga- 
gttie  was  published  17th  Martb,  1690-],  and  that  of  the 
AthtHmn  Mercurtf  Idth  Dec  26$^:  the  last  number  eame 
out  on  iUooday,  lilh  June,  1(197,  Both  works  at  last 
flweltad  to  twenty  volumes  fuHo;  these  becoming  (Vcry 
•caieew  a  ooUoctJon  of  the  most  curious  questions  and 
answers  was  reprinted  under  the  title  of  The  Ath€nian 
Ofoekt  in  4  vols.  8to.  Ckinsolt  KiehoU*t  Liientry  Ante* 
doitM,  Iv.  74.  77  i  V,  fi7-73 1  and  "  JT.  d^  Q,"  I-  a  v,  280 ; 
ti.436.] 

"  NoTRS  TO  SitAJtspSARis/* — Who  19  the  author 
of  Not  fit  and  Various  Beadin^s  to  Shakspeare, 
Lond.  Edw,  anil  Chws,  Dilly  f  The  Jiddresa  to  the 
reader  ia  subscribed  "£.  U.,"  and  dated  1774.    I 


have  only  the  first  part    Was  a  second  presented 
to  tliG  public  ?  Wtjjnb  E.  Baxt&b. 

[This  appcai'i  tu  ha  the  flfbt  volume  of  Edward  Capeirs 
AW«ji  and  Varhtta  Retidirigg  ia  ShaJtMpeare.  Load.  177IM80» 
4tOt  3  rols,  VoL  iii.  of  this  work  Is  entitled  "  The  School 
iff  Shakspeaf e,  or  Authentic  Extracts  from  divers  Kugliih 
B(H;ks  that  were  in  print  in  that  A  uthor*8  Time,  evidently 
show  jug  fram  wbeuce  his  f4blaB  were  taken."] 


Hr^Iifjif. 


TO  K  LAPWING :  CHt KCHWAKDENS*  ACCOLNTS. 
(3***  S*  iii.  423  ;  v.  10.) 

1  thank  Mr.  Mac  Cade  for  his  note^  as  it  throws 
light,  I  thinks  on  an  old  provincial  word  that  has 
pusticlcd  me  very  much.  In  the  church  wardens' 
arcounts  of  a  parish  in  Dorset,  1701-24,  1  found 
amoug.st  the  various  and  numerous  payments  for 
**  varments' "  heads  one  entry  which  all  inquiry 
had  hitherto  failed  to  elucidate,  vix.  the  payment 
of  urie  shilling  per  dozen  for  "popes*  popa,  or 
poops'  heads,**  Wlicther  bird  or  beast  remained  a 
mystery. 

In  the  parochial  accounts  of  Chedder,  Somerset, 
*' woope's  heads"  are  mentioned —  a  synonymous 
word,  it  seemed  probable,  vai-ying;  with  tbe  dialects 
of  the  two  counties.  It  now  turn^i  out  that  pupti 
la  an  obsolete  French  word,  and  synonymous  with 
huppc^  hoop  (Bailey's  Dici.\  a  lapwing. 

^V^hy  a  price  should  have  been  put  on  the  head 
of  this  barmk'ss  and  beautiful  bird  I  won't  pre- 
tend to  say,  unlejis  it  were  from  the  mi^tiikeu 
opinion  Ihut  it  fed  ou  the  g^rain  in  those  cornfiolds 
which  it  often  frequented  for  the  purpose  of  pro- 
curinjj  its  natural  food.  The  names  by  which  it 
was  known  in  this  countiy  150  years  ago  seem  to 
be  quite  obsolete  now.  W.  W.  S. 

Your  correspondent  W.  B,  Mac  Cauk  wishes 

to  know  whether  "  the  lapwing,  so  remarkable  a 
bird  in  ancient  lore  and  legend^  holds  any  import- 
ance  in  the  folk-lore  of  England."  I  am  not 
aware  that  the  lapwing  {Vaftellus  cruftattts^  Flero.) 
1i;{ures  at  all  as  a  remarkable  bu^d  in  ancient  lore. 
The  pupu  uuquestionabty  denotes  the  hoopoe 
(Ujm/Mi  epopti),  a  bird  belonging  to  an  entirely 
diflterent  onlcr,  and  which  has  been  long,  and  is 
htill,  regarded  in  the  East  with  superstition.  It 
is  the  ^iro(^  of  the  Greeks,  and  the  ypuita  of  Pliny, 
and  certainly  the  term  is  used  in  a  restricted 
sense  to  signify  the  hoofioc  alone.  In  my  article 
on  **  Lapwing,"  in  Dr.  Smith's  Diet,  of  (he  Bibh\ 
I  have  endeavoured  to  show  that  the  hoopoe  is 
the  bird  meant  by  the  Hebrew  diihrphath.  Tlie 
Egyptians  seem  to  have  spoken  of  this  bird  under 
the  name  of  koukonpha  (see  Ilora polio,  i.  55  j  and 
comp.  Lcemau's  notes ;  Jablotikl  O^^c^^a^^^  ^^^^^ 


78 


NOTES  AND  QUEBIES. 


[sr-av.  jaium;««4. 


Bochart^  Hierof^.  Hi.  107-115,  ed.  Rosenmuller.) 
The  Arabs  call  it  hudhud;  comp.  Mooro,  LaUa 
Uookh^  p.  395  (ed,  Lond.,  one  vol.  1850)— 

*'  Fresh  as  the  fountain  underground. 
When  first  'tis  by  the  lapwing  found  "  — 

where  Moore  has  the  following  note :  "  The  bud- 
hud  or  lapwing  is  supposed  to  have  the  power  of 
dbcovering  water  underground."  (See  "Lapwing," 
Smith's  DicL)  The  blood  of  this  bird  was  be- 
lieved by  the  Arabs  to  have  supernatural  eSects. 
To  this  day  tbey  ascribe  magical  powers  to  the 
hoopoe,  and  call  it  the  **  Doctor."  As  to  the  old 
French  word  pupu^  I  refer  your  correspondent 
to  Belon,  LHistoire  de  la  Nat,  des  Oyaeaux^  p. 
293,  who  says  :  — 

**  Nous  luy  donnons  ce  nom  (Ja  huppe)  Ik  cause  de  sa 
creste,  mais  lea  Grecs  Tont  nominee  ejDop<,  h  cause  de  son 
cr^.  Nous  la  nommos  un  pvput :  car,  en  oultre  ce  qu*e11e 
fait  son  nid  d*ordure,  aussi  fait  une  voix  en  chantant  qui 
dlt  puput" 

I  need  not  say  that  the  account  of  the  materials 
which  arc  here  said  to  form  the  nest  of  the  hoopoe, 
—  originally  proceeding  from  Aristotle,  though 
still,  Ibelieve,  credited  by  some  of  the  lower  orders 
in  Prance,  —  contains  a  gross  libel  on  the  bird, 
which,  it  is  true,  is  not  very  cleanly  in  its  habits, 
but  is  not  so  bad  as  is  reported. 

Prom  the  fact  of  the  lapwing,  or  peewit,  having 
a  crest,  and  being  a  better  known  bird  in  Europe, 
it  is  easy  to  see  how  la  huppe  might  occa- 
sionally be  used  to  denote  this  bird.  The  lap- 
wing, according  to  Dr.  Leyden,  quoted  by  Yar- 
rell  (DnY.  BirdSjU,  484,  ed.  2nd),  is  still  regarded 
as  an  unlucky  bird  in  consequence  of  the  Cove- 
nanters in  the  time  of  Charles  II.  having  been 
discovered  by  their  pursuers  from  the  flight  and 
screaming  of  these  restless  birds. 

W.  Houghton. 


PARISH  REGISTERS:  TOMBSTONES  AND  THEIR 

INSCRIPTIONS. 

(Z'^  S.  iv.  226,  317.) 

If  it  would  be  performing  a  really  useful  work, 
and  if  others  will  take  it  up,  I  will  do  my  part 
by  copying  the  inscriptions  on  all  the  tombstones 
in  the  churchyard  of  my  parish.  I  have  often 
thought  of  doing  it,  but  have  never  had  resolu- 
tion. Some  of  my  friends  tell  me  it  is  not  neces- 
sary,  for  that  the  parish  register  is  quite  enough 
for  all  purposes.  It  may  however  be  remarked, 
that  the  register  contains  the  date  of  the  burial, 
but  not  the  day  of  the  death,  as  the  stone  does. 
In  some  registers  I  know,  I  have  seen  occa- 
sionally both  circumstances  recorded ;  but  this  is 
rare.  And  the  stone  contains  more  than  the 
register.  It  generally  mentioni  the  age  of  the 
deceased  person,  or  date  of  birth  ;  together  with 
some  genealogical  particular,  as  whose  son  or 


daughter.  AnTiQUABnis  and  £.  are  ^mte  lif^t 
ill  advocating  the  desirableness  of  having  copies 
taken  of  all  parish  registers  down  to  the  time 
whenUhey  first  began  to  be  made  in  duplicate. 
The  insecure  places  in  which  these  valuable  books 
are  kept,  in  moat  parishes,  is  a  subject  deserving 
the  most  severe  censure.  I  know  instances,  and 
have  heard  of  others,  where  the  register  has  been 
burnt  or  otherwise  destroyed ;  because  it  was  in 
some  closet  at  the  vicarage  instead  of  safe  in  the 
parish  chest,  where  it  ousht  to  be.  All  the 
original  registers  ought  to  be  deposited  in  some 
central  office  in  London  (accessible  to  the  public 
of  course),  and  an  attested  copy  of  each  one  fur- 
nished to  each  parish.  It  has  always  been  mar- 
vellous to  me  that  some  Member  of  Parliament 
has  never  taken  up  this  truly  national  subject. 
And  it  is  high  time  that  some  check  should  be 
put  upon  the  reckless  destruction  of  old  churches 
that  is  now  going  on  all  over  the  country.  How 
many  crimes  are  committed  in  the  name  of 
**  restoration ! "  Of  course,  it  b  the  interest  of 
architects  to  knock  one  church  down,  and  build 
up  another.  A  clergyman  consults  an  architect 
on  the  state  of  his  church ;  and  then,  very  soon 
afterwards,  unconsciously  to  himself,  becomes 
little  better  than  a  puppet  in  the  hands  of  his 
architect.  Many  of  our  old  churches,  which  are 
now  being  levelled  with  the  ground,  might  be  re- 
tained to  the  admiration  of  generations  yet  un- 
born, if  the  spirit  of  preservation,  instead  of  the 
spirit  of  destruction,  were  more  prevalent  in  the 
land.  It  would  be  well  for  our  churches,  if  ever/ 
vicar  of  a  parish  were  something  of  an  architect, 
for  so  indeed  he  ought  to  be.  In  that  case  he 
would  be  the  master  over  his  architect,  instead 
of  being  his  servant,  as  he  is  now  in  too  many  in- 
stances. As  for  churchwardens,  they  need  not  be 
named ;  because  they  are,  generally,  three  degrees 
more  ignorant,  and  ten  degrees  more  pig-headed, 
than  their  betters.  It  has  long  been  a  dictum 
with  me,  that  not  one  clergyman  in  ten,  or  one 
churchwarden  in  a  hundred,  is  fit  to  have  the  care 
of  his  own  church  or  parish  rcffister.  These 
are  hard  words,  no  doubt ;  but  I  beg  to  say  this 
opinion  has  been  forced  upon  me  by  clergymen 
and  churchwardens  themselves.  I  have  watched 
them  from  time  to  time,  and  have  found  them 
wanting.  Remember,  I  am  speaking  of  the  great 
majority :  for  there  are  some  few  honourable  ex- 
ceptions, but  only  a  few.  Let  clergymen  study  a 
little  of  architecture,  and  a  little  of  antiquities ;  and 
then  they  would  be  better  able  to  appreciate  the 
venerable  features  in  the  fabric  of  their  churches, 
and  guard  them  with  a  jealous  care  against  the 
sweeping  measures  of  an  architect,  or  the  igno- 
rance ofchurchwardens.  P.  HuTCHncsoir. 
Bldmonth. 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES, 


TO 


I 

I 

I 


»T,  PATRICK  AND  THK  811AHKCICK. 

(3"^  S,  V.  40.  tiO.) 

While  innocently  wandering  in  tlio  pleasant 
meads  of  literary  antiquities,  culling  a  flower  hero 
and  there,  and  occasionally  interchanf;ing  courte- 
Btii^  wUIi  cniiK^intal  spiriu  delighting  in  similar 
pni'Bui:  Iiat  1  have  unwittingly  fituriibled 

into  a  I      :  uda  Barbara  of  something  very 

like  odimn  iheoiogicunu  Of  course,  the  conse<^uent 
explosion  took  place,  sudden^  fierce,  and  strong 
as  a  treble  charge  could  make  it,  but,  with  respect 
to  myself,  quite  innocuous ;  In  all  frood  feel  in;?,  I 
earnei^tly  hope  that  the  magazine  has  suITeriid  a^ 
little  injury  a^  the  intruder,  and  that  the  cnj^inecrs 
have  not  been  hoisted  by  their  own  petards* 

First  in  place,  as  first  in  ability  and  can il our, 
appears  F.  C.  H.  Dis  argument,  if  it  be  worthy 
of  the  name,  has  no  reference  to  what  St.  Patrick 
did  or  did  not,  but  as  to  what  he  (F.  C.  IL)  would 
do,  if  placed  in  aimilar  circumstances,  and  just 
amounts  to  this — I  would  do  it,  argal  St.  Patrick 
did.  Apart  from  it;*  obvious  weakness,  this  is  a 
niogt  dangerous  method  of  dealing  with  things 
anirttuiil,  Kliminate  the  beautiful  Lmguajrc  and 
tlorid  Frv'nch  sentiment  from  M.  Rcnun  s  Fi«  de 
Jc9xu(t  and  we  shall  find  a  very  similar  absence  of 
reaftuning,  if  I  may  so  express  myself,  inipotently 
bninJIshed  against  the  miracles  of  our  Saviour  — 
M.  Kenan  cojinot  work  miracles,  he  would  not  if 
he  could,  and  therefore,  &c.  &c,  I  have  not  the 
honour  of  being  personally  acquainted  with 
F.  C.  H,,  but  from  his  communications  in  this 
Journal,  I  believe  him  to  be  a  Christian  gentleman 
and  scholar,  a  man  of  common  sense,  and  more 
than  ordinary  ability;  nevertheless,  he  must  ex- 
cuse me  for  not  placmg  him  in  the  same  category 
as  St,  Patrick,  the  venerated  Apostle  of  my  mucu 
loved  native  land,  "  What  could  any  enemy  to 
Christianity  have  hoped  to  gain  by  inventing  such 
a  story  Y  **  asks  F.  C,  II.  I  answer,  the  story  is 
one  eminently  calculated  to  throw  contempt  on 
the  sacre«l  mystery  of  the  Trinity ;  but  I  would 
certainly  despair  of  being  able  to  bring  F.  C.  H, 
to  my  opinion. 

With  respect  to  Canon  Daj*ton*9  communica- 
tion,  I  am  sorry  to  say   it  is  characterised  by 

Dthing  less  than   dislngcnuousness.      He   says, 

Huding  to  me,  **  Your  correspondent  supposes 
that  8ti  Patrick  compared  the  Shamrock  to  the 
mystery  of  the  Trinity,**  This  is  incorrect ;  my 
]>'  on  the  contrary,  an  objection  to  that 

isi  s  as  expressed  by  others.    Again,  he 

iay:i,  *'iMa.  Piara^EaTON  refers  to  the  well-known 
treatise  of  St,  Augustine  De  Trinttate.**  This 
al!io  ii :  ;  I  referred  to  and  related  a  legend 

of  St,  ,  said  to  have  occurred  when  he 

w-  jjt  TrinitaU*     Cawow  Dai>ton  then 

:<'  .  Augustine's  verM  illustration  of  the 

Ttii.iv/*  .iiid  ends  by  saying,  '*  I  maintain  that 


these  two  different  illustrations,  made  usfe  of  by 
St,  Patrick  and  St,  Augustine,  are  far  from  being] 
abijurd  or  egregiously  irreverent,"  thereby  im- 
plying that  I  had  applied  these  epithets  to  St. 
Augustine'd  illustration  —  which  ogain  is  incor' 
rect. 

It  IS  curiotis  to  observe  how  the  word  ill  us  tr a* 
tion  has   been  modiHed  by  F.  C*  IT.  and  Cxnosi 
Daltow,  since  they  first  used  it,  regarding  this 
alleged  act  of  St.  Patrick.   The  former  now  termtj 
it  *'  some  sort  of  illustration,  however  feeble  anil 
imperfect,"  and  the  latter,  **  a  faint  illustration.'*  1 
To  illustrate  a  subject  is  literally  to  throw  Ughl  | 
upon  it,  and  may  bo  done  either  rhetorically,  or,] 
in  our  commonest  use  of  the  word  at  the  pivsent 
day,   by  a  pictorial  or  material  representation  | 
the  latter,  of  course,  being  the  stronger  and  muro  1 
forcible,     A  wretched  man,  named  Carlile,  a  foiff  | 
years  ago,  exposed  in  his  shop- window  in  FleciJ 
Street,  a  hideous   enj;ravlng,   under  which  were 
the   words    "  Jews  and   Christians,  behold  your 
God !  "     A  Jewish  gentlem.'m  smashed  the  pane, 
and  in  consequence  was  taken  before  a  magistrate. 
The  gentleman   pleaded  just  indignation   as 
excuse ;  while   Carlile  urged  that  the  cng^ raving 
was  carefully  made  from  Scriptural  descrij)tions  c ' 
the  Deity,     The  magistrate  at  once  dlsmtssed  th 
case,  observing  that  the  ex^iosure  of  such  an  en* 
graving  was  a  blasphemous  insult  to   the  com- 
munity at   large,      Suppoiic   Carlile  had  put  a 
shamrock  in  his  window,  and  had  written  beneath 
it,   Christians,  behold  your  Trinity  ! — would  the 
blasphemy  or  insult  be  any  the  less  ? 

I  could  say  something  of  the  word  compartsoai 
its  derivation  from  the  Latin  com  par^  sii^nifyingJ 
the  putting  together  of  equals ;  of  the  well-knownl 
mode  of  comparison  by  illustration  ;  but  I  fear  i|| 
would  be  of  little  service  to  persona  seeminglj^I 
ignorant  of  the  meanbig  of  the  simple  word  trudi*  ' 
iion.     (Vide  a'**  S,  iv.  187,  233,  •>f>3). 

D.  P.  points  out  **  that  the  appearance  of  the 
fleur-dc-lys    on   the   mariner's   compass   has    no 
bearing  at  all",  upon  my  case.     As  in  the  same 
paragraph,  I  wa.s  endeavouring  to  show  that  "  the 
triad  is  still  a  favourite^  figure  In    national  and 
heraldic  emblems,"  I  am  certain  that  it  hujj  a  very 
extended  and  important  bearing.      For  D.  P.*b 
information    on   tlie   antiquity  of  the  nianner'f| 
compass,  I  am  obliged  \  but  as  an  old  sailor  and' 
traveller  in  almost  all  parts  of  the  globe,  who  has 
long  studied  the  history  of  that  most  valuable 
instrument,  I  fancy  that  I  know  much  more  about| 
it  than  is  to  be  found  either  in  Moreri  ur  Dtt^ 
Fresnoy. 

The  legend  of  St.  Augustine,  which   D.   P. 
terms  a  well-known  incident  in  the  life  of  tliat  J 
saint,  is  not  apposite,  I  am  told.     If  words  havel 
any  meaning,  it  was  not  intended  to  be  so.     I 
designated  it  as  charinistg  and  inatnictive,  while  I 
stigmatised  the  story  of  St.  Patrick  ^  ^Jr^qc^^'^^ 


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[«^s.v.  jAw.2a,'«4. 


not  egregiously  irreyerent.  As  these  last  words 
refer  to  a  simple  matter  of  opinion,  and  seem  to 
have  jriven  onence,  I  retract  them,  with  regret 
that  I  had  ever  used  them ;  though,  of  course,  my 
opinion  remains  unchanged.  And  it  is  consoling 
to  me,  in  this  case,  to  be  informed  bj  F.  C.  H. 
that  **  no  one  is  bound  to  believe  the  tradition  of 
St.  Patrick  and  the  Shamrock/*  Having  thus 
retracted  my  expression  of  opinion,  I  shall  con- 
clude with  a  matter  of  fact.  The  reply  of  F.  C.  H. 
though  feeble,  was  at  least  fair;  but  the  com- 
munications of  Cakon  Dalton  and  D.  P.  are 
tainted  by  either  a  stolid  misapprehension,  or 
wilful  perversion,  of  what  I  did  write.  And  I 
confidently  appeal  to  the  grand  jury,  formed  by 
the  intelligent  readers  of  "  N.  &  Q.,'*  if  this  lan- 
^age  be  too  strong  for  the  occasion. 

WliUAM  PiNKERTON. 

Honnslow. 


JOHN  SHURLEY. 

(3"*  S.  iv.  499.) 

ThiB  author,  John  Shurley,  or  Shirley  (for  he 
wrote  his  name  both  ways),  was  a  voluminous 
writer  of  ephemeral  productions  in  the  last  quar- 
ter of  the  seventeenth  century.  He  is,  undoubt- 
edly, the  person  so  graphically  described  in  the 
following  passage  from  old  John  Dunton^s  Life 
and  Errors :  — 

"  Mr.  Shirley  (jaliai  Dr.  Shirley)  is  a  goodnatured 
writer,  as  I  knoir.  He  has  been  an  indefatigable  press- 
mauler  for  above  these  twenty  years.  He  has  pubii»hed 
at  least  a  hundred  boand  books,  and  about  two  hundred 
sermons ;  but  the  cheapest,  pretty,  pat  things,  all  of  them 
pence  a-piece  as  long  as  they  will  run.  His  great  talent 
lies  at  coUectunif  and  he  vnW  do  it  for  you  at  six  shillings 
a  sheet.  He  knows  to  disguise  an  author  that  you  shall 
not  know  him,  and  yet  keep  the  sense  and  tne  main 
scope  entire.  He  is  as  true  as  steel  to  his  word,  and 
would  slave  off  his  feet  to  oblige  a  bookseller.  He  is 
usually  very  fortunate  in  what  be  goes  upon.  He  wrote 
Lord  Jeffreyt^g  Lift  for  me,  of  which  six  thousand  were 
Rold.  After  all,  ho  subsists,  as  other  authors  must  expect, 
by  a  sort  of  geometry."— Edit.  1818,  i.  181. 

Besides  numeroua  small  tracts  and  ballads, 
mostly  printed  by  "  William  Thackeray  in  Duck 
Lane,"  Shirley  was  the  author  of  the  following 
works,  chiefly  "  collections  "  as  Dunton  expresses 
it— a  list  very  far  short  of  the  "  hundred  bound 
books  **  which  came  from  his  ready  pen :  — 

1.  The  Most  Delightful  History  of  Reynard  the  Fox, 
in  heroic  verse.    4to,  1681. 

2.  The  Renowned  History  of  Guy,  Earl  of  Warwick; 
containing  his  noble  Exploits  and  \ictories.    4to,  1G81. 

3.  Ecclesiastical  History  EpitomizM.    8vo,  1G82-A. 

4.  The  Honour  of  Chivalry ;  or,  the  Famous  and  De- 
lecUble  History  of  Don  Bellianii  of  Greece.  Translated 
out  of  Italian.    4to,  1688. 

5.  The  History  of  the  Wars  of  Uangary,  or  an  Ac- 
(coant  of  the  Miseries  of  that  Kingdom.    Inao,  1685. 

6.  The  lllnstrions  History  of  Women ;  the  whole  Work 


enrich'd  and  intermixed  with  corioos  Poetry  and  delicate 
Fancie.    8vo,  1686. 

7.  The. Accomplished  Ladle's  rich  Closet  of  Rarities. 
12mo,  1688. 

8.  The  True  Impartial  History  of  the  Wars  of  the 
Kingdom  of  Ireland.    12mo,  1692. 

9.  The  Unfortunate  Favorite;  or,  Memoirs  of  the 
Life  of  the  late  Lord  Chancellor  [  Jeffieries].    8vo,  n.  d. 

When  T.  B.  says,  '*  there  is  no  mention  of  him 
[J.  Shurley]  in  Bohn*s  edition  of  Lowndes,'*  he  ia 
in  error.  The  works  in  the  above  list,  marked  2, 
6,  7,  and  8,  are  duly  chronicled  by  Lowndes  ;  but 
under  Shirley,  not  Shurley.  There  should  have 
been  a  counter  reference  under  the  latter  name. 
In  this  respect  much  might  be  done  towards  im- 

E roving  this  (with  all  its  errors)  valuable  hand- 
ook  to  the  literary  collector. 
Anthony  Wood  mentions  a  John  Shirley,  the 
son  of  a  London  bookseller  of  the  same  name, 
who  was  bom  in  1648,  and  entered  Trinity  Col- 
lege in  1664.  But  for  the  certain  fact  that  this 
person  died  at  Islington  in  1679,  I  should  have 
imagined  him  to  have  been  the  John  Shirier  of 
whom  I  have  giren  a  notice ;  especially  as  Yr  ood 
tells  us  '*  he  published  little  things  of  a  sheet  and 
half-a-sheet  of  paper.** 

Dunton,  it  wdl  be  seen,  calls  our  author  '*  Mr. 
Shirley,  alias  Dr.  Shirley."  If,  therefore,  wc  sup- 
pose him  to  have  been  originally  educated  for  the 
medical  profession,  he  may  have  been  the  author 
of  the  following  works,  unnoticed  by  Lowndes  or 
his  editor.  They  were  certwnly  written  by  a  John 
Shirley :  — 

1.  A  Short  Compendium  of  Chirurgery.    8vo,  1678. 

2.  The  Art  of  Rowling  and  Bolstring,  that  id,  the 
Method  of  Dressing  and  Binding  up  the  several  Parts. 
8vo,  1683. 

Edward  F.  Ribibault. 


Fr£nch  Coronets  (3"*  S.  iv.  372.)— lu  answer 
to  M.  B.,  there  are  descriptions  and  engravings  of 
the  coronets  worn  by  the  French  nobility  in  Sel- 
den's  Titles  of  Honour^  and  in  the  Vicorate  de 
Magny*s  Science  dn  Blason,     Paris,  1S58. 

F.  D.  H. 

Baroness  (3"*  S.  v.  54.)  —  Foreign  titles  give 
no  rank  in  this  country.  The  daughter  of  a  baron 
would  be  received  as  the  daughter  of  a  baron  by 
the  style  to  which  she  is  entitled  in  her  own 
country.  G, 

Thr  Bloodt  Hand  (S'*  S.  v.  54.)  — Your  cor- 
respondent has  raised  two  questions  upon  false 
data :  a  reference  to  one  of  the  thousand  patents 
which  exist  would  have  shown  that  no  such  grant 
was  made  to  baronets  and  their  descendants.  For 
then*  greater  honour  and  distinction  all  baronets 
of  Ensland  and  Ireland,  as  do  now  the  baronets  of 
the  United  Kinsdom,  enjoy  the  privile|ire  granted 
to  them  and  **  their  heurs  male  *^  of  their  body,  of 


SMS.T.  Ja)i.SS.'$4.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


81 


beiAring  in  a  cjintan  n  hand  gules,  which  wmi  in 
faof  a  grant  to  the  baronet  for  the  time  being, 
and  h  a  distinction  borne  bj,  and  pt*rM)Qal  to,  the 
individuals  enjoying  and  |>ossessed  of  the  dignity. 
Such  a  grant  as  your  correspondent  alledgesj  wouU 
have  overshadowed  the  land  by  this  time  with  the 
«  Bloody  hand  of  Ulster."  G. 

Ajims  of  Saxony  (3"*  S,  v.  12,  64.)  —  Let  lue 
add  a  passage  from  Fllessbach^s  Muntzsarnmlttft^^ 
to  what  Dk  Leth  saja  about  the  arms  of  Man- 
ov*»r ;  — 

"  ETaQXiovcr  bat  kcin  clgcothUmUchei  Wappea.  Aof 
i1«iii  Revf^r^  det'  Muiizea  ^eigl   sieh  entweder  das  Alt- 

JoKir  DAvmsoM. 

Satibical  Sokmet  :  Gt>Z36o  anh  Pasquim  (a'" 
S.  lii,  15 L) — Chevreau  gives  a  sonnet  by  M.  des 
TTeteaux,  founded  on  Martiars  Viiam  qu<t  fact* 
ttnl  beathrem  (lib.  x.  ep.  47),  and  says :  — 

**  Un  Abh4  <I<n  avott  la  le  sonrint  rrut  me  donaer  quel 
que  chose  de  fort  hou*  eu  roe  donoiiat  h  Boiiie  U  soiin«^t 
qui  suit :  ^^ 

"  HftT^r  la  mogUe  brutta  ed  iiigelo^liL; 

Atnar  chi  mni  veder  non  hS  po69A ; 

K  ritmvArii  in  rour  quAndo  9*ii}g;roa9ii« 
V*  non  avcT  da  chi  aperar  aita ; 
Lo  star  soUngo  in  parte  erma,  e  rotnita; 

Viver  prigioiie  in  sotteirvnea  fotSia^ 

H.iver  il  mal  FnmceM  iniiuo  al  usuf 
£  eof  tiiig^kiido  dtnipesaar  1ft  vita. 
Haver  Ferrarj,  e  zingari  vici«i ; 

Ti  attar  con  gt^Dte  ctihmoniosa ; 
L'  hiivvr  b,  fitr  cou  b(j«ti,  e  %-cttoriiJii  j 

Orto  rend  on  la  vitn  iKaai  noiosA  % 
Ma  nUf  ft  Komn  o  nna  Uarer  qriittnoii 

E  piu  d*ogQ*  ultra  msoppurubil  cfxta."* 

Chevrtmna,  t.  i.  p.  295»  AmsL  174X1. 

GravtnA  settled  at  Rome,  in  \i)S5,  Hin  repu- 
tation WSB  high^  and  be  was  the  prinripal  founder 
of  the  Arcadians  in  1695 ;  but  he  waa  not  ap- 
pointcd  Professor  of  Civil  Law  tiU  1699.  His 
temper  was  not  gooil,  im  may  be  seen  by  tho 
ttanels  between  him  and  Sergardt,  and  probably 
'  wa»  unrjniet  at  waiting  »o  long  for  promo- 
^.     The  Letter M  from  Rotna  (tnd  Bologrtu  arc 

^d  16yiJ.    Chevreau  does  not  say  when  he  met 

the  "Abbe'*;  but  supposing  him  to  t>e  Gravina, 
we  may  guesa  that  the  sonnet  as  described  in  the 
LeUers  was  written  in  an  impatient  spirit  before 
the  appointment,  and  the  sting  chimg»:»d  from*  **to 
acek  promotion  at  Rome  without  ready  money/' 
to  •*  jtor  in  Roma  e  juyji  aaer  fputtJrim^**  af^er  it. 
He  might  have  (bought  the  sonnet  too  cood  to  be 
loflt,  ihouph  the  point  waa  r^noiled,  a*  »ie  evil  of 
being  w  1 1 V  =  i ey  Lk  not  felt  more  at  Knfn«^  than 

in  iUJi"}  ^9.    I  think  this  is  enough  Ut  fix 

the  imtJi<jisiijji  *u  fho  Hni'  ^  '  i  \r(mld  Chfvrcau, 
who   never  omits  an  ly   of  namin;;   a 

cJfv..f  .>i'  '^'Mstrious  a*  .jiiaup..nMr,  have  called  so 
*li" '  I  a  man  as  liravjna  **  IJn  Abbe"? 

^-   '  «'*^nir5il  dialoHjiie  been  Cobbo  (not 


Gozxo)  and  Pasqnln,  of  which  1  cannot  give  an 
account,  not  having  been  tempted  to  read  enough 
of  it.  Though  probably  stinging  when  fresh,  it  is 
not  interesting  now.    The  title  is  — 

"  Lc  Viiioni  poHtiche  sopra   jjli  ialiircssi  piu  rticou- 
diti\  di  ttitti  PrGnci|ji  a  Ki^publicbe  dtlb  Cbrjstianit/ 
diviti  in  vnrii  Sogni  e  RagionameDti  tra  I'Asquino  e 
Qohho  di  Eialto»"    Germania,  1071,  24mo,  pp»  54U- 

H.  B,a 

U.  D.  Clttb. 

BiLL-BLiix  (3*^  S.  V.  38,)  — A  joke  on  this 
name  of  the  nightingale  is  told  as  having  ^ 
made  by  the  late  Lord  Robertson  (a  Judge  of  th 
Court  of  Session^  well  known  as  Peter  or  Patrick 
Robertson),  in  order  fully  to  see  the  wit  of  whichi 
it  is  necessary  to  explain  to  your  English  readeraj 
that  in  the  Scotch  vernaeular  the  word  **  cow  "  ii 
prnnonnced  "coo."     A  lady  having   asked  hiu 
**  What  sort  of  animal  h  th»?  hull-bull  ? ''  he  renlied  J 
**  I  suppose,  Ma*am,  it  niu^t  be  the  mate  ot  the  ' 
c&o-coo  '*  (cuckoo).  (t. 

Edinburgh. 

Saldrn  Mansiok  (3*^  S.  iv.  373.)— Kappa  will 
find  a  fimall  engraving,  with  a  history  of  the  old 
mansion  at  Salden,  and  of  the  branch  of  the  For* 
tcscTies  to  whom  it  belonged,  in  the  first  volumg 
of  the  Eecords  of  Buck  high  amsh  ire,  published  asf 
Aylesbury,  by  Pickburn,  for  the  Bucks  Archajolo- 
gical  Society.  F,  D.  IL 

Madman's  Foon  TAaxrKG  or  Oatmj&ai.  Poa- 
RiDOB  (S'*  S.  V.  35,  640  — ^n  Sir  Walter  Scott's 
noveU  TTie  Pirate^  there  in  the  following  note :  — 

**  A  late  medical  geatlemon*  my  particular  friend*  told 
ine  t be  case  of  a  lunatic  patient  confiued  in  the  EiJiiibiirgb 
Infirroftry.  Ha  was  to  far  happy  that  his  mental  ali«i- 
ation  was  of  a  gay  and  pleasant  cbarscLcr,  giving  a  kmd 
of  joy  oat  explanation  to  all  that  came  iu  contact  with 
hjni.  He  considered  the  large  hoiise,  oum^roiu  Mrvants, 
^c.»  of  th«  boffpttal*  as  all  matters  of  state  aiiil  coufiequenc* 
belonging  to  his  own  [MT^onol  establishment,  and  hiid  no 
4loubt  of  his  own  wealth  and  grandeur.  One  thing  alone 
puzzled  this  man  of  wealth.  Although  he  was  provided 
Tvith  a  Urst-rate  cook  and  proper  aMisiants,  altbongli  his 
table  W8J!  regularly  aiipplieil  with  everj'  delicacy  of  I  ho 
season,  yet  he  confessed  to  my  friend,  that  by  0ome  un- 
common depravity  of  the  palate,  evervthing  which  h« 
ate  ^tasted  of  poi ridge."  Jhis  pecufiarity,  of  course, 
arose  from  the  poor  man  being  fed  upon  nothing  eise^  and 
because  his  Ntotnath  was  not  so  easily  deceived  as  his 
other  seoies.'* — 7%e  Firatet  voL  ii.  chajk  xiii*  note  i. 

A  WTlLBB.ili19T. 

Chdscuwaiii)Kic  Quksy   (3'*  S.  v,  34,  65.)  — 

In  answer  to  A*  A.  I  exti'act  the  following  :  — 

"Sidesmen  (ffHiwi  iiynodanien)  is  used  for  those  per* 
sons  or  officers  thnt  are  yearly  chosen  in  great  parishes  in 
Ixtmitm  and  other  cities,  according  to  cuntom,  lo  siisint 
the  cbnrchwardens  iu  their  prescuLmentfi  of  duch  oHeadirni 
nnd  oiluncefi  to  the  ordinary  aa  ore  punishable  in  the 
ii  pi  ritual  courtA:  and  tbey  are  alio  called  tpusim^n.  They 
take*  an  oath  for  doing  their  duty,  and  are  lo  present  per* 
ijKiiLH  that  do  not  reaort  to  ehurcb  on  Sundays,,  and  there 
continue  during  tlie  whole  time  of  divine  service,  Ac 
Canon  90 They  shall  not  be  tttetl  by  tin*  cicdLisjBXH  ^ 


82 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


l^^^  is.  V.  Ja».  SE,  *^L 


Mitr  hut  at  QSii»l  times,  uhIcbi  ttit^  btT«  wilfhtly 
miltd  far  fivouf,  to  mak«  preMntmiiii  of  noiorioiu  pub- 
Httk  erimfi«,  whim  ihejr  way  bA  pirocAedod  i^ftinat  for 
bre^'ich  of  oatli,  ai  for  poijiiiy/'  Canon  117. —>  Jacob's 
Z^aw  Dictionary^  1772,  «ii6  r. 

W.  I.  S.  HORTON. 

Dbviii  a  Pjiopsb  Naiu  (a'^  S.  iv.  141,  418, 

470.)— 

"  Fornwrly  th«re  irere  munf  p<*r*ons  sunuimetl  *thft 
Devil/    In  an  an  i  f  one  Rogerius 

DiAlwluf,  Lord  ot  i^h   Moiik,  Wil* 

Idmiuu  cingnotTient.  l  .i.;  .  ,  ->^  .  ,  ihi^hes  le  Dinble* 
Lord  of  Lusif  nan.  Hobert,  Duke  of  Normtmdy,  son  of 
Will  tarn  the  Onqaeror,  was  lumamcd  *  the  Devil,*  Iq 
N"  1  Swredeii  thtre  were  two  farailiea  of  the  name 

II  ill   KngUsh,   *  Devil;"   and  *?very  branch   of 

ill  ,.   ;   :  had  an  emblem  of  the  devil  for  their  coat  of 

arms,  in  Utrecht  there  was  a  family  called  *  Toufel/  (or 
Dfn-il);  j«nd  in  Brittany  ther«  waa  a  family  of  the  name 
of  •  Diable.*  '*— MwKAItf  Mirror^  August.  1790. 

W.  L  S.  HottTOW. 

WATSftlf  OP  LorTHOLgfi»  ToHK9tttRE  (3*'*   S.  IV. 

515.) — The  folIowmjT  may  assist  Sigma  Thkta  in 
\i\9  inquiry  after  the  Watsons  of  Lofthouse,  York- 
shire.    The  pedigree  in  the  British  Museum  is 
evitl^intly  that  of  the  Watsoua  of  Loithouje  near 
Waketitildi  a  branch  of  ilie  Watsons  of  Bolton-ln- 
Craren.  In  the  year  1493  W-  Watson,  of  Lofthouse, 
had  a  quarrel   with  Gilbert  Leighi  Esq*,   about 
some  lan(U  and  referred  the  case  to  Sir  Ed,  Smith, 
and  Sir  John  York,  of  Wakefield,  for  arbitration. 
About  the  year  1600  John  Rooks,  of  Royds  Hall, 
near  Bradford,  mar.  Jennet,  dau.  and  co-heir  of 
Rirhard  Watson^  of  Lofthouse,  Esq.;  soon  afl^r 
Ii  event  the  family  appear  to  have  removed  to 
J       have,  near  Poniefrat!t,  as  we  find  that  Ed- 
nun  J  Watson,  of  Eaathaye,  answered  to  the  sum- 
notis  of  Ougdalc  at  lua  aitting  at  "  Pomfrct,  7 
Ipr,   1666"  and  ctaiuitjd,  ~  jlrmjr-  Argent,  on  a 
Bhevfon  azure  between  three  martlets  gules,  as 
Qany  crescents  or.*    CresL  A  gTilThi*8  head  erased 
able,  Lolding  In  Ins  beak,  or,  a  rose-branch  slinped 
|V»-^rt.     •'  For  proofe  hereof  there  is  an  old  masse 
f  indow  in  an  house  at  Loftui,  which  was  antiently 
olorigihg  to  this  famiiy,  as  Alr»  John  Hopklnson 
Jftfftrms "     This  was   Str,  HopkinKon,   tim   Loft- 
lliouse  antiquary,  who  attended  Dugdulc,  in  hf« 
[Visitation  of  YtjrkHhire,  4k8  hti  secretary,  and  com- 
piled the  MS«  pedigrees  of  the  Yorkshire  familiedi 
A  copy  of  which  is  in  the  British  ^luseum. 

I  do  not  trace  any  connection  between  the  Wat- 
sons t»f  Lofthouse  and  those  of  Bilton  Park,  who 
appear  to  have  sprunir  from  the  Nortlj  T?i<13iM', 
kftnd  to  have  acquired  Bilton  Park  by  l»' 
||hc  Stockd^ef.     See   Har^ove'a  Knar 

J  Tung),  mid  Dugdftlo'fl  VUitaiuinM  of  York^hirf^ 
id,  8urti*oii'  Society,  Whitakcr*s  Craven^  obo  his 
Loidis   and  Kimetr^   James's   Bradfirrd^  and  the 
'  Hichnrdson  Vorrr^poTidrncc.  C  FoBjit^tT* 

Lofthouic,  uin  ' 


•  The«o  iinn»i 
»e^,  1AI4. 


*  r  from  tht  WalM^iB  of  Ntrw- 


LoifQBViTT  or  CtBHOifMBN  (9^*  S.  r.  6^.)"" 
The  pcntlenian  whom   PRKSTowxEifBis  terms  iba 

Rev*  Joiicph  Itowlev,  wa,s  named  Joskxta*  He  Wli 
a  son  of  Sir  Joshua  kow ley,  Bart,,  and  after  beii^ 
educated  at  Harrow  School,  was  admitted  b  pen* 
aioner  of  St.  John'jj  College.  Cambridge,  Marofi  2d« 
17S7,  and  a  fellow  commoner,  March  1,  178S*  pro- 
ceeding B*A»,  1791,  imd  commencing  M.A.,  1794. 
C.  H.  &  ThompsoH  Coofvb. 

Cambridge* 

Arthor  Doans  (3"*  S.  v.  63.)— May  1  eicpre^i 
a  hope  that  your  correspondent,  Mr.  Cross  ley, 
will  kindly  favour  us  with  «ome  particulars  from 
(if  not  with  the  whole  of)  George  Cbulmers's  un- 
published  biography  of  Arthur  Dobbs  ?  Francis 
Dobbs,  whose  Concise  View  from  IliHtory  and 
Prophecy,  &c.  (Dublin,  1800),  'is  certainlv  a  curi- 
osity, was,  I  presume,  a  member  of  the  aaine 
family.  Ajjuha, 

Bti^HOP  DrvB  DowNBs's  "  Tour  TitRoroti  Cokh 
AND  Ross  **  (2^  S.  IX,  43.) — Having  sent  a  query 
respecting  this  valuable  and  interesting  document^ 
I  may  be  permitted  to  record  in  "  N,  &  Q,,"  that 
*'  the  whole  of  Bishop  Dive  Downe«*s  Tour  thrott^k 
the  DhC€ii6  of  Cork  and  Ross,  in  1G9L)  and  follow- 
ing years,  has  been  incorporated  into'*  the  Rev* 
Dr,  Brady's  Clerical  ana  Parochial  Records  of 
Cork,  Clmjne,  and  Rots,  of  which  two  volumes 
have  appeared  (Dublin,  1863),  Abhba* 

Or  Wn  (3^  S.  V.  30.)— Ma.  Peteb  CuTisriHO* 

HAM  has  favoured  us  with  several  interesting  ex- 
I  amples  of  the  various  uses  of  the  word  **wit:" 
may  I  be  allowed  to  append  to  hts  UluBLraUons  one 
or  two  Biblical  passages  which  show  the  prostne 
definition  of  the  term,  8«i  implying  ingenuity,  sa- 
gacity, discernment,  or  knowledge  generally :  — 

"Fori  WM  A  loitfy  child,  and  had  a  good  spirit."  ^ — 
m$dom  of  SoUtmnn,  viii.  1S>. 

•*  I  wisdom  dwell  with  pradcnce,  and  find  otit  know- 
Icdgo  of  witty  Inventlone.**  ~  Ptcwerbii  vlli.  12. 

Holof*2mcs  commends  Judith  for  her  wii,  or 
wisdom :  — 

"  And  they  msr^'-tillfecl  at  her  wi«dom,  and  aaid^  th^rrc  is 
not  Bucb  a  woman  ft-om  one  end  of  the  earth  tn  t!tf  othiT» 
both  for  btauty  of  face  and  wisdom  of  wor.  u* 

llolofcrn«9  aald  nnto  b^r,   .    .    .    and  now  tit 

be«Qtifiil  in  tliy  couQtenaacci,  and  idUj^  in  tl. t  „v,>.-.'-^ 
Judith,  xi.  2i)'U. 

I   ..-,....  .1...  ...K.^t  »*^  of  thiii  word, as  acon- 

nU\  ■'  Sa]ton,  i0t/«na-jreinolr, 

wlu  ..  ...,.,  •  ..«  .  ^ vt!  renr«f«nted  too  col- 
lect! ve  wisdom  of  the  nation  in  those  day<i»  What- 
ever inn\'  li.ivr  hkicn  the  intellectual  powers  of 
thouc  w  "d  the  witan^  wo  may  presumo 
that  tbi  lire  of  which  tlic  senators  gave 
proof,  was  solid,  pro»*alc,  and  practical ;  we  call 
hardly  fancy  a  ?[n  j^'brly  Sax  on  cutting  jokes,  or 
capable  of  i  association  of  ideas,  that 
could  find  ii^  jent  ta  a  pun  worth  reoord* 
Ing  In  "  K.  &  *4-"  F.  Puii44)TT. 


H8iV,^AJr.2«,*e4.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


83 


8t.M*«t  MAtTifi/>*i  (y« S.  ir.  5, 56, 419, 483.) 

I  iJid  injt  lit  all  uiidcrt^e  to  interpret  the  word 
^*  iVT.iiritfin  . "  all  that!  attcni!it<^'^  ][i  ijtv  former 
c*i!  win  wa«  an  atxon  of 

thr  _  «iiM  Iv  (    ^  ^  to  have 

been  traditi  n  to  it. 

I'ennunt  i:  ily  intimates  tliat  the  word 

"  Mtttfelon  '*  yiiia  bdid  to  be  Hebrew  or  Chaldaic, 
Clialdalc  being  formerly  employed  In  a  vag^ue 
sense  to  express  tlie  almost  identJcid  dmlects  of 
Arabic  »nd  Syriac.  This  word,  "  Mutfclon,*^ 
after  Jillowinii  for  the  corruptions  and  abbrevia- 
tions nftturally  IncJderJt  to  ita  n-^e  for  centuries, 
benrs  so  strong  a  resemblance  to  the  Arabic  par* 
ticipie  equivalent  to  the  word  *' Paritura,"  that 
even  if  1  quoted  Pennant  incorrectly,  yet  I  think 
it  mure  probable  that  be  ^should  be  mistaken  in 
citing  a  current  tradition,  than  that  so  curious  a 
coincidence  should  be  entirely  unfounded,  But 
my  inipreawion  \$  that  I  quoted  Pennant  cor- 
rectly ;  and,  at  all  events,  if  we  credit  Pennant'a 
testimony  to  a  mutter  of  fact,  r.  e.  the  existence  of 
luch  a  trjiditiofi,  the  word  **Matfelon"  ira*  sup- 
posed to  expronn  one  of  t)ie  sacred  functions 
iag}(cned  by  the  divine  counsel  to  ilte  Jlle^tsed 
Viipgin  Mary  in  ber  relation  to  the  incaraation  of 

ndornble  Son. 
_  iince  I  last  wrote  I  find  thai  it  ia  not  at  all 
necessjiry  to  regard  **  Mat  felon  "  ab  feminine,  and 
abbrevint'Cd  from  "  Watvaladatum,"  because,  al- 
thouD:h  in  opp<r>sition  with  '*  Mary,"  Eastern  syn- 
tax  commonlr  admits  tho  agreement  of  an  cpitiiet 
in  p^ender  with  the  more  worthy  masculine  to 
wbirh  it  may  refer.  In  tracing  also  the  word 
"Matfelon**  to  the  Arabic  "  Matvaladon,*'  or 
•*  Mfttfaliiflon*'  I  should  be  rjlad  if  one  oC  your 
correspondent*  would  supply  inc  with  examples 
of  d  being  passed  over  in  Vapid  pronunciation. 
The  f/  is  nenrly  =  the  harti  th,  and  this  is  dropped 
in  the  pronoun  them^  In  Greek  and  Sanscrit 
there  is  a  kind  of  interchanse  of  the  letters  t/,  f, 
and  h;  some  Ljitin  supines  lose  thn  d.  In  Eng- 
lish Cholmonileley  miurcii  CHomley^  Haw  bridge- 
worth,  Sapmorlh,  In  Scottish  bridge  makes  hrigg^ 
&c.  1  should  Ije  pleased  with  some  more  exam* 
pies. 

My  luarned  fnend  A.  A.  ttppcars  to  ignore 
Pennant's  tradition,  and  therefore  mj  remarks 
do  not  apnly  to  his  suggested  interpretation. 
But,  I  would  a^k,  are  any  examples  of  li  similar 
form  in  «iedlcating  churches?  Would  the  iiame 
of  God  be  subjoined  even  to  that  of  his  greatest 
saints?  J,  Ji^ 

St,  Moiy's,  Great  Ilfv>rtL 

QtroTATioxs  Wantbd  (3'*  S.  y*  69*)  —  I  have 
been  accustomed  to  the  f<»llowing  form  of  the 
verses :  **  Hoc  est  ncscirc^**  etc* :  — 

"  <4tti  ChrL*»t?ini  nosdt,  ssl  eit  si  c*t«ra  nweiti 
Qui  Christum  noseit,  nU  sdt»  si  ctitani  oascit," 


I  have  seen  these  verses  attributi^d  to  St.  Ait^ 
gustin.  The  thought  was  very  likely  his  origU 
nally,  but  the  verses  smack  rather  of  mcdinsval 
quaint ness.  F.  C.  U. 

Mm.  F1T2DE1168BT  (3'^  S.  iv.  411,  522  i  v.  «»,) 
I  was  personally  acquainted  with  Mrs.  Fitzher* 
bert,  and  have  long  been  intimate  with  her  re-  ' 
lativea  and  connexions  ;  and  I  have  always  hcar4  < 
that  she  never  had  a  child  at  all.     Indeed  I  have 
not  the  least  doubt  that  this  b  correct. 

F,  C.  H. 

**Okr  Swallow  i>oes  hot  haxjs  a  StrvMBR** 

(3"*  S,  V,  53.)— The  late  ingenious  Dr.  Forster, 
in  his  Circle  of  the  Setuont^  quotes  a  line  from 
Horace,  connecting  the  Zephyrs  of  Spring  with 
the  arrival  of  the  swallow  :  — ■ 

**  Cuin  Zcph^Tts  si  concedes  et  hirandiae  prima," 
He  also  mentions!  that  the  iwal tow's  return  wna 
a  hoUdny  for  children  in  Oreecc,  In  aniiaipation 
of  which  they  used  to  exclaim  \  — 

**  n  Etvf  xiM^Qi¥  £^roT«  ^HurntrBcu,** 

He  quotes  some  poet,  to  hira  unknown,  who 
says,  writing  of  Spring :  — 

**  The  swallow,  for  n  moment  sesn, 
Skimined  this  mom  the  village  greon  ; 
Agda  at  evf,  wheo  thni«hefl  fdng, 
I  mw  her  glide  on  rapid  wingi 
O'er  yDnder  pond*i3  smooth  surface,  when 
I  welcomed  hur  come  Imck  agiuiu" 

Br,  Forster  gives  the  15th  of  April  as  «  Swal- 
low Day,"  and  m  named  in  the  Ephcmeris  of 
Nature,  K*\i9a^^pta;  and  he  mentions  that  the 
west  wind  is  called  in  Italy  Chelidoniita^  from  its 
blowing  about  the  time  of  the  swallow**  appear- 
tttR'e.  All  these  passages  bear  upon  the  sut»jeet 
i'fC  Mr,  Ueath*s  enquiry,  as  connecting  the  swiil- 
low  with  the  first  return  of  Spring,         F,  C,  II. 

I  can  refer  Ms.  Hbatu  to  one  modem  poet, 
who»  in  a  well-known  passage,  oouneots  the  swal- 
low with  the  earlier  of  the  two  seasons :  — 
*< .        .        .        *        nudameath  thv  eav«s. 
The  brooding  swallows  cHn^  • 
As  if  to  show  me  their  ^  '.-, 

And  twit  mo  with  til 

Ji  i  of  the  Shirt, 

Alfred  Atnqisr. 
Alrewss,  LtehUdd. 

Psalm  xc.  9.  (H'^  S.  ¥.  57*)  —The  following 

extract,  from  a  \ery  striking  sermon  by  the  Rev* 
A.  J.  Morris  (I  believe)  un  IndepeodeDt  minister, 
may  be  uitercsting  to  Mb.  Ddlom,  and  to  other 
reailert :  • — 

'*  *  W«  itp«nd  our  years  as  a  tntr  "'  r'       'hi/    The 
words  irareely  give  the  trae  idea.  Id/  is  in 

italica,  the  aigu  of  insertion  by  iht^  i  ihcrs  ts 

nolbing  Answering  to  it  in  the  origiuU.  iii^jltud  of  *  Ude,* 
ths  margin  has  *  mcdit&tlon  j  *  *  we  spend  our  yenrs 
as  n  meditation.'      Bat  ©Vco  Ibis  hardly  ^!«wfc.*fc*.^^^ 


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[3'-*  a.  V.  JAJf.  23,  %L 


thought  HengBienberg  observes,  that  Uie  word  'o«ii- 
not  signify  a,  converMtion,  a  Ule:  for  it  nlwiys  de- 
notes somethiog  iowiirdt  and  is  nerar  uaed  of  a  eoarer- 
sation  ^ih  Another.  As  little  can  it  denote  a  pure 
thoaght»  for  the  ootin  in  tho  other  two  passages  where  it 
«)QCQT9  fitands  for  something  loud;  and  the  verb  properly 
denotes,  not  the  pare  thought,  but  what  is  intermediate 
between  thought  and  discourse.  The  Psalmist  compares 
hnman  ejtistence,  as  regards  its  transitory  nature,  to  a 
BollloqaTt  which  gener&Uy  bears  the  character  of  some- 
thing transitory  and  broken.  The  mind  does  not  ad^ 
vance  beyond  single  half-nticred  words  and  sentences, 
and  soon  retires  again  into  the  region  of  pure  thougbL 
To  such  a  tmnsitory  murmur  and  ejaoulation  is  that 
httman  lifb  oomp«red»  which  stupid  dreamers  look  upon 
as  an  eternity.' 

"The  word  occurs  twit^:  in  Job  xxxvii.  2,— *  Hear 
attentively  the  noise  of  his  voice,  and  tkt  wttnd  that 
goeth  out  of  his  mouth ;'  and  Ezekiel  ii.  10, — *  And  there 
was  written  therein  Ismentationa,  and  mourtuna,  and  woe/ 
In  the  first  passage,  the  reference  m  to  the  thunder,  tho 
loud  and  sodden  claps  of  thunder,  which  is  the  voicx^,  thc^ 
utterance,  the  grand  soliloquy  of  God.  In  the  second 
passage,  the  word  describes  the  broken  accents  of  grief— 
the  abrupt  and  incomplete  exclamations  of  deep  and 
Qverwbehuing  aorrow.  So  when  life  is  described  in  the 
text :  the  moaning  if,  that  it  is  a  brief  and  broken  ex  - 
clamation,  a  hurried  voice,  a  short  and  startling  sound, 
which  soon  is  lost  in  the  silence  of  eternity/' 

A[.rftEB  AiNGEB. 

Alrewasi  Lichfield. 

Quotation  :  **  Aut  tu  Moaus  es/'  etc.  (3'^ 
8.  iv,  515;  V,  GL)  —  The  Ht-ory  mentiooed  hy 
TOur  correspondents  is  of  very  doubtful  authority. 
Jortin  ignores  it.  Ktiight  knows  nothing  of  it. 
It  is  nowhere  noticed  in  Erasmus's  own  works. 
The  German  writetB,  Hess  and  Miiller,  do  not 
even  allude  to  it.  Burigni  narrates  the  tale  on 
very  daubtful  evidence.     His  words  ore  :  — 

•♦  [Vf  Aulenrf,  doiit  le  suffrage  k  la  v^rit<^  n'est  pas 

ml  poids,  ont  pnfteudu  que  la  c^onaissance  de 

rkra^me  arait  commence  d'une  fcu;on  smgtt- 

Ami  he  rcf<?rs,  for  the  origin  of  the  incident,  to 
**  Vanini  et  Garasae,  Doctrine  curkme^  lib.  i.  s.  7, 
p.  44,"  {Vie  tCEramne^  L  184.)  There  is  one 
circumstanre  which  ^eems  at  once  to  render  the 
story  incredible.  The  scene  of  it  is  laid  in 
London^  after  More  bad  become  famous.  Now 
Erasmus  wm  at  Oxford  in  1470»  probably  at  the 
very  time  that  More  was  resident  there.  Ho 
distinctly  mentioned  More  (ep,  <>2)  3imf»ng  the 
friends  whojc  n^^quaintance  he  had  made  At  Ox« 
ford,  Chnniock  and  Colet.  It  is  scarcely  likely 
that  two  ^uch  men  should  have  been  residing  at 
the  University  at  the  sam*?  time  ;  and  hnvt*  pos- 
ie?ii<ed  mutua,!  Iriends,  and  yet  have  never  met 
till  a  Inter  period  in  London.  But  if  tlio  date  of 
the  storv  be  refemni  la  llie  tiin<»  whrii  Mon?  hud 
bor'  "  "   :     ».  <%  in  1520,  or  cv^ 

bn-l  i,  i.  V,  Hlxmt  1517*  if 

i^  u«  i  '    (piito  c^rT.iIn,  from  rninHrnuN 

letli  r  ,  siiM  l.ri  nms  and  Mom  had  often  met 
before   llu        fi    s;  and  we  know  th.'it  llic   Kn- 


comium  Morimifns  completed,  in  1510,  in  More's 
own  house*  W.  J*  D. 

Sm  Ei>w/iRi>  Mat  (S'"*  S.  v.  S5»  65.)  —  R*  W. 
should  have  mentioned  where,  in  Burke* jj  Exiinct 
and  Dormant  Baroiietcies,  the  pedigree  of  thb  baro- 
net is  "iven.  From  his  nnns,  '*  Gu*  a  fes«c  between 
eight  billets  or,'*  he  was  clearly  of  the  fanaily  of 
the  Mays  of  Kent,  of  which  one  of  the  late  repre- 
sentatives, the  eccentric  but  amiable  and  worthy 
Walter  Barton  May,  Esq.,  built  Hadlow  Castle* 
near  Tunbridge,  a  singuliu*  and  handsome  struc- 
ture, after  the  fashion  of  Beckford*s  Fonthill 
Abbey.  It  is  now  the  property  of  Robert  Rodger, 
Esq.,  J.  P,  A. 

ScoTTisfl  Games  (S'-]  S.  iv.  230.)—  Permti  me 
to  help  in  the  elucidation  of  my  own  queries  on 
this  subject.  I  would  remark  that  I  naturally 
thougrbt  it  needless  to  refer  to  Jamieson's  i>if- 
timmry^  when  one  so  learned  in  Scottish  matters 
as  Mr.  Fraser  Tytler  indicated  ignorance  ;  but  I 
have  done  so,  and  the  following  is  the  result :  — 
Prop=:  a  mark  or  object  at  which  to  aim  (only 
reterence,  Dunbar's  PoenL%  Bannatyne  ed.  p.  5^) 
Sax.  Prap.  ■  It  means  a  thing  supported,  propped 
up.  This  justifies  my  ^  Aunt  Sally  "  conjecture. 
"  Lang  Bowlis,*"  —  *'  a^anje  much  used  in  Angus, 
in  which  heavy  leaden  bullets  are  thrown  from  ihe 
hand.  He  who  flings  his  bowl  furthest,  or  can 
reach  a  given  point  with  fewest  throws,  is  liie 
victor.  It  19  not "  Golf"  then ;  but  "  Row-bowUC 
as  distin^iished  from  *^  Lang  Bowl  is,"'  is  likely  to 
be  our  modem  game  of  bowls  —  the  bowls  U£«d 
in  it  resembling  (and  perhaps  originally  ikef 
were)  bnlletj.  There  is  no  trace  of  the  game  m 
Jamieson.  **  Klles"  are  referred  \h  in  Jamie#oa 
AH  "  Keil?,**  not,  however,  a^*?  Scotch  ;  and  the  d** 
liniiion  given  of  cognate  words  anpports  my  sug- 
gestion that  "  nine  pins  "  is  meant.  There  is  no 
trace,  so  far  as  I  can  see,  of  **  Irish  Oamync  "  in 
Jamieson.  ^^  Tables "'  must  be  chess  ur  draughts. 
Jamieson  ri notes  "  Inventories,  A  1539»  p*  4R»'*  in 
which  distmction  is  made  between  **  table  men  ** 
and  **  chess  men,"  but  he  thinks  **  tjibles  **  nev^ 
meant  draughts,  only  chess  and  dice.  Perhap* 
Mr.  Ty tier's  constnirlion  misled  nin  in  thinking 
he  asked  the  nieantnt^  of  **  Tables/*  lie  ranst 
have  known,  J.  D.  Caufbru.* 

CKNysAvn  or  Tin:  7Htu  Bkgimuht  at  CurTuw 
(il*^'*  S.  V.  IL)  —  In  t'ompHiiarc  with  the  sugges* 
tion  tif  your  correspondent  M.  S.  IL,  1  send  joo 
the  following,  copiwl  from  the  cenotaph  in  front 
of  Manilla  Hall  Clitlon;  — 

oKKti  ffn»  or  ruK  79rn  n%Q,  wuo  rKt^L  IX  AttA, 


i 

{ 


I.ieut 


•>n, 

'\U  1 

•1],    I  IMMSV  l<  k, 


^»#.— Collins,  Pftalette,  LiTonf,  Hosla-*  M'Mdioiu 
nrgeonM^ — Smith,  Athertmn 

As  your  correspondent  points  to  tbe  particular 
volumes  of  the  Amiiud  Reginter  und  GettttcmtifCs 
Magazine^  in  wbich  the  Ijatin  inscription  mid  a 
translatloii  are  to  bu  found,  I  dti  not  send  them 
witli  tbis,  but  tbe  nameei  and  dMm  of  ibe  bjittks 
(of  wbich  he  de^irua  to  bo  infunucd)  ini^cribed  uu 
the  cenotjiph  lire  as  follow  :  — 

The  lined  of  Pondichcrry  stormed,  SpjU  lU,  17lW, 

Pomliclierrv  aurrviidi?retl,  .Ina.  16,  17q1, 

I'rtrrk'rttl  t liken,  April  i>,  17 GO. 

licgt"  wf  MtutrjJis  rwisfd,  Feb.  17,  175t«. 

Iiitlli'  of  W4a*iew«*h,  Jim.  22,  17<>0, 

Ircot  rcoovtTCil,  l-cb.  10,  176U. 

Manilla  Uall,  wbich  wa^  built  on  CHftou  Downs 
by  Su"  Win.  Draper  soon  after  his  return  from 
tbe  capture  of  Manilla  from  the  Spaniards,  is  now 
tbe  Boarding  School  of  C,  T.  llud^on^  M,A.  of 
St.  John's  College,  Cambridge,  for  some  years 
Head  Master  of  the  Bristol  Grummar  School, 

The  cenotaph  in  question  stands  on  the  ri^ht- 
hand  of  the  portico  (a^  you  cume  out  of  the  bail)t 
and  on  the  left-hand  is  u.  hundbomc  obelisk,  uonie 
twenty-live  or  thirty  feel  bitjb,  to  the  memory  of 
Lord  Chatham,  beai'ing  thid  in^ci  iption  :  — 

'*  GrrLiKuio  Pitt,  Com.  deCbatham:  Hoc  Amicitim 
pnvatix!  'I'cJitniioDiiim,  simal  et  Honoris  publid  Monu- 
meutum  posutt  Gulidmud  DfAper." 

J.  C.H. 

Reliable  (3"*  S.  v.  58.) — The  strictures  of 
J.  C.  J.  on  the  new-coined  word  "  reliable/*  arc 
more  confident  than  convincing. 

As  I  bave  not  bad  the  advantage  of  &cein^  what 
he  may  bave  previously  written  on  the  subject^  I 
cannot  judge  whether  he  has  shown  that  it  is  ^*  a. 
mistake  to  consider  the  terminations  ^ble  and 
-able  equivalent  to  Passive  Infinitives,"  but  as  the 
^IJQird  under  discussion  is  intended  by  those  who 
employ  it  to  come  under  that  rulef  this  in  imma- 
teriaL  The  objection  to  it^  construction  is  ob- 
vious. It  expresses  only  "to  be  relied,'*  whilst 
it  is  meant  to  express  **  to  be  relied  upon.'*  It 
may  possibly  be  that  otber  words  in  common  use 
have  an  equally  dcfeclive  ftirniation,  but  that  is 
no  justification  for  encuiiibcring  the  language 
with  more  of  such  awkwardneuaei.  '■^  Depend- 
able'* is,  to  use  J.  C.  J.*s  phrase,  an  **  exactly 
correspondiDg  word''  with  reliable,  which  "  cre- 
dible    (to  be  believed)  is  not. 

J.  C.  J.  maintains  that  the  word  supplies  a  de* 
ficiency  in  the  language,  and  he  rests  ids  plea  on 
the  broad  allegation  that  '*  trust'*  and  its  deriva- 
tives are  *'  properly  *'  limited  to  persotuil  applica- 
tion. I  altc^etber  demur  to  so  arbitrary  a  re- 
itrictioD.  To  "  trust  a  tale/*  "  trust  his  honesty,** 
*'  trust  kt2i  heeb,**  &c.  &ti.,  mdA  Sbakspcare, 
poMidnt^ 

*'  H«  tnifthl  io  yume  great  aud  truii^  buainevi  in  «  mitio 
liwgM  fait  yow. "— X/r#  WtU  thai  £,ult  fVttL  \ 


In  what  old  romance  does  the  valiant  knight 
fall  to  boast  of  his  **  trusty  blade'*  ? 

**  Trustworthy  data**  —  "  trustworthy  fecta," 
'*  trustworthy  documents,*'  &c.  &Cm  are  phniaes  of 
everyday  occurrence,  and  I  must  take  leave  to 
Uissert  not  less  correct  than  common. 

"  Trustworthy  '*  itself  is  not  a  word  of  great 
antiquity ;  but  as  I  consider  it,  till  better  prcKif 
be  ott'ercd  to  the  contrnry,  to  answer  every  pur- 
tmne  for  which  "  reliable  **  or  '*  dependable  "  can 
DC  requiretl,  I  must  unite  in  the  protest  against 
the  intrusion  of  adjectives  — 

** .  «  .  Scarce  half  miide  up, 
And  that  so  lamoly  and  unfaabioaably ;  '* — 

and  it  is  a  satisfaction  to  mc  to  observe  that  the 
use  of  "  reliable  **  ta  hitherto  confined  to  a  class 
of  writers  tittle  likely  to  influence  aspirants  to  n 
pure  English  diclion,  X, 

Lewis  SIorris  (3^*  S,  v.  12.) — I  have  amongnt 
nay  btK>k«  a  large-jiaper  copy  of  the  first  edition 
of  Camhria  Triumpkamf,  by  Percy  Endcrbie, 
which  was  once  the  property  of  Fabian  Philipps, 
the  author  uf  Vrriiris  Jm:oncusAa^  and  has  his  au* 
tograph  on  the  title*paj»e»  One  hundred  and  two 
years  after  its  publication,  the  book  became  the 
property  of  Lewis  Morris,  the  antiquary ;  whose 
autograjih,  with  the  date  1753,  ia  also  on  the  title- 
pa;;e*  On  one  of  the  ily* leaves  is  the  following 
note  :  — 

**  TliiM  copy  of  CoMiUtrux  Triurtipkam  belonged  to  that 
distingutAbed  antiquary,  Lowis  Moms;  the  marg^inal 
notes  are  ia  hia  oivii  handwritiof^.  This  book  \vtf«  given 
to  me  by  hi^  soa  Wjlliam  ^[orris.  of  GwaeTod.  nenr 
AberyatwJLb,  Cardiganshire,  S.  W.—Robt,  F.  GrtvilU:* 

This  very  rare  book  passed  into  my  bandt>  after 
the  dispersion  of  the  library  of  the  Hon.  Robert 
Greville  about  two  years  ago.  I  wish  that  I 
could  afford  U.  H.  more  information  on  the  sub- 
ject of  Lewis  Morris  ;  but  I  have  shown  that,  not 
many  years  ago,  he  had  a  son  living  at  Gwaelod, 
who  is  perhaps  yet  alive, 

JOHTS  FaVIW  PhUXIPS. 

Haverfordwe&t. 

SocEATEs*  Dog  (3"^  S.  Iv.  475. )~G-  R  J.  wiH 
liud  the  following  in  Bryant*s  Mt^tholoft/^  vol.  ii. 
p.  34:  — 

'*  It  13  said  of  Socrates  that  be  fi4}metime«  laadd  wiS  of 
ao  uacomajon  oath,  fia  ^rht'  icvva  aoiT^v  x*!*^  *y  '*«  </(Cw 
andrjnose,  whifih  dt  tirst  does  not  seem  consistent  with 
tho  gravity  of  his  character.  But  we  are  informed  by 
Porpbyn%  ih^it  this  was  oot  done  b^'  way  of  ridicule :  for 
Socrate/ofitcomed  it  a  v«ry  serioas  and  religioua  mode  of 
uttlfistadoa :  and  under  tbes«  terms  made  a  soieaia  appeal 
to  the  son  of  Zetu." 

Thus  far  tbe  learned  Bryant ;  what  reference 
the  oath  has  to  Bible  matters,  I  cannot  now  dis» 
custi  ;  but  Daniel,  xii,  1,  ha^j  reference  to  it/ 

Lje  Cke\  axjer  Dh  CiAkM^ 


*  *»to^*.^V\a3iX^\s»^5G^\^l^>«»^^^**»^^^' 


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[8»*B.V.  Jah.M,'«4, 


Miit$TUatavui. 

NOTES  ON  BOOBK,  ETC. 

Thi  Pstdms  inUrpreUd  of  ChriaL  JBy  lAe  Bey.  Imoc  Wil- 
liams, B.D.     VoL  L    (RiviugtoiM.) 

Those  of  our  readers  who  are  acquainted  with  Mr. 
Williams's  Yolumes  on  the  Gospels,  will  know  what  to  ex- 
pect in  this  Interpretation  of  the  Psalms.  They  will  find 
the  same  accumulation  of  patristic  learning,  the  same 
devotion  to  the  rery  letter  of  Holy  Scripture,  the  same 
vein  of  kindly  thoughtful  piety.  Mr.  Williams  (as  might 
be  expected^  adopts  that  ^stem  of  interpretation,  which 
supposes  all  the  Psalms  of  David  to  be  spoken  in  the 
person  of  Christ,  which  St.  Augustine  has  worked  out  in 
his  £!narratione*,  and  with  which  English  readers  have 
been  familiarised  by  the  Expotition  of  Bishop  Home.  It 
is  matter  of  interest  to  tee  this  old  patristic  interpreta- 
tion rising  up  now-a-days,  and  not  afraid  to  confront  the 
rude  trenchant  spirit  of  modem  criticism. 

Alexandri  Ntekam  De  Naturit  Kenan  Libri  Duo,  With 
the  Poem  of  the  tame  Author ^  De  Laudibus  Ditnrue 
Saptentiic,  Edited  by  Thomas  Wright,  Esq.,  M.A.,  &c. 
Publiehed  under  the  Direction  of  the  Maeter  of  the  Bolls, 
(Longman.) 

The  present  volume  fbmlshes  a  very  curious  addition 
to  the  Series  of  Chronicles  and  Memorials  of  Great  Britain 
and  Ireland  during  the  Middle  Ages,  now  publishing 
under  the  direction  of  Sir  John  Romilly,  for  it  supplies 
us,  in  Neckam's  Treatise  De  Ndturie  Berum^  with  a 
manual  of  the  scientific  knowledge  of  the  dose  of  the 
twelfth  century,  made  yet  more  interesting  and  instruc- 
tive by  the  contemporary  anecdotes  so  freely  introduced 
by  its  author.  Alexander  Ncckham,  for  so  was  the  au- 
thor of  the  two  documents  now  first  published  generally 
designated,  was  foster-brother  of  Richard  Cosur  de  Lion, 
having  been,  moreover,  bom  on  the  same  day  in  the 
month  of  September,  1157.  He  was  educated  at  St  Albans, 
then  became  a  distinguished  professor  at  Paris,  and  i^er- 
wards,  according  to  Mr.  Wright  (p.  xil.^,  proceeded  to 
Ital^,  though  that  gentleman  seems  subsequently  (p. 
Ixxiv.)  to  doubt  such  visit.  Neckam  eventually  became 
Abbot  of  Cirencester,  and,  dying  at  Kempeev  in  1217, 
was  buried  in  Worcester  Cathedral.  Mr.  Wright's  in- 
timate knowledge  of  Medineval  Literature  and  Science, 
pointed  him  out  as  a  fitting  editor  for  this  very  curious 
MediiBval  Encyclopedia. 

7%e  Divine  Week ;  or^  Outlines  of  a  Harmony  of  the  Geo- 
logic Periods  witli  the  Mosaic  Days  of  Creation,  By  the 
Rev.  J.  II.  Worgan,  M.A.    (Rivingtons.) 

Mr.  Worgan's  title  sufficiently  explains  the  subject  of 
his  work  and  the  method  by  which  (in  his  judgment) 
the  Mosaic  Account  of  the  Creation  is  best  snuared  with 
the  discoveries  of  geology.  Instead  of  understanding 
the  sacred  writer  to  be  describing  the  preparation  of  the 
globe  for  man,  its  present  highest  occupant,  and  to  ignore 
(as  not  coming  within  the  compass  of  his  design)  the 
previous  revolutions  which  it  had  experienced — a  view 
adopted  by  the  late  Dr.  Buckland— our  author  maintains 
the  theory  which  at  one  time  found  favour  with  the  late 
Hugh  Miller,  that  the  Mosaic  Narrative  exactly  covers 
the  geological  period,  each  •*  day  "  coinciding  with  some 
well-marked  epoch  in  the  formation  of  the  crust  of  our 
earth. 

The  Quarterly  Review,  No.  229. 

The  new  Number  of  7%e  Quarterly  opens  with  a  paper 
on  **  China,"  to  which  the  recent  ill-judged  proceedings 
of  PrincA  Knag  giT«  pecnUwr  iiit«rMt.    It  li  followed 


by  one  on  **  New  Englandert  and  the  Old  HomeJ*  in 
which  we  are  vindicate  from  the  sneera  of  Mr.  Haw- 
thorne. The  paper  on  Forsyth's  **  Lifb  of  Cicero,"  like 
that  book,^holds  a  mean  between  the  ezcesalFe  adula- 
tion of  Middleton  and  the  unwarrantable  aspeniona  of 
Drnmann.  A  good  paper  on  **  Captain  Speke*a  Joomal " 
is  followed  by  one  on  **  Guns  and  Plates,"  which  goes  to 
show  that  wc  are  a-head  of  all  other  nationa  ia  respect 
of  artillery.  The  writer  of  the  paper  **  On  Bela"  has 
certainly  **  caught  the  eel  of  learning  by  the  taiL**  A 
learned  paper  on  "  Rome  in  the  Middle  Ages  "  nejct  fol- 
lows, and  the  Quarterly  winds  up  with  a  long  paper  on 
that  most  intricate  and  vexed  question,  **  'Hie  fianlsh 
Duchies." 

Journal  of  Sacred  Literature.  By  B.  Harris  CJowper.  Ao. 
VIII.,  New  Series.  (WilUams  &  Norgate.) 
Among  the  more  interesting  articles  are,  "  A  fbw  Days 
among  the  Slavonic  Protestants  of  Central  Europe," 
**  Oriental  Sacred  Traditions,"  and  a  translation  of  selected 
iEthiopic  Hymns,  Liturgies,  &c.,  by  Mr.  Rodwell. 


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ly.,  iuo. 

m: 

—  Kindiie    Tutumtn  —  QuotAtions.  Wantvti  —  Baptismal 
Name*  —  P«as«ett  in  T<3mgr«on  — Ali^d  Bi^rua,  l<J>a. 


BRBQirflOUB  MONUMENTAL  rNSCRIPTIONS  IN 

BUISTOL* 

XOBBBT  FjTX-HAntmva, 

Beneath  an  arch  cut  in  tlie  wall  which  separates 

the  FAilnv  Ltt*ij  Chaj>el  fivaji    the  north  aLsle  of 

^Bristol  Cathedral  is  an  altar  tomb,  which  is  asu- 

mtiily  ^kscriWd  to  Robei*i  Fiu-Ilw'diog,  the  founder 

Boif  the  Berkeley  Camilj,  and  Eva  Uis  wife.     Mr. 

■Britlon,  however,  says  (Bristol  Cathedral,  p,  o7)» 

*it  **may  with  more  certainty  be  referred  to  the 

thirfl  Mjiurice,  Lord  Berkeley,  who  died  in  1368, 

an  d  K  '  -  '   *  ^  '-  ^  ■  -  5  i\^**  Both  of  wh  tch  s  tatemeo  t* 

8xe.  I  Oct, 

At:  ..,..  ,._;,..  ^,  ..iiA  tomh  is  &  modSprii  la^cription 
on  A  plam  marble  tablci^  which  records  that  it  is — 

'  '     '   r»  1    ..    Fltx-Hardjti       '      "     f 

uev  of  Dei  I 
^»aad  tv    :     _ 
he  first  of  this  Famiiv 
:    Thu   KoImH    Fitz- 

Iving 

I  l*'d  iti 
I7n;  iii  iiic  iTili  wi'Kiufcf  Utfiio'  ibe  Second." 

turn  ITS  If  of  ()ii^  t(  mh  repose  the  efRg^rcs 
I  iner  habited  in  the 
nth  century,  and  the 

Uie  female  aitiro  of  the  same  period* 


latter 


Fv^m  this  eh^caniitanee  H  n  ohe«r  that  those 
filjure^  could  not  be  intended  to  ix?prv»ent  Kobtsft 
Fil«*nHrdintT  and  his  laily,  who  iiouriahed  two 
'•  i>fmies  before;  and  it  will  a[»f»eHr  also  uptni 
iiination  that  it  is  equally  ihuorrect  to  appro- 
.  Lta  them  to  a  warrior  who  died  in  136l},  aud  hi« 
wife. 

The  head  of  the  to  ale  ^giive  h  covered  whh  a 
conical  skull-cap  or  helmet  which  is  attached  to 
a  httwbefk  or  tippet  of  mail  by  an  interiacfsd  oord* 
Chain  mail  ul&o  appears  ou  uje  lower  part  of  the 
body  and  the  feet;  but  the  upper  ponion,  iva  well 
as  the  front  of  the  arms  an  a  legs,  are  a>vei'^ 
with  plftte  armour.  This  kind  of"  mixed  hody- 
arrnoiir  was  introduced  in  the  reign  of  Edward 
ir»,  who  ascended  the  throne  in  1307.  Tht?  dress 
of  the  female  etlitry  ali*o  refers  to  i '  period 

—namely,  the  beginnintr  of  the  i   cen- 

tury, when  the  iittire  of  ladies  ot  ruik  was  coai- 
posed  of  the  coif,  hood,  or  veil,  nod  wimple 
covering  the  head,  neck,  and  chin ;  whiht  the 
bo  ly  was  enveloped  in  a  long  loose  robe^  over 
which  was  worn  a  cloak  or  mantle,  Tf>'^  f'ldnnn 
appears  to  have  change*!  eai"ly  in  the  r< 
wurd  IIL»  who  succeeded  his  father  in  1  ii 

the  loose  dress  was  superseded  by  the  ti^ht- bodied 
gown  conforming  to  the  shape  of  the  person. 

These  particulars  clearly  decide  the  age  of  this 
monument^  and  lixes  the  date  of  its  erection  at 
the  commencement  of  the  reign  of  the  last-named 
monarch.  If  additioutd  evidence  were  required, 
we  And  it  in  the  tomb  itself  on  which  these  etfigtea 
repose,  for  the  side?  are  embelliahed  with  a  series 
of  recessed  •  '  niches  and  buttresses,  of  a 

style  clearly  i  that  the  monument  be- 

longs to  the  mnur  | period  QA  the  figures  resting 
upon  it. 

A  comparatively  recent  iuscrlption  on  a  Hniall 
brass  plate,  on  the  south  side  of  this  tomb,  recordii 
that  it  **  was  erected  to  the  memory  of  Maurieej 
Lord  Berkeley,  ninth  Baron^  of  Berkeley  Castte, 
who  died  the  8th  day  of  June,  1368.  Also  of  the 
Lady  Margaret,  his  mother,  daughter  of  Rr>ger 
Mortimer,  Earl  of  March,  and  firtit  wife  of  Thomas, 
eighth  Lord  Berkeley.  She  died  the  5  th  day  of 
May,  1337."  Why  a  female  should  in  this  ca5e 
be  represented  on  a  tomb  by  the  side  of  a  maft 
who  wa£  the  husband  of  another*  it  is  difficult  to 
conceive.  Mr.  Br  it  ton  is  aiifiuredly  wrong  in  as- 
si|fning  these  eiEgies  to  so  late  a  jieriod  aa  1368^ 
when  th^  fourth,  and  not  ua  L'  '      third 

Maurice^  Lord  Berkeley,  died;  i  tire  of 

botl    *"  '  ly  for  that  *laie.      ma  third 

M  y,  died  in  1326.    He  wua 

twicL'  tJ!  lu-L  wife  being  buri^^     '  ^'  rt' 

bury,  II  nghi«^  to  the  family,  n 

miUa  frri.i  ,,.,    viiv\  and  in  the  couniv  - 

set;  but  his  Sfc^coud  wife,  who  was  Is  i  i^- 

ter  of  Gilbert  d&  Cl1M:^^V^iiW;5.  ^xvoe.     ^-       ^ "^^ 


NOTES  AND  QUEREEa 


[B^av.  jAx.acvu 


tBe  female  represented  with  this  third  Maurice, 
her  husband^  on  the  monument  referred  to, 

JUDGE    CBADOCC 

On  Q  chantry  tomb  in  the  Newton  Chapel  also 
in  the  cathedral,  is  the  following  inscription, 
which  was  placed  there  "  by  Mrs.  Archer,  sist^sr 
to  the  late  Sir  ^lichael  Newton  of  Barrs  Court, 
1748  "— 

**  la  memory  of  Sir  Richaril  Newton  Cradock  of  Barra 
Cmtrt,  iu  the  County  of  Glouceat«jrp  one  of  hia  Majeatifls 
Jiulicea  of  the  Common  Pleftt*  who  died  December  the 
13th,  1444,  and  with  hia  Latly  lies  iaterr*d  beneath  thia 
nioaumeoC* 

The  above  inscription  remained  undisputed  bj 
any  writer  until  the  meeting  of  the  Archaeological 
Institute  for  1851  %x\\^  held  in  this  city,  when,  iu 
n  paper  by  the  Rev.  H.  T.  Ellacombb,  M.A., 
F»8.A,  the  atateraent  it  contains  was  completely 
refuted.  It  was  there  shown  that,  although  its 
erection  *'  may  have  been  to  the  memory  of  a  Cra- 
dock, the  notion  that  the  judge  was  buried  there 
tnu5t  have  arisen  from  some  misapprehension,  and 
it  is  not  true  that  he  died  in  1444 ;  (for)  the  last 
fine  levied  before  him  was  in  November,  1448/' 

Mr.  ELLAco»t»E  then  proceeds  "  to  prove,  be- 
yond a  doubt,  that  Judge  Cradock  and  hia  lady 
rest  in  Yatton  church,  Somerset ;"  where^  in  the 
centre  of  the  De  Wyck  Aisle,  or  north  transept, 
stands  a  very  handsome  alabaster  altar  tomb.  Its 
sidea  are  enriched  with  five  beautifully-wrought 
niches,  wlthiji  which  are  full-length  figures  of 
angets  holding;  shields,  which  Collinson  says  {Hist, 
o/ Somerset^  yo\,  iii.  p.  619),  were  once  charged 
with  the  arms  of  Newton  and  Shirburn,  impfded 
with  Perrott;  but  they  are  now  almost  entirely 
obliterated.  The  east  and  west  ends  of  the  tomn 
hftve  each  two  niches,  with  figures  and  shields 
corrcfponding  with  those  on  the  sides.  On  the 
summit,  the  venerable  judge  is  represented  in  the 
coniume  of  men  of  his  rank  at  the  time  in  which 
he  Uvc<i  — *  a  skull* cap  (beneath  which  his  hair  is 
seen)  tied  under  his  cnin,  and  his  person  is  covered 
with  a  robe  reaching  to  his  feet ;  over  hia  ahoulders 
he  wears  a  tippet  extending  halfway  down  his 
iiztns.  Covering  alt  is  a  cloak  or  mantle,  falling 
nearly  to  the  ankles.  This  is  fastened  on  the 
right  shoulder  by  a  button,  and  beneath  it  round 
the  neck  is  a  cmltir  of  esaes.  This  cloak  hangs 
gracefully  on  the  left  side,  and  ia  passed  over 
the  left  arm  after  the  manner  of  tue  chesible 
on  thj*t  of  ecclesiastics.  Hound  the  middle  is  an 
ornamental  girdle^  from  which  depends  a  abort 
sword  in  an  enriched  scabbard;  and  also  the 
gjmcicre  or  purse,  common  in  the  reigns  of  Henry 
VL  ftnd  Edwmd  IV,  The  head  of  the  judge  rests 
tm  what  Appears  to  liave  been  a  helmet*  but- 
motsoted  «^«th  •>  ^rrcath  crowned  with  a  ducsl 
coronet^  '  li  issues  a  garb,  tbo  creat  of  tha 

family;  i  t  agamst  two  doga. 


On  the  left  side  of  the  judge  lie  the  effigkaafi 
slender  female  habite^i  in  a  flowing  robe,  reicb* 
ing  to  the  feet ;  but  to  the  upper  part  of  the  pr 
son  it  fits  tight  down  to  the  wrists*  wliere  ili 
laced,  leaving  however  the  breasts  expoaed.  Oft. 
this  is  another  robe  reaching  to  the  kiieeiiiri| 
terminating  with  a  broad  hem ;  it  is  iiai 
from  the  neck  by  narrow  bands,  passing  over 
chest,  and  leaving  the  under  robe^  whicb  alts  c 
at  the  hips,  exposed  below  the  waist,  which  ii 
circled  with  a  small  ornamented  girdle,  Tram 
curb-chain  round  the  neck  was  apparentljr  •»- 
pendcd  a  cross,  beneath  which  a  cord,  reaching  t^ 
the  knees,  terminates  with  small  tassels*  Higher  9 
in  the  neck  is  an  ornamental  collar  or  bajid,  frvm. 
which  hangs  a  jewel.  A  cloak  or  mantle,  fasUajri 
across  the  breast  by  a  cordon  and  jewel  a,  c^xtoai) 
to  the  feet,  which  it  nearlv  envelopes.  The  boi 
once  supported  by  angels,  is  covered  with  Ck 
mitred  head-dress,  the  front  having  a  broi^ 
turned-up  lappet  above  the  forehead,  from  wheoe 
the  mitre  issues.  On  each  side  at  the  feet  ki 
small  dog,  and  the  hands  of  both  figures  ore  nmi 
as  in  supplication ;  but  the  entire  inotmiBiiiC, 
with  ita  emgies  and  beautiful  sculpture,  ifl  nae^ 
mutilated. 

"  This  tomb  (says  Mr.  Ellacombe)  is  by  tradiCiOB  at* 
cribed  to  Judge  Cradock.  The  female  figure  !■  BU^pomi 
to  reprcaent  Emma  de  Wick.  The  inBcnption  i«  fooc 
There  can  be  no  doubt,  from  the  eoatame,  that  tlie  vffk 
effiiry  Is  that  of  a  judge.  That  it  is  a  Grndock  is 
firmed  by  the  garb  or  wheat-shaal^  on  which  hi*  liasd  ii 
laid,  BMidea,  m  the  interesting  accounts  of  the  chvch* 
wardens  of  Tattoa,  anno  1450-1,  amon^  th«  rteeipta  t^an 
is  this  entry :  *  It,  rccipimus  de  D'no  ue  Wirlca  pir  maaa' 
J.  Newton^  filii  sai  de  legato  Dn*i  RicL  Newtoo,  ad— ff 
Camoana  xx».* 

**  That  this  date  is  nearer  the  time  of  hta  doaUl  ttei 
1444,  as  stated  on  the  monument  in  the  C4ith««|fal^  || 
conilrmed  by  the  fact  of  the  fine  levied  in  144S/' 

Mb.  Eixacostbe  then  proceeds  to  give   ath<r 

reasons  for  his  opinion,  and  finishes  his  remarJ 
follows:  — 

"  I  conclode,  therefore,  that  Judge  Cradock** 
in  Tattoa  Churth,  and  that  the  tomb  io  Bristol  Catli«iifal  I 
it  not  hia     I  hare  not  been  uble  to  assign  th«t  torn  h  to  1 
any  otbar  of  the  family,  uai«ss  it  ti«  to  Rieha^'f 
a  grandion  of  the  judge,  the  time  of  whose  Aa^i 
would  accord  well  with  the  design  of  themontuaeni ;  mtm  i^ 
is  Dot  known  where  he  was  buried.     If  my  view  b««onvd» 
the  circumstance  of  his  being  celled  RucAard,  oUcr  kii 
grandfather,  mi^ht  have  led  to  the  iitistako^**— -(/V«ca« 
i»gs  of  the  Archaoloffical  lH»fit^t9t  1S51,  pp.  237 — 342^) 

A  third  erroneous  mnnuraental  inseription  Ui| 
Bristol  Cathedral  is  that  to  the  memory  of 

mOIIBBT  fOUTUSTt 

which  is  cbisellcd  oo  a  pedesUl  of  marble*  aAer  i 
tlu  1  "  *  f  'he  rerpendicular  ttylo  of  Ei^lajli  j 
uaih  a  bust  of  tho  poo(  IsiireAfei^  f 


an^i 


i^ 


»  Jau.  so,  '64] 


NOTES  AND  QUEBIES- 


8d 


••K45bert   Soothey, 

Born  in  Bristol 

October  iv.,  mjccuutn-. 

Died  ftt  Keswick, 
March  xxL^  mboocxuji." 
is  perhaps  the  most  iDexcusabtc  of  all, 
,ey  himself  aay 8  (SeUctioru  from  hU  Letter s^ 
^  r,  p.  334),  I  was  born  August  12tb,  1774,  in 
e  Street,  Bristol,  where  my  father  kept  u 
hdraper*5  fihop;*^  and  in  another  place  he  aays 
lie  "was  bom  at  No.  11,  Wine  Street,  below 
pump : "  the  house  now  occupied  by  Mesgrs. 
\  and  Clark,  furriers,  inc.  Sou  they 'a  family 
p,  in  its  elder  branch,  to  have  ^*^  long  since 
ipeored;"  but  a  younger  son  *^  emigrated 
I  Lancashire,  and  established  himself  as  a 
|ier  at  Wellington,  in  Somersetshire^"  From 
jfotinger  son  t^e  poet  derived  his  descent. 
|e  last  error  of  the  same  character  which  I 
L  notice  at  present,  is  on  a  tablet  erected  in 
fbury  Nonconformist  Chapel  in  this  city,  to 
paiDOTate  the  names  ot  Jive  sufierers,  and  the 
of  their  martyrdom,  who,  in  the  reign  of 
ki  Mary,  rather  than  abjure  th*^  Protestant 
I  sealed  the  truth  with  their  blood  on  this 
[  The  tablet  records  as  follows  :  — 
^_^  "  la  Memory 

^^k  of  the  undernamed 

^^  Martjrt 

i       who,  during  the  reiga  of  Que«n  Mary, 
j    for  the  «vowiil  of  their  Clinatian  faith, 
were  hurat  to  death  on  the  groood 
upon  which  this  Chapel  is  erected* 
ftkhard  Shaptoo,  Richard  Sharp, 

pered    OcL    1555.  May  17th,   1567. 

Kdwurd  Sharp,  Tbomas  Hale, 

Rath,  1556,  May  17th,  1557. 

I  Thomas  Banion, 

'  Attgiiat  17tb,   1557. 

t  afiraid  of  them  that  kilt  the  body,  and  i^er 
\       that  have  no  more  thai  they  caa  do/  *' 

^e  error  on  this  tablet  is  in  the  number  of  the 

fers,  and  not  in  the  fact;  and  it  occurs  in 
ames  of  the  first  two  martyrs  there  men- 
&d,  the  mistake  resting  with  Mr.  Seyer,  the 
lOr  of  the  Memoirs  of  Briiiol,  who  perpetually, 
pghout  his  work,  quotes  the  dubious  manu- 
^  calendars  relating  to  this  city,  which  I  have 
te  shown  were,  according  to  his  own  testi- 
^,  utterly  unworthy  of  credit  {2°*  S.  v.  154). 

of  these  records  (says  Mr.  Seyer)  contabs 

[allowing :  — 

W5.  Oo  the  irth  of  October,  one  WHliam  Shepton 

I  Shapman,  aHat  Shapcn),  a  weaver,  was  burnt  for 

kotber  cdendtr  (he  continues)  is  thus :  — 

T-^    T  •  ea,  one  A  weaver,  the  other  a 

I'  -   Michaer*   11  ill  for  religion. 

JL  y  -  ijan  was  burnt  for  denying  the 

got  the  aitor  to  Le  the  very  body  and  blood  of 
\y  and  suhetantially." 
e  then  mean  to  say  there  were  three  ? 
;ites  a  third  of  these  mischievous  calen- 


dars, in  which  the  name  of  Edward  Sha,rpe  occurs, 
and  this,  I  have  no  doubt,  has  caused  the  error 
referred  to  :  for  there  is  no  mention  whatever  of 
such  a  person  having  suflered  martyrdom  in  Bris- 
tol by  any  writer  deserving  the  name  of  an  autho- 
rity. In  the  best  edition  of  Fox's  Martj/rs — that 
of  1646— /oar  only  are  recorded,  namely,  William 
Sarton,  who  was  burnt  September  18,  1556  ; 
Richard  Sharp,  May  7,  15a7 ;  Thomas  Hale, 
burnt  in  the  same  fire  with  Richard  Sharp,  and 
Thomas  Benion,  who  Bufl*ered  on  the  27  th  of  the 
same  month  and  year.  {AcU  and  Momanent$,  voL 
iii.  pp.  749,  750,  855.)  Geobqs  P*tcb. 

Bhstot  City  libraiy. 


KEDDCTION  OF  BATHLIN  IN  1575. 

Many  are  of  opinion  that  Milton's  well* known 
similitude  of  EngUshhistory,  prior  to  the  ac- 
cession of  Henry  Vll,,  applies  better  to  the 
early  state  of  Ireland  than  to  his  own  country. 
Notwithstanding,  however,  the  deliberate  judg- 
ment of  so  eminent  an  authority  in  the  one  case, 
and  its  very  ready  acceptance  by  the  multitude  in 
the  other,  I  fuUy  concur  with  your  correspondent. 
Mm.  Gso.  Hlzx,  that  the  history  of  the  Conquest 
or  "  Plantation*'  of  Ulster,  in  the  sixteenth  century, 
is  deserving  of  more  extended  treatment  than  it 
has  hitherto  received  at  the  hands  of  tbe  proft^sed 
historian,  more  particularly  in  our  own  time. 
Happily,  the  day  nos  dawned  when  the  governing 
policy  of  Queen  Elizabeth  and  her  immediate  suc- 
cessors in  the  land  of  St.  Patrick,  can  be  discussed 
by  all  sincere  loyalists  and  lovers  of  truth  and 
justice*  as  well  there  as  here,  without  any  danger 
of  rekindling  the  extinct  fires  of  national  bigotry. 
In  the  lapse  of  three  centuries,  the  angukrities  of 
the  Celtic  and  Saxon  natures  respectively  have 
been  rounded  ofiiold  factious  riYalries  have  ceased, 
and,  under  themore  benign  sway  of  our  present  most 
excellent  sovereign,  the  two  peoples  Lave  become 
one  indeed,  cherishing  the  same  loyal  sentiments, 
the  same  political  aspirations.  The  experience  of 
the  Past  IS  the  property  of  both,  and  both  may 
deduce  from  it,  t£  they  will,  many  invaluable  les- 
sons for  the  Present  and  Future,  But  this,  by- 
tbe-way.  My  purpose  is,  in  some  measure*  to 
supplement  the  paper  of  Ma,  Hox  (mde  snnrd^ 
p.  47.)  I  do  not  pretend  to  have  studied  so 
deeply  the  various  incidents  of  the  sanguinary 
struggle  in  Ulster,  in  the  beginning  of  Elizabeth's 
reign,  as  that  gentleman  hus  done ;  but  when  in- 
vestigating, some  months  ago,  the  early  career  of 
Sir  Francis  Drake,  I  had  occasion  to  consult 
sundry  documents  and  ^."orrespondence  of  the 
period  bearing  ujion  it,  which  are  preserved  in  the 
State  Paper  Office.  That  labour  resulted  in  the 
discovery  (or  that  which  is  tantamount  to  it)  of  a 
very  interesting  passage  in  the  life  of  the  admiraL 


90 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[S'AS.V.  JAH»mti 


After  his  successful  voyage  to  the  West  Indies 
in  1J72,  Drake,  in  the  following  year,  joined  the 
standard  of  Walter  Earl  of  Essex,  when  that 
easily-ffulled  courtier  was  moved  to  undertake 
his  quixotic  expedition  to  "  the  gall  and  nursery 
of  all  evil  men  in  Ireland,"  as  m  one  of  his  de- 
spatches thence  to  the  Lord  Treasurer,  he  desig- 
nated Ulster,  the  scene  of  his  exploits/  Ostensibly 
his  object  was  ^^  to  rid  her  majesty*8  subjects  of 
the  tyranny  of  the  Scots ;  '*  f  Dut  really  to  seize 
upon  the  district  of  Glanheboy  or  Clanhughboy  (co. 
Antrim),  the  ancient  territory  of  the  0*]Seils,  de- 
scendants of  the  princes  of  Tyrone;  which,  after  its 
conquest,  the  too  confident  adventurer  proposed  to 
divide  amongst  the  most  distinguished  of  his  fol- 
lowers. This  pretty  little  scheme  of  spoliation 
was  patronised  by,  if  it  did  not  orimnate  with,  the 
(]ucen,  and  was  finally  brought  to  oear  by  the  in- 
tervention of  Leicester,  who  only  desired  to  banish 
his  rival  from  the  court.  It  generally  happened, 
whenever  Elizabeth  condescended  to  participate 
with  any  of  her  subjects  in  speculations  of  a  pecu- 
niary or  [)olitical  nature  that  she  got  the  best  of  the 
bargain,  and  such  was  the  case  in  the  present  in- 
stance. She  bestowed  upon  tissex  two  birds  in 
the  bush  for  the  one  whicn  he  placed  in  her  hands. 
In  other  words,  the  earl  was  compelled  to  surrender 
fifteen  of  his  manors  in  England  for  the  possible 
acquisition  of  half  a  county  in  Ireland.  Amongst 
his  followers  were,  besides  Drake,  the  Lords  Dacre 
and  Rich,  Sir  II.  Knoll vs  and  his  four  brothers, 
and  three  of  the  "black    sons  of  Lord  Norreys. 

According  to  all  the  published  biographies  of 
Drake,  the  fact  of  his  service  in  Ireland,  between 
the  years  1573-1575,  is  known  only  by  tradition. 
It  has  been  said  that  he  fitted  out,  at  his  own  ex- 
ponce,  '*  thrnc  frigates  "  (or  rather  /rigots,  a  very 
dilfereiit  class  of  vessel  to  our  frigate,  which  was 
not  intro.lu«.ed  into  the  royal  navy  until  at  least  a 
century  later),  with  which  he  rendered  material 
aid  to  the  filibustering  cause;  but  in  what  parti- 
cular way,  or  in  what  particular  place,  had  passed 
out  of  reinenibrance.  The  facts  which  I  have  dis- 
interred from  th«'  national  archives  show,  that  he 
was  coinniissioned  for  the  service  by  the  queen,  and 
that  he  commanded  the  squadron  which  conveyed 
Essex  and  his  force,  comprising  1200  horse  and 
focit,  to  the  R'cne  of  their  adventure.  lie  landed 
them  at  Carrickfeigus  in  the  last  week  of  August, 
1573.  His  own  ship,  called  the  "  Falcon,'*' was 
jirobahly  a  hired  one,  as  aUo  her  consorts.  If  so, 
the  duty  ^^C  selecting  them  had  dcvtdved  u|h)1i 
hiin>elf,  and  hence  the  tradition  of  his  having  sup- 
pli'  «l  them  at  his  own  cost. 

llf)w  Ky-ij'x  fared  on  his  arrival  in  Ireland:  how 
he  was  per^i9lL•ntly  thwarted  by  a  jealous  Lord- 
Depuiy;  ht)w  he  was  gradually  deserted  by  his 
folinwers  of  eviry  di*;:ree;   and  how,  in  fine,  he 

•  K!«94X  to  IhirKhlev,  23  Junf,  1674,  k^.  I'.  O. 
t   VkU  Ills  ProclanuiUoii,  20  fe^pu  lOrs.— /A. 


was  crushed  to  death  by  an  ever-increasing  wdgk 
of  disappointment,  sorrow,  and  anguish,  are  ma- 
ters too  well  known  to  need  recapitulation  in  us 
place.  The  only  real  success  he  could  boast  d  t 
his  Irish  campaign,  was  the  sutprisal  and  reductia 
of  the  island  of  Kathlin  —  a  sei-vice  in  whidik 
had  no  personal  share.  It  was  effected  by  ft 
naval  skill  and  military  courage  of  Francis  Dnk 
and  John  Norr^vs. 

Of  the  early  history  of  Rathliti  or  Rsgliery* 
know  very  little,  beyond  the  fact  that,  fW>m  a  te 
remote  period,  it  served  for  a  steppinf;r-8tone  1 
the  Scots,  "  who  came  (as  that  marrellously  » 
dustrioUs  compiler,  Mr.  Rowley  Lucellei^  tt 
presses   it)  swarming   from   the  filebrideii  fak 
Ulster/*    It  lies  about  five  miles  off  the  norttet 
coast  of  Antrim,  immediately  opposite  to  BsHi^ 
castle.    Its  shape  is  that  of  an  acute  wnpe^i 
which  the  upper  or  horizontal  line  eztena  («" 
cording  to  the  Ordnance  survey)  four  miles,  vi 
the    lower   or  perpendicular    line    three   mOs 
Access  to  its  shores  is,  I  believe,  at  all  times  H 
ficnlt,  so  many  shoals  encompassing  them;  ist 
owing  to  a  very  singular  and  violent  conflictisB 
of  the  tides,  known  locally  as  the    **  Slofftn- 
morra,"  or  gulp  of  the  sea,  it  is  somethnei  ex- 
ceedingly dangerous,   if  not  altogether  imprac- 
ticable.   The   Kinramer,  or  western  end  of  tie  [ 
isle,   is  craggy  and  mountainous,  and  the  cosft  ' 
destitute  of  a  harbour ;  but  the  Usheti  or  easten 
end,  is  more  level  and  fertile,  besides  being  sup* 
plied  with  several  small  ports. 

At  the  time  when  K^sex  resolved  to  sulpriftc 
it,   the  island  was    subject   to  Sorlcy    Boj,   or 
Somhairle  M^Doiinel  (youngest  son  of  Alexander 
M*Donnel,  quondam  Lord  of  the  Isles),  who,  on 
the  death  of  his  bmther,  Alexaiider  Oge  M*Doi:- 
ncl,  possessed  himself  of  it,  assuming  at  the  same 
time   the  chieftainship    of  the   Irish- Scots,    and 
seizing  upon  the  person  of  his  nephew,  the  son   f 
of  his  deceased  brother,  whom  he  detained  there 
as   an  hostage.      This  captive  is   "the  pledge' 
mentioned  below  by  the  Earl,  in  his  despatch  to    ;. 
the  (Jucen,  and  one  of  the  few  who  was  specially    ' 
exempted    from    butchery    by  his    exasperated 
troops. 

The  want  of  provisions,  although  it  was  the 
height  of  ^ummer,  obliged  Essex  to  break  up  fab 
camp,  which  was  then  in  the  vicinity  of  Currick- 
fergus,  and  betake  himself  to  the  Pale.  Before 
his  retreat,  lie  garrisoned  the  town,  and  left  it  in 
charge  of  John  Xorreys.  Its  safety  was  further 
in.su red  by  the  presence  of  Drake.  Although,  as 
before  int'niated,  Essex  took  no  personal  shari*  in 
the  attack  u{)on  Kathlin,  the  plan  and  all  its  de- 

*  I  liAve  rfiail  soiiiewhen.*,  that  thp  nanioof  tlie  iaUnd 
has  fuiYtfTVil  Ml  ninny  vRriutioiis  in  its  uitho^raphy  as 
reiulvr:*  it  luiw  iinpOMtible  to  ilcKTinino  wliat  inav  bv  the 
most  proper.  From  the  days  uf  Pliny  to  our  ovrBt  it  has 
been  spelled  in  tan  or  a  down  dlfferedt  ways. 


8^  8.  V.  Jaic.  80,  '84] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


91 


tails  orif;inated  with,  and  were  perfected  by  him- 
self. The  whulc  shows  that  he  was  not  doficicnt 
in  military  sagacity  or  skill.  In  his  despatch  to 
Elizabeth  he  says  :  — 

"  I  thought  good  to  leese'  no  opportunity  that  might 
lerve  to  the  annoying  of  the  Scot  (ti^ainst  whom  only  I 
have  now  to  make  war),  and  flnding  it  a  thing  very 
necessary  to  leave  a  good  garrison  at  Carigfergue,  for  that 
purpose  1  appointed  t36&  footmen  and  iftj»  horsemen  to 
reside  there,  noder  the  rule  of  Capt  John  Norroyce,  to 
whom  I  gave  a  secret  charge,  that  having  at  Caricftrgus 
the  three  frigates,  and  wind  and  weather  serving,  to 
confer  with  the  captains  of  them,  and  on  the  sudden  to 
set  out  for  the  taking  of  the  island  of  the  Raoghllerns 
(with  care  in  their  absence  to  leave  a  sofHcient  guard  for 
the  keeping  of  the  town  of  Carigfergus) ;  and  when  I 
had  given  this  direction  (to  make  the  Scots  less  sus- 
picions of  any  such  matter  pretended),  I  withdrew  myself 
towards  the  Pale,  and  Capt.  Norryco  with  his  company 
to  Carigfergus,  with  my  letters  of  direction  onto  the 
captains  of  the  three  frigates,  which  he  found  there  nady 
for  my  service."  * 

Norreys,  accordingly,  on  the  departure  of  his 
chief,  took  counsel  with  Drake,  Potter,  and  SydaT* 
"  the  captains  of  the  three  frl|?ate8,"  who,  readily 
assenting  to  the  practicability  of  the  proposed 
scheme,  concludea  to  take  it  in  hand  at  once. 
They  collected  all  the  small  boats  belonging  to 
tlic  town,  which  would  suffice  for  transports,  and  , 
on  July  20th,  the  expedition  got  under  weigh  | 
from  Carrickfergus.  It  is  not  added  what  number 
of  men  was  told  off  for  this  service.  Owing  to 
the  variableness  of  the  winds  the  fleet,  when  at 
sea,  parted  company,  and  nearly  three  days  were 
consumed  in  making  the  island.  Ko  other  incon- 
venience, excepting  the  loss  of  time,  resulted  from 
this  delay ;  for  (says  Essex),  "  all  so  well  cuided 
tliemselvcs,  that  they  met  at  the  landing-place  of 
the  Raughliens  the  xxij  day  in  the  morning  at 
one  instant."  The  spot  chosen  for  the  debarca- 
tion  of  the  troops  was  probably  in  Church  Bay. 

The  islanders,  perceiving  the  tardy  approacn  of 
the  English,  and  fully  comprehending  their  object, 
had  ample  time  to  prepare  for  resistance.  They 
drew  up  all  their  forces  on  the  beach,  every  foot 
of  which  they  obstinately  contested ;  but  being 
at  length  overpowered  by  the  invaders,  they  fled, 
panic-stricken,  "  to  a  castle  which  they  had,  of 
very  great  strength,"  where,  outstripping  their 
pursuers,  they  shut  themselves  in.  The  castle 
referred  to  by  the  Earl  was  probably  that  which 
bore  the  name  of  the  Bruc »,  from  the  fact  of  his 
having  found  an  asylum  there,  in  the  winter  of 
1806,  when  driven  out  of  Scotland  by  Baliol. 
The  foundations  of  it  are  still  visible  in  the  north- 
eastern corner  of  the  island. 

The  English  proceeded  to  invest  the  place,  and, 
afier^  much  hard  fi^jhting,  in  which  several  fell 
on  either  side,  including  "  the  captain "  of  the 
besieged,  the  latter  were  conipellecl,  on  the  26th, 

,  */"i  <^'  A  -P.  O.    Essex  to  the  Qiiemj  Jolj  8L 

10/0. 


to  capitulate,  almost  unconditional! v.  Only  the 
lives  of  the  **  Constable,"  and  of  his  wife  and 
child,  were  guaranteed ;  "  all  the  rest  were  to 
stand  on  the  curtesy  "  of  the  victors.  What  fol- 
lowed is  best  described  in  the  language  of  Essex  : 
"  The  soldiers  being  moved  and  much  stirred  with  the 
loss  of  their  fellows,  which  were  slayne,  and  desirous  of 
revenge,  made  request,  or  rather  pressed  to  have  the 
killing  of  them,  which  they  did  all,  saving  the  persona 
to  whom  life  was  promised,  and  a  pledge  which  was 
prisoner  in  the  castle  was  also  saved,  who  iii  son  to  ^Uex- 
ander  Og  M*Alyster  Harr>'.  .  .  .  There  were  slayn  that 
come  out  of  the  Castle,  of  all  sorts,  CC  i  and  presently 
news  is  brought  me,  out  of  Tv'rone,  that  they  be  occupied 
still  in  killin^^,  and  have  slayn  [all]  that  they  have 
found  hidden  in  caves  and  in  dins  of  the  sea,  to  the 
number  of  CCC*  more.** 

Deteriores  omnes  namu  licenHd  I  For  myself^  I 
am  thankfid  to  have  lived  in  the  age  of  Mormon 
and  Zadkiel,  instead  of  in  that  of  Bacon  and 
Shakspere. 

The  spoil  taken  in  the  island  amounted  to  4000 
sheep,  300  kine,  200  stud  mares,  and  sufficient 
"  beer-corn  "  to  supply  800  men  for  a  whole  year, 
besides  other  more  valuable  household  property. 

If  ferocious  to  his  enemies,  Essex  was  grateful 
to  his  friends,  more  especially  to  the  conquerors 
of  llathlin.  In  beseeching  the  (lucen  to  favour 
them  with  a  letter  of  thanks  for  tneir  services,  he 
assures  her  majesty  that,  ^*  both  for  captains  and 
soldiers,  there  is  no  prince  in  Christendom  can 
have  better,  nor  more  willing  minds  to  serve  her  *' 
than  these.  He  reiterated  this  request  to  the 
lords  of  the  Council,  as  well  as  to  Walsingham,  to 
whom,  in  a  private  communication,  he  adds  in  a 
postscript,— 

*<  I  do  understand  this  day  by  a  spy,  coming  from 
Sorleboy's  camp,  that  upon  my  late  journey  made  against 
him,  he  then  put  most  of  his  plate,  most  of  his  children, 
and  the  children  of  the  most  part  of  his  gentlemen  with 
him,  and  their  wives  into  the  Itaughlicns,  which  be  all 
taken  and  executed,  as  the  spy  saith,  and  in  all  to  the 
number  of  viC*.  Sorley  then  also  stood  upon  the  main- 
land of  the  Qlynns,  and  saw  the  taking  of  the  island,  and 
was  likely  to  run  mad  for  sorrow  (as  the  spy  saith), 
tearing  and  tormenting  himself,  and  saying,  that  he  then 
lost  all  that  ever  he  had." 

"  As  the  spy  saith,** —  twice  repeated!  Let  us 
flatter  ourselves  with  the  idea,  that  the  writer*8 
humanity  was  slightly  touched  —  that  he  was  har- 
bouring an  agreeable  suspicion  that  some,  if  not 
all,  of  these  helpless  women  and  children  had 
escaped  from  the  swords  of  his  fiendish  soldiery. 

Essex  set  great  store  by  his  conquest  of  Kath- 
lin  :  it  was  the  only  fruit  of  his  costly  labours  in 
Ulster.  Among  the  Cott.  MSS.  in  the  British 
Museum,  there  is  one  (Titus,  B.  xii.  f.  417), 
entitled  ^'  The  Earle  of  Essex  Declaracon  in  what 
Estate  he  founde  Ulster  ut  his  arrival  there,  and 
how  he  left  it  at  his  comeiiig  awaye."  The  Karl 
remarks  therein,  inter  alia,  "when  I  was  dis- 
charged, I  left  the  Raughliens  in  her  maj*"  pus- 
session,   as  the  bea^  T&»ia^  \s^  '«ki  ss^xsi^^s?^  "^^ 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIEa 


1$^  S.  V,  Jam.  80,  %i, 


hunish  the  Scot/*  He  la  asked  (probably  hf 
Burghley)  :  "  What  Is  meant  to  be  done  with  the 
iaie  of  Ruughliena  ;  and  how  mny  It  be  recovered 
and  kept ;  and  what  profit  may  grow  thereby  ?  *' 
To  which  Et>»ex  replies ;  **  A  for lifi cation  in  the 
BaughlieoB,  with  a  salBcient  force  to  resifit  their 
landing  at  the  first,  ia  the  moat  requisite ;  within 
short  space  fit]  will  bear  the  charge  with  a  gain/* 
Of  the  subsequent  fortunes  of  the  island,  llcnow 
nothing.  3. 


FASHIONABLE  QUABTERS  OF  LONDON. 

[no.  UL'^ 

The  Revolution  introduces  us  to  the  great 
Lord  Somers ;  who,  soon  after  he  was  appointed 
I/ord  Keeoer  of  the  Great  Seal,  removed  from 
the  Temple  to  Powis  House,  in  Lincoln*!!  Inn 
Fields.  This  house  Kin^  William  determined 
should  be  for  ever  appropriated  to  the  use  of  the 
Chancellor  or  Keeper.  It  was,  therefore,  pur- 
chased by  the  government,  in  161^6,  for  that  pur- 
ni'ise ;  and  Lord  Somers,  and  hia  successor  Sir 
Nathan  Wright,  both  remained  in  it  while  they 
held  the  office. 

Lord  Cowper^  during  his  first  Chancellorship  in 
Queen  Anne*s  reigHi  also  resided  in  the  same 
bouse,  as  also  did  hia  aucceasor  Lord  Ilarcourt; 
but  before  Lord  Cowper'a  second  Chancellorship, 
in  the  beginning  of  the  reign  of  George  I,,  the 
houfle  had  come  into  the  possession  of  the  Duke 
of  Newcastle,  and  was  thenceforward  called  New- 
castle House,  It  still  exists,  and  forms  the  north- 
west angle  of  Lincoln*8  Inn  Fields,  leading  into 
Great  Queen  Street,  After  leaving  this  house. 
Lord  Cowper  removed  to  Great  George  Street, 
Westminster. 

I  am  not  certain  where  Sir  Thomas  Parker,  tbe 
unfortunate  Earl  of  Macclesfield,  resided  while  he 
WJ1H  Lord  Chancellor  of  George  L ;  but  be  was  at 
the  time  of  his  death  building  a  house  m  St, 
Jameses  Square;  and  he  died,  in  1732,  in  his  son's 
house  in  Soho  Square, 

Of  George  ILs  first  Chancellor,  Peter,  Lord 
King,  I  do  not  know  the  town  rcfiidence.  His 
second  Chancellor,  Charles^  Lord  Talbot,  lived 
and  died  in  Lincoln*a  Inn  Fields,  but  in  what 
house  is  not  stated,  Ilis  third  Ohaiicellon  Philip, 
Lord  Hardwicke,  who  held  the  Great  Seal  nearly 
twenty  years,  died  seven  years  after  his  resigna- 
tion in  a  house  so  far  west  as  Grosvenor  Square  ; 
but  bis  residence,  while  he  was  in  office,  was  in 
SDOther  Powis  Hou^te  in  Great  Orraond  Street, 
tll6  site  of  which  is  now  occupied  by  Powis  Place, 
Of  the  numerous  Cbancellori  of  Gcor*rti  HL, 
I  do  not  know  the  olficial  residenccM  of  Itobcrt 
||^„T  ...  r, ,.]  ^,(*  Northington^  nor  of  Charles 
Pi  Camden ;  but  tho  latter  died  at  his 

btH  ,.  ,1  Street,  Berkeley  Sciu^re,  iu  1794, 


twenty-four  years  after  his  retirement,  wben  i 
gration  to  the  west  had  become  commmi. 

Henry  Bathurst,  Lord  Apsley  and  Karl  of  I 
t hurst,  on  receiving  the  Great  Seal,  re-sided  in  D* 
Street,  Soho ;  but  afterwards  built  Apsley  Hou 
in  Piccadilly,  now  the  residence  of  the  Duke  i 
Wellington- 

For  the  town  residences  of  the   Hon. 
Yorke,  of  Kdward,  Lord  Thurlow,  of  AJejj 
Lord  Loughborough,   and  of  some  oiber 
which  I  am  unacquainted,  I  mtist  rely  upo 
numerous  correspondents. 

John  Scott,  Earl  of  Eldon,  resided  wben 
Chancellor,  at  first  in  Bedford  Square,  and  thei] 
in  Hamdton  Place,  Pi<:cadilly. 

Thomas  Enikine,  Lord  Erskine,  during  the  brW 
period  in  which  he  held  the  Great  Seal,  resided 
on  the  south  aide  of  Lincoln's  Inn  Fields,  in  ik 
house  afterwards  occupied  by  the  Vernlam  Clu 

John  Singleton  Copley,  Lord  Lyndhurst — Li 
Chancellor  to  three  sovereigns,  Geor;^e  TV,,  Wil 
tiam  IV*,  and  our  present  Queen  —  dred  tli«oC^ 
day  (as  we  all  have  cause  to  lament)  at  tli(^  j 
archjd  age  of  ninety-two,  in  the  house  in 
Street,  Hanover  Square,  which  he  occupied  i 
in  office. 

Lord  Brousbam's  residence  while  L« 
cellor  to  William  IV.,  was  in  Grafton  Str 
Bond  Street. 

With  regard  to  Queen  Victoria's  CbanccUow,  1 
require  information  as  to   the  residence*  of  ^ '  ^ 
Earl  of  Cottenham,  Lord  Truro,  and  Lord 
Leonard's,  while  in  office ;  but  they  were  wXL 
the  west. 

Lord  Cranworth  resided  in  Upper  Brooke  St 
GroBvenor  Square* 

Lord  Chelmsford's  house  was,  and  if,  in  ] 
Square. 

Lord  Campbell  carried  the  Seal  as  far  aontl 
west  as  Stratheden  House,  Knightsbridge  :  aa| 
the  present  Chancellor,  Lord  Westbury,  Uvea 
much   the   same    distance  north-west,   in    Hj 
Park  Gardens,  Bayswaler  Rood, 

Having  thus  shown  the  migration  of  tbe^e  leg 
functionaries  from  one  extreme  to  the  other, 
hope  some  of  your  correspondents  will  supply  youf 
with  the  progress  of  fashion  which  ha^  led  oLbe 
classes  and  professions  from  the  east  to  the  w< 
And  I  shall  be  obliged  by  any  a*iditions  to, 
correetionfi  o/»  the  dctjula  which  I  have  oflTigr 
you.  EnwAaii  Fon,  I 


Th- 
and  b' 

th     • 
t^ 


JOH?^  FREDERICK  LAHPK 

'     *  V  the  mujit<    '  ^'' 
'If  the  lim^ 


"i" 


8»*  S.  V.  iJji.  SO,  '64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


93 


» 


In  the  true  spirit  of  burleacitie,)  are  rety  contra- 
dictory. 

Hawkins  (History  of  Music,  London,  1776,  v. 
371),  say?  **Lampe  died  in  London  about  twenty 
Tears  ago/'  Bumey  {Hiitory  of  Muitic^  iv.  672« 
London,  1789,)  tells  us  tlint  Lampe,  "quitting 
London  in  1 749,  resided  two  years  at  Dublin  \ 
and  in  1 750  went  to  Edinburgh,  where  he  settled, 
very  much  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  patrons  of 
muaic  in  that  city,  and  of  himself;  but  in  July, 
1751,  be  wai»  5eij?ed  with  a  fever  which  put  an 
end  to  his  existence  at  the  age  of  fifty- nine/' 
This  statement  is  repeated,  in  nearly  the  same 
words,  in  the  article  "Lampe"  in  Rees*^  Cyclo- 
media  (also  written  by  Burney),  the  date  1748, 
however,  being  substituted  for  174J).  The  ac- 
count given  in  Bumey'a  History  is  copied  in 
Gerbers  Lexicon  der  Tonkiavttler  (iii.  166,  Leip- 
zig, 1813),  and  in  Schilling's  Lexicon  der  Ton* 
kUrut  (iv.  312,  Stuttgart,  1837).  The  Dictionary 
of  Musicians  (London,  1824,)  states  that  "  Lampe 
died  in  London  in  the  year  1751;"  and  Fetis 
{Biographic  des  Musiciens^  Brussels,  1840,  vi.  34), 
says,  "  II  raourut  en  1756.'* 

The  General  Advertiser^  London  newspaper,  of 
Thursday,  September  12, 1751,  has  the  following 
paragraph :  — 

**  By  letters  from  Edinburgh,  we  have  the  following 
inscHptioa,  tAkeo  from  the  monaraent  of  Mr,  Lampe,  the 
cdebnited  Master  of  Musick^  who  lately  die4  there :  — 

" '  Here  li^  the  mortal  Remains  of  John  Frederick 
Loinpe,  whose  bannonjotis  Compoeitions  shall  outlast 
moonmental  I{eg:uter8,  and  with  melofiious  Nolea  through 
future  Ages  perpetuate  his  Fame,  'till  Time  nhall  sink 
into  Eternity.  Hii  Taste  for  moral  Hfirrnony  appenri'd 
through  all  big  Conduct,  He  was  a  must  loving  Hus- 
band, an  nfTectionate  Father^  Friemi,  and  CompAnion. 
On  the  26th  Day  of  July,  1761,  in  the  48th  Year  of  his 
A^e,  he  was  sammoned'to  join  that  heavenly  Concert 
with  the  bleeeed  Choir  above,  where  his  virt'uooa  Soul 
now  enjovns  that  Harmony  which  was  bis  chief  Delight 
upon  EarthJ  " 

It  is  curious  fsupposing  thia  mneription  to  be 
ac^umte)  that  the  statements  of  nil  Lampe'a  bio- 
graphers should  be  more  or  less  tainted  with 
error :  Bumej,  whose  account  in  other  reapecta 
is  correct,  erring  with  respect  to  the  deceased's  iwge. 

Can  any  of  your  readers  inform  us  in  what 
church,  churchyard,  or  other  place  of  sepulture 
in  the  Scottish  metropolis^  Lampe^'s  remains  rest  ? 
Wliat  ia  the  character  of  his  monument,  if  exi^- 
iT\g  ?  And  whether  the  copy  o(  the  inscription, 
gtTeil  in  the  Oeneral  Adnertiser^  is  correct  or 
not?  W.  H.  HosK. 


PAIJNT>ROMICAL  VERSES:  JANl  DE  BI89CHOP 
CHORCS  MUSARUM. 

The  pages  of  ♦*  N.  &  Q,/'  have  repeatedly  con* 
tained  specimens  of  Palindromical  verses  and 
other  kinds  of  misdirected  literary  labour ;  but  I 


do  not  recollect  of  having  ever  met  with  any 
notice  of  a  work  now  before  me,  which  I  should 
imagine  to  be  unparalleled  in  the  annals  of  tiuch 
trifling. 

I  subjoin  its  title,  verbatim :  — 

^*  Jani  De  Bisschop  Chorus  MuMrani,  id  cat,  Elogia, 
Poemata,  Epfgrofflmata,  Echo,  jEnignidta,  Ladua  Poeti- 
CI19,  Ars  Hermetica,  &e.    Lugduni  Batavorant, 
r  Job :  Da  Vivie, ) 
Ex  Offidna  <  ct  >mdcc." 

I   Is:  Severini  J 

The  volume,  a  stout  small  8vo  of  434  pages, 
commences — after  two  dedications,  one  of  them  to 
Cornelius  De  Witte,  Baro  de  Ruiter  —  with  a 
series  of  elo^ia  on  different  members  of  the  Dc 
Ruiter  family.  A  poem  on  the  Birth-day  of 
William  IIL  and  others  on  the  Praise  of  Amster* 
dam,  the  Fire  of  Loudon,  &c.  succeed.  Next 
in  order  are  the  Epigrams,  occupying  nearly  160 
ptt;jes,  and  for  the  most  part  wofuUy  deficient  in 

Sjint,  all  at  least  I  have  had  patience  to  read* 
ere  is  one  of  the  best :  — 

'■  ErwttmuM  infans, 

**  Pamts  eras,  nee  Erasmos  eras  mus,  dictus  Erasmus, 

Die  age,  ai  Sum  mus,  tunc  quoque  summua  ero." 

The  next  division  of  the  work,  and  the  first 
which  is  characteristic  of  it  — entitled  Lndus 
Posticus  —  begins  with  a  Palindromical  poem  ; 
apparently,  however,  not  written  by  Bisschop,  u 
it  IS  termed  Melos  retrogradum  iLypi^mv, 

This  composition  extends  to  no  less  than  sixty 
lines,  but  the  first  six  will  probably  be  enough  for 
the  readers  of  "  N.  &  Q*"  — 

**  Sumere  tironem  si  vis,  me  norit  oremas: 
Jurem  non  animo,  nomina  non  meruL 

Aspice :  nam  niro  mittlt  timor  anna,  nee  ipsa. 
Si  se  mente  reget,  eon  tegeret  Nemesis. 

Me  turn  animat  rect^  me  dem,  et  cert&mxna  matetn, 
Si  res  una  velit  utile,  van  us  eris." 

It  will  be  observed  that  each  line  may  be  made 
the  same  syllabicaUy,  whether  read  from  right  to 
left»  or  vice  rersd. 

Next  in  order  is  a  poem,  In  NataJem  Christie 
extending  to  eighteen  lines,  and  constructed  on  a 
model  which  wUl  be  best  understood  by  a  speci- 
men :  — 

"  Msgne  pnelle^  jaces  lectd»  te  stringit  egeitas; 
Agne  tenelte,  tacea  tccto,  me  cingit  hooestaa. 
jEthera  pax  sp«roit,  dux  roajestate  tremendi: 
Sidera  fax  cemit,  lux  libertale  verendft." 

Various  classes  of  similar  verses  succeed,  which 
I  shall  name  in  order,  giving  a  specimen  of  each. 
"  Qmcordantes  Vemu, 
veatui    -  q|oaa  obruit 

Accendit  dammss,  unda, 

vioum  quod  temperat 

Cifrretaiivi  Ferms. 
Pripdotort  miles,  lictor*  neco,  saacio,  tnict^ 

PJebem,  hoalcm,  ftircnn  fraudibus,  ense,  cnice» 
Sic  It^o  prtBctdmit*  vertirtttot:  ^<Bia*MT  i»»s*>V**- 


94 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8M&V.  Jas. 


M,**!    1 


fraudibu*:  miks  samcio  hottem  enu;  Ketor  aocto  fitrtm 
cruet, 

Scalarii  gradaiio, 
Sol  solas  solidat  solamina  sollicitornm 
Sollicitatorum  sollicitudinibus. 

Gigantei  Versus. 
**  Terrificarenint  Otthomannopolitanoa 
Intempestivis  anxietudinibiu. 
Debellaverant  GratianopoUtanos, 
Teniculamentis,  Carlomontesii. 
Depag:iiaverunt  Constantinopolitani, 
Opprobramentis  illachrymabilibos/' 

Vertus  reeurrwUs  teu  rtciproeif  exharoico  FtmUmttnan, 
'^  Agros  cultor  arc  non  pigra  sedulitate. 
Sedulitate  pigra  non  aro  cultor  agros." 

LitertB  HetrogradtB. — This  is.  a  letter  regarding 
a  joun^  man  to  his  father,  which,  read  from  the 
beginning,  expresses  praise,  and,  from  the  end 
(the  punctuation  at  the  same  time  being  slightly 
alter^),  censure.  One  sentence,  forming  about 
one-fifch  of  the  whole,  will  suffice :  •— 

'*  Pater,  illius  tuns  fnigi  viyit«  nee  preciosios  tempoB, 
ct  pecuniam  dilapidat ;  fruquentandis  identidem  tempHs 
et  gymnasiis,  non  compotationibas,  comessationibos,  ve- 
natui,  aleifl,  ludis  operam  dat.     Vice  versa, 

*'  Dat  operam  ludi8»  aleis,  yenatui,  comessationibus, 
compotationibus,  non  gymnasiis  ct  templis  identidem  fre- 
qnentandis :  dilapidat  pecuniam  et  tempus  prociosius,  nee 
vxvit  fnigi  tnus  filius,  pater." 

Lunu  in  hterd  A,    Law  Gulielmi  III.,  ^e, 
**  Agglomerata  acics,  addensans  agmiois  alas, 
Advolat  auxiliis,  arroqao  affiilget  aperto: 
Auriacusquo  aniens  animis,  aniroosior  arte* 
AuctoratuH  adost,  arraa  aureus,  auroud  arma 
Adfrumit ;  auratis  armis  accingitur  armos." 

And  so  on  for  thirty- three  lines  more. 

J-Jcho  in  Ignuticolas. — This  is  a  long  poetical 
invective  against  the  followers  of  Ignatius  Loyola, 
extending  to  fifly-two  pages,  and  containing  many 
references  to  notorious  members  of  the  order  and 
their  nefarious  doings.  Each  line  ends  with  an 
"  echo,"  thus  — 
"  Patros  Jesu  nomen  sibi  arrogantca,  ftirantur, — urantur. 

Est  MK^ietus  superba,  famosa,  passim  invisa,  orbi  fatalis ; 
—talis. 

PatroM  quflBrunt  gloriam  sui,  non  Deimajorem ;— o  rem ! 

Ignatiuni,  hominem  militarem  Deo,  assimolant,— simu- 
lant." 

Ixtgogriphi. — Virtus,  vims,  vir,  tus. 
T  si  sustuleris  medio  do  nomine ;  rcrum 
Optima  qu»  fueram,  rt'rum  tunc  poHsima  flo. 
Mas  caput  est ;  mea  cauda  petit  sibi  funus,  et  ignes.'* 
JEni^mata,  —  Of  these  there   are   upwards  of 
three  hundred.     We  subjoin  the  sixty-ninth,  on 
a  telescope :  — 

•*  Non  video ;  per  me  facio  vidisse  remota : 
Kxtcndor,  minuor;  manus  adiuvat.    Aspicisex  mo 
Sidora,  qus  fugiunt  oculos.    Ego  servio  nautis." 

We  al<o  subjoin  one  of  a  different  class:  — 
"  Oi>  pajKipa,  ii  mamama :  mors  mmrum  crit  phusphus- 

phus  iFa>.Tnns,  ct  miniiminu^  \\\9  rererente :  felicicici  iii 

ad  pamnim  mimiminare  popopount. 
**  Sie  Ugiio  voces  prtectdentes :  Obis  paler,  ibis  maier : 


mors  duorum  erit  iriun^pkus  tetemuM,  et  to  mimuM  viim  to* 

reruB :  fdiciter  iter  adpatriam  temdnare  poteruni,*' 

Among  some  Sentenlioi  retragrada^  p.  414^  o^ 
curs  the  famous  line  which  has  been  diacoised  b 

"  Sator  erepo  tenet  opere  rotas." 
It  will  be  observed  there  is  a  slight  difierenee 
between  this  version  and  the  common  one.    If 
we  suppose  Erepo  to  be  a  proper  name,    then, 
some  such  meaning  as  this  might  be  educed  from 
this  puzzling  line,  which  it  is  worth  noting  Biss- 
chop  speaks  of  as  ancient  (antiquum) — The  planter 
Erepo  holds  (or  arrests)  by  an  effort  the  wneels. 
Anagrammaia, 
-  Quid  est  Veritas  ?    Est  vir  qui  adest 
Ignatius  Xaverius.    Gavisi  sunt  vexari. 
Cornelius  Jansenius.    Calvini  sensus  in  ova." 

I  have  now  furnished  the  readers  of  "  N".  k  Q," 
with  sufficient  materials  for  forming  an  eatin^te 
of  this  extraordinary  volume.  Their  aatonidi* 
ment  will  be  immeasurably  enhanced  when  thej 
read  the  following  sentence,  which  comprises  tbe 
whole  of  a  preliminary  address  to  the  reader,  witb 
the  exception  of  a  reference  to  the  very  numenos 
typograpliical  errors  which  occur  throughout  Um 
work :  — 

"  Si  poematuro  mcorum  fontes,  ingcnii  tui  palate  stpnmti 
addam  praeterea  fcrculorum  delicias,  qninqae  alia  vola- 
mina,  eadem,  ut  hie  libellus,  forma  in  octavo  imprimenda; 
quorum  secundum  volumen  erit  Heroicoram  poematniB; 
tertium  FLIegiacorum  variorum  plurimorum :  qnaitam 
Klegiacorum  in  Patroni  Comniire  Jesuitam  Galium,  qoi 
Maui^  STirAKTj£  reginn)  Manes  cunsceleravit :  quinlnB 
Lyricurum :  sextum  i'llogiorum :  septimum  iindecim  mil- 
lium  sententiarum  fere  novarum :  octavum  ComoBdJariB 
ac  Tragcediarum  Latinarum:  nouum  dcoique  ixuagiiMB 
secundi  saecuU  Jcsuitarum." 

^  The  discrepancy  between  the  general  and  spe- 
cific enumeration  of  these  MS.  volumes  is  veiy 
curious,  and  not  corrected  in  the  list  of  errata. 

I  suspect  the  work  is  rare.  Besides  my  own 
copy,  I  have  only  traced  it  in  three  Cataloguea  — 
ono  of  these  that  of  Dr.  Parr*s  Library,  where  it 
occurs  under  the  head  of  "  Recentiores  Foetid, 
Satirici,  Faccti,  &c."  No  note  appears  to  have 
been  found  in  Dr.  Parr's  copy,  but  I  may  quote 
what  he  says  of  the  whole  class  in  which  he  had 
placed  it :  "  Most  of  them  very  rare,  and  very 
expensive ;  all  expensive  except  one,  and  that 
not  a  very  cheap  one." 

Should  any  of  the  readers  of  **  X.  S:  Q.*'  desire 
to  see  some  further  specimens  of  Bisschop's  la- 
bours, I  shall  be  hnppy  to  transmit  a  few  lor  in- 


sertion in  Its  pages. 
ICdinburgh. 


J.  D. 


Esquire.  —  I  have  just  found  the  following 
among  some  papers,  which  may  be  interestinir  to 
readers  of"  N.&Q.:  "  — 

"  In  the  year  1825,  at  the  Glo^ter  Spring  Quarter  Ses- 
sions, three  vinegar-makers  indicted  certain  thievea  for  a 


«»«»  a  V.  Jah.  80,  '64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


95 


robbery,  and  called  themMlyei  Eaqolrea  in  tbe  indict- 
saent  In  proving  the  case  they  proved  themaelves  to  be 
vinegar-makers,  and  the  witnesses  who  swore  to  that 
iact,  were  cross-examined  at  length  at  to  the  fact  of  their 
being  esquires,  which  they  negatived.  On  this.  Counsel- 
lor Ludlow  took  an  objection  to  the  indictment  on  the 
ground  of  misdescription,  which  was  fiilly  argued.  He 
aaiil,  tbat  if  the  culprits  were  convicted  on  snch  an  in- 
dictment, they  might  be  indicted  at  a  future  time  for 
the  same  offence  by  the  same  parties  under  the  true  de- 
signation of  vinegar-makers,  without  being  able  to  sup- 
port a  plea  of  autrefois  acqmit  by  the  prodnctiim  of  the 
first  iodictBMQt  It  was  argued  on  all  hands,  that  if  a 
person  be  an  eamiire,  and  also  a  vinegar-maker,  he  may 
call  himself  bv  ais  more  worthy  addition ;  but  it  was 
contended  that  a  person  who  was  not  an  esonire  had  no 
right  to  cidl  himself  so  to  the  detriment  of  a  party  ac- 
cnsed.  In  support  of  the  indictment,  it  was  said  among 
other  things,  that  the  vioegar-makera  might  be  esqairas 
lay  rap^ta1uon,  sqeh  esquires  being  mentioned  in  some  old 
law  books;  but  this  was  opposed  by  the  diehm  of  Coke, 
lUpMtafio  eit  vulgaris  npinto  «6i  non  est  vtritoM,  The 
Oourt  decided  against  the  validity  of  the  indictment,  and 
the  thieves  were  acquitted.  Bhntt  and  Jostioe  were  the 
counsel  for  the  prosecutors." — From  a  note  given  many  y§ars 
ago  by  a  Barrister  who  was  in  the  court  at  the  time. 

H.  T.  E. 
LoBD  Gabpenstoit,  one  of  the  Jud<rc8  of  the 
Court  of  Session  in  Scotland  founded  about  a 
century  ago  the  present  village  of  Laurencekirk, 
on  his  property  in  Kincardineshire.  To  encourage 
atranffers  to  settle  in  it,  he  gave  Free  Rights  (copy- 
holdaj  at  an  unusually  low  rate,  and  consequently 
got  several  of  them  taken  b^  parties  of  question- 
able respectability.    He  built  an  inn  in  the  vilf 
lage,  ana  put  into  one  of  the  rooms  an  album, 
inviting  travellers  to  write  in  it  any  suggestions 
or  observationa ;  and  he  called  frequently  to  look 
at  the  contents.  It  is  said  that  he  felt  much  nettled 
on  finding  in  it  one  morning  the  following  lines: — 
«  From  small  beginnings  Bome  of  old 
Became  a  great  and  populous  city, 
Though  peopled  first,  as  we  are  told. 

By  outcasts,  blackguards,  and  banditti ; 
Qnoth  Thomas,  *Then  the  time  may  come 
When  Laorenc^urk  sha)!  equal  Borne.' " 

G. 

Edinbnrgb* 

Engush  Wool  in  1682. — ^Li  taminff  over  the 
pages  of  a  learned  disquisition  written  by  a  Ger- 
man and  published  ^^  Franoofurti  ad  Viadmm  *' 
in  1682,  I  found  the  fbllowina  passage  relatire 
to  the  merits  of  English  wool,  whidi  maj  be  worth 
transferring  to  your  columns :  — 

**  Post  Hispanicam  pnocipua  bonitas  est  lann  Angli- 
cans ;  ut  enim  oves  AngUcapsB  nostras  Germanicas  magni- 
tudine  ac  pinguedine  superant ;  sic  melior  etiam  illamm 
lana ;  cujos  rationem  reddunt.  tum  anod  pabulis  alantur 
minus  latis,  qu»  opiliones  iVigere  jubent,  torn  quod  ea 
Ttgiona  oves  via  bibant,  sed  ad  sitim  axtinguendam 
ccslesti  fere  rora  sint  contentai.  Qoibus  alia  adhtmc  ad- 
Jicitur  ^uod  AngU  lac  agnis  non  subducant.  ut  in  Ger- 
maaia  contiogit,  sed  ejus  usum  continuom  ipsls  conca- 
dant."  •  **  *^  • 

This  occurs  at  section  64  of  a  Disserfatio  jvri- 
dica  de  Lana  et  Lanifieis^  by  David  Coffler.  In  the 


rammary  of  ooateata  the  paaaago  is  thus  indicated : 
(*  Lana  Anglicana  melior  est  Germmxica,  et  qusB 
ratio  ejus."  J.  M. 

A  Testimowt  to  cub  Climats. — ne  Time$  of 
the  20th  instant  chronicles  the  death  of  eight  per- 
sons between  seventy  and  eighty,  of  five  between 
eighty  and  ninety,  and  of  four  over  ninety.  The 
united  ages  of  these  seventeen  persons  giving  an 
average  of  eighty-two  years  for  each.  On  the 
2 1st  we  read  of  fltteen  dyin^  between  seventy  and 
eighty,  of  eight  between  eighty  and  ninety,  and 
one  over  ninety.  The  average  of  these  twepty- 
four  being  very  nearly  seventy-six  years  a-piece. 
On  the  22nd  there  appeared  two  over  ninety,  six 
between  eighty  i^na  ninety,  and  ten  between 
seventy  and  eighty.  The  average  here  being 
nearly  seventy-nine.  On  the  ^Srd,  thirteen  be- 
tween seventy  and  eighty,  seven  between  eighty 
and  ninety,  and  one  over  ninety,  making  an  aver- 
age of  seventy-nine  and  a  half  each.  We  suppose 
our  American  cousins  would  say,  if  these  eighty 
individuals,  whose  longevity  we  have  noticed,  had 
lived  anywhere  else  but  in  our  awn  land  of  fogs 
and  changeable  weather,  they  would  never  have 
died  at  all.  R.  C.  L. 


^ViXtiti* 


MILTON'S  THIRD  WIFE  AKD  ROGEB  COMBER- 
BACH  OF  NANTWICH. 
In  turning  over  the  leaves  the  other  day  of  a 
little  book,  entitled  jPeieription  of  Nuneham- Court' 
My,  in  the  CowUy  of  Oxford,  1797,  8vo,  I  met  with 
the  following  note,  in  the  catalogue  of  pictures  in 
the  library,  given  at  p.  28  :  — 

*'  Milton,  by  Vandergiiaht,  aftw  the  origiBal  in  the 
poasassioii  of  Lord  Onslow ;  at  the  back  of  which  is  the 
followipg  inaoription ;  re- 

•*  <Thia  original  pictare  of  MiHon*  I  bought  in  the 
year  1729  or  1780,  and  paid  twenty  guineas  for  it,  of  Mr. 
Cumberbatcb*  a  gentleman  of  veiv  good  consideration 
in  Chester,  who  was  a  relation  and  executor  of  the  will 
of  Milton's  last  wife,  who  died  a  little  while  before  that 
time.  He  told  me  it  hung  up  in  her  ohamber  till  her 
death,  and  that  she  used  to  say  bar  husband  gave  it  her, 
to  show  her  what  he  was  in  his  youth,  being  drawn 
when  he  was  about  twenty -one  years  of  age. 

•  Ar.  Onslow.'  " 

In  Mitford*s  edition  of  Milton*s  Works  (p.  vii., 
note),  I  read:  "The  picture  of  Milton,  when 
about  twenty,  was  in  the  possession  of  the  Rt. 
Hon.  Arthur  Onslow."  Tnis  portrait  <brms  a 
frontispiece  to  Masson's  Life  of  Milton,  My 
object  in  troubling  you  with  this  Note,  is,  to 
ascertain  the  connection  between  Mr.  Comber- 
bach  and  Mrs.  Milton,  alluded  to  in  the  above 


•  An  account  of  the  diflferent  portraits  of  Milton  will 
he  found  in  the  Lancashire  and  QV»k\T^  YLNafiu  VaR»^ 
FabUcaUona,  vo\.  siv  >  \V&, 


m 


NOTES  AND  QUERIED 


[S'^av.  ^Ajf.wi^l 


extract;  and  I  may  ad*!,  that  any  information 
rclativi?  to  the  faraity  of  Comberbaoh,  or,  as  it  is 
fVcquently  spelt.,  Cumberhatch,  will  be  very  ac- 
ceptable to  and  gratefuUjr  received  by  me. 

In  the  first  volume  of  Pickering's  edition  of 
Milton's  TTorA^,  1851,  there  is  a  pedigree  of  the 
family  of  Milton  by  Sir  Cbarles  Young,  Garter. 
Prom  this,  it  appears  that  Milton  married  three 
times :  first,  to  Mary,  daughter  of  Richard  Powell  \ 
second,  to  Catherine,  daughter  of  Captain  Wood- 
cock ;  both  of  whom  died  in  child-bed,  having  had 
issue.  By  his  third  wife — "  Eliasabeth  MinshuU  of 
Stoke,  near  Nantwich,  co*  Chester,  marr.  lie. 
dated  11  Feb.  1662  ;  died,  very  old,  at  Nantwich* 
in  1729  (a  relation  to  Dr.  Pajjet)  ;  will,  in  which 
she  is  described  as  Elizabeth  Milton  of  Nantwich, 
CO.  Chester,  wid,,  dated  22  Aug.  1717,  proved 
at  Chester,  Oct.  10,  1727/*— he  had  no  iasue.  To 
this  extract  (from  Sir  G.  C.  Young*s  |>edigree) 
there  is  this  note :  — 

"  Eh'Mbeth  MUton,  after  payment  of  debts  and  ftineral 
esLpcnces^  gives  the  residue  of  her  cffetita  to  her  nephews 
and  nieces  iti  Xamptwich  equally  to  be  divided^  witbottt 
naming  them,  and  appoinu  her  loving  frienda  Samuel 
Acton  and  John  Allcock,  both  of  Namptwich,  exOrs: 
the  latter  only  proved  the  will." 

From  this  it  would  appear  that  Mr.  Comber- 
bach  waa  not  an  executor.  That  he  knew  some- 
thing of  the  Milton  family,  is  shown  by  the 
annexed  extract  and  note  from  Peck^s  New  Me- 
fttoirs  of  Milton,  p.  1  :  — 

••Mr.  Milton'i  mother  (I  am  informed  •)  was  a  Haugh- 
ton  of  Hatighton  Tower  in  LaaeaahlreL'' 

"  •  From  a  letter  of  Roger  Q»nl>erhach,  of  Chetler^  Esq., 
to  William  Cowper,  Esq.,  C^erk  of  the  Partiunent,  dated 
U  Dec  1736." 

This  letter  is,  I  suppose,  lost ;  but,  if  extant,  it 
might  afford  some  intormation. 

I  have  consulted  the  accounta  of  the  Minshull 
family  given  by  Orroerod  {History  of  Cheshire^ 
vol.  iti,  pp.  181,  191),  and  in  the  Publications  of 
the  Historic  Society  of  Lancashire  and  Cheshire 
(Session  II.  pp.  85^  232),  but  am  not  able  to  dis- 
cover the  connection  between  Elixabeth  Minshull 
find  Mr.  Comberbach  from  them, 

Mr,  MttBSOQ  (Lif9  qf  Milton,  vol.  i*  p.  2S), 
•tys:^ 

**  Roger  Coml>orbftth  was  Roger  Comherbach  •  the 
younger,  son  of  an  elder  of  that  name,  who  was  bom  in 
1666  i  and  b«c«Jiie  recorder  oT  Cbcflter,  and  author  of 
wma  lagaJ  works.  Both  Tather  and  sun  were  interested 
in  tba  ainitKntiH^i  of  Cheflhin\  and  both  knew  Xaotwich 
Wid  I,  rt\  '  \vt  had  been  bora.    MiltOD*i  widow 

died  St  .11 17:t7t  and  might  have  been  known 

ta  both/^ 

I  cannot  tell  in  what  way  the  Comberbacfas, 
father  and  son,  evinced  an  interest  in  the  anti- 
quities of  CliPfthire.     I  must  say  I  doubt  it.     At 

*  S«a  an  ac^  toionidanti  in  OrmerotU  vol.  iii. 

pD.  23(9^  189 ;  1  ^^mtnmt,  vaL  il  p,  461  l  Burke's 

Zmuhd  (Wry,  arU  '*  i^wetenbam  oCSomaefortl  Bg^Uiat'* 


the  last  Visitation  of  Cheshire,  we  find 
Comberbach,  of  Nantwich,  among  those  whn 
claimed  their  right  to  arms.     And  ajs  far  tts  I  onfl 
learn  from  the  College  of  Arms,  no  grmnt  hM  | 
ever  been  made.     My  desire  to  obtain  informi^ 
tton  concerning  this  family,  must  be  my  apolog]^  | 
for  trespassing  so  much  on  your  valti&ble  ! 
GSOKOB  W.  " 


Americak  AtTTHOES. — Can  any  of  yoiir 

rican  readers  give  me  any  biographiaU  parlic 
lar^  regarding  two  American  poet5  and  draxnatistil 
L  Jonas  B.  JPhillips^  author  of  CamiUuMf  n.  play* 
acted  at  the  Arch  Street  Theatre,  Pbil&deipbiai 
in  1833.  He  was  also  author  of  several  other 
plays.  2.  Dr.  Ware,  author  of  Dion^  a  PUj, 
acted  at  Philadelphia,  about  1S28.  Who  wti 
this  Dr.  Ware  P  There  are  two  or  three  Ameriou 
Dr.  Wares.  I  find  these  authors  mentioned  i& 
Rees*s  Dramatie  Auihors  of  America,  Pblljulelphii^ 
1845.  R.L 

An  Axdine  Book. — Looking  over  &  very  h^ 
shelf  of  classical  books  during  the  Cbrutmis 
holydays,  I  met  with  Pompomus  Mela  ami  So- 
linus,  commencing  with  an  address  by 
Asolanus,  12 mo,  Venice,  1518.  On  coi 
A.  A.  Renouardf  I  find  that  it  is  an  ini 
edition,  considered  as  science  or  literature ;  but 
am  only  concerned  here  with  it  bibliogri 
Renouard  (I  write  from  memory)  deacnbea 
book  on  two  8vo  page*,  but  he  omits  to  say 
it  is  printed  in  ItSic  letter,  that  large  squart 
spaces  have  been  left  for  an  illuminated  or  orna- 
mental letter  at  the  beginning  of  each  cbapi 
which  (in  my  copy)  is  only  &  piccolo  in  the  mid< 
of  the  sou  are.  But*  in  the  collation,  after  mi 
tioning  that  there  should  be  233  feuiUefs 
three  more,  the  last  with  the  anchor  (one  of 
most  elegant  and  delightful  bookmarks  I  know 
he  says  nothing  of  four  at  the  beginning  of 
book,  which  there  should  be  to  make  it  complti 
The  register  says  that  •»,  b,  &c  are  in  duatc. 
nions.  Renouard  has  omitted  altogether  tbe  ibtir 
leaves  with  the  star.  Will  some  of  thoM  who 
enjoy  the  luxury  of  Aldu8*s  editions,  and  of  Re* 
nouard*s  Aide  in  8  vols.,  be  so  good  as  to  tell  Bf 
whether  I  am  correct,  and  whether  the  tit]c«n«g« 
is  given  literally  correct  by  Renouard,  and  how 
it  is  arranged  lineatim  ?  Wm.  Dxwn^ 

HDl  Cottage,  Erdiagton. 

Balloohs  :   THEiK  DnmviioiTB.  —  la  M.  Kt< 
ilar*f  **  Geaut "  balloon  the  birgest  that  hrw  ever 
been    constructed  ?      I  »hotild    be    pur 
obliged  to  any  of  your  corrcspondenft 
furnish  mc  wtth  the  dimensions  of  -rmn      ]   th^ 
most    reniarkabh*    nmyi    that    hnvf^    v    -  <  i' 'I 
Anronautio  Tn 
so  Htrikingly  «ti 
to  know  how  to  gci  ai  uiv  »ruin,  IL  v»  u 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


97 


I 

I 


Bescb  Trees  nbvcu  srmtJCK   at  LiGmTtntQ* 

This  la  an  opinion  which  previiiU  in  Kent,  but, 
strange  to  relnte<  in  Buckingbamshire,  which 
abounds  in  these  trees,  the  saying  is  unknown. 
On  taking  aome  long  rides  through  the  woods 
there  last  aummer^  we  observed  Oak,  Elm,  and 
Ajb,  which  had  evidently  snflfered  more  or  less 
from  the  thunder-atroke,  but  not  one  Beech, 
though  they  are  often  the  loftiest  trees  in  the 
foresta.  Since  this  time  my  friend  has  made  re- 
peated Inquiries  on  the  subject,  and  cannot  meet 
with  any  one  who  has  seen  such  a  thing.  Can 
any  of  your  readers  assist  me  with  any  further 
information?  If  it  be  true  that  the  Beech  is 
proof  to  the  electric  fluid,  it  will  be  very  valuable 
information,  as  lives  are  lost  almost  every  year 
by  persona  taking  shelter  from  storms  of  rain 
beneath  trees  which  are  not  so  favoured*  The 
same  thing  is  said  of  the  Bay  (Lawm  nobilia)  in 
Italy.*  A.  A. 

Poets'  Comer. 

John  BaisTow.  —  Mr.  Samuel  Tymms,  in  his 
Familu  Topo£rrapher  (vi.  Cumberlaad,  37),  makes 
the  following  statement :  — 

"Of  Staimon  was  Mr.  John  Brurtow,  who  published  a 
Surtsty  of  the  Laim*  ailer  »ttAiDiiig  hta  &4th  year.  He 
ne%'er  employed  »  mrgeon  or  pby^dan,  nor  gave  a  fee 
to  a  1aw)'er ;  his  clothes  were  spun  tu  his  bouse,  and  made 
of  the  wool  of  his  own  sheep.** 

It  will  be  seen  that  the  material  matter  known 
as  a  date  is  wanting  in  this  account  I  cannot 
trace  the  publication  alluded  to.  Under  the  cir- 
cumstances I  have  recourse  to  your  columns,  in 
the  hope  of  obtaining  from  Mr.  Tyroms  or  from 
some  other  quarter  more  definite  and  precise  in- 
formation respecting  John  Bristow  and  his  book- 

S.  Y.  R. 

BamsH  6AI.LEBT  AHD  BaiTisH  Institutioh. — 
I  posaess  a  landscape  thus  Inscribed  on  ita  back : 
"  Exbibited  at  the  British  Gallery,  1821."  I  want 
to  know  in  what  this  designation  differs  from  that 
of  the  British  Institution  (so  called  at  present), 
where  are  exhibited  the  works  of  the  ancient 
masters,  in  Pall  Mall  ?  L.  F.  N. 

CuBious  EssRx  Saitwg,  — They  aay  in  this 
county  "  Every  dog  has  his  day,  and  a  cat  has  tim 
Sunda^f,*^  The  former  half  of  the  proverb  in  some 
form  or  other  may  be  said  to  be  cosmopolitan,  but 
what  can  the  latter  half  mean?  Does  it  allude  to 
the  supposed  tenacity  of  life  of  the  feline  race,  or 
IS  there  any  special  folk  lore  attached  to  it  ? 

A,  A. 

Poets*  Corner. 

To  CoMPBTB. — Can  any  correapondent  favour 
me  with  the  earliest  recognition,  in  an  Engli$h 
work,  of  this  verhf    In  reading  an  old  smoke- 

[•  Fw  several*  iirticlcf  on  this  subject  see  ••  K.  &  O  " 
!•*  S.  vi.  129,  231 ;  ril  2$;  x,  61S.-Ed.] 


dried  Scotch  book,  Guthrie*s  Cheat  Inierett^  Glaa* 
gow,  1736,  I  find  the  verb,  and  I  find  Jofmeton 
has  no  other  authority  than  the  passage  in  which 
I  found  it  independently*  He  mentions  that  the 
verb  has  no  exbtence  in  English.  It  is  not  in 
Walker's  Dictionary^  1831.         J.  D.  Camtbei-l* 

Earldom  or  Duivbar.  —  Can  any  of  your 
readers  intbrm  me  whether  anything  more  than 
may  be  read  in  Douglas's  Peerage^  is  known  re- 
specting this  earldom  having  been  claimed  or  as- 
sumed after  the  death  of  George  Home^  or  Hume, 
created  Earl  of  Dunbar  in  1605?  A  "Lord 
Dunbar '""  is  mentioned  in  a  paper  now  before  me, 
dated  Feb.  2,  1613-14:  who  was  he?  George, 
Esirl  of  Dunbar,  died  in  January,  1610-11. 

Jomt  Bruce. 

5,  Upper  Gloucester  Street,  Dorset  Square, 

Elma,  a  new  Femai^b  Christ! am  Name.  — 

The  late  much-lamented  Earl  of  Elgin  and  Kin- 
cardine has  left  an  only  surviving  daughter  by 
his  first  wife  Eliafabeth-Mary,  only  child  of  Charlea 
Lennox  Cumming-Bruce,  Esq*  Her  name  is  Lady 
Elma  Bruce.  This  name  of  Blma  is  one  I  never 
saw  before.  Is  it  a  compositioQ  from  the  first 
syllable  of  her  mother's  two  names^ — Elizabeth 
and  Mary  ?  J.  G.  N. 

Free  masons. — I  have  lately  found  an  allusion 
to  the  craft  in  a  place  where  it  would  be  least 
ejcpected.  In  the  edition  of  the  tetters  and  pane- 
gryric  of  Pliny  the  younger,  published  at  Leipsio 
in  1805,  with  notes  by  (Jesner  and  others,  I  find 
the  following  passage  in  a  note  of  Gesner :  — 

"  Novimus,  quid  nuper  de  Colkffit  Fahrum  Lihrralium 
Britannici  c4>loniis  per  FraQcisui  et  Italiam  metueriiit 
quidam  principes.** — P.  &28. 

Perhaps  some  member  of  the  craft  will  elucidate 
this  historical  ailusion  of  the  German  annotator. 

H.  C.  C. 

Gaihsborouoh  Fbatbr-Book.  —  Is  anything 
known  of  the  editor  of  an  edition  of  the  Common 
Prayer  Book,  with  notes,  and  ^*  ornamented  with 
a  set  of  elegant  copper  plates;'*  bearing  the  im- 
print, "  Gainsborough :  Printed  by  J.  Mozley, 
MDCCi-xxvni?"  The  volume  is  octavo,  and  con* 
tains  the  Common  Prayer ;  the  New  Week*a  Pre- 
paration ;  a  Manual  of  Private  Devotions ;  and 
Brady  and  Tate's  Psalms,  The  plates  are  original 
enough^  and  are  all  inscribed  "Gumill*  Sculpt** 
The  Dook  is  curious  as  an  edition  of  the  Prayer 
Book,  and  as  a  specimen  of  the  Lincolnshire  press. 
Probably,  with  a  view  to  escape  danger  from 
prosecution,  Mr.  Mozley  put  at  the  head  of  his 
title-page:  "The  Christian's  Universal  Compa- 
nion,** B,  H.  C, 

Haccobihe  akd  its  Pbiyilbges.  —  Prince^  m 
his  Worthies  of  Devon^  under  "  Thomas  Carew  " 
speaking  of  llucccmxb^  ta.-^^  — 


98 


NOTES  AND  QUEEIES. 


[ffrt  a  V.  Jam.  so,  "^ 


<<  It  la,  ai  to  tlie  Dumber  at  dwaHisgiw  the  amalleit 
pariah  in  England;  coosiatiog  bat  of  two  dwallinga.  the 
manaion-houae  and  the  paraonage ;  bat  it  enjoya  privilegea 
beyond  the  greatcat  ^or  it  ip  out  of  any  hanared,  and 
bevond  the  precincta  of  any  ofBcer,  civil  or  militanr,  to 
take  cognizance  of  any  proceeding  therein.  And  by 
royal  grant  from  the  crown,  it  ia  exemptad  from  all  dntiea 
and  taxes,  for  aome  noble  aervice  done  by  aome  of  the 
anceatora  of  thia  iiamily  [Oaraw],  toward^  tha  tnpport 
thereof" 

What  were  the  •ervioei  readered,  to  gain  for 
this  parish  such  extraordinary  privileges?  Mr. 
Maclean,  in  his  Life  and  Timee  qfSir  PAr  Copew, 
reproduces  in  a  note  this  account  from  Prince,  but 
offers  no  explanation.  It  is  also  ^ven  in  Gorton 
and  other  topographical  dictionaries.  It  appears 
from  the  Carew  pedigree  ffiTen  by  Mr.  Maclean, 
that  the  founder  of  the  Haccombe  branch  was 
Nicholas  Carew,  who  lived  in  the  middle  of  the 
fifteenth  century ;  it  is  therefore  to  be  presumed 
that  the  services  in  question  were  rendered  by 
him,  or  at  a  subsequent  period.  I  have  not  been 
able  to  find  a  notice  of  any  grant  of  the  kind  in 
Bymer,  but  the  Index  to  that  work  is  very  faulty. 

Prince  further  says  that  the  Rector  of  Hac- 
combe ***tis  said,**  may  claim  the  privilege  of 
wearing  lawn  sleeves,  and  of  sitting  next  the 
bishop;  gnd  is  under  the  visitation  only  of  the 
archbishop  of  Canterbury :  a  kind  of  chorepi- 
•oopus.  Lysoni,  however  Xjiiet,  ofJXevoH)^  denies 
that  the  rector  has  any  such  privileges.*     £.  Y. 

The  Haioht  Family.  —  I  would  feel  truly 
obliged  for  any  facts  regarding  the  locality  and 
genealogy  of  the  Haight  family  which  any  of 
your  correspondents  may  be  able  and  willing  to 
communicate.  I  believe  its  origin  is  undoubtedly 
English,  and  the  limited  information  I  now  have, 
tends  to  show  that  one  branch  of  it,  at  least, 
settled  in  this  country  some  little  time  prior  to 
the  middle  of  the  last  century,  at  Rye,  West- 
chester County,  N.  Y.  Perhaps  your  corre- 
spondent, A,  who  so  kindly  furnished  important 
facts  respecting  the  Tylee  family,  may  possess 
and  be  willing  aUo  to  impart  information  touching 
this  inquiry.  D.  K.  N. 

New  York, 

Ibbmjbos  QUOTBD.-i^ 

**  Irenaua  aacribea  to  the  ptnonlflcatloBa  and  anspenalon 
of  tlie  powers  of  nature  by  the  evil  apirita,  the  apparition 
of  Caator  and  Pollux,  the  water  carried  in  a  aieva,  the 
ahip  towed  by  a  lady'a  hand,  and  the  blacl^  b^ard  which 
became  red  at  a  touch."  —  A  Letter  to  Dr,  Gortin,  by 
Thomaa  Severn,  B.D.,  London,  1759,  p.  22. 

The  author  quotes  abundantly,  but  seldom  by 
chapter  or  page.  I  have  found  him  accurate  in 
those  quotations  which  I  could  trace.  I  cannot 
find  the  above,  and  shall  be  obliged  by  being  told 
where  it  is,  or  where  the  delusions  are  mentioned. 
C,  T.  H. 

[•  These  privileges  are  nodced  in  our  1*  8.  ix.  185.— 

Ed.] 


TnoMAa  Lbv  or  Daevhaix,  go.  CHEtHnui.  — 

According  to  the  pedigree  of  the  Lee  famil  j  given 
in  Ormerod's  HiUory  of  Cheshire,  vol.  i.  p.  466, 
Thomas  Lee  of  Dam  hall  married  Franoes,  daugh- 
ter and  coheiresa  of  R.  N.  Yenables,  of  Antrobus 
and  Wincham.  The  issue  of  this  marriage  was  Na- 
thaniel, bom  1655  ;  Thomas,  bom  1661 ;  Robert, 
bom  1664 ;  John,  and  Elizabeth.  Ormevod  says 
nothing  of  tiiis  marriage  or  issue  of  the  Thomas 
Lee  bmm  in  1661.  In  a  pedigree  I  have  seen,  he 
is  laid  to  have  married  Jane,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Davis,  £sq.  of  Corby  Park,  Northamptonshire. 
Can  any  of  your  correspondents  give  me  any  in- 
formation on  this  point  f  D.  8.  £. 

Lepxl. — I  should  be  obliged  by  any  infmnnation 
on  the  following  pointy  relating  to  Brieadier- 
General  Nicholas  Lepel,  father  of  the  celeorated 
Mary  Lepel,  who  was  married  in  1720  to  Lord 
Hervey:  1.  When  did  he  enter  the  army?  2. 
What  were  his  arms?  3.  What  the  date  of  his 
death  ?  4.  Wfcat  is  the  name  of  his  father  ? 

Fusii^urm. 

Col.  James  Lowther. — Col.  James  Lowtho', 
who  was  M.F.  for  Westmoreland,  died  at  Caen,  m 
France,  in  1837.  Can  any  of  your  readers  state 
the  day  and  month  ?  Also,  tho  date  of  his  birth 
and  marriage  f  F.  R.  A. 

Wm.  Russell  McDonald.  —  This  gentlenum, 
who  died  Dec.  30,  1854,  is  noticed  in  the  obituary 
of  the  Gent  Mag.  Feb.  1855,  as  editor  or  pro- 
prietor of  a  work  called  The  Literary  Humourut 
What  Is  the  date  of  this  publication  ?  Was  it  a 
magazine?  R.  I. 

6iB  Wm.  PoLB*i  Chaetebs. — Can  any  reader 

of  "  N.  &  Q."  inform  roe  where  is  to  be  seen  a 
copy  of  Sir  William  Pole's  (the  celebrated  Devon- 
shire antiquary)  "  great  volume  of  MS.  Chartera," 
"  as  big,"  as  he  says  himself,  "  as  a  church  Bible  ?  " 
I  do  not  &t  present  recollect  to  have  seen  it 
quoted  in  any  work  later  than  Collins's  Peerage 
of  England^  by  Brydges,  published  in  1812. 

Kappa. 

Poor  Cock  Robin's  Death.  —  Is  it  a  fact  that 
in  a  church,  the  name  of  which  I  forget,  about 
twenty  miles  from  Stamford,  there  is  a  colored 
glass  window  containing  a  representation  of  the 
death  of  poor  Cock  Robin?  If  so,  could  you  or 
any  of  your  readers  tell  me  the  name  of  the 
church?  And  are  there  supposed  to  be  any 
similar  instances  ?  W.  P.  P. 

"  Li  Sette  Salmi.*' — Under  this  title  I  havo  a 
metrical  version  of  the  Seven  Penitential  Psalms, 
in  MS.  It  comprises  US  verses  of  eight  lines 
e^h ;  one  verse  to  a  page,  with  the  Latin  text 
above.  The  seven  psalms  are  followed  by  fif^n 
lines,  which  I  give  below  for  the  sake  of  the  inter- 
weaving of  i&  Latin  linea.    Book-worms  hare 


8"  a  y.  JDT.  80,  "e^] 


NOTES  AND  QUEBIfSa 


99 


almost  destroyed  this  pious  effort,  and  jet  nearly 
all  of  it  can  be  read.  Unhappily,  the  enemy  hat 
devoured  the  more  important  portion  of  the 
author's  name :  '*  Can.  Jacopo  — nt — ."  I  should 
be  gratified  to  ascertain  this  author's  name.  The 
first  line  of  the  sixth  psalm  is  — 

"  Signor*  che  uedi  i  mici  pensieri  aperti" 

"  T^nzBTTA.  d'un  peccatob  coif ukbttto,* 

"  Eoco  che  h  mia  pnprte  •*  aoidna, 
K  di  molti  peccati  ho  colxno  U  p^tto, 
Domine  ad  ^dbmandn  mefistina. 

^  Hor  tempo  ^  ch'  io  pianM  il  mio  difetto, 
£  spieghi  auanti  a  t«  lo  mie  qaerele, 
Vt  patter  toHtariut  m  tedo. 

**  30mpre  fni  peccator  ftro,  e  cradele, 

Ma  sol  pCT  taa  bontii  Bignor  ti  pragfao, 
Omnet  iniqmtaUs  Mcat  ckle. 

**  Auanti  il  te  le  mie  genocchia  piegho, 
£  in  te  sol  la  mia  salote  pende^ 
Quia  wucua,  ttpoMper  mw  tga, 

**  Dhe  fa  ch*  io  scampi  quelle  pane  hoirende^ 
Gho  nel  inferno  si  paton  el  graoi, 
Veut  in  atUutgriit  meu  intwdt," 

B.  H.  C. 

Stamp  Ddtt  on  Paihtsbs*  Oamyass. — Various 
conflicting  statements  have  been  Tolunteered  ai 
to  the  exact  date  at  which  a  stamp  duty  was 
imposed  by  the  government  of  the  day  on  the 
canvasses  used  by  artists. 

The  Excise  mark  is  to  be  often  found  upon  the 
backs  of  pictures  of  the  period ;  and  upon  some 
said,  by  competent  judges,  to  have  been  painted 
by  Sir  Joshua  Heynolckt  about  ^  yean  1760, 
1781,  1782. 

The  mark  is  of  this  charaeter :  --n 


374 


83 


68 


G,  R.  (doQble  cypher,  rmm^) 

It  is  important  to  establish  the  aboye  fact  be? 
yond  controversy,  as  the  genuineness  and  origi- 
nality, and  thus  the  grea^  money  value,  or 
otherwise,  of  various  pictures  said  to  be  by 
Thomas  Qainsborough}  and  Sb  Joshua  Reynolds, 
depend  upon  Jixin^  of  the  date  (by  official  refer- 
ence) on  which  this  duty  mark  was  first  stamped 
on  canvasses :  as  well  as  when  the  same  mark 
ceased  to  be  impressed  thereon  on  the  repeal  of 
the  duty.  It  is  by  some  alleged  to  have  been 
flrst  imposed  during  the  American  war,  which 
began  in  1775,  and  terminated  during  the  Pitt 
Administration  in  1788;  but  the  Excise  duty  is 

{•  The  spelling  is  eawfully  copied. 
m  jQe^oa  Bevnolds  di«d  Feb.  28, 1792. 
Thonas  Gafaisboroiig^  died  August  %  1788. 


said  to  have  remained  unrepealed  till  long  tSU^' 
wards. 

The  proprietors  of  theatres  also  are  said  to 
have  loudly  complained,  during  its  imposition,  of 
the  oppressiveness  of  this  tax ;  from  the  great 
expense  added  thereby  to  the  canvasses  used  fos 
scenery. 

The  recitsl  of  the  Acts*  of  Parliament —both 
imposing  and  repealing  this  duty — would  be  im- 
portant, as  placing  the  question  beyond  dispute. 

It  is  desired  to  icnow,  decisively,  at  what  date 
a  duty  was  first  imposed  by  the  government  of 
Great  Britain  on  the  canvasses  used  by  artists  ? 
And  also,  the  d^te  of  repeal  of  said  duty  ? 

Mx.  Thacksrat*8  Litbbabt  Joubnal. — It  is 
stated  in  the  Edinburgh  Review  (1848),  that  Mr. 
Thackeray  started  and  edited  a  weekly  critical 
j^ournal.  Can  any  reader  tell  me  the  title  of  the 
iournal  referred  to?  The  statement  has  lately 
been  repeated  in  several  quarters — the  old  Par* 
thenoH  being  named  by  Mr.  Hannay  ;  but  I  think 
a  very  slight  perus^  of  the  Purthemm  would  con- 
vince any  one  that  Mr.  Thackeray's  hand  was  not 
there.  T. 

CoLovBL  KoBBBT  Yebables.  —  This  officer, 
author  of  The  Experienced  Angler^  served  in  tho 
Parliamentary  army,  and  was  Governor  of  Chester 
in  1644.  In  1649,  he  was  Commander-in-Cbief 
of  the  forces  in  Ulster,  and  Governor  of  Belfast, 
Antrim,  and  Lisnegarvey.  In  16^4  be,  with  Ad- 
niiral  Penn,  was  joint  commander  of  the  expedi- 
tion sent  by  Cromwell  against  IJispaniola;  and 
on  their  return,  in  the  following  year,  both  com- 
manders were  committed  to  the  Tower.  Here  I 
lose  sight  of  Yenables.  Any  other  information 
respecting  him  will  be  thankfuUjr  received. 

In  the  Harleian  M8S.  there  is  a  naper,  partly 
in  the  handwriting  of  Colonel  Yenables,  detailing 
the  time  he  served  in  Cheshire,  and  the  amount 
of  pay  due  to  him  from  1643  to  1646.  A  similar 
record  of  his  services  in  Ireland,  if  it  could  be 
obtained,  would  be  of  great  value  and  interest. 

The  notices  of  Yenables  in  the  Civil  War  tracts, 
NTickolls's  State  Papers^  and  the  reprint  of  his 
Experienced,  Angler^  are  known  to  the  inquirer. 
En  tN  last  wor](,  there  is  a  curious  tyDograjihical 
error.  Speaking  of  fish  rising  to  the  artificial 
fly,  the  author  is  represented  to  say :  "  and  they 
will  bite  also  near  Tom  Shane's  Castle,  Mountjoy, 
Antrim,  l^c,  even  to  admiration.'*  Who  was 
Tom  Shfl^ne,  qr  where  was  his  castle  P  one,  who 
knew  the  district  referred  to,  would  be  inclined 
to  inquire — ^if  he  did  not  at  once  see  that  the 
words  should  be—"  near  Toome,  Shane's  Castle, 
Moun^oy,  Antrim,  ^c" 

*  The  information  might  possibly  be  obtained  h^  v 
reference  to  some  qC  tht  CMkdk^  Ksfuik 


100 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[S^&V.  jAif.  80,'ei 


VenftbleB  muH  have  \e(i  much,  curious  doeu* 
mentary  matter  behind  liim ;  and  it  is  with  the 
hopes  of  discovering  some  of  itv,  if  still  in  exist- 
ence, that  this  query  is  penned. 

What  was  the  connexion  between  Venables  and 

I  Xsaac  Walton  ?    The  latter  sajs  that  he  never 

taw  the  face  of  the  former,  and  yet  he  wrote  a 

commendatory     address    for    the     Experienced 

Angler.  W.  PtiTKERToif. 

Mm.  WisB. — ^Warton,  in  a  letter  written  in  1790, 

mentions  "  Mr,  Wise,  the  librarian/*    I  should  be 

I  glad  if  any  of  your  readers  could  kindly  tell  me 

'  who  this  Mr,  Wise  was,  and  what  was  toe  destin- 

a'tion  of  his  papers  ?  J.  O.  Halliwei^l. 

Weat  Brompton. 

Words  bbbiteb  fbom  "^vdm*"  — Will  you 

permit  me  to  ask  which  is  the  correct  way  to  spell 

words   derived  from    the   Latin   tBvwn;  whether 

,  eoertil^  primeval^  and  medieval,  or  with  a  dipth- 

I  thong?     There  is  the  authority  of  good  authors 

f  for  both?  P. 


RoTix  Aems. — L  Do  princesses,  daughters  of 
I  the  sovereign,  wear  coronets  similar  to  those  worn 
'  the  younger  sons  of  the  sovereign  ?  and  is  that 
the  Princess  Royal  diflerent  from  those  of  her 

sP  * 
2.  When  is  the  label  of  5  points  used  to  dif- 
ference the  royal  arms  ?  Should  it  be  used  in  the 
case  of  the  present  Duke  of  Cambridge  and  his 
1  sister?  ? 

3»  Should  the  arms  of  a  Royal  Duke  be  im- 
paled with  those  of  his  wife  ?  and  if  so^  the  Duke 
oeing  a  Knight  of  the  Gurter,  should  the  Garter 
\  encircle  the  escutcheon  P 

4.  In  emblaxoning  the  arms  of  her  Majesty  and 

Ifbe  late  Prince  Consort,  would  it  be   right  to 

'  make  use  of  two  shields,  —  one  with  the  Queen*s 

arms,  and  the  other  with  the  Princess  ?  and  should 

each  shield  have  separate  supporters,  and  be  in 

fact  in  every  way  separate  from  the  other  f 

H.F. 
[Aniwefi'  to  sach  professtood  and  ischiiica]  qusries 
'  ean  hardly  be  expected  from  tha  generml  readeiji  of  this 
wofk.      Its  pag€S  would  be  oatrua  speedily  by  such 
quettions*    We  have  endeavoured  to  procure  a  satiefac- 
torjr  answer  in  thu  cam. 
1.  The  oorooett  of  the  Princesses,  iocludiog  the  Prin- 
^  oaes  Boyal,  are  exactly  stmilar  to  those  of  the  brothen. 
2*  The  tftbel  of  d  points  has  been  osed  to  difference  the 
wrmB  in  the  cAAes  of  gr«odchildren  and  nephews  of  the 
Sovereign  ^  bat  it  does  not  follow  as  a  rule  that  the  UbrJ 
of  5  point!  iboold  be  used.    The  Duke  of  Cambridge 
ises  the  label  of  8  points  granted  to  his  father. 

8*  If  the  Royal  Dake  be  a  Knight  of  the  Garter,  tho 
arms  of  hicnMlf  vid  wife  should  be  on  separate  ihidds, 
rto  own  \K^ng  fftuToimded  by  the  Garter. 


4.  In  emblaaoning  the  arms  of  the  Queen  and  her  lale 
Consort,  two  shields  with  separate  iupporters,  crowns* 
&(!.,  must  be  used  under  the  same  mantle  (if  mantle  be 
included).  lu  the  cate  of  a  Prtnceas  of  Wale%  her  anoi 
would  only  be  put  in  a  separate  shield  by  the  side  of  her 
buiband'fi  \  ber  coronet  would  be  that  of  her  tuaabaod* 
See  answers,] 

Bacon  Queries,  —  Lord  Bacon  heads  the  lega- 
cies to  bis  friends  by  one  of  *^  my  books  of  onaong 
or  psalms  curiously  rhymed,"  to  the  Marqula 
Fiat,  late  Lord  Ambassador  of  Prance, 

Was  this  a  MS.  or  some  early  copy  in  Engliah 
or  French  ?    Was  it  Marot's  ? 

The  great  chancellor  also  orders  the  sale  of  his 
chambers  in  Gray*s  Inn^  calculating  the  produce 
of  the  ground  floor,  with  the  third  ana  fourth 
floors,  at  300/*  as  a  small  relief  to  twenty^five 
poor  scholars  of  the  two  universities. 

Is  the  situation  of  those  chambers  now  known, 
and  is  the  tree  that  went  by  tbe  name  of  this  ^cal 
philosopher  and  lawyer  stdl  standing  ?  If  so,  at 
what  part  of  the  gardens  ?  J.  A.  G. 

[The  book  of  **  orisons  or  paalnis  **  was  doubtless  bJi 
own  prodoction,  entitled  Ctrtaim  Pmhne*  in  Vtrte^kj 
Francis  Lord  Yeralam.  Lond«  162S,  4to.  Dr. 
mentions  two  editions  of  this  work^  one  for  **  Street  i 
WTiitaker,"  the  other  for  "  Hannah  Barrett  and  R, } 
aker."  The  Psalms  are^  I  xii  xc.  civ.  cxxvi.  cxxxA 
cJtUx.  Walton,  in  his  Life  o/  C«wp*  Herbert^  iufonm 
us,  that  •*  Sir  Francis  Bacon  put  such  a  value  on  Mr. 
Herbert*!  judgmenV  that  he  usually  desired  his  appro- 
bation, before  be  would  cxpo«e  any  of  his  books  to  hi 
printed ;  and  thought  him  eo  worthy  of  his  fricndahlp^ 
that  having  translated  many  of  the  prophet  Davids 
Psalms  into  English  verse,  he  made  George  Herbert  his 
patron,  by  a  public  Dedication  of  them  to  him»  at  the 
beat  judge  of  Divine  poetry." 

Lord  Bacon'i  chambers  were  in  Coney  Court,  looking 
over  the  gardens  towardi  8l  Pancras  church  and  High* 
gate  Rill:  the  site  is  that  of  No.  1,  Gray'i  Inn  8qaar«v 
first  floor.  The  house  waa  burnt  Feb.  17, 1679,  with  lixty 
other  chambers.  (Biiittman*$  Guidt,  3rd  edit.  168«. )  The 
trees  said  to  have  been  planted  by  Lord  Bacon  ia  Griyls 
Inn  Garden*  are  probably  destroyed  j  at  any  rate,  ••  no<M 
now  extit  coeval  with  hti  time"  Cunoiogham'i  B«md» 
Book  0/Londtm,  ed.  1850,  p,  209.] 

"  Hbrsoppus  RjsDimnJS ;  oa,  tbb  Sao«*s 
TaiUMPH  ov£a  CHd  Aqe  aitd  tbs  GeatbJ" — In 
Bohn's  edition  of  Lowndes,  this  book  app«acn 
under  the  heading  of  CohauMcn^  John  Henry,  In 
brackets  is  added  ("  translated  by  Dr.  John  Caia^ 
bell").  A  quotation  from  Dr.  Johnson  is  a»- 
pended«  and  a  reference  to  the  Re^vip^HA^ 
Neview, 

The  writer  in  the  S^tranpective  Review  (ynu  76) 
begins  l»s  account  of  the  book  thus :  — 

**  The  author  of  fftrmif^tu  HmSvirttM  waa  John  Henry 
Cohaueeni  a  German  pJiyiiciaa»  who  did  not  %mlM  m§hm 


ft 


rood  Mb  own  theory,  but  died  In  a  sort  of  nonage«  when 
ne  wms  only  eighty ^five  yeara  of  age*  His  book  mna 
tnnslated  into  Engiuih  by  Dr.  John  Oiinpboll,  and  hai 
always  b««D  considered  cniiona,  as  givio|^  a  aummary  of 
the  many  facta  and  opiiikuii  which  hare  b«en  publMed 
r«ip«cting  thia  very  intereati^g  subject/*  &cu 

D^Isrskeli,  in  bis  Curioiities  of  Literature^  under 
the  bead  of  "  Lit^rar/  Bluodera,"  writet  of  this 
book  as  follows :  — 

^  But  th€  tiioat  alofTtilar  blonder  was  prodncnl  by  the 
ingenious  Hfrmipptis  Redhwvt  of  Dr.  Campbell^  a  curious 
banter  on  the  hermetic  philosophy,  and  the  uaiTei^Ml 
mfidieine;  but  the  grave  iron^  is  so  closely  kept  np,  that 
It  decnVed  for  a  length  of  time  the  most  leuned.  Ilia 
notion  of  the  art  of  prolonging  life,  by  inhAling  the  breath 
of  young  women*  was  eagerly  credited.  A  physician, 
who  himself  had  composed  a  treatise  on  healthy  waa  so 
influenced  by  it,  that  he  actusJly  took  lodgings  at  a 
female  boarding  school,  that  he  might  never  be  without 
a  constant  sapply  of  the  breath  of  yonng  ladies.  Mr. 
ThickneaM  ssnotisly  adopted  the  proicct.  Dr,  Kippis 
acknowledged  that*  after  bo  bail  read  the  work  in  his 
Touth,  the  reasoning!  and  the  facts  left  him  several  days 
in  a  kind  of  fairy-Und  I  hare  a  copy,  with  maaiiscript 
notes  hf  a  learned  phyaidan,  who  aeemx  to  have  bad  no 
doubts  of  its  veracity*  After  all,  the  intention  of  the 
work  waa  long  doubtful  •,  till  Dr.  Campbell  oasured  a 
firieiul  it  was  a  mcrs  jen  cfc^pnt/*  iac^  &c. 

JoBif  Abdis. 
HusttDgton. 

[The  penon  whom  Dr.  Campbell  mesLUt  to  represent 
under  the  character  of  Hermsppu*  Bedwitm*  was  Mr. 
Catverley,  a  celebrated  dancing-master,  whose  sister  for 
many  years  kept  a  school  in  QueenV  Square,  London, 
where  likewise  he  himself  li?ed  A  picture  of  him  in  the 
dancing-school  was  formerly  there,  drawn  at  the  great  age 
«f  ainetyone.  May  28, 1784.  Vide  **  N.  &  Q."  !*•  a  adi 
IWl  2'^^S.ix*  180.] 

Maiden  Castlk. — I  wisb  to  Icdow  tbe  derlva- 
tion  of  the  name  Mniden  Castle,  whicb  h  applied 
to  nn  ancient  earthwork  situated  on  an  elevated 
plain  between  Dorchester  and  tbe  sea-coaat,  and 
which  appellation  I  believe  attucbea  to  several 
other  similar  camps  or  fortresses  in  England. 

Middn  is  a  word  belonging  to  the  Indo-Euro- 
pean, or  Aryan,  class  of  languages,  and  tneans  a 
plain.  It  is  possible  that  the  same  word  with  the 
same  meaning  may  have  been  employed  by  the 
early  inhabitants  of  that  part  of  Britain  whose 
ancestors  were  Aryans,  Were  such  the  case, 
Maiden  Castle,  or  Alidan  Castle^'would  be  synony- 
mous with  the  Castle  on  the  Plain.  H.  C. 

[Maiden  Castle  is  one  of  the  largest  and  most  complete 
lUunan  camps  in  the  west  of  EngLmd.  Some  derive  tho 
word  Maiden  from  the  British  Mad^  fair  or  beautiful 
(whence  the  Saxon  word  Maid  or  Maiden),  and  thence 
conclude  that  fortifications  so  called  were  deemed  im- 
<  pregnable.  Mr. Baxter's  derivation  (Glost,voee  Duuium) 
H  is  mare  probable,  wbo  deduced  it  from  the  British  Mai 
^U^^  tbe  Castle  of  the  great  hill :  tn  his  opinion,  it  is  the 
^^^Himotf  Ptolemy,  the  capital  of  the  Durotriges,  Cam- 
^^^KihaogQB  this  into  Dornium  to  moke  it  correepond 


I 

I 


with  Dumovaria.  Baxter  calls  Dunium  ^  Arr  in  exjcelao 
cnonte  podta  ad  mtlle  ftrt  paasuom  a  Dumovaria,"  now 
Maiden  Castle^  9.  d.  Mai  dun,  or  the  great  hill,  or  hill  of 
the  citadel  or  burgh.     Vide  Hutckias'i  DormtMhinf  ii. 

171.] 

HosaES  riEST  Suod  wixa  Ibon .  —  Can  any  of 

your  readers  inform  me  when  horaes  were  nrst 
shod  with  iron  ?  I  have  just  had  brought  me  a 
stone  about  five  inches  over,  on  which  is  pl^nly 
impressed  the  oiark  of  a  pony^g  or  mule's  shoe*  It 
was  £>und  near  the  scythe-stone  pits  on  the  Black- 
borough  Hills,  between  Iloniton  and  Cullompton. 
Henbt  ^Iatthbws. 
[Beckmann  {Uiitoty  of  /Ni?e»/umf,  i.  4i2 — 454,  ed. 
184<>)  bos  a  valuable  article  on  tho  history  of  horse-ahoes 
from  the  moet  remote  period.  Their  early  use  in  England 
is  thus  noticed  by  bim :  "  Daniel,  the  historian,  seems  to 
give  OS  to  understand  that  in  the  ninth  century  horses 
were  not  shod  always,  but  only  in  the  time  of  &ost,  and 
on  other  particular  occasions.  The  practice  of  shoeing 
Appears  to  have  been  intn)duced  into  England  by  Wil- 
lioiQ  the  Conqueror.  We  are  informed  that  this  sovereign 
gave  the  city  of  Northampton  as  a  fief  to  a  certain  person, 
in  consideration  of  bis  pajring  a  stated  sum  yearly  for  tbe 
shoeing  of  horses;  and  it  is  believed  that  Henry  de 
Fcrres  or  De  Ferrers,  wbo  came  over  with  William,  and 
whose  descendants  still  bear  in  their  arms  six  horse^ 
8ho«Mt,  received  that  surname  because  he  wojs  entrusted 
with  the  inspection  of  the  farriers.  I  shall  here  observe^ 
that  horse -shoes  have  been  found,  with  other  riding  fhr- 
nitnre,  in  the  graves  of  some  of  the  old  Germans  and 
VandoU  in  the  northern  countries;  bat  the  antiquity  of 
them  cannot  be  ascertained."} 

Bishop  of  Salisbubt.  —  Who  was  John^ 
Bishop  of  Salisbury  in  a.d.  1661  ?  In  Cardwell's 
^^iwKte/ia  (sub  anno  1661)  p.  683,  xxxi.  Sessio 
ex  XV.,  I  find,  **  Introducto  Ubro  precum  in  La- 
tina  concept',  relatum  fuit  curae  et  revision!  re* 
verendi  in  Xto  patris  Jobannis  permissione  divina 
Sarumepiscopt.'  Brian  Duppa  was  Bishop  from 
1641  to  1660^  and  Humphrey  Henchman  from 
leeo  to  1663  ;  John  Earle,  1663  to  1665. 

M.  N. 
[The  Convocation  summoned  by  Archbishop  Juxon  on 
May  8,  1661,  continued  its  sittings  unUl  Sept.  26,  1666, 
Session  125.  was  holden  on  the  18th  of  May,  166S,  at 
which  time  John  Earie  was  Bishop  of  Salisbury,  having 
been  recently  translated  from  Worcester  to  SoranL]  ; 


MUTILATION'  OP  SEPULCHRAL  MONUMENTS. 

(3*^  S.  iv.  286,  363,  420,  4^7  ;  t.  21.) 

I  have  read  with  much  interest  the  communica- 
tion from  your  correspondent  upon  thia  subject. 
The  matter  is  one  welLde«fcw^^^^i»►''5iJ5ft^.^!:»s^^ 


102 


NOTES  AND  QUEMES. 


[8»i&V.  Jah-SO^IM. 


attention  of  all  who  arc  engaged  either  in  the 
enlargement^  or  restoration  of  our  churches  ;  fur 
it  is  while  carrying  on  these  works,  that  the  de- 
struction of  ancient  memorials  is  generally  per- 
petrated; but  it  is  extremely  dinicult  to  know 
what  is  to  be  done  in  some  cases  where  really,  if 
monumental  absurdities  are  to  be  left  untouched, 
there  must  be  an  end  either  to  the  enlargement 
of  churches  to  meet  the  spirit aal  wants  of  an  in- 
creasing ])opulatinn,  or  or  such  improvements  as 
good  taste  would  dictate  in  the  restoration  of 
fiiie  architectural  features  wantonly  cut  away  to 
make  room  fl)r  ridiculous  and  costly  monuments 
encumbered  with  weeping  cupids,  heathen  urns, 
lamps,  festoons,  and  other  inappropriate  devices — 
mostly  ill  chosen,  and  badly  executed.  As  far, 
therefore^  as  these  mistaken  designs  are  con- 
oemed,  I  can  see  no  reason  why  they  may  not  be 
removed  (with  proper  sanction),  when  they  inter- 
fere with  church  extension;  but  whenever  this 
becomes  necessary,  the  utmost  care  should  be 
taken  to  preserve  the  inscriptions.  Frequently 
it  hap{)ens  that  the  obituary  occupies  a  very  small 
part  of  a  gigantic  monument ;  surely  the  refixing 
of  these  small  tablet:^,  without  their  offensive 
framework,  would  be  sufficient.  In  regard  to 
brasses  upon  the  floor,  incised  inscriptions  and 
effigies  on  stone  slabs,  &&,  it  would  really  be  well 
that  these  hbuuld  neither  be  hid  or  materially 
altered  in  their  positions,  excepting  under  the 
most  cogent  circumstances;  and  then  a  re;rular 
entry  of  th(;  fact  should  be  made  in  the  parish 
book.  It  frequently  happens  that,  from  exces- 
sive tlampness,  there  is  a  necessity  for  raising  the 
church  floor,  anil  sonu'times  in  the  re-arrangement 
of  seating',  parts  of  the  floor  formerly  seen  be- 
come concealed ;  and  others,  hitherto  hid,  are 
brought  to  view.  Whenever  this  occurs,  the 
altered  state  of  thinj.^  should  be  duly  nott'd,  and 
this  si^ems  all  that  can  be  iloni*  under  the  circum- 
stances. Few  will  <leny  that  there  is  much  more 
beauty  in  wpU  arranged  encaustic  tiles  than  in 
damp  mu\  bn»keii  grave  slabs  ;  but  if  this  a<lvan- 
tage  is  to  be  only  gaine^l  l)y  destroying  memorials 
of  well-known  ancient  families,  it  is  certainly  bet- 
ter to  forego  artistic  feeling  than  to  aunihihite 
the  records.  Colour  apf tears  to  be  one  of  the 
induc*/tnentfl  for  substituting  tilis  for  intone  ;  and, 
no  doubt,  the  flooring  of  a  church  muy  i>e  as 
much  an  object  of  design  and  skill  as  any  other 
part,  but  ('(jlour  is  not  essential.  Perhaps  no 
floor  is  more  beautiful  than  that  of  the  Cathedral 
f)f  Sienna,  wholly  devoid  of  colour,  yet  rendered 
exjpiisite  by  its  numenms  incised  effigies  and 
other  <ievices.  It  is  rarely,  however,  that  such 
floors  arc  to  be  nii-t  with.  However,  whether 
plain  or  enrichi-il.  1  f^el  the  force  of  your  cor- 
respondent's ob!***rvati<»is;  and  hope  that  his 
remonstrance  will  induce  those  who  are  the 
authorued  guardians  of  our  churehes  to  be  a  little 


more  careful  when  meddling  with  monumental 
inscriptions.  And  here  I  may  add,  that  feeling 
the  importance  of  this  and  kindred  subjects,  a 
standing  Committee  has  been  appointed  by  the 
ftoyal  Institute  of  British  Architects  *^  for  the 
conservation  of  ancient  buildings  and  monuments;*' 
and  that  the  members  will  always  be  ready  to  aid 
those  who  are  altering  or  adding  to  old  structuresi 
in  resisting  wanton  and  unnecessary  spoliation. 
Bbnj.  Fs&bet,  F^&A. 


PSALM  Xa  9. 
(3^*  S.  v.  57.) 

"  We  bring  our  years  to  an  end  like  a  tale  [that 
is  told]  ••  is  not  quite  correct  as  to  the  last  word, 
kUe;  and  the  Greek  and  Latin  versions  are  de- 
cidedly wrong  in  translating  Hjil  (=l7c  in  pronun- 
ciation), ipidir.  According  to  Galasius,  this  word 
occurs  thirty-eight  times  in  the  O.  T.  The  errors 
of  WycliflTe  and  De  Sacy  arise  from  copytne  the 
Septuagint  and  Vulgate.  This  is  remarkable  in 
De  Sacy,  who  was  a  Jew,  or  of  Jewish  extraction, 
and  who  altered  his  name,  Isaac,  by  anagram,  is 
De  Sacy.     The  word  n|n  {hl^f)  has  the  Btm 

meaning  as    Lfpi    (^^^)   ^^   Syriac,   and  j^ 

(hajv)  in  Arabic,  namely,  meditation,  and  the  re- 
sult of  meditation.  This  meaning  is  very  clear 
from  Psalm  i.  2 :  *'  And  in  thy  law  will  I  meditaU 
day  and  night**;  also  from  Psalm  ii.  1:  "The 
people  imagine  vain  things."  The  word  was  used 
first  by  Joshua  (i.  8),  and  is  not  found  in  the  Pen- 
tateuch, although  the  ninetieth  Psalm  is  attributed 
to  Moses.  See  Gescnius.  Mendelssohn  has  eta 
getchwatz,  a  chattering;  Dc  Wette,  ein  laut^  a 
sound.  Others  translate,  it,  a  breath,  a  sigh,  a 
thought.  A  Spanish  Jew,  who  spoke  Arabic, 
once  told  me  tuat  HJH  meant  any  thought  that 
arose  in  tlie  mind.     In  Arabic  it  means  to  com- 

gose  a  poem,  and  in  that  language,  us  well  as  in 
yriac,  it  means  to  divide  a  word  into  syllables,  as 
an  effort  of  thought.  From  the  same  root  the 
Chaldee  derives  its  words  for  rhetoric  and  logic. 
The  projMjr  and  only  known  Hebrew  word  for 
»pider  is  C^^?^^j^,  aecaoish,  as  Mr.  Aldis  Wright 
states  in  Smith's  Bihle  Diet,  (iii.  1370).  See 
Job,  viii.  14,  and  Isaiah,  lix.  6,  The  Arabic,  fol- 
lowing the  Syriac  version,  has  spider  in  Ps.  xc.  9, 

«-*-\j*Q^\l     (goge)    in    error,    I    conceive,    for 

LjL^ai ,  (hagogo)^  a  phantom,  or  an  imagination ; 

f^\^f  haggUy  being  also  a  phantasm  in  Hebrew, 
which  is  the  sense  given  by  J.  D.  Michaelis  to 
Ps.  xc.  9.  (See  Eichh«.nr«  Ileb.  Lex.,  i.  415,)  The 
inference  may  be  drawn  that  the  int'Tpreier,  mis- 
taking the  llebrew  word  for  the  Syriac  one  sig- 
nifying spider^  gave  that  aa  the  meaning  to  the 


S^S,Y.Jtli.60,ti,J 


NOTES  AND  QUEMEa 


1,03 


Greek  nmanuensis  of  ^^'^  T  XX.  Simtkr  errore 
of  heart  fig  occur  in  iL  rsion.     In  Eich- 

horn's  HepfrL  (xviiL  1  -.  ,,  j.  jIlt  quotes  Sctiul- 
ten3  on  tbia  word  (Prov,  xxv.  4),  **ut  vaporem 
CjlteftUAntem,"  but  aUributefi  to  Kimchi  a  oettcr 
aensf?,  who  wijs,  "  the  word  nan  denotes  speech^ 
which  cottes  from  the  mouth;  as  this  pa^set 
rwiftlff  so  Bwiiily  fly  our  years/ ^  In  ^luch  waj 
alfio  do  Riebi  tnd  Aben  Ejefa  eiptaiu  the  word, 
and  so  Jerome  tro&ala^ea  *^ut  iermonein/' 

T.  J.  BtcKTOf*. 

venture  to  send  you  some  further  remarks  — 
in  udditmn  to  your  own  —  res  pectin  g  the  meaning 
of  the   latter  portion  of  Fflalm  xc*  y ;  Vulgate, 

Tlje  only  diffictilty  arisen  from  the  obscurity  of 
the  Hebrew  word  HiH,  Professor  Lee,  ia  hi» 
Hebrew,  Chaldee,  and  Euglish  Lexicon  (ytih  voce), 
tmnslateg  it  as  mieanin^  a  mtrrmor,  '•  '/• 

ally  declint A  and  Jails,     Winer  render-  -i» 

tatio :  ffo  also  does  Gesenius  {^trxicon  MtmuaU 
Hffb,  et  Chaldakvtfn) ,  Cnyfel!  (^th  vfirr)  preS 
several  tneaninj^Si  a^^  s-  r- 

mtir,    anil    refeni  to    t'  i  np 

i^'  '■■  .  .|   Tul.  xii,  in  Clark's 

"^  y,  Edinburgh,  1848). 

Wiil   cini,   a<;miT  timr  liu-  vvoid  can  mean  a  eontrtT' 
^'tbdon^  or  iah;   but  prefers   the  translation — a 

*^'  ■ ^ ■     ■*   -^nerolly  bears  the  character 

of. 

1j- -v    ^^'"    ancient  Syriac,  Arabic^  and 

iEthionic  Versions,  such  as  we  find  them  in  Wal- 
ton's liih/ia  PiJmrloaa  (Londini,  1656,  torn,  iii.), 
it  IS  nil  to  See  how  closely  they  agree 

with   tbr  iig   of  the   Septun^ntit  VeraioD, 

and  with  the  Vulgate.  Thus,  in  the  Syriac  we 
have  —  to  quote  the  Latin  translation :  •*  Nam 
cuncti  dies  nostri  confecti  sunt  indig^atiotoe  tul; 
et  defecerunt  anni  nostri  slcut  aranea.** 

Iti  the  Arabic  we  have:  *' Nam  cuncti  dies 
nostrt  finicTunt,  et  liv  \tK  tufi  cotisumpti  sumns : 
anni  nostri  ceu  textura  araneie  sunt  labentes/' 

In  the  j^thvopic  version,  the  translation  runs 
thus :  ♦*  Qunniiim  omnes  dies  tiostri  defecerunt ; 
et  in  iri  tua  defecimua.  Anni  nostri  slcut  ara- 
ne<B  medrtatl  sunt,** 

The  Chaldee  Paraphrase  (Targum)  pitea»  how- 
ever, a  dilferent  meaning  to  the  Hiibrew  Word 
njn,  as  if  it  originally  si;.Miilied  the  breath  of  the 
tna^ithi  "  Consumfjeiinir   ^         -  ikuli' 

turn   oris  In  hyeine."  /.«   ,>, 

Vepm  Tfginmenium,  Pai.  /-  mu -r,  iu.muilh^,  torn, 
ill.  Lip*lie,  1804,  p,  2'iy8)  remarks,  that  this  mean- 
lag  U  ]jv  (in  rneons  Ui  be  rej*^ct<jd, 

J'  me,  that  all  ih*^  various  rendenn;rs 

^\  ^  vvDii]  cuTi   fii^iily  be  recon«  ileil  one 

With  an<  10  cipre^  the  mean* 

»<^  vf  th  ,  \^  tu  show  mi  with 


what  rapidity  OUT  j^nr a  r*tj««  ,iw«v  T^i%  trimsla- 
tors  of  the  bitle   V>  I  the 

words,  a  tale  that  k  i  .  ,  .     _  .    _  ,  the 

Latin  words  serrno  or  lanuela.     K'  (ui 

sji/fra)  appears  to  give  the  meanin^  ex- 

pression :  "  Evanescunt  vit»  nostrie  dies,  sicut 
verbum  emissum  in  aerem  statim  disfiolvltur, 
uequti  revocari  ainplius  potest/' 

But  I  am  inclined  to  consider  the  ^rti  ^p^x"! 
of  the  Septuaglnt  version,  and  the  sicut  aranta  of 
the  Vulgate,  the  most  correct  rendering  of  the 
Hebrew,  particularly  as  the  Syriac  agrees  with 
them.* 

Boctart,  in  his  H'  (Cap.  XXII*  toiiii 

iii,  p,  501,  ed»  Lips.)  i  hat  m  the  Hebrew 

Codices  which  were  usen  ny  the  LXX.,  another 

word,  ^10^,  was  then  found,  with  the  meaning 
sicut  ur€tma^  which  is  almost  the  same  in  Arabic, 
(See  Eosenmiiller's  Scholia,  in  Vetus  Textamentum^ 
Pars  Psalmos  contluenfi,  torn.  ill.  p.  2300^  ed. 
LipfiiK.)  J.  Dai^tox. 

Korwich. 


SasBiDAH  a  Gb&xic  {%'^  S.  iiL  209.) — Another 
version  of  the  story  of  Lord  B  '  '     {uotaiion 

t>om  Demosthenes  iti  the  Hcju  auons^  is 

gi%'ea  by  Mr.  De  Quineey  ju  in>  Selections 
Graife  and  Gay,  Autobiographic  Sketcheu,  Edin- 
burgh, 1854."    Vol.  ii,  p.  40.      Bmslvb  Fbatkr. 

QtJOTATiOTf  Wa?jtei>  (3'*'  S.  It.  2S8.)— 
*«  Stand  still,  my  5t<»«Hl, 
Let  me  r«5«icw  the  mxue  *'  — 
is  from  Longfellow*s  poem,  "  A  Gtcam  of  StiB- 
shitle,"  E.  V. 

Enigma  (S'^  S.  v.  55.)  —  Is  tlie  answer  to  the 
Earl  of  Surrey  s  enigniA  *'  A  refusal  "  It       E,  V. 

If  we  suppose  the  recipient  of  the  gift  to  be  an 
illegitimate  child^  and  the  lady  its  mother^  I  think 
the  word  Awwie  will  answer  all  the  irequlrements  of 
this  enigm^.  F.  C  IL 

CfetEL  KiJfo  PtetUt*  (2"  S.  xii,  393;  S*^  S.  I 
1 5B*)  —  The  lines  are  a  parupbrase  of  Lucian  :  — 

♦lA/inhrr  yovv  rh¥  ManMi^a  iyit  Qfmrd^fvof  <w«i 
Kpccrtw  d^JLavToZ  Svvarhs  ^V  iBtix^V  ^^  M***  ^*'  7^^^^^^ 
rit4  fuv06i  iito^cvn  tA  <raBp^  rie¥  ^a^ft^drmw*  w^AXtivs 
It    Koi   lAAowr  tJ    I'Jttt'    iv    T(Wf     Tftt^if   ^*«wrawn-tr, 

i'Atib^iwfej.— "ATinra  itrfn  to  *f|>l  rirtt  fiamMlmv^  icfti 

•  Tlii$  f«tiMark  of  course  implies,  that  as  th«  word  T^^H 

ilo«  not  incjia  a  apirlt-r,  some  other  word  wm  origidnlly 

u-^-^  Tt.  I...,  .      i\,......ii    .....r,  in   his 

C  I  idle  ihe 

S.  **  Anni 

tHJaU!    5i::ua.^    .iUuL  ■  ,  Id 

iMil,  qUJiB  tfKutit/'  tlia 

liehraw  aoun  »^  '"'  -  ^,.--^- 


104 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


l9^s.Y.iAm.m,m. 


fUKpov  St^  &wtara,*  rl  S«  <t  Xonrpcfti}!  $wparT§j  teed  Aw- 
yiini%^,  Kdl  ff  Til  4AA«;if  rtav  ao^w¥ ; 

Metappus,'-*Q  fitv  iwKpdrrjs  xixfT  xtpi4px^^  ^**" 
x4yx^¥  Itiroyrttf*  <rCvtiiri  It  air^  noAofi^STjs^  Koi  *09^* 
mfr,  irot  N/orwpf  icai  ff  ris  \dkot  Mitptii*  (ri  ^Ivrai 
iir^wrrfTQ  awT^  ^oi  lit^Ktt  ix  t^t  tpvLptiOKOwoirins  To, 
tritiKu,  d  Jf  $f ATKTTtir  A»tf7^»^f  vaptfiHu  ^tp  ^iapdoMowdK^ 

wi^vr^Amtf^  K,T,K—NtcmmaJiti(h  c.  19,  od.  Bipout.  1790, 

If  X  K-  will  lend  me  What  S iaw  m  ike 

Inpuible  World  for  a  day  or  two,  and  let  me 
know  through  tie  office  of  **  N.  &  Q/'  where  I 
ma  J  send  for  it,  I  shall  be  greatlj  obliged. 

H.  B.  C. 

U,  U,  Clab. 

OsBtB  Centrum  (S^  S*  iy.  210.)— Ebn  Haukal 
begins  hh  Oriental  Geography  (p,  2  of  Ouseley'a 
transliitioQ)  with  the  followmg  Benience :  — 

"  We  begin  with  Arabift,  because  the  Temple  of  the 
Lord  19  situated  there,  aod  Uie  holy  Koaba  ia  the  Napet  of 
the  IVm-kL" 

Perhaps  your  correspondent  does  not  know  that 
the  inhabitants  of  Boston  fMaasaohusetts),  with 
that  Belf4uiidatory  spirit  which  they  inherit  to 
fluch  a  remarkable  degree  from  their  English  an- 
cestors, call  their  city  "  the  hub  of  the  universe/* 

J.  C.  Ldidbat. 

SL  Paul,  MinnesQta. 

Gbbul  pROTfi&BS  (3'*  S,  iv,  286);  Greek 
Gambb  (vols.  iv.  and  v. ) ;  Ancient  UuMonB 
(iv.  471).— « I  shall  be  glad,"  says  Mb.  W.  Boweh 
Rowi^AimSf  *^  of  any  examples  of  this  s^ji^g  ^^^  ^ 
^Qt  in  Greek  authors.*" 

***HXi(  f/AiKaTf/nrf{«  ate.  JEquaXia  »qaalem  detecut] 
Huic  paria  soot,  Stmiper  similem  dactt  Deus  ad  iiEnilem, 
CI  A  V  urn  clavo  et  paxillum  paaullo  pepali^ti  i  hoc  est,  er* 
ratum  altero  enato  caruAU,** -^  JPfmrinonm,  Dwjfeniani 
CeQturia  Y. 

**''HAv  tV  p^or  4Kitpo6titJ]  Pollnx,  lib.  ix.  OmNiuMtf. 
oHginero  refert  ad  ludtmi  quom  KivBaXuffjhy  Gneci  notni- 
DAQt:  *0  Si  KisfitaAiiTftit,  &c  Verum  ciudaliiiiDiua  ludus 
eet  paxiUorom.  Kofid^oxn  enim  paxillofTocavenrnt. 
Opoa  aatem  er&t  non  modo  paxillum  teirae  argilloaw  in- 
d^re,  Aisd  e^am  infixam  elidere  verberaQtem  caput  altero 
paxillo.  Unde  etiam  proverbium  maoavit,  *HAw  rhv  I^Xov, 
wmrdXm  rhf  »«tt4a©k,  Clavo  damm,  et  paxlllo  paxil- 
lum.'* 

Schottufi  the  editor  of  Adagia,  tixre  Pinverbia 
Or^corum  er  Zenobio  sen  Zenodoto^  Diogeniano,  et 
8mdm  CaUMetmm*^  Antverpis,  161'2f  folio,  refers 
t»  /  '^  *r  Cent.  TiL)  to  Hieronymi  EftifL  ad 
i?**  nachum,   and   to  Erasmus,    ChiJ.   i. 

Ceni,  u.  ijinio,  whii  quotes  Publii  Syri  Mimue, 
**Nunquam  periculum  sine  perido  vincitur." 
There  is  an  English  proverb  not  unlike  —  vix. 
"  Every  man  cannut  hit  the  naile  on  the  head.'* 
And  the  Greeit  word  jJ\oj  reminds  us  of  an  in- 
tftancc  uf  patristic  humour*  Chrysoat.  in  2  Cor.  xi., 
Ol  XMTifwrTu  f^fftff,  iktintf  t^ioi^  quoted  in  Alex. 


Mori  in  Komtm  FtBduA  Notes^  ed.  by  J.  A*  Filbfi* 

cius^  Hamburgi,  1712,  ad  Act.  xxvi.  v.  14« 

BiBUOTBBCAB.  ClUmtAlC 

Tioi  Shamsock  and  tax  Blbsssd   Tbhtitt    _ 

(a*^  S.  V.  61.) — I  request  you  will  kindly  aUow  me  ' 
to  correct  a  serious  mistaxe  which  I  inadvertently  \ 
made  in  my  remarks  on  "  St.  Patrick  and  the 
Shamrock.**  The  proper  expression  should  have 
been, — *^  As  a  faint  illustration  of  Three  dliti&et 
Persons,  united  in  one  Divine  Nature^  Tnstefiil 
of  using  the  word  Nature,  I  unfortunately  wrote 
PersoTu  J-  Daltoh. 

Teaub  ANn  Imfeovisment  of  Ireland  (3*^*  S, 

V.  35.) — The  second  part  of  the  Essay  on  the  above 
subject  was  published  m  Dublin  in  1731,  and 
dedicated  to  the  Duke  of  Dorset*  at  that  dftte 
Lord  Lieutenant  of  Ireland.  The  author  was  m 
member  of  the  Dobbs  family  of  Antrim,  nmoj^ 
whom  are  several  n&mes  of  distinguished  Uu&rmrjr 
reputation. 

The  second  portion  of  the  Essay  is  replete  with 
curious  and  reliable  information  on  the  social  and 
industrial  condition  of  Ireland  140  years  ago.  I 
happened  to  open  that  part  at  p.  96,  where  ik 
author  notices  one  remarkable  impedimeat  to 
industry,  which  happily  has  been  in  great  part 
removed  within  the  last  thirty  years.  I  m^^an, 
the  great  number  of  holidays.  He  writes :  — 
"  There  are  forty- nine  more  nolidavs  in  Ireland 
than  our  law  allows,  including^  St.  l*atrick*8  day, 
hb  Wi/€*Sj  citd  kiji  Wife's  Mothers''  Now»  on 
referring  to  the  life  of  the  great  Apostle  of  Ire- 
land from  the  pen  of  his  most  distinguished 
biographer,  Dr.  Todd,  I  cannot  find  any  mention 
whatever  of  his  wife^  or  whether  he  left  oflispring 
to  transmit  bis  name  and  virtues  to  Posterity; 
though  the  learned  Doctor  informs  us,  pp.  353-4, 
that  the  Saint*s  ancestry,  both  on  father's  and 
mother*B  side,  were  highly  resjx^ctftble ;  and  quotes 
Patrick's  own  statement  to  tbut  effect  in  the  cele- 
brated epistle  against  Coroticus  :  **  Ingenuus  Bum 
secundum  camem ;  nam  Decurione  patre  nasc<jr,*' 
&c.  It  is  conjectured  that  it  was  this  pa5^ag« 
which  suggested  the  composttlon  of  the  aucitmt 
Irish  bidlad  — 
"  St.  Patrick  was  a  geotlcman,  and  bom  of  decent  peoj^^ 

I  enclose  my  card  for  T.  B^  who  is  weleoow  Uk 
any  further  information  trom  J*  L. 

Dublin. 

AnTHtia  Donns  (3^  8.  v.  63,  82.)  —  It  may  in- 
ter^t  AnuBA  to  know  that  I  fjossess  an  impri?s- 

sion  of  a  book-plate  *  ''  '  ^ '  '  '  "  '  N.  The 
annn  on  it  are  inoHe  oi  1  >al  way, 

with  an  cs<jutcheon  of  i  There 

is  no  name  printed  on  'd  it  tu 

Arthur  Dobbts  *»  i  ^-^    •'    -  ^  '*'^ed 

Gentry  that  an  M.P.  of  that   i  ^n 

hciresi  of  the  Osborne  family.  i.-  .1.  L. 


S^aV.  Jjur.80.'64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


105 


I 


Rnn)i.tB  Tkkakts  (r*  S*  iv.  355,)  —  The  ex- 
tract from  the  supplement  to  Jamieson's  Diction- 
ary does  not  exacily  answer  H.  E.  N/s  question. 
Dr.  JamiesoQ  was  a  divine,  not  a  lawyer ;  but 
even  in  the  popular  Scotch  law-books  (see  Burton's 
Mantlet  p.  29*2),  the  answer  given  applies  more 
precisely  to  what  are  termed  "rentallers"  than  to 
the  peculiar  class  of  holders  called  kindly  tenanU^ 
known  only  to  exist  in  Anoandalc  and  Orkney. 
Perhnps  the  following  interesting  extract  from  a 
work  written  so  far  back  via  1 842,  but  still  excel- 
lent, afibrds  the  most  definite  information.  Speak* 
ing  of  four  contif^uous  villages  called  Four  TowiWi 
in  the  parish  of  Lochmaben,  FtdlerioTis  Chzetteer^ 
▼oL  i.  p.  588,  says  :  — 

"  The  villages  are  Hlghtae  with  400  inhabitants,  Green- 
hill  with  80,  and  Heck  and  Smailholin  with  aboat  70 
each.  The  lands  are  a  larg«  and  remarkably  fertile  tract 
of  holm  and  haugh|  stretching  along  the  we^t  side  of  tbo 
river  Annan  from  the  immediate  vicinity  of  Lochmaben 
Castle,  the  onginal  seat  of  the  royal  family  of  Bruce,  to 
the  southern  extremity  of  the  pari^  The  iahabitanta  of 
the  viUagee  are  propnttart  of  the  landi»  and  hold  them  bv 
a  species  of  tenure  nowhere  else  known  in  ScoUana, 
except  in  tbe  Orkney  Islands;  and  they  have  from  time 
immemorial  been  called  "The  Ktne^'s 'Kindly  Tenants,' 
and  occasionally  tbe  *  Hentallora  of  the  Crown/  The  lands 
originallv  belonged  to  the  Kings  of  Scotland*  or  formed 
part  of  their  proper  patrimony,  and  were  granted^  a«  is 
generally  believed,  by  Brace,  the  Lord  of  Annandale,  on 
his  toberiting  tbe  throne,  to  his  domestic  sarrantSi  or  to 
the  garrison  of  the  castle.  The  rentallers  were  bound  to 
pro  vision  the  xoval  fortress^  and  probably  to  carry  arms 
m  its  d&fence.  ^ey  have  no  charter  or  seisin,  und  hold 
their  title  by  mere  possession,  and  can  alienate  their  pro- 
perty  by  a  deed  of  cjjnveyance,  and  procnring  for  tbe 
vorchaser  enrolment  in  the  rental-book  of  Lord  atonnont. 
The  new  possessor  pays  no  fee,  takes  up  his  saccession 
without  service,  and  in  his  turn  is  proprietor  simply  by 
autoal  possession^  The  tenants  were  in  former  times  so 
annoyed  by  tbe  constables  of  the  castle  that  they  twice 
made  appeals  to  the  crown ;  and  on  both  occasions — in  the 
reigns  respectiirely  of  James  VL  and  Charles  IL — ^they 
obtatoed  orders  under  the  royal  si^^manual  to  be  al> 
lowol  uodtstnrbed  and  fall  poasesston  of  their  siognlar 
rights*  In  more  recent  timea,  at  three  several  dates,  these 
rights  were  formally  recognised  by  the  Scottish  Court  of 
Session,  and  the  British  House  of  reers." 

Thia,  then,  is  a  species  of  holding  sui  generic, 
atid  altogether  dliferent  from  the  low  cottiers  of 
the  hurd's  rental-book,  because  the  law  will  not 
recognise  these  unless  there  be  two  things  in 
existence  besides  mere  possession  ^ — there  must  be 
s  lease,  and  there  must  be  a  rent. 

Sholto  MAGBirrr. 
QtJOTATioKS  Wahted  (3**  S.  V.  62,  83.)  —  In 
the  verses  quoted,  the  word  ut  is  unfortunately 
printed  instead  of  ifcit,  so  that  the  point  and  anti- 
thesis are  marred.     The  Unas  should  run  thus :  — 
••Qui  Chdstnm  na<K:it,  sat  sdt  si  cietera  neseit  j 
Qui  Christum  neadt,  nil  sett  si  castera  noacit," 

F.  C.  H. 

Baptismal  Nakss  (3^^  S.  ir*S08.) — I  can  sup- 
pi/  an  instance  of  a  Christian  muoe  which  strikes 


me  as  more  curious  and  unaccountable  than  any 
mentioned  in  your  colunans.  The  present  Vicar 
of  Canon  Pyon,  Herefordshire,  is  the  Rev.  E. 
Cockahoo  Dawes.  I  should  be  interested  in  hear- 
ing of  any  other  instance  of  this  euphonious 
cognomen.  R.  C.  L. 

Passags  ni  TsmrrBon  (3^^  S.  v.  75,)— I  cannot 
see  that  there  is  any  particular  allusion  in  the 
second  line  of  the  passage:  — 

'*  Go,  vexed  spirit,  sleep  in  tmst; 
The  right  ear  that  is  filled  with  dust 
Bears  little  of  the  false  or  just.** 

The  words  M.  O.  gives  in  italics^  are  simply  an 

expression  for  the  peace  and  silence  of  the  grave* 
The  specification  of  the  right  is  not  uncommon^  as 
in  St.  Matthew  :  "  li*  thy  right  eye  offend  thee," 
&o.  E.  J.  N* 

Alfrsd  BuiCN  (3^  S.  V.  55.) — Mrs.  Bunn^  the 
mother  of  Alfred  Bonn,  about  the  year  1819,  kept 
a  lady^s  school  at  South  Lambeth.  D.  N* 


^itfcrllaiiraujtf. 

NOTES  ON  BOOKS,  ETC. 

Slererntapic  Views  of  the  Etdnj  of  Copan,  Central  Amtriea, 

toAtn  by  Oabert  SaJvin,  M.A- 

We  are  indebted  to  Messrs.  Smith,  Beck,  it  Beck  for  a 
series  of  Stereoscopic  Views,  which  cannot  fail  to  interest 
alike  tbe  antiquaiy  and  the  ethnologist  They  cooi^iftt  of 
Photographs  of  Monoliths  and  other  sculptured  remains 
of  Indian  art  from  tbe  ruins  of  Copun,  which  is  situated 
in  the  republic  of  Hondi^ras,  close  to  the  frontier  of  Gua- 
temida.  That  these  monuments  are  connected  with  the 
ancient  worship  of  the  country  there  can  be  little  doubt 
though  the  date  of  their  erection,  and  tbe  race  of  Indians 
by  whom  they  were  erected^  are  alike  unknown,  Mr. 
Salvin  does  not  look  upon  them  as  of  remote  antiquity, 
for  the  stone  of  which  they  aj%  formed  is  not  one  capable 
of  offering  ^reat  resistance  to  the  action  of  the  weather, 
and  it  is  therefore  matter  of  congratulation  that  such 
effectire  representations  of  them  have  been  secured.  Some 
of  the  mooolitha  are  very  striking,  so  is  the  representa- 
tion of  the  Jaguar's  Hesd,  the  Square  Stone  with  Hiero> 
glyphicB,  and  especially  that  containing  a  flead,  and  other 
sculptured  stones.  Tbe  whole  fieries,  indeed,  must  be  roost 
acceptable  to  ethnological  students. 

SibRotheta  OiethamenxiM :  Sivr  Bthiuttheca  FubHeat  Jfon- 

tuniitnsis^  ah  Humfredo  CfM-thnm  armi^ero  fundatir^  Cata^ 

fom   Tomiu   /F,,  ejrhtbrns  Ltbrxti  in   varioM  Cius»ea  pro 

VarieleUe  Argumentt  dUtrihutot.    Edidit  lb o mas  Jones, 

JL,  ^iMioMsoff  tHpra  dictm  Ciato§,     (Simms,  Mau> 

hestcr.) 

The  readers  of  "  N.  ft  Q."  hare  seen  in  the  contribu- 
tJoos  to  our  pages  of  the  learned  Librarian  of  theChetham 
Library  such  unqu^iionftblo  evidence  of  his  erudition, 
diUgence,  and  knowledge  of  books,  as  to  render  any  com- 
mendation of  the  preacut  Cutalogae  perfectly  uncaJIedfor. 
A  glance  at  tho  four  goodly  volumes  of  the  Chetham 
Catalogue  i^  sufficient  to  call  forth  from  all  reading  men 
their  congratulations  to  the  people  of  Manchester  on  the 
pnesession  of  so  valuable  a  library,  and  also  of  .%  Librarian, 
who  stiive9  60  sealoualY  to  t^ira.  xSxaxX^t^ri  Ma  ^£«3^  ■•'a^ 

GOUtti. 


NOTES  AND  QUEBIE8. 


■■X2r 

h'  ■■■-. • ..  '..  -.  a  Cntf^ 

Ii.i  ,  /   Part  I L     The  Go»' 

pel  <>/  SL  Ju.'in^  and  the  AcU  of  the  ApottlsM.     rRiriiig- 
tons,) 

W«  kftw  St  rv  h  ntion  to  tfaa  FinI  Ptrt 

of  thii  reiy  tt»i  >  may  couunt  ournWes 

with  annoandn^^      ,       —-.,   pwsrfl*a.    T^e  pr«9<iJ]| 

portion,  it  will  bv  »pen^  o^teniis  to  tfa«  coodasiou  of  the 
AcU  of  the  ApoAilesw 

A»^fitm^  iH  till  AJ^t€r»  relalim  to  (hokery  and  ^oifne- 
k«p%np^^    J5y  Ore- PvUJ.    (Simpkin  A  Marshall) 
THi»re  lire  threi?  r<?i.Y»mrnu-nil-itian^  to  this  new  Mamuil 
of  D 

avail  ; 


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Socifty  for  the  your  18fi3  y^iW  bt — a  chromolith« 
from  A  dr-i^'^f""  ^•^  s;.rn,,r  m  iri.r.n...  ..j^  after  F*  L.^  ^., .. 
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NOTES  AND  QUBBIE& 


107 


y,  SMTifiif»4T,  FKBUujnY  0,  im. 


CONTENTS. —N*.  HO. 

|te  piiblinkttoii  at  DiftriM,  Ifff  — "nocinmimtft,  4c«. 

^_-  c;_    vt_,...   f>..',.  ...1.     ,...  ^'r....vif>s.   Hay,   109  — 

foae,  Z6,  — ' 

1 1 V— Men- 

x>«r..^.       l>ifttee&»  of 

,  l!L 

Mr. 
>rth 

riiim- 
!  Holdoil  — 

1  Towers  of 

—  Literati 

; :  uiiiresft  Uhud  — 

—  Wcwbaven  in 

!*roverb  Wanted 

ScfikU  ~  ^UaktLHi'iuw  Portmlto  — 

—  Viehy  —  WnU  of  SumBMMW  — 

I  Wirn  A ^vwKKs :  —  C<klkitl»  and  A.  8.  —  The  Nile 
lar  RidinnJboM  I'ack  —  Sp«iMier'«  "  CaUntl&r  "—  Quo* 
I  —  Sfirinigs  —  Retreat  —  Durocobnvi*  —  Ajaonr- 

.—  Tf  oinwrir*  Rt^ad,  IIP  —  Coloiiel  Robert  Vena- 

"  •  ^  Barham,  Ih  —  >1  r,  WIjw?,  121 

nke  a  Summw-"  —  BtrnjutUi 

VVillibroni :  Friik"  Literaluro 

«i*eri  of  Huidn^i  u.^u  --  Lon- 

nTOfgOOd   t-'     -I    M'-    I.     hil'M"  — 

l^pwmg  —Will, ;i rvi  S 1 L UhfiW, 
nnii  1) 'vtnr  —  Eltoa,.  a  ChriKtiftti  Name  — 
lie  Navarre :  Speii^e,  &<k,  1Z£. 


PITBLICATJON  OF  DIAKIE8. 

who  publi«ii  the  pr'ivAte  diaries  of  de- 
persone,  or  rxtmets  from  them,  are  apt  to 
trror  of  bio2raphei"S,  They  /eel  a 
toward*  the  writer^  and  omit  nnvtbing 
r  show  him  uiifuvourablj.  Objection 
tiiki^n  to  thli^  prnctice,  even  when  the 
\%  only  speaking  of  himself.  But,  when  be 
<iiher?i»  itnd  especially  when  he  i« 
■'-I  others*  jtueh  omi&^ion  may  be  a 
w**ai*^  U»  eliose  who  nre  represented.  It 
i  that  the  omitted  pftrt"!  would  completely 
f  the  value  of  th«  whole  testimony*  Sup- 
br  instiince,  a  porson  ofsnni*?  unme  should 

^  of  VHTl- 

i(,  among 
iniio  DO  invma  iiKif.  rhf  late  Duke 
rlliniJitiiD  either  wanted  courage  und  eon- 
n  the  tjeldt  <*r,  was  bribed  by  the  enemy. 
a   future    time    the&e    memortiada   ahoufd 

publisher  or  an  ex^tractor,  who  should 
»e  ehmder  on  the  Duke  and  retain  what  U 
hoiit    t  ihpr^    who   would    not   Vie   so   well 

it  I  it  tliose  othera  would  not  be 

i    ^>  i^nl   fairness.     The  editor  or 

for  noi^iit  very  innocently  think  only  of  hit 

ami   of    the    wretched   fiiiure  he   would 

but  his  readi:'r8  have  a  ri;iht  to  expect 
e  should  think  of  them,  nnd  of  the  other 
I  Ass&iled. 


In  1855  (!■*  S*  xii.  142)  I  quoted  some  brntAlly 
coarse  remarks  which  Reuben  Burrow  wrote  in 
the  fly -leaf  of  a  book.  In  giving  them  I  had  a 
meaning  which  I  did  not  explain.  Two  years  be- 
fore*  some  extracts  from  the  diary  of  Reuben 
Burrow  had  been  published  in  a  scientific  journal ; 
these  extracts  contained  variotis  disparagements;, 
which  possibly  might  be  slanders;  accompanied 
by  the  statement,  taken  from  a  friendly  bio- 
graphy, that  '*  his  habits  had  been  formed  bj 
casualty  and  the  necessities  of  the  moment  rather 
than  by  design  and  the  prudent  hand  of  a  master.** 
Ihia  bioffrnphy  also  describes  him  as  having,  in 
private  life,  **  some  of  those  excentricities  which 
frec|uently  attend  genius,  though  by  no  means 
necessarily/*  This  gentle  allusion  to  the  habits 
of  a  man  whose  stories  about  other  perions  were 
put  into  prints  induced  me  to  publish  the  t!ydcaf 
above  tdludcd  to.  I  then  knew  nothing  of  the 
journal  or  diary,  except  the  extracts.  I  have 
l«tely  been  made  aware  that  the  extractor,  ft 
friend  from  whom  I  am  obliged  to  differ  widely 
in  this  matter,  presented  the  diary  to  the  library 
of  the  Astronomicnl  Society  soon  nft^r  the  com- 
pletion of  the  extracts.  1  am  thus  enabled  to 
supply  deficiencies,  and  to  give  the  character  of 
this  accuser  of  the  brethren  in  the  manner  in 
which  I  hold  it  ought  to  have  been  given- 
It  is  very  gratiiving  to  think  that  such  "  ex- 
centricities" m  private  life  as  Burrow  es^hibited 
are  not  **  neceasarily  **  the  flccompaniments  of 
**  genius/'  Even  in  his  day  the  gifted  man  would 
not  often  leave  to  his  son  and  three  daughters  a 
note  book  in  which  obscene  epigrams  are  recorded, 
and  in  which  the  dismissal  of  a  servant  is  noted 
with  his  nmne  mispelt  into  the  foulest  word  in 
the  langungCi  vowels  and  all*  But  this  is  pos- 
sibly consistent  with  truthful  evidence,  and  s«mnd 
judgment  upon  the  conduct  of  others*  For  a 
specimen  of  the  reliance  to  be  placed  on  Burrow 
in  these  particulars,  X  shall  content  myself  with 
quoting  the  following  passage*  He  was  starting 
for  India,  and  Lord  Howe,  with  the  fieet  which 
was  to  relieve  Gibraltar,  protected  the  India 
fleet  for  a  time,  and  then  left  them  a  convoy :  — 

"  The  weather  continned  pretty  much  the  samo  till 
the  <?nd  of  Septemhcr,  and  the  wind  vrm  lometiroca 
f^vorjMe;  ret  Howts  never  took  the  leant  ad  van  taipe  of 
it;  but  on  S(»pT.  .^0,  wlien  we  were  in  lat,  48^  6',  and  the 
Fiiinch   \^  ileet  were  expecte^J  evexj/i  moment 

vrli.li  live  lin<^  tiiii  scouodrfi  Uowe  Wfi  as 

entirely  i  i  ..^  .,. .,  with  only  a  fifty-pn  *hin  t«  take 
care  m  na,  and  went  away  from  us,  tnou|;h  he  might 
have  rnnrrtred  tii  a  much  greater  distance  without  the 
lea*f  ire  with  hi*  n.     From  iho  ato* 

nj«lit  l^aanneap  of  '  bvliaviour,  I  can 

fi  4  iHJion  but  I    -.  -J  hi«  brother  are  a 

[Uiireis*  orviiiie  that  thev  nre  bribed 
•  m  certnin  iHir*  thry  mipbt  bv  this 

r.n,     ull    :.[■■■,.■:•'*■    pd 
..V     iiSii  .1      1  i  ■^^--' 

I  '    •  ■■■.M.-.L.-iV     tWiv:-,,'  ,■         ■  '■  ■    ''-v  ^ 


cmn  hat  faUen  \Tk\o.    *lVv««i^\i  Vttv*  criTwS.  t*i<^v\fe 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


.V.  Fiai.<%1 


brolber  have  nlrettdy  beh*ved  in  the  woret  miinncr  poa- 
aUile  in  A^leric4^  yet  ibey  are  now  truaKid  \rith  another 
expeditioQ  ,...." 

At  the  time  in  question.  Lord  Howe  had  run  ft 
very  briUiiint  career :  and  as  he  did  relieve  Gibral* 
tar  ftocortling  to  instructiouB,  and  iis  the  India  fleet 
was  not  hurt  by  the  French,  we  may  surmise  that 
he  knew  how  to  manage.  The  whole  of  the  above 
passage  is  omitted  in  the  extraeta,  though  parts 
before  and  after  come  under  marks  of  quotation. 
This  omission  is  not  due  to  supposed  irreievnncy 
or  waiit  of  interest,  for  it  is  quoted  that  the  car- 
penter had  forgotten  to  close  the  port^s  by  which 
the  water  came  in  and  created  ularxn,  I  hold 
that  enough  ought  to  have  been  given  to  show 
what  kind  of  person  the  writer  was.  Having  ex- 
amined the  storiea  which  he  tells  about  other 
mathemaiicianSf  I  find  much  reason  to  think  that 
be  is  no  more  to  be  depended  on  about  them  than 
about  Lord  Howe.  His  plan  seems  to  be,  to  take  a 
rumour^  or  the  gossip  of  an  acquaintance^  and  to 
erect  It  into  a  positive  fact  of  a  decided  character. 
There  h  an  old  joke  —  it  seems  to  have  been  no 
more  —  against  Holley,  which  has  lived  in  oral 
tradition,  and  I  think  has  been  printed.  Hallej 
was  sent  to  Germany  by  the  Royal  Society  to 
examine  the  astronomical  methods  of  Hevelius, 
and  it  was  the  luugh  of  his  friends  against  him 
thiit  he  had  flirted— as  we  now  say  ^ — with  Mm, 
Hevelius,  and  made  her  husband  jealoun.  Such 
badinage  was  sure  to  arise  —  especially  in  the 
reign  of  Charles  11. — ^ where  a  young  and  highly 
accomplished  single  man  was  entertaine^l  in  the 
hduseof  a  friend  who  had  a  handsome  wife.  Bur- 
row HlHrms  that  Halitty  betrayed  the  confidence  of 
hia  host  to  the  utmost^  and  uses  the  plainest  words. 

I  have  given  enough  to  show  that  Reuben 
Burrow  must  not  be  taken  as  a  witness  against 
the  character  of  any  othej*  person.  I  may  add 
that  he  records  notmng  but  what  is  diapjiraging, 
nothing — or  Just  next  to  nothing  —  to  the  honour 
or  credit  of  any  one  whom  he  mentions.  Hia 
antipathy  to  Widea,  the  hero  of  the  abuse  trans- 
cribed by  me,  as  above  mentioned  — and  with 
whom  he  seems  to  have  been  on  terms  of  friendly 
acquaintance  while  lly-leafing  him  in  t-*very  one 
of  his  works  —  bus  Bume  of  its  sources  laid  open. 
The  chief  of  them  seems  to  bo  that  to  Mrs, 
Wales  he  attributes  the  lies  —  as  he  calls 
them  —  about  Mrs.  Burrow  owins  black  eyes 
and  a  «wt?Ued  f?ioe  to  some  of  her  nusband's  cx- 
©entrieitics  which  attend  genius,  but  not  ncces- 
Mirily,  in  private  life.  This  is  the  most  credible 
•ipersion  of  Burrow *s  whole  lot.  His  bio;;rapher 
6(lmita  that  be  was  an  occasional  pugilist;  !hc 
witness  is  one  ugoimit  whom  nothing  has  ever 
been  produced  ;  and  the  story  is^  taking  all  we 
know  of  Burrow,  natural  and  probable  in  its 
detailf.  A.  Dis  Mohgaii. 


DOCUMENTS,    ETC,    REGARDIXa   SIR  WAV 

RALEIGH. 
I  send  for  insertion,  if  you  think  tij 
of  a  place  in  **N.  &  Q  ,"  a  few  more  i 
my  collections  regarding  Sir  Walter  Hai 
friends,  and  relatives  :  the  dates  of  some 
are  uncertain,  as  no  year  is  mentioned ;  a\ 
others  the  commencement  of  the  vcar»  whcthw . 
January  1   or  on  March  %%  will  ni«ke  a  difRj 
ence,  for  which,  of  course,  allowance  mu4t  not 
omitted.      The  dcjcumenta   were    copied    by 
from   the  origin«ls   at   various   periods,    some 
them  as  far  back  as  the  year  1S30  or  1831. 
Addressed  in  Raleigh*s  hand  thus  : 

**Forhertna*»  speciall  affaire.     To  the  ritrht  Im 
my  very  good  L,   the  L«  Cobham,  L*"**  W 
Cinkporte*,  her  ma***  lelftenant  generall    * 
Plytnoutho.     From  ShBrbomc  the  J3   of  Aug    it  i 
the  night.     Post  hast,  hast,  post  with  spedeu    Haal, 
host,  hast  for  life. 

"  1  have  sent  your  L.  M''  S^cr^tories  letter,  ttj  m\ 
you  may  perceve  that  8  *ayle  of  Spaniartla  ar  eatrvf 
our  seaa  as  hlj^h  as  S^  Mallow.  Yoar  L.  may  sea  tii^ 
you  wearenot  ioo!ie»  you  should  be  tied  abore  ilg^^  pIms. 
If  you  needs  will  into  Corn  wale,  then  make  ht^  w  J^ 
think  yow  wilbe  »ent  for.  I  can  my  no  more,  han  llBI 
I  am  voar  Lordshipp's  before  all  that  kve. 

**  W.  RALean.- 

Lady  Raleigh  added  the  following  postscript  A 
her  own  hand- writing:  — 

"  And  I  could  diggeat  this  hi*t  word  of  S«r  WaKaA 
letter,  I  wold  ex pres  my  love  Ukewiie:  but  tutl 
agree  and  am  in  all  ivith  Stir  \Valt«ir»  and 
Lovfi  to  yoa:   I  pray  hasten  your  retume  1  . 
sake,  that  we  may  «ee  the  bath«  to  gether. 

»»  Your  trew  poorc  frind,  E.  Rai^cil' 

(Indorsed)  "  17  Jaijy,  1595.  S^'  Jo.  Gilbert  to  i 
Raleghe.  Report  of  a  Frenchmau  ktdie  cosnQ 
Spaiiie. 

**  To  my  ho.  good  brother,  ayr  Walter  Rjiylygh, 
lo.  warden  oft'  the  Stanerys  and  oaptai'no  of 
jcstys  garde,  att  Sherborno^ 

**  My  ho.  good  brother.    H«ane  arrj'vwl,  yn  fhja««^ 
shona  weak e,  a  Frenche  mane  wKtcb  came  ow'i  of  Spiav 
nnd  VB  wrvfliite  Ickj  my  Lis.  off  the  gowarsen*  who' 
portta  that  the  Kynge  of  Spayac  ha?  sfsint^  nil  hit  fi 
of  Spanynrdi*  and  llullyana  frum  C 
of  Savovc»  and  f^oo  into  the  Ioh* 

cary   \%ith   theaime  3  mylllons  of!   i 

fodger*  theare,    Antony  Gndd(?fdi5  dn 

wh<ethiT  iho  Kyngc  of  Spayju?  io(int<»  f 

Indojp  tn  the  littipyer  c»f  GwyttiiM ': 

that  empyer  he  hardf?  nott,  but 

foriea  too  llie  doll  awr.ntln<i  [the  L 

procUmaayontborro  8paviie«  that  they  thut  w«ldi 

Iiave  lvli*»rtv  V*  p^^^  w\th  th#»«r*»  vfvv<»»  nnd  chvl 

The   f' 

iitakr 

and  fl> 

«tretca  iOu  nayiio  oU 

sett  sayllti  by  the  e«pi 

hard*'.'  The  Lo.  bVa^*'  jm  ytinr  an^Mjni,     i. 

17  uir  Janowary*  1695. 

•*  Vowres  for  trvertoo  ht\  vimnn:un\\A, 
"Joi 

(Iiidoraod)  ''16  Mtr.  U^5,  6' Jo.  << 


■m^^ 


■^^^^^ 


8^  SL  Y.  Fwi.  e.  *64] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


109 


Too  my  ha  ffood  ferolher.  nyr  Walter  lUylygli,  Knyglit, 
Lo/^Vanlen  o(t  th«  Stinerjs,  And  coptaync  of  htr 
majwtr'i  garrte* 
**  My  ho.  good  brother.  Hearc  Are  arryvyd  3  fly 
'  'bottM  from  Saynt  LucaTf  which  citni«  from  thensc  tlie 
^  26  of  febmary  laste,  who  reporte  that  theare  are  thenrc 
SO  Baylies  of  men  of  war  amakinge  reddy,  butt  nott  with 
L^  Jfiaftte'j  wheareoff  3  of  thftame  are  of  the  greteste  *liypp<i 
Hkoff  Spayne.  Theare  carae  owto  of  Saynt  Lucar,  yn  thear« 
^Bcompaiiy,  aertyno  ahyppes  whirh  weant  for  Lasburne, 
^^^oden  with  \A()0  tones  off  com  too  lie  bakyd  ynto  by  sky 
^P^r  the  kynges  prov^-slonj  and  theare  came  at  thatt 
■  tyme  too  oth^r  p-pntte  shyppes  too  Saynt  Lucar,  off  600 
H  ^anen  apewe,  too  lode  come  and  tfio  retornc  too  Liiaborae. 
^P  **  They  farther  reporte  that  the  Kynge  bofte  6  hiilkes 
"  ©If  200  tones  apease,  which  are  gone  to  the  ddlawrado, 
^      full  of  men,  womene,  ami  chyMcme,  and  vyttelli;  wheare 

o0  theare  weante  1400  soldyers. 
^j  *•  Theare  are  arr^-vyd  /itt  Saynt  Lukar,  abowte  5  wekea 

|piiste»  3  of  the  Kynjiffts  frygotte*,  whi'ih  brafte  from 
SAvnte  John  de  Purtcryka  2  mylliona  and  a  halfe  of 
•yfver,  n»  the  report©  wa»  amongesto  merchantea;  and 
that  «7r  francy*  Drake  rechyd  tbeare  owtewarda:  at 
that  tymc  ther  were  ulodynge  off  the  Ire^uro.  He  en* 
teryd  the  hwrbor*  with  hys  pyna**e5,  and  fyryd  one  of 
Ihi!  frygot!c5i.  Syr  francys  cowlde  nott  enter  the  har- 
boor  with  hie  shyppes,  for  they  had  sunke  a  fn'gotte  vn 
the  harboro,  and  by  that  meatiea  lost  both  t&e  towQe, 
.  treaaure,  and  frygottea*  Thya  ys  all  that  I  can  at  thys 
prenaunte  advertya  yow  off;  and  soo  lewnge  to  troble 
Yow,  1  commyt  yow  to  the  protectyon  off  tbe  Allrayghty. 
^rom  Gfeanewn^e  thie  IC  off  marc  lie^  1595. 
^  *•  Yottrea  for  erer  to  be  commandyd, 

•*  JOEIX   GlLBEHTB." 

The  following  paper  seeing  to  have  reference  to 
the  Expedition  to  Cadiz,  under  the  Earl  of  Essex  ; 
it  is  without  date  or  indorsement :  — 

"  And  becanae  it  m%y  happen  by  Hghtt  or  otherwise, 
that  yoti,  our  AdtniraU  uf  tbeae  fbrcea  committed  to  your 
charge,  may  mi*canye  in  this  action  (which  God*  we 
hope,  will  prevent),  we  have  thought  good  (providinge 
for  all  event!4)  to  appovnt  and  authoristc  in  such  extre- 
mitye  our  Servant  S*^  Waller  Raleigh,  Cuptayne  of  our 
GuariJ,  and  Lieutenant  of  otir  County  of  Cornewalle*  to 
take  the  charge  of  our  aaid  fleet  and  forcea,  beinge  now 
oar  V ice -admy rail  of  the  same.  And  in  the  meane  while 
that  he  be  auiatant  unto  you  in  all  your  enterprisea  and 
attemptea,  and  all  other  reKolutiona  and  determinaljona 
for  these  onr  eervices,  as  well  fL^r  the  annoyance  of  the 
Enemye  as  for  the  aai'egarde  of  oar  fleet,  and  forces  afore- 
aayd.  In  wytnea  whereof  we  have  caaaed  theae  our 
Letters  to  be  made  Patentes,  to  coatynue  daringe  our 
pleaaare. — VVitoes  oar  ael^**  ^. 

J.  PaTWE  CoLLISJt. 

P.S.  From  a  ^[S*  volume  of  miscellaneous 
poetry  and  prose,  in  the  library  at  Bridge  water 
Flouae,  I  extracted  the  following;  but  it  strikes 
me  that  I  hove  seen  it  in  print,  and  if  any  of  the 
correspondents  of  **N,  k  Q."  can  tell  me  where 
the  lines  are  to  be  found,  I  shall  be  obliged  to 

**  KftTAT^. 

••  1  ^  ry or  \  hat  never  blunted  awonl : 

f '  rtier  that  never  kept  his  word ; 

li.  rr  n  >-^  ii.^  i,\..'ii.'ucy  that  ^jovem*d  all  the  State  j 
Here  )yca  the  L.  of  Leiceater  that  all  the  world  did 
hai»,  Wa,  Ra/* 


I 
I 


I 


TWELFTH-DAY, 

It  18  Btill  the  custom  in  parta  of  Pembrokeshire^ 
on  Twelfth-night,  to  carry  about  a  wren. 

The  wren  is  secured  in  a  small  house  made  of 
wood,  with  door  and  windows— the  latter  glared. 
Pieces  of  ribbon  of  various  colours  are  fixed  to 
the  ridge  of  the  roof  outside.  Sometimes,  several 
wrens  are  brought  in  the  ^ame  cage ;  and  often- 
times a  stable-lantern,  decorated  as  above-men- 
tioned, serves  for  the  wren's  house*  The  pro- 
prietors of  this  establishment  go  round  to  the 
principal  houses  in  their  neighbourhood :  where, 
accompanying  themselves  with  some  musical  in- 
strument, they  announce  their  arrival  by  singing 
the  *'  Song  of  the  Wren.'*  The  wreu*a  visit  is  a 
source  of  much  amusement  to  children  and  ser- 
vants ;  and  the  wren*s  men,  or  lads,  are  usually 
invited  to  have  a  draught  from  the  cellar,  and 
receive  a  present  in  money.  The  "  Song  of  the 
Wren*'  is  generally  encored;  and  the  proprietors 
Yery  commonly  commence  high  life  below  stairs, 
dancing  with  the  moid-servants,  and  saluting  them 
under  the  kissing- bush— where  there  is  one.  I 
have  lately  procured  a  copy  of  the  song  sung  on 
this  occasion,  I  am  not  aware  that  it  is  in  print. 
I  am  told  that  there  is  a  version  of  this  song  in 
the  Welsh  language,  which  b  in  substance  very 
near  to  that  given  below  ;  — 

**  THE  80KO  OF  THB  WRBN, 

"  Joy,  health,  love,  and  peace, 
Be' to  yon  in  this  place* 
By  your  leave  we  will  sing. 
Concerning  our  king : 
Our  king  la  well  drest, 
In  allks  of  the  beat; 
"With  his  ribbons  ao  rare. 
"So  king  can  compare. 
In  his  coach  he  d^ios  ride, 
With  a  great  deal  of  pride  j 
And  with  four  footmen 
To  wait  upon  him. 
We  were  four  at  watch, 
And  all  nigb  of  a  match  ; 
And  with  powder  and  ball, 
We  fired  at  his  halL 
We  have  travail 'd  many  miles, 
Over  hedges  and  stiles, 
To  find  yoa  this  king. 
Which  we  now  to  you  bring. 
Now  Christmas  ia  past. 
Twelfth -day  is  the  last. 
Th'  Old  Tear  bids  adieu— 
Great  joy  to  the  New," 

It  would  appear,  from  the  ninth  line  of  the 
song,  that  the  wren  at  one  time  used  to  occupy  a 
coach,  or  that  her  house  was  placed  upon  wheels. 

The  word  **hair'  la  fitly  used  for  (he  wren's 
nest:  it  is  really  a  "h%ll/'  or  covered  place.  And 
it  is  from  the  shape  of  his  neat,  that  the  u*ren  gets 
his  name,  meaning  catered. 

The  reference  to  **  powder  and  balP'  is  curious ; 
and  there  is  another  ftOQ%  «!ticy(^x*  ^^*&  ^^t^^^  ^^ 


110 


N01*ES  AND  QUERIES. 


[9^av«rBB. 


surviving  in  this  district,  which  contains  a  refer- 
enoe  to  guns  and  cannons.  I  regret  that  I  can 
only  remember  two  verses;  and  as  far  aa  I  know» 
they  are  not  printed :  — 

**  *  Whw9  are  joo  going  ? '  stys  the  milldef  to  tile  malder. 
'  Where  ere  voa  going? '  saya  the youoger  to  the  eider. 
'  I  cannot  tell/  says  Fizzledyfose : 
'  To  catch  euUy  wron,*  says  John  the-red-nose. 

" '  How  will  yon  get  hint  ?  *  says  the  ttfllder  tefhe  malder. 
'  How  will  yoti  get  hhn  ? '  says  the  yetm^  te  the  elder« 
*  I  cannot  tell/  says  Piisledyfoee  s 
'With  giins  and  great  caononsy' sa>j»  John  the-red- 


Perhaps  I  ought  not  to  eall  thia.a  song^  as  I 
never  heard  it  sung^  and  it  h  very  little  known 
hsre ;  bat  I  suspect  it  used  to  be  iung  When  the 
party  of  seekers  were  setting  out  in  searoh  of 
the  wren,  which  they  wanted  for  the  TwelfUi- 
night* 

The  wren  here  is  generally  called^  by  the  oooh 
xnon  people*  " crttty  wron,"  or  ^ cutty  wran" 

Query.  What  are  the  meaaingt  of  the  Words 
«<milkler*'  and  "nudder"  ?  J.  ToiiJia. 


FLT-LEAF  SCHIBBUNGS,  BTC. 
In  a  MS.  circa  1450 :  — 

**  Q(]»  librum  scripsit  ipsnm 
Yideat  in  patria  Jesam  GbriSCata. 

Amea." 
In  a  Salisbury  book,  1537  :  — 

"  Mi  bewte  ys  fayr  ye  may  well  see 
Wherfor  I  y*nke  mi  mast'^Dygbe 
Wberaomever  ye  me  sea  or  happyn  to  mette 
I  dwel  w*  mi  master  Dygbe  in  Lym  Stretie 
Whereaomever  I  am  in  vilage  towne  or  cite 
Mi  dwellyrifir  is  in  Lyme  Stretwith  mi  master  digbe 
Pore  pepull  for  mi  master  digbe  doth  py  (pray) 
For  he  refreahyt  them  both  night  and  day 
Many  a  poore  body  ye  may  here  see 

Pray  for  that  ma mi  master  digbe 

Mi  master  digbe  is  of  London  noble  cite 
Wherein  I  was  made&  bed  mi  fayre  bewte 
Poor  men  &  rich  men  of  evry  degree 
Is  bound  to  pray  for  mi  master  Digbe 
Whosoever  in  me  doth  look  &  rede 
Pray  for  mi  master  Digbe— God  be  hys  gpedt 
Mi  master  digbe  dwellethe  in  Lyme  Strett 
Wher  mony  a  noble  marchand  there  doth  mette." 

Time  of  Elizabeth— 

•*  Omnipotens  Christe 
Mihi  Salter  cui  constat  liber  iste 

Dignare 
Dogmata  plura  dare." 


*•  Si  tibi  copia— >sf  sapientia  ftyrmaqne  dettir, 
Sola  saperbia  destrnit  omnia  si  domloetar." 

The  following,  from  a  book  formerlv  belonging 
to  the  celebrated  John  Dey,  Uie  astrologer :  — 

**!»  Dei  Nomine  Amen« 
The  thirde  day  of  December  a°  Dai  167G.  I.  Thomas 
Watson  of  Walton  in  the  ootinty  of .** 


Then  follows,  in  the  same  hand  — 
"When  ye  hande  shaketh  memento 
When  ye  lippes  blacketh  confessio 
When  ye  harte  paineth  contrissio  [sJe.] 
When  ye  winde  wanteth  satisfactio 
When  ye  Toiae  roleth  mei  miserere 
When  ye  limmes  fayletb  Jibera  nos  domine 
When  ye  eyes  holloweth  nosce  teipsam 
For  ther  doth  forbere{  ?)  vade  ad  Jadidam. 

I  Will  conclude  this  With  an  aoroetic 
where  I  copied  it  I  quite  forget :  — 
**I   llostrator  mentiom 
£  rector  lapsoram  ^ 
S  anctificator  cordinm 
y  itajnstoram 
S  alas  peccatomm 

''M  ater  orphanoram 
A  dJQtrix  lapsornra 
R  efagiam  miseromm 
I   llominatriz  casoomm 
A  drocata  peocatoram." 


THE  NEWTON  STONE. 

In  reading  Dr.  D.  Wilson's  interesting  wo 
the  Pre*huCrie  Annals  of  Scotland,  I  was  f 
with  the  resemblance  of  the  inscription  c 
Newton  stone  (vol.  ii.  p.  214,)  to  those  of  c 
rocks  In  North-west  India.  It  appears  ths 
Sykes  also  detected  the  similarity,  in  aboi 
letters — the  powers  of  which  are  well  knowi 
with  the  appearance  of  which  I  am  famiiiai 
almost  precisely  those  of  the  Arian  variet 
grayed  on  the  sepulchral  stones  of  the  tope. 
in  other  Buddhistic  inscriptions  found  in  Afl 
istan,  the  ancient  Ariana.  The  character 
known  as  the  Arian  or  Bactrian,  anil  are  c 
related  to  the  Phoenician.  The  letter  like 
however,  not  in  the  Arian  ;  but  in  the  Pboei 
it  has  the  power  of  the  Hebrew  ay  in,  V.  'i 
is  one  word,  at  the  end  of  the  fourth  line,  i 
is  in  the  Lit  character — the  oldest  form  of 
scrit :  thb  word  is  Nesher, 

Having  so  clear  a  clue,  I  readily  wrote 
whole  inscription  in  equivalent  Hebrew  lei 
thus:  — 

jny  TDP  -3K  nn 

mn  'cv  VP^ 

In  English  letters,  thus :  — 

Be;rababa 
domiti  babeth 
auth  Ab-ham-howha 
nin  phi  Nesher 
^ii  caman 
8h*p*ha  joati  hodhi. 


¥^ 


a  V*  P^m.  6,  »«4,] 


NOTES  AND  QUEKIES. 


tt  will  be  ot>s6fTed  tlist  tiie  lines  are  arranged 
in  meikiure  r  tbr€!e  lines  of  four  ajUables,  tmii 
three  of  five. 

The  words  are  linmbtakftbly  Hebrew^  mih 
Cbaldftic  admixture,  as  in  the  word  man  (\^0)  ; 
and  the  literal  rendering  is  m  follows  :■ — 

"Silently  I  rest  m  the  tomb;*  Ab*ham'howhaf 
IB  in  the  home  of  .*plenf!our.  From  the  mouth 
for  doctrine)  of  Kesher^l  my  life  was  h9  an  oyer* 
flowing  yessel ;  my  wisdom  vra^  my  fjlory/* 

The  word  Npsher  beintr  inscribed  in  the  ancient 
inscrit  character,  employe<l  by  the  early  Hud- 
hisfs^  indicates  thrit  the  person  90  named  was  an 
pcient  teacher  of  the  doctrinea  of  Bnddha,  from 
first  ^eat  of  Buddhism ;  and  that  the  person 
am  em  orated  ou  thi^  sepulchral  stone,  as  one 
f  tructed  by  thia  teacher,  was  himself  a  Buddhist 
oary. 
fact  that  we  find  an  insieription  in  the 
and  L.4t  character  of  India,  known  to  be 
liddhistTc,  on  a  tombstone  of  very  early  date  in 
hch  a  place,  i5  sufficient  proof  thnt  a  Buddhiut 
Dl*mj  was  established  there  at  the  time  uf  it* 
ection.  The  form  of  the  letters  in  the  word 
Ngjih^r^  h  certainly  that  of  the  SanBcrit  of  the 
£fih  century  ax. 

From  Buddhistic  history  we  know  that,  soon 

after  the  death  of  Godama  BiMldha,  or  Sakya,  mi»- 

Hiooaries  went  out  in  all  directions  to  proittul^ate 

|M  doctrinea*     This  occurred  about  five  hundred 

jetLTs  B.C.     Northern  mythology  plainly  indicatesi 

iti  connection  with  India  and  Buddhism. 

.But  thy  most  interesting  circumstance  b  the 

ebrew    character    of   the    inscription    on   the 

Jftwtoo  stone,  though  the  ktter*  themselves  re- 

tible  those  in  use  in  North-western  India  at 

]>eriod  of  Buddhist  ascendency,  and  both  the 

pcient  Sanscrit  form  of  letter  and  that  of  the 

pian  are  found  together  in  several  instances  on 

J  fame  rock,  as  tranitcripts  of  the  same  inscrip- 

Dn  and  ill  the  same  language. 

How  cnn  an  inscriptliin,  presenting  examples 

f  lx»th  those  forms   of  ktters,  and  expressing 

lebrew  words,  and  found  in    Scotland,  be  ac- 

punted   for?     There    are    numerous   evidences 

Bt  many  of  the  Israelites,  especially  those  of  the 

fcn  Tribes,  wandered  from   the   place  of  their 

"iptivity  into  Bactria  and  North-western  India, 

hd   there   beeame   Buddhists.     Traces  of  such 

■sons  are  ftiund  in  several  parts  of  Europe,  but 

pecially  in  Great  Britain ;  where  an  extensive 

lehrew  influence,  and  yet  not  Jewish,  was  cer- 

^nly  established  at  a  vtry  early  period.    Among 

e  wveral  facta  connef*rin5r  thi!i  Hebrew  inflti* 

ce  Iti  Britain  with  Buddhism,  h  a  singular  pafl* 


fc?  333i  mound,  tumulus  or  vault. 

^«tbi»  In  I  !  as  fl  prttper  name,  slit- 

her of  a  *^  [  or  pcn^erae  people^ 

fTfc  In  Hti6(\.  >T ,  ii4,cA4ij»  an  eagle. 


aage  quoted  by  the  Rev.  E.  Davies,  in  his  work 
on  the  Mythology  of  the  Briluh  Druuh  (Appen- 
dix, No.  12)»  Thii  pftMiaae  cons  iti  t^  of  four  short 
lines,  which  Mr,  Davies  suitpected  might  be 
Hebrew  ;  in  consequence  of  TalicsMO^  the  WeUh 
bard,  having  stated  that  the  bardic  lore  wa^  do* 
rived  from  a  Hebrew  or  Hebraic  source.  The 
lines  referred  to  are  in  an  ancient  Drutdical  hynm 
in  praise  of  Lludd  the  Great  (  Wehh  Archmdagif^ 
p.  74).  These  lines  are  described  as  the  prnyer 
of  five  hundred  men^  who  came  in  five  ship«. 
Mr.  Davies  irans'Tibed  the  passafje  in  Hebrew 
chnracters,  but  did  not  attempt  to  translate  it. 
When  literally  rendered,  however,  even  from  Mr. 
Davies*B  translileratitm,  It  makes  very  jrood  Bud- 
dhistic sense.  The  Hebrew  source  of  this  passage 
is  further  indicated  by  the  fact,  that  those  who 
used  it  are  represpntcd  as  aayin" :  *'  We  ail  at- 
tend upon  Adonai," — the  Hebrew  name  of  the 
Almighty. 

The  Dannaan  of  Irish  tradition  are  not  un* 
likely  to  have  been  Israelites  of  the  sailor- tribe 
Dun,  who  very  early  mingled  with  the  maritttne 
population  of  Zidonia  (see  Deborah's  Sonjr,  fice.). 
Dr.  Latham  thinks  it  probable  that  the  Danai  of 
Homer,  &c.,  were  Danites.  {Ethn*  of  Europi^ 
p.  137.) 

If  the  Dannaan  of  the  Irish  were  Banttes,  we 
can  account  for  the  presence  of  Hebrews  in  Scot- 
laud  during  the  pre-historic  period  :  for,  as  we 
are  informed,  the  Tuatha  de  Dannaan  Introduced 
their  monuments  Into  Scotland,  Ireland,  and 
Wales,  long  before  the  Christian  era. 

Then,  as  Great  Britain  was  known  to  India 
before  the  death  of  Godama,  we  can  understand 
how  Israolitish  converts  to  Buddhism  there  might 
also  know  that  Hebrew  colonists  dwelt  in  Britain, 
and  desire  to  join  them ;  and,  a<'cording  to  the 
zeal  of  the  time,  introduce  Buddhism. 

From  the  direct  reading  of  the  Newton  stone, 
as  well  us  from  collateral  evidence,  there  Is  then 
reason  to  coocltnle  that  It  whs  erected  to  the 
memory  of  a  Hebrew  Buddhist  missionary  of 
aome  influence  in  pre-historic  Scotland.  The 
inscripliou  in  the  Ogham  chai'acter,  on  the  same 
stone,  is  pojiaibly  a  transcript  in  the  same  or  an- 
other language,  and  may  serve  to  test  the  cor- 
rectness of  the  reading  thua  confidently  offered. 

Can  yon  fayoor  ine  with  information  concern* 
ing  any  other  northern  insrriptiou  in  the  same 
character  ?  And  also  inform  me,  where  I  may 
find  a  copy  of  the  Ogham  inscription  on  the  New- 
ton stone  ?  la  there  any  published  explanation 
of  the  Ogham  alphabet  ? 

Gso.  Moons,  M.D« 

tlasttflga^ 


CAttDtKAT-    BeTON     AWD     ARCHBIiHOF     GawIN 

DoitDAR. — In  the  book  of  protocols  or  notarml 
instruments  before  the  Reformation  kept  by  nota- 
ries public,  occasionally  vnluable  facts  are  re- 
corded. Very  many  of  these  books  Imve  peri*heil, 
but  still  there  are  several  yet  preserved.  In 
looking  over  certain  ejt tract*  from  the  Protocols 
of  Cuihbert  Simon,  the  following  entries  occur : 

"  Jncobiis  secundaa  ArchiepiscopuB  Glas^eoBja  Ordi- 
natos  et  consecratu*  fuit  apud  btriviling  dominicn  in 
tlbhh  vis.  XV  Aprilis,  anno  m»  quinquagesimo  none*  et 
dEiravIt  mqae  ad  quintum  junii  anno  xxiij^  et  sedw 
torn  vac* V it  p«r  translatiooem  ejus  ad  ArcbicpiscopAlum 
Sancti  Andree* 

"  Jacobiia  quartua  Scotorum  rex  coronatoj!  ftiit  apud 
Scon  am  in  die  Sanctae  Mari»  Magdalene  videlicet  xxij 

*•  Jaoobua  qaintas  coronatna  fuit  in  caatro  de  StriviHng 
per  Jacobuni   Gloa^uenaem  Arch  ^  xxij    Sep* 

tembria.  Anno  Domini  M.  quinqu  > 

"  Gavrinui  Arcbiepiacopus  Gla?'-  -f-cratns  fiiil^ 

Edinbufi^i  quinta  Februarii,  Anna  i>onuiii  n,  quioqaogea- 
imo  xrxiiij." 

The  first  prelate  here  mentioned  was  the  cele- 
brated Cardinal  Beaton,  whose  hostility  to  the 
English  interest  wa«  the  foundation  of  all  tht?  mis- 
fortunea  of  the  unhappy  Mary.  Had  she  been 
affianced  to  the  youthful  Edward,  and  rec*?ived  a 
Tirtuous  education  in  Englantl,  instead  of  havinjr 
her  youth  corrupted  by  the  vicious,  wicked,  and 
immoral  practices  of  the  French  Court,  her  fate 
would  have  been  otherwise  than  it  was ;  but 
j  under  the  training  of  Catherine  de  Medici  —  a 
worse  woman  than  even  her  namesake  of  Russia — 
1  ind  with  the  example  of  Diana  of  Poictiers,  the 
king's  roistreas,  before  her,  whose  pet  she  was  — 
how  waa  it  posaible  that  the  best  disposition  in 
the  world  could  eacape  contamination  ? 

Beton  was  the  second  James ;  the  first  was 
James  Bruce,  a  son  of  Bruce  of  Clackmanan, 
Archbishop  of  Glasgow.  Keith  was  not  aware 
when  or  where  he  waa  consecrated.  Sec  ScoHnk 
Bi$hap»,  Edin.  1824,  8to,  p.  255, 

Gawinus   waa   Gavin   Dunbar,    a    nephew   of 

Gavin  Dunbar,  Bishop  of  Aberdeen.     He  was  an 

\  ftccomplished  man^  and  the  education  of  Jamefi  V, 

Iwt*  entrusted  to  him.     He  was  Prior  of  White- 

llkaven  in  Galloway.  J.  M. 

Ms]fDBi.aaoBii'i  OaAxono,  "  St.  Pacl."  —  It 
always  desirable  that  any  erroneous  statement 
f  of  fact,  particularly  when  contained  in  a  work 
ieirryin^  on  its  face  an  appearance  of  authority, 
lihould  be  pointed  out  as  tOQti  as  passible.  In 
Ithe  recently  published  vnlome  of  Iftfrnt  it/  FeUx 
LM^ndfiUxohn  Bartholdt/^  there  Is    ;'  '    to  a 

llettcr  written  by  Mendebsohn  to   !  t   on 

[October  4,  1M57,  in  which  he  refers  tu  tho  31u»»cal 
festival  held  at  BirniitiL^ham  tn  that  year  (at 
fhAmb  he  had  conducted  I:  '>>,  St,  Puul)^  a 

by  the  editors,  Mr  h  brother  and 

lin,  stating  that  Si,  J^atu  was  performed  for 


the  first  time  in  England  at  that  festiirmt.  ^Wil 
note  has  been  retained^  without  c^Knment^  in  tie  | 
English  traniflation  (by  Lady  Wallace) 
Letters.  But  the  statement  is  inc^irreot,  OJ  I 
had  been  three  performances  of  tb*^  ' 
England  prior  to  that  at  the  Biini 
tival  on  September  20,  1837.  The  li 
performances  was  at  the  Liverpool 
tival,  under  the  direction  of  Sir  Go 
on  Fridny  morning,  October  7,  1836  ;  the  i 
was  in  London,  by  the  Sacred  Harmonio  8 
on  March  7,  1837,  and  the  third  by  the 
body  on  September  12,  in  that  year.  The 
poser  was  presents  as  an  auditor,  at  the 
performnnce,  whi<?h  he  would  have^  condu 
but  for  the  interference  of  the  Birmingham  '  ^ 
tival  Committee,  who  considered  that  hi>»  doiif  | 
so  would  have  been  a  virtual  breach  of  hia  ( 
gageroent  with  them.  He  had,  however,  siiptf*  I 
intended  three  of  the  rehearsals,  and  it  mm  a 
remembrance  of  his  aasociation  with  the  Socicfir 
on  this  occasion  that  the  silver  snuff-lKix  tofaa- 
tioned  by  him  in  the  letter  of  October  4,  }SSJ, 
was  presented  to  him.  W.  H.  llrtf« 

E ASTER, — In  The  Chronohgy  of  HtAtan^  \rf 
Sir  Harris  Nicolas  (at  pp.  88—91),  a  rule  U'p'rtk 
for  finding  Easter,  independently  of  all  lalilti. 
The  rule  as  printed  is  incorrect,  and  gives  ss 
erroneous  result  when  G  is  the  Sunday  lHt«^ 
and  the  epact  is  either  6,  13,  20,  or  29.  Tbt 
error  occurs  in  subdivision  (g)  of  the  rul«,  p»  t$. 
It  should  provide  that,  when  subdivision  {_fy  jjiv«i 
no  remainder,  G  is  the  Sunday  letter ;  land  ihn 
number  under  G  should  be,  not  7,  but  O.  Fee 
instance,  in  the  year  1849,  the  cpnct  wuj  6  ;  anil 
G  was  Sunday  letter,  and  Easter  fell  on  Anrll  ^ 
Applying   the   rule   as  printeil,    it  rt 

fallen  on  April  15.    Thus,  under  sal' 5  io>, 

45*- 6=39,  Under  subdivision  (o),  27— t»^2lj 
which,  divided  by  7,  gives  no  remainder.  Thfv 
by  subdivision  (/»),  to  39  must  be  added  7»  and 
no  remainder  is  given  by  subdivision  {o)  to  he 
deducted.  46— 31  =15,  the  day  of  April  on  wliiell 
Easter  did  not  fall  in  that  year.  T« 

DiAXECTs  OF  TH»  ScBtHwa.  — M?  engagcmeAU 
in  London,  and  my  residence  in  toe  direction  of 
Highgate^  necessitate  a  diurnal  transition  from 
end  to  end,  between  Kentisli  Town  and  the  Ox- 
ford Street  extremity  of  Tottenham  Court  Eoad« 
These  daily  journeys  by  omnibus,  up  ami  dowmt 
have  brought  me  into  acquaintance  with  immoq 
extraordinary  specimens  of  suburban  dialect* 
Allow  me  to  place  on  record  in  **  N.  &  Q.**  » 
few  examples,  not  only  for  the  amusement  of  yoor 
readers,  but  as  evidences  of  thtit  modificcilinn  ati4 
d»s?ui«»mcnt,  whereof  our  pliiible  vcrnactiliir  haa 
alv 

—  *^Addle^ht'ftd 


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Town. 

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of  their  own  —  *•  Heaving  Staw  !  '*  Dillitilli- 
c^rawph  1  *'  "  Heaving  8tannVd  !  '*  **  Inibortint- 
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— E%'ening  Star;  Daily  Tele^aph ;  Evening  Stan- 
dard ;  Important  from  America  ?  Letter  from 
Manhattan. 

Here  a  cad  shouts — **Full  inside !  *'  "I  viah  / 
V08 !  **  responda  a  hnnfrrj  loafer  from  the  footway. 
"  I  owney  viah  /  \09 !  '* 

In  the  morning  thiis  is  altered — "  Full  Inside  ! " 
cries  the  cad.  To  whaoi  tarcsutically  replies  the 
driver  of  a  rival  bus  —  *'Hope  yer  injoyed  yer 
brekfast  I "  Scum. 

SwoBD -BLADE  lK«iCBTpnowa. — The  columns  of 
your  interesting  and  valuable  journal  have,  from 
time  to  time  recorded,  for  the  amusement  of  ita 
readers,  quaint  inscriptlans  on   sundials   and  on 
bells.     Permit  me  to  send  you  two  curious  mot- 
toes, which   were  found   on    sword   blades,  Skud 
cnmnitinicaled  to  me  by  Mr.  Luthani)  of  the  firm 
of  Wilkinson  &  Co*,  the  eminent  sword-niakeri  in 
Pall  Mai!.     The  first  is  from  an  old  Spanish  blade, 
and  runs  thus :  — 
**  Kon  U  Bdnr  ili  me  se  U  Cor  te  miuK^a.** 
••  Trust  not  to  luo  if  ihy  hc^u^t  full  tUeo  '^  — 
axid  the  second  is  from  a  Gascon  sword  :  — <■ 

'•  Si  nion  bras  redoutable  estoit  nrm6  de  co  Fer. 
J*Attaqtierois  le  DiabJe  au  milieu  d«  rEufer/* 

W.  F.  H. 

SotiRCE  or  TBE  Nrui. — The  following  note  may 
be  interesting  at  the  present  time :  — 

"  Xovumber.  1668. 

"  At  a  Meeting  of  th^  C43unc)l  of  the  Uoyal  Society  of 
London  for  Improving  Natural  Knowledge: 

**  Ordored,  that  these  docoments  bo  priuted. 

'♦Brounker,  Prea." 

The  discourses  were  printed  accordingly,  with 
the  following  title ;  — 

«  A  Short  Relation  of  the  River  Kilc»  of  its  Soorce  and 
Current^  &c.,  &c«  London:  printed  for  John  Martyn, 
printer  to  the  Rovnl  Societv ;  and  are  to  be  sold  at  tho 
sign  of  The  BcH,  without  temple  Bar,  1669/* 

In  this  little  book,  which  [  have  recently  been 
reading,  there  is  a  wonderful  resemblance  in  the 
description  of  the  source  of  the  ^ile,  and  that 
which  has  been  lately  read  before  the  Royal  So- 
ciety. Sefttmub  PifssB,  F.C.S, 

Tbb  Pbincbbs  de  Lamdallk.  —  It  will  be 
remembered  by  the  readers  of  French  Histor\% 
thftt  one  of  the  n.ost  horrible  atrocities  of  the 
ReijTfi  of  Terror  wfts  the  murder  of  this  unfor- 
pTinceft  in  1793.  After  deaths  the  remains  were 
subject  to  the  frreatest  indignities,  and  the  head 
carried  upon  a  pike  through  the  streets  of  Pari 5. 


A  question  has  been  raised  since  as  to  what  be- 
came of  the  head  nfter  the  mob  had  satiated  their 
fury  by  its  public  exhibition.  A  late  number  of 
Giibgiioni  sets  the  question  at  rest  by  the  publi- 
cation of  a  document  which  has  been  lately  dis- 
posed of  at  a  sale  of  autographs  in  the  Rue  Drouet- 
The  document  is  as  follows  :  — ► 

"  Section  of  the  I.">.20.  Permanent  Committee,  Sep- 
tember 8rd,  Year  IV.  of  Liberty,  and  L  of  E^aality. 
Citizen  Jacques  Pointal  of  the  Corn  Market*  69  Rue  dea 
Petita  ChampA,  applied  to  the  Committee  for  perroisaton 
to  inter  the  head  of  the  d-devant  Priaceaa  de  Lainballef 
which  be  had  sDccecded  in  obtaining  possession  of.  As 
the  putriotifim  and  htimanity  of  the  said  diixen  could 
not  but  be  commanded,  wo  immediately  proceeded  to  the 
cemetery  of  Enfanta-Troovea,  near  the  place  where  onr 
(Committee  met,  and  within  our  section,  where  we  had 
the  said  head  bnried,  and  we  hare  given  the  present  act 
to  serve  the  said  dtixeo  as  a  discharge  and  auihorizalion. 
Done  by  the  Committee,  in  the  nb'Ove -m^^utioned  day 
andycar,— Desequelle,  Commlasioner  of  ihe  16.20*" 

T.B. 


ANCIENT  SEALti. 

I  hare  a  cast  of  the  6ne  old  seal  of  the  borough 
of  Stamford,  the  matrix  of  which,  I  believe,  is 
preserved  in  the  Mtiaeum  of  the  Society  of  Anti- 
quaries, London.  Its  relief  is  very  hi}>b,  and  it^ 
workmanship  sin|TiiIarly  beautiful.  The  device  is 
the  Virgin  and  Child,  seated  under  a  rich  canopy, 
wilh  a  praying  ligrure  beneath,  the  legend  appa- 
rently being,  "  Stavnford  .  Bvrgenses  .  Virgo  * 
Fvndvnt .  Tibl  .  Preces."  From  its  having  four 
projecting  hinges,  similar  to  those  on  King  Ed- 
ward's double  staple  seals,  I  feci  almost  satisfied 
that  this  is  only  one  side  of  the  ancient  double 
seal, of  Stamford.  If  I  am  correct  aa  to  this,  is 
the  other  side  of  the  matrix  still  in  existence,  or 
&re  impressions  from  it  still  extant  ? 

I  have  also  copies  from  the  scab  now  used  by 
the  Boroughs  of  Glastonbury,  and  Bury-St.- 
Edraund's,  but  both  aire  very  small  and  modern, 
the  former  having  for  device  a  mitre  in  front  of 
two  croBsed  croziers  on  a  shield,  with  the  legend, 
*•  Floreat  Ecclesia  Anglic ; "  and  the  latter,  a 
crest  merely  of  the  wolf  with  its  paw  resting  on 
the  crowned  head  of  the  martyred  king,  with 
motto  of  "  Bvry .  Sci .  Edi."  As  both  of  ihese 
towns  once  posst-ssed  ancient  and  striking  seals,  I 
would  like  greatly  to  ascertain  where  casU  from 
them  are  to  be  procured. 

Seal-engraving  appears  to  be  almost  a  lo&t  art 
for  the  last  300  years,  as  the  high  relief,  beauty 
of  desii^i,  and  richness  of  execution  of  even  the 
amallest  seals  up  to  that  period  contrasts  forcibly 
with  such  as  have  been  executed  since  then,  es- 
pecially with  the  more  recent  exau\\vl«is,  T\\«!x^ 
are  ^umc  exte^Cvm*^  \  mu'iX  ^s5wEi«^\>i.^^^'w'^^  '^^ 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8^S.V.  Fsp.6,'64. 


•ad  decadence,  but  they  are  far  from  being  nu- 
merous. Can  any  reason  be  assigned  why  seals 
cannot  now  opparenily  be  engraved  in  the  bold 
and  beautiful  manner  in  which  this  was  done  four 
or  five  centuries  ago? 

My  collection  of  English  municipal  seals  is  now 
a  very  extensive  one,  mainly  through  the  kind 
facilities  afforded  by  your  columns,  but  I  have 
long  been  desirous  to  obtain  some  of  the  older 
seals  of  cities  and  towns,  which  I  yet  want,  to 
render  it  as  complete  as  possible.  I  beg  to 
name  those  above  referred  to,  also  the  double 
seals,  now  used,  of  the  cities  of  London  and 
Dublin;  the  double  seals  of  the  boroughs  of 
Shaftesbury,  Southampton,  and  New  Shoreham ; 
the  1589  seal  of  the  city  of  Winchester;  the 
ancient  seals  of  Hereford  and  Northampton  ;  and 
those  now  used  by  New  Windsor  and  Queen- 
borough.  To  those  I  would  add  two  ecclesias- 
tical examples,  viz.,  the  singularly  beautiful  seals 
of  Christ  Church,  Canterbury,  and  of  Thomas 
Arundel,  Archbishop  of  Canterbury,  1396—1414. 

You  know  my  address,  and  should  any  readers 
of  "  N.  &  Q/*  communicate  with  me,  and  kindly 
favour  me  with  gutta-percha  casts  of  all  or  any 
of  the  seals  I  have  named,  I  would  gladly  re- 
ciprocate the  obligation  out  of  my  own  very  ex- 
tensive collection  of  medisBval  seals.'  £,  C. 


Prof.  Duncan  Forbes,  1860,  in  The  EUtmjf  «f 
CheBB  f  Did  nothing  more  appear  abont  this  sub- 
ject ?  Couxmk, 

Oroningen. 

ThbCombt  op  1581.  — Reading  lately  Bret- 
Schneider's  Collection  of  MelancthonM  Letters,  b 
four  quarto  volumes,  I  came  upon  the  following 
notice  of  a  comet,  which  may  be  interesting  if. 
some  readers.  It  is  in  a  letter  of  Melancthon  to 
Camerarius,  of  date  August  18,  1531  :  — 

"Yidimas  Cometen,  qui  per  dies  amplios 
jam  se  ostendit  in  occaia  SoLstitialL  Videtor  antoi 
super  Cancnim  aat  extremam  Gemiaomm  parttm  posi- 
tos.  Nam  occidit  post  solem  horis  fere  duabns ;  et  hum 
paulo  ante  soUs  ortum  in  oriente  prodit ;  ita  cum  cok 
circamagitar,  proprium  motum  quem  habaat  qnjMii 
Est  aatem  colore  candido,  nisi  si  qoando  nab«a  cum 
lidiorem  reddunt.  Caudam  vertit  versus  Orientem. 


t\ 


Author  wanted. — 

"  This  wor1d*s  a  good  world  to  live  in. 
To  lend  and  to  spend  and  to  give  in ; 
But  to  beg  or  to  borrow,  or  ask  for  one's  own. 
Tie  the  very  worst  world  that  ever  was  known." 

It  was  thought  by  a  friend  to  be  Sheridan*s ; 
he  has,  however,  searched  his  works  without  suc- 
cess.* K.  R.  C. 

Me.  Dahiejl  Campbblu — ^Any  information  will 
be  gratefully  received  respecting  "  Mr.  Daniel 
Campbell,  Minister  of  the  Gospel,"  author  of 
Sacramental  Meditationt  on  the  Sufferings  and 
Death  of  Christ.  The  seventh  edition,  published 
in  1723,  is  dc<iicated  to  Archibald,  Duke  of  Ar- 
gyle,  with  a  preliminary  letter,  also  addressed 
"  To  my  own  Flock,  and  Parishioners  of  the 
Parishes  of  Kilmichael  of  Glasrie,  Killimire,  and 
Lochgear.'*  C.  W.  Bingham. 

CuEss. — Has  not  at  last  a  copy  been  discovered 
of  Vicent,  Lihre  delsjochs,  partUis,  ^c,  1495  ? 
According  to  the  Ulustratea  London  News,  No. 
833,  a  rumour  to  this  purport  was  afloat  some 
years  ago.  Wns  ever  a  reply  published  by  the 
writer  of  the  JE^say  on  Persian  Chesn  (N.  Bland, 
E>q.),  or  in  his  behalf,  to  the  critical  remarks  of 

[•  This  quoUtion,  with  variorum  readings,  was  in- 

Juircd  after  nnsnccessfhUy  ia  our  !••  g.  ii.  71, 102,  166.— 
In.] 


quidem  videtur  minari  his  nostris  regionibua,  et  proiK- 
modum  ad  ortum  meridianam  vertere  caudam.  !»«i 
vidi  ante  cometen  uUum,  et 'descriptionas  hoc  non  disere 
exprimunt  Erigit  caudam  supra  reliquum  corpusw  (^ 
dam  affirmant  esse  ex  illo  gcnere  quoa  vocat  Plinii 
{f^af,  quia  sit  acuta  caada.  Id  ego  non  potui  ocola 
judicare.  Qusbso  te  ut  mihi  scribas  an  apud  ros  iCiiii 
conspectus  sit;  quod  non  opinor;  distat  anim  a  tens  Wx 
dnobos  gradibus ;  si  tamen  conspectus  est*  describe  dih- 
ganter,  et  quid  Jadicet  Schonerus,  significato.**  (YoLii. 
p.  618.) 

In  a  second  letter  to  Camerarius,  of  data  Sapt 
9,  he  remarks  :  — 

"  Cometen  hie  judicavimus  a  Cancro  ad  Libram  osqve, 
proprio  motu  vectum  esse.  Quanquam  autem  in  Libra 
nunc  est  Jupiter,  tamen  illius  motus  causam  ezlstimaat 
Martis  motum  esse,  qui  nunc  ab  Arcto  discedit  £t  plaae- 
tas  comeUe  sequuntur,  ut  scis."  (/6.  p.  537.) 

Melancthon  at  this  time  was  in  Thuringia,  I 
think  in  Erfurt.  I  believe  there  is  a  letter  of 
Luther  regarding  this  same  comet,  but  I  cannot 
lay  my  hand  on  it.  There  was  a  comet  in  1527, 
on  which  Gerhard  (Gerhardus  Novimagus)  wrote 
a  treatise ;  and  how  did  it  happen  that  Melanc- 
thon had  not  seen  it  ?  H.  B. 

Chawobth  OB  Cadurcts  :  Hesdenb. — ^Wtio  wsi 
Sybilla  de  Chaworth,  wife  of  Walter  d'Evreux, 
and  mother  of  Patrick,  Earl  of  Salisbury  ?  "  Pat- 
rick de  Cadurcis  or  Chaworth,  and  Maud  his  wife, 
testified  and  confirmed  by  their  deed  all  dona- 
tions made  by  their  children,*'  &c.  Of  what 
family  was  this  Maud  ?  Temp.  Edw.  I.  we  find 
that  '*  Maude  de  Chawardc  held  the  Vill  of  Etlawe, 
CO.  Glouc'." 

On  what  authority  do  the  Scropcs*  quarter 
the  arms  of  Chaworth  ?  Several  of  the  posaes- 
sions  of  Emulphde  llesdcne  in  Somersetshire  and 
Gloucestershire  are  found  {temp.  Wm.  Rufus)  to 
be  the  property  of  Patrick  de  Chaworth.  Rud- 
der (Hist.  Gloucestershire,  p.  510),  says  Hesdene 
conveyed  Kempsford,  and  adds,  under  **Hathepop," 

*  It  does  not  appear  to  me  that  the  Tiptofls,  through 
whom  (apparently)  the  Scropes  claim  this  right,  ware 
jasdj  aatitled  f  it 


I 


9^  EL  V.  Su*.  G,  'CI] 


NOTES  AND  QUEBIES. 


that  th^t  manor  "probnbljr  passed  to  the  Cha* 
wortli*  at  the  inine  time," 

Cullinson  (//w/.  Som.  i*  160),  sUteg  timt  soni« 
Iiiiles  iu  \\'c5«on»  formerly  the  (>rop**ny  of  lies* 
di^ne,  were  ifi  the  possession  (temp.  Win.  Rufus) 
of  Pttlrick  de  Cadurcis;  "but  how  he  (lle^ileae) 
[larted  with  hi»  est:iLe  does  not  appear*" 

Is  tliere  any  authority  for  Rudder's  statement, 
or  dtd  he  not^  from  the  fact  of  the  manors  in 
quesuou  being  found  afterwards  m  the  possession 
rif  Ch  ft  worth,  conjecture  that  they  were  conveyed 
by  Hesdenc  Y  Does  it  not  5eem  that  Cliaworth 
become  possessed  of  this  property  in  ri^ht  of  hU 
wife  Miiu<i,  who  might  have  been  a  sister  or  daugh- 
ter of  tJesdeneP 

I  may  a*ld»  that  I  have  reasons  for  doubting  the  ) 
ncctiraey  of  a  pedigree  of  llesdene  inserted   in 
Burke*s  Visitation  of  Seats  aiut  Arms-      H.  S.  G. 

Dltvrr  de  DcaiiKTf,  etc.— Tn  vol.  it  p.  63,  of 
ft  piihtiealioii  of  the  year  1742,  entitled  Antiquities 

I  of  lh9  Ahhey  Churchy  Westmifuitur^  and  under  the 
b'.'jid  of  "  Monuments  to  reniiu-kable  Persons 
Buried  in  that  Chvircb*"  it  mentions  that  next  to 
the  monviment  of  Kln^j;  Henry  HI.  is  one  of**  Oli- 
ver de  Durden,  a  Baron  of  England,  and  brother 
ofKing  Henry  II L" 

Query. — L  What  was  the  tmme  of  his  mother, 
and  was  he  a  half-brother  of  Kin^j  Henry  IIL  P 
I  cannot  obtain  the  in  formation  from  Rapin  or 
the  other  historians  of  that  period. 

2.  Is  there  any  book  or  record  In  wbioh  the 

les  cf  Henry  IIL's  baroos  are  given  ;  *ind  if«o» 

e  eati  it  be  seen  ?  AurrauAaT* 

GntiiiaoLrD  Hold.  —  Ons  of  the  three  manors 
in  the  parish  of  Hrickney  has  this  name.  It  for- 
merly bclonjjed  to  the  vicars  of  the  old  church, 
and  the  tra»Uiion  in  ihcy  were  «o  tcverc  in  exACt- 

inp  their  fines,  and  ihere  was  such  dtssatisfaction 
and  grumbUn'T among  ibc  tenants  in  consequeme, 
thiit  it  nc<]Ufr*id  the  nickname  of  Grumble  Hold. 
Surely,  if  this  were  tltc  case,  no  h:>rd  or  steward  of 
a  nian^r  would  have  chosen  to  place  such  a  nnme 
at  the  very  head  of  each  Court  ItolL  M»y  it  noi 
rather  be  St.  Grumbald*f  or  St.  Runibold's 
Mwnor?  The  name  is  a  corruption  of  Rumusd- 
dus.  Hasted  {IfiM,  of  Ktnt,  lii.  p.  380)  says  that 
the  fishermeti  of  Folkestone  used  to  make  a  feast  of 
whitinjfs  every  Christmas  Eve,  and  call  it  "Rum- 
bold  Night."  The  old  chunh  at  Hacknev  is 
sometimes  cnlled  that  of  St.  John^  and  aometimen 
of  St.  Augustine.  Any  further  information  wouhl 
oblige.  A*  A. 

potty  Comer. 

Da,  Hill:  PErmow  of  I.  —  In  17o9,  Dr.  Hill 
wrote  n  pnmphkt,  entitleii  To  Dntid  Garricft, 
E*if.y  the  Petition  of  /,  on  bfhalf  of  hi^rs^ff  find 
Suttir*,    Thf!  purport  was  to  ch;t  ': 

with   mispronouncing  some   word 
J^ter  i,M/tfrm  for  firm^  Purtu*  for  virtue,  aad 


others.  The  pamphlet  is  now  forjrntten.  (Dra^ 
malic  Tahle*To!k,  IL  144,  Lond  1825.)  What 
pronunciation  did  Dr.  Hill  insist  upon?  Was  the 
I  mfirm  and  virtue  ever  sounded  as  in  vine^ar^  or 
piraUnce  f  W.  D. 

HrL.i  HoLDEH  of  Wcdnesbury,  went.,  bom  1719, 
died  17B0;  married  in  1745  Elizabeth,  dan£rhter 
of  John  Wttlford  of  Wednesbury,  gent.  (Bttker, 
Hiat.  Northamptomhirw,  u  317.) 

Particular*  of  their  is«ue  and  dMcendanti  will 
oblifre.  Also  any  parttoulart  of  the  Walford 
family.  H.  S.  G. 

Kt7STaa*B  Dbath.  —  In  Monk*s  Life  of  BenHey 
(p.  317),  the  following  communication  is  made  in 
a  letter  of  Kuster's  friend,  Wjisse  t  — 

••  W<3  heard  noon  after  that  he  [Koiter]  had  b«en 
blooded  five  or  six  time«  f:>r  n  fever,  and  that  upon  open- 
ings bis  br^dy  there  was  foand  a  c&ki  of  Jtand  aloti^  th« 
lower  region  itf  hii  helly.  7  bit,  1  tukt  it,  wat  oocAi)an«d 
by  his  «ilting  nearly  lioiibie,  tind  writinjr  on  a  v«ry  low 
tablo,  surmnn^leil  with  thrw?  or  four  circle*  of  books  [for 
his  edition  of  Hesychi us  probably]  placed  on  the  croand* 
which  was  th«  situatioa  wt  usually  found  him  tuu' 

Is  any  reliarice  to  be  placed  upon  the  story  of 
the  "  cake  of  san<l  alon^  the  lower  region  of  his 
belly,"  or  is  it  merely  a  case  of  ctdculuA  9 

T.  J.  Btjcaxoir. 

Lahterns  or  iffB  Dead:  Rodnb  Towbes  op 
Ireland.  —  In  the  admirable  dictionary  of  M. 
Viollet  le  Due  (vol.  vi.  p.  155)  is  a  very  curious 
account  of  certain  towers  which  are  found  in 
cemetericf  in  the  centre  and  west  of  France,  and 
in  which  formerly  lights  were  burned  at  nii»ht  to 
indicate  the  proximity  to  the  hist  resting-phices  of 
the  dcid.  He  states  they  are  also  called  fanal, 
tourni^le^  and  phare.  The  earliest  notice  he  gives 
is  from  an  old  chronicle  of  the  Crusades^  which 
states :  — 

"  Then  died  Salad  in  (Salahedina),  the  grcateitt  prince 
that  there  vrxi  in  Pa^andoni,  and  woa  buri<ed  In  the 
eem<-'tery  of  St»  Nixrholaa  of  Acre  near  hia  mother,  who 
wtts  there  very  rielily  interred  ;  and  over  them  a  b«iititi- 
ful  and  grand  tower  (une  loumi^le  bi^ie  irt  praut)  where 
is  night  unci  dny  a  Umpfull  of  otiveoit,  ami  tli<«  hospital 
of  Si.  Joim  of  Aero  paya,  and  causes  it  to  be  lighted,  who 
hold  ^reat  rents  which  Euladin  and  lus  motiier  left 
tbeiri." 

The  author  says,  however,  there  is  a  tradition 
that  they  were  "menhirs,"  or  erections  of  stone, 
conspcrnted  to  the  Sun  in  Druidical  times.  He 
give«  illustrations  of  three  of  these  lanterns  of  the 
death  They  have  all  a  amoll  door  raised  some 
distance  above  the  ground,  and  an  opening  or 
window  at  the  top,  where  the  lighted  lamp  was 
exhibited.  One  is  from  Celfrouin  (Charente), 
ond  is  like  a  pier  surrounded  by  clustered  columns 
about  six  feet  in  diameter,  and  including  a  $ort 
of  conical  top  or  spire  about  forty  feet  high.  The 
moulding*,  etc.,  show  it  to  be  tlie  work  of  the 
thirteenth  century*      TU%  %ft<yti\ A «:ikvfc\^  iaN.^\\w\ 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[a^  1  s.  V.  Fs».  c  'w. 


!it  the  top,  and  is  not  more  than  twenty-five  feet 
hi^h.  The  third  is  at  Ariri;;n_y  (Vienne),  and  is 
iqunre  with  small  j it mb^shtifts  at  the  an^leSi  and 
h  ahout  thirty- five  feet  high,  ami  seems  also  to  be 
of  the  thirteenth  century.  They  all  stand  on 
flights  of  stops. 

Is  it  possible  that  the  round  towers  of  Ireland 
were  intended  to  serve  na  cemetery  lifjhtd  or  lan- 
terns of  the  dead  ?  In  France  these  faimU  scorn 
to  be  confined  to  the  Celtic  dlstrictSi  and  it  is  not 
impossible  that  the  Celtic  races  in  Ireland  may 
have  seen  and  copied  them.  They  have  the  sanae 
entrances  a  little  above  ordinary  reach,  the  same 
windows  at  top,  and  the  same  conical  caps.  Could 
miy  amonjr  the  French  antiquaries  who  peruse 
**  N*  ik  Q/'  favour  us  with  some  further  iitformsi- 
tinn  with  regard  to  these  curious  towers  ?  It  is 
not  impossible  after  nil  that  they  may  be  the  means 
of  dUpelltn^  the  mystery  which  hika  hung  so  long 
over  the  for-fomed  roitnd  towers  of  Ireland. 

A.  A. 

Letok  FAMtty  or  SiAiDBcnTv,  co.  York. —  I 
wish  to  obtain  information  relntive  to  the  ancestry 
of  Richard  Lel^hj  of  Birkitt,  in  Bolland,  in  the 
county  of  York.  He  wa^  buried  at  Slaidburn, 
March  1,  1676.  His  wife's  name  was  June  ;  I  do 
not  know  her  surname.  They  had  issue  Leonard, 
of  whom  presently ;  William,  who  married  and 
left  issue ;  James,  also  married  and  left  issue ; 
Ellin,  married  to  Nicholas  Parklnsou,  and  had 
issue  five  sons  and  one  daughter. 

Leonard  Leigh  married  (May  9,  1657,)  Eliza- 
beth Bri^nr ;  jinil  bad  issue  Richard,  who  was 
father  of  Leonard  Leigh  of  Harrop  HrdI,  who  left 
issue  a  diiughter  Anne,  married  to  Samuel  Har- 
rison of  Cranage  Hall,  in  the  county  of  Chester. 

The  arms  borne  by  this  family  were  :  A  cross 
in^railed  ;  and  in  the  first  quarter,  a  mascle. 

To  any  of  your  correspondente  who  will  favour 
MO  with  a  reply,  I  shall  be  happy  to  give  further 
information  as  to  the  descendants  of  the  first- 
mentioned  Richard  Leigh. 

GfiosGJi  W«  Massii AIX. 

LiTBEATi  OP  Berlin. — 

••  Nothmg  could  l>e  more  teeonJ-rate  and  aecond-haiid 
than  the  Htt^rattur*  of  the  court  of  Uerlin<  Voltaire  was 
the  only  able  mnn  whom  Frederick  ever  penuadtd  to 
')C>in  th«ni :  he  ridiculed  ibetn  &nd  their  matter  aa  sooa  a^i 
tinttery  ceased  to  he  proJitable,  Maupertuis  was  a  small 
astronomer;  Boyerp  a  i^edant,  quoting'  Greek  and  Latin, 
which  he  could  not  coTTsfnjp ;  CUtrfons,  who  tranftlated 
Dante  into  uurvadabl 4  nd  Henited,  whose  dnu hie 

vemion  of  thw  ffenr^,  >t-  taken  for  a  burlcjqne. 

Yet  Fr^erick  wa*  at*  ^j.-.^-i  ..  iheao  and  hit  other  medi- 
ocritiea,  that  hit  p(ihh<iihed  a  catalog  a  e  of  them  ia  three 
laripe  volumy*/'—  Notti  tnadt  in  N^rth  Otrmanyt  p*  17L\ 
Loodoo,  toG. 

I  shall  he  glad  to  Imow  the  full  title  of  the 
Catalogue  in  thret  volumes,  and  anything  about 
Clftirfons  or  Hersied,  of  whom  I  cannot  find  any 
•ccouat.  E*  T.  H» 


Massing  of  SAODLsa,  etc. — In  an  oH  docn' 

ment,  of  a.d.  1570,  relalin;?  to  the  bouodi  oft 
forest  and  the  ri^j^hts  of  certain  owners  of  land 
therein,  it  is  mentioned  that  **  The  servants  of  Se 
A.  B.  did,  in  the  fence-month,  mark  saddles^ 
Waynes,  and  oarts,  at  certain  prates  and  othff 
places;"  and  that  "the  said  marking  tv:v  '^  - 
out  at  so  much  per  annum."  Can  any  r< 
duce  notices  of  a,  similar  custom  in  expl^i..,^,...*. 

J. 

Tub  Empsess  Maub.  — ^I  have  rejid  tliat  a  Lift 
of  the  Emprejis  Maud^^  dauijhter  of  Henry  IL,  wn 
written  by  Arnulphus,  Bishop  of  Liseux ;  and  thit 
it  is  now  in  the  library  of  the  College  of  Navarre 
at  Paris.  Ho^  this  life  ever  been  translated  or 
published  ?  G,  P* 

^ew  York. 

Model  of  Edinbuboh. — About  twenty  yoan 
ago  there  was  exhibited^  first  in  Edinburgh^  ami 
afterwards  in  Glasgow^  London,  and  other  plaeea 
A  beautiful  model  in  wood  of  the  city  of  Edtii* 
bnrgh  Fhowin;^  the  Castle,  the  public  bnildiDj?r» 
and  each  individual  hon^e  in  the  different  aSniu 
and  squares  with  much  accuracy  and  di:3titict&flM> 
It  waj*,  according  to  my  recollection,  about  ivi^te 
feet  in  lenjjth  and  ei«:ht  in  breadth  ;  was  terfi 
elaborate,  and  must  have  taken  lonjj  to  construi 
being  in  every  respect  moat  creditable  to 
framer.     It  attracted  considerable  notice  at 

time,  and  a  friend  told  me  that^  being  in  tlie 

at  Piccadilly  where  it  was  shovrn,  the  late  Dti! 
of  Wellington   was  among  the  visitors;  and  ht" 
heard  his  grace  sav,  that  hh  seeing  this  model  wcMild 
Induce  hitXL  to  visit  the  original,  which,  however, 
never  did. 

Can  any  of  your  readers  state  whether   tbii 
piece  of  work  is  still  in  existence,  where  it  i#, 
who  was  the  artist  ?  J.  U.  B. 

Mottoes  Wahteo.  —  A  company  Is  established     i 
to^  supply  Burton -upon-Trent  with  water  ffomj 
Lichfield  and  the  tributaries  of  the  river  aboveS 
that  city :  the  object  is  not  to  supersede  the  US4 
of  the  present  Burton  water  in  brewing,  but  to 
economise  it  by  bringing  water  from  another  source 
for  domestic  and  manufacturing  and  other   pur- 
poses, and  also  for  all  other  brewing  purposes  ex- 
cept that  of  making  ale.     Mottoes,  convevlnjr  the 
following  ideas  in  Greek  or  Latin,  especially  f 
classic  authors,  are  requested  :  — 

1.  To  succour,  not  to  supersede. 

2.  We  bring  silver  to  wive  gold* 
The  latter  means  that  the  Burton   tavtiw^'i  hi 
valuable  as  gold,  we  bring  silver  to  lU] 
use,                                                  T.  J                .X. 

Lirhfleld. 

Newuaven    m    FtAKCB*  —  DugdiJc, 
Baronetage,  under  "  S  tour  ton,'*  nays  ' 
Lord  Stourton,  died  a. o.  L54»,  ♦♦  l^  ;  ty 

General  of  KewbaY«ii»  in  France^  and  Uii»  Mttrehisa 


r 


s**  s.  V.  F«iir 


NOTES  AND  QUEKIES. 


117 


I 


thereof/'  Lord  Stourtoti  was  in  command  of  one 
of  Hen.  VII I/s  fortifications,  near  Boulogne^  Is 
thert*  any  place  at  or  near  thnt  town  bearing,  or 
known  to  liave  borne,  the  Englieh  name  of  >iew- 
haven  ?  J. 

Order  of  tub  Cocklb  in  FttAScs.  —  In  the 

Peerage  of  1720,  which  has  already  been  the  sub- 
ject or  a  query  (S^  S.  H.  67,  117)*  and  which  the 
kindness  of  your  correspondent  G.  enabled  me  to 
identify  aa  the  third  edition  of  Francis  Nichora 
British  Compendium^  the  famous  Sir  James  Hamil- 
ton, Ettrl  of  Arran,  and  Rej^ent  of  Scotland 
durin;r  tbe  minority  of  King  James  V.,  is  said  to 
have  been  "  Knijjht  of  tbe  Cockle  in  France/' 
This  13  doubtless  **  L'Ordre  de  Chevalerie  du  Na- 
vire,  ou  de  la  CoquiUe  de  Mer,  institue  en  1*269,  par 
S*  Loiiin^*^  in  commemoration  of  a  hazardous  naval 
expedition. 

Tbe  coHar  of  tbe  Order  waij  composed  of 
escallop  shells  alternately  with  double  crescents, 
and  their  badge  was  a  ship-ringed  ar:?.  floating 
upon  waves  of  tbe  game.  What  were  tbe  circum- 
stances of  tbe  hazardous  naval  expedition,  in  com- 
memoration of  which  it  was  instituted  ? 

UtTTTB. 
Cape  Town,  S,  A. 

Pbovxrb  Wanted.  —  Can  you  tell  roe  where  I 
may  And  the  first  mention  of  the  followingf  and 
which  is  this  earlier  form  ?  —  **  We  praise  the  food 
as  we  find  it " ;  and  "  We  prm?e  the  fool  as  we 
find  him,"     An  early  reply  will  much  oblige. 

Absba. 

ROHAK  HiSTOBIAN.  — 

"  The  Roman  hiatorian  describes  a  supposed  lanatic 
matiUted  and  confined  so  long  in  a  narrow  c«11,  as  bo 
nearly  to  h&va  tosit  the  human  fornix  thaU  on  his  libera* 
tion,  he  was  too  ofTensive  to  be  pitied — de/brmitate  muneri' 
cordUim  amUiL**  —  A  Lelitr  to  Sir  W,  Garroufy  A.  G.,  by 
Chartes  Barton,  M,D.,  London,  1813,  pp.  iJ4. 

The  Letter  is  on  the  bad  management  of  lunatic 
asylums. 

Who  is  the  Roman  historian  so  vaguely  quoted, 
and  where  can  I  find  the  passage  ?  M*  M. 

Sbals. — Will  any  collector  of  seals,  &c.,  kindly 

H  furnish  mc  with  an  impression  or  cast  of  a  seal 

^^^^e/«  repreaentin^  a  man  approaching  a  house, 

^■w[  carrying  on  bis  back  what  appears  to  be  a 

^H||af  of  corn  ?     The  seal  is  oval,  and  about  an 

inch  long.     If  sent  to  the  post  office  at  this  place 

it  would  be  gratefully  received,  and  repaid   in 

kind.  M,  M.  S. 

Camberwalt 

Shaxesfeabe  PoRTRAtTS.  —  What  works  are 
there  treating  especially  on  tbia  subject,  besides 
those  by  Mr.  Boaden  and  Mr.  WeviU  ?      G,  W- 

Teanslatobs  op  Terencb, — 1.  Can  you  give 
me  ajiv  account  of  tbb  Charles  Hennebcrt  ?  He 
publithcd  Terence  (volume  i,),  translated  into 
French^  Cambridge  University  Press,  1726,  8vo* 


I 

I 


P 


2.  Who  is  translator  of  the  Andria  of  Terence, 
Cambridge  and  London,  Hamilton,  1659  ? 

3.  The  comedies  of  Terence,  translated  by  S. 
Patrick,  1745,  revises!  and  materially  improved  by 
James  Prendeville,  Dublin,  1829,  8vo.  Wanted 
any  information  regarding  the  editor*  R,  I, 

Vichy.  —  WTiere  can  information  as  to  Vichy 
and  its  mineral  springs  be  procured  ?  Th^se  aqum 
caiidee  appear  to  have  been  known  to  the  Romans, 

S.  P.  Q.  R. 

Warra  of  StrMMows. — William  De  Rythre, 
Lord  of  Rythre  in  the  county  of  I'ork,  had  sum- 
mons to  parliament  from  tbe  28th  Ed.  L  to  the 
6th  Ed,  II,  inclusive.  In  the  26tb  Ed  I.  he  had 
summons  to  Carlisle  tquijt  et  arrnis^  in  which  writ 
he  13  desig^tati'd  as  a  baron ;  tbe  earls  and  barons 
then  summoned  beinj?  respectively  distinguished 
b  V  their  rank.  Is  it  therefore  to  be  inferred  that, 
although  in  this  case,  no  record  of  a  summons  to 
parliament  earlier  than  that  of  tbe  28th  £d.  I,  is 
extant,  yet  that  a  previous  summons  had  been 
addressed  either  to  himself  or  an  ancestor? 

HiPPBCS. 

Situation  or  Zoab.  —  The  exact  «tuation  of 
this  ancit^at  city  is,  I  am  aware,  still  a  matter  of 
discussion  amongst  biblical  critics,  but  I  was  not 
prepared  for  such  exactly  opposite  statements  re- 
specting it  as  appear  in  the  arti'^les  on  "  Moab  ** 
and  **  Zoar "  in  Dr.  Smith*s  Dictianartf  of  (he 
Bible,  both  by  an  author  to  whom  students  of  the 
Bible  are  deeply  indebted — Mr.  Grove  of  Syden- 
ham, 

Under  the  article  "Zoar/*  vol,  Ui*  p.  1834,  we 
find  tbe  following  remarks :  — 

**Th6dcfimte  position  of  Sodom  is,  and  probably  will 
always  be,  a  mystery,  but  there  can  be  httle  doubt  that 
the  pUin  of  Jordan  was  at  the  north  of  Ibe  Dead  Sea;  and 
that  the  cities  of  the  plain  must  thererore  have  be«n 
situated  there  iiisteail  of  at  the  aouthern  end  of  the  lakct 
as  it  is  geacrally  taken  for  granted  they  were." 

And  then,  after  giving  what  seems  to  my  mind  at 
least  very  satisfactory  reasons  for  this  opinion,  Mr. 
Grove  concludes :  — 

"  These  considerations  appear  to  the  writer  to  render  it 
highlv  probiible  that  the  Zour  of  the  Pentateuch  una  ta 
the  north  of  the  Dead  Sea,  not  far  from  its  northern  end, 
in  tbe  general  parallel  of  Jericho." 

Let  us  now  turn  to  the  article  "  Moab^"  vol.  ii. 
p.  391,  also  written  by  Mr,  Grove,  and  what  do 
we  find  — 

**  Zoar  was  the  cradle  of  the  race  of  Lot  Although  the 
exact  position  of  this  tc>wn  baa  not  been  determined, 
THi^BE  18  NO  DOUBT  that  it  wot  iituoted  on  tht  JotttA- 
eattern  border  of  the  Dead  Sea." 

Can  these  two  statements  be  reconciled?     If 
not,  which,  in  Mr.  Grove's  opinion,  contains  the 
most  probable  account  oC  ^Aaa  ^\\XiftSl\K>tw  ^cS.  ^^v«s!^ 
Zoatv  ^^^^^- 


118 


NOTES  AND  QUBMBS. 


[gr*&V.  FkB.e,'i4. 


CoLKiTTO   AND  A.  S.  —  In  Milton's  Sonnets^ 
there  are  flome  obscure  allusions.    Thus,  in  the 
Gth  [nth],  who  is  meant  when  he  says  ;  — 
"  Why  U  it  harder.  Sin.  than  Gorehn, 
CnlkUiOf  or  Macdonnel,  or  Galasp  ?  " 

The  last  two  were  chieia  in  Ireland  in  the  war 
of  1565  ;  but  who  are  the  first  two,  Gordon  and 
CoUutto  f    Again,  in    his  lines  **  On    the  New 
Forcers  of  Conscience,"  we  have  — 
•* .  .  .  .  A  classic  hierarchy 
Taught  ye  by  mere  A.  8.  and  Rutherford." 

The  latter  is  the  well-known  Scottish  divine, 
Samuel  Rutherford ;  but  who  is  "  A.  S.** 

POXLOMATBES. 

Glasgow. 

[  Warton  has  the  following  doU  on  the  first  passage : 
*<  Milton  is  here  collecting,  from  his  hatred  to  the  Scots, 
what  he  thinks  Scotti/^h  names  of  an  ill  sound.  ColkUto 
and  Maedonnd  are  one  and  the  same  person;  a  brave 
officer  on  the  royal  side,  an  Irishman  of  the  Antrim 
family,  who  served  under  Montrose.  Tb«  Macdonalds 
of  that  ftmily  are  styled,  by  way  of  distinction,  Mae 
CollcUtock,  t.  e.  the  descendants  of  the  lame  Colin. 
Galmap  is  a  Scottish  writer  against  the  Independents. 
Ha  U  Gaorge  Gillespie,  one  of  the  Scotch  members  of  the 
Assembly  of  Divines,  as  his  name  is  subscribed  to  their 
Letter  to  the  Belgick,  French,  and  Helvetian  churches, 
dated  1648 :  in  which  they  pray  *  that  thene  three  na- 
tions may  he  joined  as  one  stick  in  the  hands  of  the 
Lord :  that  all  mountains  may  become  plains  before  them 
and  us :  that  then  all  who  now  see  the  plummet  in  our 
hands,  may  also  behold  the  top-stone  set  upon  the  head 
of  the  Lord*8  house  among  us,  and  may  help  us  with 
shouting  to  cry,  Grace,  Grace,  to  it*  (Rushworth,  p. 
S71.)  Such  waa  the  rhetorick  of  these  reformers  of  re- 
formation !  •• 

A.  S.  noticed  in  **  The  New  Forcers  of  Conscience,"  is 
Dr.  Adam  Steoart,  a  minister  of  the  Scottish  Kirk,  and 
a  doughty  champion  he  appears  to  have  been  in  the 
polemics  of  that  time;  witness  his  effusion  entitled, 
"  Zerubbabel  to  Sanballat  and  Tobiab,"  imprim.  Mar. 
17,  1644,  4to.  Consult  Watt*s  Bibliothtca  for  bis  other 
works.] 

Thb  Nilb. — I  have  noticed  in  The  Times  and 
other  papers,  recently,  the  Question  mooted  as  to 
whether  Captain  Speke  dia  really  discover  the 
aource  of  the  Nile.  It  haa  oeeurred  to  me  that 
he  may  have  done  so  in  part,  by  tracing  one  of  its 
sources.  Some  of  your  readers  are,  no  doubt, 
well  acquainted  with  the  moorland  dietrtcts  of 
this  kingdom  ;  and  if  those  regions  are  visited  in 
the  summer  season,  they  will  leave  with  the  impres- 
sion of  having  discovered  the  rise  of  one  of  the 
many  rivers  flowing  from  that  district;  but  visit 
that  place  again  the  following  spring,  ftnd  thai 
aaoM  spring,  whidi  tliej  thongfat  waa  the  riTer 


bead,  will  in  many  caaea  be  traotd  for  a  »ile  a 
more  in  some  other  direction.  May  not  this  be 
the  case  with  Captain  Speke's  discovery  P 

J  had  recently  a  parcel  from  a  bookeeller^e  ahop, 
wrapped  up  in  an  old  map.  On  examinatioo,  I 
found  it  to  be  an  old  mop  of  Africa,  having  the 
N^ile  to  the  lakes  Zaire  and  Zastan.  The  map  is 
curious,  and  apparently  about  two  hundred  veers 
old.  It  was  once,  I  should  think,  part  of  a  booL 
On  the  back  is  printed  a  description  of  Africa, 
commencing  thus :  *'  Africa  as  it  lay  neareat  the 
first  people."  It  is  engraved  by  Abraham  Goos. 
I  shall  be  glad  to  know  from  what  folio  work  it 
Is  taken,  and  if  of  any  real  value  ?  G.  P. 

[Abraham  Goos  published  varions  maps  at  Aoaatardsm 
In  tha  early  part  of  the  seventeenth  centaiy.  Dr.  0. 
Dappars*s  Buehrtibung  von  Africa  (Description  of  AfHcs> 
Tol.  Amsterdam,  1670,  has  a  large  map  of  Africa  (  bit 
this  map  does  not  bear  tha  name  of  Goos. — ^Tha  qoestiM 
respecting  Captain  Spake  and  the  Kile  will  probably  firt 
oocaaion  ere  long  to  sharp  discussions,  bat  on  a  scale  ftr 
beyond  tha  disposable  space  in  *<  N.  &  Q.'*] 

Major  Ricsaedson  Pack.— I  should  be  |W 
to  know  something  respecting  the  author  oC  t 
small  volume,  entitled  Miscellanies  in  Pram  and 
Verte^  the  second  edition :  London,  printed  for 
B.  Curll,  in  Fleet  Street,  ildccxix.  The  volune 
is  dedicated  to  the  Honourable  Colonel  William 
Stanhope,  His  Majesty's  Envoy  Extraordinaiv 
and  Plenipotentiary  at  the  court  of  Madrid.  This 
dedication  is  signed  **  Richardson  Pack,"  who  is 
styled  Major  Pack  in  an  eulogistic  poem  by  G. 
Sewell,  prefixed  to  the  work.  The  author  ap- 
pears to  have  served  in  Spain,  and  to  have  pos- 
sessed an  elegant  literary  ta^te ;  although  his 
poems  are  disfigured  by  the  licentioua  freedom  in 
vogue  in  his  day.  Among  the  prose  artiolea  in 
the  volume,  is  a  Life  of  Wycherley,  the  poet. 

John  Pavin  Philxips. 

Haverfordwest. 

[Richardson  Pack  was  adoeated  at  the  Merchant  Tay- 
lors' School,  and  was  for  two  years  at  St  John's  Collage, 
Oxford.  His  father  intending  him  for  the  legal  profes- 
sion entered  him  at  the  Middle  Temple;  but  the  study  of 
the  law  not  agreeing  either  with  his  health  or  inclinatioo, 
he  joined  tha  army,  and  served  abroad  under  Gen,  Sua- 
hope  and  tha  Duka  of  Argyle.  The  Major  died  at  Aber- 
deen in  Sept  1729.  The  various  editions  of  his  Fottw&l 
MiteeliauiMh  all  published  by  E.  Curll,  may  be  seen  In 
Bohc's  Lowndes.  For  other  particulars  of  him  cQoaoIt 
Cibber's  Livet  of  the  PoeU,  and  the  biographical  dic- 
tionaries.] 

SpBRasa'a  "  CALBiDAm."— I  have  recently  met 
with  an  old  translation  into  Latin  hexameters 
of  Spenser's  Calendar.  As  the  title-page  of  my 
.copy  is  missing,  I  should  feel  obligea  if  anv  one 
would  inform  me  of  the  author's  name  ana  the 
date  of  the  publication.     Let  me  inquire,  too. 


8'*  S.  V.  Feb.  6,  '64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUEBIES. 


119 


whether  there  is  any  Tersion  extant  of  the  other 
poems  of  Spenser,  and  of  the  "  Faerie  Queene  "  in 
particular?  X.  1. 

[The  following  is  the  title: — "  Calendarinm  Pastorale, 
give  iEglngn  duodecira,  totidem  Anni  Mensibut  accom- 
xnodatsB,  Anglic^  olim  8criptfl%  nunc  aatem  eleganti  La- 
tino Carmine  donats  a  Tbaodoro  Bathurst.  Lond.  1668, 
8vo."  It  is  dedicated  by  the  editor,  William  Dillingbam, 
to  Francis  Lane.  Some  copies  have  no  date.  It  was  re- 
published by  John  Ball,  with  a  Latin  Dissertation,  '^De 
Vita  Spenseri  et  Scriptis,"  and  an  angmented^glosaary. 
Lond.  1782,  8fo,  with  cuts  by  Foadrinier.] 

Quotations. — ^Where  are  the  following  quota- 
tions to  be  found? — 

** A  thing 

0*er  which  the  raven  flaps  her  funeral  wing.** 
[Bjrron's  Corsair,  canto  il  stanza  xvi.] 

**  Perhaps  it  was  right  to  diasembla  jonr  lova, 
Bat  why  did  you  luck  me  downstairs?  *' 

[These  lines  first  appeared  in  the  Awium  for  Fugitvoe 
Pteces,  1785 ;  and  again  in  The  Pand,  by  J.  P.  Kemble, 
1788  (Act  I.  Sc  1).  It  has  been  conjectured  that  Mr. 
Kemble  was  the  author  of  them.  See  "  N.  &  Q.,"  2»«  S. 
Tii.  176;  via  87.] 

**  Tis  sweet  to  know  there  is  an  eye  will  mark 
Our  coming,  and  look  brighter  when  we  come." 
[Byron*s  Don  Juatif  canto  i.  stanza  123.] 

G.  F.  B. 

Who  is  the  author  of  the  following  specimen  of 
grandiloquence  ?  — 

"Britanniamm  majestas  ad  ortnm  solis  ab  hesperio 
cobili  porrecta." 

J.L. 

Dublin. 

[This  quotation,  wharevar  it  ocemra,  is  alterad  from  the 
following  passage  in  Horace,  Od.  lib.  iv.  carm.  zy.  :^ 

"  Famaqae  et  impert 
Porreeta  majestas  ad  ortum 
SoUs  ab  Hesperio  cabili."] 

Spbitvgs. — What  is  the  meaning  of  the  word 
"  springs**  in  the  following  passage  ?  — 

**  If  aught  of  oaten  atop,  or  pastoral  song. 
May  hope,  chaste  £ve,  to  spothe  thy  modest  ear, 
Like  thy  own  solemn  springs. 
Thy  springs,  and  dving  gales.** 

Collins,  0<U  to  Evening,  1—4. 
B. 
[Spring,  as  used  in  this  passage,  is  a  Scotch  word,  and 
signifies  a  quick  and  cheerful  tune  on  a  musical  instru- 
ment   The  word  occurs  in  Douglas's  Virgil,  clxvU.  6 : — 

'*  Orpheus  mycht  reduce  agane,  I  gesa, 
From  hell  bis  spousis  goist  with  his  sneit  atringis, 
Playand  on  his  harp  of  Trace  sapleaand  fpringi*.** 
Vide  Jamieson's  Scattith  DieHenarg,'} 

Rbtbbat,-*A  certain  time  during  the  day  at 
which  the  guard  turns  out  under  arms,  the 
piMuata  are  inspected,  and  the  band  or  dnups 
aodTAfti  play  fto^  aboul  ten  minutes.    **S0taafc" 


IS  in  some  way  affected  by  the  time  of  the  year ; 
the  hour  at  which  it  comes  off  being  regulated  by 
the  time  of  sunset.  What  is  the  reason  for  the 
name  retreat  being  applied  to  this  particular  pa- 
rade, if  it  may  be  so  termed  ?     John  Davidson. 

[The  military  term  retreat  has  various  significations ; 
but  whenever  it  is  applied  to  a  parade  or  muster  of  the 
troops,  we  think  the  expression  must  have  originally 
referred  to  the  men*s  retiring  to  their  quarters  when  the 
muster  was  over,  not  to  the  muster  itself.] 

DuaocoBBins. — Can  you  direct  me  to  any 
book,  where  conjectures  are  hazarded  on  the  site 
of  the  Roman  town  Durocobriva,  besides  those 
contained  in  the  works  of  Camden,  Chauncy,  and 
Clutterbuck,  which  are  within  my  reach  ?  In 
modem  atlases  this  town  is  represented  as  occu- 
pying the  present  site  of  Maiden  Bower,  near 
Dunstable.  Are  there  sufficient  reasons  for  this 
decision  ?  C.  D. 

[The  learned  William  Baxter  is  of  opinion  that  the 
site  in  question  was  Wobam,  in  Bedfordshire.  He  also 
maintains  that  the  proper  orthography  was  IHtroeobrivis, 
See  his  Ohuarimn  Antiqmtatum  Britannieanim,  edit. 
1719,  p.  118.] 

Anontmous. — 'Who  was  the  author  of — 
**  An  Autumn  near  the  Rhine ;  or  Sketches  of  Courts, 
Society,  and  Scenery,  kc.,  in  some  of  the  German  States 
bordering  on  the  Rhiue.  With  a  Map  of  the  Eastern 
Part  of  Germany  as  settled  at  the  Congress  of  Vienna. 
London,  1818**? 

T.  H. 
[By  Charles  Edward  Dodd,  Esq.,  Barrister  of  the 
Ifiddle  Temple,  who  died  very  soon  after  the  publication 
of  his  work.] 


HmTM. 


CROMWELL'S  HEAD. 

(3"*  8.  iv.  175.) 

Mr.  Frank  Buckland,  in  his  letter  to  The  Queen 
newspaper  of  the  16th  inst.,  which  no  doubt  some 
of  Tour  readers  have  also  seen,  has  thrown  a  new 
light  upon  Cromwell*s  head.  Visiting  a  friend 
lately  in  Hampshire,  who  possesses  some  interest- 
ing relics  of  Charles  I.,  he  was  informed  by  him — 

•*  that,  despite  all  the  curious  stories  about  the  existence 
of  Oliver  Cromwell's  head,  he  thought  he  knew  of  the 
existence  of  a  head,  which  att  evidence  seeme  to  prove  to  be 
ike  very  head  of  thie  great  man,  j^These  iulieised  words 
I  do  not  know  whether  Mr.  Buckland*s,  or  his  friend's.] 
The  stoiy  ia  as  follows:  »*  Oliver  Cromwell  was  buried 
in  Westminster  Abbey.  I  well  recollect  my  father,  the 
Dean  [Buckland,  of  course],  pointing  out  the  place*  to 
his  friends.  The  grave  ume  situated  in  the  very  centre 
of  the  centre  chapeC  at  the  east  end  of  Hen.  VII/s  Chapel ; 
but  there  is  no  stone  to  mark  the  place.'  *'  [These  italios 
ar«  Mr.  Buckland's.] 

Mr.  Bucklaad  thftu  ^Vf^Xx^'Oa^  \«,^y^\L^s^JCB^sa^ 


at  WeBtminster  (wbtcli  tfl  sfill  &  disputed  point, 
however) ;  and  that  it  was  disinterred  by  the 
Hnyaltstii,  hun^  at  Tjburu,  and  cm&t  into  a  bole 
beneath  the  gallows. 

He  then  continues,  what  T  preuume  to  be  hia 
friend's  story  (for  he  is  rather  involved  in  Lis 
mode  of  stating  it),  thus;  — 

**  The  hcAd  was  subsequently  separated  from  the  body, 
unU  p]iir«d  on  an  iron  spike  over  the  gate  at  Temple 
liar-  Here  it  remained  till  it  waa  blown  down  by  the 
^ind.  It  wait  at  that  moment  picked  np  by  a  soldier, 
who  imtnediatcly  secreted  it.  It  remained  in  Uiia  BoldiBr'u 
family  for  Beveriil  generations;  till  at  last,  not  many 
year*  ngo.  it  was  fjiveti  by  the  la«l'  Burvivor  of  hi&  family 
to  Mr.  WilkiD^orit  a  6ur^eon  of  Sandgato,  near  Folke^ 
atone,  and  h  at  tliis  moment  in  the  posfiesHion  of  that 
(fcntI»«mnn'A  son.  The  ekin  covering:  the  ikuU  is  q,uitc 
dry  and  hard,  hut  in  excellent  pre^nenation.  The  hair  of 
the  muAlat'he  still  remains;  and  the  wart  o/jo,  which  we 
nee  repre»ented  in  his  portraits,  is  plainly  to  be  teen;  and 
the  fleih  htu  teen  embalmtd^  which  would  not  have  been 
thfl  caae  with  the  remains  of  an  ordinarx'  person.  I  ri»- 
irrct  to  say  1  have  not  aeen  It  my.-elf.  [l  presume,  Mr. 
Backlimd  means  he  haa  not?]  With  the  head  are  pre<^ 
servfid  the  actaal  documenta,  in  which  nre  offered  large 
rewards  fw  the  reatoratioa  to  the  authorities  of  the  head, 
after  it  was  blown  down  ;  and  severe  threat!  upon  thoito 
who  retained  it  knowingly,  after  thcae  notices  were 
poblisihed." 

I  will  not  now  enter  upon  the  vexed  quest  ion 
aa  to  the  place  of  burial  of  Oliver  Cromweil ;  but 
if  the  above  facta  are  correct,  and  there  api tears 
no  reason  to  doubt,  surely  some  means  ought  to 
be  taken  to  have  the  head  and  dcK!uments  ex- 
amined, by  Mr.  WilkinsonV  permission^  by  some 
person  oompctent  to  judge  of  their  bi^^torical 
value,  H.  W. 


COLOJJEL  ROBERT  VENABLES. 

(3^  S.  V.  99.) 

He  favoured  the  ritinp  in  Cheshire  under  Sir 
George  Bfw)th  on  behalf  of  Charles  1 1,  in  Aug^ust, 
1659,  but  lay  concealed,  desi^rning  to  surpriee 
Chester  had  Booth  succeeded  in  his  bold  en- 
terprise. In  March  following,  General  Monk 
^ve  Colonel  Venables  the  jyovL^rnment  of  Cheater 
Custle,  and  he  aided  the  Restoratiou,  What  re- 
ward he  received  we  cannot  utat**,  but  his  friend 
Dr.  Peter  Barwiek  petitioned  Charles  II.  th:U 
Colonel  Yenables  might  be  honoured  with  some 
eminent  mark  of  the  royal  favour,  since  It  was 
Buffiriently  known  that  he  formerly  both  could 
have  restored  his  mnjesty  to  hi«  throne,  and  %vou!d 
bflVP  done  it,  if  he  had  not  been  hindered  by  the 
pcrfidiousness  of  some  to  whom  the  king*a  bueiDe4Ss 
wn*  trtt»ted. 

Colonel  Vrnablet  wnu  an  Indepeiidaut  in  re- 
ligion, and  in  lli64  wag  denounced  to  the  govern- 
ment as  nnt*  who  hud  secri-'tly  promoted  the  rising 
io  Yorkshire,  known  as  the  l-aridey  Wood  Plot. 
Hiere  was  probably  little  truth  in   the  accusn- 


tion.     He  seema  thenceforward  to  have  lircd  tl 

retirement  at  his  seat  in  Cheshire.     He   died  iq 
1687,  being:  buried  on  July  26. 

As  repfiects  him,  vre  have  references  to  Life  * 
Br,  Fetter  Barwich,  1<>2,  1S4— 186,  190,  1>'»^  ^^^ 
2G2,  277,  4.*11,  451,  456,  471,  521,  522;  i 
/ri>A  BebeUwH,  '111,  282.  283,  314;  A;  , 
CampbelTs  Chancfllor.%  4th  ed.  vi.  2;  Ca 
C^omwelU  ii.  65.66;  iii.  81,97, 144,  14d;  CL 
dSn,  Cromwelliam,  55,  58,  65,  70,  71, 
Green*i  Cfil.  Dom.  State  Pap.  Car.  IT.,  iih  Sl^i 
Leon.  Howard'^  Letter*,  1  ;  Ilunter*s  Li/c  of  K 
ver  Hey  wood,  179  ;  Lancmkire  Civil  War  Twtk 
63,  354;  Liftt  of  Adam  Mftrlindak,  210.  2 16  J 
Autohio^,  of  Hen.  Ncwcome,  207  ;  Norris  Ptip 
19;  Ormerod*s  Chexhire^  i.  487  ;  Granville  Prnn'l 
Afemorfah  of  Sir  Wm.  Peiiu  ,*  Sainsbury's  Cofi 
Col.  State  Pfip.;  Thomas's  HiJit.  Noteti^  657  [ 
Thurloe's  State  Papers;  Whitelock'js  Memoriak^ 
Zouch's  Life  of  WnUon,  ed.  1823,  33,  34. 

Lord  Campbell  was  evidently  under  the  impr 
Bion  that  Colonel  Venables  was  a  mere  cotiotiy" 
squire  ;  and  a  more  recent  writer,  having  occi- 
8 ion  incidentally  to  mention  the  colonel,  tmp«tn 
to  have  been  equally  unaware  of  his  historit*  "* ' 
literary  fame.  C.  H.  &  Thompson  Coop 


W0BE8  OF  FRANCIS  BARHAM. 
(3'*  S,  V.  36.) 

I  observe  with  tome  surprise  in  "  N.  &  Q***  i 
note  of  inquiry  respecting  my  published  writing 
to  which  note  is  appended  an  account  of  n  few 
them.     I  do  not  know,  nor  even  gueas,  the  tiAG 
of  those  correspondents  who  have  thus  favou 
me  with  their  notice ;  nor  do  I  complain  of  ibeil 
remarks,  which  are  written  with  that  gentlemanly 
courtesy  which   distinguishes  the  pages  of  your 
periodical.     But,  as  tlie  titles  of  my  books   ba 
been  thu3  publicly  rec|ue»ted,  it  see mg  fair  that  J 
should  be  allowed  to  give  a  completer  li&t  of  thein 
than   that  which    appears  in   your   pagcS|   which 
abound    in    bibliographic    information.      1  have 
such   an  eateem  for  your  journal  as  a  permanent 
record  of  the  curiosities  of  literature  and  aciencc^ 
that  I  take  the  pains  to  correct  your  lUt  bjr  tiia 
following  additions  :  — 

Besides  my  English  versiorw  of  Cicero*8  /?4* 
public  and  Laws^  I  translated  for  the  Ural  time 
inrn  English  Cicero*8  Dininatton  mid  Fate,  pub- 
lished in  Bohn's  Classical  Series.  Som<*  other  of 
my  publications  arc  versions  of  the  Eccleiiiaat«i 
nnd  Canticles  of  Solomon,  and  the  Prophecfri*  of 
Micflh  from  the  Hebrew.  An  imnroved  Afomo^ 
tc$naron,  ar  Harmony  of  the  GoAprU^  in  a  n^vtaiHl 
Tl       '  ' ''  I  rd    by    Messrs.    Hivington; 

V  WiTTft  frf>m  the  French  |vrUE9 

tlr,iii3r  in  ^*j .    iuMJisicT;     7%fl  PteaMliTCS  of  Pict^^  A] 


A 


8^8.V.  FM-e,"**.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


121 


I 


I 


poem.     A  Key  *.o  Alism  and  the  Highest  Initut' 

tiong;  beinjj  a  treatise  on  the  sjstem  of  univeraal 
theology,  theosophvt  anri  phllosophj.  A  Life  of 
James  Pierrepani  Oreaves^  an  eminent  n>vstic, 
noticed  at  lartre  in  ^In  Moruirs  Hutonj  of  Philo- 
sophy, A  Life  of  Cohton,  the  Bristol  philanthrfi- 
pist.  The  Nete  Bristol  Gnide^  ^c.  Of  course  I 
do  not  mention  u  multitude  of  compilntiooB  to  lead- 
ing journals  and  periodicals, 

Aa  to  the  Adamus  Exul^  to  which  the  inquiry  of 
your  correspondent  ia  especiiilly  directed^  1  would 
mention  that  the  only  original  copies  of  the  Latin 
1  ever  saw  were  two  contained  in  the  library  of  that 
great  book  collector,  Mr.  Heber,  Long  before 
his  death,  he  told  me  he  possessed  them,  and  his 
words  were  verified  ;  for  after  his  death  they  were 
sold  among  the  books  of  his  library.  One  copy 
of  these  scarce  literary  curiosities  passed  into  the 
hands  of  Mr,  Lilly,  the  London  bookseller ;  and  I 
persuaded  my  friend  Mr,  Hal  lam,  the  historian,  to 
have  it  purchased  for  the  British  Museum.  Whe- 
ther it  was  so  or  not  I  cannot  tell.  The  other 
came  into  the  possession  of  a  private  gentleman. 
Both  of  these  copiea  were  kindly  lenl;  to  mc,  and 
1  collated  them  with  Lauder's  edition  of  the  Ada* 
muM  Exnl^  Dr,  Parr's  copy  of  which  I  still  possess. 
I  found  thiit  it  faithfully  agreed  with  the  Latin 
originiil  of  Grotiua,  with  the  exception  of  a  very 
few  words*  My  English  version  of  this  wonderfully 
rare  and  grand  tragedy  is  sometimes  very  literal, 
and  sometimes  merely  paraphrastic,  especially  in 
the  choruses*  But  The  Timesy  and  other  leading 
organs  of  criticism,  seemed  to  grant  in  their  re- 
views that  1  had  established  this  fact — ^that  Milton 
was  more  indebted  to  the  Adatmts  Exul  than  to 
any  poem  in  existence*  It  is  desirable  that  the 
Latin  original  should  be  reprinted.  But  the 
public  taste  for  truly  Mittonic  poetry  is  at  a  very 
low  condition.  I  fear  that  if  new  Miltonswere  now 
to  arise  they  would  suffer  as  much  from  neglect  as 
he  who  received  five  pounds  for  the  copyright  of 
the  noblest  epic  in  the  universe. 

FBAjrcia  Baehaii. 

Bath. 


MR.  WISE. 
(3^  S,  V.  1CM>.) 

As  Warton  in  the  Life  of  sir  Thomas  Pope^ 
published  in  1772,  records  his  obligations  to  •*  the 
late  learned  Mr.  Francis  Wise^  ^keeper  of  the 
archives^"  for  transcripts  of  some  curious  papers 
from  the  collections  of  Strype  and  Charfctt,  I 
cannot  but  conclude  thnt  he  is  the  Mr*  Wise  paid 
to  be  alluded  to  bv  VVarton  in  1790;  but  1  do 
not  find  any  of  his  letters  of  that  date  in  ALuit, 
or  Wood,  or  in  the  Garrick  Carrespondtnce. 

Francis  Wine  whs  educated  at  Oxford,  and 
obtained  a  fellowship  in  Trinity  College,  M.A. 
1717;  B.D,  1727.      At  an    early  period   of   his 


career  he  was  a  Bab-librarian  in  the  Bodleiati ;  in 
1726  was  elected  keeper  of  the  archives ;  and  in 
1750  Rftdclifle  librarian.  He  retained  the  two 
latter  offices  till  his  death  in  1767,  aged  72.  His 
edition  of  the  Annoles  renun  gestarum  ^^Elfredi 
ma^i  seems  to  have  been  carefully  prepared, 
And  the  List  of  340  subscribers  proves  the  esti* 
aiation  in  which  he  tvas  held. 

For  his  otbcr  works,  I  must  refer  to  the  four 
noble  folios,  compiled  by  the  reverend  Bulkeley 
Bandinel  and  his  oiisoclate^,  which  exhibit  to  the 
students  of  all  countries^  at  all  hours^  and  at  a 
very  mo«lerate  expense,  the  incomparable  treasures 
of  the  Bodleian  Library.  Boltok  Cobnbt. 


3 


The  Mr.  Wise  about  whom  Mr.  J.  O.  Halli- 
wEf.L  makes  inquiry  wrs  Radcli6>j  Librarian  at 
Oxfiird,  There  is  a  good  deal  said  of  him  in 
SoswelTs  Johnson  under  the  year  1754,  in  which 
year  Johnson  and  Boswell  visited  him  at  Elslidd. 
He  took  a  great  interest  in  the  gift  of  the  M.A. 
degree  which  Johnson  received  from  the  Univer- 
sity, by  diptomn^  in  February  1755.  A  short 
account  of  him  is  given  in  a  book  ni»t  quite  so 
commonly  seen  as  BosweWs  Johnson — the  Lines 
of  Leland,  Heame^  and  Aniltont/  a  Wood^  edited 
by  Warton  and  Huddesford,  Oxford*  1772.  The 
Life  of  Anthony  «  Wood  was  republished  by  the 
late  Dr.  Bliss  in  1B48,  I  do  nut  know  of  any 
second  issue  of  the  Lives  of  Lelaiid  and  Hearue, 
which  are  contained  in  the  first  of  the  two  volumes 
of  Warton  and  liuddesford.  I  therefore  tran- 
scribe the  passage.  It  is  a  note,  at  p.  26  of  the 
Life  of  Heame :  — 

"  Francis  Wise,  B.D.  was  son  of  Francis  Wise,  Mer- 
cer ill  Oxfordt  and  was  entered  of  Trinity  College  in  the 
year  onei  thousand  seven  hundred  and  eleven,  elected 
schoUr,  and  nfterwanls  Fellow  of  that  Society.  In  1719 
he  was  appointed  Under  Keeper  of  the  Bodleian  Library, 
and  lu  1727  was  elected  Custos  Arcbivorum  bv  the  Cnj» 
versily.  At  this  time  be  was  domestic  chaplain  to  the 
Right  Honourable  the  Karl  of  iiuilford,  then  Lord 
North,  in  whose  family  he  frequently  resided  at  Wroxton 
in  Oxfordshire:  by  that  Noblemai)  he  was  presented  to 
the  Donative  or  Curacy  of  Ebfield  near  Oxford,  under 
whom  also  be  held  a  small  Estate  in  that  Place  on  a  long 
Lease,  upon  which  he  bailt  a  commodiaas  little  Houses 
where  he  resided  during  the  last  Years  of  his  life;  and 
speut  his  Time  in  literary  pursuits,  and  as  an  Aninsemcnt 
in  forming  an  elegant  Garden,  which,  though  a  fmall 

Siece  of  Urouodt  was  diversified  with  every  object  in 
[jniature  that  can  be  found  In  a  larger  Scale  iti  the  most 
admired  Places  tn  this  Kingdom.  In  HqO  he  was  ap- 
pointed Radctiffe  Librarian  by  the  Officers  of  State,  and 
died  October  6»  1767.    He  pabliahed  — 

*  Asserts  Life  of  Alfred' 

*  Account  of  I  ho  Vale  of  White  HorM,  Berks,  1786/ 

*  Of  White  Uii(  Cross  Bucks,' 
•Hed  H«r!n.s  Warwick** 

*Aii  Knquirj'  concerning  tlio  first  InhabitoQt&t  &<*i 
1738.' 

*  History  and  Chrooology  of  the  FAbuions  Ages,  17G4/ 

He  had  a  younger  bioV,\i«t»  ^^VsretX^v^^'^^Tki- ^'S^'^  '^^ 


122 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[S««&y4  WMB.Bp'H. 


Trinity  Collejfe,  Oxford,  an  eminent  tot  or  there;  an  iinl- 
yersal  Scholar,  more  particnlarly  an  excellent  Mathema- 
tician, but  of  anch  extreme  Diffidence  and  Modesty,  that 
had  a  longer  life  been  allowed  him,  the  public  never 
would  have  reaped  any  advantage  from  his  Studies.  He 
died  in  1750.  This  note  is  subjoined  to  preserve  the 
Memory  of  a  worthy  Man  which  otherwise  will  be  loet" 

To  this  extract  I  will  only  add  that  many  Oxford 
men,  all  who  were  fond  of  that  beautiful  walk  to 
Elsfield,  will  recollect  Mr.  Wise's  garden,  in 
which  some  at  least  of  the  *'  objects  **  mentioned 
by  Warton  and  Huddesford  were  visible  when  1 
was  last  in  Elsfield.  I  am  sorry  that  I  can  give 
no  account  of  '*  the  destination  of  his  papers.** 

D.  P. 

Stuarts  Lodge,  Malvern  Wells. 


"Ohe  Swallow  dobs  not  makb  a  Summer** 
(8^  S.  V.  OS.)  —  All  poetical  references  which  I 
have  seen  speak  of  the  appearance  of  swallows  a» 
harbingers  of  summer  only.  The  readers  of 
'*  N.  &  Q.**  may  nossibly  remember  an  impromptu 
attributed  to  Sheridan  when  George  lY*  was 
Prince  of  Wales.  One  very  cold  day  the  prince 
came  into  a  coffee-house  where  Sheridan  happened 
to  be,  and  called  for  something  to  drink  to  warm 
him.  He  was  so  pleased  with  the  first  glass  that 
he  called  for  a  second,  and  then  a  third,  and  then 
declared  himself  comfortable.  Sheridan  imme- 
diately wrote  on  a  Dlip  of  paper  the  following 
lines,  and  handed  them  to  George :  — 
**  The  Prince  came  in,  and  said  'twas  cold, 

Then  put  to  his  mouth  the  rummer, 
Till  swallow  after  awalbw  came. 

When  he  pronounced  it  sumtner.* 


Dublin. 


J.  0*B. 


I  would  add  to  examples  from  Horace,  for 
R.  C.  Hbath*8  information,  a  citation  from  Cow- 
ley, exactly  what  that  correspondent  desires. 
(••  Anacreontic  xi.  The  Swallow.**)  Our  poet  re- 
proaches this  vivacious  and  active,  but  tuneless 
bird,  fur  breaking  his  rest  and  rubbing  him  of  a 
delightful  dream.  It  commences :  — 
"  Foolish  prater;  what  dost  thou 

So  early  at  my  wlndoir  do 
With  thy  tuneless  serenade?  " 

and  concludes  thus,  which  is  to  the  purpose  of 
R.  C.  H. :  -.  r    k™ 

**  Thou  this  damage  to  repair. 
Nothing  half  so  tweet  or  fair ; 
Nothinff  hair  so  good  can'st  bring. 
Though  mtn  toy  thorn  Irin^ti  tht  Spring." 

J.  A.  G. 

Bermuda  (S'^  S.  iv.  397.)  —You  might  add  to 
your  (juotations,  in  further  illustration  of  a  diver- 
sity ot  opinion  u|>on  the  same  subject,  the  follow- 
ing from  two  works  of  good  repute  :  — 

*lt  is  onlvtrtally  agreed  that  the  nature  of  tha  Ber- 
da  lalanda  has  imdergoiM  a  snrpriaiDg  aharaOon  t9t 


th«  worse  since  they  were  first  discovered ;  the  air  bang 
much  more  inolamcnt,  and  the  soil  much  mor«  barrea 
i  than  formerly  ....  In  short  the  Summer  Isbnds 
are  now  far  from  being  desirable  spots  ....  The 
water  on  the  islands,  except  that  which  falls  from  the 
clouds,  is  brackish,  and  at  present  the  aanM  dlaeaaeB 
reign  there  as  in  the  Caribee  Islands  ....  Tha 
north  or  north -eaat  wind  renders  the  air  very  cold.**— 
DobsQn*8  EmevcioptuHa,  1798. 

**  The  islands  are  healthy,  the  climate  is  delightfiaL" — 
New  American  Cyelopcsdkh  1858. 

If  Selbahb*8  object  is  a  literary  one,  this  note 
from  Pinker ton*8  Qeograpky  may  nelp  him  :  — 

•'In  the  Noom»  OrhiM  of  De  Laet  (pp.  27-80)  there  is 
some  interesting  information  concerning  these  taland^" 

Also  the  description  in  Raynal*s  HUt  of  the  Eati 
and  West  Indies^  iti.  524. 

From  my  own  knowledge  I  can  state  (what 
everybody  knows  perhaps),  that  it  is  the  custom 
for  invalids  to  spend  the  autumn  and  winter  there, 
until  about  the  middle  of  February,  when  they 
generally  leave  for  Santa  Cruz  (also  called  rery 
unhealthy  by  some  writers),  the  Havana,  or  else- 
where, the  prevailing  winds  of  the  "  vexed  Ber- 
moothes**  beginning  at  that  season  to  be  terf 
unpleasant.  With  the  exception  of  the  etify 
spring  months  the  climate  is  delicious. 

I  observe  the  variety  of  spelling  Summer, 
Summers,  Sommers,  and  Somers.  The  same  oc- 
curs in  the  name  of  Sir  George  Somers,  from 
whom  the  name  of  the  group  is  said  to  come.  If 
age  gives  authoritv,  see  Smith's  Oeneral  Histarii 
of  Virgima,  New  JSneland,  and  the  Summer  Isles  ; 
but  the  title  is  all  I  know  of  the  book,  having 
never  seen  it.  But,  ajjain,  A  Plaine  Description 
of  the  Barmudas^  now  called  Sommer  Island^^  with 
the  manner  of  their  Discoveries  anno  1609.  By 
W.  C,  London,  1613. 

Since  writing  the  above,  I  have  made  a  note  of 

Letters  from  the  West  Indies,  by  William  Lloyd, 

M  D.,  London,  1838;  An  Historical  and  Statisti' 

cat  Account  of  the  Bermudas  from  their  discoverjf 

I  to  the  present  Time,  by  Wm.  F.  Williams,  London, 

I  1848 ;  Bermuda,  by  a  Field  Officer,  London,  1857. 

'  St.  T. 

"Pig  AMD  Whistle'*  (3'*  S.  iv.  101.)  --  Pro- 
bably many  of  your  readers  are  familiar  with  this 
name  at  Cambridge.     I  believe  it  existed  once  on 
the  signboard  of  an  inn  in  Trinity  Street,  now 
called  the  Blue  Boar;  but,  however  this  may  be, 
a  few  years  back  it  was  the  popular  cognomen  for 
a  new  hostel  built  opposite  the  Gate  of  Trinity 
College.     The  arjrument  for  the  name  being  at- 
tached to  this  building  was  rather  a  droll  one.     It 
was  because  it  was  situated  midway  between  a  cer- 
tain college  (which  shall  be  nnmeloss)  whose  so- 
ciety was  styled,   in  rival -undergraduate  slang, 
j  *^  Pigs,**  and  another  whose  Principal  has  a  name 
i  said  to  be  uDpronoonoeable  without  a  ^  whistle.** 
!  B.  C.  L. 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES, 


ISS 


ii,    388,) — The   bookseller   Hugo    Suringar,    of 
Leeuw;ird<;n  writes  to  me  :  — 

**  If  you  have  not  yet  replied  to  ibe  aecond  part  of 
W,  C.'s  query  ia  the\Via»w#cAe»*,  voq  might  lell  bifn» 
there  ejtista  a  Ffisic  OrAnnnar  bv  Fla*k«  rBvis*d  by  De 
Ha«n  Hettema  in  Iddi  (|iric«  fi.  180,  or  dr);  tbat, 
betides,  in  1868,  «  rerr  concise  Frisic  Graoiroar  wm  pab- 
li«hed  by  Colmjin  (for  about  fl.  I,  otr  1«.  M.);  and 
that  tbe'  Frtiic  Vi>C4ibularies  are*  tliAt  on  the  Poema  of 
Gysbert  Juplx,  by  Epketna,  in  4tcs  182-4  (antiquarjAn 
price  fl  5,  or  8t.  id,}  ao  excelkot  buok;  Kiehthofcn, 
AI(frk9mhu  WUrttr^eh,  in  4to^  1840  (fl.  7  k  A,  10, 
lit.  $d.  to  l<j«.   84I,  nntiquAHiaii  pric«):  I  think  out  of 

iHm":    '■    I'"'"  ^^   *' '^.  Proere  can  een,  Prieseh  Neder- 

o,  1832  (a.  1»U  Sd) 
Uf  I  have  ifaeMi  all  for  s&Ia.  I 
BhouM  tJiua  be  able  to  duit  3'our  querist,  and  further  ac- 
commod/ite  him  with  any  production  of  Friaic  literature 
be  might  de«ire,  lu  1  try' to  keep  these  iu  Mock  as  com- 
pletely ai  poMible. 

**  IWgive  tne,  that  I,  though  totally  tmi cquAioted  irith 
you,  yet  make  free  to  forward  you  the  above:  the  pur- 
pon  of  the  Navortehcr  wUI,  I  hope,  be  promoted  by  11," 
JoBK  H.  YAM  Lbukjip. 
iK9ar  Dtrecht» 


£' 


RAVB  OF  PooJ^qoKTAS  (2**  S.  VlL  403.)^ 
"  I  cm,  Jnrj*'.— 0«,  Lord  Carew.  ExtrecUfrora  Letter 
1  irm  of  a  journal  :— 
ried  from  Virginia  and  brought 

-  thiit  country  to  be  educated  in 

England.  One  Hoife  aiiK)  brought  his  vrife,  Porahuntat, 
the  daughter  of  Powhatan.  **  the  BarharoiM  Prince/'^ 
R  Jt.     (  Caiendar  a/  State  Paperg,  CJoboial  Seriee,  1574- 

ledo.) 

*'  1(117,  18  Jan.  Lo&dou.— The  Virginian  woman  Foes* 
huutas  httfl  been  vrith  the  King.  She  it  r^turuing  liome^ 
sore ogainst  h<T  will." — P.  4^8.  {Calendar  0/ State  Fapfrh 
Domettie  Berica,  1611— J  616.) 

•*  1617,  29  March,  London*  — The  Vjrgitiijin  womaa 
filed  At  Gravesend  on  her  retuni/' — P.  454.  {CaUndar  of 
Siaie  Fiipers,  Domestic  Series,  IGli— 1G18.) 

Sboulcl  not  tb^  tlate  of  her  burial  b«  March  21, 
IGff.  uiateud  of  Mojf2U  ltjl6.  The  tburch  uf 
St.  G(?orge  at  Grave siend  was  destroyed  by  lira 
ID  17:i7,  where  she  was  buried.  I  itic^ose  you  m 
IransL'jjpt  from  tbe  pariah  register  that  waa  sent 
to  we  in  1859 1*- 

**lC16,May2J,  Rebecca  Wrtytbe,WYif  of  Thomas  Wroth,  I 
e^t.f  a  Virginia  Lady  borne,  waa  bahed  in  the  Chauaa-  | 

O.  J.  Hat. 

FiKosia  OF  HiHDoo  Gotjs  (a"*  8»  V.  73,)  —  In 

HIggins**  AHQcalypm  H.  C.  will  find  »ome  curious 
ppeculations  and  tht/ories  on  this  subject.     How-  I 
ever,  I  have  not  the  book  xvithin  reach,  and  rhcre-  ' 
fore   cannot   pive   partii-uhir  references.     Enne-  | 
tno^er,  in  )mHiit  o//l/#/^i>?CHowitt*s  transhitiim, 

I  Bohn*fi    Sciiffitific    Library,    vol.  i.  pp.  251-'i7l)»  | 
givei  lo  thig   syrnbci]    a   magnetic   inferpretntion. 
lipw  fur  rhiH  4n-ciilled  mat^neftc  hand  is  connected 
With  the  ■  '    "     '  nid  of  the  Konians  seems  doubt- 
tul.    On  Bee  a  note  of  Douce  on  a  pas- 

I  sage  m  ^^nt^  * .  JoHW  AjDotB, 


LoitGiTiTT  Of  Cumeruwsf  (»*•  9.  v,  22,  44  )— 
The  Rev,  James  Powell,  cloie  upon  eighty  veari 
of  age,  haa  *>een  over  filty  yean  curate  of  Dill* 
wyn,  in  Herefordshire,  and  is  so  §tilL      R.  C.  L. 

I  send  you  iin  extract  from  the  Preston  Chr(mi~ 
de  of  January  23»  1864  :  -r- 

**  On  Friday  last  (Jan.  I9tb),  the  venerable  rector  at 
Croaton,  the  Reverend  Streynaham  Master,  M-A.,  died  a|  t 
the  rectory  there,  at  the  p'atriarrhal  age  of  !f7.  The  de-* 
ceaaed,  both  in  ye«w  and  In  length  of  mi&ii«ierial  mrvic4^ 
yra*  the  oldest  tfergyman  iu  LoncaabTre,  having  bee  it  in  th# 
^  J ve  seventy- five  years.  He  was  a)«o  the  ohleal 

>i  rg>'man,  having  been  induL-ted  to  the  roclorj 

f  1  .  .  ...  uu  the  death  of  bis  father,  in  1798,  and  had 
thua  been  iu  the  enjoyment  of  that  valuable  benefice 
above  six tv -five  years'.  His  Ikther,  the  Rer.  Robart 
Maner,  D  D,  wat  'the  ractor  from  May,  l'^i>.  to  Sep* 
tember,  1708,  so  that  the  incumbency  of  father  and  son 
ea^tended  over  the  letig  period  of  nearly  105  yeara,  a  rara 
ioalaocQ  of  prolonged  eDJoymeni  of  aa  ecclesiaatical  b«* 
□efiea.*' 

PjisaToMTBiiaia. 

**  AvTtterk  OF  gooH  to  Titbr  I  ftjxii "  (3'*  8.  iy* 
353.) — Some  few  weeks  ajijo  a  correspondent  In* 
quired  who  wrote  tJie  hymn,  commencing  **  A»ithoF 
of  good  we  rest   on  Thee.**     He  will  find  it  in 
Marti  ne8u*9  By  mm  for  the  ChrUtian  Churth  and 
Home,,  attributed  to  Merrick  ;  but,  as  lliut  version 
seem^  lo  difler  in  a  few  pJucrs  frotn  the  one  printed 
in  **  N*  k  Q,,**  I  append  a  copy  :  — 
"Author  ofgrwail !  to  Thee  I  ttiru  ; 
Thy  ever  wnkeful  eye 
AJone  can  nil  my  wnnVs  disaefVV 
Tby  hand  alone  suppty. 
**0  let  Thy  fear  within  me  dwell, 
Tby  love  my  footsteps  guide ; 
That  love  shall  vainer  loves  expd, 
Thdt  fear  all  fears  beside. 
"And  ainee,  by  passion's  fort^  sabdtwd. 
Too  oft,  with  stubhorn  will 
We  blindly  shun  the  latent  good, 
And  grasp  the  specious  HI ; 

*•  3fot  to  mv  wish,  but  to  mv  want, 

DoTUn-  '^ 'v 

The  good  V  grant 

Th«Hl.  •.       ^  :  ny." 

E.  Y*  Hbwkkjiw. 

Richardson  Family  (JX^  S.  v.  7*2.)— Tliough 
I  cannot  ofi'er  a  satisfactory  reply  to  your  corre- 
spondent, or  trace  out  the  various  brandies  of  the 
Richardson  family,  I  may  point  out  some  inac- 
curacies in  his  t|uery.  No  person  t>f  the  name  of 
Conon  Richardson  is  recorded  as  Abbot  of  Per- 
flbore,  either  in  Du^dale,  Stevens,  or  Styles*»  his- 
tory of  the  Abbey ;  but  Ui  a  person  of  this  name, 
the  Sheldon  fiimily,  who  received  the  grant 
at  the  dissolution  of  monasteriea,  conveyed  the 
manors  of  Pershore.  Hiu  son  married  Anne, 
daufihier  of  Leonard  Meysey  (not  Maxey)  of 
Sheeh en  hurst,  near  Bewdley. 

At  the  close  of  the  seventeenth  century,  there 
existed  in  the  Abbey  church  of  T^vks^^^vx^  ^^ 
taoaum^t  to  CckH^ti  l^v^CkSC^&cstL — ^**"  ^  ^fljtf*^^ 


124 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


Ca'A  S.  V.  Fkji.  6* 


fkmiliA  de  Persbor  onuELdo;"  who  died  nged 
eighty-six.  The  tomb  was  erected  by  his  only 
son  Edward,  and  may  possibly  be  now  in  the 
church.  The  arms — Argt.  on  a  chief  sable,  three 
lions'  heads  erased  of  [live  first],  langued  gules  — 
are  drawn  on  my  MS. 

Tbe  Richardson  family  have  eo  long  been  ex- 
tinct in  the  county  of  Worcester,  that  we  have 
lost  all  trace  of  their  descendants  i  but  the  stately 
Abbey  of  Perahore,  whose  property  they  once 
held — a  small  part  indeed  of  its  ancient  mai^ni - 
ficence— is  under  restoration  by  Mr.  Gilbert 
Scott ;  who,  I  understand,  thinks  its  ojreat  Iant«rn 
tower  was  erected  by  the  same  architect^  or  by  a 
clo^e  imitator  of  him,  who  built  the  steeple  of 
Salisbury  Cathedral,     Thomas  E.  Winnijigton, 

An  account  of  the  parentage  and  descendants  of 
8ir  Thomfts  Richardson  will  be  found  in  the  sixth 
volume  of  Fo5S*s  Judges  ofEnglandy  p.  359.  He  was 
created  a  Serjeant*at-Law  in  Michaelmas  Terra, 
161 4t  and  King's  Serjeant  in  February,  1625  ; 
was  chosen  Speaker  of  the  Parliament  that  met 
in  January,  1620-1  ;  appointed  Chief  Justice  of 
the  Common  Plens  in  November,  1626  ;  and  pro- 
moted to  the  Presidency  of  the  Court  of  King's 
Bench  in  October,  1631. 

The  two  representations  of  arms  in  Dugdale^s 
Originejt  Juridicialei  are  oi"  the  same  person.  One 
in  p.  240,  in  the  chapel  of  Lincoln's  Inn,  of  which 
society  he  was  a  member,  put  up  Mrhen  he  was 
Speaker  in  1620-1  ;  and  the  other,  in  p.  238,  in 
Lincoln's  Inn  Hull,  when  he  became  Clbief  Jus> 
tice  of  the  Common  PJeaa. 

There  was  no  other  serjeant  of  the  name  during 
the  reigns  of  James  L  or  Charles  I.         E.  A.  O, 

Th«  Lapwnio  (3^^  S.  v.  10,  77.)  —  Notwitb- 
stantlin^  the  lexicographers,  I  cannot  think  it 
likely  that  the  same  word  would  have  been  used 
to  designate  two  such  very  dissimilar  birds  as  the 
kpwin«j  or  peewit,  and  the  hoopoe ;  and  there  can 
be  but  little  doubt,  I  should  suppose,  that  ^ir<4, 
upupa,  pttptt,  hiippe^  or,  as  given  in  the  Petit  Ap- 
faral  Hoyal,  hupe^  are  only  various  forms  of  tne 
latter  name. 

That  the  common  name  for  the  lapwing  in 
former  days  was  peewit  would  appear  from  what 
Mr*  Mackenzie  Walcot  calls  "the  Bursars 
RebuM,"  in  one  of  the  windows  of  the  Bursary  at 
New  College,  Oxford,  vir.  a  lapwing  with  the 
vu)lto  "  Kedde  quod  debis ;  ^  i.  e.  ptty  i7,  or  pay 
weifght,  which  has  long  been  its  traditional  reu* 
dering. 

In  the  west  country  I  cannot  find  that  it  bcirs 
any  other  name  than  peewit;  and  it  certuinly 
ieesns  to  me  exceedintdy  impn^bable  that  its  name 
ihould  have  been  altoiieiher  chanited,  and  it« 
former  designation  utterly  lost,  during  the  cum- 
>  paratively  suurt  peritni  of'l50  yearf,  tn  the  neigh- 
Douring  couotiee  of  Dorset  and  Somei^t. 


The  question,  then^  still  remains  what 
these  tDapejt^f  or  jwpot^  or  pops^  or  poupn  wp»^n 
whose  unnappy  heads  a  price  was  set  Viy  tnir  nide 
forefathers  in  vestry  n5seinbl»:d  ?  If  1  rnijjht 
hazard  a  conjecture,  I  shotild  be  inclined  to  »up- 
gest,  though  with  some  difliidettce,  that  they  luisriit 
have  been  bullfinches^  which  birds,  under  the  oaiue 
o^mopeSy  or  tnwoaps,  are  still  buttoojustJy  retjarde«i 
in  the  west  with  the  tiercest  animosity,  on  account 
of  their  bud-destroying  propensities.  The  curiotit 
interchange  of  the  letters  M.  and  P.  in  the  nick- 
names Molly  and  Polly,  Matty  and  Patty,  Meg  and 
Peg,  rather  helps  my  supposition. 

C.  W.  BtKlSttAW. 

We  need  nnt^,  I  think,  go  to  Old  French  fur  »be 
word  pifpe^  aa  applied  to  a  bird.  The  hnllfinrh  is 
so-named  in  some  parts  of  England^  aod  he  bat 
always  had  a  bad  repute  as  a  mischief- nuiker  in 
gardens  and  orchards.  Jatokb. 

I  think  that  I  can  elucidate  the  mystery  which 
at  present  hangs  over  the  parochial  accounts  in- 
ferred to  by  your  correspondent  W.  W,  S.  Pope. 
Nope,  Alp,  Red-Hoop,  and  Tony- Hoop,  nre  all 
provincial  appellations  of  that  beaut* ful  and  ia* 
teresting,  but  very  destructive  bird,  the  cornmun 
Bullfinch.  To  li^  mischievous  propensiries  orm- 
thologists,  from  Witlughby  downwards,  have  un- 
fortunately been  compelled  to  testify. 

'*  Libentissime  veacuntur  pKniia  illis  geiiimis  ^ 
boribus  ante  foHa  cc  florej  erumpentibus,  pn»:ipii«  S( 
Mali,    Pyrit    Peraica;,  alimruniqQe   hortensium,  a4i  ^^_^^ 
noa  lev«  damaam  hortulanis  infeniat,  fitiibus    idi^ref^ 
maxima  invUae  sunt  et  odiosas/' 

Thus  writes  Willughby.  I  could  give  quof attons 
to  the  same  effect  from  Montagu,  Selby,  Yan-*-!!, 
and  many  others  ;  but  I  have  cited  quite  enough 
to  show  **  why  a  price  should  have  been  put  on  ** 
popes'  or  woopes*  or  hoops'  heads  by  clrurch- 
wardens  at  the  commeDcement  of  the  eighiecnth 
century,  W,  T. 

Worcestar. 

WiixiAM  Mitch  ELI*,  thk  Grkat  Tiwclaeiah 
DocToa  (S*"**  S.  V.  74.) — For  information  respect- 
ing this  oddest  of  characters,  J.  O.  cannot  do 
better  than  consult  the  very  valuable  and  most 
interesting  JJomestic  AnnaU  of  Satttand,  written 
by  Robert  Chambers,  LL.D.,  &c.,  vol.  iii.  p.  358. 
Sec  also,  Traditiorui  of  Edinburgh  (p.  42),  ijy  tli« 
author,  William  PtffitKBTOii, 


Elma,  a  CnatsTiAK  Namk  (a'^  S,  v.  97.)— In 
answer  to  the  query  of  J.  G.  N.,  I  have  to  say 
that  Elnia  was  the  name  hv  which  (he  lat#»  Lady 
Elgin  WHS  fjittiiriarly  called,  aa  he  Buppo*cii.  froia 
the  firtt  ^yllabh:*^  of  her  two  Christian  namet* 
Her  diiughter  was  so  christened ;  her  fathc^r,  tH 
his  distress  at  her  mother's  deaths  being  utuibld 
to  think  of  any  other  name. 

Orh  or  u&ft  iiBAJUiaT  Ruw^Ttirat* 


Natter  (3**  S.  v.  64.)— One  query  begetii 
mmiy.  Your  correspondent  B.  L*  of  Colchester, 
wlitle  senrcbing  for  the  origin  of  ibo  simile  **  Mud 
as  A  batter,**  oas  dug  up  some  etymologicul  re- 
mains, which  lead  my  thoughts  in  another  direc- 
tion. When,  at  Carabrid|Lie»  wc  used  to  make 
botanical  ejccursiona  under  the  delightful  guidance 
of  the  late  Professor  Henslow,  we  used  to  be 
shown  at  Gamlingay  a  species  of  toad  found  in 
that  neighbourhood,  and  known  to  the  villagers 
as  the  natter-jack.  What  is  natter  in  this  word  ? 
Is  it  the  German  word  for  adder,  or  li  it  merely 
a  corruption  of  the  English  word  adder  —  as  thus, 
an  adder-jack^  a  natter -jock,  and  so  called  from  the 
fact  that  the  animal  in  question  crawU  instead  of 
hoppin^r  like  common  toads  ?  Does  the  word 
occur  in  any  other  compounds  among  obsolete  or 
merely  local  names  of  reptiles  P 

Alfred  AiirGSB. 

Alrewas*  Lichfield. 

Caspar  de  Nava&be  :  Sfemglb  (3'*  S.  iv.  88.)— 
It  would  seem,  from  the  notice  in  the  Bibliotheca 
Hispana  Nova^  that  there  was  a  Latin  version  of 
Gaspar  de  Navarre's  work  ;  but  perhaps  Antonio 
transUittfd  part  of  the  title  only.  I  believe  the 
Spanish  book  is  very  scarce,  but  there  is  a  eopy 
in  the  British  Museum  :■ — 

*•  Tribunal  de  SupersLicion  Ladina,  dirigido  a  JeJim 
Nature  DO,  por  el  Doctor  Gaspar  NavArrov  canonigo  de  la 
santA  if^kma  de  Jesoj  Nazjireno  de  MontaragoQ,  nature! 
lie  la  ViiU  de  Aronda  de  Moocago.  Hueeca,  IGSV*  4to, 
pp.  244. 

The  passage,  corresponding  with  that  quoted, 
is:  — 

*^  Malpfido  tacito  1  lam  an  ]os  mago<!  a  a<qiid  que  se  dk  a 
laa  Brujafi,  para  que  no  ttientan  loa  tormentos  que  les  da 
la  juatici'i :  esle  sm  suele  dar  por  comidn  o  por  bevido  o9 
le*  jmprime  cl  Deroonio  en  loa  eirpaldas,  o  lea  pone  y  ub- 
soondtt  en  Ire  la  came  y  el  pellejo,  para  que  no  digan  la 
verda*!,  annque  mas  les  alormenteii:  como  lo  dixen  los 
Inquisidores  de  Germanio,  in  Malim,  part.  i.  quaL^t,  14. 
Y  C4in  cuofi  hechixos  dU*  se  eMtau  burlaodo,  y  riendo  de 
lo9  tormcntoa;  y  para  que  e^ta^  no  sientan,  sucic  cl  De- 
lUiinio  Apliciir  remediojt  fri^idissimos,  Y  viendo  eito  la 
ite  barbara  se  espantan  mucho,  p&recieadole^  que  ee 
miln;^rou,  y  es  dcrto  que  no  lo  es;  porquo  e^to  lo 
'  i>emionio»  el  quel,  cutno  tengo  provado  en  la«  dia- 
dafl,  no  puede  hazer  miiagro^     Pero  haze  el 

tAto,  poniendo  cierloa  medicahientos,  qu«  quie- 

'  leu  0  entorpetean  el  Mniido,  o  detergan  el  iuBuxo  de  la 
fiicultiiJ  uaitiifll  a  los  organoa  en  el  lal  persona,  que  cau- 
e«u  hum  ores  craaos,  y  gruesoa  qae  tmpieden  la  via,  pa- 
raque  loa  eapirituii  vi tales  no  piL&»eji  a  la«  partes  exleri- 
orea  y  assi  tmpieden  el  oecitimiento  y  dolor.  Otras  veces 
d  mo^mo  Domonio  »e  apodera  ^i    i  ^teriores 

pof  *i  proptm  para  que  no  sicn  ie  cosai 

nttlufnlt!S  en  quantitad  bate  me^li  ,        urban  l<is 

humoru;  otrof  veees  detieue  el  Uemonto  km  ionneiitofl» 
ao  tlojgrn#»n  »!  ««iMi!mjVnto»  subllevando  al  pacienLe^  y 
alh  '  '   -,   floxos, 

y  ijiancift^ 

qu'  ^  Ujj  coEiaa 

iorp<yri»l«*  ipi  liiua  ^e  ila  iMiviicia)  hiug&  lu  uaa  quiere 
delfa«."^P.56,  U 


Author  of  MalletiM   MaUJicorum^  which  is  often 
cit^d  by  Gaspnr  de  Navarre.  Fitzhopkihs. 

Gairick  Clab. 

Epitaph  :  "  Hcm:  mt  NjsscimB  "  (3'*  S.  v.  83.)— 
This  epitaph  (as  written,  3'*  S.  iv.  474)  is  in- 
scribed  on  a  monument  in  the  church  of  the  vil- 
lage of  Atcham,  near  Shrewsbury.  Whether  then 
and  there  original,  I  know  not  The  mode  of 
sentiment  would  sugofest  Bocthiua  (Anieius)  or 
Laetantius,  as  the  author,  rather  than  the  cele- 
brated Bishop  of  Hippo.     ^  J.  L. 

Dublin. 

Aro.  a  Sai-tijib  Az.  (S'^  S.  iv*  325.)— This 
coat  of  arms,  mentioned  by  your  correspondent, 
jippertaina  to  the  family  of  Yorke,  of  Bewerley, 
Yorkshire.  See  Burke*s  UUtory  of  the  Com- 
moners of  Great  Britain  and  Ireland  (edit.  1838), 
vol.  iv,ju.  744.  Caailfobo, 

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.  i  iiidito  Gijda  —  The 

ibew  Lookc^Lord 

First  — The  Oath 

of  Picric  toy  WU- 

rie  Bridge  —  UUck, 

JO  of  £dwanl.  Second 


I 


QuKBiES  WITH  A?i»WBRa:—Haioti  Crest:  ••Hoamoiit"— 
Trousers  —  Dr.  Georpt*  QUvrt  —  Bbhop  Andrewcs*  Will  — 
Top  of  his  Bent  —  Blind  Alehouse.  13*. 

REPLIES :  — A  Fi»*«  iwfn.^.  r,f  P.vr,^  ii-?  — Socrmfees'Oath 
bjthe  rK)g,  V  IR5,  /&.  — Ro- 

man Games,  i  imp  Ehityon 

Painters'  C*iiv^.  ^...„.>...u ..,  ^ ,..;  .  .„  Old  Bridge  at 
NcwingtOTi  —  Mftiden  Caaile  — Eye  HauHti  Dot  Cards  — 
Newhaven  in  France  — Lewis  Morris  — Twelfth  Ntght: 
the  worst  Pun  ~  Sir  Edward  May  —  Quotation  —  Toad- 
eater  —  Crapaudlne  —The  Owl  —  BuAldie— Paassge  in 
Tennyson^  Ac,  141. 

Notes  on  Bookie  tt. 


I 


SCHLESWICK:  THE  DAKiVE-WERKE. 

Tbe  war  now  dbturbing  Denmark  bag  recalled 
attention  to  the  very  ancient  fortification  which 
forms*  a  defence  for  Jutland  from  attacks  on  the 
southern  frontier*  Torfseus  says  the  name  is  not 
Dana^verh  "  Danomm  opus/'  but  Danu'virki^ 
"  Danorum  TallunV*  or  the  "  Danish  entreucb- 
saept;'*  and  the  narratives  of  various  assaults 
which  it  ha^  withstood^  and  of  ltd  vicisi^itudes  of 
destruction  and  restoration,  are  to  be  found  in  the 
collections  of  Lanr^ebek,  Wormiua,  and  Suhm^ 
as  well  aM  in  the  Saga  of  Olaf  Trygg\'e3on  and 
Others  of  the  Korse  chronicles. 

There  is  some  confusion  as  to  the  time  of  its 
original  construction*  Mr,  Laing,  in  bis  version 
of  the  Heifmkn'ttgla^  says  in  a  note  at  p,  390|  vol,  i* 
that  it  was  rmsvA  by  Harald  Blaatand  to  resist 
the  incuraioiia  of  Charlemagne ;  and  the  Archjc- 
ologteal  Society  of  Copenhiisren,  in  their  Index 
to  the  Scripta  Hi&torica  Jslandorum,  vol.  xii. 
p*  118,  describe  it  as  "vallum  vel  munimentura 
illiistret  in  finibus  Daniie  merldlonalibus  posi- 
tum ;  tpiod  a  Regina  Thyria  filioque  Ilaraldo  cog* 
nomine  Blaioijn  extructum  esse  fertun" 

Hilt  \vh  itever  ihc  dare  of  its  orif^miil  formntion, 
tin  V>Ie  work  was  in  conn  nn 

ail  \  in  the  time  of  the  K  W  v  e* 

aon,  who  reigned  in  Norway  betweeu  am.  O^J  and 


1000 ;  and  his  Sag»  nfiounts  ilie  two  espeditlonB 
conducted  by  the  Emperor  Otho,  to  compel  the 
Dimea  by  force  of  arms  to  conform  to  Christianity. 
In  the  second  of  these,  when  Otho,  a;d.  996,  led 
an  army  to  the  Daneverk,  its  condition  is  thus 
deficribed  in]  the  Saga :  — 

"^De  meridie  Ottho  Imperator  venians,  Danarirkum 
accesait,  taanimentoruni  tstius  valli  defenaore  cum  soia 
Hakono  Jarlo.  Danevirki  autem  ea  erat  constitutio,  nt  ab 
utroque  inari  doo  ainus  longiui  iu  eonttneotem  pmsljaiit, 
inter  iatimoi  quorum  receAsiis  relictum  torna  niatiiiin 
mmuarant  Dini^  ducto  ex  lapide,  cespite,  atque  arbontaoa 
vallo,  extra  qood  fo&sa  lata  at  quo  profunda  in  aitum  <yrat; 
depresaa,  sed  ad  portas  disposita  castella."  —  Saorri  Stor» 
leaon,  HeitiaJhrif^a,  voL  L  p.  217. 

Another  version  of  the  same  Saga,  edited  by 
Svienbjorn  Egilsaon,  in  the  collection  of  the  histo* 
rians  of  Iceland,  published  by  tbe  Royal  Society 
of  Copenhagen,  gives  some  minuter  particulars, 
describing  the  nature  of  the  country  between  the 
Eider  and  the  Schlei ;  — 

"  Duo  sinus  hinc  illinc  in  terram  iniinuant ;  Inter  Ul- 
tima vero  ainuum  bmcbia  Danj  aggerem  altum  et  firnmm 
extnierant,  etc* — C«mteni  quiquc  pasaiis  portam  habebant 
cui  fluperstructum  erat  caAtellum  ad  defenaionem  munf- 
menti ;  nam  pro  singnlifi  portis  pons  fosas  erat  impoaitus." 
— Scrip.  Hiit,  laloMiia,  L  L  144 :  see  also  i^*,  U  x.  328, 
etc*  I  xL23* 

History  it  is  said  repeats  itself;  and  the  result 
of  the  assault  of  the  Emperor  Otho  has  a  parallel 
in  the  present  war  between  the  Prussians  and  the 
Danes :  when  the  former,  instead  of  persevering 
in  the  attack  on  the  Danne-verke,  turned  the 
flank  of  tbe  defenders  by  a  movement  across  the 
Schlei,  by  which  they  succeeded  in  landing  their 
troops  in  the  rear  of  the  great  embankment- 
Precisely  the  same  strategy  is  stated,  in  the  Saga, 
to  have  been  resorted  to  by  the  German  Emperor 
nearly  a  thousand  years  before.  Earl  Hakon, 
who  commanded  on  the  side  of  the  Danes,  so  suc- 
cessfully repulsed  every  assault  of  tbe  enemy, 
that  Otho  fell  back  towards  the  south  ;  collected 
bis  ships  of  war  at  the  mouth  of  the  Schlei, 
landed  them  t^  tbe  north  of  the  Danne-verke, 
and  eventually  achieved  a  victory.  The  cata- 
strophe is  thuB  narrated  in  the  Saga  of  Olaf  Trygg- 
veaon:  — 

**Ceddcrc  Jbi  ex  Imperatoris  acie  pluriml,  nutlo  ad 
vallum  capiendi  emoluniento ;  quarc  Imperator  (re  noa 
Piepioa  t€ntatal)inde  deeeaait  ....  turn  flexo  mox 
Skovicum  versum  itinere,  cum  totam  illuc  olaseem  aoci- 
Ytiratt  e.xercituni  indo  iu  Jnllajidiam  traasportavlL'* — 
HdrnMhinglti^  torn.  i.  p.  218. 

This  battle  is  celebrated,  in  the  VelUkkt^  in  ft  | 
pas^iige    thus   rendered    into    Engliah    by    Mr* 

Laing :  — 

"  Earl  Hakon  drove*  by  daring  deeds, 
The*e  Saxons  to  their  ocean  sleeds; 
And  the  young  hero  saved  from  fall 
The  DAoavork— the  ptopte*a  walL** 


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[d^flLY.  FKa.ia»%i 


A  VflTlT  ARCHBISHOP. 

An  industrious  studenti  a  deep  thmkeri  an  acute 
reason er,  a  learned  mind,  a  correct,  and  at  times, 
elegant  writer  —  these  are  titlei  of  honour  which 
the  mere  outside- world,  travelling  in  its  flying 
roilway-carriage,  will  gladly  award  to  the  l»te 
Archbishop  of  Dublin,  Not  so  familiar  are  cer- 
tain minor  and  more  curious  ^ifta,  which  he  kept 
by  hira  for  his  own  and  hia  friends*  entertainment, 
which  broke  out  at  timea  on  more  public  occa- 
sions. He  delighted  in  the  oddities  of  thought, 
in  queer  quaint  distinctions ;  and  if  an  object  had 
by  any  possibility  some  strange  distorted  aide  or 
corner,  or  even  point,  which  waa  undermost,  he 
would  gladly  stoop  down  his  mind  to  get  timt 
precise  view  of  it,  nay,  would  draw  it  in  that  odd 
light  for  the  nmuBcment  of  the  company. 

Thus  he  struck  Guizot,  who  dt*scribed  hira  as 
^  startling  and  ingenious,  strangely  absent,  fami- 
liaft  confused,  eccentric,  amiable,  and  engaging, 
no  matter  what  unpoliteness  he  might  commit,  or 
what  propriety  he  might  forget."  In  shorty  a 
mind  with  a  little  of  the  Sydney  Smith*s  leaven, 


more  eager  was  he  to  speak.  It  has  been  tup- 
posed  that  the  figure  of  the  "  Dean/'  in  Mr.  Li- 
ver's pleasant  novel  oi'Boland  Cashel^  was  eketchei 
from  him.  Indeed  there  can  be  do  que^tioti  but 
that  it  is  an  unacknowledged  portrait. 


*^  What  is  the  difference,**  he  asked  of  a  jo«ik 
I  clergyman  he  was  examininn;^  *'''  between  a  fonn  anl 
I  a  ceremony  ?  The  meaning  seems  nearly  tte 
I  same  ;  yet  there  is  a  very  nice  distinctioii.**  Vt* 
I  rious  answers  vrere  given.     *^  Well,"  he  said,  **il 

lies  in  this :  you  sit  upon  a  form^  but  jou 

upon  ceremony.'* 


"Morrow*a  Library*'  is  the  Mudie  of  I>uhU&; 
and  the  Rev.  Mr*  Day,  a  popular  preacher.  *•  How 
inconsistent,'*  said  the  archtishop,  **  is  the  piety  uf 
certain  laiiiea  here.  Thev  go  to  daff  for  a 
and  to  morroic  for  a  novel ! 


At  a  dinner  party  he  called  ont  sudrlenlr  to  fit 

hosft,  **  Mr. !  **  There  was  silence*  **  Mr, 

what  is  the  proper  female  companion  of  this  JtAu 
Dory  ?  **     After  the  usual  number  af  guesMs  *» 
whose  brilliancy  lay  in  precisely  these  odd  analo-  I  answer  came,  "  Anne  Chovy.'* 

gies.     It  was  his  recreation  to  take  up  some  in-  .  

tellectual  hobby,  and  make  a  toy  of  it.     Just  as,  |      Another  Riddle. — ^**The   laziest  letter   in  rhi 
years  ago,  he  was  said  to  have  taken  up  that  strange     alphabet  ?     The  letther  G  !  **  (lethargy.) 
instrument  the  boomerang,  and  was  to  bo  seen  on 


the  sands  casting  it  from  him,  and  watching  it 
return.  It  was  said,  too,  that  at  the  dull  intervals 
of  a  visitation,  when  ecclesiastical  business  lan- 
guished, he  would  cut  out  little  miniature  boome- 
rangs of  card,  and  amuse  himself  by  illustrating 
the  principle  of  the  larger  toy,  by  footing  them 
from  hb  fiiigen 

The  even,  and  sometimes  drowsy,  current  of 
Dublin  society  was  almost  alwaysenlivened  by  some 
little  witty  boomerang  of  his,  fluttering  from  mouth 
to  mouth,  and  from  cfiib  to  club.  The  archbishop's 
last  was  eagerly  looked  for.  Some  were  indif- 
ferent, some  were  trifling ;  but  it  was  conceded 
that  all  had  an  odd  extravagance,  which  marked 
them  ajs  original,  quaint,  queer.  In  this  respect  he 
was  the  Sydney  Smith  of  the  Irish  capital,  with  this 
difference  —  that  Sydney  Smith's  king  announced 
that  he  would  never  make  the  lively  Canon  of  St. 
Paulas  a  Bishop. 

Homoeopathy  was  a  medical  paradox*  and  was 
therefore  welcome.  Yet  in  this  he  travelled  out 
of  the  realms  of  mere  fanciful  speculation,  and 
clung  to  it  with  a  stem  and  consistent  earnestness, 
laithfulljF  adhered  to  through  his  last  illness. 
*'"Tmerism,  too,  he  delighted  to  play  with.  He  , 
I  J  in  fact,  innumerable  dudas^  as  the  French  call 
^lem,  or  hobby-horses,  upon  which  he  was  con-  | 
tinuHlly  astride. 

This  led  him  into  n  pleasant  aflectation  of  being 
able  to  discourie  tie  ommbtu  rebns^  ^'c,^  and  the 
more  recondite  or  lets  known  the  subject,   the 


The  Wicklttw  Line. — The  most  unmusical  m  tiift. 
world — having  a  Dun -Drum,  Stlll-Organt  and  i 

Bray  for  stations. 


Doctor  Greg^. — The  new  bishop  and  he 
dinner.  Archbishop :  **  Come,  though  you  o 
John  Cork,  you  mustn't  stop  the  bottle  here."] 
The  answer  was  not  inapt :  **  I  see  your  lordsEipl 
is  determined  to  draw  me  out.** 


On  Doctor  K x's  promotion  to  the  bit! 

of  Down,  an  appointment  in  some  quarters 
popular  :  **  The  Irish  government  will  not  be  I 
to  stand  many  more  such  Knocks  Down  as  thv!"  I 


abltl 


The  merits  of  the  same  bishop  being  canraased 
before  him,  and  it  being  mentioned  that  he  had 
compiled  a  most  useful  Ecclesiastical  Directoty,  , 
with  the  Values  of  Livings,  &c.,  *^  If  that  be  ho^ 
said  the  archbishop,  *'  I  hope  ncJtt  time  the  claimi  I 
of  our  friend  Tliom  will  not  be  overlooked.'* 
(Thorn,  the  author  of  the  well-known  Almaimek^ 


A  elergyman*  who  had  to  prcuch  befons  hifl%  | 
begged  to  be  let  ofl*,  saying  **  1  lif>pe  your  Gra 
will  excuse  my  preaching  i  !;iy,*'     **  Cer- 

tainly,*' nnh]  fhi'  othoi  indui  iinday  came, 

and  ih-'  »p  »aid  to  biui, ''  Well  I  Mr.         -^ 

what  h  ,  nu  Y  wc  expected  you  to  preach 

to-day.'      *'  Uii«  your  Grace  said  you  would  cxcuK 


I 


^*&.r.  FKB.i8,'e4.] 


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my  prejithing  to-day,"     "*  Exjictly ;  but  I  did  not 
aay  I  would  excuse  yon  from  preaching.** 

At  a  lord  lieutcnaofs  banquet  a  ^race  was 
giren  of  unusual  length.  "I^Iy  lord/'  sJild  the 
archbishop,  "  did  you  ever  hear  the  story  of  Lord 
Mulgrave's  chaplain  ?  "  **  No/*  md  the  lord  lieu- 
tenant.  "  A  younpj  chaplain  had  preached  a  ser- 
mon of  great  length,  *  Sir/  said  Lord  Mulgrave, 
bowln;^  to  him,  *  there  were  some  things  in  your 
seruion  of  to-day  I  never  heard  before/  *  0»  my 
lord/  8a«d  the  flattered  chaplain,  *  it  is  a  common 
text,  and  r  could  not  have  hoped  to  have  joid  any- 
thing new  on  the  subject/  */  hmrd  the  dock 
Mtrike  tmce,*  said  Lord  Mulgrave," 

At  Bome  religiouj  ceremony  at  which  he  was  to 
ofBcIate  in  the  country,  a  young  curate  who  at- 
tended him  grew  very  nervous  as  to  their  being 
late,  "  My  good  young  friend/'  said  the  arch* 
bishop,  "  I  can  only  ?ay  to  you  what  the  criminal 
going  to  be  hanged  said  to  those  around,  who  were 
hurrying  him,  *  Let  ub  take  our  time  ;  they  can't 
begin  without  us/  "  YoaicK  Junior. 


THE  INFANT  PRINCE  OP  WALES. 

I  have  met  with  the  curious  fact,  that  the 
infant  Prince  of  Walea,  whose  birth  is  now  the 
subject  of  universal  rejoicing,  is  descended  from 
King  Henry  VII.  in  eight  different  ways,  six 
being  through  his  mother ;  so  that  he  derives 
more  Tudor  blood  from  his  mother  than  his  father 
in  the  ratio  of  three  to  one.  The  subjoined  out- 
line of  the  descents  may  not  be  uninteresting  to 
some  readers  of  *'  N.  &'Q." 

Paternal  Descents, 

I.  1.  Princess  Margaret;  2.  James  V.  King  of 
Scotland :  3,  Mary,  Queco  of  Scots ;  4.  James  I. 
King  of  England;' 5.  Princess  Elizabeth  of  Eng- 
la/id ;  6.  Princess  Sophia  of  Bohemia ;  7*  George  1. 
Kin^  of  p^ngland ;  8.  George  IL  King  of  Eng- 
land; 0*  Frederick  Lewis,  Prince  of  Wales ;  10. 
George  III.  King  of  England;  11.  Edward,  Duke 
of  Kent;  12.  Queen  Victoria;  13.  'Albert-Ed- 
ward, Prince  of  Wales. 

U.  1.  Princess  Margaret;  2.  Lady  Margaret 
Douglas;  3.  Henry  Earl  of  Darnley  ;  4.  James  L 
King  of  Englnnd  ;  5.  Princess  Elizabeth  of  Eng- 
land; 6*  Princess  Sophia  of  Bohemia ;  7.  George  I. 
King  of  England  ;  8.  George  IL  King  of  Eng- 
land; 9.  Frederick  Lewis,  Prince  of  Wales;  10. 
George  TIL  King  of  England;  11.  Edward, 
Duke  of  Kent;  12.  Queen  Victoria ;  13.  Albert- 
Edward,  Prince  of  Wales. 

Maternal  De*ceJtU. 
in.  I  to  8,  OS  Descent  I. ;  9.  Princess  Mary 
of  Esfknd;   10.  Charles,   Landgrave  of  Besse 


Cassel;  11.  Loui^^a-Carollne  of  Hesse  Cassel :  12. 
Christian  IX.,  King  of  Denmark;  13,  Alexandra, 
Princess  of  Wales. 

IV.  1  to  8,  as  Descent  I  ;  9.  Princess  Louisa 
of  England;  10»  Princess  Loiiise  of  Denmark; 
IL  Louisa- Caroline  of  Hesse  Casael ;  12.  Chris- 
tian IX.  King  of  Denmark ;  13.  Alexandra, 
Princess  of  Wales. 

V.  1  to  3,  as  Descent  IL ;  4  to  13»  aa  Descent 
ITL 

VI.  I  to  3,  as  Descent  II. ;  4  to  13,  aa  Descent 
IV. 

VIL  I  to  9  as  Descent  HI. ;  10.  Frederick, 
Prince  of  Hesae  Cassel ;  IL  Willinm,  Prince  of 
Uesse  Cassel ;  12.  Queen  of  Denmark  ;  13.  Aleai- 
andra,  Princess  of  Wales. 

VIIL  1  to  3  as  Descent  IL ;  4  to  13  as  De- 
scent yU.  CaARLES  BSTDaEV. 


AX  OLD  LONDON  RUBBISH  HEAP. 

Having  determined  to  build  a  bridge  over  the 
Thames,  the  first  thing  to  do  is  to  sink  shafts  for 
the  foundations  of  the  piers ;  and  a  nice  Long  work 
it  is,  for  the  deeper  you  get,  the  more  you  canH  get 
liny  foundation  at  all.  Even  as  far  back  as  Thames 
Street  thb  li  the  case  —  very  unsatisfactory  to 
contractors  i  but  the  old  rule  holds  good  here  as 
elsewhere  —  the  ill  wind  to  the  bridgeuiakers  is  all 
in  favour  of  the  antiquaries.  For  why  is  all  this 
land  on  the  Thames  bank  up  to  Thjimcs  Str*:et  so 
rotten  and  unstable  ?  Simply  because  it  is  a  vast 
rubbish  heap.  At  the  top  we  have  the  debris  of 
former  buildings,  the  ruins  of  the  Great  Fire. 
Let  us  watch  awhile  the  navvies  as  they  pick 
away  and  cart  off  the  rubbish ;  6rst  a  few  coins 
af  later  reigns,  old  broken  pots  and  crockery  of  all 
sorts,  not  unlike  the  roughest  of  the  present  day. 
Here  some  ancient  weights  remind  you,  that  once 
upon  a  time  here  stood  the  old  Steelyiird.  What 
are  those  black  bits  of  leather  the  men  are  shak- 
ing and  knocking  the  dirt  oiT?  Look  closely  at 
one,  and  you  will  see  it  once  covered  the  dainty 
foot  of  some  fair  city  damsel.  How  prettily  her 
little  red  stocking  must  have  peeped  through  the 
curiously  cut  open-work  in  front,  mighty  pretty 
to  look  at,  but  not  over  warm  one  would  think. 
Here  is  a  shoe  of  the  reign  of  Queen  Besa,  with 
its  long  heel,  and  pointed  toe ;  not  thrown  away 
before  a  huge  hole  had  been  worn  in  the  sole. 
How  any  feet  could  have  been  tortured  into 
the  boots  belonging  to  those  soles,  not  unlike 
hour-glasses  in  shape,  one  can  hardly  imagine* 
Close  to  these  more  pottery,  broken,  but  still  in 
other  respect  the  same  as  when  it  was  thrown 
away  ;  jugs  of  common  unglazed  stoneware,  orna- 
mented round  the  bottom  with  the  great  thumbs 
of  the  potters.  Here  and  there  «i  (iV^.  ii^  Va«30jst 
quality  ot  l^^  ftMCia  ^«^^  \wX  \yt»:i^i  ^ 


Here  a  good  bit  of  fine  glazed  Wack  ware^ — surely 
perfect;  no,  its  handle  has  gone.  Next  cornea  a 
glorious  old  BelUrmine  jug,  with  the  three  lions 
of  Englimd  on  eitljcr  side.  The  pick  has  imfor- 
tuDAteljT  made  a  smalls  hole  in  one  side,  but  no 
great  consequencCi  for,  on  ncftrer  observation,  you 
jou  see  it  is  like  the  rest,  thrown  uwuy  bec&use 
cracked. 

Dig  a  little  further,  and  up  turn  relics  of 
knightly  deeds  miited  with  the  tbrown-awuy  tools 
of  the  craflaman  —  spurs  without  rowels ;  some 
with  long  spikes  instead;  some  with  rowels  «n 
inch  and  a  half  in  diameter,  having  a  terribly 
fierce  look.  How  did  the  horses  fare,  you  wonder. 
Up  turns  a  great  horseshoe ;  and  you  remember 
that  the  beasts  in  question  were  the  g:reat  Flemish 
fellows,  and  you  hope  they  had  thicker  skins  than 
our  more  graceful  and  beautiful  favourites*  Those 
horseshoes  are  worth  looking  at.  See  how  for- 
ward the  nails  are  put :  surely  better  than  we 
do.  Again,  they  are  evidently  cut  with  a  sharp 
instrument  out  of  a  thick  sheet  of  metal,  pro- 
bably when  cold ;  a  fact  which  would  account  for 
their  being  as  good  as  new.  What  are  those  queer 
looking  bits  of  pipe-olay,  with  the  names  of  the 
makers  stamped  on  the  edges  ?  Are  they  tobacco- 
stoppers  ?  Let  us  try.  Here^are  a  lot  of  old  pipes, 
but  what  tiny  bowls.  It  wilt  not  do,  the  things 
will  not  go  into  them  at  all ;  and  still  there  are 
BO  many,  they  must  have  been  for  some  use. 
They  served  oiir  ancestors  for  curl  papers  to  keep 
their  wigs  in  order.  Just  look  at  those  pins  — 
some  three  inches  long  ;  some  with  leaden  heads, 
no  doubt  considered  highly  ornamental.  What 
a  curious  collection  of  old  knives  and  forks,  and 
bow  strangely  time  ha^^  a^ected  them.  This  fork 
— see !  might  be  polished  agnin  it  is  so  nearly 
perfect,  even  the  ivory  handle  witli  silver  studs  is 
un decayed,  though  discoloured.  Its  partner,  the 
knife,  is  quite  gone — nought  but  the  shape  re- 
remains— -handle  all  powder,  and  blade  not  much 
better. 

Shall  we  never  get  down  to  terra  firma?  Surely 
we  must  now  be  over  twenty  feet  below  the  sur- 
face, and  how  dark  the  soil  la  getting*  It  looks 
as  if  we  were  on  the  banks  of  a  great  river. 
And  so  you  are ;  in  a  few  feet  more  you  will  be  on 
the  old  Roman  river  bank,  and  then  the  rubbish 
heap  will  be  still  more  interesting  than  higher  up, 
Even  here,  however,  will  be  some  familiar  things 
not  unlike  those  in  ufe  in  the  present  day* 

**  Would  you  like  to  buy  some  of  these  things 
we've  found,**  says  a  simple  looking  navvy  P  *^  Let 
us  see  what  you  have.^*     "Pve  got  th^     '   '  " 

this  lime,  guv*nor  ;  but  the  man  as  he 
wants  a  tmy  bit.     Here  is  a  big  lead  batut-jixu  ; 
I  sec  it  took  out  of  that  there  hole  with  n»y  own 
eye*. 

If  you  ore  a  collector  beware  I  That  man, 
Bimple  oa  he  looks,  can  supply  you  with  an  un- 


limited store  of  false  relics  of  all  Ages  <-*  oil  i 
on  the  ^ot  of  course.  If  you  are  noi  m  mi 
judge  of  such  things  leave  them  alone  altogclJittv 
or  you  will  lose  your  money,  and  be  well  Ifti^ghai 
at  by  friends  and  foes. 

"  It  caligattia  in  agros.*'  So  it  seems  by  those  boot 
soles  which  have  just  been  once  more  brou^ttll 
light.  Surely  Aese  must  be  the  horrible  inStaR 
naUed  boots  so  harassing  to  the  corns  of  the  cii^ 
lian ;  there  is  not  a  space  without  a  great  ]ui» 
Look  here,  too^  on  this  one  is  abit  of  Ramftn  poUttj 
sticking  \  Military  boots  ! — no  suck  thinp  ;  wl^ 
they  would  only  fit  a  lady  ;  and  here  h  a  liajr  490^ 
just  so  armed,  which  must  have  belonged  to  i|ldll  I 
a  child.  No  doubt  this  hill  side  was  then  i 
and  muddy  enough,  and  so  they  required 
under  leathers.  Why  here  is  a  sandal,  beul^ 
fully  cut  out  of  one  sheet  of  leather — no  nsula  has. 
It  was  well  worn,  however*  before  the  wearer  cmA 
It  off;  the  boles  in  the  bottom  are  still  vtiibla 
Here  one  is  struck  by  the  enormous  quantity  d 
broken  red  pottery.  How  perfectly  iudeatiudlh 
ble  it  is,  but  all  broken ;  much  had  beea  mflMllI 
and  rivetted  by  the  llomans  themselves.  T^eir 
drills  must  have  been  as  good  as  ours,  so  perfect 
and  smooth  are  the  holes  for  the  rivets.  llcte« 
too,  we  have  A  and  B  scratched  on  tke  sur&oa  to 
show  how  the  bits  fitted.  Broken  to  fragmoU 
as  it  is,  all  the  pottery  and  gta^s  is  weU  mtalk 
examination.  Though  not  one  perfect,  or  ntasAf 
perfect,  bowl  be  fi^und,  from  the  fragments  y<ai 
may  make  a  regular  Roman  pattern  book«  aad 
very  excellent  patterns  too ;  consisting  of  adfapla* 
tions  of  all  sorts  of  English  and  other  plmti 
beautifully  conventionalized.  Here  and  there  ai« 
fine  geometrical  ornaments;  but,  above  all,  J 
excellent  are  the  animals  —  lions  ■'  t  ' 
boars,  wolves,  dogs,  kopardi,  tiger 
spring.  On  one  bowl  are  many  J 
tne  gladiator*^  labours  ;  surely  that  n 
with  a  bull;  here  the  secutor  ispui^...-.^  ^i 
tiarius^  There  arc  wild  beasts ;  one  poor 
is  lying  flat  on  his  back,  dead ;  the  author  < 
death  Is  missing.  Mixed  with  this  redwarw|? 
have  ladies'  ornaments,  some  vtry  odd  ; 
bracelet  is  formed  out  of  a  bit  of  iron  I ! 

is  all ;  another  is  made  of  iron,  broil/ 
wire  twisted  together,  showing  how  cUtap   or 
ments  were  fashionable  among  the  lower  ordc  _ 
then   as   now.     Among  them  must  probahlv  bt 
classed  those  great  bone  skewers,  of  which  1  i 
so  many  lying  about,   if  indeed  Home    of 
were  not  tools.     Do  vou  want  to  know  wh 


;nnj    Witty  ;    lu.TtiiiL'.-^    iii>u    lu    u 

bronze  very  well  made*  but 
an  inch  to  six  inohes  n-  i..»w,.i, 
a  good  and  perfect  ^ 
the  top  to  put  a  cri  -  i-.    , 


^S.V.  FEii.i3,'61) 


NOTES  AND  QUEItIE& 


ISt 


instead  of  oyer  m  witli  ns.  Those  two  long 
gpikea  are  no  doubt  iVie  Knjv^  of  pi  la.  Now  tnrna 
tip  a  meat  hook,  a  '       H,  and  un  iron  finger- 

rmg;  some  soldier  i.     Here  are  a  quan- 

tity of  ivr  '  +0 

write  wif  ■''• 

To  mtikc    Tis    ^ure    Ihai    tut."   u:in}i.  ui;    Lii'J    iiiunniS 

in  Koman  time^  extended  thus  far,  we  now  ac- 
tually come  npon  their  embaiikment ;  *^eat  pile« 
driven  in  with  transverse  timbers  all  along  the 
old  water  line.  Bui  now  we  must  bid  good  bye 
to  our  rubbiah  heap,  for  down  comes  the  conorelef 
and  in  a  day  or  two  the  hole  will  be  closed  ibr 
ever !  Jt  C»  J. 


A  GENERAL  L1TLTL\RY  INDEX:   INDEX  OF 
SUBJECra 


io«  lun:  Qntrrno  m  watt's 

BRITAfrNrCA-" 


'  mnuQfTttMCA 


**  Daring  tbreo  yeAta  (<58 — 4(jO)  Auvergae  anil  Dau' 
{were  conirulsed  by  violent  and  contintied  votcMiia 
«  .  *  .  ntimdiKl  by  cArdiqiiAkes*  shaking:  (u  it 
fbimiintion*  of  the  cAntt.  Tbuiiders  rolled 
■y<  c«vern«4  to  «¥rftil  vrena  tbo 
cotv  'i(i  tiroA,  that  the  bcAsts  of  tho 

forc-i,  LI   haunta*  ftoaght  refhge  in  the 

abodes  ui  mwiikiiid. 

'  An  impend  in  17  invaxiAn  nf  the  Gothi  added  to  the 
terrorof thetht    ;  ""    'uii8l   ]iiitrootad,ajidpf»- 

fiting   hy  thi  KioevH«t»   Mamcrtas, 

Bishop  of  \k\\.  iii^  people  in  prayer  and 

bnmiJiation.  To  jivert  the  evil,  he  tnAlitnted  tli«  solemn 
Litanies,  or  Ro^Uona  on  th«  tbfc«  days  preceding  the> 
Feaat  of  Ibe  Aaotojion,  because  they  were  the  only  days 
of  the  year  then  aetaaljiy  set  apart  fur  the  purpoAe  of  such 
solemn  supplications.  Theee  forma  of  prayer,  rendered 
more  impresnire  by  the  awful  cbaractcr  of  the  calamities 
and  portents  which  had  sngpeated  (hem,  corresponding 
so  nearly  with  the  sigoe  and  jadgmenti  of  Scriptarc 
were  speedily  adopted  throughout  Gaul  and  England. 
Here  they  were  oonlimtsd  by  usap^  and  tiadition,  uatil 
finaUy  established  as  a  portion  of  the  national  rttnal  in 
the  Ooancil  held  nt  Cleofesboe  (>,d.  749),  which  ap- 
pointed that  thrae  days  should  be  iccpt  holy,  afler  the 
manner  of  fanner  Ume^ ;  an^i  it  i^  hardly  needful  to  ob- 
serve, thnt  the  Koprattori  lavs  r*  tnin  their  italion  in  the 
UuIm  .,:>nt  day. 

*'  uaris^  Bishop 

of  <-  ■■- a^..  -  .  i,i.^  Uimself  .  •  .  - 

praserres  a  fu  iiakM  and  volcanic 

tfruption»!«    A!  .^^sor  of  Mamertus, 

came«t  on  the  duun  of  tc^iiuiiju>.    This  prelate  .  .  .  . 

composed  an  ample  sericiof  Ronation  Homilies;  and  in 
addf.»,.;i>..  tn^  ,,,.-, ,..1-    u...   ......  ,11.  ..-.  ♦v., I,  '■" '^ VI ory  the 

eve:.  ,ve  wit- 


tiflrmo  i*>ru  tenia  in  Rogau  t.  Martene  Theta^rm,  I. 

•li  ■  "        - 

lati^ 
arri. 

dill  ;- 

^^*  n 

quoted   Hi  4?iur!Uatln^    <Hlhi'r   ^idonitii,   or   Grcgofy  af 


Toor^-^he  latter  of  whnm  also  notieea  the  enrenla,  though 
with  more  bnevitv/*  —  Quurtcrlg  JltuMV,  voL  Ijcxtv. 
294,  fV7. 

This  is  a  strange  statement,  tnaamuch  a«  in  the 
edition  of  Sidonius  by  SirmonduA^  referred  to  by 
this  writer,  as  in  that  by  Bavaro,  tKe.^e  two  au> 
thors — Sidoniua  and   Avitus — ore  iiluitrated  by 
eaoh  other;  and  Sirmondtui  expreesly  remarks: 
**  Cum  hac  autem  episioia  [lib*  -vii.  ep   1"  compn- 
raaida  etft  Alciini  Aviti  Homilia  (it  fius 

.  -  .  sunt  enim  ut  arpfumento,  sic  to  >nh 

aerie  aimlllimse/'      The    spLritnal   weapons   with 
which  the  Arvemi  were  Instructed  by  Pope  Ma- 
mertus  succeeded,  observe^i   Sidoniua,   ^^ai  non 
efiectu  pari,  a^eotu  certe  non  impart  ......  ^ 

Dooea  deimntiat»  soUtudinis  minaa  oratlonum 
frequentia  esse  amoliendas :  monea  aaeidultateia 
fvtrentia  ineendii  aipa  putt  us  oculorum  qtuun 
tluminum  posse  restiiigui :  moues  tninaceni  temn 
motuum  con  die  tat  ion  em  fidei  Habilitate  fir  man - 
dam"  Cf*  liaronii  Annai.  EccL  ad  a.o,  475  ; 
Beyerllnck,  Thfotrum  Humantr  Vit(£^  vi*  356. 

*'  The  title  of  Pope  U  j;iven  to  Mamertua  by  the 
early  writers^  and  perhaps  the  style  of  Pope  waa 
assumed  by  or  given  to  the  see  of  Vienne — ao 
venerable  for  its  antiquity*" 

The  treatiae,  De  Siatu  Animm,  inaerted  In  Gry- 
nasi  Orthiydnmographa  (pp.  1246 — 1306)(  and  in 
Biblioth.  Maxima^  vi.,  i»  by  a  brother  of  the  bishop. 
See  Butler' a  Lio6$  of  the  Saints,  May  11. 

"  Quid  plura,*'  writes  Gregory  of  Tours,  refer- 
rinjf  to  the  issmie  terrors  (Hist.  I'^'ranc,^  lib.  iL 
s.  34-  in  Bou<jnet,  GaUicarum  R,  S.^  ii.  553; 
Acta  Sanctorum^  Maii  xt.)  "penetravit  excelsa 
poU  oratio  Ponlificis  inclyti,  restinxitque  domus 
mcendium  dumen  proilueutium  lacryniarum."  Cf. 
A  don  if?  Chronicofh  ad  anntim  452  (in  Bihl.  Pair,^ 
1618,  ix,;  BihL  Maxima,  xv.  796);  "Binii  Notaa 
ad  Hilari  Papro  Epistolns,"  in  Labbe,  \\.  1047; 
and  '*  Goncil.  Arelatense,"  ibid.  p.  1040,  sqq.  ; 
Rupertus,  lib.  ix.  c.  5.  (In  Hittorpii  Sttpnl,  de 
Divinis  Officii^,  i.  1028).  Liturgia  GaUicaim^ 
Mabillonii,  p.  152.  Barontus  (ubi  mprd,  vj.  310,) 
adds :  "  At  de  hia  (liog;\tionibua)  consule  a  nobis 
dicta  in  Notation! bus  ad  Romanntn  Mariijrolrfgium 
(ad  25  Aprills)  locupletius/'  Other  authoritiea 
are  given  m  Ducange^s  Gloimrium, 

**  We  have  two  sermons  of  St.  Blammertus,  one  on  the 
RogAtioos,  ihty  othor  on  the  Eopcniflnce  of  the  Ninevites, 
b«ing  the  twentv- fourth  and  twenty-flfth  amon;^  tlic  dia* 
courses  which  Wir  tb<»  n<irr>fl  of  Eosebius  of  Emisa." 
[These  an?  printtvl  l  "  '"  '  "  ^^ » 161 8,  torn.  v.  par.  1, 
pp.  468*9,  sub  non  I  i  n  i .  By  Hooker  these 

Homilies  an-  all  nus  llouk  vl  iv.  6.] 

*'  '  these  Ilomiljca, 

n  .  f-n  mitertained 

'    '    "      ptor. 

ane 

the 

claims  vf  Ailtis,  «u.i|aiti4»i:e^  In  ihat 

of  Fni! 


CoKGSFVE  THE  PoET. — In  a  foot  uotc  to  p.  213, 
voL  iL,  Cunningham's  edition  of  Johnson's  Litres 
of  the  Poets,  it  is  stated  on  the  authority  of  Leigh 
Hunt,  thnt  Cong  revels  mother  was  Anne  Fitzher- 
bert,  daughter  of  Sir  Thomas  Fitzherbert.  This 
statement  is  erroneous.  The  mother  of  the  poet 
w«B  a  Miss  Browning;  his  grandmother  was  the 
Anne  Fitzherbert  spoken  of.  Congreve's  father 
was  Colonel  William  Congreve,  who  was  the  son 
of  Hicbnrd  Conj^reve,  a  ciivalier  named  for  the 
Order  of  the  Royal  Oak,  Richard  Congreve  was 
deaeended  from  Richard  Conj;reve»  temp,  Henry 
VI ,  whose  ancestor  was  Galfrid  de  Congreve  of 
Stretton  and  Conp^eve,  temp.  Edwnrd  IL  He 
was  descended  from  another  Cralfrid  de  Cronfn*eve 
and  li  daughter  of  the  house  of  Drawbridgecourt 
of  HantSy  temp.  Richard  I.  The  family  was  settled 
at  Congreve,  m  StaflTordsbire,  long  before  the  Con- 
qiieiit.  The  best  portrait  of  Congreve  is  undoubt- 
edly that  by  Sir  Godfrey  Kneller,  now  in  tLe 
possession  of  the  junior  branch  of  tbc  family, 

H.a 

A  Heroine.  ^ — The  following,  whidi  I  have 
extracted  from  a  New  York  paper,  seems  to  me 
worthy  of  preservation  :  — 

**  Mr9.  Catherine  Shepherd  has  ju«t  died  at  Hadson^ 
Now  Jersey,  apworde  of  lOO  years  of  nge.  Her  father 
vras  Jn^ob  Van  Winkle,  a  descendant  of  one  of  the  origi- 
nul  Dutch  set  tiers  there.  Her  husband  was  a  soldier  of  the 
revolution.  From  a  steeple  at  8oath  Bergen  she  saw  the 
British  fleet  take  possession  of  New  York,  and  the  Britieh 
army  mrirrhiTi^  to  Philadelphia.  The  British  soldiers 
huri  r  t^pcau^  he  would  not  ^ivc  them  up  his 

niri;  r  leaving  him  fur  de^d,  aiie  cut  him  tiown, 

and  ^  _  ,  ..An  to  life  She  risked  her  life  in  carrying'  a 
iueaiag«  to  the  American  commjinder  at  Be11evi'lle»  to 
warn  mm  of  a  night  attack  from  the  British  fnrceii^  by 
wbkh  she  saved  the  American  troops  from  deal  ruction.*** 

T.  B. 

PsiMnia  :   TIIB  PltIUR0S£.  — 

**  *Cur/  raea  Phillii  ait,  Me  to  mihi  primula  Teoit,  i 

Frimula,  Haventes  rore  gravata  tromas?* 
Sdlicct  ingenti  permiicet  gnudia  cura?» 
Atque  inter  medias  ape«  rjiKVjue  p.illet  amor.** 

I  forget  where  I  met  with  tlicse  lines,  but  sua-  | 
pect  they  are  of  Etonian  origin.  I  do  not  think  | 
they  have  ever  appeared  in  print. 

PrtMula  here  undoubtedly  means  the  primrose; 
but  the  London  o;ardenera  give  to  a  different  pknt 
of  the  same  specief,  which  bears  a  crimson  i!ower, 
the  tiame  of  primula.  See  in  the  conservatory  at 
the  IVtntbeon,  Oxford  Street,  Jan.  1864- 

W.  D. 

Camel  borw  i!«  EfiOLAND.  —  On  Thursdflv  the 
7th  January  last^  a  young  eamcl  waf  born  at  Ilaelc* 
ijey,  during  the  itay  of  WombweU's  Menagerie 
there.  As  this  U  ^atd  to  be  the  &rst  instance  of 
one  being  born  in  this  country,  it  i«  worth  noting* 

By- the- bye,  what  la  tJie  proper  name  for  s 
young  camel  ^  Is  it  a  calf  P  J,  C.  J. 


Sib  Fbakcij*  Walsinoham. — It  may  be 
wbUe  to  record  in  "  N»  &  Q/'  that  Lodge  ia  i 
memoir  of  this  statesman  givea  him  the  title 
K.  G.  But  on  reference  to  Beltz's  History  e/ikt 
Order  of  the  Garter^  I  do  not  find  !  •  — — v.  ncr 
does  it  appear  in  the  Catalogue  of  i  f^hli 

contained  in  Sir  Harris  Nicolas*;*  iS'^, ..,..,.«  ^j' i£i 
Peerage.  Sir  Francis  seems  to  have  recotvedi 
very  little  recompense  from  Queen  Elixabetli  1 
his  services.  Sacaf., 

Neologt.  —  A  few  days  ago,  I  was  at  a  [ 
of  literary  people,  where  the  question  was  askedl 
**  Whflt  IB  neology  ?"     The  answer  that  w 
j  whatever  might  be  Its  merits  in  other 
appeared  to  me  to  have  so  much  wit  in   «l  »>  i . 
deserve  beinp  made  n  Note  of 

"Neology" — said  the  ^ntleman  who  under-, 
took  to  solve  the  question — ►**  Neology  ia  r*  ^ 
visible  horizon  that  oounds  the  out-look  af  I 
popular  mind  ;  and,  t\s  sucb^  it  recedes 
popular  mind  advances.  In  the  time  of 
the  revolution  of  the  earth  round  its  axij 
neology.  Half  a  century  ago,  n<fology  was 
diatinguishable  from  g'^ology.  In  the  preseirt^^ 
neology  consists  in  the  application — or,  as 
deem  it,  the  misapplication — of  leamiog  ant!  < 
mon  sense  to  the  records  of  revelation.  Who  t 
say  what  wilt  be  the  horizon  of  the  popular  ] 
ten  years  hence  f  **  AlBLETtf. 

Ltwcii  Law  ik  the  Twelfth  CENTriRT. — I 
have  lately  atumbted  upon  the  following  in   Hafll 
MS.  3875,  fo.  288.     The  scribe,  in  a  si 
naively  remarks  that  it  is  **  a  aharpe  reck 
und   in  this  most  of  the  readers  of  ^'  1^ ,  &  n^^ 
will  I  think  ttgree  i  — 

**  Tetticnli  prrtbiteri  al/$cin,  —  Alexander    ardilc^ 
(EbO'r*)  sat u tern,  ^r.  Noverit  univenitui  vra,  quod  m 
den«  ad  nostram  p'&entism  Soh*m  de  Claphanu  nobis 
poeuit,  quod  ipso  olim  quendam  d*num    Jo^hcm    Bi 
capellanum,  cum  Jolinrma  CiUk  J.<vlowiri  de  ^kirrnncki^ 
uxoro  mikf  solum  cum  sola  ia  ^  Unai 

turpiter  invent t,  qui  dolorem  h  \emk 

tatieulot  prefati  Prabyteri  al'K 
et  pleniui  intcltectia  fQctieant^dicLisi  i^^uiii 
p7atum  Jo'hem  dc  Clapham  ab  cxocesu  bi 
viuiua  in  forma  jurif,  et  eidetn  pro  p^inmsi^  pcnAfii J 
jonxinttti  lalutareni.    Dat'  apud  Ca wooden  20*  T 
1877," 

Jona  StJttQit. 


Oucrtrrf* 

TOOMAS  JKNXY,  REBEL  AND  POET* 
Tiomaa  Jenny,  gent.,  was  one  of  the  per^oiis  I 
attainted  by  Parliament  in  respect  of  the  great 
northern  rebellion  in  lAOD. 

From  an  abstract  of  his  examination  in  Sir 
Cuthbert  Sharp's  MemariaU  (271,  272)  it  an* 
tiears  that  he  had  been  trained  up  under  Sir 
Ueni^  Norriji  and  Thomait  Kaudolph  tu  the 
queeuV  service  £ti  France  and  Scotlsiid. 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


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I 


I 


These  clrcum«tnnce8  fender  it  almost  certftin 
tbat  he  was  the  outhor  of  the  following  fKJcms :  — 

Poem  by  Thomfta  Jenye,  entitled  "  Maister  RAmlolpbc'i 
PbftntAsy^  B  brief  cftlcuUtioa  of  the  proceedings  in  Scot- 
Innd,  from  the  first  of  July  to  the  lut  of  December." 
[This  poem  extendfl  to  Jiboist  800  lines,  sod  is  dedlcnied 
to  Thomas  Handolphe,  in  an  epi«tle  dated  by  the  author 
"  Al  Ilia  Chamber  in  EdinburgV  31  Jaly,  I5fj5.  It 
y*rofe«es  to  aire  an  account  of  the  profetding*  and 
Lroublea  ia  Scotland,  consequent  on  the  mArringe  of  the 
queen  vrllh  E^rd  Darn  ley,  and  ia  supposed  to  be  narratcii 
by  Thomna  Randolphs**]  (Thorpe**  CaL  ScottUh  State 
Paper K,  227.) 

"  A  Distovra  of  the  preient  troobles  in  Frauncc,  and 
miseries  of  this  tyme,  compyled  by  Peter  Ronsard,  gen* 
tilman  of  Vandome,  and  dedicated  tinto  the  Queeno 
Mother  Translated  by  Thomas  vTt*oey,  gentilraon.  Ant- 
M"«rp,  4 to,  1568.  Dedicated  to  Sir  fienry  Norries,  Knipht, 
L.  nmb«i$«adoar  resident  in  Fraunce/*  (Kitson^s  BibL 
Foetica,  257.) 

Randolph*  in  a  letter  to  Cecil,  dated  Berwick, 
May  2(>,  1566,  alludes  to  an  untrue  accusation 
against  him  of  writing  a  book  a^rainst  the  Queen 
of  Scots  ealied  liandtdphea  Pkanttuy^  and  Queen 
Elizabeth,  by  a  letter  dated  Greenwich,  June  13» 
in  the  same  year,  remonstrates  with  the  Queen  of 
Scots  on  her  unjust  treatment  of  Mr.  Randolph 
in  regard  to  bis  Phantasy.  (Thorpe,  234,  235,) 
Jenny,  after  his  attainder,  fled  from  England,  and 
was  at  Brussels  in  June  1570.  (Thorpe*  293.) 
lie  was  living  there  in  1576,  and  bad  a  pension 
from  the  king  of  Spain, 

He  is  sometimes  called  Genynges  or  Jennings. 

In  \Vrigbt*s  Queen  Elizabeth  and  her  Times 
(i.  255)  iaa  letter  from  Mr,  Jenye  to  Cecil,  dated 
Rye,  13  July  [1567],  whereby  it  appears  that  the 
writer  had  come  from  Dieppe  to  Rye  in  order  to 
provide  an  English  barque  for  the  escape  of  the 
Earl  of  Murray  from  France,  The  allusion  to 
**  my  Lorde  my  master "  is  apparently  to  Sir 
Henry  Norris,  and  there  can  be  no  reasonable 
doubt  that  this  Thomas  Jenny  is  the  writer  of 
the  letter  referred  to. 

I  desire  specially  to  ascertain,  (1,)  Whether 
Maister  Randolphe*s  Phantasy  was  printed,  and 
if  so,  where  ?  (2.)  Whether  Thomas  Jenny  can 
be  idenliBed  with  Tliomas  Brookesby,  alias  Jen- 
nings, who  figures  in  the  investigations  relative 
to  the  Gunpow^ler  Plot?  (See  Cireon*ji  Cai  Diwi. 
Slate  Papers,  Jaa,  I.  i,  250,  292,  293,  297,  303.) 
And  generally  I  shall  be  glad  to  receive  any  other 
informatton  respecting  Thomas  Jenny  and  his 
Wnrki*.  S,  Y,  R, 


Amebicanisms.^ — Are  the  words,  "conjure"  and 
** conjuration!*/*  unknown  in  England?  So  it 
would  seem  from  a  note  on  the  passage,  "  I  do 
defy  ihy  conjurations  "  (Romeo  and  Juliet^  Act  V, 
Sc.  3),  in  Djce's  Few  yoies  (p.  115),  where  the 
commentator  cites  a  passage  irom  an  early  drama 
I  to  prove  that  conjuration  means  earnest  entreaty. 


The  word,  in  this  sense.  Is  in  every-day  use  in 
the  Unired  States, 

I  find,  in  the  London  Spy  for  April,  1G99  (p.  15.), 
the  expression :  "  When  we  had  liquored  our 
throats,"  &c.  Perhaps  this  may  be  regarded  as 
the  origin  of  our  cant  phrase,  *'  to  liquor,"  or  "  tn 
liquor  up** ^meaning,  to  take  a  dram.  It  is,  of 
course,  confined  tu  the  vulgar, 

Mr.  Trollope,  in  his  North  America^  uses  the 
verb  **  be  little,**  which  has  always  been  consideTe*! 
a  gross  Americanism.  The  Greeks  used  the  verb 
fiiKpvt^u^  the  (Jermans  verkleinen^  and  the  French 
rapettisser^  in  the  »amc  way.  J.  C.  Liwdsat, 

SL  Paul,  Minn&iota. 

Akok^Mocs.  — 

"  The  Honour  of  Christ  vindicated;  or,  a  Hue  and  Cry 
after  the  Bully  who  as!^ulted  Jacob  io  his  Sohtude. 
Printed  for,  and  sold  by  the  Booksellers  of  London  and 
Westminster,    st.ti.ccxxxii." 

Who  wrote  this  tract,  which  is  dedicated  **  To 
the  Reverend  Dr.  J.  T.**  Who  was  the  Doctor  ?* 
It  advcicates  the  view  that  an  emissary  of  Es-iu 
invaded  the  quiet  of  Jacob,  and  tried  to  assassi- 
nate him.  It  is  certainly  not  a  reverent  pnvduc- 
tion;  but  it  is  hard  to  say  what  was  cunsiilered 
irreverent  in  days  when  Swift  cuuld  write  as  he 
wrote  on  the  subject  of  the  Spirit.  Would  the 
date  admit  of  the  tract  having  been  written  by 
that  bookseller,  named  Annette  who  was  pro*<e- 
cuted  some  time  or  other  for  blasphemy  ?         C. 

AtTBEBT  AND  Du  Val^  ^ — Cttn  you  refer  me  to 
any  information  respecting  Mons.  Aubery  and 
Mons.  Du  Val,  who  came  to  England  as  Conimis' 
sioners  of  France  in  the  reii*n  of  King  Edvrard 
VL  ?  They  are  mentioned  in  a  letter  from  Tho- 
mas Barnabe  to  Sir  William  Cecil,  Secretary  of 
State,  to  be  found  in  Strype*s  Ecclesiastical  Me- 
morials (edition  of  1822,  vol.  iv*  part  n.,  fol.  491). 

P.  S,  C. 

Gbeat  Battle  or  Cats,  —  More  than  thirty 
years  ago,  I  have  a  perfect  recollection  of  hearing 
the  following  strange  story  told  as  a  fact,  by  a 
gentleman  who  believed  it  to  be  true.  I  was 
very  young  at  the  time,  and  the  story  nmde  a 
strange  impression  on  my  mind.  I  find  it  in  an 
old  note-book  of  my  own,  from  which  I  wish  to 
transfer  it  to  a  lasting  niche  in  **  N.  Sc  Q.  ** 

The  narrator,  was  a  Kilkenny  gentleman,  ami 
the  scene  of  the  alleged  contlict  was  laid  on  a  plain 
near  that  ancient  city.  The  lime  might  have  been 
some  forty  years  before  the  tale  *'  aa  it  was  told  to 
me  .*'  so  that,  calculating  up  to  the  present  time, 
the  hella  hnrrida  hella  would  be  about  seventy- five 
or  eighty  jcars  ngo.  My  informant  stated  that 
he  knew  persons,  then  alive,  who  actually  in- 
spected the  **  field,  after  the  battle.'* 

One  night,  ui  the  summer  time,  all  the  cats  in 


t*  PTOU\j\vt\iftt^.T^i.^wi\sV'\twj%.— '^^^ 


134 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


Cft^&V.   IfB&Ub'ii 


the  city  and  coanty  of  Kilkenny,  were  absent  from 
their  "  local  habitations  ;"  and  next  morning,  the 
plain  alluded  to  (I  regret  I  have  not  the  name)  was 
found  covered  with  thousands  of  slain  tabbies ;  and 
the  report  was,  that  almost  all  the  cats  ii^  Ireland 
had  joined  in  the  contest ;  as  many  of  the  slain 
had  collars  on  their  necks,  which  showed  that 
they  had  collected  from  all  quarters  of  the  island. 
The  cause  of  the  quarrel,  however,  was  not  stated ; 
but  it  seemed  to  have  been  a  sort  of  provincial 
faction  fight  between  the  cats  of  Ulster  and 
Leinster — ^probably  the  quadrupeds  took  up  the 
quarrels  of  their  masters,  as  at  that  period  there 
was  very  ill  feeling  between  the  people  of  both 
provinces.  I  have  no  doubts  that  this  Note  will 
elicit  something  further  on  this  curious  story,  of 
which  the  above  is  a  skeleton. 

This  has  nothing  to  do  with  the  story  of  the 
two  famous  Kilkenny  <;ats.  S.  Redmond. 

Liverpool. 

Becket.  —  Can  any  reader  give  me  a  clue  to 
the  history  of  a  "  Captain  Becket,"  who  perished 
fighting  under  Marlborough  (where,  I  cannot 
say)  ?  He  married  Elenor  Percy.  The  tradition 
is,  that  she  was  a  ward  in  Chancery ;  and  that,  in 
consequence  of  his  marriage  with  her,  Becket  was 
obliged  to  escape  to  the  Continent.  His  descend- 
ants are  quite  numerous.  St.  T. 

Robert  Callis  was  author  of  The  Reading  upon 
the  StatuU  23  Hen.  VIII.  cap.  5,  of  SewerSy  2nd 
edit.  1685,  4to.  I  shall  be  glad  of  any  informa- 
tion concerning  him  or  his  family. 

Edward  Peacock. 

Bottesford  Manor,  Brigg. 

Posterity  of  the  Emperor  Charlemagne. — 
It  would  appear  by  Burke's  Peerage^  and  indeed 
by  other  publications  of  a  kindred  character,  that 
Lord  Kingsale  derives  his  descent  from  John, 
only  son  of  William  De  Courci,  Baron  of  Stoke- 
Courci,  CO.  Somerset,  and  Lord  of  Harewood. 

An  inquisition  held  on  the  death  of  this  Wil- 
liam De  Courci,  who  was  Justice  of  Normandy, 
and  who  died  a.d.  1186,  represents  that  he  had 
but  one  son  Willi  tun,  and  a  daughter  Alice,  who 
married  Waryn  Fitz-Gcrold,  Chamberlain  to 
King  John. 

According  to  the  testimony  of  deeds,  the  au- 
thority of  which  is  unquestioned  and  unquestion- 
able, William  de  Courci,  brother  of  Alice,  wife  of 
Waryn  Fitz-Gerold,  died  unmarried  and  without 
issue,  9  Ric.  L,  whereupon  his  sister  Alice  became 
his  sole  heir,  in  which  capacity  she  had  livery  of 
all  his  estates.  In  further  confirmation  of  this 
fact^  Warj'n  Fitz-Gerold,  only  son  and  heir  of  his 
mother  Alice,  obtained,  a.d.  1205,  a  charter  of 
free  warren  in  respect  of  the  manor  of  Hare- 
wood.  That  William  de  Courci  was  the  last 
lineal  descendant  in  the  male  line  of  the  Emperor 
Charlemagne.    This  being  the  case,  perhaps  from 


some  of  your  numerous  correspondents  informi^ 
tion  may  be  obtained  as  to  the  origin  of  the  hooK 
of  Kingsale.  Hxtpeos. 

Family  or  Db  Scailth. — Can  your  corre- 
spondent  P.  inform  me  whereabouts  in  Hokteir 
stands  the  stone  marking  the  place  where  ftU 
Skartha^  the  friend  and  companion  of  Swein* 
This  Swein,  or  Sweync,  must  be  the  Kinj^o' 
Denmark  who,  in  the  year  1003,  established  him- 
self in  England ;  if  so,  he  probably  bestowed  tk: 
lands  in  Orkney,  bearing  the  name  of  Skarthi  0£ 
his  descendants  (after  whom  they  wxmld  be  tiic5 
named)  to  be  held  by  udal  tenure,  which  it  seeob 
is  peculiar  to  Orkney,  though  your  other  cam-  \ 
spondent,  Sholto  Macddff,  says  that  in  Annin-  ' 
dale  some  lands  were  granted  under  a  somewht: 
similar  title  by  Bruce,  the  Lord  of  Annandale,  oa 
his  inheriting  the  throne,  to  the  garrison  of  l^ 
castle.  I  merely  throw  out  this  suggestioD  t 
the  sake  of  a  reply  from  those  better  infonii& 
than  myself,  and  I  should  be  glad  to  hear  mort 
on  the  subject.  J.  &  D. 

The  Dahish  Right  or  Succession.  —  Cmtny 
of  your  numerous  Shaksperian  readers  aooouot 
for,  or  explain  why,  the  right  of  succession,  whidi. 
on  the  death  of  the  king  should  hare  teaUi 
Hamlet  on  the  throne  of  Denmark*  is  never 
alluded  to  by  any  one  in  the  whole  course  of  tbe 
play  ?  And  I  should  also  be  clad  to  know  if  anr 
of  the  commentators  have  made  any  ohBervaJ&aoi 
on  tho  subject  ?  G.  E. 

Engbavikg  on  Gold  and  Silver. — Permit  nk* 
to  inquire,  how  long  has  the  art  of  engraviD<: 
articles  of  gold  and  silver  been  practised  ?  1 
have  looked  into  Herbert's  History  of  the  Gold- 
tm%th£  Company^  but  he  is  not  definite  on  thii 
head.  I  should  like  to  know  tho  first  enCTaved 
arms.  This  was  probably  on  a  salt,  whidi  wsj 
formerly  placed  in  the  centre  of  a  table :  above 
which,  sat  the  lord  and  his  family ;  below,  tbo 
higher  servants  of  the  household.  Hence  the  by- 
word, to  "  ait  below  the  salt.**  Inquuee. 

Descendants  of  Fitzjames. — In  what  book, 
English  or  foreign,  can  I  find  an  account  of  the 
descendants,  to  tlie  present  time,  of  James  Fitz- 
james, Duke  of  Berwick,  natural  son  of  James  II.  ? 
Chables  F.  S.  Wabbbiu 

Thomas  Gilbebt,  Esq.  —  A  volume,  Htyled 
Poems  on  Several  Occasions,  by  Thomas  Gilbert, 
Esq.,  late  Fellow  of  Peter  Ilouve,  in  Cambridge, 
was  published  in  London,  8vo,  in  the  year  1747. 
The  dedication  of  the  work  is  to  J.  Hall  Steven- 
son, Esq.,  of  Skelton  Castle,  and  dated  from 
Skinningrave.  Information  respecting  this  gen* 
tleman  is  requested  by        Edwabd  Hailstomb. 

HortonHall. 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


PosTEBiTip  or  HAmoLOs  Kmws  or  £hgi«and. — 

A  genealogical  work,  entitled,  Micherche^  xur 
rOngine  de  plmieur*  Jl/oMtwr  Souvtruint*  tTBu- 
rope^  corapOed  at  St*  Petersbureh  hy  the  Baron 
de  Koehiie,  aod  printed  ut  Berlin  by  Ferdinand 
S  Schneider  in  1863,  states  that  Wladimir,  Grand 
*  Duke  of  Ikiew»  aeventii  in  descent  from  Rurick, 
^  and  aneeslor  of  the  Bomanof  Emperors  of  Russia, 
K       mjuTied  Gida,  duughter  of  liar  old  LL,  King  of 

»  Can  any  cenealo^st  any  whether  Harold  had  a 

f        daughter   named  Gida,   or   whether  he  left  any 
t        posterity  at  idl  ?  Hipfecs. 

Hixpoo  Gods.  —  Is  there  any  book  with  a  li§t 
of  most  of  the  Htnflu  gods  and  illostrAtions  of 
their  images?  Having  a  number  of  idola  in  bronze 
and  stone,  T  am  desirouB  of  naming  them;  and  the 
account  given  in  The  Wandermgw  of  a  Piigrim  in 
Search  of  (he  Ptctnresque  is  tho  only  book  I  ha¥e 
OQ  the  subject. 

IAiiOv  I  should  be  obli^d  if  I  could  be  in* 
Ibraied  what  constitutes  the  diiference  between 
the  louges  of  Budha  and  Gauda. 
JoHs  Davixmok. 
Tee  Iso?!  Mi^r. — Among  the  arms  brought 
from  Paris  lo  this  country,  after  the  defeat  of 
Napoleon,  and  no'r  ^  .u..,,.q  ^  ^^  trophy  in  the 
Rotunda  af  Woi>l  ,  be  seen  the  armour 

of  the  renowned  ,  ..  ,^x  .r  de  Bayard,  and  a 
enrious  helmet,  or  iron  mask,  which  1  have  heard 
some  persons  ailirni  to  be  the  iron  mask  which 
figures  »o  conspicuously  in  the  rom&ooe  of  French 
hwtory.  Can  you,  or  any  of  your  readers  decide, 
whether  it  h  that  famouf  headpiece  f  H.  C. 

Lbichtof  Family. — ^  A  daughter  of  the  Hon, 
Mr.  Comptoii,  one  of  the  younger  son^  of  the  Earl 
of  Northampton*  married  Mr.  Lei^jhton,  whoj^e 
«0D,  Wm.  LcJghtun,  married  Miss  Dilly,  of  the 
family  of  the  publisher  Dilly,  of  the  Poultry,  Lon- 
don. I  wish  to  ascertain  the  true  spelling  of 
LerghtOQ.    Has  the  family  ever  spelt  it  Layton  ? 

Capetown. 

Matthew  Locsji, — I  am  anjtiotu  to  find  out 
whether  Matthew  Lock,  the  coniuoser  of  the 
muaic  in  ^/fl/?Zfe/A,  married  A  b, 

Edmund  Smyth,  of  Ann:  (s,  had  ten 

children,  of  whom  Alice  wiw  probubly  the  youngest. 
I  do  not  know  the  exact  dale  of  her  birth,  but  her 
father*^  seventh  child  was  born  in  1648.  Alice 
was  uiiirried  to  Matthew  Lfx'k,  whose  arras  were: 
1*3'  ;  2,  4^  6,  or ;  a  (klcon«  with  wings 

exT 

i\  "h:  I  urse  the  arms  of  the  musician  ?  And  if 
he  wu  not  the  husband  of  Alice  Smyth,  was  he 
any  relation  P  F.  L. 

Loud  Mouuii's  Dsatk,  1677.— In  a  MS.  letter 
before  me,  written  to  Locke  in  October,  1677,  it 


is  mentioned :  *^  My  Lord  Mohun  hath  lately  de- 
ceased of  his  wound,  to  the  great  alfilction  of  all 
bis  friend^/'  This  was  the  fourth  Lord  Mohua« ; 
who  was  an  active  politician  in  Charles  IF/s  reiffu 
in  opposition  to  the  court,  and  had  made  a  eele-  ^ 
brateu  motion  in  1675  for  the  dissolution  of  the 
PurliamenU  Can  any  of  your  readers  help  me  to 
any  particulars  about  Lord  Mohuu\s  death  ? 

a  H. 

NAn>jjK>N  THS  FiBST.^ — Is  there  any  published 
work  in  which  1  can  find  the  actual  number  of 
men  raised  by  Napoleon  :  the  details,  manner, 
and  times  of  the  several  levies,  whether  by  en- 
rolment, enliBtmcut,  or  otherwise  ?  The  histories 
to  tvhich  I  have  access  simply  say  that  he  took 
the  field  with  so  many  men;  that  ho  now  en- 
larged hii*  army  by  such  and  such  a  number,  kc. 
The  information  which  I  seek  is  such  as  might  W 
valuable  to  a  general  recruiting- officer,  or  a 
provost- marshal.  St.  T, 

Tna  Oath  bx-officio.  —  Cao  any  of  your 
readers  refer  me  to  the  form  of  this  oath  ?  It  was 
administered  in  the  Star  Chamber,  and  in  the 
Court  of  High  Commission.  It  compelled  the 
person  tb  citnfesa  or  accuse  htmseli*  of  any  criminal 
matter.  It  was  abolished  by  the  13th  Cor.  11. 
cap.  12,  John  S.  Bctbn. 

HeoJey. 

PoPE*s  Portrait.- — Can  any  one  explain  the 
allusion  to  Pope's  portrait  in  the  followin^^  pas- 
sage of  Trutram  ShamJ^^  vol.  viii,  chap,  I'uf  — 

"  Pope  and  Mm  portrait  are  fools  to  me  —  ivo  martyr  if 
ever  so  Aill  of  tmL  or  fire  —  I  wUb  I  could  aaj  of  good 
works  too." 

Sterne  has  added  a  note  to  the  passage,  "  Vide 
Pope*s  Portrait/*  J.  B.  GaBSNiiro. 

Practice  of  Physic  by  Wiixiam  Drags.  — 
I  possess  a  curious  old  book  with  the  title  :  — 

"  The  Practice  of  Physick  j  or,  the  Law  of  God  (caUcd 
Natare)  in  the  Bodv  of'Maa,  fiic.  &c.  To  wliich  is  added 
A  Treatise  of  Diseases  froin  Witchcraft.  By  WiUiam 
Drage,  Med-  and  Philos,  at  Hitchiu,  in  HartfordaUire. 
London :  Printed  for  George  Calvert,  at  the  Half-Moon 
in  St*  Paurs  Churchyard,  1656," 

A  aecoad  title  describes  the  latter  work :  — 
**  DaimamNmaqein  j  a  Small  Treati^  of  Sickn«aieft  and 
DiMa^efrom  IrVitchcrafi  and  Snpematural  Caasea.  Kever 
before^   &t  loait  in  thiji  comprised  Order  and    guaeral 
manner,  was  the  like  published." 

Thia  appears  to  have  been  printed  by  J.  Dover, 
living  in  St.  Bartholomew's  Close,  166^,  and  is 
separatelv  pac;ed 


have  beiore  seen  a  copy  of  this  work,  but 
without  the  "  Treatise  on  Witchcraft ;  "  but  I 
find  no  mention  of  the  author  in  Bohn^s  Lowndes^ 
Can  you  givi>  me  Information  respecting  him,  and 
whetner  he  is  the  author  of  t^Sk^  ^^tV&  ^\^  ^'^^^ 
80T;j\nctd  su^lJec^a  ^  'v .  ^* 


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NOTES  AND  QUEEIES. 


[9^  &.  V.  Fmm.  Hi 


pROYERBiAL  Satings.  —  Two  common  shylnga 
are,  "  One  half  of  the  world  knows  not  how  the 
other  lives,"  and  **  Needs  must  when  the  Devil 
drives."  They  are  (the  latter  slightly  varied)  in 
Bishop  Hall's  //o/y  Obtervaiions^  Noa.  xvii.  und 
XXX.  (Work*,  ed.  1837,  101,  103.)  1$  this  their 
original  source  Y  Ltttblton. 

Stonb  Bbidgb, —  In  a  document  beiinng  dnte 
159P,  un  event  h  recorded  ii«  having  occurred  at 
"Stone  Bridge,  in  the  Parish  of  St»  MttrtinVin^ 
the-Fields."     Where  was  Stone  Bridge  ? 

F.  S.  MsRBTWKATaJSK. 

Ulick^  a  Cbristiah  Namb. — What  may  have 
heen  the  origin  of  this  name,  which  at  first  was 
peculiar  to  members  of  the  family  of  De  Burgh, 
but  was  subsequently  used  by  many  others  in 
Ireland?  Abhba. 

WuiTE  Hats. — Wbcn  did  the  fashion  of  wear- 
ing a  white  hat  conimencc?  Had  the  colour  in 
question  any  j'oftrtco/  significance  ?  Whence,  also, 
its  continued  unpopularity  ?  for,  twenty  years 
fince,  the  wearer  of  one  was  hooted  at  by  boys 
in  the  streets*  and  rermed  a  "  Radical ;  **  and,  even 
now,  he  is  frequently  questioned  by  them  as  to 
his  affinity  to  the  "  Man  who  stole  the  Donkey/' 

White  hats  are  evidently  of  old  date  (whatever 
their  shape  might  have  been),  as  can  be  shown 
by  the  following  extract  from  one  of  the  letters 
carried  by  Lord  Macguire  to  his  execution  (a.  d. 
1644):  — 

••  Most  loving  Sir* — My  mMter  bis  coach  shftll  wait  for 
yon  JDfalliblv.'-That  day  yoar  friend  William  shall  go 
by  cufich  alt  the  way,  upon  a  red  horse,  with  a  white  hat, 
and  in  a  srray  Jacket,  and  then,"  &c.  &c —  llde  Rush- 
worth's  OoUt^onSj  vol,  V,  pL  m.  p,  737, 

Arthur  Houltoit. 

Life  or  Edwari),  Second  Mabquis  op  W^ob> 
CBSTSR.^ — Having  been  some  years  collecting  ma- 
terials for  a  Life  of  Edward,  second  Marquis  of 
Worcester,  author  of  the  Century  of  Inventions^  I 
have  consulted  the  British  >IuBeum  Library, 
State  Paper  Office,  Bodleian  Library,  and  the 
Beaufort  MSS.,&c. 

The  work  affords  an  excellent  opportunity  for 
the  introduction  of  any  information,  particularly 
arising  from  stray  MS.  documents,  however  ap- 
parently uninteresting.  I  have  reason  to  believe 
that  many  of  his  letters  lie  scattered,  one  here, 
another  far  distant ;  also,  receipts  for  the  loans  of 
money  during  the  Commonwealth,  and  between 
leeOand  1666. 

Information  respecting  his  "honoured  friend,'* 
Colonel  Christopher  Coppley,  would  likewise  bti 
interesting.  He  was  under  Fairfax's  command 
in  the  north. 

My  work  is  written  in  order  of  date,  and  will 
extend  to  from  400  to  iOO-page^  octavo.     H.  D. 


HiLTOK  Cbest  :  "  HooMotT.** — L  Why  do 
Hiltons  of  Hilton  Hall,  Durham,  bear  as 
crest  the  singular  device  of  a  Moses'  bead  ? 

2.  The    entire   motto    of  Edward     the   Blad 
Prince  is  stated  to  have  been,  "  De  par  hournr.ai 
ich   dicn "     To  what  language  does  **  i 
belong,  and  what  is  its  signification  ?      1 

[Tho  HilUm  crest,  as  given  by  Sorteea  (^  Out  ham, 
20),  LB  "on  a  close  helmet,  Moses's  head  in  proGlf^  lu  ■ 
rich  diapered  mjiiitle,  the  horns  not  in  the  leAsi  radial' 
bat  exactly  resembling  tx^  poking  tttcks"     TltiA  is 
hsbly  ooe  of  the  earliest  exemplars  of  ihiii  singular  hnt^ 
ing,  which  Dr.  Burn  (Histofy  of  IVtstmoretand^  i»  &4! 
calls  "  the  cr^t  of  cuckoldom."    He  says,  **  Ilomi  ujma 
the  cre«t  (according  to  that  of  Silius  Italicua;,  *Ca«Bt« 

comiy^a  dependena  infala *)  were  erected  m 

Aud  after  the  hasband  had  been  absent  for  Llir«e  or  tm 
years,  and  came  home  in  his  regimental  accoutr^maiilawi 
might  be  no  impossible  suppoaition,  that   the 
wore  the  horns  was  a  cuckold.     And  this  «uoeoiiitts  tli^ 
why  no  author  of  that  time,  when  this  droll    notis* 
started,  hath  ventored  to  explain  the  conoeeti«^   Fer 
woo  be  to  the  man  in  those  days  that  should  hura  aaAa 
joke  oflbe  buly  war;  which,  indeed,  in  cousideratka 
the  expence  of  blood  and  treasure  atteudiog  ic^  m 
Ter>'  serious  affair/^ 

Several  attempts  bare  been  made  to  ascertain  ilie 
and  the  meaning  of  Houmout,  one  of  the  mottotta  or£4^ 
the  Black  Prince.  (See  two  papers  in  the  AtcA^otn^iot  vda 
iLXJLu  and  xxxii. ;  the  first  by  Sir  Nicholas  Hiu-rla  Sie^ 
las,  and  the  second  by  J.  U.  Planch<!?,  K«q. )  Aecovdi^ 
to  the  former,  *♦  the  motto  Is  probably  formed  of  tlm  !•• 
old  German  words,  ffooffh  nvwi,  hoo  moed,  or  hoag/i^^m 
L  e.  msgnanlmouj^  high-spirited,  and  w&a  probiliiy 
adopted  to  express  the  predominant  quality  of  th«  rHaca*s 
ralnd."  Mr.  Plancbi^  on  the  other  hand,  eonc^ivea  ikM 
"  Houmout  is  strictly  speaking  Flemish ;  and,  inatfifti  af 
considering  *  Houmout'  and*  Ich  Dien*  na  two  sepatat* 
mottoes,  is  inclined  to  look  upon  them  as  farming 
complete  moito." 

Df.  Bell»  however*  by  dividing  **  Houmout  "  into 
words,  is  of  opinion  that  "the  entire  renderinnf  Hot; 
ICH  mxji  is  almost  vernacular,  and  plain  Knitlish  How 
Jfosrr  I  sKEVK,**     Vtdt  his  recent  work  JVwp 
/&r  the  Mom  of  tht  Brinct  of  WaltM,  Part  I.  8vis  |«6I,J 

TaousKRS.  —  When  did  the  word  "trousCTi 
come  into  the  language  ?  It  is  never  u^ecj  in  ih! 
country  except  among  Englishmen,  "pantuk*oiis 
being  the  substitute.  J.  C.  Lukmat. 

St.  Paul,  Minnesota. 

[This  word  (variously  spelt  trossers,  trf>i;  ■-    -- 
2ers)  freqaentty  occurs  in  the  old  dram  :  la 

Act  1.  8c  1,  of  Ben  Jonfon*s  SlapU  (>/  A. ...,  i  ^a^iito^, 
junior,  "walks  in  lua  gowne,  waistcoat e,  and  rroiwi^' 
peering  his  tailor.    A  man  in  71^  Co^mmh  t^t  Ih 
and  Fletcher,  speaking  to  an  lri«di  sen 
have  thee  flead,  and  troamrt  mat!«t  t^  thy 
in.*'     Troesefi    appear   to    have    h^^n    tight    hi 


parat* 

A 

-A 


I 

I 

I 


••  TrowMS  (sayi  ihe  explsnmtorx  Index  to  Cox'a  Bittory 
oflretamr)  »re  breeches  und  »tockiii^4  made  to  tit  as  cloae 
to  the  body  as  can  \h>.**  See  ihe  Commentaton  on  Shak* 
ipeare,  King  Henry  K,  Act  IlL  Sc»  7,] 

Db,  Grobgb  Oliver.  —  What  relation  ia  the 
Dr.  Gtjorge  Oliver,  the  author  of  The  Religious 
Houses  of  Lincolnshire  and  other  works  on  Frec- 
masonrj,  to  the  late  Dr.  George  Oliver,  the  Hia- 
toritin  of  Devon,  and  author  of  several  works  of 
a  kindred  nature?  They  appear  to  have  been 
written  about  the  same  penod.  As  the  names 
are  si  mi  I  or,  can  a  distinct  list  of  each  author's 
writing  be  procured,  as  it  appears  very  difficult 
to  make  it  from  the  Publishefi  Catalogue  f 

A  DfiVOKIAS. 
[Future  biographers  and  bibtiographerst  it  is  to  be 
fearedf  will  be  «ore]y  puzzled  in  astigiung  to  each  of  the 
above  aothora  his  own  special  productions.  Their  Chris- 
tian and  auroamei  are  not  only  the  some ;  but  both  were 
contemporaries,  and  both  divines.  Doctors  in  Divinity,  as 
well  as  ecclesiastical  sntiqaaries.  For  lists  of  their  re- 
spective works  consult  liohn'a  new  edition  of  I^owndes. 
Wo  cannot  trace  nny  relAlionshjp  between  the  late  Dr. 
George  Oliver,  D,D-  of  St  Nicholas  Priory,  Exeter,  and 
the  present  Rector  of  South  H ykeham,  Lincolnshire.  ] 

Bi5UOF  A?«DRBWB9*  WiLi«  —  In  a  Ust  of  printed 
wilb,  given  hy  Ma,  C.  H«  Cooper  (3*^*  S.  iu.  30), 
is  that  of  Bishop  Andrewes.  May  I  a«k  your  cor- 
respondent wluro  I  can  find  n  copy?  An  outline 
of  the  will  is  pub  I  i  .shed  in  Gntch'a  Collectanea 
CurioMa  (vol.  ii,)^  and  an  extract  in  *^  The  Life 
of  Andrews,*'  No.  lu.  of  The  Englishman  s  Li' 
braty ;  but  I  do  nut  think  the  will  has  ever  been 
printed  in  its  integrity,    I  posseBS  a  MS.  copy, 

JUXT4  TuiULUI. 

[Bishop  Andrewes*8  Will*  with  three  Codicils,  is  priotod 
la  erttHta  from  the  original  in  the  Registry  of  the  Pre* 
rogati^e  Coart  of  Canterbur)-,  in  his  7\co  Angw€r$  to 
Cardimal  PerroM,  published  in  the  Library  of  Anglo^Ca- 
tfaoltc  Theology,  8vo.  1854.] 

Top  or  ms  Bbht.  —  How  is  this  expression  de- 
rived ?  St,  T. 

[From  Bendf  to  moke  crooked ;  to  inflect ;  as  in  Hamlrtr 
Act  IV.  Sc  2. :  "  They  fool  me  to  the  top  of  my  bent>  ** 
to  which  Mr.  Douce  has  added  the  following  note:  ** Per- 
haps a  term  in  archery ;  I.  c,  as  far  as  the  bow  will  admit 
of  being  bent  without  breaking.**] 

Bi,rNii  Alkuouse. — ^What  h  the  meaning  of 
this?      I  find  it  in    the    Life  of  Nich,   Ferrar^ 
Wordsworth  A /i^cc/ej.  Biog,  v.  183,  edit,  1818, 
^  St,  T. 

[The  phrase  **  BIlnd-Atehoase  *'  occurs  also  in  Etberege's 
Cmkai  Revemgt,  U99:  **  Is  the  fidler  at  hand  that  us*d  to 
ply  tl  the  IMwl^thoKK  *  "  W«  also  read  of  a  biind  paih. 
The  tncMoing  of  both  phrases  is  dearly  that  of  aoseeji ; 
otu  of  pubhc  view ;  not  eoAy  to  be  foond  j  private.  Go«son« 
in  his  SehaU  of  Airme^  lo79»  mentions  Cheuas,  "a  hlind 
vilUge  In  comparison  of  Athens.''] 


A  FINE  PICTURE  OF  POPE. 
(3'*  S.  V.  72.) 

Incbbdulus  having^  appealed  to  a  Gloucester 
correspondent  to  clear  up  the  myatery  of  the 
"  Curious  Diaccvery  at  Gloucester  **  of  ^'  a  fine 
picture  of  Pope,"  and  of  "  The  Temptation*"  by 
Guido»  I  gladlj  embrace  the  opportunitvofpUcin*; 
your  readers  m  potsenfion  of  what  information  1 
have  been  able  to  glean  in  reference  to  it.  The 
*•  Curious  Discovery "  surprised  no  one  more 
than  Mr.  Kemp,  the  master  of  our  School  of  Art, 
An  Italian  maater  found  under  bis  very  nose,  and 
he  not  aware  of  it! 

The  paragraph  ia  The  Builder  baa  but  a  very 
alight  substratum  of  truth.  In  the  first  place,  tbe 
"  cSacovery,**  if  a  discovery  at  all,  is  by  no  means 
a  recent  one.  The  picture  said  to  be  by  Guido 
was  never  walled  up  in  any  recess,  but  occupied 
a  panel  in  Mr.  Kemp^s  bedroom,  and  was  never 
considered  to  be  of  any  value,  either  by  Mr. 
Kemp,  an  artist  of  experience,  who  closely  in- 
spected it,  or  by  any  gentleman  connected  with 
the  Art  School,  It  was,  I  am  assured,  coarse  in 
execution,  and  as  a  work  of  art  almost  contempt- 
ible. Mr,  Kemp  remarked,  also,  that  the  head 
of  the  Tempter  appeared  to  have  been  painted 
more  recetdly  than  the  other  parU  of  the  body. 

The  picture  said  to  be  of  Pope  occupied  an 
oval  panel  (evidently  constructed  for  it)  over  the 
kitchen  mantelpiece,  and,  from  what  I  have  heard 
of  it,  I  ara  inclined  to  think  it  m»,'rits  as  little  con- 
sideration aa  The  Builder's  Italian  master.  It 
was  surmounted  by  a  bust,  which  certainly  bears 
a  resemblance  to  Pope,  judjring  from  the  most 
authentic  portraits  of  him.  The  old  housekeeper 
at  the  Scnool  (an  illiterate  woman)  believed  it 
to  be  a  portrait,  not  of  Pope,  but  of  a  Pope  (of 
Rome),  and  on  that  grountl  had  a  great  aversion 
to  it,  and  regarded  it  with  a  painful  degree  of 
awe.  She  used  to  eay  that  the  eyes  of  the  pic- 
ture  (though  it  was  much  injured  by  dirt,  smoke, 
&c.,  **  followed  her  all  over  the  kitchen  when  she 
was  at  work  ;"  and  she  did  not  attempt  to  conceal 
ber  satisfaction  on  its  removal. 

The  house  in  which  the  alleged  discovery  was 
made  once  belonged  to  the  Guises,  aa  is  evidenced 
by  the  arms  of  that  family  being  carved  in  aeveral 
of  the  rooms.  The  modem  owner  was  Miss  Cother, 
from  whom  Mr.  Baylia  probably  obtained  the 
pictures.  By  the  way,  if  I  am  not  misinformed, 
Mr.  Baylis,  some  years  ago  practised  as  a  surgeon 
in  this  city,  and  was  doubtless  acquainted  with 
Miss  Cother, 

There  is  a  tradition  that  Pope  was  a  frequent 
visitor  at  this  mansion,  and  one  of  its  old  walnut 
pannelled  rooms  is  yet  called  **  Pope's  Study.*' 

I  shall  be  happy  to  fvutA^Vk  ^xv^  laJCoaT  Ktv^tar^aa*- 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[S»*  S.  V.  Vawl  U,  "U. 


SOCRATES'  OATH  BY  THE  DOG. 

(3»*S.iV.  475,527;  yf.  B6.) 

Your  oorrespondents  who  have  remarked  upon 
ilsc  above  welf-known  oatb  of  So(^rate»^  have  not 
noticed  the  fact  that  the  pbLlosopber  is  alluding  to 
tht  worship  paid  to  the  Egyptian  divinity,  An  Lbia. 
Socratef  expreasly  refers  to  this  deity  in  the  words, 
^  «2  toSto  Mmlt  &.v§KvytcToify  M  t2)iv  KimOy  rhr  Alyvwrianf 
$94vi^  otf  9ot  6nokoy4ia^H  KaAAiifA-^r,  H.r.K,  The  ueo  of 
this  fbrtn  of  oath  has  its  orij^in  in  the  religioiis 
Mruplea  of  the  mind  of  the  devout  Greek.  Ac- 
eordiD^  to  tradition  Rhodamantbus  first  imposed 
U|>on  tie  Cretans  the  law  "  that  men  abould  not 
swear  by  ths  Gods,  but  by  the  dog»  tiie  ram,  the 
coosc,  or  the  plane  tree."  Your  correapondent, 
Ms.  J*  EjiSTWooi>  (3"*  S,  iv.  527),  very  perti- 
nently refers  to  Potters  Grecian  ATitiqiuiies  for 
information  on  the  subject*  The  passage  in  ques- 
tion is  to  interesting  that  1  will  briefly  quote  some 
of  ita  parts :  — 

**  Sometimes  cither  <mt  of  hOAlOi  or  nssiinitjcc  of  their 
baiiig  in  the  right,  tb^  swore  iadeliuiuly  by  anp  ot  the 
Gods.  .  .  .  Others*' thinkiag  it  unlawful  to  use  tho 
Hams  of  God  opon  every  slight  occasion,  »id  no  more 
than  Nal  ^  t^  or  "-By,"  &c*,  by  a  religious  eliip&ts 
oniittmg  the  mime.  Suidas  also  mentions  the  same  eus' 
torn,  whid)»  soith  he  Qv^fiiiti  irphi  ivat^iaif)^  inures 
m«n  to  ■  pjous  regard  for  the  name  of  God.  Isocratcjs,  iu 
StoUiciiBt  forbida  to  swear  by  nny  of  tbi*  QmH  in  any  suit 
of  law  about  money,  and  oii'  t^ro  aceofint«, 

either  to  vindicale  yourselt  lion  of  some 

wickfldnoM,  or  to  deliver  j  i  aomo  groat 

dsRijper.     ,     .      .      Pythegofikkf  a  si  UUroek^  informs  ms, 
,    .    .    rarely  swore  by  tho  Gods  himself,  or  allowed  bis 
aohohitt  to  do  so  {  instead  of  the  Gods,  he  advised  thom  to 
ewirar  by  rV  rtrpatrrvv^  »♦  fA^  number  four,**    .    .    .     aa 
thinking  the  perfectif^n  of  the  soul  consisted  in  this  number. 
tliere  being  in  every  soul  a  uiind,  scieucis  opinion,  and  sense. 
,     ♦    .    By  wliidi  ir?"?tnTir*»§  it  appesrs  that  though  the 
I'l  Irivolous  occa«ions  was 
.     .    yet  the  inoti5 
I. lined  a  most  religious  re- 
gard ll.r  ortOia.*— ^inri^ywiiiM  of  Oreect,  I  pp.  29S,  294. 

Porphyry's  words,  to  which  Bryant  (Ancicni 
MtjthoUigijt  i.  p.  345)  refers,  are  as  follows ;  — 

oAAci   KBTti  rhv  Toif  Au^t  hclI  Moiat  vcuSo  hfmwro  rby 
^Qv^^Ih  AAiiumU,  iii.  285. 

The  Egyptian  Aniibis  was   identifi«d   by  the 
Greeks   witu   Hermes^  the   son   of  Jupiter  and 
(S«e  on  this  subjeet  JablonsEki,  I^mihcon 

.:»,»    i  ^     TT. 


regard  to  the  termii  **  by  the  dr.  t 

The  whole  of  the  arsument  eni,  y  Bryttl 

in  tJie  chapter  from  which  your  corrt^peindei^i 
quotation  is  takeUi  id  meant  to  show  that  1h» 
Greek  words,  kw^  and  XH*^^  *re  a  con 
term  "Caben,  the  Cohen,  IH^  (pries 
brews."  The  Greeks,  says  Bryant,  wmi  nib  cua- 
racteristic  mode  of  explaining  myths,  ^^  catild  not 
jjpi..  'M  -'ning  from  the  sound  of  the  word*  wydk 
m  nearly  to  that  of  fcuwi/  aod  canij»  that 

it  ^^.^  .  .u.iO  reference  to  that  animaJ,  and  ts  ^ 
sequence  of  this  unlucky  resemblance  tkejf  j 
tiuually  misconstrued  it  a  dog*^  (i.  p.  321P.) 

W.  HotKlKTOS. 


j£g^piior»m.  I 

coitfjd,  1 
Socrale^, 

Herfues,  uaw  an  espre^ 
meaning;  or  Gl»e»  as  poi  I 
merely  stveiifUi«iiin;f  his 

with  ihm  eoaunand  of  lihndamanthus,  without  re- 
ference to  any  definite  God.  I  may  state  thiU 
your  corragpotidimt,  Li  CuavAiajsit  l)v  CIG^E 
(a**  S,  r*  d5),  misrcproiaDti  Bryant*s  opinion  with 


e,  if  Porphyry  is 

u*  and  reverent 

m:ii!  Mil  name  of 

"loooioe 

u.beit 

ftssertion  in  accorflance 


DECAY  OF  STOBfK  IN  BUILDINGK 
(3«"  S.  V.  68.) 

W.  appears  to  be  unaware  that  thia  fatal 
lity  in  most  kinds  of  freesstone  may  be  an 
or  averted  by  means  of  a  solution  of  silica  aniic 
calcium;  by  which  ]Vir.  Frederick  Eimaoma  Gjtwf^ 
sand   into   an   artificial   freestone,  surpassiif  ~ 
strength  and  (so  far  as  chemical  testa  can 
show  the  efiects  of  time  and  weather  exposing) 
in  durability,  any  kind  of  building-stone  knowc^ 

Freestone^  aa  found  in  quarries,  con  sins  i 
of  sand  consolidated  into  a  mass  by  cen 
sabetonces  introduced  amongst  it  in  the 
tions  of  nature ;  and  h  more  or  leas  dur&ti 
coi'ding  to  their  composition,  and  to  their  iAiolOi^ 
bility  m  the  water  and  the  acidn  to  wkidi  tliflrp 
may  bo  exposed  under  the  influences  of  the  ai^ 
mosphere.  Even  in  different  parts  of  tho 
quarry,  tlie  strength  of  the^e  cementing  siibsi 
aeems  to  differ :  so  that,  in  selecting  the  at 
a  building,  it  is  impossible  to  make  sure 
indestruc  tibility* 

Boiled  linseed-oii  has  long  been  a  means 
sorted  to,  in  thig  part  of  the  country,  to 
the    disintegration   of   building-stone ;     an*!, 
doubt,  it  is  found  to  efiect  its  purp 
yearsi  that  is,  so  long  ns  it  remains  ^  H 

the  stone  to  bar  the  entrance  ofmoiiiure, 
ultimately,  the  oil  itself  becomes  decompotod  i 
washed  out  by  the  action  of  the  wenf*  ^   —V 
parts  of  the  stone  that  had  been  bbi> 
crumble  more   readily  than  those   "• 
been  anointed  with  it 

By     a    judicio^l*^      tr.nl;.   MtJ-in     nf    "Mr 

solutions,  the  ori 

that  held  tom.tb, 

and  the  gni'lu:.'  A.'<:, 

it  crumble  intn  .,;inii, 

on  the  surfiMo  aMrttiy*  but  : 

within  the  rahitiiiico  of  tht?  r. 

cate  of  Umc',  insoluble  in  r' 

tur«^ :    a  cenaent  which   u. 

hardens,  and  the  atroiigth  q£  ivkkh,  aai  wil 


I  S.  V.  Fmi.  U.  ••A] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


139 


I 


» 


I 


Ml  tile  eoncrete  remaios  ot  our  buildings  of  the 
«arlv  *g;eH,  la  proverbiaUj  known.  ALmoapherk; 
mfluerices  have  no  effect  upon  it.  I  Lave  exp^ri- 
men tally  applied  these  solutions  to  the  purpose 
I  mention  ;  and»  although  it  w  only  the  hpie  of 
many  years  that  can  jufard  the  absolute  te&t  of 
thetr  efiicacj,  the  instantaneovB  arreet  of  the  de~ 
cay  that  was  rapidly  d-^^'*"'"'  the  building,  and 
which  has  not  reappea  r  weather  of  the 

moat  trying  kind,  coav,.,^^.  ,,*.  tliat  lime  will 
prove  the  remedy  to  have  been  moat  efiociually 
apolied. 

iir,  Kansome's  discovery  is  one  of  the  mo«t 
remarkable  instances  in  our  time  of  the  practical 
result  of  scientific  induction.     ExrjBBTa  Cbbbou 

Mo&troee. 

The  cjommTmication  of  W.  on  this  subject,  and 
his  suggestion  that  stone  should  be  kept  some 
time  before  it  is  used,  reminded  mo  thnt  there  is 
jTTeat  authority  for  the  antiquity  of  the  practice. 
We  find,  in  the  Holy  Scripturtj.^  (I  Chron.  xxii.ji 
^  it  King  David  *""  set  masons  to  hew  wrought 
DCS,"  anil  prepared  **  timber  also  and  stone " 
Itr  the  building  of  the  temple  by  Solomon  a/^r 
his  tieaih,  M.  E.  F. 

The  remarks  of  W.  are  worthy  of  nolo,  espe- 
cially as  to  the  use  of  linseed  oiL  I  can  speak  of 
ita  virtue  from  experience  of  forty  years  and 
more ;  but  when  it  is  applied,  the  stone  should 
not  be  in  a  greeit  state. 

In  the  quotation  from  the  recent  Camden  vo- 
lume, in  ft  letter  in  which  the  writer  speaks  of 
**  Lynsede  oyle  to  bed  hit,"  the  editor  of  that 
volume  put  a  qucr^  whether  it  means  bathe,  I 
must  diner  (roui  him,  because  to  bed  a  stone  is  a 
phrase  in  common  use  among  masons  for  setting  a 
stone  in  iu  place  ;  and  in  setting  freestone  (indeed 
I  believe  all  stone),  it  is  usual  to  some  the  beds 
with  water.  And  I  would  suggest,  that  instead  of 
sousing  wilh  water,  the  clerk  of  the  works  had 
provided  linseed  oil  to  be  used  in  bedding  the 
dtones  instead  of  using  water ;  and  as  the  king  was 
to  pay,  tlie  cost  was  not  heeded.  By  such  a  pro- 
cess evury  atone  would  be  thoroughly  saturated 
with  the  oil,  which  would  no  doubt  be  a  greater 
preservative  of  it  than  merely  brushing  oil  over 
the  surface.  IL  T.  kixAcoMn^,  MJ,. 


HOMAX  GAMES. 

(3*^S,  ill  490;  iv.  19,  &e.) 

Will  you  allow  me  to  answer  that  part  of  my 
owo  query,  under  tins  head,  which  rof  he 

k6i>tq^  UDi^av^i^y  and  to  apolojjize  for  tr-  ^o 

largely  upon  UuBssnoRouoB's  patience,  as  w  ji  as 
upon  your  space :  for  I  find  that  almoitt  all  the 


information  I  required  is  given  by  Strutt,  in  his 
Sportu  and  Pastimes  of  the  People  of  England 
(London,  1801,  4to,  p.  92) ;  where,  speaking  of 
the  derivation  of  the  exercii^e  of  the  Quintain,  he 
I'efers  to  this  very  code  of  Justinian's  (De  Alea- 
tarilmg),  and  identifies  the  MStnai  KovTai4y^  "  vibra- 
tio  Quintana,''  therein  mentioned,  with  the  pet  or 
post  Quintain  of  later  times;  adding  that  the 
words,  x*^pi»  '"J*  r''pir»jf,  *^sine  fibula,"  provided 
that  it  should  be  performed,  ns  I  suggested,  with 
pointless  spears,  contrary  to  the  ancient  usage, 
which  required,  or  at  least  permitted,  thera  to 
have  heads  or  points. 

This  exercise,  as  in  common  use  among  the 
the  Hcimans,  is  spoken  of  at  large  by  Vegedus 
{EpUorne  Institutomm  Rei  MUiiaris^  Paris,  1762, 
lib.  i.  cap.  xi.  et  xiv.)  ;  and  also  it  would  appear 
by  Johannes  Meursius  {De  Lrtdis  Gnscorum^  in 
tit.  »e4yTa^  iroi^or^*',  Florence,  1741),  who  is,  I  be- 
lieve, Van  Leeuwen's  authority  for  the  statement, 
that  **  a  Qnincto  auctore  noroen  habcbat  ;**  and  Du 
Fresnoy  Du  Cange,  in  his  Glo^arium  ad  Serip- 
tbres  Medift  et  Infitjup  Lalinitatis  (Paris,  1733«36, 
foh,  ill  taitee  **  Quint  ana"). 

I  regret  that  I  have  not  access  to  the  works  of 
the  two  last-mentimied  authors,  and  would  feel 
very  gruterul  to  any  of  y*»ur  correspondents,  who 
are  more  fortunute  in  this  respect  than  I  am,  for 
an  account  of  the  Quintain  as  given  by  them* 

I  would  also  ask,  if  the  words  x^'P*^  'njj  x<ifflnjs 
"sine  fibuli,'^  do  not  refer  more  to  the  point 
(msnivi,  aeies^  a*x^>7,  ^TtS^o,)  of  the  weapon,  than 
to  the  head  ?  lf»  that  is,  it  were  not  a  spear 
having  a  blunt  or  pointless  head — *^  hedded  with 
the  morne" — so  that  it  could  do  no  hurt? 

Scidiger's  definition  of  the  word  "fibula^"  as 
used  by  Cajsai*  {De  B,  G,^  iv.  xiv.),  is  **  Corpus 
durum,  oblongum  fiuod  ingreditur  in  foramen 
oliquod,  quasi  findat,  lUud  quud  periorat"  (Casar. 
Commen,,  1G61,  Amstelodamt,  ex  ofiicinS  Ebee- 
virianii,  p.  139,  curfi.  Ainoldl  Montani)* 

Strutt  also  tells  us,  on  the  authority  of  Julius 
Pollux  (Onomasticon,  lib.  ix.  cap.  7),  that  the 
Greeks  had  a  pastime  called  ''^llippas"  ('imras); 
which  was  one  person  riding  upon  the  shoulders 
of  another,  as  upon  a  horse ;  and  gives  two  very 
curious  illustrations  of  a  sport  of  this  kind,  as 
practised  in  England,  at  the  commencement  of 
the  fourteenth  century,  from  MSS.  in  the  Royal 
(2,  B.  vii.)  and  Bodleian  (2464,  Bod.  264^  dated 
1344,)  Libraries.  May  this  not  be  the  '*  hippice'' 
('linriH^)  of  Justinian's  code?  If  so,  it  was  a 
modification  of  the  Ludus  Trojae ;  for  the  per- 
formance of  which,  a  single  aoLidus  must  have 
been  an  ample  reward.  Aa  before,  I  reserve  my 
**  etymological  sagacity  " !  UurxB. 

Capetown,  S»  A. 


BURTON  FAMILT. 
(2"^  S.  iv.  22, 124;  ix.  19  ;  S'*  S.  v.  73,) 

The  following  memoranda,  na  showings  some- 
thing of  the  ongin  of  the  Burtons  of  Weston - 
under- Wood,  the  ultimate  ownership  of  their 
Ituided  estaieSf  the  precise  way  in  which  those 
estates  passe d»  and  other  facts  destructive  of  state* 
ments  hitherto  uiiopted,  may  be  considered  rele- 
vant hy  your  correspondent  E.  H.  A* 

Francis  Burton  of  Westrm-u rider- Wood,  parish 
of  Mugginton,  co.  Derby,  yeoman,  was  living  13 
Jac.  L,  oeing  then  56  years  of  a^e  (Add-  MS. 
6692,  p.  261,  British  Museum.)  William  Burton 
was  buried  tit  St.  Alkmund's,  Berby,  April  7,  1680* 
(Parish  Register,) 

Francis  Burton  of  Weston-under- Wood,  gent., 
was  father  of  one  son  and  two  dau^^hters,  viz. : — 

I-  Francis  Burton  of  Weston-under-Wood,  Esq., 
whose  descendants,  by  his  first  wife,  appear  to  have 
been — Francis  Burton  of  Kdnaston,  gent.,  died 
Oct,  9»  1742,  a{?ed  70;  Richard,  his  son,  died  June 
3,  1745,  aged  thirty- six;  Mary  and  Francis  (in- 
fants) died  1740;  John  Burton,  died  Dec.  29, 
1708,  aged  thirty- five,  all  buried  at  Brailsford. 
Margaret  Burton  (probably  widow  of  one  of  the 
fore-named)  was  burled  at  Brailsford  in  1779. 

Francis  Burton  married  (secondly  ?)  Mary  Good- 
win at  St.  Alkmund's,  March  Ifl,  1682.  He  was 
Hiffh  Sheriff  of  Derbyshire  in  1706,  and  died  July 
6,  1709,  leaving,  by  Mary  his  wife,  one  son  ;  — 

I.  Samuel  Burton  of  Derby,  Esq.,  High  Sheriff 
of  the  county  in  1719,  buried  at  St.  Alkinund's. 
His  monumental  inscription  (according  to  Glover) 
reading,  in  brief,  thus :  — 

**  Dndenteatb  this  pldce  lies  interred  the  body  of  Samuel 
Burton,  Esq.,  who  died  October  24tb,  1751,  ageil  €7.  Hii 
decease  haviiig  rendered  exUoel,  in  tha  mate  line,  a 
family  wbich  liad  been  very  andently  seated  in  this 
c«anty,  Joeepb  l^ikes,  Eaq.,  of  Newark,  Notts,  as  only 
surviviDg  issue  of  Mr.  Burton*i  first  cousin  in  the  femalo 
line,  became  bi?ir-gifneral  of  the  family  and  estates/* 

n.  Margaret  Burton  married  William  Cham- 
bers of  Derby,  gent.  She  died  Nov,  26,  16»5, 
and  was  buried  at  All  Saints,  Derby.  Their  only 
child  (to  survive)  Hannah  Chambers,  married 
Joseph  Stkes  of  Derby,  gent.,  at  Sl  Alkmund's, 
April  1722.  She  was  buried  at  St.  Michael's, 
Derby,  May  3,  1751  ;  and  he  at  the  same  place. 
May  23,  17.52,  having  made  his  will  April  11  pre- 
ceding?. They  had — 1.  Samuel  Sikes,  baptised 
at  Alknmmrs  June  18,  1723;  said  to  have  mar- 
ried Sarah  Webber  ;  predeceased  his  father,  t.  />. 
2:.  Joseph  Sikes,  of  the  Chauntry,  Newark,  heir- 
general  of  the  liurtoiis,  baptised  at  Si.  AlkmumrA 
Nov.  14,  1724;  msrried  Jane  Heron,  who  died 
s*  p* ;  iind  2.  Mary  Hurton,  by  whom  ho  left  nt 
bb  d6Qeasi%  March  10,  1798,  Joseph  Sikes,  LL.B. 
tfy) ;  Hannah-Mar*    ""' 


ried  George  Kirk,  Esq, ;  Sophia- JoseptiA  Slkill,  | 
married  Rev.  Hu^h-Wade  Grey,  >LA.  3.  Bm*  \ 
jamin  Sikes,  bsiptised  at  St.  Michael's  Aug.  1$,  | 
1726,  predeceased  his  father,  s.  p, 

III.  Mary  Burton,  married  Kbenezer  Greet  of  I 
Derby,  gent.,  who  died  March  5,  169l»  And  wii  J 
buried  at  AH  Saints'.  Joseph  Sikes,  LL.B.oC  tke  I 
Chauntry,  Newark,  thus  inherited  the  eaUlat  of  I 
the  Burtons,  situated  in  the  parishea  of  St.  AI|J 
mund,  Derby,  Brailsford,  and  other  dispi 
parts  of  the  county,  the  value  of  whicJi  csU 
considerable.  This  gentleman  had  a  fani^ 
adding  initials  to  his  name  other  than  those  ts  I 
which  he  was  really  entitled.  Thus,  in  one  edi^  ] 
tion  of  Burke*s  Commoners,  the  letters  ^*  F.RJS.'  ' 
are  ao  attached. 

Your  correspondent  has  asked,  *'  Who  w«s  Sir  | 
Francis  Cavendish  Burton  ?  '*  The  answer  ii  ii 
ima^inarv  person,  who  existed  only  in  the  l*rtii 
of  Mr.  Sikes,  who,  instead  of  ascertaining  the  noi 
parentage  of  his  grandfather  (if  he  did  not  knew 
It),  made  a  "  short  cut,"  and  attached  his  name  a: 
once  tn  the  pedigree  of  Sykes  of  Leeds,  by  m» 
cocting  the  marrtafje  of  Martha  Burton  *il^ 
Richard  Sikes,  thus  imposing  upon  Dickiatoibi 
Im  AntiqiiWen  of  Notts,  BnvkQ  in  his  Comrmmerh 
and  Hunter  in  his  Famdits  Minorum  ' 
The  latter  is  in  the  British  IMuieum,  A 
24,458,  the  learned  compiler  of  whieb,  when 
found  out  the  hoax,  wrote  ajrainst  this  particuh 
statement— Buf  this  is  alia  mistake. 

As  a  specimen  of  what  Mr.  Sikes  could  do  I 
the  way  of  "  mistakes,"  allow  me  to  append  tl 
following  from  the  Clerical  Journal  Directory  { 
1855,  the  italics  being  mine  :  — 

"  Sikes,  Joseph,  F.^.X,  Autlior  of  Strictiiww  aml^ 
meatary  on  the  much- appreciated  L'fo  Cff  i ' 
Dr.  AnihtiH^  Ashley  Sike?,  as   uppUcd  ■• 
* CbmraetertMlics  *  of  bi*  ^mct  celebrnterl  n«vi 
Asbley,  *ecot*d  Earl  of  Shafio'ikmry." 

That  the  "  Strictures  and  Commentary  "  wou 
have  been  a  literary  curiosity  had  they  extste 
the  readers  of  "  N.  &  Q.,"  will  be  prepared 
admit. 

Joseph  Sikes,  LL.B.,  die<l  April  21,  1857,  le»v 
ing  his  property  to   Mr.  Francis  Biiines   (wHos 
daughter  Mr.  Sikes  h.id  [previously  atIo|>ted),  *nd 
who  is  the  present  owner  of  the  estates   of  th^ 
Burtons,  whose  heraldic  honnurs  lie  h.as  not  appn   ' 
priated,  though  h^  has  lissumcd   the   name 
arms  of  Sikes. 

The  arms  of  Cavendish  (!)  were  quart^rirtl  bj] 
the  late   Mr.  Sikes,   the  imaginary  miirriage  re 
ferred  to    in  this  letter   being  the  sole    founda 
tion  for  such  ao  absurdity.     Riv'hily  or  not,  ib^ 
Burtons  of  Weaton*  under- W^     '         '  the 
of  those  of  their  name  at  1>  fid  tb 

Mr.  Sikes  ipartcrcd  with  *omi 
but  their  i^msanguinity  (if  ai 


fr*S.V.  Fed.  ia/C4.] 


NOTES  AND  QUEBIEa 


^.jiilv  named  Sykes  wai  contemporaneous  with 
bat   of  Burton»   at   Dronfiela  —  members  of  it 
ervmg  as  churchwardens,  &c.,  in  the  sixteenth 
Ind seventeenth  centuries.     It  also  terminated  in 
1  heir-geneml  in  1799,  the  eetatefl  now  vesting  in 
Mr.  liobert  Syki's  Ward.     Qnerj :  Could   there 
possibly  be  a  comtnon  ancestry  between  Sykes  of 
Dfonfield  and  Sikeifi  of  Derby  and  Newark  ?  In 
the  endeavour  to  solve  this  question,  the  informa- 
tion concerning  tlie  Burtons  of  Weaton-under- 
Wood  was  acquired.  Jamss  Stkbs. 


Stamp  Dutt  on  Painters'  Cawyass  (3^  S*  v. 
.)  —  The  query  of  L.  F.  N.  may  be  thus  an- 
ercd.  The  excise  duty  on  painters'  canvass  waa 
led  in  July,  1803,  under  the  Printed  Linens  Act, 
Geo.  ni,  capp.  68—69.  It  was  one  of  Pitt's 
themes  for  the  mnintenance  of  the  war  against 
'ranee.  The  duty,  paid  by  the  colourmen  or 
ndoTS  of  the  strained  canvasses  for  artists,  was 
ree pence-halfpenny  the  square  yard,  and  the 
ciae  officer  used  to  viait  their  workshops  three 
imes  in  each  week,  measure  the  strained  can- 
for  the  amount  of  duty  to  which  they  were 
liable,  and  stamp  them  on  the  back.  The  order 
from  the  excise  Office,  for  the  non-gathering  of 
the  duty,  was  issued  on  March  17,  1831  ;  stating 
the  duty  had  ceased  on  the  first  of  that  month. 
It  is  idle,  therefore,  to  suppose  that  any  asserted 
licture  by  Gainsborough,  or  Reynolds,  having 
be  excise  brand  on  the  back,  could  be  painted 
ll>y  artists  who  were  deceased  long  before :  the 
former  in  1788,  and  the  latter  in  1792.  Several  of 
the  supposititious  paintings  by  Sir  Joshua,  painted 
during  the  infliction  of  the  war  tax,  were  doubt- 
less painted  by  Christopher  Pack ;  of  whom  some 
»otice  will  be  found  in  the  1867  volume  of  Wil- 
Kb  s  Current  iVo/tf/i,  while  under  the  writer's  edi- 
torial management.  J.  H.  Bukn. 
Londoa  lu^tilution. 

SmtATioK  OP  ZoAR  (3^^  S.  V.  1170  -  I  am 

f  ery  grateful  to  A.  IL  L.  for  the  good-natured 
Way  in  which  he  has  noticed  my  misdeeds.  The 
lU-ticle  under  the  head  of  **  Zoar  *'  (Dictionary  of 
Ut€  Bibk^  vol.  iii.  p,  1856,  &c.J  contains  my  own 
conclusions  as  to  the  position  of  the  place  —  if 
conclusions  they  can  be  called  on  evidence  so  im- 
rfect.  When  I  wrote  the  article  on  "  Moab,**  I 
d  not  looked  into  the  question  for  myself;  but 
icepted  without  hesitation  the  positive  state- 
ents  of  Robinson  and  others.  I  discovered  the 
Qt  some  rime  since,  and  it  will  be  corrected  in 
ond  edition.  G.  Gbovk, 

Olu  Bridge  at  KRwrn^TON  (2***  S-  xli. 

►) — ^  Allow  me  again  to  call  attention  to  the 

e  inscription,  once  more  threatened  with  ex- 

inction.     After  1  noted  on  it  in  ''  N.  &  Q.*'  the 

>e  was  replaced  nearly  upon  the  same  site,  and 


screened  by  wooden  palings ;  but  now  new  build- 
ings are  being  erected  on  the  grounds  once  occu- 
pied by  the  ( ishmongers*  Almshouses^  and  I  sadly 
iear  the  relic  of  civic  jurisdiction  will  be  totallj 
martyred  unless  some  one  in  authority  flies  to 
the  rescue.  To  those  who  saved  it  in  its  Jxtrmer 
peril  I  address  this,  and  I  hope  they  will  assist  in  its 
being  restored  upon  as  near  its  former  site  as  pos- 
sible. Our  landmarks  are  being  torn  dawn,  but 
this  one  should  remain  to  tell  of  olden  times  in 
South  London.  T-  C.  N. 

Maidbn  Castlb  (3**  S.  V.  101.)  — The  de- 
rivation of  Maiden  from  the  Celtic  Mad^  cannot 
be  satiisfuctorily  established,  since  the  word  in  ita 

I)riraitive  form  existed  in  the  Teutonic  tongiiea 
ong  before  the  Saxon  had  come  into  contact  with 
the  Cymry.  It  is  found  in  the  A.  S,  mcegd^  maid, 
daughter;  maga^  son,  male  relative;  Goth.,  magu&^ 
the  equivalent  of  ir«ry,  r^Kuoif ;  magaths^  vap^S^of ; 
Old  High  Ger.,  magad;  Mod.  Ger,,  mtigd;  Old 
Frisian,  maged^  &c.     These  may  all  be  traced  to 

Sanakrit,  IfpQ ,  madkya^  unmarried  woman,  vir- 
gin; but  the  connection  is  more  apparent  than 
real.     Madhya  is  doubtless  derived  from  ^m  , 

madhuy  sweetness,  honey;  Gr.,  /*^8v;  Lat.,  mtl; 
A.  S.,  medn;  Eng.,  mcad^  &c.    Mctgd^  maga^  and 

their  congeners,  may  be  traced  to  Sanskrit,  V!%  t 

wj«A,  the  primary  idea  of  which  is  "power,"  but 
which  is  also  applied  in  the  sense  ofgignere^  par- 
ticularly in  the  Teutonic  derivatives.  (See  Bopp, 
Sam.  Gloss.,  253;  Grimm,  Deutsche  Gram,^  ii.  27; 
iii,  320.)  Originally,  then.  Maiden^  with  its  male 
equivalent  (now  lost),  signified  blood  relations. 
Grimm  derives  the  Scottish  Mac  (tilius)  from  the 
same  source. 

A  maiden  fortress  is  generally  understood  to 
mean  one  which  has  never  been  captured;  a 
maiden  mountain  (Jungfrau)  one  which  has  never 
been  ascended.  Is  it  necessary  to  go  further  for 
an  explanation  in  the  present  instance  ? 

J,  A.  PiCTOM. 

Wavertre«, 

Rte-Hoube  Plot  Cards  (3^  S.  v.  9.)— Alder- 
man Masters  lent  me  a  pack  of  these  cards  to 
exhibit  at  the  soiree  given  by  Dean  A I  ford  at  Can- 
terbury, on  the  occasion  of  the  Kent  Archaeologi- 
cal Association  holding  their  annual  meeting  in 
the  metropoUtical  city.  * 

AurB£Il  JOHK  DUKKIM. 

Dartford. 

NBwnAVE!^  iw  Frawcb  (3'«  S,  V.  1160--I^ 
answer  to  your  correspondent  J.,  I  beg  to  state 
that  Newhaven  in  France,  so  called  in  English  in 
1548, 18  identical  with  the  place  now  called  llavre, 

C.F.  S.  WAB.B.lt«. 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8»*s.V.  FnuUll 


LiBwis  MoKmis  (3"*  S.  v.  12.)  —  In  the  Intpo- 
dnotion  to  the  Wdsh  Poems  of  Graronwy  Owain 
(Llanrwst,  1860),  pp.  bczxv.  IzxxyI.,  there  is 
giTen  some  little  account  of  Lewis  Morys  amongst 
others  who  were  at  idl  connected  with  that  highly 
gifted,  but  unhappy,  Welsh  writer.  As  this  ac- 
count of  Lewis  Morys  was  drawn  up  by  DafVdd 
Ddu  Eryri,  it  must  have  been  written  a  good  while 
ago,  probably  fifty  years.  I  think  that  it  first  ap- 
peared in  some  earher  edition  of  Gkronwy  Owain. 
fVom  it  we  learn  that  Lewis  Morys  was  bom 
March  12,  .1700,  in  the  parish  of  Llanfihangel 
Tre*r  Bcirdd,  in  Anglesey,  as  shown  by  the  re- 
nter. He  was  the  eldest  son  of  Morys  ap  Ehi- 
siart  Morys  and  Margaret  his  wife,  who  was  the 
daughter  of  Morys  Owen,  of  Bodafen  y  Glyn,  in 
the  same  parish.  Lewis  Morys,  in  his  early  days, 
followed  his  father's  employment  of  '^cowperiaeth.'* 
He  afterwards  became  a  land-surveyor,  and  sub- 
sequently obtained  a  situation  in  the  cnstom-house 
at  Holyhead;  he  afterwards  was  collector  at 
Aberdyfi,  in  Merioneth.  He  was  long  connected 
with  various  Welsh  literary  undertakings,  and  he 
had  a  reputation  amongst  his  countrymen  as  an 
antiquary  and  scholar.     He  died  April  11,  1765. 

DafydJd  Ddu  Eryri  does  not  mention  Lewis 
Morys*s  troubles,  especially  his  imprisonment  on 
account  of  supposed  deficiencies  in  his  accounts. 
He  also  passes  by  his  quarrels  with  other  literary 
men.  Some  curious  statements  on  these  subjects  I 
have  seen  in  Welsh  Magazines.  As  he  died  ntTiety^ 
nine  years  a^o,  a  son  of  his  can  hardly  have  been 
recently  living  at  Grwaelod,  as  Mm.  John  Pavin 
Phillips  seems  to  suppose.  Lablius. 

The  Cambrian  Res^ister,  vol.  ii.  1796,  contains  a 
Memoir  of  Morris,  aidorned  with  a  portrait,  taken 
from  a  mezzotinto  print,  after  a  drawinpr  by  Morris 
himself.  Thomas  Puemell. 

TwELfTH  Night  :  thb  worst  Ptw  (S"*  S.  v.  38.) 
The  detitr  pejori,  not  for  the  worst  "  pun/'  but  for 
the  worst  conundrum,  as  our  grand  master  itali- 
cises the  distinction  between  the  two  perpetrations, 
is  mine:  I  protest  myself  the  Senior  Peesime. 
In  1815,  when  the  Byronic  muse  was  mystifying 
and  tristifjing  the  world,  I  indited  a  ballad,  which 
my  old  friend,  John  Taylor,  of  The  Sun,  got  sight 
of^  and  inserted  therein.  Half  a  stanza  will  show 
the  bitaurine  bellow  no  less  luscinian  at  Istamboul 
than  Snug  the  Joiner^s  leonine  roar  had  been  in 
Athens :  — 

"  When  my  lord  he  came  wootng  to  Miss  Anno  Thrope, 

He  WM  then  a  *  Cliildo '  from  school ; 
He  paid  his  addresses  in  a  trope, 

And  called  her  his  sweet  bul-bul : 
But  she  knew  not,  in  the  modem  scale, 
That  a  couple  of  built  was  a  nitfhtingale,**  &c. 

Some  vears  later  Mr.  Jcrdan  noticed  my  idle 
joke  in  his  Ajutdbiography,  honouring  it  with  the 
ascription  to  one  of  tub  Smiths,  I  forget  which. 


Being  too  conscientious  to  descend  from  my  *'hid 
eminence,"  I  declared  to  him  its  paternity,  whiek 
he  promised  to  record  in  a  forthcoming  effitnii. 
Whether  this  ever  forthcame  I  know  not ;  but  if 
the  saddle  be  put  on  the  right  horse  by  **N.&  Q." 
I  shfdl  rest  contented  with  the  tidU  aiUer  komora. 
The  conundrum  has  long  been  unjustly  ditcreditil 
Johnson  etymologised  it  **  a  cant  wcwd,"  and  de- 
fined it  "  a  low  jest,  a  quibble,  a  mean  coneeit," 
like  the  dislocated  Hs  and  supemamerary  Rs 
which  have  possessed  themselves  of  our  tbeatro. 
Better  justice  has,  however,  been  done  to  this  ill- 
used  term  (2^^  S.  vii.  30),  distinguishing  it  as  & 
play  of  sentiment,  whereas  a  ptm  is  but  a  woid-  | 
play ;  and,  referring  it  to  the  classical  etyaoa.  I 
Koufhir  Zvow,  commune  duorum. 

£Difinn>  Lemthai:.  Swim. 

Sir  Edwam)  Mat  (3^  S.  v.  35,  65,  84.)  — See 
Burke's  Extinct  Peerage,  xi,  611,  *'  May  of  Mav- 
field,*'  commencing  with  Edward  May,  £sa.,  w 
first  settler  in  Ireland,  from  whom  Sir  E^wiii 
May  appears  to  have  been  in  the  fifth  deseeoc 
Numerous  references  to  pedigrees,  in  the  EarL 
MSS.,  of  the  Mays  of  Kent,  may  be  found  inSsas 
Index  to  those  and  other  MSS.  in  the  Biikiik 
Museum.  B.  "W. 

Quotation  (1«*  S.  xii.  204).  — 
*<  Death  hath  a  thousand  ways  to  let  out  lift." 

The  only  reply  which  seems  to  have  been 
offered  respecting  this  cjuotation  is  in  2*^  S.  viL 
177,  and  that  is  unsatisfactory.^  These  worib, 
slightly  varied,  are  placed  in  the  mouth  of  Zeno- 
cla,  in  Beaumont  and  Fletcher*s  play.  The  Custom 
of  the  Country,  Act  II.  Sc.  1  :  — 

*'  Death  hath  «o  9nany  doors  to  let  out  life, 
I  will  not  long  survive  them." 

Blair,  in  The  Grave,  v.  394,  has  these  woids 
(in  connection  with  suicide)  :  — 

"  Death's  thousand  doors  stand  open — who  could  fbicc 
The  ill-pleos'd  j^uest  to  sit  out  hi^  full  time. 
Or  hlame  him  if  he  goes^  " 

Cf.  Virgil's  expression,  ^n.  ii.  661 :  — 
**  .  .  .  iiatet  isti  jonua  letho.*' 

Acre. 

ToAD-BATEE  (2'»*  S.  ii.  424)  is,  literally,  our 
Dutch  dood-eter  (dead'cater),  fern,  dood-eetster^  a 
person,  who,  to  borrow  another  Dutcli  expression, 
**  eats  one's  clothes  off  one's  body,"  or  "  one's 
cars  off  one's  head."  In  English,  the  adjective 
dead  in  composite  words,  also  ai>sumes  the  sense 
of  "  hopelessness "  or  "  worthlossness,"  as,  for 
instance,  "a  dead  bargain"  (for  the  salesman), 
a  "  dead-wind,"  a  "  dead-lifr,"  &c. 

John  U.  van  Lennbp. 

Zeyit,  near  Utncfat. 

Cbapaudive  (3"*  S.  iv.  423, 443.)— The  answers 
of  R.  S.  Charnock  and  W.  I.  S.  Hobton  on  this 


S^&T.  fjra.l8,'M.} 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


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subject  Tery  much  interested  me,  and  I  have  been 

trjiivjr  to  find  out  sometbiag  more  of  its  physical 
properties  than  was  contained  in  the  replies  of 
those  gentlemen,  but  witliout  auccess.  One  finda 
in  French  diclionnries  the  word  crapaudiiie  trans- 
lated **  loadstone,"  but  what  is  exactly  meant  by 
the  word  I  cannot  say  :  for  the  toadstone  is  an 
Igneous  rock  (almost  a  porphyry),  found  in 
Derhyihire^  near  Matlook,  and  dcriToa  ita  name 
from  the  German  tadatein  (death-stone)^  because 
where  it  occurs  the  lead  lode  dies  or  eeeaes; 
therefore,  it  is  plain  that,  in  the  aense  in  which  it 
is  now  used,  it  has  no  connection  with  crapaud. 

JVIentioning  the  subject  to  a  friend,  I  find  the 
word  has  a  great  number  of  meauings*  My  friend 
writes  to  me :  — 

"  D'abord  en  ce  qui  regarde  Tarticle  des  '  Xotes  and 
Qaeriea*  je  crols  que  la  r^nae  a  M  oondaanBt:  il  ^t 
Evident  quo  Pexpression  'Crapaod  Ring'  signifie  una 
bagae  avcc  nne  Crapaadiae  moat^  ea  (^ton :  c'est-^- 
dire,  tine  sardonic  ocill<^e  qu*on  croyalt  jmdU  exister  dans 
la  t€te  de  certains  craps  ads.  Mais  co  mot  Cmpaadioe 
fct  c*fi9t  ce  qae  je  tous  ai  dit)  n*a  pas  rien  qnc  ce  sens  eu 

•*  1°,  Dans  un  sens  mecanique  ce  mot  s^appligne  k  una 
sorte  de  lAbot  en  m^tal  (fer  on  bronze)  crcnse  ponr  rc- 
ceToir  le  pivot  d*une  porte,  ou  TarbrQ  d'una  mAchine ;  il  a 
poor  synonyme  le  mot  Grenonitle, 

"  2*^*  Dans  nn  sens  fa^'drauliqne^  on  appelte  Crapao- 
dine  nne  sorte  de  .^oupape  qui  sert  k  vider  lea  eaox  d*uii 
bassln  et  dont  la  forme  ressemble  auez  k  la  crapaudine 
d*nne  porte» 

•*  3*^,  En  architcctore  militalro  tl  a  ^t^  employ^  dans  le 
moyen  ige  pour  dgni6er  un  ongin  gtwirier,  poss^daot  la 
forme  d*iui  morceau  de  fer  crenx,  qpe  ysa  puappafer  assea 
impropremenc  de  nom  do  '  ciuion'  (^bictionnmre  d'ArehUec^ 
ture  sU  Fioilet  Lfduc)." 

Spiers,  in  his  Dictionary,  aays  it  also  means 
(Bot»)  iron*Wiirt 

The  Derbyshire  toadstonc  is  a  rather  coarsely - 
grained  dark  green  rock,  amygdalotdal  in  part^ 
and  aotnetimes  containing  small  picce§  of  a  white 
crystalline  mineral  (calcite  ?)  —  it  could  not  pos* 
sibly  be  used  for  a  ring.  An  account  of  it  will 
be  found,  I  believe,  in  Beete  Jukes's  Geology. 
Although  the  name  is  taken  from  fudstein^  I  find 
no  rock  mentioned  as  iodstein  in  Blum's  LUho* 
logie^  I  should  imagine  the  stone  to  be  a  cliryso- 
lite  variety,  peridot  (a  dirty  green  one,  peculiarly 
marked).  Joaar  DAriDsos. 

The  Owi.  (3'*  S.  r.  71.)— Time  was  when  this 
bird  created  ptmica  when  it  made  its  appearance, 
and  aet  all  the  augurs  consulting.  It  ccrtdnly 
has  been  responsible  for  much  mbchief  in  this 
way.  Except  as  a  great  recluse,  a  meditative 
character,  and  having  the  singular  faculty  of 
seeing  e%*erything  when  ordinarily  gifted  mortals 
gm  see  noUiing,  one  really  wonders  how  the  owl 
came  to  bo  re^ratded  as  an  attribute  of  the 
goddess  of  wbdom.  But  the  entry  quoted 
►jr  OxoNiENM[«*  proves,  pretty  clearly,  it  had  not 
mped  away  its  reproiu^  in  the  seventeenth  cen* 


tury*  Perhaps  the  Beverley  sexton  was  only  in* 
dulging  a  chisslcal  prejudice,  when  he  charged 
in  the  churchwardens'  accounts  for  killing  bis 
**oule;"  thinking  that  a  bird  of  ill  omen,  thut 
presaged  calamity  or  death  in  the  place  where  it 
appeared,  was  not  fit  to  enjoy  life  —  and  that 
"  ignavus»"  **  profanus,*'  "  funereua,''  were  epithets 
too  good  (or  it- 

This  bird  met  with  very  rough  treatment  at 
the  hands  of  rustics.  It  was  a  custom  in  sonie 
parts  to  hunt  and  kill  owls  on  Christmas  Day. 
A  barn-owl,  *'  screeching "  its  invocation  to  Mi- 
nerva behind  a  clap-net,  could  hardly  hope  for 
quarter  from  her  village  votariea.  An  alluiion 
tu  tLis  pastime  appears  in  some  Christmas  carols. 

The  pi*ophct  has  made  ibis  bird  the  symbol  of 
desolation  :  ''  The  screech-owl*  shall  rest  there.** 
Isaiah  xxxiv.  14,  F.  Puillott. 

I  fear  that  many  benighted  farmers  still  con- 
tinue to  slay  this,  one  of  their  best  friends,  though 
I  know  of  many  honourable  excepticms.  In  the 
days  of  Apuleius,  poor  "  Billy  Wix"  had  a  worse 
fate  to  encounter  than  being  shot  first,  and  then 
nailed  to  the  bam  gable — the  polished  Greeks  cru- 
cified him  alive !  Hear  what  Apuleius  says  in 
the  third  book  of  the  GoMefi  As* :  — 

**  Qoid?  qaod  et  Utaa  noctumas  aves*  cum  p«Dctravte- 
rlnt  Laxem  quempiam,  solUcite  prehensas  foribus  videmus 
adfigi;  ut,  quod  infau^tis  volatibiu  familifc  mtnantur 
aJciUaoit  suis  loant  crudaiibus." 

W.  J.  B^&ifHaBD  Smith. 

Temple. 

Hbxaldic  (3"*  S.  V.  73.) — The  arms  inquired 
for  by  J.  B.,  Dublin,  are  those  of  the  family  De 
1r  Barca,  and  are  derived  from  those  of  Leon, 
They  are  no  doubt  derived  from  some  gallant 
exploit  during  the  wars  of  the  Moors  in  Spain. 
The  create  now  changed  into  a  **  blackamoor," 
was  originally  a  Moor  of  Spain.  This  is,  of  course, 
attributable  lo  the  ahill  of  the  herald  engravers 
of  a  past  age.  The  arms  are  borne  by  one  of  the 
branches  of  the  family  of  **  Barker  ;'*  but  I  doubt 
if  they  could  give  authority  for  the  nssumption. 
I  suppose  "chevron  innerfed^^  is  a  misprint  for 
intMcted;  and  the  punctuation  of  the  query  is 
somewhat  astounding.  Latrans, 

Passage  in  Teknyson  (3'^S.  v.  75»  105.)--Xhe 
poet  laureate  elegantly  alludes  to  tkitt  side  on 
which  we  gencralh/  sleep.  The  right  ear  h  thus 
distinguisircd  from  (hrU  which  is  turned  heaven- 
ward. It  IK,  antjiheticttlly,  of  the  earth  earthy. 
No  poetry  could  stand  such  materialistic  probing 
as  has  been  applied  to  the  lines  in  cjuestion.  We 
should  never  think  of  asking  a  chemist  for  a  scien- 
tific explanation  ot^  Gray's  beautiful  line, — 
*•  E*en  in  our  asfta  liw  their  wonted Jfren." 

•  Margtoal  readings  **  aight  roon«l<ir.** 


144 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[3T^  a  V-  Fit*i* 


Without  a  perception  of  the  immateriality  of  the 

iUeflt  even  Shakspeare'a 

**  Pitj\  like  &  naked  new-born  babe,  striding  the  btast/' 
rould  seem  a  physical  impossibility,  and  hi^rhlj 

absurd.     The  very  explanation  is  injurlouis.      B. 

"AuT  TV  Mofius  E»/*  ETC,  (3'^  S.  V,  84.) — In  my 
communication  on  this  subject,  the  date  of  Eras- 
muses sojourn  at  Oxford  was  printed  1479  in- 
stead of  "l  497.  W.J.  D. 

Elkanoe  D'OLiiBEtiSB  (3"*  S.  V.  11.) — She  was 
the  daughter  of  Alexander  IL,  Baron  d'Olbreuse^ 
hy  Jttcquettei  daughter  of  Joachim  de  Poussart, 
Baron  de  Wandre.  Charles  BRfDOEB. 

Aldine  Volume  (3"*  S.  v.  96.)  —  There  is  in 
Stanford  library  a  copy  of  Pomponius  Mela,  Soli- 
nus»  &Cm  from  the  Aldine  Press,  Venice,  1518. 
It  is  printed  in  italic  type,  with  large  square 
spacer  left  for  onamental  letters  at  the  beginning 
of  each  chapter,  aa  described  by  your  correspon- 
dent.  Renouard,  as  regards  this  copy,  is  not 
juit^  literally  correct. 

The  title-page  states  the  contents  as  given  in 

his  Annalei  de  rimprimerie^  but  with  the  anchor, 

and  wtthoQt  the  djate  and  place  of  publication. 

-Then  follows  the  preface  of  F.  A.  Grolanui,  and 

i^e  233  **  fcuillets, '  but  only  one  additional  page, 

containing  the  register,  publisher's  name,  and  date. 

Renouard*s  account,  to  which  I  have  referred^ 
is,  however,  a  substantial,  though  perhaps  not  pre- 
cisely literal,  account  of  this  curitms  voiume. 

TnOB.  E.  WiNNlNGTON. 

Stanford  Caart,  Worcester. 

Gainsborough  Prater- Book  (3^^  S.  v.  97,)— 

11  possess  a  Prayer- Book  not  unlike  the   Gains- 

j borough  copy  of  your  correspondent,  printed  by 

I  Gower  and  PenneJJ,  Kidderminster,  without  date, 

[but  probably  published  about  the  close  of  the  last 

I  century.     The  Litany  and  Occasional  Prayers  are 

inserted  in  the  Morning  Prayer,  as  they  are  read 

in  churches,  not   in  separate  services  as  in  the 

Authorised  Version. 

It  18  aD  8vo  vol.  containing  the  Common  Prayer, 
E^salma,  CoUecta,  &c.,  but  no  metrical  version  of 
the  psalter.  It  has  one  copper  opiate  of  the  Nati< 
vity  as  a  fronttspiece. 

Thos.  E.  Wiuninoton. 
Stanford  Coart,  Worcester. 

KOMAN    CO!fSISTORT:   HkWBT  VIIL  AJIuQuBK!! 

CATiiiiAiivB  (3^*  S.  iv.  270.)  —  A  thin  volume  of 
1 05  ftiltOB  or  130  pages,  8  J  inches  high  by  5  J  broad, 
[fin  thick  paper  with  narrow  margins.  Evidently 
I  printed  in  a  hurry,  Uw  type  employed  varying, 
J  the  sheets  being  alU*matefy  in  small  and  large 
l^jpo.  It  waa  no  douht  printod  for  the  exclusive 
I  use  of  thti  members  of  die  jMipal  consistory.  A 
liniall  round  has  been  cut  out  of  the  first  folio 
out  the  sixe  of  a  half-crown  piece,  thereby  re- 
^moving  the  stamp  of  the  particular  cardmal*t 


IK  X.,  &  ad 
mi    ac  jntii< 

. ii.iii4    de 

I   tie  Oetoi^ 
istriasiitii 


c 


arms  to  whom  this  copy  belonged,   and  altjflitif 
injuring  the  text  of  the  verso  of  the  first  CbHo. 
Otherwise  this  volume^  of  which  no  other  copy  ii 
known  to  exist,  is  in  excellent  preservation. 
The  title  is  tm  follows :  — 

De  licentia  ac  eOtes.^ 

Ham  priDclari  D.  oxc 

Re^s  Anglis,   New  ."m^- 

aduocatus  COftistorialia  mn 

Tuderto  utriusq  I  iuris  Do<  ; 

gis  &  D.  excusatoris  Aduociii  in  i^acro  |>ybUc<»  Pootiild^ 

con&istOrio,  pricaideato  summo  PontijEiee  cum  auo  i 

sancto  Scnatti,  infra9en{)tad  Conclusioaes  pro  tenal 

nostro   aigillatim,   ac   sln$?ulanter  defemare   cooal 

Dio  aut  xri.  pnosantis  Menaia,  prima  er  mftaaulpUl 

concluaionibas  djaputabltur  &  Buccessioe  alls  4i«{Hlir 

buntur." 

On  the  verso  of  the  title,  the  pleadio^  oMp 

mence :  — 

FacH  Contingentia  Talis  Proponitur» 
CM  ad  auresclarifistmi  DomJai  Odoardi  KAmeu  ILDot* 
toris  Aoglicaoi  perlata  ea^iet,  maiato  li.  P«  D.  BmA 
de  CapisQcchis  aacri  Auditorii  Pontificii  Auditons  whH' 
tiftsimi^  in  causa  matnmonlali  inter  llenricum  nif 
Angliic,  St  Catlierinaul  illuBtrlaaimam  Hegina  uertiai^at 
a&aeritur,  delegati  Apoiatolici,  prKJcripta  lllostriariaBMa 
Regem  ad  iustantiam  memoratic  iUustrissimn  regiftK  fet 
e dicta  citatam  extitisde,  ut  comparcra  deberet  in  Cam 
coram  eo  per  se  uel  per  procuratorem,  idem  D.  Odoard* 
ton^.  exctisator  &  ezcaaatorio  nomine  dicti  He^ia 
pnudicto  1>.  Panlo  comparuit,  quaadcm  mat«n«s 
satoriaa  exhibena,"  &c  &c. 

The  conclusions  are  twenty- five  in  number, 
occupy  two  pages.    The  six  next  pagea  are 
pied  by  — 

*^  Tenor  Materiarum  pro  parte  Domini  excuaatoiia  Sa^ 
reniasimi  ac  inuictiBsimi  Regis  Angtiie  PropoaitanaiHL* 

The  heading  of  page  nine  is  as  follows :  — 
"  Beatissiroe   Pater  ex  articolis  couteoUa  in  matcriis 
alias  datia,  S.  V.  elidantor    Conclu^ionf*    inrraacHpfii 
coram  S.    V.  &  suo  SacrosaRcto  Seaatu  in    ampUnmw 
COaistorio  penaltlma  Febniarii  projw>§i!f  it  divpntac«w* 
Kesponaa  data  pen vl  '^       'Hi,'" 

EespoQsadata  aext 

in  Cosistorio  ad  allegaL  ^    -  um 

niMJme  Refine  deductaa  contra  tn»  cuciuBlones  iQa 
disptitatafl,'* 
(P.  42.)  *'  Kesponaa  data  xiii.  Martti,"  Sec 
(P.  61.)  "  Responsa  data  xx.  Martii,'*  &c. 

The  volume  ends  thus  :  — 

^  Et  ex  predietis  rem&et  iuatificata  predicta  olUfuaooa- 
dodo,  St  reiponium  est  advcr^ariorum  obtoctioot/* 

W.  H.  J.  W. 

PmrvATK  SoLmaB  (Z'^  S.  iv.  501.)  —  I  fear  7^0* 
will  have  some  difficulty  in  arrivinj^  at  n  irwt 
derivation  of  this  title.  I  apprehend  it  ii  «oldfer'« 
slang.  The  word  is  not  recognised  by  militar/ 
authority.  In  the  army  there  are  offit^ors,  n»>n* 
commi-sbned  officers  (tnat  is,  serjeant*  and  cor* 
porals),  and  rank  and  file.  If.  by  court- martial,  a 
non-commijisioned  ofliccr  is  re<iuced|  the  pun* 
tAhment  it  thus  wordinl :  m  the  cavalry,  **  to  tli^ 


f  P.  VIA 

(P.  2G.) 

a  D.  N.  in 


B^  a  V.  Fm.  13,  '64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


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I 
I 


rank  and  pay  of  a  dragoon;"  In  ihe  artillery,  to 

^gunner,  or  driver ''-^ta  the  case  may  be;  in 

I  infantry,  to  a  "  gentineV*     You  will  observe,  that 

I  in  no  case  \s  *'  private  soldier*'  admitted.     I  will 

iCTive  your  readers  another  query  :  Why  do  soldiers 

I  call  the  dark  clothes  of  the  civilian,  which  they 

occasionally  wear  when  putting  off  their  scarlet 

tunics,  ** coloured  clothes"?     Bar  a  luctis  a  non 

lucetidot  I  am  at  a  Joss  to  conceive.     Ebobacom. 

Thb  FnuT  Book  vrthtbv  nr  BtEMiNQHAM 
f3"'  S.  iv.  388,  520.) ^-Possibly  A  Loyal  Oration 
(1717)  may  be  the  first  trad  printed  in  Birming- 
bain,  but  the  earUest  hook  printed  there  that  I 
have  met  with,  is  — 

*♦  A  HELP  against  SIN  in  our  ordinary  Discourse.  As 
also  against  prophaue  Swearing,  Cursinih^,  evil  Wishing-, 
and  taking  God's  Holy  Name  in  vain :  And  abo  against 
Trimjng  on  the  Lord's  Day — Showing  that  it  is  neither  a 
Work  of  Mercy,  nor  Cftsfi  of  Neoesalty :  and*  therefore, 
ought  not  to  he  done  on  that  Day. 

*»  RememUr  Uit  Sabbath  Day  to  kem  it  JToty.  —  Exodus 
20,  15  (fiV). 

**  Six  DaoM  may  IFofk  bt  done^  but  the  Set^entti  is  a 
Sablath  o/"/Z«f  *  .  Haty  to  tht  Lord;  tcfttiBOftfer  doth  any 
IForA  tAerrow,  thall  turtfy  l>€  put  to  Deatl*^,  see  Es-ocliu 
31,  15. 

"  PoblishM  by  the  Author,  R.  H[amerslflyJ,  Chyrur- 
geon  in  WahaU,  Stfifforththire,  1719,  Btrmingham : 
Printed  by  H.  B-  in  New  Street." 

It  is  a  l2nio  (pi*,  64),  and  my  copy  is  to  the 
original  leather  binding.  At  p.  27,  Hamersley 
says :  — 

'*  Some  years  post  I  pat  oat  a  Httle  book  ,  . .  called 
Adviee  to  Sunday  Barberi,  bat  there  were  bat  a  few  of 
those  books  printed." 

If  the  Advice  was  printed  in  Birmingham,  it 
would  be  before  A  Loyal  Oration. 

Information  respecting  Hamersley,  or  "  H.  B." 
the  publisher,  will  be  thankfully  received. 

Chas.  H.  Batlet. 

Westbromwiclu 

Holt  House  or  Loretto  (3'*  S,  v.  73.)  — The 
Holy  House  of  Loretto  has  certainly  not  been 
carried  to  Milan,  or  anywhere  else :  its  removal 
from  beneath  the  dome  of  ihe  church,  where  it 
has  stood  for  ages,  is  impossible  except  stone  by 
stone. 

The  history  of  the  Santa  Cam  is  one  of  the 
most  wildly  imaginative  legends  which  yet  hold 
any  place  in  the  world's  belief.  It  probably  grew 
np  around  a  cottage,  built  in  imitation  of  the 
dwelling  at  Nazareth  by  some  pious  Italian  pil- 
grim; who,  on  his  return  frcmi  the  Holy  Land, 
wished  to  revive  in  the  neighbourhood  of  his 
home  the  religious  emotions  he  had  felt  when 
contemplating  what  he  believed  to  be  the  scene  of 
the  Annunciation.  At  a  time  when  historir*  crili- 
ciam  was  unknown*  the  legends  of  Palestine  be- 
came attached  to  the  Italian  building;  and  that 
which  had  once  been  poetry,  hardened  into 
dogma« 


Dean  Stanley's  Sinai  and  Palestine  contains  an 
interesting  account  of  the  Santa  Caaa^  and  the 
house  at  N'azaretb.  A  far  more  curious  book 
has,  however,  recently  been  published  by  a  de^ 
vout  believer  in  the  legendary  history  of  the 
building :  — 

"  Loretto  and  Nazareth :  Two  Lectures  contaiulng  the 
Results  of  Pi^rsooal  Investigation  of  thtiXwo  SaacLunries. 
By  Willi  nm  Antony  Hutchinson^  Priest  of  the  Orator  v. 
8vo.     1863/* 

The  author  died  on  the  12th  of  last  July,  whiles 
his  book  was  in  the  printer's  hands. 

The  literature  of  the  Holy  House  is  extensive, 
but  little  known  in  this  country.  The  following 
is,  I  think,  in  the  British  Museum;  — 

**  LouETTo.-^Philippon  (A,)»  Histoire  de  la  Ssinte 
Maisan  db  Lorette.    Paris,  lG4d.    Oblong  iU>" 

A  LoBi>  or  A  MAifoa. 

TsDDixQ  Hat  hi  Scotland  and  YomKsniBR 

(3^  S.  iv.  430,  524.)  —  This  term  is  \ised  to  this 
day,  meaning  lo  spread  hay ;  and  the  patent  im- 
plement, for  that  purpose^  is  called  a  *•  iedding 
machine.**  EnoBACt^M, 

Folk  Lore  (3'*  S.  iv.  514.)— Might  I  suggest 
that,  when  the  whitethorn  bears  an  abundant 
crop,  it  arises  from  a  warm  summer,  that  gtvea 
plenty  of  blossoms  to  ripen  into  fruit.  This  was 
so  in  1851-2;  and  in  Warwickshire,  at  leasts  we 
had  the  mildest  winter  I  ever  remember. 

Eboracuh. 

£nigma  (3**  S.T,55, 103.)— Is  it  not  o  Am  that 
is  indicated  by  this  riddle  ?  Such  gifts  are  not  in 
the  possession  of  the  giver  before  the  giving,  nor 
in  that  of  the  receiver  after  it.  The  giver,  we  know, 
sometimes  gives  them  $iKov<ra  kov  04hau(ra;  even 
when  there  Is  resbtance  she  is  said  to  give  the 
thing  in  question,  which  cannot  therefore  be  said 
to  be  forcibly  taken,  and  she  may  take  it  again 
without  any  eflbrt  to  do  so.        Nufeb  Idofbus. 

Carlton  Club. 

Both  E.  V.  and  F.  C.  H.  are  wronff  as  to  the 
solutions  of  the  Earl  of  Surrey's  quaint  enigma. 
The  answer,  I  take  it,  rnd  juid  also  give  it,  is  evi- 
dently —  a  kiss.  H. 

Chelmsford. 

"A  SnortJL*'  (2"^  S,  x.  410.)  —  As  I  do  oot 
tbink  that  the  query  of  your  esteemed  correspon- 
dent, A.  A.,  as  to  the  derivation  of  this  slang  de- 
signation of  a  Hansom  cab  has  ever  been  answered, 
I  send  my  notion  of  the  etymology  of  the  term. 
A.  A.  6  ay  SI, — "  The  other  day,  a  witness,  giving 
evidence  at  a  police  office,  was  asked  what  hia  oc- 
cupation might  be  ?  He  answered  that  *  be  drove 
a  shoful,'  which  he  afterwards  explained  to  be  a 
Hansom  cab."  Most  persons  who  have  observed 
the  occupant  of  a  Hansom  cab  in  the  summer 
time,  have  noticed  that  the  doors  are  generally 
thrown  open,  thus  aflbrding  an  entvt<a,  vvt^^  w 
**show  full"  ot  \\ift  \3feTW\\%\VC\w%*\^  SjMt -i^N'S^:. 


^ 


I 


G  liuBy  "  There  goe«  a  show  full,"  might  ensily  be* 
come  curreot  slang.  John  Pavi?«  Phuxips. 

Hav«rfordwe«t- 

Eam.  or  Leccestee  (3"*  S.  t.  109.)— The  epi- 
taph on  the  Earl  of  Leicester  which  Mb.  Fatite 
Ck>LUEB  inquires  after  will  be  found  ^with  the  last 
two  lilies  Bomewhat  T&ricd)  in  the  Collection  of 
Willi  am  Drummond  of  Hawthornden* 

C.  F,  S.  Wabeek. 

Olitbil  he  Dubben  (S'^  S.  t.  115.)— It  ^eems 
probable  that  Oliver  de  Durdeoi  whom  Akti* 
QUABT  inquires  after,  is  ideDtical  wiih  *^  Oliver^ 
a  militarj  ntan/'  mentioned  as  a  natural  son  of 
King  John  bj  Rapin»  Anderson*  and  Sandforci 
He  would  then  be  half  brother  to  Kin<^  Henry  III. 

C.  F.  S.  Wabbew- 


NOTES  ON  BOOKS,  ETC. 

K'^^SfS!^  ITfSflu/l/mi  and  kit  Contemporaries ;  or  the  Rim 
'  '  it^Bi  Am^fitun  Constitution.    By  Christopher  James 
RlatlimttUer,     (Bell  Sc  Daldy.) 

W«  haro  in  this  well-timed  volume  a  brief  account  of 
the  rise  cif  tbo  Americaa  Constitution,  in  connection  with 
the  life  and  opinioni  of  the  remarkable  man  **  who  did 
tbo  most  to  call  it  into  exiatence  and  bring  it  into  work- 
ing order,  while  he  foresaw  its  dangers  from  the  beginnine^, 
and  Laboured  iuces&antly  to  g^nard  against  them.'*  Tba 
story  of  Hamilton^M  varied  life;  li is  labour-  ■  '^  ''-M 
and  in  the  connrit;  hia  iufluericA!  and  hiii  l- 

aeaa,  are  iDterwoven  vrith  the  history  of  the  i  ,1 

the  ris«  of  the  Conadtution;  and  arei  nanu    :  Mr. 

EieihmuUer  in  a  pleoaia^  and  graceful  style,  i  vUl 
eatiafjr'  the  Engliah  reader,  and  wiih  a  fecl.ii^  iu;  iLlie 
difSculLie«  and  strogglef  in  which  the  countrymen  of 
Hamilton  are  now  unltnppih'  cncr^^^cd,  Trhirh  \fi}]^  ire 
aboold  think,  avrvt  u  of 

England  view  with  • 

grot  the  calamities  Vku....  ^^.  ..........  u.^...  » ^.^  m 

blood,  in  language,  and  in  religion. 

An  Es§aif  i0tear(tji  the  iHterpretation  of  the  Apomijffae, 
By  tkf  Bev.  D.  Stacey  Clarke,     (  Rivingtoaa.) 
A  new  Interpretation  of  the  Apooilyp^e,  basL^J  utwti  no 
hight'T  authority  than  the  writer*!!  own  ]  i « 

hardly  likely  to  carry  weight  with  th-.  n. 

Bat  there  is  another  rea^ian,  we  think,  wnii  r 

tlia  ifioaptance  of  Mr.  Clarke's  work  |  and  ir  it 

fha  loUffpratatioo  it  more  obiciit«  than  tbi  tic 

s«eka  to  eaplain. 

Tltprinii  of  tiU  mfifmtd  ntwf 
'''ivt  hetn,  H»ed  bu  Shake* 
'utui^frmn  the  omjf  hnonm 

itiuttion  and 
•tlieran.) 


soms  faw  yaara  since  Mr.  Siagw  TaprinCcd  a  wy  fittM 
iropressioa.    Of  the  "Hnodrod  Vuaj  T^e&T  <Htlf 

copy,  and  that  formed  of  fiortions  af  two 

imperfect,  ia  known  to  exi^u     It  was    ; 

Bastetl  about  1525,  and  aflenrnrd?  h^  ^ 

and  Charlwoodj  but  not  a  tf.'. 

known  to  exjsL     The  •*  Mf  i 

sweresv"  originallr  printed   1 

was  reprint*^  by  Wykes,  witli  n  uf  twent)-«i 

new  stories,  in  1567.    Mr.  U  .  "pnirltic*!  tiba 

latter,  which  is  of  extreme  riiriLj,  r  has  otni- 

onjly  bestowed  great  care  and  atteu  t.  wiidt,sai 

hia  illufitralions  are  pertinent  and  aau^.....^^.^. 

T%«  Book  of  Daye  i  o  MtMeeflaHy  of  Popmfar 
'-"•"^'^■firtn   wiih  the    Calendar^    iju^uding: 
.   and  Hietory^   Cunoaiiie*  of 
I  Hitman  Lite  and  Qtaracter.     CP'arfe  XXJt 

to  JCA  VL )    ( W.  &  R.  Chambers.) 

We  coDgratulate  Messrs.  Chambers  on  haTio^  1m^^ 
to  a  socceasfhl  conclusion  the  ver}'  useful  Compaolosll 
the  Calendar,  which,  under  its  appropriate  Uttt  «f  81 
Book  of  Day  St  is  destined,  we  have  no  dotibU  9^  OAT 
years  to  take  itH  place  on  the  ehclres  of  nil  loven  ^A 
times  and  old  cufitoms,  beside  the  now  veuemble  bd  s 
waya  amusing  Svery  Day  Book  of  Wil liana  H«m«,  Ik 
Book  of  Days  u  not  only  a  book  to  be  coomlled  ^eim 
infbrmation  connected  with  Dayi  and  Seasona  ii  to  Ir 
sought  for,  but  it  mav  be  taken  up  at  odd  moisaftlS* 
a  volume  of  the  Frencli  AntL,  and  will  be  foujidftfk  II 
amusing,  while  its  utility  14  doubled  by-  on  IndaaaaM^ 
is  a  model  for  all  similar  Mlscollanias. 

*''"•■   TY  DoMssDAT  Booa.  — We  l«artif  ftoa  IV 
i\  ide  of  the  month,  that  Mr.  C.  M.  Boap^ 

b a  Jiiw,  has  been  sppoinled  by  the  Adminltyti 

eouipiiij  ii  Domesday  Book  or  Heg^i.^ter  of  all  the  iifoaaif 
belonging  to  or  unider  the  control  of  the  Bcmmlxu  ciii' 
miralty. 


BOOKS    AND    ODD    VOLUMES 

WAirTBI>    TO   PHECBASB. 

BKrtlefllan«ff  Priet»  ao.^  of  the  IWloiriiui  Book*  fen  ba 
the  flvntlfliiMfi  bjr  vtidoa  tW  «r«  nquiml,  uid  wiuMc 
dretnsi  an  etvm  foe  tSM  pwoMt  — 

L  II.  nr.  ^d  IT.   fioclr,  ■ftMwteljrtor  ia  the  <iaa«taf)f'  ^na      | 

W«BtedbyJ.5.jt,CMeofM*.BijieWf,i 

LooXQii.  JE.C. 

lli|ira»»>  Exmmwvm  wnm  i»  Smi 
l]aacd&fbUo,llSr. 

WntK  Iqr  Mr,  ^.  Jfoe»iV,W.  O^OfSw 


Shttheepeure*e  Jml  BtKilt ; 
rare  Jft  Bo&k»t  »' 
mtarr.     /.  A  Uua.^ 

Copy.        //.     MiTU    7,rrr, 

ran  Edition  nj  Ih^l, 
Noin,  fry  W  CirefT  Umz 


fiatim  ta  CotTfipoiitrcuttf. 


s--^^  M< 


A 


forn 


iiuiji    inc    luo 


oaks  of  the  {jaopk—'^  wliidi  with  all  thvfr 
(\t\m»*  and  *>i«f^«*»«t  dulnwMi,  «rtf,"  at  Mr. 


MtUn  iruuld 
•4  a  ieriat  i 
cxirinndiy  rare  voiumci  or   wuitu 


*•  Nurta  &  Qt*£ 


LONDON,  SATURDAY,  FSBUUARY  m,  1964. 


iO,  'O.} 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


CONTEKTS.— N".  112. 


PBS:— Unpn  i  .o  D^Arcy  Cnui- 

H,  Ac,  147-  utftrtainineiitf  118 

jkMkriailctxj^j'  — ■  ?  —^    flAU- 

lao  —  Bowyer  cAeta 

^xiana  of  Bcniii-  f  Rir- 

*  I*w,  lai. 

^ITBBIKS:  —  Thomii  HaMort  Ouittio  Tobi«  Holdi!r,  159 
—  AU^g^  PtairtartMn  —  Ofow«  Ffeid  — Cuittoms  iii  Scot- 
Uuitl  —  Digby  Motto  —  BnlgEUA  —  Gaelic  Mauiucrtpt  — 
Greek  CiutoiD  af  to  Htir^cs  —  Hf rodottis  —  Incbg»w  r 
Ruflblda  —  luci 


IBUrtin  — Mr<> 
—  Bo«fy  — Til 
tbiJ  Saltere'  Cottijiany—  A 
Prter  Moor  — TrWa  of  k\ 
—  WaDderful  Character?  — 
tuiy  of  IriTentlonji,"  1. 
Duubar  --  Pope  ami 
d&a  gc»otiuiii  ^  —  J.  II 
on  DomLoBtiiig  the  Sb 

SBPLreS:— Portnat  01  our  r^nvicjur,  IW  — Mi  '  ' 
Sopulobral  Monumoiita*  158  —  WhikjJioro    F 
Psalm  xc.  9  (TuTpit*-  1t5x(t.  10),  IW  —  St.  Ma. 
161 — On  V '  '    "       'i         M<»aQlijji? ;  *' Maeaacre  *  t  iii«'  lu- 
aocents  "  ibtea  —  Wlio  writa  omr  Ncfrro 

Soiij^  ?  ruet's    House   atul   Cellar  — 

Gaintborotikni  rra> .  :r  k<mjk  —  Moticbines  —  SprLnKS  —  Cokl 
in  June  and  Warmth  at  Chritttoaiis  —  Baint  SwitaiLi's  Day 
—  TurtiBpit  DogT»— illuu'Ua  Honuebcai— Tbo  Brtjul  Arrow 
_  Blohardson  Famil  j|  ^Ic,  UA. 

Note*  OQ  Bookik  Ao. 


Ma:$tora  — 

ions  wanted 

I  s  Tomb  and 

v  —  Sbcridan  and 

rWfaaUoy.M.?.- 

Wopcester's  "O^n- 

nttld  PitxUTfle— '  WiUiom 
1  -  8t.  lahBoael  —  "  Offl- 
u\n— Oath  of  the  Judge§ 
lit,  150. 


I 


UNPUBLISHED   POEMS   BY  HELEN   D'ABCY 

CRANSTOUN^ 

3SCOND  WIFE  OF  rSOFILSSOR  DtTGALP  STKWAnr, 

(J?ar/y  refrtviMt  to  Sir  Wnli^r  SeoH.^ 
Mifis  Craiiatoun  is  known  to  the  lovers  of  Scot* 
tish  minstrelsy  aa  the  atithotess  of  a  song — "  The 
tears  I  shed  must  ever  fali,'*  which  Robert  Burns 
denominated  ■*»  soT»g  ol"  genius;"  and  to  which, 
in  order  to  ^t  it  for  the  muaic  to  which  it  was 
set  in  Johnson's  Scotith  Musical  Aftiseum^  he  did 
not  disdain  to  add  a  verse.    Among  the  additional 

*  Notice*  vf  the  different  inemb^jm  of  the  Cranatoim 
I  AtTnilv  will  be  found  In  Anderson's  ScoUuh  iVaftoJi,  pub- 
b^d  br  Kollnrfrm  &  Co.     Thi«  admirable  Biographical 
~^'  '  itc  that  secmi  to  attend  booksisau«d 

jl!    tnitdi!  "Number  Publishcra" — 
„  .  _    11  to  those  best  qualilied  to  enjoy  its 
«li€ioii«  stores,     it  fliabraLc^  under  ooe  alpbahet,  dud  In 
I  Itie  comp'txs  nf  thrp«»  imperial  8vo  volumes,  a  very  ftill 
[•lid  "  rapby,  a  history  of  Scottish 

Vteutn  lOft,  and  the  best  subetitute 

Ithtt  , , _^     .  ,.:  that  great  defSideratoin — a 

^JStUiuthtKu  ticotiea,    Ihe  author  was  for  some  time  Auh- 
Jiirjr  nf  Th*  Witn€§*  il«w»pap«n   nnd4«r   Hwgh    ^^!le^ 


kii^ws  bow  tu  vnhie — thnt   bo  iunl  louiid  in  tL 
namofl  he  had  M^^iti^bt  ft>r  lilsewhere  in  vain.     In 
'  '        li  hi»  ikciaive  approval 

»l  tidicap*   Lfrict,  wliich 

/\  '  lisliea. 


notes  to  the  last  edition  of  the  Museum  (Edla* 
burgh,  1839),  there  appeared  for  the  first  time  a 
copy  of  verses  by  Miss  Cranstoua,  becinning^ — 
"  Returning  Spring,  with  "gladsome  ray.  These, 
so  far  as  I  am  aware,  ure  the  only  productions  of 
her  pen  which  have  been  nublished. 

In  an  album  which  belonged  to  the  family  of 
a  baronet  in  the  Corse  of  Cowrie,  and  which 
came  into  my  possession  lately  when  his  library 
was  dispersetl,  1  find — amid  a  melange  of  original 
verses  which  passed  between  various  members  or 
connections  of  the  family,  with  dates  appended 
ranging  from  1771  to  17J>2  —  eight  pieces  "By  a 
young  lady ;"  who  is  identified,  apart  £rom  inter- 
nal evidence,  with  MJiis  Cranstoun  by  the  occur- 
rence among  them  of  both  the  poems  above  men- 
tioned. The  titles  of  the  other  six  are  as  follow : 
1.  '*Vow  for  Wealth;*  2»  Without  a  title,  but 
with  this  note  at  the  beginning,  in  pencil :  "  On 
L — n — n,  composed  in  an  hour,  and  written  down 
hy  31  friend.**  3.  *'  A  Prayer."  4-  Without  a  title, 
5.  **  A  Fragment,  or,  Verses  to  Winter."  6.  Also 
without  a  title. 

We  give  below  the  first  three.  No  reader  of 
Lockhart*s  Life  of  Sir  Wailer  Scait  can  ever 
forget  his  intimacy  with  the  Cranstoun  family ; 
nor  the  iniluence  of  Jane  Anne,  the  second  of  its 
three  daughters,  in  promoting  his  earliest  at- 
tempts in  verse »  There  is  something  very  inter- 
estiug  and  suggestive  in  the  kind  of  reference  ta 
Scott  in  the  third  of  the  poems,  now  printed*  It 
seems  to  mark  him  out  from  all  the  other  gentle- 
men named^  as  of  a  more  thoughtful  cast  of  mind, 
"  Boyle,"  I  should  think  there  h  little  room  to 
doubt,  muiit  have  been  David  Boyle,  Estj.,  ulti* 
mntely  Lord- Justice- General  of  Scotland ;  and  as 
little  that  ^*  Gray  '*  was  Francis,  fifteenth  Lord 
Gray,  born  in  17(55. 

The  other  allusions  T  nmst  leave  it  to  J.  M^  of 
this  city,  whose  *  us  to  "N.  &  Q.'*  arc 

so  valuable  and  in.  ^,  to  explain. 

1.  **  vow  FOR  W»AI*TH. 

"  Far,  ftir  remote  from  busy  life, 
From  giddy  mirth,  or  hateful  striA?, 
How  sweet,  in  i>ensive  iuood«  to  muse 
While  BofUy  fail  the  erouinf;  dewal 
Bow  sweet*  while  all  arooad  is  calm. 
To  pour  on  care  oblivion's  buliu  ; 
I'o  hush  the  throbbing  heart  to  rest* 
And  court  fond  hope  to  till  the  breast  I 
Savt^in  this  soft  romantic  M:en^ 
IVhere  all  is  soothing  and  serene. 
What  eattsr  wish  vet  fondly  apringt 
On  glad  Imagination's  wini^s.' 
It  is  not  p-   "•  '.  -      '^  i:.,  .,^.^ 
Thanks  M  is  minf. 

It  ism  L  ins, 

I  scorn  liliki  i. 

GralefuU  I  fv  i. 

And  blumhiiiL^  u.-iii  "^''^^.tlth. 

.\od  yet  the  mean. 
lxK>k  roaod  with  c( 


148 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8«*av.  Fw.1 


Thoa^b  richee  n«v©r  aw  beslaw 
Such  joys  OS  peace  and  virtue  know« 
Yet,  cannot  poverty  diacloso 
An  awfUl  train  of  bUokest  woca? 
Genina  depressed,  and  worth  obscur*d> 
Pleasure  forbid,  and  care  ensured ; 
And  mean  dependence,  painful  aiate, 
Oblige<l  perhaps  to  those  we  hate ; 
While  those  we  love^  around  us  sigh 
In  unassisted  misery. 
Think  on  the  helpless,  wretched  niftid, 
Un blest  by  fortune's  pow'rful  aid  ; 
Perhaps,  the  youth  whom  she  approves 
With  virtue  glowSf  with  fervour  lovea : 
In  vain'— for  honour  bids  her  fly, 
Nor  give  herself— 4Dd  poverty  f 
Or  g^raut  that  Heaven's  less  harsh  decree 
Still  ^acious,  gives  a  heart  that's  free; 
Yet»  should  some  sordid,  wealthy  fool, 
Or  passioD^s  slave,  or  vice's  tool, 
But  decked  in  fortune^s  smv  parade. 
Admire,  aud  woo  the  luckless  maid — 
Think  on  the  paugs  her  bosom  tear. 
Her  agitation,  doubt,  de^ipair* 
While  parents,  broth urs,  sisters,  wait, 
Her  choice  may  fix  their  future  fate. 
And  shall  she  deem  the  task  severe, 
That  re«coes  all  her  heart  holds  dear ! 
*Tig  not  the  frown  of  stern  control, 
ThAt  deepest  wounds  the  feeling  soul : 
The  faulf  ring  voice,  the  speaking  eye. 
The  sigh  of  fond  aniciety : 
Thes»--lhe8e^  in  mercjV Heaven  avert. 

And  snatch  from  woe  a  bursting  heart. 

AH'pow'rfull  wealth,  my  prayer  regard. 

And  deign  thy  vot'ry  to  reward. 

YeU  tho'  thy  influence  I  adore, 

Small  w  the  bounty  I  implore. 

Unheeded  shall  thy  treasure  shine. 

Oh !  make  but  independence  mine« 

Enough  in  ease  my  days  to  spend. 

Or,  sweeter  still,  to  bless  a  friend. 

'Tis  alt  I  ask,  for  all  thy  store 

Can  never  add  a  blessing  more. 

But  may  it  never  be  the  price 

Of  slav'ry,  meanness,  or  of  vice* 

Nor  e'er  my  toul  the  aognish  in<mn>» 

To  owe  it  to  a  hand  I  Boora." 

**  Oh !  say,  thou  blest  abode  of  calm  conteut, 
Where  my  first  hsppiest  years  of  life  wen;  spent, 
Where  joy,  unmiatt  with  care,  my  bosom  knew, 
And  wing'd  with  innocence  mv  momcots  flew ; 
Where  all  my  Uttlc  scenes  of  bliss  were  laid, 
I  And  all  my  youthful  fondest  friendships  made: 
&0b  I  vj,  when  I  those  happy  hoars  review, 
iCnn  I,  unmov'd,  prouounce  a  last  a^iieti  ? 
*^n  I  for  ever  from  thy  shade--*  depart, 
gor  feel  deep  anguish  rend  my  bleedir^  heart  :- 
w  h:it,  the*  noT  Art  nor  Nature  detgna  to  smile, 
geak  are  thy  hills,  and  barren  is  thy  soil  s 
Vhat,  tho'  no  ancient  grandeur  charms  the  sight. 
Hor  aofi  romantic  val*'*  iiupirw  d*'light ; 
,  Fet  sweet  si rr-'    --  . 
And  ttroog  <>  ^w  divine* 

But  since  t!i  jstoUfv. 


Not  on  the  place  depends  our  joy  or  reitk 
Our  happinejs  must  flow  from  our  ovo  tii«Ht 
Guilt  aud  disquiet  make  the  palace  aad» 
Conteut  and  innocence  the  cottac:e  glad. 
But  3'et,  whene'er  before  mv  faimfiu  e^'nt. 
Fancy  shall  make  thy  much  lov'd  image  ts«e. 
The  well*  known  sight  must  to  my  soul  b«  ilttr. 
Come  with  a  si^b,  norpart  wiiliout  a  tear. 
And  when  propitious  Heaven  the  bliss  beeSow^^ 
To  see  again  tnii  seat  of  calm  repose. 
Charmed  with  the  view  my  soul  in  joy  will 
Kecall  each  *ccne  of  bliss  I  saw,  and  felt. 
And  hail  the  spot  where  peace  and  1  have  df 

3.   '*  A   PKAYtR* 

«  I  ask  not  titles,  wealth,  or  pow'r, 
A  Gascoigna's  lace,  or  Pultnty'a  dow*) 
I  aak  not  wit,  nor  even  sense, 
I  scorn  content,  and  innocence. 
The  gift  I  ask  can  these  forestall— 
It  adds,  improves,  implies  them  all. 
Then  good  or  bad,  or,  right  or  wrong. 
Grant  me,  ye  Gods,  to  be  the  ton. 
My  Heavens!  what  joys  would  th^o  be  L__, 
How  bright,  how  charming,  would  I  abinat 
How  changed  from  all  I  was  before; 
With  friends  and  lovers  by  the  acore  I 
No  more  the  object  of  disdain, 
Ev'a  Clara  then  would  grace  my  train,  i 
Hang  on  my  arm  from  mora  to  night. 
Her  dearest  friend,  her  sole  delight. 
Torphicben  at  my  feet  might  sigh. 
Scott  might  approve,  and  Maxwell  dte| 
While  I  degag^  cool,  and  gay. 
Whisper  with  Boyle^  and  dance  witli  Ora^.1 

Tell  not  to  me,  when  age  draws  ni^b. 

That  frolic,  feathers,  whims,  should  fly. 

Poor  vulgar  wretches !  not  to  know. 

That  evVy  year  we  younger  grow; 

Or,  what  la  roucli  upon  a  par. 

We  dance  and  irisk  as  if  we  were ; 

OC  true  philoiophv  posseas'd. 

No  cart^  no  pity,  breaks  our  «at ; 

Thoughtteec  we  flutter  life  along, 

Aad  die  content— if  it*s  the  tm, 

Edinburgh, 


TOM  OR  JOHN  DRUM'S  ENTERTAINMKNT. 

**  A  kind  of  pnoverhiol  expreasion  for  in-treaioiaBl, 
probahhr  altudiog  originslly  to  some  jMirticular  a 
Most  of  the  allusions  seem  to  point  to  the  dUoii 
some  unwelcome  guest  with  more  or  leas  of  ignt 
itisulL"    ({^area's  Ghttaty,} 

In  tiU  probability  the  phraue  originiU#»iJ 
reference   to  that  militarj  punishraent   for 
graceful  crlcnes  and   incorrigible   offendcra 
oommonlj  known  as  **  drumming  out  of  the 
vice,"  and,  like  various  other  miijt4iry  pbroat, 
nrobably  became  current  in  Enghind  durioif 
Low  Country  Wars,     The  description  of  the  c< 
mony,  a«^  given  in   Gniee's  Military  Anttqtdi 
iigrew   in   all  ea*ent.ial»   with   tbat  now  or 
very  lately  practijied  :  — 

**  7%ecaf7>o^r 
i^HtuHct  being  ' 
witbotit  arms  [, ,   ^,., 


3'*  S,  V.  F>B.  20.  '64.] 


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the  prisoner  is  brought  to  the  '  '  '  t  under  an  escort 
of  a  corporal  and  six  men  w/  (ixed  [and  the 

regimcnt&l  fAcinga  and  btiltrr  b«en  cut  off  hii 

coat,  Had  th^  coat  itself  tamed  tn^idt^  uot  ],  the  h&lter  is 
then  put  ronnil  hh  neck,  and  frequentlv  a  label  on  hi» 
bock  sipn^i^}^  '^^  [though  thifl  last  practice  has 

now   fallen  I;    a   dr«mraor    [^fcnerally   the 

9maile:«it  in  ti;  i]«  then  takes  hohl  of  the  end  of 

the  rope,  and  le^td^  laru  along  the  front,  the  drams  fol- 
lowing and  beating  the  Bogae*a  ]^[arch.  Wheit  they 
have  poMod  to  the  lelu  the  procession  moires  to  the  rear, 
if  in  camp,  or  if  ia  quarters,  to  the  ead  of  the  town  [or  if 
in  endoeid  quarters  or  barritcka,  to  the  i^ate]*  where  [he 
ia  thrust  out  and]  the  drummer*  giving  him  a  kick  on 
the  1ire«ch,  <llsnii&ses  him  with  the  halter  for  his  per- 
quisite."   (Vol.  ii.  p*  110,  ed,  1801.) 

At  flJi  earlier  (leriod  (the  halter  being  a  retlc  of 
this),  the  Hogging  and  diamissal  were  performed 
by  the  hiingjnan  instead  of  by  a  drummer ;  but 
though  1  have  not  found  any  earlier  deacription 
than  Grose*s,  the  form  was  probably  in  other 
respects  very  similar,  since  it  explains  several  of 
the  old  idlusions,  Thus  the  recipient,  whether 
Parolles  or  any  other,  was  called  Tom  Drum, 
because,  like  the  drum  that  formed  so  noisy  and 
demonstrative  a  part  in  the  entertainment,  he 
was  well  beaten.  So  also  the  flogging  seems  to 
be  alluded  to  in  Kare«'f  quotation— "it  shall  have 
Tom  Drum's  entertainment,  a  flap  with  a  foxtail/* 
Again,  in  the  quotation  from  Holinshed,  where 
the  entertainment  given  is  said  to  bo,  ^^  to  hale  a 
man  in  by  the  head  and  thrust  bim  out  by  both 
the  shoulders,** — we  have  allusions  both  to  the 
halter  and  the  expulsion.  As  usual,  Shake- 
speare^s  uses  of  the  phrase  in  AlF^  Well  is  both 
uibbiing  and  pertinent  to  man  and  matter, 
^arolles  was  drummed  out  for  cowardice  and  dis- 

•aceful  conduct*  and  with  poetical  justice,  the 
m  which  he  so  loudly  boasted  he  would  re- 

vor,  called  the  world  to  witness  his  disgracei 

id  wnii  remembered  in  his  nickname. 

BrIKSLET    KlCHOLSON, 

P.S.  I  am  aware  of  the  quotation  from  FloHo, 
^»  flap  with  a  fox-taile,  a  jest,'*  but  in  the  pas- 

"  i  from  '*  Apollo  Shroving,"  there  is  probably 
a  double  allusion,  in  part  to  the  flogging  and  in 
art  to  the  jests  so  freely  broken  upon  the  dnira- 
"7*8  victim. 


doSta  MABIA  DE  PADILLA. 

In  the  war  of  th*e  Comuniros^  in  the  early  part 

''the  reigTi  of  Charles  V.,  the  two  most  remark- 

ersonages— who  were  the  soul  and  life  of 

ebellion  —  were  certainly  Juan  de  Padilla 

bi5   wife^   Maria   de  Padilla,  wh<^e  maiden 

ne  was  Pncheco. 

Respecting  the  husband,  we  know  sufficient  to 
tiable  u»  to  form  a  high  idea  of  his  courage  and 
.^^A  ^^f  ^jjg  noble  resignation  with  which  he 
i  on  the  scaflbid  at  TordealUas,  imme- 
>  ^icr  the  defeat  of  bis  forces  on  the  plains 


of  Villalar,  by  the  Conde  de  Haro.*  The  insur- 
rection had  certainly  some  just  frrounds  of  com- 
plaint against  Charles  and  the  foreigners,  by  whom 
Lis  majesty  was  influenced  for  some  years.  It  is 
related  that  when  Juan  de  Padilla  was  led  to  ex- 
ecution, together  with  another  prisoner  named 
Don  Juan  Bravo,  the  latter  requested  the  execu* 
tioner  to  decapitate  him  Jirfit,  "  in  order  that  I 
may  not  see  the  best  Cavalier  in  Castile  put  to 
death.**  On  hearing  which  words,  Padilla  ex- 
claimed :  **  Juan  Bravo,  heed  not  such  a  trifle ; 
yesterday  it  became  us  to  flght  like  gentlemen ; 
out  to-day  it  is  our  duty  to  die  like  Christians.** 
(Robertson's  Hist,  of  the  Emperor  Charles  V» 
vol.  ii.  p.  256,  ed.  London.  1774.) 

But  some  strange  and  contradictory  accounts 
are  related  of  his  wife,  Maria  de  Padilla^  daughter 
of  the  Marquis  de  Mondejar.  She  seems  to  have 
been  a  lady  of  remarkable  beauty,  courage,  and 
wit.  After  the  defeat  and  death  of  her  husband, 
she  hastened  to  Toledo,  of  which  city  she  was  a 
native,  and  called  both  upon  the  clergy  and  people 
not  to  lay  down  their  arms  until  they  bad  secured 
the  "  Liberties  **  for  which  her  husband  fought 
and  died.  She  also  sent  numerous  letters  to  the 
Commons  of  Castile,  exhorting  them  ''  to  take  up 
their  iirms  which  they  had  so  dishonourably  laid 
down  ;  and  moreover,  that  if  they  did  not  take  ad- 
vuntage  of  this  favourable  opportunity,  it  would 
bring  upon  them  eternal  infamy,  and  that  they 
would  remain  slaves  for  ever,**  &c. 

As  Toledo  was  almost  impregnable*  and  its 
citizens — animated  by  the  example  of  PadiJla^ 
were  determined  to  hold  out  to  the  very  last 
extremity,  the  Marquis  of  Vilkna  endeavoured 
to  succjeed  by  negotiation:  accordingly,  he  sent 
PadBla's  brother  to  have  an  interview  with  her, 
and  to  try  and  induce  his  sister^  either  to  leave 
Toledo,  or  to  persuade  the  citizens  to  come  to 
terms.  But  she  refused,  declaring  —  "  That  as 
she  had  no  wish  to  outlive  the  hberties  of  her 
country,  so^  had  she  a  thousand  lives,  she  would 
rather  lose  them  all,  than  receive  any  favours 
from  the  traitors  of  her  country/* 

When  the  news,  however,  came  that  William 
de  Croy,  the  young  Flemish  Archbishop  of  Toledo, 
was  dead,  and  that  Don  Antonio  do  Fonseca,  a 
Castiiian,  was  nominated  by  Charles  to  succeed 
him,  the  people  then  turned  against  her,  having 
been  persuaded  to  do  so  (it  is  said)  by  the  clergy 
of  the  city,  who  spread  the  following  reports 
about  her,  viz.  **  That  she  was  a  witch ;  that  she 
was  attended  by  a  familiar  demon  in  the  form  of 
a  itegro-mmd^  who  regulated  all  her  movements; 
others,  again,  asserted  **  that  the  maid  was  not  a 
woman,  but  an  imp  of  hell,  who  famished  her 


•  The  Bishop  of  Zamorn,  Don  Antonio  de  AcnSa,  wii 
executed  at  iSimAocas,  by  order  of  Charles  \.^  Vu«v^sl 
been  connected  with  th^  ^^\y^<3(Qu 


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[a»*8.T. 


fO.^ 


with  charms  to  fascinate  people  into  a  veneration 
for  her." 

Antonio  Guevara,  in  one  of  his  "  Familiar  Let- 
ters," thus  addresses  her :  — 

"  People  likewise  say  of  you.  Madam,  that  you  have 
about  you  a  tawny  and  frantic  slave  —  a  female  who  is  a 
great  Sorceress;  and  thcv  say  she  has  affirmed,  that 
within  a  few  davs  you  shall  be  called  *  High  and  Mighty 
Lady,'  &c'*  (Quoted  by  Mr.  Borrow  in  his  Zineaii ;  er^ 
JLceouni  of  the  Gypnu  of  Spain,  voL  i.  p.  98,  London, 
1841.) 

This  writer,  in  the  work  quoted  above  (p.  100), 
thos  speaks  of  Maria  de  Padilla :  — 

**  She  lived  in  Gypsy  times,  and  we  have  little  hesita- 
tion in  believing  that  she  was  connected  with  this  racey 
fatally  for  herself:  her  slave!— *&»ra  y  ioca,*  tawny  and 
frantic — what  epithets  can  be  found  more  applicable  to  a 
Gypsv,  more  descriptive  of  her  personal  appearance  and 
oocanonal  demeanour,  than  these  two? — And  then  again, 
the  last  scene  in  the  life  of  Padilla  is  so  mysterious,  so 
nnaoooantable,  unless  the  Gitanos  were  concerned;  and 
they  were  unquestionably  flitting  about  the  eventful  stage 

at  that  period Perceiving  that  it  was  necessary, 

oither  to  surrender  or  to  see  Tol^o  razed  to  the  ground, 
she  disguised  herself  in  the  dress  of  a  female  peasant,  or 
perhaps  that  of  a  Gvpsy ;  and  leading  her  son  by  the 
hand,  escaped  from  Toledo  one  stormy  night,  and  from 
that  moment  nothing  more  is  known* of  her.  The  sur- 
render of  the  town  followed  immediately  after  her  dis- 
appearance."   (P.  101,  vi  ct^pra.) 

I  believe  that  Mr.  Borrow  is  quite  mistaken 
about  the  negro-maid  having  been  a  "Gypsy.** 
He  quotes  no  authority  for  his  assertion,  but 
seems  very  glad  to  have  such  a  good  opportunity 
of  trvinji:  to  connect  his  favourite  Zincati  with  the 
heroic  Maria  de  Padilla.  There  are  two  authori- 
ties quoted  by  Robertson,  viz.  the  Letters  of 
Peter  Martyr,  and  the  Hist,  of  Charles  V,  by 
Sandoval*:  these  writers  may  contain  some 
further  particulars,  but  unfortunately  I  cannot 
consult  tnem.  The  tawny  frantic  slave,  called  a 
sorceress  by  Antonio  Guevara  in  one  of  his  let- 
ters addressed  to  Padilla  (Epistohs  Familiaretj 
Salamanca,  1J78),  does  not  by  any  means  imply 
that  she  was  a  Gypsy ;  besides,  he  merely  refers  to 
a  report — "  People  likewise  say  of  you,  Madam,** 
&c.  The  fact  seems  to  be,  that  as  Padilla  was  a 
character  so  extraordinary,  and  had  such  won- 
derful influence  over  the  people  of  Toledo,  it  was 
but  natural  that  they  should  ascribe  this  influence 
to  some  occult  power,  or  believe  that  she  was 
herself  a  witch,  or  that  a  demon  under  the  form 
of  a  black  slave  regulated  all  her  actions.  Such 
things  were  said  of  the  Maid  of  Orleans,  of  Friar 
Bacon,  and  others,  in  an  age  when  men  were 
placed  in  a  state  of  society  so  diflferent  from  our 
own. 

When  Padilla  escaped  from  Toledo,  she  fled  to 
Portugal,  where  she  remained  the  rest  of  her  life, 

*  He  was  Bishop  of  Pamplona.  The  first  part  of  bis 
History  was  printed  in  folio,  at  Yalladolid,  In  1604,  and 
the  second  part  in  1606.  It  has  since  been  nprinted  in 
Barcelona. 


with  her  relations  of  the  noMe  fkm9]r  of  tk 
Pach^cos.  She  never  afterwards  applied  to  thi 
Emperor,  or  any  of  his  miniiten»  lor  a  sardos. 
(See  a  curious  tract  on  this  sabjeet  by  Dt 
Geddes,  in  his  MisceUaneaia  TViKsCt,  vol.  i  p.  M 
London,  1730.)  Amongst  the  Egerton  MS8.  in  Oe 
British  Museum  (No.  303)  there  is  an  aoeoiBt 
entitled  ^  Relacion  de  las  C!omunidadei,*  sai 
another  M&  (No.  310),  entitled,  ^  TntaOo  * 
las  Communidades.**  A  Spanish  writer,  nasMd 
Martinez  de  la  Rosa,  has  alsopubliafaed  a  tkttA 
of  the  war  of  the  (^astilian  Commona  under  tk 
title  of  **  Bosmiejo  de  la  Guerra  de  laa  Coohb- 
dades."  Don  Vicente  de  la  Fuentc^  in  his  Bit 
iorid  Edesiastica  de  Efpdka  (torn.  iii.  p.  M,  ed. 
Barcelona,  1855),  makes  the  Mowings  f^w  resaDfa 
on  the  character  of  the  Castilians,  in  their  ft 
against  the  £mperor*8  foreigners :  — 

'*No  tnvo  la  Iglesia  de  Espana  qae  agradacer  nsfci 
los  Comnn^ros ;  y  antes  alfpinos  de  ellos  se  le  mestitf 
harto  desafbctos,  apoderibidose  de  soa  bienei^  7^1^ 
dando  sus  preceptos.** 

The  spot  where  the  Bishop  of  Zamora  «a 
executed  is  still  pointed  out  to  the  viator  st 
Simancas.*  The  Emperor  was  obliged  ts  it- 
ceive  absolution  from  tne  Pope,  on  accooal  cl^ 
death  of  the  Bishop  which  he  had  ordered. 

J.  Dawoa 

Norwich. 


roK.      P 

of  "Lsi 


BEAU  WILSON:  LAW  OF  LAURISTOK. 

In  the  recent  romance  on  the  subject 
of  Lauriston,"  publishing  monthly  in  JB€wtt§*i 
MisceUantf,  although  the  writer  is  entitled  to  ded 
with  his  hero  in  any  wav  he  chooses,  I  am  vcit 
much  inclined  to  think  that,  in  what  is  intemW 
to  be  a  historical  fiction,  it  would  have  htm 
better  to  have  kept  nearer  the  real  facta  thsc 
the  author  has  done.  Law  himself  was  not  the 
beauty  he  is  depicted;  and  the  conversion  of  tk 
young,  handsome,  and  accomplished  bachelsr. 
Beau  Wilson,  into  an  old  married  roaifp  ia  &r 
from  satisfactory :  for  all  readers,  excepting  those 
whose  historical  knowlcd<re  is  confined  to  Ife 
literature  of  circulating  libraries,  must  be  struck 
at  once  by  the  extraordinary  metamorphose. 

Wilson*s  singular  rise  in  fashionable  life  has 
never  been  explained,  and  perhaps  never  will  be. 
The  account  of  him  in  Nichols's  LeietsierMrt 
(vol.  iii.),  is  only  accurate  in  j)art.  There  is  a 
most  extraordinary  pamphlet,  in  octavo,  pnb- 
lished  after  his  demise,  which  gives  a  very  diflar> 
ent  representation  of  the  sources  from  whenoe 
his  income  was  derived.  It  is  of  very  rare  oc- 
cnrrenoe,  and  is  entitled :  — 


•  Thanks  to  tha  liberality  of  the  apaaiah^ , 

there  is  now  eveiy  fiwUity  given  lo  scholars  who  wish  to 
eoBsolt  the  documsBts  prsssi^ed  at  Sia 


i: 


8Ma.r.  Fxa.10,'64.] 


NOTBS  AKD  QUERIES. 


151 


fjimn  H story  and 

Surpi.^ -e,  ^ "   .^-  -:  "  .-  .^.-..>-.   ^  1-,-:  / 

It  is  printed  for  A.  Moore,  near  St.  Paul's. 
Tbe  nobleman  la  s»itl,  in  an  MS.  note  on  tte  title, 
to  indicate  the  Earl  of  Sunderland. 

Tbe  reputation  of  Moore  h  no  guarantee  for 
the  truth  of  what  he  published:  for  he  was  a 
dealer  in  scandal,  and  made  some  nionej,  it  i» 
understood,  bjr  his  dealings  in  that  line,  Tbe 
l?hole  thill"  perhaps  arose  out  of  8ome  passing 
I  rumours,  which  had  no  reul  fuundalion* 

In   the    GcntlematCs  JonrnrU    for   May,   1694, 

I  there  is  an  enitnph  by  one  Edmund  Killingworth, 

[©n   the  deatu  of  Wilson,   deficient   in   anything 

I  like  po3try.     In  a  commentarj  on  a  passage  in 

Ipne  of  Hornce**  Odea,  in  tbe  same  work,  trans- 

ttted  by  J.  Phillips,  there  in  this  remark :  ^- 

"  VV<!  h»ire  had  a  lait^  mstuico  of  this  in  Mr,  WilfiOii, 

without  any  visible  e^^tatc.  on  a  fiudden  mode  sp 

a  fii^Tire,  and  who  p^^l^r(bly  had  held  on  to  thii 

f,  hud  be  not  b^n  unt'ortunQtoly  killed." 

Of  Law^a  beauty,  some  idea  may  be  formed 

I  from  the  advertisement  for  hia  apprehension  in 

the  London   Gazette^  January,    1694-5.      He  ia 

>  described  as  **  Captain  J.  Law,  aged  twenty -six  : 

I  a   Scotsman,   lately  a   prisoner   in   the  Queen* g 

Bench  for  murder-     A  black  lean  man,  about  six 

feet  high,  large  pocks  in  his  fuce,  big  high  nose, 

and  speech  broad  and  loud.*'     Fii^y  pounds  was 

K  offerea  for  bis  appre)ien$ion,  J.  M. 


I 
I 


HowTRB  HousF,  Cambkrweu..— In  "  N.  &  Q." 

(2^  S.  xii.  183),  I  told  of  the  demolition  of  this 
old  mansion  house ;  and  I  have  now  only  to  add, 
after  a  lapse  of  two  years  and  a  half,  that  since 
that  periofi  the  site  of  it  has  been  made  a  depiit 
for  all  kind^  of  builders*  rubbish.  The  old  red 
bricks  (reserved  at  the  auction)  atili  remain  on 
the  ground,  a  broken-do^vn  wall  surrounds  the 
site ;  no  entrance  gate,  but  a  putched*up  wooden 
erection,  gives  entrance  for  carts ;  and  on  the 
whole,  the  spot  upon  which  the  renowne*!  Bow- 
yers,  the  Lords  of  the  Manor  of  Camberwell, 
resided  for  centuries,  presents  one  of  tbe  most 
woeful  pictures  which  our  modern  improrementfl 
bring  about,  T.  C.  N. 

The  jhodkbm  Magiciaivs  or  Egtpt.  —  Every 
one  ia  familiar  with  the  accounts  given  b;  Lane 
and  other  travellers  in  Egypt,  of  the  magioiati«, 
csipecially  of  one  most  celebrated,  who  wben  ibey 
undertake  to  produce  the  figure  of  any  person 
called  for,  invariably  employ  a  young  hoy«  in  the 
palm  of  whose  hand  they  pour  ink,  to  ai&Tv&  as  a 
mirror,  in  which  the  boy  is  to  see  the  images 
summoned  to  appear.  Reading  lately  in  St.  Ire- 
ociai,  1  was  surprised  to  find  mentiun  oi'  tbe  same 
practioe  of  employing  boys,  aa  customary  amang 


the  heretics  of  his  time,  who  attempted  to  work 
miracles :  — 

^  Sed  etsi  m1  nUp*r  mag{casioptrati»fraada- 

lent«r  seduct^r  iiserisAtos:  fractmn  quid«m  cA 

utilit&tem  nulU  -  , .. .  i»4ite«,  io  quos  virtutM  pcrflc«ra  at 
dicant ;  oddHcenie*  ttuttm  pmanm  inmttu  *,  H  mh&m  liflAK 
d^mttn  rt  jfhanffismfitfi  <*ff^Hdeni€$  statim  cesBaatla,  et  a« 
qii^  Is  pera«venuiti&|  Don  Jesa  Do* 

n\n  mago    similes    osteodttatur." 

P.  C.  H. 

RlCHAJlD  ClIANPLEK,  COMPII.Ett  OF  PablLIAIIBN- 

TAXY  Debatkb.  —  Watt  has  tbe  following  article 
in  his  BihL  Brit.  :  — 

"Chajtduer*— */>cft(i/«  II*  tkf  Iloute  of  Lord* /rtttii 
lf»60  tn  1741,  Lond.  176*A  S  vol*.  40*.  VdHiie*  i«  tht 
Ilou$e  of  O^mtmA  from  10*10  to  17il,  Lond,  1752,  li 
volft.  120*." 

The  Bodleian  Catalogue  (iii.  48)  states  the 
compiler*s  Christian  name  to  have  been  Richard. 

His  sad  fate  is  thus  related  in  the  Life  of  Mr. 
Thomas  GmU  Printer  of  York,  icriUen  by  him- 
«(/-(191,  1J>2):  — 

••  About  the  13th  of  January,  1738.  Mr.  Alexander  Su- 
p\ei  was  quite  broken  np  by  Dr  Pnr*  --'  not  long 
lifter  the  Messrs.  Cmiar  Ward  and  1:  i slier  be- 

came poss€A8ora  of  bis  printing  inatiM  tic^,  thay 

earned  ou  abunduoce  of  business  in  tha  bouka^ltog  way, 
having  bad  ahopa  &t  Loudon,  York,  and  ScarbdfOQ^. 
Tbe  latter  collected  divers  volumes  on  Parliamentary 
affkirs,  sod  by  the  mn  they  seemed  to  take,  one  would 
have  imagined  that  he  would  bava  ascended  to  the  apex 
of  ht«  de»tree ;  but,  alas  1  hi«  thoughts  soared  too  high, 
and  sunk  his  fortunes  so  low  by  the  debts  he  bad  coo* 
tracted,  that  rather  than  become  a  despicable  object  to 
the  world,  or  bear  the  miseries  of  a  prison,  be  nut  a 
period  to  his  lift?  by  diijcharging  a  pistol  into  bis  head, 
liB  be  lav  r<?clin€d  on  bU  bed.  As  I  knew  the  man  fiw- 
merly*  t  was  very  sorry  to  hear  of  hi*  tragical  suicide— ^ 
an  action  thit  for  a  while  seemaul  to  obumbrate  the 
ffloriea  of  Ctcsar,  who  fooad  such  a  deficiency  in  hi^  part^ 
nera'  accounts,  m  great  a  want  of  monej,  and  such  a 
woful  sight  of  flr>wing  creditors,  that  made  him  succumb 
under  the  obligation  to  a  statute  of  bankruptcy;  during 
which  time  he  haj*  been  much  reflected  on  by  a  Scot,  who 
had  been  his  servant,  and  obnoxious  for  a  while  to  many 
persons,  who  were  not  tboruughly  acquainted  with  him. 
But  he  now  brightly  appears  again,  amidat  the  dissipat- 
ing cloud*  of  distress,  in  the  publieation  of  a  paper,  that 
Lransccnils  those  of  hit  contemporaries  as  much  as  the 
rieing  sun  does  the  faihog  stars,** 

It  appears  from  Mr.  Timperley'a  Encyd.  of 
Printittg  that  Caesar  Ward  of  York,  was  a  bank- 
rupt in  1745;  and  it  wag,  therefore,  probably  in 
that  year  that  his  partner  Richard  Chandler  de- 
stroyed himself..  S.  Y.  R. 

LoHi>  Bau.  of  Baoshot,  — Reading  Coryat*s 
Crttditieg,  T6tl,  I  come  upon  the  following  curious 
allusion ;  which,  if  unknown,  may  be  interesting 
to  the  Hampshire  readers  of  *'  N.  k  Q.** :  — 

♦*  This  costome  dotb  carry  soma  kind©  of  nffinitv  wHl* 
ccrtaine  sociable  ceremonies  that  wee  haoe  ta  a  place  of 
England,  which  are  performed  by  that  most  reueraod 

'  Id  est,  impoltatot,  ^ft&^v\.     K3aS3«fc..^5ff^£wft- 


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[«^&V.  Fkb.10, 


J 


Lord  BaU  of  Bagshot,  in  Hamptahins;  who  doth  with 
many,  and  indeed  more  solemne  rites  inuest  his  Broth  era 
of  his  vnhallowed  Chappell  of  Basingstone  (as  all  our 
men  of  the  westeme  parts  of  England  do  know  bv  dearo 
ezpenence  to  the  smart  of  their  purses)  then  these  merry 
Burgomaisters  of  Saint  Gewere  vse  to  doe.*' 

J.  O.  Halliweli.. 


Common  Law.— The  term  •*  Common  Law  "  haa 
lost  the  one  simple  and  grand  signification  which 
it  formerly  had.  Its  use  is  rendered  ambiguous 
in  consequence  of  the  various  ways  in  which  it 
maj  be  employed  according  to  the  objects  with 
which  it  is  contrasted.  It  is  found  in  the  follow- 
ing senses : — 

1.  As  the  lex  nonscripta  (i.  Btack.  637) ;  2.  A^ 
the  antithesis  of  equity  (Step.  Comm,  i.  81,  et 
seo.),  and  according  to  Wharton  (Law  Diet  arL 
'•Common  Law"V  as  the  antithesis  3.  of  the 
civil  and  canon  law,  and,  4.  of  the  lex  merca- 
iorta. 

The  reason  assigned  by  Coke  (Co.  LUt.  142,  a,) 
tor  the  first  meaning  is,  that  "  it  is  the  best  and 
most  common  birthright  that  the  subject  hath  for 
the  safeguard  and  defence,  not  onely  of  his  goods, 
lands,  and  revenues,  but  of  his  wife  and  children, 
ni8  bodv,  fame,  and  life  also." 

Stephen  says  {Conm.  i.  82),  that  the  words  in 
my  first  and  second  meaning  indicate  that  which  is 
more  ancient  as  opposed  to  that  which  is  less  so, 
the  statute  being  of  modern  creation  when  com- 
pared with  that  which  is  of  immemorial  antiquity 
and  equity  being  of  considerable  later  birth  than 
some  of  the  earlier  parts  of  the  statute  law. 

May  not  the  term  in  its  primary  signification 
rather  derive  its  force  from  the  fact  that  it  repre- 
sents the  general  customs  or  maxims  commonly 
employed  m  the  administration  of  justice  throuirh, 
out  the  nation  ?  What,  lastly,  is  the  connectfon 
between  the  term,  and  my  2nd,  3rd,  and  4th  mean- 
"*-^^  Wynne  E.  Baxter. 


<SLntx\ti. 
THOMAS   HOLDER:  CAPTAIX  TOBIE  HOLDER. 
Thomas  Holder  was  a  very  active  agent  of  the 
royal  party  during  the  civil  war,  and  appears  to 
have  been  repeatedly  the  medium  of  communica- 
tion between  Charles  I.  and  his  devoted  adherents 
Anne  Lady  Savile  and  Sir  Marmaduke  Lanc- 
<laIo  (afterwards  Lord  Langdale).    On  the  very 
Jlay  the  latter  was  overthrown  in  Lancashire  by 
Cromwell  (Aug.  17,  1648),  Thomas  Holder  w^ 
wized  by  some  of  Skippon's  soldiers  near  the 
±-xchange  m  London.   He  was  for  some  time  con- 
fined m  Petre  House  in  Aldersgate.    In  October, 
Windsor  Castle  is  named  as  the  place  of  his  cap- 
"'''*^\,.?.'*\»equently  he  was  imprisoned  in  or 
near  Whitehall,  and  made    his  escape    from  a  I 
house  of  oflice  near  the  river  on  the  day  fol- 
lowing  the  king's  decapitation. 


At  a  later  date,  Prince  Rupert  had  a  aecretai;, 
whose  name  was  Holder,  and  who  appean  to 
have  been  a  Roman  Catholic,  but  it  u  uncertai 
whether  Thomas  Holder  were  the  man.  Tk 
compiler  of  the  Index  to  the  third  volume  of  tb 
Clarendon  State  Papers,  calls  Rupert's  secKtin 
William  Holder,  although  I  can  find  no  authoriti 
whatever  for  so  designating  him. 

Thomas  Holder  and  Benjamin  Johnson  gxn  i 
certificate,  dated  St.  Sebastian,  April  4,  iSo,  ■ 
to  the  services  at  sea  of  one  John  Synnott,  ad 
on  May  11,  1661,  Thomas  Holder  certified  am 
the  assistance  he  had  received  from  Sir  Thon 
Prestwich  and  Clement  Spelman  in  negotiata 
the  late  king*s  transactions  in  1648  ^th  Loi 
Langdale  to  bring  in  the  English  of  the  kii^ 
party  to  join  with  the  Scotch.    In  1661  he  iSi 
occurs  as  governor  of  the  African  company,  nj 
in  1663  as  its  treasurer.    In  or  about  1671,  wba 
he  is  termed  auditor-general  to  the  Duke  of  Yoii 
he  made  a  communication  on  the  subject  of  ki 
negotiations  with  Charles  L,    Lady  SaTile,  S 
Marmaduke  Langdale,  and  John  Barwie^  to  tk 
brother  and  biographer  of  the  latter. 

The  late  Mr.  Eliot  Warburton,  in  that  • 
methodical  and  almost  useless  compilation  wU 
he  was  pleased  to  term  "  Index  and  Abstntf^ 
Correspondence  "  appended  to  the  first  vote/ 
his  Memoirs  of  Prince  Rupert  and  the  Cosfc 
Cpp.  536,  537),  abstracts  eight  letters  to  Ym 
Rupert  from  Job  Holder,  in  1650.  They  s 
fiated  Heidelberg,  July  25 ;  Aug.  1,  8,  26  •  Septl 
Oct.  7, 14;  and  Paris,  Dec.  3.  •      r-  • 

f  In  Mr.  Warburton's"ChronolofficalCatalo«e" 
(wrhich  is  even  more  absurd  and  unsatisfa^ 
than  his  Index  and  Abstract),  I  find  mention  i 
the  following  letters  to  Prince  Rupert  from  HoMv 
(no  Christian  name  given)  :  Paris,  Dec.  3  165S- 
Heidelberg,  July  25;  August  1,  8,26;  Septli 
Oct.  7, 14 ;  Nov.  20,  1654.  ^  ^ 

Mrs.  Green  thus  abstracts  two  documenta  k 
the  State  Paper  Office  :  — 

«1660.  July  14.  [Whitehall.]  Petition  of  Toble  Holdv 
to  the  King,  for  the  Registnirship  in  Causes  of  Iiutaoec 
nnd^  Ex  Officio  under  the  Chancellor  of  the  Arehbishet 

**u  X?r^'  ^"^  ^^^  ^^^  "^**^*'  P^*^®-  Ii*»  served  throuE 
tjie  W  ar,  in  Lord  Langdale's  aiTair,  at  Brest,  under  Mm« 
Ktipcrt,  Ac,  and  has  now  only  debtu  left.     With 


ence  thereon  to  the  Bishops 'of  Kly  and  Salisbnrv  "-! 
Col,  Dom.  State  Papers,  C.  II.  i.  119.  ^^' 

M660?  Account  of  the  services  done  by  CaDt.  Toh. 
Holder  during  the  Civil  Wars,  as  an  officer,  as  ^entur 
Jo  Lord  Lanedale  in  ScoUand,  as  serving  under  PrioM 
Uiipert,  and  then  as  messengrer,  for  which  the  Klnc  dio- 
rnised  him  a  kindness  when  be  was  restored."— /iS;  458L 

Now,  I  suspect  that  Capt.  Tobie  Holder  is  the 
person  whom  Warburton  calls  Job  Holder,  for 
T^fb.  might  be  easily  misread  as  Job,  and  in  ooe 
i>(  the  letters  which  Mr.  Warburton  has  abstraoted 
is  an  allusion  to  a  letter  which  the  writer  had 
received  from  Sir  Mtrmtduke  Langdale. 


0»*».V. 


.90, 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


Additional  information   about  either    Thomns 
[  Holder  or  Capt.  Tobie  Holder  is  much  desired. 
'  S.  Y,  R, 


I 


* 
» 


AxLBGEB  PLAGXJkRistf « — The  Kev.  Richard  Jft^o, 
M.A*,publijhed  aTolume  of  pleading  poems,  chiefly 
written  about  the  middle  of  the  last  century, 
which  Chalmers  has  reprO(!uced  in  hi  a  Works  of 
the  Engliih  Poets,  vol.  xvii.  Mr.  Jago,  in  the 
work  alluded  to,  has  an  elegy  entitled  "ITie 
Blackbirds,^'  which  no  sooner  appeared  than  the 
manager  of  the  Bath  Theatre  claimefl  it  as  havin"^ 
been  written  by  him.  This  impertinent  assump- 
tion gave  rise  io  a  controversy  with  much  excite- 
ment in  Bath.  Can  any  reader  of  ^*  N.  &  Q*,"  *o 
far  enlighten  me  as  to  ptve  me  a  reference  to  par- 
CiotilftTB  of  this  dispute  ?  1. 

Ceowe  Fi£LD.  —  In  a  paper  dated  June,  1642^ 
mention  is  made  of  a  **  conduit  near  Crowe 
Field,"  in  the  parish  of  St.  Murtin'a-in-tbe-Field:5, 
In  what  part  of  the  parish  was  Crowe  Field  ? 

F,  S.  MEBatWEATILEIl. 

Ccttoms  m  ScoTLAKi).  —  In  the  MemoirM  of 
Lord  Longdate^  Bentley,  1852, 1  find  the  following 
pusage  (vol.  i.  p.  55)  :  — 

••Being  io  Scotluad,  I  ought  to  tell  you  of  Scotch 
costoms;  And  rcaltv^  they  have  a  cbArniing  one  on  this 
oocAitcn,  aa  you  will  fay  (he  is  writing  of  the  first  d«r 
o(  the  N^w  Year).  Whether  it  is  meant  as  a  farewell 
ceremony  to  the  old  one,  or  an  introduction  to  the  New 
Year,  I  can't  tdl  *,  but  ou  the  Blai  of  December^  almost 
everybody  have  either  parties  to  dine  or  siipw  Tlie  com- 
pany, aloioit  entirely  cmisisting  of  young  people,  wait 
together  till  twelve  o*c]ocJe  strikes,  at  which  time  every 
one  begins  to  move,  and  they  all  fall  to  work^at  what"? 
Why,  kissiog.  Each  male  i»  successively  locked  in  pure 
riatonic  embrace  with  each  female ;  and  after  this  grand 
ceremony,  which,  of  course,  creates  infinite  fun,  they 
separate  and  go  home.  This  matter  is  not  at  all  confined 
to  these,  but  wherever  man  meets  woman,  it  is  the  per* 
tJeuiar  privilege  of  this  boar.  The  common  people  think 
it  neceeaary  to  drink  what  they  call  hot  pint^  wbieh  con- 
sists of  strong  beer,  whiskey,  eggs,  &c,,— a  most  horrid 
composition ;  as  bad,  or  wor«e,  as  thnt  infamous  mixture 
called  i^-oHe,  whldi  the  EngJisU  people  drink  on  Good 
FritlajT' 

"  Give  a  conjecture  about  the  origin  of  this  folly." 

The  letter  from  which  this  is  an  extract  is 
signed  Henry  Bickersteth,  and  dated  Edinburgh, 
Jan.  1st,  1802. 

I  do  not  know  that  the  question  be  asks  as  to 
"the  origin  of  this  folly  "  has  ever  been  answered  ; 
and  I  have  doubts,  knowing  something  of  Scot- 
land, whether  this  custom  was  universal  or  even 
general  I  am  curious  to  ascertain  whether  it 
haa  prevailed,  and  also  what  ia  the  composition  of 
Jig'one^  nnd  among  what  portion  of  the  English 
people  it  may  have  been  used.  It  is  entirely  new 
to  mc.  Was  it  not  the  slang  term  for  some 
ftbomiftfttion  in  tlie  shape  of  mixed  akohoHc  li* 
ijuors,   known   only  to  the  students  of  the  law. 


when  Lord  Langdale  was  himself  a  student,  and 
entitled  to  subscribe  himself,  as  in  the  letter  from 
which  I  have  quoted,  Mennf  BicAersteth  f 

T.  B. 
DioDT  Motto.  —  On  the  tomb  of  Keiielm 
Digby  at  Stoke  Dry  Church,  Rutland,  is  his  coat 
of  arms,  and  this  motto  (1591)  —  "None  but 
one  {nut  que  urU).''  Can  you  suggest  any  solu* 
tioD,  aa  I  have  never  heard  it  explained? 

Philip  AuiiJt.ET  Auduit- 

Enigma. — Are  there  any  naturalists  among  the 
readers  of  "  N.  &  Q.**  that  can  solve  the  following 
enigma?  — 

^^Qulnqne  sumtis  fratres,  sab  eodem  tempore  nati, 
litni  barbati,  sine  erioe  crest  i, 
Quint  us  habet  barUam,  aed  tamen  dimidlatam.** 

A  WriLCiLaMJST. 

Gaelic  Manuscript.  —  Can  any  reader  of 
*'  N.  &  Q.'*  furnish  information  a«  to  the  present 
place  of  deposit  of  the  MS.  here  described  ?  I 
quote  from  the  Dean  of  Lismore*fi  book  edited  by 
Rev,  Thomas  M*Lauchlan  and  ^Villialli  F,  Skene, 
Esq.^  p.  xliL  :  — 

**  Mr.  DoDsId  MAcintoeli,  the  Keeper  of  the  Highland 
Society's  M8S.,  in  his  tint  of  MSS.  then  existing  in  Scot> 
laud  in  1806,  mentions  that  *  Mr.  Matlieaon,  of  Femaig, 
had  a  paper  MS.  writleii  In  the  Ronisn  churai^ter,  and  in 
an  orthography  like  that  of  the  Dean  of  Lismore,  con- 
tatntog  aongn  and  hymns,  some  by  Bishop  Careswel!/ 
This  MS.  has  not  been  recovered." 

K.  P.  D.  E. 

Gbeek:  Custom  as  to  Horses,  —  In  the  early 
part  of  the  Clouds  of  Aristophanes  (line  32),  the 
youth  who  is  dreaming  of  horse^racing,  and  is 
talking  in  his  sleep,  cries  out :  — 

The  scholiast  tells  us  this  means,  *^  Lead  home 
the  horse,  Erst  letting  him  roll  on  the  sand/'  This 
custom  is  kept  up  in  Italy  to  the  present  day, 
I  biive  often  seen  the  veUuriui  take  the  harness 
off  after  a  long  journey,  and  the  horses  would 
directly  walk  down  to  the  seaside  and  roll 
in  the  sand  for  a  long  time,  and  seem  to  enjoy 
it  thoroughly.  The  practice  was  said  to  be 
most  healthy  for  them,  particularly  to  keep  off 
renal  diseases.  I  mention  this,  first,  as  some 
doubt  has  been  thrown  on  the  meaning  of  the  pas- 
sage, which  does  not  certainly  commend  itself  to 
English  Uorsekeepers  at  first  sight ;  and  next,  to 
a«k  if  it  be  in  use  anywhere  else  than  in  Southern 
Europe?  A.  A, 

Poets'  Corner, 

Herodotits. — In  an  article  on  the  Pyramids,  in 
the  September  number  of  Blachmood's  (n.  348,  b.), 
the  writer,  who  is  speaking  of  the  history  of 
Herodotus,  says:  *Hhose  same  travels  were  hon- 
oured tbrough  all  Greece  with  the  names.  qC  U\«. 
Nine  Muse*.'* 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8"«aT. 


.tO.'Vl 


Tt  seems  to  me  that  this  is  speftkiiijT  too  poei« 
tivcly  of  a  matter  which  is,  at  least,  doubtful.  It 
is  certainly  not  in  accordance  with  the  views  of 
the  best  scholars.    Kenrick  says  :  — 

*•  It  is  not  probable  that  it  (the  history)  had  originally 
dthtr  a  general  title,  or  diritfon  into  boolu;  the  preeeat 
arrangement,  which  is  perhape  the  work  of  the  Alexan- 
drian gramnuuiana»  sometimes  interrupting  the  con- 
nexion of  the  particles.  See  the  close  cf  the  seventh 
book,  and  the  commencement  of  the  eighth,  and  the 
close  of  the  eighth  and  commencement  of  the  ninth : 
where  itkw  and  M  are  separated  from  each  other  .... 
From  Lacian  (*«  Herodotus  s.  Aetion"  4, 117,  ed.  Bfp.) 
it  is  evident  that  the  name  of  the  Moses  was  commonly 
applied  to  the  books  of  the  history  in  his  time  (a.i>.  180} 
....  The  ancient  critics  and  scholiasts  cite  them  by 
the  number."  —  Tha  Eggpi  of  Merodotuh  London,  1841, 
p.  1-2. 

I  send  this,  not  in  any  spirit  of  fault-finding, 
but  with  the  hope  of  eliciting  further  discussion 
of  this  interesting  (question.  Dahlmann,  I  believe, 
does  not  mention  it,  except  to  postpone  its  con- 
sideration (p.  27  of  Cox*s  translation). 

J.  C.  LniiMAT. 

St  Paul,  Mfamesota. 

iRCHaAw :  RuFiOLCiA.  —  1.  By  what  name  is 
Bnflfblcia,  a  castle  of  the  Bruoas,  mentioned  in 
Bymer's  Fmdera^  now  known  P 

2.  I  lately  observed  the  name  of  ^  Inehgav  ** 
given  to  a  barony  in  Fife — **  The  Barony  and 
tower  of  Inchgaw.**  Should  not  the  name  be 
Inchgarot,  or  Garvtef  (a  small  island  in  the  Frith 
of  Forth).  If  so,  how  came  that  island  to  be 
styled  a  barony  ?  S. 

IsiauisrnoNs  vnasna  VniraTioHs.  —  Robert 
Lord  de  Lisle  of  Rougemont,  only  surviving  son 
of  John  rx)rd  de  Lisle,  one  of  the  founders  of  the 
Order  of  the  Garter,  and  his  wife  £lizabeth  de 
Ferrers,  is  represented  by  an  inquisition  as  having 
died  unmarried,  his  sister  Elizabeth,  wife  of  Wil« 
Itain  Lord  Aldeburgh  of  Harewood,  co.  York, 
being  his  sole  heir. 

According,  however,  to  a  pedigree  which  oc- 
curs in  the  Visitation  Book  of  Somcrsctuhire, 
anno  1623,  he  had  a  son  William  seated  at  Water- 
ferry,  CO.  Oxon,  from  whom  a  lineal  descent  is 
given  down  to  George  Lisle  of  Compton  Dom- 
villc,  in  the  former  county.  Lord  de  Lisle  died 
in  the  year  1399 ;  his  sister  Elizabeth  inherited  all 
his  estates,  with  the  exception  of  eighty-six  knights' 
fees,  of  which  the  crown  was  in  possession  at  the 
time  of  his  death,  and  which  it  was  suffered  to  re- 
tain aflcrwards. 

Theiic  circumstances  would  seem  to  indicate 
accuracy  as  to  the  Inuuisition,  and  error  in  respect 
of  the  entry  in  the  Viiiitation  Book.  Is  the  dis- 
crepancy susceptible  of  any  other  interoretation  ? 

Uirrioa. 

Mart  Mastim  published  a  volume  of  poetry 
under  the  title.  Poems  on  Several  Ocaukmt^  8vo, 


London,  1733.    Who  was  this  lady  ?     And  vlwre 
did  she  reside  P  Edwamd  EUunon. 

Martin. —Can  you  refer  me  to  any  informatioa 
respecting  the  family  of  Martin  of  Aireafbrd  Hall, 
in  the  county  of  Essex  ?  P.  &  C 

MooRB. — Arms :  Arg.  6  lions  nunpoi  werti,  I, 
2,  and  1.  These  arms  are  upon  eld  plntep  whseh 
formerly  belon^red  to  Dr.  Mordecat  Moored  who 
married  Deborah,  daughter  of  Thonins  Llojd,  tiK 
first  Governor  of  Pennsylvania.  Can  tlie  faaS^ 
of  Dr.  Moore  be  identified  ?  8t.  T. 


A  VBW  Qontus  wtth  Quotatiovs  w j 
1.  Where  can  I  get  an  account  of  the  origin  «f 
kissinffthe  Pope's  toe  or  slipper? 

2.  Which  of  the  Latins  is  it  who  epolBO  of  '^ov 
dyinff  often  in  the  death  of  our  frienda  aid 
chilien  "  P 

3.  Who  is  the  cardinal  referred  to  in  the  ibl- 
lowing?  **As  that  proud  carcUnal  in  Gknnaav 
said,  ^  confess  these  things  that  Luther  finda  ftu 
with  are  naughty;  but  shall  I  yield  to  m  hoe 
monkP*'' 

4.  Who  is  the  bishop  spoken  of  here?  *<It«si 
a  worthy  work  of  that  reverend  biahop  thsKfe  wt  oit 
in  a  treatise  all  the  deliveranoes  that  hawe  htm 
from  popish  conspiracies  from  the  beginnivof 
Queen  Elizabeth's  time  to  th'ia  present**  (I<K^)! 

5.  Where  do  these  passages  occur  in  AHgai 
tineP  (1)  Qmtqmis  damut  swi,  ffc^  ^^^7  """^  ■  * 
stranger  in  his  own  house.  (2)  '*Wliett  ttaf 
is  contention  between  brethren,  witneaaea  vt 
brought,  but  in  the  end  the  wwds  of  the  wifl  of 
the  dead  man  is  brought  forth,  and  theae  daCcr- 
mine;  so    .    .    .    .** 

6.  Who  is  "  the  chief  paoist  **  of  this  rcfercuotP 
**  One  of  them,  the  chier  or  them,  a  great  achofar, 
will  have  the  water  itself  [of  baptismj  to  be  ele- 
vated above  its  own  nature  to  confer  gimce.**  If 
Bellarmine,  where  P 

7.  Which  •«  heathen  **  is  it  who  says  "^Hie  prais- 
ing of  a  man*s  self  is  burdensome  hearing**  ? 

8.  Is  it  Bernard  who  says  *^  There  is  a  child  of 
anger,  and  a  child  under  anger  **  P     Where? 

9.  Cyprian  saith,  ^Non  potest  seculum,**  te^ 
the  world  cannot  hurt  him  who  in  the  world  hath 
God  for  his  protector.    Where  P 

10.  **  You  know  whose  ensign  it  is,  whose  motto; 
Deiu  nobiwcum  is  better  than  Sancta  Maria  f^ 
Whose  P 

11.^  NikU  torn  cerium^  ffc^  nothing  is  so  certain 
as  that  that  is  certain  afler  doubting — *^.  Where  if 
this  to  be  found  P 

Early  answers  will  very  much  oblige 

A  SruiMBirr. 

RoaAKT. — The  institution  of  the  Rosary  ia  gen- 
erally attributed  to  St.  Dominic  (b.  1 170).  fooaa 
writen  have,  however,  attributed  it  to  Bedej  and 
some  have  given  to  its  institation  an  aatiqaity  aa 


IS.  V.  fan-acsi.] 


NOXCS  AND  QUEEIES. 


165 


I 


larly  as  the  time  of  St.  Benedict  (b.  480).    I  wisli 
lo  inquire,  through  the  medium  of  **  N.  k  Q^" 
IietUer  thLTO  Is  evidence  to  sht»w  that  the  roanry 
10  in  use  previously  to  the  time  of  St.  Dominic? 
I  have  often  thought  thnt  the  beads,  which  are 
found  in  large  numbers  in  Anglo-Saxon  tumuli 
in  Kent  and  other  parts  of  England,  may  have 
been  used  for  religious  purposes^  and  perhaps  for 
rosaries;  if  so,  it  would  help  to  decide  the  much- 
disputed  question  M  to  wnether  the  interments 
were  Christian  or  Pagan, 

AXOmElVOZf  B&KHT. 

The   Saa  or   GL^sa. — I  send   the  following 
beautiful  passage  from  the  Ltfra  Apoxtolica  (12th 
edition,  p.  62),  and  should  much  like  to   know 
whether  the  idea  of  the  sea  before  the  throne  re^ 
jUctntg  events  on  earth  is  based  uixin  Scripture, 
or  taken  from  any  ancient  Father  ?  — 
"  A  sea  b«fhn 
"the  throne  is  spread :  its  |mro  still  glass 
Pktutta  aamHh  memn  aa  tbej  peaSb 

We  OB  lie  sbora, 
Share,  in  tbo  baeoia  of  our  rait» 
God*s  kaow ledge— and  ere  blest !  *^ 
The  account  of  *'*  the  sea  of  glass/*  is  of  course 
taken  from  the  Apocalypse,  and  is  a  part  of  the 
portion  of  Bcripiure  appointed  to  be  read  for  the 
EptaUe  on  Trinity  Sunday  :  — 

**  Ami  before  tiie  throne  there  was  &  ma  of  gtau  like 
unto  cr}'Btal**^Bev.  ir,  6. 

03E0NfBNSIS» 

8ia  JoKS  S4x^TB&*6  Tomb  amd  tils  Sai-tbes* 
CoMTAXT.  —  The  following  curious  custom  de- 
serves enshrining  in  **  N,  &  Q."  :■ — 

**  The  beadles  and  aervaata  of  tbo  worebipfiil  Cempany 
of  Salters  are  to  atteod  Divine  Senrice  at  SL  MflkgnusV 
Church,  London  Bridge,  pursnaat  to  the  will  of  Str 
Jolia  Salter,  wbo  died  in  the  year  \$Q5,  and  waa  a  good 
bsMCactor  to  tbe  said  Company;  and  ordered  that  Ike 
beadks  and  terranta  should  go  to  the  said  chitrch  in  the 
first  week  in  October,  and  anock  npon  his  grareetoiie 
with  sticks  of  stayea  three  limes  each  peraon»  and  aay ; 
*  How  do  Toa  do  brotbeir  Salter?  1  hope  yon  are  well/  "— 
Ammmat  i^..  Oct  1769,  vol.  xiL  p.  1S7. 

Is  this  ceremony  still  observed  f  If  not,  is  it 
known  when  it  ceased  ?  S.  J. 

A  Sac  EST  SocEviT.  —  I  am  desirous  of  obtain- 
ing infornitttion  respecting  a  secret  society  that 
was  suppressed  some  thirty-five  or  forty  years  ago 
in  consequence  of  proaecutions  being  inatituted 
against  its  members.  At  the  meetings  of  this 
aociety,  the  chairman  would  ring  a  bell,  at  the 
same  time  calling  upon  the  £vLl  One ;  the  mem- 
berii  thereupon,  in  turn,    endeavoured  to  outdo 

Lone  another  in  cursing  and  swearing,  and  the 
victor  in  thii  wickedness  received  a  token  of  ap- 
probation from  his  fellows.  I  understand  that  in 
some  periodical  of  that  day  an  account  is  given  of 
Ijie  r-T.--  '  ,^  pj*  ^|jg  society  J 

br'  :^  will  be  able  to 

nfO'iiu  iMv  *TiL*j.  luw  ii.iuit;  till   me  periodical  con- 


taining the  information.     I  believe  the  members 
met  at  a  house  in  or  near  the  Strand,     C*  S.  H. 

Sa&RTDAX  AWB  Peter  Moorji.  —  SheHdan's 
body,  after  his  death,  was  removed  to  the  house 
of  his  friend,  Mr.  Peter  Moore,  in  Great  George 
Street,  Westminster,  to  be  near  the  Abbey  for  in- 
terment. What  waa  the  number  of  Mr.  Peter 
Moore  s  house  ?  Is  It  still  in  existence  as  in  1S16, 
and  who  now  inhabits  It  P  W.  T.  H. 

read 
in  tlie  jQumni  de*  Uibatt  an  article  on  8oail* 
picking  in  the  Vineyards  in  France,  which  gaT6 
curious  instances  of  many  criminal  trials  in  the 
Middle  Ajie^  in  France,  with  all  the  usual  for- 
malities, both  in  civil  and  eccleaiastieal  courts, 
against  animals  and  insects  which  had  done 
damage  to  man.  And,  In  a  pamphlet  published 
in  1«5S  by  Dumoulin  of  Paris,  and  written  by 
Mons*  Em  lie  Agnel,  entitled  Curifmtia  Judicuiires 
0i  Utstoriques  du  Mtf^en  Age^  **  Procis  eonlrt  Us 
Ajtimuus,^   the  subject  is  treated  more  at  large* 

I  should  be  obliged  to  any  of  your  corre- 
spondents   who  can   supply  Information  on   thk 


Tbiaj^  op  AwniArs.  — Ten  years  since  1 1 
X  the  Joumfil  de»  JMbaU  an  article  on  8i 


subject,   especially  if  they  can  say  if  such  triala 

.  ilace  in  "     '      " 
of  them. 


ever  took  place  in  England,  and  cite  any  inatanfiaw 


The  origin  of  the  proceedings  against  larse 
animals  may  be  traced  to  the  Pentateuch.  The 
pecuniary  advantage  and  superstitious  influence 
they  gained  by  it  probably  induced  the  clergy  to 
proceed  against  snails,  locusta,  and  other  insects 
m  their  eccleaiaatlcal  jurisdictions. 

JOHBT    P.   BoUsRJLU* 

KetteriDgham  Park,  Wymotidham,  Norfolk* 

Boca  Whai^ht,  M.P.  (3*^  S.  ii.  314.)— What 

is  the  date  of  this  queer  fish's  birth  ?     And  what 
place  did  he  represent  in  the  Irish  Parliament  P 
ZAcaABiAa  Cadwaixadsb  Sacxth. 

WownBUFtji*  CBAUACTEtis* — Can  any  of  your 
readers  inform  me  where  I  csn  find  a  list  of  all 
the  books  and  periodicals  that  have  been  published 
from  the  earliest  period  to  the  present  time,  on  a 
History  of  the  Lives  of  Eccentric  and  W^onderful 
Chnrncters  ?  Also,  where  I  can  inspect  collections 
tor  a  history  of  the  Eccentric  and  Wonderful 
Charact«ra  of  the  present  century?  I  should  also 
be  glad  to  know  if  any  of  your  rea^Jera  are  aware 
If  it  is  the  intention  of  any  one  to  publish  a  his- 
tory of  the  remarkable  characters  of  the  present 
day.  J'  Hi 

MABQina  or  Wobcsstbr's  **  Cebtubt  or  Ik- 
VBHTiONs." — There  was  an  edition  printed  in  1748, 
and  another  in  1763.  But  where,  and  by  whom 
printed,  I  cannot  ascertain.  Nor  do  I  find  any 
edition  noticed  later  than  182-5 ;  although  I  have 
been  informed  that  Messrs.  Cundell  printed  one 
about  l850-5e,  ^.^^ 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


tSHSwV. 


Bkqoalp  Fit^uese.  —  I  hiive  a  picture  in* 
scribed  "Reginald  Fitzurse'g  Chapel/'  Query 
the  parish  and  county  ?  A.  J.  Dunkin* 

Djirtford. 

[Sir  Reginald  FiUarae,  •*  *on  of  the  Bear,"  was  one  of 
the  fourmordercri  of  Thorn m  Becket.  Hi«  father,  Richard 
Fitzurse,  became  poseessed  in  the  reign  of  Stephen  of  the 
maoorof  WiUetoniD  SomerMtAhirer  winch  had  descended 
to  Reginald  a  few  yeare  before  the  murder  of  the  Arch- 
tii&hop  of  Caaterbur}'.  He  was  also  jl  tenant  in  chief  in 
Northamptonshire,  in  tail  in  Leioesterehire  {Liber  yigri 
Scaccariif  2 16-286),  and  waa  alao  poaieaaor  of  the  manor  of 
Baibam  Court  in  Kent.  ( Baated'a  JTen^  iii.  7^«)  The 
medi&val  tradition  ii^  that  the  four  intirderer<i  atruck  irith 
remone,  went  to  Rome  to  receive  the  sentence  of  Pope 
Ale^cander  III.,  and  by  him  were  sent  to  expiate  iheir 
aina  in  the  Holy  Land.  Dean  Stanley  {tiUtorkal  Memo- 
riaU  of  Canttrbvri/,  8yo,  165fi),  has,  however,  carefully 
traced  the  facts  of  their  subsequent  historj',  fi-om  which 
it  appears,  that  Fitsurse  is  said  to  have  gone  over  to  Ire- 
land, and  there  to  have  become  the  ancestor  of  the 
M'MahoQ  family  in  the  north  of  Ireland  —  M*Mahon 
being  the  Celtic  translation  of  Beards  son.  On  his  flight* 
the  estate  which  he  held  in  the  Island  of  Thauet,  Barham 
or  Berham  Court,  lapsed  to  his  kinsman  Robert  of  Berham 
— Bcrhani  being,  as  it  would  seem,  the  English,  as  M'Mab  on 
was  the  Irish  version,  of  the  name  Fitzurse.  Hia  estatea  of 
Willeton,  in  Somersetshire,  he  made  over,  half  to  the 
Knighta  of  St.  John  the  year  after  the  murder,  probably 
in  expiation  —  the  other  half  to  hu  brother  Robert,  who 
built  the  chapel  of  Willetoo.  This  probably  is  the  chapel 
of  which  our  correspondent  poesesws  a  picture.  The  de- 
•ccadaiita  of  the  family  lingered  for  a  long  time  in  the 
naigbbourhood  under  the  same  name,  successively  cor- 
roptad  into  Fltzour,  Fishoor,  and  Fisher,  Vidi  Collin* 
son's  SopterultAire^  id,  487.] 

William  Dtitbab, — Some  of  your  readers  may 
be  glad  to  read  the  enclosed  gem  of  poetry.    Why 
18  such  a  writer  forgotten  ? 
"  The  Nychtingall  said,  Bird,  <^uhv  doUt  thou  raif? 
Man  may  tok  in  his  lady  sic  delyt, 
Bim  to  forget  that  hir  sic  vertew  gaif. 
And  for  his  bevin  rassaif  her  caUour  quhyt ; 
Hir  goldin  trcesit  hairis  redomyt. 
Like  to  ApoHois  bi^mis  thocht  thay  schone, 

8uld  nocht  him  blind  fVo  lufe  tllat  is  perfyt ; 
All  Luve  is  lost  bot  vpone  God  ailone." 

The  7W  Lupu,  sL  x.,  «L  1788,  by 
W.  Duobar,  circu  1505. 

EowARD  IL  Kkowles. 
[Aiihoogh  Witljam  Dunbar,  **  the  darling  of  the 
Bcottiih  Muses,"  as  he  has  been  termed  by  Sir  Walter 
Scott,  received  from  his  {-otitemporarias  the  homage  dot 
to  the  greateit  of  BcotiandV  early  makan,  his  name  and 
tkmt  were  doomed  u»  a  total  eclip*e»  during  the  perio^i 
ftom  UBQ  (when  Sir  David  Lyndaay  roi'ntions  htm 
among  the  poets  thrn  deceased)  to  the  year  1724,  when 
^omf  of  his  poems  were  publisiietl  by  Allan  Ramiay  in 


The  Evergrmiu    A  considerable  part  9f  ih«  voiai 
titled  Amtignt  ScoitUh  Poem*,  published  by  Lard 

in  1770,  is  occupied  with  poems  by  Dti -•>••*      '.h 
complete  collection  of  hia  Poems  was  p 
David  Laing,  2  vols,  Edinburgh,  1834,   vs .. 
Memoir  of  his  Life*     "  If  any  miifortunei," 
Laing,  **  had  befallen  the  two  nearly  coeval  i 
collections  of  Scott  bh  poetry  by  Bannatyue 
land,  the  great  chance  Is,  that  it  might  havebaeo  i 
known  to  posterity  that  such  a  poet  as  Dunbar  had  I 
existed."  (Vol  i,  p.  5.)     In  Mr.  Laing^s  edition  tbe| 
quoted  by  our  correspondent «  **  llie  Twa  Lutci,**  ii  I 
titled  **  The  Merle  and  the  NychtingailL**     It  la 
as  an  apologue,  bel^een  two  birds,  the  Merle  or  I 
bird,  and  the  Nightingale,] 

Pope  km>  Chesterfield.  —  In  Cax$omBm^\ 

136,  it  is  written:  — 

"Pope,  in  the  graceful  epigram  whldi    compUMS 
Chesterfield,  had  said** 

**  Accept  a  miracle ;  instead  of  wit. 
See  two  dull  lines  by  Stanhope's  pencil  writ* 

Am  I  right  in  doubting  whether  this  epigrais  • 
correctly  ascribed  to  Pope  ?    and  If  I  iuiiao,ii] 
some  one  kindly  say  where  else  it  is  lo  b«  fovad*  I 
Had  it  not  ita  origin  at  a  meeting  of  t4ie  lLil*€li| 
Club,  and  what  is  the  story  ?  H.  W.  E 

United  Arts  Club. 

[This  epigram  Is  attributed  to  Popo  by  John  1 
in  his  amusing  work,  Record*  of  my  Lift^  1831^  L  ' 
He  says ;  "  Pope  maniftbatad  his  opinion  of  Lord  I 
field  by  the  following  couplet  on  usinf;   his 
pencil,  which  ought  to  have  been  fncltidtd  in  IW  t«KI 
works :  — 

*  Accept  a  miracle  \  instead  of  wit. 
Sec  two  dull  lines  by  Stanhope's  pencil  wriC*  *• 

In  7^  Ah  of  Poetry  on  a  New  Plan,  edited  by  iHw 
Goldsmiili,  17^2,  vol,  i  p.  57,  the  couplet  is  atAted  Cotei* 
been  written  by  Pope  ou  a  glass  with  the  Earl  of  Clilg* 
field's  diamond  pencil.  "  For  my  pari,"  atja  Goldaailfc 
"  I  am  at  a  loss  to  determine  whether  it  doea  mora  ti«0av 
to  the  poet  who  wrote  it,  or  to  the  nobkmaA  fbr  wliott  III 
compliment  ia  designed.*''] 

St.  Isbmakiw — In  the  county  of  CArm«r(te_ 
there  is  a  parish  of  St.  IshmaeL     Can  too  j  * 
me  any  information  about  this  saint  f 

CaciL  'Blxwt. 

[8L  Ishmael,  or  more  correctly  Ismael,  waa  thn  aoa  i 
Budic,  a  native  of  Comugallia,  the  western  diviidon 
Brittany.     His  mother  was  the  ititcr  of  St.  Teilo.  j 
brsUopof  Llandaff.   St.  Ishmael  had  two  yonngorbn 
Tyifei,  aocidentally  alain  when  •  childt  who  Ilea  i 
Penaly,  and  Oudoceus,  afterwanln  flrrlit>i*hop  of  I 
According  to  the    L»Afr  F^miav^ngi*  St.  tshmai«I 
after  the  decease  of  St,  David,  uppointrrl 
David's,  under  his  aftcl<«  SL  Tflil»,  wIki  '' 
Llandaff.    St,  Tshu     '  Urt  foiiml«"r 

near  Kidwelly,  <  liirw,  and   i 

maston,  Kosttmark<-i,  ^^r,  4'*timj)fitV|  anrl  \,n'-x  w 


Pembrokdaliire.  Consult  Rice  Kece'ft  E*»ay  an  the  Wehh 
SmntSf  p.  252,  and  W.  J.  Beta's  LitJCM  of  the  Cambro* 
British  Saints,  p.  406.] 

"  OrnciHA  OESTiCM.'*  —  In  wbat  author  does 
the  phrase  occar>  *•  officina  gentium,**  applied,  I 
believe,  to  the  numberfi  of  the  northern  nations, 
If  hose  irruptions  overwhelmed  the*  south  of  Eu- 
rope on  the  decline  of  the  Roman  Empire  ?      a. 

[The  phnue  occurs  in  the  treaties  by  Bishop  Jor- 
nandes  De  Gttttrum,  ttc«  Gothorum,  Online  et  rebta  gestis. 
It  wiU  be  found  in  the  edition  of  1597,  Logd.  Bat.  p.  U. 
(see  first  aeotence  of  cap,  iv.)»  and  is  employed  in  tbe 
vanm  which  our  corrwpondent  mendoos :  —  *•  Ex  bac 
igitor  Seanjda  insula,  quasi  offidua  gentium,  act  cert^ 
Tclat  vagina  nationum,  cum  rege  suot**  &c.  Scanziat  or 
tbe  Scandinavian  peninauhi,  was  formerly  deemed  an 
island. 

Any  difficulty  that  haa  arlaen  in  the  aeaicb  for  this 
expresilon  may  have  been  occaaioned  by  ita  too  frequent 
miaqootation ;  tbe  phrases,  both  remarkable*  **  ofiicioa 
gentium  "  and  **  vagina  nationum,"  having  been  jumbled 
together^  and  cited  aa  "  vagina  gentium,'*] 

J.  UoLLAKB,  OrriciAW.  —  I  have  a  fine  achro- 
matic telescope,  of  five  feet  focal  length,  and  four 
inches  aperture.  It  bears  the  name  of  J*  Holland, 
London.  I  should  lleel  obliged  to  any  of  your 
afitronomical  readers  who  could  give  me  some  in- 
formation respecting  this  artist,  and  when  be  died. 
Wbb  he  the  inventor  of  a  microscopic  object- 
glass  which  bears  hi^  name  ? 

Joan  Pavui  Philups. 
[We  have  not  been  able  to  trace  any  optician  of  the 
name  of  Holland.    May  it  not  be  one  of  the  telescopes  of 
the  old-estabUahed  firm  of  Dotlond,  of  St.  Paul's  church- 
yard?] 

Oath  or  tub  Jubges  on  nominating  this 
Shbeuts. — Where  is  a  copy  of  this  oath  to  be 
found?  It  is  udministercd  in  Kormaii-French. 
Lord  Coke,  in  his  Institutes^  gives  many  official 
oaths,  but  not  this  one.  T.  F. 

[In  the  BooAo/  Oatht,  London,  1689,  will  be  found,  at 
p.  14,  "  The  Oath  of  a  Sheriff  of  a  County ; "  at  p.  123, 
**  Tbe  Oath  of  a  Sherifi;*'  which  appears  to  have  been 
Ukeu  by  the  Sheriff  of  Bedford  and  Berka ;  and  at  p.  126, 
*'  Tbe  Oath  of  tbe  Sheriff  of  Oxon  and  Berka»  Cambridge 
and  Huntingdon^"    All  three  oaiha  are  in  English.] 

Maint.  —In  Moore's  poem,  "The  Ring,  a  Tale,'* 
Works,  voL  ii.  p.  4J  (ed.  1840),  stanza  43  reads 

I thus :  — 

^^  **  Now  Auftin  woa  a  reverend  man 

^H  Who  acted  wonders  mamf  — 

^B  Whom  all  the  country  round  beHev*d 

^m  A  devil  or  a  saint  \  '* 

H  What  is  the  meaning  of  tbe  word  italicized? 
H  Halliwell  (jincA.  Diet,)  bos  only  maynt  =  roain- 
■  Imned  E-  V. 

H      [  ^  niaint  in  the  semie  of  manjf,  Moore,  how* 

^■ever,  look  .a  Fretjch  adiective  for  the  J4ike  of 

Bthe  rhyme 


(S'^  S.  V.  74.) 

I  have  an  **  old  picture  painted  on  oak  on  a 
goM  ground/'  whicn  answers  so  exactly  to  the 
description  quoted  by  Anon,  that  at  first  it ' 
seemed  to  be  no  other  than  the  portrait  inquired 
for.  On  comparing  it  with  the  engraving  in  the 
AntiquariaH  HepertoTy^  I  find  that,  although  the 
words  of  the  inscription  are  exactly  similar,  are 
written  in  gold  capital  letter^!  on  a  black  ground, 
and  are  set  out  in  the  s^me  number  of  lines — in 
all  these  points  resemblin;^  the  painting  deline- 
ated :  the  division  of  the  words,  and  the  spelling, 
are  here  and  there  different.  There  is  agreement 
also  in  the  handling  of  tbe  subject,  and  in  tbe 
outline  of  the  features ;  but  It  is  obviously  difficult 
to  judge  of  a  likeness  which  has  filtered  through 
"  a  drawing  taken  by  a  young  lady  of  this  city 
(Canterbury),"  and  an  eugravmg,  probably  re- 
duced in  size  from  the  original  in  order  to  suit 
tlie  page  of  the  work  in  which  it  appeared. 

I  am  assuming  that  tbe  painting  in  my  posses- 
sion is  old.  Of  course^  it  may  not  be ;  although 
I  can  adopt  the  words  of  the  Repertory  and  say, 
**  from  the  manner  of  writing,  and  appearance  of 
the  wood,  (it)  has  been  done  a  great  many  years.*'' 
Its  merits,  as  a  work  of  art,  are  slender;  and  I 
have  not  yet  indulged  in  tbe  luxury  of  paying  a 
guinea  fee  to  a  high  professional  authority  for  nis 
opinion  as  to  its  genuine  age.  Since  there  b  a 
possibility  that  two  paintings,  so  nearly  alike, 
may  be  of  the  same  date,  I  append  a  description 
of  mine  for  the  purpose  of  compariaon  with  that 
from  which  the  arawing  was  made. 

Tbe  panel  is  1 1 J  inches  high,  by  9  J  inches  wide. 
The  upper  space,  5  inches  in  depth,  has  the  por- 
trait in  profile,  issuing,  as  it  were,  out  of  a  golden 
chief.  The  head  has  brown  hair,  thickly  llowing 
to  the  shoulders  ;  the  nose  and  forehead  nearly  a 
straight  line;  the  mouth  and  chin  conspicuous, 
though  wearing  a  full  beard.  The  upper  part  of 
the  ^dy  (shown  to  about  three  inches  below  the 
shoulder)  covered  by  a  red  garment,  which  leaves 
tbe  throat  bare ;  and  has  a  hem,  or  border,  on 
each  edge  of  which  is  a  dotting  of  white  bead8. 
The  lower  portion  of  tbe  panel  ia  taken  up  with 
tbe  legend,  contained  in  ten  lines,  as  follows  :  — 

"  TMIH  PRESENT   KKiUHK   IS   THB 

SIMILITUDE   or  OUa  1-.ORD  JUV 
OUR  8A\^OVR   ISIPntKTED  IN 
AMinALD    n^   THIS   rKKDICSESSORS;  OF 
THE  GREAT  TCRKj    AND  aBNT  TO  Tftf 
rOPE;   INNOCENT  THE   VIU  AT 
THE   COST   OK  THE   OnCAT 
TUB  a   FOR  A  TOKE»    FOR   THIS 
CAtJSB  TO  REUlLElitK.  ViA&  \iVJQrtWtSJ. 

THAT  ^Xf\  tk«A1R  YMsfiraa*.^ 


158 


NOTES  ANI>  QUEEIE& 


t^*  &  T, 


In  connectjoti  with  thU  subject,  I  may  udvert 
to  tlie  existence  of  (what  is  described  to  mo  a^) 
an  excellent  old  eograring,  which  also  ^ivcs  the 
liead  of  our  Saviour  in  profile,  wiih  the  following 
words  beneath :  — 

"  Ver*  Salmfttom  nostrf  «fR^«8  ad  imiUtionem  inm- 

ffifiii  SfDamgilo  i  ^  "  '  ^i  i  Cieisa ri  s  quo  Amamgdo 

'PbilM  (Wi   the-  lolirano   lurcArvm   im- 

psnilor  Innoteni  Max:  Kota:  Doaiivit 

pro  Bodimend<»  frAUo  <;t*ri#tutmii  Captivo." 

Will  your  correspondent  pardon  me  for  saytn^, 
that  one  or  two  worda  in  bis  extract  from  th« 
in«crrption,  as  given  in  the  Repertory^  ure  not 
precisely  exact;  and  that  the  name  of  tlie  writer 
is  Zj&iV,  not  "  Lottie "  ?  I  believe  he  will,  for 
literal  accuracy  is  one  of  the  mAny  udeful  aims  of 
*•  N.  k  Q."  JoHZf  A.  C.  VtitcB»T* 


have  been  liberated  through  this  tefnpftinjpt  bilt  of 
the  holy  tapestry  ;  but  after  varied  vtckiittt^tak  il  i 
supposed  to  liave  been  poie>oned«  in  1496,  bjctw  j 
of  Alexander  VI.  Pkiito«U- 


I  have  a  picture  in  my  possession  that  I  believe 
to  be  the  one  Awoh  inquires  about.  The  portrait 
is  on  a  gold  ground^  painted  on  oak  \  and  under- 
neath is  the  following  inscription^  in  capital 
letters ;  — 

**  This   present  llgvce  is  the  similitvde  of  oar  Lord 

tBkff  DTTQ  Savior  tin  printed  in  amlrold  by  the  pradcsei- 
wtm  of  IhE;  great  Tvrkew  and  tent  to  tbo  Pom  Innoteoi 
the  YIU.  at  the  cost  of  the  Grate  Tvrka  for  a  token 
for  this  cftwse  to  rodeme  his  brother  that  was  tskyii 

priKmor/' 

The  picture  has  been  in  my  poiseaaioa  some* 
where  about  twenty  years.  I  purchased  il  at  the 
sale  of  the  e Sects  of  the  late  Mr.  Isherwood  of 
Marple  Hidl»  near  Stockport^  in  Cheahir*.  Marple 
Hall  was  the  residence  of  the  celebrated  Prestdent 
Bradsbaw,  and  I  believe  Mr.  Isherwood  came 
into  posscHsion  of  the  estate  through  having  mar- 
ned  a  descendant  of  the  judge.         T.  Topdam. 

Chestsf. 


I  lately  pnfchased»  at  an  old  print  shop,  a  print 
of  no  great  merit  as  an  engraving  ;  evidently  cut 
out  of  a  book  or  periodical,  and  apparently  not 
more  than  thirty  or  forty  ye-ars  old,  perhaps  lesa. 
It  bears  the  following  inscription :  — 

•*  The  only  true  tikeuess  of  our  Saviour,  taken  from 
one  worked  on  a  piocQ  of  tapeitry  by  command  of  Tibe- 
tiat  CatSWf  and  wao  given  from  the  Treiiury  of  Con- 
irtaafcino  by  the  Emperor  of  the  Turlu  to  Pope  Innocent 
Vin.,  for  the  fadeniplidii  of  his  brother,  ihcn  a  captive 
of  ihe  Christiaas.  J.  Koger*,  »c." 

It  is  an  oval,  set  in  a  square  frame  of  elaborate 
tieedlework-pattern,  9  inches  by  7,  I  have  occa- 
sionally seen  a  similar  likeness  in  modem  cheap 
prinU,  but  do  not  recollect  ever  to  have  met  with 
one  bearing  the  aame  inscription.  The  Penny 
Ctfchpadiu  «Ut<t  (see  « Innocent  VIII."  and  **  Ba- 
yaj£id^*)»  that  the  name  of  the  Turkish  monarch 
wjfi  Baja^et  II, ;  anel  that  of  h'n  brother,  Jen^  or 
Zigim.    Poop  Jom,  however,  does  not  appear  to 


MUTILATIOX  OF  SEPULCHKAL  MU2^L 

{S«*  8.  IT.  lOU) 

The  letters  in  *'  N.  &  Q.'*  on  this  aulj^ct ' 
doubtless  impressed  your  readers  with  it«  to  _ 
ance;  the  lost  communication  from  Mm.  Fxa 
is  especially  interesting.     In  two  cbttrcbea  thai  1  j 
could  mention  every  monument  was   taken 
the  walls,  and  thrown  together,  pell-meiJ. 
many  of  these  were  restored  ? 

That   the   compartment  or  tablet 
the  inscription  should  be  carefully  preserved  all 
re6xed,  whilst  the  absurd  deeorattcrais   tliat  A«- 1 
quently  surround  it  should  be  abstracted,  I  htm 
myself  strongly  recommended.     With  eTery  ^9t^ 
ing  of  respect  for  the  dead»  we  may  aitrcilj  ik* 
card,  without  hesitation,  the  lamps  ftnd  tu 
hour-glisses,  weeping  cherubs,  and  atber 
devices.   Is  one  instance  a  monumeixt  of  i 
able  sijse^  and  of  surpassing  nglinaas, 
nearly  the  whole  of  a  waU  in  a  amall 
chapel,  but  notwithstanding  remonjitrAnoeai  I 
it  has  been  suffered  to  remain* 

The  Abbey  Church  of  Bath^  perhaps,  cont 
a  larger  number  of  tablets  and  gravestoiM  lo-XKi^ 
tions  than  any  church  of  the  aame  size  in  B^ 
laud.  *'  Snug  lying  in  the  abbey ''  seems  to  Imps 
been  desired  boUi  l^fore  and  since  the  daws  of  Bok 
Acres.  A  grave  was  prepared  in  this  cbtirdi  fix 
the  distinguished  political  economist^  Halth  ua*  Hi 
cofhns  on  each  stde  the  grave  presented  a  fatfUol 
piL'ture,  and  the  resting-place  for  this 
man  could  not  have  been  obtained  but  by  the  i 
pulsion  of  remains  that  ou^bt  never  to  have  f 
disturbed.  The  Introduction  of  wailed  gtii?«% 
now  so  common  in  cemeteries,  will  do  mtieh  to 
promote  decency  in  our  interments. 

The  more  correct  tuste  of  the  present  %lmf  h 
shown  in  removing  monumentSi  eometimea  iwt 
fabrics^  from  situations  which  they  ought  newer  It 
have  occupieil*  to  places  more  fitted  for  tbem. 
Ihis  has  reeeoHy  been  done  in  someof  ourc«tll^ 
drala,  and  several  years  ago  the  tablets  oa  lilt 
pillars  in  the  nave  of  Bath  Abbey  were  raa 
to  the  adjoining  walls.  Two  monwmenta  to  i 
ben  of  ray  own  family,  of  the  dates  of  1706  i 
1707, — a  dark  period  in  the  history  of  numii- 
mental  sculpture,— originally  held  prominent  aila* 
at  ions  in  Coester  cathedral,  when?  oolumna  musl 
have  been  hacked  and  hewn  to  r  On 

my  last  visit  to  that  cathedral   :  'tC]p 

had  been  removed  to  a  less  oonsp*ei{otiR  nui;*tii3fi^ 
an  act  of  propriety  of  which  ao  desctodints  eC  a 
family  in  sioiilar  catfli  Cftll  eooillllo* 


I  am  ariJtious  ta  preserve  in  *'  X.  &  Q.'*  the 

liggeslUitiK  of  BO  canoe  tit  an  arcliitect  as  Mr.  G. 

'   Scuit,  R.A.,  on  A  subject  connected  wjtb  tbia 

^^er.     Extensive  resUiratiooji  umi  improvements 

re  conteijipluted  id  the  abbey  o(  Bath  by  the  Rev. 

be  Rector,  und  In  Mr.  Scott's  letter  to  tbttt  gen- 

emftti  occurs  the  following  passage :  — 

*Iii  doolin^  witb  tba  floor  of  tile  nave*  mtieb  eoovider- 

\  -will  liitve  to  b«  prea  to  the  exbilng  graved  aad 

^imeTitiU  atones  which  occupy  iUmo»t  its  entire  area. 

Did  recommend  a  stroog  etrataTxi  of  concrete  to  be 

laid  between  the  grmves  and  the  floor  throughouf,  and  all 
proper  means  fo  be  taken  fbr  rendering  the  support  of  the 
^oor  strong  and  immoveable,  a»  w«ll  as  for  preventing  the 
posBtbilitr  of  gmMoua  exhaLations  from  the  gnirea.  Aa 
the  wood  flfjors  would  cover  tn&tiy  of  the  monumental 
Atones,  I  would  recommend  a  perfect  plan  of  iheir  posi- 
tions to  be  made ;  copies  being  kept  of  ult  the  inecnptions, 
and,  where  desired,  braai  plates  to  be  put  on  the  walls, 
eontaiDJog  the  same  raAnipUoos," 

^Thia  last  recommendation  of  Mr.  Scott^  would 
impracticable,  as  there  would  be  little  if  any 
space  on  the  walls  for  brass  platca,  but  copies  of 
the  iimcriptions*  with  reference  to  (he  exact  spots 
where  hud^  might  be  preserved  in  a  volume  of 
vellum  or  parchment,  protected  by  an  impregnable 
bindings  itidexes  to  be  appended.  There  is  no 
saying  bow  precious  a  date  or  a  fact  may  be  to  an 
historian  or  antiquary,  and  to  the  descendants  of 
the  person  recorded,  the  inscription  may  be  in- 
valuable. J.  U.  Mabklanp. 


b 


WHITMOBE  FAMILY. 
(S'*  S.  iiL  509.) 


_    Three  places  in  Staffordshire  may  have  onjiin- 

Ked  this  aa  a  family  name,  viz.  Whit  more,  nesir 
ewcaatle-uader-Lyme;  Wetmore,  in  the  parish 
^f  Burtoh-on-Trent;  and  Wildmoor,  in  that  of 
Bobbing lon^  the  last  running  into  Shropshire* 
These  pli&i-ej,  thou;»h  dblinguishable  enough  in 
tnodern  writing,  are  not  so  in  old  MSS.,  where 
Ibey  are  spelt  very  nearly  alike*  There  is  no 
4oubt,  however,  that  Erdeswick  was  correct  in 
aaseriioo,  quoted  by  your  correspondent,  that 
ice  of  gentry,  springing  from  one  Raufe,  took 
ir  name  from  the  manor  and  parish  of  Whit- 
ore  (the  Witemore  of  Doniesday),  now  a  sta- 
n  on  the  N.  W,  Railway,  Radulpb  de  Boterel 
_  styled  Custos  de  Novo  Castello,  Stafford, 
5  Hen,  II ,  an  office  subsequently  held  by  Henry 
*-  first  Lord  Audley.  Will,  de  Boterel,  28 
n«  IL,  granrb^on  of  Kadulph,  married  Avnsa  de 
itmore,  which  came  into  his  possession,  and 
Aft  its  nume  to  his  grandson,  Rob.  de  Whitmore, 
*e  Wytmore,  14  John— 26  Hen.  III.  The 
xt  generations  seem  to  have  increased  their 
rty  cuufliderably ;  Robtus  de  Whytmore, 
de  Whytmore,  41 — 44  Hen.  III.,  son  and  behr 
*  the  last,  holding  in  right  of  his  wife,  Ada  de 


Wallesbull  **  in  vasta  foresta  de  WiUleshuU,**  the 
manor  and  vill  of  Brocton  sup.  Wytemor  (the 
modern  Wildmoor),  and  his  son  Will iTiua  *\q  Wyt* 
more,  surnamed  For«>starius,  Dus  de  Wytmore, 
45  Hen.  III.  — 10  Edvr,  I.,  holdiug  (I  presume  in 
fight  of  his  wife  Agne^  de  Haselwall,  who  was 
poaeeaied  of  an  estate  in  the  neighbourhood)  land 
in  the  aarae  Wytimore  and  in  Burchton,  both 
being  within  the  manor  of  Claverley,  Salop.  He 
had  likewise,  by  gift  from  the  kin<r  (in  rtfWttrd,  I 
suppose^  for  hid  services  in  the  Welsh  wars)  tbe 
church  of  Claverley  and  its  members  Burchton  and 
Bobiton.     It  must  be  this  Will.  fil.  Rob,  de  Whit- 

I  more,   with  whom  Ormerod  commences  his  pedl- 

I  gree  of  the  VV^hitmores  of  Hunstanton  in  Cheshire. 
The  history  of  the  Manor  near   Newcastle  be* 

)  comes  after  this  less  easy  to  follow.  There  was  a 
John.   Lord  of  Wytemore,  22,27,  and  29  Edw,  I, 

!  :ind  Rad.  fil.  Johis  de  Whitemore,  also  lord,  7 
Edw.  IL  The  former  of  these  should  be  son  of 
William,  according  to  Ormeroii;  but  this  author 
makes  no  allu&ion  to  either  W^lUiam  or  John 
being  lords  of  Whitmore,  though  he  could  hardly 
fail  to  meet  with  the  designation  in  the  public  re* 
cords*  The  last  of  the  name  in  possession  of  the 
maiior  was  another  John  de  Whitmore,  15 — 41 
Edw.  IIL,  who  appears  to  have  been  a  witness 
to  the  ileed  quoted  by  Erdeswick  (Har wood's  ed. 
p,  1 12),  He  married  Joan,  sbter  (not  daughter, 
as  stated  by  Shaw  and  by  Harwood  from  Degge) 
of  Sir  John  Verdon,  Kt.  They  had  a  daughter 
Joan,  wife  (8—12  Rich.  IL)  of  Henry  Clerk  of 
Ruyton*  once  mayor  of  Coventry ;  and  perhaos 
a  second  daiighter  Elizabeth,  wife  of  James  ae 
Bogbav  (47  Edw.  IIL— 16  Rich.  IL),  who  be- 
came lord  of  Whitmore,  purchasing  one  moietj 
from  the  Clerks.  In  the  Brit,  Mus.  (Harl.  Rolls. 
No.  21)  there  is  a  pedigree  of  Whitmore  ofCaun- 
ton,  CO.  Notts,  beginning  with  John  de  Whitmore 
in  Cora.  Stiifford,  /#»in/3.  Edw.  L  and  bis  son  Wm. 
de  Whitmore,  Arm.,  and  ending  in  the  reign  of 
Elitabeth ;  but  there  is  nothing  to  show  from 
what  Staffordshire  family  they  proceeded.  Thej 
acq^uired  this  property  by  Inarriage  with  the 
heiress  of  Blyton  de  Caunton,  iernp,  Heory  VX 
For  particulars  of  the  localities  iu  Burton  and 
Bobington  parishes,  respectively,  I  n\a.j  refer 
to  Shaw,  vol.  i-  p.  20,  and  Eyton^s  Aniiquitie*^ 
vol.  iiL  p.  166,  171.  Blakeway  remarks  of  the 
Whitmores  of  Apley,  that  they  do  not  appear  In 
have  had  any  connection  with  the  Cheshire  familj^ 
^*  though  the  heralds  have  given  them  similar 
arms,  with  a  cre^t  allusive  to  the  springing  of  a 
young  shout  out  of  an  old  stock,"  The  grant 
may  be  accounted  for  by  the  fact  that  the  Shrop- 
ahire  family  is  by  some  derived  from  Thos.  Whit- 
more of  Madeley,  near  NewcaaUe-under-Lyrae, 
where  the  Whitraqres  of  Whitmore  bad  land  as 
early  jjs  $6  Hen.  HL  There  was  a  Tbcis.  WbUr 
more,  of  Mad^W^j,  «i^\OTye^  \a  \Si%^M  Q^ssvol 


160 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[3^ 8.  v.  FMakm,'%L 


as  failiog  to  bring  proof  of  his  gentility,  who  miiy 
have  been  ibe  same  person  far  advanced  iu  years, 
(HarL  lilSS.  1396  and  1570;  Mor»nt*a  Essex, 
▼ol,  i.  p.  49*2.)  The  family  at  Apley  are  said  at 
this  day  to  quarter  the  differenced  coat  panted 
in  1593  to  their  uncestor  William  %Vhitmore  of 
London.  The  HarL  MS.  1457,  foK  148ft,  as- 
cribes to  the  name  of  Whitmore,  Vert  a  fret  or, 
and  this  coat  (not  the  fretty)  I  understand  is  ac- 
knoi»l edged  by  the  College  of  Arms.  The  earliest 
recorded  coat  that  I  am  aware  of  is  on  a  seal  to  a 
deed  of  John  de  Whitmore,  Lord  of  Whitmore 
29  Edw.  L  (HarL  MS.  506) ;  and  the  some  coat 
is  said  in  the  Visitations  to  have  been  borne  by 
John  de  Whitmore  de  Thurstanton^  25  Hen.  VL* 
the  tinctures  being  added,  arg.  a  chief  az,  (HarL 
MS.  1535).  John  de  Whitmore,  who,  according 
to  Ormerod,  was  father  of  the  last  named^  and 
mayor  of  Chester  1369 — 72,  bare  the  fretty  coat, 
if  we  may  credit  the  topographers  in  attributing 
to  his  memory  an  old  monument  in  the  church  of 
the  Holy  Trinity,  Chester.  Ormerod  ascribes 
the  plain  coat  with  a  chief  to  Haselwall  as  its 
original  owner;  still  a  doubt  may  be  hazarded 
whether  it  was  not  really  the  coat  of  the  Whit- 
mores.  It  is  almost  identical  with  that  of  the 
ButiUera,  who  were  superior  lords  of  Whitmore  ; 
and  the  mayor  of  Chester  may  have  assumed  the 
fretty  in  consequence  of  his  marriage  with  the 
eventual  heiress  of  Ralph  de  Vernon,  especially 
as  he  was  a  claimant  for  property  in  her  right, 
which  was  ultimately  recovered.  (Ormerod,  vol.  ii. 
276.)  At  Whitmore  Hall,  the  Manor  House  as 
rebuilt  after  the  Restoration,  among  several  coats 
of  arms  connected  with  the  Mainwarings  in  a 
window  of  stained  glass,  i!»  a  small  shield  of  four 
quarters,  the  1st  and  4th  a  fret  gold,  the  2nd  a 
DCnd  sinister  charged  with  three  trefoils  slipped 
or  (for  Coyney  ?),  and  the  3rd  three  stages  heads 
caboshed  sa.  The  field -tinctures  are  not  dis- 
cernible, but  the  2nd  and  3rd  quarters  are  pro- 
bably arg,,  and  there  is  in  both  of  these  a  ahght 
branch-like  ornamentation  or  diapering.  Against 
the  dexter  side  of  the  shield  there  is  the  initial 
letter  M,  and  against  the  sinister  A-  The  history 
of  this  shield  I  believe  is  unknown.  If  it  could 
be  ascribed  with  any  probability  to  Whitmore  of 
Whitmore,  its  date  would  be  antecetlent  to  the 
commencement  of  the  fifteenth  century,  whereas 
the  sha{>e(thc  top  and  bottom  convex  and  pointed, 
the  sides  concave  outwards)  indicates  a  more  re- 
cent period.  Tl»e  Whttmorcs  of  Caunton  bare 
Vert  fretty  arg.  The  Whitmore  fret  may  possibly 
have  l»ecn  borrowed  from  the  Verdon,  for  Theo- 
bald, the  Jirst  Baron,  wjis  superior  lord  of  the 
manor  24Edw- 1.,  succeeding  Nicholas  le  Butiller. 
Your  correspondent  will  find  that  Erdcswick  de- 
rivca  the  Audley  fret  fmm  the  Verdon.  And  if 
Koesio^  the  heiress  of  Alvcton  (Erdc^wick,  p.  500), 
ant!    •econd    wife    of  Bertram  de  Vcrdon,  who 


founded  Croxden  Abbey  in   1176,    waa  a  Vcr 
(as  stated  in   HarL    MS.  1570),    all    these 
would  be  traceable  to  a  common  ormin,  tJi 
undoubtedly   having  pertained  to    Vemoa 
the  earliest  times.     According  to  a  seal  of  ( 
den  Abbev,  in  the  Augmentation  OfficOt  llr*" 
tram  de  Verdon  used  the  fretty  co«t|  mi 
own  descendants;,  and  those  of  his  ^otuoger  bci  ^ 
Robert,  in  Warwickshire  tad  Leicestershira^l 
charged  it  upon  a  cross.    But  the  Norfolk  braadl 
of  the  family,  founded  by  Wm.  de  Verdun,  BcrJ 
tram*s  uncle,  bare  a  lion  rampant;  ai]4  ibera  ii] 
some  reason  to  think  thai  this  was   the 
bearing  of  Verdon.     Where   it  is  not  oltowvi 
stated,   the   rolls  of   Stafford,    Salop«    Cli«gbH 
and  Wales  have  furnished  the  greater  portion  of  j 
the  dates  and  other  particulars  in   these  nodt 
The  border  lands  of  Went  StaffonUliire  ami  t^ 
adjoining  counties  were   evidently  for    the  tnif 
part  forest  in  those  days,  aud the  local  jut ' 
uncertain.     The  subject  is  not  exhaust 
should  have  added  more,  but  from  unwinrnr-e=- 
to  trespass  too  largely  upon  your  space.      Sm 


PSALM  XC.  9  (VDLGATB  LXXXIX.  10). 
(3**  S.  v.  67,  102.) 

Has  not  a  great  deal  of  linguiatic  lor^ 
wasted,  not  to  say  paraded,  upon  a  verjr  nm^ 
matter?  Your  correspondents  have  prooeeMl 
u|>on  the  erroneous  aseumption  that  the  Septoa- 
gmt  translators  mistook  the  meaning  of  a  H&pe« 
word  meaning  meditation^  and  translated  it  Mpiitft* 
One  correspondent  goes  learnedly  to  wot^  mA 
overwhelms  us  with  a  train  of  authorittes^  Lee, 
Winer,  Gesenius,  CastelL  and  Hengstenherp;  vA 
then  displays  his  Syriac,  Arabic,  -Ethiapie,  ao^ 
Cbaldee — idl,  however,  by  means  of  Latia  tranK 
lations^^to  come,  first,  to  the  extraordinjirj  ooa* 
elusion,  that  xpider  is  to  be  considered  tbe  ncit 
correct  rendering  of  the  Hebrew ;  and  then  to 
nullify  his  own  conclusion,  by  observing:  ia  i 
note,  *^  that  this  remark  of  course  implies  tluU  ai 
the  Hebrew  word  does  not  mean  a  spider^  tooie 
other  word  was  originally  used.** 

Another  correspondent  pronounces  the  Greek 
and  Latin  versions  decidedly  wrong  in  trana* 


the  Hebrew  word  by  spider  \  and  after  Icidlflff 
us  a  learned  course  through  Syriac,  Arable^  tm 
Chaldee,  coaies  out  with  his  conotusion,  thai  cbe 
interpreter  mii^ttiok  the  Hebrew  word  for  a  Syiw 
one  signifying  spider,  and  dictated  iccordtogij  fiOl 
the  Greek  amanuensis. 

We  have  here,  then,  two  sji'      '    '  "■ 

Dalto?!  suppo^j*  that  the  1 1 
upon  the  S  ^     ' 

fore  them, 


3^  S.  Y.  Pkb.  20,  'U.} 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


161 


Hebrew  word  for  Sjriac,  and  bo  dictated  spider 
as  the  meaning. 

But   is    not  the   remark    of  Calmet  the  most 
QAtiiral   and  probable  solution   of  the  difiicalty, 
that  lite  word  meaning  a  spider <t  thongb  wantiii|[ 
now  ifi  the  Hebrew  text,  was  formerly  there  ?  la 
^       it  not  most  unlikely,  indeed  all  but  impossible, 

*  tbat  the  LXX.  should  have  inserted  this  word,  if 
^  it  was  not  before  them  in  their  Hebrew  copies  ? 
^       And  is  it  not  very  likely  that  some  copyists  of 

►  the  Hebrew  may  have  omitted  the  word  meaning 

*  a  spider^  while  they  transcribed  that  which  ex- 
^        pressed  its  labour  ?  The  meaning  of  the  author 

►  of  tbift  Psalm,  ^upposedj  to  have  been  Mosea»  is 

*  obvjou3 :  that  our  days  pass  away  like  the  mtdita^ 
iiOfLt  the  toil,  the  frail  structure  of  the  spider. 
St,  Jerome*s  annotation  ia  worth  attention  :  — 

**  n  '     iiaaea  quae  mittit  fiJii,  et  hue  ijlucqae  dii- 

can  tou  die,  et  labor  quidcm  tjraniii*  est,  seJ 

effc'  :  est :  4ic  et  vita  horajnurn  hue  illucque  dia- 

procreamus  filios:  l&boranius:  in  regna  sostollimur,  et 
omnia  fAciams,  et  non  inteUigimus  qaia  aruneie  tetnm 
texinuis," 

F.  C.  H. 


I 


k 


ST.  MARY  MATFELON. 
(3^  S.  iv,  5,  55,  419,  483;  v.  83.) 

I  now  think  thnt  I  may  have  cited  Pennant's 
words  jneorrectly ;  but  that  does  not  afiect  the 
point  uneler  diseussioui  for  my  intention  was,  not 
to  dispute  Pennant's  accuracy  in  reporting  the 
traditionary  version  oT  the  word  **  Matfelon"  — 
which  version  I  could  not  reconcile  with  the 
Hebrew  or  Arabic  —  but  to  suggest  another  ver* 
sion,  which  I  could  so  reconcile. 

Pennant's  authority  is  evidently  Stow  {S^trrey^ 
vol.  ii.).  After  alluding  to  some  conjectures  re- 
specting the  origin  of  the  word,  he  says  :  "  It  was 
a  more  probable  account  which  I  once  heard  given 
by  a  reverend  minister  in  Essex  (Mr.  Wells, 
sometime  vicar  of  Hornchurch),  that  the  word 
was  of  a  Hebrew  or  Syriac  extraction,  Matfil,  or 
MatfiloB,  I.  e,  auffi  nuper  enixa  est,"  Stow  gives 
the  Hebrew  cnanicter«|  and  from  them  I  per- 
ceive that  the  word  is  derived,  not  (aa  1  i ma- 
nned) from  valada,  but  from  tafah,  I  do  not 
find  that  the  word  in  the  sense  mentioned  by  Stow 
survives  in  Hebrew;  but  in  Arabic  the  root  im- 
plies "  to  bear  an  infmit^'  whereas  I  had  supposed 
It  to  mean  'Uo  bear  a  child  or  a  miu*  Mtiifil^ 
MaljUy  or  Mutfilun^  signifies  either  secum  hahens 
in/aniem,  or  ftr tit rts  propingna,  which  may,  I  sup- 
pose, be  rendered  riear  to  canceplioji^  mxe  who  will 
mm  conceive,  Bej?ides,  m  the  root  {tafala)  be- 
gins with  the  letter  t,  the  different,  although 
fiimikr  letter  t  which  forms  the  fifth  conjugation^ 
may  coalesce  with  it,  and  the  word  may  belong  to 
that  conjugation;  and  the  leading  idea  of  the 
^h  conjugation  is,  affectation  of  the  action  im* 


plied  btf  the  root  This  may  include  the  idea  of 
being  promised,  proposed,  or  set  forth  as  one  who 
would  fulfil  the  object  of  the  root,  and  therefore 
this  conjugation  very  nearly  resembles  the  inde- 
finite Latin  future  in  rus.  There  is  another 
meaning  of  the  root  which  seems  to  support  my 
conjecture.  It  signifies  the  later  evenings  ihe  time 
immediately  before  Bunset ;  and  St.  JVIary's  is 
fitly  symbolized  by  the  eve  which  precedti^  the 
night  which  ends  in  the  Day-spring.  I  prefer 
upon  the  whole  my  rendering  of  the  word  "  Mat- 
felon,'"  because  a  dedication  to  the  Virgin  and 
Child  would  be  too  obvious  and  common  to  need 
the  subtle  nicety  of  an  Arabic  root  to  express  it> 
whereas  (except  at  Chttrtres)  a  dedication  ^*  \^r» 
gini  Pariturse '  would  be  unknown,  and  not  easily 
expressed  in  English.  Jas.  Retnoi.i>s. 

bt,  Mary's  Hospital. 

In  reply  to  J.  R.'s  request  to  be  supplied  with 
examples  of  the  softening  or  omission  of  the 
letter  d  (and  without  reference  to  previous  com- 
municationa  under  this  head ,  which  I  have  not 
seen),  I  would  mention  Moladah  (^^7^0),  a  city 
of  southern  Palestine  (Josh.  xv»  26)»  which  was 
softened  by  the  Greeks  into  McLva^a,  was  further 
modified  by  the  Romans  into  Moleathia  and  Mo- 
leaha,  and  in  the  modem  Arabic  nomenclature  of 
the  country  appears  as  Milh.  E*  W, 

Hatton  (vol.  ii.  p.  406)  very  prudently  .says:^ — 
**  Why  the  word  Matfellon  was  added  is  uncer- 
tain ;  but  the  church  was  called  Whitechapel  ad 
being  formerly  a  chapel  of  ease  to  Stebunheath." 
The  derivation  of  the  word  from  the  Hebrew  is 
too  far-fetched  a  solecism  to  carry  any  weight. 
The  word  Matfellon  is  old  English^  and  the  name 
of  the  black  knapweed,  the  heads  of  which  are 
still  used  hs  a  tonic,  Lovell  spells  it  Materiilon^ 
otherwise  Matrefillon  ;  and  the  monks  of  Bury- 
St.-Edraunds  used  Vedervoy,  Matfelon,  and  Mag- 
worte  (feverfew^  knapweed,  and  wormwood)  as 
ingredienta  in  ^'a  drink  for  the  pestilence/*  The 
knapweed  probably  grew  as  abundantly  at  Ste- 
bon- heath  as  Saffron  at  Audley*  St,  Anne's  in 
the  GrovCnf  or  BrierSi  is  the  name  of  a  church  at 
Halifax.  Hinton-in-the-Hedges  is  a  parish  in 
Nonhunts;  Thiatleton,  ly  Rutland;  Nettlebed, 
Oxon;  Flax  Bourton,  Somerset;  Mychiirch» 
Kent ;  kc. 

Mackenzie  E.  C.  Walcott,  M.A.»  F.S.A. 


ON  WIT. 

(S^'^  S.  V.  30,  82.) 

In  addition  to  the  illustrations  of  this  word 
already  published,  perhafw  the  following  more  ex- 
tended etymological  inquiry  may  not  be  devoid  of 
interest:  — 


162 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8>«&y.  IkB.M.*Si 


The  ultimate  radical  to  which  the  word  can  be 
traced  is  the  Sansk.  vid,  2nd  conj.  Faraflmai.  In 
inflexion  it  becomes  gunated,  as  ''yedmi,  vetsi, 
Tetti/*  According  to  Bopp,  its  primitive  signifi- 
cation is  'Widere,**  inde  1,  percipere,  sentire; 
2,  cognoscere,  comperire ;  3,  scire  ;^  4,  noase,  no- 
tionem  habere ;  5,  putare,  arbitrari.  Causative : 
facereut  quissciat;  certiorem  facere ;  nuntiare — 
indicare.  The  Ved^aa  were  the  sacred  books  of 
knowledge. 

In  Greek  it  becomes  TS-m,  %X^,  having  lost  the 
diffamma.  Here  it  signifies  to  see,  discern,  per- 
ceive, cTSof,  that  which  is  seen,  shape,  form,  image, 
fffSwAoK,  idol. 

In  Latin  we  have  the  original  root  in  vid'eo, 
with  the  same  meaning,  branching  out  into  nu- 
merous derivatives :  in  Lithuanian,  weizd-mi,  toeid' 
as;  SlsLyoman,  vjed-mi,vid'jati;  Erse, /e/A,  science, 
knowledge. 

In  the  Teutonic  tongues  it  is  very  prominent 
and  prolific. 

Grothic,  ffit-an,  or  vet^^an,  to  know,  be  conscious 
of ;  mt»oth,  the  law ;  Old  Low  Ger.,  vU-a,  vit-en ; 
Old  Frisian,  i&i7-a,  wet'O ;  Swedish,  v«/-a,  vit-ne ; 
Danish,  vid-e^  vidne ;  UolL,  wet^en. 

In  High  German  the  tenuis  ^'  t "  of  the  Low 
Grerman,  and  the  medial  "  d  **  of  the  classical  is 
changed,  according  to  Grimm*8  law,  into  *'8,"  which 
stancu  for  the  aspirate,  and  the  root  becomes  wis : 
tpissen^  to  know ;  weis-eitj  to  demonstrate ;  weiss, 
certain,  true,  ge-wiss.  Anglo-Saxon,  wit-an,  to 
know;  irtt,  knowledge;  wit-ig^  skilful  (witty); 
wU'ga^  a  seer ;  witena^gemot^  the  assembly  of  wise 
men ;  a-wiht,  aught ;  wiht,  or  hwit  (whit),  any 
thine  that  can  be  seen,  however  small. 

The  correlation  of  seeing  and  knowing  is  shown 
in  the  various  translations  of  the  following  pas- 
sage, Matt.  ix.  4:—  Greek,  iS^y  toy  iydvfirifffis 
alnmv\  Latin,  "  et  cum  vidisset  cogitationes  eo- 
rum ; "  Gothic, "  vitands  thos  mitonins  ize ;  *'  Ang.- 
Sax.,  ^^geseah  heore  gethane ;  '*  German,  "ihre  ge- 
danken  sake;"'  Wicliffe,  "whanne  he  had  seen 
their  thougtes;"  Authorised  V.,  ^*  knowing  their 
thoughts." 

Another  class  of  words,  there  is  every  reason  to 
believe,  has  sprung  from  the  same  radical  idea. 
Weiss  in  German  meant  originally  both  "certain" 
and  "  true,"  and  white  or  bright  colour,  a  relation 
which  is  cquallv  found  ifl  all  the  Teutonic  tongues. 
A.S.,hwite;  Franc,  iciz;  OldGer.,  Airir;  Gothic, 
iceit;  Belg..  loiV;  O,  L,  G.,  hvitr;  O.  Sax,  Ami/; 
Swed.,  Airi«,-  Dan.,  hviid;  Holl.,  wit.  Wachter 
says,  sub  voc,  "  sapit  originem  a  icissen  *  vi<iere,* 
quia  alba  sunt  maxnne  conspicua."  Again,  "  Pro- 
prie  autcm  est  pcrspicuus  a  wissen  *  ccrnere,'  et 
dicitur  de  cerio,  quia  prisci  mortalos  ea  certa  ct 
▼era  putabant,  que  in  oculos  incurrerent."  Com- 
pire  Greek,  Atmctff,  from  K^icvu^  to  see;  Lat, 
eerfttf,  from  eemo,  to  perceive. 
Wavertree,  near  Liverpool.  J.  A.  Ptcitm. 


On  an  inscription  in  Stanford  Gharch,  Worc» 
tershire,  to  the  Right  Hon.  Thomu  WinniagUn, 
written  by  Sir  Cluirlea  Hanbury  Williuns  about 
1747,  the  word  *' witty"  is  pbu^  apparently  it 
opposition  to  "  wise"  : — 

"  Near  his  paternal  seat  here  bnried  lies 
The  grave,  the  gay,  the  witty,  and  the  wise." 

Thomas  £.  WmmwoToa. 


Having  read  with  much  interest  Mb.  Prb 
Cdnningham*s  treatise  on  •*  Wit,"  in  •*  N.  &  Q.' 
(3'*  S.  V.  30),  I  venture  to  send  you  the  foUoiist 
on  the  same  subject.    Wlien  Davenant  publiiba 
his  heroic  poem,  Oondihert^  be  prefixed  a  hjp 
epistle  "  to  his  much  honoured  friend  Mr.  Hohba' 
In  this  preface  he  has  favoured  us  with  a  defia-  : 
tion  of  "  wit."    The  passage  is  very  long;  bni 
some  of  your  readers  may  not  possess  the  booL.' 
will  transcribe  the  more  remarkable  eenteu 
and  refer  the  curious  to  the  work  itself:  — 

**  Wit  is  the  laborious  and  the  lackv  resaltaaetf  c 
thought,  having  towards  its  excellence  (as  wo  ttrdtkt 

strokes  of  painting)  as  well  a  happiness  as  care.' 

It  is,  ill  divines,  humility,  ezamDiariness,  and  mknr 
tion;  in  statesmen,  gravity,  vigilaDce,  benign  cbob^' 
cency,  secrecy,  patience,  and   dispatch ;    io   leaden  c 
armies,  valour,   painfulnesa,  temperance,    boonty,  ia- 
terity  in  punishing  and  rewarding,  and  a  sacred  ccrtitiit 
of  promise.    It  is,  in  poets,  a  full  comprehenston  of  i 
recited  in  all  these :  and  an  ability  to  brine  those  mb- 
prehensions  into  action  ....  That  which  ia  not^  ja 
accounted  wit,  I  will  but  slightly  remember:   vhitS 
seems  very  incident  to  impeHect  youth  and  aicklyaci 
I  young  men  (as  if  they  were  not  quite   delivered  fi« 
childhood,  whose  first 'exercise  is  language,)  imagiscSt 
!  consists  in  the  music  of  words,  and  believe  they  are  naa 
I  wise  by  refining  their  speech  above  the  vulgar  diaka 
....  Old  men  that  have  forgot  their  childhood,  and  Ki 
returning  to  their  second,  think  it  lies  in  a  kind  of  tiak- 
ling  of  words ;  or  else  in  a  grave  telling  of  wondttH 
things,  or  in  comparing  of  times,  without  a  diacoveni 
partiality." 


ii 


Dryden,  in  whose  prefaces  are  to  be  fonad 
many  instances  tending  to  show  that  *'' wit'*  wus 
svnonym  for  genius  (as  "  Sir  George  Mockeuie. 
that  noble  wit  of  Scotland  **),  defineK  it  to  be  *"& 
propriety  of  thoughts  and  words ;  or,  in  other 
words,  thoughts  and  words  elegantly  adapted  to 
the  subject."  Very  similar  to  this  is  the  defini- 
tion given  by  Pope,  in  his  Essay  on  Criticism:^ 

**  True  Wit  is  Nature  to  advantsg<*  drees'd ; 
What  oft  was  thought,  but  nc*er  so  well  exprcaa'd.** 

P.  H.  Tbepoubt. 


Among  the  thousand  examples  that  may  be 
brought  for  the  use  of  this  word  in  the  Benae  of 
wisdom,  intellect,  verse,  &c.,  Cowley  haa  out 
of  peculiar  distinction  between  Wisdom  aad  TFitf— > 
miJLing  the  latter  to  be,  ai  I  suppoee,  an  e^gvd 
tool  tiSwn  out  of  the  armoiiry  of  Wudom:  — 


3'<  8.  y^  Feb.  20,  *e4.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


163 


**  Wiadom  to  men  ihe  did  afibrd— 
Wiadom  for  shield,  and  Wit  for  fword.*' 

Anaereonlie  IIL 

J.  A.G. 


The  transition  from  one  meaning  of  the  word 
wit  to  the  other  may  be  exemplified  from  succes- 
fiiye  verses  of  George  Herbert  s  admirable  Church 
Porch :  — 

**  When  thoQ  dost  tell  another's  jest,  therein 
Omit  the  oathes,  which  true  wit  cannot  need.** 

(Versa  11.) 
**  The  cheapest  sins  most  dearlj  pnnfsht  are ; 
Becaose  to  shnn  them  also  is  so  cheap : 
For  we  have  wit  to  mark  them,  and  to  spare." 

(Verw  12.) 
Again  — 
**  Laugh  not  too  much :  the  wittU  man  laughs  least : 
For  wk  is  newes  only  to  ignorance." — (T^erse  99.) 
"  Profanenesse,  filthinesse,  abnsivenesse — 

These  are  thescumme,  with  which  eoarse  witM  abound." 
**  All  things  are  big  with  jest:  nothing  that's  plain 
Bnt  may  be  wittie,  if  thon  hast  the  Tein." 

(Verse  40.) 
**  Wii*t  an  unruly  engine,  wildly  striking 
Sometimes  a  fHend,  sometimes  the  engineer." 

(Verse  41.) 
**  TTsefhlness  comes  by  labour,  wit  by  ease." 

(Verae  49.^ 
Job  J.  Babdwell  Wobkasd,  M.A. 


Ham8  Mbmltkc  :  "  Massacbb  of  the  Imro- 
CBHTS*'  (S^  S.  V.  74.)  —  There  is  no  such  picture 
now  at  Bruges.  If  H.  Ward^s  work  contains 
notes  of  any  other  paintings  by  this  great  master, 
or  by  Roger  of  Bruges,  or  Roger  de  la  Pasture 
(van  der  Weyden),  your  correspondent  would 
greatly  obliee  me  by  oommunicating  to  me  ex- 
tracts of  such  passages. 

For  scTcral  years  past  I  have  been  engaged  in 
collecting  materials  for  a  complete  history  of  the 
School  of  Bruges.  With  this  view  I  have  ex- 
amined a  considerable  portion  of  the  archives  of 
the  town,  and  of  its  dinerent  churches  and  corpo- 
rations. ^  I  have  copied  a  great  many  documents 
concerning  paintinm,  some  of  which  disappeared 
horn  Bruges  in  1578 — 84,  and  many  more  since 
1792.  There  is  reason  to  believe  that  a  consider- 
able proportion  of  these  are  in  the  possession  of 
private  collectors  in  England.  Brief  notices  of 
any  paintings  supposed  to  have  been  imported 
from  this  town  would  be  extremely  useful,  many 
could  be  recognised  at  once  by  the  armorial  bear- 
inffs  of  the  donors. 

Permit  me  in  concluding  to  correct  a  popular 
error  concerning  Memlinc,  reproduced  m  your 
notice  of  the  Arundel  Socie^*s  publications,  lliere 
is  no  proof  whatever  that  the  figure  looking 
tfmnu£  the  window  in  the  **  Adoration  of  the 
if«««i^  is  «  portndt  of  Memlinc.  Indeed,  the 
l^gena  of  his  poverty  and  sojourn  «t  St. 


John's  hospital  appears  to  be  a  fiction  invented  in 
the  latter  half  of  the  last  century.  Documents 
discovered  by  me  in  the  archives  here  prove  that 
he  was  married  and  settled  here  in  1479,  and  pos- 
siblv  still  earlier.  In  1480  he  figures  in  the  list 
of  the  principal  burgesses  of  Bruges  who  advanced 
money  to  the  city  towards  the  expenses  of  the  war 
against  France.  His  wife,  whose  name  was  Anne, 
and  who  bore  him  two  sons  and  a  daughter,  died 
befi)re  September  10,  1487.  The  painter  himself 
died  before  December  10,  1495.  (see  AAenaum^ 
Oct.  12,  1861 .)  W.  H.  Jabiss  Weals. 

Bruges. 

CoL.  RoBEBT  Yenables  (3">  S.  v.  99,  120.}— 
The  reprint  of  the  JSxverienced  Angler  was  edited 
by  the  writer,  chiefly  Induced  by  the  being  in  the 
possession  of  the  manuscript  of  the  Memoir  pre- 
fixed to  that  reprint.  It  was  a  small  quarto,  m  a 
very  old  hand,  apparently  a  transcript  from  the 
original  by  Col.  Yenables,  or  by  one  who  knew 
bis  history.  What  became  of  the  manuscript 
has  escaped  my  recollection;  and  the  error  of 
'*  Toome "  may  possibly  have  been  in  that  tran- 
script, and  passed  unnoticed  by  me  while  reading 
the  proof  sheet  J.  H.  Buen. 

London  Institution. 

Allow  us  to  correct  two  errors  which  we  inad- 
vertentlv  made.  For  "his  friend  Dr.  Peter  Bar- 
wick,"  should  be  read  "his  friend  Dr.  John  Bar- 
wick;"  and  for  "Life  of  Dr.  Peter  Barwick," 
should  be  read  "  Life  of  Dr.  John  Barwick." 

C.  H.  &  Thomtbok  Coofkb. 
Cambridge. 

Who  write  oue  Neobo  Soros  P  (S^  S.  iv.  392.) 
To  complete  the  record  begun  by  A.,  it  may  be 
well  to  add  to  his  note,  that  Stephen  C.  Foster 
was  buried  at  Pittsburg  on  Januaiy  21, 1864,  and 
that  over  bis  grave  were  played  some  of  his  well- 
known  airs,  including  his  "  Old  Folks  at  Home." 

St.T. 

PhUadelphia. 

Thomson  the  Poet's  House  ahd  Ceixab  (1* 
S.  xi.  201.)  — Having  a  copy  of  the  catalogue  of 
the  effects  of  Thomson,  referred  to  by  Mb.  Cab- 
buthebs,  allow  me  to  correct  some  mistakes  into 
which  Mb.  Cabbutbebs  appears  to  have  fallen. 
In  the  first  place,  the  catalogue  consists^of  twenty 
pages,  instead  of  "  eight  pages  octavo ;"  and  the 
library  consists  of  386  lots,  instead  of  "  260." 
The  number  of  volumes  is  about  514;  and  the 
oldest  book  (No.  199  of  the  third  day*s  sale)  is 
the  4to  edition  of  //  Decameron  di  Boccaccio^ 
Venice,  1585.  So  far  as  I  notice,  there  are  no 
pictnres  properly  so-called ;  but  there  are  eighty- 
three  engravings,  including  ten^  instead  of  "  nine," 
antique  drawings  by  Castdll ;  and  the  engravings 
embrace,  apart  from  those  by  the  masters  men- 
tioned by  Mb.  CAB&uTBia&^  «^wsots«sa  'sR^  *^^ 


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[ar^&T.  VE^Wi^M} 


works  of  Autlenaerde,  Audran,  Cesi,  JeAumt,  Le 
finSi  Scotin,  W.  Chateau,  Lepicle,  KouUet,  Sam. 
Bernard,  DesplaceSt  Procaecmi,  G,  und  J.  Ede- 
linck,  Teresa  (?),  Crozei  (?),  P.  P-  Rentenade- 
tin  (?).  The  enf^ravinga  must  have  been  a  choice 
Jot,  since  the  subjects  named  are  some  of*  the  more 
celebrated  works  of  these  eminent  artists ;  whose 
names,  by-tbe-bye,  are  not  always  correctly  gjiven 
in  the  catalogue.  It  is  somewhat  curioua  that  I 
should  have  procured  my  copy  of  this  catalojiue 
at  Inverness  in  1S62  ;  but  whether  it  be  the  copy 
from  which  Mr.  CARBUXttEBS  compiled  his  in- 
teresting paper  to  '*  N.  &  Q."  in  1 855,  I  am  not 
aware.  It  is  bound  up  with  several  other  pam- 
phlets. The  first  in  the  volume  h  The  Art  iff 
Politickjt^  in  Imitation  of  Horace's  Art  of  Poetry^ 
with  a  curious  frontispiece,  inscribed  "  Risum 
teneatifi  amici,*'  and  which  is  thus  described  in 
the  opening  lines  of  ihe  poem  ;  — 

*•  If  to  a  Human  Face  Sir  Jamvn  ahoald  draw 
A  Gelding'a  Maoe,  and  Feathers  of  Maccaw» 
A  Lady's  Bo»oin,  and  a  Tail  of  C<kU 
Who  could  help  laughing  at  a  Sight  so  odd?  ** 

The  "Sir  James'''  alluded  to  in  these  lines  is 
Sir  James  ThornhilL      Can  any  of  your  corre- 
pondents  inform  me  who  wrote  The  Art  of  Pali* 
chtf     It  consists  of  thirty-six  pages  12rao,  and 
km  this  imprint :  — 

"  London ;  Printed  for  Lawton  GiLUVKit,  at  Hamer^§ 
Head^  against  Sl  Duntiaii*  CbarcbT  in  Fteet-stred, 
Mofxxxrx," 

A.  J. 

Gaiwsdobough  Psatsb  Book  (3"*  S.  v.  27.) — 
Gurnill,  the  engraver  of  the  plates  of  the  Grains- 
borough  Prayer-Book,  was  a   self-taught  artist, 
who  dwelt  at  that  place  during  the  latter  years  of 
the  eighteenth   century-     He  was,  I  believe,   a 
brazier  by  trade.     My  father,  the  late  Edward 
rSbaw  Peacock  of  Bottesford  Moors,  knew  him 
*  when  he  was  a  boy,  and  more  than  once  bought 
engravings  of  him.     One  is  now  before  rae^  of 
which  I  never  saw  or  heard  of  another  copy.     It  is 
.  called  "  A  Draft  of  the  two  remarkable  Rounds  in 
he  River  Trent,  near  Bole  and  Burton,  Notting- 
hamshire :    GurnilU    Scidpt.,    Oainsbro',    1795." 
Size,  13^  by  8|  inches.     Cruruill  was  also  a  seal 
engraver ;  but  his  works  in  this  line  of  art  were, 
if  1  may  judge  from  the  only  specimen  I  ever  saw, 
And  which  I  use  in  closing  this  letter*  of  a  very 
[-rude  description*     I  think  lie  died  aliout  the  year 
rlSlO,  EnwARD  Peacock. 

Bottcafofd  Manor,  Bfigg. 

"'  uNKs  (3'*  S.  iv.  401.)— If  Randulph  de 
,  Earl  of  Chester,  was  grandson  of 
\\  A\ivr  ic  Espagne,  I  presume  that  it  was  through 
I'hts  father,  who  had  the  same  name  as  him^i'lf ;  an 
his  mother  Maud  was  sister  of  Hugh  Ltipui*, 
whose  parentage  is  well  known.  I  cannot  find 
any  account  of  the  descent  of  Randle  Menchines 


the  elder  in  Dugdale,  Ormerod,  or  otlier  w 
which  I  have  access.     Can  you  refer  me 
authority  for  the  statement  of  your  corre^pnti  I    if 
I  shall  be  obliged  to  any  one  who  will  d-^  •  ,  -• 
his  concise  note  says  enough  to  tantalize^  bur  :;  : 
to  satisfy.  Siu  h 

Spbisqs  (:!'*•  S.  V.  119.)  — It  is  suhi 
reference  to  the  explanation  given  ?  i 
that,  by  **  mlemn  springs^*'  Collins  can  banily  hmt 
intended  "  quick  and  cheerfid  tunes/*  And  doeanol 
the  contejtt^  and  especially  the  expression  •*dyinj 
gaies^**  point  rather  to  some  natural  sound  Uiaa  19 
tunes  **  on  a  musical  instrument "  ?  E 

CoLn  IW  Jo  WE  AND  WaRMTH  at  CirB19TMAS  (^ 

S.  iv.  159,  295.)— Archbishop  Laud,  in  his  Di^ 
remarks,  that  June,  1632,  '^  was  the  coldest  Juoi 
clean  through  that  ever  was  felt  in  my  memmf* 
The  previous  January  was  "  the  extremest  mt 
and  warm  January  that  ever  was  knowa  In  m- 
mory/'  The  Christmas  of  1632  was  a  *^wm 
open'*  one.  In  163^,  ^Hhe  extream  hot  and  ftfH 
October  and  November,  save  three  dajs*  fal, 
the  dryest  and  fairest  time.  The  lenTetiOCiV 
off  the  trees  at  the  beginning  of  Deceiiiba;^ 
vraters  so  low  that  the  barges  could  not  |«l^ 
God  bless  us  in  the  spring,  after  this  ptm 
winter." 

The  following  December  he  notices^  the  letttt 
being  still  on  rhe  elm  trees:  "Dec.  10;  thi 
nigbt  the  frost  began  ;  the  Thames  almost  ftoMi 
over."  W.  P* 

SAiirr  SwiTHUf's  Dat  (!•»  S,  xU.  137,  258  ;  S^ 
S,  xii.  188,239.)  — 

'  1623,  July  15.  St  Swythin:  A  very  fair  Ajjr  tSt  U^ 


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wftrdi  five  at  night.  Then  great  extr«niitjr 
and  lightning}  much  hurt  done.  The  lantfaons  cf  Sti 
Jamcis^s  House  hlasted^  the  vane  bearing  the  ptioei^ 
arms  b^Aten  to  piecen. 

^  1028,  July  15.  St  Swithiu**,  and  fair  with  H^*— 
Arcbbisbc^p  Laad*s  Diaru.** 

ToRSSPiT  Dogs  (3"  S.  ii.  219.)  —  About  twdft 
years  ago  I  dined  oflT  a  leg  of  lamb  at  one  of  ih^ 
hotels  at  Caerleon,  which  I  had  seen  cooking  Vf 
the  aid  of  a  turnspit  dog.  The  dojj  was  perrhied 
in  a  box  near  the  ceiling,  on  the  left  hand  aidt  o^ 
tJie  Bre.  I  afterwards  bad  the  dog  brought  into 
the  room^  and  giive  him  some  of  the  lamb  be  Iii4 
roasted.  Ali'rei>  Joarf  Dtmajst. 

Dartford. 

Charles  Hrhhebebt  (3*^  S.  v.  117») — He  wat 

assistant  for  the  French  lanf^uage  to  the  Pro<fcnor 
of  Modern  History  in  this  University,  and  lUi 
French  poems   in  the  Univ  "       ^ns  on 

the  marriage  of  the  Prince  •'!,  and 

the  marriage  of  Frederick  Prni!  •  oi   ^\  lut-,  173^ 
C,  H.  k  TiiOMPfo?e  Cooras. 
Cambridge. 


I 


Thu  Beoad  Abbow  (^^  S.  xiL  346.)  —  Per< 
ceiTing  that  jou  have  not  yet  obtained  any  satis- 
factory replies  as  to  the  origin  and  first  use  of 
this  national  markf  I  be^  to  forward  the  accom- 
panjing  cutting,  which  may  reopen  the  inquiry : — 

"  The  bow  and  the  arrow  were  so  nAtloaallsed  in  the 
mffectlooA  of  the  Eoglish  by  G<Mitribating  to  their  sofflty^ 
and  miQisteriDg  to  their  pieaiorei,  that  these  weapons 


insensibly  become  emblems  of  the  power  and  soTereignty 
"        ■  ■  '  '     '  „   '  ^  '  ]'       >f  * 

nfttnral  than  toatthe  emblem  of  a  nation  ^s  power  and 


of  the  king,  who  was  the  legitimate  rcpreseutative  of  the 
might  and  majesty  of  the  people.     What,  then,  more 


sovereignty  should  be  used  to  identify  the  property  of 
that  natioa?  And  this,  we  believe,  was  the  reason, com* 
bined  with  its  simplicity  of  fonn,  why  the  *  broad  orrow  ' 
was  selected  in  preference  to  other  avmbols  for  the  mark* 
ing  of  oar  national  property/'  —  United  Service  Magasine, 

RicKARDSOK  Family  (3'^  S.  v.  72. 123.)  —  I  ob- 
ved  in  tlie  Calendar  of  Inquests  for  the  County 
Worcestert  one  taken  at  the  death  of  "  Co  nan 

^hardson,  gent,   13   Eliz."      It   will  be  found 

among  the  compotuses  of  the  Exchequer  at  the 
Public  Record  Office,  where  olsd  are  tne  inqueata 
of  William  Messy,  5  Hen.  VIH. ;  Humfry  Mey- 
sye,  Esq.,  33  Hen.  VIII« ;  and  Thomas  Meysie, 
Ksq.,  8  Eliz.  Probably  these  documents  would 
supply  your  correspondent  with  some  informal 
tion. 

There  is  no  record  of  a  grant  oCany  abbey  lands 
to  the  RichardsoDs;  but  the  brothers,  William 
and  Francis  Sheldon,  were  lai^e  purchasers  of  the 
Pershore  manors.  C.  J.  B. 

Sbals  (3^  S.  T.  117.)— Such  a  seal  as  M.M,  S. 
describes  was  found  not  long  since  near  Rich- 
mond, in  Yorkshire.  My  informant  told  me  that 
on  minute  inspection  he  discovered  a  female 
figure  in  the  sheaf  of  corn,  and  the  seal  bt>re  the 
suggestive  motto,  in  Norman-French,  of  "  Food 
for  the  convent."  C.  J.  R. 

Leigh  or  Yobkihibb  (3'*  S.  v.  116.)— A  Wil- 
liam Legh  was  an  escheator  in  Yorkshire,  15  &  16 
Hen.  V]ll»,  and  in  the  latter  year  an  inquest  was 
held  before  him  on  the  death  of  a  Thomas  Legh, 
E»q.  C.  J.  R. 

Yicux  (3^  S.  V.  117.)  — S.  P.  Q.  R.  can  ob^ 
tain  all  the  information  wanted  by  referring  t^o 
my  couain*8  book  — 

•*  Vichy  ct  see  environs  par  Loula  Piesse«  Auteur  do 
i*Itinctraire  de  TAlgt^rieL  Paris:  Librairie  dcL.  Hachcttc 
et  Cie,  Boulevard  St.  Germain,  77." 

CH4&LE8  PlESSK. 

DuaocoBRivis  (3^*  S.  ▼.  1 19,)  —  See  Siukcley'd 
IHnerarhim  Curiomm,  foL  ed.  I724p  p.  100.  The 
Doctor  Bays :  — 

"*  From  Ditostable  the  Itinerary  (Iter  Eomanum  V.) 
leads  as  mit  of  the  rood  going  straight  to  Verttlam,  and 
Ukesin  another  station  by  the  wav,  Darocobrivis»  About 


I 


this  station  antiquaries  have  been  much  di%4de<i,  when  it 
certainly  ought  to  be  placed  at  Berghamsted  (Berkhamp- 
Bteod)  m  Hertfbrdstnre,  which  well  suits  the  aaaigned 
distances  from  Magiortntum  (Dunstable),  and  the  sub- 
sequent Verolanlum,  and  has  evidentlv  been  a  Roman 
town,  as  its  name  imports ;  and  probably  the  caatte  there 
stands  upon  a  Bomon  foundation.  Tis  certain  Roman 
coins  are  frequently  found  there," 

Here  follows  a  description  of  the  castle  :  — 

**Thl8  town  fully  answers  the  distance  in  the  Itioemry, 
and  remarkably  the  import  of  the  name,  according  to  Mr. 
Boxler'a  derivation,  though  he  erroneously  places  it  at 
Wobuni,  cimtas  paludoji  profiventis^  For  here  ia  a  large 
marsh  or  bog,  wherein  the  ancient  British  oppidum  was 
placed.'* 

Stukeley  considers  Maiden  Bower  undoubtedly 
a  British  work.  J.  D.  M.  K. 

BaiTisB  IjiSTiTtTiON  (3"*  S,  V.  95.)  —  The 
British  Institution  was  founded  on  June  4»  1805^ 
and  the  first  Exhibition  opened  January  IS,  1806, 
It  was  established  for  the  exhibition  and  sale  of 
the  Works  of  Living  British  Artists,  and  still 
continues  on  the  same  principles.  I  am  going  to 
the  private  view  of  this  year's  show  to*morrow 
(Feb.  13),  and  it  will  be  opened  to  the  public  on 
Monday. 

In  the  year  1813  the  Directors  commenced  a 
second  series  called  Stunmer  Kxhibttioos,  consist- 
ing of  the  works  of  deceased  artists  j  the  first  two 
of  which  contained  the  works  of  English  painters. 
Th(i  Jtrstt  those  of  Sir  Joshua  Reynolds  only;  the 
second,  those  of  Hogarth,  Zuflany,  Gainsborough, 
and  Wilson,  Subsequently,  and  up  to  that  of  last 
year  inclusivct  they  have  contained  the  best  works 
by  deceaied  painters  of  all  countries,  borrowed 
from  the  Royal  and  other  collections*  I  have  a 
complete  series  of  both  these  catalogues. 

The  Spring  Exhibition  opens  generally  on  the 
second  Monday  in  February^  and  the  iummei*  one 
on  the  second  Monday  in  June. 

Wm.  Suitu. 

Ei^EAHOR   d'Olbiectse  (S'*  S.  v.  11,)  — Her 

parentage  and  the  descent  of  her  family  (the  Des- 
miers,  Seigneurs  d'Olbreuse)  is  ^iven  in  IHcliott* 
noire  de  la  Noblesse^  par  de  la  Cheitayc  dts  Bais^ 
vol.  v.  pp.  581-2,  4to,  Paris,  1782.        Farnham. 

RESDEftECTioK  Gate  (3^*  S.  v.  68  )  —  Dr.  Rim- 
BAtiLT  asks  for  the  meaning  of  the  inscription 
"  A.  P.  3"* "  in  the  carving  upnn  the  Reaurrectioii 
Gate,  St.  Gilea's-in-the-Fi^ld!«.  It  is  agreed  that 
this  carving  was  executed  in  the  year  16d7|  which 
was  the  third  year  of  James  11.  I  think,  there- 
fore, we  may  reasonably  conclude  that  the  pre- 
sent P.  waa  originally  an  K  ,  which  has  had  the 
misfortune  to  be  decawloied ;  and  we  n>ay  then 
read  "  Anno  Regis  tertio.*'  E.  V. 

Nkwhaven  in  France    (3'«  S.   v.  116.)— In 
former  times  Cape  la  Howvi^'^^^^^\ax\<:/^^^*'^^" 
haven  by  ibc  ^n^v^V.  KX^^^^^'-^^'^ - 


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C8r«&Y.  f)ni.M,'(4 


NOTES  ON  BOOKS*  ETC. 
Tk€  Work*  of  WHUam  SkaJupeare.     The  Text  revieed  bv 

ike  Kev.  Alexander  Dyce.    In  :^iglU  Foiumes.  Vol.  ll. 

Sectmd  Edition.    (Chapman  &  UalL) 

This  second  volume  of  Mr.  Dyce's  revised  edition  of 
Shakspeare  contains,  The  Comedy  of  Error*  i  Muck  Ado 
about  Nothing;  Lovers  Labour**  Loat;  A  Jlidtummer** 
Night* s  Dream ;  and  The  Merchant  of  Venice ;  and  is 
characterised  by  the  same  evidences  of  sound  scholarship 
and  familiarity  with  the  writings  of  the  contemporaries 
of  our  great  dramatist,  which  we  have  already  noticed, 
as  distinguishing  Mr.  Dyce'a  labours  as  an  editor.  We 
think  the  volume  before  us  furnishes  unmistakeable  evi- 
•lenco  that,  as  he  worms  to  his  work,  Mr.  Dyce  is  dis- 
posed to  exercise  greater  boldness  in  recognising  and 
adopting  suggested  amendments  of  obscure  passages,  let 
the  originators  of  such  suggestions  be  who  they  may. 
XxiA  he  is  right  in  so  doing.  But  we  wish  that  m  cor- 
recting the  errors,  or  what  he  considers  the  errors  of 
others,  he  would  consider  what  is  due  to  his  own  posi- 
tion in  the  world  of  Shakspearian  criticism;  and  not 
descend,  as  we  regret  to  find  ne  is  too  frequently  disposed 
to  do,  to  speak  slightingly,  and  sometimes  contemptu- 
ously, of  the  labours  of  those  who  are  engaged  like  him- 
self in  the  endeavour  to  make  as  perfect  as  possible  a  text 
of  the  writings  of  Shakspeare.  The  day  when  we  shall 
see  such  a  text  is  not,  we  think,  far  disUnt ;  and  to  none 
of  the  many  who  have  devoted  themselves  to  the  attain- 
ment of  this  great  result  will  the  thanks  of  the  admirers 
of  the  great  bard  be  more  justly  due,  than  to  the  accom- 
plished editor  of  the  volume  which  has  called  forth  these 
remarks. 

Leechdonu,  JVortcunning,  and  Starcraft  of  Early  Eng- 
land ;  being  a  Collection  of  Documentg.  for  the  mott  pari 
never  before  printed,  iUuetrating  the  History  of  Science  in 
this  Oiuntru  before  the  Nonnan  Conquest.  UoUeeted  and 
edited  by  Theliev.  Oswald  Cockayne,  M.A-  (Vol.  I.) 
Published  wider  the  Direction  of  the  Master  of  the 
Rolls,    (  Longman. ) 

While  the  majority  of  the  books  which  have  as  yet 
been  printed  by  the  authority  of  the  Treasury,  and  under 
the  direction  of  the  Master  of  the  Rolls,  treat  of  the  acts 
and  iloings  of  the  people  of  England  and  of  their  rulers, 
the  present  volume  is  altogether  of  a  differeut  character, 
and  is  a  contribution  —  and  a  most  valuable  one— to  our 
knowledge  of  what  the  {leoplo  thought  and  believed  in 
the  earlier  periods  of  our  history.  We  have  here  most 
curious  and  interesting  specimens  of  the  botanical  and 
medical  knowledge  of  the  Anglo-Saxons;  their  belief  in 
charms  and  amuleLn;  their  magical  and  mystical  prac- 
tices; and  iu  the  very  learned  I*reface  by  which  the 
Editor  introduces  the  Saxon  Herbarium,  Leechdoms,  and 
Charms,  which  are  hero  printed,  he  investigates  how  tar 
our  ancestors  had  a  knowledge  of  their  own  of  the  kinds 
ami  powers  of  plants,  and  how  far  they  hail  acquired 
such  knowledge  from  a  study  of  Greek  and  i^tin  writers. 
The  book  before  us  is  one  which  will  excite  as  much  in- 
terest in  Germs nv  as  in  this  country,  for  in  throwing 
light  upon  the  Folk  Lore  of  Eughind,'  it  illustrates  that 
of  our  Teutonic  bicthreu;  and  certainly,  ihr*  prcjwnt 
volume  doi's  throw  consideral)le  light  upon  thekuowkdge, 
tlie  supvrstition.s  and  wo  may  add  also,  upon  tho  lan- 
guage of  our  forefathers. 

HandDmik  ofthr  Caihedttth  of  England,      JVesfern  Did- 
rijiion:  Bristol,   GloHcister,  Jlertfurd,    Worcester,  Lich- 
Jitld.     With  Jllustratimut,     (Murray.) 
This  new  contribution  to  a  pictorial  history,  in  a  mo- 

'leratc   compass,   of    those   magnificient   specimens   of 


eccleeiastical  architecture  ^  oar  rathwlTila — viB  bt  wel- 
come to  many  classes  of  readers,  at  v«U  u  to  all  theie 
who  delight,  like  Browne  Willis^  in  visitiDg  thew  moin- 
ments  of  the  piety  and  skill  of  oar  finvfintlien.  Hie  in^ 
cathedrals  dracribed  in  the  present  yolame  have  all  m- 
dergone  extensive  restoration  and  repair  daring  the  Istt 
five  years ;  and  the  editor  of  the  work  before  ai  hai  hid 
the  advantage,  not  only  of  the  recent  writiagt  of  Piiift— 
Willis,  Mr.  Godwin,  and  Mr.  Bloxam  on  ■nbjoetf  cot- 
nected  with  it,  but  the  book  has  received  reviik»  hm 
the  various  distinguished  profeeiionAl  men,  wbo  hcf«bs« 
engaged  in  restoring  those  cathedrals  to  tbeir 
beauty.  The  work  is  illostrated  with  eome  « 
wood-cuts,  and  forms  an  indispensable  hand-book  to 
tiquariee,  and  art-students  about  to  visit  and  e 
western  cathedrals  of  England. 

Debrete*  UluiiraUd  Peerage  and  SarotmteufB  of  At  Vwitd  : 
Kingdom  of  Great  Britain  and  Irdomd^  1864.    (B»  ) 

worth  &  luirrison.)  < 

This  is  indeed  an  old  friend  with  a  new  face ;  for  lidt€. 
was  for  years  the,  if  not  the  only.  Peerage  the  fashieoib 

world  consulted.    The  present  is,  we  beOere,  the  r*~ 

and  most  compact  Peerage  which  contains  the  \ 
arms  of  the  Peers. 


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TunMA*  Dry.  The.  fj-imct  j'rot.i  lUu-i'ur  on  Crinolines  in  J*larini^ 
pfurrd  I  a  onr  3rd  8.  jil.  tA. 

"NoTi:*  A^o  QcPHiK*'*  i*  jfttMithtd  a*  noon  tut  Friday,  amd  isei^ 
i**iud  in  M<i.<«TBLT  Pabta.  The  .iidHt^Ttption  for  Stampsb  Ob«»ai  t^ 
Si,  MnHih"  J„rtciinled  'Ur,i.f  mtm  thf  l-nhlidur  {inelmtima  the  Hatf^ 
yailii  Ihukx)  w  lU.  4if.,  irAiVA  u,tt}i  b<  pnid  hy  /\m|  CMba  OHer,, 
iNi.,.t'./i-  ut  th<  Stntnd  Voft  OJuf,  in  tnvftur  of  William  OF.  ffntni,** 
Willi .\OTOM  (^asrr,  Htmand,  W.C,  to  M-hom  all  I'—ninirmesw  ran 
THi  KoiTOH  Jikimkt  be  a^tirtMM. 

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167 


L0SJ>Oy,  SATURDAY^  FSBRUAMY ^,  imi. 


ooNTEXTSw— N».  na. 


r— Th«»  W*>ftl  "PvnpM***,"  jH  B^mftlosrr  ^Dfi  Sig- 


itirt — "Albu- 
rn —  E*xjth  of 

-  ■Men 


'  V  —  Lord 
tof  Liff- 

of 

.  _  ..aas 
-  yuitri  — 

ll»vius 
11  — CoJ. 

~Lh)W 
I'maco  — 

'  Cuncjius  E«5«x 
uafordj  ScAl  — 


IB06U.A& 


WOKD  "PA^rPnLTTT,"  TTS   ETTMOLOGT 
AND  SIGNIFICATION. 

Ipood  dea.1  has  been  already  ^d  in  these 

t  BS  to  the  origin  of  this  word  ;  but  it  has 

struck  tne  that  any  improveraent  has  beea 

,e  upon  the  conjectural  derivations  of  Minsheu, 

lea  Davjes  Oldys,  and  other  etyiuologiats.     1 

e  no  siigge*ti'n>  mv.  li"  t,>  make  u\)On  the  point, 

purpose  to  y   illustrAtloriS    to   the 

\er  aad  p^c^L         ,      Lation  of  di^^  word.     I 

lannot,  how<nrer,  retrain  from  of 

ihe  opportnnity  (o  cm  tor  niy  i  i^he 

*par  un  flkt"  ist»  i  thiuk,  pro- 

»ounded.      Notlt  juiars  to  me  more 

probiible  than  iLiit  a  pilatcd  sheet,  or  sheets, 

wever  attaehed  together,  should  be  so  termed 

I  French :  except  that  wc  shoidd  have  adopted 

^nd  corrupted  the  term,  if  bile  the  original  inTen- 

ors   should   have   so  forgotten  it  as  to  style  it 

root  Aiiglaia,'*  from  the  Manud  Lexiqne^  1755, 

4)  the  last  edition  of  the  Diet  de  VAcadhme. 

If  I  am  compelled  to  adopt  a  foreign  etymology, 

el. ,...11  '  -tamiy  prefer  to  derive  it  from  the  old 

i  pabtte^  a  palm,  or  hancl's  breadth  ; 

.,  t,fi]..  .t... .»  >  +1,;^  Ijcinir  the  deriva- 

_e,  who^e  remarks 

/,  cent.  1,  XX vi.) 

iblc  in  themselves 

ig  much  in  a  few 


Perhftpe  an  earlier  instance  of  the  use  of  the 
word  cannot  be  adduced  than  that  in  the  PhUo* 
hihlon  of  Richard  de  Bury,  written  in  the  four- 
teenth century.  Deecribiug  in  elocjuent  terras 
his  ardour  as  a  book-collector,  and  his  intense 
love  for  the  objects  of  hb  darling  punuit,  he 
excUims:  — 

"  Sc'd  rereta  tibrat  aon  librai  maiuiraus,  CodfMsquA 
pluBquam  floretsos^  ic  pan^leit^  eidguoji  incrofSAtis  pna- 
tuUmufl  palafridis.'*  — jITS.  HarL^  foL  m  Ai  MS,  Cbtt.. 
fuL  111  a. 

Here  the  learned  Bishop  of  Durham  probably 
Latin iacd  a  word  already  in  colloquial  use  i  for  1 
do  not  recollect  another  miitance  of  its  occurrence 
io  mediaeval  Latin,  and  it  will  be  sought  for  in 
vain  in  the  Lexicotui  of  Ducange  and  Charpcn* 
tier.  A  century  and  a  half  later,  the  word  is 
used  in  its  English  form  by  Caxton  in  his  Boke 
of  'Entydoi^  ctmipyted  bif  lyrgile  ,  .  .  translated 
oute  of  Latine  into  Frcnshe^  and  oute  of  FrcjiMht 
reduced  into  Englystthe^  ^r.,  folio,  1490  :  — 

••  Afl«r  dyversa  Werkes  made,  tronslatct),  and  achieved* 
liavittg  &09  werkc  in  bmide ;  I,  ulttyng  in  mv  Studye^ 
vrbercAB  laye  many  dyversQ  PaunJUUit  ittd  BocSu^*'  ^€. 

It  is  evident  that  iu  these  esses  the  word  is 
used  in  coatradLitinction  to  hook^  as  denoting 
simply  the  comparative  size  of  the  document^ 
witDout  any  reference  to  its  kind.  The  word, 
indeed,  was  necessarj-,  as  the  term  '*  tract,*'  which 
we  now  use  in  n  simdar  sense,  though  especially 
with  a rdmoui  signification^  was  then  ap[<liLd  to  a 
treatise  ofwhatever  size  or  character  it  might  be. 
Thus  Wooldritlge,  in  the  preface  to  his  ^St/ sterna 
Ag^rictdturtBj  1081  (afoliovolumeot  more  than400 
pages),  speaks  of  the  ** succeeding  trad** — just  as 
a  posthumous  volume  of  Dr,  Thon»as  Brown  is 
entitled  by  its  editor,  "Certain  Miscellany  Tmcts.** 
For  this  simple  signification  of  the  word  pamphlet^ 
Oldys  contends,  in  the  curious  **  Dissertation  on 
Pamphlets,"  which  he  contributed  to  Morgan^s 
Ph^gnix  Britannicm :  — 

**  And  thus  tlie  word  Pamphtetf  or  Utth  paper  \3o6kt  im- 
ports 00  reproachful  character,  any  more  than  the  word 
iJrtikt  Book^  sigailiea  a  Fasquil,  as  littie  as  it  does  a 
Panegyric,  of  iteelf.  Is  neither  (jood  nor  Bad,  I^eamcd 
nor  Illiterotc,  True  nor  FoIms,  Serious  nor  Joeolat,  of  its 
own  naked  M««inmg  or  Construction;  but  it  either  of 
thwM,  accoraiog  s«  tU'  um keg  the  DiitmctioD, 

Thiu  of  scucrikMia  an!  !  amphlei*,  to  b«  baraed 

•■,,f^.  \t..\7  ^e  rond  ill  ^^„^;.„.. , ,  j;  and  bv  the  namo  of 
i  the  Encomium  ot  Queen  £mma  called  in 

But  Oldvs,  when  thus  contending  for  the  siimile 
meaning  of  the  word,  must  have  been  aware  of  its 
tendency  to  acquire  a  more  complex  signification, 
and  that  it  had  come  to  denote  the  ktnd^  a»  well 
as  the  Mise  of  the  work ;  or  perhaps^  indeed,  the 
first  without  regard  to  the  latter.  Thus,  as  Dr* 
Nott  has  njmarkcd  in  his  notes  to  Dekker,  this 
word,  DOW  applied  almost  exclviSAN^Vt  ^  ^  y*'*^'**' 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


I 


poetical  one.  Thus,  Biiliop  HuUt  In  his  Satires 
(1597),  bos:  ~ 

"  Tet  when  he  hath  my  crabbed  Pamphlet  re*d» 
Ai  oftentimes  u  Philip  hath  been  dead." 

Virgedemiarum^  Sat  I.  book  iT» 

And  Marston :  — 

**  These  notet  wen  bettor  sung  'mong  bettor  sort. 
But  to  my  jMM^piUBf  fevr,  save  foots,  resort.^' 

Scourge  of  Viilany,  Sat.  IV-  book  L 

While  Robert  Arniin,  in  the  *'  Address  to  the 
Reader,"  prefixed  to  his  curious  poem,  Theltahan 
Taylor  and  his  Boy  (1609),  says  :  — 

**  I  have  to  thy  pleasure,  and  ray  no  great  profile, 
written  this  Pamphlet,  oncly  nir  Adventure  in  presuming 
into  the  hands  of  so  noble  a  Patron/*  &c. 

But,  a  century  aud  a  half  later,  the  word  seems 
to  Lave  become  signt^cant  of  political  treatises 
especially,  in  a  much  more  definite  sense  than  it  is 
at  present  used.  Thus,  Dr.  Johnson  says  of 
Swift:- 

**He  entered  npon  the  clericAl  state  with  hopes  to  ex- 
cel in  preaching;  but  comphiiimd  tbut,  fiom  the  time 
of  hit  political  controversies.  *he  could  only  prench 
pamphlets  J  '*^Live$  of  the  Poet*  (Swift). 

While  Harris,  giTing  the  word  aa  unfavourable 
sense,  warns  the  young  against  ^- 

^  That  fungoua  growth  of  novcli  and  pam^ieti^  where, 
It  is  to  be  fearedi  ibey  rardy  find  an}^  rational  pleasure ; 
aod,  more  rarely  still,  any  solid  improvement."— /JTermeai, 
book  ill. 

By  the  way,  Swifl  himself  bad  humorously 
expressed  his  contempt  for  the  class  of  literature 
indicated  at  this  time  by  the  word,  by  placing  the 
slender-bodied  warriors  in  the  rear  of  the  literary 
army. 

"  The  rest  were  a  confused  multitude,  led  by  Scotas, 
Aquina.%  and  Bellarmine;  of  mighty  Bulk  and  Stature^i 
but  without  either  Arms,  Courage,  or  Discipline.  In  the 
hut  Place  came  infinite  swarms  of  Cdhnet,  a  disorderly 
R<Mit,  led  by  Lestraoge :  Rogues  and  Eaggamuffins,  thnt 
ibllow  the  Camp  for  nothing  but  the  Plunder,  all  without 
Coats  U>  cover  iiiem"—Batld  of  the  Book*. 

So  much  for  the  word  in  Englbh^  As  to  French, 
idthough  your  correspondents  would  attribute  to 
it  tt  French  origin,  I  am  not  able  to  call  to  mind 
mn  early  instance  of  the  use  of  the  word  in  that 
language.  Voltaire,  in  his  ETamen  Important  de 
M^rd  Bolin^broke^  informs  us  that  — 

**  Grub-Street  est  la  rne  oil  Ton  imprime  la  plupart  des 
mmny »ih  jHitnphUu  qu'on  fait  joarncliement  h  Londres." 

And  in  the  more  modern  edition  (I2mo,  L'An 
vUi*)  of  La  JJunciade^  by  Palis30t--7io/  in  the 
older  one  (1771,  2  vols.  8vo),  where  Uie  couplet 
sUnds  altogether  diderent — ^wc  have  : 

** .  .  .  Morellet^  dlstillont  lo  iMkiaoa 
D*ua  noir  pampideit  pense  <%aler  BufTon.** 

I  merely,  however,  cite  the*>e  paasage*  to  show 
that  the  word  is  generally  used  in  an  unfavour- 
able sense  in  French ;  where^  indeed,  it  la  often 


employed  to  designate  a  libellous  or  per«oiiil# 
lack:  "Cest  une  libelle  atroce, — un  pasnlii 
meme,^'  will  be  said  of  such  a  production,  wilW 
any  reference  to  the  size  of  the  work.  So  the  autJv 
of  La  Minerve  Fran^Ue  (4  vols.  8  vo,  Paris^  ISU; 
say,  in  their  address  to  the  public  : — 

**  Les  person nallti^  les  moyens  dc  scaiidale, 
i^trftncer&;  d^fonseura  t^is  des  principes,  noiian^ 
t\ii%  a*hf)norable  succ^ ;  en  un  mot,  d(>iis  compoadOifl 
livre,  et  noujs  n'^rivons  point  an  pamphletj^ 


With  regard  to  the  derivative 
which  we  find  written  **  pampheleter"  ia 
who  has  the  phrase  ^to  pamphlet  on  a  peniftr 
and  Greene,  who,  in  his  Pier('e*8  Supef  iir^^tm 
or  New  Praise  of  the  Old  Asse  {159^\,  mfk 
Delone,  Stubs^  and  Armin,  **  the  commoo 
phleteers  of  London,  even  the  painfuUeat 
clera  too,**  &c. ;  and  says  of  his  anta^nist 
that  — 

**  He  weeneth  himself  a  special  penman*  aa  hi  w 
head  man  of  \ho  pamphletimg  crew." 

And  of  his  manner  of  writing  — 

^^  I  have  seldom  read  a  more  garish  and  pidbdAit^  I 
in  any  scribbling  inkhomiat ;  or  tasted  a  mora  uai 
alaump-paump  of  words  and  sentences  in  any  i 
pamplileteer,  that  donounceth  not  detianc«  ags&M  H*  I 
rules  of  oratory,  and  the  direction  of  the  £figliab  ^at  ] 
taiy" 

On  the  other  hand,  the  word  ia  of  com] 
recent  introduction   into  the  French 
and  probably  first  came  into  use,  ex 


in  tbe  truly  pamphleteering  times  of  the  fini  1 
lution.  It  is  found  in  theZej-iccgrropAia-iVtft,^ 
GaUica  of  William  Dupre  (London^   dnvTl 
who  sayi  that  it  is 

"  A  word  which  the  French  have  borrowed   froa  i 
EngHsh,  and  now  apply  to  the  anthors  of  fagitival 
and  obnoxious ^7iipA/£<i  and  brochurea," 

This  was  the  word,  it  will  be  remeinbend, ' 
terrible  to  the  Gallic  ear,  with  which,  on  Uie  ixd 
of  Paul  Loub  Ck>urier,  the  advricate  for  the  ps*- 
secution  indignantly  apostrophised  the  oslbil^ 
nate  vi^nerou.  The  eflect  q{  this  rhetorical  0Mf 
upon  the  court  is  described  in  a  fine  «ttlib« 
banter  by  that  able  writer ;  — 

**  n  m'apostropha  de  la  sorte:  VH  pmphiikmrti  fit* 
coup  de  foudre,  noo,  do  mafiauf.  v"  Tf  -     - 

dont  tl  m^asaomma  sans  remc ' 
tre  mot  let  jugea,  les  ttfnioiu  % 
avocat  lu]-m£me  en  narut  ( 
Je  fus  coodamn^  d^  Theun 
d^  que  I'homme  du  roi  m'cn: 
je  so  BUI  que  r^poudri' ; 
tote  avoir  fait  cq  qu'ori 
oa^  nier.    J'l^ia  Uonv  ;     ., 
mi^ni,  et  voyatit  i'horrcur  ou'un  i' 
raudttoire,  Je  demeurui  conAis /'— ; 

Another  passage,  from  i! 
will  lead  iw  to  (he  Freii' 
tnueli^vexed  word  :— 


fty|«  4o  PoraMb 
t,  smilarant  Ka- 

mot  dMdm  tiM. 

i«na  oa  Via 


wcTlul  wrtfcr. 

n  f»f  the  m^ 


i 


I  S.  V.  Fee,  27,  '64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


169 


Je  ne  Vol  point  la,  mo  dit-U ;  mftia  c^eBt  un  pamphictt 
.  mei  sui£t.    Alora  je  luJ  demandiu  c«  que  c'ctait  qu'uii 
'  let,  ot  le  flcns  do  ce  mot,  qni,  «aiu  m*etre  nouvtiau, 
bi-'J^in  pour  moi  de  quelqnea  explicatione.    C'cst, 
"it'iJ,  tin  ^crit  de  peu  de  pazea,  comme  \e  votre, 
ftiille,  ou  deux  BeulemenL    l)e  troia  feuilles,  re> 
MT&it-ce   encore  un  pamphlet  f     Peut-cLre,  me 
daiif  TAceeption  comnmQ«>;  maui  proprement  par- 
1«  pamphlet  n'a  qu\uie  feoiUe  aeulc ;  deux  ou  plus 
it  UD{)  brochure.     Lt  dix  fcuUle^?   quinze  feuilfes? 
DRt  feuillea  ?    Font  ua  volume,  dit-  il,  im  ouvrage,'*  — 

So  much  for  this  tmyrd^  about  which  I  have  said 
much,  that  I  shall  be  held  to  have  almost 
bbieved  the  things — if,  indeed,  my  illustrations 
icape  comparison  with  Gr;iiiajao*s  reasons,  which 
^ere  **  as  two  grains  of  wheat  hid  in  two  bushels 
f  cfaaflT;  you  shall  seek  all  day  ere  you  find  them, 
lid  when  you  have  them  they  are  not  worth  the 

rch.*'    {Merchant  of  Venice,} 

WiLUAM  Bates. 

[£dgha5tofl* 


I  In  the  ^A^««PMw  for  November  28,  1 863,  the 
'igitt  of  this  word  is  ascribed  to  an  entirely  new 
arce,  of  which  you  may  think  it  worth  while  to 
\te  a  note.  Pamphlet  is  there  said  to  be  — 
^M  The  name  of  a  lady,  slightly  modified,  who  first  em- 
oyed  herself  in  writing  pamphletu,  who  compoeed  a 
•tory  of  the  then  known  world,  in  thirtj-five  little 
^ka,  in  Greek,  and  made  the  public  all  the  wi^er  by  her 
"itig  leaves.  The  lady  was  nooe  other  than  the  sage 
jnphyia,  whose  works,  written  in  the  reign  of  Nero, 
>  now  lost.** 

J.    DORAN. 

SIR  JOHN  MOOEE'S  MONUMENT. 

>  Lord  Clyde,  almost  the  last  of  the  Peninsular 
lroc5,  has  recently  been  laid  in  his  well-earned 
,mb  in  Westminster  Abbey,  and  a  national  mo- 
liment  is  about  to  be  raised  to  his  honour* 

Sir  John  iloore,  Protesilaus  among  the  chief- 

l^ins  of  that  great  war,  rests  on  the  ramparts  of 

■omnna;  and   this   country   is  indebted  to   the 

-nerosity  of  a  ibreigner  for  the  stone  that  marks 

(  resting  place. 

But  it  is  strange  that,  for  more  than  half  a 
•Titurjr,  our  gratitude  for  this  noble  deed  has 

en  directed  to  one  who  had  no  hand  or  part 

I  Napier/  usually  so  accurate,  is  here  at  fault. 
'i  writes  (vol.  i.  p.  500) :  — 

I**  The  guns  of  the  enemy  D«id  his  Ameral  honours? 
M  SouU,  with  a  uoblc  fccVmg  of  respect  for  his  valour, 

led  a  monument  to  hta  mettjory,'* 
IBriahnont   follows   suit   to   Napier,   and  savs 

f  **  Marshal  Soult  canted  a  monument  to  be  erected  over 
Tw  place  where  the  hero  had  fallen." 

'  Then,  in  the  Life  of  Moore,  written  by  his  own 
^ther,  while  no  reference  whatever  is  made  to 


Soiilt,  a  long  and  somewhat  turgid  epitaph,  writ- 
ten by  Dr.  Farr,  is  given  in  full  (Appendix, 
p.  2S8),  as  "  Inscril>ed  on  a  marble  monument, 
erected  at  Corunna." 

JMaxwell,  in  his  Life  of  Wetlingkm  (i.  466), 
gives  us  two  inscriptions:  the  one  in  Spanish, 
which  he  says  was  written  **  on  a  small  column, 
erected  to  the  memory  of  the  British  General ;" 
the  other  in  Latin,  which  be  tells  us  **  Marshal 
Soult  ordered  to  be  engraved  upon  a  rock,  near 
the  spot  where  Sir  John  ^luore  felL'* 

And  now,  if  we  turn  to  the  Life  of  Sir  Howard 
Douglat^  recently  published,  it  appears  (p.  98) 
that  not  one  of  these  conflicting  statemeuts  are 
true.  The  monument  was  not  erected  by  Soult, 
but  by  the  Marquis  de  Uomana.  The  Spanish 
inscription,  which  was  really  written  by  the  Mar- 
quis himself,  is  quite  diflerent  from  that  given  in 
Harwell's  account;  while  the  Latin  epitaph, 
written  certainly  by  Dr.  Parr,  at  the  instance  of 
the  Prince  Regent,  never  was  inscribed  upon  the 
monument  at  all.  Sir  H.  Douglas,  with  great 
good  judgment,  prevented  the  obliteration  of  what 
Homana  had  originally  written. 

From  the  official  connection  of  Sir  H.  Douglas 
with  this  matter,  there  can  be  no  reasonable  doubt 
as  to  the  correctness  of  his  account.  The  course 
of  error  in  thb  case  is  easily  to  be  traceil.  Na- 
pier's partiality  for  Soult  made  him  too  facile  in 
accepting  for  truth  what  would  have  told  so  much 
to  bis  credit.  Brialmont  txK)k  upon  trust  what 
Napier  had  vouched  for.  It  is  far  from  impro- 
bable that  a  copy  of  the  epitaph^  which  was 
actually  written  by  Dr,  Parr,  might  have  been 
sent  to  the  family  of  Sir  J,  Moore;  and  so  his 
brother  would  naturally  conclude  that  its  in- 
tended transfer  to  tlie  monument  at  Corunna  was 
cai'ried  into  effect.  Maxwell's  book  is  an  amusing 
t^oliection  of  sketchy  narratives,  but  it  is  not 
history. 

And  so  it  has  come  to  pass  that  a  fact,  notorious 
in  1810,  has  been  hidden  in  a  mist  till  11^63. 

Ernor, 


PASTICCIO  OPERA& 

Several  years  ago  (see  "  N.  &  Q."  2^'^  S.  iv. 
251,  320)  I  had  occasion  to  allude  to  the  fact, 
that  Mr.  Shield's  Pasticcio  opera  of  The  Farmer, 
said  on  the  title-page  to  be  selected  and  composed 
by  Wm.  Shield,  had  no  nig^  put  to  the  individual 
pieces  of  music,  by  which  to  distinguish  the  te* 
lected  from  the  original  compo&»itions»  a  defect,  by* 
the- way,  not  unfrcquent  in  the  old  Pasticcio 
Operas,  I  then  gave  thj  authority  which  seemed 
to  show  that  "Ere  around  the  huge  oak^"  usually 
attributed  to  Mr.  Shield,  was  really  the  work  of 
Michael  Arne.  I  have  since  chanced,  amongst 
the  single-sheet  songs  in  the  British  Muhcum 
Library,  to  come  upon  one  entitled  ^^  Great  Lord 


170 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[a»*s.v. 


17,  tl 


Frog  (written  by  D'Urfey),  of  which  it  is  said 
that  the  melody  is  from  a  favourite  cotilion, 
while  a  pencil  note  calls  attention  to  the  fact 
that  this  melody  had  been  used  by  Mr.  Shield  in 
The  Farmer.  I  accordingly  foimd  that  it  was 
the  music  of  one  of  Mr.  £dwin*8  songs  (in  the 
character  of  Jemmy  Jumps),  beginning  "  Look, 
dear  Ma*am." 

The  opera  of  Mahmovdj  by  Stephen  Storace, 
was  published  by  his  widow  without  a  reservation 
as  to  any  of  the  pieces  being  by  other  composers. 
Loddng  over  Salieri*s  opera,  La  OroUa  di  Tro- 
fonio^'  I  found  that  a  spirited  base  song  in  it,  **  Da 
vn  Fonte  istesso,**  had  been  transferred  with  some 
abbreviations  to  Mahmoudy  where  it  appears  as 
llie  base  song,  "  Revenffe,  revenge,  her  nres  dis- 
plays,** sung  by  Mr.  Sedgwick. 

There  is  a  song  in  the  Pasticcio  opera  of  ne 
Maid  of  (he  Mill  (in  the  part  of  Giles),  beginning 
**  m  be  bound  to  fly  the  nation,"  which  song,  some 
five  or  six-and-thirty-years  ago,  I  heanl  Mr. 
Bedford  sing  so  effectively  as  to  gain  an  unani- 
mous encore.  Both  in  the  table  of  the  songs  pre- 
fixed to  the  opera,  and  on  the  song  itself,  the 
composition  is  attributed  to  Rinaldo  di  Capua. 
Now,  in  Dr.  Bumey's  account  of  11  Fiheo/o  di 
Campagna,  an  opera  by  Galuppi  (see  vol.  iv.  of 
the  Dr.^s  Hitiofy),  he  informs  us  that  -^ 

"  The  base  soncy  *  IIo  per  loi  in  mezzo  al  core,'  was 
always  heard  with  pleaaore,  though  song  by  Paganini, 
almott  without  a  voice.*' 

This  song  will  be  found  to  be  the  original  of 
the  one  in  The  Maid  of  the  Mill;  the  only  change 
is,  that  of  English  words  instead  of  Italian,  the 
whole  of  the  music  being  retained.  In  addition 
to  the  fact  that  Dr.  Burney  thus  assumed  the 
song  in  question  to  be  Galuppi*s  composition,  I 
have  met  with  a  book  of  the  printed  music,  in 
which  it  is  attributed  to  him.  It  may,  however, 
be  observed  that  in  a  MS.  score  of  II  FHosqfo  di 
Campagna  in  the  British  Museum,  and  which 
contains  several  base  songs,  this  particular  one  is 
not  to  be  found.  This  circumstance  may  perhaps 
(notwithstanding  Dr.  Burney  and  the  printed 
book),  force  us  to  allow  that  Dr.  Arnold  might, 
after  all,  have  had  his  reasons  for  the  attribution 
to  Rinaldo  di  Capua. 

Having  made  these  notes,  I  wish  to  conclude 
with  a  query  respecting  a  certain  song  in  the 
Pasticcio  opera  of  Orpheus  and  Ewrydice^  said  on 
the  title-page  to  be  composed  by  Gluck,  Handel, 
Bach,  Saccliini,  and  Weichsel,  with  additional  new 
music  by  William  Reeve.  No  separate  piece  has 
its  composer*s  name  affixed  to  it,  except  one  song  by 
Weichsel.  I  would  ask,  who  was  the  composer  of 
the  base  song,  ^  Let  hideous  moans,**  sung  by  Mr. 
Darley  in  the  character  of  Pluto  ? 

On  the  title-page  of  the  opera  of  Mahmomd  is  a 
portrait  of  Stephen  Storace,  without  an  engraver's 
name.     In  the  autobiographj  (privately  prnUedy 


1843)  of  the  eminent  line-engraTer,  Abnbi 
Raimbach,  he  tell  us  that  he  was  the  engraver  tf 
this  portrait,  which  was  from  a  miniature  by  A^ 
land  (a  Swiss),  of  whom  Mr.  Raimbach  vziki, 
that— 

"His  likenesses  were  generally  very  good;  lUc  if 
Stqthen  Sioraet  being  a  iottd  faShart  ma^  be  mmSkf  » 
eoonted  for,  when  it  is  considered  that  it  was  azaciM 
almost  entirely  from  description  "  (p.  28). 

I  have  subjoined  these  facts  as  being;  interal> 
ing  both  to  the  collector  of  Mr.  Raimbach*a  wodo, 
and  to  the  collector  of  musicians*  portraits. 

AunuBD  Bom. 

SomersTown. 


The   Passiho  Beix  of   St.  SEPtnLCHBi*s. - 

The  following  extract  from  a  letter  addrened  to 
the  City  Press  seems  to  me  worthy  of  preserve 
tion  in  the  columns  of  "  N.  &  Q.**  It  was  inserted 
Feb.  20:  — 

**When  the  great  bell  of  St.  Sepulchre  tolls  otfi 
solemn  warning  before  the  public  execution  of  crianrik 
few  who  hear  it  are  moved  to  pray  for  those  poor  siai* 
going  to  execution ;  bat  yet  that  was  tbe  intantioa  • 
good  Mr.  Robert  Dowe,  who,  on  the  8th  of  May,  1605,  bj 
deed  of  gift,  gave  50/.,  on  condition  that  the  pnish  of 
SL  Sepiuchre  should  appoint  some  one  to  go  to  Kawgati^ 
about  ten  o'clock  on  the  night  previous  to  the  tiTmtii^ 
*  there  to  stand  as  near  the  window  as  he  can,  wh«i  thi 
condemned  prisoners  do  lye  in  the  dungeon,  with  a  hssA- 
bell,  given  to  the  parishionerB  by  the  said  Mr.  Dowci,  mi 
shall  give  there  twelve  solemn  towles,  with  doable  sIraiBa: 
and  then,  after  a  good  pause,  to  deliver  with  a  loodaii 
audible  voice,  with  his  face  towards  the  prison  windsf^ 
to  the  end  the  poor  condemned  persons  may  give  good 
ear,  and  be  tbe  better  Htirred  up  to  watchfolness  isd 
prayer/  Then  follows  a  long  exhortation  to  rapentSDoi, 
at  the  end  of  which  he  was  to  toll  the  bell  again. 

**  This  was  at  a  time  when  executions  were  Ud  it 
Tvbnm.  and  there  are  further  instructions  for  the  nu 

when  *  the  cart  shall  stay  a  small  while  against  the' 

wall,  to  hear  a  short  exhortation  pronounced  by 
standing  bare-headed,'  with  the  hand-bell,  aa  before.  1W 
great  bell,  which  is,  properly  speaking,  the  passng-W 
was  also  tolled.  I  have  merely  auoted  that  part  of  the 
deed  which  relates  to  a  custom  long  since  grown  isto 
disuse.— I  am,  &c.  \V.  U.  W." 

T.& 

Suicides.  — 

**  At  the  funeral  of  a  suicide  at  Scone,  N.  B.,  some  ftitf 
women  endeavoured,  by  persuasion  and  threats,  to  caaM 
the  body  to  be  lifted  over  the  graveyard  wall  instead  flf 
being  carried  through  the  gate.  The  reason  for  this  ii 
supposed  to  be,  that  in  the  event  of  the  body  betas 
allowed  to  pass  through  the  gate,  the  first  bride  *  kiiked* 
thereafter  will  commit  suicide  within  a  very  short  period 
after  her  marriage ;  and  that  the  first  child  carried  to  cmnch 
to  be  christened,  will  commit  suicide  before  it  reaches  tht 
age  of  eight  years."— 7%«  Guardian,  Jan.  20,  186i. 

K.  P.  D.  £. 

A  Genuine  Centenabian. — Reading  "N.  Ac  C^** 
I  find  remarks  made  on  **  Longevity  ;**  and  aa  I 
am  personally  acquainted  with  ue  following  nmt 
interesting  old  man,  I  venture  to  send  7011  m  finr 


at^  &  T.  Sua.  £7,  "Si,] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


^ 


I 


pftrtxeulars  of  his  esse ;  and  sbouM  it  in  any  waj 
interest  jou,  and  you  like  to  insert  it  ia  your 
loagazine,  I  hope  you  will  do  so.  I  .shjill  be  iilso 
very  happy  to  present  you  with  his  photo<?niphic 
likeness  on  ^lasi.  HJs  nAtne  is  Richard  Purser ; 
bom,  in  1756,  on  July  14, — so  be  will  be  108  next 
July.  He  19  residing  at  Cbeltenham,  and  ha« 
6jr.  BtL  a-week  allowed  him:  4$.  6d  from  the 
partsh,  and  2s.  a-week  from  tbe  5L  sent  annually 
by  the  Queen  to  the  clern^yman  of  the  place ;  he 
hairing  satisfied  her  Majesty  as  to  the  correctness 
of  ttke  statement,  and  discovered  tbe  register.  He 
is  a  Tery  good  old  man,  attending  his  church 
regularly  every  Sunday,  and  sacrament  once  a 
month ;  and  was  a  regular  attendant  on  the 
weekly  lectures  up  to  the  last  two  years,  when  he 
was  obliged  to  discontinue  some  of  Ins  habits.  lie 
18  hale  and  hearty,  and  has  all  his  tacultles  about 
him;  and  is,  in  every  way,  a  most  interesting 
person.  I  visit  Cheltenham  every  spring,  and  see 
him  almost  daily  for  two  monthiji,  and  have  a  chat 
with  him.  Last  spring  his  legB  were  bent,  and 
his  knees  touched,  with  his  two  feet  bowed  oiit« 
wards ;  but  he  managed  to  get  about  for  his  daily 
strolls  with  two  strong  cmtches*  He  hju»  the 
most  charming  countenance,  and  always  looks  oa 
the  bright  side  of  everything* 

Wia.  Edwakd  Bsia. 

Colbobnb:  Lobds  Seatov  ajtb  Coldosjiii. — 

Although  two  families  bearing  the  name  of  Col- 
borne  have  been  during  the  present  century  en- 
nobled, the  Peerages  afford  little  or  no  information 
respecting  the  ancestry  of  either  of  them. 

Lord  Seaton,  indeed,  was,  I  Mieve,  the  founder 
of  his  line,  and,  in  a  genealogical  point  of  view,  a 
mnms  homo.  But  Lord  Colborne  (if  the  arms 
borne  by  him  are  a  trustworthy  indi ration  of  de- 
soent)  w     *'  ■     '         '    '         '  to  the  Col- 

bomesn  ily  recorded 

m  the  \  i.-in  uinjiia  VI  iinj  cuuiitY,  iinti  entitled  to 
wear  coat -armour. 

I  shonT'  >■ '  -^>d  to  have  some  definite  informa- 
tion on  I,  as  well  as  corrections  and  ad- 
ditions tL  -jjoined  particulars  of  the  family, 
which  are  all  1  have  hitherto  been  able  to  col- 
lect :  — 

A  Mr.  Colborne  of  Chippettham  was,  I  have 
oildertitood,  the  father  of  three  sons  ;  viz.  — 

Wiljiain  of  Norfolk,  who  died  without  issue. 

Benjamin  of  Bath,  whose  daughter  and  heir 
married  Sir  M.  W.  Ridley,  and  wivs  mother  of 
Nicholas  Ridley  Colborne,  who  was  raised  to  the 
paerage  in  1839  as  Baron  Colborne,  of  West  Har- 
ling,  and  died  leaving  no  male  issue. 

Joaeph,  of  Hardenhuish  House,  Wilts,  whose 
daughter  married  John  Hawkins,  second  son  of 
Sir  CsDsar  Hawkins,  Bart.  There  was  also  a 
djkugUler  Emma,  who  married  the  Rev.  Samuel 
Towers. 


Mr.  William  Colborne  was,  I  believe,  a  gentle* 
nan  of  large  fortune,  but  whether  derived  from 
bereditttxy  sources,  or  acquired  in  profession  or 
commeroe,  I  know  not ;  and  I  am  equally  ignorant 
of  the  reason  far  the  elevation  to  the  peerage  of 
his  great-nephew,  Nicholas  Ridley.  I  have  some 
reason  to  think  that  a  connection  cxiated  between 
tbe  Colboraes  and  the  Branthwayts  of  Norfolk  ; 
but  here  again  my  information  is  cxtreaiely_vague, 
and  I  can  cite  no  reliable  *  authority.         WttTJ. 

Ebls:  "Qr»A8T."  — An  article  on  "Eels"  in 
the  Qimrterhf  Beview  for  January  last,  contains 
an  extract  irom  Juliana  Berners,  wherein  the 
reviewer  interpolates  a  query  thus  :  "The  ele  u  a 
quaysy  (quasi  f)  fyashe.  *  The  lady's  "  quayey  " 
IS  evidently  the  old  Shaksperian  word  **  queasy," 
used  in  Much  Ado,  Act  IL  S.  1 :  — 

•*  J,  with  yonr  two  lieips,  will  so  nractisc  on  Beoedickt 
tliAt,  Id  despite  of  bis  auick  wit  ana  his  gNeoiy  itontadi, 
he  shall  fdll  in  Io^d  with  Beatrice." 

In  Antony  and  Cleopatra,  Act  HI.  Sc.  6 :  ^ — 
**  Who,  giMojry  with  hia  insolonce  ulrtady. 
Will  their  good  tboughUcall  from  him." 

And  in  Lear^  Act  U.  Sc.  1 :  ^ — 

^^  And  I  liave  one  thing,  of  a  fuaoqr  qatatioil* 
Wliich  I  must  act." 

Many  years  ago  I  frequently  heard  the  word 
applied  in  Yorkshire  to  a  greasy-stomached  man, 
who  was  called  "a  queasy  fellow,"  The  words 
UokliMh  and  qualmish  seem  to  oome  near  it  in  mean- 

^?-  .1. 

The  reviewer  notices  the  strong  aversion  wito 

which  the  Scotch  regard  eels.  In  corroboratiofi, 
I  may  observe,  that  when  travelling  along  the 
Caledonian  Canal,  I  once  fell  into  conversatioa 
with  a  half-starved,  bare-legged  Highlandm»l« 
who  complained  of  the  dearnesa  of  provisions.  I 
remarked  that  food  must  surely  be  scarce  when 
the  people  of  the  district  were  driven  to  eat  **  hill- 
kiUed  "  and  "  braxy  **  mutton ;  adding  that  there 
must  be  abundance  of  eels  in  the  canal.  My 
''bag ''-less  friend  assured  me  that  the  mutton  was 
not  so  bad  as  it  seemed  to  a  Southron  ;  but  as  to 
eating  eels,  *'  Na,  na,**  said  he  ^ —  "  snaaks ! " 

G.aoFS. 


ikntxkH. 


FicTiTBJi  or  TH8  BATTua  OF  Agincouet. — 
Some  years  ago  was  exhibited  at.  Guildhall  a  large 
picture  of  **  The  Battle  of  Agincourt,"  which  had 
been  painted  by  Sir  Robert  Ker  Torter  when 
quite  young,  and  subsequently  presented  by  him 
to  the  city  of  London.  This  painting  had  been 
put  away  for  several  years,  and  was  accidentally 

*  1  venture  to  employ  this  much-abused  word,  abelter- 
ing  myself  from  p«Dal  contcqaeuooa  under  an  unituggeitive 


NOTES  AND  QUEEXES. 


[3«4  a  V, 


found  in  one  of  the  vaulted  chumbers  under 
Guildhall.  It  vr&&  then  supposed  to  be  a  picture 
of  great  antiquity^  and  to  have  remained  con^- 
cealed  ever  since  the  great  fire  of  London. 

What  has  become  of  this  picture  ? 

A.  CKArrsRS. 

Bedfbrd  Roir, 

"  Ai*nuMAZAR/'  BY  T0MKI8.  —  There  is  an  edi- 
tion of  this  old  pi  a  J  published  in  1634,  "  newly 
revised  and  corrected  by  a  special  hand."  Is  it 
koown  who  was  the  editor  of  this  edition  ?    K.  L 

Akcient  Beix-fount>erb.  —  Having  made  a 
collection  of  inscriptions  from  church  belb  in  the 
different  parts  of  Scotland,  and  being  desirous  to 
learn  something  of  some  of  the  makers  of  them, 
laluill  feel  obli;ied  by  any  of  your  correspondents 
informing  me  where  I  can  obtain  information  re- 
garding the  foUowing  makers,  viz.  Peter  lansen^ 
1643;  Ons  lleeren,  1526;  P,  Ost end,  Rotterdam, 
1684;  C.  Ouderocci,  Rotterdam,  1655;  Jacob 
Sen  1565;  Ian  liurgerhuys  (1609);  Michael  Bur- 
gerhuys  (1624) ;  and  John  Burg;erhuys,  1662, 
possibly  all  three  of  Rotterdam;  and  Gerot 
Mejert  1656.  The  dates  annexed  to  the  respec- 
tive names  appeal*  upon  the  bells.  A.  J. 

Booth  or  Gjldrksome.  —  Jones,  m  bis  Views 
of  OentUmetCs  Seats^  has  the  Ibllowing  under  the 
heading  of  "  Glendon  Hall  ** :  — 

**  Joha  Booth,  Esq.,  of  Glatlon  Hall,  in  Huntingdon- 
iihirp,  purchfi««d  Glendon  H*ill.  1758.  The  immt^dJAtc 
Ancestor  of  thh  brnnch  of  the  family  of  Booth,  and  niibifr 
of  the  11!  ir  of  Gleadoi/JittU,  was  Mttled  at 

Oildfe»(i/  tda,  Yorkshire;  and  waa  detceaded 

from  ay,, uch  of  tho  Booiba,  of  Danham  Maaaey, 

who  Vftr^  oi'  great  repute  in  LaDca&fairo  and  Cbcahixe, 
long  hefore  it  arrived  to  the  rank  of  peerage,  ai  Earls  of 
Warrington  and  Lorda  Delamere." 

CouhJ  any  correspondent  of  **  K.  &  Q^  give 
any  informatioTi  if  there  are  any  desecndantd  of 
that  familr  of  Booth  left  at  Gildresome,  or  in  that 
part  of  Yorkshire  ?  H.  N.  S. 

BsoatzE  STATUBa  jlt  Gbahtham.  —  On  the 
west  front  of  Grantham  church  are  twelve  niches  j 
it  ifl  said  that  these,  before  the  Reformation,  con- 
tained bronze  statues  of  the  A|f>ostles,  and  that 
at  the  chaniie  of  relig^ion  they  were  removed  and 
buried  under  the  floor  of  the  crypt,  !■  there 
any  truth  in  the  legend,  ur  is  it  but  the  vatn 
iinaginatioD  of  some  ancient  sextoa  f 

In  the  crypt  of  the  same  church  is  a  stone  altar 
with  raised  foot  nath^  apparently  in  it^  original 
condition.  The  slab,  however,  hm  no  considera- 
tion crosses  on  it.  Have  they  been  worn  away  f 
The  stone  is  white  and  by  no  means  hard.  Or  is 
thi»  an  altar  erected  in  the  reign  of  Mary  I., 
which  had  not  been  dedicated  at  the  time  of  her 
death  f  Grimk. 

Comic  Sobegs  Trams  laticd.  —  Seeing  in 
"  N.  k  Qr  of  Jnn.  23,  ah  ejtcellent  traftdkUoii 


into  Latin  by  Dr.  Gtasse  of  the  well-kjiowii 
sonjT  of  **  Miss  Bui  ley,'*  I  was  reminded  of 
translations  into  Latin  of  other  comic 
amonpt  which  there  was  one  of  *♦  Billy  Taylot- 
This,  if  I  mistake  not,  was  by  the  late  Eev.  C 
Bigge^  with  two  additional  versea  by  Lord  Vernon 
They  were  translated  by  the  Rev.  C.  Horcourt  or 
by  Lord  Ravensworth  (perhaps  by  botb^«  and  west 
printed,  I  believe,  at  Oxford. 

Can  any  of  your  correspondents  inform  me  if 
the  same  wero  ever  published,  or  wliere  to  U 
other  translations  of  comic  pieces  ?  Tis. 

"DrcTioNARTorCores/'  — On  Erick  XIV.  rf 

Sweden  killing  the  husband  of — 

"  Martha  Lejonhufved  [she]  recairod  a  thoujiaa4  mili 
of  pare  silver  ns  blood^money  for  the  maasacra  cC  Iv 
husband  und  her  two  sons — disgoMinir  wr^mtn  ?  $»  f 
thought  and  wrote,  till  by  chance  ti  Uy^ 

beauty  of  a  diamond -shaped  coin  l'  i  «^ 

and  the  fraternal  cipher  J,  C,  twint  J  ^ ..-....,,. ,  ^-^^rtla 
I  looked  in  the  Dictionary  of  (^tni,  and  there  fbuml  Iw 
the  Ladv  Martha^  object  of  my  wraths  hjid  given  dp 
thonflaod  marks,  price  of  ber  ford's  and  sooa*  lilas^^a 
aid  the  rebel  caasc«  From  this  ailvur  was  strudk^ia  IM 
a  coin  aiill  called  Blod-ldippiag." 

So  says  Horace  Marryat  in  his  work  Om  Ymr 
in  Sweden^  including  a  Vi*it  to  tht  I^le  of  G3to4 
London:  Murray,  1862,  2  vols,  Svo^  platoa,  f^ 
1G0-16J. 

What  is  the  Dictionary  of  Coint  f  Wliere  pok- 
lisbed,  and  by  whom,  idze,  and  price  ? 

WiixiJiM  DuDGEOK  (a  fjentleman  in  Berwick* 
shire.) — In  the  Memoirs  of  the  Life  and  Writim 
of  the  Rev.  John  Jackson,  Master  of  Wiggiimt 
Hospital  in  Leicester  (Lond.  8vo,  1764)*  I  fini 
mention,  pp.  139,  140,  of  the  following  work:  — 


Mr 


.Tnnlre 


"Several  Letters  to  tbe  Revcr^-itjl 
William  Dudgeon,  a  Gentleman   i' 
Mr.  JackfiOQ^j  Annwers  to  tbem,  i;<n 
sjty  and  Unity  of  God»  the  Existeocc  i»r 
ritUiU  Suljitance,  God's  Mora)  GcvemmoTr 
the  Nature  of  Ntjceaiitv  and  Fate,  and  of  i 
tioD;  and  tbe  Foandatlon,  Distinction,  and  0«a.>«qi 
of  Virtue  and  Vice,  Good  and    Kvil.     WritlfMi    la 
Veart  17S5  aud  1736, and  o^r  T^jok^  ^rn- 

lea  by  Mr.  Jackaon,  one  enr  ivn^  «■! 

Unihf  of  God  pfttrndfrom  Kh    '  >   '  »^f#*.  tki 

tbe  other  being  Tht  Dtfenct  of  it.     Load,  tivov  17^7.' 

This  book  is  abo  briefly  noticed  bv  Waft 

It  appears  that  there  is  in  Dr.  Will  i 
Red  Cross  Street,  another  work  whirii 
the  attention  of  both  Mr.  Jacksor»*s   bic 
and  Watt.     It  is  thus  deKTib<?d  iu  the  p 
catalogue :  — 

"^Snme  Additional  Tvett^re  to  tbe  R«v.  Mr. 
f^om  VViUiam  Dud|reoa,  with  Mr.  Jackioit*a  Aiaawtit  tO 
them.     Lond.  8%*o.  1737/* 

I  sIimU  be  glad  to  know  more  of  Will  tarn  Doid* 
geon/  S.  Y.  It 


Ma^tih  IX  a  that  h%  cOT-  | 


^ftioa 


3»^  &  V-  Fea,  27,  '64.] 


KOTES  AND  QUEKIES. 


•'An  Eastebit   Knio'g  Deticb,**  —  Who   ti 

iTluded  to  in  the  foHowm^  ?  It  is  an  erased  pu* 
iBge  in  the  MS.  of  Addiion'a  £tMajf  on  the  Jma- 
fhtation :  — 

*•  I  beli«ve  mMt  ratdera  ifftt  plouftd  with  the  Eiistcra 
ting*§  devica^  y*  mada  hit  Gardtti  y  Map  of  bw  Empire  j 
»h*?re  y»  great  Roada  were  n«rf»«it«d  bj  j*  apacimia 
^alka  and  allies^  j*  woodt  and  fbr««ts  by  little  thicketa 
ind  tufta  of  Bushca.  A  crooked  rill  discovered  v^  winil- 
bga  of  a  mighty  RiTer,  and  a  Snmmor-house  or  Turret  y* 
lituatloQ  of  a  bngo  City  or  Meiropoli**** 

J.  D.  Campbeli. 

Flbtchbr*8  AmiTHHETic.— Is  any  one  of  the 
Borrespondenta  to  "  N.  &  Q/*  in  possession  of  a 
gopy  of  the  following  work  ?  If  so,  he  will  confer 
1  obligation  by  permitting  me  to  inspect  it ;  — 
**  The  T^desman^$  Ariihmittiet  in  which  a  shown  the 
let  of  common  Arithmetic,  «o  plain  and  easy,  that  a 
y  of  anv  tolemble  capacity  may  learn  them  in  a  week's 
Sine,  witKout  the  help  of  a  Maafcer.  Halifax,  prictad 
^y  P.  Darby,  1761," 

The  alxjve  does  not  appear  in  Professor  Dk 
!oRGAi?*s  "  Chronological  Liat."  The  author 
iras  "  Natbnniel  Fletcher,  a  scboolniastcr  in 
Ovenden,  who  also  wrote  a  pamphlet  entitled, 
MethmlUt  DUsecied ;  err,  a  DescripiUm  of  their 
Brrorf,  T.  T.  Wujun&ov. 

Bamley,  Laocaabire. 

JoHH  GooDTss,  of  Mapledurbana,  in  Oxford* 
lire,  jfl  mentioned  aa  having  an  extensive  and 
itical  knowledge  of  botany.  Ue  appears  to 
have  been  living  in  1626.  Additional  particulars 
respecting  him  are  much  desired.  S.  Y.  R. 

tHBHUiG   Of  WoRCBSTBR.  —  Edward  Villiers, 
ond  son  of  Robert  Wright,  nltiu  Dan  vers,  and 
younger  brother  of  Robert  V 11  liera,  third  Viscoont 
Jurbeck^  and  Earl  of  Buckingham,  married  July 
B4,   1665,  Joan,  daughter  of  William  Heming^  a 
nbrewer  of  Worcester,    Tbia  Mr.  Hcming  i»  i^tated 
to  have  been  rdatecl  in  Dr.  Thomas,  Bishop  of 
Worcester.     I  should  be  glad  to  know  the  precise 
gree  of  relationship,  and  also  to  obtain  some 
rther  information  respecting  the  Hemin^    Ed- 
ard  Villiers  was  bora  at  Knighton,  co.  Radnor, 
'arch  28,  1661,  and  died  at  Canterbury,  169L 

C,  J.R. 
Thr  HoMii.tRs. — ^Taking  up  a  volume  contain- 
Ig  the  two  books  with  the  Ecclesinslical  Canons, 
loGCurs  to  me  to  inquire  why  the  Uoinilles  are  now 
'ftot  read  yearly  In  churches,  as  orflered?  Several 
of  them  are  still  very  pertinent ;  and  if  more 
read,  and  belter  known,  we  could  not  have  our 
churches  decorated  in  that  extravagant  manner 
fiplayed  in  some  late  exampleji*  Perhaps  some 
of  your  reverend  readers  will  afTord  an  ex* 
ion.  Very  few  lay  persona  appear  ever  to 
ead  them. 
tfi  query  wife  laid  aside,  but  meeting  with 
following  very  pertinent  query  in  the  **  Arti- 
es to  be  inquired  of  in  the  Visitation  of  the  Kev. 


Knightly  Chctwood,  D.D.,  Archdeacon  of  Torki*' 
in  1705,  I  forward  it,  and  wait  a  reply  :  — 

*•  And  doth  your  miniater  (to  ilu?  Mid  the  people  may 
the  better  understand*  and  be  the  mor*?  thoroughly  ac- 
qaainted  with  the  doctrine  and  discipline  of  the  Church 
of  England)  poblicly  read  over  unto  the  people,  the  Book 
of  Canons  at  least  once,  and  the  Thirty-nine  Articlea 
twice  every  yexti  ** 

W.R 

HoR4CE,  Ode  xjii,  —  Is  it  known  who  was  the 
trwislfttor  of  the  passage  quoted  m  ne  Spectator ^ 
No.  171?  J.  D,  Campbeh., 

IjrvBimoii  OF  Irow  Defencrs.  —  I  have  re- 
cently perused,  in  the  Madras  Artillery  Records, 
published  at  St  Thomas^'s  Mount,  some  papers 
headed  "  Extracts  from  the  unpublished  MSS. 
of  the  late  Sir  Wm.  Congreve,  Bart.,  the  inventor 
of  the  Congreve  Rocket,"  in  one  of  which,  written 
in  1824,  is  a  suggestion  for  protecting  with  iron 
coatings  the  embrasures  of  Martello  towers  and 
casements,  as  well  as  the  sides  of  vessels  of  war. 
Is  Sir  Wm.  Congreve  entitled  to  the  credit  of 
this  invention,  or  is  there  any  earlier  record  of  it? 

H.  C. 

Jrrrmiah  Horroces,  tur  Astronomer. — In 
Mr,  Whatton's  memoir  of  this  great  precursor  of 
Newton,  I  find  the  following  copy  of  the  register 
at  Emmanuel  College,  Cambridge  :  —  **  Jeremiah 
Ilorrox.  Born  at  Toxtetb,  Lancashire.  Entered 
Sizar,  May  18, 1632.'*  In  an  earlier  portion  of  the 
same  work,  Mr.  Horrox  is  said  to  have  been 
**  born  at  Toxteth  Park,  near  Liverpool,  in  the 
year  1619.'*  If  this  be  correct,  he  must  have 
entered  at  Cambridge  when  only  thirteen  years  of 
age.  This  circumstance,  cou[>lcd  with  the  many 
works  he  had  written  before  his  death,  on  Jan,  3, 
16*ft,  leads  me  to  inquire  whether  any  register  of 
his  birth,  or  baptism,  is  known  to  exist?  As  there 
was  only  about  one  church  in  Liverpool  at  that 
time,  the  point  might  perhaps  be  settled  by  an 
examination  of  the  registers  there.  May  I  request 
some  of  your  correspondents  to  make  the  search? 

T,  T.  WiLJtmsoN- 

Bnmley,  Lancashire. 

Medieval  CDnRCHES  withik  tbr  BouicnA- 
RiES  or  RoMA!(  CampSs — ^At  Caistor  and  at  An- 
caater,  in  Lincolnshire,  at  Great  Casterton  and 
at  Market  Overton,  in  Rutlaiul,  and  at  Castor,  in 
Northamptonshire,  the  reroaina  of  Roman  camps 
exist.  It  is  a  noteworthy  fact,  that  within  the 
boundary  of  each,  and  within  a  few  yards  of  the 
western  wall  at  each  place,  is  a  mediieval  church. 
Do  these  churches  occupy  sites  of  Roman  tem- 
ples ?  And  has  this  peculiarity  been  noticed  in 
the  sites  of  other  Roman  camps  that  are  to  be 
found  at  the  present  day  in  Britain  ? 

STAMFORDtBItSIS. 

MxLBORKK  FAMTI.T.  —  John  Mllbomc  of  Al- 
lestcy    [Alveston  ?],    co.    Gloucester,    who    was 


I 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


CS«*8.V. 


ST.'Si 


descended  from  the  ancient  family  of  Milbome  of 
Milborne  Port,  and  Dunkerton,  co.  Somerset, 
the  eldest  son  of  George  Milborne  of  Wonastow, 
CO.  Monmouth,  Esq.,  by  Christian  his  wife,  the 
daughter  of  Henry  Herbert  of  Wonastow,  and 
grand-daughter  of  William,  third  Earl  of  Wor- 
cester, appears  to  have  married  three  times.  I 
shall  feel  obliored  for  any  information  respecting 
name  and  family  of  his  first  wife.  Also  the  family 
of  his  third  wife,  whom  he  mentions  in  his  will 
dated  July  21,  -1661,  and  proved  in  London,  May 
16,  1664,  as  his  "  beloved  wife,  Anne  Lady  Mor- 
ffan.**  His  second  wife  was  Susan,  daughter  of 
Thomas  Clayton  of  Alveston,  Esq.  I  also  wish  to 
know  what  issue  there  was  by  each  marriage,  and 
the  names  of  the  several  children. 

Thomas  MmioumN. 
1,  Basinghall  Street,  £.a 

Hanitah  Morb*8  Dramas. — There  is  a  German 
translation  of  Hannah  More*s  Sacred  Dramas, 
Can  you  give  me  date  and  name  of  translator  ?  Is 
the  name  of  translator  given  in  Fernbach's  Thea" 
terfreund  in  3  vols.  4to,  1849  ?  R.  L 

Thb  Pratts,  Baroitets  of  Coleshill,  Co. 
OF  Berks. — Henry  Pratt  was  an  alderman  and 
sheriff  of  London,  and  received  the  honour  of  a 
knighthood,  and  afterwards  a  baronetage  from 
Charles  L  m  1641.  He  purchased  the  manor 
and  estate  of  Coleshill  in  1626,  and  died  there 

1647.  A  very  handsome  monument  is  in  Coles- 
hill  church  to  his  memory. 

By  will,  now  in  the  prerogative  Court,  dated 

1648,  he  names  three  children,  George,  Richard, 
and  Elizabeth.  He  entails  his  estates  upon  his 
son,  and  heir,  George  Pratt,  and  his  male  issue ; 
and  in  the  event  of  failure  of  such  nude  issue, 
then  to  his  daughter  and  her  male  issue.  To  his 
son  Richard  Pratt  he  leaves  the  sum  of  5/.,  and 
farther  expresses  himself  thus  :  **  and  my  desire 
is,  that  he  may  not  possess  my  estate.** 

Burke,  in  his  Extinct  Baronetage  of  Pratt, 
Plydall,  or  Foster,  makes  no  mention  of  this 
Richard  Pratt,  or  his  sister  Elizabeth,  or  their 
issue.  I  shall  feel  greatly  obliged  to  any  reader 
of  "  N.  &  Q."  if  they  can  supply  me  with  any 
particulars  respecting  the  marriage  and  death  of 
this  Richard  Pratt,  say  from  1648  to  1700. 

I  hare  in  my  possession  a  large  China  juf 
bearing  the  arms  of  Sir  Henry  Pratt  of  Coleshill, 
and  this  has  descended  to  me  through  several 
generations.  My  ereat-grandfather,  Joseph  Pratt, 
was  grandson  of  Richard  Pratt,  and  consequently 
great-grandson  of  Sir  Henrv.  He  died  at  Cla- 
Terdon,  in  the  county  of  Warwick,  August  8, 
1786,  aged  eighty-eight  years.  He  came  to  re* 
nde  at  Claverdon  about  1728.  The  family  had 
lived  at  or  near  Southam,  in  the  same  county. 
Any  information  will  be  thankfully  receired  re- 


lating to  this  Richard  Pratt  and  lua  immediate 
iflflue.  Gkobgb  Pbatt. 

John's  Town,  Carmarthen,  Sonth  Wales. 

Parliament  House  at  MACHTwrxarH. — h 
Welsh  Sketches,  3rd  series  p.  74,  1S54, 1  read  the 
following :  — 

*<The  great  event  of  the  dosing  year  (1402)  wit  tb 
Welsh  Parliament,  which  assembled  at  Machynlleth,  ia 
Montgomeryshire,  in  which  the  claim  of  Owen  Glyndvi 
to  the  princedom  was  solemnly  confirmed.  A  part  of  ths 
most  interestinff  relic,  the  old  Parliament  Hoiue,  ctiE 
exists.  It  should  be  preserved  with  reverential  care  b?  p 
a  nation  to  whom  are  justly  dear  the  recollectaoos  of  their 
brave  anceston»  contending  for  ancient  liberty." 

May  I  ask  if  it  has  been  "  preserved,*'  and  what 
condition  it  is  in  at  present  ?  What  is  its  sist 
and  are  there  any  engrarings  extant  of  it? 

Chas.  Wuxiami. 

Patbioiav  Familbs  of  Bru88ex8.  —  I  laie 
only  been  able  to  discover  the  names  of  five  ta 
of  the  ^*  seven  patrician  families  of  Brusaels."  Ca 
any  correspondent  of  **  N.  &  Q.**  oblige  me  vts^ 
the  other  two  ?  Those  which  I  know  are^  C<ar 
denberg,  Serhuygs,  Sleews,  Steenwc^gfae,  and 
Sweerts.  J.  Wooswaan. 

Quotations  wanted. — Can  any  of  your  readers 
^ive  me  the  reference  for  a  passage  (which  I  tUnk 
IS  either  in  Fuller  or  Baxter),  running  aoaaethipf 
like  this  — 

**  Neither  should  men  turn  [preachOTsPI  as  Niha 
saith  Herodotus,  breeds  frogBj  whereof  t£a  ona-^ 
moveth  while  the  rest  is  but  puiin  mud.*' 

I  would  be  glad  to  have  the  reference  to  Hero- 
dotus as  well.  J.  D.  Cabifbkll 
**  God  of  a  beautifhl  necessity  is  love  in  all  he  doeth.* 

iGNOKAMUa 

I  have  seen  the  following  lines  quoted  tf 
Dr.  W.  King's.  They  are  not  in  Tike  Art  rf 
Cookery.  Can  any  of  your  correspondents  t& 
me  whose  they  are,  and  what  is  the  meuuDg  of 
•'Evander's  order"? 

**  The  Scotsman's  faith  and  practice  please  me  not; 
He  serves  his  meat  half-cold,  his  doctrine  hot ; 
A  churchman's  stomach  very  hardly  hears 
Scant  mutton  curdling  'neath  redundant  prayers ; 
My  zeal  'gainst  puritanic  haggis  glows. 
And  cockaleekie  makes  me  hold  my  noee ; 
Evander't  order  suits  me  when  I  dine. 
So  say  a  common  grace  and  bring  the  wine.** 

A.  R 
"  A  name  that  posterity  will  not  willingly  let  die.^ 
**  Come  to  my  arms,  and  be  thy  Harry's  angel." 

CD. 

In  a  judgment  pronounced  by  the  late  Lord 
Campbell,  he  quoted  the  following  lines :  — 
**  Her  did  vou  freely  from  your  soul  forgive?— 
Sure,  as  1  hope  before  my  Judge  to  live ; 
Sore,  as  the  Savionr  died  npon  the  tret 
For  all  who  sin«  for  that  poor  wretdi,  and  ms^»" 
Whom  Bsvtr  mors  on  earth  will  I  forsake^  or  see." 


•■♦S.V.  Fr».27,'M.] 


NOTES  AlfD  QTTEEIES. 


175 


His  LtmUhip  s«d  they  were  by  **  a  fwiet,  wko 
moi*e  than  most  otLtrr  men  hail  sounded  ibe  deptlut 
of  human  f'erliiig*"  Where  is  the  pusetige  to  be 
found?  E.  C.  H* 

**  Tbo  wr«tcbcd  Ate  Lite  rftilhfuL    Tu  their  fate 
To  have  all  flwtlaff  lave  the  on«  decay/*  &c* 

RA. 

Who  wai  the  object  of  the  Ibllowicg  food  ealo* 
gium  P  — 

•*  Every  virtue  under  HeAven 
To  the  aufferiug  saint  wat  gttren ; 
R;iljed  from  earth,  she  n&w  iLoih  ahow 
Virtue,  never  known  below, 
VVbicht  in  Christ,  by  God,  ts  given 
To  tbe  Ainlesi  Mint  in  Heaven.** 

M. 

**TllBB*  Ore  gods  I  vrhat  readeri— oita  and  tU  I 
From    Higb  Church  gabble    dofrn   to  Law  Chofch 
drawl.'* 

B.a 

*  A  hnman  heart  should  beat  for  two. 
Whatever  Ba^  your  ■ingle  scomers, 
Aud  all  the  hearths  I  ever  knevr 


» 


JoKN  SuTTOH,  M.D. — I  hare  before  toe  a  copy 
of  Mtmoirs  of  the  Life  of  the  late  Reverend  Mr. 
Joht  Jacksmif  Master  of  Wigaton^g  Hospital,  in 
Leicester^  ifc.  (Lond.  8vo,  1764.)  On  the  fly- 
leaf ifl  this  note  in  pencil ;  *^  These  Memoirs 
were  published  by  Dr.  Sutton  of  Leicester. 
(Lempriere,)"  Mr.  Nichob  (Lit,  Anee,  ii.  528 ; 
Hut,  of  Leicestershire^  i.  500)  olao  attributes  the 
authorship  to  Dr.  Sutton,  of  Leicester,  Dr. 
Munk  {Holl  of  Coll  ofPhyg.  ii*  133)  adds  to  this 
•canty  and  unsatisfactory  information  the  facts 
that  ur.  Sutton  was  a  doctor  of  medicinO;  that 
his  Christian  Dame  was  John,  and  that  he  was 
admitted  an  Extra  Licentiate  of  the  College  of 
Physicians  December  10^  17-12.  I  hope  through 
your  columns  to  aacertain  his  parentage  and  uni- 
versity,  also  the  date  of  his  death.  S.  Y*  R, 

Tea  Statistics. — From  an  .^bIc  article  on 
•The  Progress  of  India,*"  tn  The  Edinburgh  Jle- 
w*ew  for  January,  1864,  I  gather  the  following: 
that  13,222  acres  in  Assam  are  estimated  to  yield 
1,788,787  lbs.;  6,0771  acres  in  Cnchar  are  esti- 
mated to  yield  336,800  lbs, ;  8 J62  acres  in  Dar- 
jeeling  are  estimated  to  yield  78,244  Ibf. 

Accordinff  to  these  figures,  one  acre  in  Asstm 
yields  over  one  hundred  atid  thi  '  '  nnds  of 
tea;  and  one  acre  in  Cnchar, ovi  pounds 

of  tea ;  while  one  acre  in  DarjC'  -  under 

ftme  pouJtda  xjC  tM'.\^     What  yield  quired 

per  acre  to  repay  the  ordinary  t^:»v  v.i\,uiuvatbn  ? 

Doubt. 


J4)B9   WiLUAMS,    oUtUf    AUTROST  PAiQUlH.  *— 

This  person  is  justly  characterised  by  Watt  as  a 
literary  character  of  the  lowest  description 

The  latest  of  hi^  works  which  Watt  enumerttes 
ts  The  Dramatic  Camor^  to  be  continued  monthly , 
8vo,  181 L 

Under  date  Jtine  4,  1821,  the  poet  Moore  re- 
eorda:  **  Kenny  said  that  Anthony  Pasquin  (who 
was  a  yery  dirty  fellow)  died  of  a  cold  eai^t  by 
washing  tits  face." 

The  date  of  iJiia  event  will  oblige. 

S.  Y,  rsL. 

Thomas  Wiluams.^ — Sir  George  Hutchins,  a 
Scrgeant-at-Law,  was  knighted,  1689.  He  was 
subsequently  Lord  Commissioner  of  the  Great 
Seal  to  William  «»d  Mary.  He  had  two  daugh- 
ters cohei revises ;  the  younger  married  W'ilUam 
Pierre  Williama,  Esq,,  of  Denton,  co.  Lincoln ;  his 
eldest  son,  Hutchins,  wm  made  a  baronet^  1747. 
Qy.  Who  married  the  other  daughter?  Was  her 
name  Mary  ? 

Richard  Williams,  by  his  coat  of  arms,  handed 
down  00  his  seal  —  viz,  crest;  a  Saracens  head 
erased ;  the  artns :  gules,  a  chevron  ermine,  between 
three  Saxons'  [Saracens'?]  heads couped ;  quarterly, 


H«d  got  a  pair  of  chimney  comecL 
Sec,  here,  a  double  violet — 
Two  locks  of  btii^-a  deal  of  scandal — 

of  the 


Duw  a  dij^on,*'  shows  him  to  have  been 
ancient  family  of  Williams  of  Fenrhyn,  Cochwillan, 
and  Meillionydd,  co.  Carnarvon.    lie  was  born,  co, 

Carnarvon,  July  17,  1719;  married  Mary (?), 

bom  Feb.  18,  1713,  and  settled  at  Leighton-Buz- 
zard,  CO.  Bedford,  where  his  eldest  son  Hutchini 
was  born  Dec  8,  1740. 

Was  Ma^  the  elder  daughter  of  Sir  George 
Hutchins,  Knight?  WTiose  son  was  Richard  ^ 
Williams  P  Was  he  youngest  son  of  Arthur  Wil- 
llames  of  Meillionydd,  who  died  Oct*  1723?  By 
a  petiigree  sent  me,  the  children  of  Arthur  and 
Meriel  his  wife,  heiress  of  Lumley  Williams,  were 
—  Lumlev,  born  Oct  1704;  Meriell,  Kov.  1705; 
Lumley,  June,  1707 ;  Edward,  Oct  1708  ;  John, 
1712;  no  others  are  mentioned. 

W^  Richard  born  July,  171D,  aforesaid,  as  I 
have  heard,  is  stated  in  Randulph  Holmes's  He- 
raldic MS.  of  North  Wales,  Arthur^s  youngest 
son  ?  All  Arthur  Williames*s  children  appear  to 
have  been  minors  at  the  time  of  his  death* 

R.  P.  W. 

LoBD  WiHToys  Escape  from  the  Towum,— 
In  the  report  of  the  trial,  in  1716,  of  George, 
Earl  of  Win  ton,  for  accession  to  the  rebellion  at  ] 
the  previous  year,  it  is  stated  (see  Howell's  Stata 
Triali^  vol.  xv.)  that  ailer  sentence  of  death  had 
been  given,  **  he  was  carried  back  to  the  Tower, 
whence  he  afterwards  made  his  escape.'*  Itt 
Wood's  edition  of  Do^latM  Scotch  Peerage^  it  iE| 
stated  (vol.  il  p.  648)  that  **  He  found  m^wis.^ 
eicape  out  of  th^iTfi^^  ^^YiQXi^'i^  ib^iz^^v  V 


176 


NOTES  AND  QTJEEIES. 


[!Sf*S»V.  FKB.ST.nM.I 


171G,  and  died  unmarried  at  Eome^  December  19, 
1749t  ajred  upwards  of  70.** 

Smollett,  in  iiis  Hisiorvi  makes  no  mention  of 
the  trial ;  nor  is  any  explanation  ^ven  by  Wood 
wby  the  Earl  bad  remained  so  lon^  under  the 
sentence  without  it  having  been  carried  into  exe- 
cution ;  for  the  date  of  tbo  escape,  us  I  have  just 
quoted,  wns  in  Au^rujat,  and  the  eentence  wfts 
pronounced  on  March  19  previous. 

Can  any  of  your  coirespondents  refer  me  to  a 
detailed  account  of  the  means  by  which  the  escape 
was  ejected  ?  or  an  ex  plait  at  ion  of  the  reason  of 
the  long  delay  which  I  have  noticed  ?  Gr, 

Ediabiirgb. 

<aucrinf  SDitlj  ^nmm* 

Ivakhoe:  Wavebley. — In  what  counties  of 
England  lie  the  villaj^es  of  Ivanhoe  and  Warerley, 
which  perhaps  furnished  the  namejs  of  two  of  Scott's 
best  novels  ?  I  once  saw  them  in  looking  over 
the  maps  in  old  Camden,  btit  cannot  light  upon 
them  again.  Is  Ivanhoe  Celtic,  Saxon,  or  Nor- 
man ?  What  is  the  meaning  of  Ao#,  or  Aoo,  which 
terminates  the  names  of  many  English  villages 
and  hamlets  ?  Iixm  is  the  same  as  John  or  Juan, 
which  seems  to  be  derived  from  the  Asiatic  word 
Judn,  meaning,  a  youth*  Many  European  names 
have  their  etymons  and  analogues  in  India:  for 
example,  Jane  in  Sanscrit  for  a  woman  ;  Amina  ia 
Tamil  for  a  mother,  and  is  a  common  name  among 
Hindoo  women  ;  Finetta  is  the  Sanscrit  Fcmi/la, 
a  woman ;  Pamela  is  Indian  (Tamil)  Tot  a  woman  ; 
Emma  ia  Indian  (Tamil)  for  a  mother ;  /»«, 
Emily ^  Ella,  Anita,  Elsee^  are  names  of  Hindoo 
women  as  well  as  of  European.  H.  C. 

[Tho  aama  of  Ivanhoo  was  suggested,  «a  the  story 
goes,  by  an  old  rhyme  recording  three  naniei  of  the 
maiufs  forfeited  by  the  ancestor  of  the  celebrated  Hamp* 
deOi  for  striking  the  BUck  Prince  a  blow  with  bis  racket, 
when  tbej  qQ&rrcUe^l  at  tennis :  ^ 

*•  Triop,  Wing,  and  IvADhoe^ 
For  dlrikinc  of  a  bloyr, 
Uampd^n  did  forego, 
And  glad  he  could  escape  so.^ 

The  word  taited  Scott*s  purpose ;  but,  as  the  Messrs. 
Lysons  remark*  **  this  tradition,  like  many  others,  wilt 
aot  bear  the  test  of  exsminstion ;  for  it  appears  by  r«- 
COfd«tbafc  neither  the  roaDors  of  Tring,  Wing,  or  Inmhoe, 
«ter  were  in  the  Hampden  fittiily."  {Bw:k$,  vol  i.  pt.  iii 

^  571.) 

As  to  the  title  of  his  work  l^averley,  Scott  informs  us 
that  he  ^'had  only  to  sciito  upon  the  most  soanding  and 
enpbonic  sumAine  that  Kngliidi  htatory  or  topography 
aJTords,  and  elect  it  at  oocv  4s  thti  title  of  my  work,  and 
the  nstno  of  my  hert»."  Tbe  encidnt  sbbey  of  Waverley, 
the  Ami  of  th<?Ci«<crcian  ortler  in  this  eourttry.  was  three 
m})e>f  f^0m  Farnhani^  in  the  rouuty  of  Surrry,  and  its 
^liei^tfttl mtQMtha  has  b&tm  (tlh*n  MivtHe^i  to  by  traveJ- 
fi  WS9  ^TMiited,  with  mU  Lbc  £«£ates  beloogiag  to  % 


to  Sir  William  Fitx- William,  Earl  of  South ampCoo,  i 
1537.  Moore  Park»  the  seat  of  Sir  William  Tea 
beautifully  situated  on  the  bank  of  the  Wey,  mmj  be  said 
to  adjoin  Wavcrley  Abbey;  and  there  are  aomo  wild 
legends  connected  with  the  locality  which  would  capti- 
vate the  fancy  of  Scott  sts  a  novelist,  especially  the  cafsis 
still  popularly  called  "  Mother  Ludlam's  Hole,**  tha  np» 
posed  dwelling-place  of  a  hag  or  witch ;  wbo^ 
beings  of  her  class,  is  said  to  have  been  reiy  kindly  i 
posed  towards  her  ncighbonrs. 

Hasted,  in  hia  Ktnt,  snjs,  "  Hoo  comes  finona  ih%  i 
hout  a  hilL*'     Ihrc  derives  the  word   from  hatgi^ 
Spelman,  voc  fioffo,  obaeryes  that  Ao,  how,  stg 
collia.] 

Lord  GLBKnERviE.  —  The  other  day  m 
repeated  the  followinir  lines^  and  asked  me  i 
could  supply  the  remainder.     He  attributed^ 
to  Sheridan :  — 

*<  Glenbervic,  Glenbetvie, 

So  clever  in  scurvy. 
Has  the  Peer  quite  the  Doctor  for|»ot? 

For  thine  arms  thou  shalt  quarter 

A  pertlo  and  tnortar ; 
Thy  crest  be  thine  own  gallipot" 

The  lines  were  new  to  me,  and  I  hare  alwayi 
been  under  the  impression  that  the  antecedeola  < 
Sylvester  Douglas  had  been  legal,  and  not  oie^^ 
caL     Still,  he  may  have  embarked  in  pbjsic  t 
fore  he  took  to  the  law. 

Can  any  of  your  readers  supply  the  lines, 
enlighten  me  as  to  Mr.  Douglas*8  oricrinal 
feasion  ?     Or  can  they  fix.  the  Icwiu  in  quo 
marriage  with  the  daughter  of  Lord  North  1 

[Sylvester  Douglas,  Lord  Gleaberri^  waa 
Ellon,  ea  Aberdeen,  oo  May  *2it  1T4S ;  and  anaplelad  I 
education  at  the  Universily  of  Aberdeen,  where  ha  i 
distinguished  both  as  a  scientific  and  classical  arhoiBi  ' 
He  studied  medicioe  at  first*  but  adt^rwards  fbtwotk  ll 
for  the  profession  of  the  bar.  On  Sept,  26,  1789,  lia  w» 
mani^  by  special  license,  at  Lord  North*s  hooac^  to  ifcf 
Hod.  Miss  Katharine  Anoe  Noirth,  his  lordship*B  cldiit 
daughter.  In  1800,  Mr.  Douglas  was  appointed  ^Ttfaof 
of  the  Capo  of  Good  Hope;  and  was  on  that  fwvashM 
advanood  to  the  dignity  of  a  peer  of  Ireland,  by  iKo  tllk 
of  Boron  Glenberrie  of  Kincardine. 

Towards  the  close  of  tbt!  last,  and  die  commenc 
of  the  present  cenlnry,  appeart'd  a  string  of  psi 
prindpoUy  by  Sheridan,  but  a  f«w  mUuixos  W' 
bated  by  Tickell  and  Lord  Juhn  Tonmhcud.     A 
to   Moore^s  IHaiy^  ii.  312,   thOAO  on    Lortl   Ulef^li 
were  by  Sheridan,  and  were  almost  written  off-han 

himt  — 

**  Glenhi>n  ir\  ntrnlij'n.if. 
Wh;i* 
For  neVr  ;^. 

I-  ■■ 

An-.i  ■ '  '  !•'< 

t  wx  w«W.\s*  a  %vTORa  %uiiV\vt^. 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


in 


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I 


"  Glenbervia,  Glcnbervfe, 
The  woHd'a  topay-turvy, 
Of  this  Irath  3'ou're  the  fittest  attester; 
For  who  can  denj 
Tb«t  the  Low  b^ome  Bi(^U, 
When  Ibe  King  nukea  a  Loni  of  Silvester? 

Glenbervie, 
When  the  Kiog^  makes  a  Lord  of  Silveatcr  ?  " 

As  Lor4  Glenbervie  ascribed  his  rise  to  the  reputation 
he  had  acquired  by  reporting  Lord  Manifiold^s  dectaioa0» 
he  wisely  took  for  hia  motto,  «  Per  vaiioa  cASt'S."  "This 
is  rather  better,"  rumatks  I^rd  ClampbelJ,  **  than  that 
adopted  by  a  learned  acqtiaintance  of  mine  on  setting  tip 
hia  carriaipe,  ■CaoJios  prodace  EfTecta,*  which  is  pretty 
much  in  the  ityle  of  *■  Qvid  ridti*  for  the  tobacconist ;  or 
'Qoock,  Quack,*  for  the  doctor  whoae  creat  was  a  dnck.^' 

For  the  remaimng  pasqainade^^eleven  in  all— consult 
Moore'a  Msmtnra  of  Shrndan,  edit-  1826,  4to,  pp.  440— 
448;  and  Sheridaniana,  Bvo,  1826,  pp.  109— lia.] 

"OrncmA  Gkwtium"  (3"*  S.  v.  157.)  — I  use 

the  freedom  to  notice  that  it  does  not  seem  cer- 
tain that  Bishop  Jomandes  was  the  author  of  this 
phrase.  On  the  contrary,  Sir  Thomas  Craig 
ascribes  it  to  Pliny  :  — 

"  Postea  factum  ^t  cum  *a  aepientrtonci  quam  Pltniua 
qfieinam  mtium  verissime  dixit,**  &c.f  &c.  —  Craig's 
Jmm  Feuddle^  edition  1732,  p.  26,  a.  4. 

G. 

Edlnbargh. 

[Our  reply  to  the  inqmry  of  a  (^ante^  p.  157)  wai 
penned  under  the  fall  persuaJiioo  thnt  the  phrase  ^'OfBcina 
Gentium*'  not  only  occurs  in  Jomaades,  but  was  to 
be  found  in  no  earlier  writer;  and  we  are  bound  to  con- 
fess that  we  ttilJ  retain  the  same  impreaaiOD,  though  with 
all  due  deference  to  so  respectable  an  authority  as  3ir 
Thomas  Craig.  Our  present  correspondent  G.  appears  to 
have  fdt  satisfied  with  the  statement  of  that  learned 
writer ;  at  least,  so  far  as  this,  that  be  docs  not  inform 
us  whether  he  felt  it  necessary  to  verify  Sir  Thomas's 
statement  by  a  reference  to  Pliny's  own  pages*  Where 
accuracy  is  required»  we  feel  it  safe  to  say  that  no  cita- 
tion, by  ANT  author,  is  trustworthy,  without  reference  to 
the  antbor  cited. 

Before  writing  ottr  previous  article  we  had  taken  proper 
means  to  ascertain  whether  the  phrase  in  question  occurs 
in  Pltny,  or  in  any  writer  of  classical  Rome.  So  far  as 
Pliny  is  concerned,  we  have  now  with  greater  care  re- 
peated our  examination.  The  result  is.  cot  only  a  decided 
Impression  that  in  the  pages  of  Pliny  no  such  phrase  as 
"  Officina  Gentium  '*  is  to  be  found,  but  a  slight  suspicion 
that  Pliny,  living  in  the  first  century,  was  a  very  unUkel^ 
person  thus  to  designate  Scandinavia,  which  he  speaks 
of  as  an  immense  island  only  partially  known,  and,  so 
far  as  known,  inhabitctl  by  one  race,  the  Hilleviones 
(iv.  27)»  Jomandes,  on  the  contrary,  living  in  the  sixth 
centory,  knowing  full  wtfli  what  the  Empire  had  sufltered 
from  nations  of  northern  origin  in  the  interval  between 
PJiny*s  <lay  and  his  own,  and  believing  that  many  of 
those  naUons  carao  in  the  fir9t  ioBUnvefrom  Scandinavia, 
wtmJd  rvy  BMtamllv  mmB  thu  countrj  the  "Offieina 


Gentium,"  or  *♦  Vagina  Nationam.'*  Of  course,  to  wpmk 
with  full  authority  on  this  question,  we  ought  to  re- 
pemae  our  old  friend  Pliny  from  end  to  end.  This  our 
avocations  forbid.  At  present  then  we  can  only  say, 
with  thanks  to  our  correspondent,  that  if  he  will  show  ua 
the  passage  where  Pliny  applies  to  Scandinavia  the 
phrue  ''Officina  Gentium,**  we  will  renew  crar  acknow- 
ledgments, and  own  ourselves  corrected.] 

**  Ik  the  Midst  or  Lifb  wb  ajib  ik  Dsath," 
ETC.  —  This  beautiful  passage  in  the  Burial  Ser- 
vice of  the  Book  of  Common  Prayer,  I  observe 
by  a  note  in  The  City  Press  for  Feb.  13,  3864, 
is  "  ttiJcen  from  Martin  Luther*"  In  which  of 
Luther's  writings  do  the  words  oceur  f  They 
have  been  often  quoted  in  sermons  as  a  verse 
from  the  Bible ;  and  the  same  story  is  told  of 
two  celebrated  nonconformist  divines,  Robert 
Hall  and  Dr.  LerfchilJ,  viz.,  that  when  called 
upon  to  preach  a  funeral  sermon,  one,  or  both, 
of  these  popular  preachers  scleeted  this  passage 
for  the  text,  at  the  same  time  saying  that  if  it 
was  not  a  verse  of  Scripture,  it  ought  to  be.  Can 
these  masterly  sentences  be  referred  to  Doctor 
Martin?  Juxta  Turrim. 

[This  pasaage  is  derived  from  a  Latin  antiphon,  said 
to  have  been  composed  by  Notker  the  Stammerer,  a 
monk  of  St,  Gall  in  Switzerland,  a.d.  911,  while  watching 
some  workmen  building  a  bridge,  at  Martiusbruek*  in 
peril  of  their  lives.  It  occurs  in  the  Cantarium  SH.  Gallic 
or  Choir  Book  of  the  monks  of  St.  Gall,  published  in  J845, 
with,  however,  a  slight  deviation  from  the  texL  Hoff- 
mann says  that  this  anthem  by  Notker  was  an  extremely 
popular  battle-song,  through  the  singing  of  which,  before 
and  during  the  fight,  friend  and  foe  hoped  to  conquer. 
It  was  also,  on  many  occasions,  used  as  a  kind  of  incanta- 
tion song.  Therefore,  the  Synod  of  Cologne  ordered 
(A.D.  1316}  that  no  one  should  sing  the  MetUd  vitd  withont 
the  leave  of  his  bishop.  The  passage  also  occurs  in  the 
Salisbury  Use  drawn  up  by  Bishop  Osmund  in  the 
eleventh  century  (Sno,  Saruh.  P§aU,  fol.  5a):— "Media 
vit^  in  morte  sumus;  quern  quicrimus  arljutorem  nisi  to, 
Dominc  I  qui  pro  peccatis  noatris  juste  irascaris.**  It 
forms  the  groimd  work  of  a  long  hymn  by  Martin  Lu- 
ther:— 

"  Mitten  wir  in  leben  sind  ^^ 

Mit  dom  tod  umbfiinf^wen  (umfangen)/ 

That  is,  "In  the  miiUt  of  life  we  arc  with  death  sur- 
Tounded."—Lut blur's  Gej/stlkhtt  Lmhr  (Spiritual  SongsX 
Hymn  xxxv.,  Niimberg,  1558.  Ficfc  "N,  &  Q>,*'  !•»  8. 
riiL  177,  and  The  FarUh  Choir,  iii.  HO,] 

Ekdtmion  Pobter.  — Was  Endymion  Porter, 
Groom  of  the  Bedchamber  to  Charles  I.,  and  ati 
officer  of  the  Court  of  Star  Chamber,  a  member  of 
the  family  of  Porter  of  Belton,  co,  Lincoln  ? 

[We  cannot  Im^ift  ax^y  taww«s?Cw^  <A  ^Joft  ^^^^^^,^ 


lis 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


lP*Q.Y.WmB.tJ,'9L 


edebrftted  courtier  was  a  descendant  of  William  Porter 
of  Mickleton,  co.  Gloucester,  Serjeant-at-arms  to  Henry 
YII^  ob.  1513.  Edmund,  the  father  of  Endymion,  mar- 
ried Angelica,  daughter  of  his  cousin  Giles  Porter,  of 
Mickleton.  It  is  traditionally  stated  that  Endymion  was 
bom  in  the  manor-house  of  Aston -sub-Edge,  ca  Glouces- 
ter. In  Burke's  Qmummen,  ed.  1886,  liL  577,  the  Walsh- 
Porters  of  Alfarthing,  in  the  parish  of  Wandsworth,  co. 
Surrey,  are  traced  to  this  family,  of  whom  a  pretty  full 
account  is  given.  In  Colleetanea  Topog.  et  GeneaJog.,  vii. 
279,  are  many  extracts  from  the  register  of  Weston- 
nnder-Edge,  including  several  Porters  and  Overburys. 
For  the  pedigree  of  the  family  of  Endymion,  see  HarL  MS. 
1548,  p.  69  ft.] 

CROMWELL'S  HEAD* 
(3'*S.v.  119.) 
The  cmoUtion  from  The  Qnsen  newspaper,  given 
by  H.  W.,  18  exceedingly  curious  and  mteresting ; 
as  it  fairly  exhibits  the  amount  and  kind  of  in- 
formation possessed  by  believers  in  spurious  relics, 
as  well  as  their  generally  *'  rather  involved** — as 
H.  W.  mildly  terms  it — style  of  composition,  and 
their  utter  deficiency  in  anything  approaching  to 
logical  acumen. 

"The  head,"  says  our  author,  *<wa8  subsequently 
separated  fh)m  the  body,  and  placed  on  a  spike  over  the 
gate  at  Temple  Bar." 

Here  is  an  instance  of  the  manner  in  which 
many  an  important  historical  question  is  com- 
plicated by  sheer  ignorance,  and  want  of  the 
slightest  research  or  inquiry.  The  heads  said  to 
be  those  of  Cromwell,  Ireton,  and  Bradahaw,  were 
put  on  Westminster  Hall,  not  on  Temple  Bar :  — 

"  Bradshaw's  being  placed  in  the  middle,  immediately 
over  that  part  of  the  Hall  where  he  sat  as  President  at 
the  trial  of  Charles  L  ;  the  other  heads  placed  on  either 
side." 

With  the  Wilkinson  head  of  Cromwell  (to  my 
certain  knowledge  there  arc  many  others)  we  are 
told  that  there  "  are  preserved  tne  actual  docu- 
ments, in  which  are  offered  large  rewards  for  the 
restoration  to  the  authorities  of  the  head,  after  it 
was  blown  down ;  and  severe  threats  upon  those 
who  retained  it  knowingly,  after  these  notices 
were  published."  Of  course,  these  "  actual  docu- 
ments** would  state  the  place  from  whence  the 
head  was  blown ;  and  as,  m  the  same  paragraph, 
we  are  told  that  it  was  Temple  Bar,  the  value  of 
such  documents  may  be   easihr  guessed.     But, 

S anting  that  such  notices,  ofiiering  reward,  and 
reatening  punishment^  are  in  existence,  and 
that  their  genuine  character  is  indisputable,  they 
do  not  prove  that  the  Wilkinson  head  b  the  head 
of  Cromwell;  nor  do  they  throw  the  slightest 
n^bt  oa  the  mjrsteriouB  qnestioii  of  the  great 
Eaglubauuk*a  barud  pUce. 


\ 


rations ;  till  at  last,  not  many  years  ago,  it  was  gtrm,  bf 
the  last  survivor  of  his  fiunily  to  Mr.  Wilkinsoa,  a  SK^ 
geon  of  Sandgate,  near  Folkestone;  and  is,  at  tUl 
moment,  in  the  possession  of  that  gentleman's  son." 

Again  we  read  in  "N.  &  Q.**  (1*  S.  xii.  76)  :— 

<*  The  head  in  question  has  been  the  property  of  tlw 
ikmily  to  which  it  belongs  for  manv  years  back,  aad  li 
considered  by  the  proprietor  as  a  relic  of  great  vahui  H 
has  several  times  been  transferred  by  legacy  to  ^"**   ~~" 

*  Italics,  in  writing,  seem  to  have  a  considerabla 


The  writer  in  The  Queeti  says,  evidently  as  an 
argument  for  the  authenticity  of  the  head :  ^  the 
flesh  Juu  been  embalmed^  which  would  not  have 
been  the  case  with  the  remains  of  an  ordinarj 
person," 

But  the  embalming,  though  the  words,  **hss 
been  embalmed,**  are  italicised,  does  not  prove 
that  the  head  was  Cromweirs.  This  argument 
was  much  better  put  in  the  last  centurry  when 
the  American  and  French  revolutions  haa  raised 
a  republican  mania  in  £ngland;  and,  eoose- 
quently,  almost  every  penny  show  had  its  rcsl, 
actual,  old,  original,  identical  CromwelTs  lead,  i 
Then  an  embauned  head  was  valoable,  fixr  Mr.  | 
Showman  could  say :  *^  Observe,  ladiea  and  ^Oh 
tlemen,  this  head  has  been  embalmed,  and  m  it 
is  the  spike  upon  which  it  was  placed ;  now,  em 
vou  mention  any  other  historical  character  whoa 
head  was  embalmed,  either  before  or  after  it  hi^ 
been  cut  off  and  spiked  ?  **  *Thi8,  of  course,  wodf 
be  convincing  to  some  of  a  certain  calibre  amo^ 
the  spectators;  hut  certunly  not  to  othen^  wbi 
had  common  sense  enough  to  consider  that  la  em- 
balmed head  might  have  quietly  rested  attadied 
to  its  body  in  its  coffin  for  many  years;  and  then 
might  have  been  cut  o£f^  and  placed  on  a  mkit  hf 
some  sacrilegious  scoundrel,  and  sold  or  exjiibitea 
for  filthy  lucre. 

In  a  periodical  (^The  Phrenoh^cal  Jomnd^ 
that  once  assumed  a  sort  of  semi-scientific  dii- 
racter,  but  has  long  since  fallen  into  well-meritad 
obscurity,  there  is  a  paper  (vol.  xvii.  p.  368)1^ 
a  Mr.  O  Donovan  on  the  Wilkinson  head.  Ths 
gentleman,  hegging  the  question  by  overlookiiig 
the  obvious  absurdness  of  the  embalming  argo- 
ment,  lays  great  stress,  with  plenty  of  itaUcs,*  (» 
it  thus :  — 

**  But  the  capital  fact,  on  whose  evidence  the  claims  d 
this  interesting  relic  rest,  is  one  to  which  there  is  n 
parallel  in  history.  It  is  this — the  head  must  hare  be« 
embalmed,  and  mnst  have  been  so  before  its  tnunftiisa 
Th&  Hke  eondUioni^  it  i$  believed,  cannot  6e  j^rmUctdai^ 
any  known  head  in  the  toorUL" 

The  Wilkinson  head,  we  are  told,  haa  nefcr 
been  publicly  exhibited  for  money.  And  thsre 
is  no  allusion  to  exhibition  in  the  quotation  fima 
The  Queen,  which  merely  states  :  — 

It  remained  in  this  soldier*a  family  for  several  j 


8w  S.  V.  F«8.  2r,  •«-} 


KOTES  AND  QUERIEa^ 


179 


s\  and  bis  Ulelv,  k  ia  said,  heea.  in- 


'  in  great  gecrw, 
.  jnti  mated  in  the 
lublicv  it  would  be 
parly  to  which  ll 
'  1*»  S-  V.  275.) 


I 
I 


I 


I 


Oae  more  notice  af  tbia  wonderful  head :  — 

*»ThiB  '  '•"    -  *""^"' 

thr 
reign  of  ' 

seized  by  n^ovtrumtsut,  as  uic  oxaly 
could  prop«riy  belong.'*    ("  N.  15c  Q^' 

Now,  as  an  embalmed  head  of  Cromwell  has 
been  publscly  exhibited,  it  ia  clear  that  there  are 
two  em^  Is;  and  coaseijiiently  the  argu* 

mentali  ./l>alDiracnt,prc?inusly  alluded  to^ 

worthless  a^  it  iiS  falls  to  the  ground.  Thiii  fact 
b  proved  by  the  following  axhibition  adirertlse- 
insnt  from  the  Morning  Chronicle  of  March  18th, 

"  The  Roid  Embalmed  Head  of  the  Powerfal  and  Re- 
nowned Usarper,  Oiirer  Cromwell/*  &c.,  &c. 

I  need  not  iiuote  the  whole  of  the  advertise- 
ment, OB  it  has  already  appeared  in  "  K,  k  Q-" 
(1**  S.  3Li,496)  i  but  it  endii  with  the  following 
words  ;  — 

•*  A  genuine  Karr    '  -  '"^^^°f  ^^  *he  Acquisition, 

Conceolment,  und  I  of  thoae  Articloa,  to  be 
bad  at  tiiti  pIttcQ  of  i: 

We  all  know  what  showmen  s  genuine  nttrra* 
tires  are  worth ;  tlill  there  seems  to  be  a  rather 
suspicious  relaljonship  between  the  "  genuine  nar- 
rative," and  the  **  actual  documents  '*  already 
noticed. 

I  must  apr>logise  for  occupying  so  much  space  and 
attention  with  this  embaloain^  argument,  as  used 
by  the  proprietors  and  eJtJiibitora  of  Cromwella 
heads.  I  merely  did  so,  to  show  the  mental  calibre 
of  the  race  of  anatomical  relic-mongers.  For  I  could 
have  disposed  of  the  question  at  once,  by  proving 
that  Cromweirs  head  was  not  embalmed ;  nor  can 
it  be  said  even  that  his  body  was,  in  the  sense  in 
wbldi  the  word  embalmed  is  used  now,  and  at  the 
period  of  the  Protector  s  death.  Dr.  George  Bate« 
who  was  successively  physician  to  Chorlett  I'« 
Cromwell,  and  Charles  II,,  gave  the  autopsy  of 
the  usurpi.T  to  the  public  in  the  second  part  of  his 
Eleyichi  Motuiim  Nupcrorutn  in  Anglia^  publiiihed 
just  6vc  years  after  Cromwelfs  death,  when  there 
must  have  been  plenty  alive  to  contradict  him  if 
he  dared  to  state  that  which  was  in  any  form  in- 
correct; and  thus  he  tells  what  was  done  with 
Cromweirs  body :  — 

*Carpiis  ct*j  tx^nhinhitn  animate  replettim,  ceratifiqae 
fextn^pHdbus 
ligneo  forttqu 
peffomfHut*"    1      i:        , 
Klephiti.  I'.'    .  'i      -'il^MiiLL-- 
aarium  huiiL" 

So  we  learn  that  the  intesUnes  were  neoiovcd, 
imd  liieir  place  being  filled  with  apices,  the  body 
was  wrapped  in  a  six-fold  cerecloth,  put  into  a 
leaden  coliin,  and  the  last  into  a  strong  wooden 
one.     Tct  the  oorraptsoa  burst  diraugii  all ;  and 


ti»  (tcin 
uui  versa 

;*<L-i  j.jji>  aL    aiicius    uJ^O   tettA 

jllL^i^  tecft»  mandari  n«ces- 


tbe  foul  smell  pervading  the  whole  house,  it  was 
necessary  to  inter  the  body  before  the  solemoiiies 
of  the  funerid.  Not  a  word  is  said  about  the 
bead :  ao  it  is  to  be  hoped  that  wc  shall  hear  no 
more  of  the  Wilkinson  embalmed  cranium,  and 
that  IL  W,  will  acknowledge  that  the  magnificent 
burial  of  the  Protector  is  not  "still  a  disputed 
point."  For  if  the  preceding  quotation  from  the 
Ekncht  Mtftiium  be  not  history,  it  is  the  material 
from  which  history  b  formed,  and  would  be  re- 
ceived as  good  and  lawful  evidence  in  any  English 
court  of  justice  at  the  present  day.  Bate  does 
not  tell  us  what  was  done  with  the  body ;  yctj 
probably,  he  did  not  know.  But  it  was  well  known 
by  the  populace,  at  the  magnificent  lying  in  state 
and  public  funeral,  that  the  body  was  not  there, 
that  its  place  was  supplied  by  a  waxen  figure : 
and,  while  the  better  informed  understood  that 
Cromwell's  friends— to  use  the  words  of  Cku- 
^Q3 — "in  hugger-mugger"  did  inter  him,  the 
more  ignorant  and  vulgar  confidently  beliei^ed 
that  the  Devil  had  saved  all  posthumous  trouble, 
by  dying  away  with  the  Protector  wholly  and 
con>o really.  So  general,  and  so  strong  was  this 
belief,  that  even  the  grave  and  learned  royal 
^1  •>      r    ,,   absolutely  condescends   to 

t:  he  proceeds  to  describe  the 

aUn*  ui  v^iDiuwcii  ^  body  after  death. 

The  best  and  most  rational  argument  for  the 
authenticity  of  the  Wilkinson  head  yet  adduced, 
was  given,  as  I  am  informed,  at  a  lecttire,  not 
long  since  delivered  in  a  suburban  locality,  whexe 
the  nead  itself  was  exhibited.  I  may  presume,  that 
whatever  the  public  paid  for  admittance  was  re- 
ceived for  hearmg  the  lecture,  and  not  for  seebg  the 
head.  However  that  may  be,  the  lecturer,  having 
called  the  attention  of  his  audience  to  the  round- 
ness in  form  of  the  cranium,  said :  "  Ladies  and 
gentlemen,  this  is  a  convincing  proof  that  the 
head  is  Cromwell's ;  for,  as  you  all  know,  he  was 
the  chief  of  the  Roundheads  "  N 

The  subject  is,  indeed,  quite  beneath  criticism; 
but  any  allusion  to  the  heads  of  deceased  notabili- 
ties has  a  very  peculiar  import  at  the  present  lime, 
when  a  swarm  of  ephemera  are  only  noticeable  by 
their  basking  and  buzzing  in  the  reflected  rays  of  j 
a  great  name ;  when,  on  all  sides,  thtre  re-echo«s 
the  jubilant  chorus—*^  How  delightfully  we  Shak- 
speiu-ian  apples  swimT*  In  the  church  at  Strat- 
ford-upon-Avon, there  are  the  following  well- 
kuown  lines  ;  little  better  than  doggrel,  it  is  true, 
yet  of  serious  if  not  solemn  signification :  — 

••  GOOD   FREITTJ    FOB  JBSIHI  RAKB   FORBEAB* 

TO  mca  Tills  i>i?hT  r.xrt.OA.siitri  jirAJiK; 

llUtaTK    Kit    T»    MJLH    T^    fil'AlifiS    TRE.H    STOHI 

AJ«n  c\TisT  «n  uc  t*  movks  my  uones." 

And  it  is  txt  be  hnpe<i»  that  if  an 
wret' 
our  ^ 
tlie  \iiubVi 


•A'ii 


>^^a^. 


spare  nor  respect  the  bones  of  such  pra ve- grub- 
bing (rboulcs  ;  who,  being  destftute  of  moral  feeling 
tad  intelligence,  can  be  only  impressed  by  the 
urgumentum  Mctdinum^  freely  admmiatered  under 
the  <IUchim  of  Judge  Lynch* 

William  Pinkertoh. 


Attention  h&s  once  more  been  directed,  in  your 
columns,  to  the  head  said  to  be  that  of  Cromwell, 
and  now  in  the  possession  of  Mr.  W.  A.  Wilkin- 
son, I  have  the  pleasure  of  knowinj^  that  gentle- 
man ;  and  although  I  have  not  spoken  to  nira  on 
the  subject,  I  feel  assured  that  he  would  most 
cheerfully  aiford  every  facility  for  a  proper  ejt- 
amination,  find  I  agree  with  your  correspondent 
H.  W.  that  such  is  desirable*  I  have  seen  the 
head  several  times ;  and,  as  1  stated  in  a  former 
communication,  it  is  difficult  to  resist  the  evi- 
dence in  favour  of  this  being  the  head  of  the 
Protector.  Mr.  Wilkinson  treasures  the  relic; 
but  offers  to  those  who  view  it,  the  evidence  in 
his  own  possession,  leaving  each  observer  to  draw 
his  own  conclusions.  Ma,  Bccillakd  is  in  error 
m  some  not  unimportant  particulars;  and  I  will 
eive  the  true  version  of  the  history  so  far  as  it 
has  descended  to  Mr.  Wilkinson,  and  this  version 
is  sustained  by  documentary  proof  in  his  pos- 
sesion. 

The  head  was  not  placed  upon  Temple  Bar,  but 
UfMjn  the  top  of  Westminster  Hall,  along  with  the 
beads  of  Ireton  and  Bradsbaw,  About  the  latter 
end  of  the  reign  of  James  II.,  it  was  blown  down 
on  a  gusty  night,  and  picked  up  by  the  sentinel 
on  duty.  Probably  this  soldier  might  have  been 
attached  to  the  memory  of  the  dead  General,  or 
have  disposed  of  it  to  some  old  republican ;  but 
it  is  certain  that  it  was  not  recovered,  although  a 
proclamation  was  issued  by  the  government  com- 
manding its  restoration.  It  was  at  length  sold  to 
a  member  of  the  family  of  Russell,  of  Cambridge- 
shire— a  family  which  had  been  united  to  that  of 
Cromwell  by  several  marriages.  It  descended 
down  to  Samuel  Russell,  who  exhibited  it  for 
money ;  but  who  ultimately  sold  it  to  Mr.  Cox, 
who  had  a  museum  in  Spring  Gardens*  This  was 
m  1787.  Mr.  Cox,  however,  did  not  exhibit  it; 
but,  at  the  sale  of  this  museum,  sold  it  for  320^. 
to  three  joint  purchasers.  These  ]>ersons  ex- 
hibited the  head  about  1790,  charging  hali-n- 
crown  for  admission.  The  aocount  then  goes  on 
t«  state,  that  the  last  of  these  persons  died  of 
apoplexy,  and  the  head  became  the  property  of 
his  daughter ;  and  she  sold  it  to  Mr,  Wilkinson, 
the  father  of  its  present  proprietor.  There  is  n 
memorandum  in  ihii  handwriting  of  Jktr,  Wilkin- 
son, and  the  following  ia  an  exiracst  (nyu\  it : — 

ThiA  hoftd  has  now  bten  m  tnv  1 


forward  iin  objection  to  any  port  of  tbc  evidencfc 
was  a  Member  of  ParH&me'nt,  and  a  deAc«ntlant  br  i 
collateral  broach  from  Oliver  Cromwell.  He  told  m«v  i 
conimdiction  to  my  remarks,  that  che«tnat  hair  ntTi, 
turned  ^y  \  thai  he  had  a  lock  of  hair,,  at  his  eoixatn. 
house,  which  was  cut  from  the  Protector**  head  on  h^ 
death -bed,  and  bad  beeu  carefully  paaaed  down  thrva^h 
his  famUy  to  his  poflseaiion,  which  lock  of  hair  wai  Mf - 
fectly  grey.  Thia  gantleman  has  iineB  expr^aaed  hk 
opinion  that  the  long;  ezpo«are  was  attfficieut  to  luvia 
changed  the  colour  of  the  hair." 

I  think  it  has  been  stated,  that  when  the  <^fl 
of  Charles  L  w«b  opened,  the  hair  was   found 
be  of  a  light  brown  colour;  while  it   is   knovq 
that,  at  the  period  of  his  execution,  the  hair  ' 
ft  grizzly  black.     The  change   in  thia  coje 
attributed  to  the  process  of  embalmiDg. 
head,   in  the   possession  of  Mr.  WiikioM 
been  embalmed. 

The  meuiorandum  from  which  I  have 
goes  on  to  say,  that  the  late  Oliver  Cromir^l 
Esq.  (a  descendant  of  the  Protector),    compsnT  I 
ihm  head  with  an  original  caat  in  hia  poaaemA  I 
and  was  perfectly  satisfied  of  the  genuineiMM  d] 
the  skulL      Dr.  Southgate,  the  librarian  d  tkt 
British  Museum,  after  comparing  it  with  icf^ 
modei^s  and  coins^  expressed  himself  to  the  j«iil 
proprietors :    **  Gentlemen,   you  may  be  iisored 
that  this  is  really  the  head  of  Oliver  CromweH** 

Mr.  King,  the  medallist,  has  also  left  an  opidiQO 
in  writing.     He  says :  — 

**  The  head  shown  to  me  for  OIifw  C^QiwdtV  t 
veHly  believe  to  be  his  real  head,  ai  1  have  carMSs 
examiaed  it  with  the  coin ;  and  think  the  outllnt  c^  tto 
face  cjcactty  correaponda  with  it,  so  far  as  remains.  Tit 
nostril,  which  is  still  to  b«  seen,  inclines  downwards,  m 
it  does  in  the  coin :  the  check  bone  secmi  to  be  as  a 
WM  engraved ;  and  the  colour  of  the  hair  is  the  mom  ai 
in  one  well  copied  from  an  original  paintinf;  by  CooiM^fe 
hi9  time,  by  John  Kirk,  Bedford  Street,  CoventGiSit. 
1776/* 

The  eminent  B^ulptor,  Flaxman,  pronouned 
in  its  favour ;  and  pointed  out  one  remarkaiilv 
feature,  which  he  aaid  was  peculiar  to  the  Crom- 
well family,  and  strongly  marked  in  OlifW 
himself —  that  of  a  particularly  straight  towir 
jawbone* 

The  head  is  still  upon  the  spike  to  which  H  wm 
attached  originally,  and  there  is  every  nppeai^ii^ 
of  the  whole  having  grown  into  decay  together, 
viz.,  the  iron  spike,  the  shaft  to  which  *it  hwi  boeii 
altmihed,  and  the  head* 

I  will,  in  a  second  article,  give  a  recapitnlatleii 
of  the  evidence  on  both  sides  of  the  question,  if 
this  is  found  acceptable  to  **  N,  &  Q."  ^'  ' 


I  belie vt? 
poftsefiaion  oi 


ti...-.   :. 


•*  June  25,  1827.  inw  bead  baa  now  been  m  tnv  nog-  'Tiiitinsc 
jremm/brs  penmt  of  afiwn  yean.  I  have  ahowii  U  to  I  sought  it 
JiiiadrfftU  cf  people  god  an/jr  one  gwiknian  brongU  \     'i^ltH^^ 


rm  doubt  *'      * 
insun  o{  I 

i*  that  of  L ..,:,     Let   11*   ^t. 

Wilkinson;  1  believe  he  will  grant  : 
for,  Jami.^. 


T   11 


in    ijii- 

Kent, 
Mr. 


S«iaV.  Fite,  27»'d4;l 


NOTES  AND  QUEBlEa 


181 


THE  DAXISH  RIGHT  OF  SUCCESSION. 
(3»*  S,  V.  134.) 
In  the  time  of  Hamlet,  the  throne  of  Den- 
mark was  elective  In  the  reigninff  house.  (Koch, 
Tableau  de9  Rivolvlions,  u  27"2,  n.  2,)  According 
to  Saxo  Grammaticus,  Hamlet  "  counterfeited  the 
madman  to  escape  the  tyraany  of  hii  uncle,  and 
waa  tempted  by  a  woman  (through  his  uncle's 
procurement),  who  thereby  thought  to  undermine 
the  prince,  and  by  that  means  to  find  out  whether 
he  counterfeited  madness  or  not'^  Such  madness^ 
real  or  assumed,  was  necessarily  a  bar  to  his 
election  to  the  monarchy.  The  Hamlet  of  his- 
tory was  not  cut  off  in  his  prime,  as  Shnkspeare 
disposes  of  him,  but,  on  bis  return  from  England 
to  Denmark,  he  slays  his  uncle,  burns  his  palace, 
makes  an  oration  to  the  Danes  (a  most  eloquent 
one  as  given  by  Saxo)  and  i>  elected  king.  He 
goes  back  to  England,  kills  the  king  of  that 
country,  returns  to  Denmark  with  two  English 
wive*,  and,  finally,  falls  himself  through  the 
treachery  of  one  of  these  ladies.  (Knigbt*s  Studies 
of  Shahperr^y  ch.  iii.  p.  67.)  Other  instances  of 
election  are  on  record,  Denmark  since  1661 
has  been  an  ab?;olute  and  hereditary  monarchy, 
and  was  so  confirmed  by  the  whole  nation.  Fre- 
derick ViL,  the  last  king,  on  July  31,  1853,  pub- 
lished a  new  law  of  succession,  to  the  e.xeliision 
of  females,  and  appointing  the  present  king,  then 
Prince  Christian  of  ScLleswig-Holstein-Sonder- 
bourg-Glucksburg,  his  successor,  and  after  him, 
the  male  descendants  of  his  present  wife  Louise* 
Wilhelmine  -  Fredertque-Auguste- Caroline- Julie, 
bom  Princess  of  Hesse,  ^*  daughter  of  the  sister 
of  the  former  king,  Christian  VUI.'*  He  thereby 
directs  that  the  order  of  succession  shall  then  be 
excluiiively  **  a^natique  ;  '*  and  should  a  failure  in 
male  descent  be  likely  to  occur,  he  further  di- 
rects (?)  that  the  successor  to  the  Danish  throne 
shall  take  care  to  regulate  the  succession  so  as  to 
preserve  the  indcj^endence  and  integrity  of  the 
monarchy,  and  the  rights  of  the  crown,  conform- 
ably to  the  second  article  of  the  treaty  of  London  i 
of  May  8,  1852,  and  to  obtain  for  such  arrange- 
ment the  assent  of  the  European  powers,  (An- 
miaire  de  Deux  Mofidejt,  1853-4,  p.  424.) 

T*  J.  BtJCKTON. 


*'Popp«d  in  b«twecti  th$  eketion  and  my  hope*." 
And  when,  in  his  own  last  moments,  the  throne 
being  again  vacant,  its  occupant  and  its  expectant 
each  *' bloodily  fetrjcken,**  he  prophesies  that  the 
election  will  light  on  Fortinbras,  to  whom  he  gives 
his  dying  voice.  Claudius,  to  be  sure,  speaks  of 
himself  more  as  an  hereditary  than  an  elected 
sovereign;  conciliating  his  nephew  as  **the  most 
immediate  to  our  throne ;  '*  and  talks  of  the  Jum 
dicinum  as  confidently  as  if  he  had  a  dynasty  of  b 
thousand  years  to  reckon  back  upon ;  the  argu- 
ment, however,  goes  for  little;  it  is  a  trick  of 
custom  with  usurpers  to  prate  as  glibly  of  their 
legttimaoy  as  usurers  do  of  their  consdence. 

E.  L«  S. 


Among  the  causa;  camantes  »f  FLimlet*»  discon- 
tiait,  set  forth  in  the  protasis  of  the  drama  which 
t  hid  nnmt*,  is  the  wrong  done  to  himself  in  the  I 
'  of  the  Danish  regality;  which  Shakspenre*s  I 
,  as  well  us  authentic  history,  &hows  to  have  ' 
been  elective;  so  continuing  to  be  until  the  com- 
parative yesterday  of  1660,  when   it  was   made 
hereditary  in  the  present   regnant   family.     His 
uncle's  procurement  thereof,  and  fajs  own  disap- 
potntmcni,  are  ever  before  him ;  summing  up  bb  ' 
*^*her*B  murder  and  his  mother^s  marriage  with — 


SlTUATIOW  OF  ZoAB  (S'^  S.  V.  117,  141.)  —On 
a  journey  some  years  since  from  Jerusalem  to 
Pctra  and  back,  I  struck  the  Dead  Sea  on  mj 
return  towards  the  Holy  City  at  its  southern- 
most point,  and  coasted  along  the  beach  for  some 
dbtance  between  the  .sea  and  that  very  remark- 
able salt  ridge,  Kbasm-hsdum,  which,  in  my 
humble  opinion,  is  Lot*s  wife.  At  some  little  dis- 
tance from  the  northern  extremity  of  this  ridge 
is  a  small  heap  of  stones  having  more  the  appear- 
ance of  the  circular  foundations  of  a  tower,  or, 
more  correctly  perhaps,  the  foundations  of  a  circu- 
lar tower  than  anything  else.  My  Arab  guides 
unasked  called  it  by  that  name^  or  rather  by  its 
present  Arabic  represeotative,  Zogheir.  The  ex- 
pression was  familar  to  me,  though  no  Arabic 
or  Hebrew  scholar,  from  the  fact  that  my  guides 
always  spoke  of  my  companion  by  that  title,  El 
Zogheir,  the  lesser,  as  distinguished  from  myself 
(£i  Kebir)  as  being  rather  lofty  of  stature.  This 
site  must  not  be  confounded  with  another  in  the 
neighbourhood  where  I  afterwards  passed  the 
night.  Zuweirah  El  Fokah  and  El  Taitah^  the 
L^pperand  Lower,  which  has  a  different  etymolo- 
gical root  alogethcr  1  believe. 

Now,  to  proceed  to  a  still  darker  and  more  my- 
sterious subject — the  sites  of  the  other  cities  of 
the  plain.  At  a  subsequent  visit  to  the  Dead  Sea 
at  its  northernmost  point,  about  two  miles  from 
the  embouchure  of  the  Jordan,  I  saw  an  isbuid  in 
the  sea,  which,  owing  no  doubt  to  the  shallowness 
of  its  waters  after  two  seasons*  draught,  had 
emerged  from  its  depths,  and  on  it  I  could  make  out 
distinctly  roughly-squared  stones,  and  columns  of 
the  simplest  form.  Whether  this  be  any  vestige 
of  Sodom  or  Gomorrah,  Admah  or  Zeboim,  1  00 
not  venture  an  opinion ;  I  simply  state  the  fact. 

May  we  not  look  for  the  fearful  fate  of  the 
cities  in  the  word  Gomorrah  itself,  which  I  have 
understood  to  be  perpetuated  in  its  present  Arabic 
form,  Ghamarah^  to  submerge. 

I  shall  bo  hap^y  1q  ^\.s<t  C ^"WiH^  Q^  ^^^^ 
ai\y  CurtWr  \\\ioiu\u.\AiiumtK^  Y^"^*^-  ' 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[a»*av.  ^BB.ST.'M. 


Architects  of  Pershorb  Aim  Salisburt 
(8^  S.  T.  72.)  —  Your  correspondent,  wiitiag 
upon  the  Bubjeet  of  the  Richardson  Family,  ohn 
aerVea  in  reference  to  what  remains  of  the  once 
stately  Abbey  of  Pershore,  which  is  now  being 
restored, ''  that  Mr.  Gilbert  Scott  thinks  its  great 
lantern  tower  was  erected  by  the  same  architect, 
or  by  a  close  imitator  of  him,  who  built  the 
steeple  of  Salisbury.** 

A  few  years  since,  when  making  sketches  of 
tins  building,  I  was  also  struck  with  the  close  re- 
semblance mentioned,  and  being  now  engaged  in 
writing  a  paper  to  show  some  remaibble  simi- 
larities m  the  accredited  works  of  some  of  our 
great  mediseval  architects,  such  as  Lanfranc, 
Gundulph,  Flambard,  William  of  Sens,  and  others, 
I  sought  in  the  History  of  Pershore  Abbey,  for  the 
name  of  the  abbot  under  whose  rule  it  was  pro- 
bable that  the  tower  and  choir  of  Pershore  were 
built,  but  could  find  no  information  on  the  sub- 
ject. Upon  searching,  however,  the  Pratlington 
Manuscripts  in  the  Library  of  the  Society  of 
Antiquaries,  I  found  a  full  account  of  the  abbots 
of  the  once  famous  monastery  of  Eyesham,  near 
Pershore,  and  singularly  enough,  I  discovered 
that,  in  the  year  1282,  "^William  de  Wytechurch 
or  Marlborough,  a  monk  of  Pershore,  was  elected 
Abbot  of  Evesham,"  and  that  by  him  and  his  suc- 
cessors extensive  additions  were  made  to  the 
abbey  church. 

Nothrnfi^  can,  therefore,  be  more  probable  than 
that  this  William  de  Wytechurch  (not  many  miles 
from  Salisbury),  either  brought  with  him  into 
Worcestershire  the  master  masons  from  Salisbury, 
or  such  working  drawings  as  enabled  him  to  erect 
the  tower  of  Pershore  in  a  manner  so  like  that  of 
Salisbury,  which  was  then  building.  -The  coin- 
cidence may,  I  think,  be  thus  satisfactorily  ac- 
counted for.  Behj.  Ferret. 

Stamp  Ddtt  oh  Painters*  Canvass  (y^  S.  v. 
99,  141.) — Your  correspondent,  J.  H.  Burn,  is 
correct  as  to  the  year  (1^31)  he  assies  for  the 
total  repeal  of  the  excise  duty  on  linens,  can- 
vasses, &a ;  but  he  is  incorrect  as  to  the  date  he 
cites  as  that  on  which  the  above  duty  was  Jtrst 
chained. 

The  excise  duty  on  "  silks,  calicoes,  linens,  or 
stuffs,  printed,  painted,  or  stained/*  was  first  im- 
posed by  the  statute  10  Anne  cap.  19,  for  thirty- 
two  years  from  July  20, 1712-13,  but  subsequently 
made  perpetual;  and  under  various  Acts  making 
regulations  for  securing  the  duties,  &c.,  continued, 
till  finally  repealed  by  1  Will.  IV.  cap.  17  (1831.) 

"  Linens,**  &c.,  produced  to  the  officer  of  excise 
to  be  charged  with  duty  for  printing,  paintings 
&c,  had  a  mark  impressed  by  him  on  each  end  of' 
the  piece,  to  denote  that  an  account  of  it  was 
taken.  This  mark  was  tedinically  termed  a  frame 
mark ;  and  the  ciphers  thereon,  when  expluned, 
incontestibly  point  out  the  year  in  which  this 


mark  had  been  used  on  the  fabric  found  wfewnped 
with  it.  The  writer  has  cognisance  of  the/n»e 
marks  used  in  1781. 

A  seal,  or  duty  charge  stamp,  was  also  used. 
The  statement,  therefore,  that  pictures  paintedbf 
Gainsborough  (who  died  in  1788),  or  by  » 
Joshua  Revnolds  (who  died  in  1792),  eoakl  not 
by  possibility  bear  the  excise  mark,  is  thus  shorn 
to  be  erroneous.  J»  K.  B. 

Poor  Cock  Robin's  Death  (3"»  S.  ▼.  dS.)  — 
In  case  this  query  should  not  catch  the  eye  of 
any  one  more  accurately  informed,  X  venture  to 
reply  that  I  believe  the  coloured  glass,  representp 
ing  Cock  Bobin*8  death,  is  to  be  found  in  tk 
church  of  Clipsham,  in  Butlandshire,  near  Stnk-  | 
ford ;  though  I  saw  two  or  three  fine  churches  oa 
the  same  day  last  summer,  and  neglected  to  make 
a  note  of  i^  so  that  I  cannot  be  quite  certain. 
My  impression  is,  that  it  was  neither  very  oU 
nor  English  glass ;  but  a  Low-Country  glass,  of  i 
late  date.  C.  W.  Bihghak 

LOHGEVITT    OF    CxiEBGTMEN    (3*^  S.    ▼.    2S;  44^ 

123.) — The  Rev.  James  Fishwick  was  liceMsd  to 
the  Chapelry  of  Padibam,  Lancashire,   Apiil<^ 
1740,  and  was  buried  at  Padiham,  April  26, 17W, 
aged  eighty- two,  and  having  held  the  incumbeBcy     i 
for  fifty-three  years.  H.  FumncB. 

Let  me  add  to  your  list  the  Rev.  John  Haynei, 
rector  of  Cathistock,  Dorset,  who  enjoyed  that 
living  from  1698  to  1758,  a  period  of  sixty  yean. 
His  age  was  ninety  when  be  died,  and  his  length- 
ened tenure  must  have  been  rather  annoying  to 
the  patron,  for  he  was  presented  by  the  bishop  oa 
a  lapse.  His  predecessor  in  the  livings  ^^as  one 
Michael  Cheeke,  who  succeeded  his  father,  Robert 
Cheeke.  The  latter  died  in  1G77.  Can  any  of 
your  readers  give  me  information  about  either? 

DOKSXT. 

Fowls  with  Human  Remains  (3'**  S.  v.  55.)— 
In  reply  to  Captain  Mackxnzib*8  query  whether 
the  bones  of  fowls  have  ever  been  discovered  as- 
sociated with  human  remains,  I  inform  him  thsi 
during  the  excavations  at  Warka,  in  Chaldea, 
carried  on  by  Mr.  Lofbus  between  1849  and  1852, 
bones  of  fowb  were  frequently  found  deposited 
upon  the  coffin  lids  disinterred  there,  and  in  one 
case  the  bones  of  a  small  bird  were  found  inside  a 
coffin.  Flints  and  steel,  glass  bottles,  beads,  terra- 
cotta lamps,  dishes,  &c.  &C.,  were  exhumed  at  the 
same  time.  S.  C. 

Alfveb  Bonn  (3'*  S.  v.  55.)  —  Probably  the 
Rev.  H.  T.  Bunn,  of  Abergavenny,  who,  1  have 
been  informed,  was  a  brother  of  the  above,  would 
supply  the  information  required.  H.  B. 

MiBVius  (3'"»  S.  iv.  168,  238.)— The  Mseviui  of 

I  Virgil  and  Horace  (Buc.  iii.  90,  Epod.  x.)  was 

probably  a  real  person  who  bore  that  name.    (See 

Smithes  Class.  Dictionary,  i.  478,  tit.  *'  Bavias.*0 


r 


3'<  S.  V,  Wmb.  27,  •€4.] 


NOTES  AND  QUEKIES. 


16a 


p 


I 


I 


Ab  Horace  died  forty-nine  years  and  Vh^U  sixty- 
two  before  MiLrtial  was  born,  we  may  infer  that 
their  Msevius  w^  not  his.  De  MtEvio,  lib.  x.  ep.  76, 
does  not  relate  to  the  same  per^n  as  In  MtEoium^ 
Kb.  xL  ep.  46.    The  first  la,  — 

"  Jucondas,  probiu,  ionocenf^  omicoa 
Lingua  doctus  utraqne,  cu!u$  unum  «ft;^ 
Sed  magnum  Titiam,  qpaa  f»t  pcMsta.** 

It  is  better  to  refer  to  than  to  cite  what  i^  said 
of  the  other*  On  the  first  Le  Maire  quotes  from 
a  commen  tutor  whose  tiame  he  does  not  giYe,  — 

*■  Quen^lA  bjBc  ct  indigtiatio  ipsina  Martiidii  Tidetur,  ped 
p«  moditf tiAin  albi  adsctacit  Baoien  Mbtu  mali  aciiicet 
ppeta;  ^  and  adds,  ^*  Non  hoc  credo:  Marv-ii  Ticem  dolet 
poat%  et  poetArum  (urmiam,  et  auam,  at  ngn  soam  aab 
ptiaoaa  M»vii" 

In  the  examples  of  the  civil  law  Msvius  hears  the 
same  relation  to  Titiua  aa  Bog  to  Doe  in  the  Eng- 
lish. Aulua  Agerius  is  one  of  the  aatne  family. 
Hia  name  occurs  in  the  form  called  Slwulatio 
AgtdUana^  firen  in  Imi,  iiL  t*  dO,  &nd  D,  xlvi. 
tie: 

"Quidqtiid'tc  mihi  cjc  quae  unique  cftnaa  dare  faeere 
OfWrtet  oportebiL  pne*uns  in  diemve,  auI  anb  cooditioute, 
qwmaque  tcrum  mihi  tvcwn  aotio  eaW  qiucquc  vcl  ad- 
Tmtm  te  petitio,  rel  adveraua  te  perftecuUo  ^U  critrt^ 
miodqiiia  tu  meum  haboSf  tencs,  pwides,  dolora  malo  fe- 
dati,  qoo  intnni  possideas,  qnanti  quteque  caram  renim 
res  etiu  iantun  pecmiiAm  dare  stipuUtua  tsi  Aulua  Age* 
riaa  apop  -  '^  ^^  -  ^  Uus.  Quod  NuBQeriuaNi* 
gidioa  A  I  baberetne  a  »e  acc«ptum, 

Kitm^s  o  rogaTit,  Aulas  Ageriua 

Nunieno  2sjgidio  accepluiii  fcdit*" 

I  cannot  find  any  "  Caius  Sigseufi,**  and  suspect 
that  "  Sipeus  "  is  a  fault  of  the  peu  or  press  for 
5eiW,  which  would  connect  the  last  name  with  the 
rest*     Plutarch  notices  the  furm  :  — 

inrStTm  Ka}  iyii  Kvpia  KoX  oUoZttrraara  '  ro7s  8'  hi^fiatri 
TO[(5T#if  iXAwt  tt^xpT^t^cu  Koivo7t  oZ<rw^  &(nr9p  ot  ^ofux&l 
rdiov^  ^ilHof,  ttal  AmtKioVy  Tmoi»,  irol  qI  <^iX(f(rof ot  Awfci 
tctd  efWa  vapaXttft§itfouirw ;  —  QaaattojuM  Romana, 
Q.  XXX..  ed.  Wyttcnbttch,  iii,  UL  Oxon.,  179S. 

The  writer  in  The  Enqidrcr  must  have  been 
imposed  upon,  or  have  thought  any  names  good 
eoough  for  hia  readers,  H.  B.  C. 

a  U.  Qub. 

Hti*a  Holder  (S"*  S.  v.  115.)  — In  answer  to 
the  guery  of  H.  S.  G.,  I  beg  to  give  the  following 
particulars  respecting  «  Hyla  Ilolden,  of  Wednes- 
bury,  gent,"  being,  as  I  am,  hi»  ^reat-great-grcat- 
nephew.  He  was  born  in  1719,  and  married  in 
174^»  Bebecea  (not  Elizabeth,  as  H.  S.  G.  states), 
daughter  of  John  Walf.ird,  of  Deritend,  co.  War- 
wick (not  Wcdnesbury),  gent.  He  died  in  17C6 
(not  17£K>),  and  his  wife  died  in  1S04,  I  have 
only  heiu-d  of  one  child  of  hid,  Hyla,  who  died  in 
the  prime  of  life  from  the  effecta  of  a  broken 


thighf  and  leffc  several  children,  hb  eldest  ion  be*j 
ing  the  Rev.  Uyla  Holden,  who,  at  the  time  of  I 
dcith,  held  the  perpetual  curacy  of  Erdingtoa 
near  Birmingham.   Two  sons  of  his  are  now  living^ 
vix.,  the  Rev.  IL  A*  Holden,  LLD.,  bead  master  1 
of  Ipswich  School,  and  H.  A.  Holden,  Esq ,  so- 
licitor of  Birmingham.  0.  M.  Holi^ef, 
Corpus  Christ!  CoUoge,  Oxford. 

QuoTATuyivs  WAKTED  (3'*  S.  iv.  288,) — The 
Unea  commencing  with  — 

**  O  mark  again  the  councm  of  the  sun  2 " 
will,  I  believe,  be  found  in  HogertV  "  Epistle  to  a 
Friend.*'  W.  J*  Till. 

Croydtm. 

Sidesmen  (3*^  S.  v.  34,  65,  81.)— With  refer- , 

ence  to  tbe  censorial  dutie??  of  Sidesmen,  the  fol* 
lowing  extracts  may  be  interesting.  They  are 
from  one  of  the  old  parish  books  of  St.  Mary 
Matfelon,  Whitcchapel.  There  were  altogether 
notices  of  twenty -two  such  pre*«entments  in  the 
years  1582 — 1587.  It  would  be  interesting  to* 
know  when  this  practice  arose,  and  how  long  it] 
continued. 

**  1582.  Aug,  29,  Agreed  that  preaentmettta  be  made 
for  tbe  wyfe  of  ThOTnaa  Lownary,  suspected  to  be  a  aor- 


Bandall  Ridgewaie  ibr  ndlmea  nppon   tb«  chuTch- 

wBcrdeas  when  y^  went  toatraine  f  distrain.] 

Richard  Tailor  for  absenting*  uimsftlf  one  Sondaie  j*i 
25  of  August  frooi  churchy  and  for  warkiog.  ^       f 

Itm.  ilie  saiBd  Bychard  and  his  wyfu  for  akatdin^  1 
fighting,  and  othar  disorders. 

The  wyfe  of  John  Woods  for  skolding  and  mylhig. 

Oct,  1,  1583,  A  presentment  agaJnftJRalphe  Dudley  tori 
bari>onnge  of  sosspected  parsons  aa  Jane  iVoaao  and 
like. 

Against  y«  wyfe  of  Willm.  Bridge  aa  a  notorious  ikaldil 

Again&t  iThomaa  WTiitflckerfl  for  plaingo  at  cardes  andT 
tabic*  one  y*  Sabbath  dale  at  y*  time  of  comou  prayers. 

Feb.  4,  1684.  Robert  Banister  for  a  roiler  and  dia- 
q meter  of  the  neighbuttis.  W^  Collins  for  barbouriago 
the  same  Robert." 

A.  D.  T. 

Merton  College. 

CoLKiTTO  (3'<*  S.  v.  118.)  — It  mvLj  intereat 
your  correspondent  PniLoatATHES  to  cite  the  fol- 
lowing passages,  from  the  Lesend  of  Montrose,  hf 
Sir  Walter  Scott,  whom  nothing  escaped,  in  whica 
mention  ia  made  of  Calkitto :  — 

« *  Our  deer-sUlkerm'  aaJd  Angus  M'Aulay,  ♦who  were 
abroad  to  bring  in  venison  for  tbU  bonoarable  party, 
have  heard  of  a  band  of  strangers,  speaking  neither 
Saxon  nor  pure  Gaelic*  and  with  difficulty  roaking  them* 
selves  underetood  by  the  people  of  tbe  country,  who  aifl 
march  Lag  this  way  in  arms,  under  the  leading,  it  is  said, 
of  Attuier  JVLktnatd,  wbo  Ia  commonly  called  Fcw«y 
Calkitto:  "    Kdition  1830,  p.  107. 

And  again :  — 

**  Beliintl  tbeae  cbarging  columns  marched  in  line  tb« 
Irish,  under  C&ikittf^  intended  to  form  the  reserve.'*  — 
Chapter  xix.  p.  277. 

OjLtynsBMtm. 


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NOTES  AND  QUEEIES. 


[S'*  &.  V.  Fwfc.  tr,  1S4. 


TwELiTK  Day  :  Song  of  the  Wbbk  (3"*  S.  'r. 

1090^^1"  verges  about  Ihe  **  Wreo»"  occurs  this 
line:^— 

•*  ♦  Where  are  you  going?  *  says  the  mlldtr  to  the  maldtr** 
The  meaning  of  the  two  words  in  italics  is  en- 
quired for.  Surely  we  need  not  go  far  in  seiirch 
of  it:  they  must  mean  the  miller  and  the  maker 
(mnltster).  F,  C.  H. 

Nattbb  (S'*  S.  v.  125.)  —Natter  h  the  Ger- 
man for  un  adder;  but  why  a  species  of  toad 
should  be  called  nailer-jack  is  by  no  means  clear. 
The  Bufo  culumita  \a  called  iiatter'jack,  and  there  is 
a  species  nearly  resembling  this,  called  the  Running' 
Toad,  They  are  usually  confounded  together* 
but  from  having  kept  aeveml  of  the  latter  m  pets, 
[I  am  well  acquainted  with  the  distinctions  be- 
tween it  and  tbe  natter ^jach.  For  the  present 
purpose  these  are  immaterial ;  as  both  sovU  walk 
und  run,  but  never  hop  or  jump,  as  the  common 
toad  does  occasion  ally  ^  though  it  usually  crawls. 
Yet  tbe  movement  of  these  toads  in  no  way  re- 
sembles the  wrigfrling  motion  of  the  adder,  and 
they  have  legSj  while  the  adder  has  none.  Nor 
can  the  name  natter  have  been  given  from  any 
resemblance  to  the  adder  in  colour,  for  this  is  less 
like  in  them  than  in  tbe  common  toad.  I  own  I 
am^at  a  loss  to  account  satisfactorily  for  the  name 
natUr-jacL  '        F.  C.  H. 

Lutes  ATTRtntiTfiD  to  Kembi^  (d**  S.  v.  119.) 
I  remember  an  amusing  caricature  by  Rowlaudsoo, 
which  came  out  more  than  fifty  years  ago,  repre- 
lenting  the  complainant,  with  one  eye  bound  up, 
and  one  arm  In  a  sling,  addressing  a  very  repul- 
9ive  looking  woman  in  the  lines  alluded  to;  but  as 
I  remember  them,  they  ran  thus  :  — 

,'»0  why  will  yoQ  still-         "  ? 

Why  dea^f  to  my  \  ra? 

Perbap#  it  was  right  i  -  love, 

Bui  why  did  you  kick  oie  down  i»t&irs?  '* 

F.  C,  H. 

Order  of  tbe  Cockle  ts  Frapjce  (S'*  S*  v. 
117.) — I  imagine  tbat  the  French  order  of  knight- 
hood, of  which  the  Earl  tjf  Arran  (Regent  of 
Scotland  during  the  minority  of  James  Y.),  ^^ 
A  member  was  thut  of  St.  Alichacl.  The  collar  of 
thb  order  was  comf>Oi«cd  of  escallop  sheila  (co- 
quiUeit)y  connected  by  golden  knots;  its  badge 
was  St  Michael  be  siting  down  the  dragon. 

The  Order  of  tbe  Ship,  otlierwise  known  by  the 
name  of  the  Order  of  the  Double  Crescents,  be- 
came extinct  in  France  a  short  time  after  Its 
institution  by  St.  Louis;  but  in  Naples  and 
Sicily  It  appears  to  h:ive  flourished  under  the 
House  of  Anjou  for  about  three  ccnturle*.  It 
was  instituted  by  St.  Loui»!i  in  1209,  as  an  induce* 
ment  to  his  nobles  to  enjjage  in  the  unfortunate 
eatpedition  to  Africu.  Cliiik  {Orden  of  Knight* 
hoiiHl,  voL  i.  p.  '255),  ad<l*  that  it  was  aUo  intended 
*o  mduce  the  nobility  to  riH8i-»t  thu  king  in  for- 


warding the  works  at  his  newly-btitll  tiiAriUiiic 
town  of  Aiqucs-Mortes  in  the  Pyrenees. 

'  J.  WooD«r.Aiu>. 
Baftishal  Names  (5'^  S.  v.  22.)^ — In  the 
case  of  Sir  Thomas  Dick  Lauder,  the  second  name 
is  a  surname,  and  not  an  nl>breviation  of  Ilichard. 
In  the  family  of  the  Needhams,  Earls  of  KUmorej, 
Jack  is  a  very  usual  Christian  name. 

J.  WoonwAMii^ 

The  Stj>hbt  Postage  Stamp  (8^*  S.  i^-  384.) 

You  cursorily  notice  this  earliest  of  Auatralisn 
stamps  by  explaining  to  a  Bristol  querist  the 
exact  motto,  **  Sic  fortis  Etruria  crevit***  It  is 
said  to  be  a  n notation  from  a  Latin  poet.  If  90, 
I  should  be  glad  to  know  where  it  is  to  be  fotuuL* 
Having  made  a  fine  collection  of  foreign  and  colo- 
nial postage  stamps,  I  have  been  lucky  enough  to 
secure  an  almost  new  specimen  of  this  generaUy 
dirty  stamp*  The  landscape,  motto,  and  legeaa 
are  quite  perfect;  the  Ibrmer  is  said  (E  believe  oo 
the  authority  of  the  present  local  postmaster)  U 
be  a  view  of  Sydney,  but  on  comparing  it  witi 
the  various  engravings  of  that  town  iu  CoUmi^s 
Account  of  Neiu  South  Wate^,  4to,  1798,  than  » 
not  the  slightest  resemblance  between  the  two.  1 
am  aware  that  is  only  within  tbe  last  tea  year5  or 
thereabouts  that  our  Australian  colonies  bare 
used  postage  labels,  but  as  the  legend  states  that 
it  represents  the  great  seal  of  tbe  colony,  it  would 
be  interesting  to  ascertain  when  this  thriviajj 
settlement  first  felt  of  sufficient  importance  to 
adopt  a  national  seal,  and  why  these  rough  tons  oi 
enterprise  recurred  to  classic  Latium  for  m  motKK 
who  probably  knew  no  language  but  their  own* 

FcMTUiaA* 

SiB  Waltee  Kaleiqh  (3'^  S.  v.  IDS.)  ^  Wii 
Sir   Humphrey   Gilbert  a  brother  of  Sir  Jobn^ 
Gilbert,  whose  letter  is  inserted  ?     Did  tbey  "    "** ' 
marry  sisters  of  Sir  Walter  ?     Where  cmn  a 
graphy  of  them  be  found  ?     Was  Dr.  W»  Gilt 
physician  to  Queen  Elizabeth,  of  the  same  fjunily 

James  GuoiJtST. 
%  DoTooshirQ  Grove,  Old  Kent  Rosdp  SvE. 

John  FaRDKaicit  Lampis  (3'^  S.  v.  92.)— Me. 
HnsK  has  raised  an  interesting  question  relative 
to  this  able  musician,  and»  on  the  strength  uC  hk 
having  so  done,  I  could  wish  to  add  certain  que- 
ries respecting  Mr.  Lampe's  opera  of  Amelia^  and 
its  extraordinary  scarcity.  Of  the  two  workf 
mentioned  by  Ma.  Husk»  the  Dragon  of  Wftutley, 
and  Pyramm  and  Thisbe^  the  first  in  '  to 

be  very  common,  and  the  scconrj,  ai  i* 

sible.     It  is  in  both  the  British   Mu>  rj 

and  that  of  the  Sacred  Harnuioir  nd 

also  occasionally  occurs  in  Cat  i 
On  the  other  haTid,  t?ir*  opern  ol 
that  it  has  been  i^  uud  m  la;^ 


Jou 

nil*? 


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p*s.r.  Fte.  tr,  ti.^ 


NOTES  AND  QUERraS. 


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library  or  Collection  that  I  know  of,  acd  I  never 
SAW  it  entered  in  any  Catalogue.  The  only  trace 
of  its  existence  that  I  can  find,  is  in  the  Sale 
Catalo^ie  of  Mr.  Bartleman^  the  eminent  singer, 
who  had  the  opera  in  MS,  My  queries  are,  can 
anyone  say  where  a  printed  copy  of  the  mustc  in 
Amelia  is  to  be  found,  and  is  it  known  what  be- 
came of  Mr.  Bartleman^'s  MS.  of  the  opera  ? 

ALrEED  RoFrK. 

The  son  of  this  gentleman  was  Charles  J.  F. 
Lampe^  or|pantst  of  AllbaJlows  Barkin^^  from  17^8 
to  1769.  Was  not  Mr.  Lampe,  senr.,  8on*in-law 
to  JVlr  Charles  Youn^r  referred  to  in  "  K»  &:  Q," 
(3^*  S.  iv,  417),  who  was  the  younger  Lampe's 
predecessor  in  this  office  ?*  Jcxta  Tcrrim* 

You  will  find  a  notice  of  J.  F*  Lampe's  death 
itt  the  Gent.  Mag.  for  1751,  p.  380. 

Wm.  Smiths 

Curious  Essex  Sating  (S'""  S.  v.  97.)  —  As  I 
am  not  an  Eissex  man,  I  have  never  heard  the 
addition  to  *^  Every  do^  has  his  day  "  of  **  and  a 
cat  has  two  Sundays ; "  but  I  presume  it  refers  to 
the  common  tsaylug  that "  A  cat  has  nine  lives," 
which,  interpreting  a  life  to  be  a  day,  might  carry 
the  cat's  existence  over  two  Sundays* 

I  have  beard  another  addition  to  the  common 
proverb,  **  Every  dog-  has  his  day,"  of  "  but  the 
dog-days  do  not  laat  all  the  year ;  **  —  a  serious 
consideration  for  the  puppy !  ZZ. 

ParvATB  SoLDiEB  (3^^  S-  V.  1440  —  Ebobacum 
must  allow  me  to  correct  him.  The  word  in 
question  is  fully  recognised  by  military  authority, 
as  well  as  by  Act  of  Pariiaraent.  In  the  Mutiny 
Act  (1862),  for  example,  at  par,  39^  p,  86,  occurs 
"  Reduction  to  .  .  .  the  rank  of  a  prwate  soldier/' 
&c.  In  the  Articles  of  War  (1862),  par.  130,  p. 
61,  **  rank  ofprieate  soldier,"  fltc. 

In  Endlc's  edition  of  D*Aguilar*«  Practice  of 
Courtg  Martifd,  1858,  p.  134,  ""private  soldiers," 
&c.  War  Office  Regulations  (1848,  latest  edi- 
tion), p.  122,  "sergeants,  corporals,  drummers, 
and  privates*^ 

I  have  taken  these  instances  at  random,  and 
have  not  even  opened  the  Queen's  Regulations,  or 
the  Field  Exercises,  where  the  style  of  private  is 
constantly  repeated.  Moreover,  a  N.  C.  officer  is 
reduced  to  the  **  rank  and  pay  of  a  pricate  sen- 
tinel.'* 

Your  correspondent  puts  the  qitery  —  Why 
soldiers  call  the  dark  clothes  of  civillanSi  in 
contradistincHon  to  their  own  red^  **  coloured 
clothes?"  They  call  them  "plain  clothes "an«l 
"mufti,**  but  never  to  my  knowledge  "coloured 
clothes ; "  and  in  saying  so  I  am  certain  that  I 
shall  be  borne  out  by  all  who  have  mixed  with 
"^1iePB.  Sl. 


lar  s  Courts  Martial^  edited  by  Mr.  En  die,  of  the 
Adjutant-Generars  Office,  one  of  the  text-books 
on  that  subject,  EnoRACtrif  will  find  priuaie  used 
as  a  technical  designation  at  pp.  109,  156,  00], 
203,  216.  It  is  alijo  used  in  the  Queens  Keguta-  i 
tions  for  the  Army,  and  wIU  be  found  in  Johnson's 
Dictionary,  S.  P.  V. 

Apr  EAatT  Stamtobd  Sbal  (3'^  S.  v.  113.)  — 
The  matrix  of  the  seal  alluded  to  was  exhibited  at 
'  Peterborough  when  the  members  of  the  Archas' 
I  ological   Institute  of  Great   Britain  and  Ireland 
I  held  their  onnual   congress   there.     It  is   of  the 
,  time  of  Edward  III.^  and  is  a  beautiful  specimett  ] 
of  art-tvurk  of  the  period,  every  detail  having  been 
exquisitely  wroujiht.     An   impression  of  it,  pro- 
duced in  gutta  perch  a  by  Mr.  Robt.  Ready,  of 
the  British  Museum,  is  in  my  possession.    There  | 
is  no  example  of  it  in  the  archives  of  the  Stamford 
Corporation,  none  of  the  records  in  the  possession 
of  that  body  being  earlier,  I  understand,  than  the 
reign   of   Edward  IV,       In    Peck's   Antiquarian 
j  Annals  of  Stamford  there  is  an  engraving  of  this 
seal:  the  side  not  described  above  exhibits  the 
arms   of  the   town  —  Gules,  three  lions  passant 
guardant  in  pale  or^  impaling  chequy  or  and  azure. 
The  following  Ictter^press  accompanies  it : — '*  The 
arms  of  the  town  or  borough  of  Stamford  as  an- 
ciently curved  upon  the  south  ami  north  gates  of 
the  town*    from   a  book   in   the   Heralds*  Office 
touching   the  visitation  of  Lincolnshire.      Anno 
1634,"  Stamfobdiewsib* 

EriTAFH  ON  THE  £aBL  OF  LeICBSTBH  (S""**  S*  V. 

109,) — The  accompanying   quotation   from   the, 
final    Dote    to     Sir    Walter    Scott*6   Kenilwarth 
(Abbotsford  edit.,  vol.  vi.  p.  312),  answers  Mb.  J, 
Paote  Courier's  query  :  — 

*♦  The  f">llowing  satirical  i^pitaph  occun  in  Druramond^s 
Gditvtion^  but  is  evidently  uot  of  his  composition:  — 

***  ICPITAI'II   ON  TIIK  KRhK  OF  LEISTER. 

*  Here  lies  a  valiant  warriotir. 

Who  never  drew  a  iword ; 
Here  lies  a  noble  courtier, 

Wlio  never  kept  his  word; 
Here  liei;  the  Erie  of  Leister, 

Who  govern 'd  the  e^tat&s. 
Whom  the  earth  could  never  living  lovs. 

And  the  just  Heaven  now  hales/  " 

K.  P.  D.  E. 


^  Whatever  may  be  the  origin  of  the  term  private^ 
it  ii  oertAinljr  now  recognised.  In  Sir  G,  ]3*Agui» 


NOTES  ON  BOOKS,  ETC 

73ie  Coins  of  the  Ancient  Britoni  arranaed  and  dutrihed^ 
hy  John  Evans,  F.S.A.,  and  engraved  by  ?,  W.  Fairholt, 
r.SJL     (J.  Russell  Suiitb.) 

It  i«  «  great  ^ain  to  studcntf  in  every  branch  of  know- 
ledge when  one  who,  by  ittaloua  attention,  and  well- 
directed  reiearch  h&a  uwJfi  UvcowtVl  *.  ts^^wx  ^-Qe^ 


186 


NOTES  AND  QUEBIES. 


[S»*  &  T.  Fto.  27,  %L 


branch,  is  induced  to  ccnnmit  to  the  preas  the  remits  of 
bis  inquiries,  and  the  fruits  of  his  persistent  studies. 
British  Rrchsologists  will  henceforward  be  deej;>l7  indebted 
to  Mr.  Evans  for  this  valuable  summary  of  all  that  is 
known,  all  that  has  hitherto  been  discovered  upon  the 
subject  of  the  coinage  of  the  ancient  Britons.  Mr.  £vans*s 
thorough  fnmiliarity  with  this  interesting  division  of  nu- 
mismatics is  well  known ;  and  how  much  of  gross  error 
and  absurd  theory  exist  upon  the  subject,  and  how  widely 
scattered  are  the  known  facts,  may  readily  be  ascertained 
from  the  introductory  chapter,  in  which  Mr.  Evans  re- 
views all  that  has,  up  to  this  time,  been  published  re- 
specting ancient  British  coins,  from  glorious  old  Camden 
to  the  fate  worthy  Secretary  of  the  Sodetv  of  Antiqua- 
ries, John  Yonge  Akerman.  The  book  is  the  work  of  an 
intelligent,  pains-taking,  and  eminently  careful  and  sen- 
sible antiquarv;  and,  gpreat  as  its  value  is  on  that  ac-  ' 
count,  that  valoe  is  immensely  increased  by  the  beauty 
and  scrupulous  accuracy  of  Mr.  Fairholt*s  engravings  of 
the  coins,  to  which  Mr.  Evans— himself  the  best  judgo— 
bears  the  highest  testimony. 

AMtobiography  of  Thoma»  Wright,  of  Birkauhaw,  in  the 
County  of  Fork,  1736-1797.  Edited  by  his  Grandson, 
Thomas  Wright,  M.A.,  F.S. A.    (J.  Russell  Smith.) 

The  present  little  volume  is  well  and  fairly  described 
by  its  editor  as  furnishing  <'a  curious  and  striking  pic- 
ture—one perhaps  almost  unique— of  domestic  lifa  among 
a  very  important  class  of  English  society  during  the 
latter  half  of  the  last  century  in  what  has  since  b^me 
one  of  the  greatest  and  most  active  manufacturing  dis- 
tricts in  our  island."  The  book  indeed  gives  something 
more  than  this.  It  shows  the  state  of  the  class  of  society 
just  alluded  to,  under  the  influence  of  the  strong  religi- 
ous movement  then  rising  up  through  the  length  and 
breadth  of  the  land,  and  the  controversies  which  raged 
between  the  Calvinistic  and  Armenian  sections  of  the 
dissenting  communities.  While,  scattered  among  the 
writer's  account  of  his  own  life  and  that  of  his  family, 
there  will  be  found  many  curious  and  interesting  anecdotes. 
We  think  Mr.  Thomas  Wright  has  done  wisely  in  giving 
the  book  to  the  world. 

Ten  Months  in  the  Fiji  Islands,  by  Mrs.  Smythe ;  with  an 
Tntrtniuction  and  Jf^ypendix  bv  Col.  W.  J.  SmN'the,  K.A., 
late  H.M.  Commissioner  to  IiijL  (Oxford  and  London : 
Parker.) 

Quite  a  book  for  a  drawing-room  table.  The  subject  is 
terra  incognita  except  to  those  versed  in  Wesleyan  mis- 
sions, and  it  is  sketched  by  Mrs.  Smytho  in  the  most 
lively  and  agreeable  manner.  Col.  Smythe  adds  his  ap- 
propriate quota  of  solid  matter.  A  sympathising  narra- 
tive of  Bishop  Patteson's  Melanesian  mis*iion  is  thrown 
into  an  appendix;  and  the  whole  is  brightened  up  by 
views  of  Fiji  scenery  in  chromo-lithograpL 


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Swirx'i  Poem*.    Aldine  Edition.    Vol*.  I.  and  U. 

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fMitti  ta  €wnctipmi$nM. 

Awttmo  mantf  other  ariide*  dfintereMt^  whiA  art  m  Imc,  amd  waitmt 
f&r  teMHMn,  are— Charles  Fox  andMia.QriciH».LotdMlLf>.0<w- 
rie  Family,  Folk  Lore  in  the  South  of  Irelaad,  Paririi  B«ristm.]laRMk 
Folk  Lore,  Proper  Deflnitlon  of  Team.  Modem  Folk  RafliMli,  *«. 

8«AicapeAK>.  ir«  «Aaa  tJuirttm  pvMkhf  i»  a  $mmiim1  MNmMat  ff 
"  N.  a  Q.,"  a  7arpe  coOectUm  <tf  /ojieri  tUwCrotiM  qf  Vm.  liH  mi 
WrUtttQi  qf  Shaktpeart. 

Gaoaae  Taotb  wM  Jhul  **  A  ekkr»  tammy  yw  tmHm§   aotMb*  <■ 

Bunu^M  **  Limea  on  Captam  Orote.'* 

AcTooRATHt.  Our  Dublin  Corretpon^mt  tnntZifflro&aMhr  hmt  4iifmt 
r^ftke  mutOTrapht  tke  dNurribe*,  by  contuUiHg  Mr,  Waller  qf  JPIeet  AtmC, 
or  aomt  other  respectable  deader  m  autographs. 

Tib's  Era,  or  St.  Tib's  £tb,  probtMw  a  corruptiam  qf9t,  UWIiXlC. 
9r  St.  Theobald's  Eve,  see  "  N.  a  Q."  Snd  8.  xi.  S&. 

OaBBK  Vsasioits  op  Cray's  EtaoT.  Nestor  wiU  Jtmd  dii  Ae  i|/lr> 
maiimkeisinseareho/im  the  First  Series  of^lK.M,  Q-"  t.  lOi,  Ui.*^ 

A.  For  the  origin  o/JfoiUsdsI^td see ''JX,hii,*^mB,m.mi§^mL 

B.  H.  C.  The  BookofCummofi  Prayer  vith  the  tmpritU  qT  ^.  JM**. 
Sen.  Itmo.  1791.  is  clearly  from  the  Parifian  jtrrs^tts  the  amaUcapUmim.  • 
ttsed/br  what  i»  teehnicallv  called  the  lower  case  k,  which  «sh  hmm  tmm 
met  with  in  any  BngUnh  printed  book.  Our  Correspondent  wul  amm- 
tervet  that  the  omly  Occasiunai  (Mce  rtprinted  in  thas  nMtimi  »  Itatsf 
"*  The  Form  qf  Solemnization  of  Matrimony.'* 

Mabk  AiTTONr  I/OtrcR.  SameyparticvSars  of  the  Hem^  ^lamm  Bnm- 
(ton,  emthor  qf  The  Art  of  Politics,  are  in  type,  and  wQl  appmaar  ii  sw 
next  nvanber, 

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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


187 


LONDON,  SATURDAY,  MARCH  5,  1864. 

CONTENXa— N*.  114. 

H0TE8:— The  Proper  Deflnitton  of  "Team."  187— B«la- 
tioMhip  of  the  Prmce  uid  Piiiioeai  of  Wales.  188— B«th- 
ven.  Earl  of  Ford  and  Brentford.  Jb.—  A  Divine  Medita- 
tion on  Death,  189— Absolute  Monarchy  of  Denmark. /6. 

—  Bibliognqphy  of  Heraldry  and  Genealogy —Uanginjg 
and  Transportation  —  Sir  John  Coventry.  ICB.  —  Mounds 
of  Human  Remains  —  Records  of  Epitaphs—"  Cui  Bono  ? 
—Old  Paintingat  Easter  FowUs,  190. 

QUERIES : — Henry  Crabtree  —  Forfeited  Estates — "  Ho 
digxed  a  Pit"— Judicial  Committee  of  the  Privy  CouncU 

—  JLesdlng  Apes  in  Hell  —  Mozarabic  Liturgy  —  Paoet  and 
Milton's  Third  Wife — Fuume  in  "  Tom  Jones  " —Private 
I^rsyers  fbr  the  Laity  ^  Quakers'  Yards — Bundale  Tenure 

—  Simon  and  the  Dauphin  — "The  Sound  of  the  Grass 
growing,"  Ac.  —  Tttty,  Piddy,  and  Sandy  —  Wadham 
Islands  —  "  Wit  without  Money  "  —  Wolfe.  Gardener  to 
Henry  VIIL  -  William  Wood — Thomas  Yorke,  192. 

QUEBISB  WITH  AiTBWBBSi— Sir  Thomas  Scott— Sortes 
VirgilianK  —  Greek  Epigram  —  Blair's  "  Grave  "  —  Bishop 
Bichanl  Barnes  —  Map  of  Roman  Britain  — "  The  How- 
lat"  — Baal  Worship  —  "Nullum  tetigit  quod  non  or- 
navit"  —  Gormogon  Medal.  195. 

B£PLIES:  — Hindu  Gods.  197  — Characters  in  the  "Rol- 
Uad."  198  — Alleged  Plagiarism.  /&.  — Monkish  Enigma, 
199  —  Italics  —  Sir  Robert  Vernon — Sir  Walter  Raleigh  — 
Paahionable  Quarters  of  London  —  Balloons :  their  Dimen- 
sions —  IrenaBus  Quoted  —  Quotation — Revalcnta  Arabica 

—  Cardinal  Beton  and  Archbishop  Gawin  Dunbar  —  Sir 
Edward  May  —Christopher  Copley  —  Esquire  —  Elkanah 

—  Beech  Trees  never  struck  by  Lightning— Descendants 
of  Fits-James  —  Dr.  George  Oliver— The  Iron  Mask  — 
On  Wit  —  Retreat —Primula.  Ac,  200. 

Notes  on  Books.  Ac 


THE  PROPER  DEFINITION  OF  "TEAM." 
On  Thursday,  Feb.  11,  the  learned  Judges  of 
the  Court  of  Queen^s  Bench  were  enj^aged  in  a 
subtle  inquiry  into  the  meaning  of  this  word,  the 
determination  of  which  involved  serious  conse- 
quences. A  lessee  of  the  Duke  of  Marlborough 
was  required  by  the  terms  of  his  lease,  "  to  per- 
form each  year  one  day's  team  work  with  two 
horses  and  one  proper  person,  when  required." 

The  tenant  refused  to  send  a  caft  to  carry  coals 
when  required,  though  he  offered  to  send  the 
horses  and  man,  and  thereupon  issue  was  joined. 
The  case  was  tried  at  the  Oxford  Assizes,  and  a 
verdict  found  for  the  Duke ;  but  the  point  was 
reserved,  and  came  on  for  decision  before  the 
Judges  sitting  in  Banco. 

The  question  was  argued  very  ingeniously  by 
the  counsel  on  both  sides,  and  illustrated  by  quo^ 
tations  from  various  sources.  On  behalf  of  the 
Duke,  a  passage  in  Csssar,  2>e  Bett,  OaU.  iv.  3^, 
was  quoted,  of  the  ancient  Britons  leaping  from 
their  war-chariots,  "  percurrere  per  temonem,** 

As  the  iemo  here  mentioned  undoubtedly  sig- 
nifies the  beam  or  pole  to  which  the  horses  were 
harnessed,  the  quotation  proves  too  much,  if  it 
proves  anything,  as  it  would  imply  that  the  team 
meant  the  cwnage  without  the  horses.  On  the 
same  nde»  tlie  line  in  Gray's  EUgy  — 

<*  How  jocQBd  dIA  thqr  MTe  theirlMMi  a  H^" 


was  held  to  imply  both  horses  and  cart.  This  is 
certainly  not  tenable,  as  the  poet's  reference 
would  be  quite  as  appropriate  to  horses  or  oxen 
going  to  plough,  a.s  to  a  cart  or  waggon. 

On  the  part  of  the  defendant,  the  illustrations 
were  much  more  numerous  and  pertinent,  de- 
rived from  Dryden,  Roscommon,  Spenser,  and 
Shakespeare,  showing  that  the  term  was  usually 
applied  to  the  animals  drawing  rather  than  to  the 
carriage  drawn. 

Ultimately  this  reasoning  prevailed,  and  the 
Court  decided  by  a  majority,  Mr.  Justice  Mellor 
dissenting,  that  the  tenant  had  fulfilled  his  con- 
tract in  tendering  horses  and  man  without  the 
cart. 

Several  of  the  authorities  referred  to  present 
£omc  cmious  points  of  interest  connected  with 
the  history  of  our  language. 

Those  who  have  occupied  themselves  with  phi- 
lological inquiries  are  aware  that  one  great  cause 
of  confusion  and  misunderstanding  is  the  fact  that 
words  originating  from  diverse  sources,  owing  to 
the  unsettled  condition  of  orthography  in  former 
times,  are  frequently  mixed  up  and  mistaken  for 
each  other.    So  it  has  been  in  the  present  case. 

For  instance  (I  quote  from  the  report  in  The 
Times) :  — 

«*  Tlie  learaed  Counsel  cited  Bosworth's  Anglo-Saxon 
Dictionary,  *  Team;  issue,  offspring,  progeny,  a  succes- 
sion of  children;  anything  following  in  a  line.* 

•*  Mr.  Justice  Crompton :  *  Surely  the  word  there  must 
be  spelt  teemf*  (Laughter.) 

"  The  learned  Counsel  cited  Richardson's  Dictionary, 
^Team;  a  team  or  yoke  of  working  cattle';  adding, 
*  Somner  applies  it  to  a  litter  of  pigs.*    (Laughter.) 

"  Mr.  Justice  Crompton :  *  What,  is  the  word  apphed 
to  a  string  of  little  pigs? '  (Great  laughter.) 

**  The  learned  Counsel  observed  that  it-  was  even  ap- 
plied to  a  line  of  ducks ;  in  fact  to  a  line  of  any  sort  of 
snimals." 

Now  here  are  two  words  of  entirely  different 
origin  and  signification,  owing  to  the  carelessness 
of  our  lexicographers,  classed  together  as  one,  and 
leading  to  uncertainty  and  obscurity  as  to  the 
meaning  of  either  or  both.  The  A.-S.  substan- 
tives tema,  tern,  team,  tyme,  ge-tem,  and  the  verbs 
teman,  temian,  teaman,  tyman,  fire-temiari,  ge-teman^ 
are  employed  interchangeably  to  represent  very 
different  ideas.  Let  us  endeavour  to  unravel  the 
mystery.  ^        ... 

The  Gothic  verb  tamjan  and  its  primitive,  (iinan, 
are  identical  with  the  A.-S.  tam/ow,  Eng.  tame. 
Along  with  the  Gr.  5oa«£«,  and  Latin  dom-o,  they 
are  derived  from  Sansk.  dam,  to  set  in  order,  regu- 
late, and  applied  to  animals,  to  tame.  In  the  con- 
crete sense,  as  tenia,  it  was  applied  to  the  trained 
cattle  yoked  together,  in  the  same  way  that  in 
German  and  Dutch  a  team  is  called  a  spann^  from 
spannen,  to  harness,  and  in  English  a  "  yoke "  of 
oxen  is  spoken  of.  The  first  instance  of  the  use 
of  the  word  which  I  have  mftt^^Vi Wwx  Kx5Ss^>^|^ 


188 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[3^  S.  y.  Mar.  6,  *S4. 


Lat.  jugalis  is  translated  by  ioC'temay  where  it 

has  precisely  the  meaning  of  the  modern  "  team." 

In  Piers  Ploughman  s  Vision  we  read  — 

"  Grac6  gaf  Piers  a  teeme 

Of  foure  grete  oxen." 

And  80  the  term  has  continued  to  be  employed 
down  to  the  present  time. 

The  other  application  of  the  word  to  a  litter  of 
pigs,  issue,  oiTsprinff,  a  succession  of  children,  &c., 
18  really  derived  U'om  the  verb  tepnif  which  is 
descended  from  the  Norse  tihnu,  originaily  to  pour 
out,  empty,  and  metaphorically,  to  bring  forth ; 
then  appli^  in  the  concrete  to  what  is  brought 
forth.  The  A.-S.  form  of  teem  is  written  incuf- 
ferently  tyman^  tematij  &c.,  and  is  naturally  con- 
founded with  the  deriyatives  from  tanuau,  with 
which  it  has  no  connection.  On  the  Wear  and 
T^ne,  the  teem  of  coals  signifies  the  quantity 
shipped,  the  coals  being  teemed^  or  poured  into 
the  hold  of  the  vessel.  The  word  is  most  in  use 
in  those  parts  of  the  country  where  the  Danish 


element  prevails.    The  Scottish  toom,  empty,  is  i 
derivative  from  the  same  stock. 

The  word  team  or  tkeam^  with  the  nine  ida 
of  ofispring,  was  used  also  in  another  teiue  in  tke 
Middle  Ages.  When  the  Baron  of  Bradwar^ae 
enumerate  to  Waverley  his  long  list  of  ftodil 
jurisdictions,  sao  and  soc,  infangtfaeof  and  ont- 
fangtheof,  &c.,  amongst  the  rest,  toll  and  tkmM 
are  mentioned.  Spelman  gives  the  foUowmg  «- 
planation  in  the  words  of  an  old  charter  :  — - 

*<  *  Theam,'  hoc  est,  *  quod  habeatis  totem  gtowitiw 
villanorom  vestromm,  com  eomm  atctis  et  catallis  iki-  | 
cnnqae  inventi  faerint  in  Anglia ;  excepto  qood  d  ^  i 
nativus  quietos  per  annam  unam  et  unum  diem  in  iS^  | 
villa  privilegiata  manserit,  ita  qaod  in  eomm  emtm-  ^ 
niam  give  gildam  tanqoam  civis  receptua  fonit,  eo  i^ 
k  villenagio  liberatus  est' " 

Tkeam  was  in  fact  the  fueitive-stare  law  cf  (Xi 
England,  with  the  saving  clause  of  a  city  of  v- 
fuge. 

J.  A..  Picfii 

Wavertree. 


RELATIONSHIP  OF  THE  PRINCE  AND  PRINCESS  OF  WALES. 
I  inclose  a  table  showing  the  fourfold  relationship  between  the  Prince  and  Princess  of  WAa 
through  the  House  of  Saxe  Coburg.  FABHaix 

Cavan. 

I.  Fras.  Jo*Im,  Duke  of  SAzesAnne  Sophlt,  of  Schwartzb. 
CobarK,ob.l76l.  I     K»dolatMit.,ob.  I77«. 


3.  EmMt  Fmlk.,  Dake  ofaSophia  Antoinette,  of 
Sue  Colnirg,  ch.  IMO.  I   Bmiuwkk,  ob.  1802. 


.  Cherloite  SophUsLouia,  Prince  of  MecklenbiiiK 

Ob.  1910.  I     Schwerin,  ob.  ITn. 


3.  ypa.  Fred.  Ant.,  Dnke  of=Aiiff.  Soph.  Car.  of      3.  Louise  CharIotte=Au<nitai,  Duke  of      3.  Sophia  Fiederica=^re(]criGk,  Priaoe  of  Iln- 
SazeCobuiv,ob.l808.     l    Rcum  Ebertdorff.  ob.  1801.  I     SaxeUoCha.  ob.  ob.  17M.        I     mark,  ob.  IMSb 


ob.  1831. 


isn. 


eLooIfe  1 


t.  MarieLoalN  rtetoriapEdvard,  Dnke  of      4.  Ero.  Ant.  Chas.  i:x>ulas4.  I^tnlae  of  Saxe  GoUu,      4.  LouIm  Char1otte=Wm..  PriMC  ef 
ob.  IWl.  I     Kent.ob.  leso.  DukeofS&xeCoburvl        heir.  of  Denmark.     I     "         ^      ' 


Gotha,  ob.  1M4. 


.  Alexandrlna  VictoHa=b,  Albert,  IPrince  Coniort, 
Qneen  of  England.  |        ob.  1861. 


.  Looiie.  of  HeMe»Chrittlan  IX.,  King  of 
Caawl.  I     Denmark. 


6.  Albert  Edwardsse.  Alexandra,  of 
Prince  uf  Wales.  I       Denmark. 


RUTHVEN,  EARL  OF  FORD  AND  BRENTFORD. 
In  the  preceding  series  of  **  N.  &  Q.'*  there 
occurs  an  article  rdative  to  Patrick  Kuthven,  the 
friend  of  Gustavus  Adolphus,  who  recommended 
him  in  the  most  urgent  manner  possible  to 
Charles  I.  (2"«»  S.  ii.  100).  It  may  not  be  out  of 
place  to  say  a  few  words  relative  to  the  ancestors 
of  this  person,  who  subsequently  distinguished 
himself  as  a  warrior  in  Britam,  and  fully  justified 
the  encomiums  bestowed  upon  him  by  the  Lion  of 
the  North. 

The  friend  of  Gustavus  was  not  descended  from 
the  Earls  of  Gowrie.  He  was  a  male  descendant  of 
WiUiam  Ruthven  of  Ballindene,  a  younger  son  of 


the  first  Lord  Ruthven ;  and  upon  his  retiun 
to  the  land  of  his  forefathers,  Charles  at  onoe  took 
him  into  his  favour,  and  made  him,  in  1639,  a 
Scotch  Baron,  by  the  title  of  Lord  RuthTen  of 
Ettrick,  and  conferred  upon  him  the  go¥«nior* 
ship  of  Edinburgh  Castle.  Subsequently  he  was 
elevated  to  an  earldom  in  Scotland  by  the  title  of 
Earl  of  Forth,  March  27,  1642,  with  limitatioii  to 
the  heirs  male  of  his  body ;  and  in  1644  (July  SSX 
he  obtamed  the  English  earldom  of  Brentford, 
with  a  sin^ar  remainder.  He  died  at  Dundae  ia 
January,  1651 »  when  his  earldom  became  extiaet 
for  want  of  heir  male  of  his  body.  The  BtlHek 
peerage  may  exist,  as  he  left  three  daii|^itcn: 


,  Mar.  i,  '6i.] 


NOTES  AND  QUEBIES. 


'  whom  married^  ftnd  Had  Issue  ;  but  the 
)f  the  patent  are  not  kiiown.  The  second 
er.  Lady  Jenn,  inArried  Lord  Forrester 
storphine,  and  had  bj  him  five  sons,  who 
d  tht5  nutTie  of  Buthveu, 
iaui,  dii  /atto  fourth  Earl  of  Gowrie,  fled 
continent^  nnd  h  said  to  have  "  been  famous 
knowledge  of  chemistry.'*  He  escaped  ap- 
[v  f]n^  .'latches  of  King  "  Jeinmie  the  Sa- 
a';*'  who  ^ot  hold  «»f  his  brother 
jopped  him  in  the  Tower  :  where  he 
d,  and  had  one  child,  a  daughter — who  be* 
Lady  Vandyke.  In  her  issue,  the  direct 
mtation  of  the  Earls   of  Gowrie  remains, 

82  that  of  the  Kuthvens  of  Ruthven ;  and 

more  ancient  Halyburtons  of  Dirlet^n —  I 
ij  which  came  to  the  third  Lord  Huthven 
b  his  motlter,  Jenn,  or  Janet^  Lady  Haly- 

of  Dirleton, 

Sari  William  is  siaid  to  have  been  learned 
iiistry,  it  was  conjectured  that  he  might  be 
rd  Ruthven  alluded  to  in  the  preface  to  the 

Cabinet.  Assuredly  it  could  not  have  been 
c,  Earl  of  Forth  and  Brentford  ;  who,  if  all 

are  true,  was  equally  powerful  vn  wine  as 
br  Gustftvus  availed  himself  not  only  of  his 
>8  us  a  warrior,  but  aa  a  toper,  who  could 
potations  **  deep  and  long,'*  and  never  be  a 
s  worse  j  a  man  who,  as  "  field-marshal  of 
lilies  and  glasses,"  enabled  his  master  to 
i  the  secreu  of  those  he  thought  politic  to 
to  his  table. 

ie  Catalogue  of  the  valuable  library  of  Sir 
w  Balfour,  M.D-,  which  wsis  exposed  to 
,  Edinburgh  in  169.5,  several  MSS,  were 
?d;  amongst  others,  is  the  following  in  4to~ 
gius  Ruthven,  Liber  Miscellaniua  ^ledi- 
Who  was  this  George  Ruthven  Y  Was  he 
the  grandchildren  of  the  Earl  of  Fortln  who 
d  bts  name  in  prefei  ence  to  their  own  ?  J.M* 

pblTlNE  MEDITATION  ON  DEATH. 

following  verses,  dated  1696,  ai'e  from  a 
f  contemporary  date,  or  nearly  so.  As  they 
BBibl^  hitherto  unpublished,  I  send  them  to 

larE  MKDrrATtosr  made  ufon  death  ix  titesb 

UlIfE   WORDKS  rOLXjOWlNQ,  VIZ**:  — 
VblAui^  TOi>«  wure  than  Deaths  ffr  all  must  Diu 
ing  more  wish't  thnn  Wealth,  yet  y^  mil  leave  ns  \ 
tbiog  more  dear  llua  Love,  that  k^ta  not  ever; 
Ing  more  rare  than  Ff lender,  yet  they  deceive  ua; 
thiDg  more  fast  than  Wedlock,  yet  tSey  sever. 
kVwrld  moat  end,  all  thinj^a  away  tntiu'flie; 
lug  more  dure  tti«ia  Denth»  for  all  mmt  Die, 
Strength  ~—  '-  ■■*'  •-   'i,  but  'twill  decay; 
Te  Beat) [  it  'hvill  not  last ; 

t'Ki  'twill  away  J 
I  fuUu'^,  ^^h^iil  aomti of  thelr^  are  past.* 

Qa.  Car  It  be  corrected 

J.  a  N. 


For  loog  contianaiice  it  is  vain  to  trie ; 
Xothing  more  sure  than  Death,  for  all  must  Die. 


n-irt; 
'hi 

.,  J  J.  „„.ij  iTrieudj  roust 


"  Sure  Love  must  Ti 
8ure  'tis  v*  all  • 
Snre  ffricndi  are  , -. 

part; 

^  Sure  *tij  y*  all  things  here  are  variable. 
Not  twO|  nor  one  may  *8cape»  nor  you  nor  I ; 
Nolhing  more  sure  than  Death ,  for  all  mast  Dte. 

•*  llien  let  y  Rich  no  longer  covet  Wealth, 

Then  let  y'  Proad  vaiie  hi«  Ambitioua  tbonghC, 
Then  let  y*  Strong  not  glorv  in  their  ttrength, 

Then  let  all  yield,  8ino<*  all  must  come  to  nought  — 
The  Elder  ffitii,  and  then  the  Younger  flfrie; 
Nothing  more  sure  than  Death,  for  all  muat  Die. 

"  Death  tooke  away  King  Herod  in  hit  pride; 

Death  spared  not  Ilerculca,  for  all  bia  strength  j 
Drath  shooke  great  Alexander,  till  he  d^-'d ', 

Death  spared  Adam,  yet  he  dyM  at  length : 
Tlie  Beggar  and  y*  King  together  lie ; 
Nothing  more  sure  than  Death,  for  all  must  Die. 

**  For  Sceptort,  Crowna,  Imperiails,  Diadema, 
For  ait  y*  Glory  that  y*  World  can  give; 
For  Pleasnres,  Treasures,  Jewells,  costly  Jemm?, 

For  all  y*  Beantiefl  y*  on  Earth  do  live, 
He  will  not  apare  his  Dart,  but  still  replie. 
Nothing  more  anro  than  Death,  for  all  most  Die. 

**  AJl  from  y*  liigh&Bt  to  y  lowest  Degree; 

All  People^  Nation?,  Co untrycA,  lungdomea,  Lands; 
All  that  in  Earlb  or  Aire,  or  Sea  that  bee ; 

All  mnsl  yield  up  to  his  all  Conquering  Ilandi: 
He  wounds  them  all  with  hi*  Imperiall  Kye; 
Nothing  more  aure  than  Death,  for  all  must  Die. 

•*  Must  all  then  Die?  then  all  mu»t  think  on  Death  ; 
Must  all  then  Tunisfa — the  Snn,  Mrnon,  and  Starrs? 
Must  everv  .single  Creatwre  v  '  r  ath? 

ISIu s t  all  t h en  cease—  on r  J  ' i is,  and  Cares ? 

Yes :  All,  with  one  united  viii.  . :   , 

Nothing  more  aore  than  Death,  for  ail  must  Die. 

**  Die  let  us  then,  but  let  ta  Die  in  Peace; 

Die  to  y  world,  that  dyingc  wee  may  live  ; 
Die  to  oar  Sians,  y*  grace  may  more  increttsc  ; 

Die  here,  to  live  with  Him  "that  Life  doth  givp, . 
Die,  Die  wte  must,  let  Wealths  and  Pleaaure-s  lie ; 
Nothing  more  sure  than  Death,  for  all  mu»t  Die. 

JoHX  GotjoH  Nichols. 


ABSOLUTE  MONAKCHl^  OF  DENMABK. 

At  the  present  crisis  in  the  alfriirs  of  Denmark, 
it  is  important  to  know  how  Frederick  VII.  de- 
rived the  power  to  *'  will  away  '*  his  kingdom. 

The  narrative  is  found  in  the  Memoirs  of  Lord 
Moieiitorih^  who  resided  in  1660  as  envoy  of  the 
King  of  Englanrl  at  the  court  of  Copenhagen 
(ch.  viL) ;  hut  the  fallowing  Is  extracted  from 
The  World  Displayed  (xx.  6o)  :  — 

«  Denmark  waa,  till  lately,  governed  by  a  king  choieti 
by  the  people  of  all  ranks ;  but  in  their  choice,  they  paid 
a  due  regard  to  the  family  of  the  preceding  prince,  and, 
if  they  found  one  of  his  line  qualified  for  that  high  honour, 
they  thoaght  it  just  to  prefer  him  before  any  other,  and 
were  pleased  when  they  had  reaion  to  choose  the  elde*t 
9on  of  their  former  kingi  WVVL  ^Xla«t^^Sa»T»1^^«»^^- 


190 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[S»*S.V.  Ma«.5.'M. 


were  deficient  in  abilities,  or  had  rendered  themselves 
unworthy  by  their  vices,  they  chose  some  other  person, 
and  sometimes  a  private  man  to  that  high  dignity. 
Freqaent  meetings  of  the  States  was  a  fundamental  part 
of  the  constitution :  in  those  meetings,  everything  relat- 
ing to  the  government  was  transacted ;  good  laws  were 
enacted,  and  all  affairs  relating  to  peace  and  war,  the 
disposal  of  great  offices,  and  contracts  of  marriage  for  the 
royd  family,  were  debated.  The  imposing  of  taxes  was 
purely  accidental ;  no  money  being  levied  on  the  people 
except  to  maintain  a  necessary  war  with  the  advice  and 
consent  of  the  nation ;  or  now  and  then,  by  way  of  free 
giil,  to  add  to  a  daughter's  portion.  The  king's  ordinary 
revenue  consisting  only  in  the  renta  of  his  lands  and 
demesnes,  in  his  herds  of  cattle,  his  forests,  services  of 
tenants  in  cultivating  his  ground,  &c.:  for  customs  on 
merchandise  were  not  then  known  in  that  part  of  the 
world ;  so  that  he  lived  like  one  of  our  noblemen,  upon 
the  revenues  of  his  estate.  It  was  his  business  to  see 
justice  impartially  administered ;  to  watch  over  the  wel- 
fiire  of  his  people ;  to  command  their  armies  in  person ; 
to  encourage  industry,  arts,  and  learning:  and  it  was 
equally  his  duty  and  interest  to  keep  fair  with  the  no- 
bility and  gentr}',  and  to  be  carefm  of  the  plenty  and 
prosperity  of  the  commons.** 

Molesworth  then  proceeds  to  show  that — 

**  In  1660,  the  three  states,  that  is,  the  nobility,  clergy, 
and  commonalty,  being  assembled  in  order  to  pay  and 
disband  the  troops  which  had  been  employed  against 
Sweden,  the  nobility  endeavoarcd  to  lay  the  whole  bur- 
den on  the  commons ;  while  the  latter,  who  had  defended 
their  country,  their  prince,  and  the  nobility  themselves, 
with  the  utmost  braveri',  insisted  that  the  nobles,  who 
enjoyed  all  the  lands,  should  pay  their  share  of  the 
taxes ;  since  they  suffered  less  in  the  common  calamity, 
and  had  done  less  to  prevent  its  progress." 

The  commons  were  then  officially  informed  that 
they  were  slaves  to  the  nobility ;  but  the  word 
shtces  not  being  relished  by  the  clergjr  and  bur- 
ghers, tlipy,  on  consultation,  determined  as  the 
most  cfTectuul  way  to  bring  the  nobility  to  their 
senses,  and  to  reme<ly  the  disorders  of  the  state, 
"  to  add  to  the  power  of  the  king,  and  render  his 
crown  hereditary."  The  nobles  were  in  a  general 
state  of  consternation  at  the  suddenness  of  this 
proposal;  but  the  two  other  states — the  clergy 
and  commons— were  not  to  be  wrought  upon  by 
SDQooth  speeches,  explanations,  and  appeals  for 
time  and  delay  :  — 

»*The  bishop  made  a  long  speech  in  praise  of  his 
maicstv,  and  concludud  with  "offering  him  an  hnreditary 
and  ahaohtte  dominion.  The  king  returned  them  his 
thanks ;  bnt  observed,  that  the  concurrence  of  the  nobles 
was  necessar}'." 

The  nobles,  "  filled  with  the  apprehensions  of 
being  all  mas:>ncred,''  were  now  in  a  great  hurry 
to  confirm  the  decision  of  the  two  other  states  ;  but 
the  king  would  not  allow  of  such  cowardly  precipi- 
tation, ami,  conse(|uently,  with  all  the  formalities, 
on  the  27th  Oct.,  1G«0,"  the  homage  of  all  the 
senator^  nobility,  clercv,  and  commons,"  was  re- 
ceived by  the  king, «» which  was  performed  on  their 
knees :  each  taking  an  oath  faithfully  to  promote 
hii  majenty's  intercit  in  all  things,  and  to  serve 


him  faithfully  as  became  hereditary  subjecti.* 
One  Grersdorf,  a  principal  senator,  exprened  t 
wish  that  his  majesty's  successors  might  ^follow 
the  example  his  majesty  would  undoubtedly  set 
them,  and  make  use  of  that  utdimiied  power  for 
the  good,  and  not  the  prejudice  of  hia  rabjects." 

"  The  nobles  were  called  over  by  name,  and  orderad  tt 
subscribe  the  oath  they  had  taken^which  th^  all  did.' 
.  .  .  .  <*Thu8,"  continues  Molesworth,  ''in  nor  din* 
time  the  kingdom  of  Denmark  was  changed  fhm  a  stMn 
bnt  little  different  from  that  of  arittocraoy.  to  that  tf  ■ 
unlimited  monarchy." 

I  may  add,  as  an  illustration  of  ShnloMBt 
that  '*  the  kettledrums  and  trumpets  whidi  sn 
ranged  before  the  palace,  proclaim  sloud  the  tbj 
minute  when  the  lung  aits  down  to  table.**  Bk 
one  of  the  greatest  of  blessings  must  not  be 
omitted :  — 


**  What  is  most  admirable  with  nspect  to 
are  its  laws;  which  are  founded  on  equity,  and  tmif 
markable  for  their  justice,  perspicuity,  and  Vimf 
These  are  contained  in  one  miarto  volume  f  wrote  ia^ 
language  of  the  country  with  such  plainnew,  that  me, 
man  who  can  read  is  capable  of  nnderstandJiMr  U  on 
case;  and  pleading  it  too,  if  he  pleasest,  wnooC  tbe 
assistance  of  either  an  attorney  or  of  counael  "111— 8t» 
Schmanss,  Corp.  Jmr.  Gent.  Acad.^  i.  858;  Hflta^ 
Daemtmarkuche  Staata-und-Beicht'HiwtaHe,  p.  84;  iMtm 
aur  le  Danemarkt  1.  118 ;  and  Mallet,  iii.  47o. 

T.  J.  BOCKIQS. 

Lichfield. 


BinUOORAPHT  OF  IIeRALDRT  and  G£3fBALMI- 

I  have  nearly  completed,  to  be  put  to  pretf  s 
soon  as  the  names  of  a  sufficient  number  of  so^ 
scribers  are  received,  a  new  Catalo^ie  of  tk 
published  and  privately  printed  Books  on  He- 
raldry, Genealoprv,  and  kindred  subjects ;  and  ts 
no  work  of  the  kmd  could  be  accomplished,  with 
any  dejn*ee  of  accuracy,  without  the  aid  of 
**  N,  &  Q.,"  I  hope  I  may  be  permitted  to  briK 
the  subject  of  my  compilation  before  its  resdcn 
'  Brieily  I  would  say,  that  my  Catalogue  will  be  s 
j  classiiied  one,  and  that  every  work  which  may  he 
'  found  in  the  Library  of  the  British  Museum  wil 
be  noted  in  the  same  way  that  Mona.  Guigard  hmt 
in  his  Bihliotheque  Ileraldique  de  la  France  in- 
dicated the  works  which  are  in  the  Biblioth^ue 
Luperiale.  To  my  work  will  be  added  an  Index 
to  the  Line  Pedigrees  in  the  county  histories  snd 
other  topographical  publications.  It  is  knows 
that  Mr.  Sims  contemplated  the  addition  of  loch 
an  index  to  the  Catalogue  of  Heraldic  Alsna- 
scripts  and  new  edition  of  his  Index  to  the  Vlaits- 
tions,  which  he  is  preparing  for  the  press ;  but 
he  has  waived  his  prior  right  in  favour  of  the 
work  now  announced,  in  the  belief  that  the  sepa- 
ration of  the  two  indexes  would  be  productrvs  of 
unity  of  purpose. 

I  beg  Uien.  through  "  N.  &  Q^"  to  aik  ths 
favour  of  information  relating  to,  1.  Bars  * 


¥ 


I 


%  Privately  printed  freneiilo^iea  and  sheet  pedi- 
grees; 3.  Topo^rripbicul  pntnphletjs,  kc*^  ©on* 
larninfr  line  pedigree?*  Cm^jii.Kf  Bhipger* 

Witlcy,  Surrey. 

HAlCGHiG  AND  T&AWSPOBTATION.  —  It  has  ofteH 

been  asserted  with  great  confidence,  by  advoeateei 
for  the  abolition  of  cnpital  punishment,  that  men 
would  be  fis  efTectaaJly  deterred  from  crime  by 
the  fear  of  bein^  transported  a.^  by  the  dread  of 
being  banged*  The  following?  curious  fact,  re- 
cently met  with  in  the  Scots  Magazine  for  178J) 
(p.  481^,  does  not,  however,  beur  out  that  stnte- 
ment.  At  the  close  of  the  Session  at  the  Old 
Bailey,  in  September,  !  789,  there  were  bo  Urge  a 
immber  «>r  i^ntence  of  death,  but 

whose   c  -  >    delayed   in   conse- 

quence ol  the  fclute  ul  (lie  Iving's  he&Jth,  that  the 
authorities  were  unwilling  to  carry  out  the  ex- 
treme penalty  of  the  law  upon  tbeoi,  for  there 
were,  it  would  seem,  no  le^s  than  eightv-two  ;  and, 
iv^j„^ .  ...  „.r.  .K  ,.  yr&r^  brought  to  the  bar  on 
Se)  !   asked  whether  they  would  ac- 

cep  1  mercy  on  condition  of  being 

trwi  to  New  South  Wales,    A  vast 

mnj'      ^  ,      '    this   conditional  pardon,   but  I 

mmny  with  great  hesitation.  Eight,  however,  re-  i 
fused ;  and  though  warned  by  the  court,  that  if 
tbey  persisted  in  auch  refusal  they  should  be 
ordered  for  execution,  they  &tili  persisted,  and 
were  removed  to  their  cells.  In  three  hours  af^er, 
five  of  these  entreated  that  they  might  lie  per- 
mitted to  accept  of  the  mercy  of  the  sovereign. 
Two  of  the  remainder,  later  In  the  day,  sent  in 
their  acceptance  ;  and  on  Monday,  Sept.  21,  when 
every  preparation  was  ready  for  the  execution  of 
the  '  ■  '  *iesc  poor  wretches,  he  beggtd  and 
Majesty's  mercy  on  the  torinR  firjt 


oflli.. . 


IL  A,  1\ 


Sir  Johtc  Covktitkt,  K.B.  —  This  gentleman, 
the  flon  of  John  Coventry,  Etq.  (eldeHt  son*  by  hk 
second  wi!>,  ofTfifmn*;  Lnrd  Coventry),  by  Eliza- 
*>^*'  "»ey,  Esq.,  and  widow 

o**  ^  wiw  of  Pitmiofiter  in 

thi^  I,  ru(d  Mere  in  Wiltshire, 

"^^^^  filth  in  aJl  the  pariiaraents 

af  Crtnrir^  M. 

A  violent  and  moBt  dastardly  a^saurt  on  him  in 
consequence  of  a  somew  -  ji^st  of  his  in  the 

Home  of  Common Sf  en  ime  excitement, 

and  led  to  the  act  aganiM  *uiiiii  '      iiming, 

denominated  the  Coventry  Act.  in  his 

lifetime    »>>  -Stt'    *'.',-   ^^    .f<..,.n,.i.  ^    ^.nd 

Wiig,  Iv  to  the 


I  Uiw. 
uncW,  Fr^iKw  Covenirv- 


Sir  John  Coventry  probably  died  between  1581 
and  1686.  The  exact  date  of  that  event  will  be 
very  accMiptablc* 

He  founded  a  hospital  for  twelve  poor  men  at 
Wiveliscomb  in  Somerietshire,  but  X  have  not 
succeeded  in  discovering  any  notice  of  this  insti- 
tution in  the  Reports  of  tic  Charity  Commis^ 
aionera.  S.  Y.  H. 

MotnvDS  OF  Human  Rbmaitis,^ — I  am  not  aware 
that  «iy  vestiges  remain  of  the  mounds  of  human 
heads  said  to  have  been  raised  by  Zenghts  Khan, 
or  Tamerlane,  during  their  devastating  wars  in 
the  West  of  Asia ;  but  in  the  peninsula  of  India, 
in  the  oeded  districts  of  the  Madras  Presidency, 
ia  to  be  seen  at  the  preseut  day  a  very  targe 
mound,  consisting  of  burnt  organic  matter  and  aahefi, 
which  thfj  voice  of  native  tradition  allrma  1^  have 
been  formed  of  the  remains  of  a  multitude  of  Budd- 
hists or  JainaSf  who  were  here  burnt  alive  in  a  vast 
pile  by  their  Brahmin  conquerors.  The  south  of 
India,  especially  that  part  of  it  which  formed  the 
old  Cheru  kingdom,  now  the  provioce  of  Coim- 
batore,  was  formerly  inbftbtteu  by  JaiuiiSi  who 
were  conquered  by  BraJbmiii  IIind«K>s,  One  of 
these  invsulers  w^s  the  king  of  Chola'-mundalum 
or  Coromandel,  and  I  have  frequently  seen  in  that 
part  of  the  country  "  vera'Culs,''  or  heroic  stoues, 
raised  to  warriors  dlsiinguished  under  him,  and 
who  are  represented  in  suits  of  armour  much  resem- 
bling those  worn  in  England  in  the  middle  of  the 
fourteenth  century,  though  less  substantial.  Maba* 
vuilipoor,  or  the  Seven  Pagodas^  on  the  same 
coast,  the  suppo.sed  capital  of  the  Chola  kings,  is 
celebrated  for  its  monolithic  temples,  rock  sculp- 
tures, and  other  interesting  antiquitieji,        H-  C, 

Recoros  or  EprrAPHS, — From  curiosity  partly, 
1  lately  looked  at  a  work  by  P.  Fisher  — 

*♦  Cutalrjgito  of  most  of  the  Mi'morabk  Tombes,  Grave- 
stones, Pinter,  &c.,  in  the  domollaht  or  extsat  Cburehss 
of  London,  fVom  St.  Kflih«ria«*a  b«vond  ttie  Towvr  to 
l^gtmpls  Barre,'*  Jkc     4lo,  Limdoa,  1668. 

It  is  indeed  nothing  more  than  a  "  catalogue," 
for  none  of  the  inscriptioDs  are  given,  and  only 
in  a  very  few  instances  does  he  state  in  what 
church  the  memorial  was  placed.  Two  or  three 
names  occur  which  I  should  be  glad  to  trace  so 
a^  to  obtaiti  the  epitaph,  but  am  completely  foiled. 
Is  it  known  how  the  author  compiled  the  list? 
Whether  from  a  series  of  publications,  or  from  his 
own  notes  f  The  British  Museum  has  two  copies, 
perhnps  a  first  and  second  edition,  both  imper- 
fect; one  having  fitty-two  pages,  and  the  other 
Only   forty-four.      Quaritch    lately   advertised   a 

'^' for  twenty -five  ^I'H^"^-     ^    -  *Mmperfect  at 

I,"     A  comple t  \  \*e  some  such 

.* j;Jition  as  I  have  .^ -, .  . .;.e. 

Since  writing  the  above  query  1  had  occasion 
to  look  into  Stow*s  Surz^ey  of  London^  and  though 
not  able  to  compare  ttwi  tw^  ^«aK^  v:isg!?fisiS2c^VSs^\. 


192 


NOTES  AND  QUEKIES. 


19^  8.  V.  MAtt.  I 


f  onvitjced  that  Fisher  jj  work  is  merely  an  abstract 
of  the  epitaphs  given  in  Stow*  Seymour's  London 
jilso  appears  to  contain  the  same  epitaphs — beinf^ 
sm  enlargement  of  Stow.  In  these  works  I  found 
the  three  epitaphs  I  wanted.  W.  P. 

"Ciri  BONO?  " — Not  a  day  pa/ises  but  some  wri- 
ter m  a  newspaper,  or  speaker  at  a  county  meet-^ 
ing,  wishes  to  express  the  simple  idea^"  What's 
the  ^od  of  it? ''  and  thinking?  it  finer  to  say  it  in 
Latin,  he  uses  the  words  "  cui  bono?"  Those  who 
know  the  meaninpr  of  "cui  bono"  shru'i  their 
shoulders,  and  let  it  pass.  But  when  a  publication 
like  the  Saturday  Review^  conducted  by  able 
scholars,  has  a  long  article  headed  *'  Cui  bono  ?  *' 
the  whole  tenor  of  which  proves  that  the  writer 
so  understands  these  two  words,  it  is  tiint*  that 
you  should  explain  to  those  who  are  daily  using 
the  f)hrase,  that  they  entirely  misconceive  the 
meaninf*^  and  force  of  this  pithy  idiom,  which 
Cieero  •  calls  "  lilud  Cassianum." 

A  very  logical  argument  is  contained  in  these 
two  little  words.  If  we  were  to  inquire  who  was 
ihe  author  of  the  murder  of  Darnley,  Cicero  would 
have  asked  "  Cui  bono  fuerit  ?  "  vcho  wajt  to  gain 
by  the  death  of  Darnley  ?  And  the  question  sug- 
fieats  the  answer --undoubtedly  Botliweil  and  the 
Queen.  All  this  iseonireyed  by  "cui  bono"  when 
properly  used,  which  is  very  rarely  its  fate. 

J.  C.  jVL 
Olt)  Pait^tiicg  at  Easter  Fowijs.  —  Some 
y^ars  ago  I  wna  favoured  with  a  view  of  a  unique 
pninting,  which  I  think  so  curious  that  it  deserves 
to  be  noted  in  '»N-  8<  Qr  At  a  place  called 
Easter  Fowlis,  a  few  miles  from  Dundee,  there 
is,  in  tolerable  preservation,  an  old  Roman  Ca- 
tholic chapel  which  is  now  used  as  a  Protestant 
f'hurch,  in  and  about  which  are  several  very  in- 
teresting relics  of  bye-gone  times  ;  altogether  the 
pla^e^  is  well  worth  a  vfait.  The  painting  I  refer 
to  19  in  the  church,  and  is  of  considerable  size.  It 
is  executed  on  wood,  and  occupies  almost  the  en- 
tire wAll  at  one  end  of  the  small  building.  If  I 
wit  informed  of  the  subject  of  it  I  have  forgotten 
lfi  but  what  makes  the  work  remarkable  is  that 
among  iho  figures  represented  arc  to  be  found 
two  of  extraordinary  character ;  one  is  the  devil, 
and  the  other  the  soul  of  a  man  leaving  \m  body. 
The  artist  has  evidently  not  been  aware  of  the 
modern  notions  of  Satan*^  appearance*  or  if  .so,  Ue 
lias  departed  widely  from  it.  He  represents  the 
arch-enemy  as  mm    '  "  i  mze  and  shape  be- 

tween a  pair  of  Iw  .  and  a  black  lobster.  I 

xhts  soul  is  remesLJnrn  vrry  much  like  one  of  I 
those  embryo  dolls  to  l>e  found  in  the  toy-shops,  i 
hiving  neither  arms  nor  legs,  but  of  a  wedge  I 
''hape.  It  appear*  to  be  comin*i  out  of  the  dying  I 
posiewor's  mouth,  and  the  lob«i«r-IJko  dovil  is 
tjvidentjy  on  the  alert  to  catdi  it. 

•  8m  Ch?eR>  pro  MiUmt. 


I  scarcely  think  such  another  piece  of  code 
tical  painting  is  to  be  seen  anywhere  eUc  in  ' 
land,  at  least  adorning  tlie  walls  of  what  U 
a  rural  Protestant  church.     I  have  no  idea  of 
exact  age  of  the  work  or  its  artist's  naiiie,  butj 
must  be  of  considerable  antiquity.     The  ndjo'tnii 
churchyard    also   contains   some   old   tomhaton 
worth  notice.  G.  G.  M. 

Edinburgli. 


«&ueriej|. 


'?rfi, 


Henry  Crabtbse. — ^In  a  Histarp  of  the  Tom 

and  Paruk  of  Halifax^  printed  by  E.  Jacob*,  fbe 
J.  Milner,  Bookseller,  in  the  Corn  Market.  37*5. 
I  find  the  following  notice  of  **  Crabtr^ 
sometimes  wrote   Krabtree.*'      He    wa^  i     .. 

some  have  thought,  in  Norland;  as  otbi 
village  of  Sowerby,  where  he  was  initij 
school  learning  with  Archbishop  Tillotsoa. 
has  left  behind  him  the  character  of  Mn^ 
good  mathematician  and  astronomer.  ^' 
lished  ^^Mcrlimis  Ettsticus^  or^  a  Counttjf  . 
yet  treating  of  courtly  matters,  and  tuo 
sublime  affairs  now  in  agitation  through^ 
whole  world.  1.  Showing  the  beginning,  ii 
and  continuance  of  the  Turkish^  or  Ot^ 
Empir*?.  2,  Predicting  the  fate  and  st  •  - 
Roman  and  Turkish  Empires.  3.  F 
what  success  the  Grand  Seignior  shall  .-, 
this  his  war,  in  which  he  is  now  eug&ged 
the  German  Emperor.  All  these  are  endearand 
to  be  proved  from  the  motst  probable  and  lodft* 
bitable  arguments  of  history,  theology,  iftstroJoft; ; 
toffether  with  the  ordinary  furniture  fif  otW 
Almanacks.  By  Henry  Krabtree,  Curate  of  Tod* 
murden,  in  Lancashire.  London,  printed  fnr 
Company  of  Stationers,  1685.** 

I  may  now  u%k  if  anything  further  iV  knowv 
of  this  rienrtf  Crabtree,  ami  whether  a  tr»py  u* 
this  Almanac  is  still  in  ejtistence?  '  ^  '  r  ril** 
tree,   Gent.,  author  of  a   Ci^nctM  J  r'  ^ 

Parish  and  Vicurage  of  Hali/tu^ "   |  h  j  i  ♦  n  >  i j  od 
"  Hartley  and  Walker,  1 83G,*'  c^ndently  confc 
this  Henry  Crabtree  with  the  friend  and 
spondent  of  Horrocks  and  Gascoigne.     Mr.  Crab* 

tree  adds,  that   *'  he  married Pilling;, 

of  Stansfield  Hall,  near  Todmorden. 

T.  T,  WiLi 

Dumte}',  Tjmeashire. 

FoavKiTED  EsTAtaa, — Can  any  of  your  i 
tell  me  where  I  can   obtain   tnformatiosi 
estates  in  Scotland,  said  to  have  been  coa 
in  1715  or  174«?     1  wnnt  to  n^rrrtntn  tlie  paff^ 
ticularvof  ri  mr  ptf^ 

«on,  and  tlh  r  miMk 

they  were  seizua.  A-  F.  & 


,  V.  Ma«.5,'«4.] 


NOTES  .VND  QUEttlES. 


H*  DIGGED  A  PiT."^ — Can  tny  of  your  contri- 
ttitors  inform  me  who  wus  the  author  of  the  follow- 
g  itaazK,  iLfjd  iti  what  biKik  tt  maj  bd  tound  ? 

**  He  iH^gtMl  &  |jit» 
Uts  il"  -  ■'■  '  '-   ir-cp, 
lie  Jig^;  brolhcr ; 

But  '  -.sin 

Ho  tUa  Uil  m 
The  pit  he  ilijjg'd  for  t'other." 

Thomas  tiiA&iif*. 
Weit  Cr«m]ii3giort. 

Jt^DlCUL   CoMMITTEB   OP   THK    PRIVT  CoUNCIL. 

The  Church  Times  for  Feb.  13,  1864,  p.  52,  col  2, 
\By9  that  — 

The  M(imti«rii  of  the  Prirv  Goancil  have  aM  a  thccr<!L- 

rr:     '   -    '—     '      --  --.     .'  n  ^..  .--     ^..,.  t^^^^y 

1  for- 

bn     ,  t,  hut 

f  any  uppariiEit  branch  of  propriety,  bdvci  the  judges 
|&io3t  AS  he  wilL  Therefor^  if  pwAons  to  b*i  tried  by  ihi: 
udici&l  Cowmittee  have,"  &c.  ate 

WTiat  follows  may  be  true,  but  may  be  also 
^nfuUj  libellous,  and  is  therefore  omitted.  It 
iill  perhaps  serve  future  bbtory  t*j  iLsk,  (1)  Whut 

the  uctutil  custom  to  wliich  members  submit  ? 
2)  What  is  the  title  of  the  summoning  officer  ? 
|3)  To  ivliout  U  he  responsible  Y 

The  CathiHirul  School,  Durham, 

Lkadisg  Apes  isc  Hell.  —  Can  ony  uf  ^uur 
jeaden  inform  me  of  tlie  origiii,  or  earliest  mGH' 
Ion  of,  a  jocular  supet^tition  an  to  llie  ultimate 
ite  of  iincicnt  maiden  ladies  ? 
We  find  HuncAmunea,  on  bein*  prouiiso*!  Tom 
humb  for  u  husband,  exclaiming  :  — 

*•  Oh !  happy  fat€ !  hcuceforth  let  rirt  o!ie  tfH, 
'ITint  Huncaiutmea  shall  leod  npcft  in  htU." 

Aguiu,  in  Love  m  a  Village,  a  gix^  singa  :  — 

•♦  T*wt!ru  bpUtir  ou  t?arth. 

Have  live  brats  At  a  birth, 
Tliftu  ill  heli  be  a  leader  of  apca.'* 

While,,^  ia  the  Ingylthhy  Legend  of  '*  Bloudie 
Jui;kc  ui'  bbrcvTsiburie/'  we  ure  told  tbat  *'the 
young  Hary  Anne,"  who  ufterwards  ditjd  on  old 
maid,  is  not  only  now  a  leader  of  upe^  but  also 
^*  mends  bachelor/  amall  clothes  below.*' 

I  shall  be  <jlad  of  any  iiiforuiation  ou  tlxi-i 
•ubject.  T.  D.  H. 

MozARAmc  LtTLHOT. — Cttu  any  of  voiir  chiricul 
readers  verily  the  statement  maiie  in  1'  ord'3  Hnnd' 
Book  of  Spaitt^  that  many  of  the  eolkcta  of  the 
Mf*/^rabsc  Litur^  have  been  truaafcrred  to  the 
'  lolc  of  Cimmiun  Prayer  ?     Further*  ure 

uts  common  ti>  tUe  GalHciau  and  Mojs- 
ttJubic  Liturgies,  or  pLciuliar  to  tin*  Utter  ?  If  we 
owe  anything  to  the  Mozarabic  Litur»:y^  by  what 
ohaunel  ha*  the  benefit  eome  to  us  ? 

Fbeo.  E.  TaoK. 

Chaptltown,  Lo^diL 


Paoet  akd  Mjlto!«'s  Tbirj>  Wife, — What  re- 
lation waii  Dr.  ra;;;et  to  Milton*s  third  wife  Eli7:a- 
beth  Minsbuli?  He  is  often  quoted  as  the  friend  of 
boilu  and  euubtn  to  Mr^.  Mihon.  In  the  Rev.  John 
Bu*  '  k  on  the  Anciettt  Chapel  tyf  BlacMey 

in    1  PurUh,  p.  G6,  aftei"  stating  that  the 

fauiuv  wi   L  u*;et  are  deseended  from  the  Fttgets  of 
Rothley,  in  the  county  of  Leicester,  where  one  of 
its  members  was  vicar  in  15G4,  he  ^yc»  on  to  say, 
'  that  Mr.  Psvjzet  was  ajspttioted  ndn»»tei'  of  BlatK- 
I  ley  about  1(100;  he  atterwavda  became  rector  of 
Stockport,  and  died  in  IGGO.     By  his  will  dated 
May  23,  1650,  he  leaves  his  property  to  bis  two 
^  »on5 — Nathnn,  a  phyeician  ;  aud  Thomas,  in  Holy 
OrderF.     He  alludes  also  to  his  three  daughters 
Dorolliy,  Elizabelb,  and  Mary,  and  entreat?  his 
j  coll^in  ^finshull,  apothecary  of  Manchester,  to  be 
'  supervisor  of  his  wtIL     Dr.  N^atfaan  Paget  was  au 
,  inttutate  friend  fif  Milton^  and  cousin  to  the  poetV 
third  wife,    Elizabeth  MinshulL     By  will  dated 
I  Juimnry  7.  1G7H,  he  leaves  lieouesis  to  bU  cousin 
^  Jobti  Goldsmith,  of  the  Middle  Temple,  fjentle- 
man,  and  his  cousin  Elizabeth  Milton. 

The  mother  of  Minshull,  the  apothecary,  was 
I  Ellen  Goldsmith,  datjjuhter  of  Richard  Goldsmith 
I  of  Nantwicb,  and  this  Tliomas  MinshuU  was  uncle 
to  Mrs.  Milton. 

I  shall  esteem  it  a  fnYOur  if  any  of  the  readers 
of  **  N.  &  Q."  can  give  me  the  conneetingr  link 
between  the  families  of  Paget  and  MinshulL  I 
have  two  hundred  pedI<;reo»  of  the  MinshuH 
family  by  me,  lo;: ether  with  the  fumdies  they  are 
allied  to,  but  can  only  find  ihc  following  concern* 
ing  them,  which  I  extracted  from  Warmincham 
registry  in  Cheshire  :  — 

**  Huried,  OcL  8,  1580V  ^fargaret  Minshall,  alias  V'agH; 
Married  OeL  28,  lo93,  Euadk  Hinihidl  lo  Jaue  Vni^et,'' 
John  B.  Mixshull. 
21,  Ilcaumout  Stiaama. 

Passage  ik  **Tom  Jonks/*  —  The  meamng  of 
the  followinir  passage  ia  perhaps  apj>arent  oti  the 
face  of  it;  but  can  any  of  your  readers  throw 
light  upon  the  particular  **  wondrous  wit  of  the 
place,"  to  which  it  all^ides  ?  — 

*•  Or  as  wliea  Iwa  pMitleincn,  strj«»c«i's  to  the  won- 
drous wit  of  the  ptac«/Mrtj  craekinif  a  bottle  together  m 
M»me  inn  or  tavern  «t  Salisbury,  if  the  great  Dowdy,  who 
arts  thp  piirt  of  «  m^i.ljihjn  :i4  VH|  as  soihh  of  his  natters - 

t.lj  .1.      ':'■■■'.■'     ■.■.."      ,■',.■■.'■■..   ^r-  '    '     ;>[' 
ful:  -■  : 

th.-'  ^   :         :-^     .       ,.         i  i-'H^ 

ho: ;  -'-ek  9ume  plu:*?  o(  itheltci'  Iroui  ihi* 

nfM  ;  and  if  the  well-barred  windows  did 

I,  uouUl  veuture  iheJr  neck*  to  escape  the 
I y  now  foniiiJg  upon  them/*—  T<fm  Jonf\ 

J.  S. 

PaiVATE  Pbatces  roR  the  Laitt, —  In  a  re- 
cent notice  of  a  popular  book  of  family  devotions 
objection  was  raised  to  all   such  wotk*^  ov\  ttw^ 


194 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[SM&V.   MAB.5.*li 


ground  that  the  Church  has  provided  an  autho- 
rised form  for  Christian  families.  1  do  not  see 
Low  the  Book  of  Common  Prayer  can  be  meant ; 
and  I  wish  to  be  informed,  what  forms  of  prayer 
for  families  and  private  individuals  have  been 
.  set  forth  by  authority.  Some  such  prayers  were 
formerly  appended  to  the  Common  rrayer  Book, 
but  are  now  omitted;  and  were,  therefore,  ap- 
parently not  "  authorised."  B.  H,  C. 

Quakers*  Yards. — I  am  collecting,  during 
leisure  hours,  all  information  I  can  get,  as  to 
number,  site,  and  history  of  old  cha()els  and 
churches  now  extinct,  in  Carmarthenshire  and 
Cardiganshire.  Also,  of  old  extinct  burying- 
grounds,  amongst  which  there  is  a  considerable 
number  of  "  Quakers*  Yards.'* 

Query.  Can  any  one  of  your  readers  refer  me 
to  any  work,  either  historical  or  biographical,  &c., 
that  can  throw  any  light  on  the  Quakers*  Yards, 
or  the  Quakers'  era  in  Wales  ?  Llwtd. 

RuNDALE  Tenure. — Can  any  of  the  readers  of 
"  N.  &  Q."  explain  the  origin  of  the  term  "  Run- 
dale,**  as  applied  to  the  tenure  of  land  in  the  north 
of  Ireland  ?  **  Rundale  tenure  **  in  thus  described 
in  the  Report  of  the  Irish  Society ,  1836  :  — 

"  Rmndalty  which  is  a  most  miachievous  way  of  occupy- 
ing land,  was,  till  of  late  years,  the  common  practice  of 
the  north  of  Ireland.  It  is  thus,  three  or  four  persons 
become  tenants  to  a  farm,  holding  it  jointly,  on  which 
there  is  land  of  different  qualities  and  valuM ;  they  di- 
vide it  into  fields,  and  then  divide  each  field  into  as 
many  shares  as  there  are  tenants,  which  they  occupy 
without  division  or  fence,  beinfi;  marked  in  parcels  by 
stones  or  other  land-marks;  ivhich  each  occupies  with 
such  crops  OS  his  necessities,  or  means  of  procuring  manure 
enable  him.  So  that  there  are,  at  the  same  time,  several 
kinds  of  crops  in  one  field."* 

J.  S.  K. 

Simon  amd  the  Dauphin. — Can  any  one  con- 
versant with  the  obscure  personages  of  the  French 
Revolution,  answer  the  following  Queries  relat- 
ing to  the  shoemaker  into  whose  keeping  the 
young  Dauphin  was  consigned?  The  late  Mr. 
Croker  might  have  answered  them,  and  I  suppose 
M.  Louis  Blanc  could  do  so.  1.  What  was  the 
Christian  name  of  Simon  ?  2.  Had  he  any  chil- 
dren; and,  if  so,  what  were  their  names?  3. 
Where  did  Simon  die  ?  And  is  anything  known 
about  his  descendants  ?  IIistoriccs. 

"  The  Sound  or  the  Grabs  growing,"  etc. — 
The  following  lines  occur  in  Al  Aaraaf.  a  poem 
byE.  A.Poe:—  * 

"  The  sound  of  the  rain, 

Which  leaps  down  to  the  flower. 
And  dancca  again 

In  the  rhythm  of  the  shower ; 
The  murmur  that  springs. 

From  the  growing  of  grass — 
Are  the  music  of  things, 

But  are  modell'd,  ala«>!* 


Mr.  Hannay,  the  editor  of  theie  poems,  hen 
adduces  a  passage,  which  he  says  is  from  ^'aaoL 
English  tale  *' :  — 

"  ITie  verie  essence  and,  as  it  were,  springeheade  ak 
origine  of  all  musicke,  is  the  verie  pleaaaunte  soimc: 
which  the  trees  of  the  forest  do  make  wnea  tliej  growe.** 

The  same  fanciful  idea  of  this  sound  is  intrc^ 
duced  in  the  Noctes  AmhronofUBy  No.  ucx.  TIk 
Shepherd  saying :  — 

"  My  ears,  in  comparison  with  what  they  were  whe= .' 
was  a  mere  child,  are  as  if  they  were  staffed  wi' 


then  they  cou'd  hear  the  gerss  growin'  by  mooiiii^ 
or  a  drap  o'  dew  slipping  awa*  into  naething  ine  t 


primrose  leaf. 


To  this  note  I  would  append  a  query,  for  tk  j 
name    of   the  book    from   which    Mr.   Ham^  ' 


I  quotes ! 


£.  J.  KoBXii. 


Taftt,  Paddy,   and   Sandt.  — We  all  bfr 

that  Taflf^r  is  the  ideal  of  a  Welshniaiif  and^ 

the  word  is  a  corruption  of  the  name  of  Dvi 

the  famous  bishop  and  saint.     Paddy  is  mien.' 

believed  to  be  a  variation  of  Patrick,  or  At,-  U 

the  writer  of  the  article  "Pallade,"   in  Didoi: 

NouveUe  Biographic  GSnSrakyBAja^  Paddy  iifraa 

'  St.  Palladius,  the  precursor  of  St.  PatriclL    TTk 

j  author  writes  the  word  "Padie."     Is  he  i^t? 

>  Sandy  is,  of  course,  the  universal  Scotchiaia— 

j  properly  designated  Alexander.    But  what  Alo* 

I  ander — bishop  or  king?     My  notion  is,  that  it  is 

I  one  of  the  kings.     Am  I  right  ?  B.  H.  C 

Wadhav  Islands. — Are  there  any  records  V 
tell  at  what  time,  or  by  whom,  this  small  daster 
of  islands,  near  Newfoundland,  latitude  49®  57- 
and  longitude  53°  37',  were  named  ? 

Were  these  islands  discovered  and  named  b 
any  of  the  gentry  by  the  name  of  Wadham.  wlk 
embarked  with  Sebastian  Cabot,  when  he  dis- 
covered Newfoundland  ? 

Or,  were  they  discovered  in  1583  by  Sb 
Humphry  Gilbert  when  he  went  to  take  pos- 
session of  the  newly  di.scovercd  territoiy  in  Nortk 
America,  by  authority  of  the  crown  of  Knglaad? 

Harris  &  Kerr,  in  their  Histories  of  Fcyofei 
and  Discoveries,  say,  that  Sir  Humphry  was  aiM 
by  the  gentn^  of  Devonshire  and  neighbourinf 
counties  in  fitting  out  his  ships;  and  we  fin^ 
moreover,  that  gentlemen  by  the  name  of  tiM 
Courtneys  and  Cliffords,  who,  by  marriage,  were 
allied  to  the  family  of  Wadham,  acconopanied  him 
in  his  voyages.  IxJUKaraB. 


"Wit  without  Monbt,"  a  comedy  (witb 
amendments  and  alterations  by  some  persons  of 
quality),  4to.  No  date ;  acted  at  the  Haymarkflt 
Who  were  the  persons  of  quality  referred  to  P 

ILL 

Wolfe,  Gabdbnbb  to  Ubnbt  VIII.  —  A 
French  priest,  one  Wolfe,  gardener  to  Eha.  VIIL, 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


B  18  Bftid  to  have  mtrodueed  the  aprioot  into  £ng- 
H  land'     {Biog,  Brit.  24f>2n.)     Hti<!  Cbrbtian  nnnie 

and  the  time  at  wUick  be  floumlicd  are  desired. 

The  late  Jtlr.  Jobn  Cdc  (UUL  and  Aniufuitie*  of 
H  Wdlinghoravghn  195J,  says:  "The  apncot  tree 
H  was  first  brougbt  to  England  from  Itiily  in  tbe 
Kyear    1524   by  W  leaer  of  Ilenrf    the 

HBigbtb.'*    I  cannu  .   Uia  autbority  lor  this 

H  dat«-  S.  T.  R. 

WtujAM  Wood,  author  of  A  Survetf  of  Trade^ 
in  Four  ParU^  with  Conaideratitms  tm  Money  and 
BuHion,  London,  8to,  1718,  afterwards  became 
secretary  to  the  Commissioaen  oTCuitoms.  Par* 
ticulars  respecting  him  are  mtich  deabred.* 

S.Y.R. 

Thomas  Yorkb, —  In  Campbeirs  Livtts  of  the 

Lord  Chancellors,  vol,  ▼.  p.  %  Thomas  Yorke  is 
said  to  have  been  thrice  Hiffh  Sheriff  of  Wiltshire 
In  the  time  of  Henry  TUL  What  relation  ira** 
the  fibenff  to  Simon  Yorke,  ancestor  of  the  Earl 
of  Hardwricke?  Caru^fosd* 

CapQ  Town. 

8ia  Thomas  Sgott. — ^Wzll  any  Kentiah  geoea- 
logift  give  any  particulars  of  the  family  of  Sir 
Thomas  Scott,  of  Scott's  Hali»  in  that  county  ? 
He  was  appointed  by  Qaeen  Elizabeth  to  com- 
maud  tbe  Kenti^sb  force  against  the  projected 
Armada^  in  1588»  The  following  verse  from  an 
old  balladi  describing  the  diiferent  events  of  his 
^  life,  is  appended  to  an  etching  portrait  of  Sir 

■  Thomaa  Soott;  and  it  is  desired  to  obtain  the 

■  rest  of  tbe  poem :  — 

H  •  Hii  Men  and  Tcuants  wailed  tbe  deye ; 

^^^^  Hi* kinu  and  cantrie  cried! 

^^^L  B^th  youn^e  and  uld  in  Kent  may  sayc, 

^^^  Woe  woonb  tbe  daye  be  dhd."^ 

Of  the  same  family  was  Reginald  Scott,  oi 
Smeeth,  author  of  tbe  DUcovery  of  Witchcraft, 
printed  1634;  who  is  supposed  to  W  the  author 
of  tbe  ballad-  It  was  said  tbe  ballad  was  printed 
in  Peck*6  Collection  ♦»/  Historicnl  Discourse*,  but 
it  IS  not  to  be  found  in  that  work.  T.  S» 

[Sir  Thomas  Scott,  Knt,  ^  Scott'a  Hall  ia  Kent,  was 
^  "Tof  that  county  in  the  18th  Qa<>en  Elizabeth,  and 
Ttha  15th  and  28tfa,  knight  of  the  shire  in  parbument.  In 
the  memorable  year  of  the  Spanish  Armada,  aniio  15«8, 
h«  was  appointed  commander- in -chjcf  of  the  Kentish 
forcei  to  oppose  that  formidahle  inrasioiL  The  day  after 
ln>  rwwvcd  tho  letters  from  th©  Coundt,  #o  much  was  he 
belovwl  in  the  county,  that  he  was  eiiat>l<i>d  to  colI«ct  and 
send  to  Dfi'f^x  4,000  armed  men.  He  was  celelirated  for 
his  liberal  houaekeeping,  providing  tables  dailv  for  ahoivt 

f  Wm.  Wood  died  on  March  25, 
«*'— ^«wi.  1%.,  xxxr-147;    and         ,    .       .     .     a 


100  peFAons  for  lhirty«aight  years  at  Scott's  Hall.  No 
man*H  death  could  be  morfi  lamented,  or  memory  more 
beloved.  lie  died  on  the  30th  December,  1 594,  and  was 
hurknl  with  his  ancestors  in  Braborae  church.  1  u  Thoipe^a 
Caialogue  of  1847,  art.  2504,  there  appears  tin  Kpitnph  wi 
Sir  Thomaa  Scott,  printed  on  a  folio  Jc?af»  which  has  be«n 
reprinted  by  Francia  Peck  in  A  Cotttethn  of  CutioHM 
UiKtonval  Biect$,  4to,  1740,  No.  V„  at  the  end  of  hi* 
Memob-Mof  Oliver  C^xmweU.  TMa  hallod  eonslsts  of  •evcn- 
teon  verses,  with  oimotatioas.  and  is  too  long  for  quota* 
tion.  Reginald  Scott,  the  author  of  that  remarkable 
work  The  DUcovtry  of  Witchcrajt^  4to,  15^*4,  was  Sir 
Thoniua^fi  half-brother.  Vide  Qastcd's  Ktnit  iii*  292,  and 
far  other  nottoei)  of  Sir  Thomas,  the  Calendar  of  Sioti 
Fttpen^  Domestic  1547—1580.] 

SoETKS  ViHGiixuc^.  —  MTiat  IS  the  origin  of 

iS'ortes  VtrgiliaTt<e^  and  are  there  any  other  in- 
Btances  of  the  tradition  besides  the  well-known 
one  relating  to  Charles  I.  Of  this,  by-tbe-way, 
there  are  two  very  different  accounts — by  tbe  one 
of  whirh  it  is  tbe  ftiture  Charles  II.,  who,  in  com^ 
pany  with  the  poet  Cowley,  makes  trial  of  the 
'*VirgilIan  Oracles*'  at  Paris  in  1648;  while,  by 
tbe  other,  Charles  I,  himself  consults  a  Virgil  in 
the  Bodleian  Library  at  Oxford,  when  Lord  Falk* 
land,  who  was  with  him,  is  said  to  have  found  an 
equally  starlllng  prophecy  of  his  own  fiit«  in  the 
linea  where  Evander  laments  the  death  of  hi«  BOa 
Pallas.  The  tradition  is  a  very  curious  one,  and 
I  shall  be  glad  to  have  any  information  on  the  sub- 
ject. W.  G.  R- 

[Biblkoaneyt  ot  IHvittatMO  hy  Book%  was  known  to 
tha  aaoietits  luidtr  Hke  apptUali«i  of  Sartu  Momtrimh 
and  Soriet  Vvyilmmak  Tba  ffietke  wac.  to  taka  up  th« 
worka  of  Bonnr  and  Tiigi],  and  to  consider  tha  tei 
vafM  that  ptmeaM  itself  as  a  ptognoslieatioD  of  fbton 
ereota.  Thus  8e?«rfts  entertained  ominous  hopes  of  Uie 
empire  from  that  verse  in  Virgil^ — *  Tu  regcre  imperio 
popnlofi,  Roaume^  memento  i"  and  Gordiaoos,  who  tailed 
but  few  days,  waa  diaeoura^ed  by  another,  that  ia,  •■  Os- 
tendant  tcrris  banc  tanthm  fota^  nee  ultra  ane  waant." 
From  pai^aniiiTi,  this  mode  of  penetrating  into  futurity, 
was  introduced  into  Christianity  In  the  fourth  ceotnry, 
under  the  name  of  S&rita  SanctorMm ;  and  the  Christians 
consulted  the  Bible  for  the  same  purpose.  Whatever 
text  prasentod  itself,  on  dipping  into  the  Old  or  New 
Testament,  was  deemed  to  be  tbe  answer  of  God  Mmidfc 
The  practice,  however,  waa  laudably  condemned  by  several 
couocilf-  Consult  Gataker,  0/  the  Natun  md  Une  of 
Lot*,  1616}  an  able  article  on  Biblioinancy  in  the  Enof^ 
chfkxdia  Metropditana,  xv.  540;  Fosbroke's  Encyclope- 
dia of  AntiquitieM,  4to.  edit  1825.  i.  326;  and  Sir  Thomaa 
Browne's  fVorhMt  by  Wilkin,  edit.  1B62,  il  97.  In  a  nofea 
of  the  latter  ii  Welwood^s  account  of  ihe  Smim  Vtrgt^anm, 
as  tried  by  Charles  L  and  Lord  Falkland  at  Oxford.] 

Gaaaa  EpioaAM. — It  is  a  pretty  Greek  epi- 
gram which  says  to  the  new-bom  babe,  '*  Xou 
wept  while  we  all  smiled  %l^s\i^  -i^soct  <at^^ft-\  ^R^ 


live  as  to  smile  upon  your  deatb-bed  when  others 
are  weeping."     Whence  is  this  taken  ?    Esi-ksh. 

[The  Dpignim,  respecting  which  our  cori^spondeat 
inquires,  will  b«  found  in  iin  EmflUh  form  at  [k  2H  of  ihe 
Sabrimi  Corolia  (ed,  alUira,  1B59),  where  it »  attributod 
to  Sir  W.  JoQes,  auU  tons  thtia  i  — 

"  On  parefit  kneai,  a  naked  new-born  child, 
Weeping  thou  Mtat,  while  all  around  thoe  smiled : 
Sr>  live;  that  wuktng  to  thy  life's  last  sleep. 
Calm  thou  mayst  smile,  while  all  around  thee  weep.** 

On  the  opposite  page  i$  a  Latin  translation,  with  a 
Greek  heading :  — 

**  Parvulus  in  gremio  matrLs,  modo  nalus  inopsquOf 
Tu  locrimas,  at  aunt  omnia  Inta  mii, 
Sic  vivaftt  puer,  ut,  ^lacfda  cum  niorte  recnmbai, 
Ooioia  lestsL  tibi  sint,  lacriniitque  taifi." 

To  these  Latin  tines  are  appended  the  initials  **  T.W,  P.," 
which  stand,  ua  >rc  are  informed^  for  T.  W.  Pdle,  editor 
of  the  Choephorm  (1840). 

We  have  never  met  with  this  epigram  in  a  Greek  fonii ; 
but  if  any  audi  exii^  we  should  be  very  glad  to  see  it; 
and  80,  no  doubt,  would  many  of  our  readers.] 

BLaiit's  **  Grave."  —  To  the  earlier  editions  of 
tills  poem  —  a  slender   pamphlet  in    a  coloured 
wrapper — ^ia  prefixed  a  frontispiece ;  cir^jular,  I 
think,   In   shape,    and   rep reaen ling   a  schoolboy 
'*  whistling  aloud  to   keep   his  courage  up,''  aa, 
satchel   on   back,   be  walks  with  fearful   aspect 
through  a  ^aveyard  by  moonlight,     Tho  portal 
of  the  church  appears  on  one  aide ;  on  the  other, 
Jb  the  distance,  a  pyramidal  momuoent  is  seen, 
and  gravestones  are  scattered  about.    In  the  more  i 
modern  editions,  I  have  seen  the  Hame  design  re-  ^ 
produced,  but  without  the  name  of  the   artist.  I 
This,  possessing  the  original  drawing,  which  is  in  ' 
the  «tyie  and  of  the  period  of  Corbould,  I  am  de*  I 
fliroili  to  learn  ;  and  should  be  obliged  if  anyone  | 
who  may  posstjss  the  book  would  kindly  refer  to 
it,  and  afford  me  the  information. 

William  Baxfii.     | 

EdgUaiton. 

[No  f^ontiaplcCti  to  bijur  ^  f-rurr  Is'to  be  fi^nd  in  the 
cditiona  of  1743,  1749,  ITfA  ITufi.  of*17»;j.     In  that  of 
1782*  12mo,  is  a  ctrculflr  one  by  ••  Barron,  tkdS  Macky, 
fCUlp',"  a  dAV- light  BCtiue,  as  two  gTavtf'diggtrsi  are  at  , 
work;  a  girl  la  redding  a  book,  with  tier  amis  rt^^ting  on  j 
a  tomb;  and  a  boy  with  satchel  on  back.     Tberi*  staniU  I 
tha  church,  but  no  pyramidal  monument  is  to  be  seen.] 

Btiuor  RiPfiAED  BiHTEs.  —  Godwin,  in  his  ' 
Cabdogv  asserte  that  Hichord  \ 

Baroef,  !  <im,  was  "?nfrraj;an 

unto  th«  ArcLibuhoi*  ut   York.''     In  :r  t  | 

in  my  poaMi'ssion,  he  h  said  to  be  sufTr.;.  p  I 

to    li        •'    '  •  Lincoln,     WliJ<^.    i         ^  'f 

Neir  M  lujr  Lc  Neve  tl. :■.-.>  Auy  \\A\i  | 

€>n  thi?,     lUi  was  coofeerftted  sufii'agan  March  %  j 


1566 ;  and  was  afterwards  Bbhop  of  C«rl 
Durham,  W.  H. 

[  lo  Wharton's  list  of  the  Suffragan  Biabopa  in 
capiiKl  from  the  original  manu»:rlpt?  in  lh« 
library,  Richard  Bai-ces  appears  9S  suffragan  la  Uie 
bishop  of  rorJfe.  Nottingham  being  in  the  lUotttt  « 
LincolA  may  accoant  for  tho  error.  TIic  fl*la  of  ha 
crarfwit  as  iiuffragan  of  Nottingham,  given  in  l«  Nrr/i 
FaiSi,  edited  by  T,  Duffua  Hardy,  ediU  1*454,  rvLB 
p.  241,  is  «  4th  Jan.  1&67 ;  Pat  9  Elii^  p.  11»  wi,  JX*"  b 
the  list  printed  by  the  Rev.  Mackesxik  W'AU^m 
(•*N.  «c  Q,"  2"'i  S.  ii.  8),  the  date  of  Richard  Baiavi 
coosecratioa  at  York  is  April  6, 1567.] 

Map  op  Rom  in  Britaik.  —  la  tliere  aaj  a# 
or  aila>^  whii^h  alms  to  show  ail  the  Roman  ^M^ 
ments  (camps  and  stations)  in  Oritmn,  widi  « 
without  the  ancient  names  ?  If  not,  ia  tbera  WBf 
map  which  exhibits  existing  traces  of  Roman  «€r 
cupatioQ  with  anything  like  minuteiiea«  of  detat ' 
In  any  case,  which  ia  the  best  map  for  an  intju.! 
In  this  direction  ?  B.  U,  U 

[The  following  maps  may  aaaiat  onr  corraapoo^iat  i* 
his  inquiries ;  1,  •♦  An  Hittarical  Map  t>fA.n^to*SAama»d 
Roman  Britain^  by  the  late  G,  L.  B.  Freeman,  t«V  •* 
Cains  College,  Cambridge,  published  by  James  WjV* 
Charing  Cro*s  East,  1838,"  It  contains  the  maatM.  mA 
modem  name*  of  the  Roman  Stations  and  C^donlts  » 
well  as  the  boundaries  of  the  Roman  Provincu*.  t.  B^- 
tannia  Romarui,  by  W.  Hughes,  F.RG.Su  of  Aldlueauai-, 
hers,  Paternoster  How,  181^3.  This  map  conUtas 
stations  mentioned  in  the  Autontne  Itinerary,  n*  v^tll 
the  Notitia.  The  ancient  names  are  quoted  frou 
Cvaar,  Pliny,  Tacitus,  Amniianus,  the  Anooy?! 
grapber  of  ttarenna,  &c  j  and  the  modem 
throughout  in  smaller  characters,] 

'*  Tau  HowLAT."  — Can  you  inform  me  wl« 
Sir  John    [Richard?]   Holland's   poem    of 
Howiat  is  to  be  met  with  ?     In  Scott*!*  A.hbti 
of  the  characters  quotes  from  it  the  well-, 
linea :  — 

"  O  Douglas,  Douglas, 
Tender  and  true." 

I  have  never  come  across  it  in  any  coUection 
old  balla<ls*  OmMmuungm 

["The  Howlat^'  was  first  printed  in  the   Aj 
subjoined  to  Plnketton's  CoHectitm  pf  $coli$h  Pt 
140,  edit.  1?D2.    It  has  since  been  reprinted   aiit 
oditcd  by  5f r.  l>avid  ^LaJng  for  the  Honnatyne  ClnK 
1«2D.] 

Baal  WoRtiiiip.  ^I  shall  be  oblii;*:»l  to  an/ 
your  readers  who  will   inform   uie  of  any 
which  treats  fully  of  tho  worshln  of  Baalt  and  U 
the  other  gods  of  Syria  and  the  Kust. 


buOiJ 


^We  know  of  no  work  exflti'»lvfly  i  th« 

worfihJp  of  Bail*  but  would  t  ur  ^utjx>4«9fi- 

dciU  to  consult  Sir  M^jxry  \U\. .  ojt  ^n  t^  i(i^ 

ii^um  o/tht  BiU>phniam  snd  As^^f  uau  (,Goo.  tUwlJ 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


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fferothtitM,  I  684);  Professof  Mail  Mtiller's  Etmy  on 
Stmitic  Mnnolkeitm  ;  untl  Jtcob  Bry*inl*s  ^nol^m  of 
Antkni  3fythalrtgyt  paasini.  For  further  inrumiation  on 
Biui],  seti  »  list  of  workei  r^errt^rl  to  At  th«i  end  of  the 
xu-iicio  Baal  iq  the  Penny  C^lopttdia,  lu,  221<1 

"  NuLLtJM    T£TIOtT   ilVOD   SOJf    OBWAVIT" In 

tbe  debate  on  the  Address  my  Lord  Derby  is  re- 
ported to  have  said  of  our  Foreign  Secretary, 
'■^Kihil  intiictuai  relinuit,  nihil  teti;;it  quod  non 
[I  must  alter  the  wora]  contarbavit.'* 

Is  this  very  pudsage  to  be  met  with  In  anj  an- 
cient author,  or  is  it  merely  an  adaptation  from 
Golditmith^s  Epitaph  in  the  Abbey  ?  — 

''Qui  nullum  fere  scribendl  genua  non  letig it,  nullum 
teUgtt  <\awi  noQ  omaviL" 

D. 
[Thb  hn»  not,  we  believe,  been  traced  to  any  chudcal 
aoiirc«.     Mr,  Croker,  in  his  edition  of  Bowwei/^  Uma  a  note 
00  it  to  the  effect,  that  the  phrusc  quot«il  resetnbles  Fene* 
loii^i  FQtogy  on  Cia?ro  —  ••Ue  adom*  vrbat«ver  ho   ut* 
Consult  also  Forster'a  Life  of  Olivtr  QoUiUmth, 
1S54,U.  472.] 

GoKMoGOH  ilxDM..  —  What  is  the  medal  I  de- 
scribe below.  Ob.  **c  .  a  .  ku  .  po  .  cecum  .  yolg  . 
*i»p  ,  ooRMOQo.**  Round  a  draped  bust  of  a 
Chiiieae,  **  ex  ,  ajt  .  E£o  .  xxiix."     Rev,   **  um- 

VEttSUS    -   SPLENDOR,     UMVBRSA   .    BEWEVOLEWTlA," 

round  a  full-faced  sun  with  rays.     The  medal  is 
sarin oun ted  with  a  dragon.  W.  Z. 

[  U  is  one  of  the  niedala  worn  by  the  Suciety^of  the  Gor- 
inugoua,  a  species  of  rlvaU  of  tho  Freemasons,  who  are 
mentioned  by  Pope  in  Tim  Dunciad;  laujj^hed  at  by 
Harry  Carey  in  his  Poems  (1720) ;  and  caricatured  by 
Tlogarth  in  the  plate  entitled  "Tbe  Mysterj^  of  Majsonry 
brought  to  Light  by  the  GormogonB."  See  Nicholi^a 
Hogarth,  c*!.  17«2,  p.  384.] 


niNDU  GODS, 
(3'*  8.  V,  135.) 
5avii>8i>w  will  fmd  much  iurormation  upon  [ 
thia  subject  in  tbe  HUtory  of  India  (Murray, 
1867,  fourth  edition)  by  the  late  Hon.  Mount- 
8tuart  f^lphin.^tone,  formerly  Governor  of  Bombay, 
with  whom  I  had  the  honour  to  be  acquaintcti, 
and  whoise  name  and  work  I  quote  with  profound 
[reiiiect  and  ndmiratiou. 

The  devotion  of  the  Hindus  — 

F**h   djrect<*d   to    a  v.triety  of   u  ,f 

I  trlmin  it  ia  imposifniii?  to  llx  tbe  tr 

I  with    til*'    15  Nil!   Ilni-iii  exlrdva:'  .  « 

"'\    but  U103L 


M  ^jttiTCwiiig  distinirl  mud  divioQ  tanotiaiia^ 


jind  therefore  entitled  touor«hjp: — L  Rriihmn,  tbe  cre- 
ating principle  J  2.  Vishoti,  the  pfc*crving  primiplc;  B. 
Siva,  the  dedtroyint»^  pHndpIe;  with  their  corre«poading 
female  divinities,  wbo  are  mythologically  regarded  at 
their  wives,  but,  m<'taphysieully,  as  the  active  powers 
which  derelope  the  prindplo  represented  by  each  member 
of  the  triad;  nimely, — 4.  Screawati.  6.  LakshmL  6. 
Parvflti,  called  also  tte'vi.  Bhavaiu,  or  Durga.  7,  Indra, 
god  of  the  sir  and  of  the  benveuB.  8.  VarunSt  god  of  the 
watent.  9.  Puvana,  jiofl  of  tho  wind.  10- Agni»cod  offire:. 
H,  Tama,  god  of  the  infernal  region-*  sad  judge  of  the 
dead.  12,  Cuvrfra,  god  of  wealth.  13.  Cdriiiceiat  god  of 
war.  14.  Coma,  god  of  lovr.  lij.  Surya.  tbe  FUd.  IG. 
Soma,  the  moon.  17.  (JutuVa,  wIjo  L^  the  removtT  of 
difficulties,  and,  us  tueh,  pre-sid&s  over  the  entrances  to  all 
edifices,  and  is  invoked  at  the  commencement  of  all  un- 
dertakings. To  these  may  be  added  tbe  planet^  and 
many  sacred  river*,  cspcdaily  Ganges,  which  is  person!* 
tied  as  a  female  divinity,  and  honoured  with  ever\'  sort 
of  worship  and  reverence.  The  three  firat  of  these* gods, 
Biahma,  Vishnu,  and  Siva,  form  th«  celebrated  Hindu 
triad."      • 

Brahma  is  usually  represented  ji^  a  rod  or 
tfolden -coloured  figure,  with  four  Leadii,  He  has 
ukewfse  four  arms^  in  one  of  which  he  holds  a 
spoon,  in  the  second  a  stTing  of  beads,  in  the  third 
a  water  jug,  and  in  the  fourth  the  Veda,  or 
sacred  writmgs  of  the  Hindit^  :  and  he  is  fre- 
quently attended  by  his  vehicle^  the  goose  or 
swan.  Durga,  or  Doorga^  is  represented  with 
ten  armi.  In  one  baud  she  holds  a  5pear,  with 
which  she  is  piercing  the  giant  ^{uhisha ;  in  the 
other  a  sword ;  in  a  third  the  hair  of  the  giant, 
and  tbe  tail  of  the  serpent  turned  round  him ;  and 
in  tbe  othersi  the  tridenti  discus,  axe,  club,  and 
shield. 

The  usual  pictures  of  Siva  represent  biui  as 
gloomy,  **  with  the  addition  that  he  has  three  eyes, 
and  bears  a  trident  in  one  of  hi^  hands;  hia  uair 
IS  coiled  up  like  that  of  a  leligious  mendicant ; 
and  be  \&  represented  seated  in  an  attitude  of  pro- 
found thought.'*  A  luw  cylinder  of  stone  occu- 
pies tbe  phu^c  of  an  imatie  in  all  the  teuiptes  sacred 
to  Siva.  Devi  or  Bhavani  '*  is  a  beautiful  woman, 
Hdtog  on  a  tisfer,  but  ia  fierce  and  menacing  atti- 
tude ♦  ,  .  But  in  another  form  .  .  .  she  is  repre- 
sented with  a  black:  skin,  and  a  hideous  and  terrible 
countejiai\ce,  streaming  with  blood,  encircled  i*ith 
snakes,  huog  round  with  skulls  nnd  human  heads.** 
Vishnu  is  represented  as  a  comely  find  pLitid 
youn|^  man,  of  a  dark  azure  colour,  and  dressed 
like  a  king  of  anelent  days,  fie  is  painted  also 
in  tbe  forms  of  his  tea  principal  incarnarions. 
The  first  was  that  of  a  fish,  to  recover  the  Vedas, 
which  had  been  carried  away  by  a  tlemon  in  a 
delujze ;  anot)ier  was  that  of  a  boar,  who  raised 
on  his  tusks  the  world,  wliich  had  sunk  to  tlie 
bottom  of  the  ocean  ;  and  another  was  a  tortoisei 
Ihat  supported  a  mountain.  The  fourth  was  in 
the  shape  of  a  inaii,  with  the  bend  and  paws  of  a 
lion.  The  fifth  a  Bramin  dwarf.  The  sixth  wu 
Paris  Riim,  a  liramin  hero.  The  seventh  ww 
E4ma.     The  eigbtb  was  Ballw  1J.W^^  ^  V'a:t^^'«^w* 


198 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[a»*B.V-  Mab,6,'64. 


delivered  the  earth  from  giants.  The  ninth  was 
Budha,  a  teacher  of  false  religion,  whose  form 
Vishnu  assumed  for  the  purpose  of  deluding  the 
enemies  of  the  gods.  The  tenth  is  still  to  come. 
R4ma  is  represented  in  his  natural  form.  Gan- 
doba,  the  great  local  divinity  of  the  Marattas,  is 
an  incarnation  of  Siva,  and  is  represented  as  an 
armed  horseman.  Surya  is  represented  in  a 
chariot  with  his  head  surrounded  by  rays.  Gan^sa, 
Gun^sa,  or  Ganpatti,  is  a  figure  of  a  fat  man,  with 
an  elephant's  head.  There  are  numerous  local 
divinities,  or  village  gods,  who  bear  some  re- 
semblance to  the  penates  or  lares  of  the  Romans. 
A  regard  for  space  compels  me  to  condense 
Mr.  £lphinstone*s  description  of  the  Hindii  gods, 
but  perhaps  I  have  quoted  enough  to  lead  Mb. 
Daviuson  to  peruse  the  History  of  India,  ^  I  shall 
be  hnppy  to  lend  him  my  copy,  if  he  will  instruct 
me  (5,  Charles  Square,  N.)  how  to  forward  it  to 
him.  I  refer  him  also  to  Coleman's  Hindoo  My- 
^olofy^  in  which  he  will  probably  find  all  that  he 
requires.  Ogilvie*s  Imperial  Dictionary  contains 
engravings  of  some  of  tne  gods  above  named. 

Edwasd  J.  Wood. 


12.  Fauconberg  (Belasyxe)  an  ancient  peerage 
Became  extinct  in  1815.  I  know  nothing  mort 
(Collinses  Peerage.) 

13.  Le  Mesurier.  No  doubt  one  of  the  Jenej 
family. 

**  And  thou  of  Dame  uncouth  to  British  ear. 
Prom  Norman  smugglers  sprang,  Le  lierarier." 


Wilson's  translation  of  Vikramorvan  {Hindu 
Theatre,  i.  219);  Moor's  Hindu  Pantheon ;  Cole- 
man's Mythology  of  the  Hindus^  and  Rhode  Ueber 
Religidse  Bilding^  Mythologie  und  Philosophie  der 
Hinaus,  will  supply  the  information  desired  by 
Mb.  Davidson.  T.  J.  Buckton. 


CHARACTERS  IN  THE  "  ROLUAD.*' 

(2°'«S.x.  45.) 

The  following  are  all  the  answers  I  can  return 
to  FiTSHOPKiN s's  queries :  — 

I.  Lord  Momington  was  the  father  of  the 
Marquess  Wellesley,  Duke  of  Wellinffton,  Lord 
Cowley,  &c.  He  was  meant  by  Achilles.  Lord 
Graham  was  the  eldest  son  of  the  Duke  of  Mon- 
trose, Marquess  of  Graham.  He  was  Atrides.  A 
heavy  man.  Momington,  lively  and  gay.  (Lodge's 
Peerage.) 

9.  Willis,  the  mad  doctor,  I  suppose;  though 
he  was  not  a  Member  of  Parliament.  How  "  com- 
fortably calm  "  is  probably  an  extract  from  one 
of  his  bulletins  of  the  king's  health,  if  this  does 
not  involve  an  anachronism. 

II.  Bastard  (John  Pollexfen),  M.P.  for  Devon. 
He  was  one  of  the  meeting  at  the  St.  Alban's 
Tavern  in  1784,  and  was  angry  with  Pitt  because 
he  would  not  unite  with  Fox,  except  upon  his 
own  terms.  Otherwise,  the  whole  family  were 
and  are  (if  not  extinct),  Tories.  His  son,  Ed- 
mund Pollexfen,  B.,  sat  many  years  for  Devon 
before  the  county  was  divided.     (Kitley  Paik, 

J^raaalure.J 


A  good  deal  of  smuggling  used  to  be  carried  « 
between  France  and  England  through  the  Channel 
Islands.  Probably  the  illicit  traffic  is  not  j« 
extinct. 

14.  Lord  Westcote.  An  Irish  title  of  Loni 
Lyttelton,  assumed  by  his  ddeat  son.  (Lo^gt 
1864.) 

15.  Wilbraham  Bootle.  Some  eonneetioi  af 
the  Bootle  Wilbrahams,  Lords  Skelmersdale,  of 
large  property  in  Cheshire.  I  do  not  undentad 
the  allusion.    (Lodge,  1864.) 

16.  Lord  Bayham.  Eldest  son  of  Earl  Canfti 
(now  Marquess  Camden  and  Earl  of  Breckno4 
Bayham  Abbey,  Sussex.     I  know  nothing  mxt. 

20.  Lord  Winchelsea  (Finch).  The  Una 
family  are,  or  at  least  were,  very  dazk-com- 
plexioned.  Sir  C.  H.  Williams,  in  one  of  )tts 
political  odes  (1742)  speaks  of  the  •*  black  ftme- 
real  Finches.**  (New  FoundUng  Ho9piialf<or  IR 
vol.  iii.  p.  12,  1784.)  No  doubt  there  ara  ftt- 
traits  of  Lord  Winchelsea  extant.  The  frnt^ 
have  added  the  name  of  Hatton  to  Finch. 

21.  Lord  Sydney.  (Hon.  Thomas  Townshcnd) 
A  member  of  the  Whig  opposition  to  Lord  Nortk 
Joined  Pitt's  Administration.  His  chin  wedi 
have  **  reached  to  Hindostan.**  {Rottiad^  A 
connexion  of  Marquess  Townshend.  ProbtHy 
the  family  have  a  portrdt  of  him.  W.  D. 


I  ALLEGED  PLAGIARISM. 

'  (3'*  S.  V.  163.) 

i       YoMT  correspondent  2.  wishes  for  a  reference 

j  to^the  particulars  of  the  dispute  relating  to  the 

I  authorsuip  of  the  elegy  entitled  "  The   Black- 

i  birds."     These  particulars,  I  am  inclined  to  think, 

are  not  to  be  found  in  print,  but  were  only  i 

topic  of  chit-chat  in  the  literary  and  theatncil 

circles  of  a  fashionable  watering-place. 

This  beautiful  and  pathetic  elegy  6r8t  appeared 
in  The  Adventurer^  No.  37.  It  was  communicated 
to  Dr.  Hawkesworth  by  Gilbert  West,  without 
naming  the  author.  West,  however,  did  not 
claim  It,  although  Dr.  Johnson  {Livee  of  the  PoeU% 
ed.  1854,  iii.  278)  writes  doubtfully  respecting  the 
authorship. 

When  the  elegr  first  appeared  with  Mr.  Jagj^l 
name  in  the  fourth  volume  of  Dods1ey*s  ColUelm 
of  Poenu^  edit  1755,  it  is  said  that  a  manager  of 
the  Bath  Theatre,  with  unparalleled  affroarfM 


3"»  S.  V.  Mar.  5,  '64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


199 


was  the  author  of  "  The  Blackbirds ; "  and  that 
Jago,  which  name  ho  adopted,  was  taken  from  the 
character  in  Othello,  This  brings  us  to  the  ques- 
tion put  by  your  correspondent.  Who  was  this 
manager  ?  It  has  been  conjectured  that  it  was 
John  Palmer— "Mail  Coach  Palmer,*'  as  he  was 
familiarly  called,  a  manager  of  the  Bath  Theatre 
in  Orchard  Street  in  1767. 

I  am,  however,  more  inclined  to  attribute  this 
ruse  to  John  Lee  the  actor,  who  became  within  a 
short  time  after  the  publication  of  Dodsley's  fourth 
volume  (1765)  a  manager  of  one  of  the  Bath 
theatres.  Lee*8  principal  character,  it  will  be  re- 
membered, was  lago  in  the  tragedy  of  Othellot  in 
which  it  is  allowed  he  excelled;  but  unfortu- 
nfttely,  as  is  well  known,  he  entertained  too  high 
an  opinion  of  his  own  talents.  When  he  had  the 
command  of  the  Bath  prompt-book,  he  altered 
some  plays  in  so  bad  a  manner,  that  Eemble, 
when  he  came  to  Bath,  refused  to  act  in  them  till 
they  were  restored  to  their  proper  state. 

Lee's  character  is  well  described  by  Cooke  in  his 
Life  of  MackUn.    He  says :  — 

**  Lee*s  lago  was  very  respectable,  and  showed  a  good 
judgment  and  thorough  representation  of  the  character. 
JThls  actor  was  not  without  considerable  pretensions,  were 
they  not  more  than  allaye  J  by  hig  vamt^.  He  had  a  good 
person,  a  good  voice,  and  a  more  than  oidinary  know- 
ledge of  his  protfbsBion,  which  he  sometimes  showed  with- 
oat  exaggeration;  but  he  wanted  to  be  placed  in  the 
chair  of  Garrick,  and  in  attempting  to  reach  this  he  often 
deranged  his  natural  abilities.  He  was  for  ever,  as  Foote 
said,  'doing  the  honours  of  his  ftce.'  He  affiMsted  nn- 
common  long  pauses,  and  frequmtly  took  snch  out-of-the- 
way  pains  with  emphasis  and  articulataoo,  that  the 
natural  actor  seldom  appeared." 

Lee  was  banished  at  last  from  almost  every 
theatre  but  that  of  Bath,  wherc  he  continued  at 
different  periods,  either  as  manager,  actor,  or 
lecturer,  till  his  death  in  the  year  178L 

Amicus. 

Bamsbury. 

M019KISH  ENIGMA, 
(a**  S.  V.  153.) 

A  Wykehamist  will  find  an  explanation  of  the 
lines  quoted  by  him  in  a  little  volume,  entitled 
Memoirs  of  the  Rose,  by,  I  believe,  Mr.  Holland 
of  Sheffield.  Addressing  a  lady,  the  author  says : — 

**  In  the  common  rosebud  there  is  a  singolar  arrange- 
ment of  the  armature,  or  beards  of  ^e  sepus  forming  tiie 
calyx,  which  is  thus  stated  in  an  admired  scrap  of 
monkish  Latin :  — 

*  Quinque  snmus,'  &c. 

Tbeee  leonine  (rhyming)  verses,  with  an  English  version 

which  follows,  I  extract  from  the  MtmUdy  Mr — ''—  ^- 


Apiil,  1822 ;  to  which  work  they  were  sent  by  our  fa- 
vourite poet  (James  Montgomery).  The  translator  fAh 
serves,  that— *  The  common  hedge  rose  (and  every  other) 
hasa  calyx,  which  encloses  the  bud,  consisting  of  five 

two  piniHk*  (MfiaiO,  sad  m  HAb  pinaMtB  coly  mi  m 


side  (non  barbatus  vtrinqwe).  The  three  leaves  then, 
described  in  the  above  lines,  are  the  two  which  are  pin- 
nate, or  bearded ;  and  the  one  which  is  pinnate  on  one 
side  only,  or  *♦  not  bearded  on  both  sides,**  as  the  verse 
rather  ambiguously  expresses  it ;  consequently,  the  two 
leaves  omitted  in  the  description  must  be  the  two  that 
are  *<  simple,"  or  without  any  beard  at  all'  The  poet 
then  gives  the  following  translation :  — 

*  Five  brethren  there  are. 

Bom  at  once  of  their  mother; 
Two  bearded,  two  bare ; 

The  fifth  neither  one  nor  the  other. 
But  to  each  of  his  brethren  Aa/f  brother.* 

"  You  will  find  it  interesting  to  notice  this  botanical 
singularity;  which  the  tranuator  tells  me  he  never 
found  to  vary  in  any  specimen  he  had  examined — a 
sUtement  which  is  corroborated  by  my  own  observations 
on  hundreds  of  roses  of  different  species." 

D. 


The  Latin  enigma,  given  by  A  Wtkehamist, 
was  proposed  in  Yotmg  England  for  December 
last  ^ear.  It  has  never  been  answered,  and  the 
publishers  of  that  periodical  are  now  offering  a  prize 
of  1/.  to  any  one  who  will  answer  it  and  another 
that  appeared  in  an  older  number  of  the  same 
publication.  The  following  is  a  free  translation 
of  the  enigmas.  The  translation  and  the  enigma 
appeared  together. 

*•  Five  brothers  we  are. 
All  bom  at  one  birth ; 
And  brothers  more  strange, 
Ton  will  scarce  find  on  earth. 

«  Two  of  us  beardless 

From  youth  to  old  age ; 
And  two  with  such  beards. 
As  would  grace  e'^n  a  sage. 

<*  But  what  is  most  strange. 
In  this  so  strange  case, 
The  fifth  has  a  beard 
On  just  half  of  his  faceu 

**  Now,  if  yon  will  please 
To  find  out  our  name. 
Just  send  it  T.  K, 
And  give  it  world-wide  fame." 

The  publication  of  the  foregoing  may  fkcilitate 
the  solution  of  the  enigma.        Thomas  CmAQOS. 
West  Cramlington. 


The  following  extract,  from  Miss  Yonge's 
Herb  of  ike  FieuL,  will  solve  this  enigma :  — 

" «  Of  us  five  brothers  at  the  same  time  bom. 
Two,  from  our  birthday,  ever  beards  have  worn; 
On  other  two,  none  ever  have  appeared. 
While  the  fifth  brother  wears  but  half  a  beard.* 

*<  This  is  a  fine  puzsle  for  most  people ;  but  if  yon  can- 
not make  it  out  with  a  rose  calyx  before  your  eyes,  1 
think  you  must  be  rather  dull**  —  Htrh  of  the  Fidd,  2nd 
edit,  p.  82. 


200 


NOTES  AND 


!S. 


IP^kV.  11ail^M4 


Itaucs  (3"*  S.  r.  J 78  n.)  —  There  septus  to  nie 
much  exatf^emtton  iti  the  objections  often  made 
against  iulic^^  ^"^1  ^  ivliolly  demur  to  this  parallel 
between  tbem  ami  oaths.  The  true  parallel  is 
obviously  between  them  and  a  strong  emphaaU  in 
speaking ;  and  there  can  be  no  intrinsic  objection 
to  the  one  more  than  to  the  other.  Does  any  one 
really  recoraraend  conversation  in  which  no  words 
are  emphui^iBed  more  than  others  ?  Undoubtedly 
more  than  a  lew  itaiicSf  as,  for  instance,  in  Young^s 
Night  ThottghUf  gives  a  great  look  of  weakness  to 
the  writing,  Ltttelton. 

Sib  Robert  Ve^nox  ($^  S.  iv.  470.)  —  In 
answer  to  W.  B.'s  query,  I  beg  to  say  that  Sir 
Robert  Vernon,  of  Hodnet,  was  the  son  of  John 
Vernon  by  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Sir  Kichard 
Devereux,  Knight.  He  was  born  1577,  created 
K.  B.  by  Queen  Elizabeth,  and  made  comptroller 
of  her  household ;  he  married  Mary,  daughter  of 
Robert  Needhara,  of  Shentun,  and  sister  of  Sir 
Robert  Needham,  who,  in  1625,  was  created  first 
Viscount  Kilmorcy.  Sir  Robert  Vernon,  Knight, 
died  in  1623,  leaving  a  son,  Henry  Vernon,  who 
waa  born  1606,  and  who,  in  1(^60,  was  created  a 
baronet,  Tor  his  services  in  the  royal  cuuee,  This 
Sir  Henry  Vernon,  Bart,,  married  in  I()3t>,  Eliza- 
beth, daughter  and  heir  of  Sir  Richard  White, 
Knight,  of  Friers,  in  An^lcsea  (she  was  one  of  the 
beauties  of  King  Charles's  court).  Sir  Henry 
Vernon  died  1676,  leavings  a  son,  Sir  Thomas 
Vernon,  of  Hodnet,  one  of  the  four  Tellers  of  the 
Exchequer.  In  Hodnet  Hall,  co.  Salop,  is,  or 
was,  asliield  carved  In  oak,  contaiuin<r  the  Vernon 
arms  of  twenty-four  quartering?,  of  the  dale  of 
1509,  united  with  the  Needham  arms  of  ten 
quarterings. 

It  is  quite  probable  that  Sir  Robert  Vernon  is 
the  same  person  who  wns  on  the  council  of  the 
Lord  Marchers  at  Ludlow,  in  1609,  as  his  father- 
in-law,  Robert  Needham,  was  vice-president  of 
the  Council  in  the  Marches  in  Wales. 

W.  F.  V. 

Bin  Waltkit  Rai^etgh  (3^^  S.  v.  108,  1840  — 
Sir  Humphrey  Gilbert  and  Sir  Walter  Raleiich 
were  uterine  brothers,  sons  of  the  same  mother  by 
diflerent  husbands.         Coaei^ks  F.  S*  Wabrew* 

Fasuiomadle  QrARTXSS  or  LownoN  (3'^  S,  v. 
02,)— As  regitrds  the  residence  of  Edward,  Lord 
Thurlow^  when  Lord  Chancellor,  there  is  do 
doubt  thai  he  oceupiiHl  a  house  on  the  noi  th  aide 
of  Great  Onnond  Street,  where  the  Ormond  Club 
met  (of  which  I  WHS  a  member),  and  our  reading 
room  at  the  back  was  the  one  from  which  the 
seals  were  stolen.  Tuomas  Fakmer  Cookk. 

Lord  Chancellor  Thurhjw  lived  in  Great  Gcijrge 
Streetk  Westminster,  Wm,  Smitij. 

BALfA>0?lS  :   THKIK  D|IIKIW8tOK«  (9^  S.  V.  96,) 

R.  C*  L.  wouM  do  well  to  visit  the  Free  PuoUc 


Library  in  the  Patent  Office,  Chaneery  t#wie.  Ii 
addition  to  the  printed  specificatioDs  retftitng  to 
aeronautics  (including  the  Earl  of  Aldboroagh*t 
expensive  follies),  that  library  contain*  •  ^'■'^'•« 
number  of  treatises  on  tlie  auViject,  and 
and  unique  collection  thus  described  ia  l:.,  ,^  . 
logue :  — 

*'  Ai'ronantiGa  llliutrata.  —  A  complete  Cabtn«i  d 
Atrial  Ascents  and  Detccnis,  from  the  earliett  fMfiod  U 
the  present  time.  C<>llected  and  armnged  by  G«tf^ 
Jumea  Norman,     Cymprising  — 

1.  All  knowa  engraved  portrait*,  and  a  few  oi 

drawings,  or  al^rouAula, 

2,  Autograph  letters  and  other  writing  of 

and  their  patrons  nnd  f*n>nds. 
Si.  A  large  cotk'ction  o» 

trating  an c rent  a 

the  air,  including  I ......... 

4.  Historieal  and  deocripiivo  matter   in  ranoua  t»- 

^ages,  consisting  of  cuttingj   from   pgwipiyw 

and  other   periodical  worLft ;  and   pmmpl&Set*  fti 

excerjits  reduced  to  leaves  and  s«paratelv  aoolt 
$,  Specimens  of  the  silk  and  other  luateruila  of  «l» 

ihe  most  celebrated  balloons  and  their  Appcoii^ 

have  been  composed. 
Collected  probably  between  1^30  and  IB50,    h  f  wiji. 
folio/' 

1jkeivj£us  QuoTfLD  (^'^  S*  iv.  ^S.) — I  eumt 
take  upon  myself  to  ^ay  that  the  p«j$siige  k  «t 
in  Irenosus,  but  as  it  is  in  Tertulhan,  I  tKiil  «] 
not  unlikely  that  one  father  is  misremetBbered  It'J 
the  other. 

**  Quid  ergo  de  oeteria  iageiitis,  vel  - ' 
^pirttftlis  ediaservRi?    FhantaamatA 
cribro  giestatam,  et  aavem  dnf^ulo  [  e&  bafli*! 

tactu  irrufatam  ;  ut  numina  Inpick's  crcder«;utur,  «t  IN» 
vcrus  nou  crederetur/* — ApoltM/.  .yp.  xxiL  mi  Jhu  Ia 
Sender,  llalrti  Jliigd.  I773r  t,  ^*.  p-  **^'' 

See  also  Ma  urn  ei  Pratique  t  tU*  J^emom^  fO 
Gougenot  des  AlouMseaux,  p.  43,  Purl$,  I  - :  . 

FlTZM'   ; 

Garrick  Club. 

QooTATiON   (3'*   S.  V.   134.)— 7.  TEc  grnt^ 
work    of  the  greatest  orator  that  the  vorld  lnl.J 
ever  produced  contains  the  idea  ascribed  tol' 
**  Henthen."     It  occurs  in  Dcmoflthcii«9*         ~ 
"  De  Coronil  '*  (Reiake,  ed.  p.  226,  line  20,  J 
g  4;  Whiston,  p.  402*3.)       Wtnkk  E.  Bjtxi 

Rbvalbnta  Ababica  (3'*  S.  iv.  VJG  )  —  Yg 
correspondent  Ma..  TBc^icit  will  tin 
murks  upon  the  couiponition  of  thi- 
been  anticipated   by   Burton.      Spe^^ku*^    \if 
Arabian  dislij  called  *'  Adas"  (IcntiU),  he  say»:^ 

**  llii*  tjrain  is  dieaper  than  ricv  on  tbe  bAoks  ^ 
Xil<?— a  fii<*t  which  enlfghUnod  Kn{,HBU<l,  nov  jm\ 
\v  '       II  )i  lis  valu«  for  ♦HcvaiciHH  Arabh*,'j 

I  V." — I'ihjrinmtft  I0  Kl  MrfUui  oi 

1';  'AH, 

Movi  KboracK  T.  U^  9:^ 

CAJu>titAx.    B1.T0X   Sk3iv  Anciitttsiior    Gawc 

DttcBAK  (3'<  8.  V.  312.)  —  In  J.  M/f  notr  nad 


a"»  s,  V.  iiAu.  fi,  0*-] 


NOTES  MiD  QUEBiES. 


I 


I 


tbi!<  title  severfll  things  occur  requiring  notice. 
James  BcAton  was  not  the  famon.s  Cardinal,  but 
the  uncle  of  that  prelate,  whose  Christian  name 
was  David.  The  date  of  the  consecration  of 
Archbishop  Jame?,  Although  unknown  to  Keith,  is 
given  conectly  in  Mt.  Grub's  Ecclemattical  His* 
tonj  of  Scotlajfd  (1861),  a  work  composed  with 
that  care  and  conscientious  accuracy  which  alone 
makes  a  history  of  value  as  auch.  (Sec  vol,  i. 
p.  411.)  Jaroes  Beaton  was  translated  to  St.  An- 
drew'd  in  }52%  and  Gavin  Dunbar,  Prior  of 
Whithorn  (not  Whitehaven)^  was  consecratcid  as 
hrs  successor  on  February  5,  15'2|  (not  1534). 
Some  of  the  mi^akes  now  pointed  out  niaj  have 
happened  in  transcription,  or  in  printing.  The 
remarks  about  Queen  Msry  and  the  unworthy 
names  associated  with  hers,  imply  to  such  an  ex- 
tent moral  depravity  in  the  unfortunate  Scottish 
princess  that  I  cannot  concur  in  thenu         N.  C. 

Si»  EuwARD  ^Ut  (3'^  S,  V.  35.)  — Among  the 
grants  of  lands  in  Ireland,  in  the  reign  of  King 
Charles  II.,  mention  is  made  of  the  following 
lands  in  the  co*  of  Waterford^  and  parish  of  Mothel, 
a?  having  been  grant4Mi  to  Sir  Algernon  ^lay  :  — 
Mothel,  Kilenaspijr,  Jeddins,  Clonmoyle,  Ross, 
Old  Granj^CT  and  Ballynavin,  Smith  in  his  //»>* 
iari/ of  Waterfordf  ed.  1746,  mentions  the  Mays 
among  the  gentry  of  that  countj.  He  also  says, — 

**  Mat  field  is  the  plea&ant  sejit  cf  James  May,  Esf|., 

"^y^  sjtu^Ite^i  on  tho  bonks  of  the  Suir,  with  'scveriU 

itatfoDs  and   \nrc;Q  itnprovemerils.     This  pUce  was 

llwly  callocl  Rockf^tt's  Castle,  from  a  castle  erected 

fliere  by  one  of  that  name." 

Jos,  May  was  the  gentleman  created  a  baronet 
[  in  the  year  1763.  KitLOKGroRD. 

Cir  i  ta  CoPLKY  (3'<«  S.  V.  1360-Chris- 
^^}  came  of  a  great  Yorkshii*e  fmnily, 

whicii  •r.ri.'s  both  its  name  and  origin  from  the 
village  of  Copley,  a  hamlet  in  the  parish  of  Uii-  | 
hfax.  His  immediate  ancestors  were  William 
Copley,  of  Wad  worth,  who  died  May  20,  1658,  and 
Anne  daujihter  of  Gervas  Creasy  of  Birkin,  He 
married  u  lady  of  good  Yorkshire  family,  and 
puritan  principles,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Gervns 
HosviUe,  of  Warrasworth.  Like  his  connections, 
the  Brookes  and  the  Bosvilles,  he  espoused  the 
Dopular  side  in  the  great  civil  war,  and  seems  to 
lave  been  an  active  and  efficient  officer.  Evidence 
exists  to  prove  that  he  spent  considerable  sums  of 
Ik  is  own  Tiioney  in  forwarding  the  cause  he  had  nt 
cart,  which  were  repaid  to  him  when  the  struggle 
-as^^for  a  time,  over*  On  July  8,  1648,  the  House 
"  immons  made  an  order  that  tho  sum  of 
0*,,  arrear:*  due  to  him,  was  to  be  paid  out 
le  Yorkshire  sequestration  monies.  He  had 
the  commaml  of  the  Parliamenfary  forces  at  the 
batthf  of  ShcHmrn,  Au^st  15,  1045,  where  Lord 
Dighy  was  routed  and  Sir  Frimcis  Carn.iby  jmd 
*^ir  Richard   Uutton,  high  sheriff  oi"  Yorkshire, 


were  killed*  I  have  seen  no  record  of  his  deaths 
but  It  certainly  took  place  before  1664.  His 
younger  brother,  Lionel,  married  Frizalina,  daugh- 
ter of  George  Ward,  of  Capesthome,  co.  Chester. 
He  died  December^  1675,  and  lie«  buried  in  Wad- 
worth  church,  Lionel  Copley  entered  the  service 
of  the  Parliament  at  the  beginning  of  the  war  as 
muster- master  general,  and  I  believe  served  it 
faithfully,  although  his  subsequent  troubles  are 
evidence  that  he  was  at  times  an  object  of  much 
suspicion.  From  him  descended,  in  the  fifth  ge- 
neration, Godfrey  Higgins,  F.S.A ,  of  Skellow 
Grange,  near  Doncaster,  the  profoundly  learned 
author  ai  Anacolypiis^  an  Attempt  to  drawaMd^  the 
Veil  of  the  Saitic  Isiti  or  an  Enquirtf  into  the 
Ori^n   of  Languages,   Naiiowi^    and    Eeligions^ 

j  2  vols,  4to,  1833,  who  died  August  9,  1833. 

The  arms  of  Copley  are  argent  a  cross  motine, 

i  sable;  those  of  Higgins  ermine  on  a  fess  sable, 

I  three  towers  argent.    I  hope  to  include  lives  of 

I  the  Copleys    in   my   "  Civil   War  Biographies/* 

I  Therefore  any  unpublished  facts  relating  to  them 

I  will  interest  me. 

I       (Clarendon,  Hist.,  1  vol,   1843,  pp.  578,  690. 

I  Hunter,  South  Yorh.,  u  252  ;  ii,  482.  Commotut' 
Joum.f  iii.  431  ;  v.  627-  Memorable  Duy«  and 
Works  of  God,  1G45.     The  Royal  Martt/nt,  1660, 

I  Graingc  s  Battles  and  Batdefields  of  Yorhshire^  187. 

I  Gentleman  s  Mag.^  1833,  ii.  p.  371. 

Ei>wARD  Peacock. 
Bottesfbrd  Manors  Brigg. 

Esquire  (3*"^  S.  v,  94.) — A  cunmis  point  arose 
in  1859,  in  a  law  case  reported  in  th*i  29\h  vol.  of 
the  Law  Jourjial^  Queens  Bench,  p.  17*  A  per- 
son proposing  for  a  life  assurance,  in  answer  to  the 
questions  put  to  him  as  to  his  address  and  occu« 

pation,   wrote  ** Hall,   Esquire,"  naming  his 

private  residence.  It  happened  that,  in  the  neigh- 
bouring town,  he  carried  on  the  trade  of  an  iron- 
monger; and  when  he  died,  the  assurance  com- 
pany refosed  to  pay,  on  the  ground  that  he  had 
been  guilty  of  suppressio  vert  in  not  disclosing 
that  he  was  in  busmess.  Of  course  the  Court  was 
a^iiinst  them,  and  it  is  hardly  neces»ary  to  add, 
that  they  did  not  succeed  in  thus  evading  the 
claim.  Job  J.  B.  Workabp. 

Elkakab  (3^^  8.  iv.  394,)  — So  Quarlea,  in 
1(135,  accents  the  firsit  syllable  ;  — 

"•  O  tbcrc  I'll  feed  thee  with  *:ole3tiul  manna  j 
ril  be  tby  Elkanah.'     •  And  1  thy  Hanoah.' 
*  T'll  sotinH  my  tnimp  of  Joy**    "And  I'll  f««ntnd  Ho- 
jannab.'" 

^/fi^enur,  Book  iv.  £mb.  7. 


Job  j.  B.  W^oskabd. 

Bii£cu  Trees  njivxe  struck  bt  Liobt^ihg 
(S*^  S.  v.  97.)  —  I  regret  I  cannot  give  any  in- 
formation on  this  subject,  although  1  know  per- 
sons who  entertain  the  opbion,     As  regards  hr^ 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8»*aV.  MAft.5,*Sl 


being  a  preservative  against  L'ghtninpr,  I  find  in 
Greene's  Penelope^ s  Web,  &c.,  4to,  1601, — 

**He  which  weareth  the  bay-leaf  is  privileged  ftom  the 
pr^odice  of  thunder." 

And,  in  the  old  play  of  The  White  Devilj  Cor- 
nelia lajB, — 

"  Reach  the  bays : 

111  tie  a  garland  here  about  his  head. 
Twill  keep  my  boy  from  lightning." 

Also,  in  A  etrmtge  Meiamorphoeu  of  Meat  irons- 
formed  into  a  WUdemesse,  deciphered  in  Characters^ 
12mo,  1634,  under  the  bay  tree,  it  is  observed, 
that  it  is  — 

'<so  privileged  by  natanv  that  even  Umnder  and  light- 
ning are  here  even  taxed  of  partiality,  imd  wUl  not  touch 
him  for  respect's  sake,  as  a  sacred  thing." 

Again,  cited  from  some  old  English  poet,  in 
Bodenham's  Belvedere,  or  the  Garden  of  the  Muses, 
8vo,  1600,  we  read,— 

**  As  thunder  nor  fierce  lightning  harmes  the  bay, 
So  no  extremitie  hath  power  on  fame." 

W.  L  S.  HOKTON. 

DsscBNDAMTS  OF  Fits-James  (3'«  S.  V.  134.) 
From  various  articles  which  have  appeared  in 
'I  N.  &  Q./*  and  from  some  other  sources,  I  be- 
lieve that  accounts  of  the  descendants  of  the  Duke 
of  Berwick  will  be  found  in  Burke's  Extinct  Peer- 
age; in  the  Annuaire  de  la  Noblesse  de  Francey  for 
1844  and  1852;  in  Moreri's  Dictionmire  Histo- 
rimie;  in  Rohrbacher*s  Histoire  UmverseUe  de 
VEngUse  Catholique,  tenth  ed.,  1852,  torn,  xxvii. ; 
and  in  the  Memoires  published  by  his  grandson 
in  1778.  Meantime  the  following  particulars  may 
be  of  some  service  to  the  inquirer :  — 

The  Duke  of  Berwick  was  created  Due  de  Fitz- 
James  by  Louis  XIV.  in  1710.  He  was  twice 
married.  By  his  first  wife,  Honora  de  Burgh,  he 
left  one  son,  James,  who  i^as  Duke  of  Liria,  in 
Spain.  His  second  wife  was  Anne  Bulkeley,  and 
bjr  her  he  had  a  numerous  family.  His  ehJest  sur- 
viving son  by  this  marriage  was  Francis,  Duke  of 
Fitz-James,  and  Bishop  of  Soissons,  and  died 
about  the  year  1761.  The  next  was  Henry,  who 
also  entered  into  Holy  Orders.  The  third  son 
was  Jame^  from  whom  is  descended  the  present 
Duke  of  Fitz-James,  in  France.  He  bears  the 
royal  arms  of  England  within  a  bordure,  with  the 
motto  "  Ortu  ct  honore."  F.  C.  H. 

Db.  George  Olivee  (S'*  S.  v.  137.)  — Having 
had  the  pleasure  to  possess  an  intimate  friend  and 
frequent  correspondent  in  the  late  Rev.  George 
Oliver,  D.D.,  of  St.  Nicholas's  Priory,  Exeter,  I 
can  assure  A  Devonian  that  there  was  no  rela- 
tionship between  him  and  the  Protestant  Doctor 
of  the  same  name.  They  were,  of  course  often 
confounded  with  each  other;  and  Uie  Catholic 
D.D.  has  told  me  of  amusing  mistakes  made,  and 
that  he  often  received  letters  intended  for  his 


namesake,  as  no  doubt  the  other  reeeiTed  soik 
intended  for  him.  But,  as  far  as  I  know,  thev 
were  not  even  personally  acquainted.      P.  C.  H. 

The  Ieon  Mask  (3-*  S.  y.  135.)— The  carios 
helmet,  or  iron  mask,  mentioned  b^  H.  (X>  la  cts- 
tainly  not  that  worn  by  the  mystenoaa  priaonerot 
Louis  XIV.  His  mask  was  made  of  black  velvet 
on  a  wire  frame,  fastened  at  the  back  of  his  heid. 
but  allowing  free  liberty  to  his  mouth  and  jav& 
and  intend^  only  to  conceal  his  featarea. 

F.aR 

I  believe  I  may  safely  assert  that  there  is  » 
authority  whatever  for  supposingthe  suit  in  qos- 
tion  to  nave  been  that  of  the  Uhevalier  Baynd 
As  to  the  so-called  *^  Iron  Mask,*"  it  is  only  a  piece 
of  tilting  armour,  worn  in  the  lists  as  an  additiODii 
protection  for  the  face.  The  real  maak,  worn  if 
the  mysterious  state  prisoner,  was  of  black  veba 
secured  by  a  lock,  and  made  to  open  and  ahiti 
the  mouth  by  means  of  springs. 

W.  J.  Bbbithabd  StKin. 

Temple. 

On  Wit  (S'*  S.  v.  162.)  — In  Six  Tmos 
Wtnnington*s  quotation  no  doubt  wit^  and  sv 
are  put  in  contrast,  as  is  shown  by  the  anqaestka- 
able  opposition  just  preceding,  grave  and  gm 
But  in  the  church  here  it  is  still  more  evideat  n 
the  epitaph  by  George,  Lord  Lyttelton,  on  l» 
first  wife,  Lucy,  adorned  by  the  vile  allitaralia 
in  which  poetasters  delight :  —  *^  The*  meek,  lUf' 
nanimous ;  and  the'  witty,  wise." 

Hagley,  Stourbridge. 

Retreat  (3'«*  S.  v.  I19.)~;l  have  road  vwr 
answer  with  reference  to  the  origin  of  the  milila; 
term  **  Retreat,**  but  can  hardly  look  upon  it  « 
conclusive.  It  is  stated  in  your  answer  that  yoi 
"  think  the  expression  must  have  originally  it* 
ferred  to  the  men\s  retiring  to  their  quarters  wfai 
the  muster  was  over,  not  to  the  muater  itseUT 
But,  I  would  suggest,  that  if  this  be  a  tme  sob- 
tion  of  the  question,  why  should  not  the  ten 
"  retreat "  be  applied  to  every  parade  which  takei 
place  during  the  day,  since  the  men  would,  oa 
each  of  those  occasions,  retire  to  their  quarters  oe 
the  dismissal  of  the  parade  ?  F.  ti 

Primula  (3''*  S.  v.  132.)  — The  lines  quoted 
by  W.  D.  are  a  kind  of  compressed  version  of  s 
lovely  little  poem,  given  under  slightly  diffenitf 
forms,  both  by  Carcw  and  Ucrrick.  In  Herrkkf 
poems  it  stands  thus :  — 

**  Ask  me  why  I  send  yon  here 
This  sweet  infanta  of  the  year  ? 
Ask  me  why  i  sead  to  you 
This  primnMO  thus  bepearrd  with  dew? 
f  will  whisper  to  yoar  cars 
*  The  sweets  of  love  are  mixed  with  i 


i»««.r.  iujtfi,'M.] 


NOTES  MUD  QUERIES. 


203 


I 


•  As  h  ^      ^    '  V '   i  nw'r  doei  itiow 

gr,  irisicklrtOO? 

A.^1-  '  ilk  ifl  w««k. 

Ami,  i>*i4iiUitg,  y«L  it  dutb  Dot  breaks 
I  will  answer:  "^Theie  di*cover 
Wbat  fiiintii]^  hopea  ore  Id  «  lorer/  " 

May  X  add  a  more  literal  Latin  version,  printed 
ft  good  ninny  years  ago  P  — 

**  Po«d9»  cnr  tibi  tkdicem 

Hano  anoi  teneram  pro£^i«jii  HOTI  ? 

MilLim  cur  tibi  primuijuii 
Qu«  gemmata  nitei  rore  modens  adhuc? 

Et  reddo  ~  *  8aa  sic  »raor 
^terntim  Iichnrmia  craudia  temperat.' 

uU 
[L  ia  flosctilo? 

!taiig«reiiceqofat7 
J-  amantjam 

Pcclu^  null  alitcr  laoguida  jfpes  alitr^** 

A  little  closer  aftentlon  to  boUtiical  noinencJa* 
ture  would  have  told  your  corred|>ondent  that  the 
crtmsoti  plant  he  ao^w  was  not  *^  a  different  plant 
eiea/*  but  a  different  ttpecies  of  the 

C,  W.  BniGHABi. 

The  PrimiUacffit  being  a  great  natural  order, 
the  London  gttrdeaert  probably  made  no  miat^e. 

Roi>  nr  TiTB  Mn>DLB  Aobs  (3***  S.  iv.  32.)  — 
Your  correspondent  E.  D.»  and  I  shonld  think 
most  of  your  readci's,  will  be  surprised  to  bear 
that  the  severe  discipline  so  vividly  described  bj 
FranciaNewbery  in  le<15,  is  not  only  not  obsolete, 
but  actually  practised  at  the  present  day*  Hap- 
pening to  look  over  a  file  of  the  Family  Herald^  I 
found  amon^^t  the  mlK-ellaneous  stores  of  infor- 
mation  contained  under  the  head  of  **  Correspon- 
dence "  a  eeries  of  commutiications  respecting  the 
nae  of  the  rod  m  girla*  schools.  It  appears  that  a 
discuatora  baa  been  going  on  in  the  columns  of  the 
Famify  Herald  as  to  the  propriety  of  this  mode  of 
puntsbmient^  and,  in  answer  to  one  corrcBpondent, 
the  editor  aays : — 

"  From  the  numerous  letters  that  wc  receive,  we  be- 
lieve I  hut  tho  practice  you  condemn  is  not  only  indiiTgpd 
in,  bnt  that  it  i^  ■  '  '  i  In  b«caiiM  se%'ere  oorftction  In 
thought  neoee- 1  rnanv  caafts  it  probably  h  s^r 

Nq.  1077,  vol.  >:  1',  186l^ 

What  is  still  more  extraordinary  is,  that  the 
editor  approves  the  practice,  aa.  in  reply  to  another 
correspondent,  he  thus  states  hi^  views :  — 


*«>  ^rt  ti*j  vrc,      i  he  fnct  w  thii,  there  abould 

h«  f  niff  Abtmt  the  miilter.'*— (Ko.  1085,  vol. 

xai»  jju,  ciw,  ib»i4) 

Thit  shows  that  not  fmly  h  tbe  rod  tinw  in  nst 

aa  a  corrective  for  reft  s   hut 

that  ihcT»?  ar»!  person'*  rroi*i. 

It  may  alao  thciw  ui  how  little  one  iiail  of  the 


world  knows  what  the  other  half  does ;  and  If  a 
Question  of  the  domestic  customs  of  the  present 
nay  admits  of  denial,  how  much  more  ditbouU  it 
must  be  to  trace  the  manners  and  habits  of  former 
times.  ViROA. 

PKOVSRBI1.L  Satthgb  (3"*  S*  T*  136.)  — The 
saying  **  Needs  must  when  the  devil  drives,*'  is 
probably  taken  from  AlTs  Weil  thai  Ends  Well, 
Act  I*  Sc.  3,  where  the  Clown  says  i  "He  must 
needs  go,  that  the  devil  drives."  N*  M-  F, 

PORTTIAJT  or  BiSttOP  HoRSLET  (S'*  S,  V.  38.) 

A  small  but  very  excellent  Une-cngravtng  of  this 
admirable  champion  of  orthodoxy  adorns  the  six 
volumes  of  Dr.  Dibden's  JSunday  Library.  Ig  this 
included  in  the  set  in  Evans's  List  ?  May  not  The 
British  AStmator  contain  another  portrait  ?  1  know 
it  has  several  of  contemporary  prelates,  Bishop 
Douglas  to  wit,  for  whosie  portrait  a  correapon* 
dent  was  inquiriog  in  the  bye^gone  age  of  your 
First  Series.  E.  Lxjc 

Oath  by  the  Dor.  (S*^  S.  v.  138.)  — In  Hin- 
doo, Scandinavian,  and  Classical  Mythology,  **the 
dog,"  "dog  grass,"  "the  dog  star,'*  and  all  the 
variations  of  analogoira  mytlis  and  superstitions 
are  almost  interchangeable.  {Vide  Moor's  Hindu 
Pantheon^  Sfc,} 

I  once  made  a  large  table  of  such  analogies,  in* 
eluding  those  of  the  Hindoo  cosmogony,  and  the 
succession  of  geological  strata,  but  unfortunntely 
lost  it*  Such  a  tabular  work  in  the  hands  of  one 
better  able  to  compile  it  might  be  made  exceed* 
ingly  interesting.  S. 

AHosmoirs :  •*  Rescrhection,  rot  Death,  tor 
Hops  of  thb  Brliever"  (3*^*  S.  v.  33-)^Vectis 
is  informed  that  this  tract  is  by  the  Rev.  Hunry 
Borlaae«  It  was  originally  a  paper  in  a  quarterly 
periodical,  called  The  Christian  Witness^  which 
appenred  at  PIvmouth  from  1834  to  1840,  and  of 
which  Mr.  Borlase  was  the  original  editor.  The 
paper  in  question  was  inserted  in  the  second 
number,  Aj>ril,  1B34.  Mr.  Borlase  was  a  native  of 
Helntooe,  m  Cornwall,  He  graduated  at  Trinity 
CoUcfTC-,  Cambridge;  and  after  his  ordination  in 
the  Church  of  England,  he  held  for  a  short  time 
the  curacy  of  the  parish  of  St.  Kcyne,  in  Corn- 
wall. He  withdrew  from  the  ministry  of  the 
Church  of  England ;  and  he  was  from  that  time 
associated  with  a  Christian  congregation  at  Ply- 
nioufh,  to  whom  first  the  name  of  "Plymouth 
en "  was  given.  It  ought,  however,  to  be 
tij  stated,  that  they  did  not  then  hold  the 
ptnniltarities  of  theology,  nor  did  they  carry  out 
the  same  course  of  action  which  characterise  those 
who  now  in  many  places  arc  known  as  Plymouth 
Bretltrcu.  The  aoctrinal  system  now  held  by 
theii)  is  utterly  at  variance  with  the  principles 
cherished  by  Mr.  Borlase. 

After  many  months  of  illness  Mr.  B<\T\as^^ai»l^ 


204 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[a"*  s.  V*  hiMM^  fi,  14 


in  October,  1835.     In  tbe  following  jear,  a  emtkXL 
volume  was  published  — 

"  Pii;>ef*  by  the  late  Henry  BorlAse,  connected  with  the 
Pre^nt  Stale  of  the  C}iarchl"  Hamiltou,  Adama,  &  Co., 
London. 

*rhe  tract  about  which  Yectu  Inquires,  was 
included  in  this  volume. 

The  "Central  Tract  Depot,  l^  Warwick  Sauare," 
about  the  continuance  of  which  Vectis  asKs,  has 
been  long  removed  elsewhere.  It  was  set  up  by 
Mr.  George  V.  Wigram,  brother  of  the  present 
Biibop  of  Rochester — a  gentleman  who  has  taken 
a  leading  part  in  much  connected  with  the 
'*  Brethreuite"  movement.  It  is  remarkable  that 
so  mtiny  of  the  *'  Brethren '  ■  have  been  closely 
connected  with  ecclesiastical  dignitaries :  for  in- 
stance, Lord  Conglcton,  a  '*  Bretbrenite"  teacher, 
and  the  present  Archbiahop  of  Canterbury,  his 
brother-in-law.  L^lius. 

Execution  or  Chajii.«3  L  (3"*  S.  iv,  195*)  — 
The  following  extract  purports  to  be  a  circum* 
«tanlia!  account  (printed  1660)  of  the  execution  of 
Charles  I.,  and  may  throw  some  light  on  a  doubt- 
ful question ; — 

"Tnesday,  Jan^  80  (the  fatal  il«y).  He  was  about 
hi  of  the  efock  brought  from  his  Palace  at  St.  James'  to 
Whitehttll  -,  marched  on  ffwt,  guarded  with  a  regiment  of 
Toot  •oldiere  throngU  the  Prtrk,  vrilh  their  colours  flying. 

&e Being  come  to  the  end  of  the  Park,  ho 

sifcend«  the  staim  leading  to  the  long  g.-dlery  in  White - 
halU  and  ao  into  the  Cabinet  Chamber,  where" he  fonnerly 


&r 


From  th*'^c^^, 
mier!  by  r»    ^  1 

,  former fy 

lurd    of  Pan     i  Lli 

i.:li  the  Banqueting  House, 
.  I  >   V114  prp'*t<?d,   b*' I  ween 


a«ed   to  lodge.    There, 
iibuat  1  o'clock,  he  ^\ 
Col.  Tomlinaon,  «ind 
attend  him,  and  thf  : 
muakotcers.  on  each  si  i 
adjoining  ro  whioh  tl 

Wluttdtall  Gate  nnd  i  '  y 

from  St,  Jamefl'.      i  li 

blavk,  th«  floor  cav«jr  i  ^       v      -  '^'- 

axe  and  block  laid  in  the  middlii  uf  the  scMloi^.  Tiiere 
w^re  divers  companies  of  foot  of  Col.  Pride'*  regimcntf 
>intl  several  troopa  of  horsey  plaeed  on  the  one  side  of  the 
<CA0bld  towanla  King  Strtet.  And  on  ihe  other  aide 
nrda  Charing  Crc««g**  &c.,  &c 

^  S.S. 

>LL(^$    THE    ACTOE    ilND    PoET :     THE    JE   KE 

8CA1  utfoi  Club  (3'^^  S.  v*  17,) — I  was  quite  pleased 
to  find  my  old  friend  **  The  Chapter  of  Kings  **  re- 
sutcitatctl  by  Ma.  Bates  from  the  realms  of  ob- 
livion. From  the  tone  of  his  remarks  I  should 
suppose  he  had  seen  onl^  the  words»  which  be 
considers  unique.  I  beg  to  say  that  I  possess 
these  wo4^1s  set  to  music,  and  a  very  merry  tune 
it  is — merry  enough  to  scare  away  the  most  de- 
termined crew  of  blue  devil*  that  ever  intruded 
on  a  mijity  November  morning.  It  was  given  me 
by  an  a«jed  friend*  a  native  of  Birmingham,  who 
reasiMl  to  reside  there  alYcr  1  «0f5 ;  so  that  it  must 
have  b*Ten  published  bcfure  that  date.  The  title 
varitss  somewhat  from  that  citud  by  Ma.  BkTit$. 
It  runs  thus: ^ — 


"  Tbe  Chapter  of  Kings.  A  c:«I<^bTatlMl  UiMlatte^  $m^ 
written  and  sunp  with  nniTeraal  apolauiM  by  Mr,  ColHiii 
Author  of  The  Bmth,  and  by  Mr.  Digniun  at  tlic  Ic  ti 

si^ai  qnoi  Ctubb/' 


Was  thla  club  a  Birmingham  or  Londoci 
elation  ?  and  by  what  class  of  roen  wms   li  fift* 
quentcd?  FKarram* 

De  Scartd  :  EiKiA*  (a"*  S,  ▼.  1S4.)— Iti« 

on  snich  a  tenure  that  many  persana  beArln^  tk 
surname  Edear  held  their  lands  near  RolMtt  lk 
Bruce'tf  ca^tTe  of  Lochmaben.  Edgars  mpfttuU 
have  been  amongst  the  personal  follow  en  oi  til 
Bruce  family.  This  may  be  proved  bjr  m  r«to» 
ence  to  Rymers  "Ficdera,"  a  MS-  canUliui^i 
list  of  the  witnesses  at  the  marriage  of  Rabst 
the  Bruce,  in  the  W.  S.  Lib.  Edin.,  &c.  &c 

A  proBos^  who  was  "  James  Edgar,  FeaibcR^ 
burges  in  Edinburgh,"  who  died  between  17M 
and  1739  ?  Was  he  related  to  the  fumilj  td  ^ 
same  name  settled  at  Keatalrig,  aad  atso  «!• 
town  of  Leith  ?  i 

RoB^T  Callm  (3^^  S.  V.  134.)  —  lo  iW 

edition  of  The  Bending  (by  W.  J.  B  " 
author  is  alluded  to  as  a  **  gentlemm 
parts  both  natural  and  acquired,'*  ana  ab 
Commissioner  of  Sewers  **in  His  native 
of  Lincolnshire/*  He  also  wrote  Tfte  Case 
Ar^ment  agaitist  Sir  Ignoramus  of  Ctumhrii^ 
(Lond,  1G4B,  4 to),  the  title-page  of  whidi  if 
scribes  him  **  of  Graies  Inne,  Esq',  afterward  Sfr 
jeant-at-Law  in  his  reading  at  St rM'h^<  Tnn  -n  1,41 
14  la.  R."     He  is  noticed  by  AT  ^ 

Bohn.  W-k  ^  ^     !     ,    _.t». 


m 

^  and      I 


«*  CLAJtA  Chesteh;'  Etc.  (8^^  S.  lit.  25.)—' 
poems  were  written  by  John  Chaloncr,  at  ca* 
time  a  captain  in  H.M.  S6th  Regiment,  lie  wa* 
a  native  of  Clonmel,  Ireland,  where  he  wi^  ten 
in  the  same  house  in  which  Lawrence  Si^mfl  w« 
born.  He  died  .Time  3,  1862,  aged  ei-' 
yenrii,  and  was  buried  at  Fethard,  near  C 

His  poemt*  wer^^  Rome,  published  in    ir^-^L 
Longman,  Hurst,  Ree^,  Orme,  and  Brow  a, 
don  ,*    The  Vale  of  Chamouniy  1822,  John 
ner,   London;  Clara   Chester,   1823,    Oliver  utii 
Boyd,  Edinburgh.  BAm-FoixT. 

Philadelphia,  U.  a  A. 

The  Story  of  Lord  Mi;ix3E4vb'8  Cm 
(3^'^  S.  V.  129.)  —  It  IS  a  very  good  «tory. 
like  all  good  stories,  it  has  seen  much  servKeJj 
The  joke  has  been  ascribed  to  a  Lord  Major  j 
well   as  ft  Lord    MuJgravc;  and  a  more 
rruifihed  fDfta  than  the   namele-^s   chaplain  ■ 
famous  Dr.  Samuel  Parr  —  hn> 
The  Doctor  had  preached  iIk 
Christ  Church  on  the  iuvitatiou  nl  ti 
of  London  (Harvey  Combe);  and 
coming  out  of  chtirch  iQg«th«r  (it  i> 


a-  8.  V.  JUn.  5,  '<4.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


205 


I 


Monifdy  Jlfo^azin^,  November^  1826,  that  telh  the 
1  storj) :  — 

I  **  *  Well/  says  PafT»  *  how  did  you  like  th«j  eermoa  ?  * 
[•Why,  Doctor/  repHci  hl»  lordibip.  *  there  were  lour 
I  things  in  it  that  I  did  not  tike  io  hear/    *  State  theiiL* 

*Wb7f  to  epeak  frimkly»  then,  they  were  the  quarters  of 

the  church  clock,  whicfistiiick  fciur  times  before  you  had 

fiaJLihed.* " 

J.C. 

•*Thb  Aet  op  Politicks"  (3^  S.  y,  164.)  — 

This  excellent  satirical  poem  (reprinted  m  Dods- 
leT*8  CollecHon)  wiis  by  the  Rev.  James  Braiustoti, 
M.A»  He  was  born  in  or  about  1694|  being  eon 
of  Fmucis  Bramston  (fourth  son  of  Sir  Mounde- 
ford  Bramston,  Master  in  Chancery ,  who  wa.s  a 
younger  son  of  Sir  John  Bramston,  Chief  Justice 
of  England).  In  1708  he  was  admitted  at  West- 
minster School,  whence  in  1713,  he  was  elected 
to  a  studentship  at  Christ's  Church,  Oxford,  pro- 
ceeding B.A.  May  17,  1717,  and  M.A.  April  6, 
1720.  In  1723  the  University  of  Oxford  pre- 
^  sen  ted  htm  to  the  rectory  of  Lurgarsale,  in  Sussex, 
and  in  1725  he  became  Vicar  of  llarting,  ux  the 
same  county.  He  died  March  lt>,  1743*4,  He 
also  wrote  The  Man  qf  Twite  (reprinted  in  Dods- 
ley  and  iu  CampbeU*s  Specimens)^  and  The  Crooked 
Sixpence^  and  has  poems  in  Cartnina  Qiuidtagcsi" 
media  and  the  Universitj  Collection,  on  the  death 
of  Dr.  Radcliffb. 

Dftltaway  and  Cartwricjht,  in  their  account  of 
Lurgareule,  written  nearly  a  century  after  Mr. 
Bramstoa*s  death,  say  *^  he  was  a  man  of  original 
humour,  the  fame  and  proofs  of  whose  colloquial 
wit  are  still  remeraberea  in  this  part  of  Sussex," 
{Hist  ofSwsex,  u.  (i.)  365.) 

In  accordance  with  a  slovenly  practice,  which, 
as  the  cause  of  error  and  trouble,  cannot  be  t^>o 
generally  condemned,  Dodeiey  has  suppressed  Mr. 
Bramston  s  Christian  name.  The  GentUmans  Ma- 
gaziite^  in  announcing  his  death,  designated  him 
3lr.  Bram;7ston,  vicar  of  Starting.  This  ludicrous 
misnomer  of  his  benefice  has  Wen  repeated  by 
Chalmers,  Campbell,  Watt,  and  Roae. 

Your  correspondent  A,  J.  has,  we  believe, 
reason  to  congratulate  himself  on  the  posM^ssion  of 
a  copy  of  the  original  edition  of  The  Art  of  PoU- 
iich.  C.  H*  k  Tmompsom  Cooper. 

TuA  Statistics  (8'"  S.  v.  175.)  —  Leaving 
DoDBT*8  query  — "What  yield  of  tea  is  required 
per  acre  to  repay  the  ordinary  cost  of  cultiva- 
tion ?**— unanswered,  I  can,  I  tnink,  remove  from 
hb  mind  the  difficulty  which  the  article  in  the 
Bdinhttrgh  Reciew  appears  to  have  produced, 

Tlie  leiii'  h  not  plucked  from  the  tea  plant  for 
the  purpose  of  bemg  manufactured  into  tea  be- 
fore? the  fmtrth  year ;  and  the  plant  is  not  at  its 
full  power  of  bearing  before  the  sixth  year.  Now 
the  proportion  of  tea  plant  in  Assam  of  four 
years  and  upwards  is  very  much  greater  than  in 
Cacbar  and  barjeeling;  indeed,  in  the  last-named 


districti  little  or  none  of  the  plant  has  come  to 
full  maturity  :  hence  the  small  yield  represented 
bj  the  cultivation  in  that  district. 

Three  hundred  poiiTjds  of  tea,  from  an  acre  of 
well-grown  plant,  will  be  about  a  fair  average. 
It  will  therefore  appear,  th»t  the  figures  in  the 
Edinburgh  Review  do  not  represent  half  what  the 
present  cultivation  in  As&am  will  produce  three 
or  fom*  years  hence.  E.  M«  D. 


NOTES  OX  BOOKS,  ETC. 
H^ordi  and  Ptacu  :  or„^tymolagieal  Rhstratfttnt  of  Hi»- 

tory,  £dinoiagjf,  and   Geography.      Bp  the  Hev.  Isaac 

Taylor,  M.A*    (Macmillao.) 

Th<>  rfU'ler  mast  not  suppov^^  ibiil  the  present  work 
h^  '  -^ Lily  prepared,  to  '  '        sowing  want  of 

a  .'  work  o«   ibis  subject.     The 

au  li  ill  hii  Preface,  i  ears  have  been 

devuted  uiotti  or  \vJ^  to  the  colk-t^itou  oi  uj  ate  Hals  for  it ; 
and  that  much  of  it  hMB^  duhog  the  la.^t  two  yeara,  been 
rewritten.  Mr.  Taylor'a  introductory  chapter,  abowing 
the  value  of  lo^ral  uauiea,  which  are  always  si^uificiitit — 
b*iog  cither  dti^riptiveof  the  country,  records  of  ethno- 
logical or  hiBLoricat  facta,  or  ilhi^tralive  of  the  atate  of 
civiU^ation  or  rvligiou  in  pajit  ti;;ea — is  well  calculated  to 
stimulate  the  reader  to  a,  careful  perusal  of  the  entire 
book;  aud  he  U'ill  read  it,  amused  and  iuformed,  by  the 
curious  and  iimtructive  fact.^  which  Mr.  Taytor^s  learning 
and  re^arch  have  gathered  together,  and  pleaded  with 
the  ingenuity  and  n^ji^onableae^s  of  tbe  deduction*  which 
be  draws  from  them.  That  we  agree  cm  every  point 
with  Mr.  Taylor  can  scarcely  be  exi>ected  j  but  ire  are 
{Creatiy  indebted  to  hira  for  a  capital  book^-one  in  which 
the  authorities  are  honestly  quoted,  and  one  which  t^ 
moreover  enriched  by  an  admirable  BibliogrApbicaJ  List 
of  W'orkit  ujiou  the  subject ;  aotue  useful  appandioda,  and 
J  copious  Index  of  local  iiamti;  and  aaother  equally 
copiaus  of  the  various  poiuU  discuaiod  and  matters 
introduced* 

Thii  Btiok  < 

the  late 

with  a  Trantiati&n  and  Additional  Aofej,  by  F.  Cbance. 

B.A.,  M*B.,  &c.  Ulc.     FoL  I.    (London  :  Hamilton  and 

Adatns.) 

Worthy  Mr,  Bernard  has  not  been  fortunate  in  h Is  ad- 
mirer and  editor.  The  peraoimt  goasip  with  which 
ftir.  Chance  tilla  bis  ptiges  dilutes  his  author's  meaning, 
wewrica  hisreaderV  patience,  and  makes  one  regret  the 
old  davji  when  scbolars  wrote  Iu  Latin,  and  compressed 
into  orie  terse  aentenco  what  Mr,  Cbance,  and  mam*  like 
him.  Would  tipread  over  an  octavo  page. 
Lucasia,      The  Pocmi  af  (iiifuird  Lovetact,   Uttf,     AW 

Jint  edited,  and   tht   J\xt  earrfuUy  revtMedf  with  mmc 

Account  of  the  A  ttthor*  and  a  ftto  NottM,     By  W.  Carew* 

llazUtt,     (J.  R.  Smith.) 

Thcfv  are  few  of  our  readers  who  do  not  know  some 
thrci'  rir  four  of  tbe  choiceat  etlu*ions  of  Lovelace^a  iituse; 
<-i  no  doubt  that  there  are  many  who«ie  know- 

li  ATitiiigs  of  the  author  o(  Lucasta  is  Iimit*'.d 

lit. il-known  iyritiL     Mn  Carew  HusUtt,  who  xa 

ciirniiig  lorwanl  ui*  au  active  and  intelligeut  editor  of  our 
ohier  wtiterH,  hii?f  just  issucil  an  edition  of  LovelaiVa 
Work*  much  more  complete  thmn  iAi%  \^^y\\\V  «*is!w^  wj^ 


t  of  Johf  OM  eiponnded  to  his  Cambridge  Pupils^  h^ 
e  \L  H.  Bernard,  On.  a,  M.A.,  &c,  &c.    Edited, 


206 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8r«&Y.  Mab.S^'M. 


efiiuions  of  tliis  gallant  Cavalier  within  the  reach  of  alL 
Mr.  Hazlitt  has  l^towed  considerable  attention  with  the 
text,  which  has  hitherto  been  very  incorrectly  printed ; 
and  has  taken  pains  to  clear  up  soine  of  the  obscure  points 
in  the  poet's  life ;  but  his  efforts  in  the  latter  case  have 
not  been  attended  with  the  success  which  he  deserved. 

A  Dictumary  of  the  Bible ;  containing  Antiqmities^  Bio' 
^aphy,  Geogrtiphy,  and  Natural  Hutoru.    Bg  Various 
Writers.     JBdUed  by  William  Smith,  LL.D.      To  be 
completed  in  25  Fartg,     Part  XIL     (Murray.) 
This  is  the  first  monthly  Part  of  the  Second  Volume 
of  Dr.  Smith's  Dictionary  of  the  Bible.    As  it  is  a  book 
which  may  be  considered  indispensable  to  all   biblical 
students,  we  congratulate  those  who  find  it  convenient  to 
take  the  work  in,  in  monthly  parts,  and  who  did  in  this 
way  place  the  first  volume  oh  their  shelves,  upon  the  ap- 
pearance of  this  first  monthly  issue  of  the  second  volume, 
which  exhibiu    in  the  various    articles    the  learning, 
research,  boldness,  and  candour  for  which  the  first  volume 
was  distinguished. 

James  Davidson,  Esq.,  of  AxMi2rsTBii.-~It  is  with 
feelings  of  deep  regret  that  we  announce  the  decease,  on 
the  2i^th  ult.,  of  one  of  our  constant  and  earliest  con- 
tributors. As  an  antiquary,  his  careful  accuracy,  com- 
bined with  deep  research  and  learning,  rendered  his 
communications  of  more  than  ordinary  value.  His  His' 
tory  of  Axminster  Church,  and  of  Newenham  Abbeys  are 
both  well  known,  but  his  most  useful  work.  The  Bibluh- 
theca  Devoniensit  (to  which  he  had  recently  published  a 
Supplement),  is  one  which  must  cause  all  future  students 
of  the  history  or  antiquities  of  Devon  to  esteem  his 
memory.  Though  of  somewhat  retiring  habits,  the 
freedom  with  which  he  communicated  liLi  vast  stores  of 
infurmation  to  others,  and  his  general  courtesy,  endeared 
him  to  a  large  circle  of  literary  friends. 


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per  gallon,  is  peculiarly  free  from  acidity,  and  yrtrj  anpcriorli 
recent  imiwrtations of  Coicitac.  lu  Fiendi  buttles, nM«.  ijerdo^t  era 
aca^  fur  the  country.  39w..  railway  ciLrriii(;e  imiJ.    No  afenta,  aad* 

be  ubtaiucd  only  of  HEN  KY  HUETr  is.  CO.,  old  l^milvaJ's  J 

Holborii,  E.C.,  and  30,  Retcent  .*^trect,  Waterloo  Place,  b.W., 
Prices  Current  int  on  application. 

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NAMJlH,  INITlAl^.  iifuik  ^  i  liiivn,  wrarinit  appanri.  tab 

I^^U Ovioe  tt  tJ'iL' uii:bi  E4  ii-,    !'   irhichthik  Ink  is  livid  bgr '      " 

«Atfltlfn.  fct..  inferior  tmHalin!  n-  (ilvn  sold  to  the  public,  l 
tiui  biMBHS  may  (if  lis  t-fkhruLi  I  III  <litlc-s.  l*urcliBi«ra  shonld  thM* 
fort  b«  4>ntifl  U<  (rfi^rT«  iXi^  xJn  >  ^^  <  u  tiiv  laiiL-U  ifl.  BtMIUPtfOATfep 
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i^ijJd.  hy  bII  Fe>(H-clid)tr  dicnilPfi,  i»tb[iuner»,  «.c.,  in  tJic  LuiladF' 
duvtii,  £n4fr  l«.  per  buttl«i  dom/.  »ii«  c-v^r  maiic. 

M>TIC^.  — BrMuVEU  {tijni  pt.  Long  LAne  vwticre  U  hia  I 
established  brvly  hall  a  etutury  i,  Ui 

10.  BlSHOPSiiATE  STREET  WITHIN.  X.C. 


BROWN  AND  POISON'S 

ATENT     CORN      FLOUR. 

PMdtats.8<f. 

GUABANTEED  PERFECTLY  PUKE. 

Is  a  IWTuaiH* 

DIBT  FOR  CUIIJ>RBN. 

•ad  mach  aparAved 

Wm  PITDDUrUA.  CUSTAHM,  M. 


I 


jNiav.  iUR.i2,Hj4.] 


NOTES  AKD  QUERIES. 


id^fHWy,  SMTUBDAV,  MdRca  IS,  mA. 


CONTENTS.— N».  116. 

K0TB8:  — Sir  W&itffr  iCaJfligbt   Addltioaal  P»pei«,  807  — 

Oonmh  ProverliB.  £06  — Modem  Folk  Ballsy.  a(H»— Itfil 
ftuilive«i.  210— J>eitnictioti  of  the  Tituns  And  BnffpnA, 
and  Origin  oftlMJ  Vine,  /6.  —  Uhvitiruate  Children  of  Klug 
diaries  IL— Lord,  JUdy:  vaiion  — The  Value 

of  a  "Daily  Papw  in  1741  s  ter — Eiecution  of 

Anne  Bofe^rn— Sclilanrig-ir  i 

QUERIED:  —  AnoMior  Woiahip  —  Hun^h  BranhEun  —  A 
Bull  tif  BuTki«>  —  Ombrklffe  villaivfw  —  James  Cmnming, 

ysj  .        ii..  ,....  o,.  .  ..  ..       "  —  'iir  — Kir  John  Jicofi, 

K :  ^  nvfc  Puuk-l  —  fi«r. 

Ci  Ice— Rapier  —  Sao- 

Qrnmw  wtrs  Airtwrnmi :  —  The  Mliikteirfca  Woofcn 
gpoou  —  Bishop  Banwbj  Pott(«r  —  Willittm  Speaea— Sir 
John  Cjfclf  ^  fiecaaii?eld  or  Bwcanoeld  —  War  of  lavea- 
turtsj,  214 

RBPLIES:  -  Publirn'  "  '  ^inries,  215  -  T»llcyi»iid*8 
Maxim,  216— PostM  id  IL,  King  of  Eiwhmd, 

£ir  —  TH*I»*  nf  A  nit!  L  wU  Morris.  SI  ?>  —  whit- 

inoro  F^r    '  '-  ,i>^r>       Hurriet  Livern;i  ''    ^v 

Motto—  U  — The  Sea  of  Glass  -  f 

the  Shii'  -  Ottth  "  V.\  omcio  "  —  i  ■ 

LiqUfDT  '     —    ■    M-iiuis    of   gr    ''         1         It     M  _ 

Martin— The  First  P^pf  r  I 

Dwarh  — Austrian  Matte,  .u 

I^onr  —  Bt.  Mary  Matft^lon — t-Trumuaja  lioia — i^r,  •lotiii 
wigan— Cootie  Soorb  tTMiitated— Inauuitkm*  r.Yisito- 
tiona— Natter.  220. 


SIB  WALTER  BALEIGa    ADDITTONAL  PAFEBS. 

I  continue  the  extracts  from  my  mi^ccHaneoiis 
papers  regarding  Sir  Walter  Ealei^b.  I  am  not 
able  to  arrange  them  with  precision  as  to  tlie 
datcR,  but,  QA  in  the  former  instances^  those  readers 
of  **  N.  &  Q."  who  are  acquainted  with  the  main 
incidents  of  hw  career  will  not  find  any  difficulty 
in  this  respect. 

(Jiidorted  by  Lord  Burghley]  "Itl  Deeemb.  1687. 
SJ  Walter  Balegb  letter  of  2000  foote  and  200  hone  in 
Dev.  Jind  Cornwall. 

Addressed  "  To  the  B^bi  hfworabl*  my  tineiiler  good 
L.  the  L.  higbe  Treaonrer  of  Ingland." 

"  My  singulcr  good  Lorde  acoordinge  to  your  Lord* 
•hips  aod  the  rtat  of  ray  Lord&  dirertiona,  I  have  attended 
thA  Larle  of  Bath,  and  coofeired  with  the  deputes  of 
DcTon  and  the  Citty  of  Exoo  for  the  drawinge  to  gethct, 
of  2000  foote  and  200  horae,  «id  I  finds  gre^it  difference 
of  oppmioo  amottge  them :  tuine  are  of  oppinion  that  thii 
Imrden  wilbo  mvona  unto  Ibe  coimtrey-,  stundinge  ott 
thu  tyme  voydo  of  all  trafiqnt,  the  sabiide  not  belnge 
yet  gathered,  and  tbe  pait  moiters  bavin jr  bvn  TPry 
cbaigcable,  S'  John  Gilbert,  S^  Kiohard  <;  '  .jli 
the  Earle  hynioeolf,  beinge  more  zelous  bet  a 

and  her  maiiisties  «ervic«,  who  hai^i  ahv.*..  ,  ,^.^..^^  & 
"*^''  '>n  in   their  devlsiona,  and  wiUingnes  to 

^*^'  v'«r  pih«!b6  fhon^ht  meet  for  her  majestieji 

aarvi...  nv  (ut  iulon  that  the  matter  and 

»ervic«  wilba  ia  most  aanred  that  the 

caraftill  usage  cH  i  -  e  deputes  in  their  aeverall 

*^'*"°I  Jill  eaaeiy  induce  the  inferior  aort  to  what 
•o^ar  walbo  thottght  ncceesory  for  bar  mAjettiei  aanfly 
and  IheJr  own  delboee :  but  same  other  iff  tbe  oommiabiofi 


of  Devon  (in  my  conscience  before  the  Lorde")  beinge 
both  infected  in  religion  and  vehemently  nialcontoat^ 
who  by  how  much  the  more  they  at«  tamperat,  by  so 
much  the  more  dangerous,  are  aecreatly  great  hinderance 
of  all  actions  tendinge  to  the  good  of  her  majatty  or  eaofty 
of  the  present  ftaie.  Tho  men  make  doabt  'that  your 
honor's  instmctJoDa  alone  ar  not  auffieient  and  sanib 
warrant  for  their  discharge ;  and  that  if  any  refoae  to 
contdbvte  they  aee  not  by  what  they  ahoutd  be  inforsed, 
with  a  tbowsaod  dilatory  cavelations.  For  mync  own 
oppinion,  under  yotir  L.  correction,  if  it  might  notwith* 
standing  stande  with  ber  roajeatiaa  likinge  to  beare  the 
one  bane  of  the  charge,  being  great,  it  wonld  be  vefy 
consonant  to  all  good  pollicy ;  and  the  cotmtroy,  as  I  judg% 
will  willingly  defray  the  rest,  which,  onles  ther  wear 
miniHtera  of  otbsr  disposition  will  not  be  ao  sanfly  and 
aascly  brought  to  effect  I  have  sent  your  Lordahnie  axL 
estinaateof  Die  whole,  with  which  I  humble  pray  your  I* 
to  acquaynt  her  majesty,  and  not  otherwise  to  impart  my 
letter,  because  I  am  bold  to  write  my  simple  oppioion 

Elaynly  onto  yonr  tordjiljipei  the  same  beinge,  as  the 
lOrd  doth  judge,  without  respect  or  parciallity,  bayisM 
rowed  my  trmvidle  and  Ufe  to  her  majesties  service  oufy 
and  for  ever. 

**  I  have  writen  to  the  depatea  of  Cornwall,  and  §m 
reddy  to  tepaire  thitber  witnall  diliigeiiee,  and  to  ptr- 
forme  the  reat  of  hir  najtstiea  oomraand  geven  mea  III 
charge  by  your  Lordshipa. 

"  And  yeven  so,  htimble  cnrnmcDdyng  my  aervioe  onto 
yonr  Lordiihipe  favorable  constiiictioD,  I  take  my  \sf^ 
From  Rxon  thia  3uc  of  T 


**  Your  L.  to  do  you  tU  boDor  and  service, 

••  W.  B^r^iffH. 
**  Tbe  Ctttiaeiia  of  Exter  as  yet 

reftise  to  beare  sncfa  oart  as  was 
thought  meet  bvthe  leretcaants 
of  Devon  and  thtj  rest^ 

[In  an  Account  entitled  **  Extraordinarie  pai* 
ment^  out  of  the  Kecelpt,  from  our  Ladie  daie 
1587,  untH  Micbafl  foUowinge,^  occurs  tbis  item: 

••  18  JimiJ  1687.  To  S'  Walter  Ealcigh  to  be  impJoiad 
accordlnge  to  hir  Males  ties  direction        .        .    M.  M^.] 

(Indorsed  by  Raleigh),  "  Order  for  the  pnttingein  red- 
dines  of  2000^ footmen  accordinge  to  your  honor's  diieo- 
tions. 

f  S''  K.  Grenvill  with  hia  Band  of  *    80O 
2000    men    un-     Richard  Carew  irith  hia      ...    300 

der  capta^^na    S»"  John  Arrundcll  with  bis     .    -    200 

to  r«rpairo  to    W  Bevill  with  his     ,    .    .    .    .    200 


the  Court  or  A  The  provost  manhall  John  Wrey 


elsewher  with 
my  L.  direc- 
tions^ 


Thomas  Lower  with  his  . 

Tristram  Arcote  with  his  . 

John  Trelany  with  his    .  . 

^  John  Eeskener  with  his .  . 


200 
200 
200 
200 
20O 


«  Wea  have  apoyntcd  4  waynee  to  each  hmidred,  and 
Titles  for  fourteen  dayes,  and  wee  accompt  to  monnt  the 
one  half  on  hackncs  for  cacpedition :  wee  provide  tooles 
for  200  pioners,  as  well  for  our  own  incampinge  as  to 
aerve  her  majesty  in  her  camp  reolL  Also  wee  bava 
ordayned  a  cornet  of  horemcn  to  be  in  reddinea,  if  your 
honours  shall  command  tho  same,  to  bo  added  to  thia 
2000  footmen ;  and  if  I  shall  not  be  commanded  down  my 
seaJf,  I  have  thought  good  to  direct  S*^  Richard  Grenvill 
to  have  the  conduction  of  this  regement  to  bringe  them 
to  the  campe,  wher  after  yonr  hononrs  may  oSierwiso 
dispose  of  the  charge,  as  it  shall  best  like  yonr  wiadomflB' 
"  Tour  boaora  btunble  att  command. 


NOTES  AND  QUER: 


[«^  a  V.  Ma*." 


Indorsed  "  xiuj**i  September,  1588.  M.  for  ttay  of  all 
shipping  upon  the  north  coaste  of  Devoa  and  Cornwall. 
To  S^  Rich.  Gr«nvil!.    Entred. 

"  B.  Tr.  and  wdb.  we  grete  you  well  \^Br  we  have 
some  occaaioa  oi&ed  to  lu,  by  reasoa  of  certen  ahippes 
part  of  the  Spa.  Armada,  that  cotning  about  Scotland  ar 
dzyveo  to  soDdry  portea  in  the  west  of  Ireland,  to  put  in 
reoTnee  some  foroea  to  be  sent  io^o  Ireland  ai  ikrder  oc- 
caalon  ihall  be  ffyren  tu,  which  we  meane  to  be  shipped 
in  the  Ryvcr  of  Sevcm,  to  pass  from  there  to  Watertord 
or  Cork,  we  have  thought  mote  to  make  choUs  of  yow  for 
this  aerrice  foUowyng,  We  reauire  yow  that  upon  the 
north  cost  of  Devon  and  Cornwall,  towardee  Serem,  yow 
make  stay  of  all  shippyiig  mete  to  transport  loldiera  to 
Waterford,  and  to  gyre  chard  g  tlut  the  same  sblppes  be 
made  redy  with  Masters,  Marynors,  and  all  other  maritym 
provi&ions  nedefuU,  so  as  upon  the  next  warning  gyven 
from  us,  or  from  our  Coansel,  ther  msj[  be  redy  to  re- 
ceave  our  sayd  soldiors,  which  shall  be  tii'^  out  of  Come- 
wall  and  Devon,  and  ii]j«  out  of  Glocester  and  Some^sett- 
ahire.  We  have  also  some  other  further  intention  to  use 
your  service  in  Ireland  with  these  ahippes  aforsayj, 
wherof  S^  Walter  Ralegh,  Knight,  whom  we  have  ac- 
niiaynted  therewith,  shall  inform  yow,  who  also  hath  a 
dispoaition  for  our  service  to  pass  into  Ireland,  ether 
with  these  forces  or  before  they  shall  depart. 

The  following  is  in  RalexgVs  handwriting,  and 
ia  indorsed  by  Sec.  Windebaok  thus  :  "  Consider- 
aiiona  concerning  Eeprysalks  " :  — 

"  All  that  haih  or  shalbc  taken  may  be  brought  in 
qoestioD. 

^  The  pepper  of  the  last  carrecke  claymed  by  the 
Takers. 

**  The  Italians  may  as  welt  clayme  the  goods  brought 
irom  the  Indies. 

"  Jftdgmeuts  alreddy  goven  in  this  case  of  late  for 
Brass  and  others. 

*«  If  the  Quecne  held  her  kingdome  of  the  Venetians, 
yet  conld  thev  not  clayme  such  n  prehcminence. 

**  The  Itaiiens  goods  taken  by  the  Dankerkers  in  our 
shippB  never  by  them  claymed. 

*■  The  French  never  clayine  thdf  goods  taken  la 
Spaniahe  bottomes. 

"  The  Vcneciens  are  not  ignorant  of  this  law,  for  b«- 
aydes  that  it  is  a  la  we  among  all  uations,  they  have  had 
a  snte  against  S*  John  Gilbert  this  two  yeare  upon  the 
aamepoyot 

^  Tne  Kings  of  Sweden  and  Denmarko  in  their  late 
warn  did  not  only  confiscate  all  shipps  that  came  to  the 
contrary  syxle,  but  putt  people  to  the  sworde,  of  what 
nation  soever,  that  traded  with  their  enemies. 

*•  The  proclamation  rertraynethe  all  other  bottomei^ 
and  if  (piestlon  be  made  of  the  Spanlshe  shipps,  the  sea 
warr  of  otir  part  is  at  t  an  end. 

••  The  Queeae  will  lose  ten  thowsand  pound  a  yearc 
cuitome  by  this  Judgment 

*'  And  besides  tlic  loM  to  the  realme  of  goods  taken 

Drom  the  cncm  ve,  Ujier  will  follow  many  inconveniencoB, 

MM  welt  the  impovcrishinz  of  the  enemy*  the  not  setting 

I  our  mariners  a  worke,  the  disuse  of  our  men  from  the 

waim^  and  the  want  of  hitelliffonco  dayly  gotten, 

"  It  ware  strange  to  veld  in  a  case  wher  ther  ts  a 
dirwt  lawe  to  warrant 

**  The  clamors  of  the  maivhant  is  not  to  bo  esteemed* 

**  Wee  shall  loss  more  by  leviog  repriaall  than  by  the 
trado  of  Vennis. 
**  The  Tenetiens  am  not  heal p  us  nor  harmo  oi. 
**  It  is  matter  of  great  consequence  to  be  yeildod  onto. 
**  Wee  OBgbt  to  be  curious  in  such  a  case  where  hoooTi 


priviledge*  and  greatnes  of  states  and  princes  an  In  qws^ 
tion. 

**  It  were  atraoge  that  the  Queen  should  Aonht  loyrfM 
that  the  IngUsho  should  not  serch  French  bottomed  sat 
now  doubt  to  avow  good  taken  in  Spaniaho  ahipftt  fiaa 
Venetiens.'* 

J.  Fatzts  Ccilliii. 


CORNISH  PROVERBS. 

Whilst  the  study  of  the  provincial  diaketi  bi 
greatly  increased  during  the  past  half  ceoteft 
that  of  local  proyerbs  still  remains  nlnooft  to(«llf 
neglected.  In  the  hope  of  calling  attentioo  Is 
this  comparatively  new  pursuit,  and  abowing  hm 
large  a  number  can  be  gleaned  ereii  fVom  one 
county,  I  send  you  this,  the  first  part  of  a  ool* 
lection,  and  with  your  permission  omera  atiaU  Si* 
low :  — 

I.  COnKlSn   PROVKBBUL  RIITlfSa. 

1.  He  that  hurts  robin  or  wren. 
Will  never  prosper  boy  nor  man. 

In  the  vulgar  pronunciation,  the  rhyme  U  at- 
tained by  a  long  d,  man.  See  also  the  ncxi 
example  :  — 

2.  By  Tre,  Pol*  and  Pen, 
lloe,  Caer  and  Lan, 

You  shall  know  all  Cornish  men. 

The  second  line  of  this  old  saw  is  freqtiaiijy 
omitted,  and  certainly  the  prefixea  tnentioned  ■ 
it  are  not  so  common  as  those  contniDe<l  in  tb 
preceding  line.  The  antiquity  of  this  saying  may 
be  gathered  from  the  fact  that,  in  Andrew  Bordai 
Book  of  Knowledge  (1542)  occur  the^e  lines  — 

•*  My  bedaver  wyl  to  London  Uy  try  the  law. 
To  sue  Tre,  Pol,  and  Pen  for  wagging  of  a  strmif," 

5.  Better  a  clout  than  a  bole  out. 

4.  More  rain,  more  nest;  more  water  will  sttlt  1^ 
ducks  best. 

The  following  distich  refers  to  magpies :  — 

^.  One  f^r  lorrow.  two  for  mirths 
Three  for  a  wedding,  four  for  a  birth. 

Ms.  Couch,  in  his  Folk  Lore  of  a  Carmak  Fl^ 
lage  O'N  &   Q:*  1-»  S.  xii.  37l  has  nude  lli 

strange  substitution  of  death  for  birth* 

6.  Cornwall  will  bear  a  shower  every  d^» 

And  two  on  Sunday. 

7.  A  Scilly  ling  is  a  diBh  for  a  king* 

8.  Cross  a  ctile,  and  a  gat«  hard  by. 
You'll  be  a  widow  before  you  dte. 

9.  The  mistress  of  the  mill 

May  lay  and  do  what  she  wilL 
10.  One  is  a  play,  a&d  two  la  a  gay  [a  toy]. 

Mr.  Halliwell,  in  his  DicHonary  qf  ArtMf 
Wordi^  quotes  the  following  passage :  — 

*  As  if  a  thid^  should  be  proud  of  hU  halter,  a  (xW* 
of  his  dontes,  a  child  of  his  gay,  or  *  fool  of  hia  baM^^*- 
Dent*B  pMtkmagi,  ^  40. 


F    11. 


V.  JUb.  12,  •64] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


209 


11,  A  Satorday  or  a  Sanday  moon 
Comes  onco  in  Beven  yea»  too  900ii^ 

This  proverbi  slightly  varied,  appears  to  be  cur- 
rent in  several  counties  of  England  as  well  as  tn 
the  Lowlands.  Cf.  **N.  &  Q/'  2^^  S.  il  516; 
liL  58. 

13.  With  one  chUd  you  may  walk,  with  two  yoa  may 
ride; 
When  vou  bard  three  at  home  too  must  bide« 


13.  Liko  a  ribbon  doubli9-dy«d. 

Never  worn  and  never 'tried. 
14. 


kl4.  Raifi^  raiti,  go  to  Spain^ 
And  come  again  another  day ; 
When  I  brew,  when  I  hake, 
Ton  ahall  have  a  figgy  cake. 
And  a  glass  of  brandy. 

With  the  lower  cla«ses  of  the  Cornish,  a  "  plum 
pudding  "and  a  *•  plum  cake"  are  chttnged  into 
**  ^ggj  pudding  and  cake."  Those,  however,  who 
wisn  to  he  more  correct,  alter  the  fourth  line  into 
"  You  shall  have  a  piece  of  cake," 

P.  W.  Tbepolpbk. 


¥ 


MODERN  FOLK  BALLADS. 
In  former  days   almost  every  event 


that  at- 
tracted popular  attention  was  versified  in  rude 
fashion  by  some  rustic  poet,  and  the  ballad  was 
the  common  song  of  the  lower  classes.  These 
quaint  old  effusions  have  now  become  nearly  ob- 
solete; and  you  bear  instead  snatches  of  negro 
melodies,  or  songs  from  farces  or  comic  enter- 
toiumente,  wherever  you  go,  but  rarely  anything 
like  the  old;*  folk  poetrjr." 

A  short  time  ago,  taking  a  long  run  out  to  sea 
with  some  of  the  boatmen  from  Ramsgate — who 
I^  should  say,  par  paretdheae^  are  generally  very 
civil  and  intelligent  men^— 'severaf  of  the  usual 
tales  about  smuggling  were  narrated  to  me. 
Among  the  rest  was  the  story  I  venture  to  relate 
below.  I  was  also  told  a  ballad  had  been  written 
on  the  subject  by  some  of  the  fishermen,  which 
was  often  sung  by  them ;  and  a  '*  very  touching 
song  it  is,"  my  informant  said.  With  some 
difficulty,  a  copv  was  procured  ;  and  as  it  is  pro- 
bably y^ry  nearly  the  laat  of  that  class  of  poetry, 
it  is  enclosed  escactly  aa  given  to  me. 

The  story  is  this*  About  twenty  years  ago,  an 
attempt  was  made  to  "run"  some  tea  at  a  "gap," 
or  opening  cut  through  the  cliff  down  to  the 
beachf  not  far  southward  of  Margate.  The  pre- 
ventive men  got  scent  of  the  matter,  and  opposed 
the  landing ;  and  at  last  one  of  them  fired  on  the 
smugglers  I  and  wounded  one  of  them  in  the  thigh 
a  little  above  the  knee.  This  man  was  a  fine 
strong  feUow,  called  Dick  Churchman :  a  first- 
rate  aeaman,  and  a  great  favourite  all  along  the 
coast.  So  slight  did  the  wound  seem  to  him,  that 
be  took  no  notice  of  it  at  all,  but  kept  on  rowing, 

**  aAer  six  hours  they  landed  at  Broadstairs, 


and  went  into  a  public- house  there^  called  "The 
Tartar  Frigate."  Whether  they  had  succeeded  in 
"  running  their  goods "  or  not,  I  was  not  told. 
However,  shortly  after  they  entered  the  house. 
Churchman  for  the  first  time  complained  of  feel- 
ing "a  little  faint;"  and  asked  for  some  beer, 
which  he  drank,  and  then  slipped  gently  off  his 
seat,  and  fell  on  the  :6oor  stone  dead.  It  was 
found  a  small  artery  had  been  divided,  and  the 
man  had  literally  bled  to  death  without  any  one 
of  his  mates  having  the  slightest  idea  that  he  had 
received  a  serious  hurt. 

A  report  soon  spread  that  the  preventive  man 
had  cut  his  bullets  into  quarters  when  he  loaded  his 
piece,  for  the  better  chance  of  hitting  the  men ; 
and  in  the  horrible  hope  that  the  wounds,  in- 
flicted by  the  ragged  lead,  might  be  more  deadly* 
As  might  have  been  expected,  there  was  a  tre- 
mendous burst  of  popular  indignation,  and  the 
authorities  were  obLged  to  remove  the  preventive 
man  to  some  distant  part  of  the  country.  A  sort  of 
public  funeral  was  given  to  "  poor  Dick  Church- 
man," and  these  are  the  lines  that  record  his  fate* 
They  are  at  once  so  simple  and  genuine,  I  make 
no  aj)ology  for  them,  rude  as  Ihcy  may  be.  At  an^ 
rate  it  was  some  satisfaction  to  find  that  the  spirit 
which  had  listened  to  the  popular  lay  of  the  bard, 
the  glee-man,  the  minstrel,  and  the  ballad-finger, 
was  not  wholly  extinct  in  England. 

•*  UNES  ON   THE  DKATU  OF  BlCBAItD   CHUBGOMAir* 

**  Good  p«op1e  give  attention 
To  what  I  will  unfold, 
And,  when  this  song  i^  snng  to  you, 
Twill  moke  your  blood  ron  culd : 

"  For  Richard  Churchman  was  that  man 
Wai  shot  upon  his  post. 
By  one  of  those  preventive  men, 
That  guard  along  our  coaat* 

"  It  was  two  o^dock  one  rooming, 
As  Tve  beard  many  say, 
Like  a  lion  bold  he  took  bia  oar, 
For  to  get  under  weigh : 

"  For  six  long  hours  he  laboured. 
All  in  his  bleeding  gore. 
Till  at  eight  o'clock  this  man  did  f^t— 
Alas !  he  was  no  more ! 

**  And  then  this  bold  preventive  man 
Was  forced  to  run  away, 
For  on  tlie  New  Gate  station 
He  could  no  longer  stay. 
**  There  was  hopes  they'd  bring  him  back  again, 
And  tio  him  to  a  poat ; 
As  a  warning  to  all  preventive  men, 
That  guard  along  our  coait* 

«  Then  they  took  him  lo  St  Lnurence  church, 
And  ho  liea  buriod  there ; 
All  with  a  heane  and  mourning  coach, 
And  oU  his  friends  were  there : 

**  And  tixty  coople  of  blue-jackets, 
With  tears  ail  in  their  eyes, 
All  for  the  loss  of  Churchman, 
Unto  their  great  surprise. 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


LiH&ir*  iiAB.1411 


•*  For  he  waa  belov^ed  by  all  hia  friend«» 
likewise  by  rich  and  poor ; 
Let's  hope  the  mux  tlmt  mardcrod  him 
Will  never  rest  no  more  I" 

Enclosed  h  the  original,  in  tlie  boatmanV 
writing ;  both  which,  Euid  the  epelling,  are  much 
better  than  might  be  expected  from  one  of  his 
cLass*  A*  A. 

Poeto*  Comer. 


LORD  RUTHTEjg-. 

In  Park's  edition  of  Lord  Orford's  Roval  and 
Noble  Authors,  n  long  notice  is  giren  of  Patrick, 
third  Lord  Ruthven,  who  was  a  marked  man  of 
the  time,  for  hts  participation  in  the  slaughter  of 
Eiwo — an  act  which  was  a  year  afterwards  re- 
Tenged  by  the  aflsassination  of  Ilenry  Lord  Darnley 
at  the  Kirk  of  Field,  In  a  foot-note,  the  accom- 
pliiihed  editor  has  taken  notice  of  a  curious  little 
work  entitled  tbe  Ladies  Cabinet  Enlarged  and 
OpeMd^  a  portion  of  which  is  said,  in  the  pre- 
^.e  dated  m  16S6,  to  have  been  derived  n-om 
the  learned  and  scientific  observations  of  a  **  Lord 
Kuthvcn/*  Mr-  Park,  who  bad  before  him  only 
the  fiturtk  edition,  dated  1667,  has  made  a  mis- 
take as  to  the  authorship,  which,  strange  to  say, 
is  shown  by  evidence  furnished  by  himself.  In 
the  preface,  the  portion  of  the  volume  previously 
mentioned  is  represented  as  taken  from  the  papers 
of  the  late  Right  Honourable  and  learned  Chymistj 
the  Lord  Ruthven.''  Now  Lord  Ruthven  of 
Freeland,  the  party  supposed  to  be  the  author, 
was  alive  in  1672;  his  eon  David,  the  second 
Lord,  having  been  served  heir  of  his  father  May 
10,  1G73.  The  date  of  the  peerage  was  Feb,  7, 
1650.  From  this  it  follows  that  the  hUe  Lord 
Ruthven  of  1666  could  not  be  the  person  who 
was  ennobled  in  1650,  and  lived  at  least  until  the 
year  1672. 

It  would  be  very  obliging  if  any  of  your  readers, 
possessing  earlier  editions,  would  inform  tbe  writer 
ma  to  whether  the  preface  partially  quoted  by  Mr. 
Park,  occurs  in  any  one  of  them^  and  especially 
what  are  the  dates  of  the  Erst  editions  ;*  because 
it  is  poaslble  that  the  Lord  Huthven  referred  to 
may  have  been  the  immediate  surviving  younger 
brother  of  the  murdered  Earl  of  Gowrte,  and 
who,  d€Jure,  was  entitled  to  be  so  called,  as  the 
moment  the  breath  had  passed  from  his  lord- 
ship's body,  the  title  Jure  sanguinis  came  to  him, 
fljia  he  never  was  lawfully  attainted  as  Earl  of 
Crown  e* 

It  is  an  historical  fact  that  IV'illiam,  by  ri^ht 
fourth  Earl,  was  addicted  to  scientific  pursuits, 
and  had  great  knowledge  in  chemistry,  whereas 

C*  Watt  and  Lowmlee  ^ve  the  data  of  iCSi,  ISnio,  as 
the  flnt  editioo.— £d.] 


the  Ruthvens  of  Freeland  w^  not  la  ft 
degree  given  to  such  investigalioiiBt 
liara  might  have  safely  come  back  mxf 
the  demiHe  of  tbe  iumily  persecutor,  to  lk| 
Charles  does  not  seem  to  have  entertilacl  ^ 
same  detestation  of  the  Ruthven^  aa  fust  h^M 
had,  for  he  r^'sed  one  of  the  fanaily  to  Ike  hii 
rank  of  an  earl  both  in  England  and  SeotlM 
This  nobleman  having  left  only  two  dinghtst 
the  Earldoms  of  Forth  and  Brentford  expired  w^ 
himself.  J«  ^ 


DESTRUCTION  OF  THE  TITAl^B  AND  DIUO0Slr| 
AND  ORIGIN  OF  THE  XTSJL 

**  Androcydea,  sapieatia  dania,  id  AlexAndruM  i 
scripsit,  intemperwitiani  ejus  oohihent :  •  VisiiB  _ 
Hex,  mcmonlo  biber©  to  sanguloem  Tetne.'*<^ll^ 

Aa^  HtMl.  I*  xjv*  c  5. 

In  the  astral  myths,  the  giants  sjmbotisiiAr 
terrene  energy ;  and  this  sage  adtnoDilioo  rf^ 
renowned  Androcydes  suggested  to  me  ifttfl^l 

lowing  mythological  fancy :  — 

Great  Terra  trembled  —  surging  witb  iffnght 
Did  Keptune  in  his  deep  recesses  cowvf  { 

Till  the  swift  Hours,  sphere -circling,  waked  ■ 
Star.* 
In  darkening  twilight  of  the  west  tJkr 

Then  flashed  Orion's  splendent  sword,  wad  I 
Arcturus  beaconed  from  hl5  zenitli  tower 

ToCepheua,  Sagittarius,  Sirius — all 

Heaven's  mighty  host  to  mount  the  tlAitung  wil 

Startled  from  slumber,  Nox  beheld  * 

Of  their  dread  darts,  a  meteor  ten 
Frequent  and  thick,  against  tL- 

who,  with  hia  sons,  and  Dr: 
(Unnatural  1  eagu  e )  woul  d  van  n  u  i  v  1 1 

And  mar  the  orbed  order  ol  Ihc  ^ 
Dubious  the  war,  till  Lucifer'a  jiale  crr*.t 
Signalled  Apollo  from  the  kindling  east. 

Scarce  had  Aurora  cleit  the  veil  of  doods 

That  wrapped  Olympus,  when  the 

roee. — 

Struck  by  the  dreadful  lightning  of  his  €y%  _ 

Overthrown,  transfixtsd,  the  monster  Bauftew  &^ 

(Mcmorialled  hideouJ  in  their  stony  abrowiti) 


•  ^AffTpoUi  H  pikgyjas  arof^kf  JhrAi0w»*0^ 


War*- 


|,.  m  the  I 

gcnjiuijitM    ii 

flliatioa  «f  I 

fpel  di^ixjAcsl  >  :4  in  tlia  i 


I 


-^ 


9rt  &  y.  Kak.  H,  '64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


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I 

I 
I 


While  ^neatb  theiuai^ig  hdlts!'  redoubled  blows 
Typhceus*  life -blood  o*er  the  dark  soil  flowa  : 
TEence  sprang  the  sanguine  fruitDge  of  the  Vme, 
Yielding  for  gods  and  men  the  glorious  purple 
wine. 

J.L. 
Dabllo. 


IlXEOrmtATE  ClItLPlL£N  OF  Kxxo  Cff  ABij;s  II. 

I  enclose  a  cutting  from  a  newspaper,  purporting 
to  give  as  correct  a  Ibt  of  these  as  eon  be  ascer- 
tained, or  I  should  rather  say,  those  whom  King 
Charles  acknowledged  as  bis  own.  Perhaps  some 
correspondent  of  **  N,  k  Q."  can  point  out  mac- 
coracies  in  the  statement;  at  any  rate  there  is 
one  In  calling  the  Duchess  of  Cleveland  Barbara 
ViUiers  Instead  of  Palmer  :  — 

'•  Tbo  illcHtimate  children  of  King  Charles  II.  were 
popularly  believed  to  be  legion,  but  he  acknowledged 
onij  (1)  James  Sittart,  son  of  .i  yoQD|^  lady  in  Jersey^ 
who  took  hobr  ord«ni,  and  died  a  Catholic  priest;  (^) 
Jaivh  t  Monmoutb,  sou  of  Lucy  WiU ten,  cxe* 

cut'  n   by  bis  uncle's  command;  (3)  Mary, 

dau^:..^.  ..i^  same  lady,  married  first  to  William  Sar*- 
field,  an  Irish  gentleman,  and  afterwards  to  Willmm 
Fanabaw;  (4)  Charles  Fitzrov,  Duke  of  Southampton, 
(5)  UiUfy  FitBxoy,  Duko  of  Gmfton,  (6)  George  FJtz- 
Toy^  Doke  of  NorLliumberland,  aud  (7)  Anne,  Couotesa 
of  Sttasejc  — all  children  of  Brifbara  ViUiera,  the  fierce 
Ducheaa  of  Cleveland ;  (8)  Charles  Beauclerk,  Duke  of 
St  AlbanX  and  (0)  .TRmpfl  K^fifv  lf*rk,  sona  of  Nell 
Gwynno;   (10)  Chnrl      '  '  Ulchmaod,  son 

of    Lootae  Qnorouaii  liouth;    (H) 

Mary  Tudor,  nmrrief  .  .:  _  _.     Lttrwentwater, 

daughter  of  Marv  Davis;  (12)  Charles  Fitzchorlcs,  and 
(13)  a  girl  who  died  young,  children  of  Catherine  Pegge; 
and  (14)  Charlotte  Boyle,  aluu  Fitsroy,  wife  af  Sir 
Robert  Pa«ton,  Hart.,  afterwards  JEarl  of  Yannonth* 
daughter  of  EliMletb,  N' Iscountess  Shannon.  Thres  of 
thes«  founded  dukcdomi  which  atlll  exist  —  Grafton, 
Richmonil,  and  St.  Albana — and  other  families  trace 
their  t\sf*  to  connecrtion  tiith  the  children  of  the  last 
popular  Stuart" 

OxonjiKBis. 

Loeh,    Lai>t  :    thxib     Dbritation *'  My 

Lord,"  as  a  style  of  address,  is  of  frequent  occur- 
rence in  the  Bible,  while  the  nse  of  ^  Sir "  is 
comparatively  nire,  the  earliest  passage  in  which 
we  meet  with  it  being  Genesis  xliii.  ^O,  "  O  Sir, 
we  came  down/'  &c.  See  John  iv.  1 1  ;  xx.  15 ; 
Acts  xiv.  15;  Rev.  vu.  14,  and  elsewhere.  It 
waa  useti,  as  now,  to  strangers,  or  to  elden,  im- 
plying respect  as  instanced  above. 

**  My  lord  **  seems  to  have  been  universally 
adopteiL  Kings  and  prophets  were  so  addressed. 
**  Sara  obeyed  Abraham,  calling  him  Lord."  (See 
Gen.  xviij.  12.)  Enehel  thus  speaks  of  her  father, 
Esau  is  thus  oomteim&ly  mentioned  by  Jacob, 
Joseph  is  so  addrt'stfed  by  the  brethren,  though 
of  oourse  as  a  stran^pr  of  note.  Joshua  to  his 
chief--"  My  Lor^l  ' "  ^bid  them.**     But  the 

following  is  on  c  1  use;  one  which  I  do 

not  remember  to  have  met  with  elsewhere  in  the 


Bible :  «  Now  therefore  Lord  Bohfernesy'"   &c. 
Judith  V.  24. 

"  Lord "  is  said  to  be  an  abbreviation  of  the 
Anglo-Saxon  compound  Hlaf-ord^  and  was  for* 
meny  so  written  ;  =:  AZa/,  raised,  and  onf,  origin, 
of  hjgh  birth.  So  **  lady  '*  is  the  Anglo-Saxon 
Hlafd-ig:  the  initial  letter  omitted  gives  Lafd^ig^ 
which,  with  the  final  ^  changed  into  y,  becomes 
Lafd'tf;  the/ suppressed,  we  have  Ladv  —  lofty, 
raised,  exjilted.  **  Lord  *'  and  "  Lady  '*  have  been 
otherwise  traced  from  A.^S. ;  but  the  derivation 
already  given  is  preferreil  by  etymologiBt**.  (See 
Richardson  On  the  Stuify  of  Words,  and  Dict^ 
i.w.  '*  Lord,**  ♦^Lady.")  F.  Phillott. 

Toe  Vai.u£  of  a  Dailt  Pateb  is  1741.^ — From 
an  indenture,  dated  August  31,  1741,  between 
Dorothy  Beaumont  and  James  Myonet,  it  appears 
that  one  Mr.  Vander  Escb  assigned  to  Mrs.  Bean^ 
mont  "three'twentyeth  portions,  or  shares  of,  and 
in  the  public  newspaper  commonly  called  or  known 
by  the  name  of  the  Dayly  Adverfizert^  as  an 
equivalent  for  the  payment  of  200L  The  trans- 
actions detailed  in  this  curious  document  arise 
out  of  the  sale  and  purchase  of  South  Sea  Stock  ; 
by  dabbling  in  which  poor  Dorothy  Beaumont 
found  her  way  to  the  Fleet,  l£  200^.  was  the 
selling  price  of  the  aibresaid  shares,  it  is  scarcely 
necesaary  to  add,  that  the"  Daily  Advertiser  was 
worth  about  1332/.     Is  this  likely  ?         B.  H.  C* 

TowT,  TowTXK* — These  words  are  looked  upon 
as  vulgar,  and  arc  banished  from  respectable  aic- 
tionnries  accordingly,  I  consider  them  unjustly 
treated,  and  I  beg  to  offer  a  word  in  their  be- 
half. Those  staid  personages,  whom  we  see  so 
constantly  about  Doctors'  Commons,  with  tradi- 
tional  gravity  and  unimpeachable  white  aprnns^ — 
I  the  im memorial  (meters — one  would  think  sufficient 
vouchers  for  the  respectability  of  thd  name.  But 
further  than  thig,  I  believe  the  word  towt  occurs, 
with  only  a  slight  alteration,  in  the  Authorised 
Version  of  the  Scriptures.  In  2  Cor.  viii.  1»  in 
the  phrase  "  we  do  you  to  wit/*  I  think  "  to  wit** 
is  certainly  to  be  considered  as  only  one  word, 
and  *'  do"  as  the  auxiliary  verb.  Otherwise  th^e 
would  be  an  archaism^  difficult  to  account  for  at 
the  time  of  our  translators.  Of  course,  originally 
**  I  do  yon  to  wit,"  meant  "  I  make  vou  to  know ;" 
but  "do"  ceased  to  mean  **make,*  and  came,  it 
would  seem,  to  be  regarded  in  this  phrase  as  a 
metQ  auxiliary  verb  :  *'  to- wit,"  or  iawi^  being  the 
principal  verb.  "  To-wit**  f>r  ^«-^A  accordingly, 
came  to  mean  **  to  inform,"  or  "  direct ;"  and  a 
**  to- witter,"  or  towter^  one  who  inform f  or  directs. 

Some  candid  reader  of  "  N.  &  Q."  may  have 
foincthmg  more  correct  to  impart;  if  not,  his 
xUaiur  mecum.  B.  L. 

ExKCDTioN  OF  AwnK  BoLrrw,  —  In  Houssaie's 
Etgaifa  (vol.  i.  p.  435)  a  little  circumstance  is  re- 
lated coQcernlng  the  decapitatioa  of  Axsss&^ft^VtT^ 


212 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[j«i  9.  V,  aum.  ij;i|i 


'which  iUuairateB  an  observation  of  Hume.  Our 
historian  notices  that  the  person  who  executed 
her  wfts  born  in  Calais ;  and  the  following  story 
concerning  her  is  said  to  have  been  handed  down 
by  tradition  from  an  account  of  the  executioner 
himself:  — 

"  Aane  Bolayn,  beincr  on  the  «caffald,  would  not  con- 
scnt^to  h*ve  her  eyes  bandaged,  sayiog  tbat  ahe  had  no 
fear  of  death;  but,  as  she  wai  o|j«ning  Ihem  every  tno- 
ment,  he  could  not  bear  their  teoder  and  beaatiful 
glances;  he,  to  take  her  attention  from  him^  took  off  his 
shoos,  and  approached  her  sUeatly  while  another  person 
advanced  to  her,  who  made  a  great  noise.  This  drcum- 
stance  b  said  to  bare  attracted  the  eyes  of  Anne  fioleyn 
to  him,  whereupon  he  struck  the  fatal  blow/* 

Thomas  Fibmingeb.. 

ScHLESwiG-HoLiTBiK. — The  following;  his- 
torical facts  may  assist  in  removing  the  Gordion 
knot  of  red  tape  with  which  diplomacy  has  en- 
veloped the  question  of  right  to  the  dominion  of 
these  duchies :  ^ 

1-  Schleswig  h  admitted  universally  to  be  an 
appanage  of  the  Danish  crown  ;  its  government 
or  constitution  varies  from  that  of  Denmarki  in 
retaining  more  of  the  representative  element. 
The  Gottorp  portion  of  Schleswig  was  formally 
ceded  to  the  King  of  Denmark  in  1773.  The 
population  of  Schleswig  in  1848  consisted  of  — 
Danes,  185,000;  Frisians,  25,000 ;  and  Germans, 
120»000.     Total,  330,000. 

2.  Holstein,  after  various  conquests  and  revo- 
lutions, was,  in  1715,  by  a  treaty  with  France, 
England,  Russia,  and  Prussia,  guaranteed  to  Den- 
mark in  perpetual  and  peaceable  possession. 

3,  In  1806,  upon  the  breaking  up  of  the  Ger* 
man  Empire,  Holstein  was  incorporated  with 
Schleswig  and  Denmark  as  one  monarchy* 

4.  In  1815,  tiie  King  of  Denmark,  conformably 
with  the  treaty  of  Vienna,  joined  the  German 
Confederation  as  Duke  of  Holstein,  with  one 
vote  in  seventeen,  and  three  votes  out  of  the  total 
ofaixtjr-flix,  according  to  the  subject-matter  dis- 
cussed in  the  Diet. 

5,  The  Kin^  of  Denmark,  Ferdinand  VIL,  in 
1815,  proposed  to  give  a  constitution  to  Holstein, 
which  was  disallowed  by  the  German  Confederal 
tion. 

6*  On  July  4,  1850,  the  London  protocol,  signed 
by  Great  Britain,  France,  Prussia^  and  Sweden, 
guaranteed  the  integrity  of  Denmark,  and  ap- 
proved the  steps  taken  bjr  the  Kinp  relative  to 
the  fcitiement  of  the  Danish  succession, 
::  7.  The  protocol  of  August  23, 1850,  was  agreed 
to  at  London  relative  to  Denmark^  Schleswig 
and  Holstein,  by  Austria,  Denmark,  France, 
Great  Britain,  Russia^  Sweden,  and  Norway. 

8.  The  lait  important  treaty  of  London  by  the 
above  European  Powers,  on  Ma^  8,  1852,  regu- 
lated the  settlement  of  the  Danish  Crown,  and 
ftet  aside  the  claim  of  the  house  of  Augustenburg. 

T.  J.   BtJCKTOH. 


Ancbstoe  WoasHip. — Will  any  of  your  read 
inform  me,  for  the  benefit  of  a  clergyman 
gaged  in  missionary  work  in  South  Airiei*  cCi 
any  English  or  French  works  which  treat  of  0»| 
ces tor  worship,  and  ancestral  worshipping  natioBs!*! 
If  of  sidereal  worship  and  sidereal  worshinpia^i 
peoples  or  tribes  also,  all  the  better.  H.  T  J 

Hugh  Brakham— In  Hakluyt's  CoUectim  t 
Voyages  (about  p.  590  of  the  edition   1  «aed  i 
the  British  Museum),  there  occura  in  an  acoov 
of  Iceland,  mention  of  a  letter  sent  to  the  Bia 
of  Holar  (Gudbrand  Thorliac)  by  the^r 
and  vertuous  Master  Hugh  Brarthantf  m'~ 
the  church  of  Harwich  in  Endland,  in  A*J>*  ; 
or  thereabouts.     The  letter  of  Parson  Braohtfil 
not  given,  only  the  Icelandic  bishop's  reply.    C«1 
anyone  tell  me  where  I  can  find  Bran1iam*a  liH^  j 
or  anything  about  Branham?  K-  &lt 

A  Butx  OF  Bdrke*8.  — Burke,  in  his  **  Sf>^ 

on  the  Petition  of  the  Unitarians**  (I79'2),«w:- 
"la  a  Christian  Commoa wealth,  the  ChurcJi  aarftk 
SUte  are  oae  and  the  same  thing ;  being  diflfef^  taU^Etf 
parts  of  the  same  whole.^ 

Can  any  one  help  me  to  a  logical  interprelalas 
of  this  passage,  and  explain  how  two  titfferw^'pti^ 
of  the  same  thing  can  be  identiccd  f  Are  wt  » 
account  for  Burke's  language  in  thia  ifiitance  bf 
recollecting  his  nationality  ?  C  G*  P* 

CAMBHinoB  ViLLAaBS.— Two  villagea^ 
ously  called  sometimes  Papworth  St.  Asn«»,  J 
Papworth  St.  Everard^as  Papworth  AgAOi 
dedicated  to  St,  John  the  Baptist,  and  Fapwo 
Everard  to  St,  Peter—  exist  in  CambridgQi]|iic> 
Can  any  of  your  readers  explain  the  peesiliir 
**  agnomen**  of  Agnes  and  Everard  ?  I  never  j«l 
heard  this  explained.  F.  Auubbt  AotiLif' 

JjLURs  CiTMRTtKG,  F,S.A.  (sou  of  Alexandff 
Cumraing,  F,R»S.)  was  one  of  the  chief  clerks  of 
the  Board  of  Control,  and  edited  Felthaiu'a  Bf 
sohes,  1806.  He  also  drew  up  so  much  of  thi 
East  India  Report  of  1813  a«*  relates  to  MaUna. 
Mr.  M^CuHoch  {LH,  Pol  Ecmt,  106)  aays  be  wai 
•*  remarkable  for  his  minute  and  extensive  knov^ 
ledge  of  Indian  affairs;'  llie  date  of  bis  daOli  k. 
requested.*  S,  T. 

Hatdn's  Cawzoh ets*— May  I  trouble  yow 
another  query  respecting  Haydn?  Winch  of  I' 
beautiful  compositions — beautiful  nui^i/^  w«dd 
to  charming  verse — were  written  to  '**nr» 

lish  poetry?     The  first  six  were  wnr  v*5iii_ 

[•  Oar  corrtipoadent  wiU  l\nd  meny  p^rtimUrt  ef  3 
Cumming'i  pttiiic  lift  in  th*'  f  Iv  p»*« 

pamphlet,  a  copy  of  which  •  Mti 

*+ Ttr;..f   V,.r,,M  i-if   iVir^  SfTA'iri  ,    LiLtV  1 

r  Oflkwef 

li,,  'ur  Uw  Af* 

faixa  of  India,  daUU  July  TU,  i«'^4,j 


scuov^ 
ealliii   I 

^iIimH 


Sf^a  V.  Mas.  12, '«!.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


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I 


I 


supplied  bj  Anne  Horoe,  the  wife  of  the  celebrated 
John  Hunter.  Which  of  these  six  were  nri^inals, 
and  which  imnslationa  ?  Juxta  Tubrim. 

Hebaxi»ic. — I  should  be  grateful  to  any  of  your 
heraldic  contributors  who  could  furnish  rne  with 
the  blasoD  of  the  differences  (marks  of  cadency) 
borne  by  the  following  members  of  the  rojoi 
bouae  of  Flantagenet :  — 

1.  Lionel  of  Antwerp,  Duke  of  Clurence. 

2.  John  of  Gaunt,  Duke  of  Lancaster.  (Baines'fl 
Lancashire  gives  him  **a  label  of  three  points, 
ermine."    Is  this  correct  ?) 

3.  Richard,  Earl  of  Cambridge  (son  of  Edmund 
of  Lanii^ley,  Duke  of  York)  beheaded,  1415, 

4.  Richard,  Duke  of  York,  his  son,  slain  at 
Wakefield. 

5.  George,  Duke  of  Clarence:  he  of  "the 
Malmsey  buttJ* 

6.  His  daughter  Margaret,  Countess  of  Salifl* 
owjr,  wife  of  Sir  Richard  Pole,  K.G. 

FlT2'JoHN. 

Snt  JoaN  Jacob,  Kmr. — Sir  John  Jacobs  Knt^ 
of  Bromley,  Kent,  was  living  in  1653.  Can  any 
of  your  correspondents  kindly  inform  me  as  to 
his  parentage ;  on  what  occasion  and  by  whom  be 
was  knighted ;  whom  he  married,  and  whether  any 
of  his  descendants  are  still  living  ?  H.  C.  F. 

Latin  QooTAxioif. — Can  an?  reader  of  "N.&  Q.'* 
reduce  to  ^nse  the  following  bit  of  Latinity  in  an 
old  Concio  ?^ 

"  Hinc  dicitur  ftpiritu  wrritatis  quam  obsignat  indutu 
dibias  noatris;  non  credencit  a  ergo  eat  spirita  qui  ab- 
daom  dqxtstto  ad  bumana  comtnunta.'* 

Good  Latin  and  Knglish  of  this  specimen  of 
type,  printed  off  after  being  driven  into  **pie," 
will  be  acceptable.  A  Stctdbnt. 

Mbccah.— The  elder  l^iebuhr  (Desc,  de  FAra- 
hie^  p.  310)  mentions  Jean  Wilde  as  having  vis^ited 
Meccah.  Where  can  I  find  an  account  of  his 
travels? 

It  seems,  by-the-bye,  to  be  a  not  uncommon 
belief  that  Burton  was  the  first  Christian  who 
visited  the  shrines  of  El  Islam,  There  were  cer- 
tainly eight  who  preceded  him,  to  wit,  Ludovico 
Bartema  (1503),  Jean  Wilde,  Joseph  Pitta,  Ali 
Bey  (1807),  Giovanni  Jinati  (1814),  Burckhardt 

fl815),  Bertolucci,  and  Dr.  George  A.  Wallen 
1845).  There  is  no  evidence  that  any  of  these 
were  renegades;  though  they  were,  of  course, 
compelled  to  adopt  Mohammedan  rites  and  cus* 
toms,  and  to  avoid  any  open  profession  of  their 
Christian  belief. 

Will  some  of  your  readers  help  me  to  enlanra 
this  list  ?  P.  W.  S; 

New  York. 

GioigbPodi.et.  — In  £o\[\m*B  Peerage  (1812), 
imeration  of  the  issue  of  William  Poulet, 


in  ttie  enumeration  < 


fijfst  ilarquis  of  Winchefter^  I  find  tbe  following 
passage :  — 

'  ^     '  "  '  Toulet,  of  Cossifiglon,  in  the  county  of 

S-  •[!»  namwi  Mftry,  tjaughter  and  iieir 

i^r  1  i  f  Melpasli,  in  Dorsetshire^  and  bad  by 

ber»  first,  (ieorge  Poulrt,  who  by  Alice  bis  wife,  daughter 
of  Tbomiis  Pney  (or  Plesey)  of  Holberry  in  Hunts,  was 
fath«?r  of  Rachel,  married  to  Philip  do  Carteret,  Lord  of 
St.  tjwen's  j*nd  Sark,  anceator  to  the  Jate  Earl  Uranvilk, 
Iec*' — "V^ol,  ii.  p.  373. 

Oil  the  other  band,  the  author  of  Lea  ChrO" 
mque9  de  rile  de  Jersey,  written  in  or  about  the 
year  1585^  and  published  in  Guernsey  in  1832^ 
says  that  the  George  Potdety  whose  daujibter 
Ritcbul  was  married  in  January,  1581,  to  Philip 
de  Car  terete,  was  the  brother  of  Sir  Amiaa  Powlet^ 
at  that  time  Governor  of  Jersey,  belter  known  in 
history  as  one  of  the  jailors  of  Mary  Queen  of 
Scots,  and  ancei*tor  of  the  Earls  Poulett. 

I  am  fully  persuaded  that  the  Chronicler  is 
rights  and  that  Collins  is  wrong.  I  should,  how- 
ever, be  glad  to  receive  any  confirmation  on  the 
point.  P.  S.  CA^Br. 

Rev.  Cubistopbee  Richaadsok.  —  Can  any  of 

your  readers  give  me  any  information  respecting 
the  birth-place  and  parentage  of  the  Rev.  Chris- 
topher Richardson,  ejected  from  the  parish  of 
Kirkheaton,  near  Huddersfield,  in  1G62  r  I  have 
obtained  many  particulars  of  his  after  life,  but  I 
have  no  account  of  him  before  1649  ;  at  which 
time,  by  the  Parliamentary  Survey  of  the  Livings, 
now  in  the  library  at  Lambeth  Palace,  he  was  at 
Kirkheaton.  I  presume  that  he  had  Presbyterian 
orders.  No  trace  can  be  found  of  him,  as  far  as  I 
can  learn,  at  Cambridge  or  Oxford,  I  have  been 
told  that  the  correspondence  of  Cromweirs  Com- 
missioners, respecting  the  fitness  of  the  men  put 
into  livings,  is  still  in  existence ;  but  I  am  unable 
to  find  anything  of  the  sort  at  the  Record  and 
State  Paper  Office^  in  the  printed  list  of  papers 
belonging  to  the  interregnum  period.  J.  R. 

Rotation  Otficb,  —  What  is  the  meaning  of 
this?  I  understand  it  to  be  some  oflice  where 
justices  of  the  peace  met.  Query^  for  what  pur* 
pose?  W. 

Rapirr. — This  family  was  settled  near  Tborsk, 
Yorkshire,  about  1650.  I  should  be  glad^to  find 
a  pedigree.  St.  T. 

Sakcroft.  —  As  my  Query  (3^  S.  iv.  147)  hsE 
received  no  reply,  may  I  be  permitted  to  repeat  it 
in  a  form  more  likely  perhflps  to  meet  with  an 
answer  ?  Archbishop  Sancroft  is  said  to  have  had 
six  sisters.  Are  the  names  of  their  husbands 
known  ?  There  was  a  legal  firm  in  London,  some 
thirty  or  forty  years  ago— the  lilessrs.  Bogue  and 
Lambert — who  could  probably  have  answered  the 
question ;  and  tt  is  just  possible  tbat  this  ma^ 
meet  the  eye  of  their  ffuoceacora  in  business,  if 
such  there  be.  St.  T. 


214 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8»'&T.  MA&Ulilii 


Joi23c  SAacKWT,  Esq. — ^Where  cao  I  obUiit  the 
beat  account  of  Jobn  Sargent,  Esq.,  M.l\  for 
Seaford  and  for  Quecnborough,  sometime  Secre- 
tary to  the  Treasury,  and  Author  of  The  Mine  and 
other  poeine  ?    He  died  in  ISao.*  M,  A.  Lowsr. 

Ds.  Jacob  Sfissstus.  —  Can  anj  of  jour 
readers  tell  me  where  I  cnu  get  sight  of  the  foi' 
lowinrr  book  by  Dr.  Jacob  Sereniii3»  who  was 
Swedish  chaplain  in  London^  1723-1734,  and  who 
died  Bishop  of  Strenjinaes  in  Sweden,  1776? 
Examtn  Harmonm  Ueligimtis  Lu^efwts  et  An^U^ 
cma,  Leyden,  1726,  8vo,  B*  S,  M. 


Th«  MmtsTsaiAj.  Woodej?  Spook»  —  There  is 
a  note  in  "  The  Inner  Life  of  the  House  of  Com- 
mons,*' in  the  TlluslraUd  TimcM  of  March  5,  under 
the  aboTe  beading,  iind  the  writer  au^g^ts  a  re* 
ferenee  to  the  Editor  of  "  K*  ^  Q/*  for  explana- 
tion. It  is  stated  that  a  rigorous  account  h  kept 
of  every  vote  of  every  member  of  the  government. 
At  the  annuid  dinner  of  the  ministers,  held  at  the 
close  of  each  aeaaion,  the  chief  whin  reads  this 
list,  and  it  is  said  that  the  man  to  wnosc  name  la 
appcmled  the  smallest  number  of  votes,  is  pre- 
sented with  a  wooden  spoon.  It  will  no  doubt  be 
interesting  to  many  readers  to  ascertain  the  oriorin 
of  thia  strange  custom,  T.  B. 

[It  bp  we  believe,  quite  true  that  a  liit  of  the  votes  of 
thoM  mambers  of  the  government  n^  am  in  the  Houm 
of  CommonM  is  produced  ftt  the  Whitohait  Dmnir^  and  he 
who  is  lowest  on  tho  list  ia  probably  regarded,  by  his 
Cambridge  frieadd  &t  least,  os^tbe  woodon  spoon.  Dtmag 
the  administration  of  Sir  Robert  Peel,  when  the  minis- 
terial party  wa«  starting  for  Greenwich,  one  of  them,  in 
paasiag  through  HungerfonJ  Market,  bought  a  child*a 
penny  mug  snil  a  wooden  epoon.  After  dinner,  when  the 
hit  of  votes  hud  been  read  out,  the  penny  mug,  oa  whiok 
was  piloted  either  *•  Jaroe*,"  or  "  For  a  good  boy,"  was 
pt««Dted,  with  all  due  solemnity,  to  Sir  James  Graham, 
and  the  wooden  ^poon  to  Sir  William  Follett.  This  is 
probably  the  origin  of  the  statement  quoted  by  our  car- 
respond  eat,] 

Btafior  Darj?  ABY  Pott  eh.  —  Can  any  of  tout 

north-eounlry  readers  inform  me  whether  there 

was  ever  a  Bishop  of  CnrllsT.*    l^v  r». !>-.   Xur- 

naby  Potter?     Dr.  Pot 

rick,  the pout,  in  the  livi   „  .      _  _   _   _,* 

flhbe;    but   what  his   subsequent  career   was  I 
cannot  Bsoertain.  W.  E,  D. 

tB«iiaby  F(>tter  was  horn  at  or  near  Kondal  io  167a 
He  wu  eduoited  in  Qaeen*!  College,  Oxford*  where  he 
^1  afterwards  mads  Provoit.    He  held  this  post  for  ten 

[♦  John  Sargent,  Esq,  died  at  LavhkgdMi.  in  ^ttasejc, 
iSsI,  p.  Sbo.-'^Ed.  J 


years,  when  he  was  chosen  chaphdn  la  Kiit|f  JaB»U 
and  by  his  interesU  his  nephew,  Christoidaar  P^iM 
succeeded  to  the  Provostship.  From  the  Uflivmil^  la 
resorted  to  tho  court,  ^v here  ho  at  drst  attended  oft  Fdaei 
ChaHea.  When  Charlci  fiS4;cndcd  the  thmm  (IBS) 
Potter  was  made  Jitshop  of  Carlisle,  **  nufWilTiillllH 
there  were  other  suitors  for  it,  and  he  neVr  so^g^  ftr  ^* 
He  waj  consecrated  at  Ely  House,  in  Holbocil, 
OTi  15th  March,  1G28-9,  and  was  ce(mmo>nl3r 
puritam'cal  bbhop.'*  Fuller  remarks,  that  **  it  was  mtk 
of  him,  in  the  time  of  King  Jamea  1^  that  organs  woiill  Iter 
him  out  of  the  church,  which  I  do  not  b«ll«ir«9  the  isikr 
because  he  was  loving  of,  and  skilful  In,  vttcal  HDie^ 
and  could  bear  his  part  therein.  He  was  of  a  walk  i^ 
Atitution,  melancholy,  lean,  and  a  hard  stmlent.'*  In 
died  in  London  in  Jan,  1641-2,  and  was  bt 
Paul's,  Coveni  Garden.  Vidt  KichoUon's 
Kendal,  second  edition,  1861,  p.  333 ;  and  Wood's  Jlii  J 
by  Bliss,  iiL  21,]  1 

Wiu^iAM   Sp^cs  (Political    Writer*Y*-ll 

gentleman,  who  lived  at  Hull,  was  auliior  i% 
remu'kable  pamphlet,  entitled  Britefm 
€itmt  of  Commerce^  first  published  in  1 807. 
wei*e  several  subsenuent  editions,  and  it ' 
noured  by  answers  irom  James  Mill  and  C«LTar« 
rens.  He  also  published  other  works,  (N 
1815.  Uis  disciples,  who  tvere  en^Iisd  S| 
created  much  alarm  in  or  about  1818. 
of  Air.  Spence*s  death  will  oblige  S.  Y,  E 

[Well  may  we  exclaim  **Tempora  motanttuv  aat  « 
mutamur  in  illisi  "  William  Spence  the  t»oliac*l  < 
miat  is  bow  clean  forgotten;  while  William 
F.L*S.,  the  entomologist  (the  same  gifted  ia»diYi«tesI> 
will  be  loug  remembered  for  his  assiduous  haboaia  ia  as^ 
tural  history.  Mr«  Spence  was  a  native  of  Bishop  Bttztsa, 
near  Beverleyy  and  on  the  estahtishmcnt  of  %,hm  JM 
Bockin^unti  became  the  Arst  editor  of  thsc  wecAdy  Jo«r» 
nsL  His  reputation  as  a  ^ptitioal  ecoiKN&iat  was  dlftlx 
eilablished  by  the  publication  of  the  wt»rk  uotioad  bj  mm 
oonespondeilt.  Four  of  Mr.  Spenee'a  early 
wcfe  republiihed  by  himself  in  cue  volume  8iro  ta 
eotitlsd  Trmta  on,  PoHtkol  Economy,  vis.  L  Beitelsi  la- 
depsndent  of  Commerce.  3.  Agriculture  th«  Soosw  d 
Wealths  S.  The  Objections  against  the  Ccvrn  Law  Bfll 
RelUted.  4.  Bpeech  on  the  Eait  India  Tratla.  In  dto 
Dedication  to  John  Symmoiiti  B«{,  he  says,  «^t  bsfv^ti 
thank  E^Htomolo^  for  procsfiog  mt  the  i-rinalHiMini  rf 
my  excellent  and  learned  Aiaociate  In  aneibar  I 
undertakiag,  whose /Headship  haa,  for  fifteen  y^T%  i 
one  of  the  principal  enjoymenta  of  life,"»alla cling  to  lbs 
Bcv.  William  Kirby,  hi*  coUeagiia  m  that  vaJoable  i 
An  IntfKiduetifm  (o^iomokgy, 

Mr.  Spence  died  at  his  house  in  Lowor  Seymooi' 
on  Jan,  G,  1860,  aged  seventy- scrtn.    In  the  ohim 
memorials  of  him  at  that  time,  not  the  least  notioe,  J 
ever,  was  taken  of  hb  works  on  PoUtical  Kctmomy. 

Oar  correspondent  mnst  not  confoaad  Wllliani  Spcsea  I 
tha  antniadfltfist,  with    ThnmoM  Spane^   lbs    ~       ' 


ardaV,  HailU  •«!] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


215 


of  the  Spencera  SdMBft  Thii  TisiooAry  writer  at 
one  timo  kept  a  ftaU  «t  Ko.  ^  Little  Turnstile,  High 
Holborn,  whicli  he  cillod  •The  Hivo  of  Liberty,"  whew 
he  not  only  i«tAi1«d  salcniiv  but  his  notable  production 
^ Piga*  Meat ;  or  Leeeooff  Ibr  the  Feople*  alias  (according  to 
Bofltt)  the  Swiaiih  Multitude^  pablisbod  in  Penny  Nam- 
beri)  weekly  coUeetedbj  the  Poor  Man*a  Adrocate  (an  old 
perswuted  Veteran  in  theCanae  of  Freedom)  in  the  course 
of  hie  Iteading  Hx  Ttrvnty  Tears,  &c.**  To  attract  pobllc 
attention  to  M9  Scheme,  Spaooe  Btrack  a  ranety  of  me- 
daleftaor  aeditUnia  takesisMma  of  which  are  politically 
aaliiieal  and  extremely  eoiiaai.  On  one  waa  hie  bust 
Bamnmded  with  the  worde,  ''T.  Spcnce,  a  State  Pri- 
soner in  1794.**  On  the  obTeroe  is  a  representation  of 
George  IIL  nding  opon  John  Bull*  liaving  an  obs^s  head, 
mad  ezdainiing  sabmi^Tely,  *«Am  I  not  thine  aas?  " 
See  Balaam  (•»  N.  &  Q,"  2^**  S.  vi,  348).  Aiter  his  chival- 
Tone  laboura  for  the  **awini3h  multitude,"  poor  Spence 
<:]oeed  his  earthly  career  on  Sept.  8,  1814,  aged  fifty- 
•eyen.  At  his  funeral  appropriate  medallions  were  distri- 
buted, and  a  pair  of  scales,  indicative  of  the  joatice  of  hit 
viewi^  preceded  bit  body  to  the  grave.] 

Sia  Jon?!  Cjulf.  —  In  'a  Bible  in  the  poeaesBion 
of  Mr,  Bourne  of  BoxhuUe,  near  Battle  m  Sussex, 
X9  the  following  copy  of  a  aingular  epitaph.  It  is 
inscribed  on  the  blank  page  between  the  Old  and 
New  Testaments.  The  Bible  is,  I  think,  the 
first  edition  of  the  Anthorised  Version,  and  the 
handwriting  appeaw  to  be  of  about  the  time  o£ 
Charles  L :  — 

"  heare  Hea  Sir  John  Calf 

thriae  mayor  of  londan  with 

hoaner  honner  bonnor 

Q2woe  worth  tubtil  death  more 

snbtil  then  a  fox  |  would  not  let 

Sir  John  Calf  live  til  he  hod 

beene  an  oxt-  [  that  he  might 

have  got  his  bveing  a  mongvt 

briers  and  thorues  |  and   don  as 

his  fore-oldera  did  were 

homea  horoea 


The  book  appeari  to  have  been  in'the  possession 
of  a  famiJy  of  GUpin  of  London  about  the  time 
when  thb  fly-leaf  scribbling  was  made. 

Query-  Was  Sir  John  Calf  a  real  personage ; 
and,  if  so,  when  did  ho  serve  his  mayoralty  ?  I 
I  have  no  list  of  Lord  Mayors  by  me, 

MaEK  AwTour  Lowkb* 

f  Another  vcwion  of  this  singalar  epitaph  appeared  in 
••  N.  ^  Q,"  2^  S.  vii.  147.  The  Mayoralty  of  London  has 
certainly  never  been  ornamented  with  a  "real'*  Sir  John 
Calf;  althoogh  the  original  lince,  in  (which  there  ia  no 
ttoation  of  a  Bfay^r  of  London,  may  have  been  satirically 
appMed  to  lome  civic  magistrate.  The  epitaph  occurs  in 
Oatnden'f  Bemainet^  first  published  In  1€04.  Wo  quota 
'^'iw^*'''       '      n  of  1764,  edited  by  John  Phiiipoti  — 

•*  lad  maker,  as  they  call  poets  now,  was 

h«»  ^-  !je  time  of  King  Henry  IIL  made  tUis  for 

JohnCatit^ 

'^  S?"  omiriliotiaa  Vrnru  miserere  Joasui^ 
^^        '     I  naloil  emt  bcrveni.' 


« Which  in  oar  lime  (saysCamdco)  was  thos  paraphrased 
by  the  translator ; — 
*  All  Christian  men  in  mv  behalf, 
Pray  for  the  soul  of  Sir* John  Calf* 
O  cmel  death,  as  subtle  m  a  Fox, 
Who  would  not  let  this  Calf  live  till  he  hid  beat  an 

Ow, 
That  he  might  have  eaten  both  brambles  and  thortu, 
And  when  he  came  to  his  £^her'ii  years,  might  have 

worn  horns.* " 
The  Latin  couplet  is  ^ven  by  Franciacus  SwertiaB» 
^Uaphia  JocO'  Stria,  ed.  164a,  p.  87,  where  it  is  entitled 
"  MagisLd  loannis  le  Veau.'*    Camden's  version  is  also 
printed  in  Pettigrew*8  Chvnictu  of  the  TomAit,  p.  121. ] 

Becajvcbld  ob  BACCAifCELD,  ^ — Two  cottncils 
were  held  here.  Are  we  to  understand  Becken- 
bam  or  Bapchild,  both  in  Kent?  B.  H.  C* 

[Bapchild  in  Kent  is  considered  to  have  been  the  place 
by^ some  of  our  most  learned antiquariea,  namely,  Camden, 
Dr.  Plot,  Johnson  of  Cranbrooke,  J.  M.  K^emble,  and  by  the 
editors  of  the  Motntmenta  Huiorica  BrittuinictL,  foL  1848* 
"  Some  few,"  says  Hasted,  **  have  supposed  it,  from  tho 
similitude  of  the  name,  to  have  been  held  at  Beckenham,  a 
place  at  the  western  extremity  of  Kent;  but  Bapchild 
has  fiill  as  much  Bimilitude  of  name,  especially  as  one 
copy  writes  it  Bachanchild ;  and  its  b<!lng  si  touted  in  the 
midst  of  the  ooanty,  dose  to  the  high  road,  and  so  near 
to  Canterbury,  makes  it  much  more  probable  to  have  basn 
held  here."— flistory  of  Keni,  ii.  6O0.] 

War  or  Iwtebtitures. — What  was  the  origin  of 
the  War  of  Investitures,  and  when  did  it  take 
pkcc  ?  T,  O.  8. 

[The  war  between  the  Emperor  Henry  IT.  and  Pope 
(Gregory  TIL,  1075- 1086,  arising  out  of  the  endeavoor  of 
the  pope  to  deprive  sovereigns  of  the  rights  of  nominatllig 
bishops  and  abbots,  and  Investing  them  with  the  cross 
and  ringi  was  called  the  War  of  Investitures.] 


PUBLICATION  OF  DIAKIES. 

(3^*  S,  V.  107.) 

When  I  communicated  three  articles  on  **Ma-^ 
tfaematics  and  Mathematicians"  to  tlie  PhihaO'* 
pkical  Magazine  for  March,  June,  and  September, 
1S53, 1  had  no  idea  that,  after  the  lapse  of  dtn^m 
jrears,  I  should  be  compelled  to  '^take  up  the 
other  battledore  "  in  defence  of  my  extracts  irom 
the  MS.  journals  of  the  late  Mr.  Reuben  Burrow. 
Nor  should  I  have  deemed  it  neoessary,  even  now» 
to  have  added  anythinir  to  what  is  there  stated, 
had  Peofessoe  De  Mobgah  confined  himself 
within  the  limits  of  legitimate  criticism.  But 
when  he  distinctly  charges  me,  in  p»  108  of  the 
current  volume  of  this  work,  with  having  omitted 
certain  portions  of  these  journals  from  motives 
which  are  "  not  due  to  supposed  irrelevancy,  or 
want  of  interest,"  1  feel  that  I  <iajajMi\.'wm«ffw*«»:\ 


216 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


&  V.  IUk.U,^ 


longer  silent.  I  wish  emphatically  to  asaert,  that 
sucn  is  not  the  case.  If  in  any  extract  I  have 
incluUed  a  sentence  or  two  which  may  appear 
immaterml  to  my  subject,  it  must  be  put  down  to 
inadvertence  ^nty^  and  not  to  design ;  inaBmucb  as 
ft  sense  of  impropriety,  and  **  supposed  irrele- 
vnncy,"  were  the  only  motives  whicu  led  me  to 
omit  all  the  other  passages  which  may  be  found 
in  the  MS.  journals,  now  belonf^ing  to  the  Royal 
Astronomical  Society.  The  omitted  portions  had 
nothing  whatever  to  do  cither  with  mathematics  or 
mathematiciam^  and  hence  their  nonappearance  in 
my  published  papers. 

When  those  articles  were  written,  I  knew 
nothing  of  the  abuse  of  Wales  and  Green,  con- 
tained on  the  fly-leaf  of  Prof Esson  D£  Moroan*s 
copy  of  the  MisceUaiica  Curiosa;  and  when  he 
forwarded  me  a  trnnscript  of  these  seribblin^s, 
with  a  request  that  I  would  send  them  for  inser- 
tion in  **  N.  &  Q.,"  I  declined  to  do  so  from  the 
repugnance  I  felt  against  becoming  the  means  of 
pcrpetuatinj^  private  slander  and  obscenity,  whe- 
ther it  concerned  '*  the  highly  accomplished  Dr. 
Halley,"  or  the  **  very  low-minded"  and  ill-fated 
Mr.  Reuben  Burrow, 

Those  who  read  Pbofessor  Dk  MoeoaVb  re- 
marks«  without  referring  to  my  original  papers  in 
the  PhiL  Magazine^  will  naturally  come  to  the 
conclusion  that  I  have  omitted  everything  **  which 
maj  show  (Mr,  Burrow)  unfavourably."  Such 
pertoni,  however,  will  hold  a  very  different  opinion 
on  the  iubject  afier  due  examination ;  since  allu- 
sions  to  Lis  irregular  habits— his  irritable  disposi- 
tion^— ^his  extreme  prejudices — ^his  frequent  quar* 
rels — and  his  violent  antipathies — occur  in  almost 
every  page*  Nor  have  I  failed  to  caution  my 
readers  against  adopting  the  literal  sense  of  his 
words,  whenever  it  seemed  to  me  to  be  required, 
I  hold  all  these  characteristics  to  be  sufficient  to 
portray  the  general  "  character  of  this  accuser  of 
the  brethren,"  without  including^  those  objection- 
able items  upon  which  such  <iuiililied  opinions 
and  cautions  are  founded.  It  is  indeed  matter  of 
cratidcation  to  me,  that  the  task  of  laying  on  tbe 
darkest  tints  has  passed  into  other  and  abler 
hands*  My  opinion  respecting  ^Ir,  Burrow's 
general  trustworthiness,  so  far  as  mathematics  and 
mathematicians  are  concerned,  remains  unchanged. 
No  court  of  law,  with  which  I  am  acquainted, 
would  reject  his  testimony  on  the  grounds  al- 
leged :  for  I  know  of  no  syllogism  in  formal  logic 
which  will  suffice  to  prove  that,  because  a  man  is 
occasionally  coarse  in  his  hinguage,  and  brutal  in 
bis  conduct,  he  is  therefore  not  to  be  credited  on 
matters  of  mathematical  history  or  biography, 
which  have  been  deliberately  communicateu  to 
him  by  a  librarian  of  the  Royal  Society,  who  was 
iniimfttelj  acquainted  with  most  of  the  persona 
named.  T.  T.  Wujux»oir. 

Dumt«7. 


TALLETRA>D*8  MAXTH, 
(3"*  S.  V.  34.) 

I  have  already  furnished  an  earlier  autkoc^ 
than  Talleyrand,  Gohkmitli,  South,  Dr.  Yoim 
Voltaire,  and  Fontenelle,  see  "  N,  &  Q^**  2^  5 
xi.  416.     I  now  propose  to  ascend  tlirouglii 
disQval  times  up  to  the  remotest  antiqistty. 

Erasmus,  Lingua,  sive  de  lingttm  usu  ci  oh 
(Opp,  iii.  par.  2)  :  — 

**£xubUatur  in  Ethnicortim  theatiia  ijnjiia  WVM 
yK^rr    h^fxox^  M  5i  <^p»i»'  oiw/uuror*      Id  «il;^  JTtl 
lingua  est,  animas  injuratua  est.    Quin  poUtia  ejip 
fl  viu  Christianorum?    Cfr.  Cicero,  Dt   0^Scu4,  Ilk  i 
c  20." 

The  Jesuit,  Joannes-Eudaemon,  or  J^'Heuma^ 
took  Casaubon  to  task  for  saying  that  he  kiiff 
not  what  authorities  Garnet  could  h^ve  for  Ik^ 
doctrine  of  equivocation  : — 

«  If  thou  liAtlst  road  Augustin,  Gregory,  «nd  tht^ 
Fatbcrs,  thou  woaklat  have  found  that  the  Patrii* 
tbe  Prophets,  mod  God  himself  are  tbe  nathoritiea  ^1^ 
riet*s  equivocation."  —  Eudtemon -Joanne^  Mtmt^t^ 
Epiit  It.  Cdtautf,  c.  viii*  p.  !G4,  ediL  CoL  A^np^  i 
quoted  by  Stdametz,  HUl  of  the  J**ttitM,  ilL  l€Z 

Abbot,  in  his  Antdogia,  denies  that  then  \ 
sions  are  any  where  justified  either  in  Sotiyfeat 
or  in  the  works  of  the  Fathers :  — 

"^  Nequc  calluit  banc  doctrin&m  Aitgustinua.  eui 
ilia  tractationQ  (de  Mendacio)  ubi  occa^jo  tsni 
qa&m  arB  lata  ad  vitaodji  utrinqufi  tantft   dlscrii 
n«c««ftariA,  jn  mentcm  venit  .    .     ,    .     Lhi  milll 
fer  ttx  orniii  hominum  antiquitate.  loquor  indii 
et  &ger,  da  ex  omoi  antiquitate.  Ethnic^  JudAicd, 
tlana,  da  veL  unum  cui  reservatione^  iatae  tit» 
sunt,  nisi  slqul  forte  in  in/amiam  notati  siint»  e£ 
generis  in  pestem  habiti-'* — P»  26. 


He  might  have  added  these  severe  ex| 
from  the  same  Father,  Augustine  (/)^  umico  Btf^ 
tismo)  I  — 

**  O  quum  diHestandui  est  error  hominam  qui  cIororvB 
viromm  qaaadam  noa  recte  facta  laudabilit<rr  mo  ImltXR 
put  ant,  a  quorum  virtutibus  abeni  sunt.  Sje  mtkim  <l 
nonnuLti  Pctro  apoitolo  comparari  m  volant,  li  Chriatsv 
oegaverinL" — Opp.  ed.  Benedict,  ix.  5S7, 

Although  primitive  Christianity  exhibits  in  the 
pages  of  TcrtuUian  and  Justin  Martyr's  Aooh^ 
giety  the  same  love  of  truth,  '*the  fountam  oC 
goodness,"  which  is  expressed  by  Moral  PhUoao* 
phy  (Arist.  Eih.  lib.  d.  and  iv. ;  DnexeUi  pm 
SpirihmUa,  ii.   311)^   religion   waa  saorif^-^  "^    ^^ 
sacerdotal  ambition  for  pur posej  of  preset' 
From  the  maxim  "Vuft  populus  oecipi 
piatur,"  sprung  the  tribunal  of  ecd cf i : i s t  i c n  1  in i il - 
libility,   and  Uie  verdict  of    priestly    ttittiuioii 
The  laws  of  Casuistry,  afterwards  d<v*-l<>pr>i  i;r 
the  Jesuits,  were  founded  on  the  thcvilt»j»y  of  lb'' 
Fathers  by  Franciscan  and  Dominican  SchoolllMD- 
"  Sed  verbum  aapicntt ." 

It  IS  to  be  remarked  that  the  maxim  that 
is  juttifiable  in   matters  of  religion  exfienatv^} 
pmaiied  m  the  Heathen  world.    The  opiniooa 


S'O  S.  V.  Ujm.  12,  '61.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES, 


217 


» 


Cicero  (De  Ltf^ibm,  ii.  and  vui,)  were  probably 
derived  from  Flato»  the  foundation  of  whose  rea- 
soning conuists  in  the  expediency  of  deceit  in 
certain  cades,  for  the  purposes  of  government, 
De  RepMieOj  lib,  iii.  (0pp.  vu  446*)  The  same 
maxim  was  adopted  even  by  the  moat  estimable  of 
the  Fathers;  by  »ome  during  the  third,  and  by 
many  during  the  fourth  and  fifth  centuries ;  e*  g, 
Ori^en^  Ambrose,  Hilary,  Augustine^  Gregory 
Nozianzen,  Jerome,  Chrysostom,  Stc,  It  appears 
in  common  with  the  rest  of  the  political  philo- 
Bophy  of  Plato  in  the  Strontata  of  Clemens  Alex- 
andra u?,  ed*  Potter,  i.  xxiv.  p.  417.  Newman,  in 
his  nUiory  of  the  Arians  af  (he  Fourth  Cenhuy^ 
refera  to  Clement  of  Alexandria  as  accurately 
deicribing  the  rules  which  should  guide  the  Chria- 
tlan  in  speaking  and  writing  ecotiomicaUt/  :  — 

**  The  whole  sabject  opened  by  him  deBorret  a  fuller 
coQsideratioa  than  is  on  the  present  occasion  poasibK  hut 
<  *  .  •  there  la  cause  for  much  bcaitation  before  it  can 
be  granted  that  the  language  of  the  Fathere  expresses  the 
meanifig  of  modern  Divines,  It  wouM  seem  to  be  under 
the  inflnence  of  this  reasonable  hesitation  that  the  Bishop 
of  Lincoln  (pp,  898-403  of  his  Acamnt  of  the  JFritin^s  of 
Clement)  has  furnished  &  long  list  of  passages  in  vrhich 
olKovofiia  and  its  conjugates  occur,  for  the  soke  of  show- 
ing that  the  authority  uf  that  Father  in  particular  has 
been  erroneously  quoted  in  support  of  a  mode  of  interpret- 
ation, "for'  otKOVOfiiajf"  —  (Ogilvio's  Bampton  I^turet, 
1836,  pp.  238-4. 

Synesius,  who  lived  in  the  fifth  century,  has 
been  cited  in  **  N,  8c  Q/*  as  sanctioning  this  species 
of  hypocrisy,  but  I  cannot  verify  the  reference. 

I  now  hope  to  furnish  your  correspondent  with 
the  name  of  the  Greek  author  inquired  for. 

The  poet  quoted  by  Cicero,  ui  siiprd,  is  Euri- 
pides, IlippaL  V.  612  :  — 

/*  Uunc  locum  ita  Oridius  in  Cjfdippa  Epiitola  exprea- 
at.  Quae  jurat  Mens  eatj  nil  conjaravimuB  Ula,"  &c. 
Barnes  in  toe. 

Other  examples  may  be  given  from  the  same 
poet,  e.  g,  Andromache,  445,  sjy.  In  p.  147  of 
Meric  Ca»aubon*s  treatise,  De  Verhorum  U^  are 
the  following  pertinent  remarks :  — 

•*  Porrp  id  genus  borainum  (Matth.  xx.  6 ;  2  Petri,  L  8 ; 
S.  Jacobi  iti-  7-14)  apud  omnes  cordatos  et  probos  quam 
male  semper  audierint,  tiqueat  tcI  ex  celebratiflsimo  illo 
Poetamm  principis  diaticho : 

'Ex^pif  yap  fiol  tttttrm  &t^m  AiUcL  ir^i^cn, 

[Of.  Caaaubon's  Epktle  to  Fronio  Duc^rus^  p.  412.]     Ho- 
taerum  imitatas  est,  qui  vulgo  Phocylides : 

lUngtui  mentem  proferto,  oocultum  autem  in  animo  ser- 
f  monem  ritato    ,    •    •    .    Idem  paulo  post 

M»)8  rnpo¥  titv^s  npaJRit)  v6ov,  &AJC  i.yop€6mP ' 
M^V  i/s  ir*rf>0(pxfrtt  ^oK6wovs  Kark  x^p^  ^fittQav,'* 
BlBUOTHECAB*  ChST&AM. 


POSTEEITT  OF  HAROLD  11*.  KING  OF  ENGLAND. 

(3^^^  S.  V.  135,) 

The  following  extract  from  Kaplans  HUtary  of 
England  (vol  i.  2nd  ed,  1732,  p,  142),  shows  that 
Harold  left  sons  and  daughters,  but  docs  not  give 
the  name  of  the  daughter  who  married  into  the 
Russian  royal  family  :  — 

"Harold  was  twice  married.  By  bia  first  wife,  whose 
name  Is  unknown,  he  had  three  bods,  Edmund,  Goodwin, 
and  Magnus,  who  retired  into  Ireland  after  the  death 
of  their  father,  liy  his  second  wife,  Al^tha,  sister  of 
Morcard  and  Edwtu,  he  had  a  son  called  Wolf,  who  was 
but  a  chiid  at  the  time  of  the  battle  of  Hastings,  and  was 
allerwarda  knighted  by  William  Rnftts,  By  tliis  second 
naarriage  he  had  also  two  daughters,  of  whom  Guailda,  the 
eldest,  falling  blind,  passed  her  days  in  a  nunnery.  The 
youngest  was  marrteid  to  Waldemar,  King  of  Rusaia,  by 
whom  she  had  a  daughter,  who  was  wife  to  Woldemary 
King  of  Denmark  (6).** 

In  the  foot-note  (6)  it  is  stated  — 

"Tyrrel  says  (from  Speed)  she  was  mother  to  Walde- 
mar  the  first  king  of  Denmark  of  that  tiamet  from  whom 
the  Danish  kings  for  many  ages  after  succeeded." 

Does  the  genealogical  work  which  Hippsua 
mentions  refer  to  the  armorial  bearings  (if  any) 
^vhicli  Waldemnr  (or  Wladirair),  the  husband  of 
Harold's  younger  daughter,  assumed  in  her  right? 

Nisbet,  in  his  Heraldry  (vrd.  ii.  part  iii.  p.  88), 
after  mentioning  that  after  Edward  the  Confes- 
sor*3  death,  Harold,  the  son  of  [Goodwin],  Earl 
of  Kent,  usurped  the  crown,  states  "his  arms 
were,  as  by  the  English  books,  argent  a  bar  be- 
twixt three  leopards'  headii  sable/* 

But  Edmond^on  (vol.  i.  p.  163)  mentions  that 
Harold  bore  for  his  arras  *' Gu.  crussilly(?),  two 
bars  between  six  leopards*  heads  or,  three,  two, 
and  one,"  and  refers  also  to  Nisbef  s  statement ; 
but  says  he  did  not  know  upon  what  authority  it 
was  made. 

Some  think  the  Saxon  arms,  such  as  thcae«  are 
fictitious.  However  that  may  be^  having  regard 
to  the  fact  that  Goodwin  was  the  name  of  one  of 
Harold's  sons  as  well  as  of  hb  fatber,  it  may  be 
remarked,  that  there  still  are,  or  lately  were, 
extant  families  of  the  names  of  Goodtm/n  or  God- 
wyn^  who  bear  the  charges  of  three  leopards*  heads 
upon  their  coat  armour — vi«.  Goodwyn^  Wells,  co* 
Somerset,  and  Godwyru,  Dorsetshire,  "  gu.  a  che- 
vron erm,  between  three  leopards'  heads  or ;  **  and 
Godwin  "sa,  a  chevron  erm,  between  three  leo* 
pards'  heads  or/^ 

Do  any  of  these  families  claim  descent  from 
Earl  Goodwin,  or  his  son  Haruld  ? 

Morris  C.  Jovrs* 
Liverpool. 

HippEUS  inquires  for  the  posterity  of  King 
Harold  H,  It  was  as  follows :  He  married  (I)  a 
lady  unknown,  by  whom  he  had  issue  —  1.  Good- 
win ;  2.  Edmand,  both  died  m  Ireland ;  3,  Mag* 
HUB,  resided  in  Irelaiid. 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[S'^av. 


He  married  (2)  Al^IthA,  daugbter  of  Algir, 
Earl  of  Mercla,  and  widow  of  Griffith,  Prince  of 
of  Wales,  hy  whom  he  had  issue— 4.  Wolf,  who 
survived  the  death  of  the  Cooqueror,  and  was 
knighted  by  William  Rufua ;  5.  Gunilda,  a  ntm ; 
6,  Gida,  married  Vladimir,  Grand  Duke  of  Kiew, 
m  the  author  of  the  work  referred  to  correctly 
says.  Chajiles  F.  S.  WitR&Gif . 

10,  Green  Street,  Cambridgiy. 


TRIALS  OF  ANIMALS. 
(3"*  S.  V.  155.) 
By  the  Mosaic  law,  the  03t  that  had  slain  man  or 
woman  by  his  horns  was  condemned  to  die,  and  his 
flesh  was  prohibited  as  food,  ^lian  notices  the 
brii^ing  of  oxen  before  the  altar,  their  general 
oondemnatioD  to  death,  the  pardoning  of  all  but 
one,  and,  finally,  the  trial  and  condemnation  of  the 
weapon  by  which  the  animal  had  been  despatched. 
These  are  ancient  examples.  In  France  the  ex- 
amples are  numerous,  from  the  twelfth  to  the 
middle  of  the  List  century.  M.  Berriat  St.  Prix 
(Mem.  de  la  Soci&i  ties  Antinumrejt)  enumeratea 
ninety-two  cases :  the  first  of  the  trial  of  field- 
mioe  and  caterpillars,  at  Laou,  a.d.  1120;  the 
Urt,  of  a  cow  at  Poitou,  in  1741.  The  accused 
animals  consist  of  those  just  named,  and  flies,  pigs, 
bulls,  oxen,  sows,  horses,  mares,  cantharides,  raU, 
leeches,  cocks,  moles,  snails,  mitea»  grasshoppers, 
dogs,  bitches,  male  and  female  asses,  goats,  sheep, 
mules,  worms,  and,  towards  the  end  of  the  aix- 
teenth  centurv,  of  tortoises  in  Canada,  At  Lau- 
sanne, in  the  Deponing  of  the  tliirtecnth  century, 
the  bishop,  William  of  Embleua,  condemned  the 
eels  of  the  lake  to  be  confined  in  one  certain  part 
of  the  water,  the  cause  is  not  named.  Felix  min- 
merlein  records  that,  in  the  diocese  of  Constance, 
cantharides,  and  the  larvie  of  various  insects,  were 
sentenced  to  confine  themselves  within  specified 
remote  and  wild  districts.  Ants  seem  to  have 
frequently  troubled  the  religious  law  courts  of 
Southern  France.  In  1587,  there  was  a  cele- 
hratcd  trial  of  the  vine  proprietors  of  St,  JuUien 
tfersus  the  weevils.  The  vines  had  sufiWed  by  a 
Tisuation  of  the  latter.  The  proprietors  appealed 
to  the  bishop,  who  recommended  the  complain- 
anU  to  pay  their  tithes.  This  having  been  done, 
and  the  remedy  fuiling,  the  matter  was  carried  to 
the  regular  court*,  where  long  pleadings  took 
place  ,*  and  tho  plaintifTs,  though  they  got  a  ver* 
diet,  were  comf»€lbd  to  find  a  Fuitable  place  where 
the  defendants  could  live,  feed,  and  flourish  in 
peace.  Some  of  the  larger  animals  were  brought 
to  death  for  having  been  the  instrtmienta  of  name- 
MM  Crimea ;  others,  fbr  "  murder." 

A  BOW,  in  1403,  killed  and  devoured  a  child  at 
M«tilan.  All  the  forms  iif  trial  followed,  and 
oere  ia  the  bill  of  costs :  — 


**  Expfias€«  of  the  sow  'wfithin  {^ol,  lix  sola. 
Do.  the  executioner,  who  came  from  Paris  by  ofiivtf 

aur  master  the  Bailli,  and  the  ^procoreof  da  n4* 

fifty- four  sols. 
Do.  for  cvTiiige  of  sow  to  ex«catioti>  aix  loli. 
Do.  for  cord  to  bind  aod  drag  her,  two  ^U,  lA^A  4mam. 
Do.  dor  ^gan$^  (lic),  two  deaiers," 

I  remember  nothing  correspotidiiis  to  tiif  a 
England ;  but,  in  one  sense,  anloukb  her^  wcr 
proceeded  against  in  cases  of  their  ItilHtie,  aeek 
dentally  or  otherwise,  a  human  beitis.  Ai|  6i 
instance,  if  a  horse  should  strike  bis  keeper^  aad 
so  kill  him^  the  horse  was  to  be  a  deodktmL  Bf 
was  to  be  sold,  and  his  price  given  to  tlie  poor,  b 
expiation  of  the  calamity,  and  for  the  ftmsetti^ 
of  the  divine  wrath.  J*  Doitf; 


IH'oceedings  against  animals,  wilii  nil  Icmll^ 
matities,  did  occasionally  take  plar     *       ^^^^m  J 
Pigs  were  tried  and  burnt  for  assa  s^  fl 

ing  children,  and  horses  also  for  killuig  peu^ji^va 
one  was  at  Dijon,  in  1389,  for  ktUiag  ^  mmm, 
Bertrand  Chassan^,  President  of  the  l^mBmmm 
of  Provence,  defended  the  rats  who  were  iftffMft 
even  so  late  as  the  be^jinning  of  the   Jtl^fiw^hA 
century.    In  a  work  which  he  publiahcij 
he  decides  that  animals  are  amenable  l 
and  gives  accounts  of  indictments   agsutsft 
bugs  and  snails  at  Autun  and  Lyons,  and 
celebrated  "Cauae  des  Rata,*^  in  wbiiii 
counsel  for  the  defendants.    A  treatise  wu 
lished,  even  so  late  as  1668,  by  Gaapard  Bi 
lawyer  at  Chambery,  on  le^  proceedings  i 
animals ;  with  forms  of  indictments,  ^dTaic 
pleading. 

Such  trials  have  taken  place  in  T 
An  account  of  one  of  these  trials,  c 

published  in  a  pamphlet ;  from  whicu  j  r  apj,^ 

that  the  trial  took  place  near  Chichester  iji  1771^ 
and  that  the  chief  actors  in  it  were  four  oos 
gentlemen  named  Butler,  Aidridge,  Challim, 
Bridger.  A  clever  burlesque  of  thia  trial 
written  by  Edward  Long,  Esq.,  Judge  of  the  Aik 
mlralty  Court  in  Jamaica ;  but  it  waa  foitiidttd  00 
fmU  Such  proceedings  appear  strange  Co  fi%  aai 
may  seem  unaccountable ;  but  tbey  w«r«,  aftor  ol^ 
but  a  grave  and  formal  mode  of  prooeeditig;  ftr 
the  end  which  is  attained  in  our  day«  by  a  man 
BUDMnary  process,— the  destniction  of  atiirmd^  who 
have  been  tlie  cause  of  death,  or  icrioua  iitjiify  Oa 
man.  There  was  no  oeijafioa  to  throw  out  Ifto 
gratuitous  supposition,  that  the  clergy  institutod 
the^c  trials  from  pecuniary  or  inii  m^ 

tiyes.     I  hud  hoped  that  we  sIj>  ,j  poinod 

with   such  inainuations  in   the   iu>crai   t>ij|«i   oCj 


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I 


I^WTS  MORBIS. 
(a**  a  T.  12,  85,  142.) 

My  attention  haa  ju3t  been  called  to  a  Query, 
by  H.  IL,  in  one  of  your  January  numt>ars ;  and 
also  to  what  purports  to  be  »n  answe^  thereto^  by 
a  gentleman  sii^tnjr:  himself  L-^urus. 

As  H,  H/i  Queries  are  really  unanswered,  you 
will  allow  me  to  say  in  reply  to  the  first,  that,  to 
the  best  of  my  belief,  notolng  ia  now  known  of 
the  existence  of  »uch  a  pedigree  aa  ia  spoken  of 
by  Lewis  Morris  in  Lord  Teignraouth's  Life  of 
Jones.  However,  on  looking  through  the  coDec- 
tion  of  Lewis  Morris*^  manuscript  works  in  the 
Library  of  the  British  MuseuDi,  I  find  sereral 
apparently  authentic  pedigrees  of  various  anoea- 
tora  of  hifl,  written  by  hb  own  hand  i  one  bj  the 
mother's  side,  tracing  deacent  from  a  prince,  or 
chieftain,  named  Madoc  Goch.  Perhaps  one  of 
these  may  show  the  aUeged  connection  between 
Lewi*  Morris  and  Sir  Wiliiam  Jones.  Lewis 
Morris's  lineal  descendant  is  the  gentleman  of 
that  name  who  will  be  found  holding  a  distin- 
guished position  in  the  Oxford  Class  List  for  1855, 
or  1856 ;  and  who  is  now,  I  believe,  pra<;tising 
either  at  the  Common  Law  or  Equity  Bar. 

With  regard  to  L^nus.  I  am  afraid  some 
patriotic  Welshmen  will  be  a  little  shocked  at 
finding  their  idol*  the  patron  of  **  Goronwy '* — the 
Miecenas  of  contemporary  literature  —  described 
80  having  succeeded  in  obtaining  a  situation  in 
the  custom-house  at  Holyhead.  The  fact  is,  that 
if  he  ever  held  such  a  position,  he  speedily  emerged 
into  what  was  then  the  yetj  important  and  lucra- 
tive post  of  Government  Inspector  and  Surveyor 
of  Mines  in  Wales ;  and  his  reports  as  a  public 
aenrant  are  sUll,  as  I  have  reason  to  know,  con- 
sidered by  the  crown  ofiicials  as  authorities  on 
the  subjects  to  which  they  relate.  Moreover,  he 
was  twice  married — on  both  occasion.^  prudently ; 
and  by  the  latter*  marriage  he  obtained,  through 
his  wife,  the  estate  of  Penbryn,  in  Cardiganshire, 
where  he  resided  till  his  death.  Nor  perhaps  is 
it  a  sufficient  account  of  his  intellectual  position 
to  say,  that  he  was  connected  with  literary  pur- 
suits in  Wales.  The  fact  is,  that  he  is  stiU  con- 
sidered in  Wales  to  have  been  a  man  of  extraor- 
dinary intellectual  power.  As  an  aDtiquary  he 
was  so  djstin|ruisbed  a  scholar,  that  his  unpub- 
lished work,  "Celtic  H«>mains,'*  is  supposed  to 
have  created  more  than  one  reputation.  His 
Webb  poetry  is  thought  to  have  the  true  poetic 
ring,  and  is  quoted  to-day  by  manv  a  homely 
fimide  in  Wairj.  And  his  acscomplishments  in 
es  and  music  were  ooosidered  wonderful  in 
'  • —  whose  time  was  always  taken 
;il  work.  As  to  his  quarrels 
men,  I  <lare  say  huTn-"  "•^*vre 
not   •  uged  within  the  la 

ucard  of  (beitL.    As  tu  ..  t,^^..  , 


with  reference  to  irregidarities  in  his  accountt,  of 
which  Ljfiuus  finds  no  aceoont  in  any  recogniaed 
writer— but  with  regard  to  which  he  haa  seea^  in 
some  "  Welsh  magazine,"  *' curious''  statements-^ 
I  can  only  say  ihat^  with  some  knowledge  of 
Welsh  literature,  they  would  be  to  me  extremely 
**  curious  *'  if  they  were  true^ 

H.  H.,  if  he  wishes  for  real  knowledge  of  Lewis 
Morris  and  his  character,  will  find  it  in  a  com- 
pendious form  in  the  chapter  devoted  to  his 
"noble  character,"  by  Mr,  Borrow,  in  his  recent 
work,  Wild  Waie»*  His  picture  is  now  at  the 
W'eLsh  School  at  Ashford,  of  which  he  was  a 
benefactor.  Many  of  his  works,  and  of  those  of 
his  brothers  Richard  and  \^llliam  —  both  distin* 
guished  acholara~-are  to  be  found  under  the  head 
'•'■  Morrifilan  Manuscripts  **  at  the  British  Museum. 

Cambkujc* 

There  is  a  discrepancy  as  to  time  and  place  of 
birth  between  the  memoir  of  Lewis  Moiria  quoted 
by  L,aEij:us,  and  that  given  in  the  Cambrian 
BefriiUr  for  1796.  L,si.ii7«  says,  that  his  ac- 
count of  Morris  was  drawn  up  by  D afy dd  Ddu 
Eryri;  and  by  it  we  are  informed,  that  Lewis 
Morris  was  born,  on  March  l^,  1700,  in  tlie 
parish  of  Llanfihangel  Tre*r  Beirdd,  in  the  Isle  of 
Anglesey.  According  to  the  Cambrian  Be^sUr^ 
he  was  born  in  the  aibresaid  island,  at  a  village 
called  ••  Pentrew  Eirianell,"  in  the  parish  of  Pen- 
ros  Llugwy,  on  the  first  day  of  March,  1702.  He 
was  married  twice :  first,  on  the  29th  of  l^£arch, 
1729,  to  Elusabelli  Grifiiths,  heiress  of  Ty  Wrayn, 
near  Holyhead ;  of  which  marriage  were  bom  a 
son  and  two  daughters.  His  second  wiie  was 
Ann  Lloyd,  heiress  of  Penbryn,  in  Cardiganshire  i 
at  which  place  he  died  in  1765,  and  was  buried  at 
LLanbadarn  Vawr,  in  the  aforesaid  county.  I^ine 
children  were  the  ofispring  of  this  second  mar^ 
riage,  via«  five  sons  and  four  daughters.  At  the 
date  of  the  memoir,  there  was  only  one  son  living, 
the  third  of  the  second  marriage :  *^  William,  now 
living  Q796)  in  Cardiganshire.  He  is  engaged  in 
republishing  his  father^s  Suroeif  of  ike  CmuI  qf 
Wales,  with  additions ;  and  is  also  bringing  out 
his  own  Map  of  Andesey," 

This  is  the  **  William  Moiris  of  Gwaelod,  near 
Aberystwitb,"  who  gave  ray  copy  of  Cambria 
Triumpham  to  the  Hon.  Robert  Fulkc  Greville* 
Colonel  Greville  was  bom  either  in  1800  or  1801; 
and  as  be  was,  doubtless,  of  full  age  when  Mr. 
Morris  gave  him  the  book,  it  would  show  that  the 
latter  was  alive  a  i^ood  way  on  in  the  present 
century «  A  son  of  his  may  be  now  living.  I 
made  a  mbtake  when  I  stated  that  Lewis  Morris 
became  the  owner  of  my  copy  of  Cambria  Trium- 
phofu  one  hundred  and  two  years  after  it^  publi- 
cation. X  should  have  said  nmety-two  year$ :  the 
book  having  been  published  in  1661. 

Jomr  Pavnr  PKimpf . 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[&'<!&  V.   MAK.tlp'^ 


WniTMottE  Familt  (3^^  S.  v.  159  )— Your  cor- 
respondent aays,  that  **  three  places  in  StaflTord- 
sbire  muj  have  originated  thi*  as  a  fftmily  name, 
vix.,  Whitmore,  near  Newcastle-under-Lyme ; 
Wetmore,  in  the  partah  of  BurtOD-on-Treut ;  and 
Wildmore,  in  that  of  Bobbington^  the  last  running 
into  Shropshire."  Buf,  rs  regards  this  last  place, 
your  correspondent  ia  not  quite  correct ;  and,  as 
the  correction  of  his  mistake  (such  ns  it  15)  may 
tend  to  strengthen  his  surmise.  I  here  note  it, 
Wildmoor  is  a  spot  on  the  Staflbrdshire  aide  of 
the  high  range  of  ground,  called  Abbots  Castle 
Hill*  between  Claveney  and  Seisdon,  and  is  about 
a  mile  and  a  half  from  the  boundary  of  the  parish 
of  Bobblngton,  a  small  portion  of  which  parish  is 
in  the  county  of  Salop,  It  is  just  at  this  spot, 
within  Shropshire,  and  on  the  outskirts  of  the 
parish  of  Bobbington,  adjacent  to  the  parish  of 
Clarcrley,  that  we  come  upon  one  of  those  better 
class  of  form-houses  which  may,  at  some  previous 
time,  not  improbably  have  formed  the  residence 
of  II  squire's  younger  son,  if  not  of  a  squire  him- 
self. This  aubstuntial  house,  with  its  banu  and 
Btables,  and  outlying  buildings,  its  four  cottages  for 
workmen^  and  its  well-stocked  farm,  is  that  same 
"  Wyttmore  within  the  manor  of  Claverley,  Salop/* 
to  which  your  correspondent  refers  as  having  been 
held  by  the  Whitmores  in  the  reign  of  Edward  I. 
On  the  ordnance  map  the  place  is  marked  as 
**  Whitimore;"  but  it  is  locally  pronounced  Wit- 
tymere.  Mr  Whitmore,  of  Apley,  is  the  patron 
of  the  parish  m  which  Whitimore  is  situates. 

CUTHBERT  BSDE. 

TsousBBS  (3**  S.  V.  136.)— I  believe  the  word 
Trousers,  in  its  present  signification,  is  not  more 
than  eighty  or  ninety  years  old.  The  following 
quotation  from  "  The  Tnte  Anti* Pamela;  or^ 
Memoirs  of  Mr,  James  Parrtf^  of  Rou^  in  Here- 
fordshire^  in  which  are  in.sertcd  His  Amours  with 

the  celebrated  Miss of  Monmouthshire*  12rao, 

1741,'*  —  a  disgusting  memoir  of  the  last  century, 
seemt  to  show  that  m  1741  an  article  of  dress^ 
entirely  different  from  that  now  in  use,  was  in* 
dicated  by  this  word :  — 

**  I  fliipt  down  tbi  Garden  BtaLrs  with  my  Trowzera  • 
attny  hcel^**  p.  188, 

The  word  Trowzers  has  a  star  attached,  and 
this  note  at  the  bottom  of  the  page  :  — 

**  •Trowzera  arc  commonly  worn  by  thow  Uiat  ride 
post  down  into  the  Norths  and  arc  very  worm ;  at  thu 
same  time  ihcy  keep  the  Coat,  Breeches,  &c,  vej-y  clean 
bj  being  worn  over  tbem,'^ 

In  later  days  the  articles  of  attire  Mn  Jnmes 
Farry  here  describes  were  called  overalls. 

This  book  contains  a  few  other  sentences  worth 
extracting,  «*  /r<  *  — 

**  Tbit  woman  .....  hated  me  worse  fhtti  a  Quaket 
doca  ft  Parrot."— P.  JO, 

**  la  the  Spring  of  the  year  1732-8,  the  ^mall  Pox 
bfoka  out  at  Btm^  aad  prov'd  Yaij  Altai,  so  that  Mies 


and  her  mothtr  bardlv  ever  itiir'd  oat  of  doors» 

Tije  old  Ltttly  stuff'd  all  the  windows  witli  Tobicoi 
DuF^t,  In  order  to  keep  out  the  infectious  elr  .  ,  . ,  t  *  I 
carried  daily  a  large  Bundle  of  Hue  in  017  Ppf.**^ 
P,  81  82 

«  He  told  me  he  had  been  buying  a  iiijt  of  GMAa 
trimmM  with  Frosted  Buttons*  at  Kicholna  FiohcrX  lat 
Nichulus  navi^iffd  htm  ....  to  have  the  luit  lined  lift 
white  ShagreeD."— P.  129. 

"Weir,  mv  dear,  »id  I,  it  is  oeedleMs  oryii^ 
•bed  milk/ — R  181. 

"  The  bouic  that  Mm.  P.  liv'd  in  was  IntiU  ^  wgti 
and  plaiater'd  over,  then  painted  in  imitatioci  of 
-P.  134. 

'^  A  fiercer  look  than  any  of  the  Tancolonuvd  Detli 
which  are  painted  upon  the  Church  Windows  of  Tug§gi 
in  GIoucestcTfihire."  —  P.  504. 

**  Well,  tbink."^  I,  if  I  muit  go  over  tU«  H«rrtiif-FMt 
there  h  no  avoiding  it." — P.  ii4<J» 

"  Mri.  J— s,  whom  I  hate  worae  than  a  Mag]ij«  tei 
Tood." 

GlIMt. 

Harriet  LiVEttMoaB  (3*^  S,  t.  35.)^ — Th«Mf 
is  now  (January,  1864)  Jiving  in  PliiUdelpliia 

St,  I 

BiGBT  Motto  (^'^  S.  v.  153.)^ — Tbert  lauih 
little  doubt,  1  think,  that  the  motto  "  Nal  W 
unt/*  refers  to  the  Supreme  Being.  Cam|isftai 
foUowin*;  ideas  :  — "  None  other  God  b«tt  «»* 
(1  Cor.  viii*  4)  ;  "  None  good  but  otic,  thii  k, 
God*'  (.Matt.  xix.  17);  and  many  similar 
Wyxne  E   ■ 

FEM;tLE  Fools  (3^*  S.  iv.  453,  523.)  —  1 1 

that  tlie  earliest  female  jester  was  Iamb€*  wh 
Queen  Metanrra  consigned  as  a  merry  cot^ 
to  Geres,  when  the  latter  wob  lookinp;^  for  , 
pine.  The  Har paste  of  Seneca's  wife's  IioiimIi 
vf&s  a  poor  idiot,  who  took  the  darkness  of  \  " 
nesa  for  that  of  ni^bt.  Theodora,  befura  I 
came  the  wife  of  Justinian*  was  famoua 
way  in  which  she  acted  buffoon  characters. 
cola  la  Jardiniere,  who  was  with  Mary  Stuart,  I 
been  the  folte  (»f  Catherine  de  Medici,  la  \ 
**  Diversoria**  (CoUoijuUs  of  Erasmus)  we  £ad 
that  female  jesters  were  kept  in  the  "ti:  -*  f  .yoef 
to  bimdy  jests  with  the  sojourner^  fU- 

Grand-Duoheas  Catherine  of  Kussia  li<4..  »  ;  uaM 
girl  for  her  jester.  The  male  jester  has  not  died 
out  in  that  country.  The  Dowager  Docboat  of 
Bolton  (natural  daughter  of  the  Duke  of  MaOi* 
mouth,  by  Eleanor  Needham),  undertook  to  ] 
the  jester  to  George  L,  whom  she  co 
amused  by  her  affected  blunders  and  capii 
Lady  Bridget  Lane  Fox,  daughter  of  the  1 
Chancellor  North ingt on,  did  the  same 
Georp;  IIL  and  Queen  Charlotte.  The 
female  fool  atill  ejtbts.  Mrs.  Edmund  Hociibj 
found  a  very  efficient  one,  in  1858,  in  tbo  hmre«ai 
of  Kiza  Fasha^  at  Conalantinople.  How  tiiia  jcitar 
kept  the  hareem  in  hitoiious  laughter  by  ber  hM. 
wit,  A.  J*  M*  may  Icom  by  consulting  Mra.  Iloftt- 
bj*s  book|  In  and  abofU  Siambtrid, 


s^s-v.  MAB-isv-et] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


I 


Renders  of  the  Frcndi  debates  will  perceiTe 
tbat  the  Euaperor  lb  ere  retains  an  ofHcial  jester, 
in  the  person  of  bis  illegitimate  brother,  M.  de 
JHorny.  When  an  opposition  speaker  becomes 
troublesome,  M.  de  Momj  interrupts  him  by 
quips  and  jokes,  or  simulated  angry  words,  either 
of  which  produce  those  rires  prolongh  duly  re- 
corded by  the  Momieury  which  show  that  the 
office  has  been  happily  ejteouted.         J.  Dora.k. 

The  Sea  or  Gulsb  (Z^  S-  v.  155.)— I  find,  in 
Pole's  Synopsis,  extracts  from  the  writings  of 
Grotius,  Ritcra,  and  Gomarus ;  suggesting  the 
same  idea  so  beautifully  rendered  in  the  lines 
quoted  by  Oxoxiemsis  :  — 

**  Hoc  mare  vitreum  dicit — quia  D€ii9  et  actionem  et 
eo^iUitii  popiiil  perspicJt,  ut  rect^  judicet  et  reddat  nni- 
raiqne  socundam  opera  ejiu." — This  from  GrotiuM  and 
Ribera. 

"  Solum  et  quasi  pavimeDtum  eieli  bealorum,  perquodt 
quasi  per  mare  vttream  et  crxntallinum*  Deui  onmia  qua 
in  tern  sunt  cooipioit,**  &c — From  Gomartu. 

The  idea  of  the  "sea  of  glass*'  (Rev.  iy.  6)  re- 
flecting the  scenes  on  earth,  seems  to  be  merely  a 
poetical  fancy,  based  neither  on  Scripture  nor  on 
ancient  exposition.  The  Fathers  regarded  the 
crystal  sea  as  a  type  of  baptisin,  shadowed  forth 
by  the  molten  sea  in  the  Jewish  Temple.  One 
Protestant  commentator,  Gomar  (Ap,  Poli  Su' 
nopM.  CriL)^  speaks  of  it  as  being,  as  it  were,  the 
pavement  of  heaven,  through  whidi  men*s  lives 
on  earth  were  watched.  This  is  the  nearest  ap- 
proach to  the  thought  in  the  poem  which  I  can 
discover.  W,  J.  D. 

The  O&nBB  of  the  Ship  in  Fbamce  {Z^  S.  v. 
117.)  —  A  long  account  of  the  foundation  of  this 
Order  will  be  Ibund  in  Favine  s  Theater  of  Honour 
and  Knighthood  (English  translation,  London, 
1623,  pp.  355—364).  St.  Louis  s  first  voyage  to 
Egypt  was  from  Marseilles,  th/n  belonging  to  the 
Count  of  Provence,  August  25,  1248,  On  his  re- 
turn, he  built  a  port  and  haven  in  Languedoc,  bo 
that  he  might  depart  on  a  second  voyage  firom  a 
port  in  his  own  territories  :  — 

*♦  For  the  greater  animating  and  encouraging  the  No- 
biliti©  of  France,  in  attempting  Ibis  Voyage  over  the 
Sttas  with  him,  as  a  new  Recompence  and  Priae  of 
beoour  (besides  the  two  Orders  of  France,  then  ia  full 
pride  mid  requeat,  of  the  Stam  and  of  the  Browne 
/Iwiiy).  be  inntituted  a  third,  particolftrly  for  thia  laal 
Voyager  the  aabject  and  clrcamtlaAcea  whereof  wero 
reprnaciited  by  the  collar  of  this  Order,  called  of  the  Ship, 
and  baaging  at, the  lower  end  thereof." 

Job  J.  B.  Wobjuuid. 

Oath  "Ex  Officio"  (3^  S.  v,  135.)  — The 
nature  of  this  oath  is  more  fully  set  forth  in  a 
previous  Act  (16  Car.  L,  c.  11,  s.  4),  whereby  it 
was  enacted  — 

••  That  BO  Ardibiihop,  Bishop,  nor  Vicar  Genera^  nor 
soy  ChaaceUof,  Official  nor  C{>aiiiuMiry  of  any  Arch-  , 


bishop,  Biahop,  or  Vicar  General,  nor  any  Ordinaiy  what- 
soever, nor  any  other  Spiritual  or  EccletiastJcol  Jadg«, 
Officer,  or  Minister  of  JujitieB,  nor  any  other  person  or 
persons  wbataoerer,  exercising  Spiritual  or  Ecclesiastical 
Power,  Aathority,  &c.  .  .  .  shall  award,  impose,  or 
ioflict  any  pain,  penalty,  fine,  &c.,  apon  any  of  the  Kiog^s 
mbjecti  for  any  contempt,  miademeanor,  crime,  &cl,  &- 
longing  to  Spiritual  or  Ecclesiastieal  cognisance  or  jtuis- 
diction,  or  maS  ex  officio,  at  the  inttance  or  /nromohbit  of 
any  other  Perton  whalaoever,  urge,  enforce,  tender,  ^ve, 
or  minister  unto  any  Churchwarden,  Sideman,  or  other 
person  wlsataoeyer,  any  Corporal  oatk,  teherehjf  he  or  tht 
shall  or  may  be  chargedt  or  obliged  to  make  any  prttent* 
ment  of  any  trime  or  offence,  or  to  eon/tm,  or  to  atcutie 
hitntelj  or  hertelf  of  any  Crimet  offenoe,  deliaqaency  or 
mlidemoanor,  or  any  neglect,  matter,  or  thing,  whereby, 
or  by  reason  whereof,  be  or  she  may  be  liable  or  exposed 
to  any  cetutire,  pain,  penalty,  or  punishment  whaterer.** 

As  to  the  oath  £X  officio^  see  Gibson^s  CodeXf 
tit.  44,  c.  4,  p.  1010,  of  the  2nd  edition,  1761  ' 
and  12,  Lord  Coke's  Reports,  26. 

Job  J.  B.  WosjLamx), 

Thb  Vebb  **to  LiQuoa'*  (S*^  S.  v.  133.)  — 
Tour  correspondent  J.  C.  LurDaar  seems  to  dass 
this  word  among  "  Americanisms^**  adding,  "  It  ia, 
of  course,  confined  to  the  vulgar.*' 

Nevertheless»wefindold  Anthony  Wood  telling 
us,  nearly  200  years  ago,  in  his  Athena  Oxunienses, 
that,  on  the  occasion  of  a  Mr.  James  Quin,  an 
Irishman,  who  san^  a  fine  bass,  being  presented 
to  Oliyer  Cromwell  at  Oxford,  that  he  might  pro* 
cure  the  Chancellor's  pardon  for  some  college 
irregularity  — 

■*  Oliver,  who  loved  a  good  voice  and  instrumental 
moiic  well,  heard  him  with  great  delight,  and  Hqwrr^d 
him  with  sack,  aayiog.  '  Mr.  Quia,  you  have  dona  very 
well,  what  shall  I  do  for  you  ?  '  &c.  &c" 

The  word  is  to  be  found  in  almost  all  our 
modem  dictionaries  as  a  verb  ^*  to  drench,  or 
moisten.""  R.  S.  Daoosit,  D.D. 

Customs  of  Scotulwd  (3'*  S.  v.  153.)— »*  Fig- 
one'"  is  a  mixture  consisting  of  ale,  sliced  figs, 
bread,  and  nutmeg  for  seasoning  ;  boiled  together, 
and  eaten  hot  like  soup.  The  custom  of  eating 
this  on  Good  Friday  is  still  prevalent  in  North 
Lancashire,  but  the  mixture  is  there  known  as 
"  fig-sue,"  the  origin  of  which  term  I  am  unable 
to  make  out.     The  dish  is  a  very  palatable  one. 

vv:  p.  w. 

WiujAic  Djsix,  D.D.  (3**  S.  v.  75.)^!  happen 
to  have  access,  at  this  moment,  to  the  register 
book  of  the  parish  of  Dr.  Dell,  Yelden  (not  Yel- 
don),  sometimes  written,  and  still  pronounced 
Teilden,  an  abbreyiation  of  its  old  form  YeveLj  or 
Gevel-dean.  The  following  exceqita  therefrom, 
relating  to  members  of  the  Dell  family,  may  prove 
not  unserviceable  to  your  correspondent,  and  an 
aid  of  your  editorial  note  :  — 

"  Tne  Register  for  the  Births  of  Children  in  the 
Toune  of  Yelden  "  has,  for  its  first  item,  the  na- 
tivity (for  the  rite  of  baptism  is  subordinated  het<i 


222 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


I9^&v*mjkwui%*u. 


QTitil  after  thie  Bestora^oo)  of  one  of  this  rector's 
childrcQ  :  — 

**  An:  1653,  De<%jnU:  IB,  Aonm  Dell,  tbe  dngtiteir  of 
WUliAm  Detl  and  AUrtiia  his  wife  was  borne.*' 

It  alflo  records  — 

••Anno  Domini  1655,  Bbje  tlu)  16lb,  NathAniel  D«ll, 
SQtme  of  Willim  Delt,  recior»  and  MnrtbA  hh  wi&  waa 

*Aimo  Domini  1656,  fTebniiiry  tha  10tli,  MAiy  Dell, 
dtngbtof  of  WiUiam  Ddl  o&il  Matthew  (tic  !}  lik  wife  wiks 
boniA." 

From  ""  The  Begitter  for  Burialls  in  the  Tonne 
of  Xelden/*  we  have  these  further  statistics  Del- 


Domini,  1655,  July  the  6th,  NAthanael  Dell, 
flonne  ofWUltm  Dell,  rector,*  and  Martha  his  wife  woa 
hurred. 

••  165G,  JontMUT  the  12tb,  Sttrojioil  Dell,  aonne  of  WU- 
Liam  Dell,  and  Matthew  (tCenun)  hia  wife  woa  bnrjfed." 

I  should  be  glad  to  be  informed  whether  the 
puritanical  doctor  «  tomb  in  the  spinnejr  at  Wes- 
toning  be  an  extant  memorial.  No  note  of  it 
oocurs  in  Tymm*s  useful  Topography^  and  I  hare 
not  Cooke's  to  refer  to.  R.  Lxm. 

Martin  (f^  S.  v.  154.) — Amon^  the  numerous 
ponetsors  of  Alresford  Manor  and  inhabitants  of 
Alroifacd  Hall  were  Matthew  Martin,  who  died 
July  do,  1749,  and  Samuel  Martin  his  eon,  on 
whose  death  the  property  fell  into  the  hands  of 
hiB  brother  Thomas,  a  barrister.  (Morant's  ffitt, 
of  Esiexy  L  453.)  The  vocation,  arms,  family, 
and  other  useful  and  interesting  information  arc 
given  in  Morant^s  £j«ez,  vol.  ii.  188,  Hteq, 

Wtkhb  E.  Baxte*. 

Tbb  Fiest  Paprb  Miu*  m  Amsbica  (2***  S. 
IT.  105.)  —  The  statement  that  the  &rBt  paper 
mill  in  America  was  at  Elizabeth  Town,  in  New 
Jersey,  and  that  the  second  was  at  Milton,  near 
Boston,  Mass*,  is  an  egregious  error  that  has  been 
perpetuated  in  nearly  every  standard  work  ou  the 
subject  of  paper- maJcing.  The  first  was  situate 
m  Boxburgh  township,  Philadelphia  county,  Fa., 
and  was  at  the  commencement  owned  by  a  conn- 
pany  or  partnership,  among  the  members  of 
which  were  Willinm  Bradford  William  Bitting* 
houscn  [Bitten  ho  use],  Bobert  Turner,  Thomas 
Tresse,  and  other  jirominent  citizens  of  Pennsyl- 
vania. WiiUtuu  Kittenhouse  and  his  son  Claus, 
or  Niohulas,  were  the  practical  paper- makers. 
Thw  were  Uollanders,  and  were  Dutch  Baptists 
or  Mcnnonists  in  their  religious  faith.  Claua  was 
a  preauher  at  the  German  Town  Mennonist 
church. 

Thix  paper-mdl  was  buOt  in  the  year  1690, 
and  was  in  operation  -  -^  frty  years  before 
the  Elizabeth  Town  \x\  uiilUwere  b**jrun. 

1  have  lately  read  bdt.i^  u*^  *.4.-u>rical  Sucioty  of 
Pennsylvania  an  essay,  sntitled  HUloricd  Skrtrh 

*  Sruad  hy  some  retrlhotiv«  hand* 


a/the  MiienhouMe  Paner  Mil!,  ihtjir^i  in  AwmiuL, 
sraelWf  aj>.  1690.  My  e»?8ay  i^  written  esttftly 
on  paper  made  at  tbis*fin*t  paper-iuill  by  tbe  im 
paper-maker  and  his  son,  prior  to  the  year  IML 

William  Bradford,  the  first  printer  of  Fmm^ 
vania,  and  the  other  middle  colon  ies,  w^$  fiipfwri 
with  paner  from  this  mill ;  and  Dr.  FranktlD  tls9 
procured  his  paper  from  the  same  sotjree.  TV 
second  paper-mill  was  erected  in  the  yemr  171© 
by  another  Hollander  named  William  Da  Wcea. 
Both  were  situate  near  the  Wissahickon  Credk^a 
tributary  of  the  Biver  Schuylkill. 

I  have  a  great  variety  of  Americjui  **ftfft 
marks ; "  and  I  propose  to  prepare  an  ttsay « 
Pennsylvania  paper  marks.  Further  inibcmatiai 
about  the  first  paper-mill  in  Anaenca  nav  k 
found  in  The  Hisioriecd  Magazine^  j^,  toL  l  ff 
123-4  (Boston);  and  also  in  Bishop's  HiMtrۤ  ^ 
American  ManufaciMres :  to  both  of  which  I  0S»* 
municated  the  facta.  This  coramunicatli:>ii  is  in» 
ten  on  some  of  the  paper  made  At  the  first  rf 
prior  to  1699,  by  Bitteabouse  and  his  aoii. 
HoaaTio  Gatmb  ' 

Philadelphia,  Feb  1,  WA. 

GiAifTS  AKD  Dwarfs  {V^  S.  v.  34.)— AlBtt^ 

n urn's  Museum  in  New  York  are  now,  Fcfe.  I* 
exhibiting  four  giants,  which,  or  who,   npr*^  *• 
authority  of  the  advertti*emcnt,  are  ** 
eight  feet  high,  and  weigh  *'  altogether  * 
teen  hundred  pounds."     Also,  ^*  The  1. 
King,  fourteen  years  old,  only  twenty- 1 
high,  and  weighs  but  seventeen  pouncb," 

Ai;sTitiAN  Motto:  the  Five  Vowfita  (3'*i 
iv.  304,)— In  the -i4f/a^   Qeographm,  1711,   I 
in  a  description  of  the  Imperial  Palace  at  * 
that  — 

•*  Over  the  gate  f»f  the  pilace  there  are  Ibe  flvtt  "^ 
A,  E,1,0,  IT,  in  r  r  the  gate;  toi 

bmw  given  this  AwKtHa-  tm  «■ 

HiutCT-wj  1,  «.,  •  *i.^  ...     K^^rt  of  AH$tria  to  j 
whole  world;*  bat  'tis  not  dtrtaia  thai 
meaniitg  of  tbe  orchttecL" 

A  Utile  further  on,  in  the  same  book,  in  tla 
account  of  Neustatt,  or  Neai)olis  Auatrias^  ia  Ibe 
following ;  — 


**  Orer  the  chief  Gate,  Civey  bave    the  llv»  i 
Vowels,  OS  ovi^r  tbe  Pal  nee  at  i^ttnna^  which  tli#y 
pret  tlnii,  AquUn  ^Itcta.  jugt*  ommiu  mncii,  Lf*  Tun  Kifll 
being  chosen  juitly.  ovefcooes  all.'*  r 

W*  L  8.  BoBTcis*] 


a    luiri 


Common    Law   (3^^   S.  v,  152.)- 

♦*  couimon  law"  has  a  genenit  umt 

signification.     In  its  general 

notes  a  law  which  extendi  o\ 

in  contradistinction  to  fi 

are  confined  to  particulu 

In  this  fsense,  it  will  evcit  i 

realm,  {Co.  litt  142a.)  i:ia 

the  term  was  probably  origin  ally  uppU^^d  to  a  i 


r 


^&  V.  Mah.  I^.^M.J 


NOTES  AND  QITERIES- 


223 


ooainkon  to  all  the  re  ■  '  t  is,  the  ^*tf  oom- 
mvfie^  or  folc-right  e^  by  KiDg  Edward 

the  £ld£r,  ai'ter  he  Wu  A.ijut4alied  various  pro" 
TiDcWU  eufltomi  aad  pmicalar  laws.  (B/o*  (7£>n. 
b7  Coleridge*  J.  §7.) 

In  ita  partieolar  Bignifi cation^  the  common  laur 
comprises,  L  General  cuetomSf  or  unwritten  laws 
which  ejttend  over  the  country  generally;  2.  Par- 
ticular customs,  or  those  which  are  confined  to 
particular  districts  and  persons;  3.  Particular 
lawFf  or  those  which  are  admimstered  in  par* 
ticular  courts. 

1.  The  common  law  is  defined  as  lex  rum  icripia 
in  opposition  to  lex  seripta.  This  is  a  particular 
signincation  of  the  common  law. 

5-  It  is  opposed  to  such  part  of  the  ciril  and 
canon  law  as  it  does  not  recognise,  because  foreign 
laws,  aa  auch^  have  no  force  in  this  kingdom. 

3.  It  Is  opposed  to  equity  in  a  particnlar  senee. 
Equity  is  a  suppletory  system^  which  wa«  es- 
tablished in  later  ages  to  enforce  xighta  which  the 
common  law  did  not,  and  does  not  now,  recognise, 
0Bt  aqiiity  is  not  altogether  opposed  to  the 
oooNnon  law,  for  in  many  cases  the  maxim  ^qui' 
las  seauitur  legem  hoUlfi  good. 

4.  The  iex  mercatoria^  or  law  merchant,  though 
it  may  be  distinguished  from  the  common  law  in 
the  general  sense  of  the  term,  is  part  of  the 
common  law  of  England,  in  the  same  way  that 
other  particular  customs  and  laws  are  parts  of  it. 

The  connection  between  the  general  and  par*- 
ticular  sense  of  the  term  common  law  is  now 
rather  remote.  The  introduction  of  equity,  and 
the  incorporation  into  the  old  common  law  of 
particolar  customs,  the  lex  tnercotoria^  and  parts 
of  the  civil  and  canon  law,  necessarily  intrench 
upon  the  term  "  common."  But  I  should  think 
that  the  common  law  of  England  may  at  the  pre- 
sent day  be  defined  with  moderate  correctness,  as 
thatsystem  of  unwritten  law  (as  opposed  to  equity 
and  statute  law)  which  is  administered  in  coorts 
of  juaticef  and  prevails  through  the  kingdom. 

^ ^  W,  J.  Tux. 

St*  Makt  Mattelok  (3"^*  S.  v.  IGl.)— Will 
yon  admit  another  note  on  this  vexed  question  ? 
I  am  not  familiar  enough  with  Arabic  to  say  that 
it  nowhere  contains  a  form  from  which  Blatfelon, 
in  the  sense  of  paritnra^  can  be  derived  :  but  what 
I^kaow  of  most  of  the  cognate  languages  con- 
vinces me  that  it  is  not  derived  trom  any  offkhoot 
of  the  root  ycthidy  *^^i :  it  might  come  from  the 
root  naphaly  ^|jj,  and  in  fact  we  have  a  word 
from  that  root  in  Syriac,  signifying  an  untimely 
btrtht  an  abortion.  I  have  iar  more  sympathy 
Mb.  Wax-cott's  view,  and  had  copied  out  a 
IS  passage  bearing  upon  it  from  Dr*  R.  C.  A, 
s  Popular  Nameit  of  BriHnh  Plants,  p.  U7. 
will  not  now  send  it,  but  I  earnestly  beg  those 
I  who  can  refer  to  it  to  do  so,  to  see  what  vagaries 


this  word  Matfelon  has  played.  And  y^i^  I  do 
not  think  the  church  of  St,  Mary  Matfelon  owed 
its  name  to  the  plant  except  indirectly.  The 
case  I  take  to  be  this :  In  the  middle  ages,  the 
plant  Mat/don  was  believed  to  be  useful  for 
softening  and  haBtcning  the  removal  of  hoih : 
hence  it  is  a  compound  of  the  old  verb  fnaiery 
to  macerate,  and  felon^  a  boU.  Probably  a  St. 
Mary  (which  I  know  not)  was  famous  ws  ooQu- 
pying  the  same  province  of  "  Leechdom ; "  and 
what  more  natural  than  that  some  one,  who  as- 
ciibed  the  removal  of  a  terrible /e^ibn  to  her  kind 
offices,  ihould  found  the  Whitechapel  of  St  Mary 
Matfelon  ?  The  old  explanation  of  "  felon-slayer 
is  doubtless  verbally  correct,  but  its  sense  has 
been  lost  sight  of.  B.  IL  C. 

GRnMnau>  Hotn  (S'*  S.  v.  115.)  —  Is  not  this 
connected  with  the  old  Saxon  (?)  name  of  Grim- 
bald?  One  Grimbald  was  Abbot  of  Hyde  in 
Alfred's  time;  another  was  famous  in  the  six- 
teenth century,  and  others  exist  in  our  own  day. 

B.  H,  a 

p*.  JoHH  WiGAW  (3"*  S.  V.  37.)— Br.  John 
Wigan  and  my  maternal  ^reat- grandfather  were 
two  of  the  sons  of  Dr.  William  Wigan,  Vicar  of 
Kensington,  who  is  mentioned  as  such  in  Bishop 
Kennett's  Rtf^ister.  I  have  an  admirable  portrait 
of  Dr.  John  Wigan,  kit-cat  size,  painted  xxwsiblj 
by  Hogarth,  and  by  his  side,  on  a  bookstand,  b  a 
volume  lettered  "  Friend's  Opera."  I  possess  also 
his  diploma,  signed  by  Sir  Hans  Sloane,  as  Pi^* 
sident  of  the  College  of  Physicians,  and  a  few  of 
his  letters,  written"  in  a  more  or  less  hnmorons 
rein,  from  Jamaica,  Dr,  John  Wigan  went  out 
as  physician  in  ordinary  with  his  college  fr-icnd, 
Mr.,  afterwards  Sir  Edward  Trelawny^  when  he 
was  appointed  Governor  of  Jamaica.  Sir  Edward 
was  son  of  Sir  Jonathan,  one  of  the  seven  bishops. 
Tlie  two  friends  married  two  sisters,  daughters 
of  the  principal  planter  in  the  island,  and  Dr. 
W'igan  appears  to  have  died  tnancipiis  hcttplf^,  as 
shown  by  the  inventory  of  his  efiects,  taken  for 
the  purpose  of  administration. 

Ii  OxoNi£:Ngi8  wishes  for  any  further  inform- 
ation, may  I  refer  him  to  you  for  my  name  and 
address?  W,  Wigan  H . 

Come    BOHGS   TRANSLATBP    (3'*    S.   V.    172.) — 

Latin  translations  of  "  Billy  Taylor  *'  and  of 
"  One  night  it  blew  a  hurricane,**  are  appended 
to  the  second  edition  of  JoHannis  Gilpini  Iter^ 
Latinc  redditum,  which  was  published  by  Vincent 
at  Oxford,  in  184L 

If  this  bo  the  translation  of  *♦  Bil!;r  Taylor/ 
after  whicli  your  correspondent  Tis  inquires,  I 
have  the  best  reason  for  Vnowing  that  it  was  not 
made  by  the  Kev.  C.  Bigge,  uiou^h,  curiously 
enough,  the  original  of  the  two  additional  verses 
was  given  to  the  translator  by  the  late  Venerable 
£.  T.  Bigge,  first  Archdeacon  of  I*ln5l\s£^x't^^. 


For  the  name  of  the  transktor  I  beg  to  refer 
your  readers  to  two  RepUes  on  "  Oxford  Jeux 
d' Esprit,"  at  voL  x.  431,  and  vol*  xl  41G»  of  your 
First  Series.  C,  W,  Bingham. 

Several  tronsktions  of  coimc  pieces  may  be 
found  in  the  Anmdines  Cami* 

a  F.  S.  Wasebf. 

Tis  may  see  tranaktions  of  several  comic  songi 
among  the  Beliques  of  Father  ProuL      X*  Y.  Z. 

Mr.  Kelly,  publisher,  Grafton  Street,  Dublin, 
bas  printed  for  a  student  of  Trinity  College,  Latin 
and  Greek  versions  of  "The  Ratcatcher's  Daugh- 
ter," and  **Wilikm9  and  hU  Dinah."  They  are 
very  clever  and  amusing,  far  in  advance  of"  Stak- 
kos  Morphides  of  OTrulkghan."  A.  B. 

IifQuifliTioNs  V.  Visitations  (3"*  S.  v*  154*)  — 
The  InquiBition  represented  Robert,  Lord  de 
risle  of  Rougeinont  (1357—1399),  as  having  died 
unmarried.  The  Visitation  Book  of  1623,  named 
a  son  of  his,  William,  Hipfeus  seems  to  trust  the 
Inquisition  rather  than  the  Visitation.  Nicolas, 
quoting  Dugdale,  says  that  Robert  was  summoned  ' 
to  Parliament  in  1357  and  1360;  but  never  after* 
wards,  nor  any  of  his  poMterittf^ — "  therefore  (saya 
Dugdale),  I  shall  not  need  to  pursue  the  story  of 
ihem  any  fiirther;**  but  (adds  Nicolas)  **  the 
Barony  muBt  be  deemed  to  be  still  vested  in  his 
deMcemania  and  representatives."  The  words  I 
hare  put  in  italics  would  seem,  perhaps,  to  justify 
the  record  of  Visitation,  rather  than  that  of  In* 
quisition.  The  barony  of  Aldeburgh,  of  Hare- 
wood,  the  possessor  of  which  was  the  husband  of 
Bobert's  sister  Elizabeth,  had  the  same  fate  as 
that  of  Robert  de  Insuld  de  Rubeo  Monte.  WU- 
Ikm  de  Aldeburgh  left  a  Intimate  son,  aged 
thirty,  at  his  father's  death,  in  1388 ;  but  the  son 
was  never  summoned  during  the  three  remaining 
years  of  his  life.  Both  baronies  are  now  in 
abeyance.  J*  Dohan. 

P.S*  I  observe  that,  in  making  out  a  census  of 
the  peers,  some  doubt  is  expressed  as  to  whether 
''*  Auckland ''  should  be  reckoned  as  a  bishop  or  an 
earl.  Here  h  a  precedent.  John,  Baron  de 
Grandiaon,  succeeded  hia  brother  Peter  in  1358. 
John  had  been  Bishop  of  Exeter  since  1327  ;  he 
sat  in  Parliament  in  nght  of  his  episcopal  dignity, 
and  was,  consequently,  never  summoned  in  hia 
barony.  He  left  o  nephew  as  his  next  heir ;  but 
be  waa  never  summoned,  and  this  barony  is  olao 
in  abeyance. 

Nattkb  (3^  S.  V.  125,  184.)  — Though,  very 
probably,  the  Anglo-Saxon  name  of  Nadre^ 
whence  the  German  NtUUr^  and  our  Adders  waa 
finit  given  to  the  snake-famiW  with  reference  to 
their  creeping  position,  from  the  word  *'  Nrther^ 
or  Niihtr^  Down,  downward,  Wow'*  (Boiworth), 
still,  the  name  once  glvcn^  how  easy  would  be  its 


transference  to  other  qualities  of  the  bateiixl  teibt^ 
so  as  to  be  associated  with  the  idea  of  penom^  kt. 
Thus  Natter-jach  might  represent  Poijon-jaicJk^  ad 
express  a  part  of  his  character,  which  is  not,  I 
believe,  quite  attributable  to  the  malice  of  ha 
enemies.  C,  W*  Binouak. 


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WAKTED   TO  PUBCKABB. 

Flftkalfcn  of  Prtaa.kc.  of  th«  foUdwtnr  Book*  to  ba  mttit  4li«lti 
Um  notlcaAB  by  whovn  tber  an  roqalr«i4,  wfaoo*  baihc  mma  aifevi 
*i«  PTC9  tot  ihftt  pnrpoM  i  — 

RajHAKri  &«  Dttrum.umxitg  tocxim  HaftiuieA.KOK.    1717— ^U*    HBH^ 

betf. 
TL.kMTt.Kmc*,  TviiAtTHtr*  Svnoirritva   TTg>«tiin  TTmjuhht  BmVM^ 

cvt.     1614,  foL 
QuaNiui,  Ijiiiii4ao*ri>K  dim  HsuHAiHnm*  SrRAemBa 
GBaKjritii^  B«aJi4tii:«a  firiiHicvs  piru  SoMJitrt. 
Spttldinc  Club  Booki;  ^ 

Vol-  XJCVI.    BovLmiLM3t>  Smjras  o»  Seorukjfo. 
VoL  XXXI.    ToTMiiAi^irT  or  Av««ob»*  axo  Bjufvr.    WiM*  Ifi 
VoL  XJCXII.    DfM%tm  ot  Baooi*  or  Biimks. 
Surttei  SockC7'i  PublicaUoDi^   A  oompkle  9>(. 
F«r^  Bodotf '■  PabUewtJooti— 
VoL  I-  No.  1.    Old  ft*"****- 

Ko.  6.   HjnoitiCAr  Bohwi  or  Imx^ao, 

No.  7.     ftOIVOt  Alf»  ***■"  —  KUATtTB  so  T1 


Vol.  Xi.  No.  I.   aucctsomi  vmam  «■■  Mi7io»  Pbobimi  i 
No.  8.    E^LinLr  JSawAS.  Bmaaim  or  Ehoxawo. 
Tmv  Camri^rwr  or  Bnm^MO.    LCffleb'l edlUoO, 

Wuted  by  Mr.  Jtu.  MaekAtm,  il.  81.  VUboeal  atrect.  ai 


fiatifftf  t0  Cirrrr^iiiinlTtiittf* 

Owiitg  to  tUm  reipdttmmt*  qf  ff^  advo^i»inff  fritnd*^  kv  are 
9  omil  oMr  2rete»  OB  Sboli. 
T.  B.    Th*  tmnmmioittiQm  fau  bem  left  at  1M  qfitm  om  nn^ipurf, 

"  tmmv 
Mat.  Dte* 

P.  W,  8,  W«  ham  mH  »««  tm  L>'UtamAimlx9  das  ( 
Cojiiiox)  on  Note*  and  Q,ii«ri«*  Fnia«iilMi  hu  daaif  mae^m 
ihnmvk  M«mv.  WiWam*  and  I^orfni*. 


\<^l,  Fart  L  pp.  «•«  114,  amd  »!«. 


**     .......    If  othiat  ta  Ilk  Uft 

Became  Mm  U^  the  lesTtnc  iV-af^^delA,  AM  1.  Ba.  4. 

Beajrm  QoBatu.    Thett  thall  Ik  ititen^d  ifthi 
lAcm  vkert  tKa  amtte«rv  art  tff  U  wnit.    AU  owrfe 


„„. . , _     owrfee  f^mfmettmg  $m 

indimdmah  mwA  imMtrt  giv*^  OU  In/WmaKfln. 

Ew  S.  T.  "  The  Imm  ittRkhmamd  HiW*  wu  fih«  jMrorfMcDiM  aT  W 

Vftcm^amdtKttfrHpnKhctdMamtfmd/^vwfHMmmm 

Thtl^sM.mtkfiAt.wtuaMalkt^fiagvtantit'deiam.    rl4b*1V.a 

tod  8.  U.  «t  xL  for. 

U  jrtm'»  UmvmtaiA  Aaf B^m  « 
~      -tmm»$,  fro.  iriT-J/it,  *<^ 
iril.    tfitLlTe»o#U»f^  ' 

JCBVlwl.Ai  new  Pvit^wm*  ptMiahtd  «»  17I0,»to. 

tBtL^heaA.imt*^«i>iidwvHued  in  17H  with  mAppemkit. 
Cuiot.    T%<  oJ<l  rAynw  ~ 

"When  Our  Lady  fall*  In  Oar  Lord'e  l<p« 
Tbcn^  E«igUi]4.be««j«  of  mkluipi"— 


OlO  Ma«74UTT. 

/'our  I'tgrtB  mtd  a  Mq 


r  Day,  mat  to  OoQii  Friday,    S**  "Jf .  *  ^.    1 

haaeivtm  a  Hrt  qfth*  #«ttn  om  wHtek  Ae  otd 
the  ComqmeH, 


If  011Y1*  a  h 

b»iiaiv«>-iihi  e.  T.  p^  110,0^.  u.  umii  j^  *'0flaik-w«iii 

rmad  **  H«vli  Wul«-Q«97/' 


"  Nofii  &  QvBBiM**  k  ngiitttad  fbr  traafBiiMioA  ateMii. 


J 


S^  &  T.  Kab.  19,  '$*,] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


SSfi 


LOKDOX,  SATUHDAY.  MdRCU  19,  im. 


I 


CONTENTS,— N*.  116. 

HOrBSt  — 1iVlir*ii  wu  Bliftkspere  Bom?  22S-'Ad  uttempi 
to  ajHaertftin  the  Kind  of  Hulk  in  which  Prospero,  Duke  of 
MilAn,  was  set  Adrift,  aa«— Ttie  Stratftord  Buit  of  8hak- 
fip^rc,  227  --  6h^ki|MAnAiti,  CSS  —  Tb«  Second  Shttkapearo 
Folio.  l<53*.  2?W  —  l^«c»a|rc  !n  "Cvmbpllw  "  t^i  —'Morxntxntk 
and  Eljr  ■  "        '      r        T  -        Hymns 

b»  the  1  *  ion«  to 

of  the   M»  rinajd  —  i/l-irgK^s  —  1  Uoujas  Anunis,  anait  wel- 
howte»  238. 
QtlBBIES:  — *'Ad  efundem**  Hoods^Anrm  wnrit/xl— Sir 
WiUiam    BfTraford^ —  Cunpotoofco's  xm*'  — 

John  Dinicl.  und  other  earlV  Flayem  -  ijfree  — 

••T»'"  r;i,..r„  rr  Ac.  —  Family  of  Good:  .  ..  ],  Hamil- 
tf  Query  — Rev.  Jauiua*  K« tin* Li>— William 

1,  via  —  Joseph    MMsie  —  RiTbos  wanted  — 

Itu..^.  i     Lh  — St  John  CUinachus— SotiR:  *' la  it  to 

try  Qit)^  '— Sophodfli-'TheoerUui'Willa  al  LlaadaiT, 

Qtn'  ii    AlTBWKRat — MUton'a  "iimhto  A.  Sw  and 

Rt  ^84r  Biohard  FonI  — Aa    Epitaph— Gut- 

tr?  ^  a  TVative  of  Shored itoh—"  Chough  aiid 

Crow  — «  Karaufik  Odours  —  Bishop  Pndeaux*s  Portrait  — 
**  Youug  liovcll's  Bridt%"  242* 

BEPLIE8:  —  l*nri«h  U^^in'.ur^  '?4.i  —  HnH-k  mad  Eotnan 
Gamea.  Ac..  2 1  —  Sir  Robert 

Vernon  —  Sor  i »« Baiiphin  — 

Posterity  ^f  iL-  ml   Hi ►«•-.'* — 

Harvej'   F:m  v.i;.  —  '  '  - 

Quotatii'"'    '.-  H|t..j 

•^^RBtrmt'"— A:i  L..._L. _:_:__.;.  !'_:__  A--:-,,--:  ^iii- 
gram  attribute  to  Fopti  — Jeri.'iiDUAliliorrt>okii^  lh<i^A^Uo« 
nomvT  —  Torriti^Q  Family ,  Ac..  MB. 

Kotos  on  Bopka.  Ac 


jl0tetf. 

WHEN  WAS  SHAKSPERE  BORN  7 
(FrOim  An  Argummt  on.  the  AiMumed  Birthday  of 

I  muii  ii(YW)*  in  order  to  refresh  the  memory  of 
tbe  render*  give  a  reirospective  sum  mar j  of  facts 
and  fiction**  with  comments  —  the  subjects  being 
BHAKSPEftc,  William  Oldys,  esquire,  Norroy- 
king-aV-arms,  tbe  rcT.  Joseph  Greene,  B,A.,  and 
Edmond  M alone,  esquire. 

Wii.LiAMf  son  of  John  Shakspere,  was  baptised 
at  Stralford'upoD'Avon  on  the  26  April  1564, 
and  died  on  the  23  April  1616  in  the  tirty-thlrd 
year  of  his  age«  He  was  buried  at  Stratford  on 
the  25  April,  and  is  described  in  the  register  as  a 
gentleman.  —  I  rely  on  Malone,  and  have  said  no 
more  on  Shakspere  than  the  argument  requires, 
but  cannot  avojd  rell-jcling  on  the  proceedings  of 
this  year.  W' ith  the  utinost  respect  for  the  Lou- 
don committee,  I  must  crave  leave  to  record  my 
opinion  that  et|uity  ami  cungruityare  rather  more 
conspicuous  in  Warwickshire. 

Oldjs  had  much  experience  in  biographic  com- 
position, but  he  ai«serts  that  Shukspere  was  born 
on  the  23  April  1503,  and  that  he  died  at  the  age 
otS^t  AD.  1616. — He  converts  the  day  and  month 
the  decease  of  Shakspere  into  the  day  and 
ath  of  hia  birth  ;  contrddicts  the  parish  register 
the  year  of  his  birth ;  and  contradicts  the 


toonumeDtal  inscription  as  to  his  age  at  the  ttme 
of  decease.  The  assertions  of  Ohiys,  testified  by 
his  handwriting,  have  no  other  basis  than  his  own 
misconcept  i  ons* 

Greene  was  for  many  years  master  of  the  grnm- 
mar-school  at  Stratford,  and  therefore  had  the 
means  of  verifying  current  reports,  but  be  as 
much  as  asserts  that  Shakspere  was  born  in  )503, 
for  he  stfttea  that  he  "  died  at  the  age  of  53." 
This  statement  was  printed  in  1759.  At  a  later 
date^  he  added  this  note  to  the  baptismal  Item  of 
William  Shakspere,  in  some  extracts  from  the 
Stratford  register,  which  were  published  br 
Steevens  in  1773  — ''  Bom  April  23, 1564.**  Thia 
date  was  adopted  by  Malone  in  1778,  and  bu 
been  repeated  by  numerous  authors,  native  and 
foreign,  to  the  present  time.  Even  those  who  do 
not  adopt  it,  condescend  to  notice  it  as  troditioa 
or  reported  tradition.  —  The  assertions  of  Greene 
are  almost  identic  with  those  of  Oldys,  a  circum- 
stance which  I  cannot  explain.  But  this  I  can 
affirm :  He  was  a  reader  at  the  British  Mnseum 
before  1772 ;  transcribed  the  will  of  Shakspere  for 
his  patron,  Mr,  West ;  and  may  have  consulted 
the  annotated  Langhuinc.  He  names  the  birthday 
of  Shakspere  without  one  iwrd  of  evidence ;  con- 
tradicts the  parish  register  as  to  the  year  of  his 
birth ;  and  contradicts  the  inscription  as  to  his 
age  at  the  time  of  decease, 

Malone,  as  above  stated,  had  precursors  on  the 
birthday  theory,  but  it  was  the  reputation  of 
Malone  that  gave  it  currency.  He  afterwards 
found  time  for  inquiry.  The  proof  appears  in  the 
pofthuraous  Life  of  Wtliam  Shakspeare,  1821,  S**. 
He  therein  states  that  Shakspere  was  born  pro- 
habltf  on  the  23  April  1564,  and  admits  that  "  we 
have  no  direct  evidence  for  the  fact,'*  In  a  note 
on  the  Stratford  register,  which  records  the  bap- 
tism of  Shakspere  on  the  26  April  1564|  he  writes 
thus :  "  He  was  bom  three  dsys  before,  April  23, 
1564.  —  I  have  said  this  an  (he  faith  of  Greene^ 
who,  I  find,  made  the  extract  from  tbe  register 
which  Mr.  West  gave  ^Jr.  Steevens;  htd  tjueere^ 
how  did  Mr.  Oreene  a»ctriain  this  facif*  He 
also  says,  **  for  tfaia,  as  I  conceive,  his  only  autho- 
rity was  the  inscription  **■ — which  affords  no  such 
evidence!  The  sum  of  the  above  remarks  is 
surely  equivalent  to  recantation,  and  I  am  jasti* 
tied  m  asserting  that  Malone,  on  due  reflectioD, 
renounced  the  authoritv  of  Greene.  Now,  it  was 
on  the  faith  of  Mr,  Greene  that  Malone  had  pro* 
claimed  in  positive  terms,  and  as  his  own  con- 
tribution to  the  life  of  Shakspere — **  He  was  born 
on  the  23  of  April  1564.''  — I  need  not  point  out 
the  inevitable  concluition :  the  stream  cannot  be 
more  pure  than  its  source.     In  plain  terms,  Thji 

ASSUMED  nraTHDAY  OF  ShAKSP£BE  18  A  FICTIOW. 

In  u  short  note,  published  on  the  23  April  1S59, 
I  declared  my  persuaevon,  on  the  evidence  of  the 
inscription  alone,  that  Shakspere  **  waa  born  h^ore 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[a»-i  &.  V.  Mah.  is^^ 


the  23  April  1564.**  I  must  now  declnre^  after 
tracing  the  qaeslion  through  the  printed  evidence 
of  two  centuries,  that  there  is  no  subatanrial  evi- 
dence of  a  contrary  tendency  —  btit,  as  Johnson 
remarks,  "  Every  man  adheres  as  long  as  he  can  to 
his  own  pre'conc^piioius'* 

An  the  eulogist  of  Oldvf ,  some  twenty-five  years 
sincei  and  also,  at  a  later  dnt^,  of  Malone,  I 
must  not  be  taxed  with  prejudice  or  criiical  harsh- 
ness on  this  occasion.  In  fact,  the  discoveries 
now  announced  have  been  a  source  of  vexation  to 
me — but  whichf  once  made,  it  would  not  become 
me  to  suppress.  Boltom  Cobhst* 


AN  ATTEMPT  TO  ASCERTAIN  TOE  KIND  OF 
HULK  IN  WHICH  PROSPERO,  DUKE  OF  MILAN, 
WAS  SET  ADRIFT 

That  the  rotten  carcass  of  a  butt  was  an  old 
wine  caskf  is  a  supposition  too  ridiculous  to  be 
entertained  by  any  one  whii  baa  seen  sjdt  water. 
Had  Shakspeare  said  tbi^,  it  would  have  been  a 
fiore  point  for  ever,  a  tavern  joke  of  which  be 
never  would  have  heard  the  last;  but  he  was  too 
good  a  sailor  to  have  dreamt  of  such  a  thing  even 
at  his  slcepicHt,  and  the  mention  of  the  wanting 
tackle,  sails,  mast,  and  rats  shows  that  he  did  not. 
But  this  bein^  set  aside  —  and  it  bus  been  suffi- 
ciently set  aside  by  Mr,  Dyce  —  there  remains 
the  question  whether  the  word  \s  a  misprint,  or 
an  unknown  nautical  term.  For  my  own  part^  I 
had  for  long  held  the  latter  opinion,  and  for  this 
reaaun,  that  we  find  Othello  saying  :  — 

**  H«ro  U  my  journey *a  end,  here  is  my  butt, 
And  Tcryiea'niarlL  of  my  utmoat  saiL*' 

Act  V.  So.  2. 

Now  there  is  no  reason  of  circumslance  why 
Othello  the  soldier  should  use  or  f^o  off  into  a 
sea-simile,  unless  this,  that  the  sound  of  the  word 
butt,  by  the  laws  of  association,  brought  vaguely 
before  his  mind  (that  is  to  ShaknpeAre's  fruitful 
and  versatile  imagination)  the  idea  of  the  sea, 
and  50  led  him  to  speak  no  longer  of  a  land  but^ 
but  of  a  sea  beacon.  And  this  argument  will,  I 
think,  Appear  the  stmnger  to  those  who  have  at- 
tended to  Shakspeare  s  language,  because  I  think 
it  can  have  escaped  none  such  that  he  has  made 
word  suggest  word  (of  course  in  subordination  to 
the  leatliug  thoughts  or  emotions),  and  phrase 
sug^eat  phi*ase  according  to  the  law  of  association 
of  ideas,  and  this  not  merely  because  he  wrote 
hastily,  or  because  the  ability  to  see  an  object 
simultiiueously  ia  all  its  aspects  and  resemblances 
was  a  leading  peculiarity  of  hi*  mind,  but  because 
he  wittingly  and  of  |)urposc  made  use  of  thii  law 
knowing  it  to  be  a  main  law  of  extempore  oad 
xinpremeditnte^i  ppticch.* 


•  The  I, 


•  in  King  f^«iirt  tome  of  which  hav« 
urn  mtf  aro  wonilerful  exam^^lM  m% 


My  only  doubt  was,  whether  the  word  ww  m 
English  sea-term,  or  one  borrowed  by  Shak- 
epeare  from  the  Italian  original,  and  u«ed  a»  ol^ 
words  are  used  in  other  plays  to  friv<;  a  tool 
colouring  to  the  tale.  It  may  yet  tw  fi.urul  tr 
have  been  English,  but  at  present  I  ' 
found  it  in  Italian,  Looking  in  Vau^ 
Unio.  d.  L.  Italtana  for  another  word,  I  came  wrga 
whut  I  ought  to  have  seen  long  ago,  riz. :  — 

*'  BoTTO,  a  nautical  term*  A  kind  of  ^hJIIoC,  Datii 
or  FJemiah,  the  after  part  of  which  is  UuiU  like  a  •flaji' 
(In  cqi  poppa  La  la  forma  d*une  flaato)/' 

Turning  thence  to"  Galea,"  I  fotintl  under  hi 
♦♦Galk-a  orTA.  Olandesc,  Baatinaen to  di  caries ck 
ha  suir  e.<itremita  dcUa  poppa  una  m«annett«  coa  m 
ghisso  cbc  inaiemc  col  suo  torn  rimanc  affjatto  fiutri  M 
horde ;  unti  matstra  a  piffero  con  una  randa  ««1  uiufiMit 
molta  allunota ;  uno  striM^Uo  di  pnia  all*  Alberodi  mtmifk 
chc  fa  lo  vcci  di  un  trinclictto^  e  dc*  flocci  a^kvra  Q  ^m- 
presso." 

That  is  to  say,  a  Dutch  galliot  Is  a  merdtft 
vessel  with  a  small  niizenmast  stept  far  aft^a 
that  the  boom  and  gaff  of  the  small  spanker^ 
ject  in  great  part  over  the  bulwarks,  m  sqcarc 
Diainsail  with  a  main  topsail,  a  topsail,  ft  wt^l 
to  the  mainraaat  (there  being  no  foremAat),  wi» 
forestaysail  and  jibs.  A  rig,  in  fact,  sttxular  l» 
that  of  the  old  Welsh  sloops.  Now  as  to  til 
shape  of  the  hull,  Vauzon  has  said  that  tlie  tftw 
part  is  built  like  a  iluyt,  and  he  dej^cribea  %  fkjt 
as  a  large  Dutch  cargo  vessel  with  very  roanM 
ribs,  very  little  run  and  Cattish  bottom,  the^ii 


joining  the  keel  almost  horizontally,  a  sort  <l|^Hri 


of  a  thing ;  and  this  agi-ees  with  the  de«<»rii 

a  Dutch  galliot  just  given  me  by  a 

knows  them,  they  being  round-stern 

in  build^  though  good  sea  boats.     A\  ua  i 

agreej?   the   word   Botto,    the  root    biitt 

Italian  and  in  our  own  boat,  butt,  vat>  &<•.. 

the  Portuguese  botcLt  along  boat,  signifying 

thin^    rounded,  and   as   it  were,  barreled 

Lastly,  the  word  "  hustle,"  an  article  of  fcmak 

attire,  and  the  old  ^*  buxzled,"  will  erempitiy  lir 

change  of  the  Italian  o  into  the  Englisii  v. 

There  being,  therefore,  in  the  Italian  liarboin^ 
or  possibly  lying  on  the  beach,  some  old 
hulk  of  this  kind,  t^o  rotten  to  be  tak^n  ham^ 
to  be  even  worth  the  trouble  of  breaking  up^  tW 
nobleman  in  charge  of  Prospero  was  orileiNi?d  to 
take  it  in  tow,  into  mid-i^a  and  well  out  of  m^ 
of  laud,  and  then  turn  it  adrift  with  Pro^nerD  m 
it  Luckily  for  us,  he  was  cast  ashore  at  Laia|iir- 
dusa.  BRiivsLRr  Nictio; 

In  the  Mediterranean,  off  Algiers, 

well  as  proofs  of  thi»,  the  association  ofidnaa 
M  would  occnr  not  to  a  sane,  but  to  a  crmaed  i 
mam 


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arboin^fl 


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227 


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THE  STRATFORD  BUST  OP  SliAKSPEARE. 

Of  the  value  and  importance  of  the  Stratford 
monumental  bast,  and  of  the  Droeshout  engrav- 
ing—  not  na  works  of  art^  but  tLs  trustwoithy 
rep resenUU ions  of  Sbakspeare  in  his  habit  as  he 
lived,  there  can  scarcely  be  two  opinions.  Tkat 
the  monumental  effigies  erected  to  the  memory  of 
the  illustrious  dead  were,  in  the  majority  of  cases, 
faithful  likenefses,  few  can  doubt.  Few  can  have 
stepped  flora  the  south  aisle  of  Henry  VIL's 
chapel,  after  gaasing  upon  the  beautiful  effi^  of 
the  unhappy  Queen  of  Scot*,  and  then  cost  liis 
e^e*  upon  the  sterner  features  of  her  huccessful 
nval,  the  great  Elizabeth,  without  feeling  con- 
vinced that  he  had  looked  upon  faithful  Ukene&aes 
of  those  remark iible  women. 

To  the  truthfulness  of  the  likeness  in  the  Strat* 
ford  monument  we  have  the  best  evidence,  as  Mr. 
DrcE  has  well  observed,  in  the  fact  that  it  was 
raided  at  the  charge  of  Shakspeore'fi  family,  in  the 
laudable  anxiety  that  the  features  of  their  illus- 
trious relative  should  be  known  to  posterity ;  and 
if  the  bust  exhibits  somewhat  more  than  one 
should  ex[»ect  of  a  certain  ''^  bonhommie  and  good 
nature,"  as  Mr.  Friswell  declares  it  doea  —  and  if 
he  is  right  in  his  assertion,  that  **  the  cheeks  are 
fat  and  sensual "  —  it  must  be  lemembered  that 
Shakspeore  was  not  only  the  mighty  genius  to 
whom  we  owe  works  almost  divine,  but  that  he 
was  foremost  *'  in  the  things  done  at  the  Mer- 
ttiaid,**  as  if  he  had  "meant  to  put  his  whole  wit 
in  a  jeat  ;'*  that  Aubrey  describes  him  ns  a  **  hand- 
some and  welUshaped  man,  very  good  company, 
and  of  a  yery  ready,  and  pleasant,  and  smooth 
wit;**  that  tradition  asserts  he  took  part  in  the 
drinking  bout  with  "piping  Pebwortb  and  drunken 
Bidford;'*  Mbde  >N  ard,  in  his  Diary,  says  his 
death  was  hastened  by  a  merry  meeting  with 
Drayton  and  Ben  Jonson.  It  should  be  added, 
that  the  photograph  of  the  bust,  just  published  in 
Mr.  Frisweirs  Life  Portraits  of  WiUiam  Shake- 
spearey  while  it  must  be  unquestionably  a  faithful 
copy  of  the  original,  exhibits  this  joviality  of  tem- 
perament in  a  i>eculiajly  marked  marmer. 

The  bust,  as  we  now  know,  was  the  work  of 
Gerard  Johnson;  and  as  it  is  clear,  from  the 
verses  of  Leonard  Digges,  that  it  must  have  been 
put  up  before  1623,  there  can  be  little  doubt  that 
it  was  placed  in  its  present  position  as  soon  as 
possible  after  the  poct*8  death.  Sir  Francis  Chan- 
trey  had  no  doubt,  and  his  opinion  deserves  the 
highest  consideration,  that  it  was  taken  from  a 
cast  after  death;  but  thought  that  the  artist,  in 
chiselling  the  lower  part  of  the  face,  had  not  made 
titiftident  allowance  for  the  rigidity  of  the  dead 
muscles  about  the  mouth,  and  attributed  to  tliis 
error  on  his  part  tUe  extraordinary  length  of  the 
upper  lip.  Hut  whether  it  was  executed  from  a 
ca*t  laket)  after  death  or  jiot^  there  can  be  little 


;  doubt,  OS  I  have  sdd  before,  that  it  is  a  faithful 
likeness  of  the  poet. 

I  fully  believe  it  to  be  so.  Yet,  at  the  present 
moment,  when  so  much  i uteres t  is  felt  in  every- 
thing connected  with  Slmkspeaie  and  his  writings, 
I  have  thought  it  right  to  record  a  tradition  ou 
the  subject  which  has  not,  to  my  knowledge,  ever 
before  been  committed  to  paper.  It  is  probably 
without  any  foundation  ;  but  it  seems  to  me  that 
It  ought,  nevertheless,  to  be  recorded  for  the  use 
of  future  inquirers. 

In  the  year  1827  my  late  kind  friend,  Mr. 
Amyot,  introduced  me  to  that  accomplished  anti- 
quary and  diligent  illustrator  of  Shakspeare, 
Francis  Douce.  When  wc  entered  l\ospero*s  cell, 
in  Gower  Street,  we  found  there  Sir  vVnthony  Car- 

I  lisle.  After  some  time,  the  conversation  turned 
on  the  recently  imUialied  Life^  Diary^  and  Cor* 
responfkncc  tf  Sir  Willtam  Dttgdale^  by  which, 
it  will  be  reoicmbered,  the  name  of  the  artist  who 
executed  the  bast  was  first  made  known,  and 
thence  very  naturally  to  the  bust  itself*.     In  the 

I  course  of  conversation.  Sir  Anthony  Carlisle 
stated  ^und  my  impression  is,  that  be  then  mcn- 

I  tloned  the  source  from  whii'h  it  had  reached  him — 

!  that  he  bad  heard  a  tmdition  that  the  Stratford 
bust  was  not  taken  from  any  portrait  of  Shak- 
fipearc,  or  from  Shakspeare  himself,  but  from  a 
blacksmith  of  Stratford- upon- A von»  who  bore  a 
remarkable  resemblance  to  the  bard. 

I  Mr.  Douce  shook  his  bead  very  doubtfully  at 
the  story,  which  he  said  he  bad  then  heard  for  the 

I  first  time ;  and,  in  the  course  of  some  after  re- 

I  marks,  ox  pressed  an  opinion  that  it  might  have 

'  originated  in  some  hoax  played  by  that  Puck  of 
commenta-tors,  George  Steevens,  But  it  is  a  curious 
circumstance,  that  a  similar  tradition  with  respect 
to  the  portraits  of  Shakspeure  was  in  existence  as 
long  ago  as  1759,  as  will  be  seen  by  the  following 
extract  tVoni  the  GaUUmans^  Magazine,  p.  3fiO, 
It  is  contained  in  a  letter,  signed  "  J.  S  ,"  and 

J  dated  from  Crane  Court :  — 

"  Tbnt  there  is  no  gciiuine  picture  of  Sbakapeare  ex* 

I  isting,  nor  ever  was;  that  calkti  liis  having  been  taken 

long  after  Lis  dcAth  from  a  person  supposed  extremely 

.  like  him,  at  the  direction  of  Sir  Thomas  Clur^e^* ;  «wid  this 

i  1  take  upon  me  to  a0rin  ju  an  nlaolute  fact  ' 

I  Since  the  foregoing  was  writti^n,  I  have  had  an 
'  opportunity  (thanks  to  the  kindness  of  Professor 
I  Owen)  of  seeing  the  curious  cast^  soid  to  be  that 
of  Shakspeure  taken  after  death;  and  from  which 
Gerard  Johnson  is  sujiposed  to  have  executtfd  the 
bust  at  Stratford*  Thwt  it  is  a  cast  taken  after 
death,  there  is  painful  and  unmiatakeablc  evidence. 
That  anybody  looking  at  it,  withtjuL  having  been 
told  that  it  was  Shakapearc,  would  at  uU  recog- 
nise it  as  the  face  of  the  ^«^i^  V  it^'^ww^v  ^<st  *a^x^. 
moment  \j€Vv<i\Q.  liul  \  Wn t  W^^\  ^^'^^^^  ^^-^ 
owing  to  iU  \Wcvii  ^VwVe  ^^  VV^  ^N^t.^'^^.  ^^^ 


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[8»*S.T. 


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dissimilarity  between  sucb  a  cast  and  the  ordinary 
likenesses  of  dq  iiidivlduuli  Is  very  common  ;  and 
ss  11  proof,  it  WHS  added,  that  tlie  cast  from  the  face 
of  Napoleon  is  so  unlike  any  of  the  existing  por- 
traitii  of  bim,  ibat  it  is  ditficult  to  recognise  in  it 
bis  well-known  features.  Judging  from  tlie  cast 
itielf^  I  should  uiit  be  disposed  lo  regard  it  as  a 
memorial  of  Shakspearc  :  for^  as  Mr*  Hain  Fris- 
well  h;is  well  pointed  out  in  his  recently  published 
Tolimie  (Life  Portraits  of  SMkexpearej^  "  it  diflers 
very  widely  from  the  bust  said  to  have  been 
taken  from  it"  The  forehead  is  delicate  and  fine, 
fully  developed^  and^  though  capacious,  by  no  means 
equal  in  size,  to  the  foreheaci  of  the  bust<  The 
maiik  has  a  short  upper  lip,  the  bust  a  vary  long  one. 
In  the  castf  the  nose  is  fine,  thin^  and  aquiline ; 
in  the  bust  it  is  short  and  fieshy.  In  the  ca^t 
again,  the  face  is  a  sharp  oval,  the  chin  narrow 
and  pointed,  and  the  cheeks  thin  and  drawn  in ; 
while,  on  the  contrary,  in  the  bust  the  face  is 
blunt,  the  chin  squan^,  and  the  cheeks  full,  fat, 
and  aluiusi  coarse*  In  short,  if  it  were  not  pro- 
fane to  say  SO)  I  should  say  that  the  cast  was  of  a 
higher  and  more  intellectual  character  than  the 
bust.  It  certainly  bears  more  resemblance  to  the 
Droeshout  engraving  than  to  the  bust. 

Still,  the  cast  is  an  object  of  great  interest. 
It  wa*  not  brought  forward  by  Dr.  Becker  with 
any  pecuniary  views ;  and  if  the  history  which  is 
given  of  it  could  be  satisfactorily  confirmed,  it 
would  certainly  assume  the  place  of  the  most  in- 
terciiling  memorial  of  Shakspeare,  except  His  worktf 
which  ihti  ravages  of  time  have  spared  to  us.  It 
IS  said  to  have  been  originally  procured  in  this 
country  by  an  uncesror  of  Count  Kessclstadt,  who 
was  attached  to  one  of  the  ambassadors  uccredited 
to  the  court  of  J^me^  I,;  imd  who,  being  a  great 
admirer  of  the  poet,  it  is  siipj>osed,  bought  the  cast 
as  a  memorial  of  him  from  Gt.Tard  Johnson.  In  the 
year  IM3  his  descendant  Count  and  Canon  Francis 
voo  KedseUtmlt  died  at  M  aye  nee,  and  in  the  same 
year  his  collections  were  disposed  of  by  auction. 
Among  the  objects  hoM  was  a  small  painting  of  a 
csorpse  crowned  with  laurel  (dated  1637),  which 
Dr,  Becker  purchased  in  1847;  and  then,  hav- 
ing learned  the  exiitence  of  the  plaster  of  Paris 
cast,  after  two  years*  inquiry,  he  succeeded  in  dis- 
covering the  broker  In  whose  poftsession  it  was, 
and  becante  the  possessor  of  that  also ;  and  was  at 
once  sati^sfied  that  the  picture  had  l>een  painted 
from  such  cast.  On  the  burk  of  the  cast  ia  ia- 
scribed  :  '*  -f  A''  Dili.  1010." 

Can  any  reader  of  **  N.&  Q/'  who  is  acquainted 
fpifh  -kitr  r..rv,rJ<  f Mruish  cvidcncc  of  nv^'  iu/'iiiJi.i3j- 
of  I ainily  hnvin;*^  been  '  o 

a  Or  I   _:!un  to  tliis  country  j:.  ue 

of  Jame^  1.  Ir 

Can  any  rcider  of  '*  N.  &  Q.*^  fumiah  satia- 
factory  evidence  of  the  t?\  it  teniae  of  such  ttti  ad- 
'-•'jtiitm  of  :$hiiki*pt!uris  in  GennoDy  «l  m  mAf 


a  period  at  would  be  likely  to  lead  a 

j  wish  to  possess  a  memorial  of  him  F 

And   may  I  be  permitted   to   apmnd  a  ( 

I  query  upon  a  somewhat  cognate  subject? 
tells  us  (hat  Gryphius'  Abmrria  Catnica  odtr  Bm 
Ptiter  SmteitZy  in  which  *'  Peter  Squeaa" 
"  Bulla  Bottom"  deiighte<l  the  German  bug 
loving  public  as  Peter  Quince  and  Bully 
torn  had  amused  English  audiences,  irs 
proved  form  of  the  same  comedy*  trmcisU 
Daniel  Schwenler  from  the  Droll  publii 
Kirkraan  and  R.  Cox.  Was  Bcbweiiier*sl 
ever  published,  and  if  so,  where  ?  And 
not  an  earlier  Droll  on  the  same  aubja 
found  in  the  literature  of  the  Low  Carni 
have  a  strong  impression  of  having  once  j 
reference  to  this  Dutch  version,  before  C 
Cuttle  enunciated  his  great  **  Canon  ** 
readera.  Perhaps  M.  Delpierrb,  or 
gentleman  well  versed  in  the  Hteratune  of  i 
Netherlands,  will  kindly  solve  a  queaiion  «f  a 
slderable  interest  with  respect  lo  the  source cifti  i 
portion  of  the  Mid^umtH^r  Nights  Dream  la  i 
the  mock  tragedy  of  P^  ramus  and  Thisb*  k  i 
duced,  Wu^xoAM  J.  t« 

P.S.    Can  the  cast  be,  after  all^  not  of  Shikn 
speare,  but   of  Cervantes,  who  died  in  If  '  " 
on  the  same  day,  it  will  be  remembered,  «•« 
robbed  us  of  Shakspeare?    The  date  cm  tbetv 
would  suit  equally  well,  while  the  featura  tr^l 
think,  more  Cervantes-like  than  SlmkapetfiaB* 


^fjaiiprartana. 

FaasAGa  ii«  *^  Tuc  T£Mr£ST." — IVay  End  «|H 

in  your  Shakspeare  Number  to  recuUl  att«iiiioa  la 
the  Old  Corrector  s  admirable  eiociidatAtui  of  1^ 
vexed  passage  in  73i<?  Tempesi  :  — 

**  fiat  th«fle  swqH  tlimi^btJi  do  ever  rtiimh  my  UbtOl 
Moat  bu»y,  ktat  wheu  1  do  it." 

The  Old  Corrector  substitutes  '*  Bu8j*6J^  ht 
^*  busy,  lea4t(;''*  and  though  Mr.  Singer,  wlio  W 
suggested  "  most  bmteni^"^  pronouncea  •*  bast 
blest"  the  yery  worst  and  most  improbable  rvnd* 
ing  of  all  that  harci  been  suggested,  I  foe  one  ea* 
tirely  dissent  from  him.   I1ie  passage  at  atnendadr 

**  Ftut  tb«M  sw^t  tlioughtj  do  «v«r  rolttth  way 
Moat  busy  blc&t  wUeii  I  da  il^  — 

conveys  tomy  uilu  I  a  rI»-iiraod  sirikincr  nl 

one  who  find»»  tl 

nfM  pain :  and  i  i 

the  text  sfarc^dy  le?<9  happy  thun  ihv  s< 

of  **  abler**  ior  **  nobler**  in  Juiitu  Cmsor^ 

*'  baiter  "  for  '*  ha»te"  in  Tnwn  qfAiktmi. 


In  the  Athf^ntfum  of  January  9,  18G4«  b  n  r^ 


J 


Mas.  19,  '64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIE& 


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d  tiiere  is  given  tW  different  readinjia  of  tbe 
mowf  litus  (as  it  U  colled)  from  The  Tempextj 
ci  III.  Sc.  '2,  tpoken  bf  Ferdinand  as  m  the 
'irst  Folio :  — 

•♦Bat  th«30  sweet  thoti^hu  <lu  even  rcfreali  ray  Inbontv 
Most  ntJsiK  LEST,  when  I  do  it/' 

*rhese  difTtjrent  readings  arc  — 

"  ilost  hunest  when  I  do  iL"  {Hah  IVtiUe.^ 

'*  Mo9t  bu^y  least  whan  t  du  iL'*  {Q>ltUr*a  /Wtb.) 

"  J>a4ii^  AiiJiy  when  I  do  it.**  (Pn/r) 

**  3To*t  AsMy  &M  whOQ  I  do  it,*'  (Oitfr/e.t  Kni^  and 

**  Most  bunf/Hi  when  I  do  iL"  (  Staunim,) 
With  nil  these  readraga,  I  beg  t^  suggest  another, 
which  flppenrs  to  me  /fte  con^ct  one  :  — 

**  Most  buMUfd  mh&n  I  do  (t.** 
That  la,  Ferdinand's  sweet  thought?  of  his  sweet 
mistress,  whicli  refreshed  his  labours  were  tnt^si 
bfmied  when  he  laboured  for  h«ir  sake ;  and  for 
this  rcading^  we  have  the  authority  of  Sbakspeare 
himself  In  nomen  and  Juliet^  Act  L  Sc.  J ,  in  the 
following  lines :  — 

"  I  me&auring  bis  ftffectiona  bj  my  owup 
That  moat  arc  ^iiisKd  when  they  are  most  alone/' 

Sidney  Bblslt. 
lAwrie  Pork*  Sydenham. 


^*  After  sunset  merrily.'* 
Theobftld^s  rending  was  Approved  of  by  Hunter, 
and  I  Hnd  Macauky  of  the  same  opinion.  Tbaa 
writes  the  poet* historian  : —  "  Who  does  not  sym- 
pathise with  the  rapture  o(  Ariel,  flying  after 
sunset  on  the  wings  of  the  bat?"^"  Ariel  riding 
Ihrougb  the  twilight  on  the  bat." — MisceUaneous 
WritingSy  vol  i.  pp.  64/2*21.  C\ 

**TwBi,FTH  Night.''  — 

aovn,  "  1  did  impeticot  thy  grotilHtr,*' 

TuHtl/th  Night,  Act  11.  Sr,  3. 

With  the  change  of  one,  or  at  most  two  letters, 
I  would  read  impiticoa  or  impitkote.  In  Florlo's 
Quren  Anitas  Ntw  WoM  of  WonUt  we  find  the 
libl  lowing :  — 

"  Fitocean^  to  beg  up  ami  down  fbr  broken  |viecei  of 
meat  or  semps.    Aliio  to  dodge  and  patter. 

**  Pitoccot  an  old  crafty  begigar,  a  niicher,  a  patcht* 
coat  beggar,  a  dodger,  a  patterer,  a  wraiit;lor." 

Now,  one  distinctive  obaract eristic  of  Feste  is, 
that  he  is  a  beggar  over  any  other  of  Sliiik^peare'a 
Clowns,  and  a  piticcOj  a  crafty  and  patcbt-coatoiie. 
"  Would  not  two  of  these  have  bretl.  Sir  ?  '*  say.^ 
be,  **aarl  then  tbe  bells  of  St*  Bennet,  Sir.  might 
put  yoti  in  mind— one,  two,  three ;  and  though  it 
please  you,  Sir,  to  be  one  of  my  friendft,"  &c.  &c. 

He,  therefore,  having  observed  what  a  mine  Sip 
Toby  had  in  Sir  Andrew,  was  minded  to  try  to  ex- 
tract some  of  tbe  ore  for  himself,  and  eonrlc^cend* 
ing  to  the  inteUigence  of  this  Kobold,  or  gun rdian 
apirit,  endeavonr  to  propitiate  him  by  so  oh  gib* 
berlah  as  that  of  the  Vapinns  posing  tbe  ccjuinoo* 


tials  of  Queubus,  and  the  like.  But  what  got  he 
for  his  pains?  A  paltry  sixpence;  just  what  Sir 
Toby,  tne  improvident  younger  brother,  was  ae» 
customed  to  t^ive  him  when  he  was  in  funds.  Yes, 
and  he  got  also  what  Sir  Toby  never  gave,  an 
ostentatious  reminder  of  it  next  morning.  With  a 
covert  sneer,  therefore,  he  coins  a  diminutive  to 
express  the  smallness  of  the  gifl,  and  acknow- 
ledges the  gratiliih/^  and  in  the  same  vein  coins 
impitirnst  {tt  being  the  usual  causative,  and  I'm  the 
usual  intensitive  augment) ;  and  says,  I  did  make 
A  great  *'  begging  up  nnd  down/*  and  after  much 
ado  imd  importunity,  I  received  "  a  scrap  **  of 
your  bounty,  a  crumb  from  Dives — I  did  impiii* 
cwte  ihy  grrtidlity. 

There  might  also  have  been  an  intended  quib- 
ble in  the  phrase,  if  Shakspeare  bad  been  aware  of 
another  and  npparcnlly  primary  meaning  ofpUacco^ 
not  given  by  Florio,  but  which  probably  gave 
rise  to  his  explanation  of  patcht>coat  beggar. 
Vauzon  gives  "  pifocco,  also  a  part,  in  old  times,  of 
mule  attire,  perhaps  a  species  of  mantle ;  *'  and  in 
this  sense  the  Clown  would  mean  I  did  ifnpon£k^ 
or,  as  some  editors,  by  a  happy  corruptian  of  the 
wordf  make  him  say — I  did  unpetlicoat  thy  bounty. 
Bbexslet  Nicholson* 


"  Mbasube  for  Meascbe."  — 
"  Die,  periali  I  might  but  my  beading  down  — ** 

Act  III.  Sc.  L 

As  Isabel,  in  her  diigust  and  indignation,  ex- 
claims :  — 

"  O  yoa  beast ! 
O  fWthless  coivard !  O  diahoncfit  wretch  I " 

we  may  with  some  confidence  read:  — 

"  li'iOf  perish,  wretch  I  might  but  niy  bfioding  down 
Reprieve  thee  from  thy  fate,  it  should  proceed." 

**  Wherein  have  I  so  de«erv'd  of  vou. 
That  you  extol  me  thus?  *  — Act  V.  Sc.  i. 

I  venture  to  propose  the  following  emendation 
us  natural  and  coni^nant  with  the  feelings  of  the 
Duke.  Having  addressed  Aogelo  in  a  friendly 
spirit,  he  then  turns  angrily  to  Lucio:  — 

"  You,  frirrali,  that  knew  me  for  a  fool,  n  coward, 
One  ail  uf  Juxar>%  an  aaa,  a  madman  ; 
Wherein  luive  I,  air*  so  deserved  of  you. 
Thill  you  i^tol  tnc  thus?  " 

Lucio  replies,  and  the  Duke  answers :  — 
•*  Whipp*d  drat,  air,  and  hangM  after.*' 

Pope's  emendation,  in  each  instance,  is  sin- 
gularly feeble :  — 

**  Wherein  have  I  deterved  to  of  you*" 


**  Njpis  youth  in  the  hradt  aad  folHes  doth  tmfn*w,'* 
If  •*  encw''  be,  flt^  Uik,  )&.m<iwtv%x  «e.i^ -b."^  tcx- 
tain''    emcw\ftU«u   t^Yt   ^*  ^m\w«tV' —^^^^^^  "^^^ 


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NOTES  AND  QTJERIEa 


[ans.  V. 


^ 


"liead"  be  a  likely  mi aprmt  for  hud  f  **Kip  in 
the  bud/'  U  proverbinl :  which  "Nip  in  the  head" 
lit  not,  nor  verj  apposite  to  the  particular  case 
in  view. 

**  How  luigbt  she  tongae  me  I    Bat  reowm  darof  her 
no,"  &c. 

I,  for  one,  gladly  accept  Mr.  Keightlky's 
"  soys  **  for  *^  dares,''  in  tbe  line  as  it  stand,i.  But 
might  not  the  error  lie  in  the  transposition,  rather 
than  substitution  of  the  words?  and  the  line 
uriginallj  have  run  : — 

'*  How  mtgbt  she  tongue  me?    Bat  her  reason  dares 
Dot/* 

Qvivis. 


"The  CoMEDr  of  Breobs'*:  Aktipholcs  or 
AnTiPBiLtra,  —  Some  tlnys  since,  a  critique  ap- 
peared in  rAtf  Timejt  on  Sbak^pearc's  Comeihj  of 
Errors^  occasioned  by  the  production  of  tlmt  piny 
at  the  Prince?8'a  Theatre.  The  writer  of  the 
notice  in  c[ue$tion,  when  speaking  of  the  brothers 
Antipholu?,  used  these  words  :  "  It  ought  to  have 
been  Antiphilu^  though."  Now,  it  an[>ent8  to 
me,  that  this  obaervjition  is  more  indicative  of 
etymological  skill  tbtin  |»hilological  sagacity ;  and 
argues  a  better  acquaintance  with  the  text  of 
Terence,  than  with  the  rules  and  priictice  of 
Oratnatic  composition.  The  suggestion  as  to  the 
change  of  name  is  one  which  carries  with  it  no 
weight  whatever :  for,  supposing  that  Antipholus 
were  changed  to  "  Antinhdus,"  wliat  benefit  would 
result?  Why,  none  whatever  ;  but,  on  the  con- 
trary, an  erroneous  idea  would  be  conveyed,  and 
the  nieaning  expressed  by  the  name  would  be  at 
variance  with  the  circumstances  in  which  the  two 
men  are  placed.  Undoubtedly,  Shakspeare  de- 
liberately chose  the  name  Antipholus,  not  for  it» 
etymohigical  force,  but  becau?e  it  sounds  well 
when  declaimi^d,  and,  moreover,  has  a  Greek 
look,  **  Antiphilus"  would  have  a  thin  sound, 
which  would  necessarily  be  less  effective  for  stage 
purposes  than  the  more  full  one  of  Antipholus. 

We  cannot  imagine  that  Shakspeare*^  acquaint- 
ance with  the  dead  languages  was  sufBctcnt  to 
enable  him  to  manufacture  a  name  having  a  fine 
sound  and  an  appropriat>;  fiigniiication ;  nor  can 
we  think  that  Shakspeare  would  have  taken  the 
trouble  to  consult  the  scholars  of  the  day  on  so 
trivial  a  subject.  If  we  adopt  the  word  **  Artti- 
philuss,"  we  imply  that  the  two  brothers  were 
mutual  friends;  whereas  they  were  unknown  to 
each  other,  throughout  almost  the  whole  play* 

Terence,  in  his  Hrmttontimorumcno*^  has  An* 
tiphila,  but  there  the  name  is  ajiplicable :  having 
tt  meaning,  cognate  with  that  of  A»^i^iAia-  I 
mnt  that  Antipholu!*  has  a  peculiar  senst?^^  if  it 
n*n  any  at  nil  ;  tint  if  wc  could  believe?  in  Shak- 
speartj's  scholarship,  we  might  conjecture  that  he 
took  the  word  from  ianUoXn,  In  consequence  of  ! 


the  respective  places  in  which  tbe  brotlieafs  i 
But  speculations  in  the  matter  arc  uselei 
absurd.  Perhaps  some  of  vour  learned  i 
snondenta  will  favour  roe  with  their  o|iin^ 
Inis  subject.  ^ 


1 


"  Thb  Msbbt  Wives  or  Wn»i>80B,' 

'*  A  vrord,  Monsieur  Moekwater." — Act  H  S( 
This  ia  literallv  a  stale  je«t,  jiimI  perl 
Johnson  inuppoiea,  an  allusion  to  tlie  fniji 
inspection  of  the  urine.  The  Host  hmi 
ously  called  the  worthy  doctor,  **  BuUy  I 
and  "  King  Urinal,"  and  here  we  may  r^d 

*•  Hoit  A  word,  Monsieur  Makewater. 
Orttt*.  Mackvaterl  vat  is  dat? 
Ha»K  Makewater,  in  our  Eagliah    tooj 
bully," 

Every  child  knows  it  means  coi« 
has  just  b€f^:>re  called  hini^  *^  heart  of  elderJ 


**  Hamlet.*'— In  the  Saturday  Rev 
12,   a  writer  on  *^  The  Novel    antl 
says»  "  Shakspeare  never  mentions  lia 
observttti»*n   reminded  roe  that  once, 
singular  circumstances,  we  seem   to  _ 
of  Shakspeare's  idea  of  that  play.      In 
in  an  interlineation,  while  bequeatbint'  ^^fl 
buy   him   a  ring/'   he  wrote    his   f- 
probably  the  godfather  of  his  onlv 
instead  of  Hamnet  Sadler.     So  rVi 
his  Hamlet  seem  to  have  possessed  ii< 
to  have  been  written  on  unconsciuii*ly 
sickness*wa8ted  hand.     Ought  Sonnet  ICWJ 
read  as  having  reference  to  hit  son  —  Ih^n 


New  HsjiDt^vG  :    *•  Lqv8*s    Lai»ov: 

Act  in.,  ftir  — 

♦*  A  lehluty  wanton  with  a  vrlvet 
where    Porson   suggests    WhUclcM^    J    tJun 
should  read  mlleM,  Samukl  1 


•*  JIkrcwakt  opYb^icb,**  AJtl*  **Tin>u.t> 
Cressioa*'  (r*  S.  iv.  121.)  — Mr,  Kino 
note,  on  the  Merchant  of  IVaice,  ia  ctrrt^'inl^^ 
valuable:  his  improved  readings  ar*\ 
more  thrm  hnppy  ronjcctures.  I  i 
however,  my  surprise  that  he  doi?a  t\ 
to  be  contented  with  the  remarkably 
emendation,  by  the  corrector*  of  lli« 
I63*i,  of  the  celebrated  passage  t  *^ 

**  I'Uus  orOAfnctit  is  but  tb«i  gihlni]  stiorc^' 

The  mere  change  by  thi^  Great  11  nh' 
comma  in  the  punctuation,  ha«  rem* 
scurltv%  and  tu;u1c   the  pwsage  one  Oif 


«r4  a  V,  Mail  19,  •64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


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beauty.  Earelj  bu  so  much  been  done  bj  n 
comma, 

I  am  sorry  to  Lave  my  faith  in  this  emendation 
ih&kcn  by  an  implied  disbeHef  in  it,  by  so  able  a 
Sbaiutpeffrlan  as  Ma.  Keighti^t. 

Before  leaving  the  great  poet,  permit  me  to 
ask  Ma.  KEiGKTf.ETf  or  any  other  equally  capable 
critic,  to  point  out  the  connexion  of  the  fine  line 
in  Troilux  and  Cressida  — 

**  One  touch  of  nature  makes  tlic  wholo  world  kin,*' 

with  those  that  precede  and  follow  it. 

I     The  idea  expressed  in  this  line,  seems  to  me  to 
be  complete  in  iUelf,  and  not  suggested  by  the 
main  thought  or  sentiment  of  the  pasa^ige. 
H.N. 
New  York. 
^Shakspcarb      and     his    COMMENTATOaa,     OR 
^BMDATORs:  Palm. — In  the  ^/i^aceifi^  of  Janu- 
1^  I864»  is  the  following  passage  :  — 

"  Sbakspenre  was  thought  to  hnro  coaitnittal  a  slir>  of 

L  the  pen  wh«n*  in  A*  Tou  Like  It,  he  nllowed  Kosalind  to 

^m  find  &  palm  in  tbo  forest  of  Ardeo.    Com menia tors  Imve 

B  been  sadlx  puxzled  about  it,  and  Bugge«ted  every  possible 

^  explaniition  save  the  most  nalural  one     Ttie  country 

*  people  fitill  call  tbu  paat  wilbwt  jnat  when  the  young  cat- 

^  kins  make  their  appearance, /»a/j»." 

y  This  is  certainly  a  new  version  of  the  readlne 

of  palm' tree,  but  I  think  the  writer  will  not  find 

^  many  persons  willing  to  accept  it.  In  the  first 
place^  there  is  nothing  in  As  You  Like  It  to  show 

-      that  the  forest  in  which  Rosalind  found  the  palm- 

^  tree  was  the  forest  of  Ardcn  in  Warwickshire. 

H  If  BO,  it  would  be  strange  to  find  any  one  of  the 

V  palm  i^pecies  growing  thcrci  and  equally  strange 
to  find  a  tuft  of  oUves  near  Rosalindas  house ;  and 
more  strange  still,  to  find  a  lioness  couching  in 
that   forest  —  unless  it  had   escaped    from  some 

I  travelling  menagerie,  exhibiting  such  beasta  in 
the  neighbourhood.  If  it  is  admitted  that,  by  palm- 
tree,  Shakspetire  intended  the  goat  willow  (Salix 
caprea),  and  this  being  our  English  tree,  it  might 
grow  in  the  forest,  we  have  to  substitute  an- 
other name  for  the  olive,  to  make  an  English  tree 
of  it.  But  it  should  be  remembered  that,  al- 
though the  branches  of  the  SaUx,^  or  willow,  when 
gathered  for  Palm  Sunday  celebration,  are  com- 
monly called  palm,  the  wdlow  itself  is  not  called 
palm-tree  by  the  writer*  of  Shakspeare'^  time. 
L  Tlie  fact,  [  believe,  i^,  that  the  forest  in  which 
H  Itosalind  found  the  palm-tree  and  the  oUve-treea 

V  wa^  a  southern  one — in  which  the  lioness  might 
naturally  find  a  hiding  place.  What  will  Dr. 
Prior  say  to  this  ?  Sipu^r  Bbislt. 


I 


"FiEST  CouriJiiaiTf'  "  Corioi-awcs,"  Act  II, 
Sc.  1. — Menenius  Agrippa.  speaking  of  himself, 
aays,  as  it  is  generally  prmted :  — 


*^  I  am  known  to  be  a  buuiorous  patridan,  and  one 
that  loves  a  cup  of  bat  wine  wttli  not  a  drop  of  allaying 
Tibci-  in't :  said  to  be  something  imperfect  in  fiivotiniig 
VtxzJitU  complaint,*' 

It  has  been  proposed  to  read  this,  "the  thirst  com- 
plaint**; but  is  not  the  passage  belt<!r  as  it  stands? 
%Ienentus  says  he  has  two  Jliults,  or  complaints. 
The  first  that  he  is  **  liumorous,"  i.  e.  hot-headed 
and  crotchetty ;  the  second^  ihat  he  is  too  fond 
of  a  cup   of   wine :    nnd  that  this  second  com- 

flaint  has  rather  n  tendency  to  af»gravate  the  jtf>**/. 
di)  not  remember  such  a  phrase  as  **  the  thirst 
compltiint^'  in  any  author.  A,  A, 

Poeti*  Comer. 


TausTv:  Tklist:  as  used  by  SnAKsrEAEE. — 

Shftkspeare  has  been  cited  as  using  the  word 
tfust  and  trttMy  in  the  sense  of  the  modern  words 
reliance  and  reliable*  It  will  not  be  uninteresting 
to  exnmine  hia  use  of  thesa  words,  which  were 
favourites  of  his,  Tnisty  he  uses  seventeen  times ; 
fifteen  times  directly  of  persons^  Once  in  AlTg 
Well  that  Ends  Weil  (Act  III.  Sc,  6)  indirectly 
to  persons,  when  he  speaks  of  a  trusty,  business, 
i".  e.  requiring  agents  who  could  be  trusted  ;  and 
once  of  a  sword.  Here  also  he  really,  as  it  were, 
applies  the  word  to  an  agent,  swords  and  other 
weapons  having  a  sort  of  personal  existence  attri- 
buted to  them, — ^sometiraea  being  actually  named. 
He  trusU  his  sword  to  help  him. 

He  uses  the  word  trust  over  one  hundred  and 
twenty  times:  of  these,  for  more  than  seventy 
times,  he  applies  the  word  to  persons  directly  ;  in 
about  twenty  instances  to  attributes  or  things, 
but  in  most  of  these  cases  with  reference  to  per- 
sons trusted ;  and  scarcely  ever  in  such  a  sense 
as  would  be  exactly  synonymous  to  our  **  relj 
on."  Frequently  it  is  in  these  places  followed  by 
*^  on/*  "  in,"  or  "  to." 

Thus  we  have— judgment,  age,  word,  Ijonesty, 
heels,  the  mockery  of  unquiet  thoughts,  condi- 
tions, oaths,  honour,  virtue,  speeches.  In  most 
of  these,  there  is  not  that  absolute  reliance  upon 
the  thing  itself  implied  in  the  word  relinble.  It 
would  hardly  be  good  nineteenth-century  Eng- 
lish to  say,  that  "your  honesty  is  reliable/' 
Though  it  was  good  Elizabeth  sin  to  bid  a  man 
*^  trust  his  honesty."  At  any  rtite,  Shakspeare  is 
entirely  with  me'  in  the  word  trmty  f  and  evi- 
dently prefers  my  use  of  the  word  iru^t,  if  he 
very  occasionally  diaregards  it.  ^  *"*   ^ 


J,  C,  J. 


"  lucoNT.''^ — This  word  is  used  twice  by  Shak- 
speare  in  the  same  play,  Lovers  Labours  Lost; 
and  by  tlie  game  speaker,  Costard.  When  Ar- 
mado  gives  him  money  (Act  HI.  Sc.  1),  he  calls 
him  "my  incony  Jew;"  and  after  the  by  no 
means  delicate  jesta  between  himself  and  Boyet, 
he  call  the  conversation  "most  incony  vulgar 
wit."     Many  very  wide  conysxitv«^"i  \iw<i  Na^^'^ 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8-S.V. 


191 1L 


made  as  to  the  origin  of  the  word.  Is  it  not  pro- 
bably merely  a  corruption  of  the  Old  French 
inconjiu,  unknown,  unheard  of:  a  phrase  answer- 
ing very  much,  also,  to  our  own  vernacular,  "  no- 
end-of"?  The  passages  would  then  mean,  **8uch 
a  Jew  as  never  was  heard  of**—"  no-end-of  vulgar 
wit.**  A.  A. 

Poets'  Comer. 


••  Vebt  Peacock*' :  "Hamlet,"  Act  III.  Sc.  2. 
(2"*  S.  xii.  451.)  —  It  seems  very  probable  that 
this  passage  is  corrupt.  There  seems  no  reason, 
from  the  King's  character  and  bearing,  to  com- 
pare him  with  a  peacock.  He  rather  affects  a 
grave  and  condescending  manner.  The  crime  of 
which  he  is  guilty,  and  which  Hamlet  is  so  anx- 
ious to  bring  to  some  certain  test,  is  not  pride, 
conceit,  or  affectation,  but  poisoning.  Is  it  not 
likely  the  word  ought  to  be  read  paddock,  i.  e.  a 
toad?  The  "venomous**  and  "poisonous**  toad, 
is  mentioned  in  As  You  Like  It ;  Macbetk ;  Henry 
VL;  Richard  III,\  and  in  many  other  places, 
by  Shakspeare,  and,  in  Macbeth,  it  is  called  by 
the  very  uv^me—paddock.    If  we  read  — 

**.        .  now  reigns  here 

A  very,  yety— paddock,** — 

it  would  seem  to  be  quite  in  consonance  with  what 
Hamlet  says  next : 

•*  Didst  perceive  7    Upon  the  talk  of  the  poi$omng—" 

A.  A. 

PoeU'  Comer. 


Shakspeaeb  ("  N.  &  Q.,**  passim,)  —  While 
committees  and  sub-committees  are  arguing  upon 
the  methods,  and  means,  and  measures  of  its  cele- 
bration, the  dajr  of  our  household  poet*s  orient 
and  Occident  will,  1  fear,  pass  by,  leaving  us  to 
console  ourselves  with  Milton's  solution  of  its 
difficulty  —  finding  in  his  own  works,  and  in  the 
everliving  heart  of  England,  bis  already  erected 
monument.  The  birth-and-death-day  of  Shak- 
speare, nevertheless,  will  hardly  miss  of  its  due 
heralding  in  "  N.  &  Q."— 

"  With  one  auspicious  and  one  drooping  eye,"*- 
enriched,  as  through  fourteen  years  it  has  been, 
by  the  successive  commentaries;  which,  of  them- 
selves, form  a  valuable  addition  to  our  Shak- 
sperian  library. 

Among  the  many  tributes  paid  to  our  ^*  great 
son  of  memory** — unconsciouslv  paid,  I  micht 
«ay— is  the  question,  so  variously  debated,  of  nis 
especial  profession  and  its  precedent  studies.  Was 
he  a  /atryerf— inquired  the  late  Lord  Chancellor 
Campbell.  A  soldier  f — was  the  no  less  presum- 
able argument  of  Me.  Tboms  (2"*  S.  vii.  118, 
820,  351).  I  know  not  which  of  these,  or  what 
other,  was  our  English  noA^^Mvt;  but,  should  a 
poetical  cairn  be  resolved  upon,  I  beg  to  oast  my 
nnd-grain  into  the  heap ;  which,  if  rendering  to 


him  his  due  honours,  will  '^make   Ossa  like  i 

wart.**  

Men  ask — what  Shakspeare  WM?-— A  Ywmff. 

skilled 
In  form  and  phrase  ? — ^A  Soldier^  in  the  Fidd 
Wdl  theorised  and  practised  ? — Or,  was  he 
A  Sailor  on  the  wild  and  wandering  aea  f — 
A  Traveller,  who  roamed  the  earth  to  tiaee 
The  homes  and  habits  of  the  human  race  ? — 
A  Student,  on  his  cloistered  task  intent 
Of  mystic  theme  or  subtile  argument? — 
A  Ckurchman  erudite  P — A  Statesman  wisef— 
A  Courtier,  apt  in  shows  and  revelries  ?  — 
A  sage  Pkysician,  who  from  plant  and  flower 
Won  the  deep  secrets  of  their  various  power  ?— 
A  Teacher,  whose  kind  spirit  loved  to  bring 
"Sermons  from  stones,   and  good    from  ef«n- 

thing**  ?— 
Not  one  of  these,  but  alL — Dispute  not  whu 
Our  Shakspeare  uhu, — but  say.  What  was  kndf 
Edmund  Lerthai.  Swim- 


SiiAK8P£ABB*8  Abms.  —  In  Knlsht's  ntarii 
Shakmere  ("  Biography,**  vols.  i.  iL)«  Ifta  vm 
are  blazoned  — 

**  Gould,  on  a  bend  sable  and  a  speare  of  the  fiist.  Ar 
point  ateded,  proper;  and  his  crast  or  ossaiaMfci 
Ikaleon,  his  wings  displayed,  argent*  staadiagea  t 
wrethe  of  his  coollors,  supporting  a  spenre  moSd,tsi 
as  aforesaid,  sett  npon  a  helmet  with  manteila  and  ts- 
seUs.- 

In  Bouteirs  Heraldry,  p.  410,.  2nd  edit,  ik 
blazon  is  — 

"Or  on  a  bend  sable,  a  spear 
displayed  argent,  holding  in  its  beal 

I  hsTe  seen  the  crest  depicted  as  a  falcon  dif* 
played,  holding  in  each  claw  a  spear  in  pik 
Which  of  these  is  the  true  blazon  r  DidS&- 
speare  use  any  motto  ?  Cabuvoib^ 

Cape  Town. 

[The  following  extract,  from  the  Grant  of  ArsH  i^* 
served  in  the  Heralds*  College,  printed  by  Mr.  X  & 
Nichols  i^  The  Herald  and  Gemsahfpst^  No.  6.  p.  £11,  k 
the  best  reply  to  this  query  :— 

<*  Gould,  on  a  bend  sables  a  speare  of  the  firat,  aMW 
argent ;  and  for  his  crest,  or  cognizance,  a  fidcoa,  kH 
wlnffes  displayed,  argent,  standing  on  a  wrethe  sf  la 
Ih  '  .  .    - 


ffold.     Crest,  a  ftba 
lak  a  spear  in  psle** 


coulTors,  supporting  a  speare  gould,  steeled         

sett  upon  a  helmett,  witn  mantelles  and  tenaclles,  m 
been  accustomed,  and  dothe  more  playoely  appiiMa  dr 
picted  on  this  margent." 

Mr.  Nichols  adds:  '^In  the  margin  are  aketahedmtt 
a  pen  the  arms  and  crest,  and  abore  them  this  srtto^ 

*  HOH  SANS  DBOICT.'  "] 


Statistics  or  Shakspeabian  Litsbatubb.-* 
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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


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SiiAKdPBARb'a  EpiTAim  {3'**  S*  V.  179.) — I  am 
sorry  to  obaerie  your  correspondent,  Ma.  Pinkeb- 
tow,  speak  cif  ihis  a*  "  little  better  than  doggrel,'* 
though  be  afYerwards  qualifies  the  deacription. 
Still,  I  cannot  think  that  he  is  Aware  of  the  catiBe 
of  the  lines  being  written,  which  is  supposed  to 
have  been  this.  A  little  beyond  SbalUp«are*s 
tomb  towards  the  east  is  a  gothic  doorway,  now 
walled  up.  This  once  led,  not  to  a  Testry,  but  a 
eharneUhouae  of  considerable  size,  above  ground, 
lighted,  and  ventilated  by  certain  loop'holeSf  in 
which  a  large  quantity  of  human  bones  waa  dc- 
posited.  This,  m  the  progrew  of  iraprovement  or 
ruhr^ion  (fls  they  now  call  it),  has  been  re- 
moved— I  know  not  at  what  period;  but  when 
very  young  I  have  been,  more  than  once,  in  the 
charnel*hou>^e}  which  appears  to  have  been  so  far 
an  object  of  terror  to  the  poet  that  he  wrote  the 
lines  now  inscribed  on  his  monument  to  prevent 
his  bones  being  disturbed,  and  added  to  the  heap. 
Such,  at  least,  wus  th*;  acreount  i^iven  ;  and  lurky 
W10  it  for  htm,  lit  III! 
tioD,  or,  in  ihc^se  tm 
glil  or  pbrtmoUkgist  wouui  lutve  nmi  tmai  up  ajjirnn 


to  meaaure  the  length  nnd  breadth  of  his  skull,  or 
or  pcrbapfi  make  an  exhibition  of  it  at  the  tercen- 
teoary^  I. 


ShAKSPBASB  PoBTRAlTS  (3"*  S.  T.  117-)— ThcTC 

are  the  following  works  on  the  portraits  of  Shok- 
speare,  besides  those  by  Boadcn  and  by  Wivell 
(not  *»  Wevtir^):  — 

Mtfridm%  John  —  **A  Catnbgue  of  engraved  Partrsit« 
of  P«r«ona  connwted  with  the  County  of  Wjirwiok." 
CoventTy,    Ala.     1849L 

QiUier,  J,  F.^-**  DiaMTtation  on  tbs  impuLsd  PortruU 
ofSbaksapears."    London.    8vo.     1651. 

There  is  also  Mr.  Friswelfs  new  work,  entitled 
Life  PortraiU  of  Shak*ptare.  B.  A. 


THE  SECOND  SHAKSPEARE  F0J.10,  168«. 

Nothing  definite  is  known  regarding  the  fouroos 
from  which  the  new  readings  m  the  Shakspeare 
folio,  1632,  were  derived.  The  prevailing  opinion, 
BO  far  as  our  researches  show,  is,  thnt  they  are 
conjectural  emendations  of  some  now  unknown 
editor.  Ben  Jon  son  has,  in  some  inf^tanees,  been 
guessed  at.  As  an  examinution  of  tlie  folio  de* 
raonstrates  that  some  editorial  revision  and  over- 
sight were  exercised  u]>on  considerable  portions 
of  it,  and  as  many  of  the  changes  introduced  into 
it  have  been  adopted  into  the  subsequent  reprints, 
it  becomes  a  legitimate  subject  for  curiosity,  nnd 
a  proper  topic  for  having  "  N.  &  Q."  about  it. 
Let  me,  on  the  condition  that  Ben  Jon  son  is 
supervisor  is  abandoned,  suggest  John  Milton; 
and  in  support  of  my  hypothesis,  lay  down  the 
following  statements  and  ar^ument^  :  —  1st.  JMil- 
ton  was  a  diligent  and  admiring  student  of  Shak- 
speare*fi  works  —  of  which  the  proofa  are,  the 
special  Shakspearianisms  in  his  poems ;  liis  mak- 
ing both  L" Allegro  and  //  Pensero  find  enjoyment 
from  the  "stage**;  his  early  inclination  for  the 
drama,  as  exhibited  in  Arcade$  and  CoimtSj  as 
well  as  in  his  design  to  compose  a  Tragedy  on 
Adam*s  Fail,  from  which  he  was  probably  dissuailed 
by  a  perusal  of  the  Adamus  ^xul  of  Grotius. 
T'his  love  for  dramatic  forms  of  composition  re- 
mained with  him  like  a  *'  ruling  possion  "  to  the 
last,  as  SamMon  A^onUies,  published  in  1671, 
shows  plainly.  The  nll-prevuiling  proof  of  this 
thesis  IS,  however,  the  epitaph  on  Shakspeare, 
written  in  1630,  and  preExed  in  the  place  of 
honour  to  the  Second  Folio  just  after  Ben  Jon- 
8on'9  lines  **  Upon  the  Efligies  of  my  worthy 
Friend,  the  Author,  Master  William  Sbik- 
spesre  and  his  Works*'  on  p,  7  of  the  book, 
counting  the  title.  This  poeni — issued  anony- 
moualy,  an<i  only  acknowledged  in  lG45^cotdd 
only  have  been  written  regoriUng  the  iirni  fidio,^ 
and  as  it  was  unpublished,  the  propri«»tors  of 
the  folio  must   have  got  knowledaja  ^iC  >A.  ^t'jissi. 


^Pi 


S34 


NOTES  AND  QUERIEa 


1$^  &  V.  MAK^ti^m' 


BOtne  private  source-  Our  supposition  is,  that 
the  lines  were  written  in  Milton's  copy  of  the 
first  folio,  which  while  readiti^  he  had  conjectur- 
fllly  revised,  and  that  the  publishers  had  asked 
bitn  for  permission  to  print  the  lines  and  use  his 
emendations.     This  lends  me  to  point  — 

2nd.  Milton  was  a  fastidious  and  habituid  cor^ 
rector  and  annotator  of  the  books  he  read.  Of 
this,  amon^  other  proofs,  we  may  note  his  ela* 
borate  emendations  of  Euripides,  many  of  which 
secured  the  approval  of  Forson* 

3n1,  The  time  of  life  at  wbtch  Milton  had  ar- 
riveil  when  the  poem  was  written.  He,  a  diligent 
student,  was  just  at  the  ai^e  when  Fuch  an  exercise 
wouhl  be  a  "  labour  of  love/*  Perhaps  some  other 
Shakspeare  student  and  admirer  of  Milton  may 
be  able  to  clear  up  this  matter  further. 

I  may  further  add  that  the  poem  in  the  sawie 
folio  signed  I.  M.  S.,  if  certainly  the  work  o^  John 
MiUorij  Student^  would  strengthen  iny  hypothesis  ; 
but  I  incline  lo  consider  these  latter  lines  as  the 
product  of  the  author  of  Emayea  of  a  Prentice  in 
the  Divine  Art  of  Poesie^  1584  ;  and  if  mv  jiuess 
were  correct,  it  would  add  interest  to  Jonson's 
praise  of — 

"  Those  fliglit  j  upon  th«  banks  of  Thames. 
That  so  did  uke  FJfsa  and  oar  J  a  M  fi  S." 


Molffttt,  N,  B. 


Samuei^  Neil. 


PASSAGE  m  "CYMBELINE." 

**  Bttt  alack 
You  flimtcli  som«  hence  for  Utile  faults;  that*s  love 
To  Uttve  tbem  nin  no  more :  you  some  pormit 
To  second  ills  with  ills,  eacheldtr  worset 
And  make  tbem  drvad  It,  to  tho  doerV  thri/l." 

C^mbdine^  Act  V.  Sc.  1.  Poilh. 

Here  the  printer  may  have  put  in  type  trift, 
and  then  amended  it,  as  he  thought^  by  inserting 
h  ;  but  without  insisting  on  the  particular  steps  by 
which  the  mistake  arose,  the  word  trist  will,  I 
think*  approve  itself  to  itll  as  that  used  by  Shak- 
ffpeare,  for  while  its  unusunl  form  gives  a  reason 
for  the  uideurned  printer's  mistake,  it  dears  up 
the  only  real  obscurity  in  the  pjtssaj^e,  I  am  not 
indeed  aware  of  its  occurrence  elsewhere  as  a  sub* 
stantive,  but  it  was  used  as  an  adjective,  and  the 
employment  of  a  wortl  as  a  part  of  speech  other 
than  that  in  wliich  it  was  ordinarily  used,  was  a 
licence  commonly  allowed  in  Plliaabcthan  times. 
Moreover,  trist  would  be  the  substantive  form  or 
root  of  an  adjective  twice  used  by  Shakspeare. 
In  the  First  Part  of  Kiujr  Henry  /K— where,  by 
the  WBT,  the  printi^r  mistook  it  for  the  commoner 
trustful— when  FalstalT would  reproach  the  prince 
for  his  nitxle  of  fife,  he  s|»eskB,  not  of  tlie  sor- 
PDwful,  or  sorrowing,  or  tearful,  but  nf  the  trist- 


ful queen,  and  »o  refers  to  her  habitual  and  settled 
me/mtcboff,  whteh  U  m>  great  that  tht  mens  wgU  W^iv  u  ^v  \.xvi>A\i  wx^\\^  vw\  \wai£. 


hd^f 


of  her  son,  on  his  rare  return  to  tli«  |>alftce,  i 
her  to  tenrs.     In  like  manner,  Hamlcf, 
of  the  settled  sadness*  of  the  earth  at  bla  i 
act,  talks  of,  **  The  tristful  visage  thai, 
the  doom,  is  thought-sick*^' 

So  is  the  sense  liere,  while  it  may  hti  also 
as  to  so  Latinate  a  word,  that  Shakspeare  ii 
fond  of  occasionally  introducing   a   word 
will  recal  the  hearer's  mind  to  the  time  and  j 
of  the  action,    Postbumus  is  gazing  on  thai  ^ 
alone  remains  to  him  of  Imogen,  her  handke 
dyed  in  her  blood,  and  he  is  full    of  remorse  i 
her  murder.     In  his  self-accusinga  be  exi 
her  supposed  faulty  and  his  revenge  seema  to  J 
a  hideous  unpardonable  crime.    Naturally  T 
death,   in   his  bitter  despair  he   c1  asset  hSa 
among  the  examples  of  a  doctrine  as  to  the  i 
ance  of  human  aflalrs  by  the  ^ods,  which  ' 
his  desire  to  leave  life.     "  Tou,"  saja  he,' 
thoujirh  we  evilly  do  the  ill,  you    overrule  il  ir  I 
the  victim's  good,  you  for  slight  faults  take  ( 
hence,  and  Imogen  among  them,  and  this  is  t^  I 
that  they  should  sin  no  more.     Other 
do  ill   (and  auion^  them  mvself)   you 
live,  and  withdrawing  your  love    from 
is  their  punishment,  that  to  every  one  an 
able  necessity  arising  from  the  tirst  crime  I 
like  an  avenging  fury,  and  compels  thetni 
greater  crime  to  greater  crime  Qontinti    " 
while  thus  driven  on  they  yet,  before  the! 
mission  of  each  crime,  dread  it,  and  aAer  iu  < 
mission  sufier  still  more  from  the  stings  nf  i 
and  from  that  overhanging  dread    which,  whSii 
fears  thenii  goods  tbem  on,  ^o.ids  me  on«  to  furtW^ 
ill  to  my  lasting   and  abiding  sorrow.**      Botk  I 
take  to  be  his  thoughts  expressed  more  at  hiOfAt 
and  if  it  be  asked  how  he  h:id  as  yet  adiled  efiat  ' 
to  crime,  I  answer  that  to  his  remorseful  inu^ja^ 
tion  tortured  by  love  of  her  he  had  fo 

crime  was  doubt,  his  second,  lending'     :  as  • 

accomplice  to  tempt  her,  and  facilitate  his  0W 
dishonour,  and  his  third  her  death.  I  would  M 
too,  that  though  his  reasoning  is  greatlv  i 
inasmuch  as,  though  not  doubting  a  fultire  i 
he  neither  here  nor  elsewhere  shows  the  pooa^Mtf 
of  any  sure  hope  or  fear,  but  would  j^m^i 
after  enquiry,  vaguely  trusting  to  the  mcray  if 
tho  gods ;  yet  the  doctrinp  that  ill  produces  dl 
and  generally  a  grenter  ilt,  is  a  favourite  one  witi 
Shakspeare,  and  is,  for  instance,  one  of  the  Ic^yiuf 
the  whole  story  of  lago,  Desden '^n  •  f^— »  '  u*-r^-. 
But  to  return  to  our  passage  ;  t 

make  is  clearly  **  ve  ffodf ,"  and  as  >  ,  : .        ,  •_  a* ' 

are  the  "  some'  who  arc  permitted  to  live;  has 
grammarians  have  been  puKzle<i  n^  to  ? l^*  rhsi^ 
from  the  plural  "  them     lo  ih  doer  rf 


ill* 


plural  "  them     lo  _ 

and  also  of  crimes  to  the  i 


though  the  crimes  had  been  pn 
into  **  each  elder  worse."   But  tL 


m 


f*  8.  V-  Mae.  10.  'M.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


285 


Jon  son  flaitl,  Shnkspe^re  struck  the  second  beat 
upon  the  Muses*  onvU ;  turned  the  siime  and 
himself  with  it  to  write  these  living  lines.  The 
despair  of  Posthumus  leads  him  to  a  general  re* 
0ection,  which  shows  a  passing  bitterness  ugaiitst 
providence,  afterwards  atoned  for  by  "your  blessed 
wills  be  dnne^'*  but  his  remorse  is  so  great  that  be 
cannot  continue  in  generalities;  but  when  be 
comes  to  **  each  elder  worse,"  the  Image  of  himself 
and  of  his  own  act,  and  the  bloody  handkerchief,  all 
start  forth  in  full  and  conscious  mental  and  bodily 
view,  and  he  cries,  **  and  makes  them  do  it,"  their, 
tny,  last  crime ;  and  then  dressing  the  handker- 
chief to  his  lips  and  hiding  dis  face  in  hi;*  hainds, 
aye  to  my  sorrow  —  for  ever.  It  is  only  such  an 
outbreak  that  can  redeem  the  scene  from  tame- 
ness,  and  Posthumus  from  the  imputation  of  a 
siillenness  und  mere  dogged  resolution  to  die, 
which  is  foreign  to  his  whole  character.  And  it 
is  onljr  such  an  outbreak  of  passion,  and  the  ex- 
haustion consequent  on  it,  that  will  allow  of  the 
despairing  resignation  of  the  subsequent  lines* 

**  Each  elder  worse"  has  also  been  objected  to, 
but  most  readers  see  and  understand  the  fitness 
of  the  phrase,  though  they  may  find  a  difficulty  in 
explainmg  it.  To  the  bystander,  each  isolated 
act  is  indeed  younger,  the  nearer  it  is  to  the  pre- 
sent moment ;  but  as  in  the  history  of  human 
progress,  the  invention  of  the  steam-engine  ia 
older  than  that  of  fire,  so  to  Posthumus  himself, 
who  viewed  his  deeds  as  existent  as  much  in 
thought  as  in  action,  and  both  as  parts  of  himself, 
each  after  crime  was  but  the  growth  and  maturing 
of  the  once  tender  plant,  or  the  enveloping  ivy 
from  the  little  seed.  Beihslet  Nicbouoh. 


MORGANATIC  ANB  EBENB&RTia 

Both  these  words,  though  of  considerable  im- 
portance at  the  present  day,  are  bo  totally  mia- 
represented  or  misunderstood,  that  some  elucida- 
tion of  their  meaning  may  be  acceptable,  as  both 
stand  in  some  degree  of  relationship  to  one 
another. 

For  Morganatic,  the  best,  in  fact  the  only  solu- 
tion, is  found  in  the  derivation  of  the  word.  When 
in  the  arid  deserts  of  Arabia,  the  parched  tra- 
veller is  mocked  by  the  optical  illusions  of  run* 
ning  streams  und  green  meadows,  these  the  Italians 
call  Fata  Morgana^  the  delusions  of  the  Fee 
lyforgana.  Something  thus  delusive  is  a  Mor- 
ganatic Marriage.  For  though  it  involves  no 
immorality,  and  has  always  the  full  sanction  of 
the  church,  it  is,  as  regards  the  wife  and  children, 
I  an  illusion  and  a  make>belicve  :  they  do  not  enjuy 
the  rights  of  the  husband,  if  a  sovereign  prince, 
nor  take  his  title  ;  and  it  is  only  amongst  sovereign 
princes  that  the  practice  obtains.  The  children 
have  only  the  rtgbu  of  the  mother,  unless  she  is 


ehenbiirtigy  or,  as  is  expresaed  in  the  closing  act  of 
]  the  Treaty  of  Vienna,  IS15,  d^uM  naUsanc«  igale 
avec  les  princes  souremiiu,  or  those  in  succession 
to  become  so. 

It  was,  therefore,  a  prudent  arrangement  for 
princes  who  preferred  the  claims  of  natural  af* 
fcction  to  those  of  ambition,  to  form  morganatic 
marriages,  which  should  reconcile  the  duties  of 
their  station  with  their  social  wishes.  In  this 
manner,  after  the  death  of  hii^  first  wife,  the 
Princess  of  MeckJenburg-Strelitz,  Frederic  Wil- 
liam m.j  father  of  the  present  and  previous  king 
of  Prussia^  was  enabled  to  follow  the  dictates  <S' 
his  a  flection  for  the  Countess  of  Liegnitz,  who 
was  received  by  all  his  family  as  a  true  wife,  and 
still  continues  to  enjoy  their  respect.  In  a  similar 
manner,  the  last  Kmg  of  Denmark  associated  to 
himself  and  ennobled  the  Countess  Banner ;  nor 
would,  ill  our  country,  the  union  of  the  kte 
Duke  of  Sussex  with  the  Duchess  of  Inverness 
be  dissimilan  The  social  position  of  all  these 
families  was  affected  In  no  disreputable  manner 
by  such  a  connection,  but  they  could  not  attain 
the  full  rights  of  morriage,  or  the  civil  state  of 
their  husbands,  because  they  were  not  ebenbitrtig 
or  de  naissance  egale. 

In  the  Golden  Bull  of  the  Empire,  promulgated 
in  the  fourteenth  century,  legiUmacy  is  expressly 
demanded  as  an  imperative  condition  'to  any 
sovereignty ;  and  it  is  of  no  consequence  how  long 
or  how  distant  that  stain  may  have  blemished  a 
family.  Our  ducal  houses  of  Grafton  and  St. 
Albans  have  every  right  of  their  high  rank,  but  in 
their  royal  quarterings  the  bar  sinister  is  in- 
delible. 

This  would  entirely  preclude  their  ebettburtig' 
keit  with  our  own  or  any  other  reigning  house ; 
nor  is  this  question  without  bearing  on  the  present 
political  discussion  of  the  succession  to  the  duke- 
doms of  Schleswig  and  Holstein.  In  lineal  sue* 
cession  there  is  no  doubt  but  that  the  elder  Duke 
of  Augustenburg  has  a  prior  claitti,  but  hia 
marriage  with  the  Countess  Danskiold^Samsoe, 
a  family  which  has  its  origin  in  an  illegitimate 
scion  of  a  Danish  king,  is  as  much  unebenifHrtig  as 
the  families  of  the  ducal  houses  of  Graflon  or  St. 
Albans ;  and  her  son,  therefore,  the  present  claim- 
ant, the  younger  Duke  of  Augustt?nber^,  now  at 
Kiel,  is  entirely  precluded,  being,  iiko  his  mother, 
unebenhiirtig^  and  more  especiully  whilst  his  father, 
who  has  been  bought  off  by  the  Danish  Crown, 
ia  still  alive. 

I  may  be  here  allowed  to  state  that,  when  in  a  let- 
ter published  in  the  Times  on  Feb.  29, 1  confirmed 
this  fact  by  an  exact  tranjjlntion  from  Wegener's 
Actenmihsige  Zummmen^teUntig  (a  .documentary 
collection  of  acts  in  the  history  of  Denmark),  I 
was  contradicted  the  follow \\\^\i^"riXT\\\\55j\tvTwV^x*et 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[Sr'&T.  liM*ll»*«i 


wliicli  I  am  aBtonifihed  neither  the  writer  nor  the 
editor  did  not  perceive  was  entirely  beside  the 
issue  I  had  raised.  The  Indies  of  the  fAimlj  of 
Danskiold*Sam80t^  like  those  of  our  own  ducal 
families  abovenamed,  are  undoubtedly  fully  pre- 
sentable both  at  the  Danish  and  every  other 
Court ;  but  the  question  is,  are  they  not  itnehcn* 
hiirtig  f  evinced  by  their  not  having  the  haut  pa», 
and  being  refused  the  entrance  by  the  grand 
portal  of  the  palace.  Hamlet  may,  like  hisname- 
iftke»  be  willing  "  to  take  the  Ghost's  word  for  a 
thousand  pounds,"  but  he  must  excuse  me  if  I  am 
not  equally  credulous,  and  ilecline  to  admit  the 
mere  ipse  dixit  of  a  mb  umbra  controversialist. 
Wn-LiAM  Bell,  Phil.  Dr. 
4,  Cf«se«Dt  Place,  Burton  Croiccnt 


NORFOLK  FOLK  LORE. 

I  send  you  a  few  little  bits  of  "  folklore,'*  picked 

up  Rt  S 1  an  out-of-the-way  coruer  on   the 

Norfolk  coast,  to  be  added  — should  you  think 
them  worth  the  honour —  to  the  collection  ahready 
safely  stowed  away  in  "  N.  &  Q.'*  As  the  super- 
stitions to  be  found  in  any  pwirticuUr  district 
always  taie  their  tone  to  a  great  degree  from  the 
character  of  the  scenery  ajid  people  about,  and 
can  only  be  properly  understood  when  considered 
in  GonnecttoQ  with  thenii  I  may  as  well  begin  bv  say- 
ing that  the  parish  consists  of  two  distinct  viitages 
and  populations — Upper  and  Lower  S — --.  The 
former  is  a  pretty,  clean -looking,  agricultural 
place,  with  a  magnificent  ohl  church,  and  tiled 
cottages  of  blue  shingle.  It  stands  at  the  foot  of 
rough  heathy  hills,  with  thick  woods  above,  and 
the  open  se^i  be]ow.  Lower  S — ^  is  a  mile  and 
a  half  off  in  a  valley  between  what  were  once  two 
high  round  sand  hills,  which  the  sea  has  broken 
half  away,  and  changed  into  abrupt  clifls.  It  con- 
tains a  church-chapel,  till  lately  a  boat-house; 
lair  vpecimens  of  probably  every  filthy  smell  in 
the  ooufkty ;  and  for  inhabitants  a  remarkabl/ 
handsome  set  of  fishermen,  who  marry,  almost 
before  they  have  done  growing,  girb  of  their  own 
village  (a  wedding  with  an  ouuider  is  a  very  rare 
event),  and  rear  rough  and  ready  famittes  in  a 
state  of  chronic  starvation*  They  are  insolently 
independent,  and   iu  their   own   calling  fearlesa 

enough ;  but  in  Lower  S there  is  hardly  a 

man  to  be  found  who  would  at  any  price  venture 
half  a  mile  inland  alone  in  the  dark.  The  const 
is  dangerous,  and  drowning  almost  the  commonest 
ibape  ill  which  denth  vbltJi  the  village.  It  would 
BOt,  I  belicvt\  bt*  hard  to  fmd  women  who  havy 
■      fid  huslwin*''  '  -■'""    --^  -•  '•  1'    "v^ 


loit 

pcj  1 
thu< 


,.,..,,  a  will  Hit  Hi V 

wardji  and   forwards!   in   their  cl*  r 

Mtm^s  whe§  ruMh  wiliUy  oo  to  the  v.-,  .-:,^  _.  .uu 


their  eyes  out  to  sea,  as  the  wind  «  geiiins  n^ 
when  tie  boats  are  out.  It  Is  no  woa«l«r  tbt 
when  the  minds  of  aU  are  continuallv  liamtw 
with  the  one  great  fear,  storiea  fi&t  abool  fM, 
for  such  as  can  read  them,  there  is  mmnj  a  win- 
ing t>f  the  coming  of  the  dreaded  storms. 

A  little  way  cut  to  sea  there  ia  a  apof^  ihnfftf, 
just  opposite  a  particular  cliff,  where  tlie  capUA^  \ 
some  old  ship  was  drowned,  and  there  more  Jam 
once  fishermen  have  heard  sounds  like  a  ItmmM. 
voice  coming  up  from  the  water :  wbichcver  mm 
they  pull,  the  voice  is  in  the  other  dircctiom  tfl 
at  last,  on  a  suddea,  it  changes,  and  come*  jai  j 
beneath  their  boat  like  the  last  vrild  cry  of  r"^ 
sinking  hopelessly.  Then,  if  they  ^e  wir- 
settle  down  to  their  oarsi  and  row  for 
shore;  for  life  it  ia— for  they  are  luckv 
reach  home  in  time  to  escape  the  aquali  ml 
9UTe  to  follow.  _  , 

On  the  boundary  of  the  parish,  at  a  gao  n  ■ 
cliffs,  if  the  story  an  old  man  gravelj  loUl  mk 
true,  is  a  place  where  a  hundred  years  aga  iwiB 
drowned  sailors,  who  were  washed  up  a&a^  * 
great  gale,  were  thrown  one  on  the  top  of  i —  — 
fnto  a  ditch  without  Clu-iaiian  burijil,  and  cmn^  ' 
with  a  heap  of  stones  ;  and  still,  if  anyone  ii  I  " 
enouoh  to  venture  there  by  night  in  bad  mtT 
he  may  distinctly  hear  an  lU-omened  soun^l^l 
my  old  friend  illustrated  by  taking  a  hajidL_ 
shingle,  and  dropping  them  slowly  one  by  oae  *• 
to  a  big  stone. 

I  asked  him  whether  he  had  ever  b«iM  • 
himself.  "No,"  he  said;  but  once,  m  long  Qm 
ago,  when  he  was  a  boy,  he  remeinbened  oosiif 
nfong  the  road  a  quarter  of  a  mile  olH  snd  m 
thought  (but  he  could  not  be  quite  sure)  that  Ii 
saw  a  light  Uiere ! 

The  old  women  are  apt  to  feel  uncomfartahU  if 
a  cat  should  begin  to  play  with  their  gowna  « 
aprons,  for  that  is  a  sign  of  a  gale.  But  pe>^iP 
the  most  respectable  of  all  the  premoiutorv  d 
storm  is  the  huge  dog  *'  Shock  "  {Skack^  not  Sktid 
with  us),  who  comes  out  of  the  sea,  and  rvfli 
along  ^*  Shock*8  Lane/'  and  up  on  to  souse  liiBi^ 
after  which  his  course  is  uncertain.  His  anj  ' 
generally  is  somewhat  anomttlous,  fof^e  aa  ^ 
f«8S,**  but  haa  **  great  saucer  cyei " 


The  (KKirl^ 

I  y,  for  he  hm 

r  "  tictl 


low  seems  conscious  of  sot 

been  met  witha**whito  1 

the  place  where  his  head  shuLild  be. 

The  *^  shrieking  woman  **  is  aJiother,  and 
the  worst.  When  she  k  heard,  I'    '  at© 

ing  indeed*     She  had  been  siji  nu  ._^ 

till  Ifl&t  Chrifltmoii,  when  she  il*jr>y  p^jvi.-nd  gmd 

j^eopte  in  Upper  8 into  great  alarm  witk  lift* 

ufcually  hi'l    "—       ^-     '— "-    a  lafft 

party  of  y^  'oe  &vm 

a  ball  that  :  ^he  lAni 

that  tbo  on  ^iserii^ 


ti  Of*       . 

eefl»B 


\ 


&•*  S.  V.  Mah.  19,  'M.] 


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melodious,  it  seems  just  possible  thtit  in  this  in- 
stance  there  may  have  been  sotno  slight  nii^stnke ; 
especiiiUir  as  the  stonn,  which,  accortlinr^  to  pre- 
ccdcnt*  should  have  followed  the  old  bag'^  j^hrinkft^ 
did  not  fume.  Poor  nervous  wives  a.^  they  *it 
anxioi]!^ly  at  home  mending  the  nais,  hcjir  their 
husband's  voices  talkiu^r  or  sbuuting  above  the 
wild  noise  of  the  wind,  though  their  boats  may  be 
miles  uwny  iit  seo. 

Only  a  very  few  years  ngo,  the  old  clergyman, 
who  for  a  great  many  years  had  been  vicar  of  the 
parish,  as  he  waa  walking  home  one  Sunday  even- 
ing after  service  at  Lower  i^ chnpel,  fell  down 

in  the  middle  of  the  road,  and  was  t^Ven  up  dead. 
His  congi-egution,  who  not  an  hour  before  had 
seen  him  fipparently  in  his  usual  health,  could  not 
fail,  in  their  own  way,  to  be  mueh  ini pressed  by 
the  awful  suddenness  of  the  good  old  j^entleman  s 
death  ;  and  there  was  no  lack  of  ready  believers 
when,  a  little  while  afterwards,  a  boy  driving  a 
fish-cart  ctime  into  the  village  in  a  state  of  wild 
alarm,  declaring  positively  that  he  passed  hira  sitting 
silent  and  motionless^  leaning  forward  on  his  stit.k 
on  the  heap  of  stones  beside  the  roiid  where  first 
they  liud  him, 

Faiih  in  the  power  of  the  Evil  Eye,  and  the  effi- 
cacy of  the  old  plan  of  securing  exemption  from  its 
hurtful  influences  by  "blooding  the  witch,"  is 
niiii  common  in  S ,  and  I  could  quote  in- 
stances of  very  recent  occurrence. 

The  superstition  that  it  is  unlucky  to  interfere 
with  swallows'  nests  is  bo  universal,  that  I  should 
not  allude  to  it  here  except  to  add,  that  in  Upper 

S they  explain   it  by  saying  that  when  the 

birds  gather,  as  they  do  in  thousands,  before  they 
leave  us  for  the  year*  and  sit  in  long  rows  along 
the  leads  of  the  cl  '  '  v  ore  settling  who  is  to 
die  befiire  they  c<i 

I  heard  aquaiiu  ^.t^  -  Mj.iion  in  8 the  other 

day,  earnestly  recovnmen<led  by  an  old  woman  to 
a  young  iady  suflering  from  a  weakness  in  one  of 
her  ankli!5s  ^  viz,  some  "  grey  dodmen  "  (hobby 
snails)  olT  the  church  walla,  prepared  in  a  parti- 
cular way  (I  I  hi  Ilk  boded  in  a  brass  pot),  and 
ftiuashed  into  a  salve. 

While  on  the  subject  I  may  mention  a  remedy 
for  ajnie,  which  was  told  mc  last  year  by  a  far- 
mer's wife  not  far  from  Ayle&bury,  which  1  do  not 
remember  having  ever  heard  elsewhere.  It  was  to 
take  a  black  ketik%  and  draw  a  line  on  it  with  a 

Eicce  of  chalk,  and  put  it  on  (he  fire.  As  the  line 
ecomcs  black  like  the  rest  of  the  kettle,  the  ague 
should  disappear.  "  But  lor.  Sir ! "  as  my  good  in- 
formant said  at  the  end  of  her  expbnaiion,  "  I 
don't  know  as  that  do  tlo  any  goad/'  I  have  heard 
of  the  [»eopIe  in  Pinner,  near  Harrow,  curing  the 
ague  by  getting  up  at  twelve  in  the  night,  and 
gotni^  fiut  m  their  night-gowns  to  cut  a  stick  from 
^  '  It  does  not  sound  ^mfortable  in  a 


Anyone  who  has  read  anything  of  the  witch 
trials,  conducted  by  Matthew  Hopkins  in  the 
seventeenth  century,  will  remember  that  one  very 
common  charge  on  which  many  poor  creatures 
were  ejtecuted,  was  the  possession  of  ''imps,** 
shaped  usually  like  some  of  the  lower  animals, 
which  were  said  to  be  in  constant  attendance  upon 
them,  and  to  urge  them  on  to  iniquities  of  f^Jil 
sorts.  The  belief  appears  generally  to  have  died 
out  at  the  *' witch -finder-generara"  death;  but 
the  following  story,  given  as  nearly  as  I  can  recol- 
lect in  the  words  in  which  I  received  it  direct  from 
the  clergyman  to  whom  it  was  originally  told,  * 
seems  to  show  that  remnants  of  that,  as  well  as 
almost  every  other  superstition,  ftiU  linger  among 

us  at  S »     Some    years  ago,    Joe   Smith,    a 

parishioner,  %vho  had  once  been  very  regular  in 
his   attendance  at  church,  was  aKked  how  it  ^ 
that  of  late  he  had  never  been  there?     **It's  no 
use  my  coming.  Sir,'*  he  said ;  *^  I'm  in  bad  hands  I 
Tm  in  bad  hands  !     I  had  a  filly,  and  ^e  hanged  ' 
herself,   and  my  pigs  take  to    foaming    at    the  { 
mouth  I  " 

Some  little  time  before,  he  had  been  to  do  some 
harvest  work  for  an  old  woman  occupying  a  nmall 
farm  in  the  next  parish*  llie  wheat  was  nearly 
all  carried,  and  he  and  the  old  lady's  son  were 
waiting  on  the  top  of  the  rick  for  the  next  waggon-  ] 
load,  when  Joe  happening  to  look  towards  hii  ,^ 
companion,  who  was  lying  down  half  asleep  on 
bis  back  with  his  anna  spread  out,  and  his  eyes 
shut,  saw  a  larse  toad  crawling  quietly  along  his 
chest  towards  his  open  mouth.  He  called  out  to 
him,  and  he  jumped  up  and  shook  the  beast  offj 
and  Joe  stuck  his  fork  into  the  poor  thing,  and 
**  hulled  him  away.*'  Before  long  ihe  toad  made 
his  appearance  again,  and,  this  time  with  his  "in- 
nards hanging  out,*'  made  his  way  straight  towards 
the  eame  man.  Feeling  somewhat  uncomfortable 
at  this,  the  two  took  it  into  the  wiisliJhotue,  and 
threw  it  into  the  fire  under  the  boiler;  but  the 
old  lady  rescued  it,  and,  scolding  them  for  their 
cruelty,  "  pitched  it  into  the  horsepond." 

One  might  have  supposed  that  this  would  have 
been  enough  for  it ;  but,  no  I  Soon  they  saw  it 
again,  torn  with  the  fork,  blackened  with  the  fire 
and  mud  from  the  pond,  coming  straight  up  to 
them  for  the  third  time. 

The  explanation  given  waa,  that  the  seeming 
toad  was  in  reality  the  **  imp  "  of  the  old  woman, 
who  died  shortly  atlerwards  I  believe;  and  that, 
knowing  her  death  to  be  near,  it  was  leaving  her, 
and  attaching  itself  to  her  son  and  heir. 

Whether  by  his  conduct  Joe  had  incurred  the 
displeasure  of  the  "  imp/*  or  why  it  was,  I  cannot 
tell,  but  ever  after  that  he  hail  been  an  unlucky 
fellow,  and  the  conviction  that  be  was  in  "bad 
hands"  had  bo  completely  taken  possesiion  of  hlm^ 
that  Ue  be\ie\<id  \l  n\i\^  ^is^^tfss*  \Si  ^  ^  '^'^^ 


'^,^-^^ 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES, 


t«»*awT*acAiLiitia 


Htiiii9  dt  the  Dukb  of  EoxBufiGif.^ — Some 
time  ago  I  fell  in  with  a  very  nice  copy  of  a  book 
entiLleJ,  Hymm  and  Spiritual  Songs  on  Severid 
Subjects^  to  which  is  added  the  Marriage  Supper  of 
the  Lamb^  a  Poein^  8vo,  pp.  144.  Edin,,  printed 
by  II.  Galbraith,  and  gold  by  W.  Gray*  and  by 
Jolm  Hoy,  at  Gattonsidef  1777.  Lettered  on  the 
back  **  Hymns,  &c.,  by  the  Duke  of  Roxburgli," 
toe  authority  for  which  beinr^,  appareiiKy,  the 
original  blue  paper  cover  of  the  booK,  whereon  is 
writteni  "  Spiritual  Hyrons,  by  his  Grace  the 
Duke  of  Roxburgh,"  preserved  in  the  volume* 

The  book  has  a  preface,  in  which  it  is  expressly 
stated  that  — 

"  th«  author  is  a  m«a  of  law  estate,  and  lives  ia  a  lonely 
village,  where  he  labours  for  his  own  and  f«niMy'5  bread» 
thtit  h*i  majf  not  be  chargeable  to  any  man.  Another 
bmrich  of  his  employment,  he  says,  is  to  water  and  feed 
a  Hitle  flock  of  Christians,  who  have  called  him  to  take 
the  oversight  of  them,  st  whose  desire  these  Hymns  have 
made  their  appearance/* 

There  is  certainly  nothing  here  to  warrant  the 
ascription  of  these  spiritual  Eongs  to  the  duke,  or 
to  entitle  them  to  figure  in  the  Cat,  of  Uoyal  and 
Nobte  Authors.  The  book  in  its  blue-paper*cover 
state,  has  passed  through  the  hands  of  George 
Chalmers,  who  marks  it  No.  685  in  his  missing 
Bibliograpkia  Scotica  Poetica;  and  there  is  little 
doubt  that  Dr.  Bliss  is  chargeable  with  the  bind- 
ing and  lettering ;  yet  neither  of  these  book -men 
note  the  mamfest  absurdity,  in  the  face  of  the 

Srefacc,  of  fathering  the  volume  u|X)n  the  duke, 
ly  own  opinion  is  that  the  real  author  is  the 
John  Hoy  of  the  imprint,  A  person  of  this  name 
and  locality,  called  the  younger,  was  the  author  of 
ft  posthumous  volume  of  poems,  printed  in  1781, 
but  he  died  early,  and  could  not  nave  been  a  mau 
of  the  matured  responaibUities  of  my  subject^ 
whom  I  shall  designate  the  elder ;  nor  is  there  the 
slightest  allusion  in  the  junior  s  book  to  the  father, 
beyond  the  fact  that  he  calLi  himself  the  9on  of  n 
email  farmer,  whieh  the  author  of  the  spiritual 
songa  was.  Finally,  from  the  old  man's  tlescrip* 
tion  of  himself,  we  may  infer  that  he  was  the  pa- 
triarch of  the  village  of  Gattondde^  and  a  type  of 
the  old  covenanting  layman,  so  well  drawn  by 
Bums  in  his  Cottar's  Saturday  Night.  A.  G. 

AxORTMOtlS    CoXTRinirTlO^'S    TO    *' X.    &   Q/* 

Mr.  Cobden,  a  gladiator  daring  the  dangers  ot'  the 
arena  in  defence  of  another's  political  integrity, 
hna  compelled  the  editor  of  The  Time$  to  lay  aside 
the  garb  of  **  airy  nothing,''  and  to  assume,  like 
other  folk»  "  a  local  habilation  and  a  name/* 
Though  the  strug;.de  has  been  unseemly  in  the 
extreme,  thougli  the  scheme  propased  by  that 
gentleman  ha«  been  condemned  by  the  fouriU 
estate  of  the  realm,  ond  though  it  would,  if  carried 
ottt,  incvitablv  destroy  the  freedom  and  beneficial 
ioHuence  of  the  English  presf,  it  may  yet  leod  to 
•ome  iUfrgeMhnti  with  regard  lo  the  auouymoua 


nature  of  man^  contributions  lo  '^  N.  &  Q.^*  mi 
other   publications    purely   literary.       A  retief 
would  be  read  with  greater   avidity   if  it  wtn  i 
known  that  a  Macautay  or  a  JeBVeyl  had  fwuti 
it.     In  a  similar  manner  the  value  of  this  wo.*! 
wouldf  I  submit,  be  increaaed  a  biindrcd  fold  if  | 
all  subscribed  their  names  to   their  eommuiiki- 
tions.     It  is  only  after  an  experience  of  the  umaL 
justness  of  a  writer's  deductions  that    :rnv  we^  I 
can  be  attached  to  a  Shem,  a  Heb^i  i 
l\  C.  n,     Kor  would  the  same  ati*. 
to  tbe  ideas  or  sinrgestlons  of  a   Pa  of 
MOBGAN,  a  LoRl>  LtTTKLTOK,  Or  a  IIa^i 

tbe  authorsHp  of  their  articles  rcmoined  a  muc^  j 
Wrii5i?B  E,  Bjuctm^ 

Hehalds*  Visitations. — Permit  tne  to  1 
in  your  columns,  that  it  would   be  a  vctyj 
convenience   to  genealogists   and    histor 
quirers  if  some  one  would  compile  an  ind^x  1 
printed  Heralds'  Visitations  and  County  Htiiair  ' 
similar  to  Mr.  Sims*s  valuable   Index  to  (kih- 
Tuldji  VisitatioHM  in  the  Brituh  JliuseuMm, 

A  GKHKAtxicm 

VisHWU  THE  Prototype  or  tbb  M&BjgAD^-*  | 

The  prototype  of  the  fabulous  mernaaid 
the  I'ish  Inc^irnation  of  Vishnu,  the  second  | 
of  the  Hindoo  Triad.  Vishnu  therein  ia 
sented  as  a  comely  youth ;  his  hair  fiUliDS  ifm 
hiB  shoulders  in  curl  lug  locks,  holding  in  ha  n^ 
hand  a  chukram  or  wheel  by  a  handle  fsssleoH  ti 
it.  In  his  left  he  holds  a  conch  abeJl  lka«im 
many  well  defined  convolutes.  If  the  spokftt 
taken  from  the  wheel,  we  have  the  circular  Joak- 
J  tig-glass  of  the  mermaid  ;  and  little  fancy  is  r«-  J 
quired  to  change  the  convolutes  of  the  ahcll  la| 
ibe  left  hand  into  the  teeth  of  a  comb*  The  upp 
part  of  the  god  is  that  of  a  man,  the  lower  beiiK, 
that  of  a  tish.  This  Incarnation  of  Vishnu  la  tdoiv 
UcaI  with  the  Chaldee  6sh  gtHJ  Anu^  and  in  belk 
the  memory  of  Nu  or  Noah  is  preserved,  ^^Ishcs 
is  sometimes  represented  floating  in  a  shtdl  or  ori. 

Clajioes.  —  Perhaps  the  enclosed   letter  of  < 
staunch    cavalier    may   interest    the    readers 
**K.  k  Q."    Who  the  writer  is,  that  bis  autog 
consists  of  his  surname  only,  I  cannot  fiay,    Bil 
Mxtinet  Baroneiage  givloj?  a  baronet  onlTV  o(| 
name  of  Clarges,  as  flourishing  during  t&oicl 
happy  times*    The  volume  in  which  1  met  ' 
it  (Harl   MS.  6804),  contains  many   pftp 
interest  relating  to  the  Great  Kebcllion,  AnHMif  ^ 
others,  a  list  of  such  as  were  known  to  be  welt  I 
affected  to  the  ♦*Kinge's  Majesty  withm  Ibo  Cdy  j 
of  Gloucester." 

«'  ITor  M.  Walker,  Secretary  cf  ths  Caoi«Il  cf  wms^  ] 

thwe ;  — 

•*  S%-^1  know  you  have  §o  much  .^aa 

not  Ihinkn  of  cvi^ry  {n^rtiruler  to  nii"  f». 

t'M;>W,  KwX  \\\*\.  \\\V\\gfivw:it  Va  \»u\,  x<<\i  »\v  i,v,\vv  i<s,  ■^i4ir  u    «||, 


r 


•^  8.  T.  Mar.  is,  'M.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIE& 


sa9 


▼atices  nay  bnatineft,  w*^  iiiAkes  mce  trouble  rou  ir*^  the 
iivipc»rtunity  of  jny  bov  to  lotrcato  that  you  would  be 
pleasini  to  oblt!{K«2  God  AUmighiy,  your  servant,  and  a 
thousand  poorc  Lasarea  w*^  your  zeale  in  thit  buasinfls 
ytUl  iMjrUtnely  doe.  The  last  troabletoma  letter  you  saw 
of  myne  Ua&  all  oar  wnnts  in  it  except  a  ChirargieuT 
wUi«:!b  mme  courao  muit  speedily  obteine;  for  we  want 
loucU  bii  asdialfinccw  and  bury  moro  toes  and  Jjng^erj  then 
veo  doe  mo  11,  I  am  now,  by  a  iubtle  Philosophy,  be* 
come  a  D*"  of  Fhiiick,  two  ApotbecaHes,  three  overseers, 
a»d  t\^elve  utteitdance;  uiid  I'll  assure  you  thi4  service 
la  as  ditngcn>u4{thoi}j;^h  not  so  honorable)  as  the  kadirtge 
oa  of  Jufjints  perdues.  I  hope  this  will  be  enough  to 
*"'  -eate  you  to  lot  thia  day  ende  all  our  neceasitiea :  for  I 
so  great  a  Z^Iot  in  this  cause,  that  I  beglnnc  to  thinkc 
inyteUIs  in  a  better  coodition  to  serve  these  poo  re  misers 
heere  then  the  Galli^try  at  Court}  and  from  this  pursuit 
neither  the  rinffeinge  of  bells  yeaterdaj*  the  bonfires,  or 
tlie  joy  of  the  Kiuge,  and  blessed  inteitaininent  of  m}* 
Boyall  mist  Ha,  could  tempt  mee.  And  to  adde  to  this 
miracle,  I  never  had  a  better  constitution  of  healthy  w**» 
1  am  very  proud e  to  prcsenre,  to  serve  the  Klnge  and 
live  to  ackfiuwledge  how  much  you  have  ingigeU 
"  T^  Servant, 

**  CutBOKS.** 

John  Si^eigb. 

Thornb  ridge.  Bake  well. 

Tbobijlb  Adam,  aliat  Welhowas.  —  Ou  an  an- 
cient stone  slab  in  the  beautiful  but  neglected 
church  of  Langham,  co,  Rutland,  is  an  inscriptjon 
now  being  fast  obliterated  by  the  feet  of  "the 
rude  forefathers  of  the  hamlet,"  and  1  am  desir- 
ous of  storing  it  up  in  the  sanctum  of  "N,  &  Q.,*' 
«B  it  is  curious  and  fast  approaching  UlegibitUy. 
In  fact  many  persons  have  in  vain  tried  to  deci- 
pher it :  — 

( In  €*ien$tK} 
••Hie  jaect  Thomas  Adam  alias  Welhowse  Senior  et 
Helena  uxorejui  mercatordeStapell  Calesie^anno  domini 
in^cccclxxjtiit,  obiit  xxvii  die  menaia  Aprllia.  Thomas 
Adam  Junior,  filius  ante  Tocati,  ctiam  mercator  Stapell 
de  Cak'sio  anno  domini  Mcccccxxxii,  quarum  propicietur 
DeuA,"    Amen. 

PlULIP  ACBEBT  AtJDLBT. 


^{trriti. 


*'Ad  euhobm"  Hoods.  — Much  has  been  in- 
serted in  "  N.  &  Q.'*  on  the  subject  of  University 
hoods  and  degrees;  and,  probably,  my  question 
hUR  been  anticipated^  although  I  cannot  find  a 
reply  to  it.  The  query  is  — Has  a  M-A.  of  Cam- 
bridge or  Dublin  any  right  to  wcnr  the  Oxford 
M.A.  hood,  merely  because  admitted  mi  euudem 
gradum*  This  is  a  thing  never  done  by  Cantabs, 
who,  with  perfect  justice,  are  as  proud  of  their 
University  a«  Oxonians  of  theirs  ;  but  it  is  com- 
monly done  by  Dublin  men^  who,  after  taking  an 
ad  enndem  d*.'grce,  without  scruple  discard  the 
blue  hoo*i  for  good  and  for  aye.  Is  this  right  ? 
1  believe  not*  Juita  Tueejm. 

Abm6  waxted,-*  On  an  old  figured  traj  made 
of  papier  machec^  or  other  cctnpositioa,  in   mj 


possession  are  the  following  arms  :  Vert,  two  bil- 
lets ragulcd  and  trunked  pLiced  saltirewise,  the 
dexter  surmounted  of  the  sinister,  or.  Cie^t :  An 
arm  embowed,  in  armour,  holding  an  arrow.  This 
is  placed  on  a  helmet  reversed,  or  turned  the 
contrary  way  to  which  it  is  usually  represented. 

The  nearest  resemblance  to  this  bearing  that  I 
have  met  with  is  for  the  name  of  Shurstab,  •^a 
Dutch  coat/'  says  Gwillim.  The  one  I  have  given 
above  is  probably  a  fureign  one  also.  Can  any 
one  inform  me  to  what  familj  it  pertains? 

C.  J. 

SiE  Wii^tiAM  Bkeesfobd.  —  I  euclose  an  ac- 
count of  an  old  portrait  in  the  possession  of  a 
friend.  The  date  is  quite  irreconcilable  with  the 
date  of  any  P^nglisb  portrait,  and  the  English 
style,  "Sir  William/'  is  equally  irreconciUble 
with  a  painting  of  the  alleged  age.  I  shall 
be  glad  if  any  of  your  readers  can  suggest  who 
the  8ir  William  Oeresford  was  to  whom  the 
picture  is  assigned*  Probably  he  was  some  Der- 
byshire man  of  the  fifteenth  or  sixteenth  cen- 
tury, well  known  to  the  local  historians  of  that 
coimty :  — 

DESCntPTlON  OF  A    nALF- LENGTH   POtrTRArr  OF    SIE 
WILLIAM    BERESFOnD,    KNitillT,    1341^.* 

The  picture  in  painted  on  n  panel  of  oak  very  roughly 
dressed,  thin  at  the  edge*,  and  with  two  longitudinal 
eracka,  as  if  composed  of  three  boArds  like  some  of  the 
early  Flemish  pictures.  On  this  uneven  back  surface,  the 
following  inscription  occur*  in  large  old  lettering,  "Sir 
W™  Bercsford,  Knt. ;  "  and  below  is  written  in  the  hand 
of  the  last  century,  •*Pinri.  1345."  On  the  frame  the 
name  and  date  are*  repeated,  showing  the  anxiety  of  the 
former  owners  to  preserve  what  is  now  scaiing  cff  from 
the  face  of  the  picture,  viz.  the  artist's  date  of  execution. 
In  the  left' hand  corner  of  the  fi-ont  of  the  picture  occur 
these  letters  and  figurea  ^AO  13  5."  The  third  figure 
**  4  **  has  disappeared  altogether.  In  the  right-hand  cor- 
ner ia  painted  ••jETATiS  75."  Were  it  not  for  the 
rather  hftivy  outline  there  would  be  difficulty  in  making 
out  the  exact  shape  of  Sir  Wul^s  cap  from  the  black  back> 
ground.  Though  this  cap  bears  some  resemblance  to  tboa« 
worn  in  Edw.  v  lth*a  reign,  yet  caps  of  many  shapes  were 
worn  in  Edw>  lUrd's  time  with  a  single  feather  upright 
in  front  of  the  bonnet  Thefscc  of  Sir  Wm.  is  tolerably 
limned,  and  he  looks  out  upon  you  siern  and  resi>lute. 
The  eyeB  have  life  and  character/lbuugh  they  appear  tew 
a  mall.  The  flesh-colour  of  the  checks  ia  wijll  preserved, 
and  the  nose  is  nicely  proportioned,  and  in  gOLMl  relief. 
Immediately  beneath  'it  fails  a  noble  brown  moustache, 
twisted  tu  on  each  side  to  show  the  smallest  bit  of  mouth. 
The  beard  is  heavy,  and  long  enough  to  cover  the  whole 
chest  \  it  falUnaturallytand  divides  near  the  end  into  two 
thick  points.  Sir  Wm.  wears  a  black  sable-trimmed  gar- 
ment, the  fur  wide  on  the  shoulders,  narrowing  in  its 
descent  in  front  like  a  lady's  boa.  In  Kdw.  Illrd's  reign 
we  are  told  that  furs  of  ermine  snd  letlice  were  strictly 
forbidden  to  any  but  tbc  royal  family,  though  nobles  |ioa- 
•esaing  a  thoust&d  pounds  per  anuura  might  sport  ibcm. 
Peeping  from  under  the  right  whiaker,  and  re^sting  0at 
upon  the  shoulder  fur,  is  a  fragment  of  kce  with  a  tassel. 
A  tight-fitting  black  sleeve  covers  the  left  arm,  and  tha 
wrist  is  encirdcd  vitVv  Vait*  «i^  \\wfe  tasESA  ^jaX\sA^  ^^^^ 


240 


NOTES  AND  QUEEIES- 


C  t»<  a.  V* , 


li^m 


collar,  o Hilled.  The  Hffbt  band  gnsf>»  a  pair  of  glovea^ 
eviii«Mitly  intended  for  stroDg  buckfikJo;  they  have  two 
tags,  axil)  one  giovo  has  a  btitton  oa  it  cover«d  with 
leather.  Varnish  hiu  been  iporiagly  tuedon  the  picture, 
and  the  Llistcriii/^  appears  to  have  been  caused  by  tbo 
shrinking  of  the  fibre  of  the  wood.  The  hoods  arc  fairly 
paintcdi  hut  display  no  rin^  upon  the  lingers. 

CxMPOIiOKQO'l    ^^LmtOLBXlCON.'* 1  BftVC   In 

my  possession  a  curious  book»  pubUshed  in  Naples 
in  the  year  1782,  called  Lithokxicon,  It  consiist^ 
principallv  of  inscriptions,  containing  unusual 
words  collected  rrom  brasses  and  marbles  in  vari- 
oun  parts  of  Italy.  The  author,  Emmanuel  Cara- 
polongo,  gives  a  not  very  i!itellig:iblfi  account  in 
a  loiij^  preface  ofllie  manner  in  which  the  manu- 
script copies  of  tbeae  inscriptions  came  into  his 
hands.  MuL'b  mention  is  wade  in  the  pre! act*, 
and  in  several  inscriptions,  of  a  sect  called  Adei, 
about  whom  I  should  be  glad  to  receive  naore 
particular  infonn«ition.  The  following  is  the  ac- 
count the  author  gives  of  them  :  — 

**  Adei,  sec  La  qundam  Deos  el  i  minims,  arcbaica,  et 
u«qiie  perdnrans  sjbcuHs  post«rioribu«,  fundala  iup^rbia, 
irav  luxu'-  *  -  '  ]  i ;  per  totum  terraram  orbem  dis* 
semioat^t.  le  sic,  ut  nulla  Mogistratus  vi  colii- 

beri  poas<  r  i  quaquaversum ;  de  qua  nltum  femie 

silentium  upuU  S<: ri^j tores,  quoniam  iinusquii^ue  metuebat 
f^mtin  sibi  malum  aooersere;  nisi  quod  de  ea  Copltus 
ftodl^inus  meminit.  FAcdosui  Adeua  citatus  cum  Deiata 
aftt«  fenim  diaboloia,  oedera  Caino  Adeatuiu,  furore  cor-^ 
riFptus  dedit  alapam  dlabolo'De»ta;quo. — Ca»iiua  Eodigi- 
uu«,  Libro  Geomantife,  cum  Ritterhuaio.*' 

From  many  Gfjually  strange  inscriptions  re- 
lating to  tliiK  sect  I  trauHcribe  thu  following:  — 

••  lei  (ins,  AdeuA,  Asiuio,  Dedit,  AUpam,  Vesti%*iDo. 
Adto.  Miiiii^Miv-«;ni,  L't,  DedidicedU  Adei»,  Dare,  Ala- 
\u%s  Astnius,  Calcibuir,  AsinJ.  Digcus.  A.  Conjuge. 
Amiaso,  G«menti&." 

I  shall  be  obliged  for  any  Information  respecting 
these  Adei^  and  the  authority  of  the  LUhmexicon 
of  Emmanuel  Canipolongo^* 

Colchester. 
JOUM  I)j|7tiBL»   Aim    OTBBJl   BAJU*T  Pl*\fBHS. 

Between  the  yenrs  1619  und  I63:5t  various  pay- 
ments were  made  by  the  corporation  of  this  town 
tu  tbe  leaders  An«1  managers  of  several  courpantes 
of  plajrera  visiting  the  place.  The  following 
names  occur  in  these  entries :  Ellis  Gest,  or 
Guest;  Thomas  Swinnertou ;  Artliuret  Grimes; 

John    Daniel;  Terry;   Slater;  

Townaend ;    Knight ;    Kite ;     

Moore ;  Diahley ;  and Perrie.     A  few 

of  them  are  mentioned  in  Mt,  J.  P.  Collier's  An^ 
naU  of  ihf  Stage,  I  shall  feel  grateful  for  an 
earljf  communication  of  any  additional  particidara 
rtspeeting  any  of  them.  William  Kklxt. 


'HC"i  and 


(•  For  a  fhort  account  of  Ev. 
a  itst  of  bis  »r«rk/i,  rotjifuit  the  ^ 


DiGBT  PBmonBE.  — Wc  '   ^»Fiiied  by  Aa- 1 

thony  Wood,  in  his  Life oj  ^m  Dighf^^  | 

a  book  wHi  compiled  by  oriu  r  m  the  latter,  < 
tftinin^r  a  history  of  the  Dig  by  family.  It  ■«-— . 
that  the  Tower,  and  all  oUier  simil&r  dep«tianaJ 
in  London,  were  ililip-ntly  searched  for  rei^l 
evidence  as  to  this  illustrious  fnniiTv  -  n^d  tlnl  At| 
vol  ume  contained  drawinj^s  of  ri  u  ei 

sepulchral  monuments  of  that  r 
the  then  recently  erected  tomb  of  '^ 
wife  of  Sir  Kenelra.     Where  i^  thi> 

A  LOKD  OF  A  MaSiOA. 

**TffE   Gleaner^"  jetc. — In  Janoar 
weekly  periodical^  entitled  The  Gleaner 
and  Gtftdlemana  Mt/gazine,  was  started  iji  l'u 
and  I  have  a  copy  of  the  first  number.     C«aiil| 
tell  me  whether  any  other  numbers  SLppem^f    I 

Family  ofGoodwch. — The  inquirer  waall^  I 

histoi*y  and  pedigree  of  a  family  of  tlita 
Any  information  will  be  a  favour.      He  i 
Elands  that  the  Enn^ltsh  locality  of  the  beadcf^j 
family  was  at  one  time  at  Lym;  "^xtimi 

but  they  had  a  connexion,  mv 
with  America,  at  Kew  York  an*.i  m  v  ir^ipi 
at  the  Kevolution»  took  the  Koyalist  Stidc 
and  in  England,  they  were  mucb  cooti« 
busincssi  and  by  man-iage,  with  the  UmMy  i 
SLedden.  About  fifty  yeara  i^o,  then*  «{i|iMill 
have  been  five  or  six  brothers  Goodriches*.  Jdtk 
beli*jved  the  eldest,  lived  at  Everglyn,  near  Ca^ 
pbilly,  Glamorganshire,  His  eldest  son  waa  Wu- 
lianif  of  Gloucestershire ;  his  youn^:e^  iJae  Mi^ 
Barley  Vicar  of  Great  Suling,  Essex*  Wl^ifli 
of  Gloucestershire  had  several  sons  and  dmy^lil^ 
The  sons,  as  far  as  known,  William  ^arrf  |B.)^ 
James;  the  Rev.  Octavius,  Vicar  of  lljiJnaMi 
near  Leominster  ;  and  Arthur.  The  f«uiu1y  iiW 
lately.  If  not  now,  In  Glouccstersbire,  at  Matjsa 
House,  and  at  Maisemure  Court,  both  near  Gti*- 
ccstei\  Of  the  five  or  six  brothers  nK'nlifMic^ 
nnother,  Bartlet,  once  lived  at  Lutwich  Hall 
Salop ;  and  had  a  house  in  Quoca  Sijuure^  Londoa 
He  removed  from  Lutwub  «  ^v:.  .-  *  v.  ^^  £^ 
sex*     He   had   eight   dau  \nm, 

Margaret,  married  her  cuLi ,^  .   ..^.ilM^ 

of  Lenborough,  Bucks,  son  oi'  usioihvt  of  the  f ft 
or  six  brothers;  and  another  it(  the  iT.iiiL»lnici 
married  another  cousin,  the  Rev.  I  tyf^ 

rich,    already  mentioned.      Bartlel 
Saling  Grove,  was  certainly  one  ni    ;  i 
who  had  had  a  connexion  with  Atii.uMi. 
wife  wais  Mary  Wilson,  believed  of  N«w 


Mm. 


ra/e,  viii  US. — Eu,] 


I 


8"«S.V.  jaK.19,'04.] 


NOTES  A2fD  QUEBIE& 


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I 


I 


iDformaeioti,  sent  either  through  "  Hf.  k  Q.,"  or 
under  cover  addre«»ed  *'  Bojc»  No.  62,  Post  Office, 
Derbj/'  wUl^  as  ^d,  b<  a  favour,  M.  A.  J« 

Abp.  Hamiltow,  —  Tn  the  Cathedral  of  Upsal, 
in  Sweden,  lies  buried  (m  (he  same  grave  as 
Laiir^nt'tus  Petri  Nerieius,  the  first  Protestant 
trchbishop  of  Upsal),  Archibald  Hamilton,  Arch- 
bishop of  Casbel,  who  dfed  at  Fpsal,  1650.  Can 
ao/otie  gtve  me  any  information  as  to  this  Irish- 
infia*B  doings  in  Sweden  ?  When  did  he  fly  thither  ? 

£.  S.  M, 

Hbkauiec  QcmtT. — A.  belongs  to  a  family  who 
have  never  been  annigeri,  and  obtains  for  himself 
a  ertnt  ot  arms.  He  dies  without  issue.  Have 
A.S  brotherHf  or  other  relative?,  any  claim  what* 
©FCr  to  bear  ihe  arms  granted  to  A.  ? 

It  appears  to  me  they  can  have  no  sueh  right, 
but  I  should  wish  to  have  my  opinion  sanctioned 
by  the  autliority  of  "N.  &  QJ'  J, 

Rev.  J^mb«  Kbnkedt.  —  In  the  year  18 J  S,  the 
Rev.  Jumes  Kennedy,  A.B.,  published  a  12mo 
pamphlet,  entitled  — 

**  Laehryrns  Aca^mnicie ;  compnaio^^  StAOzas  tn  Eng- 
lish and  Greek,  sddre&sed  to  ttie  MeiDiory  of  the  Princesa 
Charlotte."    Dublin,  pp.  34. 

The  author,  I  think,  is  dead ;  and  I  wish  to 
know  where  I  may  End  any  particulars  respect* 
ing  him.  Abhba. 

Wji^ljam  Luxikgtom  Lewis,  of  Pembroke  Col- 
lie, Oxibnl.  became  B.A.  June  26,  1764.  He 
occurs,  ill  1 765,  as  first  usber  of  Repton  Grammar 
School,  Derbyshire.  He  published,  by  subscrip- 
tion»  the  Thebmd  of  Statius,  translated  into 
English  verse,  Oxford,  2  vols.  8vo,  1767.  It  is 
dedicated  to  Henry,  Duke  of  Beaufort;  and, 
amongst  tlie  subscribers,  are  many  inhabitants  of 
Gloucv'stenabire  and  the  adjoining  counties.  A 
second  and  improved  edition  of  the  work  ap- 
peared at  Oxford  in  1773*  This  translation  is 
comprised  in  the  poetical  collections  of  Anderson 
and  Chalmers.  More  about  the  translator  is 
desired.  S.  Y.  R. 

JoaePH  Masste,  a  celebrated  political  writer, 
who  died  Nov.  1,  1784,  is  mentioned  in  M 'Col- 
loch  a  Literature  of  Political  Econoim^  251,  330, 
S31.  It  is  observuble  that  Watt  calls  him  John. 
He  Jrt  '«Ur»  -Milled  JoKk  in  the  published  Catalogue 
of  i^r  :  Books  in  the  British  Museum.     In 

the  i  Catalogue  he  appears  as  J.  Massla 

I  suppose  that,  like  too  mimy  of  the  autliora  nf  the 
jiresent  day,  he  gave  only  the  initials  of  his  Cluris- 
ii&n  name  on  the  titles  of  his  books.        S.  Y.  R. 

Reikts  wasted. — I  should  feel  obliged  to  any 
correspondent  who    may  be    able   to   give  me  a 
description  of  any  rebus,  or  punning  molto,  borne 
{  for  the  name  of  Ford,  CARJLfoftB. 

CapaT«wti, 


RicBARt>  Smith.— Born  at  Bramham,  York- 
shire, in  1626  ;  died  there  in  1668.  A  MS.  journal 
says  that  he  *^  was  educated  for  the  gown,  but  y* 
troubles  in  England  at  that  time  prevented  lus 
proceeding."  Is  his  name  upon  the  records  of  any 
of  the  Inns  of  Court  ?  Does  the  word  **  gown 
apply  to  all  of  the  three  learned  professions  ? 

St.T. 

St.  John  CLiMACin^s. — I  have  a  copy  of  the 
Climax  of  thin  father  (the  great  work  from  which 
he  derived  his  surname)  in  Latin,  which  very 
closely  resembles  the  Farts  edition  of  1511,  de* 
scribed  by  Panzer  (vol.  x.  p.  6,  art,  469),  a  copy 
of  which  is  in  the  British  Museum* 

Mine  diHers  from  that  edition  in  the  following 
particulars :  — 

1.  It  bears  no  imprint  of  place  or  date. 

S2.  Bach  folio  is  numbered. 

3.  The  type  is  somewhat  neater,  and  the  initi&l 
letters  more  ornamental. 

4.  The  title  is  simply  "Doctor  spualia  dy- 
macus.*' 

5.  The  printer's  mark  is  that  of  Denis  Roche, 
who  flourished  in  Paris,  1501*1510. 

My  copy  WAS  formerly  in  the  Library  of  the 
late  Mr.  Peter  Hardy,  F.R.S.,  a  distinguished 
actuary,  and  a  very  excellent  and  learned  man. 
I  do  not  find  Rocue*s  edition  mentioned  either 
in  Panzer,  or  in  the  prefatory  Remarks  to  the 
Reprint  of  the  Climax  in  Migne's  PatrohgitB 
Curtm  Completuw,  Series  Grseca,  vol.  Ixxxviii. 
This  famous  work  of  St.  John  of  Mount  Sinai 
was  translated  into  English  for  the  first  time  a« 
recently  as  1857,  by  a  priest  of  the  Roman 
Catholic  Church,  whose  name  escapes  me  at  thi« 
moment.*  An  account  of  the  saint  is  given  in 
Aiban  Butler,  under  March  30, 

Possibly  your  learned  correspondent  Canon 
Dai*ton,  who  takes  so  much  intere<^t  in  the  labotirs 
of  Ximenes,  may  be  able  to  contribute  some  bib- 
liographical notes  of  this  Treatise  —  the  popularity 
of  which  on  the  continent,  in  the  early  part  of  the 
sixteenth  century,  was  no  doubt  due  to  that  car- 
dinal^s  repr'mt  of  it, 

Job  J.  B.  Workaeb. 

SosG  :  ^*  Is  rr  to  tet  mk  ?  "—Can  any  of  yo«r 
correspondents  tell  me  where  to  find  the  words  of 
a  song  (said  to  have  been  sung  by  the  late  Ed- 
mund Kenn),  of  which  the  first  verse  is  as  fol- 
lows:— 

•»  Is  it  to  try  mo 
That  yon  thus  fly  me?  — 
Can  y'oa  deuy  me 
Day  after  day?" 

F.  F.  a 


[  •   Th§  llofy  Ladder  of  Per/eciion,  %  wliich  urn  man 
A»cend  to  Htavtn.   TxnAvMX^A  tto^j^ ^^t^'t^^^W-^.  ^^>Ja.^ 
Robert.  Mount  ^t.^mwCi'^  >W^^[.  \«oSl.VWs^A^^^*** 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


IS^  &  V.  Mam.  aii 


Sophocles, — AVho  are  authors  of  1.  CEdipus 
Tprannm^  literftlly  transUted  by  a  Graduate, 
Dublin,  1840,  VImo?  2.  (Edipus  Tyranniu  of 
Sopbocles,  literalfy  tranBlatecl,  London ^  Bell, 
1847  f  3.  Sophocles^  Greek  and  Latin,  cum 
Scholils.  Cantab.  J.  Field,  small  8 vo,  1665.  Re- 
printed 1668,  9,  73*  Who  18  the  author  ofthU 
Latin  Yersion  ?  R.  L 

Theocsitdb* —  L  Theocritug,  Six  Eclogues 
IranBlfttcd  by  E*D.  Oxford,  1588.— 2,  TheocriU 
(pnedam  seUctwra  Eidyllia^  Greek  and  Latin,  by 
David  Whitclbrd,  London,  4to»  1659.  Is  the 
14th  id  vll'of  Theocritus^  **  The  Syracusan  GoBsipe," 
included  in  these  Latin  and  English  translations? 
Is  anything  known  of  the  tranfilatora  ?         K.  L 

Wills  at  LLANDArr.^Can  any  of  your  readers 
inffirtn  me  of  the  fate  of  the  earlier  portion  of  the 
wills  that  have  been  proved  at  Llandaff ?  The 
existing  documents,  preserved  in  that  dijninutive 
city  do  not  go  back  ao  far  as  1700;  and  a  tradi- 
tion reports  that  the  more  ancient  records  were 
destroyed  by  fire.  If  any  of  your  correspondents 
can  enlighten  me  on  this  subject,  or  can  inform 
me  whether  the  wills  in  question  have  been  trans- 
ferred to  any  other  diocese,  they  will  much  oblij;© 

Antiquitas» 

<^ttrrttif  foftf)  ^ttj0»fnf, 

Milton's  "  mebb  A.  S.  and  Rutdbrpobd  ** 
(3^**  S-  V.  118.) — In  your  editorial  reply  to  the 
above  query,  you  alBrni  that  "  A.  S,  tlenotea 
Dr.  Adam  Steuart ;  but  I  believe  that  this  is  a 
mistiikf,  and  that  the  right  name  is  indicated  by 
Dr.  Irving  iu  hi^  Lives  of  Scotuh  TfriYcr*,  Edinb. 
1839:  — 

«  Warton  remarks  of  A.  S.  that  *  his  DAm«  was  never 
known.*  But  we  learn  from  Corl>et'a  vituperiitive  Epitile 
that  his  naine  was  Alexander  Scmple.  (Ephtle  Con- 
ffratuluiory  of  Lftunarhut  Nicanor,  p,  69.  edit,  Oxfonl» 
1684,  410.)  Among  other  works,  he  publiihcd  a  Ballad 
callfd  ThM  Sithop's  Bndie$r—YQl  iL  p.  12a. 

ElBlOMHACn. 

[The  Rev.  H.  J.  Todd  {Poetical  Work*  of  Joha  Milton, 
vu*  H  edit.  1809),  after  quoting  Warton's  note,  remarks 
that  *»  TJic  name  of  A.  S.  was  well  known,  and  a  doughty 
thampton  be  appears  1o  have  been  in  the  potemics  of 
that  time:  wito@«  his  effusions,  entitled  '  Zerubbabel  to 
S«al>alUt  and  Tobiah  :  or,  The  first  part  of  the  Duply  to 
M,  S,  iklioM  Two  Brethren,  hy  Adam  Sleuart,  8tc.  Imprim. 
Miir.  17.  1644,'  ito.  Again,  •  The  second  part  of  the 
Ouply  to  M.  S.  aikis  Two  Brethren.  With  a  brief  Epi- 
tome and  RefutatioQ  of  all  the  whole  IndejtendeHt  Go- 
vernment: Most  burobly  snbmllted  tw  thw  King's  mo»t 
•xcellsnt  Msjeitie,  to  ihe  most  Honorable  IIoums  of 
Parliamrnf,  the  mo«t  Reverend  ntul  Teamed  Divines  of 
Ihn  Ai»emlh%  and  all  the  TrwteiUnt  Churthei  In  the 
Island  and  abrmd.  by  Adim  Stttmirt,  Impriin*  Oct  3, 
1644,  410.*    Jn  thJs  »ec<mil  part  liie  observations  of  Wia 


Two  Brtthrtn  are  stated^  ttnd  the  r«plJe«  at] 

with  A,  S.  prefixed.     Poaaibly  Milton  ridkillca  tlii»  | 

nutenesB,  in  here  writing  only  *  mora  A-  9.'    Bf 

the  Tracts  above  stated  contain  in  Ibcir  tilla-pagti  tk| 

name  at  targe.    See  also,  *  An  Answer  to  a  Libell  i 

A  Coole  Conference  bctweene  the  cleered   Hafiic 

and  ihe  Apologfiicalt  NarratioHt  brought  togftLtrl7i| 

^Veil-Wilier  to  both,  &c.     By  Adam     Stfwtrt,  hall 

iG44*    4to.    I  have  found  him  called,    in  9tli«rtiKlitf| 

the  time^  Doclot  A.  Stauart,  a  Divine  of  th«€liafflil| 

Scotland."] 

Sir  Richard  Ford.  —  In  Strype*»  editioi  Jt 
Stow's  Survey,  vol.  ii.  p,  148  (edit.  1720).  1  id 
an  engravinf^  of  the  arms  of  Sir  Ricliard  I^J 
Mercer,  Mayor  of  London.  What  arc  the  lor  I 
tures  of  this  coat^  and  what  cre^t  and  iiio4li>  H^i 
Sir  Richard  bear  ?  I  should  also  be  gladafMI 
further  information  respecting  the  innyorr  vvl 
iiimily.  CxmMijn^ 

Cape  Town, 

[Sir  Ki chard  Ford  (of  the  Forda  of  Hadldntl  j 
folk)  was  knighted  by  Charles  11.  at  tho  li^ga 
1660;  Sheriff  of  London.  1663  j  Lord  Mayor,  II 
M.P.  for  Sou  t  bam  pi  on  ia  tbe  first  session  of  i 
parlinment  of  Charles  II.  A.D.  16T8.  Sir  KicliaM^ 
town  residence  was  tn  Hart  Street,  Crutched  I'riar^  «t0i1 
he  bad  our  amusing  Diarist,  Samuel  Pepysi^  Ibr  a  i 
bout  and  an  acquaintance.  "  I  do  6Qd»^  eaya  I 
**  Sir  Richard  Ford  a  very  able  man  of  l»i« 
tongue,  and  a  scholar.**  When  Pepys  atarled  at 
of  his  own,  he  tells  us  that  "This  evenings  (? 
166^),  to  my  great  content,  I  got  Bir  KidiafH  IMI 
give  me  leave  to  set  my  coach  in  bis  yaxtl.**  A^ttailsi 
days  after,  be  says,  "AH  the  momingr  at  tH«  [Km| 
Office,  where,  while  I  was  fitting,  one  cornea  and  t«^s 
lb  at  my  coach  is  come.  So  I  was  force4  ta  go  o«^  ^ 
to  Sir  Rtchard  Ford's,  where  I  spoke  to  bins,  and^i 
very  willing  to  have  it  brought  in.  and  stand  Ijscvvf  «i 
so  1  ordered  it.  to  my  great  content,  it  betn^  mifltr 
prettyi  only  the  horses  do  not  plaaae  me,  axid  tik 
resolve  to  have  better." 

Sir  Richard  Ford's  country  residence  wae  at  Hav 
wins  [Baldwins],  a  manor  situated  at  ihe  aotatli- 
comerof  Dartford  Heath,  in  Kent.  He  died  &u  Au|pislit.' 
1G78,  and  was  buried  in  Bexle^*  Church,  in  K^nU  w)k«f« 
there  Is  a  long  Latin  inscription  on  his  gravevtons^asl 
printed  in  Le  Keve*s  Mnnwmrnia  An^tctina^  Part  H. 
p,  187,  His  arms,  as  given  in  Burke's  Armary,  mrtk  Q^ 
two  bends  vair^,  on  a  canton  or, .to  anchor  sa.  Crwl,e^ 
of  tbe  naval  coronet ...  a  bear's  bead,  sa,  muaaJed  g»] 

Aw  Ei'iTAPU. —  I  lately  found  the  Rooaa^HUiy 

ing   lines  amongst  some  old  MS.  pa  perm.      Cca 
anyone  inform  me  to  whom  the  cpitAph  Rf 
and  by  whom  it  waa  written  ?  — 

**  Hers  he%  unptUed  both  by  Churrh  and  Staler 
Tha  subieet  of  their  Flatter v 
Flattered  bv  those  on  whcftn  •  fl«>w*d« 


»"•  S.  V.  Mas.  19,  '04.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


24d 


Who  aimed  the  Chnrcli  by  Church  men  to  Itetray, 

Ami  hoped  to  ahare  in  Arbitrary  .SvrAV: 

In  Tuidar»  ami  in  IIoadlev*.4  Pulhs  she  trod. 

An  Hypocrite  in  all — but  Oi^belief  in  God. 

Promoted  Luxury,  oncou raged  Viee, 

HeTsdf  a  Stave  to  lordid  Araricc. 

True  Friendship,  lender  l^ve^  no*er  toncVd  her  HeAiti 

Falsehood  nppeared,  in  vain  disi^ised  by  Art; 

Fawning  and  Haughty— when  Familinr,  Bade, 

And  ne\'€r  Gracious  «eom'd,  but  to  delude; 

Inqui5itivc  in  trifling  mean  afiTain, 

Heedless  of  Public  Good  or  Orphani'  Tears  j 

To  her  own  Offspring  mercy  she  denied. 

And  uaforgiriog^  im^rgiven  dkd." 

Biscopuf. 

[This  lampoon  waa  drawn  up  tn  Answer  to  an  Epitaph 
ou  Queen  Caroline,  Consort  of  George  IL,  commenc- 
ing— 

**nere  lies,  lamented  hy  Iho  Poor  and  GretU 
Prop  of  the  Church,  and  Glory  of  the  Stale,"  &c 
Printed  in  Ver$e»  on  the  Death  of  that  Qtiecn,  fol  1738. 
The  copy  of  thtf  Lampoon  in  the  British  Mujieum  is  so 
cleverly  written  as  scarcely  to  he  distinguished  from 
typography.    The  author  is  unknown  to  us.] 

GuTTElltnGE,  TBK    PoET,    A   NaTIVB  OF  SuOBB- 

©iTcn,  —  Wanted,   particulars    of   birn   knd  bis 
works.  ^_ 

fNofliing  appears  to  he  known  of  Tliom&s  Gutteridge, 
who  was  simply  a  doggrel  rhymist  of  Elegies,  which  he* 
printed  on  folio  iheeU,  much  in  the  style  of  those  by 
Master  James  Catnach,  residing  in  that  Bohemian  locality, 
Monmouth  Court,  Seven  Dials.  Six  of  Giitteridgc's  Ele- 
ipes  are  preserved  in  the  Britiah  Museum.  In  a  postscript 
to  that  on  the  Memory  of  the  Rev.  John  Dabbiird,  who 
died  July  13,  1743,  Gutteridge  haa  the  following  note 
reapecting  himself:  **  Tlie  Author  of  this  tcachoth  Short 
Hand  from  schemes  of  hia  own,  intirely  new,  and  will 
wait  upon  any  person  at  thetr  own  house."  hi  1750,  he 
was  residing  at  No.  47,  New  Inn  Yard,  Shoreditch.  The 
laal  Elegy  we  have  met  with  was  on  the  Rev,  Thomas 
Hall,  who  died  June  3, 1762.] 

"  CtiouGii  A?f D  Crow."  —  Who  wrote  this  well- 
know  ti  poem,  best  known  through  Bishop's  ad- 
mirnbl©  glee  ?  A.  Aingss, 

[This  bejiutifbl  poem  is  by  Joanna  Baillie,  and  ought  to 
have  appeared  in  the  collected  edition  of  her  Dramatic 
and  Poetkal  Work$,  8vo,  1861.  It  is  entitled  "  The  Gip- 
»ey  Glee  and  Chonu,"  and  ia  printed  in  Daniel  Terry *i 
Muaical  Play  of  Guy  Munneringi  or,  the  Gipfy*a  Pro- 
phecy,  8vo,  1816,  p.  42.  Mr.  Terry  adds  in  a  note,  "  To 
Mrs.  Jo'inna  BaiUie's  friendly  permisaion,  I  feol  proud  in 
acknowledging  myself  indebted  for  the  nte  of  this  heau- 
liAil  poem;  accompanied  by  the  music  of  Bishop,  the 
effect  it  produces  is  most  powerful  and  characteristic"] 

Champak  Odours. —  What  is  the  meaning  of 
ibe  wonl  **Cbatnpak"  as  used  in  the  following 
Jines  by  Percy  B.  Shelley :  — 

"TW  wand'ring  airs  they  faint  W 

Olv  0>«  dark^tbe  silent  stream, 

The  Chnmpak  odours  fail 
Like  »we«t  thougbu  in  a  dream. 


If     The  njghtlngle*s  conplalutlit  dies  upon  her  heartt      r 
/^yjL  As  I  must  on  thiQe,|beloveR  as  thou  art."  C 

^       h  c.  s. 

[The  following  notice  of  the  charming  and  celebrated 
plimt  Cbampac  occurs  in  Sir  William  Jones's  "Botanical 
Obicrrfttiona  on  Select  Indian  Plants,"  Worki,  vol.  v.  p. 
129,  edit.  1807 :  —  "  The  strong  aromatick  scent  of  the 
gold' coloured  Champac  is  thought  offensive  to  the  bees, 
who  are  never  seen  on  its  blossoms;  but  thdr  elegant 
Bppearance  on  the  black  hair  of  the  Indian  women  is  men* 
Cloned  byRun)phius;  and  both  facts  have  supplied  the 
Sanscrit  poets  with  elegant  allnsiona.**] 

Bishop  Pridbaux's  Portrait.  —  I  recently 
raet  with  a  portrait  of  John  Prideaux,  Bishop  of 
WorceBter,  and  underneath  the  portrait  a  view 
of  the  rectory  of  Bredon,  where  he  died.  I  wish 
to  know  from  what  work  this  folio  plate  ia  ex* 
traded,  and  where  the  origlnnl  oil-painting  of 
the  bishop  is  now  to  be  aeen  ?  Is  it  at  Exeter 
College,  Oxford  f  G.  P. 

[The  folio  plate  of  Bishop  PrideatLx  and  the  Rectory- 
house  at  Bredon  ia  taken  from  Nash's  HiMtory  of  Warcet- 
ia-ihi^l  132,  edit.  1782.  Parker's /fafu/AeoA /or  llnior» 
to  Oxford,  ed.  1858,  p.  182,notice«  a  portrait  of  Dr.  Pri- 
des ux  (most  probably  the  Bishop),  at  present  in  Exeter 
Hall,  Oxford.] 

"  YocKO  LovELL*8  Bridb.**— Is  the  incident  of 
tbe  death  of  **  young  Lovell's  bride,"  related  in 
the  ballad,  "  Tbe  Mistletoe  Bough,*'  founded  on 
fact  ?     And  if  »o,  where  is  the  fact  stated  ?      H. 

[Mr.  Rogers  ia  his  //Wy,  ed.  1640,  p.  110,  haa  a  story 
headed  "  Giaevra,"  and  which  he  lays  the  scene  of  at 
Modena.  In  a  note  he  says,  **  I  believe  this  story  to  be 
foiuided  on  fuct*  though  I  cannot  tell  when  and  where  it 
happened ;"  and  adds,  **  many  old  houses  ta  this  country  lay 
claim  to  it."  Two  versions  of  the  dramatic  narrative  of 
**  Ginevra^  the  Lady  buried  alive,'*  are  given  by  Collet  in 
hia  BtlicM  of  Literature,  p.  186.  Vide  «  N.  &  Q."  I*  S, 
V.  129,209,333.] 


tB^tpliti, 


PARISH  REGTSTERa 
(3^^  S.  V.  78,  et  passim.) 
The  registers  of  the  parish  of  AVilby,  Northamp- 
tonshire, deserve  to  be  noticed  as  presenting  a 
ba|>py  exception  to  that  injury  nnd  destruction 
which  similar  records  have  too  often  experienced 
through  the  neglect  of  their  legally  constituted 
guardians,  assisted  by  the  ravages  of  the  general 
enemy  Time  and  damp.  But  thej^e  happened  most 
fortunately,  it  appear*,  to  fall  under  the  care  of 
one  whose  well-known  appreciation  of  ancient  do* 
ctiments  secured  for  them  the  privilegje  of  a.l<iwgx 


244 


NOTES  AND  QUEBLE& 


[B^^aT.  iiA«.i 


And  aniiquariau  tastes  as  Tbomas  Percy,  tiie  rec- 
tor of  tbi5  small  countrj  village ;  but  we  may^  at 
all  events,  hold  up  bis  example  as  worthy  of  their 
imitation.  It  ibes  honour  to  the  raemorjr  of  the 
author  of  Reliquea  of  Engtiah  Pot  try  to  hnd  him 
thus  usefully  employed  in  preserving  the  huoible 
annals  of  his  parish  for  thie  bene&t  of  those  that 
•hould  come  after  him. 

The  title-pnge  to  the  registers  bears  the  follow- 
ing inscription  in  his  own  hand :  — 

**  Tli«ie  old  Registers  were  rescued  IVom  Destruction ^ 
and  for  their  further  Preservation  gathered  into  ihia 
volume  in  1767, 

**  TflOMAfi  P&RCY,  Rector:* 

**l]lOina8  PeroVt  A.M.  (Vieer  of  Eastern  Maudit),  In- 
ititnled  Aug  14f  1756.  Appointed  ChsptAin  hi  Ordiaof^r 
'  to  IL  Ge"  8*  in  17f>9,  and  Deao  of  Carltsk  in  1778  [and 
Bishop  of  Dromore  in  Ireland  in  1782/3 

"Ac  the  end  of  this  Volume  is  a  Fragment  of  en  an* 
eient  Book  of  R&tcs,  which  was  thought  to  be  a  curionty^ 
that  doerved  to  be  preeerved. 

"  Memorandum  < 
"  Feby  25*,  1767*  This  day  I  transcribed  into  the  three 
Ibllowing  Leavte  of  Furchment  all  the  Articloi  of  Births, 
Baptiema,  and  Buriab  during  the  years  175G,  1757,  1758^ 
1759*  1760,  1761,  1762.  17G3,  1764,  1765,  1766.  wiach  I 
found  entered  in  a  Paper  Register  of  the  Baptisms  and 
Burials  of  this  Parish  of  Wilbye,  Tis.  all  that  have  hap« 
poned  since  I  have  been  Hector  of  this  Porish ;  and  after 
a  very  exact  Collation  of  this  Copy  with  the  oaid  Qrigi- 
^  oalf,  1  hereby  decUre  it  to  be  very  correct  and  perfect. 
*'  Thomas  PKacv,  Ruiorof  WlS^' 

The  "fragment "  of  the  "ancient  book  of  rates*' 
contains  many  curious  and  interesting  entries  in 
reference  t*^  the  period  when  the  court  of  Charles 
L  took  up  Its  abode  at  Wellingborough,  in  order 
that  the  que<?n  uiit^ht  drink  the  chalybeate  water 
of  tins  "red  welL"  And  it  appears  from  tliem 
that  the  adjoining  parish  of  Wilby  was  laid 
under  contribution  for  the  supplies  of  her  ma- 
jesty ^s  household.  Specimena  af  the  entries  a^ 
fellows:  — 

'*  A  Levy  made  the  16^  of  July,  1627,  for  her  MaiMtifis 
honeehold,  at  xlj*  a  yard  lanJ.f 

Sum  tot',  xxxiij*  xi'^ 
"  1627.  Laying*  <hUJ'or  htr  MaiestitM  honu^X 
8c  Fflyd  for  cerrving  nix  chicken  and  a 

capon  to  Vvellingt>orei)gge    -        -  lUj^ 

IK  Payd  for  earring  fonr  stnkea  of  wheat 

to  y*  Court  e  •        .        .        «  ^X* 

IK  Payd  for  nix  chickens  and  a  capon     -  i^j* 

!•,  Par<1  \n  fhnmns  Ilericke  for  driving 

r<<ol«  to  thu  Co  arte     -  xtl'^ 

IK  pound  of  butter         •        vj*  vig'' 

I',  i -v  '  ■ ^ -...iJlje  of  the  name  *  iifj* 


It  written  by  another  hand,  evidently  that  of 
in  the  living,  the  tt«v.  Palmer  Whatley, 

*'  jk;^  '^*fns  to  have  been  i«rh#n 

harlee  l.  cume  down  u> 

I    lolaeral  water  in  \Vel- 

«1>«n  slie  wsa  down  at  Wtl- 


l^  Payd  to  tU»  ringer  when  h«r  Maiaatlg 
went  thoroagb  the  toune  to  KarlJft* 
tow      _.---- 

I*.  Tayd  to  «lx  women  for  gaihefiDga 
ruahes(?)     •        -        .         -         * 

IK  Payd  for  tow  quarter  of  oatcs     ' 

It  Payd  fiir  a  load  of  Wood  ibr  the  Coosta 
To'the  men  to  load  the  wood*  andgoto^e 
ta  Wellingbonough  w*  it    * 


Sum  tot^ 


«     jdtijT  i 


lade  the  xxx^  Dav  of  July  of  twelve  fBR 
a  yard  iaiid  for  nnorviaton  for  the  Qoeeo  At  Wallii^^ 
row,  and  for  the  Qaole  and  Marshalaea  House  of  Ctin^ 
tion.* 

•*ALcry  made  the  5  E>ay  of  flfebruary  of  6<a  f«l 
land  for  tlie  <sirriaj^  of  a  lode  of  Coaler  fur  her  Miff.  Bli^ 
peeter  man  from  Yaxley  to  Ringstead.** 

Enough  has  been  here  cited  to  ahcysr  ihaX  tl> 
^*  fragment**  is  highly  illuBtraiive  of  a  PV  ^ 
history  extending  beyond  the  Hniitri  of  Uie  p«nA 
boundaries,  and  the  general  as  well  ft9  the  leed 
annalist  will  be  gratdful  to  the  worthjr  redfl'  w 
the  care  bestowed  on  its  presci^ation. 


GREEK  AND  ROMAN  GAMES  (3^*  S,  iii,  -IL-  . 
65);  GREEK  PROVERBS  (iv.  286;  t.  1  i. 

In  ronipliance  with  your  correspondent^  llrrwb 
request,  1  here  supply  the  extracts  ref|(iired  » 
illustrate  the  subject  of  his  communicattona. 

In  order  that  they  mtiy  occupv  little  rdom.  I 
have  only  occasionally  given  the  Oreck  orlgioal : 

1.  MearsiuA,  De  Lndia  CnFffyntfn  fOpp  16,  lOH) 
'^QuintanuB  contax  I  rwMtd  Qi 

interlicia,  Ju^tiniui  ,^   |  (^ 

dc  Aleatoribu-^  Dun  .    a _i  Maathi 

ion,  Contomouobolon,  Uuaiianuin  canta^tt  mUm  li^ia 
Iterum  in  L,  Aiearum  3  ihtd.  T>(«inrAm  Tmn^  tHiT 
quinque   ludo^,   uionobolo!  '     .on,  Qitlsit] 

conttjcfi  eiric  fibula,  jn^ri*  !  Rmt  i 

jaculatio,  llebutque   pme  it    fmrw%n 

Quincto  auctore  nomen  haUliiiL    UHl^ctmon    Ad 
Nomi>can.  tit.  xiii.  [<'ap.  2D.1    Quiiiiunus  contmx  i 
filnilenn,  :    -  '    >  ... 

quedam 
bertUA  M 

p»  oL3      ii^utviia  vuiua  m;  null 4' 
tentur^   terra*  infixi^  sudthus 

in  cmjitinnmQTi"' — -  '■  ' 

Ubi  amplias  • 
ad  iudcA,  itt  u  I 

•' Cmitomonoboton.  Meminit  Imtierator  in  ci talis i 
verbis.     Krat  veru  iahatio  ut  e  B4iliMimnne  accip 
nuem  jam  nuuc  laudavj.   Contomonobdou, 
mil 

As  un  illustration  of  the  passngc  In  PoRos 
(Ommuutiean^  lib.  ix.  7>t  describing  tlj<»  ^astlm«  I 

•  Not©  bv  'i\  Percy : 
Vfife  of  K.  (>liarW«  1.  wan 
the  witem.'* 

t  "  Ktiiim  Apud  uo«  Quinianei  liulue  haiul 


iidi  I 


1  i  oolittiai,  adpaa 


I 


m&r.  mab.  19, 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


245 


cfilled  "  Hipiias,**  I  subjoio  anolber  extract  from 

••  £t  lu«u8  aliqms  ludilur,  dictus  in  vols  (^  KorvXft)  \ 
procedit  nutern  ttr:  niTmmduc«»u«  qatdmn  retro  manoe 
connect  it  digit  t  -  -m  quit  in  oonr^vi*  mflumttm 

quB*    dunt   voliv  apaeiUti,   <;t    itu   nUollena   M, 

poriatur  tinnitu,  w,  — .  hcuIom*  portAiitiV'  ^'-* 

The  word*,  *E^  icwnJXp  i^#p««i  dej?cribinw  tUig  ye* 
hicular  or  equestrmti  eport^  K.nm>^  to  be  ufted  as  a 
proverbiiii  sayUig. 

"  Ludi  hoc  genus  puerile  Korvhfff  eopiote  exp!i€Jit 
Joliu»  Pcllux,  lib.  ix.  [122]  J  AtheiiKus,  libro  xi.  [p. 
479  A]  ;  Ku5Luthiua  id  Homerum  [//.  *.  p,  joO.]  Dictum 
videtur  do  lis  qui  uliena  paseuuttir  ]ib«:mHtiite :  qtiulc 
iJlud,  Equua  me  porUt,  alit  Rex.  Schotttn  ud  Proverbi* 
2^TJ' ^  '    I'      '     <H1     Goiaford,  Oxooii,  J8ou. 

♦'  ,  ?  Dli  Frcane,  Ghnarium  Metiiat  tt  Inftms 

Ijati'  liJitiina,  Qfiiatenu,  Deeur*io  equratn*  lu- 

dicriw  &'-  \  ule  Froiiwrtiim,  4  toI.  eap.  03*  p.  187,  et 
qu3U  de  hoc  lodicro  coogeMimas  in  Disaert  7,  ad  Jaio^ 
villum.'^ 

"  The  lust  of  all  these  military  cjtordws*  which  I  men- 
tiotied  is  tbuL  of  *  the  Quiniuin/  which  ii  a  bulfSgura  of 
0  niiiD  placed  on  a  post^  an<]i  turoirig  on  a  pirot,  so  thit 
if  the  Afdftiliuit  does  not  with  bta  lance  hit  him  right  on 
the  middle  of  the  bT«Lst,  but  on  the  extreinitiei,  he  makes 
the  figure  turn  round,  which  haviog  a  staff  or  sword  in 
his  right  hand,  and  a  buckler  on  the  others  strikes  the 
person  who  shall  have  given  him  an  itl- aimed  blcrw. 
This  exercise  seems  to  have  been  invented  to  leaeh  those 
who  used  the  lunce  to  point  it  wetj ;  for  in  tiltd  they  were 
bound  to  give  tbetr  thrusts  between  the  four  members, 
or  tliey  wcij^  MiiMnd  for  their  awkwardness*' — Memoir* 
o/Jakn  /  ilie.     To  which  ure  added  the  Notes 

and  Djsi-i  M.  Du  Cauge>  on  the  above,  &c  j 

TxAELslatcii  >jj  iu'JUiMtJi  Johnoi,  Esq.    VoL  ii.  pp.  I03i  4> 
BuiLioTiLECAit.  Chatham 


THE  KEWTON  STONE. 

(a^^S.  ▼.110.) 

If  Dn.  ^loonE  is  right,  the  nmn  T*bo  carved 
the  Newton  stone  must  have  been  one  of  no  or- 
dinary attaintnenU.  He  was  familtar  with  the 
alpbubels  cu]lcd  Fhcentdau,  BactriAn^  and  Lat, 
and  he  waa  nfquainted  witli  the  Hebrew  and 
Cbaldee  languages.  It  is  not  loo  niucb  to  saj, 
that  Dr,  M.  considers  Jim  languages  to  be  repre- 
sented upon  this  siotiG  bv  this  one  inscription ; 
i£  we  include  the  0«iham  line^  there  are  six.  Now 
it  is  not  easy  to  conceive  the  motive  for  employing 
five  languages  in  recording  the  vapid  memorial  of 
forty-two  letters,  as  Dr.  M.  explains  it  ;  and  in 
truth  I  believe  tbut  expliuuition  \itti?rly  uiifoundeJ. 
Tu  arrive  at  it,  we  have  to  suppose  other  mar- 
YcUoue  vappositions.  I  mention  one  or  two  of 
them ;  that  the  42  lettera  on  the  stone  can  be- 
come 48  when  "  {ransliterated'*  upon  paper;  that 
these  letters  not  only  change  their  number,  but 
their    order  on   the  stone  (\\'ilfiond    Prekidoric 


*  t>ac9  this  feature  in  the  game  accoutfl  fur  the  sub- 
fttetttAco  of  the  wofd  hmtitij  for  tintucift  In  the  Teittua  of 


AnnaUt  of  Scotland,  it.  214) ;  the  letters  upon 
the  stone  run  from  lett  to  ri^bt,  but  Dr.  Moosb 
hoB  been  com  pel  le*!  ttj  make  them  read  from  right 
to  left^  to  suit  his  theory,  which  requires  us  to 
believe  that  the  author  of  this  inscription  wrote 
Hebrew  in  a  style  and  idiom  unknown  to  the 
literature  of  the  languaf^e.  I  defy  nny  scholar  to 
show  that  tiie  translation  of  Dr.  M.  can  be  ex- 
torted out  of  his  Hebrew,  or  that  the  Hebrew  ietten 
you  have  pftntci  accurately  represent  either  ihek 
supposed  Enj^Ush  equivalents,  or  what  is  offered 
ne  a  translation.  3133  is  not  Hebrew  at  all;  cer* 
Iftinly  no  »ucb  noun  occurs  in  the  Lexicons,  and 
if  it  did,  it  would  not  be  represented  by  begabatmt 
but  by  begabeh^  or  heguhab.  The  Doctor  s  word 
is  found  m  Chaldee,  where  it  means  1,  stubble; 
2,  a  fleece  of  wooL  Another  word  with  Mmitar 
consonants  has  the  meaning  of  "  a  bill/*  For  the 
real  Hebrew  word  33  in  the  sense  of"  vault,"  see 
the  lexicons.  ^n*!rr  (damiti^  as  the  word  is  given 
"  in  Englisli  lettera  '*)  can  only  be  derivetl  from 
ntrr,  and  is  the  Ist  person  sing,  preter  hal;  it 
means  either  to  resemble,  or  t»  come  to  an  end, 
to  destroy.  The  very  form  occurs  iti  Hos.  iv,  5, 
and  Jer.  vi.  2,  where  it  is  translated  •*  lay  waate  ** 
and  *"'  destroy  '*  by  Gesenius,  but  in  our  Biblet 
*^  liken  "  and  "  destroy.'*  In  Pa.  cii-  6,  it  is  "  I  am 
like,"  Not  one  example  can  be  found  where  the 
word  means  *^  sQenlly  I  rest,**  as  Dr.  M,  translates 
it.  n33,  babetk,  is  rendered  ''  in  the  house ;  but 
in  Hebrew  the  form  ri3  means  **  daughter/*  and 
not  *'home,"  or  **  house,'*  which  is  never  00 
written.  The  next  word  niti  or  suth,  is  a  pure 
inventiou  of  your  correspondent's,  so  far  as  He- 
brew is  concerned-  What  follows  refusea  to  obepr 
even  the  "  open  sesame  "  of  the  magician,  and  it 
is  left  as  a  most  eccentric  proper  name,--i46-Aai»i- 
kowhOf  of  which  the  suggested  sense  is,  "  father 
of  ft  wrong-doing,  or  perverse  people  ;  *'  very  per- 
verse^  no  doubt,  if  they  do  not  believe  p^y  to  be  a 
Hebrew  word,  or  say  that  they  cannot  find  the 
others  upon  the  Newton  stone ;  but  assuredly  no 
like  Hebrew  compound  exists  as  a  proper  name. 
We  came  to  the  fourth  line :  min  phi  neshcTf  and 
here  I  should  like  to  see  a  genuine  specimen  of  suck 
a  combination  as  ntiti-phi.  When  1  learned  Hebrew^ 
I  was  taught  that  min,  as  a  preposition,  dropped 
it«  »  before  certain  lettera,  of  which  pe  was  one. 
This  is  not  all.  Dr.  M,  gives  us  new  spelluig 
as  well  as  new  grammar  and  lexicon,  and  writen 
the  word  pD  forjO,  or  rather  "O.  And  what  of 
phir  Fiel  It  should  be  written  pi,  and  only 
means  "doctrine**  in  the  vocabulary  of  your 
atninble  correspondent.  The  next  word.  Nether 
(eagle)  is  correctly  written  and  translated;  but 
that  it  was  the  name  of  an  eminent  Buddhist 
teacher  is  only  revealed  in  the  pages  of  **  N-^  Q/* 
The  filth  Une,c/tii  ounwm,  v%  Vc^v^^^xa^  ""  ^"n^^^'*^ 
was  as  ax.  cvx^ti^oWviv^  ^^»A\-  V^^:^^^^^ 
i  quit«  wV^Tili^  \\sM^.     CWniax  X.tx^^  ^^'^ 


\sc^ 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[S*'  &  T.  Mas.  lK%k 


life;'*  and  man  is  a  Chftldee  word  for  TCitsel; 
but  it  would  be  very  Lard  to  ehow  that  it  meaoff 
.m  vesstil  in  the  sense  put  u^yon  it  by  the  new 
'translator  of  the  Newton  stone.  Both  in  Chaldee 
and  in  Syriac  the  word  has  a  significance  as  ex- 
tensive as  the  Greek  <r*fe5or,  or  the  Hebrew  ^^3, 
I  >tid  would  include  the  arms,  armour,  and  baggage 
I  of  im  arniy,  the  cluthea  they  wear,  or  the  enipe 
they  3uil  in*  It  would  therefore  include  a  vessel 
or  vaaculuni,  but  only  ns  our  own  word  thing;  in 
fact  Dr.  M*s  fifth  Hebraso- Chaldee  line  is  non- 
sense. His  sixth,  sh^p'kajaati  hodhi^  is  no  better* 
**My  wiedom  was  my  glory/*  is  a  sense  which  lies 
not  in  the  Hebrew  letter:^^  and  certainly  not  in 
their  fancied  English  equivalents.  In  this  line 
we  get  eleven  Hebrew  characters  for  nine  in  the 
inscription,  as  in  the  preceding  line  we  get  nine 
for  seven.  But  for  my  knowledge  of  Dh.  Moorb'* 
character  and  previous  achievements,  I  own  I 
should  have  suspected  a  hoax  in  bis  reading,  or  at 
least  an  experiment,  and  especially  in  this  last 
line.  Sh*p*ha  is  taken  as  an  adjective  (partic)pia])» 
meaning  **  overflowing ! "  The  word  U  found  but 
once  (Deut  xxxiii*  19),  and  then  ns  a  noun.  The 
next  word,  Joati^  translated  **  my  wisdom,"  occurs 
but  twice  (Ezr,  vii.  14,  15),  is  properly  rendered 
**  counsellors,**  and  is  a  Chaldee  word.  Of  the 
last  word,  I  only  say  that  it  refers  to  personal  or 
external  beauty  or  splendour.  That  your  cor- 
respondent has  lost  a  fine  opportunity  of  showing 
that  he  could  say  "  My  wjsdom  was  my  glory, ' 
is,  I  think,  now  apparent*  I  am  sorry,  and  I  am  as- 
ioniahed,  that  after  the  experience  he  has  had  since 
the  publication  of  The  Lo*t  Trxbei  and  the  Saxons 
0/  the  Mast  and  WeH,  Dm,  Moore  should  still 
cling  to  a  shadow,  and  endeavour  to  propagate  a 
theory  which  no  scholar  in  the  world  will  adopt. 
I  had  a  strong  reluctance  to  reply  to  the  article 
in  your  pages,  and  now  I  only  touch  upon  a  por- 
tion of  It;  and  this  I  do  for  the  sake  of  those 
whose  studies  have  not  lain  in  this  direction,  and 
who  are  likely  to  be  led  astray.  The  Newton 
Sphinx  has  not  found  an  (Edipus  in  your  cor- 
respondent, and  he  has  not  proved  that  Hebrew 
Buddhist  missionaries  of  the  tribe  of  Dan  preached 
in  either  Ireland  or  Scotland.  Although  allusion 
is  made  to  another  like  experiment,  upon  a  passage 
civen  by  Rev.  E.  Davics,  I  do  not  touch  that 
here; — is  it  not  recorded  in  ne  Loit  Tribet^ 
pp.  172, 17«3  ?  But  even  of  this,  I  should  like  to  see 
a  copy  in  the  original  form.  I  rci^pectDii.  Moore, 
but  when  he  ventures  to  put  forth  such  strange 
speculations  as  those  above  discussed,  my  apiril 
pronipti  me  to  reply.  As  I  have  had  direct  cor- 
respondence with  hiui  u|K)n  the  subject  of  his 
book  (The  Lost  TribeaX  where  he  turns  Sanscrit 
into  Hebrew,  I  shall  append  my  numc  to  these 
remarks  upon  what  seems  to  me  a  turning  of  some 
Celtic  inscription  into  what  Dr.  Moore  confesses 
U>bejt  medJe/  comjxksiiion  of  five  kii^uages. 

B.  U,  Cowrr.m. 


Sir  Robert  Verwok  (S**  S.  ▼.  476  s  ▼.  200.)- 
In  the  Warrington  Register  of  Sept-  13,  liO, 
there  occurs  the  burial  of  Sir  Robert  V'era<in,ail 
on  April  i27»  1607,  the  same  register  recorditb 
burial  of  Lady  Mary  Vernon,  widow.  It  msm 
probable  that  these  entries  relate  to  the  Sir  Robeit 
Vernon  who,  in  1609,  was  on  the  council  i>f  ik 
Lord:^  Marchers  at  Ludlow,  and  to  Uis  wife,  Mary, 
the  daughter  of  Robert  Needbam,  Will  yaw 
correspondent  W.  F.  V.,  who  baa  so  obtigie^j 
noticed  this  query,  say  on  what  grrounds  lie  $Uta 
Sir  Robert  to  have  died  in  1G23  ?  W.  & 

SoHTES  ViROiUJJCiE  (3'*  S.  V.  195.)  —  Brside 
Homer  and  yiro:il,  it  was  common  among  tk 
ancients  to  practise  divination  by  caiiisulttng  liw 
works  of  the  Greek  poet  Musieus.  ThU  ts  laia- 
tioncd  by  Herodotus  (lib.  vii.  in  Poi^b.},  Wb« 
tbts  pagan  practice  was  superseded  bj  tlte  osj  rf 
the  Sartes  Apostolorum,  and  Sortes  SaXiUsfm 
among  the  Christiana,  these  practices  were  ctf 
sured  by  St.  Augustin  in  these  terms :  — 

"  Hi  qui  de  pii^iiiis  Evangelicts  sortes  le^imC  <Mi^ 
tandum  est  ut  hoc  potiu^  faciant  quam  ut  «il^  dalSii 
consulenda  coacurrant,  tanien  etism  Istii  tuilii  disffcsl 
consuetudo,  ad  negotla  juccularia  et  ad  vit»  bi^iia  vmC^ 
tatcm  propter  aUam  vitam  loquentia  oraculA  dtvifliavA 
converlere*"— £».  119,  ad  Jaouar,  c  20.) 


w.  lA)- 
inquiriei  d 


SlilOM    AJIJ>    THB    DaUPUIH    (3'"    S. 

Though   unable   to  answer  all   the   ii 
Hi^TORicus    respecting    Simon    the 
whose  infamous  charge  wns  to  corrupt  the 
and  debilitate  the  body  of  the  unfortanate  clul4 
Louis  XVn.,  I  can  give  the  foUawin^    inlbro* 
ation  :^Simon'8  Christian  name  waa  Anttiooy  ;  he 
was  involved  in  the  fall  of  Robespierre,  and  wo 
guillotined  the  day  after  him,  which  was  Jul/  S$% 
1794.     He  was  fifty-eight  years  of  age^  aiiil  wii  a 
native  of  Troycs.  F.  C  H- 

POSTERITT  OF  HaROLD,  KtNG  OF  KHauLmt  (T*  ' 

S.  v.  135.) — There  is,  I  believe,  no  doubt  tiiRl 
Harold  left  issue,  though  the  i-xact  names  8*4 
number  of  his  children  Tiavii  been  disputed.  Hii 
tirst  wife  was  Gyd«,  whose  children  were — I. 
Goodwin;  2.  Edmund;  3,  Magnus;  4.  GjtU. 

His  second  wife,  Edith,  Algitha,  or  Agatka» 
daughter  of  Leofric  and  Godivii,  amieam  to  bo 
identical  with  the  Edith  so  generally  called  bli 
mistress.  Her  children  were  Wolfe  and  GauUdi, 
married  to  the  Emi>eror  Henry  IIL 

Another  daughter,  named  by  some,  is  appareDtly 
identical  with  Gyda;  and  Harold,  also  tipokeci  w 
as  a  son  of  this  monarch*  seems  a  rather  lUifitttfnl 
personage ;  perhaps  an  illegitiujate  son. 

The  above  is  Uie  t  '/  '    T  ' 

arrived  as  respects  th' 

many  <»r  ^V        .^I'-pcar  lo  vi^  ^-im  iu< 

by    get  The    first   tl  :ed 

\  at«m  X"  ^>^  vvi-  v^»»X  v^yt*NkiW<s.^*      v>—  .  —  ^^^^. 


a.  T.  Mar.  19,  '81.] 


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I 


I 


Vavj.  Bowta  (1**  S.  vii.  547.)  — The  editor  of 
Sir  Simonds  D*EweB*s  JournalM  was  a  son  of  Sir 
Tlionizis  Bowes,  by  Mary,  daughter  of  Paul 
D*Kwes,  Esq,,  and  siater  of  Sir  Siniomls  D'Ewe^t, 

He  was  born  ut  Great  Bromley,  Essex ;  and 
fli'ter  being  educated  in  the  school  at  Moulton, 
Norfolk^  was  admitted  a  pensioner  of  St.  John's 
Colkge,  Cambridge,  Dee.  21,  1650.  He  took  no 
degree  i  indeed,  he  does  not  appear  to  have  been 
matriculated* 

He  occurs,  in  1700,  ai  owner  of  the  manors  of 
Ruiihlon,  Stockford,  and  Binnegar,  in  East  Stoke, 
Dorset.  We  hope  this  information  may  elicit 
more,  C.  H.  &  Thompsoh  Cooper. 

HAftTMY  Family  (S-*  S.  v.  42.)  —  I,  like  Mr. 
Saob,  am  interested  in  collecting  notes  about  tins 
family,  and  finel  his  notes  very  tisefuL  If  he  has 
not  nlready  the  information,  I  beg  to  supply  Ihe 
following  addenda. 

Sir  James  Harvey,  Alderman,  Sheriff  1573,  and 
Lord  Mayor  1581,  was  a  **  Citizen  and  Iron- 
mongfer"  of  London ;  and,  to  judge  from  Sir  Har- 
ris N  icolas's  Memoirs  of  Sir  Christopher  HaHon^ 
had  little  reverenee  for  clergy  or  the  bishops  of 
that  day,  which  drew  from  Aylmer,  the  Bishop 
nf  London,  a  scolding  letter,  dated  March  1, 
1581-2  —  a  very  model  of  a  letter  of  sneers  and 
sarcaams*  In  some  notes  on  funerals,  supplied  by 
John  Nicholl,  Esq.,  F.S.A.  (the  respected  Master 
of  the  Company  in  1859),  to  Mr.  Nichols  as  edi- 
tor of  the  Diary  of  John  Machyn  (Camden  Soc, 
No.  42),  appears  an  extract  from  the  Ironmon- 
gers' books,  stating  that  Alderman  Harvey's  wife 
was  buried  on  Monday,  June  27,  1580;  and  that 
John  Masters  and  Harry  Page  were  appointed 
stewards,  to  aee  to  the  management  for  the  livery 
funeral  feast  at  the  Hall.  Alderman  Harvey, 
who  died  in  1583,  was  a  **  benefactor "  to  hia 
Company  in  the  yenr  1573,  and  by  b*?quests,  which 
came  to  the  guild  by  their  books,  1590* 

His  son.  Sir  Sebastian  Harvey,  Alderman, 
Sheriff  1600,  and  Lord  Mayor  1618,  was  also  of 
the  fame  Company  ;  and  it  is  worthy  of  note  that, 
on  November  12  that  year,  **  Izaac  Walton,  late 
apprentice  to  Thomas  Grinsell,"  was  ** admitted 
and  sworne  a  free  brother"  of  the  same  guild; 
**  paying  for  admission  \M.^  and  lOc/.  for  enroll- 
ment.'* Alderman  Harxfy*s  funeral  feast  is  thus 
described:  — 

*  1620.  A  Court  the  12th  Mureh,  whereas,  the  lady 
Han-ey  hath  psiid  to  the  Wnrdcns  xxi"  for  a  dynner 
for  the  Couipfinyr,  the  21  of  this  moneth,  being  the 
funeral  I  day  of  Sir  Sebusttan  Harvey  deceasctt  It  is 
ordered,  that  Jlf.  Thomu  I^rge  and'  Mr.  John  Wilson 
shall  join  with  the  VVankn,s  for  the  provision  of  that 
dinner,  to  hri»band  the  same  to  the  Companv*^  be£t 
profit," 

T,  C.  N. 

OwaN  Glt5dwr*s  pASLiAMEifT  House  (O'^  S* 
Y.  174,) — An  i*j)gravwg  of  this  old  buiJding,  as  it 


appeared  in  the  year  1886,  may  be  ?een  in  the 
GwLidgnrwr  (a  Welsh  magazine)  for  February  of 
the  same  year.  It  is  there  described  as  being,  at 
that  time,  in  the  possession  of  Col.  Edwards,  the 
then  M*P»  for  the  Montgomery  shire  boroughs. 

X.  Y.  Z. 

There  is  a  small  engraving  of  the  above  in 
the  Youth's  Instructor  and  Guardian  for  August, 
1845,  accompanied  hj  three  or  four  pages  of 
letterpress  respecting  it  and  Owain  Glyndwr. 

G.  J*  CoorsR. 

Woodhottso,  Leeds, 

QiTOTATioiiB  Wawtbd  (3'"*  S,  v.  62,  83,  105.)— 
I  have  lately  seen  another  form  of  the  verse  en* 
quired  for.  It  occurs  in  the  parish  register  of 
Eaaton-Maudtt,  Northaraptunshire ;  and  is  thence 
copied  into  the  Mirror^  vol,  xxvi.  p.  338  ;  — 

**  S)  Christum  diseis,  nihil  est  si  cmtera  nesda; 
Si  Christum  aoscis^  nihil  est  si  caetera  dtada.'* 

F.  a  H. 

Great  Battle  or  Cats  (3'«  S.  v,  133,)  — The 

Catus  domesticua  has  not  ceased,  I  see,  to  be  a 
myib  and  a  mystery.  Successively  an  idol,  an 
imp,  and  an  inmate,  Tybalt  or  Maudlin,  Tom  or 
Tabby,  the  hie  et  h<tc  puss  has  finally  achieved  a 
niche  in  "N.&  Q." 

Ireland  is  the  especial  field  of  feline  celebrity. 
Well  for  her  that  the  witch-finding  *'rei;^n  of 
terror  *'  has  passed  away ;  when  any  one  of  the 
numberless  cat-stories  which  I  have  heard  right 
soriouely  narrated  would  have  brought  its  nar- 
rator to  the  stake!  Among  them,  not  one  1ms  rC' 
tained  a  longer  or  a  stronger  hold  on  my  memory 
than  has  Mb.  Redmond's  BeUum  Catilinarinm* 
In  my  ears  it  is  more  than  septuagenarial,  first 
and  frequently  heard  when  I  was  quite  old  enough 
to  estimate  (I  detest  the  verb  "  nppreciatc ")  its 
actual  worth  ;  not  from  the  unread  cottier:*  only, 
but  in  mj  own  circle  of  society,  with  some  of 
whom  it  was  not  altoof ether  so  apocryphal  Jis  the 
caudal  relics  of  the  Kilkenny  combatants.  In  the 
nineteenth  century,  were  it  not  for  the  |>leiisure 
of  Mb,  Keiimond's  reminiscences,  I  might  be 
tempted  to  exclaim — Chiousque  taftdern,  Catitinaf 

E.  L.  S. 

~  RosAUT  (3'*  S.  V.  1540— Though  the  institu- 
tion of  the  devotion  of  the  Rosary  has  been  attri- 
buted to  various  persons  who  lived  before  St» 
Dominic,  such  as  the  Abbot  Paul,  contemporarv 
with  St.  Anthony,  St.  Benedict,  Venerable  Bedt 
(if  this  is  not  a  mere  play  upon  a  word),  and 
Peter  the  Hermit,  it  is  well  established  that  St. 
Dominic  was  the  real  founder  of  the  Rosary, 
about  the  year  1*208,  It  is  certain  that  the  an- 
cient hermits  had  various  methods  of  counting 
their  prayers.  Some  used  small  T^^aW^Ws.^  -ax^^ 
others  bstd  aluii%  m  vWvt  ^vt?^^st%-,w:^v^  -^Vx^  ^*^X3ew 


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NOTES  AJfD  QUERIES. 


CS'^  a.  Y- 


the  tombs  of  St.  Gertrude  of  NJvelles,  who  died 
ia  6G7,  find  of  St.  Norbert^  whose  death  occurred 
in  1134,  there  were  found  certain  beads  sirutig 
together,  which  may  have  bean  used  in  a  stmlliir 
manner  to  our  Rof^ariea  ;  but  the  devotion,  as  we 
have  it  now,  was  undoubtedly  instituted  by  St* 
Dominic.  '  F.  C.  H. 

"  Rbtebat  ''  (8^  S.  V.  1 19, 202.)— It  is  ordered 

in  Her  Majesty^s  Regulation's  for  the  Army, 
p.  253,  that  **"  The  Retreat  is  to  sound  or  beat  At 
Eunset ;  after  which  no  trumpet  i»  to  sound,  or 
drum  to  beat,  in  the  garrison,  except  at  Wmtch- 
fletting  and  Tattoo,  and  in  case  of  fire  or  other 
alarm." 
The  word  is  only  the  French  retraite^  signi- 

Sring  the  retirement  of  the  men  from  their  daily 
iities,  or,  perhaps  originally,  tn  their  qunrtcrs ; 
as  the  Riuetlle  is  used  for  the  morning  alarm  at 
sunrise.  This  is  the  only  signitieation  o(  the 
word  in  military  parlance,  the  word  retire  being 
always  used  to  express  a  backward  movement. 

J.  D.  M*K. 

An  Eastern  Kiko's  Dbvick  (3'*  S.  v.  5, 
173.)  —  I  have  met  wifh  other  instances  of  gar- 
dens in  the  form  of  maps.  The  following  extrnct^ 
from  the  Bull  Advertiser  newspaper,  March  26^ 
1796,  describes  a  most  interesting  one:  — 

**  The  garden  of  the  Thuileriea,  at  Paris,  once  planted 
with  pout««s,  when  the  wanU  of  the  people  reqnfn!(!  tht? 
$acrifir««,  cff«irs  Down  beautiful  and  correct  mil  ■  i 

It  comorise.^  Jeinappe,  Savoy,  und  the  oilier 
"nhkhnave  been  conquered  and  uniteii  tu  ih^  4,.  ,.„..... 
This  ideii,  which  ia  roost  carefully  conceived  lo  dalier  the 
vanity  of  the  Parisiflns  19  as  teJtutiruJly  executed.    Each 
path  marks  the  I  TddepartnienL    E\»en' nrjour- 

t«in  is  repreient'  i^kt  er^  forest  by  a' thicket^ 

and  evQfy  river  t  respootltng  streamlet,     Tbuv, 

every  PaVisian  in  biii  moriiiii£;  walk  can  now  itntlaw  the 
^hole  of  the  Kepublk,  and  of  uar  conquests." 

Edward  Peax^ock. 

Bottesford  Manor. 

IircoGAw  (3**  S.  V.  1540— This  is  not  Inch- 
garvie,  as  your  correspondent  conjectures.  He 
will  find  various  reft^rences  to  the  name  in  the 
Jnflcx  to  Scotch  Reiour^  (voce  *'  Fife"),  from  which 
it  appears  to  be  near  to  Locli  Gelly,  in  that 
county ;  and  it  will  be  seen  from  Thomson's 
Map  of  Fife  (1827)  that  Inchgaw  Mill  h  in  the 
parisli  nf  Abbotshali,  close  on  the  borders  of  that 
of  Kinghorn,  in  the  some  shire.  G. 

EridHAM  ATTftlDtJTlCO  TO  PoPE  (B**  S   V.  156.) 

I  am  much  obliged  by  your  double-iihotled  reply 

to  my  query;  which,  however,  did  not  remove 

^tny    ^     '^         id  my   incredulity  has   eincc    been 

\  rew  .  ^o  discovery  of  ihL^  genuine  bialory 

iUi^  ^,u,.yyin.     It  ifl  to  be  fiiutrd  »t  p.  287  of 

r'i  *'dition  of  Spenets  Anecdolrg^  and  runs 


♦*  Thrr*  wttii  A  CUi\u  hi'ld  at  tha  •  King**  Head  '  io  Pall 
'  dJ,  liiat  MrroffMoU/  caJktl  ii¥»lf     ^hi^  World.'    Lotd 


Stanhope  (now Lor"^'  "^----'^ ^   V— »  HeHMfl,&MK. 
>\  ere  members.     I  ^*\  la  ba  w^lai 

on  the  gla;99«'^  Viv  nef.    CI«c«.f%S 

Dr,  Yodng  v  ■,  lUc  Doctor  woold  Im 

declined  wri>  had   no    diaoioiiiL     lad 

Stanhope  Uoi  u£ui  iu>.  huw  iic  wrote  immaxUaliiix}* 
'Accept  a  miracle  itjatead  of  wit ;  — 
See  two  dull  lines  with  Staubope'a  pencil  wot'* 

When  Spence  ascribes  the  epi^ain  to 
than  Pope^  there  can,  I  think,  be  no  dxiuU 
the  matter. 

The  punctuation  should  be  aa  ttb<Mr^  not  ^A 
the  semicolon  after  ihe  word  "  miracle*'* 

United  Arts  Club. 

jEHiinnAH  IIoaaocKs,  the  AsTaojroMm  (y*E 
v.  173,) — Doctor  OlnuJtcd,  in  his  Jftehamum  ^ 
the  Ileupetifty  states  that  Horrncks  *^  died  in  lk 
twenty- third  year  of  his  age."  He  waa  e^ 
twenty  when  the  transit  appeared  '*  (1639).  m 
muj^t  therefore  have  been  barn  In  1019.  7W 
register  of  hia  birth,  if  it  still  exist  a,  iriQ  jm^ 
baoly  be  found  at  the  church  of  VVjiltoci^oQHii^ 
Hill|  to  which,  until  the  year  1698,  tibe  flAte 
church  in  Liverpool  (St,  Nicholaa)  wnsAtA^ 
of  cAf^e ;  and  Lower  Lotlge^  the  Uoum^  wm 
Horrucka  was  born,  is  aituAt4i  in  llie  panib  d 
Walton.  II.  Fianwicft. 

Tonaj?ioToiv  Family  (3'*  S,  v»  56. y — ^^ammf, 
Hint,  of  HerU,  p.  584,  in  describing  t!i*'  ta^m^ 
ment  i\(  Richard  Torringlon  and    "*  \m 

wife,  in  the  church  of  Berkhampsten  <ti 

says :  — 

"  Thcffl  IS  a  tradition  that  th?^  T    Wfts  tht?  fbtmaif  <4 
this   chuTvb,   a   man   of  capei 
Plantagienct,  Duke  of  Oiniwal:  f 

Plantagenct*  the  areoud  son  of 
wall,  aud  King  of  the  Hom.ir 
honours  and  yearw,  ended  lu^ 
Berkhampstead,  but  was  hunod  nt  :ji^  Auim  v  ^^f 

Pits  wife  Margaret  was  probably  of  t]»e  iani^ 
of  the  Incents,  who  formerly  reaiikd  at  Pgi 
hampatead,  and  arc  interred  in  that  part  of  lla 
church  called  St.  John's  Chnpel.  Ono  tnembif 
of  this  family,  John  locent.  Doctor  of  I^nwAan^ 
ly^im  of  St/Paurs,  founded  the  ^'  ' -41 

in  his  native  town  in  the  I5th  y  li 

The  anna  of  Torringtou  (a  St'  »), 

with  tbo«e  of  Incciil  (a  bend  cli  e« 

rosea)  are  en jr raved   on  *the  m« *),*.,..  .^§- 

tion,  and  boar  a  great  iiimilnrity  to  ;  od 


bandit  4C 

m 

Hala^ 


in  stone  on  \\ 
limber)!  of  i : 
cumstance  m 

ludcd  tr>,    1 1, 
church,  or  ir 

Joii?»    f-r'«- 
your  r( 


iIm'U  which  bUstHln  ;  ,      ,.^.   .   |it 
of  the  niiv^s  and  tiii«  cir* 

'be 

a.  a  F. 


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24S 


I 

I 


wliicb,  with  your  permmion,  T  wUI  rekte  in  de- 
t^l.  He  Bjiks  for  inforrniition  rerj^arding  John 
firlstow's  suppoaM^d  Survejf  of  the  LaJifs,  and  gives 
mn  ejttrjict  from  Tynoni«*s  Family  Ti>p*)grapher. 
^ymvn^  no  doubt,  haf  been  mUleil  by  t'te  tiLultj 
conslruetion  of  a  5t»ntence  nt  p.  476,  voL  i.  of 
Hutchinson'*  Cuml^riatid,  where  S.  Y.  R.  will 
find  the»e  words  :■ — 

""-^''  jrive  «n  jiceoun*  '^'^  '^♦**»  ^o?.n  Briatow,  a 
rjirtiT  of  hill   vil  inn)*  who,  at 

.iU&btug  his  ^M/f  /^ie«,«rai  94 

The  prunoun  *i«,  in  ihe  foregoing  sentence, 
bfts  for  iu  Htit«cedetil,  Clarke,  not  Bmt<jw;  and 
Clarke*?  Survey  of  the  Lahe*  is  not  an  uneomniun 
btu»k.  I  have  seen  a  copy  in  the  po^i^esMon  of 
a  descendant  through  females  of  the  said  John 
Bristow,  who  lives  on  his  ancestor  s  property,  "  a 
prosperous  gentleman,"  and  pointa  with  pride  to 
the  parajjrapli  respecting  his  nonajjenarian  ances- 
tor; indeed,  he  adda  that  an  ancient  c^t,  which  had 
scalped  many  generations  of  her  natural  enemies^ 
and  an  elderly  coek  that  had  (rrown  prey  in  the 
eervice  of  this  senile  household,  are  improperly 
omitted  from  the  grand  summary.  J. 

The  Phatts,  BamonvrtoF  Colbshill,  Corwrr 
OF  Bbrks  (3**  S*  y.  174)  —  From  a  pedigree  I 
possesj  of  this  family,  copied  about  the  year 
181S-9,  out  of  a  MS.  Visitiitinu  in  the  Bntiah 
Museum^  made  in  166 J,  1  find  thut  Richard, 
©econd  son  of  Sir  Henry  Pratt,  the  first  baronet, 
bad  an  only  child  Margaret,  Your  querist  must, 
therefoTc,  be  under  a  mistuke  in  claiunng  to  be 
desceudetl  from  him.  lie  may,  however,  find  a 
clew  to  the  inquiry  as  to  how  the  "  china  jug  *' 
desrended  to  him,  in  the  fact  recorded  in  the  same 

Sedigrec  :  that  Elizuherh,  the  siRter  of  the  said 
Liuhurd,  marrieii— L  Edward  Baker  of  Tew,  in 
Soineri»etahire ;  2.  Henry  Pratt,  of  Weldon,  in 
^orthant« ;  3.  Edmund  Beale  of  London  ;  and 
4,  Francis  Philjipa,  of  the  Middle  Temple,  London, 
Eaq.  '  D.  B. 

Saihts*  ^Kameb  wanted  (3^*  S.  v.  1G6.)  — I 
observe,  in  the  *' Notices  to  Correspondents"  at 
this  reference,  that  the  editor  cuTinot  dibcover  in 
any  list  of  saints  the  names  uf  SS.  Hoinolo,  Re* 
migio,  and  Bacco.  The  6r8t  i»  St,  RiHuulus,  a 
tn&rtyr;  whose  name  appears  in  a  Lai  in  book, 
with  figurrs  of  pnin-  d  by  llennan  Weyen, 

and  printed  at  1'  saint  h  represented 

there  in  a  cofn?,  jmi  -    t   uiitre;   ind  an 

arrow^  bruk«ju  in  h\n  1  "tea  tlie  mode  of 

his  martyrdom*  It  apf^t^i. .  -xi...  ^er,  from  Fleury^ 
that  he  wns  only  a  sub-deacon;  that  he  lived  at 
DiospoUs,  and  was  bL»hcaded  by  Urbinua,  the 
governor  of  Palestine  in  304*  [UitL  Ecch  X*, 
ix*  n.  8.) 

The   I  i    Reuuy;iuti,  or  rtemi,  the  well- 

known  J  i^hop  who  ha;>r/«e</  King  Clovia^ 


and  died  in  59$.  His  feast  ts  October  1.  Boceo 
is  St.  Bacchus,  who  is  comaiemorated  with  St. 
Sergius  on  the  7 tb  of  October.  They  were  mar- 
tyr^ in  Syris,  under  Maximian*  1^,  C.  H. 

F^MALB  Fools  (3'^  S.  Iv.  453,  523.)— Allow 
tne  to  add  the  following  extract  to  my  last  com- 
munication on  this  subject ;  — 

**  La  Czarine,  qui  parlott  trfes-mnl  allemand  et  qni  n'ea- 
teadott  pas  bien  c«  qia«  la  B^ino  lai  dtsoii,  fit  approcher 
sa  folic,  fct  s'entretint  avec  ellc  en  Husee.  Cotta  pnuvr^ 
creature  4toit  un«  Pi-Jnc«sM  GstitEtn^  et  avoiL  Aif  r^odte 
4  tfkini  ce  iD^ti^r-ia  pour  aauver  aa  vie,  Ayant  et^  vbA^ 
daot  noe  asnspiration  contrc  1e  Czar^  on  lui  nvoit  doiintf 
deux  fob  le  knoati.  Je  ne  «aii  ce  qneJle  disoit  k  la 
Czorine,  mals  cette  Prince&ae  faiaott  de  graoda  eclala  de 
riifc."  —  Mimmru  dt  la  Margract  dc  Bareiih,  vol  L  p.  43, 
Brunswick,  ed.  LB4a. 

This  Czarine  wat  Catherine  L 

HERMEKTKirmi* 

Omght  of  Navbs  (3^  S.  ▼-  71.)  —  The  follow- 
ing extract  from  an  old  book  belonginfr  to  the 
parish  of  Keel,  Stafibrdshire^  on  this  subject,  ia 
worth  recording :  — 

"  Sarah  Legacy,  who  was  left  aa  such  to  the  town  hy 
•one  aorrr  penoa  or  other  oq  the  5^  of  Novcmbar  laat, 
tiaptiaed  J^ebruary  20*^,  17^7." 

W.  L  a  Homrow* 

Loi0  SoEEBT^s  Enigma  (3**  S.  v*  55.)  —  J.  L, 
baa,  I  think,  deceivetl  himself  in  the  author.  I 
imagined  so,  and  carefully  looked  through  two 
editions  of  Surrey  to  no  purpose,  and  bethought 
me  it  might  be  Wyatt^s  ;  and  there,  in  Bell's  edi- 
tion (Parker,  IB^4),  I  found  it,  with  dight  diS*er- 
ence  from  J.  L/a  text.  I  incline  to  the  opinion 
of  those  who  hold  it  answered  best  by  a  kiss, 
although,  like  the  conceits  of  thote  days,  leaving 
much  obscure. 

Mr.  Bell  give^  a  note,  which  I  subjoin,  for  the 
sake  of  the  poem  added  to  it  of  another  and  mtich 
more  elegant  poet. 

"  Of  the  ottweroiu  riddlea  on  the  same  toffjsestive  sub- 
ject, this  may  probably  claim  to  be  the  enriUiit.    It  haa 
heen  frequeotly  imitated,  bat  in  no  instance  so  closely  as 
in  the  IbHowtng  dextroits  lines  by  Gaacoigne:  — 
•*  •  A  lady  (wce  did  ask  of  me 

This  [  LT  in  privity: 

Goo^j  :^be,  rain  would  I  crave 

One  tli— „  ., :..-'i  yim  j^ourself  uot  have ; 

Nor  never  had  yet  in  tiniea  ya^st, 

Kor  n«v«r  abalJ  while  life  doth  last; 

And  if  yoa  seek  io  find  it  out, 

Tou  lo«e  7oar  labour  out  of  doubt. 

Yet,  if  vou  lov«  me  aa  you  aay, 

Then  give  it  me,  for  sure  you  may.*  '* 
The  Uat  two  lines  of  VVyatt  seem  to  me  conclu- 
sive of  the  meaning,  carrying  out  the  adage^  futver 
kin  and  telL     The  writer  u  bound  by  it,  and  he 
wsho  gueasea  it  trdl  be*  J.  A,  G. 

Soirrn»T*B  Birth-plach   (S*^  S.  h,  &a*\—  *^V- 
tbougb  Robert  ^o>iV\i«^   ^^  V^^^  *^^  "^^^^  ^\ 
Wine  SiTCet,  Bml^V  ^V^  Vx>wt  ^^  ««>2v3««^^^^ 


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[S^&V.  UAiLl9.'i4. 


divided  into  three  separate  dwellingt ;  and  I  find 
that  the  actual  room  in  which  he  fint  drew  breath 
is  situatecl  under  the  roof  of  No.  9,  now  in  the 
occupation  of  Mr.  Trcnerrj,  boot  and  shoemaker, 
and  not  in  the  house  No.  1 1  as  it  now  stands  in 
the  street.  Gbobqb  Pbtce. 

NOTES  ON  BOOKS,  EXa 

The  Works  of  Wittiam  Shukapeare.  Edited  by  William 
George  Clark,  M.A..  Fellow  and  Tntor  of  Trinity  Col- 
legr,  and  Public  Orator;  and  WiilUm  Aldia  WriKbt, 
ALA.,  Librarian  of  Trinity  College,  Cambridge.  VoIb. 
IL  and  III.    (Macmillan.) 

These  two  new  volnmes  of  Tk€  Cumtmdge  Shakemeart 
contain  Afwch  Adoabovt  yothing;  Jj)T€*»  Labomr't  lAMi; 
IHuUuwuur  NiMt  Dream;  Merchant  of  Venice;  As 
rom  lAke  U ;  Taming  of  the  Shrew ;  AWe  Well  that  Ends 
Well;  Twelfth  Night ;  and  7^e  Winter's  Tale.  When 
noticing  the  first  volnmo  of  this  edition,  we  entered  so 
fully  into  the  particulars  of  the  well-considered  and  nse- 
fnl  'plan  which  the  Editors  hail  proposed  to  follow,  and 
allowed  so  cleariy  the  great  pains  with  which  they  had 
endeavoured  to  carry  out  such  plan,  that  wo  may  well,  on 
the  present  occasion,  content  ourselves  with  sayins  that, 
although  Mr.  Glover,  the  Librarian  of  Trinity  College, 
has  been  compelled,  in  consequence  of  his  removal  from 
Cambridge,  to  resign  his  share  of  the  work,  his  place  has 
been  very  eiHcientlv  supplied  by  his  successor  in  the 
librarianship,  Mr.  \Vright,  who  has  already  given  good 
proof  of  his  capabilities  ss  an  editor  by  the  care  with 
which  he  recently  put  forth  Bacon's  Essagt.  The  pains 
witli  which  all  the  different  readings  adopted  into  the  text 
liy  other  editors,  and  all  the  various  emendations  suggested 
by  the  Commentators,  have  been  recorded,  will  go  far  to 
make  the  Cambridge  Shakeepetire  m>  satisfactory  substitute 
for  the  21  volnmes  of  1821,  tlio  Variorum  Shakspeare,  as 
it  is  called,  and  which  has  hitherto  been  regarded  as  in- 
dispensable in  the  library  of  orerv  student  of  the  great 
Dramatist.  While  the  absence  of  those  biting  allusions 
to  the  shortcomings  of  their  fellow-editors,  Messrs.  C  &  D, 
in  which  Messrs.  A  &  H  so  frequently  indulge,  to  the 
detriment  of  their  own  reputation,  and  the  disgust  of  all 
righ^minde4l  readers,  will  give  the  Cambridge  Edition 
favour  in  the  eyes  of  those  who  think  that  the  writings 
of  Shakspeare  should  be  edited  in  the  noble  Catholic 
spirit  in  which  they  were  produced. 
JJft  Portraits  of  William  Shakspeare.  A  History  of  the 
various  Representations  of  the  Poet,  with  an  Exasnina" 
tiom  into  their  Anthentieitg.  By  J.  I  Iain  Friswell.  Illus- 
trated by  Photograp/is  of  the  most  authentic  Portraits, 
and  with  Views  ^c.  By  Cundall,  Downes,  &  Co.  (Samp- 
son Low.) 

Addison  was  doubtless  right  when  he  spoke  of  a 
reader's  desire  to  know  whether  the  author  whose  work 
he  is  perusing  was  **  a  black  or  a  fair  man,  of  a  mild  or 
cholerick  disiposition."  And  if  this  be  true  of  ordinary 
authors,  how  true  must  it  be  of  Shakspeare!  For  the 
solution  of  this  natural  curiosity,  Mr.  Uain  Friswell  has 
compiled  a  pleasant,  chatty,  and  instructive  volume,  in 
which  we  have  the  various  dsims  of  the  Stratford  bast, 
the  Kesselstadt  mask,  the  Droesliont  engraying,  the 
Chaados,  Felton,  Jansen,  and  other  paintings,  to  be  con- 
sidered as  trustworthy  represenUtions  of  the  great  poet, 
carefally  weighed,  and  their  orighi  and  history  traced  as 
far  as  it  is  possible  to  do  so.  While  not  the  least  amusing 
portion  of  the  book  is  the  notiee  of  the  many  clever  and 


ingenious  forgeries  by  which  unscrupolous  mannfactaran 
of  "genuine  portraiu"  have  from  time  to  time  robbed 

I  their  credulous  customers.  As  Shakspeare  portraiu  sis, 
we  believe,  still  in  process  of  manufacture,  we  espsdsDj 
commend  this  portion  of  Mr.  Friswell's  volume  lo  the 
attention  of  our  readers.    One  word  more,  and  that  it  i 

i  word  of  praise  to  Mr.  Cundall  for  the  capital  photographs 

I  by  which  the  book  is  illustrated. 

'  The  lUferenee  Shakspere ;  A  Memorial  Edition  of  Skaki- 

sperms  Plays,  containing  1 1,600  References.    Compiled  hg 

John  a  Marsh.    (Simpkin,  Marshall,  &  Co.) 

It  would  seem  at  first  sight  somewhat  difficult  to  liit 

upon  a  novel  treatment  of  Shak9peare*s  Works  for  tk 

purposes  of  publication.    Yet  this  is  what  Mr.  Msnk 

has  accomplished  in  this  Memorial  EdUum,  in  which  hii 

object  has  been  to  make  Shakspeare  self-interprstatin^ 

and  to  enable  the  readers  of  his  Plays  to  judge  hioi  ftr 

himself  by  means  of  some  11,600  references  upon  fRl 

diiferent  subjects.    How  much  pains  it  has  cost  Urn  nor 

be  surmised  from  the  fact  that  he  has  devoted  the  leinre 

of  four  years  to  its  accomplishment,  and  that  opoa  thi 

suhject  of  Love  alone,  there  are  more  than  700  sspsnii 

references. 

Shakspere*s  Songs  and  Sonnets.    Illustrated  by  John  Gil- 
bert.   (Sampson  l«ow.) 

An  elegant  little  book,  which  cannot  be  better  de- 
scribed tlian  in  the  words  of  the  Publishers,  who  exprai 
a  hope  **  that  in  bringing  together  in  an  accessible  km 
the  whole  of  Shakspearo's  Songs  and  the  best  part  of 
his  Sonnets,  in  enriching  them  with  the  graceful  sdon> 
menu  of  Mr.  Gilbert's  pencil,  and  in  presenting  thm 
with  all  the  advantages  of  choice  tm  and  paper,  tiicjr 
are  doing  becoming  nomsge  to  the  Great  Poet,  and  la 
acceptable  service  to  his  world-spread  readers." 

Another  Blow  for  Life.    By  George  Godwin,  F.R.S. 
Few  men  are  better  able  to  strike  a  blow  in  the  cssn 
of  life  and  health  against  disease  and  death  than  Mr. 
Godwin,  who  has  long  done  the  state  good  service  si  s 
champion  of  sanitary  reform.   Ilia  present  work,  tboogh 
evidently  prompted  by  a  most  earnest  purpose,  is  ntj 
wisely  written  in  a  popular  style,  and  there  are  fteqaot 
glimpses  of  a  quaint  humour  tlist  forcibly  reminds  u  if 
Thomss  Hood.    Those  who  would  f^in  know  somethiog 
[  of  their  poorer  neighbours  —  how  they  live  and  why  tbiy 
die  —  yet  have  no  stomach  for  such  explorations  ss  Mr. 
Godwin  here  deKribes,  cannot  do  bettor  than  resd  Ui 
book. 
•   The  Lives  of  Dr.  John  Donne,  Sir  Henry  Wotton,  Mr 
Richard  Hooker,  Mr.  Georae  Herbert,  and  Dr.  Aokrf 
Sanderson.    i7y  I sask  Walton.    (Bell  &  Daldy.) 
A  new  edition  of  Walton's  Lives,  and  one  of  the  nieMt 
,  volumes  which  our  late  worthy  Fubliahers  have  indoM 
I  in  their  beautiful  Series  of  Pocket  Volumes. 

Earlt  Enousii  Tkxt  Societt.— Under  this  tills  s 
Society  is  in  the  course  of  formation  which  has  for  its 
object  the  printing  an  octavo  series  of  Eariy  Eugliih 
Texts,  some  for  the  first  time,  others  re-cdited  Arom  ths 
MSS.  fh>m  wliich  they  were  originally  printed,  or  fran 
earlier  MSS.  when  such  are  known  to  exist.  The  whols 
of  the  Arthur  Romances  in  English  will,  if  possible,  bs 
produced.  The  first  year's  operations  will  include  **  SS 
Sciret,**  a  fanciful  piece  on  the  text  Si  tcirei  pudtt' 
famiHas,^'*  llali  Mddenhad,"— and  **  The  Wooing  of  oar 
Lord,"  or  «  Woh:ing  of  ure  I^oncrd,**  to  be  edited  by  ihs 
Rev.  Oswsld  Cockayne,  whose    Sajcom    LmeMamt  vt 


noticed  very  recently, — and  four  Early  Englidi 

to  be  edited  by  R.  Morris,  Esq.,  the  editar  oine  Msii 

q^Cmseimer.  One  of  these  poems  is  "Sir  Q«wqrn%"thi 


^^nt  of 


V.  Maju  1%  NM,] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES- 


Keei 
III 
._    or 


, of  th«  Englbh  Artlmrieri^    The  secoad  work  of 

the  Arthur  Serica  will  probftbly  be  the  prose  Meriin,  or 

The  Early  Uiaton*  of  Arthor,"  of  tlie  middle  of  the  fif- 

seotli  century*  which  has  hitherto  Iain  in  the  C^mbridgfl 

_aivei*sity  Librarj%  unnoticed  by  bibljojjraphera  and  eUi- 

ors  of  Arthur  Rotnances.     Tbii  will  tie  edited  by  F.  J. 

B'arnivaJU  \is({.    The  StibscriptioD  u  One  Gainea,  which 

mny  be  forwarded  to  Henry  B.  Wheatley,  Eaq.,  the  Hon. 

63,  Benier*8  Street,  W. 


^&ec^ 


BOOKS    AND    ODD    VOLUMES 

WAICTBO   TO   PCTBCHABB* 


I 


FAfUcnlATi  of  Prioe,  Ae.«  of  ihe  foUoiriiK  Boolu  to  be  leat  db^cl  lo 
Cb«  K«ntl«4)>en  by  whom  ilicj  u-fl  rt(]uU«d.&nd  irtuMe  n&mei  iizi4  »»«• 
di^Mti  Af*  fives  for  tli»t  purpoac:  — 

Qcaiir  EutMrnmrn't  GoMr  rii«vt>«.ti(t    Cdltkiou  Poor  oi»pr«ir  lanc«* 
would  do> 


lookKliidloc    -  • 


:— G«o4  ipvdiMcu  «r  (ooUd  or  ttamped  itdei. 
Warned  by  ittw.  /.  C  JTodbiMu  ^Cluthua  Plaoe : 


^      BiuuA  PwtTfltJjrrA.  «d-  Lee. 

PAiMfti«TQ«ittrntcAt.  Soctrrv'*  Ptrei-tCAnoii*. 
ILliioht  «r  AttftLuumTtby  MiMUord. 

'^         I>c:  CaX4«,  GLo•UIlrtt1f■ 
'WlLLr4t  fipKTKV  or  BjiPiooil  CATK^bllAL. 

Wanted  hj  Mr,  71.  Simpmm,  10,  KiDf  WUUaoa  SifMt. 
Quu^inff  Croeit  W>C. 

9  

m 

"  ^Qtioi  ta  Corrrtffiotttfntttf. 

p  Our  ««xi  jfrMH&er,  «nlk*cA  vnVI  &«  ^Mtimf  m  ThMr$f(aM,  Mrifl  comUtimt 

DiHjat  or  Tim  Caviicit. 
Mu.  Wii.i.t*K«'  MfKeu^Ktai^ 

^Ta•u•u  UkkVCIit. 
raBaMtt-H  CorviKt^ 
Tbi  Muen  Vooiti4t4c> 


Taa  %Jitm  Sin  Rojianr  Paul  imif  tH  Oj^rd^  t»l  ai  Ciambridgi',  and 
■  m  IftMttb  Firtt  Cltt*** 
,  Wmam  M.,  *riwr  T.  B,    Wt  hatt  IttHr*  foe  lAeee  Corre*pondfmiM, 
m  «oa  tee  /bnitar«t  iJhiiiN  f 
F,  It.  K.  (8«lh.1    *•  W»  A  Q."  r*  repHftPKf  for  tran»mi»»iom  a^nmd. 
A  I*  *iwfrt*ip*rf  <3optf  may  tiWrt^ltr*  *•  wmi  to  /«rfui  vlA  d'o«lAfuiuki«fa  JW 

0aB 


SMte  «9a}>M  hiimA  MHoHtial  iwtif«r  ni/ciMMp  lo  Me  Odrr  o^St,  John 
^JtramOm^f^uiektBif^^ftkt  Mnglith  X<M|n»e,  tnOmird  amd  ith  vult.  of 

t  Uk  0riifiA  qf  lAe  Ontetrnt  at  a  Ptand«rd 
Otttwallr^  - 


'  htinhMe**  i»  nert  to  coodUaeM,*' 


iM  of  CA«  tOMinp 
VlSe-K.aV^ 
COodUaeM,*'  Acu 


K.P.  IKS.   Jnmj$ftid^mik< 

1.  UU^auifc    n  kaahun  ix>n^eciurtd^tkatjkt  orj^^ 
|«t  8.  I*,  tvt 

ItiTi-    Uiv  ^iyet^  E^itir  of  OttttaU  Kirk^dkd  m 

Aua.  It  1<I3&  < Gciii.  Mac.  ^rH.  I^U,  tt«  930. J  /V  a  (iff  a/* Aw  loorl:*  nee 
Bio*«  PtcL  of  LMat  AMllMink  if  l«.  ITe  ^nnot  JUtd  that  he  pttbHthtd 
petHe  «r  dramatit  y^neeev*— «.  Ptrformtw*  in  thm  IfV^fnuMier 
'  -  c*t  r^'ymi^r.ot.  Jm*  i.  1197.  G  ent,  Mrc.  'S*pt. » 8»7,  p.  Ml . 
"f  Cu^*fkmt  SwTtM*  C/en.  Hen.ry  Olfn,  *iA, 
ne,  IS47,  p.  t70,    a^.  Htntagt    IfVU,  W4W^ 


Now  rM4]r»eiUi  te»  etvcd*  li.irfl.  clotJi  boiitdi. 

NOTES  AND    QUERIES 

OBVBAJLX.    XVSKX   TO  SBCOVB    ttBS 

''*Cotiiain»  alkotit  ao.CKX)  re'feMrntc*  to  ertlclM  irritttn  br  lomf  of  our 
beat  teholwi  mK>n  tvtfj  ennr^lvable  Bubjcct,  "  frqrn  pru-rl^MtJitfttion  to 
•lea  ■ilk/*  for  io  Ihe  p«5ei  of  thle  Eferybody't  < 'i.tnmttnpta'i'  li**ot,  sio 
■tibjeet  comtB  amlae.  .  .  .  IC  ^  a  boolt  whkh  wJU  be  fimnJ  moet 
utcful  toUuM  who  pcwtM  Aotue  ami  QiKniw.  mnt\  JMdlinentable  lo  iLe 
ec»Tclier>  Mier  Uie  **  cunonlue  of  literature."—  Tmh-  *,fita  Nor.  Ih^. 


X  xvi»: 


TO 

Prioe  i#.  clotU  boanJi. 


ST 


"  The  ntliHToffiKJi  aTolon**,  not  nnljr  U»  irnni  of  Ivttert.  tmt  to  ««]|. 
Inlhrmed  nedera  geoerallj,  k  too  obritua  in  fc^quin  nraof,  mutv  eeoe- 
eiiillrirben  II  li  remembered  tb«,t  rn«D>'  uf  tbctr  t^frrenoea  ibetwaen 
Sd^OOO  ftnd  M^oei^)  ere  to  artlclci  wliJcli  th«mfe«|vf«  noliit  out  the  btet 
•ourcee  of  iotonnatkm  upoo  tbdr  reijiectlire  iubj«el«^ 

7Mwe#»t8lhJuly,  JBM. 
WtLLtA^M  GHCIG  SmTH^  U«  W«lUfist(m  Strtet.  $trend. 
Aad  all  Bookeenert  and  NcinmefL 


AMtoffrKph  Lcttcri  ^  Fftpen  rclatluff  lo  Ooaati' 
"iunlly  Uiitoryt  Shakcipeftfiena,  ac 

ESSRS.  PCTTICK   &  SIMPSON,  Auctioneers 

Literary  Frpr^rir.  »f U  BKLt*  by  AUCTION,  et  th«ir  llo<uc, 
'     -       re,WjCiWeeli4deV.oB  WKDNK^DAY    " 


M^SSR 

111  of  Liu 

ULtheelei 


•a4  eompd 


iKi^ 


W  MfllC  4 

jfe»cti,of 

BMIVJKD   BcitKK 

Butwf  Bprwht 

BoaVHT    BtTHITl 

LoMU  Btiiow 
Jrmm  C*tTi)i 
El.  T.  CiitEKiiMie 

FH*OKnr(-|«    Tl«BQlif-%T 


March  t3. 

of  AtrroORAPU  LET- 
_  Jl  illeiincatehed  Amatrurv, 
Spccluvena,  J>ltert^  in  «o<ne 


GoKTpa 
Ul'uo  Ga<iTroi 
Jontrii    HiVD,"* 

l>ATtI>   IIUMJI 

Napoliu^  lit. 

AjlCHUKArQ*    PaLVV 


Atpjp.  Pore 
J.  J»  KavtAKAtr 
Sin  WAi.T«a  Scott 

I>IA}f   Swiff? 
VOLTAIKV 

Geo.  WAaiii?rot«]« 
OtJM«tt.&x.  Woi.r« 


I>tten  of  Royelty,  Eji^lbh  and  Foreign,  Femily  of  a«onie  the  THlrJ, 
nutnctout  Letter*  of  Bi»hora  Aod  Divine*,  AftUt«,  i Baoaaipunkd  in 
inaay  eaJCf  «ith  oficis*!  Utnwirtga),  Toete  end  Llterunr  Men.  Mu- 
etciene^  end  Drmm&tuti ;  many  curiutu  und  Talu«lile  DiaciiUKLit*  II- 
luelretWeof  County  and  Fkinily  HiBiory;  cnme  curiiNU  SihakeiiCieariau 
Fapen(  Letter*  of  U^iord*  C>ioi>ride««*iid  Wykebam  Seliolare,  Ac  ke* 


Calalognce  lent  OD  receipt  of  Two  Stminpi; 


Jnet  pablbhed. 
BY  MR.  T.  O.  WEIQEL,  of  LEIPZIG. 

A  CATALOGUE  of  Rare  and  Valitablb  Books 
In  all  Clajee*  of  Literuturc  ;  AbclLcuC  Menutcrtriie  on  VclJiim 
end  Peper  4  Early  2CyIoffr«^bJc  Produoilua*  t  Ubtorlcal  ead  Satlrlvai 
Brdod«ld«i  of  the  i:tth,  Ifith,  and  1 7th  CJentiiri^. 

Alio  the  Firth  Pert  of  hl« 

GENERAL  CATALOGUE,  Gootaimog  I^amed 

Fiociftiea  ;  JMemrt  end  SeientUlc  Feriodiealit  Uterary  BLtlary  ead 
Bibltoorapby. 

Theie  Catalogruef  m^y  be  ubUinexI  of  Sir.  H.  KUTT,  Stn^  Strand  i 
of  Hvure.  WILLIAMS  »  NORGATE.  I«.  Ucnrieita  Street,  Corcnl 
Onrdea  t  vndof  Meaire.  DULAU.  a  CO..  Suho  Square. 


'jtirt.  Old  Mttttty ai.  Addttu  tht 

_  jor  uinnm//  fft"  .    .«fieo*  q/ »*  N.  A  Q."  malt  b»  had  qf  ih4 
antt  0f9U  MooimUtr9  ami  JV  eiFMn«n« 
"NtrpM  Afft  Qt'*«fc«"  %M  publiMhed  at  nmm  *m  Fttday*  omd  Id  ttXto 


r/rt 
uMcA 


IBS"  b  regiitertd  for  tntotmisdjon  Abroad* 


In  i}to,  etccantly  printed,  Pott  Free  for  Thrte  ^tampe. 

riATALOGUE   of  a   HIGHLIMNTE RESTING 

\J  CXILLKCTIOX  of  BOOK**  from  tUf  IJBRARIE^^  of  Hi*  lati 
H:  T.  BUCKLE.  E*q..  ind  I  *»HH  \<  at  UILAV.  caoiiijtJnir  of  the 
AtjthorltiM  c«n«tilt«l  by  thoi'  .ri*iu  In  com t^lUoff  their 

cclcl)T.it<:d  workf."Tb«  IIi^to^^  u'    and  "^  The  Hlitory  of 

Knpl&nd/'    At»o  &  I'Drtujin  of   i  a  well-known  antl  eml- 

iiPTit  F.8  '  '  '  ■  - -id  ^fitiauM.  ,...,», it  r  with  many  Curloiu  and 
Valuabl'  itd    from    vMriuu«   •trtircet..   FOR   8ALC    fc* 

HICHAM;  I  n.  K I Dg  W  lUia/fl  StiTCt,  Charing  Cro«»»  W.d. 

BooltelMii  .Qtitf. 


TO  AUTHORS.  — Murray  &  Co.'s  New  Mouw 
of  PtmLBDtNO  le  the  only  one  Uiet  eAiM*  Anthort.  iiublithlar 
on  their  own  (i«^?nnt.  bii  opiwriopity  of  coturiosr  e  Profil.  EeHinatct 
anil  partlcutar*  forwardtd  oti  sppticaUoa. 

IIURRAY  a  CO.,  13,  Patemoeter  Kow,  J5.C. 

DECOND-HAND   BOOKS.— A  LFST  of  BOOKS 

O    In  all  CLaieei  of  Standard  Literature,  warrwiVA  Y^rtes**  5fl»ft^>k 
Aoe  eiNiiditlwi>  foir  the  Cie^\.\«.m«3v^ftVAV»t«.'r^^  ^\%c>^'a  Vjufw  ^a\ 
Mod  etamt>  tor  oorteca^VJ .  U?.kT\\.  vfl,  Q-riw^l  %vw^. 


NOTES  AXD  QUERIES. 


11 


252 

|>A«»TER'S 
UAtiSTK 

BACJ 
(Jatalucuri.  by  pMt.fn*. 

lyjtiilon  1  HAMTKL  UAUHTER  t  HOXi.  ». 

rrlc«  1 1.  *i  .  r»«e  by  Port.  

PITMAN^fi  MANXTAI  OF  PHOKOGKAPHY. 

l^iiluu :  V.  riTMAX. »»,  P»Uniort«r  Row.  LC. 

riTMAN'M  rilONfKiBAPHY  TArGIIT  by  MR.  F.  PITMAX. 
In  CIbm.  7*.  ad.   Priir*uly.  iMf. 

Apirly  •*  >^  Pa&CfBostn  Rov. 

KUOES    &    KUTLER,  Wine  Merchants,    &c. 

rtcticnmcptl  umI  riTAKANTEfc  Ihe  foll^/wiiitf  WIN£!>:  _ 

'l*un  whblcfMM  CUARKT.  u  drunk  st  B'irdcaux.  ISf.  uid  2I«. 

I«r  d<jMO. 

WhtuBwdMu  tto.  ■adiOf.pcrdoi. 

Owod  Iffick lOiiu    „>«•.„ 

Hbarkllnc  eprnwy  ChAinyaCUE 3m„  l:«.    ^     4^.       n 

Owd  Uaner  bJwrry 'i'-    ••     -*«• 

Fwl su..«ii.   «    3«t.       .. 

They  laviti  the  attention  oTCONNOISSErHf*  to  their  rutod  rtvek 
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258 


LONDON,  SATURDAY,  MARCH  96,  1864. 


CONTENTS— No.  117. 


—  Hymns  of  the  Chiuroh,  268— HawisU  Domina 
ireoloo,  254  —  Mrs.  Williams's  Miscellanies,  lb.  — 
iment :  "  Peine  Port  et  Dure/*  256  —  Pre-dcath 
and  Monuments, /6.— "La  Langue  Roftiane,"  266 
lication  of  Wills  — Tho  "Niels  Juel"  —Ancient 
Parai^ram  —  Church  Music  —  ^nigmata  —  Long 
)  of  Vicarage  and  Curacy,  267. 

88 :  —  Brown  of  Coalston  —  A  Centenarian  and 


ling  more  — Circle  Squaring  —  Joseph  Porster- 
r  Goose  —Harrison  and  F»rr— Haydn's  Sympho- 
•  The  Surprise**  Ac  —  "  Here  lies  Pred,"  Ac.  —  "TThc 


ike,"  1828  —  London  Smoke  and  London  Light  — 
fleacham  —  Mitlcy — The  late  Dr.  Bafllcs  —  Edward 
den  Rose  —  Swallows  —  Tratle  Winds  —  Witches  in 
(ter  Castle,  258. 

B  wiTTT  AitswBKS :  —  Dr.  Jacob  Cats  —  "  The 
h  Spy"— Quotation— Ply-leaf  Scribbliugs— Quo- 
wautcd,  250. 

IS:  —  Publication  of  Diaries,  2fil  —  Situation  of 
62  —  Hindu  Gods,  iS. —Thomas  Gilbert,  Esq.,  26S— 
'ell's  Head.  2B4  —  Reliable,  266 —The  Misses  Young, 
L  Bull  of  Burke's  —  Judicial  Committee  of  Privy 
1  —  Tho  Mozarabic  Liturgy  —  Nica»n  Barks  —  Pitz- 
—  Hemming  of  Worcester  —  Wolfe,  Ghirdcner  to 
VIIL  — Arms  of  Williams  —  Epigram  on  Infkncy 
islatoTS  of  Terence :  James  Prenderille-  Motto  for 
i-upon-Trcnt  Water  Company  — Sir  John  Moore's 
nent— Family  of  De  Scarth,  or  De  Scmt  — Pos- 
of  the  Emperor  Charlemagne  —  Robert  Dillon 
10.  M.P.—  Ruthven.  Earl  of  Forth  and  Brentford  — 
e  Prayers  for  the  Laity  —  Latin  Quotation  — 
m  Dudgeon  —  Quotations  wanted,  Ac,  267. 
1  Books.  Ac 


HYMNS  OF  THE  CHURCH. 

y  take  an  interest  in  the  bjmns  in  use  in 
'ious  offices  of  the  Catholic  Church.  As 
[  know,  there  has  been  no  list  printed  of 
thors  of  these  hymns.  In  many  cases  the 
ship  is  well  established ;  but  in  others  it  is 
ul :  some  even  are  attributed  to  seyerfd 
It  authors.  Without  goins  into  the  proofs 
borship,  I  have  thought  that  "  N.  &  Q.'* 
be  a  very  proper  Museum,  where  a  list 
be  deposited  of  a  number  of  hymns,  with 
nes  of  the  authors  attached.  The  following 
;  been  carefully  compiled  from  a  variety  of 
3,   and  will,  I  trust,  be  found  useful  for 


ice :  — 

is  ortus  cardine 
aa  Christi  munera 
ae  rerum  Conditor 
ne  Rex  altissime 
iiei  nuntius 
,  Redemptorls  mater 


a  deserti  teneris  sub  annis 
benigne  Conditor    . 
t  tyrannus  anxins    . 
ra  jam  spargit  polom 
ra  lucis  rutilat 
maris 


i  nobis  gandU  . 


SeduliMs, 

8L  Ambrote, 

8U  Ambrote. 

St.  Gregory. 

Frudentiug, 

Peter  of  Compoetena— 

Hermannus  Contra  c 

tus. 
Paul  the  deacon. 
St.  Ambrote. 
Prudentiut. 
St.  Ambroee. 
St.  Ambroae. 
Si.  Bernard -^Xotker 

— Fortunaiut, 
St.  Hilary. 


Beate  pastor  Petre  . 
Christe  Redemptor  omnium 
Coslestis  urbs  Jerusalem 
Cceli  Deus  sanctissime     . 
Conditor  alme  siderum    . 
Consors  Pa  tern  i  luminis  . 
Decora  lox  eternitatis 
Deus  tuomra  militum 
Dies  ins,  dies  ilia    . 


Domare  cordis  impetus    . 
Ecce  jam  noctis 
Egregie  doctor  Paule 
£x  more  docti  mystico    . 
Fortem  virili  pectore 
Qloria,  laus,  honor  . 
Hymnum  canamus  gloria; 
Jam  lucis  orto  sidero 

Jam  Christus  astra  aacenderat 

Jam  moDsta  quiesce  querela     . 
Jesu  dnlcis  memoria 
Jesu  corona  celsior  . 
Jesa  corona  virginnm 

LaudaSionSalvatorem    . 
Luds  Creator  optime 

Lnstria  sex  qui  jam  peregit 

Lux  ecce  surgit  aurea 
MagDSB  Deus  potentin 
MartinsB  celebri 
Nocte  surgentes 
Non  illam  crucians  . 
Nox  atra  remm  contegit 
Nox  et  tenebne  et  nubila 
Nunc  Sancte  nobis  Spiritos     . 
O  lux  beata  Trinitas 
Onimisfelix  .        .        .       . 
Opes,  decusque  reginm    . 
Orate  nunc  omnes   . 
O  sola  magnarum  urbinm 
Pange  lingua . . .  corporis  mys- 

terium 

Pange  lingua. .  •  lauream  cer- 

taminis         .        .        .        . 

Pater  sopemi  luminis 
Quem  tarra,  pontos,  sidera 

Hector  potens,  verax  Deus 
Rerum  Creator  optime     . 
Rex  Christe  Factor  omnium   . 
Rex  gloriose  martymm  . 
Sacris  solemniia 
Salve  Regina  .       .       .       • 


Salveteflores  martymm  . 
Somno  refectis  artubus  . 
Splendor  Paternie  glorin 
Stabat  Mater  . 

Summa;  Parens  dementi  A 
Te  Deum  landamus 

Te  lucis  ante  terminom 


8t.Amhrote. 
St.  AmhroK. 
StAmbroee. 
St.  Ambrom. 
St.  Ambrom. 
Elpia. 

St.  Ambroae, 
Tkamae  OtUmo^ 

Humbert — Unmi-^ 

Tranifipant, 
Pope  Ifrban  VIIL 
St.  Gregory. 
Elpia. 

St.  Ambrose. 
Sj/hiua. 
fheodulphua. 
St.  Bede. 
St.  Aifibroae^St  Ber- 

nard. 
St.  Ambroae^St.  Grt- 

pr- 

St.  Bernard. 
St.  Ambroae. 
St.  Ambroae— 8t.Gre- 

St.  ThamaaofAquin. 

St.  Gregory—St  Ber- 
nard. 

St.  Ambroae  —  FortU' 
natua, 

Prudentiua. 

St.  Ambroae. 

P.  Urban  VIIL 

St.  Gregory. 

P.  Urban  VIIL 

St.  Ambroae. 

Prudentiua. 

SL  Ambroae. 

St.  Gregory—Akaiin. 

Paul  the  deacon. 

P.  Urban  VIIL 

Notker. 

Prudentiua. 


St.  Thomaa  ofAquin. 


Fortunatua  Mammer- 

tua. 
Bellarmine. 
St.  Gregory  —  Fortw 

natug. 
St.  Ambroae. 
St.  Ambroae. 
St.  Gregory. 
St.  Gregory. 
SL  Thomaa  of  ^9MM. 
Peter  of  CompoeteUa — 

Adhemar—Herman" 

nua  Contractma  — 

King  Robert, 
PrwdenHua. 
St.  Ambroae. 
St.  Ambroae. 
Jacoponi—Pope  Inno' 

cent  III. 
St.  Ambroae. 
88.  Ambroae  and  Au- 

guatin.    wtt 


254 


NOTES  AND  QUEBIE& 


lav.  iLkL^i 


Telltirifl  ingens  Conditor . 
TriMes  w&ot  Apoatoli 
Tu  naCAle  solum 
Tu  Trinitatis  uaita^ 
I7t  quGant  UxIb 
Vcni  Creator  SpiriCtia 


Veoi  Siinctfl  Spiritus 
Verbum  saperoum  prodiena 
Vexilla  Regis  prcKleunt  . 

VicUtti«  Pflsch&li  l&ndfta 


P.  UrhoA  VIIL 
SL.  Ambrose. 
Paul  thtdtaenn^ 
St.  Atnbros€ '—^  Rfthfi* 
Mwi  3/aurKj  — Char- 

ffermanntts  Contrac- 
tus, King  Hifft^rt 

St  Grt^r^—St.  Tho* 
ma*  ofAqHtn. 

SL  Ambrose  —  Theo- 
dtdphut  —  FortunU' 
tu§'^Sedulivrt. 

Mother. 

F.  C.  IL 


HAWISTA  DOMINA  DE  KEVEOLOC. 

A  word  upon  her  seal,  described  (I'^S.  vii.  292) 
by  John  ap  WilHnm  ajp  John,  in  liis  learned  dia- 
sertiition  upon  Owen  Glyndwr's  arms,  and  there 
liscrihed  by  him  to  Hawiae  (Gadarn),  heiress  of 
t!ie  Wenwynwyn  line,  and  wife  of  Sir  John  de 
Cbarleton.  From  a  note  of  John  ap  \ViUi»m  ap 
John's,  in  Archaiologin  Cambrensis  (New  Series, 
IV.  200)  U[>on  this  seal,  he  app»cftrs  to  hii%*«  agreed 
in  opinion  with  the  lute  eminent  Shro[ishire  gene- 
ulofEiKtf  Mr,  Joseph  Morris,  so  far  aa  regards  the 
asfTibing  of  it  to  this  ladj  ;  though  (in  **N.  &  Q.*') 
differinjJT  from  Mr.  Morris  tn  ruference  to  the 
shield  in  the  left  hand  of  the  ^inire  on  the  aeal. 
In  the  ArchaioiofrictilJoum,  (x,  143)  there  is  an 
account  of  this  seal,  in  which,  with  unquestionable 
tiorrectneas,  it  is  assigned  not  to  Hawiie  (Gadnrn), 
bur-  to  her  ^randmotlier,  Hawime,  daughter  nf  one 
of  the  Johns  le  Strange,  of  Knockyn,  and  wile  of 
Griffin  an  Wenwynwyn  (who  has  been  styled  as 
de  Kf'veoloc)^BLp  Owen  de  Kcveoloc.  Acc(»rdinjr  to 
this  account,  the  lady  on  the  seal  holds  in  her 
light  hand  her  husband's  shield,  the  lion  rampant 
uf  Powyitf  and  in  h<*r  left,  her  father's,  the  two  ; 
Hong  passant  of  Sirauge^  thus  afford injj  an  inter- 
esting instance  of  an  early  step  in  the  united  dis- 
playing of  a  husband*s  and  wife's  arms,  eventually 
resulting  in  the  more  modern  enipalenient.  In  the 
Arch^  Journ.  it  is  surmised  this  liuwisc,  the 
grandmother,  nmy  have  heUl  Kevcoloc  (an  im* 
portant  central  district  of  Wales)  fur  life,  by  some 
family  arrangement,  after  her  husband's  decease 
(she  does  not  ap|>ear  to  have  obtained  it  in  dower). 
1  would  rather,  however,  conjecture,  that  the  "  de 
Kcveoloc"  on  the  seal  may  not  refer  to  any  actual 
ownership  of  that  part  of  ber  deceased  bus  band's 
territory,  but  rather,  that  as  he,  fullowin^  bis 
father's  and  g^mnd father's  example,  may  have  ap- 
m-nded  this  Welsh  designation  to  his  name,  so  that 
his  WMiow,  Hawise,  also  may  have  thus  retained 
tlie  same  addition  Uj  her  name,  though  wtyled, 
Ai  her  hufiband,  in  Knglish  rccordN  *'  do  la  I*ole/* 
^  Pole  or  WcUhpofjl  being  the  family  residence.   Am 


to  the  ori|rin  of  the  additional  designiiiA' 
Keveoloc/'  or  simply  *'  KeveolocJ*  ai  mp^ 
to  Griffin's  gi-andfather,  Owen^  it  b  to  be  a^ 
this  Owen  and  Owen  Gwynedd  were  co(i«|( 
princes,  and  each  Owen  ap  GruffffiA^^  ^ 
prevent  confusion,  these  reapecUve  t«r^' 
signations  may  have  been  appendr 
names,  Gwynedd  being  Nortb  Wale*. 
the  seal  to  Hawiae,  tbe  grantkuoth* 
clearly  belong  to  her  period  of  widoi 
ber  husband's  to  ber  own  decease,  IS 
about,  and  the  dress  of  th^  figure 
posed  to  be  that  of  a  widow  of  thci^e 
gravin«r!*  of  the  seal  are  in  both  AncA.J 
Arch.  Cambrensis,  I  would  add,  tbe 
whicb  aome  of  tbe  foregoing  names  j 
*'  N.  &  Q."  (2»*  S.  xi.  77),  i»  a  mixtm 
and  fiction ;  tbe  family  of  Pole,  Dukefl 
was  not  derived  from  tbe  Lrorda  of  W« 


MRS,  W1LLIAMS*S   MISCELLAJf 

Since  I   wrote   the   article     oa 
Williams,"  which  ap[teared  in  *'  N.  ic  i 
421),  I  have  procured  the  volume  i 
the  publication  of  which,  and  the  ( 
ance  receivetl  by  Mrs.  Williams,  im\ 
Boswell  in  bis  Life  of  Johnxort,      Tlii 
Htatej  that  Johnson   furnished  "  the 
"Epitaph   on    Phillips,"  Translation* 
Epitaph   on   Sir  Thomas  Hanrner  ; 
an  Ode  " ;  and  **  The  Ant,  a  parupbr 
Proverbs."     Johnson  also  wrote  **  'i'hiTj 
a  Fairy  Talc,  in  prose/'  and    ftri-s. 
tributed  that  admirable  ]fM>eoK  **  The  Tl 
in^s;"  perhup,s   the   best   n    !     -  *     re*l  j 
contents  of  the  volume.     '1 
on  persons  of  the   name   oi    i  iJMnjja- 
nmsiciun  called   Chiudy   Phillips,  hmB 
cxprcifsed  thought :  — 

'*  Phillip:^,  whose  touch  UarmoRicms  eoiiTd  I 
'Ihe  pang*  of  guilty  powV  miiJ  LHrd«*^ 
Kest  ht'rc  diatrisjit  by  novf>  i 
Find  bi!r«  that  cidro  l\u*u  » 

Steep  undi?»turb'd  witldn  tlu-v  p>iirt,uil 
Till  Angeb  wnke  tlice  viiih  n  note  liko  l 

The  other  ij*  in  memory  of  Sir  F- 
portions  of  whose  Diary  have  a] 
to   time   in  tbe  {lagcs  4>f  **  N»  .t^ 
thus  I  ^ — 
"  (}n  (fit  Dtath  r>f  Sir  Enumm  Pk 

droHmid  in  lAe  River  Avoum  tuar 

1743, 
**  Why  dish  thp  flwHls?    Wlmi 

How  itet-'p  the  precipice!    U< 

T''  ■■  ^    ■  -r-  nunk  ill  A^    ■■' 


wflt-'iTi  h|r! 


*v« 


u^l 


y*S.V.  MAK.se.'M.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIEa 


25d 


F 


} 


Wbat  now  rem&ins?   It  yet  remilni  to  try 
^Vlrhat  hope,  whst  peace,  religion  can  ioppiy : 
;  It  yet  remains  to  catch,  tbe  parting  ray. 
To  note  hia  worth  ere  memory  ^«  awRy  j 
To  mark  bow  various  excellence  conibinM— 

y* :t  his  virtues.  And  trimacnbe  bis  mind ; 

,  <  tnainM  with  holy  riles  to  lay 
:dthlesfl  reliques  in  their  kindred  clay. 

\  e  wite,  ye  good,  tbe  holy  ritea  attend : 

H^t^re  lies  the  wise  ouui's  ^uide,  the  good  man's  friend; 

Awhile  let  faith  exalt  th*  adoring  eye. 

And  meditation  de«p  sogpend  the  sif^h  i 

Then  close  the  grave*  and  found  the  futi*ral  knell. 

Each  drop  a  tear,  and  take  a  lut  far«wdl ; 

In  peace  retire^  and  wish  to  live  a«  weLL" 

Although  it  would  give  me  much  pleasure  to 
— feink  that  the  fore<?oing  eulogy  on  a  member  of 
^"*'  family  from  which  I  sprung  should  have  been 
ed  by  such  a  man  as  Samuel  Johnson,  I 
liik  the  first  epitaph  bears  the  strongest  im- 
Cl»  »refs  of  the  **  fine  old  Roman  hand."  Besides, 
^m  iif«.  Witliams  hod  Wen  upon  terms  of  the  most 
tniilifir  intimacy  with  the  family  of  Sir  John 
•hilipps  from  her  childhood ;  and  if  any  thing 
tould  give  an  impulse  to  the  chorda  of  her  lyre, 
t  would  be  tbe  untimely  fate  of  a  friend  and  a 
t>enefnctor.  It  may,  however^  be  like  the  poem 
{•  On  the  Death  of  Stephen  Grey,  the  Electrician," 
itained  in  the  Miseellanie*,  Bo6well,  on  reading 
maintained  the  poem  to  be' Johnson\  and  asked 
_"Mrs.  Williams  if  it  were  not  his.  "  Sir,*'  said  nhe 
^J\  with  some  warmth,  **  I  wrote  that  poem  before  I 
Cpbad  tbe  hotiotir  of  Dr.  Johnson's  acquatotaDce/* 
K^3oiwell,  however,  was  so  much  impressed  by  h\» 
^B  first  notion,  that  he  mentioned  it  to  Johnson^ 
^B  repeating  at  the  same  time  what  Mrs.  Williams 
H  hflid  said.  His  answer  was,  **  It  is  true,  Sir^  that 
^B  she  wrote  it  before  she  was  acquainted  with  me; 
W  but  she  has  not  told  you  that  I  wrote  it  all  over 
«      again,  except  two  lines/* 

Im  John  Pavih  PiitLLirg. 

Usverfordwest. 
PUK18HMEJJT:   "PEI>JE  FORT  KT  DURE," 
It  has  generally  been  supposed  tlmt  Mr.  Walter 
Calverlwy,  who  was  arraigned  at  Yoik   for  mur- 
der and  refused   to  nlead,  wa^  one   of  the   ta^t 
to      persons   who   sufllred   the  horrible   punishment, 

*  and  that,  althougU  the  law  remained,  it  was  never 
►.      put  in  execution. 

*•  In  an  old  4 to  newspaper  called  the  Nottingham 

m      Mercury  of  Thursday,  January   19,   1721.     Tlie 

following  purugraph  is  given  as  part  of  the  Lon- 

^       don  news,  from  which  it  appears  that  as  late  as 

•  that  year  the  law  was  practically  put  in  force:  — 

**  Yesterday   the    S&^AJonn  begun    at  the   Old   Bailey* 

1  Wbc***'     -*.v<.rr,l      "  r«n,F||,  ^^f^     ^[J|■,.,,..^.r^     t.,     » ^,  ^     ^,|f     fg,,.    ||,g 

liJ^  '  thtm  Ihr  :                    II  Utety  tiik<Tn 

>c  »  f»f  whirh.                    li  Cri>M,  <i/iu( 

P^'  '    ii.,;-    SiL'^ii!,    .:j...    S}.'Ji;:ii»   rdtuting  to 

P^'  ■  I    fr.,..  r,..;,.i  !n.  T,,,.r.^   « 1 1*)  foligwiDg  fwitcDce 


**  *  ToQ  that  are  pHsoners  at  iHa  bar,  shall  be  sent  fhmi 
hence  to  prison  from  whence  you  came,  and  put  into  a 
mean  honse  stopped  from  tightt  and  there  ihall  be  laid 
upon  the  bare  ground  without  any  litter,  atraw^  or  other 
covt^ring,  and  without  soy  garment  about  you  saving 
something  to  covor  your  privy  members,  and  that  you 
•ball  lie  upon  your  backs,  and  your  heads  shall  be  covered, 
and  your  feet  bare,  and  that  one  of  yonr  arms  ihall  be 
drawn  with  a  cord  to  one  fiide  of  tbe  houae,  and  the  other 
arm  to  the  other  aide,  and  that  your  legs  sball  be  used  in 
the  same  manner,  and  that  upon  your  bodies  ahal!  be  laid 
so  much  iron  and  stone  at  you  can  bemr,  and  no  more ; 
and  tbe  first  da^  after  you  shall  have  three  morsels  of 
barley  bread,  without  any  drink;  and  tbe  aecood  day 
jou  shall  drink  ao  much  aa  you  can  three  times  of  tbe 
water  which  ia  next  the  pnion  door,  saving  running 
water,  without  any  breadt  and  this  ah  all  be  your  diet 
untiMrou  die*' 

'*  The  former,  on  sight  of  the  terrible  machine,  desired 
to  be  carried  back  to  the  S^saiooji  House,  where  he 
pleaded  Not  Guilty ;  but  the  other,  who  behaved  himself 
very  insolently  to  the  ordinary  who  was  ordered  to  attend 
him,  Beemingtv  resolved  to  undergo  tbe  torture.  Aceofd- 
ingly,  when  t&ey  brought  oorda,  aa  uaual,  to  tye  him*  he 
broke  them  three  several  times  like  twine  thread,  and  told 
them  if  they  brongbt  cables  be  would  serve  them  aiier 
the  same  manner;  but,  however,  tbey  found  means  to 
tye  him,  and  chain  him  tjo  the  eroand,  having  bis  limba 
ejitended ;  but  after  enduring  we  punishment  an  hour, 
and  having  300  or  400  weight  pat  on  him,  be  at  lost  sub- 
mitted to  plead,  and  was  carried  back  again,  when  he 
pleaded  also  Not  GuiUy/' 

The  form  of  the  judgment  li  tbe  same  as  giTen 
by  Cowel  and  Blount  in  their  works.  The  law 
was  not  repealed  until  a  much  more  recent  date 
than  above-named.  Edwaeb  HArLstons. 

Horton  Hall 


PRE-DEATH  COFFINS  AND  MONUMENTS. 

Having  occasion,  in  1 857,  to  visit  the  coast  (own 
of  Wester- A nstruther,  in  Fifeshire,  Scotland,  I 
was  induced  to  step  into  a  dwelling-houie  of  two 
stories  or  floors,  which  stands  on  the  cast  side  of 
the  burgh,  in  consequence  of  noticing  this  curious 
invitation  painted  on  each  side  of  the  entrance 
door :  — 

**  Here  is  the  splendid  GrDttO-room, 
The  like**  not  seen  in  any  town  *, 
Those  thai  it  do  wish  to' see- 
It's  only  Threepence  nsked  as  fee.'^ 

The  "grotto-room,"  which  is  upon  the  second 
floor,  is  an  apartment  of  about  seven  or  eight  feet 
square.  The  ceiling  and  walls  are  covered  with 
marine- shells  of  great  variety,  disposed  in  many 
curious  and  ingenious  devices.  A  mirror  and 
several  prints  :irc  set  in  frames  ornamented  by 
the  same  interesting  objects.  But  the  most  ex- 
traordinary piece  of  furniture  (if  it  may  be  so 
called)  is  a  coffin  or  chest  for  a  dead  body,  the 
lop,  sidoB,  and  ends  of  which  are  also  closely 
covered  with  sen-flhells,  and  painted  black,  except 
that  the  masonic  sif^ns  of  the  sun,  moon,  and  seven 
star;,  the  tigure  of  a  hutuan  heart,  and  the  initials 
of  the  artiiitc,  whose  bodjr  the  cofiin  is  intended  to 


256 


NOTES  AND  QUEEIES. 


[8^  S.  V.  Mae.  «C.  *iL 


contain  some  day,  arc  in  gold-gilt  upon  the  top  or 
lid.  The  coflin  lies  upon  two  black  painted  stools, 
and  stands  before  a  bed — the  "  grotto-room  "  bc- 
inff  used  as  a  sleeping  apartment. 

In  the  same  room,  enclosed  in  a  shell-covered 
frame,  was  the  following  curious  notice  written  in 
a  neat  ornamental  style :  — 

*'  This  room  was  done  by  my  own  liand ; 
The  shelln  I  f^ot  from  many  a  strand ; 
For  all  the  Ubor  that  you  see, 
Seren  white  shillings  was  my  fee 
The  outside  work,  Across  the  Brid;,'t', 

both  rich  and  f^ood,  a  gable  nice ; 

wan  seven  shillings  for  nuch  a  jub 

for  each  roo<l.  £2  the  price. 

'  The  work  Vm  sure  was  almost  lost. 
When,  as  above,  was  all  the  cost 
Anstruther  Wester,  1H3G,         Alkx.  BAtmiLOR,  slater." 

A  photographic  portrait  of  "Bacthlor"  exhi- 
bited the  happy  countenance  of  a  man  of  about 
threescore  and  ten,  with  a  fur  cap  upon  his  head. 
He  had  been  twice  at  the  hymeneal  altar ;  and  the 
strangely-ornamented  coffm  of  his  own  workman- 
ship was  "shown  off"  by  his  second  wife,  to  whom 
be  bad  been  married  only  a  fevr  weeks  before  the 
time  of  my  visit.  Whetlier  "  Bacthlor  *'  is  stilL 
alive  I  am  not  aware ;  but,  as  above  seen,  he  was 
a  slater  by  trade,  and  ho  contrived  to  eke  out  a 
living  by  ornamenting  houses  in  the  way  above 
notiml,  of  which  there  were  several  examples 
both  in  Easter  and  Wester  Anstruther. 

Although  the  idea  of  havinjj  one's  coffin  made 
during  life  is  not  uncommon,  1  have  never  before 
heard  of  it  being  made  for  public  exhibition.  Not 
many  years  ago  an  eccentric  cart  and  plough- 
wright  on  the  north -e:uit  coast  of  Scotland  made 
his  own  coflin,  and  used  it  for  a  considerable  length 
of  time  as  a  press  for  holding  working  tools  ;  it 
being  fitted  up  with  slip-shelves,  and  the  lid  or 
top  of  it  went  upon  hinges. 

In  the  old  buriul  ground  at  Montrose,  a  tomb- 
stone erected  to  William  Fcttes,  a  wriglit  or  car- 
penter, who  died  in  1809,  thus  records  the  part 
which  he  took  in  providing  a  chest  for  his  inani- 
mate frame :  — 

**The  handicraft  that  lieth  bore — 
For  on  the  dead  truth  should  appoar — 
Part  of  his  bier  his  own  hands  made. 
And  iu  Uie  same  his  body  is  laid.*' 

In  the  neighbouring  burial-ground  of  St. 
Braoch,  tlie  inscription  of  a  tombstone,  dated  1802, 
after  the  usual  record  of  the  period  of  the  death, 
&c.,  of  a  stonemason  named  Turnbull,  concludes 
by  stating  that  — 

''This  humble  mcmorUl  of  James  Turnbull  was  the 
work  of  his  own  bauds  during  his  leisure  houn." 

Although,  unknown  to  mo,  facts  may  be  re- 
corded u]>on  grayestones  in  other  parts  of  the 
country  Bimilar  and  equidly  cnrioiu  to  thoje 


above  quoted,  as  well  as  instances  known  oi 
i)eople  having  their  coflins  made  during  t>if»ii 
lifetime.  ^'  J- 


"  LA  I^\N(3UE  KOMANE." 

In  an  interesting  Memoir  on  La  Langue  Romoi 
(Trans.  K.  S.  of  Lit.),  M.  le  Due  du  Roustillo 
is  of  opinion  that  the  Latin,  as  well  ai  otlM 
languages,  is  largely  indebted  to  that  in  qua 
tion,  and  he  illustrates  the  subject  by  manjr  b 
genious  references ;  and  seems  to  be  of  opinia 
that  the  latter  should  be  reckoned  amongst  tk 
original  tongues,  if  it  be  not  indeed  the  tn 
PeUutf^  itec(/;  modified  by  local  circumstaiei 
and  the  lapse  of  ages  through  which,  so  to  ipe^ 
it  has  been  {>ereolated. 

The  ])aper  referred  to  has  another  significaifli 
in  connection  with  the  much-vexed  questiostf 
the  gipiiet,  and  possibly  it  ma/  tend  to  nAmi 
the  mystery  that  surrounds  that  ancient  and  p 
culiar  race:  and  there  ore  m?LTiy  rcsembluai 
between  words  in  this  and  the  gipsy  langnga 
which  will  readily  bo  recognised  by  even  a  eusf 
reader :  still  this  is  rather  a  secondary  oouid^ 
ation. 

The  Polasgio  race,  it  is  known,  disputed  p 
dence  in  antiquity  with  the  Egyptians;  ■! 
Herodotus  seems  to  leave  the  nucstion  open,  aoli 
withstanding  his  leaning  towards  the  latter. 

According  to  M.  Ic  Due  du  Kousaillon,  sm 
nyllahic  names,  as  being  less  exf)oscd  to  cnrnp* 
tions,  are  the  sources  from  which  we  must  derin 
our  knowledge  of  those  ancient  races  whose  »• 
cords  have  perished ;  if  in<lee<l  they  had  uf 
susceptible  of  preservation,  beyond  the  brief  tn* 
ditions  of  the  remotest  period  of  human  historf. 

In  a  study  of  the  present  oriental  languam 
including  those  of  China  and  Japan,  the  prindjli 
laid  down  would  in  all  likelihood  be  productive  of 
results  the  most  satisfactory.  We  would  thsi 
perhnns  determine  the  relative  antiquity  of  the 
two  la^t-named  races  more  accurately  than  it 
present;  and  gradually  we  might  even  hope- 
passing  from  th<^  Old  to  the  New  WorM — to  coin 
the  problem  of  the  origin  of  the  ancient  tribvs  ol 
Mexico,  Peru,  and  those  who  arc  now  only  re* 
cognisable  in  the  ruins  of  their  ancient  ciliei 
which  have  been  preserved  in  the  depths  ol 
almost  inac(;e8sible  forests. 

In  pursuing  the  geological  inquiry  as  to  tb 
remains  of  pre-higtoric  mon,  philology  would  pro- 
bably tend  to  correct  too  hasty  conclusions ;  and 
l):in<l-in-liand  with  phyxiology^  might  perhaps  in- 
dicate physical  peculiarities  in  the  anatomy  of  tb< 
human  organs  of  speech,  which  would  still  fur 
ther  throw  light  on  the  origin  of  one  primitivi 
language.  & 


>S.T.UAS.!S,'e4.] 


NOTES  AKD  QUEBIES. 


2fi7 


Public ATioK  or  Wills* — It  has  often  struck 
that  the  pubticntion  in  the  pft)>cra  of  the  wills 
'  persons  recently  dL*€eitsed  ia  h  very  indecent 
Qceeding,  and  u  gross  uiisuse  of  the  facilities 
lorded  by  the  Probate  Court  lor  insnectioii  of 
Ills.  On  referring  to  an  old  Law  boolc  (1  Bur- 
rdiaton,  240,  anno  1729),  I  observe  that  tbU  is 
I  new  grievance.     It  is  there  ro corded,  that  — 

'  Mr.  Kettleby  moved  for  an  infonnation  ngainst  the 

printer  of  one  of  the  newspapera  for  in«erting  in  it  Mr. 

llijngerfoTd*s  T?iIL      Hr   ?iia  this  was  a  practiee  tbat 

"atijht  tend  to  gr^^  n  by  discovering  men*t  prl- 

ate  difttjri  in  ill  ;  and*  thtreforo,  h«  made 

UQtian    in    l^..,....    v..    the  widow.      On  Jane  81, 

b«  House  of  Peers  made  nn  order  that  do  person 

take  npOQ  hiiu  to  print  tha  will  of  one  of  their 

The  Court  did  not  see  their  way  to  granting 
be  relief  requested ;  but  I  cannot  help  thinking 
at  the  present  practice  \&  a  very  unwarrantable 
'  JLiojk  of  the  sanctity  of  private  life. 

Job  J.  B.  Wobkaku. 

The  "  NiiLS  JcEL/'—This  name  has  been  lately 

efore  the  public  as  that  of  the  Danish  frigate 

ruisinii  ou  our  coast.     The  origin  of  the  name, 

applied  to  a  ship,  may  be  mveresting  to  some 

f  your  readers. 

Niels  Juel,  or  Juui,  was  descended  from  an  old 
)anisb  family,  and  was  distinguished  as  an  Ad- 
niral  in  the  seventeenth  century  :  for  his  services 
be  was  ennobled,  and  the  beautiful  island  of 
Taasingc  south  of  Fiihnen,  wai  awarded  to  him 
by  his  country*  The  name  is  as  familiar  in  Den* 
mark  as  that  of  Nelson  in  England. 
^  Medals  were  stnick  in  honour  of  one  of  bis 
victories*  Hie  lai^est  of  gold^  of  the  value  of 
0/. ;  and  two  other  sizes  of  silver.  I  saw  a  copy 
'  the  largest,  made  of  copper,  at  the  Exhibition 
at  year.  On  one  side,  Heeta  were  represented 
action.  It  is  a  very  beautiful  work  of  art. 
I  may  add  that,  in  the  comprehensive  collection 
Df  portraits  at  Evans's  in  the  Strand,  I  obtained 
[  group  of  the  Juel  family*  Sassenach. 

AwciBBTT  6itB£K  Paeaobam.  —  Thc  following 
.aragram  (wapdrypafifta,  calembour)^  mentioned  by 
Thei^eua,  tbe  Grecian  aophbt,  ia  worthy  of  being 
otioed;  — 

hlfhtfrpU  ircirot'<fa  fcrro*  ^;^(Mr/a| 

which, ^  differently  pronounced,  Las  also  the  two 
following  meanings :  — 

Ahk^fpU  wixii   ohaa  Iffrti  iitptoffiBt^  and  Ai/Kh  ^p^t  i^* 
^ffawra  ferv  Bf|^Ao^r{a,  llBOPOCAIfAJLia. 

CtiirRGff  Mu^ic.  —  I  transcribe  the  following 
jr  the  amusement  of  the  musical  readers  of 
^  N.  &  Q/*  If  the  statement  is  correct,  it  is  clear 
liat  a  wonderful  chan^^e  for  the  better  has  taken 

place  m  the  last  twenty  years,  and  one  scarcely  to 

be  credifced :  — 


**The  present  poverty  of  our  choirs  is  monrafullv  ap- 
parent by  a  reference  to  some  of  the  noblest  coQt|>o:^ition« 
of  the  chtirth.  Take  one  of  the  earliest,  for  e<3tamj;i]e»  the 
Service  of  To] lis :  tbe  prrccM  and  responses  of  tliis  Senric*^ 
are  of  unequslled  propriety  of  expresnoio,  majeatv  of 
£tyle,  ftnd  grandeur  of  harcnouy.  Tbey  have  never  been 
rea^  and  probably  never  will  ;*  but  they  demand  tbe  ftid 
of  a  Minor  Caooa  educated  as  all  such  were  in  Tal* 
lis's  time :  he  intones  tbe  prayers  to  a  prescribed  form 
of  notes ;  he  leade  tbe  choir  from  key  to  key ;  be  is  the 
master-spirit  who  guides  tbe  movements  of  a  finely^con- 
atrDcle<l  machine.  Tbe  power  of  peTfonning  this  noble 
Service  is  now  approaching  its  period  of  extmctum :  one 
prieat-vicar  almu  in  tbe  metropolis  is  able  to  fulfil  his 
duty  as  its  conductor,  and  when  Mr.  Lnpton  ia  gathered 
to  his  fathers,  Tallia's  Service  will  be  heard  no  more. 
The  public  seem  to  bo  aware  of  this  fact,  for  whenever 
the  * Talli 3  Day' occun, Westminster  Abbey  is  thronged 
with  heareis.**<^ATticIe  on  ^^  Kngliiih  Gathednl  Muiic  "  in 
The  BritiMh  amd  Form/gn  Rtvitto^  vol.  xvii.  pp.  US  and  114, 
published  in  1B44. 

O^oiriERSia. 

P.S,  Long  indeed  may  Mr.  Lnpton  live^  whose 
beautiful  voice  must  be  familiar  to  many  fre- 
quenters of  Westminster  Abbey;  but  still  let  us 
hope  that  he  is  not  ulHmns  Romanorum. 

iS^KiGMATi. — ^In  one  of  your  January  numbers 
(p.  93),  I  met  with  the  Latin  ajnlgmata  of  Disschop^ 
of  which  **  N*  &  Q.'*  does  not  express  a  very  high 
opinion.  I  was  tempted  to  try  my  hand  at  the 
three  which  follow,  and  which  you  may  perhaps 
be  disposed  to  submit  to  the  judgment  of  those 
among  your  readers  who  fancy  such  trifles.  Tbe 
first  two  wtire  suggested  by  those  quoted  from 
Bisschop :  — 

L 
Si  titulo  diCTius  tftli  niea  prima  vocaria, 

JVor/ma  Diis  (Ijominem  te  memor  esse)  ferts- 
Inde  ubi  prima  perit,  pc»st  fun  us  iota  vigebit, 

Ut  nihilo  Spirent  suave  secunda  magis* 

2. 
Hei  mihi,  demonstret  quod  te  pars  prima  fuisae  ? 
Quanquam  homines  (totum  est)  nomen  in  one 
ferunt. 
Res   nihili   est  —  minima  est — vltil  sed  proxitita 
gaudet, 
Dum  tibi  facundo  pulvis  to  ore  jacet. 

Ehetoribua  mea  prima  subest,  et  grande  poetis 
Auxilium  :  laudat,  convocat,  orat,  nmat. 

Httnc  vocitcs,  vexet  si  sub  cute  proxivm  vulnus : 
Quae  sint,  scire  tibi  totiimy  ut  opinor,  erit. 

C.  G.  Pbowett* 

LOKG    TfilttlltE    OF  VlCABAGE    AND  CxTRACT.  — 

The  present  vicar  of  Basingstoke,  Hants,  who  ts 
now,  I  believe,  in  his  ninetieth  year,  hfts  held  bis 
vicarage  for  fifty  years;  and  tbe  present  curate 
of  Basingstoke  has  held  his  curacy  for  forty  years. 
Can  any  of  your  readers  mention  a  more  remark- 
able instance  of  longevity  among  rectors,  anti  of 
long  service  among  cturates  ?  ^S^^.'^* 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[Sf^av.  MAm.lK,^ 


Browk  op  Coalstom. —  Wliere  can  I  obtain 
flill  partieulara  of  the  aDcient  family  of  Brown  of 
Coabton,  hi  Hadciin^tonahire  ?  I  am  awure  that 
the  pedi^ee  in  Burke*s  Baronetage  is  incorrect; 
and  I  am  j^eeking  information  for  a  literary  pur- 
pose, and  wish  to  know  if  a  genealogical  tree,  or 
r>edigTee^  with  all  the  family  alliances,  is  in  ex- 
istence at  the  ancient  seat  of  Coalston  or  eliewhere ; 
aud  also,  if  a  view  of  it  can  be  obtained,  or  a  copy  ? 

Gkosgs  Lee* 

A  Cewtenabian  and  sometht??o  M08K,  —  The 
Stamford  Mercury  of  Feb.  2G,  18G4,  says  :  — 

"  Tliere  hii«  really  been  found  an  auth«ntic  case  of 
'aged  112,*  certified  by  biipitmnml  register  book  of  Frescot 
church,  i^tAtin/^  thut  the  old  iitdy  wu  bum  on  the  24th  of 
Miiy,  I7ai;* 

Can  this  be  true  ?  It  wouhl  be  %*ery  interest- 
ing to  (see  the  evidence  on  which  go  extraordinary 
an  assertion  is  based  perpetuated  in  *'  N.  &  Q." 

K.  P.  D.  E. 

Circle  Squab ikq.  —  In  the  Life  of  Thomas 
Gent,  Printer,  York,  under  the  date  a.i>.  1732,  I 
find  the  following  entry  :  — 

*'  I  printed  a  book  for  Mr.  Thomas  Baxter,  school- 
niNSter,  Crathorn,  Yorkshire,  inlitted  7'A«  Cttcie  Squared, 
but  it  Um  never  provud  of  imy  effect ;  it  was  con  verted  to 
waste  paper,  to  the  great  mortiii cation  of  the  author*" 

la  anything  known  of  this  work,  or  of  the  me- 
thod employed  by  the  f^quorer?  T,  T,  W. 
Burnley* 

JosKpn  FoitsTBR,  of  Queen*s  College,  Cam- 
brid>fe,  B.A.  1732-3,  M.A*  1736,  was  author  of 
two  essays :  the  one  on  the  oricin  of  evil,  the 
other  on  the  foundation  of  morality;  to  which  is 
annexed,  "  A  short  Dissertation  on  the  Immate- 
riality of  the  Soul."  Newcastle-upon-Tyne,  8vo, 
1734.  We  much  desire  to  know  more  respecting 
him.  C.  H.  &  Thomfsoh  Goofbe. 

Cambridge. 

MoniEit  Goo&E.  —  Can  any  one  tell  tne  who 
Mother  Goo&e  was,  nnd  where  the  orijrinal  lej»end 
concerning  her  is  to  be  found  ?  She  lutist  belong 
to  the  mythology  of  German  legend,  but  I  find 
no  allusion  to  her  in  Grimm's  tales,  and,  oddly  ' 
enough,  the  first  edition  of  Pemult's  Fairy  Tales 
ifl  entitled  CanteM  de  ma  Mire  rOye,  Was  she  a 
French  witch?  A*  E. 

Harrison  and  Fakr.  —  iVIy  great  uncle,  John 
Farr,  Appears  to  have  married  a  Norfolk  lady, 
oanied  Hiirrisoiu  This  I  gather  from  a  book  in 
my  powcHsion  (the  fir*t  volume  of  Mat  ho,  or  the 
Coimttthrtirin  pttt^ritiM^  London  4to,  17(j5),  on  the 
cover  of  which  i*  written^  in  an  old  hand,  **  A 
Norfolk  hirj^eh^  frrnu  Tlio»»  Harrison,  of  Plum- 
tlead  Magna,  to  John  Ffxrr,  of  London,  gent.,  on 
his  marrying  Hannah  Harrison  —  *  Virtus  in  or* 


co«t  of  m 
ng  tlie  f«u)f| 


r.  S.  FaB& 


dnis.***     Beneath  is  a  qir'^rr  ^ 

Waoteil  any  infonnatiori 

and  descendants  of  this  Tln^iutL-  i  i 

was  the  relationship  between  bin 

Perhaps  some  Norfolk  cor?— '  «'« 

copies  of  monumental  iij 

cords  extant,  of  the  Hari  i:;  -.    ,*     i 

Plumstead.' 

Haydn's  STMPHOifiEs:  "TnK  Suarfttra,*" 

Is  anything  known  to  account  fur  the  tJlI«i  [ 
fixed  to  many  of  Haydn's  tynipbonies  ?     Then  i 
but  one  biography  of  this  composer  in  tJbie  £ii| 
language,  Bombet's  Letters  an  Haydn^  ^^'^J 
very  meagre  in  many  parts.    1  should  be  tha 
to  be  made  acquainted  with  the   history  < 
curious  titles  as  "  The  Surprise ;"  **  The  Polla 
"The  Shipwreck;'*    **  The  Fair  Circassia^ 
Haydn  is  great  in  descriptive  music  ;   but  in  I 
of  these  fine  compositions,  the  connexion  I 
music  and  title  is  very  obRCure,  and  oniMt  \atti\ 
existed  only  in  the  acute  brain  of  the  eomp 
Certainly,  it  is   rarely  discoverable    by   A  tesm 
auditor,  however  well  educated  in  tnusic. 

JcatTA  T\:mmsL 

**  Here  lies  Frkd,"  etc. — Professor  Sisytb,A| 
his  Lectures  on  Modem  History,  used  l*>  V'^l 
the  well-known  epitaph  on  tiie  Prince  of  Wa^J 
"  Here  lies  Fred,"  &c.,*  and  call  it  a  gocMl  ^ 
of  a  French  epigram,  which  he  read,  Thkia' | 
many  other  matters  too  good  to  be  forgot tei^  i 
omitted  from  the  printed  copy.  Can  any  of  yiK  j 
readers  oblige  me  with  the  French  verset  f 

"The  Keepsake"  3828.  — Can  the  author  of 
Drearns  on  the  Border-land  of  Poetry  in  the  Jiborr 
be  identified?  1  acquired  the  MS.  thri' 
son  Turner's  sale,  and  there  a  pencil  ii 
butcs  the  authorship  to  Charles  LatuU.  lie 
writing  is  certainly  not  hisj  but  is  Tery  like  ikl 
of  Leigh  Hunt*  J.  B.  Canrtt^i. 

LOKDON    $MOK£   AND   LoSTDOH     LtGHT.- 

years  ago,  while  residing  on  high  ground  at  { 
ford,  near  Dartford,  in  Kent,  I  waa  €>ccaalc 
able,  when  the  wind  was  westerly,  to  traoe  a  t 
of  London  smoker  extending  along  the  low  litl     ^_ 
Essex,   north  of  the  Thames*  ap|>aretiiljr  as  fir 
down  da  the  Nore.     Gilbert  White,  in  bia  Mek^ 
orokfgical  Observations^  writes  thus  : — 

**  Mist  called  LomJon   SmaJtr  —  Thh  tP   «    l)to« 
which  baa  mmewhat  the  xn*  i' 
atwttvs  eooiea  to  un  wtlli  a  t^< 

to  rnnii*  ffnlLL  l^mlolh        It  h**     - 

J  lighl-s.     Whtn  curJi  ni  tbfV 

Hi  - 1  by  dr}' weather.'*— »  iStti, 

p  :iy:. 

Recently  I  have?  been  told  that  the   Ugki 
London,  reHt^cted  in   the  sky,  is  under 

[•  See  -  N.  &  Q.'^  2»«  S.  X.  a;  W  ] 


I  mbM 


a»<a  V.  mjul  it>, '64.] 


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I 


I 


circumstances  observed  by  night  afc  Hertford. 
Permit  me,  without  wishing  to  excite  a  nieteor- 
ologieul  discu&sion,  so  far  to  tresptiss  oti  yonr 
|iages  lift  to  seek,  being  tn  that  quarter  most  likely 
to  get  it,  the  iufomialion  that  I  want,  namely, 
where  to  find  any  itatUfactorj  particulars  as  to  the 
extent  of  the  area  within  which  our  jrrcat  over- 
grown metropolis  makes  itself  perceptible,  whether 
By  nightly  splendour  or  by  daily  smoke  ? 

The  C1.ERK  OF  THE  Wratheb. 

Joffir  Meacham.— In  the  QentlemaiCs  Moga^ 
zine,  June,  1813,  there  is  a  poem  on  "  Stratford- 
on*Ayon  "  by  John  Meacham,  who  is  said  to  have 
died  June  1,  1784,  a^ed  nineteen.  This  juvenile 
poet  was  a  native  of  the  town  of  Stratford  or  its 
neiffhbourhood.  I*  he  known  to  have  written 
anything  else  ?  R.  I. 

MiTi^T.  —  I  should  be  much  obliged  to  any 
Yorkshire  genealogist  who  would  communicate 
any  notices  of  a  family  named  I^Iitley,  of  Little 
Preston,  in  the  parish  of  Kippax,  and  possessing 
property  in  that  parish  about  the  midille  of  the 
seventeenth  century.  The  name  is  of  such  rare 
occurrence,  that  all  possessors  of  it  may  probably 
be  referred  to  the  same  original  stock. 

Clericus. 

TwK  LATB  Dr.  Rat ri^s.  —  The  fallowing  ex- 
tract is  from  a  number  of  the  New  York  iTuUpen- 
deni  of  this  year,  and  from  a  correspondent  to 
that  journal :  — 

"  On  landing  at  Liverpool  I  cdled,  with  a  bundle  of 
AUtoi^raphs,  on  the  late  Dr.  Raffle*,  wlio,  next  to  An  gel  1 
.Tftmoa,  wasthemost  iDfluentiiil  Independent  divine  m  Great 
Britain.  An  AQlogriph  wns  a  key  to  Dr.  RntHeV  hcflrt» 
as  it  ii  now  to  our  friend  Dr.  Spntgue'A.  Hia  collection 
wiu  irnmcnM,  He  had  the  orijrinAl  MSS.  of  Scott's 
*  Kcnilworth,*  of  Montgomery's  *  i'clican  I s Jan d/ and  of 
eeTeral  of  Bums's  songs.  He  had  abo  Melunehtbon's  He- 
brew Bible  —  the  margins  covered  with  notea  in  the  neat 
hand  of  that  •beloved  disciple/  The  ^eate^t  curioMty 
in  the  coUeetion  was  a  rough  draft  of  a  cballenf^e  froM 
Byron  to  Lord  Brougham;  it  was  written  atMis80kin|?hi» 
jiiBt  before  the  poei'a  death,  and  endorsed,  •  To  be  for- 
warded immediately  on  my  return  to  England.'  The 
letter  ran  gall  and  vitriol^  charged  Brougham  with  shin* 
denng  him*  »nd  breath c-d  revenge  in  every  line.  The 
hand  that  wrote  the  challenge  was  soon  laid'in  the  vault 
h«neatb  Uucknall  charch.  Let  me  say,  also,  that  Dr. 
HafRt'A  prepared  some  of  hk  sermons  on  the  tahle  on 
which  Byron  wrote  the  *Childe  Harold;'  it  was  portable 
and  couid  be  Iblded  up  on  hiniKs  lu  the  shape  of  a  hujee 
book" 

Can  any  of  the  friends  of  Dr.  Raffles,  or  mem- 
bers of  bis  conj^regation,  say  what  became  of  these 
ftlttographfl  and  relics  at  the  death  of  the  Rev* 
Dr.  r  I  very  much  doubt  whether  tlie  corre- 
apondeni  of  the  New  York  paper  is  not  under  a 
mistake  as  to  some  portion  of  the  articles  named. 

T.B. 

EnWABi>  Hamfdsk  Rosj^  a  native  of  Dublin, 
who  WBs  ii  purser's  steward  in  the  navy,  died  at 
the  Naval  Hospital,  Stonehouse,  Aug,  1810.     He 


wrot^  the  Sea  Demi,  (a  novel?)  and  is  saJd 
fo  have  written  abo  MS.  poems.  Is  anythirifj 
further  known  .ibout  his  poetical  or  other  w^^rks? 

R.  !• 

Swallows, — A  correspondent  informs  me  that 
in  Norfolk  there  exist!*  a  tradition  with  respect  to 
swallows^  viz.  that  these  birds  *'  always  conjrre- 
gate  about  a  house  in  which  a  death  is  expected, 
and  that  the  departing  spirit  goes  away  with 
them,*'  Can  you  give  any  further  information  on 
this  subject  P 

Can  YOU  refer  to  any  passage,  ancient  or  mo- 
dern, where  the  departure  of  the  soul  is  associated 
with  the  mir^ration  of  swallows  ?  G.  S*  C. 

TjtASB  Wncns.  —  Can  any  of  your  readers  in- 
form me  whether  Halley  is  the  autbcir  of  the 
modern  theory  of  the  Trade  Winds  ?  and  if  not, 
what  was  the  proposition  that  he  maintained  on 
this  point  ?  W,  IL 

WrroHES  IN  Lascaster  Ca0TL1b. — In  the  Anr- 
roHve  of  the  Life  of  Mr.  Htm^  Burton^  written 
by  himself,  and  printe<l  in  164:i,intlie  description 
that  he  gives  of  his  confinement  in  the  castle  of 
Lancaster,  in  the  autumn  of  1637,  there  occurs 
the  following  passage :  — 

** —  to  add  to  their  cmeltiea*  there  was  a  darke  roome 
under  mine,  where  they  pat  five  witches  with  one  of  their 
children,  which  made  such  a  hdliah  noise  ni^jht  and  day» 
that  I  seemed  then  to  he  in  hell,  or  ut  least  in  some 
popif^h  pnrg^atory^  the  region  next  above  belli  as  the 
papists  tell  us." 

It  is  instructive  to  observe  that  in  the  eye«  of 
Mr.  Henry  Burton,  the  cmelty  of  the  case  con- 
sisted not  in  the  five  witches  and  one  of  their 
children  being  consigned  to  prison,  but  in  their 
being  put  into  a  room  under  his,  whereby  he  was 
disturbed.  Can  any  information  be  now  obtained 
respecting  these  poor  witches,  and  what  became 
of  them  and  the  child  ?  P.  S.  Ca»et, 


fSurrtfif  £D(tt)  ^ttJfDfrif* 

Db.  JACon  Catz.  —  I  take  advantnge  of  the 
great  variety  of  knowledge  exhibited  by  your 
correspondents  to  inquire,  if  anv  one  of  them  can 
inform  me  of  a  Dutch  and  English  Dictionary 
adapted  to  the  languafje  of  the  fniiious  emblema- 
tist,  Jacob  Ca(z  K  Any  information  which  would 
tend  to  the  understanding  of  this  excellent  author 
would  be  most  acceptable. 

Is  there  any  full  account  of  the  Life  of  Father 
Cat?,  or  of  his  embassy  to  England  in  Cromweirs 
time  ?     Irt  there  any  good  iiterory  notice  f>f  him  ? 

G.  S.  C. 

[Dr.  Jacob  Catz,  the  diiUnguished  Batch  civilion  and 
poet,  WAS  bom  at  Brouwershaven,  pro%'ince  of  Zeeland, 
Nov,  10,  1577.  After  studying  jurisprudence — ^firsUy, 
in  the  universities  of  Levdtiw  w^^^iNmoa  V>\*.^v^^»«*^ 


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ta»^av.  iiAitxtiL 


of  whith  be  took  the  degree  of  LL.D.)  j  nnd  secondly, 
under  the  celebrated  Cornelius  Van  der  Pol— he  settled 
ftt  Mlddleburg,  where  he  acquired  great  reputntioa  us  a 
pictdor.  Some  time  nfterwardji,  Cutz  practised  with 
equal  distinction  at  Zieuwrockzee,  and  at  hla  native  place. 
At  this  period  ho  applied  himself  no  lest  assiduously  to 
poetry;  and  not  only  became  distinguishwi  among  tho 
literati  of  Holland  for  the  purity  and  elegance  of  his  Latin 
verses,  but  aoon  took  rank  as  one  of  her  first  lyrinti  in 
his  native  tongue.  Becoming  seriously  ill  by  orer'appH* 
catmn  to  study,  he  wa^  advised  to  travel^  and  thereupon 
repaired  to  thi^  country.  Whilst  herOi  be  Tiaited  Cam- 
bridgo  and  Oxford,  but  failed  to  recruit  bis  heattli.  He 
was  eventually  cured  in  his  own  cooutry  by  an  old 
alchemist.  In  1631,  he  was  nominateil  Pensionary  of 
Holland  and  West  Frie4land;  and  in  164ft,  wm  elected 
Keeper  of  tho  Seal  of  the  safne  statOt  and  StadLholder  of 
the  F'iefs;  but,  after  filling  these  important  oOices  for 
eighteen  years,  he  requested  permission,  on  account  of  his 
advanced  age  (seventy- two),  to  retire  into  private  life, 
which  was  reluctantly  granted  by  tho  Sutea.  Aa  the 
post  of  Grand  Penaionury  had  been  fatal  Uy  almost  all 
those  who  had  held  it,  from  the  beginning  of  the  Hepablic 
to  that  time,  Catz  delivered  up  his  charge  upon  his  knees 
tMfbre  the  whole  AMOmbly  of  the  Statu:  weeping  for 
joy,  and  thanking  God  for  having  preaarved  him  tVom 
the  dangfin  which  aeemed  attached  to  tho  duties  of  that 
office.  At  the  earnest  solicitation  of  the  States,  he  con- 
sented to  go  on  an  embassy  to  England  at  the  delicate 
conjuDcture  when  the  Bepublic  found  itself  compromised, 
during  tho  Protectorate  of  Crorawell.  He  arranged  a 
treaty  of  commerce  between  the  tw^o  countries.  That 
was  his  last  public  service.  He  devoted  his  few  remain- 
ing years  to  the  Muses*  and  died  at  Sorgvllet,  whither 
he  had  retired,  in  1060,  aged  eighty- three.  The  most 
popular  of  the  works  of  ♦•  Father  Cutx  "  aa  he  wos,  and 
iiiJl  is»  affectionately  called  by  his  admiring  countrymen, 
is  his  Moral  Embttnn^  recently  translated  into  Engliah 
by  Mr.  Riclu  Pi  got  (Longmans,  1860);  to  which  is  pre- 
fixed a  brief  l^lemoir  of  tlie  indefittigable  author.  B^ 
also,  Nomtik  Bit}^.  Gin,^  vol.  ix.  223 ;  and  Hallam*s  Lit. 
of  Eurojit,  voL  iii.  26  (edit  1854).  A  spurious  account 
of  Catz  appears  tn  the  Gent.U  Mag.,  voL  Ixxvii.  1093, 
1100.  Perhaps  ono  of  oor  correspondento  will  kindly 
oblige  G.  8.  C*  with  a  refisrence  to  a  Dutch  and  English 
Dictionary  adapted  to  tho  laoguagt  of  the  old  emUema- 
tiat :  we  know  of  none.] 

**Thi  Tdrkjsu  Spt.**  —  Can  ynu  inform  ro(» 
who  wrote  a  work  named  The  TurkUh  Spjf,  which 
appeared  in  the  begin  Ding  of  the  lost  century  ? 

Eyam  Evan«,  M.D.»  Loud. 

BMch  StrMi«  Rarbioail. 

[The  aathorsbip  of  Tht  TarMik  Spf^  by  tlie  myttcrl- 
«!•  MAhmttt,  hat  been  froinently  dlsiTiusAd  by  p«r»ons  of 
eootfdfniblt  learning  and  acuteoQaa,  We  ctti  promis« 
OBf  eofnapondenl  a  few  hours*  pleatant  nading  on  thla 
6MitMV«rt«d  subject  if  he  will  only  eonsuli  Hallam'a  In- 
tPiariwdoa  to  tk*  lilBratmr$  V  E^npn,  «diW   1864,  iiL 


569-578;  D'lsraeh's  Chtrtofitiew  of  JMer^tmrt^^SiL  l«t 
i.  419-421*  the  papers  by  F,  R-  A^  J.  Roeba,  stf  Csi 
Mr.  Rol t on  Comey,  and  Joseph  Hunter,  ^  ^ 

raaa**  Magatim  fo  r  1 840  n  n  d  1 8 1 1  *     Th 
la,  whether  Jka3c  Paul  Mai  i  iti^-  *^  ♦j-i* 

was  the  author  of  the  whole  o  \   p>}rtioo  sT  lb  J 

celebrated  work«  Mr  Hallam  at  1 1 1 u uics  ia  Ilia  «■!/  di  I 
thirty  letters  published  in  lt^84,  and  of  twantf  ntfi  i  | 
1G86,  which  have  beeu  literally  trniulatad  into  fi 
and  form  about  half  the  tint  volume  in  EngltA  ^^\ 
TurkiMh  Ajjy.  Mr,  Bolton  Comcy,  oa  the  other 
oscribf^  the  entire  work  to  l\Iarana.  He  aays^lflb-l 
rana  composed  the  entire  Turkuh  Sp^r  what  h^uum  4  \ 
the  manuscript?  He  was  scarcely  sUK>ve  want,  fliii 
not  insensible  to  the  profits  of  autborahlp.  Ho  biJi 
with  obstacles  to  publication  in  Fraac«;  and  fa  HiQfl 
to  the  press  of  which  state  he  had  recoar«*^-  lii*'  mimfi^  I 
was  not  cherished.      Was   tliore   no    al  61 

might  with  reason  expect  a  pnrchaaer  \u       ^    __    ft| 
had  done  hira  the  honour  of  translation.    Mr. 
publisher  of  the  volume,  was  in  constant  ( 
with  Holland ;  and  from  HoUand,  I  have  no  db«l<lri4^  | 
taintd  the  inediied  manu9cr(pt.    He  was  the  JCilt  { 
of  the  subsequent  volumes.    Dr.  Midg:ley  may  bmil'l 
vanced  the  purchase  money,  and  so  obtainad  Has  mif  I 
right.    He  may  have  employed  Bradshaw,  wbo  «»kl 
his  debt,  to  transUte  tho  manuiorspt ;  and  ba  < 
deny  himself  an  Imprimatur!    All  the  nndottlilai bi*  ] 
of  the  case  tend  to  establish  the  main  potfit  of  tblll|^ 
ment;  and  so  does  the  fiof  c^rf  crrtiiU^  tJile  of  Kfil^ 
marsh,  which  introduces  the   second     and    anbaifiB 
volumes,  if  properly  interpreted.      Thla    rotvI   tWf  I 
•ervea  to  explain  why  the  reported  Itallao  t>^Xim  ki  1 
never  been  produced ',  and  why  the  French  edfur  d  lli 
was  content  to  follow  the  English  tex^t*     It  al«>  wtnm  a  | 
Acootiflt  for  the  mystery  which  was  thro%m  ovw  tlie  t 
Otftira  on  this  side  the  channel.    It  is  the  aoIutSoB  «f  m  I 
enigma;  a  solution  which  lias  ts*: ^  n  /| 

UCaraiy  history — Italian,  French*  m  .  ^ 

hnudred  and  fifty  yoapa"^<?«il,  JWnj?  ^uv.  i  •*iu.  p.  Ml, 
consult  also  Gent.  Ma^*  March,  1841,  pp.  2(J5-VT0-] 

Quotation. — Can  any  of  your  r- 
me  in  what  classical  author  tbr  wor< 
quani  nactus  ea,  orna/'  are  to  be  fouud  ?       V\  &] 

[We  doubt  whether  these  wortl%  In  Latin,  arw  tt  I 
found  in  any  classteal  author.  In  the  Gre«k  Ibrtt  { 
are  cited  by  Cicero,  in  his  EpUtUt  io  Aiii^us  :  **l 
est,  ZirApra^  i\ax*h  ravray  tioffpm,  Kon 
posittxn.**  (iv.  6.)  Erasmus,  in  his  Ada^  (1<S49^  pw  MI^X 
commenting  upon  the  phrase,  says  that  it  ia  frooi 
m^f  I — **>  Quod  k  Ctoerone  refi.<>rtur  carmoi  ^it  i 
ticnm,  h  tragovlia  qiupiam.  8partsm  nadua  ra,  hm» 
exorna.**  Vet»  presuntly  afWr,  Erasmus  stat««  tlmt  fin* 
tarrh  attribntps  this  saying  to  Solon,  *  In  imiMn  U* 
bsllo ''  (/><•  An^Tmnq."^  " monet  hoc  dl^tnm  \\  Soliwt  pn^ 
ditum."     Yet  we  can  hardly  pairoci  w«nl*  tt 

Plutarch*  at  least  in  the  paoage  i>>  lanoH  f^_ 

firs,  will  bear  this  interpretation  i  •> 


r.jf«i 


r«  s.  V.  lUtt.  se»  *tL} 


NOTES  AND  QUERIEa 


261 


'  oilf  «r*  «".  A« 
7er0  Solon  teems  t/i  bo  cited  fix  the  autJior  rather  of 
Other  i^vo^dgCf  than  of  that  now  in  riuestion. 

j«  r«miirkabl«  also,  tbat  Era^mas  glvti  sometliing 
Identicil  with  thii  luiter,  &$  "cited  from  JSTuri- 
'i  —  •♦CiUtur  ftutem  ex  Eurlpjde,  ^^dprrtif  lAax<^ 
^  fe4r;tci  ♦  ,  .  Videntur  vcrbo  esse  Againemnoms  ad 
mum." 

W«  Ahoiild  be  thanVfUl  to  any  of  o»r  learned  renders 
uld   supply   us  with  a  refcr(^nc«  to  the  vordu 
iSuripidei;  or  who  could  point  out  any  pis- 
rlook^  by  ua,  in  which  Plutarch  nliributes  tbo 
i  baring  Adopted  by  Cicero  to  .l^o/on.] 
Lrs.AAr  ScRianoNGg. —  In  a  black-letter  edi- 
Fox*s  Book  of  Martyrs^  I  have  found  the 
rlf))§*     It  b  vvritton  in  Jiik,  and  dated  1702. 
I  Ally  of  your  readers  interpret  it  ? 

•*  When  u  uid  i  together  meet. 
We  niAke  up  mx  in  house  or  street; 
Dut  1  and  u  shall  meet  once  more. 
And  then  we  two  can  make  but  four; 
Bat  \ihen  that  u  from  i  nre  g'^w®* 
Then  my  poor  i  can  make  bat  one.*' 

Trstahs. 
[Thd  Bo  man  numeral  letters,  VL»  IV.^  and  1.] 

^QroTATioN  WAKTED. — A.  K.  H*  B,  jh  a  sermoD 

itiblishedt  says :  — 

?Iy  in  a  higher  atnsc  than  even  that  of  the  Bubllmest 
els,  ihe  believer  may  take  up  his  wonli  — 
*  I  feel  the  atirrings  of  a  gift  divine; 
Within  my  bosom  glow*  unearthly  fire, 
Lit  by  ito  ikiii  of  iDine.' " 
_^ri  iireftume  that  by  the  **  subUmest  of  poets  **  is 
meant  MiltoD^  but  I  do  not  remember  the  passage. 
Will  some  one  supply  the  reference  ? 

A.  AiitGca. 
tTb«M  Uoei  am  by  Him  EUiabeth  Lloyd,  of  Pbiladel- 
|iltlH.    The  poem,  of  whkh  they  are  the  concluding  lines, 
ii  printed  in  "  N.  &  Q."  2»«  S.  v,  114.] 


fXtuliti. 


PUBLICATION    OF  BIAUIES. 
(S'^  S.  V.  107,  215,) 

I  1j  forgotten  that  I  ev<!r  proposed  to 

Mil.  \^'  '  to  be  hirasflf  the  communicator 

of  whar  i  utiLr«'arda  gave  (1"  S.  xii.  142).  No 
doubt  I  Tifiib^^d  that  the  quotation  which  would 
be  «omc  iiraends  for  his  own  deficiency  shoitld 
oome  front  biinself. 

I  liore  "cbar^jed"  Mr.  Wn.Kia»oN  —  if  bo 
Hrourr  »  word  must  be  used  ^  with  the  "error 


•eo  of  whoin  thop 


jud^e.  For  instance,  it  U  omitted  that  Burrow 
deckrci  the  "scoundrel"  Howe  to  be  either  a 
coward  or  traitor,  which  opinion  would  have  been 
good  meana  of  estimating  the  value  of  what  be  had 
said  about  others.     Ma.  Wii^ilinson  replies  — 

Firjt,  that  the  omitted  portiLms  had  nothing  to 
do  with  matiiemntics  or  matbemaiicians.  This  is 
part  of  the  *^  charge/"  which  is,  that  by  omitting 
the  slanders  on  non-roatberaaticians  who  were  well 
known^  Mb,  Wllkitison  deprived  his  readers  of 
their  best  means  of  judging  what  the  aspersions 
on  the  mathematicians  are  worth. 

Secondly,  that  "  aUusions  **  to  Burrow*s  defects 
occur  in  almost  every  page.  This  means  either 
that  Ma,  Wlleinsoji  alludes  to  these  dufecta  in 
every  page ;  or  that  manifestations  of  the«o  de- 
fects occur  in  the  quotations  from  Burrow  him* 
self.  I  am  forced  upon  the  ambiguity  by  the 
rarity  of  Ma.  Wjliciiiiboii's  own  remarks  on'Bur 
row's  **ejtct»ntricifcie»  of  genius.*'  If  Burrow 
the  alluder  to  bimBelfp  then  I  say  that  he  ii  no 
made  to  allude  to  all  that  he  ou^ht  to  have  ilJ 
ludcd  to.  But  if  Mr.  Wilkinson  refer  to  bini 
self,  then  I  say  that  not  only  is  nearly  every  pag 
dejtitut'e  of  any  allusion  from  hioi,  but  that  wbi 
allusions  there  are  pive  no  idea  oi  tbc  slander 
of  Wales  and  Lord  Howe.  For  instance,  in  the^ 
last  page  of  all.  Burrow  is  only  a  *^  somewhat 
excentric  but  able  mathematician.'*  Should  Mb. 
Wilkinson  deny  what  I  have  here  Faid,  I  will 
reprint  fl/^  I  can  Ymd  of  aiiusion  from  himself — 
little  sp.ice  will  do  It" and  leave  him  to  find 
more  if  he  can. 

In  the  last  paragraph,  Mb.  Wileinson  makes^i 
comparison  and  an  allusion,  both  unfortunate, 
says  that  no  court  of  law  he  knows  of  would  re 
ject  Burrow's  testimony  on  the  ground  alleged 
rhe  jury  decides  on  testimony :  and  nothing  i 
more  common  than  to  hear  a  witness  cross -ex«| 
amined  as  to  what  he  said  about  B,  that  the  jur 
may  judge  of  what  he  said  about  A.  And  why) 
because  counsel  know  that  it  will  weigh  with 
the  jury.  A  man  who  swears  that  Private  Smith 
run  away  in  the  Crimea,  would  not  gain  much 
credence  if  it  turned  up  in  cross-examination  that 
he  bad  said  Wellington  ran  away  at  Waterloo, 
Nextj  Mb.  Wilkiubow  knows  of**  no  syllogism  in 
formal  logic  "  whieh  will  **  suffice  to  prove**  tbat_ 
because  a  man  is  occasionally  coarse,  &c.,  he 
not  to  be  credited  in  matters  of  mathematic 
biography.  To  understand  this  allusion,  the  reade 
must  be  informed  that  1  have  written  a  book  oii| 
formal  logic,  stuck  full  of  syllogisms.  lieferenc 
to  a  man's  own  specialty  is  a  figure  of  smartne 
which  often  succeeds,  jest  or  earnest*  '*  Mucla 
use  your  syllogisms  ore  oft  *'  said  a  friend  to  me 
L'  ran  past  each  other  in  a  most  categorica 
er,  without  a  halfpenny* worth  of  umbrelh 
I  ■  ween  us.  But  tlie  sroiitU\via%  \Ei>i'4\  Vife  ^^S.  -k' 
kind  iwbicU  ^IVV  &Uti^  iW  Wiuci^x  ^l  iaR»\»^  ^"v 


262 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[a'«&T.  lftML«;« 


•ccurncy,  or  it  docs  not  tell  at  nil  No  synogism 
of  formal  logic  "aufficca*'  to  prove  anytbing:,  any 
raore  than  a  spinninj^  mitchlrie  suffices  to  make 
thread.  Both  Hyllogism  iind  jonny  mu»t  be  sup- 
plied with  matter,  on  the  goodne^is  of  which  it 
tiepends  whether  the  conclusion  and  the  thread 
will  he  sound,  Mr.  Wilkinson  feeds  n  form  with 
mutter  which  I  had  rtjjected  in  express  ternis, 
and  presents  the  result  as  havin:;  been  implied  by 
me.  I  will  extract  hiM  material  and  put  in  niy 
own.  The  form  is —  Every  Y  i?  Z,  X  is  Y,  there- 
fore X  is  Z.  Mr,  Wilkikson'b  compound,  im- 
plied to  be  niine^  h  —  Every  coarse*  &c*  perAoo 
IS  unworthy  of  cr*?dit  in  biography;  Reuben  wajj 
a  coarse  person,  therefore,  Sec,  My  syllogism  is — 
Every  person  who  deliberately  ^vrites  what  we 
know  to  be  slander  is  without  authority  in  mat- 
ters of  which  we  cannot  have  knowledge  ;  Reuben 
WAS  such  a  person,  therefore,  &f.  Burrow  calls 
Lord  Howe  a  scoundrel,  and  either  coward  or 
traitor.  We,  therefore,  pause  when  we  find  him 
applying:  Bad  Words  to  a  lady  of  rank,  or  ira- 
putatinnji  of  paltry  conduct  to  men  of  whom  he  is 
the  only  accuaer.  1  say  that  the  publisher  of  the 
extracts  ought  to  have  enabled  his  readers  to 
make  this  pause.  A.  Ds  Mobgan. 


SITUATION  OF  ZOAK. 

(3^  S.  V.  117,  141,  18L) 

In  my  communication  on  the  site  of  Zoar,  I 
stated  my  opinion  that  the  salt  ridge  (Khasm  Us- 
dutn)  wiis  Lot's  wife ;  «nd  I  now  trust  you  wilt 
atTord  me  space  to  justify  that  opinion. 

That  the  immediate  neighbourhood  wis  tlie 
scene  of  the  catastrophe  d*»tttiled  in  Gene*«is 
xix.  17 — 26,  there  can  exist  little,  if  any  doubt; 
up  in  ions  can  differ  only  as  to  the  actual  locality* 

The  statement  in  the  chapter  above  alluded  to, 
is,  not  th«t  she  was  transformcil  into  something 
hamng  the  appearance  of  a  pillar  of  salt,  nor  that 
she  became  incrust^l  with  saline  pnrticles,  more 
or  less  dense ;  but  the  broad  and  simple  fuct  is 
enxinciated  (ver.  26)  :  **  She  became  a  pillar  of 
aalt." 

When  I  returned  to  England,  after  my  Syrian 
journey,  I  was  introduced  during  a  visit  to  Cam* 
hndjre  tn  several  nf  the  Professors ;  among  others 
the  Professor  of  Hebrew  ;  and  1  took  advantage 
of  the  opportunity  to  ask  him  what  were  the 
distinct  and  separate  significations  of  the  word 
in  Hebrew,  which  in  our  ordinarv  version  is  trans- 
lated "pdlar;*  His  reply  was:  "A  pillar,  a 
monftmetit,  a  mound  or  ri^e**  The  Inst  is  prf. 
cisoly  and  literttUy  what  Khasm  Usdum  i«,— it 
can  scarcely  be  culled  a  hill,  though  it  might  be 
termed  hillock  ;  but  it  exactly  Hu  the  expression, 
*'  ridge." 
T/ie  /earned  Professors  asked  mc  how  1  couVd 


reconcile  my  belief  that  Kbitim  Utdtiai  i 
wife^  with  the  fact  which  I  gave  tbem»  ikal  a  i 
own  rough  estimate  of  (iiiiieti£io>tt9  llie 
was  one  and  a  h<ilf  to  two  miles  lon^*  nardi  i 
south,  as  I  estimated  from  my  ramdV 
and  I  thought  an  hundred  and  fifiy  p^% 
Exact  accuracy  of  length  or  altitude,  it  iii>b«ia 
is  not  of  vital  importauce;  for,  if  only  oaa  i 
long  and  fifty  feet  high,  it  would  noL  mfldii 
the  argunient 

To  this  rather  staggering  crods-exttmia 
replied:  ^*That  the  purpose  of  the  Alnuglitj. i 
far  as  our  finite  judgments  would  wan 
reasoning  and  presuming  on,  was  to  exbibU  tod 
a-jes  a  monmnent  —  an  example  made  of  *i  "" 
disobedience  to  His  direct  and  positive  o^l 
mandfl ;  while,  if  wc  take  her  l)ody  to  liavc  IimI 
covered  merely  with  an  incrustation  of  aiilt«  a^l 
days',  nay,  hours'  rain — when,  to  judge  froiat^l 
ravines  and  boulders  in  nil  dtrectiotia,  tbe  d 
are  rery  heavy — would  have  immediAtdj  i 
it  away/' 

My  powers  of  logic  will  not  admit  nny  • 
tive  between  a  ridge ^  to  all  intonts  and  pu 
perpetual  in  it  a  character,  or,  a  ye^rlv  renewrf^l 
the  miracle— I  had  utmost  written  daily.    **  I7lis| 
horum  mavis  accipe.** 
Nor  do  I  reply  on  my  own  erring  jud^nvii   1 
Josepbus  is,  1  presume,  to  be  udmitt^ea  aaVi^  I 
worthy.      He  ampliBes   the    htstoricxd  d^tA  d 
Scripture ;    but   it   hiis   never    been   laid  v  ^  | 
charge  that  he  fnlMifies  them. 

He  snys  {AntU^mtUg^  bw)k  i.  chap,  m 
graph  4),  rccounimg  what  took  ptftce  1801  |«i| 
before  the  Christinn  Era:  **It  remaiiit  to  till 
day,  and  I  have  seen  it/'  I 

It  is  also  attested  by  Clement  of  Homm  1*1 
contemporary ;  and  in  the  next  cent^uy,  If  I 
Irenaeua.  i 

One  more  quotation  of  chapter  mnd  vctic,  tfll 
be  it  remembered  who  is  speaking;  I^ttkes&l 
32,  33,  K.  a 

HINDU  CODS, 
(3^'*  S,  V.  197.) 

I  am  tempted  to  offer  a  few  remarks  on 
reply  referred  to. 

Brahm  is  (he  Unity  of  the  Hindu  Triad,  ilra1iau»l 
Vishnu,  and  Siva.  Saras wat hi,  and  not  Durv^M 
a  cursory  reaijcr  might  suppose,  i^  tbe  suctf  m 
peculiar  *•  encrffy  *'  of  Brahma,*  as  Luclcsbmi  brf 
Vishnu,  and  Durga,  under  her  VHrioua  nmnns,  k 
thjit  of  Siva, 

There  is  an  amricnt  well  in  th<9  fort  nf  AVItte*  I 
bad  (or,  as  it  in  called  by  Tt      "  "  |,^ 

is  believed  by  the  native/ 1  t^J 


•  llv  a  %it 


iitn€9  them  tf«  nu   f«fQ|i 
cCK%^  d^^vcAUd  ta  tilt  Jln$  j 


3^«»  S.  V.  Mar,  ^6»  *U4.] 


fand  »  commuDication  h  «aid  to  exist  between  it 
and  the  confluent  rivers  Jumna  and  GaDr;es : 
hence  the  peculiar  aanctity  of  this  locality,  and  its 
Itnvstic  name  Tribeni^  or  the  three  braids,  in  allu- 
sion to  Par&ati  (the  energy  of  Sivn),  represented 
by  the  Ganges  ;  Luckahnii,  the  sncti  of  Vishnu,  as 
the  Jumna  and  Saraswathi  as  ubove* 
The  colours  oi  the  gods  themselves  are  not  un- 
worthy of  note,  as  indicating  the  origin  of  these 
myths  in  the  natural  features  of  the  country  and 
its  rivers.  To  call  these  divinities  goddeMes  is 
scarcely  correct,  for  they  are  in  a  ^etit  measure 
identical  with  the  deitiej**  of  whom  they  are  rather 
I       the  acfive  principle  thon  the  separate*  agents, 

I«  it  not  an  error  to  represent  Siva  as  having 
^       three  eye«,  anil  is  not  the  central  eye  simply  the 

IBrahmmicai  mark  f 
The  worship  of  Siva,  the  whiie  god,  whose  spirit 
(Narayan)  la  described  as  having  **  moved  on  the 
face  of  the  primeval  waters,"  is  iit  present,  I  be- 
lieve, paramount  in  India  ;  although  the  tiestroyer 
he  is  likewise  the  regenerator^  destroying  only  to 
reproduce.  His  $acti^  or  energy,  has  many  names 
according  to  her  attributes.  As  Bhawani,  she 
8<fems  to  ctHTCBpond  with  the  classical  Cybele. 
Parvati,  Devi,  tlie  warlike  Durga,  and  blood- 
frlained  Kali/  are  one  and  the  aame  aa  regards 
their  origin. 

Vishnu  is  a  peculiar  god  in  this  respect,  that, 
when  considered  with  reference  to  Siva,  one  per- 
ceives a  trace  of  the  idea  which  produced,  in  the 
Christian  world,  the  Gnostic  here«y. 

Care  should  be  taken  to  tiescribe  in  their  exact 
order  the  Vtahnaiva  inc^iroationsi,  as,  in  thai  system 
of  cosmojiony,  a  derangement  of  the  progressite 
development  would  injure  the  occult  meaning  of 
ita  inventors,  and  probably  its  only  practical  value 
nt  the  present  day»  There  is  something  geologi- 
cally suggestive  in  the  succession  of  incarnations : 
(1)  ■  £ftb,  (2)  a  tortoise,  (3)  a  boar,  (4)  a  hybrid, 
(5)  a  man,  &c. 

Krishna  or  Krishen,  the  most  important  atara 

L    (or  tti^aUtr)^  has  been  overlooked  in  the  observa- 

B   tions  under   fHscuasion.      His  worship   seems   to 

P^   have  originated  in  some  garbled  version  of  the 

New   Te^ttament,  a»,  so  fur  as  I  have  read,  Uie 

atteniptd  to  give  it  a  higher  antiquity  have  utterly 

failed. 

The  tenths  or  comiV;^  incarnation,  of  Kalka  is  re- 
markable, first  as  regards  its  number ;  and  secondly, 
a«  combining  a  seemingly  Apocalyptic  fragmenr, 
with  the  myth  of  fhe  Rhodian  Genius,  so  pleas- 
ingly expluined  by  Humboldt. 

Indra  is  the  Jupiter  Tonans  of  Hindu  mytho- 

logy,  and  to  him  is  sacred  the  beautiful  Sonm  or 

moon- plan f,    from    which    the    god-i    distd    their 

,  favourite  drink.     Knma,  the  boy-god  of  love,  is, 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


263 


like  his  classical  confrere,  represented  with  bow 
and  arrow ;  and  to  him  is  sacred  the  elegnnt 
Ipomcra  qnamodit^  or  Ishkpecha^  with  its  scarlet 
stars,  and  delicate  spider- likt;  leaves.* 

Ganesha  is  an  inferior  deity,  worshipped  chiefly 
by  the  commercial  classes,  and  his  images,  distin- 
guished by  elephant's  head,  are  to  be  found 
always  about  banking  establishments  and  shops. 
He  IS  the  god  of  prudence  and  wisdom,  and  in 
some  other  respects  represents  the  classical  Janus* 
As  we  aav  ironically  that  such  an  one  is  like  an 
rtu'4  ID  allusion  to  the  bird  of  wisdom,  so  probably 
has  originated  the  Hindu  expression  with  refer- 
ence to  a  foolish  boaster  —  **  His  throat  is  like  an 
elephant*8.** 

It  would  be  tedious  perhaps  to  continue  these 
remarks,  and  therefore  I  shall  conclude  by  ven- 
turing the  suggestion  that,  profitably  to  study 
Hindu  mytholoory,  one  ou^ht  not  to  confine  him- 
self to  ewnpilations  on  this  subject,  but  should 
proceed  to  a  study  of  the  ancient  languag^es  of 
India,  or  at  any  rate  have  at  hand  dictionaries 
of  ihein,  if,  as  i  take  it,  the  study  of  mythology 
be  considered  the  pioneer  of  ethnology.       Spal. 


Ma.  Davidson  vtiII  probably  find  much,  if  not  all, 
of  the  information  he  desires  in  the  late  Major 
Moor's  Hindu  Fantheon  (4 to,  1810),  This  work  has 
been  for  many  year^i  very  scarce,  and  copies  which 
have  fi^m  time  to  time  cjccurred  for  sale,  have 
fetched  high  prices.  A  short  time  since  the  ori- 
ginal copper-plates,  104  in  number,  came  into  the 
Eissession  of  Messrs.  Williams  k  Norgate,  of 
enrietta  Street,  Govent  Garden,  who  have  pub- 
lished a  new  edition,  with  a  descriptive  index  by 
the  author's  nephew,  the  Rev.  A.  P.  Moor,  sub- 
warden  of  St.  Augustine's  College,  Canterbury. 


[the 


The  goddaw  of  the  Thugt,  aad  whoae  dttt  resemble 
irp^  t^tunm  oftirn  Maeimt  saturnalia. 


THOMAS  GILBERT,  ESQ. 
(3''*  S.  V.  1S4.) 

He  was  B*A.  of  Trinity  College,  Oxford,  May 
25,  1733;  and  commenced  M.A.  in  this  Univer- 
sity 1737,  being  then  Fellow  of  Peterhouse, 

There  are  two  letters  to  the  Earl  of  Bute  In 
MS.  Addit.  57-26  D,  C  222,  223,  which  are  stated 
to  be  from  Thomas  Gilbert ;  but  from  each  of 
them  the  signature  has  been  cut  oC 


•  I  have  noticed  these  flowers  merely  to  touch  on  the 
subject  of  the  u He  of  pccuUsr  plants  in  hesthen  worship. 
The  eharnheU  and  perpul^  &C.t  of  India,  the  toe  fa  of  Chiiie, 
the  dog  tp-oMB  of  the  aiicieat  Carians,  the  rrur  of  UiAf  so 
prominent  in  th»t  roinAiK^e  of  Apuleius  —  these*  awd  maoy 
others  more  or  less  familiar,  might  form  subjects  for  ia- 
teresting  discussion. 

of  the  RoaacecB  Wvei  ^^\  Wii  VisffiMi  ^sassa^J^-  Ss«k5»  ^  "^ 
period  aaViirVoT  \q  ma,ti'l 


204 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES 


[S'-'av.  mar.o.'cl 


The  first  letter,  indorsed  witli  tlic  date  of  May 
2-i,  \7r>[\  is  in  these  terms:  — 

•*  ^ly  Lonl, 
**  Mnvint:  lately  mot  with  an  opportunity  of  paying; 
my  l{<!SjH'i'.t'*  ti>  yt;ur  I.onMiim  after  .ho  loiiff  an  intnrvnl, 
1  jjrcMiiiui  tt)  triMihli-  you  with  thi«  letti-r,  which  I  mIuhiM 
si-an:o  have  vi'iitunillo  have  done,  had  I  not  honn  Kii- 
cour:i>:c«l  l»y  the  i^i-nerous  prvtcction  j;ivi'n  to  the 'Orphan 
of  ('hina;*'whtdi  incline!*  nie,  as  well  as  the  rest  of  th« 
world,  to  look  upon  your  I,onK!iip  a*  tho  patron  of  politD 
lituraturt> — a  nohlo  ex-iniplo  nnnli  wantci!  in  Hie  pre-cnt 
a^C*'*  tho*  likely  to  tliul  hut  few  folio werM.  Therefore,  Ijei; 
the  favour  f.f  your  I^>nlHhip  to  n'lvo.  me  h-ave  to  sen<l  y<u 
a  Tragedy  called  *  .Tn«;urtlia,'  which  you  may  take  into  the 
country  with  yon  "to  pcru^o  at  your  leisun*:  ami  oven 
tho*  it  should*  not  h«  so  fortunate  to  meet  with  your 
J.onl.-<hi)>*s  appr'd)atiun,  it  will  ntfiril  some  pleasure  to 
tho  Author  to  have  tho  real  opinion  of  an  impartial 
.lud^c.  The  place  of  my  reiiidcnc.e  thi.s  Nummer  bein^ 
very  uncertiin,  a>  1  prohahly  niav  have  occasion  to  visit 
my  I'state  in  tho  North,  if  your  f^inUhip  p;ive8  me  leave 
to  !»ond  the  mainiscriptH;  at  my  return,  I  will  either  do 
invNelf  the  plea.>iurn  of  waiting  on  you,  or  take  the  liberty 
of  Hendini;  you  a  letter  in  expectation  of  an  answer, 
which  will  be  estccmeil  m  a  favour 

*•  by  your  L<irdshi[»'a 

In  tli'.^  s«»eond  lotter,  einlorscd  with  the  <hite, 
Oct.  8,  17j>2,  thii  wrilJT  exj)resses  his  rupture  at 
being  lu^rmittc*!  to  lay  his  hook  at  his  Maje.'Sly'^ 
feet;  and  sinys  that,  if  his  Lordahip  approved  of 
the  work,  the  author  nni,dit  vpntiire  to  print  it. 

Kach  of  these  Idtorsis  marked  **  Ifd^notus,*'  pro- 
bably in  the  handwriting^  of  the  Karl  of  Hute. 

Th(»  allusion  in  thr  first  of  these  letters  to  the 
writer's  estate  in  tiie  north,  peems  to  indicate 
Thomas  (iilbert,  of  Skinningrave  to  havo  been 
the  author. 

One  Thouias  Gilbert,  Esc].,  died  at  Kin^land, 
near  London,  Oct.  l;i,  1771  (Gent.  Mafr.j  xli.  475). 
This  may  have  be<'n  the  gentlenian  who  had  been 
FeUow  of  Teterhouse. 

There  wils  another  Thomas  f  Jilbert,  Esq.,  who 
was  M.P.  for  Newcastle- under- Lyne,  and  I.ichlield, 
chairman  of  the  Committee  of  Way.s  and  MoMns, 
and  for  some  time  Coni})troller  of  the  (Jreat  Wanl- 
robc.  lie  acquired  honourable  distinction  by  his 
cflR)rts  to  amend  the  poor  laws,  and  even  yet  some 
of  his  h';rislative  measures  are  cited  by  his  name, 
lie  died  Dec.  18,  1798,  tut.  seventy-nine.  (As  to 
him,  see  Gent,  Mag.^xxxi.  603;  xxxii.  45  ;  xxxiii. 
1203;  Ixviii.  1090,  114G.  KichoWs  Lit.  Anecdoten, 
ix.  203 ;  and  Watt's  Dibl.  Brit.,  where,  however, 
he  is  confminded  with  a  naval  captain  of  the  same 
name.) 

It  may  here  be  noted,  that  Dr.  Gloucester  Kid- 
ley  was  author  of  an  unpublishc<l  tragedy,  entitled 
*  Jugurtha*  {Gent,  Mag.,  xliv.  556). 

C.  II.  k  TlIOMPSUH  COOPBB. 

Cambridi^. 


CKOMWELI/S  HEAD. 
(3"»S.  V.  119,178.) 
I  promised  to  supply  some  further  ]>articulars 
resiH?cting  the  head  supjK)^e(l  to  he  that  »if  Crmn- 
well,  now  in  the  ])08session  of  Mr.  Wilkinson,  bnt 
am  diverted  from  the  course  T  intcmlcd  to  pur«itt 
by  the  remarks  of  William  Pixkkiitwn.  1  can- 
not but  think  that  if  your  coiTcapondcnt  hal 
looked  carefully  over  the  several  articles  whicli 
have  appeare<l  in  "  N.  &  Q."  bo  would  \mt 
adopted  a  tone  more  respectful  to  those  wlux 
after  much  examination  of  the  lieail,  and  of  tW 
documents  relating  to  it,  have  arrived  at  the  con- 
clusion that  there  is  strong,  if  not  conclusive  evi- 
dence, that  the  head  is  genuine.  Mr.  PiSKEiTia 
reproves  the  loose  method  of  statement  adopted 
by  some  writers,  and  immediately  falls  into  tb 
same  ern>r  himself;  and  after  occupying  abow 
three  columns  of  your  valuable  space,  he  tclUn 
that  the  subject  is  "  beneath  criticism."  I  sub- 
mit, on  the  contrary,  that  the  nubject  is  one  not 
unworthy  of  candid  and  ])atient  investigation. 

It  is  anything  but  good  taste  t«  employ  the 
designation  "  the  Wilkinscm  head."  Mr.  Wilkin- 
son is  a  high-minded  and  Ixmourable  irentlemn, 
who  does  not  ostentatiously  display  the  bead,  nor 
prefer  any  claim  respecting  it ;  nor  to_  my  kno*^ 
ledge  has  he  ever  expressed  an  opinion  as  to  iti 
genuineness.  He  gives  the  history  very  much  « 
I  have  given  it  (3"*  S.  v.  180),  and  just  as  freely 
reports  the  opinions  of  one  side  as  he  does  tlioie 
of  the  other.  He  has  no  interest  in  it  beyond  that 
of  arriving  at  the  truth  in  a  matter  which  hti 
excited  much  curiosity;  and  no  living  person  cia 
have  any  other  motive  but  the  very  laudable  one 
of  settlmg  a  point  of  dispute  which  unquestion- 
ably has  an  historical  value.  In  fsict,  no  one  with 
whom  I  am  actpiainted  has  written  or  spoken  in 
reference  to  it  in  so  dogtnatie  a  spirit  as  ]Mb. 
TiNKKiiTON  himself.  I  must  trouble  you  with  I 
j  few  remarks  cm  his  article. 

I      Mr.  PiNKERTON  confounds  the  misatatemcnti 

'  of  the  writer  in  The  Queen  newspaixir  with  tlie 

statements  of  those  who  have  carefully  examined 

the    documentary   evidence.     This    is    not  veiy 

logical,  to  say  th«j  least  of  it.     Whatever  may  be 

the  defects  of  the  testimony  offered,  it  has  been 

consistent  throughout.    Temple  Bai*  is  an  error 

i  of  Mr.  Uucklamrs,  as  I  have  shown ;  and  I  hare 

I  never  heard  any  other  place  name<l  than  Wertp 

j  minster  Hall  until  I  saw  the  extract  in  **  K.  &  QT 

,  (3"*  S.  v.  119).    The  value  of  the  documents  m 

,  the  ])ossc:<Hion  of  Mr.  Wilkinson  arc  not  impaired 

because  Mr.  Buckland,  along  with  other  erronb 

'  has  substituted  Temple  Bar  fur  Westminiter  HalL 

I  Mr.  FiNKERToic,  after  making  much  of  thia  mil* 

I  take,  then  tells  us  that  to  his  certain  knowlcd0 

I  there  are  "  many  others  **  i.  e.  heads  of  Crom*" 

I I  should  have  expected  from  so  kam  • 


.▼.Mab.M.'«4] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


^65 


more  precUlon  in  languag-o.  Many  may  mean 
anT  number  firom  six  to  a  thousand.  Without 
bira  for  nuDierical  exactness*  perhaps  He 
l  us  somewhere  about  the  number.  He 
r»  that,  **  almost  every  penny  show  had 
.  actual,  old,  on^^mulj  iilentical  Cromwell's 
|iftea*i.'*  As  penny  shows  hare  always  been  very 
Inttinerous,  the  heads  must  of  course  have  been 
I  very  numerous  also.  I  object  to  such  statements 
prriss  exa^gL*rations.  I  do  not  think  that 
►  PrNKKRTos  can  show  more  than  two  or  three 
where  headi?  of  Cromwell  have  been  ex- 
i  in  what  he  would  call  penny  shows.  But 
i  he  coidd  show  that  a  hundrel  heads  had 
bihited,  what  then  ?  It  would  prove  that 
giine  must  be  spurious,  but  it  does  not 
at  one  out  of  the  hundred  might  not  be 
genuine  head ;  much  less  does  it  prove  that 
1  in  question  may  not  be  the  head  of  the 
ctor. 

PixKEKTOsr  then  says,   "  The  Wilkinson 
we   are   told,  has  never  been  publicly  ex- 
ited for  money,"  Who  has  told  us  so  ?  Every 
pentic  account  of  it  has  stated  the  contrary. 
^  history,  of  which  I  have  given  an  alwiracfc, 
anctly  states  that  it  was  twice  exhibited  for 
|iey  ;  first  by  Mr.  Samuel  Eusseli,  and  after- 
by  the  persons  who  purchased  it  of  Mr. 
The  head  in  the  possession  of  Mr.  AVilkin- 
evidently  that  which  was  advertised  in  the 
Chronicle,  March  18th,  1799;  so  that  it 
f  clear  "that  there  are  two  embidmed  heads." 
D«9  writer  in  the   Phrmahgtcfd  Journal  was 
naraiif  not  0*Donovan.    It  u  neeeaaary  to  be 
ect  in  names. 

'  {  of  value  in  Mb.  FofK.BSTOif*s 
>n  to  the  embalming.     The  head 
iiu^  been  embalmed,  and  no  doubt 
aimed  before  death.     If,  therefore,  Mb.  Pi** 
n  show  that  the  head  of  Cromwell  was 
d,  it  is  at  once  dispo«ed  of.    Icon- 
strange  that  Dr.  Bate  does  not  men- 
iH  that  so  conclusive  as  Ma.  Pinkkr- 
>  ?  I  am  imperfectly  acquainted  with 
>f  embalming,  but  believe  that  it  was 
to  commence  with  the  head;  if  so, 
ot  refer  to  what  was  a  matter  of 
trie  himself  to  a   description  of 
r  p^rtjoii  of  the  embalming  which  created  the 
Iculty,  and  which  he  was  obliged  partially  to 
hidon*     The  question  raised  is,   however,   of 
,  importance,  and  may  help  our  inquiry, 
relation  to  the  illastrativ)^  anecdote,  I  be* 
!  that  no  such  lecture  has  been  delivered  as 
ivvos^  nor  Las  the 


b- 


»ose  while  in  the 


mg^Q&t  thnt  Mm.  Pj^KMBTorf  n 


have  spared  us  the  repetition  of  such  a  piece  of 
puerility.  Ma.  Pikkertos  has  gone  into  the 
whole  subject  in  a  spirit  of  trifling,  and  one  not 
calculated  to  lead  to  any  proliiable  rejuU. 

What  are  the  facts?  A  head  U  in  existence, 
which  has  become  the  property  of  Mr.  Wilkinson, 
by  a  series  of  circumstances  perfectlv  clear,  con- 
nected, and  intelligible,  accompanied  by  docu- 
ments which  t4;nd  to  prove  that  it  h  the  head  of 
Cromwell.  It  is  not  oflTered  to  us  by  a  showman 
to  make  money,  nor  by  any  enthusiastic  antiquary* 
It  comes  to  us  without  any  flourish  of  trumpets 
or  rhetoric,  not  by  any  act  of  the  owner,  but  from 
information  afforded  by  others,  who,  by  Mr.  Wil- 
kinson's courtesy,  have  been  permitted  to  examine 
it.  All  the  facts  in  relation  to  it  agree,  and  agree 
with  the  firiit  loss  of  the  head  from  the  top  of 
Westminster  Hall.  Very  many  have  arrived  at 
the  conclusion  that  the  evidence  greatly  prepon- 
derates in  favour  of  its  genuineness.  It  is  no 
answer  to  all  this  to  say  that  there  have  been 
**  many  '*  heads  put  fortli  as  those  of  Cromwell, 
nor  that  various  and  varying  statements  have  been 
made  by  those  who  have  seen  it  or  heard  of  it 
The  logical  inquirer  will  go  back  to  the  original 
doeuruentii  themselves  —  to  the  first  link  in  the 
chain  of  evidence  —  and  by  separating  the  true 
Irom  the  false,  and  eliminating  the  irrelevant^  form 
his  own  condusions  upon  the  whnle. 

I  have  some  other  facti*  to  supply,  if  the  sub- 
ject be  not  already  wearisome  to  your  readers. 

T.  B. 


4 

n 


I  am  reminded  of  a  potsage  in  the  Relations 
Historifjues  H  CarieuKS  de  Voyages  of  Charles 
Fatin  (Lyons,  1674).    This  writer  says  :  — 

*•  London  Bridge  haa  n<>thing  extraordinary  but  its 
spectacle,  which  is  at  fri|*btful  as  hAs  ever  been  reared  to 
tno  memory  of  crime.  Yon  »e<i  tlieTo  impaJed  upon  a 
tower  the  head^i  of  those  execrnbte  parricidei)  of  Majeaty. 
It  Kcmi  th«t  horror  aniumtea  them^  and  that  their 
punish m en ts,  ivhich  jjtill  (ioujours)  continue^  rurce  them 
to  eternal  repentance.  Those  of  their  chiefs,  Crrmwvlf, 
IretODt  hia  aon-inlair,  and  Bradafaaw,  are  upon  the  ^eat 
e^liUce  rallcKl  the  PatliamenU  in  fiiglit  of  the  whole  city. 
You  cannftt  look  at  Ihem  without  turning  pale,  nnd  with- 
out imaginiu^  that  they  are  going  to  utter  these  ter- 
rible words,**  ^c— P.  168,  in  Letter  3,  dated  Oct.  167L 

B.  H.  a 


The  late  Mr.  Joseph  Hunter  told  me,  but  I 
sillily  "  made  no  note  '*  of  it,  that  in  a  diary  of 
the  time,  some  one  said  that,  being  in  Red  Lion 
Square^  he  f^aw  the  mob  dragging  about  the  head 
of  the  late  Frotector,  and  that  it  was  rescued  from 
the  raob  by  a  surgeon  who  lived  there. 
I  wish  to  ftdd  that  A  Puritan  surgeon^  named 

'   '     Red  Lion  Square,  or  Kings-    ■ 
iLe,  and  that  he  hiid  a  brother  I 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8^&V.  MAm.:K.X4. 


Sheffield,  named  Flctcljcr.  The  late  Mr.  Jamca 
Montgomery,  of  ShefTieM,  on  one  occasion  aaked 
his  friend  Mr.  ll<»lland  "  What  haii  become  of 
Oliver  Cromweirs  head  ?  "  and  related  that,  when 
he  first  came  to  Sheffield,  a  head  so  described 
was  in  the  possession  of  Mr.  Wilson  in  Pond 
Street.     This  was  about  1788. 

Imagination  can  easily  forge  a  chain  of  history 
out  of  these  facts ;  so  easily,  that  I  need  say  no  more 
except  that  the  story  is  related  somewhere  in 
Mr.  Hunter's  MSS.  now  in  the  British  Museum. 

H.  I.  H. 


RELIABLK. 
(3'*  S.  V.  58.  85,  &c.) 

That  there  are  forcible  objections  to  this  word 
appeara  to  be  evident  to  a  large  number  both  of 
writers  for  the  press  and  others.  It  has  not  come 
to  be  regarded  with  general  favour,  but  holds 
much  the  same  position  in  the  language  as  the 
verb  to  pn^retn^  which  most  persons  who  are  care- 
ful as  to  their  style  avoid.  Diit  the  true  reason 
why  it  is  not  a  word  of  just  English  formation,  I 
have  not  seen  fully  and  clearly  given.  I  would 
state  my  objection  to  it  thus :  When  the  passive 
voice  of  a  verb  can  be  used  without  a  preposition 
attached  to  it,  it  is  practicable,  si  rolet  tmi«,  to 
form  from  it  an  adjective  ending  in  able  or  ilfU  ; 
but  if  a  preposition  necessarily  adheres  to  the 
verb  in  tne  passive  voice,  the  formation  of  such 
adjectives  is  not  allowable.  Thus  from  the  active 
"  people  credit  the  8t«»ry,**  we  form  the  passive 
*•  the  story  is  credited,"  and  can  say  **  the  story 
is  credible."  So  from  "  to  justify,'^  •*  to  be  jus- 
tified," "justifiable."  But  from  "  we  depend  on 
the  man,  "  the  man  is  to  be  depended  on,"  we 
cannot  form  the  adjective  "dependable";  nor 
from  "  to  trust  in,"  "  to  be  trusted  in,"  can  we 
form  "  trustable."  If  we  would  form  words  in 
able  and  ible  from  such  verbs,  we  must  take  in 
the  preposition,  as  in  the  odd  words,  sometimes 
jestingly  used  in  common  conversation,  camf^at- 
able^  get-at-able.  Similarlv,  from  "  to  be  relied 
on,"  "  to  be  depended  on,  we  should  say  relion- 
able,  dependonable.  Also,  if  we  want  an  adjective 
from  "  to  get  on,"  with  reference  to  a  horse,  we 
must  say  "the' horse  is  get'on^able ;'*  and  if  an 
adjective  from  "  to  put  on,"  with  reference  to  a 
man*s  hat,  we  must  say  "  the  hat  is  put-on^ble ; 
not  the  horse  is  getable,  or  the  hat  is  nuUible. 

All  this  being  so  evident,  I  eincerely  hope  that 
the  word  "reliable"  will  be  at  length  excluded 
from  the  pages  of  our  newspapers  and  magaxines, 
and  especially  from  all  books  that  wish  to  take  an 
honourable  place  in  English  literature. 

**  Diipoaable,"  which  has  been  adduced  to  sup- 
port '^reliable,"  has  been  tolerated  because  we 
ima  use  the  rerb  "  to  dispoae"  with  or  irltbooi 


a  preposition  after  it.  We  aay  "  things  are  dis- 
posed  in  order,"  and  consequently,  "  thinps  ire 
dhposable  in  order";  and  hence  " disposible" 
has  been  applied  by  attorneys,  auctioneer!,  an^ 
others,  to  property  ichich  may  be  dUpoeed  of.  Tbii 
use  of  the  word  is,  as  I  aay,  tolerated,  but  ii 
certainly  not  to  be  approved.  PniLocALn. 


THE  MISSES  YOUNG. 
(3«*  S.  ir.  417.) 

A  strong  ray  of  light  is  shed  upon  the  qnestioi 
of  the  parentage  of  these  ladies  by  the  atatemeak 
contained  in  a  Memoir  of  Barthelemon,  the  vio- 
linist, compiled  by  his  daughter  (with  the  aid  d 
Dr.  Busby),  and  prefixed  to  some  selections  fiw 
her  father*s  oratorio  Jejie  in  Mdjtfa^  which  ik 
published  in  1827. 

Barthelemon,  it  is  stated,  waa  married  in  I7fl 
to  Mary  Young,  the  vocalist,  who  is  described  » 
the  "great-granddaughter  of  Anthony  Yoiib|* 
(for  whom  the  composition  of  the  popular  toai^ 
"  God  save  the  King  "  is  claimed),  and  also  astki 
niece  of  Mrs.  Ame  and  Mrs.  Lampe.  She  ii  f»  | 
ther  described  as  "  a  daughter  of  Char  lea  Yoim|  { 
Ksq.,  a  senior  clerk  in  the  Treasury,  and*sisterli 
Isabella  Young,  who  was  married  to  the  Hoa 
John  Scott-,  bn>ther  of  the  fourth  and  last  Earl  d 
Deloraine."  We  are  further  informed  that  Ifrt 
Barthelemon  waa  bn)ught  up  by  her  aunt.  Ilia 
Arne  (Cecilia  Young),  who,  in  tier  latter  yean, 
became  an  inmate  of  Barthelemon*s  house,  and  m 
continued  until  her  death.  These  circumstaees 
must  have  afforded  the  memoir- writer  opportani- 
ties  of  becoming  well  acquainted  with  the  fandl/ 
nedijn^ee.  and  her  statements  are,  on  that  accoooli 
1  think,  entitled  to  consideration. 

The  mystification  aa  to  the  Young  family  ki 
extended  to  other  writers  besides  tlie  two  musiod 
historians.  Lysons,  recording  the? appearance  d 
the  Hon.  Mrs.  Scott  at  the  Music  Meeting  U 
Gloucester  in  1763  (Histoiy  of  the  MeeHmge  t§ 
the  Three  Choirs,  193),  describes  her  aa  '*thi 
Hon.  Mrs.  Scott,  formerly  Isabella  Young,  dauf^ 
ter  of  the  organist  of  (3atherine-Cree  church,  a 
mezzo-soprano  voice."  Yet  the  distinction  be- 
tween the  two  Misses  Isabella  Young  ia  perfectly 
clear.  The  first,  probably  soon  iJter  Octdbtf, 
1737,  but  certainly  in  the  following  year,  «« 
married  to  Lampe  the  composer,  and  always  afto^ 
wards  appeared  under  her  married  name.  Sba 
was  left  a  widow  in  July,  1751.  The  aeoowi 
came  out  in  1751  at  a  concert  given  on  Mareh 


18th,  "at  the  New  Theatre  in  the  Haymarket* 
"  at  the  Desire  of  several  Ladies  of  Quautr.  Far 
the  Benefit  of  Miaa  Isabella  Young;  a  Sdwlff  t^ 


Mr.  Waltx,  who  nerer  appeared  before  in  Fid| 


S.T.  Mar.!«,'64.] 


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I  thmk,  under  nil  the  circumstances,  it  is  ww- 

rantuble  to  assume  that  the  pedigree  of  thti  Young 
family  stand  is  thus :  —  Anthony  Youn^r,  auccea* 
aively  orpanUt  of  St.  Clement  Danea  and  St.  C<i- 
iherine-Cree  church,  was  father  of  Charles  Younjj, 
orgHniist  of  Allhallo^s  Barking^f  who  was  father 
of  the  three  Misses  Young — Cecilia  (Mrs.  Arne), 
Isabella  ( Mrs.  Lampe )« and  Esther  (Mrs.  Jones) ; — 
and  also  of  Charles  Youngs  the  clerk  in  the  Trea- 
sury, who  was  the  father  of  Isabella  (Mrs,  Scott) 
and  Jlary  (Mrs,  Bartheletnon). 

Should  this  be  so,  Sir  John  Hawkins's  account 
IB  correct ;  and  there  is  one  thin^  in  Dr.  Burney's 
account  which  seems  confirmatory  of  it— viz. 
bis  description  of  St.  Catherine-Cree  church  as 
situated  "  near  the  Tower."  Now,  that  church 
is  really  situated  on  fhe  north  side  of  Leadenball 
Street,  at  some  distance  from  the  Tower,  whilst 
the  church  of  Allhallows  Barking,  is  situated  in 
Tower  Street,  almost  contiguous  to  Tower  HilL 
Hurney  has  evidently  confounded  Anthony  with 
Charles  Youn». 

The  fact  of  John  Frederick  Laiope*s  son  having 
borne  in  addition  to  the  baptismal  names  of  his 
father  that  of  Charles  (3^**  S.  v.  185)  strengthens 
the  supposition  of  his  mother's  having  been  the 
daughter  of  Charles  Young, 

Can  any  correspondent  furnish  evidence  on  the 
point  which  I  am  compelled  to  rest  on  conjec- 
ture— the  relationship  between  the  two  organists 
Anthony  and  Charles  Young?         W»  H.  Husk. 


A  Boll  of  Btojcb's  (3^*  S.  v.  212.)— The 
passage  here  quoted  is  plainly  what  Carlyle  calls 
^  clotted  nonsense,^'  taken  by  iteeli',  and  as  it  has 
been  handed  down  to  us  :  and  it  would  be  so  no 
less,  even  if  the  word  "  different'*  was  omitted. 
It  is  evident  that  "  parts  of  the  same  whole  "  are 
the  parts  which  tnnkr  up  that  whole;  and  they 
cannot  possibly  be  identical,  either  with  each 
other  or  with  the  whole.  Two  joinls  may  make 
up  a  tad,  and  they  may  be  so  exactly  alike  as  to 
be  un  distinguish  able,  but  they  are  not  identical. 

At  first  sight  it  is  difficult  not  to  suppose  that 
Burke  was  alluding  to  ilooker's  well-known 
theory,  and  that  the  second  oluuse  is  a  confusefl 
and  inaccurate  way  of  saying  that  the  Church  and 
the  State  are  '^  the  same  whole  looked  at  in  two 
difierent  aspects."  But  this  Is  perhaps  made,  not 
more,  but  less  clear,  if  we  take  the  whole  passage 
together :  — 

*'  An  alliance  between  Church  and  Stats  in  a  Christian 
Common  wealth  IS,  in  my  opinion,  an  idle  and  a  fanciful 
■pecuUtion.  An  Alliance  is  between  two  things  that  are 
in  tbelr  nattire  distinct  anil  independent,  such  as  beiwi!<en 
two  aorvervign  states.  But  in  a  (Jhriatian  CoinmonMreaUh 
thA  Church  find  th«*  Stiite  Hre  onu  and  the  same  thing, 
*     "      '"^  "        tsof  the  DAinc  whole.     For** 

lureh  has  been  alwaya  divided 
--,  I  jjjd  theJ^ivi  of  which  the 


LaftT  fs  as  much  an  essential  fntegral  part,  and  has  as 
much  it^duticiand  itA  privileges,  as  the  Ctericat  member.** 

The  whole  seems  to  me  inconsequent,  especially 
the  lust  sentence  as  connected  with  what  precedes. 
I  leave  it,  however,  to  the  consideration  of  your 
readers:  only  suggesting  the  probability  thut  it  is 
not  what  Burke  really  said,  or  deliberately  wrote. 

It  is  at  p.  44  of  tb'e  1 0th  vol.  of  the  edition  of 
1S18:  of  which  the  editor  (Bishop  King  of  Ro- 
chester) says  (Introd.  to  vol.  x,,  pp.  vi.  vii.  and 
note  b^ore  p,  2),  that  the  notes  from  which  the 
speeches  were  printed  were  detached  fragments, 
and  in  a  very  confused  and  illegible  etate. 

Ltttbltom. 

JODICIAX   COMMITTKE   OF   PftlVT    ConWCCL    (3^'" 

S.  V.  193.)-^  The  Act  of  3  &  4  WilU  IV.  c.  41, 
added  to  the  Privy  Council  a  body  entitled  **  The 
Judicial  Committee  of  the  Privy  Council,"  con- 
sisting of  the  Keeper  of  the  Great  Seal,  the  Chief 
Justice  of  the  King*s  Bench  and  of  the  Common 
Pleas,  the  Master  of  the  Rolls,  the  Vice-Chan* 
cellor,  the  Chief  Baron  of  the  Exchequer,  the 
Judges  of  the  Prerogative  Court  of  Canterbury 
and  of  the  High  Court  of  Admiralty,  the  Chief 
Judge  of  the  Bankruptcy  Court,  and  nil  members 
of  the  Privy  Council  who  have  been  presidents  of 
it^  or  have  held  the  office  of  chancellor,  or  any  of 
the  before- named  offices.  Power  is  nUo  given  to 
the  king  by  his  sign  manual  to  appoint  any  two 
other  persons  who  are  privy  councillors  to  be 
members  of  this  commrttec.  (Penni/  Cyclo,  xix. 
24.)  The  general  duties'of  privy  councillors  are 
to  be  found  in  Blackstone  (i.  230,  231.)  In  the 
Gorham  case,  the  two  archbishops  and  the  bishop 
of  London  were  summoned  to  be  present  as  as- 
sessors. (Memoirs  of  Bishop  Blom fields  ii.  114.) 
The  unsuccessful  eflforts  made  in  1848  to  1850  by 
the  Bishop  of  London  to  amend  the  Act  of  1833, 
quoad  "  questions  of  doctrine  and  points  of  faith,** 
are  recorded  in  Bishop  BiontfiekTs  Memoirs,  (Vol. 
ii.  ch.  vi.). 

There  is  a  registrar  attached  to  this  Ju'dicial 
Committee,  to  whom  matters  may  be  referred,  as 
in  chancery  to  a  master.  As  to  the  summoning 
officer,  he  must  be  under  sufHcient  control  to 
prevent  him,  for  example,  selecting  Mr.  Glad- 
stone or  Mr.  DTsraeli,  in  the  Gorham  case,  in- 
stead of  Archbishops  and  Bishops,  in  aid  of  the 
Privy  Council.  The  clerk  to  the  Privy  Council 
issues  summonses  by  himself  or  a  subordinate,  at 
the  instance  of  the  President,  and  under  the 
authority  of  the  Sovereign.  T.  J*  BucxTon, 

'      The  MoxaaAnic  Ltturot  (3*^  S.  v.   193.) — 
The  following  is  the  passage  in  Ford's  Handh&ok 

I  for  SpaiH^  referred  to   by  your  correspondent, 
Fbsd.  E.  TontK  :  —  "  The  prayers   and  coHtyLt^ 
are  so  beftulifvi\^  vVvnV  w^\\^  Vv4%^\«ftv\  ^^'sj'^^  "^"^ 
our  PrayeT  BooVr    g?o.T\\\.^,n%\.^^^H^^'^^- 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


C»^s.y.  MAs.it.-«i 


1855.)  In  answer  to  Mr.  Toti<ib*s  inquirj,  I 
believe  that  Mr.  Ford  is  not  correct  in  his  state- 
ment. I  have  examined  the  Mozarabic  Liturgy, 
such  as  it  is  jjiven  in  llobles  and  in  Dr.  liefele's 
Life  of  Cardinal  Ximencz,  but  I  can  observe  no 
siujilarity  between  the  collects  of  the  Book  of 
Common  Prayer  and  the  Mozarabic  Liturgy.  It 
is,  however,  true,  that  some  of  the  collects  and 
prayers  in  the  Book  of  Common  Prayer,  seem  to 
Lave  been  taken  from  the  Roman  Missal.  Though 
the  ancient  Liturgy  of  the  Spanish  church  ogrees, 
in  all  essential  pomts,  with  the  Roman  Liturgy,- 
yet  there  is  a  considerable  difference  in  the  prayers 
and  collects.  Uoblcs  is  the  great  authority  on  the 
Mozarabic  Kite ;  his  work  is  entitled,  Compendia 
de  la  Vida  y  Hazanas  del  Cardenal  Don  Fray 
Francisco  Xiinenez  de  Cisnents;  y  del  Oficio  y 
Minsa  Muzarahe  (Toledo,  1604).  I  possess  a 
copy  of  this  scarce  volume.  The  original  edition 
of  the  Mozarabic  Liturgy  was  published  by  Car- 
dinal Xiinenes  in  1500.  A  reprint  appeared  at 
Rome,  edited  by  the  learne<l  Jesuit,  F.  Lesley,  in 
1755 ;  and  another  edition  was  published  in  1770,  in 
l^Iexico,  by  the  Archbishop  Lorenzana,  who  after- 
wards became  Archbishop  of  Toledo,  in  Spain. 

J.  Dalton. 
Norwich. 

The  resemblance  or  identity  of  the  English, 
French,  and  Spanish  Collects  in  their  several 
liturgies  does  not  arise  from  any  one  of  them 
copying  the  other,  but  from  all  of  them  being 
derived  from  a  conunoii  source. 

"  Many  bchcvo/'  says  Wheat  I  v,  "  that  the  collects 
were  first  fraim-«!  by  St.  .leroine.  ft  is  certain  that  <jela- 
siurt,  who  was  bishop  of  Uoine,  a.d.  41)1',  ranpe«l  the  col- 
lects, which  were  thi-n  usetl,  into  onUr,  and  added  some 
new  ones  ot'  his  own  (Comber,  Jlitt.  JMunj.  part  ii. 
§  11,  p.  OK) ;  which  ortice  was  aj,'ain  corrected  by  Pope 
(jre^'ory  the  Great  in  the  year  fiOd,  whose  Sacramentary 
contains  most  of  the  coUe'ctn  we  now  use.  Hut  our  re- 
Ibrniera  observinj;  that  some  of  thesr  colh-rts  were  after- 
wards corrupted  by  supcrutitious  alterations  and  additions, 
and  thai  otheri  were  (luito  left  out  of  the  lionian  Miss^ds 
and  entire  new  ones,  relating  to  their  present  innova- 
ti«m?,  added  in  their  nMmi,  thry  ihenfore  examined  cverv 
collect  strictly,  and  where  they  fouml  any  of  them  cor- 
rupted, there  they  corrected  th*em;  where' an v  new  ones 
had  been  insi.rted,  they  M'stored  tlie  old  ones;' and  lastly, 
at  the  Ilestoration,  every  collect  was  a-^ain  reviowed, 
when  whatsoever  was  deficient  was  mpplicd,  an«i  all  that 
was  but  improperly  expressed,  rcctitied."  (Wheatly's 
Jkwk  of  Comutun  J'raytr,  ch.  v.  7.  §  2.) 

T.  J.    lUcKTON. 

There  is  n(jt  a  ^inglc  collect  of  ^lozarabic 
(»ngin  in  the  Book  of  Common  Trayer.  Dr.  Neale 
has  pointed  out  tlit»  hopeless  error  and  eonfusicm 
of  tiie  ]>:issin;re  cnncerning  the  Mozarabic  rite  in 
Fonl's  Handbook  of  Sjmin,  For  the  fullest  in- 
foriualioii  CDruvrnin^r  the  Spani.sh  collects  and 
their  relation  to  those  of  other  Western  ollieos. 
Dr.  Neale's  Eimays  on  Liturf^ioloay  niav  ])rolitably 
be  consulted.  A  LoNDo'jf  Triest. 


Nic^AM  Barks  (S'^  S.  iii.  8,  !287.)— I  ikiti 
the  conjecture  of  your  correspondent  Dcmii 
extremely  probable;  but,  this  being  grmntcil 
must  observe  that  these  boats  conveyed  Alexai- 
der  himself,  with  the  main  body  of  his  army,  dor 
the  Indus  to  its  mouth ;  whence  they  accom|Miik^ 
him,  along  the  sea-coast  of  Mekkran  and  Henuii 
to  the  Persian  Gulf,  where  he  considered  kiaue^ 
at  home.  The  division  under  Cratems,  with  tie 
heavy  baffgage,  elephants,  and  women  (I  b^w 
ladies*  pardons),  was  sent  by  a  more  inland  row. 
through  Belooohistan  and  Seistan ;  and  did  k 
rejoin  Alexander  till  he  bad  nearly,  or  qui^ 
reached  the  Gulf.  Sec  Arrian*8  JEipeditio  AIg' 
andri^  and  Vincent  (Dean),  On  the  Commurce  m : 
Navigation  of  the  Ancients,  where  the  line  of  msri , 
supposed  to  have  been  pursued  by  Crateros.) 
traced  on  the  second  map  (vol.  i.  edit.  1807).  U^ 
copy  of  Arrian  (Venice,  1535,)  is  not  paged,  m 
was  an  arduous  undertaking,  before  the  inTentk 
of  the  compass,  to  traverse  those  wild  and  ^aa 
countries ;  which,  even  now,  are  almost  unknon 
to  Europeans.  But  Craterus  was  considered  S: 
most  intelli":ent  of  Alexander*s  generals. 

As  for  the  navigation  of  the  fleet,  from  u 
mouth  of  the  Indus  to  the  Persian  GulC  os 
sailors  are  at  a  loss  to  explain  how  it  coold  i> 
performed  during  the  south-west  monsoon. 

It  is  plain  that  Craterus  did  not  embark  a!  C 
excepting  once  to  cross  the  Indus,  and  aftfiivj::^ 
to  recross  it.     See  Vincent,  vol.  i.  p.  141,  it 

W.D. 

FiTZ- James  (;r«'  S.  v.  20;2.)— The-  motto  ui  *. :  ] 
Due  do  Fiiz-JauK*s,  according  to  the  A.nhvairt- 
la  Noblesse  for  1843,  is  *•  16S9  semper  et  aLw-i  1 
iidelis  1789."  H.  S.t- 

IIkming  of  Worl  estkr  (3"*  S.  v.  173.)  — .^• 
thoujrh    I   cannot    exactly    identify    the    BriTc* 
mentioned  by  C.  J.  K.,  I  think  it  is  probable  \:^ 
he  was  a  member  of  a  civic  family  of  that  na-ti 
who  bore  for  arms—**  Or  on  a  chev.  between  thrr 
lions'  heads  sa.   us   many  plieons  .    .    ."     Th,?. 
arms  are  ast>i;inod  by  P^dmcmdson  to  Ilefiin!:    ■ 
Lomlon,  "dcscendetl  from  Worcestershire,**  a:.- 
were  borne  by  Juhn  lli^min^,  mayor  of  Worceiia 
in  1G77.     The  surname  is  not  uncommon  in  ti::- 
county.      One  of  the  name,  Richard   liemmir.;. 
of  Bentley  Manor,  was  high  sherilT  in   the  f^ 
year ;    and  Walter  Chamberlain    Hemming,  ha 
brother,  was  also  sheriflT  in   1859.     To  the  Uc 
father  of  these  gentlemen,  William  Hemming  cl 
Fox  Lydiate  House,  was  granted,   in   I84G  (die 
year  of  his  shrievalty),  a  coat  of  arms  founded  on 
I  ho  one  1  have  just  described,  viz.  Arp.  on  a  chev. 
engrailed,  azure,  l>etween  three  lions^  heads  era>e«i 
^'u.,  an  ostrich  with  win^is  endorsed  of  the  fir»L 
in  the  beak  a  key,  between  two  pheons  or.     And 
ibr  crest,  An  eagle  aru:.  charged  on  breast  with  s 


d^  a  V.  Mar.  26,  '64.] 


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azure,  charged  with  three  leopards'  faces  or; 
being  the  arms  of  Chamberlain,  of  which  family 
also  the  ostrich  and  key  is  the  crest :  so  that  this 
coat  is  a  combination  of  the  two  coats  of  Hemfng 
and  Chamberlin.  H.  S.  G. 

WoLrE,  Gabdensb  to  Hbnbt  VIII.  (3^*  S.  v. 
194.) — The  following  occurs  amongst  the  month*s 
wages  in  October,  2  Edw.  VI.,  paid  by  Sir  Wil- 
liam Cavendish,  Knt.,  Treasurer  of  die  Eang's 
Chamber :  — 

**  Item,  to  sir  John  Wolfe,  preist,  maker  and  deviser  of 
the  Kinge's  herbors  and  plantes  of  grafts,  xx*  viij<>." — 
TreoelycM  Fegpen,  ii.  15. 

Mj  attention  was  drawn  to  this  entry  shortly 
aAer  I  had  dispatched  my  query,  which  it  seems 
completely  to  answer  except  as  regards  the  date, 
1524,  named  by  Cole.  S.  Y.  R. 

Abms  op  Williams  (3""  S.  v.  175.)  —  I  do  not 
think  R.  P.  W.  is  correct  in  placing  a  query  to 
these  bearings.  Saxmi  or  Englishmen's  heads  is 
right.  There  is  some  legend  connected  with  the 
arms,  which  I  cannot  exactly  call  to  mind. 

H.  S.  G. 

Epigbam  on  Inpakct  (3^*  S.  v.  195.)  — The 
translation  of  the  beautiful  epigram  from  the 
Arabic,  by  Sir  William  Jones,  is  cited  by  Whately, 
in  his  Rhetoric,  as  an  example  of  perfect  anti- 
thesis (part  in.  chap.  ii.  §  14).  There  is  another 
version  of  it,  but  not  nearly  so  good,  in  the  Au' 
thologia  Oxoniensis,  attributed  to  Carlyle,  which 
I  transcribe :  — 

*'  When  born,  in  tears  we  saw  thee  drowned. 
Whilst  thy  assembled  friends  aroimd 

With  smiles  their  joy  confest: 
So  live  that  in  thv  latest  hour 
We  may  the  floods  of  sorrow  poor. 
And  thou  in  smiles  be  drest." 

From  the  Arabic,  p.  18. 

The  following  translation  into  Latin  verse,  from 
the  pen  of  Lord  Grenville,  accompanies  it :  — 
"infahs. 
"  Dnm  tibi  vix  nato  l»ti  risere  parentes 
Yagitu  implebas  tu  lacrymisque  domnm ; 
Sic  vivas  at  summa  tibi  cum  venerit  hora, 
Sit  ridere  tuura,  sit  lacrymare  tuis." 

"  G." 
The  version,  as  given  in  "  N.  &  Q."  is  again  to 
be  found  in  the  Arundines  Cami^  editio  quarta, 
p.  88.  It  is  there  headed  "  To  a  Friend,"  and  the 
following  rendering  of  it  is  given  by  Mr.  Drury, 
formerly  second  master  of  Harrow :  — 


"AD  SEXTIUM. 

**  Quum  natalibus,  O  beate  Sexti, 
'luU  adfuimus  caterva  gaudens, 
Tagitu  resonis  strepente  cunis 
In  risum  domus  omnis  est  soluta. 
Talis  vive  precor,  beate  Sexti, 
Ut  circum  lacryroantibus  propinquis 
Cum  mora  immineat  toro  cubantis, 
Mm  noQ  alio  froare  risa.  H.  J.  T«  D." 


This,  according  to  a  note  in  Ilolden's  Foliorum 
Silvula,  part  i.  p.  521,  third  ed.,  1862,  is  a  trans- 
lation from  the  Arabic.  Reference  is  there  made 
to  Carlyle  (J.  D.),  Specimens  of  Arabian  Poetry, 
p.  80.  Carlyle  was  Professor  of  Arabic  at  Cam- 
bridge from  1795  to  1804. 

P.  J.  F.  Gantillon. 

'  Tbakslatobs  op  Tebehce:  Jambs  Pbende- 
villb  (S"*  S.  v.  117.) — James  Prendeville  supplied 
a  part  of  the  descriptions  and  illustrations  to  Mr. 
Tyrrell's  Catalogue  of  the  Poniatowski  Oems, 
London,  1841,  4to.  Joseph  Rix,  M.D. 

St.  Neot*s. 

Motto  roB  Bubton  -  upon  -  Tbent  Watee 
CoMPAKT.  —  As  no  one  has  replied  to  this  query 
(3^**  S.  V.  116),  let  me  suggest  from  Horace,  ^pisL 
i.  1,  52 :   "  Argentum  auro  villus.'* 

P.  J.  F.  Gantillon. 

The  following  mottoes  appear  to  me  appro- 
priate, though  they  do  not  convey  the  precise 
ideas  suggested  in  the  above  communication :  -— 

**  Opitulatu  alitur  spes." — Anon. 

**  Formidatis  auxiliatur  aquis."  —  Ovid,  Ep,  ex  Fonto, 
lib.  i.  ep.  8. 

*•  Succurrere  saluti  fortunisque  communibus.*'  —  Cic. 
Fro  Rab.,  cap.  L 

*•  Parcitati  beneficium  ministrat  luxuria."  —  Falladius, 
lib.  i.  cap.  xxvi.  » 

Should  any  one  of  these  be  adopted,  I  hope  the 
fact  will  be  notified  in  "  N.  &  Q."  F.  C.  H. 

SiB  John  Moobe's  Mokumeut  (3^*  S.  v.  169.) — 
Borrow,  speaking  evidently  from  actual  observa- 
tion, says :  — 

"  There  is  a  small  battery  of  the  old  town  which  front* 
the  east,  and  whose  wall  is  washed  by  the  waters  of  the 
bay.  It  is  a  sweet  spot,  and  the  prospect  which  opens 
from  it  is  extensive.  The  battery  itself  may  be  about 
eighty  yards  square ;  some  voung  trees  are  soringing  up 
about  it,  and  it  is  a  rather  iavourite  resort  of  the  people 
of  Coruna. 

*'  In  the  centre  of  this  battery  stands  the  tomb  of  Moore, 
built  by  the  chivalrous  French,  in  commemoration  of  the 
fall  of  their  heroic  antagonist.  It  is  oblong,  and  sur* 
mounted  by  a  slab ;  and  on  either  side  bears  one  of  the 
simple  and  sublime  epitaphs  for  which  our  rivals  are 
celebrated,  and  which  stand  in  such  powerful  contrast 
with  the  bloated  and  bombastic  inscriptious  which  de- 
form the  walls  of  Westminster  Abbey :  — 

*  JOHN  MOORK, 

LEADER  OF  THE   ENOUSH  AR31IE8, 

SLAIN  IN   BATTLE, 

1809.* 


**  The  tomb  itself  is  of  marble,  and  around  it  is  a  quad- 
rangular wall,  breast  high,  of  rough  Gallegan  marble; 
close  to  each  corner  rises  from  the  earth  the  breech  of  an 
immense  brass  cannon,  intended  to  keep  the  wall  com- 
pact and  close.  These  outer  erections  are,  however,  not 
the  work  of  the  French,  but  of  the  English  government." 
The  Bible  in  Spaiji,  c.  26,  p.  I6(i^«dit..  ^1  V^A^. 

Borrow  ia»q\iwv5i\«Kii  \Kk^^^^  "^.^^^v 

OzoKiiNSis.    I  persona  'b^  \uvQia.  ^Sofc  mw^swsift^^  ^"*^ 


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but  the  above  \s  evidently  a  eircumstantbl  de- 
ftcription  by  an  eye-witness.  Hb  version  of  the 
inscription,  I  assume  to  be  a  trnnslation  ;  be  does 
not  9uy  what  is  the  languat^e  of  the  orij^inaL 

David  Gam, 

Famix*y  or  Db  Scabtb,  om  Dk  Scabs  (3'<*  S*  v. 
1 134  J — J^  S.  D*  will  find  an  account  of  the  dis- 
Icovery  of  the  monumental  dtone  of  Skartba,  the 
friend  of  Swein,  with  an  engraving  of  the  stone, 
in  one  of  the  numbers  of  the  Illtuttrated  London 
News  for  April  or  May,  1858.  1  am  sorry  I  cannot 
refer  him  to  the  exact  number,  but  I  am  almost 
certain  the  date  is  somewhere  about  the  time 
I  mention.  K.  S.  T. 

PoiTBRlTY    OF     TUB     EmPEBQR     CnABLEMAGItfi 

(3^  S,  V,  134.)  — The  descent  of  the  House  of 
LKingsale  is  commonly  said  to  be  as  follows :  — ' 
ftCharles,  Duke  of  Lorraine^  last  male  descendant 
of  the  Carlovingian  Kings  of  France.  His  son, 
Wifferius;  hissoUf  Baldwin  Tevtonicut ;  his  sons — 
I,  Nicholas,  from  whom  the  Houses  of  Warrenne 
[ftnd  Mortimer. 

5.  Robert  de  Courcey. 
John,  Baron  of  King^ale,  was  fourth  in  descent 
from  Eobert,  son  of  the  llobert  de  Courcey  above^ 
mentioned. 

But  this  Charles,  or  Huph,i8  not  named  by  An- 
^derson  (Eoynl  Genealogies)  amonj;  the  children  of 
'Dharlea,  Duke  of  Lorraine.     Mcz^ray  says,  speak- 
ing of  the  latter  — 
**  II  eut,  k  ce  qu'iJs  rAcontenl,  dtux  femmes    .    .    .la 
.  teconde  fut  Agnes  fille  de  Hebert  Comte  de  Troye,  doot 
pfouiDdrttDt  deux   fil*  dumnt  qu'il  fut  en  prison  h  Or- 
L  leans,  Hugttea  et  Louys,  qui  m  retirereDt  vers  TEmpcreur. 
Ge  dernier  fut  Landgraue  de  Hesse    *    .     ,    ntah  d  vroy 
f  dirtf  ie  dmtUfort  dt*  enfant  de  ce  Mecond  /jcf,*' — Histoire  de 
JTranee,  folio^  vol.  i.  p.  S7L 

Hbrmentbudk, 

If  HiPPECs  will-  refer  to  the  pedigree  of  the 
Lords  of  Hare  wood  in  Whi  taker's  LoidU  and  El' 
mete^  or  that  of  Dixon  of  Seaton-Carew,  in  Burke's 
Royal  DeitcenU^  he  will  find  that  the  Barons  Kinfy- 
•ale  derive  from  Robert  de  Courcey,  the  uncle  of 
the  William,  who  died  *.  p.  The  former  pedigree 
will  also  show  him  that  there  were  two  con- 
temporary Roberts,  Lords  de  Rougenvont  (first 
cousins)  —  viz.  Robert,  the  son  of  John,  and 
Robert  the  son  of  John's  brother  George,  and 
that  the  latter  had  a  son  WUliam  and  other  issue. 
I  This  Wdliani  may  have  been  the  projycnitor  of 
Gvjorge  Lisle  of  Compton  Domville.  John  Lord 
de  Kougemont's  wife  was  Matilda  (not  Eliza- 
beth) de  Ferrers.  R.  W*  Dixojt. 

Robxbt  Dillok  Browhb,  M.P.  (3^  8.  iii*  a69. 
479.)  —  I  am  informed  by  a  friend  (an  Irish  Ca- 
tholic), that  tije  Hong  which  this  gentleman  used 
to  be  fond  of  repeAtiug  is  set  to  the  time  of  a 
French  hymn  to  the  Virgin  Mary,  which  is  sung 
in  her  baooiLr,  oa  a  certtiin  day  in  each  year,  \u 


the  churches  of  France  and  Ireland.     Ht ' 
me  that  the  song,  as  well  as  the  hyinn^ 
niorily  known  in  Ireljind,  »nd    se^'"  *   "^'-r«aed  to 
wonder  that  any  question  shoubi  i  asked 

on  the  subject.  However,  I,  as  ...  ^..^usb  t^»» 
testant,  must  confess,  that  betbre  the  present «e» 
casion  I  never  heard  of  either  tbe  hymn  or  tfe 
song.  Robert  Dillon  Browne  died  at  tbeigt«f 
thirty-nine,  just  as  he  had  obtained  ftn  appoiat- 
ment  to  a  post  in  one  of  the  colonies.  Wb« 
living  he  was,  as  is  well  known,  mn  itnporlaai 
joint  in  O^Conneirs  »  flexible  taiL"  W.  P. 

RUTHVEN,  EaBI*  of  FoRTH  ATfU  B&B3ITT«}|]|w~ 

Your  correspondent  J.  M.  se^nis  to  have  fp4 
the  articles  respecting  Patrick  Ruthven  (2^  S. 
it,  101,  261)  through  the  wrong  spectju^les.  8ft 
writes  &s  if  the  letter  of  Gustavus  Adolpfae^ 
printed  in  the  first  of  those  articles,  hwd  been  }^ 
sumed  to  i^pply  to  tbe  Earl  of  Forth  and  Brat* 
ford.  Upon  reference  a  second  time  to  the  artidr 
in  question,  he  will  find  thut  this  wns  not  so.  IV 
letter  was  treated,  and  I  think  rightly  treated,  • 
relating  to  Patrick  Ruthven,  8on  of  John.  Ik 
third  Enrl  of  Gowrie, 

Again,  with  reference  to  the  second  arftH*— 
that  contributed  by  myself  on  the  Z  -^ 

net— J.  M.  is  mistaken  in  supposing  :  fH 

conjectured"  in  that  article  that  the  *VL,urd  RA 
ven,"  of  the  Ladies*  Cabinet^  wsls  **  Earl  WQIin' 
the  ''de  facto  fourth  Earl  of  Gowrie.'*  Iti« 
held,  throughout  that  article,  that  he  w«^ 
same  Patrick  Ruth  ven,  son  of  the  third  EiH  ^ 
Gowrie — the  person  who  was  long  confin^  btk 
Tower,  and  whose  daughter  married  Vjuidjke. 

If  J.  M.  thinks  that  he  has  anj  reason  to  ioi 
fault  with  the  attribution  of  the  interferctiot  d 
Gustavus  Adolphus,  or  the  connection  witk  ll* 
Ladies*  Cabinet^  to  that  Patrick  liuthven*  ii? 
facts  upon  the  subject  will  be  verjr  jtladlj  ft* 
ceived ;  but  if,  before  he  again  addresses  iroit,  k 
will  be  good  enough  to  re-read  the  arttdes  to 
which  he  has  alluded,  he  will  percotve  that  m  ll« 
first  of  them  there  is  no  allusion  to  the  Earl  d 
Forth;  nor  in  the  second  to  *♦  William,  de /ad^ 
fourth  Earl  of  Gowrie.'*  Joui«  Btti;CB. 

5t  Upper  Gloucester  Street. 

Private  Prater**  roa  thr  Lattit  (3*^  S*  v. 
193  )_B.  H.  C.  will  find  m  Dp.  I  lock's  Chwrdk 
Dictionary,  under  the  bead  "  Primer,  ^r- 

ticuUrs   about  forms  ol'   prayt?r  fur   i  .ttd 

private  individuals,  as  set  forth  by  rti  Ii 

18,   inter  tdin^   there  stated  that  the  :i#t 

which  appeared  was  Dr.  f  afterwards  I  «'» 

*•  Collection  of  Private  Devotions  :   ii  i^ 

tice  of  the  Ancient  Church,  call   ' 
Prayer^  ns  they  were  uCtiT  this  t. 
by  uxithorittj  of  Qiwvn  Ehinbeth, 
was  published    in    1(127    **  by  r 
CbsMi^tft  L."     l^  \Vv^  PT*j<*K<i  *i<^vi<.-.  v.,    TjjjLT 


8H&T.  MAB.i«.'<4] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


an 


* 


I 


Itf  [oultrie]  to  "  the  Primer  set  forth  at  large  for 
the  uae  of  the  Members  of  the  Anglican  Church 
in  Familv  and  Private  Prayer,  m  the  Rei^n  of 
Queen  Elizabeth,"  published  In  1863  by  Masters, 
it  is  stated  that  **  the  Primer  is  the  authorised 
Book  of  Familj  and  Private  Prayer  for  the  Laity 
of  the  Engibh  Church/'  And  the  Editor  adds:^ 
"  Eirlier  in  the  time  of  i!«  first  pubiiLAtion  tbiia  the 
Book  of  Common  Pmyer,  iu  subsequent  editionn  Atid 
reridiona  rnti  pamlltil  with  that  Book.  The  Invocations 
of  the  Saints,  the  *  Ave  Maria,*  ond  other  features  of  the 
Primer  of  Henry  VUL*  disappear  from  tbe  revised  edi- 
tion* of  Ell  ward  VL  and  of  Elizabeth.  In  the  reign  of 
Edwafd  a  rival  Primer  of  vary  inferior  merit,  with  fixed 
lewoos  lor  every  day  in  tbe  vtmkt  and  fixed  Psalm»  in 
c»rder,  striiggleii  into  life,  and  after  maintainmg  a  brief 
and  precarious  existence  alongside  of  tbe  origiu;il  Primer, 
finaify  died  out  in  Elizabeth's  reign,  leavin^f  the  ground 
unoccupied  to  the  nobler  Book  which  continued  to  tbrovr 
out  it^  editions  rili  Bupersedcd  by  tbe  altered  (unhap* 

ftily  altered)  versions  of  liter  ant!  more  private  bands. 
lisbop  Gown's  Hour*  of  Prayer,  which  are  based  upon 
the  Primer,  are  well  known  at  the  present  day.  Perhaps 
a  devotional  Manual  which  claims  to  be  not  the  work  of 
a  sinf^le  divine,  nor  of  a  single  year,  nor  of  a  single  edi- 
tion, hut  tbf  L'arefully  matured'tyift  of  the  Fathers  of  the 
r.nplish  Ueformation,  perfectwi  bv  the  berst  of  all  Re- 
visionists —  ««e,  throufjfb  many  editions  in  an  earnest  and 
lenrned  aire,  may  be  welcome  to  the  Faithful  of  the  Eiiff- 
lish  Communion.  Its  intrinsic  value  has  been  recognised 
by  the  editors  of  tbe  Parker  Society,  who  published  the 
edition  of  ]o59,  together  with  other  docomen^  with  a 
view  to  making  known  tbe  true  principlea  of  tbe  English 
Heformacioo/* 

C.  W. 

The  only  "  Family  Prayers  "  which  now  have 

any  authnnty  in  the  Enj?li^*h  Churtdi  nrc  those  in 

Queen  Elizabeth*!*   Prin3»?r,  which  is  drawn  from 

the  Saruin  Enchiridion  of  pre -Re  form  at  ion  times. 

A  London  Priest . 

Latik  Qootatioh  (3'*  S.  v.  213.)— The  fol- 
lowing may  be  the  proper  reading  and  tranala- 
tion  of  the  passage  proposed :  — 

"  lliDc  dicitur  Spiritus  caritatis  quam  obaignat  in  cor- 
dibns  nostns:  non  credent  est  ergo  a  spiritu  qui  abducit 
deposita  ad  humana  commeuta." 

Hence  he  is  called  the  Spirit  of  chanty,  which 
lie  impresses  upon  our  hearts :  an  unbeliever, 
lherefi)re,  is  of  the  spirit  which  carries  away  the 
deposit  (of  faith)  to  the  devices  of  men. 

R  C.  H. 
WtLLtAM  Dddgeon  (3'*  S.  V,  172.)— This  very 
singular  and  learned  person  was  a  farmer  in  East 
Lothian,  J I  adding  ton  j)hi  re.  There  was  published, 
in  176^,  a  12mo  volume  of  his^  which  was  en- 
tilled  :  — 

•*  PbiloMOphicul  Works,  via.^The  Stat«  of  the  Moral 
WorUt  ...n-iitertd^ — A  Cstecht^im   founded  u|>on  Experi- 
\  View  of  the  Necessitarian  or  Best 
d  Lett  em  conceruift|^  the  Being  and 


Copies  of  this  aee  now  rarely  to  be  aoett. 


s. 


Quotations  Wanted  (3'*  S»  y,  174,  175.)  — 
T,  Lesujs  will  find  the  lines  — 

**  A  human  heart  should  beat  <br  two,**  ^<^''t« 
in  a  book  of  poems  called  London  Lyricft^  pub- 
I  lished  a  few  years  since.  H.  W.  H, 

This  QuotJition  #k  I'm ni  the  Ingoldshy  Legeiifk, 

m*ith^kifimi%  a F. s. WABKBtf. 

"  God /tori  a  beautiful  necessity  is  love  in  all  he  donlh.** 
TuppeT*s  Fromrtual  PkUotnphjf :  Of  ImmitrtrilUg. 
E.  J.  NOBMAM. 

"  AiTTHOR  OF  Good,  to  Theb  I  tcen  "  (3"*  S. 
iv.  353  ;  v.  123.) — In  addition  to  what  hiw  already 
been  communicated,  in  reference  to  the  above 
hjmn,  allow  me  to  say  that  the  four  sUxttza» 
quoted  by  your  last  correspondent  form,  with  a 
few  verbal  alterations,  the  last  hnlf  of  a  hymn  on 
the  **  Ignorance  of  Man,"  by  Merrick.  It  begins 
thus  :■ — 

**  Behold  yon  new-born  ir.f«nt»  irrleved 
With  "hunger,  thirst,  and  pain  ; 
That  asks  to  have  the  wants  relieved 
It  knows  not  to  explain.*' 

The  composition  consists  of  eight  stanzas,  and 
may  be  found  in  James  Montgomery*?  Christian 
Psalmist,  Hymn  333,  edit.  1828»  X.  A.  X, 

HtGtt  Brarbam*  M.A,  (a^"  S.  v.  212),  was 
instituted  to  Dovercourt^  with  the  chapel  of  Har- 
wich, Oct,  7,  1574 ;  and  to  the  rectory  of  Little 
Oakley,  Essex,  Nov.  20,  1579.  He  also  held  the 
rectory  of  Peldon,  in  the  same  county.  He  died 
iu  1615  (Newcourt's  Repertorium^  ii.  220,  446, 
467).  C.  H.  &  Thompson  Cooper. 

Cambridgei 

Kev,  Christofiteb  RicaARj>80ir  (3'**  S.  v.  213) 
was  of  Trinity  College,  Cambridge;  B.A.  1636-7, 
M.A.  1640,  and  it  is  probitblc  that  he  had  epi- 
scopal ordinuiion.     C.  H.  Sc  TnoMi^fKiiT  CoorsB. 

Cambridge^ 

Cambbioge  V1U.AGE8  (3'*  S.  V.  212.)  — In 
7  Edw.  I.  the  Papworths  ure  called  Papworth 
Everard  and  Papworth  Ann^^ys  (Hofuli  Hunfire* 
dorttnit  ii.  472,  473).  They  were,  very  priibubly, 
so  denominated  nfler  the  principal  owners  at  a 
former  period.  The  prefix  of  Saint  is  a  silly 
innovation,  certainly  introduced  since  Messrs* 
Lysons  published  their  account  of  Cnmbridge- 
shire.  Indeed  the  former  parish  is  called  Pap- 
worth Everard  in  the  Act  for  its  enclosure 
passe^  in  1815.  C.  H.  &  Thompson  Cooper. 

'*  Exposition  of  Eccle<*iastbs,  1680'*  (2°*  S. 
iii.  330.) — George  Sykes  (Sikes),  a  mystical  Cal- 
vinist,  is  supposed  to  have  been  the  author  of  the 
book  in  question.  He  also  wrote  Evarigelical 
MssfJifs  tiwardx  the  Discovery  of  a  G^ikijit^.  S>VA<t^ 
166fl.  He  sftft\U-i  \C\  W-^^  Vi'i^tW  ^v.wxx^itx.'a^^'vvv  w 
UgiOMS  ovu\wm  Wa\x  ^vt  W.^^vx^v^^  '^^^^^^  ^^^ 


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Diartf  nf  Hfnrv,  Omnt^n^  (^vrpcr^  Latftiofth^  Tinlrhmnftrr 
to  'ihr  I*nm'rsx  of  iy,wii^  17M— 17;Jil.  '  (Murray.) 
This  is  oni"  of  tin*  iim^t  v.iliiaMo  I'ontributiotis  to  coii- 
tPiii Horary  liislory  wliirh  iht*  t>urio.<tity  of  the  prt'si-nt  day 
has  yot  iinonrthnd.  Tlio  jutIocI  of  our  aiinalit  to  whii'h 
it  rcfiitc'ii  i<t  OIK!  singularly  dofldutit  ia  aiiiiilar  mali'rialN ; 
and  tlio  gomipinf;  n-oord  wliirli  I^dy  CowpiT  jjiv«»*  uh  of 
the  iMiHliral  intn^uos,  and  the  otifpiotto  and  obMonMnt'CH 
nt  tll^  fourt  of  tho  FirMt  deorj^i',  is  n'plcto  alike  with 
information  and  nniusunu'nt.  'X\w.  authorosM,  Mary  Cla- 
vcrini^,  the  wife  of  Lord  (Ihaiuvilor  Cowpt.T,  was  not  only 
an  observant,  hut  al>o  an  ac<-oinpli.sh«>il  woman;  as  is 
shown  hy  I  ho  f;ict  that  slm  was  in  th<'  habit  of  trnns- 
]atin<r  into  Fri'mh  ln'r  liunliand's  mcmori.ils,  that  they 
mi;;ht  hi;  inli'i:i^ibh>  to  his  siivi>n'iKn.  And  ns  it  is  plani 
8h«'  was.  UN  shi>  di>v^rvi>d  to  he,  in  th(>  tull  contidciH'c  (^f 
hpr  husband  tli<-  I^onl  (MinncfUor,  ami  (>((ua1iy  so  in  that 
of  Inr  rijyal  mistress  and  tin*  I'rinr^  of  \Vai«s,  slw  had 
pwuliar  opportunitirs  of  knowinj^  all  that  was  f^oini;  on  ; 
and  tho  prrusal  of  tho  ]iros('nt  fraf^mrMit,  for  we  rc^ri^t  to 
say  it  is  but  u  fragment,  uwaki-ns  a  fKulin^  of  d(>cp  ri';;n>t 
that  then)  sfvnis  littlo  hopu  of  nn'ovtirin^  thu  missing 
portions  of  this  must  intnrestin;;;  narvativi'. 

Maqna  Vita  S.  Iluijonh  Kpi^mpi  lAnrolnini"}*.  I'mtn 
ManH»cript»  in  tht»  linfllcittn  fjhran/t  Oxf'on/^  and  thr  , 
Iii}prnal  Library,  Par  it.  Kditvl  l>y  tin;  Ki*v.  Jumos  \ 
F.  Uimoi.'k.  M.A.  Pnhlifhtd  umUr  thn  Dirvcfion  of  the 
Maxtf-rnfthfi  /^)//,^.  (Loii^min.) 
Thn  name  of  Iln^h  Hisho])  of  Lincoln  still  fi^^urcs  in 
the  Culvndar  of  thiM.Miunh.  'J'hat  h«;  .should  havo  won 
that  distinction  few  will  bi»  surprisi-d  whi»  read  this  ela- 
horati!  bio^ra]»hy  of  n  prelate  whom  tin*  pn"«oni  e-litor 
dcsrrilios  as  an  n]iri;^ht,  honest,  fvarh-sH  mun~>Hn  earnest, 
holv  Christian  birihop,  adding  "that  in  th»  whole  ruuKC 
of  I'Ji^Iish  worthies,  it-.w  mm  deserve  a  higher  and  holiiir 
niche  than  liishop  llu^h  of  Lincoln.  That  he  should 
have,  built  IJiicoln  <'athedral — that  ** templuin  ^luriosis- 
simum,**  as  his  bict^rapher  terms  it,  is  mou^h  to  recom- 
mend his  mcmorv  to  our  ar(ddt«x*tur.il  friends.  Ilut  hn 
had  far  higher  claims  than  this;  and  thu  story  of  hia 
useful  lit'u  ia  well  told  in  the  narrative  hefori>  us,  the 
work  of  one.  Adam,  a  IJenedictine  Monk,  which  the  rditor 
has  can'fuUy  printed  from  a  IJodleian  MS.,compareil  with 
another  in  tlie  Imperial  Library  at  J'aris.  As  the  I'ita 
S.  Iluyoni*  throws  considerable  li;;ht  on  the.  history  of 
this  country  durinjj  the  periiMl  of  which  it  treats,  it  fur- 
nishes many  valuabN*  additions  to  our  kuowled};n  of  those 
eventful  times.  Mr.  Diniwk  has  ohvioiislv  bestowed 
^reat  care  and  labour  upon  the  work,  for  whfch  his  pre- 
vious labours  on  Uurih  of  Lincoln  had  well  preftared  him, 
and  wo  have  to  thank  him  fur  a  capital  Index. 

Chrieal  and  Parochial  liticorda  of  Cork,  Cioyne,  and  Jlout^ 
tnktn  from  DitH'esan  and  Pari*h  lirgintrictt^  JUSS.  in 
the  PrincifMtl  Lihrarirx  and  Puldic  Officen  of  Oxford, 
Dublin,  and  I^mdon;  and  from  PriiHitr.  or  Family 
PufM-rM.  Jiy  \V.  Mazierc  JJrady,  D.l).,  Chaplain  to  the 
Ixinl-Lieutimant,  and  Vicor  of  Clonfcrt  Cloyne.  fi  Vols. 
Hvo.     (Longman.) 

The  ecclesiastical  records  of  Ireland  have  of  late  yours 
nttrnctod  tho  attention  of  the  lenrneil.  Tho  succnjwion  of 
nil  tho  bishops  and  cnthodral  diKnitaries,  from  ancient  to 
moilem  times,  luu  Jieen  duly  recorded  and  preserved  in 
tho  admirable  J'atti  JCeclaur  Jliha-ninB  of  Archdeacon 
Cotton ;  and  Dr.  T<Kld,  Mr.  IC.  1».  Shirlev,  Mr.  Caiillidd, 
and  njanv  other  scholars,  have  publishecl  works  illustra- 
tive of  the  Church.  Bat  fow  attompti  haTe  been  made, 
Mad  tbo90  few  very  tuiiinjiortaDt,  to  IncQ  tin  ^uoebli^ 


cJerRy  of  Ireland  from  the  p«frio<l  of  the  Koformation  to 
the  jjroscnt  time,  or  to  extraet  from  her  own  r<s'iirls  the 
hihtory  of  the  Church.    As  Ux  iis  the  united  I»i.iir-«v  of 
lJork,*Oioyne,  and  Ross  is  conferned,  this  want  ha«  miw 
been  suppliiMl;  and  so  completely,   that  in   very  in4nT 
fMirinhes  the  succession  of  incumbi-nts  for  more  ihan  twj 
cnturies  ond  a  halt',  is  completi-.     In  many  ca«»€'A,  Dr. 
Ihady  has  been  able  t<»  imlic.itt?  tl»e  par.'ntag«»,  birth- 
t»l.ice,  colloKC  matriculation,  and  Knivorsity  decree  of  the 
*'leri:ynian ;  ns  vrell  ns  his  ordination   and  clprical  ap- 
pointments, his  marriage,  isMie,  and  death.     To  these  arr 
sometimes  addc<l.  his  published  works,  charitable  be- 
cfuests,  and  genealogical  notices.  Tho  book  ia  one  of  grest 
JnlK)ur  and  rewarch;   and  we  simrrely  tnirt  that  this 
endeavour  to  "do  justice  to  Ireland "  will   meet  with 
Kueh  general  approval  as  to  induro  other  members  of  the 
Irish  church  to  follow  the  admirable  example  which  I)r. 
Ilraily  has  jilnei-il  before  thorn. 

Ivflandic  J^rgrndi.    CtlUchd  by  Ion  Anmsori.      7>an^at$i 
by  (jeorge*  K.  .1.  rowell  and  Kirikur  .Ma>;iiUbeii.     IfUi 
(irtnty-niyht  Illuittrtiliuni.     (lientley.) 
No   one  who  has  paid   the  slightest  attention  tu  the 
4:hur.ii-ti!r  of  Icelamlic  literature  will  be  siir]Yniii'd  to  li<:3r 
Uiiit  the  ledm<'<l  librarian  of  Keykjavick,   Mr.  Ii>n  Ania- 
non,  the  (irimm of  I«i<land,  ns  he*  has  been  happily  design* 
natedt  should  have  siicreciled  in  gathering  in  an  almo* 
inexhaustible  store  of  I'opul.ir  legends  and  Tradition^ 
which  are  still  current  in  tlie  mouth  of  tho  p4Mipl«t.    Krai 
1  selection  publiohed  by  him  in  1H(;2,  the  pp'^cnt  tranfU- 
lors  have   made  a  further  seU^^tion,  which    they  hare 
divided  into  .Stories  of  Klvos,  Stories  of  Trolls,  .SlorinnT  , 
(iho.sts  and  (ioblins,  and  Miscellaneous  Stories.    Tbev 
iro  extremely  well  i:alculated  to  give  nn  idea  of  the  Folk 
Lore  of  Iceland,  ami  are  very  valuable  as  nmteri.iU  furi 
llistory  of  Popular  Fiction.    The  illustrations  are  laDi'ifal 
%m\  characteristic. 

BOOKS    AND    ODD    VOLUMES 

WANTUn   TO   PUSCnASB. 

PartlODlftri  of  Price, *c.  ofthefbtlovinr  Uooki  to  beietit  dimili 
iho  irrtitlcniftn  by  whiMn  tliejr  mre  rannlrcd.  wtiotc  name  and  wUiw 
•UT  kIvco  lor  that  pun^.na  i  ^ 

UaHTi.aMAN'i  MAiiAriMK  fhim  coinmcnrcmcnt.  with  Indczn. 

'Wanted  hy  Mr.  Atnrri*  C  /nimi,  7'>.  8haw  Sirii-t,  IjivcrpuoL 

^attrrif  to  Corrr^iianticuU. 

W.J.  1).  Ki//  tin'/  rt  i-olht'ti'm  nfthf  l\fm»  cm  ('Aan/rryV  Wnoiad* 

ih  lh\   viliiint  tntith-t  W'inaviWViictln  on  Vlinutrry'*   W«iilrorkl.J«* 
tv-futt  t''f  M Hi-run  in  ltC»r. 

W.  Y.  U.     '1\  iinyf*.>u'n  alhii'i-ii  i*  li 
V.  liitt  li\. 
<-.    W.    f Norwich.)     "I'liwaA'*" 

jATiir.r.    The  Illitorloal  HcRUtcr, 
J7.K 

T.  n.  M  n-tniwlrd  Ihnt  therr  i.  n  httrr  iraitiMft  for  hitn  at  the  Qfff 
M,  IfiUitifffiiHSIntl. 

II.  r.  A  1M  nf'  thr  At'uJ^rf  •)/"  I'nrlinmrnI,  tomp.  <^writ  fHisokA 
tHtin  lH\fimntl  in  Ji'iY/u'ji  Noiitia  ParlUuni.ii  tar  ia.  a  volf.hvo.  iriu. — f'f 
thf  ilfritHttiifH  of  thr  Hiintr*  of  jiitrrn  of  oniitanrf  ciiiuni/r  /'Vilcwrt 
Dii'lionary  of  tho  Marine,  tfUl'tl  hn  Jtr.  ttumru,  4tii.  Is i^  ami  Viai^ 
( 'tntrhi^'a  Dictlonnairv  <le  la  Marine,  4to,  .1  tuU.    l*aiiii.  1 7s:iW. 

T.  W.  D.  /.YpA/  nrtirltM  oh  tha  tntnt  timmhug  apjtenrvl  w  our  A*< 
.SiriV."!. 

T'.TA.  Thr  Itrt:  Thi'wn*  Prntfirrot*,  Virar  of  St.  Mnrv'f%  irnlttf- 
fniil,  lUtkf  tlvd  /-V/j.  11.  >m«H,  «!/«/  tLrttf.  »'f,tiH»nt  hhU  thit  hffm^ 
\i  «Ai «/  onftjft  littil  nirt-f '.  Si-r  It.tntn  ll'tttfrnlt's  rharn'i'trr  I'fhim  in  lit 
Irtt^r  to  » tV/iVim  f.Wi-,  i/'ifw/  Julu  XI,  »77i».  —  S.  11.  Jnrlaon  fra»  Ih 
nvthnr  itf  **  Thr  /.nmrnt  nf  Aiifio/miii,  At ifitlarrtt  J^ifr^  amU  JfiMT 
htrmf"  ISmo,  l^tHici.  IHJ9:  atmu"  .Iftrthm't  Victim"  llmo. 

"NoTBi  iKD  QpRMtFt"  M  jnMijhf't  tit  wton  on  PrlHiy,  itwi  <«  ah* 
luwul  in  M.>NT«L»  Pa  an.  Thr  fimh'unription  fiir  Btampvd  Oppiib  1g 
Six  MnmlkM  fttnranlrd  tlirrt-.t  /nwi  thr  ruhtither  UnrtwUmg  tki  Bafh 
H'tirly  In  DP*  I  I'a  I  In.  <*/.,  whirh  tmtn  f^  fmi-l  Ay  Ptktt  Ulflet  OnM% 
imiHililr  at  tkt  fttmrnd  I'wt  Ojfti:*.  fit  fanmr  of  Wiuiam  U.  fclim,W^ 
Wklli  unw  (Iraaar,  Hthami*,  W.C,  fir  irAfuii  all  CnMMuvirATMM  Ml 
f  ■•  Kofiom  tkamld  be  mUrmrd, 


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tn  th".  j«fr.«»if/#»  I'Ji-nrtfi  M*** 
,  25  I".*/-,  rxtrrt'ting  frank  ITU  ** 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIEa 


278 


LGifmm^  sdTURDAr,  dpnit  %  iwi. 


CONTENTS  — N».  US. 


:*-IHRaii:  Le^?«id»  Mid  TrtdUiooi.  275  —  CotniaJi 
rov«rln»  s75  —  The  Libnrr  of  tiw  Bscorial,  8p«in,  5»7«— 
nrkMu  Mode  of  ukir«  an  0«tli  to  lndi»,  *:77  —  What  be- 
une  of  VolUii^'s  RomaintF /£.  — 8wm  .-»  — 

i  Yankee  Word  ^  Me&tiinf^  of  Ho '  \  ool 

e^^TbeOoldenDropwr  —  Pratt«r^J   I  trma 

S<M>  of  Chkht*9tor— MiM^prBbeiuioii  of  a  Text  — 
of  Books  —  Traniportatioo  of  Mulr,  218. 

Authors  of  Hrmns  -—  Bev.  Bdwird  Boiiroblcr 
—  Sir  J  oho  do  Conituiby— Gowper  — John 

M*A,— Do  Pi>e  and  Dr.  LiTinrttojw  —  Guslavp 

__—  Thomas  Fuller— Heakbur  fiannof  —  The  Ordur 

Tkt4.Ha  and  AIIm  rt  —  Parietinei  —  Parson  Chaff  — 

Bflb  Roy"  — A  G«  ntleman'a  flirnot — *Thou  art  like 

like,  as  the  hervH  said  to  Vam  OolUer'*— Tumer'a 

Curioaa  "  —  Value  of  MoQ^^  90  Edw.  111. — 

Wilson's  Father,  280, 

■SSi  wiTir  A^rffWBsa :  —  John  Lund  of  Ponteflract,  a 
iflUKTOui  Poet  —  Preflur«  to  the  Bible— (joosc  Int«ijioa 
Cliarlet  BaUJey  —  WUde*5  KaoiakM  Pbnm  —Ursula, 
Kdj  AJthaia— Bentinck  F&miJy.  im» 

fldSB :  —  Beau  Wtlaon,  2d4  —  Sir  loha  Terdon  and  his 
SitaL  285  —  The Barth  a  \i\im  CT!?atur«,  SStt— Colkitto 
m  Oalaip,  SS7  —  Haydn's  Canaouptj  —  Inchjiraw  — 
'n  Jamu  Oifford  and  Admiral  GifTonl  —  Brroneous 
lODtal  Inscriptions  in  Ijriatol  —  Wildtoore  aod 
nre  — lilegitifoate  Children  of  Charles  IL  —  Lead- 
in  Hell—  Pamphk't  —  Anccrtor  Worship— Vori- 
QuotatioDJi:  Traditions,  ite,  —  Portraits  of  Oar 
-  Soncroft  —  Trust  «id  Trusty,  SSS. 

ooBboki.  Ac 


HjyiAS:  LEGENDS  AND  TRADITIONS. 

To  one  who  has  passed  seventeen  years  in 
loadon — ^in  the  very  heart  and  centre  of  life, 
i  politics,  commerce,  science,  literature,  and  the 
arte,  and  who  has  now  been  Yegetating  for 
i  time  in  the  remote,  torpid,  and  mediieval 
0e  of  Dinan,  it  is  alike  curious  and  amusing  to 
e  what  semblance  there  ia  in  the  facts  that 
ibout  the  same  ptiriod  agitating  the  metro* 
wli*  of  the  universe  nnd  tbis  decayed  fortress  of 
U  Plantagencts.  AVhilst  tbe  Londoners  arc 
f^t  at  the  invasion  of  their  parks,  nquares,  and 
••"•^  by  multitudinous  railways,  the  Dinanese  are 
s  desperate  struggle  to  baffle  an  enter- 
^  Maire,  who  seeks  to  light  their  mansions 
nth  gas,  to  make  smooth  their  streets  with  Dagged 
ithwajs,  to  pull  down  tottering  fabrics,  tbe 
BQtemponmes  of  Duguesclin,  and — worst  of  till 
TMwattmis  -^  to  connect  their  town  with  the 
ily  T  It  has  yet  passed  over  the  borders 

Fani^  iny. 

The  a^gritivcd  Londoners  have  Tlte  Times  to 
tfa«tn  fr»>m  thi»  a.Mnults  of  those  modern 
—  ill  rs  ;  but  the  adhe- 

to  by-gone   manners 

vocote,  unleaa  it  be 

LfMiauv^ii  uesii-^  in  |)reser¥e  their  ancient 
^ith  aU  its  qualat  aid  buddiogB — to  keep  it 


aa  ft  gem  of  antiquity  in  a  land  that  is  strewed] 
over  with  anticjuities.  They  believe  that  so  long! 
as  it  is  left  undisturbed  in  its  antiquated  form,  so  J 
long  will  it  be  peculiarly  attractive  to  those  who] 
find  charms  in  what  is  old,  and  beauties  in  what  | 
is  picturesque.  Whether  or  not  you  can  fully] 
sympathise  with  the  Dinanese  in  their  desire  tHi 
repel  the  first  advances  towards  modernising  their] 
town,  yet  your  readers  will,  I  am  sure,  feel  aal 
interest  whilst  glancing  over  a  brief  recapitulutioiil 
of  the  various  legends  and  traditions  that  are 
connected  with  Dioan,  and  the  arrondissement  to 
which  it  gives  its  name. 

Of  the  Breton  warriors  who  took  part  in  th^J 
battle  of  Hastings,  and  were  richly  rewarded  by  tho] 
Conqueror  were  the  Counts  of  Leon  and  Porhuet^l 
the  Sires  of  jDinan,  Gael,  Fougeres,  and  Chateau- 
giron  ;  and,  amongst  those  attracted  to  the  Court 
of  William  by  the  fame  of  his  munificence,  and 
who  believed  that  "  lands  in  England  were  to 
be  had  for  the  asking/*  mention  is  mode  by  the 
Chroniclers  of  a  certain  Seigneur  William  de 
Cognisby  (not  Coningsby),  who  came  all  the  way 
from  the  lowest  end  of  Lower  Brittany,  and 
brought  wiih  him  (as  helps  to  the  Norman  army), 
his  Old  wife  "  Tifanie,"*  his  servant  girl  *^  Monfa," 
and  his  dog  "  Hardi-gras  " !  Connected  with  the 
annals  of  Dinan  are  the  names  of  some  of  the  most 
illustrious  kings  of  England  —  as  well  as  that  of 
the  most  unfortunate  of  them  —  the  luckless 
James  II.  Passing  from  the  town,  its  history, 
encircled  walls,  gates,  tower,  and  ancient  touma* 
ment-place,  we  come  first  to  Plcudihen,  in  which 
there  is  a  Druidlcal  monument,  that  the  honest 
people  of  the  neighbourhood  firmly  believe  to  be 
"  a  work  of  enchantment,'*  placed  on  the  very 
spot  in  which  it  now  stands  by  the  hands  of 
fairies !  In  the  commune  of  St.  Helen,  the  tra- 
veller is  made  acquainted  with  one  of  the  many 
parishes  in  Brittany  named  after  Irish  saints. 
This  particular  parL5h  derives,  it  is  said,  its  de- 
signation from  a  family  of  ten  Irish  saints  ^ — 
seven  brothers  and  three  sisters  * —  who  landed  at 
the  mouth  of  the  Bance  in  the  reign  of  King 
Clovis,  and  edified   the  whole  country  by  thexr 

fjiety  and  miracles.  Of  tbe  commune  of  Aucan- 
euc  the  most  remarkable  thing  to  be  told  is  thftt 
it  originated  a  species  of  doggrell,  far  more  in- 
dicative of  a  "  Feenian  "  passion  for  fighting  with 
a  shillelagh  than  of  poeticjd  talent.  Here  is  a 
specimen  of  what  are  called  **  The  Vespers  of 
Aacanleuc  ** :  — 

«  Fnmiirt  voir,  Un  b&Con,  deox  b&toa%  trois  batons; 
Si  j*avais  encore  un  baton*  cda  foraii  qnatre  bAtons! 
Ihmxieme  eaix.  Quatre  bAtons,  clnn  bAtons,  six  biUona ; 

Si  J'avais  encore  un  b*ton,  eel  a  f«r»it  sept  bAtonal 

2>«i«j|Bir  eotr.  Sapt  bitoRA,  huit  tiAtoDa,  oenf  b&toai ; 

Si  j'avaii  wicore  on  biton,  ceU  ferait  dix  bAtoas!  ** 

The  commune  of  St.  C«rn4  ia  odWl  i^to  ^ 
Bretoa  aamt,  w\\o  >iiM  m^  \ia  >a^  ^<Jt  ^x'w^'* 


274 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[r<av.  APBn.t,ti 


Patrick,  and  who,  afler  helpinj;  to  convert  the 
Irish,  went  to  Encland,  and  settled  on  the  banks 
of  the  Severn,  wnere  he  killed  a  monatrous  ser- 
pent that  was  desolating  the  entire  countir.  He 
then  returned  to  Ireland,  where  he  died  in  the 
year  506.  The  commune  of  Lamelas  is  so  called 
because  it  is  "  the  church  of  those  who  were 
slaughtered**  bj  the  Romans,  when  that  all-con* 

auering  people  were  fighting  for  possession  of 
bis  country.  In  the  commune  of  Lamelas  ia  a 
rock  called  "  La  Koche-au-gcant,**  on  which 
human  sacrifices  were  ofiercd  up  to  Hj-ar-Bras, 
or  DianafT,  the  vanquisher  of  giants.  It  is  pierced 
with  a  deep  hole,  in  which,  as  tradition  tells,  was 
received  tne  blood  of  those  immolated  by  the 
Druids.  In  the  commune  of  Flouame  is  the 
Castle  of  Caradcuc  —  a  bard  who  was  the  con- 
temporary of  the  enchanter  Merlin. 

The  commune  of  St.  Jurat  affords  a  tradition 
of  its  own,  that  bears  upon  a  disputed  point  in 
British  and  German  history  —  the  well-known 
legend  of  **  St.  Ursula  and  the  eleven  thousand 
virgins."  The  various  versions  of  this  legend 
may  be  thus  briefly  told : — 

St  Jurat,  priest  and  martyr,  in  whose  honour 
the  Dinan  commune  is  designated,  was  the 
spiritual  director  of  St.  Ursula,  daughter  of  Dio- 
notus.  King  of  Albania  (Scotland),  and  accom- 
panied her,  when  she  embarked  with  11,000 
virgins,  all  the  daughters  of  noble  families,  and 
these  11,000  ladies,  were,  it  is  said,  attended  bpr 
60,000  virgins,  the  daughters  of  low-bom  indi- 
viduals. The  fleet  of  virgins  Icf^  Great  Britain 
for  the  purpose  of  repairing  to  Armorica  (Brit- 
tany^, where  they  were  expected  by  Conan- 
Menader,  who  was  betrothed  to  Ursula ;  and,  at 
the  same  time,  there  were  Breton  bridegrooms 
awaiting  each  fair  dame  and  humble  damsel  who 
started  upon  this  matrimonial  voyage.  A  fright- 
ful^ tempest  forced,  as  some  of  the  legendaries 
maintain,  the  fleet  of  maidens  to  enter  tne  mouth 
of  the  Rhine,  where  the  11,000  virgins,  with  the 
Princess  Ursula,  were  martyred  by  pagan  Picts 
and  heathen  Huns  on  October  21,  383.  Such  is 
the  more  common  version  of  the  story ;  but  the 
Breton  tradition  is,  that  the  11,000  virgin  mar- 
tyrs were  massacred  in  the  isle  of  Pilier,  in  the 
Loire  Infdrieure ;  whilst  the  other  ])oor  maidens 
met  with  a  similar  fate,  at  the  mouth,  not  of  the 
Bhine,  but  of  the  Kaiice  (RJnetum) ;  and  the 
proof  of  the  correctness  of  this  latter  version  is 
the  commune  called  after  the  pious  spiritual 
director  of  so  many  devout  young  ladies,  who 
preferred  death  to  tbe  dishonour  of  becoming  the 
spouses  of  infidel  barbarians.  * 

*  A  certain  Father  Simiood  boldly  maintains,  in  op- 
position to  GtOry  of  Honmoatb,SigeWt,Natahbiis,and 
Banmios,  that  there  never  were  any  such  persons  as  St. 
Ursula  and  11,000  virgins—  that «« the  11,000  "  was  only 
"ooe  virgitfy^Mttd  ba  name  was  **  UndMlmUW*  — UmSI 


Not  less  remarkable  than  the  commune  of  8c 
Jurat  is  that  of  Pledcliac,  and  ito  Caatle  of  Hi. 
nandaye,  the  ruins  of  which  reek  widi  legends  oC 
incredible  horrors  perpetrated  within  its  vilk. 
These  legends  are  preserved  both  Id  prose  sad 
rhyme,  and  should  they  ever  meet  wita  a  poe^ 
gifted  like  Mrs.  Norton,  then  the  fkme  of  Huaa^ 
daye  may  equal,  if  it  cannot  aurpaaa,  the  Toan 
recently  conferred  upon  **  La  Garsje,**  whi^  i 
also  in  this  arrondissement.  In  the  commune  i 
Pl^nee^Jugon,  there  is  to  be  seen  the  Abbef  4 
Bosquen,  well  deserving  of  honourmble  mentM^ 
because  its  former  possessors  had  taken  meh  or 
of  the  interests  of  their  community,  that  no  mrtiv 
from  what  quarter  the  wind  blew,  it  was  aoieti 
pass  over  lands  that  had  to  pay  them  rent —  a  firt 
that  is  perpetuated  in  a  species  of  rhythaicri 
proverb : — 

"  De  tons  cdt^  que  le  vent  ventait 
Bosqaen  rentait." 

A  certain  Abbe  du  Ooedic  has  ffiven  celefai^  J 
to  the  commune  of  lines,  where  he  resided  i^/ 
some  time.    Of  this  Abb^  it  is  said  that  he  |^/ 
so  wonderful  a  memory,  he  could  repeat  withgf 
book  the  four  volumes  of  his  Breviary,  witk  i|j 
the  offices  of  the  church|;  and  havinc,  at  thetf 
of  the  Revolution,  to  emigrate  to  (jermaoy,  i 
finding  it  necessary  to  speak  the  langusn  k 
began  his  studies  with  IcarniiKr  the  whole  tft 
German  dictionary  from  the  fist  word  to  ii    -j 
last.    This  Abbe  was,  however,   nothing  bH  i 
modem  marvel,  and  scarcely  worthy  of  compirM 
with  the  saint  ^-  Lormel  -—  who  has  bestowed  ki 
name  upon  another  Dinau  commune.    Thisl 
phenomenon,  it  ap])ears,  was  tlie  son  of  HmIp 
the-Great,  and  of  nis  wife  St.  Pompea.    He  M 
born  in  569,  in  Wales,  where  his  parents  hadfti 
a  time  to  take  refuge.    When  he  was  five  jm    ^ 
old,  he  was  committed  to  the  care  of  St  Dtadi 
his  teacher ;  and  the  first  day  the  alphabet  i* 
put  into  his  hand  he  learned  all  the  retten;ihl 
second  day  he  was  able  to  spell  and  to  read;  Mil 
before  the  third  day*s  lessons  were  quite  finM  1 
he  knew  how  to  write  I   These  are  not  the  o^  1 
remarkable  statements  made  in  connection  lii  1 
the  patron  of  the  commune  of  St  Lormel ;  ftck  ^ 
was  the  brother  of  the  wicked  Prince  of  Geuo; 
and  upon  the  misdeeds  of  Canao  is  founded  thi 
well-known  nursery  tale  of  **  Blue  Beard." 

In  the  commune  of  Crehen  is  the  Caitle  d 
Guildo,  the  scene  of  a  very  remarkable  event  ii 
Breton  history  —  the  arrest  of  the  unfortoall 
Grilles,  by  order  of  his  brother,  Francia  IL ;  InI 
it  is  still  more  interesting  to  the  readen  of  i 


British  history,  as  recordin(^  an  event  which  gift 
rise  to  the  tradition  respecting  the  daath  K£§m 


the  mistske  arose  firom  some  marty 
oontabiiag  the  woids  «8S.  Ursala et  Un 
^  and  these  wsre  anpgwsd  to  signiiy  ' 


F 


«ni8.V.  Apn»,2,'(M.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


87S 


I 


"  Vortigern.'*     Near  to  this  castle  h  a  tumulus, 
^    wlilcb  was  found  to  be  fillc<i  with  calcined  bones  \ 
»Tid  these  bones  are  believed  to  be  the  remains  of 
[Chramnui*  (the  rebel  son  of  Clotaire)^  who,  with 
hh  family,  was  burned  in  a  cabin,  where  they 
had  taken  refu;re,  after  being  defeated  in  battle. 
The  simple- minded  inhabitants  of  Crehen   have 
*    for  ages  believed,  and  still  believe,  that  on  cer- 
^     tain   eveninfTS,   a    female   figure,    all   clothed   in 
^     whit-e,  is  to  be  seen  creeping  out  of  the  tumulus, 
and  bearing  in  its  bands  a  bundle  of  linen  satu- 
rated with  blood,  which  it  is  seen  to  wash  in  the 
t     clear  waters  of  the  river  Arguenon. 
t         The  commune  of  St  Mailen  is  called  after  a 
c     saint  who  was,  in  his  life-time,  a  servant  —  the 
'     name  Ma  deit  in  Breton  signifying  literallv  "  my 
,     in*m/'     This  pious  domestic  enjoyed  the  singular 

IBdvantage  of  being  valet  to  another  saint — St 
Gouiven  —  and  of  the  two  saints  is  told  an  anec- 
dote worth  preserving.  One  day  St.  Goulven 
despatched  Maden  to  a  rich  individual  living  at 
B  Plouneur-Triez,  with  a  request  that  he  would 
,  send  whatever  he  might  have  in  his  hand  at  the 
J  moment  Miiden  met  him.  Unfortunately,  the  rich 
^  man  was  holding  nothing  of  more  value  than  a 
bucket  filled  with  earth  at  the  time  that  Maden 
:.  delivered  his  saintly  master^s  message*  The  bucket 
of  earth  was  transferred  to  Maden,  who  was 
astonished  at  tlje  great  weight  of  the  burden  he 
was  carrying  home.  Upon  presenting  it  to  St, 
Goulven,  Maden  was  amaxcd  at  seeing  that  the 
ciLTtb  hud  been  changed  into  a  yellow  metal;  but 
he  was  not  at  all  surprised  to  find  bis  master,  who 
was,  like  many  a  monk,  a  yery  skilful  mechanic, 
make  out  of  the  bucket  of  earth  a  chalice,  three 
crosses,  and  three  square  bells,  all  of  the  purest 
virgin  gold! 

I  pm  over  other  legends  connected  with  the 
arrotiditaement  of  Dinon  to  mention  Corsent, 
within  two  hours'  walk  of  this  place.  At  Cor^^ent 
is  undoubtedly  to  be  found  the  capital  of  the 
Ancient  Gauls  —  the  ^' Curiosolitas^'  of  Ciwar 
(Bell^  Gall.  ii.  34)  —  and  a  chief  place  of  abode 
for  the  Uoumns  during  their  occupation  of  Brit- 
tany. Numberless  antiquities  have  been  die- 
covered,  and  are  daily  discovered  in  this  locality* 
More  than  2,000  coins^dating  from  the  time  of 
CiBsar  to  Constantine  —  have  been  found,  with 
statues,  vases,  and  medals  of  various  kinds.  So 
abundant  are  [its  antiquities  that  il  has  been 
designated  **  a  second  Herculaneum,"  ■  Fortu- 
nately many  of  the  antique  remains  are  now  pre- 
served at  Dinan,  where  they  are  arranged  by  an 
accomplbhed  scholar,  Signor  Luigi  Odorici,  the 
Conservator  of  the  Museum.  And  these  vene* 
rable  mementos  of  men  and  times  passed  away  for 
ever  it  is  now  propt^scd  to  have  illuminated  wtth 
flaring  gas,  or  the  still  more  modem  camphine  ! 

If  "  K.  Ik  Q,"  cannot  aid,  it  may  at  least  sym- 
pftthisc  with  a  quiescent  population,  who  bate  aH 


modem  improvements,  and  love  to  ponder  over 
the  days  of  old,  and  who  prefer  the  ages  when 
men  armed  themselves,  and  not  their  walls  nor 
their  ship's  sides  with  iron ;  who  seek  for  no  other 
fjivour  but  that  they  may  be  let  alone,  and  that  to 
the  town  in  which  they  dwell,  as  to  a  **  Sleepy 
Hollow  "  or  the  palace  of  Somnus,  these  lines  may 
be  completely  applicable ;  — 

"  Non  fera,  non  pecadea,  non  rooti  fl amino  rami, 
Homaoftve  sooum  reddiuit  convitia  linguic: 
Tuta  quies  babiUL** 

W.  B.  Mac  Cade, 
DiaoOjC^teadtt  Nord,  Frince. 


I 


CORNISH  PROVERBS. 
n»  pRovtituB  nELATtao  to  places, 

1.  You  must  go  to  Marazion  to  learn  manners. 

Thi«  proverb  is  probably  a  relic  of  the  time 
when  Marazion  was  relatively  a  luore  considerable 
town  than  it  is  at  present. 

2.  In  your  own  light,  like  the  ILiyor  of  Market^ 

Jew. 
Tlic  pew  of  the  Mayor  of  Marniion  (or  Market- 
Jew)  was  so  placed,  that  he  was  in  his  own  light. 
A  reference  to  this  was  made  in  "  N.  &  QV*  2"* 
S.  ix.  51. 

3.  Kot  a  word  of  Peostaoce. 
The  cowardice  of  the  inhabitants  of  this  town 

during  the  invasion  of  CorowaU  by  the  Spanish. 
in  1595,  was  so  glaring,  **  that  the^  added,*  as  old 
Heath,  in  his  work  on  Seilly,  quamtly  says^  "  one 
proverb  more  to  this  county.** 

4.  Like  Monmb  dowTis,  bard  and  never  ploughed. 

5.  Always  a  feast  or  a  fast  in  gcilEy. 
The  prodigality  of  the  Scillonians  in  old  times 

was  proverbial- 

6.  All  Cornish  gentleniea  are  cousins. 
Formerly,  when   the  Corni&h  were  almost  en- 
tirely separated  from  the  rest  of  England,  they 
used  to  marry  "with  each  others*  stock,*' — whence 
the  origin  of  this  saying. 

7.  The  good  fellowship  of  Ptdatow :  Pride  of  Tmro: 

GAllArits  of  Foy. 
By-words  invented  by  the  neighbouring  and 
envious  towns ;  or,  according  to  Corew,  "  by  some 
of  the  idle- disposed  Cornish  men.** 

8.  There  are  more  Suinta  in  Cornwall  than  in  Heaven. 
The  process  of  creation  is  continued  even  at 

the  present  day  :  I  lately,  in  a  Cornish  paper,  met 
with  Saint  Newfyn* 

d.  All  of  a  motion,  like  a  Haifra  toad  on  a  hot 

ahowl  (sashovol). 
1 0,  Blown  ftboot  like  a  MulfVa  toad  in  a  gale  of  wind, 
t  L  When  Rame  Head  (wvd.  O^aAASiWvxasfcX. 
Two  famo\i%  ^oimQitiV^TV^w^^M  v^^^^=^^^^ 


11 


rrt.    The  deBtructton  of  the  world  will  occur  at 
time  of  their  union. 
12.  Backwards  and  forwards  like  Boacastle  Fair. 

18.  All  plaj  and  no  play,  like  Boscastle  Fair,  which 

begins  at  12  o'clock  and  ends  at  noon. 
Highly  parallel  to  this  saying  is  the  prorerb : 
•*  Twill  take  place  on  St.  Tib's  Eve.-  That  is, 
never,  for  "  St.  Tib*8  Eve**  is  neither  before  nor 
after  Christmas  Eve.  Some  account  of  this  saint 
will  be  found  in  "  N.  &  Q.,"  2»*  S.  ii.  269. 

15.  The  Devil  won*t  come  into  Cornwall  for  fear  of 
>  being  put  into  a  pie. 

In  Cornwall  every  article  of  food  is  dressed 
into  a  pic.  In  a  time  of  great  scarcity,  the  at- 
torneys of  the  county,  at  Quarter  Sessions,  de- 
termined to  abstain  fiom  every  kind  of  pastry ;  an 
allusion  to  the  proverb  was  introduced  into  an 
epigram  preserved  for  us  in  Dr.  Faris^s  Ouide  to 
the  Mount*  Bay,  p.  77 :  — 

"  If  the  proverb  be  troe,  that  the  fame  of  our  pies. 
Prevents  ns  fkt>m  falling  to  Satan  a  prey. 
It  is  clear  that  his  friend^-the  attome3^8 — are  wise. 
In  moving  such  obstacles  out  of  the  way.*' 

16.  There  are  more  places  than  the  parish  church. 

17.  To  be  presented  in  Halgaver  Coart 

An  allusion  to  a  carnival  formerly  held  on 
Halgaver  Moor,  when  those  who  had  m  any  way 
offended  '*  the  youthlyer  sort  of  Bodmin  towns- 
men '*  were  tried  and  condemned  for  some  ludi- 
crous offence.     (Carew*s  Survey ,  126  a.) 

18.  Elingston  down,  well  wroogbt. 

Is  worth  London  Town,  dear  booght 
From  this  down,  large  quantities  of  tin  were 
formerly  derived,  though  the  mines  have  long 
become  exhausted.  Another  proverb  relative  to 
Kingston  affirms,  that  when  the  top  is  capped  with 
a  cloud  it  threateneth  a  shower. 

19.  'Tis  nnlacky  to  begin  a  voyage  on  Childermas 

Day. 

Carew  (p.  32  a)  mentions  that,  "  talk  of  Hares, 
or  such  uncouth  things,  proves  as  ominous  to  the 
fisherman  as  the  beginning  a  voyage  on  Childer- 
mas Dav  to  the  Mariner."  In  the  play  o{  Sir  John- 
Oldcastle  (Act  II.  Sc.  2),  allusion  is  made  to  this 
beUef:  — 

**  Friday,  quotha,  a  dismal  day :  Childermas  Day  this 
year  was  Friday." 

P.  W.  Tbepolpsn. 


THE  UBRAKY  OF  THE  ESCORUL,  SPAIN. 

I  have  often  thought  that  the  manuscripts  and 
printed  works,  in  toe  library  of  the  Escorial, 
nave  never  been  properly  examined  by  English 
scholars.  Though  they  mav  not  be  so  valuable 
as  those  at  Simancas,  yet  the  librai^  ii  acknow- 
ledged to  be,  even  not^,  the  richest  m  Euroj^  in 
manuflcriptf .    Before  the  French  invasion,  it  is 


said  to  have  contained  30,000  printed  vel 
and  4300  manuscripts ;  according  to  the 
ment  of  Towntend  {Joumey  ikrough  S^aim^ 
Years  1786  and  1787,  vol.  iL  p.  120,  Lc 
1791).  Mr.  Jsxglis,  who  yisited  the  libn 
1830,  mentions  that,  in  spite  of  the  havo 
pilfering  committed  by  the  French,  uid  tli 
struction  caused  by  the  (conflagration  i 
Escorial  in  1671  — 

**  The  nnmher  of  manaaeripts  v«t  {Hreservad  tibi 
ceeds  4000 :  nearly  one  half  of  the  whole  being  , 
and  the  rest  in  Latin,  Greek,  Hebrew,  and  the 
tongnes.  I  shall  name  a  very  few  of  the  most  n 
able.  There  are  two  copies  of  the  IHad  of  the  ten 
twelfth  centuries.  There  are  many  fine  and  i 
Bibles,  particolarly  in  Greek,  and  one  Latin  copy 
Gospels,  of  the  eleventh  century.  There  are  two 
of  Ancient  Cooncils,  in  Gothic  characters,  and  il 
ated:  tiie  one  belonging  to  the  tenth  century, 
*  £1  Codigo  Tigilano,'  becaase  written  by  a  moek 
Yigilia;  the  oUier  of  the  year  994*  written  by  a  p 
the  name  of  Yelasco.  Avery  ancient  Koran  is  also  i 
and  a  work  of  considerable  value,  written  in  sii 
volumes,  it  Is  said  by  the  command  of  Philip  H 
the  Revennes  and  Statistics  of  Spain.  Bnt  the  m 
dent  mannscript  is  one  in  poetry,  written  in  1 
bfljrdic :  it  dates  as  fiur  back  as  the  ninth  oentorr 
Arabic  MSS.  are  also  many  and  curiooa,"  &c  — J 
M  Spam,  2nd  edit,  London,  1881,  p.  276. 

Mr.  Ford  states  in  his  Handbook  far 
(Part  n.  p.  760,  edit.  1855)  — 

**  that  King  Joseph  removed  all  the  volumes  to  1 
but  Ferdinand  sent  them  back  again,  minus  some  I 
and  amongst  them  the  Catalogue,  which  was  nMt 
ciously  purloined.  Thus,  what  is  lost  will  ni 
known,  and  will  never  be  missed,"  &c. 

A  catalogue  of  the  Arabic  MSS.  was  pnhi 
by  Miguel  Casiri  at  Madrid,  in  two  toIs. 
with  the  title,  Bibliotheca  Arahico^HUpama  . 
rialensis,  1760-70.  But,  I  believe,  tlie  wc 
full  of  inaccuracies. 

There  is  an  account,  in  Spanish,  of  the  Es 
and  its  library,  written  by  one  of  the  Fi 
named  Francisco  dc  los  Santos ;  the  work  i 
titled: 

**  Descripcion  del  Real  Monastcrio  de  San  Loren 
Escorial,  Unica  Maravilla  del  Mundo."     Madrid,  1 

At  p.  84,  &c.  TDiscurso  xvi.)*  cornea  an  ao 
of  the  principal  library.  But  it  is  a  verj  m< 
description  of  the  books  and  manuscripts  whi 
the  seventeenth  century,  must  have  been  so  n 
rous  and  complete.  The  author  was  evident 
bibliomaniac.  He  certainly  mentions  a  few  c 
curiosities :  such  as  the  manuscript  of  the  *^ '. 
Gospels,"  named  *^  £1  Codice  Aureo  ;'*  becai 
is  "  un  Libro  en  que  estkn  con  letras  de  oro  i 
simo  y  resplandeciente,  los  quatro  Evana 
enteros,  con  los  Prcfacios  de  San  Gerom 
Has  this  Codex  ever  been  examined  by 
Biblical  scholar?  Is  it  still  to  be  seen  in 
library  ?  These  are  questions  whioh  I  ea: 
answer.  The  ancient  Bibles,  in  varioiu  langw 


Amtv  %  *64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


2n 


also  menttoned;   but  he  does  not  state  the 

»tes,  nor  particular  editions^     A  Greek  Bible  is 

Bfared  to  in  these  words:  "Y  una  Griecra  del 

idor  Catacuzeno  {?%  de  mucha  correspon- 

con  la  de  Io9  Setenta,  que  sc  imprimI5  en 

No  date  is  given. 

A  treatise  of  St.  Augustine^  entitled  **  De  Bap- 

nno   Parvulorum/'  h  mentioned  as  written  m 

e  siunf  8  own  handwriting ;  and  another  MS. : 

JJ^ae  contiene  los  Eracgtliot  que  *e  cftiitan  en  la 

*^~*      por  el  discoTSO  del  auo,  en  la  letra  Griega  an- 


t  is  also  preserved  the  manuscript  Life  of 

,  written  by  herself,  besides  other  trea- 

be  saint ;  which  are  now  allowed  to  be 

Tisitors,  thongh  other  mnnuscripts  are 

bout  special  permission.     The  books  used 

choir  —  Los  libros  del  Coro — are  splen- 

illuminated  :  moat  of  them  are  of  gigantic 

and  were  orijjinally  218   in  number 

din^r  to  Ford.     Philip  11.^  Arias  Montanus, 

^'Philip  IV.,  were  the  principal  benefactors  to 

[  Ubritry.      The  books  have  their   tdges^  not 

r  backs,   turned   towards   the   spectator :    the 

seeina  to  be,  because  they  were  thus  ar- 

by  Mont  an  us  according  to  the  |>lan  ob- 

in  his   own   Library.     I  am  not  certain, 

T  a  correct  and  complete  catalogue  of  the 

tni]  MSS.  bos  been  published  within  the 

I  few  jears.  Permission  may,  however,  be  easily 

'ned  to  examine  or  copy  from  any  work  or 

cripL  J.  Daltoic* 

irich. 


CUBIO0S  MODE  OF  TAKING  AX  OATH  IN 
INDIA. 

A  friend  of  mine,  who  spent  several  years  in 
lodiauan  oiBcer  in  the  European  and  native  forces, 
told  me  the  following  curious  anecdote  •  and,  as 
1«  vouches  for  its  accuracy ,  I  think  it  worth  re- 
eordiitg  in  a  corner  of  *'  N.  fit  Q."  The  transac- 
tion took  place  in  Secundrabad  in  1824,  where 
ray  friend  was  stationed  at  the  time  with  his  regi- 
locBt  An  English  serjeant- major,  who  was  very 
■rttth  respected  by  the  officers  and  men  of  the 
f«ipm*>rit  liriHT^cned  by  accident  to  wound,  but 
B/'f  'y»by  a  random  shot^  a  coloured  na- 

t*»^  u.  person  of  some  consequence  in  the 

locaiitr. 

Although  it  waa  well  known  that  the  affair  was 

parrlv   acetdental,   Uie    wounded  man   and    bis 

mend*  ratsef!  considerable  discussion  about  it,  and 

•**i"  '    ving  the  offender  brought  to  trial 

1  rge  of  having  attempted  to  murder 

'']LUvi.>.     The  colonel  wbo  commanded  the  re- 

>t  at  last  consented,  and  the  accused  waa 

1 10  trial.     A  jttidra  (a  native),  an  indivi- 

•  eombincd  the  character  of  lawyer,  priest, 

ifpretcr,  undertook  to  have  the  pneoner 


acquitted,  and  he  was  gladly  engaged  for  thai 
purpose. 

The  whole  case  rested  on  the  single  evidence  of 
the  injured  man,  nnd  on  the  mode  of  swearing 
him  the  padra  rested  his  defence.  The  manner 
in  which  the  natives  of  India  sre  sworn  is  aa 
follows :  —~  A  piece  of  ckunam  (lime)  about  the 
Bixe  of  pea,  with  a  piece  of  leaf  called  a  betel 
leaf,  are  given  to  the  witness  to  chew  and  swallow, 
and  he  is  then  solemnly  warned  that  if  he  speaks 
anything  but  the  truth  after  swallowing  the  above, 
the  first  time  he  expectorates  afterwards  his 
hearths  blood  would  come  up.  The  padra  knew 
that  the  natives  were  strongly  impressed  with  this 
notion,  in  fact  it  is  a  dorr  ma  of  their  religions 
belief;  but  they  are  quite  ignorant  that  the  amaU 
gation  by  mastication  of  the  leaf  and  the  chuham 
with  the  gaatric  juice,  produces  a  substance  much 
resembling  blood.  In  the  case  under  notice,  the 
oath  was  put  or  administered  in  the  usual  man- 
ner, and  when  the  witness  had  swallowed  the 
contents,  the  padra  called  on  him  to  expectorate 
which  he  did,  when  a  loud  cry  was  raised  in  the 
court  that  be  was  a  false  witness  as  the  substance 
resembled  blood,  and  the  witness  himself  became 
so  alarmed  that  lie  refused  to  proceed  further  in 
the  case,  and  the  sergeant-major  was  ae  qui  tied* 
My  friend  at  the  time  was  rather  startled,  but  on 
a  subsequent  interview  with  the  padra^  the  latter 
explained  the  whole  affair,  which  i.*,  to  say  the 
least  of  it,  very  carious. 

I  have  ascertained  since  the  above  was  written 
that  the  mode  of  swearing  alluded  to  is  the  com- 
mon mode  in  India,  another  Indian  officer  having 
told  me  he  saw  it  administered  in  all  cases  where 
the  natives  are  iworu,  in  cnminal  or  civil  easea. 

S«  Rbumowd. 

Liverpool. 

WHAT  BECAME  OF  VOLTAIRE'S    REMAINS  ? 

Some  of  the  French  pnpers  are  now  discussing 
thw  question-  The  Figaro  (this  rcsunie  of  the 
stateuieut  i^  taken  irom  an  English  daily  newa* 
paper),  states  — 

**  That  a  rumour,  for  some  time  past  ia  cirealation,  to 
the  effect  that  the  remains  of  Yoltairu  are  no  loager  at  the 
Pantheon,  ha*  now  been  confirmed.  The  tomb  is  empty^ 
and  nothtnji^  is  known  as  to  what  has  become  of  Ita  eoD'> 
tenta.  Thii  discovery  was  made.  It  decloita,  throagh  tba 
following  incident :— The  heart  of  Voltaire,  aa  is  generally 
known,  wa«  left  by  will  to  the  Villette  familv»  and  had 
been  deposited  in  their  chateau ;  the  present  Marqoifl  de 
VtllBtte,  a  descendant  of  Voltaire,  having  resoWed  to  sell 
the  estate,  offered  the  celebrated  relic  to  the  Emperor;  it 
was  accepted  by  the  Minister  af  the  Interior  in  the  nftme 
of  his  Majesty,  and  the  qucstiom  then  arose  as  to  what 
iboiild  ho  done  with  it.  1  ho  moat  natural  idea  was  to 
place  it  with  tlie  bodr  in  the  tomb  of  the  Fatitliconj 
bwt  a  Bf-r—'"  •■-  ■■  *i--  «^>-'bn--  »-i  -/'..-  i..^-^^m«  ft 
place  o(   I  f  c 

was  fttill  ,      n. 

iidfiration  tUat  \i  ha  \iti  visi^y^^'  v&^mq. 


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fhiin  unjr  other ;  at.  all  evenUi,  no  fresh  cereinonj  reUtf ire 
to  Yoluire  coutd  take  place  in  that  buildine  idtbotit  the 
ftttthoriMtion  of  the  Archbiahop  of  Pmii.     Mgr.  Darboy, 
on  b«iDg  consulted,  before  niaking  a  reply,  ^rai  hinted 
that  there  was  a  belief  that,  stnco  ldl4^  the  Pantheon 
poaaefiied  nothing  bclon^iog  to  Voltaire  but  an  empty 
tomb.    lu  con^qtience,  it  was  determined  to  verify  the 
tmtii  of  the  report,   A  few  days  back  the  atone  wae  raited, 
audi  as  the  archbishop  had  stated,  the  tomb  wa<  found  to 
be  empty.    A  strict  inquiry  into  the  subject  hoi  been 
orderra.  and  the  Emperor  has  given  inAtractlons  that  the 
be«rt  fhali  be  encloaed  in  a  silver  vo^^  and  deposited 
dither  in  the  f^reat  hali  of  the  Imperial  Library,  or  at  tlie 
Inatituto  of  France." 
In  a  subsequent  paper  I  find  the  following :  — 
••  The  removal  of  the  remains  of  Voltnirc  from  the 
vaults  of  the  Pantheon  is  related  in  the  following  tertni 
in  one  of  the  numbers  of  the  iHttrmilfdiartt  which  waa 
dincled  by  tbe  bibliophilist  Jacob.    It  will  be  seen  that 
ili«  mortal  remain  a  of  Houaseau  wero  carried  awav  at  the 
aame  time:—'  One  night  in  May,  1814, the  bonea'of  Vol- 
taire and  of  Housseau  were  taken  out  of  the  leaden  cof* 
fins  in  "which  they  had  been  enclosedt  put  into  a  cAnvas 
bag»  and  carried  to  a  hackney-coach,  which  was  in  waitinj,' 
at  the  back  of  the  church.    The  vehicle  drove  olf  slowly, 
accompanied  by  five  or  six  persona,  among  whom  were 
the  brothers  Piiymorin.    They  arrived  at  about  two  in 
the  morning,  by  deserted  streets,  at  the  Barri^re  de  la 
0are,  opposite  Bercy.    At  that  place  whs  a  Inr^e  piece  of 
ipround,  intended  as*  the  site  for  an  entrepot  of  the  com- 
mtrce  of  the  Seinet  but  which  project  was  never  carried 
Into  execution.    This  ground,  surrounded  by  a  wooden 
fence,  belonged  At  that  time  to  the  city  of  Parir,  and  hod 
not  yet  received  any  other  destination  ;  the  neighbourhood 
was  ftUl  of  low  wine  shops  and  eatin.e:-hoasps.    A  deep 
pit  had  been  dug  in  the  midst  of  this  waste  f^round, 
where  other  persons,  besides  those  who  accompanied  the 
carriage,  were  in  waiting.    The  hag  containing  the  bones 
was  emptied  on  a  bed  of  hot  lime.     The  pit  was  tlieu 
filled  up  with  earth,  and  trampled  on  in  silence  by  the 
authors  of  this  lost  inhumation  of  Voltaire.     Then  they 
drove  off,  satisfied  with  themselves  at  having  fulfilled^  In 
their  opinion,  a  sacred  duty  as  HoyaHsts  and  Christians.*' 
Ij  it  correct  that  the  remains  of  Voltaire  were 
placed  in  tbe  Pantheon?  It  is  related  by  one  of 
Ilia  bioffrajibers,   F.  IL   Standiahi  tbat  his  body 
wan  embaljoed  and  carried  at  night  out  of  Parts 
to  tbe  convent  of  Selliore,  of  which  his  nephew 
Mignot  was  abbot ;  hig  heart  was  sent   to    his 
friend  the  Marquise*  de^Villelte,  enclosed  in  a 
sarconhncus,    &c.      Tbe  same  writer  s^tates  pre- 
viously, that  the  Curate  of  St.  Sulpice  had  declared 
that  he  would  not  bury  him^  and  that  if  the  com- 
mands of  his  superior  obliged  him  to  perform  the 
office,  he  would  hnve  the  body  dug  up  during  the 
night.    Mr.  Standish  treats  this  as  an  improbable 
rumour,  but  mentions  it  as  one  that  had  been 
publicly  made. 

In  Gorton*a  Biographical  Dictionary  it  is  stated 
that  by  a  decree  of  tbe  Convention  in  1791  the 
body  wa«  brought  to  the  ehurch  of  St  Genevi^ve, 
which  chunh  during  the  revolution  was  eoiiati- 
tutcd  the  Pantheon^  The  same  authority  sajs, 
that  he  was  interred  secretly  in  the  first  place  at 
^Selliiire,— 


''in  consequence  of  the  refutial  of  the   AidUbt^bif  « 
Paris  to  allow  him  Christian  bariAl.      It  in  pmmlit/  fv 
ceived  that  the  body  was  exhunsed  *ud  ilep^t^lij 
Pantheon,  and  this  is  stated  by  Albon  in   hb  ffM 
Europe.   Tbe  bodies  of  Rousseau   and  Dej^cartea  i 
moved   and  deposited  there  aIso^  and   no  doubt 
decree  was  made  by  the  Convention  ;  but  it  nuiy  te  ^  I 
to  question  whether  the  fact  of  the  tooib  of  TeHavi 
being  now  found  empty  is  not  evidence  that  tha  M|| 
had  not  been  removed  from  its  first  resting* ptat^  : 
than  that  a  second  exhumation  had  taken  fiMm  miii^ 
the  circumstances  named  by  the  Iniermidiar^^ 

It  might  be  the  removal  waa   only  toade  ii| 
form.  X.E 


SwiTT   AUD  Hughes.  —  When    the 

Hu;rhe8^  the  prattle  of  Cowp^r  and  Maodeafiill 
died  in  1720^  almost  within  hearing  q€  the  fat 
night^s  applause  which  crowned  his  Sieg^  ofH^ 
mascus^  his  friends  began  to  collect   his  potdol 
pieces,  and^  though  they  were  loujf  about  it,  dif 
published  them  io   two  vols,   in    1735.     A  (i|f 
was  sent  to  Swift^  who,  acknowledging  iht  ir 
ceipt  of  it  to  Pope,  writes :  *^  1  never  heard  of& 
man  in  my  life,  yet  I  find  your  name  as  a  fl^ 
scriber.**     $wit\  does  not  add,  what  im  tkt  ^ 
that  bis  own  name  is  down  as  a  aubacrilMrt    Si 
says  of  the  small  bard  who  wrote  a  tra^^d^fe 
show  the  inexpediency  of  spreading  religioB  h 
the  swordi  and  penned  lines  on  MoTinda  cat  * 
peacocks  out  of  paper^  and  Lucinda  makinf 
*'  He  is  too  grave  a  poet  for  tne,  and   I  im> 
among  the   medtocristji  in  proae    a«    w^  va 
verse."    Pope  thought  that  what  Hughes  yid 
in  genius  was  comjiensated  for  bj  his  hon«fiy » 
a  nian^ — which  was  Pope's  way  of  agreeing  wid 
Swia.  J.  BoaAJ. 

Latisst  Ya?(kee  Word. — I  see  from  ih«  A«» 
rlcan  papers  ft»r  February  that  the  people  of  ik 
Federal  Hepublic  have  coined  for  theou^fos  i 
new  word.  If  it  be  worth  **  makin|r  a  note  trf* 
here  it  is :  Miscegtnaiiotu  the  act  of  ajnalgajM- 
tion,  of  mLxing  races ;  more  especiaUy  of  frw^ 
negroes  and  whites.  It  is  made  up  of  saaicm 
and  gemts. 

As  the  result  is  so  ugly,  one  may  be  aHoarcd  ^ 
hope  that  It  will  never  become  *^  a  honaehoU 
word  "  on  this  side  of  the  Atlantic.  fl-  B* 

MfiAHtHO  or  Hoo, —  Seeing  a  mu'sjmTi  io  ait* 
cent  number  of '*N,  &  Q."  rcsj.  endh^ 

of  certain  local  mimes  with  thr  _   htm^^ 

hoo,  I  venture  to  put  forth  a  sutrgpstirm  to  hopei 
of  extracting  some  further  information  cm  1^ 
subject.  In  Thoroton's  Histonf  of  iVb^  Biag^ 
ham  is  stated  to  have  been  calhni  Rtnghimifcw: 
and  the  author  remarks  that  it  waa  ao  eaUvd  oa 
account  of  the  great  turnc  or  pit  near  the  Font 
Roadf  about  a  mile  from  tbe  town,  where  anclentlj 
court  leets  were  held^  and  borough  btisincai  tl'ana* 
acted ;  such  meetings  being  convened  tbffc  ^tm 


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lis  lute  as  the  days  of  the  Jameses,  though  the 
members  usually  adjourned  to  a  neiglibouring 
village  for  the  transaction  of  buaine-'^s.  This  pit 
still  retnaina,  and  though  much  ellaced  by  long 
ploughing,  is  yet  a  remarkable  spot.  It  is  on 
very  high  ground,  sunk  to  a  depth  of  about  twelve 
or  fourteen  feet  deep*  aod  forms  a  complete  am- 
lb i theatre  of  about  eighty  yards  acrosji.  It  goes 
>y  the  nauie  of  the  Moot  House  Pit ;  a  phrase  that 
points  to  the  originnl  meaning  of  the  expression 
still  in  use,  to  moot  or  debate  a  point.  It  would 
be  interesting  to  find  out  whether  the  ancient 
synod  called  Clovinhou  was  Leld  in  some  such  pit, 
and  perhaps  there  may  be  yet  a  legendary  trace 
of  it  in  the  neighbourhood  which  might  elucidate 
the  matter  and  support  my  theory,  that  hou  simply 
means  hole.  M.  E.  M. 

Ekglish  Wool  iw  1682.  —  Subjoined  is  an 
earlier  testimony  to  the  excellence  of  English 
wool  and  cloth  :  — 

**  Colics  passim  tnalti,  nul!is  srboribus  oonsJtt,  ncque 
aquanim  fontibu*  irrigui,  qui  Uerbam  tenuissimatn  atque 
brfrrisatmatn  producunt,  qQic  tamea  ovibus  abuml^  {tubu" 
luin  fiuppediut ;  per  coa  oviuDi  greg^es  cAndiUi^imi  va- 
gantur,  qasc  sivei  cceli,  seu  bonitate  terrec,  molliat  et  loog& 
omnium  aliartiin  regionum  lenuiisinia  ferunt  vellero. 
Hoc  Yel1u<<  verb  aorum  est,  m  qua  potissitniim  insula- 
noruin  di%*itiaj  consi^tunt ;  n*m  magsa  ct  utiri  €t  aryenU 
copia  h  negociatoribuB  ejustnodi  imprimis  co^mendiu  mercis 
gratid,  m  inAulam  quotaQnls  iiapoitatur," 

Again :  — 

"  Nntissimum  est  et  itlud,  pannos  Anglicox  ob  tnatflriflB 
bonitJiteni  valdh  comtncodart,  fit  in  omnia  Europos  ro^na 
et  proviijciijA  impartari."  —  From  the  Jtmwrary  of  Paul 
Heat^uer,  1568.   (Sw  "  N,  &  Q."  Z^  a  iv.  428.) 

Job  J.  B,  Woekaru* 

The  Goi.dbn  Dropsy.  —  This  was,  perhaps,  n 
well- warn  phr&s<^  when  Arthur  Bent  wrote  of 
somt%  **  These  men  are  sick  of  the  golden  dropsi/^ 
the  more  they  have  the  more  they  desire."  A 
very  good  illustration  hereof  is  supplied  by  Garth 
in  The  Dispensary :  — 

••Then  Hydrops  next  appears  amongst  tbe  throng ; 
Btouted  and  big  abo  ifowly  aaila  along: 
But,  like  a  misert  in  gxcub  she'a  poor, 
jVnd  pines  for  thirst  amidst  her  vtai^ry  store." 

B.  H.  C. 

PaKSiTEa-Jonw  in  the  Anus  or  thb  Sbb  or 
Chic!TK5Tkb.  —  Mr  Bouteli,  in  his  book  on 
Heraldry,  sajs  (p.  436),  that  be  has  never  seen  a 
satisfactory  blazon  of  these  arms,  and  suggests 
that  Prester-Jobn  is  intended  to  represent  St. 
John  the  Evangelist* 

I  sn^v^  some  time  ago,  an  instance  of  tbe  figure 
being  drawn  rather  dif!*erently  from  the  usual 
manner :  tbe  sword  being  represented,  not  as 
pif'rcing  the  mouth,  but  as  proceeding  from  it  (the 
nilt,  and  not  the  blade,  being  between  tbe  lips), 
and  the  blade  extended  towards  the  sinister.  To 
my  mind  it  is  p«rfecily  clear  that  the  figure  re- 


presents neither  Prester- John  nor  the  Evangelist, 
but  our  Blessed  Lord  Hlniself,  seated,  and  in  the 
act  of  benediction.  The  reason  of  His  being  re- 
presented with  a  sword  proceeding  from  Hh 
mouth  will  be  clear  to  any  one  who  refers  to  the 
Book  of  Revelation,  u  16  ;  ii.  12  ;  jcix.  15. 

JoiiK  WOOPWABB* 
NeW'Sboreham. 

[Mr.  Daltaway's  remarks  on  the  arms  of  the  dioccM 
of  Cbich ester  and  its  ancient  BeuU  ^pon  which  was  ea- 
graveu  the  figure  of  Christ,  mav  be  found  in  our  I*  S»  x. 
186.] 

MiSAPi>mEH£i«siox  or  a  Text,  —  A  curious  in- 
stance of  a  mistaken  reference  to  Scripture  is 
found  in  Gesner's  edition  of  Horace.  Comment- 
ing on  the  words,  ^^sagittas  et  celerem  fugam 
Partbi"  {Cnnn.,  ii,  13,  18).  Gesner  refers  to 
Psalm  Ixxvii.  9 — "Filii  Ephi'em  intendentes  ct 
mittentes  arcum  converst  sunt  in  die  belli  ** — as  a 
proof  of  the  Parthian  motle  of  fighting  bting  prac- 
tised by  the  Jews,  The  passage,  ns  every  one 
knows,  has  nothing  whatever  to  do  with  this 
matter.  W.  J.  D. 

Titles  op  Books,  —  Not  less  curious,  perhaps, 
than  the  derivation  of  the  titles  of  serials  from 
poets,  would  be  titles  of  celebrated  books,  having 
a  simihir  origin;  e.g.  Gibbon's  great  work  evi- 
dently owes  its  title,  perhaps  its  suggestion,  to 
Tbumson's  lines :  — 
** .        .        ,        .        The  lage  bistoric  muse 
Shoaid  next  condact  us  through  the  decpa  of  Tim«» 
Show  us  how  Empire  grew,  tkdintdj  unAfdL^ 

As  does  tbe  scarcely  less  famous  work,  in  its  own 
line,  of  Adam  Smith  appear  indebted  to  Dryden, 
who  says :  — 
*»  The  winds  wer«  hushedt  the  wave*  in  ranks  were  cast 

As  awfully  as  when  God's  people  paaved ; 

Tlio»e,  vet  uncertaia  on  who^c  sails  to  blow; 

Thes*-,  where  lAe  Wt<xWi  of  Nationa  ought  to  fiow." 

Such  an  instance  as  Douglas  Jerrold*s  taking  a 
title  from  Shakspeare's  words  — 

'*  Doft  thou  think  because  thou  art  virtooas  there 
shall  be  no  more  CuJki  and  Akf^' — 

\A  not  much  in  point  ;  but  I  should  ihink  that, 
wbeti  Prof.  G.L,  Craik  wanted  a  title  for  his  book 
called  The  English  of  Shahpeare,  he  must  have 
bad  some  latent  memory  of  W  ordsworth's  wurds^ 
••  Wo  must  b?  free  or  die  who  speak  the  tongue 
Tliat  Shakspeare  tpake, 

By-the-bje,  may  not  Leigh  HuQt*s  volumes  — 
Afen,  Wmnen,  and  Books ^h^  somewhat  indebted 
to  the  same  writer*s 

"  But  equally  a  want  of  6oo*f  and  nun  "  f 

Sajivbl  Nbil, 

Moffat. 

Trasspobtation  of  Muib. — Perhnps  you  may 
regard  the  following  extract,  from  the  Diary  and 
Correspondence  of  Lard  ColcheiiUr^  'is^  v\^x\V^s&^ 
the   gr^alet  ^\MvQi>X^,  ^\iv^  \\.  ^'^  x%R»vH<t>an 


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being  copied  into  yonr  widely-circulated  colamns. 
The  subject  to  which  it  relates  is  now  an  old  one, 
Tiz.  the  trials  which  took  place  in  Scotland  in 
1793  and  1794,  of  Thomas  Muir  and  others,  on 
the  charge  of  sedition ;  but  though  old,  it  has  not 
et  entirely  lost  its  interest,  and  public  attention 
las  been  recalled  to  it  in  the  Memoirs  of  Lord 
CoMum,  The  sentence  of  transportation  for 
fourteen  years,  which  followed  on  the  convictions, 
has  generally  been  thought  very  severe— even  after 
making  allowance  for  the  excitement  of  the  times ; 
but  it  now  appears  to  have  been  utterly  illegal. 
Lord  Colchester's  words  are : — 

**  The  Act,  25  Geo.  III.  cap.  46,  for  removing  offenders 
in  Scotland  to  places  of  temporary  confinement,  was 
•itfibred  to  expire  in  1788,  when  the  Act  24  Geo.  III. 
cap.  66,  for  the  removal  of  offenders  in  England,  was  con- 
tinued by  Stat.  28  Geo.  III.  cap.  24.  And  this  acddenUl 
expiration  of  the  Scotch  Act  was  so  much  unnoticed,  that 
Mair  and  Palmer  were  actually  removed  from  Scotland, 
and  transported  to  Botany  Bay ;  though  there  was  no 
Statute  then  in  force  to  warrant  it"— YoU  L  p.  50. 

That  this  outrage  on  the  law  (for  it  deserves  no 
milder  term)  should  have  been  permitted,  seems 
equally  dbcreditable  to  the  court,  the  public  pro- 
aeontor,  and  the  legal  advisers  of  the  accused. 

J.  A.  B. 

Bdinborgh. 

eduerietf* 

AuTHOBS  OF  Htmvs.  —  I  should  feel  greatly 
obliged  if  any  reader  of  "  N.  &  Q."  could  state 
who  composed  any  of  the  following  hymns :    — 
"  Ere  another  Sabbath's  close." 

BickersUtfi'a  ColL  1833. 
**  God  of  mercy,  thron'd  on  high." 

Bickenteth*a  Coll  1838. 
•*  Hosannal  raise  the  pealing  hymn." 

Cams  WUmoiCb  Coll  1838. 
••  In  memory  of  the  Saviour's  love." 

WhUtingluutCB  CoH  1885. 
"  Jesus  Christ  is  risen  to-day." 

«  »         ,  ,  Prayer  Book, 

"  Jerusalem,  my  happy  home." 

,     ,   .       ,  C^6oirfl790.) 

"  Lord  of  my  life,  whose  tender  care." 

Society  Hymn  Book,  1853. 
"  Lord,  when  before  Thy  throne  we  meet" 

Society  Hymn  Book,  1853. 
**  0  God,  Thy  grace  and  blessing  give."    ' 

Society  Hymn  Book,  1853. 
"  Rejoice,  though  storms  assail  thee." 

Burgeas't  CoH  1853. 
"  Saviour  yrho  Thy  flock  art  feeding." 

Amertean  Prayer  Book, 

"  TTiou  God  of  love,  beneath  Thy  sheltering  wings." 

Church  Porch,  July  2, 1855. 

„     ^  Daniel  Sbjkswick. 

Sun  Street,  City. 

Bbv.  Edwaed  Bourchieb. — Information  as  to 
the  parentage  and  ancestry  of  the  Rev.  Edward 


Bourchier,  M  JL,  is  much  denred.  He  was  Ei 
tor  of  Bramfield,  Herts,  from  1740  to  IV 
Vicar  of  All  Saints,  and  St.  John's^  in  Hertfo 
Justice  of  the  Peace  for  Herts ;  died  Nov. 
1755,  aged  sixty-eight,  and  was  buried  in  Bn 
field  church.  The  arms  on  his  monument  tli 
are  those  of  the  old  Earls  of  £we  and  Ess 
from  which  it  may  be  inferred  that  he  was  <i 
same  stock.  Can  any  reader  of  ^  K.  k  Q.** 
how  he  derived  from  Uiem  ?  His  brother,  Ooi 
Bourchier,  ^'  went  to  Ireland  after  the  Revolat 
with  the  Hon.  Gen.  Yilliers,  his  (Chmrles*s)  wi 
uncle  ;**  was  M.P.  for  Armagh  at  the  time  of 
death,  in  1716 ;  and  father  of  Charles  Bourck 
sometime  Grovemor  of  Bombay. 

£i>WTir  AP  Gboi 

Chaperon. — Will  some  of  your  French  cor 
spondents,  with  an  authority  which  I  cannot  p 
tend  to,  inform  the  British  public  that  this  m 
does  not  assume  a  feminine  form,  when  applied 
a  matron  protecting  an  immarried  girl  ? 

It  sipiifies  **a  hood;**  and,  when  used  nc 
phoricaily,  means,  that  the  experienced  man 
woman  shelters  the  youthful  aebuitaUe  as  a  h( 
shelters  the  face.  ISut  almost  all  our  anth 
especially  our  novelbts,  write  the  word  **dbi] 
rone,"  wnen  used  metaphorically. 

One  is  reminded  of  the  British  female  at  Call 
who,  on  being  asked  by  the  blamchUseuse  wked 
a  certain  piece  of  linen  was  not  sa  chemtu^  ii 
plied  with  dignity  :  "Non,  c^est  le  ekemis  diao 
mari."  SttlUB 

Sib  John  de  Coninosbt. — I  should  feel  obfif 
if  any  of  the  numerous  correspondents  of  "  N.iv 
could  give  any  particulars  respecting  the  lineage 
the  Sir  John  de  Coningsby,  who  was  slain  in  i 
Barons*  Wars  at  Chesterfield,  temp.  John,  1266 

G.J.: 

Leeds. 

CowpBB.  —  I  should  feel  obliged  if  some  cor 
spondent  of  "  N.  &  Q.**  would  kindly  furnish 
with  a  complete  list  of  the  Biographies  of  Cowp 
and  Sketches  of  his  Life.  Exclusive  of  the  i 
mirable  productions  of  Southey,  Grimshaw,  Tj 
lor,  &c.,  I  believe  there  are  other  publicati< 
extant  which  appeared  shortly  after  his  demis 
I  should  also  feet  thankful  for  a  list  of  the  varic 
lectures  which  have  been  given  on  the  life  a 
genius  of  the  poet.  C.  i 

John  Cbanidgb,  M.A. — This  gentleman  pu 
lished :  — 

''A  Mirror  of  the  Burgesses  and  Commonalty  of  I 
City  of  Bristol,  in  which  is  exhibited  to  their  view  a  pi 
of  the  great  and  manj  interesting  benefactions  and  c 
dowmenU  of  which  the  City  hath  to  boast,  and  for  wlii 
the  Corporation  are  responsible  as  the  Stewards  ai 
Trustees  thereof.  Correctly  transcribed  ftom  snthsirt 
documents.    Bristol,  8vo." 


[•  VkU  Bohn's  Lowndes,  art  "Cowper,**  p.  641.— Ea] 


81*  a.  V.  Apbu,  2,  '64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


281 


There  is  no  date  on  tbe  title- pagei  but  the 
Dedication  ia  dated  Upper  Easton  Row,  Nov,  20, 
1818.  Tbe  work,  includitig  index,  contains  296 
piigcs.  It  would  seem  to  have  been  published  in 
numbers.  I  desire  to  know  more  about  ibis 
author.  S.  Y.  K. 

De  Fos  ash  Ds.  Livikgstoive.  —  I  think  it 
nearU'  <  oriain,  from  u  perusal  of  De  Foe*s  Life 
of  (  ingUlon,  and  Dr.  Livingstone's  late 

irav-  De  former  must  have  been  acquainted 

with  some  traveller  who  had  crossed  the  southern 
part  of  tbe  African  continent,  and  had  seen  the 
Victoria  Falls.  I  remember  having  once  met 
with  an  old  map  on  which,  and  nearly  in  the  lati- 
tude of  Livingstone's  discoveries^  was  marked  tbe 
track  of  a  Portuguese  traveller  who  had  crossed 
the  continent,  but  I  forget  in  what  book.  Can  anj 
of  jour  readers  remind  me?  H.  0. 

GusTATB  DoBK.^ — Will  some  French  reader  of 
*'  N,  &  Q*"  put  on  record  in  your  pages  a  Ibt  of 
tbe  books  illustrated  by  that  wonderful  artbt 
Gustave  Dore,  who  has  gained  world-wide  fame 
by  hb  Dante  and  Don  Quixott  f  I  have  seen 
cheap  French  novels,  containing  woodcuts  by  him, 
irhidli  are  unsurpassed  by  any  of  his  later  works. 
A  Lojti>  or  A  Mahos. 

Db.  Thomas  Fdixeb*  —  Can  I  be  informed 
where  I  can  consult  a  copy  of  The  Life  of  that 
BevereTid  Dwine  and  learned  Hidtorian^  Dr,  Thomas 
Fuller^  published  anonymously,  in  12 mo,  in  Lon- 
don, 1661  ?  Has  it  ever  been  republished?  and 
who  of  bis  many  friends  is  supposed  to  have 
written  it?  I  have  reccQtly  been  compiling  a  life 
of  this  quaint  and  witty  author,  but  have  never 
been  able  to  come  across  the  Life  referred  to.  I 
may  perhaps  have  read  most  of  it  second-hand, 
because  being  the  only  authentic  narrative  of  this 
noted  writer,  it  has  frequently  been  quoted  from 
by  the  old  authoritictf.  Oldys,  in  the  article  in 
the  Biographia  Britannica^  seems  to  have  quoted 
most  liberally  from  it^  and  the  articles  in  recent 
cjclopffidlo.',  &c.,  have  been  compiled,  for  the 
most  part,  from  this  and  not  the  former  authority.* 

May  I  also  ask  if  any  of  your  Cambridge  cor- 
respondents cjin  inform  me  whether  it  was  Mr. 
Fuller  who  buried  old  Hobson,  tbe  University 
carrier,  who  for  tbe  mercy  shown  towards  his 
beasts,  still  lives  in  a  well-known  proverb,  and 
who  '*  sickened  in  the  time  of  the  vacancy,  being 
forbid  to  go  to  London  by  reason  of  the  plague?** 
He  died  in  the  parish  of  St.  Ben'et,  at  a  time 
when  Fuller  was  the  curate  thereof.        J.  E.  B. 


Dr.  Bm'»>  l4MikAL-Ei^] 


9  of  the  Life  cf  Dr,  TTtomas  FuUtr  ar«  in 

i^cum.    Only  one  edition  ww  printed,  al* 

"  rent  Utlepngva,  one  dat«d 

•xford,  IGCl"    A  copy, 

ivennett,  wa«  aoH 


HsATHSB  BuBBrniG. — Ln  7^«»Ft>/ii  newspaper  of 
Aprd  12,  186a,  I  find,  in  a  letter  signed  *<  Fharoe,** 
on  the  subject  of  burning  the  heather,  or  muir- 
bum,  as  it  is  called  in  Scotch  law  phraseology,  an 
inquiry  implying  something  like  an  assertion :  — 
•*  If  there  WAS  not  a  convention  between  France  aed 
Scoilnui,  sometime  before  tbe  Union,  which  limited  the 
bttrning  of  heather,  owing  to  tbe  iojury  occasioned  by  tJie 
pioceas  to  the  vineyards  of  f  raa(»/' 

^^  Fharos  "  suggests  some  other  curious  specula- 
tions as  to  tbe  contingent  ejects  of  burning  the 
heather,  but  I  would  only  ask,  whether  there  is 
any  foundation  for  tbe  above,  or  whether  it  can 
be  answered  in  the  affirmative?  J,  C.  H» 

Thb  Obdeb  of  Victoria  aitd  Albbbt.  —  Can 
any  of  your  correspondents  oblige  me  with  in- 
formation about  this  order,  saia  by  tlie  Court 
Newsman  to  have  been  worn  by  two  of  the  Royal 
Princesses  on  the  occasion  of  the  baptism  of  tlie 
infant  Prince  Victor  Albert  ?  I  should  be  glad 
to  learn  the  date  of  its  institution,  tbe  number  of 
its  members,  and  the  character  of  the  decoration. 

J.  WOODWABD. 

Pabibtdtss. — 

**  We  have  many  mines  of  eodi  bathei  found  ia  Ibis 
island,  among  those  partcttJMur  and  rubbish  of  old  Eomane 
townes."  —  Burton,  AnaL  3rel  2,  %  2,  2. 

I  presume  this  means  itaUs*  I  do  not  find  the 
word  any  of  tbe  old  dictionaries  to  which  I  have 
access,  nor  in  Halliwell.  J.  D.  Campbbll, 

Parson  CeArr. — 

*^Biit,  if  some  poor  scholar,  some  parton  chaff,  will 
ofier  himself;  some  tpencher  chaplain,  that  will  take  to 
the  halves,  ttiirdB*  or  accept  of  what  he  [the  patron]  will 
give,  he  is  welcome  ,  .  .'* — ^Barton,  ^itoi.  Md.  1,  2,  8, 15. 

What  is  the  exact  meaning  of  this  ?  Does  chaff 
refer  to  talk  (our  modem  slang,  literallyy<iir,  among 
bits  of  slang),  or  to  chaffering  =  selling  or  bar- 
gaining, or  what  ?  J.  D.  CAMFBBiiL. 

*^RoB  Roy." — ^What  are  the  alluaionu,  either 
political  or  historical,  in  the  following  passage  in 
Rob  Roy  r^ 

"  •  Oar  allies,*  continued  the  duke  (i.  c  of  Montrose), 

*  have  deserted  as,  gentlemen,  and  have  made  a  separate 
peace  with  the  encmv.' 

*  lu  just  the  fate  of  all  alliancen,'  said  Garschattachin : 

*  ihe  Dutch  wtre  gaun  to  urm  us  the  aame  gate^  if  we  had 
nof  tjol  the  atari  of  them  at  Utrecht* 

•  Yon  arc  face'tiona,  iir,*  said  the  dake^  with  a  Oown, 
which  showed  how  little  he  liked  the  pleasantry;  'liBt 
our  bttsioeaa  is  rathar  of  a  grave  eaat  just  now.'  *'—Bah  Aqf, 
U.  2ol,  edit.  1^0. 

OxORIBBaiB, 

A  Gehtj.bman*s  Signet. — A  gentleman's  signet, 
pendent  from  a  watch-chain,  has  recently  been 
picked  up  here.  Crest :  a  horse's  head,  and  motto 
ji^as  vE  TBAMiTE  RECTO.  A  couple  of  advertise- 
ments have  failed  to  find  an  owner  for  it,  and  I 
ahall  be  glad  if  some  corre^.^^viaX,^'^  >siSi^R*^*' 
tbe  famWy,  m^  «m^V^i  ^'fc  lvi!^\i»!<^^^^'^^.^^« 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[a^^a  V.  AjpaR.S,*6i 


"Thou  abt  lixe  ittto  like,  as  tiie  Dbvil 
8ATD  TO  TH^  CoLUEB," — In  ft  deposition  made  be- 
fore the  magistrates  of  tbis  borough,  in  the  year 
1603^  in  a  case  of  riot  respecting  the  cutting  down 
of  a  Maypole,  the  origtiial  MS.  of  which  is  noif 
before  rae,  the  witness  deposed  that  one  Agnes 
Watkio,  the  wife  of  a  shoemaker*  railed  against  the 
witness  and  Mr.  Gillott  (one  of  the  magistrates 
who  was  ordering  the  reraoval  of  the  MayjKjle), 
sajring,  "Thou  art  like  unto  like,  as  the  Devil 
said  to  the  collier."  I  do  not  find  this  proverb  in 
Kelly's  Proverhg  of  all  Nations^  or  Bohn*s  Hand' 
book  of  Provei'bs,  The  latter  work  has,  **  Like  to 
like,  88  Nan  to  Kicholas."  Butler,  however,  in  his 
Htidibras  (canto  ii.  I.  350J,  clearly  refers  to  it 
when  he  says, — 

**  Ab  Uke  the  d«Til  aa  a  colli^n" 

Is  it  prevalent  in  any  part  of  the  kingdom  at 

ing? 

TlLJjAM  FlELLT. 


the  present  day  as  a  popular  saying? 


Leicester. 

Turner's  I^Tiscellanea  Corxosa. — There  have 
been  several  works  bearing  this  title,  or  with  some 
trifling  specific  addition ;  as,  for  insUncc,  the  Afi^- 
cellanea  Scientifica  Ctiriosa^  by  Wales  and  Green. 
In  Gent's  Ltfe^  p.  183,  under  the  date  a.d.  1734, 
it  is  stated, — 

**  I  printed  MUctJianea  Curiam  for  Mr.TliomasTumcr, 
a  work  which  got  credit  both  to  the  Author  and  to  me, 
for  the  beautiful  |>orformance  thereof.  It  wa*  pubtiftbed 
quarterly;  butt  for  waat  of  encourafrcinient,  tko  work 
c<!ased  in  lets  thtin  a  year's  time,  vrUen  the  laathcmaUc 
types  ceased  to  he  of  an^'  ua©  to  me/* 

I  have  never  seen  a  copy  of  the  work,  nor  have 
I  been  able  to  find  any  other  notice  of  its  editor. 
Can  any  of  the  correspondents  to  **  N.  &  Q.." 
supply  lurther  particulars  ?  T.  T,  AV. 

Value  or  Moket,  30  Eow.  IIL  —  Pote,  in  hia 
History  of  Windsor^  p.  33,  a  ay  a  that  — 

"Wiltiam  dc  Wyckham  (who  afterwards  attAined  to 
the  dignity  of  the  Bishop  of  Winchester)  had  a  Sur- 
veyor'i  place  granted  to  him  bv  Letters  Putent,  bearing 
tsst  at  Weatminattr  the  SO**"  of  October^  Anno  30  Ed.  iij. 
He  had  a  sraot  of  the  same  fee  ai  had  imiu  formerlj 
allowed  to  Robert  dc  Bemhain  — via.  one  shilling  a  day 
while  he  fUtyed  at  Windaor  in  hit  employment;  two 
shilUiigs  A  day  when  he  went  elae where  abottt  that  boai^ 
neas;  and  three  shiilinga  a  week  for  hia  C!cfk:  which 
allowances  bad  been  firal  of  all  made  to  Richanl  do 
Rochell." 

My  Query  i«,  what  was  the  value  of  the  above 
wages  in  comparison  with  the  value  of  money  at 
tbis  time  and  feed  now  paid  to  architects  ? 

QUBEUT. 

PRorEssoR  W[LioR*g  Faturr.  —  Mrs.  Gordon, 
in  her  liCcmoir  of  her  father,  says  :  — 

**  Of  3Ir.  W»I«M»ti»  icnior.  I  know  litt]#»  more  thati  that 
he  was  a  wealthy  maji,  haricfs'  '  '  "  '  ^  rtune  In 
trade  as  a  mat  Bianttf^rttirer.  <  ^s  t  ha- 

racttr  and  bia  mercantiie  ioori?-  i  iiuDor- 

tafit  potttieo  in  todety.  and  he  h»  ttiU  remeiuUred  in 


Paisley  as  having  been  in  his  own  dav  one  of  tlk« 

and  moat  respected  of  its  comtiiuntty*  * 

The  lack  of  infonnatiou  regarding  I^lr.  Wilfould 
family  exhibited  in  the  above  extract  is  very  i 
markable;  especially  when  so  rnaoy  aUuaionjai^ 
made  to  his  mother*^!  connexions,  atid  tione  wbu- 
ever  to  his  frtther's,  exceplin^  to  bis  brother, 
through  whom  the  nephew  lost  nia  patrimony,  tad 
whose  name  is  not  even  given.  Surelj  aonadliiQf 
more  mi^ht  have  been  given  to  the  world  relativt 
to  the  progenitors  of  so  remarkable  a  man  ai  { 
Christopher  North.  It  wonUl  be  interesting  to 
know  something  of  his  pedigree^  so  ns  to  Arr^itAt 
for  the  remarkable  physical  pecul^  f  tht 

man*     Can  notliing  be  learned  of  hi-  ^  (Wn 

sources  outside  of  the  family  circle  ?      Did  tk 
professor  never  sjiy  anything  regarding  hia  gr^ad* 
father  J  or  any  of  his  father's  conoexioxia  f     IlB 
would  doubtless  be  difficult  to  get  what  might  bS 
called  a  history  of  the  Wilson  family,    but  cei** 
tainly  something  more  might  have  beeti  prociirei 
than  is  to  be  found  in  the  above  extract* 

T.  a  D.! 

Leiih. 

Jons  LrxD  or  PoNTEraACT,  a  Hur 
Poet,— In  that  inaccurate  and  most  unsatis 
work,  Boothroyd's  HUtory  af  Pontefraei^  ill 

following  paasage :  — 

'» The  aathor  of  the  NfweiutU  Ridtr  and  oth#f  ^ 
merita  aoticci  oa  an  jnstAUce  of  uaiire  genius,,  witbooiC 
advantage  of  a  literary  education.     His  name  waa  J~ 
and  his  occapation  tliat  of  a  barber.     The  first  j 
obtain  the  fre«lom  of  the  borough  broag^ht  hifi  \ 
tAlent^mto  exercise;  and  his  various  sqiit^  - 
obtainefl  considerable  appUusitf.     The&o  ]': 
collected   together,  and    pubU«hcd    umJe  ia 

J^unioiL    Some  of  the  piacus  in  the  coUe^^Uou^  f%^  kt 
nesa  of  aatiro  and  ju.ttii&»  of  nciitiineiii,  %roul<i  not  dis- 
grace the  pen  of  a  Churchill." — P.  4^5. 

The  obscurity  in  this  aocount,  ariaio^  from  tlic 
want  of  a  ChrUlian  mmm  and  of  a  datt  u  obrioniv 
though  it  may  perhaps  be  inferred  from  iiJM>tte 
part  of  the  bookf  that  '^  the  ^rst  attempt  to  ob- 
tain tl)e  freedom  of  the  borough  **  rettfljr  mottm 
1768  or  thereabout4S.  The  collected  poems  be£iw 
cmlltd  Duniad^  induced  a  suspicion  that  ^^I^itii 
might  be  a  miaprtnt  for  "  Dun." 

On  looking  at  Lowndetf'a  BtUiograpkerM'  Jiftuatd 
(ed.  Bohn,  1413),  I  discovered  the  foUowi^ 
work :  — 

'*  Lcxn,  Jo,,  Orifffnal  Tales  in  Vartf^  and  Othliiiaa  ia 
Prose  and  Verse."  Donoidtcr,  tivo,  2  vols.  ^I^nrnftiiaa.  Hi 

From  this  I  concluded  ihid  Lund  waa  llie  f^ 
surname  of  htm  whoi  i  d  haa  called  Litfi* 

The  "Jo"  Ic^ft  mc*  /i  .  to  the  Chnatiaa 

name  bcin2  'ph.or  Jonathm  :  rt* 

fcrringtoKi  .  JJorderrri  IV-,  .;vi 

I69)f  I  found  The  Ntwcastle  Ridtr;  oi\  Uu.cl»aid 


I 


Z'*  S.  V.  Aran.  2, "«.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


I 


P 


Peas^  a  tale  hy  Jobn  Lund.  Hence  I  suppcxse  bis 
ChriBtiun  name  was  *' John  " 

Accortltnnj  to  Mr.  HotteM*s  Hand  Bonk  of  Topo* 
grapht/  (6115,  G116),  Ducks  and  Green  Peas^  or 
the  Newcantle  Rider  was  first  puVtlished  at  New- 
castle, l*imo,  1785  ;  andilierewaa  an  edition,  Aln- 
K?ick,  12mo,  1827. 

I  hope  through  your  columns  to  ascertain  wlien 
JoUn  Lund  dted^  and  when  hh  work  ineutioned  by 
Lowndes  was  printed.  It  must,  I  imaginef  be  of 
rare  occurrenee,  but  it  is  prubabl/  in  the  great 
Yorkshire  collection  of  your  correspondent  Ma, 

EdWASP  HaIL8T077£.  S*  Y.  R. 

[We  have  before  us  a  pamphlet  of  104  pages  in  pflp«r 
covers,  entitled  "  A  CoHection  of  Original  Tslei  in  Verso. 
in  tlie  fnnnncr  of  Prior.  To  which  ta  added,  A  Second 
Editioa  of  Duckt  and  Pease:  or,  the  Newcawtlc  Rider* 
Together  with  the  nbore  Story  in  a  F*rct  of  One  Act,  as 
it  waa  performed  at  the  Theatre  hi  Hontefract  with  great 
applaaae,  and  several  other  OriginaU  never  befor«  pub* 
lisbed.  London:  Printed  for  the  Author^  and  sold  by 
him  and  J,  LyndleVi  Bookjeller,  in  Pontefracl,  1777, 8 to/' 
Th«Q  follows  the  Preface,  signed  John  Lund;  after  that 
another  title-page,  eatitled  Diukt  and  Pemei  at,  the 
iVeit'Cfuf/e  Rider :  a  Farce  in  One  Act.  By  John  Luad^ 
of  Pontefract,  1776. 

A  reprint  ()f  tha  farce  Dut^  and  Green  Peas  was  f>ub* 
liabed  at  Kewcaatlo  without  date^  but  probably  abont 
1888,  Idoio. 

Lund  was  alao  the  author  of  the  following  work:  "A 
Collection  of  Oddities^  in  Prose  and  Verae,  Serious  and 
Comical.  By  a  very  Odd  Author.  Printed  for,  and  sold 
by  the  Auttior  (John  Lund)  lu  Ponrefract,  and  by  C. 
Plommer,  in  Doncaaler,"  8vo.  No  printed  dale;  but 
lotne  one  baa  added  in  ink  1779  in  the  British  At useum 
copyO 

PaBrACB  TO  THIS  Bible.  —  It  appears  that  both 
a  Preface  and  Dedicalton  were  written  by  the 
translators  of  our  Authorised  Version  of  the  bible. 
The  Dedication  generally  accompanies  our  ordi- 
nary editions,  not  so  the  Preface.  Where  can  I 
find  a  copy  of  the  latter  ?  Query,  Any  where 
except  in  the  first  or  early  editions  of  the  Au- 
thorised Version  ?  Is  it  reprinted  in  any  biblical 
work  of  modern  date?  G.  J.  Coopek. 

[The  inexpediency  of  publialilng  the  Authorized  Ver- 
sion of  the  English  Bible  without  the  Translators'  Preface 
and  the  marginal  readingSp  his  of  bte  years  engaged  the 
atteotion  of  the  epiacopal  bench.  This  important  matter 
was  diacussed  in  the  Upper  House  of  Convocation  on  FcU 
18,  I860,  when  the  following  resolution  waa  passed: 
•*That  tbe  Most  Kovcrend  the  President  be  prayed  to 
draw  the  attetition  of  the  Curator  of  the  Pre.'tt  at  Oxford 

ike  jmhlicjiLion  of  th«  Holy  Bible  without  the  uiorgi- 
,dingN,  and  without  the  TransUtora*  Preface ;  and  to 
that  edtUons  of  all  sizes  shall  bo  printed  with  the 
marginal  readings,  and  with  at  least  such  portions  of  the 
TtiOiUtow*  Praface  as  are  necessary  to  the  true  undcr- 


atanding  of  their  intention  in  what  they  give  oa  as  oar 
Bxbio." 

Tbe  Preface  makes  forty  pages  in  the  quarto  Bibles,  and 
its  great  length  is  the  rt-aaon  aissigned  by  the  Oxford, 
Cambridge^  and  Qaeen^a  printers,  why  they  do  not  re- 
print it  In  the  ordinary  Bibles,  inasmuch  as  they  would 
&nd  it  extremely  diflicult  to  compete  witli  tho  Scotch 
press.  Thus,  from  a  principle  of  economy,  they  exhibit 
the  version  of  the  text  of  what  is  called  "  Tbe  Bishops^ 
Bible;**  but  by  the  omission  of  the  Preface  and  tbu 
marginal  readings,  they  do  not  exhibit  the  Bible  in  the 
seuse  whieb  the  translators  of  the  Authorised  Version  in- 
tendeds 

Tbe  Preiace  is  so  seldom  reprinted,  it  is  to  be  feared 
that  to  the  present  generation  it  la  almost  unknown.  We 
are  indebted  to  tbe  present  Archbishop  of  Dublin  for 
bringing  this  important  documeut  to  the  notice  of  the 
public  in  the  year  1839.  **  This  Preface,"  remarks  Dr. 
Trench,  "  ia,  on  many  grounds,  a  most  interesting  study, 
chiedy,  indeed,  as  giving  at  considerable  lengtli,  and  in 
various  aspects,  the  view  of  our  Translators  themselves  in 
regard  of  the  work  which  they  lied  undertaken,  while 
every  true  knower  of  ottr  language  will  acknowledge  it  as 
a  masterpiece  of  English  composition.'"  On  the  Ah* 
thmixed  Verrion  of  the  New  TeHament,  edit  1859,  p.  85. 
Consult  also  an  article  on  this  important  subject  by  our 
eeteemed  correspondent,  J.  IL  MAnivLAND,  Esq,,  in  our 
2"-*  S.  ix.  194. 

The  f^reface  has  been  reprinted  in  the  Standard  Editlou 
of  the  Bible,  corrected  and  edited  by  Dr,  Benjamin  Blay- 
ney,  Oxford,  17G9,  4to ;  also  in  that  printed  at  the  request 
of  King  William  TV.  at  the  Pitt  Press  at  Cambridge,  largo 
4to^  1837  (see  **  N.  &  Q."  3^**  S.  v.  86),  as  well  as  in  the 
Oxford  English  imperial  4to  editions  of  1851  and  1803.] 

Goo$B  Iktkiitos.  —  In  ^n  Universal  Mtymoh* 
gicat  English  Dictionary^  by  N.  Bailey,  London, 
1745,  I  read  ^ 

**  Goose-Inteutoa,  a  goose  claimed  by  custom  by  the 
hnsbandmen  in  Lancaahir«^,  upon  the  lOth  Sunday  after 
Pentecost,  when  the  old  church  prayers  ended  thus,  ac 
hcmit  operiiwM  Jttgiier  praMt€U  e«§e  intentot" 

Can  anyone  tell  me  the  origin  of  this  custom, 
who  tbe  goose  was  claimed  of,  whether  the  custom 
still  exists,  and  what  can  possibly  be  tbe  connection 
between  a  goose  and  the  collect  Ibr  tbe  16th  Sunday 
after  Pentecost  ?  It  is  curious  that  the  16th  Sunday 
after  Pentecost  should  be  named,  as  in  the  old 
Sorum  books  those  Sundays  are  reckoned  poai 
Trinitatem  as  in  our  present  Htur;2:y,  ^^^n*"^.  ^^^ 
collect  occurs  on  the  17th  Sunday  after  Trinity. 

AqnncAfl. 
[Blonnt^in  bis  Ghuosrapkia,  sayi^  that  *Mn  Lanca- 
shire, the  husbandmen  claim  it  as  a  due  to  have  a  goose- 
in  ten  tos  on  tbe  16th  Sunday  after  Pentecost:  which 
custom  took  its  origin  from  the  last  word  of  the  old 
church -prayer  of  that  day :  *  Tiia  nos  Domine,  quassumuSf 
gratia  semper  et  pi*i«ventAt  et  sequatur ;  ac  bonis  operibaa 
jugiter  pnmtet  es«o  intenioi*  The  vulg^^r  people  called 
it  a  goose  with  ten  <ocj.**    Beck  with,  in  his  uay?  'tikis.vvx 


284 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES 


[trt&T.  AnoLl^^ 


of  Bloant's  FYagmenta  Antigmtatii  (Lond.  4to,  1815,  p. 
413),  after  quoting  this  passage,  remarks,  **Bui  besides 
that  the  16th  Sanday  after  Pentecost,  or  after  Trinity 
rather,  being  moveable,  and  seldom  fidling  upon  Michael- 
mas-day, which  is  an  immoveable  feast,  the  service  for  that 
day  could  very  rarely  be  used  at  Michaelmas,  there  does 
not  appear  to  be  the  most  distant  allusion  to  a  goose  in 
the  words  of  that  prayer.  Probably  no  other  reason  can 
be  given  fbr  this  custom,  but  that  Michaelmas-day  was  a 
great  festival,  and  geese  at  that  time  most  plentiful.  In 
Denmark,  where  the  harvest  is  later,  every)  fkmily  has 
a  roasted  goose  for  supper  on  St  Martin's  Eve." 

It  must  be  borne  in  mind  that  the  term  hutbandman 
was  formerly  applied  to  persons  of  a  somewhat  higher 
position  in  life  than  an  agricnltnral  labourer,  as  for  in- 
stance to  the  occupier  and  holder  of  the  land.  In  ancient 
grants  from  lords  of  manors  to  their  free  tenants,  among 
other  reserved  rents  and  services,  the  landlord  fluently 
laid  claim  to  a  good  stubble  goose  at  Michaelmas.  After 
all,  the  connection  between  the  Goose  and  Collect  is  not 
apparent.] 

Charles  Baillet.  —  From  a  communication 
made  several  years  since  by  Mr.  Cu  Hopper 
("N.  &  Q."  2'»*  S.  viii.  267),  I  learn  that  this 
person,  who  was  the  secretary  of  the  unfortunate 
Mary  Queen  of  Scots,  died  on  December  27,  aged 
eighty-four,  and  was  buried  in  the  churchyard 
of  Hulpe,  near  Brussels.  Unfortunately  the 
year  of  our  Lord  in  which  his  death  occurred  is 
not  given.  I  hope  it  may  be  supplied.  I  am  also 
desirous  of  ascertaining  how  his  latter  years  were 
spent  I  must  say  that  I  am  not  favourably  im- 
pressed by  his  conduct  as  developed  by  the  papers 
which  appear  in  Murdin^s  Collection  and  elsewhere. 

S.  Y.  R. 

[Sir  Charles  Dailley  died  on  Dec  27, 1626,  aged  eighty- 
four.  Ho  was  among  the  members  of  the  household  of 
Mary  Queen  of  ScoU  present  at  her  execution  on  Feb. 
18, 1587.  Nothing  seems  to  be  known  of  the  circum- 
stances which  brought  Bailley  to  close  his  life  near  Brni- 
sels.  —  L^Ind^pendance,  quoted  in  The  GuarcUan  news- 
paper of  Sept  21, 1859,  p.  799.] 

Wilde's  Nameless  Poem. — What  is  the  **  cele- 
brated nameless  poem  **  from  which  quotation  is 
made  in  Smith's  Students  Manual  of  the  English 
Language^  p.  407  ?  P.  J.  F.  Gamtillon. 

[The  poem  is  by  Richard  Henry  Wilde,  an  American 
poet,  bom  1789,  died  1847.  It  is  called  by  Marsh  **  a 
nameless  poem,"  because  it  is  simply  entitled  '*  Stanzas." 
It  commences  — 

"  My  life  is  like  a  summer  rose 

That  opens  to  the  morning  sky,"  &c. 
The  poem  is  printed  in  Griswold*s  Foeta  and  Poetry  of 
America,  edit  1850,  p.  127,  with  a  biographical  account 
of  Mr.  Wilde.] 

Uesula,  Lady  Altham.— This  lady,  the  daugh- 
ter of  Sir  Robert  Markham  of  Sedgebrook,  in 
Lincolnshire,  became,  in  July,  1697,  the  second 


wife  of  Althim  Annesle^r,  Lord  Alkham.  ft 
died  in  April,  1699,  and  in  1701  she  todiiihI 
Samuel  (^le,  Esq^  M.P^  who  died  Mavck  IQ, 
1718.  She  continued  her  ftther^a  I^ary  (]f& 
Addit.  18,721.)  When  did  she  die  ?  S.  T.  L 
[Lady  Ogle  died  at  Bath  on  October  12,1723.  POSd 
State,  xxvL  462;  HUtorical  iZeytsfgr, Chroii.  1718, p^C. 
Although  the  Christian  name  of  this  Iftdy  ia  not  giim 
we  are  inclined  to  think  that  she  was  the  wifr  of  1h 
Member  for  Berwick,  as  he  died  at  the  same  plm 
1718.] 


Behtinck  Family.  —  Can  any  of  your 
inform  me  in  what  work  I  can  obtain  the  Uiue; 
and  pedigree  of  the  Bentinck  family  down  toii 
present  day ;  also  if  any  branch  of  we  famO^  i£ 
resides  in  Holland?  E.& 

[Consult  Collini's  Peerage,  by  Bzydges*  ^dL  Mit,i 
29-41;  FUkytui^BBriti^FamMfyAntigimty^l.l^iBMi 
Patrician,  iy.  159 ;  and  Burke's  Peerage  amd 


BEAU  WILSON. 
(3"»  S.  T.  150.) 

Your  correspondent  J.  M.  is  incorrect  k  li 
comments  on  Mr.  Harrison  Ain8worth*g  utenir 
ing  romance  of  John  Law,  Beau  Wilaoi^  st  tie 
time  Mr.  Ainsworth  introduces  him — ^m  l^ 
could  not  have  been  young,  for,  after  seniDI  a 
the  wars  of  Flanders,  he  had  been  the  friend  od 
protcg6  of  the  celebrated  Barbara  TiIBaii 
Duchess  of  Cleveland,  who  introduced  him  isD 
fashionable  life,  and  who  was  herself  in  her  tq|* 
about  1670,  in  the  reign  of  Charles  IL,  soat 
thirty  years  prior  to  1694.  See  also  the  nodee 
of  fieau  Wilson,  a  kinsman  of  Lord  Bernert  bT; 
the-way,  in  Sir  B.  Burke*8  Vicissitudes^  Seeosd 
Series,  p.  384. 

As  to  John  Law*s  personal  appearance,  whom 
three- and- twenty  only  in  1694,  there  is  no  dook 
that  he  possessed  great  beauty.  His  Tery  daif 
nation  ot  Beau  bears  out  that,  and  all  the  portititt 
extant  of  him  confirm  the  fact.  The  aa▼ertil^ 
ment,  after  the  duel,  for  his  apprehension,  whid 
J.  M.  cites,  notoriously  described  him  wroi^^ :  it 
being  either,  as  some  supposed,  the  producttoncf 
an  enemy,  and  done  to  annoy  him,  or  inserted  bf 
his  friends  to  mislead  any  search  that  might  ht 
made  for  him.  The  author  of  The  HisSry  <ff 
Cramond,  fully  aware  of  the  falsity  of  the  descrip- 
tion, inclines  to  the  latter  view. 

The  following  is  what,  writing  in  1794|  lie  1171 
on  the  subject :  — ■ 

*'Thi8  description  fthe  advertiiement  ia 
conveying  no  fayonrable  idea  of  Mr.  Lawls 

■ioncd  at  fint  no  smAll  degree  of  sorpriMi , ^-^ 

municating  my  suspicion  to  the  present  Mr.  Law  ef 
Lauriston,  that  it  had  been  drawn  up  to  fiwitlifsts  Jste 


8r«  S.  V.  Apnn.  S,  '64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


I  eicape,  which,  it  w  Miid,  Wfi*  r.mr»t^...i  by  th«  pfo- 

'  Application  of  tnonflv,  Mr.  L .  '  with  the 

niae.    To  maiiifesi  die  more   -  t  this  bii»l 

L  tbs  case,  he  hjkd  tht  ^oodxkeaa  to  orikr  an  cngrAving 

l>e  Ukca    from  an  ongioal  portrait  of    his   uiicle, 

koned  un  exact  Ukeoeo,  in  hia  possessioa^  and  to 

Dsmit  me  the  plate,  which,  he  aasarea  me,  was  exc- 

l  T^  iih  attention  and  fidtlitv.  The  impressioos  thereof, 

scd  to  this  work  (the  portrait  is  of  a  handsome  man), 

fthow  how  far  the  conjee tnro  h  well  founded.     In 

"  \  CaialagM  of  Sngraced  BritUh  Fartraitt,  four 

1  cr  diai^na  of  Mr,  Law  are  noticed— 1,  foL  en- 

^^,^_„  V  LaMffbia ;  2,  ito,  deaigncd  by  JIuIterl ;  3,  4to. 

Tn^avftd'by  Dt*  Rocker;  and  ■*,  4 to,  painted  br  Bigaudt 

and  eDgmv^  bj  F,  de  Schmiik,    The  Earl  of  Orfbra  haa 

In  the  library  at  Strawberry  Hill  a  beautiful  portrait  of  Mr. 

£»avr,  done  in  crayona  by  Somiba.'^ 

Tims  it  is  quite  clear  that  Mr,  AmaTrorth  is 
right  in  iosisting  on  the  personal  beauty  of  John 
Law.  In  5U8t4uning  also  his  heroes  high  mentnl 
<]U^iiiea  and  honourable  chitrncter,  I  teel  sure  be 
is  equally  correct.  A, 

SIK  JOHN  VKBDON  AIO)  HIS  HEIRS, 

(S'*  S.  V.  169.) 

This  Chevalier,  oa  he  h  called  (47  Edw.  III.), 
was  joint  Lord  of  Darlaaton^  and  possessed  of 
lands  in  Buckenhall  and  Blddulph^  co.  Stafford. 
He  may  be  safely  identified  with  the  sheriff  of 
the  name,  48  Edw.  III.  and  3  Rich,  XL,  who  bare 
the  arms  of  the  Barons  Verdon — Or  fret  gu. ; 
and  who  appears  to  have  resided  at  Alveton 
Castle.  He  died  childless,  previous  to  12  Rich,  IL, 
aflcr  havin<f  appointed,  in  conjunction  with  Eva 
his  wife,  Eraieiitrude,  wife  of  Ralph  de  Houton, 
and  Elizabeth,  wife  of  James  de  Bo;*hay,  his  co- 
heirs ;  of  whom  the  former  succeeded  to  Darlas- 
ton,  and  the  latter  to  Buckenhall  and  Biddulph. 
And  they  in  turn  conveyed  the  property  to  their 
respective  heirs,  19  and  16  Rich.  11. :  the  manor 
of  Whit  more,  and  a  fifth  part  of  that  of  Kindcs- 
ley  (Annesley),  being  included  in  the  settlement 
of  James  and  Elizabeth  <le  Boghay,  The  clerks 
joined  with  the  Uoutona  and  Boghays  in  alienat- 
ing the  aiivowson  of  the  church  of  Biddulph  with 
an  acre  of  land,  12  Rich.  IL  The  Verdons  of 
Darlaston  (whose  Christian  names,  it  may  be  noted, 
were  mostly  Henry  or  Vivian)  were  founded  by 
Theobald^  youngest  son  of  Theobald  le  Butiller ; 
but  who,  like  bis  elder  brothers,  assumed  the  sur- 
ame  of  his  mother  Roesia,  the  daughter  and 
eiresB  of  Nicholas  de  Version,  and  granddauffhter 
"  Bertram,  who  had  obtained  the  Staffordshire 
States  by  niarriafje,  Shaw  says  that  the  Bidjjert. 
*  this  note  descended  from  a  younger  brother  of 
TieobaJ<l,  the  first  Baron  Verdon;  and  he  pro- 
'>ly  hud  '/nnil  n  k^nti  for  the  statement,  though  it 
Bay  not  i  of  proof     According  to  an 

Ury  in  tii  uentary  Writs,  in  M8,.  at  the 

L'cord  Otiicc,  Theobald  and  Vivian  de  Verdon 
re  jomi  Lords  of  Buckenhall,  and  brotbor^ ; 


which,  if  genuine,  would  at  least  show  tbat  Tlieo- 
bald  had  a  younger  brother.  But  this  particular 
entry  is  not  found  in  the  printed  edition,  though 
the  name  of  Vivian  occurs  in  1316  as  Lord  of 
Darlasion^  and  joint  Lord  of  Buckenhall  with 
Theobald,  the  second  baron  :  an  indication  that 
Vivian  belonged  to  the  Darlaston  branch,  which 
approaches  to  certainty  on  hnding  that  there  was 
a  Vivian  of  that  family  living  at  the  time,  Erdes- 
wicke,  too,  mentions  these  parties  as  joint  Lords  of 
Buckenhall,  9  Edw.  IL ;  but  says  nothing  of  the 
relationship  existing  between  them  (Harwood*s 
edit,,  p.  17).  Still,  it  is  necessary  to  seek  other 
parentage  for  Sir  John  Verdon  than  in  his  pre- 
decessor in  the  lordship  of  Darlaston ;  since  the 
latter  lived  beyond  25  Edw,  IIL,  the  year  when 
Joan,  wife  of  tlohn  de  Whitmore,  is  described  us 
Sir  John's  sisier — ^tbeir  fatber,  to  all  appearance, 
being  dead.  I  conjecture  that  he  was  the  son  of 
Thomas  de  Verdon,  who  had  a  daughter  Joan^ 
10  Edw.  HI.  (Staffordshire  fines);  and  that  an- 
other Thomas,  who  lived  a  little  later,  was  his 
brother.  And  I  conclude  that  Sir  John  acquired 
the  Darlaston  property  through  his  wife  Eva,  who 
may  have  been  the  heiress  alluded  to  by  Erdes- 
wicke  under  the  name  of  Emme  (p.  8).  The 
younger  Thomas  de  Verdon,  Km.,  just  mentioned, 
was  of  Dens  ton,  in  the  parish  of  Alveton ;  whence 
he  dated  a  cbarter,  30  Edw.  III.,  and  sealed  it 
with  the  aherira  arms  (Harl,  MS.  1077).  The 
Welsh  Rolls,  from  which  two  or  three  of  these 
particulars  were  gleaned,  are  in  a  decayed  state, 
and  very  often  ille^ble;  otherwise  something 
more  satisfactory  might  have  been  ascertained. 
A  few  words  shall  be  subjoined  respectinir  the 
heirs  of  Sir  John  Verdon.  The  Houtons,  I  sup- 
pose, were  from  the  township  so  called  in  Che- 
shire ;  and  they  are  said  by  Ormerod  to  have 
used  three  different  coats  of  arms.  Hoton  de 
Hooton  merged  in  Stanley  by  marriage  of  the 
heiress,  temp.  Hen.  IV.  The  Boghays  were  origi- 
nally seated  near  London,  and  possessed  some  in- 
terest in  Bermondsey  Abbey.  Their  name  firat 
occurs  in  Staffordshire,  12  Edw.  HI.  The  Bog- 
hay  coat  of  arms,  according  to  the  heralds,  w_ft»' — 
Gu.  a  scythe,  arg.  But  there  is  extant  a  joint 
charter  of  Christina,  daughter  of  John  de  Boghay 
de  London,  and  another  lady,  sealed  with  a  stag 
trippant,  respecting  the  sinister  (Harl-  Charters, 
76,  c.  4G)  ;  which  may  have  suggested  the  coat  of 
the  Bougheys  of  Colton,  co.  Sufford.  Shaw  bla- 
zons this — Arg.  three  stags  sa. ;  but  I  see  that  it 
is  given  in  Burke's  Armon/  as  identical  with  the 
third  quarter  in  the  old  shield  at  Whitmore,  de- 
scribed in  my  former  note.  The  arms  of  the 
Baronets  Boughey  (Arg.  three  bucks'  heads  erased 
and  affrontee,  erm.)  were  evidently  formed  on  the 
same  model.  Ed  word,  a  younjrer  son  of  Man- 
waring  of  Over  Peover,  Cheshire,  married  the 
heiress   of  Boghey  of  Whitmore,  in   1519.    His 


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[8*4  &V.  AnB.S,1^ 


family  fumishen  ao  iuBtancc  of  tbe  contmuiince  of 
a  Cbrtstian  nume,  Mrithout  a  break,  through 
several  niecessive  generations  ;  tlie  representative 
at  Wbititiore  having  been  invariably  Edward 
Malnwiiring^  and  son  of  his  predccessori  until  the 
death  of  the  proprietor  ia  1625*  Shem. 


THE  £ARW  A  LIVING  CREATURE. 
(3*^  S.  ii,  125,  176,  236.) 

To  the  exti^act  furnished  by  Mk.  Bucktox  from 
Kepler's  Harmonice  Mundi,  in  wb»t?k  modern 
science  does  not  disdain  to  revive  the  pantheistic 
idea  of  the  Academicians  and  Stoics,  that  the  world 
is  a  great  living  creature,  Rivinus,  in  his  **Disser- 
trttio  de  Veniiitt,  Salacia,  et  Malacia'*  (apud 
|6ra?vii  Sj/ntagma  Ditsertaiionum^  Utrajecti,  1702, 

o),  adds  a  ludicrous  commentary  :  — 

'  Quam  opiniioncm  qaoque  no*s(ro  t<^mpore  Mathema- 
ticua  ille  DObitissimuii  Jo.  K«|)lL'rii.s  tlnrmanifc  libra  iv. 
e*  7,  Btatuminare  nL^us  ct  visiia  e^t :  Terram  intjens  e»»« 
animaitinkdenUt^vod  immanihtu  pulmonum  foUihu*  marinat 
aquat  fter  inUrvaUa  vi§C€rUtiui  ifuywVrt  rexpiretquct  cui  ritli- 
culc^  nUviB  oggtviU  Jbrtt /a*'uto$am  hnnt:  bellutim  anno  looO 
^uinivxMf  quoqut,  cum  Oceanun  Uritannicn*  tui  Tameftm 
tvmtm  horarum  tpatio  Ur  redprocoisct** 

For  human  opinions,  like  tlic  waves  of  the 
ocean,  are  merely  in  a  state  of  ebb  and  llnw  : 
"there  is  nothing  new  under  the  sun."  Rtvinua 
refers  for  otlier  authorities  to  Natalis  Comitis 
Mytholog,^  lib.  ii.  c*  8  [Cf.  Ciceronis  librum  i.  De 
l^at.  Deor,  s.  39]  ;  Philostratus,  De  ApoUonio 
Tyanaoy  lib.  v.  c.  iu :  — 

•*  Haviog  often  considtred  the  caiu«  of  this  pbaicxm^noai 
mmti'ly*  the  flux  And  refitix  of  siich  a  bodv  of  waters,  1 
«m  of  opinion  Apolioiiit»  has  discovered  iti  true  origin, 
tti  one  of  hts  epiilloa,  writtisn  to  the  Indians  he  sAyi: 
^The  ocean  moved  underneath,  by  winds  blowing  from 
the  many  caverns  which  the  etirth  ha^  formed  on  ereij 
side  of  it,  puts  forth  its  waters,  and  draws  them  io,  as  u 
the  case  of  the  breath  in  respiration/  This  opinion  ia 
corroborated*  be  adds,  by  the  account  ho  :  '    f  tho 

sick  at  Gadea.     For  at  the  time  of  the  t\^  tide 

the  breath  never  leaves  the  dying  man,  \  i  not 

happen  if  the  tide  did  not  supply  the  earth  with  a  portion 
of  mr  sufficient  to  produce  this  etfect.  All  the  phases  of 
th  -IV  ■  hiriiiif  the  ioer«a»e,  fttlnc.^,  and  wane,  are  to 
h  II)  tite  sea.     fleuce  it  como  to  pass,  that  the 

(^  -  the  change*  of  the  moon  by  increasing  and 

d«cf*uijsjng  with  it,*' — iVo<*  to  Gades  above,  by  the  trans- 
lator* the  Rer.  Edw.  Berwick. 

*^  So  lilile.*'  says  Posidonius,  *' did  the  inhabitants  of 
BMliea  know  of  phytic  that  they  used,  like  the  Lusilani 
(and  thti  Kr^viitians],  to  lay  their  sick  relations  along 
we  pill  rvnd  ro»id,s  to  have  the  advice  of  such 

psssei'  It  giv«  it  to  them,  and  perhaps  that 

fhor  Dj  H'v  v,.p-i  the  supposed  advantage  of  the  flowing 
of  the  Ude,  a«  menaoned  in  the  text" 

^  C.  Julius  Soliuuf ;  in  cap,  xxvi.  is  the  follow- 
ing;— 

*'  "'  ^   itttodam  animal  «sse»  oamquc  ex 

'^^  '^iribus  coiiglobatum  moverj  ipi^ 

<^^  iUtqtie  dJiTiiaa  per  nietnbn  omnia. 


lanrn  Afl 

1 


astcrtiiD  molis  vigorem  exerceant    Slcal.  ergo  in 
bus  nostris  coramercia  sint  spirttalia,   ita.  io 
Octant  narei^  qunsdam  wuadi  conatitutss^  per  quae 
anbelitus  vel  redacti  modo  effleot  mAriat  unodo  t» 
At  hi  qui  syderum,"  &c, 

Koeler,  In  his  Animadv,  etd  Senec€t  iVter«b 
Quasiiones  (lib.  ii.  c.  1,  §  4),  obserrea,  ia  rde- 
ence  to  this  passage  :  — 

•*Ibi  rairor  S.nlmasium  in  ExtrciL  [PIini4Utia]l»p.9L 

doctrinam  non  trmgis  oeteniasae.     Haram  opintoaBm 
moidia  I'lato  ministniverit,  qui  ia  Phaexlon«  r*d] 
tiontrm  quandam  spiritns  ct  aquarum  p^r  t^rrm 
Aumebati  c.  179.     Pneter  illam  tamen 
et  aliffl  e*8c  quae  banc  opiniouem  gigtv 
ignis  quem  in  penetralibus  ternc  iav»  i  ,    ,_ 

primii  iacbnaverit  Empedocles  ....  Fiutnina  ena^ 
bat  esse  venis  montesque  ossibtis  aimilea,  ut  uo^ttfl^ 
ad  iiL  15.  §  3,  et  ad  vi.  14,  §  I,  seqq,  .  .  .      "     ' 
Zenonetiiquc  Citticum,   Pytbagora   pneennia^  i 
pro  animali  habuisse,  quod  ut  reliqua  anlmalla 
notum  est  ex  Fhih»,  i*lac.  Phttarchi^  ii,   *. 
LaerL  vii.  U  70,  iZ%  sed  non  item  eos   i 
statuiase.     Ftiere  tnmen  alii  qui  boc  credebanc.    la-  .--> 
io  banc  rem  est  locus  Straboms,  ill.  p.  262/' 

If,  as  Atbenodorus  asserts,   the  ebb  mxd  i^v 
resemble  the  insrpiration  and    expiration  of  ^ 
breath,  it  is  possible  that  some  of  the  currr 
water,  which  naturally  have  an  efflux   on 
surface  of  the  earth,  through   v.irioii'^   - 
the  mouths  of  which  we  denominate 
fountains,  are  by  other  cbanncU  dra 
the  depths  of  the  sea,  and  raise  it  s^i 
duce  a  flood-tide;  when  the  expirnt . 
cient,  they  leave  off  the  course  iu  win 
then  flowing,  &c.     Strabo  (Bohn'a  C 
hrarift  vol.  i.  p.  259.) 

**  This  method  of  explaJnlng  the  «bb  tatd  flow  «C 
sea,  by  comparing  it  to  the  reepiration  of  stiiiaal%b 
so  extraordinarv  when  we  remember  tbual  It 
opinion  of  many  philo«opheri  that  the  uniretve  i 
an  animal.  Pomponius  Mela  {£h  Siim  OHi«w  ^ 
c  1),  speaking  of  the  tides,  says:  — '  Neque  atlHi 
C4>gnttam  est,  anhelitune  luo  id  mundus  «flici^ 
tamque  cum  spiritu  regeral  undam  iindiqiac  at,  ai  ^ 
tioribus  placet*  unum  (7«^  univeraum)  animal  «(«;» 
sint  depressi  aliqux  specus,  quo  rectproeata  mm^fiM  tv^i^-* 
atque  uude  se  rursus  exuberantia  attoll*Qt ;  «a  iMt>' 
causas  tantis  meatibus  pncbeat.*  **  —  Noig  fey  til*  ^ 
later. 

The  subject  of  one  of  the  nameroiu  inaji< 
of  Dr.  Dee.  ia,  **  The  true  Cause  aod  Ai?coiiiit(i 
vulgar)  of  Fluds  and  Ebbs,"  1553  :  — 

**  Perch  an  nee  they  thtnke  the  Sea  aad  RlrHV  {■ 
Thames)  to  be  some  y  l  *»  -  -  -  -.^,|  ^  j^  ^^^ 
flow  in,  run  in  and  ou  al  ihuir  owm 

ioBies,    God  beipe,  Ii.  ^ftit\fmtitm^ 

fact,  b.  iiij. 

He  probably  adopted  Roger  BicoB*«  Ji 
theory;  or  did  be  characteristically  fullosr  tbi 
culation  of  the  mathematician — 
*  apud  Ffomuodoro,  qui  natuare  mare  «xi«Limavti3- 
f^n<*i1  An|;4«hii9  »liqui«  terrp*  motor  (iaccrttun  m^t^  flP* 
"  '  ^wpra  centnim  t^od 
t:  per  oetta  at  cNaMsta 


I 


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NOTES  AlTD  QUEKIES. 


f! 


I 


Seeing  these  attributes  given  to  the  elemeitta, 
we  cannot  be  iiiq)rised  at  their  receiving?  f'^m 
the  ancient  Pajjans  the  veneration  paid  to  deiiie»^ 
as  npneats  in  the  subjoined  extract  from  Acnlu- 
thus,  J)e  Aquis  Amaris  Maiedictionem  Inferentibiis^ 
LipdiE,  1682,  4to:  — 

**  (n  lanta  qaondam  apud  Getitiles  reneratione  erat 
Aqno,  lit  nummii  loco  illam  faerint  veoerati,  Sap.  xiii.  2. 
( Vid,  ct  B,  Dti,  M»  Hoffmaimi  Umbram  in  Lntt^  can.  ii, 
4  33 ;  Kircheri  (Edip.  -^^^'-t  t.  iij.  p.  347),  ubi  de  Nilo 
riab€t«  DivlnH  honoribtu  calto.  Juveo.  lib.  L  Sat.  3, 
V.  19f  p.  61t  edit  Yarior.  ad  qaem  tocum,  nt  et  ad  v.  13, 
vide  Grangasi  notaa  p.  90,  91,  edit  Paris  et  B.  Autumni, 
p.  49  f.  [v.  IS»  Nanc  encri  fontii  neitiui;  18—20,  Q  nan  to 
pneaentitis  esaet  Namen  aqnje,  viridi  »i  marg^ine  clau- 
dcret  undaa  Herba,  ii«c  ingtnuum  viokrent  marmora 
topbum?]  Hoornbek  Ih  Omv^rMnme  Jndorxtmtt  GmtiLt 
p.  4t  5,  Sic  df!  Chaldieis  ait  SMoriius  ApoUiDam  tn 
'anegvr.  Antbemii,  Juratur  ab  illii  Ignia  ct  Unda  Deos.*' 

This  subject  Las  been  exhausted  by  Jo.  Albert 
Fabricius  in  hia  Theotogie  de  tEau,  Sec  Demon- 
MtraiiortH  Evangcliquet^  L  ix.  To  the  iiuthorities 
there  cited,  Maximiis  Tyrlua  should  be  added, 
Diaa*  viit.  7* 

**  *        '        *        .        Among  tliemBelves  all  things 
HavQ  order ;  and  fh>iii  henca  the  form,  which  nudces 
The  universe  reaemble  God. 

•        *.*..       All  natnrea  lean 
In  this  their  order,  diveraely,  some  more. 
Some  lo8«,  approaching  to  their  primal  source. 
Thus  they  to  differeat  havena  are  mov*d  on 
Through  the  vast  sea  of  being,  and  each  one 
With  instinct  giv'n,  that  bears  it  in  its  courae.** 

Dante'a  Paradw^  by  Gary. 
For  a  curious  description  of  the  origin  of  fire- 
worship,  I  would  refer  to  the  Shilh  Ndrtwh,  trans- 
lated by  Atkinson,   p.  4.     (Oriental  Translation 

Fund*)  BiBUOTHECAR,   CH£TBAM. 


COLKITTO  AND  GALASP. 
(3'«S.  V.  1180 
It  19  curioua  that  Alilton  should  have  considered 
these  names  as  "  harder/*  or  even  harsher  in  sound, 
th on  his  own.     He  wrote  them  both  incorrectly, 
and  to  answer  his  poetical  requirements,  he  lop- 
ped off  the  concluding  syllable  from  the  latter,  not 
eeemin^  to  think  that  hia  own  act  of  mutilation 
only  made    Gillaspick  appear  barbarous  as   Gal- 
,  ttMp.    They  were  both  Christian  names  of  frequent 
[occurrence    in  the  great   family  of  Macdonnell, 
I  Col  I  a  being  originally  adopted  from  one  of  their 
■Irish  ancestors  —  a  prince  named  Colla,  aurnamed 
l^iwiTA,  or  "  the  noble;"  and  Gillaspick  from  a 
■  Norwegian  ancestor.     The  latter  never,  I  should 
Iftuppose,  took  the  form  of  Oalagp  but  in  Milton*s 
■line.     It  Ja  composed  of  the  common  Celtic  word 
I6r^e,   and   the    Korse  word    Uj^pahr^    meaning 
■*•  fierce"  or  "unruly,"  and  was  first  applied,  as 
.  ChriatiJU)  name,  to' one  of  the  grandsons  of  the 


jrreafc    Somhairle,    or  the    **  mighty   Somerled,** 
Thane  of  Ar^ryle,  in  the  twelfth  century.     Since 
then^  it  may  be   safely   asserted,  that  thei-e  has 
been  almost  no  family  of  Macdonnells  without  a 
Gillaspick  araon^  its  sons.    This  name  has  be* 
come  Archibald  in  modern   times ;   but  why^   it 
would  not  be  easy  to  determine.     See  The  ChtQ* 
niele  of  MafL,  edited  by  P.  A-  Munch,  pp.  94, 95. 
The  Scottish  chief  CoUa,  or  Coll,   sumatned 
Ciotachy  or  Kittogh.,  "left-handed,"  was  a  con- 
temporary of  Milton,  and  a  cousin  once  removed 
of  the  well-known  Marquis  of  Antrim^  married 
to  the  Duchess  of  Buckingham.     He  resided  in 
the  island  of  Colonsay*  from  which  be  was  ex* 
pel  led  B  short  time  before  the  commencement  of 
the  j^reat  Civil  War.    But  previously  to  hia  ex- 
pulsion, and  frequently  afterwards*  he  dealt  many 
fatjil  **  leA-banded '"  blows  i^ainst  the  Campbells, 
the  hereditary  enemies  of  his  clan.     He  was  ap- 
pointed by  the  Macdonnells  to  hold  the  fortress  of 
Dunyveg,    in   Isla,    agunsi  General  Leslie,    to 
whom   he  was  induced]  to  surrender  it,  and  by 
whom  he  was  treacherously  handed  over  to  his 
deadly  foe,  the  Earl  of  Argylc*     It  was  always 
supposed  that  Coll-Kittagh  was   hung  from  the 
inaat  of  his  own  galley,  placed  for  this  purpose 
over  the  cleft  of  a  rock,  near  the  castle  of  Duu- 
staflnage,    but  the  mode    of  his  execution   was 
somewhat  different^  as  we   learn  from  a  manu- 
script   originally    written    by   the    Kev.   James 
Hamilton,  and  of  which  extracts  were  printed  for 
the  first  time  in  Dr»  Reid's  Hutory  of  the  Presby- 
terian Church,  vol.  i.  pp»  441,  533,     Hamilton, 
the  writer  of  this  MS.,  and  Coll-Kittagh,  hap- 
pened to  be  imprisoned  at  the  same  time  in  the 
castle  of  Mingarrie,  Ardnamurchan.     The  Earl 
of  Argyle,  fearin«T  that  CoU  might  be  rescued  by 
the  soldiers  of  Montrose,  sent  him  to  a  certain 
Captain  Gillaspick  of  Kirkcaldie,  with  strict  in- 
junctions that  the  latter  should  keep  him  **sickep'* 
(secure)  under   the   deck  of  his   ship,   until   he 
(Argyle),  and  none  but  he,  should  send  a  written 
order  for  his  re-delivery.    One  of  Argyle*s  agenta 
soon  appeared  with  the  fatal  order,  to  whom  Coll 
was  given  up,   and    by  whom  he  was  forthwith 
hanged  over  the  ship's  side,  between  I nnerkei th- 
ing and  Kirkcaldie,    **  So,*'  an  Hamilton  expresses 
it,  **was  he  both  hanged  and  drowned/* 

Thus  far  the  real  Coll-Kittagh.  Dot  the  per- 
son whom  Milton  speaks  of  as  *'Colkjtto»"  waa  a 
Mon  of  the  former,  whose  Chrjatian  name  wta  Alex- 
ander, or  Allasier,  and  who  was  always  named, 
in  Gaelic,  AUmter  Mac  Coll-Kittagh,  to  distinguish 
him  from  other  Alexanders,  the  sons  of  other 
Colls,  his  kinsmen.  This  Allaater  Mac  Coll-Kit- 
tagh was  notorious  in  Antrim,  during  the  mas- 
sacres of  1641,  as  an  able  and  ruthless  leafier  of  a 
murderous  band  of  Irish  and  Scottish  Highlanders. 
He  became  still  more  widely  known  as  Ihe  com- 
mander of  an  expedition  sent  by  the  Marquis  of 


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Antrim,  in  1644,  to  assist  Montrose  in  Scotland. 
His  name  of  Allaster  Mac  CoU-Kittagh  was  rather 
a  lengthened  appellation,  especially  for  English 
writers,  who  did  not  know  what  it  all  meant. 
They,  therefore,  dropped  his  Christian  name  alto- 
gether, and  gave  him  hb  father*s  Christian  name 
and  surname,  corruptly  spelled  *'  Colkitto.**  And, 
indeed,  in  some  of  their  pages  he  actually  figures 
as  *« Colonel  Kitto  I'* 

Once  for  all,  howeyer,  his  name  was  Alexander, 
the  son  of  CoU-Kittagh ;  the  son  of  Gillaspick ; 
the  son  of  Colla-Z)tf  D-na-^Can^^tc^,  or,  '*  Black  C/oIla 
of  the  Horses ;"  the  son  of  Alexander  of  Isla ; 
the  son  of  John,  sumamed  Cathanach^  or  the 
*^  warlike  ;**  the  son  of  John ;  the  son  of  Donnell, 
sumamed  Ballath^  or  "freckled;"  the  son  of 
John,  sumamed  jSfor,  or  "  large- bodied  ;**  the  son 
of  the  "  good  John  of  Isla,*'  and  his  second  wife 
Margaret  Stewart,  a  daughter  of  Robert  IL  (See 
Donald  Gregory's  History  of  the  Higklandg  and 
lileg  of  ScoUand.)  Geo.  Hill. 

Belfitft. 

Hatdr's  Cakzonets  (3"»  S.  t.  212.)  — Though 
unable  to  answer  your  correspondent's  question 
with  respect  to  all  Haydn's  canzonets,  I  can  giye 
you  some  information  concerning  one  of  them. 
The  late  Geo.  Dance,  architect,  told  me  that  he 
himself  directed  Haydn's  attention  to  "  She  never 
told  her  love,"  and  recommended  him  to  set  it  to 
music.  There  is  a  story  told  on  the  authority  of 
Dr.  Clarke  Whitfeld,  formerly  professor  of  music 
at  the  University  of  Cambrld^je,  that  Haydn  read- 
ing "  She  sat  like  passion "  (instead  of  patience) 
"  on  a  monument,"  struck  a  fortissimo  chord  on  the 
pianoforte,  which  he  changed  to  the  present  ex- 
quisite chord  as  soon  as  he  learned  his  mistake. 
While  my  pen  is  in  hand,  I  will  give  you  two  other 
anecdotes  of  the  great  composer,  told  by  the  late 
Mr.  Salomon,  the  violin  player,  who,  as  is  well 
known,  brought  him  to  England.  Among  the 
novelties  introduced  into  music  by  Mozart  were 
quintetts  with  two  violas,  Salomon  asked  Haydn 
to  write  some  quintetts  on  this  plan ;  but  he  re- 
fused, saying,  **  Mozart  has  written  you  some 
quintetts."  When  Haydn  had  completed  his 
"  Twelve  Grand  Symphonies,"  which  his  engage- 
ment with  Salomon  required,  Salomon  compli- 
mented him,  saying,  "  Sir,  I  think  you  will  never 
surpass  these  Symphonies."  "  Sir,"  replied  Haydn, 
"  I  never  mean  to  try."  Musicians  will  know  that 
he  kept  his  word,  though  he  continued  to  write 
quartctts  as  long  as  he  lived.     Septuagenarius. 

Imcuoaw  (3"*  S.  V.  154.)  —  Inchgaw,  or  Inch- 
g[all,  was  the  name  of  a  small  island,  which  was 
situated  in  the  now  nearly  drained  lake  of  Lo- 
chore,  or  Loch  Orr,  in  the  parish  of  Ballingray, 
in  Fife.  There  was  idso  a  chapel  here ;  and,  ac- 
cording to  Sibbald,  so  early  as  the  rei$;n  of  Mal- 
colm lY.  (1153— 1165)— others  say  Malcolm  UI. 


(1057— 1093)— Duncan,  of  Lochore,  built  a  caitie 
upon  the  island ;  and  there  the  Lochores,  u  vdl 
as  the  Yaloniis  and  the  Wardlmws,  who  were  sa^ 
cessively  proprietors  or  barons  of  Inchgall  and 
Lochore,  for  many  ages  resided.  It  is  |irohahk 
that  the  '*  barony  of  Inch^w*'  had  originated 
with  Duncan  of  Lochore.  Kobert,  Duke  of  Al- 
bany, when  regent  of  Scotland,  granted  a  coa- 
firmation  charter  of  the  lande  of  ^Trakewut* 
(Traquair),  in  Peeblesshire,  to  Watson  of  Cranf 
stoun,  dated  *'apud  Inch^alV  Sept.  27,  1407 
(Reg.  Mag.  Si^  f.  233).  Notices  of  this  baraq 
will  be  found  m  Inquisitiones  Speciales;  and,iB- 
der  "Fife,"  No.  389  (May  23,  1627),  the  serria 
of  one  of  the  heirs  runs  thus :  — 

**  In  terns  et  baronia  de  Lochiracbyre-Westcr  Jm 
nuncnpatis  Inchegall ;  terris  nancopatis  Flockhou  < 
Bowhoais  de  Inchgall,  cum  lacu  de  Incfagall  et  jvicpi- 
trooatas  capeilae  de  Inchgall,"  &c. 

''  The  loch  of  Inchgaw,  with  the  castle,"  ii 
mentioned  in  Monipennie's  Brief e  I>escriptk^if 
Scotland.  In  an  antiquarian  point  of  Tiew,  IndfiL 
or  Lochore,  possesses  some  interesting  featnrtL 
Some  say  that  there  was  a  Roman  camp,  and  ib: 
the  Ninth  Legion  was  attacked  here,  and  net:? 
destroyed  by  the  Caledonians.  It  is  just  poiu^ 
that,  upon  a  careful  examination  of  the  site  of  tk 
old  Inch,  traces  of  a  crannoge  may  even  vet  x 
found.  It  will  be  remembered  that  Snr  Wate 
Scott's  eldest  son  married  Miss  Jobaon,  haitmd 
Lochore.  "  Inchgarvie,"  referred  to  bj  &,  if  «o 
island  in  the  Forth,  near  Queensferrj;  locally 
attached  to  the  parish  of  Dalmeny,  co.  LirAiili- 
gow.  Ga,  or  Gaw,  is  used  as  a  coonmon  abbre- 
viation of  the  surname  of"  Gall,"  in  the  north-«fi 
of  Scotland ;  as  also  is  Ao,  for  "  hall,**  &c.    A.  J. 

Captain  James  Gifford  and  Admiral  GI^ 
FORD  (3'«  S.  iv.  472,  528.)—  1.  Captain  Jame? 
Gifford  of  Girton,  Cambridgeshire,  died  Jamury, 
1814,  and  was  interred  in  the  church  of  All  Saint.'- 
Cambridge ;  where  his  parents  also  He  buriel 
His  father  was  one  of  the  aldermen  of  that  to«. 
and  served  the  office  of  mayor  in  1757;  tai 
thenceforward,  continued  in  the  Commission  of 
the  Peace.  Tablets  to  the  memory  of  Captaia 
Gifford  and  his  parents  are  to  be  seen  in  that 
church. 

2.  He  was  in  the  army,  and  Captain  in  tbr 
14th  Regiment  of  Foot. 

3.  On  looking  over  memoranda  of  accounti 
kept  by  him,  I  find  this  entry :  — 

**  1784,  March  8th.  Paid  Hodson  in  fhll  for  pristiBC 
Elucidation  of  the  Unity,  &c.,  in  full,  £6  14«.  6d." 

This  is  the  first  mention  I  find  of  publisbhi^ 
account :  coupling  this  with  a  memorandum  pre- 
fixed to  a  prayer,  written  and  offered  up  by  niffl, 
^  On  occasion  of  my  endeavours  to  elucidate  the 
Unity  of  God,"  and  which  bears  date  Sept.  178S, 
it  is  pretty  evident  the  first  edition  of  that  work 
appeared  m  or  about  the  year  1783.    At  regards 


aM  S,  V,  April  2,  '64.} 


NOTES  AND  QUEKIES. 


289 


the  Letter  to  the  ArchbMop  of  Canterbury ^  I  find 
thia  entry ;  — 

«  t7^'  o..*«hfr  25lh.  Paid  Rfvtnglon  for  pnnUng 
ArcJi  '>r  in  full,  Atkd  SfttUed  with  B<>uksflU«r 

Bftldtv.  ' 

W  I  can  give  no  further  information  as  refi^ards 
any  previous  edition  of  tbiu  Letter^  nor  can  I  state 
wLcQ  the  other  three  editions  of  the  Elucidation 
appeared* 

4.  The  enlargements  and  additions  were  all  the 
authors  own.  His  son,  Major-General  Gifford, 
determined  to  print  them  in  full  on  bis  futber^s 
death  ;  and  then  brought  oat  the  5th  edition.  He 
knew  it  was  a  Fubject  entered  on  in  the  spirit  of 
devout  piety^  and  had  occupied  the  writer*s 
thoughts  for  manj  years  of  his  life.  Capt.  James 
GiiTord  (Sen.)  was  also  the  author  oi  A  Short 
JEsioy  on  the  Belief  of  an  Universal  Providence, 
Cambridge,  printed  by  J.  Archdeacon,  1781 ;  and 
of  a  little  work  entitled,  Jtejiections  on  the  Necessity 
of  Deaths  and  the  Hopes  of  a  Future  Existence. 

In  the  Chrinfiaft  Rvformer  for  January  1854 
(No,  119,  New  Series),  there  is  a  Memoir  of 
Rear-Admiral  Jomes  Giflbrd,  the  eldest  son  of 
Capt.  Gifibrd,  and  an  account  of  the  good  recep- 
tion his  Remonstrance  met  with.  He  wrote  it 
when  he  wiw  Captain  in  the  Navy.     In  this  Re- 

^brmer,  we  read  m  a  note :  — 

■   *<  See  A  brief  notice  of  Captain  James  GiiTord,  Sen., 
^K:eon]paajHng  a  prayer  of  his  compo&iUoa  in  Okrittian 

Reformer^  vol.  i.»  x.  s.,  p.  821 ;  and  of  big  worki  MontlU^ 

Repository,  vol-  xj»  p.  144."' 

The  writer  adds,  **  a  sixth  edition  of  the  Eluci- 
dation was  published  bv  the  author's  son,  General 
Gifford  "—but  he  should  have  said^A. 

^  GbO.  S.  J*  GllTDRD. 

m.    EaaoKEoua   Mohumejitai^     Inscbiptions    m 

Bbistol  (3^^   S.  V.  87.)— It  may  be  as  well  to 

Kotice  two  inaccuracies  of  date  m  the  tablet  on 

The  west  wall  of  Bristol  Cathedral  erected  by  a 

**  devoted  friend  **  m  memory  of  the  Porter  fumily. 

Col.  John  Porter  is  said  to'  have  died  in  the  IsJe 

of  Man  in  the  year  1810,  aged  38  years.      It 

should  have  been  181  J,  as  appears  from  a  letter 

of  Miss  Jane  Porter,  now  lying  before  me,  dated 

'N'ov.    18»  1811^  in  which   she  speaks  of  having 

dv  been  Afflicted  with  the  news  of  the  death  of 

orother  John,  who  was  the  me  reliant  in  the 

feBt  Indies.     It  would  appear  from  the  Gentle- 

vins  3fagazine  that  he  died,   poor    fellow!   in 

istie   Ku^hen,   an   imprisoned  debtor,   on    the 

WBih.  of  Augustjea  ving  a  widow  and  child.  (Query, 

What  became  of  them  ?)    The  father  of  "  tins 

kigbly  gifted  and  most  estimable  family  "'  is  said 

"^  have  died  at  Durham  in  the  year  of  our  Lord 

?80,     It  should  huve  been  1779.     I  add  a  copy 

^hi'  jt  on  hh  tombstone  in  the  i:hurch- 

^d  t  ,ii4'4j  iti  Durham :  — 


«  To  the  Memory 
of 

WllXtAM   PoRTBn, 

Wbo  was  SnrgeoD  23  yeart  to  Uie 

InniikilUng  fiegiment  of  Drag^oiWy 

Atid  de|)Arted  iliia  life  the  8th  of 

September,  1779,  in  the  45th  year 

of  hit  age. 

Ho  was  a  tender  hnsband,  a  kind  fklher, 

And  a  faithful  friend." 

WnJJMooii  ATTD  Wbittmobb  (2^  S.  V.  220.)  — 

Not  being  personally  acquainted  with  the  country 
in  question,  I  was  obliged  to  depend  upon  others ; 
and  while  writing  my  note,  I  had  before  me  Fa- 
den's  large  map  of  Staffordshire  in  1799,  together 
with  Cmchley  8  Maps  and  Walker's  County  At- 
las —  the  two  last  reduced  from  the  Ordnance 
Survey.  It  will  be  seen,  I  thinks  that  I  could 
hardly  come  to  any  other  conclusion  than  that  the 
two  names  applied  to  the  same  place.  Cruchley 
omits  WTiiti more,  in  Shropshire;  and  lavs  down 
Wildmoor  farm  within  the  borders  of  Stafford- 
shire on  the  same  spot,  near  Abbots'  Castle,  where 
Faden  has  inserted  Willmor*  Walker  follows  an 
opposite  course,  noting  WhlUmore  (Wc),  in  Shrop- 
ihire,  and  not  giving  either  name  in  Staffordshire* 
I  knew  that  the  parish  of  Bobbington  extends  into 
Salop ;  and  when  I  said  that  Wildmore  did  so,  I 
was  of  course  alluding  to  that  portion  of  Bobbing- 
ton, which  your  correspondent  observes  is  now 
locally  known  as  Wittymerc.  After  all,  it  may 
be  that  Willmore  was  the  original  appellation, 
and  that  the  property  of  the  Whitniore  family 
came  to  be  called  after  them,  one  name  easily 
passing  into  the  other;  or,  vice  versd^  Willmore 
and  Wildmoor  may  themselves  be  corruptions  of 
Whitimore,  and  instances  of  the  changes  in  no- 
menclature which  so  frequently  occur.  The  dis- 
similarity of  the  ancient  and  modern  names  cer- 
tainly struck  me ;  but  they  are  scarcely  greater 
than  those  of  the  place  near  Burton- on-Trent, 
The  authorities  quoted  by  Shaw  prove  that  W^et- 
more  was  formerly  written  Witt  more,  W^ythmere, 
Wightmere,  &c.  I  will  not  conclude  without 
offering  my  thanks  to  your  corre.^pondent  for  bis 
friendly  correction.  SflBst, 

lUJBGlTlMATE    ChIUIIEV    OF   CrA&LES  IT.    (3*^ 

S.  v.  211.)— In  the  list,  given  by  Oxomubnsis,  of 
the  illegitimate  children  of  Charles  IL,  there  are 
omitted  Charlotte,  Countcsa  cif  Lichfield,  and 
Barbara,  a  nun  at  Pontoiae  :  both  daughters  of 
Barbara,  Duchess  of  Cleveland.  And  I  will  add 
a  query :  What  authority  is  there  for  the  exist- 
ence of  James  Stewart,  a  Catholic  priest^  with 
whom  the  list  begins?  I  have  never  seen  him 
mentioned  in  any  list  of  Charks  11.  s  children. 
Chabi^bs  F.  S.  Wabbjsn. 

LBAniNo  Apes  is  Hisij*  (3'*  S.  v,  193.) —  I  am 
not  aware  of  the  origin  of  the  phrase^  *'  Leading 


290 


NOTES  AND  QUERIED 


[S'^av.  Araxtl^'ll. 


apes  in  hell,*'  ai  applied  to  old  maiden  ladies  ;  but 
&8  T-  D.  H*  asks  for  earlier  mention  of  the  BUper- 
Btition,  I  would  refer  bim  to  Much  Ado  Aboui 
Nothing  (Act  II.  Sc.  1),  where  the  theme  is  en- 
larged upon  at  considerable  length  hy  &  tfoung 
maiden  lady  of  certain  age,  but  of  uncertain  tem- 
per. Probably  some  commentator  on  this  pas- 
sage may  throw  light  on  the  matter.        C.  A*  L. 

Shenstone^  in  one  of  his  Levities^  or  Pieces  of 
Hrnnour^  entitled  "Stanzas  to  the  Memory  of  an 
agreeable  Lady^  buried  in  Marriage  to  a  Person 
undeserving  of  her/*  and  which  commences  — 
**  *Twt»  always  held,  atid  ever  will, 
By  aage  mankind •  di*creetcr, 
T*  anticjpnte  ii  leaser  iH 
Thnn  tinder j^o  a  greater" — 

thus,  in  the  sixth  verse,  alludea  to  the  above 
singular  superstition :  — 

"  Foor  Grutia,  in  her  twentieth  year* 
Forupciog  future  woe; 
Chose  to  nttrnd  :i  monkey  here, 
Before  an  ape  hclow." 

MoBRis  C.  Imes. 
lirarpoot. 

Pamphlet  (3^*  S.  v.  167.)— It  aeems  worth 
while  to  make  a  note  of  a  somewhat  unusual 
employment  of  this  word,  upon  which  I  have 
just  happened  in  Shakspeare'a  Finit  Pari  of 
HenryVLi-^ 

"  [.    .    .    Gloster  nffert  to  pui^a  Bill :  Winchester 

maiekti  iU  tt*ir»  it 
«*  Whiek§»ttr,   Com'st  thou  with  deep    premeditated 
lines? 
With  written  pamphhiM,  stadiotialy  devised  ?  " 

Joinir  Addis. 

A?»CE9T0R  WoRsinp  (3'*  S.  V.  212.)  —  For  in- 
formation on  this  subject,  aee  Faiths  of  the  Worlds 
by  Rev,  J.  Gardner,  M*A.,  published  by  Fullar- 
ton  &  Co.  This  work  abo  contains  notices  of 
**  Sidereal  Worship/'  H.  PitawicK. 

VBmifTIKO      Q DOTATIONS  I      TaADmOMS,     BTC. 

(3'*  S.  iv.  193,  292.)— A  curious  instance  of  the 
chance  of  continuing  an  error,  unless  a  subject  be 
thotpughly  gone  into,  occurred  the  other  day  in 
editing  the  Architectural  Publication  Society's 
Dictionary^  which  is  perhaps  worth  recording. 
On  coming  to  the  biography  of  Fra  Giovanni  Gio- 
eondo,  the  writer  found  there  was  an  epigram 
addressed  to  him  by  the  learned  Sannazarius,  in 
which  the  former  is  described  as  the  architect  of 
**geminum  pontem^*  at  Paris.  On  consulting  an 
able  Frencli  authority,  the  editing  Committee 
were  told  there  was  no  question  that  the  bridge 
was  the  old  Pont  aux  DoubUs^  a  bridge  which  led 
from  the  front  of  Notre  Dame  to  the  Qu artier 
Latin ;  and  which  has  just  been  pulled  down,  in 
eonscnucnce  of  the  public  improvements— in  fact, 
that  tne  name  itself  was  sufficient  evidence  to 
rely  on.  Having,  however,  the  fear  of  our  vigi- 
lant seorelftry  before  our  eyes,  it  was  determitied 


to  search  further.  And  after  raDftoekiiig  BmmL 
and  a  host  of  authorities,  it  was  diaooTctcd  iki 
the  Pont  aux  Doubles  was  not  erected  tUl  iftv 
Giocondo^s  death,  and  that  it  waa  so  oalled,  ait 
because  it  was  a  "  geminuni  nontem,"  or  4adk 
bridge^  but  because  formerly  tberc  was  a  toil  of  t 
double,  or  double  denier  (a  smalt  French  eoir*. 
worth  the  sixth  part  of  a  penny),  payable  bj  ill 
who  passed  over  it.  The  discovery  that  so  nr&- 
bable  a  conjecture,  and  one  that  appeara  to  iiit 
been  so  universally  received,  waa,  aAer  all,  m 
error,  seems  so  curious  that  it  is,  I  hope,  woril 
recording  in  **  N.  &  Q.'*  A.  JL 

Poets*  Comer, 

PoaTaAiTs  or  Our  Loan  (3'*  S.  ▼,  74, 1W.V- 
There  is  evidence  thnt  such  portraits;,  or  naff 
portraits  asserted  to  be  such*  were  ^^iani  ia  ifci 
second  and  third  centuries  of  our  aera.  la  tk 
Latin  version  of  Ireneeus  (AdversuM  ilffmtt)  9 
the  following  passage,  relative  to  the  ^LjUowenif 
the  hercsiarch  Carpocrates  :  — 

"  Ktism  imaj^n&s  iiuisdara  qiiidetn  depictAi*  tiauiM 
autefti  et  de  rcUqua  materia  fabricatoa  h.tb^nt*  dteVHi 
formam  Christi  factam  a  Pilato,  iilo  in  tempore  qooM 
Jesiu  cam  bomimbos-  Et  ha^^  coronant,  «i  giimyf 
fsas  CDm  JmagiQibus  mundi  philoaophoruin,  viddksMO* 
tmagiae  Pythagoras,  et  PbtoaU,  et  Anstotelia,'*  Ac 

Hippolitus,  the  bishop  of  Portus,  m  liia  0» 
responding  book,  Kar^  Tnurmv  alp'ifrt<»y^  bis  a 
passage  to  the  same  effect :  — 

Both  passages  throw  doubt  upon    thm 
ticity  of  the  representations.     See  Hunaen^i  flip' 
poly t us  and  his  AgCy  vol.  i,  pp*  80,  81,       H.  G.  C 

Sancboft  {Z'^  S.  v.  213.)— Francia  SaoovAt 
of  Fressingfield  (co.  Suflblk),  bad  by  hb  viK 
Margaret,  dau|;hter  and  co'beiress  of  Tbottfl 
Boucher  of  Wilby,  in  the  same  county,  two  lOM 
Thomas,  and  William,  the  Arebbtshopi  and  «t 
daughters  —  Deborah,  Elizabeth^  Alice,  Fnaci^ 
Mary,  and  Margaret. 

Although  I  have  been  unable  to  fitid  ottt 
of  their  husbands*  names,  I  would  aitggest 
the  follow injg  probable  sources  should  ba  l^tcii 

The  Archbishop,  who  was   fond  of  obl~*~^ 
any  information  connected  with  bis  family, 


ktbofSi 


tiiH  Mttur 
hebifiH 

V9  b 


extracts  with   his   own    hand 
books,  of  the  parish  of  Fresain 
marriages,  and  deaths  of  all  m 
croft  family  from  the  year  1734*» 
existence  some  few  years  a^o,  and 
sion  of  the  Kev.'Mr.  Holmes  of 
Suffolk. 

Three  larjie  volumes  of  letters,   • 
private  matters,  addresse^l   to   Aj* 
crofl  at  difl'erint  time:?,  arc  in  the  lliuUiaw 
lection  (Nos,  3783—3785)* 

In  Dr.  Ay9cough*B  Catalogue  (4223, 130), 


Gawdy 


a**  S.  V.  ArBB.  2,  '64.] 


NOTES  AND  Ql 


F 

H  pftpers  left  by  Dr.  Bircb,  ore  several  documenU 

H  relfttlog  to  the  private  bktory  of  the  Arcbbishop. 
H        About  the  year  1661,  bU  «bter  Catherine  lived 

H  with  the  Archbishop,  fto  that  it  h  probable  that, 

H  in  that  year,  that  Imj  if  as  a  spinster. 
H  Wyk?<e  E.  Baxter. 

P  coi 


291 


P 


I 


TacsT  AHD  TBUSTr  (3'*  S,  v,  231.)— Your 
correspondent  J,  €.  J.^  who  hoa  taken  under  bis 
epeciat  patronage  the  new  word — or  would-be 
word  —  reliable^  in  order  to  obviate  the  objection 
that  ita  use  has  been  anticipated  and  supplied  by 
tniatwortMi/^  advanccil,  in  a  letter  to  "  N-  k  Q," 
some  weeJcd  or  months  q^o,  the  ingenloua  theory 
that  "  tru5t  '*  and  its  derivates  are,  properly, 
BUiceptible  only  of  a  personal  application.  I  pro- 
tested against  the  limitation  as  novel,  arbitrary 
and  untenable,  and  I  cited  Shakspeare.  J.  C.  J. 
replies  in  an  article  headed  "Trusty:  Trust,  as 
used  by  Shokspeure/'  I  waive  all  discussion  of 
**  Trusty,"  bccauue  it  was  not  the  equivalent  sug- 
gested for  "  reliable."  Let  us  jjo  to  the  root, 
•*  Trust."  J.  C.  J.  says  that  Sbakspeare  uses 
this  word  120  times;  that  for  more  than  one  Lalf 
of  these  he  applies  it  to  persons,  and  frequently 
in  the  remaining  cases  to  ihings  whicb  have  refer- 
ence to  persons.  J.  C.  J.  considers  swords  and 
other  weapons  to  possess  (poetict)  a  sort  of  per* 
aonal  existence ;  and  from  these  premises  he  con- 
cludes that  Sbakspeare^  though  **  lie  occasionally 
disregards  it,"  prefers  his  (J,  C.  J.*s)  use  of  the 
word  **  trust" 

With  these  assumptions,  inferences,  and  re- 
servations it  is  not  easy  to  deal.  Shakspeare's 
prefercfice  of  the  personal  to  the  material  appli- 
cation of  the  word,  if  he  be  admitted  to  have 
employed  both,  is  too  loose  and  conjectural  a 
thesis  for  argument.  In  the  mean  time,  the  word 
is  used  by  every  one  in  its  material  sense  a  dozen 
times  a  day.  A  man  trusts  or  distrusts  his  watch, 
his  weather-glass,  his  wall,  as  it  may  be  well  or 
ill  built — his  horse,  as  it  may  be  sure-iboted  or 
otherwise,  Sec.  kc. ;  and  he  does  so  in  perfectly 
cood  English.  The  distinction  is  too  fine  to 
handle*  J,  C.  J.  is  much  less  nicely  discriminate 
in  matters  of  neology,  when  he  tnlks  of  **tlje 
modern  words  reliance  and  reliable^**  as  if  they 
were  parallel  in  date  and  authority, — whereas  the 
one  is  to  be  found  in  Sbakspeare,  is  used  by 
Dryden,   Atterbury,  Bolingbruke,  and  probably 

S  every  great  writer  of  the  Knslish  language  for 
3  last  two  centuries — whilst  t^be  other  is,  os  we 
all  know,  the  newspaper  spawn  of  the  last  ten  or 
twelve  years. 

I  quite  a^ree  with  J.  C.  J.  that  it  would  be 
execrable  English,  even  for  the  nineteenth  cen- 
tury, to  say  that  "  your  honesty  is  reliable  ** 
(though  I  am  rather  sur|}risctl  that  he  should 
admit  it  to  be  so)  ;  but  to  5;iy  *'  your  honesty  is 
trnstworthy "  would  be  as  good  Victorian  as 
"  ElirebeOiMi."  X. 


NOTES  ON  BOOKS,  ETC. 
E$mif»  tm  the  Adminittrationt  o/  Grtat  Britain  from  1783 
to  1830.  Meprinttdfrom  the  £dinbur^  Review.  Bjf  the 
Ht  Hon.  Sir  George  Come  wall  Lewis,  Bart.  Edited 
hf  Sir  Edmuad  Head,  Bart.  (Longmaa.) 
Thoee  who  reineniber  the  very  iuterestiag  stries  of 
napers  on  the  varioos  AdmioUtratioos  from  the  time  of 
Lord  NortU,  Lord  Eockingharo,  Lord  Shelbume,  the 
Coalition,  and  Mr.  Pitt,  down  to  those  of  Mr.  Caanioig, 
Lord  Godericlu  and  the  Duke  of  WeUinK^ton,  whicb  were 
from  time  to  time  contribated  to  the  Edinbur^i  Review 
by  that  accompliebed  scboUr  and  exceUeat  man,  the 
late  Sir  George  Lewi*,  owe  their  beat  thanks  to  Lovit 
SlAOhope  aad  the  other  dlsi-erning  critics  to  whoee  sag- 
gestioDS  tber  are  iadcbtcd  for  this  republicatioii  of  them 
in  a  collected  form.  The  articles  are  not  so  much  a  his* 
tory  of  England  during  the  period  to  which  they  relate — 
a  period  of  deep  interest,  and  replete  with  ijutructioii  — 
as  a  commentary  on  the  ministerial  historv  of  that  day. 
isuch  a  commentary  by  a  maa  like  Sir  6eorge  Lewis, 
who  in  addition  to  being  aingalarly  acute  and  Indus* 
tnouj,  and  as  aingularly  joat  and  impartial,  combined 
|iractical  ttateaiaaailiip  with  a  pbiloaophical  appreciaiioa 
of  the  acta  and  motives  of  men,  oiimut  faU  to  rivet  the 
attention  of  historical  students,  and  to  be  read  with 
advantage  by  alb  la  the  present  republication,  the  Es- 
say s  are  given  with  manypajieages,  uotes,  and  refer ences* 
which,  for  want  of  space,  were  omitted  in  the  JKdinhtai^ 
Rrview^  while  a  certain  air  of  completf'ne&s  is  given  to 
the  sericA  by  the  additiou  of  au  e.^cell{!iit  Index. 

TAe  Bibiiographtrt  Mamud  of  English  Jjiteraturtt  btf 
WiUiam  Thomas  Lowndea.  Nete  Edition,  reviwd^  cor* 
Ttcied,  and  enlarged  by  Henry  G.  Bohn,  I'art  X. 
(Boho.) 

The  present  Part  concludes  Mr,  Bohn's  bibUographieal 
labouraon  the  nucleua  furnished  by  Lowndes;  bnt,  as  bo 
tells  us,  does  not  complete  the  work,  as  it  ia  to  be  followed 
im mediately  by  an  Appendix,  which  will  coatain,  inter 
aliat  a  cnoipleto  list  of  all  the  books  printed  by  the  Lite- 
rarj'  and  Scientific  Societies  of  Great  Britain,  This  will 
certainly  be  a  most  useful  addition  to  Bohn's  Lowndes, 
vrhich  if  not  perfect,  it  an  enormous  improvement  upon 
the  original  work,  and  one  for  which  all  book  lovers  are 
Udder  great  obligations  to  Mr.  Bohn. 


Wt  have  bven  itnavt»daU)f  eomptUtd  in  amU  Mm*  ^f  ow  JKotit  oa 


J.  II.    W*  thatt  be  glad  to  rtatiM  Am  wHea  m  Gttfaall. 

J,  ili;j»itT  wilt  jUmi,  a  JfUMe  of  LmxtrFttv  Jfoodb  M  tmr  tod  a.  ▼!.  li. 
»l  i  I  ttml  r^MftHcea  Co  a  eomtkUraU^  numftr  o/urficttM  «•  «*  *«»«  *w- 
j€tf  m  ttm  Uewial  lades  Uf  wu  S'eogod  S«fici. 

E.  A,  G*»u.  ifay  marHiMvm  vera «M«id9«^  imImcA^  iii  th$  Hme  of 
OiUt^teho hUa  «»  ih  Aw FiuU  — 

"  Meiue  matM  Mato  nubeM  ruteua  &lt,"> 
■•  Utw  uphich  vetu  ttfind  em  fA«  galea  of  I/oturoad  th*  morning  i^Aer  tAe 
marriaiff  nf  Jlat^  ttiul  HolStefU.    Jgtt  »  curu/iw  j^j^  w  (Af  awitfed  by 
Oim  idle  Mr.  Hingw,  *'  K.  k  Q.*'  I«t  S,  H   ^^> 

J^anjf  SybtcriUr  eo  *'  N .  *  C*  5rd  8,  »i»  h$a 

tr.mj.r 


an  (fU  ovmer,Mr, 

Itf  Ik*  ^Sea  of'*  K.  a  (^**  or  tv 
cimn  t%tpif  vul  bt  txchtM4fc^Jbr  lU 

I,  D. 


Mimt,intMtr 


Aa*  /oGes*  on  Goad  FHdoff  IkMt  Umt»  ^wrbtg  tht 
i»lo.    'the  auititftiist  ctM^ptcJ  ix/bv  «o  tSaetar  lioift 


tmntttd  itt  Mom  > ' 


Hot  io  a«od  Jftidav*  /^*  N.  »Q."snia.T.a«. 

,^h)..L,.i  ^t  »w«  ^  Frldar.  amd  ia  also 

'^fAMFio  C«>Pi"»  for' 

inctwiimg  the  Ua^ 

Pott  O0ct  Order, 

'jin^r,  ttt  jui>jut    tJ!     vVit.l.lAl«   0,fiHtt»*W^ 


ra>  £onnaifcimiM<}Cw^TWt(;i, 


292 


NOTES  AND  QTJERIEa 


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II 

Tir, 

Bril.i*h  Mtjiury  —  L'iiL^e  Rowe,  Ei<l-,  iin  Autlmr  — Stum 
fiotl  —  Dr,  Jon&tb&D  Wagslaffe,  297. 

ij,.  .  — 

EEPLI ES :  —  HerAldie  Quwy,  SOI  —  Sit  uatton  of  Zcwir.  /J.  — 

A^..  '         ■.,-,     ^    .■•-■.,--    .        ,--.-_ 

E,  /n* 

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—  /-Jftmei.  ha,— 

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— Arohbuboii  HataLltuti  —  Toi*t,  Towter,  4c,,  307. 
Notoi  OD  fiooktt  Ic 


THE  BIKTH-PLACE  OF  ROBIN  HOOD. 

The  melancbolj  caU^opbe  &t  Sheffield  has 
brought  before  the  ejes  of  the  public  the  name  of 
A  river  or  rivulet  called  the  Lorlcy,  On  neeing 
thiit  name  in  the  Leeds  Merctjrtf  it  iiiime»liattflj 
occurred  to  iii<?,  hns  this  river  any  connection 
with  the  rejiuted  birth-place  of  Robin  Hood?  I 
ftt  once  turne<l  to  the  Ordnance  Survey,  sheet 
294,  SIX  inch  scale^  und  lht»re  sure  enough  I  not 
only  found  the  river  Luxley,  but  a  very  smull 
hamlet  on  its  northern  bank  called  Loxley  also. 
Now,  is  this  the  **  Alerry  swett  Lookaley  town  "  of 
the  ballad?  Hunter,  in  his  Hallaimhire^  states 
that  within  the  memory  of  man  the  di&trict  was 
wboUr  unenclosed  und  uncultivated;  and  he  is 
of  opinion  that  it  has  '*  the  fairest  pretensiouf  to 
be  the  Locksley  of  our  old  ballads.  The  remain* 
of  a  house  in  which  it  was  pretended  he  (Robin 
Hood)  wa«  bora  wej-e  formerly  pointed  out  in  a 
etnAlt  wood  in  Loxley,  called  liarwtjod ;  and  a 
well  of  fine  clear  water,  rising  near  the  bed  of  the 
river,  ha*  been  called  Robin  litK>d*ti  WelL'* 

The  traditions  respecting  the  '' mythical  per - 
§onafie*'aie  still  uoforpotteri  in  thiit  district,  for 
within  II  quarter  t»f  a  uitlu  of  thi:$  hamlet  there  is 
%  public'housc  calt'id  **  Robin  Hoo<I  and  Little 
Jolin  ^* ;  whilst  u{>on  the  moors  two  or  three 
roil^'A  In  Iho  norlhwost  we  find  "Robin  Hood'« 
part  of  the  moor  is  distln- 
riounding  wilderness  by  the 
IWbLu  Hood's  Moss/' 


A  propoa  of  Robin,  I  may  be  allowed  to  make 

the  following  remarks:  — 

Hunter  conjertures,  und  nnf.  without  some  de- 
rt^f***  of  plau-<il)ility,  that  Sir  Richard  atte  Lee, 
I  Robin  befriends,  was  a  member  of  the 
"  of  Lee  or  Leigh  of  IHiddleton,  near  Leeds. 
11  >?ir  Richard  did  go  from  Middleton  on  his 
journey  lo  meet  the  Abbot  of  St.  Mary's,  his  rood 
would  lay  across  the  present  Leeds  and  Wake- 
field turnpike  road,  just  about  nt  a  spot  where 
*^      road  crosses   a  bank  spanned   by   :i    '      '- 

:nown  by  the  nnnic  of  Robin  Hood 
*.,  .  cd  the  whole  dijitrict,  now  the  site  i^   ua^j.t 
coul-piti,  is  called  by  his  name;  and  if  this  was 
the  bridge  where  *Mh*?r  was  a  whk  ^  rnr "  i^  it 
not  probuble  that  the  kriight  in  hts  l  j^ave 

the  district  (which  would  be  Ms  owri  ^    ^      :/^  ita 
present  name  **  for  love  of  Robyn  ilode  it  '* 

Is  there  any  evidence  to  warrattt  un  in  stating 
that  the  hill  about  three  quarters  of  a  mile  north 
of  Wrenthorpe,  near  Wakefield,  now  called  Robin 
Hood's  Hill^  was  the  scene  of  the  battle  between 
Robin  and  the  Jolly  Plnder  ?  The  hill  in  ques- 
tion is  near  tbe  Wakefield  and  Bradford  turnpike 
road,  and  the  pinder  in  terms  of  reproach  states^ 

"  For  you  have  forsflUen  thP  king's  higliway>  , 

And  madD  a  path  over  the  corn.^* 

In  the  ballad  relatinji:  Robin's  blrth^  breeding, 
valour»  and  marriage,  mention  is  made  of  **  Tit- 
bury  town,"  which,  from  the  line  "  Where  the 
bagpipes  baited  the  bull,**  we  are  led  to  suppose  is 
a  clerical  error  for  "Tutbury,**  the  place  cele- 
brated for  its  bull-rinj^ ;  but  in  a  few  stanzas  fur- 
ther on  we  are  told  that  Sir  Roger,  the  parson  of  | 
Dubbridge,  brought  his  masd-book, — 

**  And  joyned  them  io  marriage  full  fast" 
Has  tbe  ballad*smithler  in  bis  ignorance  changed 
Tetbury  in  Gloucestershire  into  Titbnry,  and 
then  by  a  full  use  of  the  poet's  "license"  assured 
us  that  it  ehouhl  be  the  present  Tutbury  ?  Some 
seven  or  eight  miles  from  Tetbury,  there  is  a  vil- 
lage now  called  Dudbridge,  and  if  it  could  be 
proved  that  a  Sir  Roger  wa;*  the  officiating  priest 
at  that  place  during  either  of  the  periods  Robin  is 
said  to  have  lived,  it  would  go  far  to  settle  which 
is  really  the  correct  one. 

Robin  s  adventure  with  tbe  curtjil  friar  in  "fair 
Fountains*  dale  *'  appears  to  be  commemorated  by 
the  fact  that   the  wood    overhanging  Fuunlaint 
Abbey,  on   tbe  south  side  of  the   Skell,  i*  still 
called  Robin   HoikJ's  Wood.     In  it,  towards  the 
south*we«t  end   of  the  nbbey,  there  i^   a  sprintf 
calkd  Robin's  Well ;  and  the  neighbourhood  around 
Ripon  comprehends  other  places  named  at'ler  the 
pi»pular  hero.     One  of  his  band   is  called  Willi 
Stutly,  and  is  it  not  probable  that  he  was  a  native  J 
of  Studlcyt  who  joined  Robin  perhaps  at  the  very  j 
period  of  bia   adventure    with   tbe   redoubtable 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8'«&V.  Anii.9.14. 


ALABARCHES. 
In  Juvenal  (i.  130)  this  word,  in  the  line 
*'Ne8cio  quis  titulos  iCgjptias  Atone.  ArabarcJies^^ 
is  translated  by  Dusaulx  chef  eC  Arabes,  und  he  is 
quit-e  at  a  loss  in  his  notes  to  furnish  a  plausible 
meaning.  But  there  is  no  doubt  that  the  word 
should  be  written  Aldbarches^  the  correction  ^ven 
in  Cicero  (Ep,  ad  Attic,  lib.  ii.  ep.  17).  It  is  so 
found  in  Josephus  {Ant,  xviii.  7,  3,  xviii.  9,  1, 
XX.  6,  3),  in  Eusebius  (JEcd.  Hist  ii.  5),  and  in 
the  *^  Epigram.  Palladse  Alexandrini '*  (Brunck, 
Analect,  t.  ii.  p.  413,  n.  xxx).  There  is  no  ques- 
tion as  to  its  meaning  for  Philo  (/it  Flaccwn, 
p.  975,  or  528,  Mangey,)  uses  as  its  equivalent 
r€pdpxnf%  chief  of  the  people ;  and  Hug  (Introd, 
New  Test  §  149)  considers  it  as  equivalent  to 
ni^^  fiWl.  Raish  Oalvathf  prince  of  the  exiles. 
So  does  Kaphall  {UisLJews^  ii.  71),  but  he  is  un- 
able to  assign  any  etymology  for  the  word  (Uabar- 
ches;  and  Milman  does  not  make  the  attempt. 
There  can  be  little  doubt  that  the  terminal  Apxnf 
is  Greek,  and  the  initial,  instead  of  a\ae  would 
probably  have  been  in  the  same  language  had  it 
been  invented  by  the  Jews,  as  the  equivalent  for 
ni^;i,  galvath^  which  in  the  New  Testament  is  re- 
presented by  ittunropd  (1  Peter  i.  1;  John  vii. 
35),  and  means  the  community  of  Jews  settled  out 
of  Jerusalem,  either  in  Asia,  of  which  Babylon  was 
the  capital;  or  in  Greece,  of  which  Alexandria 
was  the  metropolis.  But  the  word  is  probably  of 
Greek  formation,  and  instead  of  being  Apxns  '<«- 
(Txopasy  or  iiaunropdpxrih  the  Greeks  took,  I  con- 
ceive, the  Hebrew  term,  galvath^  ya\ae,  pronounced 
galavy  and  added  tipxn^  forming  Ta\a€ipxn^,  The 
Greek  y  was  sounded  like  g  in  the  German  tage, 
lagCy  whence  c>ur  day^  kty^  approximately  to  the 
Knglish  y.  Thus,  yoKaidpxns  was,  I  consider, 
corrupted  into  ixaedpxns  and  by  the  Romans  into 
arabarches  (Cod.  Justin,  1.  4,  tit.  61,  1.  9). 

T.  J.    BUCKTON. 

Lichfield. 


JOSEPH  HUME. 


The  general  public  would  be  startled  at  finding 
this  staunch  patriot  enrolled  among  the  poets.  It 
seems  ncvertneless  true  that  his  mind  was  at  one 
time,  at  least,  captivated  by  the  Muse,  for  there 
lies  before  me  the  — 

*' Inferno:  a  Translation  from  Dante  Ali^hieri  into 
English  Blank  Verse.  By  Joseph  Home,  Esq.,  12mo. 
I^nd.  Cadell,  1812." 

It  was  long  before  I  could  believe  that  my 
book  was  really  written  by  the  politician,  but  on 
referrin*:  to  a  Memoir  of  Mr.  Hume  in  the  Scotdsh 
Nation^  I  find  it  unhesitatinglv  placed  to  his  ac- 
count. Considering  this,  therefore,  a  settled  point, 
I  would  ask  if  it  is  at  all  likely  that  at  a  later 
period  he  did  a  little  bi^  of  satire  in  the  same 
rein? 


Is  he,  then,  or  is  he  not  the  anthor  of  a  tlun 
12mo,  of  a  square  form,  entitled  2^e  Palace  Oof 

N h  Built :  a  Parody  on  an  Old  English  Poem. 

By  I.  Hume.  Neither  place,  date,  nor  printer ; 
but  having,  as  will  be  seen  at  a  glance,  reference 
to  a  great  squander  of  money  upon  the  Pimlico 

5alace  by  George  lY.  and  hit  architect  Nash, 
'he  verses  are  iUustrative  of  nine  caricatures  de- 
scriptive of  the  palace,  and  smack  strongly  of  the 
calculating  propensities  of  the  member  for  Mon- 
trose. 

For  example:  Parliament,  it  might  seem,  had 
supplied  the  means  for  additions  to  the  boilding; 
these  the  caricaturist  represents  under  demolition, 
the  poet  singing  their  dirge  :  — 
"  These  are  the  wingi  which  by  estimates  round 
Are  said  to  have  cost  Forty-two  thoasand  Poand» 
And  which  not  quite  accordinfc  with  Royalty's  taste, 
Are  doomed  to  come  down,  and  be  laid  into  waste.** 

The  last  print  represents  an  over-'wrought  sod 
dilapidated  biped^  dragging  a  heavy  roller,  with 
these  concluding  lines :  — 
**  This  is  the  man  whom  they  Johnny  Bull  call. 
And  who  very  reluctantly  pays  for  it  all. 
Who  from  his  yonth  upwards  has  work'd  like  a  slaTt, 
But  the  devil  a  shilling  is  able  to  save ; 
For  such  millions  expended  in  mortar  and  8tone» 
Have  drawn  corpulent  John  down  to   bare  akin  tai 

bone; 
And,  what  is  still  worse,  'tween  Greeks,  Turks,  ui 

Russians, 
He'll  soon  be  at  war  with  French,  Austrians,  aDdi"^ 

sians. 
But  he*s  kindly  permitted  to  grumble  and  gase^ 
Say  and  think'what  he  yriW,  provided  he  pay».** 

But  I  can  hardly  put  my  question  seriously,  for 
it  seems  the  squib  of  some  wag,  who  probahlj 
founded  his  new  version  of  an  old  ditty  upon  t 
grumbling  speech  of  the  senator,  and  here  holds 
him  responsible  for  its  paraphrase  in  verse. 

A.  G. 

APPLICATION  OF  GUSTAVUS  ADOLPHUS  TO 
CHARLES  I.  OX  BEHALF  OF  PATRICK  RUTH- 
YEN. 

When  I  first  heard  that  a  translation  of  a  letter 
addressed  by  Gustavus  Adolphus  to  Charles  I.  on 
behalf  of  ratrick  Kuthven  (the  same  which  is 
printed  in  your  2°**  S.  ii.  101),  had  been  found 
among  the  State  Papers,  I  concluded  that  it  could 
not  have  relation  to  the  Patrick  Ruthven  so  lone 
a  prisoner  in  the  Tower,  but  to  the  other  Patrick 
Ruthven,  who  served  for  many  years  under  Gus- 
tavus Adolphus ;  the  same  person  who  afterwards 
transferred  his  military  services  to  Charles  I.,  and 
was  rewarded  with  the  earldoms  of  Forth  and 
Brentford.  But  when  I  saw  the  paper  itself,  and 
found  that  it  made  mention  of  Patrick  Ruthveo^f 
*^  hereditary  honours,"  of  the  *'  splendour  of  his 
ancient  house,*^  the  ^*  place  and  dignity  of  hit  aa* 
cestors,**  and  offered  the  thanks  of  his  «*  whole 


8rd  S.  V.  April  9,  •64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


295 


fftmilj**  for  munificence  to  be  bestowed  upon 
them,  and  when  I  also  found  that  by  a  contem- 
porary endorsement  the  letter  was  ci^nstrued  to 
DC  an  application  that  Patrick  Ruthven  ^*  might 
enjoy  the  former  honoars  and  dijirnity  of  his  pre- 
decessors ;  **  and,  finally,  in  aildiition  to  all  this, 
when  I  found  that  Mead,  the  news-letter  writer, 
mentioned  a  previous  letter  of  GustaTus  Adol- 
phus  in  1625,  as  an  application  that  **  Mr.  Buth- 
ven,**  writing  of  him  as  if  he  were  some  person 
well  known  m  London,  **  might  be  restored  to  the 
honours  of  his  predecessors,**  I  concluded  that, 
stran^re  as  it  seemed  for  the  great  Swedish  hero 
thus  to  interfere,  his  interference  reallr  was  —  as 
it  had  already  been  concluded  to  be  \>y  Colonel 
'Cowell  Stepney  —  on  behalf  of  Patrick  Ruthven, 
son  of  the  thinl  Earl  of  Gowrie.  I  was  tbe  more 
especially  led  to  this  conclusion  by  the  circum- 
stance that  the  passages  from  the  letter  which  I 
have  quoted  above,  whilst  they  fitted  in  most 
peculiarly  with  the  position  and  connexions  of  the 
last  mentioned  Patrick  Ruthven,  did  not  seem 
applicable  to  what  is  to  be  found  in  English  his- 
torical books  respecting  the  other  Patrick.  Under 
these  circumstances  I  appealed  to  your  correspon- 
dents to  refer  me  if  possible  to  the  other  letter  of 
Gustavus  Adolphus  mentioned  by  Mead. 

Writing  lately  in  "  N.  &  Q."  in  reference  to 
the  letter  of  your  correspondent  J.  M.  (3**  S.  v. 
270),  I  avowed  that  this  was  my  opinion,  and  in- 
vited J.  M.,  if  he  thought  he  had  any  reason  to 
find  fault  with  my  conclusion,  to  communicate 
any  facts  upon  the  subject  to  your  pages. 

J.  M.  has  not  yet  replied  to  my  invitation,  but 
I  have  now  to  announce  to  you  that  a  recent 
discovery  of  another  letter  of  Gustavus  Adol- 
phus—  probably  that  referred  to  by  Mead  —  has 
convinced  me  that  in  this  instance  second  thoughts 
were  not  best,  and  that  the  application  of  Gusta- 
vus Adolphus  was  made,  not  on  behalf  of  Patrick 
Ruthven,  the  prisoner  in  the  Tower,  and  the 
father  of  Lady  Vandyke,  but,  as  J.  M.  supposed, 
on  that  of  the  soldier  of  Gustavus  Adolphus, 
and  the  subsequent  Earl  of  Forth  and  Brent- 
ford. 

The  new  evidence  which  has  occasioned  this 
change  in  my  opinion,  has  turned  up,  since  I  last 
wrote  to  you,  among  the  MSS.  of  the  Marquis  of 
Bath,  and  by  his  permission  I  am  enabled  to  lay 
it  before  your  readers.  It  is  an  original  letter 
signed  by  Gustavus  Adolphus,  and  has  been  fur- 
ther authenticated  by  an  impression  of  hb  seal.  It 
reads  as  follows :  — 

"Gustavus  Adolphus  to  Charles  I. 
■*Nos  Gustavas  Adolphus,  Dei  Gratia  Suecornni,  Go- 
thonim,  Vandalorumq?  Kex,  Magnus  Prineept  FiiilaD- 
di«.  Dux  Estonifl  Carelicq?,  nee  non  Ingria  Oomintis, 
Semiissiiiio  tt  Potentisumo  Principi  ac  Dfio  Domino 
Carolo,  Uagu  Britamii«B^  FrandiB  ac  Hyberai«  Bcffi, 
Fidei  detauorf,  Fntri,  Consangutnoo  ot  Amioo  nostro 
charisrimo,  Balofim  et  ftUdtatem. 


••  S«TOiijmin€  PotentiuiiMq^Priiiceps,  Prater,  Codmii- 
fpunee  et  Amice  chariaeiaM.  Postquam  intelleximus 
Ser*'  y*  non  siieo  offeoMm  tme  fainili«  Rithuanianw, 
ildtnt  minime  sapersedendnm  dtudmos,  pro  sincere  nobie 
dilccto  ChTlUrcha  n'ifltro  Nobiii  Patrico  Ritbuen  apud 
Scr'tem  Vnm  iotercedere:  Et  aaaniTie  noBquftin  ani- 
Bom  iadnxiinaj  ea  refricare  qam  lonaa  Ser'tis  v'rie  utatoi 
adTtnari  anthomantur ,  tamen  cum  Chjiiarcha  noster  a 
naltis  anais  iam  nobis  fideliter  •errieht,  et  per  omnes 
fluUtia  grsdoa  itttando  iu  m  ^tmthu  proot  vinim  nobi- 
1cm  tt  maaortsm  deect :  non  pctoimos  noo  iotermittere. 
quia  Scr^cm  vVsm  amice  pciMafflaf,  m  iu  Ser'tis  v'rs 
gratia  patiatnr  vitro,  at  in  noetri  f^ratiam  prafir/minatnm 
RethaiB  et  bonis  aritis  et  honori  rcatituatv  aoi  clenen- 
tik  eoadtm  amplczctsr.  Id  ai  sappUcaoa  aMeqoatus 
foeritv  Doos  aiba  Donqoam  magia  foiaie  propitioa  i^oria- 
bitor.  Hiaca  Scr.  ITram  Deo  OpCioko  maziau«  animitua 
commeodamoB.  Dabantorc  B««^  noeira  StM;i(Lo.io4rnsi 
die  zxiv«»  Xcnaia  Jocij  Abim  X*  IK*  xxv*. 

"  S.  V.  Uabs  fiater  et  oonaangnioeus, 

'^GcVTATCt  AMiLKUCS. 

rAddKtted.1 
"  Dercniaaimo  et  PcKetitiawmo  Priacipi  ftc 
Doo  Doouoo  Carols  Maiput  Britaiiout 
Frsiidae  ac  Hybeniiae  R^p,  Fides  DeHai- 
aorif  Fratri,  Copwangninooot  Amio» 
Boetro  CbariftUBo." 

I  presume  it  will  not  be  contended  that  thia 
letter  can  apply  to  any  one  but  to  tbe  Colonel 
Ruthven,  who  was  knighted  by  Gustavus  Adol- 
phus, with  frmr  of  his  companions  in  arms,  on 
September  23, 1627,  on  the  occasion  of  tbe  receivt 
by  Gustavus  of  tbe  emblems  of  the  Order  of  toe 
Garter  (Walkley,  p.  122). 

This  new  "^find**  compels  me  to  withdraw  that 
portion  of  my  letter  (y*  S-  v.  270)  which  reUtes 
to  the  application  of  Gustavus  Aoolpbus,  and  to 
confine  it  to  the  Lord  Ruthven  or  the  Ladiet' 
Cabinet,  If  J.  M.  can  show  that  that  "right 
honorable  and  learned  chymist*'  was  any  other 
person  than  Patrick  Ruthven,  son  of  the  thini 
JSarl  of  Gowrie,  I  shall  be  r^ry  much  obliged  to 
him  if  he  will  ooD)municate  the  facts,  with  proper 
references  to  authorities,  to  your  fjageti.  J'he 
subject  of  these  Patrick  Rutbvens  has  evidentJ  v 
a  Scottish,  as  well  as  an  English  side,  and  truth 
will  gain  by  bringing  togetW  the  results  of  in- 
quiries made  on  both  sides  of  the  Twe<Hi. 

Jouff  liaix'fc- 

HsvBT  Dbrkis.— On  a  monument  in  thf  nnrlh 
aisle  of  Pucklechurch  church,  co.  (ilourmlrr,  » 
this  inscription :  — 

i      "la  Xemoriam  Johania  (me)  Dcnni*  Arniticrii.    pi,. 
mogesiti  et  heredia  Henrici  Dennin  Arm  iff  m,  qui  V(l  ihi. 
I  Junjj,  Anno  Domini  1C38,  ex  bar  yjta  iIpi-mkiI,  |hi«||||iiiiii 
'  ex  uxore  sua  Marf^areta,  Dni  (>«Hir^ij  Sprakn,  «i»  Whif/hi 
I  ackiogton  in  comiutu  SoinerMM.  KquiiiN  lUlnri,  ««  nli« 
.  bus  una,  duoa  accepit  filioa.  Johanncin  miIih-i  «,i  Mm 
ricum :  E  quibua  Johanhefl  Pfnnia  tl(>  Purklrrlnui  \^  (Him* 
PnJcherchurch)  in  com.  (•loceatria*  Ann.  iluxii  Mmmin. 
Nathanielis  Still,  do  Ilutton  iu  Coniiiaiu  SiinriMi.  Arm. 
filiamm  et  coberedum  unam;  rx  qiiA  trp*  aivrpit  tlli*>* 
et  filiam  unam,  vis.  Hcnricum,  Jobannem,  Itnlioimum,  «' 
Margaretam. 

"  Hoc  qaod  ait  ^IdkTV  TrcKy\««v  ^-vV  v^«\ce>f»*r 


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[8»*a  V.  APRii.d.'R 


This  inscription  has  led  Rudder,  Sir  Robert 
Atk^DS,  and  others,  into  numerous  errors ;  thereby 
causing  a  generation,  which  never  existed,  to  be 
inserted  in  the  Dennis  pedijnree. 

The  Packlechurch  register  of  burials  states, 
that  "John  Dennis,  Esq.  (father  of  Henry),  was 
buried  7th  August,  1609;"  and  "Henry  Dennis, 
Esq.,  was  buried  26th  of  June,  1638."  This  proves 
beyond  a  doubt,  that  the  inscription  is  not  in 
memory  of  John^  but  of  Henry ^  and  should  read 
thus:  — 

"  In  Memoriam  Henrid  Dennis  Armigari,  primogeniti 
et  heredis  Johannis  Dennis,"  &c 

It  is  also  noticeable  that  the  day  of  death  is 
^ven  June  26 :  so  that  if  the  monument  is  not 
incorrect  in  this,  Henry  Dennis  was  buried  on  the 
day  on  which  he  died.  Samuel  Tucker. 

East  Temple  Chambers,  Whitefriars  Street,  E.C. 

Corpse  :  Dbfuib.— Dr.  Trench  remarks  in  his 
Select  Glossary^  that,  whereas  the  word  corpse  was 
once  used  in  speaking  of  the  body  of  a  living 
man,  it  is  now  only  employed  to  denote  a  body 
which  has  been  abandoned  by  the  spirit  of  life. 
I  find  that  Thackeray  held  the  word  to  be  of  the 
same  value  as  did  Surrey,  Spenser,  and  Ben  Jon- 
son,  as  he  tell  us  in  the  Four  OeorgeSy  103,  that 
one  of  his  heroes  was  found  "  a  lifeless  corpse^ 
which  he  certainly  would  not  have  done  had  he 
looked  only  with  modern  eyes  upon  corpse^  and  so 
seen  in  it  an  equivalent  o^  cadaver. 

The  old  meaning  of  defend  (forbid)  still  sur- 
vives in  Nottinghamshire.  A  few  years  ago  I 
heard  a  governess  say  to  a  round-backed  pupil, 
**  I  defend  jou  from  sitting  in  easy  chairs." 

St.  Swithin. 

Thomas  Nugent,  Esq.,  etc.  —  Many  British 
subiects  have,  at  various  times,  been  honoured 
with  titles  of  nobility  and  other  dignities  by 
foreign  sovereigns ;  yet,  with  the  exception  of 
such  of  them  of  the  present  day  who  are  noticed 
in  Burke*s  Peerage^  there  is  no  work  in  which 
they  are  recorded.  The  contributors  to  *'N.  &  Q." 
would  perhaps  give,  in  its  useful  columns,  sucli 
instances  as  they  may  from  time  to  time  meet 
with  ;  and  thus,  a  complete  list  may  be  eventually 
obtained.  The  subjoined  are  ofTorcd  as  a  com- 
mencement :  — 

Thomas  Nugent,  Esq.,  "Major- General  in  the 
service  of  King  Charles  II.  of  Spain,  was  by  that 
monarch  created  Count  de  Valdesoto,  and  killed 
when  deputy-governor  of  Gibraltar.  He  married 
Margaret,  eldest  daughter  of  Hugh  Parker  (who 
died  in  1712,  a;red  thirty-nine),  eldest  son  of  Sir 
Hy^le  Parki»r,  Bart. ;  and  by  that  lady,  who  was 
cousin  to  the  distinguishcl  Admiral  Sir  Hyde 
Parker,  had  one  son,  Edw.  U.  Nugent,  Count  de 
Vahlesoto. 

Austin  Park  Goddard,  Esq.,  was  a  Knight  of 
the  Military  Order  of  St  Stephen  in  Tuscany, 


and  married  Anne,  second  daughter  of  the  above, 
named  Hugh  Parker ;  by  whom  he  had  one  diiugi»> 
ter,  Sophia,  the  wife  of  William  Mcrvyn  DiUoa. 
Esq. 

The  Chevalier  Laval  Nugent,  who  died  at  Ids 
"  Schlops,"  near  Fiume,  in  Aug.  1862,  was  a  Count 
of  the  Holy  Roman  Empire,  Chamberlain  of  the 
Empire,  Freiherr  in  Croatia,  and  Knight  of  netrij 
all  the  European  Orders :  the  bare  enmneratioc 
of  whose  dignities  would  require  da  octaYO  page. 

Elk. 

BuBiAL  OrFEBiNGS.  —  The  following  cattisf. 
from  the  Chester  Courant  of  Sept.  26, 1 86d»  rebm 
to  a  custom  which  is,  I  imagine,  merely  a  kiea 
one  at  present :  — 

**  Larceny  of  Buried  Offerings  at  Denbigh,  —  Teitadv 
week'  Evan  Davies,  an  a^  person,  was  charged  at  tb 
Denbigh  Police  Court  with  having  sttilen  8«.  friNi  tkc 
communion  table  of  the  parish  church,  on  Tbnnda.7tk 
17th  inst,  such  money  being  the  offertory  made  npcDt^ 
burial  of  a  deceased  parishioner.  Suspicions  having  bca 
entertained  of  such  moneys  being  abstracted,  the  recu 
of  the  parish,  the  Rev.  I^wis  Lewis,  on  this  orciRa 
placed  himself  in  a  position,  unnoticed  by  the  canxnffr 
tion,  to  watch.  It  was  the  curate,  the  Rev.  TUmv 
Thomas,  who  officiated ;  and  after  the  funeral  proceuis 
had  quitted  the  church,  the  prisoner  came  inndp,  i^ 
called  out  the  name  of  the  sexton.  Price,  thrice.  Fin^ 
that  there  was  no  answer,  he  deliberately  walked  o;i 
the  communion  table,  and  helped  himself  out  of  thr  ne- 
tributions  at  both  ends  of  the  table.  Then  he  deor^ 
but  was  quickly  brought  back  by  the  rector,  ip^ 
being  accused  of  the  theft  be  imniediately  adaim  iu 
and  prayed  for  forgiveness.  The  prisoner  pleaded  gtffey. 
and  was  sentenced  to  three  months*  imprison  meat-'' 

I  should  be  glad  if  any  reader  of  "N.  &Q" 
would  inform  us  whether  this  custom  of  huriil 
oil'erings  exists  elsewhere  at  the  present  day.  F. 

Funeral  Offerings.  —  The  notes  on  loava 
at  funerals  which  have  lately  a])poared  in  jocr 
columns  bring  to  my  recollection  an  old  cu^tos 
that  exists  in  some  parts  of  Wales  (and  elsewhere 
for  aught  1  know).  In  many  parishes  the  parsoi 
receives  no  burial  fee,  but  when  any  one  die s  hij  | 
friends  and  neighbours,  as  ninny  as  attend  thefuoe- 
ral,  lay  their  voluntsiry  offerings  on  the  communioo- 
table  for  the  clergyman.  These  being  regulari/ 
inserted  in  the  registers,  form  some  guide  to  the 
esteem  in  which  persons  were  held  by  their  neigh- 
bours; for  instance,  no  less  than  nineteen  shil- 
lings and  sixpence  was  contributed  at  the  funeral 
of  Mrs.  Mary  Hughes,  who  died  at  Aber,  1741; 
and  the  rector  of  that  i)Iace  assured  nie  that  be 
onre  curried  off  eighty- live  sixpenny-pieces  from 
such  an  occasion.  On  the  other  hand,  Martha 
flones  of  the  same  place  was  probably  little  cared 
fi)r  by  her  iR%dibours,  for  a  solitary  penny  wif 
all  the  parson  received  for  his  "  heavy  task. 

In  connection  with  Aber,  1  may  mention  that  it 
is  one  of  those  secluded  siK>t8  into^  which  the  Ge- 
nevan custom  of  the  parson's  changing  his  dxtm 


3»*  S.  V.  April  9,  '64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUEBIES. 


297 


in  the  middle  of  the  service  h&s  never  reached,  for 
that  indisputable  authority  "the  oldest  inhabi- 
tant **  cannot  remember  a  gown  in  church. 

Jos.  HAaQROYS. 

Clare  Coll.  Camb. 


^uttM. 


"Abel,"  Oba^bio  of. — Can  J.  R.,  or  any 
other  musical  antiquary,  say  who  wrote  the  words 
of  Abelj  an  oratorio ;  to  which  Dr.  Ame  composed 
the  music  ?  M.  C. 

Geobge  Augustus  Addehlet.  —  Will  any  of 
jrour  readers  who  have  access  to  old  arnoy  lists 
inform  me  of  the  rank  and  regiment  of  deorge 
Augustus  Adderley :  in  1792,  he  is  supposed  to 
have  been  major.  Is  this  the  case  ?  If  so,  what 
regiment  ?  and  when  did  he  quit  the  army,  and 
what  was  his  rank  then  ?  He  was  son-in-law  to 
the  last  Earl  of  Buckinghamshire.  T.  F. 

"  Aubea  VIWCE5TI,"  ETC. — On  a  stone  formerly 
over  the  fireplace  in  one  of  the  chambers  at  Ham 
Castle,  Worcestershire,  is  the  following  inscrip- 
tion :  — 

**  Aarea  vincenti  detar  mcrcede  corona ; 
Cantat  et  seterno  carmina  digna  Deo,** 
together  with  the  arms  of  Jefierey  —  3  scaling 
ladders.  The  stone  is  now  preserved  in  the  hall 
of  that  place.  Can  any  of  your  correspondents 
explain  from  whence  such  on  inscription  is  de- 
rived? ThOS.  E.   WiNiriKOTOH. 

ANEBoms. — I  have  two  aneroids ;  their  move- 
ments are  identical.  My  position  is  nearly  800 
feet  above  the  level  of  the  sea ;  and  yesterday, 
for  instance,  I  registered  28*90  by  both,  which, 
according  to  the  usual  rough  calculation  would 
represent  29*70  at  the  level.  I  find,  however,  by 
The  TiWtf  report,  that  the  barometer,  correctedy 
showed  30*13  at  Liverpool  on  the  same  date,  and 
about  the  same  time.  A  few  hints  to  a  tyro  in 
meteorolo^  on  the  subject  of  this  correction 
would  oblige.  I  should  add  that  I  am  not  fifty 
miles  from  Liverpool.  L.  ilL 

March  17,  1864. 

The  Ballot. — I  have  read,  I  cannot  remember 
where,  that  Burke,  speaking  of  the  Ballot,  said, 
"  Putting  three  blue  beans  into  a  blue  bag  will 
not  purify  the  constitution."  I  cannot  find  the 
uncouth  expression  in  any  of  his  speeches  on 
constitutional  questions,  but  shall  be  obliged  by 
being  told  whether  it  is  his  or  some  other  writer's. 

C.  P. 

Bbbch-Dboppings  {EpiphegUB  Virghuana,) — 
Can  any  medical  man  give  any  information  re* 
specting  the  medicinal  properties  of  this  curious 
parasite  f  It  grows  as  a  parasite  on  the  roots  of 
beech  trees  in  Canada. 


I  find  the  following  description  of  the  plant  in 
the  December  (1863)  number  of  The  British 
American  Magazine,  published  at  Toronto,  Canada 
West:  — 

**  Here,  in  this  ^ood*  is  an  odd  looking  plant :  a  naked 
and  slender  thing,  with  stems  which  are  never  covered 
with  leaves,  but  bear  nothing  more  than  small  scales  in 
their  stead.  It  is  called  '  b^ch-drops '  (^Epipheffus  Ftr- 
ptntitnia),  and  grows  as  a  parasite  on  the  roots  of  beech 
trees.  In  October  the  plant  is  fall  of  life  and  vigour :  the 
stems,  which  have  been  hard  and  brittle  the  summer 
through,  are  now  tender  and  succulent,  and  shoot  out 
many  branches.  The  flowering  season  is  scarcely  over ; 
but  the  flowers  being  small,  arc  not  readily  found.  It 
bears  the  reputation  ^poneuing  medicinal  virtuti" 

So  far  for  this  quotation,  which  creates  curiosity 
without  satisfying  it  in  the  smallest  degree. 

Now  I  happen  to  know  some  of  the  virtues  of 
this  valuable  plant.  It  is  used  by  the  Indians  for 
curing  hemorrhoids.  An  acquaintance  of  mine  in 
this  town,  who  suffered  terribly  for  months  with 
this  most  weakening  disease,  for  which  he  could 
find  no  relief  from  the  medical  men  of  the  town, 
was  entirely  cured  by  a  farmer  s  son  with  this 
plant —  the  use  of  which  he  learned  from  the  In- 
dians. As  I  understood  him,  he  boiled  about  a 
handful  of  the  stems  in  milk,  and  drank  a  small 
quantity  two  or  three  times  a-day.  The  cure 
was  effected  in  two  or  three  days  ;  and  years  have 
passed  since  without  any  return  of  the  disease.  A 
medicine  of  such  power  may,  no  doubt,  be  useful 
in  other  cases  of  congestion,  I  trust,  through  the 
medium  of  "  N.  &  Q.,"  tbis  note  will  attract  the 
attention  of  some  medical  men  in  England.  I 
shall  be  only  too  happy  to  afford  any  further  in- 
formation on  this  subje'ct,  either  through  the  post 
or  **  N.  &  Q."  J.  W.  DunBAB  Moodib. 

Belleville,  Canada  West 

"  The  Chubch  op  oub  Fathebs." — Who  was 
the  author  of  two  verses  of  poetry  that  appeared 
some  twenty  years  since  in  a  Portsmouth  paper, 
and  said  to  be  written  at  that  time  by  a  distin- 
guished member  of  the  House  of  Commons.  It 
IS  entitled,  "  The  Church  of  our  Fathers,"  and 
commences  thus  — 
"  Half  screened  by  its  trees  in  the  Sabbath's  calm  sniile, 

The  Church  of  our  fathers,  how  meekly  it  sUnds."  • 

Who  was  the  author  of  the  following,  and  how 
many  verses  does  it  consist  of.  Where  can  it  be 
seen?  — 

"THE  cnURCII. 

^  Oh !  doth  it  not  gladden  an  Englishman's  eyes. 
To  see  the  old  tower  o'er  the  elm  trees  rise?  " 

A  Chubchman. 

Lieut.  Col.  Cotterell  was,  in  1648,  governor 
of  Pontefract  for  the  Parliament.     He  was  pubse- 

[•  "  The  Church  of  our  Fathers  "  appeared  in  a  iwri- 
Odical  entitled  The  Churchttuut^  i.  94,  ]2mo,  183'),  where 
it  is  sisped  R.  8.,  and  was  copied  into  The  Church  of 
EngUmd  Magazine^  iv.  32.— En.] 


KOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[S^aV.  araa.1^1 


quently  employed  on  militurj  service  in  Scotlanrl, 
and  seems  to  have  bet'n  in  that  kingdom  in  1 657 
(CUrendon;  Boothroyd's  Poni*fract,  248,  261  — 
263*  267 ;  Drake's  Siegeji  of  Ponie/ract,  84—90  ; 
Conmwm  JourtuiU^  uh  497 ;  Whitelockei  527*  561, 
582 ;  Baillie's  Latters  and  Jtrnnmht  iii»  225 ; 
Niekolls*fl  State  Papers^  130).  In  no  instance  do 
I  find  his  Chrittian  name  specified.  I  shiill  be 
thankful  to  any  correspondent  who  can  supply  it, 
or  furnish  any  other  jnformatiou  about  him, 

"  Fea8T  of  the  Despots." — In  what  volume 
or  collection  of  recitatioos  may  this  piece  be 
found  ?  It  commences  — 

**  There  were  thrde  mQaarchs  fierce  and  itronf?." 

W.  B. 

The  gkeat  Italulk  Pokt. — 

"  The  great  Italian  po«t  who  described  Cimabue** 
gioT}'  as  eclipsed  by  GiottOi  and  Giotto*s  by  Guido»  and 
iaid  ihat  anoibor  and  greater  Guido  would  arii«,  has  been 
allied  a  prophet  by  ihofie  who  wish  to  3atttir  succeed ing 
painters,  and  Carlo  Dolce  and  Barrocchio  hnve  been  cam- 
plimented  ai  second  Guidoa.  Mere  poetry  baa  heen 
turned  into  prophecy,  aB  the  soutbt^ru  crosM  of  Daotc,  and 
the  diacovenr  of  Anaerica  of  Seneca."— TAowN^Atj  on  Pro- 
phtcy  and  For^mmkdge.    London,  1736. 

**  The  great  Italian  poet  *'  UiJually  means  Dante, 
Kut  he  could  not  have  seen  Guido*s  pictures.  I 
flhdl  be  ^lad  to  have  the  [wsfliige  pointed  out  to 
me,  and  also  that  in  Setteca.  C.  P. 

**  Tmi  HouBE  THAT  Jack  Bt;iLT."— Who  was 

the  author  of  thb  "  Nursery  Rhyme,"  and  if  it 
was,  as  has  been  said,  a  political  squib,  to  what 
circumstances  does  it  refer  ?  J.  C.  H, 

Thomas  Mobe  Molyxeux.  —  There  was  pub- 
lishei]  at  London,  8vo^  1759,  **  Conjunct  Expedi* 
iions;  or,  Escpeditions  thai  have  been  carried  on 
jaintltf  by  the  Fieet  and  Arrmf,  with  a  Commentary 
on  a  Littoral  War.  By  Thomas  More  Molyneux, 
Esq/*  The  work  is  not  mentioned  by  Lowndci  or 
Watt*  The  author  was  second  son  of  Sir  More 
Molyneux,  Knt.,  by  Cassandra,  daughter  of  Tho- 
mns  Cornwallis,  Eso.  He  represented  Haalcmere 
from  1759  till  his  death,  Oct.  3,  1776,  «et,  fifty- 
three,  and  was  a  colonel  in  the  army. 

Ill  Brayley  &  Britton's  History  of  Surrey  f i. 
415),  he  is  called  Sir  Thomas  More  MolyneujE, 
but  in  the  pedigree  (418)  the  prefix  of  Sir  docs 
not  occur. 

Was  he  km'ghted,  and  if  so,  when  ?    8.  Y.  K. 

Majsachusetts  SroNE.^^Vljere  can  I  find  a 
description  of  the  Massachusetta  atone  in  the 
United  States,  fv^hich  I  am  informed  has  ancieiit 
Runic  characters  inscribed  upon  it  ?  Have  any 
attempts  l>een  made  to  read  the  characters  or 
hieroglyphics  on  the  ruined  temples  in  Ci-ntrHl 
America  and  Peru,  and  what  has  l^en  the  re*iult  ? 


H.  a 


NORTBAMFTONSHIBE    iNHAIIlTAKtll   or    Cw.t| 

Extraction. — Ten  or  twelve  jiiJin  ago  it 
there  appeai-ed  in  The  Times  newspaper  a  \ 
graph  stating-  that  the  native   inhaUlani*  of  ( 
midland  parts  of  the  county  of  Northampton  i 
generally  dark-haired,  and  were  suppo^c^i  u»  I 
of  ancient  British  origin.     The  subject  bcti^i 
of  considerable  importance  in   a   phvsio 
and  ethnological  point  of  view,  I  sbAlI  f 
obliged  to  any   gentleman  who"  will    fu 
with  a  transcript  of  the  parap-apli  in  qu«stidtii 
the  date   of  the  paper  in  which   it  ar  * 

any  inibrmation  corroboratiYe  of  sucu  tti 

A,] 

Pit  anp  Gau-ows,  —  When   was  the  lail  i 

stance  of  the  punishment  of  death  betn^  i 
by  the  baron  in  Scotland  under  powers  of '|i 
and  gallows  "  before  hcrediUiry  jurisdicuoof  < 
abolished  in  1748?  J.ll| 

Timothy  Plain. — In  the  Scats*  Ohrtmikkl 

to    1800,  inclusive,   are  a  aeries   of  letusrt  i 
Edinburgh  Theatricals^  by  Timothy   Flaiai« 
lected  and  re-printed  at  EdinburgUk  IliOOjl 
Geo.  Chalmers  says  it  waa   the  ntym  de i^ 
A  writer  to  the  signet ;  perhaps   aome 
dent  can  tiaiae  him. 

Rev.  William  Komaine,  M.A.^  nLarr!e«l( 

Price  in  1755  (Gent:s  Afa^.y  1795»  p,  TftiJ 
any  reader  of  **  N.  &  Q."  state,  and  will  i  ' 
stating,  the  Christian  name  of  ftlists 
giving  some  account  of  her  parents  or  i 
some  refcreuce  where  to  find  any  ruch  i«i 
herP*  Gt 

Komano-Bbitish    Mokst.  —  Iq    J^lr. 
Brandreth*s    Ohsereatiom    on    the 
StycoM^  I  find  the  following  passage  :  — ' 

**  Among  the  coins  meationed  by  Batt«]tfy  ae 
been  foaod  at  Rocnlvorf  and  cnllefl   liy  him  whhvk 
ttMumL  are  some  which  wei^h  U^i^n  ttieiiieet*^" 

part  of  a  Roman  dnichui.     1  he  h«a«l«  U  tr 

mam  emperon,  and  are  m«a  ,  *\  njLi-iL  ^\*^ 

baa  beeo  found  at  Reculvisr  iu  lui 
Lbey  hear  no  legend,  and  were  mo- 

Britons  and  perhaps  by  the  earlier  ibu^voa^^  ui  tuut«i>* 
of  thu  Homun  money." 

I  will  ask  such  of  the  readers  of  **  N.  &  Q* 
who  are  acquainted  with  these  money a»  what  c^ 
perors'  beads  appear  upon  them  Y 

Perhaps  the  whole  pus^agc  afu^r  all  \»  oolf  i| 
careless  assertion.  Somelhfng  of  the  ii4Ib«  ksall 
has  appeared  in  print,  touching  the  laie  RoiBia| 
discovery  in  Gloucestershire.  C% 

CuBn<E  Bowif,  Emih  Aif  AirrnoK. — ^I  Ibid  a  I 

the  will  of  this  gentleman  (dated  Ui-I         "  "  ro,  ( 
E»sc]t,  August  10,  16l*l*)t  meut(oo  n- 


[*  Mra.  Kotiittiuu  dif! 
barv,  Oct  4,  l«ui.  ^L 
p.  1NJ6.— Ed.] 


r 


1^  8.  V.  Ana. », 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


books,  vtz»,  Fire  uprm  the  AUar^  and  a  volume  of 
poemi  entitled  Ourama.  At  tbe  time  of  the  tes- 
tator's death,  these  books  were  npparentfy  in  the 
printer's  hands,  nnd  arc  spoken  of  as  being  "  in 
sheets/'  I  should  be  gla/l  to  know  whether  they 
were  ever  published,  and  if  the  author's  nume 
was  attached  to  them.  There  can  be  no  doubt 
from  the  terms  of  the  will  that  Chejne  Rowe  wo.^ 
hiro^lf  the  author,  though  it  may  seem  somewhat 
0tran^e  to  find  in  such  a  quarter  undoubted  proof 
of  the  fact.  Cheyne  liowe  was  third  son  of  Sir 
William  Rowe  of  Ili^hamt  and  ^randgon  of  Wil- 
liam Rowe,  by  Anne,  daughter  of  John  Cheyne  of 
Cheshara,  co.  Bucks,  C.  j.  R. 

Stum  Rod  — 

"  Like  an  lies,  he  [a  scholar]  wears  out  his  time  for 
provender,  and  can  shew  a  ttum  rod^  io^m  trilam  ei  lace* 
roMi.  siith  Flsdas,  no  oM  turn  i;nwn,  .in  enslg^n  of  tiis  fell- 
*:ity. '^—Burtoin  Anat  Met.  1,  %  3,  J 5. 

AVhnt  it  this  ?  J.  D.  Campbell* 

Dr.  Jowathaw  Waostaffe.  —  In  the  Gentle* 
maii»  Mafftizim  for  February,  1739,  there  is  a 
paper  dedicated  to  the  Lord  Den  in  Ireland,  the 
object  of  which  is  to  demonstrate  that  the  rela- 
tions in  Air.  Gulliver's  voyaffes  are  no  fictions. 
The  writer  signs  himself  Jonathan  Wagstaffe, 
M.D.  Who  was  this  Dr,  Wagstaffe  ?  He  dates 
from  the  Inner  Temple^  and  he  speaks  of  himself 
as  being  a  member  of  the  University  of  Oxford. 
But  the  internal  evidence  leaves  little  doubt  on 
my  mind  that  Dean  Swift  was  himself  the  writer 
of  the  paper.  Was  Dr.  Jonathan  Wajystaffe  re- 
lated to  the  undoubted  Dr,  William  Wasrslafie, 
whose  name  appears  in  the  List  of  the  Colle^re  of 
Fhysicians  ?  Or  was  he  the  representative  of  the 
more  mysterious  Dr.  William  WDfr^taffe,  whose 
personal  identitv  has  been  discussed  in  your 
columns?  (3'**  8.  i.  38 L)  Perhaps  your  corre- 
spondent D.  S.  A.  could  throw  come  light  upmi 
this  point.  Mbletbs. 


^urrtr^  toftfi  ^tuRDtrif, 

FojfT  AT  Cbslmoetok. — Can  you  inform  me 
of  the  meaning  of  an  inacription  on  an  ancient 
octagon  font  in  an  old  church  at  Chelmorton,  co* 
Derby,  said  to  be  the  highest  site  of  any  in  Eng- 
land. The  church  was  built  in  the  twelfth  cen- 
tury, and  on  the  eiffbt  sides  of  the  tbnt,  in  old 
English,  are  the  following  letter®,  preceded  by  a 
kind  of  cros*»  query  a  T.  No*.  1  and  3  are  some* 
what  alike,  but  in  the  first  the  upright  h  longer, 
and  the  cross-bar  much  lower : 

^   0    t    4  it    i    t    m. 

W,  H,  E, 

[W«  should  hart  wioch  preferred  a  nMmif.  Thaaking 
our  Corrrtpondcnt,  bowevtr,  for  aach  parttcalars  «i  he 
hai  hmn  tkhU  to  supply,  we  tffer  a  conjectoral  ititerpro* 
tation  i  nabjfct  f»f  course  to  auth  ameadm^nti  as  may  be 


suggested  to  competent  jadgei,  byacttaal  inspection  and 
examination  of  tbe  font  itself. 

This  being  an  "  alt  round  "  inscrrption»  we  are  dispoiad 
to  take  the  »oc«iid  t  barred  higher  than  the  fint,  aa  an 
initial  and  terminal  cro$t ;  thmt  «,  as  one  which  marka 
the  beginning  of  tbe  inscriptiont  and  its  end  at  the  sama 
time.    The  iafcription  wtU  then  stand  thus :  — 

tf    f  t    tf    I    m    t    a  -I- 

H Pro  wo  think  it  may  be  fairly  ooojeottirad  that  tbo 
five  conscciitWe  letters  — 

tf    I    m    t    a 

are  the  framework,  or  skeleton,  of 
Che/morlon, 
which  is  the  name  of  tbe  Chapelry.    The  r»  as  often  in 
old  inscriptionii  may  have  been  omitted.    Or  it  maj 
have  been  represented  by  a  lloarish  over  the  m  (^), 
overlooked  by  the  copyist,  perhaps  obliterated  by  time. 

How  $  shootd  hold  the  place  of  the  initial  C%  of  Cbet- 
morton.  may  perhap4  be  explained  on  the  SQppotitioii  of 
diversities  in  spelling,  such  aa  commenly  occur  in  iho 
old  names  of  places.  Or  Sd-,  by  use,  may  have  hardenod 
into  Ckel'. 

Granting  tlmio  (or  tltklo)  to  be  Chdraorton,  the  rest 
i»  easy*  Let  it  be  only  borne  in  mind  that  Chelmorton  i» 
a  CbApelry  of  Bakew-ell  (in  Domesday  book  Badeqvella), 
and  ihy  whole  inscription  may  be  read  thosi  — 

lS\  th\  tflthta  I  •>- 

.Sacellttm  )  £'cclesie  de  badeqvella  [  Che/morton  (  4 . 

That  Is,  "  Chapelry  of  the  Church  of  fiakewell,  Chel- 
morton. ^  " 

Should  it  be  objected  that  Chelmorton,  according  to 
Pilkington,  was  formerly  Chelroerrfon,  which  pots  our  t 
out  of  court,  it  may  be  suiticient  to  reply  that,  though 
-morton  may  at  some  former  period  have  been  -merdoup 
yet  still  -morton  also  ma}"^  have  been  on  old  spelling. 
Thus  another  place  in  Derbyshire,  now  called  Morton,  in 
Domatday  Book  is  MoEtTVKB,  not  Mordone  or  Mordon ; 
so  that  the  t  may  be  fairly  permitted  to  do  duty,  as  a 
const! taent  part  of  Chelmorton.] 

GsAMMAR  OP  THE  Gat  Sctewce.  —  The  con- 
ventional jargon  in  which  Dante,  Petrarch,  Boc- 
caccio, and  othera  wrote,  must  have  its  key  some- 
where, and  a  Grammar  of  tbe  Gay  Science  is 
most  likely  extant.  The  inquirer  is  by  no  means 
a  linguist,  but,  having  access  to  one  of  the  beit 
libraries,  he  wishes  to  know  what  early  English 
poets,  or  writers,  were  in  the  habit  of  writing  in 
an  exoteric  and  esoteric  manner.  He  would  nlso 
be  glad  of  any  hints  whereby  he  can  be  led  to 
trace  the  Grammar  of  the  Gay  Science* 

B.  I.  C.  E. 

[The  "Gay  Science/'  in  Fr.  "Gaic  Science^"  in  Roro* 
''Gayn  Sciwnsa," '*  Gaya  Scien^**  and  sometimes  **  Gay 
Saber,"  in  its  hirgest  sense  meant  poetry  generally ;  more , 
piLrticuUrly  and  more  frequently,  it  signified  the  poetry 
of  the  Trout>adours ;  and  in  a  tivt^t^  «^«6a\.  ^ascM.  <«ft52^ 


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[»«ay.  AnuLS^'si 


their  erotic  poetry.  See  Bescherelle,  ed.  1857,  and  Stip- 
plement  to  the  Eneye.  CathoUque.  The  following  are 
examples  of  the  two  phrases,  as  used  in  the  Romance  : — 

"  La  presens  scien^a  del  gay  $aber** 
(The  present  kno\^ ledge  of  the  gay  science) 
"  La  foos  d'esta  gaya  iciensa,** 
(The  fountain  of  this  gay  science.) 
"  Doctor  en  la  gaya  tcienga,^ 
(Doctor  in  the  gay  science.) 

A  short  grammar  of  Romance  may  be  found  in  vol.  i. 
of  Raynouard's  Lexique  Roman ;  a  longer  in  vol.  i.  of  his 
Poesies  des  Troubadoun;  but  the  most  complete  work  on 
the  subject  is  F.  Diez*s  Grammatih  der  RomaTiUcAen 
Sprachetit  3  vols.  8vo ;  the  Introduction  to  which  Gram- 
mar has  been  translated  by  Mr.  Cayley,  and  published 
by  Williams  and  Norgate,  who  are  about  to  publish  the 
same  author*s  Romance  Dictionary^  translated  by  Mr.  T. 
C.  Donkin.  The  best  account  of  the  Troubadours  and 
their  writings  is  that  given  by  Diez  in  his  Poetic  des 
Troubadours,  Svo,  1826 ;  and  Lehen  und  Werke  des  Trou- 
badours, 8vo,  1829.  But  our  correspondent  will  probably 
find  all  the  information  he  requires  in  the  late  Sir  George 
C.  lewis's  Essay  on  the  Romance  Language,  8vo,  1840.] 

"  CoLiBBBTi,"  &c.  —  Can  I  be  informed  what 
species  of  villenage  is  indicated  by  the  term  colU 
hertusf  In  the  Cornish  portion  of  Domesday 
Book,  I  find  that  the  canons  of  St.  Picran  held 
Lanpiran,  and  that  dutB  temt  had  been  taken 
from  it ;  which,  in  the  time  of  King  Edward,  re- 
turned to  the  canons  **firma  iv.  septimanarii.'* 
What  is  meant  by  "  firmam  quatuor  septimana- 
rum'*?  There  is  probably  an  omission  of  the 
word  acra  in  this  passage. 

Thomas  Q.  Couch. 

[The  learned  Dr.  Cowel,  in  his  Iauo  Dictionary,  fol, 
1727,  informs  ua,  that  "  these  Coliberts  in  civil  law  were 
only  those  freemen,  who  at  the  same  time  had  been  ma- 
numised  by  their  lord  or  patron.  But  the  condition  of 
a  Colibert  in  English  tenure,  was  (as  Sir  Edward  Coke 
asserts)  the  same  with  a  soke-man,  or  one  who  held  in 
free  soccagc,  but  yet  was  obliged  to  do  customary  ser- 
vices for  the  lord  ....  They  were  certainly  a  middle 
sort  of  tenants;  between  servile  and  free,  or  such  as 
held  their  freedom  of  tenure  under  condition  of  such 
works  and  services ;  and  were,  therefore,  the  same  land* 
holders  whom  we  meet  under  the  name  of  Conditionahs. — 
The  "  Firma  "  of  so  many  "  Septimans  "  is  supposed  by 
Du  Cangc,  who  refers  to  Spelman  and  Sclden,  to  signify 
so  many  weeks*  provision  or  maintenance.  "  Firma  noctis 
pro  coiiia,  ut  firma  diei  pro  prandio:  Firma  denique]7 
septimanarum  pro  pastu  tantidem  temporis  videtur  usur- 
pari."  It  mii^ht,  however,  be  commuted  for  a  payment 
in  money.  W«»  find  also  the  phrase  " Firma  unius  noc- 
tis "  in  the  sense  of  one  night's  provision  or  entertain- 
ment for  the  king. 

It  appears  to  hare  escaped  our  modem  lexicographers 
that  the  idea  of  «*  firms,"  a  firm,  in  connection  with  that 
of  maintaining  or  provieioning,  has  not  yet  disappeared 
entirely  from  our  language.    Thus,  when  a  contract  is 


iftade  for  the  "  finding"  or  proTiiioninif  of  a  wtnba  i 
persons,  this  is  sometimes  called  "farming  them  nl'* 
Oonf.  the  old  English  word  '^flmne,'*  food,  m  maiL] 

Quotation. — Whence  are  the  following  lintt! 

**  Where  is  the  man  who  has  the  power  and  ^ill 
To  stem  the  torrent  of  a  woman  s  will  ? 
For  if  she  will,  she  will,  you  may  depend  on*t; 
And  if  she  won't,  she  won't ;  fo  there's  an  end  onV 

F.ca 

[The  authorship  of  these  well-known  lines  has  alnadj 
occasioned  some  discussion.  In  Shakspeare  we  find  !■> 
tonio  thus  addressing  Proteus :  — 

**  My  will  is  something  sorted  with  his  wish; 
Muse  not  that  I  thus  suddenly  proceed. 
For  what  I  will,  I  will,  and  there  an  end." 

Two  Gentlemen  of  Verona^  Act  I.  8c.  S. 

Similar  lines  occur  in  Sir  Samuel  Take's  p1^,  Tk 
Adventures  of  Five  Hours,  Act  V. :  — 

**  He  is  a  fool,  who  thinks  by  force  or  skfU, 
To  turn  the  current  of  a  woman's  wilL" 

Aaron  Hill,  too,  claims  two  of  the  lines  in  his  Eptiip' 
to  his  play  of  Zara  :  — 

"  A  woman  will,  or  won't,  depend  on't; 
If  she  will  do't,  she  will,  and  there^s  mn  end  on't: 
But,  if  she  won't — since  safb  and  socind  jov  tn«i 
Fear  is  affront,  and  jealousy  injustice." 

The  lines,  however,  as  quoted  by  oar  corrMjpMdot 
occur  on  a  pillar  erected  on  the  Mount  In  the  lisi/idi 
Field,  formerly  called  the  Dungeon  Field,  CsBtslvrrif 
we  may  believe  the  Examiner  of  May  81,  18J1  ^i^ 
act  of  gallantf}',  we  hope  some  Kentish  antiqaarrirS 
tell  us  what  misogynist  placed  these  intrasiye  liBei  s 
the  pillar  at  Canterbury.] 

James  VI.'s  Natural  Son. —  Who  wm  Ae 
mother  of  King  James  YI.'s  natural  son,  who  w 
the  father  of  the  forfeited  £arl  of  Bothwell  mes- 
tioned  in  Old  Mortality  (edit.  Edinburgh,  1816)' 

No  ScAXDAJb 

[Sir  Walter  Scott's  genealogy  is  at  fault.  The  latkr 
of  the  forfeited  £arl  of  Bothwell  [Francis  Stewart]  «» 
the  natural  sou  of  James  Y.  In  Douglas's  Peerage,  br 
Wood,  i.  231,  we  read  that  "  John  Stewart,  prior  of  0> 
dinghame,  natural  son  of  King  James  V.  by  KHystp^fc, 
daughter  of  Sir  John  Carmichael,  captain,  of  CrawM. 
afterwards  married  to  Sir  John  Somcrville  cf  Csnbef- 
nethan,  obtained  a  legitimation  under  the  great  ssil 
7th  Feb.  1550-1,  and  he  died  at  Inverness  in  1568.  Ht 
married,  at  Seton,  4th  Jan.  15G1-2,  Lady  Jane  Hepboit, 
only  daughter  of  Patrick,  third  Earl  of  Bothwell,  and  by 
her  had  two  sons: — 1.  Francis,  created  by  James  TI. 
Earl  of  Bothwell.    2.  Uercules."] 

"  CUBONICLE     OF     TUB    KiNGS     OF     ErQULXD  ** 

(1"  S.  xii.  168,  252.WThe  name  of  tho  aatim  of 
this  anonymous  work  was  inqaired  afler,  mad  Mi 
answered.  Some  time  ago,  I  bought  a  oopj  df 
the  work  called  '*  Trifles"  (of  which  ^bttT 
icle  forms  part),  by  K.  Dodsley,  of  a 


' 


8^  8u  V.  April  9,  '64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


301 


second-hand  bookseller.  Underneath  The  Chrfm-> 
icle  of  the  Kings  of  England  h  filled  up,  in  hand- 
writino:  "  By  Lord  Chesterfield."  Bj  whom  this 
was  written,  and  on  what  authority,  I  know  not ; 
my  copy  of  the  work  is  dated  1745.       D.  W.  S. 

[This  work  was  attributed  to  Robert  Dodsley  in  our 
1«<  S.  xii.  IfiS ;  and  is  entered  under  his  name  in  Bohn's 
Lowndes,  p.  657,  and  in  the  Catalo;juo  of  the  British 
Museum.  It  is  also  printed  in  Dodsley's  Mitetllanies,  or 
Trifles  in  Prose  and  Feru,  2  vols.  1777.  The  Economy  of 
Human  Life  has  frequently  been  attributed  to  the  Earl 
of  Chesterfield,    See  "  N.  &  Q..*'  !•«  S.  x.  8,  74,  318.] 


ISitpliei. 


HERALDIC  QUERY. 

(3'^  S.  V.  241.) 

Certainly  "  the  brothers  or  other  relatives"  of 
A  have  no  rijjht  to  the  arms  granted  to  A  and 
his  desc<M»dants.  I  know  the  case  of  two  families, 
one  member  of  each  of  which  obtained  a  grant 
of  arms  to  himself.  The  other  members  of -the 
families  never  used  those  arms.  The  case  of  A 
is  illustrated  by  the  cxampliis  given  by  Camden  in 
his  Remaineft  concerning  Britain  (London,  1657), 
p.  *i21,  H  scqq.  under  '*  Armories."  These  are 
examples  "  touching  th(i  granting  of  arms  from 
some  great  Earls,  and  passing  of  coats  from  one 
private  person  to  anotlier all  before  the  re- 
duction of  the  Heralds  nnder  one  regulation." 
That  is  to  say,  before  the  Crown  interfered  with 
the  property  and  liberty  of  the  subject ;  an  inter- 
ference which  has  ended  in  our  day  in  the  adver- 
tisements of  "  Arms  found,"  and  "  Heraldic 
Offices." 

Camden*s  first  example  is  a  gift  from  "  Humfry 
Count  de  Staff,  et  de  Perche  Seigneur  de  Tun- 
brigg  et  de  Caux"  to  Robert  Whitgreve,  of  the 
arms  still  borne  by  that  antient  and  honourable 
house.  I  preserve  Camden's  spelling.  The  Earl 
says :  — 

**  Sdches  que  nous  ...  Iny  avoir  donne  et  donoos  par 
icentes  presented  pour  memorv  d'onneur  perpetuell,  au- 
portre  set  armes  ensigne  de  I^oblesse  un  Kscue  de  Azure 
a  quatre  points  d'or,  quatre  cheverons  de  Qules,  et  luy  de 
partire  as  autres  persones  nobles  de  mm  linage  en  deieemt 
avecques  les  differences  de  Descent  au  dit  blaxon." 

This  is  dated  "  Le  xiii  jour  d* August,  I'an  du 
rcigne  le  Koy  Henry  le  Sisme  puis  le  Conquest 
vintisme." 

Next,  in  the  fifteenth  year  of  Richard  II., 
Thomas  Grendale  of  Fenton  grants  arms  which 
he  had  himself  inherited,  to  William  Moiffne,  **  a 
ces  hehres  et  assignes  a  tons  jours."  And  Phomas 
de  Clantowe,  chivalier,  transferring  his  arms  to 
William  Criketot,  **  consanguineo  meo,**  in  the 
eleventh  yetr  of  Henry  IV.,  adds,  "  et  ego  prw- 
dictiu  Thomas  et  hmedes  mei  prisdieti,  arma,  et 


juseadem  gerendi,  pnefato  Willielmo  hcsredUnu 
et  atsignatie  suis,  contra  omnet  gentes  Warrantiz- 
abimus  in  perpetuum." 

But  in  som<»  cases  a  grant  has  been  made  re- 
trospective. I  have  before  me  a  copy,  transcribed 
by  my  own  hand,  of  a  grant  made  by  Sir  Isaac 
Heard,  Garter,  and  George  Harrison,  Claren- 
cieux.  This  assigns  arms  to  the  petitioner  and  his 
descendants,  and  authorises  him  to  place  those 
arms  ^  on  any  monument  or  otherwise  in  memory 
of  his  said  late  father."  I  do  not  know  how  old 
this  practice  is ;  but  it  is  plainly  a  way  of  acceler- 
ating, by  one  descent,  the  period  at  which  a  family 
becomes  a  family  of  *^  gentlemen  of  blood." 

*'  At  this  time,"  says  Camden,  having  men- 
tioned in  the  preceding  clause,  "  the  siege  of 
Caerlaveroc,  the  battail  of  Sterling,  the  siege  of 
Calice,  and  divers  Tourniaments," — "  there  was  a 
distinction  of  Gentlemen  of  bloud  and  Gentlemen 
of  coate-armour,  ctnd  the  third  from  him  that  first 
hafi  coate-armtmr  was  to  all  purposes  held  a  Gen- 
tleman of  bloud." 

And  such  a  grant  as  this  of  Sir  Isaac  Heard 
might  easily  place  the  whole  issue  of  the  father  in 
the  rank  of  armigeri.  Here  the  petitioner  was 
an  only  son.  But  supposini;  such  a  grant  to  be 
made  when  the  deceased  father  had  left  several 
children,  the  terms  of  the  grant  might  be  so  varied 
as  to  give  the  ri«rht  of  using  the  arms  to  them  all. 
If,  however,  the  grant  only  specified  one  out  of 
several  children,  and  the  issue  and  descendants  of 
that  one  child,  then,  I  presume,  that  not  even  the 
permi-ision  to  place  the  arms  "on  any  monument 
or  otherwise,"  in  memory  of  the  father  of  the 
grantee,  would  imply  a  right  given  to  the  other 
children  to  carry  those  arms.  D.  P. 

Stuarts  Lodge,  Malvern  Wells. 


In  reply  to  J.,  on  reference  to  an  old  document 
issued  from  the  Heralds'  College,  granting  and 
depicting  the  arms  and  crest  to  be  borne  and  used 
by  an  ancestor,  I  find  this  paragraph  :  — 

"  To  be  Iwme  and  used  for  ever  by  him  the  wiid  T.  B., 
and  his  de!4ce^daot^  and  the  d«»'cendunts  of  bis  late 

father  deceasetl with  due  ami  proper  differences 

according  to  the  laws  of  Arms,"  &c.  &c. 

If  the  foregoing  is,  and  has  been  the  usual 
wording  of  such  patents,  I  am  inclined  to  think 
that  it  IS  so  comprehensive,  that  J.'s  brothers  and 
their  descendants  would  be  entitled  to  use  the 
arms  and  bear  the  crest  of  those  grants  to  him- 
self, "  with  due  and  proper  differences." 

T.C.B. 

SITUATION  OF  ZOAR. 
(3'«S.  y.  117,141,181,262.) 
I  fear  that  the  hypothesis  of  E.  H.  — that  the 
Hebrew  word  tcitfte«i**'^^ta;"  \si^^\v.Txi..'ifc> 


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{[8«iS.  V,  AC 


IS  more  accurately  a  **  mound  or  ridge;*'  and  that 
IrOt's  wife  was  actually  turned  into  the  ridge  of 
Kfaashm  Usdum  — is  not  withrmt  its  difhcuUies. 

L  The  word  in  question,  netsib^  h  derived  from 
a  root  natsab^  which  has  simply  the  force  of 
*' standing,"  "being  fixed;"  no  idea  of  beig:ht, 
length,  or  breadth,  or  any  other  quality  apper- 
taining ti»  a  ridge  or  mound,  is  present  in  the 
root.  (See  Geseniu8*8  Lexicon;  Fiirst,  Hand- 
wiMerhuch^  &c.,  &c.)  Netmb  itself,  besides  mean- 
ing a  pillar  or  column  (souiething  set  up)*  ban  a 
secondiiry  meaning  of  an  officer  (one  get  over)  ; 
«nd  aUo,  though  this  is  uncertain,  of  a  garrisQii  or 
military  post  (see  the  lejcicons  as  above,  and 
'*  Garrison,''  in  Smith's  Diet,  of  Bible), 

•2*  It  seems  less  suitable  to  the  biblical  narra- 
tive to  f^uppose  that  Lot's  wife  was  turned  into  a 
ridgCt  which  is  nvnre  than  five  miles  lon;r,  a  mile 
or  st»  wide,  and  300  feet  lii^h  (see  Smith's  Dict^ 
ii.  1180),  than  into  a  column  or  statue  nearer  the 
«i*e  and  proportions  of  the  human  fi;:^ure.  Sueh 
columnar  fra^cments  appefur  to  be  in  the  habit 
of  iiplitting  off  from  the  Khashm  Usdum;  and  do 
actually  suggest  to  those  who  sec  them,  even  in 
our  own  day,  identity  with  Lot's  wife.  (See  the 
quotations  in  the  DiW.,  ii.  144;  also,  iL  I  ISO). 

3.  la  it  so  certain,  as  E.  IL  aj^sumes,  that  the 
neighbourhood  of  the  Khashm  Usdum  was  the 
scene  of  this  catastrophe  V  I  am  aware  that  nuc^h 
U  the  general  opinion  ;  but  the  question  of  the 
site  of  the  "cities  of  the  plain*'  has  not  yet  re- 
ceived the  consideration  which  it  deserves,  and  I 
obnerve  that  the  latest  inquirer,  vir.  Mr.  Grove,  in 
Smith's  DicL  of  Bible,  t\.  1339-41,  and  1856-7, 
brings  forward  some  reasons  which  are  not  without 
Jbrce  for  believing  that  these  cities  lay  at  the 
north,  instead  of  the  south  end  of  the  lake. 

4*  Khashni  Usdum  can  hardly  be  said  to  be  a 
ridge  of  salt,  in  that  strict  and  literal  sense  in  which 
E,  IL  accepts  the  narrative  of  Gen.  xix. :  since 
the  rock'salt,  of  which  the  bulk  of  the  mountain 
is  formed,  is  mixed  with  other  strata,  and  hfis  a 
capping  of  a  marly  deposit  of  considerable 
thickness. 

5*  How  far  is  it  necessary  to  take  the  narrative 
of  Gen.  xix.  as  a  literal  Riatemcnt  of  fncts?  Are 
we  bound  to  believe,  historically,  that  a  torrent 
of  burning  sulphur  was  poured  down  from  the 
sky  at  a  temperature  sufficient  to  jgnite  the  walls 
and  houses  of  the  town*  ?  Or  may  not  this  be 
merely  the  impressive  imagery,  in  which  a  writer 
of  those  early  times  clothed  the  fact  of  the  ftnal 
doom,  which  ihe  luxury  and  recklessness  of  the 
inhabitants  had,  through  more  natural  means, 
brought  on  tlieir  cities*  ?  Such  raodet  of  speech 
are  in  every  day  use  with  orientals*  The  Jews  of 
Monnstir,  within  iho  last  few  week*,  in  language 
which  mitdit  be  thiit  of  one  of  the  author*  of  the 
Pentateuch  itself,  describe  the  conflagration  which 
dcHtroyed  their  city — ^ueunflngration  produced  by 


the  most  ordinary  means — a»  "  fire  fram  Ihssvol* 
(See  their  letter  to  Sir  M.  Montefion:!*) 

Travellers,  even  in  our  own  day,  ofUo  ^jtA 
of  the  burnt  calcined  look  which  perrwlo  tk 
fihores  of  the  Dead  Sea,  as  a  renu  '  ta 

of  the  catastrophe  in  which  the  * 
sumed.     There  is  every  reason    to    tj«.*ittve 
the  appearance  in  question  is  therc^  as  eli€wh 
due  to  entirely  natural  cau^'ceii.    It  is  alao  \ 
recognised,    as   our  knowlt^dge    of  the    »poi 
the  subject  increases,  that  the  Bible  tloea  not  ^ 
mand  that  the  formation  of  the  Dead  Sem  wh  i 
any  way  connected  with  the  destrtjctmci  nit 
cities ;  and  that  its  formation  dttfes  frv>tn  an  i 
long  anterior  to  the  historic  period,     (See  J 
Diet.,  ii,  1 187. 1308,)    If,  even  in  our  own  ^ 
tnriil  agencje«  have  been  thus  super  naturally 
preted,  suruly  it  is  not  unreasonable  or  trrv^f] 
to  ask  if  they  may  not  have  been  ^imilarlf  m 
preled  in   nn   earlier  and  less   critical   m^;  fll] 
if  the   statuescpje  columns,   which    must  i 
many  centuries  have  been  pcriodtcaUy  Eptfttii^l 
off  from  the  Khaifihm  Usdum,  may  not^hatvi^l 
gested  to  an  early  Hebrew  poet  the  imp 
and  profitable  apologue  of  Lot's  wife.  O.L  ' 

Xot  only  the  authorities  already  quoted  ttt  ^  ' 
first  and  second  centuries  of  our  erm  atlot  1^ 
eAisteuce  in  their  time  of  "the  jdllar  uf  ^i*i« 
many  subsequent  historians  and    traTelkn^  os 
up  to  the  present  day<,  profess  to   hnv^f   iMsU 
it  in  some  outlying  fragment  of  the  KhaflA^t^ 
dfiiii,  or  Jebel  Usdiim,     According  to  Kabbnioi 
tradition,  the  name   of  Lot*s   wife    wa«   HeU 
(signifying  **  witness "),  given  to  her  in  jadka^ 
forecast  of  her  terrible  destiny,  and  tbe  pqiai 
nence  of  its  testimony.     How  it  came   Co  endor^ 
with  all  the  memberjt  entire^  is  curioualr  oainMi 
by  Irena?u8  (iv,  51,  64);   but   the    crideiies  ii 
more   than   dubious  on   this  point,  the  Hefcrft 
word  denoting  rather  fixation  than  form  :  and  fi 
is  probable  that  the  unbelieving  lingerer  ^wmg  $9i- 
denly  destroyed  by  the  rushing  lava  behiw*  m^ 
showers  of  sulphurous  salt^  from  above  enYv^kitiiid 
the  charred  body  in  a  sha|ieli       ■  '     •   t- 

coraiuj;  an  isolated  object  upon  :  :,^«. 

LSut  ihe  very  nature  of  the  tnui  ,,»  uoet^ 

sarily  yield  to  atmospheric  n^i  tnav  hi 

also  to  the  destroying  hand  of  l.......  ,,  ^ao<j|j4  pf»- 

served  by  a  miraculous  intervention,  of  whidi  •« 
have  no  authentic  record,  Riu  fiMr<  m.^tTirtciii 
pillar  wa>*  in  tact  600  yen  ruafr  or  1  md 

X.  2),  but  there  is  no  allu&ion  in  ,  t^ 

permanence  of  the  "pillar  of  *iiitV  iiriort  tit 
iniliction  of  r»  fi*>rr  rloom  upon  Sodorn  atTd  Qt^ 
raorrah,  thi  'ound  '*the  vii'  Nm, 

which  i^  i!i  ,/'  wen*  Intth  ^ 

fruitful  ((i en,  .\ a. J  And*  >  »  oitar* 

ward  they  seem  to  have  »u  'fj^^  0^1 

prosperity  according   to  bUaijOj   >vUu 


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303 


numerous  villages  buOt  of  the  rock-salt, or  toIc&iuc 
debris,  in  tbe  vicEnitj  of  the  Aspbaltite:^,  tben,  as 
now,  termed  by  tbe  Ambs  (Edomites)  Bubr  L^t, 
tbe  Sea  of  Lot. 

The  proximate  or  physical  causes  of  sterilitf 
throughout  the  niedtfeval  East  Are  in  every  in* 
stance  tbe  same ;  and  tbe  restoration  of  priroitiTe 
fertiUty  depends  on  wells  and  irrigation,  or  an 
industrial  appropriation  of  the  substratal  %irater, 
in  the  present  day,  just  as  it  did  4000  years  ago 
in  tbe  days  of  Abraham  and  Lot. 

The  information  in  Smith's  Diciimiary  is  inter- 
esting and  erudite,  yet  unsatisfnctory ;  and  I 
rather  expect,  from  a  more  careful  peological  re- 
siearch»  that  we  ahflU  discover  in  *'  the  testimony 
of  the  rocks  **  the  only  genuine  clue  to  the  an- 
cient sites  of  Zoar  and  the  cities  of  tbe  plain* 

In  the  salt  mines  of  Cracow  there  is  a  rude 
isolated  block,  somewhat  reseniblinr;  tbe  human 
figure,  which  the  superatitioua  people  believe  to 
be  tbe  actual  **  pillar  of  salt "  into  which  Lot's 
wife  was  metamorphosed. 

The  uiorid  of  that  ttanding  monument  ofanufi' 
Mieving  Jtout  (Wisdom  of  SoTomon  x.  7 )  was  truly, 
though  qtiaintly,  drawn  by  Thomas  Joixlan  two 
hundred  years  ago  in  his  fancied  inscription  :  — 

**  In  tliia  pillar  I  do  lie 
Buried,  where  no  mortal  eye 
Ever  could  my  bones  descry. 

When  I  »ftw  great  Sodom  bum, 
To  this  piUar  I  did  turn, 
Where  my  body  is  my  nm, 

Tom,  to  whom  my  corpso  I  show, 
Tftko  true  wurning  from  my  woe  — 
Lovk  not  back,  when  God  cries  *  Go.* 

They  that  towani  yirtoe  hie. 
If  but  back  they  cast  an  eye. 
Twice  at  far  do' from  it  tly. 

Counsel  then  I  g^ive  to  tbote. 
Who  the  p&tli  to  bbss  have  chose, 
Turn  not  back,  ye  cannot  lose. 

Tbiit  way  let  yot>r  whole  hearts  lie; 
If  yo  let  them  backward  fly. 
They'll  qoickly  grow  us  bard  as  I.** 

J.  L. 
Dublin. 


PDBUCATIOK  OF  DlARTEa 

(S'"»  S.  V,  107.  215,  26L) 

Since  Peofessob  De  Morgan's  memory  fails 
tbim,  I  must  now  further  state  that,  neither  in  the 
communication  olluded  to,  nor  in  any  other  with 
which  t  have  subsequently  been  favoured,  did  he 
I  ever  expresn  any  ^*  wii^h''*  that  I  should  make 
•*  amends"  for»*Mjy  own  de6ciency"  This  i»  a 
new  id*»tt  which  was  only  fjiven  to  tbe  world  on 
March  26,  IHCA,  I  was  totally  ifrnorant  of  having 
committed  any  otf'ence  by  the  piiblpcation  of  Biir- 
row*a  journals,  until  the  moniing  of  Christmas 


Day  last ;  when  I  accidentally  turned  to  tbe  article 
•*  Tables"  in  a  copy  of  the  EHglish  Ct/chpisdia, 
in  tbe  library  of  a  friend.  Tbe  scurrility  from 
^*  K.  &  Q»"  is  there  reprinted,  together  with  the 
implied  charge,  which  has  now  become  expanded 
into  such  large  dimensions.  I  expressed  my  sur* 
prise  in  a  letter  to  Ma,  Db  Morgan  shortly  after, 
and  informed  him  tvhere  the  journals  could  be 
inspected.  Tbe  weapons  with  which  I  am  now 
assailed  have,  therefore,  been  famished  from  my 
own  quiver. 

The  Howe  c^ase,  it  appears,  is  still  standing 
over  {  but  since  part  of  tlie  charge  only  U  now 
enforced,  the  rest  ought  to  be  abandoned  on  the 
ground  that,  when  Burrow  speaks  of  Howe,  be  is 
venturing  an  opinion  on  things  which  we  know  he 
did  not  understand;  but  when  he  speaks  of 
**  mathematics  and  mathematicians,"'  we  know  that 
he  understood  a  great  deal  about  both.  The 
testimonv  In  the  two  cases,  therefore,  rests  upon 
very  dillerent  foundations.  We  do  not  put  ma- 
thematicians into  the  witness-box  in  order  to  give 
evidence  on  questions  relating  to  the  efficiency  or 
non- efficiency  of  naval  commanders.  Were  such 
a  thing  to  be  attempted,  "  ne  autor  ultra  crepi- 
dam "  would  soon  be  urged  with  efiect  by  some 
modern  Apelles  in  the  garb  of  an  opposing 
counsel. 

I  urn  not  to  be  deterred  from  attempting  my 
own  justification  by  the  threat  contained  in  the 
fourth  paragraph  ;  but  will  certainly  prefer  giving 
the  allusions  myself,  rather  than  trust  to  its  being 
done  by  an  opponent  who  only  selects  ane  in- 
stance in  illustration  from  **  the  last  page  of  alL" 

In  tbe  Philosophical  Magazine  for  JMarch,  1853 
(p.  18G),  I  stated  broadly  that  Mr.  Burrow  a 
"supt^riority  in  geometry"  did  not  enable  "him 
to  subdue  his  natural  irritability :  for,  at  various 
periods  of  bis  career,  he  had  differences  with 
almost  every  person  of  eminence  with  whom  he 
came  in  contact.*'  In  the  same  page,  bis  "  special 
education  '*  is  slated  to  have  been  "  in  advance  of 
his  general."  His  "antipathy  to  Dr.  Hutton," 
and  his  quarrel  with  Dr.  Maskelyne,  are  also 
noted.  Further  down,  I  propose  to  "  select  ' 
some  passages  from  his  journals  for  preservation, 
"  accompanied  by  such  reraark;*  as  may  serve  to 
render  the  extractji  intelligible."  On  p.  J  87,  I 
place  the  expression  —  **  Hutton,  by-the-bye,  docs 
not  know  how  to  make  an  Almanack  "—in  italics, 
as  a  caution  to  the  reader  not  to  interpret  the 
prt^sage  literally;  and  *y\\  pp.  188  and  189,  the 
snme  caution  is  repeated  when  I  direct  attention 
to  the  surmise,  that  '*Mr.  Burrow,  it  seems,  would 
have  had  no  objection  to  100^.  a-year  from  the  StJi- 
tioners'  Company."  In  a  previous  extract  he  had 
charged  this  Company  with  giving  Dr.  Hutton 
this  sum,  in  order  "  to  st^op  his  mouth,"  —  and  this 
is  also  given  in  italics  on  p.  188.  His  motives  in 
assisting   to    establish  Ciirtiatv\    DiaLT^>  ^^  ^^«^ 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8»«S.V.  AnxL^.'Si 


questioned  by  me  on  the  same  page ;  and  p.  190 
contains  my  expression  of  dissent  from  what  Mr. 
Jones  is  stated  to  have  told  ^fr.  Robertson,  rela- 
tive to  Hooke's  penurious  habits. 

In  p.  51J,  of  the  June  number  of  the  same 
magazine,  I  agnin  italicise  one  of  Burrow*8  me- 
moranda —  **  take  the  rest  out  of  the  Ephemeris." 
And  to  prove  that  his  practice  did  not  accord 
with  his  professions,  I  remark  that  he  "  knew  how 
to  make  an  Almanack,  whatever  might  be  the 
defects  of  Hutton  and  Maskclyne ."  On  p.  517, 1 
state  that  *'  Mr.  Burrow's  opposition  to  Maskelync 
does  not  appear  to  have  rested  on  good  grounds, 
and  there  is  little  doubt  that  many  of  his  sup- 
posed injuries  were  merely  imaginary.  All  wno 
arc  acquainted  with  the  writings  ana  labours  of 
this  astronomer-royal,  will  not  place  much  credit 
in  such  depreciations  of  scientific  character  ns  are 
exhibited  in  this  extract ;  whilst  the  fact,  that  the 
mutual  friends  of  both  parties  disapproved  of  Mr. 
Burrow's  views  and  conduct,  affords  strong  pre- 
sumptive evidence  that  Dr.  Maskelyne's  proceed- 
ings arc  not  represented  under  their  real  charac- 
ter." P.  520  contains  a  quotation  from  Mr. 
Swale's  memoir  to  the  effect,  that  though  "his 
heart  was  good,"  yet  his  habits  were  not  justi- 
fiable ;  and  I  may  here  add,  that  1Mb.  De  Mor- 
GAK*s  pet  phrase  respecting  "  excentricities  of 
genius  "  is  due  to  Mr.  Swale,  and  not  to  myself. 
Wc  all  know  that  genius  is  Komctimes  excentric  ; 
and  timt  it  occasionally  flashes  forth  in  pmu^  by 
way  of  <li versifying  more  serious  discourse:  al- 
though it  must  be  admitted,  that  the  poitit  of  the 
satire  is  sometimes  so  excessively  ^«e,  that  nothing 
short  of  a  high  microscopical  power  can  show  it. 
On  p.  5'20^  I  note  an  ebullition  of  temper  on  the 
part  of  ;Mr.  Burrow,  and  distinctly  state  that  his 
language  is  such  as  to  *^  render  it  necessary  to 
suppress  a  portion  of  the  journal  at  this  point." 
The  next  page  contains  another  caution,  in  italics, 
respecting  what  is  said  of  Dr.  Ilutton;  and  the 
motives  attributed  to  Dr.  Bliss  are  noticed  as 
seeming  **  scarcely  sufficient  to  account  for  his 
opposition  to  t  he  publication  "  of  the  catalogue  of 
Mr.  Jones*s  library. 

The  September  number  of  the  Phil,  Magazine 
contains  Mr.  Burrow's  account  of  the  causes  which 
led  to  the  loss  of  the  "  Royal  George ;"  but  I  pre- 
face the  extracts  by  the  remark  that,  "  if  literally 
true,  [ihey]  do  not  convey  a  very  pleasing  im- 
pression of  the  state  of  naval  discipline  at  that 
period."  The  "  Howe  case  "  follows  next  in  order ; 
an(l  it  Is  now,  perhnps,  remsu-kable  for  the  grave 
omission,  which  1  imlicated  by  dots  towards  the 
bottom  of  p.  198.  Probably,  Mr,  Burrow  only 
gave  permanence  to  the  sentiments  of  the  officers 
by  whom  he  was  surrounded.  History  tells  us 
that  Lord  Howe  and  his  brother  had  been  some- 
what unfortunate  in  America;  and  they  were 
consequently  undergoing  the  ordeal  of  an  excited 


public  criticism  at  the  time ;  bendes,  the  Fnsd 
fleet  was  expected  in  sight  every  bour.    There  is, 
therefore,  some  excuse  for  Mr.  Burrow's  hirA 
expressions ;  although  thev  may  be  pronomred 
as  being  unworthy  of  the  sfigfateat  attention.  Bit 
will  the  fact  of  his  having  dr.iwn  erroneous  co^ 
elusions  as  to  what  a  naval  officer  ongbt  to  hxn 
done,  or  might  have  done,  under  certain  circnp- 
stances,  serve  to  invalidate  what   the  same  ic* 
dividual  may  have  written  on  other  subjects  ?  1 1 
venture  to  think  I  am  not  reasoning  illogiesL'  I 
when  I  affirm  the  contrary ;  for  in  f£e  one  cv^ 
he  knew  absolutely  nothing,    bat   in   the  &is 
he  knew  a  great  deal  respecting  those  msttes 
upon  which  ue  gives  his  own  opinions,  or  tte 
of  others.     I  have  served  more   than   an  o* 
prenticeship  on  the  juries  at  our  Assize  Coor^ 
and  have  taken  instructions  from    some  ef  ti^ 
ablest  judges  on  the  Bench  ;  but  was  never  ts 
directed  to  reject  a  man^s  evidence  on  snchs- 
tenable  grounds.     "We  may  now  dispense  witi^ 
that  is  said  in  "  the  special-pleader  case  "  of  i- 
"  Man  versus  Private  Smith,'*  inasmuch  s  ^ 
cases  are  not  parallel.    Both  lo<^ic  and  comf 
sense  are  here  at  fault,  and  the  promoter  of  7 
case  is  left  without  even  **  a  halfpenny-woir ' 
umbrella"  to  cover  his  position.     My  last  u.- 
sion  is  that  given  by  Ma.  Db  Morgan  himfdt  z 
his  recent  reply,  and  need  not  be  again  r»i.'«i 
I  have  now  given  "  ail  I  can  find  "  in  tbewip*^'^ 
caution  and  allusion ;  and  as  they  are  &  tt'*4e 
by   myself,  I  will   leave   my   readers   to  '^-K*^- 
whether  or  not  I  had  anythinpr  to  fear  frnm  t:- 
threatened  exposure  in  case  of   denial.    I  '^^r 
there  will  be  no  "ambiguity"    in   what  is  a--' 
stated  ;  but  I  will  leave  to  my  opponent  the  i»si 
of  explaining  by  what  process  in   logic  I  am  ex- 
pected to  find  *'  more  if  I  can,"  after  "  alP  U 
been  reprinted  !    This  appears  to  me  to  be  worn 
of  a  place  in  some  "  Budget  of  Paradoxes.**  s:- 
as  such  I  commend  it  to  its  author.      I  pass  or-' 
the  syllogistic  form,  "every  Y  is  Z,"  by  siaij 
denying  the  major:  for  we  have  knowledge  tiu 
Mr.  Burrow  was   a  com|)otent   witness,    anJ  -■ 
known  credibility,  in  matters  relating  to  ''matbr 
matics    and   mathematicians."      All    the    rest  is 
simply  an  attempt  to  create  matter  for  furtbe: 
discussion.    Both  in  "N.  &  Q.,"  and  elsewhere. 
Pbof.  Df.  Moegan  has  evidently  been  building 
"great  gates"  to  very   ** small  cities."      Ereir 
attack  upon  me  has  been  made  through  a  maze  «)< 
special  pleading,  and  a  "  world  of  verbiage ;"  bat 
I  do  not  suppose  he  will  thereby  induce  man?  to 
join  him  in    my   condemnation.      The   cautioas 
which  I  have  so  liberally  scattered  will,  I  hope, 
fully  plead  my  justiGcation ;   nor  can   I  repret 
having  fallen  into  the  common  '*  error  of  bio^* 
phers/*  in  suppressing  improper  or  irreleTant  pis* 
sages.    Were  biographies  compelled  to  be  written 
after  the  model  now  proposed,  the  profits  of  boA 


8««  S.  V.  April  9,  *64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


3<»5 


publisher,  bookseller,  and  author,  would  rapidlj 
dinoinish.  Prohibitory  clauses  would  soon  find 
th'.'ir  way  into  *^the  last  wills  and  testaments" 
of  eminent  persons,  and  the  present  generation 
would  witness  the  last  bsae  of  sueh  works  from 
the  press.  T.  T.  W1LK15SOS. 

Ihimloy,  Lanea^bire. 


CROMWELL'S  HEAD. 
(3'«  S.  V.  119,  178,  264.) 

It  may  be  "  anything  but  ;rood  taste,"  whatever 
these  words  may  imply,  for  me  to  u«o  tho  phrase 
"  Wilkinson  head  "  to  designate  that  particular, 
alleged  head  of  Cromwell,  still,  I  need  scarcely 
hay  that  I  did  so  without  the  sli'ihtest  idea  of  dis- 
respect to  Mr.  AVilkinson,  as  all  who  have  ever 
heard  of  the  Chandos  Shakspeare,  Medicaean 
Venus,  Hastings  diamond,  or  any  other  like-de- 
signaied  and  much-valued  object  of  nature  or 
art,  must  be  well  aware.  Mr.  Wilkinson,  we 
are  told,  con.«i<lers  his  head  of  Cro:ir.VL';l  to  be  a 
rare  and  valuable  riilie,  consequently  ha  cannot 
object  t«»  have  his  name  connected  wiili  it ;  if  he 
were  ashamed,  or  had  reason  to  be  ashamed  of  it, 
is  quite  another  afVair. 

One  word,  now,  aljout  a  suliject,  intere>tin;^  in 
itseUi  that  has  been  dru;rg<:d  inro  this  head-stnry ; 
I  allude  to  Cox  and  hi:>  museum.  Cox  was  an 
eminent  jeweller,  silversmith,  and  mechanician  of 
the  last  century.  ^A'hen  there  was  a  prr)spect  of 
the  interior  of  India  being  opened  to  British  en- 
terprise, he  marie  a  number  of  curious  mechanical 
toys,  of  the  richest  materials,  hoping  to  sell  them 
profitably  to  the  Indian  princes.  AVar  prevented 
the  sale  of  these  articles  in  India;  they  were 
cpiitc  unsuitable  for  tlie  European  market,  and 
Cox,  as  a  (Jemier  rcsxort,  exhibited  th'.iu  in  Sj«ring 
Gardens.  The  insecurity  of  property  at  the  pe- 
riod compelled  him  to  take  the  strictest  precau- 
tions to  guard  his  treasures ;  only  a  few  persons 
were  admitted  at  a  time,  twice  in  the  day ;  the 
charge  for  ailmission  was  half-a-guinea ;  so,  as 
may  be  imagined,  poor  Cox  made  little  by  his 
enterprise.  In  1773,  Cox  obtained  a  i^rivnte  Act 
of  Parliament  ])ermitting  him  to  dispose  of  his 
museum  by  lottery.  The  schedule  attached  to 
that  Act,  containing  a  list  of  the  things  Cox  was 
thus  allowed  to  dispose  of,  is  now  beiore  me,  as 
well  as  two  different  Catalogues  of  the  contents 
of  hid  museum,  and  there  is  no  mention  of  a 
CromwelPs  head  in  them.  In  short.  Cox's  Mu- 
seum, though  a  noted  collection  in  its  day,  was 
the  very  worst,  the  mo.st  unfeasible,  place,  that 
the  concoctor  of  a  Cromwell's  liead  story  could 
possibly  haye  fixed  upon.  There  was  nothing 
vulgar  or  Barnum-like  connected  with  it.  It 
consisted,  wholly,  as  described  in  the  writings  of 
its  period,  **  of  cxquialta  and  magnificent  pieces 
of  mechoniBm  and  jewellery.""    In  th^e  days  of 


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"  Great  Exhibl:i'jns,"  a  re'jospective  j;lin.  j  at 
Cox'*  Museum  may  have  sutEv'.^at  interc-t  to 
merit  a  place  her^r.  I  Take  at  rjindom.  on  peniaz 
the  Cat.i^zue,  ••  Tiecl  the  Fobtt-*eco!«d — .1 
Casre  of  .•^V-.^'-V.j" -'">■/•  "  :  — 

"  It  is  r  ^.1'.  \  -:'  7.  a  •:..?' 
iC'l  Up:4  )a2u.  .  «■;:  in  iriT.* 
g«.'lii;  orna'.r.-rLl-ri  w::;.  !".....  ^ 
\*ith  tropiiici  ir.i  f.:.-..y  iij 
?uppjr:e-.i  i:  l^i  fyj.:  .-.:  ,\-.s  '. 
fron:  tv  an  c!-:  ^jh:  T:.  .  : 
b>!LMbat  rlc^'^  -.Y.zzz^^.  ir.i 
The  doors  in  fror.:,  when  -r*; 
cade  of  artinciai  Tra:*r  filiicj 
fre^h  sCreanu  are  :-«:arc»i  -L  -v:.  ir^ :.• 
up  by  Trlt'.z?  •:-:  ii  ::.-.:r  -K 
mirrors,  J'\j,lk\  :a  :h:  ■  ivi::^?  .f 
trhole,  ani  r«i?r  ih*  -TfT.t  ry. .;:  p:-=-s*'r_'!v  -..r  T-.i.ir.s". 
Upon  a  SBMrlj  j:.*'irr«*il  -:ia-is  a  cm*  •:(  ::.  ■.'rrr.sra',.f 
riL-hrie>ii  anl  beaatv.  Cjmto^ti  y:  j.-.  1.  -  .*•:.".  .  -•^■.•.  :::>, 
anda^aie;  ;:  i»  ar-.^ri'i:  :"r.::i  27.  ■:'rziz:  -r.-.'.-:.  -ril 
piaii  wrou^Lt  :a  y..V'.:  a:. I  j  '. „  w.:..  i:.  ■->.•.-:..:. 
truly  m-'-ti.-r'.y.  I":.  :-.r  :L:  •".  r-:  f  ::.'  -_-.■  =.■•''.--' 
b: rl*  are  F>--:*:n  zz- '.:.?.;  .r.  '.:.i  r.S:.'  i-:r.:i  : --•  : 
bJri-i  fri  by  ibr  :]  '■•rrz  .n  !:.^  .-.r't.  .■:-  i-r  -•:=•:! 
pi'-kinj  fmit  an-i  ri/xtr-*.  Lf.  ri  ::.•?  i-  ,•-  .*  ■•.  -  _  .:■ 
riay  iiiu«ic:il  .l'>:k.  tr;'i:  cii'.T.*:-.  -::."•:■-.  i"  :  ;  ■-r-*.-,  --l-. 
two  iiiils.  -r.rj.  1:  th-v  :iz..'.  -'-1  •-::'.  •  i  :..'.  u-.  -  yj 
mo:;- n  to  V :::!■. al -v.r?  ::.  -■^r!  ■■-".  A-.^. ■■::.:  '.'.  \ 
a  Itmri!-.-  of  ara**?,  •;.'.  rz.-:\  v.i*.*.'  -.Wiz-.  r  -:'-.i:  1:, 
orrani'.rls  •/  j-.-l  :  ar:  :  '-.■•Ar.>ry :  ::.  f' ■•.:  :V':r:  i-  :h 
repr  r^^ritation  of  a  b  .1=:.  \si\'.\  i  :;;..:.  i  •:.-'•'.  :*:....' 
ai.il  o:ii-  r  j'-..-':  ^  t.  jr-.v  ;::  t.j'::  r..  Ai-'.-v-:  '.•.■:  \::i.\,. 
is  a  hex^jT-.r.rJ  yiv.I;.  n.  :';  li.*  '.■■:.•.:-.'  'A  -.:.:■•.  '.-. 
doublt  v«-r?i'-iil  r'.ir.  !*:^.^^:^.3ti:  j:  w:i:i  a  h.z^*:  •::%  :; 
»r,  th.i!  -f'^'T.'  "•/  *-3:i^r. !  it?  :  .:*.-.  W.i'.v 
yj.flrj    .:i-:i--.:f::«}j.  a!! 

"V3 


.-pfral  motfo: 


f_rr..f:l  ifv.rr. 


T  3 

■:r*: 


ih^ 

bi;is  :■>  tv^:ry  X::.U  ■,:  ::.■:  :.:5-r-::.t  :ur.^-  th^y  »::.",  *».:■». 
are  bf'th  daeta  ari  w/io^  tir:#n-..r:if!y  7nfcl-,-«*l'/u-.  *.•;  :-•■ 
ociver'sai  a4t'in:ahir.ent  «.f  :Lr:  a-  i-:  cs." 

'J  he  fifty-six  "  pieci-i,*"  vaiu^d  ai  107.-''/^/. 
C'«!P.po*inj  Cox's  Museum,  w^r^  all  i^f  a  sirr;  .u'ly 
rich  and  rare  charai.-trr.  The  L'.-a'l  |,r!z .-  in  ;:,•: 
lottery  was  a  pair  of  diamond  ear-rir.j-.  m  :•;  lor 
the  Enopress  of  RuBsia,  and  v:;lj';d  a*,  iy.'.'/'^. 
Cox  wa-s  not  merely  an  injer.io'j-  n. *:'■:. ^:.'': :  ''*? 
wa?  probably  the  fir#t  of  his  Tr:id»;  in  Kri:;!.i:»;i  who 
•tudi^d  artistic  effect :  and  he  enii/'-y^-'i  l\*>\.f:^*tUi. 
the  sculptor,  and  Zoffany  th-  :i;ii:»'Tr,  t»  liiukc 
desir;n>>  for  his  works.  The  preaiiible  of  the  Act 
of  Parliament  states  that  •*  the  painter,  tb-:  irold- 
smith,  the  jeweller,  the  lapidary,  the  •culntor, 
the  watchmaker,  in  short  all  the  lib';rul  arts  haTo 
found  employment  in  and  worthily  co'>perated  " 
to  Cox's  Museum.  Truly,  one  would  no  more 
expect  to  find  a  Cromwell's  h^a/l  in  such  a  collec- 
tion, than  in  tlie  SufiirrK-r  J'al;i':e  of  I'ekin,  wh'rr«r, 
curiously  enouirh,  rlieri:  w.;re  found,  at  the  laV; 
plunderinj?  of  that  imperial  residenc,  several  re- 
markable sp'?cimens  of  jewellery  and  m'^r^hani-m 
bearinrr  the  name  of  James  Cox,  Jeweilor,  10:j, 
Shoe  Lane,  London,  for  in  that  now  comuv<»^v- 
place  locality  did  Uv\a  wA)«\m\tv«^\A?rA^\^N."^'^^ 
ingenloua  vxnial  <indL\  wA  wen  ^>^  Vv8.\^>^'«^^^'^- 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


The  Act  empowerinfr  Cox  to  dlnpose  of  his  mu- 
seum by  lottery  receive*!  the  royal  iissent  by  com- 
mUsion  on  June  21,  1773,  and  on  May  1,  1775, 
the  drawing  corameDced  at  Guildhall,  "  when 
No.  57,808,  dmwn  a  ,blnnk,  -was,  a*  first  drawn 
ticket,  entitled  to  100/."*  Among  the  annals  of 
lotteries  this  is  a  memorable  one,  a  man  having 
suborned  one  of  the  Blue- coat  boys  to  conceal  a 
ticket,  the  fraud  was  detected,  and  gave  rise  to 
much  litigation  f  ;  this,  however,  is  beyond  my 
subject,  my  object  being  merely  to  show  that 
Cox's  Museum  was  dispersed  by  lottery  in  1775, 
and  consequently  was  not  in  existence  with  a 
CromwelTs  head  in  it,  as  incautiously  alleged  by 
T.  B.,  in  1787  (p.  180). 

T,  B*  believes  that  "  no  such  lecture  has  been 
delivered  as  that  referred  to  by  Ma.  Pikkbhton,** 
and  yet,  in  the  next  sentence,  he  says  that — *'  It 
would  be  ft  pity  to  drag  the  name  of  such  a  sim- 
pleton as  the  lecturer  before  the  public.'*  I  do 
not  know  the  name  of  the  lecturer,  for  I  have  mis- 
laid the  newspaper  cutting  which  gave  an  account 
of  it ;  but  I  may  have  a  shrewd  suspicion  as  to 
what  the  initials  of  the  simpleton  {the  word  is  not 
mine)  are*  The  writer  in  the  Phrenologictil 
JoufTial^  whose  name — T  ac!knowiedge  my  error — 
is  Donovan  and  not  O'Donovan,  partly  corrobo- 
rates my  "  piece  of  pueriBty  "  in  relation  to  the 
lecture,  thus :  — 

**  It  was  decidedly  s  round  head ;  and,  indeed,  when 
the  CavalkM  bentovrtd  the  nioknamc  of  *  Roundhead*  * 
upon  ihc  sourer  fanalicA  of  the  opposite  fv*-  -  "'m  y 
were  iiueon^ciously  giving  utterance  to  a    ;  il 

fact  —  A  pbilonophicAl  truth  co«V4l  with  the  •  ti- 

jHtitntion  of  maiu" 

Whatever  difference  of  opinion  there  may  exist 
between  T*  B.  and  me  as  regards  CromwelVs  bead» 
1  think  he  will  now  agree  with  me  in  considering 
that  there  are  more  simpletons  than  one  in  the 
world.  And  I  may  add  that  **  the  sourer  fana- 
tics,** being  practical  men,  and  totally  ignorant  of 
the  beauties  of  phrenology,  did  not  recognise  this 
"philosophical  truth  coeval  with  the  cerebral  con- 
stitution of  man/'  as  the  followiniij  title*page  of  a 
work  now  before  me  amply  testifies  :  — 

**  Caveats  for  Aiiti- Roundheads.  A  sad  Warning  to  all 
mtlif^iiant  Spir;*  *^  ^  |^|m  fgftifu]  Judgementa  that 
fell  on  several  r  speakin;^  contcinpttioiiily  of 

Rcmndheadfl,     i  [des  of  fimrfal  Jndg«m«(}is  vn 

profane  and  roaligtuiiit  i?pirit«»  who  reproached  true  Pro* 
ttttanta  with  the  name  of  Koundhcads,    London :  1642/' 

1ft  justice  to  Mr.  Donovan^  I  must  state  that 
hta  account  of  the  head  is  the  only  one  I  have 
feen  deserving  of  any  attention.  He  tells  us 
ihftt  the  corunul  region  has  been  sawn  oft'  and 
replaced.  Of  cour?*i?  it  had  been  taken  off,  in 
the  operation  of  embalming,  to  remove  the  brain, 

•  (JmfV  Mtiff, 

t  S«a  GnL'i  Mag,  aad^nn,  iZfyuKr  fiw  Mvitia  fiar- 
Uculan  of  the  «•  Mufwio  Lottmy.** 


and  replaced  afterwards.     But  it  b  neaUv  rtr 
that  not  one  of  the  believers  in   the  Wilk 
head   has   ever  wondered   how   this    small,  \tm  \ 
piece  of  skull  has  been  preserved  during' thr  mn^ 
rude  vicissituiles  the  head  has  pa?-  jh— i 

the  rais^ing  from  the  grave,  identil  :  db  I 

body,  the  dragging  from  the  coffin,  the  Lanirin;  j 
on  the  gibbet,  the  chopping  ulF  of  the  head*  tb  1 
spikingf  the  long  position  over  Westminster  HilL  I 
the  blowing  down,  the  hurried  grasp  of  the  j 
in  a  dark  night  —  wonderful,  mi racri'  ^^\ 

afler  all  this  contvemptuous  buffeti  t  nii  | 

region   is  still   in  its  place! —  **Cre<jtii.  *jui; 
Apella."    Thewildest  legend  of  saintlr  relic  t 
pale  its  ineflectual  fires  before  the  WilkiiiaoR  h^  | 
of  Cromwell* 

T*  B.,  aa  a  proof  of  the  genuine  cKaradis  ^  I 
the  head,  says,  ^'  it  is  not  offered  to  ua  bj  a  i* 
man   to  make   money,  nor   bv   any    enthm 
antiquary  "  —  an  observation*  however  un 
mentary  to  antiquaries,  no  doubt  strtctlj 
The  relic-collector  is  not   an    antiqujirj, 
sense  of  the  word  ;  the  old  race  of  mid 
tiquaries  has  utterly  disnppearetl,   arch 
become  a  science,  and  most  of  its  darker  ] 
can  be  solved  with  nearly  matbemattcal  < 
N'o  antiquary,  on  the  evidence   addoctd,  ( 
for  an  instant  entertain  the  idea  that  tlifl 
WQS   Cromweirs.      Simple   common-seuM  il* 
without   any  antiquarian   acf^uirementii,  m^ 
sufficient  to  decide  the  question    in   thi*^*^ 
If  the  head  be  that  of  Cromwell,  accorda(ifi^ 
showing  of  its  advocates,  it  must  havc>  l«a«^ 
grave  ^r  about  a  year  and  a  half,    it    thm  W«| 
upon   a  gibbet  for  a  day,  and   next   ft  s^mf^  j 
upon  a  spike  over  Westminster  Hall  till  tJie  ^Bm 
end  of  James  the  Second's  reign,    when  H  *i 
blown  down,  through  the  wooden  pole   thai  fif 
ported  the  spike  becoming  deeayetl.      Noir,  <»  i 
tinues  common -sense,  no  head  could  have  vit^  ' 
stood  the  summer's  sun  and  wint4^^*a  etorw  ^  I 
twenty- eight  *  years  in  this  variable  elimnt?,  ^ 
bo  ultimately  capable  of  identification, 
was  embalmed  —  tanned  even  if  you  w  i 
if  it  had  been  carved  in  the  very  stcme  *if  C<  ^ 
great  building  now  adjoining  Westminatisr  BA  I 
the  distinctive  features   would,    in    iwefify^cMl 
years,  have  been  completely  obliterated*     It  ri^  I 
is   pitiable  to  read  of  an  nrgument  (p.  \%0)  «l*  I 
tempted  lobe  founded  on  the  colour  of  hair  ate  J 
a  bleaching  exposure  to  tV      »  -  -—     r  |^ 
eight  year*!.   Itut  the  ai^mr  re 

by   T.  B.    When  I  conclu,.  '■ 

Bate*8  pout  mmrttfrn  report  on  tl 


"  At  tbt«  lowrst  computation,  fbf 
ihjit  thf^  bca.l  wA3i  hlo\w:   iffiwn    in  th#  gT^af    iX'fmii\ 

I . 

tku 


«nytiitng  about  Cronfiwtir*  head. 


^.•64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


Ibalmed  head  could  not  be  that  of  Crom- 
dve  the  »8toundin;T    repl/i    thnt    the 
I**  no  doubt  einbalnied  before  death*'  1 1  • 
I  of  getting  aside  Dr.  Bate*8  eviderjce  is 
Swivelier  would  have  called  "  a  stag- 
ad  1  CAU  ooly  reply  in  the  words  of 

.    .    The  times  have  beeoi 
1  the  bruiift  were  oat,  the  man  would  die, 
I  an  end/' 

^that  (be  ca»e  u  altererl, — 

utautur,  not  et  mutmnur  in  illiA.** 

rseriouslj.     I  flatter  myself  that  I 

Bj  d)SfH3&ed  of  the   Protectoral  preten- 

'.  Wilkinson  head ;  and  I  shall  buve  no 

'  of  it,  as  a  bead  of  Cromwell.     But  as 

meaiia  an  ordinary  head,  as  it  bas  a 

us  1 1- agi -comical  bi^itory  of  its  own,  I 

F future  period,  with  the  pemiisaion  of 

tidce  the  liberty  of  letting   Mr.  Wil- 

pw  whose  bead  it  really  is  that  he  poa- 

WUXIAM   FiNKJERTON. 


CONTSIDUTIONS    TO     **  N.     &     Q-" 

^.y — Doubtless  the  names  of  some  of 
ibutors  give  weight  to  their  communi- 
t  In  some  instances,  such  would  not 
and  the  anonymous  contributors  them- 
be  supposed  to  be  the  best  judges,  I 
St  that  the  value  of  all  contributions, 
lymous  or  avowed,  would  be  greatly 
h  contributor  giving,  when  pr^c* 
tbority  upon  which  bis  statements 
I  that  any  reader  may  have  the  oppor- 
.isfying  himself  of  their  correctness  or 
y,  and  of  judging  what  weight  is  due  (o 
Anonymous  and  unsupported  statement 
if  little,  if  any,  value.  J. 

Ition  lias  two  sides  to  it.  The  anonymous 
Ay  eontaiDed,  or  nearly  contained,  in 
1.  Those  who  have  a  feeling  —  a 
Uig  tlian  a  reason — against  being  known, 
ho  have  a  reason,  either  in  their  official 
their  relations  to  the  facts  they  state, 
)se  who  write  with  their  names  when 
to  give  the  authority  of  their  names, 
ily  desire  to  avoid  giving  that  autho* 
they  feel  that  their  knowledge  of  the 
not  juhtify  them  in  employing  their 
Suence.  If  it  were  a  certainty  that  all 
i  would  comnmnicate,  in  any  cusc'i 
perhaps  be  no  harm  in  pressing  pub- 
Ihem.     But  the  real  question  h  i\\U : 

Binion  gain  ground  that  all  comrauni- 
it  to  be  tinymous,  wouhl  those  who 
lite  anonymously  atid  their  names,  or 


sWp  of  tlic  pen  for  "  before  buriaJ,"  and 
lkaT9  bteti  corrected.— En.} 


would  they  cease  to  communicate?  I  suspect 
that  a  majority  would  choose  the  second  alterna- 
tive, to  the  great  disadvantage  of  the  work.  The 
anonymous  communicator  has  no  authority  until 
he  gains  it  by  the  value  of  bis  communications  : 
this  is  one  of  the  arguments  adduced  in  favour  of 
avowed  articles.  Is  this  really  in  favour  of  avowal, 
or  against  it  ?  The  answer  is  one  thing  for  one 
reader,  another  for  another :  it  depends  upon  the 
manner  in  which  authority  is  allowed  to  act.  It 
must  be  remembered  that  so  far  as  a  note  or  re- 
ply is  only  indicative  or  suggestive,  it  matters 
nothing  what  signature  is  employed.  On  the 
whole,  let  things  remain  as  they  are :  and  I  give 
this  recommendation  the  more  confidently  because 
I  am  persuaded  things  will  remain  as  they  are, 
whether  or  no.  It  is  always  in  the  power  of  any 
one  who  has  a  good  reason^  to  communicate  that 
reason  to  the  contributor  through  the  editor,  and 
to  ask  the  contributor  to  allow  himself  to  be 
privately  named.     From   the   notices  to  corre- 

rndents,  I  should  judge  that  the  editor  himself 
s  not  always  know  who  the  contributor  is.  If 
so,  I  should  certainly  recommend  the  adoption  of 
the  plan  followed  by  many  newspapers,  which 
never  print  anything  without  being  in  private 
possession  of  the  writer's  name.     *    ^"  ^' 


A.  Ds  MoBOAii. 


Qdotation  (3'^**  S.  v.  260.) — I  have  a  reference 
to  the  quotation  from  Euripides,  which  runs 
thus:  ** lirdpTTji'  i^(tx*ii  Htii^ffif  ic"<rM«/*  (3f«/.,  fr. 
xjt.  1);  but  not  having  the  complete  works  of 
Euripides  ni  hiind,  I  cannot  verify  it. 

J.  Eastwood. 

[We  are  greatly  ohligccl  to  our  corre«poDdenti  end, 
avaiUng  ourselves  of  the  duo  which  he  has  thus  aflbrded 
us,  hare  found  the  posaago  from  Eoripidi^s  aa  cited  by 
Stobicaa,  xxxix.  10 :  — 

"  Bvf>tniBov  Tiihtipat, 

On  thia  paBMge  Wagner  reiuark9,  in  lib  tragmenia 
£uripitiis^  **  AgamemnoDem  loqui  liquet*  —  Priniuin  vm. 
qui  in  proverbium  abiit,  prJtheiit  etiiim  PluL  iJv  Trtm^, 
Ah.  13,  Dt  Exni,  8,  Cic.  Ad  AiL  iv,  6.  L  8q.,  H  Dioge- 
m'an.  viii.  18,  sed  printer  Diogeaianum  Tai/rov  pro  Ktiyrjt^ 
babent,"  Since  writing  the  foregoing,  we  have  received 
the  following  coramunictttiona  from  Mu.  Da  vies  and 
A.G.  S.  of  Oxford.] 

W  you  have  not  received  any  other  communica- 
tion, furnishing  your  readers  with  the  whereabout 
in  Kuripides  of  the  above  famous  proverbial  ex- 
pression, I  limy  direct  them  to  the  29rd  Fragment 
4»f  the  TeUphm  of  Euripides  (pngo  112  of  the 
Fragments  at  the  end  of  the  Patta  Sceuici  Gr<£ci 
of  Dindorf,  ed.  1830).  There  I  find  two  dimeter 
anapfests  — 

'S.wdfnfitf  *AaXf t  *  nfiynv  itiafLti, 
Tat  ik  MuK^Far  i^fTt  tSta. 


308 


NOTES  ANP  QUEBIES. 


[8^*8.  V.  April  9.  "Si. 


which  may  reasonably  be  supposed  to  be  words  of 
Agamemnon  to  the  younger  Atrides.  They  are 
cited  from  Stobajus,  37,  p.  226,  and  occur  in  the 
Collection  of  Proverbs,  by  Diogenianus,  cent.  viii. 
18.  I  have  not  Plutarch's  MoraUa,  but  probably 
the  passage  from  Plutarch  would  be  found  there. 
Dindorf  says  that  the  proverb  'S,w<ifnriv  ^Aaxc;,  K.r,\, 
is  to  be  found  there,  p.  602,  6. 

Jambs  Banks  Davus. 
Moor  Court,  March  28, 1864. 

"  Iwdfrrav  cAaxer*  Kciyav  jc^/ict* 

Eur.  TelqM  Fragm,  (Cf.  Fmgm.  Trag.  GnBC, 
Nauck,  §  722.  p.  461.  Leiptig,  1856.) 

Erasmna  (Adag.  p.  638,  ed.  Wecfael,  1643)  ieemB 
to  think  that  they  were  the  words  of  Agamemnon 
to  Menelaus.  [Cad.  Aurel.  Tard,,  4,  9,  init.  — 
"  Cum  nulius  cupLlitati  locus,  nulla  satietatis  spes 
est,  singulif  Sparta  jwn  sufficU  sua.  Loquitur  de 
viris  rooUibus,  qui  propter  libidinem  nonnullis 
corporis  partibus  ob8C4?ne  abutuntur."] 

The  proverb  seems  to  be  derived  from  a  use  of 
the  Greek  word  (nripm\,  -ijy,  which  meant  a  rope 
made  of  a  kind  of  broom  (FunU  sparteus).  But 
funiculus  (and  the  Hebrew  ^M)  ^^  "sed  to  sig- 
nify a  portion  of  land  measured  by  an  extended 
rope ;  and  hence  came  to  be  applied  to  land  lefk 
to  an  heir.  And  so  the  proverb  means,  that  every 
man  should  adorn  the  station  of  life  in  which  he 
is  placed,  i.  e.  be  content  with  that  station.  So 
Hieronymus  {Ep,  2,  ad  Nepotian.)  says:  "Si 
autem  ego  pars  Domini  sum,  et  funiculus  keredi- 
tatis  ejus,  nee  accipio  partem  inter  ceteras  tribus, 
habens  yictum  et  vestitum,  his  contentus  ero." 

This  is  the  explanation  given  by  the  dictionary 
of  Facciolati  and  Forcellini,  s.  v.  **  Sparta."  There 
are  many  forms  of  the  proverb,  all  of  which  may 
be  seen  by  a  reference  to  the  passage  in  Nauck  s 
Fragm,  Trag.  Grcec,  (Cf.  Cic.  ad  Att.,  i.  20,  3  : 
"Earn  quam  mihi  dicis  obtigisse  Iviifnav,  non 
modo  nunquam  deseram,  sed  etiam,"  &c.) 

C.  C.  C.  Oxford. 

Elma  (3'«>  S.  V.  97.)  -  Lady  Elma  de  Ruse  is  a 
character  in  Miss  Hawkins's  Countess  and  Ger- 
trude, published  early  in  this  century,  therefore 
the  name  is  not  of  recent  fabrication.  I  suppose 
it  is  the  feminine  of  St.  Elmo.  I  think  it  occurs 
in  BlomfieUrs  Norfolk.  F.  C.  B. 

Hugh  Beaniiam,  M.A.  (3"»  S.  v.  212,  271.) 
We  wish  to  add  to  our  reply  respecting  Hugh 
Branham,  that  he  was  matriculatea  as  a  sizar  of 
St.  John*s  College,  Cambridge,  Nov.  12,  1567, 
proceeded  B.A.  15G9-70,  commenced  M.A.  1573, 
and  became  B.D.  1581. 

C.  H.  &  Thompson  Cooper. 

Parish  Registers:  Tombstones  and  their 
IN8CRIPTION8  (S^  S.  iv.  226, 317 ;  v.  78.)— It  has 


been  well  said,  by  a  writer  of  another  natioiu  '^le 
meilleur  moyen  d'intdresser  les  vivans,  c'est  tf  itre 
pieux  k  regard  des  morts."  Englishmen  have 
never  been  indifferent  to  the  memory  of  their  fore- 
fathers ;  and  the  su^^gestions  and  strictures  of  your 
correspondents  will  meet,  it  is  to  be  hoped,  with 
that  attention  which  the  subject  mooted  by  tfaem 
so  well  deserves.  Universal  concurrence  on  die 
part  of  individuals  is  scarcely  to  be  expected; 
but  the  good  will  shown  by  Mr.  Hutchqksov  will 
no  doubt  be  followed  bjr  many  others.  Still  the 
subject  ought  to  be  considered  a  national  one,  and 
taken  up  in  the  spirit  which  led  Sir  John  Romillj 
to  propose  the  puulication  of  our  national  records, 
a  most  patriotic  proposal,  which  met  with  lo 
ready  a  response,  and  has  been  followed  by  lu^ 
valuable  results.  And  let  not  the  work  be  con- 
fined to  one  part  of  the  empire,  but  embrace  Scot- 
land and  Ireland  also.  Surely  among  the  readers 
of"  N.  &  Q."  there  will  be  found  some  M.P.  who 
will  submit  the  undertaking  to  the  wisdom  of 
the  legislature,  and  leave  no  means  untried  for  its 
adoption.  Scorri. 

On  Wit  (S'^  S.  v.  162.)  —  Pope,  in  his  Emg 
on  Criticism,  uses  the  word  wit  upwards  of  eiiibtT 
times  with  the  following  distinct  significatiooi^ 
viz.  —  1 .  Men  of  talent,  especially  poets,  lines  3( 
45, 159,  517,  &c. ;  2.  Poetic  genius  and  its  result, 
poetry,  80,  302,  652 ;  3.  Intellectual  ability,  53, 
61;  4.  Judgment,  259;  5.  Conceits,  &c.,  292, SOS; 
6.  The  unexpected  and  ludicrous  association  of 
ideas — the  modern  sense,  421,  447,  G07,  &c. 

Samucl  Neil. 

James  Cumming,  F.S.A.  (3'*  S.  v.  212.)— 
"Died,  Jan.  23  [18271,  at  Lovell  Hill  Cottage,  Beits. 
James  Gumming,  Esq.,  F.S.A.,  and  late  of  the  CWBce  of 
the  Board  of  Commissioners  for  the  Affairs  of  India."  — 
See  Gent.  Mag.  for  1827,  Port  1. 

WlLUAM  LlLLINGTON  LeWIS  (3'*   S.  V.  241.)— 

In  replj  to  S.  Y.  II.,  who  seeks  through  your 
columns  more  particulars  respecting  \V.  L. 
Lewis,  translator  of  Statius,  and  sometime  "  first 
usher  "  of  Kept<m  school,  I  beg  to  refer  him  to 
p.  271-2,  of  Dr.  Robt.  Bigsby's  quarto  History  of 
Repton,  published  in  1854.  It  will  be  gathered 
thence  tnat  Mr.  Lewis  quitted  Repton  under 
somewhat  awkward*  circumstances,  having,  "in 
point  of  fact,  been  bought  out  of  his  ushership 
for  50/.  Dr.  Bigsby  refers  to  a  contemporary 
Diarist,  who  records  that  Mr.  Lewis's  departure 
gave  "  great  joj  to  all  who  were  under  him."  As 
to  his  translation  of  Statius,  any  one  who  will 
take  the  pains  to  compare  it  with  the  original, 
and  the  Ist  book  with  tbe  translation  of  rope, 
will,  1  am  sure,  be  struck  with  its  poornew  and 
inferiority. 

At  the  beginning  of  this  year  I  was  led  care- 
fUlly  to  examine  ue  translation  of  the  1st  Book 


3»d  a^  V,  AfBU,  9,  ^64] 


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bj  Mr.  Lewis  with  that  of  Pf>pe  (which  is  itself 
often  !f>o«e  and  fj^ulty),  but!  came  tx)  the  conchi- 
l-«ion  that  he  wa*  not  more  fitted  for  the  office  of  a 
poeiicai  translator  than  he  seems  to  have  been  for 
that  of  first  usher. 

I  cannot  just  now  la/  my  hands  on  my  not^s, 
or  1  could  justify  these  remiirks  by  passages  which 
I  transoribed.  Lowndes,  in  his  Bibliographirs 
Idammlt  rightly  characterises  the  translation  as  a 

I  poor  performance.  1  should  add  that,  as  an  old 
Keptoniao,  I  could  wish  it  had  been  possible  to 
speak  otherwise  of  the  work  of  one  of  its  Masters. 
jAMm  Ba?vks  Davies« 
A.  E.  L  O.  U,  (3^  8.  V.  222.)  —  These  Tcwreb 
wet*  adopted  aa  a  device  by  Frederick,  Emperor 
of  Oerroany,  who  waa  elected  in  1424,  and  from 
tlie  period  of  whose  election  the  imperial  succea- 
sion,  though  content ed^  ha^  been  uninierruptediy 
I  in  the  House  of  Austria.  Frederick  waa  an  al- 
kchymi»t|  an  astrologer,  and  a  believer  in  magic. 
H#le  died  at  the  a^e  of  eighty- three,  of  a  surfeit  of 
"melons,  after  reigning  fifty »three  years*  In  his 
reign  th»*  vowels  figured  on   government  build- 

Iings,  regimental  flags,  on  the  backs  of  imperitil 
|>ooks,  and  even  on  the  bandies  of  the  emperor's 
flpoons.  They  were,  for  a  time,  a  pu«zle ;  but  the 
following  triple  interpretation  of  them  was  ma«le 
for  the  benefit  of  the  perplexed :  — 

11«4  1^  Mrelch       I  >|  I  Icvtcneieli     I    ntbrrthui 

UMitU     XJter  Xoit«rUl      \Jttt  K^' niy^nt. 

I  J.  DoSAN. 

It  Wia  Frederick  ITT.  of  Germany  who  mystt- 
I  fied  the  world  by  inscribin;?  •*  A.  E.  I.  O.  U/' 
wipoii  his  belongings.    Ai>  tb,  the  solution 

^b' the  riddle  was  found  ;''  papers.     Ma. 

^HTooDWAan  hs«  given  ub  {h<:  ijiiiin  and  German 
^versions  of  the   Htriigtuit   legend.      It   bus  bt^en 
^%one  into  English  as  loUowa  ;  *'  viustria's  £inpire 
!&  OverjJl  i/nlversal.*'  St,  bwixHur. 

QcoTATioN  Wanted  :  Evandee*^  Oansa  (3"* 
S.  V.  174.) — Tlie  lines  a.^cribed  to  Br,  W.  King 
are  not  in  Nichols's  edition  of  bia  works.  London, 
1776,  3  vols.  8vo.     1  do  not  know  their  author. 

**Evander*s  Order/*  I  think,  is  in  the  JEtieid^ 
B>,  viif.  I.  973  t  — 

O  juvenas,  <  udum 

_'  cQiTiAS,  et 

I'.-  pOCate  deurrt^  n  iujif.  I- 1  fill  r'>/i'/tli'.s.^^ 

Iter  a  rather  long  story,  but  aho 


C 

c 

It 


■  *'  Po»tquAm  exempta  fames  at  amor  compreasas  edendl^ 

■  Rex  Eviiijdrus  »ut,  Stc, — 

and  must  have  been  acceptable  to  those  who  bad 
fed  "  perpetui  tergo  bovis  et  lux&Qlibttg  eTtis**  — 
ibe  laat  diah  being  probably  a^  nasty  as  haggis. 

H.B.  C, 

OoilAJii  (S'^  S,  V.  110,  145.)— The   first  aa- 
hority    as  to  Ogham  inscriptioEis   is  Frofeaaor 


Graves  of  Trinity  College,  Dublin,  I  beliere 
there  is  a  published  explanation  of  the  Ojibaratc 
alphabet.  Da,  Moobe  should  write  to  Prolcssor 
Graves,  who  can  probably  tell  him  about  the 
Newton  atone,  and  at  the  same  time  admit  him  to 
the  Oghamic  mysteries.  Such  a  keen  antiquary 
as  the  Professor  would  no  doubt  feel  a  pleasure  in 
rendering  as^iistance.  Should  Da.  Moobe  decline 
writing  to  the  Professor,  I  will  endeavour  to  pro- 
cure an  answer  as  to  the  Oghamic  alphabet. 

J.  ToiiBa. 

EKioatA(3"*  S.  V,  15a,  199.)— The  following 
enigma  was  proposed  for  solution  at  the  first  of 
the  above  references  :  — 

"  Qulnque  t^umu^  frUn's,  sab  eodsm  tempore  nati , 
Bini  bttrl  e  cresti, 

Qulaiuj  1  N»  aed  lAmen  dimidiatam,** 

At  the  second  reiurtfiice  nppeared  the  solution,  by 
which  it  appears  that  the  calyx  of  a  ro«e  was  de- 
signated by  the^e  lines.  But  what  I  have  to 
object  to,  19  not  the  answer  to  the  enigma,  but 
the  translation  of  tlie  words  bini  barbati.  I  ob- 
serve that  all  the  three  translations  suppose  the 
second  line  to  mean  that  trto  of  the  five  brothers 
only  had  beards.  Moreover,  all  of  them  reprc* 
sent  *M?o  others  as  beardless.  Surely  this  is  neither 
the  meaning  of  the  Latin,  nor  the  pru}>cr  de^^crip* 
tioQ  of  the  calyx. 

«  Bini  (Hirbaii,  mnt  erine  enatif" 
I  take  to  mean  that  two  and  turn,  that  is  four  \u 
idl,  have  beards,  but  no  hair.  If  £»i>»  meant  only 
two,  the  verse  would  contain  no  dtscrlption  at  all 
of  the  other  two,  but  jump  at  once  to  the  descrip- 
tion of  the  fifth,  which  would  be  unusual  and 
unsatisfactory.  Bini  signifies  two  and  hto^  usterai 
means  three  and  three.  The  enigma  then*  afs  I  un- 
derstand it,  means  that  each  (tvo,  that  is,  fuur  of 
the  brothers  had  beards.  Thus  Terence  says  in 
his  Fhormio:  "Ex  his  pra*diis  talenta  argenti 
hina  statim  capiebat,''  meaning  that  from  tack 
farm  he  received  two  talents,  of  course  four  in  all. 
But  our  translators  have  assumed  what  the  enigma 
does  not  say,  that  two  others  of  the  five  were 
smooth  and  beardless*  This  is  neither  the  sense 
of  the  verse,  nor  the  true  description  of  the  calyx 
of  a  rose,  which  will  be  found  to  consist  of  four 
fringed,  or  bearded  divisions,  and  one  with  a  little 
fringe  on  one  side  only,  which  the  enigma  de- 
scribes as  half  bearded — barbam  dtmidiatam. 

F.  C.  H, 

FiTZ-JAMisi,  Dun:  ot  Bebwicx,  and  Fitz- 
Jameb,  etc.  (a*"**  S.  V,  202.)  —  The  following  are 
the  peerages  and  arms  of  the  present  famtiv:  — 
Boron  Bosworth,  Earl  of  Fin  mouthy  and  Dulte  of 
Berwick  in  En^lumJ  (March  10,  1687);  Duke  de 
Fitz- James  in  Frunce  (Miy,  1710)  ;  and  Duke  de 
Lcria  et  de  Xericii  in  Spain « 

The  arms  tu'e,  I  and  4,  France  and  Enirknd 
quarterly ;  2.  Bcotland ;  3.  Ireland,  all  vrithin  % 


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[8*<iS.  V.  ArKix.fl 


bordure  g^obony,  az,  and  gu, ;  the  azure  pieces 
charged  with  a  fleur-de-lis  of  Prance,  the  gulea 
with  a  lion  of  England.  The  supporterA  are  a 
lion  and  a  jrrifTou,  both  proper,  and  reguardant. 
ilottoes  :  "  Ortu  et  honore/*  and  **  1689,  Semper 
et  ubique  H  del  is,  1789.*'  J.  Woouwabd. 

Kew  shoreham. 

WiTTT  Classical  Quotatioi«s  (2*"*  S.  ix.  x.  xL 
pagaim.)  — 

**  If  the  tradilionaiy  story  be  tniet  there  w&a  ooe  yoang: 
sclioUr,  whose  wit  and  readlaoBS  deserved  a  pxa»t  of  gold 
better  than  Master  Coryatt**  oration,  iter  Majesty 
(Queen  Elixabeth*  on  a  viiut  to  Winchester  school  in  1570) 
pteaaaotly  asked  him  if  he  hud  orer  made  acquaintance 
with  that  celebrated  rod,  whose  famo  had  reached  even 
her  royal  earn.  Both  the  question  and  the  questioner 
would  have  embarrasaed  inoat  schoolboys,  but  he  replied 
by  an  admirabte  quotation  from  Virgil-^a  faniiluir  line, 
which  the  Qtieen  was  like  eaottgh  to  have  understood  — 

*  Infattdum,  r^na,  jnbce  renovare  dolorem.* 
It  ia  very  ungrateful  of  the  Wykeharoiffls  not  to  have 
preserved  his  wmxi^."  ^^  Bhukwood  for  Jan.   1864^  p.  71 
particle  on  **  Winchester  College  and  Commoners,*') 

E.  H.  A. 

HOTAL  CAOKKCr  fS'**    S.  V.  213.)  —  FlT7,-JoiIS 

will  6nd  the  information  he  requires  in  Bouteirs 
Heraldry^  Ilittorical  and  Popular,  whence  I  ex- 
tract the  following  answers  to  his  queries  :  — 

1.  Lionel  bore  various  diflerences,  but  that 
known  as  hi«  special  cognisance  appears  to  have 
been  a  label  arg.,  on  each  point  a  canton  gu. 
This  seems  to  have  beea  afterwards  known  as  the 
Label  of  Clarence* 

2*  John  of  Gaunt  bore  a  label  of  three  points 
ermine*  "  This/*  says  Mr,  Boutell,  *'  may  be 
blazoned  *  of  Brittany^  having  been  derived  from 
the  ermine  canton  borne  by  John  de  Dreux,  Count 
[?  Duke]  of  Brittany  and  Earl  of  Richmond,  on 
whose  death,  in  1342^  the  Enrldom  of  Richmond 
was  conferred  by  Edward  111,  on  his  infant  aon 
Prince  John/* 

3.  Richard  Earl  of  Cambridge,  a  label  of  three 
pointi!  arg.,  charged  on  each  point  with  three  tor- 
teaux. 

4.  Richard  Duke  of  York,  a  Label  of  For*,  as 
his  father. 

5.  George,  Duke  of  Clarence,  a  Labd  of  Clar* 
ence^  the  same  as  Lionel. 

6.  I  do  not  find  any  notice  of  Margiiret*s  label ; 
but  her  brother  Edward,  Earl  of  Warwick,  bore  a 
Ltibel  of  Beaufort^  cf»mponee  arg.  and  ax.  She 
would  probably  use  the  same.      Hsamet^truds. 

Ma>»CHiNa§  (3**  S.  iv.  401;  v.  1154,)  —  Some 
account  of  the  paternal  nncestors  of  Rannulph* 
called  by  English  antiquaries  Dp  Meschinva^ 
Earl  of  Chester,  is  io  be  found  in  the  introduc- 
tion to  StapletonV  RolU  of  the  E:^chequtr  of  Nor- 
mandy  (1848),  I  have  riot  the  w*»rk  at  hand  ti> 
refer  lo^  but  froia  'it  I  took  from  it  some 

time  ugo«  I  find  '  iinnulph,  wh(»  married 

Maud,  the  sister  « >i  i  i  iv^n  i^upus,  was  bereditary 


deAJMH 
lown  M^^ 


Vicomte  du  Besson^  his  father*8  name  being  Ria-  j 
nulpb^  and   his  grand fatber^s  Anschitill.     1 
anxious   to   learn  more   of  this    AnscbltilL, 
should  be  glad  to  ascertain  whether  I  am  riska^ 
supposing  that  the  estates  of  the  faniily  were  foi 
feited  in  his  time,  and  afterwards  restored  to  1 
son. 

If  the  statement  above  given  is  correct,  it  wl 
be  seen  that  the  connection  with  any  sucb  ]^ 
as  Walter  de  Espagne  must  be  more  remote ! 
Le  CHavALiES  DD  Ctqne  suppose^  it  lo  be*  kiA 
while  on  this  subject  I  would  beg  to  inqiurvh 
what  manner,  if  at  all,  Ralph  de  Toeni  and  Wii- 
ter  de  Espagne,  described  as  his  brother,  were  rr 
lated  to  Robert  de  Todeni,  Lord  of  Bel  voir.  It  a 
somewhat  singular  that  this  Rt>bert*s  graodsA 
William  de  Albini,  is  by  English  antiqiuni 
commonly  styled  De  Meschines,  But  this  does  vm 
imply  any  relationship  with  the  Earl  of  Chatfr> 
In  both  cases  the  real  appellation  wa 
chin,  or  the  Younger ;  and  Robert  de 

grandson,   William  de  Albini^    was    sq 

distinguish  him  from  bis  father  Willi&ni  de  4 
the  elder  earL  I  believe  it  is  not  known  I 
Robert  de  Todeni's  son  William  came  to  ( 
the  name  of  Albini.  Nor  have  I  ever  bee 
to  ascertain  how  the  Albini s  of  thia  fjumlj 
to  be  distinguished  by  the  appeUation  of  j 

P.  S.  CatfT* 

Aechhisuop  Hamiltoh  (3'*^  S.  v.  241*)  — Ft 
an  account  of  Archibald  Hamilton,  Archbisbap 
CasheU  E.  S.  M.  is  referred  to  Ware^a  BiMk»p9  ^ 
Trehndy   edited  by  Harris,  p.  486,    and  CoUan'i 
Fo^sti  EcvUsia  Hibernian  (Munster,  p.  14.)    \ 
these  authorities  give  1659  as  the  dat^  of  this 
late's  death.     Is   1620  a  typographical  ei 
your  correspondent*s  query  ?      Thomas 
who  succeeded  Hamilton  at  Cashel,  was  trai 
from  Ardfert   by   letters   patent^   dated  Feb* 
16G0. 

E.  S.  M.  asks,  *'  Can  anyone  give  me  any  tnfa( 
tuation  as  to  this  Irishman  t  dobigs  in  Swe  * 
Why  does  he  call  him  an  Irishman  f  TI 
that  be  was  an  Irish  bishop  wouhl  be  a  pi 
tion  against  his  being  an  Irishman.  W;irc  saji 
thai  he  was  a  native  of  Scotland,  and  D,D.  iif  ibe 
University  of  Glasgow.  It  is  probable  tbat  b* 
fled  from  Ireland  to  escape  the  dangers  of  the 
Irish  Rebellion  of  1641  ^  but  if  lie  survived  lo 
)659,  where  was  he,  and  what  was  h**  dt»»fig  all 
that  time?  and  what  brought  hiu>  i?  I 

should  be  very  glad  to  have  an  j;-  :ti«sc 

questions. 

Would  E.  S.  M,  kindly  «ay  whore  b«  foiiod 
facts  he  has  s^tated,  that  Archl  '  '       *^       '     li  wi 
buric^d  at  Upsal  in  the  year  I ' 
Banu?  tomb  with  the  first  rrotounK  .^n  jri-itbop 
Upsal  ^  JAwiea  H.  Tone* 

Tritt.  Coll.  Dablti). 


i«sc 

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TowT,  TowTBB  (S"*  S.  V.  211.)— The  word 
tout  or  toot  is  probably  from  the  Dutch  toeten^  to 
blowr  a  horn  (toeter^  a  winder  of  a  horn,  toothoom^ 
bugle-horn),  evidently  derived  by  onomatopfma. 
I  talce  it  that  originally  your  touter  wound  his 
horn  to  attract  customers.  A^ain,  Tothill  may 
mean  the  place  where  the  houn£  met. 

R.  S.  Chabmock. 

Enigma,  by  thb  £abi«  op  Subbey  (S'*  S.  v. 
55,  103,  145.)— Amongst  various  old  pamphlets 
and  periodicals  in  my  library,  I  chanced  to  pick 
out  one,  now  lying  before  me,  and  bearing  the 
following  title :  — 

<*  T^haaunu  jEnigmatieus ;  or  a  Collection  of  the  most 
ingenious  and  diverting  Enigmas  or  Riddles.  The  whole 
being  designed  for  aniversal  Entertainment ;  and  in  par- 
ticnlar  for  the  exercise  of  the  Curious.  To  which  is  pre- 
fix'd  a  Preface,  and  a  Discourse  of  iEnigraas  in  general. 
London,  printed  for  John  Wilford,  in  Little  Britain. 
1725." 

This  work  is  in  three  parts ;  the  first  occupies 
30  pages ;  the  second  part,  printed  in  1726,  ends 
at  p.  68  ;  and  the  third  part,  also  printed  in  1726, 
goes  to  p.  105,  and  finishes  the  work. 

In  the  first  part,  p.  5,  of  this  work  is  printed 
as  "  ^ni<rma  5 ;  called  the  Earl  of  Surrey's 
Riddle,"  an  exact  copy  of  the  one  inserted  ante, 
p.  55.  Ill  the  second  part  of  the  Thesaurus 
JEnigmaticus  is  given,  or  professed  to  be  given,  a 
solution  of  the  enigmas  contained  in  the  first  part 
of  it ;  and  to  that  of  No.  5,  the  following  is  given  : 

**  No.  5.  Some  think  it  one  thing,  some  another ;  for 
my  part,  I  own  myself  partly  of  the  sentiments  of  an 
honourable  Person,  who  believes  that  it  refers  much  to 
Cowley's  verses :  — 

*  Thou  Thing  of  subtle  slippery  kind. 
Which  Women  lose,  and  yet  no  Man  can  find.' 

And  as  the  Lady  had  it  not  to  give,  I  suppose  she 
pretended  at  least  to  give  it  him,  to  make  the  blessing 
the  greater." 

From  this  equivocal  solution  of  the  riddle,  one 
may  conclude  it  was  not  over-modest. 

D.  W.  S. 

Abms  AV anted  (3"*  S.  v.  239.) — I  have  a  note 
of  two  shields,  each  of  which  bears  much  re- 
semblance to  that  inquired  atler  by  C.  J.  Neither 
of  them  correspond  in  tinctures :  — 

**  Duoi  truncos  evulsos  in  decussim  trajectos  nigros  in 
argentea  parma.  Stumpp  de  Tettingen  Rhgn,  §•  Franc, 
patrit,  Itidem  nigros,  sed  utrinque  refectos,  simili  situ  in 
aarea  parma. — Bikckeh,  Insignium  Theoriot  Autore  PhiL 
Jae.  Spener.  Francf,  ad  Mctnvm.  MDOxa  p.  260." 

I  remember  seeing  a  tray  with  arms  identical 
with,  or  exceedingly  like  those  inquired  after,  in 
a  shop  in  Doncaster  a  few  months  ago.  Circum- 
stances hindered  me  from  examining  it  at  the 
time,  and  the  next  time  I  passed  it  was  gone. 

Edwabd  Peacock. 
Bottesfoid  Mnor,  Brigg. 


Bbown  of  Coalston  (S**  8.  v.  258.)  — The 
following  extracts  from  the  Index  to  the  Retaurs 
of  the  Services  of  Heirs  in  Scotiand,  may  possibly 
be  of  use  to  Mb.  Lee. 

1.  On  April  26,  1604,  George  Broun  of  Cols- 
toun  was  served  heir  to  Patrick  Broum  of  Cols- 
toun,  his  father  (observe  a  slight  difference  in  the 
spelling  of  the  surname^  in  the  lands  and  barony 
of  Colstonn  and  other  lands  in  the  constabuUury 
of  Haddington. 

N.B.  Lands  situated  in  the  shire  of  Hadding- 
ton are  always  described  in  the  title-deeds  as 
lying  in  **  the  constabulary  of  Haddington  and 
county  of  Edinburgh.** 

2.  On  October  31,  1616,  George  Broun  of 
Colstoun  was  served  heir  in  general  to  Elizabeth 
Broun  — his  sister-german  —  and 

3.  On  May  6,  1658,  Patrick  Broune  (sic), 
younger  of  Colstoun  was  served  heir  male  of 
George  Broune  Fiar  of  Colstoun,  his  immediate 
elder  brother,  in  the  same  lands  and  barony,  and 
other  lands. 

4.  On  October  4,  1677,  Patrick  Broun  of  Col- 
stoun was  served  tutor-at-law  to  his  nephew, 
James  Broun,  son  of  Alexander  Broun,  his 
brother-german.  G. 

Tbadb  Wihds  (3^*  S.  V.  259.)— The  theory  of 
Galileo,  although  attempts  have  been  made  by 
Kiimtz  and  Hadley  partially  to  revive  it,  has 
yielded  to  that  of  Halley  (Phil.  Trans,  xvi.),  which 
forms  the  basis  of  the  subse<}uent  labours  of 
Marsden,  Beid,  Maury,  Le  Verrier,  Fitzroy,  and 
others,  from  which  navigation  and  commerce  have 
derived  incalculable  benefit.  In  the  Companion 
to  the  British  Almanac  (186} ,  p.  29),  there  is  a 
summary  of  the  recent  practical  applications  in 
meteorology;  and  more  detailed  information  on 
the  atmospheric  currents  will  be  found  in  Keid*s 
Law  of  Storms^  Maury*s  Physical  Geography  of 
the  Sea,  and  in  Fitzroy*s  Weather  Booh, 

T.  J.  BUCKTON. 

Clabqes  (S^  S.  v.  238.)  —  It  is  probable  thnt 
the  writer  of  the  letter,  printed  in  your  last  issue, 
was  Francis  Clarges,  M.P.  for  the  borough  of 
Tregony  in  the  Parliament  that  begun  April  25, 
1660.  There  was  a  double  election.  Tlie  names 
stand  thus  in  the  list  of  Members  published  im- 
mediately atfer  the  returns  were  made  out :  — 
•*  Borough  of  Tregony. 

"  Sir  i"''"  ■^'"'P'i'  *^'-  \  by  one  Indcn. 
W.  Boflcawen,  Esq.      }    ^ 

Will.  Tridinham,  Esq.,  bv  anoth. 

Ft.  Clarges,  by  another. 

He  was  high  in  favour  with  the  Royalists.  On 
Monday,  Feb.  27,  1659  (60^,  the  House  of  Com- 
mons conferred  upon  him  tne  Hanaper  office,  be- 
eaoae  he  was  a  friend  of  Greneral  Monk,  Com. 
J<mr^  sab  die ;  Whitelock,  2nd  edit,  697. 


312 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8'«&y.  Apbil! 


AuTffoss  OF  HTKifs  (3^^  S.  V.  2S0i)— Tbe  hymn 

(or  rathe rsUnza*)  besfinnin*  "Thou  God  of  love/* 
is  m  a  book  called  7%e  Sheltering  Viiw^  published 
some  timo  ago  bj  ihe  Countea^  of  Bouthesk,  but  I 
have  it  not  hert^,  and  I  cannot  reoolleot  whether 
she  composed  or  ontj  edited  it.  I  think  the  latter. 

Lttxej*toh* 

Chipbvoei  (3'*  S.  T,  280.)— €ftn  STTLirsa  find 

"ehaperone*'  in  any  "book  publbhed  ten,  or  even 
fire,  jreara  ago  P  I  doubt  it  It  in  an  ignorant 
barbariJim,  and  corresponds  exuctlj  to  the  "  cha- 
mb**  Btorj  winch  he  quotes.  Ltttaltok. 


ffUccEjairiittf* 

NOTES  OSf  B0OE$,  ETa 

IJftt  nf  WtlBm  BiaJie,  **  Pieiar  IgH^yim."   Wiih  SdsiHtmM 
/torn  hit  Pimiiu  and  iilAo'  Writtftg^  by  the  late  Afexi^bdar 

Amthm-  ef  the  Life  nf  WWiam  Bttiff  E,A.  llluMifaied 
from.  JSiake'x  oKJt!  WhrkM  in  J'aciimile  h^  W^  i/»  LifUtm^ 
and  in  Fkit&-iUl»itffraphy,  with  a  fww  nf  BlfMMi  original 
Phtet.  In  two  t'olumM.  (MKemlUan.) 
This  book  filla  ap  a  void  In  Art-  Btog^^niph^^  yfMth  liaa 
existed  fur  too  loiij^ ;  for  unfuttunntelj  ''  Pictor  Ignottu  ^* 
i$  Aii  epithet  too  juatly  applied  to  the  rcmjirkftUle  ma.a 
whosa  ide  Eiitd  la^ara  form  tUQ  j»ubj«ot  of  it  **  At  tlie 
p^AGftt  momeitt,  Blake  dratringft  and  Blake  prints  fi&tcli 
prlceg  which  would  hare  aola^  a  Hie  of  penury,  had 
their  prmluet^r  recolred  tbesi.^  There  ia  ftomethm^  rery 
melojichaly  la  thin  pannr^apl]  from  th«  opeaiog  chapter 
o-f  tba  boolt  borprc  as;  and  when  one  r«fteci8  that  thi»  ii 
84.id  of  that  poet -painter  of  whom  Flaxman  d^lared  his 
poem*  art?  "  ^rand  HAhvs  pictorea,''  it  uttiked  oae  am  Mill 
more  fiiid.  But  the  ittory  of  Blake^a  fttrungi:,  viuonarr* 
■waywiirili  and  my  a  tic  lire  m  here  irritten  by  loving  haiids, 
ami  with  4  ftilue*!  of  detJiib  more  cspoeiiiily  with  reganl 
to  blst  worka  of  poetry  and  art,  which  leave  Utile  to  be 
d^ired.  Hia  lifd  ja  first  traced  step  by  step  j  then  we 
hava  a  valudible  aelecticm  front  hiji  peiblijiheil  and  unpub- 
llsheil  wriliiiga ;  and  these  are  followed  by  Catalogued  of 
his  Pictures,  Draw i no-,  and  Engravingn;  and  iasilyp  m 
addition  lo  many  atriking  lUustrationa  acaltered  through 
the  two  vniumc^  we  have  twenty* one  Photo -^ Li thoj^raphs 
ik»tn  Blake's  mitr^ellout  (engraved)  deigns,  The  Bat/k  of 
Joh,  aiiii  aixieen  i^f  tlie  orif^ina]  platea  of  hla  Si^ttiit  of 
Innocftitt  fnd  E^pfTitmx^  Which  fitly  bring  to  a  Ilo^e 
the  interesting  Memolir  of  tbl»  original  and  negketed 
man  orgeniiii. 

An  EitmenioFi^  Ttxi-Bnok  of  the  An^rot&fpe ;  imsiadtm^  a 
iMKrtpikm  of  the  MHh^§  of  Freparimf  amt  Mummimgi 
mjtHii.  By  J.  VV.  Griffiths,  M.D. "  With  Trntir^ 
'Qihurtd  PiateSf  containiMg  451  FH^wtt^    (Van  Voorst*) 

Thia  it  essentially  a  practical  book.  The  atithor  pre- 
fluiui,'^  the  reader  to  have  liad  no  preirious  acquaintance 
with  the  microAcojta*  or  with  the  study  of  natural  hh* 
tory;  im  ihjit  it  fi^rma  an  iiitroduction  to  both,  ITio 
eubjiNTts  gre^  jicuordingty,  treated  in  sHentlfic  order;  com- 
ment i«i;  with  an  explanation  of  the  principles  on  whiih 
the  action  ef  Ihv  mieruacnpe  dependa.  Then  romea  a 
aerifc*  of  aubjecta  ibr  aJtarainaUoo,  wilh  dir^qtSona  how  to 
prifp^t^  mount,  and  examine  tbem.  When  we  add,  that 
thi-  br^olc  is  produced  with  tho  eare  which  diBtin|?uJib» 
all  31r  Vaji  Vwtrt^t'i  publications^  it  will  be  seen  bow 
Talnable  a  contributi'oct  tlii»  ia  to  b«guui«[S  of  micro* 
jKxpteaJ  studies* 


71m  Siudenth  Manual  of  En^tid  LrieraitEre^  A 
f>f'  English  lAtertihire,  Bt/  rhomas  B.  Shaw,  K 
J^iJe  EdiiioH  tniargtd  ttnd  rt-tr*riite^^  Kdk 
Sai«»  and  ISvthvHo**,  %  WJiUaoi  Smitb, 
(Marray,) 

Thia  new  edition,  revised  and  cotnitleted  in  eom 
of  Mr.  Shaw^a  death  by  Dr.  Smith,  ia  probably  t 
complete,  aa  it  is  certainly  the  moat  compact,  h 
j^fi^irA  lAiiraturt  which  has  yet  been  given 
public :  and  when  tbe  promised  acconnpaziying 
forming  a  selection  of  choice  pasaAgea  from  tbe 
includ^  in  the  present  book,  is  publi^^hM^  tbej 
gether  form  a  perfect  retiami  of  the  subj  ect. 


BOOKS    AND    ODD     VOLUMl 

WA2VTBI>    TO   FCrKGOASJI* 

l^cr^ealATt  of  PHoF..  ttc.f^nf  Oi«  f^ncm^mc  Booka  ta  b«  m 
theevntiemen  hf  ^rbom  titer  Hrei  rwtttlredn  *a4  irtMnw  ^kbm 
divspn  V9  Bi*«Q  fcvr  Ui&i  t>u.r{Kjie:  — 
Co^iuiiB  BaAT«  HAAfji.    aimoi.    TltqaA,  l&t:t_U^ 
Any  ttlrit  Ha».M  8.  Tiflvrirti  of  the  ftniil\t*l  plfe,' 


m  F»iuj|  V.    Hunt  uid  BlKketl. 


flu  _. 
Vail 


-  -  isbclUTAd  (ojiivfl  |wn  iold  Hi  Ihtt  MLkdf  1 


jTlfflIL,v1iJiiiL 

at tb»  kta  W .  M.  Tha^btruri  Ei^-  If  Mijan*  pa 
bi  wtll  odraf^T  a  tk-raur  6a  F,  Inr  camiainilctittqc 
or  dkefit  to  Bn^i,  "Ka.  ^  Port  Omoe,  Dt^r* 


^ottr^  to  <tarrHp0tilrcnttf. 

J.  W.  In  Thtimi^  Tattisr^i  Mcmolt  of  QltbQp  Hrbcr.  a^ 
imji  O  ^/af,  bbi/"'  Ti>r.  ^^j^im.  Mr*  PTrwhip  *naatf  d^jHim 

n    S.  T-     /V  vrj-frl  qHtMlifjm  ctf  fhe  Cf»itar  t^^^^  hoM  l«it^ 

T'  a.  "  ThB  Lam  ^  llk'hm'imi  HUl*'  lew  wriarm  4>#  ITiZ&b 
VtOe  "  N.  ft  U/'  ^d  ^.  U.  fit  sL  mf. 

H.  C.  Jji!(*iitf«i-  Thi>  ^ifmi  hn^  fiffm  ftrivtrff  aji  a /iilui  br^ta, 
Wr*  fflw  rjp^t  Anymttt  nt  thr,ir  MtlBMehttfv  DtarAt.'^    H  auttt. 

D1ct(oiiKf>'  of  I)i.(n«  (lilt'  iwd,  fTWf  ^M   riJt£it'im^4  ||BAaaX 

OdthuiI).  nnJ  /N  ifr*  Thuritf]/,  (m  uT^ Aw t^     Vide  *'  K-  A  U^'  1 
ITIs  Anit  8,  i.  lOU. 
AwtKsrr  to  tjiher  Corr^.'^jomdr^iti  nejrt  ir«l , 

"^NitTVB  *j<b  Qi!V».ivi^'  Li  mittiahtd  ft  moam  tm  Tridm-f,  an 
J^  Mimtki  fiMfwardr^  dit'rrt  ff^fut  tkt  /'UUmct  iim^ti!^  i 

\Vtt4.i(nT>»!iv  StHrvT,  Ivr^.^MD,  W.C^-^O  frAuoi  o£I  CoHiluJfJCAf 

■^H^nkifi  (i(rii!iirf"hf*ClHl!«dft>T 


WHAT    WILL    THrS    COST     TO     PE 

Jtwl  ji«r*ODi  nil  U-nvTQ^ci^t  litil«!tiiiii>iiit.  Au  immMliAie  aiuwl 
Inquiry  mi?  be  QbiiEnKl.  A  ^pftuHfm  Bonn  ^w  Tf rrv  mmd  1 
tkHi  ivf  ftullian  I  Rut  dd  mtipllicBilJufi  l>i 

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BOOKBINDING— in    the  Mo»kme^  Gm 
KCAIOLI  >Ad  Tt.LtTMt»aT£D  i«rl«l-l>  Kba  OB* 

iBMfweif,  br  EiittlAli  end  FoEttKn  WDrkmffn. 

JOBCPH  ZAKHKaDOBr, 
BOOKBmOKR  TO  THE  fc^^^ggTjgAKIIVCT, 

av,  lliTllO»  BTRKET,  OOT£llT  OJUDffili  WjC 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


313 


LOUDON,  SATUEBJY,  APRIL  16,  1864. 


CONTENTS.— N«.  180. 


NOTES : — The  Danish  Warrior  to  his  Kindred.  81S — "  The 
Chnhlee  Manuacrlpt,"  &c,  814—  Epitaphs.  817  —  Denmark 
V.  the  Germanie  Confederation,  8i8— John  Braham,  the 
Vocalist— Int^restioK  Antiquarian  Discovery— Rolics  of 
Old  Loudon :  the  Holborn  VaU^— Curmudgeon— Marine 
Bisks  in  the  Seventeenth  Century.  818. 

QUERIES:  — Lient.-OoI.  Sichard  Elton:  Oa|>t.  GeorRo 
Elton.  819— The  Ber.  John  Acland— Austrian  Peerages- 
Colonel  Ballard— Boispreauz's  " Eionsi "  —  Bcv.  Archi- 
iMild  Bruce  —  Joseph  Bundston  —  D*Abrichoourt  — 
Draught  of  Plymoutu  Bound  — Do  Lojtcs  Family— The 
Fairies'  Song  — Ferrers  Queries  —  Forfeited  Estates  in 
ScoUand  —  Irish  HeraldicBooks  and  M8S.  -  "  The  Letter 
Box"  — Mary,  Queen  of  Soots— Maurice's  "Family  Wor- 
ship **— "  Nocromantia,'*  Ac — Pclham  Family  —  Quotation 
—  Sepia  —  Shelley's  Sonnets  on  the  Pyramids,  ACh  820. 

QuBBiES  WITH  AirtWESS:- Salmagundi  —  Order  of  the 
Elephant  —  "Andromache  "  —  Bowing  Match  —  Witch 
Trials.  822. 

SEPLIES :— Punishment :  "  Peine  fort  et  dum,"  324—  Paget 
and  Milton'8  Widow.  825  —  Lewys  Morys,  lb.  —  Harvey  of 
Wangpy  House,  320  —  Gentleman's  Signet  —  Edward 
Hampaen  Rose  —  Governors  of  Guernsey  —  Greek  Epi- 
gram —  Sack  —  Count  do  Montalembert  —Morganatic  — 
Iiondon  Smoke,  Ac— Reliable  — Mediaeval  Churches  in 
Boman  Camps— Sir  John  Moore's  Monument  —  Poetical 
Quotation  —  Family  of  Nicholas  Bayloy  —  Longevity  of 
Incumbent  and  Curate— Jleraldic,  Ac,  827. 

Notes  on  Books,  Ac. 


THE  DANISH  WARRIOR  TO  HIS  KINDRED. 

BT  PROFESSOR  GEORGE  STEPHENa^  F.8.A. 

(From  Facdrolandet  of  March  20.) 

"  Not  alone  for  Denmark  fij^ht  I, 
Not  alone  for  Right  and  Freedom, 
Not  alone  for  Souihem  Jutland — 
Denmark's  March  from  grayest  yore -time, 
Denmark's  Danish  soil  and  ontnost, 
Days  from  when  our  Northland's  Sea-kings 
First  began — some  fifteen  hundred 
Winters  since — o'er  western  billows, 
Swords  to  cross  gainst  Pict  and  Roman, 
Gaining  so  from  hordes  barbarian, 
Winning  from  clans  in  vice  deep  sunken, 
Wresting  from  chiefs  to  slavery  Romaniz'd, 
liomes  where  freedom  still  doth  flourisb. 
Kingdom  'stablish'd  firm  and  righteous, 
Northern  offshoot  last  and  greatest. 
Sent  of  Anns  and  Arts,  as  £ea-Queeo, 
Ruling  now  with  mildest  sceptre 
Far-off  lands  tlie  wide  world  over ! 
Even  yet  our  stamp  indelible 
Rests  on  England's  proud  dominion. 
Scandian  is  the  tongne  she  speaketh, 
Scandian  is  her  Ocean-prowess. 
Scandian  is  her  iron  yieonr, 
Scandian  is  her  wit  and  wisdom, — 
Shtkspearc's  genius  bnt  the  reflex 
Of  the  deep  and  wondrous  heart-lore 
Breath'd  in  Northland's  Song  and  Saga, 
Chanted  in  our  Edda-legendi^ 
TrMinr'd  in  our  woods  and  valleys. 
England's  Runes  our  fathers  risted. 
We  an  an  Old  Woden's  children. 
*  Hoi  done  fbr  Seamlia  fight  I, 
Dmmarkt  Astdm,  Norway,  Jcdand 


All  the  shirei  and  rich  rememhrmncM, 
All  the  rights  and  all  the  glories 
Of  those  gallant  stalwart  races 
Whose  great  deeds,  whose  matchless  exploits, 
Round  the  brow  of  Scandinavia 
Have  a  halo  shed  so  shining 
That  she  sitteth,  gemm'd  and  diodem'd. 
Flickering  Nortlilights  hovering  o'er  her, 
Bright  example  through  all  ages. 
How  fresh  blood  and  hardy  freemen 
(Goths  and  Swedes,  and  ^orse  and  Angles, 
Danskers,  Frisers,  Jutes  and  whatso 
Were  the  names  those  warriors  jov'd  in) 
E'en  out  of  Rome*s  degraded  provinces 
States  could  fashion  where  the  citiseu 
God  might  fear  and  Woman  honour. 
Fatherland  might  live  and  die  for. 
Liberty  might  grasp  for  ever ; 
How,  in  later  ages,  champions 
Stand  can  'gainst  a  host  in  battle. 
Faith  and  Freedom  still  their  watchcry. 
Wend  and  Saxon  still  defying. 
Grappling  still  the  greedy  German, 
Native  hills  undaunted  holding 
Gainst  the  bribing  bloody  Muscovite. 

«<  Not  alone  for  Denmark  fight  I, 
Not  alone  for  Scandinavia; 
Sword  I  swing  and  rifie  shoulder 
Eke  for  Scanmnavian  England. 
For  a  Northern  Brother  have  we. 
One  with  us  in  birth  and  lineage. 
One  with  us  in  Northern  tongue-foil. 
One  in  History's  lustrous  memories, 
One  in  common  daily  interests. 
Our  allv,  our  natural  backstoy. 
Is  Uie  England  we  have  planted. 
England's  shield,  ally,  and  backstay. 
Is  the  Scandia  whence  she  issued. 
Blood  is  thicker  yet  than  water. 
Ties  of  kindred  are  not  broken. 
Where  the  Scandian  Baltic  billows 
Surge  and  dash  'gainst  British  headlands; 
Where,  with  stealtby  Cat-Uke  footpace^ 
Or  with  ponnce  of  savage  Tiger, 
Russia  creepeth,  glideth,  springeth. 
Province  buying,  kingdom  crushing, 
(Finland,  Poland,  her  last  victims). 
Till  she  reach  the  White  Sea's  havens. 
Till  in  Stockholm  and  Cbristiania 
Cossack  cannon  boom  Death's  *  order ' ; 
Where  the  German  Eagles  gather, 
Prey  and  plunder  sniffing,  gorging. 
Tearing  Italy,  chivalric  Poland, 
Noble  Hungary,  brave  tribes  many. 
Trampling  out  each  tongue  not  *  Gennan,* 
Now « annexhig,'  now  •  incorporating,' 
Now  as  '  pledge '  in  faithless  inroad, 
•  Occupying '  from  *  motives  military ' 
Lands  of  better  nobler  peoples. 
And  with  crimes  unheard  of  filling  them. 
Deeds  of  cowardice,  cant,  and  cruelty. 
Deeds  most  infiunoos,  deeds  most  *  Gennan.' 
Reaching  so  our  Southern  Jutland, 
Seizing  so  North  Jutland's  harbon^ 
Till  a  German  Fleet  shall  lord  it 
In  the  Sound's  free* flowing  waters  « 
Thence  with  armaments  lately  Scandinit 
Thence  with  navies  we  most  nmiah, 
(Like  as  Finland's  fearless  sssmmi 
ilow  must  man  the  Roarian  frinte* 
Built  to  TnaiMcn^&rdada.\iaM^iiaaiitaSv 


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[S'OS.V.  ApbilIC 


Giving  law  to  England's  statesmen, 

Eneland  their  cow'd  vassal  making, 

Lighting  their  pipes  with  England's  Charters, 

(So  the  Holy  Alliance  willeth !) 

Leaving  her  only  two  foul  liberties : 

*  Mammon's  Mill,'  *  my  son,  make  money,' 

And,  to  pay  them  bondmen's  tribute ; — 

There  toe  stand,  a  granite  bulwark, 

There  we  guard  the  British  Islands, 

There  we  stem  the  tide  of  conquest. 

There  our  musquets  glint  and  glitter. 

There  our  gun-boats  thread  the  coastwayi. 

In  our  shadow  England  slnmbreth. 

In  our  lee  her  sons  are  shelter'd ; 

Need  she  not  be  bristling  war-camp. 

She  can  use  her  power  and  riches 

For  the  boon  of  furthest  folkships. 

**  But  one  nail  lost  shoe — Ahorse — ^horseman — 
Battle— victory — the  whole  empire  I 
Slesvig  is  no  mere  Danish  question, 
Slesvig  is  no  mere  Scandian  question, 
'TIS  an  English,  a  Northern  question. 
Slesvig  Germaniz'd,  torn  from  Denmark, 
Stolen  by  bandit  propagandists. 
Made  into  a  *  Slesvig-Uolstein ' 
(*  Personal  Union '  now  the  Court-phrase), 
Sle$mg'Gennamz*tl— Denmark  dieth ! 
Slesvig  is  the  gate  of  Denmark ; 
Denmark  gone,  all  Scandia  falleth ; 
Scandinavia  once,  like  Poland, 
Broken,  slave-chain'd  and  '  partition'd ' 
(Soon  *  partition  second '  cometh !) — 
England's  day  of  gprace  is  over, 
England's  sun  shall  set  for  ever, 
England's  sinewy  strength  is  hamstrung, 
England's  Oak  shall  quickly  wither, — 
Our  Whole  North  becomes  a  booty 
Shared  by  Trolls  and  Frost-giants  loathsome ; 
France  shall  sink,  like  all  her  sisters, 
Prussians'  camp  once  more  in  Paris. 

**  All  alone  we  stand, — a  handful 
Struggling  for  our  Ring  and  Country, 
For  our  Name  and  Fame  and  Freedom, 
For  our  Hearths  and  Homes  and  Altars, 
For  our  Wives  and  little  Children, 
For  Old  Scandinavia, 
For  Old  England,  our  Fourth  Northland, 
'Gainst  marauders  tenfold,  fiftyfold, 
'Gainst  the  Saxon,  'gainst  the  German, 
'Gainst  barbarian  slaves  by  millions. 
And,  unhelpt,  at  last  we  yield  us  I 
Denmark's  Realm,  the  oldest  kingdom 
In  the  page  of  Europe*s  annals, 
Crumble  shall ;  its  name  shall  vanish, 
Or  shall  only  mark  a  Canton 
Of  *■  das  grosse  Yaterland.' 

^  But  our  death- throe  shall  be  famous, 
Grand  shall  be  our  pyre  funereal ; 
Like  to  Samson  'mong  Philistines, 
Mourners  many  shall  lament  us ; 
All  Scandinavia  quick  will  follow, 
England's  rule  not  long  surviveth, 
Norman  France  iiiall  brigands  devastate. 
Club-law  reign  in  all  our  Europe. 
Holger  Dansker  die  shall  dearly. 
Should  no  Good  Samaritan  aid  us. 
Heartless  kinsmen  Heav'n  blasts  justly. 
God  us  made,  one  race,  together ; 
And  together  shall  we  perish ! 

**  Warning  words  thrill  weirdly  round  i)S, 
While  time  is,  ere  Opportunity, 
G«nie  dntd  with  flowing  forelock. 


Hurrieth  past  in  flight  mysterious; 
While  time  is,  ere  ebbs  that  fbll  tide 
On  whose  back  we  'scape  the  shallows 
Sown  ^rith  misery  and  ruin ; 
While  time  is,  list,  Swea,  Nora, 
While  time  is,  Britannia  hearken ! — 
Helm  steel  trieth,  need  tries  flriendship ; 
Soft  steel  smash  we,  false  friend  mock  at. 
Bare  his  brotherless  back  soon  cloTen* 
Woe  that  faggot  asunder  falleth  I 
Stand  we  notln  Liberty's  ring-wall 
Swift  in  common  thraldom  sink  we. 
Names  and  harness  make  no  hero. 
Money-bags  ne'er  yet  built  a  kingdom. 
Champions  strike,  not  reckon  and  palter. 
Love  and  Duty  than  crowds  are  stronger. 
Fortune's  Wheel  rolls  on  and  onward ; 
One  good  turn  deserves  another. 
King  of  Beasts  is  the  Lordly  Lion« 
Yet  the  Mouse  once  gnaw'd  his  meshos. 
Brother  fodihleu  is  each  man'a  Nithing  ; 
Ail  is  hit,  when  Honor's  dead! " 


"THE  CHALDEE  MANUSCRIPT." 

AUTOOKAFH  KEY  TO  THE  CHARACTERS  BT 
WATT:  KARLY  HISTORY  OF  "  BLJiCKWOOD's 
ZINE:"  JAMES  HOGG,  ETC. 

Half  a  century  bos  now  passed  away  since 
ascendancy,  social  and  literary,  in  the  A 
Athens  —  under  the  presiding  influence  < 
"Blue  and  Yellow'*— was  first  startled  fh 
long  undisturbed  dream  of  security,  bj  tbe  f 
cation  of  tbe  farfamed  "Chaldee  Manosc 
Its  wit,  its  personality,  its  perhaps  irreverei 
plication  of  scriptural  language,  the  very  i 
dity  and  extravagance  of  tne  allegorica 
figurative  types  under  which  its  characters 
shadowed  forth,  all  contributed  to  give  to  it  i 
terest  which  we  can  even  now  understand  ;  altl 
to  account  for  tbe  full  effect  it  produced,  we 
make  ourselves  acquainted  with  the  literar 
political  character  of  the  time  and  place 
appearance.  As  Professor  Ferrier  remarks, 
introductory  note  to  its  republication  at 
end  of  the  third  volume  of  Professor  Wi 
Works :  — 

**  It  is  a  mirror  in  which  we  behold  literary  Edin 
of  1817,  translated  into  mythology.  Time,  it  it 
ceived,  has  taken  the  sting  but  of  its  personalities, 
out  having  blunted  tbe  edge  of  its  clevemesa,  or  dai 
the  felicity  of  its  humour.  It  is  a  pithy  and  syml 
chronicle  of  the  keen  and  valiant  strife  between  Tc 
and  Whiggism  in  the  northern  metropolis.  Und< 
guise  of  an^allegonr,  it  describes  the  origin  and  earl 
tory  of  Blackwood  $  Magazine,  and  the  discomfit  an 
rival  journal  carried  on  under  the  auspices  of  Cooi 
To  sa^  the  least  of  it,  the  Chaldee  Manuscript  is  qa 
good  m  its  way  as  Swift's  Battle  of  the  Books;  and«l 
fore,  on  these  several  accounts,  it  seems  entitled  to  i 
manent  place  in  our  literature,  and  worthy  of  a 
extensive  circulation  than  it  has  hitherto  obtained." 

The  circumstances-  which  led  to  the  public 
of  the  satire  are  briefly  these.  Blackwood,  in 
junction  with  Thomas  Fringle,  and  Thomi 


'8.V.  AFBIL16,  *64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUEEIES. 


315 


j|e»jhom,had  carried  out  aschemesuuL  -  ^^-f  t-  him 
fee;moJlT  by  Jamea  Hogg,  the  Ettr  rd, 

'  the  eatAblishment  of  a  magazine  iui  .  at:  advo- 
Cy  of  Tory  principles,  entitled  The  Edinburgh 
My  Magazine,  The  joint  editors  fioon  ciinie 
S  loggerheads  with  their  proprietor,  and  in  spite  of 
a  mediation  of  the  Sbtspberd,  who  was  i»umiuoiied 
peacemaker,  went  over  to  the  enemy,  Con- 
lible,  to  enable  him  to  resuscitate  the  old  EdiU' 
jk  Magazine.  Blackwood,  tiothing  daunted, 
fetermined  to  aasociate  his  own  name  with  a  yet 
'iiore  vigoroufl  proclamation  of  Tory  doctrinea; 
and  after  having  announced  in  the  sixth  number 
of  his  periodical,  "  this  work  is  now  discontinued, 
the  preiwnt  being-  the  last  number  of  it,**  —  mean- 
ing probably 'that  an  entire  change  of  name  ai]d 
principles  was  contemplated, — reopened  the  cam- 
iii^  by  the  publication,  in  October,  1817,  of  the 
irenth  number  under  the  title,  for  the  first  time, 
'  Blackwtmd's  Edinburgh  Magazirm,  It  was  in 
ph  fiumber  that  the  *^Chiildee  MS/'  appeared, 
r  which,  according  to  Professor  Ferrier,  the  ori- 
Inal  conception,  and  the  first  thirty-seven  verses 
"^  chap.  i.  are  to  be  ascribed  to  Hogg,  while  the 
St  ol  the  composition  falls  to  be  divided  between 
Tibon  and  Lockhart,  in  proportions  which  cannot 
BOW  be  determined.  Hogg  himselfi  it  may  be 
remarked,  in  the  autobiographic  sketch  prefixed 
^1  the  first  volume  of  his  Altrioe  TaUs^  12mo, 
S32,  claims  a  larger  portion  of  the  work,  and 
erts  that  in  proof  he  has  preserved  the  onginaL 
of-slips,  and  three  of  BlackwQod*s  letters  relat- 
^g  to  the  article.    He  says :  — 

"  These  prroofi  show  exactly  what  part  was  mine,  which, 

\l  remember  aright  (for  I  write  this  in  London),  conaista 

f  the  first  two  chapters,  part  of  the  third,  and  part  of  the 

»t«    The  r«st  was  said  to  have  been  niado  up  conjointly 

full  divan.    I  do  not  know,  but  1  alwavs  suspecteiLl 

khert  of  a  heavy  respoosibiUty  there." — t*.  Ixxvii, 

Professor  Ferrier,  in  his  general  preface  to  the 
tToelef,  vol.  i.,  seeks  to  explain  this  discrepancy 
the  assertion  that^  though  Uogg  sent  consider- 
biy  more  to  Blackwood,  only  about  forty  verses 
^  his  contribution  were  published.     Still  Hogg's 
atement  remaini,  as  he  had  of  course,  when  he 
ote   his   autobiography,  seen,   and  must  have 
riown  by  heart,  the  *'  Chaldee  MS/*  in  its  pub- 
shed  form* 
The  ''  Chaldee  MS/*  says  Professor  Ferrier,  fell 
I  Edinburgh  like  a  thunderbolt.     It  should  have 
en  received  and  laughed  at  as,  what  it  was,  and 
tiDtended  to  be,  a  clever  and  harmless  joke.  Its 
'iher  and  author  were  alike  astounded  at  the 
,  of  their  own  work ;  the  latter  speaka  of  it 
I  ^*  a  droll  article,"  and  declares  that  he  **  never 
.u.-...MV"i  n(  .ri,r;»»-r  -mybody  oflence,"  meaning 
I  iry  of  the  transaction  and 
^ti.,  that  was  to  be  fought." 

^ilt  I  L'  spark  he  should  have 

erMHh   I  uhle  matter  was  not  within 


reach*  The  explosion  took  place.  Autlior  anil 
article  were  anathematised;  the  " personal itit^ 
and  profanities**  of  the  Chaldee,  and  the  ^*^  veiled 
editor "  were  attacked ;  "  friends  and  foe4i  were 
alike  confounded^  the  Tories  were  perplexed,  tht^ 
Whigs  were  furious  "  ;  and,  to  crown  all.  Profes- 
sor licslie,  placing  bis  wrongs  before  a  jury,  ob- 
tained damages  to  a  considerable  amount  in  an 
action  for  libel  agiunst  Blackwood.  Meantime 
Hogg,  whom  no  one  suspected  to  be  in  the  head 
and  front  of  the  offending,  highly  enjoyed  the  fun, 
when  he  left  hia  sheep- farm  in  Et trick  Forest  to 
visit  the  metropolis^  and  listened  to  the  complaints 
of  his  literary  friends  over  their  whiskey  toddy 
at  *•  Awmrose*8  "  or  some  such  place  of  convivial 
resort.  He  even  contemplated  a  continuation  of 
the  **MS.,**  and  was  hardly  dissuadeil  from  its 
publication  by  the  advice  of  more  prudent 
friends :  — 

"  So  little  had  I  intended  givinif  offence  by  what  ap- 
peared in  the  roagaztne,  tbet  I  bad  written  oot  a  long 
continuation  of  Ibe  manuacripti,  which  1  have  by  me  to 
thia  day^  in  which  I  go  over  the  pAintera,  poetA,  lawyeiv, 
buokjielleFS.  magiatratea,  and  minif  ten  of  Edinburgh  all 
in  the  same  style;  and  with  reference  to  the  first  part 
which  was  pabliahed.  1  might  say  of  the  latter,  as  King 
Rehoboam  said  to  the  elders  of  laraeU  '  My  little  finger 
WAS  thicker  than  my  fktber's  loins/  It  took  all  the 
energy  of  Mr.  WOsod  and  hi«  friends,  and  eotne  aharp  re- 
in onAtrsncea  from  Sir  Walter  Scott,  m  well  aa  a  greet 
deal  of  controversy  and  battling  with  Air*  Grieve,  to  pre- 
vent rae  from  pabUshing  the  whole  work  as  a  large 
pamphleti  and  patting  my  name  to  IL*' — P.  IxxLx. 

In  one  sense,  truly,  mischief  enough  had  been 
done  already ;  but  in  another,  in  spite  of  the  en- 
mity and  illwill  engendered,  it  cannot  be  doubted 
that  the  extraordinary  sensation  occasioned  by 
the  article  was  of  immense  benefit  to  the  infant 
magastnef  and  secured  for  it  an  amount  of  popu* 
larity  and  interest,  which  Its  intrinsic  merits,  how- 
ever great,  might  have  failed  to  obtain.  However 
this  may  be,  Blackwood  felt  the  necessity  of 
with  drawing  the  obnoxious  article  in  the  second 
eiKtion  of  his  periodical,  which  the  unprecedented 
demand  for  the  first  called  him  to  issue,  and  pre- 
fixing the  following  apology  to  his  November 
number :  — 

"NoTK  rnoM  the  Editor. 

•*The  Editor  has  learned  with  regret  that  an  Article 
in  the  fi«t  edition  of  Uat  number,  which  was  intended 
merely  as  a  jm  (ttqtnL^  has  b«en  construed  so  as  to  give 
ofience  to  individuala  jnatJy  entitled  to  respect  and  re- 
gard ;  he  haa  on  that  account  withdrawn  it  in  the  aecood 
edition,  and  can  only  add  that,  if  what  bos  bappeoed 
CO  old  have  been  antidpa&ed,  the  article  in  qaeatioa  would 
certftinlv  nev<»r  have  ftppe«f'*d. 

-V  ;•     '     "  '       I      '  "'---r^n  eight  pages 

to  uission  of  the 

arti.        1 ^ij^L     .  ijuldee    Mana- 

script."' 

These  circumstances  fully  account  for  the  great 
rarity  of  the  first  edition  of  the  number  ftonlain- 
ing  the  article  in  question,  and  the  prices  whuh.  %V 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[S^ASbV.  Afbil16^*M. 


is  said  to  have  realised.  A  good  account  of  the 
whole  transaction  will  be  found  in  a  notice  of 
James  Ilo/rg  in  Fraser*s  Magazine^  vol.  xx.  p.  427, 
where  it  is  stated  that  "private  copies,*  with 
MS.  notes,  that  is,  a  key  to  the  names  of  the 
offended  parties  (or  those  who  insisted  on  wearing 
the  cap  because  it  fitted)  were  in  immense  de- 
mand, and  looked  upon  as  a  great  prize. 

One  of  these  ** private  copies*  is  now  before 
me,  and  is  the  more  worthy  of  notice  as  having 
belonged  to  the  great  James  Watt,  and  contain- 
ing a  mS.  kev  to  the  characters  in  his  handwrit- 
ing— probably  obtained  from  some  one  of  "the 
little  band  of  northern  literati,**  who  assembled  to 
welcome  the  illustrious  mechanic  to  the  modem 
Athens,  on  that  memorable  occasion  so  delight- 
fully chronicled  by  Scott  in  the  preface  to  the 
Monastery .  A  "  marginal  commentary  *'  is  given 
by  Professor  Ferrier,  though,  as  he  informs  us 
"the  allegorical  veil  which  covers  up  the  text  has 
not  been  altogether  removed**;  on  this  account, 
the  somewhat  differing  hey  I  have  alluded  to,  may 
appear  to  merit  preservation.    It  is  as  follows :  — 

**Chtp.  I.  Verse  8.  Blackwood;  5.  Pringle  and  Cleg- 
hom;  17.  Constable;  18.  Gordon;  4-L  Sir  Walter  Scott ; 
49.  Jamieson;  54.  Hrcvr.ster;  55.  Cockbnm;  56.  T.  Le- 
ver(  ?) ;  57.  A.  Tliomson. 

'•Chap.  II.  Verse  2.  The  Editor;  10.  J.  Wilson. 

••Chap.  HI.  Verse  15.  Jeffrey;  21.  Leslie;  22,  Plav- 
fair;  27.  W.  Scott;  86.  Graham  Dalvell. 

"Chap.  IV.  Verse  1.  Macvey  Napie'r;  8.  Neil  and  Son, 
Printers;  18.  Gray;  19.  Maccormick;  21.  Graham;  23. 
Principal  Daird ;  24.  Bridges ;  25.  Dancan ;  28.  S.  An- 
derson ;  34.  Juo.  Jcflrey." 

The  reference  to  Mr.  Dalyell  in  the  36th  verse 
of  chapter  iii.,  necc.'^sitates  the  transcription  in 
this  place  of  four  verses  suppressed,  for  some 
reason,  by  Mr.  Ferrier;  thoi^e  who  possess  the 
reprint  will  be  thus  enabled  to  fill  up  the  gap :  — 

"8(>.  Now  the  other  beast  was  a  bea^t  which  he  loved 
not  A  beast  of  burden,  which  ho  had  in  his  courts  to 
hew  wood  and  carry  water,  and  to  do  all  manner  of  un- 
clean thingfs.  II  is  face  was  like  unto  the  face  of  an  ape, 
and  he  chattered  continually,  .nnd  his  nether  parts  were 
uncomely.  Nevertheless  his  thiphs  were  hairy,  and  tnc 
hair  was  as  the  fihiniiig  of  a  sattin  raiment,  lie  skipped 
with  the  branch  of  a  tree  in  his  hand,  and  he  chewed  a 
snnil  between  his  teuth. 

"37.  Then  said  the  man,  Veril}*  this  l)ca!*t  is  altogether 
unprofitable,  and  wliatsoever  I  have  ;;iven  him  to  do,  that 
hath  be  spoiled ;  he  is  a  sinful  thing,  and  speaketh  abo- 
minably; his  doings  are  impure,  and  all  people  are 
astoned  («iV)  that  he  abideth  so  long  within  my  gates. 

**  ;)8.  Hut  if  thou  lookest  upon  him,  and  obser>'C8t  his 
ways  Ijehold  he  was  bom  of  his  mother  before  yet  the 
mo'nthH  were  fulfilled,  and  the  substance  of  a  living  thing 
iH  not  in  him,  and  his  Ixmes  are  like  the  potshen),  which 
is  bmken  .'igainst  nny  st(»no. 

*  3V.  Therefore  my  heart  pitieth  him,  and  I  wish  not  that 
he  be  utterly  faminhod.  and  I  give  unto  him  a  little  bread 
and  wini',  that  hit}  soul  may  not  fiint,  and  I  sind  him 
mossagt!!)  into  the  towns  and  villages  which  are  round 
aboul ;  and  I  givt;  him  such  work  aa  is  meet  fur  him." 

An  interesting  note  in  further  illustration  may 
be  tranvcribeU  from  Lockluurt*s  Ltfe  of  ScoU :  — 


*<  It  was  in  this  lampoon  that  Constable  first  saw  kiio- 
self  designated  in  print  by  the  wohnguet  of  tbe'Crrtr/ 
long  before  bestowed  on  him  by  one  of  his  moot  raaot 
Whig  supporters;  but  nothing  natUed  him  so  mod  ■ 
the  passage  in  which  he  and  lilackwood  are  reprepolri 
entreating  the  support  of  Scott  for  their  raspecuv«  wp^ 
zines,  and  waved  off  by  the  '  Great  Magician,*  in  ili 
same  identical  phrases  of  contemptoous  iadifiennoe  Ik 
description  of  Constable's  visit  may  be  worth  transcribfs^ 
«for  Sir  David  Wilkie,  who  was  present  when  Scott  nl 
it,  says  he  was  almost  choked  with  Uraghter;  onla 
afterwards  confessed  that  tb«  Chaldean  author  had  pn 
a  suffiqienlly  accurate  version  of  what  really  poMcd  • 
the  occasion'"— P.  862. 

It  may  be  remembered  that  tbe  ^^  Chaldee  ]i&' 
the  publication  of  which  had  taken  place  msj 
opportunely  in  the  previous  October,  was  oce  ii 
the  works  cited  by  William  Hone,  in  justificaui 
of  his  religious  parodies,  on  occasion  of  his  it 
trial  at  Guildhall  before  Mr.  Justice  Abbou,  i 
December  18,  1817.  The  defendant  audiaii 
address  to  the  court :  — 

"  It  was  remarkable  that  in  October  last  a  most  wx!t 
lar  parody  was  inserted  in  the  Edinburgh  Alagaxnt^'^iA 
was  published  by  Mr.  Blackwood.  The  parody  wu  vr: 
ten  with  a  great  deal  of  abllitv,  and  it  was  inposij^ 
but  that  the  authors  must  have  heard  of  this  proseccGS 
The  parody  was  made  on  a  certain  chapter  of  Eie^ 
and  was  introduced  by  a  preface,  stating  tiut  kv«' 
translation  from  a  Chaldee  MS.  preserved  in  i^ 
library  at  Paris.  There  was  a  key  to  the  parodr.  v^ 
furnished  the  names  of  the  person;*  described  in  fi.  TW 
key  was  not  published,  but  ne  had  obtained  a  copr  i.  t- 
Mr.  Blackwood  is  telling  his  own  story ;  sad  tht  m 
chembims  were  Mr.  Cleghom,  a  farmer,  and  Mr.  Fnas^ 
a  schoolmaster,  who  had  been  engaged  with  him  Si cdiui 
of  the  former  magazine;  the  *  crafty  ir.an*  wi»C«ciii- 
blc;  and  the  work  *  that  ruled  the  nuticn  '  wasth«  Ed«- 
burgk  Review.  I'he  defendant  then  read  a  long  fxtro.-:- 
of  which  the  foUuwing  is  a  specimen : — *  Now  in  thw 
days  there  lived  a  man  who  was  crafty  in  council.  At* 

**  lie  observed  that  Mr.  Blackwood  was  much  rerpMttl 
by  a  great  number  of  persons.  Mr.  .Justice  A bboti  sui 
he  could  not  think  their  respect  could  be  incresitd  kv 
such  a  publication.  lie  must  express  his  di.sappn^cSioB 
of  it :  and  at  the  name  time  observed  th.it  the  defen.^irJ. 
by  citing  it,  was  only  defending  one  offence  by  aoecbtf.* 
Bone's  First  Trial,  p.  18. 

The  enmity  and  ill-feeling  occasioned  by  thislB^ 
morable  satire,  which,  harmless  thou;;h  it  reallr 
was,  transgressed,  it  must  be  admitted,  the  limiit 
of  good  ta.<c,  and  legitimate  personality,  has  biKB 
alluded  to ;  the  editor  was  to  be  flogged,  the  au- 
thors shot  by  the  more  truculent  of  those  attacked 
Their  ire,  however,  found  a  more  appropriau 
Tent  through  the  medium  of  the  press ;  shortly 
appeared  a  furious  counter-attack  — 

*♦  Ilypocrisy  Unveiled  and  Calumny  Detected,  in  i 
Keview  of  Blackwood's  Magazine,"  t(vo.  Edinborgb, 
1818,  pp.  fw. 

The  following  extract  from  this  will  show  the 
kind  of  fueling  evoked  :  — 

"  llie  aberration  of  intellect  and  per^'ersity  of  heart 
now  so  visible  in  the  articles  published  in  this'  magazine, 
wero  seen  from  the  beginning ;  bat  no  one  imaginwi  tkot 
the  wiittn  would  ooiuinus  Co  conrt  InihBqr  horn  ytir  la 


St^aV.  Afsil16,'M.] 


NOTES  AND  QUEBIES. 


317 


year,  or  remain  reckless  or  blind  to  the  consequences  of 
persisting  in  their  mueemly  work  of  defamation  and  de- 
traction   Each  succeeding  number  of  this  work 

distils  a  more  deadly  poison,  and  betrays  a  more  demonia- 
cal spirit  than  its  precursor,  and  it  would  manifestly  dis- 
grace the  public,  and  amount  to  an  acknowledgement 
that  society  is  bereft  of  all  right  feeling  if  it  were  suffored 
longer  to  escape  with  impunibr.  It  nas  now  earned  to 
itself  a  character  of  sheer  blaekenardiam,  and  is  unques- 
tionablv  the  vilest  publicatloa  tnat  erer  disfigured  and 
soiled  the  annals  of  Utentare,*  ftc— P.  5. 

On  the  fly-leaf  of  this  pamphlet  is  announced, 
though  I  do  not  know  if  it  ever  appeared  — 

**  A  Letter  to  the  Dean  and  Faculty  of  Advocates,  on 
the  propriety  of  ezpellicg  the  Leopard  and  the  Scorpion 
fh>m  that  hitherto  respeetaUe  body." 

ar  the*  '^Leopurd  "  was  symbolised  Professor 
0,  db'as  Chnstopfaer  North ;  by  the  *^  Scor- 
pion," J.  W.  Lockhart,  aUat  Z^  aUas  the  Baron 
Von  Lawerwinkel.) 
Next  came :  — 

"Memorials  of  an  Intended  Publication,  with  Stric- 
tures on  the  Chaldee  Manuscript,"  8va  Edinburgh,  1818. 

The  saUre  was  also  attacl^ed  on  religious  grounds 
in  two  pamphlets,  the  latter  of  which  is  en- 
titled:— 

*<  Another  Letter,  being  the  Third,  and  Two  more  Let- 
ters, being  tlie  Fourth  and  Fifth,  to  the  Bev.  Thomas 
M«Crie,  and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Andrew  Thomson,  on  the  Parody 
of  Scripture  lately  published  in  BtacAwooeTi  Magazmeir 
«vo.  Sldinburgh,  1817. 

Next  may  be  noticed — before  alluded  to — 

*•  Report  of  the  Trial  by  Jury,  Professor  John  Leslie 
against  William  Blackwood  for  Libel  in  BiackwoaPs 
Edinburgh  Magazine,''  8vo.    Edinburgh,  1822. 

Two  folio  quizzical  broadsides  may  be  also  no- 
ticed, as  being  now  probably  almost  unique.  One 
ia  headed  — 

**  Entire  change  of  Performances,  Roval  Mohock 
Theatre,  concluding  with  Maga,  or  the  dkaidtt  Aum- 
tins,**  &C. 

The  second  — 

"  The  Performances  at  the  Theatre  Royal  Pantheon ; 
The  Midsummer  Night's  Dream,  recast  by  an  eminent 
hand ;  Characters  given  to  Mr.  Jef&ey,  6.  Cranstoun,  Mr. 
Ivory,  Mr.  Cockbum,  &c  Between  the  Acts  The  SUh 
Gowns,  or  Who  shall  have  them?** 

I  have  now  exhausted  my  own  knowledge  of 
the  subject;  but  have  little  doubt  that  those 
better  acquainted  with  the  literature  of  the  place 
and  period  may  bo  able  to  make  further  contribu- 
tions to  the  bibliography  and  history  of  the  once- 
famed  Chaldee  Manuscript        WuxiAX  Batxs. 

Edgbaston. 


EPITAPHS. 

The  two  following  epitaphs  are  from  the  ceme-"* 
tery  at  Bow ;  a  place  well  known  to  amateurs  of 
"  black  jobs**  and  lovers  of  the  Irish  howl.  J 
am  not  quite  rare  that  the  first  of  them  is  not  to 
be  foundfelieiriiere  also.    It  runs  thus :  — 


"  Oh !  the  worn,  the  rich  worm,  has  a  noble  domain. 
For  where  monarchs  are  voiceless  I  revel  and  reign ; 
I  delve  at  my  ease  and  regale  where  I  may ; 
None  dispute  the  poor  earthworm  his  will'or  his  way ; 
The  high  and  the  bright  for  my  feasting  must  fall ; 
Touth,  beauty,  and  manhood,  I  prey  on  ve  all ! 
The  Prince  and  the  Peasant,  the  Monarc'h  and  Slave, 
All,  all  must  bow  down  to  the  worm  and  the  grave." 

The  reader  will  observe  a  bold  and  masterly 
change  of  persons  in  the  second  Inie  of  this  poem. 
The  first  fine  is  striking  enoush ;  but  we  are 
thrilled  with  yet  deeper  awe  when  we  suddenly 
find  that  the  Kich  Worm  is  himself  the  solilomust. 

The  second  epitaph,  unless  it  be  meant  for  a 
satire  in  stone,  is  one  of  the  oddest  bits  of  hyper- 
bole that  a  graveyard  can  wdU  show.  The  sub- 
ject of  it  IS  a  boy,  who  died  some  fifteen  or  twenty 
years  ago,  at  tlie  age  of  fifteen,  and  lyu  interred 
•*  per  mendship,"  as  the  business-like  bard  who 
mourns  him  states  in  preliminary  prose.  Warming 
presently  into  verse,  the  poet  explains  to  posterity 
the  nature  of  his  young  frienas  occupation  in 
these  remarkable  words :  — 
**  To  the  blank  Moon,  the  Planets,  and  Fixed  Stars, 

Their  Office  he  prescribed ;  and  taught  their 

Iniuence  benignant  to  shower,  when  Orbs 

Of  noxious  efficacy  join 

In  Synod  unbenign." 

This  is  all.  Unfettered  by  the  trammels  of  sub- 
lunary metre,  and  with  such  a  theme  before  him, 
the  writer,  by  a  divine  instinct,  halts  in  mid-career, 
trusting  doubtless  to  the  effect  of  kwoatAwn^is. 
And  so  we  learn  nothing  more  of  that  tremendous 
youth,  who,  though  to  the  eyes  of  Bow  he  seemed 
a  beardless  creature  of  the  ordinary  human  spe- 
cies, was  in  reality  able  to  control  the  sky,  and 
to  put  down  those  noxious  (and  apparently  here- 
tied)  orbs,  by  a  judicious  application  of  moon, 
planets,  and  fixed  stars. 

The  tomb  of  this  immature  Fanstus,  which  is 
of  considerable  size  and  of  original  (not  to  say 
eccentric)  design,  exhibited,  when  I  first  saw  it, 
not  only  the  epitaph  just  quoted,  but  also  a  vast 
and  mysterious  hieroglyphic,  af^r  the  manner  of 
Zadkiel  and  Old  Moore.  This  noble  ornament, 
however,  is  now  gone.  Perhaps  it  was  felt  that 
epitaph  and  hieroglyphic  together  might  raise  the 
adnuration  of  the  spectators  to  a  dangerous  pitch 
of  enthusiasm.  A.  J.  M. 

P.S.  Since  the  foregoing  was  written,  a  learned 
funereal  friend,  whom  I  asked  to  verify  or  correct 
it,  has  informed  me  that  he  went  to  the  spot  the 
other  day  and  found,  not  only  the  hieroglyphic, 
but  the  epitaph  and  the  monument  itself,  of  the 
infant  astrologer,  absolutely  sone^  a  commonplace 
"  upright"  being  now  all  that  marks  the  grave 
of  so  much  merit.  However,  I  send  you  this 
note  after  all.  It  is  a  comfort  to  know  that  such 
a  tomb  did  once  exist,  and  that  for  not  a  few 
years. 


318 


NOTES  AND  QUERIE& 


[8r«&  V«  Al'Ktl.l6i.%i 


DENMARK  9enu$  THE  GERMAIHC  CONFEDEBA- 
TION, 

In  the  treat  J  of  Maj  8|  1853,  the  third  article 
runs  thus :  — 

**  U  i»  expressly  tuiderstood  tbut  tbe  reciprocal  rights 
and  obligAtions  of  Hiis  Alajesty  the  King  of  Denmark^ 
and  of  the  Germanic  Coofederatioii,  eoQcerniflg  thi 
Duchies  of  Holat«in  and  Laueabargh,  n^hU  and  obliga* 
tlone  establlahed  by  the  Federal  Act  of  IHL5,  and  by  tbo 
itisLiiig  Federal  right,  sball  not  be  afiibcicd  by  the  pre* 

Dt  treaty," — AnnMtat  RtgtMter,  1852,  p,  44L 

On  June  28,  )$32,  the  Germanic  Confederation 
pro<;liiimed  as  follows  :  — 

1 .  The  German  sovereigna  are  not  only  autho* 
riacii  but  even  obliged  to  reject  uU  propositions 
of  the  States,  which  arc  contrary  to  the  funda- 
mental principle,  that  ail  sovereign  power  ema- 
nates from  the  monarch,  and  that  ne  is  limited  by 
the  assent  of  the  Statca  only  in  the  exercise  of 
certain  rights. 

2.  The  stoppage  of  supplies  by  the  Statea,  in 
order  to  obtain  the  adoption  of  their  propositions, 
is  to  be  considered  as  sedition,  against  which  the 
Confederation  may  act. 

3.  The  legislation  of  the  Federative  States  must 
never  be  in  contradiction  either  to  the  object  of 
the  Federation  or  to  the  Jullilment  of  federal 
duties  ;  and  such  laws  (aa,  for  instance,  the  law  of 
Baden,  which  establiahea  the  liberty  of  the  press) 
may  be  abolished  by  the  Diet. 

4.  A  permanent  commission  of  Federal  depu- 
ties shall  watch  over  the  le^lativc  assemblies  of 
tbe  Federal  States,  in  order  that  nothing  contrary 
to  the  Federal  Act  may  occur. 

5.  The  deputies  of  the  legislative  assemblies 
of  the  Federal  Stales  must  be  kept  by  the  regula- 
tions of  their  government  within  !^ucn  limits  that 
the  uublie  fieace  shall  not  be  disturbed  by  any 
attacks  upon  the  Confederation. 

6.  The  interpretation  of  the  Federal  laws  be- 
longs exclusively  to  the  Federal  Diet. 

On  July  5,  1833,  the  Federal  Diet  proclaimed 
a  new  law  consisting  of  the  following  ten  arti- 
cles :  — 

L  All  German  works  containing  less  than 
twenty  sheets,  which  appear  in  ft»reign  countries, 
cannot  be  circulated  in  the  Federal  States  with- 
out the  authoriBution  of  the  several  govern- 
ments. 2.  Every  associatimi  havin?  a  politi- 
cal object  is  prohibited.  3.  Politick  meetings 
and  public  solemnities,  cjccept  such  as  have 
been  established  for  a  long  time,  and  are  nutbo- 
ri»ecl,  cannot  be  held  without  the  permission  of 
the  several  governments.  4,  All  sorts  of  colour?, 
batlge&i  &e-,  denoting  a  party,  "arc  proscribed* 
5*  The  regulations  for  the  surveillance  of  th*» 
univertitics,  prociaimeil  in  1819,  are  renowct!  .inil 
rcndcretl  more  severe.  By  the  remaining  five 
articles*  the  federative  states  pledged  themsnlvcs 
to  «?xcrcise  a  vigilant  watch  over  their  rcspttetivc 
Wibjecis,  as  well  m  over  foreigners   residing  in 


their  states,  in  respc?ct  of  revor-'* 
to  surrender  muttiully  all  li 
had  been  guilty  of  politicjtl  oU^;^ 
ception   i>f  their   own   subjects, 
punished  in  their  own  country; 


Idoab' 
.L  ,  /itU  lhe< 
who    arc  U»  h»  ' 

to  uive  tiiut 


military  assistance,  in  case  of  dlsi 
notify  to  the  Diet  all  measure?  n 
ference  to  the  above-mention 

On  Oct.  30,  1834,  the  met  IttV^ 

tive  Diet  unanimously  agreed  tt»  tbe  |in>i 
of  Austria,  to  establish  a  tribunal  of  arbitratioa| 
order  to  decide  differences  which  might  break  i 
in  any  state  of  the  Confederation  between  lk 
Government  and  the  Chambers  reapectiiig  ^'m 
terpretation  of  the  constituttonY  or  iIms  ji^ietm» 
menta  on  the  rights  of  the  aoyendgn  b?  Ik 
Chambers^  or  their  refusal  of  subsidien,  Tho  0> 
bunal  consists  of  thirty -four  arbltratort,  AMh 
nated  by  tbe  seventeen  members  of  Uftf  «tar 
council,  each  member  nominating  two  arbiOvltfi^ 
(Penny  Cyclo.  xi.  19  L) 

The  King  of  Denmark,  member  of  tke  XM 
as  Duke  of  Holstein  and  Lauenburgbf  is  W 
issue  with  the  German  Diet  on  the  subjefll  «^  • 
constitution  proclaimed  by  him,  MareJi  30i,  \Xk 
On  the  IGth  of  the  following  month  tbe  Pieri** 
entered  a  protest,  to  which  the  Diet 
against  the  assertion  of  the  King  of  Deisisw 
that  the  Diet  had  no  right  to  interfei^  m  t 
question  of  the  Duchies. 

The  prejient  King  Christian  IX.  on  tif  ; 
ult.  [March],  in  his  message  to  the  Higs4i^  | 
the  point  of  controversy  in  this  form  :  — 

**By  threats  of  employing  forc^i,  our  predeosMl  w<* 
the  throne  were  induced  to  assign  to  the  Dtidli^  tf  lii^ 
Btein  and  Lauenburg  a  peeoliar  position  in  CI101 
and  the  aitualion   theri^by  rendere>d   neoa 
styled  a  breucb  of  tre.]^  ns.     An 

been  carried  out  in  It  •  pretext  o^  IbcMsl^ 

gations,  aod  Schleswig  ia  ^^.u^ni^k  aa  a  pled^a,** 

T.  J^.  Btici:TOi.l 


JoaN  Braham,  twb,  Vocalist^ — In  Mr.  \ 
Cunningham^  Handbook  of  London,  fnlii.  II 
suh*  tit,  ^^  Goodman's  Fields  Theatre,"  the  un\n 
ance  of  Braham  as  a  boy  in  1787  is  rocftt^oa 
with  the  addition  that,  ''  In  the  bill  BnJivii 
called  '  Master  Abrahams.*  *' 

In  an  advertisement  which  appeared    m 
newspapers  of  August  17,  i7«7,  annou 
entertainments  on  that  evening  at   th^ 
Theatre,   Well-Street,  near   Gooduiui       1 
(and  which  is  now  lying  before  mc),  .a       i 
**  Mapter  Bralmm  "  <>  i  c. 

^    This  thifafre  wa-  r  the:  first  tisM  1 

June  *iO,   17B7»  so  tpju 
iioimced  AS   **  T^fa^ter  A 1 
b»?cn   belwcen   that  clati*  in.-i 
alk^j^cd  bill  in  exiatisne**,  or  w  ; 
misitrd  by  (a\wt  informfltion  ? 


B^  a  V*  APmu  16,  '640 


NOTES  AND  Q0ERIE& 


ai9 


IwrBRESTntCl      ANTlQWAttUN     DtSCOVEfiY.  — I 

have  cut  out  the  following  from  the  Irish  Times 
of  March  24 :  — 

**  A  vciy  intereilinip  dltcorenr  has  been  juiit  made  itt 
conUnuing  tlio  «xcjivaUofui  in  the  narthex  of  the  oM 
Boaihrji  of  Ban  r.|pm«nt» — a  fMiintlng^  representing  our 
SttVJour  Aeatcii  '  '  ^  'c^mng  the  beoeiliGtion  to 
Iwni  ponwuaijk  m  i  m,  presented  by  att^old. 

Tbo  outBtretcl ('  i ^lour  is  placed  according 

to  the  Qreek  foniu^  L  e.  tbt:  iLunib  and  third  digit  anitp<i. 
Tbfl  head  is  very  good^  turroundCK]  by  a  deep  nimbu$;  on 
eiUier  si'lr  —-  '-^'  length  figures  of  BL  Clement  and  8t 
Andrew,  ^ame«p  and  a  long  inacription,  almoat 

niegiUte  h  I       I  ternefttb.  It  it  very  possible  that  thia 

fresco  miw  btj  til.l^r  than  the  other  hitherto  discovered  in 
the  nartnex  of  the  BasilicJit  possibly  dating  from  the 
middle  of  the  Ilth  c^nturv. ^L4!i((T  from  RttmeJ' 

Rkucs  of  Old  Lohdos  :  the  Holborn  Vallet. 
la  not  tbiH  note,  a  cutting  from  the  Morning  Ad- 
tertiser  of  March  25  ult,  worthy  of  preservation 
in  your  more  permanent  and  portable  publica- 
tion ?  — 

"Thia  great  work  (the  Hoi  bom  viaduet)  will,  it  i*  osti- 
mat&d«  cost  abont  575,000/*,  and  require  $cvon  ytan,  in 
completioo.  The  pulling  down  of  the  hoiLs^s  in  Skinner 
Street  has  already  tieen  comraenced  witli  No.  41,  where 
WiUiamCiodwin,  anthor  of  Ckkb  h^ilh'amn^  kapt  a  book- 
sellers shop,  and  ptjhiished  hi«  ^orks  for  young  persona 
under  the  name  of  Edward  Baldwin.  In  the  lunette  over 
the  door  wa»  an  artificial  atone  relief  of  iEsop  narrating 
hia  fiibles  to  children.  The  curious  may  $eek  in  vain  the 
hoa«o  of  Strudwick,  the  grocer*  at  the  a{gn  of  the  Star^  on 
Snow  Hill,  where  his  friend  John  Bunyan,  author  of  the 
FUgrimU  Frogrn*,  died,  August  12,  1683,  This  house, 
w«  Bttspect,  waa  removed  in  the  formation  of  Skinner 
Street^  in  which  there  is  no  house  old  enough  to  have 
been  Strud wick's.  Ita  situation  is  stated  to  be  on  Saow 
Hill  in  moat  accounta;  but  in  the  fir*t  volume  of  The 
LabcmrM  of  that  nuttt  eminfr^t  Sti  '  '  '" '^i**,  Mr,  John 
Bunyan,  ton  don,  1692,  folio,  he  i  have  died  '  at 

hia  very  loving  friend's,  Mr.  Mi  ,  a  grocer,  at 

ffolbom  Bridget  London,  on  Aoguat  8i.' '' 

JtrxTA  Tdbbim. 

CusMttiGEON.^ — I  see  by  the  notice  in  the  Mom' 
ing^  Post  of  Ogilvie's  Compreheimue  Dictionary^ 
that  the  etymology  of  the  aoovc  word  is  still  un* 
decided.  \Vhat  objection  is  there  to  the  follow- 
ing?— 

Ceorl,  in  Saxon,  meang  i^ohurl ;  Mod,  in  Saxon, 
is  mind ;  Modig^  the  adjective  form,  means  moody; 
Ceorlmodig  is,  therefore,  churlish-minded  and  tlio 
substantive  formed  from  it  would  be  ceorlmodi- 
gany  a  churlish-minded  one.  The  change  frotn 
eevrlmodigan  to  curmudgeon  is  easy  and  natural. 

J.  C.  M. 
Makdtr  Risks  nf  the  SitvBiiTiifisTH  Cektitbt. 


•♦A  merchaat  adv. 
blahasuml  begrt^nr 
ttiakn  «  Mving  vov- 


't  ;:^ood8  at  sea ;  and  though 

/)  rrtumoffour^  h<*  Hkelv 

Jon,  AttaL  Mel.  1,  2,  3»  Ui. 

J.  D.  Cahpbsu^ 


LIEUT,-COL.  RICHARD  ELTON:  CAPT.  OEOBGE 
ELTON. 

I  have  before  mc  a  work  with  the  foUowbg 
title:  — 

"Thp  r-  V  -  V.-^.v  of  the  Art  Military:  ExacUy 
compile  compoaed  for  the  Foot,  in  tb'e 

l>est  r«!  I  oording  to  the  practice  of  the 

Modem  TiweA.  Divided  into  Three  JBooka:  The  firsts 
contetning  the  Postures  of  the  Pike  and  Mutket,  with 
their  Conformities,  and  the  Dignities  of  Hanks  and  Filet : 
Their  maoiier  of  joyning  to  the  compleating  of  a  Body: 
TTiclf  a«veral  Di*tftnce^  Facings,  Doublings,  Counter- 
march es,  Whaeliaga»  and  Firmga.  With  divert  Experi- 
menta  upon  thigle  Filea.  The  second,  compreheoding 
twelve  Exefdaei. 


Via. 


Man. 


Tbe  Til  /  forth  tlic  drawing  up  and  exercising 

of  K*?-  r  the  manner  of  Trivatc  Companies, 

with  lLi^  ,u i.^   Brigarles,  and  Armies;  the  placing  of 

Cannon  and  Artillery,  according  to  tbe  practice  of  several 
Nations,  Armies,  and  Commanders  in  Chief.  Togelber 
with  the  duties  of  all  private  Souldiers  and  OQicers  in  a 
negimcnt,  from  a  Sentinel  to  a  CoUonel.  As  also  the 
Duties  of  the  Military  Watches.  Lastly,  directions  for 
ordering  Regiments  or  Private  Companies  to  Funeral 
Occasions.  Illustrated  with  Variety  of  Figures  of  Bat* 
tail,  \-ery  profitable  and  delightfnl  for  all  Noble  and 
lieroick  Spirits,  in  a  fuller  maimer  then  hath  been  bere* 
toforo  publiahed*  The  second  Edition  with  new  Addi* 
tiona.  hj  Hichard  Elton,  Lievtenant  CotloneL  Loiid. 
for.  1659. 

Prefixed  is  the  portrait  of  the  author :  W.  S., 
fecit. ;  John  Droeshout,  sculp.,  Lond^  Around 
the  portrait  are  miiitary  emblems,  and  this  in- 
HCription  :  — 

"Vera  ct  accurata  Effigiea  Richardi  Eltoni  Genejoal, 
Bristol,  nee  non  artis  miUtaria  Magistri,  Anno  1649, 
ifitatis  BttSD  Z^.** 

At  the  top  this  coat  of  arms,  Paly  of  aix  .  .  .  , 
and  .  •  .  on  a  bend  ....  three  muileta  .... 
a  crescent  for  difference.     Crest,  On  a  wreath  a 
dexter  arm  embowcd  in  armour  holding  in  the 
gauntlet  a  scimitar.    Motto,  *'  Artibiis  et  armis." 
Under  the  portrait  are  these  versea :  — 
♦*  If  Rome  vnto  Her  conquering  Cesara  raise 
Rich  Obelisks,  to  crowne  thier  deathles  Praise, 
What  Monument  to  Thee  must  Albion  rearc. 
To  shew  Thy  Motion  in  a  brighter  Sphere  f 
This  Art'n  too  liull  to  doe*t,  *tia  onlv  done 
Best  by  Thv  Selfc ;  so  light's  thr  World  ihe  Sunne. 
Wee  may  admire  thv  Face,  the  Sculntor^s  Art; 
But  Wee  are  extasi'd  at  th*  inward  Port." 

There  are  three  dedications — y\t*  to  "  Thonma 
Lord  Fairfax,  to  the  Right  Hon.  the  judiciotJS  and 
;?raye  Trustees  of  the  Militia  of  the  Hon.  City  of 
London  (names  givpn^,  and  to  the  truly  valiant 
and  expertly  accompliBhed  officers  and  comman- 
ders in  warlike  affairs,  hia  fellow  soldiers  of  the 
honourable  exercise  and  military  meeting  in  that 
lonrtittll  area  adjoining  to  Christ  CbuT<Ll^^V4»'«*JiKi^^ 


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[8M&Y.  AnoLKi'M. 


Major  John  Haynts,  Cftptain  Henry  Potter^ 
Cflptftiu  Williftin  JohnitQCir Master  Hickard  Habbj, 
with  the  resi  of  those  worthy  leaders  and  souU 
diers  of  that  out  aociety.^' 

The  imprimatur  of"  Sir  Nathnnael  Brent,  April! 
13,  1649,"  13  at  the  end;  and  thou jjh  the  kingly 
oflice  waa  nb{)lisbedf  it  is  aur rounded  by  ^  eoUar 
of  roses  aurmounted  hy  the  crown*  There  are 
prefixed  commendatory  veraei  wherein  the  author 
i&  called  "  Major  Hichard  Ekon,"  and  in  two  in- 
stances  "Serjeant-Major  Richard  Elton  " 

Another  edition  Appeared  in  folio,  1668,  with  a 
Supplement  by  ThomaH  Kndd,  Engineer*  There 
10  a  copy  in  Sion  College  library.  In  Beading's 
Oatalogue,  Elton  is  called  "  Colonel/* 

I  hope  some  Bristol  correspondent  may  be  able 
to  elucidate  Richard  Elton's  history.  It  will  be 
seen  that  his  arms  are  the  same  aa  those  borne  bj 
the  Eltons,  baronets* 

I  shall  olfo  be  dad  of  any  information  as  to  a 
Captain  George  Elton «  who  lived  sometime  at 
Botterdam^  but  was  on  July  6,  1663,  committed 
on  a  chai^  of  high  treason  to  the  Tower,  whence 
he  was  subsequently  removed  to  I^'ewgatei  and 
ultimately  to  the  Ciistle  of  Carlisle.  His  wife  was 
named  EliiEabeth,  and  he  had  son  named  John, 
who  appears  to  have  been  bred  a  scholar. 

Some  of  George  Elton's  letters  and  writings  on 
religious  subjects  are  preserved  in  the  State  Pap^r 
Office*    I  suppose  be  was  a  Flflh  Manarehy  man. 

S*  A*  B. 

Turn  Rev.  Jonzr  Aclaku  was  author  of  ^  Plan 
for  r^dering  the  Poor  hidepeudeTii  on  Public  Con' 
iribuiimiSy  founded  on  the  Smia  of  the  Priendl^ 
SocietieSt  commoniif  called  Ciubs^  Exeter,  Svo, 
1786.    Infonnation  respecting  him  ii  requested. 

S*  X «  R* 

Adstkiaw  Feebaobs. — Can  any  correBpondent 
refer  me  to  the  titles  of  any  Austrian  peerages, 
print etl  at  tbe  beginning  of  the  last  century, 
which  I  should  find  at  the  British  Museum  f 

M.  B, 

Cou>NBii  Ballaeh,  who  dlstingnlshed  himself 
at  the  batUe  of  Bdgebill,  was  subsequently  gover- 
nor  of  one  of  the  king's  garrisons,  and  fell  at  the 
siege  of  Taunton,  1647  (Warhurton'i  Rupert,  Vu 
13  ;  Thomases  HiMt,  JVofej,  554  \  Poa<!oek*s  Army 
LutM,  13).     His  Christian  name  wiU  oblige. 

BoispREAni's  "BiKHXi."^ — It  strikes  me  m 
tome  what  remarkable  tbat  Sir  K  Bulwer-Lytton, 
in  his  Bcreral  editions  of  Riemi^  speaking  of  the 
merits  or  demerit*  of  some  of  his  biographers, 
does  not  once  quote  cff  mention  that  other  French 
memoir  of  his  hero ;  I  mean  the  Mist,  de  Nic 
Rienz^M  par  M.  de  Boi»preauJt*  It  may  be  out 
of  print,  or  perhapa  BIr  Edward  had  not  heard  of 
it-    Dr*  RoherUou^  haweT^,  refers  to  il  In  hj^ 


Hiit&ry  &f  Ckarks  V-  (vol,  L  p.  I55X  wfaenh 
touchei  so  shortly  on  Rienzt  and  liis  career. 

Boispreaux'i  work  throws  little  fuTiher  I^ 
probably,  on  the  character  and  deeda  of  that  ci* 
traordioary  man :  perhaps  it  la  almost  a  trtnal^ 
tion  from  the  ItalJan  "Life'^  the  Baronet  moei^ 
consulted  —  Vita  di  Cola  di  Hieitsi  —  for  Dr. 
Robertson  refers  to  them  both  on  the  same  occft> 
ston.  Yet  it  would  be  interesting  to  know  vb 
this  unnoticed  biographer  waa ;  *  and  whet^ 
hia  facts  and  opinions  bear  out  the  two  Jwti 
and  Gibbon,  in  their  nnfayonrable  views  of  Ik 
Boman  Tribune;  or,  on  the  contr^^',  tend  k 
ConBrm  those  more  exalted  ideas  of  hioi  wm 
Sir  Edward  has  eoneeived  and  reoorded. 

Poasibly  some  of  your  correspondenta  might  ii 
able  to  oblige  us  with  a  brief  account  of  the  book 
if  there  are  copies  still  in  existence.  T.  S, 

Rev.  Abchd,  BEucB.^The  Eev-  A.  Bmee,  i 

Whitburn,  a  leading  man  in  the  Scc^ision  Chofti 
who  died  in  1316,  is  said  to  have  written  afffn 
manjr  books  and  pamphlets,  priuci  pally  ii|i« 
passing  events,  and  to  have  entertained  a  pdiur 
at  the  Manse,  Whitburn*  Can  an j  one  gm  i 
complete  list  of  his  produetione  F  Tliat  ia  Ik 
Scott i$h  Natian  I  have  seen,  bnt  it  does  m^f- 
fegs  to  be  complete.  A  &. 

JosFTu  BuEmsToiti  — •  Infonnation  b  i^i^ 
respeetin?  this  gentleman  and  bis  fami^*  »* 
was  an  Irish  agitator  in  I7dd|  and  la  btfinvd  to 
have  been  executed,  his  property  beisccQi&fii- 
cated«  He  married,  6rst^  a  lady  named  uudOey. 
a  member  of  one  of  the  noble  houses  of  that  DioKt 
it  is  thought,  and  had  issue  a  daughter,  bom  fi 
Cork  in  1 773,  He  married  a  second  time*  Per- 
haps some  of  your  Irish  readers  can  help  me  to 
further  particulari  about  the  llfi3  and  ueath  a 
Joseph  B.f  his  property,  hl^  two  wivea,  and  alaj 
his  desoendants*  M,  E^ 

D'AnaicucouET. — ^  Infonnation  is  wanted  re- 
specting the  family  of  D'Abrichcourt,  a  mcmbc 
of  which  WAS  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Order  i 
the  Garter,  H.  C* 

DBAtGin  or  Pltmocth  Souhd.  —  I  reoeatif 
met  with  a'  curious  old  charts  entitled  "  A  new 
and  correct  large  Draught  of  Plymouth  Somtd, 
Catt water,  and  Ilam-owse,  by  Sam^  Thorn  icwu 
Hydrographer,  at  the  Si^  of  England,  SootJaai 
and  Ireland,  in  the  Minoriea,  London*'^  It  ii 
apparently  taken  out  of  a  book  of  charts ;  if  m, 
from  what,  and  at  what  date  was  it  published? 
From  the  drawinfr  of  the  town  of  Plymoutbi  it  ap- 
pears to  have  been  made  before  1 64S,  as  it  onlf 
shows  one  church  (Bt.  Andrew's),  the  church  o( 
Char  lea- the- Martyr  not  being  commenced  till  a 
year  or  two  afterwards.     An  &d  PLTttoimnAii, 

[*  BdripT^anx  ts  a  pKadonym  for  Beoigiis  DoJiniiB. 
Vide  Querard,  ha  J^net  Liitirainf  aad 
jn^te  GinimktXT.  117*— En*] 


3««  S.  V.  April  16,  "ei] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


321 


Db  Loobs  FABnLT.— By  the  Doomsday  Surrey 
it  appears  that  the  manor  of  Guiting  Powers,  in 
Gloucestersliire,  was  held  by  Gunuld,  the  widow 
of  Geri  (Ror^erii)  de  Loges.  Can  you  inform  me 
who  were  her  descendants?  About  a  hundred 
years  after,  Roger  de  Loges  was  twice  sheriff  of 
Surrey  and  Sussex.    The  name  subseciuently  ap- 

6 ears  in  the  county  histories  of  Warwickshire.  Sir 
Lichard  de  Loges  was  lord  of  the  manor  of  Ches- 
terton, I  think  in  the  reign  of  Henry  V.     D.  L. 

The  Faibus*  Sono. — Who  is  the  author,  or 
translator,  of  the  Welsh  Fairies'  Song  (Can  y 
Tyhoyth  Teg),  conmiencing : — 

**  From  gnusy  blades,  and  ferny  sliades, 
My  nappy  comrades  hie ; 
Now  day  declines,  bright  Ilesper  shines, 
And  night  invades  the  sky,"  &c. 

? 

Febbers  Queries. — 1.  Where  was,  and  who 
has,  the  property  entailed  on  Ferrers  of  Chartley 
Male? 

2.  "  William  de  Ferrers,  sixth  Baron  Ferrers,  of  Chart- 
ley,  died  28  Hen.  VI.,  1450-1. 

**  His  Lordship's  great  landed  possessions  passed,  in 
conformity  with  the  entail,  upon  his  only  brother,  y«  Hon. 
Edmund  Ferrers.  This  Edmund  died  ».  p."  —  Burke's 
Extinct  and  Dormant  Peerage^  p.  197. 

Did  Taplow  Court,  Buckt,  and  Cookham,  Berlu, 
form  part  of  the  entail  ?  Hbved. 

FoBFETTED  EsTATEs  iH  ScoTiiAKD. -- Can  any 
of  your  correspondents  inform  me  whether  a  com- 
plete list  of  ttie  Scotch*  estates  was  ever  printed, 
which  were  forfeited  durin*r  the  Rebellions  of  1715 
and  1745  ?  If  so,  where  is  it  to  be  found  ?        A. 

Ibish  Hebaldic  Books  and  MSS.  — When 
James  II.  lefl  Ireland  after  the  battle  of  the 
Boyne,  he  was  attended  by  Sir  James  Terry,  the 
Athlone  Pursuivant,  who  took  with  him  ail  the 
heraldic  books  and  MSS.  in  his  office.  From 
these  he  compiled,  for  presentation  to  the  Cheva- 
Uer  St.  George  on  his  comin;^  of  age,  a  very 
splendid  book.  The  Arms  of  Irish  Families,  and 
Sir  James  evidently  intended  to  have  attached  an 
account  or  pedifrree  of  each  family  to  its  respec- 
tive  coat  of  arms  in  his  work ;  but  either  from  want 
of  time,  or  some  other  cause,  he  did  not  carry 
thia  out 

Can  any  of  your  Irish  heraldic  correspondenta 
inform  me  if  anything  is  known  respecting  the 
original  books  and  MSS.  which  were  in  Sir 
Jam€»  Terry's  possession?  They  are  probably 
still  in  the  Terry  family,  or  deposited  in  some 
libraij  in  France.  Perhaps  Mb.  D' Alton  of 
Dubbn  may  know.  Sap.  Dom.  As. 

"  Thb  Lbttbb  Box.-— Who  was  Oliver  Old- 
staffe,  editor  of  The  Letter  Box,  a  literary  peri- 
odical of  whidi  I  have  vol.  i.  8vo.  Edin.  1823? 

A  G. 


Mabt,  Quebk  of  Scots.— I  believe  that  the 
enemies  of  this  unhappy  queen  contend,  that  she 
had  some  offer  of  rescue  during  her  short  im- 
prisonment by  Bothwell,  of  which  she  would  not 
av^l  herself. 

I  shall  be  glad  to  have  a  reference  to  any  evi- 
dence « that  her  secretary  Maitland  ever  pro- 
duced any  document  in  support  of  this  charge,  or 
alleged  this  as  a  fact  against  the  queen.  It  is  but 
fair  to  state  that  my  reason  for  the  inquiry  is, 
that  the  draft,  or  copy  of  a  letter  to  the  queen, 
and  to  this  effect,  is  in  my  possession,  in  MaitlancTs 
handwriHng.  Rich.  Almack. 

Melfbrd,  Saffblk. 

Maubice's  "  Famelt  Wobship."  —  Has  there 
ever  been  any  criticism  of,  or  reply  to,  a  book  of 
Prof.  Maurice's,  entitled  Family  Worship  f  If 
there  has  been,  where  is  it  to  be  found  ? 

Eflow. 

"Nbcbomabtia  ;  A  Dialoge  of  the  Poete  Lu- 
cyen  between  Menippus  and  Philonides,  for  his 
Fantesye  faynyd  for  a  Mery  Pastime,  &c.  Kastall 
me  fieri  fecit."^  Printed  about  1530.  This  trans- 
lation is  noticed  in  the  Biographia  Dramatiea, 
on  account  of  the  author  having  '*  reduced  his 
dialogue  into  English  verse  after  the  manner  of 
an  interlude,  &c.'*  Is  the  dialogue  written  in 
anything  like  a  scenic  form,  or  is  it  simply  a  lit- 
eral versified  translation  from  the  Greek  of  Lu- 
cian  ?  Iota. 

Fblham  Family. — ^l' notice  a  great  conftision 
in  the  accountd  of  this  family  as  given  in  Collins*8 
Peerage  in  different  editions.  Herbert  Pelham, 
Esq.,  an  early  settler  in  New  England,  returned 
to  England,  and  his  will,  dated  in  1672,  mentions 
his  grandmother,  Eatherine  Pelham,  sister  of 
James  Thatcher.  Berry  says  that  Katberine, 
daughter  of  John  Thatcher,  married  Herbert  Pel* 
ham ;  thus  we  have  the  grandfather  of  our  Her* 
bert  Collins,  however,  says  that  Thomas  Pel- 
ham of  Buxted,  CO.  Sussex,  had  sons,  Anthony 
and  William,  the  latter  being  the  ancestor  of  the 
Duke  of  Newcastle.  Anthony  had  Herbert,  who 
was  bom  1567,  and  died  1625,  and  the  latter  was 
father  of  our  Herbert.  He  also  says  that  the 
Herbert,  sen.,  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
Thomas  West,  the  second  Lord  Delaware ;  and 
his  fon  marridl  Penelope,  another  daughter.  He 
also  says  that  a  second  Klizabeth,  niece  of  these, 
and  daughter  of  the  third  lord,  nmrried  a  Her- 
bert Pelham.  To  add  to  the  confusion.  Berry 
says  Robert  Pelham  married  Elizabeth  West. 

It  seems  most  probable  that  Herbert,  son  of 
Anthony,  married  first,  Katherine  Thatcher,  and 
had  a  second  wife  Elizabeth  West.  That  his  son 
Herbert  married  Penelope  West,  and  had  a  third 
Herbert,  who  came  here,  and  who  probably  mar- 
ried a  Waldo^^N^. 


322 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


ty*aV,Anui*l*t%ij 


The  nueries  arc,  (1)  Were  there  three  Her- 
bert PelhajJift  ?  (2.^  Who  were  their  wives  ?  (3.) 
Which  Elizabeth  West  married  ti  Pclhom  ? 

As  the  fuiniiy  haH  been  m  distinguished,  I  pre- 
sume some  oi'  your  readers  can  eaeily  answer 
these  questions,  and  enable  u»  to  correct  a  tnaDt- 
feit  error.  W,  H.  Whjtmobk. 

Bo«toD,  IT,  S.  A, 

QuoTATiow.  —  Who  is  the  Author  of  the  fol- 
lowing Imes,  and  where  can  I  find  them?  — 

"  KnowIcrtt:«  thftt  leaves  no  trAce  of  acta  behind, 
Is  like  mere  botly  destitute  of  mind : 
Knowledge  the  ttom*  and  acta  the  fruit  shoald  be ; 
*Ti«  aimiily  for  the  froitflge  grows  the  tree,"  &c 

Eflow. 

Sbpia. — The  ink  of  the  cuttlefish  was.  aa  Cicero 
gay 5,  used  aa  ink  in  his  day*  At  present  it  is  used 
aa  a  pigment,  untler  the  names  either  of  India  or 
China  Ink,  or  the  water-colour  Sepia.  Rome  is 
the  place  whither  the  dry  ink-saes  are  »ent  for 
aale,  and  whence  the  dealers  purchase  them  lu 
the  crude  state*  N'aturalista  say  that  the  molluscs 
shed  their  ink,  or  spirt  it  out»  upon  the  least  fear 
or  alarm.  If  so,  how  are  the  animals  taken  with 
their  ink-bags  still  charged  with  the  colour  mat- 
ter ?  F.  S. 

ShFTJ^KT's    SrtNKHTS    ON    TttE    PtR4MID8.  —  In 

Thackeray's  From  Cornhill  to  Cairo,  he  aay«,  that 
there  is  more  of  intercut  in  Shelley's  two  aomicts 
iihout  the  Pyrainids,  than  in  the  sight  of  the 
Pyramids  themselves.  What  are  these  sonnets, 
und  where  are  they  to  be  found  ?  Kot,  I  think, 
in  any  edition  of  his  works.  Poi^yprac. 

•*  SoLOMOn'a  SoHo/*  —  A  poetical  version  of 
thia  wag  published  in  12mo  at  Glasgow,  1703, 
under  the  title  of  The  Wise  or  Foolish  Choice, 
&c,  "  Done  in  metre  by  one  of  the  Ministers  of 
the  Gospel  in  Glasgow."  Is  it  known  which  of 
them  wnj!  the  poet?  Jas*  Clark,  of  the  Tron 
Church,  published  about  that  time  Merchandizing 
Spiritualized,  which  might  throw  the  suspicion  of 
opening  "  Solomon's  Song"  upon  him,        A.  G, 

Ensign  Sittherlakp,  —  In  May,  1833,  there 
lived  in  Pitfour,  Sutherlandshire  (on  leave  of  ab- 
sence) an  ensign,  W,  A.  Sutherland,  78th  High- 
land rejjiment,  son  of  Captain  Hugh  Alexander 
Sutherland,  and  nephew  of  Lieu  tenant- Colonel 
Alex.  Sutherland,  93rd  Highland  regiment^  of 
Torbreck  and  Braegrudy.  in  the  parish  of  Rogut, 
Sutherlandshire.  Is  anything  known  regarding 
£nsign  Sutherland  or  his  deK*endant8,  if  be  had 
•ucbF  A.  Mackat. 

Berlin. 

ViCToma  AW©  AxttmmT  Oei>«ii-  — In  common 
with  Mil.  WooDWARi>,  I  als**  nin  ro  know 

the  particular*  in  regard  To  t!i  vorn  on 

the   occiiaioa  alluded  to.     I  huu    uio  houour  of 


suggestinff  the  institution  of  f "I  ^  '    '      uif 

lust  December  number  of  th*^  ^f<i 

zinc,  but  had  no  idea  that  it  a  I  m.^i»vi. 

This  new  Order  will,  I  tbink    t      i    u^id  to  ' 
private  decoration  worn  in  nn-nunry  o£  Htm 
Prince  on   family  gatlienngs;    and    comEiittl 
course,  to  the  immediate  members  of  tliA 
family.     If  such  be  the  case,  the  idea  b  S  ' 
beautiful  one;   and  might   be    extended   tft 
public  under  the  enlarged  title  of  tlie  Order  i 
Albert  the  Good,  or  the  Albert  Cross,  ji#^ 
to  that  already  existing,  and  so  much  pnsei.  I 
allude,  of  oourae*  to  the  Victoria  Cross, 

J.  W.  BmtA 

W^iu^iAM  Verral,  master  of  the  Wliite 
inn  nt  Lewes,  was  author  of  "  A  CompUU  * 
of  Cookery;  in  which  is  set  forth  a  Varirty  t 
genuine  Receipts,  collected  from  several  yaa 
experience  under  the  celebrated  Mr.  de  ^ 
Clouet,  sometime  Cook  to  his  Grace  i)»e  Boka^ 
Newcastle.  Together  with  a  true  diRJuctcr  ^ 
Mons.  de  St.  Clouet.  Lond.  8vo»  175a.*  h 
formation  about  William  Verr&l  Qmnd  ^fgP^ 
the  date  of  his  death)  will  oblige.  S.  1^  I 


SAJJUAGtnfDi. — Who  wrote  Saimitfrntt^  «  i&-j 
ceUtineoux  Combination  of  Original 

The  first  edition  seems  to  hnv  T^T. 

misdated  in  Watt*s  Bihliotheca  Bri/^^. 

Is  it  the  same  book  with  that  al>*' 
Watt's  Saimogtmdi;  or^  Whim^Wheam  md  t^^ 
nion**  (181L) 

The  word  Salmagundi  is  used  in  the  \ft't 
itselfi  p.  93.  It  is  in  Johnson  said  t«>  be  tc«P» 
ruption  of  selon  mon  gout,  or  sale  d  man  goml;  9»i 
tleacribed  as  a  mixture  of  chopped  meat 
pickled  herrings  with  condiments.  But  h*« 
no  (|uotations.  Can  your  readers  point  <Wtt  iy 
frequent  use  anywhere  ? 

The  author  seems  to  have  been  an  Ardid 
(p.  77) ;  oddly  described,  in  the  rery  fl« 
(p.  75),  as  ft  Deacon* 

Thia  venerable  person  was  not  ortr-clsitiaJt 
but  he  docs  not  actually  wrrto  anythmg  iciiidalfg^ 
and  his  light  productions  lxth  vl^tj  &ir  pM  '^' 
ad es,  better,  as  it  seemn  lU  tlioo^  t 

Charles  Williams,  and  ^  (h   whiell 

might  naturally  be  compared. 

As  usual  in  tho«e  tjm<?s,  ihc^r  ttilirlcjil 
are  full  of  names  thinly  dt^mu  !iiika 

asterisks.     Some  of  these   1  frlad  i 

have  explained.  In  the  "  I 
(p.  ^4)*  the  first  line  emi 
dleftcx.,"  and  the  third  liiv 
to  it,  ends  with  "  AJdir 
be  '*  Becks/*  a  cant  name  i^r 


nil.  18.  "B*.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[In  tlic  cditipu  of  1  W)I  Hio  nntnes  are  printed :  — 
«John  Wilkes  h«  w«f»  for  MiddJeacx, 
Tb«y  clioae  tiira  knijcht  of  the  shire: 
And  be  madti  a  fool  of  A]J<!rniari  Bull, 
And  cAird  Fatsoo  Hornc  a  Ujir**] 
P,  07.  Who  is   tbe  subject  of  thia  son^,  who 
constructed  the  Pond-Head  near  Windsor  Great 
Park  ? 

P.  124.  Who  was   •*  Lord  A~,  of  White- 
haul,  near  Oxford  '*  ? 

[Willoughby  Bertiei  fourth  Earl  of  Abingdon.    See 
Daokia'j  Ox/ordMhire^  I,  11 7.3 

P,  J  32,  Scientific  men  are  quizzed  on  wearing 
blue  gtockijigg ;  now  confined  to  women, 

P.  132.  Who  was  "  B "? 

["  Whero  Science  eendfi  her  sonii  in  stocJcings  bloa 
To  b&rter  prfti^e  for  soup  with  Montage? 
Or  point  prepare  for  Boawrirt  anecdote, 
Or  aongs  inspire,  and  tit  *eai  to  hia  throat?  ** 

Edit.  180 1.] 

P.  136*  Doea    "  S "   mean   Major    Scoir, 

Warren  Haatings'a  advocate  in  the  House  of  Com- 
tnons? 

A  ft^w  popular  or  slang  phmsea  In  this  book 
may  be  compared  or  contrasted  with  present  use. 
P.  134.  Golgotha  (see  note)  was  tlien,  as  now, 
used  for  the  place  occupied  by  the  Cambridge 
Heads  of  Houses  in  St,  Mary's  Church. 
P.  145.  Tcwemy  now  spelt  Tureen, 
Omitted,  p.  94.  Sallad,  or  salad,  as  we  know, 
is  in  old  books  written  %vMet.     In  this  book  per- 
haps the  turning-point  is  made ;  for  it  is  spelt 
sal/ac/,  but  rhymes  to  palate. 

Omitted  also,  p.  143.     Who  was  *•  B R 

G E"? 

r"Fame  says  (bat  Ftme  a  slandVerstaada  confess'd), 
Dick  bit  own  sprats,  like  Bamher  Gaacmgnc^  dressed."] 

EdiL  1801. 
And  p.  144.  What  was  Kian-Gunpowder  ? 
[Cayenne  pepper. } 

Ltttkltojt. 
P.S,  On  looking  again,  it  seems  doubtful  if  the 
author  meant  to  describe  himself^  an  archdeacon, 
I  for  the  piece  quoted  is  a  **  Free  Imitation  "^  from 
Walter  de  Mapes,  who  was  Archdeacon  of  Ox- 
ford, and  this  designation  may  be  meant  only  for 
him*  See,  however,  pp.  18,  19,  which  rather 
give  the  impression  that  the  writer  was  a  clergy- 
man. 

[The  fditor  of  Salmaprndi^  4to.  1791.  was  the  Rev. 
f  George  Huddeaford,  M  A.  of  New  Coilege,  Oxford,  and 
I  Ticar  of  Ix:txley,  co.  Warwick*  and  [most  of  the  articles 
[in  this  humorous  production  are  fhnii  bts  pen.  He 
I  U  alto  juithor  of  the  following  works:  1.  Topwy* 
T^rey,  with  Anecdotes  and  Obaervationa  illastraUve 
I  fif  leading  Characters  in   the    Govomnient  of  Frnoec, 

\  17!»»,    ?.  nuhhh\Hfid  Strwnk,  n  i^A\\^•fmt1s'r^if  <>r 


\^iitu,  tt  i^ecottd  Couriw  of  Bubble  and  Squeak,  or  lintiab  I 


Beef  Gdli-miwfry'di  with  a  DevdM  Bitcuit  or  two  lo 
Help  Dig^tfatioii.  ami  cIo«<?  the  Orifice  of  the  Stomach,  8vo, 
179D.  In  1801  he  collected  the  abore  into  two  rda, 
under  the  title  of  T^fc*  Poetfu  of  George  ITuddtB/ord^  JML4., 
with  Corr^tiona  and  Original  Addition*,  In  thii  edition 
the  irtiGtos  contributed  by  others  to  bis  StdmafjunHi  are 
distlagaiflbad  with  aaterisks.  In  1604  he  edited  The  fVit^ 
f9mi6al  Chapigt,  a  Selection  of  Original  Poetry,  compriaing 
amaller  Poems,  serious  and  comic»  Claaeieal*  Trifle^,  Soii- 
neti,  iQAcriptionv  snd  EpiUphs,  Sooga  and  Bailad*, 
Mock  Hcroicki,  Epigrams,  Fragments,  &c  12rao,  Ua 
■Aerwards  pabliahed  fTood  and  Stone,,  a  Diiilogae  betweea 
A  Wooden  Dttke  and  a  Stone  Lion;  and  La  Champi^ona 
dm  DiatUti  or.  Imperial  Mtttkrooirut  a  Mock  Heroic  Puem 
in  Five  Cantos;  includiag-  a  Conference  between  the 
Pope  and  the  De^il  on  hi«  Holine*«*i  Vi«t  to  Paria,  illaa* 
irated  with  Notes.  1805.  Mr.  Huddesford's  death  occurred 
in  London  in  1809,  at  the  ago  of  fifty-nine.  (Gent,  Mag* 
1809»ii  l2'dH.)—Salfm^fUHdi ;  or  the  Whim- Whams  and 
Opinions  of  Lanncelot  LangitafTe,  Esq.  and  others,  in  by 
Washington  Irving.  See  Alibone's  IHct,  o/EmfflUh  LUm- 
aturt,  I  937.] 

Obd£r  or  THB  Ei^PHAHT.  —  Can  you  inform 
me  of  any  reliable  authority  for  the  story  that 
the  Order  of  the  Elephant,  of  Denmark,  was  in- 
stituted by  Christian  I,  in  commemoration  of  the 
fidelity  of  his  hound  when  deserted  by  his  cour- 
tiers ;  and  that  he  had  the  letters  "  T.  I.  W,  B/* 
written  on  the  Order—*'  Trew  is  Wildbrat"  ? 

No  mention  is  ma<le  in  the  Jlistoire  de  Danne* 
marc^  by  Mallet ;  nor  in  Selden*a  Titlea  of  Honour, 
Bircherodius,  in  bis  Breviariutn  Equestre^  or 
treatise  on  the  Order  of  the  Elephant,  says  the 
letters  "T,  L  W.  B.'*  were  introduced  by  Frede- 
rick IL|  date  15dO ;  but  no  dogi  or  anj  mention 
of  one«  is  made.  J,  J. 

[Sir  Bernard  Burke^  in  his  Book  o/  Ordert  o/Kmghi' 
hood^  8vn,  1828,  p.  82,  states  that  "  the  date  of  the  origin 
of  the  Order  of  the  Elephant  cannot  be  lucertained  with 
historical  accaracyr  since  even  the  Daniah  hi§toriaaa 
themielves  are  not  agreed  on  the  point.  Some  would 
have  it  founded  daring  the  time  of  the  ftrst  cruaade, 
others  in  the  time  of  Kanut  VL  (consequently  at  the 
end  of  the  twelfth  century),  while  others  refer  its  crea- 
tion to  the  second  half  of  the  fifteenth  century,  under 
Christian  L  The  Danish  goTemment,  in  its  official  docu- 
ments, aa^anies  the  dato  of  the  fouadatlon  to  fall  in  the 
first  half  of  the  fifteenth  century,  while  Christian  Lp  il 
says,  has  only  renewed  the  Order  in  1458.] 

"  Aki>romache,**  a  tragedy,  hr  John  Crown e, 
4to,  1675.  This  play  is  said  to  be  a  translation 
from  Rsfine  by  a  young  gentleman,  chiefly  in 
pri  alterations  by  Crowne.     What  is  said 

iit  1 -e  about  this?     Who  wss  the  young 

uji  f  Iota. 

ne  has  nut  divulged  the  aawA  ^  ^<^  "*  t^vq^^^ 


324 


NOTES  AND  QUEEIES. 


[8^&y.  Aran.l6>*U. 


to  the  Reader,"  as  an  apology,  if  not  a  nue,  for  tbe  pub- 
Ucation  of  this  tragedy.  ♦*  ThU  I  thought  good  to  say," 
he  tells  ns,  **  both  for  the  play,  and  also  in  my  own  be- 
half, to  clear  myself  of  the  scandal  of  this  poor  transla- 
tion, \rherewith  I  was  slandered,  in  spite  of  all  that  I 
could  say  in  private,  in  spite  of  what  the  Prologue  and 
Epilogue  affirmed  on  the  stage  in  publick,  which  I  wrote 
in  the  Translator's  name,  that  if  the  play  met  with  any 
success,  he  might  wholly  take  to  himself  a  reputation  of 
which  I  was  not  in  the  least  ambitious.**] 

KowiKG  Match.  —  Can  you  give  me  any  infor- 
nifttion  respecting  tbe  following  extract  from  T?ie 
Weekly  Journal,  Saturday,  August  15th,   1715, 
•  in  my  possession  ?  — 

«  Monday  last,  six  watermen,  who  were  scullers,  rowed 
from  London  Bridge  to  Chelsea  for  a  silver  badge  and 
livery,  which  was  won  by  one  John  Hope ;  and  this  trval 
of  skill,  which  is  to  be  performed  yearly  on  the  Ist  of  An- 

Est,  caused  a  great  eoocoorse  of  people  to  be  then  on  the 
ver  of  Thamea." 

I  think  it  has  something  to  do  with  the  water- 
men of  the  Lord  Mayor.  Biukb  Rosabu. 

[This  extract  has  reference  to  the  first  rowing  match 
founded  by  that  zealous  Whig  and  comic  actor,  Thomas 
Dogget,  to  commemorate  annually  the  day  (August  1st) 
on  which  Greorge  L  ascended  the  throne.  The  competi- 
tors are  six  young  watermen*— the  prize,  a  waterman's 
eoat  and  silver  badge.  The  distance  rowed  extends  from 
the  Old  Swan  at  London  Bridge,  to  the  White  Swan  at 
Chelsea,  against  an  adverse  tide.] 

Witch  Tbials.  — ^Where  can  I  read  anything  of 
the  Witch  Trials,  conducted  by  ^latthew  Hopkins 
in  the  seventeenth  century,  to  which  reference  is 
made  by  T.  D.  P.  in  his  paper  on  "  Norfolk  Folk 
Lore"(3'*S.T.237)P  P.  S.  C. 

[Consult  the  following  scarce  works :  1.  "  A  True  and 
Exact  Relation  of  the  several  Informations,  Examina- 
tions, and  Confessions  of  the  late  Witches  executed  at 
Chelmsford,  in  the  county  of  Essex,  who  were  condemned 
by  the  Earl  of  Warwick.  Lond.  1645,  4to."  Reprinted 
at  the  private  press  of  Charles  Clarke,  Esq.,  Great  Totham, 
1687, 8vo,  with  a  portrait  of  Hopkins.  2,  **A  True  Rela- 
tion of  tbe  Arraignment  of  Eighteen  Witches  at  St  Ed- 
mondsbniy.  Lond.  1645,  4to."  Vide  Bohn's  Lawndts, 
p.  2960.] 

PUNISHMENT:  -PEINE  FORT  ET  DLTtE." 
(3'*  S.  V.  255.) 

There  seems  to  be  some  diversity  in  the  evi- 
dence as  to  the  persons  who  suffered  the  sentence 
of  "pressing"  in  1721. 

It  appears  from  the  Old  Bailey  Sessions  Papers 
that,  at  the  January  Sessions  in  1720,  one  Fhil- 
lips  was  "  pressed  "  for  a  considerable  time,  until 
he  begged  to  stand  his  trial ;  and  at  the  December 
Seuhns,  1721,  Nfttluuiiel  Hawei  conUnufid  under 


the  press  with  250  lbs.  for  seren  minatet,  mnd  was 
released  upon  his  submission.  (Penny  Cjfcto.  xvil 
S73.)  From  the  Nottingham  Mercury^  quoted  by 
Mb.  Hailstone,  it  seems  that  Thomas  Spignt, 
a/iVwSpipat,  was  *'  pressed"  on  January  18,  1721, 
and  that  Phillips  did  not  undcrj^o  tbe  punishment. 

Perhaps  the  date  1720  mentione<i  in  my  quota- 
tion is  a  clerical  error  for  1721,  which  mav  have 
arisen  in  extracting  the  information  from  the  Old 
Bailey  Sessions  Papers.  On  the  other  hand,  the 
report  of  the  Nottingham  Mercury  may  have  been 
erroneous  as  to  the  person  who  actually  suffered. 

At  all  events,  it  seems  that  there  'were  cases 
of  "pressing"  since  December  1721.  Mr.  Bir- 
rington  says  (JBorr.  Antient  Statutes^  p.  86),  that 
he  had  been  furnished  with  two^  instances  in  the 
reign  of  George  II.,  one  of  which  happened  at 
the  Sussex  Assizes  before  Baron  Thompson,  and 
the  other  at  Cambridge  in  1741,  when  Mr.  Baroo 
Carter  was  the  judge.  In  these  later  instances 
the  press  was  not  indicted  until,^  by  direction  of 
the  judge,  the  experiment  of  a  minor  torture  bad 
been  tried,  by  tying  the  culprit's  thumbs  tigh:!/ 
together  with  string,  though  this  course  vai 
wholly  unauthorised  by  law/*  (^Penny  C^ 
xvii.  373.) 

As  to  the  language  of  the  judgment  gfnt 
against  Spigat  and  Phillips,  the  NoUif^hamMff' 
cwry  quotes  part  of  the  judgment  thus:  "in' 
that  upon  your  bodies  shall  be  laid  so  mock  inoo 
and  stone  as  you  can  bear,  and  no  mortT  Tbe 
italics  are  my  own.  Now  in  all  the  forms  of  Ae 
judgment  for  standing  mute,  beginning  with  tbat 
which  was  established  in  1406  (Year  Book,  8  Hes. 
IV.  1),  and  which  substituted  the  punishment  of 
pressing  to  death  for  the  old  punishment  of  im- 
prisonment with  scarcely  enough  food  to  sustain 
life,  the  words  and  more^  instead  of  and  no  mare, 
invariably  occur.  The  reason  of  this  is  evident, 
for  the  practice  of  laying  weights  on  the  body  of 
the  delinquent  was,  asBluckstone  remarks  (Comm. 
iv.  328)  intended  as  a  species  of  mercy  to  him, 
by  delivering  him  the  sooner  from  his  torment.  ^ 

A  form  of  the  judgment,  which  will  be  found  in 
Ilawkins'  Pleas  of  the  Crown^  vol.  ii.  p.  466,  is  as 
follows :  — 

**  That  the  priBoner  shall  be  remanded  to  the  plan 
from  Trhence  he  came,  and  put  in  some  low  dark  room, 
and  there  laid  on  his  back  without  any  manner  of  cover- 
ing, except  for  the  privy  parts,  and  that  as  many  weights 
shall  be  laid  upon  him  as  he  can  bear,  and  more;  and 
that  ho  shall  have  no  manner  of  sustenance,  bat  of  the 
worst  bread  and  water,  and  that  he  shall  not  eat  the 
same  day  on  which  he  drinks,  nor  drink  the  same  dav  on 
which  he  eat^  and  that  he  shall  so  continue  till  he  die.** 

The  following  words  were  added  by  14  £d.  IV. 
8,  pi.  17»  and  2  Inst.  178,  to  the  word  "  room'*  :— 

*<  That  he  shall  He  without  any  litter  or  other  thing 
wider  him,  and  that  one  arm  shall  bt  dimwa  to  OM 
quarter  of  the  room  with  a  conl,  and  the  otkor  to  I 
tad  that  hit  ftet  shall  bo  used  in  the  I 


axAT.  Amu.UI.'M'] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


The  same 
of  the  sent LI 
imciemis  with 

•  Tti&t  lie  thai  I  onlv  li*vo  iliTte  momcla  of  barVj 


*-*iite  for  thtt  l»rt 
1.?  word  **  mor^  " 


h;%Y9  tliA  wtttur  m-xt  iUd 

:o  death  wt-?  n>wiTI«!nMl 

.:^    arrnli'TL' 
,1-'    rriv.v.  ;  tO  the 

ivir.t-'J  ni   '    ^        •      i.n:",    as  if 


bread  a  ^ji  iha». 
prison,  fo  that  K  b<' 

The  7>-  — •'•-  • 
by  iht- 
that  ir  L.   J 
wilfully  nmt' 
offence,  he  ^li 

he  had  been  convicted  by  yerdict  or  by  confession 
of  the  crime.  But  now  by  the  statute  7  &  S 
Geo.  IV.  c.  28,  i.  2,  in  such  a  case,  a  plea  of  not 
guilty  can  be  entered  for  the  prisoner,  which  is  to 
have  the  same  ^ect  M  if  he  bad  pleaded  it. 

W.  J.  Till* 

CrojdoEL 

PAGET  AND  MILTOH'S  WIDOW* 

(3**  S.  V.  193,) 

TbOQgb  I  caanot  answer  the  inquiry  of  Mr.  J. 
BiHntsatTix,  I  can  t1  .....^^t.:^^  toward*  put- 
ting him  on  the  right  t  ;  rsuing  it.  There 
were  two  (venerations  lA  .v..  , ...  .iuUs,  who  married 
into  families  of  the  name  of  (ioUUmith,  as  shown 
in  the  pedirrree  printed  in  "N.  k  Q."  (1**  8.  i%, 
39);  and  your  correspondent,  probably  misled 
by  a  faulty  pedigree  among  Barrett*s  MS.  Gene- 
alogies in  the  Chethani  Library,  and  a  more  than 
faulty  one  by  Mr.  Palmer  of  Manchester,  has 
fallen  into  an  error  in  stating  that  the  mother 
of  Thomas  Myn-««hull,  the  apothecary,  was  Ellen 
Goldsmith,  the  daughter  of  Richard  Goldsmith,  of 
I^antwich.  It  was  his  grandmother  who  was  a 
ughter  of  Goldsmith  of  Nantwicb.  Her  name 
0  Dorothy ;  and  her  father's  may  have  been 
Richard,  for  anything  I  know  to  the  contrary ; 
but  his  Christtan  name  is  left  blank  in  the 
Cheshire  Visitation  of  166|.  Thomas  MynshulKs 
mother  was,  according  to  that  Visitation,  Eliza- 
beth (or,  according  to  the  Lancashire  Visitation 
of  166|,  family  of  MynshuU  of  Manchester,  Ellen), 
the  daughter  of  Nicnolaa  Goldsmith,  of  Bosworth, 
tn  the  county  of  Leicester.  And  thereby  bangs  a 
clue  to  your  correspondent's  inquiry:  for  the 
Rev,  Thomaa  Paget,  minister  of  Black  ley,  and 
afterwards  Rector  of  Stockport,  is  showii  (see 
"K*  &  Q.;*  !•'  S.  V.  327)  to  havejbeen  the  grand- 
ion  of  the  Rev.  Harold  Paget,  Vicar  of  Rothley, 
in  the  same  county.  On  comparison  of  the  facta 
stated  in  the  last-quoted  article  with  that  which 
heads  mj  present  communication,  and  another  at 
1"  S.  yiii.  452,  it  appears  that  the  Rev.  Thomas 
Paget  calls  Thomus  MynshuU,  the  apothecary, 
bis  coustn ;  and  that  Thoiniw  Ptijret*«  pod.  Dr. 
N.i  '       '             ills  John  r;  •        ^  "  '    I- 

bt '  iisins ;  stiv  ;>:; 

pedigree  nru  t^uoted  abore)  tnat  x  nomas  ivijn- 


abnll  waa  Elisabeth  Milton's  uncle*  The  sub- 
joined scheme  of  a  pedigree  would  reconcile, 
and  something  very  like  it  '^  T,ni.s..iu  tn  r-ron- 
cile,  thej»e  ?i<iVfriil  Hitif^^mK.  i^he 

link  which  is  want  hi;;  ti>  *        ,  ar- 

rittge  of  a   ilaijt:htcr  at   ^uihoUn  ^  ,   of 

PoMvorlh,  with  the  lather  oi  Tli  .h  who 

iwn  to  be  connected  witi,  tiounty : 

no  notice  of  the  Goldsini  .  b  found 

ill  iNtcholss  Lcicrsttrthire^  a  se^titU  iu  the  Bot» 
worth  registry  miglit  furnish  tlj>*  required  inforiB^ 
atioll,  so  might  Nicholas  Gjildsmith's  will.  If 
your  eorrefpondent,  or  any^  reader  in  the  neigh- 
bourhood of  Boswortli^  should  be  induced  to  make 
the  search,  I  hope  h*,  will  communicate  the  result* 
Tlie  pedigree,  wliich  to  the  extent  above  ex* 
plained,  is  conjectural,  wotild  stand  thus :  — 

NlibolM  OaliUmlth 


RiBrtle  iton-       TbotnM  Hjni-      Brt. 


Eliaabetb, 


•feoIL 
I,  MUtoa't  1 


%tf*  Thorani 


r*Me^ 


l>f,- — 
Ptfft, 

J*  F.  Marsh* 


LEWTS  M0RY9. 

(3^S.v.  85,  142,219.) 

In  referrinjBf  to  the  troubles  of  Lewys  MorySp  tn 
connection  with  irregularities  in  his  accounts,  I  did 
not  say  that  I  did  not  6nd  them  mentioned  by  any 
recognised  writer,  as  Cambrian  concludes:  I 
merely  said  that  such  things  were  found  stated  in 
Welsh  Magazines;  but  at  the  time  I  had  not 
leisure  to  search  for  them,  nor  have  I  now.  But 
let  me  refer  Cambriah  to  the  Llanrwst  edition  of 
Owaith  Goronwy  Owen^  p.  322,  I860,  where  be 
wni  find  a  note,  appended  by  the  editor,  to  a  letter 
of  Goronwy's  to  Rhisiath  Morys  (the  brother  of 
Lewys)  dated  May  20,  1766;  this  note  states  that 
Gornnwy  **  refers  to  some  trouble  which  fell  on 
Lewys  Morys  on  the  part  of  his  official  masters; 
who  (says  a  tetter  which  I  have  seen)  threw  him 
into  prison."  This  note  is  signed  "  O.  W,**  On 
the  preceding  page  it  la  said  that  it  was  at  this 
time  that  Goronwy  wrote  his  Cyn^dd  t  Ddiawl 
(Couplets  to  the  Devii)^  and  that  the  Ddiawl  in 
duestion  was  Lewys  Morys  himself.  Goronwy's 
forgiveness  of  Lewys  Morys  is  shown  by  the  EIe*Ty 
an  bis  death,  written  in  Virginia;  a  noto.  on  rTie 
of  the  stanzas  (p,  119)  say-s  of  son 
"This,  and  much  of  what  fblln'^rH,  { 
circumstances  which  liappi 
fore  his  death;  it  is  not  l 
more  particolarly,  further  thiin 
to  explain  themselves.''  In  a  i 
Owen  Cp.  335)  GAjaTi^^ai^^  «»«^q^ 


!»a, 

■  ---uue 

MiUebe- 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[S^aV.  AniLlSi'M. 


\  William  Morys,  after  the  death  of  bis  brother 
js  (July  23,  1767),  he  mentions  tiiat  Sion  ab 
^d  Welshman  from  Merioneth,  had  informed 
;  before  his  leaving  Wales  "  Lewjs  Morjs 
had  be^  cast  in  law,  turned  out  of  his  office, 
ruined,  alw  thrown  into  prison,**  although  this 
Sion  ab  HW^  had  not  heard  of  his  deaUi.  (I 
translate  tbeso^Tarious  statements  as  literally  as 
possible.)  I  hNpe  that  Cabcbrian  will  be  satis- 
fied that  howeveM'alse  the  charges  against  Lewys 
Morys  of  embezz^ment  were,  and  howerer  un- 
justly he  was  imprisoned,  these  things  are  no  in- 
ventions of  mine,  tks^  ^  both  "  curious  **  and 
*|  true ;  **  but  that  all  who  wpp  familiar  with  Welsh 
literature  misht  know  something  about  the  matter. 
If  friendly  biographers  pass  such  things  by  in 
silence,  they  omy  do  what  they  can  to  increase 
suspicions.  ^ 

I  shall  be  greatly  surprised  il^any  "  patriotic 
Welshmen**  are  shocked  at  he^Hng  that  Lewys 
Morvs  obtained  a  situation  ip'^the  Custom-house 
at  Holyhead ;  for  those  wb6  read  the  works  of 
Goronwy  Owen  are  familiar  with  the  statement  of 
Da(ydd  Ddu  Eryri :  —  "  After  a  time  he  (Lewys 
Morys)  was  elevated  (derchafwyd  ef)  to  a  situa- 
tion belonging  to  the  customs  at  Holyhead.**  I 
remember  the  remark  from  almost  as  long  ago  as 
when  I  could  first  read  Welsh. 

For  the  last  thirty-three  years  I  have  been  an 
occasional  contributor  to  Weuh  magazines,  though 
no  Welshman  by  birth  or  ancestry,  yet  belonging 
to^  a  true  Cymric  branch  of  the  Celtic  stock ;  and  I 
wish  to  assure  Cambrian  that  I  have  no  desire  to 
depreciate  anything  connected  with  Welsh  litera- 
ture or  literary  men;  that  I  highly  value  the 
language  (one  which  I  learned  many  years  ago 
with  enthusiasm) ;  but  in  my  long  acquaintance 
with  Welsh  literature,  I  am  struck  with  the  want 
of  appreciation  shown  to  the  living,  and  with  the 
manner  in  which  praise  is  bestowed  thickly  on  the 
dead.  Some  discrimination  in  these  things  might 
be  judicious :  also,  it  is  not  wise  to  represent  men 
who  have  risen  as  though  they  had  through  birth 
that  which  they  have  obtained  by  abilities  and 
exertions.  A  nomu  homo  is  not  elevated  by  giving 
him  a  supposed  position.  L.£lius. 


HARVEY  OF  WANGEY  HOUSE. 

(S'*  S.  V.  247.) 

So  much  interest  seems  to  be  felt  in  the  Har- 
veys  of  Wangey  and  Aldborough  Hatch,  in  con- 
sequence I  suppose  of  their  connexion  with  Dr. 
Donne,  that  I  am  induced  to  publish  idl  the 
entries  of  the  family  to  be  found  in  the  parish 
registers  of  Dagenham,  Barking,  &c. ;  and  also 
the  very  ouaint  epitaph  of  James  Harvey,  at  Da- 
genham, by  way  of  addenda  to  my  note  on  the 
the  family  m  "  N.  k  Q.,**  a-*  S.  v.  42. 


Many  more  Harvey  entries  m^ear  in  these 
registers,  but  they  manifestly  reuOe  to  fimiliei 
holding  an  inferior  social  position  to  the  Donne 
Harveys. 

No  record  of  Samuel  Harvey*s  burial,  nor  of 
the  burial  of  hb  first  wife  Constance  Donne,  ap- 
pears at  Dagenham.  He  died  in,  or  aboat^  the 
year  1655,  and  was  most  likely  buried  in  tiie 
family  vault  at  Dagenham;  but  the  register  there 
was  at  that  time  badl^  kept.  It  is  posMble,  how- 
ever, that  he  was  buned  with  his  grandfather,  Sir 
James  Harvey  at  St  Dionis  Backchurch. 

KNTBIES  AT  DAOKHHAM. 

{BegUter  he^  1598.) 

1598-9.  Issabell,  y  daughter  of  James  Harvie,  gectk- 

man,  was  bapt.  y*      dale  of  Feb. 
[Of  Wangey  House,  second  son  of  Sir  James  Harrcr.] 
1600.  John,  the  sonne  of  James  Harvie,  gentleman,  wa 

bapt.  the  23  Sept 
1602.  Thomas,  the  sonne  of  James  Hanrye,  gent,  bi^ 

the  21  Julie. 

1604.  Mary,  the  daughter  of  Mr.  James  Hanriep  bnt 

20  Nov. 

1605.  Sarah  filia  Jacobi  Haruve  Armiger,  bapt  IS  Dk 
1607.  Samuel,  sonne  Jacobi  HaruiArmiger  bapt  6  i|al 

[Married  at  Camberwell,  June  24, 1630,  to  ContM 
daughter  of  Dr.  Donne,  and  widow  of  £iM 
AUeyn.] 
1609.  MarUia,  daughter  of  James  Hamve^  £sq^^ 

29  of  Sept 

1612.  Rebecca,  y«  daughter  of  James  Harvye,  "Em^  \i^ 
26  of  Oct 

1614.  Thomas,  sonne  of  Mr.  James  Harvje,  bapt  17  (K 
1616.  Edward,  sonne  of  James  Harvye,  Esq.,  bapt  t* 

30  June. 

1659.  Thomas,  sonne  of  James  Harvey,  Esq.,  bapt  Dec 
24, 1659. 
[Second  son  of  Samuel  and  Constance  Harvey.] 
1661.  Anne,  daughter  of  Mr.  James  Harvey,  bapt  May  31. 

1663.  James,  the   sonne  of  Mr.  James  Harvey,  bapt 

Aug.  8. 

1664.  Winnifrith,  the  daughter  of  Mr.  Thomas  Harm, 

bapt  May  30. 

.  Elizabeth,  y«  daughter  of  James  Harvy,  Esq.,  bapt 

Dec  16. 

1665.  Katherine,  daughter  of  James  Harvey,  Esq.,  bapt 

Dec  11. 
1667.  John,  sone  of  James  Harvey,  Esq.,  bapt  Aug.  29. 

1615.  Edward  Osborne,  Eaq^  and  Frances,  dangbtar  of 

James  Harvye,  Esq.,  marryed  4  Decembris. 
1624.  Roger  Thometon,  Esq.,  wid.,  and  Ann  Hervjti 
sing.,  were  marryed  y«  third  of  June. 


1603.  Thomas,  the  sonne  of  James  Harvie,  gent,  bmyid 

the  24  Oct 
1605.  Sarah,  daughter  to  James  Haruye,  Esquire,  sepolt 

Dec 

1609.  Thomas  Haruve,  buried  30  Nov. 

1610.  Mr.  William  llaruje,  gent.,  buried  y*  9  March. 
[Youngest  son  of  Sir  James  Harney  of  Wangev 

House.] 
1614.  Thomas,  sonn  of  James  Haruye,  Esq.,  bvried  14  of 

March. 
1616.  James  and  Edward,  sonnes  of  Jamsa  Hii^y%  Ha^ 

boiyed  y  26  Sept. 


Bf«*  a  T.  Apml  16.  *64] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES, 


327 


162&  Martha,  daoghtei'  of  Jamea  Qarvye,  Esq.,  Iiiu]r«d 

y*  14  of  Mareli. 
1627.  Ma*"  Jecinei  Haniey,  Em.,  baryed  y*  3  of  Apgrili. 

His  UoniLment  in  the  i>orti«r  cf  y*  Yeatry. 
— ^  Rcbeecflt  daughter  of  Mn,  Hftrvy,  wid.»  burj'cdy* 

4  ofJuncu 
1638.  France*  Harvey,  buryecl  Jan.  23. 
1644.  SasannA,  the  wyfla  of  Mr.  SamoeH  ELarueVf  bofyeU 

April  9. 
1656.  John  Hoirtj,  Eaq^  buryed  Sa()t.  20, 

[1  am  not  aun  if  tbta  gentleman  waa  elder  broUiar 
or  eldest  aoD  of  Samuel  Uarvoy.] 
16<i8,  John,  wn  of  James  Harvey,  Eaq^  buried  Oct  21, 
1670.  Ann,  daughter  of  Mr.  Harveyi  Kiiq.,  buried  Nov.  B. 
1CT2.  A  Major  Deringham,  from  Mr.  Harviei,  Jan.  21. 

.  Arm,\dfeof  J&meaHarrey,  E«q.,  buried  Jane  the  12. 

[1  Miere  that  tht  waa  daughter  of  Thomas  Bon- 
ham,  Ks(]^  of  TaJonee:  a  carious  old  moated  houae, 
itilt  standing,  near  Waiigvy  Houae.] 
i677-a.  Jomea  Hamsy,  Gent,  buiyed  Jan.  21. 

[Seconds  on,  and  cveotaal  heir,  of  Samuel  Harvey. 
He  sold  the  Waogey  estate  shortly  before  hit 
death.] 

BA&JUHG  REGiarsu. 
1C32»  Tbomaa,  the  sonne  of  Mr.  Samuel  Horvy,  bapt.  at 

Aubrey  Hatch,  SepL  13. 
1631.  ffroncia,  daughter  of  jLimcii  Horvle,  bapt.  Jan.  23. 
1024.  Cftptaine  Harv  SepL  16. 

1G30.  John  Haruie,  :  j7. 

16S5.  KHzabetli  Hojw. ;  ,..we,  Jan.  19. 

k  Fraoces  Harvcy/widdowt,  March  S. 

nOUFORD  R£016TJ£K. 

1634  Jatues  Hairey,  son  of  Samuel,  at  HaTering,  bapt. 

JuJy  7. 
1648.  Agues  Harvie,  daughter  of  Samuel  Harvie,  gent., 
bapt.  Nov.  17. 
[Samuel    Harvey  inherited    Poodmana,  and  other 
estatea,  in  Romford  purisb.] 

OORNCHUKOH   BKOISTER. 

1&98.  Mr.  Nicholoi  Coirtrood  and  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Harvye, 

married  Aug.  31, 
U99.  Sebastian  Harvy,  gent.,  and  Mary  Tryon,  of  the 

pariah  of  St,  Chcutfer's,  in  London,   married 

Api^28. 
[£ld«at  son  of  Sir  James  Harvey :  died  21  Feb.  1620.  ] 

STliATPOXtD*LB-BOW   ILBOISTER. 

1622.  Sr  Thomas  Hyntonp  of  Chilton  FoUot,  Knt.,  and 
the  Lady  Mary  Harvie^  late  wife  of  Sir  Sebas* 
tiun  Harvie,  iCnt.,  married  OcL  1. 
[Quoted  by  Lyiona.] 

On  east  wall  of  the  rectorV  cbaticel  (used  as  a 
ve«lry  room),  Dagenham  churoli : — Arrrn,  Or,  ft 
chevron  between  three  leopards*  face^t  gules,  for 
Hsrvey.  Argent,  two  bends  eo^n-niied  sable,  n 
lubel  of  three  points  (query  gulea  ?),  for  RadcliFc. 
Siiise,  inipaleo,  at  bottom. 

Iftttrifftion, 
••  Were  hero  00  Epiiii]  », 

Nor  line,  iior  raarbli  itnt, 

Yet  goodne*  hath  a 

ThN  jvst  are  Hku  to  ^  (ye, 

Tbctr  tlt'Mh  1  pi?i^n,  ■  ^   i  it, 

An 


Tl,: 
The    1 


w  pontes 

><..:»  uutl  holvufiaa 


Now  God  itwaHi  ih^-irH  niim*.*  fin>^  ''horitve, 
Their  strict  ob> 

Here  were  they  ivcnth  day, 

He«re  wa*  theiro  [uu« ,  Mjcjr  lit*:,  thtiie  Heaven's  way. 
Heefo  did  they  pray,  bvt  now  they  prsiseji  singe. 
And  God  accepts  their  Sovles  fweete  OSerioge. 
<ln1e^e  theirs  bodyes  heen  remaiue  in  ground, 
Waittnge  the  STrge  of  the  last  Trympet*s  sovod. 
**  Heerv  treth  Jamcs  Barvt,  Esq.,  second  Sonne  of 
S'  James  rfarvj',  Knt,  some  tyme  Lord  Mavor  of  Lon* 
:{         TT     Tooke  to  wife  Ehiabeih,   second  ^vghter  of 
idcliAe,  some  tyme  Alderman  of  Losdou ;  and 
ji  her  la  holy  wedlocke  above  six ^and- thirty 

yeorea,  and  had  iasve  by  her  eight  Sonnes  and  nine 
darghters;  he  departed  this  life  the  second  of  April, 
An*  DoL  1627,  satotis  tvx  67 :  and  the  said  Elisabeth 
svrvived  htm  one  yeare  and  odd  dayes,  and  departed  thja 
tife  the  eight  of  Ivne^  Au«  l)aL  U2S^  statis  tvi&  95.*  .  .  . 
whose  bodysfl  are  both  heere  interred,  wayriog  for  the 
gloriora  Cotainge  of  orr  Blessed  Sairiorr." 

Ei>wAii»  J.  Saqk. 

Stoke  Nawiogton, 


A  GEHTi;]£MAit*8  SiourT  (3'*  S.  V.  281)^1  know 

Dot  to  whom  the  signet  urny  belong ;  but  93  to 
the  crest,  it  belongs  tn  the  Ikiuity  of  Hurobrugh^ 
of  Horsbrugh,  in  Peeble«hire,  i^oiuetimes  called 
Horsbrugb  of  Pirn,  from  another  estate  which 
they  possess  in  the  county.  A  brunch  of  the  amne 
family  has  been  long  settled  in  Fife,  and  they  also 
use  the  crest*  The  legimd  about  tbe  crest,  how 
it  was  obtained,  and  the  meaning  of  the  nonie, 
may  be  found  in  an  old  book,  entitled  The  SeauHev 
of  Seodandy  in  the  account  of  Feebleahire*  I  have 
not  a  copy  of  the  book ;  but  so  fas  as  I  remember, 
it  contamjs  a  sketch  of  Horsbrugb  Gas  tie,  now  h 
ruin.  J.  H. 

Ej>WAa0  HAnrDBif  Rojb  (Z^  S.  v.  259.)  — I 
well  remember  that  poor  Kose  waa  an  ordinary 
B«aman  on  board  **  LTmpetueux/*  of  eighty  gufis ; 
and  that  while  belonging  to  that  ship,  he  pub- 
lished various  small  poems  in  newspopers,  and  in 
the  old  Naml  Chronicle,  under  the  signature  of 
**  A  Foremast  Man." 

The  Sea  Devil^  to  which  R,  L  alludes,  was  not 
published  at  the  time  I  speak  of;  but  it  is  said  to 
nave  evinced  much  knowledge  of  human  nature^ 
though  with  a  tendency  to  satire. 

With  a  view  of  bettering  his  condition,  Rose 
was  sent  from  ^*  L*Impetueux "  into  the  **  Senai- 
ramia " frigate  as  puraer^s  steward!  He  died  in 
the  Naval  licspital  at  Plymouth,  in  1810,  of  a  con- 
sumption ;  alleged  to  be  a  consequence  of  his 
having  served  on  shore  in  the  pestilent  marshet 
of  Walch«:^ren.  Some  elegiac  verses  to  bis  uie- 
mory,  signed  "N.  T.  C,"  are  to  be  »een  in  the 
iwenty-lourth  volume  of  the  Narml  ChranicU, 
pp*  32-5.  326.  2. 


•  Her  burial  i* 
uutii*ed  inaiiv  imch  ^.i.^. 


ut*  register.     I  huve 
i.ahaTOi. 


328 


NOTES  AND  QUEBIES 


[8^8.y.  AmLU.IC 


Governors  of  Guernsrt  (3'*^  S.  iv.  456.)  — 
The  following  names  mre  given  in  Warburton*s 
Treatiie  on  the  History,  Lawa^  cmd  Cuitoms  of  the 
Island  of  Guernsey  (1822)  :  — 

"  1554.  Leonard  Cbamberlaine,  and  Francis  Chamber- 
laine.  The  words  of  the  patent  are :— *  Ipsoiq. 
L^on.  et   Franc.  Chamberlaine^   Gapitaneos, 
Costodes,    Gubemaiorut   et   eomm   utramq. 
Capt  Gust  et  GvJbem,  Insulamm  et  Castro- 
mm,  &c*    Pat.  1  and  2  Maria,  p.  18.    (Jnly 
26, 1554—24  July,  1555.) 
**  1570.  Sir  Thomas  Leighton,    12  EUz.  (Nov.  17, 1569 
—Nov.  16, 1570.)    The  Lord  Zoache  was  bis 
Dqnttu  Governor,  and  is,  in  an  order  of  Coun- 
cil, called  his  substitute. 
**  The  Bcdlifft  of  Guemtey,  during  the  reign  of  Eliza- 
beth were  — 
**  1549—1562.  Hellier  Gosselin. 
1563—1571.  Thomas  Compton. 
1571 — ir)81.  Guillaume  De  Beauvoir. 
1581 — 1687.  Thomas  Wigmore;  who  was  deprived 
of  his  post  Sept.  16,  1587,  by  Older  of 
of  the  Queen. 
1588—1600.  Louis  Devyck;  who  resigned,  because 

of  sickness. 
1600—1631.  Amice  de  Carteret" 

The  former  of  each  of  the  double  dates  is  the 
year  when  **  sworn  in."  As  somewhat  fuller  than 
the  list  given  from  Berry's  History  of  Ouemsey^ 
I  venture  to  send  this,  for  the  information  of  In- 
QUisrrus.  A.  S  A. 

Gbbbk  £pigram  (3'*  S.  t.  195,  269.)  — 

N^ioi'  itpriBaX^  yvfiv6v  t'  M  yo6vturi  fxitTp6sy 
i^<pi  <rt  fitiirjcay  ^OKpvdtvra  <pi\ot ' 

*ni  fc£5i',  i)s  tnarSy  tok   itrtp^ova  y*  Orvov  i^pwwPf 
iaKpvufyras  Spwv  ftc(8i({ots  (Tv  ipi\ovs. 

Can  any  of  your  readers  point  out  where  the 
Arabic  text  can  be  found  ?*  The  Enpillsh  version 
attributed  to  Carlyle  by  the  Autkologia  Oxoniensis 
is  in  my  private  MS.  copy  ascribed  to  the  late 
Rev.  C.  Col  ton,  the  author  of  Lncon,  in  which  in- 
stead of  *'  So  live  Uiat  in  thy  latest  hour,"  is  read 
"  at  thy  dying  hour ;"  and  for  "  we  "  and  "  floods" 
of  the  following  line,  "  they  "  and  "  flood."  Some 
trifling  variants  also  occur  in  the  other  English 
form  given  in  3'*  S.  v.  195.  Wittalp. 

Conservative  Club. 

Sack  (2-*  S.  xii.  287, 452, 468.)— By  a  singular 
coincidence  I  called  upon  a  wine-merchant  and 
was  invited  to  taste  *'  a  cup  of  sack  "  with  him  on 
the  same  day  that  I  chanced  to  light  upon  certain 
notes  in  your  Second  Series  in  reference  to  this 
word.  The  wine  given  me  as  a  great  honour  by 
my  friend,  who  is  of  the  old  school,  had  been  im- 
ported by  him  many  years  ago  from  the  Cmiaries, 
and  1  was  assured  that  the  only  real  thing  of  the 
kin<l  was,  and  is,  a  Canary  wine.  He  added  that 
sherris  such,  beloved  of  FalstaflT,  was  either  a  made 
wine  or  else  a  negus,  maintaining  that  sachpure  was 

[•  The  Arabic  text  is  given  by  Mr.  Carlyle  in  his 
Specimau  ofJrabitM  JPotiry,  p.  25.— Eix] 


only  to  be  had  from  the  Canari€$.    It  obtained  iti 
name,  he  sud,  no  doubt,  from  the  Mmrce  indicated 
by  Qubsm's  Gabdbns,  viz.,  from  Maeemty  tht  goal- 
skin  sack  in  which  the  wine  was  originnlW  brought 
down  fh>m  the  mountain-side  Tineyara.     S<Niie 
one  present  contended  for  sec  or  nccut^  but  the 
wuie  was  anything  but  dry.  It  agreed  wiUi  M.  F.*i 
description  (2"^  S.  xii.  452),  pale  amber  in  colour, 
slightly  sweet,  just  a  wee  bit  earthj,   and  if 
pleasant  and  sedactiTe,  I  fear,  to  m  jacli;  a  poor 
curate,  and  therefore,  per  force,  a  teniperate  man, 
as  to  the  ft<m  tfivant  Falstaff.    The  rana  of  **  lOi. 
a  pinte  of  sack  and  a  role,**  was,  according  to  fre- 
auent  entries  in  the  churdiwardena*  accounts  of 
the  parish  in  which  I  reside,   the  usual  Testry 
dlowance  for  lecturers  and  preachers  in  tbeseTen- 
teenth  century.     Sometimes  it  is  *'*'  a  pinte  of  Cs- 
narie.**    From  the  wealth  and  importance  of  Cftp 
narie  merchants,  this  must  have  been  a  popular 
drink  in  Shakspeare*s  time,  and  during  the  Stuan 
dynasty.     See  The  Life  of  Marmaduke  Rmcdox 
Camden  Society,  1863.  Juxta  Turbul 

Count  de  Montalembbbt  (8'*  S-  iw.  453.)  — 
Charles-Forbes  Comte  de  Montalembert,  watbon 
March  10,  1810,  in  London,  where  his  £itks; 
Marc-R6ne,  descended  from  an  ancient  familji 
Poitou,  was  then  residing  as  an  emigri;  i 
mother*  was  Eliza,  only  daughter  of  Mr.  Jafi 
Forbes,  F.G.S.,  F.R.S.,  F.A.S.,  &c^  author  i 
Oriental  Memoirs  (1813),  and  of  several  other 
works.  Mr.  Forbes  was  born  in  1749,  in  Loodoo, 
of  a  Scottish  family,  and  died  Auj?.  1,1819;  he  wis 
in  the  civil  service  of  the  East  India  Company  at 
Bombay  from  1765  to  1783;  and  bein^  in  France 
in  1 803,  he  was  among  the  numerous  detenus  con- 
fined at  Verdun,  but  was  released  with  his  family 
in  1804,  as  a  man  of  science,  by  the  mediation  of 
the  French  Institute,  a  fact  highly  honourable  to 
that  learned  body,  and  creditable  to  Napoleon. 
Though  I  am  unable  to  affiliate  Mr.  Forbes  with 
the  Aberdeenshire  family  of  the  same  name,  either 
at  Donsideor  Corsindae,  the  fact  is  very  probable; 
and  it  reflects  honour  on  Scotland,  or  any  country, 
to  be  connected  with  such  a  philosopher  and 
Christian  as  Montalembert.  Local  inquiries  could 
surely  elucidate  the  descent,  and  Scotus  must 
have  opportunities  of  doing  so,  which  I  cannot 
possess  in  India.  A.  S.  A. 

MoBGAKATic  (3"*  S.  V.  235.)  —  In  attributing 
to  morganatic  marriao:cs  any  connection  with  the 
Fata  Morgana,  I  take  it  for  granted  that  Db. 
Bell  is  merely  indulging  in  a  play  of  fancy.  But 
as  the  word  is,  as  he  observes,  one  of  considerable 
importance  at  the  present  day,  it  may  not  be  amiss 
to  look  into  what  its  etymology  really  is.  A  letV 
handed  or  morganatic  marriage  is  one  contracted 

*  Who  is  styled  **  a  Scotch  lady  of  strong  character, 
and  remarkable  ability''  (characteristics  inhentad  by  her 
distingaished  son). 


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ai"^v#iir«iirrn    hmiat«   91 


trl   .>  *^U0 


any  par 

£ngli&li 
of  the 

from  Uii6  %it>i'ii — or,  aa  iieiui^cius  hupbonei,  if*  . 
«Hor^£i^Rba/ir — WM  Ibrmed  the  Low  Lutiti  mo) 
ic,  and  A  miirriAge  oontroctod  on  ihene  tenui» 
iiy  led  matrimmium  od  hg^m  vtorg^maticam, 
nflture  of  iucli  ft  to  <  clearly  aod  buc- 

cinctlj  »c?t  forth  by  ii  ,  EUmenta  JtirU 

Oermtmicif  lib*  L  §  31 1 :  — 

'*Kitur{i  BC  Indolefl  earnm  [nuptiaraml  coniistii  in 
pstctif  marrj^inatieo,  qno»  acceptfa  certia  pneaii^  V€l  pro- 
tDimd  crrih  peenntft*  flammflkr  tuni  tutoT*  turn  liberi  mdo 
iiAtJ,  «t  digit liatif  patenziB  ct  sucoedenda  joria  exaorttfl 

M&LBTE8« 

LojfiMjH  Smokb,  etc.  (3'^  S.  ▼.  258.)  —A  re- 
flection from  the  numerous  iron  works  in  the  dis- 
trict adjacent  to  Dudley,  popularly  called  the 
Black  Country,  is  i1i-tnu  ilv  visible  at  nig-ht  from 
my  residence  in  V^' •  iiire,  twenty  miles  dis- 

tant, exhibiting  ii  i  illumination  of  the  sky 

in  that  direction,  8(»nie years  paist,  on  asccndtnj^  the 
Brown  Clee  Hill^  the  lijgHest  elevation  in  Shroj)- 
shire,  I  observed  the  larch  plantations  near  the  sum- 
mit covered  with  a  smoky  deposit,  similar  to  the 
trees  in  the  London  park?.  This  is  said  to  ari^e 
from  the  smoke  of  the  iron  district  above  men- 
tioned being  carried  by  elevated  currents  of  air, 
nntil  deposited  on  this  lofty  isolated  hill,  the  first 
high  emmenee  to  the  westward,  and  at  least  four- 
teen miles  distant.  Has  such  a  phenomenon  of 
&dteMi|B|g|e  been  observed  cUewliere  ? 

^^B^m^^f  ThoS.  E.  WilfKIHQTOlT. 

Reliabi^  (3^*  S.  V.  260,>  — 1  have  a  word  to 
say  on  beh*df  of  *'  reliable,**  and  am  encourai?e<l  t»3 
sty  it  now  by  observing,  that  the  laat  objector  Ui 
the  term  who  ap^iears  in  **N.  k  Q-"'  has  had  the 
kiaditcsa  to  ttate  Uia  objection  in  clear  terms.  We 
may  9^y  **  justifiable'*  from  **  to  justiiy  ;**  but  we 
cannot  nay  "dependable'*  from  "totfepend  on,** 
because  of  the  **  on.**  "  Beliable,**  from  **to  rely 
on,"  is  equjUly  faulty. 

I  would  submit,  however,  that  **  reliable"  refts 
on  much  the  same  footing  as  "  liable ;"  both  must 
stand  or  fiill  together.  Liable  is  from  the  French 
Her :  reliable  is  from  the  Frc     '       *    •. 

First,  from  /t>r,  to  bind,  c  >,  properly 

meaning;  **  that  maybe  bouiiu  :  rh/jice,  one  that 
is  answenible ;  one  that  i«  actually  obliged,  m 
Ijiw  "t-  -  ri.Mf^',— w'itii  other  meanings. 

S  trom  Tflter  (also  in  the  sense  of  to 

hill  •  j/n  Iwre^  to  bind  a  book,)  eomes 

**»^'  ty  'Hhat  may  be  bound,"  aod 


So  when  the   quesfcioii  m  about  liberating  tk 
prisoner  on  bail,  the  hail^  if  rood  and  sufficients  is 


;iUlp-"   and  may  be  taken;  i,  ^.  the   person 

iiijiflf  us  surety  may  be  hound  for  the 

MM>:'iirance  in  court,  and  the  prisoner 

I  from  custody.    In  a  more  ex* 

^    any  person  or  any  thing    oa 

ice  can  be  pkced,  may  be  called 

It  jii;iy  be  freely  panted,  that  if  *^ieUable** 
bad  no  belter  source  than  the  verb  **  to  rely 
upon,**  the  etymolo^  would  be  vicious,  as  shown 
by  your  correspondent.  But  thiii,  I  would  humbly 
submit,  is  not  the  whole  of  the  story.  As  **  liable'* 
from  Uer,  so  "  reliable**  from  relier,  Sguxh* 

MsDUiivAL  CHi;iaca£i  nr  Romas  Camps  (3'^  S. 
V.  173)  —  Some  years  ago,  at  Chcster-le- Street, 
in  Durham,  I  was  present  at  some  excavations 
where  insci'lpttoais  proved  that  the  second  legion  of 
the  Tuugrians  had  once  been  quartert'd  there.   In- 

?uiring  where  was  the  supposed  site  of  the  statiuo, 
was  shown  an  oblon*^  siie,  parallel  to  the  Grt^at 
North  Road,  and  containing  within  it  not  only 
if  '  V  I  hureh  and  church)^ ard,  but  (unle&i  my 

r  il:i   me)  &l:iO   the  rectory    and  gardens. 

CruisjuLj  jnif  whether  this  fact  worked  for  or  against 
the  troiditionary  locality,  I  concluded  the»t  in  its 
favour^  reasoning  thu6,  that  when  the  last  Human 
soldier  left  it,  the  neighbours  remaining  would  noi 
permit  it  to  go  into  any  private  appropriation  utileis 
by  arrangement,  and  therefore  it  would  remain 
common  to  them  all,  and  a  very  likely  site  to  be  de- 
voted for  all  public  pur[>oseis  and  especially  for 
those  of  worship,  on  the  introduction  of  Chris- 
tianity. Viewed  thus,  I  think  that  where  tradi- 
tion places  the  site  of  a  station  around  a  church  or 
any  other  public  institution,  such  tradition  has 
the  probabuitieu  in  its  favour,  K.  N. 

Stm  Jmim  Mooez^s  Morument  (3^<*  8.  r.  2e»>)— 

Your  correspondent  Davio  Gam  is  not  perhaps 
aware,  that  the  inscription  on  the  monument  of 
Hh  John  Moore,  At  Qoruua,  if  in  Latin,  and  runs 
tbus:  — 

*<  Hie  eeoidit  Jottnnes  Mooru : 

J3(ix  £a«rcttui:  in  pa^roA; 

Jan.  xvi,  lfi09:  cotilra  GsUos; 

^A  Dac«  Dakiatia  ductos.'' 

The  <?f  ftsph  as  given  by  Borrow,  ts  not,  there* 

fpT  <L    Indeed,  his  well-known  work, 

7  at  11^  is  not  to  be  depended  upon ; 

it  !>  ruli  ol  ID iiL curacies  and  misstatements.  Mr, 
Ford,  in  his  Handbook  of  Spain  (Part  u.  p.  597, 
London,  18d5),  gives  a  shf  i^  i  -  v—  -  -i^  monu- 
incnL     it  appi'iirs  that  the  led  and 

cijcloseil,  iu   1B24,  by  oui  '^-tt; 

by  the  order,  and  at  the  '  i  i  !sh 

^vcrument.     In  the  year  *..,zh* 

redo,  who  had  lived  some  t  i  rabed  a 

subscriptioa  amongst  his  Ll^..^  ....j. 


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[d^S.  V^  Araa.  16,^4. 


the  tomb,  and  planted  aboat  two  acres  of  ground 
afl  a  public  walk,  or  Alameda* 

It  was  not  Soult,  or  the  "chivalrotts  French'* 
who  rawed  the  monument,  but  the  English  go- 
vernment. Soult,  however,  added  the  inscrip- 
tion ;  which  seems  to  have  given  some  offence  to 
the  Spaniards.  The  inscription  was  orifrinally 
cut  on  a  rock,  adjoining  the  spot  where  the  gal- 
lant General  fell*  J.  Daltom. 

Korwich* 

PoBTiCAX  QuoTiTioM  (3**  S*  li.  9.)  —  The  paa- 
lage  beginning,  "  As  when  they  went  for  Pales- 
tine" i^  from  "The  Aristoci*acy  of  France,*'  in  a 
volume  of  Historic  Pancies^  by  Hon.  Geo.  Sydney 
Smythe,  M.P.  London,  1844.     W.  S.  Appi-bton. 

Familt  of  Nicuolas  Bayi.et  (3"*  S-  iv.  351.) 
Some  account  of  the  descendants  of  Nicholas  Bay- 
ley  may  be  found  in  Burke's  HiMtory  of  the  Landed 
Gentry^  edition  of  1853,  under  the  family  of  the 
name ;  also  in  an^  genealogical  account  of  the 
Paget  family^  as  in  the  Supplement  to  Collins'a 
Peerage,  Concerning  his  ancestors,  I  believe 
nothing  more  in  known  than  can  be  read  in  the 
Athenm  Oxomemet.  The  statement  inserted  by 
Dr,  Bliss  that  Nicholas  Bayley  was  the  biahop^a 
younger  son  is  probably  wrong,  and  is  entirely  at 
variance  with  the  words  of  Ant.  A'Wood  himself; 
every  other  authority  with  which  I  am  fami- 
liar, makes  him  to  be  the  eldest  son  and  heir.  I 
will  add  here  a  fact  which  seems  not  to  have  been 
known  to  any  biographer  of  the  bishop,  that  his 
second  wife  was  Judith,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Appleton  of  Holbn^ok  Hall,  in  Little  Walding- 
field,  Suffolk,  and  sister  of  Samuel  Appleton,  who 
emigrated  to  New  England  in  1635.  She  was 
the  mother  of  the  bishop's  younger  sons  Theodore 
and  Thomas.  Her  son  Thomas  carelessly  calls 
her  a  knight's  daughter,  whereas  it  was  her  oldest 
brother  L»aaC|  who  received  that  honour  in  1603. 

W.  S-  AppLBTOpr, 

Boston,  Mttsa.,  U,  a  A 

LONGEVITT  OF  ImCITMBBHT  AK©  CuaATK  (3'*  S. 

▼.  257,)— I  am  surprised  that  Juxta  Tukrim,  or 
some  other  contributor,  has  never  sent  you  the 
remarkable  instance  of  the  Rev.  Samuel  Johnes 
Knight,  vicar  of  Allhallown  Barking  for  sixty- 
nine  years,  from  1783  to  1852;  and  that  of  hig 
loeum  teneriM  (for  the  vicai"  never  resided),  the 
Bev*  Henry  G.  White,  curate  of  the  same  parish 
wd  to  the  flame  incumbent,  fur  furty-two  years. 

E.  S.  C. 

Hkealdic  (3*^*  S.  v.  tai3.)— Sandford,  in  his 
QehtalttgicuX  Uistory  of  Engtmui,  describes  the 
coat  armour  of  Lionel  of  Antwerp,  Duke  of 
Clarence,  taken  from  monuments  at  We*tmin8t4*r 
and  Windsor,  thu**:— Quurlerly  France  and  Eng- 
land Semce,  a  lal>ct  of  3  p^nnt^    inr.  nt    t.u'h  thiWU'd 

with  a  canton  gultv*.      *  .^ 

the  arms  of  John  ol   '  niA 


ermine,  to  distinguinh  his  coat  from   liia 
Lionel,  The  arms  of  Richard,  Earl  of  Cambfidffi, 
and  Anne  Mortimer  his  wife,  weri?  in  thi?  tAo' 
window  of  Fotheringhay:  quarr  ' 

Englxind,  a  label  of  3  points  ar- 
with  as  many  torteaux,  impalii 
Burgh.     I  cannot  discover  any 
Riebard,  Duke  of  York,  his  son.    Uc 
Clarence  bore  a  distinctive  label  ol 
gent,  charged  with  a  canton  gules.    14  is  a      j 
Margaret,  Countess  of  Salisbuiy,  bore   t^ 
arms,  together  with   those  of  Salisbury, 
champ,  and  Warwick^      Thos.  E.  WunrurG 

Akontmods  CoNTamCTioss  to  **  ^ 
S-  v.  307.)  —  As  others  are  giving  i  i . 
perhaps  one  who  has  been  a  contributur  tVo 
second  volume  of  the  First  Series  may  be  i ' 
a  few  lines.  I  concur  with  all  that  P&ori 
Db  Mokoan  says,  except  that  the  editor  shodl] 
"never  print  anything  without  being  in 
posj^ession  of  the  writer's  name/'  IIa.d  tbiii  fciai<| 
the  rule,  I  should  never  have  hegufi  to  contr 
Many  apparently  trifling  queries  have  led  to  j 
correspondence,  though  probably  the  qti 
would  have  thought  them  too  trifling  for  en 
their  cards.  An  anonymous  statement  o^  (  _ 
I  presume,  is  always  rejected.  In  quoting  6s 
books  it  is  desirable  that  the  chapter,  pagci,  d> 
edition  should  be  given  ;  and  I  have  often  de^sl 
what  seemed  to  me  a  satisfactory  communlciiii 
because  I  would  not  quote  at  second-hand  ^^  1 
might  expect  to  do  at  first.  If  a  verificaliB  h 
made  at  tne  British  Museuoit  the  book  tick^  ii  > 
good  voucher. 

"  N.  &  Q  "  has  grown  loo  big  fur  lodgin^^  ipl 
is  obliged  to  have  a  house.  \\  ith  such  eridefiae 
of  thriving,  I  should  thiuk  a  long  time  bef<>rc  id- 
vising  any  change.  H.  B.  C  * 

Paul  Bowes  H-*  S.  vii.  547 1  a**  S*  v.  247*)  — 
His  son  Martin,  born  in  London,  was  adisttlid  • 
pensioner  of  St.  John's  College,  Cambridge,  A{ff^ 
16f  1686,  set.  sixteen,  but  took  no  degree. 

C,  IL  &  THOBfpsoiif  Coorxi. 

"Cbntcet  or  iNvjBNTtonB  "  (jy^  S.  T.  155.)— 
Watt,  in  his  Bibliotheca  Britannica,  meotions  wj 
the  London  edition  of  1603.  I  pijssets  another  it 
1767,  printed  by  Foul  is,  Glasgow,  in  the  beaatifal 
type  of  that  press,  but  htive  no  knowlcdjjc  of  any 
others,  Tuos.  E.  WtsmucttTo*. 

AjfTDowT  H AMMONIA,  li"*  S.  xi.  431,  4B^i  x5. 
33,  56,  contains  references  to  the  **  silver* to«f««4 
Hsimmond  "  in  the  early  psu-t  of  the  In^t  cenliiiy 
M.P.  for  Huntingdon,  and  Ctn  the 

Navy.   A  common-place  b«»k  •  Ttl 

other  note-books  in  htn  liHiult^ :  uwd  to 

be  pre»ierved  in  rijo  Kuwliniiun  rW  Bod* 

letan  Library.     He  in  suid  to  L;iVi  'U«tl» 

[•  n    It.  a  i*  ri».'ht.     \VV  ^liflffl  hh  t**-  >^  1 


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I 


Being  interested  in  tiie  pencx],  1700-30,  I  should 

be  glad  to  obtain  any  particulars  of  any  sucli 
poemfi*  I  bnve  evidence  that  he  was  a  pampliletenr, 
and  ti  bcK»k  collector,  in  a  thick  octavo  volume  of 
TracU,  dftted  from  1710  to  1725.  To  this  volume 
he  baa  written  ti  tuble  of  contentp^  occupying  two 
pages,  &nd  hnit  also  annotated  the  margins.  No*  5 
is,  *'  Some  Keniarks  nnd  Observationa  relating  to 
the  TranMclions  of  the  Year  1720*'  (pp*  27), 
London,  17*24,  In  the  contents  Mr.  liaraniond  hiia 
written,  "  Bubble  year,  1720.  Stole  iVom  No.  (9)/' 
Behind  the  title, '"27  March,  1725.  Ant  Ham- 
mond.** I  do  not  stop  to  quote  his  mari^inal  notes, 
which  are  chiel^r  verbal^  but  turn  to  No.  9,  in  the 
aame  volume^  **  A  Modest  Apology  occasioned  by 
the  late  unhappy  Turn  of  Affairs  with  Relation  to 
Public  Credit,  fay  a  Gentleman.  In/elicit  Domutt 
unicm  clieuM,^"  (pp.29).  London,  1721.  In  the 
contents,  after  the  word  "  Credit,"  he  has  written 
"p.  A,  H.  Vid.  the  plaginrism^  No.  (5).*'  On  the 
the  title,  after  the  word  **  Gentleman,**  is  written, 
•*p,  A.  H.'*  Behind  the  title,  *' 24  June.  1725, 
Ant.  Hammond."  The  tract  is  a  clear,  concise, 
und  moderate  retrospect  of  the  preceding  year,  in 
which  (besides  thofte  covered  by  act*!  of  parlia- 
ment), Mr,  Hammond  sayti  he  had  made  a  list  of 
one  hundred  and  seven  bubbles,  with  a  nominal 
fltock  of  93,600,000^.,  involving  a  loss  of  1 4,040,000/. 
No.  2  in  the  volume  is  entitled  **  Advice  and  Con- 
giderations  for  the  Electors  of  Great  Britain" 
(pp.  32).  London,  1722.  At  the  back  of  the  title 
Mr.  Hammond  has  written,  *•  This  pamphlet  was 
writ  by  WilL  Wood,  Esq.  It  contains  many  use- 
ful Guiculations  relating  to  the  public  debtd,  re* 
tentiea,  and  trade.  26  Mar.  1725.  Ant.  Ham- 
mond/' I  ought  to  add  that  a  considerable  part 
of  Tract  No.  5  in  the  volume,  is  clearly  stolen 
from  that  written  by  Mr.  Hammond,  No.  9. 

W.  Lbe. 

The  Passing  Bbll  or  St.  SEeuLcuEE's  (3"*  S. 
J  V.  170^ — ^In  the  letter  quoted  by  your  correspon- 
dent, T,  B.,  it  is  stated,  **  that  the  parish  of  St. 
Sepulchre  should  appoint  some  one  to  go  to  New- 

fate  on  the  night  previous  to  the  ejtecution/'  &c. 
^    *rom  the  following  extract  from  Stowe*s  Londoti^ 
1G18.  p.  25,  it  would  appear  that  the  exhortation 
to  repentance  ought  to  be  repeated  by  a  clergy^ 
I  man :  — 

••Rfib^  D«ii^  citizen  and  merchant  taylw,  of  Ix)ndon, 
nah  chtuth  of  St.  Sepulchred  the  sonittic  of 
r  the  aevtral  seMioDs  uf  London,  ^ hen  the 
—      .-.,*.4i  in  the  gaote,  aa  condcinned  men  to  death, 
espucriinf:  esi'cution  on  the  morrow  following^,  the  clarke 
rthnt  1*^  thr  jHtrjtrrri^  of  thf  ""htiifh  t^lioold  come  in  th« 
In  tht?  morning,  to  M«? 
lye,  and  thens  rinjcjng 
]M>inteil  for  the  piir{>09«, 
h«  *i  fian  mnnner)  put  them 

in    "  ..»n,  and  ensuing  execu- 

tion, u.'bUiHt;  '^'^1"  t*'  '•«  i»rep«ired  therefore  u  they 
ought  to  be,    \\li<io  thev  urc  in  tho  cart,  and  brought 


before  the  wall  of  the  church,  there  he  utatiileth  rf!>ady 
with  the  fksroe  bell, and, after  certain  toles,  reb«a»eth  an 
appointed  prater,  desiring  all  the  people  then  pnieent  to 

6r»y  for  them.     The  beadle  al*o  of  Merchant  Tayloii* 
[all   hath  an  honest  itipend  allowed  to  ma  that  tlbiii  is 
dtiely  dune," 

W.  L  S,  HoxTOK. 
DAiftfU  Right  op  Succe«8Iok  (3^*  S.  v.  134.) 
G.  E.  ia  in  error  in  supposing  that  in  the  play  of 
Hamlet  the  Danish  right  of  succession  is  never 
adverted  to.  Like  other  crowns  in  early  days,  the 
crown  of  Denmark  was  (within  certain  finiita) 
elective;  and  Hamlet  expressly  compbiina  of  hia 
uncle  having  "  popped  in  oetween  the  election  and 
his  hopes."  For  further  observations  on  the  »ub» 
ject,  G.  E»  i&  referred  to  two  notes;  the  one  by 
Steevens,  the  other  by  Blackstone,  in  Reed  a  edi- 
tion of  Shahgpean!,  1793,  vol.  xv*  p.  33.   P,  S.  C. 

QooTATiopr  (3'«  S.  V.  174.)  —R.  C.  H.  is  in- 
formed that  the  lines  he  alludea  to  as  beinp  quoted 
by  the  late  Lord  Campbell,  and  commencing  — 
"*  Her  did  you  freely  from  your  aoul  forgive?  ' 
'  Sure  a«  I  hope  before  my  Judge  to  live,"  "  Ad 

are  by  the  Rev.  G.  Crabbe,  and  are  to  be  found  in 
his  Tales  of  the  Hall,  from  the  one,  I  believe,  en- 
titled '*  Sir  Owen  Dale.^  R,  D.  8. 

Patrician  Famioes'op  Brussels  (S'*  S.  v.  174.) 
Tbe  lignages^  or  patrician  families  of  Brussels, 
were ;  — 

1.  S^Leeitw^s-gcHlachte :  The  race  of  the  lion. 
Arm*.  Guies,  a  lion  rampant,  BTg*  armed  and 
lajigued,  azure« 

2.  S  We&rU'^exlachte  :  Race  of  the  Host  (^«- 
pUU).     Emancho,  argent  and  gules. 

3.  ST  Hughe  KittiM^gesiachte :  Race  of  the  sons 
of  Hugh  ;  called  also  Chttings.  Az.  three  fleur- 
de-lya  org.  (2  and  1). 

4.  Ser  Roeh/s'geisiachte :  Race  of  Sire  RwJolf. 
Gulea,  nine  billets  or  (4,  3,  2). 

5.  hie  van  Cundenherg :  They  of  the  Cond en- 
berg.     Gules,  three  towers  argent ;  doors  arure. 

6.  Die  utenSteenweghe :  They  of  the  road. 
Gules,  five  scallop  sheik  argent  (I,  3,  1). 

7.  Die  van  Jiodenhehe :  They  of  the  red  stream, 
Arprent,  a  band  ondC'e,  gules. 

This  list  is  from  Henne  and  Waters  Hiitmrfi  de 
Bnucelles.  It  need  hardly  be  said  that  similar 
i^fnfl^ir#("wel-geboorne-jreboortege  lieden,"  "gode 
lieden,*'  **divites,**  "  fortiores,*')  are  found  in  most 
of  the  Belgian  and  German  cities,  K. 

MoTDBK  Goose  (3^^  S.  v.  258.)  —  I  remember 
that,  when  I  first  went  to  Oxford,  a  woman  wn» 
pointed  out  to  me  in  the  street  as  the  original 
Mother  Goose.  She  was  stout,  past  the  middle 
age,  and  with  large  prominent  features.  Sb^ 
usually  carried  a  basket,  such  as  were  used  by 
lauudiesses  in  those  days;  but  what  here  c^wcvv^aaf* 
tion  really  was,  I  ha.N«t  fet^^CiWjcw^Si  \  «H*i:* ''•^f^T ' 
Of  course,  isW  d\^  ^Q\mMii\\  ^>.<iv^^^»«^  ^iNktv^*^"! 


332 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[iNa  V.  apkel lei's! 


of  a  young  man,  so  I  made  no  inquiry  as  to  her 
character  or  habits.  Probably  she  had  eccentri- 
citiea,  but  no  doubt  much  was  engrafted  on  the 
character  that  did  not  belong  to  the  original. 
The  author  of  the  pantomime  might  draw  from 
German  or  French  sources,  but  as  to  that  I  know 
nothing.  There  must  be  natives  of  Oxford,  still 
liying,  who  could  supply  fuller  information  on 
this  not  very  interesting  subject  W.  D. 

LoKGEviTT  OP  Clbrqtkev  (S^  S.  V.  22,  44, 
128.)  —  The  following  is  from  Baines*s  History  of 
Lancashire :  — 

« Henry  Pigoit,  B.D.,  inducted  Vicar  of  Sochdale, 
1662 ;  died  April  10, 1722,  aged  94.  He  was  Rector  of 
Brindle'  seventy-one  years,  and  Vicar  of  Rochdale  fifty- 
nine  years  and  seven  months." 

H.  FiSHWICK. 


fSiiittViKxienvA. 

NOTES  ON  BOOKS.  ETC 

The  Life  of  Lawrence  Sterne,  By  Percy  Fitzgerald, 
M.A.,  M.R.I.A.  With  lUuttratiofu  from  Drmwinpt  by 
the  Author  and  Others.  In  J\o9  Volumes.  (Chapman 
&  Hall.) 

Mr.  Fitzgerald  seems  to  have  been  led  to  his  present 
task  by  a  feeling  that  injustice  had  been  done  to  Sterne 
in  Thackoray*8  lecture  upon  him — that  the  revolting  pic- 
ture of  "  the  mountebank "  who  **  snivelled  "  over  the 
dead  donkey  at  Nampont,  and  expended  his  *<  cheap 
dribble  "  upon  *•  an  old  cab  "  was  grossly  over-coloured 
and  exaggerated.  In  the  belief  that  if  wc  knew  more  of 
Sterne  wo  should  hesitate  at  adopting  this  harsh  judg- 
ment, Mr.  Fitzgerald  has  applied  himself  with  diligence 
to  a  study  of  his  writings  and  an  investigation  into  the 
incidents'of  his  life.  Thu  story  of  that  life  may  now  be  said 
to  be  told  for  the  first  time.  Indeed  it  is  really  the  first 
Life  of  Sterne  that  has  been  put  before  the  world.  Essaj-s, 
sketches,  and  articles  upon  the  subject  abound,  but  no 
attempt  has,  up  to  this  time,  been  made  to  trnco  his 
strange  career  from  the  cradle  to  the  grave.  In  the  book 
before  us  we  have  abundance  of  new  materials—  letters 
hitherto  unpublished,  letters  hitherto  buried  in  obscure 
periodicals,  extracts  firom  registers,  un»l  minute  books 
hitherto  unsearche<l  for,  and  contemporary  illustrations 
hitherto  unregarded,  have  been  gathered  together  with 
considerable  pains,  and  the  result  is  what  Mr.  Fitzgerald 
is  certainly  justified  in  calling  *'  one  of  the  most  carious 
biographical  stories  in  English  literature"  One  of  the 
results  of  Mr.  Fitzgerald's  Life— which  will  be  read  with 
considerable  interest  —  will  certainly  be  to  call  renewed 
attention  to  the  writings  of  Lawrence  Sterne. 

Manuel  du  LUtrmre  et  de  P Amateur  de  Livrei,  ^.  Par 
Jacques'Charlcs  Dmnet.  dnquieme  Edition  originale 
enticrtment  refondue  et  augmentie  (Vuh  Hen  par  FAuteur. 
Tome  Kw,  2«  Partie,     (Didot.) 

We  congratulate  all  bibliographers  and  lovers  of  books 
on  the  completion  of  the  first  and  largest  portion  of 
M.  Brunct's  invaluable  work,  namely,  the  Bibliographical 
l)icti<»fiary,  in  which  the  hooka  arc  arranged  in  alpha- 
betical order,  and  whirh  occupies  five  volumes  out  of  the 
six  of  which  this  enlarged  edition  of  the  Manuel  is  to 
consist  Two  more  Parta,  which  will  consist  of  the  Cbto- 
Ayme  Baittmrni,  will  completa  a  work  invsluabla  to  stu* 
dents  of  every  bnmch  of  literature ;  and  uvdisp«DBa\)\«  V> 


all  whose  bnshiess,  whether  as  sehdara,  Ubnriaiis,  « 
booksellers,  is  with  books.  Will  M.  Bnuiet  and  bb 
pabliahers  allow  oa  to  make  one  snggestioo? — namdj. 
that  they  should  publish,  in  a  separate  and  easily  accessible 
form,  the  admirable  series  of  woodcnts  of  printer's  <k* 
vices  which  are  scattered  through  this  new  edition  «f 
Brunet 

The  Idle  Word :  Short  Bdiffious  Essays  ignm  Ae  Gift  ef 
Speedk,  and  its  Employment  in  Qmtfereatiom,  Byt.lL 
Goulbom,  D.D.  Second  Edition,  enlaryed,  (Ritingtoia) 
These  Essays,  containing  the  anbatanoe   of  seraii 

Sennons  preached  by  Dr.  Goulbaniy  on  the  importHl 

subjoct  of  **  Idle  Words"  will  be  read  with  advaBtup 

by  all. 


BOOKS    AND    ODD    VOLUMES 

WANTED   TO  PURCHA8X. 

Fartlenlan  of  Frioe,  ae..  of  tha  fbllowlnx  Books  to  be  sent  Attf  ■ 
tht  genClemen  by  whon  they  arc  re<|iiirtd,  mod  whoM  mumi  uii  m- 
dnsMt  are  givan  for  that  purpowt  — 

RBPomt  or  CoMMinioKSRi  roR  Nationai.  F.opcatioit  (IanLAn\9w 
llM  tith  (A.D  ISA?),  to  tfth  (A.D.  ISU).  IneliulTv:  or  any  of  them. 
VsBtad  by  Rev,  A  3xn  Itrime,  Fi vemiletoviL.  Anghnmdtr- 

Tib  Wakwicksbuw  BiAOAmrs,  for  ISSOt  iaoladlne  tbo  TiiiMiM*' 
thAtOoozity. 

Wuted  by  Bev.  C.  J.  Bobiivon,  Great  BerkhMzutead,  Hek 

Any  Booki,  Pampbkti,  or  AeU  of  Parliament,  4cc^  abont  Tnak  *       i 
the  Leather  Trade. 

Wanted  by  Mr.  Walter  Q.  Fm,  Cothem,  BriatoL 

Hiim  ow  CoTTAOB  Aacarn«mTi»«,  by  ITenry  "Weaver. 
PaiH  MoDSL  GoiTAaa  Wmiuifa  DiiAwii«a«.  by  T.  C.  Hint. 
Wanted  by  JfcMr^.  lUruiinokam  4  HoUit^  5,  Mount  StoK 
Groarenur  Square. 


fl0ticfi  t0  C0rrri(p0nlratttf. 


SsARfrBARB't  BiBTBDAT.— Oh  Skjhtrdttjf  tKxt.  the  reputed 
of  Sh€U:t:t>€nre'a  Nrfh,  iro  fknll  pHfffi.*h  attme.  xHterrmtima  5S 
article*,    Anumg  othert^  n  J'aper  bv  Mr.  S:har/  om  the 

Fortraiti  of  Shakfpcarei   ow.  by  Mr    '^'  * 

Mary,  Uneen  of  Bcota;  Mote  on  the 


Fortraiti  of  Shalifpcarci  one.  by  Mr.  IHnk^ttim  on  ShakipcaR  ■>< 
::ai7.  Uneen  of  Bcoto;  Mote  on  the  KcaKbtadt  Maakj  8h2ii«wta 
Criticimi,  ^c. 


Chiskl  ipill  fimd  mur\  cuno^u  Ultnitniiionftf  Sterne' tct1tf*nate%liO'rr 
"  Ood  tempem  tke  tcind"  in  the  l»t  nrf.  ofFirrt  Senee  iff  -  X. «  V 

C.  W.  BR?fgo!f  vill  find  a  .'•wjoi'sted  derisation  of  Rum  in  *•  S.  tQ' 
2nd  8.  T.  193. 

W.  F.  C.  Some  account  of  Lailif  KUsabcth  Iio{fijrd  appean*  ■ 
•*  N.  a  Q."  2nd  9.  iv.  SJtf. 

Pi(i«B»rc!(s  will  find  eivM  arlu'lf*  in  onr  FSret  Set  ie»  tm  tke  j 
belief  that  a  *'  C>wi»m  pauing  makx*  a  rijfht  it/'u-ay." 

OxoRTRMtii  vcill  w  that  hii*  auery  "m  to  the  fncanimg  of  the  f«v  in** 
rrfi  rred  to  would  ojHnup  a  cvrrerpundtncet  or.evntrvrrrtif,  r —  " 
ourjHige*, 

J.  H.  D.  ha*  nnfleeted  to  tend  tht  date  and  fiat  qfthe  Bihie. 

R.  K.    Thrre  i*  an  endmced  U-cture/ounded  hy  Mr,  Tkewuu  rainkii. 


which  iit  j>r<nehed  annuoUt/  on  Whit  fun-kiit  of  St.  Lrimenrd.B^ 
the  eutffeet  "The  Wonderful  Worka  ^  Gttd  in  Crratim  ;"  betttAe-  /iMf 
SermoH,'^  noticed  hy  <rttr  OnrejijHnuUHt,  m  deliwred  at  St,  Jamtee*t,  -II^ 
(fate, and  irn*  originatcil  by  the  iirt^ent  excellent  Rector,  VMe  "*  X.  at^ 
3rd  S.  ii.  SW. 

6p.  The.  rtmelmKng  Knea  of  the  epitaph  oa  JbUa  qf  DemsmwSir  kmw 
done  dutu  in  mamv  chwrehpardit.  Thtu  am  4oHMcat  oa  imit^tim  m 
MariialSwik  t.  epiff.  K%  [cp.  43,  ed.  SchieTCl.]  Vidit  *'  K.  lb  ||.  M  ^ 
T.  17V,  4U|  TiU.  SO;  zl.  47,  lit. 

ERRATA._Srd  8.  T.p.»i,col.  1.  Une  \%  fkom, bottom. >hp  "••■toT 
read  "Clerliij"  p.  MO,  eoL  iL  Une  ».  /or  *•  WlUmor**  rnd  -WO- 
moor." 

•••  Ca$ee  far  binding  the  rolumee  q/""  N.  a  Q.**  May  §skad^tk§ 
Publifher,  and  of  all  HwikeeUer*  and  yncemen. 

**MoTBi  Ai«D  QcBRiBt"  <f  pMi^htd  at  noemon 
itnmed  in  MtitraLT  Parti.    The  Sub»eription  fSr 
Sir  Mfmtht  fitrwarded  ttireet  from  Ike  PuUiikmr  li_ — 
wearlu  Immb)  in  11«.  4;^  <rMc*  mam  U  paUhf  iM 
pawahU  at  the  Siramd  litet  Ofleejm  fiemm-  ef  WiUMH 
Wwajantom  SniBn,  Stram*.  wJC.,  to  «!*on  •■  OmmnS 


\ 


"^  ISoru  «i  Qeaia^vn.^  ^T^iJMwtwLte  tnM«MHI  als 


tyjV,  8ATUR&dY,  APRIL  U,  IK64, 


CONTENTS.— N»,  m. 


lihtt  Prludp^l  Fttrtmiti  of  Bhnltsp«ir*».  333  -  I 
jpitlliify  Quc?m  of  Scots,  3;?S  —  A  Ni'sv  9,t\tiX- 


I— The  !>' 

LMuk  of  Sliak^i.K-rire,  /A,-  1 
1^  on  Shakjit>eare,  '\^  —  Do  \ 
of  Biidc47i  Brid^  — John  t  i  t 

Minseni»  —  Bt/molo^y  anil  Cleaning   of 
'BuiltflUsta  ia  Britdan.  344. 


h^ 


*  "    -Ttoocmat  CberCDgton  —  Potiplmr  — 

'  D^ltiT^euee,  3W  — Ciiclo  Sqwuini^  — 
1  SoolUfld  :  Fi«K>n©  — Bir  JoknCoo- 


PKINCIPAL    PORTRAITS    OP 
SHAKSPEARE. 

ng  a  few  notes  at  this  ffeAson,  on  the 
•^prc'entationfl  of  Sbakspeare,  I  propose 
mm  aUctilion  to  the  three  best  known 
■jf  aeoepted  types.  These  are  ( 1)  the 
IF  (3)  Stratford  monuinent,  and  (3) 
portr.i»(a;  which  embody  resptnillvcly 
,  sculpture^  and  oil  painlinof.  The  two 
count  of  the  circumstances  connected 
and  from  the  testimony  aflorded  by 
]ry  evidence,  possess  a  special  claim 
city-  The  third  ii  drntinffuished  by 
anger  hiBtory  tbiin  any  of  the  other 
traits  connected  with  the  name  of  the 
15  certainly,  in  itself,  a  genuine  and 
U'preserved  picture  of  the  commence- 
seventeentb  century,  painted  pro- 
ItilO.  Its  existence  as  a  recognised 
Shakspeare  can  be  readily  traced 
iime  when  there  was  no  popular  de- 
I  works^  or  ev  -  -  "^  -  -  7-' 
This  merit  nui' 
\%  counterfeit  ui  ii.,'.»j/(fi..\i..iu,  1..  m^ 
Bntly  %Tortb  vlxxj  one's  while.  1  do  not 
,  into  controversy;  but  ?iTTirJ..  *o 
ad  factit  ^ihI  to  note  twc 
risoti  which  these  three  jj  ru^i 


In  the  first  rank  I  would  phce  the  enjfraving 
by  Martin  Droeabout,  whi<  h  is  nrof-'uxt^ti/o  a  run* 
trait  of  the  <:reat  dramtv. 
verv  tltl'_'-rtn:."?  of  the  first      • 

1  the  actual  wordjj  of  the  tUie  and 
1  the  publisliera  :  *^  London,  printed 

by  l^tm  l»g;rard  and  Ed.  Blount,  1623/'  Upon 
the  leaf,  facing  this  title-page,  are  the  wcU-known 
f.^^t  i-v  -  addressed  to  the  reader  by  "B,  IV' 
.  u  LI!  J,  on  the  part  of  the  players  who  issued 
the  volume^  ibr  the  correctness  ot  the  likenesft. 

Thelmes  — 

■■  This  figure  that  thou  here  s«e*it  put. 
It  wM  for  gmilt  Sbakespeara  cat  ;** 
and  — 

•*  O  c<mJd  ha  but  have  drawne  his  wit 
As  wall  in  bnune  u  he  hath  fait 
Hlfl  ftct:  tli9  Print  would  then  smpaaM 
All  that  waa  ev«r  writ  in  braaaie,^'- 

leave  nothing  to  be  desired  either  in  point  of 
att^ngtht  or  directness  of  testimony. 

The  exact  dat«  of  the  execution  of  this  en- 
graving remains  a  matter  of  uncertainty.  All  we 
know  is,  that  it  was  the  work  of  Martin  Droe* 
Bhout^  probably  a  Dutchniun  ;  who,  judging  from 
the  other  portraits  he  engraved,  must  have  re- 
sided some  time  in  Eaj;land.  Thia  portrait  of 
Shak^peare  bears  the  enf^raver's  signature  in  full ; 
but  the  only  date  on  the  page  ia  that  of  1S23, 
marking:  the  publication  of  the  book  seven  years 
after  Shakspeare'jj  death.  In  the  third  folio  edi- 
tion, 1664,  the  lines  are  brought  into  still  closer 
relation  with  the  engraved  portrait.  Droeshout's 
plate  was  then  removed  from  the  title-page,  to 
make  way  for  the  enumeration  of  the  seven  addi- 
tional ploys,  and  placed  over  the  ton  lines  on  the 
left-band  page  ;  so  as  to  face  the  title,  like  j\ 
modern  frontigpiece.  By  this  time  the  copper- 
plate had  become  very  much  worni  and  the  print- 
injr  of  it  was  conducted  with  much  less  care. 
When  badly  printed,  an  engraving  of  thia  kind 
degenerates  into  a  mere  caricature ;  but  tliosc 
who  have  seen  impressiona  in  a  perfect  state, 
^specially  that  of  the  fine  Grenville  copy,  now  in 
the  British  Mujseum,  will  admit  that  it  affords  a 
very  satisfactory  indication  of  the  individual  ap- 
pearance of  the  man.  As  the  style  of  wearing  the 
hair,  and  the  smooth  round  cheeks,  accord  with 
the  monumental  bust,  the  engraving  very  pro- 
bably represents  him  as  he  appeared  towards  the 
dose  of  his  life.  His  dress,  far  from  indicftting 
anything  like  the  theatrical  or  character-coitume, 
*r  ^  V  that  which  was  worn  by  the  opulent 
0  personages  of  the  day  r  witness  nume- 
r raits,  especially  of  James  I.,  Richard 
i  (third  Earl  of  Dorse »)»  and  Sir  Philip 
Vhc^  '^rilT  tint  collar  which  he  wears 
1 1  which  appears  in  many  pic- 
_         ;   L^      i     '  hJ,  was  dc»«ix\^^  va.  ^^  q»^3w- 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


Qa^a  V.  Anm^mii 


of  almrpDess  and  coartenefts  pervade  Droesho tit's 
pkte,  and  tbe  head  looks  very  large  and  promi- 
nent wilh  reference  to  tbe  »ixe  of  the  page  and  tbe 
type-letters  round  it ;  but  there  is  very  little  to 
censure  with  respect  to  tbe  actual  drawing  of  the 
featurcjr.  On  the  contrary,  they  bave  been  drawn 
and  expressed  with  great  care.  Droci^bout  pro- 
bably worked  from  a  good  original,  some  **  liiun- 
ing,  or  crayon-drawing,  which,  having  served 
its  purpose,  became  neglected,  and  is  now  lost. 
The  disposition  of  tbe  lines,  and  the  general  treat- 
ment of  tbe  sbttdowB,  do  not  give  me  the  impres- 
sion of  the  engraving  having  been  taken  directly 
from  an  oil  painting.  Tbe  Droeshout  bead  and 
stiff  collar,  were  evidently  followed  by  William 
Marshall  in  his  snuill  oval  portrait  of  Shakspeare, 
prefixed  to  the  1G40  edition  of  bis  poems.  That 
Marshall  worked  on  bis  plate  with  an  impre&sion 
of  the  Droeshout  engraving  before  him,  is  shown 
by  the  bead  in  bis  copy  printing  the  reverse  way, 
The  body-dress,  and  close-fitting  sleeve,  are  quite 
similar  in  point  of  construction  to  those  of  bis 
prototype.  The  buttons  are  all  there,  even  to  the 
exact  number ;  whilst  tbe  embroidery  is  omitted. 
The  cbief  deviations  are  a  light  back  ground, 
recessed  tike  a  niche ;  the  introduction  of  bis  left 
band  bolding  a  epng  of  laurel ;  and  a  cloak  with  a 
cape  to  it^  covering  his  right  shoulder.  This  cloak 
bas  become  a  distinctive  feature  in  Eome  of  tbe 
later  imitations  and  Shak spear ian  fabrications. 
It  appears  in  tbe  oval  woodcut  which  Jacob  Tou- 
flon,  of  the  *^  8bakespear*3  Head  over  against 
Katharine  Street  in  tbe  Strand,"  used  a«  a  device 
on  the  title-page  of  his  books  (witness  the  Sjiec- 
tator}  as  early  as  1720.  This  little  woodcut,  a 
curious  coiubmation  of  the  Chandos  and  other 
portraits,  with  bold  deviations  on  the  part  of  tbe 
artist^  originated  from  B.  Arlaud,  of  whom  more 
will  be  said  hereafter.  In  this  design  Arlaud 
seems  to  bave  been  influenced  by  a  painting  by 
Zoust,  which  Simon  afterwards  engraved  in  mez- 
zotint about  1725  (see  Wivell's  Remarki,  p.  15^); 
but  upon  this,  my  remarks  must  be  reserved  till 
speidcmg  of  ibe  Cbandos  picture. 

Another  early  copy  from  the  bead  by  Droe- 
shout is  to  be  found  in  the  frontispiece  to  a  volume 
of  Tarqmn  and  Lucrece*  It  is  a  small  oval,  in- 
serted m  an  octavo  page,  above  two  figures  of 
Tarquin  and  Lucretia  stabbing  herself*  The 
Shttkspeare  head  is  turned  the  same  way  as  in 
MurshaH's  engraving ;  but  it  is  more  directly  true 
to  the  Droeshout  original.  The  Ifnes  of  the  hair 
are  more  correct,  and  the  dress  has  all  the  era- 
broidery,  and  no  cloak.  The  date  of  this  volume 
»«  !6'/?  (tbe  period  of  the  second  folio  edition  of 
^  '5  T>la^«),  and  the  workmanship  in  at- 

'  i   Fiiithorne.     The  background  to  this 

'  '-'cn  fthmknl,  like  in  Marisbatl*f  cngmv- 

as  if  ii  were  placed  in  a  nicbe« 

Ih'j  iicond  unquettionably  authentic  portrait 


of  Sbakspeare  i^  to  be  found  in  hU  nion 
effigy  at  Stratfonl- upon- Avon,  where  be  ipeHa 
large  a  portion  of  bis  life,  and  wbere  bis  ^attoi^i 
townsmen  knew  him  so  well.     Tbe  uaims  4<l»| 
sculptor  was  Johnson,  as  shown  by  tbe  fa2b«B( 
entry  in  Dugdale*8  Pockei-Boak  of  ld3S: — 

"The  monumeivt  of  Jobn  Combe,  at  StralifaH'^ 
Avon,  and  Sh*kcspeare%  w^romaiie  by  ooeOtrirli 
ao«.**— (H.  Friswell,  Life  Portraits,  p.  10.) 

This  monument,  Mr.  Britton  justly  ny«,  kh 
be  regarded  as  a  family  record ^  and  was  JfMt 
erected  under  the  superintendence  of  ShatiyiPi  | 
son-in-law,   Dr.  Hail.      It  is,  nevertb«l<e«>  w 
rude  and  unsatisfactory  as  a  work  of  arU    On 
in  soft  stone,  intended  to  be  viewed  at  a  dif=2 
and   moreover  destined,  in  accordafii 
prevailing  fashion  of  the  day,  to  be  fui  ^ 
or  completed  in  colour,  it  contrasts  verj  \ 
ably  with  the  highly- finished  and    mure 
modelled  figures,  both  in  marble   and  i 
which  are  so  frequently  seen  recumbent 
cathedrals  and  country  churches.      We  il 
that  many  of  the  most  important  detwiiT' 
poet^s  countenance  have  been  slurred  ofer«^ 
lected,  either  through  ignorance  or  in  depcoip 
on  the  correcting  and  supplement^&l  powen  */i 
painter  s  brush  ;  yet  when  originally  done  a 
factory  effect  may  have  attended  tbe  combii 
But  it  is  manifestly  unfair  to  place  a  plaaHf 
from  a  rough  sculpture,  wrought  at   on  fki 
position,  and  fl/iray«  iuteiided  to  be  loakcd  ttf  A% 
by  side  with  a  finished  picture  or  engravir** 
and  adapted  for  a  convenient  distance  rrom 
That  is  one  great  advantage  which  tbe  Dr 
portrait  bas  over  tbe  Stratford  bust>     TWlJlP^ 
shout  can  always  be  seen,  as  it  was  inteivkd.*  ^ 
book,  and  at  such  a  distance  from  the  ey«  i*  da 
legibility  of  the  letter-press  connected  wiA  **» 
would  readily  determine.     The  eyebrows  aT  ^ 
bust  are  most  imperfectly  defined,  whilst  tbt  i^ 
are  composed  of  mere  straight  lines  wttbooi  tkj 
modelling.      The  shortness  of  the  nos«  i»  a  dcA^ 
as  little  striking  when  seen  from  below   ia  ik 
chancelt  as  it  is  oflensive  when  the  plaster  cist  a 
brought  down  to  a  level  with  tbe  special 
measured  with  the  Droeshout  or  any  al ' 
traits. 

It  may  reasonably  be  inferred  that  tbe 
on  the  monument  exhibits  S!i»i-^ '"•"»-"•  a«  < 
peai'ed  towards  the  cloae  of  1=  -md 

respect  the  engraved  portraiL        .   . 
in  close  accordance  with  it.     1  have  all 
pressed  my  conviction  thai  the  title^poffe 
pluvs  doc«  not  represent   bim  in   any  utt 
cositume,  nor  do  t  see  any  r^TBon  for  a«i 
that  Ute  huir  seen  in  the  l)r 
otherwbf  Thjtn  hts  rwtt.     T!: 
on  T' 
mot 
by  the  eu^mvcr  arc  no  more  tiiiia  ii  ; 


I  3.  V.  ArwD  18,  '64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


335 


fdressing  wotild  natnr-r^'v  — niluce^    In  the  bust 

!  hair  ia  arranged  ii  riveJj  short  round 

rls.    The  Ml  indlc^t --...-  m  the  en^ravln^  of 

(ibble  on  the  cheek  and  chin^  and  also  the  short 

itumtng  hairs  on  the  moustaches,  mark  a  period 

'  transition  towards  the  smooth  full  cheek  and 

»ply  projecting  pat4!hea  of  hair  about  the  mouth, 

I  seen  at  the  lost  on  his  monument,  lliese  quaint 

Btumed  moustaches,  large  tutls  of  hair  under 

'tbe  chin,  and  smooth  checks  bear  a  sinj^lar  resem* 

blniice  to  the  well-known  porfraits  of  Archbishop 

Laud,  the  expression  of  whose  countenance  has 

been  so  unfortunate!/  distorted  by  the  adoption 

t  of  a  ridiculous  fashion. 

I  Much  of  the  expression  of  hilarity  which  has 
'  been  noticed  by  many  on  the  countenance  of  the 
StratforO  bust,  is  protfaced  by  the  prominence  and 
pward  <l«ri?otion  of  the  moustaches.  The  upper 
elids  In  the  Stratford  bust  are  remarkably  poor 
narrow,  whiljit  in  the  Droeshout  engraving 
^y  are  full,  and  exhibit  a  great  refinement  of 
ve*  This,  ngain,  is  a  point  which  is  at  once 
It  sight  of  when  the  monument  is  seen  from  its 
^opcr  position,  the  pavement  of  the  chancel,  and 
^lour  may  have  originally  played  an  important 
_  art,  if  the  eyeballs  were  faithfully  and  judiciously 
h  idded  by  the  pencil.  The  collar  or  band  round 
r  bis  neck  is  quite  plain,  but  so  brought  over  the 
:  top  of  bis  dress  as  to  give  rather  a  hig^h-shouldered 
P  or  short*necked  appearance  to  the  fipjre,  Cam- 
^A0n*s  effigy  in  Westminster  Abbey  wears  a  similar 
^pUar  and  a  ruff  above  it«  The  fulness  of  the  lower 
^art  of  the  cheeks  is  a  remarkable  feature. 

The  picture  discovered  recently  at  Stratford, 
Eld  upon  which  much  stress  has  been  lald^ismani^ 
istly  an  imitation  or  lame  transcript  of  tbe  Strat- 
'  monument.  It  certainly  has  no  appearance 
having  been  done  from  the  lif<?,  and,  excepting 
be  form  of  the  lips,  has  all  the  faults  observable 
the  modelling  of  the  bust.  The  moustaches  are 
nply  ridiculous.  The  picture  may  possibly  be 
ro  hundrcci  years  old,  for  competent  judges  have 
clared  that  the  paint  employed  on  it  is  such  as 
^as  used  at  the  close  of  the  seventeenth  century, 
would,  theretbre,  stand  in  its  relation  to  the 
Jtratford  monument  as  the  Marshall  and  Faithorne 
nrrravings  do  to  tbe  Droeshout. 
The  Chandos  portrait  Is  a  far  different  painting, 
nd  a  much  lesa  injured  picture  than  has  gene* 
illy  been  supposed.  During  many  years  there 
ias  great  difficulty  in  seeing  it.  Even  when  ac- 
ess  was  obtained  to  it  at  Stowe,  the  light  and  its 
position  in  the  deep  recesses  of  a  cumbrous  frame 
were  alike  unfavourable  to  anything  approaching 
a  eritical  examination.  At  present  it  is  placed  in 
str^""  t;^T.f  in  the  National  Portrait  Gallery, 
^nd  i  Jthin  easy  reach  of  the  eye.     It  is 

Dftint'_  ;  .  ,  uirae  English  canvas,  covered  with  a 
roundwork  of  greenish  grey,  which  has  been 
ibbe^bire  in  severnl   part^,  where  the  coarse 


threads  of  the  canvas  happen  most  to   project. 
Only  a  few  parts  have   been  retouched   with  a 
reddish  paint.     Some  portions  of  the  hair  seem  to 
have  been  darkened,  and  a  few  touches  of  deep 
madder  red  may  have  been  added  to  give  point  to 
the  nostrils  and  eyelids.     The  background  is  a  rich 
il.irk  rtJ :  hut  the  whole  tone  of  the  picture  has 
ned,  partly  in  consequence  of  the 
^rolruding,  and  partly  from  tbe  red 
ixiloui-B  oi   the  flesh   tints  having  deepened  to  a 
brownish  tone.     This  at  6rst  sight  gives  the  com- 
plex ion  a  dull  swarthy  hue.     The  features  are  well 
modelled,  and  the  shadows  sklUuily  massed,  so  as 
to  produce  a  portrait  in  no  way  unworthy  of  the 
time  of  Van  Somer  and  Cornelis  Jansvens.     It 
would  be  folly   to  speculate  upon   the  name  of 
the  artist,  but  any  one  conversant  with  pictures 
of  this  period  would,  upon  careful  examinutl. n, 
pronounce  it  remarkably  good  if  only  the  pn 
tion  of  an  amateur.     ^lost  of  the  historians  oi  liua 
picture,  it  may  be  remembered,  lay  no  superior 
claim  for  it  than  to  have  been  the  work  of  one  of 
Shakspeare's  brother  actors.  Amateur  artists  have 
certainly  attained  a  very  high  degree  of  merit"  in 
this  country,  and  it  is  remarkable  that  at  this  very 
period  a  gentleman  of  high  rank  was  occupied  in 
painting  sume  very  excellent  pictures  merely  for 
his    own   amusement.      This   was   Sir   Nathaniel 
Bacon,   K.B.,    half-brother    to    the  great  Lord 
Bacon,  whose  pictures  are  still  preserved  at  Gor» 
harabury,  Redgrave,  and  Oxford.     It  is  also  ob- 
servable   that   in   the   whole-length  portrait    of 
himself  at  Gorhambury,  he   wears   a  ffat  wired 
band  round  his  neck,  and  a  very  similar  dress  to 
that  already  described  in  tJie  Droeshout  engrav- 
ing-     The   Chandos   portrait   is   stated   to   have 
belonged   to  Sir   William  Davenant.    After  his 
death  in  1668,  Betterton,  who  bad   industriously 
collected  information  relating  to  Shakspeare,  and 
visited   Stratford    for    that   purpose,   bought   it. 
Whilst  the  picture  was  in  his  possession,  Betterton 
let  Kneller  make  a  copy  of  it  as  a  present  to  Dry- 
den,  who  acknowledged  the  painter's  gift  by  the 
verses  beginning  — 

"  Shikapcare,  thy  gift,  I  place  h^forc  my  sight  i 
Wiih  awe  I  nsk  his  ble»ing  ere  I  write; 
With  revenence  look  on  hia  iDfljestic  face,  * 

Proud  to  be  lets,  hut  of  his  godlike  race." 

These  lines  were  written  between  1683  and  1692. 
Whilst  still  in  Betterton's  possession,  the  picture 
was  engraved  by  Vandergucht,  in  1 709,  Ibr  Rowe*8 
edition  of  Shflkspeare.  It  is  remarkable  that  the 
first  volume  of  Kowe's  Shakspeare  contains  iipo 
portraits  of  Shakspeare.  One  from  the  Chandos 
picture,  turned  the  same  way  as  the  original,  in  a 
small  medallion  surrounded  by  female  6gures; 
and  a  second,  fVicing  "Some  account  of  the  life/* 
&c.  by  Duchange,  from  tlie  drawing  by  Arlnud. 
This  is  the  first  appearance  of  the  Af'  '"* 

and  it  is  &  curious  comhinaihfi  of  th^  h 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


ta^&T. 


MarskalK  and  Droei^hout  likenesses.  The  second 
edition  of  Rowe,  ISmo,  1714,  Hkewiae  contams  two 
portmit!^  but  the  picture  in  the  oval  is  no  longer 
m>m  the  Cbundos ;  it  is  &  reduction  of  the  At  laud, 
only  turned  a  different  way.  It  corresponds 
exactly  in  sijse  with  the  Shakspeare  head  wood- 
cut which  Toneon  afterwards  adopted  on  his  title- 
pages.*  Alter  Rowers  death,  the  Chandos  portrait 
ntiaed  to  Mrs.  Barry  the  ivctress,  who  sold  it  to 
Mr.  Robert  Keck,  of  the  Inner  Temple,  for  40^. 
WhiliJt  in  hl^  possession  it  was  engraved  in  1719, 
by  Vertue,  ibr  his  series  of  poets. 

The  picture  afterwards  passed  into  the  pofses- 
«on  of  Mr.  Nit^oU  of  Mincheoden  House,  and  was 
engraved,  in  1747,  by  Iloubraken  for  Dr.  Birch's 
JUwUriom  Hendg,  On  the  raarriajre  of  Mr,  Ni- 
coU's  daughter  with  the  Duke  of  Chandos,  it  de- 
volved to  his  family,  with  whom  it  remained  till 
the  dispersion  of  the  effects  at  Stowe  in  1  B48» 

The  engraving  by  Vertue  in  1719  exhibits 
sereral  unjustifiable  modifications  and  departures 
from  the  originaL  He  alters  the  nature  of  the 
curling  of  the  hair,  and  changes  the  epaulettes  or 
bands  across  the  shoulders  of  the  sleeves.  He 
covers  the  black  satin  dress  with  sprigs  or  S-lIke 
flames  of  black  velvety  and,  by  Getting  the  figure 
in  a  large  oval,  creates  a  false  impression  as  to 
the  size  of  the  person.  That  Vertue  afterwards 
lost  con6dence  in  this  Chandos  portrait  might 
naturally  be  inferred  from  the  circumstance  of  his 
having  engraved  a  tc»tally  difl'ereni  picture,  as  the 
frontispieee  to  Pope's  4to  edition  of  Shakipeare, 
published  by  Ton$on  in  1725.  But  a  curious 
example  of  his  method]  of  working  occurs  in  the 
very  same  volume.  He  engraves  on  one  of  the 
pages  of  an  account  of  ShakspeareV  life,  a  very 
inaccurate,  but  pretentious,  representation  of  the 
entire  monument  at  8tratfon]-upon-Avon,  in 
which  the  original  sculptured  head  of  Shakspetre 
IQ  supplanted  by  a  poor  adaptation  of  the  Chandos 
picture,  retaining  all  bis  faultH  of  the  curly  hair, 
and  introducing  the  round  gold  ear-ring — a  dis- 
tinctive feature  of  the  Chandoi  portniit.  From 
these  circumstances  it  becomes  tolerably  evident 
that  Vertue  sldl  adhered,  in  his  own  mind,  to  the 
Chandos  picture,  and  that  both  Pope  and  Vertue 

•  When  Jacob  Ton«on  pablfsb«<l  th«  fif«t  c«dJtion  of 
Sowft*ii  i'^Aoi^pcnnf  b«  retddedHi  "       Utement 

oil  tbo  titl«-p«*c  •♦  within  Gr «  i  Gray't 

tan  Lane."     In  the  sftcootl  t^^  !7M,  wo 

find   by  tn   imjcr  title- j  .*  f**iaeiJ   'Mn   th« 

StrtituV*    Tlio  BigD  of  tl>  <*'«  H<!«a  i»  snppliVct 

«n  thi»  fani«  p*g«  by  o  very  iw         '        '  ah 

Iffi^  *y^s»  and  iin  a  gigantic  Bi'al«  in  ho 

nist  of  t!h«  liirf!iil!Irin  borinift.'il   hv  a 
The  lnrfin»vc1 
t«  h'm  cililioij 

gutwi  b*  - 

OD  tba  ( 


were  willing  to  gratify  Lord  Oxlbff^  1 
by  selectint:  a  portrait  in  hia  pnaenMB  m 
,he  had  fondly  believed  to  be  ^mkMicflh 
picture  which  they  adopted  is  in  remiitj  ta 
portrait  of  a  gentleman  of  th«  perittd 
James  1.,  and  not  eron,  as  wna^  bave  i 
one  of  the  monarch  himaelf.  Tlw  m 
however,  is  admirably  executed 
was  aware  of  the  hijstory  of  the 
is  shown  by  tJie  following  extri 
taken  from  one  of  his  note-boo! 
Museum,  21,  111,  Plut.  cxcix.  il. 


?d.   'ny| 

eCli^H 


''iledbf , 

re,  a«ft 


Aot^ne  ArUud,     /I*  died  in  Lou doUg  1719. 


"  Mr.  Betterton  told  Mr.  Keck  aeveral 

fjictore  of  Shflkspearc  ^"  '  "'  *' 
or,  a  player,  who  acti 
Taylor  in'hifl  Kill  lelt 
terton  bought  it,  and  ul  hiii  lIcuiU  Mr.  Kjodli^ 
whote  possesion  it  now  is,  1711^'* 

This  was  the  date  at  which 
his   engraving.     The  migchicvous4 
tion    from   the  original    picture 
nately,  to  have  possessed  otlier  ftrtla 
may  particularly  name  Zoust  and 
productions  have  been  alreadj  meiti 
withKtasding  these  alterations,    tbe 
cottar  and  style  of  dres«  in  the  ooe,  \ 
forehead  and  ear-ring,  with  shade 
of  the  nose  towards  the  spectat^ 
that  the  Chandos  picture  afforded  * 
cipai   groundwork.     In  both   ih^^se 
treatment   of    the   hair  difiera 
the  original ;  each  of  them  being  in 
direction.      The  one  has   short,        *" 
curls;  the  Other,  wavv  and  loom 
In  Arlaud's  portrait,  the  dress,  it 
the   cloak  derived  from   Marshall, 
been    modified   according   to    the 
eighteenth  century,  for  the  shirt-eoll 
buttoned  vest  betray  a  clone  atUnitv  ^_ 
of  Kneller'a  portraits  of  Sir  liiuic  jfevtl 
Dry  den,  and  Locki?.     Tb©  coont 
in    both  these   t 
bearing  some  i 

prepared  the  way  U->t  lur  jk  ruii:iril 
m   Koubiliac'i  statue  and  other  — 
bard  about  the  period  of  Garric 
Stratford.    The  monument  in  Wef 
was  executed  bv  ^.4,. ..,,,  l.^-^  [n 
tlemana  Magoz  v  1741, 

In  Hanmer's  41'  rd,  ; 

ford  monument,  in  illusU'ation  of 
tion,  is  exchani^t'd  flir  un  r^irniviii 
novel  one  at  M  loC^ 

The  marked 

^Shaiapeaft 

.^wA  ill  a  IkHUT  I 
1  u pon-  A  vun,  May~  I 
(j!rruicmans  Moguiin^  for  that 


1 


NOTES  AJfD  QUERI 


Court,  Aug.  SO  (piige  380  of  llie 
stating  — 
•*  Thnl  ther<»  h  no 


volume). 


emcly 


Tim  broad  nfserlion  was  clmllenged,  but  never 


^js  plfl  I  n  ed.  Bood  • 
Zoust  portroit^  vth 
account  for  the  d^ 
pervswiing  it,     (B( 

I  now  proceed  t 
priodpftl   portraits. 


upon  the 
r^a  far  to 
character 


„  .......  ,,.,.un  of  tlie  three 

The  Cbandoa,  on  internal 
evidence  ali»ne^  h  a  genuine  old  picture^  and  is 
the  only  one  in  which  the  colour  of  the  eyes  and 
hair  has  remuiueil  undisturbed.  It  haSi  more- 
over, several  points  in  common  with  the  Droe- 
»hout  engraving,  and  which  are  entirely  deficient 
io  the  bust.  This  is  e^pccinlly  the  case  in  the 
large  broad  eyelid  and  the  full  &oft  lower  lip. 
The  gi*owlh  of  the  moustaches,  descending  from 
the  centre  of  the  nose  to  the  corners  of  the 
mouth,  forms  a  triangle,  which,  in  the  Chandos 
picture,  as  the  division  of  the  Up»  is  remarkably 
V*$haped,  alinoi^t  a^fsumes  the  shape  of  a  lozenge. 
With  eiceprion  of  the  neck-bands,  the  comtruc^ 
tion  of  the  dress  is* the  sume  both  in  the  engraving 
find  painting;  but  there  is  no  ear-riofr  in  theDroe- 
sliout  portrait*  The  manner  in  which  the  white 
sparklinrr  touchea  are  introduced  in  the  eyes  are 
T&j  different  in  the  picture  and  the  engraving. 
They  are  on  opposite  sides  of  the  central  part  of 
the  iris.  The  tuft  of  hair  immediately  below,  or 
hanging  from,  the  lower  lip,  with  an  almost  bare 
place  on  the  chin  under  it,  and  a  gathering  of  hair 
on  the  under  part  of  the  chin,  seems  common  to 
all  tliree.  The  form  of  the  noatril  likewise  is  the 
smne  in  all.  The  eyebrows  are  strongest  defined, 
in  fact,  quite  ropy,  in  the  Droeshout  engraving. 
Thvnr  are  lc8«  marked  in  the  Chandos,  and  least 
of  all  m  the  modelleii  surface  of  the  bust ;  but  in 
the  last  instance,  that  might  naturally  have  been 
reserved  for  colour  alone  to  express.  There  is 
but  little  depression  in  the  engraving  between  the 
ejel>rows,  a  marked  characteristic  observable  in 
b<>th  the  otlier  portraits.  The  white  falling  bands 
both  in  the  bust  and  painting  are  quite  plain.  The 
top  of  the  Le:iil  seen  in  the  bust  and  m  the  en- 
graving, h  quite  bald,  whiUt  in  the  picture  there 
IS  m  decided  growth  of  hair  along  ihe  top  of  the 
lofVy  forehead.  This  latter  point  has  led  me  to 
:i  dtlTerent  conclusion  from  what  I  had  formerly 
held,  Tlie  very  dark  tone  of  the  flesh  and  worn 
iiature  of  the  surface  of  the  Chandos  picture,  had 
nlwaya  given  the  impression  of  a  more  ndvanced 
iige  than  Hm*  r*^nlly  soil  and  careful  mmlelling  of 
th*^  :      ii,i  plumpness  of  thecheeka  in  the 

I'r)  of  this  picture  would  warrant, 

if  pec n  umter  mors  favoar&ble  circamsUniQ^n. 


The  smooth*»hftvcn  face,  such  as  actors  *r« 
genemlly  compelled  to  exhibit  in  private  life, 
always  gtves  a  comparative  appearance  of  youtk. 
They  have  no  grey  hairs  to  tell  tales.  The  full 
rich  eye  is  common  both  to  the  engraving  and  the 
picture ;  but  in  the  latter  it  i^  softer,  and  at  the 
snmns  time  more  penetrating.    The  «m  '    o- 

pcarance  and  disappearance  of  hair  i»e 

of  »n  actor  would  afford  very  little  inuK  im  n  of 
hta  age  at  relative  periods*  The  shaven  checks, 
upturned  moustaches,  and  pointed  beard  at  tb« 
bottom  of  the  chin,  were  very  fashionable  afttr 
the  middle  of  the  reign  of  Jame^;  I.  It  was  •«• 
companied  with  the  tlat  wired-bands. 

1  now  believe  the  Chandos  picture  to  represent 
Shakspeare  at  a  somewhat  earlier  period  than 
that  of  either  the  engraving  or  the  bust.  It  may 
probably  belong  to  the  time  of  his  retirement, 
when  occupied  upon  some  of  his  best  play«- 
"Anno  wlatis40"  appears  on  one  of  the  engravings. 

The  other  two  portraits  have  both  of  them 
smooth  ahaven  cheeks  ;  whilst  the  moustaches  in 
the  Droeshout  engraving  show  signs  of  the  ooin* 
mencement  of  that  training  which  subsequentiif 
took  such  ft  positive  and  Laud -like  form  at  the 
close  of  his  career.  That  the  Chandos  would 
probably  be  the  earlier,  is  shown  even  by  certaiii 
poinls  of  costume,  as  the  falling  plain  white  band 
was  used  ejitensivcly  from  the  middle  of  the  six* 
leenth  century^  whilst  the  wired  bands,  as  seen 
in  the  Droeshout  engraving,  hardly  appeared  be- 
fore the  time  of  James  I.^  but  continued  to  be 
used  some  time  after  the  period  of  Shakspeare'i 
death,  as  seen  in  a  portrait  by  Mytens  of  Crcorge 
Villiers,  Duke  of  Buckingham,  painted  on  can- 
vas, and  several  times  repeated,  A  whole-lengtk 
miniature  of  the  Earl  of  Dorset  by  Isaac^  Uli- 
vcr,  signed  and  dated  1616,  the  year  of  Shak- 
speare's  death,  exhibits  a  striking  example  of  the 
flat  wired  band ;  and  the  well-known  picture  of 
Milton  as  a  boy,  dateii  1618,  and  painted  also  on 
canva«<,  affords  a  marked  instance  of  the  same 
peculiarities.  Although  this  style  of  neck-collar 
remained  in  vogue  for  a  considerable  time,  the 
falling  band  continued  much  lunger  in  use  till, 
after  various  modifications,  it  fell  into  the  pu- 
ritanical cut,  as  seen  in  portraits  of  Milton  m 
advanced  life,  and  finally  degenerated  into  the 
small  strips  or  appendages  fastened  by  modern 
clergymen  under  their  chins.  The  term  "bands,** 
bv  which  they  are  shll  known,  has  undergone  no 
change.  It  probably  had  its  ori«in  in  the  Italian 
word  bajuh^,  which  was  ample  in  its  extent  and  of 
sufficient  importance  to  have  served  as  the  bad^ 
of  a  well-known  order  of  knighthood.  The  plaio 
fulling  band  occurs  very  frequently  in  the  porlniits 
of  noblemen  during  the  reign  of  Queen  EliTiab^itli. 
Ben  Jonson  md  ^^xvmx  m^  ^\,t^vw^  ^tfso5«ws£V 

A  very   cuYVOwa  ^mm?}  m\i^v  "^^  "^"^ 


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[8^&Y.  APHLtS, 


cbance  resemblances,  and  their  mischievous  in- 
fluence on  the  pursuit  of  authentic  portraiture. 
It  would,  in  fact,  be  very  serviceable  to  work  out, 
as  a  commencement  of  this  branch  of  investiga- 
tion, a  list  of  all  the  contemporaries  of  Shakspeare 
who,  with  a  high  bald  forehead,  and  other  simi- 
larity of  features,  might,  if  their  likenesses  were 
discovered  unshackled  by  any  pedigree,  be  very 
plausibly  invested  with  his  name. 

George  Scharf,  F.S.A. 


SHARSPEABE  AND  MART  QUEEN  OF  SCOTS. 

Miss  Strickland,  in  her  rather  too  flattering 
Life  of  Mary  Stuart  (^Queens  of  Scotland^  vol.  v. 
p.  231),  alluding  to  the  period  just  after  the  mur- 
der of  Damley,  says :  — 

"  Among  oth«r  cmel  devices  practised  against  Mary 
at  this  season  by  her  cowardly  assailants,  was  the  dis- 
semination of  ffToss  personal  caricatures;  which,  like  the 
placards  charging  her  as  an  accomplice  in  her  husband's 
murder,  were  fixed  on  the  doors  of  churches  and  other 
public  places  in  Edinhnrgh.  Rewards  were  vainly  offered 
for  the  discovery  of  the  limners  by  whom  *  these  treason- 
able painted  tickets,'  as  they  were  styled  in  the  procla- 
mations, were  designed.  Mary  was  peculiarly  annoyed  at 
one  of  these  productions,  called  *  The  Mermaid,'  which 
represented  her  in  the  character  of  a  crowned  syren,  with 
a  sceptre  fbnned  of  a  fish's  tail  in  her  hand,  and  flanked 
with  the  regal  initials  *  M.  R.'  This  curious  specimen  of 
party  malignity  is  still  preserved  in  the  State  Paper 
Office." 

This  caricature  fully  corroborates  the  idea  first 
propounded  by  Bishop  Warburton  that,  in  the 
well-known  passage  quoted  below  from  3/irf- 
summers  NighCs  Dream,  Shakspeare,  by  the 
**  mermaid  on  a  dolphin*s  back,'*  made  a  pointedly 
satirical  allusion  to  Mary,  Queen  of  Scots.  For, 
here  is  historical  evidence  that  Mary  was  so  re- 
presented, many  years  before  the  comedy  was 
written ;  — 

"  Oberon,  My  gentle  Puck,  come  hither :  thou  remem- 
ber'st 
Since  once  I  sat  upon  a  promontory, 
And  heard  a  mermaid,  on  a  dulphm's  back. 
Uttering  such  dulcet  and  harmonious  breath, 
That  the  rude  seas  grew  civil  at  her  song ; 
And  certain  stars  shot  madl^  from  their  spheres, 
To  hear  the  sea-maid's  music 

**  Fuck.  I  remember. 

**.Oberon.  That  very  time  I  saw  (but  thou  could'st  not), 
Flying  between  the  cold  moon  and  the  earth, 
Cupid  all  arm'd :  a  certain  aim  he  took 
At  a  fair  vesUl  throned  by  the  west. 
And  looa'd  his  love- shaft  smartly  from  his  bow, 
As  it  should  pierce  a  hundred  thoosand  lieartd ; 
But  I  might  see  young  Cupid's  fiery  shaft 
Quench'd  in  the  chaste  beams  of  the  wat'ry  moon, 
And  the  imperial  vot'ress  passed  on 
In  maiden  meditation,  fancy-free. 
Yet  mark'd  I  where  the  bolt  of  Cupid  fell : 
It  fell  upon  a  little  western  flower;— 
Btfore  milk-white^  now  purple  with  love*s  wound,— 
And  maidens  call  it,  Lovt  in  Idleness." 


How  Ritaon  attacked  this  idea  of  Waxbi 
in  his  ustud  slashing  style — how  Boaden  and 
pin  advanced  theories  on  the  passage  very  s 
to  each  other,  but  auite  at  yariance  with  tl 
the  Bishop— is  well  known  to  all  Tersed  i 
literature  of  the  commentators.  All  agreed, 
ever,  that  Elizabeth  was  figured  by 

"  The  fkir  vestal  throned  by  the  west;* 
but  the  grand  bone  of  contention  was,  whet) 
*^  The  mermaid  on  a  dolphin's  back," 

Shakspeare  denoted  Mary,  Queen  of  Sootf 
by  the  stars,  which  "shot  madly  from 
spheres,"  such  persons  as  the  Duke  of  Norfe 
the  Earls  of  Northumberland  and  Westmm 
who  fell  from  their  allegiance  out  of  reg: 
her? 

The  late  Rev.  J.  Hunter,  in  his  New  li 
tians,  re-opened  the  question :  ably  showin 
the  mermaid  of  Shakspeare  exactly  corresp 
with  the  character  and  history  of  Mary. 
dolphin  being  symbolical  of  her  first  mam' 
the  Dauphin  of  France ;  and  the  ^*  dulcet  an 
monious  breath,**  referring  to  her  ^'  allurii 
cent,**  which,  with  the  agreeableness  of  he 
versation,  fascinated  all  that  approached 
subduing  even  harsh  and  uncivil  minds. 

"  Some,'*  says  Mr.  Hanter,  **  were  touched  by  i 
than  others.  She  had  not  been  long  in  En^Uod 
the  two  northern  Earls  broke  out  into  open  rebelKa 
would  have  made  her  queen.  Leonard  Dacre,  tm 
of  another  noble  house  m  the  north,  ventured  emj 
for  her;  and  finally,  the  Duke  of  Norfolk  forgot  hH 
giance,  and  sought  to  make  her  his  bride.  Here,  at 
it  most  be  admitted  that  we  have  what  answers  rei 
to  the  Stan  that  *  shot  madly  fh)m  their  spheres  ti 
the  sea-maid*8  music' " 

In  the  other  half  of  the  allegory,  Mr.  H 
is  equally  ns  pointed.  The  time  being  indie 
For  "  that  very  time,"  to  use  Shakspeare*s 
words,  when  the  Duke  of  Norfolk  was  u 
shooting  from  his  sphere  by  aspiring  to  the 
of  Mary,  Elizabeth  was  strongly  solicited  to  d 
the  Duke  of  Anjou.  But  the  "  fiery  shaft,"  a 
by  Cupid  against  the  Queen  of  England^  fe 
noxious ;  and  she  passed  on  — 

**  In  maiden  meditation  fancy  free.*' 

A  copy  of  the  caricature  in  the  State  I 
Office,  alluded  to  by  Miss  Strickland,  was  a 
a  year  ago  published  in  the  Illustrated  ^ 
Mary  might  well  feel  a  peculiar  annoyanc 
being  represented  in  the  character  of  a  mem 
Jeremy  Collier,  alluding  to  sea  monsters, 
woman  and  half  fish,  says :  — 

**  By  this  fable  poets  give  us  an  ingenious  descri] 
of  the  charms  of  voluptuousness,  which  men  of  i 
avoid  by  tibe  force  of  their  courage.** 

In  the  caricature,  the  mermaid  is  reprewi 
on  a  butcher's  block,  as  an  emblem  proMblT  • 
cruel  bloodytbirsty  character.    Tlie  artfal  \ 


z^  &  T.  ArniL  23,  HU,]  NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


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lie  iorepretent  her  fascinating  voice  pictoriallj, 
III!  plB<3ed  in  her  rigbt-band  a  hawk's  lure,  which 
he  ra  in  the  aet  of  waving  round  her  head  ;  while 
her  left  gra«pa  a  dark  lanihornt  no  verj  dark  em- 
"  Jem  of  the  fate  of  Darniey,  Miss  StricklaDd 
lisdescrlbes  the  cttricature  bj  stating  that  it  is 
a  sireptre  formed  of  a  fish*s  tail "  the  merniftid 
holds  in  her  hand ;  while  the  writer  in  the  Illus- 
irated  Neic^,  with  equal  absurdltj,  and  lef^s  ex- 
cuse, sayg  that  it  ij  "a  Hail  or  tail?'  A  reference 
to  any  old  engraTing  of  a  lure,  either  proper  or 
heraldic^  will  at  once  show  what  it  is  the  mermaid 
holda  in  her  right  band.  The  arms  of  the  house 
of  Broc— urgent  upon  bend  sable,  a  luer  or,  as 
engmved  in  Halstead*a  ♦  Sticcinct  Genealogies  — 
would  decide  the  question  at  once*  The  writer  in 
the  lilustmted  News,  not  contented  with  one  plar- 
ing  error,  makes  another,  by  stating  that  the  lant- 
horn  in  the  mennaid's  left-hand  represents  au 
hour-glass,  and  with  great  simplicity  confesses 
that  he  is  puzzled  to  understand  why  she  carries 
such  an  implement.  In  illustrations  of  the  Gun- 
powder Plot^  that  used  to  adorn  many  of  the  old 
Common  Prayer-Books,  Guy  Fawkes  is  repre- 
sented as  carrying  a  lanthorn  of  an  exactly  similar 
description. 

According  to  the  article  in  the  Ilhutrated  Nevsn 
there  is  another  rude  satii^ical  drawing  iu  the 
8tate  Paper  Office,  representing  a  hare  sur- 
rounded by  swords,  emblematical  of  the  "cowar* 
dice  and  peril  **  of  BothwelL  And  to  quote  the 
CAUct  words :  ~ 

•^On  a  sliect  bound  up  with  the  ont^inal  drawing;  the 
artist  hot  left  a  still  cruder  «kt;tck  of  the  same  figures. 
Ill  this,  hesJde  the  initidls  M.  K»  to  iaiUcnU  the  Queen, 
and  J.  H.  to  mark  John  Hepbam,  there  are  over  the  mer- 
maid the  wordu  ^  ${ie  illecto  inani/  while  round  the  inner 
r»n(;»  which  suTTOunda  the  hare,  wc  read  *  Foris  vastabit 
te  gladjUA  et  inliw  pavor/  And  in  lh<s  centre  of  the 
circltt  just  ubtive  the  aaima],  may  be  dociphored,  'Timor 
Uiidiquc  clftdes/  " 

The  quotation  completely  corroborates  my  as- 
aertion,  that  it  is  a  lure  the  mermaid  hulds  ;  for  in 
the  Symhula  flcroica  of  Claude  Paradin,  published 
at  Antwerp  in  I583,t  the  motto  appended  to  the 
representation  of  a  lure  is  ^*Spe  iliectat  inaoi," 
The  device  of  the  hare  surrounded  by  swords 
issuing  from  clouds,  and  thus  representing  the 
vengeance  of  Heaven,  occurs  in  the  same  work, 
with  the  motto  "  Malo  undique  clades ;  *'  and  at 
the  ^n^i  of  the  explanation  of  this  symbol  there  is 
the  following  quotation  from  the  Vulgate  (Deu- 
teronomy xxjcii.  25),  *''Furis  vastabit  eos  gladiua 
ct  intus  pavor," 


*  A  fietttintis  name,  the  work  beini;  really  wftlten  bv 

bof'. 

t  Ileroiaut*  ii 

f^f"'  l,a^Jl;^hed  A  L  Pari  a  ill   ii'^T ;  tUc  iifttslrs- 

tio'  Lecuted  by  Dupetit  Ik'niJinl  ilie  fatnuas 

WUULi    '^U^    ...  ^i^ 


Towards  the  eloie  of  the  liAt  century,  when 
there  prevailed  a  complete  erase  for  commentat- 
ing on  Shakspeare,  an  amiable  clergymao,  Mr. 
James  Pluntptrc,  writing  from  the  classic  shades 
of  Dwt..  f  f  ii],  Cambridge,  undertook  to  show  that 
th  r  of  Hamlet*s  mother  was  founded  on 

M  of  Scots.     That  Uamlel*f  father  was 

D  I  Claudius,  BothwelL    Aa  a  specimen 

ol  -n ess  of  the  analogy,  I  may  give  just 

one    or    two    instances.      Hamlet's    father    was 
poisoned  while  deeping  in  an  orchard^  and  Dam- 
fej  waa  blown  up  at  night  when  asleep^  and  his 
body  found  the  next  day  in  a  garden.     Again,  in 
the  play,   the  Queen  dies  bv  poison,  of  which 
Claudius  is  the  involuntary  aaministerer.    In  the 
history,  Bothwell  poisons  Mary's  cup  of  huppiness, 
and  it  waa  her  marriage  with  him,  which  was  the 
cause  of  her  sorrows  and  her  death.     But  as  Ham- 
let appeared  almost  in  James's  reign,  why  should 
Sbakipeare  thus  insult  the  memory  of  the  mother 
to  the  risln;?  sun?    The  reply   is,  he  made  his 
peace  by  applying  these  flatter mg  lines  to  James: — 
**Tlie  eoortier*s,  soldier's,  scholar's  eye,  tongue,  sword; 
Tho  expectancy  aod  rtnie  of  the  fair  itate. 
The  gloss  of  fashion,  snd  the  mould  of  foon. 
The  observed  of  all  observers.'* 

James  certainly  was  well  flattered,  and  well  he 
liked  to  be  ;  but  this  is  too,  too  solid. 

It  may  be  questioned  whether  the  evident  bias 
in  favour  of  the  Tudor  party,  which  Shakapearc 
shows  iu  his  historical  dramas,  relating  to  the 
Wars  of  the  Roses,  was  adopted  in  compliment  to 
the  Queen  or  derived  from  the  chronicler  he 
studied.  But  there  can  be  no  doubt  that  A  TF*a- 
ierg  Tide  was  composed  as  an  indirect  apology 
for  Anne  Boleyn,  and  consequently  a  direct  com- 
pliment to  her  daughter  Elizabeth*  Space,  how- 
ever, will  not  T>errait  me  to  do  more  thim  refer  to 
Horace  Walpole's  remarks  on  the  subject  in  his 
keenly-written,  if  not  convincing,  Hixiorkal  DottbU : 
and  most  who  read  them  will  agree  with  thctr 
writer,  that  A  IVtfUerjt  Tale  is  in  reality  a  second 
part  of  King  Henry  VIIL 

William  PiNtERToH, 


A  SEW  SHAKSPEARE  BOKD. 
Few  and  scanty  as  are  the  contemporary  notices 
of  Shakspeare,  which  the  industry  of  bis  biogra- 
phers and  illustrators  have  yet  brought  to  light, 
many  of  the  most  valuable  of  these  have  been 
(fiscovercd  within  the  last  half  century ;  and  few 
who  know  the  activity  which  now  prevaib— as  iu 
the  Public  Record  Office,  so  among  the  possessors 
of  family  papers — in  catjiloguing  and  arranging 
»tr'-  '  -  K  lustorlcid,  and  literary  renifiins  as  are 
t(i  ved»  but  must  feel  a  somewhat  con- 

(i,  rl.iit    in  Him  rniirii.i  nf  Hiise  researchcs, 

,B,  i  iksf>eare  will 

be:    -  1  Lit  there  Uvtfi 


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[8^  &  Y.  AmLtt,«ii 


•ne  engaged  in  reaearcfaei  and  labours  among  old 
jnanuscripts  but  indulges  the  hope  of  bein^  one 
day  the  lortunate  discoverer  of  some  such  docu- 


Our  readers  will  then  judge  with  what  feelings 
a  gentleman,  who  has  lyeen  fur  some  time  em- 
ployed in  calendaring  a  long  series  of  papera, 
which  the  nobib  owner  is  desirous  of  having  pro- 
perly preserved,  lately  discovered  among  them  a 
small  paper  endorsed  in  a  handwriting  of  the 
time  of  James  I.,  "  Suail£Speabe*s  Boxd,'*  and 
the  haste  with  whioh  he  unfolded  it,  in  order  to 
discover  whether  it  was  a  bond  which  had  been 
executed  by  the  Shakspearc. 

Alas !  it  was  only  the  bond  of  a  contemporary — 
a  lliomas  Shakespeare  of  Lutterworth.  A  Shak- 
spcare  who  has  hitherto,  we  believe,  escaped  the 
industrv  of  Shakapearian  investigators.  Thanks 
to  the  kindness  of  the  noble  Lord,  to  whom  the 
deed  belongs,  we  are  enabled  to  lay  the  following 
copy  of  it  before  our  readers :  — 

^Memorand,  that  I,  Thomas  Shakespeare  of 
Lutterworth,  in  the  County  of  Leic,  gent.,  doe 
by  these  piites  bind  mee,  my  heires,  executors, 
and  administrators,  for  the  payment  of  twenty- 
five  shillings  and  eighte  pence  to  James  Whitc- 
locke  of  the  Middle  Temple,  London,  csquier, 
uppon  the  sixte  daye  of  {February  ncxte  cnsewinge 
the  daye  of  the  date  of  these  putes.  In  witncssc 
whereof  I,  the  said  Thomas  Shakespeare,  have 
hereunto  put  my  hand  and  scale  the  xxvij***  of 
November,  Aug  Dili,  1606, 

"  Perme  Tuomam 
Shakespeare. 
'*  Sealed  and  dely  vercd 
in  the  presence  of 
Anthony  Bulle." 

Whether  Thomas  Shakespeare,  of  Lutterworth, 
Gent.,  was  in  anyway  related  to  his  dibtinguished 
namesake  of  Stratford-upon-Avon  —  under  what 
circumstances  he  was  le<l  to  «rive  this  bond  for  [ 
"  twenty-five  shillings  and  eiglit  pence**  to  "James  i 
Whitelocke,    of   the   Middle    Temple,    Lon<lon,  I 
esquier*' — we  know  nothing.     IVrhaps  some  of  ' 
our  readers  may  be  able  to  turn  to  account  this  ' 
new  contribution  to  Shakspearian  bio(;rapliy.    All  I 
of  them  will,  we  are  sure,  join  us  in  thanking  the  ' 
owner  of  this  curious  document  for  hid  liberality  ! 
in  giving  it  to  the  world.  j 


1628)  are  to  be  found.  They  are  genenUjWl 
lieved  to  have  been  among  hu  earlieit  veEWi,ai  | 
nuiy  therefore  date  about  1590  or  so :  — 

"  Void  dn  grand  Montaigne  mm  enti^re>l9vrff; 
Le  peintre  a  peint  le  corps,  et  lui  son  bel  espot; 
Le  premier,  par  sod  art,  dgale  1*  oatare ; 
Mau  I'autre  la  mrpaue  en  tomi  ee  ^'U  icnC* 

Did  Ben  Jonson,  when  writing  under  Dm* 
8hout*s  portrait,  imitate  or  plagiariae  theK  lina^j 
The  epigrammatic  point  seems  strangely  alib ' 
both  pieces. 

How  far  would  the  grantinn^  of  the  imitatiosf 
plagiarism  of  these  lines  by  Jonson  afieet  Dnt 
shout*s  portrait  as  "  the  only  authenticated"  «£' 
Was  the  epigram  fitted  to  the  portrait,  or « 
the  portrait,  being  ready,  suggestive  of  the  «p 
gram,  as  beiqg  too  good  to  be  lost  under  tk» 
cumstances  ?  Let  me  recall  *'^  a  modem  instaw 
In  1832,  FraMer's  Magazine,  No.  26,  coataH 
an  engraving  from  Goethe^s  portrait  by  Stiebi 
Munich,  of  which  Carlyle  said,  "  So  indbs 
lives  .  .  .  the  clearest,  most  universal  man  ofi 

time ^^Tf  the  very  soul  of  tlie  maa  h 

canst  likewise  behold,*'  &c.  And  yet  the  toffi 
Frasers  Magazine  proved  a  total  failarai 
involuntary  caricature,  resemblinrr,  as  warfl/' 
the  time;  ^*  a  wretched  old-clothesman,  «i*a| 
beliind  his  back  a  hat  which  he  seemed  ftWt 
stolen."    (Carlyle's  Works,  il  p.  422.) 

I  do  not    quote  Jonson  s  lines,    beoauie^ 
arc  known  to  every  one.  Samuel  >'ib- 

Moffat. 


KoBiN  GooDF£Lix>w  AND  PucK. — In  the  Jfi^* 
summer  Nighfs  Dream,  printed  in  the  folio  < 
1623,  I  do  not  find  the  name  of  "  Puck,"  iid 
should  like  to  know  when  it  was  substituted  for 
that  of  "Robin  Goodfellow  " — the  name  gireo 
to  this  character  in  the  folio.  If  the  name  of 
Puck  is  not  Shakspcare's,  why  is  it  ret.iined  ? 

Sidney  Beislt. 

[We  do  not  understand  what  our  Correspondent  nem 
by  sayinc  that  the  name  of  Puck  does  not  occur  in  thi 
First  Folio ;  it  doea  not  occur  in  tlie  List  of  I>ramabi 
Personal  for  there  is  no  such  list ;  but  it  occurs  in  tbi 
Play ;  for  instance.  Act  11.  So.  1 :  — 

**  Those  that  Hobgoblin  call  you,  and  sweet  Pucke,"  &c. 

*'  My  geutle  Pucke,  coinc  hither,"  &c.] 


jbiauiptaTimK. 

JoH60N*s  Links  on  Suakspeaqes  Portrait. 
Under  an  enpraving  of  Montaigne  by  Philippe  de 
Leu,  the  following  lines  by  Mulhcrbe  (1555 — 


Curious  Fact  in  Criticism. — On  readin*;  the 
last  number  of  "  N.  &  Q."  (March  ID),  I  wai 
much  struck  by  a  proposed  emendation  by  Quiri? 
of  hud  for  head  in  — 

"  Nips  youth  in  the  head,  and  follies  doth  emnnew.** 
Mcaaumfor  Measure,  Act  lU.  Sc.  1. 

It  seemed  to  me  very  obvious  and  probable« 
and  1  wondered  that  it  had  never  occurred  to  me; 
and  on  consulting  the  Cambridge  Shakspeare,  it 
appeared  that  it  had  not  occurred  to  iinyonc 
else.    Judge,  then,  of  my  astonishment  wheoa  oa 


ax&y.  Afbix.28, '64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


341 


ookmg  into  the  MS.  of  my  own  SkakMpeare^Es^ 
wutoTy  I  fuund  the  line,  which  I  sapposed  I  had 
copied  accuratelj  from  the  folio,  given  thus :  — 
**  Nipi  yoQth  in  the  bad,  and  follies  doth  emmew," 

vithoat  a  single  syllable  of  remark,  the  whole  note 
>eing  devoted  to  emmew!  It  is  quite  evident 
hen,  that  tnp  had  suggested  hud^  which  I  had 
inconsciouslj  written.  When  lately  printing  the 
ilaj  it  never  recurred  to  my  mind.  This  I  think 
s  worth  noting,  as  it  is  a  key  to  many  of  the 
srrors  of  printers. 

When  my  edition  of  The  Tempest  appears,  the 
reader  will  be  perhaps  surprised  at  my  simple 
tolution  of  the  difficulty  in  "  Most  busy  lest  when 
[  do  it.*'  I  cannot  with  H.  N.  receive  gUded  for 
rmM  thore;  the  correction  of  the  Second  Folio  in 
^erehani  of  Venice,  Act  III.  Sc.  1,  for  a  gilded 
hore  is  nonsense ;  and  guUed,  in  the  grammar  of 
he  time,  was  equivalent  to  gw'ling,  guileful. 

As  to  H.  N.*s  question  respecting  the  connexion 
•f  **  One  touch  of  Nature  makes  the  whole  world 
:in"  (Tr,  and  Cr^  Act  III.  Sc.  8),  I  would  reply 
hat  Nature  gives  the  one  and  self-same  touch  to 
ill  mankind,  t.  e.  affects  or  disposes  them  all  alike ; 
10  that  they  all  think  and  act  m  the  same  manner, 
md  the  connexion  with  the  following  line  is  thus 
nanifest. 

I  would  beg  to  refer  A.  A.  to  "  N.  &  Q."  for 
1861  for  the  real  origin  of  incony. 

Thos.  Keightlet. 


American  Shakspbabe  Emeitbation.  —  Is  the 
bllowing  absurd  Shakspearian  emendation,  re- 
ferred to  by  Burton,  in  llie  Book-Hunter  (p.  64), 
■eally  American  ?  — 

*«  Without  venturing  too  near  to  this  very  turbulent 
irena  (Sbaknpearian  Criticism)  where  hard  words  have 
atcly  been  cast  about  with  much  reckless  ferocity,  I  shall 
list  offer  one  amended  reailing  because  there  is  something 
n  it  quite  peculiar  and  characteristic  of  its  literary  birth- 
>lace  beyond  the  Atlantic.  The  pasiiage  commented  upon 
is  the  wild  soliloquy,  where  Hamlet  resolves  to  try  the 
test  of  the  play,  and'  says: — 

*  The  devil  hath  power 

T*  assume  a  pleasant  shape ;  yea,  and  perhaps 

Out  of  my  weakness  and  my  melancholy, 

As  he  is  very  potent  with  such  spirits, 

Abuses  me  to  damn  me.*  ** 

The  amended  reading  stands  — 

*<  As  he  is  very  potent  with  such  spirits. 
Abases  me  to<5--damme ! " 

[f  80,  I  should  like  to  know  in  wjpit  publication  it 
Srst  appeared.  It  is  difficult  to  believe  that  such 
3tuff  could  have  been  written  except  as  a  satire. 

J.  C.  L. 


Ihtbetobt  of  Shak8pbare*8  (toods.  —  It  is 
probable  that  the  inventory  mentioned  in  the 
''  Probate  Act,**  appended  to  Shakspeare's  will, 
then  constrained  to  be  made  by  law,  and  now 
lodged  in  the  rqpatry  of  the  Prerogative  Court  of 


Canterbury,  at  Doctor*8  Commooa,  made  some 
mention  of  the  manuscript  plays :  for  the  fact  of 
Dr.  Hall  provioff  the  wili  in  that  C»urt,  instead 
of  doing  so  in  the  Diocesan  Court,  demonstrates 
that  the  poet  left  personal  property  in  one  other 
diooese,  at  least,  besides  that  m  which  he  died ; 
and  as  this  other  diocese  could  only  be  in  London, 
the  hiventory  must  contain  some  detail  relative  to 
his  managerial  interests  and  concerns.    J.  D.  D. 


Leadihg  Apes  ik  Hbi.l  (3^^  S.  v.  193.)  — 
Shakspeare  has  the  following  allusions  to  this 
phrase :  — 

In  Muck  Ado  About  Nothing  (Act  II.  So.  1.), 
Beatrice  says : 

**  I  will  even  take  sixpence  in  earnest  of  the  bear-herd, 
and  lead  his  ages  into  heU." 

In  Taming  of  the  Shrew  (ActIL  Sc.  1),  Kathe- 
rine  says : 

"  I  must  dance  barefoot  on  her  wedding-day. 
And,  for  your  love  to  her,  lead  apes  in  hell." 

N.M,T. 


THE  DESCENDANTS  OF  SHAKSPEARE'S  SISTER 
JOAN. 

In  William  Howitfs  Visits  to  Remarkable  Haces, 
and  in  his  Homes  and  Haunts  of  the  Poets,  mention 
is  made  of  the  descendants  of  Shakspeare*8  sister 
Joan,  who  married  a  Hart;  indeed  allusion  is 
made  in  the  last-named  work  to  the  remarkable 
likeness  between  the  bust  of  Shakspeare  in  Strat- 
ford-upon-Avon church,  and  one  of  Joan*8  de- 
scendants then  educating  at  Stratford.  The 
former  pedigree  of  Shak^)eare  and  his  connec- 
tions is  given  in  Shakspeare's  Home,  by  J.  C.  M. 
Bellew. 

The  descendant  of  the  Stratford-upon-Avon 
branch  of  the  Shakspeare  Harts  is  now  in  Aus- 
tralia. 

I  send  you  a  pedigree  of  the  Tewkesbury  branch, 
kindly  furnished  by  the  late  post- master  of  Tewkes- 
bury, Mr.  Jno.  Spurrier,  and  from  the  writing  of 
Mr.  W.  Potter,  an  old  inhabitant  of  Tewkesbury, 
whose  sister,  Hannah  Potter,  married  William 
Shakspeare  Hart.  The  inscriptions  on  the  tomb- 
stones also  relate  to  the  same  subject;  and,  in 
giving  these  particulars  to  yOur  pages,  a  hope 
may  be  expressed,  that  in  building  monuments, 
collecting  the  scattered  property,  and  founding 
museums  and  libraries  to  Shakspeare,  when  the 
curatorship  of  these  places  is  to  be  bestowed,  the 
living  descendants  of  Shakspeare's  sister  Joan  will 
not  be  forgotten. 

Pedigree  of  Shakspeare's  sister,  Joan  Shak- 
speare, who  married  a  Hart.  The  Tewkesbury 
branch :  — 

John  Shakspeare  Hart,  about  seventy  years 
back,  was  livin^^  in  Tvv^Lfis^'^')  \  V^  \sffla:t.>s^  ^ 


342 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[•rt&T.  ImLtl^ti 


person  of  the  name  of  Eichardson ;  he  was  the 
owner  of  some  property  at  Stratford,  which  his 
family  sold  some  for^  or  fifty  years  back.  He 
hftd  three  children,  William,  Sarah,  and  John. 
John  died;  was  not  married.  William  married 
Hannah  Potter.  He  had  six  children ;  Elisabeth 
married  Russell;  died,  left  no  children.  Mary 
Ann  died  unmarried.  Thomas  died  leaving  two 
children,  a  son  and  a  daughter ;  his  son  Is  named 
George,  and  his  daughter  Joan  ;  they  live  at  Bir- 
min^rham.  Ellen  married  John  Ashley,  carpenter 
of  Tewkesbury ;  died  leavingfour  sons  and  one 
daughter.  Sarah  married  William  Ashley,  a 
carpenter.  She  is  living  at  Evesham;  has  a 
family.  Hannah  married  Edwin  Elliot,  lace  wea- 
ver ;  lives  at  Beeston,  near  Nottingham.  She  has 
a  familv  of  children. 

Sarah  Hart  married  William  Whitehedd ;  died, 
leaving  a  family  of  seven.  Thos.  Whitehedd,  two 
children,  at  Cheltenham.  William  Whitehedd,  at 
Tewkesbury,  twelve  children.  George  married, 
but  no  child.  John,  stocking-weaver ;  three  chil- 
dren, at  Bubtone.  Henry,  single.  Martha  mar- 
ried George  Grubb;  keeps  a  beer-house  in  the 
Oldbury.  Ann  married  Henry  Key,  glazier  and 
plumber,  living  at  YiTinchcomb ;  seven  children. 

On  the  north  side  of  the  Abbey  Church,  Tewkes- 
bury, there  is  a  headstone  on  which  is  written  the 
following,  in  good  preservation :  — 

^  In  Memory  of  Jno.  Hart,  who  died  Jan.  22n<*,  1800> 
the  sixth  descendaDt  from  the  Poet  Shakespear,  aged  45 
years. 

Here  lies  the  only  comfort  of 

mj'  life  who  was  the  best  of 

Husbands  to  a  Wife,  since 

he  is  not  no  Joy  I  e*er  shall 

have  till  laid  by  him 

within  this  silent  grave ; 

Here  we  shall  sleep,  and  quietly 

remain  till  by  God^B  Power 

we  meet  in  Heaven  again. 

There  with  Christ  eternally 

to  dwell,  and  until  that 

bleat  time,  my  Love,  farewell." 

In  the  old  Baptist  burial-ground  there  is  ii  head- 
stone with  the  following :  — 

1. 
"  In  Memory  of  Jno.  Turner,  who  departed  this  Life 
May  18»«»,  1808,  aged  54  years.  Also  of  Wm.  Shakcspear 
Hart,  who  died  Nov'  22n«»,  1834,  aged  56  years.  Like- 
wise Hannah,  Widow  of  the  above  W.  S.  Hart,  died  Feb*"/ 
13»h,  1848,  aged  67  years." 

2. 
*'  To  the  Blemorv  of  Thomas  Shakespear  Hart,  who  died 
Nov  13«',  1850,  aged  47  vears. 

*  Boaitt  not  of  thyself,  /or  thou  knowest  not  what  a  day  I 
may  bring  forth.* " 

A.E. 

SOMETHING  NEW  OX  SHAKSPEARE. 
As  a  general  rule,  extrncJs  from  newly-printed 
books  are  not  suited  to  "  N.  &  Q.,"  but  I  think 
an  exception  may  be  made  in  favour  of  one  which 


is  not  pabliihed  in  England,  and  of  wbidi  I  |R- 
sume  presentation  copies  alone  hawe  amTcdMit 
It  contains  an  entirety  new  Tiew  of  one  of  Shik- 
8peare*B  heroines  by  the  late  John  Qniiwcy 
Adams,  sixth  President  of  the  United  Sutea  :— 
''Whatever  srmpathy  we  mayfiMl  ftr  the 


of  Dasdemona,  ^owa  from  the  conaideratioa  that  iht  ii 
innocent  of  the  particnUr  crime  imputed  to  her,  aaA  tkM 
she  is  the  victim  of  a  treacberooa  and  artful  intrigie. 
Bat  while  compaaaionatiDg  her  melancholy  &tB  we  emc 
forget  the  vice  of  her  eharacUr.  Upon  the  stage  her^ 
ling  wUh  Othello  is  disffmsUng.  Who  m  real  Ufk  weM 
have  her  for  sitter,  dauakter,  or  wife  9  She  is  notg^ 
of  infidelity  to  her  hasband,  bat  she  forgets  all  thsafc* 
tion  for  her  father,  and  all  her  own  filial  affection  Ibrkia 
When  the  Duke  proposes,  on  the  departure  of  OthcOtk 
the  war,  that  she  should  return  during  his  absoMft 
her  father's  hoase,  the  father,  the  daughter,  sad  lb 
hasband  all  say  *no,'  she  prefers  following  OthcUolik 
besieged  by  the  Turks  in  the  island  of  Cyprus. 

"The  diaracter  of  Desdemona  is  admirably  drtwaai 
faithfully  preserved  throughout  the  play.     It  is  ^ 
deficient  in  deHeaey.    Her  conversation  with  Em  "' 
catss  unsettled  principles^  even  with  regard  to  dke 
of  the  nuptial  tte,  and  she  allows  lago,  almost  iil 
to  banter  with  her  very  coarsely  upon   womca.  & 
character  takes  from  us  so  much  of  the  sjmpathaie  » 
terest  in  her  sufferings,  that  when  Othello  smoAm^* 
bed,  the  terror  and  pity  subside  immediately  into  Jr^ 
ment  that  she  has  her  deserts,"  —  Notes  and  Gji— ^y 
certain  Plays  and  Actors  of  Shah^fteare^  by  JaoMl*! 
Hackett,  New  York,  1868,  p.  286. 

The  above  is  from  a  letter  of  Mr.  Adams.  * 
Hackett,  in  a  note,  says  that  he  does  not  shsitb 
correspondents  opinions  on  Desdemona.  Ifc^ 
that  the  Americans  are  descending  from  thatlu^^ 
standard  of  purity  which  prevented  the  yw»i 
lady  telling  Sam  Slick  her  brother^s  rank  ui  ^ 
navy,  and  are  going  to  plays  as  bad  as  OOt^ 
"Manhattan's"  letter  in  the  Standard  of  Fet 
19,  says:  — 

**  hsst  night  I  went  to  the  Olympic  Theatre  of  lb- 
John  Wood,  formerly  Laura  Kean*s  Theatre.  It  «•' 
jammed  before  seven* o'clock,  and  the  piny  commeoceda 
eight.  The  cream  of  our  citizens — I  counted  thirtr- 
seven  fur  capes,  that  our  Mayor,  Gunther,  never  sold  f* 
less  than  300  dollars  each,  oii  females  close  to  me.  1^ 
music  was  superb.  The  play  was  a  new  one,  writta 
conjointly  bv  two  Bohemians,  named  Beaumont  Vi^ 
and  Fletcher  Woo^J,  and  called  Taming  the  Bmtterfig.  1 
stayed  it  over,  and  dared  not  lift  my  eves  or  look  at  sir 
respectable  female  in  my  vicinity,  for  fear  I  should  mor- 
tify her  by  seein;;  her  blush  and  cover  her  face.  It  wt» 
cheered  from  beginning  to  the  end,  but  was  fuH  ofdoMn 
eittendres  —  no,  there  was  no  doubt  it  was  such  as  o^ 
respectable  lady  would  hear  twice.'* 

I  should  like  to  know  whether  the  second  per- 
formance was  to  empty  benches.      Fitzhopuks. 
Garrick  Club. 


THE  KESSELSTADT  MASK  OF  SHAKSPEARE. 

Since  my  notice  of  this  supposed  mask  of  Shak- 
speare  was  written,  I  have  received  some  informa- 
tion upon  the  subject,  which  I  think  ought  to  be 
laid  before  the  readers  of  ''N.  &  Q.** 


In  the  firal  place,  I  am  usured  that  attlMn^ 
the  worthy  Cation  of  Mayence  was  of  a  very  w- 
ipectable  family ^  it  wa«  not  a  family  of  ^u^eot 
importance  to  have  furniabed  an  ambassador  to 
this  country,  or  even  an  attatki  to  an  embassy ; 
one  not  at  nil  likely  to  have  numbered  among  its 
branches  any  member  of  the  diplomatic  body. 

Secondly,  the  late  canon  and  his  brother  were 
driven  to  such  distress  during  the  oontinental 
troubles  which  followed  the  French  Revolution,  as 
frequently  to  have  been  in  want  of  the  common 
necessaries  of  life— even  of  food;  and  had  they 
possessed  at  that  period  such  a  collection  of  anti- 
quities as  has  been  aupposedi  they  must  neces- 
sarily have  parted  with  them  for  their  support. 

With  the  peace  came  better  times ;  the  canonry 
was  bestowed  upon  one  of  tbem^  and  the  other 
contrived  to  get  together  the  means  of  living  very 
quietly;  and  they  then  amused  themselves  by 
forming  the  coUe'ction  of  antiquities  which  was 
eventually  sold  by  auction  ;  and  I  am  assured  that 
the  zeal  with  which  they  applied  themselves  to  its 
formauon  far  exceeded  their  judgment  and  good 
taste. 

Thirdly,  that  collection  was  well  known  to  an 
English  gentleman  distinguished  for  his  know- 
ledge of  early  English  Literature  and  Antiquities. 
Mr.  De  Pt-arsall,  whose  madrigals  and  *'  Hardy 
Norseman  **  have  made  his  name  familiar  to  all 
lovers  of  sweet  sounds,  and  whose  contributions 
to  The  Arckaoh^ia  on  *'  The  Kiss  of  the  Virgin," 
"Duels  in  the  Middle  Ages,*'  &c,  are  justly  re* 
garded  as  umong  the  most  interesting  papers  in 
that  valuable  collection*  was  well  acquainted  witli 
the  brothers  KesseltsUdt,  and  at  the  sale  of  the 
collection  purchased  some  of  the  most  interesting 
objects  in  it,  whli^h  ore  at  this  time  in  the  pos- 
session of  his  daughter,  ^Irs.  Hughes, 

When  we  consider  how  highly  a  gentleman  of 
Air.  I>e  Pearsair«  taste  and  acquirements  would 
have  prized  6uch  a  Shakspearian  relic  as  the  Kes- 
selstadc  Mask  if  satisfied,  as  he  had  every  oppor- 
tunity of  siitLsfying  liirasclf,  of  its  genuineness,  we 
cannot  but  roni«ider  the  fact  that  he  did  not  be* 
come  the  purchaser  of  it,  as  a  strong  proof — for 
though  only  a  negative  proof  it  is  still  a  very 
strong  one — that,  in  the  opinion  of  a  very  competent 
authority,  who  had  the  advantiige  of  being  able  to 
iuvestigiite  its  history  thoroughly,  the  Kesselstadt 
mask  was  not  what  it  proteased  to  be,  a  cast 
j^en  from  the  face  of  Shakspeore  after  his  death. 
William  J.  Tboms. 


PROFESSOR  AECHER  BLTTLER*S  ESSAY  OK 
5HAKSPEARE. 

^  Among  the  many  literary  plans  and  works  de* 

vited  at  thiH  season   to   honour  the  memory  of 

'  Shakspeare,  has  it  been  suggested,  or  attempted,  to 

collect  from  periodical  literature  and  other  out-of- 


tbe-way  and  fbr^ttcn  loiiivsea,  Eiicli  papen  oo 
Shakspeare  as  are  reall]r  woriK  reprinting  f  Okie 
such  paper  I  shall  mention,^ — so  Essay  written  by 
tbe  late  gifted  and  lamented  Professor  Archer 
Butler,  while  an  undergraduate  in  the  Universitj 
of  Dublin,  between  the  age  of  eighteen  or  nine- 
teem  Though  written  at  such  an  early  age,  this 
Essay  has  much  of  the  vigorous  thought,  discri- 
minating criticism,  and  eloquent  diction^  which 
marked  his  maturer  years.  It  appeared  In  the 
first  number  of  the  Dublin  Unitenit^  Rcnitw^ 
January,  1833,  p.  87,  and,  I  believe,  haA  never 
been  reprinted.  The  concludin;:  passage  is  as  fol- 
lows, but  it  cannot  give  any  notion  of  the  charm- 
ing and  genial  £s8ay  fi'om  which  it  is  taken :  — 

**Th€  Hcirt  of  Man — the  stme  la  even*  dime  and  Bet- 
ftoa— was  the  sohject  which  SiiAxsrK.iak  toaght  to  exa* 
mmei  and  h«  disencumbered  the  mtglity  |>roblem  of 
every  term  which  did  not  immediately  eJitsr  into  that 
caleuktLOa.  Scomioi^  to  confine  himself  to  the  supcrfl* 
cial  VArietJes  of  chart^ter,  be  explored  tlie  qaality  of  the 
metal  that  lies  beneath.  OLberi  an  content  to  conii^ 
to  Ytrse  the  eodkis  modificatioas  of  lOGial  man ;  it  waa 
SuAKSFCAaE^s  done  to  grasp  the  abstract  Sptdt  of  Hu* 
mftnity." 

There  is  an  admirable  paper  on  Cowper  by  Pro- 
fessor Butler  in  the  same  volume,  p.  325,  and 
next  to  it  a  story  by  Carleton,*  which  have  not» 
either  of  them,  been  reprinted. 

As  a  Query  was  made  not  long  ago  about  the 
Dnblin  Universiiy  Hemeii\  I  may  mention  that  it 
consists  of  two  volumes,  or  six  numbers,  reaching 
from  January,  1833,  to  April,  1834.  After  it 
ceased  to  exist  in  this  form,  it  began  a  new  Vife 
as  a  monthly  serial  under  the  title  of  The  IJubliti 
Unimrsity  Magazine. 

I  have  often  wished  to  see  all  Dr.  Johnson^s 
papers  on  Shakspeare  collected  and  published  in 
one  welUprinted  volume.  His  otht?r  papers  would 
form  a  valuable  supplement  to  his  famous  Preface, 

Perhaps  some  of  your  correspondents  would 
help  to  furnish  a  list  o^  the  best  Shakspeare  papers 
in  periodical  literature  with  the  writers*  namea 
when  known ;  also  critical  notices  of  Sbakspeare 
or  illustrations  of  his  works  not  generally  known, 
or  not  to  be  found  in  works  professedly  devoted 
to  Shakspeare. 

Among  those  who,  from  a  moral  and  religious 
point  of  view,  have  furaied  a  very  unfavourable 
estimate  of  Shakspeare,  may  be  noted  the  writer 
of  a  remarkable  article  in  the  Eclectic  Review^ 
January,  1807,  and  also  the  excellent  Richard 
Cecil.  See  CeciVs  Reviains,  published  by  Knight 
(no  date  or  index),  p.  100.  This  is  a  point,  how- 
ever, on  which  the  best  men  difler. 

EimiOKKACH. 

*  It  hss  been  &  matter  of  mach  inrprise  to  me  that  the 
exHtinf;  niateriali  for  several  additional  volumes  of  Carle- 
ton 'i  inimtUble  TraiU  and  StorieMofthe  Iri*h  Ptamntrtft 
have  never  been  collected  iVom  the  various  serials  m 
which  they  ore  scattered  aad  lost  iSj^^^ 


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N0T5S  AND  QUERIES. 


[8««aY.  Anax.2S>14. 


Dx  VxBB,  Eabl  ot  Oxfoeb:  Battle  of 
Radcot  bmiDGB.  —  The  author  of  the  Marriage 
of  Thame  and  his  describes  the  manner  in  which 
Kobert  De  Vere,  the  favourite  of  Richard  II., 
escaped  from  the  field  of  battle :  — 

"  Hie  Yerus,  notissimiu  apra^ 
Dom  dare  ter^pt  negat  virta*,  et  tendere  contii 
Kon  sinit  invictc  rectrix  prudentia  mentis; 
Undique  dum  reaonat  repetitis  ictibiu  umbo, 
Honituque  Btrepit  circum  suatempora  caaeia, 
Se  dedit  in  fluvium ;  fluviua  latatus  et  illo 
Hospite,  auscepit  aalvum,  aalvumque  remisit." 

(Quoted  in  Camden*a  Btitannia^  vol.  i.  p.  285.) 

Froissart  relates  that,  when  Pe  Vere  was  in- 
formed  that  the  army  of  the  Barons  was  approach- 
ing from  London  to  attack  him,  he  caused  all  the 
foridg[es  over  the  Isis  to  be  broken  down,  to  pre- 
vent their  crossing ;  but  that,  owing  to  the  ex- 
treme dryness  of  the  season,  a  ford  was  found  by 
which  they  parsed  throuorh,  horse  and  foot,  and 
easily  defeated  him.  (Froissart,  vol.  iii.  p.  491, 
translated  by  Johnes,  of  H.ifod.) 

Is  any  in^stance  recorded  in  modern  times,  of 
the  river  having  sunk  so  low  ?  I  never  ascended 
it  so  hin;h  as  Evesham,  but  I  know  that  to  a  con- 
siderable distance  above  Gods  tow  it  presents  the 
Appearance  of  a  deep  stream,  not  fordable  in  any 
part. 

De  Vere  escaped  to  the  Netherlands,  whence, 
after  some  time,  he  was  invited  to  the  Court  of 
France,  where  he  was  received  with  distinguished 
honours.  He  bore  a  part  in  the  great  tourna- 
ment which  was  given  to  celebrate  the  entry  of 
Isabel  of  Bavaria  into  Paris.  His  race  has  perished^ 
but  I  believe  that  several  of  our  nobility  and 
gentry  claim  relationship  with  them.  (The  Tour- 
nament is  described  by  Froissart,  vol.  iv.  p.  85.) 

The  Marriage  of  Thame  and  hit  is  supposed 
to  be  the  production  of  Camden  himself:  and  it  is 
remarkable  that  he,  who  as  a  Westminster  man, 
probably  thought  it  incumbent  on  him  to  have  a 
fling  at  Eton,  should,  in  the  single  line  which  he 
devotes  to  thai  purpose,  have  committed  a  false 
quantity :  ~ 

"  Qua  fuit  Orbiliia  nimiiim  suhjccta  plagosia."  • 
The  first  syllable  in  plagosus  is  long,  as  most 
fourth-form  boys  at  Eton  know.  W.  D. 

John  Clotwortht,  first  Viscount  Massa- 
RBEME.— Sir  John  Clotworthy  was,  in  1G60,  created 
ViHCount  Massareene,  with  a  special  liniitJition  in 
favour  of  Sir  John  SkcfBngton,  who  had  married 
his  daughter,  and  who  accordingly  succoe«led  to 
the  dignity  on  the  death  of  his  father-in-law, 
which  occurred  in  Sept.  16G5. 

Mention  is  made  of  the  first  Viscount  Massa- 
reene  in  the  first  and  second  volumes  of  Mn^. 
(jrecn*s  Calendars  of  the  Domestic  State  Papers  of 
Charles  Jl.,  but  the  index  to  each  volume  erroive- 


Camdcn,  L  152 


ou»1y  ascribes  the  title  to  John  Skiffk^ifBm  i&Acsd 
of  John  Clatworlhy. 

As  a  general  index  to  the  Calendsn  of  Stite 
Papers  may  be  expected  hereafter,  it  b  deairshle 
thai  errors  which  may  be  discovered  in  the  inte 
to  any  Tolume  shoulcl  be  pointed  oatL 

We  cheerfully  embrace  this  oppottanity  of  re- 
newing our  acknowledgment  of  much  informatioa 
of  a  valuable  and  varied  character  derived  firos 
those  Calendars.       C.  H.  &  Tbompsoh  Cocxm. 

Cambridge. 

Ettmologt  akb  Meaning  of  thb  Name 
Moses.  —  Though  writers  difier  respecUng  the 
etymology  of  the  name  (Moses),  yet  the  remsrb 
of  Kalisch  on  the  subject  are  so  satisfactory  tkis 
I  think  they  deserve  a  comer  in  "  N.  &  Q." 

**The  etjrmology  and  meaning  of  the  name  Mfli 
(who  is  called  by  the  Scptuagint  M»0<r^*,  and  by  tk 
Talgate  Monies),  is  nstarally  much  diapated ;  for  tk 
explaaation  given  in  the  text,  *  because  I  dnwhiatf 
of  the  water*  JExodus,  iL  10),  would   reqaire  not  di 
active  form,  JIBTD,  bat  the  passive  participle,  *1BT3.  Ik 
furmer  would  rather  imply  the  notion  of  a  generil  hti- 
it^^  the  people  of  Israel  from  Eg\'pt,  an  archagetm.  k- 
ftide.^it  is  questionable  that  the  Egyptian  princes*^ 
\  have  given  her  adopted  son  a  Hebrem  name.    Anti^^ 
and  historians  have,  therefore,  justly  endeavoured  W 
the  name  of  Moses  to  an  Egyptian  origin :  hence^J» 
phus  observes  {Antia.  il  ix.  6),  •  He  received  his  a« 
from  the  particular  circumsUnce  of  aw  infanry,  wh«» 
h.id  been  exposed  in  the  Nile;  for  the  Egyptians  cdl* 
wai;er  Mo,  and  one  who  is  rescued  from   the  waveiaaL 
TliL-  Septuagint,  then,  which  renders  the  word  by  M»^6ns 
ha^  accurately  preserved  the  etyraolofry.     Similarly.  J^ 
fiephus.   Contra  Apion,  i.  81 ;   Philo,  De    Vitd   Mom,  B- 
WS »  Eusebius,  Prap.  Evang.  ix.  9, 28,  and  others ;  whew 
Moses  has  sometimes  been  called  w8o7ck^s,  «  filiiu  a<js«.' 
thu  son  of  the  water.     (See  Jablonsky,  O/nca.,  L  157; 
Eusj^ius,  Etymohg.  JEgypt.^  p.  127,  &c.)** 

This  etymology  of  the  word  Moses  is  the  most 
satisfactory  which  I  have  yet  seen.  The  remvb 
or  Dr.  Kalisch  are  taken  from  a  note  in  his  Ntm 
Translation  of  the  Old  Testament,  part  "Exodus," 

ii.  10.  J-  D ALTON. 

BoDDHisTS  IN  Britain.  —  It  is  not  likely  that 
the  Buddhists,  if  ever  they  reached  the  British 
Isles,  came  from  the  eastern  shores  of  the  Medi- 
terranean, although  it  is  nearly  certain  that  Pali- 
^tnrl,  literally  the  country  of  the  Pnli  or  Buddhists, 
w^B  at  one  period  occupied  by  that  great  race  of 
aht^pherd?,  who  are  known  in  Indian  history  as 
Pali-pootras,  and  spoken  of  by  ancient  gr*-'<^Ta- 
phers  as  Pali-bothri;  and  who,  emigrating  from 
India,  traversed  many  countries  of  the  West,  aiid 
n'viixi  conquered  Egypt,  leaving  behind  them  ia 
India,  Affghanistan,  Northern  Arabia,  Asia  Minor, 
and  perhaps  in  Egypt,  their  cave  dwellings  or 
temples  with  painted  walls.  It  is  far  more  pro- 
bable  that  Buddhist  missionaries  would  Mve 
TesL«^^^  "^rvV-wiv  Kxwft.  ^"Mv^vcvwvv  ^^  «ttli«rt  in- 


p*s.Y.  AnuLta.'ei.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


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votaries  of  Woden  or  Bu^hun,  one  of  whose  names 
was  Gotama,  whence  the  German  name  of  God. 
Some  Buddhist  sculptured  stones  I  once  saw  in 
India  are  singularly  like  the  ancient  upright 
stones  found  in  Great  Britain,  both  having  circles 
wrought  upon  them:  for  example,  the  centre 
stone  of  the  Aberlemno  groupe  in  Scotland.  The 
right-hand  stone  of  thst  groupe  resembles  a  stone 
found  in  Cuttak,  and  the  Ictt-hand  stone  is  ac« 
tually  the  same  thing  as  the  sacred  snake  stone 
set  up  for  worship  in  India.  Mr.  0*Brien  and 
Mr.  Wilson  describe  ancient  stones  in  Ireland  and 
Scotland,  on  which  occur  elephants  forming  cano- 
pies with  their  trunks,  whicn  is  a  very  common 
accompaniment  to  statues  of  Buddha.  The  snake, 
rhinoceros,  and  tiger  arc  found  sculptured  on 
Buddhist  as  well  as  on  ancient  British  stones. 

Mr.  0*Bricn*s  theory  that  the  round  towers  of 
Ireland  ore  Phallic,  and  of  Buddhist  origin,  is 
quite  untenable,  as  the  Lingam  or  Phallus  has  no 

Elace  whatever  in  the  Buddhist  religion.  The 
Ltely  discovered  markings  on  the  rocks  of  the 
Cheviot  hills  and  elsewhere  in  the  North,  a  draw- 
ing of  which  appeared  in  a  late  number  of  the  lUus- 
trated  London  News,  may  be  of  Buddhist  origin. 
These  markings  consist  of  concentric  circles  sur- 
rounding a  half  moon.  The  Jainas,  a  sect  of 
Buddhists,  perform  their  festivals  at  changes  of 
the  moon.  The  greatest  of  all  their  festivuls  is 
the  feast  of  the  Siddha  Circle ;  the  worship  is 
performed  before  nine  sacred  names  written  on 
the  earth  in  a  circle  containing  nine  divisions  of 
different  colours.  H.  C. 


tSinttiti. 


Alexander  the  Great  s  Grant  to  the  Scla- 
yoMiANS. — In  a  MS.  dated  1714,  in  my  possession, 
is  the  following  passage,  the  original  of  which  is 
said  to  be  in  the  lUyrian  character,  attributed  to 
St.  Jerome,  in  the  church  at  Progue  :  — 

**  We,  Alexander  the  Gruat,  of  Philip,  Fonndcr  of  the 
Grecian  Empire,  Conqueror  of  the  Fenians,  Aledes,  &o., 
and  of  the  ^hole  worlil  from  east  to  west,  from  north  to 
south,  Son  of  the  great  Jupiter  by,  &c.,  so  culled :  to  you 
the  noble  stock  of  the  Sclavonians,  ro  called,  and  to  your 
Language,  you  have  been  to  us  a  hflp,  true  in  faith  and 
valiant  in  war,  wo  conArm  all  that  tract  of  earth  from 
north  to  south  of  Italy  from  us  and  our  successors,  to 
you  and  your  posterity  for  ever:  and  if  there  be  any 
other  nation  found  there,  let  them  be  your  slaves.  Date(i 
at  Alexandria  the  12  of  the  Goddess  Minerva.  WitncAs 
Ethra  and  the  Princes,  whom  we  appoint  our  Succe^sons." 

1.  Can  any  one  inform  me  whether  the  original 
of  this  grant  is  now  in  existence  at  Prague  ? 

2.  Is  there  a  copy  of  the  original  to  be  found 
in  any  printed  book  r  Llallawg. 

Akpbos,  Sib  Edmund,  Governor  of  Massa- 
chusetts, was  from  Guernsey.  What  was  his  coat 
of  armfl?  TV.  IL  TFuitmobb. 


Jambs  BoiiTON  was  a  botanical  artist  residing 
at  Halifax.  His  latest  publication  appeared  in 
1794.  When  did  he  die,  and  where  can  I  obtain 
information  respecting  him  ?  S.  Y.  R. 

BCBUESQUE   PaHCTE^S. — 

"  Paul  Veronese  introduced  portraits  of  bis  siMtomers 
in  pleasant  situations;  Michael  Angelo  painted  those 
whom  he  did  not  like  in  Purgatory  and  worse.  Coypel, 
to  please  Boileau,  gave  Sanatol's  fac^  to  Satun  at  Confes' 
Mfom;  and  Subleyras  represents  the  same  personage 
obliced  to  hold  the  candle  to  St.  Dominick,  ax  ver}'  like 
to  Cardinal  Dubois.*'—^  Letter  to  the  Membert  of  the 
Society  of  Art*,  p.  7.    By  an  Engraver.    Loud.  1796.** 

The  pamphlet  from  which  the  above  is  taken  is 
a  complimentary  notice  of  Barry*s  pictures,  and  a 
recommendation  that  they  should  be  engraved  on 
a  large  scale.  I  shall  be  obliged  by  information 
as  to  where  the  two  pictures  are.  Who  was  San- 
atol  ?  and  what  is  *^  holding  the  candle  to  St. 
Dominick"?  J.  R. 

CooTE,  Lord  Bellomont.  —  Richard,  £nrl  of 
Bellomont,  was  Governor  of  New  York  and  Mas- 
sachusetts. I  have  his  seal  with  numerous  quor- 
terings.  Can  any  one  say  what  arms  would  be  on 
his  shield  ?  W.  H.  Whitmore. 

Boston,  U.S.  A. 

Fellowships  in  Trinity  Coixege,  Dublin. — 
I  have  a  copy  of  (I  think)  a  source  publication, 
entitled  The  Difficulties  and  Discouragements 
which  attend  the  Study  for  a  Fellowship  in  the 
College  of  Dublin  (12mo,  Dublin,  1735).  It  is 
in  the  form  of  "  A  Letter  to  a  young  Gentleman, 
who  intends  to  stand  Candidate  at  the  next  Elec- 
tion"; and  appeared  anonymously.  Who  was 
the  author  ?  Abuba. 

Hill,  Middlesex  anb  Woecesteeshibb.  —  I 
shall  be  obliged  by  references  to  pedigrees  of 
this  family.    I  have  Sims's  Index.  K.  W. 

Hymn  Queries. — ^I  should  feel  much  obliged  if 
you,  or  any  of  your  readers,  would  give  me  the 
name  of  the  author,  or  authors,  of  the  hymns,  of 
which  the  first  lines  are  as  follow :  — 
*'  O  it  is  hard  to  work  for  God," 
"O  Faith,  thou  workest  miracles," 
«•  O  how  the  thought  of  God  attracts,"— 
which  I  have  not  met  with  in  different  selections  ; 
and  — 

"  Mv  Go<l  I  love  Thee,  not  because 
1  hope  for  hvaveii  thereby,"— 

In  Hymnsy  Ancient  and  Modem.    I  should  be  glad 
also  to  know  to  whom  the  hymn,  "  Jesu  Redomp- 
tor  omnium,"  and  that  beginning,  "  O  filii  et  filia;," 
are  attributed.   These,  together  with  several  other 
Latin  hymns,   your  correspondent  F.  C.  II.  has 
not  given  us  in  his  list.     Is  \t  V^^<«Ni<QA  ^w  "^.n^.- 
thorBbin    \d  loo  uxiweV^JATi^     C*tts^  i^>i^  ^^- wv 
whetber  YaWr^UNmrnVw^  ^i^«\i^^^^  V^^^^^ 
by  tbcmacVvca?  * 


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NOTES  AND  QUEBIES. 


[a^av.  afblss^ 


CiUBun  Lamb*s  Aucb  W .  —  Are  there 

anj  perticulars  known  concerning  this  jounjr 
lady  ?  Who  was  she?  Talfourd,  in  his  ""  Letters  '* 
of  the  poet,  hints  that  LamVs  passion  for  her  was, 
on  his  own  confession,  not  very  lasting,  thoush 
the  sumposition  seems  hardly  consistent  with  the 

fond  manner  in  which  Alice  W is  mentioned 

even  in  the  later  writings  of  Elia.    Talfourd  says : 

*'  A  yoathfal  passion,  which  lasted  only  a  fern  monthi, 
and  which  he  afterwards  attempted  to  regard  lightly  as  a 
folly  past,  inspired  a  few  sonnets  of  very  delicate  feeling 
and  ezqnisite  music" 

In  the  Final  Memorials^  however,  we  are  told 
that  Lamb's  verses  were  partly  inspired-— 

*«  by  an  attachment  to  a  yoon^  lady  residing  in  the 
neishboarhood  of  Islington,  who  is  commemorated  in  his 
early  verses  as  *  The  Fair- haired  Maid.'    How  his  love 


prospered  we  cannot  ascertain,  but  we  know  how  nobly 

_  xA 

_  ^  _   I  on  the  catastroE 
which  darkened  the  following  year.' 


that  love,  and  all  hope  of  the  earthly  blessings  attendant 
on  such  an  affection,  were  resigned  on  the  catastrophe 


Lamb  was  at  this  time  twenty  years  of  age.  I 
should    be  obliged   for  any  information    about 

Alice  W ,  if  such  is  to  be  had. 

Robert  Kemft. 

Monks  and  Friars. — In  a  recent  review  of 
Mr.  Froude's  Hiitory^  1  read :  — 

**  We  have  obsenred  another  inaocnracy,  which  makes 
one  really  doabt  whether  Mr.  Fronde  has  ever  read  the 
ecclesiastical  history  of  the  Middle  Ages,  not  to  say  the 
poets  and  novelists.  He  continually  speaks  of  Dominican 
tnonka  and  Angustinian  monks.  The  Dominicans  and 
Augustinians  were  friars^  not  monks.  Friars  were  not 
beard  of  till  many  centuries  after  Europe  had  been  over- 
spread by  monks,  and  there  were  no  more  bitter  enemies 
than  the  monks  and  friars.  As  well  might  the  historian 
of  the  Jews  speak  of  the  Pharisees  and  Sadducees  as  if 
they  were  convertible  terms." 

I  wish  to  ask :  1.  What  was  the  distinction  be- 
tween monks  and  friars  ?  2.  Was  the  difference 
as  great  as  the  reviewer  implies  ?  F.  H.  M. 

Nebf.  —  Can  any  one  give  me  the  derivation  of 
neefj  the  North  Yorkshire  for  a  clenched  fist  ? 

Eboracum. 

"  The  Nemo,*'  etc.— There  was  printed  about 
thirty  years  ago  two  literary  periodicals  edited  by 
students  of  Edinburgh  University,  having  the 
titles  of  The  Nemo,  and  The  Anti-Nemo,  As  I 
have  been  unable  to  get  a  sight  of  these  papers, 
would  any  reader  who  may  have  copies  oblige  nic 
with  the  titles  of  the  articles  ?  I  believe  there 
were  only  two  or  three  numbers  printed  of  each 
periodical.  A  son  of  Professor  Wilson  (Chris- 
topher North)  was,  I  understand,  one  of  the  edi- 
tors. Iota. 

"Rbvbnoms  a  nos  Moutomb.*'  — What  is  the 
name  of  the  play  which  gave  rise  to  this  saying  P 
wAai  wBBJti  dBtCf  and  who  was  its  author? 

I.  O.  S. 


tftttftifif  toOft 

"RoTAL  Stbipbs,**  etc. —  On  WediM 
March  80,  died  Mr.  George  I>Miiel,  sath 
The  Modem  Dmciady  but  perfaam  move  gen 
known  as  the  editor  of  Cwmferhmrfe  1 
Theatre,  In  an  obituary  notice  itt  The  J5 
April  3,  is  a  Ust  of  his  works :  he  published 

"In  1812,  Boyal  Sttym;  or,  A  BSek  from  Tc 
1    to  Wales,  for  the  suppression  of  which  a  large  m 
ordered  to  be  paid  by  the  Prince  Regent.    Ten 
were  advertised  and  paid  for  a  copy.** 

I  wish  to  know  the  evidence  on  which  tl 
very  probable  statement  rests.  Mr.  Dani 
pears  m  all  his  works  which  I  have  read  V 
been  a  Tory  and  a  rather  high  churchman. 

In  a  list  of  the  works  of  Peter  Pinda 
(Thomas  Agg*),  on  sale  bv  Fairburn  in  1 
*»  The  R— I  Sprain;  or,  A  Kick  from  Yarm 
Wales,  Is.  Qd,  I  once  had  one,  which,  esti 
at  its  literary  value,  I  threw  away,  when  se 
from  my  pamphlets  those  which  were  wort! 
ing.  I  remember  only  two  lines,  which  i 
valuable  if  a  copy  really  was  sold  for  10/. : 

**  Blacks  in  one  moment  both  his  princely  eves 
While  from  his  nose  the  blood  in  torrents  flii 

The  style  is  not  like  that  of  Mr.  Danii 
far  as  I  can  recall  my  impression  of  the  b 
was  one  of  mere  stupid  ribaldry,  and  not 
to  be  bought  for  suppression  while  T?ie  Tk 
Post  Bag  was  in  full  sale. 

Is  there  any  reason  to  believe  that  the 
Regent  ever  paid  for  the  suppression  of  a  \ 
book  P  H. 

U.  U.  Club. 

[The  pamphlet  inquired  after  is  now  on  our  tal 
as  it  appears  to  be  somewhat  scarce,  and  no  copy 
to  be  found  in  the  British  Maseum,  we  give  the 
full:  — 

"  R— 3'— 1  Stripes ;  or,  a  Kick  from  Yar— h  to  ^ 
with  the  Particulars  of  an  Expidition  to  Oat — 

the  Sprained  Ancle:  a  Poem.    By  P P 

lAureat. 

•*  Loud  roar*d  the  P e,  but  roar'd  in  vain, 

L d  Y h  brandisb'd  high  his  cane. 

And  guided  evVy  r — ^y — 1  movement ; 
Kow  up,  now  down,  now  to  and  fro. 
The  R — g— t  nimbly  mov*d  his  toe. 
The  Lady  much  enjoy'd  the  show. 
And  complimented  his  improvement, 

«  London :  Published  by  E.  Wilson,  88,  Comhil 
Price  One  Shilling.** 

The  title-page  of  our  cop}*  is  indorsed  "  By  ' 
Daniel,'*  in  the  neat  handwriting  of  a  gentlenu 
has  been  personally  known  to  the  author  of  Mtrri 
land  ever  since  he  left  Mr.  Thomas  Hogg's  boi 
school  on  Paddington -Green,  or  from  the  lima  t 


\ 


JoK-a   K^<^.    N\\«  BVcVVoMiT^  of 


«r*  a.  V.  Apml  28,  -64.]  NOTES  AND  QUEBIES. 


347 


was  mounted  on  m  stool  as  a  clerk  in  the  office  of  Mr. 
John  Cox,  Stock-broker,  in  Token-Hoose  Yard.  To 
set  the  matter  finally  at  rest,  BIr.  Daniel  himself  has 
laid  claim  to  the  authorship  of  this  satirical  poem  in  the 

**  Memoir  of  D. G.,"  with  his  own  portrait,  both  of 

which  are  preflzad  to  George  Colmsn's  comic  piece,  T%i 
Blue  Dttfiis,  in  Cnmberiand's  British  Theatre,  1838.  Mr. 
Daniel  says,  ''In  1811  he  published  The  Times:  or,  the 
Fropkeey,  a  poem.  In  1812,  a  volume  of  mfweOaManu 
Foeme;  Boyal  Stripm;  or,  a  Kick  from,  TamumA  to 
Wake  I  (for  the  suppression  of  which  a  large  sum  was 
given  by  order  d  the  Prince  Begent— ten  pounds  were 
advertised  and  paid  for  a  copy !)— and  The  Adveniuret  of 
Diek  DisH^  a  novel  in  8  vols^  written  before  he  was 
eighteen.** 

Allusion  is  also  made  by  Mr.  Daniel  to  this  stifled  pro- 
doetion  in  some  of  his  subsequent  works,  e.  g,  in  the 
**  Supprened   Evidence;  or,    R—l  Intriguing,  §r.      By 

.      P P »  Poet  Laureat,  author  of  R—l  Stripee  (sup- 

f     pressed),  8vo,  1813."    Again,  at  the  commencement  of 
Ophelia  Keen  !!  a  Dramatic  Legendary  Tale,  12mo,  1829 
^      (printed  but  also  suppressed),  we  read :  — 

**  Come,  listen  to  my  lay :  I  am 

The  tuneful  Bard — you  know  me  — 
That  sung  the  whisker  d  bold  Geramb ; 
*  What  lots  of  fbn  you  owe  me ! 

"  I  sung  The  Royal  Stripeg  —  Come,  listen ; 
I  sing  the  devil  to  pay ; 
Your  hearts  shall  leap,  your  eyes  shall  glisten : 
Come  listen  to  my  lay ! " 

It  must  be  acknowledged,  however,  that  the  statements, 
that  **  for  the  suppression  of  the  Royal  Stripee  a  large 
sum  was  given  by  order  of  the  Prince  Begent,"  and  that 
**  ten  pounds  were  advertised  and  paid  for  a  copy  "—have 
always  excited  surprise  in  literary  circles.] 

"Htmek*8  Triumph."  —  Can  you  tell  me  who 
was  the  author  of  the  tragi-comedy,  called  Hy- 
metCt  Triumphj  written  in  honour  of  the  nuptials 
of  Lord  Roxburghe  ?  I  presume  this  was  Habbie 
Ker,  the  first  Baron  and  Earl  of  Roxburghe,  who, 
by  the  way,  was  married  thrice;  and  the  poem 
baying  been  published  in  1623,  it  was  probably 
written  on  or  ailter  the  noble  lord's  second  mar- 
riage, the  date  of  which  I,  however,  don't  exactly 
know.  W.  R.  C. 

[ffymeH*M  Triumph  is  by  Samuel  Daniel,  the  poet  and 
historian,  termed  by  Headley  **  the  Atticus  of  his  day." 
This  pastoral  Tragi-Comedy  was  presented  at  the  Queen's 
(Anne  of  Denmark)  court  in  the  Strand,  at  her  Majesty's 
magnificent  entertainment  of  the  King's  most  excellent 
Majesty,  being  at  the  nuptials  of  the  Lord  Boxborough, 
on  Feb.  8, 1613-14,  and  is  dedicated  by  a  copy  of  verses 
to  her  Mijesty.  It  is  introduced  by  a  pretty  prologue,  in 
which  Hymen  is  opposed  by  Avarice,  Envy,  and  Jealousy, 
the  distubers  of  matrimonial  happiness.  It  was  entered 
on  tha  SCatSooers'  Begisters  on  June  18, 1618-14»  and  is 
reprinted  in  KiGhoU'siVt9r«Meto/'JMet/.iL  749.  Tbe 
mUtrtaiammit''  was  the  nuurriage  of  Sir 


Robert  Ker,  Lord  Boxburghe,  td  his  second  wife,  Jeane, 
third  daughter  of  Patrick,  third  Lord  Dmmmond.  She 
was  a  lady  of  distinguished  abilities^  preferred  before  all 
to  the  officeof  governess  of  the  children  of  King  James  L] 

Yiacor^iT  CHSBnrGTON  publbbed  his  Memoirs, 
eoMiaimMiig  a  Genuine  DeMcriptum  of  the  Qovem^ 
niteai  amd  Manners  of  the  present  Portngmeee.  Lond. 
a  Yds.  12mo,  1782.    Who  was  he  P         S.  T.  B. 

[lUs  work  is  fictitious,  and  is  criticised  as  a  novel  in 
the  MomAfy  Review,  Ixvii.  389.  The  author  was  Gapt- 
B.  Mnller  of  the  Portuguese  service,  who,  having  commu- 
nicated it  to  a  firiend,  received  from  him  the  following 
laconic  acknowledgemoit :  — 
**  Carissimo  Amkxs 

Se  non  4  vero^  4  ben  trovato. 

Fbahzqil 
Lisbon,  24'a9»»~,  1778." 

Which,  says  the  author,  when  paraphrased  into  English, 
is  as  much  as  to  say :  — 

"  My  dear  Friend, — ^Though  all  the  circumstances  yon 
relate  may  not  have  actually  happened  or  come  to  pass* 
yet  they  are  descriptive  of  the  people  you  give  an  account 
of  as  if  they  really  had." 

Nothing  more  is  known  of  Lord  Viscount  Cherington 
than  that  he  was  bom  in  BraziL  His  father.  Dr.  Castle- 
ford,  is  the  hero  of  the  Ule;  and  the  principal  informa- 
tion relating  to  this  gentleman  is,  that  he  was  physician 
to  the  English  factory  at  Lisbon,  and  was  banished  firom 
thence  to  Brazil  by  the  villanous  artifices  of  a  Jesuit] 

PoTiFHAE.  —  In  the  Septnagint  Version,  Poti- 
phar  is  described  as  being  6  tbpodxos  *dpa»»  (Genesisy 
xxxix.  1).  Is  this  a  correct  translation  of  the 
Hebrew  word?  Melbtis. 

[The  question  is  one  which  the  learned  have  not  yet 
decided.  There  can  be  no  doubt  that  the  Hebrew  word 
Borie,  D^^D>  ^bich  the  Septnagint  has  here  rendered 
cvroD^or,  did  properiy  and  primarily  signify  an  eunuch, 
in  the  strict  sense  of  the  word.  It  has,  however,  been 
plausibly  maintained  that  mrie  often  implied  simply  an 
officer  (^  the  court ;  and,  in  accordance  with  this  view,  it 
is  rendered  by  our  translators  chamberlain  in  Esth.  i.  10, 
and  officer  in  the  passage  now  before  us,  as  well  as  in 
Gen.  xxxvii.  8^  where  they  have  annexed  the  marginal 
note  «•  Heh.  etmaicA.  But  the  word  doth  signify  not  only 
emnuhe,  but  also  ehamberlaine,  courtiere,  and  officere,  Esth. 
i.  10."    This,  however,  has  been  controverted. 

The  foil  discussion  of  the  question  is  not  exactly  suited 
to  our  pages.] 

The  Robin.  —  Can  any  of  your  readers  inform 
me  whether  there  is  any  foundation  for  the  popu- 
lar belief,  that  the  young  robin  will  frequently 
fight  with  and  destroy  its  own  father  ?         L.  G. 

[Yarrell  {History  of  BriHth  Birds,  i.  261)  speaks  of 
the  robin  as  one  of  the  most  pugnadons  among  birds,  but 
not  as  a  parricide.1 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[d^av.  ApBn.»»14. 


ELEANOR  D'OLDREUSK. 
(3^  S.  V.  11.) 

Elconore  d'Esmiers  was  the  onljr  child  of  Alex- 
andre, Seigneur  d'Olbreuse,  by  his  wife  Jacobina 
Poussard  de  Vaudre  (also  styled  by  some  writers 
Jacquettc,  or  Jacqueline,  Poussard  du  Vij^ean) ; 
and  was  born  in  March,  163f,  at  the  Chatcan 
d'Olbreuse,  near  Usseau,  in  the  parish  of  Mauz6 
(now  in  the  arrondissement  of  Niort,  and  depart- 
ment of  Deux-Sevres),  province  of  Poitou.  Hor 
father,  the  lord  of  the  Castle  of  Olbreuse,  from 
which  he  derived  his  title,  was  a  nobleman  of  an 
ancient  family  in  Poitou,  and  one  of  the  numerous 
French  Protestant  families  exiled  by  Louis  XIV. 
On  his  being  sent  into  banishment,  and  his  pro- 
perty confiscated,  he  sought  an  asylum  in  Holland ; 
taking  with  him  his  only  daughter,  the  beautiful 
young  "  Marquise  D*Esmers."  She  was  married, 
morganaticnily,  in  September,  1665,  at  Breda,  in 
Dutch  Brabant^  to  George  William  of  Brunswick 
Zelle,  Prince  of  Calemberg,  who  had  just  succeeded 
to  the  duchy  of  Zelle  by  his  elder  brother's 
death.  The  newly-married  pair  took  up  tlieir 
residence  at  Zell,  where  the  lady  was  known  by 
the^  title  of  Lady  of  Hnrbourg,  or  Von  Ilarburg, 
which  she  had  been  created  on  marriage  by  her 
husband.  On  September  15,  1666,  their  first 
child  was  born,  and  christened,  with  great  cere- 
mony, by  the  name  of  Sophia  Dorothea.  It  was 
she  wlio  became  subsequently  the  unfortunate,  if 
not  guilty,  spouse  of  her  coiisin-gcrman  George 
Louis,  then  Prince  of  Hanover,  and  eventually 
King  of  England ;  through  which  alliance  she 
was  ancestress  of  our  present  royal  family. 

Wiihin  the  next  few  years,  Madame  von  Har- 
burg  had  three  other  daughters,  all  of  whom  died 
in  infancy.  And  in  1672,  she  was  further  en- 
nobled as  Lady  Eleanora  von  Harburg,  Countess 
of  Wilhelmsburg,  from  an  island  in  the  Elbe, 
nearly  opposite  to  Hamburgh,  which  ^m  settled 
on  her  by  her  husband. 

In  August,  1676,  the  nuptial  ceremony  was 
solemnly  performed  at  Zelle;  on  which  she  be- 
came the  acknowledged  Consort  and  rightful 
Duchess  of  Zelle;  to  which  rank  her  previous 
morganatic  union  did  not  entitle  her.  The  rank 
of  Princess  of  the  Germanic  Empire  was,  at  the 
same  time,  conferrcjl  UfKin  her  by  the  Emperor 
Leopold  I. ;  but  it  was  stipulated  that  any  issue 
of  the  marriage  should  not  succeed  to  the  Duchy, 
but  lie  styled  Counts  and  Countesses  of  Wil- 
helmsburg— so  j«trict  was  the  code  of  laws  re- 
gardinnr  such  alliances  at  that  period.  However, 
by  treaty  of  July  1.3,  1680,  the  Duchess  Eleanora 
was  allowed  the  title  of  Duchess  of  Brunswick- 
Liineburg.  Her  husband,  Duke  George  William, 
died  August  28,  1705,  at  the  age  of  eighty-one; 


while  she  survived  till  Feb.  ^  1 722 :  ber  desti 
then  occurring  at  her  resideiioe  in  Zelle,  in  ihe 
eighty-third  year  of  her  age. 

It  li  unnecessary  here  to  record  the  well-knova 
events  in  the  career  of  her  daughter^  the  Prinoea 
Sophia  Dorothea  of  Zelle  :  it  will  be  sufficient  i 
remark,  that  her  marria;:e  with  Prince  George  a 
Hanover  was  dissolved  by  decree  of  the  CoD>i*- 
toridl  Court,  at  Hanover,  on  Dec.  28,  1694;  lai 
she  was  thereupon  imprisoned  in  the  small  ta- 
tresis  of  Ahlden,  with   the   title    of  Duchess  « 
Ahlden.     Here  she  was  compelled  to  spend  tk  f 
remaining  long  years  of  her  sad  life  in  strict  oo".- 
finement,  till  released  by  death,  nflcr  a  captiritr 
of  nearlv  thirty-two  years,  on  N'ov.  13,  1726.   I: 
is  recorded  that  her  father  never  once  visited  br 
ill  the  castle  of  Ahlden ;  though  her  aged  motl-: 
was   allowed  occasionally  to   cheer  her  soIitsJ'. 
and  see  her  at  intervals,  up  to  the  period  of  h-' 
own  death.     Her  remains  were   consigned,  wb 
proper  honours,  to  the  family    vaults  at  ZcT. 
where  her  corisort,  King  George  I.,  followed  k 
to  the  tomb  in  June  following. 

The  dates  of  the  death  of  either  the  Se^aer 
d*Olbreuse,  or  of  his  spouse,  have  not  been  i.^~- 
tained  by  me  from  any  of  the  authorities  Ji«'- 
consulted  in  drawing  up  this  reply  to  Mr.  (He- 
wARD*s  query ;  but  the  Lady  Jacqaette,  es- 
ently,  died  before  the  period  of  the  familTV* 
ting  France.     And  it  is  certain  that  the  hiaai^ 
noble  of  Poitou  survived  for  some  time  the  dv* 
riage  of  his   daughter  Elconore,    which   W0  ^> 
make  him  ancestor  of  so  many  royal    hoa«i  ^■ 
Kurope.  A.  &  A. 

Cawnpore,  East  Indies. 


Circle  Squarino  (3'*  S.  v.  258.)  —  The  hzJi 
inquired  after  by  T.  T.  W.,  is  mentioned  ly 
Mr.  De  Morgan  in  hU  Bwfget  of  Poradoi^-* 
{Afhenamm,  Nov.  14,  1863,  p.  646)  :  — 

"  Tlio  Circle*  Sqiiar'il.  IJy  Thomas  Raxtcr,  Crasher:. 
Clvvelanil,  Yorkshire.     I^ndon,  1732.    8va." 

"  Hero  T  =  30C25.     No  proof  ia  offered." 

I  think,  but  am  not  sure,  that  I  have  seen  i 
copy  of  this  book  in  the  British  Museum.  It  i<. 
no  doubt,  great  rubbish.  Kdwabd  p£4COca. 

Gkoghaphical  Garden  (3^^  S.  v.  173,  24^.)— 
The  learned  divine  John  Greporie,  in  his  Dt^erip* 
Hon  and  U^e  of  Maps  and  Ckarit,  thus  speaks  of 
what  he  calls  a  "  Geographical  Garden  *' :  — 

"  It  is  propoande<1  by  a  man  incrcnioaslv  enough  rm- 
ceitcd,  as  a  Device  nothing  besides  the  Meditatioa  d  a 
Prince,  to  have  his  Kinploms  and  Doniiniom,  by  the 
direction  of  an  able  Mathematician.  Geographically  de> 
scribed  in  a  Garden  Platform :  the  Mountains  and  H:1N 
being  raided,  like  small  IlilloclES,  with  turfi  of  earth;  the 
Vallies  somewhat  concave  within ;  the  T«irtia,  VillairM. 
Ca9tles,and  other  remarkiible  Kdificea,  in  MiiaU  men  mnmf 
Banki^  or  Spring-work,  proporikmal  to  the  PiatfMi  the 


3»*  Sw  V.  Apeil  23,  ^UrL] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


349 


Foresti  mod  Woods  lepieamtcd  according  to  tbdr  Ann 
and  capacity,  vith  Herte  and  Stnta ;  tha  great  Hirera, 
Lakes,  and  Ponds,  to  dilate  themselTes  aocoiding  to  tkeir 
coarse  from  some  artificial  Fountain,  made  to  pass  in  the 
Garden  throngli  Channels.  &c  All  w^  may,  donbtlass, 
be  mathematioilly  conntcffuted,  as  well  as  the  Horisontal 
IHal  and  Coat-armoor  of  the  House,  in  Exeter-College 
Garden."— ITMei,  4th  edit.  London,  1684,  4to,  Plil 
p.  328. 

Addison  refers  to  this  as  the  actual  device  of 
an  '^  Eastern  King  ;**  Gregorie  speaks  of  it  as  the 
conception  of  some  inn^enious  essayist,  who  con- 
sidered it  worthy  of"  the  meditation  of  a  Prince.*' 
The  question  still  remains,  who  is  the  writer  re- 
ferred to  P  Let  me  ask,  has  this  erased  passage 
been  restored  in  any  edition  of  Addison's  Warkif 
If  not,  where  is  the  MS.  of  his  Euatf  on  the 
LnagimatioH  f 

In  the  work  of  an  eccentric  American  writer, 
▼iz.  Owen's  Key  to  the  Geology  of  the  Globe 
(Philadelphia,  1857),  at  p.  240,  occurs  an  interest- 
ing notice  of  Geographical  Gardens  actually  laid 
out.  I  am  sorry  I  have  not  the  book,  that  I 
might  give  the  passage ;  especially  as,  to  the  best 
of  my  remembrance,  it  is  about  the  only  intelli- 
gible passage  in  the  whole  volume. 

EniONNACH. 

Thomas  Gilbert,  Esq.  (3'"*  S.  v.  134,  263.)— 
In  the  chancel  of  the  little  church  of  Petersham 
is  a  tablet,  having  this  inscription  :  — 

**  Jnxta  faunc  locum  situm  est  quicqaid  mortale  fait 
TflOMiE  Gilbert  armigeri,  ex  gcnerm  et  perantiquA 
famillA  oriandi,  ab  annis  teneris  Scheie  Etonensis  alnm* 
nus.  Poetices  sitim  ibi  primo  sentiebat,  qoam  ex  fontibus 
ntriusque  Academi»  posttra  feliciter  ej^levit.  Nee  ab 
his  liberalis  animi  oblectamentis  se  unqnam  avelli  pi- 
tiens.  Ipse  patrio  sermone  carmine  composnit;  Qaibns 
nee  Gnecn  nee  Romanae  Gratite  defuemnt.  Quid  vero 
hsc?  Vir  fuit,  si  quia  alius,  Integer,  Probus,  severe 
Justus,  Fidns,  ad  amicos,  ad  omnes,  ad  Deum. 

**  Sine  promissis,  sire  dissimulatione,  sine  Sitperstitione, 
Firmns,  Benevolus,  Pius — Obiit  anno  salutis  1766,  atatia 
su«54. 

eNHTOJ  nANTA  BION  A'HN  ENAIK02  OTK  ETI  TOTTO 
ONHTON  «»H2  APETAI   KPEI220NE2  E121  MOPOT."  * 

On  the  floor  is  a  stone,  inscribed :  — 

"  Beneath  this  stone  is  interred  v*  body  of  Tno. 
Gilbert,  Esq.,  vho  departed  this  life  f^ovembcr  y  23«-'«, 
1766,  in  v«  64«»»  year  of  his  age. 

"  As  also  Akk,  wife  of  the  above  Tho.  Gilbert,  Esq.,  who 
died  June  the  15*^  1801,  aged  75  rears.  This  is  inscribed 
by  a  person  truly  grateful  for  the  many  acts  of  generosity 
and  benevolence  received  from  both." 

I  am  not  able  to  give  from  other  sources  anr 
account  of  Mr.  Gilbert,  nor  to  assert  that  he  is 
the  person  inquired  after.  But  from  the  fact 
of  his  having  studied  at  both  Universities,  and 
the  date  of  the  B.A.  degree  (n.  263),  when  the 
■ubjeet  of  the  epitaph  would  nave  been  about 
twenty-one  years  of  age,  lead  to  a  conclusion  whidi 
is  oonftrmed  by  his  seeking  the  patronage  of  the 
Earl  of  Bma^  then  a  neighbour  and  all  powarfol 


at  Kew ;  and  who,  no  donbt,  procured  the  pcr- 
mi.«Bion,  referred  to  in  the  second  letter,  for  Mr. 

I  Gilbert  to  lay  his  volume  before  the  £arl*i  papil, 

\  then  become  Geor^  III. 

!      I  do  not  find  Mr.  Gilbert's  name  among  the 

;  permanent  inhabitants  at  Petersham.  From  his 
early  death,  wc  may  presnme  his  health  to  havii 

I  been  delicate  :  and  as  the  letter  of  May  22,  17o!), 
says  that  the  place  of  his  residence  that  summer 
was  very  uncertain,  it  is  probable  that  he  may,  as 
many  since,  have  chosen  Petersham  for  the  pecu- 
liar mildness  of  its  air. 

The  epitaph  mav  be  seen  in  Manning  and  Bray*s 

,  Surrey,  vol.  i.  p.  442.  W.  C. 

■      Kohl  (3-*  S.  iv.  16G,  239,  402.)  —  There  is  no 
I  doubt  that  kohl,  or  rather  ihiA/,  is  antimony,  or 
I  rather  sulphuret  of  antimony,  a  blackish  mineral,  re- 
duced to  powder,  and  used  as  a  pigment  for  tincing 
:  the  eyelids  by  native  women  in  the  east,  who  believe 
that  It  adds  to  their  beauty  :  it  is  also  considered 
to  be  a  preventive  of  excessive  discharge  of  rheum 
from  tho  eyes.    The  word  is  Arabic,  J^ «  ^^^ 
the  Perf  ion  name,  iJcjjt ,  is  that  by  which  it  is 
always  called  in  Hindostan :  I  write  from  per- 
sonal knowledge  and  observation.  A.  S.  A. 

Maeti!!  (3^*  S.  V.  154,  222.)  — I  am  obliged 
by  the  information  that  your  correspondent.  Mm. 
Baxteb,  has  been  so  kind  as  to  give  in  answer  to 
my  inquiry.  From  Morant*s  History  of  Euex,  to 
which  he  refers  me,  I  learn  that  Matthew  Martin, 
of  Alresford  Hall,  was,  or  was  sappoeed  to  be, 
descended  from  the  Martins  o^ Soffrom-WMem, 
May  I  hope,  cither  through  Ma.  Baxtem^b  further 
kindness,  or  that  of  some  other  connespondent,  to 
learn  something  of  this  elder  branch  of  the  faauly  ? 
And  in  particular  I  should  be  glad  to  ascertain 
whether  any  member  of  it  was  ever  Lord  Mavor 
of  London?  P.  S.  C. 

CtmroMB  ni  Scotlavb  :  Fig-oke  (3**  S.  v.  1 53.)  # 
I  had  the  opportunity,  a  few  days  ago,  of  men- 
tioning this  matter  to  a  near  relative  of  the  late 
Lord  Langdale.  The  reply  I  received  was,-— 
"Fig-one!  oh,  there  must  be  some  blander;  it 
was  fig-sue,  well  enough  kno^n  in  the  north, 
where  our  family  came  from.  I  remember"  (my 
informant  went  on)  "  my  uncle  expressing  more 
than  once  his  detestation  of  that  abominable  fig- 
sue  ;  he  used  to  laugh  and  say  that  when  he  was  a 
boy  he  begged  that  his  mother  would  let  him 
have  the  figs  by  themselves;  they  were  gowi 
enough."  J.  Frrx-R. 

Sm  JoHif  CoxwGSBi  (3-^  S.  V.  280.)— What  is 
the  authority  for  the  statement  contained  in  the 
inquiry  of  G.  J.  T.,  that  Sir  John  Coningsby  was 
slain  m  the  barons*  wars  at  Chesterfield,  126(>? 
Ko  such  knight  is  mentioned  by  Dr.  Pegge,  in 
his  account  of  the  battle  of  Chesterfield.    W.  Sr^ 


350 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[3^a  V.  aptosh^ 


Gabib.\ltji,— Can  you  find  room  for  the  fol- 
lowing reply  to  the  query,  "  Why  do  the  English 
»o  admire  Giiribaldl  ?  "  which  is  asked  abroad^  and 
.  majr  be  thoa  answered  at  home  f 

**  When  Gnribaljli  ceased  his  high  command. 

And  abealhed  hu  sword— that  aword  a  bright  and 
keen  one — 
Noagbc  in  bid  pocket  put  ha  but  bis  hand  -, 
A  migbty  hand — and,  nobler  stiH,  a  clean  ont*** 

Airow. 

[Wa  are  Tery  glad  that  our  cofrespondent  baa  given 
m  the  opportunity  of  thoa  »howtiig  our  admiration  of  an 


NOTES  ON  BOOKS,  ETC 

37i«  IForJU  of  J^tUiam  Shakespeart,  Edited  by  Howard 
Stannton,  With  coploui  j.Vbte»,  Ghttarjff  Lifi^  Sf^,  In 
Four  VoIvmcM.    (Rotitledge.) 

In  tbe  year  IBs?,  when  they  determined  upon  the  pub- 
lieatjoa  of  aa  niostrated  Shakapeare,  Meian.  Routledge, 
instead  of  contenting  tbemselTeii  with  airaply  taking  up 
some  old  edition  and  adapting  tbeir  illuetrations  to  it, 
had  the  good  fienae  to  endeavoar  to  make  their  edition 
as  perfect  as  possible  by  9«curtn(;  for  it  tbe  serrices  of  a 
competent  editor.  Mr.  Howard  i^taunton,  tbe  gentlenian 
selected  by  them,  was  understood  to  have  peculiar  fitnew 
for  the  task  in  hia  own  long  study  of  the  Poet,  and  to 
have  in  addition  the  advantage  of  numbering  among  his 
friends  some  able  and  ze^ilous  Shakspearian  scholara. 
The  result  was,  that  while  the  Hlustrated  Shakapeare 
exhibiteil  in  its  pictorial  embellishments  groat  attractions 
for  tbe  many,  the  labours  of  Mr.  Siaonion  attracted  to 
it  the  attention  of  more  critical  etudent^  of  the  Poet's 
wiitinga.  Tbe  work  now  before  us  is  a  reprint  of  that 
editiOD,  without  ihe  artistic  embellishments.  It  is  com- 
prised in  four  handsomely  printe<l  volumes,  and  forma 
the  most  compact  edition  of  Shakspeare,  with  a  large 
apparatus  of  critical  and  illastrntive  notes,  which  has 
yet  been  given  to  the  public.  We  regret  that,  owing  to 
an  tmfbrttinate  miaanders  tin  ding  between  the  publishers, 
the  preeent  impression  is  necessarily  a  wrbattta  reprint  of 
Mr.  Staunton's  first  edition,  for  it  contains  some  sharp 
criticisms  and  passages  which,  nnder  other  circumstances, 
would,  we  cannot  doubt,  have  been  soUeaed,  if  not  alto- 
gether omitted. 

ar^i  Work*  of  mHiam  Shak*tptare,      The  Ttxt  rtviMtd 
bjf  th»  Rev.  Ale.\aoder  Dvce.  In  Eight  Valumt*,  Second 
EfUikn.     V0I.JIL    (Cbapman  &  nail.) 
This  third  volume  of  ^Ir.  Dyce*s  scholarUke  edition  of 
Shakapeare  contains.  At  Vou  lAk*  II ;  The  Taming  ofUtt 
Sknwi  Air$  fTelt  that  End*  WtU ;  Tweffth  Mgkt  {  Mid 
7%t  Winter*M  Tak,   It  exhibits  the  same  thorough  know- 
ledge of  hie  ittbject  as  the  preceding,  but  i*  characterised 
by  a  somewhat  bolditr  introduction  of  amendments  of  the 
tcxL    Tlmi,   in  Air§   Well  th^it   Ends  JTtll,  when  the 
Steward  tells  the  Coontess  —  "Madam,  the  care  I  have 
had  to  tven  yonr  cotitent**^  which  Johnson  had  satii- 
ikctorlly  explained,  **to  kqI  up   to  your  dessircs,*'  and 
•aaina  ao  well  paralleled  by  the  passage  in  CynUmlinf  -^ 
".        .       ,       .        but  well  wf» 
All  that  good  time  will  give  us," — 

Mr  Dyca  wo«ld  read,  •*  tarn  your  content**  *•  Win  your 
content,**  is  another  lu^gvttibn  i  but  both  are  alike  un* 
called  for.  Dnt  the  edition  it  a  Taloable  oae»  and  does 
credit  to  Mr*  pyoe. 


ShakMpmrt ;  a  Biooraphy,    Bjf  llidfnaf  De  Qlfacef,  dt 
Eitgtish  Opium-Eater.     (A.  8c  C»  Black.) 
At  the  present  moment,    when    the    attcfiSoQ  «f  il 
clii  i  ned  in   so  rcmnrkabie  a  mannfflO' tll«  )fr 

ail  of  Shakspeare^  Mcsara.  Black  !»▼•  ihevt 

eoi4.,.,i.u.  ,..  judgment  in  reprintisttr.  h\  d  v«rj  clMq»«l 
popular  form,  the  Biography  o«  wrttlan  by  1^ 

subtle  rea£ouer  and  profound  Kngllili  Uyi^ 

Eater. 

Shtikxpere  and  Jotuo*,    Dramaiie  ▼ttfMi    W*»  Omktu 

Avj-iliar}/   Forces — BeanmofU  anrf     T'^   " -.    MiirMWi 

Deckrr,  Chapmati,  and  fVitltUer,     (  nith,) 

The  ingenuity  with  which  the  w,,.  .    ^    ugi  bla  b» 

timate  knowledge  of  the  Old  DramatieU  to  bmar  upMlii 

views  of  the  literary  relations  between  SbakflMsn  «l 

Bon  Jonson,  will  interest  the  reader,  thoits^  ™y  m^ 

not  succeed  in  convincing  him. 

Shakspetiri 

ton,  Jettf 

3Itrrie 

Dover. 

Carew  HazlitL    (Willis  St  Sotheran.) 

This  second  volume  of  Mr.  Haslitt'a  carelVaUy 
aeries  of  Elizabetlion  J  est- Books  is  a  valoAkle 
tion  to  our  knowledge  of  the  wit  and  lidinoiir 
time  when  Shakspeare  flourished,  and  -well 
impress  us  with  a  higher  senae  of  hia  matchleae  w& 

humour  when  compared  with  that  which '^  "^ 

with  hia  contemporaries. 


ijkble  tmi^  I 
idmoar  ti  «#  ML 
I  cskMliMi  ■ 
^hleia  «fl£_H 


BOOKS    AND    ODD    VOLUME! 

WAKT£D    TO   PITROIIASIt. 


Fvijculin  of  Prfoft,  ac,  of  ths  folloylne  1  _  _ 

tbe  icetitl&tnea  br  whom  tber  ^re  r^qaitvUmoa  wliow  1 
djv  wei  are  ffiven  tor  th*t  purpOM  1  — 

Wanted  b J  Dr.  Fltmino,  tftii  Ikdment,  AldmtktA 


M.  Mi**rtN*«  TK4ru«  e^rmu  Ej»iit*»B*  with  ■orne  < 
andlrcUad.    Jjondoo.Ult,  Sro-      „  •       ^        _  *. 

tjfmdtm,  I7i4*  l»mo» 
tliiTu't  (D*j«irtl  Woftut  i«  *«.«*•.    ■  '.■▼». 

0«.-rAvirt:  ft  DI«lOirQ«  br  Mvtut  M 

EuMor*.    Ihibinn.  ITW,  Umo 

lias.    Itmo. 

WftQlcd  by  Stv.  £.  tl.  Shachtr.  Ro>U\»f,  IHa«!crock«  f 

Cu^DiAAM'i  Htmivi  or  T«»  Fftiwm**  Ciroftc*. 

Wanted  hs  X  Marttrp  4  ilon*.  7S.  Xt«  Bead 


^tiui  to  €tirvtipantn%iti. 

The  line  "  J- mm  j^r^Hr  t$»  tf*!*,**  4 •?.,  *•  from  l>pB>  t^f  ■   ^ 

W,  E.  B.  if  thatiUd ,  bvt  ih*  cf rf t^t«# t/ltrul^^ O  PPP  *lf  *  y*Hg? 
rtuhtuked  f  *  The  TtaM*,  <J  jjnntfii  A{r^ViiM«A«iiOv%Mt«*J*^**"^J 
0|^  olhrr*. 


Rrrraa. 


T.  H,  «.    n*  rwpnmt  q^  The  a«U'i  Ilora-lloofc  ww m^M^kti  H  ^4 
MeMu  Bft».  10,  tfalum  ittrrtf,  /Wtnfflfm,  JT-  ■ 

EB**T4.^3rdS.T.p.J10,CJDl.D.  Uttt1,>r  •Bn 

•  •  •  CWe»  for  ttimitfm  tka  rot^mt*  jif  "  W.  a  <i. 
PttblUktr,  ttmd  ofali  BookmUvt  ttind  Jftmmtm 


>  Hft»i,  i^^ttAAits,  W.U>,  to 
^  Qyaatst  '*  is  lighHis^  fof 


April  SO,  '64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


351 


.OyDON,  SATURDAY,  APRIL  SO,  1864. 


CONTENTS.— No.  122. 

-  Sir  Wilter  Baleif^ :  New  FttrtlcuUra,  S51  ~  Don 
*Athoqu%  O.  S.  IMOL,  BUhop  of  LlandAff,  3Sa— 
re  in  the  BottthoMt  of  Ireland,  353— James  For- 
DJ).,SM— UnDubltahed  Letter  of  Oharlos  Uunb 
3a8tem  Ethioplaiis^  Acrostic— An  Old  Talc  with 
Htle  —  Corioiu  Paasige  in  St.  Augustine,  354. 

3 :  —  Ahraham^Brook  —  Mrs.  Margaret  Br^an  — 
Coin  —  Joseph  Downes — Dummerer — Heming  of 
«r  ~  Thomas  Uopkirk— Langua^  used  in  the 
of  the  Roman  Procurator  in  Palestine,  Ac — **  The 
'  MKn6t,"18M— Marrow  Bones  and  CleaTers  — 
>l^Wash-diBh— The  Christian  Name.  Murtha  — 
.  Nicola  —  Preaching  M  iniaters  suspended  —  Ques- 
Fopulation— Bpiacopal  Seal  —  Story,  Norfolk  — 
in I>evonshire— Zapata:  Spain,  355. 

WITH  AirsWEBB : — The  Pitt  Diamond — "  Tony's 
to  Maiy  " — Fardel  of  Land  —  Cribbago — Barley, 

I:'— The  Tinclarian  Doctor,  359— Publication  of 
301  —  Prc-Death  Coffins  and  Monuments,  363— 
Committee  of  Privy  Council — Consonants  in 
•Comet  of  1581  — King  Cliarles  II.'s  illegitimate 
I — Swallows  —  Enigma— "  Aurea  vincenti,"  Ac  — 
od—  Pont  at  Chelmorton— Posterity  of  Charle- 

-  Hymns  by  John  Hoy  —  Thomas  More  Molyncux 
Cadency — De  Poo  and  Dr.  Livingstone  —A  Bull  of 

-  Jeremiah  llorrocks  —  Bev.  David  Lament  — 
Unpublished  Letter  of  the  Father  of  the  Author 
Grave  "  —  Seneca's  Prophecy  —  Erroneous  Monu- 

Inseriptions  in  Bristol— Archbishop  Hamilton  — 
tiurch  of  our  Fathers,"  &c.,  361. 

Books,  Ac 


LTER  RALEIGH.    NEW  PARTICULARS.* 

ehend  that  the  following  facts  and  docn- 
re  new  in  connexion  wiui  the  biography 
gh :  they  begin  at  an  early  period  of  his 
but  before  I  quote  them  I  wish  to  ob- 
it, from  information  now  lying  before  me, 
not  unlikely  that  George  Gascoigne,  the 
oet,  was  the  person  who  induced  Baleigh, 
)n  after  1576,  to  change  his  profession 
3  law,  for  which  he  was  originally  des- 

the  army,  in  which  he  so  much  distb- 
himself.  The  two  were  certainly  intimate, 
1576  Kaleigh  prefixed  some  stanzas,  to 
istice  has  scarcely  been  done,  to  Gas- 
blank  verse  satire  The  Steel  Glaes^  which 
ed,  as  nearly  every  body  is  aware,  in  the 
r  words :  "  Walter  Raleigh  of  the  Middle 
in  commendation  of  the  Steel  Glass.**  I 
lean  here  to  enter  into  any  inquiry  upon 
ition,  but  we  know  that  Gascoigne,  who 
i  himself  educated  for  tiio  law,  and  was  a 
of  Gray*s  Inn,  had  become  a  soldier  in 
d  engaged  in  the  service  of  the  Prince  of 

so  Haleigh,  having  taken  up  his  resi- 
1  the  Middle  Temple  before  1576,  became 
*  under  Arthur  Lord  Grey  of  Wilton,  to 
penter  was  secretary.    The  first  of  the 

[•  Continued  from  8'd  S.  v.  207.] 


ensuing  papers  refers  to  Raleigh's  intended  ser- 
vice in  Ireland ;  and  according  to  it,  he  and  Ed- 
ward Denny,  the  cousin  of  the  Lord-Deputy,  had 
warrants  for  a  then  considerable  sum,  to  be  applied 
to  the  raising  of  recruits  :  — 
*<18  July,  1580.    To  Edward  Deny— €»  tDd^ 

unto   Walter  Rawley— C"  having  thef^rBn 
ehardge  of  the  twoo  hnndreth  somdim  p^ 
sent  from  London  into  Ireland,  in  presto  J 

[The  date  of  the  next  document  is  donbtAil,  bat  per- 
haps a&tMior  to  the  above ;  nor  can  we  sAte  for  what 
porpose  Um  fine  was  levied  or  paid.] 

"Here  ensneth  the  names  and  snmmes  of  the  fines 
severalUe  charged  nppon  such  as  are,  by  order  of  the  most 
honombell  Lordes  or  the  Cooncell,  appointed  to  paie  the 


Walter  Baleigh      ....    iiju  hath  paid 
William  Bawdin    ....    ij"  x>  hath  paide 
John  Penwarren    .    .    .    .    iju  hath  paioe.** 

[The  following  fixes  the  date,  hitherto  not  settled,  of 
Raleigfa's  return  from  Ireland,  but  it  was  probably  only 
temporary:  it  is  one  item  out  of  a  longer  enumeration  of 
payments.] 

*'29Dec  1681.  Item,  paid  to  Walter  Rawley,  sent, 
upon  a  Warrant  signed  by  M.  Secretorie  Walsingbam, 
dated  att  Whitehall  xxix<»  decembr.  1581,  for  bringinge 
Letters  in  poste  for  her  Majesties  affairs  from  Corke  in 
Ireland,  the  some  of xx*^." 

[Thus  we  see  in  what  way  Raleigh  may  have  obtained 
an  introduction  to  Elizabeth  without  snppodng,  with 
Fuller,  that  he  owed  it  to  an  act  of  gallantry  in  spread- 
ing his  cloak  to  receive  the  footsteps  of  the  queen.  J 

''These  whoee  names  are  here  written  which  adven- 
tured with  Sir  Humfivy  Gilbert  in  his  First  Yoiadge,  in 
mony  or  commodities,  not  inhabiting  within  the  towne 
of  Southampton  aforesaid,  shall  in  like  sort  be  free  of  trade 
and  traffick  as  aforesaid. 

The  Lord  North. 

Mr  Edmonds  of  the  privie  chamber. 

S'  Mathew  ArrandelL 

S'  Edward  Horsey. 

S'  William  Morgan. 

S'  John  Gilbert. 

S*^  George  Peckham. 

Charles  Ammdell,  Esq. 

Mr  Mark  WiUiam,  Esq. 

Mr  Walter  Rawl^,  Esq. 

Mr  Carrowe  Rawley,  Esq. 

Adrian  Gilbert,  Esq. 

William  Weymouth,  merchant,"  &c. 
[The  list  comprises  various  other  names,  but  none  of 
them  of  note;  and  I  omitted  to  make  a  memorandum  as 
to  the  source  of  this  information.] 

Letter  addressed  "  To  the  right  Honorable  S' 
Francis  Walsingbam,  Knight,  Principall  Secre- 
tarye  to  her  Ma***."  Indorsed  "  1582,  7  Feb.  S' 
H.  Gilbert,  that  he  may  be  sufTred  to  continue  his 
voyage : " — 

"Right  honorable.  Whereas  it  hath  pleased  your 
honor  to  let  mee  understande  that  her  ma^,  of  her  espe- 
ciall  care  had  of  my  well  doinge  and  prosperous  successc, 
hath  wished  my  stay  att  home  from  the  personall  execu- 
tion of  my  intended  discovery,  as  a  man  noted  of  noe 
good  happ  by  sea :  for  the  which  I  acknowledge  mj  selfe 
so  much  bounds  unto  her  ma*^,  as  I  know  not  now  to  de- 
serve the  leaste  part  thereof,  otherwise  than  with  my 


r.  April  30,  '64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


353 


i,  iv.  134.)  And  when  Dr.  Abell,  ber 
»r,  was  removed^  the  difficulty  was  to  find 
'eeable  both  to  Henry  and  his  divoroed 
"  The  Bukop  of  Llandaff;'  writes  the 
ifTcnt,  ^  will  do  less  harm  than  any  other 

and  be  her  ghostly  father.**  The  reason 
it  the  old  Spaniard  was  timid  and  quiet, 
d  implored  the  qneen  to  yield  to  expe- 

(Strickhind,  it.  135.)  It  is  not  recorded 
r  he  held  any  previous  ecclesiastiod  prefer- 
n  -England,  till  raised  to  the  episcopate, 
1  the  influence  of  his  patroness  and  coun- 
lan.  Queen  Katharine,  on  the  death  of 
Salley,  Bishop  of  Llandaff,  in  Wales,  in 
ser,  1516.    lie  was,  accordin^^ly,  provided 

see  by  Pope  Leo  X.  on  February  11, 
ind  consecrated  March  8  following,  either 
Paul's  Church,  London  {Reg.  Warham^ 
in  Godwin,  De  PrcBsid.  edit.  Richardson, 

and  Le  Neve's  Fatti,  edit.  Hardy,  p.  250), 
ft  church  of  the  Dominicans  or  "  Black- 
there  {Reg.  Sacr.  Angl.  by  Stubbs,  p.  76, 
ority  of  "  Rej;.  Warham.  and  Booth  ),  by 
(  Boothe,  LL.D.,  Bishop  of  Hereford,  as- 
>y  John  Young,  S.T.P.,  Bishop  of  Callipolis, 
ice  (Archdeacon  of  London,  and  Suffragan 

diocese),  and  Francis (?),  Bishop 

Dria,  in  Prsevalitana  (Achrida).  The  sees 
two  last  prelates  were  in  partibtu  infide' 
at  of  **  Fras.  Castoriensis  **  I  can  ascertain 
je  in  any  list  of  suffragan  bishops.  The 
shop  of  LlandalF  received  restitution  of  the 
all  ties  of  his  see,  on  April  27,  1517  {Pat 
VIIL^  p.  1,  m.  14),  and  after  an  episco- 
twentv  years,  he  resigned  the  bishopric  in 
ry,  1537  {Pat,  28  Hen,  VIIL,  p.  2,  m.  2), 
conge  iTelire  issued  on  March  2,  1537, 
Bishop  George,  resigned"  {ihid,)^  a  suc- 
being  consecrated  to  the  vacant  see  on  the 
'that  month.  The  aged  D'Athequa  pro- 
•eturned  to  his  native  land,  as  the  state  of 
istical  afTairs  in  England  must  have  be- 
distasteful  to  him,  and  the  death  of  Queen 
•ine  had  severed  his  last  tie  in  that  country, 
ery  is,  what  became  of  him  afterwards,  and 
or  when  did  he  die  ?  Any  additional  in- 
ion  on  the  subject  will  be  acceptable. 

A.  S.  A. 
Indies. 


)LK  LORE  IX  THE  SOUTH-EAST  OF 
IRELAND. 

tng  spent  some  happy  juvenile  days  in  the 
eastern  parts  of  Ireland,  including  parts  of 
ny,  Wexford,  Wicklow,  Carlow,  and  Water- 
had  manv  opportunities  of  becoming  ac- 
ed  with  the  ** manners  and  customs**  of 
grade  of  society,  from  the  squire  to  the 
t,  and  therefore  picked  up  many  of  the 


"  saying  and  doings  "  of  these  districts.  One 
thing  struck  me  as  most  remarkable,  and  that 
was,  when  any  popular  custom,  tradition,  or,  I 
may  say  superstition  existed,  there  was  not  the 
slightest  dinerence  of  opinion  between  the  edu- 
cated and  the  most  humble  or  illiterate  persons  — 
all  held  tuft  to  the  same  belief,  no  matter  how 
abtiifd.  I  speak  of  the  laity  generally,  but  do  not 
include  the  clergy  of  an^  sect  or  denomination. 
For  want  of  a  better  designation,  I  give  the  fol- 
lowing jots  under  the  head  of  *'  folk  lore,**  although 
the  title  may  be  queried. 

When  a  cat  scratches  the  legs  of  a  table  or 
chair,  it  is  a  sign  of  rain ;  but  if  ^  tabby  '*  trans- 
fers her  nails  to  the  stump  of  a  tree,  it  foretells  a 
storm.  If  this  latter  be  found  correct,  we  have  a 
sort  of  feline  Fitzroy  before  the  "  Admiral  **  was 
taught  to  prophesy  the  ''coming  storm.**  The 
appearance  of  a  rainbow  (the  Jrit)  at  night  or 
evening,  is  a  sign  of  fine  weather ;  in  the  morn- 
ing it  IS  for  storm,  and  at  midday  storm  and  rain; 
and  if  in  autumn,  thunder  and  whirlwintls  may 
be  expected  to  follow.  The  quacking  of  ducks  in 
the  morning  is  a  sure  sign  of  rain,  as  is  also  the 
chattering  of  a  collection  of  sparrows  in  the  even- 
ing. Should  a  robin  redbreast « enter  a  house, 
hard  weather,  snow,  frost,  &c.,  may  be  expected 
to  follow  soon.  The  robin  is  held  in  great  vene- 
ration by  every  one,  and  it  would  be  considered 
a  serious  offence  to  kill  one  willingly.  It  is  almost 
a  domestic  bird  in  the  places  I  mention,  and  has 
privileges  not  accorded  to  other  bipinnated 
tenants  of  the  grove  or  hedge. 

It  foretells  a  storm  to  see  pigs  running  about 
the  farm-yard  with  straws  in  their  mouths ;  and 
to  hear  dogs  crying,  which  they  do  most  horribly 
sometimes,  ifotilies  a  death.  On  this  point  there 
is  also  some  curious  folk  lore  about  that  fabled 
myth,  the  ''banshee;**  but  as  I  have  already 
written  an  account  of  "  a  hunt  aAer  a  banshee,** 
I  shall  say  no  more  on  that  subject. 

Oi  the  lower  or  upright  portion  of  the  frame 
of  almost  every  house  door  —  the  chief  en- 
trance—  maybe  found  nailed  an  old  horseshoe, 
or  portion  of  one,  picked  up  on  some  neighbouring 
road.  This  is  said  to  be  very  lucky,  and  prevents 
fires  and  fairies  from  visiting  the  house.  It  is 
considered  particularly  unfortunate  for  a  farmer 
or  his  wife  if  they  should,  on  a  May  morning, 
meet  a  hare,  as  that  animal  is  said  to  take  away 
the  milk  from  the  cows,  should  the  master  or  mis- 
tress of  the  "lowing  herd''  cross  the  path  of 
pussy  on  the  morning  in  question. 

I  shall  continue  this  subject,  but  for  the  present 
must  save  your  valuable  space. 

S.  Redmond. 

Liverpool. 


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NOTES  AND  QUEBIES. 


[8rt  a  ▼.  Afeu 


JAMES  FORTESCUE,  D.D. 

Watt's  Bihliotheca  Britannica  contains  thh  curi- 
ous article :  — 

**  FoBTESCUE,  J.,  D.D.  --  Essays,  Moral  and  Miscella- 
neous ;  viz.  An  Introdactoiy  Spe<K:h  from  Solomon ;  with 
an  Ode.  A  Vision  on  a  Plan  of  the  Ancients.  A  Sketch  of 
Life  after  the  manner  of  the  Modems.  The  State  of  Man ; 
his  Passions,  their  object  and  end,  their  use,  abase,  rega- 
lation,  and  employment  With  a  Poem,  sacred  to  the 
memory  of  the  Princess  [Princes]  of  Wales  and  of  Orange. 
Lond.  1752,  8vo.    Lond.  1759,  2  toIs.  8vo.    lO*." 

Amongst  the  publications  enumerated  in  the 
Oent,  mag,  for  January,  1752, 1  find  — 

''Essays,  Moral  and  Miscellaneons,  by  J.  Fortescne, 
DD."   1*.    Baldwin. 

The  Essays  are  noticed  in  the  MonUdy  Review 
for  January,  1752  (vi.  78).  [It  was  apparently 
from  this  source  that  Watt  deriyed  his  descrip- 
tion, substituting  by  mistake  "princess"  for 
"  princes."]  Twelve  lines  of  poetry  are  cited, 
and  it  is  stated  that  it  appeared  on  the  title-page 
that  the  pamphlet  was  only  A^nt  part. 

The  Gent,  Mag,  for  January,  1755,  mentions  as 
a  new  publication  — 

**  Essajrg,  Moral  and  Miscellaneons,  by  Dr.  Fortescne.'* 
4#.    Owen. 

This  is  no  doubt  the  work  which,  in  Dr.  Blis8*s 
Sale  Catalogue  (amongst  the  books  printed  at  Ox- 
ford), is  thus  described :  — 

"  834.  Fortescne  (J.)  Essays,  870.    J.  Fletcher,  1754." 

*'Pomery  Hill,"  a  poem  humbly  addressed  to  his 
Royal  Highness  the  Prince  of  Wales,  appeared  in 
8vo,  1754.  This  was  by  Dr.  Fortescue,  and  was 
afterwards  included  in  his  collected  works (Gough's 
British  Topography,  i.  321 ;  Cat.  of  Gough's  Col- 
lection in  the  Bodleian,  106). 

Amongst  the  books  printed  at  Oxford,  in  Dr. 
Bliss*s  Sale  Catalogue,  we  have  — 

**  849.  Fortescue  (Dr.),  Dissertations,  Essa^-s,  and  Dis- 
conrses  in  Prose  and  Verse,  2  vols,  cats,  8to.  W.  Jack- 
son, 1759." 

This  work  is  also  mentioned  in  the  late  Mr. 
James  Davidson*s  Supplement  to  Bihliotheca  De- 
voniensis  (a  mark  being  appended  to  denote  pri- 
vate library).    This  note  is  subjoined  — 

••This  work  comprises  three  descriptive  poems, — one  of 
them  on  Devonia,  and  two  on  Castle  Ilill." 

The  Monthly  Review  (xxi.  291)  gave  a  con- 
temptuous article  on  the  work,  naming  Dodslcy  as 
the  publisher.  Extracts  are  given  from  a  Disser- 
tation on  Man^  and  a  poem  on  "  Contemplation  \ " 
whilst  "The  Oak  and  the  Shrubs,"  a  fable,  and 
"  To  my  Taper,'*  an  ode,  are  extracted  in  extenso. 

It  thus  appears  that  the  first  part  of  Dr.  Fortes- 
cue's  Essays  appeared  in  1752,  at  a  shilling  ;  that 
other  Essays  by  him  were  published  in  1754  at  four 
shillings ;  and  that  an  extended  edition  (including 
"  Tomery  Hill,"  which  had  been  first  published 
anonvmously,)  came  out  in  two  vols,  in  1759  at 
ten  shillings. 


A  few  particulars  of  this  now-forgotte 
whose  Christian  name  was  James,  are  ff 
He  was  a  Fellow  of  Exeter  College,  Oxf 
Oct.  14, 1736;  M.A.  June  22, 1739;  Sen 
tor  of  the  University,  1748  ;  B.D.  April 
and  D.D.  Jan.  20  1749-50.  Be  held  th 
of  Wotton,  in  Northamptonshire — a  b 
the  gift  of  Exeter  College,  but  I  do  not 
what  period  he  was  instituted.  His  < 
curred  in  1777,  and  his  library  was  sold 

I  cannot  ascertain  to  what  branch  of  tli 
cue  family  he  belonged,  but  it  would  s 
bable  that  he  was  a  Devonian.  I  may 
a  search  for  Dr.  Fortescue's  works  in  u 
tensive  public  libraries  has  been  unavail 


Unfubushbd  Letter  of  Cha&ij» 
To  the  manv  admirers  of  dear  £lia,  the 
characteristic  letter  from  his  pen,  hitherl 
lished,  will  be  welcome.     The  AthentBum 

*<  We  are  mdebted  to  a  friend  for  the  followii 
lished  Letter,  written  many  years  ago  by  Ch 
to  a  bookseller,  on  receipt  of  two  books*  of  p 
being  The  Maid  of  Elvar,  by  Allan  Cannii 
other  Barry  Comwairs  Songs  and  Ihramatic  Ft 

**<  Thank  you  for  the  books.  I  am  asham 
tythe  thos  of  yonr  press.  I  am  worse  to  a  pab 
the  two  Universities  and  the  Brit.  Mus. — ^A 
forthwith  read.  B.  C  (I  can't  get  out  of  the . 
have  more  than  read.  Taken  altogether  'tis 
— but  what  delicacies!  I  like  moat  *  King 
Glorious 'hove  all  *  The  Lady  with  the   Ilundr 

—  *The  Owl'  —  *  Epistle  to  what's  his  name 
may  be  I'm  partial)—*  Sit  down,  sad  soul ' — *  Tfc 
Jubilee '  (but  that's  old,  and  yet  'tis  never  ol( 
Falcon ' — *  Felon's  Wife  *  —  Damn  *  Mad*"*^-  Paa 
that  is  borrowed  — 

Apple  pie  is  very  good. 
And  so  is  apple  pasty. 

But 

0  Lard !  'tis  very  nasty. 

—  but  chiefly  the  Dramatic  Fragments  —  scare* 
which  should  have  escaped  my  Specimens,  had  a 
name  been  prefixed.  They  exceed  hia  first.  — 
for  the  nonsense  of  poetry ;  now  to  the  serious  b 
life.  Up  a  court  (Blandford  Court)  in  Pall  JMal 
at  the  back  of  Marlbro*  House,  with  iron  gate 
and  containing  2  houses),  at  No.  2,  did  lateiy  h 
man,  my  taylor.  lie  is  moved  somewhere  in  tl 
hood  —  devil  knows  where.  Pray  find  him  out 
him  the  opposite.  I  am  so  much  better  —  tho' 
shakes  in  writing  it — that  after  next  Sunday,  I 
see  F.  and  you.  Can  you  throw  B.  C.  in  ?  • —  \V 
the  wheels  of  my  HogaJth  ?  " 

The  Eastern  Etuiopiaks.  —  I  am  of 
that  the  Eastern  Ethiopians  were  colonies 
dooists  planted  on  both  sides  of  the  Paroj 
by  Osins  on  his  expedition  for  the  cono 
India.  On  this  expedition,  to  which  ampl 
mony  is  borne  by  many  ancient  writers,  he 
to  have  been  accompanied  by  Apollo  and 
Osiris  is  the  same  as  JBrama,  Apollo  as  Rao 


S^d  S.  V.  Apwl  80,  '64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


365 


Pecht  is  the  Hanuman  of  Hindoo  tradition ;  thej 
^crure  conspicaously  in  the  conquest  of  India,  as 
related  by  native  historians.  The  Eastern  Ethio- 
pians,  or  Ilindooists,  resemble  the  ancient  Egyp- 
tians in  customs,  physiognomy,  architecture,  reu- 
■gion,  and  names. 

When  I  yisited  the  tombs  of  the  kings  at  Thebes, 
and  the  tombs  at  Beni-Hassan,  I  saw  that  the 
paintinp^  on  the  walls  thereof  were  accurate  re- 

Eresentations  of  the  customs  of  the  Hindoos.  ^  I 
ave  seen  many  Indians,  whose  physiognomies 
and  colour  were  the  same  as  those  found  in  Egyp- 
tian sculptures  and  painting.  As  to  identity  m 
architecture  and  relij;ion,  i  need  only  remark 
that  the  sepoys  of  the  British  expedition  to  Egypt 
from  Bombay,  declared  that  the  Egyptian  pago- 
dahs  were  their  pagodahs,  and  the  images  of  gods 
in  them  their  gods,  before  whom  they^  performed 
poogah  or  the  ceremonies  of  their  religion. 

Sir  Walter  Raleigh,  in  his  History  of  the  World, 
Bays,  *'  I  see  no  reason  to  doubt  that  Osiris  was 
Misraim."  If  we  concur  with  Raleigh,  and  pursue 
this  idea  still  further,  we  shall  find  that  the  per- 
Bona^s  of  the  Hindoo  trinity — viz.  Brama,  Rama 

£r  Vishnu),  and  Scva,  are  the  remembrances  of 
israim,  Rama,  and  Seba  of  Genesis. 
I  give  one  example  of  sinularity  in  names — Rha- 
inasameeno  is  the  well-known  name  of  an  Egyp- 
tian kioir.  Rama.samec  is  a  common  Hindoo  name. 

H.C. 
Acrostic.  —  In  looking  over  an  old  MS.  book 
the  other  day,  I  found  the  following  acrostic  on 
^  Christ,*'  which  you  may,  perhaps,  think  not  un- 
worthy of  insertion :  — 

"  C  ome  unto  me  all  ye  that  mourn, 
H  ero  is  refreshment  from  the  Spring ; 
li  emember  I  for  you  was  born — 
I  am  your  Sa\*iour,  Lord,  and  King. 
S  alvation  solely  is  in  me. 
T  e  Deum  laudaraus,  Domine !  " 

R.  W.  II.  Nash. 

An  Old  Tale  with  a  New  Title.  —  An  old 
Irish  story  has  been  recently  passed  upon  The 
StandarcCs  "  Own  Correspondent"  (Manhattan)  as 
a  new  American.  The  other  day,  he  tells  us, 
a  Southerner,  being  about  to  accept  a  bill  for  some 
purchases,  inquired  the  cost  of  a  protest;  and, 
when  answered,  a  dollar  and  a  half,  directed  the 
clerk  to  add  that  sum  to  the  bill,  as  it  was  sure 
not  to  be  honoured. 

The  story  is  not  Transatlantic,  for  it  is  a  Dub- 
liner.  Neither  is  it  new ;  for  (as  Mb.  Redmond 
will  perhaps  vouch),  on  hearsay  at  least,  it  has 
passed  its  grand  climacteric.  My  old  acquaint- 
ance and  brother-chip,  Joe  L ,  had,  somehow 

or  other,  persuaded  a  goodnatured  tradesman, 
who  nevertheless  had  his  misgivings  on  the  sub- 
ject, into  cashing  his  bill.  "Now,  Counsellor," 
said  he,  pushing  the  gold  over  the  counter,  *'  you 
will  settle  this  little  matter  ?  "    "  Settle  it !"  re- 


plies'Joe,  "  to  be  sure  and  I  will,  and  the  protest 
too."  E.  L.  S. 

Curious  Passage  in  St.  Augustine. — Julian 
the  Pelagian  had  put  forth  the  following  charge 
against  St.  Augustine :  — 

*<I>izeras:  Non  osm  sine  vol untate  delictum.  £t  re- 
Bpondisti :  Sed  per  unius  voluntatem  ease  delictum.  Num- 
qidd  eoncinit  superiori  defiaitioai,  qu»  ablativi  casus 
prapoiitione  mnnitur,  secuta  responsio  per  prapositionem 
accomtivi  casus  illata.*' 

To  which  the  holy  Father  returned  the  follow- 
ing playful  answer :  — 

**  Utinam  tu  potius  istorum  Christi  piscatoram  retibus 
tenaciter  salubriterquc  capiaris :  turn  accusatiyum  casum, 
quo  ipse  a  te  ipso  es  accusatus,  et  ablativum,  quo  de 
Ecclesia  CathoUca  es  ablatus,  correctus  melius  declinabis. 
Prropositioncs  autem  si  recte  atque  integre  scqueris,  cur 
non  istos  doctores  Ecclesizc  (Ililarium  et  Ambrosium) 
tibi,  deposita  dationc,  pneponis."  —  Contra  Julianmm, 
lib.  iv.  §  97. 

F.  C.  H. 


<3iVLtviti. 


Abraham  Brook  published  "  Miscellaneous 
Experiments  and  Remarks  on  Electricity^  the  Air^ 
Pumpy  and  Barometer,  Norwich,  4to,  1789."  He 
was  a  bookseller  at  Norwich  (Nichols's  Lit.  Anec, 
iii.  672.)     More  concerning  him  is  much  desired. 

S.  Y.  R. 

Mrs.  Margaret  Brtan,  who  kept  a  school  at 
Margate,  published  Lectures  on  Natural  Philo- 
sophy, 4to,  1806.  There  are  two  portraits  of  her 
alter  Shelley,  one  engraved  by  Ridley,  and  the 
other,  in  which  her  children  are  also  represented, 
engraved  by  Nutter.  The  latter  is  esteemed  a 
fine  work.  I  am  desirous  of  ascertaining  when 
she  died.  .        S.  Y.  R. 

Danish  Coin.  —  Will  any  correspondent  of 
"  N.  &  Q."  state  the  designation  and  value  of  a 
Danish  coin  which  bears  the  following  inscrip- 
tion ?-"TolfSkilling  Danske,  1711, C.^  W.";  and 
having  on  the  obverse,  "  Dei  G.  Rex  Dan.  Nor. 
V.C. ;"  also  a  crown  and  a  kind  of  monogram  com- 
prising two  Fs  crossing  each  other,  and  two  Js, 
one  on  each  of  the  Fs.  J-  H-  D. 

Joseph  Downes.  —  There  was  published,  in 
1823,  The  Proud  Shephertrs  Tragedy,  a  scenic 
poem,  edited  by  Josepli  Downes.  Can  any  one 
mform  me  who  was  the  autlior  ?  Iota. 

DuMMERER. — Does  this  mean  one  who  pretends 
to  be  dumb  ? 

''A  great  temptation  to  all  mischief,  it  [Poverty]  com- 
pels some  mitierable  wretches  to  countciteit  several  dis- 
eases .  .  .  Wo  have  dummerers,  Abraham-men,"  &c. — 
Barton,  Anat.  Mel.  1,  2,  4,  C. 

J.  D.  CAMrnELL. 

Hemino  op  Worcester,  —  Can  your  corre- 
spondent H.  S.  G.  (3"»  S.  V.  268)  kindly  inform 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[Sf^aV.  April  30,  "ei 


me  what  crest  and  motto  were  borne  by  John 
Heming,  Mayor  of  Worcester  in  1677  ?  I  believe 
the  former  was  a  lion  gules,  statant,  gardant, 
on  a  cap  of  maintenance,  but  the  latter  I  have 
not  been  able  to  trace.  G.  G.  H. 

Thomas  Hopkirk,  residing  at  or  near  Glasgow, 
published  several  botanical  works.  The  last  I 
nave  seen  noticed  appeared  in  1817.  I  shall  be 
glad  of  any  information  respecting  him. 

S.  Y.  R. 

Language  used  in  the  Courts  of  the  Roman 
Procurator  in  Palestine,  at  the  Time  of 
Our  Lord.  —  What  was  the  language  in  which 
the  trials,  in  the  Court  of  the  Roman  Procurator, 
were  conducted  in  Palestine  at  the  time  of  Our 
Lord  ?  Also,  was  it  the  custom  of  the  Romans, 
when  they  conq^uered  a  new  country,  to  use  their 
own  language  m  their  law  courts  t  or  did  they 
adopt  that  of  the  conquered  people  ?  I  shall  be 
obliged  by  any  references  to  works  which  will 
afford  information  on  this  subject.  A.  T.  L. 

"The  Literary  Magnet,"  1824.— In  this 
periodical  (pp.  200,  407),  are  two  extracts  from 
a  play  on  the  subject  of  Virginius  by  G.  A.  From 
a  note  it  would  appear  that  the  author  had  written 
his  tragedy  during  a  year*s  residence  in  Italy,  and 
went  to  Venice  to  show  it  to  Lord  Byron.  Who 
was  the  author  ?  Iota. 

Marrow  Bones  and  Cleavers.  —  Searching 
amon<!st  some  old  papers  a  few  days  ago,  I  found 
the  following,  which  was  written  in  the  year  181G 
to  a  gentleman  residing  at  Pentonville,  upon  the 
marriage  of  one  of  his  daughters  :  — 

"  IIoNouuGD  Sir. — With  submission,  wo  the  Drums, 
Fifes,  and  Marrow-bone  and  Cleaver  Men  present  our 
respectful  Compliments  to  you  on  the  Happy  and  Honour- 
able ^larriage  of  your  Amiable  Daugliter.  Wishint; 
Health,  HappinesiC  and  I-iong  to  Live — Hoping  for  to 
receive  the  usual  Gratuity  given  by  Gentlemen  uu  these 
Joyful  and  Happy  occurrences, 

** Sir,  from  your  most  ob*  Ser\''. 

"  Waiting  your  pleasure." 

Can  you   inform  me  whether  it  was  in  those  ! 
days  usual  for  marrow-bones  and  cleavor-nien  to 
attend  at  marriages.  II.  S.    j 

Lincoln's  Inn.  | 

The  Mollt  Wash-dish. — I  am  rather  anxious 
to   introduce  a  little  friend   of  mine  to  i)ublic 
notice ;  and,  at  the  same  time,  to  nscertain  whe-  ; 
ther  his  somewhat  curious  habits  are  peculiar  to 
himself,  or  common  to  his  race  ? 

Early  in  last  spring,  my  windows  were  suddenly  ! 
assailed  by  a  series  of  very  rapid  and  pertinacious 
tappings  :  nor  was  it  long  before  we  discovered —  ; 
for,  indeed,  he  made  no  attempt  to  conceal  him-  , 
self — that  they  were  the  work  of  a  certain  pied- 
wagtail,  called,  I  believe,  by  the  li'arned,  MotaciUa 
YarreUii;  and  by  the  unlearned,  al  au'j  irA.^  m 


these  western  part*,  with  utter  recklessness  a« :: 
gender,  Molly  Wash-dish. 

His  mode  of  proceeding  was  to  {uck  out  a  ee- 
tain  pane,  or  panes  of  glass,  in  some  panicnlc 
window,  and  to  fly  frantically  at  it  frwa  i 
neighbouring  bough ;  making  a  peck  at  it  « 
every  assault,  and  leaving  a  labyriath  of  link 
sticky  marks  upon  the  glass,  which  seemed  to  U 
effected  by  the  protrusion  of  the  tongue. 

Grenerally  speaking,  I  fancy  I  have  been 
to  perceive  the  cause  of  these  visitatioois  in  eo^j 
tain  minute  gnats  within  the  window ;  but  soo- 
times,  I  think,  the  force  of  habit  has  carried  b 
on  without  any  such  inducement. 

Beginning  at  daylight,  he  maintained  tbe  r 
day  by  day  throughout  the  summer;  and  vk 
scared  away  from  one  window  by  the  detm 
influence  of  a  book  or  newspaper  placed  »g^ 
his  point  tTappuiy  he  was  pretty  sure  to  be  kc 
in  a  few  mmutes  tapping  away  at  another,  |r 
haps  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  house ;  andot^ 
sionally  prosecuting  his  labours  upon  t&epr 
front  of  a  rain-guage  on  the  green. 

Winter  came,  and  we  heard  no  more  of  it 
but  now,  with  returning  spring,  here  befi 
work  again  every  fine  day,  '*  from  mom  Isiir 
eve** — tap,  tap,  as  persevering,  as  impodiC^ 
shall  I  say  ?  as  tiresome  as  ever. 

I  fear  it  may  be  considered  someiAftO* 
demnatory  of  my  powers  of  observation  ;te^ 
have  not  yet  been  able  to  make  sure,  whetaff^ 
visitant  is  singular  or  plural ;  but,  if  the  («■& 
he  certainly  makes  the  best  of  his  time,  andss* 
to  niannsre  sometimes,  like  Sir  13oyle  Bodi^- 
celebrated  bird,  to  be  in  two  places  at  oneei  1> 
it  possible  that  he  can  be  a  transmigrated  9^" 


rapper .'' 


C.  W\  BlXGBlS. 


The  Christian  Name,  Muktha.  —  AnK«|S 
old  Irish  families  the  above  Christian  VAToit^ 
generally  found,  but  it  is  fast  fading  away.  I  x 
derstand  it  is  Englished  into  "Mortimer'"  Iwi* 
to  know  something  of  its  derivation  and  origins 
a  baptismal  name,  as  I  have  met  it  out  of  IreUs^ 
and  not  amongst  tho:iie  of  Irish  oft'^pring. 

S.  Redmosv. 

Liverpool. 

IIev.  W.  Nicols. — Through  the  kin«]ness  of* 
friend,  there  has  lallen  under  my  notice  a  veiy 
interesting  work,  entitled  "  De  Uteris  Infentu 
Lihri  Sex.  Auctore  Gulielmo  Nicols,  A.M.  Loa- 
dini,  MDccxi."  with  a  frontispiece  engraved  hy 
Gribelin,  representing,  as  I  suppose,  the  author 
sitting  in  his  library.  It  is  a  Latin  poem  in  hex- 
ameters and  pentameters  addressed  to  Hiomas' 
Ilerbert,  Earl  of  Pembroke,  and  extending  ovt^r 
nearly  three  hundred  pa^es.  It  is  illustrated  by 
many  valuable  notes,  which  display  the  rarieil 
learning  and  extraordinary  research  of  the  writer, 
«xvii  \^  lMTcCve^<^  V\n3^  c»^v&\ia  indices  of  authors 


V.  April  30,  '64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


35; 


nd  subjects  treated.  From  internal  evi- 
t  appears  that  Mr.  Nicols  was  a  native  of 
T  or  the  neighbourhood,  a  student  of 
Dhurch,  OxforcU  when  Fell  was  Dean,  and 
rds  rector  of  Stockport,  in  Cheshire.  It 
}e  interesting  to  know  something  more  of 
very  learnt  man.  I  ima^^ine  the  work 
e  of  rare  occurrence,  as  I  have  no  re- 
mce  of  having  seen  it  in  any  bookselIer*s 
ue.*  E.  H.  A. 

kCUING    MlRISTEBS    SUSPENDED.  —  Ou    the 

April,  1605,  Norden,  rector  of  Hamsey, 
iwes,  and  nine  other  '^preaching  ministers,'* 
liocese  of  Chichester,  were  deprived  by  the 
ihop  of  Canterbury,  on  his  metropolitical 
•n  at  East  Grinstesul.  What  was  the  offence 
ch  these  clergymen  were  so  deprived  ? 
bop  of  the  diocese  does  not  possess  the  re- 
nformation.  Wtnne  E.  Baxter. 

Tioif  OF  Population.  —  Cobbett,  in  his 
lides  (p.  352),  thus  writes  of  the  Vale  of 

d  never  been  at  Nether  Avon,  a  village  in  this 
but  I  bad  often  heard  this  valley  described  as 
le  finest  pieces  of  land  in  all  England.  I  knew 
re  were  about  tkiriy  parish  churches,  standing  in 
of  about  thirty  miks,  and  in  an  average  width  of 
mite;  and  I  was  resolved  to  see  a  little  into  the 
hat  could  have  induced  our  fathers  to  build  all 
irches,  especially  if,  as  the  Scotch  would  have  us 
there  were  but  a  mere  handful  of  people  in 
until  of  late  years." 

describing  the  beauties  of  the  Valley,  and 
:  that  the  land,  from  its  great  riches,  is 

of  maintaining  a  large  population,  which 
lot  now,  Mr.  Cobbett  proceeds  :  — 

nanifest  enough,  that  the  population  of  this  vallev 
)no  time,  many  times  over  what  it  is  now ;  for, 
rst  place,  what  were  the  twenty-nine  churches 
f  The  population  of  the  twenty-nine  parishes 
823)  but  little  more  than  one  half  of  that  of  the 
rish  of  Kensington ;  and  there  are  several  of  the 
bigger  than  the  church  at  Kensington.  What, 
)uld  all  these  churches  have  been  built  forf 
ides,  where  did  the  hands  come  from?  And 
id  the  money  come  from?  In  three  instances, 
lilston,  and  Roach-Fen  (seventeen,  twenty -three, 
dty-four,)  the  church  porches  will  hold  all  the 
Its,  even  down  to  the  bedridden  and  babies, 
len,  will  any  man  believe  that  these  churches 
It  for  such  little  knots  of  people  ?  " 

any  of  the  readers  of  "  N.  &  Q."  do  me 
>ur  to  answer  Mr.  Cobbett*s  several  in- 
*  And  in  answering  them,  I  particularly 
I  causes  of  the  twenty-nine  churches  being 
be  stated  at  length;  the  date  of  the  erec- 
each  church ;  and  desire  to  be  informed 
local  histories  afibrd  any  information  on 


J  notices  of  the  works  of  this  learned  di- 
isnlt  NicboJj's  LUemry  An^cdotet,  i.  490,  and 
A4>araim§  ZiOerarms,  1753,  iL  I03I— 1037.— 


the  subject?  "Where  the  hands  and  the  money 
came  from,  I  am  anxious  to  learn. 

Fba.  MEWnUBN. 

Episcopal  Seal. — Figure  of  a  bishop  with 
crosier  uid  mitre,  under  canopy,  his  right-hand 
raised.  Below,  a  smaller  figure  of  the  same, 
hands  joined  and  upraised.  Inscription  —  "  S. 
Thom^ .  dei .  gracia  .  episcopi  .  inanuemU^^  To 
what  see  does  this  belong?  C.  J. 

>  Stobt,  Norfolk.  —  Can  any  one  inform  the 
inquirer  what  were  the  arms  and  pedigree  of  the 
Kev.  William  Armine  Story,  who,  about  1760, 
was  rector  of  Bamham-Broom,  vicar  of  Kimberley, 
and  chaplain  to  Lord  Wodehouse  ?  It  is  supposed 
that  the  family  migrated  to  Norfolk  from  some 
northern  county.  Oxonieksis. 

Tam AR,  IN  Devonshire. — Can  any  Devonshire 
anti(|uary  inform  me  of  the  situation  and  present 
condition  of  the  ancient  manor  house  of  Tamar, 
or  Uptamer,  in  Devon  ?  That  it  was  a  place  of 
considerable  importance  in  the  thirteenth  and  four- 
teenth centuries  is  evident,  from  the  fact  of  license 
to  crenellate  it  having  been  granted ;  and  though 
De  la  Pole,  at  p.  51  of  his  Hist,  of  Devon,  says  it 
was,  in  the  reign  of  "  King  £dw.  L,  the  seat  of 
Sir  Wm.  Cole,  Knt."  ^whose  family  was  after- 
wards settled  at  Slade,  m  Cornwood),  he  does  not 
state  in  what  parish  it  was,  nor  give  any  clue  as 
to  its  locality.  Lysons's  Devon,  and  the  other 
topographical  works  on  the  county  which  I  have 
consulted,  afford  me  no  assistance  in  my  attempt 
to  identify  Tamer.  J.  E.  C. 

Zapata:  Spain.  —  Are  there  any  records  or 
traditions  of  any  members  of  this  famous  family 
having  settled  in  this  country  under  a  name  equi- 
valent to  the  English  translation  of  their  Spanish 
name?  Do  any  such  cases  of  translation  of  foreign 
names  occur  among  English  surnames  ? 

S.  G.  R. 

Tub  Pitt  Diamond.— Can  any  one  inform  me 
what  were  the  circumstances  which  induced  King 
Greorge  TV.  and  hb  ministers  to  send  to  the  Shah 
of  Persia,  for  his  acceptance,  the  valuable  Pitt 
Diamond?  It  was  like  sending  "  coals  to  New- 
castle," as,  perhaps,  there  was  no  other  potentate 
who  possessed,  previously,  so  large  and  valuable 
a  collection  of  diamonds.  L arat. 

[Our  correspondent's  aathority  for  this  notice  of  the 
?itt  diamond  is  probably  Mr.  Edward  B.  Eastwick,  who, 
in  his  recently  published  work,  informs  as,  that  *<  Among 
the  Shah's  rings  is  one  in  which  is  set  the  famous  Pitt 
diamond,  sent  by  George  IV.  to  Fath  All  Shah."  iJour- 
nalofa  DiphnuUes  Tfcrte  r«wif  Bundentft  V»v  Y«T««>k 
Governor  Pill,  a»\^^A\Vxv<i^l^sl,l(^\^5B^A\«^^w»^^^^ 
to  the  Duke  ot  Ot\wv%  ^«  'i^Rft.^JR^  «w«^^  ^>^^fiMSl^ 
and  vcbeVicve  it  BX\\\\jfc\wi^\»^^^^'^  "" 


3r^  S.  V.  April  80,  *€4.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


359 


THE  TINCLARIAN  DOCTOK. 

(8--  S.  V.  74.) 

As  some  little  interest  attaches  to  the  lucubra- 
'  tions  of  this  cxceedinglj  odd  personage,  and  as 
the  rarity  of  his  productions  is  undoubted,  the 
following  additions  to  the  bibliographical  inform- 
ation on  the  subject  maj  not  be  unacceptable, 
especially  to  your  correspondent  J.  O. 

Mitchell,  previous  to  the  year  1713,  collected 
toj^ethcr  the  tractates  originally  published  sepa- 
rately by  him  in  a  volume,  small  4to,  with  the 
following  title :  — 

**  The  whole  works  of  that  eminent  Divine  and  His- 
torian Doctor  William  Mitchell,  Professor  of  Tinklarian- 
ism  in  the  University  of  the  Bowhead.  Bcin^  Essays  of 
I>lvinity,  Humanity,  History,  and  Philosophy.  Com- 
posed at  various  occasions  for  his  own  Satisfaction, 
jReader's  Edification,  and  the  World's  Illumination. 

**  Together  with  the  Histon'  and  Misterie  of  Divil  and 
l>ivil8.  Popes  and  Pagans,  Priests  and  Preh&ts,  with  a 
Chronology  of  the  most  famous  Persons  in  the  World, 
and  a  Discription  of  the  Devil's  Regiments  and  his  own 
Arthodox  Religion,  &c.  Edinburgh:  Printed  in  the 
3-ear  1712.** 

1.  The  6rst  of  these  extraordinarv  brochures  is 
"  The  third  Addition  of  the  Tincklar's  Religion, 
enlarf;ed,  with  a  Discription  of  Sixteen  of  the 
DeviPs  Regiments.**  It  commences  with  a  notice, 
that  those  who  "  desire  to  have  m^  Testament, 
let  them  come  and  have  a  part  of  it  at  my  shop 
at  the  Head  of  the  West  Bow  in  Edinburgh. 
Those  that  buys  my  whole  works  shall  have  them 
At  an  easie  rate." 

2.  Is  an  Introduction  to  the  first  part  of  the 
Tincklar's  Testament,  dedicated  "  to  the  Queen*s 
most  excellent  Majebtie  by  William  Mitchel, 
Tine- Plate- Worker,  in  Edinburgh.  Edinburgh, 
printed  by  John  Reid,  in  BelPs  Wynd,  1711." 

In  the  dedication  to  Queen  Anne,  her  l^Iajesty 
18  informed  that  — 

**  Many  of  the  Ministers  of  North  Britaine  call  me  a 
fool ;  I  confess  I  have  not  so  much  wit  as  the  Reverend 
Lord  hisliops  of  Engbuid  have.  Yet  I  have  as  much  wit 
as  some  of  the  ministers  can  pretend  to,  and  when  yoor 
Majesty  sees  these  books,  ye  shall  find  it  so.** 

It  must  be  admitted  that  some  of  the  printed 
north  country  sermons  of  tlie  time  warranted  the 
affronted  Tincklar  in  his  censure.  This  tract  con- 
sists of  title,  dedication,  and  thirty-six  pages. 

3.  Then  comes  — 

**  A  part  of  the  first  part  of  the  Tincklar*8  Testament, 
winch  18  dedicated  to  the  Present  Presbyterian  Ministers 
in  Scotland.  Having  dedicated  my  Introduction  to  the 
Queen*8  most  sacred  Majesty,  on  whom  I  rely,  [who]  will 
protect  me,  and  allow  me  as  much  money  as  wul  canry  on 
iny  work." 

**  1  Cor.  eha{k.  L  v.  26,  *  Not  many  wise  men  after  the 
flesh,  not  many  mhrhtv,  not  roaiir  noble,  are  called.'  By 
WiJJiaa  Mtte&lTTfnklMr,  in  Edmbargb," 


This  is  also  printed  by  Reid,  and  consists  of 
twenty-eiirht  leaves. 

4.  "  The  Tinklar*s  Speech  to  the  m^st  Loyal 
Countryman,  the  Honourable  Laird  of  Carn- 
wath."  It  has  no  title-page,  but  is  dated  Jan- 
uary 1,  1712.  Fp.  16.  This  gentleman  was 
George  Lockhart,  of  Camwath,  whose  Memoirs 
of  the  affairs  of  Scotland  are  well  known  to 
Scotch  historical  students.  The  Tincklar  tells 
Mr.  Lockhart  that  he  cannot  but  commend  Dr. 
Fitcaim  and  the  Queen*s  two  Advocates,  and 
some  of  the  Lords  of  Session,  and  Frovost  Black- 
wood, *'  for  giving  me  money  for  carrying  on  my 
work,  because  they  are  men  of  sense  beyond  all 
others.**  Fitcaim  was  the  well-known  Jacobite 
wit  of  that  day,  and  author  of  that  very  clever 
but  indelicate  comedy  The  Assembly,  in  which 
the  ruling  clergy  in  Scotland  are  castigated  in 
the  most  exemplary  manner. 

5.  Kext  comes  — 

«  The  great  TinckUrian  Doctor  Mitchel,  his  speech  to 
the  Commendation  of  the  Scriptures,  hcing  a  part  of  his 
Testament,  dedicated  to  them  that  confuse  themselves 
with  business,  and  take  not  time  to  read  the  Bible ;  and 
to  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Church  of  Scotland, 
especially  to  Sir  James  Beard  of  Saughtoun-H:dl,  the 
worst  among  us  all ;  he  desires  not  to  be  commended, 
although  I  could  to  an  high  degree.*'  No  date  or  place. 
Pp.  16. 

We  have,  6thly,  "The  Great  Tincklarian  Doctor 
Mitchel,  his  fearful  Book  to  the  Condemnation 
of  all  Swearers,  dedicated  to  the  DeviPs  Cap- 
tains." This  issued  from  Reid*s  press,  1712,  and 
consbts  of  thirty-two  leaves.  The  preceding  arc 
all  in  small  4to. 

7.  The  Doctor  next  appears  as  a  civic  reformer, 
in  a  Broadside  of  one  leaf,  folio,  entitled  "  The 
Tincklar*s  Proposal  for  the  better  Reformation  of 
the  city  of  Edinburgh,  toother  with  his  Serious 
Advice  to  the  Magistrates. 

8.  Is  entitled  "  Great  News,  Strange  Altera- 
tion concerning  the  Tinckler,  who  wrote  his  Tes- 
tament long  before  his  death,  and  no  man  knows 
his  heir.**  In  this  folio  broadside  of  one  leaf,  he 
proposes  to  be  made  — 

«« Captain  in  the  Town-Guard.  The  Captain  yc  keep  has 
been  a  100  pounds  Scots  out  of  my  wav,  for  none  shoifld 
have  that  post  but  them  that  have  sense  to  give  reason 
for  it;  for  when  the  fire  was  entering  my  shop,  Ihaving 
lost  my  key  by  confusion  at  the  fire,  he  onleretl  his  Soul- 
diers  not  to  let  me  break  open  my  shop  door  UU  my  now 
dock  and  most  part  of  my  work  were  burnt." 

Undonbtedly  a  good  riddance  of  mbbish,  in  the 
opinion  of  the  magistracy.  This  wholesale  burn- 
ing may  explain  the  i)resent  rarity  of  these  strange 
emisions.    It  consists  of  one  leaf,  folio. 

9.  Is  dated  Oct.  19,  1711,  and  is  the  "Petition 
of  William  Mitchel,  ^^^\v\ft•\xwl^rtsi.^^\^^'^A^^^ 

Majesty  — 


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NOTES  AND  QUEKIES. 


Cd^a  V.  AmiLo^.'it 


*'  I  have  little  time  to  spare  but  when  I  should  sleep, 
because  I  have  many  tender  children  to  provide  for,  and 
1  have  but  a  poor  employment,  called  a  VVliite  Iron  Man, 
out  of  the4r  ignorance." 

He  continues  in  the  following  strain :  — 

**  I  had  a  post  to  give  light  to  some  people  for  twelve 
years,  but  some  of  the  Council  of  Edinburgh  took  it  from 
nic ;  because  I  was  not  like  tbemselres.  After  that  I  got 
another  post  by  an  inward  Call  fh>m  the  Spirit,  to  give 
light  to  the  Ministers,  and  I  wrote  much  to  them  from 
the  Scripture  and  reason,  to  Reform  them,  and  now  I 
fmd  I  have  no  success ;  they  will  not  hear  me,  so  as  to 
reform  either  practice  or  Preachings;  and  more,  they 
give  me  as  little  Omage  as  Mordecai  gave  to  Haman ; 
they  go  by  me  and  comes  by  me,  and  never  lifts  their  hats, 
altl^ough'your  Majesty's  letter  to  the  Archbishop  of 
Canterbury  and  my  Books  jumps  to  a  straw. 

**  However,  now  I  am  clear  of  their  Blood,  and  I  shall 
hold  them  as  obstinate;  I  am  now  to  let  your  Majesty 
know,  that  there  is  two  posts  vacant  in  North  Britain ; 
the  one  is  the  Lord  Mare  Provest  of  Edinburgh,  theotlier 
is  the  Governor  of  Blackness  Castle,  ten  miles  fron^gEdin- 
burgh ;  where  is  a  hundred  men  keeps  a  cairn  of  stones, 
and  althoogh  there  were  no  man  there,  no  man  would 
take  away  one  stone,  because  the  stones  is  wealthie  in 
that  place.  Now  I  believe  your  Majesty  may  know  that 
there  will  be  no  need  of  me  as  Govemour  there." 

To  remedy  existing  evils,  the  Doctor  proposes 
that  her  Majesty  should  make  him,  or  any  other 
honest  tradesman,  Provost  of  Edinburgh,  a  city 
where  the  need  of  a  respectable  ruler  was  much 
needed.  There  were  many  tradesmen  "  worthie  of 
the  honour  "  he  assures  the  Queen  :  — 

•*  The  Tradesmen  of  Edinburgh  is  mlghtilie  oppressed 
by  the  Merchants  there.  When  a  Merdiant  comes  to 
have  as  much  wit  as  to  ask  ten  Shillings  for  an  Ell  of 
Cloath,  that  they  might  sell  for  a  crowii,  and  when  Gen- 
tlemen and  houc'ttt  Tradesmen  comes  to  buy  it,  they  give 
it  because  they  mind  no  evil,  and  ko  the  Merchant  turns 
Rich,  and  made  a  Magistrate  in  the  Town,  and  the  Great 
Deacon  Convener  over  all  the  Tradesmen  in  Scotland, 
goes  behind  them  like  a  Gentleman*s  Man,  that  carries 
his  Master's  Cloke,  although  he  had  more  wit  then 
Ahithophel.  The  Merchants  will  not  suffer  a  Tradesman 
to  be  a  Magistrate  ext>cpt  they  deny  their  trade.  Judge 
yc  if  that  be  reasonable.  And  some  of  them  grow  so 
proud,  that  they  deny  their  Trade  to  be  made  a  Boilliu, 
80  to  get  fines,  or  a  share  of  the  Town's  revenues,  or 
common  good.  But  the  honest  Tradesman,  although  he 
bears  a  great  part  of  the  burdenlby  paying  stent  and 
onnuitie,  they  will  not  get  so  much  of  it  as  a  Drink  of  a 
cup.  They  will  send  soldiers  to  take  my  goods,  if  I  want 
money,  but  they  will  not  give  me  so  much  satisfaction  as 
to  tell  me  what  they  do  with  it.  1  had  a  small  salloric 
to  light  the  Town  Lamps;  they  took  it  from  me,  because 
I  lost  near  all  that  I  bad  the  year  before  by  a  dreadful 
lire ;  thc3'  laid  on  a  load  above  a  burden  upon  me,  and  by 
this  vour  Majesty  may  know  what  sort  of  stuff  we  have 
for  Magistrates; 'and  iV  it  please  your  Excellent  Majesty 
to  look  upon  our  ]>oor  and  opprcst  condition,  and  send 
relief  according  to  this  Petition." 

10.  Is  a  similar  Petition  to  the  Queen  —  a  folio 
broadside  of  one  page  —  upon  the  subject  of  the 
provnstship  then  vacant.     The  date  is  1711. 

J  J.  Another  address  of  four  pa|^es.    M  \\i^ 
end  the  Doctor  exclaims :  — 


"  Go  tell  her  Majesty  tliat  if  she  wants  money  to  pr 
her  soldiers,  give  the  Clergy  leai  wages,  and  Jky  ■■ 
duty  upon  Goulf  Clubs,  and  then  fewer  of  them  yiIs 
to  the  Goulf;  and  keep  fewer  Penaionen.  for  I  km 
there  are  in  Edinbuigh  gets  it,  that  doea  not  need  ii* 

12.  **The  Tincklarian  Doctor  Mitdiel*8  Spees 
against  the  Bishops  and  the  Book  of  Cobbx 
Prayer."  Four  leaves,  4to.  In  conclodiiu,  ik 
reader  is  desired  to  beware  '*  of  the  DefU  » 
George  Lapslie  in  the  Bowhead,  for  the  Tkt. 
came  roaring  out  of  his  mouth  ajt^nst  me  bdin 
Mr.  Webster.**  The  last-named  individulif 
undoubtedly  the  Presbyterian  clergjmtn,  sokc 
whose  productions  are  as  strange  as  those  of  c 
extruded  lamplighter. 

13.  Commences  thus :  — 
**  Frankly  and  Freely  dedicated  to  her  Majesty  Qtf 

Ann,  the  Tincklarian  Doctor   MitcheU  hia   Sp«L3 
James,  (me)  and  all  the  lioyal  Familj',  Jaly  2\  VZ'   J 

What  is  meant  by  "  me  **  is  not  very  inUS^ 

14.  Contains  — 
'*  The  Tincklarian  Doctor  Mitchel's  Speech  eo«tf 

Lawful  and  unlawful  Oaths.  Dedicated  to  all  thvs 
hath  tender  Consciences*  but  not  the  Wool  Mcnhs' 
the  Bow  Head.  I  reckon  some  of  tbem  hath  oat  i"' 
of  them  said  before  many  witneasea,  I  coaldtf* 
these  twelve  books  without  the  help  of  Doctffif' 
and  they  have  no  more  convictions  than  a  ^saf  ^ 
Beast  for  their  lies.  And  althou|s:h  Doctor  FSba^^. 
wise  man  in  his  own  trade,  I  would  rather  see  his^ 
!  before  I  seek  his  help  to  write  Books,  o 
and  if  they  make  any  more  lyca  upon 
them  worse  than  Doctor  Pitcaim  did 
taking  away  his  Good  name.  And 
Minister's  Dutie  to  Reprove  their  Paroch  for  Ljiof.^ 
to  call  any  Man  an  Aithest,  and  cannot  prove  c;  ^ 
now  to  the  purpose." 

This  reference  ixy  the  Webster  controTe^7  - 

especially  curious.    It  arose  in  this  way:  Dr.ft* 

cairn  was  present  at  a  book    auction  in  £<&* 

burgh,   at  which  Blounfs    Translation   of  P^ 

stratus  and  a  fine  copy  of  the  Scriptures  werep< 

up  for  sale.     For  the  former   tnere  was  £n£ 

competition,  and  the  life  of  the  impostor  re^iit^ 

a  considerable  sum,  whilst  for  the  latter  there  vcfc 

no  bidders.    Whereupon  the  Doctor  rcmarkeii. 

this  was  quite  natural,  *^  for  is  it  not  said,  Verkpi 

Dei  manet  in  (etemum  f  "     Webster  having  hear! 

I  this   witticism,  said  the  Doctor  was  a  profesMd 

<  Deist.     This  led  to  a  law-suit,  which  uiumatdr 

I  came   before  the  Court  of  Session,   when  ihei: 

,  Lordships  held,  that  as  Websttor  was  willing  to 

I  give  reasonable  satisfaction,  it  should  be  amittbl^ 

I  settled  out  of  court. 

'  The  argument  in  thi.4  amusing  squabble  is  verr 
I  graphically  given  by  Lord  Fouutainhall  in  his 
!  Decisions^  vol  ii.  p.  756,  —  a  work  which,  from 
I  being  considered  a  mere  law  book,  is  seldom 
■  looked  into ;  but  one  which  Sir  Walter  Scott 
'  used  to  esteem  as  one  of  the  most  curioof  and 
\  n^Vql^V^  VJv&Vcstv^'^  \^<:ATd%  u\  relation  to  Sciotiih 


I 


I 


of  the  Court  in  Webnter's  cose  is  dated  July  16, 
1712,  He  diii  wot  Jong  survive  this  judicial 
award,  as  he  died  on  October  13,  1713,  Pitcjurn 
was  »  staunch  EpiscopiJian,  and  an  untiring  op- 
ponent of  Calvinism.  There  ia  a  poem  of  mach 
wit  and  humour  by  him  called  "  Babel,"  whieh» 
after  remaining  more  than  a  century  in  MS.»  wiw 
privately  printed  for  the  Maitland  Society  by 
G.  K,  Kinloch,  Esq.,  4to,  1830.  It  is  hiirdly 
necessary  to  observe  that  the  Presbyterian  leaders 
are  very  severely  hanfllcd  in  it, 

Mr.  James  Webster  w  as  amrm^t  the  most  popular 
preadiicrs  of  his  time.  Some  of  your  readers  have 
perhaps  seen  thnt  sfrangCf-t  of  all  preachment*?, 
M&w*9  Pockwmihf  Sertnon^  of  which  many  editions 
appeared  during  the  earlier  period  of  last  cen- 
tury, and  which  was  included  in  the  very  scarce 
Memorioh  of  the  Famihj  of  Eoiv^  small  4 to,  Ste- 
venson, Edinbur^'b.  It  was  printed  fi^m  an 
original  cotemporary  MS*  Mr,  Webster's  Ser- 
mons are  somewhat  similar,  and  so  were  those 
of  many  of  bis  cotem|>oraries  which  have  been 
ijuoted  iu  the  Scotiih  Presbt/terian  Eloqttence  Dwr- 
ptnyed.  One  of  Webster's  sermons  is  before  me, 
called  **  An  Action  Sermon  preached  by  him  in 
the  Tolbooth  Kirk  on  Sabbath,  March  7,  1714, 
in  which  at  the  outset  he  says  that  Christ  made  a 
Testament,  leaving  ^*  the  Father  to  be  Tutor  and 
Curator  to  the  Puor  Orphans."  "  The  Holy  Ghost 
to  be  Exequitor.  and  icives  all  he  has  to  the 
Bairns  of  the  House/*  He  was  one  of  the  ministers 
of  the  Tolbooth  Church,  Edinburgh,  and  died  on 
May  17,  1720. 

15.  Is  called  the  seventh,  eighth,  ninth,  and 
tenth  Petition. 

"'lli«  Great  Tincklariim  Dortr-  xt:.  k,^  ^o  Her  5Ia- 
j<»ty  Qa<?en  Ann,   of  ScotUn*!.  Fraace,  and 

JreltiRd,  Defuiider  of  my  Failh,  <  b.    Aincn. 

•*  Sow  most  might}"  PfinccsA,  (^uetii  Ann,  I  must 
»peako  to  you :  M  tor  the  reat  of  the  world,  they  ure  not 
-^OfH.  tM^'  T,.,iMH  ^*ow  Kxcdktit  and  Sackred,  Grcjit,  aad 
Gr )  11  Ann.    Voor  Majesty  maat  know  tbst  1 

am  !  UwishcT  of  your  Majesty,  and  your  Hoyal 

Falbijr'b  F.itiiilie,  altho  ye  take  little  notice  of  me. 

**  But,  Uowtver,  I  am  not  oflended,  bucauM  I  live  much 
upon  fiiitli,  UN  1  told  your  Majeaty  the  ilrst  Petition  1 
wrote  10  TO  or  Majesty ;  for  what  ye  have  not  done,  I 
know  ye  wiU  do*  And  UiU  mukej^  nic  cont^ot.  AmeQ." 
Eight  page3^  quarto. 

The  16th  and  last  article  is,  "  The  TincJclarian 
Doct4>r  Mitcher»  Lainentatiou,  dedicated  to  Jamea 
Steuarr,  one  of  the  lioyal  Family."  4to,  four 
pa^es. 

I  am  not  aware  th«t  Mitchel  ever  attempted  to 
collect  his  subservient  productions  into  a  volume. 
Tliese  are  very  numerous,  and  for  the  most  part 
in  the  shape  of  broadsides  (folio).  Of  such  of 
these  as  are  in  tny  library  I  proiwsc  at  a  future 
penod  to  ^ve  some  account.  His  duodecimo 
volumes  are  not  so  nunierou*<.  One  oi"  them  i.s  a 
»ort  of  nutobhgivphf,  wriuen  a  few  years  before 


his  death.  The  only  copy  of  it  fl  iie  under 

my  notice  was  in  the  Librflrv  ^pal  Ijct^ 

and  was  subsequently  ac*  iUQ  from  Mr* 

Br»idw<.*od^  Bookseller,  L.  .et,  who  had 

discovered  it  in  a  btmdle  ot  pamplUetf*       J.  M. 


PrBLlCATION  OF  DIARIES. 
(!■*  S.  xiL  142;  ti""  S.  V,  107,  215,  *26!,  303.) 
I  refer  to  the  last  article  of  the  above  by  iti 
lines :  there  are  sixty  lines  in  a  column. 

(Lines  45-125,  157-159).  The  matter  now 
stands  thus.  Reuben  Burroir,  an  able  mathe* 
maticiauY  but  a  moet  vulgar  and  vcurrilous  dog, 
left  a  diary t  and  notes  in  some  of  his  booka,  con- 
taining much  cursin^:,  obMenity,  and  slander.  An 
extractor  from  his  diary  tones  htm  down  into  an 
able  but  ^somewhat  exccntric '^  mathematician* 
and  gives  tome  of  hit  little  imputations  upon 
other  matheoiatieianSf  without  giving  a  sufiicient 
DOtlon  of  the  dirt  which  was  lefl  behind.  This  is 
exposed,  for  the  take  of  history.  The  extractor 
declares  that  he  has  ^ven  a  proper  notion  of  the 
roan,  and  prwiuces  hi^  own  account  of  what  he 
bad  said.  The  rcuder  is  now  to  compare  the  lines 
above-metitioned  with  the  account  in  3'*  S.  y.  107, 
and  he  is  then  to  jud^re  the  case  for  himself. 
The  extractor  does  not  impeach  the  correctness  of 
the  additional  statements  and  quotations  of  his 
critic.  And  I,  in  my  turn,  testify  that  the  ex* 
tractor  has  given  his  account  of  himself  correctly 
enough,  in  the  main.  'Iliere  is  (96)  a  slitrht 
strengtiiening  of  what  he  had  said.  His  quota- 
tion from  Swale  is,  **  his  heart  was  good,  althouj^h 
his  habits  had  not  been  formed  by  the  hand  of  a 
master  " ;  this  is  not  nearly  so  strong  as  "  yet  his 
habits  were  not  justifiable,"  the  rendering  sub- 
stituted for  part  of  the  quotation.  And  (157*— 
159)  the  final  description  of  Reuben  Burrow  as  a 
**  somewhat  excentric  but  able  mathematician  "--- 
which  of  it^lf  is  enough  to  establish  my  case  — la 
not  repeated,  becauae  /  had  given  it:  so  more 
space  is  given  to  the  announcement  that  no  repe- 
tition was  wanted  than  woubl  have  contained  the 
repetition  itself  He  has  swelled  his  list  by  insert- 
ing the  merest  trifles:  for  instance,  one  of  his 
proofs  that  he  gave  his  readers  a  sufficient  account 
of  Burrow's  defects  is,  that  he  added  Dr.  Hutum*« 
name  in  italics,  in  explaining  a  sarcasm  of  Bur- 
row's. 

(25—34,  135—140.)  The  question  is  not  about 
Burrow's  opinion  of  naval  eiEciency,  Sec,  but 
whether  the  man  who,  in  a  case  in  which  we  can 
judge,  called  Lord  Howe  a  cursed  rogue,  and 
either  a  cowardly  scoundrel,  or  bribed  by  the 
enemy  —  to  say  nothing  of  other  cases — ^  is  a 
man  to  be  trusud  ^Vv^xv  W  ^XVan^*^  ^<i^'*^  tV<iT^^- 
fcrs.  Tb^  tviaji\<it  v«\\\  «j\>ifisr^^>ww«  o.^'^^Jvv^^^  "^"^^ 
tW  real  issue,  vs  v«<i\ii^>a^  >i)cL^  t^Vc^*=^*=f^' 


362 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[S<^S.Y.  APKLSO.Ii 


(133.)  It  IS  laid  down  that  there  is  "  some  ex- 
cuse "  for  the  imputations  which  were  deliberately 
committed  to  writing.  Let  the  reader  look  at 
the  excuse  for  the  foul  ianguaj^e  and  deliberate 
slander  which  the  extractor  veils  under  "  harsh 
expressions."  (125.)  Let  the  reader  also  judge 
this  probability. 

(189— 194.)  That  the  profits  of  authors,  &c. 
would  be  diminbhed,  is  no  justification  of  any 
omission  which  is  necessary  to  correct  judgment. 
And  if  those  whose  diaries  cannot  be  published 
in  a  proper  way  were  to  prohibit  such  publica- 
tion, all  the  better.   • 

(124.)  The  extractor  thinks  that  dots  at  the 
end  of  a  paragraph  sufficiently  indicate  a  suppres- 
sion at  twelve  lines  above  that  end. 

This  is  all  I  need  say  about  the  main  point, 
from  which  the  extractor  frequently  wanders,  and 
I  wander  after  him. 

(180—182.)  A  "  maze  of  special  pleading  and  a 
world  of  verbiage,"  should  have  been  a  world  of 
special  pleading  and  a  maze  of  verbiage.  Wordi* 
ness  may  produce  confusion,  but  special  pleading 
tends  to  discrimination.  Those  wno  use  specif 
pleading  as  a  cant  term  may  need  to  be  told 
that  it  ought  to  be  applied  to  the  mode  of  intro- 
ducing facts  or  making  distinctions,  and  may  be 
either  sound  or  unsound.  If  the  extractor  will 
learn  the  meaning  of  a  special  plea^  and  produce 
a  case  in  which  1  have  used  one,  I  undertake  to 
defend  it.  Verbiage  is  a  new  accusation,  as  ap- 
plied to  me:  it  means  unnecessary  number  of 
words.  Kequired  an  instance.  If  tlie  extractor 
only  picked  up  a  couple  of  epithets  out  of  the 
dictionary  of  dyslogisms,  I  can  only  say  that  I 
"hold  him  no  philosopher  at  all"  (182.)  I  in- 
vite an  explanation  of  the  words  in  marks  of 
quotation. 

(19 — 21.)  A  mi.NUse  of  a  simile.  When  I  looked 
into  the  quiver,  I  found  arrows  which  the  ex- 
tractor ought  to  have  discharged,  but  did  not. 
Out  of  this  neglect  I  made  other  arrows,  which  I 
used.  The  extractor  wrote  to  tell  me  where  the 
(juiver  was,  in  the  same  note  in  which  he  ex- 
pressed disapprobation  (surprise)  at  my  having 
sent  one  arrow  his  way.  What  could  he  have 
meant  but  to  invite  my  criticism  ? 

(156.)  To  "cover  a  position"  is  a  military 
phrase:  it  is  done  with  infantry,  artillery,  in- 
trenchments,  &c. ;  never  with  an  umbrella.  Vol- 
taire's traveller  quieted  the  oriental  sovereign 
who  was  afraid  of  an  invasion  from  the  Pope  by 
telling  him  that  the  Papal  troops  mounted  guard 
with  umbrellas.  (154.)  Logic  and  common  sense 
are  never  at  I'ault :  a  person  who  tries  to  use 
them  may  be  so ;  either  the  extractor  is  so,  or  I 
am. 

(166.)  Something  is  left  to  me  to  explain:  I 
cannot  do  it.  I  know  no  process  of  "logic"  by 
wliieh  (quotations  arc  found.    This  word  is  never 


used  by  the  extractor  without  a  misconceptioD : 
if  he  would  put  it  into  his  head,  he  would  not  pnt 
his  foot  into  it.  He  has  also  a  oonfusion  of  tUts 
kind.  I  said  I  would  give  all  I  could,  and  he 
might  find  more  if  he  could :  on  this  he  aika  hov 
he  is  to  find  more,  when  he  has  found  all  be 
could  ?  I  am  sure  I  do  not  know. 

(34—38.)  Apelles  is  very  well  brought  in,  hot 
with    an    incongruity.      Iiow   came    the  Gredk 
painter  to  talk  Latin  to  the  Greek  cobler?  The 
extractor  should  have  noted  that  though  Flinf. 
telling  the  whole  story  in  Latin,  made  ApeQe 
say  m  sutor  &c.  to  the  cobler,  it  is  grotesque  to 
make  him  still  talk  Latin  when  the  rest  of  tbe 
storjr  is  in  English.    Delambre  says  that  Alibm 
satirised   the   Ptolemaic    system    with    Si  Dim 
nCavait  cotuultSy  &c. ;  but  who  would  make  tJK 
Portuguese  king  talk  French  when  the  story  i 
told  in  English?  The  extractor  would  havebea 
fortunate  if  he  had  hit  upon  the  other  story  d 
the  same  kind,  also  told  of  Apelles ;  namely,  tk 
he  recommended  Alexander  of    Macedon,  wk 
talked  art  in  his  studio  like  a  king,    to  hM  k 
tongue,  lest   the  boys  who  were   grinding  W 
colours  should  laugh  at  him.     I  digress  to  wif 
a  note.    It  flashed  across  my  mind   that  lai 
seen  a  picture  of  this  scene ;  and   at  last  \^ 
membered  that  it  was  in  a  very^  early  nuabfii 
the  Penny  Magazine.    There   is  an  old  desgt 
said  to  be  Roman,  I  think,  representing  a  pablK 
a  grand  lord,  and  boys  grinding   colours.    Vl 
remember  right,  the  accompanying  article  did  dA 
give  a  hint  of  the  meaning,  nor  slate  that  it  v>i 
known.     But  the  picture  has  also  a  pupil  lookis! 
round  in  surprise,  a  pair  of  amateurs  making  quirt 
remarks  to  each  other,  and  a  goose,  or  at  least  i 
bird,  who  is  evidently  quizzing  the  whole. 

(100 — 105.)  Burrow  may  be  excused  his  ex- 
centricities,  because  another  genius  makes  puo5 
with  fine  points.  Poor  punsters  have  often  been 
abused,  but  never  was  anything  so  hardly  said  u 
that  a  (]iai'i:jt  who  deals  in  cursing,  obscenitv, 
and  slander,  may  have  these  exhibitions  palliated 
by  the  parallel  case  of  play  on  words  with  a 
fine  point  On  reading  this  passage,  I  came  to 
the  conclusion  that,  though  a  genius  is  spoken  of, 
/  am  the  person  satirised.  I  looked  through  my 
article,  and  not  a  pun  could  I  find.  But  as  my 
points  reciuire  a  microscope,  I  took  a  powerful 
one,  and  still  nothing  could  I  find  except  that  I 
had  said  Lord  Howe  knew  "  how  to  manage." 
But  really  I  meant  no  pun :  had  I  descended  as 
low  as  this,  I  should  not  have  missed  saying  that 
Ueuben  burrowed  in  filth.  At  last  I  found  what 
may  be  the  thing ;  but  the  i)<)wer  I  had  to  put 
on  was  very  high.  In  the  same  number  in  which 
the  extractor  read  my  article,  is  another  about 
Cromweirs  head.  Is  it  possible  the  extractor 
suspects  me  of  manoeuvring  with  the  Editor  to 
get  the  two  articles  into  one  number,  that  1 


3'»»S.V.  April  30, '64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUKKIES. 


mifrht  imply  a  controversj  was  in  pro;;reM  in 
*'  X.  &  Q."  as  to  which  was  most  <;renuine,  Crom- 
weirs  head  or  Burrow*8  tale ;  adding,  perhaps,  that  . 
the  articles  are  as  like  as  Macedon  and  Munuiouth, 
for  there  are  Wilkinsons  in  both  ?  All  I  can  say 
is  that  it  was  not  my  doing,  but  that  of  the  edi- 
tor, who,  I  observe,  has  put  the  two  things  abso- 
lutely next  to  each  other  in  the  number  now 
before  me.  Is  it  possible^  that  he  intended  to 
make  the  above  pun  in  private  life  ?  If  so,  Mb. 
T.  T.  AViLKiNSON  and  I  have  spoiled  his  market  ; 
that^s  one  comfort. 

Mr.  T.  T.  Wilkinson  was  presented,  but  not 
even  by  name,  as  an  instance  of  a  very  common 
and  "  innocent"  feeling  among  biographers,  un- 
due tenderness  towards  their  subjeirts.  This  was 
done  that  certain  imputations  which  a  very  foul- 
mouthed  man  had  cast  might  not  be  quoted  by 
those  who  could  not  know  what  manner  of  man 
had  made  them.  This  he  treats  as  ii  "  charge  " 
and  an  attack,  and  an  offence,  and  an  arraign- 
ment :  and  he  replies,  over  and  above  his  answer 
to  the  matter,  by  a  description  of  myself,  as  a 
•verbose,  special- pleading,  pun-with- fine-point- 
making,  great-gate-to -small-city-builder.  All 
this  I  take  in  good  part,  especially  considering 
how  great  a  gate  he  has  opened  for  me  out  of 
this  small  controversy.  He  says  I  have  been 
'*  attempting  to  create  matter  for  further  discus- 
sion "  :  I  reply  that  he  shall  not  get  one  woi*d 
more  out  of  me,  unless  he  will  give  me,  with 
obvious  knowledge  of  what  the  words  mean,  one 
instance  of  special  pleading,  and  one  instance  of 
verbiage.  But,  with  the  verbiage,  I  challenge 
him  to  show  how  the  same  thing  should  have  been 
said  in  fewer  words. 

{Aide,  p.  215.)  I  have  gone  beyond  the  bounds 
of  ''  legitimate  criticism "  in  inii>uting  motive, 
namely,  tenderness  on  the  part  of  a  biographer 
towards  his  subject.  What  I  imputed  was  bias, 
not  motive;  and  I  called  it  ** innocent."  But 
even  imputation  of  motive  is  "legitimate";  it 
may  be  wrong,  but  the  right  or  wrong  must  be 
settled  by  the  manner  in  which  the  imputation  is 
.supported.  The  killing  of  men  in  open  fight  is 
**  legitimate "  warfare ;  but  it  is  wrong  in  those 
of  the  wrong  side.  Mr.  Wilkissos's  mode  of 
reply  is  legitimate;  I  mean  his  descriptions  of 
myself:  these  description.^*  are  not  supported,  but 
he  has  a  right  to  them,  if  he  think  them  true. 
And  sucii  descriptions  are  not  only  legitimate, 
but  in  Mb.  Wilki?ison*8  ca.se  arc  also  right : 
whatever  the  wrong  side  does  to  put  itself  in  the 
wrong  is  right. 

Here  I  end.  I  have  done  the  good  I  intended 
to  do,  and  have  had  most  effectual  help. 

A.  Dc  MoBOAX. 


PRK-PKATIL  COFFINS  AND  MONUMENTS 
(3^  S.  T.  255.> 

Your  correspondent  A.  J.  has  mentioned  ^ome 
carious  instances  of  eccentricity  nutating  to  pre- 
dealh  coffins.  I  can  add  a'  remarkable  case 
coming  within  my  own  knowle<^.  Dr.  Fidje, 
a  physician  of  the  old  school,  who  in  early 
days  had  accompanieil  the  Duke  of  Clarence 
(afterwards  William  IV.)  when  a  midshipman,  as 
medical  attendant,  po^sessetl  a  favourite  boat;  and. 
upon  his  retirement  from  Portsmouth  Dock  yard, 
wnere  he  held  an  appointment,  had  this  boat' con- 
verted into  a  coffin,  with  the  stern  piece  fixed  at 
its  head.  This  coffin  he  kept  under  his  bed  fur 
many  years.  Though  eccentric,  the  Doctor  wis 
a  most  benevolent  and  sensible  man,  and  lived  to 
an  old  age.  I  could  mention  many  of  his  quaint 
sayings,  but  they  would  be  out  of  place  here. 
Amongst  other  things,  however,  he  often  related 
with  much  pride  that  his  mother  was  one  of  the 
last  descendants  of  the  Pendrill  family,  the  pro- 
tectors of  Charles  II. 

The  circumstances  of  the  Doctor*s  death  were 
very  remarkable.  The  late  Sir  Stephen  Gaselee 
and  my  father  were  his  executors.  Feeling  hia 
end  approaching,  and  desiring  to  add  a  codicil  to 
his  will,  he  sent  for  my  father.  On  entering  his 
chamber,  he  found  him  suffering  from  a  paroxysm 
of  pain,  but  which  soon  ceased :  availing  himself 
of  the  temporary  ease  to  ask  him  how  he  felt, 
he  replied,  smiling,  '*  I  feel  as  easy  as  an  old 
shoe ;  and  looking  towards  the  nurse  in  attend- 
ance, said,  "  Just  pull  my  legs  straight,  and  place 
me  as  a  dead  man;  it  will  save  you  trouble 
shortly."  Words  which  he  had  scarcely  uttered, 
before  he  calmly  died.  Probably  there  are  few 
cases  on  record  of  such  self-possession  when  in 
exiremU. 

In  regard  to  pre-dcath  epitaphs,  inscriptions 
are  sometimes  placed  upon  tombs  in  anticipation 
of  the  decease  of  the  person  to  be. commemorated. 
All  estimable  prekte  of  the  English  Church  (may 
his  death  be  far  distant),  has  the  inscription  he 
desires  incised  upon  his  tomb,  wanting  only  the 
date  of  his  decease  to  be  filled  in ! 

BuNJ.  Feeeet. 


The  practice  of  having  a  mr)nnmont  erected  to 
one's  memory  before  death  would  HiMMn  to  be  at 
least  as  old  as  the  times  of  the  Stuiirts,  if  the 
following  account  is  to  be  b^licvcrd.  It  is  copiod 
from  a  New  Guide  to  the  City  of  OloMeJUer,  pub- 
lished about  lhJ«:  — 

In  the  cathc'lral,  "n'-arthc  '^jftii 'iiittr,  ni  lli«-  liolloni 
of  the  }»ot\y  of  the  t:hur*.U,  i«  a  innrUU:  in'/niiin^m  tm 
John  Joii«jj»,  J>j..  'ir«iv:'J  in  Um;  rtMn  hi  mi  ul'l''»»i<««i, 
iwiiitc^i  Willi  'iJftWrtiit  tihUtuTh.  V.UiitirutniU  tin  'MiKy, 
on  a  tabl«:t  of  Ma/  k  niarblc:,  mh  i\w  (h\Utwin'4  wni'l'- 

"•Johi:  Jofi's  AM'-riiiwi,  iUru*:  Mityoi  •/'  •'""  '  '•(« 
JkxTvr^*^  th«!  I'acliwuvuViAWi^Vwuv  -A  Vw  \ v^^^*»'*»^^- ^ 


364 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[S^*!  S.  V.  April 


Treason  ;  Begistrar  to   eight  several  Bishops  of  this 
Diocese.' 

**  He  died  in  the  sixth  year  of  the  reign  of  King  Charles, 
June  1, 1680.  He  gave  orders  for  his  monoment  to  be 
erected  in  his  life-time :  when  the  workmen  had  fixed  it 
up»  he  found  faolt  with  it,  by  remarking  that  the  nose 
was  too  red.  While  they  were  altering  it,  he  walked  up 
and  down  the  body  of  the  church.  He  then  said  that  he 
had  himself  almost  finished :  so  he  paid  off  the  workmen, 
and  died  Uie  next  morning.** 

H.B. 


In  John  Dunkin*8  History  ofDaft/ard,  p«94, 
is  an  account  of  the  discovery  of  a  Roman  stone 
cofiln  in  1822  in  a  field,  the  property  of  Mr.  Lan- 
dale.  It  was  the  intention  of  Mr.  Landale  to  be 
himself  buried  in  that  cofiin,  and  for  that  purpose 
he  sent  it  to  a  Mr.  Watson,  a  stonemason,  to  have 
the  lid  repaired ;  but,  as  the  coffin  weighed  above 
two  tons,  the  stonemason,  wishing  to  improve 
upon  his  Roman  predecessor's  labours,  very  ela- 
borately pared  the  outside,  and  excavated  the  in- 
terior, until,  to  the  great  annoyance  of  Mr. 
Landale,  he  had  destroyed  the  whole  of  the  arch- 
sBological  character  of  the  coffin.  I  need  not  add 
that  Mr.  Landale  was  not  buried  in  this  sarco- 
phagus. A.  J.  Dun  KIN. 

Dartford. 


An  instance  of  this  is  p^Iven  in  my  note  on  Job 
Orton,  of  the  "  Bell  Inn,"  Kidderminster,  in  the 
First  Series  of  this  work,  viii.  59.  His  tomb- 
stone, with  an  epitaphic  couplet,  was  erected  by 
him  in  the  parish  churchyard  (where  it  may  still 
be  seen),  and  his  coffin  was  used  by  him  for  a 
wine-hin  until  it  should  be  required  for  another 

purpose.  CUTHBEBT  BeDE. 


Judicial  Committee  op  Pbivt  Council  (3'* 
S.  V.  267.) — As  your  correspondent  says,  the  pre- 
lates were  only  assesitors  in  the  Gorham  case :  it 
is  clear  from  the  preamble  to  the  judgment  that 
the  judgment  was  that  of  the  lawyers,  which  was 
sent  to  the  prelates  to  read.  It  is  equally  clear, 
that  in  the  recent  cases  the  prelates  were  mem-  | 
bers  of  the  Committee,  and  parties  to  the  judg- 
ment. All  the  cases  come  under  the  same  acts  of 
Pariiamentf  by  which  bishops  are  distinctly  added 
to  the  Cbmmittee  in  cases  of  heresy.  How  came 
the  bishops  to  be  only  assessors  m  the  Gorham 
case  ?  A.  Db  Mobgan. 

Consonants  in  Welsh  (!•'  S.  ix.  271,  472.)— 
I  beg  to  state,  that  having  long  been  convinced 
the  opinion  expressed  by  Profess<ftr  Newman  and 
Mr.  Borrow  on  the  pronunciation  of  the  Welsh  U  is 
erroneous,  I  have  solicited  the  judgment  of  a 
Welsh  friend,  which  I  now  propose  to  subjoin  to 
extracts  from  the  writers  above  referred  to ;  — 

"Tbe  Rev.  Mr.  Gsrnett,  who  has  ao  pToftiib\y  am\ 
ttuonsblf^  directed  attention  to  the  Welsh  langoag^  aft  ^ 


threat  source—*  which  had  been  sneered  down,  1 
I  lie  too  warm  enthusiasm  of  Welsh  etymologis 
ages  — denies  that  fl  has  any  known  eauivalen 
tongues;  and  says  that  it  is  to  oar  2,  as  on 
{London  Philohg.  Soc.,  vol.  ii.  p.  258,  year 
can  onlv  say  that,  again  and  again,  when  I 
nounced  Llangollen,  and  various  other  Welsh 
natives  of  North  Wales,  giving  to  U  exactly 
ance  which  the  Greeks  give  to  x^  I  have  h» 
that  mv  pronunciation  is  perfect,  and  could  o 
tjoguished  from  that  of  a  native.  Nor  does  i 
tect  the  slightest  difference  between  the  nat 
utterance  of  ^,  and  the  native  Greek  of  xK  Bi 
tliere  is  some  variety  among  the  Welsh  them 
b\  W.  Newman,  Qasdcal  Museum^  vi.  330. 

I  have  not  access  at  present  to  IVIr. 
Walks  in  Wild  Wales,  but  it  will  be  su 
mention  that,  in  illustration- of  his  utt 
the  Z/,  he  instances  Machynlleth,  "  prone 
if  spelt  Machyncleth.^^ 

"Any  theories  that  make  the  Welsh  i 
lent  to  x^  in  Greek,  or  that  make  it  in 
way  a  compound  sound,  are  I  believe  e 
mistakes.  The  test  of  its  being  corre 
Taounced,  is,  that  the  sound  is  not  conipc 
simple  and  one :  '  Servetur  ad  imum  < 
incepto  processerit.*  In  Shakspeare,  we 
labial  aspirate  joined  to  /,  as  in  a  recei 
we  have  the  guttural  sugnjested.  In 
experience,  the  dental  th  is  more  freciue 
t'lxed  to  /  by  English  strangers.  But  the 
the  sound  is  a  compound  sound,  is  its 
nation.  The  etymological  relations  betwe 
and  Latin  are  very  curious  as  rejr.irtls 
tUev  involve  too  many  features  of  a 
little  known  to  the  readers  of  '  N.  &  ( 
properly  developed  at  length  in  a  coniiui 
to  that  most  valuable  periodical. 

"  It  is  a  little  curious  that  Mr.  Borrow, 
done  a  Welsh  book  the  honour  of  trans 
into  English,  has  entirely  misapprehen 
meaning  of  its  title.  He  calls  it,  I  belio' 
Sleeping  Bard.'  The  Welsh  of  which 
not  *v  Bardd  Cwsg,'  but  y  Barrd  yn 
Ellis  Wyn  took  the  odd  title  of  an  old 
whom  he  refers  in  the  Second  Vision,  *  Tl 
Sleep,'  or  Votes  Somnu.f.*^ 

BlULlOTHECAR.    Cuj 

r.S.  In  my  last  communication,  "  Th< 
ji  Living  Animal,"  when  referring  to  '^ 
Tyrius,  Dissert,  viii.,  I  should  havo  at] 
i^ome  editions  Dissert,  xxxviii.  Pro  Theo 
TEau  lege  Hydro theologiae  Sciagraphia. 

Comet  op  1531  (3'«»  S.  v.  114.)— The  f( 
i^  the  allusion  of  Luther  to  this  comet,  t( 
II.  B.  refers  :  — 

"  A  pud  nos  coracta  ad  occidentem  in  anguk 
(itt  mea  fert  aatronomia)  tropici  cancri  et  colt 
utkctlorum,  cu^us  cauda  pertingit  ad  medium  us 


8'«»  S.  V.  ArBiL  80,  '64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


365 


King  Ciiables  II/s  illegitimate  Childbek 
(3'*  S.  V.  211,  289.)— Barbara,  Duchess  of  Cleve- 
land, is  accurately  desi^rnated  by  her  maiden  sur- 
name Villiers  (instead  of  Palmer,  that  of  her 
husband).  In  the  patent  creating  her  Baroness 
Nonsuch,  Countess  of  Southampton,  and  Duchess 
of  Cleveland,  for  life,  she  is  so  called.  Neither  is 
it  strictly  correct  to  account  (No.  7)  Anne,  Coun- 
tess of  Sussex,  as  one  of  the  king*s  children.  This 
lady,  born  Feb.  29,  1661,  is  described  as  Anne 
Palmer  in  her  marriage  settlement ;  and  was  a 
daughter  by  adoption  only,  whom  the  king  ac- 
knowledgea  in  public,  but  not  in  private. 

Henbt  M.  Vane. 

Swallows  (3^*  S.  v.  259.)  —  It  is  generally 
believed  in  many  parts  of  Greece  and  Turkey,  by 
the  lower  class  of  the  people,  that  a  death  will  un- 
doubtedly happen  to  one  or  more  members  of  that 
family  on  whose  house  swallows  build  their  nest, 
a  few  hours  before  their  migration,  and  that  the 
spirits  of  the  departed  will  go  away  with  tliem ; 
for  which  reason  they  are  considered  as  holy  binls. 
According  to  another  tradition,  the  hair  of  the 
person  who  kills  one  of  them  will  fall  from  his 
nead.  Rhodocanakis. 

Enigma  (3'*  S.  v.  309.)— In  reply.to  your  cor- 
respondent F.  C.  H.,  there  can  be  no  doubt  that 
the  lines  ore  hexameters;  perhaps  intended  for 
rude  leonines,  and  should  read  thus :  — 

^  Qainque  sumus  fratres,  sub  eodem  tempore  nati, 
Lini  barbati,  bini  sine  criae  creati, 
Quintus  habet  barbam,  sed  tcmtum  dimidiatam,** — 

which  is  an  exact  description  of  the  rose  in  ques- 
tion. Bini  often  means  two  simply,  especially  in 
such  loose  Latin  as  this.  I  never  heard  of  bini 
meaning  /our^  as  F.  C.  II.  wishes  to  make  it.  Its 
proper  meaning  is,  two  each,  or,  two  in  each  case ; 
and  not  two  and  two,  in  the  sense  of  two  -f  two. 
In  the  line  cited  by  F.  C.  H.  from  Terence's 
Phormio  (v.  3, 6)—"  ex  his  praediis  bina  talenta" — 
does  not  mean  "  two  talents  from  each  of  two 
farms,"  but  "two  talents  every  year  from  that 
property."  There  is  nothing  about  "  two  farms" 
expressed  in  hina.  But  I  hope  F.  C.  II.  will  aee 
that  the  second  line,  as  emended,  means  "two 
with  hair,  two  without;"  and  not  that  "two  and 
two,  t.  e,  four  have  beards,  but  were  born  without 
hairr 

Allow  me,  in  addition  to  what  I  have  said  above, 
to  bring  Virgil  as  an  instance  of  using  Inna^  not 
as  "  two  and  two,"  but  as  two  each  :  — 

" .        .        .        Pars  spicula  gestat 
Bina  mana.'* — yEw.,  vii.  687. 

F.  C.  H.,  I  suppose,  would  say  this  means  that 
each  man  carries  four  darts,  two  in  each  hand ; 
but  there  can  be  no  doubt  it  means,  that  each 
soldier  carried  two  in  his  hand. 

^,   ,  Alfbeo  Tuckbx. 

Blackheath. 


"AUBEA    VINCENTI,"  ETC.    (S'*   S.    V.    297.)— I 

think  there  can  be  no  doubt  that  the  inscription — 

**  Aurea  Tincenti  detur  meroede  corona ; 
Cantat  (catOet?)  et  ffitamo  carmina  digna  Deo,**— 

is  derived  from  chap.  iii.  v.  21  of  the  Apocalypse 
of  St  John,  which  stands  thus  in  the  Latin  Vul- 
gate:— 

"Qui  vicerit,  dabo  ei  scdcrc  mecam  in  throno  meo: 
aicat  et  ego  vici,  et  sedi  cum  Patre  meo  in  throno  ejoa.** 

F.  C.  H. 

Stum  Rod  (3""  S.  v.  299.)  —  To  stum,  is  to  put 
ingredients  into  wine  to  revive  it,  and  make  it 
brisk.  Burton,  then,  probably  meant  that  the  old 
scholar  could  show  a  rod,  as  liis  instrument  for 
making  his  scholars  brisk  at  their  studies,  and  re- 
viving their  slumbering  capabilities.        F.  C.  H. 

Font  at  Chelmobton  (3'''  S.  v.  299.)—  I  am 
inclined  to  interpret  the  mysterious  letters  thus : — 

^  a   t   i  th    i    I   m. 

<i>  0  Trinitas  sancta  et  benedicta  semper  landatum 
mystcrlam,  or  laudabilis  mando. 

But,  with  the  Editor  of  "N.  &  Q.,"  I  regret 
that  no  rubbing  has  been  given ;  and  the  more  as, 
in  the  Ecclesiologist  (vol.  v.  p.  264),  the  letters 
were  differently  arranged,  no  initial  cross  prefixed, 
and  a  letter  added  ailer  the  s.  To  ask  a  solution 
without  giving  the  puzzle  correctly,  is  as  trying 
as  the  king  of  Babylon*s  demand,  and  would  re- 
quire a  second  Daniel.  F.  C.  H. 

PoSTEBmr  OF  COABLEMAGNE  (3"^  S.  V.  270.)— 

The  paper  of  Hebmentbude  appears  to  me  to 
leave  the  question  still  involved  in  some  degree  of 
obscurity.    Mezeray  is  quoted  as  speaking  (in  a 
somewhat  doubtful  manner)  of  two  sons  of  Charl^ 
Duke  of  Lorraine,  by  his  second  wife — their 
names  being  Hugh  and  Louis.    It  is  to  be  col- 
lected that  this  Hugh  has  sometimes  had  the  name  of 
Charles  attributed  to  him.  And,  in  KochV^r^n^a- 
hgical  Tables  (1780),  I  find  two  sons  given  to 
Charles,  Duke  of  Lorraine — Louis  and  Charles  ; 
with  a  note,  however,  to  the  following  effect :  "  On 
ne  connoit  point  Ic  sort  de  ces  deux  Princes.** 
Capital  names  these,  one  would  think,  for  an  ex- 
pert genealogist  to  lay  hold  of  to  stick,  at  the  head 
of  a  pedigree.     It  appears,  however,  by  what 
Hebmentbude  says,  that  there  has  been  com- 
monly assigned  to  Charles,  Duke;  of  Lorraine, 
another  son  (not  mentioned  by  Koch),  Wigerius 
by  name ;  whose  son,  Baldwin  Teutonicus,  is  re- 
presented as  being  the  common  ancestor  of  the 
families  of  Warrenne,  Mortimer,  and  De  C<jurcy. 
I  should,  however,  be  glad  to  know  what  auth^^ 
rity  there  is  for  the  existence  of  such  a  pery/n  av 
Wigerius^  son  of  Charle;),  Duke  of  Lorram^. 

Mjoathi. 

Htmns  bt  John  U«\  (Jf*  Vi."^.*ei^s,'^— '^ 
reference  lo  X.  Cj !  *  x wtok^-a  «&  v  i  ^Qhr. 


S'd  8.  V.  April  30,  '64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


367 


logic  was  studied  then,  as'now — is  as  an  applictnt 
for  a  profeesorsliip  of  logic  at  Glasgow.  Probably 
be  gave  something  a  little  more  technical  than  his 
reporter  could  easily  follow.  If  for  integral  we 
read  component  there  will  be  no  difficulty.  The 
word  part  has  always  been  used  in  two  senses. 
First,  there  are  parts  which  are  aggregated  into  a 
whole,  as  twelve  inches  into  a  foot,  or  several 
different  species  into  a  genus.  In  these  coses  the 
schoolmen  said  there  were  partes  extra  partes. 
Secondly,  there  are  parts  which  I  affirm  are  more 
correctly  said  to  be  compounded  into  a  whole : 
thus,  a  bar  of  iron  has  bulk  and  weight  among 
the  parts  of  the  notion;  the  notion  man  has  animal 
and  rational  for  parts.  To  this  day  the  logicians 
speak  of  a  compound  notion  as  the  sum  of  its  com- 
ponents ;  and  thus  they  foster  modes  of  speaking 
which  Burke  may  have  adopted,  modes  of  speak- 
ing which  a  reporter  may  easily  misunderstand. 

The  illustration  which  Burke  utnes  is  a  correct 
one  according  to  the  law  of  his  day,  wliich  took 
every  man  to  be  of  the  State  form  of  religion,  non- 
conformity being  only  tolerated.  On  this  assump- 
tion the  Church  and  tlie  State  are  one  and  the 
same,  just  as  the  thing  which  has  bulk  and  the 
thing  which  has  weight  are  one  and  the  same  bar 
of  iron.  Call  the  space  occupied  by  a  particle  a 
portion  of  the  State,  and  its  weight  a  portion  of 
the  Church,  and  the  parallel  is  very  complete.  To 
make  his  meaning  visible,  he  is  obliged  to  remind 
his  hearers  that  "  Church  "  and  **  Clergy  "  are  not 
convertible  terms,  but  that  the  laity  are  part  r)f 
the  Church.  And  here  he  is  very  properly  made 
to  say  that  the  laity  arc  an  "essential  integral 
part"  of  the  Church.  The  word  for  is  probably 
the  reporter's  doing.  The  sentence  which  it  be- 
gins does  not  apply  to  what  precedes  as  a  whole  ; 
but  merely  corrects  a  misapprehension  which 
might  obscure  a  part  of  it.  Even  in  our  day,  writers 
on  the  "  Church "  are  obliged  to  remmd  their 
readers  that  the  lay  body  forms  a  part  of  the 
Church ;  a  thin^  the  laity  have  nearly  forgotten. 
When  a  man  takes  orders,  he  is  said  to  "  go  into 
the  Church,"  and  "  churchman "  is,  in  historical 
writing,  a  synonyme  for  "  priest,"  or  "  clergyman." 

A.  De  Mobgak. 

Jebemiaii  Horbo(;ks  (3^^  S.  v.  173.) — The 
point  has  receivetl  some  attention.  A  few  years 
ago,  an  addition  wjw  made  to  the  church  at  Hoole 
in  which  Horrocks  officiated,  with  a  memorial 
window.  The  Kev.  Rob.  Brickel,  rector  of  Hoole, 
the  chief  promoter  of  the  subscription,  took  all 
pains  to  collect  facts  connected  with  Ilorrocks, 
but  did  not  succeed  in  fixing  the  period  of  his 
birth.  lie  suggests  "  IfilG  or  1G19,"  and  1616,  as 
the  latest  date,  has  almost  unanswerable  reason. 

It  is  hardly  possible  to  doubt  that  Ilorrocks  was 
an  officiating  curate  in  1639,  which  he  could  not 
have  been  at  twenty  years  of  age.    He  describes 


himself  as  obliged  to  leave  his  telescope  on  the 
morning  of  Sunday,  Nov.  24, 1639,  at  the  moment 
when  he  was  wat<;hin?  for  the  transit  of  Iklercury 
over  the  Sun,  which  he  had  predicted,  and  which 
no  human  eye  had  ever  seen.  The  transit  might 
have  occurred — though  it  did  not — ^while  he  was 
at  church.  He  describes  himself  as  "  ad  majora 
avocatus  quae  utique  ob  hiec  pererga  ncgligi  non 
decuit."  A  mere  parishioner  woum  have  stayed 
away:  a  new  astronomical  phenomenon,  and  a 
thing  of  once  in  scores  of  years,  would  have  been 
sufficient  excuse.  He  must  have  been  the  officiat- 
ing clergyman  at  that  time,  as  he  certainly  was 
afterwarSs.  He  had  no  particular  connexion  with 
Hoole  before  he  was  ordained  to  its  curacy ;  and 
the  mere  fact  of  his  residing  there  at  any  given 
date  is  a  stronjr  presumption  of  his  being  then  in 
orders.  Mr.  Whatton  remarks  that  the  bisho 
were  not  so  strict  about  the  age  of  ordination  two 
centuries  a^  as  they  are  now.  But  Horrocks  had 
no  particuhir  interest  or  influence ;  and  it  is  far 
easier  to  believe  that  a  6  should  have  been  inverted 
by  a  printer  than  that  as  much  as  three  years  should 
have  been  remitted  by  a  bishop,  even  in  that  day. 
To  this  may  be  added  that  Horrocks  had  an 
amount  of  astronomical  reading  which  is  wonderful 
enough  in  a  youth  of  twenty-three,  but  almost  in- 
credible in  a  youth  of  twenty.     A.  De  Morgan. 

Rev.  David  Lamokt  (3^*  S.  iv.  498  ;  v.  22.)— 
The  Rev.  David  Lamont,  D.D.,  minister  of  the 
parish  of  Kirkpatrick-Durham,  in  Dumfriesshire, 
died  on  the  7th  of  January,  1837,  in  the  eighty- 
fifth  year  of  his  age,  at  Durham  Hill.  With  re- 
ference to  his  having  been  Moderator  of  the 
General  Assembly  of  the  Church  of  Scotland,  in 
1822,  during  the  year  of  King  George  IV.'s  visit 
to  Scotland,  and  preaching  before  that  monarch, 
I  recollect  a  clerical  jeu  d'esprit  current  at  the 
time,  and  which  was  told  me  many  years  after- 
wards by  one  who  had  heard  it  himself.  It  was  a 
pun  on  the  Rev.  Doctor's  name ;  and  also,  T  fancy, 
on  his  character  in  some  way :  for  the  expression 
used  was,  that  "  he  was  a  lamentable  Moderator ! " 

A.  S.  A. 

Cawnpore,  East  Indies. 

Original  Unpublished  Letter  of  the  Fatikeb 
OP  the  Author  op  **  The  Gravi:  ''  (3'*  S.  iv. 
426 — 427,)— In  the  above  Note,  the  writer  has 
fallen  into  a  few  errors  with  regard  to  the  dates 
of  the  deaths  of  both  Sir  Hugh  Campbell  of  Caw- 
dor, and  of  his  son  Sir  Alexander.    The  latter 
predeceased  his  father,  dying  August  27,  1697,  at 
islay;   and  the  former  survived  till  March  11, 
1716,  at  liis  seat  of  Cawdor  Castle,  in  Nairnshire, 
N.B.     Sir  Alexander  married,  in  1689,  Elizabeth, 
only  daughter  of  Sir  John  Lort,  first  baronet  (so 
created  Jul^   15,   1662,)  of  Stackpoole  Court, 
Pembrokeshire,  by  hb  wife  Lady  SosAD'       "^^  ^^'^ 
(who  died  in  1710),  fonrth  dwuqj^tat 


368 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


C8r<iay.  ApbilIQ,14 


second  Earl  of  Clare ;  which  lady  eventually  be- 
came heir  to  Sir  Gilbert,  second  and  last  baro- 
net; who  died  unmarried  Sept.  19,  1698,  a^ed 
twenty-eight,  when  the  title  became  extinct ;  but 
the  estates  passed  to  her,  and  are  still  in  the  pos- 
session of  her  descendant,  the  present  Earl  Cfaw* 
dor.  Lady  Campbell  was  alive  in  the  end  of  the 
year  1715,  as  appears  by  a  letter  from  old  Sir 
Hugh.  Creorge^  not  **  John,"  fourth  and  youngest 
son,  was  a  Captain  in  Lord  Mark  Ker*s  regiment ; 
married  Ruth  Pollock;  and  fell  at  the  battle  of 
Almanza,  in  Spain,  April  14,  1707.  These  cor- 
rections are  made  chiefly  from  "  The  Book  of  the 
Thanes  of  Cawdor;  a  Series  of  Papers  selected 
from  the  Charter  Room  at  Cawdor,  1236t-1742,** 
which  was  edited  by  Mr.  Cosmo  Innes,  and  printed 
for  the  Spalding  Club  in  1859.  To  this  work, 
apparently,  J.  M.  had  no  opportunity  of  reference. 

A.S.  A. 
Cawnpore,  East  Indies. 

Seneca*8  Pbophect  (3"*  S.  v.  298.)— Your 
correspondent  C.  P.  wishes  to  know  the  supposed 
prophecy  of  Seneca  about  the  New  World.  He 
will  find  it  in  the  Medea,  Act  II.,  at  the  close  of 
the  choral  songs ;  it  runs  thus :  — 

*•.        .       .       Yenientsnnis 
Secnla  sens,  qaibus  Ocean  os 
Yincula  rernm  laxet,  et  iugens 
Pateat  tellos,  Tiphysqae  novos 
Detegat  orb«s,  nee  sit  terris 
Ultima  Thule." 

Or,  as  Wheelwright  profusely  renders  it :  — 

•*  Lo !  as  the  unborn  years  arise, 

\Vhat  triumphs  swell  the  voice  of  Fame ! 
What  notes  of  glory  rend  the  skies, 

And  hymn  the  fearless  Pilot's  name ! 
Taught  by  his  art,  what  vessels  roam 
Unnumber'd  o'er  the  yielding  foam, 

To  search  in  earth  anew : 
Bounded  no  more  by  Thule's  coast, 
Lo  !^  the  drear  realms  of  op'ninj?  frost 

Unfold  their  worlds  to  view." 

E.  C. 

Erroneous  Monumental  Inscriptions  in 
Bristol  (3"»  S.  v.  289.)— After  reading  the  ac- 
count in  the  GentlematCs  Magazine,  referred  to 
by  Dunblmensis,  I  am  inclined  to  believe  he  is  in 
error  as  to  the  identity  of  Colonel  John  Porter 
with  the  individual  there  mentioned.  If,  there- 
fore, he  will  kindly  furnish  corroborative  evi- 
dence of  his  statement,  he  will  confer  a  benefit  on 
the  readers  of  "  N.  &  Q.'*  The  person  who  died 
in  Castle  Kushen  was  named  John  B.  Porter,  and 
there  is  not  the  slightest  allusion  to  his  having 
been  in  the  army ;  while  the  name  on  the  Bristol 
tablet  15  Colonel  John  Porter,  without  any  notice 
whatever  of  a  second  Christian  name.  From  the 
remarks  of  your  correspondent,  we  are  to  believe 
that  the  Colonel  was  a  merchant  in  the  West 
Indies,  just  previously  to  Nov.  18,  1811.  If  so, 
how  came  he  to  die  in  Castle  Rushen?  nYi^t^  it 


appears  that  John  B.  Porter  had  beei»  confii 
an  insolvent  debtor  for  **  two  yesrs  and  a  quirt 
(and)  wheti  he  died  (says  the  Magaxim\\A 
not  possessed  of  a  single  shilling,  and  his  wi< 
was  obliged  to  sell  her  bed  to  get  him  a  coti 
Surely  the  Porter  family,  who  were  in  good 
cumstances,  would  not  have  allowed  tbdr  bro 
to  die  in  such  abject  poverty  in  a  prison ! 

In  the  Baptist  Meeting-house,  Broadmeti 
this  city,  is  a  tablet  inscribed  to  the  memo 
''  The  Rev.  Hugh  Evans,  A.M^  Pastor  of 
church  twenty-three  years,  died  March  28th,  1 
aged  sixty-four.'*  This  inscription,  as  far  a 
gards  the  age,  is  evidently  incorrect ;  as  wi 
seen  by  the  following  translation  of  his  epi 
inscribed  on  a  tomb  erected  to  his  memory  i 
Baptist  burial  ground,  Redcross  Street :  — 

*•  Sacred  to  the  Memory  of 
Hugh  Evans,  M.A. 
He  was  justly  esteemed 
An  excellent  and  eminent  Divine. 
In  his  public  Discourses 
He  was  Copious  and  Eloquent. 
In  all  the  Duties  of  bis  Siicred  Office 
FaithfuU  Laborious,  and  Successful. 
An  Able  and  Affectionate  Tutor. 
To  every  Office  of  Piety 
Ever  Readv  and  Forward. 
A  most  e.xcellent  husband.  Father,  Frieai 
in  one  word, 
A  True  Christian. 
He  died  much  lamented, 
March  28th,  1781, 
In  the  tixty-ninth  year  of  hia  age." 

On  the  title-puge  of  a  Sermon,  pr*^aclied  o 
occasion  of  his  death,  and  afterwards  publi;^ 
a  copy  of  which  is  in  my  possession — he  is 
said  to  have  "departed  this  life  in  the  i 
ninth  year  of  his  age."  George  Pi 

City  Library,  Bristol. 

Archbishop  Hamilton  (3'*  S.  v.  241,  31  ( 
There  is  an  account  of  the  Swedish  Hami 
descended  from  the  Archbishon  of  Cashi 
Burke's  Peerage  for  1864,  art.  *'  Hamilton.** 
it  is  assumed  that  he  was  Malcolm  Hamilton 
died  in  1629:  whereas  it  appears,  from  L 
that  it  wns  from  Archibald  Hamilton,  who 
ceeded  Malcolm  in  the  see,  that  the  Sw 
family  derive. 

Was  this  Archibald  an  Irishman,  or  a  Sc 
man? 

The  article  in  Burke  says^he  claime<l  de 
from  the  first  Lord  Paisley.  But  in  B« 
Extinct  Peerage  (art.  "  Glenawly  '*),  and  in  L 
(art.  "Beresford,  Earb  of  Tyrone"),  he  is  i 
the  second  son  of  Sir  Claud  Hamilton  of  C< 
nogh,  in  Scotland,  and  brother  of  Sir  ( 
Hamilton  of  Castle  Toome,  co.  Antrim. 

In  Lodge  (art.  *' Hamilton,  Lord  Limeri 
this  family,  seated  at  Ballygally,  is  said  tc 
scend  from  Thomas,  younger  son  of  Sir  . 


iSwT.  Ar«iL  $n,  •^54.1 


AND  QUERIES. 


The  sfimc  aulhor  (iirU  "  Strabane")  makes  Sir 
laud  HAsoilton,  of  Castle  Toome»  tf)  be  a  son  of 
je  first  Lord  PttUIcy  ;  nnd  In  describing  bis  de- 
lerdaiits  ho  tjiunei  twii  brothers,  Claud  and 
rchibald ;  but  it  U  cleftr  that  tiicy  are  different 
om  the  Archbifihop  and  his  brother,  tw  their 
ither  was  born  in  1604,  whiUt  the  Archbishop 
as  aged  eighty  when  h«*  died  in  IfvSO.  Never- 
lelefis,  I  presume  it  h  from  this  similarity  of 
ame3  that  the  Archbiphop  h«a  been  aaaumed  to 
esc  end  from  Lord  Puisiley.  All  these  genealo- 
Uiikl  piizzleji  must  Ini  solved  l)efore  we  make  the 
|teg|ib]:»hnp  either  Irish  or  Scotch,  In  accord- 
Hpi  with  Mh.  Dk  MonGMHs  su^^cstion,  I  enclose 
plj  name*  S.  P,  V* 

*^The  CttCKCH  or  OUR  FATKEas*'  (3'"  S.  v. 
)7.) — The  son?,  commi3ncinfj  as  abuve,  was  wrlt- 
iti  by  Robert  Story,  a  Conservative  poet;  some 
^  whose  spirited  productionis  were  attributed  to 
;e  late  Lord  Francis  Ej^erton,  the  authorship  of 
iiich  was  disclaimed  by  that  nobleman  in  com* 
'imentary  terms.  Mr.  Story  was  originally  piiriish 
erk,  nui  schoolmaster  of  Gnrgrave  iu  Craven, 
ork shire ;  and  afterwards,  for  many  years  tilled 
1  appointment  in  the  Audit  Office,  Somerset 
'ouse*  Ue  died  recently,  havinjj  a  short  time 
revionsly  issued  a  collected  edition  of  liis  poems, 
tot  up  in  a  costly  style,  and  dedicated  to  hi6  kind 
itron  the  Duke  of  Northumberland. 

WUJ^IAM  GaSPET. 

Keswick* 

ZoAB  (^"^  S.  V,  303.)—"  Media?val  East,"  should 
5  *^  medial  East,'*  referring  to  place,  not  to  time  ; 
intrastin^  Syria,  Arabia,  &c^  with  the  terminxd 
lOst — Imiiai  &c.  Ji  L* 

DobUo. 

Witty  Classical  Qlotatioks  (S;**  S*  v.  310.) 
think  that  there  are  two  errors  in  the  article 
tioted  frqm  Blackwood  for  January,  1864,  on 
Winchester  Collefje  and  Conm\oners,"  by  your 
>rTe5pondent,  E.  H.  A.     Tom  Coriate  was  not 

flucated  at  Winche&ter  College,  but  at  West- 
itjster  School,  and  could  not  have  been  alive  at 
le  time  of  Queen  Elizabeth's  visit  to  the  former 
minary  in  1570,  tor  he  waa  born  in  1577,  so  the 

Kiecdifte  must  be  assigned  to  another.    Ue  is  thus 

nen tinned  in  the  seconrl   pai*t  of  the  Complete 

ingler^  by  Walton  and  Cotton :  — 

•'  Viaiftr.    Wulh  if  ever  1  com«  to  l^ndoit,  of  which 
i;«jTT   JI  I. win  there,  if  he  wer«  iu  my  j»lur«^  itmtti  tu;iJ|c4!!i  a 
1  will  sit  clown  *«ml  wriremy   i  '.  like 

/r,  print  them  at  mv  own  ch  .  wli.ii 

'  yt^u  I  .»ll  lhi«  h\\\  \vt  comt'  iown?  **—  -Mujor'H  041^011 
'  tUc  Otm/flete  Amjler,  18^4,  part  u,  obnp.  ii.  p.  2*13. 

The  fuUowinn[  interesting  and  amusing  expla- 
fltory  note  is  appended,  p.  283  :  — 

•»/.-*     r       r'  ,;,^       -■  •  ..■;.,,       ^    ••       ]'    ., 

Ueor. 

il-..       -        ■-■     -    '     ..       ■'-     .   ..-:-.■    ■^.:_._:.  .::...  al 

lc»uc##i^i/di4  OMt^mis  tU't^  which  he  went  into  th« 


family  of  Henry  Prince  of  Wtlct.    H* 

aU  ovvf  K'.?ro|M?  on  Putt,  An>\  fn  that 

me'! 

and  IL-    ■-        --  ,,-        ■-'': 

a  maaner,  as  be  telU  his  mutliei,  in  m.  I 

fPH    tnrtfiihii'  trHV»>ls    hetvfo^n   Alfppo 


MjiK  inis,  ill  tUe  tldeiit^ 

time  He  dierl  of  the 

li-iheil  his  Travels  iu  a  quarto  volume,  which  be  callud 
bis  Vnidiiirs^**  &c— l*p,  i03-104. 

OXOMTEWSIS- 

I  beg  to  inform  E.  H.  A,  that  the  writer  of  the 
article  on  "  Winchester  College,**  in  Blackwood^ 
January,  1864,  h  indebted  to  my  William  of  Wtfke' 
ham  and  hiA  Collect**  (published  in  1852,  and 
quoted  by  the  Public  School  Commissioners)  for 
Uie  anecdote  cited  from  that  Alafjazine,  beside 
every  other  important  fact  in  the  article,  altboudi 
without  acknowledgment,  I  regret  to  say.  The 
author,  1  am  told,  is  no  Wykehamist ;  if  so,  hlg 
many  misapprebenaions  arc  explained,  and  the 
expression  **  unjrrateful  of  the  ^yj/kehamisti*^  goes 
to  prove  the  belief.  ' 

liiACK£37Xt£  E.  C.  WaLCOTT. 

llEECH-Daoprisos  :     ErtPUEGUS    Vikgintaka 

(3*^  S,  V.  297),  better  known  to  medical  men  a« 
Orobanche  Virginiana,  broomrape,  or  cancer-root,  is 
an  extremely  nauseous  astringent  and  bitter  tonic, 
formerly  much  employed  as  a  remedy  for  dysen- 
tery and  as  a  detergent  in  chronic  ulcerations.  It 
formed  the  chief  ingredient  in  the  famous  powder 
known  as  Martin's  Cancer  Powder,  Its  virtues 
are  mentioned  in  the  Phnmmcopma  UnivermliSt 
1833,  and  in  Limlley's  Vegelalie  Kingdom,  but 
more  at  larije,  doubtless,  in  American  works  on 
materia  medica.  Geo.  Moobi:. 

Toe  LATE  RoBBRT  Dillon  Bbowk,  M.P,  (3'* 
S.  iii.  369;   V.  270.)  — W.D.    has   fallen   into 
one  error  at  least  on  the  subject ;  and^  as  I  origi* 
nuted  the  question  relative  to  my  late  lamented 
and  gifted  friend,  Mr.  Brown,  pray  give  me  space 
to  correct  W.  D,     Error  the  first  is,  that  W.  D. 
calls  a  quotation,  with  which  Mr.  Brown  often 
i  finished  same  of  bis  really  line  orations,  **  a  song.** 
if  W.  P.  haul  looked  at  my  note,  he  could  not 
have  fallen  into  such  an  ab.'^iird  im'stake.  I  happen 
to  know  something  relative  to  the  honour  paid  to 
the  Blessed  Virgin  Mary,  both  In  France  and  Ire- 
land, by  Catholics,  and  can  assure  W,  D»  that 
theie  is  no  hymn  of  the  sort  he  alludes  to  ;  so  that 
his    Irish   Catholic   friend  must  have  con>idered 
him  verdrmt  to  credit  such  a  story.     The  sneer 
j  conveyed   about    Mr.   Brown  beuv^  ^  ^<:i\\>x  *\cw 
I  0'Coiine\V3   ^^  ^tx\\iW  \.i\\;'     i?v\^\^^  Vfts\  ^^tsv^ 
!  under  i\ie  c\imuv\i\^  ^^tc^^\i<&\vva^wt  ^'^-^'^ 


370 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[S'dS.  V.  AfbilSO.'W. 


Robert  Dillon  Brown  was  a  man  of  superior 
natural  gifts,  and  one  of  the  best  and  most  ample 
scholars  of  his  day ;  but  this  is  not  the  place  for 
such  points.  S.  Redmond. 

LiyerpooL 

Cdbmudoeon  (S'*  S.  v.  319.)  — The  deriva- 
tion I  have  always  heard  for  this  word  is  caur 
mSchant,  Ltttelton. 

Joseph  Aston  (2»'*  S.  xii.  379.)  —  Me.  Gross- 
let  has  given  an  exceedingly  interesting  note  on 
this  Manchester  poet  and  "punctuator.*'  Like 
many  greater  geniuses  of  the  same  period  (among 
whom  might  be  mentioned  Southey,  Montgomery, 
Cobbett,  an4  Burdett)  his  political  life  began  with 
revolutionary  principles,  and  ended  in  conser- 
vatism. 

The  object  of  this  note  is  to  say  that  Aston  was 
a  confidential  friend  of  James  Alontgomery  for 
many  years  after  the  French  Revolution;  and 
many  letters  and  much  information,  illustrating 
the  life  of  Aston,  will  be  found  in  the  earlier 
volumes  of  the  Life  of  Montgorneri/^  by  Holland 
and  Everett.  The  interesting  anecdote  related 
by  Mb.  Cbossley  of  an  eminent  author  who  said, 
'SMr.  Aston,  in  consequence  of  your  admirable 
punctuation,  I  now,  for  the  first  time,  begin  to 
understand  my  own  book,"  very  probably  re- 
lates to  Montgomery,  whom  I  |had  the  honour  to 
know,  and  who  was  full  of  that  species  of  innocent 
quiet  humour.  W.  Lee. 

NOTES  ox  BOOKi?.  ETC. 

Omitted  Ch(ifjter9  of  ike  HUtnry  of  Enalnnd^from  the  Death 
of  ChiirUs  I.  to  the  Battle  of  Dunbar.  By  Andrew 
Biaset.    (Murray.) 

Some  people  will  liiul  fault  with  the  title  of  Mr. 
IMsset's  book,  and  will  let  him  understand  that  they  are 
surprised  to  find  that  the  trial  of  Lilburne,  the  defeat  and 
death  of  Montrose,  and  the  Battle  of  Dunbar,  are  "omit- 
ted chanters  of  the  History  of  England."  Many  otiiers 
will  call  in  question  the  author's  judgments  passed  upon 
the  characters  of  the  persons  with  whom  his  history 
deals.  A  large  proportion  of  his  rea<lers  will  doubt 
whether  *'  the  base  cur  which  then  sat  on  the  English 
throne'*  is  a  just  or  gentlemanly  description  of  James  I. ; 
whether  Cromwell  was  quite  the  melo-dramatic  villain 
who  is  here  painted ;  or  whether  Charles  1.  lacked  "  bniins** 
fur  the  performance  of  the  acts  of  porliily,  treachery,  and 
breach  of  trust,  which  arc  here  stated  tt»  have  bv^en  de- 
signed by  him?  It  is  not  for  us  to  enter  ui>on  these 
questions.  Mr.  Disset  has  written  a  book  which  is  built 
upon  materiaU  which  have  been  little,  if  at  ail,  used  ly 
preceding  writers ;  and  his  work  will,  therefore,  assure<lly 
take  it^  pla<i'.  among  the  historical  authorities  for  the 
])eriod.  lie  has  written  also  with  a  free  ])en,  and  after 
great  inquiry  and  consideration.  What  he  has  written  is 
fully  entitled  to  consideration,  even  if  critics  should  ulti- 
mately come  to  the  conclusion  that  he  lacks  some  of  the 
many  qualities  which  are  essential  to  tho  formation  of 
true  ami  mmml  hibtorical  judgments.  UU  volume  it  IUq 
//rvt  instalment  of  a  History  of  England,  from  \\i«  <\«aA.\\ 
o/  Cliailea  L  to  the  J^estoration  of  Char\«s  \\. 


Shakspeare^s  Garden,  or  the  Piantt  and  Flovera  namid  h 
hi»  IVorki  degcribed  and  de/irud,  WUk  Notu  and  llw 
trathnt  from  the  Workt  of  other  Writers,  Bjf  Si^ 
Beisly.    (Longman.) 

That  he  who  found  **  Sermons  in  itones.  and  good  ii 
everything,"  had  a  keen  appreciation  of  the  bwoijof 
dowers,  and  of  the  powerful  grace  that  in  them  lie^ii 
were  needless  to  argue.  Every  one  of  hit  ouOcUk 
dramas  gives  abondant  proof  of  this ;  and  Mr.  Bcislv  ku 
produced  a  very  pleasing  volume  bv  combining,  witktk 
instances  of  Snakspeare's  ose  of  flowen,  much  canv 
matter  illustrative  of  such  use,  cnlled  from  the  writi^ 
of  his  contemporariet. 

The  Chantlns  Portrait  sf  Shakmeare.  f  Chapoun  at 
Hall.)  ^  '^ 

The  Trustees  of  the  National  Portrait  GaUnr  btriK 
given  special  permission  to  their  Secretarr,  Mr.  Gk9 
Scharf,  to  make  a  tracing  of  the  Chandos  portrait  fari^ 
purnose  of  publication,  it  has  been  carefnlly  lithogziffaK 
so  that  the  admirers  of  the  poet  may  now^ 

**  With  reverence  look  on  his  majestic  fsee,* 
with  the  full  conGdence  that  they  are  looking  on  a  pcric 
copy  of  tho  only  picture  which  has  been  banded  don* 
us,  with  satisfactory  evidence  tliat  it  is  a  portntr 
Shakspeare.  The  print,  which  is  of  course  of  thsiirf 
the  original,  is  of  great  interest,  and  certainly  fww' 
of  the  most  satisfactory'  memorials  of  the  great  pMiia 
bis  Tercentenary  has  called  forth. 

The  Quakterly  Review,  Xo.  CCXXX.  —ft*' 
Quarterly  contains  fewer  articles  than  usual,  ai><" 
perhaps  natural  just  now,  a  large  proportion  of  d** 
pol  iticaL  These  are^ — "Prospects  of  the  ConfedersM'*^' 
Foreign  Policy,"  and  "The  Privy  Council  Jni^" 
The  other  papers  are,  a  biographical  one  on  **  Sir  ViJcfl 
Napier ;"  an  interesting  sketch  of  •*  Pompeii  i"  »  ?»■, 
vievr    of    the    condition,    prospects,    and    resoorec  -' 
'*  Mexico  ;'*  and  an  ingenious  and  well-timed  pop^-^ 
"  Shakspeare  and  his  Si^onnets." 


BOOKS    AND    ODD.    VOLUMES 

WANTED    TO   PURCHASE. 

'■  l*ArticulAn  of  Price.  &c.,  of  the  followinc  Book  to  be  >riit  dirtellf  '-^ 
f^'CDtleinan  by  whom  it  ia  required,  wUoiie  nan'.e  and  mulSnm  uc  P* 
li}T  that  i>uriiosc:  — 

^^vTH  AMD  QiFHiEt, First  Scrics.    VoIn.  I.  n.  and  III. 
Wanted  by  Mr.  W.  WiHthrog*,  AUlU. 


fiotitei  ta  CorreifponTretitf. 


DvrK's  SHAK«7SARr.  HV  fia-'f  r^vfitYtin  ititt>  Kmm  tKf  I?iT.  A.  Tn" 
•  itm/iliiiHiH'i  tttitt,  in  i'ur  Atilif'  ot'hif  thii-d  %-\4.  \  aitt^  p.  3^1.  A/  u  fta"' 
i  I  /i«.'i-  1J//1  r.(/  "eveu  "  /■»  •'  i-nrn  "  in  Ihf  ftui'Mitti  mvaiti  frotH  A\V*  *«^ 
iliftt  Kn<l»  Well.  Jt  I'lrtainlft  i-  nn  crroi\am't  >i-hirh  n  IvrHti^  f'V*'* 
ihr  tfxl  tnvfii'-h  **  vvtii  "  i>  itn'nU'i.  uvuH  har€  prtvcvt€il:  'iwl  fr^m» 
ntantivr  i'h  uhich  th:  t,jtr,>u  Ihf  ptuMitie  io  j>rimir*/,  (ai»-l  it^'bme.^^ 
<rriuruf  thr  notu-r  nmy,  v  think,  uell  f-  fjrcw-^I  fur  nurtttii^/CAr'!' 
'ij.'W.-h  ii'it,-  fitr  Mr.  J>-jt . ,  iMUod nf  Mr.  Williaw*. 

F.  r.  (Seal.)  iHii-  .^f'oi'i  u-ill  not  anuw  <tf'  nor  uvnilwy  o»^-^t"f 
I'Mr  ( 'orrt "ihiml-  ,it'..  kitnl •»»/"■  r. 

Ca..<>(tan.    "  J  ;ii-tft"  tti'ti/nliiii;  toJohntoH  and  WttMler. 

EiM  FMAiiRR.  **  Multipl'-i'vimliHo"  u  tTptaiiutl  la  itriTf  XMtibMTT 
i^f  tht>  IjUW  uf  Srotlanil.  nx  imr-iHimj  **  Ihinhli  iJttimUmtf  *>r  dp«f-Aen'^<M 
hhH  ffiriJ-  NttiNo  /'J  nm  oi'ittH  fkii-.h  tncv  'f  brvrntht  hg  ti  /»ena^  /mtmmca 
ft  imtMni  ur  rfiiriA  v/iith  w    cUiimeii  bv  flifcrtmt  /m  rmm»  prtaemiti^ 

ri'jhU  thi-nt","  Af. 

•  •»  r>:./.  fur  hi„.iin!,  i/k  ttJniHt.'  o/'**N.  it  Q."  mag  «•  ka4vf^ 
PntMifh^r,  auilor  nil  livk.M'lWrf  ami  Ai-ir*i#H  h, 

**NnTBi  AMD  Qi-cniRa"  in  pML'hfd  at  moim  on  Friday,  amJ  v  a^ 
itiHCit  in  MojtTMLV  Pakt».  rkt  Snltfcriotio*  fitr  Stamp**  Cnrrat  Mr 
Mx  Jitimthf  foruimlnt  'hrcrt  frwm  the.  rMi*her  \.imimd' 
iffaHi  Inoix)  i*  \U.  hi.,  vMrk  mas  be  pnidhf  /\>*f 
i.tiuaUc  at  tke  UtramJ  l'o*t  Office,  im  rnvour  of  Wiuiam 
^  a\.u NUT«>«^«kT«<«,>9n •.!,.««>  WjC.Nfo  H-kom  alt  GaMHvr 


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IfOTES 


QUEKIEa 


tn 


LONDOy,  SATUMDJY,  MATl,  im* 


I 


— Biihr, 

0estA  of 

French  1 
Cntt  — 

QUERIED 

-*  -  nm  -  XUi 


,hoB,S71— Oartrt- 


Black 


Liuiat  in  Hariipshiir  —  Biu 
ft»f  the  *^ 


Church,  375. 

ueries  —  BLirTuHt  arid 
^nUcy   of 
B»r"  at 

Sir  Th-.Toa^ 


fLor  Fmmilj 
irriham 

I  itic  of 
I'm  was 


y  —  Kd\i  Jird 

Ml.  —  "Plfty 

,1(1*  —  Sht^n 

ikiv,  Sauiuei  Siipj^r,  CIuLuI&m  to  tb«  Duke  of 


Jforfolk  in  16S1  —  Upper  and  Lcnter  Bmpire,  87^* 


—  Sutton  Goldfield: 
H  oJ  boro — Dr.  Trap  p 
CkTP^lnfcent,  379. 

lUBPLIES:  —  Tiie  Newton  Btone,  Si 
Wolfe,  Gwtlener  to  Hcury  VI I L 
Tkbcivnu  Shftkspcarc  —  J  u«  i 
esU — Mather  Goo*b  — Col 


ry     .1.      oiiamde 

drew"*. 

.   :ia|i;Taiiii 

»— Menohuiet.  SBi— 
-  Wxss  Ltvi/riDore  — 
y  Couj> 
rone  — 
Ballot: 
.  —  Ma.p  tit  lLij[D2Lu  Britain  — 
,'  —  Pa««a«o  In  "  Tom  Joti«s  **— 
-"Here  ll«  Pr«i;'  Ac.^"  Cen- 


tury of  iiiveuti.nis"— John  Youime,  ULA.*,  of  Pembroke 
Hail,  Cambnage-*Amerk!aa  Authon,  ka,,  383. 
K^otoa  on  Books,  Mo, 


BmSOP  ANDE£\y  KNOX  OF  RAFHOE. 
He  wa»  a  younger  son  of  John  Knox  of  Ran- 

furlv  -'•  '-f-jfrCaJ^ile^  in  Renfrewshire,  an  ancient 
Sc'  y,  which  had  been  settled  there  since 

the  -„::  .  .iLh  century^  and  from  which  the  cele- 
oratod  Reformer  John  Knox  was  also  descended, 
Educated  at  the  University  of  Glasffow,  where 
Andrew  MfclvlUe  ^os  then  Pnncipid,  and  was 
"Uureat^d*'  there  in  1370  as  "  Andrseas  Knox' 
lAjmaleg  Fac.  Art,  OUisgnt!n\\  hb  birth  may, 
Uierefore,  be  placed  about  the  year  1560,  as  the 
usual  age  of  entering  college  wag  then  fifteen,  and 
the  course  of  academical  atodies  occupied  four 
years,  1574-U7iX 

Havini;  ent^>red  the  minia^,  his  first  eccledas- 
tical  preferment  was  the  parish  of  Lochcvinnoch, 
in  bis  Dative  county  of  Renfrew^  and  diocese  of 
Glasgow,  to  which  he  was  appointed  about  1586. 
In  A  few  years  afterwards  he  was  trnuslated  to  the 
more  important  cbarwe  of  the  town  and  abbey 
church  of  Pai^ilt'y,  in  the*  same  county  and  diocese, 
159 — ;  but  he  does  not  seem  ever  to  have  ha^l 
Buore  than  Presbyterian  urdinatioti,  for  the  uecea- 
aitv  i»r  rvu«_!vsn_'  that  rite  from  the  hnn^l^  <S  i  ilulv 
f'^  'op  was  not  then   il 

1  or  expedient,  when 

*'  t  be  obtained  conveniently,  and 

I  <e  of  the  Scotinb  prehtQB,  of  what 
'*i>poitiBwood^  Succession  **  (1610- 


1639),  passed  through  the  intermediate  orders  of 
deacon  and  priest. 

Go  the  restoration  of  episcopal  govemment  by 
Eing  James  VL,  in  Act  of  Parliament  of  JuJy  % 
1606,  the  "  Parson  of  Paisley/  was  nominated  te 
I  the  long  vacant  see  uf  *^  The  lalea,**  having  been 
already  designated  bishop  in  the  prcce^iing  yaar» 
and  l>y  lettera  patent  under  the  Privy  Seal  of 
April  2,  1606,  he  wa^  alao  made  Abbot  of  Icolm- 
kill  or  Hy,  on  the  same  day,  according  to  K^tb 
[jSccjUijA  JBUhopjtt  p.  308] ;  but  this  ancient  Cla- 
niacensiau  monaatery  was  annexed  to  the  blshopno 
of  Argyll  in  1617.     In  March,  1608,  he  was  ap- 
pointed one  of  the  commissionem    for  settUog 
afiairs  in  the  Western  lales^  which  were  compri»ea 
in  bis  remote  diocese ;  and,  on  his  measures  having 
been  approved  of  by  the  Privy  Council  of  Scot- 
Ifind,   he  was  sent   to  London  in  June  to   re* 
port  to  tile  King ;  and  he  was  again  summoned 
to  the  English  court  early  in  1609,  returning  to 
Edinburgh  in  June  of  that  year.     In  July  he  held 
a  court  on  the  island  of  lona,  where  the  **  Statutes 
of  Icolmkill "  were  enacted  for  the  government  of 
the  islea  on  August  23,  1609,  and  received  the 
royal  approval  June  28,  1610.    In  July  foUowing 
the  bishop  was  created  **  Steward  and  Justice  of 
all  the  North  and  West  Isles  of  Scotland"  (ex- 
cept Orkney  and  Zetland),  and  also  "  Constable 
of  the  Castle  of  Dunyreg,  in  lala,"  in  Auguat  of 
the  afime  year,  1610. 

His  cangecratiou  appears  to  have  taken  place 
on  February  24,  161 1,  in  the  parish  church  ot 
Leith  (together  with  that  of  John  Campbell, 
Bishop  elect  of  Argyll);  the  ofliciating  prelate 
having  been  his  metropolitaji,  the  Abp.  of  Gli^ 
gow,  assisted  by  the  Bishops  of  Galloway  lad 
Breohio. 

By  patent  of  June  26,  1611,  he  was  nomiflflied 
to  the  bishopric  of  Rapboe,  in  Ireland  (then  vacant 
by  the  resignation  of  another  Scotiah  Bishop, 
George  Montgomery) ;  but  he  was  certainly  non- 
resident for  several  years  subsequently,  and  as  he 
remained  in  Scotland,  must  have  continued  to  re- 
tain both  seci.  The  reason  of  his  translation  130 
an  Irish  bishopric  is  said  to  have  been  because 
"  King  James  considered  him  to  be  a  very  fit 
person  to  undertake  the  chargr  of  a  diocese  in 
Ulster  at  this  time." 

In  Apnl,  1614,  the  Castle  of  Dunyveg,  which 

had  been  garrisoned  by  h'mi  for  the  government 

fr     -^   .^^nla  of  three  years,  was  surprised  by  a 

f,  and  the  bishop  proceeded  from  Edin- 

iMi.^..  *..  iittcmpt  its  recovery  in  Septembtr :  but 

he  fell  into  a  trap,  and  was  obliged  to  leave  as 

Imnf  ;».7o^  Uh  you  ITiomas  and  nephew  John  Kuox^ 

"ie,  on  wluch  he  was  allowed  to  depart. 

I  rjes  were  subsequently  libet«.te-<^  v^'&^i- 

vemb<ir  CuWomtv^,  wv  Q;oTv^\<\^t«»  t^k^^  ^f^ 

and  iW  caa\Xt  %\^>Tm<i^  ^m^'tVTvs,'!>x^  ^-'^^  ^L^nj 


161 7t  a  tiew  chapter  was  cstabliabed  for  the  Sec  of 
the   Iflle^i  ns  the  ancleat  writs  of  the  blahoprtc 
had  been  tost,  and  a  new  foundatioa  was  conse- 
quently necesaarj.     It  must  htive  been   shortly 
after  thia  that  Bishop  Ivnox  finally  resigned  his 
connection  with  his  island  diocese,  as  he  received 
"  Letters  of  denization  "  in  Ireland,  on  Sept,  22, 
1619  [RoL  Pat};  and  about  the  same  time  was 
called  into  the  Privy  Council  of  Ireland.     He  had 
a  pension  of  100/,  a  year  irom  King  Jaoiea,  which 
was  withdrawn  in  May,  1620,  "on  the  eve  of  his 
removal  to  Raphoe."  iRym,  Fctd.  voL  viii.  part  3, 
p.  147.]     Keith  gtates,  that  **he  was  translated 
m  the  year  1622,"  and  **  died  the  7th  of  Novem- 
ber, 1632;"  but  both  these  dates  are  incorrect, 
a«  shown    above.      His    episcopal    residence   as 
Bishop  of  Raphoe  was  at  Ramullen^  near  Lough- 
Swilly,  which  he  preferred  to  Kaphoe,  as  there  was 
a  garrisoned  castle  there.     When  the  Royal  Viai* 
tation  of  the  Province  of  Armagh  was  made  in 
1622,  the  bishop  was  resident  in  his  diocese,  and 
laid    many   grievances    before    the   commission; 
among  others,  the  entire  loss  of  the  diocesan  re> 
cords  there,  and  the  want  of  a  cathedral,  of  which 
the  waUa  only  were  standing,  though  a  new  roof, 
which  bad  been  two  years  in  preparation,  "  was 
to  be  set  up  this  summer   at   the  bishop's  and 
parishioners'   charge."      As  might    be  expected 
from  his  antecedents,  he  was   extremely  lax  in 
ordaining  clergymen,  allowing  many  irregularities, 
and  giving  **  a  free  entry  into  the  ministry "  to 
Presbyterian  candidates  for  benefices  in  his  dio* 
oeae.     In  short,  Biahop  Knox*s  character  was  more 
thai  of  a  politician  than  a  churchman,  as  exem- 
plified by  his  proceedings  in  the  Western  Islea ; 
and  though  he  is  stated  to  have  been  ^*  a  good 
man,  who  did  much  within  hts  diocese  by  propa- 
gating religion,"  yet  we  must  have  regard  to  the 
whole  tenor  of  his  career,  and,  if  unwilling  to 
^ive  entire  credence  to  the  accusations  of  into- 
lerance and  persecution  brought  against  him  for 
ills  treatment  of  the  Romanists  in  Ubter  by  the 
historians  of  that  body,  there  is  sufhcient  evidence 
of  his  having  been  anything  but  a  mild  or  tolerant 
prelate,  or  a  faithful  member  of  his  own  church. 

Bishop  Knox  died  on  March  17,  163(9,  when  he 
had  attained  the  age  of  about  seventy -three,  and 
in  the  twenty-third  of  his  episcopute^  dating  from 
his  consecration  in  1611,  ano,  acconjing  to  Ware's 
BiMhofiMj  "in  the  twenty-fecond  year  after  his 
traiisUtton."  Place  of  death  and  interment  not 
recorded  ;  but  the  former  was  probably  at  Ramul- 
len  Castle. 

The  autlioritios  for  the  above  sketch  are  Ware's 
Buhvps,  edit.  Hjirrls;    Cottons   Fasti,   iii.   351, 
wWre  the  date  of  the  1    '    ^     '      '    ^    "  ^'      ', 
17,  162 J,"  a  clerical  en 
but  it  is  not  corrected 
^Inut'n  Ni^ory  of  (he  Church  of  7 
^^^j&i  Bishops^  edit,  Rua^idU  C^u 


f/caJ  History  ofScottami:   l-awKio'* 
of  ScoUand;  Gregory's  HisL  of  the  1        _^ 
lam}$  ami  Inles  of  Sct>tlanrl ;    Mn   Cne*» 
Atidrew  Melville;  Booke  of  the  Unicerstili 
Scotland ;  Bren  an ,  O* Suli  i vati)  PorttiTi  i 
DaminiCf  Sfc. 


CONTKlBtJTIONS    FROM    FOREIGN 
LITERATURE, 
nr  JAMES  uRyjiT  i»txQj 

The  Birth  of  Mrfltn,  on  Ancienl  1\^ 
Loieer  Britanny^  I^ra 

The  original  of  this  curious  produ 
the  Armoric,  and  may  be  seen  in  ' 
chap-books,  also  in  — 

"  Barsaz-Breiz,  Cbaata    pop" 
recaeillis  et  public  avec  nnc 
inLroductioD,  Jkc,  et  les  melodic  eft.** 

Didier  &  Co, 

Also  in  "  Myrdhjno,  ou  l^iichanteitr  Mm 
toire,  sea  oeuvres,  et  son  infiueDce,**      Pari^  I 

Both  works   are  the  erudite    tmd 
compilations  of  the  Viscount  Hersart 
lemarque,  Member  of   the  InsiitutG 
&c.     So  much  has  been  written  about , 
Merlin  *,  that  it  is  unnecessary  to  ec 
the  subject.     The  ballad  is  believeti  : 
ancient,  and  I  see  no  reason  to   datil 
Viscount  says :  — 

**  Lq  void  danA  sa  rusticit*^  et  la  ; 
t el  que  lea  nourricea,  c«i  coDsenrmtrtces  i     __ 
latre  dc  taut«a  lea  natioiia  le  r^pbteot  poor  i 
eufiiata.** 

His  "traduction"  is  in  prose.  In  mf 
lation  I  have  endeavoured  to  presenra 
rusticity  and  fltmnlicity.  I  have  mdopUst 
two-line  stanza  ol  the  original,  and  hf*^ 
very  trifling  deviation  from  the  phr 
deed,  such  deviation  has  only  be 
idiom  of  our  languatfc  rendered 
necesaary.  The  burden  is  repeated 
verse. 

*♦  1  ilept  in  the  forest  all  alone  — 
T  slept  tiU  A  year  and  a  month  had  llowa 
JfuH  rtOf  T*i  mahik^  va  nuthiJk  ! 
i/wM  HUf  toutoniA  talla  !  f 


and   ha*<i, 

d  ^^H 
;atcd  a^l 


"  A  fair  bird  percliM  an  tin- 
And  he  caroll'd  awc«t]y  •! 

**  It  waa  like  ihe  hppfi 
At  even-tido  when  i 


tfC<k. 


•  TiDemarqu^f  indulges 
Iba  of  Merlin,  and  aft^f 
of  the  name. 
MeUftf,  Mdii.. 
(Ifraphos  Brct<i3 
vcUic'"  But  I 
Celtic  word  mtf 
tobia  miracul' 


8'*S.V.  Mat7,'84.] 


NOTES  AND  QUEEIES. 


373 


**  Sach  the  spell  of  the  soothing  Iat, 

It  wafted  my  very  soul  away  I 
*^  Aye  I  and  wherever  the  fair  bird  went. 

Thither,  alas  I  were  my  footsteps  bent. 
««  This  was  the  little  bird's  charm^  lay— 

*  Thine  eyes  are  pearls  on  the  hawthorn  spray  I 
«<  <  Th'  earliest  glow  o'  the  mominc  light. 

Meets  a  gleam  more  pore  and  bi^ht : 
«*  *  The  Sun  np-springing  from  eastern  sea, 

Saj-s,  This  royal  virgin  my  bridt  diall  be ! ' 
«<  Little  bird  I  litUe  bird!  hosh  that  strain— 

Thy  notes  of  flattery  fall  in  vain. 
^  Prate  not  to  me  of  the  earliest  streak, 

Tinging  with  splendour  the  mountain  peak ; 
"  Tell  not  of  pearls  on  the  hawthorn  spray, 

If  I  am  belovM  by  the  God  of  Day ! 
"And  sweeter  and  wilder  the  notes  became. 

Till  a  trance  stole  over  my  wearied  frame. 
''I  slept  where  an  oak  its  branches  flang  — 

It  was  the  tree  whence  the  fair  bird  sung. 
•*  I  dream'd  I  was  in  a  lonely  grot. 

And  a  little  Duz  'twas  who  own'd  the  spot* 
**  The  grot  was  nigh  to  a  fairy  spring ; 

And  the  tiny  waves  aye  were  murmuring : 
•*  The  walls  were  diamonds  and  emeralds  green ; 

The  trellis'd  gate  was  of  crystal  sheen : 
«  Softest  moss  was  beneath  my  tread. 

And  cowslip  and  violet  odours  shed. 
•*  And  the  little  Duz  who  ovm'd  the  grot,—- 

Joyons  was  I,  for  I  saw  him  not 
"  And  there  came  the  coo  of  a  turtle-dove. 

As  he  flew  'mid  the  spreading  trees  above. 
"  Never  was  bird  more  fair  withal ; 

And  he  flapped  hia  wings  'gainst  the  diamond  wall. 
. "  He  tapp'd  at  the  porUl  crystalline ; 

Alas,  my  poor  heart !  that  I  let  him  in : 
"  Round  he  flew,  as  if  seeking  r«st ; 

He  perch'd  on  my  shoulder,  and  kiss'd  my  breast ; 
"  Tliree  times  kiss'd  he  my  cheeks  so  red ; 

Then  away  and  away  to  the  greenwood  fled-f 
"  He  merrily  coo'd,  and  he  seem'd  right  glad,— 

1  curs'd  my  fate,  for  my  heart  was  sad. 
**,^nd  my  tears  flow'd  fast  by  night  and  day. 

While  my  infant's  cradle  I  rock'd  alway. 
'*•  I  wish'd  his  sire  In  the  icy  cell, 

'Mid  chilling  snows,  where  the  dark  sprites  dwelLJ 

•  The  Duz  or  Duzik  {vide  **  Barzaz  Breiz ")  was  a 
gnome,  dwarf,  or  fairj-,  who  presided  over  springs  and 
grottos.  Some  archaeologists  argue  that  he  a  identical 
with  the  frolicsome  domestic  spirit  called  by  the  dif- 
ferent names  of  Lutin,  Puck,  Hob,  Wilfrey,  Pam,  Ac  &c 
One  thmg,  however,  is  quite  cerUm— we  modems  have 
not  forgotten  him,  and  occasionally  ask  him  to  take 
obnoxious  individuals!  As  the  Duz  had  the  power  to 
assume  various  forms,  animate  and  inanimate,  the  Bre- 
tons argue  that  he  was  the  turtle  dove  of  the  ballad. 

t  The  "  greenwootl "  is  in  the  original.  No  terms  are 
more  universal  in  European  ballad  literature  than  ••  crreen- 
wood  "  and  "  greenwood  tree." 

X  The  Celtic  tribes  believed  in  a  species  of  purgatory, 
but  the  place  was  amidst  ribs  of  ice,  and  in  caverns  of 
eternal  snow.  Thispagan  superstition  has  been  eurrafted 
on  Christianity.  The  Rev.  S.  VV.  King,  in  his  most  in- 
»!!!S?*  wwi  valuable  work.  The  Italian  Vaileye  of  At 
^«MWM  JLbf  (London,  Murray),  says,  in  his  account  of 
the  Vil  di  Bonis,  «•  A  singular  snperstiUon  is  currmt 


**  "hly  infknt  open'd  his  eyes  and  smil'd, 

And  this  was  the  song  of  m^  new-bom  child, 

*  Hun  eta,  va  mabikf  va  mabtk  I 
Hun  eta,  toutouik  lalla  I 
«« Dry  be  thy  tears!  all  joy  be  thine! 

Weep  not  my  mother !  the  grief  be  mine ! 
**  *  Thou  would'st  my  sire  in  the  icy  cell, — 

The  chilling  snows,  where  the  dark  sprites  dwelL 
" '  Mother !  my  fkther  dwells  afar. 

Between  the  moon  and  the  morning  star. 
**  *  And  the  light  of  the  sun  and  the  moon  is  dim 

To  the  glorious  lustre  surrounding  him. 
** '  Heaven !  preserve  him  from  the  cell,— 

From  chilling  snows  where  the  dark  sprites  dwelL* 
**  *  It  is  he  who  succours  the  heart  opprest  — 

It  is  he  who  gives  to  the  weary  rest 
**  *  Bless  the  hour  that  gave  me  birth ; 

For  my  country's  weal  was  I  sent  on  earth. 
**  *  All  mystic  things  shall  to  me  be  known. 

And  my  fame  shall  over  the  world  be  blown. 
<**  And  the  spirits  that  rule  the  air  and  sea 

Shall  own  my  power,  and  my  subjects  be.* 
**  Then  round  her  neck  were  his  small  arms  slung  — 

f  Tale  more  wond'rona  has  ne'er  been  sung.) 

And  the  descant  flow'd  from  the  infant's  tongue, 
'  film  eta,  va  mabik,  va  mabik  t 
Hunetal  toutouik  lalla  I '"^ 
Florence,  lUly,  Dec  31, 1863. 


with  regard  to  the  wild  glaciers  which  wreathe  round 
the  bases  of  these  icy  summits.  Strange  wails  and  mourn- 
ful cries  are  often  heard  issuing  from  their  awful  fissures, 
which  are  believed  to  be  the  moans  of  lost  souls,  con- 
demned to  expiate  their  sins  in  the  bowels  of  ice.  So 
fixed  is  the  belief,  that  often  manv  persons  in  a  year  have 
been  known  to  make  a  weaiy  and  dangerous  pilgrimage 
on  the  lonely  glacier;  where  on  their  bare  knees,  they 
have  offered  long  and  earnest  prayers  for  the  liberatioa 
of  the  nnhappy  souls,  and  also  for  their  own  deliverance 
from  such  a  fate ;  imagining  that  either  in  life,  or  after 
deaUi,  they  must  expiate  their  sins  by  viaitiog  these 
dread  r^ons." 

The  Val  di  Bours  is  a  portion  of  Celtic  Piedmont,  and 
the  belief  has  no  doubt  bran  handed  dovm  traditionally. 
But  such  an  idea  is  not  confined  to  a  Roman  Catholic 
valley— it  prevails  in  the  Protestant  Canton  de  Yaud, 
Switserlano,  and  t)ie  awful  fissures  on  the  sladers  of  the 
Dent  de  Morcles  called  the  **  glaciers  of  Pun-neve,"  are 
believed  to  be  inhabited  by  lost  souls.  As  the  Yaudois 
peasant  does  not  believe  in  Purgatoiy,  he  regards  the 
icy  caverns  of  his  canton  as  a  place  of  punishment  where 
sinners  are  confined  without  hope  of  relief.  The  Canton 
de  Yaud  is  a  portion  of  Celtic  Switzerland. 
As  connected  with  this  subject,  Wordsworth's 
•*  Mari>le  belt 

Of  central  earth,  where  tortured  spirits  pine 

For  grace  and  goodness  lost ; " 
and  Moore's  — 

.    .    .    •*  Ere  condemn'd  we  go 
To  freeze  'mid  Hecla's  snow," 

wiU  ocenr  to  the  poetical  reader. 

•  The  expression  rendered  "dark  sprites'*  is  in  the 
original  **  black  sprites." 

f  For  the  better  understanding  of  the  ballad,  we  may 
observe  that  it  is  a  nursery  song,  sung  by  a  Breton  nurse 
to  Aer  child.  The  nurse  uses  the  first  person,  and  as- 
anmes  the  character  of  Merlin's  m<lth«t^'Q2&^^^.  >2q^^\v^ 


374 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[M&T.  lUar7,lL 


CERTinCATE  OF  CONFORMITY,  1641. 

<*  George,  by  God's  pvidence  Lorde  Boshopp  of  Here- 
ford, To  all  to  whom  these  pseota  shall  come  greetinge  in 
onr  Lorde  God  everlaatince :  knowc  jeo  that  Roger  Letch- 
more,  of  the  j)ishe  of  ffownehope,  -w^^in  the  Dioces  of 
Hereff,  Gent,  havynge  byn  formlye  indicted  and  con- 
victed for  a  Recnsant,  appeared  jisonally  before  the 
right  wor<^*  John  Ryrle,  suronett,  and  Ambrose  Elton, 
Esquire,  bcinge  twoe  of  his  Ma*^  justices  of  the  peace 
w**>m  the  Countye  of  Hereff.,  nppon  the  nyneteenth  dave 
of  June  last  past,  at  the  pishe  of  Much  Marcle,  in  the 
Countye  of  Here! ;  and  then  and  there  did  willinglye 
submitt  h>'m  selfe  to  the  state  and  Church  of  England, 
and  in  pfession  of  his  Conformitye  to  the  sayd  State  and 
Church,  did  then  and  there  take  the  oathe  of  allegeance 
and  supremacye  to  the  kinge's  most  excellent  Mfttie,  and 
faythfuUye  pmysed  and  pt^ted  the  same  daye  before  the 
sayd  Barronett  Kyrle  and  Ambrose  Elton  (as  I  am  credi- 
blye  informed  by  certiGcat  remaynynge  in  my  custodyo 
under  the  hands  of  the  sayd  Barronett  Kyrle  and  Ambroise 
Elton),  flrom  thenceforth  accordinge  to  the  lawes  and 
statuts  of  this  Realme  to  continue  such  his  Conformitye 
in  his  due  obedience  to  the  Kinges  Ma*^,  his  heyres  and 
successors,  to  his  lyves  ends :  and  I  have  received  as  well 
a  Ccrtificat,  under  the  hande  of  Robert  Gregorie,  clarke, 
vicar  of  ffownehope,  aforesayd,  bearinge  date  the  twen- 
tieth day  of  June  last  past,  testifyinge  that  the  sayd 
Roger  IJBtchmore,  for  the  space  of  more  than  one  whole 
veare  last  past,  conformed  hym  selfe ;  duringe  w«*^  tjrme 
nee  hath  usuallyc  frequented  his  pishe  church  of  ffowne- 
hope aforesio^d ;  and  there  did  religeouslye  demeane  him- 
aelfiB  during  the  tyme  of  dyvvne  Service  reade,  and  ser- 
mon preached,  and  at  the  ffeast  of  Easter  last  past  the 
Sacrament  of  the  Lorde's  Supper  administered,  then  and 
there  alsoe  the  sayd  Roger  Letchmore  Tamongst  other 
of  the  CongregacOn  there  psent)  receaved  and  tookc  the 
holye  Sacrament,  administred  unto  hym  by  the  hands  of 
the  sayd  M'  Gregory,  as  in  and  by  the  sayd  ccrtificatt 
remaynynge  in  my  custodye  more  at  lardgo  y*  doth  and 
may  appeare. 

**  In  wittncsse  whereof,  I  have  sett  to  ray  hande  and 
Episcopall  Seule,  the  thirtith  day  of  June,  in  the  seven- 
teenth yeare  of  the  raigne  of  our  sovVigne  lorde  Charles, 
by  the  Grace  of  God  Kiuge  of  England,  Scotland,  tfrance, 
and  Irelundc,  Defender  of  the  iTaythe,  etc.  Anno  que 
dni,  1641. 

(L.S.)  "  Geo.  Ulrkfokd." 

The  above  is  preserved  among  the  muniments 
of  Sir  Edmund  Lechmere,  Bart.,  at  Severn-End, 
in  the  county  of  Worcester ;  and  may  be  inter- 
esting to  the  readers  of  "  N.  &  Q."  as  a  certificate 
of  Conformity,  granted  by  the  Hishop  of  Hereford 
(Gcorrre  Coke)  to  a  member  of  the  ancient  family 
of  Lechmere,  of  Fanhope  (a  younger  branch  of 
the  Lechmercs  of  Ilanley),  in  the  year  1641. 

£.  P.  SUIBLEY. 

Lower  Eatington  Park. 


WOUDS  AND  PLACES  IX  DEVOXSIIlRliL 

1.  Anionic  other  examples  of  the  Celtic  root 
duny  "  a  hiil  fortress,"  Mr.  Taylor  (p.  2;J5,  aii<l 
again  p.  402,)  gives  South  Mol/o/i  as  representing 
the  ancient  Meliifiinum.  His  authority  is  Baxter 
{Glossnrinm,  s.  ▼.  "Melidunum").  But  Baxter 
was  guided  solely  by  a  similarity  of  sound.  There  ' 


is  not  the  slightest  reason  for  fixing  a  Eomi 
station  at  South  ^lolton.  No  Rofun  rcBsiH 
have  ever  been  found  there.  The  town  ii,  d 
course,  named  from  the  river  Mole  on  wUch  it 
stands ;  and  it  is  unnecessary  to  look  lor  tk 
Celtic  dim  here,  any  more  than  in  North  Molta, 
or  in  North  and  South  Tawlon,  on  the  riw  Tsv. 
Baxter,  it  in>7  be  added,  places  South  liobia 
wrongly,  "adXkrnm  amnem;**  meaning,  ^pir- 
ently,  on  the  Taw,  into  which  the  Mole  nus. 

2.  Ur.  Taylor  asserts  (p.  255)  that,  « in  Dma 
the  ancient  Cvnuric  apeecn  feebl j  lingered  on  (3 
the  reign  of  Elizabeth ;  while  in  Cornwall,  it  is 
the  general  medium  of  intercoorae  in  the  tiaea 
Henry  VIU.  What  authority  b  there  for  tfcf 
former  statement?  I  know  of  none  whstne 
The  Saxon  border  had  been  driven  soma  wp 
down  into  Cornwall  at  an  early  period;  and  al- 
though there  may  be  little  doubt  that  tlie  viDsi 
on  many  ef  the  Devonshire  nianora^  were  of  Ccb 
blood,  there  is  no  evidence,  so  far  an  I  know,  ik 
the  *' Cymric  speech  *' lingered  in  Dewauimi 
any  period  after  the  Conquest. 

3.  **  On  the  frontier  between  the  Celts  of  Oft 
wall  and  the  Saxons  of  Devon  stands  the  vie 
of  Marham  "  (p.  279).  In  the  word  «« lisba' 
Mr.  Taylor  finds  the  Saxon  Afark^  ^'bossAr* 
Marham  church  is  dedicated  to  St.  Ho^ 
(locally  "Morrlner*"),  as  is  that  of  Mon^B* 
on  the  adjoining  coast.  ^  The  saint*8  nm^ 
probably  been  Saxonised  into  Marham. 

4.  **  The  Stannary  Court  of  the  Duchy  of  Csaif « 
an  assembly  which  represents,  in  continuous  me^^ 
the  local  courts  of  the  ancient  Britons.  The  eoat  ni 
formerly  held  in  the  open  air  on  the  summit  of  OrokA 
Tor,  where  the  traveller  may  still  see  concrentric  Dcii'^ 
seats  hewn  out  of  the  rock.  The  name  of  Croto  Tff 
evidenllv  refers  to  a  deliberative  assembly;  and  W'^' 
man's  \^ood,  in  the  immediate  neighbourhood,  tofS^ 
the  wisdom  traditionally  imputed  to  the  grave  asd  t> 
verend  seniors  who  took  part  in  the  debates.*' — F.  W. 

The  Cornish  Stannary  Court  was  never  held  « 
Crokern  (not  Crokeu)  Tor,  which  is  on  Dartmocr. 
A  general  court  for  the  regulation  of  the  tinnen 
of  Devon  and  Cornwall  was  held  on  HengstoK 
Hill  (in  Cornwall,  just  across  the  Tamar),  until 
in  the  reign  of  Edward  I.,  that  for  Devon  w« 
removed  to  Crockern  Tor.  It  is  possible — but  of 
this  there  is  no  direct  proof— that  before  thii 
division  a  local  court  may  have  been  held  oa 
Crockern  Tor ;  but  that  the  name,  "  evidendj 
refers  to  a  deliberative  assembly,"  •  is,  at  least, 
uncertain.  It  U  pronounced  *'  Crukcrn,'*  and  out 
"Croken,"  as  Mr.  Taylor  apparent!/  supposes. 
There  is  a  village  called  "Crokern  Well,"  on  the 


•  "  We  have  the  Welsh  word  ffragam,  •  to  speak  loud,' 
whence  comes  the  Englinh  verb,  •  to  croak,*  .  .  .  The 
cr«i*ing  of  a  door,  and  the  name  of  the  com-erdk,  are 
from  the  Rame  root  Compare  the  Sanscrit  Ar«r,  •  to  call 
out' ;  the  Greek,  Kpi&^w  i  and  the  Latin,  erocirc**— Tfeylor. 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


375 


be^ireen  QtMbamptMk   uid   £xaler;    and 
(CrdkeC  the  oiOM  ^  OM  of  the  old^t  Devoa- 

\  •  Crrktr,  Crttwys,  «nd  CopAatoM^ 

Wlien  th«  Oonqoenic  csmt,  w«re  fowid  at  homV* — 

hnr  [terliaps  be  connected,   Pryce  (Cof^ish  Voca' 
Uinnj,  I71K})  asserts  thaK^-'"^'"   .,- j  i.r...4:en, 
Cornisli  and  Brezone<  ill;' 

nd  Crockem  Is  the  lowesi  ^.  .„. .,  ..  .__.  -,^igh- 
tjuring  Tors. 

No  trudition  has   ever  connected  Wistman's 
ro<»d  (it  is  properly  Whishtman's  or  Wtiihinan\s 
7ood)  with  Croi'kern  Tor»     Mrs.  Braj  (Legends 
^tkii  Tamar  and  Ta^)  was  the  first  to  find  wis- 
bm  in  its  name ;  and  to  connect  it  with  the  lore 
olikr  "wise  men*'  —  Druids.      I  believe   the 
|"wlai<|jtman/*  to  whom  the  wood  belongs,  to  be 
I  nia»t<-'r  of  the  "whish"  bounds,^ — an  unearthly 
iok  with  fiery  mouths,  which  hunta  over  Dart- 
loor.     Wu«c,  or  Wfsc,  >!eems  to  have  been  one 
of  (he  names  of  Odin  (Kemble,  Scixon$  in  Eiig^ 
""      *    voL  I.  p,  345);   and  **  whishtneaa "   la   the 
nmon  Devonfihire  word  for  all   mipematural 
1  and  deallngt}«  Kichakd  John  Kifg. 


wnci_. 


SiHILAB  StoBXSS   m  DIFFEBfillT  LoCAXilTIBS. — 

Belmont,  near  Lausanne^  Switzerland,  we  have 

\  old  atories  of  hedging  in  the  cackoo ;  of  the 

mer  who  built  a  wall  round  his  turnip-field  to 

ep  the  files  off;  and  also  of  the  coats  beneath 

churcL    This  last  story  is  the  same  as  the 

eat  (Coggleshall)  version.     Some  Belmonters 

ad  an  idea  that  their  church  would  be  ali  the 

fetter  if  moved  three  yards  to  the  west ;  so  they 

^ked  the  distance  by  leaving  their  coats.   They 

en  pu&hed  against  the  eastern  wall.    A  thief 

Ae  the  coats,  and  the  peasants  found  they  had 

Bhed  too  far  !   A  "  seedy  '*  Belmonter  is  sure  to 

!  told  to  *♦  have  a  push  at  the  church!"   The 

Blioont  people  also  have  a  moon  of  their  own, 

aite  ditferent  fo  the  oueat  Lausanne  I  As  a  proof 

'  the  simplicity  of  the  Belmonters^  they  tell  a 

^rjr  that  a  stranger  who  came  to  reiide  there 

b^  pounced   upon    for  ftw   permit  de  s^Jtmrs^ 

\Twor'   sjiid    the    Frenchman;    "why   I  am 

yan,  and  by  myself!  "    "  No !  "  said  the  tax- 

herer ;  "  you  have  a  Hide  %,  who  must  pay." 

ft  boy  was  a  tame  monkey  ! 

[I  am   not  aware  that  we  have  any  joke  re- 

"pbiiDg  the  last.     Happily,  we  have  no  such 

mg  as  a  prrmis  de  srjour ;  that  ia  an  exaction 

K;uliar    to  frei'  and    republican    Switzerland, 

here  I  may  observe  there  is  more  petty  tyranny 

iteroieted  lowardi*  strangers  resident,  than  there 

^  ia  even  Austria  and  the  Roman  States, 

S*  Jacksoh. 
FRpcii  BoiLB.  ^  Wbilst  lookia|T  over  a  book^ 
>ntainin£  sooie  curious  and  quaint  old  &uM^  1 


hla^f^ry  of  a  **  Fpeoch  Bibki*'  printed 
Mcmere,    at    Paris,    in    1538; 
.     ihe  following  lacti:  — 

**  That  th«  aflhfis  of  ths  golden  calf^  which  Ifosei  cansidd 

to  [yf.  Lurnt.  (ini  muijed  with  the  wmtcr  that  wai  dnmk 
>,  Btuck  to  the  beards  of  ftu^b  has  hid 
re  it  J  by  which  they  appeared  with  gilt 

LKiar:?,;.^  a  pieuliar  mark  to  distinguiah  tiiui«whtob  had 

womhipp^d  iha  catC* 

This  Idle  story  is  aetuatly  tnterwovoa  witli  the 
S^ind  chapter  of  Exodus.  And  Bonnemere  sajrHi 
in  his  preface,  this  French  Bible  was  printed  in 
1495,  at  the  request  of  his  most  Christian  Blajesty 
Charles  VIII.  ;  and  declares  further,  that  the 
French  translator  "has  added  nothing  but  the 
genuine  truths,  according  to  the  express  terms  of 
the  Latin  Bible ;  nor  omitted  anything  but  what 
was  improper  to  be  translated !"  So  that  we  are 
to  look  upon  this  fiction  of  the  gilded  beards  as 
matter  oi  fact ;  and  another  of  the  same  stamp, 
inserted  in  the  chapter  above  mentioiiedi  lix. 
that  — 

"  Upon  Aaron's  refusing  to  inske  gods  for  the  Is- 
raelites, they  spat  »poa  hitn  with  ao  mach  fury  and 
vtoleace,  that  they  (^uite  anffocated  hinx.** 

Thomas  TaiS£LTOii  Dtbb. 

^ng^s  College 

Caftain  NATaAJfinL  PomxLoCK,  whose  voyage 
round  the  world  with  Capt.  George  Dixon,  was 
publifthed  in  1789,  and  an  abridgement  of  which 
appeared  in  1791,  died  Sept.  12,  1817.  As  to 
him  see  Lowndes  s  BihL  Manual,  ed.  Bohn,  1930 ; 
Annual  Regiaier^  xb\  307,]  30  ;  Gent  Mag,  Ixjtvi. 
1075 ;  LxxjKvii.  (2)  379;  Bromley's  CaL  of  En- 
graved  Portraits^  473  ;  and  James's  Nwsed  Hi^ 
ed.  Chamier,  ii.  344,  345,  He  is  surely  better 
entitled  to  a  place  in  our  Biographical  Dic- 
tionaries than  many  who  appear  there. 

S.  Y.R. 

An  AiiciEUT  Ceaft. — The  following  cutting  ts 
taken  from  a  New  England  journal.  May  not 
the  old  craft  have  a  remembrance  in  "K.  &  Q.  P  ** — 

"  The  vessel  recentiv  discovpTed  huried  in  the  snn«i  ♦"! 
the  eastern  cotut  of  (jh*leant,  Oap«  Cod»  wa«  35  *■■ 
l«agth,  hud  a  tonnat?^  of  40  to  50  tons,  onri  vr!i<i 
tlic  Sparrowhai^  L 
port  sent  with  fr 

ing.     Six  year:;  .;    .   ., .!...„„..  -  . 

237  yeare  ago— the  attempted  to  get  outot  Potooomicut 
hartMMiTt  aa  it  was  then  ealled*  but  ran  upon  a  sand-bar 
and  bilged,  and  ia  the  constant  chanrnJi  in  the  coaat 
there  she  was  entirely  buried  ia  ten  or  ratcen  yeais^  and 
BO  she  hia  remained  until  a  few  weeks  ago^  when  some 
Band  woe  washed  away,  and  she  was  discovered. 

•*  The  deck  was  gone,  and  the  door  below  the  deck  wis 
strewn  with  staves  and  hoads  of  barrels,  and  among  them 
a  large  qua&titr  of  buoes— some  of  beei;  some  of  pork,  and 
Bonu-  of  mutton.    The  hoops  of  the  barrels  had  mostly 

I ;  they  may  have  been  of  iron,  and  so  dissolved 

.111  of  the  Bca  water. 

'    '*    and  spikes  snd  iron  used  fa  the  con- 
'ijsel  had*  a^?a  ^xw^^^^aaeA,^  ^  xiio\^vis^ 


l;ind- 
;.>.k— 


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[3- 


hard  I  wbile  the  ribs  and  planks  and  irunnelf.  of  eood  old 
EnglUh  o*k,  atill  remain  quite  sound.  Memento  htmters 
jiro  hacking  away  at  her  in  sach  numbers  that  soon  there 
will  be  nothing  left.  The  early  record*  of  Plymouth 
cf^ony  contain  reference  to  the  loss  of  the  Sparrow - 
biiwk."  ^^ 

w.w. 

Malts. 

Austin  Tbxamb*  CHtrRCH.  — One  can  hardly 
doubt  that  the  able  architect,  under  whose  care 
tbis  venerable  relic  of  Old  London  is  being  re- 
red,  will  detect,  in  the  course  of  hia  work,  the 
0U8  mistake  which  has  been  for  many  years 
'mlhmed  to  remain  on  its  faqade,  just  over  the 
great  window.  The  date,  in  large  Koman  nume- 
rals, SUncid  thus,  A.D.  MCCLItl.  J. 


e^ufrkitf* 


Ballad  Qceeibs. — Can  any  one  inform  me 
where  I  can  procure  a  ballad  commencing  thus  ? 

**  It  was  the  Knight  Sir  Aage, 
He  to  the  i^slaud  rade ; 
He  marriud  the  ladye  Else, 
Who  had  been  to  long  a  maid. 

**He  mairied  the  lady  Else, 
All  with  the  gold  so  red  — 
Ere  a  month  had  paas'd  and  gone, 
The  lady  Else  was  dead.'* 

The  ballad  is  ScandinaTian,  Danish,  or  Korse, 
and  was  inaertpd  in  a  periodical  called  The  Port- 
folio ;  but  whether  it  was  an  original  translation, 
or  copied,  1  know  not.  The  Portfolio  dues  not 
appear  in  the  Museum  Gatalt^ue,  nor  can  I  find 
it  elsewhere. 

I  also  should  like  a  copy  of  a  ballad  called 
**  Lord  MalcotQ,"  written  in  the  Lewisian  stanza, 
f.  <■♦  in  that  of  "  Alonzo  the  Brave."  It  wns  often 
quoted  by  Horsley  Curtcis,  Charlotte  Dacrc  (Rosa 
Matilda),  and  the  romance  writers  of  the  Minerva 
acbool.     I  remember  a  part  of  a  verse  — 

**  The  chill  dew  is  {ailing—damp,  damp  ii  the  aigbt ; 
The  ruins  are  lonely— -Ob  God !  for  a  li^hL 
J^rd  Malcora  J  and  thou  art  death  coJd.^' 

Miss  Jane  Porter  wrote  a  ballad  called  *'  Lord 
Malcom,*'  but  it  is  not  the  one  inquired  after,  and 
is  in  a  different  metre. 

I  also  wish  to  know  who  wrote  the  ballad  of 
the  *'  Lists  of  Kaseby  Wold,  or  the  White-armed 
Ladye's  Oath."  It  appeared  in  Friend4hin*M  Of- 
ftringt  and  has  been  inserted  in  Mr.  J.  S,  Moore*s 
interesting  work  published  by  Bell  &  Duldy.  I 
had  heard  that  Mrs.  Howitt  was  the  author,  but 
that  lady  assured  me  that  she  was  not,  and  h«id 
BO  idea  who  was.  It  is  one  of  thip  most  beautiful 
©fnsii*  ■  ll:tds^  and  was  a  particular  favourite 
with  Janicji  Telfcr,  the  author  of  **  Our 

Lail\  '   '  ,  .,   inserted  by  Mr.  Moore  in 

hia/'  BoUad  Ptyetry,   S*  JAcasoK. 

Tuts  jiiMinyf    I  vt  BkBmiti, 


BuBifETT    AND    oTtima    F  A  MILT    Qmna- 

Wanted  particulars  of  the  family  of  Bam^tt^ikl 
lived  in  Roiherbithe  early  or  in  th«  QiUW|| 
the  eighteenth  century,  Al«>  pattknibil  il « 
George  Burnett,  who  lived  in  Horsleyd^w*,  W 
and  was  a  cornfactor,  1738.  Can  any  onat  tjefli 
who  was  one  Robert  Burnett,  eecrelafy  «^  T 
Jersey*  America,  1733  ?  Who  was  Richard  1 
towe  'Burnett,  of  Exeter  Court,  Strstid,  vhsd 
1795? 

Who  was  Benj*  Burnett,  ItviBg  In  AaiOft  1 
1789  ?    WTio  was  Noel  Burnett,  who  dW*' 
Spanish  merchant,  living  io  Graccdturc^  ( 
\V  ho  was  Thos.  Burnett,  stockbroker,  dii 
Who  was  John  Burnett,  who   died   17 
John   Burnett,   ob.  at  Fulhiuni    168»; 
Bumettf  bom  1685,  died  1760  at  Crof' 
Alexander  Burnett,  born  at  Croydoow  IT 
ninety-nine  ?     Who  were  the  Burnett*  I 
Cbigwell*  Esgejt  ?     What  became  of 
netts,  descended  from  Burnett  of  Leyt: 
Robert,  Thomas  (a  doctor  at  ^orwi^X  ^ 
der,  and  Gilbert — all  brothers  ?      Ativ  | 
of  any  one  of  these  persona,    wo^j4 
fully  received.  ^  .  , 

Particulars  wanted  of  the  ramilj  of  Gta^ 
Kirby  Lonsdale,  Weatmorelantl.      One  1"^^^ 
married  JEdward  Bainbridgc,    1740.     i^ 
was  the  wife  of  one  Henry  Bainbridfbli 
Barton,  near  Kirby  Lonsdale,    about  ( 
1600— say  1680,  and  upwards? 

Particulars    also    wante<l    of    a 
Barons,  living  at  Watford  early  in   lMk\ 
and   afterwards;    also,   particulars    of 
called  Church  ?  also,  of  a  familj   called  ^ 
relations  of  the  celebrated  Sir  Johu  Wc'^ 
in  Glamorganshire ;  and  also,  of  a 
name  of  Swano,  living  in  Berks  soxue  ejg 
ago,  H,  A,  Bai 

EustOQ  Square. 

TnoMAS  Bentlkt  or  Cht- 
GftEEN. — I  am  anxious,  for  ^ 
to  ascertain  whether  Thorn ri5  JicntJcj,  w 
at  Turnhara    Green   and  died  in   17S0C 
family,   and  if   so,   their    i  t  ^h 

Ben  tie  J  was  in  early  life  o:  ^tcr] 

Liverpi-jol,   kc.     Can   any  rcun'-!:  yi 
frive  me  this,  or  any  other  information 
hira  or  his  family  ?  L, 

Derby. 

"Tub  Black  Br.Att**  at  C 

ago,  paniing  through  Cumn*  irpr 

only  to  find  an  irm  en''    '  iM.urk 

the  village,  but  that  tb'  nc  of  I 

characters  in   ScottV  A. «.  .--'i  waa 
the  bottom  of  the  j^ipi-board  ;  it  was  ellht 

Q<,.1 :,,..,     r.r*     Mi,. 1 1      1    r.Tnhtnirnr,     T     fiW 

bui  ^^'^ 

ixul  '^^  -u-.^v^  ■•_:   -  -  -  ,  ■  -^t  , 


V 


J.  May  7,  ••4.] 


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377 


s  Tisi&ed  Cumnor,  or  were  the  sign  and  the 
1*8  name  humoroiulj  borrowed  from  tbe 

Ytsitiog  CuEonoT  CQurch  I  found  from  m 
iT\%  tbat  the  celebrated  Tonj  Forster  was 

HUrlj  domestic  prewnted  hy  Scott,  but  a 
an  of  high  repute,  I  afterwArds  learnt 
tablet  in  Aldermafltoii  church  in  the  ad- 
coanty  of  Berks^  that  the  Forsteri  bad 
f  restded  there.  In  this  chmeh  is  a  rery 
ir  tomb  of  white  marble,  to  the  inemorj  of 
£  asd  hii  lady  of  this  family^  Was  Anthony 
^  of  Cumnort  of  tho  same  famUy  as  the 
B  of  Aldermaston  ?  H.  C 

iBiHH  or  BEA<3AitZA,— >In  Carte's  Life  of 

le  it  15  stated  that  the  retinue  of  thfa 
,  on  arriviog  at  Englandi  was  composed 
persons*  Are  there  any  documents  e^- 
:ch  give  either  their  name^  or  their  sub" 
history  f  O^toniEitaia. 

. — Does  tbe  20  th  epigram  of  Martial 
iT,)  describe  the  game  of  chess  P  — 
Enddioaoram  si  ladis  bfilla  Utronam, 
Gemmvus  lst«  tibi  miles  et  hoetis  eriL" 

it  mean  that  the  kuights  on  either  side 
n  made  of  gems  ? 
each  commentator  translates  the  epigram 

I  joues  Att  Jea  d*<5checS|  qui  repr^ntd  lea  em- 
B  la  guenffit  voil^  des  soldala  et  dds  eunetnis 

chesa^  what  game  was  this  ?  D. 

?HOMAS  D£LAi.40Ni>£,  —  Information  re- 

the  above  person,  who  forfeited  his  life 

insurrection   instigated    bj   Sir   Itobert 

is  requested.     Are  any  of  his  descendants 

e  P  JoBN   Bo  WEN   BOWLANDS. 

!)owH8  Lands  in  Hamfsuiee.  —  Cobbett^ 

ural  Bides  (p,  SS8),  informs  his  readers^  a 

ftom  does  not  suffer  the  surface  to  hum^ 

shallow  the  top  soil  may  be*     And,  he 

itns  t«  me  to  abiorb  and  to  retain  th«  water,  and 
.  ready  to  b«  drawn  up  by  the  beat  of  the  aim— 
te,  tbfl  fact  ia,  tbat  the  siirface  aboYS  it  doe*  not 
■  there  never  yet  waa  a  summer,  not  even  this  laat 
hen  the  Dowiu  did  not  rttain  Uteir  p^nnes$  to 
degree;  while  the  rich  pastures,  and  even  the 
(ejcrapt  aetoally  wf^ttrtd)  were  burnt  bo  as  to 
Ta  as  tbe  bare  earth.,*- 

my  of  your  readers  do  me  the  great  favour 
n  me  the  ojmxe  why  a  chalk  bottom  does 
IT  the  surface  of  the  soil  above  to  burn  P 
le  can  refer  me  to  uxrj  work  in  which  the 
s  discussed  at  length,  I  shall  feel  greatly 

ttld|  Darlington, 

ATpia  BT  Bartolozzi* — I  bare  before  me 
aTing  of  Bariolozzi's,  from  a  picture  by 


br  4 

1801«  The  treatment  is  admirable.  The  subject 
is  ft  stnrring  man,  on  a  wrecched  bedstead.  Two 
rats  are  on  the  door^  and  an  empty  A\^h.  and  spoon. 
The  feet,  handSi  and  face,  are  painfully  true ;  and 
the  Ught  is  streaming  through  the  broken  portioa 
of  an  otherwise  dull  window.  The  print  puts  me 
so  much  in  mind  of  Wallis's  "Death  of  Ghattertoa,'* 
that  I  am  anjtious  to  know  if  any  history  or  anec- 
dote ap|»erU]ns  to  it^  and  whether  B,  L,  West 
was  ft  paiul^  of  any  note.  P,  F* 

EsauiBB,— In  Clark's  Heraidry  are  mentioned, 
as  having  a  right  to  the  title  *^  Esquire,'*  "  Bache^ 
lors  of  DiTinity,  Law,  and  Physic.  Are  the  two 
degrees  in  Arts  excluded;  and  also,  those  of 
Doctor  of  Law  and  of  Physic  ?  K,  K.  C. 

"  Familt  BnETmo  Geound,"  —  The  following 
are  in  my  note  book  as  the  words  of  EdmunS 
Burke ;  — 

"  I  would  rather  steep  In  the  ioatbcm  comer  of  a  UttJe 
coantTT  churehyard  than  in  th«  tomb  of  all  the  Capuleta, 
1  iifaonid  lik^  howeTeTf  that  my  dust  Aboald  mingle  with 
Idndrel  dnti,  The  good  old  expreasion,  /amihfbHrybi^ 
ffiwndt  haa  i>otnething  pleasing  iu  it,  at  leaat  t&  me."' 

Wanting  these  words  for  a  particular  purpose, 
may  I  ask  you  in  which  of  Burke's  writings  they 
ore  to  be  found  ?  Abbba. 

Sib  Edwaed  Go&oes,  Eht, — Can  any  of  your 
readers  inform  me  who  were  the  father  and  mother 
of  Sir  Edward  Gorges,  Knight,  of  Wraxail,  Somer- 
set, whose  will,  a  copy  of  which  is  in  the  Wells 
Registry ,  is  dated  February  6»  1565,  pro?ed  1566, 
and  who  bequeathes  "  the  residue  of  my  goodea  ** 
unto  Edward  Gorges,  **  my  cousin  and  heire  ap- 
parentf"  whom  he  makes  his  sole  executor  t4>  see 
his  body  "  brought  unto  the  earth,"  His  signa- 
ture is  witnessed  by  Ann  Gorgti^  widow,  and 
Franks  Gorges.  Apparently  from  this  he  died 
unmarried  and  xins  prole*  His  said  cousin  seems 
to  have  died  the  following  year,  as  in  Doctors' 
Commons  there  is  a  copy  of  a  will  of  Edward 
Gorges  of  Wrsxall,  dated  1 0th  of  Elizabeth^  1567, 
proTed  1568,  in  which  he  mentions  his  mothcTf 
Ann  Gorges^  and  his  brother  FrnticiSf  and  his 
two  young  sons,  Edward  and  Ferdinando ;  the 
latter  being,  I  suspect,  the  celebrated  Sir  Ferdi- 
nando Gorges^  who  was  concerned  in  the  Essex 
rebellion  in  the  reign  of  Ehziabeth.  F.  Bbown. 
Xsilsta  M/eetiorj,  Somerset. 

ImramL  Bocieties  and  SwEDBnjwaoiAifa. — In 
Nicholses  Likrarif  Anecdotis^  vol,  ix.  p.  5 18,  a  book 
or  pamphlet,  entitled  The  Hise  and  dissolution  of 
the  Itmkl  SocieHes^  is  deacribed  iw  containing  "  a 
genuine  account  of  the  origin  of  the  Sweden bor- 
gians  in  this  country/'  Can  any  one  give  me  the 
date  of  this  pubHcatton,  the  name  of  its  author,  or 
aoj  other  particulars  concerning  it  ? 


«rd8,V.  Mat7,"64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


379 


Sheen  Pbiort.  —  In  the  latest  edition  of  the 
Monaaiicon^  under  this  head  it  is  stated  (vol.  vi. 
p.  30),  that  a  representation  of  it,  in  its  ancient 
state,  is  comprised  in  one  of  the  views  of  Rich- 
mond Palace,  drawn  in  the  time  of  Philip  and 
Mury,  by  Anthony  van  Wyngaarde,  the  publication 
of  which  is  speedily  intended  by  Messrs.  Harding 
and  Lepard.  Yof.  ti.  is  dated  1830.  I  wish  to 
know  if  this  intended  publication  ever  took  place ; 
if  not,  where  Van  Wyngraade*s  drawings  now  are. 
I  have  reason  to  think  they  are  in  the  Bodleian 
Library,  but  am  not  certain.  W.  C. 

Kichmond. 

Rev.  SABfUEL  Suppeb,  Cuaplaik  to  the 
Duke  of  Nobfolk  in  1681. — A  friend  has  in- 
formed me  that  he  has  found  stated  in  some 
journals  that  the  above  was  the  descendant  of  a 
Spanish  family  who  came  over  to  this  country 
about  the  time  of  Charles  II.,  and  translated  their 
name  into  its  English  equivalent.  Can  any  one 
inform  mc  where  this  statement  is  to  be  found, 
and  what  is  its  authority  ?  Zapata. 

UppEa  AND  LowEE  Emfibe. — Authors  seem  to 
dificr  respecting  the  application  of  the  terms 
Upper  and  Lower  Empire  to  the  two  divisions  of 
the  Roman  world  after  the  death  of  Theodosius ; 
for  instance,  Sir  Walter  Scott,  in  the  last  chapter 
of  Count  Robert  of  Paris^  speaking  of  the  Eastern 
Empire,  remarks,  — 

^'and  at  length  was  terminated  tho  reign  and  life  of 
Alexius  Comneniu,  a  prince  who,  with  all  the  fiiults 
which  may  bo  reputed  to  him,  still  pMCMsesses  a  real  right, 
from  tlie  parity  of  his  general  intentions,  to  be  accoanted 
one  of  the  best  sovereigns  of  the  Lower  Empire ; " 

while  Mr.  Humphreys,  in  the  Coin  Collector's 
Mamud,  chap,  xxv.,  says, — 

''Bat  as  the  Byzantine  coins  are  of  a  distinct  class  firom 
those  of  the  kingdoms  of  modem  Europe,  and  closelj 
allied  to  those  of  the  Lower  Roman  Empire  of  the  West," 

&C. 

When  and  by  what  historian  were  the  terms 
XJpner  and  Lower  Empire  first  used^  and  does  the 
application  of  such  expressions  to  two  provinces 
def>end  upon  geographical  position,  or  upon  terri- 
torial extent  and  preponderance  of  population  ? 
H.C. 

tSiutxiti  iDttb  ^vattotri. 

Mas.  Mart  Deverell,  who  resided  in  or  near 
Bristol,  published  Sermons,  Bristol,  8vo,  1774; 
London,  8vo,  1777  (third  edition) ;  Miscdlanies 
in  Prose  and  Verse,  London,  2  vols.  8vo»  1781 ; 
Theodore  and  Didymus,  an  heroic  poem,  8vo, 
1786;  and  Mary  Queen  of  Scots,  an  historical 
tragedy,  8vo,  1792.  Was  she  the  Mrs.  Deverell, 
relict  of  John  Deverell,  Esq.,  who  died  at  Cliftoo, 
Au^t  26,  1806 ;  or  Mrs.  Deverell,  wife  of 
Kicbard  Blake  Deverell,  Esq.,  who  died  there 
June 2^1810?   TheBws^phiaDrQmaikuXKKam 


her  a  lady  of  Gloucestershire,  as  does  the  Biogra- 
vh ical  Dictionary  of  Living  Authors,  1816.  I  need 
nardly  say  that  I  cannot  consider  the  insertion  of 
her  name  in  the  latter  work  as  proof  that  she  was 
living  at  that  period.  S.  Y.  R. 

[Mn.  Mary  Deverell  was  the  daughter  of  a  clothier, 
redding  near  Minchin  Hampton,  in  Glouceitershire.  It 
is  stated  in  the  European  Magazine  (iL  199)  that  *'thia 
lady  (in  1782)  is  unmarried,  and  la  between  forty  and 
fifty  yean  of  age."] 

Charade. — ^I  should  feel  obliged  to  any  of  your 
readers  if  they  could  communicate  the  answer  of 
the  following  Charade,  which  has  been  published 
in  Verses  and  Translations  by  C.  S.  C.  [Calver- 
ley]:  — 

**  Evening  threw  soberer  hue 
Over  the  blue  sky,  and  the  few 
Poplars  that  grew  just  in  the  view 
Of  the  hall  of  Sir  Hneo  de  Wjnkle : 
'  Answer  me  true,'  pleaded  Sir  Hngli, 
(Striving  to  woo  no  matter  who,) 
•  What  shall  I  do^  Lady,  for  you? ' 
Twill  be  done,  ere  vour  eve  may  twinkle. 
Shall  1  borrow  the  wand  of  a  Moorish  enchanter, 
And  bid  a  decanter  contun  the  Levant,  or 
The  brass  from  the  face  of  a  Mormonite  ranter? 
Shall  I  go  for  the  mule  of  the  Spanish  In&nUr— 
(That  r,  for  the  sake  of  the  line,  we  must  grant  her>— 
And  race  with  the  foul  fiend,  and  beat  in  a  canUr, 
Like  that  first  of  equestrians  Tam  O'Shanter? 
I  talk  not  mere  banter  —  say  not  that  1  can't,  or 
By  this  my>Jr»*— (a  Virginian  Planter 
Sold  it  me  to  kill  ratoV- I  will  die  instanter.' 
The  lady  bended  her  ivoiy  neck,  and 
Whispered  moumfhily,  •  Go  fi)P— my  seeotuL* 
She  said,  and  the  redVrom  Sir  Hugh's  cheek  fied. 
And '  Nav,'  did  ho  say  as  he  stalked  away, 

The  fiercest  of  iniuied  men : 
'  Twice  have  I  humbled  my  haughty  sonl, 
And  on  bended  knee  I  have  pressed  my  jthoU^ 
Bat  I  never  will  press  it  again.' " 

W.  F.  S. 
Christ  Choich,  Oxford. 

[We  are  indebted  to  a  friend  for  the  following  response 
inverse: — 

"From  •  Sir  Hugo  de  Wynkle ' 
1*11  borrow  a  wrinkle : — 
When,  for  courtship  inclined. 
My  dearest  I  find. 
Perhaps  reading  Tuppcr 
Half  an  hour  before  supper, 
la  an  eiiy  arm-chair  by  the  fireside  reclined. 
My  bandana,  so  brilliant  with  blu^  sreen,  and  red. 
On  the  DRUGGET  in  due  preparation  I'll  spread. 
Then  on  both  my  knees  drop, 
Squeeze  her  fingers,  and  —pop  I "  j 

SuTToii  C!oLDriEZJ> :  "  Hzsit  I  V^  ?akt  LT 
Act  IV.  Sc.  2.  — In  sereral  cditiooa  of  .SLak- 
speare  I  find  this  town  called  ''Svtloo-Crjf^UIu.' 
Will  any  reader  inform  me  on  wbat  tmLssTctr 

In  the  cbaxUn^  \graLU\w\  ^  Vm^'vii  -uN*^.'iirV^ 

our  county  oiNNix^i^^^i^BVMt  •jSS»^>w«**«^ 


380 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 

e. 


[8^&y.  Mat7,^ 


Colvyle,  otherwiBe  Sutton  Coldefyld,  othermae 
Suttbn.*"  J*  Wethebell» 

Middlesbro'-on-Tees. 

[The  town  is  called  Sotton-Cop-hill  on  the  anthoritj 
of  all  early  copies  of  Shakspeare.  The  more  recent  edi^ 
tors  (Mr.  Knight  and  Mr.  Dyce  excepted)  alter  the  namii 
to  Sotton-Colfield.] 

St.  Andb£W*8,  Holbohn. — ^Is  there  any  account 
of  the  monuments  in  the  old  church,  many  of 
which  were  probably  destroyed  when  it  was  pulled 
down  ?  A  monument  was  erected  in  it,  about 
1720,  to  a  relative  of  mine.  I  can  now  find  no 
traces  of  it  R.  G.  H.  H. 

[Some  notices  of  the  monuments  in  the  old  chorch  of 
St  Andrew,  Holbom,  may  be  found  in  Strype*s  Stow, 
book  iu.  p.  248 ;  Malcolm's  LonOadyan,  Redivhum,  iL  226 ; 
and  the  New  VUw  of  London,  1708,  L  115.  The  new 
church  was  erected  by  Wren  in  the  year  1686.] 

De.  Tkapp*s  Translation  of  Milton. — I  hav<^ 
lust  received  a  translation  of  the  Paradise  Lost^ 
by  Trapp,  published  mdcczli.  I  wish  to  know 
whether  there  are  any  other  translations  by  the 
same  author.  I  tiiink  he  published  a  version  of 
the  Regained^  and  Samson  Agonistes  also.  Any 
information  will  greatly  oblige  £.  C. 

[A  chronological  list  of  Dr.  Joseph  Trapp*s  numerous 
works,  drawn  up  with  great  care,  is  given  in  Chalmers's 
Biographical  Dictionary,  xxx.  18,  where  the  only  poem 
by  Milton  translated  by  him  is  the  ParadisuM  Amissust 
2  vols.  4to,  1740-4.1 

Monograms  or  Paimtbbs.  —  Can  any  of  your 
readers  inform  me  what  painters  used  the  two 

following  marks?  The  first  is  ^^^,  which  ap- 
pears to  be  the  initials  of  some  name,  composed 
of  L.  P.  and  R.  The  second  is  formed  thus,  g . 
The  painter  who  uses  this  mark  is  supposed  to 
have  lived  in  the  reign  of  Henry  VIII. 

J.  Dalton. 
[The  first  monogram  is  that  of  Lucca  Penni,  bora  at 
Florence  about  1600.  After  painting  some  pictures  for 
the  churches  at  Lucca  and  Genoa,  he  visited  England  in 
the  reign  of  Henry  VII L,  and  painted  several  pieces  for 
the  king  and  others.  The  second  is  that  of  Lucas  Corne- 
lisz,  called  « the  Cook,**  an  old  Dutch  painter,  born  at 
Lcydeu  in  1493.  He  visited  England  in  the  reign  of 
Henry  VIII.,  and  was  made  his  majesty's  painter.  His 
chief  performances  extant  in  England  are  at  Penahurst. 
For  other  notices  of  these  artists,  consult  Walpole's 
Anecdote  of  Painting,  and  Bryui's  Dictionary  of  Painter* 
and  Engravers,'] 


\ 


THE  NEWTON  8T0NE. 

(S'^S.V.  110,245.) 

As  the  Newton  atone  is  of  importaBoe  in  m 
ethnological  point  of  view,  allow  me  to  deftoi 
myself  from  the  Rev.  B.  H.  Cowfbb*8  sevoe 
attack. 

He  strangely  states  that  I  sappoae  m  medley  of 
five  languages  on  the  Newton  atone.    No  sack 
thing ;  I  distinctly  say  that  the  character  is  Aria, 
and  the  language  Hebraic,  with  Chaldaic  adnii* 
ture  :   one  word  being  iu  the   ancient  Sanseni 
character,  which  also  appears  with  Arian  oo  ow 
and  inscriptions  foundt  in  Afghanistan  —the  »• 
dent  Ariana.    As  well  say  an  Engiiah  insof* 
tion  in  Roman  letters,  with  one  wora  in  GenM 
text,  represented  English,  Latin,  Greekt  ^^bc"* 
cian,  and  German,  l^cause  the  letters  maj  k 
traced  into  such  connections.     His  remains  m 
unfair. 

It  is  absurdly  trifling  to  assert  that  I  dtf 
the  order  of  the  letters  on  the  stone,  slmplf  b* 
cause  I  write  their  equivalents  from  right  tih( 
as  modem  Hebrews  do.  Surelj  Mr.  Gokv 
can  scarcely  mean  to  say  that  Hebraic  as^ 
always  were,  and  must  be,  written  from  if^^ 
iefl. 

Mr.  Cowpes  should  have  ascertained  theii^ 
ber  of  letters  actually  in  the  inscription  be%R 
he  objected  to  my  exceeding  that  number  in  tier 
Hebrew  equivalents.  He  does  not  know  tha:.  d 
the  forty- three  letters  .in  the  more  correct  copt 
of  the  inscription,  six  are  double ;  thus  accoontiflf 
for  the  forty-nine  in  modern  Hebrew  letters. 

Had  Mr.  Cowper  been  disposed  to  think  wit^ 
out  prejudice,  he  would  have  seen  that  ihton 
could  not  have  influenced  me  in  a  plain  matter  k 
fact  as  to  the  character  and  value  of  the  letten 
on  this  stone.  In  giving  their  equivalents  io 
Hebrew  letters,  I  did  what  scholars  generallj 
do.  And  I  could  not  do  better,  since  I  sav 
the  inscription  was  in  an  oriental  and  a  Semitic 
character. 

In  giving  the  English  letters,  as  any  Hebraii^ 
would  see,  I  did  not  mean  to  represent  the  pro- 
nunciation of  the  Hebrew  words,  but  only  what 
Hjppeared  to  me  the  value  of  the  vowel  marks  la 
the  inscription.  Had  I  desired  to  make  good 
Bible  Hebrew  of  my  transliteration,  it  could  easily 
have  been  done ;  and  that  it  was  not  done  ooght 
to  weigh  as  evidence  in  my  favour.  Hebrew  was 
spoken  in  many  dialects  before  the  Bible  was 
written ;  but  those  who  from  education  and  habit 
interpret  all  Hebrew  words  in  a  theological  and 
conventional  manner,  are  apt  not  to  see  without 
their  own  coloured  spectacles. 

Vila.  Oo-^Y^ii^  iV^tika  my  first  word  is  not  He* 


-■ipi 


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381 


I 

i 


I 


of  similar  consonants  does  mean  n  hill,  mounds  or 
tumulus  i  and  that  anotbeff  irom  the  satne  root, 
me&na  a  vaulL  He  ought,  therefore,  to  bare 
;iven  me  credit  for  an  equal  amount  of  know- 
edge  when  1  suggested  turaulua,  mound,  or  vault, 
as  the  meaning  of  the  word.  There  is  a  doubt 
about  the  a  at  the  end.  The  Arabic  root  h  gahd 
(H^l),  gather  together.  H22^  is  Chaldee  for  hill 
of  any  kind;  and  this,  with  the  2i  reads  hegabeha, 
aa^  19  mound,  in  Job  xiiL  12,  though  translated 
bodj.  The  reference  ia  to  the  memorial  of  the 
persons  mentioned. 

Mk.  Cowper  knows  that  "to  liken,"  or  "to 
destroj,"  are  secondary  meanings  of  no"!,  and  that 
*'to  be  silent  and  at  rest'*  ia  the  primary  mean- 
ing. Vaxto  translates  *n^DT,  no  doubt,  justbe- 
eause  it  means  '*  I  produce  silence  and  cessation 
of  activity."  I  do  not  warrant  the  grammar  of  the 
Newton  stone. 

Every  one  who  has  heard  of  Beth-el,  U  aware 
the  heth  meiifiH  **  a  house,  a  bome/^  Hebraists 
also  know  that  the  yod^  in  ri^3)  i^  ^^^  sounded  in 
the  construct  state;  and  that  the  word,  in  the 
plural  at  least,  is  written  without  the  yod. 

Zuik  is  the  contraction  of  a  word  which  I  did 
not  inyent — I  discovered  it,  I  give  Mr,  Cowpeb 
the  benefit  of  my  discovery. 

I  tranaUted  Djra8<,  and  it  reads  very  well ;  but 
proper  names  of  this  class  are  so  common,  that 
there  is  no  absurdity  in  supposing  this  may  be 
one-  **  Father  of  a  people  "  is  not  more  awkward 
than  Ab-ram^  **  father  of  height";  or  AbraAafn, 
**  father  of  a  prreat  multitude."  Father  as  ho- 
norary appellation  of  priest  or  prophet,  is  nothing 
new, 

Mb.  Cowpee  is  perverse  on  the  word  npiy. 
The  n  does  not  appear  in  my  transliteration,  be- 
cause I  did  not  see  it  in  Dr.  Wilson's  engraving 
of  the  stone ;  but  I  knew  the  word  was  incom- 
plete without  it,  and,  therefore,  I  looked  for  it  in  n 
more  perfect  copy  of  the  inscription,  and  found  it. 
Ma.  CowpEK  will  find  the  word  as  I  render  it 
(Is.  XIX.  14).  JD  and  "D,  fully  written,  make  rniu  ; 
I  and  I  may  inform  JSIa.  Cowpeb  that  tbe  n  is  only 
[  indicated  on  the  inscription  by  a  mark  on  the  i ; 
(  but  I  was  bound  to  present  the  word  in  full, 
I  though  I  knew,  as  indeed  the  Arian  letters  showed, 
^  that  the  n  was  silent. 

Ma.  Cow  PER  is  right  to  read  pi,  as  he  was 
taught ;  but  it  does  not  follow  that  sculptors, 
more  than  two  thousand  years  ago,  were  equally 
well  taught.  In  Arian  writing,  the  p  and /A  are 
often  intert^hanged  in  like  case. 

Pi  certainly  sigoifies,  mouth  of;  but  thst  would 
mean  little^  if  it  clid  not  abo  signify  tliat  which 
proceeded  from  the  mouth — us  word,  command, 
doctrine,  ^c,^- according  to  the  occtti*ion  implied. 
^f  "      *  :      that  Neathcr  U  Hebrew,    Well, 

this  !  U  unmistakably  found  in  an- 

r  .-..u.^vx/i  jcMx^r!?  on  the  Xe^ytoQ  sCone;  and 


my  critic  bad  better  account  for  that,  before  lie 
cavils  at  the  idea  that  it  may  be  a  proper  name 
fit  for  a  Buddhist  priest. 

In  the  inscription  the  word  imm  (t^)  >t  so 
written  as  to  distinguish  it  from  any  other  word 
having  the  same  letters.  Ma.  Cowpbe  should  not 
trust  to  Gesenius  alone.  He  ought  to  know  tlie 
word  means  a  sacred  vessel  that  could  be  deae* 
crated  by  Bclshazzar  as  a  wine-cup,  (Ban.  v.  2, 
ill,  23.)  Then  the  word  S?DEJ%  signifying  abundance, 
may  agree  with  it.  1  complain  tbat  be  has  separated 
the  words,  gratuitously,  to  make  nonsense  for  me. 
He  finds  ya;;*,  in  Deut.  xxxiii.  9,  where  it  meana 
abundance.  Let  him  read  VCB'"]NO,  "vessel  of 
abundance,"  if  he  pleases :  what  is  tbat  in  plain 
English  but  what  I  render  the  words  —  *'  over- 
flowing vessel"  ? 

Mb.  Cowpeb  complains  that  he  gets,  in  the  last 
line,  eleven  Hebrew  letters  for  nine  in  the  inscrip- 
tton<  How  does  he  know  ?  I  can  tell  him  that 
there  are  two  double  letters,  and  so  we  get  the 
eleven.  He  my^joati  means  **  counsellors."  Not 
in  this  form,  which  expresses  the  infinite  or  ab- 
stract idea  of  being  apt  to  counsel ;  properly  in- 
dicated by  the  word  I  employ  in  brief  to  represent 
it — wisdom. 

He  also  says,  that  nin»  **  glory,"  applies  only  to 
personal  appearance.  How  then  does  it  apply  to 
God  Himself!  The  word  is  in  Daniel  x.  8;  and 
there  is  most  untoward  I  y  translated  **  comeliness," 
though  standing  in  contract  with  moral  defilement. 

My  critic  seems  puzzled  b^  my  use  of  k  to  re- 
present a^in  —  a  letter  not  m  our  alphabet,  I 
have  done  what  more  learned  men  have  done  in 
this  cose. 

He  thinks  all  the  words  except  one  are  Chal- 
dalc  or  Hebraic,  but  not  exactly  as  he  would  have 
written  them.  The  words  graven  on  the  Newton 
stone  were  not  intended  for  him,  and  all  scholar- 
ship does  not  lie  in  his  line;  but  I  value  his 
evidence. 

He  asserts  that  the  inscription  is  Celtic,  If  so, 
it  is  surprising  that  Celtic  scholars  cannot  read  it. 
I  am  charged  with  having  a  theory.  Why  not? 
But  what  has  theory  to  do  with  reading  this  in- 
scription ?  The  (luestion  is,  W^hat  are  the  cha- 
racters and  what  their  powers  ? 

Three  copies  of  the  inscription  lie  before  me, 
but  in  the  forms  of  four  letters  they  do  not  quite 
agree,  J,  therefore,  wait  for  a  photograph  of  the 
stone ;  on  the  receipt  of  which,  1  expect  to  he 
able  to  demonstrate  to  any  unprejudiced  inquirer 
the  value  of  every  letter  and  every  word,  And  to 
prove  that  the  stone  i.^  a  Buddhist  memorial. 

I  was  not  aware,  when  I  hastily  sent  my  re- 
marks to  *VN,  &  Q.,"  that  there  were  tumuli  in 
the  neighbourhood  of  the  stone ;  but  the  fact  that 
thcrtJ  are  so  fjir  sustains  my  wcilvara.  xKiraX  ^^  '*''^" 
scriplion  Vft  au  ci^vltn^V,  ^  ^^vWX-  vna.^  \i^^i^i^  '^ 
more  so  i^an  au^iU  ti\\v^%  vsi  %^xtfst^. 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[ap«s.v.  iiAT7,ii 


It  is  a  recorded  fact,  that  many  thousands  of 
Buddhists  were  in  the  west,  cir»  500  b.g.  ;  and, 
therefoie,  it  is  not  impossible  that  many  were  in 
Scotland  at  an  early  period.  Buddhistic  super- 
stitions and  symbols  have  prevailed  there  from 
pre-historio  times. 

The  Newton  stone  must  have  been  erected 
amidst  people  who  could  read  the  inscription  on 
it ;  and  I  enga^  to  prove,  in  due  time,  that  the 
diameters  on  it  were  familiar  in  north-western 
India  500  b.c. 

Alas !  Mb.  Gowpxb  was  not  able  to  appreciate 
my  poor  book  as  some  scholars  have  done:  so 
with  perturbed  spirit  he  flines  it  in  my  face,  and 
warns  the  readers  of  *'  N.  &  Q."  that  1  am  not  an 
(Eklipus. 

I  am  thankful  to  be  respected,  but  sorry  to  be 
distrusted  by  M&.  Cowpbb.  Not  being  personally 
known  to  him,  it  is  especially  kind  in  him  to 
repeat  that  I  am  amiable.  Does  he  mean  thereby 
to  confirm  his  decision,  that  I  am  also  a  fool? 
Such  a  mode  of  argument  would  be  ihinatural  in 
a  clergyman,  and  unbecoming  in  a  scholar  and  a 
eentleman.  It  may  console  him  to  know  that  on 
first  reading  his  remarks,  however  foolish,  a  strong 
sense  of  indignation  at  the  wanton  subtilty  of 
their  spirit  made  me  feel  anythinff  but  amiable. 
If,  as  he  suggests,  I  wished  to  glorify  myself,  I 
oertainlv  have  adopted  very  unwise  means  to  ac- 
complish that  end.  As  to  my  experience,  it  has 
been  long  and  large  enough  to  teach  me  that  some 
ripe  scholars  are  very  crude  rcasoncrs ;  and  that 
many  pass  for  learned,  as  poor  rogues  sometimes 
pass  for  rich — by  showing  a  handful  of  flash  notes. 
Though  I  think  Me.  Cowpee  has  been  too  hasty 
in  inflicting  correction  on  me,  I  yet  really  thank 
him  for  the  useful  lesson  he  has  so  cheaply  given 
me ;  and  I  hope,  ere  long,  to  offer  more  work  for 
his  kindly  crah.  G.  Moore. 

Hastings. 

MESCHIXES. 
(a**  S.  V.  310.) 

Mr.  Caret  has  come  upon  a  place  in  English 
g:cnealogy,  which,  having  now  been  mentioned 
m  "N.  &  Q.,"  may,  I  hope,  have  some  more 
light  thrown  upon  it.  This  is  the  pedigree  of 
Todeni.  By  the  statement  in  Banks  {Dormant 
and  Extinct  Baronage^  vol.  i.  p.  182),  it  appears 
that  Robert  de  Todeni  received  the  lordship  of 
Jiclvoir  from  William  the  Contiueror.  "  For  what 
reason,**  says  Banks,  "William  his  successor  as- 
sumed a  surname  different  from  his  father,  does 
not  appear."  He  mentions,  however,  the  conjec- 
ture, that  the  new  surname  arose  from  William 
de  Todeni's  greot  devotion  to  St.  Alban;  and 
says  that  — 

•*  This  seems  mopD  probable,  because  he  is  often  written 
William  deAiiany  as  well  as  WUliam  de  Albiai^  w\Uk  VY\a 


addition  of  Srtto^  as  a  contradiatinelioii  to  another  gnSl 
baron  William  de  Albini,  called  Pmcama." 

He  then  mentions  that  this  William  bad  issaes 
son  and  successor,  who,  besides  Brito,  was  ala 
called  Meschines.  Mr.  Cakbt  has  pobited  oit 
that  this  surname  of  Meschines  ^  do«  not  implj 
any  relationship  with  the  £arl  of  Chester.**  J^ 
inqniry  is,  what  are  the  amw  of  the  fanuly  kusin 
as  De  Todeni,  De  Belvoir,  Df  Albini  ? 

Dr.  Wright,  in  his  editi^of  Heylyn,  sajs  (p. 
548),  that  he  had  inspected'^  a  fine  copy  of  Do^ 
dale*s  Baronage  which  is  in  the  library  of  Cti» 
College,  Cambridge,  in  which  the  arms  are  aon- 
rately  delineated  m  their  proper  colours;**  and ^ 
this  he  corrects  his  list  of  the  arms  of  tibe  E^^lia 
barons.    In  his  corrected  list  (p.  549),  he  gin 
to  Todeni,  gu.  an  eagle  displayed  within  a  bar 
dure  argent.    Albini,  or,  two  chewronels  witUs  a 
bordure  gu.,  and  other  Albini  coats  whiclia 
not  to  my  purpose.    Banks  givea  to  Todev  ^ 
anl  eagle    oisplayed    within    a    bordure   arpst 
Gruillim  (ed.  1660,  first  issue),  in   the  sU^^' 
Villiers,  Duke  of  Buckingham    (p.    435),  p^. 
topaz,  two  chevrons,  and  a  border  ruby  to  Tx^ 
but ;  having  given  the  quarter  immediately  f^ 
ceding,  ^'saphire,  a  Catheme  wheele  topa^'n^ 
out  assigning  any  name.    My  copy  of  Gniiir^ 
in  an  old  mind,  the  name  Behxrir  addei  *  ^ 
^'  Gath^rne  wheele*'  coat;  and  Gibbon,  in  hai*^ 
duetio  ad  Latinam  Bkuoniam   (1682)  alit  P^ 
this  coat  to  Belvoir,  (p.  135).     Nati£m  ilj^^. 
(1724),  among  the  quarterings  of  the  Dike  «' 
Rutland,    gives   the  Catherine   wheel    cost,  vi 
assigns  it  to  Belvoir.     It  also  assigns  the  two  ckv^ 
rons  and  a  bordure  to  Trusbut. 

All  the  authorities  which  I  have  cited,  era 
Guillim,  are  at  best  second-hand,  and  merely  f^ 
an  opinion.  It  might  be  hoped  that  at  Uadika. 
for  instance,  all  might  be  cleared  up.  Bobert  ^ 
Boos,  great-grandson  of  Everard  de  Rocs  v^ 
Kose  Trusbut^  died  in  1285.  He  had  married 
Isabel  de  Albini  de  Belvoir,  heiress  of  her  hou» 

In  the  reign  of  Edward  IV.,  Sir  Robert  3rftt- 
ners  married  Eleanor  de  Roos :  and  Sir  Johi 
Manners,  second  son  of  Thomas,  first  Earl  of 
Rutland,  married  Dorothy  Vernon  of  Haddoa, 
who  died  in  1584.  They,  Sir  John  Manners  isd 
Dorothy  Vernon,  were  grandfather  and  graod- 
mother  to  John,  the  eighth  Earl,  in  whose  line  tbf 
peerage  continued.  She  was  heiress  of  HadJoo, 
and  brought  it  into  the  family  of  Rutland. 

In  the  great  gallery  at  Iladdon,  the  first  winJov 
on  the  right  as  you  enter  from  the  staircase  shovs^ 
in  glass,  a  large  shield  surrounded  by  renaissance 
scrolling.  Below  the  shield  is  the  date  1589.  It 
is  per  pale,  baron  and  fcnmie.  The  baron  side 
has  sixteen  coats,  4,  4,  4,  4:  1.  Manners;  3.De 
Roos ;  3.  Espec,  gu.  three  Catherine  wheels  sr- 
gent;  4.  Axure,  a  Catherine  wheel  or.  Then 
\  ioVlow  >^T^\i  \j^^«  ^ima  to— 15.  Gn^  •■  esgle 


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displayed  within  a  bordure  argeot,  which  is  the 
coat  given  to  Todeni ;  16.  Argent,  two  chevrons, 
and  a  bordure  gu.,  which  is  given  to  Albini  and  to 
Trusbut.  The  femme  is  Vernon,  with  quartainffs. 
The  same  Manners*  quarterings  are  repeated  in  Uie 
centre  window  of  the  gallery.  They  do  not  seem  to 
me  to  answer  my  inquiry.  Duplicate  coats  can 
scarcely  be  called  uncommon.  Husse^  had  two, 
piven  quarter! jY  18  an  example,  by  Guillim  ;  Mo- 
lyns  had  two ;  Wtreaux  had  two.  None  of  them 
being,  as  far  as  I  know,  what  are  now  called  coats 
of  augmentation.  It  is  possible  and  probable  that 
the  family  which  was  De  Todeni  originally,  De 
Albini  by  devotion,  De  Belvoir  by  territorial  title, 
used  two.  But  whence  comes  the  confusion,  if  it 
is  a  confusion,  between  De  Albini  and  Trusbut  ? 

According  to  the  modern  theory  of  marshalling, 
Trusbut  certainly  ought  to  stand  where  the  single 
Catherine  wheel  does  stand  in  the  windows  at 
Haddon.  But  why  do  the  coats  assigned  to  De 
Todeni  and  De  Albini  stand  15  and  16  afler  other 
coats  which  came  in  before  them  P  I  have  long 
thought  that  the  exact  arrangement  of  quarter- 
ings, which  has  been  practbed  for  more  than  two 
hundred  years,  is  not  always  to  be  found  in  quar- 
tered shields  of  an  earlier  date. 

Guillim  indeed  gives  examples  of  coats  mar- 
shalled quarterly.  But  it  will  be  seen  by  anyone 
who  consults  him  for  rules  of  marshalling  coats  of 
successive  matches  by  the  heirs,  that  he  gives  very 
little  guidance,  and  leaves  the  manner  of  arrange- 
ment almost  untouched.  Having  given  his  own 
paternal  coat,  impaling  as  femme  Hatheway,  he 
says,  "  the  heir  of  these  two  inheritors  shall  bear 
these  two  hereditary  coats  of  his  father  and 
mother  to  himself  and  his  heirs  quarterly ;  "  and 
gives  a  second  shield  with  Guillim  first  and  fourth, 
Ilatheway  second  and  third.  But  he  says  nothing 
against  any  arbitrary  arrangement  of  quarterings. 
I  hope  that  some  of  the  able  geneiuogists  and 
heralds  who  read  "  N.  &  Q."  will  not  think  it  lost 
time  to  give  their  attention  to  the  inquiry  which  I 
have  brought  to  their  notice.  D.  P. 

Stuarts  Lodge,  Malvern  Wells. 


Wolfe,  Gardener  to  IIewrt  VIII.  (3'**  S.  v. 
194.)  —  I  regret  that  I  cannot  afford  S.  Y.  R.  any 
information  respecting  Wolfe,  gardener  to  Henry 
VIII.,  beyond  what  is  contained  in  the  following 
passage  of  Hackluyt  (Collection  of  Voyages,  ^,f, 
vol.  ii.  p.  165,  ed.  1599,  which,  however,  answers 
one  of  his  queries :  — 

**  Anil  in  time  cf  memory  things  hane  bene  broaght  In 
that  were  not  here  beibre,*  as  the  Damaske  rose  by  Doc- 
toar  Liuaker,  King  Henrv  the  Seuenth  and  King  Henrie 
the  Eight's  Physician ;  the  Turky  cocks  and  hennes  about 
fifty  yeres  past ;  the  Artichowe  in  time  of  King  Henry  the 
Eight ;  and  of  later  time  was  procured  out  of  Italy  the 
Mu8k«  rote  plant;  the  plamme  called  the  Perdigwoia, 
and  two  kindas  more  by  the  Lord  Ciomwell  aftor  his 


trauell ;  and  the  Abricot  by  a  Frsoch  Priest,  one  Wolfe* 
Gardener  to  ELing  Heiuy  the  Eight" 

Aixnr  iBTnn. 
Fivemlletown,  co.  Tyrone, 

Miss  Livbbmobe  (8^S.  t.35.) — I  met  Miss 

Livermore  in  July,  1862,  when  on  her  way  from 
Jerusalem  to  the  United  States,  where  she  la  still 
residing,  or  was  a  few  months  ago. 

This  aged  lady  certainly  went  to  Jerusalem  on 
four  dififerent  occasions ;  and  remained,  indading 
all  her  visits,  for  several  years.  Whether  Miss 
Livermore  was  successful  in  convertine  the  Jews, 
the  only  object  of  her  mission,  I  am^  inaeed  unable 
to  say ;  but  Ljelius  could  very  pc«siblv  obtun  thu 
information  by  communicating  with  tne  bishop  of 
the  Protestant  church  in  Jerusalem,  who  always 
assisted  this  venerable  lady  in  the  hours  of  her 
trial  when  living  in  that  city — a  kindness  she  has 
firequentljr  mentioned. 

Miss  Livermore  is  descended  from  an  old  and 
hkhlv  respectable  family  in  Massachusetts ;  but 
whether  her  grandfather  held  the  high  position, 
or  obtained  the  distinguished  honours  mentioned 
by  your  correspondent^  I  cannot  certainly  answer, 
though  I  think  it  is  true.  A  Bostoniak. 

TuoMAs  Shakspeabe  (3^  S.  v.  339.) — The 
Shakspeare  Bond  here  given  is  certainly  curious 
and  interesting  as  connected  with  one  who  was, 
in  all  probability,  a  relative  of  the  poet ;  but  Tonr 
contrioutor  is  not  correct  in  believmg,  as  he  does, 
this  Thomas  Shakspeare,  of  Lutterworth,  to  be 
"  a  Shakspeare  who  has  hitherto  escaped  the  in- 
dustry of  Shakspearian  investigators.  As  fkr 
back  as  the  year  1851  I  discovered,  amongst  the 
MSS.  of  this  borough,  a  letter  addressed,  in  the 
summer  of  1611,  by  certain  leadin^r  inhabitants  of 
Lutterworth,  to  the  mayor  of  Leicester,  respect- 
ing the  plaeue,  which  was  then  very  prevalent 
here.  The  letter  (which,  amongst  other  things, 
records  the  fact  of  a  Leicester  man  having  been 
turned  out  of  his  lod^ngs  to  die  in  the  fields  of 
the  plague,)  bears  tli^  signatures  of  five  of  the 
leading  inhabitants  of  Lutterworth,  **  Thomas 
Shakespeare  '*  standing  at  the  head,  and  it  is  coun- 
termarked  by  the  two  constables  of  the  town. 

The  discovery  was  mentioned  in  the  same  year 
in  a  paper  on  the  "  Ancient  Records  of  Leicester," 
which  1  read  before  our  local  Literarpr  and  Philo- 
sophical Society ;  and  which  was  printed  in  the 
volume  of  the  Society's  Transactions  in  1855. 
The  fact  was  also  communicated  to  Mr.  Halliwell 
at  the  time. 

This  Thomas  Shakspeare  is  noticed  in  a  volume 
ot  Shakspeariana  which  I  have  in  the  press,  and 
which  was  announced  in  your  advertising  columns 
of  last  week.  William  Kellt. 

Leicester. 

Judicial  CoMuvrtv^v.  ^t  ^"kw^  ^q.\s^c\.\*  V^ 


384 


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[8^&y.  Mat  7,1m. 


somewhat  incorrectlj  stated  the  law  and  the  facts, 
when  he  sajrs,  **  all  the  cases  come  under  the  same 
Acts  of  Parliament,  by  which  bishops  are  dis- 
tinctly added  to  the  Committee  in  cases  of  heresj,** 
and  that  the  rectification  of  this  error  will  an- 
swer hb  query. 

The  fint  Act  of  Parliament,  in  recent  years, 
entrusting  the  Judicial  Committee  with  jurisdic- 
tion in  ecclesiastical  cases,  was  the  Act  consti- 
tuting that  Committee  in  1833. 

Ecclesiastical  cases  were  not  specifically  men- 
tioned, and  only  passed  under  that  jurisdiction 
along  with  others;  and  it  has  been  stated  by 
Lord  Brougham,  the  author  of  the  Act,  Uiat  it 
was,  per  incuriam,  that  cases  of  doctrine  were 
allowed  to  come  before  that  new  tribunal. 

In  1840,  Parliament  seems  to  haye  felt  that  it 
was  rather  too  great  a  change  from  the  ancient 
law,  which  lefl  the  decision  of  doctrinal  matters 
wholly  to  spiritual  persons,  to  one  which  wholly 
excluded  them ;  and,  in  tinker-like  fashion,  pro- 
ccKeded  to  cobble  the  Act  by  adding  to  the  Com- 
mittee certain  prelates ;  but  only  to  the  members 
of  the  said  body  when  the  cases  arose  under  the 
same  Act  which  so  added  them — commonly  called 
the  Church  Discipline  Act  of  1840. 

The  Grorham  case  did  not  arise  under  that  Act, 
but  was  prosecuted  by  the  Bishop  of  Exeter  from 
his  own  Diocesan  Court  through  the  Court  of 
Arches.  The  prelates,  therefore,  could  not  sit  as 
members  of  the  tribunal;  but  of  course,  being 
Priyy  Councillors,  they  might  be  allowed  to  sit 
extra-legally  as  assessors  "  by  direction  of  Iler 
Majesty." 

The  other  cases  arose  under  the  Act  of  1840. 

For  all  the  above,  see  Joyce's  Ecclesia  Vindi^ 
caia,  pp.  23—27,  59,  74—80,  81—85. 

Ltttelton. 

MoniBR  Goose  (3'*  S.  v.  331.)  — The  Oxford 
"  Mother  Groose "  was  an  old  woman,  who  sat  by 
the  "  Star  Inn "  in  the  Corn  Market,  and  sold 
nosegays  from  a  basket  in  her  lap.  Her  lineaments 
haye  been  abundantly  preserved  for  posterity  in 
at  least  three  engravings— 1.  Folio,  coloured  by 
Dighton;  2.  Folio,  three  qrs.  bv  Cardon,  with  the 
inscription  "  Ob.  set.  81 ;  ^'  3.  FuU-lenjjth,  small 
8vo,  engraved  by  "  T.  W.,  Oxon,"  published  in 
The  Young  Travellers ;  or,  a  Visit  to  Oxford^  by  a 
Lady,  1818,  in  which  a  very  brief  account  of 
Mother  Croose  is  also  given.  In  the  "  Advertise- 
ment" to  the  work,  it  sjveaksof  **a  little  work 
which  it  is  in  contemplation  shortly  to  publish," 
which  was  to  "contain  correct  likenesses  of  the 
curious  characters  here  referred  to,  with  some 
biographical  or  other  accounts  of  them."  The 
plate  of  Mother  Goose  is  given  as  a  specimen  of 
those  that  would  accompany  the  forthcoming 
yolumc.     Querv,  Was  it  ever  published  ? 

Concerning  the  "  Mother  Goose  "  of  pantomime, 
an'anecdote  will  be  found  in  the  Illustrated  News 


of  this  day  (April  16,  1864),  at  p.  867,  under  the 
heading  of  "  The  late  Mr.  T.  P.  Cooke.**  But  a 
full  account  of  its  production  at  Covent  Garden 
Theatre,  Dec.  26,  1806,  and  its  iaunediAte  popula- 
rity and  run  of  ninety-two  nights  will  be  found  in 
chap.  xii.  of  the  Memoirs  of  Joseph  Grimaldi, 
edited  by  Boz.  Cuthbbkt  Bide. 

CouBBBTi  (3'*  S.  y.  300.)— Thomas  Q.  Couch 
will  find  a  very  interesting  accoont  of  the  Cofii- 
berts  in  Histoire  des  Races  MMSles  de  la  France 
etde  VEspagne^  tome  ii.p.  1,  by  Franciaque  Michel, 
1847.  A  very  clear  abstract  from  M.  MicheVs 
work  is  given  by  A.  Cheruel  in  his  I>ictMmMiire 
Historique  des  Institutions,  Mceurs  et  Ctmbates  de 
la  France.    Paris,  1855,  vol.  i.  p.  1 73 :  — 

*'  CoUiberts,  —  The  word  collibert  has  heen  undentooii 
in  several  ways :  in  the  Middle  Ages  it  denoted  a  class  of 
serft  also  called  cuvert$.    At  present  the  appeUatioii  of 
eoUibert  is  given  to  certain  inhabitants  of  Atmis  and  Bis- 
Poitou.    *The  Colliberts,'  says  M.  Gudrard  (^FroUffomeus 
du  Carlulaire  de  Saint  Fere  de  ChartrtSf  §  82),  *  may  be 
classed  either  in  the  lowest  rank  of  freemen,  or  at  the 
head  of  those  bound  by  serfdom.     Whether  their  nsiat 
signifies  free  from,  the  yoke,  free-nccAeei — according  to  IX 
Muley's  definition— or  to  denote  the  freed  men  of  a  patroe. 
as  Du  Gangs  has  it,  it  is  not  the  less  certain  that  tk 
CoUiberts  were  deprived  in  some  measure  of  liberty.  Tbe 
son  of  a  Ck>Ilibert  remained  a  Collibert  whatever  duii^f 
might  happen  to  the  person,  tenure,  goods,  or  positiot^ 
his  family.     CoUiberts  were  also   sold,  given,  or  0* 
changed  like  serfs.    Thibaut,  Comte  de  Chartres,  nuk  k 
donation  in  1080  to  the  Abbey  of  St.  P^re  de  Chartrei  ^ 
several  colliberts,  with  the  condition  that   the   mnb 
should  sing  a  psalm  for  him  every  day  of  the  year,  exce^ 
feast  days.    CoUiberts  were,  therefore,  bound  by  serfUoni- 
Their  position  appears  to  have  borne  a  great  analogy  to 
that  of  the  ancient  coloni. 

**  A  council  of  Boarges,  held  in  1031,  excluded  thex 
from  the  priesthood.  Some  writers  think  that  ther  were 
strangers  or  the  descendants  of  foreigners,  and  in  this  see 
the  reason  of  their  inferior  condition.  Hence  the  taxes 
laid  on  them,  and  the  right  of  mortmain  which  affected 
their  inheritance.  Probably  the  colliberts  of  our  days 
are  the  successors  of  these  oppressed  classes.  The  fact  U 
that  in  the  part  of  Poitou  known  as  *  Le  Marais,'  there 
are  still  miserable  districts,  whose  inhabitants  are  fisher- 
men, and  known  as  CoUiberts  or  Ca^t*."* 

The  colliberts  seem  to  have  fraternised  with  the 
Protestant  party,  especially  at  the  time  of  the 
battle  of  Jarnac.  Persons  called  Colliberts  in- 
habit the  arrondissemcnt  of  St.  Jean  d*AngeIy,  St. 
Eutrope  (arrondissement  de  Barbezieux,  canton 
de  Montmorcau),  and  many  other  places. 

W.  H.  P. 

CuAPERON,  Ceiapebone  (3"*  S.  V.  280,  312.)  — 
One  of  your  correspondents  wishes  the  "  British 
public"  to  be  authoritatively  informed  that  the 
word  chaperon  *^  does  not  assume  a  feminine  form 
when  applied  to  a  matron  protecting  an  unmarried 
girl ; "  and  also  complains  that  **  almost  all  our 
authors,  especially  our  novelists,  write  the  word 
*chaperonc'  when  used  metaphorically.**  This 
newer  form,  chaperone,  is  termed  by  another  of 
your  correspondents,  "  an  ignorant  barharism.** 


8^  S.  V.  Mat  7,  "Si.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


»» 


The  French  word  is  unqnestionablj  aftsuming 
amongst  us  the  form  ehaperone ;  and  chapenmt^  as 
applied  to  a  matron,  has  of  necessity  become  femi- 
nine ;  but  I  reallj  can  see  nothing  in  this  to  make 
any  man  bilious.  The  case  stands  thus : — French 
words  ending  in  om,  when,  with  or  without  change 
of  meaning,  they  find  a  place  in  our  language,  ex- 
perience various  treatment.  JMany  retain  thdr 
French  spelling  unaltered,  as  cordon.  Many 
change  the  termmal  an  into  oon^  as  in  the  case  of 
pontojL,  pontoon.  Some,  however,  change  on  into 
one.  Such  are  bttryton,  semiton,  pompon^  chaperon. 
Exactly  as  baryton  and  semiton  have  in  English 
long  been  barytone  and  semitone^  exactly  as  pom- 
pon has  more  recently  become  pompone^  so  chape- 
ron is  gradually  becoming  ehaperone.  And  wnat 
harm?  The  word  is  merely  passing  into  our 
language,  as  other  words  have  passed  before  it, 
and  is  undergoing,  in  the  transit,  just  the  same 
process  of  naturalisation. 

Words  which  we  find  it  convenient  to  adopt 
from  the  French  often  retain  for  a  time  what  is 
meant  to  be  their  French  pronunciation,  but  ulti- 
mately become  Anglicised.  When  this  occurs, 
the  spelling  frequenUj  changes  with  the  pronun- 
ciation. In  our  English  pronouncing  Dictionaries 
chaperon^  viewed  as  French,  stands  in  all  its 
beauty,  "shap'-er-ong"  I  Now  "  shap'-er-ong," 
in  the  lips  of  an  Englishman  who  knows  he  cannot 
speak  French,  either  is  mumbled,  or  produces 
horrible  contortions ;  while  in  the  lips  of  an  Eng- 
lishman who  fancies  he  can  speak  Trench,  it  is 
often  that  kind  of  French  which  makes  a  French- 
man say,  "Pla!t-il?''  What  is  the  practical  in- 
ference ?  French  for  the  French,  English  for  the 
English.  No  bad  riddance,  surely,  to  get  quit  of 
"shap'-er-ong."  So  let  us  give  the  yvord  ehaperone 
a  civil  welcome,  and  not  call  it  "  an  ignorant  bar- 
barism." Moreover,  when  (**  metaphorically,"  as 
your  correspondent  says,  but  in  plain  English,  as 
I  should  say)  we  apply  the  term  in  its  ordinary 
acceptation  to  a  matron  who  is  kind  enough  to 
take  under  her  wing  an  unprotected  spinster,  the 
ehaperone  must  still  be  "  she,"  not  "  he,"  or  the 
penalty  of  doing  gooseberry  would  be  too  great. 

SCHIN. 

Witches  in  Lancaster  Castle  (3"*  S.  v. 
259.)— According  to  Mr.  Crossley's  Introduction 
to  Pott's  Discovery  of  Witchet  (Chetham  Society), 
seventeen  convicted  witches  were  pardoned  by 
Charles  I.  in  1633. 

At  the  autumn  assizes,  in  1C36,  we  learn  from 
the  Farington  Papers  (Chetham  Society),  that 
the  following  witches  were  prisoners  in  Lancaster 
Castle.  Those  to  whom  an  asterisk  is  prefixed 
were  amongst  the  convicts  of  1633  :  Robert  Wil- 
kinson ;  Jennett,  his  wife ;  Marie  Shuttleworth ; 
*Jennett  Device;  ♦  Alice  Priestley  ;  Jennett 
Cronkffhawe;  Marie    Spencer;  *  Jennett  Har- 


greaves;  •Frances 
Sterne. 

Can  what  Mr.  Cronlcy  caiHt  %  ;ar&n  &««*» 
been  a  commutation  in  boom;  chu  to  a  ^m  la^ 
prisonment  ?  p.  K 

WHiruLTSE  (2"^  S.  T.  24,  23S:  vL  u,  5T.>  — 
li  F.  C.  H.  in  right  suggesting,  **  Aii  bmc  z^  'ih^t 
hollv,the  only  English  tree  not  previovsly  a«aK<i  *  ? 
"  Hirilm**  is  thus  intenpreted  in  HaUi««t7i  i>»C' 
thnary^ — "  the  holly.  Some  apply  the  Verm  v>  t&« 
evergreen  oak,  but  this  is  an  error.**  H.  F.  X, 
observes,  that  the  hornbeam,  and  A.  Holt  Wwrrx 
that  the  crab,  is  not  named  by  the  poet.  So  Ur 
each  is  correct.  But  Ms.  White  asserts  tbat 
^  the  ash  is  the  only  indigenous  poplar."  Is  Hkt 
ash  a  poplar  at  all  ?  Ybtax  Rhkgsd. 

The  Ballot:  "^  Thxee  Blue  Beans/'  rc. 
(S^  S.  ▼.  297.)— Whether  the  uncouth  expression 
**  Putting  three  blue  beans  into  a  blue  bag  will 
not  purify  the  constitution,**  be  Burke's  or  any 
other  writer's,  they  are  evidently  an  adaptation  of 
a  nursery  puzzle  of  difficult  articulation, — 

**  Three  blue  beans  in  a  bine  bladder ; 
Rattle  blue  beans  in  a  bine  bladder; 
Rattle,  bUdder,  rattle.*' 

T.C. 
Dnrham. 

Map  or  Roman  Bbitain  (y*  S.  y.  196.) — ^The 
astronomer  royal,  Mr.  Airy,  has  given  a  map  of 
part  of  Sussex,  in  the  ArcheaologiaXlSSi)  to  illus- 
trate his  view  of  Csesar's  invasions  of  Bntain ;  so, 
also,  has  Mr.  Dunkin  of  the  whole  of  Kent,  in 
part  XLi.  of  the  Archaolagieal  Mine.  The  latter 
map  attempts  to  show,  for  the  first  time,  Ciesar's 
marches  in  Britain,  and  also  the  alteration  the 
coast  line  has  imdergone  in  eighteen  hundred 
years.  A. 

George  Augustus  Adderlet  (3''  S.  v.  297.) — 
The  only  Greorge  Adderley  in  the  Amnf  List  of 
1792  is  Ensign  Greorge  Adderley;  appointed  to 
the  63rd  (or  Uie  West  Suffolk)  Regiment  of  Foot 
the  30th  Sept.  1790.  I  know  nothing  further 
about  him.  O.  H.  P. 

Passage  in  "Tom  Jokes •*  (S'*  S.  v.  193.)  — 
The  following  extract,  from  Hatcher's  Salisbury 
(p.  602),  will  answer  the  query  of  your  corre- 
spondent J.  S.  as  to  the  meaning  of  the  passage 
alluded  to:  — 

« It  is  well  known  that  Fielding,  the  novelist,  married 
a  lady  of  Salisbury  named  Craddock,  and  was  for  a  time 
a  resident  in  oar  city.  From  tradition  we  learn,  that  he 
fint  occupied  the  house  in  the  close,  on  the  south  side  of 
St.  Ann's  Gate.  He  afterwards  removed  to  that  in  St. 
Ann's  Street,  next  to  the  Friary;  knd  finally  established 
himself  in  the  mansion  at  the  foot  of  Milford  Hill,  where 
he  wrote  a  considerable  part  of  Tom  Jones.  We  need  not 
obseirve  that  the  scene  is  laid  in  the  neighbourhood,  and 
that  a  few  of  the  incidents  are  related  as  happening  at  ' 
Salisbury'.  Some  of  the  characters  are  idenUfied  with 
persons  'living  here  at  the  time :  —  Thwackum  is  said 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


CS^&Y.  ]UT7.<li 


to  htcvt  been  drawn  for  Mr.  Hele,  master  of  the  Close 
School;  Square  the  philosopher,  for  Chubb  the  Deist; 
And  Dowling  the  lawyer,  for  a  person  named  Stillingflect, 
who  exercised  that  profession.  The  '  Golden  Lion/  where 
the  ghost  scene  was  acted,  was  a  well-known  inn  at  the 
comer  of  the  Market  Place  and  Winchester  Street,  where 
many  a  merry  prank  waa  pla}*ed;  and  the  peraon  who 
sustained  this  put  was  Donghty,  one  of  the  Serjeants  at 
Mace." 

A.  B.  IMlDDLETON. 

The  Close,  Salisbury. 

SoSfG  :    "  Is  IT  TO  TRT  ME  ?  "  (3'*»  S.  V.  241.)  — 

**  When  we  have  lost  the  power  to  do  f^ntt  services  to 
<me*s  fellow  creatures,  one  may  at  least  do  good-natured 
trifles."— Walter  Scott. 

The  annexed  song  is  copied  from  a  lady^s  MS. 
music  book.    She  once  heard  Edmund  Kean  sing 
it  with  great  taste.    If  the  music  also  be  re<|uired 
by  F.  F.  C,  the  writer  of  this  will  forward  it:  — 
"  Is  it  to  try  me 
That  you  thus  fly  me  ? 
Will  you  deny  me 

Day  after  da^  ? 
Have  you  no  feeling 
While'l'in  thus  kneeling, 
With  looks  revealing 
All  I  can  say  ? 
Or  do  yon  believe  I'd  lead  you  astray? 
^  Is  it  to  try  me 
That  you  thus  fly  me? 
Will  jvou  deny  me 
6ay  after  day  ? 

"  Should  I  believe  thee. 
You  might  deceive  me, 
And  that  would  grieve  mo 

Kver  and  aye. 
Men  are  beguiling 
Oft  while  they're  smiling, 
Tast  reconciling. 
Day  after  doy. 
Maids  should  beware  what  lovers  say. 
Should  I  belic-ve  thee 
You  might  deceive  me, 
And  that  would  grieve  mo 
Kver  and  aye." 

A.L. 

"  Here  lies  Fred,"  etc.  (3'*  S.  r.  254.)  — 
Professor  Smyth  road  his  lectures  from  separate 
sheets  of  paper.  This  allowed  alterations ;  and  I 
often  saw  him  take  a  scrap  (always  neatly  folded) 
from  his  pocket,  and  return  it  when  read.  It  is 
likely  that  many  such  have  been  Ioi>t.  I  do  not 
remember  his  readin^^  the  French  epigram,  but  it 
probably  was  the  following  :  — 

**  Colas  est  mort  de  inaladie : 

T^i  veux  que  j'wi  |»laignc  le  sort 
Qun  diable  veux-tu  qu*.*  jVu  dii»? 
CoIa*t  vivoit,  Colas  cbt  niort." 
Lta  KiiiQrammea  dt  Jtrtw  Oijier  Gomhavldy 
i:p.  I. VI.  p.  ;V2,  I'aris,  12»,  1008. 

n.  B.  c. 

U.  V.  Cluk 

"Century  of  Inventions"  (3"»  S.  v.  155.)— 
In  the  Free  Library,  at  the  Patent  Office,  are  the 


following  editions:—!.  London,  T.  Payne,  1746; 
2.  Glasgow,  R.  and  A.  Foulia,  1767;  3.  London, 
J.  Adlvd,  1813;  4.  Buddie's  edit.,  KewcasUe, 
S.  Hodgson,  1813 ;  5.  Partington*!  edit^  LoodoBi 
J.  Morraj,  1825.  A.  G.  W. 

JOHR    YOUNQB,    ^LA.,    OT    PsMBmOKX    HaU, 

CAMnniDGE  (2*^  S.  xii.  191.) — Query,  if  rdated  to 
R.  Tounge,  of  Roxwell,  in  Essex  f  1  shall  be  elsd 
to  obtain  any  particulars  of  the  family  or  lire  of 
this  author.    Between  1638  and  1666  he  wrote 
and  published  several  Yolnminous  and  valuabU 
works,  besides  many  tracts,  all  on  religioas  and 
moral  subjects.    I  have  nearly  ybrfy  of  these  ia 
my  possession,  and  may  indicate   Sinne  SHgwm' 
tized;  or  the  Dnmkard^s  Character^  &c. ;  A  Cantir- 
poyton^  or  Soverain  Antidote  against  all  Orii/e, 
&c. ;  The  Cure  of  Mispr'ution^  &c.  &c.     On  loae 
of  the  title-pages  he  calls  himself  R.  Younge.  The 
e  is  sometimes  omitted.    At  other  times  R.  Jvf 
nius.     Frequently  after  the  name  is  added  *'oc 
Roxwell,  in  Fssex ; "  and  occasionally  the  wods 
are  said  to  be  "  by  Rich.  Young,  of  Roxwd^e 
Essex,  Florilegus.**   A  few  of  hi^  tracts  are  in  u 
Bodleian,  and  some  were  sold  in  Blisses  collects 
I  have  failed  to  trace  them  elsewhere.     Ifjw 
space  admitted,  I  could  give,  from  his  now  iSr 
gotten  works,  some  statements  of  hlstoriciffl^ 
dence  as  to  London,  before  and  at  the  tioK  i 
the  Plague  and  the  Fire. 

Thomas  Young,  of  Staple  Inne,  author  ofEtf 
lan^n  Bane;  or,  the  Description  of  J[>runkenaaK, 
4to,  London,  1617.  Was  he  related  to  the  aborc 
R.  Young?  W.  Lei. 

American  Authors  (3''  S.  v.  96.)  — Jonas  E 
Phillips,  the  author  of  CamiUus,  is  a  native  of  the 
city  of  Philadelphia,  where  he  was  bom  in  Oe* 
tober,  1805.  At  :i  very  early  age,  he  exhibited 
his  talents  as  a  dramatic  author.  A  drama,  writp 
ten  by  him  at  the  age  ot*  fourteen,  entitled  the 
Heiress  of  SidtmiOf  or,  the  Rose  of  the  AfoKOSttnf^ 
having  been  very  successfully  pro<luced  at  one  of 
the  Philadelphia  theatres.  In  18*26,  Mr.  Phillips 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  that  city,  and  removed 
to  New  York  in  1830.  Here  he  commenced  the 
practice  of  law,  and  here  he  wrote  his  maiden 
tragedy  of  Camillns  for  Mr.  Harris  G.  Pearson,  s 
rising  young  American  actor;  who  produced  it 
at  the  Arch  Street  theatre,  in  Philadelphia.  It 
was  triumphantly  successful,  and  was  subsenuently 
performed  in  all  the  leading  theatres  in  the  United 
States. 

Mr.  Phillips  is  probably  one  of  the  most  suc- 
cessful and  popular  dramatic  authors  of  America. 
Among  other  pro<luction.<4  of  his,  we  may  notice 
Oranaska,  an  Indian  trajredy;  The  Evil  Eye; 
The  Pirate  Boy,  an  opera  founded  on  one  of  Mar* 
ryat*s  novels;  Paul  Clifford:  Ten  Years  of  a 
Seaman  s  Life ;  Guy  liivers ;  and,  if  space  were 
allowed,  I  could  name  many  more. 


SfAaY.  Vat7,*84.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


387 


Mr.  Phillips  is  also  the  adapter  of  the  libretto  of 
the  Poxtilion  of  LongjumeaiL,  successfuUj  produced 
at  the  Park  Theatre  by  Miss  Sheriff,  Mr.  Wilson, 
and  Mr.  Seguin ;  and  recently  revived  by  Miss 
JEtiching*s  at  Niblo's,  in  this  city.  He  has  also  con- 
tributed liberally  to  tlie  literature  of  his  country 
in  various  other  departments  of  hetles  iettret^  and 
lias  filled  with  ability  for  many  ^ears  the  office  of 
assistant-district  attorney.  I^  is  now  one  of  the 
most  popular  and  esteemed  practitioners  at  the 
bar  of  this  city,  ranking  among  the  ablest  criminal 
lawyers  of  the  country.  G.  C. 

New  York. 

Miscellanea  Cttuosa  (3'*  S.  v.  282.)  —  The 
original  work  of  this  name  is  a  celebrated  collec- 
tion of  papers  extracted  from  the  Philosophical 
Transactions,  containing  writings  of  Newton,  Hal- 
ley,  Hooke,  De  Moivre,  &c.  It  is  common  enough, 
and  easily  picked  up.  My  set,  which,  as  so  often 
happens  with  books  of  that  period,  is  made  up 
from  diiferent  editions,  has  vol.  i.  3rd  ed.  1726 ; 
vol.  ii.  1723;  vol.  iiL  2nd  ed.  1727.  I  have  a 
note  of  the  Misc,  Cur,  of  York,  1734-35,  which 
must  be  that  of  Turner,  mentioned  by  your  cor- 
respondent, but  I  think  his  name  is  not  given.  It 
is  in  six  numbers ;  and  six  numbers  of  Turner^s 
^Mathematical  Exercises,  London,  1750,  is  no  doubt 
the  same  work  with  a  new  title-page.  The  Misc. 
ScieiUif,  Cur.  has  been  alluded  to  in  speaking  of 
Reuben  Burrow.  There  remains  the  Misc.  Cur. 
Mathem.,  commenced  in  1749,  under  the  editor- 
ship of  Francis  HoUiday,  the  translator  of  Stir- 
ling's work  on  Series.  This  translation  was  in- 
tended for  the  MisceUany,  in  which  Holliday 
had  commenced  a  translation  of  Brook  Taylor's 
Methodus  Incrententorum,  which  was  never  fimshed. 
This  Miscellany  got  as  far  as  page  186  of  a 
second  volume;  about  thirty  more  pages  were 
printed,  but  not  issued;  they  are  bound  up  in 
what  I  suppose  to  have  been  Holliday's  copy,  with 
an  explanatory  note  by  Hutton,  into  whose  hands 
the  copy  came.  This  repetition  of  titles  was  a 
very  bad  practice.  Many  persons  who  would 
perhaps  have  bought  these  Miscellanies  out  of 
catalogues,  must  have  passed  them  over  with  a 
glance,  thinking  they  were  copies  of  the  collection 
which  heads  this  article.  A.  De  Morgan. 

Horses  frightktveb  at  the  Sight  of  a  Cabiel 
(2»*  S.  viil.  354, 406 ;  3'*»  S.  i.  459, 496.)— Mention 
is  made  of  horses  being  frightened  at  the  sight  of 
strange  animals — as  camels.  I  know  not  whether 
the  fact  is  worthy  of  insertion  in  "  N.  &  Q.,"  but 
on  two  occasions  this  antipathy  has  been  forced 
on  my  observation.  A  few  years  ago,  with  my 
wife,  I  was  driving,  down  a  steep  hiU  in  Derby- 
shire, a  horse  belonging  to  her  father,  when  we 
met  a  lone  train  of  WombwelPs  menagerie.  The 
third  or  Surth  caravan  was  being  tugged  up  the 
hill  by  a  huge  dromedary ;  which  put  our  steed 


j  into  so  great  trepidation  that  I  became  fearful  of 

:  a  serious  accident.    Happily  I  got  down  to  his 

■  assbtance ;  for  the  eighth  carriage  was  drawn  by 

j  the  great  elephant,  who  so  completed  **  Jack's^ 

I  consternation,  that  every  limb  auivered ;  and  I 

j  believe  he  would  have  fallen,  if  I  had  not  stood  in 

i  front  and  clasped  his  head  in  my  arms.    When 

i  the  cavalcade  (if  the  word  be  admissible)  had 

passed,  my  poor  horse  was  steaming  with  ^fearful 

perspiration.     About  a  fortnight  aflerwud,  we 

again  met  the  same  **  collection  of  wild  beasts,** 

on  another  road  in  the  same  neighbourhood.    It 

was  "  spring  time,''  and  I  had  observed  '*  Jack,** 

the  day  before,  nibbling  the  young  buds  of  the 

hedge-row  in  his  pasture :  so  now,  before  he  had 

time  to  discover  the  approaching  horror,  I  quietly 

turned  him  with  his  nose  and  month  to  the  road 

side  hedge;  upon  which  he  regaled  himself,  to 

the  absorption  of  all  other  faculties,  until  we  could 

again  proceed  without  fear.  W.  Lee. 

Carter  Lane  Chapel,  or  ^  Meeting-house," 
LoHDOH  (3^*  S.  iv.  231.)  —  This  building  ntuned 
in  reply  to  "  Lines  on  London  Dissenting  Minis- 
ters,*' no  longer  exists.  The  congregation  having 
removed  to  Islington,  Middlesex,  where  they 
occupy  the  magnificent  new  Unitarian  church, 
called  "  The  Church  of  the  Divine  Unity,"  or 
**  Unity  Church,"  in  the  Upper  Street.  All  the 
records  of  old  Carter  Lane,  as  well  as  the  founda- 
tion stone  of  that  puritan  edifice,  are  now  pre- 
served at  Islington.  S.  Jackson. 

Welsh  Burial  Offerings  (3"*  S.  y.  296.)  — 
Are  these  ofierings  for  the  clergyman  ?  I  have 
been  told  that  in  cases  of  poverty,  they  go  to  the 
deceased's  family;  that  attendance  at  a  Welsh 
funeral  is  voluntary,  and  not  by  invitation  only; 
that  every  one  puts  something  in  the  plate,  and 
that  thus  a  nice  little  sum  is  sometimes  handed 
to  the  survivors.  Tliis  is  a  far  prettier  story  than 
its  going  to  the  clergyman.  Query,  Which  is  the 
true  one  P  ^»  P- 

London  Smoke  and  London  Light  (3^  S.  v. 
259.) — I  have  a  note  amongst  my  collections  that 
sailors  coming  from  distant  voyages  can   distin- 
j  guish  waves  of  London  smoke  in  the  sky  thirty 
miles  from  the  mouth  of  the  Thames. 

Alfred  John  Dunkin. 

Authors  of  Hymns  (3^-  S.  v.  280,  312.)-"  The 
Sheltering  Vine  "  was  compiled  by  the  Countess 
of  Northesk,  Georgiana- Maria,  daughter  of  Rear- 
Admiral  the  Hon.  George  Elliot.  W.  H.  P. 

I  have  not  been  able  to  find  the  lines  "Thou 
God  of  love  "  in  my  copy  of"  The  Sheltering  Vine." 
Moreover,  it  is  compiled  by  Lady  Northesk  not 
Southesk.  P.  P. 

"Vert  Peacock:"  "Hamlet,"  Act  IIL  (3^* 
S.  y.  232.)  —  A.  A.  is  perhaps  right  in  surmisin«T 
that  the  passage  is  corru^V    CWasst  ^Mnsas«siNa^»^'«' 


388 


NOTES  AND  QUJJRIES. 


19^S.Y.Uat',%L 


have  been  of  the  same  opinion.  The  reading  of 
the  old  copies  is  paiock  or  paiocke.  Peacock  was 
first  introduced  by  Pope.  Paddock,  which  A.  A. 
would  now  suggest  as  likely,  was  put  forward 
early  in  the  last  century  by  Theobald ;  but  this 
conjecture  of  his  has  not  found  favour  with  com- 
mentators in  general,  and  I  think  that  there  are 
valid  reasons  fbr  preferring  Pope's  peacock. 

Hamlet,  elated  with  the  success  of  his  play, 
wherein  he  has  caught  the  conscience  of  the  King, 
bursts  out  into  a  random  rhyme :  — 

"  Why  let  the  stricken  deer  go  weep. 
The  hart  ungalled  nUy : 
For  some  must  walk,  wiiile  some  must  sleeps 
Thus  nins  the  world  away." 

And  presently  afterwards  he  rattles  on  with  ano- 
ther strain  of  the  same  kind : — 

**  For  thoa  dost  know,  0  Damon  dear, 
This  realm  dismantled  was 
Of  Jove  himself,  and  now  reigns  here 
A  very,  very— ass." 

When  he  comes  to  the  last  word,  the  unseemli- 
ness of  it  strikes  him  at  once,  and  he  substitutes 
for  it  another,  which,  while  it  breaks  the  metre, 
expresses  in  a  less  offensive  manner  his  disgust  at 
the  hollow  grandeur  of  the  new  king  — 
^  "A  very,  rery—peaeock  !  *' 

Horatio  intimates  to  Hamlet  that  he  would  have 
been  warranted  in  retaining  the  rhyming  word, 
but,  instead  of  following  up  the  train  of  thought, 
Hamlet,  in  a  more  serious  tone,  adverts  to  the 
confirmation  of  his  suspicions ;  but  all  nt  once, 
while  touching  upon  the  talk  of  poisoning,  he  checks 
himiself,  and  abruptly  calls  for  music,  turning  off 
in  his  former  tone  of  levity  — 

"  For  if  the  kinp  like  not  the  comedy, 
Why,  then,  belike— he  likes  it  not,  perdy." 

If  T  have  correctly  caught  what  was  passing  in 
Hara1et\s  mind,  it  will  be  seen  that  the  word  pad- 
dock, aq  intended  to  convey  a  charge  of  poisoning, 
would  have  been  out  of  place.  Meletes. 

The  Passing  Bell  of  St.  Sepulchre's  (3^*  S. 
V.  170,  331.)— In  the  last  part  (23rd)  of  Mr.  Col- 
lier's privately-printed  lUmtrations  of  Early  Eng- 
Ush  Popular  Literature,  Kichard  Johnson's  "  The 
Pleasant  Walks  of  Moore- fields,"  occurs  the  follow- 
ing passage :  — 

"Citizen  lotptitur.  (Afker  enumerating  many  of  the 
charitable  actions  of  the  worthy  citizens,  he  proceeds, 
p.  3U.)  There  is  now  living  one  Master  Dove,  a  Mar- 
chnnt-tavlor,  having  many  years,  considering  this  olde 
proverb,*  hath  therefore  established  in  his  life  time  to 
twelve  ftgpd  men,  Marchant-taylors,  C  poundrt  2  {.hillings 
to  each  yearly  for  ever ;  he  hath  also  given  them  gownes 
of  good  brude  cloth,  lined  throughout  with  bayes ;  and 


'  "Women  be  forgetfull,  children  be  unkinde. 
Executors  covetous,  and  take  what  thev  find ; 
If  anyone  aske  where  the  legacies  became? 
They  anawer^  So  God  heipe  me,  he  died  a  poore  man.*» 


are  to  receive  at  everie  three  yms*  end  the  lin 
gownes  for  ever.  He  likewise,  in  ebaritie,  at  Saint  Seni- 
chre*8  Charch  without  Newgate,  allowes  y  great  bdl  • 
every  execution  day  to  be  tolled^  till  the  condemnriya. 
soners  have  suffered  death ;  and  also  a  amall  hand-wl  a 
be  rung  at  midnight  under  Newgate,  the  night  after  tMc 
condemnation,  and  the  next  morning  at  the  dioRh  vilL 
with  a  prayer  to  be  sayd  teaching  their  aalvatioo;  ni 
for  the  maintaining  thereof,  he  hath  given  to  Saint  Se- 
palchre*B  a  certaine  summe  of  money  for  evec" 

In  the  extract  from  the  City  PrtMM^  at  n.  ITa 
the  worthy  citizen's  name  is  ^  Dowe  ;**  in  the  ex- 
tract from  Stow*s  London  *^  Done ;  **  whikt  Joh> 
son  calls  him  '*Dove.**  Which  is  right?  Tk 
donor  was  living  when  Johnson  wrote,  IfiX. 
Could  he  have  made  an  error  in  the  name. orb 
Munday  ?  It  must  not  be  charged  on  Stov,  vi' 
died  in  1605,  thirteen  years  before  the  pabli» 
tion,  and  in  the  year  of  the  bequest.  What  iitk 
authority  for  "  Dowe  "  in  the  City  Press  notiee* 

JaMSS  BllBtt 

Albion  House,  Pont-y-Poo1. 

TiMOTHT  Plais  (3"*  S,  ▼.  298.) — The  realm 
of  this  author  was  Stewart  Threipland,  an  iJ^ 
cate  at  the  Scottish  bar.  T.  G.i 

Edinburgh. 

Salmaguitoi  (S^  S.  v.  822.)  —  Loo  X»^ 
TELTON  quotes  Johi^n,  that  SidTnagwtS's^ 
rupted  from  sehm  man  gout,  or  sale  a  masfJL  I 
fancy  a  more  plausible  derivation,  considen^  >f 
things — especially  culinary — misht  be  «i£nCW 
or  a  la  Conde,  You  may  leave  the  why  andwte^ 
fore  to  anybody  who  has  seen  many  Frencktfj 
of  fare.  H.  Gms- 

Arundel  Club. 

Ensign  W.  A.  Sutderland  (3'**  S.  ▼.  322.)- 
William  Alexander  Sutherland  wns  appoiov^ 
Ensign  by  purchase,  in  the  78th  Ili^rhlanoenLA 
^larch  22,  1833,  and  joined  the  depot  in  0 
weeks  from  that  date.  The  depot  was  then  qBl^ 
tered  in  Scotland,  and  Ensign  Sutherland  new 
joined  the  service  companies  which  were  tb(t 
stationed  at  Ceylon. 

On  August  29,  1834,  Ensign  Gillei^pie,  on  hiU^ 
pay  of  the  89tk  Regiment,  was  appointed  eo^ 
m  the  78th  Highlanders,  "Vice  Sutherland  ;**  bit 
no  statement  was  made  as  to  what  had  becooc 
of  Ensign  Sutherland,  nor  did  the  name  of  thit 
officer  appear  in  the  Army  List  for  October  or 
November,  1834,  in  the  lists  of  officers  who  bad 
retired,  resigned,  died,  or  been  dismis8e<].  Hov* 
ever,  at  p.  6G0  of  the  Annual  Army  List  for  1835, 
the  name  of  Ensign  Sutherland  of  the  78th  Regi- 
ment appears  in  the  list  of  deceased  officers.  I 
am  certam  that  if  your  correspondent.  Ma.  Mac* 
KAT,  will  apply  to  Captain  J.  W.  Collins,  I'nios 
Club,  Trafalgar  Square,  London,  he  will  obcaia 
full  information  respecting  the  fate  of  Ensign 
Sutherland,  as  Captain  Collins  served  as  sn  eniign 


^r*  S.  V.  May  7,  '64.] 


NOTES  AJTD  QUERI 


the  78th  Highlanders^  and  was  attached  to  ihst 

pot  companies  at  lh«  «iuiie  time  that  Ensign 

tttlierland  belonged  to  the  corps,  and  uerved  with 

J  de[»ot.  Zeites  Altebt, 

"Taor  ABT  jAiui  mrro  li^e,  as  the  Dcvii. 
_tiD  TO  THE  Colubr'*  (S'^S*  V*  282.)— Rttj,  in  his 
^u^/tf cf  ion  of  Provtrbi^  has : 

'  Like  wUi  10  like  (<ii  ifae  Duvil  Mid  to  the  ColHer). 
tt  te  the  8eai»b*d  Siiuirc  laid  to  th*?  inaiipty  Knight, 

hen  they  both  met  la  a  Ji«h  of  buttered  Dab." 

W.  I.  S.  HORTOH. 

COBSSCX  :  A»BOJfIll88J6MBHT  OF  DrNAJC. — In  the 

otke  upim  "Dlnan"  (3"*  S.  v.  273.  275),  the  name 

'  A  place-,  once  celebrated  amongst  the  ancient 

^aula  and   their  Koman  corir]ueror?,  waB  given 

**CorsenC  inttead  of  Corscii/.     An  untoward 

►  ,.    ,>  t..  its  real  tlesignation,  seems  to  attach  to 

I  **  Herculaneum."     The  Romans  did 

J  to  cull  it  ufterita  original  occupants 

pe  **CunosiUta»t"  and  they,  therefore,  described 

y  as  **  Fanum  Martis/*     So  it  continued  until  the 

ItU  century  :  when  the  valiant  Curiosilites,  hav- 

j  shaken  off  the  Roman  jokc^  restored  the  town 

Its  original  Celtic  appellation.     Since  then^  it 

I  been  described,  with  various  changes  of  ortho- 

raphj,  viz.  aa  **  Corseul,  Corse u It,  Corsold,  Cour- 

buit,  Cursoul,  Courseult.  Courseu,  Corseu,  and 

r^rseulte/*  It  was  not  until  the  eighteenth  century 

"Fanum  Mantis"  was  identified,  by  the  dis- 

in  an  obscure  hamlet  of  the  remains  of  a 

nan  temple.     The  more  the  soil  of  the  same 

"ty  has  since  that  time  been  explored,   the 

convincing  are  the  proofs  that,  during  the 

m  occupation,  Corseul   must  huvc   been   a 

ation   of  very   great  importance.     It  has  too, 

ace  then,  been  a  subject  of  constant  contention 

aongst   Breton   antiquaries.     They   have  been 

ttJtxled  in   determining  by   whom  it  was  first 

bunded,  and  by  what  race  of  barbarians  it  was 

niidly  not  merely  destroyed,   hut  almost   com- 

ktely  obliterated.     Loblneau,  Deric,  ^klanet,  De 

,  Poi  te,  Merimes,  are  in  doubt  as  regards  both 

An  accurate  description  of  its  most  in- 

esting  antiquities  has  been  given  by  M.  Odirici, 

a  work  upon  Dtnan ;  and  a  further  reference 

them  is  to  be  found  in  a  work,  published  last 

r,  by  M.  Jehan  de  Saint  Clavier,  upon  •*  Bri- 

any/*  As  to  the  derivation  of  the  name  of  "  Cor- 

'     one  of  the  Breton  antiquaries,  fil.  JolUvet, 

the  following  remark — the  last  sentence  of 

I  is  worth  quoting  in  the  original :  — 

•  It  has  bttn  Bafert«d  that  Corseul  is  derivod  from 
.....I  ,i.„.  .1.,.:,,  lyf^^  worda  signify,  ia  the  Cdlk 
w'  #«n,  ih€  wooil  of  the  fffMl  rtf  war, 
part  quu  cur  ait  la  &i;^nirtcalion 
l"yu  lui  iiuuinj,  ao  luvojo  que  co  mot  i-oii  hreton." 

W.  B,  Mac  Cabs. 
I  DJoatit  Ofitii  da  Kord,  Fnmce. 


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77i#  Hutory  of  Our  Lord  om  ejrtan!ti%ed  U  Wm4»  ^  Sl^l 
miih  thtit  0f  Hit  Tyf)**t  >  r,  ^umI  ofAcr 


iVwoflf  n/tM  OUi  and  A 
tiie  Uttm  Mrs.  Jftmf«on. 
Laily  EttiUaktf.     In  Tico 

y^'\,^i       1-.V'-     --f       Art      .1..... 

liai  I . 

and  J^MTd 

At  the  tiut^ 


(Longii 


LfgL-nd*  oj'  the  Saiitis 
r'  the  AfonoMtit  Ordtn  f 
.  ,  „  K.,  ...  , .  .J,  she  ir«i  preparing  the 
work  before  ua;  which  she  cooudeied  at  tb«  more  fin* 
{M>rtaul  tecti^^n*  a*  w*l!  s*  the  natural  compl«tioii  of  h«r 
series  of  tir  rature  of  CbfiitiJiQ  Art. 

But  thotJp  A  the  programme,  and 

indeed  wnu-^ ^.  ... ...  .:,  .i^  Lady  Eutlake — who, 

to  do  homage  to  the  memory  of  her  friend,  undertook  to 

contio«<»  and  oflmplet*  it— Las  had  to  do  the  work  in  hur 

'  !   :Jccd  has  she  done  it    After  duo 

ived  on  departiag  in  sotoe  measare 

,     ,  used  by  Mrs.  Jameson;  aod  det«r- 

intned«  m  wo  think  rightly,  to  treat  the  subjects  chrono- 
Jogicelly.      The  work  commences,  thetTefonp,  with   the 
Fall  of' Lucifer,  and  Crcttion  of  the  World,  f   " 
the  Typtw  und  Prophets  of  the  Old  Teatan 
cornea'  the   History   of  ihc  Innoc<'nt5  and  ' 
Bapti&t,  leading  to  the  Life  and  Pa^alon  of  Our  Lord. 
Lady  £attlake*s  reputation  a*  an  Art  critie,  and  her  in- 
timate acquaint-        -    ''    The  Art  treasures  both  of  thii 
country  and  th<  ,  ar«  sufficient  to  satiafy  the 

reader  as  to  the  -  i  jgment  with  which  she  ■would 

work  out  such  a  progTAUiiu^ }  and  when  we  a  i 
has  been  aiiiAtcd  by  many  of  the  men  mo!<t 
their  knowledge  of  Art  in  all  jte  various  fojii.:.,  ,l  ...U 
readily  be  conceived  what  a  valaable  contribution  to  our 
History  of  Early  Art  i^  the  work  before  us.  Like  tbs 
volumes  to  n^hich  they  form  a  handsome  and  appropriate 
completion,  the  two  now  before  us  are  as  profusely  iij<t 
they  are  beautifully  illustrated  —  for  upwards  of  280 
woodcutt,  and  upwards  of  30  etchings,  from  the  great 
works  of  the  Great  Musters,  give  interest  to  these  two 
volumes;  which,  as  Lady  Easllake  says,  may  "servt  to 
indicate  those  aecumulated  results  of  the  piety  and  in- 
dustry of  «ges  —  snd  the  laws*  moral,  historicaC  and  pic- 
torial, connected  with  them— which  have  created  a  renhn 
of  Art  almost  kiuditxl  in  amount  to  a  Kiogdoni  of 
Nature.*' 

The  Ui^tny  of  StxAkmd^  fiwn  ihi  AecH9km  of  Alexan- 
der III.  to  the  Union,  Stf  Patrick  Fraser  Tytlar,  &c* 
Ih.  Four  Vohimn,     Vol.  X    (Nimmo.) 

The  many  years  which  have  elapsed  since  the  pu! '"  "i- 
tion  of  the' last  edition  of  Air.  'fyller's  History,  hn 
no  mesHB  dlminiahed  its  reputation.  The  pains  v, 
the  flutUor  bestowed  on  the  ncctiraulation  of  his  materitti*, 
and  the  pleiising  styly  in  which  ho  exhibited  the  result 
of  hji  researches,  won  for  Uie  book  a  ready  and  well- 
dtserved  recogmtioii  of  iu  merits.  Under  these  dr- 
ciim«^iari,  ^^.  -..i  nt  '  rhf  hucccHS  which  has  nttended  the 
Pet:  :  ly  and  Ab*oD,  we  think  Mr. 

Kstv.  ^'ijient  in  determining  to  issue 

!  '         1.:  how  nejitly,  \vt 

tl«  doubt  t*hat  It 

NoUm  on  IVUd  FmxTi,    B\|  a^LailS^j.    ^^vr«v^^^^,    ^ 
The  fair  uat\lQv\^*ift  ot  \\vv%  v^'i**^'^^^'^^^^'^^*-'^**'^'*^'^^*^^- 
for  It  only  the  mmt  \A  a  ^'wA^  «dJ5^  ^leaswX**^^ 


390 


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CONTENTS.— N».  124. 

jstoricnl  Fragmeiit:  Jammll.  at  Tsrcrsham, 
Lore :  Fmffnients  of  Scotch  Bli.vraes  sanff  bj 
;  their  Gums  •'TorkBhIre  Folk  Lore:  Beoa  — 
Method  of  preventiiw  Tooth-ache  —  (.'uckoo 
igical  find  Agricnlturml  —  Thn  Sun  dancini; 
Day  —  Eastern  OrMn  of  Purk—  A  Children'a 
he  Lntin  —  Dcronslifam  Doggrol  —  CiL<(toma  at 
303  —  The  Dolphin  as  a  Crest,  390  — >.  Pr. 
id  fial^>talk,  /6.  — Ancient  Tombstone— Baron 
<n  —  to  man— Chanve  of  Fashion  in  Ladies' 
oicpb,  Archbiiih<q>of  Macedoiiiak  1011, 387. 

-  Gary  Family  Id  Holland,  39A  —  Battles  in 
Bezoor  Stones  —  CroKluin  —  Davisnn's  Case  — 
s  —  Frcko  —  Greatorex,  or  Greatrakes  Family 
M8S.  -  Heraldic  -  Hindoo  God  -  The  La-sso  — 
«  on  Life  and  Death  —  LaiMMilla  —  Luke  Pope  — 
ulo,  frreat  Shakapeare  *' —  Sir  William  Strick- 
Rnm  Symes  —  Window  Glassi,  99^. 

•FT  ANSWERS :  —  Sir  ThomsA  Browne  —  Al-Ga«el. 
-iamid  — John  Watson— Odo  t/)  Captain  Cook 
stater  Family,  4U(i. 

-Cardinal  Beton  and  Archbishop  Gawin  Dun- 
•  Robin  Adair."  4M  —  Old  BiiidiuKM.  lb.  —  I/;wi.H 


•  Family  Burying  Ground  "  —  Sheen  Priory 

.^lish  Topography  in  Dutch  —  "  In 

of  Life  we  aro  in  Death  "  ^Thc  Robin— Foreign 


f  Land  — English  Topi 


-  Burlcsquo  Painters  —  Robert   Robinson  of 

—  "Kevciiona  k  nos  Montons"- Sepn— Ety- 
the  Name  Moses  —  D*Alnichcoart  —  Hymn 

Illegitimate  Children  of  Charles  II.—  Lawn  and 
4U0. 

oka,  Ic. 


RICAL  FRAGMENT:  JAMES  IL  AT 
FAVERSHAM. 

loscd  last  two  leaves  of  a  Diary  which 
details  to  the  account  of  the  capture  of 
it  Faversham,  which  we  have  in  Clarke's 
t  ^in?,  and  the  oilier  commonly  quoted 
I,  wilt,  I  am  sure,  be  felt  by  you  to  po6- 
»nt  interest  for  preservation  inthepa^es 
i."  Although  there  are  no  indications  as 
i  writer  was,  it  is  evident  that  he  was  in 
J  upon  the  king.  Wm.  Dsnton. 

Dec.  11th,  1688.*  The  mobile  were 
:opT)ed  several  considerable  passenjrers, 
D.  Jenner*,  Mr.  Burton,  Graham',  &c.; 


"ffs  irrowing  more  in  a  ferment,  and  all  tending 
a  Prince,  the  King  went  the  10«*»  at  night  to 
oase,and  stayed  with  the  (jueen  Dowager  some 
at  2  in  the  morning  on  the  1 1**^  he  took  water 
ind  went  over  the  river,  in  order  to  going 
"— Luttreirs  Brief  lieltititm. 
;ht  between  the  iO«»»  and  11*  of  December,  in 
t  and  bob- wig,  he  took  water  at  Whitehall, 
d  only  by  Sir  Edward  Hales,  and  Abbadie,  a 
,  paf^e  of  the  back  stairs,  without  acquainting 
his  mtention." 

'Baron  of  the  Exchequer,  and  henc6  frequently 
a  Baron  Jemaer. 

^^OH^pf Chester'' [CMTtwright]  "iamfd  to 
V  Dover,  and  Bmtod  Jenner,  Burton, 


Ob.  Walker,  Ja.  Gifford,  Jo.  Laybourw**,  Ch. 
Pulton,  W"  Kinjcsley,  —  Lockyer,  and  2  priwti?, 
with  several  R.  Cathol.  mereh*",  y'  L'.  A^uBdel's 
son  and  grandson,  and  others. 

••  These  were  stopp't  in  or  near  O^pring  Street, 
Slid  most  of  y"  plundered :  the  success  of  these 
men  wis  one  of  the  ^eatest  reasons  y*  pusVt  y* 
seamen  of  Fever^hfl  f(»rw*,  who  ab*  7  V*  njcbt, 
under  y*  conduct  of  W"  Ames  and  Jo.  I^nt 
mann'a  out  3  boats,  w**  ab'  50  men  in  y*  whole, 
who  taking  notice  of  an  uncertain  rumour  y*  went 
abroad,  y^  several  were  flying  by  sea  into  France, 
in  great  zeal  and  in  quest  of  a  prize,  went  off 
towards  Sheppcy,  and  aM  1 1  at  night  ^  near  the 
Nnze  pomt  thej  found  a  Custom-house  boat, 
who  was  taking  m  ballast,  w*in  was  SF  Ed.  Hales, 
Ralph  Sheldon,  and  one  more,  y'  prov'd  to  be 
K«  J.  \V"  Ames  leapt  into  the  hold  alone,  and 
seized  y™  in  y"  P.  of  O.'s  name.  S'  E.  Hales 
w*  have  fir'd,  but  was  forbid  by  y'  unknown  gent. 
T**  were  5  or  6  cases  of  pistols  loaden,  w**  might 
have  done  great  execucon,  if  made  u^e  of,  but 
no  hopes  c*  have  been  of  y'  lives,  if  they  had 


proceeded  to  opposicon  in  y  n 
very  well  satisfy 'd,  if  y*  K»  hi 


manner.    Yet  I  am 

.^.j  J-,-  J     —     md  discovered  him- 

selfe  privately  to  W.  Ames,  who  was  some  time 
in  y*  hold  alone,  he  had  never  been  carry'd  asbore, 
but  been  dismiss*t  before  morning. 

"  The  seamen  kept  off  to  sea  all  night,  where 
they  rifled  y*  parties  w**  rudeness  enough.  They 
found  in  the  whole  near  200*^  in  gold,  and  about 
half  w*  K.J.  w**  w^  swords,  and  watches,  &c.  were 
great  plunder  to  y".  I  know  not  how  it  hsppen^d, 
but  y'  greatest  rudeness  still  tell  on  y*  K»,  whose 
very  breeches  were  undone  and  examin*d  for 
secret  weapones  so  undecently,  as  even  to  the 
discoveries  of^  his  nudities.  This  y«  K«  aftcrw* 
much  resented,  as  not  fit  to  be  offered  to  a  gen- 
tleman or  any  other  person. 

"  Whilst  y*  K.  continu*d  unknown  and  in  so 
odd  a  disguise,  unsufferable  affronts  were  put 
upon  him.  He  was  generally  concluded  to  be  a 
Jesuite,  if  not  F.  Peter,  and  treated  with  such 
harsh  ezpessions  as  old  rogue,  ugly,  Ican-jaw'd, 
hatchet-rac't  Jesuite,  popish  dog,  &c. 

"  Thus  ?•  night  was  pass't  unpleasantly  enough, 
y*  mob  being  extreme^  abusive,  ev'n  beyond  w* 
y*  leaders  desir'd.  Only  one  Jeffreys,  a  pipe- 
maker,  was  very  civil  to  y*  K«  unknown,  tfs  sup- 
posing him  to  be  a  gentleman,  w*^  humanity  I 

and  Gfih«n,~ar  the  town  of  Fereham."  — .Kfii  CW- 
rcnmdbioe,  vol.  iL  p.  356. 

(^)  Not  in  London,  as  Lord  Macaulay  seems  to  have 
supposed. 

(*)  Macaulay  says,  "  James  had  travefled  with  relays 
•f  ceaeh-borses  along  the  southern  shore  of  the  Thames, 
and  on  the  morning  of  the  tw*(flk  bad  reacVvvl  Va£^k:<s 
Ferxy,  near  the  isle  of  SU^&v^n  :'    \\.  \%  «s\^««v.  S.^«vsv  vpqs. 
diarist,  that  ibft  V\tv^<iovi\^  tm^ Vu.'s^  ^xrw't^  ^^^^^^^^ 
early  on  the  eveniiitL  ot  Wi^^  ^^txAXi.   ^"^^^^^cJJatfc^B!^ 
travelled  by  riAavB,  \Y<i  Tn«it\MWt»  iafi's«^\««^^^**''^ 
morning  of  lUc  tN«<M\.Yi. 


992 


■BiT.iiftfam 


*•*  a  strange  jealousy 
gentlemen  lo  some 


aaw  y*  K*  recent  very  gentUely,  and  give  him 
fluch  A  reward  oa  his  coodio«5n  w"*  be&r. 

**Dec,  12'K  Ab'  noon,  y  K*  S'  E.  Hales, 
and  R.  Sheldon,  were  brought  up  m  a  coacb  to 
Feversha,  fro  y"  place  of  y*^  landing,  when  ti» 
remarkable  y^  fresh  rudcnefts  attended  him,  for 
tho'  S'  E.  Hales  wm  carry'dover  the  ou«e,  or  dirt> 
by  y*  seamen,  yet  it  was  a  long  dispute  wheth' 
y*  civility  ah*  be  pay*d  to  y*  unknown  person, 

"  Ho  was  carry 'd  to  the  Q's  Arms  in  Feveraha, 
where  he  was  soon  distJo?er*d  and  guards  set  upon 
tis  room  w***  g*  strictness  and  severity. 

**  He  askH  several  to  be  instrumental  to  pro- 
cure him  a  boat  to  carry  him  off,  but  y*  seamen 
generally  deoy'd  him,  upon  ' 
aeia'd  them  y'  tn  the  night  j 
odd  disgniae  w*  carry  him  off,  w*"**  made  y™  more 
ruddy  dilig'  in  y*^  guarda*  and  unwiUiiig  he  ah* 
remove  to  a  private  house. 

"  The  E,  of  Winchelaea  waa  sent  for  by  y*  K*, 
who  came  before  night,  and  y"  it  waa  thought 
ecmvenient  y'  K*  sh**  remove  to  private  lodgings  : 
but  a*  opposic^n  was  made  by  y*  seamen,  and  as 
y*  K*  pass't  down  y"  stairii,  swords  were  drawn 
and  threatening  expressions  UB*d  by  the  guards, 
and  w**^  much  adoe  Ihey  were  contented  to  let  y* 
K*  remove,  upon  promise,  y'  y*  seamen  only  might 
ffuard  him,  whilst  he  stayed  in  town,  who  confined 
him  very  strictly  by  reason  of  y'  jealousie  yv""^ 
made  him  melancholy  at  times. 

"  That  night,  however,  he  seemed  to  sup 
heartily,  and  was  pleased  to  corn  and  y*  gentle- 
men to  sit  down  w'**  hi  rap  w***  condescension  was 
very  grate  full  lo  several. 

**  Dec,  18***.  The  Eiist  Kent  gentlemen  came 
in  a  great  body,  and  before  his  face  (for  he  was 
in  the  window)  read  the  P.  of  0/s  declaracon, 
w**  made  y*  mobb  break  out  into  fresh  inso- 
lencies,  and  tow'**  night  a  messenger  eame  from 
the  fort  of  Sheerness,  w*"**  told  y*  K«  y*y*  govern'' 
intended  to  surrender  y*  fort,  and  the  fleet  in  the 
Swale  (the  road  ncai*  for  ships  to  ride  in)  to  y" 
F.  of  O.  w'**  seemed  to  afflict  hun,  but  he  *>*  he  was 
willing  to  consent  to  anything  to  avoid  bloodshed. 
"  After  w*^  y*  seamen  guarded  y*  K*  so  nar- 
rowly, y*  tis  b^  they  foUow^d  him  to  his  devocons, 
nay,  and  were  so  indecent  as  to  press  near  him  in 
his  retirem*  for  nature. 

**  Dec.  14.  By  this  time  news  came  y*  y*  P.  of 
O.  did  not  approve  of  y'  Kg*B  being  8t«p*t^  w'"* 
madu  several  of  y***  y*  were  concerned  very  bUmk, 
and  wish  they  had  never  medled.  But  w*  news 
came  y^  y*  Lda  at  Guildhall  did  not  much  dislike 
y*  thioff,  they  «oon  revived  and  fancy*d  y*  iLey 
•ib*  all  be  rewarded  for  y^^  expedicion. 

**  Ab^  noon  newn  came  y'  y*  K.'s  guards  were 

upon  y*  road,  to  wait  on  him  to  Lon^  and  y"  y* 

strangeht  Term'  and  passion  »ic«'d  y'  mobb,  y*  v^ 

be  thought  ot\  bee.  y'  L^  Feveriha  (a  mvu\  V\V 

reaenied  by  y*^)  wa*  §**  to  be  w^  y"*,   iSttft^  a«i«im " 


resolv'd  not  to  part  with    hinL,  talking  of  I 

preparacons  to  fight,  mul    i  ulc-n-r    v*   pain 
y*  off,  &c.,  w^"^  pii  4  ' 

consternacon,  for  f  -  tiwyl 

nor  where  it  w**  end. 

"  The  gentlemen  endeaTo«r*d  dl  tliT  <*•! 
all  in  vain,  for  y*  seamen  mud  tile  nobh  i 
all,  and  y^'  passions  flew  out  to  y*  cxc 
gentlemen   were  foro*t    to  send    cxpr 
guards,  to  stop  short  6  mil*?*.  ff»r  doub 
had  ent^r'd  Fevershu  y*  i  '  '•  ^cbtcf  I 

"  Dec.  15*^  As  soon  w"coo 

y*  K«  moved  out  of  town,   w*"  hia  guartll 
men,  and  y*  gentlemen,  and  abour  a  mileaf 
met  by    his    guards,    who    t      '      ' 
hands  of  y*  mobb,  w"*  his  s|i 
and  he  became  m  it  were  ai^  >i 
glad   to  be  lid  of  yuch  guards, 
none  c**  justify,  and  w*  w*  be  y'  v.. 
last  none  c*  guess. 

NoUm  h$  the  jyiarist. 

*«  (1.)  The  K'  was  In  an  old  iramletM^ 
ill  pair  of  boots,  a  e»hort  blaek  wigg,  i  f^' 
his  upper  lips  on  the  lei^  side,  and  oikd^*^ 
tremely  plain,  in  habit. 

"  (*2^)  The  K*  would  not  receive  Hia#^ 
of  w*^^   he  was  plundered,    but  ordcKdi*.Kj 
divided  among  y^  y*  took    him.     fiat  \ 
swords,  and  pistols  were  taken  bj  him  i 

**  (3.)  When  it  wiw  obsenr'd  jr*  K*  ooSi 
rosity  refused  his  gold,   but  wa^  de^la 
one   M''  Lees,   a  clergyman,    1**,    w* 
humbly  otTer'cl  him^  i 
Lo  Serve  his  p'seiit  i 
he  toi-^k  very  kindly,  but  took  care  to  \ 
ere  he  left  y*  town. 

'*  <4>)  The  K.  lost  a  crucifix  he  mudi  \ 
say*d  to  have  some  of  the  true  nmteriAl  < 
and  offerVl  largely  lo  r^itin   it,   but  y*  ^ 
had  it  broke  it  in  pieces,  m  greedtncse  of  ] 
^h  ^eh  ^  ^,^,  jjfjjy  iip'i^  ^*fc  jw  ^^  wocuCk 

concerned  for, 

''  (5.)  The  K«  borrowed  a  biblc,  w»  in  \ 
and  waa  seen  to  read  much  in  it»  oiid  »'  lacl 
gr^  pleasure  in  renditig  S8,  and  tiiad4!  i(  p^^ 
his  private  rettrem*  before  devocoti^ 

'*  (<>,)  The  K«  Wrt«  very  tt  - 
or  rarely  drank   betwi:cn   ni 
known  elsewhere,  yet  was  nmti    oi   ju -;i«ie_^ 
prise  to  many  here,  who  had  other  noootia  of  | 
men  nnd  etmrts. 

**  (7,)  The  women  were  very  tender  aad  i 
passionate  to  V*  K'  -.»!.:-  ""Piftnenlt 
to  afipruve  w* 

•*  (aO  Th*-  K  ..unt  w«* 

y*"  y'  tsiez'd  him,  and  forgave  y**,  ani]  " 


gentrv  and  clergy,  L 
(in  all  about  100*^)  i 


V  \  y  \wwtv  \W^  ^^njcae  in  a  body,  a  {tarty,  to  i 


8^S.V.  1IAT14»'M.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


393 


forjpve  y*  all,  even  Moon  too,  w***  Moon,  after 
y*  K'  was  discov'd,  curst  bim  to  his  face, — y*  K< 
Mk*t  him  his  name,  w'^"  it^  he  had  told,  j*  K'  »^ 
it  ooght  to  be  Shimei,  for  Shimei  curs't  y*  L^* 
anointed,  and  so  7*  man  is  coiuonlj  call*d. 

**  (9.)  His  discoorses  were  very  grntTe  and 
pious,  and  showed  a  gr*  sense  of  religio,  and  t* 
comfort  he  had  in  his  troubles,  among  many  oth* 
w^  follows  is. remarkable.  He  s'  he  was  certain 
T*  P.  of  O.  on  his  coming  designed  his  life,  and  y* 
he  thought  y'  was  but  one  step  between  his  priso 
and  his  grave,  and  y'fore  tho*  he  might  fall  a  sacri- 
fice, as  Abel  did  by  t*  hand  of  Cain,  yet  he 
doubted  not  but  he  and  his  cause  w*'  be  accepted 
of  God. 

^  "  W»  he  look*d  out  of  his  window  and  saw  y* 
violece  of  y*  rabble,  he  s*,  I  can't  help  nor  hinder 
this,  God  alone  can  do  it,  who  stills  y'  raging  of 
the  seas,  y*  noise,  &c. 

"  He  was  not  willing  to  send  away  his  son  till 
he  had  a  call  to  doe  so,  tho  it  was  not  so  extra- 
ordinary .and  express,  yet  it  was  as  sufficient  as 
w*  y»  angel  s*  to  Jos.  Ma.  ii.  13,  '  Ai-ise,  &c.'  He 
often  repeated  *  Herod  doth  seek  y*  life  of  y* 
younpr  child  to  destroy  him.* 

*•  The  K«,  persuading  some  clergymen  y*  waited 


R.  to  persons  of  understanding,  or  any  who  c** 
make  good  use  of  it,  and  few  iM^ides  clergymen 
and  divines  read  it  so  much  as  he  did. 

**  He  s**  y*  he  as  well  as  oth'  Xtiana  ought  to 
expect  thro  many  tribnlaeSna  to  enter  into  y* 
KgdS  of  Heaven,  and  if  he  lost  bis  temporal 
erown,  he  doubted  not,  but  y*  loss  w'  bring  him 
to  an  eternal  and  incorruptible  crown.** 


FOLK  LOBE. 


ance,  w'  trouble  it  might  give  y"  to  reflect  y'on. 
He  told  y"  how  David*8  heart  smote  him  for  cut- 
ting off  y«  skirt  of  SauPs  garmS  and  this  must 
be  more  troublesome,  if  tliey  consid'  y*  mischief 
y*  may  y'by  fall  upon  him.  W»  they  made  y*' 
excuse  fro  y*  difficulty  and  danger  of  y«  attempt, 
he  replied  to  y»  in  y'  words  of  y*  Saviour,  '  lie 
that  18  not  for  me  is  against  me.' 

"  He  repeated  y*  greatest  part  of  Job's  5^  ch. 
ab*  affiictio  and  y«  benefit  of  it.  V.  1,  5,  6,  7,  10, 
11  to  y*  end. 

"  lie  made  use  of  y*  1  Mace.  xi.  10,  *  For  I 
repent  that  I  gave  my  daughter  to  him,  for  he 
■ought  to  slay  me.*  He  s**  'y«  fears  of  ye  Ch.  of 
Enfi^.men  had  occasioned  y*'  troubles,  but  he  never 
design'd  any  hurt  or  disturbance  to  y*'  interest, 
but  as  they  are  afraid  of  idolatry  and  superstitio, 
they  ought  to  have  a  care  to  avoir],  and  not  be 
engaged  in  rebellio  and  oth'  sins,  and  he  quoted 
Bom.  ii.  22,  *  Thou  that  abhorrt'st,'  &c. 

"  He  applied  Job  xlii.  10—12  to  himself,  '  And 
y«  L*  turned  apain,'  &c. 

"They  plunder d  all  things  but  a  psalter  or 
psalm  booii:,  w'**  he  s*  he  valu  d  more  y"  all  he 
nad  lost. 

"  He  b**  he  w**  forsake  sceptre,  and  crowns,  and 
nil  this  world's  glory  for  Xt's  sake,  and  he  had  y* 
inward  peace  and  cofort  w'**  he  w**  not  exchange 
for  all  y«  interest  of  y*  earth. 

*'  He  own'd  much  comfort  he  had  rec*  in  read- 
ing of  SS,  w*  he  8*  was  not  deny*d  by  ye  Ch.  of 


Fbagiixnts   of    Scotch  Rhtmkb   suno   bt 
Chudben  at  TBBim  Gamxs  :  — 

L 

*'  Here  come  two  ladies  down  from  Spain, 
A  len(  ?)  French  garland ; 
Pre  come  to  coart  yoor  daughter  Jaoe, 
And  adieu  to  you,  my  darling." 


**  London  Bridge  has  fallen  down. 
Has  fallen  down,  has  fallen  down,  has  fallen  down, 
London  Bridge  has  fallen  down. 
My  ikir  Udy." 


**  A  dues,  a  dan  of  green  grass, 
A  doM,  a  dufls,  a  duss ; 
Ccme  all  you  pretty  maidens 
And  dance  along  with  us : 
Tou  shall  have  a  duck,  my  dear. 
And  yon  shall  have  a  dragon, 
And  yon  shall  have  a  young  gndeman 
To  dance  ere  yOuVe  forsaken. 
The  bells  shall  ring. 
The  birds  shall  sing. 
And  we'll  all  clap  bands  together." 
rv. 
"  Rainy,  rainy,  rattle  stones, 
Don't  vou  rain  on  me ; 
Rain  on  iTohnny  Groat's  boose, 
Far  across  the  sea." 


Ahok. 

YoRKSHisB  Folk  Lobe  :  Bebs.  —  Last  week, 
passing  the  Hambleton  Station  on  the  railway  be- 
tween Milford  and  Selby,  I  observed  three  bee- 
hives having  pieces  of  crape  attached  to  them. 
On  inquiring  of  a  fellow-passenger,  he  informed 
me  that  some  members  or  the  station-master*s  family 
had  lately  died,  and  that  the  custonoi  of  putting 
the  hives  in  mourning  under  such  circumstances 
was  not  uncommon  in  that  district. 

Edward  Hailstone. 

W1LT8HIBE  Method  or  PREVEWTniG  Tooth- 
ache.—  If  you  take  one  of  the  forelegs  of  a  want 
(t.  e.  a  mole),  and  one  of  its  hind  legs,  and  put 
them  into  a  bag,  and  wear  the  whole  hung  about 
your  neck,  vou  will  never  have  the  tooth-ache. 
This  valuable  specimen  of  Wiltshire  wisdom  is  ap- 
parently one  of  the  **  things  not  ^enfit^kV^  ^LTv^^'^V 


394 


NOTES  AND  QUEEIE8. 


[8r«&T.MATl4.U 


Cuckoo.  —  On  the  principle  of  your  motto  — 
"  When  found  make  a  note  of "  —  I  transcribe 
from  a  work  published  at  Upsal  in  1750,  D€  Super* 
MtUionibuM  HodifmU^  by  Jonas  Moman,  a  specimen 
of  Swedish  folk  lore  relating  to  the  cuckoo,  which, 
from  the  translation  I  append,  you  will  find  to 
resemble  a  custom  still  prevalent  in  some  parts 
of  England  when  tlie  cuckoo  is  first  heard  in  the 
spring.    The  Swedish  peasant  girl  says :  — 

'<Gdkegra,6uckD! 
Seg  mig  (U,  Gucku ! 
Uppa  quist,  Gackn  I 
Saat  och  vis^,  Gucku  I 
Tlur  manga  ar,  Gucku ! 
Jag  leva  far, 
Jag  ogift  gar,  Gucku  I  " 

That  is:  — 

"  Cuckoo  (Scotice  Gouk)  grey,  tell  to  me,  up  in  the  tree 
true  and  free,  how  many  years  I  must  live  and  go  un- 
married." 

Of  course  the  number  of  the  calls  of  "  Gucku  " 
indicate  the  number  of  years  she  has  to  remain 
single ;  but  the  memory  has  sinprular  artifices  to 
defraud  itself.  In  the  above  instance  the  cuckoo 
calls  seven  times,  but  the  girl  counts  six  only. 

J.  K. 

Ornithological  and  Agricultural.  —  The 
other  day  I  heard  a  fanner  use  this  folk-lore 
couplet :  — 

**  Cuckoo  oats  and  woodcock  hay 
Moke  a  fanner  run  away." 

I  am  not  aware  if  this  specimen  of  ornitholo- 
gical agricultural  folk  lore  has  ever  found  ita  way 
into  print.  If  not,  its  publication  at  "  the  cuckoo 
season  "  will  be  well-timed.         Cuthbert  Bede. 

The  Sun  dancing  ow  £astbr-Day. — I  called 
last  week  upon  an  old  parishioner,  who  had  been 
absent  from  church  on  Kaster-day.  Sickness  in  her 
family  had  kept  her  at  home,  but,  she  said,  she 
had  lookcil  out  at  her  win«low,  and  seen  the  sun 
dancing  beautifulipr.  I  looked  inquiringly,  and 
she  added,  "Dancing  for  joy,  to  be  sure,  at  Our 
Saviour's  resurrection  on  Easter  morning.  Three 
or  four  year.s  ago,  Thomas  Corncy  and  Mary 
Wilkey,  and  a  party  of  us  went  to  the  end  of 
Kennicot  Lane  to  sec  it;  but  ^lary  couldn't  see 
anytiiing.  There  was  the  sun  whirling  round  and 
rouFid,  and  every  now  and  then  jumping  up  (and 
sh»i  indicated  with  her  hand  an  upright  leap  of 
nearly  a  yard)  ;  and  Thomas  would  say,  *  There, 
Mary,  didn't  ye  see  that?'  Xo,  fai',  she  saw 
nothing.  At  last  Thomas  said,  ^I  think,  Mary,  the 
old  devil  mujt  have  shut  your  eyes  if  you  can't  see 
that.'  And  so  we  came  home  again.  Our  little 
Johnny  gets  up  every  year  to  seo  it" 

It  is  a  curious  instance  of  the  power  of  imagina- 
tion :  lor  the  old  wjuiiun  could  hardly  have  had 
any  object  in  telling  nie  a  falsehood  knowingly. 
A  DfvoNsuiRB  Clerqyma^. 


Eastern  Origin  of  Fuck.  —  In  a  collectioDi 
Fairy  Stories  and  Folk  Lore  I  made  in  India  fna 
verbal  relation,  there  is  mention  of  a  ftixy  calU 
G&rii-PiiGk,  said  to  have  the  head  of  a  bird,  wA 
wings  springing  from  his  shoulders,  indieatiTea 
hii  rapidity  of  movement.  He  is  unqnesiioMhy 
the  onginal  of  the  Puck  of  Sbakapeare,  whose  cktf 
attributes,  as  manifested  ia  the  fbUowing  Iidh, 
was  celerity  of  locomotion :  — 
FticA.  **  I'll  pat  a  girdle  ronod  about  the  eaith 
In  forty  minutes." 

Shakspeans*8  Puck,  like  the  Indian  £ury,  n» 
times  wears  the  head  of  an  aniuiaL  :  — 
FmeL  **  Sometimes  a  hone  III  be ;  sometime*  a  hmi 
A  hog,  a  headless  bear ;  sometimes  a  tirb" 

Giirii-Piick  is  the  messenger  of  the  higher  pote". 
his  eyes  are  li^fatningy  and  rays  of  fire  issue  bm 
his  body,  in  which  respects  Puck,  the  English  &i* 
also  resembles  him.  EC 

A  Cuildren's  Game. — A.  few  evenings  ip' 
returning  from  a  walk,  my  attention  was  ann» 
by  a  group  of  children  at  play.  Their  gav^ 
played  by  marching  two  and  two  in  a  mts^A 
step  to  a  given  distance,  turning,  and  mirJail 
back  again.  As  they  did  so,  they  chantd  utf 
lines :  — 

•<  Tun'ey,  turvey,  clothed  in  black. 
With  iulver  buttons  upon  your  back ; 
One  by  one,  and  two  by  two. 
Turn  about,  and  that  will  do !  " 
On  asking  the  children  the  meaning  of  ^ 
play,  and  of  the  lines  thev  sang,  thev  conU  ti 
me  nothing,  but  that  they  fiad  learned  them  f:.i 
others.  Joun  Pavin  Pmtii^ 

Haverfordwest. 

The  Lutin. — In  the  Canton  du  Vallais,  S»> 
zerland,  the  belief  in  the  Lutin  is  very  geaen^ 
I  should  rather  say  Lutint^  for  there  is  more  tbi 
one  member  of  the  family !  They  tell  of  a  Luci 
wl>o  fur  many  years  guarded  the  flocks  ofi^ 
Commuue  of  Contez.  The  inhabitants  odln^ 
him  a  cloak,  which  was  Icfl  in  a  particular  spol; 
the  gift  was  taken,  but  the  Lutiu  dc|>arted  ftuif* 
ing  — 

**  Non,  uon,  jamais  seignear  de  men  panage 
Nu  conduira  les  bosufs  au  f/Aturagc." 

Since  then  the  cattle  have  given  less  milk !  IW 
lejrend  resembles  that  of  the   *•  Hob  "  of  Close 

I  House,  near  Skifiton,  in  Craven  {vule  IXaiati 
Tabic  Book)t  where  the  gift  was  a  red  coat  or 
hood.  In  the  parish  of  Linton,  in  Craven,  wt* 
have  the  story  of  a  boitle  of  brandy  being  Irfl 
for  Pam  [j|ucry  Pan  ?]  (such  is  the  name  of  the 
domestic  sf)irit  there),  and  of  his  having  p^l 
drunk,  and  being  buried  alive  by  the  school* 
master! — a  useless  elfort,  for  Pam  was  as  activf 
and  mischievous  as  ever,  after  he  had  slept  hia- 
self  sober !  In  the  Vallais,  at  Contez,  the  village 

.  fountain  was  filled  with  wine,  and  the  Lulin  th«« 


Mat  14,  "64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


395 


z  Mtd  WM  cipfeimd !  He  promised  if  he 
ised  to  ffire  tome  moet  vftluable  adFioe. 
to  kit  honour,  the  Lutin's  ooids  wen 
on  which  he  le^wd  awaj,  saying  — 

le  weather  is  lUr  tske  an  nmbrelU  — 

i  rains  take  wbiMvar  will  keep  yoa  drieet" 

S.  Jacksoh. 
tt8.Torkshimi 

SHun  DoflniTBfi  Thn  children  in  the 
England*  when  they  wish  to  play  hide 
and  similar  games,  chooge  the  one  who 
(as  they  say)  ^^<t£  it,"  in  the  following 
— Tber  gather  around  one  of  their  num- 
ri^idly  repeats  the  following  doggrel 
itiog  in  turn  to  each  of  his  companions, 
at  whom  he  points  on  reaching  the  last 
Jie  one  chosen.  The  doggrel,  with  the 
spelt  as  nearly  as  possible  according  to 
18  follows :  — 
oe  diroedttcoa  medo* 
'here  ehall  Ihie  poor  Frenchman  go  ? 

To  the  east,  to  the  west. 

To  the  tipper  crow's  nest ; 

Kg^t  batter,  cheese,  bread ; 

Stick,  stock,  stone,  dead." 

St  fine  has  such  a  smack  of  Latinity  about 
am  induced  to  ask  if  any  of  your  readers 
me  to  its  origin.  Is  it  the  first  line  of  a 
ran?  C.  S. 

lis  AT  Christmas  p^  S.  i.  482.)  —  Your 
ident  T.  B.  mentions  that,  in  the  West 
f  Yorkshire  at  Christmas  Day,  and  also 
rear*s  Day,  a  male  person  with  black  or 
*  must  first  enter  the  house,  and  that  the 
s  seek  a  person  to  enter.  Also,  that 
;  must  be  allowed  to  pass  (ml  of  the  house 
'hristmos  :  that  is,  from  Christmas  Day 
ifear's  Day  inclusive.** 
he  object  of  my  note  is,  not  to  call  in 
the  statement  of  T.  B.,  but  to  suggest  to 
respondents,  generally,  that  the  value 
mtributions  relating  to  local  manners, 
and  dialects,  will  be  greatly  increased 
ecific  distinction  as  possible  of  the  dis- 

which  such  peculiarities  exist.  The 
)ulous  the  county  or  district  concerned, 
greater  its  general  altitude  above  the 
more  diverse  and  specifically  localised 
uliarities  become. 

istoms  alluded  to  by  T.  B.  are  strictly  cor- 
>  Leeds  and  its  neighbourhood,  probably 
r  miles  round ;  but  he  knows,  quite  as 
,  that  the  dialects,  and  many  of  the  man* 

customs  of  the  ** people**  in  Shefiield, 
,  Wakefield,  Leeds,  Bradford,  and  other 
ive  all  separate  and  distinct  characters. 
i  villages,  *^  up  in  the  hills,**  within  a  few 
ttance  from  any  of  these  towns  respec- 
ill  have  Uieir  individual  local  ▼emaeialir. 


Yet  they  are  all  in  the  West  Biding  of  York- 
shire. 

I  confine  myself  strictly  to  what  hu  come  under 
my  own  observation,  when  I  affirm  that  the  above 
remarks  apply  with  equal  foroa — so  far  as  density 
or  fMurseneas  of  populatioB,  aad  phyaical  geo* 
grapoy  admit — to  the  North  and  &ast  Ridings; 
•ad  to  the  counties  of  Derby,  Nottingham,  Cms* 
ter,  Lancaster,  Devon,  Somerset,  Northumber- 
land, Durham,  and  to  many  parts  of  Scotland. 

To  return  to  the  custom  referred  to  by  your 
correspondent,  and  to  the  West  Riding.  In 
Sheffield,  a  male  must  be  the  first  to  enter  a  house 
on  the  morning  of  both  Christmas  Day  and  New 
Year*s  Day;  out  there  is  no  distinction  as  to 
complexion  or  colour  of  hair.  In  the  houses  of 
the  more  c^ulent  manufacturers,  these  first  ad- 
missions are  often  accorded  to  choirs  of  work- 
people ;  who,  as  "  waits,**  proceed  at  an  early  hour, 
and  sing,  before  the  houses  of  their  employers  and 
friends,  Christmas  carols  and  hymns ;  always  com- 
mencing with  that  beautiful  composition :  — 

**  Christians  awake  I  salnte  the  happy  morn. 
Whereon  the  Saviour  of  meokind  was  horn.** 

On  expressing  their  good  wishes  to  the  inmates, 
they  are  generally  rewarded  with  ^something 
warm,*'  and  occssionally  with  a  pecuniarv  present. 
Among  the  class  called  "  respecUble,  *  but  not 
manufWeturers,  a  previous  arrangement  is  often 
made  ;  that  a  boy,  the  son  of  a  friend,  shall  come 
and  be  first  admitted,  receiving  for  his  good  wishes 
a  Christmas-box  of  sixpence  or  a  shilling.  The 
houses  of  the  artizans  and  poor  are  successively 
besiesed  by  a  host  of  gamins ;  who,  soon  afl«* 
midnight,  spread  themselves  over  the  town,  shout- 
ing at  the  doors  and  through  key-holes,  as  fbl- 
lowi:  — 

«  Au  wish  ya  a  murry  Chrismas^- 
Aappy  new  year,— 
A'pockit  fall  of  manny, 
An^acellerfnUa'beer. 

*•  God  bless  the  mester  of  this  ouse— 
The  mistriss  all -so, 
An*  all  the  little  childmn 
That  round  the  table  go. 

**  A  apple,  a  pare,  a  plom,  an*  a  cherry ; 
A  sup  a'  good  ale  d  mak*  a  man  murry.** 

And  BO  on.  The  same  house  will  not  admit  a 
second  boy.  One  is  sufficient  to  protect  it  from 
any  ill-luck  that  might  otherwise  happen.  A 
penny  is  the  usual  gratuity  for  this  service.  In 
the  forenoon  of  Christmas  Day  and  New  Year's 
Day  these  boys  may  be  seen  in  knots  at  street 
comers,  and  in  tlie  suburbs,  counting  their  re- 
spectively acf^uired  "coppers,**  and  recounting 
their  respective  adventures  during  the  mfi\\t 
and  early  morning ;  after  which,  they  generally 
resolve  themselves  into  sub-committees  for  the 
purpose  of  *'  pitch  and  toss.**  LaXK^  vc^^  '^^.^'^^J^ 
many  o£  l\iem  xb^j  \»  iftftn.  «.  \v\i\^  ^^  ^^^xV'^^n 


396 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[st^ay.  matuil 


while  others  are  depressed  by  manly,  but  unsuc- 
cessful efibrts,  to  consume  "  penny  cheroots.*' 

Fifty  years  ago,  the  refusal  to  give  lights  at 
Christmas  was  common  among  the  poorest  classes. 
Among  the  middle  classes  it  was  considered  un- 
lucky to  do  so,  only  on  Christmas  Eve,  Christmas 
Day,  New  Year's  Eve,  and  New  Year's  Day. 
Lucifer  matches  have  put  a  practical  end  to  this 
superstition.  W.  Lee. 

THE  DOLPHIN  AS  A  CREST. 

The  crest  of  the  Kennedies  of  Dunure — a  dol- 
phin, and  the  motto,  **  Avise  la  fine  "  —  long  ap- 
peared to  me  very  unmeaning.  During  a  recent 
visit  to  Rome  my  attention  was  drawn  to  the  use 
of  the  dolphin,  in  contradistinction  to  other 
species  of  fisn,  as  a  religious  svmbol ;  and  I  am  now 
induced  to  think  that  the  dolphin  was  assumed  on 
account  of  its  emblematic  allusion  to  Our  Blessed 
Lord,*  and  the  motto  is  intended  to  refer  to  it — a 
constant  'keeping  in  view  the  great  end  of  faith. 
Irrespective  of  its  bearing  on  this  subject,  the  de- 
scription of  a  remarkable  christening  vessel  I  met 
with  in  the  Kercherian  Museum  at  the  Collegio 
Romano,  may  prove  of  interest  to  your  readers. 
I  asked  permission  to  have  a  rubbing  taken  of  it, 
but  was  refused,  on  the  ground  that  the  Society 
of  Jesus  were  about  to  published  an  illustrated 
catalogue  of  the  objects  in  that  museum. 

It  appears  the  old  Earls  of  Carrick  bore  for 
arms,  arg.  a  chevron  gu. ;  thnt  in  1285  Gilbert  de 
Carrick  had  diflerenced  these  arms  with  three 
cross-crosslets ;  that  John  de  Kennedy,  who  in- 
herited by  descent  the  honours  and  liabilities  of 
the  male  branch  of  the  house  used,  in  1371,  the 
same  arms,  with  the  addition  of  two  lions  sejant 
as  supporters,  and  a  lion  rampant  as  crest ;  that 
the  double  tressure  was  added  on  tlie  alliance  of 
the  family  with  the  royal  Stewarts.  Bishop  Ken- 
nedy on  his  seal  in  1450  has  two  coats ;  one  with 
and  one  without  the  tressure ;  but,  as  far  as  I  can 
learn,  without  any  crest.  The  dolphin  and  swans 
as  supporters  are  first  observed  about  1516,  about 
which  period  the  Earldom  of  Cassillis  was  con- 
ferred on  the  Lords  Kennedy.  The  Kennedies 
could  not  be  ignorant  of  the  symbol,  as  several 
members  of  the  house  visited  Rome.  David  Ken- 
nedy, uncle  to  the  first  lord,  had  letters  to  go 
thither  from  Henry  VI.  in  1439.  The  catacombs 
where  the  aslies  of  tlie  martyrs  lay  were  shrines 
to  which  pilgrims  resorted,  and  from  which,  with 
the  approbation  of  true  believers,  they  committed 
the  pious  fraud  of  stealing  bones  and  other  relics. 

•  The  fish  was  adopted  as  the  emblem  of  Our  Saviour 
because  of  the  letters  in  1x1^6$  forming  the  initials  of  the 
Greek  wunls  — 

'ivaovt  Xpurrhs  ecoG  'Tiht  ^eori)p. 
./esu,<  Chrint  Son  of  God  the  SaviouT. 


Here,  a  constantly  recurring  emblem  on  the  vilk 
is  a  dolphin-shaped  fish  bearing  on  its  back  i  ' 
glass  bowl,  with  a  drop  of  red  wine  in  it,  and  it 
orifice  covered  with  small  biscuit-like  Umvci  d 
bread;  and  also  in  many  of  the  tombs  are  fooai 
small  fish  modelled  in  wood  or  ivory. 

To  return  to  the  baptismal  ▼easel.  It  i»  of 
bronze  and  flat,  oircular-sbaped,  with  a  rim  aA 
handle,  evidently  a  ladle  to  be  naed  in  the  rise  < 
of  baptism  by  immersion.  On  the  sorftoe  is  eo- 
graveo,  on  an  inner  circle,  two  dolphm-shaped&L 
probably  emblematic  of  the  divine  and  hnm 
natures  of  our  Lord ;  and  on  the  outer  circle  ma 
fishing  from  boats  for  round  flat  fish,  withevideit 
reference  to  the  appouitment  of  the  apoitks  tobr 
fishers  of  men. 

Seton,  in  his  Heraldry^  p-  *  1 2,  in  one  of  hii  c- 
planations  of  the  meaning  of  the  arms  of  Ghfii 
city,  suggests  a  somewhat  ainiilar  derivatia  fr 
the  fish  borne  in  them.    I  should  be  glad  to  Iv 
from  some  of  your  correspondents  at  whit  tf 
the  fish  first  appears  in  the  bearings  of  that  tee 
and  also  the  earliest  date  at  which  the  cre^ft 
supporters  of  the  Kennedies  have  been  obs£>^- 
In  the  seals  appended  to  the  acts  of  the  Seos^ 
parliament  as  published  by  the  Record  Coa*- 
sioncrs,  the  Earls  of  Cassillis  use  neither,  tsi*' 
motto.  Qofioa 


DR.  JOHNSON  AND  BABY-TALK. 

I  remember  to  have  read  somewhere  an  UBts- 
ing  anecdote  of  the  immortal  Sam  ;  but  neglect- 
ing at  the  time  to  '*  make  a  note  of,**  the  sooiee  i 
the  story  is  forgotten.  Johnson  and  Boiiw^ 
were  journeying  to  Oxford,  when  their  csniszc 
overtook  a  decently-attired  woman  toiling  slose 
the  dusty  road  with  an  infant  in  her  arms.  Boe- 
well  proposed  that  they  should  give  her  a  lift  to 
which  the  doctor  objected  on  the  plea  that  f^ 
would  interrupt  their  rational  conversation  br 
talking  nonsense  to  the  baby.  This  was  overroH 
the  carriage  was  stopped,  and  the  poor  womin 
taken  up.  **  But  remember,  madam,  roared  t^ 
doctor,  '^  that  if  you  talk  any  baby  talk,  jou  will 
have  to  leave  the  carriage." 

Thankfully  promising  to  be  cautious,  the  nune 
sat  and  watched  the  sleeping  infant,  and  listened 
to  the  conversation.  Presently  the  baby  stretched 
itself,  yawned,  and  looked  up  mto  the  nurse's  face. 
*^  Bless  his  little  heart,"  she  said ;  '^  see  if  be 
has  n't  opened  his  eyzy  pizy  already."  **  Stop 
the  vehicle !  "  exclaimed  Johnson ;  "  she  has  vio- 
lated our  compact,  and  must  realise  the  penalty." 
A  precisely  similar  story  is  related  oy  Dean 
Alford,  in  one  of  his  charming  papers  in  Good 
Words,  entitled  "  A  Plea  for  the  Queen's  fin^bh." 
The  dean  says :  — 

''AH  perhaps  do  not  know  the  story  of  th«  kind  oM 
fSQAlUman.  and  his  carriage.    He  was  riding  at  hte  mm 


8^  &  V.  Mat  14,  '64.] 


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397 


>De  rwy  hot  dmj,  when  he.  mw  a  tirad  nunemaid  toOing 
ilong  the  footpath,  carrying  a  great  heavy  boy.  His 
Mart  softened;  he  stopped  Ids  carriage,  and  offered  her  a 
«at ;  adding,  however,  this — '  Mind,'  said  he,  *  the  rao« 
nent  yon  ^^n  to  talk  any  nonsense  to  that  boy,  yon 
eave  ray  carriage. 

**  All  went  well  for  some  minutes.  The  good  woman 
iras  watdbAil,  and  bit  her  lipa.  Bat,  alas  I  we  are  all 
:aaght  tripping  some  times.  After  a  few  handred  yards, 
ind  a  little  jogging  of  the  boy  on  her  knee,  burst  forth, 
Georgy  porg^  I  ride  in  coachr  poachy ! '  It  was  fiiuL 
rhe  check-stnng  was  palled,  t^e  steps  let  down,  and  the 
none  and  boy  consigiied  to  the  dusty  footpath  as  be- 
fore. 

"This  story  is  true.  The  person  mainly  concerned  in 
it  was  a  well-known  philanthropic  baronet  of  the  last  ge- 
leration,  and  my  informant  was  personally  acquainted 
with  him." 

I  bave  searched  in  vain  through  Bo8well*s  Life 
tf  Johnson  for  the  anecdote  I  have  related ;  but  if 
t  18  a  true  story,  and  was  generally  known,  the 
conduct  of  Dean  Alford^s  baronet  may  have  been 
"egulated  by  a  remembrance  of  how  Johnson  had 
ycted  upon  a  similar  occasion. 

John  Fayin  Phillips. 

Haverfordwest. 


Ancient  Tombstone. — As  I  have  never  met 
vith  a  tombstone  or  gravestone  in  any  church- 
ward so  old  as  one  of  the  former  class  at  Whit- 
ington,  near  Cheltenham,  by  its  inscription  and 
general  appearance  purports  to  be,  I  send  a  note 
>f  it  to  "  N.  &  Q."  It  is  of  stone,  of  an  oblong 
Jiape,  and  narrower  than  is  customary  with  those 
»f  the  last  and  present  century ;  and  is  placed 
f  ithin  a  short  distance  of  the  north-east  comer  of 
he  chancel.    The  words  on  it  are  :  — 

•*  Here  lyes  interd  Thomas  Yonnge,  who  departed  this 
ife  the  27  of  July,  1648;  and  Jemima,  his  wife,  who  was 
•uried  the  18  May,  1642." 

J.  E.  C. 

Bajion  Munchausen. — I  have  just  come  across 
in  old  story  in  the  Facetim  BeheHana^  which  may 
M  regarded  as  the  original  of  that  adventure  in 
Jie  modern  romance,  which  tells  how  the  Baron*s 
lorse  was  cut  in  two  by  the  descending  portcullis 
»f  a  besieged  town,  and  yet  the  horseman  rode  on 
ritbout  detecting  the  loss ;  till  he  reached  a  foun- 
ain  in  the  midst  of  the  city,  where  the  insatiate 
hirst  of  the  animal  betrayed  the  want  of  his  hind 
[oarters.  The  adventure  may  be  worth  record- 
Dgin  a  note:  — 

**^  He  huiffHi  mendaeio.  — Faber  clavicularius,  quem  su- 
•erios  fabrum  mendaciorum  dixi,  narravit  se  tempore 
•elli,  credens  snos  se  subsecnturos,  equitando  ad  cujusdam 
ppidi  portas  penetrasse :  et  cum  ad  portas  venisset,  cata- 
actam  torre  demissam,  eauum  sunm  poet  ephippium 
liscidisse,  dimidiatumque  reliquisse,  atque  se  medi&  parte 
>9Q1  adforam  nsqne  oppidi  equitasse,  et  ciedem  non  mo* 
licam  P<i]^K|«e.  Sed  cum  retroccdere  vellet,  multitodine 
loetium  e^tns,  turn  demum  eqnum  cecidisse,  seoiw 
aptum  *■*—  »  ' 


The  drinking  at  the  fountain  was  a  bappy  em- 
bellishment on  the  part  of  the  modem  Baron. 

In  the  same  collection  of  seventeenth  century 
jokes  (the  volume  dates  1661),  I  think  the  ori- 
ginal of  the  deer,  with  the  cherry-tree  growing 
out  of  its  head,  is  found ;  but  I  cannot  say,  as  it 
is  along  time  since  I  read  the  book  through. 
The  story  of  Paddy  the  Piper,  which  all  of  us 
must  have  laughed  at,  is  here  as  large  as  life — 
De  quodam  Histrione,  O.  J.  D. 

To  MAN.  —  Are  not  our  dictionaries  at  fault 
with  regard  to  this  word  in  the  phrases  to  man  the 
gunsj  to  man  the  wtndloMSy  and  the  like  ?  In  some 
cases,  no  doubt,  it  does  mean  to  supply  with  men, 
as  to  man  the  yards,  to  man  the  walls,  &c.  But  in 
the  former  instances,  as  also  in  Othello^  Act  V. 
Sc.2  — 

"  Man  but  a  rush  against  Othello's  breast. 
And  he  retires.** 

And  in^  Taming  the  Shrew,  where  "  manning  a 
hawk  **  is  spoken  of,  the  meaning  seems  to  be  that 
of  the  French  manier,  to  lay  the  hand  on,  or  to 
manage.  B.  L. 

Change  of  Fashion  in  Ladies'  Names.  —  In 
the  published  account  of  the  celebration  of  **  the 
Guild  Merchant  of  Preston"  in  the  year  1762, 1 
find  in  **  a  list  of  the  nobility,  gentry,**  &c.,  present 
at  the  festival,  and  in  '*  a  List  of  the  Subscribers 
to  the  Ladies*  Assembly**  printed  therein,  some 
Christian  names  then  borne  by  ladies  of  high 
rank  and  good  family,  disuse  of  which  shows  how 
fashion  afiects  names  as  well  as  dress.  In  the 
humblest  walks  of  life  how  few  would  now  give 
their  children  these  names !  Like  their  betters,  Uiey 
prefer  Victoria,  Florence,  Edith,  Julia,  Emily, 
Alexandra,  and  other  such  euphonious  nomencla- 
ture. Among  the  names  were  Lady  Nelly  Bertie, 
Lady  Bell  Stanley,  Miss  Molly  Bold,  Miss  Betty 
Bolton,  Miss  Peg^  Case,  Miss  Matty  Crook,  Miss 
Jenny  AsshetonVMiss  Susy  Langton,  Miss  Sally 
Rigby,  Miss  Nanny  Whalley,  MissDulcyAtherton, 
Miss  Ally  Walmsley,  &c. ;  and  each  of  the  above 
Christian  names  was  borne  by  several  others  of  the 
company,  including  some  of  the  best  Lancashire 
families.  Wm.  Dobson. 

Preston. 

Joseph,  Abchbishop  of  Macedonia,  1611.  — 
The  following  document,  transcribed  from  the 
MSS.  of  the  borough  of  Leicester  for  the  year 
1611,  may  be  deemed  sufficiently  curious  to  be 
worth  pr^rving  in  the  pages  of  "  N.  k  Q.*'  — 

«*  Whereas  this  grave  man,  the  bearer  hereof,  Josephe, 
beinge  seated  in  the  Auncyent  Cittie  of  Phillippos,  now 
call^  Soris,  as  Arche  Bisshoppe  for  the  wholl  Kingdom 
and  province  of  Macedonia,  was  by  reason  of  the  perse- 
cntion  of  the  Turks  and  Jewes  (who  ven'e  esgerly  per- 
secuted him  for  the  payement  of  atw  koxv^^Rs^^N.  \x^>qn^^ 
Thinie  tbowsasi^  CT^v(ii«^  Vw  -^^"^  >wt^  ^%:^  ^'^^^^^'SSm 
Matb\a8\al^  VaXi\ax^\i^^^TrtXwk>astf^^  «i»sari% 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


Cai«8.Y.iUTU%i 


Certificates  bv  him  shewed  to  the  King's  Mtiestio  ap- 
peyreth),  and  is  nowe  Lycensed  bv  Charles  Earle  of 
Nottingham,  Lord  Highe  Admyrall  of  Englande,  to  tra- 
veil  through  the  King^  domynyons  to  aske  the  charitable 
derotion  of  all  Christians  to  redeeme  himselft  fh>m  the 
Tarkishe  slaTerye.  As  by  the  same  Lycense  moro  att 
l.rd6a.ppey«tb.  „         ..Noxn-OHAM." 

In  the  Chamberlains*  Account  for  the  year 
1611-12,  we  meet  with  the  following  entry :  — 

"Itm,  the  xxxth  daye  of  Januarie  [1612]_given  to 
t  woe  Grecian  Marchaunts  -w^^  had  the  Kmg's  Lros  patents 
togayther  towards  their  losses  -  -  v." 

William  Kellt. 

Leicester. 

CARY  FAMILY  IN  HOLLAND. 

As  I  beliere  you  number  both  readers  and  cor- 
respondents in  Holland,  I  desire,  with  your  per- 
mission, to  request  their  aid  in  tracing  the  con- 
nection of  the  Cary  family  with  that  country. 

Sir  Robert  Gary,  grandson  of  Henry,  first  Lord 
Hunsdon,  is  said  to  have  been  "  a  captain  of  horse 
under  Sir  Horatio  Vere,  Baron  of  Tilbury.  He 
lived  and  died  beyond  the  seas."   (When  and 

where  ?)    His  wife  was  Alice,  daughter  of 

Hojrenoke,  Secretary  to  the  States  General  of 
Holland,  and  by  her  he  had  four  sons ;  viz.  Sir 
Horatio  Gary,  Colonel  Ernestus  Gary  of  Shelford, 
CO.  Gamb.  (died  Oct.  1680)  ;  Rowland  Gary,  Esq. 
of  Evcrton,  co.  Beds ;  and  Ferdinand  Gary,  who 
served  in  the  Netherlands  army,*  and  died  at 
Macstricbt,  where  possibly  may  exist  a  monument 
to  his  memory. 

Gol.  Ferdinand  Gary  married  Isabella,  daughter 
of  Daniel  Oenis  Van  Wingarden  of  Dort,  in  Hol- 
land ;  and  had  issue  by  her  three  daughters,  and 
an  only  son  William  Gary,  who  was  also  an  officer 
in  the  same  service  with  Lis  father,  and  died  of  his 
wounds  at  Maesfricht,  Nov.  1683.  His  wife  was 
Gertrude  Van  Outshoorn,  daughter  of  the  Lord 
Cornelius  Van  Outshoorn,  Knt.,  Lord  Mayor, 
Burgomaster,  and  senator  of  the  city  of  Amster- 
dam, &c.  She  died  at  Amsterdam  July  21,  1688, 
and  was  buried  at  Outshoorn. 

Her  only  son,  William  Ferdinand  Gary,  baptized  ! 
at  Maestricht^  1G84,  succeeded  his  cousin  as  baron  i 
Hunsdon  in  1702  ;  and  it  is  from  the  papers  sup-  ; 
porting  his  claim  to  that  peerage  that  the  above  I 
particulars  have  been  derived.  ' 

I  am  desirous  of  ascertaining  further  informa-  ' 
tion,  especially  us  to  exact  dates,  and  monumen-  \ 
tal  inscriptions  relating  to  this  branch  of  the  great 
Cary  family.  i 

I  should  also  mention  that  a  sister  of  Sir  Robert  ' 

•  Si-e  Calendar  of  Sute  I'anors,  Sept  1C22,  nccoont  of  ' 
the  services  and  soffcringe  of  Capt  Killiiicrow  and  Capt 
Jerdinando  Cnrev  at  Bergen  op  Zoon,  the  pnaervation  1^ 
of  which  is  mMiofj  due  to  them.— Dutch. 


Gary,  AUtha  Gary,  is  laid  to  haira  narmd  St 
WiUitm  Quhrinaon,  Baronet;  but  I  ean  Ind  m 
name  at  all  like  thii  in  Kmbei^a  Ziiai  fjf  IkumA, 
The  Hunsdon  peerage  became  extinct  on  tke 
death  of  the  above  William  Ferdinand,  oM 
baron,  but  possiblj  deacendaats  of  tlie  fintlird 
may  still  exist.  C.  J.  Bobobos. 


Battles  xh  Enqlaiid.  —  I  aboold  be  dl 
obliged  if  I  could  obtain  any  information  on  tic  ' 
following  questions  relating  to  battles  fought  t 
England. 

In  "  N.  &  Q."  S**  S.  V.  280.  G.  J.  T.  speibc 
"  llie  Barons*  Wars  at  Chesterfield,  Um^  im 
1266»*  The  Barons*  War,  however,  was  c^i 
by  the  Battle  of  Eresham  in  1265,  and  the  $^ 
at  Chesterfield  occurred  fifty  years  after  Jdc's 
death,  temp.  Henry  III.  Where  can  I  Mi 
gdod  and  particular  account  of  this  enoouK 
and  also  of  the  following  battles,  and  their  W- 
graphy  ?  — 

Fight  at  Radcot  Bridge  in  1387. 

Battle  of  Uomildon  in  1402. 

Fight  at  Sevenoaks  (Jack  Cade)  in  1450. 

Battle  of  Hcdgecote-ficld  in  1469. 
„  Hexham  in  1464. 

„  Lose-coat- field  in  1470. 

„  Blackheath  in  1497. 

The  Chroniclers*  accounts  of  these,  as  foel 
have  read,  are  very  meagre.  J.  J),  X*L 

Bezoar  Stoxbs.  —  Where  can  I  find  a  2** 
account  of  Bezoar  Stones,  more  especially  of  uoi* 
that  come  from  Africa  ?  I  have  read.the  dictMS* 
ary  and  chemical  accounts,  but  want  a  r«fereiR 
to  the  works  of  some  traveller  who  fully  dascri's^ 
them  and  their  supposed  value  in  medicine.  Ir 
John  Davidson's  African  Journal  (1836),  I  find* 
short  account  of  those  I  have.     He  says, — 

"  Had  three  of  the  famed  serpent  stonca  brought  metr 
purchase;  they  fetch  verj'  high  prices,  as  they  are  t  ?^ 
medy  for  the  hite  of  the  reptile,  and  are  used  as  a  oh^ 
costly  medicine.  ...  1  boucht  the  thrM  (at  Mop 
(lor).  .  .  .  They  are  d^nerally  hroug^ht  from  S^iaa: 
these,  however,  ^-ere  taken  from  the  M'hor,  and  are  caIM 
Sdai  in  the  Mandingo  language." 

In  the  Penny  Ct/clopadia  they  are  mentioned  ai 
cominnr  from  tiic  Antelope  Mhorr,  and  bein^  higUj 
valued  in  Eastern  medicine  under  the  name  at 
Baid'el-mhorr^  but  no  word  ia  said  that  woaM 
give  me  the  idea  that  they  were  used  aa  anliddCei 
to  the  poison  of  a  serpent's  bite.  Webster  uses 
the  word  antidote,  but  does  not  particularise  ths 
poison  of  serpents.  I  should  tliink  that  it  ia  Te^ 
unlikely  that  these  Bezoars  (Ella^io  or  Lithofellic 
acid)  are  of  any  use  against  snake  bites,  and  shall 
be  obliged  if  any  correspondent  of  "  N.  k  Q."  can 
^ve  me  a  reference  to  their  being  called  ^m^fU 
Mtones  elsewhere  than  in  my  uncle's  Jam-maL  What 
"^n^  WitA.  v:,^OcyraX»^  ««r^\i\.  «.\j(^^<q,  thai  wat  ia  Sbt 


s'*s.y.  jfATii.'M.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


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possession  of  some  Italian  family  two  or  three 
nundred  years  ago?  That,  I  thinic,  possessed,  or 
was  said  to  possess,  the  power  of  meking  the 
poison  out  of  the  wound ;  it  was  no  antidote. 

John  DAvn>soH. 

Croghan.  —  It  is  stated  by  Mr.  Lewis,  in  his 
Topographical  Dictionary  of  Ireland^  thnt  the  hill 
of  Cro{i;han,  in  the  King*s  County,  is  mentioned  by 
Spenser  in  his  Fairy  QuBen.  Can  any  of  your 
r^ers  giro  the  exact  reference  ? 

TnOS.  L^ESTBAKGE. 

Davi80n*8  Case.  —  The  last  number  of  the 
JSdinburgk  Remew  has  a  stranfrc  ttile  of  hatred 
and  reyenf^e,  in  an  extract  from  the  Memoirs  of  a 
Latfy  of  Quality.  The  whole  would  occupy,  in 
^  N.  &  Q.,"  more  room  perhaps  than  it  is  worth, 
and  it  is  not  caMly  abridged. 

A  Mr.  Davison,  somewhere  in  Devonshire, 
beint;  laid  up  with  gout  and  unable  to  move,  was 
▼isite^l  by  an  old  schoolfellow,  just  returned  from 
India,  to  whom  he  bore  ill-will  f(»r  offence  given 
when  at  school.  They  had  not  met  since.  Mr. 
Davison  seemed  much  pleased,  and  entreated  his 
iniest  to  Ktay  the  night.  He  consented,  and  was 
found  dead  in  the  morning  with  his  throat  cut. 
The  servants,  except  one  moid,  were  on  a  holiday  ; 
and  as  she  was  the  only  person  in  the  house  ex- 
cept Mr.  Davison,  who  was  helpless,  she  was  com- 
mitted, and  tried  for  the  murder — her  master  being 
the  prosecutor.  While  the  case  was  proceeding, 
Mr.  Davison  sent  a  note  to  his  counsel,  Mr.  Wed- 
derburn  (aflerwjirds  Lord  Rosslyn),  desiring  him 
to  ask  the  girl  whether  she  had  heard  any  noise  in 
tt«  night.  Mr.  Wedderbum  objected,  but  Mr. 
Davison  insisted.  The  question  was  put,  and  the 
answers  given  nrouscd  suspicion  against  Mr. 
Davison ;  who,  ultimately,  avowed  himself  the 
murderer. 

The  "Lady  of  Quality,"  on  the  authority  of 
Mrs.  Kcmblc  (?),  in  18-28,  states  that  Lord  lioss- 
lyn  told  the  story  at  a  dinner  party  at  his  own 
house.  The  reviewer  quotes  it  as  "  on  good  au- 
thority." Tiiose  who  rea«l  it  at  length  will  see 
that  it  is  stagey,  and  that  the  proper  conclusion 
would  be  the  ju(lgc  discharging  the  prisoner  With 
his  blessing ;  and  Davison,  putting  out  his  wrists 
for  the  manacles,  and  saying  —  "Lead  me  to  my 
doom.**  Of  course,  no  "  authority"  can  establisn 
the  fact  that,  in  Devonshire  in  the  last  century. 
the  counsel  for  the  prosecution  cross-examined 
the  prisoner.  I  am  inclined  to  think  the  story  a 
pure  fiction  ;  but  as  I  do  not  suHpect  the  ^*  Lady 
of  Quality"  of  inventing  it,  I  beg  to  ask  whether 
it  had  appeared  in  print  before  1828  ?  And 
whether  there  were  any  facts  on  which  it  might 
have  been  founded  ?  An  Imubb  TEHvukU. 

JoHV  Datts,  rector  of  Castle  Ashb/,  in  North- 
amptoiiifair«^  wm  oatAor  of  a  Treatise  on  the  Art 


of  Decyphering^  1737,  and  an  historical  tract, 
1739.    The  date  of  his  decease  will  oblige 

S.  Y.  R. 
Fbeke.  — Was  Thomai  Freke,   merchant,  of 
Bristol,  about  1730,  of  the  Dorsetshire  family  'r 
Was  his  wife  Frances  a  Miss  Turnell  ? 

R.  C.  H.  H. 

GlEATOBEX,     OB     GbEATBAKES     FaMILT.   —  I 

should  be  much  obliged  if  any  of  your  geneal- 
ogical readers  could  give  me  any  information 
respecting  this  ancient  Derbyshire  family,  ori- 
ginally possessed  of  Callow,  with  a  moiety  of 
Biggin,  and,  during  the  reicrn  of  Elizabeth,  of 
estates  in  Hoptontown,  near  W irksworth,  through 
marriage  with  the  heiress  of  Sir  William  Knive- 
ton,  Bart,  who  had  married  the  daughter  of 
Nicholas  de  Rowsley,  who  had  married  the 
daughter  and  heir  of  William  de  Hopton,  of 
Hopton,  Wirks worth.  They  were  also  anciently 
connected  with  the  Barmaster*s  Court  of  the 
Court  of  Peverel,  in  the  honour  of  Tutbury. 

James  Finlatson. 

Hebbbw  MSS.--Dr.  W.  Wall,  Preface  to 
Critical  NoteSy  p.  vii.  says  :  — 

**  There  is  great  reason  to  think  that  there  were,  about 
A.D.  I'id,  several  MS.  copies  of  the  Hebrew  Bible,  with 
Mveral  varioufl  lections ;  and  that  the  Rabbis  then  met 
together  (at  Tiberias,  as  the  tradition  is),  pitched  upon 
one  of  them,  which  they  would  have  to  be  taken  for  the 
authentic  copy,  to  be  owned  and  used  in  all  synagogues, 
and  destroyol  all  the  rest.'* 

What  authority  is  there  for  this  P 

NEWHrGTOHENSIS. 

Hebaldic. — A  fess  wavr  between  3  escallop 
shells.  Crest,  a  beaver.  By  what  family,  con- 
nected, I  believe,  with  Leicestershire,  were  these 
arms  borne  about  a  hundred  jrears  ogo  ?  Were 
they  borne  by  the  Corrance  family  ? 

R.  C.  IL  H. 

Hindoo  God.  -*  I  am  much  obliged  for  the 
answers  I  received  to  my  last  query  on  •*  Hindoo 
Gods."  I  have  been  able  to  name  almost  all  my 
little  idols  from  the  references  kindly  given  by 
your  correspondents.  One  of  my  images,  how- 
ever, still  perplexes  me ;  it  is  this :  a  two-armed 
man  with  a  heard,  sitting  crossed-legged  on  a  tor- 
toise. He  has  an  ornamented  cap  with  two  pen- 
dants or  flaps  falling  from  it  behind  his  ears ;  bis 
hands  are  ruise<I,  with  the  palms  turned  forwards. 
I  don*t  think  that  the  tortoise  has  an  vthing  to  do 
with  Knrmtt,  the  second  avatar  of  Viibni| ;  nor 
can  I  find  the  tortoise  mentioned  as  the  Tehiele  of 
any  particular  divinity.  Johh  Datidson. 

The  Lasso.— What  is  the  earliest  known  re- 
ference to  the  use  of  the  husQ  f    ^^  -^Vwsi  \^>^. 
first  mentioned?    \%  \\. T«^«M!iiX»i  w^  ^'w?  ^^^  T« 
Kulplnred  mowiTb&iiU^  KwyruK^  ^^ow^  ^^ 
otherwine? 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[S^&Y.  IUtK^ 


MEDITATIONS  ON  LiFis  AND  Death.  —  There 
have  been  two  works  lately  published  by  Trubner 
&  Co.  entitled,  the  one,  Meditations  on  Death,  the 
other.  Meditations  on  Life^  both  professing  to  be 
translated  from  the  German.  Has  the  original 
Grerman  ever  been  publbhed?  Is  it  known  who 
was  the  author  ?  Mklbtes. 

Lascblls.  —  Of  what  family  was  John  Las- 
cells,  Attomey-at-Law,  who  was  resident  at  Horn- 
castle  in  1720  ?  Was  l&e  of  the  Nottinghamshire 
family?  His  widow  Susannah,  whose  maiden 
name  I  am  desirous  of  learning,  gave  a  very 
handsome  brass  chandelier  and  two  silver  flagons 
to  the  church  at  Horncastle.  R.  C.  H.  H. 

Luke  Pope. — One  volume  of  a  History  of  the 
County  of  MiddUsex^  by  Luke  Pope,  apoeared  in 
1795.  Was  Luke  Pope  a  real  name  ?  If  so,  in- 
formation about  him  is  solicited.  S.  Y.  R. 

Raid. — Americans  do  not  claim  this  word,  but 
give  its  origin,  so  far  as  is  known,  to  Sir  Walter 
Scott— 

**  Widow  and  Saxon  maid 
Long  shall  lament  our  raid." 

Lady  of  the  Lake, 

WiH  any  of  your  correspondents  kindly  favour 
me  with  an  earlier  mention  of  this  word,  which 
so  briefly  and  correctly  describes  a  daring  ex- 
ploit in  an  enemy*s  country,  and  very  frequently 
a  severe  and  unexpected  loss  to  its  inhabitants  ? 

W.  W. 

Malta. 

"  Rule,  great  Shaksprabe.*'  —  In  the  pro- 
gramme of  the  Stratford  Jubilee  in  1830,  is  the 
above  name  of  a  song.  Can  any  of  your  readers 
give  me  the  name  of  the  author,  or  supply  the 
words?  At  this  time  it  would  especially  be  in- 
teresting to  know  its  author,  and  to  be  able  to  get 
a  correct  version  of  its  words.  L.  J. 

Sir  William  Steickijind.  —  I  am  anxious  to 
ascertdn  the  date  of  a  marriage,  which  was  cele- 
brated in  the  East  Riding  of  Yorkshire  in  the 
sixteenth  or  seventeenth  century,  "before  Sir 
William  Strickland."  There  were  two  Sir  Wil- 
liams who  might  be  the  person  indicated ;  tlic  first 
died  1598,  and  the  second  was  Cromweirs  Lord 
Strickland.  I  presume,  therefore,  that  the  mar- 
riage was  celebrated  before  the  latter  as  Justice  of 
the  Peace^  neither  of  the  Sir  Williams  having  been 
clergymen.  Between  what  dates  was  the  custom 
of  marrying  before  magistrates  or  justices  allowed 
or  practised?  Could  the  marriage  have  been 
celebrated  before  the  first  Sir  William,  acting  in 
any  official  capacity  ?  Sigma-Theta. 

William    Stmes,  of  Queen*s  College,    Cam- 
bridge,  went   out    B.A.    1G81 — 2.      He    pubse- 
quently  became   a  member  of   Balliol   College, 
Oxford,   being  incorporated  B.A.'  \n  that  uui- 
vergitjr  21  Nor.  1683^  and  proceeding  MA.  tVv^t^ 


17  Dec.  1684.    He  was  master  of  Saint  Ssviou^ 
school,  Southwark,  and  published  — 

**  Nolumos  Liliam  defamari  ;  or  a  Vindkatkn  of  tte 
Ck>mmon  Grammar,  so  far  as  it  is  miarepretcatad  in  tb 
flnt  thirty  animadversioDS  contain'd  in  Mr.  Johuoo's 
*  Grammatical  Commentaries,'  with  remarks  upoo  the 
same.    Load.  8vo.  1709.'* 

We  shall  be  glad  to  be  informed  when  lie  wn 
appointed  master  of  Saint  Savioui'a  school,  and 
when  and  how  he  vacated  the  office. 

C.  H.  &  Tbomfsok  Coom. 

Window  Glass. — ^Bede  is  commonly  quoted  • 
assigning  the  introduction  of  window-gUuH  to  Ik 
year  674.    Will  some  one  or  more  of  your  retdo 
carefully  con  over  his  Life  of  Benedict^  and  Of 
whether  it  was  not  £gfrid*s  grant  of  Und  thatwa 
made  in  that  year,  and  the  glasinj^  of  the  ehanl 
must  not  be  carried  about  two  years  later  don* 
Benedict*s  friend  Witfrid,  restored  to  Yock  If 
Theodorus  in  or  about  669,  waa  deposed  in  ^ 
having  in  tlie  interval  filled  the  windows  ofiir 
minster   with    glass.      Can    any    contributtrs 
"  N.  &  Q."  supply  the  date  ?     Bourne,  ii » 
History  of  Newcastle  (1736),  states,  that  "saw- 
time  in  the  reign  of  Queen  Elizabeth  caaesA 
to  England  from  Lorrain  the  Henzels,  Tjadi 
and  Tytorys,"  moved  thereto  by  *'  the  peni^ 
of  the  Protestants  in  their  own  country."  ft* 
immigrants,  **  by  occupation  glass-makers,"  itthBi 
first  coming  to  l^ewcastle, "  wroujrht  in  thdrtnAi 
at  tJbe  Close  Gate,**  and  afterwards  removed  i^ 
Staffordshire.     Thence,  however,    they  retansii 
and  settled  upon  the  Tyne.     Brand  (1789),  wc 
cesser  of  Bourne  as  historian  of  Newcastle,  thiab 
**  we  may  venture  to  fix  the  beginning  of  theglsv* 
works  upon  the  river  Tyne  about  1619,  whentfacf 
were  established  by  Sir  Kobert  Maunsell,  KnisfaA, 
Vice- Admiral  of  England.**  Had  the  glass-nuken 
of  Lorrain  ibundcd  no  works  on  the  Tyne  before 
those  of  Maunsell  ?  C 


Sir  Thomas  Browne.  —  Will  any  of  your 
readers  tell  nie  where  to  find  **  An  Account  oftbe 
Tryal  and  Condemnation  of  Amy  Duny  and  Rose 
Cullender  for  witchcraft  at  Bury  Assizes,  beftn 
Jud|):e  Hale?** — an  account  *^ printed  in  his  Lord* 
8hip*8  lifetime  for  an  appeal  to  the  world,"  ssTi 
the  Rev.  Francis  Hutchinson,  who  comments  on 
it  in  his  Historical  Essay  concerning  Witchcraft: — 

"  The  two  poor  old  women/'  lie  havs,  **  i%-er»  cbargtd 
and  convicted  under  thirteen  indictments,  for  aooh  thin^ 
as  bewitching  John  Soam*8  vraf^^on  to  overturn  or 
stick  in  gateways;  bowiUrhin^  the  harvest  men.  m 
that  at  the  last  load  nt  m^\\X.  the  men  were  weary,  and 
<-ould  not  unload  that  carl,  ^c.  But  they  wen  alfo 
(^iiar^cd  with  hewitchiu;;  Mr.  Pacv*8  child  into  fits.  To 
,  vto\^  \.Vv\^  3\v\^  U&Iq  had  the  child  brought  hoodwiDlRd 
\  wwo  CQVLtV,  \<iVk,Q  va«  conoi!^  ^  ^w  Vosu^  ^  ^a^  at  tka 


Mat  H»  *64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES* 


401 


I '  of  tbe  aoffpoeed  witch.    Bat  when  mj  Lord  Chief 
D  deaired  tlie  Lord  Coniwalli!!^  Sir  Edmimd  Bacon, 
Mr.  Seijuot  Keeling  lo  try  t^t   axperimcnt  in 
ADOtber  place*  tbo  girl  fletr  into  the  same  mge  lit  tbo 
,   tooch  of  anoUier  person ;  and  therefore  those  ^ntlemra 
oe  in  and  declared  that  th«j  beliered  it  a  meer  ImpoA* 


Here  the  scale  was  turning  altogether  in  the 
priaonera*  favoyr,  but  tinluckilj  — 

**  Sir  Thorn ae  Browns  of  Norwifh*  th«  famoas  phy«i- 
sinn  of  his  time,  was  in  court,  and  was  de»ir«d  by  my 
Lord  Chier  linnm  to  pre  his  judgment  in  the  cam';  and 
lie  di*clArei5  *  that  b«  waa  dearly  of  opinion  that  the  fiti 
wore  HAturaJf  but  heightened  by  the  devil,  co-opcrating 
rith  tbti  malice  of  the  witchea,  at  whose  indtance  he  did 
liUiiniea.'  And,  headded,that  in  Denmark  there  had 
[  laialy  a  great  discorery  of  witches,  who  used  the 
name  way  of  gflUcting  perAoni  by  coaveyitig  pini 

Thb  declaration  of  Sir  ThomAfl»  Hutchinson 
iiinkSf  "  turned  back  the  scale  that  waa  otherwise 
oclining  to  the  favour  of  the  accused  persons/* 
Lndf  "  if  the  witnesses  spoke  truth,  there  was  a 
jabolical  interposition  in  some  of  the  facts;**  but 
rith  all  this.  Judge  Uale  "  was  in  such  fears,  and 

oceeded  with  such  caution,  that  he  would  not 

'  much  as  sum  up  the  evidence,  but  left  it  to  the 
ury,  with  prayers  *  that  the  jrreat  God  of  heaven 
rould  direct  their  hearts  in  ihat  weighty  matter." 
Jut  country  people  are  wonderfully  bent  to  make 
■he  ino?t  of  all  stories  of  witchcrau ;  and,  having 
lir  Tbomas  BrowDe*8  declaration  about  Den* 
lark  for  their  encourogetnent,  in  half  an  hour 
hey  brought  them  in  guilty  upon  all  the  thirteen 
iveral  indictments.  After  this  my  Lord  Chief 
iaron  gave  the  law  Us  course,  and  they  were 
Dndemned,  and  died  declaring  their  innocence." 
'heir  punishment  beings  however,  comtnuteil  from 
urning  to  hanging,  **  because  some  of  the  afflicted 
ersouii  recovered." 

So,  if  this  account  be  true,  here  is  the  really 
earned  and  humane  expounder  of  vulgar  erront^ 

main  instrument  in  condemning  to  death  two 
por  old  women  for  a  charge  which  even  two 
»antry  gentlemen  of  the^time  thought  imposture. 
ir  Thomas  could  even  admit  the  fits  to  be  na- 
mX ;  but  then  he  must  have  over  a  devil  from 
knmark  to  irritate  them. 

I  see  no  reason  to  doubt  Hutchinson^s  accuracy, 
lit  I  would  fain  see  the  original  document  from 
hich  be  quotes.  Qui  vis. 

[Hiitchitfson's  notice  of  this  remarkable  occurretice  ib 
ken  from  the  following  work, "  A  Tryal  of  Witches, 
bid  at  Bury  8l  Edmonds,  8u0blk,  on  March  10,  1664t 
Ifore  Sir  Mittihew  Hale,  kt.  Lond.  livo*  1682."  A  le- 
rtnt  of  this  work  was  published  by  John  RusscU  Smith 

1^3^.    Buth  cditionn  are  in  the  IlritiAb  MuMiunt.     It. 

not  a  little  wu^ular  that  Sir  Thomas  Browni^'a  princi- 
ll  btographer*,  Whiiifoot,  Johnson,  and  Kippt«,hjivc  all 
isaed  ovof  in  »iU«rice  thia  want  of  diioern meat  and  feeliiirj 

thi<  mcraorablfl  trial,  and  Mrhich  has  gone  far  in  the 
on  of  hia  adoiirsr^  to  detmcl  frvm  Itia  character  oa 


as  actttc  and  philoeopbical  investigator  of  deep-rooted  and 
vulgar  errors.  This  incident  in  the  life  of  the  author  of 
the  RtHgio  Medici  waa  .first  noticed  by  Dr.  Aikin  in  hia 
BiojfraphUat  DiciioHary.  Since  then  Str  Tbomaa  has  found 
en  apologist  in  his  latest  biographer^  Simon  Wilkin, 
F.I^S.  Listen  to  what  be  aays  in  his  **  Supplementary 
MfFTOoir.*'  (Browne's  ITorH  voL  u  p.  IxxjtiiL  ed.  1836.) 
"  But  let  tts  be  cautiouB  and  alow  to  pronounce  jmlgment 
on  8tich  a  man.  In  the  first  place,  it  must  aurt'ly  be  ad- 
mitted that  he  had  nothing  whatever  to  do  with  the 
juatic«  or  tojnatico  of  the  law  which  made  witchcraft  a 
capital  ofieoce.  Hatch inson,  therefore,  haa  C4?mmitted  a 
flagrant  injoetice  tn  attempting  to  make  him  accountable 
for  the  blood  of  these  women.  Can  I  with  a  safe  c<m* 
science  acquit  a  man  whom  I  believe  tc  be  proved  guiltv, 
solely  because  I  deem  the  law  to  bo  unjuat  which  makes 
hia  offence  eapital?  Can  my  conjcientioos  verdict  make 
me  a  party  to  the  inJQ*Uce  of  that  law  ?  Moat  certainly 
not.  So  must  not  Browne  be  condemned  for  giving  bis 
opinion,  on  the  lole  ground  *  that  it  was  a  case  of  blood.' 
It  roust  be  shown»  either  that  ho  was  wrong  in  believing 
that  witchcxaa  had  ever  existed ;  or,  if  this  cannot,  in 
the  very  teeth  of  Scripture,  be  ahovrn,  then,  secondly,  it 
must  be  proved  that  he  waa  wrong  in  hie  ©pinion  that 
caaea  of  witchcraft  still  existed  j  or,  thirdly^  that  he  er- 
roneoualy  deemed  the  preset  to  be  a  genuine  ioataftco 
of  it."] 

Aj^-Gazkl,  alias  Abu*Hamid.  —  Sir  W.  Hamil- 
ton«  in  his  Lecttires^  ii.  p.  389,  puts  AJgazel  down 
as  living  "  towards  the  commencement  of  the 
twelfth  century  at  Bagdad."  G.  H.  Lewes,  in  his 
Biaffraph.  HisL  of  PhiloMophj/t  says  he  was  bom 
at  Tous,  in  1508.  Averroes  wrote  DestrucJio  Dc 
Mtruciionis^  &c.,  in  answer  to  AlgazeVs  Destructio 
Philosophorum*  Wotild  you  kir^dlv  explain  this, 
and  give  me  the  proper  dates  of  these  two  great 
men?  Fauu. 

[Lewea's  date  of  the  birth  of  Al-Gazel  ia  clearly  a  rnia* 
p^int;  for  1508  read  105^.  According  to  the  best  aaiho* 
rities,  thia  celebrated  Mohammedan  doctor  wax  born  at 
Tiis,  a  large  town  of  KhonUsan,  in  A.H.  460  (others  say 
451).  A.i>.  1058*9,  and  died  A.H,  505,  (a.d.  I  HI).  A 
list  of  Al-Gazd^s  numerona  works  on  metapbyj^icf,  morals, 
and  religian  U  given  in  Castries  BiU.  Arah.  Uiap.  Escur, 
—  The  ^uict  year  of  Averro«s'  birth  ia  unknown.  It 
has  sometimes  been  plai:ed  in  ad.  1149  Ca.h.  543-4),  but 
ihii  ii  certainly  much  too  late,  for  he  is  aaid  to  have  been 
very  old  when  he  died,  a.h-  695  (Aa>.  1198).  The  moat 
celebrated  of  the  worka  of  Avcrroiis,  after  his  Oommenta* 
rift  on  Arisiotltt  is  his  reply  to  Al'Gazera  Destruction  &f 
Uie  Philotopharst  and  which  be  antillod  Destruction  of 
the  ZhMtmctiim,  the  earliest  edition  of  which  mentioned  by 
Panaer  is  that  of  Venice,  1495,  ful.] 

Joiiif  Watson,  Rector  of  Kirby  Cane,  in  Nor- 
folk, wa-s  author  of — 

"  Menioim  of  the  FauiiU  o(  v\\ft  %^^^tw^A,1!ls:w^'^^i^x«w^a^♦^ 
ahk  Vrovidtti\c\«  ot  *i^*X  Va^wA^  l^'%TO.^vtv  *sv  Vs:\'^rfiW«i^ 


402 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


C8r<&Y«lfATU 


of  that  Name  that  wert  Kings  of  Scotland.    Lond.  Syo, 
1688." 

The  author  ii  said  to  hare  been  a  Scotchman. 
He  was  presented  by  Charles  I.  to  the  yicarage  of 
Wroxham-cum-Salthouse,  Norfolk,  Nov.  8,  1639 
(Rymer,  xx.  383).  From  this  benefice  he  was,  it 
seems,  soon  afterwards  ejected.  However,  in  1647 
he  obtained  the  rectory  of  Kirby  Cane,  on  the 
presentation  of  Richard  Catelyn,  and  was  ordered 
to  be- inducted  on  condition  that  he  took  the 
Covenant  (^Lords'  Journals,  ix.  150.)  He  died  in 
1661,  »t.  forty-eight  (Walker's  St{fferings,  ii. 
401). 

Abp.  Nicolson  (Scottish  Historical  Library^  4tO| 
edit  *43)  confounds  him  with  Richard  Watson, 
D.D.,  author  of  Historical  Collection  ofEcclesiaS' 
tical  Affairs  in  Scotland^  yet  the  archbbhop's  im- 
pertinent remark  on  the  Memoirs  of  the  Stuarts 
has  been  cited  by  Lowndes. 

The  preface  to  the  Memoirs  of  the  Stuarts  may 
contain  some  account  of  the  auUior,  but  unfortu- 
nately I  have  not  been  able  to  meet  with  a  copy 
of  the  work. 

I  hope  through  your  columns  to  obtain  further 
information  about  this  author,  and  also  respecting 
John  Watson  Rector  of  Wroxham,  1665-1692. 
(Blomefield's  Norfolk,  x.  478.)  The  latter  was 
probably  son  of  the  author  of  the  above  work. 

S.Y.R. 

[We  learn  from  the  Preface  to  the  Memoirt  of  the 
8tuart»  that  John  Wateon  was  a  native  of  Scotland,  and 
that  his  early  merits  advanced  him  at  the  age  of  twenty- 
three  to  be  preacher  at  the  Canongate  in  Edinbargh* 
about  the  year  1G86,  through  the  Interest  of  the  learned 
Spot5Trood.  He  came  to  England  to  escape  the  tary  of 
the  Presbyterians,  and  was  preferred  to  a  vicarage  in 
Norfolk  by  Charles  I.  After  his  ejection  from  this  place 
he  obtained,  by  the  favourable  recommendation  of  Lieut. - 
Col.  Bendish,  the  rectory  of  Kirby  Cane  in  the  same 
coanty,  then  in  the  gift  of  Richard  Cateline,  Esq.,  where 
he  resided  for  more  than  twelve  years  in  a  retired  and 
pious  solitude.  It  is  also  stated  by  his  Editor,  that  at 
the  Restoration  **  he  resorteil  to  London  to  congratulate 
the  joyful  change  in  national  affair*,  when  he  had  the 
honour  to  kiss  His  Majesty's  hand,  and  receive  some  fur- 
ther assurance  of  his  bounty;  but  returning  in  a  pleonasm 
of  joy,  he  expired  in  the  ecstasy  without  any  more  marks 
of  royal  favour  upon  hinL"] 

Odb  to  Captaiw  Cook.  —  I  have  in  my  posses- 
sion an  ode  in  MS.  to  the  memory  of  Captain 
James  Cook,  R.N.,  by  Sir  Alexander  Scuom- 
burgh.  Can  you  tell  me  anythitig  of  the  writer  ? 
Can  you  tell  mc  whethet  the  ode  has  ever  been 
published  ?  P.  S.  Caret. 

[Sir  Alexander  Schomberg,  knt,  was  an  experienced 
and  gallant  officer,  who  displayed  great  bravery  at  tho 
relief  of  Quebec,  and  had  a  thorough  knowledge  of  navnl 
iMCikt,    At  the  time  of  his  death,  which  took  p\«c«  at 


1804,  he  was  the  aldest  captain  in  tha  nyil  m 
commission  being  dated  in  1767.  His  reasfaav 
terred  in  St.  Peter's  Churchyard*  Dablia.  For  ^ 
phical  notices  of  him  consalt  Chamockli  Bia 
NavaliM,  vi.  27S ;  and  the  Annual  JUgigtmr^  zlvL  4' 
cannot  find  his  **  Ode  to  Captain  Cook  **  in  priaL] 

DERWEKtWATEB  Familt.  —  Can  you  gi 
any  information  about  the  family  of  £ 
since  the  execution  of  the  Lord  Derwent^ 
Is  there  any  pedigree  of  the  family  < 
is  brought  down  to  the  present  time  ? 

[Consalt  any  of  the  following  works :  Au  JH 
ik9  Pariah  of  WhaUty,  by  Thomas  Dunham  W, 
LI^D. ;  Ellis's  fkuufy  of  Badefyffe  far  iht  Homi 
Hon,  1800 ;  Howitt*9  ViHta  to  RemarkiMe  Ptaen, 
Series ;  and  Dil$ton  Hall,  and  Bamburgh  Castk  b; 
Gibson,  8ro,  1850.  I^rd  Petre  ia  the  represent 
the  last  Earl  of  Derwentwater,  and  a  reference  ti 
or  Dod's  Peerage  will  show  that  there  are  nnner 
scendants  of  the  first  Earl.  See  titles  "  Petre," 
burgh."  &c  Consult  also  "N.  &  Q."  2n'«  S.  vt: 
847,405,481.] 


CARDINAL  BETON  AND  ARCHBISHOP  «i1 
DUNBAR. 

(3">S.  V.  112.) 

In  the  article  above  referred  to,  »jiving  » 
extracts  from  the  "  Protocols  of  Cuthbert  Si 
(where  are  they  to  be  found  P),  there  arc 
errors. 

**  Jacobus  secundus  Archiepiscopiis  Glas 
sis,*'  was  not  the  celebrated  Cardinal  David B 
but  his  uncle,  and  the  second  Archbishop  of 
fjow ;  thoufrh,  as  J.  M.  refers  to  Keitn  s  & 
Bishops  (Edin.  1824,  8vo,  p.  253),  liis  mist 
rather  unaccountable. 

Glasgow  was  raised  to  the  rank  of  a  met 
litan  archbishopric  by  bull  of  Pope  IniifKrent  ^ 
dated  Jan.  9,  1492,  and  its  first  archbisho 
Robert  Blacader,  who  died  July  28,  1308. 
successor,  as  second  archbishop,  was  James 
ton  or  Bcthunc,  then  Dishon  elect  of  Gall 
who  was  **post»ilated"  to  Glasgow  Not.  9, 
and  consecrated  as  archbishop  of  that  see, 
Ifi,  1309,  at  Stirlinjr  (Chartularif  of  Ola^ow, 
The  <latc  *  M.  quinqungesimo  ntmo  **  must  I 
tended  for  **  M.  qningentesimo  nono,^  1309. 
translation  to  St.  Andrew's  and  the  prima* 
Scotland,  is  probably  correctly  given  as  hi 
been  on  June  3,  13*23,  though  it  has  been  j 
rally  placed  under  the  year  1522 ;  for  in  a  c 
ment  (jjiven  in  the  Chartulary  of  ArhromA 
states,  in  1330,  that  he  was  then  in  the  ap 
year  of  his  primacy.    Also  (in  tb«  CkaHidm 


tacuca.    At  uio  utno  oi  nia  aeain,  wnica  \ooa  pMc«  a^  v  j'^***^  '"••  ""»  v* ••""*■  j»     *•«»*'  v"  •"•  ^^^^mwwmm^ 


8^&y.lCArl4p'M.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


403 


fifth  of  hii  ooniecrftticm,  and  tiie  twelfth  of  hk 
tnmsUtion  to  8t.  Andrew's. 

Archbishop  James  Beaton  died  in  September, 
1539,  and  was  sacceeded  there  by  his  nephew  and 
coadjutor,  Cardinal  DaTid  Beaton,  who  had  been 
consecrated  Bishop  of  Mirepoix  in  France,  Deo. 
5,  1537.  There  was  certainly  a  second  James 
Beaton,  who  was  subsequently  also  Archbishop  of 
Glasgow,  but  he  was  consecrated  at  Rome,  Aug. 
28,  1552,  and  died  at  Paris  April  24,  1603,  ap^ed 
eighty-siz,  the  last  survivor  of  the  Catholic  hier- 
archy of  Scotland.  He  was  nephew  to  the  oar- 
dinaL 

There  never  was  an  Archbishop  of  Glasgow  of 
the  name  of  "James  Bruce,  a  son  of  Bruce  of 
Clackmannan.**  A  prelnto  of  that  name,  who  was 
coBseerated  Bishop  of  Dunkold  on  Feb.  4,  1442, 
at  Dunfermline,  is  said  to  have  been  elected  to 
the  see  of  Glasgow  in  the  year  1447,  but  ho  was 
never  formally  translated  to  that  bishopric  (as 
already  shown,  it  had  not  then  been  erected  into 
ftn  archbishopric),  and  he  died  in  the  course  of 
the  same  year  at  Edinburgh,  the  see  being  still 
▼ncant  in  Oct.  1447,  since  the  death  of  Bishop 
John  Cameron  on  Dec.  24,  1446. 

"  Gawinus  Archiepiscopus  Glasguensis "  was 
consecrated  to  that  see  on  Feb.  5,  152^  at  Edin- 
burgh, having  been  nominated  third  archbishop 
on  Sept.  27,  1524,  on  the  translation  of  James 
Beaton  to  St.  Andrew*s.  Therefore,  the  year  given 
in  the  "  notorial  instrument  before  the  Reforma- 
tion," now  under  review,  must  be  erroneous  in 
more  than  one  respect :  for  "  M.  quiiupiagesimo 
xxxiiij.,**  representing  perhaps  M.  qvingentesimo 
xziiij.  (or  1524),  would  appear  the  correct  read- 
ing ;  that  given  by  J.  M.  is  simply  nonsense,  as  it 
actually  is  "  1050  and  34,**  or  a.d.  1084,  a  mani- 
fest absurdity.     The  year  was  152 J. 

Gavin,  or  rather  Gawain  Dunbar,  was  nephew 
of  the  Bishop  of  Aberdeen  of  the  same  name,  and 
tutor  to  King  Jnmes  V.,  as  well  as  a  learned  and 
Accomplished  ecclesiastic.  For  though  grossly  mis- 
represented by  Knox,  his  greatest  admirer  could 
not  desire  for  him  a  more  elegant  panegyric  than 
that  of  Buchanan.  He  was  Prior  of  the  Fremon- 
fltratensian  Monastery  of  Whitehorn,  or  "Candida 
Casa**  in  Galloway  (founded  circa  1260),  from 
ftbout  1504  till  his  elevation  to  the  episcopate; 
but  he  certainly  never  was  "  Prior  of  W  hitehaven 
In  Galloway,**  as  no  such  religious  house  ever 
existed  in  Scotland,  although  a  town  of  the  latter 
name  is  still  to  be  found  in  Cumberland. 

With  regard  to  the  mention  of  the  coronations 
of  Kings  James  IV.  and  V. ;  the  first  of  these  two 
events  certainly  took  place  in  the  Abbey  of  Scone, 
•8  proved  by  the  Lord  High  Treasurer's  books, 
unaer  date  of  July  14,  1488,  and  has  been  gene- 
rally assigned  to  June  2G ;  so  that  July  22,  or 
<*  St  VLuy  Magdalen's  Day,"  is  not  likely  to  be 
correct 


The  second  coronation,  or  that  of  the  infant 
King  James  V.,  was  solemnised  as  soon  as  possible 
after  the  disastrous  battle  of  Flodden,  but  the 
dates  of  its  occurrence  unaccountably  vary  in  dif- 
ferent historians  of  the  period,  though  there  seems 
every  reason  to  believe  that  it  was  al^o  at  Scone, 
and  in  the  month  of  Oct.  151*3.  Still,  however, 
the  actual  day  may  have  been  Sept.  22,  and  the 
place  the  castle  of  "  Striviling,**  or  Stirling.  The 
officiating  prelate  was  also  doubtless  James  Beaton, 
Archbishop  of  Glasgow,  as  the  primate  had  fallen, 
together  with  his  royal  father,  at  Flodden,  and 
Beaton  was  the  only  metropolitan  in  the  kingdom. 
Even  in  this  entry,  the  year  is  again  erroneously 
printed  miinque^esimo  instead  of  quinffenteaimo^ 
though  wnether  the  error  is  merely  a  clerical  one, 
and  attributable  to  Cuthbert  Simon,  or  to  J.  M., 
it  is  not  for  me  to  say ;  but  the  recurrence,  no 
less  than  than  three  times,  of  the  same  mist4Lke  of 
tiagesimo  (or  fiftieth)  for  qningentesimo  (or 


five  hundreth)  is  suspicious,  and  not  creditable  to 
Cuthbert  ^Simon's  accuracy,  or  his  commentator's 
acumen. 

I  fear  this  note  has  extended  to  too  great  a 
length,  but  as  correctness  in  historical  dates  of 
events  is  of  much  importance,  I  have  been  obliged 
to  enter  rather  minutely  into  the  subject.  With 
reference  to  J.  M.*s  remarks  on  the  character  of 
Queen  Mary,  and  what  might  have  happened  if 
she  **  had  received  a  virtuous  education  in  Eng- 
and,"  &c.,  &o.,  comment  is  useless ;  and  whether  the 
French  court  was  more  immoral  than  any  other  of 
the  time,  or  Queen  Catherine  de  Medicis  *'  a  worse 
woman  than  even  her  namesake  of  Russia,"  are 
topics  which  it  is  unnecessary  to  discuss  in  your 
pages.  But  every  impartial  reader  of  history 
knows  that  the  objections  to  the  alliance  of  the  in- 
fant Queen  of  Scots  with  Prince  Edward  were 
too  deeply  rooted  in  the  heart  of  every  patriotic 
Scot  of  that  day,  as  well  as  in  that  of  Cardinal 
Beaton  —  one  of  the  ablest  statesmen  his  country 
ever  produced — to  be  overcome,  even  by  the 
"rough  wooing'*  of  "Bluff  King  Hall"  when  he 
ravaged  with  fire  and  sword  the  whole  of  the  south 
of  Scotland,  and  destroyed  several  of  its  noblest 
religious  edifices  during  the  miitsion  of  1544  under 
Hertford.  The  French  alliance  was,  therefore, 
absolutely  necea^ary  for  the  preservation  of  Scot- 
land's independence  as  a  nation ;  and  was  only 
opposed  by  those  venal  Scotish  nobles  who  were 
in  the  pay  of  England.  A,  S.  A. 

India. 


The  mistakes  so  obligingly  pointed  out  by  N.  C. 
(p.  201)  originated  in  the  loss  of  the  proof,  which 
accidentnlly  fell  aside,  nnd  thus  escluded  correc- 
tion. For*  the  reference  to  Mr.  Grub's  work^ 
the  writer  has  to  return  hia  iVvwvV^^ 

The  a8Boc\at\OTV  ol  V\»  Tv%asA  ^^  ^^^^^T^S^.^ 


404 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8r<S.Y.  ]lATl4,%i 


Scotland,  was  the  necessary  consequence  of  the 
intimate  connection  which,  during  the  tender 
years  of  the  latter,  existed  between  uiem.  Letters 
of  the  French  Queen  and  the  rojal  mistress  still 
exist  amonsst  the  Balcarres  Papers  in  the  library 
of  the  Faculty  of  Advocates,  adaressed  to  Mary  of 
Guise,  showing  the  familiar  terms  and  great  inti- 
macy which  subsisted  between  them  and  Mary. 

What  chance  could  a  susceptible  and  originally 
amiable  girl  hare  with  two  such  instructors?  One 
of  them  would  teach  her  revenge,  murder,  and  dis- 
simulation ;  and  the  other  —  but  better  woman  — 
we  fear,  not  the  practice  of  virtue.  Was  not  the 
court  of  Henry  11.  the  hot-bed  of  idmost  every  vice 
under  the  sim  ?  Yet  there  the  poor  girl  was  sent 
by  an  ambitious  mother  and  unscrupmous  church- 
man, to  be  brought  up.  The  seeds  then  sown 
would  never  be  entirely  eradicated. 

Lax  as  notions  assuredly  were  in  1560,  we 
cannot  but  feel  surprise  that  a  mother  and  a  high 
churchman  could  have  selected  such  a  place  for 
the  education  of  the  young  Queen  of  Scotland ; 
but  the  Primate  of  Scotland  did  not  himself 
scruple  to  indulge  in  those  vices  which  were 
deemed  venial  by  ecclesiastics;  and  the  regent 
was  too  anxious  to  further  the  ambitious  views  of 
her  own  relatives  to  regard  the  welfare  of  her  child. 

Had  the  custody  and  education  of  Mary  been 
transferred  to  England,  her  fate  would  have  been 
otherwise  than  it  was.  Even  had  she  remained  in 
her  own  barbarous  realms,  she  would  have  been 
preserved  from  the  pestilential  advice  and  prac- 
tices of  one  of  the  most  infamous  women  that  ever 
disgraced  the  pages  of  history.  J.  M. 


"ROBIN  ADAIR." 
(3'«»  S.  iv.  130.) 

I  have  some  old  notes  upon  this  song,  made  by 
the  son  of  one  "who  knew  well"  Robin  Adair, 
to  whom   it  was  addressed ;   and  who  was  also 
himself  an  intimate  acquaintance  of  Kobin*s  second 
son,  Foster  Adair,  Esq.,  his  successor,  in  posses-  j 
sion  of  his  residence  of  Hollybrook,  co.  Wicklow. 
According  to  these  notes,  the  words  of  this  song,  ■ 
as  also  of  another  called  the  "  Kilruddery  Hunt" —  I 
a  familiarly  told  and  spirited  account  of  a  fox  ' 
hunt  of  the  year  1744 — "were  the  production 
of  Mr.  St.  Leger,  a  gentleman  of  fortune   and 
family,"  whose  residence,  called  Puckstown,   in 
the  county  of  Dublin,  was  but  a  few  miles  dis- 
tant from  both  Hollybrook,  and,  nearly  adjoining 
thereto,   Kilruddery  —  the  seat  of  the   Earls   of 
Meatli,   whence   the   mime  of  the   "Kilruddery  ' 
Hunt."  ^  I 

Kobcrt  Aduir,  Esq.,  who.se  memory  is  handed  i 
ilown  under  the  name  of  "  Kobiu  Adair,"  was  a 
descendant  of  Archibald  Adair,  BwViop  o^  L\»- 


more  and  Waterford ;  who  spning  hvm.  wt  oU 
family,  long  previously  resident  in  Scotlattd.* 

Robin's  elder  son,  **  Johnnj  Adur,**  of  SI- 
teman,  appears  among  those  named  as  praoi 
at  the  run  in  the  "  Kilruddery  Hunt "  wtmg.  Bobic 
is  described  in  my  notes  as  ^a  plain,  ibsbIt, 
jolly  fellow — the  delight  of  the  numeroos  tad 
respectable  friends  with  whom  he  associated,  ot 
account  of  his  extraordinary  conviTial  qualitiei- 
of  generous  hospitality,  friendship,  and  goorf 
humour:"  and  the  song  is  noticed  as  ihoviif 
the  "  warmth  of  that  friendship  which  wM^i 
between  that  gentleman  and  his  friends,**  oMBf 
the  number  of  whom  was  the  composer  of  ttt 
words  of  the  song;  which,  adds  the  sflia 
"  have  been  most  whimsically  adapted  to  ^ 
sweet  plaintive  old  Irish  air  of  *  Aileen  am* 
The  familiarly  expressed  words  of  this  dnikiv 
song  were  possibly  intended,  ori^iiially,  fir  A 
inner  circle  alone  of  intimate  friendship. 

Robin*s  almost  unparalleled  powers  of  end^ 
at  the  festive  board  enabled  him,  in  a  fff 
which  has  become  the  subject  of  family  tztf* 
and  recorded  anecdote,  to  join,  or  rathe  i^ 
with  seeming  impunity  in  the  observance  of  ik* 
old-fashioned  habits  of  hospitality  of  his  day,itt 
allowed  such  unlimited  sway  to  the  Bacchaad> 
god.  Two  gigantic  claret-glasses  of  his,  of  of^ 
capacity,  are  to  this  day  preserved  in  the  n^ 
of  the  descendant  of  one  of  Robin*s  daughteitiV 
present  owner  of  the  picturesaue  demesse  rf 
Hollybrook,  Sir  George  F.  J.  Hodson,  Bart^  vH 
and  Lord  Moleswortn,  descended  from  anotbtf 
daughter,  are  the  present  representatives  of  Robit 
An  old  wire- strung  Irish  harp  of  Kobin*::,  il^^ 
preserved  in  Sir  George*s  family,  would  tend  b 
prove  that  the  old  fashions  alluded  to  did  vA 
prevent  liobin  cultivating  a  taste  for  more  refiaei 
pursuits.  Kobin  flourished  iu  the  earlier  portioc 
of  the  eighteenth  century.  £.  K.  J. 


OLD  BINDINGS. 
(2»«  S.  xii.  432.) 

James  IIeid  relates  an  interesting  discovery  it 
the  binding  of  a  worm-eaten  copy  of  CalTin'i 
Sertnons  on  the  Oalatians ;  and  urges  other  readen 
of  *'  N.  &  Q.**  to  look  to  the  outside  as  well  as  tkc 
inside  of  their  old  books.  About  two  years  since 
I  purchased  at  Puttick  and  Simpson's  a  thi^ 
quarto  volume  of  old  plays.  It  was  much  wuno- 
eaten  ;  but  I  bought  it  for  one  play  I  wanted.  Ofl 
breaking  up  the  volume  I  found  the  sides  to  con- 
sist entirely  of  leaves  of  old  black-letter  books, 
pasted  together.  On  account  of  their  wormed  I 
condition,  it  required  much  care  to  dissect  them. 

*  iMMiifd  GtMtr^y  edit  1846 ;  nam«b  •'Adair  sf  Bifle- 


w 


S'-  &  V,  May  IK  'O*-] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


405 


The  rollowing  it  the  result :  1.  Sixteen  folio  leavea 
I  of  li  work  on  ihe  Discipline  ofihc  Catholic  Churchy 
*  rtcttted»     2.  Four  folio  leaves  of  ^Leoturos  or 
Homilies  of  the  Church,  b^  Betle^  Gregory* 
_entiu5,  &c*     Thcte  are  also  rubricated,  and 
contain    four   woodcut   initials,    each    about  two 
inches  high  by  an  inch  nnd  n  half  wide.    The  first 
Icif  such  woodcuts  ■  t  »>arin^  of  Angek  to 

I  the  Shepherds  at  ti  y.     The  second  is  n 

I  bishop  and  conncil  in  cQiidiive.     The  third  seems 
I  to  be  the  preaching  of  St.  John  the  Baptist  in  the 
\Vllderne«5;    Jerusalem  Is  In  the  distancei  and 
I  many  of  the  auditors   arc  shaven  monks.     The 
'  irth  y  a  monk  carrying  a  large  clasped  book 
tbitf  left  arm.     3»  Sixtr^en  leaves  and  fragments 
^  a  nmtiW  quarto,  Mrntflrnim  aut  pQtiwi  tni- 
ts^atortu  cdruhiario35C"  rfaluhrrrtmu,  &c,  &c.    On 
,  thr>title-pa«fi'  fHio  bcginning^  of  which  is  as  above), 
a  woodiMil  3 1  in  nil  OS  high  by  2  J  inches  wid<*, 
present! ii|,'  the   art  of  printing.     On  the  right 
band  I.«  the  compositor  seated  at  work,  with  his 
"ck"  in  his  hand,  and  his  "copy"  su.<«pended 
him.     On  a  shelf  over  his  head  lie  three 
.  bookp,  a  folio  and  two  quartos.     In  the 
'"centre  of  the  picture  is  the  press,  on  the  cross- 
-beam of  which  are  the  words  ^rcttt  'BitiiiKniL 
>n   the  lefl  is  the   pressman,   "  pin "  in   hand, 
crcwing    down;   and    behind   him    an   assistant 
rith  an  inking  **  pad  ^*  in  each  hand.     This  last 
ork  has  several  woodcut  Initials,  and  the  only 
late  I  can  find  in  the  whole,  1513. 
I  should  be  glad  of  the  assistance  of  any  one 
J  learned  in  early  typography  than  myself,  in 
naking  out  these  fragmentji.  W,  Lee. 


LEWIS  MORRIS. 
(3«*S.v.3250 

I  have  within  the  last  week  had  an  opportunity 

Sbrded  me  of  looking  through  a  letter-book  of 

^ewis  Morris's,  and  lome  other  papers  belonging 

|o  hirn,  which  are  now  in  the  possession  of  a  dis- 

"anguiiihed  Welsh  scholar ;  and  an  they  would  seem 

explain  the  chargeB  made  by  LjElius,  I  shall 

~!  greatly  obliged  if  you  will  insert  this  notice  of 

The  letters,  which  are  autograph,  are  addressed 

by  L,  Morris  to  "The  Honourable  Thomas  Walker, 

-Ills  Majc9ty*s  Surveyor  of  Mines,  and  Mr.  Sharpe 

if  the  Treasury."     They  are  all  written  between 

years  1744*47,  and  all  refer  to  the  mainten- 

I  of  the  crown  rights  in  the  Welsh  silver  and 

mines  in  Cardiganshire,  and   in   particular 

the  manor  of  Perveth,  on  which  encroachments 

long  been  made  by  the  companies  of  mining 

nitorers,  and  by  the  great  county  families.    He 

^Uaini  of  the  ilifliculty  of  doing  his  duty  to 

llie  crown,  of  the  strong  opposition  which  he  had 

meet  with ;  of  threats  to  prosecute   him  for 


tresp9«ii;  of  itt  being  impotsible  to  execute  a  ntr- 
vey  I  of  the  ditlicuUy  of  obtaining  information,  the 
mouths  of  the  poor  people  being  closed  by  me- 
naces ;  of  an  attempt,  by  one  of  the  families  dis* 
puting  the  crown  rights,  to  eject  him  forcibly  from 
a  house  which  he  had  taken  near  the  centre  of  the 
mining  district ;  of  hi.s  being  appointed  to  com- 
pulsory offices  in  the  county,  so  as  to  prevent  him 
from  doing  his  duty  under  the  warrant  from  the 
crown.  He  is  constantly  reminding  the  crown 
officers,  and  Mr.  Sharp  in  particular,  of  the  abso- 
lute imposaibUtty  of  his  carrying  on  the  battle 
unless  properly  supported  with  funds,  and  unless 
indemnified  against  the  actions  which  he  foresees 
would  be  brought  against  him,  and,  considering 
the  power  of  the  local  magistrates  at  that  time, 
with  every  prospect  of  succ^s.  He  seeks  to  con- 
vince the  crown  of  the  necessity  of  taking  certain 
steps — ^snch  as  the  appointment  of  a  crown  solici- 
tor from  another  and  a  distant  county,  and  the 
displacement  of  the  steward  of  the  manor ;  and 
not  unfrequently  aiisumes^  an  indignant  strain 
towirds  his  correspondent,  Mr.  Sharpe,  for  his 
slackness  in  carrying  out  his  suggestions  —  "For 
God's  sake  let  me  hear  from  you  on  this  matter  1 
*TiB  impossible  for  me  to  fight  the  klng^s  battles 
single-handed."  A  Jtealous  officer,^ — evidently  not 
likely  to  conciliate  opposition,  or  to  make  things 
pleasant. 

What  all  this  came  to^  and  how  this  zeal  was 
rewarded,  appears  from  copies  of  certain  deposit* 

tions  sworn  in  a  cause  of  Williams  against » 

respecting  the  rich  mine  of  Esgair  Mwyn  in  the 
year  1754,  and  bound  up  with  the  letters  above 
quoted.  WlUIoras  would  appear  to  have  been  a 
common  person,  induced  by  certain  of  the  great 
landowners  to  assert  a  title  to  the  mine,  he  having 
nothing  to  lose,  and  having  sold  his  interest  to 
them.  Evan  Williams  (not  the  plaintiff)  says  that 
he  was  a  partner  with  others  in  working  the  mine 
under  Mr.  Lewis  Morris,  who,  as  he  understood, 
let  it  under  the  crown.  That  at  that  time  there 
were  reports  of  mobs  being  raised  by  one  George 
Jones,  Mr.  Powell,  and  others^  to  take  possession 
of  the  mine.  That  the  defendant  saw  the  said 
George  Jones,  John  Ball,  and  others,  to  the  num- 
ber of  some  hundreds,  on  Feb.  23,  1753,  come 
with  arms  to  the  said  mine,  and  saw  them  take 
away  the  said  Lewis  Morris  by  force  to  prison  ; 
and  heard  the  plaintiff  curse  the  said  John  Ball 
and  Mr.  Powell  ibr  the  mischief  they  had  done,  and 
hope  to  God  that  wicked  people  would  not  gain 
their  ends  against  him,  but  that  he  would  be  again 
in  passesBion  of  the  said  mine, 

1  have  recently  been  told  that  this  was  an 
astonishing  instance  of  violence,  both  the  assailants 
and  defenders  of  the  work  having  brought  up 
cannon  to  their  assistance,  and  life  having  been 
lost  on  both  sides. 

There  is  (itv\^  i>ii«i  c»\Jw»  \^\.XKt  \tv^Caft->aR*3«^^^'^ 


406 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[•■^aV.  lUrlilC 


that  is  l)j  Levis  Morrtg  to  a  correspon<leiit,  whom 
he  uddre:»seii  as  *^  My  Lord.'*  It  is  dated  Penbryn 
House,  July,  1763,  some  ten  years  later  than  the 
above.    He  says :  — 

**  I  am  very  f:;Iad  that  my  poor  endeavours  pleased  yoa ; 
but,  to  underbtand  um  the  bettf'r,  it  mar  not  be  amiVs  to 
let  you  know^  my  situation.  I  am  neither  in  want  nor 
great  riches,  but  enjoy  ronteiitment  of  mind.  I  have  no 
eonncction  with  nny  people  in  power,  and  am  not  solicit- 
ous of  obtoininf^  any  favour,  except  it  were  a  sinecure, 
my  luinds  and  feet  boin^  scarcelv  fit  for  any  buftiness  of 
activity  at  present.  I  lio<l  myseif  by  the  decay  in  my 
materials  to  be  drawin;;  towards  a  dissolution.  I  have 
hit  on  ungraterul  maners  in  the  Treasury,  and  T  look  on 
all  the  pains  I  have  taken  to  come  at  knowled<ce  as 
thrown  away  by  a  mistaken  application.  All  that  I  have 
at  present  any  care  for  arc  a  wife  and  seven  small  rhildreD, 
the  welfare  of  whom  it  is  my  duty  to  stiuiy.  My  other 
children  and  j^randchildren  are  provided  for  pretty  wall." 

He  then  jajoes  <»n  to  give  his  correnpondcnt  ad- 
vice about  his  mines  in  Cardiganshire,  and  en- 
larges on  the  clifliculty  of  setting  a  mine  into 
proii table  working  :  — 

"  Tiiis  I  did  for  the  crown  at  Ksgair  Mwjti  with- 
out any  assistance,  but  having;  against  me  a'  trit>e  of 
villains,  and  the  world  vees  how  they  rewanled  me.  Kven 
my  letters  to  Mr.  Sharpc  in  the  course  of  the  lawsuit 
were  handed  about,  and  showu  to  Mr.  Powell  to  exas- 
perate him  apraiiist  me.  Tijoao  that  had  bocn  friends  to 
the  crown  were  no  more  friends  unless  they  joined  with 
Mr.  8haq)e  in  endeavouring  to  ruin  me." 

He  then  ^oes  on  to  warn  hia  correspondent 
against  having  anything  to  do  with  a  mining  agent 
of  the  name  of  15all,  and  encloses  paiK-ra  to  prove 
his  case  :  — 
J^  I'apiT  A.  w;is  i«xluijiti\l  ai;ain«t  J.  Hall  in  the  year 
17;">;i.  .-ilMHit  tlu-  tiini-  llio  trial  w:is  lii-tween  th«'  Cniwn 
ami  Mr.  I'l.wcll  ab..ut  Ks^jair  Mwyn,  .H«»on  ttlicr  my  im- 
prisonment Uy  Mr.  Towi'irM  robeUat  Cardiijan.*' 

Thosu  [janors  show  that  Lewis  Morris  was  not, 
as  LA:Lirs  snuirrsts,  **  ruined.'*  They  show  what 
the  nature  of  his  ''imprisonment"  was;  not,  as 
some  of  your  reador.s  may  liavii  thought,  impri- 
tsonnicnt  on  a  criininal  charge,  but  a  lawle.<fs  act 
of  violoni't*  not  nnusual  a  centnry  ago  in  Wales, 
to  whicli  lift  doL's  not  scruple  to  alhuie  in  a  letter. 
Whatever  his  grii^vaiu?e  against  the  Treasury,  or 
whatever  the  cause  of  quarrel,  thi-y  show  that 
L.*;Mrs'»  "embezzlement"  is  a  pure  product  of 
imagination. 

If  these  extracts  convince  your  rca<lcrs,  a«<  I 
think  tlicy  must,  that  L.r.i.it  s  has  made  a  tbolish 
attack  upon  a  great  reputation,  I  shall  be  satisticd. 
I  suppose  it  is  vain  to  .'*ugiie>t  caution  to  a  gentle- 
man, who,  as  In*  says,  "  for  thirty-throe  y»'ars  has 
written  fur  tlio  niagazini's."  Hut  it  is  a  matter  of 
duly  ncvLTth-.k'-'.  C'a.uubian. 


*•  rAJMlJ.V  HiRYINii  (iRolXl)"  (3'-*  S.  V.  :177.)  — 

Aunnv  will  find  tb»i  pa*sa,re  of  which  he  i*  in 
search  in  iVior's  Li/t*  of  Jhuh.  {'lm\  cilit.  18*26, 
YoL  i  p.  40),    ijurke  visited  WcalvmusUix  M^V^'j 


soon  after  his  arrival  in  Loadon,  about  17M. 
"  The  moment  I  entered,**  he  taja,  ^'  Iftlt  a  kind 
of  awe  *'  which  was  indescribable.  Mn.  Ki^tis- 
gale's  monument  he  first  noticea,  and  ooesidcnl 
that  it  **  had  not  been  praised  beyond  iu  meriif 
but  he  objected  to  tbe  dart,  and  auogested  si  i 
substitute,  what  would  moat  certaiiSj  not  ksn 
been  an  improvement,  viz.  *^an  exiingiiiihedtordk 
inverted  "  I 

The  passage  ([uoted  bj  Abhba.  u  tkns  iBli» 
duced :  — 

"  I  have  not  the  least  doubt  that  the  Gnest  pseais  ft' 
EafCli^li  laoffuafxe,  Milton*s  It  Pemaenmo,  was  eonpMi 
in  the  long -resounding  aisle  of  a  moaldering  cloiMu^ » 
ivy'd  abbey.  Vet,  after  all,  do  you  know  that  I  wr Ji 
rather  sleep  in  the  southern  comer  of  a  little  aartr 
chnrvh^-ard,  thnn  in  the  Tomb  of  the  Gapaleta.  I  ih(± 
like,  however,  that  my  dust  should  mini^  with  kiaM 
dosL  The  {;ood  old  expression, '  family  burying  gnsU 
has  something  pleasing  in  it,  at  least  to  me.^ 

I  gladly  inserted  this  passage  in  a  work  of  sr 
own  On  the  Reference  doe  to^  Holy  Placet^  \^ 
both  from  its  beauty,  and  feeling  autisfied  thii' 
general  intrrxluction  of  cemeteries,  needful  KJf 
unquestionably  arc,  must  rapidly  diminish  tbes» 
ber  of**  family  burying  places"  in  our  churchji^ 

J-  II.  J^Iabuaa 

SuEEir  PaioKY  (3^  S.  v.  379.)  —  Yoar  o^ 
respondent,  W.  C,  is  correct  in  hia  inlbrmiMSi^ 
some  spirited  drawings  in  the  Bodleian  (/Sbse 
Monastery,  by  Wyngiirde,  taken  from  thiNttrf 
Lord  Bacon,  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  rbtna 
in  the  parish  of  Twickenham.  They  were  *!• 
covered  at  Antwerp,  and  their  date  ia  about  t^ 
end  of  Mary,  or  beginning  of  Klizabcth.  Cf 
nccted  with  these  drawings,  but  I  cannot  sayb*. 
is  tlie  name  of  Mr.  Whittofk,  an  engraver.  i»f  ** 
Ivichard  Street,  Liverpool  Road,  Islington.  X.* 
An  OccasioxaL  Corr£spom>em. 

Fardkl  or  Land  (.'i'*  S.  v.  35S.)  —  Fizrdti  i? 

used   in    Scotland  for   "a   fourth."       ITius  ^ 

favourite  Scotch  cake  called  "short  bread**  ii* 

large,  circular,  flat  cake  cut  into  f«*ur  pieces,  e^^ 

of  which  is  <rallcd  \i  fardel,     \  fardel  of  land  mil 

be  the  Iburtli  part  of  a  hidci  plough,  acre,  orioxj 

local  measure.  W.  & 

Knglisii  Topography  ix  Dutch  (.T*  S.  v.  551 

Ah  the  book  is  said  to  be  "  written  in  High  Dalcb- 

and  printed  at  Nuremberg,'*  I  presume  il  is  ii 

■  (lerman.     I  do  not  know  it,  but  have  a  Dutfh 

I  work  which  is  probably  irun>lated  or   ubriJ!:t!d 

'  from  it :  — 

!      **  ilistorisrhe  LnndbeM-hryvinfre  van  <rmot  KrittaB.iM 

'  ofto   Kn^viaiidt,   Sohotlant,'  eii  Vrlandt,    inila«caiJen'«ti 

;  runtzom^cK'^iMi  Kylaiulen.    N  ii  eeri>t  door  eeu  Lieilictbtf 

in*t  Lii-ht  j;(!liriU'ht.     Mi>ldcllmr}£.  h>()f;.     ]-Jnia.  pp.oJl' 

[*  Theliir^c  fohieil  view  of  l<ondon.  by  Wyndrde,  hu 

beiMi  engraved,  hy  jH*rinis<iiin  of  the  tru8t<'C<  of  the  IM- 

I  luiaii  Library,  bv  N.  Whiitmk,  and  was  publishrd  s  f«* 

I  vrars  since  bv  Messrs*.  Whittiick  and  Ilvde.  of  liliDct*^ 

\  *VwW«  ^.  &  ^"  -M  S.  viii.  831.— Ed.]  " 


r*&y.  MATa^ei] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


407 


The  matter  of  the  work,  so  far  as  I  have  ex- 
amined it,  is  taken  from  Camden,  but  instead  of 
maps  of  the  counties,  bird*8-eve  views  nf  the  towns 
are  given.  That  of  Stafford  has  ten  hills,  a  wall 
going  round  about  two-thirds  of  tlie  town,  a  for- 
tified gate  towards  Eccleshall,  and  what  is  pro- 
bably a  drawbridge  towards  Lichfield.  As  to  the 
fortifications, 

**  De  Stadt  is  van  Edoard  den  ouden  getiramert,  en  ran 
de  coningh  Jan  iagenomcn.  Nact  Ooeten  en  auyden  is  ty 
van  haer  Baronneo  met  eea  mucr  omtrocken.  Aan  de 
andere  xijden  wordt  sy  door  staende  poelen  beschermt. 
Den  Omnngh  der  U'allen  240  Schrcden  zijnde."  (P.  194.) 

The  description  of  Rutland  is  very  short,  and 
there  is  no  plan  or  map  to  it.  An  outline  of 
British  faistoiy  to  the  Restoration  is  prefixed.  I 
shall  be  happy  to  lend  the  book  to  T.  P.  K.  if, 
after  this  notice,  he  wishes  to  see  it.       H.  B.  C. 

U.  IT.  dob. 

**  Iv  TBE  Midst  of  Life  we  are  in  Death,** 
»TC.  (S'*  S.  v.  177.)  —  Some  years  ago  I  made 
considerable  researches  regarding  the  origin  of  the 
sentence  "  In  the  midst  of  life  we  arc  in  death,** 
having  been  told  It  was  to  be  found  in  the  Bible. 
The  best  answer  I  could  then  meet  with  was,  that 
it  was  a  free  translation  of  1  Sam.  xx. .?,  ^*  There 
is  but  a  step  between  me  and  death.**  Notwith- 
standing the  able  remarks  in  "  N.  &  Q.**  tracing 
it  to  a  German  origin,  I  am  still  loath,  with  Robert 
Hall,  to  give  up  the  idea  that  it  is  to  be  found  in 
Scripture.  It  occurs  to  me,  therefore,  that  any 
one  having  access  to  a  good  collection  of  curly 
Englbh  or  Latin  translations  of  the  Bible,  may, 
peraaps,  find  the  above  verse  so  rendered. 

Fentomia. 

The  Rouin  (3'*  S.  v.  347.)  —The  charge  of 
parricide  against  robin-redbreast  is  not  altogether 
without  foundation ;  though,  when  ex])lained,  all 
guilt  is  tiiken  away  from  the  unfortunate  bird. 
If  he  killed  bis  father,  it  was  under  the  same  cir- 
cumstances as  the  Greek  tragedians  represent  the 
death  of  Laius  by  his  son  CEJipus — entirely  an 
accident,  without  any  malice  aforethought.  In- 
deed, the  pugnacity  of  the  robin  is  rather  from 
noble  feelin;:,  and  is  mentioned,  to  his  credit,  by 
Bewick  in  his  accurate  history  of  British  Birds: — 

"  Daring  the  time  of  incubatiou,  the  male  sits  at  no 
great  distance,  and  makes  the  vroods  resound  with  his 
delightful  warble;  ho  keenly  chases  all  the  birds  of /us 
own  fpecies,  and  drives  them  from  his  little  settlement: 
for  it  has  never  been  known  that  two  puirsi  of  these  birds, 
who  are  ax  faithful  as  they  are  uiiioruus,  were  lodged  at 
the  same  time  in  the  same*  bu&h." 

The  pugnacity  of  the  robin,  then,  is  simply  that 
of  the  Red  Crois  Knights,  when  they  returned 
from  the  Holy  Wars.  They  were  ever  ready  to 
break  a  lance  in  guarding  the  murria;;o  1)0<1,  and 
for  Ihe  defence  of  their  lady-love.  In  this  honour- 
able employment  —  this  faithful  duty — it  is  pro* 
bable  that  parricide  occasionally  happens  unwit- 


tingly; for  the  fight,  as  I  know  from  having 
watched  them,  usually  takes  place  between  a 
young  and  an  old  bird,  to  the  death  of  the  latter. 
Hence  tlie  common  observation  in  rural  districts : 
"  You  never  see  a  robin  two  years*  old.**  But  thia 
is  from  the  uxorious  accident,  not  from  any  san« 
guinary  tuiimus.  The  disposition  of  the  robin  is 
peculiarly  mild  and  benevolent  It  was  he  that 
covered  with  a  leafy  tomb  the  babes  in  the  wood, 
esmoeed  to  starvation  by  their  cruel  uncle.  And, 
I*  Who  killed  cock-robin  ?"— not  his  son,  but  that 
impudent  hishwayman  the  sparrow ;  while  the 
other  birds  all  volunteered  to  take  each  a  part  in 
the  funeral  service  over  their  favourite,  slam  bv  a 
poacher*8  arrow  —  "  Occidit ;  exsequias  ite  fre- 
quenter aves.**  Further:  "Odimus  accipitrem, 
quia  semper  vivit  in  armis.'*  The  daring  hawk, 
with  eagle  eyes,  will  dash  through  the  casement 
upon  the  pet  dove  hanging  in  a  cage  within  a  lady*s 
boudoir:  for  war  and  plunder  arc  his  daily  **  occu« 
pation."  The  timid  robin,  on  the  contrary,  with 
a  languishing,  beseeching  eye,  liops  into  Uie  room, 
and  gently  pecks  the  ci*umbs  from  the  breakfast 
table.  Robm-redbreast  is  the  most  sacred  of  our 
household  birds.  For  pity's  sake,  don't  implicate 
**  N.  &  Q.**  in  spreading  slanderous  stones,  in 
these  awful  days  of  murder,  against  the  innocent 
robin,  of  killing  his  own  father. 

QnBEN*8  Gabdsks. 

FoBEjGN  HoKOUBS  (3^  S.  Y.  296.)  —  Samuel 
Egcrton  Brydges,  born  at  Wootton  in  1762 
(younger  brother  of  Edward  Tymewcll  Brydges, 
whose  claim  to  the  barony  of  Chandos  was  re- 
jected in  1803),  was  made  knight  of  the  Order  of 
St.  Joachim,  in  1808,  and  was  afterwards  known 
as  Sir  Egerton  Brydges,  K.  J.  JdBLBTBa. 

Bdblesque  Paintbbs  (3"*  S.  v.  345.)  —  I  can 
give  no  information  where  the  two  pictures  are, 
which  are  inquired  for  by  J.  R.  But  with 
reference  to  the  first  by  Coypel,  I  suspect  that  hy 
^^  Sanatol"  is  meant  Sanadon-^si  celebrated  Jesuit 
and  poet,  who  published  a  collection  of  Latin  poems 
and  a  French  translation  of  Horace.  The  second 
query,  about  holding  the  candle  to  St.  Dominic, 
will  be  answered  by  the  following  account,  which 
I  translate  from  a  scarce,  early,,  and  curious  work 
in  old  German,  Der  Ileyligen  Lthen,  printed  at 
Augspurg  in  1477  :  — 

**  One  night  St.  Dominic  was  writing  by  candle-light 
what  he  was  to  preach  to  the  people.  Then  came  tbt 
evil  spirit  to  him  in  the  shape  of  an  ape,  and  kept  jump* 
ing  before  him  and  all  about  him,  and  tried  all  he  could 
to  distnrb  him.  Now  Saint  Dominic  well  knew  in  his 
mind  that  he  was  the  evil  spirit,  and  that  he  wanted  to 
disturb  him;  and  he  spoke  thus  to  the  tiend:  *I  com- 
mand thee  in  the  name  of  God  to  hold  the  candle  till  I 
have  finisho<l  writing.'  The  evil  spirit  was  oblif;ed  to 
obey  him,  and  hold  the  candle  for  him.  And  when  the 
light  was  nearly  burnt  out,  he  found  it  very  hot.    '^^^-'^r 


the  fiend  said :  •  Let  ma  tta,  Xiaa  \i^\.\wa:\»  xs^  '^''Si 
woxse  than  VifML  &ia:     ^^f^^  isawwwl  'e«ax  ^ysa&s*.. 


408 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[S^S-V.Ha 


•Yott  inuft  k*»pp  Holding  it,  tUl  1  hart  dcwie  writing.* 
Ami  when  he  had  BiiUhcd,  the  candle  went  out :  and  thou 
the  tvH  sptrit  departed  in  a  grciii  rage." 

It  may  am  use  the  German  student  to  see  a 
specimen  of  tbe  origmaL  Here  is  the  concluding 
sentence :  — 

'*  Und  do  er  attMig«8thT«ib  dowu  dea  liechcz  ufrntr.  do 
f&f  der  b&a  gefM  bin  mit  groioe  zofeQ." 

P.  C.  H. 

Robbut  Robinson  of  Cambhidgb  (3"*  S.  iv» 
481,  529).— See  The  Univerml  Theological  Maga- 
zine, edited  by  W.  Vidler  (vol,  yi.  1802),  for  an 
interestini;  account  of  Robinson.  The  yolume 
alfio  contains  one  of  his  letters).    Jitxta  Turbim. 

**  Revenows  a  wos  MouToift"  (S^  S.  V.  346.)  — 
*rhe  plinise  '*  Revenons  a  vox  moutonfi "  occurs  in 
the  comedy  of  VAvocai  Patdin  (Act  in*  Scene  2)» 
by  De  Brueys,  first  performed  June  4,  1706,  the 
nubject  of  which  was  taken,  he  says,  from  Les 
Trmnperies,  Fineue^  et  Subtilites  de  Maitre  Pierre 
PateliTi,  anocai  d  Paris.  Printed  at  Rouen  by 
Jacques  Cailloue  in  1656,  from  a  copy  of  the  year 
1660.  In  the  Oargantua  of  Rabelais  (i.  1),  the 
phrase  is,  *^  Retournant  k  noz  moutons,"  which,  in 
a  note  by  Jacob,  is  said  to  be  a  proverb  in  allu- 
sion to  the  fable  of  Patelin.  This  proverb  and 
Patelin  are  therefore  of  some  antiquity,  Rabelais 
being  born  in  1483,  and  dying  in  1553.  Pasquier, 
who  was  fourteen  years  of  age  at  the  death  of 
Rabelais^  in  his  Rechcrches  sur  la  France  (book  vii. 
chap.  66),  says,  **  Revener  k  voa  moutons,"  and 
other  proverbs,  had  been  taken  from  the  fountain 
of  Patelin,  which  be  conjectures  whs  pUyed  on  the 
scaffold.  See  the  Preface  to  De  Bruey's  VAitoaai 
Patelin,  in  Petitot's  RSp.  du  Thmtre  Francois, 
xvi.  371.  T.  J.  Bdckton* 

Skfia  (3'*  S.  v.  322.)— The  statement  that  the 
tepia  eheds  its  ink  when  alarmed,  is  not  incon- 
listent  with  its  retaining  a  consideriiblo  quantity 
after  such  dischar^je.  The  chief  object  of  this 
natural  provision  is  t^  obscure  the  water,  ond  thus 
facilitate  the  escape  of  the  sepia  from  its  pursuers, 
which  mif^ht  not  be  effected  if  one  discharge  ex- 
hausted the  supply,  Aristotle  {HisL  An.,  iv.  2) 
aays  the  discharge  is  JTrov  <i>oBr)0ij  "when  it  is 
afraid,"  and  (HUC  An.,  ix.  37),  itpJ^ttaf  x<^t^^  **f«r 
the  sake  of  hiding  itself,"  and  (Part.  An.,  iv.  5) 
ir\f  c'tt>  -yeip  f^**  ^**  '^^  XP^*'"^'*'  ^w^Aor,  **  has  it  co- 
piously, being  in  constant  use/*  Professor  Owen 
{Lect,  xxiv,  "Cephalopodin,*'  p,  355)  »»ys  the  ink- 
big  *•  is  a  very  active  or^raii,  and  its  inky  secretion 
C«n  be  reproduced  wirh  jxreat  activity.'*  It  is 
Situate  between  the  liver  and  the  muscles  which 
surround  the  arms,  close  to  which  the  duct  enters 
the  intestine.  In  the  Zoological  Trtmnftctiamf 
(i.  86)  will  be  found  a  drawinsy  of  the  ink-ba^r  of 
t!t'  '  ■  1,  which  doifs  not  differ  much  from  tltat 
or  1  have  *eoii  a  sepia  alVr  death,  and 

M/tti    *UL    ;,r-f   .•»/rirm  at  being  caug\it,^\uc\i ^u» 


smeared  over  with  ink,  of  which  a  Tirrf  cdlii- 
tity  covered  the  dish.     It  is  cimo  i  hil 

whilst  some  of  the  cephalopods  nbscu  :*dt. 

others  enlighten  it  by  "emitting  m  lufnimry*  soore* 
tion  '*  (Owen,  Lect.  xxiv.  p.  355  >*  FrofcMfflf  Owa 
conjectures  that  the  ink-bag  is  ft  eonipetiaitioti  fcr 
the  protecting  eh  ell  (Led,  xxuL  p^  ^^5).  IW 
stones  called  thunderstones,  or  urr^frheMti  ni 
known  in  geologjy  jw  belemnites,  ftre  oo^  wc'f' 
nieed  as  fossil  sepia,  some  of  whir*  '    -4  ttj 

contain  ink.    See  Penni/  CffcJaptpdir 
vi,  425 ;  xxi.  250.  T.  *f    i 

Ettmoixkjt  or  the  Namb  Mosbs  (3*^  ' 
This  etymology  is  given  in  an  ortide 
SchoUz  in  the  Repertiyrium  pf  Eiclitioni  (p 
p»  10)  entitled  **ExpoStio  vocabuioruiaCofi 
in  Scrtptoribua  Hebraicis  ac  Gnceu  cMoim' 
(pp.  1—31),  where  such  words  aa  Bdisii^ 
Ibis,  Canopua,  Labyrinth,  Memphis,  A  minna,  Oi  I 
Syene,  Hrksos,  Ob,  Papyrus,  Pyramk,  Vkik  ' 
nan  =  art,  1K^  =  river,  &c.,  are  expLaioed  If  ^ 
Egyptian  roots,  T.  J.  Be 

D*AiifticHcouBT  (S**  S.  v*  320.)  —  H»< 
find  some  few  particulars  respecting  tbk  : 
in  the  new  edition  of  Hutchins*s  Hisitfrf  <  ^' 
now  publishing'  l;y  Messrs.  Shipp  of  E 
The  reader  must  search  for  the  inform* 
^'  Bridport"  division  of  the  work  ;  tor  tli«fl 
yet,  no  Index,  and  the  book  is  only  A|>ptfl^^ 
intervals  in  sections. 

In  Bridport  church,  some  ten  yemm  i 
were  the  remains  of  an  ancient  altar  I 
member  of  this  family.     It  once  ret;te«l  i 
against  the  wall  of  the  north  aisle  of  ilie  < 
but  when  I  saw  it^  about  1854,  it  hmd 
into  the  pavement,  and  was  buried 
staircase   of   a  gallery   for   the    school 
erected  in  the  chancel.     The  church    hit* 
recently  restored,  the  chancel   rel 
tomb  destroyed;  at  least,  1  could  ii 
recent   visit.      The    in<icriotion    is    j*r*j 
Hutchins;   who  also,    I   think,     recortis 
shield  of  arms  of  this  family  h,  or  was,  i*4xtb 
in  stained-glass  on  one  of  the  chancel  wind 

JcxT4  Tra 

Htmh  QuERitts  (f^S.  r.345)— Tbc  hjte^ 
the  translation  of  which  T  —  — 

*'  My  God  I  lovf!  >  •cauaa 

1 1n>j>e  for  hftuvcu  thcittj\,**— 

is  the  celebrated  hymn  compose*!  by  St.  Frsoo* 
Xavier  t  •*  O  Deus,  ego  amo  t*-*,"  etc. 

It  is  true  that,  in  the  Vi^t  which  I  aent  loUly  ♦■ 


"N.  &  Q,,"  ftevcrnl  Lali 
I  gave  tliOiii!  only  of  v^ 
known,  or  which  wt're  at 
one  or  more  luithor*.  i 
rrinning  with  *' Jchu  K^dt  ju 
luivc  nothing  in  common 
\  \,*^v\vvt\\.  \fc\\  v*V\\«.Vv  is  the 


liOii 


br.' 

sni-j.... 


NOTES  AND  QUEBIES. 


[Der 


[eoqiitrj,  bat  I  presume  it  is  the  one  most  known, 
|tbat  for  the  Vc*[iers  of  Christmns  Day :  — 

**  Jesu  Hodemptor  omDlum, 
Quern  ludi  ante  origincm/'  etc 

[The  aulbnr  of  this  hjmn  is  not  known ;  but  there 
fUE  an  old  hymn,  in  the  Breviury  of  St.  Plus  V^ 
rhich  began — ^^Chrute  Redemptor  omniuuL'* — and 
fas  composed  by  St.  Ambrose. 
Am  to  the  lively  and  ingenioiia  hymn — "  0  filil 
\  ei  filiie "  —  It  never  had  a  place  in  the  Komati 
Breviary^  or   MissaL     Ita   use  was  confined   to 
^yroDCtf;  and  it  is  probably  the  compositioo  of 
I  French  author,  and  of  no  ^reat  antiquity, 
perfect    collection   of    Faber's   hymns   was 
blishi^  two  years  ago  by  Richardson  &  Son, 
)erby,  and  26»  Paternoster  How,  Londun^  in  one 
ue  volume,  price  six  BbillLngs.      F.  C.  H« 

GrriMATE  Ceuldreit  or  Coables  1L  (3'"'^ 
V.  289.) — It  is  asked  what  authority  there  ia 
or  the  existence  of  Jamea  Stewart,  a  Catholic 
iriest,  enumerated  by  Oxonlb!ish  (3'^  S,  v.  211) 
mongst  the  children  of  Charles  11,  ?  In  the  first 
lumber  of  the  Home  and  Foreign  Review  there  is 
interesting  article  on  this  subject,  entitled 
Secret  History  of  Charles  IL,**  in  which  the 
writer  enumerates  nineteen  documents  existjnjr  in 
the  Archives  of  the  Jesuits  at  Rome,       A.  £.  L. 

Lawn  and  Crape  (3^^    S,  i.  188  ;  ii.  359.)  — 
X)ixoN  asks  the  meaning  of  Pope's  line  :  — 

^  A  Miint  }Q  crape  ia  twice  a  aamt  in  Iawil" 
After  the  Act  of  Uniformity,  and  the  ejection 
from  the  Church  of  such  usurping  ministers  as 
refused  to  conform,  it  became  diflicuh  to  fill  up 
the  vacancies.  It  will  be  obvious,  however,  to 
those  acquainted  with  the  history  of  the  time,  that 
■^uch  dimculty  would  not  extend  to  the  higher 
irders  of  the  clergy ;  because  there  was  a  large 
body  of  learned  men  still  livings  who  had  been 

Kppiscopally  ordaineil  before  the  suppression  of  the 
Prelacy  and  the  Common  Prayer.     As  a  matter  of 
necej^ity,  therefore,  a  very  much  lower  cImss  of 
meOf  both  tisi  to  learning  and  position  in  society, 
were  admitted  into  the  Church  as  curates.   These, 
lavin^  no  academic  gowns,  and  unable  from  their 
pecuniary  circumstances  to  purchase  silk,  adopted 
a  thin  and  cheap  material  called  **  crape."     The 
word  "crape"   became  the  adjective  designation 
or   a  clergyman   of  the  lowest  position   in   the 
I'hurch.     I  need  not  say  that  *' lawn"  it  still  used 
o  distinguish  the  epis<*opate.     For  full  informa- 
ion  aa  to  the  crape-gown  men,  I  would  refer  Mk. 
')txoii  briefly  to  Dr.  J.  Eachard's   Grotmds  and 
OccuMwnn  of  the  Cvntetnpt  of  the  Clergy  and  Re- 
iigion  inquired  itito^  1 8 mo,  London,  1670.     Also, 
Sftendtim  Crape- G oumorum :  or^  a  L<mking  GlaJta 
for  the  Yt/ung  Academicn^  New  Foytd^  4tc>,  Parts 
L  and  U.,  London,   1682  (this  has  been  errone-^ 
Oiily  ttltribut*d  to  Defoe) ;  Hijiections  upon  Two 


Scurrilout  Liheh  called  tSpectdum  Crmit'GQWi^ 
orvm«  4to,  London,  1682;  Concmimm  Capp&'Clo* 
aeorum,  in  Rt^flecti^fm  on  the  Second  Part  of  a  hie 
I^amphlet  itUittded  Sjtectdum  Crape*  Oownor amy 
itOi  London,  1682. 

W.  Lkb. 

"I  »i«T«  Sauo"  (3'^  S.  V.  98.)— Several  wecki 
having  eUpsed  without  any  answer  to  inquiries 
about  this  Italian  manuscript,  perhaps  the  fol- 
lowing remarks  may  be  acceptable.  The  seven 
penitential  psalms  were  paraphrased  in  teria  rima 
by  Dante  m  bis  old  age ;  but,  like  rest  of  hia 
works,  did  not  see  the  light  till  after  his  deaths 
when  his  son  Jacopo  Dante  made  them  known  to 
the  world.  Jacopo  Dante  might  have  been  hig 
father's  amanuensis,  hence  his  name  on  the  title- 
page.  What  the  first  word  "Can"  means^  is  not 
so  clear.  It  is,  however,  just  possible  that  Jacopo 
might  also  have  been  christened  Cane  after  Dante*A 
intimate  friend  and  patron,  Cane  of  Verona. 

MafTei^  in  his  Storia  delta  Letteratura  Italiana 
(p.  55),  speaks  of  Dante  Alighieri  having  written 
a  metrical  paraphrase  of  the  seven  penitential 
psalnia  shortly  before  hia  deatli ;  and  Beolchi,  in 
the  short  Life  of  Dante,  prefixed  to  his  Fiori 
Foetid^  has  the  following  passage  :  — 

**  Sentivii  i  suoi  giorai  decllnare  verso  il  itirmioe,  oade 
li  diede  ad  eserciUre  il  suo  -genio  poetico  in  sog^etti 
Mtcri.  l£  molto  probaihile  che  in  queato  l«mpo  schvesoa 
la  Parafrasi  ai  Setto  ^^almi  Penitenziali." 

Fentonia* 

Irish  Heraldic  Booxs  and  MSS.  (3***  S,  v^ 
321.) — I  beg  to  inform  Sap.  Dom.  As.  that  he 
will  find  an  Ordinary  of  Arms  with  Geneaiogical 
Notes,  by  James  Terry,  Athlone  Herald,  in  the 
British  Museum,  HarL  MS.  4036.  C.  J. 


^tj^ccTIimcausC. 

NOTES  OX  BOOKS,  ETC 

Iharieaofa  Lady  of  Quaiiiy^from  1797  ta  1B44.  £ktitmi, 
with  Notes,  bjf  A  Haywoid,  Esq.,  Q.C.  (Lotigman.) 
The  lastaamber  of  The  Edinburgh  Revietv  preparcil  the 
reading  public  to  expect  a  very  nmusing  volume  in  the 
forthcoming  feleclion  from  tlic  Diaries  of  Miss  Frances 
Williams  Wrnn.  T)iis  lady,  the  deughter  of  Sir  Wfttkins 
WiUianu  Wynn  (the  fourth  baronet),  siit«r  of  Mr.  Charles 
Wjnn  and  of  Sir  Hcnrj',  who  waa  so  long  English  mini- 
flter  at  Copenhageo,  wae  also  niece  of  the  tirat  Marquii 
«f  Backingham,  Lord  Grenville^  and  Mr.  Thoma«  Gren- 
vUle.  An  educated  and  accompliabod  woman,  moving  in 
a  €4Trle  as  distinguifihed  for  ability  as  for  position,  in 
dail  '  irjiewitli  iQOst  accomplished  people,  and  a 
niu  Niouj  books  BDd   MSS.,  Mi^  Wyon  has 

am'  itie   ten  Diaries,  which  she   filled  between 

17B7  fttul  1844,  an  amount  of  curious  infoniiation,  traita 
of  pf  rtonal  oharaeter,  and  out*of-the-way  hi^toricai  inci- 
dontA,  wH'  ^  }■■-■■  rnabled  the  editor  to  select  a  book 
which  V,  ylacc  avwwv^lWXiisA.'oV  orox'^Sk'^^a' 

Ana.    \\  :  ^vw  Vtt\^\\«  tJuorwa  t^rjCi  xiot*  ^T|^  — 


^Qwfc^ 


410 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


CS^&V.  lllTli,TH. 


fate  of  Vewm,  whom  the  Paririsns  are  said  to  hare  been 
in  the  habit  of  knocking  tip  at  night,  with  the  err, 
**  Monsieur  Deaon,  yoa  who  know  io  many  good  storicfl» 
pray  teil  ua  one." 

Her  Majetty^i  Mails :  an  Historical  amd  Deseripthe  Ae^ 
coiM/  of  the  British  Post  Office.  Together  with  an 
Appendix.  By  William  Lewiiis.  (Sampson  Low.) 
How  did  London  ever  get  on  without  omnibnsae?  was 
the  recent  inquiry  of  an  obseryant  pedeetrian  as  he 
traversed  tho  Strand.  How  did  England  ever  get  on 
without  the  Post  OfBce?  is  tho  inquiry  suggcstetl  by 
Mr.  Ixswins's  amn^in^  volume — and  very  amusing  it  is — 
ia  which,  under  the  title  of  Her  Majestfs  Ma'ds^  he  gives 
iia  the  history  of  tho  rise,  progresa,  and  present  state  of 
that  vast  and  well -organised  establishment;  which,  with 
equal  cfKciency,  wafts  a  sigh  from  India  to  tho  Pole,  or  a 
sampio  from  Manchester  to  Pernambuco.  The  work 
abounds  with  useful  information,  compiled  with  great 
care,  and  set  off  with  much  amusing  illustration. 

The  Autograph  Souvenir  :  a  Collection  of  Antograph  Let- 
Uts^  Interesting  Documents,  8fc.,  executed  in  Facsimile, 
by  F.  G.  Netherclift  With  Letter-press  Transcriptions, 
and  occasional  Tranakuhua,  by  Kichard  Sims.  Paris  J, 
to  V.    (Netherclift) 

Encouraged,  we  presume,  by  the  success  of  their  useful 
Handbook  of  Autographs,  Mr.  Netherclift  and  Mr.  Sims 
have  commenced  a  work  of  higher  pretensions,  and  are 
issuing  in  Monthly  Parts  a  series  of  fac- similes  of  original 
letters  and  documents  from  the  British  Museum,  and  other 
collections,  which  bids  fair  to  be  a  volume  of  equal  interest 
and  utility.  The  Parts  already  issued  contain  copies, 
executed  with  all  Mr.  Xetherciifi  s  skill, of  Letters  of  Kli- 
zabeth — Cromwell  —  Frederick  the  Great — of  Ariosto— 
Salvator  Kosa — Michael  Angelo— Nelson  and  Wellington 
— and  in  short,  as  far  as  possible,  of  the  representative 
men  of  all  ngt>.s  and  classes:  ami  Mr.  Sims  has  accom- 
pani6<l  the  originals  somelimes  by  transcriptions,  and 
sometimes  by  transUitiuns,  which  obviously  add  greatly 
to  their  interest  au^l  value. 


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Pric9 1*. edb, ETe9  fcy  Z^Brt, 

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FITKAN*8  PnONOORAPHY  TAUGUT  t>r  HB.  F.  FirXlJ. 
lBClMt,7fcad.    FriTAtolr.  I/.  1*. 

Apply  at  SO,  Pstcmoater  Bow. 


rro  AUTHORS.  — Murray  & 

!    X   of  PUBLISlIINUUtheonlroMthat 


Co. '8  Hbw  BfaR 


OB  their  own  accuunt,  mi  opporianlty  of  entiuinc  «  Proflk 
•nd  imrtlculan  forvairdifd  on  appKoatloB. 


MURRAY  a  Ca,  13,  PatonuMter  1 


,Z.CL 


I  "  TJECONNOITERER"  GLASS.  9#.  ^  I  Weifb 

|\    SoE.,  ahowt  dUtinctly  the  vindoira  and  doora  of  ImmB 

I   milei  otr.  Jtipftrr't  Muont,  ttci  a«  &  r^amlncap*  01a«  b  valaaMrtr 

'  twtnty-flva  mika.    Nvarly  all  the  JiitLfca  at  Kpartm  aad  KevKarhK 

I  nw  It  alune.    "  The  R«*»nnoitrrer  is  v«ry  cood."  —  Manvii  rfC»- 

marthen.   **  I  nervr  before  met  aa  article  thmt  so  conMleiaiy  «MHri 

j  iCa  maker'a  recommendation."— F.  If.  Fawkea.  Eaq.  or  Farnler.  "  7^ 

eeononfiy  of  price  ia  not  pr>ienn^  at  th«  eoat  of  eflkieney.    Wc  Ym 

careAilly  tried  it  at  an  S.io-yanl  rifle-raiice.  afra'nac  all  tlie  claaBy» 

■  aeaaed  by  the  ineiubera  uf  the  coma,  and  found  it  fblly  eiaal  la  ^ 
•  alttiouxh  they  ha  1  co<t  mure  than  four  tiineaita  price."— FieU.  'EV 

ifeetlTe  on  the  lOQO-siard  ranice."— Captain  Sendey.  Royal  bnufl  lir 
Factory,  Enfield.    ''  An  lndUp*rn«ahle  romjMnloii  to  s  pleaavit  tr!^  I 
,   ia  aa  cood  aa  it  la  cheap."  ~Noica  and  Queriea.    Pu«t-fie»,  t^  * 
i   Tha**Uythe"  Glaaathowa  bnllet-marka  at  l£nn  yard*.  Sla.  U  -rf 
to  be  had  direct  ftom  8ALUM  *  Ca,  M,  PriMM  8in««.  EArt* 

■  Noacenta. 

J'  JOND'S  PERMANENT  MAR  ICING  Iltt- 
J  ThcftrtrHrdt  hAvvntl^ti,  ctfEahiMiM  igHt,  ftir  mmrkhiff  CHBA 
AMES,  INTTIAL^H  UD»o  ttriukL^NoLtl  linen,  nvcsrina  app*ir!.<& 
N.B.-0<*tnf  to  l*Mr  nrnt  rppanv  in  irhrirh  thtj  Ink  Iv  licM  ^*rA 
ontAitctia,  ac  tnTcHoT  ^m^itaciuiM  aj«  o'tcn  ikj'E4  tur^  tha  iniMLk.  vftta* 
nr>i.  poiH^  any  at  Et#  rei<?bral4fd  quKlklcji^  Pitfidkajera  thodl  tSf 
{an  bv  i^«fvf»l  lo  otucf  n  the  wfWmi*  on  th«  l«^i.  id.  BlsfUOfWiTV 
STKEGT  VVJTIIIN,  E.<:..  wkhuut  whu^h  \h^  fnk  la  ■«  !«<■■» 
80I1I  by  all  fr«p«ctBti1«  i?h«fnt«ii,  rtiailwm^  ae..  la  the  VaiBriUv- 

don^i.  itriL:;(,^  Ij.  per  InitUi; !  n**^t.  »lir  is^tr  ln«aa. 

NOTtCi;.^  RFMin^EI)  froTD  »,  LoB«  J^g^  (where  itteikn 
eitiLbliah$dii?aFlj  half  II  (."cntnj^T  1,  la 

10,  B18HOP80ATE  STREET  AVITHIN.  X.C 


as,  Wclliiiirt:.ii  Slrctt.Struncl.  W.C. 


q^HE  PATENT  NEW  FILTER.  — Dr.  Gmt  ^3:■5 

X  "  Aaimre  watrr  ia  offucli  areat  impnriaiirc,  it  iri  deairabiei-li'  ■ 
that  Mr.  I.ip-ruiiibo  i^  by  lor  tlir  mo»t  cxpt-riciir«d  and  bi>t  c^  *-'■  '■- 
Alter  raakert."  Cun  only  be  had  at  Mr.  1  Jp«ui>iBbe'a  Filiar  OC'J».  9. 
btraud.    rro«r>cctU!<  tree. 


fizXittt  to  Cnxxtij^nrCtitwii. 

IKnnr  Ct.anr  r.  Emj.    A  i'tt-r  afhf ruffed  to  /Am  >rentlrmnn  i*  vpititnj 
fut  kisit  a*  tmr  Ojfirx. 

A.  F.  (i.     irn  Ifnv/itrwttnlt  4  tk^  jiiv  pkilUmg^'  fyirlh  o/itnmin  tn  tiv 
Injiriunrv  /or  ChiUKH,  SI,  Ifutfi-h—  j:>ii'l. 

J.  LcKTi.KT.    Jt  MrniU havf  li^tH"  w«ro  'Mitfif  d." 

Ui'ANitT.      Thr  Manw  of  AIaa»tlaiul  Ari<  I- en   tran^lat-J  f-v   Mr.   I 
Knohtfrif,  niitl  pufJhhnt  t*^  3tc.'^r<.  I^U  titnl  t>nhfu,ofii  inUtt-  rrnji 
ail  K-iHiitt»  am  ntif  in  itn  /*roiV. 

J.  DAf.TiiM.     Thf  h'lir*  afrr^iu't  tA  tht.  /'hirmiriaini  the  iin'mli'm  nf 
kilt^t  .K  .•!•,•  in  £m'  UN.  Pliaraaliu,  lib.  iii.  iiii. 

n*«iAHiN   Wamd  iriV/  A'jm/  jiome  ititfrt*ti»q  parlifHlari  nj  the  nrftfiu 
"fth.  Ilnr,,  in  i  on;.,  ji'i/i,  uilh  th-'  iPViiJ  tif  /n  lohd  iii  "N.x  U."  Int  S     , 
Zii.  33N,  s.vt.  '    ' 

II.  r.    o„  ik-  (,ri;jn  (tf  thr  f^rtt  Quart*  r,  om  i-parimt  lift,  nt  "wr  Ist 

•  •■  Cnm  *rArii*a7  th"  r»>ftimcM  q<"N.  *  <i."  mny  b%  kmi  qf  the 
PaMi*A.  r,  <iiMi  ttf  till  /;o.4*  //,.»>  and  .\  cuvMctt. 

"Ntrra^  awD  QraaiFi"  m  ynhii^htd  at  ntxm  om  Friday,  mml  w  tilao  I 
itn^d  IN  M  >!«TnL*  Parti.  I'hr  SiJuvriutitm  for  grAMPao  Oonn  for  , 
atx  Mtmth*  rnrwftrfM  Hir^i  from  thu;  VmNinher  Kiut^wHrnf  tkf  IMf' 
yaorly  iHiiffB)  u  Iia.  I«*..  mkirh  mav  bt  jHivi  Ay  i^t  Otfcr  /Mlrr,  , 
payaOicat  thf  StntmH  Pf»t  tj^f,  in  /iimmr  uf  ^'ivuam  G.Vmitu.SI,  I, 
watttvoTtm  fhmunr,  Htha^b,  WF.C,  to  tehom  aU  C«ui«winca<nttm  ««» 
nor  JSsfnm  ^^mMie  oMrssstd, 

**IfvTMs  k  QuMMiM*  "  if  miftcitd  fin  InnnniMitoik tibimA. 


THE  PRETTIEST  GIFT  for  a  LADT  is  oce  « 
JONES'S  OOl.D  LEVERS,  at  )W.  Iia.  For  a  OETtTLEnsX. 
one  at  liiL  icu.  Kewank-U  at  the  luieruatlunal  £xhlbitioa  for  "Chnr 
ne«8  of  Prodactinii." 

Manufactory,  33M,  Strand,  oppoaite  Someract  Hone. 

CHUBBS    LOCKS    aud  FIREPROOF  SAFES, 
with  all  tlie  ncwot  ini|tn)V<,>nH-ii1i>.    Strv«t  -diXir  Latcbca.  Caih  at 
d  Bfixea.    Full  illiiotrat^  \itiw  li^ftaatni  tree. 
CIll'BB  V  SON.  57.  St.  L'Hul'ri  Churr.hyard,  I.ondoni  S7,  Lofd  RiMt. 
Liverimul :    !>•.  ^larkct   Sin.ft,  Munchnter;  and  HurveZey  firl^ 
■Wclveihampton. 

SAUCE.  — LEA  AND  PEKUIXS* 
woxc^BTBABBzaa     Biktfen, 

Thii  delidoua  condiment,  pronounced  by  Oonnolaaenn 

"THE    OKLY   GOOD    SAUCE," 

U  pnpareil  aolrly  by  LEA  ft  PERKTN9. 
The  PnMic  aTereapectfUlIy  cautioned  aeaiiiat  worthleaaimftetkmf.M' 
ahould  aee  that  LEA  a  PE1UUN6'  Naawa  arv  oa  Wrapper,  Laftci. 
Bottle,  and  SUtppcr. 

ASK  FOB  liSA  AND  FSRRINS'  BAUCE. 

•e«  Bold  Wholeaale  and  fur  Export,  by  the  PkoprlHof*  Wumtlir; 
ME8SKki.  CRi)S»E  and  BLACK  WELL,  HE«81iii.  ||ARC1«AY  tat- 
80N8.  Ixmdnn.  ac,  Ac  1  and  by  Urooera  and  Oilmen  mlWraanr. 


BROAVN  ANDPOLSUN'S 

ATE   NT     CORN      FLOUR, 

Pavkria.  «d. 

GUARASTTEKD  PERFECTLY  PURE, 

la  a  liaTkinrite 

%aA  xaiada  wMNNtAL 


LOHD0N,  SATURDAY,  MAY  81,  ISM- 


CO^  TKNTS. —N".  126. 
rgg-^  \  ^P^  f^nmv^OTi  fif  Marv  Ouf^'n  of  ^ots.  411 
.  BI  '        "  '  '    '      '  "       liaJph  Pita- 

'h\i.  Library  — 

ch<  Kxi  — Kpi- 

pbs  on  1-nvi-  lutaph —  Barony 

of  HordKuot  —  ^  Ki, 

■  rrv.  417  —  Avj^'ny- 


QUERIES :- 1- 

nirni- 
—  '1 
do/ 

Ki 

Pet^ '    -    , 


■^'  J^y.  i 

Rati-  I 
cuiiialniiig  I 
hjiracters  — 


AmbroliR  — John  YeomaiiSj  417. 

tc runs  WITH  AitfswiBSfl :—  ApoeaV  ■ 
—  Fortrait  of  KiiiK  John  — Grei 
I*yramt*l  —  Hc'n^hjiir^  "  Gotbi'i  an 

^pli:es: 

Latin  H 
Coffins  a VI 
HoU-Ti 
lock— Ai 

of  Orkney  —  Hi-mmiiig  vt  Wurcuitcr 
Kida"  —  "Haailct"  —  MoitKa  and  Friars — Major  John 
Itiivni  s  —  Wig  —  NetJf  —  "A    Sboful"  —  I>uiniijen;r  — 
I  -  The  Newton  Stone  —  Chess  —  Robert  Dove  — 

)K-Br'll  of  St  Sepulchre's,  4c.. 424. 

\H,iza  uU   Ajii>ukA*  ike 


H  Adhere  nti 
—  Cobham 

;  I  i  |>   of 
Licath 


"  Truiiu^.  aiid  tJrua- 


A  NEW  CHAMPION  OF  MART  QUEEN  OF 
SCOTS. 

Several  important  volumes  have  very  recently 
leen  published  in  France  on  the  Hii^tofy  ofEDg- 
ind  1  they  luiubt  appropriately  be  reviewed  here, 
tut  OS  tbe  abandanee  of  material  prevents  the 
nsertion  in  *'  N.  &  Q,"  of  professed  comptes^ 
VRcfiM  of  foreijjn  works,  I  shall  take  the  liberty 
calling  the  attention  of  tbe  reMdcrs,  under 
ape  of  ti  brief  note,  to  one  of  these  protluc* 

M*  Louie  Wiesener,  lecturer  on  btalory  at  the 
_uycce  Louis  le  Grand,  is  the  author  of  the  octftvo 
I  hftve  in  view,  and  his  Marie  Stuart  et  U  Comtede 
.Moihweil  *  contains  ftn  eloquent  refutation  of  tbe 
IccuBttiionrt  directed  against  the  unfortunate  Queen 
Df  Scotji  b_v  Messrs.  Mignet,  Froude,  and  nth*  r  Wvi- 
rtans.     M.  VViesener  stxirts  from  the  f 
It  Mary  was  the  victim  of  a  plot  «ii  y 

1  carefully  made  by  the  nobility  of  Scuiiunii,  in 
'  to  assume  the  management  of  public  afliiir^, 
i  plot  in  which  the  qnesstion  of  religion  was  more 
,  pretext  than  a  real  subject  (d'  complaint  on  the 
of  the  ringleaders.      Both  well  bad  been  at 
j^time  of  Mary's  return  to  Scotland  admitted  a4 
,  crii  ilie  privy  council ;  Murray  managed, 

I  In  t  bee,  to  bring  about  his  disgrace. 

*  1  Tcd,  9Tpf  Fans  and  London,  HacheiU  &  Co. 


The  marriage  with  Damley,  however,  momen* 
tarily  defeated  the  Regent**  plan  by  irurodut^ing 
in  the  person  of  the  Queen*s  consort  a  rival,  who, 
if  he  had  possessed  any  strength  of  character  and 
tome  honour,  would  have  utterly  put  down  the 
rising  of  the  ambitious  nobles.  In  this  emergency, 
by  a  stroke  of  consummate  policy,  Murray  began 
by  desdfoying  Darnley  through  the  instrumenta- 
lity of  Both  well  ;  he  then  ruined  Both  well  for 
having  helped  to  murder  Darnley ;  and,  Hnally, 
he  contrived  to  make  Mary  share  the  condemna- 
tion with  which  he  visited  hU  own  accomplice. 

M.  Wiesener  has  consulted  with  the  most  scru- 
pulous care  all  the  documents,  both  written  and 
MS.  that  e&ist^  concerning  Mary  Stuart.  His 
critiques  of  other  historians,  particularly  of  M. 
Mignet,  are  often  thoroughly  sound,  and  at  tbe 
same  time  always  characterised  by  fainicss  and 
good  temper.  He  is,  on  the  other  hand,  very 
severe  in  his  appreciation  of  Buchanan,  whom  he 
finds  guilty  of  the  grossest  hypocrisy,  and  wliom 
he  denounces  as  an  infamous  calumniator.  The 
welUkuown  Detection  the  Actio  contra  3/ar/am,  were 
pamphlets  written  at  the  instigation  of  Murray ; 
the  pretended  letters  from  Mary  to  Both  well,  the 
journal  of  the  Regent  himself,  were,  M.Wiesener, 
supposes,  fabrications  unblushingly  made  by  Bu- 
chanan;  and  the  real  nature  of  which  appears 
palpable  enough  to  those  who,  only  anxious  for 
a  knowledge  of  the  truth,  consult  the  authentic 
documents  preserved  on  this  difficult  subject, 

Whatever  may  be  the  opini<m  entertiiined  re- 
specting tbe  guilt  of  Mary  Queen  of  Scots,  we 
should  hail  with  satisfaction  every  fresh  attempt  to 
solve  this  the  long-disputed  problem ;  and  I  think 
that  the  volume  just  described  amply  deserves, 
from  this  point  of  view,  to  be  made  a  itoU  of. 

GosTAvc  Mabsozi. 

Harro  w^on- the- Hill* 


BISHOP  THOMAS  KSOX  OF  THE  I5LE& 

On  the  resignation  of  the  see  of  the  Isles  by 
Bishop  Andrew  Knox,  and  hia  final  removal  to 
thnt  of  Rflphoe,  which  occurred  about  tbe  com- 
mencement of  the  year  1619,  he  was  succeeded  in 
the  Scotish  bishopric  by  his  eldest  son  Thomas, 
who  was  nominated  to  the  see  by^  King  Charles  I. 
in  February ;  and  b  mentioned  in  a  letter,  dated 
March  18,  1619,  from  Edlnburi-h,  addredacd  to 
Sir  John  Campbell  of  Calder,  by  his  factor  there, 
in  the  following  terms  :  — 

•*  Mr,  Thomas  Knox  is  comet  heir  from  court,  h«  ts 
h{9chom  nf  the  Ilia,  and  his  gift  past  throw  the  ^^Me 
alrwJdie;  he  told  me  that  \ns  Majestic  apak  weill  of 
you*" — Book  of  the  Thantx  of  Oawdtrr. 

His  consecration  may,  therefore,  be  placed  in 
or  abijut  that  monih;  bvit  W\i»  Tjjt^tVvaxia. 'tfc^'^'tf^^ft*^ 
ileal  pre{etmcTi\»\W^^T».^\.«^^^«=ft^^J^'^^ 
taming,  mi\4  l\i<i  wiX^  ^^^^'=^  ^'^  ^"^  ''^''^ 


412 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[SM&T.  HATtl,^ 


BI8HOP8  OF  THB  ISLES:   *< SODORBHSIB." *     ST.  XART'S  OHUROH,    BOTHBBJlT*  OASXBDIAL. 


AJX 


D«toor 


FlMeof 


1606 


1619 


1628 


1638 


1662 


1677 


1680 


Andrew  Knox,  D.D. 


Thomas  Knox,  6.D. 


John  Leslie,  D.D.... 


Neil  Campbell 


Robert  Wallace 


Andrew  Wood 


Archibald  Graham 


April  2, 
Jaa.yi. 


Feb.— ^ 
Ja».VI. 


Ang.l7. 
Chas.!. 


Oct  17, 
Chas.!. 


Jan.  — , 
Chas.  II. 


Chas.U. 


Chas.  II. 


1611. 
Feb.  24. 


iMar.— ? 


Sept.—? 


1634. 


May  7. 


1678. 


Leith 


Jokn.  (Spottiswoode^  Abp.  of)  GlseB**^ 
Gamn  (Hamilton,  Bp.  of)  Gdbwy,  ai  \ 
Andrao  (Lamb,  Bp.  of)  Sreckim, 


Edinburgh, 
Abbey  church 
of  Holyrood. 


Janui  (Sharp,  Abp.  of  )  5.  Andrfm\  iti-l 
drew  (Pairford,  Abp.  of)   Gi 
JaiM9  (Hamilton,  Bp.  of)  Gi 


that  period,  consists  in  his  having  been  one  of  the 
hostages  for  his  father  in  September,  1614,  when 
he  was  surprised  by  the  island  chiefs  at  Islay,  and 
only  released  on  certain  conditions,  afterwards 
violated  through  an  act  of  gross  treachery,  io 
November  following.  (Gregory's  Western  hies,) 
He  had  ecclesiastical  preferment  in  the  king- 
dom of  Ireland,  for  we  find :  "Thomas  Knox,  B.D., 
Incumbent  of  the  parish  of  Clondevadocke,  or 

*  Dioce9e, — Isles  of  Bute  and  Arran,  with  most  of  the 
Hebrides,  or  Western  Archipebgo  of  Isles,  f  •*  Sudoreyar,** 
from  mdr,  south,  and  <y,  island,  in  Islandic.) 

Cathedral  Chapter  (re-established  by  Act  of  Scotish  Par- 
liament, in  July,  1617).— 1.  Dean,  the  Parson  of  Sorbie, 
or  Sorabie,  in  Tyree,  who  was  also  Vicar  of  lona,  with 
panshofCrossabill  annexed;  2.  Smb-DeoHf  the  Parson 
of  Rothesay,  in  Bute;  3,  4,  5,  6.  Parsons  of  four  other 
parish  churches  in  the  diocese;  at  the  same  time  the 
Frinry  of  ArdehaUem  and  Abbey  of  Icolmkitt,  or  lona 
C*By,")  were  annexed  to  the  Bishopric,  and  an  Arel^ 
obvra  sppun  io  liava  been  Iq^tuted  on  a<^t.  %^  V(J^^ 


Fanvet"  —  a  rectory  in  his  father's  diocese  of 
Kaphoe — in  the  year  1622  ;  and  as  he  was  neecf 
sarily  nonresident,  he  employed  a  curate,  Robert 
Whyte,  M.A. ;  and  paid  him  \0L  annually,  Ibr 
serving  that  benefice  during  his  own  abaenoi. 
{Ulster  Visitation  Book.) 

Bishop  Knox's  death  b  placed  by  Keith  (5M- 
tish  Bishops)  in  the  year  1626 ;  but  it  may  be 
more  probably  referred  to  1628,  as  his  auccesor 
in  the  see  of  the  Isles,  Dr.  John  Leslie,  was 
nominated  on  August  17  in  the  latter  year.  Aai 
it  is  unlikely  that  the  bishopric  would  hare' beta 
allowed  to  remain  so  long  vacant.  These  dates 
are,  however,  merely  conjectural ;  and,  whoi  Mr. 
Cosmo  Innes  remarks,  that  **  the  succeision  of  tka 
bishops  of  that  see  {The  Isles)  is  confused  mi 
uncertain  throughout,  but  about  the  Refonsa* 
tion,  it  becomes  inexplicable ;  **  and  aa  abo^  ie 
the  seventeenth  century,  even  the  poai*BcibnBi- 
\  vVffL  «^)kfi)^Je8«vv^  ^<Ck>osraft!^  dK£«Q^x«^  it  can  hu^ 


.V.  Mat  81, 'ft*.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


FOO^DSD  A.D.  320,  ASD    tJVTtEtt  TO  KAX  TILL  cirm   1409. 


mtc  And  Place  cf 
Dtath. 


^  1633.  Mtr.  17 
Hamall«n 
CAttle? 


1G28, 


j  ISri.  Sept.  — , 
IfiMUglian. 


16—.  ? 


1C76.  Mav  16, 
Kk>Lhaav. 


1605,  ^^? 
Duo  bar. 


170^  ? 


73 


100 


tpteeo- 


n 


10 


44 


H 


16 


PnfvUnu  EtelMlMtie*!  BUti«a%lN^ 


A.M.  of  GUigow  Univ«r8ityt  1579  j  Ptnon  of  Loch- 
win  nocb  and  Paisle^r,  dioc  of  Glugow,  and  co.  Ren- 
frew. Ti'AXitlfttod  to  §06  of  Baphoe  in  Ireland,  June 
26,  161I«  and  Sept.  2%  1619.    Pr.  Coun.  of  iTeUnd. 

Hector  of  Clondevaddock,  dloc  of  Raphoe,  a  aon  of  pre- 
yioiu  Biahop,  and  Bachelor  of  Dirinity. 


A.1L  of  Aberdeen,  and  D.D.  of  Oxford,  1628,  Was 
Rector  of  St  Marti n-Je-Vintry^  London,  162-  to 
Sept  1628.  Tranilated  to  sec  of  Raphoe,  in  Ireland, 
April  8,  and  June  1,  1633,  and  to  that  of  Clogher 
June  17  and  27,  1661.  Pr.  Councillor  of  Ireland  and 
Dean  of  Raphoe  in  com.  June  9  to  autiunnt  1661. 

Parson  of  KJlmichael^  in  deanery  of  Glaasory,  diocnad 
ca  of  Argyll ;  son  of  Bishop  NieU  C.  of  Argyll  De- 
posed by  Gen.  Ass.  at  Glasgow  Dec.  11, 1688,  Period 
of  deain  uoknowo. 

Parson  of  BamwelU  in  dioc.  of  Glasgow,  and  co.  of  Ayr, 
Interred  in  St  Mary's  Chnrch,  Rothesay,  his  Cathe- 
dral (Bv  Home  authorities  his  death  is  placed  in 
1609  and '1671.  J 

Parson  succeAsireiy  of  Spott,  in  East  Lothian,  and  of 
Dunbar,  in  co.  of  Hjiddington,  both  in  dioc  of  Edin- 
burgh, which  lost  he  held  in  common  with  the  see 
by  royal  diapensation  of  June  2,  1677,  Transl/itcd 
to  see  of  Caithness  in  16fiO.  Deprived  Julv  19,  1€89. 
("And.Soderen.'*) 

Parson  of  Kotbesay,  in  island  and  co.  of  Bnte^  and 
dioc.  of  The  laleji,  and  e^-ojicio  Sub-Dean  of  The 
Isles.  Deprived  July  19,  1689.  Living  in  April, 
1702 ;  btU  exact  date  of  death  oDrecorded. 


AnllioHli«*,ae. 


Keith,  Ware,  Cottoo, 
Gregofy,  Reeve. 


Keith,  Cotton,  Liwioti, 
&c. 


Ware,  Cotton,  Keith, 
Lawtfoo,  Reeve. 


Keith,  Grabf  Lawsont 
3cc. 


Keith,  Grub,  Lawion, 
&c. 


Keith,  Grub,  Lawsun, 


Keithf  GnU),  Lawson, 
&c. 


le  expected  that  a  tyro  like  myself  can  succeed 
n  the  almost  hopeless  tiLsk  of  attempting  to  re- 
mcile  the  chronological  difficulties,  nnd  nearly 
supcrable  obstacles,  which  oppose  the  compila- 
on  of  a  correct  Catalogue  of  the  Biabops  of  the 
lies.  However,  I  append  (from  my  Mb.  **  Fasti 
iccl.  Seotic  ")  a  brief  tabular  view  of  the  last 
even  prelates  who  occupied  this  ancient  see, 
letvreen  the  years  1606  and  1702,  which  may 
perhaps  be  deemed  worthy  of  insertion.  Wit.li 
,ee  to  this  bishop*s  connection  with  the 
of  hia  diocese — politically,  for  of  his  ce- 
real government  unfortunately  nothing  is 
irded^ — it  may  be  mentioned  that,  in  1622^  the 
thiefs  having  made  their  usual  annual  appearance 
efore  the  Privy  Council  of  Scotland  at  Edin- 
urgh,  several  acts  of  importance  relatitig  to  the 
were  passed.  By  the  first  of  the&e,  they  were 
d  to  build  and  repair  their  parish  churches 
>e  saltsfaclion  of  the  Bishop  o£  the  Jslea  ^  and 


they  promised  to  meet  the  bishop  at  Icolmklll, 
whenever  he  should  appoint,  to  make  the  tieces- 
sary  arrangements  in  this  matter.  The  bishop  at 
thia  time  promised  to  appoint  a  qualified  Com- 
missary for  the  IsIeSt  compbiints  having  been 
made  on  that  head.  {Rcc,  Pnctj  CoimcU^  July, 
1622.) 

I'he  above  ia  from  Gregory*s  valuable  Hiitory 
of  the  We*lem  Highlands  and  Zffc*  of  Scotland, 
and  he  appears  to  have  considered  the  bishop  to 
have  been  Andrew  Knox;  but  it  must  have  oc- 
curred during  the  episcopate  of  his  son  and  suc- 
cessor, as  the  former  was  undoubtedly  then  in 
Ireland.  The  family  of  Knox  of  Prehen,  near 
Derry,  was  descended  from  these  bishops;  and, 
probably  also,  that  of  Kappa  Caatle,  in  the  county 
of  Mayo,  which  still  exists. 

Arms.  Gil.,  a  falcon  volant^  or^  vi\iVvcv  -wsvKstV.^ 

I  I7a.) 


K.%-fe^ 


i 


414 


NOTES  AND  QTJERIES. 


[r^&v.  iiat9i«u 


RALPH  FITZ-HUBERT. 

Dugdale,  at  p.  ^10  of  the  drst  voL  of  hb  Ba* 
ronage^  nUtes:  — 

**  This  Rspbe  FJtz-Habert  adtiericg  to  Kin|E  St^pb^o 
in  bf»  wan  aguiiut  Muude  the  Empress,  witft  « fierct  man. 
And  a  gr«Al  plunderer  (MiitU.  West  an.  U40) ;  and  baT- 
xn^  surprised  the  Castle  of  Devizes  ^  .  .  *  .  was  at 
ItDL'th  lakea  prisontsr^  and  because  he  refused  to  deliver 
op  Devices  to  the  Empress,  baog«d  as  a  thidf," 

Banks,  at  p.  83  of  vol.  i,  of  hia  Extinct  and 
Dormant  Baronages j  copies  tbla  statement  Sir 
F,  Madden^  in  his  Frochcvilk*  pedij^ree  (pp.  1  et 
uq,  of  vol.  iv.  of  the  Collect,  Topogr,  et  Oeneaiy^ 
aUo  adopts  it. 

A  HttJe  examination  of  this  point  will,  I  think, 
clear  the  stain  of  the  crLmes  attributed  to  him  from 
his  name. 

In  the  first  place,  it  seems  tolerably  certain  that 
the  malefactor's  nnme  was  not  Kalph,  but  Robert 
Fitz- Hubert.  Wiiliam  of  Malmesbury  so  styles 
him  in  the  two  places  where  he  mentions  him  ; 
and  the  auihor  of  the  Oetta  Stephuni  also  in  several 
"nlaccM  calls  him  Robert. 

Secondly,  that  whilst  Ralph  Fitz-Hubert  if  as 
of  nndnubt^Hl  Norman  ancestry,  at  p.  66  of  the 
GeJtla  Stfphani  (published  by  the  En£j.  Hist.  So- 
ciety), it  is  stated  that  Robert  Fitg.Rsdph  was  of 
Flemish  extraction,  and  a  atipendhiry  of  Count 
Hobert :  — 

**  Prop©  hoc  tempus  Robertas  fiUtts  Huberti,  vir  mtrt 
FlandrmMu^  atiimo  et  acta  friuduleolus,  qaf,  utile  £vsn- 
gelico  judice  dicitnr,  nee  Deum  nee  bominea  rererebatur* 
ex  Robert!  comiLt«  militia  furtiv^  proficlsceos,  erat  enim 
iiliuM  ttipendiariut,**  Sf'c. 

As  Ralph  Fitz- Hubert,  temp.  Domesday,  held 
thirty-nine  manors  in  Derbyshire,  as  well  as  lands 
III  capile  in  Leicester,  Stafford,  Notts,  and  Lin- 
coln, and  was  at  the  same  time  Governor  of  Not- 
tingham, it  is  hardly  probable  he  ever  served  oa 
"  atipendiarius*'  to  any  one  but  William  the  Con- 
queror. 

Thirdly,  Ralnh  Fitz*Hubert  was  the  eldest  son 
of  Hubert  de  Rye,  who,  in  1044,  saved  the  life  of 
Wilbam  Duke  of  Normandy,  as  he  was  %ing 
from  Bayeux  to  Falaise  pursued  by  conspirators. 
As  three  of  Hubert  de  Rye*i  sons  were  then  old 
enough  to  escort  William  across  country  from 
Rye  to  Falaise  (Ro5Ci>e*s  Life  of  William  the  Con- 
owror^  p»  51 ;  Chron.  de  Nnrmandi^^  Notto,  Hist.^ 
M,  de  Bros,  Walsin^ham,  kc.),  Ralph,  the  eldest, 
must  have  been  aged  at  least  Iwenty-four^  which 
would  give  the  date  of  his  birth  as  1020— «  hun- 
dr§d  and  twenty  years  before  the  time  when  he  la 
pretmned  to  have  committed  the  atrooi ties  justly 
dcnsured  by  Matthew  of  Westminster. 

If  any  further  proof  of  his  innoc«iiee  were 
ll«oestary,  it  would  be  that  his  son  Ralph  auc* 
oeeded  to  his  estntea  in  ib«  reijfu  of  Heury  I.,  and 
that  lh«  events  above  referred  to  did  iiot  lake 
phcB  till  thjtt  of  Stepiieii.  WiiAU  Rim. 


DOCTOR  SLOP. 

In  Mr.  Fitxgerald's  re^^ently  publtihod  JJtt 

Sterne  it  is  iitated,  that  Dr.  Burton  of  Yorfci 
generally  supposed  to  be  the  original  of  Dr. 
and  certain  paliticol  reasons  are      '  '       '  «h'r 
caused  Dr.  Burton  to  become  «^»  'o  ik 

witty  3.itire  of  the  author  of  Trtv^rn  Siumfy, 
In  auch  a  case,  one  would  not  expect  a  ntirift  n 
be  very  discriminating;  in  his  attacks;  botfoOjv 
poor  Dr.  Burton  seems  to  have  been  treatsd  M 
sintrular  unfairness  :  for,  so  far  from  befOj^  a  Slid 
advocate  for  the  use  of  instramenta  in  midm^m, 
one  of  the  charges  he  brin^  agsunst  Dr«  Sn^* 
the  most  celebrated  accouobeur  of  tbil  •! 
his  too  great  fondness  for  using-  iiistrtiiiiefiti 
the  eflbrls  of  Nature  were  adequate  to 
livery;  and,  at  p.  xi.  of  Dr.  Burton'f 
Contents,  prefixed  to  his  Letter  to  William 
M,D..,  eight  references  are  given  to  paasagctj 
ing  **that  Smellie  uses  instruments,  when  dd 
may  be  safely  performed  without,"  It  »• 
that,  in  Dr,  Burton's  own  work  (An  £um^ 
1751,  Postijcript),  figures  are  given  of  the  i*rt 
forceps;  but  it  was  no  newly*invent 
ment,  merely  a  modification  invented 
Ihor  as  being  safer  and  better  than  tii^  it^ 
then  in  use  by  all  practitioners  ofmidwififfy. 

The  Letter  to  Dr.  SfneUie  (1753)  is  afitfOH 
of  250  pages,  and  consists  of  a  thoroagk  4k» 
tion  of  Dr.  Smellie's  celebrated   work*    JMii 
was  evidently  a  good  Greek  and  Latin  fdWfl 
and  had  retid  the  original  works  of  the  mi 
brated  obstetric  writers ;  whereas,  he  pi 
Smellie,  while  making  a  great  parade  of  k 
had  really  got  all  his  knowledge  of  tbese 
at  second  hand.     Among  other  criticiataa, 
nnmcrcifiiUv  ridicules  Smellie  for  what  w 
tainly  an  absurd  blunder.     He   bad  foumdi  Ift^ 
compendium  published  by  Spachjua   In  t 
cngravinir  with  this  title^  **  Lithopiedij 
Icon.''     It  is  the  fi^re  of  a  so-called 
child,"  taken  from  its  mother ;  and  So 
underatanding  the  inscription,  forthwitli 
*^  Lithopsedus   Senoncntii*'   among   lit» 
authoritiea ! 

Sterne  must   have  read  iht^  work  of  Si 
("Adriaous  8melvogt.**  1i-  --i*     *"'-^     •-- 
copied  into  the  teat  of  Tr 

cTous  mistake.     I  have  ic  

TriMtram  published  in  th<-  uc  ; 

therefore,  do  not  know  ^^  .     -t-noU 

chap,  xlW*  (vol.  i.)  was  added  by  £;>ieni#  luoipeil 
If  it  were,  it  is  evident  that  he  lirtd   sl^o  hr^s- 
reading  Burton's  Letter,  SiX, ;   for  s 
take  is  corrtfCted  iu  the  ©rry  fmrdg  l-    . 
with  fcomo  mis-spelling,  aad  a  wrongly  co{^Mz«i 


\  vuV  V  vl  TrbitJOWi  EWit4||. 


S>«&T.  lfAr91,<«4.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


5mnfiIo'a  7V*/7^  .^  ^n  ^^  neoftf  and  Practice  of 

I  in  1752;  Burton's  Lei' 

:„        „  :         _.  _ir»D„  in  1753;  and  tha 

ft  volume  of  Trutram  Shandy  in  1 75 D. 

Ab   un  **  iLlastration   of  Sterne,**   I  may  here 

lote  nn  inatuncc  in  which,  bavinrr  got  bold  of  a 

J  fact,  he  has  giyen  it  a  ludicrous  turn  by  means 

a  new  simile.     Smellie  had  said  CTrtaiite^  &'€., 

90)  :  — 

"  And  in  Jill  luborioaa  cmm,  the  r«rtf^x  comes  (towni 
A  is  Unethetiwi  in  form  of  a  lugar-lotiG  nine-aml'/ort^ 

My  father.**  »*y«  TH^tnim  fro!,  i.  chap,  xliv.),  "who 

Ipped  iruo  aM  kimin  -f  ^n  looking  into  IMho' 

StmomntU  tie  P'l  ,  published  by  Adria- 

t,  haJ  fom,.,  ..,.,    ,..*{,  ...  it  so  happened 

\tancfi  (*ut  of  60^  th€  «aid  beati  waa  com- 

moulded  into  the  sh.npe  of  an  obtong  conical 

fh,  socb  Bf  a  pastrycook  generaUy  roll«  up  in 

mtk«  a  pya  of," 

K  Fttzjrerdd  says,  that  Dr.  Burton  **  wont  to 
f n-d,  but  took  a  dep^rec  at  a  forei^rn  university.** 
this  the  case  ?  On  the  title*pan:e  of  bis  Trea* 
f  nn  the  Non-NoiitraU,  he  %ure3  ftf  "  M,  B« 
ntab.  and  M.D.  Hhem;'  And  in  the  preface 
the  same  work,  he  says  :  — 

I  hfivo  not  wholly  miseraployed  the  time  apoat  by 
tt  LeyJen  and  at  Camhridge." 

[Tho  f*)I lowing  works,  by  Burton,  arts  now  bc« 

i  me :  *— 
1.  '*  A  Treatise  on  the  Non-Naturola,  in   which  th<j 

at  Influence  they  have  on  Ha  man  Hod'ufn  i»  jot  forth. 

I  mectmnically  account«pd  for,  &c.    By  John  Burton, 
LB.  Caniab,  and  MD.  Bheuu    York,  1738.    Svo." 

I  This  la  not,  »s  Mr,  Fitagerahl  caUs  It  (p,  273)^ 
m  singular  luolMpbysical  work/'  but  Is  wholly 
bj»iologi<jal  in  iiM  dmracter  — deaciibing  the  ef- 

&ta  on  the  human  body  of  whnt  in  tboio  day» 

--I  called  the  *'  Non-Katurals," 

*An  Eway  towJl^la  a  complete  Ne«*  8y«t«m  of 
Itdwifry  [«ie],  Tbooretical  and  Prtelical,  Ac,  Ac,  Uy 
^n  Bnrton.  M  D.     London,  1751,    avo.'* 

J  Mr,   Fitzgendd    states    that    thii    Yolum<!    is 

llishered  in  by  complimentary  letters  from  variouji 

Vrned  societies/*     This  is  a  mistake;  there  ii  not 

^e  nuch  letter.     The  volume  begins  with  a  dedi* 

'ition— "  To  the  President  and  Alemheri  of  thi* 

Dy al   Society  at  London,  and  of  the   Medical 

eiety  of  Edinburgh:"  and   the  writer  «tatej(, 

hi  ♦•sotne  of  the  improvements  and  new  di^* 

bveries  in  the  practice  of  midwifery,  therein  men* 

^nedt  have  already  been  laid  before  your  respec* 

ire  Societies,"     The  paiiage  next  miotM  by  Mr. 

fitzjrerald  (p,  2(59),  beginning — *'But  ff^r  1i 

nple'* — ifl  from  ihe  preface  to  the  K/iga^ ;  , 

t'      ^     '        ^    'i*t  work  (p.  231),  Mr  Fit/.- 

J  is  taken  :  "  Aa  1  have  always 

ate  "  &c. 

[  a  "  Utu.  !!,>,  M.D,  J  c<mtalalag  Oft- 

and  Ptkcti^i  ucnuiiiLa  apoo  hjf  Treadif  on  Che 


Theory  and  Ppietlce  of  Midwiferr.    By  John  Burtoo, 
M.D.     London,  1763.    8vo," 

It  is  at  page  21  of  this  letter,  that  Burton  ex* 
poses  Smellie  s  ludicrous  inUtake   about   L\tho^ 


Tms  Seraglio  LinaAar. — It  is  to  be  re|;retted 

that  no  learned  European  has  been  able  to  oVuain 
admission  to  the  librtiry  of  the  seraglio  fit  ('on- 
Btantinople,  By  the  aid  of  a  firm  an  and  buck* 
ehish^  I  found  no  difficulty,  with  other  Knylrsh 
traveller*,  in  i-nterrnir  the  prcoinctj*  of  the  pubce, 
through  the  gxtewny  calle«l  tluj  Subliint»  Porte, 
and  visiting  therein  the  convent  of  Stn  Irene,  now 
the    Sultairs    arm-  ''      uiiiJL*sty*s    bnth,  the 

room  containing  !i  ,  from  the  purtrrtits 

on    which  Prince   iiMUMinr     *' -     ^  ♦   •?    d 

the  illustrations    for  hi*   fjr^  « 

Empire.     I  am  certain  that  u *. v  „   ^.,  .  ;  j 

oppo8<?il  to  the  exploration*  uf  any    lair    Mftvuntf 

possessed  ff  "ulTirirot  coUra;r«?  lo  lf>    I  •      •   r>il     r  ffi- 

aj^e  to  8<  I  ibo  ifiirpo9«  <> 

literary  Ir  u  tlu*  library.      !  ri 

contain,  amonp  other  prcrinui  worki,  one  hiindriHl 
and  twenty  of  Constant ifH**!  MSH.  in  frdin,  the 
ori^final  ujospel  of  %U   >  %  the 

lost  dccauK  of  Livy,  and,  Mtina 

Las<!aris,  the.  miwsjnjj  hooka  ul  Ui'  Ins. 

**  Abh.iln  r«w|«rln!   pft>f(tr#d  a  ci>py  <m  '♦*<"»  *if 

tho  ^'  .  svhich  wiii  tiiik»n  id  i"  • 

pa^*^  It   linn  ulrtiUAt   mnritny.  i 

with  hli  treatiw  IMh  l^U 

tkncnt  t.  li.  pv  if '6, 

**  Da  la  Vttlla,  who  vlfflt^d  nofiifandaopta  two  centifHai 
aijo,  rfnifirk^  that  eh**  '  '  '         ttm  ihsii  laid  Ce 

Uf  in  the  librurv.     '1 '  ^  Flortnoa  r>ff«rti| 

Lmt*  tiUitrvt  (it}  Ihn  M  rtf  V«alx'»  dtNihkit 

the  omri  but  ii  could  not  im  itrmtiL'-^  Vtaffffi,  p.  241  r\  4to. 

Aactruiaiior  Joita  aatd  Biauor  Jaitaa  Hftn* 

Tiswoot*.  —  TIh'  f*M'<w\ii'/  «^t»r«j'^T  fr^Mi  tl,..  i,.t*Mf 
tiaernenf  i 

Metnonu 

SpnitfJIUUiad,     Jit^huft   iij   '  ;. 

(4 to,  K^Hn burgh,  \H\\),  .  (' 

•ervation  x  — 

nf  who««  I  I  1 

*»on  of  >!•  ' 


th«  r 


tunas.     At   th' 
dlfftLfiguljh«<d  fi  > 
both   aflefwufd^    ij'/  . 

faiieit  to  \x\^\\  mVvt. 


416 


NOTES  AKD  QUERIES. 


i;s»-a  v,mais 


dote  of  life,  the  one  from  Scotland  and  the  otber  from 
Irelandf  to  seek  refage  in  London,  and  were  boiied  lide 
by  sidu  in  Westmintter  Abb«jJ' 

Abeiba.. 

Epitaphs  oti  Does.  —  I  wish  to  preserve  the 
memory  of  three  of  my  dogg  in  a  more  endtiring^ 
taanner  tbim  by  the  marble  ^Ubs  on  which  their 
epitaphs  are  engra?ed  :  — 

MOCO. 

Hoc  in  Joco 
Jttcot  Moco ; 

Fruatra  voco 

MocOf  Moco! 

UMA. 

*E  plariboi  Una. 

apcT. 
Tachfl  sans  tache- 

Q  D. 

Doa. — In  bis  jermon^  Myitical  Bedlain^  Tbomaa 
Adam9  speaks  of  "  a  practical  frenzy  ?  a  roving, 
wandering,  vagraot,  extravagant  course,  which 
knows  not  which  way  to  fly  nor  where  to  liglit, 
except  like  a  dor  in  dungbilL"  Of  dor^  the  editor 
of  Nichora  edition  of  the  works  of  Puritan  divines, 
says  that  he  supposes  it  is  a  dormome.  Had  he 
coQStilted  Bailey,  he  would  not  have  further  con- 
fused the  preacber^s  imagery  by  tiirninp:  a.n  insect 
into  quadruped,  as  we  are  told  that  Dor  Is  a  drone 
bee*  St,  Swituin. 

ExTBAOHDiwAiiT  EpiTAPH. — The  following^  epi- 
taph is  still  to  be  seen  in  the  graveyard  of  the 
Covenanting  Meeting  House  at  Bailie's  Mill|  in 
the  pariiib  of  Drumbe^,  county  of  Down.  It  may 
tend  to  show  the  feeling  rcspectinj^  the  Solemn 
League  and  Covenant  which  still  lingers  in  some 
parts  of  the  north  of  Ireland :  — 

**  Uad«meath  lies  the  body  of  William  Graham,  of 
Creevy,  who  died  in  Febr,  1828,  in  tbe  ^S'"^  year  of  hid 
aga. 

**  The  foIlowiDg^  senteDces,  written  by  bimseirt  are  In- 
scribed at  his  own  reqaett: — 

"  First.  I  leave  my  testimony  sgainat  all  tbc  errors  of 
Popery  which  cousiitute  the  Man  of  Sin  and  Son  of  Per- 
dition. Whom  my  Lord  sboll  destroy  by  the  bright&esa 
of  his  coming. 

♦*  Secondly.  Againit  Prelacy  now  set  on  the  throne  of 
Briitain,  which  aball  shortly  full  like  Dagon  by  the  sword 
of  mm  who  sits  on  the  white  horse.  For  this  end,  Oh 
thou  Mighty  God,  gird  thv  sword  upon  thy  thigh,  and 
thy  right-hand  shall  tench  Thee  terrible  things. 

"  Thirdly.  I  testify  against  all  who  deal  fulsely  in  the 
eaase  of  Christ;  all  who  own  the  Covenant  Naiiooal  and 
Solemn  League,  and  yet  eware  altegiaacs  to  the  support 
of  Prelacy^  Ob  Lord*  take  to  Thee  and  rule  the  Nations, 
and  destroy  these  two  grest  Idols,  Popery  and  Prelacy, 
with  that  rod  of  Iron  Thoa  hast  received  from  Tliy 
Father. 

**  Lastly*  I  tcstifj^  against  all  opposers  of  Ihe  Coven* 
anted  cause,  atl  whu  huve  departed  from  HefLtrmation, 
and  I  die  giving  my  full  approhation  of  that  i-«u»i',  for 
which  the  Al«rtyrt  sutfcrad,  and  which  tbcy  scalvd  with 
their  blood. 

"  Arise,  Oh  Lord,  and  plead  thy  own  causa.** 


Banoirr  of  MonDAtutT.  —  I  bave  laM« 
different  times  with  more  than  one  pnsil 
in  high  life  — that  clnimed  to  be  eolitUsd 
ancient  Barony  of  Mordaunt.  Xh<  lail 
that  bore  the  title  was  tbe  late  Duke  cifG«a 
whom  the  rirrht  descended  from  the  dta| 
Charles,  third  Earl  of  Peter  boroii|ib.  Anyc 
that  now  appears  must  evidentlj  lniT«  I 
his  descent  from  some  more  remote  i^ 
John,  the  first  Earl  of  Peterboro<ugh^  wW 
1642,  had  two  sons—  1.  Henry,  seooQii.l 
John,  created  Viscount  Morda 
whose  eldest  son  Charles  became  i 
his  uncle)  third  Earl  of  Feterfc 
dautrhter,  Elizabeth,  who  married 
Lord  Howard  of  Escrick. 

John,   Viscount   Mordaunt,    bad, 
eldest  son  Charles,  three  sons  and  foti 
The  male  line  is  extinct,  but  If  tbe 
descendants  through  females^  I  conceifc  i 
barony  must  now  be  vested  in  tbem. 

In  default  of  descendants  from  John  ^ 
Mordaunt,  we  must  turn  next  to   bis 
married  the   second   Lord   Uofr«rd 
Here^  toOf  the  male  line  has  becon 
the  person  of  Charles,  fourth  Lord 
died  in  1714. 

It  thus  appears  that  any  claimant] 
from  John^  first  Earl  of  Peterborough 
their  descent  through  females*     Suf 
to  be  none  such,  we  must  carry  ou 
feneration  bi^her  up,  and^  ascend   fru 
Earl  of  Peterborough  to  his  father  Ha 
Lord  Mordaunt,  who  died  in    1608. 
or  daughters  he  may  have  bad  I  knon 
ts  clear  that  any  claimants  of  tbe  naq 
daunt  must  trace  their  descent  either  f 
from  one  of  his  three  predecessors  in 
I  believe  tbat  the  ancestor  of  tbe  pr 
Sir  Charles  Mordaunt,  was  onlj 
lated  to  the  first  baron. 


's  tn  uieT 


SHAHSPEAaE's    PoBTBAlTf. It    is    C«f4 

With  most  critics  and  good  judges  to  r^ 
portraits  of  Shak^peare  which  do  not  repc 
as  bald,  and  as  he  appears  in  DroeshotuT' 
tbe  plea  that  if  he  were  bald  when  ooi^ 
a  young  man,  it  is  not  likely  be  woi^ 
thick  head  of  ba*r  in  later   hfc.     A  ' 
Granger*s  Hist,  of  Eft^land^  quoted j 
ner  (a  cotemporary  writer),  seeni 
smooth  the  difficulty.    It  slates  **  tfe 
in  the  reign  of  Elizabeth,  cut  the  bair  < 
middle  of  the  head^  but  KulTej'ed   it 
either  side,"     Might  not  Shakspear^ 
lowed  the  Elisabethan  fashion  as  loQCJI 
and  afterwards,  as  he  lived  during i 
of  the  reign  tf  Jiiuu^n  1  ,  htrc  5\«infiii 
hair  subse  i 


V.  Mat 


NOTES  AKD  QUERIES. 


417 


rftits  of  Shakspenre  bATing  n  full  bead  of  hcdr, 
►present  a  mucli  older  nimn  than  those  which*  for 
le  sake  of  distinction,  may  l>e  denoroinated  the 
bald  portrnits;'*  thus  bolh  tnny  be  genuiae 
lotigb  not  alikew  Fektomia. 


^uniti. 


LETTER  TO  THE  KNIGHT  OF  KERRY. 

The  Knight  of  Kerrjr  presents  Lis  <*ompnments 
the  Editor  of  "  N.  «r  Q,,"  and  would  feel  much 
ibliged  if  he  or  any  of  his  correspondents  would 
elp  him  to  discover  the  writer  of  the  letter,  of 
^bich  he  begs  to  enclose  a  copy.  This  letter  was 
addressed  to  his  father,  the  late  *'  Riofht  Hon,  M. 
Fitzgerald,  Knight  of  Kerry/'  Feb.  20,  1812,  and 
ras  endorsed  by  him  "  A-  T.**  or  *'  A.  I.*'  It  im- 
lediately  fullowed  one  of  the  previous  day  from 
ord  Moira  (afterwards  Marquis  of  Hastings)  on 
e  same  subjecL  The  points  established  as  to 
B  person  whose  name  I  seeJc,  are  these.  His 
;tial3  are  either  **  A.  T/*  or  "  A.  V*  (more  like 
;  former).  He  must  have  been  an  intimate  of 
e  Prince  Rejjent,  or  of  those  immediately  about 
in,  a  personal  friend  of  Lord  Motra  h,  a  strong 
Thig,  and  a  strenuous  advocate  of  the  R.  C. 
lestion.  These  indications,  imperfect  as  they 
c,  may  possibly  enable  some  of  the  survivors  of 
At  period  to  identify  the  writer. 
Bt  Lwostcr  Street,  Dubtio. 

"London,  20  Feb,  1812. 
"My  dear  Sir,-- 
**  Before  this  reaches  you,  you  will  have  beard 
at  the  game  is  up !  I  saw  a  copy  of  the  letter 
Idressed  to  you  yesterday.*  I  like  erery  part  of 
but  that  which  includes  the  word  *  sincere ;  * 
Tn  any  other  person  it  would  convey  an  insult — 
m  him,  much  as  he  is  mortified,  disappointed, 
d  his  feelings  lacerated  by  such  conduct  as 
has  witnessed,  yet  he  Mievrs  the  expreuion. 
ou  will  have  difficulty  in  making  others  think 
ith  him  on  that  point*  The  noble  part  the 
Hter  of  the  letter  to  you  has  taken — the  honest, 
\  friendly,  the  disinterested  part  he  has  acted — 
the  theme  of  everybody's  conversation ;  it  has 
I,  however,  failed  in  making  any  impression  in 
e  quarter  f  where  so  much  was  expected.  The 
1st  gloomy  prospect  opens  itself  in  every  point 
view.  God  send  you  may  continue  quiet  on 
mr  side  of  the  water.  Everything  here  is  dis- 
Bting,  and  nothing  arising  from  weak  heads  and 
rse  hearts  is  likely  to  be  wantinor  to  fill  up  the 
lasure.  The  conduct  of  the  real  friends  of  the 
tistitution  is  firm^  united^  and  hitherto  without  a 
igle  instance  of  desertion ;  and  we  may  still  be 
II owed  to  hoj^ic  that  such  a  union  of  talents  and 
lue  will  bucceed  in  their  well-meant  endeavours 
save  the  oountry  from  utter  destruction.     I  had 


a  long  conversation  with  the  writer  of  the  letter 
this  morning ;  I  wi«h  the  substance  of  it  could  be 
safely  conveyed.  You  were  spoken  of  flatter- 
ingly. I  suppose  you  will  soon  be  called  on  to 
attend  your  Farllamentary  duty, 

*'  Believe  me,  Dear  Sir^ 

"  Yours  sincerely 

**  TtnTR§I>4T, 

"  Rt,  Hon.  Maurice  Fitz  Gerald, 
"*  Knight  of  Kerry/' 


By  Lard  Moira, 


f  The  Prince  RegMU 


AjronTMOvs, — ^Can  you  inform  me  who  is  the 
author  of — 

"The  Revelation  of  Ji  John  c<in*W«rtd  as  iUadi»g  la 
certain  acrvicwofthe  Jewiah  Tempte ;  aecArdinf?  to  which 
the  viaiooa  are  stated,  as  well  in  rcsMct  to  tb«  ohiocts 
r^preacnted,  ss  to  the  order  io  which  itiey  appeared  **  ? 

The  Dedication  is  "  To  the  Right  Hon.  Lady 

/'  and  is  signed  ♦*  J**"  M D/*      London, 

1787,  NawuvoTONaifsts. 

Bassets  or  Nobth  Moaroir.  —  I  ahouid  fed 
obliged  if  anyone  can  inform  me  whether  th« 
monuments  in  North  Morton  church,  in  Berk* 
shire,  of  the  Stapilton  family  arc  in  existence. 

The  Bassets  were  formerly  lonla  of  the  aoiL 
Jordan  Basset^  living  lat  of  Rich.  L,  had  threo 
sons — L  Miles,  2.  Jordan,  3.  Henry.  Mileif,  the 
eldest  son,  living  36th  of  Henry  IIL,  the  4Hih  cif 
Henry  lU,,  was  Lord  of  North  Morton,  Berks, 
and  Hathalsey,  co.  York.  His  dau^hr^r  anrl  heir 
married  Nicholas  Stapleton,  living  in  the  J2nd  of 
Henry  HL  died  between  the  l8Lli  and  21st  of 
Edw.  L 

Miles  Stapleton,  his  son  and  heir,  ob.  8t]i  of 
Edw.  II.  He  mnrried  Sibel,  daughter  snd  coheir 
of  JohndeBellew,  and  had  two  sons,  Nicholas  nod 
Gilbert.  Nicholases  son  and  heir,  ob,  1 7tli  of  Edw. 
III.  Issue  now  extinct  in  the  male  line.  Gilbert, 
second  son,  Lord  of  North  Morton,  married  Agnct , 
daughter  and  coheir  of  Brian  Fitzalaii^  Lord  of 
Bed  ale,  and  had  issue. 

What  are  the  arms  of  Basset  of  North  Morton? 
If  any  of  the  readers  of  *•  N.  k  Q***  would  send  mo 
the  inscriptions,  arras,  &c.  of  the  Sin  pie  ton  and 
Basset  families  in  the  Stapleton  chantry*  i"  North 
Morton  church,  I  shall  feel  much  indebted, 

JUUA  R.  BoCltBTT. 

Bradaey,  Borghfield,  B«tding. 

Heitbt  Bu»d,  the  king's  receiver  of  Guernsey, 

and  more  than  thirty  years  a  resident  in  that 
island,  made  col  I  eel  ion  a  from  which  was  compiled 
The  Hintory  of  the  hland  of  Ga/TfWfy,  by  Wil- 
liam Berry,  Lond,  4to,  1815,  The  date  of  Mr. 
Budd's  death  will  oblige  S,  Y,  R, 

Calton.  —  Everyone  acquaint-ed  with  Glasgow 
knows  the  district  of  it  that  bears  the  vtasoa.  ^C 
Cation,    Thei^  \%  \tx  ^^\\v\\>>«^  w.  ^Lwjk'^i  ^'^ 


418 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[tiiRT.IUTmul 


its  name.  What  is  the  etymology  of  this  word  ? 
We  find  many  MiltonM^  that  is,  Milt-townt ;  but 
wliat  is  the  origin  of  Calton  #^  BizA, 

Tbb  Life  and  Virtue*  or  Dof  a  Luisa  die 
Carvajai.  t  MfiNDOZA,  —  I  am  very  anxious  to 
obtain  the  loon  of  the  fallowing  valuable  work 
in  Spanish ;  if  you  or  anj  of  your  readers  could 
inform  me  ivhere  this  volume  could  be  borrowed 
for  a  few  weeks,  I  should  bo  extremely  obliged. 
This  13  the  title  :  — 

**  Vidfl  y  Virtadea  do  la  Venerable  Virgen,  Dona  LaisA 
de  Cftfvajal  y  McndozA;  sn  JomadA  £  Inp;laterra  y  Sue- 

lAos  eti  aquet  Rcyno."    For  el  Licendado  Luia  liuSoz. 

adrid,  IGXir 
_  Sou  they,  in  his  Letters  written  during  a  Journey 
in  Spaifiy  and  a  Short  Residence  in  Portugal  (vol. 
i.  p.  259,  ed»  London,  1808),  gives  a  very  interest- 
ing epit<)mc  of  the  work.  It  is  now  exceedingly 
»cnrce  ev<?n  in  Spain.  A  gentleman  wishes  to 
translate  it  into  English.  J.  Daxton. 

St.  JoUn**,  Kofwtch. 

The  Cuckoo  Sokq.  —  Are  the  two  notes  of  the 
cuckoo  always  of  the  «ame  pitch  ?  I  heard  them, 
for  the  first  time  this  year,  on  the  I  at  instant,  and 
ascertained  them  by  my  pianoforte  to  be  E  natural 
aod  C  sharp.  R.  W*  B. 

HctBs  WAKTBB.  —  Has  there  ever  been  an  in- 
itancc  in  Scotland,  within  the  last  iafty  years,  of 
a  large  estate  falling  to  the  Crown  for  want  of 
heirs  to  inberita  I  remember,  when  in  the  High- 
lands ten  or  twelve  years  a^o,  bearing  of  some 
e»tut«a,  tumewherst  for  which  no  heir  could  be 
found.  Sigma-Thcta. 

FottKiow  Postage  Stamps, — Being  a  collector 
of  foreign  and  old  stamps  for  a  literary  purpose, 
may  I,  throunh  your  mediam,  ask  some  of  the 
readers  of  **  N,  &  Q."  if  any  of  thero  fee!  inclined 
to  do  any  exchange  with  me,  as  I  am  anxioua  to 
make  a  rare  collection,  and  thereby  have  many 
duplicates  to  dispose  of?  If  I  could  find  any  one 
to  ejtchange  with  me,  or  if  they  would  collect 
stamps  for  me,  I  would  give  any  information, 
heraldic  or  hJ^^toric,  or  aught  else  they  may  re- 
quire in  return  for  it  at  the  British  Museum, 
_  anybody,  wi,shinfl[  to  enter  into  my  offer  will 
knnweV  me  in  **  N.  k  Q/*  firstly,  I  will  give  them 
my  ^ddre«s  and  name  afterwards^  Stempi^ 

Hogabtb. — The  origin  of  this  name  is  a  puxzle 
worthy  of  solution  by  "N.  &  Q."  I  find  no 
le*t  than  lour  diflertnt  ornnr.^  n<«>,rnr>,i  to  it. 
Thus  Vrt.  Nicholson  and  i  md  An- 

tiquities of  Westmoreland  a-'  I )  in  their 

account  of  the  poriMh  of  Kirkby-lliore,  stat^a  that 
the  nanve  originated  in  the  nan«h,  and  was  merely 
the  Saxon  Hog  herd,  Agam,  Mr.  C.  Inncs  (Co/*- 
cerning  time  Seotth  Surnatves,  p.  47),  makes  it 
equivalent  to  Ha^tirt;  and  says  it  is  a  name  de- 
rived from  a  Scotch  place.  Arihews,  an  American 
writer  on  fAsmly  names,  gays  it  ocvmti  from  lii^ 


Dutch ^  and  I  think  Mr*  Trover  maiip  wilk  ki& 
And,  laady, "  N.  &  Q."  itself  (2^  S,  x-  iU)  um 
that  there  are  many  names  where  tsH  or  «tl  n 
from  the  O.  G.,  harty  /oriiM^  as  Hofvik — f^j 
thoughtful,  careful,  or  prudent ! !  Is  llit  obi 
Saxon  or  Scotch,  Gothic  or  Dutch,  orrAiff  !i 
not  Hngard  a  common,  or  at  leMst  tolerahtj  £■>- 
mon,  French  surname  ? 

I  find  the  name  in  Bootland  la  eirij  m  I 
(see  Acta.  Dom,  Concilii  et  Audiiarmm) 
gert:  and  lu  the  parishes  of  Huliao  ftad 
Berwickshire  (see  "  N.  Sc  Q."  2**  8.  ^, 
is  spelt  Hogard  invariablj  at  ilio  ' 
eighteenth  century. 

I  am  anxious  to  conneefc   Jolm  Hog^vtl 
Greenknowe,    parish    of    (Jordon,    Berwielii 
(born  1648),  with  the  Hutlon  family, 
his  descendants  appear  in  tf 
hood  about  the  middle  of  the  ah 

Mb.    Jambso!!.  —  Wanteil    some    bli 
particulars  regarding  Mr.  Jameson  of  i 
profession,  who  was  author  of  two  or 
dies,  A  Touch  at  the  Times;  StudenU  of  i 
&c.     The  latter  was  acted  at  Covenl  I 
Jan.  1813;  the  epilogue  being'  writtett 
Smith,  one  of  the  authors  of  tiio   R^ 
dresses, 

SiB  James  Jat,  Knt.,  M.D.,  waa  i 

1.  *'  A  Letter  to  the  GoTamors  of  the  CollMttf  2 
York,  respecting  the  collcctioa   that  was  ovadal 
kingdi:^!!),  in  1762  and  3,  for  ttie  Collcf^es  of  Pkll 
and   New  York.      To  which  are   added*    " 
Notes  and  an  Appendix,  containin;;   th« 
paased  between  Mr,  Alderman  TretiioLhlcka 
lond,8vo.  1771." 

2.  **  ReHectloQs  and  ObaervatloDa  on  Ui«  GmL 
8vo,  1772/' 

8.  "AT'  ': '  Untversitiea  of  OxAwd  ^d  i 

hruige«  &r.  to  th«  C^tlaclioo  tbat  w«  t 

tbrtheC+l!    ,  ^v  York  jiad  I'LiLiarlr.h.*  .  t^-rfl 

Yindication  ui   Hid  Autbur, 
insinuatJODK  and  very  illibi 

man  Trecothick:  witn  authraui:  eYui4?D>  e*,     hM^L  < 
177S»'» 

^Hiere  was  Sir  James  Jot  knftdiled  f 
did  he  nrocurc  bis  degree  oi  hLD,  f  Whea  i 
where  did  he  die  f  S,  T» 

T*  J*  OusELiY.  —  Thif  gentleman^  who 
Ushed   several  volumea  of  poetry,  wsa 
editor  of  a  newspaper  in  LivcrpooK     €^  §mj\ 
your  readers  give  nie  bin  present  addreis  f 

♦*  Like  PArruKicB  on  a  Mo!fUMBsrr/*^-W«t,  vk 
are  acquainted  with  the  VirtueA  and  Graooiwli 
figure  on  tlie  monuments  of  the  later  Stuart  ea^ 
Gi^rgian  periods,  have  many  timet  ••»  Paticpci* 
or  at  all  events,  Hr«tgnation  on  a  monumtiit.  B«t 
V  where   did  Shakspt-arc  sec  it  P      Mf  ojrj 


8ti  SL  V.Mat  91. '«4] 


I  sculptured  piOfi&ions  on  the  moDumetiU  to  be  seen 
in  Shakijpeiire's  time*  Ciui  nny  of  your  readers 
help  me  to  Borael'  The  little  figiares  round  an 
•Itar  tomb  are  Bnmeilme^  called  **  weepers,"  bat 
they  are  dressed  in  the  costume  of  the  day^  and 
do  not  look  as  if  intended  to  represent  an  abstruct 
quality  like  Patience.  P»  P. 

Edward  Folhill,  £sq»,  of  Burwasb,  Sussex, 

Ian  able  theological  writer  (who  is  noticed  in 
**  K.  k  Qr  V  S,  vl  460,  563),  died  in  or  shortly 
before  1694*  Suiiex  can  boost  of  several  dili^jent 
and  able  oniiq^ariei  who  communicate  with  this 
jrturnni ;  I  hope,  therefore,  the  precise  date  of 
Mr.  Polhiir§  death  mny  be  supplied,       S,  Y.  R» 

Mrs.  Maria  Eliza  Rukdell. — I  have  some 
rather  interesting  documents  in  the  handwriting 
vithts  Indy,  drawn  np,  as  I  imajjine,  about  eighty 
.  or  ninety  years  ago,  and  containiog  sundry  parti- 
I  etilars  of  Dr.  Leach  of  Edinburgh,  Mr.  Abernethy, 
h3Mr  (afterwards  Dr.)  Hfirrls  Dunsford,  and  others. 
ICan  you  tell  me  who  she  was  ?     A  deep  sense  of 
Bllgion  appears  to  have  influenced  her  doings; 
ad  I  am  anxious  to  know  more  about  her, 
I  may  add,  that  amou'i'st  Mrs.  Run  dell's  papers 
I  which    lately   came   into   my  possession,   I  have 
I  found  a  lon^j  and  very  interesting  letter  to  a  medical 
Ifriend  (whuse  name  does  not  appear)  from  Char- 
lotte^ Elixabeth  Tonna,  in  which  she  gives  many 
ietaiht  of  her  own  history;  a  curious  note,  appa- 
Pyently  to  the  same  physician,  from  the  Rev,  Henry 
I  Blunt :  and  the  draft  of  a  prospectus  issued  in  the 
ryear  1821  by  "Mr-  John  fet.  John  Lon^,  Histori* 
leal  and  Portrait  Painter,  the  only  pupif  of  Daniel 
rHiihnrdson,  Esq^  late  of  Dublin,**  then  seeking 
I  employment  in  Limerick,  and  subsequently  well- 
Klinown    elsewhere  in    a  different  capacity.      A 
[former  owner  has  endorsed  the   document  with 
[these  words  :  *'  Mr.  John  St.  John  Long,  Portrait 
I  Painter  and  Quack  Doctor.**  Abhba. 

Sealitig-wax  removed,  ktc, — Can  any  of  your 
^  readers  give  me  a  recipe  for  removing  seflllnj^-wax 
from  old  letters  preparatory  to  their  being  bound, 
when  the  seal  Is  of  no  value  F  And  can  any  of 
tbera  tell  me  what  is  the  best  material  for  forming 
ft  matrix,  and  taking  a  cast  of  some  valuable  old 
Ktdi  attached  to  ancient  legal  documents  ? 

A.  E.  L. 

SeNTKSCEB  COKTAIATNG  BUT  OKE  VoWKI.. 

[Where  can  I  find  a  paragraph  containing  several 
sen  ten  res,  in  each  of  which  only  one  vowel,  **  I,** 

[  h  used  ?     The  paragraph  commences  nearly  as 
follows :  — 

"  Thtfa  Dick  i$  high  in  htt  mtad.    It  tlini  tnttmct  ?  " 

■  Are  any  instances  known  of  similar  paragraphs  ui 

■  cmr  or  in  any  other  latiguiMfe  Y  I  saw  thisparo- 
^■nph  in  the  Naval  and  Military  Oasetttt  m,  or 
^^^htiouB  to,  the  year  1840,  but  no  reference  was 

■  given  11  (o  ita  author.  £jir  FaaofiJi. 


NOTES  AND  QUEEEEa 


419 


ii 


SEPTUAGniT. — Dr.  Henry  Owen  (J^nymVy,  j-c, 

1769),  sayst  **  When  the  Jews  began  to  censure 
and  condemn  the  Septuagint  Version,  nnd  in  con- 
se-quence  thereof,  to  correct  and  model  it  to  their 
Hebrew  copies,  there  is  reason  io  suspect  that 
where  ft  word^  by  similarity  of  letters,  was  ciipable 
of  being  rend  <iifferently,  (hey  changed  the  Gr^ek 
to  the  worse  reading**  (p.  29),  And  ** .  ,  ,  owing 
to  the  iniquity  of  the  Jews,  who  had  no  other  way 
but  by  such  an  interpolation,*'  &c.  (p.  31)  ;  and 
**  .  .  .  they  confidently  tran5po«ed  some  passages 
aod  expunged  others  "  (p.  83). 

Is  there  any  proof  of  this  ?  How  could  all  this 
be  poasibly  done  in  the  face  of  all  the  Christians, 
watchful  and  jealous  of  the  integrity  of  the  text  ? 
and  how  could  it  be  accomplished  in  all  the  MSS.? 

NBWLNGTOWEJIflt. 

Sbaesfcartan  Charactrr8*  —  Among  the 
dramatis  persona  of  the  Second  Pari  of  King 
Henry  IV.,  appenrs  *' Travels  and  Morton,  re- 
tainers of  Northuniberland."  Turn  to  a  Visitation 
of  Yorkshire  by  Flower,  1584  (Uarl.  MS.  1415, 
fol.  34),  and  it  will  be  seen  that  one  Willi»m  B»r- 
bour  of  Doncaster  had  three  daughters,  of  whom 

CatJierine   married   " Travers,*^   and   Alice 

*' Morton  of  Bawtrey."     Of  the  Mortons  I 

know  nothing ;  but  ** Travers  **  was  a  Chris- 
topher Travers  of  Doncaster,  whodifd  about  Nov. 
1466,  and  wiis  buried  in  St.  Paurs  Cathedral. 
His  great-grandson,  Thomas  Boseville,  was  born 
previi»us  to  Ida  decease.  Therefore,  supposing 
him  to  have  been  (as  there  is  some  probability 
that  he  was)  nearly  ninety  years  old  in  1466,  is  it 
not  possible  that  he  may  have  occupied  the  posi- 
tion chosen  by  our  greatest  dramatist  for  bii 
hitherto  unknown  namesake  f  His  will  (dated 
Nov.  17,  1466),  contains  a  gpecial  bequest  to  John 
Wolding,  his  servant,  of  a  grey  horse,  and  all  his 
**  bows  and  arrows.** 

Can  the  readers  of  "  N.  k  Q/*  tell  me  «ny thing 
relating  to  the  Mortons  of  Bawtrey  f       H.  J.  S. 

Peter  Stephens,  Esq,  —  I  find  the  following 
article  in  John  Russell  Smithes  Catalogue,  No. 
71:  — 

"6^1.  STBPHKHa  (Fetor,  Armig.  Com.  Salop. )»  150 
Viewf  in  Italy,  etcbod  bv  various  Artitta,  oblong  4to^  im. 
Stau,  1767.** 

It  is  described  as  **a  curious  and  scarce  yo- 
lume,"  The  work  is  mentioned  by  Lowndes  (ed, 
Bohn,  2^08),  but  he  gives  only  the  initial  letter  of 
the  author*s  Christian  name. 

Information  about  this  Mr.  Stephens,  and  any 
other  works  of  his  will  be  acceptable.      S.  Y.  R. 

TnoMAB  TowKSEKD,  EsQ.,  baiTi8ter>at<law,  of 
Gray's  Inn,  was  author  of  I'oems^  8vo,  1796, 
1797,  and  of  several  political  ^am^UWi^^  Vl^^*^ — 

Diciionari^  of  Lmng  AvXlw^A^^^^^'^'^^ 


420 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[•^SLTIU^JUIL 


find  him  m  the  Law  List  for  that  prear  (the 
earlieat  to  which  I  have  access).  Piirtrculars  re- 
specting him  will  oblige  S.  Y.  R» 

Nathakasl  Whitiwg,  of  Northamptonshire, 
admitted  a  pensioner  of  Queen's  College,  Ctira* 
bridge,  I  July,  1628;  B.A.  163l;2;  M.A.  1634; 
became  rector  of  Aldwincle,  in  his  native  county, 
in  or  about  16^7.  He  was  also  master  of  the 
free  Bchool  there.  He  lost  these  preferments  hy 
the  Act  of  Uniformity,  and  subsequentlj  formed 
A  congregation  at  Crauford.  He  died  without 
children,  and  was  a  benefactor  to  Aldwtncle 
school.  We  are  desirous  of  knowing  when  hia 
death  occurred*     He  was  author  of  — 

*'  Lk  Hore  di  Hecreatioce;  or»  the  pleaaant  Historieof 
Albino  and  B«{lnma,  discovering  tlje  severAll  ebanges 
in  CupiJ^a  Jouroey  ta  Hrmen's  joyes:  to  which  i*  an- 
nexud,  n  InsoQio  lasonodado;  or^  a  Sleeping- Waking 
Dreurtie,  vindicating  the  divine  Breattk  of  Foesie  from  the 
Ton^e  Lasbes  of  some  Cymcal  Poet  Quippors  and  Sloicall 
Pbilopro»er«.    Lond.  12mo,  1637, 

"  The  5aint''s  Triangle  of  Dattet,  Deliverances,  and 
Dangen  .  ,  .  4to,  1669*'* 

Lowndes  miscalls  hmNicholas^  and  Sir  Egertan 
Brydgea  (himself  a  Queen*8  College  man)  erro- 
neously makes  him  to  have  been  of  King*s  Col- 
lege, C.  H.  &  THOittPSoN  CoorsR. 

WoETLET  ScHOLABsaiP.  —  I  hnve  heard  on 
good  author ity«  but  such  as  I  am  now  unable  to 
avail  myself  of,  that  the  name  of  Woriley  would 
alone  instire  a  scholarahip  or  some  similar  benefit 
at  one  of  our  Universities.  May  I  ask  for  the  aid 
of  your  valuable  periodical  in  elucidating  the 
matter,  &c.  ?  S.  E.  WoaxLBT. 

Seitrat,  CLauDE  Ambroise.  —  Hone*8  Every 
JJaif  Book,  vol  i.  pp,  1017,  1034.  Will  any 
reader  oblige  by  giving  a  reference  to  some  fur- 
ther account  of  Seurat,  and  the  time  of  his  de- 
cease ?  GLWTsia* 

JoHv  YaoMANSt  schoolmaster  in  Five-Fields 
Row,  Chelsea,  was  author  of  — 

**  The  Abecedarian,  or  Philoaopbic  Comment  upon  the 
Englifh  Alphabet.  Setting  forth  the  Absurdities  in  the 
preMnt  Custom  of  Spelling,  the  Superfluity  of  Letters  in 
Words,  and  the  great  ConfuAion  that  their  ill  NameH,  and 
double  Meanings  ore  of  to  all  Learners.  With  modest  Pro- 
peaalt  for  a  Reformation  of  the  Alphabet,  adapting  special 
Uharacters  for  that  Purpose,  as  being  (ho  only  means 
practicable  whereby  to  render  the  juLme  diatinct,  uniform, 
and  unirereat.  Also,  a  Word  to  the  Resiler,  showing  the 
Indignity  of  iU  Habits  in  Lectures,  pointing  out  to  ihcin 
the  ueaiitiea  and  Excellency  of  ijraccful  and  fine  Reading. 
Likewba  a  SvUableiuni,or' Univenal  Reading  Table  for 
Begtimera,  calcuJatcwl  after  tliepr«aent  Use,  for  the  Wat 
of  all  Scboolt  throii|[hout  the  Kingdom,  Together  with 
a  DlaccNiraeoii  the  M^rd,  orA^Tau.  lelragramraatlcal,  pna- 
ccdiug  those  Tablet.    Lond,  8vo,  1769." 

I  can  0nd  no  mention  of  this  person  in  Faulk* 
ner*i  HUtory  of  Chatsea.  Any  particulars  respect- 
hg  blm  wiU  be  acceptable,  H.  '^  *  ii,. 


Apocaxtpse*  —  Can  anjr  of  jtitir 
form  me  if  there  is  in  eattsrt^oce  a  bocfc  ealidai 
DiscowriE  Hudorical  and  OriHad  em  tk§  BttA^ 
fion,  arguing  that  the  whole  book  rdatai  t»  tk 
destruction  of  Judiea  and  Jeroa^em  ?  It  is  Mi 
to  be  an  unacknowledged  transbtdoa  of  i  wovkb^ 
Firrain  Abauzit.     Is  it  so  ?         NBWinsTOVnaa 

[This  work  is  entitled  A  Di9C&w^  Bittorkaim^  IW 
tktU  on  tht  Rewtationt  lucribffi  to  St,  JbAn.  hmd.  11% 
8vo.  It  Wflis  published  anon yrnously,  and  it  a  tr^Dl^ 
of  Firmin  Abauzlt**  work,  D«ro«r»  ffittariqm  mtt4i^ 
ca/j/T^ie,  written  to  show  that  tho  canQoicml  a«tkff^< 
the  Apo<^AlypsQ  was  doubtfuL  The  le«nt«d  Dr.  Im^ 
Twella  replied  to  it,  and  his  aiiawier  wiia  apprvnltf 
translated  into  Latin  by  Wolf,  and  insertod  in  kit 
FhUolopca  ^  Critirtt  m  Novum  Te^fajnefttiMi,  5 
BiLsle,  174L  On  mading  Dr.  Twells'a  reply 
satisfied,  and  honourably  wttite  (though  ia  vaiaV 
the  reprinting  of  his  work  in  Hollaad*  Th« 
other  translation  of  Abfluxit's  Dt^eoune  In  hil 
tanktt  by  Dr.  E.  Harwood,  Lond^  fivo,  1774 
OrmeV  Biblioihrca  Bihttca,  1834,  p.  1,  aod  £t2loCl1i< 
Apocal^ca^  ediL  iSal,  iv.  fi02.] 

Stuart  Auherents.  —  Where  cAn  I 
of  noblemen  and  gentlemen,  in  the  rergii  of  i 
L,  upon  whose  estates  fines  were  levied, 
were  brought  to  trial  for  participating  ia  ^ 
to  restore  the  Stuarts  ? 

[The  following  work  may  be  consuHod,  "  Xi 
Romao  Catholics,  Nonjurors,  and  others  who 
take  the  Oaths  to  his  tate  Majestj  King  G^otgc^ 
with  their  Titles,  Additions,  and  Plu^'^s  of  AboJc^^^ 
other  curioas  Information,  from  an  origiuftt 
[By  James  Cosin.]    Load.  Svo*  1745.**] 

Portrait  or  Kiwo  Johk  (of  Englxiid)^— Ii 
there  any  authentic  ptvrtrait  of  this  monarch  ?  H 
»o,  where  is  it  to  be  seen  ?     Any  engraving  ?    f* 

[Vertue*s  engraving  is  oommon,  taken  from  the  taal 
of  King  John  at  VV^orcester,  and  which  very  ocadyi^ 
semblcs  the  broad  seal  of  bim.  In  the  first  voL  f£ 
CaialogMe  of  PortraiiM,  it  is  priced  at  Is.  fol.  In  tlit  mM 
Catalogue  is  advertised  a  great  variety  at  Gd  ^^ch,^ 

Greek  Testament. — What  is  the  htftoiy 
the  Greek  Testament  — 

"  Poet  priores  Steph.  Cafeellad  ,  .  ,  tahorvav 
.  .  .  variantcs  lectfooea  .  .  •   eabibvntttr  .  .  .  « 
VindnbciDensi . . .  Amateljedami,  ax  odkioa  Wi 
1711"? 

It  is  a  small  8vo,  with  a  fronti^iece,  ami  tit 
Prolegomena  and  notes  are  written  by  "  G,  0,  X 
M,  D.,*'  whose  name  is  sought, 

Hrrcs  Faartt. 

[Tbera  aw  two  aditiont  of  thie  Greek  Taata^  r       ■  *" 
1735,  small  Svo;  bot  Iha  fKood  l«  said  t^  V 
VafiCflSid^  T^tASSwatA  ^3Mk^r«>t  (1711)  was  Crcrani 


a 


fi»*5.  V.May 21/81] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


421 


itricbt  (Gerardtt*  Be  Trajeeto  Moke  Doctor)^  a  syn- 

I  of  the  tnpubUc  of  Bremen;  tbe  Mcuod  (1735)  waa 

by  tbe  celebrated  critic  J.  J.  WeUUin.    H«riiig 

;      been  pabliihed  by  Ub  relative  Heary  Wetstein,  a  book* 

fteller  of  Amt terdam,  tbeae  editions  of  tbe  New  TestHment 

are  aomettiDes  improperly  called  Wetstein's;   and  from 

I  tbe  came  of  Curccllioai  beiag  printed  in  tbe  title,  tbcy 
Ate  in  fome  catalo^acs  erroneously  stjled  j>W,  Tcit, 
Grae.  CurcelhgL  The  text  is  formed  on  tbe  secotid  £U 
Kevir  edition  of  1633,  and  Carcelbetts'a  editions, — Hornets 
IntrodwciioH,  ed,  J  856,  ix,  689,] 
CoaiiiM  Ftramid.  —  I  have  seen  an  old  en- 
^a^ing^  of  a  oariCf  witb  a  large  quaint-look innr 
no  use  in  the  distance ;  anri,  in  the  foreground,  a 
bigb  and  rather  narrow  pyramid  of  stone,  witb  an 
inscription  in  tbe  middle:  "To  tbe  Memory  of 
*^    Viscount  Cobham/* 

^^       1  think  rhis  is  at  Stowe,  or  at  Hanworth.     Can 
**  any  of  your  readers  say  which?         Ltttblton; 
^,      [Tbe  plate  of  this  Pyramid  mny  be  found  in  the  fol- 
.  lowing  work :  "  A  General  Plan  of  tbe  Woods,  Park,  and 
^     Gardens  of  Stowe,  the  Seat  of  the  Rt  Hon.  the  Lord 
TlAconnt  Cobbara,  with  ieveral  Perspective  Viewa  in  tbe 
I    irdcns.    Dedicated  to  bia  Lordship  by  S.  Bridgeraan, 
r^ixteen  large  Plates,  foL  1739/'    The  plate  is  entitled, 
**  A  View  from  the  foot  of  the  Pyramid,"  witb  an  inscrip- 
^      tion  in  tbe  middle,  *'Memori«  Sacram  esse  VoluiL  Cob- 
li  \m,'*     This  Pyramid   does  not  appear  to  have  been 
^ri'cted,  and  will  only  now  be  found  among  the  plana  and 
— ^  drawings  of  Bridgeman,  the  first  professional  artist  em- 
ployed by  Lord  Cobham  to  lay  out  tbe  grounds.    It  was 
•.__-  to  William  Kent,  who  was  consulted  In  the  double  cjipa- 
^      dty  of  architect  and  gardener,  that  Stowe  is  indebted  for 
;  many  of  its  distinguished  ornaments.] 

Hbnshall*8  "  Gothic  and  Englisk  Gospels." 
Was  this  work  ever  completed  ?  And  how  many 
numbers  were  pubiished  ?  I  have  only  Deal.  L» 
A  Fragment  of  St.  Matthew.  S.  S. 

[This  incomplete  work  is  a  thin  volume  in  8vo,  dated 
1807,  The  Prefatory  articles  make  sixty-four  pagex. 
Then  follows  a  "  Literal  Rendering  of  tbe  Gothic  Gospel 
through  Matthew/'  consisting  of  seventy-nine  pages.] 


SIR  CHARLES  WOGAK. 

(a-^s.  V.  11.) 

_  J*  W#  S.  gives  an  account  of  Sir  Charles 
ITojjan  beint;  engaged  in  tbe  flight  of  the  daughter 
of  Prince  James  Sobieski,  and  mentions  that  the 
adventures  are  told  with  minuteness  and  interest 
in  his  Female  Fortitude,  1720.  Jesse  gives  some 
particulars*  but  not  sufficient.  Wogan  corrects 
rficboU  and  Scott  in  saying  that  the  Princess 
Clementina  was  married  by  proxy  in  Poland,  but 
aays  it  was  at  Bologna  after  her  escape;  but 
neither  Smollett,  Walter  Scott,  or  Lord  Mabon 


mentions  by  whom  she  was  afterwards  married.  I 
was  fortunate  enough  to  find  this  circumstance 
noticed  in  the  Strawberry  Hill  Catalogue  of 
Pnota,  where  it  is  thus  mentioned :  '*47D.  Jacques 
IIL  Roy  de  la  Grande  Bretagne,  by  Chereau,  &c. 
the  Princess  Clementina^  his  Consort,  by  Jio 
Frey,  sheet  extra  fine.  —  A  representation  of 
their  Marriage  bj  Pope  Clement  XL  171  J>,  in 
the  Palace  of  the  Vatican.  Ant.  Friz,  sc.,  Aujfust 
Masueci,  inv,  et  del.,  oblonsr  sheet  extra  rare/' 
And  in  the  Illuitrated  Catalogue  of  the  Bemal 
Collection  published  by  Bobn,  and  entitled  A 
Guide  to  the  Knowledge  of  Pottery,  Porcelain,  cmd 
other  Objects  of  Vertit,  mention  is  made  of  a  pic- 
ture which  delineates  the  dress  which  the  princess 
wore  when  she  made  her  escape :  -^ 

«  Hugtenbarg. .  .  ,  gai  [dated  1733.]— The  Priocesa 
Maria  Olementtna  Sobieski,  of  Poland,  on  horseback,  in 
tbe  aingiilar  dress  she  wore  in  her  romantic  journey  to 
raarrv  the  Pretender,  Prince  James  Stuart.  19  iil  by 
2G  in.  31/.  10*.    Duke  of  Hamilton." 

A  large  silver  medal  (by-the-bye»  are  there  anj 
of  this  medal  struck  in  gold?)  No. 32,  of  the 
Series  of  the  Stuart  Medals  described  in  tbe 
Catalogue  of  Antiquities,  Works  of  Art,  and 
Historical  Scottish  Relics  exhibited  in  the  Museum 
of  tbe  ArcliEcological  Institute  held  at  Edinburgb, 
1&56,  gives  this  account :  — 

"  Bust  of  Clementina  Sobieski,  1.  hair  decorated  witli 
beads  and  tlarit  p«vl  necklace,  robe  trimmed  with 
jewelry,  ermine  mantle.  Leg.  Clementina.  M.  Britan.  Fr. 
Et.  Hib.  Regina.  Otto  Hamerani.  F. — Rev. :  Clementina 
seated  in  a  car  drawn  by  two  horaes  at  speed ;  distant 
city  and  setting  sun.  Leg.':  FortmaraCavsamqueSeqvor 
— *  I  follow  his  fortune  and  cause.*  Ex.  t  Deceptis  Ovs- 
todibvB.  3II.D.CCXIX.  —  *  Having  de<:dved  my  guards. 
1719.'    2.  Ar/» 

Struck  in  commemoration  of  the  escape  of 
Clementina  Sobieski  from  the  guards  who  had 
been  placed  over  her  at  Innspruck  by  the  Em- 
peror of  Germany,  to  prevent  her  marriage  with 
the  Prince  James,  The  legend  is  in  conformity 
with  the  reply  of  her  father  respecting  her  escape^ 
— that,  as  she  had  been  engaged  to  the  Prince,  she 
was  bound  to  follow  his  fortune.  This  medal  is 
engraved  in  the  Gentlemajis  Magazine, 

Among  the  valuables  which  formed  part  of  the 
dowry  of  the  Princess  Maria  Clementina  were  the 
rubies  of  tbe  Poliah  crown,  now  in  the  treasury 
of  St.  Peter's ;  the  golden  shield,  presented  by  the 
Emperor  Leopold  to  the  deliverer  of  Vienna ;  and 
the  cover  of  gold  brocade  adorned  with  verses  of 
the  Koran  in  turauoise,  in  which  tbe  standard  of 
the  prophet  was  \ept  during  the  siege.  In  an 
article  m  the  Edinburgh  Bemew  for  Jan.  1864, 
on  the  Scottish  Religious  Houses  abroad,  it  is 
stated  that  tbe  Scottish  colleges  at  Douai  and  Paris 
were  united  by  the  law  24  Yendemiaire*  an  XI, 
and  a  joint  establif^hment  with  the  Irish  sou^Ut  la 
be  founded.  D\ivm^  l\\ii  ^t%\.  ^ci\^^^^^J^  ^VvTv 
poleop,  the  \iteftv4<i\vc^  'w%*\y2ifcUi^^^^^^^'^'^ 


r 
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NOTES  AKD  QUEBIES. 


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of  wboin,  including  tb«  uamea  p'lTen*  sought  by 
constitutional  meant  to  obutn  the  reformti  tbejr 
advocated.  Taking  it,  however,  in  ita  more  Uberil 
iense,  it  could  nut  apply  to  Cobbett  —  who  bc^^aa 
hU  cfiregr  m  vl  poIiticiU  writer  of  the  most  ultra* 
CoQservflUve  atatnf*.  He  first  beccuue  known  to 
the  public  ai  **  Peter  Porcupine/'  under  which 
name  he  fiercely  attacked  the  deniocratio  writers 
and  speakers  of  France  and  America^  He  was 
then  rcsidi'nt  in  America,  and  underwent  much 
persecutron  ;  and  encouotered  one  or  two  triab 
at  law  for  alleged  liheU,  in  his  defence  of  monar- 
chical and  ariftncratical  in^titutionfl.  The  series, 
known  as  the  "  Porcupine  Papers,"  attracted  much 
notice  in  ihia  country.  Thej  were  quoted  and 
lauded  bjr  the  ffOTemment  organs — quoted  in  both 
Houses  of  Parliament,  and  eulorri&ed  in  the  puipiL 
The  writer  wai  considered  one  of  the  most  power- 
ful supports  of  the  principles  of  the  BritiMi  con* 
•ticution.  This  series  of  papers  was  republished 
in  England  in  twelve  volumes  octavo,  under  the 
patronaize  of  the  Prince  Regent,  afterwards 
George  IV. — to  whom,  I  believe,  it  was  dedicated. 
On  referring  to  thi*  work,  the  style  and  vigour  of 
Cobbett^  as  strongly  displayed  as  in  his  later 
work — the  Political  RegUter — will  be  recognised 
at  once. 

On  his  return  from  America,  he  began  a  daily 
paper  called  the  Porcupine,  This  was  discon- 
tinued after  a  short  existence,  and  soon  after  he 
began  the  ReguUr.  Both  these  papers  were 
gly  in  favour  of  the  government,  both  as  to 
ures  and  men  ;  and  the  Register  ran  through 
al  volumes  before  a  change  took  place  in  the 
illiical  opinions  of  the  editor.  It  is  said  that  his 
change  of  sentiment  was  hastened,  if  not  caused, 
by  an  affront  offered  him  by  William  Pitt.  Wind- 
ham WHS  a  great  admirer  of  Cobbett,  and  after 
one  of  his  more  telling  articles  in  the  Porcupine^ 
had  declared  that  the  author  was  **  worthy  of  a 
statue  of  gold/*  Pitt  had  refused  to  meet  the 
auth<vr  of  the  Register  at  Windham's  table ;  and 
this  Cobbett  resented,  and  never  forgave*  Very 
aoon  after  this,  a  marked  change  took  place  in  hh 
politics;  but  notwithstanding  m»ny  alterations 
during  the  thirty  years  he  stood  before  the  country 
as  a  writer,  and  many  alienations  from  bis  early 
political  friendships,  he  was  consistent  in  his  ad- 
vocacy of  the  "reform  cause,*'  and  the  enemy  of 
what  he  termed  the  unreformed  abuses  of  Church 
«nd  State ;  and  the  last  Register  which  came  from 
hii  pen,  very  shortly  before  his  deaths  breathed 
the  szune  spirit  which  he  had  shown  years  before 
Hi  one  of  the  leaders  of  the  democratic  party.  The 
Beform  Bill,  which  his  powerful  pen  had  done 
much  to  promote,  had  of  course  moderated  the 
views  of  all  cniigbtened  public  men ;  but  in  no 
sense  coulJ  the  term  Conservative  apply  to  him, 
more  than  it  would  apply  &t  any  period  of  hb 
political  life « after  his  &rst  de9erUoa  from  tbe 


nuiks  of  the  men  who  had  applaaded  iW  Uh#iB 
of  "  F^/cr  Potxjttpine."  T.  E* 


f-.^-^-^  ' "  Cl4ssical  LsAsamiG  fS**  S.  iiL 
3^  affected  to  de«pise  all   acquire* 

n;t4 ,.._.  „,,,,.. J  u'.  '^^  not.  In  his  Mngtuk  (jrammmr^ 
letter  xxi ,  be  seleets  examples  of  bad  JSiitlidh 
from  the  writings  of  Dr.  Johnson  and  Dr,  Watta, 
and  is  verv  contemptuous  on  ^'wbat  aie  ealled 
the  learned  langusges:**  but  I  agree  with  E.  HL 
that  he  would  not  have  entered  upon  Latin  or 
Greek  critieitiiL  I  do  not  know  the  epitaph i  ob» 
jected  to  by  Mr.  Brennen,  but  it  is  not  unlikely 
that  he  mistook  Wakefield  fur  the  author  of  one 
quoted  by  him  ia  derision. 

"  The  Baptista  have  a  bnryiag  ftbr  p  ai  \\\\\  CUl^  to 
the  neighbourhood  of  Warrin^toa.  vi  ti  «n 

epitaph  on  ooe  of  their  miaisteri,  « 5,  v©  to  ex- 

pose thd  contemptible  aflectatioo  of  KTiowicdg?  in  Httlu 


minds,  and  the  artifiee  that  ia  tomeliiaet  pfBclTsed  to  pro- 
curt  authority  wiili  the  pecMtJi^  and  a  rapuUtioti  for 
ulents  which  ore  not  poHessea  in  tha  least  d«gr«e  by  tha 
boaiter:  — 

*  Sabter  hoc  aaznni 

Thomjf.  WAinwniaimi  etn. 

Amicuii  iile  n osier  •temere  te  i 

factum  est  lUe  aotem 

prfltdictoria  fui»-se  in 

con  "-Tiitiffluji  per 

Memt^tofihtLii  .n  fTftkefetd,  B.A,  Writtea 

by  Himself,  p.2i4.  tivo,  London,  1792. 

Did  Parr  or  Bur ney  write  an  epitaph  on  Fo« 
or  Johnson?  FiTzHOPiuai. 

Garrick  Club, 


PBE-DEATH  COFFINS  A2ID  MOKUMENTS. 
(3'*  S.  V.  255,  368.) 

Thoae  of  your  readers  who  are  interested  in 
this  subject  may  be  reminded,  (hat  ihe  Emperor 
Charles  v .  made  trial  of  his  cofHn  at  least  some 
days  before  ihe  *'  animula  blandula,  voguta,'*  &c., 
took  its  flight 

Dr.  John  Donne,  too,  interested  himself  about 
bis  monumental  effitry,  and  gave  himself  extraor* 
dinary  and  almost  ludicrous  pains  in  order  that 
tbe  labours  of  the  sculptor  might  be  effective. 
Having  ordered  an  urn  to  be  cut  in  wood,  and 
having  caused  charcoal  fires  to  be  lighted  in  his 
study,  he  indued  the  winding-sheet,  and  stood  bj 
the  urn,  simulating  death.  In  which  position,  a 
portrait  waa  taken,  which  stood  by  Donne's  bed- 
side until  hi^  death;  and,  no  doubt,  was  aAcr- 
wardjj  of  much  service  to  the  executor  of  the 
statue  which  marked  his  resting-place  in  St. 
Pours. 

In  Wyliea  Old  and  Neto  JVoeeifigKam<.^.avA^ 
mention  w  ma.dft  <A  nn  ea^sftaxtvi  ^^^^^x^v^VlxO^"^^^ 


424 


NOTES  AND  QUEBIE& 


Cr*av.iLTti 


coffin  painted  "true  blue ;"  and  in  a  spirit  of  re- 
markaole  utilitarianism,  used  it  as  a  cupboard  for 
no  less  than  twenty  years :  — 

**  On  hit  birthday  he  would  try  on  his  best  snit.  and 
extend  himself  in  the  coffin  to  see  if  it  still  fitted.  Erscn- 
ating  his  qasrters,  the  coffin,  well  lined  with  sabttantial 
viands,  would  then  be  carried  in  state  on  the  ehonlders  of 
bis  associates.  Ned  following  as  chief  mourner,  with  an 
enormous  pitcher  of  ale  in  his  hand :  ^ 

<  The  blue-lined  coffin  holds  his  dust  now  dead. 
In  which  the  living  Dawson  kept  his  bread.' " 

The  same  book  also  records  the  doings  of  one 
John  Wheatlej ;  who  bought  a  coffin,  stored  it 
with  choice  wines,  and  for  some  time  kept  it  in 
his  bed-room : 

"  Thence,"  says  Mr.  Wylie,  **  he  removed  it  to  an  en- 
closed place  in  the  General  Cemetery,  in  which  he  bad  a 
vault  oug.  He  there,  however,  imbibed  such  copious 
draught!  of  wine,  that  he  wan  drivAn  from  the  place;  and 
thus  made  to  cease  fVom  his  revolting  diisipation." 

St.  SwrrBiR. 

A  remarkable  instance  of  a  monumental  brass, 
prepared  before  death,  is  that  of  the  Abbot  De- 
lamere  at  St.  Albans,  considered  to  be  the  finest 
ecclesiastical  brass  remaining.  The  inscription,  in 
very  bold  Lombardic  letters,  runs  thus :  —  "  Hie 
jacet  Dominus  Thomas,  quondam   abbas  hujus 

monasterii ."    A  space  is  left  for  the  age  and 

date  of  death ;  but  what  is  most  extraordinary  is, 
that  these  have  never  been  filled  in.  The  brass 
was  fixed,  but  the  inscription  never  completed, 
even  after  the  abbot's  death.  I  may  here  note 
that  Boutell  is  mistaken  in  calling  one  of  the 
figures  on  the  side  of  the  abbot's  head  Offa,  king 
of  Mercia:  it  is  St.  Oswin,  king  and  martyr, 
whose  relics  were  translated  to  the  monastery  of 
Tinmouth,  subject  to  the  abbey  of  St.  Albans, 
and  at  which  translation  Richard,  abbot  of  St. 
Albans,  attended  in  1103.  F.  C.  H. 


The  Rev.  Joseph  Pomeroy,  who  was  bom  in 
1749,  instituted  to  the  vicarage  of  St.  Kew,  in 
Cornwall,  in  1777,  and  died,  the  oldest  dersyman 
in  that  county,  on  Feb.  7, 1837,  had  prepared,  some 
few  years  before  his  death,  a  granite  coffin,  which 
be  caused  to  be  placed  in  the  churchyard  of  his 
parish  ready  for  his  interment.  I  well  remember 
seeing  it  in  a  newly  finished  state  and  stretching 
myself  in  it.  The  practice  of  erecting  monuments 
prior  to  death  has,  as  is  well  known,  been  very 
common.  We  very  fireauently  find  that  the  date 
of  death  has  not  been  filled  in  by  the  executors  or 
representatives  of  the  deceased.  In  the  church  of 
Bfislund,  in  the  above  mentioned  county,  is  a  brass 
commemorating  John  Balsam,  sometime  rector  of 
that  parish,  who  died  in  May,  1410.  This  monu- 
ment is  singular  in  that  the  date  of  the  dt^  of  the 
month  is  not  filled  in,  a  blank  space  remaining  in 
the  brass  plate,  although  the  remainder  of  the  in- 
senption  is  complete.  Johh  Macliak. 

BaouMfimlth. 


Shaum  (2-«  S.  xii.  866.)  — T.  J.  E  wi 
full  historical  account  of  thia  sect,  and  Ibi 
seen  that  any  answer  has  been  jet  giren. 
following  is  the  title  of  a  book  in  my  posse 

"An  Aocoont  of  the  People  cmlled  Shakers:  tba 
Doctrines,  and  Practice,  exemplified  in  the  lii 
versations,  and  Experience  of  the  Author  daring  t 
he  belonged  to  the  Society.  To  which  ii  affixed 
lory  of  their  Rise  and  Progress  to  the  Present  Da 
Thomas  Brown,  of  Cornwall,  Orange  County,  S 
New-York. 

**  *  Prove  all  things,  hold  fast  that  which  ii  g 
Apottit  Pavi, 

-  *  An  historian  shoald  not  dare  to  tell  a  falul 
leave  a  truth  untold.*— Cicen>. 

«  Trot  :  Printed  bv  Parker  and  Bliss,  Sold 
Troy  Bookstore,  bv  Wiebsters  and  Skinners,  Albii 
by  S.  Wood.  New- York,  1812." 

The  work  is  in  octavo,  and  contains  372 
concluding  with  some  hvmns  used  hy  th 
The  book  was  published  by  subscription, 
list  of  the  subscribers  is  given.  About  350 
appear  to  have  been  subscribed  for;  and  | 
few  of  Uiose  have  found  a  way  across  t 
lantic.  W. 

Lbadiko  Apes  uc  Hell  (3^*  S.  v.  193, 3 
Under  the  heading  "  Ape,**  I  find  the  fo 
remarks  in  Toone*s  Olossarial  and  Etym 
Dictionary :  — 

**  The  common  expression,  to  lead  apa  in  ht 
women  dying  old  maids,  aeems  to  have  pu£sle( 
ceding  writers  as  to  iU  origin ;  but  all  agree  th« 
its  rise  to  the  Refurmation,  no  mention  being  in 
prior  to  1600  in  any  old  author.  Mr.  Boucher 
that  it  may  hare  bieen  invented  by  the  refonn< 
inducement  to  women  to  marry.  In  the  diuo 
the  monasteries,  a  diainclination  to  marriage  m 
itself;  and  many  women,  of  a  contemplative 
minil,  sighed  for  the  eeclosion  of  the  cloister  to 
act  this  propensity.  Some  pious  reformer  hit 
device  in  question ;  but  whether  true  in  fact,  oi 
it  had  the  desired  effect,  it  is  diflkult  to  determi 
still  in  use  in  a  jocular  sense :  — 

*  But  'tis  an  old  proverb,  and  you  know  it  f 
That  women  dying  maids  lead  apea  in  hell 

O.  P.,  The  London  R 

*  Fear  not,  in  hell  you'll  never  lead  apes, 
A  mortifV'd  maiden  of  five  escapes.' 

B.J 
<  Well,  if  I  quit  him  not,  I  here  pray  God 
I  may  lead  ape$  in  hell  and  die  a  maid.' 

O.  P.,  EngHtkmenfor  my  J 
St.  Sf 

The  Mollt  Wash-dish  (S'*  S.  v.  356.) 
this  to  be  a  provincial  name  for  the  1 
It  is  commonly  called  the  water- wagta 
having  its  habitat  near  running  streams ;  s 
the  peculiar  shake  of  its  tail,  noticed  in 
guages  when  speaking  of  this  bird.  T 
and  pertinacious  tappings  at  his  windof 
Me.  BiRaHAM  speaks  of;  are  nothing  unos 
the  MotaeiUa  tribe.  Many  years  ago,  I 
tending  the  tick  bed  of  a  woman  wIm  Ih 


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the  back  of  the  town  of  Dorchester ;  and  dttring 
taj  visit,  heard  repeated  tappings  at  the  window 
of  the  cottage ;  and,  on  intmirv^  found  the/  were 
made  by  a  water- wagtail,  who  c^otinued  the  prac- 
tice for  several  dajs^ — much  to  the  alarm  of  the 
poor  woman  and  her  familj:  for  they  were  all 
convinced  that  it  waa  the  warning  of  her  ap- 
proaching death*  It  was  in  vain  to  persuade 
Ihem  to  a  contrary  belief;  so  I  let  the  supersti- 
tion cure  itself  by  the  bird,  after  two  or  three 
days  disappearing  altogether.  But  waa  it  "a 
tranamigrated  spirit^rapper  ? "  Of  this,  Mb. 
BiKGaAM  seems  to  suggest  the  possibility:  no 
doubt,  from  his  classical  studies  at  Winchester. 
The  ^37(  of  Theocritus  clearly  indicates  that 
country  people,  in  his  day,  had  strangely  super- 
stitious notions  fibout  this  bird,  as  being  able  to 
create  Jove,  and  bring  the  lover  back  to  his  for- 
saken mistress  :  "^Iu7C»  ^^*  '^v*"  &c.  This  Virgil 
imitates,  in  the  line — 

**  Dncite  ab  urbe  domum,  mea  carmlna,  Daphnim/* 

The  bird  was  said  to  be  tied  to  a  magic  wheel, 
which^  being  turned  rapidly,  exhibited  the  ap- 
pearance of  the  lost  lover.  But  a  phrase,  in 
Aenophon's  Memorabilia,  fKK*of  toyya^  ^*  turii  the 
xDugic  wheel,"  brings  the  truth  more  closely  home, 
that  the  ancients  used  "  table-turning  "  much  the 
same  as  ^^ foolish  women"  do  in  the  nineteenth 
century,  for  the  purpose  of  knowing  mysterious 
circumstances  about  lovers,  or  other  hidden  se- 
crets. The  belief  in  spirit-rapping*  in  our  en- 
lightened age,  is  sometning  worse  than  a  rustic 
superstition,     Prohpudor!     QiT£E?f*8  Gardens. 

Captaiw  Nathasiei.  Pobtlock  (3'*  S.  v.  375.) 
In  connection  with  this  distinguished  naval  officer, 
to  whose  memory,  as  your  correspondent  rightly 
observes,  justice  has  not  been  done,  it  may  be  weEl 
to  mention  that  his  son^  Major -General  Joseph 
Ellison  Fortlock,  R.E,,  F.R,S.,  M.R.I.A.,  &c., 
died  at  his  residence.  Lota,  Booterstown,  co.  Dub- 
lin, February  14,  1864,  and  was  buried  at  Mount 
Jerome.  General  Portlock's  character  as  a  man 
of  science  stood  particularly  high ;  and  one  of  his 
publications,  entitled  Report  on  the  Oeohgy  of  the 
Cmifity  of  Londonderry^  and  of  Parts  of  Tyrone 
and  Ferrtianagh  (8vo,  Dublin,  1843,  pp.  xxxi. 
784,  with  maps  and  plates),  is  a  standard  autho- 
rttj.  I  have  lately  seen  a  large  sized  oil-painting 
of  Cftptain  Fortlock,  in  full  uniform.        Abhqa, 

Ajtoeos,  Siti  Ei>MU?tD  (S'*  S.  V.  345.)  —  Sir 
Edmund  Andros,  of  Guernsey,  bore  for  arms: 
6u.  a  sal  tire  or,  surmounted  of  another  vert ;  on 
a  chief  arg.  three  mullets  sa.  Crest.  A  blacka- 
moor s  head  in  profile,  couped  at  the  shoulders, 
and  wreathed  about  the  temples  all  ppr.  Motto, 
'^  Crux  et  presidium  et  decus/^ 

In  16S6,  he  made  application  to  the  Earl  Mar* 
shal  to  have  his  arms  *^ registered  in  the  College 
of  Armes  la  such  a  manner,  as  he  may  lawfully 


bear  them  with  respect  to  his  descent  from  the 
antient  family  of  Sausroarez,  in  the  said  Isle" 
(Guernsey).  '  In  this  petition  it  is  set  out  that  — 
**  His  Great  Grandfather*!  Father»  John  Andrea,  ds 
Aadrewei,  an  Enghah  Gentleman,  borne  in  Korthamptoa- 
shire,  cotniDg  into  the  Island  of  Gaernsey,  as  Lieateiiant 
to  S'  Peter  flewtii,  K°*,  the  Govern',  did  there  marr^  A» 
1643,  with  Judith  do  Sausmarea,  onely  Dtaghtsr  of 
Thomai  Saaamarea«  aoa  and  heir  of  Thomas  Saiumare^. 
Lords  of  the  Setgnorie  of  Sausmarsx  in  the  said  lale,** 

&C.,  &JC. 

The  warrant,  granting  the  petition,  is  dated 
Sept  23,  1686  ;  and  from  this  time  Sir  Edmund 
Andros  and  his  descendants,  as  Seigneurs  de  Saus- 
naarezj  quartered  the  arms  of  De  Sausmarez  with 
their  own,  and  used  the  crest  and  supporters  be- 
longing thereto,  as  depicted  on  the  margin  of  the 
warrant.  These  arms  are  thus  blazoned  : — ^Ai^. 
on  a  chev.  gu,  between  three  leopards'  faces  sa* 
as  many  castles  triple- towered  or.  Crest.  A  fal- 
con affrotitant,  wings  expanded  ppr.  belled  or. 
Supporters.  Dexter,  an  unicorn  arg.  tail  cowarded ; 
sinister,  a  greyhound  arg.  collared  gu.  garnished 
or,  EoGAB  Mac  Cuij-och. 

Guernsfiy. 

CuKix's  Vorrcax's  Lettbrs  (3^*  S.  ii.  162.)^ — 
D.  says,  "  two  trajislations  of  Voiture's  Letters 
had  been  published :  one  in  1657,  and  tlie  other 
in  1715." 

1  have  no  copy  of  the  latter ;  but  I  presume  it 
is  the  translation  published  by  Curll.  I  have  the 
former,  which  I  may  8tat«  was  translated  by  John 
Davies  of  Kidwellv. 

The  object  of  tliis  note  is,  to  mention  another 
collection  of  Letters :  "  Printed  for  Sam.  Briscoe, 
in  Russel-street,  Covent  Garden,  and  sold  by 
J.  Nutt,  near  StationerB*-hall,  1700.'*  It  is  inti- 
tuled :  — 

"  Familiar  and  Courtly  Letters,  written  by  Monsieur 
VoiTUiiE  to  Persons  of  the  greatest  Honour,  Wit,  and 
Quality  of  both  Sexes  in  the  Court  of  France,  Made 
Englinh  by  Mr.  Drvdenj  Tho.  Cheek»  E»q.  j  Mr.  Dermis; 

Henry  Crorowel,  Esq. ;  Joi*  Haphson,  Esq.  j  Dr. ; 

&c  To  these  are  added  translations  from  Aristjenetus, 
Fliny,  Jun%  and  Fotitanetle,  by  Tho.  Brown ;  and  Original 
Letters  by  the  same.  Never  before  Published.  And  a 
CoUectioa  of  Letters  written  by  Dryden,  Wyeherl>',  Con- 
greve,  Dennis,"  &c. 

On  a  cursory  examination  of  Yoiture's  Letters 
io  this  volume,  I  find  them,  with  one  exception, 
different  letters  from  those  in  the  edition  of  1657, 

W,  Leb, 

Charade:  "  Sir Geoftbey"  (3'^  S.  ii.  188,219,) 
When  this  clever  and  ingenious  composition  ap- 
peared in  **N,  Sc  Q.,"  1  considered  that  the  solu- 
tion was  probably  the  word  **  to*well.**  I  thtnk 
no  solution,  perfectly  answerable  in  all  points, 
possible.  Mine  is  open  to  the  objection,  that  **tbe 
old  knight"  hud  a  **  gouty  knee ;"  but  it  was  when 
his  red  toe  twinfred  him  worst,  that  he  would  *}^* 
lingly  haAift  'jkW^i  Vi  ^(Xwi  'Ww^'sX  vVoX  rnXLvSo. 


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NOTES  AND  QXJERIE& 


cr*av»JiAfii,u 


formg  the  firit  part  of  the  charado-  The  solution 
given  bj  Lord  Monaon^"  foot-Btool'* — ia  linble  to 
the  same  objecliun  ;  while  it  must  be  admitted 
that  "leg-rest,"  given  by  C.  S*,  i«  not.  A«  to  ibe 
second  part,  mine  has  the  recommendation  of  an- 
lithesb  to  the  word  "  ill,"  which  immediately  suc- 
ceeds it  in  the  poem.  The  word  "stool'*  fteems 
inapplicable ;  but  the  word  "  rest"  is  admissible, 
tliou^h  not  quite  satisfactory.  The  o^  or  complete 
solution^  is  something  that  might  be  **  smootted** 
by  a  *' single  touch," — which  could  scarcely  be 
said  of  a  leg-reat,  or  a  foot*stool;  but  might  of  a 
"  to-well." 

I  do  not  presume  to  affirm  that  my  solution  li 
the  correct  one;  nor  dare  I  recommend  a  wet 
towel  to  any  of  your  readers  afflicted  with  gout; 
but  I  applied  one  in  a  paroxyim  (like  that  which 
made  Sir  Gei)tfrey  think  of  the  hatchet),  and  I 
must  say,  in  the  words  of  the  charade,  '^like  a 
fairy*9  wandi  it  banljihed  the  pain  away.^  I  am 
bound  to  add  that  my  medical  adviser,  on  being 
informed,  said  I  bad  Incurred  a  riiik  that  might 
haye  proved  fatal.  W.  Lee. 

SsiTTH  or  Bbaco,  and  Stewabt  of  Obkwet 
(3^  S.  Iii«  5K)  —  I  should  be  much  indebted  to 
W.  IL  F.,  who  wrote  from  Kirkwall  on  the  sub- 
ject of  some  Orkney  families,  if  he  would  permit 
me  to  correspond  privately  with  him  touching 
certain  OrcaJian  relatives  on  whose  history  he 
'  may  be  enabled  to  throw  a  light.  I  <lo  not  think 
the  investigation  would  have  any  interest  for 
jjcnend  rea  Ilts  of  "N.  &  Q";  and,  moreover, 
details  of  genealogy  can  be  best  communicated 
direct. 

I  may  add,  that  I  am  specially  interested  in  an 
inquiry  concerning  the  Margaret  Stewart  who  is 
mentioned  bv  W.  II.  t\,  a*  wife  of  Hew  Ilalcro 
of  Halcro.  Is  he  acquainted  with  any  other  mar* 
riaste  of  heri  f 

I  am  alio  desirous  of  obtaining  some  further 
particulars  than  I  have  hitherto  been  able  to 
glean  r«f3pcctiMn  the  family  of  James  Ail  ken. 
Bishop  of  Giiiloway  \  whose  father,  Henry  Ail  ken, 
Wfls  shtTiffand  commissnry  of  Orkney*  and  who  was 
himself  paraon  of  Btrsa  at  the  time  of  Montrose's 
descent. 

I#  there  any  trace  of  a  Marparpt  Stewart  amonf^ 
the  Burray  family,  descending!  from  Ochiltree,  or 
Eventlttle,  as  mentioned  in  your  correspondent's 
long  ftnd  elaborate  paper  ? 

1  think  I  am  acquainted  with  the  principal 
posseiiions  of  the  Smytha  of  Brtco,  in  Orkney ; 
but  of  this  I  will  ipeok  later,  should  W.  H.  F. 
feel  disposed  t4»  accede  to  mv  request.  I  shall 
hope  10  bear  from  him  at  the  uddreas  I  have 
giv<in*  C.  H.  E.  Cawiiciiabl. 

Trui*  Cotl.  0%m. 

HntMtJia  or  Woictfrnt  (S**  9.  ?.  17S,  26S, 
3tf5.>-«A  T^oml  kirtttfgttioQ  of  ^^  t«ootd«  of 


Woreeater  enmblea  me  to  gi?e  the  ftillBviaf  p^ 

ticulara  i  — 
Thomas  Hemlngo,  a  Chimberlaln  of  the  Qty   Wll 
Richard  Hemfng*  Mayor  .  .       .    IHT 

Henry  Heminge,  a  Chamberlaia  .        *    Ull 

Kicbard  Uemytige,  a  Cbamb^rlAin  (t]i«  j«r 

of  tho  lAst  battle)      .  .         .         .        .    IQI 

Richard  Heming.  Mayor.  ,  ,    IS? 

John  Hemyng,  a  Chambertain  .    liM 

Edward  Hemyaff.  a  Chamber l«iii  .    IVS 

John  Heming,  Miyor      ,         .         ...    1117 

At  the  aie^e  of  1646,  Alderman  Htininf  « 
one  of  the  citizens  nominated  to  conaider  thefffr 
priety  of  a  treaty  with  the  besiegers.  Tke  c^m 
wu  dbapproveJ,  and  Lieut.-CuL  Soie^MffM 
the  aldermiin'g  place. 

Hemming  h  still  a  local  name  ;  and  U  ii;  a^ 
has  been,  to  be  fimnd  in  many  parta  of  the  eoof^ 

I  have  not  met  with  any  cKampte  of  tW  m 
borne  by  mayors  of  this  name,  nar  do«t  it  ifpi 
that  they  registered  at  the  VistUition^. 

The  crest   sujr^ested  at   p.   355,  aocordi^t 
Burke,  does  not  belong  to  the  same  fainilyi 
arms  at  p.  268.     Perhaps  the  pedij^ree  i>f  ~ 
of  London  (p*  268)  may  throw  some  lighf 
subjeL't, 

A  Robert  Hemming  waa  buried  at 
Sent.  13,  1G9L 

Jniiies  Hemming  died  at  Inkberroiv, 
1727,  aged  aeventy-three* 

"TROii.t9  km>  Crbssioa"  (3"«  S.  «▼.  t« 
There  can,  I  think,  be  no  doubt  about  tb«  i 
ing  with  which  Shakspeare  wrote  the  Uiie  J 

**  One  toach  of  naturt  maket  the  wbot*  irorld  I 

He  is  simply  pointing  out,  that  ibem  ill 
dency  natural  to  all^aU  are  akin  to  eacit  i  * 
thii--thut  they  all  pniiie  what  is  ne%r«  btvii 
is  new.     But  by  frerjuent  quotation^  the  li* 
lost  its  connection  with  the  contujct^  and  hx 
quired  a  much  more  emphatic  applicAiion; 
made  to  signify  an  allusion  to  that  electric  i 
pathy  bv  which  "  the  heart  of  rnan   nuswtri  Hi 
man/'     It  is  hardly  necessary  to  point  OQt  ^  " 
many   texts    of  Scripture   have  ptiased    llir 
a  similar  process,  even   those  whicii    havi» 
pri'ssed  into  the  service  of  the  most  sol  fin  n 
troversy.     A  im      '  '  "  '  and  in  l^  I 

of  the  harkney*  >  f    It  i 

in  everybudy  a  unMim,      w  nvt  ts  ibe  ^ood  nf  J 
and-sof "     Whereas  it  grew  into  provirrtical  i 
from  ita  frequency  as  a  question  umlt"  ^f 
law  of  evidence,  raeaniug,  *^  Who  v^ 
by  80*and-io?"  C.  < 

Garrick  Club. 

**Hamlwt"(3^S.  Y,'i32.)  — a.  a 
recollected  Horatio's  comment  on 
<i  ''You  miffht  bare     ' 

1  rhvmc;,   Hamlizt  m 
L  %\A.\io.\\i<L'it53tJL^asa"iiittaiii<?t     ; 


'SM&T.  lUTtt.f4] 


NOTES  AND  QUERlEa 


4i7 


to  mask  the  «itgge»t»oii  under  «  leu  on- 
ly term  of  reproach:    umi  having  just  re- 
l    to    **Jove    bimieir/'   the    bird    of  Jiuio 
ttimUy  supplies  kim  wttli  ihe  worti  be  wuiU. 

C.  G.  Pbowett, 
Gftrrick  Clob. 

Monks  amd  Fmabj  (S^  S.  v,  346  )  —  It  is  to 

regretted  that  njiiny,  besides  Mr.  Fmude,  are 
the  habit  of  confounding  monks  and  frinrt, 
iterne  speaks  looaelj,  not  to  say  ignomntij,  of 
a  poor  monk  of  the  Order  of  St.  Frnncis/* — be 
ibould  have  said  friar.  We  meet,  indeed,  with 
cU  mistakes  io  so  maoj  ^e^pectabIe  writers, 
it  would  be  onJj  waste  of  time  to  select 
V<,  Every  one,  again,  talks  of  the  monkM 
ount  St.  Bernard ;  when  in  renlity  they  are 
leither  monki  nor  friars^  but  canons  regular  of 
It.  Augustine.  But  to  answer  the  queries  of 
"-  H.  M, :  — 

1.  What  was  the  distinction  between  monks  and 
«rjf  The  very  names  might  suffice  to  show 
b.  Monks,  or  monnchiy  were  so  «*iilled  from 
►H  aJone^  because  they  orii^inally  lived  alone, 
I  be  deserts^  and  far  from  all  intercourse  with 
le  world ;  whereos  the  friars  were  so  csilled  from 
w^M,  or  brethren,  because  they  lived  together 
community.  The  monks  were  later  on  assera* 
ed  in  monaateries,  or  communities,  containing. 
tch  about  thirty  or  forty  monks ;  and  these  were 
ylecl  cenobitest  from  living  in  community,  to  dis- 
riffutiih  them  from  those  who  still  lived  alone, 
la  were  called  hermita,  or  anchoret^?.  Two  cen- 
iries  aiY^r  monks  had  been  formed  into  com- 
anities  in  the  East,  they  were  established  in  the 
est  by  St.  Benedict  in  595,  and  bis  rule  was 
nerully  adopted  ;  so  that  by  monki  are  usuaUy 
iderstood  Benedictines^  though  there  are  monks 
*  various  other  Orders,  who  in  great  measure 
Ibw  his  rule — ^uch  as  Cistercians,  Cartbu*i»ns, 
Imttldulenses,  Cluniacs,  &c.  The /r*or«  are»  the 
ranciscans,  Dominican^  and  Carmelites.  St. 
hancis,  of  Assisium  founded  the  Friars  Minora 
1209. 

S*  W^as  the  clifferencc  an  great  as  the  reviewer 

^Froude  implies  ?     Certairdy  not.     There  have 

been,  it  is  true,  too  many  jealousies,  and  too  many 

instances  of  opposition  between  moftks  and  friars; 

^■t  it  is  quite  false  to  represent  them  as  syatema* 

illy  **  bitter  enemies,"    Nor  is  there  any  parity 

ween  the  opposition  of  the^e  religious  Orders 

■  that  of  the  Pharisees  and  Sadducees :  for  these 

on  essential  points  of  doctrine*  whereas 

md  friars  neter  differed  on  any  doctrinal 

F.aa 

le  monks  (m«»'oxoO  *^  v^ry  ancient^  existing 

ore  the  tmie  of  Christ,  and  were  so  called  from 

lir  secluijon  from  the  world:  at  first  in  caves 

d  d'  '  !^  in  buiMing^.     This  seclu- 

V  '  lU  in  contemplation  of  Eng- 

law,  II.  was  considered  defttb*    Tiiai  LitUeton 


say»  C*-  200)—'*  When  a  man  entreih  into  reU. 
?ion  and  is  profened,  he  is  dead  in  the  law,  and 
nts  son  or  next  cousin  (consanguioeuri)  inconti- 
nent shall  inherit  luxn,  ai  weU  as  though  be  weftt 
dead  indeed/* 

Goizot  (Hist  Mod,  cb,  xit.  p.  382),  says  that 
**  as  late  as  the  elecentk  ag^  the  monks  were  for 
the  most  part  laymen  ;'*  which  opinion  is  thought 
by  Waddingt>on  to  be  too  hastily  asserted  (Hi^ 
Ckureh,  ck  xxviii.  p.  698)  :  yet  the  latter  admits 
Cch,  xix.  p.  370,  384),  "  the  order  of  monks  wmi 
origirmUy  ao  Widely  distinct  from  that  of  clerks, 
that  there  were  seldom  found  more  than  one  Of 
two  ecclesiastics  in  any  ancient  convent.** 

The  Mars  (fr^res),  on  the  contrarv,  known  as 
the  mendteaot  and  preachings  orders,  had  no  fixed 
residence,  did  not  appear  till  the  twelfth  century, 
and  wcr«  missionaries.  The  Augustines  were 
canomd^  and  in  some  respects  conformed  to  the 
monastic  system  (Waddington,  BisL  Church,  ch. 
xix.  p.  384).  Some  of  the  friars,  however*  domi- 
ciled themselves  in  monasteries,  as  at  Oxford  and 
Cambridge  i  but  the  Franciscan,  Dominican,  Car- 
melites, and  Augustines,  did  not  thereby  become 
monks — that  is,  persons  secluded  from  the  world. 

The  monks  (laymen),  it  may  be  said,  had  regard 
each  to  bis  personal  religion  as  his  main  object ; 
the  friars  (clergy),  on  the  other  hand,  had  regard 
especially  to  the  conversion  and  religious  advance^ 
menfc  of  the  general  public*  The  Pbariaeea  and 
Sadducees  were  at  variance  chiefly  <fn  the  doc- 
trines of  tradition,  and  of  the  resurrection  of  the 
body  ;  both  held  by  the  former,  and  denied  by  the 
latter ;  their  differences  had  regard  to  matters  of 
opinion*  The  distinction  of  clergy  and  laity  had 
not  then  arisen.  The  differences  of  monks  and 
friars  were  evinced  in  acts,  selBsh  as  regarded  the 
monks,  philanthropic  as  rc^ard^d  the  friars* 

T.  J.  BoomToH. 

Majoft  Jomr  HarKsa  (3^^  S.  ▼.  320.)  ~  I  feel 
convinced  that  the  above-named  officer  is  the 
same  Major  John  Haynes,  about  whom  inquiries 
were  made  in  "N,  &  Q."  (1**  S.  xi.  324.)  Any 
authentic  information  reliitive  to  Major  ilaynea 
will  be  thankfully  received  by 

Zritbii  Altxk. 

Wig  (3'*»  S.  iii.  113.)  — In  a  letter  of  Bishop 
Mackenzie*^,  which  is  published  in  the  Dean  of 
£lj*s  Memoir  of  that  devoted  man,  I  find  the 
following  remarks  on  the  etymology  of  wig :  — 

"  I  wu  out  at  dinner  this  evening,  and  took  as  moch 
iotereflt  m  a  ditcuMloa  about  derivations  of  words  as  mny 
ooe  else.  They  aald  that  *wig*  came  from  •  p&riw^%* 
and  that  from  '  perraque,'  and  tbut  from  a  Gothic  Luim 
word,  pe/^trcuj,  and  that  from  //iVh«,  Latiti,  a  hair." — 1\  73. 

St.  SwiTHtK. 

Nebf  (3'^  S.  V.  346.)— This  word,  in  the  form  of 
"neif,**  "neive,"  or  **neax^^*'  \k\i^  xvq  \ss&*»cos. -^^^ 
fined  Id  liottUT^tWsat^-    UVa^  terv^^  Vc^^'^^ 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[;3»^S.T*llAf»/U 


Islondtc  nsfi.  See  Hunter's  HaQamshire  GhS' 
Bury^  and  Toone's  Etymolof^ical  Dictionary ^  where 
quotations  are  given  from  Gawin  Douglsis's  Virgil, 
dums's  Haggis^  and  tlie  Midsummer  Nights 
Dream*  It  occurs,  also,  in  Tim  Bobbin's  Lanca* 
shire  DialecL  J.  F,  M* 

'*  A  SaoFUL"  (3'^  S.  V.  145.)  —Mb.  Phiixips 
Eas  recalled  attention  to  this  subject,  and  has 
attempted  tu  bring  within  the  region  of  true  ety- 
mology a  term  which  inaj  perhaps  have  no  cluim 
to  legitimacy.  The  difficulty  experienced  in  ac- 
counting for  skng  terms  (such  as  I  consider 
thofid  to  be)  Tery  generally  nrises  from  want  of 
Acquaintance  with  the  classes  among  whom  they 
take  their  rise.  I  beg  leave  to  assist  Ma.  Puil- 
iitrs  by  throwing  out  a  suggestion.  I  am  inclined 
to  regard  shoful  as  a  piece  of  Jewish  slang.  Thus 
in  Friedrich*9  Unterricht  in  der  Judensprache^ 
8vo,  1784|  we  find  *' schofei*,  schlecht^  gering;" 
and  if  we  may  suppose  that  on  the  introduction  of 
the  Hansom  cabs  the  drivers  of  the  old  four^ 
wheelers  wished  to  display  their  contempt  for  the 
innovation^  those  among  them  who  were  JewH 
(and  several  such  might  be  met  with)  would  pro- 
bably express  their  feeling  by  the  use  of  this 
Hebrew  word.  This  explanation  may  perhaps 
admit  of  question ;  but  at  all  events  it  appears  to 
me  to  carry  with  it  some  semblance  of  philological 
truth,  while  Mr.  Phillips's  solution  of  the  diffi- 
culty, I  may  be  pardoned  for  saving,  is  unsup- 
ported either  by  the  principles  of  language,  or  the 
character  of  the  vehicle  in  question.        R.  S.  Q. 

DuMMEBER  (S'^  S.  v.  355.) — Harman  in  his 
Caveat  for  Common  Cursiiors,  4to,  1567,  has  a 
chapter  descriptive  of"  a  dommerar,"  which  com- 
mences thus, — 

**  These  dommerars  are  Icud  and  moat  aubtyU  people, 
the  most  nart  of  these  are  Wotch  incn»  and  w}  II  neuer 
•peake,  umesse  they  haue  extresme  puoishmeot,  hut  wyll 
gape,  and  with  a  mametloas  force  wyll  hold  downe  their 
lQaog9  doubled «  groniag  for  your  churyty"  &,c. 

To  the  same  effect  Dekker,  in  bis  English  Fi/- 
lanits^  4to,  1 638,  writes  of  dommerars, — 

**  The  bel-man  looke  his  marke  amiase  in  saying  that  a 
dommtrar  is  equal  to  a  cranktt^  for  of  the«e  dommerars  I 
never  met  hut  one,  and  that  was  at  the  hou^e  of  one  Af.  L. 
of  L,  This  dommerar^s  name  vras  W.  Hee  made  a 
strange  noise,  shewing  by  fingers  acrotte  that  his  toogue 
was  cut  oat  at  Chalke  HilV  &c. 

Grose,  on  the  foregoing  authorities,  gives,  in  his 
Classical  Dictionary  of  the  Vnlgar  IhngTte^  the  fol- 
lowing definition  of  a  dommerar :  — 

•*  A  beggar  pretending  that  his  tongue  has  be«Q  ent  out 
bv  the  Algrrine*.  or  cruel  and  blood-thirsty  Turka;  or 
Bli«  that  be  was  bom  deaf  and  dumb.'* 

R.  S.  Q. 

pABtiETiTffti  {^^  S.  V.  28L)  — I  imagine  this 
word  to  mean  ruins ^  or  ruined  walU^  the  same  as 
the  Latin  parietin*t,  m  used  by  Cioero.  Robert 
ButUm  wu  BO  pedAfitic  in  bis  style,  m4  «o  ^(^t^ 


of  interlarding  his  sentenf""  "i^^^  qoatitiait  fiiK 
classic  authors,  that  it  is  •  .^idbkhtw«dl 

Anglicise  words  not  ackno,^  -^^^--^  by  «j  BiJjfii 
lexicographer.  Fsnow^ 

The  Newtok  Stone  (3^  S,  ▼.  1I0,24S,5W} 
I  must  decline  to  occupy  your  space  with  a  rtt» 
tation  of  Da.  Moobe's  last  letter;  but  ixaajif 
desirable  to  inform  such  of  your  reaidot  m  ms 
interested  in  the  matter,  that  the  eopf  of  fkii^| 
scription,  with  which  1  compared  Da. 
renderings,  is  that  of  Dr.  WiiaoQ  tn  his  J 
Scotland*  I  am  also  anxious  to  say  that  I 
assert  the  inscription  to  be  Celtie.  ThM 
Celtic  is  possible,  that  it  is  Hebrew  or  CklW 
impossible.  B*  H^  CwfP 

CttBss   (S'*  S.  r.  377.)  —  Oa    looking  i^  i 
cpi^am  quoted  by  your  correspondent  Ti  La» 
useful  Dulphin  edition  of  Martial,  I  Jl 
ence  made  to  tlie   72nd  of  the    7th 
Paullum,"  where  an  authority  oa   this 
cited.     The  extract  is  too  long  for  iil 
I  may  briefly  sketch  what    is   there 
"calculi"  were  called  either  "canes*'  or 
and  the  game  was  played  oa  a  board  (i 
tersected  by  lines  farmia<;    spaces,    wliiii 
termed  citadels  (urbes).    The  **  men,*'  wl 
much  like  our  draughtsmen,  I  suppose, 
ousty  coloured,  and  the  object  was  to 
man  from  the  rest^  surround  it  with 
men,  and  so  capture  it.     Luxtiry,   aj 
thing  else,  would  greatly  modify    the  _^^ 
of  so  popular  a  game,  and  the  draughtsmdi 
be  made  of  the  most  beautiful  and  preciioal^ 
rials.     Undoubtedly  ^'  gemmeua  '*  naeaiw 
or  inlaid,  or  even  cut  out  of  precious 
agate,  jasper,  cornelian,  are  used  aomel 
for  such  purposes,  and  ivory  chesatnen  ti 
gems  are    occasionally   made*      The    ** 
hostis"  arc  merely  the  names  of  the  two 
the  "  miles  "  being  the  **  grassator,"  the  •* " 
the   **  insidiator,"   the  attacking    and 
sides  alternately.     The  Delphln   ediUoQ 
Ofid,— 

**  Sive  latrocinii  tub  imagfaie  cakulcii  tliil* 
Fac  pereat  vitreo  miles  ab  hmtm  laas.** 
And  says  expressly  that  his  author  crmmdtiT*  m 
game  **  diversum  esse  a  scapi.'?,  '  * 
am  of  his  opinion.     The  qut'v 
and  I  oould  wish  a  better  explanauun  iiidn  l&k 
have  given.  K«  C 

Chess  was  not  known  to  the  Greeks  or 
(Penny  Cyclo,  vii.  /53).     It  wan  invimtM)  ^ 
Indians,  and  was  introduced  into  F^  .    '>  f 

reign   of    Nushivran    (a.i>.   531^ 
ch.  xlii.  p.  30t*).    The  paasa^fe  i^  ^ '  kmt. 

•*  Insidioaonim  m  ludit  hall  • 

GeromcuB  iite  tibi  mil**  ^<  •  * 

refer* probably  to  the  Duodsna  set:  ? 

\  kind  «ft  Vnda*lx«ic}^  «e  bai&kiGpmiQon ;  n  w^l-  pii 


»> 


[a^a  V.  MAt^ii,'&k] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIE& 


429 


ritli  fifteen  counters  or  atones  (culcuH)  of  different 
ilours,  upon  a  table  marked  with  twelve  linea 
Escbenburg,  by  Fiske,  p.  295),    Schrevelius  sjijs 

(ke  calculi  and  latroDes  are  the  same  game* 

■*  Slvfi  lutrocinii  sab  imagine  calcula»  ibit" 

Orid,  Art  Amandu  ii.  205, 

nd  tbat  tbe  modern  Greeks  call  it  ^arpiKiov.  This 
\  not  trictrac,  the  name  of  which  is  rh  tcuJa*,  a  cor- 
ruption of  the  Italian  tanoliere.  See  Simon,  **  Jeux 
de  Hazard  cbcz  lea  Romaliis^  {Mem.  Acad.  Inacr. 
130),  and  **  Historia  Shahi  ludii  '  of  Dr.  Hjde 
tSyntogm.  DUtcrtaL  ii.  61—69), 

T.  J.  BuCKTOJf. 

BoBSBT  Dove  (3^"  S.  v.  170,  331,  3880  — The 
Dame  of  the  worthy  citizen  i$  correctly  given 
■^Dowe^"  in  the   1618  edition  of  Stow'a  Survey. 

u  used  in  the  old  edition  for  r,  has  caused 
be  name  to  he  printed  "Dowe"  in  the  extract 
Iven  in  **  N*  &  Q/'  The  reference  to  the  passajye, 
1  ^6  1616  edition,  should  be  p.  195,  not  *'  p.  25.^' 
^*iave  now  before  me  a  rare  tract  by  Ant 

D,  entitled  r  — 

P  *'  London's  Dotc^  or  the  Miroiir  of  Merchant  Taylort : 
I  Metnorinll  of  the  Lifo  and  Death  of  Maieter  Hobert 
Dve»  Citizen  And  Merchant  Tnvlor  af  London;  and  of 
Severall  ATmes-deedes  and'  Large  Boantie  to  the 
^»  in  hi4i  Li!'etime.     1012.    4to,** 

( We  learn,  from  this  interesting  brochure,  how 
Dbert  Dove  bequeathed  to  thirteen  aged  men 
Itwenty  nobles  ye;ir]y  a-peace,  and  every  three 
tarei*  to  CHch  man  a  gown  ;"  to  sixty  poor  widows 
the  jiarish  of  St.  Botolph'a- Without,  AhJgate, 
hd  to  six  men,  four  nobles  a- year  for  ever ;  also, 
charities  to  Bedlam  and  Bridewell,  the  hos- 
ItJils  of  St,  Bartholomew  and  St,  Thomases.  His 
Wieving:  the  prisoners  in  Newgate  and  Ludgate ; 
1  charitiea  **  to  the  poor  young  beginners  of  the 
^ftny  of  Merchant  Taylours;"  his  provision 
^  he  tolling  the  bell  at  St,  Sepulchre*?,  for 
ndemned  persons,  **  every  day  of  execution 
Qtil  they  have  suffered  death,'*  which  gift  is  to 
{continue  for  ever/'  And  also,  for  a  small  hand- 
ell  to  be  rung  at  midnight,  under  Newgate,  the 
■ght  afier  the  execution  ;  and  the  next  morning 
1  the  church  wall,  to  remind  them  of  their  mor- 
ality;  and  a  prayer  to  be  said  for  their  salvation ; 
dd  this  to  **  continue  for  ever." 
After  recording  numerous  other  liberal  bene* 
tions  of  this  old  English  worthy,  Nixon  men- 
Dn«  ^^  sixteen  pounds  a-yeor  for  ever  to  Christ's 
lospital,  to  train  up  and  Instruct  ten  young 
ihollers  in  the  knowledge  and  learning  of  musick 
ttd  prick-song." 

The  name  of  good  old  Robert  Dove  surely  de- 
rves  to  bo  remembered  at  the  present  day. 

Edward  F.  Rimbault. 

[  The  FA»fiKa*BELt  or  St.  SEPCLcnaB's.  — The 
I  indiciUng  the  ancient  distrust  of  executorvy 


and  quoted  in  a  note  at  the  last  above-mentioned 
page,  were,  in  a  somewhat  different  form,  written 
upon  a  widl  in  St,  Edmund's  church  in  Lombard 
Street  (Jeremy  Tavlor's  BoL  Dy.  ed.  1682,  p. 
178) :  — 

**Maii,  thee  behovetb  oft  to  have  this  in  mind. 
That  them  givetb  with  thtne  hand,  that  shalt  thoo  Had, 
For  widows  beth  slothful,  and  children  beth  nnkind, 
Exec«itors  beth  covetous,  and  keep  all  that  they  find. 
If  any  body  aak  where  the  dead*i  goods  became, 

Tbev  answer. 
So  Q«d  me  help,  and  Ifalidam,*  he  died  a  poor  man. 

Think  on  this." 

This  was  the  epitaph  of  Richard  KordelL  (Wec- 
ver*s  Fun,  Afon.  pp.  19,  413,) 

Edward  J.  Wood. 

Totrr  (3^  S.  v.  211,)  —  Is  not  this  word  de- 
rived from  "  to  out,"  that  is  to  go  out  hunting  for 
emplovment,  instead  of  sitting  m  the  usual  place 
of  business  watting  for  clients  to  come  in,  as  pro- 
fessional men  mostly  do.  A.  A. 

Poeti'  Comer. 


NOTES  ON  BOOKS.  ETC, 

Tfut  WorkM  of  William  Shaki^sp^nre.  Eflited  h^  William 
George  Clnrk,  M.A-,  and  William  Aldis  Wright,  M.A, 
Voiume  /v.     (Mac  rail  Ian.) 

This  new  volanie*of  The  Cambridf^e  5AaAejtpeare^which 
contains  Kint/  John;  Richard  IL  i  The  Firti  and  Setand 
Farts  of  Henry  IV.fand  Hvnry  K, — exhibits  the  as  me 
patient  indastry  in  collecting  and  arranging  the  varioai 
readings  to  be  found  in  the  different  editions  of  the  plays 
hero  reprinted,  and  the  varioas  amendments  and  correc- 
tions in  ihoee  plays  suggested  by  their  nomeroaa  editors 
and  commentators,  which  characterise<i  the  preceding 
volumes.  This  accamulatton  of  critical  mAterials  gives  a 
special  value  to  this  edition,  and  points  it  out  as  one  pe- 
culiarly suited  to  those  who  desire  to  study  for  them- 
seivea  the  text  of  our  great  dramatist.  How  great  this 
labour  must  have  been,  the  reader  will  easily  perceive 
when  he  is  told  that,  of  the  Jiiehard  IL^  no  less  than 
fotif  quarto  editions  wi»re  printed  before  it  appeared  in 
the  first  foiio;  while^  uf  the  Fitxi  Part  of  Htnry  IV.,  no 
less  than  six  qunrtoa  were  printed;  and,  although 
Henry  V.  appeared  in  its  present  form  first  in  the  Folio 
of  16;i3,  it  was  printed  surreptitiously  in  quarto,  in  160U, 
under  the  title  of  The  Chronicle  liitUtry  of  Htnry  the 
Fifth  ;  which  Chronicle  Hittory,  with  Ihi-  various  rcadiags 
of  the  two  reprints  of  it,  printed  in  1602  and  1608,  is 
given  in  the  Appendix,  The  editors  hope  to  issue  their 
next  volume  in  August;  and  announce  as  in  preparation, 
and  to  be  published  uniformly  with  ITte  Cambridg*  SM»' 
Mpeare,  a  Commentary,  Explanatory  snd  Illustrativa^ 

C^titdn^M  ttf  the  Dookt  of  the  Mancketter  Free  Library. 
Rtftrtnct  Department.  Prepared  by  A,  Cre,*»tadoro, 
Ph  D,  tyfthe  C/niversity  of  Turin,  Author  of  **  Tfie  Art 
ofMahing  Catal*i^ue»  of  Librariet.**    (9.  Low.) 

We  may  wrll  congratulate  the  good  people  of  Man- 
<:he«ter  on'the  Literary  Treasure*  ^\\Jek\w  N^vt  TttMao.'"^* 


*  "aoV^  dnfinsu 


480 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


baVA  itcentlr  bad  occaaion  to  notice  the  admirable  Foartb 
Tolome  of  the  Gttatogue  of  ike  Chetham  Library^  to  wbich 
Ibe  inbabitanU  of  the  gv^At  inajiufjictaring^  metro|)ulis 
have  free  .icceAs;  nnd  now  our  attention  is  callud  Ui  a 
very  valuable  Catalogue  of  that  moat  useful  portion  of  a 
Library*  The  Refertnce  Dfpartmeni  of  the  Manchester 
Free  Library.  This  Catalogue  secm»  to  iu  extremely 
wetl  adapted  for  the  purpose  of  enabling  the  frequeaters 
of  that  Libraiy  tc  turn  it  to  good  occ^antn,  for  it  includes 
the  two  great  detiderata  in  aU  Catalogues,  the  alphabetic 
eal  and  the  daaaided  arran^aient ;  oiul  we  can  scancely 
doubt,  from  the  examination  which  we  have  been  able  to 
make  of  the  book  before  us^  that  Mr.  Creatadoro  l«  ju9ti- 
fied  in  cong^ratulating  thoae  who  use  the  Library  in  its 
being  **  for  practical  utility  arul  adaptation  in  its  pur* 
po9«»,  and  for  just  distributioa  amon^  all  the  Departments 
of  Science  and  the  Arts,  a  Library  that  may  chalienge 
c50mpari*on  with  any  of  its  size  in  the  world."  The 
Library,  we  may  add»  is  no  le^s  rich  in  pamphlets  than  in 
larg'T  works  {  and  tho«e  who  ftiuodnl  it  and  maintata  it 
well  deserve  all  ibe  praise  which  Mr.  Crestadoro  bcitows 
upon  thero^  and  the  additional  praise  of  having  turned  a 
fine  library  to  the  beat  account  by  printing  an  extremoiy 
useful  Catalogue  of  it 


BOOKS    AND    ODD    VOLUMES 

WANTED    TO    rURCOASS, 

Fartfratan  of  FHee,  ac,  of  the  following  BooW  (o  be  asot  direct  to 
tli»  irvtttlemeii  by  whom  th«r  Art  rcKiuiredt  uad  whose  asfoei  aad  aa- 
dilMn  &r»*  iciren  tor  thtt  i»uriM]i«i;  — 

ll«,uifri'«  SnAKB:^B4R».  I«  Vol*.     Dubllu,  l79l.    Vc^LXVI.    Ito^rdi. 
Btimm*»  LirB  Afo  Wbh**,  17  Vol*.  193*.    VoU  VII,    Llolh, 
WutAd  br  Mr,  John  Mtti/nc,  Pott  CMBoa,  BoUS«U 

Tai  Lajta  Wit  Lira  m.    Yol.  lY.    Qutfles  Jbiight.    la  Uie  orffiaal 

WBtLvr't  Cmhwhaw  hianJLnr,     Vol.  JUtJLYlL  of  Aft-ToL  edittoo. 

Calf. 

WftntacI  hy  Ut.  J,  JT^hmmm,  s.  Chapel  Street,  Pentsnoe^ 


^atkfi  to  (iTcfrrc^iiaitTiriiU. 


•-  to  P'rrHiHM 
,  UtouQk  teit- 


C,  11..    . 
rii.  7*.  Its,  iVt,  l-'j,  Oil  I 

•  ••  C(M#«  fifr  tft^dinif  the  rrtum^  qf**W'*t  Q,"  «««  k  laf  f 

Puttli^thtr,  mid  qfaU  Motfttttkn  mtil  I 

**Ht/wm*  AMD  QpsmiM  **  U 
5is  Jf       ■      '  ''       -"t  from  th9 


"Ni>T*«  a  Qvuiia»'*iinflite»dftartn 


Itaem 

MEr 


J.  0»  f.  trinjlmi*  itt  Ur^v"»  MAumOm  ud  Odrerammt,  a«  tm^t^ 
**  WKm  Lots  eonUI  leaeli  a  ftwaare^  Id  be  vtee, 
Aai  fM|«l->Uilit  Afsi  dava'd  ttom  B«Jl^*i  «ri*i" 

J,    i     J.      .u^  BAIi  prMnI  «p  CMHep^ir  AwAw^  iiwll  41s,  lies, 
'  P*^!*?*  C*rDiiii?k,V  0«««irv  eifT^<«f«  km  »9f  «ea»  fnoMtotnl 


HEDGES    &    BUTLER.  Wioe  Merch^ 
rcoommttid  and  017ARAliiTRe  the  folknrtac  WTllMi- 
FiLTO  wholcfome  CLAR£T«  w  drunk  «S  fiocdcavi.  lat.  odlfe 
[icr  doMB. 

White  Bordeaux »««.  •sAl^frtl 

Ooodllo«k ^. M^    «,    ift.     , 

BmrklittK  Epemey  Cnampacv* ate..  SM.    „     Hfe. 

OoodPumcrtiherry.......... ...f«fc    ^    ^». 

Fort,,.... tss..)*.    ^    1^ 

Th«7  Invite  the  attention  of  CONNOt^KUBA  «»  teB4 
of  CUOICJS  OLD  PORJ\&>Ti«UtlPffcirWlike«o^|^ 
Cel«br»t*d  vlotace  fit"  " 

YiDta«el»>»4 

YintACC  IMO.«...... 

YtotaMlMr... .....,».«    .,      72*.        _ 

aU  Af Dand«man't  ahlpptoct  end  la  flret-ratc  t^oudf fiw 
Ftoa  old  **  bsaaniiiff  "  Port.  4)U.  and  eoa.i 

iftM  Ciarcti  of  choice  nvwthti  3C^,iSv..  4te^ 

met,    llareobmJDner,    RudeBlielmrr.    '^fHtibwr, 
Johatineabcrfer  ind  !*telobent«r^  7?-    "- '  ■     '     '  -■'t*,  ■ 
hj^uacn,  ftod  i!khent»erit.  ««>■.  to  ^  M^ 

7^  t  vtrr  ctioiD«  ChampaxtLCt  00^  $*4 

ttirnac.  vBrmuth.  Cnoitajoilt,  Lv:i  li      _ 

other  rare  irltica.    FtAe  old  l*ale  <  ,  aotoTei 

ire»  ohoioa  Cocnie,  tlaMM  ti(^'>  -^    tike 

tneda]  at  tb»  PmIj  ExJtlblllMl  of  >^  lo«.    F* 

ofvwrr  deMiipUon.    On  ftwpc  oi  urdM^i 

qoHtttity  tilU  he  forranled  imiBcdinieij  .  *<> 

HEDGES  &  BUTLER, 

LOKDOITi   IM.  ESOENT  f^TRXJiT.  W. 

Brlflitoa  i  M,  Klnc**  &o«d. 

(OtttlBaUreilBhltahaA  ▲.]>.  iMf.) 

EAU-DE-VIE.— This  pure  I 
per  ealkm,   li  («cutlarlr  firrc  t^*Mv 

raoeoi  tiTui-'fintiun*  of  tv«-M,.-     in   ^ >*-■ 

aea*C   f  T  ':li''  ■••iiii  i.r*  .     •'" 
beot.U.i.Mr.;     rl.,   ..,    11 1:'-  i: 

Frio;*  Lu;<[k  Hi  Irttf  ou  4|^piM^L.i..x,. 

rV0TESI0*S    DT^PnT     05,    Rsassr 

For  the  Sale  txdualTvJhr  rdaaiu. 

pa^ca  aad  Co«ni£e  of  rra  . te  u*iui 

Getlue  and  Coviii1oc4k  j  4  Ordov  t*^ia  1 

no, »,  RtJi:  ' ' :  1  lOSK.  PAltt*. 

JniB  PATENT  NEW  FJLTER.^Dr 
.    **  Aa  ni  ne  water  U  <tr  nich  mmV  imfnrXm'Mm.  Jl  l»  rtawratto  u  i- 
at  Mr.  U|»«cMiinhe  (•  hy  t^r  i)i«  ifuwi  e        '        ^ 
titer  makera.**    Ca»  only  t«  had  at  M/. 
atraud.    Piuapcctiu  fKx.*. 

nONDS     PERMANENT   MARKING    riiR  - 


narviM 

eTMEET  vs 
■old  hy  all  I 
dom*  pHoe  le  . 

ri,). 
10,  fllSUo 


C" 


BB'S 


Lf>rK8    atjd  Fii   , 


r^^a^ 


St^&y.  Uat88,'64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


431 


LOSDOK,  SATURDAY^  MAY  Si,  1864. 


COSTENT&— No.  126. 


KOTE8:  — The  Englifih  Church  iu  Some,  431  — GcncnU 
Plagiarisms:  "thu  Groves  of  Blaniej-,"  43£  —  Kilkenny 
CaU.«3-- Moaning  of  the  Word  "Selah."  76.- Funeral 
rniMl  Tomb  of  Queen  Eliiabeth— The  Ivle  of  Axliolmc— 
Reouants,  tetup.  James  I.  —  Guadalquivir  —  Early  InTen- 
tion  of  Biflbit;  —  Wliittled  down.  4:34. 

QTTSILIE8:  — J.P.  Ardesoif  —  Rabbi  Abmhani  .tliou  HhaUm 

—  Beason  the  Booksi-llcr  -  Oalcthos  —  T.  1'.  Christian  - 
Three  Charles  Clarkes  —  Curious  Si^n  Mnnual  —  Dcuniark 
and  Holstein  Treaty  of  l«6fl  —  Games  of  Swans.  Ac.,  what  V 
-'  Glofea  ctaimed  for  a  Kiss  — Golrlamitli's  Work-  Hum 
and  Bm  — Justice- Lines  on  Madrid  — Mount  Atli0!»  — 
Petrarch— "Esssy  on  Politeness  "  — Quotations  —  Rich- 
mond Court  Bolls— ''Tlic  Rueful  Qiuiker"— Savoy  Kent 

—  Talbot  ftpen  —  William  Thomson  —  8ir  Thomas  Wal- 
■inghjun — John  Wood.  435. 

QvvBixs  WITH  AaiirsRS :  —  Brandt's  "  Ship  of  Fooles  '*  — 
Atfliamentaij  Sittinfrs  —  Sir  Tiiouias  Lynch  —  Esquires' 
Basts— Mn.  Ann  Moiell.  Ki7. 

SEPLIE8:— '^Tho  BUu-k  Bear,"  at  Cumnor,  438  — Ivan 

J,         Toimth,  4»>— Seneca's  Prophecy  of  the  Discovery  of  Anie- 

liea^  Jb&.  440—  Mediieral  Churches  in  Roman  Camps,  4il  — 

JdofKauatic  and  Horgengabe,  /&.— Cobl)ott— LiUm).  and 

similar  Weapons  —  Robin  Anair  —  Quotations —  "  31isccl- 

■,        laoea  Curiosa " — Surnames  —  Sir  Edward  Gor^rcs,  K nt.  — 

'         Language  used  in  Roman  Courts,  Ac.  —  :ivapn)if  «Aav«c, 

,         ff.  T.  A.  — The  Ballot:  •*Thfro  Blue  Ik-ans."  Ac  — John 

K         Braham  tho  Vocalist- Anglo-Saxon  and  other  Mediaeval 

»         Seals  — A  Bull  of  Burke's  — Engraving  by  Bartolozzi  — 

;         Sir  John  Jacob  of  Bromli^  —  Chni>erone  —  Upper  and 

Lower  Emiilre  —  A  I^asion  for  Witnessing  Executions  — 

Polk  Lore  in  the  South-east  of  Ireland.  Ac.  ^i. 

Kotoa  on  Booka,  Ac. 


fifltnf. 

TIIE  ENGLISH  CHURCH  IN  ROME. 

The  PaUjf  Telegraph  (Feb.  19,  1864,)  remarks, 
hj  way  of  contrast  with  an  act  of  the  Sultan  for 
promoting  grreater  religious  freedom  within  his 
dominions,  Uiat  — 

••  The  twelre  or  fourteen  thousand  wealthy,  or  well-to-do 
Protestants,  who  flock  to  Rome  for  the  winter,  are  obliged 
to  worship  in  a  bam-like  building  outside  the  gates  of 
the  town.  .  .  ." 

Why  "obliged"?  Does  the  writer  mean  to 
pretend  that  the  building,  iis(.>d  as  their  church, 
WM  not  deliberately  chosen  by  the  English  them- 
aelvet  ?  Does  he  affect  to  believe  that  the  selec- 
tion was  in  any  way  enforced  or  suggested  by  the 
Somish  authorities  ?  At  .ill  events,  this  I  can 
say :  It  was  the  Rev.  Mr.  Woo<iward  himself,  who 
related  to  me  the  circumbtances  connected  with 
the  establishment  of  the  church.  I  had  been 
■skcd  to  write  a  short  notice  of  it ;  and,  accord- 
inglyi  I  called  (April  -20,  1858,)  on  the  chaplain, 
M  the  person  most  qualified  to  furnish  correct 
particulars.  In  giving  me  these,  Mr.  Woodward 
aaid,  that  he  hoped  I  would  make  a  point  of 
stating  how  unfair  were  the  remarks  which  often 
appeared  in  the  English  newspapers  on  this  sub- 
ject. He  wished  it  to  be  publicly  known  that  the 
greatest  courtesy  and  forbearance  had  been  uni- 
formly practised  towMrdM  him  by  the  authorities. 


When  it  was  determined,  on  account  of  increased 
demand  for  space,  and  by  reason  of  inconvenience 
caused  b^  the  private  occupation  of  the  house  in 
an  upstairs  room  of  which  the  service  was  held, 
to  make  considerable  alterations  for  the  purpose 
of  uniting  this  private  dwelling  with  the  adjoin- 
ing house.  Cardinal  Antonelli  sent  unofficiaUy  to 
him,  and  requested,  while  entire  freedom  was 
allowed  within,  that  nothing  should  appear  on  the 
exterior  of  the  building,  so  altered,  which  could 
offend  the  religious  feeling  of  the  inhabitants  of 
Home.  The  church  is  outside  the  Porto  del 
Popolo,  solely  because  at  that  spot  was  to  be  had 
a  suitable  house  at  a  moderate  rent — most  posi- 
tively, fur  no  other  reason. 

"  And,"  said  Mr.  Woodward,  "von  know,  as  a  visitor 
of  Rome,  that  a  more  convenient  pface  could  not  be  found, 
being  zto  exactly  in  the  tlnglish  quarter  of  the  town, 
unles.s  indeed,  we  could  get  the  Piazza  di  Spsgna ;  but 
that  is  out  of  the  question,  on  account,  not  only  of  the 
enormous  rents,  but  because  the  houses  let  so  well  for 
apartments." 

Those  who  have  not  visited  Kome,  may  per- 
haps picture  the  English  furtively  slinking  out  of 
the  gates  to  their  weekly  service.  But  what  is 
i  the  actual  state  of  things  ?  I  venture  to  say  that, 
in  the  mutter  of  dress  and  equipages,  there  is 
(or  WHS  in  1858)  more  display  than  can  be  seen 
at  any  church  in  Kome.  Eight  or  ten  carriages 
in  waiting  outside,  is  quite  an  ordinary  sight. 
Nay,  the  Roman  youths  (mass  beincr  concluded 
some  half  hour  or  so  before  the  English  service) 
are  drawn  up  in  the  Piazza  del  Popolo  to  see  the 
English  ladies  pass  on  their  way  home. 

No  worthy  object  can  be  gained  by  continually 
suggesting,  that  the  English  have  been  thrust 
beyond  the  wnlls  of  Rome,  when  they  went  there, 
as  I  have  said,  of  their  own  accord.  If  such  a 
topic  is  suited  to  this  publication,  I  hope  that 
these  remarks  may  be  allowed  to  appear:  the 
rather,  as  nothing  came  of  the  proposition  before 
mentioned. 

When  I  had  written  the  above,  it  occurred  to 
me  that  my  note  would  derive  additional  force 
from  the  itanction  of  Mr.  Woodward.  On  the 
receipt  of  a  copy,  that  gentleman  favoured  me 
with  the  following  reply  :  — 

"  Sir,— I  am  glad  you  wrote  to  me,  as  I  am  thus 
enabled  to  correct  some  circumstantial  inaccuracies  in 
the  pap(-r  which  you  sent  mo. 

•*  The  hifttorv  of  the  Engli^ih  Sor>'icc  being  performed 
in  its  present  loi'ality  is  (ixattly  this.  In  tho  year  1824, 
a  notion  having  got  about  that  the  government  of  the 
dsy  looked  with  jealousy  at  the  performance  of  the 
English  Service,  tho  proprietor  of  the  room  then  used  for 
the  purpose  refused  to  renew  the  Lease,  which  hsd  just 
expired.  For  the  same  reason  the  Committee  of  Mana(;e- 
ment  failed  in  several  at  tempts  to  procure  a  Lease  else- 
where, till  at  length  they  succeeded  in  finding  a  room 
just  outside  the  Porta  del  I'upolo,  which  thev  at  ouca 
took  on  Lease,  aivA'«Vi\tVL  \uW«iT  \o:\wq\s%  ^&^X.'»Oa.n3^2 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[a»*av.  iiATtt.* 


purpose.'  tJp  to  this  dat«  the  Service  had  been  always 
within  the  walla.  But  in  all  the  transactions  referred  to, 
which  were  spread  over  many  months,  it  does  not  ap- 
pear from  the  records  that  the  difficulty  encountered  by 
the  CJomraittee  was  in  any  way  connected  with  that  cir- 
cumstance. There  is  no  trace  whatever  of  the  question 
between  inside  and  ouUide  the  walls  having  been  raised. 
So  that  the  jealousy  of  the  Government  (if  it  existed,  of 
which  there  is  no  kind  of  proof,)  had  regard,  not  to  the 
Service  being  performed  inside  the  walls,  but  to  its  being 
performed  a^ou/ 

*•  In  this  room,  chosen  by  the  English  themselves,  and 
considered  *  eligible  in  all'  respects  for  their  purpose,' 
close  to  the  English  Quarter,  and  within  two  or  three 
minutes*  walk  of  the  principal  Hotels,  the  English  Ser- 
vice continued  to  be  neld  for  upwards  of  thirtpr  years ; 
when,  fh>m  circumstances  too  intricate  to  detail,  it  was 
transferred  to  the  building  next  donr,  of  which  the  Pro- 
prietor offered  to  build  a  chapel  within  its  walls.  It  was 
with  reference  to  this  chapel  that  Cardinal  Antonelli, 
most  considerately,  sent  a  private  warning,  not  to  mc, 
but  to  Lord  Lyons,  that  it  could  not  be  permitted  to 
have  extemalltf  the  appearance  of  a  church  or  public 
institution  of  any  kind. 

**  It  is  hardly  accurate  to  say  that  ■  the  utmost  cour- 
tesy and  forbearance  have  been  uniformly  practised  by 
the  authorities  towards  me;*  for  T  have  never  directly 
been  brought  into  contact  with  them :  but  they  certainly 
have  been  practised  towards  the  English  generally.  In 
fact,  in  regard  of  this  matter  of  public  worship,  the 
English  are  treated  as  the  most  highly  favoured  nation, 
being  the  only  non-Roman  Catholic  nation  thiit  is 
allowed  to  have  public  worship  without  an  embassy. 
Moreover  the  Authorities  always  have  Gensdarmes  in 
attendance  both  to  keep  order  among  the  Carriages  which 
are  in  waiting  in  great  numbers,  and  to  prevent  the 
great  annoyance  which  I  am  told  used  to  exist,  of  people 
crowding  round  the  doors  to  see  the  congregation  com- 
ing out. 

"  The  Daili/  Telegraph^  estimate  of  the  number  of 
Protestants  who  come  to  Rome  for  the  winter  is  prepos- 
terous. I  do  not  suppose  the  Prut&ttanta  of  all  nations 
and  denominations  amount  to  near  haff  the  number 
specified.  And  of  these,  all  are  not  *  obliged,'  as  the 
writer  says,  to  worship  in  the  English  Chapel,  seeing 
that  there  are  two  Protestant  Chapels  within  the  walls, 
one  in  the  American  Embassy,*  the  other  in  that  of 
Prussia.  To  represent  our  Cba'pel  as  a  *  barn-like  build- 
ing,* is  simply  ridiculous.  But  if  it  were,  it  is  strange 
that,  in  making  such  a  statement,  the  writer  does  not 
see  that  he  is  casting  reproach  on  the  English  them- 
selves; for  I  am  sure  they  have  money  enough  to  make 
their  Chapel  internally  what  they  please. 

"  I  am,  your  obedient  Servt. 
"  F.  B.  Woodward. 
"  Rome,  March  11, 1864. 

"  P.S.  You  may  use  this  letter  as  you  please.** 

*  This  account  scarcely  tallies  with  further  statements 
in  the  same  article  of  the  Telegraph  to  the  effect,  that 
"  not  more  than  a  year  ago,  half-a-dozen  American 
families,  who  used  to  assemble  every  Sunday  in  the 
drawing-room  of  a  fellow-countrj-man  residing'in  Rome, 
for  the  purpose  of  worship  according  to  the  Presbyterian 
form,  were  visited  by  the  police,  and  told  that  any  repeti- 
tion of  this  *  offence'*  would  cause  all  persons  joining  in 
the  act  to  be  at  once  sent  away."  Formerly,  as  I  can  say 
from  personal  experience,  there  was  afternoon  service  at 
the  Palazzo  Braschi  according  to  the  Church  of  England^ 
Mad  it  would  «ppetr  that,  at  least,  there  is  no  truth  in 

the  MSiertioD,  tOMt  the  morning  tenice  in  lYkt  'PnA>fty< 

terlMtt  form  hu  bwn  Abolithed. 


I  had  intended  to  incorporate  any  eoDne 
which  Mr.  Woodward  miprht  be  pleased  to  mal 
but,  on  reading  his  letter,  I  judged  that  by  ?\\ 
it  entire  and  verbatim,  I  should  not  onW 
serve  mr  purpose,  hut  also  follow  the  us 
^'  N.  &  Q."  and  the  natural  order  in  which 
subjects  as  the  present  arc  entertained. 

John  A.  C.  Visci 


GENERAL  PLAGIARISMS:  "THE  GROTES 
BLARNEY.- 

It  is  said  there  is  nothing  new  under  tb 
Possibly.  If  this  be  so,  there  must  be  {davia 
diurnallj  to  an  extent  not  to  be  mentioned. 
fiathors  may  hit  on  one  idea,  but  to  work  i 
identically,  if  not  in  the  same  words,  looks  a 
thing  more  than  a  coincidence,  particularlji 
one  may  have  written  a  lon^;  time  in  adnti 
the  other.  I  have  met  with  literary  m^ 
have  no  faith  whatever  in  originality;  aiii 
whose  opinion  I  value,  goes  far  to  convert! 
bis  notion.  Some  time  ago,  I  confess,  I  wm! 
ticularly  struck  by  his  arguments,  and  since 
lime  I  have  made  many  notes  of  what  look 
commonly  like  plagiarisms;  but  I  only  bb 
one  or  two  at  present,  trusting  that  will  he  a 
to  evoke  further  opinion  on  this,  to  literarj 
«11  important  que>tion.  Up  to  a  recent  per 
was  under  the  impre>sion  that  the  world- 
known  song  of  '*  The  Groves  of  Blarney,"  wtj 
tainly  original.  I  presume  the  readers  and  c 
spondents  of  "  N.  &  Q."  are  well  aware  o 
history  of  that  famous  piece  of  dopgrel ;  but  it 
no  doubt,  surprise  many  to  hear  tliat  it  is  not 
itot  original,  but  stolen  from  another  very  fa 
tloggrel  song  called  **  Castle  Hide."  Can  ai 
furnish  a  copy  of  the  latter  ?  I  believe  it  is  k; 
in  Cork  who  was  the  author.     It  commences 

**  As  I  roved  out  on  a  summer's  morning 
Down  hy  the  banks  of  Blackwater  aide. 
To  view  the  groves  and  meadowa  charming 
And  lovely  gardens  of  Castle  Hide." 

So  much  for  that     There  is  something 
than  a  coincidence  in  a  possnge  in  the  Dm 
ViUage  by  Goldsmith,  and  Highland  Mar 
Bums :  — 

"  When  smiling  spring,"  &c. —  Goldsmith, 
**  When  summer  first,"  Scc—Burms, 
Goldsmith  wrote  before  *'  Rob  the  Ranter 
born.    It  may  be  said  one  is  descriptive,  an 
other  an  invocation;  be  it  so.   How  will  that 
the  great  fact  ? 

In  the  ballad  of  "Lochinvar"  in  Marmio 
be  found  the  following  lines  :  — 
**  She  looked  down  to  blnah. 
And  she  looked  up  to  aigb« 


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9^*8.  Y.Mat  28, 'Gi.'] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


433 


In  Samuel  Lover*!  song  of  "  Borj  O  More,**  we 
find  the  following :  — 

•'Oh I  Rory  be  etiiy,  sweet 
Kathleen  wonld  crv, 
With  repR>of  ooher  lipp 
Bat  a  smile  in  her  eye,** 

Kather  more  than  coinoidence  this,  and  Scott 
wrote  before  Lover. 

^  In  reference  to  Mr.  Lover  I  may  observe,  that 
his  last  collection  of  Irish  songs,  ballads,  &&,  is  a 
very  faulty  one;  but  it  is  not  worse  than  the 
many  that  preceded  it,  from  the  time  that  the 
Hon.  Charles  6.  Dufff,  late  M.P.  for  New  Ross, 
and  now  a  member  of*^  the  Australian  legislature, 
when  editor  of  the  Dublin  Nation^  maile  a  very 
worthless  collection,  which  he  dignified  with  the 
title  of  the  Bailad  Poetry  of  Ireland  I  But  it  bore 
no  more  likeness  to  the  ballad  poetry  of  Ireland, 
than  a  nigger  does  to  Hercules. 

On  the  subject  of  Irish  songs  I  may  add,  that 
Hr.  Lover,  in  his  last  collection,  does  not  exhibit 
■ay  great  research,  for  in  reference  to  the  famous 
■onff  of  '•  Molly  Brallaghan,'*  he  says  the  author  is 
not  known,  but  supposed  to  be  a  lady.  Now,  the 
RUthor  of  "  Molly  Brallaghan  "  was  a  person  named 
Murray,  a  very  comical  genus,  who  kept  a  public- 
bouse  and  singing-room  in  Temple  Bar,  Dublin, 
Bome  thirty-four  years  ago.  He  also  wrote  several 
others.  A  good,  and  well-selected  volume  of 
Iriah songs,  ballads,  &c.,  is  much  wanted;  those  in 
iMTint  at  the  present  are,  for  the  most  part,  the 
wariest  trash,  badly  selected,  and  worse  noted. 

^  Can  anyone  inform  me  where  I  can  get  a  collec- 
tion of  Irish  songs,  ballads,  &c.,  made  before  the 
opening  of  the  present  century  P      S.  Rbomohd. 
Lfverpool. 


KILKENNY  CATS. 

I  have  often  wondered  why  none  of  your  cor- 
ferespondents  who  are  natives  of,  or  residents  in, 
Kilkenny   have   piven  you   the   real    version  of 
Ue  talc  of  the  Kilkenny  cats.    I  have  seen  the 
■a^ect    fiequently   noticed   in  the  columns   of 
••  H.  &  Q.,"  but  I  have  never  seen  the  following 
securate  version  of  the  occurrence,  which  led  to 
;|Ae  generally-received  and  erroneous  story  of  the 
Kilkenny  cjits.     That  story  has  been  so  long  cur- 
rent that  it  has  become  a  proverb,  "  as  quarrel- 
vooae  as  the  Kilkenny  cats," — two  of  the  cats  in 
-which  city  are  asserted  to  have  fought  so  long 
«iid  so  furiously  that  nought  was  found  of  them 
Imt  two  tails !     This  is  manifestly  an  Irish  exag- 
ll^eration;  and   when    your    readers    shall    have 
learned  the  true  anecdote  connected  with  the  two 
cats,  they  will  understand  why  only  two  tails  were 
found,  the  unfortunate  owners    having    fled  in 
terror  from  the  scene  of  their  mutilation. 

I  am  happ7  in  beiii^  able  to  state  that  neither 


Ireland  nor  Kilkenny  is  at  all  disgraced  by  the 
occurrence,  which  did  take  place  in  Kilkenny,  but 
which  might  have  occurrea  in  any  other  place  in 
the  known  world.  During  the  rebellion  which 
occurred  in  Ireland  in  1798  (or  it  may  be  in 
1803^,  Kilkenny  was  garrisoned  by  a  regiment  of 
He8fl|ian  soldiers,  whose  custom  it  was  to  tie  toge- 
ther in  one  of  their  barrack  rooms  two  cats  by  their 
respective  tails,  and  then  to  throw  them  face  to 
face  across  a  line  generally  used  for  drying  clothes. 
The  cats  naturally  became  infuriated,  and  scratched 
each  other  in  the  abdomen  until  death  ensued  to 
one  or  both  of  them,  and  terminated  their  suffer- 

The  officers  of  the  corps  were  ultimately  made 
acauainted  with  these  barbarous  acts  of  cruelty, 
and  they  resolved  to  put  an  end  to  them,  and  to 
punish  the  offenders.  In  order  to  efi*ect  this  pur- 
pose, an  officer  was  ordered  to  inspect  each  bar- 
rack room  daily,  and  to  report  to  the  commanding 
officer  in  what  state  he  found  Uie  room.  The 
cruel  soldiers,  determined  not  to  lose  their  daily 
torture  of  the  wretched  cats,  generally  employed 
one  of  their  comrades  to^watch  the  approach  of 
the  officer,  in  order  that  the  cats  might  be  liberated, 
and  take  refuge  in  flight  before  the  visit  of  the 
officer  to  the  scene  of  their  torture.  On  one  occa- 
sion the  *'  look-out-man  **  neglected  his  duty,  and 
the  officer  of  the  day  was  heard  ascending  the 
barrack-stairs  while  the  cats  were  undergoing  their 
customary^  torture.  One  of  the  troopers  imme- 
diately seized  a  sword  from  the  arm-rack,  and 
with  a  single  blow  divided  the  taib  of  the  two 
cats.  The  cats  of  course  escaped  through  the 
open  windows  of  the  room,  which  was  entered 
almost  immediately  afterwards  by  the  officer,  who 
inquired  what  was  the  cause  of  two  bleeding  cats* 
tails  being  suspended  on  the  clothes  line,  and  was 
t()ld  in  reply  tnat  *^  two  cats  had  been  fighting  in 
the  room ;  that  it  was  found  impossible  to  separate 
them ;  and  that  they  fought  so  desperately  that 
they  had  devoured  each  other  up,  with  the  exception 
of  their  two  tails"  which  may  have  satisfied  Captain 
Schummelkettel,  but  would  not  have  deluded  any 
person  but  a  beery  Prussian. 

I  heard  this  version  of  the  story  of  the  Kilkenny 
cats  in  Kilkenny,  forty  years  a;ro,  JTrom  a  gentleman 
of  unquestioned  veracity,  and  I  feel  happy  in  sub- 
mitting it  to  your  numerous  readers. 

JUVERNA. 


MEANING  OF  THE  WORD  H^g  (SELAH). 

Amongst  the  various  meanings  given  to  this 
word  by  Rabbinical  and  Christian  writers,  such 
as  Aben  Ezra,  Kimchi,  Gesenius,  Ewald,  Her- 
der, De  Wette,  Tholuck,  Hengstenberg,  and  Ro- 
senmiiller,  there  are  two  ^Vi\Oki  vmcwv  \»  ^sw^^'^^ 
include  ti^atV^  ^\\  xJti^  vx^xDfttiX^  ^\i>s2a  ^\^^asSw^« 
and  grammax  «l\i^%x  \a  t^o^f^x^- 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8^  &  V.  Mat 


The  first  meaning  is  that  given  by  Bamchi,  in 
his  Commentary  on  Fsalmm.  These  are  his 
words: — 

"This  word,  njD,  has  not  any  meaning  corresponding 
with  that  of  the  context  It  is,  indeed,  a  note  in  music, 
so  that  the  musicians  might  be  reminded  when  th^  came 
to  certJiin  parts  of  the  tune.  It  seems  this  word  is  not 
Ibund  in  Scripture,  except  in  the  poetical  parts:  and  of 
tfaofs,  only  in  the  Psalms  and  the  prayer  of  Habbakuk.* 

In  my  opinion  the  root  of  the  word  is  7?9,  and  n  is  pa- 
lagogic ;  for  the  accent  is  always  on  the  penultimate.  Its 
meaning  is,  a  UfHng  up,  or  efeootfon,  as  applied  to  the 
Taica ;  1. 1.  it  denotes  a  elevation  of  the  voice?'  (See  Tie 
Ptalm  in  Hebnw;  with  a  Critical,  Exegetieal,  and  PhUo- 
ioguml  Qmmmtaiy,  by  the  Bev.  G.  PhilUpi.  BJ).,  vol.  L 
Introdaction,  Ix.   London,  1846.) 

The  second  meaning  is  that  given  by  Mendeb- 
aohn,  who  maintains  — 

"  that  as  a  choms  Is  often  met  with  in  the  Psalms,  TrPO 
was  written  by  the  chief  musician  as  a  sign  by  which  the 
eongregation  might  know  when  they  were  to  Join  in  the 
masic  of  this  term." 

It  is  also  probable  that  the  word,  in  process  of 
time,  obtained  a  more  extensive  use  than  is  im- 
plied in  its  strict  and  literal  meaning.  It  appears, 
therefore,  from  some  of  the  places  where  it  is 
Ibund,  that  it  serves  to  mark  a  change  in  the  sub- 
ject of  the  Psalm ;  and  we  may  infer  as  a  conse- 
quence, that  it  serves  also  to  mark  a  change  in  the 
imfring  or  music.  (See  the  Work  of  Rev.  G. 
Phillips,  ut  supra.) 

These  meanings  appear  to  include  all  that  is 
necessarv,  to  complete  the  sense  of  the  Psalms 
where  the  word  occurs.  Professor  Lee  says  it 
naeans  praise,  and  is  derived  from  an  Arabic  root 
signifying  »*  he  blessed,"  and  corresponds  with  the 
word  amen^  or  the  Doxohgy,  (See  his  Hebrew 
Orammar^  p.  383  (note).  But  hb  opinion  is  not 
generally  followed. 

The  LXX.  translate  the  word  by  Atdi^aXfia; 
while  Aquila  renders  it  by  &cf ;  Symmachus  by 
cff  rhv  ai£va ;  and  Theodotion  by  tU  r4\os.  But  it 
would  be  endless  to  enter  into  all  the  details  con- 
nected with  this  hopeless  subject.  The  two  prin- 
cipal meanings  which  I  have  given,  will,  perhaps, 
be  satisfactory  to  those  who  take  an  interest  in 
such  matters.  Further  particulars  will  be  found 
in  Noldius  (Concord,  Part  Annotationes  et  Vin- 
dicia.  Num.  1877).  J-  Dalton. 

Norwich. 


PUKERAL  AWD  ToMB   OP  QdEEN  ElTZABETH.  — 

The  foUowin;;  items,  from  certain  original  Ex- 
chequer documents  which  I  have  lately  examined, 
give  the  names  of  the  artists  employed  on  the 
tomb  of  Queen  Elizabeth  ;  probably  not  others 

'  It  occurs  feveoty-ena  timtt  in  tha  PM\mi|  indL^Xitw 
iimea  in  HabbMkuk. 


wise  preserved,  and  which  may,  thcrrfw 
terestmg  to  some  readers  of  **  N.  &  Q." 
«  28  Aug.,  1607. 

Dets  dae  at  her  late  Ma*«  death, 
and  payed  sinse. 
**  To  S'  John  fortescae  for  the  fhnerall 
charges  of  the  late  Queen, 

xvij"  oca 
(l7,80iZ 

Charges  of  the  tomb  for  the  Ute  Queena : 
Maximilian  Powtran  .    .     Qlxx") 
Patrick  the  blacksmith    iiij"  xv"  %  vii« 
John  de  Crites  y«  painter    .     .     c"J      bei 
stone,  w«^  amounted  to  200  ib. 

(in)  all      961 

E.  P.S 

118,  Eaton  Square. 

The  Isle  or  Axholmb. — My  attentic 
centlybeen  drawn  through  objects  not  c 
quarian  nature,  to  the  singrular  river  ish 
Axholme,  in  the  county  of  Lincoln.  Th 
of  its  soil,  subdivision  of  land  amon^  s 
prietors,  cultivation  of  potatoes  and  flai 
poverty  of  its  inhabitants,  cause  it  to  re 
some  respects  a  province  of  Ireland.  At 
of  Mr.  Stonehouse,  its  historian,  1839,  frc 
its  twelve  thousand  population,  no  fewer 
thousand  were  freeholders,  a  proportion 
unique  in  the  kingdom.  Three  emin* 
quaries — Sir  John  Feme,  author  of  the  i 
Gentry;  James  Torre,  who  died  1619,  a 
collector  of  Yorkshire  antiquities ;  anc 
Stovin,  who  died  in  the  last  century,  wei 
of  the  district;  nor  can  we  forget  ^^\ 
born  at  Epworth,  the  principal  town  of  tl 
A  colony  of  French  and  Dutch  refu«ree  e 
once  flourished  in  the  neighbourhood,  ai 
traces,  I  believe,  exist  of  them  to  the  pre 
Drainnge  has  chanjjed  the  course  of  the 
Idle  rivers,  and  altered  the  ancient  cha 
the  country ;  but  churches  of  considerab 
tectural  pretension,  relics  of  crosses,  a  h 
at  Lindholme,  &c.,  give  much  antiquarlac 
to  this  peculiar  district. 

Thomas  E.  Wn«K: 

Recusants,  temp.  Jambs  I.  —  During 
of  James  I.  the  bishops  received  order 
sujrgestion  of  the  chaticellor,  to  issue  a  sei 
formal  excommunication  against  recusan 
of  the  results  of  this  excommunioatio: 
be,  I  presume,  denial  of  burial  in  cor 
ground.  At  Alleninoor,near  Hereford,  tl 
to  have  led  to  a  riot,  which,  but  for  the 
Worcester,  might  have  proved  a  forniii 
surrection.  In  other  places  probably  t 
prohibition  would  be  carried  mto  eflTect. 
while,  by  another  law,  any  person  burying 
than  consecrated  ground,  was  liable  to 
\  \Q^(«  What  were  the  Nonconformists  U 
V  ^VaS^i  ^'i  ^«^  ^^'t    '^J^l  >Jk^  Ukw>  afc 


8»*&V.  Mat2«,'64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


436 


pefiod^  Imve  led  to  the  formation  of  **  Quaker** 
Tarda  **  referped  to  by  your  correipoiid«Qt  Li.wtd 
{S'^S.  T-  lU)f  A.  EL. 

GuAi>*MHJTViB. — The  critic  in  The  Timefn^i- 

paper  of  March  26,  derives  the  name  of  this  river 
from  tte  Arabic  Wadtf^^ihai  is,  tte  TuUey  of 
BO' and -00,  But  iiiFdy  tbis  11  botb  incorrect  and 
unmeaiiiog  I  la  tbe  word  noer,  or  water^  as  he 
liiingelf  abondantlj  ahowa,  entefB  almost  alwaya 
into  the  atitual  name  of  a  river,  Oua  ii  evidently 
agmi^  for  the  Latin  ii^ua,  a»  In  ihe  word  used  for 
brandy — gu/trdifnie^  or  agtta  ardterUe.  Guadal- 
quivir moat  probably  meao^  ^*tbe  river  of  tbe 
green  meiidow." 

The  iame  Cfitie  findi  tbe  word  hod^  m  bouie^  to 
be  the  firat  element  of  Boscombe ;  wbereaa,  to  ua, 
it  ifl  pvidently  box  or  hu^L  "  The  buahy  dell/ 
being  the  traiiBlation  of  Bo^eombe. 

To  talk  of  soroethino:  else :  Is  not  the  proper 
pronunciarion  of  tea — ti'd  f  The  Chineae  call  it 
ttht^ ,  und  those  who  adopted  our  way  of  spell iug 
It,  probably  intended  tbe  word  to  be  pronounced 
oa  I  have  aufrgeated,  with  the  diffiresia.  How 
rnueh  wanted  in  our  prinfLng  are  a  few  dioieritical 
»i^9,  especially  in  all  those  words  in  which  f  and 
a  do  not  coal^ce  in  sound  1  What  a  pity  our 
printers  do  not  adopt,  in  all  these  cases,  tbe  diie^ 
refiis !  Suppoae  idea^  Crimea,  and  preattitle^ 
sounded  like  xro,  pea^  and  dremn  (as  we  have 
heard  theRi)^  how  tan  one  blame  tbe  penon  who 
fdUows  tbe  obvious  analogy  of  spelling  f  For  the 
flsme  reaaon*  North  Americans  call  New  Orleans, 

For  our  three  different  sounds  of  fA,  we  also 
want  distinct  characters  :  ihat  (sofl),  thick  (hard), 
&nd  Ant'hony  (divisive),  like  the  German  f-Aiwa, 
should  surely  be  di^tlTiguigbed  to  the  eye  as  well 
aj}  tbe  ear.  The  Phonngraphie  Newt  was  built 
iipoti  a  real  want.  Who  will  invent  a  simple  type 
(will  the  Saxon  do?)  for  these  different  aounds, 
mnd  secure  their  funeral  adoption  ?        O.  T.  D. 

FAaLT  Invention  of  Rifling.  — 'In  Sir  Hugh 
Plat's  Jewel-Bowse  of  Ari  and  Nature,  1653  (1st 
edition  1594),  the  17th  article  runs  thus:  — 
**  Horn  to  mt^e  a  Pistai,  who^  Mmrrtl  it  2  Faot  in  Liitgthf 
ta  deliver  a  Bnllei  point  blank  at  Eiffhiteare, 

**  A  piitol  of  the  arors#Aid  len^^tfa,  aDd  bfsing  of  (he 
pttroG^et  bore,  or  11  boro  higher,  hATing  eight  gutters 
■Om€what  deep^  in  th* inside  of  the  bftrreT,  tnd  the  bulkt 
m  thought  bigger  than  tbe  borv,  and  so  rammed  in  at  the 
first  thhfB  or  four  incht-a  at  the  hmU  »nd  nfl&r  driven 
down  with  tbu  j^courin^  $tjck,  will  deHvijr  his  htilM  at 
such  distance.  Thia  I  had  of  an  En|^1i»h  gentletaan  of 
good  Qota  for  aa  approved  eKperimeat.'' 

JoHn  Addib« 

Whittlbd  down* — This  expression  is  generally 
conaidered  to  be  purely  an  American  ism,  but  it  is 
io  bo  found  in  Horace  Wal pole's  letter  to  Modh 
of  Oct.  14,  1746<  He  Is  speaking  of  our  loviei  ul 
tbe  battb  of  Eocoux,  and  sm/m  — 


xWomake  Hghtoflti  do  not  allow  it  to  be  a  battle, 
hnt  call  it  'the  acUon  near  Uege.*  Then  we  have  wkktkd 
dofitm  our  loss  extremely,  and  will  not  allow  a  man  more 
tbau  three  himdj-ed  and  fifty  English  slain  oat  of  four 
thoaaand/* 

A.  A. 

Boeta^  C^fnar. 


tStntxM. 


J.P,  Absesoit,  a  lieutenant  in  the  Royal  Navy, 
published  An  Introduction  to  Marine  ForHfieaHon 
and  Ounnertf^  in  two  parts.  Gosport,  8vo,  1772. 
More  about  him  will  be  acceptable.         S.  Y.  R. 

Rabsi  ABiaBAM  ABBif  HhaUm,  a  Spanish  Jew 
in  the  twelfth  tentury,  left  two  works ;  one  on 
the  preps  ration  of  colours  and  gilding  for  the 
illuiutnatbn  of  MSS. ;  and  the  other  on  the  initial 
ornamental  letters  of  MSS.  of  the  law.  Where 
are  these  MSS.  now?  Sigma-Theta. 

Bs&iON  THE  Bookseller.  —  In  the  Cottonian 
MS,  Titus  B.,  Tii.  fol.  96,  there  is  a  letter  from 
Thomas  Besson  to  the  Earl  of  Leicester  for  license 
to  prmt  certain  books  (1587).  He  was  an  English 
bookseller  at  Ley  den.  Can  any  of  your  readers 
give  me  any  further  information  relating  to  him  ? 

E. 

Calcebos, — The  ancient  charters  of  the  Abbey 
of  Mont  St.  Michel  are  now  preserved  among  the 
archives  of  the  D^partement  de  la  Manche  at  St. 
Lo^  Among  the  names  of  the  numerous  witnesses 
aubacribed  to  them,  1  have  observed  GuillelmuB 
Calcebue^  Eualenth  Calcebos,  Rivallo  Calcebos. 
The  lam  two  I  suppose  to  have  been  one  and  the 
lame  person,  and  this  supposition  is  confirmed  by 
finding  subscribed  to  another  charter  RueUen 
Canonicus.  Besides  which,  in  a  memorandum  of 
the  year  1155,  mention  is  made  of  Rualendw^ 
Prcepoiiitus  de  Gener.  (Guernsey),  where  the 
abbey  had  potftessions. 

There  can,  I  think,  be  little  doubt  that  Rualenth^ 
Eimlii)^  RueUen,  Bualendtu,  are  only  diflTerent 
forms  of  the  same  name.  And  if  so,  Calcebos  is 
probably  the  name  of  some  office  held  in  the 
abbey* 

Can  you  give  me  any  information  on  this  pomt  ? 

P.  S.  C* 

T.  P.  Christian.— This  gentleman  wrote  a  play 
called  Thfi  Remltition^  and  one  or  two  other  works. 
Mr,  Christian  was  a  lieutenant  in  the  navy.  Was 
he  a  native  of  tbe  Isle  of  Man  ?  Iota. 

Thbeu  Chabi^es  Clabkes. — ^Watt  ascribes  to 
Charles  Clarke,  F.S.A.  of  Balliol  College,  Oxford, 
the  works  of  l^ee  persons  of  the  same  name, 
via.:  — 

L  Charles  Clarke,  F.S.A.  ao«i«lvasJ«i  ^<l^i^^^ 
College,  OxfoT4,^Vaa<^  ^tv\^  y=^\^^5^  W^^^«^ 


436 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


:[8^ay.  xuraiu 


him,  see  Nicbol8*8  Lit  Anecdotes^  iii.  530,  v.  447- 
454,  701,  702;  ix.  615;  MonOily  Review,  vi.  69  ; 
JBibL  Cantiana,  194. 

2.  Charles  Clarke,  Capt.  R.N.,  the  circum- 
nayigator,  who  died  at  sea,  22  Aug.  1779,  set.  38. 
As  to  him,  see  Philoa.  Trans,  Ivii.  75 ;  Annual 
Register,  xi.  68,  xiv.  159],  xxii.  203],xxiii.  194], 
218]  xxvii.  149;  Biog.  Brit  ed.  Kippis,  iv.  193- 
236;  Eippis's  Life  of  Cook,  480.  He  is  often 
erroneously  calle<l  Clerke. 

3.  Charles  Clarke,  F.S.A.  sometime  of  the  Ord- 
nance Office,  whose  woi*k8  appear  to  range  from 
1787  to  1820,  and  who  died  in  or  about  1841  at 
Camden  or  Kentish  Town.  As  to  him,  see 
Nichols's  niustr.  Lit  y'l,  610-757;  Biag.  Diet 
Living  Authors;  Bihl.  Cantiana,  153,  210,  211; 
Cruden's  Gravesend,  459 ;  Oent,  Mag.  N.  S.  xvii. 
342. 

I  am  desirous  of  ascertaining  — 

(i.)  When  the  first-mentioned  Charles  Clarke 
died? 

(ii.)  Whether  Nichols  is  correct  in  calling  him 
the  Rev.  Charles  Clarke  ? 

(iii.)  The  exact  date  of  the  death  of  the  third 
mentioned  Charles  Clarke  ? 

(iv.)  Whether  the  first  and  third  Charles  Clarke 
(each  of  whom  seems  to  have  been  connected  with 
Kent)  were  father  and  son,  or  how  otherwise 
related  ? 

The  compilers  of  the  Bodleian  Catalogue,  and 
the  Catalogue  of  the  Society  of  Antiquaries  (mis- 
led no  doubt  by  Watt)  have  also  confounded  the 
first  and  third  of  these  persons.  S.  Y.  R. 

Curious  Sign  Manual.— At  the  time  Iconium 
was  the  capital  of  the  Turkish  world,  and  a  Sultan 
or  Khan  unable  to  write  had  to  put  his  sign  ma- 
nual to  a  document,  he  was  wont  to  dip  his  hand 
in  ink,  and  leave  the  print  of  it  upon  the  paper. 
Have  any  of  your  readers  ever  seen  such  signa- 
tures, or  is  any  antiquary  able  to  state  whether 
such  a  custom  obtained  in  Christendom  in  remote 
times?  H.  C. 

Denmark  and  Holstein  Treatt  of  16G6. — 
In  the  Catalogue  of  the  Collection  of  MSS.  in  the 
Library  of  All  Souls  College,  Oxford,  printed  in 
1842,  under  the  care  of  the  Rev.  H.  O.  Coxe,  now 
principal  librarian  of  the  Bodleian,  in  the  notice  of 
vol.  ccxviii.  fol.  54  b,  is  an  entry  of  "  Letters  and 
Papers  having  reference  to  the  Treaty  of  the  King 
of  Denmark  with  the  Duke  of  Holstein,  1666." 
Where  can  I  find  any  further  notice  of  the  Treaty 
80  alluded  to,  and  what  were  its  particulars  f    E. 

Games  op  Swans,  etc.,  what  ? — In  the  survey 
of  the  temporalities  of  the  Abbot  of  Glastonbury 
(Monast,,  vol.  i.  p.  11),  there  are  enumerated 
"  Games  of  Swannes,**  of  '*  Heronsewes,**  and  of 
**FeMuntes"  It  may  be  surmised  lVi\ft  inft«xi%  \  v\ix««  \tv  o^« 
preserves  for  the  purpose  of  spbtt.    lft\\iftiiwd\    ^Qr«\^\\. 


used  any  where  else  in  this  sense,  or  in  asyMAor 
on  Venerie?  Dame  Juliana  Bemers  (Bale  i^ 
St  Albans),  tells  us  we  should  say  **  an  herde  of 
swannys,**  "  a  nye  of  fesauntjs,"  and  *'  a  sege  of 
herons."  A.  A 

Poeta'  Corner. 

Gu>yE8  CLAIMBD  VOB  A  Eliss. — ^Perbaps  scHae  of 
your  readers  could  inform  me  how  the^  casloa 
arose  of  claiming  a  pair  of  gloves  bj  a  lost  wba 
asleep?  \Vm.F.E 

(xoldsmith's  Work.  —  la  there  any  small  w«k 
in  existence  which  treats  of  the  manipulatory  pio> 
cessea  of  the  goldsmith^s  art  ?  Sioma-Tbsza. 

Hum  AND  Buz. — Heraclitus  Ridens,  oonccna^ 
whom  I  sometime  since  made  inquiry,  says,— 

"  Preserved  or  reserved,  *tis  all  one  to  na» 
Sing  yoa  Te  Denm,  we'll  sin£^  Hum  amd  Ba* 

Vol.  xL  p.* 

These  lines  are  put  into  the  mouth  of  %nm^ 
nent.  "Hum  and  Buz,"  look  like  **  Hudk* 
writ  large.    Was  such  a  phrase  in  ordinary  ai^ 

B.  &«• 

Justice. — When  was  the  designation  Ma 
first  applied  to  county  and  town  magistrates? «i 
when  did  it  fall  into  general  disuse  ?    When  diiiii 
cease  to  be  usually  given  to  police  magistntes? 
I  believe  it  is  now  confined  to  the  judges  of  ker 
Majesty's  courts  of  law,  or  of  assize»  as  **Mr. 
Justice  Talfourd,*"  &c.    Magistrates  are  called,  a 
a  body,  "  the  justices  of  the  peace,  '*  but  the  tide 
is  no  longer  colloquially  applied  to  individoaiii 
unless  it  is  retained  in  any  part  of  the  coimtrr,  oi 
which  I  nm  not  aware.   The  initials  J.  P.  are  stul 
frequently   attached   to  a  magistrate's   name  is 
printing  or  writing.    In  the  reign  of  Queen  Mtrj 
we  read  of  a  Middlesex  magistrate  **  called  justice 
Tawe,  a  popish  justice,  dwelling  in  the  town  oi 
Stretford  on  the  Bowe/'  whom  the  editor  of  Nar» 
ratives  of  the  Reformation  (Camden  Society,  1859), 
p.  160,  has  identified  with  John  Tawe,  a'bench^ 
of  the  Inner  Temple,  and  treasurer  of  that  houae 
6  £dw.  VI.  and  1  Mary.    In  the  plays  and  novels 
of  the  last  century  the  designation  appears  in  com- 
mon use ;  and  Fielding  himself  was  best  known  as 
Justice  Fielding.  J.  G.  N. 

Limes  on  Madrid.  —  Mr.  Ford,  in  his  Hand* 
Book  for  Spain  (Part  ii.  p.  60«,  ed.  1856),  quotes 
the  following  lines  in  Spanish,  as  applicable  to  the 
capital  of  Spain  :  — 

**  Quien  te  quiere— no  te  sabe ; 
Quien  te  sabe— no  te  quiere." 

These  may  be  translated  thus :  — 

**  He  who  likes  thee— does  not  know  thee ; 
He  who  knows  thee— does  not  like  thee." 

I  should  like  to  know  who  is  the  writer  of  the 
l\tA%  \TV  S^MiUh.  J.  Dax.to9. 


ariav.  MArMt-ei.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


437 


MouHT  Athos.— -Where  can  I  find  an  aoeoant 
of  the  misaion  of  Minoides  Mynai,  who  waa  aent 
bj  the  Frendi  goyernment  to  Mount  Athoa?  Aa 
I  wish  to  be  *'poated  up**  in  accounts  of  the 
monastic  libraries  there,  I  shall  be  obliged  by  re- 
ference to  worka  on  the  subject  since  Mr.  Cur- 
lon's.  I  have  seen  Bowen  and  Tozer  a  in  the 
Vacatum  Touristi.  What  is  the  present  state  of 
the  holy  mountain  ?  Sigma-Theta. 

Fbtxabch.  —  What  is  the  date  of  publication 
and  yalue  of  a  copy  of  Petrarch  which  I  can  only 
deacribe  as  dedicated  to  Marco  Antonio  da  Bo- 
logna br  Giovanni  Lanzo  Gabbiano  ?  In  the  pre- 
face, which  remains,  although  the  title-page  is 
gone,  an  allusion  to  Pope  Leo  (qy.  X.?),  coupled 
with  the  year  1523  in  pencil  on  the  cover,  seems 
to  fix  the  date  about  1520-3.  As  this  and  the 
above  may  be  sufficient  data,  I  will  extract  it. 
Gabbiano  says  to  ^I.  A.  da  Bologna  — 

^  Ne  voi  nc  penona  alcana  si  ammiri  che  io  di  eik  cosi 
tenera,  tanto  arUentemente  ami  e  diligentemente  desideri 
di  servire  colui,  il  qunle  da  geniilhuomini  general  mente  e 
da  signori  ed  al  fine  da  Fapa  Leone  h  stato  sommamente 
venerato  ed  amato." 

Geo.  Mitchell. 

Walbrook  House,  37,  Walbrook. 

"Essay  on  Politeness." — Who  was  the  author 
tifAn  Essay  on  Politeness^  Dublin,  1776? 

Abhba. 

Quotations. — About  the  years  1836  or  1837,  a 

ririodical  was  published  for  a  short  time,  of  which 
forget  the  name.  I  am  -anxious  to  dbcoyer  it, 
and  also  for  special  reasons  desire  to  ascertain  the 
name  of  the  author  of  a  poem  which  appeared  in 
it,  bcginnin;*  — 

'*  I  had  no  friend  to  care  for  me. 
No  father  and  no  mother ; 
And  early  death  had  snatched  away 

My  sister  and  my  brother, 
And'fiowers  had  covered  all  their  graves 
Ere  I  could  lisp  their  names,'*  &c. 

I  have  no  clue  but  my  recollection  of  some 
fragments  of  the  poem,  of  which  I  have  given 
the  commencement;  but  I  think  it  was  some- 
where about  the  size  of  Chambers^  JounuiL,  First 
Series.  T.  B. 

BiCBMOND  CouBT  RoLLs. — Mr.  Knapp  will  be 
much  oblifred  fur  any  information  as  to  the  Court 
Bolls  of  the  Manor  of  Richmond,  Surrey,  and  in 
particular  where  tliey  can  be  inspected. 

Llanfoist  House,  Clifton. 

"  The  RuEruL  Quakeb.'*  —  The  late  Maurice 
0*Connell,  M.P.,  wrote  something  with  the  above 
title.    Where  can  I  get  a  copy  ?      S.  Redmoni). 

Savot  Rent. — Several  pieces  of  freehold  land 
in  the  parish  of  Shabbington,  Bucks,  pay  what  is 
called  a  Savoy  rent.  Can  any  of  your  readers  in- 
form m«  the  origin  of  this  ?  No  work  is  done  or 
protection  given  in  return  for  this  rent.     The 


land  ia  liable  to  be  flooded :  is  it  PomMt  tiMt 
originally  it  was  a  payment  for  the  cttsrins  oat  of 
the  river?  Jobs  Si 


Talbot  Papebs.  —  In  an  article  printed  in  tl>e 
Records  of  Buckinghamshire^  voL  i.,  on  Sir  JoliB 
Forteacue,  of  Salden,  mention  is  made  of  ^  £ike  «- 
edited  Talbot  Papers'*  Can  any  of  yonr  readers 
say  where  these  papers  are  deposited?  or  where 
they  are  likely  to  be  heard  of?  They  are  not  in 
the  Brituh  Museum.  Kappa. 

William  Thomson.  —  Can  any  Scottish  corre- 
spondent give  me  any  information  regarding  thia 
author,  who  was  a  blind  man,  and  published  at 
Perih,  in  1818,  Caledonia ;  or,  the  Clans  of  Yare^ 
a  Tragedy  in  five  acta,  dedicated  to  Sir  Murray 
McGregor  of  Lanrick.  Bart.  ?  In  a  l^IS.  list  of 
Perthshire  dramatists,  it  is  stated  that  the  tragedy 
was  acted  at  Perth.  In  Watt's  Biblioth,  Briian. 
the  authorship  of  Caledonia  is  erroneously  attri- 
buted to  W.  Thomson,  LL.D.  (a  native  of  Perth- 
shire), who  died  in  1817.  Iota. 

Sib  Thomas  Walsingham.  --  Can  any  of  your 
readers  give  me  any  information  as  to  the  de- 
scendants (if  any)  of  Sir  Thomas  Walsingham,  of 
Scadbury  in  Kent,  who  married  Lady  Anne 
Howard,  daughter  of  Theophilus,  Earl  of  bufiblk  1* 
If  they  had  no  descendants,  did  the  property  go 
to  the  Honourables  Henry  and  Robert  Boyle, 
second  and  third  sons  of  Henry,  first  Earl  of  Shian- 
non  ?  Their  great  grandmother  was  a  sister  of 
Lady  Anne  Walsingham's,  and  they  successively 
took  the  name  of  Walsinglinm.  £.  M.  B. 

John  Wood,  sometime  Fellow  of  Sidney  Col- 
lege, Cambridge  (B.A.  1737-8;  M.A.1742;  BJ). 
1749),  was  Rector  of  Cadleigh,  Devonshire;  and 

?ublisbed  Institutes  of  Ecclesiastical  and  Cioil 
^oUty,  London,  8vo,  1773,  and  An  Essay  on  the 
Fundamental  or  most  Important  Doctrines  of  Na» 
tural  and  Revealed  Rel^n,  London,  8vo,  1775. 
The  date  of  his  death  will  oblige 

C.  H.  &  Thompson  Coopeb. 
Cambridge. 


Bbahdt's  "Ship  op  Fooles.'*— Would  you  in- 
form  me  whether  a  copy  of  A.  Barclay's  *'  Ship 
of  Fooles,"  date  1509,  was  printed  by  W.  de 
Worde;  and,  if  so,  what  is  now  the  value  of  that 
edition?  I  have  a  copy,  destitute  of  the  title- 
page,  and  one  or  two  leaves  of  dedicatory  verses, 
&c.,  and  one  or  two  other  faults ;  but  not  wanting 
altogether  more  than  six  verses  CHanzas).  The 
fragment  also  contains  ^^The  Mirror  of  good 
Manners  *'  of  the  same  date,  and  has  once  con- 
tained Barclay's  Eclogues,  but  these  are  nearly 
gone.  The  "  Ship  "  contains  Loches'a  Latva^etwoo. 
from  Seb.BTWv*V\,wA^^^^^wA:>^^««gJ^ 
■  ingi,  one  o^  ^V\^\i\j«tt%\\i^^^V^^*^^^»  ^i^^-5^ 


438 


NOTES  AND  QUEKIE& 


t««iTiLm 


ipye  me  the  contents  of  the  title-»paj^,  or  inform 
me  where  I  could  ^ec  a  copy,  from  which  I  could 
reptir  my  own.  Thitkkoicd. 

[Richtrd  PjiiBon  was  the  printer  of  this  rare  book,  as 
will  appear  from  the  followioff  copy  of  the  title-page : 
*'  This  present  Uoke  named  the  &$hyp  of  folys  of  the  worldo 
was  translated  in  the  College  of  saynt  mary  Otery  in  the 
counte  of  Dcuonshyre :  unt  of  Laten»  Frenche,  and  Doche 
into  EnKlys-*he  tonp^e  by  Alexander  Barclayo  Presto, 
and  at  that  tyme  chnplen  in  the  sayde  College :  trans- 
lated the  yere  of  our  I^nlo  god  Mrrrccriii.  Im- 
prentyd  in  the  Cyto  of  I^ndon  in  Flcti'dtre  at  the  signe 
of  Saynt  George.  By  Kychanlo  Pynwm  to  hys  Costo  and 
charge :  ended  the  yerc  of  our  Sauinur  m.  d  u.  The 
zmi.  day  of  Deoomber/'  Folio,  pp.  5r>6.  For  a  collation 
of  this  scarce  work  mc  Rohn*a  edition  of  Lowndnf  p.  255 ; 
and  for  a  copious  description  of  it,  with  specimens  of  the 
carioofl  engravings  on  wood,  Dibdin*s  edition  of  AnuM, 
U.  431.  A  beautiful  copy  in  morocco  in  liibi.  Anglo- 
Foetiea,  lO.V;  Inglis*s  sale  (two  leaven  MS.).  C/.  IGt.  Gd. ; 
Sir  Peter  Thompson's  W.;  Sotheby's  in  1821,  28/.  A 
copy  is  in  the  Grenvillo  Library,  British  Museum.] 

PABLIAMBNTAltT    SlTTINOS.  —  I    nlworVC     ffOm 

Earl  Stanhonc*s  (Lord  Muhon)  HUtory  that,  in 
the  reign  or  George  II.,  the  ordinary  hour  of 
meeting  of  the  Houses  of  Parliament  was  twelve 
o'clock,  noon.  At  what  time  subsequently  did 
the  pre.<ient  practice  begin  of  their  assembling, 
generally,  in  the  eveninj*  ?  J,  R.  B, 

[**  The  Lords  usually  meet,  for  despatch  of  legislative 
business  **  (nays  Mr.  May,  in  hi*  Parliamentary  Practice^ 
p.  212,  fifth  c<lic),  at  llvo  o'clock  in  th«  afternoon,  and 
the  Commons  at  a  quarter  before  four,  oxrcpt  on  Wed- 
nesday, and  on  other  days  specialty  appointo<l  for  morn- 
ing sittings.  The  sittings  wore  forn»erly  held  at  an  early 
hour  in  the  morning,  gcnenilly  at  eight  o'clock,  but  often 
even  at  six  or  seven  o'clock,  and  continued  till  eleven, 
the  committees  being  appointed  to  sit  in  the  afternoon. 
In  the  time  of  Charles  II.  nine  o'clock  was  the  usual  hour 
for  commencing  public  business,  and  four  o'clock  for  dis- 
posing of  it  At  a  later  period,  ten  oVlock  was  the  ordi- 
nary time  of  meeting ;  and  the  practice  of  nominally  ad- 
journing the  house  until  that  hour  continued  until  1806, 
though  so  early  a  meeting  had  long  been  discontinued. 
According  to  the  present  practice,  no  hour  is  named  by 
the  House  for  its  next  meeting,  but  it  is  announced  in 
the  Vottt  at  what  hour  Mr.  Speaker  will  take  the  chair. 
Occasionally  the  House  has  ac^journed  to  a  later  hour 
than  four,  as  on  the  opening  of  the  Great  Exhibition,  1st 
May,  1851,  to  six  o'clock,  and  on  the  Naval  Review  at 
Spithead,  11th  Aug.  1858,  to  ten  o'clock  at  night"] 

Sir  Thomas  Ltrch. — Can  you  tell  me  in  what 
year  Sir  Thomas  Lynch  was  Governor  of  Ja- 
maica, and  whether  he  had  any  sons  or  daughters, 
■nd  who  they  married  ?  A«  K.  F. 

[Sir  Thomu  Lynoh,  knt  of  Eaher  in  Snrrajt  was  pre- 
iid«t  aad  thiioe  govmor  of  Jamaica.    la  16H  8^ 


Charles  Lyttleton  left  the  crovenacat  c(  tU 
under  the  earo  and  direction  of  theCnuici},vb 
Col.  Thomas  Lynch  aa  president  He  wui; 
Governor  in  1670;  again  in  1G81;  and  plac^i 
third  time  at  the  head  of  tlio  govenuosnt  in  11 
Thomas's  first  wife  was  Vere,  daagbtcr  of  Sii 
llerliert,  by  whom  he  had  Philadelphia,  who 
Sir  Thomas  Cotton,  Bart.,  of  Cnmliermere,  and: 
nine  sons  and  six  daughters. 

Sir  Thomas  L^Tich  married,  secondly,  Msir, 
of  Thomas  Temple,  of  Frankton,  co.  Win 
This  lady  subsequently  married  Sir  Hendcr  Mt 
governor  of  Jamaica.  Vtdk  CoUins's  Juttyluk  h 
vol.  iii.  pt  II.  613 ;  iv.  29.] 

£.<<QnTRE8*  Basts.  —  I  have  never  yet 
an  explanation  of  the  above  in  the  coat  & 
Mortimer,  Earl  of  March.  Could  you  ( 
your  contributors  give  me  the  dcrivaiif 
word,  or  tell  me  where  one  is  to  be  foum; 

ILH. 

[Robson  (British  ITerald^  Appendix)  gires  \ 
ing  explanation  of  thia  term:  "Base,  or  Ban 
nU)  terme<l  nqnire,  enquire,  and  equire^  reMrobles  I 
but  contrary  to  that  bearing,  which  cannot  extc 
than  tho  middle  feitso  point  runs  taporing  to  tl 
extremity,  from  which  it  isiaea,  formeil  like  1 
by  a  straight  line  on  one  side^  and  a  beviled  < 
other."] 

Mrs.  Aim  ATorell. — Wanted  the  pat 
Mrs.  Ann  Morell,  wife  of  Dr.  Thoma 
who,  in  the  year  1780,  held  the  vicarajrc 
wick,  CO.  Middlesex.  Also  if  the  said  A 
bn)ih«»r  William  ?  M 

[Dr.  Thomas  Morell  married  in  173A,  Anne, i 
Himry  Darker,  of  Grove  House,  near  Sutton  O 
wick.] 


Xtrpltrf. 

"TIIK  BLACK  BEAR."  AT  CUMX( 
(S*^  S.  v.  376.) 

One  of  the  querit^s  nf  your  corresponc 
IS  answered  by  the  following  extract  fr< 
Usher  Tighe's  Historical  AecmuU  of  Cm 
edit.     Oxford,  1821:  — 

**  In  allusion  to  one  circumstance,  whicb  ma 
mincnt  figure  in  Kenihcorth,  there  is  no  reason 
that  an  inn,  deitignuted  *  the  Black  Bear,'  flo 
Cum  nor  in  the  reign  of  Queen  Klizabeth ;  bat 
of  romance  has  penetrated  that  retired  spot;  tt 
reputed  ancestral  renown,  and  the  solicitatioo 
romantic  Members  of  thiit  University  have  t 
and  the  sign  of  *  the  Black  Bear'  has  been  reesn 
to  the  public-house  in  the  village,  with  ths 
'  Giles  Cfosllng '  inscribed  beneath  it" 

Sir  Walter  Scott*i  romance  of  jKi 
charming  u  it  it,  hu  no  pretence  Iq  ] 


8MS.y.  Mat2S,'64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


439 


'      accuracy  of  any  kind.     It  is  a  tissue  of  false 
^     statements  from  beginning:  to  end.    He  took  no 

pains  to  collect  authentic  information  upon  any 

one  point,  nor  did  he  ever  visit  Cumnor^  as  your 
"^    correspondent  naturally  supposes. 

In  1850,  Mr.  A.  D.  Bartlett,  of  Abin;rdon,  pub- 

-     lishcd  An  Historical  amd  Descriptive  Account  of 

"=     Cumnor  Place,  in  which  very  interesting  book,  at 

p.  129, 1  find  the  following  passage  confirmatory 

of  what  has  been  advanced :  — 

**  There  is  no  reason  to  beliere  that  an  inn,  like  the  one 

described  by  Scott,  existed  at  Cumnor  in  the  reign  of 

lif     Elizabeth,  and  both  that  and  the  landlord  of  the  inn 

were  purely  his  inventions;  but  it  certainly  is  singular 

that  he  should  have  chanced  to  hit  upon  tho  name  of  a 

.^     penon,  who  no  doubt  at  the  time  of  Lady  Dudley's  death 

\      was  living  in  the  village,  as  the  name  of*^  Frances  Gosling 

'     anMars  in  the  parish  register  of  burials  in  1562 :  but  no 

oCoer  mention  of  the  name  has  been  discovered  in  tho 

-rj    sobseqaent  registers,  and  there  is  no  tradition  in  the  vil- 

.V    iBge  of  the  family  having  lived  in  the  place;  it  is  quite 

• ';   clear  that  this  wan  the  surmise  of  Scott,  -who  never  had 

"'  aooeiis  to  the  register,  nor  was  he  ever  at  Cumnor." 

'^      As  for  Anthony  Forstcr,  far  from  being  the 
.     "  Burly  domestic  represented  by  Scott,"  he  was 
^  a  prentleman  both  by  birth  and  education,  and  a 
J^  respectable  one  to  boot.     Until  he  came  to  Cum- 
nor Place  nothing  whatever  is  known  of  where  he 
^^  lived.     Wood,  Aubrey,  and  Ashmole  describe  him 
^*  as  a  tenant  to  Lord  Dudley;  but  Mr.  Burtlett 
has  shown  that  when  poor  Amy*B  death  happened, 
^  the  mansion  and  estate  belonged  to  William  Owen, 
J    of  whom  Forater  in  the  following  year  bought  it, 
^    and  subsequently  the  lordship  of  the  hundred  of 
^    Hormer. 

^j        Mr.  Pettigrcw,   in  his  Inquiry  concerning:  the 
1     Death  of  Amy  Robsart  (an  able  paper  read  at  the 
!"    Congress  of  the  British  Archseological  Associa- 
tion, held  at  Newbury  in  1859),  thus  concludes 
his  defence  of  the  supposed  murderers  of  this  un- 
fortunate lady :  — 

"Great  cruelty  has  been  exercised  towards  Anthonv 
Forster.  The  narratives  regarding  him  abound  with 
falsehood,  and  the  reports  of  his  condition  snbnequont  to 
the  death  of  Lady  Dudley  are  most  calumnious.  His 
excess  of  misery,  his  melancholy,  nay  bis  madness,  do  not 
appear  by  any  particulars  that  can  be  traced  in  connexion 
with  his  bistort'.  The  period  during  which  he  is  stated 
to  have  so  miserably  lanf^oished  seems  to  have  been  one 
<if  long  duration,  for  we  find  that  he  survived  from  1560, 
the  date  of  Lady  Dudley's  decease,  to  the  year  1572,  bcinf^ 
twelve  years.  Neither  were  his  usual  pursuits  abandoned, 
nor  his  habits  changed.  His  love  of  music  appears  to 
have  been  sustained  to  the  last,  as  in  his  will  he  makes  a 
bequest  of  his  music  books  to  an  old  aconaintance.  His 
favourite  horses  are  also  left  to  other  friends,  and  in  his  last 
testament  their  (qualities  are  distinf^uished.  The  build- 
ing of  his  mansion  proceeds,  he  makes  great  alterations 
and  additions.  His  initials  appear  on  several  portions, 
showing  that  he  carried  out  his  purpose  to  the  last,  and, 
to  crown  alU  upon  the  death  of  his  friend  Oliver  Hyde, 
two  years  only  preceding  his  own  decease,  he  enters  mto 
publio  life,  becomes  the  representative  of  the  borough  of 
Abingdon,  and  dies  holding  that  position.  Snrely  these 
drcvmstaMM  miut  nUeve  Forster  from  the  wicked  re* 


ports  which  have  been  circulated  against  him,  and  ezcita 
the  regret  of  all  lovers  of  truth  and  justici^,  that  hit 
name  should  have  been  thus  defamed,  and  his  memory 
blasted  by  the  foulest  of  accusations  and  most  ic famous 
of  charges  made  current  by  tho  pen  of  any  eminent  wri« 
ter,  whether  it  bo  of  fiction  or  of  history.*' 

Edward  F.  Rimbault. 

I  am  not  prepnred  to  say  what  is  the  sign 
or  inscription  below  it  now ;  but  in  1834,  it  was 
the  **Bear  and  ragged  Staff,'*  and  the  landlord's 
name  appeared  on  the  signboard,  followed  by  the 
words,  "  late  Giles  Gosling."  F.  C.  H. 


IVAN   YORATH. 

(3"»  S.  iv.  370.) 

Many  years  since,  my  attention  was  directed  to 
the  extract  from  the  parish  register  of  Llanmaes, 
Glamorgan,  in  which  the  name  of  Ivan  Yorath 
occurs.  In  order  to  make  my  letter  intelligible, 
it  is  necesssry  that  I  should  transcribe  the  extract^ 
which  is  as  follows :  — 

<*  Ivan  Yorath,  buried  a*  Saturdaye,  the  xiiii  day  of 
July,  Anno  dOni  1G21,  et  anno  refcni  refps  vioesimo  primo 
annoque  statis  sun  circa  180.  He  was  a  sowdier  m  tha 
fight  e  of  Bosworthe,  and  lived  at  Lantwitt  Major,  and 
bee  lived  much  by  fishing.*' 

There  are  several  statements  in  this  short  para- 
graph which  prevent  me  from  believing  it  to  be 
founded  in  fact  The  year  1621  was  not  ^the 
twenty-first  year  of  tho  reign  "  of  any  King  of 
England.  James  I.  (of  England)  ascended  the 
throne  on  the  24th  of  March,  1603,  and  reigned 
until  the  27th  of  March,  1625 ;  and,  therefore, 
the  year  1621  would  have  been  the  "  19th  and 
20th  year**  of  the  reign  of  that  monarch. 

The  battle  of  Bosworth  Field  was  fought  on  the 
22nd  of  August,  1485 — one  hundred  and  thirty- 
six  years  previous  to  the  year  1621.  Yorath  may 
have  been  fourteen  years  old  when  he  was  pre- 
sent at  the  battle  of  Bosworth  Field ;  and  we  may, 
therefore,  conclude  that  he  was  bom  in  the  year 
1472,  or  in  the  following  year.  If  this  supposi- 
tion be  correct,  his  age  m  1621  would  have  been 
149  years.  A  very  great  sgc  I  admit,  if  there  bo 
any  truth  in  the  extract  from  the  parish  register 
of  Llanmaes,  which  I  am  not  prepared  to  admit. 
I  first  saw  this  statement,  relative  to  Ivan  Yorath 
in  tiie  North  Wales  Chronicle  about  seventeen 
years  since,  the  paragraph  being  thus  headed— 
^'  The  Real  Old  Soldier  r  and  as  I  know  that  a 
great  regard  for  antiquity  has  long  existed  in  tho 
Frincipality  of  Wales,  1  receive*!  the  history  of 
Yoratns  longevity  cum  grano  salts,  for  which  I 
see  now  no  occasion  to  apologise.  My  belief  is, 
that  the  whole  statement  arose  in  error ;  and  that 
the  paragraph  in  the  parish  register  was  ms/l<:  in 
the  reign  of  King  Charl«a  \»y  '^Viaj  '^vi  ^l^»rv^  wv 
1600,  and  iVie  twewVj-tofc  i«w  «X  ^Vki*.  tiv  ^;^^*: 
of  biareign^  hovXAiln^^^^w^ViW^^--  ,»x.^w^ 


440 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES: 


i;3«*S.ViMATll 


time  Yoratb  died,  beinj;  probably  108  (and  not 
180)  years  old.  What  then  becomes  of  Yorath*8 
presence  at  Bosworth  Field  in  August,  1485? 
My  reply  is  — 

**  Si  quid  mihi  ostendis  simile,  incredulus  odi.** 

Years  before  Yorath  was  born,  the  highest  au- 
tbority  stated,  that  ^'  the  days  of  man*s  years  are 
threescore  years  and  ten  ;'*  and  I  am  inclined  to 
think  that  lorath  did  not  treble  the  average  time 
which  has  been  allotted  to  man  for  the  last  three 
thousand  years.  A  long  letter  on  this  subject 
appeared  m  The  Naval  and  Military  Gazette  for 
September  6,  1851,  which  is  worthy  of  perusal. 

ZeITSM  AfsTEV. 


SENECA'S  PROPHECY  OF  THE  DISCOVERY  OF 
AMERICA:  THE  GREAT  ITALIAN  POET. 

(l«»S.i.l07;  iii.464;  iv.300;  S'*  S.  ▼.  298,  368.) 

Your  correspondents  will  find  two  forms  of  this 
supposed  prophecy  in  the  numbers  here  referred 
to.  The  following  remarks  ha^e  not,  I  think, 
been  anticipated  in  the  preceding  volumes. 

Among  the  MSS.  of  Dr.  Dee  is  **  Atlantidis, 
vulgariter  IndisB  Occidentalis  nominatsB,  emenda- 
tior  Descriptio  quam  adhuc  est  Tulgata.**  We 
here  learn  what  Dee*s  opinion  was  with  regard  to 
the  situation  of  Atlantis.  Some  think  the  Platonic 
Atlantis  may  be  no  more  than  a  moral  romance, 
or  allegory :  see  Strabo,  lib.  ii.  c.  3,  56  ;  Ficinus 
in  Platonis  Critiam ;  Acosta's  East  and  West 
IntHes^  p.  72 ;  Pancirolli  Rerum  Deperditarvm,  SfC^ 
Liber,  1631,  t.  ii.  15—19;  Purcbas's  Pilgrimage, 
p.  799.  That,  on  the  other  hand,  it  had  a  geo- 
graphical situs  is  maintained  by  Hf»rnius,  De 
Oriiiinihus  Americanis,  lib.  ii.  c.  6 ;  Catcott,  On 
the  Dehige,  pp.  142-45,  152-64;  Jones  of  Nay- 
land,  Physiological  Disquisitions,  516  sqq.\  darkens 
Maritime  Discovery,  Introduction,  51—57,  where 
also  will  be  found  the  opinions  of  Bryant,  Bailly, 
Eudbeck,  Buffon,  Whitehurst,  and  Maurice.  The 
passages  confirming  this  relation,  which  have  been 
adduced  from  Greek  and  Roman  writers  for  the 
pur|>ose  of  showing  that  the  ancients  had  some 
Knowledge  of  the  situation  of  America,  are  col- 
lected by  Jackson  in  his  Chronological  Antiqui' 
ties,  vol.  iii.  Cf.  Schmidii,  De  America  Oratiun^ 
cula  ad  calc.  Pindari,  1616, 4to ;  ClassicalJottmal, 
Tiii.  1—4.  The  principles  of  navigation,  and  of 
its  sister,  astronomy,  are  universally  ascribed  to 
the  Plioenicians ;  see  Purchas,  Part  i.  chap.  i. 
§  12.  But  Varrerius,  a  Portuguese  writer,  in  a 
Commentary,  De  Ophyra  Regione  (Critici  Sacri, 
Londini,  vol.  viii.,  Amsteleedami,  vol.  ii.),  discusses 
the  various  theories,  that  it  was  located  in  India, 
in  Ethiopia,  in  America ;  and  maintains  the  im- 
prohaWitf  that  the  Phoenicians  ever  8%\l^  to 
liispanioh*    This  subject — the  OpVitianf  crfi^s^ — 


\ 


I  reserve  for  another  article.  "  All  that  ha 
said,  or  perhaps  that  can  be  said  upon 
summed  up  in  the  Appendix  of  Cellarius 
great  work  on  ancient  geography,  De  Nou 
an  cngnitus  fuerit  veteribus,  vol.  ii.  pp.  2^ 
and  in  Alexander  von  HumboIdt*8  Kridsc 
tersuchungen  uber  die  historiche  Enbokkdn 
geographischen  Kenntnisse  der  neuen  Welt, 
1826.**  Smithes  Diet,  of  Greek  and  Roma 
graphy,  s.  v.  Atlantis.  In  the  edition  of  C 
before  me,  Amstelsedami,  1 706»  this  Additam 
De  Novo  Orbe,  is  in  pp.  164 — 166. 

•*  The  Great  Italian  Poet "  (3"*  S.  t.  2» 
other  than  Dante ;  see  Purgatory^  canto  xi 

The  following  remarkable  pas^^age  is  in  t 
traduction  to  the  Encyclopeedia  MetropoUiOM 
It  is  to  be  regretted  that  the  eloquent  autl 
not  himself  furnish  a  metrical  translation 
accompany  ins:  extract ;  but,  by  being:  inse 
**  N.  &  Q.,"  I  hope  it  will  be  supplied  :  — 

"  We  can  recall  no  incident  of  Human  HiJlf 
impresses  the  imagination  more  deeply  than  thei 
when  Columbus  on  an  unknown  ocean,  first  pe 
that  startling  fact  — the  change  of  the  maprnetici 
How  many  such  instances  occur  in  History,  vki 
Ideas  of  Nature  (presented  to  choRen  minds'  bys 
Power  than  Nature  herself)  suddenly  unrold,  ai  it 
in  prophetic  succession,  systematic  Tiews  dcstii 

Sroduce  the  most  important  revolations  in  then 
Ian  I  The  clear  spirit  of  Columbus  was  <^ 
eminently  Methodical  He  saw  distinctly  that 
leading  Idea,  which  authorised  the  poor  pilot  to  k 
'  a  promiser  of  Kingdoms ;'  and  be  pursued  the  pr 
sivo  developement  of  the  mighty  truth  with  an  un>i 
firmness,  which  taught  him  to  *  rejoice  in  lofty  Ul 
Our  readers  will  perhaps  excuse  us  for  quoting  a* 
trative  of  ><1iat  we  have  here  observe*!  some  hne 
an  Ode  of  Chiabrera,  which,  in  strength  of  though 
lofty  majesty  of  Poetry,  has  but  *  few  peers  in  and 
in  modern  Song  * :  — 

"  *  COLUMBUS. 

**  *  Certo.  dal  cor,  ch'  alto  Destin  non  scclse. 
Son  rimprese  magnanime  neglette; 
Ma  le  bell'  alme  alle  bell'  opre  elette, 
Sanno  gioir  nelle  fatiche  eccelse : 
Ne  biasmo  popolar,  frale  catena, 
Spirto  d'  onore  il  suo  cammin  raflrena. 
Cosi  lunga  stagion  per  modi  indegni 
Europa  disprezzb  1*  inclita  ppeme : 
Schemendo  il  vulgo  (e  seco  i  Regi  ir^ieme] 
Nudo  nocchier  promcttitor  di  Regni ; 
Ma  per  le  sconosciute  onde  marine 
L'  invitta  prora  ei  pur  suspin^e  al  tine. 
Qual  uom,  che  tomi  al  gentil  consorte, 
Tal  ei  da  sua  mag^on  spiegb  Tantenne, 
L'ocean  corse,  e  i  turbini  soetenne 
Vinsc  le  crude  imagini  di  morte ; 
Poscia,  dell'  ampio  mar  sp^nta  la  guerrs, 
Scorse  la  dianzi  favolosa  Terra. 
Allor  dal  cavo  Pin  scende  veloce, 
E  di  grand  Orma  il  nuoro  mondo  iroprime 
N^  men  ratto  per  1'  Aria  erge  sublime. 
Segno  <lel  Ciel,  insuperabit  Croce ; 
£  porse  umile  esempio,  onde  adorarla 
Debba  sua  Qentc'-^CKio^rera,  vol.  i.** 

'^v«UL<QrrttCJ&Wk«  Can 


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441 


£DI£YAL  GHUHCB£S  IN  ROICAN  CAMP& 
(y*  S,  V,  329.) 

liotigb,  doubtless,  many  ancient  ChrifUan 
rches  have  been  boilt  opon  tbe  sites  of  tem|to 
:he  Roman  stations  of  Britain,  I  think  yoor 
respondent  R.  K.  is  mistaken  with  respect  to 

church  at  Chester-Ie-Street,  in  the  county  of 
rbam.  Eight  jean  ago,  Mr.  Thomas  Murray, 
iloughing  a  field  called  the  High  Mains,  situated 
ut  120  jards  south  of  the  church,  came  upon 
ypocaust,  and  yarions  other  remains  of  a  Ro- 
n  station,  extending  over  a  considerable  area, 
examining  the  place,  and  conversing  with  per- 
8  long  acquainted  with  it,  I  formed  the  opinion 
t  the  nortli  boundary  of  the  station  ran  about 
It  jards  within  the  iDeanery  garden ;  and  ex- 
led  from  the  Roman  Road  (our  great  North 
d),  a  distance  of  350  jards,  to  a  continuous 
md  with  a  ditch  outside  230  yards  long ;  which 
ink,  marks  the  eastern  boundary  of  the  sta- 
I  presume  that  the  road  above-mentioned 
ne  west  boundary.  Part  of  the  modern  town 
ds  upon  that  portion  of  the  camp-area  which 
uns  the  ^rcat  North  Road.  The  remainder, 
ch  is  under  the  plough,  presents  the  appear- 
3s  peculiar  to  Roman  soil ;  being  darker  in 
»ur,  and  more  friable  than  the  adjoining  field, 
s  also  higher  than  the  circumjacent  lands  of 

plateau,  and,  therefore,  dominates  them.  I 
ik  it  very  probable,  that  the  Deanery  garden, 
old  churchyard,  and  the  new  burial  ground  also, 
Ktending,  altogether,  about  300 yards  northward 
lie  station — may  have  been  occupied  by  sub- 
ftn  houses,  gardens,  &c. ;  as  I  to-day  observed 
ments  of  Samian  and  coarse  Roman  earthen- 
e  scattered  over  them,  as  well  as  over  the 
ion  itself.  It  would  seem  that  the  Roman 
te  of  burial  was  on  the  west  side  of  the  roa<), 
re  an  altar-shaped  monument  was  found, 
ring  the  following  inscription : — 


*DM- 

ANNTS 

DIGNI8S- 


-8I2IM- 


-VIXIT- 


-XXV- 

— MS.' 


'he  dashes  indicate  where  the  inscription  is 
cen  into  lines.  Before  the  **dm,**  and  the 
cv,**  a  heart-shaped  leaf,  pendant  from  a  short 
k,  is  introduced.  Does  tnis  occur  elsewhere? 
I  what  does  it  mean  ?  G.  H.  or  S. 


MORGANATIC  AND  MORGENGABE. 

(3'*  S.  y.  235,  328) 

.8  somewhat  advanced  in  years,  I  can  assure 
LSTss  I  am  not  addicted  to  "  a  play  of  fancy  ** 
m  I  cannot  support  assertion  by  authority,  or 
iblisk  argument  by  fact, 
[eineceius  was  undoubtedly  an  excellent  jurist, 
excdlcnM  in  one  tcience  does  not  preclude 


failure  in  another.  Dr.  Johnson  was  an  excellent 
moralist  and  writer,  but  a  very  bad  etymologist. 
In  this  belief,  I  look  upon  this  long  exploded  idem 
of  deriving  morganatic  from  wtorgengabe  aa  a 
Aulure  for  the  following  reasons :  — 

I.  A  term,  the  more  distinctive  it  is  of  what  it 
defines,  is  so  much  the  more  perfect :  if  a  sup- 
posed derivative  have  no  relation  to  its  root,  the 
deriyation  must  be  worthless.  A  morgenjrabe  ia 
not  exdusively  a  concomitant  to  morganatic  mar- 
riages: it  is  a  legal  accessory  to  erery  marriage, 
ebeubSrtig  or  tmebewhuriig ;  and,  consequently, 
if  morgengabe  were  a  distinctive  and  governing 
word,  evenf  marriage  would  be  a  morganatic  one. 
The  n|orgengabe  (the  mom*s  gift)  was  originally 
a  present,  which  the  husband  made  to  his  spouse 
the  morning  after  marria^^.  Formerly  it  waa  the 
custom  to  give  such  a  gifl,  or  present,  at  every 
marriage  (I  translate  from  a  German  work); 
later  on,  only  at  those  of  the  nobility.  In  the 
laws  of  Saxony  it  was  a  fixed  sum,  to  which  every 
wife  was  entitled  in  lieu  of  dower ;  and  the  very 
fact  of  its  being  thus  dealt  with  l^jrally  is  proof 
that  it  need  not  be  made  a  matter  of  agreement, 
which  a  morganatic  marriage,  where  no  lesal  rule 
prevailed,  necessarily  implies,  and  Heincccius 
nimself,  by  the  words  "  acceptis  ccrtis  pnediis  vel 
promissa  certa  pecuniss  summa,**  admits.  The 
mor^ngabe  seems  to  have  been  brou^t,  as  an 
institution,  by  the  Germans,  from  their  Hercynian 
forests ;  and  shadowed  out  already  in  Tacitus 
(JDe  Germ.,  cap.  xviii.)  ;  — 

•^DoCem  non  uxor  marito,  aed  axon  maritas  offert 
lotersunt  parentes  et  propinani,  ac  munera  probant: 
munera  non  ad  delicias  mnliebres  qniesita.  oec  qnibus 
nova  nopta  comatar;  scd  boves  et  frenatom  eqoam  et 
scutom  com  fnmea,  gladioqoe.  In  hsc  maneni  uxor 
accipitar  atqoe  invicem  ipsa  armorum  aliqnid  viro  offert. 
Hoc  maximom  vinculum,  hcc  arcana  sacra,  hoa  con- 
jogales  Deos  arbitrantor." 

In  explanation  of  these  useful  giAs  I  may  re- 
mark, that  the  compounding  in  the  morgengabe 
for  a  sum  of  money  the  real  dotation  of  a  farm 
and  its  appendages,  or  any  other  substantial  ma- 
terial chattel,  was  a  later  mnovation. 

It  is  in  furtherance,  and  confirming  this  primsB- 
val  practice,  that  Luther,  in  his  translation  of  the 
Bible,  uses  morgengabe  as  the  sum  which  the 
father  of  the  bridegroom  had  to  pay  at  every 
marriage  to  the  family  of  the  bride.  It  will  not, 
I  suppose,  be  insisted  on,  that  morgonatic  mar- 
riages were  then  known.  The  legal  reouirement 
of  a  morsengabe  at  marriages  was  abolished  for 
the  kingdom  of  Saxony  by  edict,  dated  January 
31,  1839.  But  I  have  also  a  second  objection, 
upon  an  etymological  ground.  In  morgen^  sound- 
ing to  an  English  ear  moryen,  the  final  syllable  is 
short— nnd  then  what  becomes  of  the  essential 
part  of  the  word  gahe  f    In  m<w^Tv^\Vi.\N.\^^^'^%^ 

gona    to    /oiwtic  wA   J«miI\w>i>  ^^^  5«««^ 


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[»«8.Y.  llAili^tL 


ihrough  the  French /urtiieafi.  Deducting  the  sffix 
mor,  which  is  merely  intensitive,  like  our  more  — 
an  undefined,  because  an  undefinable  idea  of  ex- 
tension, like  also  moor^  meer^  mare^  Grerm.  Meer 
(ihc  ocean) — we  have  remaining  gatui ;  which  for 
all  lime,  and  in  every  country,  signi6e8  various 
modes  and  de^zrecs  of  cheating  and  deception. 

In  Germany,  as  we  learn  from  the  following 
passage  in  Suidas^  this  was  the  name  of  an  an- 
cient spae-wife,  one  of  those  fatidical  women,  who, 
like  Alrinia,  who  received  the  captive  Varus  to 
be  immolated  by  her  because  she  had  predicted 
his  defeat,  ruled  the  destinies  of  tho  nation.  This 
OanOy  or  Ganna^  was  received  by  the  Kmperor 
Domitian  with  the  greatest  honour  and  resj^ct  at 
Rome :  — 

8«((oiNra  H\$w  irphs  rhv  Aoumdywy 

It  seems  to  have  been  taken  by  the  Celtic  no- 
bility as  a  favourite  designation,  no  doubt  from 
the  respect  in  which  these  old  ladies,  as  the  inter- 
preters of  the  gods,  were  held:  for  one  of  the 
most  successful  Celtic  risings  against  the  Roman 
arms  was  under  the  leadership  of  Gannascus  ,*  and 
the  favourite  of  Heliogabalus,  named  GanySy  was 
most  probably  a  Celt.  At  all  events,  in  gauner^ 
a  cheat,  the  Germans  keep  the  idea  of  delusion 
chained  to  the  word  to  the  present  day. 

The  spread  of  the  word  through  all  the  Indo- 
Gennanic  tongues  may  be  traced  in  the  following 
examples.  Sometimes  much  cunning  is  necessary 
to  deceit,  and  then  we  form  ingenium ;  or,  as  in 
Sweden,  gan^  still  denotes  a  species  of  conjuror. 
As  Himple  deceit,  we  have  the  mediaeval  Latin 
words,  engannum,  eiigaunnium;  the  Portuguese 
and  Spanish,  enganno  ;  the  French,  engan. 

Since,  as  with  us,  these  old  witches  were  frequently 
bawds  and  coupleresses  at  Rome,  the  term,  there- 
fore, as  ganea^  soon  descended  to  the  stews  and 
brothels  of  that  dissolute  city.  Thus  Suetonius,  in 
Caligula,  who,  like  Ilaroun  al  Raschid,  —  ^^ganeas 
atqne  adulteriacapillamento  celutus  et  veste  longo 
noctibus  obiret"  (cap.  xi.).  And  again,  in  Nero 
(cap.  xxvii.) :  "  depositip  per  littora  et  ripas  di- 
versoris  tabemae  pnrabantur,  insigncs  guneoi  et 
matronnrum  institorias  operas  imitantium.*^ 
The  expression  of  Juvenal  {Sat.  vi.  64)  — 
" .        .  Appula  ninnit 

Sicut  in  amplcxu  "  — 
though  usually  tiiken  in  a  lewd  scnFc,  may  per- 
haps only  mean  whispering  or  speaking  low,  since 
it  will  be  confirmed  in  this  sense  by  a  passage  in 
Apuleius  {Aureus  Asinus,  lib.  i.)  :  **  Hie  ilia  ver- 
bosa  et  satis  curiosa  avis  in  aurihus  Veneris,  filium 
lacerans,  existimationerfi  ganniebaC  * 

*  That  Juvcniil  here  only  meant  the  whispering,  or 
low  tones,  used  where  people  are  half  ashamed  of  their 
actions,  may  also  be  proved  from  another  pauafe  :— 
**  Gamirt  ad  aurem  nunqoam  diulki.** 


With  this  diffiuod  use  of  gma,  for  lU  On  par- 
poses  of  deception  and  delusion,  shall  it  not  be 
also  applicablo  to  an  institution  based  nvNi  \ 
willing  delusion;  and,  as  to  the  children  oi  lad 
marriage,  a  palpable  deceit  as  a  morganatic  one? 
^       *^  WuLLiAM  B«J.  Ph.  Dr. 

6,  Crescent  Place,  Barton  Crescent, 
April  13, 1861. 


CoBBBTT  (3^*  S.  V.  370,  422.)— T.  B.  i«II 
should  differ  greatly,  I  fear,  as  to  the  scope  of  4e 
term" revolutionary."  In  the  sense  inten<WIJ 
me — in  H  merely  parentbctical  remark — -I  ihsu 
find  no  difficulty  in  proving  its  applicability.  A 
same  of  "  conservatism."  I  must,  howewr.  *• 
cUne  to  make  your  publication  the  vehirlirf 
political  controversy.  ,  W.  Lb 

Lasso,  akd  similab  Weapons  (3^^  S.  v.*/ 
I  think  there  is  no  such  thing  as  a  lasso* 
tloned  in  any  ancient  author,  or  figured!^ 
bas  relief  or  other  representation.       The  *• 
approach  is  the  net  used  by  the  retiarius,  »5* 
(hator,  who  fought  with  the  secutor,  ufiflj  i« 
net  to  entangle  his  adversary,  and  a  small  trii* 
to  disable  him.    When  abroad,  I  was  toUii 
Croat  cavalry,  and  some  tribes  of  the  CoimA 
use  a  curious  and,  in  their  hands,  a  Tery  eftaw 
weapon.    It  is  a  whip  with  a  very  long  liAi* 
the  end  of  which  (before  going  into  action)  tkq 
fix  a  perforated  bullet.    This  they  arc  said  tote 
able   to   project  with  such   force    and  certiiaW 
against  a  man's  forehead,  as  to  fracture  bis  skJ 
and  kill  him,  like  a  stone  from  a  sling.    Of  coune, 
the  bullet  is  instantly  withdrawn,  and  can  be  u«4 
again  as  often  as  tbey  pleasi*.     Is  there  any  •^ 
count  of  this  practice  prmted  ?    K  so,  I  shoul'i  bi 
;;lad  to  be  referred  to  it?  A.  1. 

Robin  Adair  (3'*  S.  v.  404.)  —  The  interert- 
ing  note  of  K.  K.  J.  on  this  song  will  no  doubt  lu^ 
prise  some  of  our  Scotch  friends.     The  discipla 
of  Blackstone  and  Coke  maintain  that  evidence 
must  be  taken  as  a  whole,  and  admitted  a^  tree 
or  rejected  altogether ;  but  since  legal  lojziciani 
sirgue  that  when  a  part  of  the  evidence  is  «•»• 
tained  by  strong  additional  proofs  to  the  direct 
testimony,  then  the  evidence  must  be  taken  in 
its  entirety  as  correct.    Without  entering  on  the 
mysteries  of  »*  Black-letter,*'  I  may  bo  permitt«i 
to  add  a  Muall  srrap  of  collateral  evidi.»ncc,  a<  toi 
portion  of  the  proofs  of  K.  K.  J.,  which  may  be 
taken  for  what  it  is  worth.     It  proves,  however, 
beyond  nucstion,  that  the  name  of  Adair  wa5  in 
the  locality  pointed  out.  •  An  ancestor  of  mine, 
whose  mental  and  physical  faculties  were  s|>aied 
to  his  ninety-fourth  year,  and  who  in  his  eiriy 
days  was  a  most  unmitigated  fox -hunter,  I  bavt 
often  heard  sny^  not  «rr^,  the  ballad  of  the  Kil* 
ruddery   Hunt,  which   u  a  really    spirited  de* 
\  mv^>AH«  'naxi«>A'««  ^  V  ^MiELV&%S5A.«^aul^  that  took 


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44S 


place  in  the  locality^  of  Bray,  ten  miles  from 
Dublin ;  and,  in  naming  those  who  were  present 
HI  that  occasion,  the  following;  lines  occur :  — 
•*  We  had  the  Longhlinitown  *  landlord,  and  bold  Owen 
from  Brav, 
And  brave  John  Adair  he  was  with  us  that  day ; 
Joe  Devlin,  Hall,  Preston,  and  a  hunUman  m  stout, 
Dick  Holmes,  a  few  others,  and  so  we  set  out.** 
The  song  was  venr  popular  amongst  the  squire- 
archy,  farmers,  and  peasantry  in  Wicklow  and 
Wexford  counties  when  I  was  a  "little  wee  thing** 
some  thirtj-five  summers  ago.         S.  Redmond. 
Liverpool. 

E.  K.  J.  mentions  a  Mr.  St.  Leger,  of  Pucks- 
town,  CO.  Dublin,  as  the  author  of  ^^  Robin  Adair.** 
Will  £.  K.  J.  send  any  genealogical  particulars 
about  this  Mr.  St.  Leger  to  the  Rev.  £.  F.  St. 
J^XOBB,  Scotton  Rectory,  Kirton-in-Lindsey? 

QvoTATioTcs  (3'*  S.  V.  378.)  — The  lines  in- 
luired  for,  beginning  — 

"Green  wave  the  oak  for  ever  o*er  thy  rest," 
ve  the  commencement  of  an  exquisite  poem  by 
drs.  Hemans,  on  the  grave  of  Korner,  the  Ger- 
-^an  soldier-poet,  who  fell  in  a  skirmish  with 
I^rench  troops  on  the  26th  of  August,  1813,  only 
wk  hour  after  he  had  finished  his  famous  Sword 
(ong.  The  poem  of  Mrs.  Hemans  consists  of 
line  stanzas,  of  which  the  first  two  are  quoted  at 
be  above  reference  in  *'  N.  &  Q.**  It  appeared 
r»  The  Mirror  in  1824,  just  forty  years  ago.  The 
pirit,  vigour,  and  pathos  of  the  first  two  stanzas 
ve  perfectly  sustained  throughout,  and  it  will 
.vnply  reward  an  attentive  perusal.         F.  C.  H. 

Miscellanea  Cuhiosa  (3'*  S.  v.  282,  387.)— I 
hink  Professor  De  Morgan  is  in  error  with 
"aspect  to  the  identity  of  Turner's  Miscellanea 
'Dmiosa  with  Turner's  Mathematical  Exercises, 
Dhere  were  two  persons  named  John  Turner  living 
ti  1749;  and  both  were  correspondents  to  the 
nathematical  department  of  the  Ladies^  Diary  at 
liat  period.  The  "  Mr.  John  Turner,  of  Heath, 
iTorkshire,'*  was  most  probably  the  editor  of  the 
tiisceUanea  Cnriosa ;  and  the  "  Mr.  Turner,  of 
drompton,  near  Rochester,"  was  the  editor  of  the 
iiaikematical  Exerci-nes.  The  latter  work  is  in 
dx  numbers,  ^ve  of  which  were  "printed  for 
Tames  Morgan  at  the  Three  Cranes,  m  Thames* 
itreet'*  during  1750-1752;  and  the  sixth  was 
•printed  and  sold  by  R.  Marsh  **  of  Wrexham,  in 
Wales.  That  it  was  an  original  work  is  evident 
from  the  preface  and  the  contents. 

In  the  former,  correspondents  are  requested  to 
contribute  "  Problems  or  Solutions  **  under  the 
assurance  that  *^  nothing  shall  appear  to  their  dis- 
advantage;** and  in  the  latter  may  be  found 
some  cnrions  correspondence  relating  to  the  "  ma- 
thematics and  mathematicians  **  of  Uie  day.    The 

*  The  nana  of  a  village  on  the  road  fimn  Doblln^ 
Bray.    Whowatthahmdioni? 


editorship  of  the  Ladies''  Diary  was  the  "  bone  of 

contention,*'  and  the  work  contains  some  smart 
exposures  of  the  doings  of  Captain  Heath  and  his 
friends. 

On  Simpsons  being  appointed  editor  in  1753, 
the  Exercises  appear  to  have  been  discontinued ; 
the  last  number  l)cing  added  in  order  to  complete 
the  work.  I  have  jjiven  a  pretty  full  account  of 
the  Mathematical  Exercises,  in  vol.  1.  pp.  266-273, 
of  the  Mechanics*  Magazine  for  1 849. 

T.  T.  Wilkinson. 

SuBNAafsa  (3''  S.  iv.  122,  &c.)— Would  not  the 
passage  in  St.  Luke*s  gospel,  chap.  xxii.  3,  go  far 
to  prove  that  surnames  were  in  existence  long 
before  we  suppose  ?  for  he  there  expres>ljr  states, 
that  Judas  was  ^sumamed  Iscariot,**  proving  that 
the  Jews  had  double  names  at  least.  There  are 
other  instances  in  the  gospels  of  double,  or  sur- 
names ;  and  when  Christianity  sfirearl,  and  intro- 
duced baptism,  is  it  not  likely  that  the  baptised 
received  the  name  of  some  saint  to  the  already 
existing  surname,  so  that  here  is  a  clue  to  an 
earlier  orisin  of  surnames  than  is  at  present  al- 
lowed ?  Or  do  we  only  copy  from  the  Jews  in 
this,  as  in  many  other  respects  ?  S.  Redmond. 
Liverpool. 

Sir  Edward  Gorges,  Knt.  (3'*  S.  v.  377.)  — 
The  following  rough  notes  may  be  useful. 

James  I.  1606.  To  Sir  Thomas  Gor;;;es,  Knt, 
Keeper  of  his  highness*  park  at  Richmond,  125/. 
to  tne  owners  of  certain  lands  taken  into  said 
park. 

James  I.  1609.  Paid  232/.  lOf.  to  John  Killi- 
grew  in  full  satisfaction  of  certain  damages  sus- 
tained by  him  about  the  building  of  Pendennis 
Fort,  Cornwall,  and  for  his  losses  in  the  pmfits  of 
lands  and  woods  thought  fit  to  be  reserved  tu  main- 
tain said  fort,  so  certified  by  Sir  Ferdinando  Gor- 
ges, Knt.,  and  other  commissioners  appointed  to 
survey  the  same. 

James  I.  1611,  July.  To  Sir  Edward  Gorges, 
Knt,  Capt  of  his  majesty*s  castle  of  IIur^t,  the 
sum  of  79/.  13i.  Ad.,  to  be  by  him  employed  about 
the  repairing  of  certain  breaches  in  the  beach 
extendmg  from  the  mainland  to  his  majesty's  said 
castle. 

At  Hampton  Court  Palace  there  ore  two  por- 
traiU  described  by  Mr.  Jamewm  as  No.  252,  a 
young  man  with  long  hair  culled  here  Sir  Theo- 
bald Grorges.  No.  648,  portrait  of  a  young  man 
inscribed  with  the  name,  **  Gorges.** 

At  Kensingtcm  Palace  there  was  a  portrait  in- 
scribed *♦  Mr.  Gorge,**  in  white,  with  a  red  scarf 
(poiribly  one  of  these). 

In  1716  the  Beaufort  family  possessed  a  large 
messuage  in  Chelsea,  formerly  the  property  of 
Sir  Arthur  Gorge. 

Sir  Thoma»  GoT^«a,\rj  ^>a«Wi'^\Mic^'!J^^^^^^ 


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|;»«S.T.liT 


conspiracy,  and  the  execation  of  her  confederates, 
1587. 

Sir  Walter  Raleigh,  sending  a  message  te  Sir 
Ferdinando  Grorges,  this  officer  had  a  conference 
with  him  in  a  boat  on  the  Thames,  and  there  dis- 
covered all  their  proceedings  —  the  plot  for  which 
Essex  lost  his  life.  1601.  A.  F.  B. 

Language  usbd  iv  Roman  Coubts,  stc.  (S*^  S. 
T.  856.)  —  With  reference  to  the  language  used 
in  the  judicial  courts  of  their  provinces,  it  is  well- 
known  that  the  Romans  'Mnflexibly  maintained 
in  the  administration  of  civil  as  well  as  mili- 
tary government**  the  use  of  the  Latin  tongue. 
The  words  are  Gibbon*s  (vol.  i.  p.  42,  Milman). 
This  was  true  of  all  the  Roman  provinces,  but  of 
the  east  in  a  fur  less  degree  than  of  the  west ;  and, 
according  to  Donaldson,  the  Jews  and  Greeks 
were  the  most  unwilling  to  give  up  the  **  flowing 
rhythms  **  of  their  native  tongue  for  the  terse  and 
business-like  language  of  their  conquerors.  But 
the  Romans  knew  too  well  the  powerful  influence 
of  language  over  national  manners  to  neglect  to 
enforce  the  constant  use  of  Latin  in  all  the  coun- 
tries which  they  subdued,  at  least  in  all  matters  of 
law  and  government.  Cf.  Donaldson,  Varr.  c.  xiv. 
§  6 ;  Cic.  Orat,  pro  Fonteio,  i.  §  1 ;  Juv.  Sat,  i.44 ; 
vii.  147-8;  xv.  111.  A.  G.  S. 

2«{pTTjK  lAax«r,  k,  t.  X.  (3^*  S.  v.  260, 307.)— There 
certainly  seems  to  be  every  reason  to  think  that 
the  conjectures  of  Wagner,  and  before  him  of 
Erasmus,  as  to  this  passage  are  correct,  that  it  is 
part  of  a  speech  of  Agamemnon  to  Menelaus. 
These  two  brothers  were,  as  is  well  known,  sons 
of  Atreus ;  and  the  first  had  succeeded  to  the 
throne  of  his  father  at  Mycenaj,  by  the  death  or 
expulsion  of  Thyestes ;  the  second  having  become 
King  of  Lacedspmon,  and  presiding  at  Sparta. 

The  legend  of  Telephus  is  that  be  had  been 
wounded  by  Achilles ;  and  having  been  told  that 
only  the  man  who  hud  inflicted  the  wound  could 
heal  it,  he  went  to  Agamemnon,  then  ruling  at 
Mycenss,  to  entreat  his  intercession  with  the  hero 
for  thatpurpose.  Agamemnon  seems  to  have  re- 
ceived Telephus  coolly,  for  we  find  the  latter  seized 
his  young  son  Orestes,  and  threatened  to  slay  him 
unless  the  father  complied  with  his  request,  which, 
after  some  delay,  was  done,  and  Achilles  healed 
the  wound  with  some  of  the  rust  from  the  spear 
which  had  caused  the  injury. 

We  know  from  Aristophanes  (who  quizzes  the 
play  of  Euripides  in  every  possible  fashion),  and 
also  from  Horace,  that  Telephus  is  represented  as 
seeking  this  a:<sistance  in  the  state  of  the  deepest 
poverty,  and  as  an  exile.  Agamemnon  was  at 
Afyceno;.  What  could  be  more  probable  than 
that  the  scene  was  laid  at  the  entrance  of  the 
citadel  of  that  city,  the  famous  gate  of  lions,  which 
Btill  exists  to  the  present  day,  and  before  which 
WMS  hid  the  scene  of  the  Agamemnon  of  2!^V\^< 


lus,  and  of  the  Electra  of  Sophodei? 
could  be  more  probable  than  that  the  tvo' 
might  have  been  introduced  oonversiii* 
there,  and  what  could  be  more  fitting  tbs 
elder,  A^memnon,  to  say  to  the  younger, 
has  fdlen  to  your  lot,  rule  orderly  ovi 
we  for  our  own  part  do  MycensB*'?  Tl 
the  word  roV/&ci  seems  to  point  to  Hood 
both  in  the  Iliad  and  OdyMsey^  calls  the 
Atridse  8vw  KwrfttiTop9  Xowi^. 

Some  curious  matter  might  turn  on  t 
the  word  l\axfs,  which  si^i^nifies  in  its  ; 
sense,  to  obtain  by  ;lot.  I  cannot  lay  i 
on  any  account  of  die  failure  of  the  d; 
Lacedsemon,  and  the  succession  of  Mend] 
the  passage  in  question  would  lead  us  to 
that  the  latter  was  the  result  of  the 
of  the  people. 

Poets'  Comer* 

The  Bau^t  :  "  Three  Bi.ue  Be  as 
(a**  S.  V.  297,  385.)  —  The  expression  is 
standing :  it  occurs  in  Tom  Brown's  versifl 
"Timon,"  in  Dryden's  Lucian  (1711). 
quoted  by  Tytler  as  an  example  of  1m 
translation :  — 

**GnathoHide9,  Tlrovro;  ira/ciy,  2  Tlfimt;  fmf 
M  'HpdhcAcif,  iohy  ioh,  wpoKokovfAol  (r§  rpavfuensd 
-rdyoy. 

-  TimoH,  Kal  fi^v  lU  7c  fwcphif  4irt€f>aiip^s^  ^ 
TrpoKtKKTiaifi  fit, — Timon,  c  xlvi.  ed.  Bipoot.  i.  11 

**  Gnathonidet,  Confound  him  !  What  a  blow 
given  me  I  What's  this  for,  old  Touchwood?  B 
iiess,  Hercules,  that  he  has  struck  me.  I  warrai 
^hall  make  you  repent  of  this  blow.  1*11  indite  yi 
action  on  the  calse,  and  bring  you  coram  noli. 
assault  and  buttery. 

**  Timon.  Do,  thou  confounded  law  pimp,  do 
thou  stay'st  one  minute  longer,  I'll  bent  thee  to 
make  thy  bones  rattie  in  thee  like  three  Ottie  beans 
bag.  Go,  stinkard,  or  else  I  shall  make  you  al 
action,  and  ^et  me  indicted  for  manslaughter.'*  1 
Tytler,  Ettay  on  the  PrincipUt  of  Tn 
8vo,  London,  1797. 

H 

U.  U.  Club. 

The  words  of  one  of  the  "  merry  roui 
Catch  that  Catch  CaUy  or  a  Choice  CoUe 
Catches^  Rounds,  and  Canons.     London, 
for  John  Benson,  &c.,  1652,  are  as  follows 

«*  As  there  be  three  blew  beans  in  a  blew  blad 
And  thrice  three  rounds  in  a  long  ladder ; 
As  there  be  three  nooks  in  a  comer  cap, 
And  three  corners  and  one  in  a  map } 
Kv*n  so  like  unto  these 
There  be  three  UniversJti«»8, 
Oxford,  Cambridge,  and  James.** 

The  last  word,  I  suppose,  refers  to  King 
College  at  Chelsea.  Edwabd  F.  Bin 

John  Dbaham  thi  Vocalist  (S**  S.  t. 

Braham*s  first  appearance  on  the  stage 

\,  C:»w^ii\.  Ck%x^^TL  \.W*X.T^^  A.^cil  21,  1787, 


^nei 


S.  V.  May  28»  'W.] 


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cnefit  of  Mr,  Lt«ni,  tti  Ttalhti  singer  of  cele- 
britj,  who  liatl  instructed  I  he  youn^  vocfilist.  The 
was  the  Du§nnn^  en4,  ttccordin^  to  the  ad- 
Wment,  "At  tho  end  of  Act  U  *  The  Sohiier 
,  of  VVar*s  AUnns/  by  Master  Brakam^  being 
I  fir  at  appearance  on  »ny  stage."     And  agam^ 
|fcer  the  first  act  of  the  farce,  he  &ang  the  fa- 
iiritc  flonji  of  **  Ma  chire  Araie,"     At  the  open- 
'  of  the  R.<»yaliy  Theatre,  \\'ellclose  Square,  on 
!  20  in  the  same  year,  **  Between  the  nets  of 
play,  *  The  Sohlier  tired  of  War  a  Alarms*  waa 
ing  with  great  »ucce*s  by  a  little  boy*  Muater 
l^ram,  the  pupil  of  Leoni/*  according  to    The 
\ronkU;  and  another  paper  said,  "Yesterday 
L-nmjr  we  were  surpri^d  by  a  Master  Abrahaift^ 
ipil  of  Mr,  Leoni.     He  promiites  fair  to 
'  irtton,  posae&sing  every  requisite  neces- 
rv  m  ^ij  m  a  capital  ainger/'   I  quote  from  some 
Ilections  formed  by  the  late  Mr.  Fillinham*     I 
not  seen  the   newypapers   themselves,   but 
no  reason  to  doubt  the  correctness  of  the 
rmation.    Mr.  Peter  Cunningham  then  may  be 
It  in  his  assertion  concerning'  the  bill  in  which 
mm  U  called  "  Majster  Abrahams ; "  but  is  he 
t  in  placinrt^  bis  notice  of  the  event  under 
adman's  Fields  Tlieatre?  The  theatre  in  which 
rick  made  his  first  appearance  was  in  Ayliffe 
eet;  and  John  Palmer's  theatre,  called  the  Roy- 
Theatre,  waa  erected  in  Well  Street,  in  the 
ae  locality,  but  on  an  entirely  different  site, 

K0WARD  F.  RlMBAULT, 
PfGlO-SAXON    AN1>    OTHER    MeDIJSVAI*    SeALS 

3,  xii-  9,  O-*.)— Another  proof  that  the  Anjjlo- 

I  used  seals  as  well  as  the  Normans,  may  be 

and  at  the   end  of  the  rhyming   charter,   the 

int  of  sanctuary,   &c^  at  KIpon,  by  Athelstan 

\  Si,  Wilfrid.     The  king  says,— 

"And  tax  weAq  have  I  sett  yerto, 
For  I  wilt  nt  na  man  it  undo." 

See  Dugdale,  MonasL,  toL  ii,  p.  133. 

short  time  back,  while  examining  some  of  the 
^hment  writ^,  &c.,  discovered  tn  the  old  trea- 
ut   Westminster   Abbey,  we  found   several 
^  Jl  round  llatti^h  ladles,  about  as  bij»  as  a  two- 
ilUrig  piece.     They  seem  to  have  been  used  for 
Iting  the  wax  fur  afBxtn^  seals  to  the  various 
cumcnts.    In  this  c^ist^i  whde  it  was  soft  the  strip 
rmrchraent  or  other  ligature  by  which  they  were 
ached  could  have  been  conveniently  dipped  into 
wax,  and  when  coolcii  enough  the  seal  would 
i  easily  impressed,  as  we  see  them.     Have  such 
BUBils  been  seen  elsewhere? 
[While  on  thl«  subject  permit  rae  also  to  note  a 
fcrTouB  pafsoge  from  a  charter  quoted  in  Selden*» 
kleM  of  Honour,  part  II,  chap.  iii.     It  is  from  the 
rd  of  Dol,  in  Brittany^  to  the  Abbey  of  Vieu- 
Jle,  and  about  the  year  1170;  he  says, — 

And  hccauHo  I  was  not  as  yet  a  knight,  and  had  not 
,1  of  ujy  own  (quia  Mika  non  eram  et  propriuni  Si- 


gillum  noD  habebam)  we  havt  wlad  tlii  tbifttr  l|f  A* 
atitiiority  of  the  teal  of  Sir  Joba  ««r  hihrn^ 

Selden  also  quotes  from  Da  Ttllel  WM  oU  ded* 
aiDn  of  1376  (more  than  two  hundred  jmxm  lAtcr)^ 
where  it  ifi  ftaid,  '^an  e«qulre  when  be  reeeiiei  thm 
order  of  knighthoo<J  ta  to  change  hi»  teal*  (tij^« 
I  urn  mutarej^  From  this  it  would  Msemt  in  earliest 
times^  tione  below  the  digtiity  of  a  knighi  were 
entitled  to  use  ieals  at  all.  A.  A* 

Poct»'  Comer. 

A  BtiLL  or  BuRKK*s  (S'^  S.  v.  212,  267*  306.)— 
Aa  the  original  querist  in  this  matter,  I  must  con- 
fess that  ray  difliculty  is  not  removed  by  Mr.  Dk 
Moro^h's  tuggesfron,  that  Burke's  word  mmf 
have  been  component  instead  of  integral.  There 
is  still  the  extremely  paradojLical  character  of  a 
proposition,  which  states  that  A.  and  D.  are  the 
same  thing,  betng  different  parts  —  whether  in- 
tegral or  component.  If  we  suppose  that  Burke 
meant  to  say^ — **The  Church  and  the  State  are 
one  and  the  same  thing,  though  they  are  also  dif- 
ferent integral  parts  of  the  same  whole" — the  ex- 
pression is  still  an  awkward  one:  but  the  intentioa 
IS  evident,  as  Loed  Lyttsltobi  understands  it : 
"  Church  and  State  are  the  same  while  looked  at 
in  two  different  aspects."  In  any  case,  1  cannot 
see  the  inconsequence  which  Loao  Ltttkltoji 
attributes  to  the  sentence  which  follows :  **  For 
the  Church  has  been  always,"  &c.  These  words 
refer  to  that  part  of  the  preceding  sentence  which 
affirms  the  identity  of  the  Church  and  the  Slate  : 
for  (adds  Burke)  the  Church  comprehends  the 
cleriry  and  laity,  as  the  State  does  also. 

C.  G.  Pbowbit. 

Carlton  Club. 

ENQRaVING   BT   Ba»TOI^3£2I   (3«*  S-  T.  377.)  — 

The  engraving  forms  the  frontispiece  of  Leigh 
Hunt*s  first  work:  Juvenilia;  or  a  Ctiltection  of 
Poems  written  hetioeen  the  Ages  of  Twelve  and 
Sixteen.  The  printer  was  probably  Raphael  Wcst» 
whose  name  appears  in  the  List  of  hubscribers^ 
together  with  that  of  Beniamin  West,  P.R  A.  The 
reference,  judging  from  the  motto,  seems  to  be  to 
Poverty  in  the  abstract :  — 


•  And  ah  I  let  Pity  turn  her  (Jewy  eyes, 
Where  gasping  penury  unfriended  lies ! 


J.  w. 


S™  JottH  Jacob  or  Bromlbt  (S**  B.  v.  213.)— 
Sir  John  was  the  son  of  Abrahpn  Jacob  (of  Brom- 
ley, Middlesex,  and  of  Garolingay),  and  of  Mary, 
daughter  of  Francis  Rogers  of  Dartford,  Kent. 
Abraham  died  May  6,  1629;  and  bis  monument 
is,  or  was,  at  Bromley,  near  Bow,  John  was  one 
of  seven  sons,  and  six  daughters.  Charles  I, 
knighted  him  in  1633*  He  was  a  farmer  of  the 
customs ;  su6'ered  in  the  king's  cause,  and  was 
made  baronet  in  1665.  He  bunt  a  house  at  Brom- 
ley;  had  three  wives  —  LEli2ahetkR<ill\*isc^^<vic 
HolUday,  \)y  ^\Kiia  V  V^^  v^a^  -s^^^  ^^^  ^'^ 


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[>*aTMir 


daughter ;  2.  Alice,  dnu;;hter  of  TIios.  Clowes^  by 
whom  he  had  tliroc  sons  nnd  three  dau^^htcrs; 
3.  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Ashbumham, 
Knt.,  by  whom  he  had  one  diiutrhter.  He  was 
Gommis'jiioner  and  Farmer  of  Customs  attain  in 
Charlt'A  II.*a  rei;j:n  ;  and  died  l(S(>5-6.  His  eldest 
son,  Sir  John,  succeeded  him  ;  married  Catherine, 
dauirhfer  of  William,  Lord  Allinrrton ;  and  died 
1675,  nnd  was  buried  in  the  Savoy  Church,  Strand. 
His  son  Sir  John  served  in  (he  army,  and  died 
1740.  His  mn  Hihlebrand  succeeded  to  the  title. 
Armt.  Ar;;ent,  a  chevron,  gules,  between  three 
tigers*  heads  erased,  proper.  Crest.  On  a  wreath 
a  ti<;er  passant,  proper,  marred  and  turned. 
Motto,  "Tarta  tueri.''  13.  H.  C. 

CnAPF.BONK  f.^'*  S.  V.  280.)  —  The  wonl  chnpc 
roness  is  used  in  Webstor's  DeviVs  Law  Case^  Act 
I.  So.  2.  Komidlo  is  <;harping  the  lady's  com- 
panion to  be  very  vigilant  over  her  misitreds,  and 
says :  —  . 

"...     but,  my  precious  chapertmeu, 
I  trust  theo  the  hpttcr  for  thnt ;  f^r  I  have  he.ird 
There  is  no  wnrier  keeper  of  a  park. 
To  prevent  stalkers,  or  your  nifrht- walkers, 
Than  such  a  m an  as  in  his  voutli  has  been 
A  most  notoriuus  doer-stuifvr.'* 

From  its  allusion  (Act  IV.  Sc.  2)  to  the  massacre 
of  the  English  by  the  Dutxih  at  Amboyna,  this 
play  is  supposed  to  have  been  written  in  1G22. 

A.  A. 
Poets'  Comer. 

UrPKB  AND  LowRR  Empirk  (3'**  S.  v.  379.)  — 
The  term  Upper  Empire  is  not,  I  believe,  in  usi*. 
The  term  Lower  Einpin?  is  usetl  by  Gilibun 
(ch.  Ixviii.  p.  250,  note)  for  the  remains  of  tlu^ 
Roman  Empire  at  Constantinople,  and  was  adopted 
by  him  from  the  French,  Unn  Empire,  In  3G4  the 
Roman  Empire  was  divided  into  East  and  West., 
Constantinople  and  Home  beini;  the  respective 
chief  cities,  and  in  476  the  Empire  of  Rome  ter- 
minated, whilst  the  Empire  at  Ctmstantinople  (ron- 
tinue<l  till  1453.  The  expression  "  Lower  Roman 
Empire  of  the  ^^(P«/,"  means  "the  Lower  Empire," 
or  "  the  Greek  Empire  of  the  East,""  It  is  called 
••rEinpire  Grec  OrientaP'  by  Koch  (iii.  l!)).  I 
think  the  term  ban,  a««  applied  to  this  Empire,  re- 
fers to  its  inferiority  in  historical  importance  as 
compared  with  the  ancient  Roman  grandeur.  It 
is  probable  that  Du  Cange  (=  Du  Fresne)  m:iy 
have  first  used  this  term  in  his  Byzantine  His- 
tories, for  in  the  titles  to  his  Greek  and  Roman 
Glossaries  he  uses  the  words  "  mcdia»  et  infimtB 
Gnccitatis  et  Latiuitatis,**  where  inJuMB  conveys 
the  sense  of  bos,  T.  J.  Ruckton. 

A  Passion  por  WmfEssiwo  Executions  (3** 
S.  T.  33).  —  It  mav  be  worth  a  short  note  to  cor- 
roborate BO  singular  a  morbid  tendency  as  that 
fumiahed  through  jour  correspondent,  RoBsnT 
Kucrr. 


In  Wolioken,  adjoining  \riibedi,iB^ 
apparently  of  the  middle  dia,  was  prot 
me  about  fourteen  years  azo;  ami  Hi 
that,  for  a  considerable  portion  of  Vu 
had  not  been  a  public  ezecuiion  wltbii 
miles  (indading  Liondon)  without  Wu 
expressly  to  witness  it.  In  early  life  I 
in  business;  but  bad  long  retired, at 
sessed  of  considerable  cottage  propert; 

Folk  Lore  in  the  South-fast  « 
(3'*  S.  T.  353.)  — Every  one  of  the 
superstitions  mentioned  by  Mr.  Red 
the  above  title,  were  commonly  pi 
fully  believed  in  by  all  c]a!>ses  in  Ci 
thirty  or  forty  years  ago ;  an<l  are  i 
not,  by  the  lower  classes  in  the  mon 
tricts.  This  is  not  a  little  singulis 
seem  to  be  derived  from  the  commr 
the  people  from  the  same  Celtic  stf»c1 

Job: 

Hammersmith. 

A[r8.  Mart  Devebeix  (3"^  S.  v.  3 
are  former  notices  of  Mrs.  Mary 
Nailswortb,  Gloucestershire,  in  "  N. 
xii.  312;  ttnd2»*  S.  L  16,  130.  Her  5 
dedicated  to  the  Princess  R(*yal,  Ma 
published,  1777.  In  the  title-|)agc  | 
shire  '*  is  printed  in  italics,  as  if  to  d! 
from  some  other  person.  Her  abi] 
havi»  bi»en  much  overrated,  if  the  rcn 
about  her  when  I  was  a  boy,  were  co 

(^OLIHERTI  (3*^  S.  T.  300,  884.)  — Ii 
valuable  work,  De  Sttttu  Strvnrum, 
ma<le  to  the  '*  Coliberti."  ^  I  quote 
p:issage  and  note  from  lib.  iv.  c.  14,  ] 

**  Deniquii  notes  relim,  liberton  aliqiLind 
nuiniiK'  s'titinri*  Neqiie  tsmon  l(1cin'»  ne< 
protinufl  novam  wpociem  efliiif^re,  cum  rcn 
crimen  intirr  utrovque  adftit.  Mil  genus  &i 
et  iiif;onuoA  fluctunns.  Notissimum  cnim  • 
qua!|iiiiin  divcrsas  appellationes  sortiatur, 
vos  idcu  ijus  coDstitui  species." 

W.  B. 

Dinnn,  Cotes  da  Nord,  France. 

Your  correspondent  will  find  a  f 
satisfactory  account  of  coliberti  in  5 
wood's  Ranks  of  the  People^  well  indc 


•  The  not«  attscheii  to  the  word  ngnar 
on  aci'ount  of  the  variety  of  autboriti«H  cit< 

**  iVpad  MKicuKLiiiick,  torn.  i.  p.  11,  llisL 
M(?cxu  traditur  pra?dium,  qucnl  Si(;awold 
dot.  Collibcrti  vero  dicuntur,  penc*  Bali 
Tutel.  adpend.  art.  col.  445,  tibi  anno  Ma  d 
com  scrviN  et  ancilUa  ct  coHibertis.  Idai 
Gall ife  Christ.  Sanmaktranorum.  Eon 
tio  in  appendice  od  Origin.  Palat.  Frebei 
servante  viro  erwditlsMmo  Enoas  OsM 
|S09." 


»■*  S.  V.  Mat  28,  •64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


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ics 


li 


Chess  (3^*  S.  v.  377.) — ^The  game  described  b/ 
ICirtia],  lib.  xit.  ep.  20,  ii  also  referred  to  by  the 
guhe  author,  lib.  vii.  ep.  71 :  and  the  Delphin 
tommentator  has  supplied  n  reply  to  the  (juery 
of  TOur  correspondent,  bj  quoting  the  authority  of 
Cafcagnini,  who  wrote  a  treatise,  DeTtdorttm, 
2*e9»erarum^  et  Calcubrum  Ludi$,  and  positively  de- 
cided that  the  game  mentioned  in  Martial  is  no/ 
chess.  Abundant  information  upon  this  subject 
will  be  found  in  Smith's  Dictionary  of  Greek  and 
Bomam  Aniiquities^  in  verb.  *'  Latrunculi  "  p.  670 
(Snd  edit.)  ;  and  Alexandri  ah  Alexandro^  lib.  iii. 
c.  SI,  vol.  L  pp.  788,  789  (Leyden,  1673.) 

W.  B.  Mac  Cabe. 
^^        DinaB,  Gotas  dn  Nord,  France. 

-T  ;     Fovm  Asms  (S'*  S.  i.  289.)  —  The  following 

., ^  : answer  to  Mb.  Hutcuinsons  inquiry  may  be 

■  ,,-attlBcient    In  1711,  Thomas  and  Edward  Hutch- 

\  :^nson  frave  to  the  Second  Church  in  Boston  two 

.'  ^nlver  dishes,  on  which  the  Hutchinson  arms  are 

"  j-^Mjfraved.     A  third  dish,  uniform  with  them,  and 

pwen  no  doubt  at  the  same  time,  bears  the  foUow- 

^  AHg  coat:  a  chevron  between  three  bugle-horns. 

TLJ^a  both  brothers  married  daughters  of  Col.  John 

'^ZFoster,  it  can  hardly  be  doubted  that  this  was  the 

S  3'oiitcr  coat  of  arms,  and  that  the  plates  were  in- 

3ierited  from  him. 

~         There  were  two  other  families  here  of  the  name, 

-^ho  used  arms ;  viz.  that  of  Hopestill  Foster  of 

.  3)orcheBtcr,  who  bore  a  chevron  between  three 

Tmgle*horn8,  on  a  chief,  as  many  leopards*  faces ; 

«nd  that  of  Richard  Foster  of  Cliarlestown,  who 

%ore  a  chevron  between  three  bugle-horns :  crest, 

an  arm  embowed,  holding  a  broken  spear. 

W.  H.  WHrmoRE. 

-"The  Dublin  Ukivkbsitt  Review '*  (3"*  S.  v.  I 
843.)  —  Your  correspondent  is,  I  think,  slightly  I 
in  error,  inasmuch  as  a  friend,  who  has  given  a  ' 
large  share  of  his  attention  to  Irish  periodical 
literature,  with  a  view  to  publication,  informs  me  \ 
in  a  letter  relative  to  the  Dublin  University  lie-  ' 
9fev,  "that  four  numbers  were  all  that  nppeared  ' 
of  this  best  of  Irish  periodicals  of  its  class ;  the  ' 
first  having  made  its  appearance  in  January,  and  | 
the  last  in  October,  1833."  If  wrong,  we  (lor  I  ! 
can  answer  for  him  as  well  as  for  myself)  shall  be  | 
glad  to  be  corrected.  Abhba. 

Greatorbx  ob  Gbeatbakbs  Family  (3^  S.  v.  • 
399.)  —  If  your  correspondent,  Mb.  Jambs  Fin-  j 
liATSON,   will    refer   to  the   Eeliquary    Qtiarterly 
Archaological  Journal^  vol.  iv.,  he  will  find  at  pp.  ' 
81  to  96,  and  220  to  236,  an  elaborate  genealo- 
gical and  historical  article  on  this  family,  from 
the  pen  of  the  Rev.  Samuel  Hay  man,  the  histo- 
rian of  Youghal.     lliis  history  of  the  Greatrakes 
family  contains  all  the  information  on  the  various 
branches  which  at  present  it  has  been  possible  to 
obtoin,  and  includes  notices  of  ''the  Stroker,** 
and  otlur  eminent  members  of  the  family,  with 


innumerable  extracts  iVom  pariah  registers  of  Car- 
flington.  Callow,  &c.  &c.  L.  Jbwitt. 

I>erby. 

Fabadih's  '^  Devises  IIeboiques**  (3''  S.  v. 
339.)  —  In  a  note  to  Mb.  Pinbebton*s  intei-esting 
letter  on  ^'Shakspeare  and  Mary  Queen  of  Scots," 
it  is  stated  that  the  first  edition  of  Paradin  s  Devisei 
Heroiquea  et  EmbUmes  was  published  at  Parie^ 
1657.  I  much  wonder  where  that  information 
was  obtained,  for  Dibdin,  in  The  Decameron^  L 
264,  gives  us  to  understand  that,  in  the  Marquis 
of  Blandford*s  library  there  was  an  edition,  pub- 
lished at  Lyome  in  1551,  and  does  not  vouch  fur  itf 
being  tbe/rsT.  G.  S.  C. 

Sutton  Familt  (3"*  S.  i.  131.) — Absence  from 
England  has  prevented  my  noticing  earlier  the 
memoranda  in  **  N.  &  Q.**  on  this  head.    It  ap* 

Sears  to  me  doubtful  whether  the  Buttons  are  of 
Forman  origin  at  all,  and  still  more  doubtful 
whether  the  families  now  existing  are  descended 
from  one  stock.  There  are  several  places  in  Eng- 
land named  Sutton :  one  in  particular  in  the 
parish  of  Prestbury,  in  'the  county  of  Chester, 
where  a  family  of  Suttons  were  located  at  a  very 
early  period.  There  Htill  remains  a  fine  old  black 
and  white  mansion  called  Sutton  Hall,  about  two 
miles  to  the  south  of  Macclesfield,  shorn  of  half 
its  original  dimensions,  with  a  double  moat,  and 
some  fine  old  timber  still  standing.  I  do  not  now 
remember  the  date  of -the  house,  but  it  is  of  very 
great  antiquity ;  many  hundred  years  old,  much 
older  even  thiin  Moreton  Hall  in  the  same  county. 
It  appears  to  have  been  built  before  glass  came  into 
common  use,  as  the  windows  of  the  chapel  behind 
the  house  arc  of  talc,  instead  of  glass.  The  walls 
are  of  vast  thickness ;  so  muph  so,  that  when  a 
door  of  communication  was  cut  through,  between 
two  adjoining  rooms  on  the  ground-floor,  a  pas- 
sage of^  some  length  had  to  be  opened  through  the 
solid  wall.  The  ancient  stone  staircase  still  re- 
mains in  the  open  courtyard,  by  which  access  was 
formerly  gained  to  the  open  corridor  on  to  which 
the  upper  rooms  all  open.  The  hall  was  in  good 
repair  a  few  years  ago ;  and  is,  I  believe,  the  pro- 
perty of  the  Binshams,  Earls  of  Lucan,  by  de- 
scent from  theRelasyse  family,  Earls  and  Viscounts 
Faucimberg— of  whom  several  interesiins  monu- 
ments remain  in  the  old  church  of  St.  Michael,  at 
Macclesfield.  The  arms  of  this  family  of  Sutton, 
from  a  copy  in  my  possession,  are : — Quarterly 
Ist  and  4tb,  argent,  a  chevron  sa.  between  tliree 
bugles  or,  strung  sa.  2nd  and  3rd,  argent,  a 
chevron  sa.  between  three  cross  crosslets  or^. 
Crent.  Issuing  out  of  a  ducal  coronet  or,  a  demi- 
lion  rampant,  queue  furchce,  vert. 

The  first  ancestor  of  this  family  in  the  pedigree 
I  have,  is  "  Onyt"  whose  son  "Adam  "  was  grantee 
of  Sutton  aforesaid  from  Hu%K  C^^^\^^'^'*^^'  ^ 
Chester,  anU  \UY^  «BA\w3».^fiBft  ^^>>ivs^^^^^ 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


M 


rithii 


a  minute.  Wc  gazed  on  her  in  mufe  ostonisli- 

t.     The   supernaturAl  light  grttdualljr  futled 

she  turned  her  head  from  one  to  ll»e  other 

us,  and,  with   a  surpneinfr  effort,  exclaimed: 

id  jovL  not  hear  iir  the  shouts  —  the  shouts 

tictory !  **  and  appeared  great  I  j?  disappointed 

silence.     She  thea  grew  rapidly  weaker, 

within   an    hour   or   bo    breathed   her   last. 

n  a  few  hours  after  her  death,  we  related 

exlTaordinary  scene  to  the  doctor  and  the 

gjman,  who  hiul  been  her  kind  and 'Constant 

danta;    as    alio,    to    several    relatives    and 

ends. 

^or  obvioQs  reasonSi  I  omit  further  particulars, 
I  shall  be  very  happy  to  supply  them  in  de- 
lil  to  your  correspondent.    I  enclose  an  envelope 
^ih  my  address,  Y,  S.  M* 

{Battier  m  Emglakd  fS**  S.  y.   398.)— The 

on*'   n  or,  by  W.  II.  Bluauw,  Esq.,  for  many 

honorary  secretory  to  the  Sussex  Archffl- 

Society,   contains   a   chapter   (cL    xv.) 

I  to  the  Battle  of  Evesham.     The  chapter 

1  of  twenty -three  pages,  and  the  references 

numerous.     I  shall  have   great  pleasure  in 

ling  my  copy  to  J.  D,  M^K. 

WtNltE   E.   BjLXTBB. 

Jroydoo. 

IlitBoo  Gods  (3^  S.  v.  399.)  —  In  arranging 
"^indoo  Pajitheon^  Mb.  Davicson  might  ii&^\ 
sted  in  a  set  of  coarse  pictures,  in  all  about 
^,  by  a  native  artist,  which  I  procured  some 
ago»  in  Calcutta*     They  represent  most  of 
■  popular  deities,  with  incident*  in  their  le- 
ad*, but  unfortunately  I  have  loiit  the  Key  1 
with  them.     This,  however,  no  doubt  will  be 
iind  in  some  of  the  books  brought  to  Mr.  D.*s 
lice ;  and  if  he  would  like  to  see  mine,  I  shall 
i  happy  to  send  it  to  him.  A.  6. 

LItliough  Vishnu  IS  usually  represented  carried 

"  her  Hanuman  (Pan)  or  Guruden  (Mercury), 

moving   from   one  place  to  another,  your 

respondent  Jobn  Davidsox  ni.iy  rest  assured 

toe  image   he  possesses   of  a   Hindoo  god 

ated  on  a  tortoise  is  Vishnu  in  that  incarnation, 

commanrl  of  Bramha,  or  ns  he  is  otherwise 

Pru-Japutee   (Jupiter),   the  lord   of  all 

aturcs,    Vishnu,    after   having  delivered   the 

th  from  a  deluge,  supported  it  upon  his  back 

ier  the  form  of  a  tortoise,  in  which  position 

Hindoos  believe  it  stilt  continues,   Tlie  Greek 

Roman  mythology  was  derived  from  that  of 

India,  the  Indian  from'the  Egyptian.     The  Indian 
[^ible   of  Vishnu  as  the  tortoise  supporting  the 
~  rth   on  his  hack,  suggested  to  the  Greeka  the 
fth   of  the   broad -backed  Atlas  in  a  stooping 

sjtui       ting  the  mountains  of  the  earth. 

ae  t'  [odian  superstition  is  analogous  to 

ecarJiD«3UH  of  aucient  Egypt,  and  bola  hare 

I  aame  embJematicBl  gigniScMtion^     The  above 


storjr  of  Vishnu  delivering  the  world  or  its  in- 
habitants from  a  deluge  when  in  the  form  of  a 
tortoise,  which  may  be  compared  to  that  of  an 
ark,  when  added  to  the  facts  that  in  Vish*Nu  is 
preserved  the  oriental  natue  of  Nouh,  and  that 
Vishnu  is  called  the  Preserver,  may  be  regarded 
OS  a  Hindoo  record  of  the  preservation  of  the 
survivors  of  the  human  race  by  Noah  at  the 
Deluge.  11.  C3L 

TtfOMAS,BaBTl.EY%  OF  C  HIS  WICK   0&   TuRNHAlt 

Gbeem  (a*"*  S.  V.376.) — This  gentleman,  who  waa 
the  partner  of  the  celebrated  Wedgwood,  was 
buried  at  Chiswick.  On  the  east  wall  of  the 
chancel  of  Chiswick  church  is  a  monument  to  hia 
memory.  His  epitaph  tells  us  that  ^'  he  waa 
blessed  with  an  elevated  and  comprehensive  un- 
derstanding ;  ho  possessed  a  warm  and  brilliitnt 
imagination,  a  pure  and  elegant  taste.  His  ex« 
tensive  nbilities  were  guided  by  the  most  ex- 
panded philanthropy  in  forming  and  executing 
plans  for  the  public  good.*'  Over  the  monument 
IS  his  bust  in  white  marble. 

I  should  be  glad  to  know  somethtng  more  of 
Ui is  Thomas  Behtley,  as  Wedgwood*8  biographers, 
as  far  as  I  have  seen,  are  entirely  ignorant  m  the 
matter,  and  confound  him  with  Richard  Beritlcy, 
the  only  son  of  the  ctdebrated  Greek  scholar. 

In  a  notice  of  Wedgwood  in  Chamber/ &  Book 
of  Days  (i.  44),  I  find  the  following  passage:  — 

«  He  r  Wedi^ood]  took  into  partneralup  Mr*  Beaitey, 
fon  of  llio  celebrated  Dr.  Benth-y,  and  opened  a  ware- 
house in  London,  where  the  goiids  were  extribited  and 
sold.  Mr*  Befitley,  who  was  a  man  oflearaing  and  taste, 
and  had  a  larf;e'tin-le  of  acquaintance  among  men  of 
rank  and  science,  superintended  the  businegs  in  the  me 
Iropolia." 

All  this  is  mere  error  and  assumption.  Dr. 
Bentley  had  only  one  son*  Richard,  who  died 
October  23,  1782  ;  whereas  Thomas  Bentley,  the 
partner  of  Josiah  Wedgwood,  died  at  Turnham 
Green  m  1780. 

In  December,  1781,  a  twelve  days'  eale  oc- 
curred at  Christie*?,  being  **  the  stock  of  Messrs. 
Wedgwood  and  Bentley,"  This  was  for  the  divi- 
sion of  the  property,  the  btter,  as  we  have  seen, 
having  died  in  the  previous  year, 

Ed'wabd  F.  R1MBACI.T- 

WoLrE,  GARDENF.m  TO  HEKBr  Vnr  (3'*  S.  V. 
195.)  —-in  Loudon's  Encydopoidia  of  Gardemv^, 
p.  719,  it  is  stated  that :  — 

••  It  appears  from  Tomer's  Iferbal  that  the  apricot  wai 
caltivated  here  in  r5G*i;  and  in  Hakltiy V 9  Semembrtmco', 
\hS2,  it  ii  affirmed  ihiit  th«  apricot  was  procured  out  of 
Italv  by  Wolfe,  a  French  priest,  gardener  to  Heniy 
VlfL"  ^ 

H*   LofTUa   TOTTEKBAM. 

marginal  tvoU  ^V^tv  ^wVw?*  W«>  ciXswer^^  ^ 


450 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[r-a.v.iuYj 


**  Sohonlina»(cid  are  cnmmonly  punitten.  My  old 
inavtrr,  the  Kev.  .Tamc.t  IJnwycr,  'the  Iltrcukn  furtn*  of 
tho  phlo^i'tir  *M't,  I'lit  :in  iniompnniblc  teacher,  useil  to 
trtiR'^liiti*,  XiliU  i'm  intrflrvttt  qumi  wm  priua  m  ^mw, — flr!it 
re^'itini:  thn  Latin  w<inK  aiul  obMirviii};  that  they  wcru 
the  fuiHtainc-iital  urli'U  of  th<»  IVripatclio  School,— *  Yuu 
niuRl  i\*ii*  a  Ihiv.  iHM'ori!  you  can  niiikc  him  iiiidiTsitanit  ?  ' 
^-or,  *  You  mu^t  hiy  it  in  ul  the  tail  lioforc  vou  can  f;i-t 
it  into  the  head.' "  ' 

KlRIONNACII. 

Casts  of  Si:\i.s  (:?"»  S.  v.  41!).)— Onliiiary 
wliito  wax  is  «!i  i'.\rt'lU»nl  iii:iterial,  by  ivason  of 
tlie  farilitiL's  it  nHfrs  tor*  luanipiibition.  Giiiii- 
nraliir,  vitv  i-onciiitrutiMl,  will  aii>wtM-;  hut  it  nf 
cour.'«e  tiikvs  soiiu'  tiniu  to  ilry,  and  -tliul  is  uii 
incoiivrnicncc.  (jeoruk  F.  Chamiikrs. 

Koyal  ]n/«titutio:i.  ' 

(iiitta  IVrcliu,  for  inainiuilatloii.  Si^c  full  in- 
blruciioiis  in  Jtmrttn!  of  t/ii:  Inntihtlr^  vol.  v.  i).  ;»;J2.  j 

H.  T.  K.    ; 

*'CrcKoo  Oats,"  !:t<'.  (.T'  S.  v.  M94.)  — Tiur 
nicnniii;;  of  this  {dirasi*  is  Kiniply  \\\\*.  If  liio 
hnrint;  is  so  backward,  that  tluMmlH  cannot  bo  sown 
tiU  tliu  curkoo  is  hoard,  or,  thu  uiitumii  so  wot. 
that  the  lattcr-inath  crop  of  hay  cuniiot  bo  ;;ot  in 
till  tlio  woodcocks  ooiuc  over,  the  fanner  is  tiiiro 
to  HulU.T  f'rcttt  h>iist'H.  A.  A. 

PiH'ts'  Corner. 


Attfrfllimroutf. 

XOTKS  ON  HOOKS,  IVrC. 

Gironica    Monaattrii    S.    Alhnni.      Thomir    U'ahinqhtim 

?MnHf/iim     MoHurhi     S,    AUhihi^     JltsUoria    Aniilimna. 
C*hhtl  by  llcnrv  Tlionias  IJdcv,  M.A.      Vol.  ih  AJ). 

18HI~14J3. 
Ijettfr»  and  Pttpert  Uluittratirr  cfihr  Iin(fn$  of  Hichnnl  I/f. 

unit  llrnry  I'll.  /.V/i/rr/ Ay  J amws  (J airdnrr.  Vt*l.  II. 
Annnh»  Mnmiistici.      Vttl  I.    Anuale*  df   Man/nn  {A. It. 

10r,i»— 1-J32);    Annul,*  df   Thrtiktsfjrrin  (A.I).   IOJM;— 

VHu\)  ;  AnHolet  dr.  HurUm  (A.D.  Umi— I'JI'.S).     Editrd 

by  Henry  Kichardii  J.uanl,  M.A. 

Throe  more  volunir.-t  (»r  the  poixlly  and  uKfuI  StTiCA  of 
Chninioles,  iMuin^  under  tlu;  ilinTliou  of  the  Master  of 
tho  Koils,  have  been  put  forlU  to  the  t;rfut  profit  of  tho 
students  of  our  rarlier  history.  '1  hi*  flr>l  of  these  is  the 
ite<*ond  and  conrludii:^  voluinu  of  Mr.  Kdey'A  eilition  of 
Walsinphain's  CAmniVAr*  of  St.  AlhitH*a.  Xir.  Riley  has 
not  only  hestowctl  ritnsiderahle  pnina  upon  this  work, 
but  hus'addetl  j;rerttly  to  its  valn«  hy  a  wiies  of  intcredt- 
in^  Appendices,  and  a  full  and  carefully  compiled  Indrx. 

Like  Mr.  I(iley*s  volume,  Mr.  C>.iirdncr*4  in  thu  .second 
and  linal  volume  of  The  U'lter*  and  Pa^M'rs  illtutratire  of 
ihr.  Kfiqn*  of  Hhhard  III.  and  JLurtf  \  II.  It  is  similar 
in  arrunf;f>mi>nt  lu  th«^  ]ir«tedin{;,  and  contains  numerous 
additional  letters  and  papers;  nut  merolv  le^aland  formal 
document.s  hut  contemiiorary  papers  or  general  historical 
intereMt,  many  of  which  have  been  derived  from  foreica 
archiven.  Like  Mr.  Uilcy's  volume,  too,  this  of  Mr. 
Gairdner  hu>  its  value  increased  by  its  Appendix  and 
Index. 

Mr.  Luanl's  volume  is  the  fiist  of  a  collection  of  tho 
various  Amwales  preserved  in  the  dilTercnt  mooaaleries 
and  bearing  their  nanas,  which  contain  the  chief  sources 
for  (ha  hiatoiy  of  tha  thlctwatli  cMaory.  lUasj  <A^hMA 


have  been  already  printed*  bnt  so  iTperfenlrtft 
a  new  etlition  desirable,  while  oUits  u^  ji 
.sran-"ly  to  be  obtainable  at  nny  price.  Kcr  \hx 
Miirgnti  AnnaU  were  priiiteil  hr  ta'ie  fr>ir. 
known  MS.— that  iu  Trinity  Cvilit^^-,  Can,U 
with  &tu-h  important  omiasiniis  and  i^uch  g'.ai 
ari-in;.;  from  ignorance  or  careh-ss  readir.^, 
nontciuTi  are  nhsolut'j  nnnsep'^,  an  I  w-jolii  m 
tifv  Mr.  Luanl's  opinion  that  (J.ile  ••rnfJoTi 
pcrilier.  ami  never  collated  the  tranuTipL  j 
fury  Annidt  in  like  manner,  arc  pre.-eneA  i 
M."^.  (in  tlic  Cuttonlan  Collin-tiun).  and  cvtry 
the  care  and  pain^  which  Mr.  Lu.iid  has  bv 
tlie  editii);;  of  th<>iii.  The  third  <  hronii'Io,  (hr 
A»nnh  of  liurton^  which  Fiilman  hsii  print-* 
lc->ly  III  his  limtm  Awjiic*irum  Sirijit-rrt, 
I  inn  led  with  ;;reat  accuracy  and  lidviity  fru 
Sl.^.,  the  only  one  known  to  cxi.«t,  snd  wh: 
the  Cottoiiiaii  ritilci'tion.  ^Ir.  Luani  ar.iM 
Cicnurul  Index  will  l»o  {;iven  to  all  the  Clir 
taincil  in  hi*  CoUeciion,  hutrh  Inde.x  bf>:n;;fd 
vcniint,  and  far  more  valualdc  than  if  I'.v  li 
vulume  were  in  lexed  separately.  Mr.  Lna 
ri^ht:  a  ^ood  index  is  an  admirabi*'  thiii 
multiplicity  of  indexes  there  is  vexaiioa  a 
time. 


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d.VMT^  an*  Kivcn  Inr  lliat  punnisc:  — 

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Wantol  br  Hfe.  /'.  J.  /'.  f  f'naf i/A/h,  ConrUai  llai 
Chcliciiiiani. 


fiotitti  t0  €orrrtfpan^nit^. 

rfBLN-ATii'.'*  I'p  DiAHii.'. — T.  T.  W.  rtntlg  viKMt  /jn 
tkif  r.  HtnHiU'y  t"  n  •■/i*p<. 

V.  J.  V.  (i.  /■/.>  "vt*fi'*a  lUgtnl"  trrn  rhiu'i;  Ifnli 
vAiMN  /'I'/i. .  in  fi  ■"»!■.  MiiiM  k-'  ViU  ^»it/,^r*lttu/m4  in  jmn 
thttviifi  ON  lffi6i-/Hi'«r  IK  <i(/  rrltjuiH." 

Fi,  T.    Sail.  iM  luni  in  Aid-irrm,  Aoji  thr  jintrimrial  mm 

rnli'l,  fn-wli-riiu*. Mam'i   Dail  kn*  iiny6lk*ii  the  mi 

Miilii  ■  1  out.  u  wo'hn  '.^  pet  rkihl,    Hullmnl  ha*  iiailc,  i 

J.  V.'.  1'kf  Jir.--l  'jHittnliiiH  fW  th'-  U.tJ;-fJnU  if  /r>'n  I 
ITH.    7  h*-  frrtmi  i  <  thr  iNcrfdi  in  Lakar)ir  »  Cuun  dc  Lailr 

(i.  J.  Ccc.raa.  Itnhrrt  CWrriiVc.  #£»/.  r/irci  m  Aiw 
(iciit.'i  Maic.  Junr,  iHbl.  and  JtfurMif/<fi«'«  Maieacihc.  > 
Nrv.  Thimii*  A'l  -chfitr  .4mi>bl  dtfj  tm  Mansk  V.  KO.  a 
Juur.  IIO.I.  11.  ikM,  nml  tiUiirdian  mru-r/>nnmr^  I-US,  p.  >*>\ 
lieri'iiii'iil,  Thv   1  liCviliicicaL  Crilir,  ttvui  rvmithtr  ■«  ni 

S  %'til*.  IN.il-/ Mr.  .VfinwJ   iMirlimu.  If^A-iiU  r^ttitH  tt 

I/i*  CycliiiKi  Jia  Itibii'iicraiihica  mtinir  3  n^l*.    VMv  Gcni 
iNU.p.  .'il::. 

David  Sbmpi.ii.  H'i  iCbM/ii  A«iip  amt7ni  mtiMthftofV 
l\i*tunt  .\Htht  f  Knn.r  iiiMf  Mm  utt'r  (/'  if  htiH  rtti'hgti  v 
Htilurn  ft  thiif  ;•»'• /ar<<,  irUr^A  apfirar»«l  in  omr  M..Bi^r 
J/fiN«  ■■/  Mi'i'  ri  II  /i  I «,  AxHirit-r.  trill '« iflivl  In  f^um  tkal  f 
jmllirhr-t  jtnrttiHkin  of  thr  /it^kup  t'/  Haukue. dmrima  ■ 
at  i'au-lry.httit  Urn  pri»tt.d  in  ikt  l*ajalcy  llualil  i/jim 

•  ■  *  t'tvfM  /or  tiit*Umi  iSr  ratnmrit  ofH.k  Q."  nq 
PnhNflur,  nH'i  n/iUt  HvkmUert  and  A'ewMtmm. 

••NivTBt  AiiD  Qraaiai"  it  mMUM  at  m>Km  oa  Mk 

iaauett  in  M  iNtHLt  Paan.   TAc  ,Smh»erivtiOn  fur  traai 

air  Jttmthn  fiTtonnird  iHrrrt  frum  f*«  7'MMMcr  (MrfS 

gmtrlif  IpMk)  iJ  lU.  4d.,  which  mtag  bt   paiii  km  Ai 

_T.  _.  ,^  ittrund  Fmi  Otkr,1»  tmumf^f  Wisuv 


arfif  lPD» 
|M«afl/«af  I 
Wuxij^atuH  II 


,'64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUEBIES. 


451 


,  BATUnit^T  JUNE  4,  1904. 


STESTSL— N*.  127. 

irt  md  CtidU^cti^  of  Janiea  I,,  451  — 
royiDols,  iSS  —  HLsquotAlioDii  b^  iP^t 
Jmn  Bunjmn, 4K  —  An  oUl  Jwlie  ruvlvi^l 
PcMH|5rte — Lmpipium  —  Lufe  Cannon 

caltfld  Bkelc«B^Butt«nr  fumiLr — Oo- 
—  Craned  in  J  Armi  of  Prince  Albert  — 
■mia  TJomlnicaim"  —  The  fjoldon  Calf— 
m*a  TiTt? "  J.  O,  Uratit  -^  Oeorri^  IlBitill- 
rdn  —  M»n  Ufurid  —  The  lAxs*  fiur> 
rk  of  Tlior's.  liMnmor  — Komination  of 
■inW  —  PtcUgr&B  —  KcAforth  md  Ee^  — 
Ji4ref«c]<in  through  the  Mother  —  Kntlio^ 
'amen  Thomson  —  Tftlendeanei  **  Tho 
;iii!«oii  —  TVyal  6,457. 

S!^v«1ii:— "The  Srliool  for  Seminial" — 
iiroiis  of  llririiry  J 1 1.:  nt'ntr>'  of  EiiM*% 
Sauces—  Xndi&n  Aroij^  — CljiarlecQii|nic*M 
Cloth  Ka^  — Eiudon  Stooo.  LdJUtUeilu 


:*rotfltjr«"  of  ColHna*i  "  TtyMorrow,"  4m 
4iH^  —  "  Now,  Bttivv  Boyif,  w  e*ro  on  for 
ojip  Grnw,  Jfi>.  —  The  Cuekf  jo  Sonir,  4flS  — 
tinK  »t  Ktofcer  Fowlis  —  Jeromiah  Ilor- 
of  "  Abwl  "  —  Dor  —  Tq  Mnri  —  I  lajrdn 
Tiddi  —  SliLrrow  llono*  »nd  Cleavers  — 
a  —  fiaroikj  nf  M ordaunt  —  Cjiry  FftniUy 
IS  and  Monummits—  Quotations  want^ 
fl[  — Breftkinp  the  Lelt  Arm  — MarHago 
of  the  Peafo--  Dolphtii  am  a  CiT»t  — 
a  —  Sir  Edwmni  Jlny  —  *'  Kilruddenr 


tND  CHARACTEK  OF  JAMES  1. 

ler's  recently  pubUfthed,  and  gents 
History  of  Jamew  J.,  I  am  sur- 
e  following  statement ;  which,  as 
f  mislead  the  historical  studi^nt 
real  hialorj  of  the  timej  I  reqitest 
to  correct ; — 

(0  pronoonee  with  cerUinty  npoti  Iho 
lie  court  im morality  wetit.  It  lb  cvi- 
uinAtancei  whk'h  ar&  known  to  ufl,  that 
^h;    but  1   bclmt!  that  Mr.  Hall  am '« 

court  of  Jam€S  wilh  Charles  I J /a  h 
gyrated,  1  bav«  oinitt«d  the  well- 
e  ilrunken  v^txtoi  at  ThtHtbiilfrd  during 
ark's  Titii,  not  hoeanie  J  doubt  its  ac- 
se  it  would  leave  an  iniprcBuion  that 
of  constant  occurrence.      VVhereaSt  it 

rflrfi  occiuiiona  that  anything  of  the 

din€F  ihould  ha\re  found  anj  diffi- 
the  amount  of  vice  and  unclean^ 
time,  and  that  be  ihould  have 
lasl  assertion,  ii  eKtriordiiiarir^ 

lis  kinf^r'*  aajs  Mi»<  Dutch inson,  wbo« 

DA  were  iu  immediate  conaoction  wUh 
*y  of  lust  and  int^uiperanee ;  he  had 
him  a  company  of  poor  3cot$,  whoj 
plentiful  kingdom,  wtre  itirfdtod  with 
^m,  and  got  all  the  rich^a  of  tho  land 
The  bonour  and  wealth  and  ^lory  of 
fa  Qnma  MUabsth  Mt  Hf  worv  soon 


prodigally  wasted  by  tliii  thriftleas  heir ;  and  the  nobility 
of  the  land  wai  ottcHy  dsbsaed  by  nttiof  honoart  to 
pqblio  aa]«^  and  conferring  them  on  peraona  that  had 
ndtber  blood  nor  merit  flt  U>  w«ar,  nor  titatei  to  bear  vp 
thtttr  titles  I  but  were  fain  to  invent  prtijecta  to  pillage 
the  people,  and  pifk  thHr  punia^  for  the  maintenanoa  of 
yi^  and  lewdnef*B.  I'he  generality  of  the  gentry  of  the 
land  soon  learned  the  court  fashiont^  and  every  mat 
boste  in  tb«  oonntry  became  a  sty  of  undeannen.  Then 
bflgaa  murder,  incestt  adultery ,  drunkrnncss,  swearings 
fomicatlop,  and  all  eorti  of  ribaldryT  to  be  roncealed  but 
countenanoed  viijee,  becausu  they  held  sueh  conformity 
with  the  eooTt  example^**— Mrs,  Hutchinson's  Memoirt, 
liohn'e  BtanA^  LUtrary^  pp.  7B— 79, 

The  extent  to  which  James's  indiTidual  drnn- 
kennesfl  and  depravky  proceeded,  is  circum- 
stantially related  in  Jease's  Ctmrt  of  the  SivartSy 
and  by  Lingard  (Hutor^  of  England,  vol.  Tii. 
pp.  99^100),  from  the  contemporary  accounts 
contained  in  Win  wood's  MemorittU^  Lodge's  lUut^ 
tradona  of  BhiiMk  Histarjf,  and  the  despatches  of 
De  Boderie,  the  yronch  ambassador ;  and  to  these 
A  few  year^  since  were  added,  the  curious  and 
j^lnM^  lavitraiiarui  of  the  Huiory  of  the  1 6th  and* 
llih  Ceuiurie»i  trnnMlatcd  from  the  German  of 
Proferaor  Von  Raumer  by  Lord  Francis  Egerton. 
These  papers,  compiled  from  the  manuacript  col- 
lection in  the  Bibliotheque  Koyale,  in  Faris,  con- 
taine  the  secret  deepatchea  of  ihrec  di^ercnt  am- 
bassoilors  to  James  a  court — i^UVf.  Dc  Beaumont, 
Dc  Ttlliera,  and  De  Boderie ;  and,  in  their  several 
accounts  of  James's  utter  abondottment  to  every 
apccLes  of  vice  and  gensuaUtv,  tbcjr  agree  to  the 
letter.  Since  the  Cities  of  the  Plain  called  down 
the  wrath  of  heaven^  it  may  reasonably  be  doubted 
if  any  amount  of  human  wickedness  has  trans- 
cended the  pollutions  of  this  —  so  i^**]Z  called  by 
Mr,  Forater,  in  his  Life  af  Sir  John  miot^*^  the 
baacT^t  court  in  Christendom." 

"  Consider^  for  pity*s  sake,"  writes  De  Beanmont  in 
June,  Ifitii,  '^what  rnoet  be  the  atate  and  voodition  of  a 
prince  whom  the  preachers  publicly  from  the  pulpit  as- 
aaiWwliom  tbt  comedians  of  Iho  metropolJA  bring  npon 
thti  stage — whose  wife  attends  ihe^  representdtion^  to 
enjoy  the  laugh  agatnat  her  husband-^whom  the  Parlia- 
ment braves  and  despiaeAt  end  who  is  universally  bated 
by  the  whole  peopk."—  Vm  Raumtr^  voL  ii.  p.  206. 

Again  in  October^  1604,  he  reports  to  Henry 
IV.,  that  Anne  of  Denmark  had  sajd  to  him : — 

"  It  Ja  time  that  I  should  havo  possession  of  the  Prince 
of  Wales,  and  gain  hts  affection ;  for  «he  king  drinks  so 
ranch,  and  conducts  himself  so  ill  in  every  respect,  that  I 
expect  an  early  and  e^il  reftult."  **I  know  that  she 
grounds  herself  in  this,"  continues  the  ambassndor,  "not 
only  on  the  kin^^s  bail  way  of  life,  bui  also  on  this,  that, 
according  to  bcr  expresaions,  the  men  of  the  hooiS  of 


t  died  in  tlieir  fcrtielh  year,  or  become  quite  imbe- 


Lenntx  Eavo  ^enemlly,  in  conaequence  of  exces<!v«  drink- 
ing, died  in  tlieir  fcrtielh  year, 
clfe."— /twf.t  ToL  ii.  pp.  209-10, 

On  August  23,  I6'i  1 ,  De  Telliera  leports :  —    • 

**  Thfty  hare  no  thought  here  of  *  -^ms^  ^ishta,  Nk. 

Fi»nce  or  in  GMmvn^  \  wk  dt  ascf  i»e.^%^^*>asKt'^a*«JJ* 

other  thati  tlitt  ^  e*l\n%,  &Ai^^,«eA  ^«^™2Su?^ 


452 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[»^&T.Jni 


for  these  puniiiU :  but  I  hare  too  much  modest;^-  to  de- 
scribe, in  the  tennn  of  strict  truth,  things  which  one 
woubl  rather  suppress  than  commit  in  writing  to  am- 
basiiadorial  (lespatchej^  destined  for  the  peruaal  of  exalted 
persons.  They  are  such  as  even  ft-iends  touch  apon  only 
with  reiurtanee  in  con  Aden  tial  letters.  I  have,  neverthe- 
less sought  out  for  the  most  decent  expressions  which  I 
can  mslcu  use  of  to  convey  to  you  some  of  the  particulars, 
but  I  have  not  succeeded ;  whether  because  I  am  deficient 
in  adroitneiis,  or  that  it  is  actually  impossible  to  lay 
those  histories  before  chaste  ears." 

It  seems,  however,  that  from  Paris  they  pressed 
for  further  particulars ;  and  De  Tellicrs,  there- 
fore, returns  in  a  subsequent  despatch,  undated, 
to  the  sumo  subject.     He  writes  :  — 

"  In  order  to  confer  an  honour  on  the  house  of  the 
I)uk«  of  liurkinghnm,  the  king  determined  to  drink  to 
exo^sA  nt  a  banriunt  there.  When  ho  was  a  good  way 
ndvanco^l,  and  full  of  sweet  wine,  he  took  the  Prince  of 
\ViiWn  by  the  hand,  led  him  to  the  lords  and  ladles;  and 
Mild  there  was  a  great  contention,  between  the  prince  and 
liimMcIf,  AA  to  which  of  the  two  Innt  loved  the  Marchioness 
of  liurkinghain.  Alter  having  rea>unte<l  all  sorts  of 
n'.-i-sons  for  and  n;;iiinst,  he  drew  some  verses  from  his 
))4M'ki't  which  the  pf^ct  Jonson  had  made  in  praise  of  tlin 
Miirrhioncss;  then  rend  some  others  of  his  own  composi- 
tion, and  Hwore  he  would  stick  them  on  all  the  doors  of 
his  housu  to  nhow  his  good  will.'* 

I  lore  follows,  savH  Lord  F.  E^orton,  a  pnflsa«;e 
in  the  original  which  he  hiis  hcun  compelled  to 
Hupprcss  in  tlie  transhition.  It  amply  justifies, 
nnvH  hiii  Lordship,  the  anil)assador*s  previous 
scruples  as  to  dealing  with  the  subject  It  adds 
a  luiiiontnhlc  proof  to  the  many  before  extant  of 
James's  disgusting  indecencies ;  and  it  is  difUcult 
to  read  it,  without  deriving  the  worst  opinion  of 
his  habits  and  those  of  his  favourites. 

**  Had  I  not  received  thiH  account,'*  coiitinucM  Du  Tvl< 
licr^,  "from  trustworthy  |)erMons,  I  shouM  have  coii> 
sid«'rnil  it  inipuMsible ;  but  this  king  is  as  good  for 
iiolliiiig  as  ]><issil>lc, — sulfors  himself  to  be  wulki'd  in 
leading-Ktrings  like  a  child,  is  lost  in  plennures,  nud 
burit'd  lor  the  greater  part  of  his  time  in  wine." — Ifml., 
vol.  ii.  p.  2G(). 

Continuing  the  same  course  of  unbridU'd  pro- 
fligacy, Jauics*s  infamous  career  with  Buckuig- 
liam  in  the  sucx'eeding  year  is  repeatedly  alluded 
to  by  De  Telliers  in  language  of  the  deepest 
reprobation.     In  January,  162!2,  he  writes  :  — 

**  .Vffuirs  here  may  in  truth  be  dimgerou%  unless  con- 
dnctcil  with  prudence— a  quality  totnlly  wanting  in  the 
conduct  of  affairs,  as  the  king'  and  Huckingham  insi.it 
upon  doing  ever}*thing,  but  do  nothing.  Buckingham 
folluwH  wildly  the  plan  of  dissolving  the  Parliament,  which 
iiiUMt  bring  on  hia  destruction;  and  it  is  to  be  feared 
that,  if  the  Parliament  once  sink,  all  will  crumble  into 
ruin  together.  His  own  feeling  teaches  this  to  every 
Knglishman,  and  all  complain  of  the  matter.  The  king 
alone  seems  fVee  fVom  anxiety,  and  has  made  a  journey  to 
Newmarket  (as  a  certain  other  sovereign  once  did  to 
Capri) ;  and  here  be  leads  a  life  to  which  past  nor  pre- 
sent times  afford  no  parallel.  He  takes  bis  beloved  i 
Buokinghom  with  him  i  wishes  rather  to  be  colled  his  ! 
friend  than  Ung,  and  to  associate  his  name  to  the  heroet 
of  fjieodsbip  of  tntiqaity.    \3ikdeT  «ac\i  v^moiona  ^3^^^nh 


he  endeavours  to  conceal  scandalow  doia^<-,  u 
his  strength  deserts  him  for  these,  he  fe«>ii^n( 
he  can  no  longer  content  his  other  ien%i.  Tn^ 
is  ever  the  bottle.**— /MdL,  vol.  il  p.  26G. 

To  the  some  effect  is  the  despatch  of 
mont  on  October  18,  1622  ;  — 

«*  The  weightiest  and  most  urgent  affunc 
this  king  to  devote  to  them  even  a  day,  na; 
to  int(>rmpt  his  gratifications.  The^e  conn 
taking  himself  to  a  remote  spot ;  wber?.  out 
of  men,  he  leads  a  flllhy  and  scandalous  k 
himself  up  to  drinking  and  other  vi'-ct— the 
brance  of  which  is  sufficient  to  give  horrihl 
{deplait  horriblementy.  It  appears  as  if  t 
strength  wastes,  the  more  those  infamoos 
create ;  and  passing  from  the  boily  over  the  i 
double  power." — Ibid.,  vol.  ii.  p.  l.*74. 

The  purpose  of  Buckino^bam,  in  tlrj 
the  vices  of  the  king,  is  shrewdly  div 
Beaumont  in  his  despatch  of  the  foil 
ruary :  — 

**  The  king  troubles  himself  nothing  a* 
think  of  him,  or  what  is  to  bet^ome  of  tho  i 
his  death.  I  believe  that  a  broken  flask  t 
similar  nothing,  is  nearer  Iiis  heart  than  th 
son-in-law  and  the  misery  of  hia  posterity, 
ingham  confirms  him  in  everything;  ami  I; 
more  he  abandons  himself  to  all  pleaxures  i 
cnness,  the  weaker  will  W  his  under9tAniliii 
and  so  much  the  ejinier  he  will  be  able  to 
fear,  when  other  tics  of  connection  are  disse! 
vol.  ii.  p.  27 C. 

Though,  OS  Macaulay  says,  Eugla 
place,  the  seventeenth  century  no  time 
and  Locusta — in  Jameses  court  botl 
oeptance  and  protection.  Osborne 
Somerset  and  Buckingham  laln^ured 
women  in  the  efTeminacy  of  their  dn 
(•ceded  even  the  worst  and  most  sham 
'irossness  of  their  gestures.  And  Si 
Wehlon  assures  us  that,  during  Some 
the  Knglish  lords  coveting  nn  Knglii 
(o  supplant  him  in  the  king*s  favou: 
t'ud  the  Countess  of  Suffolk  did  look 
young  men,  whom  she  daily  curled  on 
their  breath.**  Revolting  as  the^  pt 
pear  to  modern  times,  the  authontici 
don*H  statement  is  singularly  confirm 
Forstcr  in  his  recent  work,  the  Life  c 
Eliot:  — 

"  Few  things  in  this  profligate  time  are  b 
(qu.  disgusting?)  than  the  attempt  madi; 
partv  of  lords  to  set  np  young  Monaon  agi 
set* — ••They  made  account  to  riae  and  i 
fortunes  by  setting  up  this  new  idd,  and  tosi 
in  tricking  and  pranking  him  up,  besides  wai 
every  dnv  with  poaaet  curd"  (Lttten  m 
Ojfiee,  Feb.  *J8,  IGIT-IS.)  —  **  Young  Um 
faint  not  for  all  the  first  foil,  bat  set  him  oa  I 


To  such  a  height  did  these  abomhi 

ceed,  and  to  notorious  were  thej,  thil 

.abhorrence  found  utterance  ctmi  hjl 


JuSiK  <  ^U,-} 


Peyton's)  having  written  ttnd  d^positea 
|>wMi|?  ItDes  in  Jumes'a  chamber :  — 

y*  Atila  pfofaiio,  reUgJooe  vuul^ 
S.fl!preta  uzore  OanymedlA  amoit^ 
'  S"IP  f,'***^'*»  prerogativa  inflata, 
Tolle  hbertatoio,  incedc  civitiitem, 
Ducftt  i|MidoQeni 
tt 
Supeniiti  Neronem/' 

C.  R.  H. 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


453 


LONGETITT  OF  CLERGYMEN. 

add  a  few  more  instAnoea,  which,  though 
^ancient  ilat€,  are  sufficiently  authen- 

Sear  worthy  of  record, 
„        :ev.  John  Leslie,  D.D,.  successivelv 
lojji  of  the  Uks  in  Scotlnnd,  and   of  Rapboe 

in   Ireland,   bom  Oct.    14,  1571,  in 
■  ';   eldest  son  of  George  Leslie  of 

largjery,  daughter  of  Patrick  Leslie 

und  a  cadet  of  the  ancient  baronial 
i^,    w.    xJulr|ubain    in   that  county;    A.M.    of 
rileeo    ftnd  thence  uubsequently  incorporated 
%  of  the  University  of  Oxford.     Aft<^r  a  lonn. 
leticc  on  the  continent,  in  Spain,  Italy,  Ger^ 
jt  and  France,  be  was  on  bis  return  home, 
f  an  absence  of  twenty^two  yeai%  prcsiented 
leKectory  of  St.  Martin-le- Vlotry  in  London^ 
n  preferment  he  resigned  in  Sept.  1628 ;  no- 
Ited  to  the  bishopric  of  the  Isles  in  Scotland 
lug,  17,  1628,  by  King  Charles  L,  and  pro- 
f  consecrated  to  that  see  in   the  month  of 
ember  followintr.     !„  1633  he  was  translated 
m  biahopnc  of  Raphoe  pursuant  to  the  king's 
'Of  April  8,  confirmed  on  June  1,  and  ob- 
S  a  wnt  of  restitution  of  the  temporalities  of 
ee  on  the  5th  of  that  month.     He  also  re- 
d  letters  of  denization  on  June  1,  1633,  and 
fitted  a  member  of  the  Privy  Cooncil  in 
pd  m  the  same  year.     After  enduring  much 
hng  during   the  great  Rebellion,   includin<r 
le^e  of  his  castle  at  Raphoe,  be  was  rewarded 
is  loyalty  at  the  Restoration,  being  presented 
|b  deanery  of  Raphoe  on  Feb.  9,  1661.  with 
te  to  hold  it  in  commendam  with  the  bishopric, 
%   be    did    till    autumn    following.      Trans- 
^o  the  see  of  Clogher  by  patents  of  June  17 
17,  1661,  and  died  in  Sept.  1671,  in  the  hun- 
lb  year  of  his  age,  and  forty-fourtb  of  bis 
frpatLs  at  his  seat  of  Glasslough,  Castle  Leslie, 
^  |*<:«n^y  of  Monaghan.     His  remains  were 
1  m  St.  Salvator's  church  there,  which  had 
^erected  by  himself,  and  made  the   parish 
h  of  Glasslough  by  Act  of  Parliament.     The 
of  this  centenarian  bishop  *  is  still  possessed 
bneal  male  descendant,  and  bts  great-great- 

bo   "  w«*  probably  the  ancienitBt  blghnp  ia  the 
though  he  liaj  certainly  not  been  •«  aLove  ii/tv 
%tmi  high  order."  \ 


irrandaon,  John  Leslie,  was  successively  Bishop  of 
Dromore  and  Etphin  in  tlie  present  century. 

2.  Right  Rev.  Munlo  McKeozie,  D.D.,  suc- 
cesBxvely  Bishop  o(  iloray  and  of  Orkney  and  Zet- 
land, died  at  his  episcopal  palace  at  Kirkwall  in 
Feb.  1688,  "  being  near  a  hundred  years  old,  and 
yet  enjoyed  the  perfect  use  of  all  bis  faculties 
untd  the  very  last."  (Keith's  SroitM  BUhopi,  p. 
228.)  This,  however,  is  evidently  a  mistake,  aa  it 
IS  sUted  at  p.  162  of  the  same  work,  that  he  was  ' 
bom  in  the  year  1600;  descended  from  a  younger 
branch  of  the  house  of  Gairloch  in  Roashire,  liis  i 
direct  ancestor,  Alexander  (apparently  grand- 
father), having  been  third  son  of  John,  second 
Baron  of  Gairloch.  who  died  in  1550,  by  Agues, 
only  daughter  of  James  Fraser  of  Foyers  in  the 
same  county. 

The  following  data  cf  this  venerable  prelate's 
ecclesiastical  career,  taken  from  my  SIS.  Fasti 
EcclesiiF^  SeoticaniB^  may  prove  interesting:— A.M. 
of  King's  College  and  University  of  Aberdeen, 
1616;  received  episcopal  ordination,  it  is  aaid, 
from  Bishop  Maxwell  ol  Ross.  But  I  would  place 
it  at  an  earlier  date,  probably  about  1624,  as  that 
bishop  was  not  consecrated  till  1633,  and  Mr. 
McEenzie  is  recorded  to  have  been  chaplain  to  a 
Scotish  regiment  under  Gustavus  Adolphus,  King 
of  Sweden,  during  the  war  in  Germany,  which 
must  have  been  between  June  1630,  and'Nov.  16, 
1632  (the  period  of  his  death  in  the  battle  of 
Lutzen  in  Saxony). 

On  bis  return  to  his  native  land,  he  was  made 
Parson  of  Contin,  a  parbh  in  Ro^sshire,  the  exact 
year  I  have  not  ascertained,  but  it  must  have 
been  between  1633  and  1638,  as  be  was  a  member 
of  the  famous  Glasgow  Assembly  (which  met  on 
Nov.  21,  1638,  and  abolished  the  Established 
Church  of  Scotland),  ap|*earing  on  the  roll  mm  one 
of  the  clerical  representatives  of  the  Presbytery 
of  Dinywall.  Translated  from  Contin  to  Inver- 
ness, in  1640.  as  first  minister  of  the  collegiate 
charge  of  that  (own  and  parish.  Admitted  to  the 
first  charge  of  the  town  and  parish  of  Elgin 
April  17,  1645,  and  retained  that  Jiving  after  his 
eleviUion  to  the  episcopate,  having  bis  residence 
there  at  the  seat  of  the  cathedral  and  chapter  of 
the  diocese  of  Moray,  his  successor  fi»  Parson  of 
Elgin  .not  having  been  appointed  till  July,  1682. 
For  nearly  twenty-four  years  it  is,  therefore,  evi- 
dent that  be  conformed  to  Presb^terianism;  and 
even  at  Christmas,  1659,  be  is  said  to  have  been  «o 
jsealous  a  Covenanter  and  "precisian,"  ns  to  have 
opposed  the  keeping  of  all  holy  days  at  Etgio,  and 
to  have  searched  the  houses  in  that  town  for  any 
**  Yule  gecie,"  as  being  superstitious  ! 

On  the  re-establishment  of  episcopacy  by  King 
Charles  II.,  the  Parson  of  Elgin,  however,  reatlily 
complied  with  the  new  order  of  things  in  Church 
and  State  ;  although,  after  all,  it  was  only  a  return 
to  thcsume  formQt*chikVc\i^^?y^«ix\OTWi\i\\\\'«^^ 


454 


NOTES  AND  QUEBIBS. 


[a»*aT./i 


had  been  originally  educated  and  ordained.  He  was 
nominated  to  the  bishopric  of  Moray  by  royal  letters 
patent  January  18,  1662,  and  consecrated  to  that 
see  on  May  7,  following  in  the  abbey  church  of 
Holyrood  Palace,  at  Edinburgh  (toeether  with  five 
other  bishops  elect),  by  the  Archbishop  of  St 
Andrews,  primate  and  metropolitan,  assisted  by 
the  Archbishop  of  Glasgow,  and  the  Bishop  of 
Galloway.  The  form  used  was  that  in  the  £ag- 
lish  Ordinal,  and  the  consecration  sermon  was 

? reached  by  the  Rey.  James  Gordon,  Parson  of 
>rumblade  in  Aberdeenshire.  Bishop  McKen- 
zie*8  signature  to  documents,  still  in  existence, 
was,  a9°Bi«hop  of  Moray,  "Murdo.  Morauien.,*' 
and  also  "Murdo,  B.  of  Morray."  And  after  an 
episcopate  tlicrc  of  nearly  fifteen  years,  he  was 
translated  to  the  more  wealthy  bishopric  of  Ork- 
ney and  Zetland  on  Feb.  14,  1677,  which  he  held 
for  about  eleven  years,  dying  in  the  eighty-ninth 
year  of  his  age,  and  twenty-sixth  of  mn  episco- 
pate. 

3.  Rey.  Colin  McKenxie,  minister  of  the  parish 
of  Fodderty,  in  Rosshire,  Scotland,  was  ordained, 
and  admitted  there  on  August  28, 1735  ;  and  died 
on  March  8,  1801,  in  the  ninety-fifth  year  of  his 
a^e,  and  sixtyisixth  of  his  ministry  there.  Ills 
widow,  Mary,  married  to  him  on  Feb.  23,  1764, 
survived  till  1828 ;  and  their  grandson  is  the  pre- 
sent proprietor  of  the  estate  of  Glaok,  in  Aberdeen- 
shire. A.  S.  A. 


The  foUowinn^  instance  of  longevity  in  a  clergy- 
man, and  of  lengthened  tenure  of  a  living,  deserves 
a  permanent  record  in  your  columns :  — 

"  At  the  Diocesan  Registry,  on  Tuesday,  the  Bishop  of 
Manchester  dulv  admitted  and  instituted  the  Venerable 
Robert  Mosley  Master,  M.A.,  Archdeacon  of  Manrliester, 
to  the  rectory  and  vicaraj^e  of  the  parish  church  of  Cros- 
ton,  vacant  by  the  death  of  the  archdeacon's  fatlicr,  the 
Rev.  Streyiiaham  Master,  M.A.,  who  died  .January  19th, 
1861,  aged  99  years,  havin;;  held  the  living  sixty-six 
years.**  —  From'the  Manchester  Guardian^  Thursday,  Feb. 
11,  18C4. 

The  Rev.  Streynsham  Master,  M.A.,  was  Rec- 
tor of  Croston,  Tarleton,  and  Ileskcth  with  Bcc- 
consall.  He  was  instituted  to  the  rcctorv  of 
Croston  in  1798,  to  Tarleton  in  1834,  and  to 
Ilesketh  with  Bucconsall  in  1814.  The  annual 
value  of  these  rectories,  each  of  which  has  a  house 
of  residence,  is,  according  to  the  Clcrei/  List — 
Croston,  1050/.;  Tarleton,  800/.;  flcsketli  with 
Ii*'C('onsall,  275/.  Three  clergymen  have  been  in- 
stituted tt)  these  rectories  ;  and  it  is  deserving  of 
note  that  the  benefices  are  severally  styled  the 
rectory  and  vicarage  of  the  parish  church  of 
Croston,  the  rectory  and  vicarage  of  the  parish 
church  t)f  Tarleton,  and  the  rectory  and  vic:ira*fe 
of  Ileaketh  with  Becconsall.  The  three  rectories 
arc  in  the  neighbourhood  of  Preston. 

GULISLMUS. 


I 


KXBQUOTATIOiro  BY  GBEAT  AI1TH( 
It  is  not  a  hundred  yean  since  LonL 
in  your  columns,  saw  just  oocasion  to 
the  lamentable  want  of  knowledge,  nc 
stantly  displayed,  of  those  masterpiece 
lish  literature  which  forty  years  ago,  v 
rule,  were  thoroughly  faminar  to  ever} 
gentleman;  and  £arl  Russell,  in  all  p 
struck  by  the  same  fact,  has  within  the 
been  haranguing  in  the  presence  of  the 
Wales  on  Uie  propriety  of  compelUng 
of  our  public  schools  to  make  their  pup 
mate  with  the  masterpieces  of  Shaksp 
ton,  and  Dryden,  ad  they  are  presumed 
the  writings  of  Homer,  Virgil,  and  li 
am  delighted  to  find  that  these  two  dul 
noblemen  have  spoken  out  on  the  subjei 
ignorance  which  has  been  observed 
among  the  younger  ranks  of  our  gentlii 
live  at  home  at  ease,  is  now  beginning: 
ceptible  in  our  rising  generation  of  puiu 
instructors.  A  very  remarkable  instaas 
curred  quite  recently  in  the  pages  of  d 
most  respected  contemporaries,  and  i 
enough  with  regard  to  the  same  Hue  o! 
In  the  Edinburgh  Review  (p.  333,  Apr 
and  in  The  Atheuasum  (May  21,  lS(i4). 
quoted  — 

'<From  Marlborough's  eyes  the  streams  of  dob 
the  former  calling  it  "Pope's  well-kno^ 
and  the  latter  "  Pope's  line ! "  Did  either 
gentlemen  reflect  on  the  other  half  of  t 
let  — 

"And  Swift  expires  a  driveller  and  a  *l:ow 

and  think  it  possible  that,  even  if  Pope 
vived  Swift,  which  he  did  not,  he  coi 
made  such  an  allusion  to  the  sulVcringa  c 
his  gh)riou3  group  of  friencis  ?  Perha|is  t 
mistook  the  word  "swift"  for  an  adjei:ti\ 

To  make  amends,  however,  to  Samuel 
for  robbing  him  of  this  striking  couiflct 
viewer  gives  him  credit  for  a  precocity  in 
such  03  Boswell  would  have  glorii.d  t* 
After  relating  the  anecdote  of  DryJe 
liolingbroke  to  protect  him  from  the  ru 
Jacob  Tonson,  he  adds :  — 

**  Ji)linson  must  have  had  a  ]>eculiar  pli*a«ur« 
the  story,  for  this  was  the  sohkune  Toiieo:i 
beat,  or  (us  some  said)  knorked  down  with  a  Co 
iwrtinencc." — AWi/i.  Rrtietc,  Oot,  18G3,  p.  I'jT. 

Now,  considering  that  both  the  Jacnli 
whom  Dryden  knew  were  dead  in  17i 
Johnson  was  still  a  schoolboy  at  St^ur 
is  clear  that  this  ch:istiscment  must  h: 
bestowed  (m  the  occasion  of  his  uiothc 
him  up  to  London  to  be  "touched"  for 
so  that  the  celebrated  treading  on  the  < 
not  his  first  act  of  violence.  We  luay 
that  the  quarrel  must  have  arisen  out 


8»*S.V.  JDinB4,'64w] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


trade  transaction  between  old  Michael  Johnson 
and  the  TonsonS)  who  must  haTe  been  his  London 
agents  I  We  are  told  that  Johnson  had  a  con- 
fused, but  solemn,  recollection  of  Queen  Anne  as 
a  lady  in  diamonds,  and  a  lon^  black  hood ;  but 
I  am  afraid  he  had  forgotten  all  about  the  appear- 
ance of  the  great  bookseller  I  It  would  be  curious 
indeed  if  it  could  be  proved  that  Jacob  owed  the 
aad  blemish  of  a  second  leil  leg  to  this  rencontre 
with  the  Infant  Samuel ! 

In  another  periodical  I  read  some  time  ago  that 
Cbtw  was  the  bookseller  whom  he  knocked  down, 
and  that  the  feat  was  performed  with  a  **  volume 
of  his  own  folio  dictionary.**    This  is  peculiarly 
hard  to  swallow,  not  only  because  Cave  was  dead 
before  the  dictionary  was  published,  and  there- 
fore before  the  weapon  was  forged  which  felled 
liin,  bat  also  because  Cave  must  have  been  par- 
tienlarlv  difficult  to  knock  down,  as  Johnson  him- 
M9if  tells  us  he  was  a  "  man  of  large  stature,  not 
^mlv  tall  but  bulky,  and  of  remarkable  strength 
miad  activity.** 

But,  after  all,  it  is  Osborne,  the  real  Simon 
Fure,  the  genuine  knock-down-ee^  who  has  most 
sause  to  complain  of  these  mis-statements.  Ton- 
■on  and  Cave  have  other  claims  which  secure  them 
Rpom  being  forgotten,  but  Osborne*s  sole  chance 
3f  remembrance  is  the  solitary  fact  of  his  having 
been  felled  by  the  lexicographer !     ' 

I  must  also  take  this  opportunity  of  defending 
kVohnson  against  a  recent  leader  in  The  Times,  in 
Mrhich^  he  was  stated  to  have  called  Goldsmith  an 
**  inspired  idiot.**  The  expression  is  particularly 
On- Johnson  Ian,  and  would  have  come  with  pecu- 
liar bad  grace  from  the  author  of  **  nullum  quod 
ftetigit  non  of  navit.**  It  is  unnecessary  to  say  that 
Khe  phrase,  or  something  identical  with  it,  occurs 
Knore  than  once  in  the  correspondence  of  Horace 

^Valpole.  CuiTTELDBOOG. 


JOHN  BUNYAN. 

Chancing  to  read  again  Macaulay*s  bio'^'aphy, 
J  thought  I  would  turn  to  Neal's  History  of  the 
JHurikms,  tp  see  what  I  should  see.  Neal  himself 
«m  next  to  nothing  about  the  Baptists ;  but  his 
«aitor,  Dr.  Toulmin,  gave  a  supplement  of  110  oc- 
tavo pages,  entirely  on  the  history  of  the  Baptists, 
in  which  Bunyan*s  name  is  not  mentioned.  AVe 
learn  that  Mr.  Knollys  wns,  at  the  Restoration, 
imprisoned  for  eighteen  weeks  :  but  not  a  word  of 
Bunyan,  nicknamed  "  Bishop**  of  his  church, 
who  was  shut  up  for  twelve  years.  When  it  is 
mentioned  that  it  ^^  seems  **  some  Baptists  were 
in  the  parliamentary  army,  the  instance  is  not 
given  which  makes  certain  of  one.  And  when, 
in  the  last  paragraph,  wc  are  told  that  Mr.  Gos- 
nold  was  buried  in  Bunhill  Fields,  he  may,  for 
aught  we  learn,  have  been  the  last  Baptist  who 


4q5 


This  omission  is  of  course  in- 


was  carried  there, 
tentional. 

I  suspect  that  Granger  was  the  first,  or  among 
the  first,  who  dared  give  Bunyan  some  of  his  due 
in  print ;  which  Cowper  could  not  do,  for,  when  he 
gave  the  due,  he  dared  not  give  the  name.  Gran- 
ger speaks  of  iYi^'PilgrinCs  Progress  as  "  one  of 
uie  most  popular,  and,  I  may  add,  one  of  the  most 
ingenious  books  in  the  English  language.**  **  As 
this  opinion  may  be  deemed  paradoxical,**  he  will 
venture  to  name  two  persons  of  enunence:  one, 
the  late  Mr.  Merrick,  of  Reading,  who  was  heard 
to  sa^  in  conversation  that  Bunyan*s  invention 
was  like  that  of  Homer ;  the  other.  Dr.  Roberts, 
Fellow  of  Eton  College.  Honour  to  Merrick  and 
Roberts,  I  say;  and  to  Granger  also  and  like- 
wise. 

In  the  Biographia  Britannica  (1748),  in  the 
page  leas  three  lines  which  is  given  to  Bunyan,  he 
is  called  the  *'  celebrated  author  of  the  PilgrinCs 
Progress  (a).**  And  (a)  tells  us  to  see  the  remark 
(F)  :  but  there  is  no  remark  (F) ;  the  last  is  (E). 
Thb  I  take  to  mean  that  the  contributor  chose  to 
say  what  the  editor  dared  not  admit ;  and  that 
the  side-reference  was  forgotten.  There  is  no 
other  mention  of  the  PilgrinCs  Progress,  nor  of 
any  works  of  Bunyan,  except  as  collected  in  two 
folios,  the  contents  of  which  are  wholly  unspe- 
cified. 

In  Kippis*s  edition,  two  pages  less  two  lines  are 
added;  Granger  is  quoted,  the  works  are  enu- 
merated, and  praise  is  given,  t.  e.  Granger's  praise. 
Nay,  more  :  "  he  was  certainlv  a  man  of  genius, 
and  might  have  made  a  great  figure  in  the  literary 
world,  if  he  had  received  the  advantajges^  of  a 
liberal  education.**  The  writer,  not  Kippis  himself, 
reversed  a  fable  :  a  dying  ass  threw  up  his  heela 
at  a  growing  lion.  Kippis  thinks  it  necessary  to 
qualify  a  little:  he  does  not  think,  as  Granger 
did,  that  Bunyati  could  have  risen  to  a  production 
worthy  of  Spenser.  He  agrees  with  Lord  Kaimes 
that  the  secret  of  PilgrinCs  Progress  and  Bobiti' 
son  Crusoe,  great  favourites  of  the  vulgar,  is  the 
proper  mixture  of  the  dramatic  and  narrative. 
This,  he  says,  is  "  extremely  suitable  to  men  who 
have  not  learned  to  abstract  and  generalize  their 
ideas.'*  How  he  would  stare  if  he  saw  the  present 
state  of  things,  in  which  a  very  moderate  power 
of  dramatic  narrative  —  far  below  that  of  Scott, 
or  Dickens,  or  Thackeray  —  will  set  four-fifths  of 
the  abstracters  and  gcneralizers  reading  a  second- 
rate  novel. 

A  collection  of  mentions  of  Bunyan  in  the 
time  preceding  his  establishment  as  an  English 
classic  —  the  time  when,  as  Granger  says,  his 
works  were  printed  on  tobacco  paper  — would 
be  an  excellent  contribution.  Neither  •*  Bun- 
yan'* nor  ''PilgrinCs  Progress"*  occurs  in  the 
index  to  the  work  of  Iflaaft  Iivsw*3«Lk  -^f^siv^'^^'^ 
as  Wa  Bon  ltu\i  Q\««n«^\«»  "^aa^  ^^^^^  "^  ^^ 


456 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8»*8.T.Jot 


with  filling  the  reading-roooi  of  the  British  Mu- 
seum. The  omission  just  mentioned  is  precisely 
the  consequence  and  the  proof  of  the  paucity  of 
materials.  It  was  not  Disraeli^s  affair  to  manufac- 
ture curiosities  out  of  what  he  found  in  original 
writers,  but  to  use  the  materials  which  had  col- 
lected about  them.  The  curiosities  of  literature, 
as  he  turn^  them  out,  are  the  highest  forms  of^ 
the  Ajkt;  and  we  may  safely  conclude  that  in 
1790*1810  no  Bunyaniana  were  extant  in  the 
possible  sources  of  literary  history. 

A.  D£  MOBOAN. 


Ah  old  Jokb  biviybd. — A  few  years  back  a 
tourist  contributed  a  paper  on  the  **  Goldsmith 
Country"  to  the  EdecHc  Review.  That  paper 
ends  with  the  indignant  remonstrance  of  a  drunken 
horseman  who,  in  mounting,  fell  off  on  the  oppo- 
site side,  addressed  to  the  Virgin  that  she  had 
helped  him  only  halfway.  It  is  an  old  joke  given 
in  the  WalpoUttnOj  m  these  terms :  — 

"A  Tenetian  trying  to  monnt  a  horse,  prayed  to  Oar 
Lady  to  assist  him.  He  then  made  a  vigorous  springy, 
and  fell  on  t'other  side.  Grettin^  up,  and  wiping;  his 
clothes,  he  said,  *  Our  Lady  hoi  oiButed  me  too  much.*  *'  — 
Vol,  ii.  p.  70, 

This  is  probably  from  some  much  older  book  of 
jests.  O.  T.  D. 

*  EiKos!  —  In  the  neiprhbourhood  of  Notting- 
ham, and  elsewhere  for  what  I  know,  the  exclama- 
tion •*  Kings !  "  is  used  by  children  at  play  when 
a  sudden  cessation  is  wanted  apart  from  the  regu- 
lar intervals.  Unusual  confidence  and  honesty 
are  shown  by  both  sides  on  such  an  occasion.  (See 
"  Barley,-  S'^  S.  v.  358.)  S.  F.  Crbswell. 

Durham  School. 

DiGBT  Pedigree. — A  mistake  occurs  in  Ni- 
chols's History  of  Leicestershire  which  ought  to  be 
corrected  in  your  pages.  In  the  Digby  Pedigree 
(voLiii.  p. 473)  it  is  stated  that  Katharine,  daughter 
of  Sir  Everard  Digby,  the  great-grandfather  of  the 
gunpowder  conspirator,  married  "Anthony  Meers, 
of  Kinton,  co.  Line."  The  lady  really  married 
Anthony  Meeres,  of  Kirton  in  Holland,  co.  Lincoln. 
This  is,  of  course,  a  mere  misprint,  but  such  errors 
oden  lead  to  much  inconvenience.  The  Digby 
Pedigree  in  Lipscomb*s  Hist,  of  Buckinghamshire, 
vol.  iv.  p.  145,  has  the  name  of  the  place  spelt 
correctly,  but  it  is  merely  called  Kirton,  co.  Lin- 
coln, leaving  it  a  matter  of  doubt  whether  Kirton 
in  Lindsey  or  Kirton  in  Holland  be  the  place 
meant.  There  is  another  singular  misprint  in 
Nichols's  Digby  Pedigree,  but  f  am  unable  to  set 
it  right.  We  are  there  told  that  Everard  Digby, 
of  Drystoke,  father  of  the  conspirator,  married 
"  Mary  d.  of  Francis  Nele,  of  Keythorpe,  b.  1513, 
/iV.  1634.**  It  cannot  really  be  a  ^act  tibat  lb\s 
Jadjr  lived  to  be  121  yean  of  age.  Qrvn». 


LiBiPipiuM.— The  word  tippet  in  th 
Canons  is  translated  Uripipittm^  ezplainec 
mis"  byDu  Cange,  and  by  Grindal  **eol] 
ducta  stola  quss&m  ab  utroqae  humero  ] 
ad  tales  fere  dimissa."  [Remains,  p.  335.]  1 
occurs  in  Sparrow's  CoUectum,  1675,  p. 
Peck's  Desia,  Curiascu,  lib.  xv.  p.  570:  f 
ton's  Lives  of  tiie  F<nmders,  p.  327.  TI 
tutions  of  Bourchier,  a.d.  1463,  forbids 
graduate  to  wear  **caputium  cum  oo 
liripipto  brevi,  more  pnelatomm  et  grac 
nee  utatur  liripipiis  aut  typpets  a  aerico 
circa  collum,"  §  2.  Abp.  Stratford,  in  IS 
bates  '*caputia  cum  tippeUa  mirse  longitu< 
The  anonymous  writer  of  the  JEtdogim 
by  Camden  almost  uses  a^ain  Grind^a  d 
**  liripipes,  or  tippets,  which  pass  round 
and,  hanging  down  before,  reach  to  the  hee 
appears  to  designate  a  stole,  whilst  the  : 
primates  connect  it  with  a  hood;  and 
no  doubt  is  the  true  meaning  of  the  wc 
appears  in  the  Statutes  ofRatisbon,  1506. 
learned  Mayer  explains  it  to  be  **  cap% 
cleripeplum  vulg5  Poff,"  worn  by  rural  di 
canons  of  collegiate  churches  [iii.  46.] 
Mackenzib  E.  C.  Walcott,  M.A, 

Labob  Cannon.  —  This  is  no  new  si 
interest;  for  Walpole,  writing  to  Sir 
Mann,  Oct.  14,  1746,  says:  — 

"They  tell  you  that  the  French  had  foar-anc 
pounders,  and  that  they  must  beat  us  by  the  supt 
their  cannon ;  so  that  to  me  it  is  grown  a  pa 
war  with  a  nation  who  have  a  mathematical  cei 
beating  you ;  or  else  it  is  a  still  stranger  parac 
you  cannot  have  as  large  cannon  as  the  Fr^ch.' 

Poets'  Comer. 

A  Relic  of  Shakspeare. — In  the  year 
gentleman  residing  in  this  town  found  ir 
cellaret,  the  key  of  which  bad  been  lost  ft 
years,  twenty-nine  bits  of  wood,  curiously 
On  beinp  carefully  united,  the  pieces  f< 
small  writing  case.  The  lid  is  carved  wi 
berry  leaves  and  fruit ;  a  central  circular  m 
has  on  it  the  Shakspeare  crest,  and  the  sic 
the  Shakspeare  arms.  On  the  edge  of  the  lie 
the  finger  would  be  applied  to  lift  it,  is 
boss,  carved  into  a  rude  resemblance  of  th 
ford  bust.  Can  this  be  one  of  the  boxes  m 
tured  by  the  ingenious  Stratford  watcbmalt 
purchased  the  greater  portion  of  the  m 
tree  after  it  had  l)een  cut  down  by  th 
Francis  Gastrell  ?  The  owner  of  this  bt 
sesses  also  a  tobacco- stopper,  which  has  < 
rude  carving  of  the  bust  of  Shakspeare. 

John  Pavin  Phi 
Haverfordwest 


\ 


.  5««fl,V.  Ji}NE4,'64.} 


NOTES  AUD  QUKBIES. 


457 


LLe  CAJXSD  S&JsucTS, — ^In  tbe  account  of 
Bdinj;  the  monastery  of  Croyland  after  the 
1091,  Ingulf  tells  us  (p.  101)  that  a  smjiU 
eB-tower  was  built  m  the  place  of  the  old  tower 
t  church,  in  which  two  skelUU  were  placed  v — 
vetere  turri  EccteBiffi  humile  campanile, 
XtktUUag^  quas  Fergus  scrariua  de  Sancto  Bot. 
0>bi8  contulerat,  imponentea," 
What  sort  of  bells  couid  these  be  ?  Du  CatJge» 
fnicc  **  flkclla,"  aayi  this  was  a  small  bell,  the 
uitla  of  the  Italians*  Is  there  any  affinity  be- 
reen  this  word  and  ekillet,  the  name  of  a  small 
r»»«  pot  ?  •  Was  Fergus  the  ttruHua  the  trea- 
ti  or  simply  a  worker  in  brass  ?  In  the  former 
St*  Bot.  would  refer  probably  to  a  church 
pf  St.  Boiolph  ;  in  the  latter,  to  the  town  of  Boa- 
n,  m  Liupolnshire,  the  Latinised  name  of  which 
'Oppidum  Sancii  Botolphi/'  Perhaps  aome 
al  aniir|viary  can  aasist  wi,  A.  A* 

[  Poets'  Cortior, 

BoTTBRT  Familt. — Information  concerning  the 
rly  history  of  this  family  is  dcBired.  The  name 
ccura  in  Speed,  p,  1093  :  '*The  rebels  in  Cora- 
ruH»  in  favour  of  the  revival  of  monasteries,  were 
jugbt  by  Sir  John  KusselU  Lord  Privy  Seal,  ap- 
oinied  General  of  the  King's  army.'*  (Edward  VL) 
*  Lord  KusacI]  fell  back  on  Iloniton,  wbere  be  was 
Dined  by  the  Lord  Grey  de  Wilton,  having  in 
ny  S[tinola«  an  Italian  captain »  with  three  bun- 
|red  shot"  (Speed,  p.  10970  *'  Wright,  Peacocke, 
Teatherell*  and  But  try  were  worthily  executed  at 
Tork^  21st  Sept.  following  (1549).     Holinshed's 

I  possePB  a  copy  of  **  Atdi  Perxii  Flacei  Safyra 

5px,  cum  fiosthumiis  commentariis  Joannif«  Bond. 
IriOrtdini,  excudebat  Felix  Kiiigstonius  :  impenjis 
luliebiii  Aapley  et  Nathanielis  Buttery,  1614." 
)oe»  the  name  of  Buttery  occur  in  this  form  in 
ny  other  book  ? 

In  the  House  of  Lordi*  Journals  IndeXy  p.  329tt, 
luttery  defendant  in  a  Writ  of  Error,  wherein 
^lencowe  is  plaint)^,  23rd  Charles  L,  1647.  Mr. 
justice  Bacon  brought  into  the  House  Writs  of 
"Srror,  videlicet,  No.  10,  Blenco we  r.  Buttery,   Can 

nj  of  your  readers  give  me  a  reference  to  the 

icord  of  this  suit  ? 

There  is  a  slab  in  tlie  chancel  of  St.  Ann*s 
burch,  Sutton-Bonitiglon,  Leicestei'shire,  under 
be  east  window,  immediately  beneath  the  com- 
nunion  table,  with  this  inscription:  "Gulielmus 
iuttery  (natus,  1G96),  obit  22  die  Septembris, 
|782,  letatiii  86.**  A  monument, also  in  the  chan^ 
df  of  ft  knight  in  chain  armour  refers  to  the 
lattery  family.    Where  can  I  find  a  description 

[*  "  SMttta,  in  old  Latin  ri^cordB.  a  little  bell  for  a 
hurch  Steepler  whence  our  ves8«la  called  Ski/leu^  usoally 
d4  of  b«U  metftU"  — Phillipa*s  New  World  of  Worm, 
■fol.  nOG.^EoO 


of  this  monument  ?  References  to  works  In  the 
British  Maaeum  Ubrarv,  or  the  Public  Record 
Office,  communicated  through  your  columns  or 
personally,  will  oblige  AiiBERT  Butteby. 

Court  of  Chancer)'. 

Colossus  of  Ahoi>B8,  —  Can  any  of  your  anti- 
quarian reatler«  refer  me  to  any  published  copy  of 
that  "seventh  wonder"  of  the  old  world,  ».  e,  the 
Colossus  of  Rhodes  ?  I  have  some  llaint  impres* 
sion  that  in  my  boyhood  I  saw  a  print  represent- 
ing it|  but  cannot  call  to  mind  in  what  work  it 
was.  C*  T*  CoKMSK. 

CiULifCBiJN :  Ahms  of  Frihcb  Axbest. — Boil- 
ton  {Nouvean  Traite  de  Blason^  p.  191)  blazons  the 
coat  thus :  —  **  Les  dues  de  Saxe  portent ;  fased 
d'or  et  de  sable  de  huit  pi^es,  au  cranceUn  de 
ffinople  mia  en  bande  surtout."  Berry  calls  it  a 
bend  embowcd  treflee.  The  general  account  of 
the  bearing  is  that  it  is  a  crown  of  me.  Can  any 
reader  refer  me  to  a  correct  definition  of  the  word 
cranceiiTi,  and  alao  to  the  legend  or  tradition  of  the 
crown  of  rue?  A.  A* 

Db  Burgh's  "  HisFSKii.  DoiiiTficAWA.'* — '*  A 

most  interesting  i*oj>y  [of  the  very  rare  Supple- 
ment to  this  workj»  interleaved  with  numerous 
manuscript  additions  by  [the  author]  the  [Roman 
Catholic]  Bisbop  of  Oasory/*  was  sold  a  short  time 
since  by  Messrs.  Sotheby,  Wilkinson^  and  Hodge. 
Can  you  tell  me  by  whom  it  waa  purchased,  and  at 
what  price?  I  have  heard,  on  goo<i  authority, 
thut  a  copy  was  lately  sold  by  auction  in  an  Irish 
provincial  town  to  one  who  knew  its  worth,  for  the 
sum  of  one  penny  t  Abbba. 

Thb  Golbepc  Calf. — Any  information  as  to  the 
author,  or  other  particulars,  of  the  following  book 
will  be  very  acceptable  :  >— 

'*The  Golden  Ciilf,  t!ie  Idol  of  Worship.  Being  an 
Euquiiy  Phtfsico-Critien-Patheolopco- Moral  into  the  Na* 
tnre  and  Effiracy  of  Gold :  Sbeiring  tbo  wonderful  power 
it  hAs  over,  aiid  thti  prudiji^iouM  chanfrea  it  cHuseSi  in  the 
Minds  of  Men,  With  an  Account  of  the  Wonders  of  the 
Psvchoplic  Laokinf-Gla*9^  Lately  Invented  by  the  Au- 
thor, Joiiktin  Philander,  M,A  Gmtubdi  mdint  qui  prm- 
e'tpit  Mt  facia*  rtm  ;  Si  ponii  recti^  vsrum  qmocunqne  (Modb 
rent.  Hor.  London:  Printed  for  M.  Coop«r,  st  the  Gib&e 
in  Fatemoater  Itnu}>  mdccxljv*"    8vo,  pp*  viL  and  243. 

The  running  title  is  **VituJQ8  Aureus:  or,  the 
Golden  Calf" 

It  is  undoubtedly  a  very  uncommon  book,  as  I 
find  no  reference  to  it  in  the  catalogues  of  twenty* 
two  of  the  largest  private  collections,  nor  in  any 
of  the  large  bookat'ller*s  catalogues,  nor  in  any 
bibiiocrraphical  work  with  which  I  am  acquainted, 
nor  in  lUe  British  Museum,  or  Bodleian,  or  other 
public  library. 

A  copr  was  purchased  by  Mr,  II.  G.  Bohn  in 
1847  at  ^Ir.  Walter  Wilson*8  sale,  and  one  waa 
sold  in  Jolly*s  collection  in  May,  1853.     It  is  not 
improbable  that  mine  la  tW  ^vbbr;  ^ya^^*   XVic^v-. 
been  unaAA^  lo  \s^k&  w^^  qKScw^  .  "^  .  v;*^^^ 


* 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[a>«&Y.JoniU 


GrODFRET  OF  BoUILLOH's   ThEE.  —  WhciX  I  WM 

at  Constantinople,  I  visited  the  pictureBquc  village 
and  environs  of  Buvukderc,  on  the  north  shore 
of  the  Bosphorus.  In  a  meadow  west  of  the 
village  my  dragoman  pointed  out  an  enormous 
plane  tree,  under  which  he  stated  Godfrey  of 
bouillon  pitched  his  pavilion  when  the  army  of 
the  Crusaaers  was  encamped  in  that  neighbour- 
hood on  their  way  to  Palestine,  in  1097.  How 
much  trutli  is  there  in  this  tradition  ?         H.  C. 

J.  G.  Grant,  author  of  Madonna  Pia,  and 
other  poems,  1848.  Can  any  of  your  readers  give 
me  Uie  address  of  tliis  author  ?  Iota. 

Geoboe  Hamilton  :  Capt.  Edwards. — George 
Hamilton,  surgeon  of  the  **  Pandora,"  published — 
.«  A  Voyage  round  the  World,  performed  by  Capt 
Edwards  in  1790,  1,  and  2,  with  the  Discoveries  made  in 
the  South  5iea,  and  the  many  distresses  experienced  by 
the  Crew,  from  Shipwreck  and  Famine  in  a  Voyage  of 
eleven  hundred  Miles  in  op«n  Boats,  between  Endeavour 
Straits  and  the  Island  of  Timor."  Berwick,  8vo,  1793. 
With  portrait." 

Lowndes  (ed.  Bohn,  987)  mentions  the  work, 
but  erroneously  stiites  that  the  voyage  was  1790-9. 

I  cannot  find  the  portrait  noticed  cither  in 
Bromley*s  or  Evans's  Catalogue.  I  am  not  sure 
whether  the  portrait  was  that  of  George  Hamilton 
or  Capt.  Kdwards.  Information  about  either  of 
them  is  desired.  S.  T.  R. 

Mobe8*Habri8,  engraver,  and  author  of  The 
Aurelian  and  other  works  on  natural  history,  is 
briefly  mentioned  in  Bryan's  Dictionary  of  Painters 
and  Enfrravers^  but  tlie  date  of  his  death  is  not 
there  given.  I  hope  it  miiy  be  sup])lied  by  some 
of  your  correspondents.  He  was  probably  living 
in  1782.  See  as  to  him,  AVutt's  Bihl  Brit.; 
Lowndes's  BihL  Man.  cd.  l^)hn,  1003 ;  lietro-  \ 
spective  Jteviruu  i^nd  Ser.  i.  230;  Bromley's  Cat. 
of  Eiif^raned  Portraits,  388 ;  and  Nichols's  Lit. 
Anecd.  viii.  4G2.  S.  Y.  R. 

Tiijj  Miss^HoRNECKs.  —  Those  ladies  were  pa- 
trons of  Goldsmith.  One  of  them  became,  I 
believe,  Mrs.  Bunbury.  There  is  this  year  a  very 
pretty  painting  in  the  Exhibition  at  Edinburgh, 
of  Oliver  reading,  in  his  plum-coloure<l  coat,  to 
these  ladies.  Can  you  give  me,  in  the  first  place,  any 
information  as  to  the  ancestry  of  these  beauties  ? 
And  secondly,  whether  the  fine  mezzotint  of  "  Miss 
Horneck  "  is  the  unmarried  or  married  lady  ? 

J.  M. 

Loo. — Who  was  the  inventor  of  that  cosmopo- 
litan game  at  cards,  Loo?  When  was  it  first  in- 
troduced into  England?  Arc  there  any  older 
authorities  than  Tojje  and  Addison  who  make 
mention  of  it  ?  W.  B.  MacCawe. 

Dinan,  Cotes  du  Xord,  France. 

Mark  of  Tiiob's  Hammer.— In  that  excellent 
work,  the  History  of^  Christian  Names^  vol.  ii.  p.  . 
203,  a  monogrmi  h  given  exactly  Vikc  iVie  cMnoua 


heraldic  bearing  called  the  ** fylfot**  or  ^nnuni- 
dion,"  and  it  is  called  "the  mark  of  Tbors  htt- 
mer.**  What  is  the  authority  for  this  tssertic^ 
and  what  is  the  derivation  of  the  word  *" fylfot ?' 
The  other  appellation  is  no  doubt  derived  in 
the  circumstance  that  the  bearing  ii  exactly  af 
composed  of  four  capital  Greek  letters,  gimm 
conjoined  by  the  foot  in  form  of  a  citMB. 

Poets*  Corner. 

Nomination  of  Bishops. — In  some  of  the  pips 
of  the  day  wc  are  informed  of  Lord  PalnuKa 
having  nominated  thirteen  bishops,  naxnelr,  G» 
terbury,  York,  London,  Durham,  Carlidfe,  ^ 
Gloucester,  and  Bristol,  Norwich,  Peterbarcoi 
Ripon,  Rochester,  and  Worcester.     Such  i  i-     I 
cumstance,  or  anything  like  it,  wc  arc  told, of » 
minister  nominatrnji:  nearly  half  the  £n^  ^ 
scopate,  was  never  before  known  in  the  Cbtdff 
Entrland.    I  have  referred  to  Coxe*s  Zi/e /W 
pole,  and  to  Tomline's  and  Gifford*s  liveit 
Pitt ;  but  in  none  of  them  do  I  find  any  a-jst 
the  nomination  of  bishops.     Both   Walnc^OL 
Pitt  were  each,  I  think,  longer  in  office  tbinUt 
Palmerston.     May  I  ask  any  of  jour  readosik 
have  access  to  books  and  official  documents,  v^ 
give  Information  of  episcopal  nominations,  fet » 
form  me  which  of  the  above-named  ministers  t> 
minatcd  the  greatest  number  of  English  bi^hc^* 

Fba.  Mewkd. 

Larchfield,  Darlington. 

Old  Prists. —  Some  years  since,  at  thestkc 
the  curious  and  valuable  prints  which  ha^l  V* 
longed  to  the  late  Charles  Kirkj>atrick  Shirpt 
Ksij.,  various  lots  fell  into  my  bands  ;  and  amoR:* 
these  the  following^,  as  to  which  I  should  bt 
oblijjed  by  obtaininjj  information. 

1.  "The  Plymouth  Bcautpr.*'  A  fine  mem- 
tin  to  of  a  beautiful  female,  m  a  .«iirtin«^  poslirf. 
leanintr  on  her  hand  ;  her  elbow  resting  on  a  boot 
There  is  no  engraver's  name. 

2.  *•  :Mr3.  Sarah  Porter,  Queen  of  tJic  Tontw 
at  Tunbridge  Wells."  A  very  fine  inozzotimc 
No  engraver's  name ;  but  it  has  the  name  ei 
"  Vander  Smisson  "  as  the  painter.  What  is  i 
"  toutcr,"  and  what  is  known  of  the  Lidy  ? 

3.  An  unknown  portrait.  Mczzotinto,  smiD 
oval  kit-kat,  with  these  lines :  — 

"  Tlluc  yEtatis  qui  sit,  non  invenlos  altenim 
Jjcpidiorcm  nd  omncs  res,  nee  qai  Amicus 
Amico  flit  maJuA." — Plamtus, 

There  is  neither   punter  nor  engraTcr*8  name 
mentioned. 

4.  Mczzotinto  of  a  man  sitting  in  a  chair,  with 
Ills  hands  clasped  together,  resting  on  hia  knee*. 
A  table,  with  two  folio  volumes  on  it,  beside  him. 
A.  three-quarter  face :  — 

"  n.  Itviftsiiwr,  Pinrit.  .T.  Faber,  Fedt.  Sold  \rr  Fabtf. 


3">  S.  V.  JuiiK  4,  'W.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


459 


"  When  philosophic  thoughts  engage  the  mind, 
A  serioas  hrow  and  looks  intent  we  find : 
Not  that  these  looks  the  least  of  doabt  declare, 
Whilflt  certain  truths  have  banished  all  that  care ; 
Thus  Plato,  Socrates,  serenely  sate. 
And  Cato,  calm,  defy'd  injarions  fate.'* 

5.  "  James  Sbeppard,  that  was  cxecated  March 
V  17*^  174i,  at  Tyburn,  in  y«  18  year  of  his  age." 
This  is  a  mezzotinto.  Sheppard  has  his  hand  on 
a  letter,  thus  addressed  :   "  For  Mr.  Leak,  these.** 

Was  there  any  special  reason  for  the  execution 
of  this  lad,  beyond  his  attachment  to  the  exiled 
fiuaoilj  ?  Is  there  any  other  print  of  this  unfor- 
tunate boy?  J.  M. 

Fbdiqree.  —  Would  anyone  t«ll  me  what  evi- 
denee  b  accepted  as  proof  in  a  pediinree  ? 

'  '  ^  K.B.C. 

SjkAFotiTH  andReat. — I  Came  across  an  old  MS. 
Bond  of  Friendship  between  the  Lords  Seaforth 
•nd  Reny,  dated,  as  I  far  as  I  can  recollect,  1672, 
and  witnessed  by  a  number  of  the  Frasers.  Is 
this  bond,  or  the  circumstances  under  which  it 
originated,  mentioned  in  print  anywhere  ? 

Siqma-Theta. 

Sir  AKSPEARIAH  A.  — 

••InOl.  PToph  Saunders,  or  Shakspcere,  was  Principal 
ofSt.Alban'«Hall. 

IGGG.  John  Shakespeare,  of  St.  Mary's  Ilall,  took  the 
ofB-A." 


Has  the  relationship  of  either  of  the  above  to 
the  immortal  bard  been  ascertained?  They  occur 
m  the  Catalogue  of  Oxford  Graduates  (Clarendon 
VresB,  1851).  H.  M.  L. 

Succession  thbotjgh  the  Motheb.  —  Why  is 
•accession  through  the  mother,  even  in  personalty, 
denied  by  the  Scotch  law  ?  The  greatest  stickler 
for  feudalism  or  salicism  surely  cannot  seriously 
advocate  the  exclusion  of  relatives  by  the  mother 
from  participating  in  books,  household,  or  other 
personal  property.  I  have  heard  of  two  cases 
where,  through  mtestacy,  they  have  been  shut 
out.  One  was  a  particularly  hard  case,  for  the 
deceased  had  made  a  will  through  a  lawyer,  but 
its  execution  was  incomplete,  and  some  of  the 
iDOther*s  relatives,  who  were  to  have  benefited, 
were  excluded,  the  nearest  relative  by  the  father's 
side  beinff  declared  the  heir,  though  a  nearer  by 
the  mother  existed.  Another  hardship,  and  one 
that  casts  a  slur  upon  the  mother's  connections,  is, 
that  when  no  relatives  by  the  father  are  living, 
the  property  goes  to  the  Crown ;  no  doubt  a  very 
ffooa  administrator,  and  certainly  a  very  just  one, 
for  a  gift  of  it,  minus  a  fee,  is,  I  believe,  generally 

f  ranted  to  the  nearest  relative,  though  shut  out 
y  law.  Fiat  JusTitiA. 

Kathbeihb  SwnrroN,  daughter  of  Sir.  Alex. 
Swinton,  married  before  1680,  James  Stnithe, 
merchant  in  Edinburgh;  and  (2ndly),  Francis 
Hepburn  of  Brinston.  Was  there  aoj  issue  of 
Hbe&nanuanagef  SiaMA'TBmk^ 


Jambs  Thomson.  —  Can  you  ^ye  me  any  ac- 
count of  this  dramatist  P  Ue  was  author  of  A 
Squeeze  to  the  Coronation,  a  Farce,  acted  July, 
18*21,  at  the  English  Opera  House;  An  Uncle  too 
Many ;  and,  I  believe,  one  or  two  other  pieces. 

Iota. 

Yalbnciebnes.  —  I  am  anxious  to  know  in 
whose  possession  is  the  painting  of  the  Siege  of 
Valenciennes,  from  which  was  taken  the  large 
engraving  by  Bromley. 

Uabbt  CoivGBEVE,  Lieut.-Col. 

The  Rev.  Thomas  Wilkihson,  rector  of 
Great  Iloushton,  in  Northamptonshire,  is  said  to 
have  publisned  — 

1.  "  Harmonica  Apostolica ;  or,  the  Mutual  Agreement 
of  St.  Paul  and  St.  James.  Translated  from  the  Latin 
of  Bishop  Bull    Lond.  8vo,  1801. 

3.  '*  Milner*8  Ecclesiastical  History  reviewed,  and  the 
Origin  of  Calvinism  considered.  A  Discourse  preached 
at  the  Visitation  of  the  Archdeacon  of  Northampton. 
30  May,  1805.    8vo,  1805. 

8.  **  Observations  on  the  Form  of  Hot-Houses,  in 
Trans.  Hort  Soc.  i.  161  (1815)." 

Information  respecting  him  will  oblige 

S.  Y.  R. 

Wtatt. — Can  any  of  the  readers  of  "  N.  &  Q.** 
give  me  any  information  as  to  the  family  or  arms 
of  Wyatt  of  Macclesfield,  of  whom  Esther  Wyatt, 
born  1712,  married  Samuel  Clowes  of  Langley, 
near  Macclesfield ;  and  her  sbter  Elizabeth  Wyatt 
married  a  Mr.  Thorley  ?  C.  H. 


"  The  Scuool  tob  Scandal." — The  paternity 
of  this  comedy  with  Sheridan  has  from  various 
circumstances  been  considered  very  doubtful,  as 
none  but  what  were  regarded  as  surreptitious 
copies  of  it,  chiefly  printed  in  Dublin,  could  be 
procured.  Egcrtoli,  in  the  Theatrical  Remem' 
brancer,  Lond.  1788,  p.  239,  attributes  it  to 
Sheridan,  and  states  it  to  have  been  acted  at 
Drury  Lane,  1777  :  and  yet  classes  it  with  anony- 
mous plays  in  1778,  not  acted  at  p.  253 :  and 
again  at  p.  266  it  is  stigmatiKed  as  ipurioH$, 
though  stated  to  have  been  "  acted  by  his  ma- 
jesty's servants  in  1784."  Mr.  Rogers,  in  his 
RecoUectioM,  1859,  p.  30,  speaks  of  Mrs.  Sherldiit, 
mother  of  Richard  Brinsley  Sheridan,  as  author  of 
Sidney  Biddulph,  the  best  novel  of  our  age,  and 
adds,  Sheridan  "  denied  having  read  it,  thottgh 
the  plot  of  his  School  for  Scandal  was  borrowed 
from  it."  I  beg  to  know  where  I  may  find  an 
authentic  history  of  this  comedy,  as  there  are  so 
many  irreconcilable  accounts  of  it.  X  2« 

[Moon,  in  his  fJfe  of  R.  B.  SheHdim,  edit  1825^  4to. 
has  satisfactorily  «tU^\Sa^QJMJift3«Wl^Sl^^       '^'^''^ 
—192.   Hft«a^«l[v«.\iXA^<»ftL,^«Kfe«taw^'^ 


460 


NOTES  AND  QUERIE& 


[8»*aLT.  Jcjwi'U. 


exprcflsed  as  to  his  being  really  the  author  of  The  School 
for  Scandal^  to  which,  except  for  the  purpose  of  exposing 
absurdity,  I  should  not  have  thought  it  worth  while  to 
Allude,  It  is  an  old  trick  of  Detraction  —  and  one  of 
which  it  never  tires  —  to  father  the  works  of  eminent 
writers  upon  others ;  or,  at  least,  while  it  kindly  leaves 
an  author  the  credit  of  his  worst  performancea,  to  find 
some  one  in  the  background  to  ease  him  of  the  fame  of 
his  best  When  this  sort  of  charge  is  brought  against  a 
cotcmporary,  the  motive  is  intelligible;  but,  such  an 
Abstract  pleasure  have  some  persons  in  merely  unsettling 
the  crowns  of  Fame,  that  a  worthy  German  has  written 
an  elaborate  book  to  prove  that  the  Iliad  was  written, 
not  by  that  particular  Homer  the  world  supposes,  but  by 
some  other  Uomerl  Indeed,  if  mankind  were  to  be  in- 
fluenced by  those  Qui  tam  critics,  who  have,  from  time 
to  time,  in  the  course  of  the  history  of  literature,  ex- 
hibited informations  of  plagiarism  against  great  authors, 
the  property  of  fame  would  pass  from  its  present  holders 
into  the  hands  of  persons  with  whom  the  world  is  but 
little  acquainted.  Aristotle  must  refund  to  one  Ocellus 
Lucanus  — Virgil  must  make  a  eessto  bonorum  in  favour 
of  Pisander — the  Mletamorphoies  of  Ovid  must  be  credited 
to  the  account  of  Parthenius  of  Nicaa,  and  (to  come  to  a 
modem  instance)  Mr.  Sheridan  must,  according  to  his 
biographer.  Dr.  Watkins,  surrender  the  glory  of  having 
written  TTut  School  for  Scandal  to  a  certain  anonymous 
young  lady,  who  died  of  a  consumption  in  Thames 
Street ! "  Moore  has  flllod  nearly  thirty  pages  with 
extracts  from  Sheridan's  papers,  consisting  of  rough 
skctchi'..^  of  th<i  plot  and  dialogue,  from  which  it  appears 
that  the  play  "  was  the  slo\v  result  of  many  and  doubtful 
cxpcrinicnts,  and  that  it  arrived  at  length  step  by  step 
at  perfection."] 

John,  OB  Jn**. — I  should  feel  much  obliged  if 
any  of  your  readers  could  inform  me  of  the  origin 
of  the  name  John  being  abbreviated  thus,«/n'*,  and 
not  */«",  as  would  be  expected.     A.  E.  Murray. 

[The  question  is,  how  comes  it  that  the  o  should  fol- 
low the  n,  and  not  precede  it?  The  following  explana- 
tion has  been  offered.  In  medieval  times  the  name  John 
Johannes)  received  various  modifications ;  one  was  Jan, 
which  prevailed  to  a  certain  extent  in  the  south  of  Eu- 
rope, as  well  as  in  the  north.  Moreover,  Jan  became 
occasionally  Jano  (Bluteau,  Supplement  to  his  Vocabulary, 
ii.  33.)  Dropping  the  a,  and  making  the  o  superior,  Jano 
becomes  Jno.  A  similar  suspension  of  the  final  o  occurs 
in  old  manuscripts  perpetually ;  as  In  i**  for  illo,  ppo  for 
populo,  &c. 

Perhaps,  however,  we  may  find  a  better  explanation, 
without  passing  beyond  the  seas.  Our  forefathers  wrote 
Jhon  oftener  than  John ;  and  the  h  in  former  days  fre- 
quently assumed  the  form  of  n.  Jhon,  contracted  into 
Jho.  or  Jh*,  and  writing  the  A  as  n,  becomes  Jno,  or 
Jno ;  and  this  is  considered  the  more  correct  explanation.] 

IIabovs  or  Henbt  III.:    Gbktbt  or  Essbx. 
Can  you  ^re  me  information  on  tbe  foWoVvnjj 


heads?—!.  Is  there  finj  and  what  record  of  the 
Barons  of  Henry  III.*8  reign,  ftnd  their  descend- 
ants? 

2.  Is  there  any  record  or  historj  of  the  gentr 
of  Essex  of  the  seventeenth  century  ?     A.  B.  C 

1.  A  list  of  the  Barons  of  the  reign  of  Henrr  III.  « 
be  found  in  Beation's  Poiiiieai  Jmder,  For  partiealo 
of  each  family  our  correspondent  will  hare  to  eonsah  Ih 
different  works  on  Heraldic  and  Genealogical  HistoiT,tv 
Banks,  Edmondson,  Collins,  Lodge,  Playfair,  Bvika,  kt 

2.  For  notices  of  the  gentry  of  Essex  daring  the  iRa> 
teenth  century,  consult  the  following  hiatoriaaseftla 
county:  Salmon,  Morant,  Mailman,  Tindal,  O^tok 
Wright,  and  Suckling.  Also,  Blaeaw'a  fine  old  JK?/ 
Euex,  with  the  coats  of  arms  of  the  principal  mi^ 
emblazoned  in  colours,  about  1610 ;  and  a  curioBi  Estf 
Essex  Royalists  in  A  True  Relation^  or  Catabfm  ifh 
Gentrtf  that  art  Malignanti,  with  the  exact  valoitfat 
man's  Estate,  both  Kcall  and  Peraooall.    4tOk  1641.' 

SiBBKR :  Sibber  Sauces. — ^Wbat  is  the  a0>¥ 
of  the  word  xibberf  What  were  sibber  m^ 
Lord  Chief  Justice  Coke,  in  summinir  ^^ 
evidence  given  on  the  trial  of  Weston,  one  cM 
parties  concerned  with  the  notorious  Mrs.  Tone, 
of  starchmaking  celebrity,  in  the  murder  of  3r 
Thomas  Overbury,  thus  instructed  the  jury  :* 

**  Albeit  the  poisoning  in  the  indictment  is  said  Bte 

with  rosalger,  white  arsenick,  and  mercury  sablimati,  iB 

the  jury  were  not  to  expect  precise  proof  in  that  pesa 

showing  how  impossible  it  were  to  convict  a  poisoaK 

who  uscth  not  to  take  any  witnesses  to  the  compuiJijei 

,  his  tibber  eauee* ;  wherefore  he  declared  the  law  ia  iki 

I  like  case  as  if  a  man  be  indicted  for  inunlering  a  nua 

,  and  it  fall  out  upon  evidence  to  be  done  with  a  sword,  gc 

with  a  rapier,  or  with  neither,  but  with  a  staflT,  in  Uul 

case  the  instrument  skillet h  not,  so  that  the  jar}-  find  tk 

murder."— Cobb€tt*8  State  Trials,  vol.  ii.  p.  y24* 

I  have  looked  for  the  word  sibber  in  Johnwa, 
Walker,  Crabbe,  Ainsworth,  and  other  dicti^iQ- 
aries  for  the  explanation,  but  to  no  purpose. 
Was  aibber  the  name  of  some  fashionable  luxurT^ 
or  sibber  sauce  the  compound  prepared  bj  a  Sojcr 
of  the  seventeenth  century,  whoso  fatnc  has  passed 
away  ?  T.  G. 

[In  Scottish  and  in  old  English,  m6,  tibb,  or  sibbe,  ng- 
nifies  related,  or  near  of  kin.  We  fmd  also  the  coonpan- 
tive  tibber.  It  would  seem,  however,  that  in  spcakiBg 
ironically  of  certain  poisons  as  **  tibber  aauces^**  the  leaned 
lord  meant  **  quietimj  eauccM^**  i.  e,  sauces  that  quiet  tbf 
partaker,  or  arttle  him.  Sax.  eibnam,  pacific,  qaictii^; 
tibbiant  to  pacifc] 

IvDiAif  Abmy.— I  have  an  Alphab^tictU  Li$i  of 
th€  Officers  of  the  Madras  Army  from  1760  to 
1834,  by  Messrs.  Dodwell  and  Miles  of  CornhilL 
Have  any  siniilar  lists  been  published  of  the  offi- 
cers of  the  Bengal  and  Bombay  Presidencies? 

H.  Ix>FTU8  Tot  iebhah. 

[.LisU  of  the  Officers  of  the  Bengal  and  Boaib^  Av- 


y.  JuNB  4,  '64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


461 


nsually  bound  tofi^er  with  that  of  Madras,  with 
te  title-page.  Alphabetical  Li$t  of  Ihe  Oficer$  of 
m  Army,  1838.  In  the  following  year  also  ap- 
in  Alpkahedeal  Lift  of  the  Hon.  East  India  Com" 
fadras  Civil  SerwuUtfrom  1780  to  1839,  also  one 
Benffol  Civil  Servante,  from  1780  to  1838,  and 
of  the  Medical  Officere  of  the  Indian  Army,  ft'om 
1838.] 

tLBMAOiv£*8  Toif  B.  —  Where  can  I  find  a 
ccount  of  the  opening  of  Charles  the 
tomb,  and  the  relic  found  on  his  neck  (a 
'  the  true  cross  in  an  emerald)  given  by 
'ghers  of  Aix  to  Napoleon,  and  by  him  to 
3hess  de  Saint  Leu  ?  John  Davidson. 
lave  not  been  able  to  find  any  good  account  of 
ng  of  the  tomb  of  Charles  the  Great  by  Otto  III. 
jut  some  carious  particulars  of  the  tomb  itself 
1  in  the  Life  of  Charlemagne  printed  by  Petrus 
in  his  Annalium  et  Hiatona  Franeorum,  ah  carno 
90,  duodecim  ecriptoree  eoatanei;  inserta  $unt  alia 
o,  Francofurti,  1594,  pp.  281,  282,  &c,  and  in 
*nicon  Novaliciensef  by  G.  H.  Pertz,  Ilannov, 
>,  p.  55.  Consult  also  the  Archaxflogia^  iii.  389 ; 
I."  1"»  S.  i.  140,  187.  In  the  laustrated  London 
Itf  arch  8, 1845,  is  an  engraving  of  Charlemagne's 
talisman  of  fine  gold  set  with  gems,  in  the  centre 
are  two  rough  sapphires,  and  a  portion  of  the 

MS.] 

OT  Cloth  Nag.  —  In  Sir  Simonds  Dcwes' 
of  the  Parliament  of  23  Elizabeth,  a.d. 
find  the  following :  — 

Souse  being  moved,  did  grant  that  the  Serjeant' 
to  go  before  the  Speaker,  being  weak  and  some- 
ned  in  his  limbs,  might  ride  upon  a  foot  cloth 

meant  by  this  expression  ?  M.  (1.) 

i-cloth  nag  is  an  animal  ornamented  with  a 
)tecting  the  feet,  L  e.  housings  of  cloth  hung 
each  side  of  the  horse,  and  frequently  exhibited 
xxuuions.  These  animals  were  probably  trained 
se  fbr  this  service,  for  a  spirited  horse  would  not 
I  an  encumbrance. 

**  Nor  shall  I  need  to  try, 
ler  my  well-grass*d,  tumbling  foot-chih  nag, 
e  to  outrun  a  welUbreath'd  catchpole.** 

Bam  AOey,  Old  Pkys,  v.  478. 
!^ares*s  Gheeary.'} 

>N  Stonk,  Llandsijx)  Fawb. — Can  any 
on  be  Ji^iven  of  the  following,  from  a 
lly  sculptured  stone  at  Grolden  Grove, 
uideilo,  S.  Wales?  I  have  copied  it  M 
1/  as  I  can :  — 

••  BIVDOSr." 

G.  H. 

loe  of  this  stone  will  be  fonnd  h.  the  Areheeoh^ 
m.  Third  Series,  iiL  818.    Tha  writer  condiulM 
it«f  it  byazpcMsinf  aeoqi«etasi  ** 
mmm  wnnnm  maj  pt9n  tolmm 


form  of  two  words,  soi  and  ydom  ;  but  we  wait  fbr  Mr. 
Westwood's  long  expected  account  of  this  monument 
This  was  written  in  1857 ;  but  we  have  not  met  with  that 
gentleman's  notice  of  it] 

THE  PROTOTYPE  OF  COLLINS'S  «  TO-MORROW." 

(a^*  S.  iv.  445 ;  v.  17, 204.) 

The  established  success  of  *'  N.  &  Q.**  may  be 
considered  a  practical  protest  agunst  an  over- 
cpnfidence  in  memory — the  noblest  quality,  but 
not  less  the  most  treacherous  deceiver  of  the 
human  mind.  When  penning  a  short  notice  of 
Collins  for  this  Journal  a  few  months  ago,  I  had 
a  strong  recollection  of  having  somewhere  seen 
an  earlier  and  ruder  song,  the  original,  as  I  con- 
sidered it,  of  To-morrow;  but,  as  I  could  not 
then  lay  my  hands  upon  it,  and  as  I  dared  not 
trust  even  to  a  strong  recollection,  I  felt  com- 
pelled to  pass  the  subject  over,  without  further 
notice.  Little  thinking,  or  rather  not  remem- 
bering, that  on  a  shelf,  almost  within  reach  of  my 
hand,  there  was  a  poem  entitled  the  Wish,  not 
only  in  the  original  English  of  its  author,  Dr. 
Walter  Pope,  but  also  in  the  choice  Latin  of  the 
amiable  scholar  Viucent  Bourne.  The  first  part 
of  this  poem,  which  was  originally  published  as  a 
song  of  five  verses,  entitled  The  Ola  Man* s  Wish^ 
is  what  I  take  to  be  the  original  of  To-morrow; 
and  as  it  may  interest  many  to  see  the  rude  and 
now  rather  rare  outline  that  the  mind  of  genius 
moulded  into  so  graceful  and  pleasing  a  form,  I 
here  transcribe  it  for  the  benefit  of  the  reader :  — 

THE  OLD  man's  WISH. 

"  If  I  live  to  grow  old,  as  I  find  I  go  down, 
Let  this  be  my  fate  in  a  country  town ; 
May  I  have  a  warm  house,  with  a  stone  at  my  gate, 
And  a  cleanly  young  girl  to  rub  my  bald  pate. 

May  I  g[overn  my  passions  with  an  absolute  sway, 
Grow  wiser  and  better  as  my  strength  wears  away. 
Without  gout  or  stone,  by  a  gentle  decay. 
"  In  a  country  town  b^  a  murmuring  brook, 
With  the  ocean  at  distance,  on  which  I  mav  look. 
With  a  spacious  plain,  without  hedge  or  stue. 
And  an  easy  pad  nag  to  ride  out  a  mile. 
May  I  govern,  &c       .  ^ 
"  With  Horace  and  Plutarcfl/knd  one  or  two  more 
Of  the  best  wits  that  lived  in  the  ages  before ; 
With  a  dish  of  roast  mutton,  not  ven*son  nor  teal. 
And  clean  though  coarse  linen  at  every  meal 
May  I  govern,  &c. 
**  With  a  pudding  on  Sunday,  and  stout  humming  Uooor, 
And  remnants  of  Latin  to  puzzle  the  vicar;  J^viftZi>»-^^ 
%guhdy  wine,     *^^«^«rM€ 


't?With  iifciiiii  ^       . 

To  drink  the  king's  health  as  oft  as  I  dine. 
May  I  govern,  Ac 
**  When  the  days  they  gprow  short,  and  it  freezes  and 
snows, 
I«t  me  have  a  coal  fire  as  high  as  my  nose ; 
A  fire  when  once  stirred  u^  wUh.  %\ft«&%« 

Hay  1  fvrwa^  l«^ 


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NOTES  AND  QUEBIES. 


l8^^Y.HKEi,% 


«  With  a  courage  undaiinted,  may  I  face  mj  last  day. 
And  when  I  am  dead,  may  the  better  sort  sajr, 
In  the  morning  when  gober,  in  the  evening  when 

mellow, 
He*8  gone — and  h'ant  left  behind  him  his  fellow ; 
For  he  governed  his  passions  with  an  absolute  sway, 
And  grew  wiser  and  better  as  his  strength  wore  away, 
Without  gout  or  stone,  by  a  gentle  decay." 

Though  the  above  is,  In  erery  respect,  inferior 
to  To-Morrow,  there  is  a  general  similarity  of 
idea  common  to  both  songs,  while  the  details  re- 
semble each  other  too  closelr  to  be  mere  coin- 
cidences. Thus  the  original,  '^  as  I  find  1  go 
down,"  is  represented  by  **  the  downhill  of  life  ; 
"  a  murmurmg  brook,"  by  "  a  murmuring  rill " ; 
"  the  ocean  at  distance  on  which  I  may  look," 
by  "  a  cot  that  overlooks  the  wide  sea " ;  '*  an 
easy  pad  nag,"  by  "  an  ambling  pad  pony."  The 
bleak  northern  blast,  the  peace  and  plenty  at  the 
board,  the  heart  free  from  sickness  and  sorrow, 
are  all  el^ant  adaptations  by  Collins  of  ideas 
expressed  in  the  Oii  MatCs  Wish,  which  in  my 
hamble  opinion  must  be  con«idered  the  original 
of  To'Morrow.  But,  without  entering  into  a 
critical  examination  of  the  merits  of  the  two  songs, 
there  is  one  grand  feature  in  To*Morrow^  which 
renders  it,  even  as  a  literary  composition,  im- 
mensely superior  to  its  prototype ;  need  I  say  that 
that  superiority  consists  in  its-  Christian  character, 
its  author  believing  — 

**  This  old  ^worn-oat  stuff,  which  is  threadbare  to*day, 
May  become  everlasting  to-morrow." 

While  the  character  of  the  Old  MarCs  Wish  is  as 
completely  pagan  as  Horatius  Flaccus,  whom  its 
author  eviaently  adopted  as  his  model  when 
writing  the  song. 

In  the  Gentleman's  Magazine^  vol.  xcii.  p.  15, 
there  are  some  nbticea  of  Dr.  Pope  and  the  Old 
Man's  Wish^  signed  £u.  Hood,  which  signature  I 
need  scarcely  observe  here,  signifies  Joseph  Hasle- 
wood.  Here  we  are  informed  that  the  Old  Man's 
Wish  first  appeared  in  A  Collection  of  Thirty 
One  Songs,  sold  by  F.  Leach,  1685.  Pope  after- 
wards enlarged  the  song  from  five  to  twenty 
verses,  thus  destroying  the  brief  simplicity  of  the 
original,  to  which  he  added  notes  in  various  lan- 
guages, which  was  published  in  folio,  anno  1693, 
with  the  words  "  the  only  correct  and  finished 
copy.    Never  before  printed." 

The  Old  Man's  Wish,  in  its  original  fbrm  of  a 
song  in  six  verses,  was  very  popular  when  first 
puMished,  and,  as  a  consequence,  was  freely  paro- 
died. There  are  two  different  parodies  upon  it, 
both  entitled  the  Old  Woman's  Wish;  on©  run- 
ning as  follows :  — 

**  THE  OLD  WOMAH'S  ^^^sw. 

**  When  my  hairs  they  grow  hoary,  and  my  checks  they 
look  pale, 
}Vbsa  myfynhMd  bathwrlnMet,  ind  Xkj  «y%^t\vt 
doth  Ail, 


Let  my  words  both  and  aetiofw  h%  free  froa  iQhtx 
And  have  an  old  hasband  to  keep  my  hsLtk  vbivl 
The  pleasmnes  of  yoath  are  flowera  bat  of  May, 
Our  life's  but  a  vapour,  oar  body's  bat  dar. 
Oh !  let  me  live  well,  thongh  I  five  bat  a  dar. 
"  With  a  sermon  on  Sunday,  «nd  a  bible  of  good  pri 
With  a  pot  o'er  the  fire  andjgood  victual  in*t; 
With  ale,  beer,  and  brandy  both  Winter  and  Sow 
To  drink  to  my  gossip  and  be  pledged  by  my  cuai 
The  pleasures  of  youth,  &c 
**  With  pigs  and  with  poultry,  with  some  money  in  i 
To  lend  to  my  neighbour  and  give  to  the  poor; 
With  a  bottle  of  Canary  to  drink  without  sin. 
And  to  comfort  my  daughter  when  that  she  lies  ii. 
The  pleasures  of  youth,  &c. 

**  With  a  bed  soft  and  easy  to  rest  on  at  night. 
With  a  maid  in  the  morning  to  rise  when  'tis  H^ 
To  do  her  work  neatly,  to  obey  my  desire, 
To  make  the  house  clean  and  to  blow  ap  the  flie. 
The  pleasures  of  youth,  &c. 

**  With  coals  and  with  bavins,  and  a  good  warmM 
With  a  thick  hood  and  mantle,  when  I  ridiai 

mare; 
Let  me  dwell  near  my  cupboard,  and  £ar  from  up 
With  a  pair  of  glass  eyes  to  clap  on  my  nose. 
The  pleasures  of  youth,  &c. 

"  And  when  I  am  dead,  with  a  sigh  let  them  say, 

Our  honest  old  gammer  is  laid  in  the  clay ; 

When  young  she  was  cheerful,  no  scold  nor  no  — 

She  helped  her  neighbours  and  gave  to  the  poor. 

Tho'  the  flower  of  her  youth  in  her  age  did  dc 

Tho'  her  life  was  a  vapour  that  vanish'd  awai 

She  lived  well  and  happy  until  the  last  day.* 

The  other  Old  Woman's  Wish,  commencing 
"  If  I  live  to  be  old,  which  I  never  will  own," 
is  scarcely  presentable  here,  as  may  be  ima£ 
from  the  last  verse,  — 

«*  Without  palsy  or  gout  may  I  die  in  my  chair. 
And  when  dead  may  my  great-great-grandchild  dc 
She's  gone,  who  so  long  has  cheated  the  Dca^I, 
And  the  world  is  well  rid  of  a  troublesome  eviL 
That  gave  to  her  passion  an  absolute  sway. 
Till  with  mumbling  and  grunting,  her  breath 

away, 
Without  ache  or  congh,  by  a  tedious  decay." 

Another  parody  on  it,  entitled  The  Pope's  1 
was  published  in  The  Muse's  Farewell  to  Pt 
and  Slavery,  anno  1689.  A  sample  verse  oi 
last  may  be  excused :  — 

**  If  I  wear  out  of  date,  as  1  find  I  fall  down. 

For  my  chair  it  is  rotten,  and  shakes  like  my  c] 

Though  I  be  an  impostor,  may  thia  be  my  dooo 

Let  mv  spiritual  market  contmue  at  Rome : 

May  the  words  of  my  mouth  the  nationa  h 

Till  monarcbs  and  princes  mv  aceptre  obe]^ 

To  feed  on  the  fat,  and  the  leJA  ones  to  shr 

This  probably  may  have  been  written  by 
Pope  himself,  ns  he  was  opposed  to  the  ptf 
James  II.  When  Pope  added  fifteen  verses 
notes  to  his  original  song,  Sir  Koser  L'Estn 
then  censor  of  the  press,  refused  to  liccni 
Upon  which  the  witty  Doctor  wrote  the  Iblkr 
Uiifi^  which  were  y^nted^  and  handed  abottt  m 
V}bAN¥>Ba%  «a^«a  ^  ^duA  ^1  \^ 


m 


aV,Jinr«4,'B4] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIEa 


403 


**  Osf  Lit  8riut!iae. 
7\»  the  Tftnt  ofihe  Old  Man'i  IFtiA. 
[  ••  May  I  Uvr  ftir  from  Toriw  and  \Vkiga  of  ill  Rat  are, 
Aiul  fart!i*"8i?  of  nil  fW^m  i  Ay  r>h«;en'ritr>r  •  ; 
Mriy  it  '  .  ..     -     .     ^^ 

Norwr;  r'lid. 

May  I  i:-       -     ,^- :- .    ^       :lllbet«w», 

Anil  prostrate  my  soui  lor  a  Pup?  and  him  cttttM : 
Fori^'Ptioy  (Tf^f^rcowntrv*  my  yrmth,  And  my  plAG«i 
Hi  '  '       fallie  face. 

T'  IcHAVf, 

Aj:-  ^.-    ■-..    :-  ■■  i;mYfl, 

Let  it  out  be  my  fiit«  to  part  with  my  ^vniei 
Kof  yet  with  my  <*oin*eiPtice  for  lucre  of  nencC-» 
Etii  "  ^  likh  ia  sober  nnJ  bruvc, 

^1  il  not  bo  A  alave, 

U...  .^  ,  II  lierloMTU  in  my  gr^^***-. 

^ny  1  go  vera  tay  pen  with  abaolulu  aw  Ay, 
And  writ©  less  and  le«  as  my  wits  wear  away." 

Df.  Walter  Pope,  the  writer  of  the  Old  Mans 
WUh^  was  also  the   author  of  a  very   eccentric 
[  biography.  The  Life  of  Scth^  LonI  Biihop  of  Sal- 
tisbury,  published  in  Ui97* 

A   notice  of  the    Old  Man^s    Wiih  occurs  in 
l^oaweWit  Johnson  m  the  followin'*  words  :  — 


} 


as  Olid  wLio 
le  dflv.  at  » 


ilia  iiuc^t  uj^uuier, 


•*  A  clorgymAU,  whom  ho  tli 
I  loi'od  to  sav  Httk  oddities,  war 
I  blah<>{)'i  tAble,  a  sort  of  slyness 
I  rAij^ter*  arnl  repeated,  aA  if  part  oi 
la  fting  by  Hn  Walter  Pope,  a  v. 
I  tiouAUu.%5.    Johnson  rebnked  him 

I  hy  Siml  thowing  him  that  he  did  ngt  know  the  passage 
[he  w  '^  .;..:...*  r^t^  4nd  thus  humbling  him;  *  Sir,  that  is 
]  fiot  is  thuB : '   And  he  gave  it  right.    Then, 

llool  il  ;]y  on  him :  *  Sir,  there  is  a  part  of  thiit 

[iotig  which  I  ahould  wish  to  exemplify  in  my  own  life:— 

•  Miiy  I  govefii  my  paaalotts  wiilt  ;ibsolaie  fWfty.*  ** 

WllXIASi   PlH&£RTO!l. 


EDWABD  ABDEN, 
(3^*  S.  V*  352.) 
Mb*  Paykb  CoLLEEii's  note,  in  reference  to  & 
[letter  of  Secretary  Walsln^ham  to  Burghley, 
[states  that  *^ Edward  Arden,  distantly  related  to 
I  Shak$|>eare*s  mother,  was  executed  for  Ui^j^h  trea- 
son, Dec,  20,  1583/*  I  wish  to  ascertain,  if  poa- 
Istblef  what  was  th  '    l^^gree  of  relationship 

[between    theni.  -showf    that  Edward 

en  WJ13  Uie  sou  m  m  iiiiam  Arden;  that  he 
ried  Mary,  daughter  of  Sir  Robert  ITirock- 
ton,  by  whom  he  had  a  son  Robert  (who  died 
Peb.  27,  16S5)  ;  and  that,  at  the  time  of  hi*  exo- 
ilttoo,  Edward  Arden  was  about  forty-one  years 
ftf  ltfe»  But  he  does  not  show  the  relationship 
to  tSe  Mary  Arden,  who  married  Shakspeares 
[  father. 

While  on  this  subject,  let  mc  recommend  the 

whole   affair   of   John    Somerville   and  Edward 

I  Arden  to  the  careful  investigation  of  such  of  your 

[natders  ua  are  disposed  and  able,  to  mnke  the 

*  fb«  UMttn  of  eno  of  the  many  periodicals  |iabliah»d 
by  L'Estrangt. 


noceisary  search  after  documentary  evidence. 
From  the  testimony  of  most  of  our  histnriaiii, 
it  would  seem  that  John  Somerville,  a  Roman 
Catholic,  and  a  madman^  ran  a  muck  with  a  drawn 
sword  and  threatened  to  kill  the  queen.  He  had 
married  the  daughter  of  Edward  Arden,  a  gentle- 
man of  ^ood  estate  and  ancient  (Saxon)  family  in 
Warwickshire,  who  had  made  himself  very  ob* 
noBious  to  Leicester,  Lingard  says,  at  fir^t  by 
refbtinpf  Uy  sell  a  portion  of  his  estate  for  the  ac- 
commodation of  that  powerful  favourite  ;  and  that 
in  the  course  of  tlie  quarrel,  he  rejected  the  EarPs 
livery,  opposed  him  in  all  his  pursuits  in  the 
county,  and  was  accustomed  to  speak  of  him 
with  contempt  as  an  upstart,  an  adulterer,  and  a 
tyrant.  This  outrage  of  Sotnerville  (who  is  said 
to  have  been  subject  to  6ts  uf  insanity)  seems  to 
have  afPorded  Leicester  an  opportunity  for  that 
revenge  which  su  iI^hdIv  stained  his  character. 
Arden,  and  a  pt  1  Hall,  were  put  to  the 

torture,    Arden  ^  m  maintaining  his  inno- 

cence; but  the  priest  stated  that  Arden  had^  in 
his  hearing,  "  wished  the  queen  were  in  henven/* 
On  this  slender  proof,  and  the  conduct  of  Somer- 
ville, he,  with  Arden  and  Hall,  and  Arden's  wifo, 
were  convicted  of  a  conspiracy  to  kill  the  queen. 
Somerville  (Lingard  says,  on  pretence  of  m« 
sanity,)  was  removed  to  Newcate,  and  found 
within  two  hours  strangled  in  bis  cell.  Arden 
was  executed  the  next  day.  The  others  were 
pardoned  ;  thus  strengtheninjj  a  general  belief, 
that  Arden's  death  was  to  V  i  -  ^  d  to  the  ven- 
geance of  Leicester,  wbn  lands  of  his 

victim  to  one  of  his  own  J.f.. *.:,4.     It  may  be 

said  that  Lingard's  creed  binned  his  viewf,  anil 
tinged  his  statements  with  prejudice.  Rut  see 
Camden  ;  who  compiled  his  Life  of  EUtnhdh  at 
tbe  desire  of  Lord  Burtililey,  and  had  both  that 
statesman's  papers,  and  the  Stale  Papers  and  Re- 
cords of  the  queen  and  the  Privy  Council,  placed 
at  his  disposal  for  the  purpose.  See  also,  Stowe*s 
Chmnick ;  Dugdale's  Warwichhire  (pp.  6^1, 
9ao)  ;  and  the  recent  historians.  In  Dr.  Narf>s*8 
Memoir$  vf  Burghley,  one  of  the  subjects  in  the 
Table   of  Contents   prefixed   to   voh  iii.   cap,  x. 

C,  181  (yeans  1582-83),  is,  "Case  of  Arden  and 
is  Family  ;"  but,  stranp:ely  enough,  the  text  has 
not  one  word  on  the  subject.  1  have  seen  the 
Records  of  the  Trial  (Faurth  Report  of  the  DtftUy 
Keeper  of  (he  Public  Recordt^  Appendix  u.  p.  27  2\ 
and  also  references  to  the  subject  in  Peeks 
Desiderata  Curiom^  &c. ;  Sir  J.  Mackintosh's 
Cofitiwiator  '  P"^f'>>-'^'f  //';v^,^'J/  ,i/'  England^  &c. 
Proude^s  //  only  to  1567. 

ApHrt  iV  t  which  thi^ 

foul  nn'.L  I.  I  h  ,  It  is  sup^gestive  of  some 
natural  ImiiMii  -  ■ 'm  tfliios  and  iititir'alhles  m  the 
heart  of  ou  i  :^^  -^^ja 

enacted,  aiv  ^^^^ajj 


464 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


C8^&Y.  JOBBi 


the  public  ignominy  of  her  relative*8  head  bising 
exhibited  on  London  Bridge,  and  his  bowels,  &c., 
on  the  walls  of  the  city  —  Shakspeare  was  in  his 
twentieth  year,  a  husband,  and  a  father ;  and  he 
inust  have  seen  these  sad  sights,  and  witnessed  his 
mother's  grief.  Can  we  wonder  at  his  life-long 
avoidance  of  Leicester,  or  at  his  friendship  for 
Southampton  and  the  unfortunate  and  misled 
Essex  ?  I  hope  some  competent  person  will  take 
up  this  subject.  Cbux. 

"NOW,  BRAVE  BOYS,  WE'RE  ON  FOR 
MARCHIN*." 

(3'*  S.  iii.  386,  459.) 

I  have  long  wondered  why  the  words  of  this 
well-known  Irish  military  comic  song  have  not 
been  supplied  to  your  valuable  journal.  I  got 
them  in  1840  from  Lieutenant  Gordon  Skelly 
Tidy,  lieutenant  (and  subsequently  captain)  in 
the  48th  Regiment,  who  received  them  from  En- 
sign John  ueorge  Minchin  of  the  same  corps. 
Both  these  officers  being  now  deceased,  I  act  as 
their  literary  executor.  If  we  had — as  I  have 
frequently  wished — a  portion  of  **N.  &  Q."  de- 
TOted  to  music,  the  name  of  which  might,  from 
time  to  time,  be  sought  afler,  I  could  send  here- 
with the  music  as  well  as  the  words  of  this  droll 
conceit ;  but,  as  no  such  opportunity  exists,  I  can 
only  transmit  the  "  immortal  verse  "  of  the  ballad 
sought  after  by  your  correspondents.  I  have  never 
seen  the  version  published  in  the  Bentley  BaUads 
to  which  Mr.  Kelly  alludes.  The  version  which 
I  now  send  appeared  at  p.  567  of  the  Naval  and 
Military  Gazette  for  September  4,  1841,  and  were 
furnished  by  me  to  the  editor  of  that  news- 
paper :  — 

*•  The  farewell  of  the  Irish  Grenadier  to  km 
Ladye  Love." 

[Our  readers  will  at  once  detect  the  plagiarism 
from  the  subjoined  ballad  which  has  been  com- 
mitted by  the  author  of  "  Partant  pour  la  Syrie ; " 
indeed  it  is  so  evident  that  it  must  attract  the 
attention  of  every  person  who  is  not  blind  to  con- 
viction. When  "  Vivi  Tu  "  and  "  Di  Piacer  "  shall 
be  forgotten,  and  when  the  world  shall  have  become 
sceptical  as  to  the  existence  of  "  Semiramide  "  or 
*'  La  Sonnambula,"  "  Love,  farewell !  "  will  be 
remembered  with  a  feeling  of  gratitude  to  the  in- 
dividual who  first  introduced  it  to  public  no- 
tice] :  — 

•*  Now,  brave  boys,  we're  on  for  inarch  in', 
First  for  France,  and  dhin  for  Holland, 
Where  cannons  roar,  and  min  is  dyin', 
March,  brave  boys,  there's  no  denyin'  ;— 

Love,  farewell  I 

•'  I  think  I  hear  the  Cumel  cryin' 
•  March,  brave  boys,  there's  colours  flyin' ; 
Colours  fiyin',  drunu  a  baytin', 
Mgrcb,  bnve  boys,  there's  no  Tethraytin'.' 

LoT«,f«i«wfSV\ 


"The  Mayjor  cries,* Bojrs,  are  yees  ready? 
Stand  t'  yeer  arms  both  firm  an*  sCaady ; 
Wid  ev*ry  man  his  flask  of  powdber. 
An'  his  firelock  on  his  showldher.' 

LovSy  fiureird] 

"  The  mother  cries,  *  Boys,  do  not  wrong  me. 
Do  not  take  mee  dawuiers  from  me ; 
Av  yeee  do,  I  will  tormint  yeea. 
An'  afther  death,  mee  ghost  '11  hant  yeet.* 

JLovc^  £uvveu 

**  •  Now  Molly,  dear,  do  not  grieve  for  me, 
I  am  goin' to  fight  for  Ireland's  glory; 
Av  we  lives,  we  lives  victorious. 
An',  av  we  dies,  our  sowls  is  glorious.' 

Love,£ueveU!* 

Jum 


LONG  GRASS. 

(3'*  S.  iv.  288.) 

P&OFESSOB  De  MoBOAif,  quotes  from  'Stt 
Survey orn^  Dialogue^  a  statement  that  in  a'l 
dow  "  near  Salisbury  there  was  a  yearly  gro«i 
grass  ** above  ten  foote  long;**  and  that  ^*ita 

f parent  that  the  grasse  is  commonly  sixteeoel 
onff.**  The  Professor  says,  "  This  grass  ma 
made  shorter  before  I  can  swallow  it.  Win 
your  readers  say  ?  What  is  now  the  tallest  | 
in  England?" 

"This  note  and  query  are  very  interesting, 
former  shows  that  the  irrigated  meadows 
were  in  full  operation,  at  a  maximum  fert 
nearly  two  hundred  and  fifty  years  ago ;  the  1 
that  80  learned  a  man,  as  all  the  world  knoa 
Professor  to  be,  is  unaware  of  so  old  a  hi 
will  endeavour,  as  gently  as  I  can,  to  mak( 
swallow  it  by  cutting  it  into  four,  five,  o 
lengths,  each  of  a  month's  growth. 

In  1851,  1  was  directed  by  the  General  1 
of  Health  to  investigate  and  report  up<>i 
"  Practical  Application  of  Sewer  Water  and 
Manures  to  Agricultural  Production."  ]VI 
quiries  included  the  most  notable  irrigated 
dows.  The  results  will  be  found  in  a  Bine 
presented  to  Parliament  in  1852.  I  shall  fc 
** quoting"  from  so  large  a  collection  of 
but  will,  as  briefly  as  possibly,  *^ extract** 
figures  bearing  on  the  points  raised  by  Proi 
De  Morgan. 

The  great  fertility  of  the  old  meadows 
Salisbury  has  caused  the  extension  of  simila 
gation  slong  the  river  Wiley  to  Warmiost 
as  to  comprise  between  2000  and  3000  acr 
do  not  appear  to  have  ascertained  the  a 
growth  of  grass  in  feet  and  inches,  but  state 
heavy  crops  can  be  cut  in  the  course  of  t 
months.** 

At  Myer  Mill  Farm,  near  Maybole,  in 
shire,  I  found  Italian  rye-grass  growiDg  two 
in  twenty-four  hours ;  and  in  seven  mootbi 


a»^  &  T.  JcKK  4,  '64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES, 


At] 


•VV€ 


Mr,  Hobt.  Hftrvey'8  Dairy  Fami,  Dear  Glas- 
,  the  evidence  of  the  manager  was :  — 
6  have  cut  on  Pinkiston-hill  ten  ft»ot  of  —■ •^-  *'  ■<!! 

The  finit  tut  wtts  4  feet  high ;  the 
and  3  inches;  aiid  the  third  was  nbovt         i 
measured  it  myself." 

At  Hale  wood  Form,  near  Liverpool,  the  pro- 

rty  of  the  Earl  of  Derby,  occupied  by  Robert 

^Uson,  Esq.,  I  found  8  feet  6  inches  of  Italian 

cut  within  seven  months,  and  a  sixth 

growing. 

Liacard  Farm,  in  Cheshire,  the  property  of 

arold  Littledale,  Esq.,  I  found  80  acres  of  Italian 

e-grafl,**,  from  which   there  had    been  cut  four 

1,  each  2}  to  3  feet  thicic  during  the  summer 

jULitumn  of  the  same  year. 

Port  Kerry  Farm,  Glamorganshire,  on  the 

'y  estate.     The  first  crop  of  the  same  kind 

graas  was  30  inches  ;  the  second  and  third  33 

ichea  each ;  the  fourth,  14  inches.     Total,  9  feet 

inches.      In  the  autumn  sheep  were   turned 

ito  it. 

Canning  Park,  near  Ayr.  The  same  kind  of 
raas  grown  and  cut  the  same  summer  and  au- 
imn^  First  crop,  18  inches;  second,  1^  to  24 
ches;  third  and  fourth,  each  3  f^n^t  to  4 J  feet; 
fth,  2  feet;  and  aixtb,  18  inches.  Total,  mean 
regate  cut  in  seven  months,  14  feet  3  inches. 
have  made  this  note  ai*  brief  as  possible ;  and, 
conclusion,  benr  courteously  to  present  to  Peo- 
MBsoR  Du  MoBOAN,  through  the  editor,  a  small 
arcel  of  the  actual  grass  last  mentioned;  and 
wo  others,  of  nearly  equal  length,  from  the  ccle- 
raled  Cniigtntinny  Meadows,  near  Edinburgh. 
They  were  gathered  by  my  own  hands  in  Itiil, 
,d  I  regret  to  say  they  have  lost  their  firagrance. 


THE  CUCKOO  SONG. 

(3'*  S.  V.  418.) 

T  think  I  may  venture  to  affirm,  touching  the 
Ong  of  the  cuckoo,  thut  the  pitch  of  the  notes  is 
ertuinly  not  always  the  same  (speaking  of  the 
ribe  generiiHy),  even  if  it  do  not  vary  with  the 
on  in  individual  birds.  In  White*s  Natural 
of  Selhirnnf  (edited  by  the  Rev.  Leonard 
_  Us,  1843),  page  194,  after  mentioning  that 
rbwls  in  that  neighbtmrhood  "  hoot  in  three 
lifierent  keys, — ^in  G  tl.'it  or  F  sharp,  in  B  flat, 
nd  A  tlnt^  and  querying  whether  "  these  diflerent 
ol^s  proceed  from  dilferent  species,  or  only  from 
'  lUs  indivtiluttis,"  the  writer  goes  on  to  state 
[ll  htts  been  found  upon  trial  that  the  note  of 
tickoo  (of  which  we  have  but  one  species) 
ries  in  different  individuals.  About  Selbonie 
jrood  he  (Mir.  White's  informant)  found  they 
tere  mostly  in  D.  He  heard  two  wing  together* 
oe  one  m  D  and  the  other  in  D  sharpi  which  (aa 


the  writer  naively  remarks)  made  a  disagreeable 
concert  (!)  He  afterwards  heard  one  in  D  sharp, 
and  about  Wolmer  Forest  some  in  C, 

In  Houe'e  Year  Book  (p.  516)  is  the  following 
Ctirious  account  of  the  song  of  this  bird :  — 

*•  Earlv  in  the  flcannn,  tliP  cuckoo  heg{t)§  with  the  in- 
terval of  a  minor  ihinl:  the  bird  then  proceeds  to  a 
major  third,  next  to  «  fourth,  then  a  fifth,  nfler  which 
his  voicti  breaks  out  without  attAiaing  a  minor  nijtth/' 

The  writer  then  quotes  "  an  old  Norfolk  pro- 
verb **  as  follows  :  — 

"  In  April  the  cuckoo  Aows  his  hill. 
In  May  he  sings  night  and  day^ 
In  June  he  chanffes  hU  fvwe, 
In  Joly  away  h«  fly. 
In  August  away  be  mutt." 

From  Hone's  description  of  the  song  of  the 
cuckoo  it  would  seem  clear  that,  whether  or  not 
he  changes  his  key^  he  certainly  (as  the  proverb 
says)  **  changes  his  tune**  J.  B.  8* 

The  two  notes  given  in  Gungl's  Cuckoo  Galop 

are  B  natural  and  G  sharp,  the  same  interval  as 
E  natural  and  C  sharp  mentioneil  by  your  cor* 
respondent.  But  I  have  just  heard  the  tuckoo 
give  F  natural  and  C  sharp,  where  the  interval  is 
not  3.15,  as  in  the  above,  but  4.27  ;  and  in  a 
popular  song  the  interval  given  is  F  natural  and 
C  natural^  or  equal  to  4.98  ;  these  figures  being 
the  proportion  of  12  into  which  our.  musical  scale 
is  divided,  llie  author  of  Jlabitg  of  Birds  fi\ves 
F  natural  and  D  natural,  or  an  interval  of  2.^4, 
less  than  any  of  the  above ;  and  Kircher  says 
{Musyrgia^  i.)  it  is  from  D  natural  to  B  flat,  an 
interval  of  3.86.  See  Penny  CtjcL  xx.  507,  where 
the  exact  division  of  the  octave  is  given.  Ac- 
cording to  Mitford  (Linn.  Trans,  vol,  vii.^,  "the 
cuckoo  begins  early  in  the  season  with  the  interval 
of  a  minor  third;  the  bird  then  proceeds  to  a 
major  third,  next  to  a  fourth,  then  to  a  fifth, 
after  which  his  voice  breaks  without  attaining  a 
minor  sixth,*'  a  circum.«itanee  long  ago  remarked 
by  John  Heywood  (Epigrams^  black  letter,  1587), 
A  friend  of  White  of  Selborne  (Lett.  45)  fouml 
upon  trial,  that  the  note  varies  in  different  iudi- 
viduals ;  for,  about  Selborne  wood  he  found  they 
were  mo.«itly  in  D  ;  he  heard  two  sing  together, 
the  one  in  D,  and  the  other  in  D  shiirp,  which 
made  a  disagreeable  concert ;  he  afterwards  heard 
one  in  D  sharp,  and  about  ^Volmer  Forest,  some 
ill  C.    ("  Habits  of  Birds,"  Z-,  A\  JL  305,) 

T.  J.BUCKTON. 

Lichfield, 


I  have  carefully  noticed  the  cry  of  the  bird  as 
it  haa  been  uttered  in  Somerset  and  Devon  during 
the  last  vfijek  or  two ;  and  my  e^r,  no  unpractised 
or  iincuUivatcd  one,  assures  me  that,  so  far  it  has 
been  invariably  a  precise  intervrtl  a^  a  ftiui:Oi% 
aad  Tiot,  MA  R.  Vf .  l> .  'i^^ct'CGeaW  -a.  rnvtvoi^  ^vc^ 


466 


NOTES  AND  QUEBIE& 


[•*8.T.tai 


The  notei  arc  **  do,  lol/*  that  is  to  lay  (if  I  adopt 
the  key  named  by  U.  W.  I).)*  ^>ot  E  and  C  aharp, 
but  K  and  1$  natural.  That  thin  is  probably  the 
general  long  of  the  binl,  musical  conipofera  tes- 
tify ;  as  for  example,  in  the  old  catch,  ^*  Sweel[s 
the  pleasure  in  the  Spring/*  in  which  tlie  cry  is 
imitated  by  the  notes  it,  D;  and  in  the  well- 
known  Bottin<!  (r  think  by  Arnc)  of  the  long  in 
Love's  Labour's  Lost 

"Cuckoo!  Tuckool 
Oil,  wortl  of  fear,"  &c. 

Whore  I  think  the  notes  cmi>Ioycd  ore  C  natural 
and  CJ. 

May  *JNt]|.  I  have  this  evening  heard  a  cuckuo 
»in;rin^  ninjor  thirds. 

^lay  :iOth.  And  tliis  morning  another,  singing 
an  imperfect  interval  between  a  mi^or  third  and 
a  fourth. 

\Vci;lks\s  fine  old  t]irec*part  madrigal,  '*  The 
ni^liiin«;aK',  the  or;^an  of  deli^^lit,"  gives  the 
"  Cuckoo  "  in  minor  tliirds,  in  :it  least  four  dif- 
ferent keys  (K,  C  sharp,  A,  V  shar]),  IJ,  G  sharp, 
I),  B  natural). 

Wliitf,  in  his  Natural  History  o/Selbonie,  vol.  i. 
Letter  X.  says,  on  the  authority  of  a  neighbour, 
that  — 

**TliL«nuti>  of  thi;  ruckoo  varicM  in  iliflfcn'nl  iiidiviiliuilsi 
for  about  St;lboniu  Wood  he  found  they  wur^  mostly  in 
D:  ho  lu'urd  two  sing  to^i'tlur,  the  one  in  1>,  the  other 
in  I)  nhnrp,  who  mad*  a  dlMn^n'cahle  foncert:  he  after- 
wanlH  heanl  one  in  i)  rtliar]>i  and  about  Wohncr  Forest, 
iH>niu  in  C' 

AVhito  docs  not  explain  which  note  he  or  his 
nei;:hbour  considers  to  be  the  key-note — the  first 
or  the  last. 

I  have  above  treated  the  first  or  upper  note  as 
the  key-note,  calling  it  "  do."  Perhaps  it  would 
have  been  more  cornn't  to  consider  the  closing 
note  as  indicating  the  key  ;  in  which  case  the  two 
notes  (at  a  fourth  interval)  would  bo  "fa,  do." 

w.  r.  p. 


L\sKO  (3^  8.  V.  44*2.)  —  I  think  your  corro- 
s]Kmdtint  A.  A.  is  niiMtaken  when  he  says  "  there 
is  no  such  thing  as  a  la»w  mentioned  in  any 
ancient  author."  Surely,  Sir  Francis  Head  him- 
self could  hnrdly  have  given  a  more  graphic  de- 
s<!ription  of  the  lasso  than  the  two  following. 
Her(Mh)tiis,  speaking  of  the  eight  thousand  Sagar- 
tiau  cavalry,  says  (lil>.  vii.  85), — 

rnvrtuiy  tQv  OLv^fWV  ijS*  *  tirfdv  (rvufLiiiryuffi  To7tri  iroAc- 
HiouTi^  fiaWovai  ra%  (Tftpas,  «V  &Kp(f>  fipoxovs  ix"*^^^' 
Srew  8'  hv  rvx\1  ^*^  t*  tmrav  ^w  rt  avOfH^ou  iv  iwvrhy 
cAkci'  ui  8f  iv  tpKttri  i^iFaXaffc6y.tvoi  ^la/pOtlpomat. 

Pausanias  (i.  21,  5)  mentions  the  Sarmatlans  at 
uaing  the  same  weapon,  fur  the  same  cauae  pro- 
babljv  Bcorcity  of  metal :  — 


iiftrxtOimas  rtus  CMpatu 

Suidaa  f s.  y.  ^ttpni)  mentions  tke  Ptrth 

as  using  the  lasso ;  and  Mr.  Rawliiuon 

!  Assyrian  sculptures,  now  in  the  British ; 

i  represent  the  use  of  it  Lnm 

Sandbach. 

[We  beg  to  acknowledge  a  dmilar  commnii 

OXOICIKXHIS.] 

Can  any  of  your  readers  tell  me  wha 
lazos  were  first  used  for  catching  cattle 
to  the  plan  now  followed  in  Mexico  i 
America  ? 

Were  they  known  in  Spain  before  tb 
of  Mexico,  or  by  the  English  and  Fi 
cancer  hunters  of  Tortuga  and  lli^pani 
sixteenth  century  P 

Old  Paintisu  at  Eastbb  Fowlis 
19-2.)— In  No.  1 14  of  '*  N.  &  Q."  whid 
been  received  here,  there  is  the  d<WLT 
curious  old  painting  at  Easter  Fowli*>, 
dee,  by  G.  G.  M.  of  Edinburgh.  In  tJ 
tion  occurs  the  following  sentence :  ^ 
has  evidently  not  been  aware  of  the  i 
tions  of  Satan's  apf>earance ;  or  if  so, 
parted  widely  from  it." 

Now,  I  rather  think  that  the  artist 
fectly  well  what  he  was  about,  albeit 
to  have  made  a  devil  of  a  mistake, 
majesty  is  rather  notorious  for  his  ccec 
in  dress,  and  astonishing  transtbrniatio 
but  up  to  this  moment,  if  I  am  prop 
tened  on  this  rather  dark  subject^  be 
eondcHccnded  to  honour  the  crustocea 
by  assuming  the  slia]K'  and  livery  of  : 
even  a  craw-fish — **  Veruui  cancri  mil 
tas  cum  Diabolo." 

The  ]»ieture  at  Easter  Fowlis  does 
represent  the  parting  of  the  soul  froi 
but  cpdte  on  the  contrary,  the  emb 
the  soul,  which,  coming  from  the  mn< 
bodied  on  the  earth  under  the  intluem 
(icdtpKiFov),  the  Eneloser  or  Confiner. 
serves  Nork  {Realworterhuch^  ii.  p.  38 
fold  meaning  of  /utla,  which  signiilcs 
and  also  the  deity  that  favours  births 
wife  deess  M  aia.  The  craw  -  fish  was  sac 
who  preside<l  over  marriage,  and  was 
tress  of  married  women.  No  doubt  tl 
be  found  somewhere  in  the  picture 
Fowlis  if  lookctl  for.  I  Iioihj  1  have  i 
I  giving  the  devil  his  due,  and  in  doh 
both  to  him  and  the  lobsters,  by  tl 
they  have  nothing  in  commtm.  L. 

Kingston,  Jamaica,  May  0,  18ti1. 

Jeremiau  IIorrocks  (3''  S.  v.  1 
PBOFBasoB  De  Morqah  and  othiSr 
orerlook  the  object  of  my  inquiry.   I 


g.¥.  li7im4^'6C] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


467 


of  Homfcks^i  birtli  be  1610,  then  h»  mimt 
re  been  entered  u  Slziu'  at  CwDbridge  wben 

ily  thirteen  yeitr^  nf  a<»»',  Tlii?  stiiiui  very  im^ 
proboble  ;   and  1:  /  hiM  birth 

which  i  d^aire   (i  w  oil  about 

Wbttttou  s  Lift  of  IJorroch,  and  what  the  Rev. 
R  Brikell  bus  done  at  Hoolc.  T.  T,  W. 

Oratorto  or  »  Abbl'*  (8'<  8.  v.  297.)— I  ^^^^ 
iirn  word-books  of  thb  OraU}rio,  tbo  tUlen  of 
which  sure  as  followfl :  — ■ 

-   '■,  ■'  '■  '     -T     '^     AjU 

,  .. .  Printed 

,   Coveat   Gard«ii. 


lO^l ,     :..    ..„. 

iorrr.v     (Pri>«  on- 

'  ":  itii  i>t  Abel    An  Or&torio,  or 

Si.  Aa  it  »  PerfortuM  at  th« 

TLi^  ...  1  Lhm,    8«t  to  Miatic  by  Doctor 

Arac     Loncioa  :  i^riDUd  for  R.  Franckiin,  &c.  MDOi^i&ii. 
(Prict!  Ouc  Shilling.)"    4to. 

On  the  latter  U  written^  in  a  contemporary 
hand,  "  By  John  Lockmim  " 

Kpwa&d  F*  Rimbaci:.t, 

Dob  (3'**  S.  v.  416.)  — Though  Bailey  give« 
**  the  drotie  bee  **  as  the  raeanjng  ot'  the  word 
Dor^  tbiB  cannot  be  the  ia«ect  alluded  to  by  Thoa. 
Adam$,  in  ihe  passage  nuoted,  where  he  speaks 
of  **  dor  iu  duiiHjbilL"  1  have  all  my  life  heard 
the  name  applied  to  %  beetle^  one  of  thai  tort 
which  one  so  often  sees  alightJnf^  on  ordure,  with 
K  deep  dronini^  noise,  nnd  which  ia  described  Jn 
the  well-known  line  in  Gray^s  Ele^  :  — • 

**  Save  where  the  beetle  wbeela  hii  droning  flight" 

In  fact  Bailey  gives  thU  meaning  to  the  word 
Dorr^  **  a  kind  of  beetle  livinj?  on  treu«/*  and 
Dyehe  ^ives  as  the  meaning  of  Dorr^  **  the  com- 
niuQ  black  beetle ;  al^o  the  chafer,  or  dusty 
tie,"  which  latter,  no  doubt,  wu  the  one  in> 
^nil  by  Bailey,  being  tho  oockcluifer.  The 
tinion  block  beetle  h^  however,  lo  commonly 
called  the  Dor  beetle^  that  notwithitandisg  the 
diiference  of  ^pelUn^,  I  cannot  doubt  that  it  WMfl 
,  thfi  inseet  meant  by  T.  Adams.  Bees  do  not  often 
light  upon  duni:^;  but  every  one  knows  thiit  beetle 
do  Ao  habitually..  F.  C  H. 

A  drone  bee  has  imthm-j  to  do  with  dunghillg. 
The  drone  fly  has^  indeeaj  to  a  certain  extent ; 
J  but  the  insect   here  meant  must  surely   be  the 
I  well-known  beetle  —  the  dor^  or  clock,  as  he  i$ 
I  smnetimes    called  —  Geotrupei    MtercorariuSy    the 
ahard  borne  beetle,  whose  ironing  flight  on  sum- 
mer evenrTUj-j^  i«i  mo  rr>ristnntly  seen* 

W.  J,  BiCBFllABD  SMrrH, 
Tfuiulc. 

To  Mam  (3^  S.  v.  397.)— Several  tdocidationa 

^ "  Man  but  >  ■• '  V  "  't^tvc  lately  apfieared.   Two, 
thinks  art!  curloue  to  bear  traai* 


**Th6  ri>aJinir  i«  %  bloadisr  of  the  firat  folio,  and  ptr- 
Ijapa  V  '  to  remain  jind  bo  repeated  bec«u»o  the 

right  ->   l*wt  •   fujin"  in  so  otirinu*.      It  i* 

notict .  '  '1 

Tayltu 

fruin  aoiite  book,  n-*  ^^^1  '^^^ 

Ihit  the  received  r  .  ."—fimUie 

Ojnnian,  April  !},  l&'ri. 

Another  correipondent  iays :  — 

**  Blay  I  be  permitted  to  sappo«e  thjit  there  Uava* 
onfinally,  booa  two  printer^  errors,  vix.  gf  puuclujitioa 
and  of  f  polllog*  Bead  Oihello'a  address  to  Grati^i^n^  oa 
foUowa :  — 

"  Do  you  go  bof^k  dijuiayed?  'tli  a  lost  fe«r»  man  t 
Put  a  rash  agaitut  Othalio^  btaott  and  he  retires.*' 

Id,,  April  16. 

I  merely  transcribe  the  aboyc.  I  have  nlways 
avoided  giving  on  opinion  on  readings  in  Shak« 
apere,  lefit^  Uke  my  betteri,  I  ihould  lose  my 
temper,  FiTZJiopKina. 

Gorrick  Chib. 

Hatdx  QinsEiBS  (S'*  S*  v.  212,  &c.)— May  I  be 

nermitted  to  add  another  to  Uie  former  queries  f 

Which  it)  the   composition   called,   in    Germany, 

"The  Razor  Quartette''?     The  tradition  is,  that 

the  great  composer  one  morning  was  shaving,  and 

I  in  a  pet  with  his  instrument,  which,  like  moi^t  of 

j  the  loreiffn  cutlery  at  that  time,  was  very  bod. 

In  tlie  middle  of  the  operation  his  publij^her  came 

in ;  and  Haydn  said,  **  I  would  give  a  first-rate 

I  quartette  if  I  could  but  get  a  good  Enrfish  rator," 

The  publisher,  who  had  not  long  before  been  In 

,  England,  took  him  at  his  word  ;  tfkn  home  directly, 

ana  fetched  one  he  had  brought  over  with  liim. 

Haydn  kept  his  promise,  and  presented  him  with 

the  score  of  what  be  told  him  at  the  time  was  the 

beat  quartette  he  had  ever  written.  A.  A. 

Poetf'  Comer, 

Salmaouhdi  (3^*  S.  v.  38«.)  —  The  jitory  told 
in  France  relative  to  this  dish,  which  in  made  of 
Baited  fish,  is,  that  one  of  their  queens  wa«  very 
fond  of  salt,  and  her  chief  lady  vfaa  of  the  Italian 
family  the  Gondi.  During  dinner^  the  former  was 
ill  the  habit  of  continually  asking  for  her  fa- 
voi/i-ite  condiment:  **  Le  ael,  ma  Gondi — le  sel^  ma 
Gondi.**  And  it  is  said,  that  when  tbi*  dish  was 
invented,  the  courtiers  gave  it  this  name ;  whichg 
by  a  slight  corruption,  became  kolmagundi,  Th« 
story  is  perhaps  neither  vera  nor  exactly  hen 
trotato;  however,  it  is  the  tradition  across  the 
Channel.  A,  A. 

Potita*  Comer. 

]^£a»sow  Botte^  and  Cut  a  vises  (3*^  S.  v.  350,) 
H,  S.  will  find  in  Chumbera't  Booh  o/Da^u^  voK  •• 
p.  860s  the  ou&tom  of  marrow  bonea  and  cleaver- 
iiv  Itng  often  at  murrioges.     The  writer 

Bit  WSt  — 

n  at  tha  MarriojTi?  o^  the 


468 


NOTES  AND  QUEEIES, 


[r^T^JwKU 


with  Ttiwrow  bonei  und  cleareri,  and  roughly  puihing 
aside  thoie  who  doubtlpss  crtntidered  them*elvc«  as  the 
kgitiraate  mu&iciana.  We  arc  ihus  fiivoured  wjth  a  nip- 
jnonal  of  what  might  l^  c-ftlled  one  erf  the  old  s 

of  ihe  LtmdoTi  vulgar  ^ — one  JQst  about  to  i 

"which  hua,  in  renlity,  becorao  obsolete  in  tht  ^  ,  ail 

of  the  metropolis.  The  custom  iti  question  was  cue  esaon- 
tiftllv  connected  with  marriage.  The  perform*irg  were 
tho  fjutchera*  men, — the  *  bonny  boys  that  wear  the  fileevc« 
of  blue/  A  set  of  these  ladtt  haring  duly  aceompliBhud 
theroftolvcs  for  the  purpoM^  made  a  point  of  attending  in 
firont  of  &  house  containing^  a  marriage  party,  with  tbeir 
cJeaveri,  and  each  provided  with  a  inaiTow  bone,  where- 
with to  perform  a  iort  of  ntdc  serenade,  of  conrae  with 
the  expectation  of  a  fee  in  requital  of  tbeir  miuic.  Some- 
times  the  group  would  consist  of  four*  the  dearer  of  each 
ground  to  the  production  of  a  certain  note;  but  a  full 
hand — one  entitlGHJ  to  the  highest  grade  of  reward — 
would  be  not  less  than  dght,  productng  a  complete 
octave;  and,  where  there  wa«  a  fair  iikill,  this  eeriea  of 
notes  would  have  at!  the  fine  efTect  of  a  pe&l  of  bellSf 
When  thia  eerenarle  happened  in  the  evening,  the  men 
would  be  dressed  neatly  in  clean  blue  aprons,  eaj^h  with  a 
portentous  wedding  favour  of  xvhite  paper  in  !  '  '  "i' 
hat.  It  was  wonderful  with  what  (quickness  ji  ; 
under  the  enticing  presentment  of  beer,  th 
got  wind  of  a  coming  marriage*  and  with  wu  l  li  m  i  i y 
of  purpose  they  would  go  on  with  their  [  ri  ii  i  5  'e 
until  the  expected  crown  or  half  crown  was  forthcumiog. 
The  men  of  Clare  Market  were  reputed  to  be  the  beat 
performers,  and  their  guerdon  wis  always  on  the  highest 
•cole  accordingly.  A  merry  rough  affair  it  was;  1  rouble* 
aome  somewhat  to  the  police,  and  not  always  relished  by 
the  portv  for  whose  honour  it  woa  desigDed  j  and  some* 
timeOt  when  a  musical  band  c^une  upon  w  ground  at  tlic 
tame  time,  or  a  set  of  boys  would  please  to  interfere  with 
pebbles  rattling  in  (in  cantsters,  tiias  throwing  a  sort  of 
burlesque  on  the  performance,  a  few  blows  would  be  inter* 
changed.  Yet  the  marrow  bone  and  cleaver  epithalamium 
•oldom  foiled  to  diffufw  a  good  humouf  throughout  the 
neighbourhood;  and  one  cannot  but  regret  that  it  is 
rapidly  poaoing  among  the  thingii  that  were.*' 

Thomas  T.  Dtsb. 
EiDg*s  College. 

Baron  MrKcuACSBif  (3'*  S.  v.  397.)— O.T.D. 

write*:  — 

**  I  have  just  eome  across  nn  old  atory  in  the  Facttia 
B^Mktna^  which  may  t»e  regarded  as  the  original  of  that 
adventure  in  the  tiimlcm  romance,  which  telle  how  the 
Baron'd  horso  was  cut  in  two  by  the  descending  portcuilU 
of  a  besieged  tow  11/'  &c  , 

The  original,  however,  inay  be  Ixx^kcd  for  nl  a 
much  earlier  date.  The  following  pjiasagc  is  tik«n 
from  The  Lady  cftke  Fountain,  p,  54,  in  the  Ma* 
binogiott  of  (he  lAyfr  Cock  o  IJergrst^  as  trnnskted 
from  tbo  ancient  Welsh  MS.  by  Ladv  Charlotte 
Guest,  1838.  After  deacribing  a  fight  between 
the  two  knights,  it  says  :  — 

**  lliea  the  Block  Knight  felt  that  he  had  received  a 
mortal  wound,  upon  which  he  turned  his  horse's  head, 
and  II I'd.  Owojn  pursued  him,  and  followed  close  upon 
htm,alf hough  h«  was  not  noor  enough  to  strike  him  with 
hi*  u.ni  Iherrupon  Owuin  descried  a  vaat  and  ro- 
•pl^  And  they  came  to  the  castle  gate.  Aod 
th*  hi  Will  nlloiv.-t  tu  rntrr,  uTlil  thr  fiortculUs 
*"  '  Ijehiml 

thi'  vay  the 

TOW  , ...,  :„...  „..^  „i .i„^,..  B  ,xvvi*.    And 


the  portcuUij  d«ic«ided  to  the  flAnr.  AnA  tl.-  rwwtelC 

the  spurs  and  part  of  th*-  I  **A{)m^», 

with  the  other  piirt  of  ti  -••pg  tw 

two  gate%  atiJ     '  -  -■  -*J6»>^*«* 

could  not  go  -»  » 

situation/'    [A  «^*-J 

At  p.  367  of  the  same  collectioB.  rdil£a;t  cb 
adventures  of  Peredur,  the  son  of  Evrtvt,  ll*ft 
is  mention  of  a  remarkable  sta|^.  Tbonc^i  nai  t^ 
cherry  tree,  **  he  has  one  horn  in  hit  f^fAtm  • 
long  as  the  shiiffe  of  a  spear,  imil  as  sbarp  u  wi»- 
ever  h  sharpest ;  and  he  de^trojrs  the  branch  d 
the  best  trees  in  the  forest,  and  he  kvlls  rmj 
animal  that  he  meets  with  therein  ;  and  thorn  tte 
he  does  not  slay  perish  with  hunuer.** 

It  is  said  that  if  the  tail  of  a  leech  he  cot  4 
after  the  animal  hm  fixed  itself  to  the  skin,  k  w§ 
diink  blood  as  Boron  Munchausen's  bnTW**^ 
water.  F.  Hot* 

Barokt    of   Mori>au?it    (3'*    S.  v.  - 
P.  S.  C.  does  not  seem  to  he  11  wore  that 
Duke  of   Gordon  bad  several   sisters, 
whom  the  barony  of  Morduunt  of  course  1 
abeyance^  to  the  exclusion  of  all  other  < 
They  all  married,  and  all  I  believe  had  tf»aa.J 
CBAai.Es  F.  S.  Wa 

Cart  Famii^y  (3"^  S.  v.  398.)— I  am  sunyii 
I  cannot  aid  Mb.  Robinson  in  tracing  tWCa? 
family   in   Holland;    but  with    refif-r^-n^**   I*  It 

suprgestion  that  possibly  some   ^ 

first  Lord  Hunsdon  may  still  eN 

not  be  amiss  to  inquire  what  prut'aijititjr 

of  such  being  the  case. 

I  prcHume  that  Ma.  RonrifsoN  V      -  -       - 
descendants  only,  and  to  such  1 
attention. 

The  first  Lord  Hunsdon  hnd  four  sons,— 
John,  Edmund,  and  Kobcrt*    Robert,  thr  . 
son,  was  created  Earl  of  Monmouth,  nii 
title  became   extinct  t^o  Ii^ht  n-^o  im    i^ 
clear  that  there  can  have  1 
in  this  line  fur  the  la*>t  tw- 
therefore,  confine  our  inquiries  to  the  three 
sons. 

George,  the  eldest  son,  who  rn 

became  the  second  Lord  Hun^ 

male  iasue,  and  the  title  desG«nd^d  ou  his  Uv;hcr 

Jubn,  the  second  son* 

On  the  death  of  his  jn^andson^  the  fiAh  lord, 
the  line  of  John,  the  »eciin<l  son^  became  extsnO, 
and  the  title  passed  bo  the  descendants  oiKdammL 
the  third  son. 

This  Edimuid,   the   third  §'> 
Rf»bcrf,  who,  accordmfi  to  Mm.  I' 
sofis — 'Horatio, K;       '"'  *v  — ' 
The  line  of  lloi  . 
on  the  death  of  L 
The   line  of  Erm    1 
extinct  on  thedcaliiu:  .v  ...  -., 


iiad  four 


IMID, 


fith  U 


»rt8wV.  Ji;9b4,'64] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[in  1702;  and  the  Ime  of  Ferdinand  became  ex- 
ftct  on  the  deuth   of  Willkm   Ferdinand,  the 

tith  baron,  in  1765.    If,  as  Mb,  Robiwsoit  a|>- 

ra  to  suppose,  Rowland  waa  the  third  «on,  it  is 
iclear  that  uih  line  must  have  become  extinct 
[before  the  line  of  Ferdinand  could  have  succeeded 

the  title.  If,  however,  Rowland  was  the 
foungest  son,  it  h  certainly  possible  that  some 
[descendants  of  his  may  stili  exist. 

But  however  this  may  be,  the  question  still 
Iremaind — was  Sir  Robert  the  only  son  of  Edmund? 
l3ld«.  Robinson  speaks  of  Edmund's  having  a 
|dau;2;hter  Atitba.  If  he  had  also  a  jounj^er  .«^on, 
1  any  mule  descendant  of  this  younger  son  would 
I  probably  be  entitled  to  tlie  barony  of  Hunsdon, 

PBE-DEATU  COTTtSS  AND  MoNtlM£?«T3  (3'^  S.  V, 

J423.)—The  Earl  of  Buchan,  brother  of  Henry 
terskine  and  Lord  Chancellor  Erskine  had  hi» 
I  tombstone  put  up  during  his  life  at  Dryburgh 
I  Abbey.  There  wiis  inscribed  on  it  the  date  of  his 
f  birth,  and  by  anticipation,  that  of  his  death  thus  : 
,"  Died  the  day  of  ,18  ,"  leaving  these 
oks  to  be  filled  up  at  the  proper  time  by  his 
cessors,  which  it  is  presumed  has  been  duly 
'  attended  to.  G. 

QUOTATIOW  WANTED  (3'*  S.  iv.  499  J  V.  62.)  — 

I    **  God  and  Uic  doctor  we  alike  adore." 
I  remember  an  epigram,  but  not  whether  I  read 
or  heard  it.     Perhaps  it  may  be  admissible  with- 
I  out  verification  :  — 

"  Tres  medicQA  fAciea  h&bet  $  unam,  quando  rogatur, 
Angelicu^ ;  rnox  est,  cum  juv«t,  ipse  Dcus: 
Post  ubi  curato  poscit  sua  pnemia  morbo, 
Horridui  apparct,  terribili&que  Satan.*' 

FIT2HOP1LIXS. 
GarrJck  Clnb. 

Epitaph  o«  a  Dog  (3'"  S.  v.  416.)— **N.  &  Q. ' 
goes  in  for  everythini^ ;  so  here  is  another.  It 
was  in  lithograph,  or  the  predecessor  of  lithograph, 
fifty  years  «go  :  — 

♦♦  Ebcu  I  hie  jacct  Crony» 
A  dog  of  much  rtiDowa ; 
JS'ec  fnr,  nee  macaront» 

Thougb  bora  a^d  brud  in  town. 

**  In  war  he  was  airerritnuSf 
In  dog'like  arts  perite; 
lu  love,  iilas  I  mberrimat, 
For  he  died  of  a  rivar*  bite. 


'*  Uis  mistress  atnixil  cenotupli. 
And  as  the  verse  comes  pat  in, 
*go  qui  scribo  epitaph, 
lite  it  in  dog-latin," 


M. 


iiAJtiKG  THE  Left  Arm  (S""*  S.  vii.  106.)— 
The  following  is  from  S.  Beatley's  Excerpta  His* 
forica^  London,  1831,  p.  43  ;  — 

**  For  womnn  that  us«fj  Bordell,  that  lodge  in  tha  Ofttt;. 

•♦  Abo  that  no  maner  of  mat*  huve.  nor  hold,  any 
ot^jiuu  woman  within  hid  lodgiugt  upon  psyoo  v(  loaitig 


a  month's  w&g^ ;  and  if  any  man  findc.  or  may  finde, 
any  comon  woman  lodgtngCf  my  aside  lonle  gevetb  bim 
leve  t^  take  from  her  or  thdm  all  the  mony  that  may 
be  founde  upon  her  or  thdm,  iind  to  lake  a  atafe  and 
drj've  her  out  of  the  oste,  and  break  her  armsL*' — Orders 
by  the  liarl  of  Shrewsbury  and  the  Lord  of  Montbeimer» 
At  Ihoir  sieges  in  Maine,'*  &c, 

W.  D. 
MARBiaaE  fiBJt>Bs  A  JusTics  OP  TUB  Peacb 

(3'*  S.  V.  400)  :  — 

"  Daring  the  usurpation  of  Cromwell,  marriage  wsa 
declared  to  be  a  merely  civil  contnict."^-Deaii  Hookas 
Ohurch  Diet,  artf  "  Matrimony/* 

"  Oae  of  the  laws  of  the  Barebones  Parliament  (1653) 
made  marriage  merely  a  civil  contract.  The  parties  wcra 
forced  to  have  their  banns  published  three  times  in  the 
church  or  in  the  market  place,  and  they  were  to  profesa 
their  mutual  d^isireof  being  married  in  the  presence  of  a 
ma^tratc!.  In  1656  the  parties  were  allowed  to  a^iopt 
the  Accustomed  litea  of  religion,  if  they  preferred  them." 
— Bbhop  Short's  HiaL  of  tM  Church  of  England,  Section 
ti22. 

K. 


Doi*PHtK  AS  A  Crbot  (a-*  S.  V.  396.)— The 
arms  of  the  city  of  Glasgow  are  derived  from 
those  of  the  see.  See  Moule*s  Heraldry  of  Fish^ 
p.  124.  Mr.  Moule  seems  to  have  exhausted  the 
eubjeet  of  Dolphins  as  henddic  bearinii;3 ;  I  bej;, 
therefore,  to  refer  your  correspondent  CuEvaoit 
to  his  excellent  work»  pp.  15 — 45. 

Gkorge  W.  Mabsuajll. 

Heeaclitus  RiDENS  (3"^  S.  v.  73.)  —  My  query 
miffht  as  well  have  been  headed  **  Fly-leat  Scrib- 
blings/*  as  I  can  throw  no  light  on  the  authorship 
of  this  witty  serial.  I  have  a  copy,  however,  of 
the  edition  published  in  1713,  the  first  volume  of 
which  contains  ten  pages  of  very  closely- written 
ntanuscript  poetry,  in  a  hand  about  the  same  date 
as  the  book.  The  greater  part  is  in  heroic  verse, 
and  is  copied  from  the  poems  of  John  Phillips 
(thoucfh  without  allusion  to  the  author)  ;  but  there 
are  two  umorous  and  epigrammatic  songs  for 
which  I  eannot  find  a  parent,  I  infer  that  they 
(as  well  as  the  other)  are  copies  \  and  therefore 
ask  the  assistance  of  your  contributors,  1  pive 
only  the  firijt  two  lines  of  each,  but  will  send  th^ 
whole  should  they  be  unknown  :  — 

•♦  Whalt,  putt  off  with  one  Denj^U, 

And  not  make  a  second  trj-aU  ?  " 
**  Bright  Cythia**  p<»wer,  divinely  great. 
What  heart  ia  not  obeying?  " 

W.Lbb. 

Sir  Edward  May  (3'*  S.  v.  fio,  U2,)— I  have 
to  thank  R.  W.  for  his  kindness  in  replying  to  my 
query  on  this  subject.  Can  R.  W.,  or  any  other 
correspondt'nl,  inform  me  as  to  the  crest  and  n»otto 
borne  by  Sir  Edward  ?  Did  any  member  of  the 
May  family  settle  in  London?  CABii.roai>. 

Cipe  Town. 

"  KtLaimtJt.iiT   Hwt^  V^  ^.  ^*  abitft^— "^SN^ 
Ulc  owi\ut  (>\:  \^QU^\vVvtv^^OT^.^wJ««'*»*^^^^  "^ 


470 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8»*&V.  Jnni,^ 


Dublin,  wftB  Sir  Coropton  Domvile,  Bart.,  of  Saw- 
try.  I  am  not  aware  whether  it  wan  one  of  that 
name  who  is  alludc<l  to  in  tlie  ballad  of  the  Kii- 
ruddery  Hunt,  but  as  it  was  not  the  usual  resi- 
dence of  the  family,  it  may  more  probably  be  some 
tenant^  who  held  thu  estate  on  the  long  leases  so 
common  in  Ireland,  especially  as  no  sporting  tra- 
ditions of  the  Domvile  family  hare  reached  the 
present  time.  T.  E.  WmifiiiGTON. 

Skptuagint  (3"*  S.  V.  419.) — Dr.  Ilonry  Owen, 
tht'ro  is  restson  to  believe,  did  not  know  the  facts. 
The  Septuagint  version  was  first  made  for  the  use 
of  tlic  Jews  ;  and  botli  Talmuds  speak  of  "  thir- 
teen texts  only  as  departed  from  in  the  version  of 
Ptolemy  (the  8eptuas;int).  After  this  version 
fell  into  the  hands  of  Christians,  corruptions  began, 
and  the  labours  of  Origcn  were  directed  to  their 
elimination;  but.  notwithstanding  his  compilation 
of  the  llexapla,  the  corruptions  were  greatly  mul- 
tiplied, so  that  the  thirteen  dilFercnoes  were  in- 
creased to  hundreds.  See  Eichhorn's  EinL  A,  T, 
8.  173;  Hody,  Eusebius,  Eccl  Hist.  v.  28;  Ka- 
phairs  Jewn^  i.  131 ;  Clemens  Alex.  Strojn,  v.  p. 
595  J). 

NEwiNGT0TiE3fsis  IS  wrong  in  attributing  to  the 
Christians  a  jealous  care  for  the  integrity  of  the 
text;  their  object  has  been  unfortunately  to  alter 
the  text  to  suit  their  dogmas,  not  to  correct  their  ■ 
dogmas  by  the  text,  a  disposition  which  is  by  no  I 
means  extinct.  T.  J.  Bucktok.    I 


fntdrcllaitcauif. 

NOTES  ON  BOOKS,  IITC. 

A  Dictioftttrj/ of  the  Bi/ffe  ;  cmnpriMwf  Anfi(/nit'fs,  Jiiiyfini- 
phiff  GefHfrafthv^  and  Nntnrnl  Hintory.     liy  rnriniin  iVri- 
ter$,    Ejiiteil  htf  William  Sinitli,  LL.U.,itc.  Furtt  XIII.  \ 
to  A'A'  r.     (  AI 11  r ray. ) 

We  rongratiiUte  the  Kditor,  the  Contributors,  nnd  the 
Pabliiilier.f  ol"  7'/if  Dictionary  of  the  liihle  on  the  sni.'coss-  | 
I'ul  complotiou  of  this  valuable  conipondiuni  of  biblical  ' 
knowleil^e.  Varied  and  nuni<*roas  as  have  been  the  i 
endeavours  to  iUustnite  the  Antii|iiitii"i,  IJioj^raphy,  Geo-  : 
graphy.  and  Natural  History  'if  the  Holy  Seripturen,  it  ! 
may  safely  be  averred  that  ^o  Iart;e  an  amount  of  learned  | 
and  trust  worth  V  illuRtration  of  those  several  ilepartments  | 
of  knowledije  has  never  bet'ore  bi'en  eolli-eted  to;rether,  i 
an<l  certainly  never  before  been  ])resented  to  the  world  in  | 
MO  compact  an«l  sO  convenient  a  form.  Whih*  it  is  a  cha-  ! 
ractcrihtic  of  the  most  important  articles  in  this  Diction-  | 
ary  that,  allhouKh,  to  a  certain  extent,  they  exhaust  j 
the  subjfct,  the  reader  who  may  winh  to  examine  it  more  . 
thontii^hlv  fur  himself,  will  find  in  the.  authorities  (juotcd  I 
by  the  writers,  refen-nee^  to  the  bi'st  sources  of  informa- 
tion for  the  solution  of  his  doubts,  or  the  strengthening  I 
of  his  convictions.  The  as>ot;iiit.ed  lalmurs  of  a  numer-  | 
oU!i  biKJy  of  divines  eminent  for  their  piety,  and  of  wholars  j 
distinjcuinhed  for  thnr  h-arning  (and  soine  of  the  conlri-  ! 
butorrt  combine  in  their  own  persons  both  these  quulifica-  ' 
tions)  have  suc<-<.-«ded  in  collecting  into  those  three  {roodly  ' 
tKtiii'tPM  a  jiuticiouH  combination  of  the  l\\eo\og,\eflA  ft\.>x- 
tlle^i  of  past  MiffCB  with  the  theologicaV  inquincs  of  out  own 


days;  and  h«\'e  tbtreby  produced  an  £iicytlcp«fis  u 
Biblical  Leamingf  to  which  students  of  all  duia.  irin 
the  skilled  theologian  to  the  hambleet  reader  d  th» 
Bible,  may  refer  with  the  certainty'  of  finding  ia  it  infor- 
mation of  which  they  are  in  search. 

A  Neglecied  Fact  in  Endink  UiMtorg.     By  Ueniy  Clurls 
Coote,  F.S.A.    (Bell  &  Daldy.) 

The  "neglected  fact,*'  to  which  Mr.  Coote  direrti  l^ 
tention  in  Xi^is  able  little  volume,   is,  that  the  Genua 
influence  recognisable  in  the  elements  of  English  n>tz«- 
alityis  not  derived  from  the  Grerman  immigTantsof  tti 
tifth  and  sixth  centuries,  bat  owes  its  orii^in  to  a  tmxft 
of  a  great  Cin-rhenan  people,  whidi,   in'  ita  coniinanl 
seat,  strained  tho  nerve  of  the  great   dictator  t>ef<ic  3 
submitted  to  the  genius  of  the  empire  ;  and  that  of  &ii 
people,  as  the  true  continental  branches  have  bsea  Ij^ 
since  lost  or  merged,  Kngland  is  now  the  sole  rfcpm» 
tatire.    Mr.  Coote  supports  this  view  witli  sound  ur*' 
meiit  and  groat  learning. 

Syntax  ant!  Synnnymt  of  the  Greek  legtament.     Br  Va 

Webster,  M.A.,  late 'Fellow  of  Qaecn'a  CoIle^'«,fi»- 

bridge.     (Uiviugtons.)  j 

A  scholarly  and  careful  work,  in  explanation  49 

peculiarities  of  Hellenistic  Greek ;  compiled  from  V^m- 

Donaldson,  Hose,  and  our  recent  Knglidli  comnieatis^ 

as  Ellicott,  Alford,  Wordsworth,    and   Vaughan:  i^^ 

forming  a  most  serviceable  volame  for  the  theolo$B 

student. 


ilatitti  ta  Covveipanlstiiti, 

CAiiu.r«i{i>(Ca|ir  Town).  Th^  KhqJM  trai\$1ntvH  i-^  /","*  .  "  " 
/•cri'*  vt/rk  in  rNfi//o/ Curioui  Ut>Kr\-«tiunt  on  the  Miinncr^.  iii<<" 
L'titfci.  difForrnt  l^aneiiaen.  Uovtrnment.  Myiholo«>.  Ck>te  ■«. 
Ancient  ami  Modern  Ucucraphy,  Cvnrmonie*.  IteiiKion,  U.*m:-^ 
Antruiiiiiny,  Mciliciiio,  l*liyBlc»,  Jfftlurol  Tli»tnry.  (.timmiin  Ait-  f" 
S«;lvncc»  lit  thoacvvrul  NatiiMUut  Asia.  Aft m;h.  mid  Anicrk-*.  i-^- 
\7'-i\,i  >ols.  nvo. 

Old  MoRrAMTT.    7^  AVir'*  Monumrnta  Anclii^na  tm*  i'**.-.'. 

I'lilluwin'i  nrdcr:  — 
IiiM-/  iftliuH4j'n>M  I7i»'>— I'lSi/'^'./iVAt'''  in  1717 

Hiyi_!rt7y  .,         I7m 

„  |»f»_imr<  ,.  17H 

.,  tr,i-i_if;t<.»  „         171'.' 

HV'yi_i7lK     iSnii.t.'      17iy 

Tht   thii-.l  rnlatm   vith  tti^  tint.  171;*,  ir/.i>A  ftur  i"vr/v.»p',<W'»l*  ■-•**»' 
hn-'  III  tti*  ii'f'rui  y,  i^^  wn/'ncii  u  tti  'i|/»(it>pi-ii/»A«Ti(. 

AnHiiA.     T/n-laif  of  th^  I.itHrqii'itl  Titt-U  iiHUi</,t.l  ,*.|  Thf  ■»i";i"' " 
irtv  .Vu.  23,  "  J'hf  Cini'fH:i  uf  tht  Jfalff  A/M-ftl-'M  ih   f,t-tL.  inJ.ii.  •■« 

IlFHMF%-:i(r-iiF  tri//  .ft/.i/  t-.'/fnurt  <  to  f-.ur  linfjnifittH-nf   ■•  ir'    ■■» 
Alhcii  I 'I  Jii'lof  n  Nouvillc  Uio.-rjpliK'  (i>n.r»ie. 

i'/|7lU,i,  Vfin  »/*«M  /.■|«Ai»/J  ^|f'  'J'a/'JiH*,  lA   J  fri-fl,  *!*",  *■  ■■*■'*■ 
rn'i'ii.    "fir  t  'I'rn.'t  "iult  nt  u  iH  ri^ui  nil  thr  i-ir  ■■-.-.i."-  ■■  • 

r//i;i(/'A  i'ritii-al   IlintnO  iil  Ih*   Atlianu<'.^n   Lrx-^'. 

/'/.-  ••ii'.jin  I'f  tt,'  i-iit.fi.-,  !■/■  tiirtuii  irhit.  ji.'nr.*  fi.  i-.'.'v.  •■'  i--i'.'^ 
<^■!•/;.^  ,.*  .11.;... W  .1,  ..i.rintS.  I.  7*.  f'"f-(l  If"  "tf.'r  ti:t>.;.-  ...  . 
>n..t:.iu  t,/,  ,r..l  t»  III  IfK  U-wnl  Imtct  fo  lAc  f'trtt  .V.rii  ■  .■•  "  N.  HJ  ■ ' 
fl»7."  Cr... ,....■  • 


Mmi»..     Vi 
ohlii  irr.it. 


A.  A.  "-in  ji'-.d  .  '■;//('  iir'il.  .  i.n  thr  ori'-tin  nil'!  mrly  itt^  -i^  fA-  ?- ' 
Iluinliu;:  in  .'.«»  t'ir*f  S,r,r*.  .<«■  (vvn.  Index.  /«  'Hik  Iaivo  l»  H-." 
auil  Lcaiitli  r,  vUit.  Iii77. 'ir'  ihnf  litu-ji:^ 

"  F.iiMii-jh,  <iiinrli  llcnk.  nay  no  mnrct 
//;<i/.-'''.-/.  -iiintli  lie.  'twitkiii^wn  of  joTC." 

J.  H.  If  if!  :i;d .  !..(.■■  luvttuiii ..;  Th-nof  Itnrthxhmt**  ni*tl  .t,>hu  /V  t~- 
III'  I  lit  fit.  II,  iiii.t  l-if/rajthv  iti  •li'ti'-Hiiirv.  t'"r  n  mft.-.  -.-f  V«"'.'*i 
«i  rw  uuil  hi-'  ■'■(K  A-ji,  n.  Noiiivl.v  Hii>-,;ia|>iiiu  U-  »i«  rule,  ««vn.  il,*. 

A.  K.  T..  i./"N.&U."./.l/r.v 
I'-i  Klin  ./i.-i'Vif ./  .(  /.  'ti  rue  /nttf  r 


J.    p.   IIJll.  I*     H.'fH.t>U,i    J.     ■.!> 


l\-hliifHr^ HH  ti't'nlt  IUi-fk*'-lh  r-.  ami  St  u--inrH. 


i.iV  i-    l"tf  .  ■    V* 


"Natvsaivo  QrpRivft"  li  pii'./M*"/  a;  mi-in  itn  Vritlay.  <■»/  u  aimf 
%.m.,l  ,u  Mf.MiiLr  Parm.  Jhr  .*ii^-i-ri/ifi«n  fur  Sraiiprp  Opir*  *&r 
Hi  I.  ViiH'U*  furwnr'Ud  dirt  it  jr.»m  tfti  i'uttlii^tr  \iiflmih»g  tkt  ilmif- 
V'lrtf  1ni»»!Ii  m    II«.    4f/..  irAii;A    iwijf  /.^   /HtiU    *it$  Piml  O/kw  (iV^rfrr, 

wyriUr  nt  tke  Strami  I'ort  l/j/kv.m  /(Tivmu-  of  Wicliah  G.tefia.U. 

A'aLtiAO-niH  SiHRRT,  Strand.  W.C.«  '<>  ichum  nil  Cmmmimkatmim  foa 


^VOTW  IL  ^tia^lRA^  \A\»|M>IBWJ^totVw 


Wmm: 


K  II,  '«4.) 


KOTES  AND  QUEEIES. 


471 


LONDOKt  SATUKDJT,  JtVE  It  IBGI. 


CONTENXa— N",  128. 


J  ftom  the  tVnrn  CoimcU  Aooords  of  tr- 

n  — "Let  the  diY»dfbl  Eo^nw,"  472  —  Joacph 
iiei,*y3  — Bttny«i*«T  "'  '  i.  .  i-  ►«  ■'1,1^9,474  — 
BaoBs  Far|jT«ftn  «K'  iIji  — Date 

DmiOi  of  uotd  Jeffrey  iiic«— The 

Pool  — Orifrin  of  Priors  im^i  jinu  Lonlclkdr"  — 
1  Mwriage  Fortioa  of  100^.  --  UomM  oot  nn  old 

ES:  — Colonel  John  Morice,  or  Morm.  47«  — The 
hedral  of  Eouloi^e,  ifr.—Aneodote— Borrow  Sue  ken 
Earl  of  ClonnieU's  "IH1U7*'  — Ducliayla  — Bxpo 
•^Oftptain  Thomu  Forrest — Greek  or  SyriMiPrjiiCQi 
ildic  Query—  High  Gutnmiftsiou  Court  —  The  Boot- 
iiwof  Mickleton  Wood  — **  Jack  of  NL^bury**— 
iriM  Tutor"  —  '*  Kimbolton  Park  ;  lt  loti- 

luery  *-"  Loyalty  ModaK""  Ac-  i   at 

BSter— The  Bq$eat  and  Lords  Gre^v  ille— 

it  Jn  the  Thamea  —  8taMreiy  prohibit  f  a  m  iv  r,nayl- 
^UoptiiiiliglBed  ghaknerian  MSS.  of  tbe  late  Mr. 
BH  —  fior.  Geotve  WaUer  ^  The  Kev%  Thomaa 
1011,477. 

I  wmt  Atts^thsb:  —  GeOTiiQ  Meriton  —  lAmbeth 
•  Id  Medici ue  —  Hedniealuua  Club  —  Nathaniel 
r,  aUaa  Dirty  Dick  — Lady  Eli^heth  Spelnuui  — 
ry,480. 

»:  — Pariah  RogiaKa^ 483  —  Mrs.  Dugild  Stewart's 
484—  Hikan  BaaiUke,  lb.  —  Justice  —  Paradin** 
cs  KenUxam  ** — Hebrow  MSS,  —  B««OKr  Stooes  — 
B  In  Arutophanea  —  PlafiarisiDfi  —  Sumamos  —  Sir 
d.  May  —  Hotitit  Athoa  —  Qoad&lqiUTtr—  Ballad 
i-Balilea  in  BoidaDd— Saok-Tbe  Bnclish  Church 
ae  ^Tbe  Eed  &ioaa  Eni^ht  1^,  **  Queen  s  Gardona/' 

Books,  Ac. 


TRACTS  FROM  THE  TOWN  CO0KCIL 
RECORDS  OF  IRVINE. 

rbUomng  interesting  noticeSf  from  tm  Ajr- 
swipuper^  are  well  entitled  to  be  preterred 
pages  of  **  N,  &  Q/*  They  are  from  the 
Sir.  James  Taterson,  author  of  a  hifftory  of 
iliea  in  that  county* 
the  defeat  of  General  Bollie,  hj  Hontroae,  at 

on  the  25th  Auguati  1645,  the  west  of  Scotland 
i  maimerr  entirely  at  the  mercy  of  the  Eoyiilkts. 

tnae  tbt  flower  of  the  Scottish  army  was  in 
i  md  only  a.  few  regimenta  of  illHliadpUned 
n  could  be  brought  together,  rather  to  hang  on 
and  disturb  the  movemonta  of  Montroae,  tliaa  to 
a  battle.    There  were  many  of  the  landed  pro- 

aqwcially  of  the  smaller  class,  in  Ayrshire, 
it  to  the  royal  cause ;  and  partly  with  the  riew 
lag  fines,  and  partly  to  encourage  those  &iendly 
indertakiDgi  Montrose  despatched  his  lieu  ten- 
Jter  MOoU  or  M'Donald,  to  Kilmarnock,  there 

contribntions  ^m  the  surrounding  district, 
te  the  presence  of  the  Kovalist  gentr;}%  while  he 
took  post  at  London  HilL  In  the  History  <•/ 
I,  pp.  116 — 117,  there  is  a  curious  letter— pilnteil 
I  ohglnal-^by  the  Laird  of  Lainshaw  to  his  chiei', 

of  kglintonT  then  absent  with  the  army,  we  pre« 

Kigland,  narrattng  the  loss  sostained  npon  the 
I  flitate,  Rowallant  and  other  properties  in  Cun- 
L  Alastasv  howeyer,  seems  to  have  conducteil 
with  oniiaidenble  moderation.  No  doubt  there 
Icj^  In  thii^  and  appareutlj  it  had  ih^  ilesired 
^  not  a  fow  paid  court  to  him  at  Kilmarnock, 
were  on  their  way  to  the  "Leagner" 


when  intelHmce  of  Montroee*a  defeat  at  Fhilliphangh, 
by  General  Leslie*  on  the  Uth  September,  pat  a  stop  to 
til  fir  progreaa. 

The  lowing  extract  fVoai  the  Records  of  li-vine  refers 
to  this  penod;  also  to  what  followed  the  '*  break/'  or 
defeat  ofthh  Remonstrators  at  Uamilton,  by  the  troops  of 
Cromweil  under  Lambert,  in  1650.  John  Uuaiop,  the 
complainer,  was  Chief  Magistrate,  or  Provost,  ot  Irvine. 
The  gentleman  to  whom  we  are  indebted  for  the  copy, 
stales  that  the  old  orthography  has  not  in  all  cases  been 
adhered  to :  — 

**  A  tme  accompt  of  ye  disbursementa  and  looes  nja- 
t&fned  by  John  Dunlop  quhiU  he  was  Magistrate  of  Iryjo* 
1,  In  tyme  of  Allaster  Mackdoimld.  2,  In  time  of  ye 
Sectaries  *  prevailing  after  re  defeat  ut  Hamilton. 

1.  /«  ye  tyme  of  AUatter  MackdanaM. 

lb,    B,    </, 

/n^rijuir.  For  my  charges  87  dayes  in  Kil- 
marnock, qnhiil  I  was  summoned  before  ye 
Comittie, 005  00  00 

Item,  my  fyne  which  I  payed  by  order  of 
Comittie,  after  much  tntercesaioa  of  miti- 
gation     053  06  06 

Item,  for  redemption  of  my  goods  taken  by 
Captain  Molr  and  his  sogur^  qiihill  I  was 
marched  to  Glasgow 016  OO  00 

Item,  my  charges  quhlll  I  was  summoned 
before  ye  Comittie  in  Glasgow  .        .        .006  00  00 

Item,  Ibr  ana  hone  and  man  to  come  to  me 
to  Kirkudbright,  quhill  I  waasummoneid  to 
ye  Comittie  st  Eilinburgh  .        .        .        .    OOG  00  00 

Item*  for  an  horse  which  I  was  nacessitat  fo^ 
to  buy,  not  finding  any  to  byr,  in  a  storm^ 
for  my  carrying  to  Eainburgh*  and  which 
died  by  ye  way  in  my  retume    *        «        .    055  00  OO 

Itcmrbefng  fyned  in  Edinburgh  by  ye  Comit- 
tie there  in  500/&.,  which,  by  the  interces- 
sioQ  of  friends,  was  past,  I  was  parUy  in 
charges,  partly  to  the  Clerk,  b«ing  in  £ldin- 
burgh  twenty'-three  days,  above        ,        .    038  00  00 

Item,  after  my" horse  diet,  or  a  hoiae  to  carry 
me  home,  and  charges       ....    003  00  00 

Snnuna    .    184  06  08 

%  In  yt  tymt  of  ye  ^eeloHei^  afUr  the  break  ^md  dtfeai 
of  ffmniitoH, 

W.    a.    d. 

In^rimig.  Ane  fedderbed  and  tts  ftunitonr  to 
ye  gadaouoe  in  EgUntonnf  which  I  never 
got  back OSO  00  00 

Item,  wared  out  on  two  sogurs  under  the 
blouilie  flax,  and  brought  from  the  gar- 
riaonne  in  EgUntoun  and  laid  on  my  wyfu 
in  my  abftence,  and  on  Carlan  Wilton,  that 
with  others  came  every  day  to  them  and 
caused  bring  Miak  and  sngar,  molasses^  and 
other  necessaries 040  00  00 

Item,  aeren  doaen  of  Ireland  borda,  also  brod 
as  dealls,  wiiick  twentie-f^fo,  the  night 
thcv  were  qnaftered  upon  me,  tookc  out  of 
my' cellar 042  00  00 

Item,  n}-ne  dealls  which  they  wailed  firom 
amongst  the  nat         .        -        .        .        .    006  OU  00 

Item,  three  pair  of  new  plaids,  at  Wh.  the  pair 
wV.T  '  *'  "-  *nnke  as  their  owne  .        .    048  00  ^<> 

Item  '  water  bolis  of  salt,  loet  by 

th  ut  in  the  cellar,  where  it  was, 

•  The  Cromwelliaa  PatttDAs  -it^st*  tii^^A.  ^t!t\aTV--  \s. 
dooUand. 


472 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[«^S.V.JnEl 


and  thev  had  tlio  kea  with  them  eight    lb,    i.    d. 

dayes  w&ile  they  went  to  the  garieoune  of 

Eglintoun 100  00  00 

Item,  nyn  bolls  meaU  in  three  hogaheadi, 

taken   away  by  them   and  eaten  in  ye 

qoarten 090  00  00 

Item,  foar  great  barrels  of  buiter  despoeed  on 

by  them  in  the  lyk  manner  .        .    100  00  00 

Item,  two  carcashes  of  beef  newHe  salted  .  024  00  00 
Item,  threttie  stone  of  iron,  taken  by  them 

out  of  my  cellar 060  00  00 

Item,  the  iron  standers  oat  of  my  house  on  the 

hilU  value  to 012  00  00 

Item,  twal  aiken  loafls  qulk  they  tooke  and 

made  fvrewood  to  ye  gaard  .  .  .  086  00  00 
Item,  four  tries,  which  cost   .       .       .       .    009  06  08 

Summa       .        .    627  06  08 

Summa  toUlis        .    811  18  04 

"  The  particular  disbursements  and  losses  abore  written, 
I,  the  above-named  John  Dunlop,  sustained,  over  and 
above  other  losses  and  chairges,  in  my  crop  and  other- 
wavs,  common  and  incedentto  me  with  other  inhabitants, 
and  which,  though  promesed  long  ago  to  be  rdbundid, 
according  to  the  abillUes  of  the  place  in  a  fair  way,  were 
never  as  yet  taken  in  serious  consideration,  and  which 
I  should  not  now  trouble  the  counsel  de  novo  with,  not- 
withstanding of  all  my  losses  or  other  straits,  war  it  not, 
I  humbly  expect  they  will,  without  fkrder  delay,  consider 
of  the  samen,  and  give  my  former  supplication  a  ikvour- 
able  answer." 

iV.B.  — The  poor  Baillie  appears  to  have  been  out  of 
the  frying-pan  into  the  fire,  between  the  Highlanders  and 
the  Sectaries— plundered  by  both  parties.  Of  the  two, 
the  HighUnders  appear  to  have  been  more  moderate 
than  the  Saints.  Indeed,  they  seem  at  least  to  have  had 
some  appearance  of  regularity  in  their  proceedings. 

The  following  interesting  documents  have  been  dis- 
covered to  be  among  the  Irvine  papers :  — 

'*  IsL  Discharge  by  the  Earl  of  Rothes,  the  Abbots  of 
Whithorn,  Arbroath,  &&,  as  Lords  Compositors,  to  the 
Bailies  of  Irving  for  composition  of  £88  6«.  8dL,  for  the 
Raid  of  Solway.    Dated  at  Air,  12  Feb.,  1629. 

"  2nd.  Licence  and  warrant  by  Queen  Maxy,  under  the 
hand  of  the  Regent,  Earl  of  Arran,  as  her  tutor,  narrating 
that  'for  the  composition  of  said  scoir  pundis  of  our 
realm,  has  grantit,  given  licence  to  our  lovittea,  the  pro- 
vist,  bailyies,  and  hale  communitieof  our  burgh  of  Irvine, 
to  remane  and  byed  at  hame  (torn  our  oist  and  army  de- 
visit  to  convene  at  Roslene  Muire,  the  XX  day  of  October 
instant,  for  resisting  of  our  auld  inemeas  of  IngUnd,  and 
recovering  of  the  forts  of  our  realme,  presentlie  in  their 
handis.'— It  fitrther  narrates  that  the  provist  and  bailyies 
had  paid  the  composition,  and  that  tne  inhabitants  had 
delayed  to  repay  tne  same.  I1ie  Regent  therefore  grants 
to  *  command  and  charge  all  and  sundrie,  the  burgesses, 
inhabitantes,  wedies,  abweell  women  as  men,  *  to  relief 
and  mak  thankfull  payment  to  the  saides  provost  and 
bailyies  of  the  foresaid  compositions,  within  thre  days 
next  after  thev  be  chargit,  under  the  pane  of  rebellione 
and  putting  of  thame  to  our  home.'— IHted  at  Hamilton, 
9  Oct.,  7  year  of  the  Queen's  reign,  1649. 

*'8rd.  Discharge  by  Alexander,  Earl  of  Glencaim, 
commonly  called  the  Good  Ear),  to  the  burgh  of  Irvine, 
for  £62  6<.  Bd.  for  Aunishing  men  for  recovering  the 
Castle  of  Dumbarton.— Dated  at  Finlayston,  27th  Dec., 
1669. 

**  4th.  Letters  fh>m  the  Earls  of  Mar  and  Cowrie  the 
Abbota  of  Drybnrff b,  Cambotkennetb,  &g.,  to  the  Proroet 
and  BaiUet  of  Irvme,  that  they  bavt  declared  thdr  nUnd 


to  the  Lord  Boyd,  to  be  ahown  unto  thai  ia  n 
ters  ot  oonseqoence,  tending  to  the  suTtk  «( Q 
religion  and  profeesors  thereof,  the  wdto  «( t 
Majesty,  and  commonweal  the  of  the  haill  mln 
anent  we  desire  yon  afTectioasly  to  give  him  ton 
From  Sarihig,  XXI  Sept.,  1584. 

**  6th.  Letter  tnm  James  VL,  from  Caitle  < 
6  Sept..  1686,  intimating  alteration  of  dav  of 
Convention  of  Estates. 

••  6th.  Letter  fh>m  James  VI.  •  To  oor  tn 
the  Provost,  Bailyies,  and  Connael  of  our  \ns^ 
Tmist  fHendis,  we  greet   yon  heartlie  wed 

Kleasit  God  to  our  contentment,  and  we  sr  i 
iss  to  the  common  lyking  of  all  our  affeol 
to  bleas  with  appearance  of  sncceasiottn,  our  d 
fallow,  the  Queene,  being  with  child  and  na 
of  her  dely  verie.  Qnhilk  and  other  weettie  sf 
occasion  of  a  mair  necesaar  deliberation  ui 
oure  nobilitie  and  etUttis  nor  at  ony  tvme  hi 
have  thocht  meet  to  desyre  yoa  maist  esi 
you  faill  not,  all  excuses  set  apairt,  to  addrea 
niissioners  towards  heir  at  our  Holyruid  H 
day  of  Janoar  next  to  cum,'  ftc,  flcc—Fna 
Hoos,  the  XVII  day  of  Dec.,  1593. 

**7th.  Letters  fh)m  Lords  Blantyre,  New 
others,  alM>ut  imposts  on  wyn.— 3  January,  1{ 


^  8th.  Letter  from  the  Blarquis  of  Argyll,  S 

r  2000  weight  of  powder  for  the  aervicc  o 

mittee  of  EsUtes,  with  receipt  bv  John  Camp' 


of  the  Marquis  for  the  same,  in  20  barrels. 

*'  9th.  Paper  signed  by  Lord  Cochrane,  Cea 
allane,  &c,  bearing  that  Mr.  Robert  Barclay 
Irving,  craved  payment  of  a  bed,  &c. — Dat«i 
nock,  80  May,  1656.** 


-  LET  THE  DREADFUL  ENGINl 
It  18  certainly  one  of  the  duties  of  £ 
to  take  thoueht  for  the  memory  of  tl 
Worthy,  and  I  wish  therefore  to  throw  i 
towards  so  good  an  end,  by  calline  foi 
mory  of  the  admirable  composer  Hem 
in  connection  with  one  of  bis  most  r 
sonjcs  (**  Let  the  dreadful  Engines  < 
Will  **) ;  a  song  which  yet,  so  far  at  Ic 
public  performance  is  concerned,  has,  i 
gone  quite  out  of  hearing  and  of  mind 
Several  years  ago,  conversing  with 
ward  Taylor,  the  late  Gresham  Pn 
Music,  concerning  the  celebrated  ba; 
Mr.  Bartleman,  the  worthy  professoi 
with  great  gusto,  some  interesting  parti 
lative  to  that  singer,  and  also  to  Uie  son 
tion.  Subsequently,  I  met  with  a  ] 
Fraser's  Magazine  for  August,  1853), 
Bartleman,  which  paper  I  take  for  c 
have  been  written  oy  Mr.  Taylor.  Ai 
nions  and  particulars  concerning  the 
the  singer  are  there  reproduced,  and  in 
with  which  they  were  given  to  mc.  1 1 
fore  ^  extract  from  that  paper  in  prefi 
offerinff  mv  own  sketch  of  a  distant  oon* 
It  should  be  premised  that  the  writer  k 
of  the  Ancient  ConcertSi  and  of  Mr.  Bi 
activity  in  bringing  forward  at  thoM  CQ| 


,  JmtK  11, ' 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES- 


|jear  1796),  some  of  tbe  most  strtkiog  base 
I  of  Purcelt:  — 

^t  the  ninth  concert  he  fevivcd— or  rather  caused  to 
ftrd  for  the  first  time  —  *  Let  the  drendful  enginoi 
tial  wUL*  Thia  &on^,  written  for  the  character  of 
nio,  in  Purceirs  opera  of  Dan  Qnbrote^  demands  m 
^nation  of  powers  on  the  part  of  tho  singer^  which 
f  any  songs,  require  in  a  like  degree.  Kag6»  hatred, 
^  pity^  love«  and  contempt,  Oiid  Uteir  most  virid  and 
expreeaion  in  thin  extruordinary  composition, 
tiimt  which  the  dng^er  has  the  accompaniment  of 
Anoforte  or  violoncello  only.  The  whole  effect 
he  produced^  if  it  be  produced,  by  his  tmaided 
and  it  waa  a  te^t  to  which  ft)W  had  cared,  and 
care,  to  subject  themselves.  The  result  must 
I  be  complete  success,  or  entire  failure.  Uartleman 
he  was  equal  to  his  self-imposed  istuk.  11^  had 
"us  auditors  for  his  grandest  exhibition  of  Pur- 
,  and  he  wa^  himself  prepared  t^j  display  it, 
)e  of  his  career  many  critics  sat  in  md^nent 
(but  he  was  the  severest  of  them  ail.  He  studied 
an  actor  would  study  one  of  Shakespearo*s 
!rs;  he  became  the  person  that  he  represented : 
lered  into  every  feeling,  thought,  and  emotion  of 
indt  finding  for  each  the  most  emphatic  expression 
rceira  music  \  and  the  result  was,  that  the  song  was 
and  his  alone:  with  Bartleman  it  waa  trarn^-witb 
it  died." 

will  now  proceed  to  atate  a  curious  circum- 
ce  (not  at  all  touched  upon  by  Professor 
lor),  regarding*  this  fine  song,  winch  will  tend 
how  the  necessity  of  occasional!/  considering 

proceedings  of  editors  and  others  as  to  the 
fthies  of  England » 

IS  certainly  much  to  be  regretted  that  objec- 
table  words  are  so  of\en  to  be  found  with  old 
*  compositions,  and  there  is  no  doubt  that 
presence  of  several  coarse  thoutjhts  and  words 

le  lost  movement  but  one  of  *'  Let  the  dread* 
enjiirics/*  has  been  the  cause  of  that  move- 
beini?  omitted  in  modern  editions,  and  with 
if  a  necessity,  the  very  last  movement  also, 
whose  knowledge  of  Purceirs  secular  mustc 
llv  derived  from  the  Selections  of  Mr.  Corfe 

Dr.  Clarke,  will  End,  upon  coming  to  the 

**  Since  nothing  can  prevail," 
lib  close   a  certain   movement  of   **  Let  the 
idful   Engines,"  a  direction  to  the  singer  to 
linate  tlie  song  by  repeating  an  inner  move- 
beginning  — 

"  Can  nothing  warm  tne,** 
movement  docs  indeed  close  the  composi- 
%cry  well,  and  simply  appears  to  be  Bome^ 
of  the  Da  Capo^  used  so  much  in  ancient 
r,  and  which  is  one  of  the  sources  of  a  cer- 
de^ee  of  stiffiiess  and  formality,  as  well  as 
latelincss.  Now,  if  we  look  into  the  early 
loos  of  this  "  mad  song/'  that,  for  instance,  of 
4,  or  the  reprint  in  the  Orpkeux  Britanniau^ 
lished  for  Purceirs  widow»  we  shall  find 
ing:  of  the  Da  Capo^  bat,  after  tbe  words 
ice  nothing  can  prevail,**  tico  new  movemeotd 


follow,    quite  different  to  any  of  the  preceding 

ones,  and  tbe  last,  upon  the  words  — 

"  Ajid  so  I  fairly  bid  them,  and  the  World,  Good  Night,** 

closing  the  whole  in  a  very  impressive  and  tin- 
expected  manner. 

It  will  be  easily  perceived  how  great  an  injofl- 
tice  maj  have  been  done  to  Purcell  by  theae 
peculiar  proceedings  of  the  editors,  and  it  might 
occur  to  us  that  it  would  have  been  a  verj  ob- 
vious course  to  have  had  the  objectionable  words 
and  thoughts  super^^^eded  by  others,  writteo  in  a 
better  tuste,  and  thus  preserve  the  music  intact. 
Instead  of  that,  Purcell's  two  last  movements 
(still  carrying  out  t!ie  idea  of  constant  variation 
in  Cardenio's  mind,  and  thus  carrying  out  to  the 
very  end  of  the  song  its  dramatic  propriety),  are 
ruthlessly  cut  away,  and  the  comparative  stiffnesa 
and  formality  of  the  Da  Capo  silently  substituted. 

Having  been  very  lately  led  to  reconsider  all 
these  things  in  their  bearing  upon  the  just  fame 
of  Purcell,  I  have  resorted  t^PMs.  W.  H.  Husk 
for  some  of  the  information  which  that  gentleman 
is  always  so  kindly  ready  to  impart  in  connexion 
with  muiiic  and  musicians.  In  this  case,  I  par- 
ticularly wished  to  ascertain  how  **  Let  the  dread- 
ful Engines "  had  been  given  by  Mr,  Bartleman, 
at  the  Ancient  Concerts-  It  appeared,  and  upon 
ihe  authority  of  the  Ancient  Concert  Word-hoohtt 
that  Mr*  Bartleman  had  sung  the  song  at  least 
half  a  dozen  times  (between  1796  and  1802),  at 
the  Ancient  Concerts ;  aud,  strange  to  say,  it  also 
appeared  that,  in  erer^  instanc€f  the  composition 
had  been  treated  Da  Capo  fashion. 

Mb.  Husk  also  put  me  in  possesion  of  ihe 
interesting  fact,  that  the  song,  after  having  long 
slumbered  at  the  Ancient  Concerts,  was  revived 
by  Mr,  Braham  at  one  of  those  concprts  (Wed- 
nesday, May  6th,  1835),  when  it  was  given  by 
him  in  hs  completeness  os  to  the  music,  the  most 
objectionable  words  and  phrases  having  been  ex- 
punged fi^r  a  new  version.  Whether  the  music 
nas  over  been  printed  as  thus  given  by  Mr,  Bra- 
ham,  I  am  not  at  present  aware,  but  I  trust,  in  a 
subsequent  paper,  to  revert  to  the  subject  of  this 
particular  song,  and  of  sundry  points  connected 
with  it.  AutUED  BOFFB. 

Somers  Town. 


JOSEPH  LESUBQUE8. 

The  case  of  this  unfortunate  man  has  once 
more  been  before  the  French  Chambers;  and 
although  it  is  sixty  years  old,  it  has  excited  much 
public  attention.  It  is  the  most  remarkable  caae 
of  mistaken  identity  upon  record,  and  some  notice 
of  it  may  be  worthy  of  a  place  in  your  columns* 
He  was  executed  in  1 794  for  the  alleged  crimes 
of  robbing  the  Lyons  ^lail^  wA  ^svact^^vw^  ^^^^ 
courier,  but  \mviit  ^\t«iMm%\KB5i^  ^*^  ^^sx^x.  wA. 


474 


NOTES  AND  QUEBIE8. 


[•^av.jun: 


difficulty  which  would  have  rendered  hu  cooTic- 
tion  at  the  present  time  impossible.  The  case 
has  been  made  Hubscrvicnt  to  the  purposes  of  the 
novelist  and  the  dramatist  both  m  France  and 
Encland;  but  even  their  invention  could  add 
noting  to  the  horrible  interest  of  the  naked  facts. 
The  story  was  elaborated  in  Blackwood  under  the 
title  of  "  Lcsurques ;  a  Judicial  Error ; "  but  the 
details  are  faithfully  given  in  one  of  Chambers*s 
TractSy — "  Circumstantial  Evidence ;  the  Lyons 
CJourier."  The  tragical  history  is  in  substance 
soon  told.  In  1794,  the  Lvons  mail  was  robbed 
of  above  54,000  francs  and  the  courier  brutally 
murdered,  and  it  appears  that  four  persons  were 
concerned  in  the  crime.  Lesurqucs  fell  a  yictim 
to  his  close  resemblance  to  one  of  the  murderers, 
not  only  in  stature,  in  features,  and  in  complexion, 
but  even  in  certain  marks  on  the  face,  on  the 
hand,  and  on  the  body.  lie  was  executed,  pro- 
testing his  innocence,  and  his  innocence  was  also 
a0serted  by  some  d*  the  actual  perpetrators  of  the 
crime  who  sufTereu  with  him.  His  property  was 
confiscated  to  repay  the  Treasury  for  the  sum 
lost,  and  his  family  reduced  to  beggary.  His 
wife  shortly  after  committed  suicide;  his  son 
joined  the  grand  army  and  perished  in  the  snows 
of  Russia.  One  of  his  daughters  made  a  desperate 
eflbrt  to  obtain  restitution,  after  the  innocence  of 
the  father  had  been  established  by  the  discovery 
of  the  actual  murderer,  a  man  of  the  name  of 
Dubos(i,  to  whom  Lesurqucs  had  borne  so  fatal  a 
resemblance,  but  she  failed,  and  drowned  herself 
in  the  Seine  on  the  morning  after  the  rejection 
of  her  claims  by  the  Chambers,  and  the  second 
daughter  died  in  a  madhouse. 

The  claim  of  restitution  has  not  been  permitted 
to  sleep.  Something  had  been  done  by  previous 
ffovcrnments,  by  paying  small  portions  or  the  in- 
demnity ;  but  the  present  motion,  made  by  the 
Baron  de  Janze,  was  for  restoration  of  the  54,585 
francs,  togeUier  with  interest  since  the  year  1794. 
The  motion  opened  up  a  discussion  on  the  whole 
case,  and  both  M.  de  Janze,  M.  Clary,  and  M. 
Jules  Favre  ably  supported  the  claim,  and  re- 
capitulated the  evidence  of  the  Courts,  and  it  was 
eventually  assented  to  by  113  against  112.  For 
more  than  sixty  years  the  law  has  refused  to  do  a 
full  measure  of  lustice,  and  the  doing  it  now  will 
be  an  act  exceedingly  popular. 

The  whole  of  the  proceedings  in  this  case  are 
very  instructive,  showmg  how  fiUlible  in  judgment 
are  human  tribunals,  but  particularly  in  showing 
the  contrast  between  the  jurisprudence  of  France 
at  that  time  and  at  this,  aind  in  fact  indicating  the 
general  improvement  in  the  administration  of  the 
criminal  law  within  this  century.  I  believe,  that 
with  the  evidence  adduced  upon  which  Lesurques 
was  condemned  and  executed,  no  court  of  Uw  in 
Europe  would  now  pan  a  sentence  of  death,  and 
oertainly  such  senteoce  would   not   be  carried 


into  effect.  It  is  by  recurrence  to  ivkfi 
we  are  able  to  measure  the  steps  of  pnj 
the  advance  of  true  civilization. 


BUNYAH'S  TOBfB  IN  BUNHILL  FI] 

I  have  just  discoTcred,  in  thehandwrit 
Richard  Rawlinson,  LL.D.,  a  copy  of  ili 
tion  which  formerly  existed  on  tne  toml 
was  interred  the  author  of  the  PUgrim't 
and  as  it  appears  to  me  highly  important- 
in  the  day  of  his  death  and  the  yean  < 
from  every  printed  biography  —  I  bef;  1 
it  literatim  to  the  pages  of  "^  N.  &  Q.": 

**  BUXUILL  FIRLD& 

On  a  Tomb. 
«*  Hera  li«s  the  body  of  M'.  John  Stnd^ 
ag«d  48  y«an,  who  dved  the  15  dv 
of  Jan.  1697.    Also  the  body  of  M"  Phcebc 
who  died  the  15  July,  1718. 
Here  also  lies  the  body  of  the 
Rev.  Rob.  Braooe, 
MiDUter  of  the  Gospel*  who  departi 
this  life  Fcbniary  the  12th,  1737,  atiti 
Hera  lyes  the  body 
of  M<^  Joiiar  Bcxyax, 
author  of  the  PiUpim*$ 
Frogreut  aged  5^ 
who  dyed  Aag. 
17,1688.- 

Most  biographers  state  that  Bunyi 
the  house  of  his  friend  Mr.  Strudwicl 
Ilill,  London,  on  Aug.  31, 1688,  in  his 
year,  and  was  buried  in  that  friend*: 
Bunhill  Fields.  Rawlinson  (ob.  172 
this  inscription  when  it  must  have  1 
parativel^  new,  and  incorporated  it 
MS.  additions  to  the  List  of  Itucripik 
the  Dissenters^  Burial  Place  near  Bum 
published  by  Curll  in  1717;  his  copy  c 
now  preserved  in  the  Bodleian  Librarf. 


Ascot  Races  Fobtt  Years  ago.  — 
**  Nobllia,  en,  sonipes  vlridls  lesit  iBqaora  o 
Carplt  iter  rapidis  oc}*or  ilie  Notis ; 
Sed  quis  vitalem  tpiravlt  naribus  aoram, 
Et  fecit  pectus  loxnriara  toris  ?  " 
These  lines  came  out  at  Eton  during 
week  some  time  in  the  rei^  of  George ! 
races  alwajrs  inspire  great  interest  at  £t 
to  its  vicinity  to  the  heath ;  but  the  san 
come  less  exciting  since  the  institutii 
new  pNollcc,  and  the  suppression  of  jn 
blinff  in  Windsor  and  on  the  course.    ! 
the  king  used  to  make  a  point  of  atteoc 
dajr,  and  the  sports  usuallV  concluded  «i 
listic  contest  or  two,  for  love  or  for  moi 
the  commmr  was  more  select  thmn  U  k 
'*  roughs,  who  come  from  ^  qiuurter 
wayt^  Goold  not  then  affiufd  (m  tn 


» ladles  used  to  deacend  from  their  carriages 
L'H  the  rsMT^s,  and  promeaade  on  the  eourae 
111  of  the  Grand  Stand*  If  Gibbon  o.ould 
been  at  Ascot  in  those  dajs^  he  would  have 
iBven  more  struck  than  he  aajs  he  wai«  at 
beater,  with  **  the  splendour  of  the  carriages, 
pKiitj  of  the  horses,  and  the  gay  tumult  of  the 
Bpectatora/*    (Meimoim  of  his  Life  and 

rO  w.  D. 

fAFHS  on  Cats*^ — As  on  aceotnpaniment  to 
r>itaphfl  on  Dogs,  inserted  in  "  K.  k  Q."  3^  S. 
,  I  send  you  the  following  one,  placed  over 
rite  French-Persian  cat,  named  Mouton, 

en  tie  disposition  :  — 

Di  repose  pauvr©  Moutou, 

^ai  jamais  ne  fiit  glotiton ; 

Tespfere  bicn  que  le  roi  Pluton, 

Lui  dotmera  bcm  gite  ct  crouUm." 

M.  M. 

or  TUB  Dbath  of  Lord  Jsftret. — In 

aitb*a  edition  of  Shaw's  Hishry  of  EnglUh 
|ft«r*,  p.  487,  it  is  stated  that  Jeffrey  died  in 
I  This  is,  of  course,  only  a  clerical  error, 
I  may  save  «omc  searching  if  the  true  date, 
tMJ^O,  be  givea  in  «'  N.  k  Q/* 
^B  F.  J,  F.  GaNTtixoN. 

lEi'TOTLB^a  Pouncs.  —  Mr.  Lewes,  in  his  re- 
work on  Aristotle,  t ays  (p.  1 8), — 

of  two  Au«- 
treatiM  on 

i   >    -,  ^ -    .-.....,  .^  ,..i.^^..„  to  be  one  of 

^ry  beat  works  yet  writtcD,  and  Dr.  Arnold,  »^ 
\bif  hmrU  declared  that  ha  foond  it  of  daily  sarvlee 
HipUcation  to  oor  timew" 

It  is  totally  wrong  to  say  that  Aristotle  gives 
■tliaes  of  255  constitutions,  I  desire  to  know 
pir,  LewcB  means.  Does  he  mean  255 pages 
istitutions?    He  is  t  t.  either  in  dc- 

pg  the  PfditicH  as  ;»  ti«e,  for  it  con- 

kf  eight  book^,  auu  iTtun.rd's  translation 
ies  286  pa^es  in  Bohn's  edition.  Notwith* 
bg  Arnold*;^  j^reat  attachment  to  Aristotle,  I 
we  must  limit  the  portion  he  committed  to 
|ry  to  the  ei  Oith  Tvnnk.  n  frfls^ment  on  the 
(tion  of  y<  Doctor  based 

tofthesptr  I  I  at  Rugby.   It 

^t  in  the  Bugby  course  of  study. 

T.  J.  BUCKTON. 

wiTTT    Fool.  —  Some   numbers    back 

:  Q."   contained   the  amusing  answer  of  a 

Ifool  to  a  person  wishing  to  find  a  ford, 

ginal  of  this  is  at  lenst  two  hundred  years 

tSee  Facetue  Bcbelianep,  1660,  p.  238  :  — 

km  enm  juxta  S^la,m,  mfymambUe  aptid  hlstoricos 

u\m  lliuiien,  obcquitaret,  tuit  intcrrogatua  ab  eo  qai 

fuulii  tlutuiniB  equiubat,  ubi  flumen  vadarl 


i^yaiivit  iadiguajatitr  cur  ^  di^c^pia^t  'i     Ad 


hoc  5ituti«.  0  fatue  et  homo  nihili,  anates  illcc  hac  ad 
mc  natarunt  iUic^9«  tarn  iafirmum  BcHicet  ammai,  et  tu 
cum  tanto  caballo  noa  potei !  ** 

O.  T.  D. 

OaioiN  OF  Prior's  "  Tbief  aud  Cord^uer." 
— This  famous  song  is  evidently  borrowed  from  a 
Latin  epigram  given  in  Scott's  Enigranis  of  Mar^ 
tial,  ^c.  (1773,  p.  67-)     It  runs  thus  :  — 

**In  BardeUam  Latrotun  ManiMOHum, 

''Banlellam  nKvnacbtig  solans  m  morte  latronem, 
*  Eugo!  tibi  in  oAo  trjpiirK  {wrotur*  ait: 
Eespondit  Bardella  ♦Hodit*  jejuni*  lervo; 
Comabitt  DOfltro»  $i  libet,  ips«  loco.*  ** 

Can  any  of  the  readers  of  "  N.  &  Q.,*'  refer  me 
to  the  author  of  the  above  ?  A.  A. 

Foela'  Comer. 

KaxiiB's  Marrta<3£  Portion  of  £100.  —  On 
Monday  the  2nd  of  May  last,  l^iay-day  falling  or 
the  Sunday,  the  proceeiiings  in  connection  with 
this  charity  were  carried  out.  •  As  I  do  not  re- 
member any  notice  of  this  remarkable  bequest  in 
the  pages  of  "  N.  &  Q  "  I  beg  to  hand  the  fallow- 
ing statement  for  your  acceptance.  It  will,  I 
thmk,  be  considered  worthy  or  preservation.  Mr* 
Henry  Raine  was  a  brewer  in  the  parish  of  St. 
George- in-the-East^  Middlesex.  In  the  year  1719 
he  erected  some  schools  in  a  place  now  known  as 
Charles  Street,  Old  Gravel  Lane,  and  whiih  are 
called  the  "  Lower  Schools."  These  schools  were 
intended  for  fifty  boys  and  fifty  girls.  In  1736  he 
extended  the  charity  by  the  endowment  of  a  new 
school  called  "The  Asylum,"  and  in  this  school 
forty  of  the  girls  chosen  from  the  Lower  School, 
and  who  have  been  in  it  for  a  period  of  not  leas 
than  two  years,  are  maintained,  clothed,  and  edu- 
cated. Ten  are  elected  into  it  every  year,  and 
after  having  been  there  four  years,  during  the  last 
of  which  they  are  instructed  in  the  duties  of  do- 
mestic  servants,  they  go  out  to  service.  At  the 
age  of  twenty 'two,  those  who  have  been  out  to 
service,  after  being  the  proper  time  in  school,  are 
eligible  to  become  candidates  for  the  marriage 
portion  of  one  hundred  pounils.  This  marriage 
portion  constitutes  the  peculiarity  of  the  bequest. 
It  is  given  to  those  young  women  who  having  re- 
ceived the  requii'ed  education  in  the  schools,  and 
having  attained  the  age  of  twenty*two  years  shall, 
by  the  masters  and  mistresses  whom  they  have 
served  be  best  recommended  for  their  piety  and 
industry.  This  ceremony  takes  place  evexy  year, 
and  the  celebration  creates  much  interest  in  the 
neighbourhood.  Amongst  the  nobk*  act^  of  bene- 
volence of  which  we  have  in  this  country  so  many 
substantial  records,  I  do  not  remember  to  have 
heard  of  anotiier  of  this  character.  T.  B. 

^        cE  KOT    AW  Old  Womaw.  — The  Z>fli7^ 
ph  of  last  we^k  lie^vm  ^ock  «t\:\A«t  <^axav-- 
I  "  :iUke  moivcy,  m^  wrci^  V^^iSflXXi  V^  1^^  w^>s^ 


make  money-     The  icorihy  old  woman  who  gave 
this  ftdvice  to  an  aspiring  boy,"  &c» 

Our  daily  contemporary  forgot  tk.it  thb  passage 
is  ascribubie  to  Horace  —  by  no  meann  "  an  old 
woman.*' 

It  h  to  be  found  in  tbe  first  epistle  of  the  first 
Book  of  EpLitle;s  (vt.  65,  G6),  as  itiost  men  know. 
*' .  .  .  Rem  racios ;  rem. 
Si  poBSis  recte,  si  oon*  quocunque  modo,  rem/* 

M.  C.  C. 


CQurriftf. 


COLONEL  JOHN  MORICE.  OK  MORRIS. 

Wanted^  any  particulars  respecting  the  family 
of  Colonel  John  Morice,  or  Morris,  Governor  of 
Pontefract  Castle,  tn  164S.  I  have  tbe  following 
very  imperfect  pedigree^  In  wbich*  perhaps,  some 
correspondent  of  **  N.  &  Q,"  will  kiodly  enable 
me  to  fill  up  tbe  blanks :  — 

Edward   Morieoi  or  Morris,  of  Elmsall,  Com, 

Ebon,  born  ,  married  — -,  died ,     His 

son,  Robert  Moricc,  or  Morris,  of  Elmsall,  born 
,  married ^  died . 

His  aon  Nicholas  Moriee  or  Morris,  of  Elmsall, 

born 1  died ,  havinjy  married ,  Lucy, 

daughter  and  heiress  of  John  Latham,  of  Carleton 

HalJ,  near  Pontefroct,  by  whom  he  had  four  sons, 

I  Thomas,  Edward,  Riebard,  nnd  John,     Thomas 

'  Moriee  or  Morris  of  Elmsall,  born ,  d , 

having  married ,  Barbara  •,  daughter  of  John 

Went  worth,  of  North  Elmsall,  Esq.,  by  whom  he 
had  issue  — 

Matthias  Moriee,  or  Morris,  of  Elmaall,  bom 

— — ,    died  ,    having    married,    1st, , 

daughter  of  John  Brighouse,  of  Newark,  com, 
NotL,  Esq.,  by  whom  he  had  issue  John,  Nicholas^ 

Edward,  Elita,  and  Ann.     2, Jane,  daughter 

of  George  Holgate,  of  Grimthorp,  (torn.  Ebor., 
by  whom  he  bad  issue  Matthias,  Wentworth, 
Richard,  and  John. 

Hist  eldest  son  John  was  born  in  1620  or  1621  ; 
Governor  of  Pontefract  Castle  1648;  executed 
at  York,  August  23,  1649,  and  buried  at  Went- 
worth.  He  married  —  Margery,  daughter  of 
Dr.  Robt.  Dawson,  Bishop  of  Clonfert  and  Kil- 
mackdnugh,  in  Ireland,  by  whom  (who  remarried 
—  Jonas  Buckley)  he  had  issue  Robert,  born 

,  died  1676  (s.  p.);  John,  born ,  died  in 

in  infancy;  Mary,  l>oni ,  died («.pOt 

having  been  twice  married ;  and  Castilian  Mor- 
ris t.  Town  Clerk  of  Leeds,  born  ,  died  De- 


Wu  DarbArit  Weatwortb  oftho  samef^milr  uThos. 
?^cnt worth,  Karl  of  Strafford,  m  whose  bouseholtl  her 
nnrtiton,  Ci>I.  »Tolin  Moms,  wns  bmug^ht  wp? 

t  ^^^  '    It«v. ^  Morrit,  Vicar  of  Aldboroagb, 

to.  w  tj .  ,  Af onis  i«at  a  tnoicript  of  his  father's 

tri*h  'i'  i'umagm  reUtiag  to  his  death  oad  auf- 

lerii}g««  Uiii  hltM  occompaayiog  tiiem  being  dated  Leedj, 
June  18,  ITOi,  tad  ai|ped  '"'Your  atf^UooaU  Cqi^u,  vid 
kamUif  SetvMntf  Castillajx  MokeisJ** 


cember  18,  170*2,  baving^  mnriad. 
daughter  of  WiUiam  Aslienden,  of 
who  died  1677,  leaving  one  aoo,  Jo 
Mary,  daughter  of  George  Ja 
mer chanty  by  whom  he  had  in 
and  CastUian,  born    and   huru 
tiUan,  born  1692  ;  Robert,  ' 

,  married  Willm.   Sykes  < 

chant ;    Ellcaor  ♦♦    born 

Richard  Sharp,  of  Leeds^  died  174$  j 

abeth,  and  Margaret. 

John  Morris,  of  Leeds,  only 
Morris  by  his  first  wife ^  bom- 
having  married  Martha, 

Chaloner  of  Bail  don,  Aud  by  I 

daughters,  Arabella  and  Martha. 
I  have  a  memorandum  that  — ^ 
"Tn  Au^st,  1754,  Dan<.  WOUaxnioiv  ^i 
copied  for  Mr.  Thomas  Wilson  of  Leckiiv  I* 
pcct  of  Pontefract  Casttc,  and  the  parish  d 
ori§^ina1  paiating,  painted  aT  the  expcnM  I 
Gorenior  of  that  Ca«tlc  in  lii4^  before  llu^ 
were  dcrooliahfid.  Mrs.  Fraaklaad  ofLid^ 
daughter  to  tbe  Colonel,  has  the  origiBal| 
aUo  the  Colancra  lady's  picture.  Dr.  FhJ 
York,  baa  the  Oilonel^a  pictare,  which  MfJ 
son  purchiified  for  him  of  Mrs.  Sharp,  of  J 
neVs  graaddangbtcj-t  for  four  guineaa."* 

Are  thete  pictures  still  in  exialeitflel 
where?    Whose  daughter  was  Mn^f 
nnd  was  Mr.  Thomas  Wilson  in  ajiyj 
to  or  connected  with  the  family  of  ' 
ris  ?    Answers  to  these  queries^  of  I 
information  respecting  Col.  Morrk  1 
of  his  family,  wdl  greatly  oblige 


THE  OLD  CATHEDR.1L  OF  BOt 

It  is  well  known  that  among  the  I 
dents  in  France  during  this  and 
century,  several,  possessed  of  tbe  I 
ing.  have  at  Tnrious  times  take 
of  the  scenery,  but  abo  of  tbe 
country.     This  circumstance   may" 
the  portfolio  of  an   English   nmateci^fl 
valuable  to  French  antiquaries 
be  nreserved  in  them  views  of  tht^ 
to  be  properly  appreciated  by  a  1 
a  native. 

An  exempIiBcation  of  this  exk 
Boulogne- 8  ur-Mer.    Manr  of  ^ " 

ings  of  that   town    huve   disntinca 
troubles  of  lli 

dalism  of  the  i      ^    i  atn 

tury  ;  but  sketches  of  them^  tiior«  ( 


♦  U  Mr 
haro   beeri 

Col,  ^ 


\  to* 


itin  natttir  tiglttly 
>/    so,   who«t  daof 

•boat 


JQVR  II 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


1  foand  in  the  collections  of  English 

liave  been  shown  to  the  authorities  of 

Qe,  and  have  been  highly  appreciated  by 

illustrating  the  history  of  tnelr  town,  of 

hey  are  justly  proud.    Several  views  of 

!  Viile  of  this  kind  are  in  lii^h  estima- 

■mong  French,  and  especially   Botilonnese 
^ttaries.      One   of  the  most   interesting  edi- 
I  of  old  Boulogne  wus  the  Cathedral,  which  of 
I  years  has  totally  disappeftredt  and  been  re- 
by  the   modem  one  —  a  sumptuous  pile 
aly,  but  of  course  devoid  as  yet  of  bistoricat 
.     No  view  of  the  old  Cathedral  of  Bou- 
known  to  exist  in  France  ;  but  it  is  con- 
osstblc  that  among  accompli&hed  English 
,  of  the  times  just  anterior  to  the  Great 
Q,  some  one  may  have  made  a  sketch  of 
!  preserved  some  trace  of  its  form, 
been  requested  by  the  learned  Keeper 
Archives  of  Boulogne  —  M.  L'Abbe  Haig- 
— — -to  propose  to  your  readers  and  correspon- 
"^     a  sear  en  for  drawings  of  this  or  any  other 
ancient  buildings  of  Buulo^e ;  and  I  am 
sd  to  state  that  the  communication  of  them 
municipality  of  the  town  will  be  duly  and 
^iully  appreciated. 

take  this  opportunity  of  informing  your 
srs,  if  thev  are  not  previously  aware  of  the 
\  that  the  Public  Library  of  Boulogne,  under 
jrumrdiansbip  of  M,  Gerard,  a  gentleman  of 
Xilar  learning  and  urbanity,  is  very  rich  and 
*risivuj  and  that  its  J^ISS,  of  the  eleventh, 
l:f\h,  and  thirteenth  centuries,  have  an  Euro- 
reputation  for  their  great  beauty  and  rarity, 
library  is  open  to  3l  students,  and  every 
Ity  is  given  ior  the  consulting  and  copying  of 
Treaiures  it  contains;,  to  an  extent  and  in  a 
Her  totally  unknown,  but  which  may  well  be 
Ited,  in  England.  The  same  observation  may 
be  extended  to  the  libraries  of  Amiens, 
^»tien,  and  other  large  cities  in  the  north  of —  I 
Igbt  rather  say  all  over  France, 

H.   LONGUEVIIXE   JoKEi. 

BWfly. 


BcnoTE,  --'  I  have  somewhere  read  an  anec- 

I  of  an  eminent  man  who  excused  himself  for 

ering  a  peach  from  a  friend's  garden  wall  by 

romptu  rhyme,  which  his  companion  deemed 

t  justification  of  the  act  of  petty  larceny » 

one  refresh  my  memory  as  to  the  words 

Ich  (I  think  it  was)  and  the  name  of  the 

St*  SwiTHiN. 

itaow  StJCKEN. — In  a  document  of  the  earlier 
of  (^u<;eu  Elixabeth's  reign,  a  person  is  de- 

k*d  as  residing  at  "Borrow  Sucken  in  the 
ie  of  NortharoptOD,**  I  am  anxious  to  identify 

liace.  iC.  P.  D.  E. 


The  Eael  or  Clonmeix's  "DiA^ar." — Can  you 

furnish  me  with  any  particulars  of  a  volume  en- 
titledf  I  believe,  The  Diary  of  Jahn  Scott,  Earl 
of  ClonmeU,  and  said  to  have  been  **  privately 
printed,**  near  the  end  of  the  last,  or  the  beginning 
of  the  present,  century  ?  I  have  never  met  with  a 
copy  of  the  book,  which,  as  I  presume,  is  **  very 
rare.*'  Has  any  description  of  it  appeared  in 
print?  and  in  what  collection  may  a  copy  be 
found  ?  Lord  Clonmell  was  a  distinguished  cha* 
racten  Ahiiba. 

Dvcuaxul,  —  Will  Mr.  Db  MoftGAfr,  who  has 

bestowed  so  much  attention  on  the  literature  of 
mathematics  and  its  practical  applications,  or  some 
other  well-informed  mathematician,  have  the  kind^ 
ness  to  inform  me  who  is  M.  Duchayla,  author  of 
the  celebrated  Proof  of  the  Parallelogram  of 
Forces^  mentioned  tn  p.  7  of  J.  H.  Pratt's  Mather 
matical  Principles  of  Sfechanical  Philosophy t  Cam- 
bridge, 1836;  and  also  in  p.  19  of  Isaac  Tod- 
hunter's  Treatise  oji  Analytical  StiUies^  Cambridge, 
1 858, 2nd  ed.  ?  I  should  also  be  glad  to  know  when 
and  where  this  celebrated  "  proof"  was  first  pub- 
lished. The  name  of  Duchayla  is  not  to  be  found 
in  the  principal  biographical  dictionaries. 

Mathematicds,  T.  C,  D. 

Expedient,  —  When  did  this  word  first  come 
into  use  ?  The  text,  vtLna.  fioi  Jf^t^rrw,  oXA'  ov  irdrra 
ev^lft^i  (1  Con  vi.  12),  is  translated  by  Wyclif 
**AlIe  thingis  ben  nedeful  to  me,  but  not  alle 
thingis  ben  spedefuL"  By  Tyndale,  "All  thinge« 
are  lawfull  vnto  me ;  but  all  thinges  ire  not  pro- 
fit table/*  Cranmcr*f4  version  is,  "I  maye  do  all 
thynges,  but  ijl  thynges  are  not  profitable  "  The 
same  words  are  in  the  Genevan  vci'sion.  It  is  not 
till  that  of  Rheims  {a.d.  1582)  that  we  get  **  Al 
things  are  lawful  for  me,  but  all  thingd  are  not 
expedient."  A,  A* 

Poets'  Corner. 

Captain  Thomas  Fobrbst  published  — 

"A  Voyage  to  New  Gaiaea  and  the  Moluccas  from 
BaUnibaiiga  (1776-8),  including  an  Account  of  Magin- 
daao  Sooloo  and  other  Islands,  To  which  i^  addetl  a 
Vocabulary  of  the  Magindono  Ton^c     Loud.  4 to,  1779, 

**  A  Treatiso  on  the  Monsoons  in  tlie  East  ludlei* 
Load.  rJmo,  1785;"  and 

♦♦  A  Voyage  from  Calcutta,  to  the  Mergui  Archipelago,** 
&c*  &c,    London,  4to,  1792» 

A  translation  into  French  of  his  Voifoge  t9 
New  Guinea  and  the  Moluccas  appeared  at  Paris, 
4to,  1730. 

It  appears  that  he  was  born  in  or  about  1729; 
became  a  midshipman  in  the  navy  1745,  and  was 
senior  captain  of  the  East  India  Company's  marine 
at  Fort  Marlborough  in  1770. 

His    portrait,    engraved  in  1779  by   William 
Sharp  from  a  drawing  of  J«  K.  Sherwint  is  ^ce^ 
fixed  to  botb  k\a  Voyages*   Xi-Ckj^src  <>cvis».  \«^'3t«k 
bii  second  vo;y«L^e  \%  \Sivi  vt«iaTv^v««i  *- — 


478 


NOTES  AND  QUERIE& 


[l»*  8.^.30 


"  Cnpt  Thomfts  Forrest,  Orcanyo  of  tlio  Golden  Swonl. 
ThiR  ('happ  was  conrerred  as  a  mark  of  honor  in  the  City 
of  Atcheen  Inslonf^ing  to  the  Faithful!  by  the  hands  of 
the  Shabaniler  (Oflicer  of  State)  of  Atcheen,  on  Captain 
Thomas  Forrest,  Gower  Street,  5th  Feb.  i7lK).  Trans- 
late<l  by  WillUm  Marsden." 

I  shall  be  glad  to  be  informed  when  he  died. 
Perhaps  he  was  father  of  Thomas  Forrest,  Gapt. 
B.N.,  who  died  Sept.  6,  1844,  aged  sixty-five. 

S.  Y.  R. 

Grkrk  or  Syrian  Princes.  —  In  examining 
the  records  of  the  borough  of  Leicester  for  the 
purpose  of  local  history  lately,  I  met  with  the 
following  entry:  — 

"  At  a  Common  Hall,  held  the  loth  day  of  August, 
Anno  Dni.  nri.  Geor^ii  2di,  nanc  Keg.  Magn.  Brittan. 
Ac.  quarto,  A«  Dni,  1/30. 

**  Ordered  that  Joseph  Abaisir  and  John  Ilommer, 
Priuces  of  Mount  Lybanus,  in  S^Tia,  bo  presented  with 
Ten  Guineas  by  the  CorjKjration,  and  l>c  Treated  and 
Guarded  1o  Coventry  in  such  manner  as  thoy  were  con- 
ducted from  Nottinf^ham  hither,  pursuant  to  his  Ma- 
jesty's Koyul  Injunction.  The  ten  Guineas  and  all  other 
charges  to  be  paid  by  the  Chamberlhis,  and  allowed  them 
in  their  accounts. 

**  Healed  with  the  Common  Bonlc  for  the  said  Princes 
tlic  like  imss  fVom  I^icester  to  Coventry,  as  they  had  fWmi 
other  places  one  to  another." 

A  friend,  writing  from  Newcastle-uj)on-Tyne, 
informs  me  that  the  same  i>ersonages  (known  in 
our  Chamberlains'  accounts  as  the  "  Grecian  ** 
Princes)  were  in  that  town  on  July  30,  1730,  and 
were  there  presented  with  twenty  guineas  by 
Mr.  Mayor. 

At  a  Common  Hall  meeting  held  on  November 
27,  1732,  it  was  onlored  — 

"  That  the  Chamlmrlins  give  the  Ilon^^  George  Tomi- 
son,  Priucit  of  the  Muscovites  in  Syria,  three  Guineas,  to 
be  allowed  in  their  Accounts.'* 

In  the  Chamberlains'  accounts,  this  personage 
is  designated  differently,  the  entry  being  — 

"  Paid  the  Black  Prince,  by  Order  X      ».     d. 

of  Hall 03    03    00" 

If  any  of  your  correspondents  would  furnish  me 
with  any  information  snowing  who  any  or  all  of 
these  persons  were,  I  should  i'ecl  oblif^d.* 

James  Thompson. 

Heraldic  Query. — Parted  per  pale,  1.  Gules, 
two  bars  ermine,  in  chief  a  lion  possant,  guardant ; 
2.  Or,  on  a  chief  sable,  three  esciUlops.  The  name 
or  names  of  any  person  bearing  the  above  coats 
will  much  oblige  W.  J.  Bernhard  Smitii. 

Temple. 

lIiGu  Commission  Court. — ^What  was  the  seal 
used  by  this  Court  ?  Does  any  drawing  or  impres- 
sion of  it  exist  ?  Is  there  no  history  or  the  Court 
or  of  its  proceedinj^  ?  or  arc  they  to  be  collected 
only  from  the  various  historical  writers  and  law 
reporters  between  the  reigns  of  Henrj  VIII.  and 
James  IL  ?  S.  £.  6. 

*  These  prinosi  were  inqnind  after  in  our  t^^  8«  xC 


m.' 


The  IIootino  Thing  or  Micnnoi 
Some  thirty  years  ago,  I  ©aen  beard  t 
deceased,  speak  of  a  strange  tod  i 
noi!»e  for  which  a  wood  near  Midli 
county  of  Gloucester,  had  long  bea 
My  friend  in  his  boyhood  had  gftesl 
in  the  house  of  a  wealthy  yeomtn  m 
by  whom  the  soand  in  question  hac 
been  heard,  and  who,  bciii)^  a  keen  ip 
well  acquainted  with  the  cry  of  «fi 
beast  in  the  forest,  was  not  likeW  to 
by  any  ordinary  woodland  sound.  ] 
it  as  being  unlike  any  other  noise  h( 
'  and  most  uncouth  and  awful  in  ch 
'  used  abo  to  tell  the  story  of  a  relado 
I  a  wild  young  officer  in  the  armr,  h\ 
I  who  came  into  the  neighbourhooa 
before  on  a  visity  and  was  as  fond  i 
his  contempt  for  "the  hooting  tlun| 
desirous  of  hearing  it  At  last  his 
gratified.  One  day  while  alone  oat 
actually  heard  the  mysterious  sound, 
home  silent  and  thoughtful ;  ooukl 
duced  to  talk  about  what  he  hac 
ifhortly  after  resigned  his  commissi 
afterwards  a  fervent  preacher  amoB 
ley*s  Methodists. 

A  trifling  circumstance  has  recallc 
iar  story  to  my  remembrance,  and  I 
any  tradition  of  ^the  hooting  thins 
in  the  neighbourhood  of  Mickleton  r 

"  Jack  or  Nbwbuet." — Who  or  i 
by  Mojzunce,  mentioned  in  the  folio 
from  The  History  trf  Mr,  John  Win 
Jack  of  Newhury^  the  famow  amd  m 
of  England  f~^ 

**  May  it  please  yonr  Majesty,  said  Jack 
that  it  was  my  chance  to  moot  with  a  mc 
the  proportion  of  a  man  but  headed  like  a 
of  whose  teeth  was  like  the  poisoned  teetl 
his  breath  like  the  hasiliak/s,  killing  afk 
his  name  was  Envy ;  who  assailed  me  in? 
wicked  spirit  of  Mogunce,  who  flung  stoa 
could  not  be  seen." 

In  this  book  there  arc  many  cm 
one  example  of  which  I  subjoin  :  — 

**  A  mai<Ien  fair  I  dare  not  wed, 
For  fear  to  have  Acteon*s  head : 
A  maiden  black  ia  often  prond ; 
A  maiden  little  will  be  loud ; 
A  maiden  that  ia  high  of  growth. 
They  sav  ia  subject  onto  alotfa : 
llius  fair  or  foul,  yea,  little  or  tal 
Some  Ikults  remain  among  them  i 

In  the  course  of  the  history,  the  vir 
tain  George  a  Green  are  extolled,  wh 
must  be  the  subject  of  a  scarce  bi 
titled,— 

«Tha  Hiatonr  of  G9mg9  a  Gnen,  Plalfl 
,  or  WakaAaldAu  BteUu  GaUinc  Valsaa 


$»*aV.  JujrKll,*^] 


NOTES  AJiD  QtJEKIES, 


479 


'Ta 


Panog^B  in  the  Comae  of  his  Life  and  Fortune. 

H.  CoSGHEVl. 

B  Imisu  ToTom*"— Who  redJy  wrote  The 
Tutor  f  I  know  to  whom  the  creilit  u  given, 
^  WJM  not  the  author*  S*  RjtDMo?tD, 


►KiafBOLTOH    PaBKT**     a     ninrriKQDONfHlRE 

iMT.  —  Who  was  «thc  Revd.  Mr.  H ,"  the 

or  of  tba  poetD  of  "  KimboJton  Park,*'  which 
pies  nine  pages  in  vol  iv.  of  Pearch^s  Calkc 
Y  Poetm,  1783?  Was  he  "the  Reverend 
Jutchinflon  of  Holywell,  Hunts;^  referred  to 

fc  foot-note  to  p,  569,  vol  ii,  of  FriUt's  Glean^ 

"—  England,  1801,  fts  the  **  very  respe<:table 

genioug  gentleman."  who  u  mentioned  in 

ly  of  the  work  as  having 

1  long  and  laboriooaly  etnptoyin^  him»olf  in  a  his- 

r  the  cotinty  (HuntiiigdoiMhim),  with  the  iaadable 

,  1  of  doing  juitice  to  some  part*  which  have  fuffered 
inisrepryweutotion,  and  of  giving  a  fiur  and  candid 

nption  of  the  wholeu" 

f  Of  Mr;  Hutchinson's  History,  Pratt  says,— 
•*  Variouj  pnblic  and  priyate  causes  have  protracted, 
I  ar«  rtiU  fikdy  to  ddiiy,  the  publication  of  tbL™^- 
.  ftom  a  genettnu  outlina  which  I  uq  pennitted  t(J 
r>ri?^rV°%^  Judge  what  copious  sheaves 
T  be  expected,  when  I  can  aend  yoa  his  whole  har- 

:  am  desiroua  to  know  if  the  History,  or  any 
•tion  of  It  (other  than  the  "generous  outline^* 
-i  indicated)  was  ever  published?  and,  if  not, 
Ir.  Hutchinaon's  collection  has  been  used  by 
r  other  author,  or  if  it  is  still  in  existence,  and 

"'  ^^er®  ?  CUTHBEBT  BbdE. 

•  LoTAtTT  MxDAiS,**  ETC.  —  I  saw  described  in 

-in  dealer  a  London  catalogue,  medala  with  the 

I  of  tbarles  I.,  thas  described.     They  were  of 

T.     Is  there  any  work  which  gives  a  descrip- 

i  of  the  medals  of  the  Royalists  of  the  time  of 

larles  I.?      A  memorial,  which   I  take  to  be 

^^^»»g  of  tbis  sort,  is  described  in  a  note  to 

e  Diary  of  Sir  Henry  Slingshy  afScrioen,  Bart, 

r  of  Red  Borne,  near  York,  edited  by  Daniel 

-sons,  M. A.  1836,  p.  137:  — 

••  A  very  interesting  memorial  of  this  march  ftowarda 

^iry  duriDg  the  Civil  Wur]  ia  itJll  in  <ud»toaca-  it  is 

Iver  mediif  of  an  oval  ahapc,  made  to  be  worn.  'On  it 

>  half^ength  of  Mr  Henry  in  his  militarv  dreaa,  but 

•■-^,  and  with  long  flowing  hair,  aod  ronnd  thrw 

I  i^end ;   » lux  .  ResidvB  ,  Nvraiai .  Svb  .  Haata 

•  Jr^*  •  Frrednti  ,  JvxU  .  Daventriiim 

.  Penny  .  For  .  My  ,  Children.*  Tho.  U.  B. 

^is  lightly  engraved  Scriven  and  Sling*hy  impal- 

laayiw,  and  the  erert  a  lion  paaMiiL    And  it  is  re^ 

■  ^  that  the  baron  coat  i«  dimidiated  so  that  Scri- 

I  once  at  top,  and  once  below,  barwtae.    Below 

\  eogravetl,  '  Bchi-adeil  Jonf  r'  8  .  by  O  C 

hicb  should  be  1G58.    The  .  '      rion 

lek  mtkf  be  presumed  from  1 1 1  j  i^» 

— I  added  about  the  dose  ol ....  .,  .„  ..^iuiv/' 


In  a  meeting  of  the  Society  of  Antiquaries  of 
May  5,  \\  D.  Haggard,  Esq.,. presented  to  tlie 
focietys  Jibrary,  among  other  bequests,  **4.  A 
List  and  DencnpHon  of  MtdaU  rdatiug  ia  the  Pre- 
tender. Would  some  member  of  the  Antiquarian 
fc>ociety  of  London  be  so  good  us  to  note  such 
medala  of  the  Stuarts,  with  their  rl  "  ,  r^otti 
u»8  list  as  are  not  in  the  ''  Series  <  •('  the 

Stuart  Family  in  the  Collection  oi  .\ir.  i-.tiward 
Hawkjnu,  F.R,S.,  F.S.A.,  mentioned  in  the  Cola- 
io^ue  of  Anitquitie^,  Wirriu  of  Aj%  mid  Hiutoricai 
ScoUuk  Beiici,  exhibited  in  ike  Muaewn  of  the 
Archaeological  ItiAtihtte  at  Edinburgh  in  IS6H,  and 
Bend  them  to  «N.  &  Q^'  so  as  to  render  the 
list  oi  btuart  medals  aa  complete  as  possible. 

Ajiosi. 

I»scRiPTiow  AT  PoKTCHssTBB.— Can  any  of  your 
readers  mlorm  me  if  the  following  inscription  on 
a  monument  in  the  ancient  church  of  Portchester, 
Hampshire,  is  a  quotation  or  an  original  compo- 
sition?— '^  *^ 

"  Early,  bright,  tramdent,  chaste  as  rooming  dew, 
She  sparkled,  was  exhaled,  aod  went  to  heaven.** 

TnOM^  E»  WofTlIllGTOIf. 

The  Rbgbnt  Ajm  Lords  Grbv  anp  Gkek- 
YUSJi.^ln  1812,  on  the  expiration  of  the  "re- 
itrictions*'  on  the  Regency,  the  Prince  Regent 
addressed  a  letter,  dated  Feb.  13,  to  the  Duke  of 
York,  which  was  intended  as  an  overture  to  Lords 
Grey  and  Grenvdle. 

This  letter  was  answered  by  them  on  the  1 5  th 
of  the  same  month.  Of  these  two  documents  I 
have  copies.  Can  anj  one  tell  me  whether  they 
have  as  yet  appeared  m  print,  and  if  so,  where  ? 

D. 

Sauion  ts  the  Thames. — In  the  famous  Led- 
ger Book  of  Rochester,  or  Text  us  Roffensis,  cap. 
179,  is  the  following  curious  entry,  which  I  trans- 
late thus,  subject,  of  course,  to  correction  :  — 

•♦This  is  the  alms-giving  [demosina]  which  Lord 
Emttlf,  the  Bishop*  with  the  coaAcnt  and  at  the  request 
of  the  monks,  appointed  to  be  made  every  year  ftir  the 
80ul  of  our  father  Gundnlf,  the  Bishop,  in  his  anniver' 
sary. 

•*The  Secretary  should  give  40  pence  [ouadriginta 
deaarios],  the  Chamberlain  40  pence,  the  Collurer  40 
pence,  and  a  thousand  of  herriuga  [unum  millenarium 
alkciura],  Hedreham  [probably  tfedenhara,  of  which  the 
monks  held  the  manor]  4  shtlliogs  [solidos],  and  two 
salmon  [dnoa  aalmonesl.  Frcndesberi,  Deviatuna,  Ftietea, 
Wldeham  [probably  Frmdabuiy.  Davingion,  South  Fleet, 
and  Woul^am]  ti  shillings  and  two  salmons.  Lambetha 
one,  and  Soutbwercji  one  [Lambt*th,  the  manor  of  which 
they  had,  except  the  curia  or  palace  of  the  Archbishop, 
ami  South warkj.  These  2C>  shillings  the  CeBarer  shall 
receive,  aiid  having  thenco  bought  bread  and  herrings 
[et  empio  inde  pane  et  allecc],  he  with  the  almoners 
shall  distribute  them  on  that  duj  to  the  poor.  That  the 
monks  shall  have  the  salmon  in  the  refectory/* 

We  are  told  that  at  one  time  salm<^ti  m«t<s.  s*^ 


480 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


ime.r.itmitK^ 


give  this  focHl  to  their  cbildren  ivlien  apprenticed 
more  than  twice-  a  week ;  that  they  hnve  been 
taken  above  brid^^e  in  the  Thames  by  hundred- 
weights in  a  day*  and  so  on.  Now  Gunduirs  anni- 
versary was  on  the  7th  of  March  (our  IStb^  New 
Style),  when  this  fish  are  no  longer  rarities. 
Could  it  have  been  worth  while  then,  if  sslmon 
[  abounded,  to  receive  them,  one  from  such  a  place 
as  Lambeth,  and  one  from  Southwark;  and  to 
carry  them  thirty  mik*a  to  Rochester,  or  to  make 
four  towns  club  together  to  find  two  salmon — half 
a  fish  a  piece — when  we  should  have  supposed 
they  might  have  been  caught  not  far  from  Roches- 
ter in  scores  ?  Forty  pence  (three  shillings  and 
fourpence)  and  a  IDOO  herrings  also  seem  an  odd 
proportion  to  four  shillings  and  two  salmon.  It 
seems  curious  too  that  none  of  the  eight  salmon 
were  given  away,  but  entirely  consumed  by  the 
monks  thems^elvcs.  The  passage  would  seem  to 
infer  that  in  Ernulf  *s  time,  a,d.  1 1 15,  salmon  were 
not  so  common  in  the  Thames.  A.  A* 

Po«ts*  Comer. 

SLaVSBT     PROHinrrBB    is    PEPIIfSYLVAmA*  —  I 

am  yer}^  desirous  of  obtaining  a  copy  of  an  Act 
passed  in  the  year  171 1  by  the  Assembly  of  Penn- 
sylvania, prohibiting,'  under  any  condition,  the 
importation  of  slaves  into  that  colony.  **^  As  soon 
aa  the  law  reached  England  to  receive  the  usuiil 
confirmation  of  the  Crown,  it  was  peremptorily 
cancelled/'— Zi/<r  of  Wm,  Penn,  by  Dixon,  Phila- 
delphia edit*  p.  331.  Dixon  refers  to  Proprietartf 
VaperSt  voL  ix*  Q,  29,  State  Paper  Office.  In 
Settle's  Negro  Slaver^^  **  Memoirs,  Hist.  Soc.  of 
FPenna^"  vol.  i.  part  n.  p.  370,  the  title  of  the  Act 
is  given :  "  An  Act  to  Prevent  the  Importation 
of  Negroes  and  Indians  into  the  Province."  The 
writer  says,  **  it  is  doubtful  whether  a  copy  of  it 
IS  in  existence.**  If  this  be  a  proper  question  for 
**  N.  ic  Q."  I  venture  to  hope  tnat  some  corre- 
spondent will  be  able  to  refer  me  to  the  right 
quarter  for  Information.  I  learn  from  a  friend  of 
Mr.  Granville  John  Penn,  that  that  gentleman 
ifl  now  enga^d  in  examining  hitherto  unexplored 
papers  of  his  distinfrui«hed  ancestors.  Perhaps 
thjs  and  other  more  interesting  questions  may  be 
solved  by  this  search.  St.  T. 

Ukpubushed  Suaksperian  MSS.  or  thb 
ULTB  Me.  CjtLDKCOTT. — Thesc  MSS,  would  no 
doubt  be  of  considerable  Umportance,  Mr*  Calde- 
cott  being  an  able  critic,  and  having  access  to  so 
many  rare  books  of  the  Elizabethan  period.  His 
notes  were  chiefly  unpublished,  those  on  two 
plays  only  having  been  printed.  I  have  ascer* 
tained  that  diej  were  bequeathed  to  Mr.  George 
Crowe,  son  of  the  late  public  orator  at  Oxford. 
If  Mr.  Crowe  is  still   living,  perhaps  he  would 

excuse  an  nr t  tt, .^^  i\yQ  papers  be  deposited  in 

the  Shaks^i  um  at  Stratford-on-Avofi,  a 

co^lBctioQ  iil' ^    J  -.ri  great  importance^  \^reterT«d 


in  spacious  rooms  at  the  birtli-|iii«  »  atm 
Street,  and  for  the  benefit  of  whici  IAoqM  piB 
fuUy  receive  any  Shakjiperian  pruoiftt  I  m 
take  great  care  of  any  that  maj  bt 
to  my  charge  at  No,  6,  St.  MarjV  I***", 
Brompton,  near  London.  The  naiMs  dm 
donors  will  be  regiatered  at  the  HnsnAC 
also  published.  J-  O.  ILiiAiwa 

Rbv.  GBoaGJi  WAUtE»»-^«i  any  of  j 

respondents  give  me  any  informatioa  r 
the  ancestors  and  desc^adants  of   "     " 
Walker,    who    defended     Loni 
James  II.  ?     His  sister  Anne  mam-cii  m 
well  of  Falkland,  co.  Monagban; 
formerly  belonging  to  him,  ta  in  the  i 
one  of  her  descendants.  E  M I 

Tub  Rev.  Thou ab  ^yILK^^50B^  publtilit- 

1.  *^  A  Dwcourso  on  the  Doctrine  of  OrJptilfjt 
eaiioned  by  aa  Appendix,  to  StackbO'ttM's  Ai^ 
ou  that  Sobjectf  dedicat«d  with  Permisdoti  l>M 
the  Archbishop  of  Cunterbuo^  bv  th#  Ber.  Oti^ 
Bishop  of  the  Scotch  Episcopal  CnurchX  pi^^ 
Paul's  CathedTttl  on  Sondav,  the  9th  of  Mank  1 
Bvo.     1817.*' 

2,  **  The  Inspiration  of  the  Holy  ScriptarM 
the  evident  Completion  of  mimy  very  h 
phecies*    London,    8vo.    1823." 

In  the  first  work  he  is  designated  M 
of  Bui  van,  Essex,  and  Curate  of  St. 
Holborn;   and  in  ttie  second^  B,D*^ 
Bulvan. 

We  presume  that  he  was  of  T^inkj 
Cambridge;  B.A.  1793;  M.A.  17D$; 

Information  respecUnrr  him,  and 
date  of  his  death,  will  oblige 

C.  H.  &  Tbompsox  Cmo^ 

Cambridge. 


isu 


«9u(rirtf  hiii^  ^niUmL 

Geobgb  Mbriton,  autbor  of  Amgk^rwm  Q^ 
LtjudtortTs  Law^  Nomenciittura  CUrictdu^  In^*^ 
Thoresby  says,  **  removed  into  Ir«biDd«  wMft 
was  said  to  be  made  a  judge."     InfoilBaUM  ! 
specting  him  is  requeated* 

C.  J.  D.  Im^MJom. 

TyddyT-y-Sai«,  Ctmirvon. 

[It  11  somewhat  romarkable  thai  nothing  k 
the  5>ersQDftl  history  of  G«ofg«  Meritcm,  attonwyift 
Allertoo,  sod  aathor  of  several  legal  and  ttiher 
He  was  the  elder  brother  of  Thocnas  Meritoo,  lb*  til 
tiBt,  vrho  dedicated  ("with  notable  nonieiiaiv**  i^ 
Oldyt)  hii  tragedy  Lore  and  U'^ar,  4ta,  lidS, 
traly  noble»  judicious  gcMtleniaii,  Mfid  hit  m 
brother,  Mr.  George  Meriron,*^    Laogbeioe  ^yi^i 
apt  to  believe  these  two  brothers  a4;t«iS  the 
those  Genijfto  brethren  tlrat  dwelt  al  Eoi 
and  Uie  rbctoricitn  iticjitiatiMl  by  Hofioa  (, 
t^.  %\,  'wkodft  buftioau  it  wa» — 


»«» S.  V.  JuxB  11,  '64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIE& 


481 


*  Ut  niter 
Altmiijs  sermone  meros  audi  ret  Imnorei : 
Gracchus  at  hie  illi  foret,  hie  ut  Maciua  iUL'** 

George  Alert toa  must  be  the  person  of  that  name  who 
appeared  at  Dagdale^s  Yialtation  of  Yorkahtrer  A.n*  16(^6, 
when  be  described  him^lf  of  Castle  Leavington,  ion  of 
Thomas  of  the  same  place  (ob.  1C52),  who  was  son  of 
George  Meriion,  D.D.,  chaplain  to  Anne  of  DeDmark,  and 
Dean  of  Peterborough  and  afterwards  cf  York. 

The  George  Mezilon  living  in  1C6G  bad  married  Mary, 
daughter  of  T  Pallwer  of  Kirkby  Wick,  by  whom  be  had 
Thomas,  aged  eight  in  1665.  He  bad  also  two  sisters 
married  to  two  Palllsers,  and  one  of  the  family  being  an 
archbishop  in  Ireland,  may  possibly  account  for  bis  re- 
moral  to  that  coQntr^',  as  related  by  Thoresby. 

George  ^[eriton  sent  his  s(»;ond  son  Georg«  to  Gam- 
bridge,  where  he  died  on  August  H,  1680,  and  was  burled 
la  All  Saints'  Church.  An  inscription  to  bis  memory  is 
printed  in  Le  Xcve^s  Mowanenta  An^icana^  \y*  4.  Colev 
in  bis  MS.  Parochial  Hiatory  of  Oambtidgethiret  iiL  65| 
states  that  this  mooiiment  baa  since  been  removed,  **  and 
no  signs  of  any  such  monament  being  there,  nor  the  upper 
stone  preserved,  that  I  could  see  in  any  part  of  the 
church ;  but  luckily  the  inscriptioni  though  the  stoue  is 
loatf  is  preserved,  through  the  care  of  that  most  learned 
and  industrious  antiquary,  Mr.  Baker*  who  sent  it  to 
Mr.  Le  Kere/*  A  few  such  industrious  antiquariea  as 
Browne  Willis,  Iliomas  Baker,  and  John  Le  Xeve,  are 
much  required  tn  our  day  for  the  preservation  of  monu- 
mental inscriptions. 

One  of  the  most  popular  productions  of  George  Menton, 
the  attorney,  is  that  curious  poem,  Tht  Prttiaa  of  Fork' 
thire  Ale^  1683,  1685,  and  1697,  which,  by-tbe-bye,  la 
attributed  to  Giles  Morrington  by  our  correspondent  in 
bsa  History  of  North  Atlerton,  pp.  348,  387.  That  lite- 
rary  detective,  William  Oldys,  in  bb  notes  on  Langboino 
in  the  British  Museum,  informs  us  tbat  this  humorous 
piece  was  **by  George  Menton,  a  Yorkshire  attorney, 
who  wrote  several  books  on  the  law," — the  same  George 
Men  ton,  as  be  thinks,  with  the  person  of  that  name  men- 
tioned by  Langbaine  (p.  &6d}  in  the  account  of  bis  brother, 
Thomas  Menton.  Hence,  too,  when  Thoresby  says  that 
'*  George  Meriton  had  written  somewhat  of  the  Northern 
dialect,"  he  was  no  doubt  thinking  of  the  **  Alpbabetical 
Ciavis  unfolding  the  meaning  of  all  the  Y'orksbire  words  " 
nsed  by  bim  in  this  delectable  poem,  and  printed  as  an  Ap- 
pendix to  it.  Again,  in  Immoraiity^  Dtbandur^^  and  Pro' 
/anena»  Expottd,  by  George  Meriton,  Gent.,  the  author 
tn  several  places  spi^iks  of  the  atioag  ale  of  North  Aller- 
ton,  as  well  as  of  his  small  estate  at  Cleaveland,  which 
seems  to  conJirm  the  identity.  77**  Praise  of  Yorhthire 
AU  is  attributed  to  him  by  Goagb  {Bnt(»h  Topog.  1780, 
ii.  467),  in  Bohn*s  LowncUst  and  in  the  Catalogues  of  the 
Bodleian,  GrenvilJe,  Malone,  and  Douce  collections^ 

A  lilt  of  George  Meriton's  productions  will  be  found  in 
Wait*i  Bddiotheca  Brit.^  and  in  Marvin*s£«^a/i7iV>9rapAy. 
The  foUowing  work  is  omitted,  which  we  are  inclined  to 
attribute  to  him :  MtMciSafua^  tir  a  QfUtction  of  Wm  and 
In^eniout  Sayin^t  &fc.  uf  PrtnteM,  Phihutphertf  StaUtimHf 


H    -t^P^ 


CburtierMf  Potit,  LadUtt  Pawtetii  ^.,  alto  Epiiapht,  By 
G.  M.  ISmo,  16&4.  In  Thorpe's  Catalogue,  1832.  No» 
G409,  it  is  stated  to  t>e  by  G*  Mereton«  There  ia  also  an 
anpubliabed  MS^  by  bim  in  the  Britisb  Museum  (Addit, 
MS.  10,401),  entitled  "A  Briefe  History  or  Account, 
sbewing  howe  People  did  Traffieke  in  tbe  World  before 
tbe  invention  of  Money,  witb  an  Account  of  tbe  several  I 
aoffts  of  Metallet;  likewise  to  wbome  tbe  prerogative  of 
Coynlng  Money  belongs,  also  an  Account  of  our  Silver 
and  Gold  Coyos ;  lastly,  an  Abstract  of  all  our  Laws  re- 
lating to  Money.  Dedicated  to  Lord  Chief  Justice  Holt* 
By  George  Meriton,  4to."  This  MS.  waa  purchased  at 
Heber^s  sale,  lot  7G2.] 

La^setu  Degrees  in  M^Dtct^tE. — In  tbe 
Houae  of  Commons,  on  the  1 3th  of  May*  Colonel 
French  wked  the  Secretary  of  State  for  the  Home 
Department  if  it  were  the  fact,  that  the  Arch- 
bishop of  Canterbury  bad  the  power  to  confer  tbe 
title  of  Doctor  of  Medicine  on  persons  who  had 
not  undergone  an  examination  before  the  College 
of  Physicians.  Sir  G,  Grey  said,  in  reply,  that  he 
bad  been  unable  to  ascertain  what  were  tbe  facts 
of  this  subject,  and  could  only  state  that  under 
an  old  statute  the  Archbishop  of  Canterbury  bad 
the  power  of  conferring  the  degree  of  Doctor  of 
Me<Jicme.  That,  however,  was  hardly  recognised 
under  the  last  Medical  Act  He  could  not  state 
whether  tbe  present  Archbishop  had  ever  exer- 
cised the  power.  Colonel  Frencb  said  that  it  was 
exercised  in  1858.  Probably  some  of  the  corre- 
spondents of  "  N.  &  Q"  will  bo  able  to  state  some 
of  the  latest  instances  of  this  degree  having  been 
conferred*  N* 

[A  careful  inspection  of  The  London  and  Provincial 
Mvdtad  Directory  for  1804.  would  doubtless  give  tbe 
latest  instAncc*  In  glancing  through  it  we  noticed  that 
the  Lambeth  degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine  had  been  re- 
cently conferred  on  tbe  following  gentlemen :  W,  S.  Oke» 
Southampton,  1828  f  William  liayca,  Cambridge,  1850; 
F.  G.  Julius,  Eichmond,  iSurrey,  1851;  R.  B.  Grindrod, 
Great  Malvern,  1865;  J.  H,  Ramsbotbam,  Leeds,  1855. 
An  honourable  member  of  the  House  has  moved  for  a  re- 
turn of  all  medical  degrees  conferred  by  the  Archbishops 
of  Canterbury;  which  return,  we  presume,  will  be  made 
ID  due  course.  A  correspondent  of  The  Times  of  May  17, 
1864,  has  fUmished  the  following  interesting  particular* 
of  medical  legislation :  — 

"  As  a  Lam  both  graduate  »n  medictne,  I  may  not  onlv 
be  able  to  answer  the  question  asked  by  Colonel  French 
in  the  Uouse  of  Commons  la*t  night,  but  also  to  give  to 
vour  readers  some  insight  into  Henry  VllL*a  medical 
legislation. 

"  I  may  premise  that,  at  the  commencement  of  bla 
reign,  medicine— or,  as  it  was  then  called,  physic — was  in 
a  most  deplorable  condition  throughout  thu  whole  of 
England ;  the  practice  of  the  art  was  in  tbe  hands  of 
monka,  alchymists,  and  empirics,  and  all  that  was  known 
of  the  science  was  confined  lo  those  (chiefly  priests)  who 
bad  atudtctl  at  Rome,  Padua,  Bologna,  Florence,  &e., 
where  physic  bad  long  befoie  beev^  \.wl^\V— i^^^*^^v 


482 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[««lT.Jnm,H 


^\ 


teochinfc  it  in  this  countn-.     Hcnrv  VIII/s  firnt  attempt  : 
at  a  Medical  Hill  wm  iiy  the  :)nl  of  Ilenrv  VIII.  cip.  11,  ' 
whereby  he  confcra  on  the  Bishop  of  London,  and,  in  his  . 
absence,  on  the  I>ean  of  St.  rauKs,  thu  exclusive  iwwer  or 
privilcgt^  of  lict'njiinfc  phyiuriuns  in  the  City  of  London  I 
and  within  seven  mili's  in  coinpasA.    In  15 18* two  priests, 
.lohn  Chambre  and  Thomas  Linncre — the  latter  or  whom  I 
had  been  tutor  to  the  Prince  Arthur,  and  \toih,  of  whom  had 
studied  ph}'8ic  at  Florence,  &c.,  obtained  (torn  llonry,  . 
through  the  influoni'e  of  Canlinal  Wolsey,  letters  patent  I 
const itutinj;  a  corp«irate  bo<ly  of  re{(ular  phy8ician.<i  in 
I^ndon.    'Hie  14 Ih  ami  15th  i»f  Henry  VIIl.  cap.  fl,  i-on- 
Arms  this  charter.     The  '25th  of  Henry  VIII.  cap.  21, 
fClves  power  to  the  An'hhishop  of  Cantarbnry  to  confer 
all  manner  uf  licenses,  di!«|Mnsntion8,  faculties,  &c^   ai 
heretofore  hath  been  used,  and  ai-t-ustomed  to  be  had  at 
the  See  of  liomc,  and  this  |>owor  was  held  by  our  courts 
of  law,  about  the  end  of  the  eighteenth  century,  to  be  a 
power  to  confer  dcmes. 

**  The  32nd  of  Henry  VIII.  cap.  42,  incorporates  the 
(until  that  tiino^  unincorporated  Sur^oons  with  the  Cor- 
iwration  of  Harbors;  and  the  34-3.'>ih  of  Henry  VIII. 
*'^P'  ^1  ffivos  power  to  permns,  l>einp  no  common  sur- 
geons, to  administer  medicine  in  some  diseases^ via.  ague, 
Ike.  The  18th  of  (ieorgc  II.  cap.  1.^,  forms  the  iureeona 
into  a  separate  coqioration.  The  55th  of  George  IlL  cap. 
VM,  incorporates  a  body  of  medical  practitioners  to  bo 
calle<l  Apothecaries. 

■*  The  late  Mc<licnl  Act  gives  to  all  registered  practitioners 
in  medicine  and  surgery  an  unf|ualitied  right  to  practise 
merlicioe  and  surgorv  throughout  the  whole  of  Her  Ma- 
jesty's dominions  at  home  and  abroad,  thereby  sweeping 
away  nt  one  blow  the  whole  of  the  petty  restrictions  of 
the  dilTercnt  liceniilng  boards ;  it  requires,  however,  every 
practitioner  in  medicine  or  surgery  to  Im!  registered,  and 
exempts  all  future  graduates  of  Lambeth  fVom  the  right 
to  be  reglsU>red."] 

Mei>mf.!(iiam  CiiUn. — Is  there  uny  truth  in  the 
accounts  in  that  xtrangc  book  Chrysul^  of  orgies 
more  than  Bacchanalian,  carne<l  on  at  Mcdmen- 
hnm  Abbey  by  a  party  of  noblemen  and  gentle- 
men from  the  metropolis,  about  the  end  of  the 
lost  century  or  the  bc<nnning  of  this  ?  Has  any- 
thing been  written  on  the  subject  more  than 
appears  in  this  b<K)k  ?  H.  C. 

[Johnston,  in  his  novel  Chryml;  or^  the  Adnntures  of 
a  GuiHea,  has  probably  fumisheil  the  longest,  but  some- 
what flctitious  account  of  the  Mcdmenham  Club — a  so- 
ciety of  wits  and  humorists,  who,  under  the  assumed 
title  of  Monks  of  St  Francis,  converted  the  ruins  of  the 
Abbey  into  a  convivial  retreat.  Some  other  particulars 
of  this  mysterious  fraternity  may  be  found  in  Capt 
I-Mward  Thompson's  Life  of  Paul  IFhiteheaH,  edit.  1777, 
pp.  xxxiii.  to  xxxix. ;  The  Ttntn  and  Coumtry  Magazine, 
i.  122;  and  Churrhill's  PocmM,  edit.  Tooke,  1854,  iiL  1C8, 
186,  276.  It  is  not  surprising  that  a  dub,  which  had  ex- 
cited 80  much  notoriety,  and  provokcil  so  much  satire, 
should  have  rendered  itself  on  object  of  literary  curiosity, 
compoMd  as  it  was  of  such  men  as  Charles  Churchill, 
John  Wilkes,  Robert  Lloyd,  Francis  Lord  le  Despencer, 
Bubb  Doddington,  Lord  Melcombe  Uegis,  Sir  John  Dash- 
wood  King,  Dart,  Paul  Whitehead,  Henry  Lovebond 
Collins,  Esq.,  Dr.  Benjamin  Bates,  Sir  William  SUnhope, 
K.B^  and  some  other  congenial  spirits.  Langley,  who 
wrote  his  Hittoiy  of  Dttboromgh,  Suckt,  in  1797,  w«a 


un.iMe  to  collect  any  authentic  particnUrioi'thaa'.a_^  .  .^ 
nblo  sodality.  He  aaji :  **  Some  few  inean  sinoe  ih«  ^^'^^Jfi. 
house  was  tenanted  by  a  society  of  men  of  wit  ud  fnT'""^ini 
imder  the  title  of  Monks  of  St.  Francis.  iAok  h:^  U 
they  assumed.  During  the  season  of  their  cwrt^r^^m 
residence,  they  are  supposed  not  to  hire  sdhcnl  .^=i- 
rigidly  to  the  rules  of  life  which  St.  Francii  hide^9^:=--  W 
Over  the  door  is  inscribed  the  motto  of  iu  last 
<:)rdcr :  '  Fay  cc  que  voodros.'  Some  anecdotes 
a  publication  of  that  day  were  said  to  Rftr  to 
ciety;  but  from  the  little  information  I  have 
there  appears  to  bo  no  strong  foundation  for  that 
The  woman,  who  was  their  only  female  dooistfie,  ii  ^ 
Jiving  [1797];  and  after  many  enqmriet,  I  bcHewy^ 
their  transactions  may  as  well  be  buried  in  obUvioo.*^^ 

Nathahibl  Bbntlet    alias  Diktt  Dkk.- 

There  if  an  engraTed  portrait  of  this  omb  » I 
torious  character,  who  waa  living  in  LesdoUl 
Street  at  the  beginning  of  this  century.  ThcRi  1 
alio  a  Life  of  him,  without  date,  ^\hen  ^kl 
dieP  lie  is  noticed  in  the  Annual  fiantoj 
xlvii.521.  S.f.X. 

[The  more  venerable  of  the  readers  of  «  N .  &  <^**  il 
loubtless  nmembcr  a  celebrated  emporium  torvsMi 
nil  sorts  in  Leadenhall  Straet,  called  **  Dirtj  Diek^Tm. 
house."  The  uumber  of  the  house  was  46,  which  iiM 
divided  into  two  tenements.  In  his  early  daya»  Ksckasl 
llentley  was  eslleil  the  Besa  of  Leadenhall  StntC,  ai 
might  be  seen  at  all  public  places  of  resort,  dnasd  ai 
man  of  fkahion.  He  not  only  spoke  French  and  ItsSa 
fluently,  but  his  demeanour  was  that  of  a  polished  |» 
tlcman.  As  the  story  goes,  onr  young  tndesaiaB  Id 
made  prsposala  to  the  daughter  of  a  wealthy  dtiaa,ai 
had  been  accepted ;  bat  as  "  the  coarse  of  true  Ion 
never  did  run  smooth,**  by  some  untoward  evsot  Ik 
match  was  broken  otL  Time  passes  on,  and  our  CykiM* 
able  beau  beeomes  better  known  as  •«  Dirty  Dick,'*  *i 
inveterate  enemy  of  soap  and  towels. 

It  was  in  Februsiy,  1804,  that  Bentley  flnslly  qdari 
his  warehouse  in  Lesdouhsll  Street,  in  which  for  fofft^jw 
he  had  conducted  business  among  cobwebe  and  dosL  It 
then  took  a  house  in  Jewry  Street*  Aldgste^  what  h 
lived  for  three  yean ;  but  his  landlord  refosiog  to  nm 
the  lease,  he  removed  to  Leonsrd  Street,  SImuM 
taking  with  him  a  stock  of  spoiled  goods  to  the  sbmI 
of  10,000/.  Hen  he  was  robbed  of  s  considerable  ssaky 
a  woman  with  whom  he  was  imprudent  enough  to  ha 
a  connexion  in  his  old  sge.  To  divert  his  mind  fron  Ih 
contemplation  of  his  miafortane^  he  trareUed  tnm  m 
place  to  another  until  he  reached  Haddington,  is  8nl? 
lamL  Almost  pennyless,  snd  suflering  eererelr  fhm  1^ 
disposition,  he  t(K>k  up  his  sbode  at  the  Crown  Jnn,  whai 
he  died  about  the  close  of  the  yssr  1809^  and  was  hidd 
in  the  churohjrard  of  that  town.] 

Ladt  Euzabeth  Spblmav. — ^Tluf  ladTi  ml* 
will  dated  Not.  3, 1745,  describei  tunetf  ^ 
parish  of  St  James's,  Weitmiiisfeor,  vidi 
wta  \rasvtti  al  8t.  JtnMTa  <m  Jan.  IV 


3'^SwV- jrmi«U/C4.] 


K0TE8  ANB  QTTEKIES. 


483 


There  is  nothing  in  her  frill  to  indicate  whoie 
widow  she  was.  If  any  of  your  ^nealogical 
renders  can  tell  who  her  husband  was^  he  wiU 
oblige  by  an  answer  to  this  qtiery.  Lady  SpeU 
Ei«n  bequeathed  many  valuable  portraits  to  dif- 
ferent poi'sona;  -fv"  "■*-♦  '^'♦hers,  to  her  two  consins 
Mrs.  Ann  and  M  th  Brierly»  the  picture 

of  ihe  learned  .^.-  .:,  .y  Sp^lman,  and  one  of 
Philip  Lord  Wharton. 

She  beqneaths  also  a  picture  of  the  Ladj  Mary 
Carey,  Countess  of  Denbigh,  and  the  Lady  Eliza- 
beth Spelman,  daughter  to  John  Earl  of  Middle- 
ton,  and  Martha  his  Counteso^  quarter-longth. 
The  last  picture  was  no  doubt  that  of  herself 
From  the  ocqueat  of  the  picture  of  the  learned 
Sir  Henry  Spelman,  one  is  led  to  infer  that  her 
husband  was  of  the  learned  antiquarj's  family ; 
and  who  her  husband  waf,  it  is  the  object  of  this 
inquiry  to  ascertiiln,  F.  L, 

[We  Are  inctined  to  think  the  lady  ioquired  after  is 
noticc>d  iu  Blome66hrs  Norfolk^  fivo,  edit,  1807,  vol.  ▼!.  p, 
459,  where  we  read  that  *•  William  l^elman,  Esq^  lord 
and  patron  of  the  manor  of  Wickmorc,  married  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Martha  Counters  of  Middlelon,  second  wife  of 
John  Earl  of  Mtddleton  in  Scotland,  and  daughter  and 
heiress  of  Henry  Car}*,  Earl  of  Monnjoath."  In  the 
Gent,  Mag.  atviil.  43,  her  death  is  thus  nolieed:  "Died 
Jan.  11,  174S,  Lady  Elizabeth  Spelman,  daughter  of 
late  John  Earl  of  Middleton,  Governor  of  Tangier."] 

Savatort.  —  Will  some  of  your  learned  corre- 
spondents fix  the  orthography  of  this  word  ?  The 
greut  United  States  Commission  spells  it  *^  sani- 
tary," which  may  go  far  towards  making  this  the 
accepted  spelling.  Would  not  analogy  make  it 
follow  the  spelling  of  sanatia,  rather  than  of 
sanittu?  St.  T. 

ISttnare  in  to  cure^  and  a  curing- place  b  properly 
called  ntmatorivm.  But  Uie  Lntio  for  bedth  ia  ganUtUt 
and  the  laws  which  relate  to  health  should  he  culled 
sanitary.  Iu  French,  we  have  ganatoirt  (a  word  of  rare 
oectirrence),  curative,  tliat  wUioh  leudi  to  nvtore  health. 
Sanitatre^  that  which  leads  to  pruerw  health  i  ts  **  loia 
sanitdires,"  "pohce  Baaitatre,"  ** cordon  sanrtains  "  (Bm- 
wehtrdit).  So  in  Euglisbr  "Sanatory,  hcatiagt  curing 
often  erroneously  udtd  for  sanitary"  {Ogilvk.}  ♦'Sani- 
iiry,  pntffwaive  of  health ;  aa,  taiitary  la  W8,*'— /ticl.  ] 


Hrpltetf* 

PARISH  REGISTERS. 
(3^"  S,  V.  243.) 
In  ft  similar  careful  and  restoring  spirit  as  that 
dttcribed  by  W.  \\\  S.  have  the  old  registers  of 
ih**  i>^r-^  of  Boston  Maudit,  in   the  county  of 
!*•  n,   been   preserved.      This  is   easily 

at^"    Y  -    -  ''^^  from  its  having  had  the  same  rector 
OS  Wilb/,  one  whose  aame  can  never  be  forgotten. 


Thomas  Pei*cy,  the  editor  of  The  ReUauea  of  Eng- 
U$h  Poetry^  afterwards  Dean  of  Carlisle,  and 
finally  Bishop  of  Dromore,  An  inspection  of  the  • 
book  ahow9  at  once  that  the  same  careful  hand 
which  waa  often  emphiyed  in  the  restoration  of 
the  text  of  an  old  ballad,  did  not  disdain  to  bestow 
an  equal  amount  of  care  in  rescuing  from  the 
ravages  of  time  the  entries  in  aa  old  register. 
Theliandwnting  is  beautifully  clear,  and  the  ink 
apparently  as  fresh  aid  when  it  flowed  fh>m  Percy's 
pen. 

At  this  quiet  country  rectory  it'' was  that  he 
wea  Tisitedf  in  1764,  by  his  friend  Dr.  Johnsoiii 
who  was  iu  his  happiest  mood.  Mrs.  Percy  told 
Cradock  — 

"  That  her  hoafoand  looked  out  all  sorts  of  hooka  to  be 
ready  for  hii  atnoseroent  after  bre&kikst,  and  that  John* 
son  was  ao  attentive  and  polite  to  her,  that,  when  her 
buabADd  mentioned  the  literature  prepared  in  the  stady* 
he  said :  ^  No^  Sir,  I  ahull  iirst  wait  upon  Mrs.  Percy  to 
fe«d  the  dncks/" 

To  her  was  addressed  by  her  husband   the 

charming  ballad : 

*'  O  Nanny,  wilt  thon  gang  with  me  ?  " 

which  will  always  be  freshly  remembered. 

Close  to  the  rect^^ry  is  the  church  where 
Thomas  Percy  ministered  from  1746  to  1778, 
which  ha.s  been  restored  in  a  loving  sptrit  by  the 
present  Marquis  of  Northampton;  and  happily, 
though  the  floor  is  entirely  paved  with  encaustic 
tiles,  yet  the  old  ixiscriptions  have  been  preserved 
upon  them.  One  in  particular  marks  the  spot 
where  thre<i  of  Percy's  six  children  repose  in 
front  of  the  chancel ;  and  upon  the  tiles,  the  lion, 
the  ancient  crest  of  the  ducal  house  of  Northum- 
berland, is  delineated. 

Within  the  altar  rails  lie  theremaiDs  of  Morton, 
Bishop  of  Durham,  who  was  ejected  from  his  see 
in  1646,  and  died  at  Eaaton  Maudit  in  1659,  at 
the  advancetl  age  of  ninety -two,  in  poverty  aiid 
comparative  obscurity,  where  he  h^d  filled  the 
office  of  tutor  to  Sir  Henry  Yelverton.  Ilis 
property,  after  paying  a  few  legacies,  amounted 
but  to  100/.,  which  paid  his  funeral  expences,  and 
provided  a  monument  to  hia  memory  in  the 
church. 

The  sepulchral  stone  which  originally  covered 
the  remiiins  of  the  good  old  man,  has  been  re- 
moved to  the  ITelverton  chapel  on  the  north  side 
of  the  chancel,  and  bears  a  long  Latin  inscription, 
feebly  attempting  to  describe  his  many  virtues. 

The  church  consists  of  nave,  aide  aisles,  and 
chancel,  on  the  north  side  of  whidi  is  the  Yelver- 
ton  chapel,  containing  several  monuments  of  that 
ancient  family ;  and  here  was  buried,  about  sixty- 
two  years  ago,  the  last  Earl  of  Sussex,  in  the 
vault  of  his  ancestors,  to  whom^  for  many  years, 
the  manor  belonged. 


484 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[3'4&  V./ciwlU^ 


marking  the  manners  and  customB  of  ancient 
timeSf  which  no  doubt  would  prove  of  in  teres  t^ 
like  those  from  Wilby, 

The  place  is  most  retired,  but  well  adapted  to 
a  man  like  Percy,  who  fully  appreciated  the 
saying  **  Vita  sine  literiii  mora  est.'*  Again, 
though  Bishop  Morton  does  not  repose  in  his  own 
magnificent  cathedral  of  Durham,  but  in  the 
little  viUage  church,  his  simple  and  unostentatious 
character  can  never  be  forgotten,  nor  hi*4  patient 
endurance  of  diiHculties  in  troublous  times.  In 
thb  sense  the  place  of  his  interment  is  not  ill- 
chosen,  for  it  accords  with  the  disposition  of  that 
venerable  pastor  of  the  church.  I  said  with  the 
Chorus  in  Sophocles :  — 

'  tltpdnyra  jca5f|«4.      Ajax,  1 167-8. 

OxONIENSia* 


MRS.  DUGALD  STEWARPS  VERSES. 
(3^  S,  V,  147.) 

We  hope  that  the  foregoing  explanations  as  to 
some  of  the  individual  mentioned  in  that  lady*s 
verses  will  be  satisfactory  to  your  correspondent, 

!•  Gascoignc  was  undoubtedly  Anne,  the  eldest 
daughter  of  Sir  Charles  Gaseoigue,  Knight,  who 
became  the  second  wife  of  Thomas,  seventh  Earl 
of  Haddington,  March  6th^  1786.  She  was  re- 
puted to  be  exceedingly  wealthy,  but  erroneously 
it  is  believed,  as  after  her  husband's  death*  May  19, 
1794,  various  alledged  debts  of  her  father  were 
brought  against  her,  which  gave  ri«e  to  judicial 
proceedings,  affording  pretty  pickings  both  here 
and  in  England,  where  law  is  especially  an  ex- 
pensive luxury  which  few  persona  of  moderate 
means  can  afford  to  enjoy. 

2,  Pukeney  was  the  enormously  rich  lady  who 
was  created  Countess  of  Bnth.  Her  grandfather 
was  the  cousin  of  the  celebrated  earl  of  that  name, 
who  died  on  July  7,  1764,  and  whose  vast  tbrtune 
devolved  on  his  relative,  who  had  a  daughter  and 
heiress,  Frances,  the  wife  of  William  Johnstone, 
Esq^,  the  heir  male,  it  is  generally  supposed,  to 
the  Marquisate  of  Annan  dale.  There  was  only 
one  child  of  the  marriage,  Henrietta  Laura,  who 
married  Sir  James  Murray,  Baronet,  who  took 
the  name  of  Pulteriey.  His  lady  was  created 
Baroness  Pulteney  July  2S,  1792,  and  Counters 
of  Bath,  October  !26th,'lS03.  She  died  without 
issue  in  July,  1808,  when  both  titles  became  ex- 
tinct. There  x^as  a  report  that  this  lady,  whose 
wealth  was  boundless,  was  a  victim  of  that  most 
MOiCcoun table  disease,  Morhm  pvdicuhswt, 
|>g^*  Torphichen  was  the  nintl»  Lord  of  that  tiUe»  , 
TW  marrjcif,  April  6,  171)5,  Anne, only  surviving 
child  of  Sir  John  In<rlis  of  Craraond.  By  thi^ 
/dtl/,  who  iuvvhed  hm^  he  hatl  no  fftmW^,  wA 
^e  pccrnge  went  to  a  coanitji  the  f&lber  oC  Oi^ 


present  lord.     The  iSandiland^  ai«  iftein  oC  ]im 
of  the  noble  race  of  Douglas.     This  is  «  fact  thai 
can  be  established  by    positive    evideace;  bat 
really  we  wish  to  be  enligntened  as  to  the  atsfi* 
tion  that  "  This  familv,  driven  from  England  by 
the  6:mqueror,  settled  in  Scotland  in  the  reign  oi 
Malcolm  II L'*     Why   were  tbc   SaJodiUads  ex- 
pelled,  and  what  ancient  authentic  record  ••yi 
they  were  ?     The  founder  of    the    family  wm 
a  man  of  high  position ;    he  was   the  last  Ptt- 
ceptor  of  Torphichen,  and  when  the  Hospitill«r\ 
succeeded  to    the   lands  and   privileges  of  the 
Templars,  he  obtained  a  territorial  grant  of  that 
joint  possessions  from  Queen  Mary  by  a  chancn 
in  virtue  of  which,  without  any  specific  crettiov 
he  sat  in  Parliament  as  Lord  Torphichen*    llsrisf 
no  issue,  his  nephew,  the  ancestor  of  the  pe«tf 
Baron,  became  hb  successor. 

4.  Maxwell  was  probablv  Sir  William  of  I 
reith,  in  the  county  of  Wigton.  One  of 
aunts  was  the  celebrated  Duchess  of  Gordon, 
another,  called  Eglantine,  became  the  sp< 
of  Sir  Thomas  W'allace  of  Craigic,  ajid  creitti 
considerable  sensation  in  the  fashir^  /  '  M 
by  her  behaviour*     She  and  her  bus  ^i 

in  the  Court  of  Session  and  House  oi  Lorns  ui 
auit5  reflecting  disgrace  on  them  both*  Lsif 
Wallace  was  the  authoreits  of  three  p'  *  -  ^  ■  -^  <5 
which  was  pcrfurmed  both  in  Londv  ;  a» 

bur^h,  without  much  success.  Sir  V*  .*♦.....  iici 
in  February,  1812,  J.  M. 


EIKON  BASIUKE. 
(3*^  S>  iii.  1*28,  179,  220,  254) 

I  have  read  the  nbove  notes,  and  many  oi 
in  "  N".  k  Q./*  and  urn  of  opinion  that  a  h 
portion  of  your  pages  might  be  occupied  witl* 

interminable   discussion,   as  to   various    readii^ 

and  emblematical  differences,  without  bringing  cBl 
nearer  any  decision  as  to  the  author  of  lb©  bool:« 
or  which  was  the  first  edition.  My  only  exous«t 
therefore,  for  making  one  or  two  verbal  remarks* 
is,  that  I  shall  afWward  oonclude  with  a  practical 
suggestion. 

X  do  not  find  the  word  "feral**  L*  '  /d* 

tered  into  "  f iital,**  in  many  of  the  n  Ji 

editions  that  have  come  under  my  n'  to 

the  edition  of  1685,  in  which  it  ^  "J- 

Nor  can    I  understand   that   the   occ,.*.,,,       of 
'*  feral "  and  **  cydopick "  tend  to  *how  that  Dr. 
Uauden  was  the  author.     ^^'^^  1 
the  year  1648  for  the  tint 
tion  posseesed  by  Mk    Sn 
in  K,  M.,"  is,  iLS  } 
year  professing  1' 
ba«  been   gi'iierully   . 


to  CO arch  in 
10  d  th*?  etli- 

,   '*  r«  ^rlnl^ 

•i 

it 
ihtj    ilii    '      ii 
f  verbal  r.^.  »ir.  . 


their  r'-oP^'^  ^'  ,  ,„  ^^  cdiwr.  or  at.y 

I  wouW  gl'^'J-.u^ior  who  wouio  "       ^jng   the 


351)  j 


,ore  at  large  wUb  W       .^^  „,pht 
throw  >'?^t  on  t^^.^^„^e  that  we 


.!>-  X?i  A  Wr.n2^;- rc^„\  ?:pres«on,  i  ties  i-t  ^e.^^^     , 


ber  of   «»'"  S  cbaracter.tt.«  ot       J^^^y,e 


they  can  wno^r  grror.bw 
(P,  written        p^^mtM 


r  of  's'^^'-^u-inff  cbarftCteriM't      -oaipiiratiTe    r  „o.;ecturttl-     ^  „•„  ^J^.■Co>i^»** 


486 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


CS^<«&T.  J«mll«li 


I 


the  copies  in  u»e  now  in  the  Jewish  synagogues 
contain  admitted  and  recognised  errors.  The 
original  MS*  of  the  present  copi  "-  its  to  have 
liad errata;  and  ^ome  errors  y  t^ted  even 

IT  ^V  ''- t  auto^rnpbs,  andwouiict-n  uuly  swisein 
it apo^jjraphft^  notwithstanding  every  care, 
'i  ..^  .».u;ijis  say  *''Be  admanished  in  thy  work, 
since  it  is  a  heavenly  one,  Icit  thou  shouhlat  take 
away  or  add  a  letter,  and  devattate  the  whole 
world/* 

The  present  Jewish  MSS«  and  printed  He* 
brew  Biblet,  therefore,  contain  the  text  with  ac- 
knowledged errata,  such  errata,  formerly  noted  in 
a  book  called  the  Masorah,  have  been  added  par- 
tially, in  recent  times,  in  the  margin  or  foot 
of  each  page.  When  we  now  publish  a  mis- 
printed work,  errata  are  appended ;  but,  on  a 
second  edition  beinp:  renuirea,  the  errors  in  the 
text  are  corrected,  and  the  errata  are  eliminated^ 
Not  »o  with  the  Hebrew  Bible  and  MSS.;  the  text 
in  still  written  and  printed  with  the  same  errors, 
and  the  same  list  of  errata  ;  the  intention  being  to 
show  what  the  actual  state  of  the  text  was  at  its 
first  recension.  AitbouKh  the  Masorah,  or  list  of 
errata^  may  have  been  extended  in  more  recent 
times,  a  Maaorah  did  exiz^t  prior  to  the  Talmud, 
or  between  the  third  and  sixth  century  after 
Chrbt;  for  it  is  not  likely,  as  the  Jews  believe, 
that  our  present  Masornh  contains  anything  so 
remote  as  Ezra  (b,c,  515).  Besides  errata,  the 
Masora  contains  other  matter,  such  as  the  enu- 
meration of  letters,  &c.,  all  however  bearing  on 
one  object — ^the  preservation  of  the  existing  text. 
The  first  Jewish  cf>lUtion  we  read  of  was  that 
of  the  schools  of  Tiberias  and  Babylon  in  the 
eighth  century,  when  the  Five  Books  of  Moses 
were  found  to  agree,  but  in  other  parts  of  the 
Bible  the  difierencea  (various  readingO  were  218 
or  220  in  number. 

The  works  to  be  consulted  arc  BuxtorfTs  Tibe^ 
rms^  Van  der  Iluoght's  Preface,  Kennicutt's  X)i>. 
Oen.,  Eichhorn'j  Eini  As  T,  s.  131,  140-158;  and 
the  authorities  quoted  by  Eichhorn. 

T,  J.  BUCKTOK. 

B£zoAR  Stones  (3**  S.  v.  398.)  —  Some  notice 
of  this  once  valued  aubetance^  its  origin  and  sup- 
posed occult  properties,  will  be  font  id  in  moat  old 
treatises,  De  Secretis,  &c.,  and  in  the  various  his- 
tories of  precious  and  other  stones  by  Boece  de 
Boot,  Leonardus,  Baccius,  and  others.  These, 
however,  are  too  numerous  for  citation,  and  would 
moreover  hardly  repay  for  the  trouble  of  refer- 
ence. The  following  is  more  specially  devoted  to 
the  subject :  — 

•*Exp*if»mf_'nf*f  «nr!  OH'wrTntioOi  upon  Oriental  and 
Oihtr  hrt  0  tbeni  to  b«  of  no  us«  in 

?lijr«eli.  Loiidon.  8v«.  1715." 

Tlw   ociL'uiuLc^i  ^V   -    -  Hauhin,   liaa 

^■0  ]^  ft  fDcmegr  De  Lapidi 


may  also  be  made  to  tbe  cursoiM  aixl  hr  ' 

by  Monaides:  — 

"Jovtu'^  ^'  t     ^^  H^^fdonil  WqcIA^  1 

ar«   dec!  xuUr  vtrtuic*   of  dinn 

Uerbes,  1  lierr^Liutj  an^  ftMid  tJ^Tw 

other  Books  t.reAua)4  ol  tli 
ca€iTOnor«,  the  Properties 

and  the  L)«(iefit  of  fc»now.  i.u^Li'^tii.'u  i^t  jij«+*  t  ^m^^f^w^ 
Meruhtnt.  ito^  1577." 

Bezoar  stone,  as  a  curative  agent,  wwm  btfal  li 
some  estimation  till  the  end  of  the  sevmicdH 
century.  Dr.  Gtiybert  '"  r>- ,tice  Imd  dfliif  mI 
to  destroy  belief  in  it>  n  his  tresaSiM  Xa 

Tromperies  dn  Bezoar    .  te^.     He  wis  i|J» 

lowed  by  others,  Pauli,  Dimmerbrook,  k^  ml  ii 
England,  K.  Pitt  devotes  three  or  four  {Mgo  «i 
the  subject,  with  some  valuable  references  iats- 

**  Craft  and  Frauds  of  Physick  Expoa'iL  Th?  '•I*? 
Prices  of  tb€  be$t  Medicines  dbcoverod ;  thm  OMily  11^ 
cines,  now  in  grejiteat  Eiteem,  vuk  «a  B«3oar,  FvtftK 
Ceofiur'd,  &u.,  i2a]o,  London*  1703.** 

There  is  also  a  chapter  **!>«  Lepore 
et  Bezoar  occidentali  *'  in  the  £piMoi4t 
na/es  of  Thomas  Bartholinus(12mo,  HafnUB^tiPV 
see  epist.  Ixxix.  cent,  ii,  p.  650. 

William  Bsna 

Birmingham. 

Passaos  in  Aristophakes  (3'*  S.  iv.  l^^** 
The  passage  is  not  in  Aristophanes :  It  is  n  (w 
ment  of  The  Aphrodisiau  of  Antiphaoes^  preMffiL 
by  Athen»us. 

"H  Tpoxo^  ^vfAanTi  Ttinrr^  tcmko^^arov  ie^«f| 
'ApTi  ju\  cf   jtt^  yv^^^^Ms  tun  w^   ^pdff94S   i 

*H  vmpmt  mXutohvra  ffd^^  0*91 ;    0* 


A.  AtidBa  puft/ptdm^  ^poe^hi ;     IB.  do^aKiswr  tttmp  pit^ 
A,  Kaaviirwow  S^  vUiftay  4t*  altBfnMi     &  ^HfdpK&r  tM|4i 

M?jdi  TtnovT*  iAAo  ^n^lir^  ^)1^^»  ipiwd»Mt  Ar)n>« 

The  Jt'wtdh  Spi/  U  the  absurd       '  tfct 

English  translation  of  the  Xf A'  ht 

Marquis  d'  A    -  ^  '    -     ^    ' 

1778,  cite«i 
find  in  Ukt  ijiLvtJiu  ^•4u«viaj  19  i'ot 


a**  8,  T.  Jon  m  *64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUEBIE& 


487 


I 


t 


ISmo^  and  luis  no  tmiiBlator's  notes.  Lowndi^s 
does  not  mention  any  edition.  I  have  no  doubt 
that  the  note  is  to  Leiire  174,  torn,  vi«  p.  277. 
La  Haye,  1777*  H.  B.  C. 

U.  U.  Clab. 

FLAGiA£tsM8  (S**  S,  J,  432,  433.)  —  Mb,  Red- 
mond is  inaccurate  in  his  quotation  from  Sir  Wal- 
ter Scotfs  ballad  of  '^  Locb Invar/'  The  words, 
which  I  takQ  from  a  copj  of  Marmion  now  before 
m%  are  — 
*  She  looked  down  to  bluah,  and  she  tookM  op  to  sigh. 

With  a  smile  on  her  Hpa,  and  d  tear  in  h«r  liyeJ* 

There  is  here  no  such  word  as  reproof;  and 
while  ^Ir.  Lover  writes  "a  smile  in  her  eye,'*  Sir 
Walter  puts  a  tear  in  that  or^an,  and  places  the 
smile  on  her  lips,  while  Mr.  Lover  puts  reproof 
there.  Neither  is  there  the  least  resejnblance 
between  Mr*  Lover's  first  two  Hoes,  and  the  first 
line  of  Sir  Walter,  ai?  I  have  quoted  it.  Surely 
It  Is  too  much  to  hint  at  plagiarism  from  what  can 
hardly  be  called  even  coincidence  of  expreasion. 

G. 

Edinburgh, 

SusNA^Bs  (3'*  S.  V,  443.)— S,  Redmokd  seema 
to  confound  the  two  meanings  of  the  word  "  sur- 
name:" the  hereditary  name  descending  from 
father  to  son,  to  which  we  give  the  name  "sur- 
name ;  *'  and  the  simple  second  name,  applied  in 
cases  of  liiely  confusion  between  two* 

Now  in  the  case  mentioned  by  S.  Uedmond  of 
the  name  Iscariot  given  to  Judas  the  traitor,  this 
appears  to  me  in  no  way  whatever  to  prove  **  that 
the  Jews  had  doable  names  at  least ;  **  Iscariot 
being,  as  is  well  known,  a  mere  to-name,  as  the 
Scotch  call  it^  given  to  distinguish  him  from  the 
other  Judas,  whom  we  call  St.  Jude.  The  other 
instances  of  double  names  in  the  j^ospels  may  all 
be  shown  to  belong  to  those  whose  identity  might 
probably,  or  at  least  possibly,  have  been  mistaken. 
We  have  James  Boanerges,  when  there  were 
two  named  James  among  the  disciples ;  we  have 
Simon  Peter,  and  Simon  the  Canaanite,  in  a  simi- 
lar case  ;  and,  at  a  later  time,  we  have  Joses  Bar- 
nabas, and  Joses  the  Lord's  broths. 

CUABLAS  F.  S.  WaRBSR. 

Sir  Edwahd  May  (3^^  S.  v.  35,  65,  &c.)  — Sir 
Thomas  May,  of  Mavficld,  Sussex,  Knt,  had  a 
second  ^n  Edwiird,  wno  died  in  Dublin,  March  8, 
1640,  Fourth  in  descent  from  hiin  was  Sir  James 
of  Mayfield,  co.  Waterford,  created  a  baronet  in 
1763<  He  left  surviving  issue  (with  two  daugh- 
ters) three  sons:  L  Sir  James  -  Ed  w  ard ;  2,  Sir 
Humphrey;  3.  Sir  George  Stephen.  All  of  whom 
successively  inherited  the  title,  which  became  ex* 
tinct  on  the  death  of  Sir  George,  on  January  2, 
18*3-1  H'^  -  les  the  Marchioness  of  Donegal,  Sir 
JaJ«  d  (commonly  called   Sir  Edwcutl) 

Maj  ,-.---  ^   .  ,rid  other  children — all  supposed  to  be 


illegitimate    The  May  arms  arei  *'  Gu.  a  Teas  be- 
tween eight  billets  or.' 

H,  Lorrcs  Tottshham. 

A  crest,  "  out  of  a  ducal  coronet  or,  a  lion'a 
head  gu.,"  was  granted  in  1^73  to  the  Mays  of 
Ka^mere,  Sussex^  with  the  arms  mentioned  at 
p.  65.  The  Mays  of  London  and  of  Pasbley, 
Sussex,  bore  for  a  crest,  with  the  same  arms, 
*'  out  of  ducal  coronet  or,  a  leopard*B  head  gu. 
bezantee/*  I  cjinnot  identify  the  crest  used  hy 
Sir  Edward  May,  nor  can  I  give  his  motto.  I  am 
disposed  to  think  that  om?  of  the  Mays  above  men- 
tioned was  the  settler  in  Ireland  mther  than  that 
one  of  the  Irish  family  settled  in  London.  There 
was  a  dbtinct  Iriih  family  of  the  naqje  bearing 
different  arms.  From  your  recent  intimation  us 
to  faniiljf  queries  (p.  430),  I  am  induced  to  say 
that  I  will  reply  to  any  direct  inquiry  CARii.FOft]> 
may  wish  to  make  If  I  can  be  of  further  use. 

K  Woor. 
Golldhall,  Woroeat^. 

Mocirr  Atbos  (3'*  S.  v.  437.)  —  Sigma- Theta 
Will  find,  in  the  Nouvelle  Biograpkie  Qeniraie^ 
tome  XXXV,  col.  600,  an  account  of  Minoi'de  MinBS} 
or  Mynas,  in  which  it  is  stated  that  — 

"  M.  Minoide  Minas  trouva  dans  les  nionailbrcfl  dtt 
moot  Athos  quclques  mannscritSt  panni  lescjupls  deox 
sont  itnportanU:  Tun  contient  unc  Befutation  dt  touted 
les  Mcritiu  et  parait  <Hre  Ta-uvre  de  saint  llippolyte; 
Tautre  r^a ferine  dcs  fables  en  ven  chonaiubiques  par 
Babrius,  dout  le  manaKiit  original  fut  vcndu  par  lai 
&ubr«pticonieut  au  liritish-Musouni,  taiidi».ju'il  avoit 
affirm^  ii  M.  A.  Firmib  Didot  ct  k  M.  Yillenmiu  qu'il  ne 
possddait  que  U  copie  qu'il  en  avait  faito  au  moat  Alhos, 
ob  ce  manufcrit  <?tait  reat^" 

The  following  authorities  are  given  at  the  end 
,  of  the  article  :  — 

**  RappoH  odrtiwi  a  M.  k  Mtni*trc  de  V  Inxf  ruction  jm&- 
^  lique  par  M,  Minoide  Myoas,  Pari*,  1846,  io  iPj—Reru  de 
\  BibHographie  de  MM,  MUkr  tt  ^nknoj,  t  T.  p.  SO.'* 

I       Dublin. 

I 

I  QuAi>ii.aiTiviB  (3*^8.  V.  435») — Your  corre- 
spondent O.  T.  D.  may  not  be  aware,  that  another 
derivation  of  the  river  Quadalquivir  is  given  by 
Mr.  Ford ;  and  I  think  the  etymology  is  the  more 
correct,  and  more  probable  one.  These  are  hia 
words ;  ^ 

"  The  Quadnfqmrirt  '  the  Great  Biver/  is  the  •  WI4«- 
l*Kehir/  or  •  WMa-l-Adliern  *  of  tbo  Moom,  and  traverses 
Aodiducid  from  £.  to  \V\  The  Ziucall,  or  SpoDtsh  gip- 
sies, aIso  c(i)t  it  l^H  Baro,  %h^  *  Great  River.* '' — Handttiok 
for  Spam,  Part  I.  p.  loo,  cdiL  Loodou,  185^, 

Another  writer — the  anonymouj*  author  of  an 
interesting  work  entitled  A  Summer  in  Aiidalutia 
(vol.  L,  London,  1839,  p,  149),  gives  die  same 
derivation  of  Quadalquivir.  He  quotes  the  Ara- 
bic name,  **  Wad-ul-Kibeer,'*  meaning  *'  the  Great 
River/*  and  remarks  ^Uhat.  though  the  ArtLbw. 
word  Wod  ^tcklVj  iv^^%  w)ii*u%  ^"^  "^"^^  ~^"'^' 


tiaed  by  the  Spanish  Moors  in  the  Fense  of  rivtr*^  i 
If  this  etymology  be  corrcot*  then  the  river  Gua-  ! 
dalete  will  mean  "  the  river  Lethe," — the  original  | 
name  A^^  Laving  been  preserved  by  the  Moors. 
Mr.  Ford,  however,  informs  us,  that  the  ancient 
name  of  the  Guadalete  was  Chnjxos^  *'  the  golden  ;*' 
btit  the  Moors  changed  it  into  Wwl-al-led/^dy  "  the 
river  of  delight" — **el  no  de  deleite."     (Fart  i.  ut 
supra,  p,  159),  J.  Da^tok. 

Korwich, 

I  presume  there  can  be  little,  if  any  doubt,  that 
Guadalquivir  is  simply  a  corruption  of  TFaiiy-^Z- 
Kebir^  **  the  preat  water-course,"  by  which  the 
Arabic -speak  mg  Moors  naturaUy  designated  the 
majestic  river  which  they  found  liowing  pa«t 
Seville  on  their  conquest  of  southern  Spain.  This 
etymology  is  confirmed  by  the  mode  of  speOint^^ 
BB  well  as  by  the  accent,  which  b  on  the  last 
syllable.  The  word  is  pronounced  aa  If  written 
Gwa4alkev€^r, 

On  the  same  principle,  the  modero  Arabs  cull 
the  Jordan  Skeri'ai'el'Kehir^  "  the  great  water- 
ing-place.*' In  both  cases,  the  epithet  el-Kebir  is 
intended  to  express  the  striking  contrast  in  the 
eye  of  a  dweller  in  the  desert,  between  a  large 
and  perennial  river  and  the  leas  important  streamjj, 
generally  mere  winter^torrents,  with  which  they 
are  more  familiar.  E.  W. 

Baixad  QuKRisa  (S"^  S,  v.  376.)  —  There  is  a 
version  of  the  ballad,  **  Sir  Aage  and  Else/'  to  be 
found  near  the  end  of  a  volume,  entitled  Goethe^ 
a  New  Pantomime,  by  Edward  KeneaU%  London, 
MDcccL.  No  publisher.  Printed  by  Levey,  Rob- 
son,  &  Franklyn,  Great  New-street,  Fetter  Lane. 

W.  J.  BbBNBAIID  SMlTft. 

Temple. 

BATT1.&8  IK  EiiGUkKD  (3**  S.  T.  S98.)  —  The 

affray  at  Hadcot  Bridge.  Your  correspondent  will, 
I  thmk,  find  that  Thos.  AV^alsinghara,  in  his  Ilu- 
ioria  Anglicana,  gives  a  tolerably  graphic  account 
of  Richard's  favourite,  the  "Dux  Hibernia?,"  ga- 
tbering  a  force  together  in  Cheshire  and  Waleai 
jLod  hia  defeat  and  Htght  at  Radcot.  Lingard  has 
given  us  a  fair  account  of  it,  and  fuller  than  moat 
historians.  He  referi  to  Rot,  Pari.  236,  and 
Ruvffht,  2701-2073. 

^  W  alsingham  says,  when  speaking  of  the  posi- 
tion of  the  place  — 

**  E^'proMis  DotntDis  a  poDflktQi  qut  fiiit  juxta  Barfont, 
pTope  Babbelake,  ubi  miUtihiiB  qui  oonveiicrunt  cum  Duce 
Uihtanim.**  —  HiMt.  Anp.,  ThoroiB  WxAb,,  ed.  IL  T.  Kilcy, 
MA.    London:  LoogmAn,  18G4. 

Turner  spells  the  word  "Redecot;'*  on  what 
tuthoriiy  1  know  not, 

JoUlf  BOWCN  ROWLAMDS. 

The  Unloti  Club,  Oxford. 

Sack  (3'*  S,  v.  328.)  —  Your  correspondent, 
JnxTA  TuRiirM,  ir  a  little  hasty  in  hi*  conclusions 
on  behalf  of  his  feductive  favourite,  canaric  sack. 


Let  mc  refer  him  to  an  older  aulhoritr  ik 
his  old  friend  the  wine  merchant  —  the  Wftf  !»• 
tbority  to  which  he  refers  bis  rva^cn^  tmi  rnhkl 
he  appears  to  have  only  cursorily  consttJiedt  tit. 
The  Life  of  Marmad^ike  Jlawdon.  From  ^  m^ 
troduction  to  that  work,  he  will  find  thai  tk 
original  suck  %vas  sherry-  Mr.  Davies,  the  ediSix; 
quotes  from  Gervase  Markbam's  EnglUK  Uamii' 
wi/e,  as  follows :  **•  Your  best  sack  is  of  Xcres  ta 
Spain :  your  smaller  of  Gallicla  and  Porto^ 
Your  strong  sacks  are  of  the  Isles  of  the  Ctmntf 
and  Malligo  " 

This  agrees  with   all  the    articles    lo  cyefe* 
pacdias  on  this  subject  which  I  have  coofoltiL 
They  all  describe  the  original  sack  as  from  Xcfm 
As  an  appellation  of  sherry  wine,  however,  il  hi 
been  long  dropped ;  the  fact  that  caaarie  wt»  ill 
stronger  liquor  was  doubtless  the  reason   /'    ^ 
eventually  monopolised  the  name    of  *0' 
clearly  seems  to  have  done  in  modern  tiiu 
quite  concur  with  your  correspondent  resf  ^    .' 
its  derivation  from  acumens;  taccharuin  has  l^^fT  » : 
gested  by  some.  In  Yvso  VtiEiTi 

The  English  CimjCH  is  Rome  (3^*^  S.  v.^iiU 
The  letter  by  Ms.  Vinckht  is  very  cleu"  in  « 
statements,  and  will  no  doubt  remove  mtsapprehw* 
sions.  But  it  is  worth  while  to  make  a  nat<  li  to 
its  beading,  which  might  lead  to  mistakes^  Tlat 
heading,  which  I  place  at  the  beginning  of  «J 
note,  is  incorrect  Except  to  the  small  nuraW 
of  persons  interested  in  the  building,  the  dcii«ni* 
tion  would  point  to  a  very  different  plooe^  uatfli 
amplified  by  the  word  "Protestant"  Th«  mi 
designation  is  "  The  English  Protestant  church  or 
chapel  in  Rome," 

I  or  many  ages  an  English  church  has  exliied  n 
Rome,  Murray^  m  his  Hand-Book  (etL  184l)i 
says :  — 

•*  S.  Totntnaso  dcgli  Tnglesi  in  the  Tr*fltcv«rf  ,  ,  . .  * 
Thi.9  church  caunot  fail  to  interott  the  Eugliili  travAr* 
It  was  founded  in  775  bv  OfTa,  K  Ne  ¥juI  h^tm 

(it  should  be  tho  Men:ian»).  a  3  t4>  On  IMf 

Trinity.    A  hospital  was  aaerv  r  by  «  waah^y 

Englifihinan  for  Enf^lish  pi1grim4.  Tii«  chtirch  wm  4^ 
utroyad  by  Jire  in  817,  and  rebuilt  bv  Kgb«it  (ElM- 
wutpfa.)  Thomas  h  Becket,  during  hti  vi4il  lo  Roo^ 
lodged  in  the  liospitil ;  und  on  hii  caiiOOiMlioa  by  A1«S* 
under  II [.  .  .  ,  *  the  cboxch  was  dodkaied  to  litai  as  8L 
Thomas  of  Cunlfrbiiry," 

The  English  Hospitium  has  long  oeised  to  exiil 

in  the  Traatevere  ;  and  so  far  tht*  accourU  tn  t£M 
Hand-Book  is  inexaet  But  it  ha«  exi^t^ttl  i^  tiia 
English  college,  on  the  other  fi<lc  of  the  Tib«»r,  for 
about  300  year».  The  church  wm  dcstroyod 
during  the  French  republican  occupatiotu  Xkt 
small  church  within  the  college,  metttitioed  !d 
Murray's  Hand*Book^  preserver  the  dedtcalicm  bT 
St.  Thomaa  of  Canterbury*  or,  aa  it  is  knovm  in 
Italy,  S.  Ton  }  'x\\  Itigleii.     At  the  iwvcBt 

mouvent  gr  ns  are  Iwiuff  made  ti>  ohiiifi 


r 


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489 


by  tbe  side  of  the  college,  and  it  \b  to  be  replaced 
by  a  Dew  one  on  the  same  spot  The  tomb  of 
Bainbrid|fe,  Cardinal  Archbishop  of  York,  was 
savedf  and  is  now  in  the  cloister  of  the  English 
college,  with  others  of  great  intereat.  These  may 
nil  be  replaced  within  new  walb,  before  the  foun- 
dation of  Ina  and  Offa  has  ouite  completed  iiA 
IweUth  centurVf  in  The  EnglLsu  C Lurch  tn  Home. 

D.  P. 
SCaarta  Loilgc,  Malvern  Wells. 

Tub  Red  Ceoss  Kxights  u.  "Queer's  Gab- 
UEK9  **  (3^"*  S.  V.  407.)— It  is  nil  very  well  to  defend 
Cock  Robin^  but  we  must  not  scandalise  the  Red 
Cross  Knights.  They,  i.  e.  tbe  Templars,  were  a 
religious  order,  bound  like  monks  to  celibacy,  and 
forbidden  **  to  ki^s  mother  or  sister,  aunt,  or  any 
other  woman/*  •  **"  Guarding  marriage  beds/*  and 
**  defending  lady  lovea  "  was  therefore  out  of  the 
question  with  tbem*  P.  P. 

G&EATOHEX  (2~*  S.  ill.  510  ;  3'^  S.  v.  399,  447.) 
The  following  occurs  in  the  accounts  of  the  city 
of  Worcester,  for  the  jcar  1666 :  — 

*•  The  Charge  «f  Eutwrtuynmeta  of  Mr.  Gratrix. 

£    ».    ri 
Spent  the  day  he  ramB  hither  *        -        >    0     7    0 

To  William  tompkiiu  ibr  cyder  *  <  -  0  3  10 
To  James  Arden  Ibr  cadeing  of  cyder  for  him  -  0  6  (J 
To  Air.  Nichobs  Baker  for  his  ex  peaces  ia 

aeveruU  journey es  to  pcare  Mr.  Gratricks 

hither         -        -        -        -        -        -        -0  15    0 

To  a  messeoger  for^gooing  to  the  Lord  Windsor's 

and  other  charges  -  -  •  •  *050 
To  Mr  Grairfck's  man  -  -  -  -  -OatI 
To  Mr.  Wythie  for  his  entertaynment  at  Ids 

house  •  •  •  •  -  •  -50  0 
To  Mr.  Richard  Smyth  for  the  charge  at  Ins 

house -        -224 

To  Mr,  Read  and  Mr.  SoUcy  for  ^-yne  at  that 

enterta^iiment    -        -        -        -        -        -110  10 


£10  14    0 

(Sidt  HoU.)    "  Note,  this  was  an  Irishman,  fjimous  for 

helping  and  corcing  maiiy  lame  and  diseused  people,  only 

by  stroaking  of  their  maladies  witli  his  band,  and  Lhere- 

foni  sent  for  to  this  and  many  other  places." 

R.W. 
Guildhall,  Worcester. 

Major^Genkbal  Pohtlock  (3'*  S-  v.  425,)  — 
It  may  be  well  to  add  to  what  has  been  mentioned 
of  the  late  General  Portlock,  that  (as  stated  in  a 
letter  from  Mr-  J.  Beete  Jokes,  Loeol  Director 
for  Ireland,  to  the  editor  of  Say7iders*g  New$*Let* 
ier,  dated  March  7th,  1864)  :  — 

"Mrs.  Portlock  bos  presented  to  the  existing  Geologi* 
cal  i^urv'cy  of  Ircbnd  all  the  geological  part  of  tbe  late 
Cental 'ft  Hbrar\%  coosUtin^  of  many  valuable  works  in 
English,  Frenih,  and  German,  mapifi»  dm^vings,  periodi- 
cals, &e.,  amounting  altogether  to  upw&rds  of  a  Ibousaud, 
This  donatioti  was  made  on  condlUoD  of  the  books  being 
kept  vcpsrate  as  the  *  Portlock  Library,*  and  pr&aerred  aa 
belonging  to  the  *  Geological  Survey  of  Ireland/  whicb, 
as  the  letter  of  presentation  expressed  it, '  is  a  national 

^      •  See  Addison*s  Knight t  Ttmpiof^,  p.  IB. 


work,  in  which  the  general  had  always  i^lt  a  deep  in- 
terest.'" ^ 

I  need  scarcely  remark  that  the  books,  &c., 
have  been  gratefully  accepted,  and  their  safe  cus- 
tody guaranteed,  and  Mrs.  Portlock's  generosity 
suitably  acknowledged  by  the  Director- General  of 
tbe  Geological  Survey  of  the  United  Kingdom, 
Sir  R,  J.  Murchison.  AnunA, 

Sir  Ebward  Gorges,  Kkt.  (3"*  S.  v.  377^ 
443.) — There  is  an  account  of  Helen,  wife  of  Sir 
Thomas  Gorgets  Knt.  (which  may  identify  some 
of  the  persons  named  in  Sir  Edward  Gorges'  will) 
in  the  Topographer  and  Gtnieahgui,  1853,  vol.  iii. 
p.  355 :  — 

**  William  Parr,  Marqois  of  Northampton,  married 
third  HeleOt  daughter  of  Wolfgangna  Saachenburg,  died 
1636,  Kone  of  our  genealogists  appear  to  know  much  of 
this  lady.  8be  is  tbua  Doiiced  hy  a  contemporary,  13ij»hop 
Pflrkburat,  in  a  letter  to  Bullinger  dated  August  10, 
1571:  —  *Thc  Marquis  of  Nortbnmpton  diwl  about  the 
beginning  of  August,  when  I  was  in  London.  He  mar- 
ried a  rery  beautiful  German  girl,  who  remained  in  the 
Queeu'a  court  after  the  departure  of  the  Margrave  of 
Bflden  aud  Cecilia  his  wife  from  England.*  The  same 
foci  h  confirmed  by  the  statemenu  of  ber  epitaph  in 
Saliidjury  Cathedral,  which  adds  that  abe  became  a  lady 
of  the  bedchamber  to  Queen  EUtabetb,  and  having  mar- 
ried»  aecund,  Sir  Thomas  Gorges  of  J»ngford,  Wilts,  had 
isAue  by  bim  four  sons  and  three  daugbtcra.  She  rut^ 
vivc<l  hir  Thomas  for  twenty- five  years,  and  died  on  the 
Ist  of  ApriU  1635,  aged  eighty-six.  In  Sir  K.  C.  Uosro's 
Sauth  iVitlMJiirt  are  three  beautiful  folio  plates  of  her 
monumentf  which  inclndes  whole-length  recumbent  elE- 
gies  of  the  CounteBs  and  Sir  Thomas  Gorges." 

A.  F.  B. 

Tout  (3'*  S.  v.  211,  311,  459.)  — In  Scotland 
it  IS  common  to  speak  of  a  tout  on  a  horn,  and  of 
touting  on  a  horn.  A  touter  is  roerelyt  as  1  take 
itj  one  who  blows  a  horn  or  trumpet  in  favour  of 
fiometliin(r  or  somebody*  E.  C. 

Edinburgh. 

Jon«  Hemikg,  1677  (3'^'  S.  v.  355.)  —  The 
arms  as  on  his  monument  were — A.  otk  a  ehev,, 
S.  3  pheons  of  the  llrst  between  3  lions'  heads 
erased  of  the  second,  impaling  per  paly  indented 
arg.  end  guIe!»T  which  may  perhaps  be  for  Pen- 
rice,  a  family  formerly  connected  with  Worces- 
tershire.   I  do  not  know  his  crest  and  motto, 

H.  S.  G. 

Taxbot  Faperb  (3'**  S.  v*  437*) — This  name  is 
given  to  fifteen  volnnaes  in  the  library  of  the  Col- 
lege of  Arms,  to  which  they  were  given  by  Henry, 
sixth  Duke  of  Norfolk,  of  the  Hownrds.  They 
contain  upwards  of  GOOO  original  letters  to  and 
from  the  fourth,  fifth,  sixth,  and  seventh  Earls  of 
Shrewsbury,  besides  many  valuable  public  papers, 
such  as  ro)'iLl  sui^veys,  muster  rolls  of  several  of 
the  midland  counties,  abbey  leases;,  and  other  to- 
pogru[)hicul  matters  of  importance. 

Many  of  the  most  interesting  papers  are  com- 
prised in   the  late  Mr.  Edmuna  Lod^&  &  IUm^\x^- 


490 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[«r«av.  Jcwti.^ 


To  the  second  edition  of  that  work  (Lond.  3  vols* 
8vOt  1838)  IVIr.  Lodge  appended  a  Catjdogue  or 
Calendar  of  the  unpublished  Talbot  Papers. 

C.  H.  &  Thompson  Cooper. 

Las»o  (3^  S.  V.  442,  466.)-- 

"  The  vsQ  of  tbfl  la^to  wm  cmamoa  in  andent  timea  to 
many  of  tt  of  Wettera  Aiin.    It  ia  to  b«  wen 

(usc^  U>  i^  I  imaU)  in  tlie  AMTrian  dculpturet^ 

now  in  tl)>  iaseainJ'  —  Kim\imo>a*B  H*moiu*i 

It.  75,  note. 

See  also,  Rawlinson^s  Five  Great  Motmrchie*^ 
p,  7«. 

The  lasBo  is  also  represeattd  n»  used  in  hunting 
in  Egyptmn  sculptures.  (Wilkinson's  Ancieni 
Sgyptiana^  Popular  Account^  vol.  i*  p.  220.) 

It  b  used  in  the  pre:$ent  day  in  hunting  bj 
Siberian  tribes,     (Erman*s  Siberia,  vol,  ii.) 

Eden  Warwick. 

Birmingham. 

NOTES  ON  BOOKS,  ETC. 

The  Anmtal  HtftfhUr ;  a  Itevitw  nf  Public  EvmU  at  Home 
and  Abroad,  for  the  fear  1863.  iVeio  Seriu.  (Riying- 
toui.) 

For  upwards  of  a  century  baa  the  Annual  Rtgvtttr  fal- 
filled  its  useful  and  speoJid  vocation  of  presarving  a  re- 
cord of  the  chief  public  incidents  of  the  year ;  and  a  most 
valuable  record  it  has  become.  Eut  erim  tho  Annwd 
Jlwuier  was  susceptible  of  improvement,  and  the  pab- 
lisners  hav  -^--^ly  commenced  a  New  Senas,  with 

an  improv  angement,  an  improvement  in  the 

selection  *  i  .  and  an  improvement  in  the  mode 

of  printings  ^a  ud  to  give  i'  'no  and  convenient 

form  an  account  of  all  the  ;  <  nL^  at  bomo  and 

abroad  during  the  ve&r;  a  •.  u.v'.....it:  ..;  the  mo^t  remark- 
able oocurrencea  likely  to  possess  a  permanent  interest ; 
lawca^es  and  trials  of  importance;  biographies  of  oele- 
bntiei  wlm  have  died  within  the  year,  and  a  seloction  of 
important  State  Papers.  Having  brongbt  the  lata  Seiies 
to  a  clo^  let  ns  hope  tiiey  wiU  give  it  completeness  by 
an  Index  to  the  volumes  from  1819  to  18C1 

Tht  Z/tiUztition  of  Mtnute  Life;  being  Practical  Studitt 
on  InHCtMi  CrAfiac&it  Molbuca^  WormM^  PciyptM,  Infu* 
mrria,  and  Sponpn,  By  Dr.  T,  L.  Phipeon,  F.CS.,  &c. 
(Qroombridge  &  Sons.) 

Few  of  OB  are  aware  hofw  wide  is  the  range  of  animals 
mcful  to  man,  and  no  one  can  say  bow  much  wider  it 
may  yet  become.  Acclimatiaatl<m  Societies  iu  this,  and 
wrerat  other  countries,  are  oorw  engaged  in  tlie  endeavour 
to  nataralbe  the  dumb  denizens  of  other  lands;  and 
pultUc  attention  has  been  much  directed  of  late  to  the 
imp'-'fi^i'if  T'-.^ulta  attainable  by  the  nmix  r  rM/^iivj/io**  of 
aniE  1 1 erally  regarded  •.'-  ,  tbv  utiUsa- 

Lioi^  ■  icf,  end  Lbe  creau  .  bwctU.   The 

oki^ect  of  Ur,  i'hipao&^s  excellent  iitii.'  uork  ia  to  give 
•oflie  idea  of  the  exttnt  to  which  these  practical  jttndies 
an  actnallv  pttirsu}f»d  ^  and  \^hni  nmmals,  a  short  time 
■Inrr  [»rove  themse^es  a 

notii  n4  to  man.    Aa  he 

has  rverte* 

brai  only  a 

pas"^-  .       :    ^  .u.*count 

of  \h*t  cuitivativu  ui  veiU  a«  the  pearl  fishery. 

The  chapiter   on    iti^i  ^    and    colour* produdng 

iimctB  Mr*  vc  to  the  adeo^Skc  «&^t\L« 


practical  rfMder;  va^  *' —      "    *  ^  t^mpiMrliSlmimmtM 
contain  niunstous  ta  >  ^^**3t  *"*  ^^^^  *** 

tunes  bare  b««o  an<i  i^    Tli«  ^esk-tb^s- 

for8«  commends  itself  to  tho  iidU«^  of  fiomoCBt  «l  JmI  | 
Stock  Compaoiea, 

The  Jmt  Bvok  Tim  Ckaimgl  Amnrdnk 
Swleeted  ani  arrwumd  bff  Mark  Ue/m 
&Co.) 

Though  it  be  true,  that  *'a  jest's  ^ 
ear  of  him  that  hears  it,"  vet,  as  « 
good  things  that  are  said,  ou'-  tc  d«r  l»  \ 

who  collcfct  them  wisely,  aud  ^em   w«fi. 

Mark  Lemon  has  a  keen  nV'  -  .i  «iti 

and  this  addition  to  Hes,^  :aD's  popiitr  < 

TVecuniry  Seriei  has  been  ^y  ma4a  by  bin 

*•  of  th«  seventeen  hundred  jc*tB  here  colJcoCad^  m 
need  be  exdiide<l  from  family  utterimce.*'  Tkia  Isl 
much  in  its  favour,  more  even  than  tbaft  tt  e* 
muny  capital  jesU  which,  we  suspect,  a|»p«iAr  ia  ftl 
first  time  in  print. 

A  Hiaiory  of  the  Ancient  Pari^  of  Leekf  im  , 
By  John  Sleigh,  of  the  Inner  Tempie.     JTidkli  i 
on    lh€    Geoloay  of  th*   Nemkbmtrkood,       Bm  1 
Wardleo/JDwI^rooA.    (NaU,  Leek;  and  J.  B.J 
Carefully  compiled,  handsomely  iUuatrxted  irlih^ 
traits.  facUimilea,  &c^  and  wall  indexed,  tlifii  mA 
yet  comprehensive  hiatory  of  tha  **  MatrapoUa  m\ 
Moorlandi  ^  ought  to  earn  for  Mr.  Sle%h  the  1 
the  inhabitants  of  that  busy  manafimteiiag  l««^l 
will  assuredly  gain  for  him  from  stndeiili 
pograpby  recognition  as  a  judidooa  and  able  I 


BOOKS    AND    ODD    YOXUMES 

WAHTED   TO  FCRCHASB. 


FariiooUTB  of  Prioe,  ac.  of  the  foUovliut  Iimm—  w  h 
ilie  feeilcineii  br  vbAm  uur  •"  i«qairM,Bad  w^am  i 

SooLuvMAjt^    Al«»lriBTkcBilHOi«v«a  Woa. 
L«ir'«  Stfiiiaiu  and  TrAiiil«lloM  of  «or  af  iMOtt  Bo«liflim*i  WM 
Any  of  Gt'nan'i  Wiitiixea  tn  flOifia  OT  BltfliA 
DtUoofCMA'*. 

Wanted  hj  Mr,  R.  B.  gope^ftaaliii  Bt^tm^kmAa^mttm 

BknciLars'*  Botobt  or  rmn  UwniB  9t«fai»    Hm  lam  fim  flM 
Wtatad far tbe  O&f  CVy  Uhrmr*  W<irfiiMii. 


FoitiTiTM    P»fl4«t   StAMM.— a«uirai.  ^  mfwmimt  tm 
iri'^  utiia4ilrMf,tBahMr*K4JV»H,J^ari»mm 

ill 


CW  4MM|MWSBVV  WMP  ItM  #  ahilMMaMf  4f  VSC  #VHaiV*S  ^f  M^^^    M 

/imtafW*ki  maam  i^Yam^m  Wma^tSlftmk  laT      I  MJW^— 

0«<».W,MAaMUti»   niaa|t«rM«rMlte.affB«mMie#ims^ 
Mal^lMSvo,  IMS, to  ^tiaShm  M^^^Wwmm%iU  mi^^Vm 

Kim4T4«-ft4  8»  f.  p«  OV  w».  IK  liM  «t.^  *lf»«aa*  ^ 


iir!t7%mabllrw«r7/«ci  d(ir«-f  iv«»  tl* 
tM«rltt  I<iBnt)  0  11*.  4<t,  irA^-*-  —  '- 

waa.ifiiia'ittM' amaitt  aniAii*.  '^' 


Isai^^tki 


[ 


S^aT.  JtriTB  18, '64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


491 


LONDON*  AMTORIkAT^  JCNB  18. 1864. 


OC»«TKNTS,— N'.  in. 


JfOTB8 ;— VerffldtSon  of  %  J«t«l  —  Princo  Eupccne.  B» 

■  ^OUi  SooltatL  FeenN^B.  409— IHio  Ardena  of  Wiurwick- 
■hire. /J.— The  Wroeite%  4»— Coffee— An  Electioneer- 
lug:  Bill  of  former  D»h  ^  Amertc^a  Phraseology :  to 
Barbist^  Shftve— Judge  JefllPQrs—  Fables  of  La  Fontaine 

—  FrLnch-leave— Croquet,  409. 

'   QtTB RI ES : — Qaotafcionii  irantf d»  495  —  "  Arundi na  Bevro  " 

—  Bastlde  anifliis  Ode  on  LouU  XIV.  —  Bnuu  Knockef  — 
••The  Brides  of  Bnderby  "  —  Chri-^tcniTrgs  at  Court—  R.  V. 
Clart^ntirm,  E^q^  —  Colnsftt^on  — Crests — Cumberiand  and 

^«»      Co  T  jrDawick  — JotiaJiDarc  — Fentoii— 

F  ihoraf'*Ja©oh*»  Ladder  "  —  Heraldic 

Q'  Tt'sCompnnTof  PTsTfTi  —  ThfJU^nt- 

■Lv-  "'  ■'  ;   -      -  Samud 

J  at  the 

M  -St. 

^         T  Sir    R<^b«rt 

8!  y  ^  Spaoiah 

Vr.  -Sir  John 

^H     f«ni>rijgii— UriivorMty  or  LUiijlm— wui^^  Hata  at  Oi- 

BCknaiEB  WITH  Axswrni:^  Stone  and  Wooden  AliarB  in 
~         Englaud  —  Bacdng   House,   Hampidure  —  Athenry,  or 

Atbunry,  4»9. 
-APPLIES:— -Bobln  Adair"/       "         r      -  ' -(n 

&0*  —  Alhini  Brito.  606  A 

^        Et*^rr-irv*' r>iMi  — Theold  t_  .  .:« 

v^       ^r|.i  -  ',  ^    "ne  — Cjwm  or  f^eaja —  i.  naigriL'au  —  A 

B      N'  «ary,  Qiiaenof  Soote-^HumandBus 

■      -  -Chiiti«e  of  Faehioa  in  Ladies' Namw 

r      —  1  nomas    li*  nii*-y  —  JoroBiiali  Horrook*  —  Chapercwi^ 


K^ 


VERIFICATION  OF  Jl  JEST. 


^^  _  j1  C  Jifery  Tdfyf,  as  printed  by  KA^tdl 
^rijetween  the  years  1517  and  1533  (I  quote  from 

"%Jie  late  Mr,  Sbgcr*s  edition  of  1815)  occurs  tht; 

^"^oUowin^  jest  uDtler  the  heading  **  Of  the  woman 
t  sayd  her  wooer  came  to[o]  late  " :  — 

**  Another  woomii  tliere  waa  that  knelyd  at  the  iiui&  of 

uiem,  whyle  the  corse  of  her  hiubande  Uye  oa  the 

in  the  chyrche.    To  whome  a  yonge  man  com  and 

wyth  ber  in  her  ere^  as  thooffhe  it  bad  ben  for  som 

ooDcemyng  the  lanerallys;  boire  be  it  be  spake  of 

ill  matter*  but  onely  wowyd  her  that  he  myght  be 

_   husbande :  to  whom  ibe  miBvrered  and  laycle  thai : 

Byr,  by  my  troothe  I  am  soiy  tliAt  ye  come  fo  lalCi  for 

1  mm  sped  all  redy  -,  for  I  waa  m^de  sure  yesterday  to 

jUIOiher  man.' " 

The  original  editor  of  this  very  curious  book 
appends  the  following  remark  :  **  By  this  tale  ye 
nuiye  perceyve  that  women  ofle  tymes  be  wyae, 
and  lothe  to  lose  any  tynie."  Reading,  not  l^og 
mnee,  The  Life  of  Sir  Tliomm  Orenham^  by  the 
late  Mr.  John  William  B argon,  vol.  ii.  p.  214,  I 
met  with  an  anecdote  of  Katherine  of  Berain,  who 
was  married  to  Richard  Clough,  the  a_  V    ' 

and  servant  of  Gresham,  in  1507,  whi 

;bt  to  my  recollection  the  quotaiMni  i   iuivt; 
from  A    C.   Mery   Tahjs.     Mr.   Burgon'a 

^n  ill-natured  c^noogh  to  preserve  aa 
-y»  of  Beraln,  which.  If  iniet  however 


^ 


creditable  to  bar  ehannt,  rtfleeti  oo  hoBiMir  oa  her  heart. 
Hot  fini  biubind  was  John  Sttliubtuy,  tadr  of  Llowioi; 
At  whoee  fttneral.  it  is  said,  ihe  ww  lad  to  ohaiTds  by 
Eicbard  Clongh,  oad  afterwarda  condueted  home  by  tne 
yonthfiil  Morris  Wynn,  who  avaiJcd  himaelf  of  that  op[X»r- 
taaity  to  whisper  aia  wi«h  to  become  her  eeeood  huaband. 
She  ia  said  to  haw  eiriUy  reAued  hii  oflbr,  stating  that 
oa  her  way  to  ehurch  she  had  accopted  a  aimilar  pro- 
pniil  6nim  Richard  Olough ;  but  she  conioled  Wytm  with 
tlia  aaarauce  that  if  she  sorrired  ber  second  hoabaod, 
he  might  depend  on  becoming  her  third ;  aod  ihe  waa 
not  anmiodfiu  of  her  proinii&" 

The  fkct  seems  to  be  that  she  married  Wynn 
very  soon  after  the  death  of  Clough  ;  but  we  may 
doubt  whether  the  **  tradition  '*  gjvcu  by  Mr* 
Burgon  wai!  not  founded  on  the  jest  in  A  C, 
Mtry  Talys ;  at  all  events  they  accord  singularly ; 
and  while  upon  this  subjects^  I  tnay  note  diat 
Mr.  Singer,  m  enumerating  the  old  references  to 
the  jest-book  which  Shakespeare  has  rendered 
famous  {Much  Ado,  Act  U.  Sc,  IJ,  has  omitted 
an  interesting  point  connected  jrith  the  history 
of  the  small  volume,  viz,  that  it  was  the  last  book 
that  Elizabeth^  just  before  her  deaths  was  gratified 
by  hearing  read.  A  priest^  writing  an  account  to 
V  enioe  of  the  last  illness  of  the  Queen,  in  a  letter 
of  March  9,  1602-3,  observes,  "  She  cannot  attend 
to  any  discourses  of  government  and  state,  but 
delight eth  to  hear  some  of  the  Hundred  Merry 
Tales,  and  such  like,  and  to  such  is  very  atten- 
tive/' How  fai'  this  assertion  is  to  be  taken  as 
true  we  know  not;  but  the  narrator  obviously 
intended  to  disparage  the  memory  of  a  woman 
who  for  more  than  forty  years  had  been,  not  so 
much  the  enemy  of  the  Roman  Catholics,  bb  the 
friend  of  the  Protestants.      J,  Paywm  CoLUsm. 

Maidenhead. 


PRINCE  EnOENE.      , 

This  great  military  eommauder  was  born  in 
1663,  and  died  on  April  20,  1736.  In  the  ^w- 
tory  of  his  Life^  "  printed  for  Jamea  Hodges,  at 
the  Looking-Glass  on  London  Bridge,'*  1741,  it  is 
stated  th.it  he  was  a  collector  of  rarities  and  books, 
and  that  **  he  practised  daily  all  the  duties  of  the 
religion  he  professed.  He  spoke  very  little,  but 
what  he  said  was  just,  and  weighed  in  the  balance 
of  good  sense/* 

I  have  a  volume  of  old  tracts,  mostly  of  a  re- 
ligious tendency,  and  all  dated  between  the  years 
1707  and  17  U,  inclusive.  On  a  liy-leaf  of  the 
volume  is  written  "  Samuel  Midgley,  his  book," 
1714.  Four  leaves  of  writing-paper  are  bound  in 
the  original  binding.  One  contains  merely  the 
The  other  three  contain  the 
[ful    prayer,    clearly  in   Samuel 

l%iingu;!y  a  ULiuuwriting  t  — 

**  A  Prnyer  swetf  Inf  the  ttttly  Na^le  and  VaHumt  Prmce 

**0  myGod!  1  believe  iu  thee;  do  tWi.  s^Kw«^fa» 
nu.    I  ho^  m  tVv^v  4o\KTji^v*3oS«wi'av^'^«V^  ^^^ 


"Wj^I 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[s^a.T.Jc9v 


ihM;  do  thou  Tonchaafe  to  r«doable  my  love.  I  Am 
iorry  for  my  sinaj  0\  do  thou  encreue  my  repentance. 
I  Adore  tbee  as  my  lirst  priociple  i  I  deiire  thee  as  my 
XaAl  end.  I  thnnk  thee  aa  ony  perpetu&U  benef&ctor ;  and 
I  call  upon  tbee  ta  my  sapreftm  Defender. 

"  My  God  I  be  pleiu*d  to  gnide  me  by  thy  Wiadom, 
Rule  me  by  thy  JuBtir«|  comfort  me  by  thy  mercy*  and 
keep  me  by  thy  power.  To  thee  I  dedicate  ail  my 
thonghts  and  wonts,  my  actions  and  ■afferings,  that 
hencefortli  I  may  think  oV  thec»  speak  of  thee,  and  act, 
accord) n|^  to  thy  will,  and  sufTer  for  thy  sake. 

*'  Lord  1  my  will  is  subject  to  thine  in  whatsoever  thou 
wiltest,  becaase  it  is  thy  will;  1  beaeech  thee  to  en- 
lighten my  understanding,  to  f^ivfi  bounds  to  my  wilt|»  to 
purify  my  body,  and  to  sanctify  my  aouL 

**  Enable  me,  O  my  God!  to  expiate  my  past  offences, 
to  conquer  my  future  temptations,  to  reduce  the  pa&sions 
that  are  too  strong  for  me,  and  to  practice  the  virtues  that 
become  me.  0 !  tfil  my  heart  with  a  tender  remembrance 
of  thy  favours,— an  avert  ion  of  my  infirmity,  o  loTe  for 
my  nei^hbonr,  and  contempt  of  the  worlrl'  Let  me  al* 
ways  remetnlicr  to  be  submi&aiva  to  my  sttperiors,  cha- 
ritable to  my  enemies,  faithful  to  niy'fdends  and  in- 
dulgent to  my  inferiors. 

"  Gome,  0  God  I  and  help  me  to  overcome  pleasure  by 
mortification,  covetouanesa  by  alms,  anger  by  meekness, 
and  lukewarmnesB  by  devotioo. 

**  O  my  God  I  make  me  prudent  in  tiDderstandingt 
conra^oua  in  danger,  patient  under  dittppointm en ts,  and 
bumble  in  sacccM.  llet  roe  never  forget  to  be  fervent  in 
prayer*  temperate  in  food,  exact  in  my  employs,  and  con- 
stant in  my  resolutions. 

^*  Inspire  me,  O  Lord,  with  a  desire  always  to  have  a 
quiet  conscience,  an  outward  modesty,  au  edifying  con* 
▼ersatioo,  and  regular  conduct.  Lot  me  always  apply 
myself  to  resist  Nature,  to  assist  Grace,  to  keep  the  Com- 
mandments, and  deserve  to  be  saved. 

*'  O  my  God  I  do  thou  convince  roe  of  the  meanness  of 
earth,  the  greatness  of  heaven,  the  shortness  of  time,  and 
the  length  of  eternity.  Grant  that  I  may  bo  prepared 
for  Death ;  that  I  may  fear  thy  Judgments,  avoid  Hell, 
and  obtain  Paratlise,  through  the  merits  of  Jesus  Christ." 

The  date  of  my  manTiacript  would  be  ^/It/'One 
years  after  the  birth  of  Prince  Eugene ;  and  twenty- 
two  years  before  hJH  death.  I  do  not  find  any 
reference  to  the  prayer  in  his  Memoirs^  but  aa 
far  as  I  know,  it  is  quite  consistent  witb  his  cha- 
racter.' .        W.  Lbe. 


OLD  SCOTISH    PEERAGES. 

In  England  an  idea  seems  prevalent  that  In 
Scotland  a  great  laxity  prevailed  as  to  p^emge 
claims ;  and  this  the  more  especially  after  the 
mcceasion  of  James  to  the  English  diadem  had 
removed  blm  from  the  seat  of  government  in  his 
native  dominion.  We  have  oAen  heard  very 
strange  law  ventilated  in  high  quartern  about 
Scotisb  titles  of  honour,  which  were  far  from 
warranted  by  the  usages  of  that  country.  Never* 
tbeles3,  in  no  country  whatever  was  more  care 
taken  to  prevent  intrusion  into  the  peerage,  and 
the  Scotiih  Privy  Counsel  was  ever  on  the  alert 
to  eh«ck  toy  attempt  on  the  part  of  Any  one, 

[*  Aaothef  translstion  of  this  prayer  is  printed  in  the 


QmUkmamU  Mmjonne^  \\\  67 J 


ZIZ^' 


Hm\ 


however  wealthy  or  well  defceaded,  to 
dignities  not  directly  flowing  iramtWcn 
fountain  of  honour.  Of  ihe  ac 
aertion,  we  propose  to  give  ^ 
able  instance  from  the  "  '^ 
Council  fbr  the  Year  1612  and 

**  Secondo  1 
»  Ad.  Lib.  A.  2.  41.  Sir  Johoe  R«r  vai  I 
veaned  befor  the  Coonsall  for  aaanmiag 
Style  and  tytle  of  Lord,  and  for  very  fi 
him,  his  maiesties  advocat  produce 
bctwix  him  and  ane  other  Mrtye, 
wes  styled  ana  noble  lord,  Jonne  td 
this  be  an5wer«d,  that  aitfaoght  at  i 
Lettcrea,  and  wrytes  presented  unto  ' 
writar  by  his  allowance  and  kaowledgv  I 
and  thAt  he  not  beine  coiioua  to  rwada^ 
simple  to  understande  the  substance  i 
scrwe  the  same  with  his  ordinare  for 
Je<iburghe»  that  could  nawayse  infer  < 
him,  nor  bring  him  under  the  coTnp«»  i 
censure,  Ac — Wh^reunto  it  was  replyed  \ 
advocate,  that  seeing  Scbir  Joboe  knew  1 
his  mat  est  v  wes  naway  pleased  to  ha 
tytle  and  dygnvtie  of  a  barrone,  and  i 
his  infefimei^t  that  parte  thereof  beari$»4f 
him  a  Lard,  be  should  more  restiectuefye  \ 
himself,  and  nowyse  presumed  to  Iiava  a 
style,  whilk  nether  be  kit  tdrA^  nor  t 
favour,  he  could  itistlye  acctame ;  and  f 
that  Scbir  Johne  his  snUacryring  of  I 
bearing  Lord  of  Jedburgh,  did  infer  a^ia« 
tiu^,  willing,  and  wHUTiiil  assuming  of  the! 
and  that  ht  andd  nawmt  pnkmd  wugknmM^i 
of  the  writes  mbtcryvea  he  Aim,  seeing  he  i 
be  of  that  humour  and  dispontione,  ,as 

narrowly  to  examine  and  try  evefje  i 

of  all  lettres  and  writtes  subscryred  be  hinL* 

Sir  John  Ker  was  a  man  of  ancie 
and  at  one  time  of  large  territortiil  ' 
was  designated  of  Home,  but  thij  esi^ 
county  of  Berwick  be  sold  to  the  Earl  c 
the  possession  of  whoee  descendaaU  1 
remains.  He  was  twice  married,  h« 
descendants  by  his  first  espousal  are  eatioe 
by  his  second  wife  he  had  male  issae,  wk 
tinued  the  representation,  and  the  liie  € 
Ker  of  Littledean,  who  contesl'ed  tbe  D« 
of  Roxburgh  with  James  Innes  Ker,  Btf 
iiis  direct  heir  male.  The  General  wm 
tionably  heir  male  of  the  Roxburgh 
whilst  Sir  James,  by  virtue  of  ft 
the  deed  of  entail,  and  a  crown  rs 
descended  of  a  daugbter  **  of  Hary 
took  both  cMates  and  booours. 


THE  ARDEN8  OF  WARWICK 
In  a  former  ntimber  of  tbc 
(p.  352),  Mb.   Pat nb  C-tyu.inu  bad 

*'  Edward  Arden,  //ia/  /^  i^  S. 

mother,  wtis  execute  u  tr«ft«m^  li 

15^3;^*  and   a  crorrc^purtacni  aigviSi^  Ca 
p.  463t  expre^sei)  his  wish  to  aaccftma 


i 


K  Jen  18,  '6*.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


49S 


gree  of  relationship  between  them :  iu  his  sub- 
fuent  remarks  attributing   to  this   event   the 
^in  of  vfljioiw  influential  **  sympathies  and  an- 
iihies  in  the  heart  of  our  great  Bard/'  in  con- 
nence  of  **  the  fair  fame  of  his  mother's  ancient 
I   honmirahle   line   having   been    stained  with 
ider,  and  by  the  public  ignominy  of  her  re- 
*«  bead  being  exixtbiced  on  London  Bridge,** 
;c. 
writer  signing  Caox  has  probably  not  seen 
ks  on  the  family  of  Shakespeare's  mother 
poblished  in  the  SiJcth  Part  of  The 
mid  Oetieakigut  (August,  1863,)  nor  the 
:t6  from  the  same  article  which  are  appended 
Dice,  to  his  recent  Life  of  Shakespeare^ 
aammarv  of  the  results  of  that  article 
AS  given  in  the  last  Yolume  of  ^*  K.  &  Q./* 
(SepM2,  1863). 
Way  not,  therefore,  be  altogether  unneceBsary, 
*  e  informatiOQ  of  that  genlleman  and  others, 
leat  that  it  has  been  ascertained — K  That 
entitication  of  Shakespeare's  maternal  grand- 
with  a  groom  of  the  chamber  to  Henry  VII* 
ancestor  of  the  Ardens  of  Yoxall«  co.  Staf- 
i),^  and  the  consectuent  atEliatlon  of  the  Ardens 
l^ilmcote  upon  tne  Ardens  of  Park-hall,  ori- 
lied  only  with   Malone,  and  is  proved  to  be 
[at  mistake;  2.  That  the  Poet's  grandfather 
in  deeds  dated  1530  "  as  Robertus  Arden 
ilmecote  in  parochia  de  Aston  Cantelowe  in 
iatu  Warwici,  hushandman  (CoUier^s  Life  of 
WMpeare^  1844,  p.  Ixxiii.)  ;  3.  That  when  the 
^ds  exemplified  arms  for  Arden  to  John  Shake- 
re  in  1599,  they  did  not  venture  to  give  for 
rife  the  coat  of  the  Warwickshire  family,  but 
;ned  her  (with  a  martlet  for  difference)  the 
Ij  different  one  borne  by  Arden  of  Alvanley 
sshire  (since  Lord  Alvanley). 
im  ail  which  it  is  most  probable  that  the 
tcd  relationship  of  Shakespeare^s  mother  to 
ard  Arden,  the  traitor  of  1583,    or  to  any 
of  the  family  of  Warwickshire  gentry  no- 
by  Dugdale,   was    exceedingly   "distant** 
1,  and  certainly  past  discovery,  if  not  alto- 
'  imaginary.  JoEUf  Gough  NicaoLS. 


THE  WKOElTEa 


[lie  death  of  the  founder  of  this  extraor- 
sect  deserves  a  record  in  **  N.  h  Q/' 
Wroe  died  at  CoUingwood,  Melbourne, 
Plralia,  on  the  5th  February,  1863.  He  waa 
ij-one  years  of  age,  and  bad  followed  the 

of  prophet  for  more  than  forty  years.  He 
ided  a  sect  which  numbered  adherenta  in  all 

of  the  world  ;  and  which  held,  as  its  car^ 
|1  article  of  faith,  the  divine  inspiration  and 
{>lute  authority  of  its  founder.     His  fuU owers 

ID  Melbourne  looked  confidently  for  his  rc- 
rectioD,  but  they  have  probably  abandoaed 


that  hope  now*  The  sect  called  themselves 
'*  Christian  Israelitest"  but  were  popularly  known 
(from  wearing  the  hair  uncut  and  unshaven)  as 
**  Beardica."  They  were  zealous  and  incessant 
street' preachers  of  an  incoherent  and  uninteUi* 
gible  doctrine;  apparently  compounded  of  Judaism^ 
Christianity,  and  the  principles  of  the  Adamites 
of  Munster.  From  inoiiiries  made  here,  I  am  led 
to  infer  that  John  Wroe  was  unmistakeably  a 
lunatic  of  a  common  and  harmless  type ;  but, 
nevertheless,  he  was  constantly  attended  by  a 
secretary,  who  took  down  everything  that  fell 
from  his  lips;  and  these  notes  were  sacredly  pre- 
served as  divine  communications.  The  hymns, 
and  the  more  private  books  of  the  sect,  abound  in 
flagrantly  indecent  images  and  references*  Their 
historical  manual  is  — 

•*  Tha  Life  and  Jonnial  of  John  Wroe,  with  Diviii« 
GbmamnicatioDS  to  him;  being  the  Visitation  of  the 
Spirit  of  God,  to  warn  Mankind  thiit  tho  Day  of  the  Lord 
ia  at  hand,  &c.  3  Tola  Gravcaead :  Printed  for  the 
Tmatces  of  the  Society  by  W.  Deaoe.    1869." 

A  more  extraordinary  book  there  is  not  to  be 
found  ;  even  in  that  very  peculiar  department  of 
literature,  the  records  of  religious  imposture  and 
delusion.  It  has  always  seemed  to  me  strange 
that  no  mention  of  these  "  Wroeites,"  so  far  as  I 
have  noticed,  has  emerged  in  contemporary  jour- 
nalism ;  although  the  sect  was  strong  enough  to 
have  its  own  prophet,  its  own  liturgy,  code  of 
laws,  church  cotistitution,  and  special  literature* 
It  has  survived  the  death  of  its  founder;  but 
seems,  from  all  I  can  learn,  to  be  now  dying  out. 
This  is  an  additional  reason  for  leaving  some 
mention  of  it  oo  the  pages  of  contemporary 
history.  D.  Blaib. 

Melboiuna. 


CoFFBB*  —  The  following  extract  from  A  New 
View  of  London^  publbhed  m  1708,  voL  i.  p*  30,  is 
curious :  - — 

"  I  find  it  recorded,  that  one  James  Fair,  n  barber,  who 
kept  the  coffeehouse  which  is  now  the  *  Rjiinbow/  by  tke 
Inner  Teraplo  gate  (one  of  the  first  in  £ni;Und),  wftB»  in 
the  yenr  1657,  presented  by  tbe  inquest  of  Bu  Dunatan'a 
in  the  W.,  for  making  and  selling  a  sort  of  liquor  called 
coffttt  US  a  great  aoisaiice  and  prejudice  of  the  DeighbouT' 
hood,**  &c. 

s,  p.  V. 

Ah  £i.BCTiottfi£aT?ca  Bbll  of  fobmeb  Dats. — 

The  following  cutting  from  Sauriderma  News-Let- 
tcTt  May  9,  1864,  may  be  deemed  worthy,  as  a 
curiosity,  of  insertion  in  "  N.  k  Q." :  — 

**  Daring  the  time  of  a  contested  election  in  Meath,  some 
forty  years  ago.  Sir  Mark  Somerville  [father  of  the  pre- 
sent l^ord  Athluraneyl  tent  orders  to  the  proprietor  of  the 
hotel  in  Trim  to  board  and  lo<ige  all  that  should  vote  for 
him,  for  which  he  received  the  following  bill,  which  he 
got  framed,  and  it  itill  hanga  in  SomatvvVW  \Vawa*, 
county  Meath.    T\i*  tao^  temi^\»s2sx  ^XaaN*  vaii.^'*^ 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES, 


H:v*aLX. 


Ibani!  amongst  the  papoti  of  th«  lat«  Very  Rev.  Arch- 
dettcoa  O'ConnBll  [Hom(m  C«thoUe]i  Vicur^Gensral  of 
the  diocew  gf  MqaUl  : — 

•lGthApril»182a, 
'MrBnx  —  To  eating  16  frcehdders  above  stjiira  for 
Sir  Marki  at  3f .  GdL  a  bead  is  to  me  2^  12i.  To  eating 
16  more  bftlow  aUlm  &nd  2  priesti  After  supper  ia  to  me 
2L  16ju  9dL  To  6  bed*  in  one  room  and  4  in  another  at  2 
guinciu  every  bed,  and  not  more  than  four  in  anv  bed  at 
any  tiniti  cheap  enoagh  God  knows  is  to  me  22L  Idt.  To 
1^' horses  and  5  mules  about  my  yard  all  njgbt  at  13i. 
ti¥«rv  one  of  them  and  for  a  man  which  was  lost  on  the 
head  of  watoblng  them  all  night  is  to  me  bL  6a.  Qd.  For 
broakfaat  on  toy  in  the  morning?  for  eve!f:y  one  of  tbom 
and  at  manv  more  oa  they  brought  aa  oaar  ai  I  can  guuas 
is  to  me  AL  12f.  Od,  To  raw  ^'hi«key  and  poncU  with- 
out talking  of  pJpes  tobacco  ai  well  aa  for  j)orter  and  aa 
well  aa  for  breaking  a  4ot  above  atairs  and  other  glasses 
and  delf  for  the  first  day  and  night  f  am  not  veiy  sunt 
but  for  tbe  three  days  and  a  half  of  the  elactlaa  at  little 
as  I  can  cnll  it  and  to  be  yery  exact  it  is  in  all  or  tbore- 
aboot  OS  near  &«  1  can  gnesa  and  not  to  he  too  particular 
is  ti}  mc  nt  kaat  711/.  15«.  dtL  For  sharing  and  i-n)|ipiLi^ 
off  tbe  heads  of  the  49  freeholdem  for  sir  marks  ut  iSdC 
for  every  head  of  them  by  my  brother  has  a  Woie  ia  to 
me  2/.  \Sm,  id.  For  a  womit  and  nurse  for  poor  Tom  Kor- 
nan  in  the  middle  of  the  night  when  he  was  not  expected 
js  to  me  ten  ho^.  I  don*t  talk  of  the  pfper  or  for 
keeping  him  sober  as  long  as  he  was  somt*  ia  to  mo 
40L  10*. 


8i^ed 
in  the  place  JemmT  Cars  wife 
hit       ' 
Bryan  X  Garraty 
Mark 


110/.  18  T  von  may  aav  111  0  0  aoroorHonoar  Sir  Marks 
acnd  me  this  eleven  hundred  by  Bryan  himself  who  and 
t  prays  for  your  succcm  always  in  Trim  and  no  more  at 
present*  *' 

ASKBA. 

AstEttlCAIT      PlOUStOLOGT :      TO      Ba»B  =  TO 

Shave. — **  Barbed**  teemji  to  be  couaIdere<l  by 
the  **  Special  Commissioner**  of  the  Dail^  Tde* 
graph  as  a  word  newly  coined  in  the  United 
Stat^i ;  it  itt  bowcireTf  good  English,  and  as  old 
aj  Pepys  at  least  (Diarif,  Nov.  27,  1665)  — 

**  To  Sir  G,  Smlth^a.  it  h«iw  now  night,  and  thara  up 
io  his  chamber  and  aat  taikuig^  and  I  borbinf  agajnat 

See  also  tbe  quotations  In  Boucher's  Oh^mry. 

J,  EjLIOT    nODGKlTT. 

Jin>Gs  jErrtBTs. — The  following  extract  from 
the  City  Press  (May  13,  1864)  is,  I  think,  worth j 
of  preaervation  in  **  N.  &  Q.**— 

«  Du"-'"-^  ♦'■*  r^ent  improvements  In  the  church  of 
St.  Jkl.i  4 ill,  Aldarmsnburr,  it  was  oonaidered 

•dvi«al'  1 1  ary  raaaooa^  thai  the  vaults  should  he 

filtod  in*  and  iu  dotting  the  vault  of  the  antorii^ua  Judge 
JeAf^s,  th«  workmen  dAacovtfcd  a  imall  brass  plats 
alRjE^  to  the  wall^  inscribed  as  follows:—'  Thft  Kunottr- 
Mf*.   Haty  Diva,  fldfi»t  daughtar  of  tlw  Bighl 


The  Total. 

2 

12 

0 

0 

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0 

0 

22 

15 

0 

0 

5 

5 

0 

0 

4 

12 

0 

0 

79 

16 

0 

9 

2 

13 

0 

I 

10 

10 

0 

0 

M^aoamtk  Orngt  Lord  ^sOmj^ 


^oghtar 


<£.  W«B«  aaA 


Lord  High  ChaQoaUor  of  Engl^ML  Uf  km^  1 
daughter  of  Sir  Thom««  BAiulirorth*  wmmt 
Mayor  of  tbe  City  of  Loudois.  dM  OcL  I^S  HI 

81st  year  of  her  ag«.'  ** 

The  brass  h^a  been  reuaoved  ai»d  mom 
an  honourable  poiitioa  on  tbe  waU  of  tli 
aisle.  J*  ^ 

Fabi.es  or  La  Poktajmk. — ^Tbora  wat  p 
in  8vo.   by  Murray,   Albemarle  Street, 
paraphrased  transbttion  of  La  Foailasii«'^ 
into  Engliflb  vene  with  ttie  otigmal  ten^ 
to  each  article.    The  Tcraification  ^  ^' 
good,  and  altogether  tbe  wtxrk 
tention  than  it  seems  to  h«ve  i»ei  «Rtk 

It  k  in  two  parts,  tbe  first  dedseafcifl  I 
Yisconnt  Sidmoiitb,  s-^d  tba   3C<ioa4  *~ 
Hataell,  Esq.,  on  his  birtbdaj,  J«ii»  %  ] 

**  HatsclU  who  full  of  honoora  aa  of 
Tbe  N«stor  of  this  modem  time  •] 
Who,  throQfrh  one  half  an  a^ge 
Has  smoothed  the  lahoura  of  SU 
VV^iiere  future  Speaker^  like  thoae  nsiiHI 
Shall  own  bis  worth,  and  profit  br  oia  km* 
On  him  long  years  no  hai&efiil  inflscflesM 
So  licht  Timers  wings  hjiT«  flatt«fM 
But  Judgment,  fhUy  ripened  not 


Distributes  treaaares  indiutiy  hmm  mmtti, 
For  wisdom,  from  a  mind  so  nchl^  ilfll^ 
Still  blends  with  playful  hiuuour  a£  his  ImI 
While  pure  religion's  warm  hot  s«iBlla  aft 
Serfl]3«ly  gilds  ue  eveaiagof  hj«  d^.* 


We  fear  that  the  writer,  wbo  Eid 
upon  tbe  subsequent  pai*liaiD en terr  n 
has  nut  too  higb  an  estimate   oo  lIi:. 
lucuorationa,  which  were  pubUabe4  ift  f«i 
4to,  and  whicih  were  at  one  time 
and  deservedly  to. 

Fhkfch-ixave,  —  In   Fraser*§ 

May,  1864  (p^,  580),  I  fiod  tbe  fallow 
count  of  the  informal  receptions  i  " 
in  vogue  in  Pam :  **  The  visitors 
any  formal  farewell ;  whence,  I 
pressioo,  *  French-leave.' "  C. 

CsoQUET,  tays  Capt.  Mayn«  Itei4,  ia  i 
froai  tb«  operatioti  of  "  croque*tcig**  ore 
the  bolls.  This  is  a  mistake.  Cnx^iaiii  it 
hcrd*8  staC  In  Tong*s  Vinialion  c/  Tm 
1530,  published  by  the  Sisrteea  SotM 
^'  Prior  i  staf}'**  in  tbe  b^ingi  of  tbe 
of  Newbi!-'^'  Ar..u..n  V  r^^hnm^  *c,  is  d 
exactly  il  l      The 

ejctracts  11   ...  ^  i.^^:,^^   L..^  iUuslrmte 
and  ita  use :  — 


••  Loqtial  hefglar 
laa  bcebia.*' 

**  Guiilaume  tkri  ted  it  lUoul  d'tio 
sAe&orj  en  la  Joe> '  '»  petllfl 

*■  Davy  duao«  uma  d*Bft  gtmai  platt 

CrmtpoiM  par  U  v».r.-., 

*•  LVx|M»aat  m  diUndl  d*an  bsatm  ^1 


fl«i'»L} 


NOTES  AOT)  QTJBRIE& 


IDrtTto  lay  thjit]  *^  Qnehiimr  ia  Firr,  Litres  qui 

\etunt.  catuBr  fibula.^* 

\hei,  n  iiiie.     Eln  joue  du  crt»icll€t  tdX 

artyi.v  ..i...i.-,wqaesouvent  I'ciichietn  terre." 
MiTVp  to  liah  for  crawflib  with  a  licM»k«d  ttiok !  ** 


^ 


iSkuttitMm 


QUOTATIONS  W.VNTED. 

i  ftek  some  of  jour  learned  correspond CBts 
apply  the  refereiices  for  the  following 

f^7  teal    <nroi^  vpoaipitrfofj  as  Jobo, 
'  of  Coiutiuitmople,  said  or  Domasca.^ 

I  gmvf]  God  ilmoks  tbat  he  was  not  bt«d  atnoai^ 
bikrbaiious  peoplei,  bat  MDODg  wise  And  louocd 

mdlton  woald  ackoowledj^  St  Chry'^'stoni  hnd 
f  b«ai  fettling  upon  his  lipi." 

m  laid  be  enTied  the  lAarnitig  of  thrtso  mea : 
Utian,  and  Mkaodola."— C^nuc. 

'giik  LnMkmime  ad  Scotiacn  missa.** — Seldm, 

nan  thought  all  churchyaTds  were  givtti  freelj 
le  of  the  dead.** 

^torian  aaid  of  Mariiif.  He  led  the  army  and 
tkdbinu'' 

'  said  of  a  Tillam,  Mortem  qxmm  non  potnlt  optare 

Cato,  he  had  rather  future  times  shoatd  oak 
lad  not  than  wbj  be  bad/' 

«tm  ftiiaae  ccmstilem  aot  futnmm  cradftret?  *"— 
\raf*  Dr.  Fell,  m  tfka  Nvmneif 

votorum  locus  cam  nallns  est  sfpri."— .Jmeoa, 
Aobila  Phcebus." 
RUB  aaid,  A  picture  was  oulj  the  imago  of  an 

AxianeOf  in  hh  fuaend  sermon  for  St.  BaaO,  r»- 
At  be  died  ^t-rd  ^t)^Miraf  €^r?«Iai/* 

hiatoriaa  oUiierTed  in  the  d^a  of  Karo,  AUma 

dium  liorti  irucidartuiL*' 

t  nugBB  in  ore  Socentotum  aunt  bloaphemue."^ 


I  to  troth,  not  to  affVcticn— to  the  glory  of 
to  bmnaa  adSscllon***— J&id.  laiL  S.  MahuJt, 

fcrnns  in  t«iTia  quorum  wHentiA  nobis  perfeyeiabit 


tmiis  in  t«mfl  quorum  acteo 
'—S,  Jlieron.  Ap.  ad  FauL 


Itere  vi&  ncnram  ■amitam  qiuBrentv.'*^  S*^  XTteroH. 
barea  bifnaelf  to  an  angiy  homed  beasU'*--^|N>fl 

Mi  10  tmooo  qaod  in  £ruefca  non  taneaa.**— & 

I 

tony  caret  as  Antigonoa  in  hia  royal  purple.*' 

D  Grotitts  aara,  Notblnt?  odcorred  in  tbo  civil 
\  what  King  Jamee  bad  rorett^d." 

Inl  £p.  ad  Protcetorem  ?  ** 

I  adao  ««t  iaviaa  diaoardia  at  wmiima  diaplioHIt 


**  Af  Florin.  Ridmond,  1.  i^  aaTB  of  CbariftS*V, :  Hane 
fi^uentior  cum  Deo  qnam  cum  hominibna  aarmo." 

"  The  baptized  were  presented  in  white  gormenta/*— ^ 
AnUrroB.de  JmHiand. 

'^  Ancient  writens  tell  ui:  Ttartar  pudit*^  et  univirn." 

»  Rin^tTed^  like  Gaio^  to  be  gone  till  the  company  be^ 
came  lorry." 

**  Pfofecto  de  pretk>«4  vcate  crubeaco.*^ — 5.  Auttin, 
*^  Fnar  Giles;  the  Pope  marred  a  painful  clerk  by 
making  hjm  a  powerful  Cardlna)/' 

«  SeljTnuB  threatened  to  stable  hia  horse*  in  St.  Peltrt, 
and  feed  them  at  the  high  altar.** 

Who  was  Jeffreys,  a  London  elergyiimn,  <?. 
1640?  And  who  John  St.  Aniiind,  n  friend  of 
Camden  ?  Caktob  C. 

Where  do  the  folio  wing  lines  come  from,  quoted 

in  the  Quorrtef^^  Hemew  for  April,  166*2,  m  an  ar» 

tide  on  the  *'  Training  of  the  Clergy,*'  b^lnuing — 

*»  All  life,  that  Uvea  to  thrivi. 

Most  sever  from  its  birth-place  aud  tta  reat/'  1^, 

E,  P.  C. 

Where  is  this  to  be  found  ?  — 

•*  What  from  Heav^  is,  to  neavi?n  tends ; 
That  which  desccivded,  the  same  again  aacendf  ^ 
\VTiAt  from  the  Earth  i.s  tu  Earth  retoruB  again ; 
lliat  which  froni  Heaven  is,  the  Earth  cannot  eontaia." 

St.  T. 

Who  are  the  Greek  authors  referred  to  in  the 
following  passage?  — 

♦»  I  finde  little  errour  in  that  Grecian^s  coun«ell,  who 
aaiea.  If  thou  aak  anything  of  God,  offer  no  satrifite,  nor 
ask  elegantly,  nor  vehemently,  but  remember  that  thou 
wouldcst  not  (five  to  nich  an  aaker:  nor  in  his  other 
Gountriniaa^  who  afliniiB  gacrilice  of  blood  to  be  so  unpro- 
p^rtionahle  to  God,  that  perfume^  though  mmh  more 
spirituall,  are  too  grosac*' 

U  **See  Mizraim's  kingcraft,  of  ita  crown  bereft. 
Sank  to  nocturnal  deed 5  of  petty  theft." 

2.  "He  aet  aa  seta  the  morninn;  star,  which  gtifj 
Not  down  behiad  the  darkened  west,  nor  hides 
Obacared  amoogat  the  tempesta  of  the  nky. 
Bat  melti  away  into  the  light  of  heaves." 

D.  Burnt. 

Melbourne^ 

Whence  the  following  ?  — 

1.  •*  The  viaioii  and  the  ftcnlty  dt\nne." 

{Indmn  Civil  Service  Exauu  Fapers,  18^9. 

2.  **  For  me  let  hoary  Fielding  t'ite  the  fc^ouud. 

So  nobler  Pickle  stands  superbly  bonud ; 

WTio  ever  rend  «the  Rrgidde*  bnt  awore. 
The  author  wrote  aa  man  ne*er  wrote  bdbre." 

Lkm. 

3.  **  And  that  nnleaa  above  faimaelf  be  can     ' 

Erect  hiniielf, — how  poor  a  thing  ia  tnan  I  " 

Idem.  180  L 

4.  **  Mv  miad*s  mv  kingdom ;  and  1  will  permit 

K6  oCbcr'i  will  to  bav«  ib^til'bci^  %u^ 


5.  "  M«f  still  this  Ulftnd  be  called  fortuoAte, 

And  turtle- footed  peace  daace  fairy  rlogs." 

6.  "For  it  is  heavenly  borne  and  cannot  die 

Being  a  parcell  of  the  pareat  akie-'^^/dcm. 

7.  **  Westward  the  course  of  empii^  takes  ita  way.** 

Idem,  1863. 
F.  J.  F.  GANTILLOir* 
Courtrai  Hooae,  Cheltenham. 
P.S*  Will  any  correspondent  of  "N.   &   Q/' 
oblige  me  with  the  loan,  for  a  short  time,  of  the 
Indian    Civil    Sertfice    Exutmifiation  Papers    for 
1857? 


"  Abundikeb  Dev^."  —  Can  any  of  your  cor- 
respondents inform  me  as  to  when  a  small  Tolume 
of  traQslations,  named  Arundines  Devec^  was  pub- 
liflbedf  The  author  was,  I  believe,  a  Scotch 
physician.  His  name  and  an/  particnlars  what- 
ever* especially  aa  to  whether  the  book  is  procur- 
able and  where,  will  greatly  oblige        Ittquuikb. 

BAfiTIDf!  AND  UlS  OdE  03f  LoUlS  XIV.— 

**  When  Louis  XIV.  was  sickt  Bastide  wrote  an  ode,  in 
which  he  said  that  the  chateau  of  Venailles,  though  ihe 
largest  in  the  world,  waj  too  small  for  its  owner,  for 
whose  company  at  the  high  table  of  heaven  the  saints 
and  angels  were  impatient.  He  urged  them  not  to  grudge 
to  mortak  for  time  the  presence  which  themselves  would 
enfoy  through  eternity."-^^utory  of  LouU  XI V^  Land. 
1751,  8\*o>  Preface  xL 

The  book  is  a  poor  compilation  &om  Voltaire, 
but  has  some  interesting  notes.  I  cannot  find  anj 
account  of  Baatide,  and  shall  be  glad  to  learn 
who  be  was,  and  where  I  may  find  the  ode, 

C.  E.  R 

BfiAse  KiTOCKBB.  — What  is  the  origin  of  thia 
terin,  used  to  express  the  setting  before  a  guest 
on  the  second  daj  the  remains  of  a  feast  ?  It  is 
much  in  vof^e  with  Indians,  apparently  in  the 
sense  of  a  rechauffe,  G.  A.  C. 

"The  Beipes  of  Endbebt.'* — Wanted,  some 
information  as  to  the  origin  of  a  tone  called  "  The 
Brides  of  Enderby,**  which  is  mentioned  in  one  of 
Jean  Ingelow*s  poems,  *^  The  High  Tide  on  the 
Coast  of  Lincolnshire,  1571,**  thus,— 
"Play  oppe,  play  uppe,  0  Boeton  hells! 
Plv  all  your  rhaii>;ea,  all  vour  swells, 
?       Play  up  *  the  Brides  ^  tCnderby !  * 

•*Tbey  styde,  'And  why  should  this  tiling  be? 
What  danger  lowers  by  tend  or  s«a ! 
They  ring  the  tunc  of''*  Endorby  I "  ' 

■*  And  awBome  be]ls  they  were  ta  me. 
That  in  the  dark  rang '  Enderby  I '  ^  Ibo, 

Manchoiter. 

CHBisrsniWOi  at  Couit^— John  Chamberlain 
wriiot  to  Sir  Dudlcj  Carletou  froml^QH^QU^^i]^! 


26,  1607,  "On  Friday  the  ISmI vi krws4d%m 
was  christened;  in  the  Cbapel  _»l  Cow-L** 
and  Time$  of  James  /.,  toL  L    p,  69^    In  i 
registers  are  these  cbristefiin^  eateredi  Mail 
can  acceffi  to  them  be  obtadnied? 

R.  V.  CLABE!n>ON,  Esq. — He  i 

L  "Political  Geography,  in  a  k(  af  BtM 
of  the  principal  Empires,  Kiagd»iBa»  acad  S 
rope ;  exhibiting  at  one  view  jgrand  Divi 
countrv;  the  Population,  tlie  Rate  tbetiaf  ^ 
Mile; 'the  Population  of  CapiUl    Ta«as; 
Force,  Naval  and  Military ;  the  Financial  I 
reoue,  Military    Charges,    General    Expi 
Public  Debt;  the  Political  Conotitiatiofi, 
Form  of  Government  and  Adminiatmioo  4  1_ 
state  of  ReUgion,  Literature^  Agriculttarc,  OflBaMi 
Cotooiee,  with    Obeervatioaa    re^pectie^  At  piiv 
EvenU  in  the  History  of  each  Coanliy.    till 
disposed  as  iroroediatcly  to  strike  tbe  Kyi  i 
lUc  Attention.    To  which  i%  prefijted  r"  *" 
containing,    besides  otber    Articles    of 
Account  of  such  Coins,  both   r«Al  and  in 
carrent  in  Europe,  with  short  rule^i  for  1 
sterling;  also  the  Ratea  of  lateresc.  Vat 
of  Grace  customary  in  each    StAte,  h^*  i 
178&. 

2.  **  A  Sketch  of  the  Revenue  and 
land  and  of  the  appropriated  Fun  da,  I^oans*  I 
the  Nation  from  their  Commencemeat  i 
of  the  principal  Heads  of  Receipt  and  E 
60  Tears;  and  the  various  Supplies  oincc ' 
Lion.    The  whole  illustrated   with  Cbarla* 
179L    Preface  dated  London,  Jan.  5, 17yk 

The  latter  work  is  mentioned  in  tba  J 
Dictionary  of  Living  Authors^  and  in  ] 
loch's  LitcrtOure  of  PolUical   £^ 
Watt  and   Lowndes,  who  caJla   il  •*  %'i 
elaborate  view  of  the  financea  of  tilt  i 
land;- 

None  of  the  fore-named  poblic 
the    Political   Oeogranhy^   wnieb 
noticed  in  the  Monthfy  Anatgiicat 
Reviews  for  nB9, 

I  desire  to  ascertain  what  nanie^  uie  i 
by  the  initials  R.  V.,  and  ihnll  be  |lBi  i 
other  information  respecting  ilila  iogcair 
laborious  author,  E. ' 

CoLASTEEioit. — I  should  be  glad  of  ssj  i 
ation  on  the  subject  of  the  CoUat^rloiii. 

Lewis  1 
Saodbaob. 

CmssTS. — Under  what  etrcmnatancfa  di»s  1 1 
bear  two  or  more  areata  P     Whetber  bftnafj 
tained  the  name  and  amia  of  anotber  Tor\ 
bear  the  crest  of  mj  and  erery  coat  of  arm  i 
he  quarters  ?  **  CAfTL 

CuMBERr.iiin>  AMD  CoxommrK,— 

•^When  Cnmberlaad  hitiliiatcd  that  be 
treated,  not  &■  a  wrttet  ofplmyK  but  sm  a 
world  nf  bis  day  did  not  know  what   be 
thoud^ht  he  gave  himself  tin  i  bttt«Tiwy 


j'AS^v.  jujijsiSp'ei] 


MOTES  AND  QUEBIEa 


497 


gWBted."— 5afii«fay  Bevieu,  Nor*  29,  1862;  Art 
S  being  UDderetood/' 

A  similar  story  is  told  of  Congreve.    As  Cum - 
Jerland  wna  a  man  of  affectatloQ  and  imitation, 
mj  blUo  be  true ;  but  I  fihall  be  glad  to 
f-  on  what  authority  it  rests.        £.  Morukt. 
dl  Heath. 

>ALwicK  OR  Da  WICK  WAS  at  one  time  a  parish 
Feeble*  hi  re,  but  was  dirided  between   other 
Ahe%  circa  1742.     Are  there  any  remains  of 
\  parish  church  or  churchyard  stitl  existing? 

Sigma-Thbta. 

I^OfiiAB  Dahe. — ^I  have  before  me  a  work  with 
I  fbliowing  title:  — 

lOcKmsetlor   MannerBt  bis  last  Legacy   to   hia  Son: 
';  and  emb«Hifhed  with  Grave  Advisos,  P«t  Hi«- 
Ingenious    Proverba,  Apologues,  and  Apo* 
DS.    By  Joaiah  Dare.    London.    12mQ»    1673." 

it  the  end  is  this  imprimatur :  — 

"  Licenaed, 

October  20.  R,  L.** 

1672. 

^ "  There  h  no  appearance  of  its  being  a  second 
dition ;  and,  at  p.  88,  occurs  a  sneer  at  the  Bar* 
n  iiolomew  martyrs. 

-■  Lowndes  (edit.Bohn,  59 1  ^  notices  the  work,  and 
ates  a  copy  sold  at  Sothebys,  May  21,  1857»  to 
t  unique.   He  gives  the  date  1653,  which  I  doubt 

.  is  an  error. 
jCounsellor  Manners  is  obviously  a  supposititious 
on  ;  but  who  was  Josiah  Dare  ?        S.  Y.  R. 

J'KStToK. — Where  is  a  pedigree  of  the  Scotch 
nil?  of  Fenton,  more  particularly  of  the  branch 
tMllneame,  in  Perthshire,  to  be  found? 

Sigma-Theta. 

[FooTB, — **  Antipater  made  feastes  everj/oote 

thy  brother  Pheroras  and  bimselfe;  and  as 

'  eate  and  dranke,*'  &c.    (History  of  the  Jewes 

nuM  weaUf  fol.  Ivi.  1561.)     What  does  this 

St.  T. 

Haix,  Author  of  "Jacob's  Ladder.** — 

^waa  Jo.  Hall,  B.D.,  author  of  a  book  of 
the  ninth  edition  appeared  in  1G98,  and  of 
I  the  title  is — 

'  Jacol>V  Lndder;  or,  the  Devoat  Sonri  A«censton  to 
iven,  in  Prajera,  Thankagivings,  and  Praises.    In  four 
y  viz., 

A.  Privute  D<!VOtionA>  f^^  «„«^  t\-„  :-  •i.**  tc^w 
2,   Family  Devotions  j  ^^"^  ^^^  ^"^  **>  ^*»®  ^"^^ 

B.  Oecsflionfll  DevoUon«. 
1 4-  Sacred   Poem  a  npon  select  SBbjecta.     With  Graces 

'  Tlianksfjivmp?.  Illustrated  with  Sculptures.  Lon- 
priuted  by  F.  C-oUina  for  Tho.  Guy  at  the  Oxford- 
i  in  Lumbiird  IStreet/* 

[^Tbe  book  contains  accounts  of  the  Gunpowder 
&t»  the  plague,  and  fire  of  London,  &c. 

B,  a  a 

f  Hbbai^dic  Qobrtcs.  —Quarterly,  Az,  and  or, 
the  first  quarter  a  mullet  of  the  last.     What 


family  bore  these  arms?  They  differ  from  tho*c 
of  Vere  only  in  the  tincture  of  the  first  and  fourth 
quarters.  G.  A.  C. 

Ermine,  a  bend  sable,  charged  with  B  martlets 
aR.  Can  any  reader  of  "  N.  &  Q/'  say  by  what 
family  (probably  a  Herefordshire  family),  the 
above  arms  were  borne  previous  to  or  about  the 
year  1700?  R.  B. 

Mr.  Hbrbert*8  CosrPAirr  of  Fi.ATBit8i  —  In 
the  town  of  Leicester,  from  a  date  at  least  »r 
early  as  the  commencement  of  Elizabeth's  reign 
to  that  of  George  IL,  the  companies  of  nlayers 
customarily  per&rmed  every  year  in  the  old 
Guildhall,  now  standing.  At  a  Common  Hail 
held  on  January  9»  1736  (N.S.),  it  was  ordered  — 

"That  Mr.  Herbert's  Company  of  Players  have  tb* 
nae  of  the  Town  Hall,  making  good  all  damsges,  aad 
Paying  five  pounds  to  Mr,  Mayor  for  the  vm  of  tlw 
Poor.^' 

I  would  ask  any  of  your  corresjpondcnta  familiar 
with  dramatic  afiairs,  was  Mr.  Herbert  "  known 
to  fame  *'  ?  Jailbb  THOMfsoit . 

Leicester. 

Thb  HunTDfcDOK shire  Feast.— I  hBV©  A  copy 
of  Trimneirs  Sermon  *'  Preached  upon  Occasion 
of  the  Huntingdonshire  Feast  at  St.  Swithin*s 
Church,  London,  the  24tb  of  June,'*  1697.  In 
the  dedication,  to  the  ''Stewards  of  the  Hunting- 
donshire Feast,"  the  preacher  says,  that,  to  them 
**  our  country  owes  so  much  for  the  Revivin^T  of 
an  useful  Society  out  of  a  Charitable  design."  I 
am  desirous  to  learn  some  particulars  concerning 
this  Feast,  which  is  not  mentioned  in  Bray  ley  and 
those  other  topographical  accounts  and  directories 
which,  up  to  the  present,  ore  the  only  "  County 
Histories "  of  which  Huntingdonahb^  can  boast, 
Nor  is  the  Feast  referred  to  in  the  very  excellent 
History  of  HuTitingdoTh  published  in  1824,  by  a 
now  well-known  author,  who  modestly  shrouded 
himself  under  the  initials  "R.  C.*'  appended  to 
the  Preface  —  the  initials  of  ^Ir.  Robert  Carru- 
thers,  who  was  at  that  time  a  junior  master  in  the 
Huntingdon  Grammar  School* 

Ct^THBERT  BeDR. 

Thowas  Hcrtlet  of  Malhflui,  in  Craven,  pub- 
lished Natural  Curiosities  in  the  Btwirons  of  Mai* 
ham^  8vo,  1786.     When  did  he  die  ?      S.  Y.  R. 

"  Life  or  Samuel  Johnson,"  &c*,  printed  for 
G.  Kearsley,  &c.,  1785.'  Who  wrote  this  memoir, 
which  is  prefaced  by  the  portrait,  "  drawn  from 
the  life,  and  etched  by  T.  Trotter,"  in  1782  ?  — of 
which  Johnson  said,  when  be  looked  at  the  draw- 
ing :  "Well,  thou  art  an  wj^iy  fellow;  but  still  1 
believe  thou  art  like.*'  Quivis. 


[•  There  was  another  Lift  t^f  Br.  Johnton  publiahed 
anonymously  by  Walker,  in  1785.  This  was  by  ihe  Rev. 
Wra.'  Shaw.*  Sec  "  N.  &  Q.,"  2^^  S.  v.  :>77.  The  one  pnb- 
h^hed  bv  G.  Kearsley  was  inquired  after  isi<iist  't^  "*i^TA. 
227.— Ei>.l 


NOTES  AKD  QUBRIE& 


lP^iLW.immlKi 


EuAS  JuxoN.^ — Can  any  reader  inform  me  wiio 
Ellas  Juxon  waa  ?     He  died  in  London  1632. 

Ladt  Markhaic— Wbo  was  tbla  lady  on  whom 
DMine  wrote  aa  dc^gy  ?   (Ptfenw,  p.  66,  ed.  1633,) 

Cpi« 

Cldb  at  tue  MEitfttAiD  Taveen.— An  account 
of  thb  celebrated  Club  is  given  \a  Gifford*a  Life 
f»f  Ben  Jonson^  p.  (^5 ;  but  wliat  u  the  origraal 
mjurce  from  which  he  derived  Lis  information F  I 
ha^e  an  opinion  that  the  *-^  Mitre ''  was  the  mora 
frequent  rendezvoua  according  to  the  lloes:  — 

"  Quilibet,  si  sit  ooDlentiu, 
Vt  statucus  6t«t  otMirentiLSr 

Sicut  no»  proraidmua, 
Si^um  Micrs  «nt  locus, 
Brit  cibus^  erit  iocus 
Optimot  AUssi  mas.^* 

Cm. 

'*The  Petwb  CoiAKcnoN/KTc  — The  first 

vohime  of  Tfi£  Peirie  Collection  of  the  Ancieni 
Mutic  of  Ireland  was  published  in  Dublin  in  the 
year  185 J,  *^  under  the  superintendence  of  the 
Saciety  for  the  Preservation  and  Publication  of 
tk«  Melodies  of  Ireland/'  Can  you  or  any  of  your 
Iftsh  readers  inform  me  whether  the  Society  ia 
esttnti  and  whether  we  ma^  hope  to  have  any 
niire  volumes  ?  The  materiala  would  appear  to 
be  most  abundant.  Funds,  however,  are  often- 
times found  wanting  to  carry  out  a  good  purpose, 
tmA  this,  1  suppose,  is  the  ca«e  with  the  Society  in 
rfueation.  Abbba. 

St.  Thomas's  Hospital.  —  I  should  l>e  ex- 
tremely glad  of  any  information  relative  to  Capt. 
John  Smith,  who  died  at  Clapham,  March  7, 1698, 
M*  aixty-nine,  having  been  for  many  yeara  trca* 
:»urer  of  SL  Thomas's  Hospital.  I  partictilariy 
want  hLi  wife*s  maiden  name^  the  date  of  her 
death,  and  the  names  of  their  children. 

H.  J.  S. 

HacKwiTn  Spencek,  of  Yoricsliirej  admitted  af 

Corpus  Christi  College,  Cambridge,  1698  ;  U.A. 
1701 ;  M.A,  1704  ;  waa  Vicar  of  Southwell,  Not- 
tiariiamshire.  lie  ba^  vcfseis  in  the  Univerjiity 
Cofiectiou  on  the  death  of  William,  Duke  of 
Gloucester,  1700;  and  publbhed  — 

**  The  Br-''-  -  -  ^-rjn  \  occasionMbvtheDutebesi 

*if  Newca  hundred  poun^  towardi  the 

Icpairing  ;  i  urch  of  Southwell.  London. 
F©L     1713.'* 

We  shall  bo  glad  to  receive  addltiomd  partlcu- 
lan  reipecting  him. 

C.  H.  k  Tnowrms  Coopse. 
*  Qambriclge. 

fiift  RoasRT  Si>orEft,  — Where  can  I  find  the 

petligree  of  Sir  Robert  Slopcr,  who  was  mnde  a 
Anigbt  of  the  Bath  in  1788?  Mxi-vna. 


SsfTTH.— The  Rev,  Williaaa  Snflk  cf  Urn 
tar,   in   Caithness,   and    tstnlaier  oC  B«««r  { 
Watten,  was  impriaoned  li  Tkann  '    *" 
in  IBSO.     He  married  a  danf^tirr  of  \ 
clair  of  Ratter,  nephew  of  Gcoiqge,  Mk  1 
Caitbnesa.    Was  he  a  broihor orowiaiA </1 
Smyth  of  Braoo,  and  wbnt  iasse  bad 
George  SmytJi  f    Prob^lj  Mn.  Ca 
answer  tliia. 

South  Apbicah  Discotkht- — Botcyvl 
dot,  in  his  remarks  on  the  second  of  the i 
Accouats  of  India  cmd  China  by  7\ev  / 
Travellers^  who  rwitf  to  '  "" 
Century ^  writes :  — 

'<  Sea  charts  hav«  hatf  the  Caam  ^Qmi  1 

name  of  FrontQira  de  Africa  bdtrm  that  «# 
ftg^  of  Ya&qiieg  de  G«ma  was  vndtttAtm,   i 
Vim  relates  froro  Fnuictsoo  de  Soiisa  IVraiw  t 
year  162S,  tUo  liiliint  Dom  Femajad  ahovcAi^l 
TAvareZy  such  a  chart,  which  was  in  the 
AicobacA,  and  had  been  drawn  120  years.** 

Is  it  known  whether  this  curious 
copy  of  it,  is  in  existence^  and  is  n 
served    of   the    adventures  of    thie 
mariners,  who  surveyed  the  South  Coail 
80  far  back  as  the  year  140^  ?     Perfaapi 
who  answered  my  ^ffsty  oa  De  Foe 
Lavan^atone,  sigoefl  H.  C,,  wmj  be  able 
me  this  information*  H.  T 

Spanish  Peater-Book-  —  I  bare 
across  a  small  book,  bound  in  toKo 
gilt  cla^^ps  of  ornameotai  dengu,  and  in  | 
servation.    The  tillt  of  Iba  book  f 

"  Ordeo  dc  Oracionaa  de  mca,  ccm  los  ay 
Congregadon  y  Paacuns  nueraui^nt«  etioia 
didov    An    '  - '  -    por  iaduairLa  de  Jctuni 
detpesa  I  ^avid  Usiul  Cafidoso  i 

sterdam,  n  ti.** 

Can  any  of  your  correspondenta  giri  m'i 
formation  as  to  the  rarity  or  hiatorir  of  tbSill' 
There  is  on  old  tradition  that  it  befmctiiVli 
Boleyn.  ^^  W.Xl 

CirnToua  Suboical  AjfBCDOTm.  <— Io  iIm 

gomery  MSS.^  ptibli^bed  at  Btlfaat  In  liH 
account,  at  p.  18J^^  of  the  third  VtacouM 
gomery,  who,  at  Ojifo«%i,  aba  wed  Iba 
of  his  heart  to  Ring  Charles  1.  tbmninb 
sion  in  his  side,  wkidi  bad  been  oanda&i  Hi < 
by  Dr.  Maxwell,  who  was  altorwnfda  ibt 
Fhyaician.    Are  there  an/  (briber  d«laili 
of  this  singular  atory  ? 


Sin  Joio  VANBCAaii. — Art  tbtsra  any  dr 
existing   known    to    bavn   bc(«    mado    \ 
architect,  who  designed  Blanbdn  Palvne,  * 
llo  ward,  and  many  smaller  h  ■  * '  *  *  t  -   ^    Tbcrt  { 
plenty  by  his  oontcmporarit  iml  ] 


«i«aLT.  J9swlt»'640 


NOTES  AND  QUEBIES. 


489 


fJmrmmrTT  of  DuBtm.— 

"  A  grmci?  proposed  on  FriiUy  last,  for  returning  tbftnlci 
to  the  king*  ior  his  present  of  the  PorlhiineiiUry  History, 
m  an  £ruftuh  l^tttr^  with  ft  seal  of  the  University,  ©n- 
dOfted  in  oou/c/  ixKt,  wha  rejected  in  full  senate."— From 
4llt  Bath  Ckronicit,  under  ••  Imh  News"  April  2^  1772. 

Whj  and  wherefore  rejected  ?  E.  W.  F. 

Whitb  Hats  at  Oxjtohjj.  — A  writer  in  The 
9te««  of  June  9th,  describing  the  Commemoration, 
Mi^t  stating  Ihat  the  nnd erg rad nates  assailed  with 
«Kracial  violenoe  the  iodivtdiuil  who  ventured  la- 
aide  the  doors  wcuring  m  white  hat,  proceeda :  — 

*»  The  white  hiit  seems  to  act  on  the  undergradoate  hs 
lfc«  «d  ray  upon  tho  Spanish  ball ;  it  absomtel/  infu- 
**-•"  him,  and,  till  it  is  removed  from  sights  ho  jalla  and 
at  it  be  were  downright  mad." 

Cmn  any  reader  of   *•  N.  k  Q/*  explain   the 
''^-  of  this  feeling  ?  W.  H, 


Stohib  and  Woodkk  A1.TAB8  IX  Ejiglawd. — In 
lYilliara  of  Malmesbury'a  Life  of  S,  WuUtan 
(Ang,  Sac,  vol  ii.  p.  264),  he  telb  us,  that  "  in 
his  [Wubtan's]  time  (area  1090)  there  were 
wooden  alt ara  in  England  from  the  primitive  days- 
He  having  demolished  them  throughout  his  dio- 
cese [Worcester]  made  Dew  ones  ofitone/*  What 
was  the  reason  of  the  change,  and  why  did  the 
bbhop  preach  (so  to  fpeak>  such  a  crusade  against 
what  is  confessed  to  have  been  an  established  cus- 

«»«> '  A.  A. 

Poets'  Comer, 

[Our  corre8poQdent*9  query  has  been  anticipated  in  a 
p»p9T  read  before  tho  Caiobridge  Camden  Society,  on 
KoT.  28»  1844,  On  th*  Bttttry  of  ChrisHam  Altar*  [by 
Mr.  ColHson].  and  stnoe  pnhlisbod  as  a  tract,  12mo,  1846. 
We  there  read,  that  "  la  1076  the  council  of  Wincbestar, 
muter  LanlVaoc  and  the  papal  legatas,  orders  the  alUrs  to 
b»  made  of  stone  1  unfortonately  nothing  but  the  h<^ds 
^the  canons  is  preservud.  (Spalman,  Cbac,  u.  12.)  But 
h^re  I  thall  give  you  a  passage  from  the  life  of  S.  Wulstan, 
Inihop  of  Worcester,  in  which  William  of  Malmeabury 
(who  lived  in  the  reign  of  Stephen,  a^.  1141,)  saya,  *  at 
tihat  time  the  altars  had  been  of  wood  (or,  there  bad  been 
rwoodan  altart),  even  from  ancient  times  in  England. 
^^leie  he  demolisbed  thronghoot  his  diocese,  and  con- 
«tnicted  others  of  atone.  So  that  sometimes  in  one  day 
li«  would  consecrate  two  altars  in  one  towa,  and  as  many 
more  on  the  second  and  third  day,  in  other  places  that  bo 
bad  gone  to/  (  ViL  S,  WuhL,  pL  ii.  c  14,  in  Angl,  Sac^ 
\§L  264.)  This  pattage  seeoifl  of  aomo  importance,  for 
WtOalan  was  a  sturdy  Saxon  pralat^  almost  the  only 
one  who  kept  his  ground  under  the  Conqueror,  and  indeed 
waa  very  near  being  deprived  on  a  charge  bttmght  against 
Mm  by  Lanfranc  bimaelf :  and  though  he  was  afterwards 
nrach  respected  and  consulted  by  the  archbishop,  it  Is  to 
t>e  reraembered  that  l,.anfranc»  though  himself  an  ItalJan 
hf  birth,  ami  a  great  and  good  man.  is  said  to  have  kept 


atndlonsJy  aloof  trom  tlie  paHy  of  &  Qrsgof^  Ttt.  8a 
that  1  eoaceive  this  caooa  of  the  Winchester  oottucil,  and 
tho  consequent  activity  of  S.  WuleUn,mast  have  b««o  re- 
garded by  Churchmen  tbea,  and  should  bt  ngardad  by 
us  now,  as  the  re-enactment  of  the  old  law  of  the  Councjl 
of  Epanna,  and  the  Excerpt  of  Abp.  £gbert,  called  for  by 
their  reajMCt  tar  antiquity,  and  their  regard  for  order  and 
decency.**  This  valuable  tract  oaght  to  be  ta  the  Ubiary 
of  every  ecclesiaatical  antiquary.] 

Basing  House,  Ham ps hike. — I  am  desirous  of 
Bnding  as  full  an  account  as  possible  of  the  sieges 
which  this  strongly  fortified  reaidence  of  the  Mar- 
quis of  Winchester  underwent  during  the  great 
rebellroD.  In  particular  that  m  1644,  at  which 
the  witty  Dr.  Fuller  ia  said  to  have  so  vigorousiy 
incited  the  garrison  against  the  parliamentarj 
leader,  Sir  W,  Waller.  The  references  I  have 
hithei'to  ?een  ore  too  scanty  for  my  purpose — that 
of  compiling  a  biography  of  Dr.  Thos.  Fuller. 

J.  E.  B, 

[Farticulara  of  this  memorabla  aiege  were  pablisbed  at 
the  tine  In  what  arc  now  called  "  TheCivO  War  Tracts/* 
Among  others  the  foUowing  may  be  oonatilted:  1.  **A 
DcacHption  of  the  Stiga  of  Baaiiig  Cattle  ksfA  by  the 
Lord  Marqaiae  of  Wincbegter  fcr  the  service  of  Hia  Ma- 
juty  against  the  Forces  of  the  Rebels  under  command  of 
Col  Norton,  Load.  4tOv  1044."  2.  **  The  Journal  of  the 
Siege  of  Ba^g  Hooae  by  the  Marquisse  of  Winchester, 
Oxford,  4to,  1644-**  8.  Hugh  Petards  "Full  and  Lost 
Rektfon  ooncemJng  Baaing  Houses  London,  4tO)  l$4fi." 
The  name  of  Dr.  Fuller,  however,  does  not  occur  in  either 
of  these  tracts.  Burke,  in  The  Fatrician^  v.  473-479,  ba* 
given  an  intereating  account  of  Basing  House ;  hot  has 
neglected  to  give  his  authority  for  the  following  notice  of 
our  witty  historian :  «  Dr.  Thomas  Fuller,  author  of  The 
Church  Hifipry  of  Britain^  and  other  works,  being  a 
chaplain  in  the  royal  army  under  Lord  Hopton,  was  fbr 
some  time  shut  up  in  Baaing  House  while  ft  was  besieged. 
Even  here,  as  if  sitting  in  the  study  of  a  quiet  parsonage 
fisr  removed  from  the  din  of  war,  he  prosecuted  his 
flivoorite  work,  entitled  Th«  fFortkiea  of  England;  dis- 
covering no  signs  of  fear,  but  only  complaimng  that  the 
noise  of  the  canuou,  which  was  continually  thundering 
fhim  the  lines  of  the  besiegers,  interrupted  hira  in  digest- 
ing his  notes.  Dr.  Fuller,  however,  ajiimated  the  gar- 
rison to  so  vigorous  a  d«(fence,  that  Sir  William  Waller 
was  obliged  to  raise  the  siege  with  conndcrable  loss,  by 
which  the  fate  of  Basing  House  wss  for  a  considerable 
time  suspended.  When  it  was  f^sieged  a  second  time 
and  fell.  Lord  Hoptoads  army  took  shetter  in  the  city  of 
Exeter,  whither  Fuller  accompauied  it.'*] 

ATeaNftT,  oa  Athdnat. — Among  a  number  of 
old  "  franks,"  I  have  some  directed  by  Thomis 
Birmingham,  nineteenth  Lonl  Athenry  (the  pre- 
mier barony  of  Ireland),  who,  in  1730,  was  created 
Earl  of  Louth.  One  of  these  is  now  before  oie ; 
it  is  a  letter  from  Denis  Daly,  Esf^^,  of  RaLiVitcU<!5i> 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


enough  it  IS  franked  by  the  Earl,  not  ^*  Louth  ** 
but  **  Alhunry/*  and  indeed  tdl  bis  slgnarureB  are 
similnr,  even  in  tbe  spelling.  Observe,  the  title  is 
spelt  with  an  instead  of  an  e.  Query,  ^bich  is 
correct?  H.  Lorrus  Tottemuam. 

^The  word  Is  tpelt  in  Jive  different  ways  in  Lodge^a 
Peeroge;  via.,  Athnery,  Aghnary  (as  anciently  written )» 
Atbnnree,  Athnnry,  and  Athenry.] 


•♦ROBIK  ADAIR:"  -JOHNNY  ADAIB:'^  "THE 
KILRUDDERY  HUNT.*' 

(3^*  S,  iv.  130;  v.  404,  442) 

£.  K.  J*  is  most  decidedly  in  error,  both  as  re- 
gards the  hero,  nature,  and  date  of  **  Robin 
Adair,**  which  in  no  flense  of  the  phrase  can  be 
called  **a  drinking  song-,"  or  one  showing  the 
"  warmth  of  that  triendship  which  aubaiited  be- 
tween that  gentleman  (what  gentleman  ?)  and  bia 
friends;"  but  is  merely  a  sentimental  sorrowful 
lament  of  a  lady  far  the  absence  of  her  lover, 

Eobert  Adair,  the  hero  of  the  tong,  was  well 
known  in  the  London  fashionable  circles  of  the 
last  centnry  by  the  iobriquet  of  the  "  Fortunate 
Irishomn ;"  but  Ms  parentage,  and  the  exact  place 
of  his  birth  are  unknown.  He  was  brought  up  as 
ft  surgeon,  but  his  '*  detection  jn  an  early  amour 
drove  him  precipitately  from  Dublin,"  to  push  his 
fortunes  in  England.  Scarcely  had  he  crossed 
the  Channel  when  the  chain  of  lucky  events,  that 
ultimately  led  him  to  fame  and  fortune,  com- 
menced. Near  Holyhead,  perceiving  a  carriage 
overturned,  he  ran  to  render  assistance*  The 
iole  occupant  of  this  vehicle  was  '*  a  lady  of  fashion 
well  known  in  polite  circles,"  who  received  Adair's 
attentions  with  thanks;  and,  being  slightly  hurt, 
and  hearing  that  he  was  a  surgeon,  requested  him 
to  travel  with  her  in  her  carriage  to  London. 
On  ibeir  arrival  in  the  metropolis,  she  presented 
him  with  a  fee  of  one  hundred  guineas,  and  gave 
him  a  general  invitation  to  her  house.  In  after 
life,  Adair  used  to  say  that  it  was  not  so  much 
the  amount  of  this  fee,  but  the  time  it  was  given 
that  was  of  service  to  him,  as  he  was  then  almost 
destitute.  But  the  invitation  to  her  house  was  a 
still  greater  service,  fur  there  he  met  the  person 
who  decided  his  f^te  in  life.  This  was  Lady 
Caroline  Keppel,  daughter  of  the  second  Earl  of 
Albemarle,  and  of  Lady  Anne  Lenox,  dau^-hter  of 
the  first  Duke  of  Richmond.  Forgetting  her 
high  lineage.  Lady  Caroline,  At  the  first  sight  of 
the  Irish  surgeon,  fell  desperately  in  love  with 
him;  and  her  emotions  were  so  sudden  and  so 
violent  as  to  attract  the  cr-nernl  attention  of  the 
company.  Adair,  perceiving  his  advanta;:*?,  tost 
no  time  in  pursuing  it ;   while  the  AH  \ 

Jiicbmond  fsumlm  were  dismayed  at  •  \  :\ 


Ct^aT 


of  such  a  terrible  mctaUianct,    KToyi  

tried  to  induce  the  youa^  lady  to  illcr  W 
but  without  effect.     Adair  a  faogmpligtin 

that^ 


f  wIfeiMMl 


^^Amoscments,  a  long  journey,  an  adv 
and  other  common  modes  of  obakin^  off  i 
dered  by  the  family  *a  an  improper  XBM 
nately  tried,  but  in  vain  \  the  heAltb  of  LidyOsfdl 
evidently  impaired,  and  the  fatnllj  at  UstcoaABi 
a  good  senm  that  reflecUi  honour  on  tb«iT  ondMSi^ 
as  well  as  their  heart j,  that  it  was  pOMible  to  |l 
but  never  to  dissolve  an  attachment;  ftnd  tkat  ■ 
wa«  tbe  honourable,  and  indeed  tbo  ooly  alltlBill 
oould  secnro  her  bappinesa  and  W^** 

When  Lady  Caroline  wm»  taken  bf  j 
from  London  to  Bath,  th&t  she  mij^ht  ^ 
from  her  lover,  she  wrote,  it  is 
"  Robin  Adair,'*  and  set  it  to  \ 
tune  that  she  had  heard  him  sinw.  ^_ 

ten  by  Lady  Caroline  or  not,  the  s<mf  ¥1 
expressive  of  her  feelings  at  the  ume»0ll 
completely  corroborates  the  circumstaaij 
related,  which  were  the  town-talk  ot  thifN 
though  now  little  more  than  family  tradiiw 
can  be  no  doubt  that  they  were  the  or^ii 
song,  the  words  of  which  as  origiomllf  ' 
the  following :  — 

**  Robot  Anjua, 
<<  What's  thli  dall  town  to  m«? 
Hobin^s  not  i 
He  whom  I  wUh  to  see. 

Wish  for  to  h« 

Wbere^s  alt  the  joy  and  mifth« 

Mode  lifts  a  Heaven  on  oorth  ? 

Oh !  they*re  all  fled  with  the«w 

Robin  Adair 

**  What  made  the  assembly  ahina^ 
Robin  Adair ! 

What  made  the  bait  «o  fine? 

Robin  woa  there  I 

What  when  the  play  wo*  o*«r, 

What  made  my  heart  so  lora? 

Oh  I  it  was  parting  with 

Kobtn  Adair  1 

*«  But  BOW  thoQ  art  far  Crom  tam^ 
Robin  Adair  i 

Bat  now  I  never  i«a 

RobiQ  Adair! 

Yet  he  I  love  so  well 

Still  In  my  heart  shall  dwell; 

Oh  I  con  1  ne*«r  forget* 

Robin  Adair  P 


I 


ftf  iht  Lift  of  HoUri  AdHir^ 

Lot  ■       •*  "    ' 


.ondon:  Krarnb^y,  liiicvxc.    TIIotJ 
u  III  notieo  of  A  'i\ir  i«ii  ifjjit  intioOM  < 

of  vduttUlo  and   interr'^'  Ttt  i^m 

€*>mm&n  Ptatc-BtMh.    1 '  *<k  ' 

Newman,  a  aurgmm,  ajs  -  ' 

strongly  Btiipect^  from  n 
\  >4«h  \^  w&VWh  ^ %)bMt  ab*j 


S'*&Y.JujiKl8,*64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


501 


Immediatetj  after  his  marriage*  with  Lady 

Caroline,  Ad&ir  was  appointed  Inapector-GeneraJ 
of  Militarjr  Uospitalu,  and  subsequentlv,  becoming 
a  favourite  of  George  IIL,  he  was  made  Surgeon • 
General,  Ring^s  Sergeant- Surgeon,  and  Surgeon  of 
Cheliea  Hospital.  Very  fortunate  men  have  sel- 
dom many  friends,  but  Adair,  by  decrming  a 
baronetcy  that  was  offered  to  liim  by  the  king  for 
surgical  attendance  on  the  Duke  of  Glouce«ter, 
actually  acquired  considerable  popuhLrity  before 
his  death,  which  took  place  when  he  was  nearly 
fourscore  years  of  age  in  1790,  In  the  Gentie- 
marts  Magazine  of  that  year  there  are  verses  **  On 
the  Death  of  Robert  Adair,  Esq.,  late  Surgeon- 
General,  by  J.  Crane,  M,D.,**  who  it  is  to  be  hoped 
was  a  much  better  physician  than  a  poet. 
I  Lady  Caroline  Adair*s  married  life  was  short 
]  but  happy ;  she  died  of  consumption  after  giving 
birth  to  three  children,  one  of  them  a  son.  On 
her  deathbed,  she  requested  Adair  to  wear  monm* 
ing  for  her  as  long  as  he  lived ;  which  he  scrupu- 
lously did,  save  on  the  king's  and  queen's  birthdayB, 
when  his  duty  to  his  sovereign  required  him  to 
appear  at  court  in  full  dress.  If  this  injunction 
respecting  mourning  were  to  prevent  Adair  mar- 
^y^tig  again,  it  had  the  desired  effect ;  ho  did  not 
marry  a  second  time,  though  he  had  many  offers.  But 
I  am  trenching  on  the  scandalous  chronicles  of  tbe 
last  century,  and  must  stop.  Suffice  it  to  say ,  Adair 
leema  to  have  been  a  universal  favourite  among 
both  women  and  men  ;  even  Pope  Ganganelli  con- 
ceived a  strong  friendship  for  him  when  he  visited 
Rome.  Adair's  only  son,  by  Lady  Keppel,  served 
his  country  with  distinction  as  a  diplomatist,  and 
died  in  18^5,  aged  ninety-two  years,  then  being  the 
Right  Honourable  Sir  Robert  Adair,  GX.B.,  the 
hut  surviving  political  and  private  friend  of  his 
dIstinguLfhed  relative  Charles  James  Fox.  His 
memory,  though  not  generally  known,  has  been 
also  enshrined  in  a  popular  piece  of  poetry,  for, 
being  expressly  educated  for  the  diplomatic  ser- 
vice at  the  University  of  Gottin^en,  Canning 
satirised  him  in  The  Rovers  as  Rogero,  the  unfor- 
tunate stiident'lover  of  '*  Sweet  Matilda  Fot- 
tingen" 

The  reader  will  be  surprised  to  find  that  any 
one  could  term  *'  Robin  Adair  "  a  drinking  song ; 
but  tbe  manner  of  the  mistake  is  pretty  clear  to 
me,  who,  from  my  knowledge  of  Irish  lyrtc.nl  litera- 
ture, may  be  said  to  be  behind  the  scenes  in  this 
matter.  E.  K.  J.  evidently  confounds  the  ori- 
ginal^ plaintive  song  of  "  Robin  Adair,"  with  a 
wretched  parody  on  it,  probably  never  yet  printed, 
called  "Johnny  Adair,"  He  also  confounds  a 
John  Adair  of  Kilternan,  the  subject  of  "Johnny 
Adair,"  who  lived  in  the  present  century,  with 

•  In  7^e  Grand  Magasim  of  Umiverml  Inteltigtnct  for 
1758,  the  marrittge  is  thiui  announced : — "  February  22nd, 
Robert  Adair,  E^q.,  to  tbe  Bight  Honooruble  the  Lady 
Caroline  Keppel." 


Squire  John  Adair  of  the  same  place,  one  of  the 
Kilruddery  hunters  in  1744.  Beginning  thus, 
E,  K.  J.  further  complicates  the  simple  question  by 
other  glaring  errors ;  and  then  Ma.  Redmond  puts 
his  foot  into  the  imbroglio  by  adding  what  he  terras 
*'  collateral  evidence,*  namely*  that  a  John  Adair 
is  mentioned  in  the  **  Kilruddery  Hunt,*^  which  is 
just  as  germane  to  the  song  of  "  Robin  Adair  "  aa 
tbe  river  at  Monmouth  is  to  tbe  river  at  Macedon. 

In  the  first  place,  then,  let  us  turn  our  aiten* 
tion  to  *'  Johnny  Adair  " 

Among  the  MS.  collections  of  tbe  late  Thomas 
Crofton  Croker,  in  the  British  Museum,  X  ind  the 
following  memorandum :  — 

"  la  0.  quizsical  paper  publbhed  in  tbe  Stntimmtai  and 
Masonic  Magazine  for  Jan.  1794,  mention  is  made  of  a 
vhitnsical  ceremoaj  called  Banny  brock.  Apropos  of  this 
singular  ceremony  of  the  BoQDybro4?k.  It  was  in  great 
request  among  a*  dub  of  wilaand  jovial  fellows,  who 
■pmng  up  in  Dubtin,  and  flourished  in  the  succeeding 
geaeration.  At  tbe  head  of  this  briUiani  and  sportive 
association  of  all  that  waa  tben  gay  and  fipiritorl  in  this 
capital,  yre  find  the  memorable  names  of  Alderman  Ma- 
carroll,  Will.  Aid  ridge,  Johnny  Adair  of  KilteraaiL 
Some  of  these  worthies  are  commemorated  in  a  lyric 
pieca,  which,  for  pathos  or  sentiment,  and  harmony  of 
venificatioD,  hat  few  equab :  — 

**  jQHUirr  ADAia  or  kii^teksa:*:  ma  vrntcoun  to 

pucjtrrowir. 
•*  You're  welcome  to  Puckstown, 

.loUnny  Adatr. 
O,  you're  welcome  to  Pockstowa, 

Johnny  Adair. 
How  does  Will  Aidrid«fe  do? 
Johnny  Maccaroll  too? 
O,  why  came  they  not  along  with  you  ? 

Johnny  Adair. 

"  1  could  drink  wine  with  yott, 

Johnny  Ad«ir. 
O,  I  could  drink  wine  with  you, 

Johnny  Adair. 
1  could  drink  beer  with  you» 
Aye,  ntm  and  brandy  too, 
O,  I  could  get  drunk  with  yon, 

Johnny  Adair.'* 

This  wretched  doggrel  is  certainly  unworthy  of 
a  place  here ;  still  it  has  to  be  put  in  as  evidence, 
for  it  is,  doubtless,  the  "drinking  song**  alluded  to 
by  E.  K.  J.  Now,  what  is  the  date  of  it?  The 
memorandum  introducing  it  state?,  that  Johnny 
Adair  "  flourished  in  the  Buccecding  generation  * 
to  1794.  So  we  may  place  Ibis  parody  about,  say 
1814,  for  these  reasons.  The  original  song  of 
"  Robin  Adair  *'  had  been  many  yeai-s  almost  for- 
gotten, when  it  was  revived  by  Braham  singing 
it  about  1811,  Braham  sang  it  for  his  benefit,  at 
the  Lyceum,  on  the  17th  of  December  in  that 
year.  The  song  had  then  created  a  perfect /wrortf. 
Its  simplicity  of  words  and  air  led  to  many  ver- 
sions and  imitations  of  lt.\  ^ti4  vsi  TVvtTxw^fc*  ^ 


602 


NOTES  AND  QUEEIES. 


[r«av. 


Dec.  19,  181 U  tltere  it  vn  »d^«rtiseinexit  iisixed 

by  one  WiUiam  Reeve,  stating  tbat  he  had  ar» 
rnoged  the  words  and  music  of  ^^  Robin  Adttir  ** 
■8  sang  bj  Brohiun,  and  that  his  was  the  only 
oorrect  and  copyright  edition.  There  were  many 
parodies  written  upon  rt  for  several  years  after, 
■IS  I  well  recollect;  having  received  a  severe 
caning  for  one  on  **Tttfiy"  Telfair,  an  eccentric 
leacher  of  writing  in  Belfast,  who,  thuugh  he  bad 
but  one  £nger  and  a  thumb,  and  these  but  on  his 
left-hand,  could^  as  he  used  to  boast,  write  and 
flog  as  well  as  any  man  in  Ireland.  We  may  then 
conclade  that  "Johnny  Adair"  —  the  "drinking 
song**  —  was  written  in  the  present  century,  and 
ia  iDusrely  a  parody  on  **  Robin  Adair,*" 

I  mns t  apologise  to  the  readers  of  *'  N.  &  Ci." 
for  occupying  so  much  space  with  this  subject, 
but  it  is  not  altogether  an  uninteresting  one;  and 
as  it  ba^  been  most  absurdly  complicated,  less 
space  than  I  now  propose  to  occupy  will  not  suffice 
to  unravel  the  tangled  likein. 

With  respect  to  Scjuire  Adair  of  Kilternan,  in 
the  county  of  Dubhn,  and  the  song  generally 
known  as  **Tbe  Kilruddery  Hunti*'  I  am  for- 
tunately able  to  give  £.  IL  J.  and  Mb.  Rei>- 
MOHD  some  information  also.  In  an  obituary 
notice  of  Anthony  Brabazon,  eighth  Earl  of  Meath, 
in  the  Gentleman  s  Magazine  (vol  Ix.  p.  88),  it  is 
observed  that^ 

"  Kilruddery  was  his  L<»rdshtp*s  favotuite  aeat,  a  place 
celebrated  by  Johnny  Adair,  in  the  best  himtiog  song 
axtant:  — 

' .        .        .        Kilniddery*8  pletttiAil  board, 
1(^'her«  dwells  hospitality,  tnitb,  and  mj^  Lord^*— 

Tirere  Joban3^s  words  oo  a  former  possessor  <rf  the  title." 

But  this  assertion  is  corrected  at  p.  368  of  the 
same  volume,  where  we  are  told  that  — 

**  The  song  was  not  a  prodoctioD  of  the  cooviTial  Johony 
Adair  (who  is  himself  celebrated  in  H)^  bat  of  the  no  less 
jovial  John  Sl  Ledger,  the  son  of  Sir  John  Si.  Ledger, 
lormerly  one  of  the  Barooa  of  th«  Court  of  Exchequer, 
aadwho  sported  many  other jf'iicj:^  tifi^^ri^  nowr  loostly  lo5t. 
Jofanny  Adair  drank  no  watet^  not  even  of  Aganjppe  or 
Hippocrene.*' 

Neither  of  these  assertions  are  correct.  The 
rattlinff  rollicking  Irish  song,  **The  Kilruddery 
Hunt,'  was  really  written  by  an  Englishman; 
one  Thomas  Mozeen,  a  popular  comedian  and 
singer, — **  a  fellow  of  infinite  je^t,"  whose  amusing 
powers  made  him  a  welcome  guest  at  the  too 
bospi table  bouses  of  the  Irish  $auires  and  squi- 
reens in  his  day.  This  was  clearly  shown  by  two 
eminent  Irifh  antiquaries,  Joseph  dooper  Walker/ 
Esq.  (see  Raton's  Letters,  edited  by  Sir  Uarrid 
Kkohis,  vol  i.  p.  179,  noU:),  and  the  Rev*  James 


•  Member  of  tlie  Roytl  Iriih  Academy,  aathor  of  ffU* 
ktfied  Htmoirt  qf  th^  Irish  Bardt,  UiMorusai  T 
^  MA  5ii|^  sod  0lliir  wdl-kaown  w<»ikf  or 


Whitclaw,*  in  iV«  *'"'Vj»eillli  eeiitiiry^  «»  tks  , 
great  huntsman  ^J  bad  ran  la  «nkte  j 

bst  of  the  Kilru^.ij  _  ilotmIs.     Mr. 
was  peculiarly  fitted  to  giire  i«  opmi«m  ^c  tUi 
mibject :  for,  having  reaided  at  KHnitiilfry  F 
as  tutor  to  an  Earl  of  Meatli,  he  knew  rvsrf  | 
of  the  ground  celebrated  in  the  song  ;  ami  mpi 
constructed  a  map  of  the  deriiotia  Tuxtt  from  wiet^ 
tbe  fox  first  broke  cover,  ml  Killfwer,  t3  a 
was  kdled  on  Dalke^-hilL     The  tradtgon  tftft  | 
country  in  Mr.   Whitelaw's    time    was,  1^ 
song  was  the  joint  productiom  of  Mr«  If  e^ee 
one  Owen  Bray — of  whom  more  ber^aftrr.    Aid 
as  Moaeen  was  not  a  ffportamaii,   and  Bray  «■  i 
keen  one — and  as  ^*  the  soul  of  the    if  rnlM, 
indeed,  seems  transferred  into  the  ^oog** — itiB 
the  general  opinion  that  the  son^  wma  ike  m^ 
position   of  Bray,   and  that   the    sole    elsHi  d 
Mozeen  consisted  in  having  set  it  to  tmaria  H 
this,  however,  it  must  be  answered,  tkat  Ifatfi 
was  a  song  writeri  while  Bray  was  not ;  «rf  ii 
song  nevier  was  set  to  music,  as  it  was  wriofti 
a  wdl-known  ancient  Irish  air,  terxned  **SU^ 
na  Guiragb."     Moreover,  in  1762.  Moxeesfii^ 
lialied  ihe  song  as  his  own  in  A  MimtSmm 
CoUeetkon  of  Essayt  in   Verse,     This  w^tk  «i 
published    by  f^ubtJcrlption^  the  najme^  af  \ 
Irish  gentleman  appear  in  the  list  of  aubs 
and  it  was  dedicated  to  ^Hhe  Honourable  1 
Mountney,  Esq.,  one  of  His  Majesty**  Baroaff  I 
the  Exchequer  in  the  Kingdom  of  InelandL* 

All  tbid  Moz€>cn  —  then  a  respectable  adnrM  I 
Drury  Lane  and  the  Dublin  theatres,  patriiM 
particularly  by  the  Irish  gentry,  and  de 
tor  his  bread  on  public  favour — would 
have  dared  to  do,  if  the  work  contained  a  i 
not  only  not  written  by  hlinself,  byt  wHitea  If 
John  St.  Ledger,  the  son  of  another  Barton  aim 
Irish  Exchequer.  TWo  years  later,  ta  llfi 
Mozeen  again  published  the  .<ong  aa  his  oiiV^  bl  j 
work  entitled  2^  Ljfrich  Pacquet. 

The  part  of  a  rcrse,  quoted  by  Mm.  ] 
is  incorrectly  given,  the  whole   ver 
follows :  -^ 

"  In  seventeen  hoodred  aad  forty  aad  foor. 
The  fifth  of  Docembvt^^  think  twsj  no  m 
At  fiv«  ia  the  moning,  by  mom.  ot  tlte  rUirka. 
We  rode  firom  Kilramnr  to  tr\-  ^  -  -  '  —  : 
The  Loughlinstowo  laadlotd,  Ui 
With  S<)aire  Adair^  ears*  wtre  v 
Joo  Debil!,  Hall  Preston,  that  bunuOMa  m  *U»«t&, 
Dick  Holmes,  a  few  oihvrSy  aad  so  w  wiat  vat* 


Ma.  KfiDMoiii>  aaks—'*  Who  was  tba  Utidlaair  I 
I  reply  that  he  was  no  other  than  the  bold  Ovw  I 
Bray  himself,  who  kept  a  tavam  at  Longhfisi^  I 
town,  where  Mosoen,  the  scaiJior  of  iba  a 
lodged  during  9e?eral  aeasat)%  and  wlMia 
neighbourbg  squires  held  Uiair 


*  MaiBbv  of  tbe  Koyal  Iriah  AcaiAiiiay,  Mlhor  ^fl!^1 
Asry  afDmbHn^  and  otber  wi^rkc 


■^^ 


8>«&V.  JmtkIB.'K^] 


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* 


CArried  on  the  grosser  debMiclHriet,  tbat  even  they 
wve  ashamed  to  peqietrmto  ia  their  own  dwel- 
lings. For,  as  the  Mgm  Prolmor  of  Modern 
Histor  J  at  Oxford,  well  and  tnil^  obeerres  of  the 

period:  *  — 

■^  The  hmbUM  of  the  Imh  getitrj  grtw  bejond  measure 
bntal  and  reckleii,  and  thi  cmrmoitm  of  their  debuiche- 
riei  w^ald  hsre  dUgUftted  Um  cnw  of  ComiUbt  Their 
dronkanneas,  thejr  blwbsmj*  their  ftrodou^  duelling, 
left  even  the  aqoiree  of  Eo^aiid  hr  behiad.  Fortunately 
their  recklessaeaa  was  litre,  m  the  end*  to  work  its  ova.  cure'; 
and  io  the  backgroimd  of  their  swiaieh  and  aproarioiu 
drinking  boots,  the  Eocombered  Eitatei  Act  nam  to  our 
viaw." 

Owen  Braj^s  name  occors  in  another  yerae  of 
the  song,  which»  as  a  specimen  of  what  waa»  at  the 
least  supposed  to  be,  the  afier-dioner  conversa- 
tion at  the  Earl  of  Meath'a  table,  may  be  quoted 
Iiere :  — 

'*  We  retamed  to  KQriiddtrT't  plentiful  board, 
Where  dwtUs  hospitality,  truth,  and  my  Lord ; 
We  talked  o'er  the  chase,  and  we  toasted  the  heattb 
Of  tbe  man  who  ne*er  varied  for  places  or  wealth* 
*Owea  Bray  baulked  a  leap,'  said  HaU  Preston,  **twai 

odd.* 
*Twa«  shameful ! '  cried  Jack,  ♦  by  the  giaat  living  — .* 
Said  Preston, '  I  hallooed.  Get  on,  though  you  foil. 
Or  ril  leap  over  you,  your  blind  gelding  and  all !  * " 

Owen  must  have  been  a  great  favourite  of  Mo- 
zecn,  for  he  wrote  another  Irish  song  in  comme- 
moration of  the  facetious  Loughlinstown  ttindlord 
and  his  house,  of  which  I  give  a  few  sample  verses. 
It  is  entitled :  — - 

"AW  UrvrrATIOX  to  OWKH  DBAT*S  at  LOUGHLtltS^ 

TOWSt, 

**  Art  ye  landed  fhmi  England,  and  tick  of  the  seai^ 
Where  ye  tolled  and  y«  tumbled,  all  iiiann<r  of  ways? 
To  Loi^hlinitown  then  without  aaj  delays* 
For  you'D  Dover  be  right  till  you  see  Owen  Bray'a. 
With  his  Ballen  a  Mona]  Oia, 
Ballftn  a  Mona,  Qra, 
Ballen  a  Mona,  Ora, 
A  glaaa  of  bis  claret  for  me. 

"  Fling  leg  over  garron,  yc  lovers  of  sport ; 
Miteb  joy  is  at  Owen's  though  little  at  court } 
'TIs  tbUher  tbe  lads  of  brisk  mettle  resort. 
For  there  they  are  sure  that  theyMt  never  fall  abort 
Of  good  claret  and  Ballen  a  Mona, 
Ballen  a  Mona,  Ora, 
Ballen  a  Mona,  Ora, 
Tbe  eighty-fourth  bumper  for  me. 

"  Tbe  days  in  December  are  dirty  and  raw^ 
But  when  we're  at  Owen's  we  caw  not  a  straw ; 


*  Prcrfbs0Or  Goldwin  Smith's  Irish  Uuttrf  and  Iriih 
t  *  Sao  espaciaUr  the  opening  ehanlets  of  fiarriBgtoB*a 


We  bury  the  trades  of  religion  and  law, 
And  tbe  Ice  in  oar  hearts  we  preseotly  iliaw» 

With  good  daret  and  Ballen  a  Mooa. 
Ballen  a  Mesa,  Ors, 
Ballen  a  Mona^  Ora, 
The  <|itick- moving  bottle  for  me/' 

Mozeen  wrote  yet  anoth^  Irish  song  in  honour 
of  Squire  Adair  of  Kiiternan.  No  where  could 
there  be  a  better  illiiitration  of  a  man's  ohuBcter 
and  houaehold  than  in  its  lines,  a  few  of  whkh  I 
transeribe.     It  is  entitled  — 

"TTMS  TOOK     BT  TH«   FORELOCK  AT    KILTBRjrAH, 
TOU    SKAT  OK  JOHS    Al>ALR,    ESQ^   »  THE    COUWIT   OF 

DQBLIKT. 

•*  Tknte—  Derry  down. 
**  With  Bain  fatigued,  and  grown  quite  metanehoGc, 
PU  sing  you  how  old  daddy  Time  took  a  frolk. 
By  the  help  of  good  claret  to  dissipsts  carss. 
The  spot  was  Kil toman,  the  hoose  was  Adaii^. 

**Not  used  to  the  light  of  tbe  soberer  race, 
With  tho  door  in  tier  hand,  the  maid  laughad  in  his 

face; 
Tot  aho  thought  by  his  figure  he  might  be  at  bast 
Some  plodding  mechamc,  or  prig  of  a  priest. 

**  But  soon  as  he  said  that  he  came  for  a  glass, 
Without  further  reaerve,  she  rvplied  he  might  paM| 
Yet  mocked  his  bald  pate  as  he  tottered  ahmg^ 
And  despised  hun  aa  modems  despise  an  old  song. 

"  Jack  Adair  was  at  table  with  six  of  his  friends. 
Who,  for  making  him  drunk,  he  was  making  amends; 
Time  hoped  at  his  prejenoe  none  liiere  were  afllmiitad : 
'Sit  down,  boy,'  says  Jaidk«*aod  prepare  to  be] 

**  They  drank  hand  to  fist  for  sis.  bottles  and  morcw 
Till  down  tumbled  Time  and  began  Ibr  to  snoit ; 
Five  gallons  of  darot  they  poarad  oo  hk  head. 
And  were  going  to  take  tbe  old  soaker  to  bed. 


**  But  Jack,  who^s  poeaaaasd  of  a  pretty  estate — 
And  would  to  the  Lord  it  was  ten  times  as  great! — 
Thought,  aptly  enough,  that  if  Time  did  not  wake. 
He  might  lose  all  he  had  by  tbe  world's  turning  bsck^- 

"  So  twitching  his  foralock.  Time  opened  his  eya^ 
And,  staggering,  stared  with  a  deal  of  surprise  i 
Qnoth  he,  *I  mnst  mow  down  tea  mitiiom  of  men; 
Bat,  «Vr  yoQ  drink  thnce,  I'll  be  with  you  again  I  * " 

The  first  two  lines  of  the  last  verse  are  unpre- 
0entabl<%  but  the  song  concludes  with  Time  ih*k- 
log  his  host  by  the  band,  and  saying :  — 

•*  •  Go  on  with  your  bampen ,  your  bc«f,  and  good  chetr. 
And  the  darling  of  Thne  shall  be  Johnny  Adair!  ** 


The  three  songs  from  which  I  have  given  1 
extracts  ure  all  in  Moeeeu  s  CoUection  of  MimnA" 
lafteous  EnsayiLt  and  ther«  are  other  poetna  in  the 

sump  I'riU.^f'tioii  gb owing  that  the  author  was  well 
u  with   the   neighbourhood,  and  could 


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I  Ttcter  of  the  pcraoot  for  whom  they  were  com- 
*  posed.     These  are :  — 

«A  Description  of  Altidorc,  a  Seat  in  Uic  County  of 
Wicklow/^  ^      ^ 

**  Verses  wrote  in  th«  Gardeos  of  Brackenstowo^  a  S«ftt 
of  Lord  Moleswortb'*,  near  Dublia.** 

**  An  lovitAtioo  to  Dr.  Le  Hont'fl  Branenstown,  a  Seat 
in  the  Coanty  of  D  obi  in." 

Besides  the  above-mentioned  works^  Mozeen 
wrote  an  unsancessful  farce  entitled  The  Heiress^ 
or,  the  AntigalUcan  ,•  a  collection  of  Fables  in  Verse 
(2  vols.  1765) ;  and  Yuung  Scarron  (1752).  The 
last  is  an  araufllntj  account  of  the  adventures  of  a 
company  of  strolling  actora,  e violently  founded  on 
Le  Romant  Comique  of  the  celebrated  French  wit 
Paul  ScMTon, 

Some  confusion  has  arisen  through  Moseen,  In 
one  of  the  earlit?r  editions  of  the  Biographia  Dra* 
matica^  having  been  erroneously  styled  William, 
but  there  can  be  no  doubt  whatever  that  his 
Christian  name  was  Thomas*  He  died  on  March 
28,  1768;  and  one  i$  tempted  to  exclaim  with 
Hamlet,  not  exultingly,  but  in  a  moralising  mood, 
conaidering  the  favour  to  which  we  al.«^o  must 
come :  — 

"Whero  be  your  gibes  now?  Yoar  gambols?  jour 
sonfis?  your  fliihw  of  merriment,  that  were  wont  to  set 
the  table  on  a  roar?  '* 

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Your  correapondent  In  "  N.  k  Q:'  3'*  S.  r. 
348,  m  referring  to  the  ballad  of  '*  The  Kilrud- 
dery  Hunt,**  quotes  as  follows  :  — 

*•  Wc  had  the  LougUiinstown  landlord,  and  bold  Owen 
from  Brav, 
And  brave  John  Adair  he  wa*  with  nt  that  day  j " 

and  appended  is   a  note,   "  Who  was  the  land- 
lord?'* 

The  text  is  more  correctly  given  in  an  old  and 
well-authenticated  copy  now  before  me,  thus  — 
•*  Our  Lough Unstown  landlord,  the  filmed  Owen  Bray, 

And  Johnny  Adair,  too,  was  with  ui  that  day,"  Stc, 

This  Owen  Bray,  who,  it  appears,  had  acquired 
the  reputation  of  being  a  bold  rider  to  hounds, 
waa  well  known  in  the  locality  as  inn^ter  of  the 
hotel  or  tavern,  now  an  improved  nnd  pic- 
turesquely situated  villa  residence,  occupied  by  a 
niece  of  the  late  authoress  Lady  Morgan,  adjoining 
the  village  of  Lough linstown.  Here  it  vias  that 
Johnny  Adair  was  wont  to  entertain  his  friends 
and  companions  in  the  chase ;  and  subjoined  is  a 
copy  of  a  tavern  bill  from  the  original  in  ray  pos- 
MBsion,  showing  the  prices  of  certain  commodities 
■nd  luxuries  in  the  middle  of  the  last  century, 
and  bearing  evidence  that  **  the  famed  Owen 
Bray  **  was  occasionally  called  upon  by  his  guests 
for  temporary  advancee  of  a  pecuniary  nfliture :  — 


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Six  boUlaa  of  Claret 
Two  do.  of  Mallaga 
Six  oranges,     -        -        * 
Bottles     -        -        -        - 
Six  bottles  of  CUret 
Bottles    -        -        -         - 
13  bottles  of  Claret 
Neck  of  mutton 
12  bottle*  of  Claret  - 
Neck  and  breast  of  Lamb 
Botdes    .       -       -        - 
Mootifitsco       .        -        - 
Rum  p.  Jack    -        -         - 
Should'  of  Matt"      - 
Hind  qaarf  of  Lamb 
Drams     .        -        -        - 
Dram        .        -        -         - 
Rum,  &c  with  H^  Robiosoti 
Loino  of  mutt" 
Rasberry  sametlme  - 
Montifiasco 
Four  bottles  of  Liaboa 
Mutton    ... 
Bottles     -        -        * 
Should'  of  Veaison  - 
Brsndy    - 


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John  Adair  appears  to  have  been  veij 
as  a  thorough -going  sportsman  and  oovpil 
entertainer.  The  following  is  an  extract 
his  will  bearing  date  December  IG,  1760,  ahowfl^ 
the  *'  ruling  passion  **  strong  even  in  the  per- 
formance of  a  solemn  act :  — 

*'  1  leave  and  bequeath  my  old  Biy  Gelding  to  Af 
bmther-tn-Law  William  Hodaon,  upon  condition  that  ha 
Bheli  hunt  him  no  mora  than  once  ta  eaeh  week  vIsHiC 
the  hoQtiog  season,  and  that  he  ^sedj  him  eooitM^jr 
three  times  anlay  with  oats." 

John  was  eldest  son  of  Robert  Adair  of  GUl^ 
cormuck,  now  Hollybrooke  (the  Robin  Adair  rf 
the  song,  who  died  in  1737.)  He  resided  W 
Kilter  nan,  and  possessed  some  landeit  propofty 
in  the  county  of  Longford*       Gfoboh  llQiiw»fr* 


THE  STORM  OF  17M. 
(3**  S.  iii.  168,  197,  ^3,  319.) 
J.  H,  G.  appears  not  to  havf*  ^""«"  *ha4 
book  in  hit  posaefsion  was  wriu  "< 

says  the  volume  contains  a  manu.   .  ,  .    .   tc  al  _ 
amusement  and  motkcry  of  the  event  iw  a  Ua^strt 
at  that  time.     Perhaps  I  can  lind  him  a  hty  tw 


jrd  S.  V.  J0HB  18,  '64] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


505 


tbb    manuBcript.      I    have    a    work,    not   yerj 
commoQ :  — 

"The  City  Rembraoceri  being  Hiitoric&l  Narrathres 
of  Uie  Great  Plagtte  at  Loadoo*  1666;  Great  Fire,  1666 1 
and  Great  Storm,  1703,**  &c,  &&  2  Tola.  8vo.  London, 
174a 

A  very  considerable  part  of  what  is  related  of 
the  Plague,  and  nearly  all  about  the  Btorm,  h 
taken  from  Defoe^'s  two  works  on  those  subjects. 
The  "Account  of  the  Storm  in  1703'*  is  in 
Tol.  ii.,  and  extendi  from  p.  43  to  p.  187.  The 
last  two  paragraphs  are  as  follow :  — 

**  It  is  asgrntefiil  to  relate,  and  horrible  to  read,  that 
there  were  wretches  abandoned  enough  to  pass  over  this 
dreddral  storm  with  banter,  scoffing,  and  contempt 

"  A  few  daya  after  the  Great  Storm,  the  players  were 
imprudtiot  enough  to  entertain  their  audioncea  with 
ridiculoas  representations  of  what  had  filled  the  whole 
nation  with  such  horror,  in  the  plays  of  Mael>€th  and  Tfu 

On  the  margin  of  the  latter  of  these  paragraphs 
is  a  printed  note  :  "  Immorality  of  the  stage,  p.  5." 

Your  subsequent  correspondents  on  this  sub- 
ject, especially  X,  A,  X.,  furnish  some  literary 
references  to  the  catastrophe,  I  beg  to  contribute 
towards  the  same  object  the  title  of  a  moat  singu- 
lar and  Itmg'wijided  sermon ;  which,  with  its 
copious  notes  —  in  Hebrew^  Greek*  Latin,  and 
English — occupies  no  less  than  123  closely -printed 
qntirto  pages :  — 

**  A  Warning  from  the  Winda.  A  Sermon  preach 'd 
upon  Wednesday,  January  xix,  170J>  Being  the  Day  of 
Public  Humiliation,  for  tlie  late  Terrible,  and  Awak'ning 
Storm  of  Wind,  Sent  in  Great  Rebuke  upon  this  King- 
dom. November  xxvj,  xxviJ,  1703,  And  now  set  forth 
in  some  Ground  of  it,  to  have  been  inflicted  as  a  Paniah- 
inent  of  that  General  Contempt,  in  England  ooder  Gospel- 
Light,  cast  upon  the  Work  of  the  Holv  Ghost,  the  Third 
Person  in  the  Blessed  Trinity,  as  to  Hia  Divine  Breath- 
inK»  upon  the  Soals  of  Men:  Opened  and  Argued  from 
John  TIL  viii.  To  which  is  Subaectod  a  Laborioua  Exer- 
citation  upoo  Eph.  ii.  2.  about  the  Airy  Oracles,  Sibyl' 
Prophetesses,  Idolatry,  and  Sacrifices  of  the  Elder  Pagan 
Timeg,  under  the  Influence  of  the  God  of  tliis  World*  ac- 
cording to  the  Conrse  of  it,  and  as  now  differently  working 
in  the  Children  of  Disobedience;  to  Defend  this  Text 
against  the  common  Mistake,  that  the  Winds  are  raised 
by  Satan,  under  the  Divine  Permiasion.  By  Joseph 
HoMey,  Pastor  of  the  Congregational  Church  at  Cam- 
bridge j  yet  Publisher  of  the  Truth  of  God's  Word,  as  he 
hath  an  Opportunity  to  do  Good  to  All,  And  commanded 
80  to  do,  Gal,  ri.  10,  Hos  vi.  5 :  *  Therefore  have  I  bewed 
them  by  the  Prophets;  1  have  slain  them  by  the  words 
of  my  mouth.*  Loudon :  Printed  for  William  and  Joseph 
Marshall,  and  sold  by  them  at  the  Bible  in  Newgate 
Street,  mx>ociv.'' 

I  have  copied  this  in  full,  because  it  is  so  briefly 
mentioned  m  Lowndes  as  to  give  no  idea  of  the 
object  and  peculiarities  of  the  work.       W.  Ls£« 


ALBINI  BRIXa 

(3'*S.  v,382.) 

If  D.  P.  will  lend  his  assistance,  I  am  in  hopes 
that  something  may  be  done  for  the  pedigree  of 
Albini  Brito. 

I  was  at  one  time  under  th^  impression  that 
Eobert  de  Todeni,  on  wham  the  Conqueror  be- 
stowed the  Lordship  of  Belvoir,  was  probably  a 
son  of  Roger  de  Toeni,  the  standard-bearer  of 
Normandy,  In  point  of  fact^  Roger  de  Toeni  had 
a  son  Robert ;  but  he  was  the  progenitor  of  the 
house  of  Stafford  (see  Dugdale's  Baronage^  vol.  L 
p.  156),  and  altogether  a  different  person  from 
the  Lord  of  Belvoir, — probably  of  a  diflerent 
family.  And  the  question  is  thus  raised  :  Who 
were  the  ancestors  of  Robert  de  Todeni,  Lord  of 
Belvoir  f 

The  next  question  that  presents  itself^  is :  How 
came  the  son  of  Robert  de  Todeni  to  assume  the 
name  of  Albini  f 

The  explanation  hazarded  by  Banks  appears  to 
me  to  be  altogether  inadmiBsible,  I  thinl  I  may 
take  upon  myself  to  state,  that  neither  William  de 
Albini  I.,  nor  any  of  his  descendants,  are  ever 
styled  de  Albany  in  any  contemporaneous  record. 
The  name  was  sometimes  so  written  by  careless 
scribes  of  a  later  age ;  but  the  same  thing  hap- 
pened also  to  the  descendants  of  William  de 
Albini  Pincema,  who  certainly  had  nothing  to  do 
With  the  Abbey  of  St,  Alban's, 

Upon  this  point  I  beg  leave  to  refer  to  a  sug- 
gestion of  minci  thrown  out  in  a  former  contribu- 
tion (2**  S,  xiL  1 1 1—113),  that  William  de  Albini 
Brito  was  the  coUateral  representative  of  some 
Breton  family.  This  supposition  appears  to  de- 
rive weight  from  the  circumstance — mentioned 
by  Dugdale  (Baronage^  vol,  i.  p,  113,)  on  the 
authority  of  Matthew  Paris — that,  in  the  battle 
of  Tinchebray,  this  William  do  Albini  Brito  com- 
manded the  horse  of  Brittany. 

Who  was  Robert  de  Todeni*s  wife  ?  All  that 
we  learn  of  her  from  Dugdale,  is,  that  her  name  was 
Adela.  Was  she  the  heiress  of  a  Breton  family, 
bearing  the  title  of  Aubigny  ?  If  this  could  be 
made  out,  the  difficulty  would  be  cleared  up, 

I  now  come  to  the  point  that  D,  P.  has  more 
particularly  in  view  r  What  were  the  arms  borne 
by  Robert  de  Todeni  and  his  descendants  f 

In  the  first  place  it  is  worthy  of  remark  that, 
brides  William  de  Albini^  who  succeeded  him  in 
the  Lordihip  of  Belvoir,  Robert  de  Todeni  had 
three  younger  sons  —  Beringar,  Geffrey,  and  Ro- 
bert; and  it  would  be  interesting  to  ascertain 
what  was  the  surname  of  these  younger  members 
of  the  family,  and  what  were  their  arms. 

But  to  revert  to  the  main  line  : — D,  P.  repre- 
sents the  arma  oj'  Albini  to  have  been :  Argent, 
two  chevrons,  and  a  bordure  gules.     I  coimatTa^*. 


thmk.  tWC  l3^^t%  isiMs^\]^  v»s^ 


•fs^saivA^iA  ^»-  **^Kaa.v  ' 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[i»«B.v, 


for»  on  tbe  tomb  of  Robert,  de  Roo3»  wbo  married 
Isikbclla  de  Alb'mi,  the  ai'ma  of  Albini  arc  (accord- 
ing to  ColHns's  Peerage^  1812,  vol.  vL  p.  487): 
I  Anient,  tiro  chevronda  osure. 
I  The  numerous  iumiiy  of  Daubeny,  clsumin^ 
descent  from  Williaiu  dc  Albini  Brito  through  his 
f  second  aon  liidpli  de  Albioi,  bear  a  coat  alto- 
gether different  from  tkia,  viz.  Gules^  four  fusils 
conjoined  in  fess  argent.  These  were,  I  believe, 
the  arras  borne  by  Daubenejr,  Earl  of  Bridge- 
water^  who  belonged  to  tblfl  branch  of  the  family ; 
and  they  were  certainly  borne  as  early  as  1219  by 
Philip  de  Albini,  Bon  of  the  Ralph  above  men- 
lioiied.  If  the  two  branches  of  the  Albini  family, 
hdk  descended  from  William  de  Albini  Brlto, 
really  bore  arms  so  essentially  dissimilar,  it  would 
be  a  matter  of  some  interest  to  inquire  how  thi« 
happened  ? 

I  may  here  observe,  en  paaami,  that  the  arms 
^bove  Attributed  to  the  younger  branch  of  the 
Albtni  family  are  the  same  as  those  of  De  Carteret, 
aftd  blil  little  difierent  from  those  of  Cheney  de 
B^e— -a  fiunily  now  represented  by  Lord  iV'il- 
kmi^by  de  Broke. 

With  respect  to  the  shield  in  the  window  at 
Haddon  Hall,  from  the  order  in  which  the  three 
£rst  quarterings  follow  one  another^  I  think  there 
eaa  be  little  doubt  that  tbe  several  coatj  were 
iDsrsliaUed  aooordiog  to  the  system  now  in  use. 
I  shou^  certainly  expect  that  the  arms  that  come 
next — unless  perhaps  Valoines  were  interposed — 
would  be  Trusbut,  followed  probably  by  Peverel 
and  Horoourt ;  and  I  am  surprised  not  to  find  in 
the  Ust  quartering  tlie  anus  of  St.  Le^r,  viz. 
Aaore,  a  fret  ariar*:?nt,  a  chief  or.  It  ia,  however, 
not  «i8y  to  submit  the  shield  to  any  very  satisfac 
tin  acontiny,  without  fuller  information  than  is 
before  ua;  and  I  therefore  be;^  to  express  the 
hope  that  D.  P.  will  have  the  kindness  to  furnish 
the  readers  of  ^N.  &  Q.*^  with  an  enumeration  of 
all  the  quarterin^s :  adding,  wher«  known^  the 
names  of  the  famdies  that  they  belonged  to* 

P*  S.  Casvt. 


"MEDITATIONS  ON  DEATH  AND  ETERNriT.'* 
(3^  S,  V.  400.) 

Of  the  real  oatitre  of  tbe  Simden  dtr  AadaM, 
and  of  Zacbokke'a  avowed  pnrpoae  in  writing  it| 
your  correspondent  (Hn.  MAcaax)  cannot^  I  am 
sure,  be  cognizant,  or  he  would  not  have  misled 
ymtr  readers  by  representing  it  ua  a  religiotia 
work,  a  delnston  which  mmi^  of  the  pfsrobasera  of 
tbe  above  timiialaticm  have  diaoover  ^  *^  Jr  cost 
Oomelly  deaoribod  k  the  laal  ed  En- 

cvc'^"^'"^  ^rUmmm  at  *'«•©  ol'  iuc  m.jr^t  com- 
|Me  t  u  ina  of  modern  Bationalkai,"  90  noto- 

xiou^  ^  .  uiGdel  ebaraeter  throngbont  Germany 
ttd  Baritxerbndf  that  for  thirty  yeai%  in  confic- 
of  Lbe  ienDcnt  it  excited,  Zsebokke  did 


not  dare  avow  himieff  the  author ;  ami  k  «u  nM 
till  witbifi  a  few  weeks  of  his  death  that  be  al 
length  ventured  to  disclose  the  aecret-  Ajid  ti» 
is  the  account  which  he  has  kimJtff/  giemm  ^f  Urn 
another  deistioal  work  equally  wiul  kaowm  m 
in  Germany — his  SelhitsckatL,  or  antobtopifibyt 
a  tranalation  of  which  was  publiabed  iooiA  jWf 
since  by  Messn.  Ch^man  and  Hall  ia  tbtfr 
Foreign  Library, 

Avowedly  a  ^^  phUosaphe,  an  indilfercntist,**  tia 
"  devotional  **  charaicter  of  2:ichokke*a  woitk,  which 
he  candidly  confesses  has  *Hoo  mxicli  ooaunoa 
sense  in  it  for  those  Christinns  who  cannot  be 
contented  with  a  rationalistic  view  of  tkeGoepA*' 
will  be  at  once  apparent  to  your  readers  ttxtm  thi 
following  quotation,  one  of  many  similar  paaMO* 
and  bjf  no  means  the  worsi  or  nut^t  un^criptufaCii 
they  will  find  by  reference  to  tbe  woi^t  itself:  — 

^'Milliona  of  men  have  dwelt  on  the  mystertei  «C  tli 
future  life  before  thee,  O  mortal  I  without  saccce^iaefe 
Aolring  than.  For  th«  Toil  whiich  th«  hand  of  Qqi  H 
drawn  before  that  future  is  impenetfabU,  and  oa  petite 
inga  of  thine  will  enable  thee  to  ua  it  until  Gvdoib 
thee.  DesiBt,  therefore,  from  feiu^leis  attempta  Co  Uow 
light  on  the  niture  of  the  soul  in  eternity,  «r  il«  Iwd 
babftation  alter  leaving  the  body,  or  ita  oco^ialiapii 
the  other  world.  Heed  not  either  tbo  vpttlees  er  Hi 
written  worda  of  those  who  have  woven  tsar  tbemiiini  i 
w^  of  viiionary  delusioni  regaitling  these  majttffta  wilA 
are  hidden  from  buman  ken,  and  who^  in  their  teM 
presumption,  have  sometimes  even  gone  so  ftr  aa  fa^ 
tompt  to  prove  the  correctncas  of  their  viawa  flnan  tfp 
Holy  Scripture*.  Alas  I  how  can  they  hone  to  peotfrMl 
the  mj-steries  of  eternal  life,  whnw  weak  mental  ii^ 
does  not  even  suffice  to  commrlh  '*  ndatiai  tlnp 
of  thia  world  ?    In  vain  hoa  bu ;  •  r  andoavaOli 

to  force  open  the  gates  of  etcn    ,  lt  to  diaamr 

that  wbicn  lies  beyond.  It  has  iicvor  6ucce«49d.  tbi 
darkness  in  which'  God  has  >vnipp<vi  the  land  of  1^ 
future  remaina  impenetrable,  and  of  the  dead,  not  one  kii 
vot  como  back  to  unveil  to  inoaiaitive  man  the  VMntt  if 
the  world  of  sphrit&.''~ Jfcdtid^i  (m  Dtaik  amd  FYli'^fc^ 

■■ 

More  than  one  member  of  the  ef^sev^Ml  bai^B 
having  remoastrated  against  the  publicatioa  of 
this  work  under  the  immediate  naironage  of 
royalty,  it  appears  to  have  been  silently  with* 
dtawn  Grom  public  notke,  no  adv«rKi«ens6ii&  ra* 
speolkig  h  having  appeared  for  aome  BM»albA. 

A.B.C 


Tita  ou»  CarnxnaAii  or  BociAoini  (3^  8*  w* 
476.)  —  The  old  cathedral,  it  ia  true,  baa  dinp> 
pcared  wHh  the  exception  of  some  small  remait 
tn  the  crypt.  But  its  disap{>carance  datea  a  Qtlla 
before  what  we  should  call  ^'  of  laie  yem.**  In 
the  Htstoire  fig  BouUffcm  *  mr*  Met^  pm^  A^ 
iTHauUcfeuiUe  et  L*  B«rmf%k  I860,  la  thia 
(tome  ii,  p.  128)  t  — 

**  La  religloQ,  une  bi  Wcaatr 
lacrvr  de  nouftaa  l^EgltSi  dJt  ^ 
\  d«  tea  Ta^i^ta,  xa»x%  bka  d**uu  _ j 


J 


r 


■  &V.  JomlS.'M.] 


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k 


All  libw  C3i«d«i  da  oaltek  et  com  rant  ^  rf*tU  le- 
«tHur»lioti  prtttiDdiMW  knqu^aa  moir^  Ic  ftiii&- 

taairc  l«  plu  v^ti&<^  de  hob  P^re*,  In  <  *'A:rott- 

Uit  AOttA  le  mirteaa  det  d^oltAMum  I  V^jUum  k  ToocaB 
le  8  ttacnDidor  an.  vi,  (fl  Jaillet  I796)i  h  Arru  pour  k 
•oonne  de  610,590  francs  4  qnetqaes  membres  dt  la  bande 
ooire^  oa  110^0  inoiiiiinaitt  na  presenU  ploa  bientOt  qa'nn 
tnate  amaa  de  dicamhrmT 

But  I  am  glad  to  be  able  to  saj  tbat  Mb. 
LoHGHETiULB  JoMBS  IB  tiot  Tight  in  his  belief  tbat 
"  DO  view  of  the  old  cathedral  of  Boulogne  ia  known 
to  exist  in  I'rance."  1  spent  February,  1863^  in 
Boulogne.  In  an  old  book  shop  I  saw  frequently 
an  engraving  of  the  cathedral — only  one.  It  was, 
M  far  as  I  recollect,  of  small  folio  size,  the  en^av- 
ing  "Mmg  placed  lengthways  on  the  paper.  It 
waa  an  old  en^aving,  po«sibly  a  huntlred  years 
old ;  not  very  good^  but  giving  ^lie  detail  of  the 
form  of  the  cathedral  with  precision.  I  was  very 
near  buyinji  it,  but  thinking  the*  price  asked  too 
high,  I  left  Boulogne  without  it.  I  now  regret  that 
I  «iid  not  take  it  lo  the  accotnpliahed  ArchiTiste 
the  Abbe  Haignere.  But  I  am  not  without  hope 
ofgetting  it /till  D.  P. 

jsLaarta  Lodge,  Malvem  Wells. 

HooARTH  (3^^  8.  T.  418.)  — Siojca-Thbta  h 

la  hardly  correct  in  stating  that  this  name  is 
"spelt  Uogard  invariably  at  the  b^inning  of  the 
eighteenth  century/'  The  old  poet  of  Troutbeck 
(uncle  to  the  painter),  who  died  in  1709,  always 
spelt  his  name  Hoggari,  as  it  is  still  pronounced 
in  his  locality.  The  painter**  father  softened  it 
down  to  Hogarth,  after  be  settled  in  London  as  a 
teacher*  In  a  AIS.  collection  of  his  own  and 
Otlier  poetry  left  by  Thomas  Hoggart,  from  which 
I  maoe  msDy  extracy  published  in  the  Kendal 
Mer^emy^  ftnd  subsequently  by  the  editor  of  that 
fiaper  io  a  small  volume^  I  round  the  following 
aw^Tammaitcal  reference  to  his  patronymic :  — 
-  A  Hog,  a  Heard,  a  Hair«,  a  Hart*»  deUght, 
Smile  la  liis  namo  that  did  tbese  laDcies  write, 

*  Tbos.  HoooAnx." 

The  more  modem  orthography  of  Hogarth  is, 
probably,  more  in  accordance  with  its  etymology ; 
whicb^  as  I  think,  may  be  found  in  two  north- 
country  words  :  hogy  a  year- old  sheep ;  and  garth, 
a  yard,  or  other  stnall  enclosure.  The  latter  oc- 
curs in  hemp-garth,  stack -garth,  calf-garth,  &c. ; 
and  the  former  in  hog-gartJi,  which  is  simply  the 
hog-^arM  roofed  in, — ^and  may  be  seen  commonly 
enough  in  the  outlying  pastures  of  the  Fell*farm«: 
the  garth  without  a  roof  having  now  the  common 
name  of  aheep-fold. 

Bailey*s  Dictionary  has  two  derivations  of  Ho- 
garth, neither  good* 

The  little  volume  alluded  to,  contains  a  brief 
account  of  the  Troutbeck  Hoggarts ;  and  if  Sigma - 
Thfta  will  favour  me  with  an  address,  I  shall  be 
glad  to  send  him  a  copy  bj  post* 

A.  CrUG  GiBSOTI. 


I  suggest  Augaard,  a*comiiion  Norwegian  name, 
of  which  there  is  an  example  over  a  tradesman*a 
door  in  Oxford  Street.  H*  C. 

In  the  glossary  appended  to  a  collection  of 
poem*!,  by  George  Metivier,  Esq.,  in  the  dialect  of 
Norman-French  used  in  Guernsey,  entitled  Rime^ 
Gueme^iaiges  par  un  Cateiain^  and  published  by 
Simpkin,  Marahall,  &  Go.»  and  E.  Bar  bet,  Guern- 
sey, I  ^d  the  following  word  and  definition :  ^ 

**  Hogardf  oa  Hauoard^  a.  m.  Enctos  pr^  de  \sl  luaifloo, 
oil  sont  lea  t^  do  ble.  Sued,  hott^ard,  renfloa  do  la 
motsion.** 

I  do  not  remember  to  have  met  with  Hogard  aa 
a  French  surname;  but  Hocquart^  or  Hocart^  is 
not  uncommon  in  Normandy  and  in  the  Channel 
Islands.  E.  M^C . 

Tub  Iai.1  of  Axholmx  (3^^  S,  v.  434,)  — 
James  Torre,  the  Yorkshire  antiquary  (who  was 
of  Magdalen  College,  Cambridge)  died  1699,  not 
1619. 

It  is  a  singular  circumstance  that  Alexander 
Kilham,  the  founder  of  the  Methodist  New  Con- 
nexion, was  born  in  the  same  town  as  Wesley 
(Epwortli).  We  believe  he  is  not  noticed  in  the 
late  Arclideacon  Stonehouae*6  History.  A  Life 
of  Kilham  was  published  a  few  years  since,  but 
we  have  never  been  able  to  meet  with  a  copy. 

C.  H.  &  Thompson  CoorER. 

James  Torre,  the  Yorkshire  antiquary,  died  in 
1699,  not  1619,  as  stated  above.  His  first  wife^ 
Elizabeth  Lincoln e,  was  a  native  of  this  county, 
though  not  of  the  Isle  of  Axholme.  She  was  the 
youngest  of  the  four  daughters  and  coheiresses 
of  Willinra  LincolnCt  D  J>.,  of  Bottesford.  Her 
father  and  mother  are  both  burled  here. 

£dwabi>  Pbacogk. 

Boitcaford  Maiior»  Btigg,  Lincolnahire. 

Casts  op  Seals  (3^*  S.  v.  450.)— I  have  used 
botli  white  wax  and  pitta  perch  a  with  great 
supces!)  in  taking  moulds  from  medals,  &c. :  but 
as  both  require  a  certain  amount  of  heat  to  work 
tbem  properly,  I  think  it  will  require  much  rare 
to  take  impressions  of  seals  from  the  actual  sealing 
wax.  I  should  recommend  plaster  of  Paris  in 
such  a  case,  as  with  that  there  is  no  risk  of 
damaging  the  originul  in  taking  the  impression, 
and  nothing  can  be  more  pert'ect  than  a  plaster 
mould  if  carefully  taken.  What  I  have  dooe  in 
this  way  has  been  for  the  purpose  of  electrotyping, 
and  Q£  they  have  been  tuk«:'n  from  metal  origin aUf 
I  have  employed  generally  white  wax.  Gum 
Arabic  requires  some  practise  to  manipulate  pro- 
perly, and  is  liable  to  an  indeHnlte  amount  of 
contraction  in  hiirdeuing  to  the  required  consist- 
eacy,  which  is  productive  of  much  inconvenience, 
besides  the  slowneis  of  the  process.  T.  B. 

CHAiGTrEAO  (3'*  S.  V,  1 1 »  66,)— WdliMCL  C\aaS5t- 


508 


NOTES  AND  QUEBIES. 


: 


served  for  some  jears  m  the  iirinj  m  Flimders, 
und  was  generally  known  as  "  Colonel  Chiii^neau.'* 
He  wft3  tbe  eldest  surviving  aon  of  John  Chaig- 
neau,  by  liis  wife  Margaretta,  daagbter  and  co- 
heir of*  Clement  Martyn  und  his  wife  Margaret 
Sanderson*  He  was  born  Jan*  24,  1709;  and 
died  Oct.  1,  1781.  He  married  twice,  but  bia 
only  child  died  in  childhood.  There  are  many 
notices  of  him  to  be  found  in  the  Memoir  a  of  Tate 
Wiikinson^  and  a  Ion;;  letter  full  of  family  afilic* 
tions  is  printed  at  p.  289. 

Mr,  Chaigneau  was  author  of  a  farce  taken 
from  the  French,  called  Harlequin  Soldier.  His 
niece  (the  daughter  of  his  brother  John,  who  was 
Treasurer  of  the  Ordnance  in  Ireland),  whose  de- 
licendants  alooe  now  represent  that  branch  of  the 
family,  was  married  to  William  Colvil!,  Esq., 
M.P^  a  Director  of  tbe  Bank  of  Ireland — an 
office  afterwards  filled  by  their  son,  and  at  present 
by  their  grandson.  John  Chaigneau,  the  father 
of  William,  was  son  by  a  aecond  marriage  of 
Joslas  Chaiffueau,  a  Huguenot,  who  settled  in 
Ireland,  Sir  Erasmus  Borrower  kindly  «ent  me, 
gome  years  8ine«,  the  following  extract  from  the 
Irbh  Chancery  Rolls,  which  he  copied  from  the 
papers  of  the  late  Mr.  J.  F.  Ferguson  :  — 

**  La  famiUe  de  Cbagnauria  de  S*  Savinien.  Le  ^  Oblg- 
naud  de  la  LiraaQchert;  M^  Ferron,  son  fffere,  orpbevra; 
de  Sceor  (bmme  da  8"^  Guvon  cat  en  Hollandc, — 1j&  S' 
Josiac  Chagnaud  a  aept  cnfuis.  11  est  vouf  en  premiere 
noce  do  Jeannfl  Jfloned^  et  Toarie  en  seconde  avec  uno 
Caetio. — Pierre  Chagnaud  dit  LaqiiiQille,  Thoodore  dlt 
Doron,  tous  deux  garsons. 

•*  Fait  h  8*  Jean  Dangely  Ic  15  Novembre,  1710." 

I  hope  to  send  to  "  N,  &  Q.,"  one  of  these  days, 
the  copy  of  a  very  curious  advertisement  of  tbe 
intended  sale  by  the  govemmeot  of  France  of 
some  landed  property  near  St.  Jean  D*Angely, 
belonging  to  "  Daniel  and  Paul  Cbaigneau,  fieL- 
gioQS  fugitives/*  The  original  is  in  the  possession 
of  Captain  Arthur  Dunn  Chaigneaa,  the  dole 
living  representative,  in  the  male  line,  of  the  ori- 
ginal refugee.  I  am  wholly  unable  to  identify 
the  laceman  in  Dame  Street,  of  whom  the  anec- 
dote at  p.  66  is  related,  although  I  have  a  prettj 
extensive  pedigree  of  the  family. 

H.  LOFTDS  TOTTSNHAM. 

A  Nbw  Champion  op  Maet,  Quben  op  Scots 
{3'**  S.  V.  41 1.)  —  M,  Wiesener's  work  in  defence 
of  Mary,  to  which  M.  Gqstatb  Masson  has 
called  the  attention  of  your  readers,  was  noticed 
ftt  tome  length  a  few  months  since  in  the  Paris 
Momieur  and  tbe  IndepemUmce  Belge^n  both  in- 
atftoees  with  almost  unmixed  approval.  Its  im- 
portance also,  as  opentog  up  a  new  phase  of  the 
loDg-agitated  controversv,  has  been  pointed  out, 
BS  might  be  expected,  m  the  Scottish  Gvardian 
for  May.  Hitherto  I  believe,  in  this  country,  no 
review  of  the  work  has  appeared  adequate  to  its 
impartmce;  luod  this  aUeiice  n^«rdinK  li  isiBieft 


probablj  from  an  Impr^sion  that  the 
nas  been  set  at  rest,  and  that  no  Cteali  d 
are  likely  to  be  brought  to  light  to  alter  tlit 
vailing  opinion*  It  is  to  be  hoped  that  M, ' 
son's  notice  will  attract  tbe  attention  of 
competent  critic  to  the  task  of  sobmittinff  IL 
Wiesener  s  elaborate  defence  to  a  thorough  ex- 
amination* In  the  mean  time,  it  may  interest 
some  of  your  readers  to  know  the  judgment  pro- 
nounced on  the  work  by  the  writer  in  the  iM- 
teur,  who  concludes  thus  ;  — 

**  KouB  ravons  dlt,  nous  nous  s^parons  de  fsalMrli 
est  excellent  ouvrage  en  quelqaefl-niies  de  sa  s^^fidi* 
tioaa.  Mala  ce  ramarquable  travail  Claire  d*im  jsof  latf 
nouvaau  une  grande  portie  de  ce  d^at  hiatodqv^  II 
apporte  tant  dn  preuvea  et  tant  de  documental  11  t^alll 
tant  de  faita  que,  loalgr^  les  conclosioaa  prisH  P^** 
illu8tr«  juge  (M.  Mignet),  le  proc^  do  Haflt  Btosl 
restc  encore  k  levisor." 

J.  MAcmtti 

Oxford. 

HoM  AND  Bite  (3^*  S.  r.  436.)  —  These  wwk 

(reversed)  are  found  in  i^  following  lln^^  wlil 

I  have  seen  attributed  tifeen  Jonson  ;  but  htm 

not  how  truly,  as  I  haye  not  the  meaiiB  of  njf' 

ence  at  hand :  -^J%  htrAUUiltU  i^  Ou&imr 

"  Buz,  quoth  the  blbe  fly ; 

Uum,  Quoth  the  heei 

Baz  and  Uani  they  cxy. 

And  so  do  we. 

In  hifl  ear,  his  noae ; 

Thus  do  3rou  tee. 

He  eat  tbe  dormooae, 

£lao  it  was  he.** 

Be  the  author  who  he  may,  the  llnet  st« 
They  were  set  to  music  (as  a  catch  for  four 
by  Dr.  Arne,  about  the  middle  of  the  laat 
tury ;  and  I  have  no  doubt  the  phrase  was  b 
ordinary  use,  and  much  in  the  seoae  indicatad  \if 
B.  H.  C.  W.  H.  HtriS- 

Thb  CrcKoo  Song  (3^*  S.  v.  418,)— There  la.  I 
believe,  in  the  Philosophical  TramacHons — Inttl 
have  not  the  work  to  refer  to — a  pap^ir  by  Mr, 
Daines  Barrington  on  the  songs  of  birds  ;  in  which 
he  states  that  the  song  of  the  cuckoo  becoinei 
more  dat,  after  incubation,  than  in  the  eariy 
spring.  Srvurai. 

Ckanqb  op  Faibioii  dv  Labibs*  Nambs  (S'^  S. 
V.  397*)— Your  correspondent,  Wm.  Donioir,  ap 
pears  to  iaibour  under  a  misapprehension.  Thteiv 
has  not  been  soapreat  a  change  in  the  foahioB  ii 
he  imagines.  The  names  he  quotes  were  mil 
baptismal,  but  the  famUiar  appellations  of  tbe 
ladies  in  question ;  it  having  been  the  faahion  of 
the  last  century  to  use  the  latt  -  '-  *  tid  of  the 
former  in  writing  and  print,  as  ommoQ 

parlance.    Just  as  it  is  now  th<  r  yi 

ladies,  who  have  received  tbe  1 
Anne,  Eliza,  Elizabeth,  Caroline,  l1.„.:^,u, 
Margaret,  Harriet,  Eleanor,  Martha,  &c^  to 
,  and  tabtcribe  themselves  Annie,  Llauie.  Bi 


8H  B.  V.  Jcira  18,  •«.] 


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t 
I 


Carry,  Lottj»  PoUic,  Ma^;yie,  Hattie,  Nell/t  Hat- 
tie,  kc. :  ffome  of  such  sobriqueh  bein^  identical 
with  the  names  quoted  by  Wx.  Dobson.  The 
most  curiouB  instance  of  this  particular  fancy 
which  ever  came  under  my  notice^  was  that  of  a 
yoang  lady  who  signed  her  Christian  name  **  Cor- 
ric";  which,  upon  inquiry,  I  discovered  to  be 
intended  as  a  diminutive  of  **  Corbetta*" 

W.  H*  HC8K. 

Thomas  Beittlet  (a*^  S.  v.  376,  449.)  —  My 
attention  has  been  directed  to  an  inquiry  by  Ds. 
KiMBAULT  relative  to  Thomas  Bentley,  the  part- 
ner of  Josiah  Wedgwood.  The  fornjer  is  quite 
correct  in  saying,  that  all  Wedgwood*s  biogra- 
phers have  hitherto  set  down  mere  fables  in  re- 
apect  to  his  distinguished  partner,  and^  I  may  add, 
even  of  himself.  The  story  as  to  Thomas  Bentley 
being  the  son  of  Richard  Bentley,  the  distin- 
guished critic,  was  first  set  a-going  in  Ward's 
Histofff  of  the  Borough  of  Stoke-upon-'Trfnt ;  and 
since  ihen  every  writer,  too  lazy  to  consult  the 
proper  authorities,  and  icrnorant  of  the  true  his- 
tory of  the  men  who  did  so  much  in  the  last 
century  to  inspire  a  taste  for  classical  literature, 
and  to  purify  its  masterpieces  of  the  ignorant 
emendations  and  errors  of  Byzantine  scholiasts 
and  monkish  scribes*  has  repeated  the  hackneyed 
Btorv.  The  more  I  live  the  more  I  am  struck  by 
the  little  pains  ordinary  writers  take  to  verify  their 
statements.  To  get  work  done  seems  the  only 
question. 

Richard  Bentley,  the  critic,  was  bom  in  1661. 
He  was  therefore  sixty-nine  years  of  age  when 
Thomas  Bentley,  the  Manchester  warehouseman, 
first  saw  the  light  in  1730.  Richard  Bentley, 
librarian  of  Trinity  College,  Cambridge,  Dean  of 
Ely,  and  one  of  the  finest  scholars  of  his  age,  had, 
as  Dr.  Eimbacilt  truly  says,  hut  one  son,  named 
Richard  also,  and  whose  children  were,  I  believe, 
all  daughters.  The  critic  came  of  a  Yorkshire 
familjr.  Wedgwood's  partner  was  a  native  of  Der- 
byshire, and  his  ancestors  had  been  settled  in 
Tarious  villages  on  the  banks  of  the  Dove  for 
generations.  But  it  is  not  for  me  to  pursue  this 
subject  further.  In  mj  forthcoming  "Life  of 
Wedgwood"  all  this  will  be  shown  and  much 
more,  and  this  derived  from  original  letters  and 
papers.  Epitaphs  do  not  always  lie.  That  of 
Thomas  Bentley  does  not  overdraw  the  character 
of  this  admirable  and  distinguished  man;  and  I 
trust  I  shall  do  justice  to  the  narrative  of  one  of 
the  purest  and  most  exalted  friendships  that  ever 
adorned  our  industrial  arts  and  social  history. 

Eliza  MsTfiTARD. 
Wildwoo*!,  North  End,  Hamp^tead. 

The  following  facta  may  be  interesting  both  to 
Da,  RiMBAULT  and  Ma.  Jewktt,  the  iormer  of 
whom  seeks  to  know  something  more  of  Bentley  ; 
the  latter  states  that  he  purposes  noticing  him 


in  the  next  Number  of  the  Art  JoumaL  I  possess 
three  epitaphs  on  this  tccomplished  man,  tran* 
scribed  many  years  ago  by  the  late  Dr.  Thoraaa 
Percival  of  Manchester. 

The  one  in  Chiswick  church  was  communicated 
to  Dr.  P.  by  Mrs.  Bentley,  and  has  the  following 
additions,  which,  though  not  given  by  Lysons 
(^Environs  of  London^  ii.  p.  201,  202),  or  by  Da. 
KiMBAULT,  may  possibly  be  inscribed  on  the 
marble.  His  bust,  Lysons  states,  surmounts  the 
tablet :  — 

■*  Thomas  Bentley  was  bom  at  Scrapton,  in  Derbvshjn, 
Jad.  1»  17S0p  0.  *,  He  mairiiHl  nannah  Oateit,  of  C&cster- 
field,  in  the  year  1754;  Mary  Stamford,  of  Dorbv,  in  the 
year  1772,  wb*  iarvived  to  moum  his  loiw.  He  died  Nov. 
26,  1780.**    Mt9.  B/s  copy  thus  concludes;  — 

"  He  tboaKht  with  the  freedom  of  a  philosopher,  he 
acted  with  the  intCCTity  of  a  virtuous  citizen.  Friend 
and  portQer  of  Josiah  V\^cdgood,  he  contributed  largely  to 
the  embellish  ID  ent  and  perfection  of  the  manufacture  of 
which  this  monument  is  composed." 

The  second  epitaph  was  written  by  Mr,  Doming 
Rasbotham,  a  country  gentleman  and  magistrate 
of  talent  and  high  respectability  of  Lancashire* 
The  third,  from  the  pen  of  Dr.  Percival  himself, 
19  written  with  alt  the  elegance  which  marked  the 
literary  works  of  that  accomplished  physician.  It 
may  have  appeared  in  print,  but  I  have  not  met 
with  it,  in  any  notice  of  Bentley  or  elsewhere,  ex- 
cept upon  a  pedestal  in  a  gentleman**  Study* 

J.  H»  Marki^ahd, 

Jeremiah  Hokrogjls  (3^*  S.  v,  466.)  — The 
circumstance  of  his  entering  the  University  at 
thirteen  years  of  age,  does  not  appear  to  us  im- 
probable. There  are  many  instances  of  persona 
entering  the  University  at  that  a^e  in  the  seven- 
teenth century.  We  may  mention  the  cose  of 
Jeremy  Taylor,  who  was  just  turned  thirteen 
when  admitted  at  Caius  College. 

C.  H.  &  Thomfbon  Coofaa. 

Cambridge, 

Chapebon  (3*^  S,  V.  280,  312,  384,  446.)— Re- 
ceiving "  K.  8c  Q,"  in  monthly  parts,  I  have  only 
just  seen  the  remarks  of  your  correspondent 
ScHiiv.  He  puts  the  question  on  a  new  ground^ 
and  I  am  not  prepared  to  say  that  it  is  not  tenable. 
According  to  him,  chuperone,  as  now  used,  does 
not  pretend  to  be  a  French  word  or  a  metaphor. 
It  is  a  mere  English  word^  borrowed  indeed  from 
the  French,  but  spelt  according  to  English  prac- 
tice, and  signifyiag  in  plain  language  '*  a  female 
escort." 

A  similar  instance  of  change  of  pronunciation 
and  spelling  may  be  found  in  the  word  disHahillK^ 
which  Dr.  Johnson  includes  in  bis  Dictionurtf  as 
an  English  word,  derived  from  the  French  de«' 
hahillL 

All  I  intended  to  point  out  (unnecessarily  per- 
haps) was»  that  there  was  no  Ei:<i'w^  ^<st^ 
cftaperonc  \  \iu\.  \!bka\.  ^^  "^^wv^  «^ff2^  ''i^c*^  '^''"^ 


510 


NOTES  AKD  QUERIES* 


**  eliaper<wi,*'  whether  they  use  it  aimply  ibr  « 
mAteritil  ooYering  or  for  a  moral  protection. 

The  use  of  the  word  chaperanewe  in  our  lan- 
guage, and  At  so  early  a  date  aft  1622,  ua  indicated 
by  A.  A.,  ii  quite  new  to  me.  STiriarss. 


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NOTES  AND  QUEBTEa 


511 


LONnoK,  SATURDAY,  JUNM  ^  1864. 


CONTENTS.— N*.  ISO. 

nnSS :  —  Colloqulaiiimi  not  alwuTi  VulgarismSf  611  — 
•Kl  B«»c*pi6.*'  Ac,  fll2~Tl»i>w1,  /A. -Book  Hawkers 
India,  313  —  Poteut  EffecU  uf  Nunrich  Ale  —  Broken 

etrti — *'  The  Fithirhood  of  God  " — Out-ael<rr  Ou»-oqyt 

-GI<MiW7  or  Sooleti  Wordi^  6U. 

_. : — Aooi^iiiotu — Geofse  Buchmiwa  —  Berkholx 

|md  Bu)ty«ch-K&iDeDsM  —  *'  Caged  Skjlark  "  —  Canine 
fSuidde  —Drying  Flonron  *- Dunkirk  — English  Guuniv 
rlCewHpikpif?rs  —  Pnnoo  Bupresie  of  8*vot—  Ivan  the  Fourth 

—  Lord  HoptoQ  —  Middle»|iaMing  —  Morganatio  —  MottO' 
■croll  — Oldl^rinU  — Gi«ikt  Upportunity  —  Ordination  of 
Eiu-ly  Methodiat  MiniMt«re  by  a  Greek  Bilfaop  — OrieDtA* 

I  tion :  St.  FcUt's  at  Rome  —  Songs  —  Sir  Micbwl  Stanhope 
I — ^"ThrowiniB:  the  Hatiihet "— Dujiid  Vosfcer  and  John 
I  GoUKh  —  University  Hoods  —  William  Watflon,  LL.D.  ftod 
s  Authorahip  of  "  The  UlergjTnau's  Law/'  514. 

Biss  WITH  Amswbmm  i  —  Hho  Lord's  Prayer— Jmq«s 
ftbam  —  Caniaca  — Mi  kias  — Wardrobe  Book  of  Queen 

lIsabcUe^AnoDymoaa  Worka  — Tag,  Eaf,  and  Bobtail  — 

[  Arabella  Wgttoot,  517. 
SPLIESr  —  P  iff  tut  Ein«  fofine^  attrlbciled  to  ilary, 
'^uctn  of  Scots.  519  —Pedigree,  Bao— Moaning  of  tbo 
\Vord  "  St  tikh."  521  —  The  Miss  Homecku,  lb.  —  CranccUn  : 
Anna  or  Prinoo  Albert.  £23  —  Model  of  Edinburgh  —  Lady 
Markbam  ^  Ladv  Elizabeth  Spelman— Quotations  wanted 
— Lcivaltv  M^^dab  —  LiltTarA'  Pljiifinrisuit.  Ar.  —  LiL^milU — 
Btb><  iiit  — 

—  JVS  rk  Of 
Th<'  „  :.  ^  .,.:...  ri  Fa- 
mil;-  -.ity  Ik^vtew  "  —  Can'  Family 
— A                                      '^on  through  the  MnClier — 

LMkqu  ..Li   _   V  ^-— -1-  tiOiitie^Aa,Mi 
iotei  oa  Booka,  &c 


ADDRESS. 

We  cannot  bring  to  a  clo^e  tbo  first  volumo  igsued  from 

office  ivithout  thanking  oar  old  Friend*,  Corre- 

Dts,  and  Readen  for  their  cootimi^d  support ;  nor 

'  IbaokA  ]eaa  dtie  to  thoM  new  Frienda  and  Corre- 

uta  irbo  have  Socked  around  ns  in  aaeh  numbera 

I  our  new  home.    Among  these  are  many  from  the  moet 

iatant  parte  of  Her  Majesty's  poeaeemoiu,  so  that  we 

hiok  we  in»y  fidrly  boa^t  that  there  is  now  no  apot 

•re— 

**  they  apeak  tbo  toogoe 
That  Shokapear^  apake," 
iti  whkb  ^oTxs  ajtd  QcicaiEs  boa  not  ita  readen^    It 

Cbe  onr  endeavour  therefore  io  to  keep  tip  ite  in-< 
OS  to  lUAke  it  week  by  week  the  more  welcome. 


3LL0QUULISMS  Ts'OT  ALWAYS  VULGARISMS. 

Within  the  last  week  1  haye  been  reading 
Korth's  Livet  of  the  Nortfui^  and  Wraxall's  Me- 
moir§t  together  with  the  contempomneons  abuae 
of  the  latter  which  appeared  in  the  ^dinlmrgh 
io^  Quarts  '  ^-  ,ws  —  then  all  potent  in  the 
realms  ot  i 

In  the  oiw  y>.n  1^  I,  what  a  deli«^htftii  work  it  is  !) 

1  was   particularly  struck  with  the   number  of 

gOoUoquial  expressions  which  the  multitude  con* 

fider  to  be  slang  and  vdgs^iBma  of  the  preeeat 


day ;  while,  from  the  modern  work,  I  find  a  great 
cTitie  (Btill  happily  alive)  extracting  phrases  for 
6carification  in  1S15,  which  the  greatest  jurist  of 
18S4  would  hardly  hesitate  to  employ  in  writing. 
I  was  thus  led  to  reflect  on  the  light  m  which  our 
sons  may  possibly  view  the  comments  which  have 
been  passed  on  the  unhappy  (lui  it  apnears  to  us) 
title  of  Mr.  Dickens'  latest  work ;  and  I  took  up 
the  subject  the  more  natural ly,  as  some  three 
years  ago  I  myself  sent  "  N.  &  Q/'  a  paper  on 
ihia  very  phraae,  which  perhaps  never  reached 
Fleet  Street*  as  it  waa  not  published,  and  no  men- 
tion of  it  appeared  in  the  "Notices  to  Correspond- 
ents/* 

From  Koger  Korth's  Zinet :  — 

•»  This  waa  nuia  to  the  old  lord.**- L  89. 

**  The  judge  bcld  them  to  it,  and  they  watt  dk&mtd  of 
the  treble  voIuil"— i,  90, 
*'  I  never  saw  bim  in  a  ooodition  they  call  overtakaL** 

'*  Mr.  Koy,  and  all  the  codk-tawyen  of  the  west/* — ^l 
235. 

"It  was  well  fbr  ns  that  wa  were  known  tberei  or  te 
jpoi:  we  had  jfim*."'-!.  341. 

*^  They  must  haw  known  bia  Lordship  better,  and  not 
have  ventured  such  Jfami  at  bim/* — i.  3f)6. 

**  lie  took  a  tarn  or  two  in  his  dining  room,  and  said 
notbiDg,  by  which  I  perceived  that  bis  «piriu  were  veij 
much  roUed," — i,  il6» 

The  above  speak  for  themselves*  It  will  be 
seen  that  they  are  all  selected  from  the  £rst  of 
Roger  North*8  three  volumes ;  but  the  other  two 
would  atford  equally  numerous  specimens*  I  now 
proceed  to  cull  a  few  of  the  Wraatallian  expres- 
sions, which  the  Edinhttrgh  Reviewer  of  June^ 
1815^  characterises  as  examples  of  "  GalHctsmSf 
Scotticisms,  Hibernictsms,  barbarisms,  vulgarisJnSt 
and  bad  English.'^ 

From  Wraxairs  Memoiri,  The  italice  are  the 
Reviewer  8 :  — 

*'  Cntharioe  propdled  the  other  powers.*' 

*■  Futurity  will  show." 

"  Vast  abililieo." 

**  Baited,  haraaaedf  and  worried^  as  Lord  North  waa.'* 

"  Gntiptit  With  Nccker.* 

**  Irord  North  alone  could  coa^eU  with  Barke>'* 

<*  Elevated  in  the  trammels.** 

''The  voMi  entrgieM  Ihoa  collected  on  the  Opposilioa 

"  To  commemorate  an  anecdote*" 

"  To  meet  their  wishes.^ 

*'  CboUeogee  respect." 

"  Slark  of  devotion,** 

"  Functionariu." 

"  tmpcriuThable  t$mptr,** 

"  A  vUal  defecL*' 

Surely  Sir  Kathantel  receives  hard  measure 
here  on  the  score  of  his  iangua^e^  ajwi  Wax^^Kc  >»Ma 
still  were  de«X\.  ow\.  \si  Nivni  ^vjn.  T<t« wiw \a>siA Vft«»»r 
1  \ia\e  my  tjmi  ^lauXiU  ta  X*i  >Sns.*Y^^^  '^^^ 


512 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES, 


[i 


of  tbifl.  M&n/  of  his  most  obnoxious  Btateraents 
htve  wnoe  received  confirmation  from  unexpected 
Quarters;  and  those,  who  have  been  loudest  in 
abuse  of  himt  have  bad  no  hesitation  in  bor- 
rowing from  his  pages*  I  onlj  wish  that  some 
one  of  the  many  qualified  writers  of  "  N.  k  Q/' 
would  take  the  matter  in  hand,  and  tell  us  whether 
he  really  deserved  the  epitaph :  — 

"  Men,  measores,  seasons^  bcqiws  and  facts  all, 
MisquotlDg,  mia-flUtiog;, 
Misplacing,  mlsdatingf 
H«re  ties  Sir  Nathaniel  WraxalL** 

Chittkldeockj. 


"  EL  BUSCAPIE," 

A    PAUFttUet  SUFFO&KD    TO    UAVB  BEEK   WBlTTEH    BT 
CESYANTEB. 

Many  readers  of  "  K  &  Q."  will,  no  doubt,  be 
somewhat  surprised  on  being  informed,  that  a  good 
deal  of  controversy  arose  some  years  ago  (1847- 
49)  respecting  the  origin  and  authenticity  of  the 
book  with  the  curious  title  of  El  BuscapiL 

Without  intending,  in  any  way,  to  revive  this 
controversy  in  *^  N.  &  Q,,'*  I  shall  content  myself 
with  giving  a  short  history  of  the  pamphlet ;  and 
first,  as  to  the  meaning  of  the  title  —  Buscapie. 
It  is  a  compound-wordf  from  bu^coy  seek,  and  pie, 
foot ;  signifying  in  Spanish  a  squib  or  cracker, 
which,  when  thrown  down  in  the  streets  by  boys, 
polls  amonsst  the  feet  of  the  passers-by,  and  ex- 
plodes. Cervantes  is  supposed  to  explain  his 
reasoo8  for  selecting  this  title,  at  the  close  of  the 
work  itsell^  in  these  words :  — 

•*  I  call  this  little  book  Butcapii,  in  ojder  to  show  to 
those  who  tetk  the  foot  with  which  the  Ingenioiu  Knight 
of  La  Maocha  liinps,  that  he  does  not  limp  with  either; 
but  that  btt  goes  ftrmly  and  iteidily  on  both,  and  is  ready 
to  challenge  the  gmmhiing  critics  who  hoax  about  like 
wasp*,** 

In  the  Life  of  Cervaniesy  by  Vicente  de  los 
Rios,  prefixed  to  the  splendid  edition  of  Don 
Quixote,  published  by  the  Spanish  Academy  in 
1780,  it  is  stated  that  when  the  first  Part  of  the 
romance  appeared  in  1605,  the  public  received  it 
with  coldness  and  indifference*  This  circumstance 
gave  such  pain  to  Cervantes,  that  he  wrote  the 
anonymous  pamphlet,  called  the  Sqmb,  in  which 
he  gave  a  curious  critique  on  his  Don  Qtdxote ; 
intimating  that  it  was  a  covert  satire  ou  various 
well-known  personages,  but  at  the  same  time  not 

Saving  his  readers  the  slightest  information  who 
08C  persons  really  were.  Tn  consequence  of  this, 
public  cuiiosity  was  so  excited,  that  Don  Qittxate 
§oon  obtained  nich  attention  as  was  necessary  to 
ensure  its  c  ;:cess. 

Such  is  n  ir  tradition  connected  with 

HuMcapiL  hluti:  pnrticulars  miiy  be  seen  in  Tick* 
nor^  History  of  Spanish  Literature  ^vol.  Vu.  ^^» 
^  Lendoa,  !$49.    Appendix  D*  y,  B71,  8ic> 


For  two  centuries,  Spaniali  adiolan  soo^t 
vain  for  the  work,  either  printed  or  in  masy     ^ 
It  was  not  to  be  found  in  the  BiUufiem  ' 
Madrid,  nor  amidst  the  literary  tresittrvs 
mancas;  until  at  length,    in   1847,  tbe  fOf, 
MS.  waa  discx>vered  by  Don  Adolfo  de  Cutro,  i 
Cadix,  with  the  following  title-page :  — 

"  El  muy  doQoso  Librillo  lUmado  — 

BnacAPiK; 

Dondc,  demas  de  sn  macho  y  cewHsIc 

Dotrina,  van  declaradai 

Todas  Aquellas  Coaas  eaoondidaar 

X  no  Declaradaa  en  el  Ingieokte 

Uidalgo — Don  Qnijote  de  la  Maacka ; 

Qne  Coinpusow 

Un  tal  de  Cemnles  Saavedra.**  • 

This  book  was  published  the  next  year  (l^  j 
at  Cadiz,  in  a  duodecimo  volume,  wilii  mmd  ' 
learned  notes,  by  Don  Adolfo.  He  also  tMdi 
very  intcrestinff  Preface,  giving  an  «ce«ai  ^ 
the  way  in  which  he  discovered  the  MS.  fe  tk 
was  also  translated  into  £nglisb  in  184p,  b^Ht 
Tbomtsina  Ross  (London,  Bentler)*  witi  1 1^ 
able  Preface,  containing  a  Life  of  Cervaiitsi.  Sk 
believes  the  BuscapU  to  be  genuine;  butXidac 
and  several  other  Spinish  scholars  coosd^i^ 
evidence  for  its  authenticity,  to  rest  on  "w&j  i^ 
picious  and  unsatisfactory  grounds.    J*  Dauia 

Norwich. 


TEE  OWL* 


As  you  have  been  investigating  tf  -  -----^^4 

Robin-Redbreast,  and  the  spirit-raj 
Wagtail,,   may  I  request*   througli   ^  -«.    .^^^ 
correspondents,  some  information  about  a  i 
bird  which  has  lately  made  ite  appearance  i 
us.     It  is  supposed  to  be  of  the  owl  speeiei^  I 
certainly  no  common  owl,  from  the  pngniiaiy  i 
shows  against  the  celebrities  in  the  literary  •«' 
grossly  msulting  the  whole  press-gang  of  the  i 
tropolis.     The  Thunderer  himself^  the   7m(HJ,I 
baa  his  eyes  almost  pecked  out ;  Pirnrh  hat  p$  I 
bloody  nose ;  in  a  word,  the  whole  i' 
hooted  at  through  Fleet  Street  and  .j^-^ 

that  respectable  elderly  lady,  the  Herald  off 
morn,  as  Mother  Gamp ;  and  the  Et&n&mitL  til , 
very  picture   of  prudence,  as  a  miserable  J 
Screw.     Such  conduct  is  a  disgrace  lo 
whe  has  assumed  for  his  badge  and 
tlie  bird  that  adorns  the  a^gis  of  Ptdlaa 
It  is  no  feather  in  his  cap.     As  a  brother  i 
blush   for  his  audacity.     Where  could  ( 
have  come  from  ?   The  only  owlcrv  X  kaoir^. 
in  the  keep  of  Arundel  Caftk*.     From  tiose 
memorial  the  noble  owner*  of  thi*  bariin^iil 


•  The  very  plfri^mt  Httli?  bool 

wbicb,  befii'l'*    ■■  -.  .  i;.  1,1   I.    ri 

ttlfiaed  all  J>«iki] 


9^  8.  V.  Jtrjim  25,  *M.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES* 


5ia 


kept  up  the  bre«d  of  Eagle  Owh  in  the 
td    lower,    as  in    days   of  chivalry*       The 
J9  are  arranged  in  a  trellised  aviary,  with  a 
^obte  name  attached  to  each  cage.     Under  one 
1  Lord  Eldon;  then  came  Sir  Wm.  Grants  the 
aed  Master  of  the  Bolls,  and  so  on  in  succe^* 
The  most  famous  lawyers  of  the  day  were 
apposed  to  be  sitting  there  with  all  the  gravity 
nd  wisdom  characteristic  of  the  high  chancel- 
,  in  England;  yet  in  this  case  tbey  were  only 
bwls.     But  the  most  curious  thing  I  learnt  from 
pisiting  the  owlery  was,  that,  one  morning,  when 
he  late  duke  and  hii  duchess  were  at  breakfast, 
be  Keeper  of  the  Tower  craved  an  audience,  as 
had   most   important  news  to   communicate. 
J  admitted  to  the  ducal  presence^  he  said  in 
emn  tone  suited  to  the  occasion,  **  Please  your 
Lord  Eldon  has   laid  an   egg !  '*     What 
lid  have  been  the  wisdom  of  the  owl  from 
Legg,  had  it  ever  been  hatched,  it  would  be 
I  useless  to  surmise ;  probably  tlie  issue  would 
been  much  the  same  as  is  confidently  ex- 
pected from  the  golden  e^g  which  Goosey  Glad- 
stone has  lately  dropped  in  the  rookery  of  St» 
'Stephen^s  — 

"  Big  with  the  fate  of  empire  and  of  Rome." 
Could  your  learned  correspondents  resolve  for 
ne  two  queries?  L  Is  there  any  other  owlery 
^land,  except  at  Arundel?  or  did  the 
ons  in  mediieval  times  keep  their  owls  with 
be  hawks  in  a  mews,  as  Charles  II.  did  at  Cha- 
ring Cross,  under  a  grand  falconer,  like  the  Duke 
df  ^>t.  Alhans  ?  2nd*  Is  this  strange  bird  about 
irhich  I  inquire  allied  to  the  owls  of  chivalry ;  or 
J  he  merely  **  a  screech  "  —  the  ill-omened  bird 
bat  foreboaes  the  fall  of  cabinets?    Alas,  poor 

"Who'll  dig  his  grave? 
I,  said  the  Owl ;  with  my  spMde  mad  should 
111  dig  his  grave.*' 

Qusbk's  Gardens . 


they  had  been  educated.  If  they  find  a  book  is 
of  moderti  date^  and  the  above  words  at  its  con- 
clusion, they  purchase  it,  The  book  auctions, 
which  BO  constantly  take  place  at  Madras,  being 
the  source  of  their  supply.  With  a  collection  of 
two  or  three  hundred  volume^^  tied  up  in  bundles 
and  carried  by  coolies  (native  porters)  on  their 
beads,  they  ply  their  trade :  calling  at  the  bunga* 
lows  of  the  civil  and  military  officers,  and  sell  or 
exchange  books  for  others,  folio  for  folio,  ouarto 
for  quarto ;  and  so  on,  without  any  knowleuge  of 
their  real  value,  but  always  require  some  money 
in  addition.  I  have  bought  very  rare  ancient 
books  from  these  people  at  inconceivably  low 
prices,  although  they  generally  do  not  care  to 
possess  old  books.  A  black-letter  copy  of  Stowe's 
CkrtmidevrtL^  once  purchased  from  a  book-hawker 
at  MaauUpatam  for  a  few  annas.  I  became  ac- 
quainted with  a  native  bookseller  at  Secunder- 
abad,  who  told  me  in  his  dealings  he  bought  and 
sold  his  books  by  weight,  which  was  his  only 
method  of  estimating  their  value.  A  mast  lamen- 
table proof  of  the  little  value  set  upon  books  by 
Europeans  in  the  East.  The  native  bookseller 
last  alluded  to  kept  a  shop  in  the  cantonment 
bazaar, — a  shed  twenty  feet  long,  and  seven  feet 
broad,  in  which  was  an  assemblage  of  broken 
muatcal  instruments,  cracked  crockery,  beer  bot- 
tles, old  hookahs,  rusty  swords,  fowling  pieces, 
and  racket  bata :  all  mingled,  in  the  utmost  con- 
fusion, amongst  books,  plans,  and  pictures.  I 
ransacked  the  shop;  and,  to  luy  joy,  discovered 
the  fine  edition  of  Giralduji  of  Wales^  by  Sir  R.  C. 
Hoare  ;  Bryant's  Ancient  Aftjthohtgy ;  and  the 
Prophecies  of  NoMradamvs*  I  bought  Giraldus 
for  a  rupee  and  a  halil  H.  C. 


1 


BOOK  HAWKERS  IN  INDIA. 


During   occasional   sojourns  at   St.  Thomas's  1 
Mount  with  my  old  regiment,  the  Madras  Ar- 
tillery, I  frequently  received  visits  frtjm  native 
I     book  hawkers ;  who  were  one  of  the  sources  of 
■Amusement  in  the  cantonment<i  in  and  not  far  dis- 
^Bant  from  Madras,   and  were  assistants   to   the 
^bhief  of  the  tribe  Ramasawmy  of  Vepery^  who 
Hbade  a  considerable  sum  of  money  in  the  trade, 
nod  possessed   a  large  library  of  miscellaneous 
books.     Having  no  idea  of  the  merits  or  value  of 
book«,  and  generally  unable  to  read  English,  these 
book-hawkers  buy  at  random ;  merely  examining 
the   foot  of  the  title-page  for  the  date,  and  the 
last  leaf  in  the  book  for  the  words  "  The  End "'  or 
Bist**  —  to  read  which,  and  the  numbers  only, 


PoTEKT  Effects  of  Norwich  Aue,  —  The  fol- 
lowing speech  was  made  by  Master  Johnny  Mar* 
tyn  of  Norwich,  a  wealthy,  honest  fellow,  after  a 
dinner  given  by  William  Mingay,  the  Mayor, 
anno  1561.  It  was  found  in  the  coUectioii  of  Mr. 
Turner  of  Lynn  Regis :  — 

**  Maister  Mayor  of  Norwych,  and  it  please  your 
Worship,  you  have  feasted  us  like  a  King,  God 
bless  the  Queen's  grace  I  We  have  fed  plentl* 
fully,  and  now  whilom  I  can  speak  plain  English, 
I  heartily  thunk  you  Maister  Mayor,  and  so  do 
we  all.  Answer,  boys,  answer  j  Your  beer  is 
pleasant  and  potent,  and  will  soon  catch  us  by 
the  Caput,  and  stop  our  manners,  And  so  Huzza 
for  the  Queen*s  Majeety's  Grace,  and  all  her  bonny 
browe'd  Dames  of  Honour !  Huzza  for  Maister 
Mayor,  and  our  good  Dame  Mayore&s !  His 
nobJe  Grace,  there  he  is,  God  save  him  and  all 
this  jolty  company.  To  all  our  friends  round 
country,  who  have  a  penny  in  their  purse,  and  an 
English  heart  in  their  bodys,  to  kee^  out  S^amsXv 
Dons,  aud  ra\>v«»U  W\\k  VN^siit  Iv^if^v^  Vft  \past\x  ^^w. 


SM 


^OTES  AND  QUESIES. 


C»^&f./f3KSI^1 


wbiskers.  Sliovc  it  about,  twirl  your  cap  eases, 
my  boys^  handle  your  jugs,  and  bii^iza  for  Mftister 
Major,  aad  bia  bretbrcn  tbeir  worsbips !  '* 

JoHw  Binx. 

Brokbh  Hbarts. — A  fttory — a  canard^  I  hope — 
has  trayelled  the  newspapers,  of  an  Irish  settler 
in  California,  who  bad  left  bis  wife  and  children 
at  home  until  be  could  provide  for  their  voyage  to 
San  Francisco,  when  a  letter  arrived  with  the 
intelligence  of  their  cottage  bavingf  been  burned 
down,  and  tbemselvee  —  ;ill  —  having  perished. 
He  turned  pale,  crumbed  the  letter  to  his  bosom, 
and  dropped  dead*  The  pott'mortem  examination 
showed  that  bis  heart  was  ruptured. 

Nil  novum  !  In  the  Irish  '98  —  that  disastrous 
ptudaaU  of  the  Scottiah  *45— an  Anti-Anglican 
pAtiiot  (or,  as  Baron  Smith,  the  father  of  the 
'iireseat  Master  of  the  Rolls,  was  wont  to  ayl- 
'ubue  the  word  —  Pat  Riot),  was  put  upon  his 
trial  for  high  treason  in  Dublin.  Ue  was  the  son 
of  a  welUto-do  shopkeeper  in  Trim,  vendor  of 
omni-mongery  to  an  extensive  clientele,  and 
bearing  the  truly  national  name  of  Buigenan. 
The  trial-day  was  to  htm  and  bis  parents  a  series 
of  restless  minutes,  each  whereof  was  a  lingering 
boar ;  to  them,  perhaps,  more  afflicting  than  to 
him,  who  knew  the  coarse  of  its  latest  inatant. 
In  those  times,  the  telegraph  was  not*  Late  in 
the  evening  a  miscbievoui;  —  let  us  hope,  not  a 
malicious  — fool,  rushed  into  the  shop,  exclaiming, 
"He  is  found  guilty  I"  The  mother  was  at  the 
door  —  heard  the  terrible  announcement —*  and 
dropped  dead,  I  know  not  whether  an  autopsy 
took  place,  but  I  suppose  the  physical  as  well  as 
the  moral  result  was  the  same  as  in  the  Califomkn 
story. 

Will  it  pain,  or  will  it  please,  the  reader,  to 
learn  that  the  tidings  so  fatal  to  the  maternal 
heart  were  a  mere  invention  ?  The  trial  bad  not 
been  closed  when  its  cruel  joke  was  perpetrated  ; 
it  lasted  till  deep  midnight,  when  the  son  was 
m^ilted,  and  immediately  posted  home  to  find 
bis  mother  a  corpse.  E.  t..  S. 

"  TitB  FaTRMKBOOD  OF  Gou/*—  This  pbrsse, 
which,  nsed  by  Edward  Irving,  subdued  Mackin- 
tosh, and  f truck  Canning  as  singularly  new  and 
beautiful*  is  Racine^s,  Athalie^  Act  II.  Sc.  5. 

Joas  replies  to  the  inquiry  of  Atbalie :  *'  Votnj 

**  Je  siua,  dit  oil,  mm  ^vpheHm 
Jhlra  Um  t,ra»  de  I^wu  jeti  dk  ma  mai§mmti,** 

OiTTHirr  cm  Oirr-c»rT,— -In  reading  the  "Briefe 
Directions  to  leame  the  French  Tongue"  ap* 
pcndod  toCotiiriive*«  Dictionaries  1611,1  stumbli^d 
upon  a  curious  illustrntion  of  a  word  used  by  Ben 
JoDSon  (an  illustration  which,  I  feel  sure,  will  be  - 
thou;^t  worth  recording  m  **  1?,  It  Q^J*  \£,  aa  l\ 


believe,  it  bas  not  yet  been  cited.)  *^  h  Gh 
ierahire  they  likewise  say*  cmi*Bri  ikM,  far*  i 
that,"  J.  O.  Ha 

Glossast  of  Scotch  Wobjj*. — 1 1 
join  an  extract  from   one  of  Lord 
notes  to  his  beautiful   installation 
he  delivered  on  the  ISth  of  May,  18 
Lordship's  a|)pointment  of  Cbanedkr  % 
versitr  of  Edinburgh,  and  may  I  bofieir 
Scotchman  will  accept,  if  be  baf  not  i 
Lordship*5  Inritation,   and   give  at  a  ' 
of  approved  Scotch  wordd   and 
successfully  used  by  the  best  writer  I 
and  verse,  with  distinct  explanaiioiii 
ences   to  authorities;"    and   what   Ud 
engaging  than  that  of  contributing  to  < 
improve  the  English  language  ? 

"  Woctld  it  not  ajford  means  of  enricbis^  tal  I 
log  the  English  laogu&ffc.  if  full  und  mccfxnigft 
of  Approved  Scotch  words  and  phmseay  Ihii  — 
U9«d  by  the  best  wriun,  both  in  prose  miA^B 
given,  with  distinct  expUnatidn  and  i 
ntits?  This  tuis  b«ea  dooe  in  France  and  < 
wbera  some  dictionaries  accompany  the  Ea 
cases  with  Scotch  synoaymea,  in.  others  ^ 
expression.  ** 

Fxaju] 

Lafchfield,  Darliogtoo, 


tBLurtitt, 


AiroNTiiotis.  — 

"  The  Castle  Builders ;  or«  ibe   TTlatof^  i 
Stephens,  of  the  Isle  of  Wight,  Kna.^  Laialy  4 
Pohttcal  Nov<d,  Dtfver  before  ptibUab««1  la  «a 
London :  Prtaied  for  the  Awtbar,     1750.     fiW* 

I  believe  this  work  (o  be  a  true 
events*     Who  was  the  author  ? 

Gjeo.  W. 

Who  18  the  author  of  "  The  City  of  Ti 
a  dramatic  poem  of  very  great  tnerit,  |iisl 
Frasert  Ma^azine^  voL  xviii^    I B38  ? 
Godolphiny  a  play,  1845  ;  and  Mdric  tkt 
play  in  three  oetSp  publtjibcd  In  or  ikboitt  l 
Where  was  the  but-aaiaed  drama  prml«id  f 

Iflia 

Who  were  tlie  authors  of — 


.fiBTr  VIS* 


and  • 
Qut'i 
London,  j«-:m, 

2.  "  The  Land  of  Pn>mlse  i  or.  My 
traliA.''    Lofidiio,  1854. 

S.  ^'TIic  Friend  o^  Aiiflr«rta;  or,  a  VUm  Ibr 
the  Interior/*    London,  1890? 

D.  Bi 

MelboTUtie. 

GaoaoE  Bur  - 

*♦  TsTannical  f  AaatomtaU,  ac;  «  I 

«»Mffn:nk^«72iV^3vnB»i\v9nv  ^Minu^'lte  LUb  and  \ 


an  S.  V,  Jum  25,  '64,] 


NOTES 


EBIES. 


515 


>  John  the  Baptiit,  and  preMnted  to  thd  EiJi^^a  Mo»t  «x- 
^  ceJlent  Majeaty,  by  the  Author/*  4to,  1*541. 

This  piece  which  is  a  translation  of  G.  Bu- 

^oliaiuui's  Latin  tragedy,  was  printed  by  order  of 

,  the  Hoiwe  of  Commons,    It  was  republished^  by 

the  Rev.  P.  Peck,  in  1740^  as  a  production  of 

.  Milton.    Is  it  known  who  waa  really  the  author  ? 

Iota. 


FioLZ  AitD  Bahttach-Kakehsxi.  —  I  am 
dons  to  know  the  exact  title,  place,  date,  Sec, 
^ef  Berkhoh's  MemoirM.  They  are,  X  believe,  in 
*  German.  Abo,  the  same  particubrs  of  a  work  by 
k^BantyBch-Kamenski,  Memoirs  of  the  MinUten  of 
Peter  ihe  First*  1  have  in  vain  sought  for  these 
L  titles  in  Kayser's  Lexikon^  (EiiingeT's  Bihliographie 
tSioffraphiofie^  the  Conversations  Lexikon^  and  the 
llfauvdle  Biographie  Universelle,  Jatdsjl 

'^  Caoso  Sktlaasl/^  —  Some  years  ago  a  poem 

of  great  strength  nnd  beauty  was  published  in 
■•  Blat'kwootfM  Magazine,  entitled  **To  a  Caged  Sky- 
?     lark.  Regent  Circus,  Piccadilly,"    It  ends  thust — 

I  ••And  thy  wild  liquid  warbling, 

Sweot  thing,  after  all, 
Lsares  thee  thus,  Bchiog-hreastedf 
A  captive  and  thrall ; 
For  the  thymy  dell's  freshness  and  &ee  dewy  cleiid, 
A  barred  ooolc  in  this  furnace  heat  and  suffocating 
crowd.*' 
Who  is  the  author ;  and  has  he  pabltshed  any 
other  poetical  production  ?    Wtthib  E.  Baxteb. 
Canb^b  SiriciDE.  — ^  We  are  told  that  consider- 
able astonishment  was  occasioned  one  day  during 
^  past  week  on  board  the  floating-bridge,  whilst 
on  the  Gosport  side,  by  the  singular  conduct  of  a 
welUtrained  and  valuable  Newfoundland  dog,  the 
property  of  Mr.  Hurst,  the  railway  carrier.     It 
appears  the  animal  had  followed  a  man  on  to  the 
bridge,  and  that  it  was  driven  olf,  as  the  driver 
did  not  want  the  dog  to  accompany  hiou     It  then 
^^deliberately  walked  round  to  the  adjoining  Grid> 
■.iron,  placed  its  head  under  the  water,  and  died 
^Labortly  afterwards  without  a  struggle  ! 
H      Is  this  suicidal  act  by  a  quadruped  worthy  a 
V  place  in  **N.  &  Q,?*'    Has  any  reader  ever  read  of 
aimilar  conduct — suicide  by  a  quadruped  caused 

I' by  disappointment  ?  J.  W«  Batceuoxui* 

-Odiham. 
UK 
is, 


* 


D&TtKo  FiiOWBBfl.  —  I  shall  be  greatly  obliged 
>  iny  reader  of  **  N,  k  Q."  who  can  tell  me  any 
[means  of  preserving  the  colours  of  dowers  in  dry- 
[  log  them.  H.  S. 

DcwKiHK.  —  Do  any  monumental  inscriptions 
atill  exist  at  Dunkirk  to  the  numerous  English 
who  lived  there  from  1688  to  1793?  M.  P. 

English  Coutttt  NEWsPArBTBs,  —  Can  any 
reader  of  **  N.   &  Q."  inform  me  where  I  can 

f*  Thire  U  an  Eogllsh  tranaUtton  of  this  work,  «q- 
titled  Kaitienaki'a  A^t  of  Ptttr  the  Grtai,  with  notes  and 
a  pMfrot^  br  Irm  Goiovia,    Loud,  I'imo,  l^L— Eot] 


J.  R.  D. 

NB  OF  Savot. — A  volume  entitled 
Uittrtf  Actiom  of  Prince  Eugene  of 


inspect  complete  sets  of  the  English  county 
newspapers  from  their  commencement  to  the  pre- 
sent time^  more  particularly  tho^e  for  the  coun- 
ties of  Kent  and  Surrey?  I  find  in  77^^  Universal 
British  Directory  for  1790,  mention  of  a  public 
office  for  newspapers,  kept  by  a  *•  Mr.  William 
Tayler,  at  No.  5,  Warwick  Square,  Warwick 
Lane,  London,  where  files  of  all  Scotch,  Irish, 
London^  and  English  county  newspapers  are  kept 
complete,  and  reference  could  be  made  to  them. 
Mr,  J.  Poyntell  was  file^crk."*  I  should  £Qel 
greatly  obliged  if  any  reader  can  inform  me  who 
now  possesses  the  above  collection,  as  I  find  that 
the  collection  of  county  newspapers  in  the  British 
Museum  is  very  imp^ect,  particularly  for  Kent 
and  Surrey. 

Prin       ~ 
TheLr 

S  tint  of  his  Death  and  /jiiw?r«/, 

T^  ilin,  in  1737,  by  subscription, 

ana  wim  a  deaiojitjon  to  Lieut.-General  Wade* 
It  is  a  highly  creditable  specimen  of  Irish  typo* 
graphy.  May  I  ask  you  to  give  me  the  author^s 
name  r  Abhba. 

[The  first  edition  was  published  in  London,  8vo,  17B5.] 

Ivan  thb  Fourth.— What  became  of  the  bro- 
tbers  and  sisters  of  the  unfortunate  Ivan  lY^, 
Emperor  of  Russia,  murdered  in  1764?  When, 
and  where  did  they  die  ?  And  did  any  of  them 
tnarry  and  leare  taaue  ? 

Chablbs  F.  S.  Wabjles. 

Lord  Hopton. — Will  you  kindly  inform  me 
where  I  can  find  a  life  oC  Sir  Ralph  Hopton,  who 
was  one  of  the  best  of  King  Charles's  Generals 
during  the  civil  war?  I  want  particularly  an 
account  of  his  military  career  from  164S  to  164^. 
I  have  already  consulted  Clarendon  and  Lloyd's 
Memoirs^  Sfc^  but  they  do  not  fiimi^h  what  I  re- 
quire.      "  J.  E.  B. 

^^  Mn>DLE-FASSIKO. 

"  With  that  came  the  eleven  kings;  and  there  wai  Sir 
Gritlet  put  to  Ibe  cftrlh,  horse  and  man.  and  Lucas  the 
Butler,  bor»B  and  man,  by  King'  Grandegors  and  King 
Idres,  and  King  Agusaace.  Then  waxed  the  middk- 
pamitff  hard  on  both  parties,"  1634  ed.  of  1485.— Mal0ty*s 
Arthur^  part  ii,  chap.  3cii.  p.  24 

Does  this  mean  the  criUcal  main-tug  and  tussle 
of  a  battle?  Can  any  correspondent  fornish 
another  example  of  the  word  f 

J.  D.  Camfvblx.. 

MoRGAHATTC. — According  to  the  statement  of 
A.  S.  A.  (3"»  S.  T.  348),  Sophia  Dorothea,  of 
S^lle,  was  not  a  princess  by  birth ;  being  merely 
the  issue  of  a  morganatic  marriage.  If  so,  how 
could  she  be  married  to  Priooe  George  of  Hano- 
ver, otherwise  thati  morganattcally  ?  Was  it  in 
her  right,  or  in  his  own^  that  vvt  \'l^>  Wx  ^^''Jr  j 
band  —  al  iVikt  \:\TiwJi  ^<ftSact  —  ^eojt^j^jaft^^^  ^^  "^^ 
dukedom  o^  %^^** 


Vas  lb    Ul       ^m 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


Motto -a  c  ROLL.  —  la  there  any  rule  for  the 
tincturing  of  the  moito-scroU  in  an  aohtevement 
of  arraa  ?  Camilto^bld, 

C»i>e  Town. 

Olb  Prlnts,  —  The  following  should  have  ap- 
peared in  the  list  of  those  concerning  which  I 
Biked  for  information  on  p*  458  of  this  volume: — 

6.  A  mezKotjnto  full  length  of  a  lady  in  a  riding 
babitf  with  a  whip  in  her  hand,     Loes  Yanhaeken 

{»tfiz/,,  Alex.  Yaahaeken  sc,^  with  these  lines  be* 
ow:  — 

"  In  her  lovo-dartitig  cjres  awake  the  fires, 
TmmorUl  giAs!  to  kindle  aofl  dcfirets; 
From  limb  to  lirab  an  air  mftjestic  sheds. 
And  the  pure  ivory  o^er  her  botsom  apreada. 
Sach  YeouB  thioes,  when  with  a  meaaured  bound 
8he  smoothly  gliding  swims  the  hannonioas  roondt 
Whou  with  the  Graces  in  the  daoce  she  mores, 
And  fires  the  gazing  god^  with  ardent  loves." 

**  Sold  by  T.  JefTery  t  in  the  Strand,  and  W*  Herbert  on 
London  Bridge." 

7.  **  The  Studious  Fair/*  Misa  Ben  well  ^i*mf, 
C.  SpooneryVnV.  A  beautiful  mezzotint  of  a  lady 
reading.  J.*ondon,  printed  for  Henry  Parker  and 
Robert  Sayer.  There  is  written  in  pencil  "Mas 
Blisa,"     Who  was  this  lady  ?  J,  M. 

Great    OrroRTUKiTT. — The    TimeSj   in    ita 

number  of  May  30,  gives  some  account  of  the 
aermon  preached  at  the  Chapel  Royal,  Wbttehall, 
by  the  Dean  of  Westminster  on  the  previous 
Sunday;  and  remarks  that  the  Dean  ^  made  a 
beautiful  allusion  in  his  sermon  to  the  i^reat  op- 
portunity oOered  by  the  Restoration  of  1660  to 
the  Crown,  the  English  nobility,  and  the  Church 
of  £n^land,  but,  alas!  lost  by  them." 

It  iB  to  be  regretted  that  the  correspondent  of 
the  Timea  did  not  communicate,  in  the  Dean*8 
own  choice  language,  the  beautiful  allusion  in  hia 
aermon.  Perhaps  some  of  the  readers  of  "  N.  &  Q.*' 
who  heard  the  sermon  may  be  willing  to  gratify 
myielf  and  many  others,  by  supplying  the  blank 
in  the  Times.  Cuaiotis  Reabeb. 

ORDnffATXOII   OF  EaRLT  McTHODIST   MlNISTERa 

»r  A  Gbsbk  Bishop,  —  Erasmus,  **  Bishop  of  Ar- 
cadia in  Crete,^  visited  London  in  1763,  accord- 
ing to  Myles'  Chronology  of  the  We^let/an  Metho' 
disii.  Wesley  procured  his  ordination  for  several 
of  the  local  and  travelling  preachers  of  the  society. 
Where  can  I  find  an  account  of  this  Bt$hop  Eras- 
mus ?  Abtaxebxhs  bUJTtf. 

OlTERTATtON  :    Sx.  PcTEB'S  AT  RoME. — 

**  The  buni^Ung  of  Carlo  Mademo  nt  St.  Peter's,"  says 

Mr*  Gvrilt  in  his  Enc^ct&p^lki,  \y,  142,  *•  is  much  to  be 

ngrvttid*     Tlie  arches  hf      '  i  He  nave  are  8mal]<;r 

io  diaBtniiofu  than  thor'  l  b«eu  brought  up 

lnnnediately  ad;  nniiiv  tl  r.inuU;  antUiyLmt 

if  itill  more  •  he  added  to  , 

eft#  war*  /i  T\v\  ,ui  <A\v«  Yiuxk, 

botlnclioM  abuvc  Ihrw  feci  lo  l\\vi  iK*nU;  iu oV\i«[  w^jt^,  ^ 

ih§  church  is  not  slrai>tht,  and  tlut  to  lasi^  «a  anAwiX 


SB  to  Strike  every  edocatad  eyitw 

exceedingly  bad.^ 

I  would  inquire  whether  Gwilt  ii  joslifiei^ 
attributing  this  inclination  to  any  **baBgliof*- 
the  part  of  Maderno,  or  whether  it  b  not  os 
the  same  circumstances  which  ar«  aaid  io  J 
held  good  with  the  masons  or  architeda  oft 
own  churches— that  of  inclining  their  work  i 
ward,  according  to  the  time  of  year  ai  whkA  i 
building  was  begun  to  be  erected  f     Umh  i 
of  your  readers  obferved  tbia   **  inclinatim'* 
St.  Peters?     I  have  not  aeeo  it  stated  f 
but  as  we  know  Gwilt  viaitcil  Rome,  he  maylm^ 
therefore  seen  it  himself.         Wr  att  PArwoim 

Songs. — I  should  be  glad  to  learn  wfatrc  mM 
Devonshire  song  can  be  prooured  which  bq 
with  the  line  — 

**  When  I  were  bom  in  Plymouth  old  t«wi*' 
Also  a  song  called  *^  Robin  Ro^head^*  kiii 
these  lines  occur :  —  ' 

**  The  more  Bob  bowed  to  tlier. 
The  more  thev  bowed  to  Bob»**  ^ 

TIC 

Sib  MtcHARL  SxAjrHora.  —  Can  Mm.  SMi*  | 
Mb.  H.  W.  King,  or  any  other  of  tbe 
nnd-onc  contributors  to  **  N.  &  Q.**  g^rt  m^f  I 
information  relative  to  the  rcaideiiet  tf  vl 
Michael  Stanhope  at  Hford?  Stanbopem^l 
pointed  Lieutenant-Governor  of  Hull  33  fli«! 
VlU.  At  that  ncriod  he  lived  at  Ilfoni;  ^«  i 
his  removal  to  Hull,  be  granted  a  le^se  «C  *^ 
house  with  the  garden  in  which  he  tben  ilivl^  j 
the  town  of  Ilford/*  *  to  Sir  Richard  So«tkiA| 
Knt  Master  of  the  Rolls.  There  ia 
the  lease  for  Stanbope*s  resumption  of  j 
should  bo  return  to  London  wicbio  fcMir  fMi: 
and  I  wish  to  ascertain  whether  he  did  rwlon  ^  1 
Ilford,  and  there  resided,  «r  whcr«  else  lit  ffj 
sided  between  the  period  of  his  Icavinji^  IU1|  i 
his  death  fn  1^^1-2.  Stanhope  held  (be 
ship  of  the  manor  of  Guilford,  ttod,  aAar  ^ 
attainder  of  Sir  Kichola*  Carew^  be  hiad  ibiC 
tod^r  of  Beddington. 

I  have  searched  in  vain  for  the  report  of  I 
hope's  trial  in  lo5L2.     Is  there  any  reeof^  tik^ 
Stanhope   was  tried  with   Sir  Ralph   Vane,  9a 
Miles  Partriilge,  and  Sir  Thomaa  AruDciall,  «a»_ 
unjuit  charge  of  high  treason  ;  and  after  mi 
trial  was  found  guiky,  and  beheaded. 

BoiuarCoa.] 

54,  CUrcndon  Koad,  NotUng  BtU. 

**  TiiBowi}(Q  TUB  Hatchkt/'  —  Tfao 

this  phrase,  which,  in  gener;tl  ;ri»pllcatiaii,  l^i 
valcnt   to  *' Drawing   th^  hu 

puxzled  me  and   m.iny  i>'  i   I  bate 

asked  an  n.     Uui^  \ms  ^ 

RicKmotMf  <  of  the  4th  *   Had  |ka 


«N&T.  JctkM.'M.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


517 


P 


I 


Allowing  record  of  a  curious  old  custom  that 

rows  some  light  on  the  expression  :  — 

**  Tub  Manor  of  Arukk-  —  On  the  2CtIi  ult.  Chtrlca 
credf  E«q«  Ihe  lord  of  this  manor*  revired  the  Andeot 

torn  of  pernmhuUtinf^  the  boandarieM.  FJa^  and 
nerf  were  carried^  and  the  bugle  was  soanded  ai  eMch 
mark.  At  one  poioti  ArkdiJe  He&dr  iccording  to  the 
ecordi  and  usage,  a  threepenny  hatchet  was  thrown 
le  of  the  teiianta,  and  the  boundarj^  there  was  fixed 
it  fell.  This  c<*remony  had  not  been  before  ob- 
served for  twenty-elgbt  ycarg,** 

Does  tbJB  curioua  free-and-eaej  custom  exiet 
(«ljewhcre  P  .  G.  H.  or  8. 

Damikl  Voster  ATfD  JoHW  GotJGH. — Some  in- 
formation regarding  the  biography  of  these  two 
authors  of  works  on  arithmetic,  used  during  the  end 
of  the  last,  and  the  first  quarter  of  the  present  cen- 
tury, AS  school  class-books,  will  be  acceptable.  Was 
Gough  an  Irij*hmnn  ?  The  works  of  both  authors, 
I  believe,  have  been  superseded  by  what  is  termed 
shorter  and  better  methods ;  but  if  so,  those  men 
certainly  laid  the  foundation-stone  upon  which 
the  building  has  been  erected.  And  ray  want  is 
for  an  historical  purpose— an  appeal  of  this  sort  is 
never  made  in  vain  in  **  N.  &  Q/*   S.  REOMonp. 

liverpooU 

UwiVBR&iTY  HcK>DS.  —  Will  any  of  your  corre- 
ipondentd  inform  me  at  what  period  the  scarlet 
and  white  boods^  now  worn  by  Masters  of  Arts 
of  Oxford  and  Cambridge  respectively,  came  into 
use,  and  whether  any  reason  can  be  assigned  for 
the  choice  of  those  particular  and  distinctive 
colours?  E.  H,  A. 

WiixiAM  Watson,  LL.D.,  A^m  thb  Autboe- 
■Bip  or  "The  Clbrotman's  Law.**— William 
Watson,  of  Pidlington,  Oxfordshire,  son  of  the 

IV.  Joab  Watson,  aflter  being  educated  for  five 

■ars  at  Oakham  school,  under  Mr.  Fryer,  was 
admitted  a  sizar  of  St.  John*s  College,  Cambridge, 
June  7.  1(555,  set.  18,  proceeded  B.A,  1658*9,  and 
commenced  M, A.  1662.  He  became  rector  of  Old 
Romney,  Kent,  April  6,  1670,  was  created  LL.D, 
1673,  and  died   1689-90.  set.  51.     He  was   also 

ean  of  BatteU  but  we  know  not  when  he  was 
siipointed.  In  1701  there  appeared  a  folio  volume 
with  this  title :  — 

The  Clergy -M/in's  Law:  or  the  Complete  Incumbent, 
lollected  from  ihe  33  Articles,  Caooos,  Proclauiationj, 
crces  in  Chancery  and  Kxcbequer,  as  also  from  all  Acta 
Parliament,  ami  Common- Law  Cases,  relating  to  Ibe 
urch  and  Clnr^y  of  England;  digested  under  proper 
Heads*  for  the  Heiielit  of  Putrone  of  Churches  and  the 
Parochial  Clergv.  And  will  be  useful  to  all  Students  and 
Practitioners  o/  the  Law.  By  William  Watsoa,  LL.D., 
late  Dean  of  Battel.'' 

Worrall  (Bibl.  Leg,  Aftglia,  65)  states  that  the 
Clergyman's  Law  waa  not  written  by  Dr.  Watnon, 
but  by  Mr.  Place  of  York,  and  this  is  repeated  by 
Watt,  and  Lowndes.  Worrall  cites  an  observa- 
tion of  Mr.  Justice  Denison,  in  Burrow's  Reports^ 
I  307  (it  should  be  315),  also  Wilson's  Reports, 


11-  195,  where  the  real  author  is  said  to  have  been 
Mr.  Place  of  Gray's  Inn.  We  cannot  doubt  that 
the  work  was  substantially  written  by  Dr.  Wat- 
son, although  probably  Mr,  Place  revised,  cor- 
rected, and  arranged  it  for  publication.  We  take 
it  that  the  object  of  Mr.  Justice  Dennison  was  not 
to  depreciate  Dr.  Watson,  but  to  show  that  the 
work  had  had  the  sanction  of  a  practising  lawjer. 

We  are  desirous  of  obtaining  information  re- 
specting* Mr,  Place.  There  were  other  editions 
of  The  Clergyman* s  Lata  revised  and  amplified 
from  time  to  time.  Our  remarksi  of  course,  ap- 
ply only  to  the  first  edition* 

C*  H.  &  Tbomp»on  Cooper, 

Cambridge. 


The  Lord's  Prayer. — The  trimestral  reading 
of  the  sixth  chapter  of  Saint  Matthew's  GoB(>el, 
as  the  second  Morning  Lesson  happening  on 
Sunday  last,  brought  to  my  mind  a  cujstom  which 
1  have  sometimes  in  my  long  life  —  eighty -seven 
years — noted,  once^  I  think,  in  Worcester*  When 
the  reader  came  to  the  Saviour  s  liturgic  precept, 
"  After  this  manner,  therefore,  pray  ye  :^Our 
Father/'  the  congregation  arose  from  their  seats, 
and  kneeled  during  its  repetition.  Solemn  as  is 
the  Oratio  Dominica  on  all  occasions  and  in  all 
places,  for  the  combined  sake  of  its  language  and 
of  its  authorship,  the  seldomuess  of  this  especial 
occasion  gave  it  a  solemnity  whi^^h  none  who  have 
not  witnessed  it  can  imagine. 

Will  any  correspondents  of  **  N.  &  Q*''  mention 
the  churches  in  which  they  have  seen  it? 

E,  L.  S, 

[We  do  not  find  that  the  rubric  of  the  B<>ok  of  Common 
Prayer  says  a  word  about  sitting;  standing  and  kneeUng 
being  the  only  poetures  exprcaaly  recognised.  The  clergy 
still  stand  to  receive  the  charge  of  their  Bishop  or  other 
eccleiiaatical  superior.  However,  as  sitting  daring  D1-' 
vine  aervice  baa  been  claimed  in  recent  times  as  an  indul- 
gence (not  only  by  invalided  and  aged  persons),  but  by 
the  greater  part  of  the  congregation*  it  is  customary  in 
many  churches  to  rise  when  the  Lord's  Prayer  comes  in  tbe 
course  of  the  Lessons,  though,  of  course,  it  is  only  read, 
as  it  were,  historieallyf  as  a  part  of  a  narrative.  On  our 
Lord^s  graciously  saying  to  his  disciples,  "When  ye 
pray,  say  Our  Father,"  &c^,  he  was  using  a  bidding 
prayer,  and  the  disciples  listened ;  but  neither  Jesus  nor 
his  followers  could  be  said  to  pray  during  the  repetition 
of  the  words  of  the  prnyer  at  that  time.  Hence  the  cus- 
tom noticed  by  our  correspondent  of  kneeling  when  this 
prayer  is  read  in  the  Lesaons,  ia,  we  conceivei  not  a  f^T- 
rect  one.  ] 

James  GRAnAM.  —  About  eighty  years  ago, 
there  was  a  soi-disant  ^h^alavaxv^  ^tvc  ^lassve^^ort^- 


518 


NOTES  AND  QUEBIES. 


[V^&IF.  J^n«,M 


whose  practice  and  writtogs  i^erc  distin{ruis1ied 
by  the  grossest  immorality  and  obscenity.  He 
bad  what  be  termed  ft  "  coelestial  bed ; "  gave  lec- 
tured **  on  the  improvement  of  the  human  spe- 
ciei,'*  and  alao  "  private  advice  to  mttiried  ladies 
and  gmtlemen,"  &c*  He  bad  besides  baths  in 
which  persona  were  immersed  to  the  cbin  in 
earth  i  and  after  practisbg  these  and  various 
eiiormtties  for  some  time,  the  public  ceased  to 
Oentribute  to  his  imposture,  by  withholding  the 
rapacious  fees  he  demanded ;  upon  which  he  de- 
termined to  turn  a  regular  M,D.,  and  repaired  to 
Glasgow,  where  I  observe,  in  the  wintei*  of  1784, 
as  mentioned  in  Sir  James  Mackintosh's  MemoirSt 
that  Graham  was  a  fellow -student  with  him  at 
that  University,  The  bubble,  however,  had  burst, 
and  he  sank  into  Insignificance  and  contempt  I 
urn  anxious  to  know  what  became  of  him,  and 
particularly  when  and  where  he  died.  X 1. 

[Some  pArticuIars  of  this  notorious  empiric  and  hii 
earCh-bath,  aa  well  of  hi«  Veatlna,  the  rosy  Goddeit  of 
Health,  Einma  Hamiltoo,  have  akeady  been  given  in 
"  N.  &  Q."  2«*  a  ii.  233,  278,  316,  and  358,  Wh€B  the 
popularity  of  Graham  Iwgan  to  wane,  he  was  compelled 
to  give  up  his  famed  Tempto  of  Health  and  Hymen, 
8chombcrg  House,  Fait  Mallf  and  to  difipensa  with  the 
fatare  servic^j  of  his  two  gigantio  porters  in  gold  laoe. 
He  left  London  for  Scotland,  where  his  boasted  pretea- 
sionf  of  a  ^ovtCT  of  indefinitely  extending  the  length  of 
hniDAn  life  were  Boon  exploded  by  the  fbllowing  an- 
nouncement in  the  Scott  M^aBtHtf  Ivi.  375 :  ■*  Died  on 
Jaae  2^,  1794,  at  Kdinbnrgb,  Dr.  Grabam,  the  famoiis 
physician,  well  known  for  bis  ctlobrat'?<t  Temple  of 
Health  and  curioua  lecCureft/']  /^  i 

Camaca. — What  is  the  origin  and  meaning  of 
the  word  Camaca  /  It  often  occurs  in  the  inven-^ 
tories  of  churches,  as  copes  were  frequently  made 
of  it.  B«ds  also  seem  to  have  been  made  of  the 
same  material.  It  is  sometimes  spelt  camak^ 
camoke^  camoka^  and  ckamiirt.  Has  the  word 
any  coniiection  with  camel  ?  J.  Daltoji. 

[Camaca  is  a  kind  of  silk,  or  rich  cloth :  curtainA  were 
laade  of  thii  niatoriaL  See  Th*  Si^uyr  of  Lowt  D^gr^^ 
835 1  Tut.  VetHU,  p.  14;  Odventrf  MjfMteria^  p.  163. 
{Haiiiw€iL)  Akiildst  the  various  forms  of  this  word  cited 
by  our  kamud  currespondent,  OxmokM  and  QuioAa  seam 
to  he  the  ruoat  correct;  am  they  come  the  ncareit  to  tite 
madheval  (J reek,  KofLoux^tt^  XoMe^^us,  which  signify 
the  same  thing,  M^oage  suggeals^  as  a  derivAtii>ii,  the 
Pentan  Kmikha  (a  silk  stuff),  wbSch  look*  ae  if  ha  felt 
rather  at  a  loss.  See  Du  Cange,  <7Am«.  LaL  on  Camoca; 
Giatf,  Gf.  on  K4^t0vxar,  i^nd  Aybage  Die.  £iym.  I'n,  on 
CatDocas,] 

MfKias.  — This  is   the  "  Niloracter."      Tn  the 
0§xdjttnumM  hSvgazin€  (1 755,  p,2t)5 ),  Dr.  Fococke  s  I 
Tt'      '  i  to  for  a  description*    Will  any 

Cmi  whom  the  Wok  i&  ttA^cc^nXAt^ 

^Yvurmc  irjtii  iht  reference  or  eUraet,  if  not  loo 


wellf  to  any  other  accnraaft  of 
J.  D.  Ci 


^{of  hAb 


longf  or, 
matter  ? 

[PoQOcke  says  I  '*  At  the  south  end  of  the  nlsa«Hii» 
of  Roida»  or  Raondah^  is  the  Mikiai»  or  houM  ia  wtids 
the  femoos  pillar  A>r  raessuria^  the  Nil^     It  t*  ac 
in  a  deep  basin,  the  bottom  of  which  b  on  a  1 
the  bed  of  the  Kile  i  the  water  entenng  at  ooti  ^i4*^  t 
passing  out  on  the  other.     The  pillar  is  dtiri«Ui  '• 
measures,  by  which  th<?y  eee  the  rise  of  Uw  KBe^   lil 
a  fine  old  Corinthian  capital  at  top.  which  hasi 
been  omitted  in  the  draughty,  and  on  that  rciUal 
which  goes  across  to  the  gallery.     From  the  coeKl 
leads  to  this  home,  is  a  dejcent  to  the  Nile  by  tf^e 
which,  the  common  people  will  have  iU  that  i 
found,  after  he  had  been  oxposod  oa  the  banks  li  tkl 
river/*    There  is  also  an  eof  raving  of  **  A  Flaa  aaiSs^  I 
tion  of  the  Mikias." — Dtacripiun%  ^f  Ihc  £aMt^  t 
foLL2d,S£S,&c] 

WasDROBB  Book  of  Qosbx   Isasi 

the  second  volume  of  the  Book  of  J^ojft^  i 
is  made  of  the  Wardrobe  Book  of  Is^bdill^l 
of  Edward  IL,  which  is  described  fls**iiM|it| 
Cottontan  MSS/'     I  have  a  particulsr  wi«  •  I 
consult  this  volume*  but  I  cannot  find  an ir  ma 
of  it  in  the  catalogue  of  the  Cottoniau  Mb&  Cb  | 
any  one  kindly  supply  the  reference  ? 

Hsmautjmoa- 
[The  document  is  the  Cottoaiaa  Manusfipt,  Q^  | 
K  xrv.f  injured  by  the  fire  in  1731,  and  aiaee 
It  contains  an  account  of  tbe  expeas«a  of  the  1 
of  Queen  Isabella  from  the  beginning  of  OciobeTp  ia  ll 
jtiM  1357,  to  the  4th  of  Decern  bar  in  ISdl,  %.  ||«ip| 
afler  her  burial^  and  more  than  three  moai 
dMth,  which  it  fixes  at  the  22nd  of  Aogua^    &,  i 
En{  ,  Eg«rtoa  Libtfarian,  read  a  paper  t^gc^tlsi  J 
of  Antiqaariea  ou  March  1%  18o4v  on  tha  oottaaota  fi.  ^ 
manuscript,  and  which  haa  been  sioee  fmhliih«l  sails 
Artkmdo^iot  xxxv,  463-^469,  tu titled,  »  Notkea  af  U^ 
Lsat  Days  of  Isabella,  Queen  of  Edwmrd 
drawn  from  an  Account  of  the  Expeoaea  of  hm  1 
held."] 

AitoHTMocs  Wou». — Who  were  the  mmUbimf 

"    "  ^'     Confeet  of  the  Twelve  Nations ;  or,  a  View  I 
I  !:   Ba«es  of  iiumiiu   Cbaracter 

i  Oliver  &Botd.    1826." 

[By  WilUam  Qewlaon.] 

2.  ''  Le  Chef  d*tEavra  d*im  Inconnai   INtea  mt  1 
le  Dooieur  Chrisostoma  MathamMlut.    Pacis^  1803%^ 
[Far  Van  Kibn.] 

3«  **  Esaal  Bxtr  lt>rjgiae  et  TAjiaquiti^  dm 
London.  1767/* 

[ParJ,B,PerrlR.] 

4.  •<  Relation  dea  Campagnei  de  ftocrel  el  (l#  WHbma^ 

enrAnn^  1043  ot  1644.    Imprim^ei  Paria.  187«." 

[Per  Henri  B«a4] 

Melbouma.  O^  Bt.asi.  i 

t  k«^  ^ii^  kA^  Bawr4tu  —  Wm  aooic 


SNi  8,  T,  JintK  25,  ♦M.] 


JTOTES  AKD  QUERIES, 


519 


[  eimlun  the  me&mng  tnd    derivation    of  ibeie 
I  words?  A,  B.  X,  Z» 

[In  the  Etpmoms  of  Engliik  Word*,  hy  John  Thonwon, 
Edinb.  4to.  1826,  it  b  suted  lb  At  '^  Tag,  Eag,  and  Bob- 
tatlt  were  three  JeDommatJona  of  ignoble  dogs."  The 
phrase,  aa  applied  colloquially  to  the  common  people,  is 
notieed  iu  Todd*d  Johiiaoa  and  in  Najret's  Glogmry.  In 
Oteira  RabclaU,  ir.  221,  it  h  "Shag,  rag,  and  bobUilJ'] 

Arabella  FjsaMOB — Wbo  were  the  poretita  of 
Mra.  Arabella  Feriuor,  thj&  heroine  of  Fope^s 
Hope  of  the  Lock  f  M.  P. 

[Mr.  Carmtbera  (Pop«*a  WorJa^  ed.  18dS»  I  2'24)  states 
that  Arabelia  Fennor,  Pope'a  BeLinda^  waa  the  daughter 
of  James  Fermar,  Esq*,  of  Tunnora^  ca  Ojd'ord,  who  mar- 
I  ri©d  Mary^  daughter  of  Sir  Eob«rt  Throckmortoa,  of 
Weston  Dnderwood,  Bucks.  This,  however,  does  not 
a^ree  with  the  pedigree  of  the  Fermor  family,  drawn  up 
by  p,  deaeendant,  and  printed  in  the  Gent*s  Mag,^  vol, 
accvU.  pi.  1.  p.  680,  wfaere  we  read  that  Arabella  waa  the 
daughter  of  llenry  Fermor,  Esq.,  of  Toamore,  who  mar- 
riod  Ellcn^  daughter  and  co-heir  of  Sir  George  Browne^ 
E.B.]* 

SIGKET  RING  FORMERLY  ATTRIBUTED  TO 

MARY,  QUEEN  OF  SCOTS. 

(3^*  S*  iv.  3D6,  418.) 

When,  on  the  14th  of  November  last,  I  sub- 
mitted a  query  Concerning  the  obove,  I  was  not 
BWftre  that  it  had  been  noticed  before  in  this 
ffork,  (for  I  find  tbat  the  aliudon  to  it  to  which 
I  referred  bad  appeared  in  The  Times,)  or  that 
it  had  foriiied  a  topic  of  discussion  at  meetinga 
of  the  British  Arcbfieological  Association*  Nor, 
I  consequently,  waa  I  aware  that  its  true  origin 
\hMd  been  ascertained.  Of  this  I  was  lirst  ap- 
prised by  the  reply  of  M,  D.  herein  on  Nov.  21, 
Since  tbat  time,  I  have  sought  and  obtained  the 
,  advantage  of  private  communicationa  from  the 
correspondent  under  that  signature,  from  H. 
Syer  Cuming,  Esq.,  to  whose  discovery  of  the  in- 
dica^ve  monogram  (**M.-H/*)  be  refers,  and  from 
G»  Vere  Irving^  Esq.,  who  also  had  engaged  in 
the  previous  investigations ;  with  the  perusal  of 
I       reports  of  which,  in  the  Joumak  of  Ae  BriHsh 

■  Archmological  AMsociation  for  March  185 J,  and 

■  Sept  1861, 1  have  been  favoured. 

^  Thus  furubhed  with  additional  intelligence  on 

the  subject,  and  having,  moreover,  made  fresh 
K  inquiry  among  membem  of  the  Buchan  family, 
H  I  beg  leave  to  offer  a  few  remarks  in  rejoinder  to 
"    the  various  obliginjj  answers  which  my  quettion 

in  '*  N.  &  Q.*'  has  elicited. 
I  \V;*i-  -    : u'L't  to  that  which  is  generally  acknow- 

B   led  '..1  been  the  original  of  all  the  lozengt' 

^  ahaj^c.^  oj^...jts  of  this  character,  (said  to  be  now 
in  the  possesmoo  of  Oardiaul  >f  iseman,)  I  have 


been  confirmed  in  my  statement  that  it  was  care- 
fully preserved  by  David  Stewart,  Earl  of  Buchani 
m  having  belonged  to  the  Scottish  queen,  and  aft 
having  been  presented  by  her  majesty  to  some 
ancestor  of  his.  Indeed,  his  lord^jhip  showed  tbe 
trinket  to  myself  a&  such;  together  with  an  old 
tortoise-shell  comb,  and  other  reputed  Marian  re- 
licii,  at  Dryburgb  Abbey,  in  1827,  about  a  year 
bt  fore  his  death.  My  own  ring,  too,  had  been 
given  as  li^  fac'simile,  and  under  that  description, 
by  the  earl  to  a  lady  who  gave  it  to  me;  but 
whether  it  was  a  modern  imitation,  (its  ieal  ts 
somewhat  larger,)  or  a  supposed  oo-orlginalf  I 
have  never  exactly  learnt. 

I  waa  correct  likewise,  I  am  assured,  in  mj 
assertion  that  Lord  Buchan^s  signet  bad  been  lost 
to  his  representatives  for  many  years,  (though  not 
Air  so  ninny  as  I  intimated^)  without  having  been 
accounted  for  by  any  known  gift,  bequest^  or 
^^sale,^'  anthorifled  by  his  lordship,  or  by  hh  im- 
mediate successor  to  the  title,  into  whose  hands  it 
never  came. 

It  is  singular,  indeed,  that  the  founder  of  the 
Society  of  Antiqaaries  in  Scotland  should  have 
been  mistaken  in  this  instance.  Nevertheless, 
there  seems  no  room  for  doubt  that  Mr.  Cunnng 
has  demonstrated  the  insi^ia  and  lettering  of  this 
seal  to  have  been  those  of  Queen  Henrietta-Maria^ 
consort  of  King  Charles  I. ;  and  in  this  conclu- 
sion Mr.  Irving,  who  had  previously  ascribed  it  to 
Mary  of  Modena^  consort  of  James  II,,  fully  coin- 
cidea.  The  hypothesis,  which  bos  somp times  been 
aucf^zested,  that  **  II.-M,"  may  stand  for  Henry 
(Darnley)  and  Mary  (Stuart,)  even  if  the  adop- 
tion of  the  Irish  harp  into  the  royal  arras  were 
synchronical,  cannot  nold  good;  as,  in  that  cas% 
there  would  have  been  two  Rs  C*  E.  K.")  on  tJie 
sinister. 

The  question  then  arises,  as  rejrards  its  origi- 
nality, whether  there  is  any  likelihood  of  such  a 
token  of  her  royal  favour  having  been  conferred 
by  tkU  queen  (who,  it  is  known,  had  many  such 
"pledges"  made,  to  different  set  patterns,)  upon  an 
ancestor  of  Lord  Buchan«  And  a  not  improbable 
solution  of  it  is  to  be  found  in  the  circumstance 
that  Sir  James  Erskine,  second  son  of  the  Lord 
Treasurer  Mar,  who  became  sixth  Earl  of  Buchan 
through  marriage  with  the  heiress  of  that  dignity, 
was,  says  Douglas,  **  highly  esteemed  by  James  VX 
and  Charles  I.,  who  appointed  him  one  of  the 
lords  of  his  bedchamber;  and,  being  a  great 
favourite  at  court,  lived  most  of  his  time  in 
England.'*  This  earl  besides  had,  in  bis  youth, 
been  despatched  by  King  James,  with  the  Duke 
of  Buckingham,  in  attendance  upon  Prince  Charles 
on  the  occasion  of  his  journey  into  Spain  for  the 
purpose  of  wooing  the  Infanta ;  when,  Paris  hav- 
ing been  taken  in  their  way,  tba  <<\\i»'iswvv^^  q^^&ss^ 

France  ^as  \^^.    \x.  ^^^^5«*>  ^i^x^'^x^^'^ 


520 


NOTES  AND  QUEEIEa 


Zt^%r.  Jm».^ 


mean*  improbuble  that  an  early  acquaintance  of 
the  queen  with  the  earl  (whose  ^audni other,  the 
Duchess  iif  Lennox,  was  of  a  noble  French  family) 
resulted  from  ihia  incident ;  that  her  mrtjeaty,  in 
consequence,  may  have  afterwards  thus  person  ally 
distinguished  him  in  England  ;  and  that  her  signet 
ring  was  transmitted  from  hitn,  as  an  heir-loom^ 
down  to  his  collateral  descendant  David  Stewart, 
eleventh  earL 

There  have  been,  I  find,  various  Imitations  in 
glass^  of  different  sizes,  of  the  seal  of  the  ring  in 
question  ;  all  of  which  have,  I  believe,  been  traced 
to  an  impresfiion  from  Lord  Buchan*s,  which  many 
years  a^o  fell  into  the  hands  of  an  eminent 
seal  cngriiver  in  Edinburgh.  These,  of  which  I 
have  obtained  a  sample,  are  still  sold  there  in 
boxes,  labelled  —  "  The  Signet  of  Mary,  Queen  of 
Scots,  from  a  Ring  in  the  possession  of  the  late 
Earl  of  Buchan  f  which  renders  it  the  more  de- 
sirable that  tlie  history  of  their  prototype  should 
be  cleared  up  as  far  as  is  now  practicable.  Pos- 
sibly some  persons  of  an  older  generation  than 
those  now  treating  of  this  subject  may  yet  sur- 
vive in  Scot  hind  who  migUt  be  able  to  throw 
additional  light  upon  it 

Of  other,  always  undoubted  and  owi?- faced  seals 
of  Queen  Henrietta- Maria,  (of  which  I  have  re- 
ceived beautiful  impressions  by  the  courtesy  of 
my  recent  correspondents,)  it  is  not  my  province 
to  make  mention  farther  than  to  intimate  that  I 
am  aware  of  their  existence.  Of  one  of  these, 
however,  in  sapphire  and  pold,  belonsting  to  Miss 
Hartshorne  of  Holdenby  Rectory,  the  matrix  is 
about  the  same  diminutive  size,  and  as  exquisitely 
engraved  as  that  of  the  Buchan  signet;  and  has 
tEe  same  monogram,  though  but  faintly  defined, 
and  the  **  R."  on  their  respective  sides. 

T,  A.  H- 


PEDIQSEE. 

(3">  S.  V,  459.) 

A  full  answer  to  the  query  of  K.  R.  C.  would 
fill  many  page*  of  **  N.  &  Q."  I  will,  however, 
endeavour  to  answer  it  as  shortly  as  I  can.  Lord 
St.  Leonards,  in  his  Vendors  and  Purchasers  (1 0th 
edit.  vol.  ii.  p.  76),  observesi,  that  every  link  in 
the  chain  of  the  pedigree  should  be  proved  :  as  the 
marriage  of  the  parents,  and  the  oaptism  of  the 
aoo,  and  the  certificate  of  the  burial  of  the  father, 
or  the  probate  of  hia  will,  or  letters  of  administra- 
tion to  him,  in  order  to  prove  the  son's  right  to 
an  estate  by  descent  from  his  father;  and  when 
fhe  was  dowable,  proof  of  the  mother's  burial  and 
the  discharge  of  her  arrears  of  dower,  if  rerently 
dead,  should  be  required ;  and  inquiry  should  be 
made  dftcr  anjr  sertlemcnt  exccul*!d  by  eithisr 
father  or  9on,  The  proof  of  failure  oC  mu^  «( ta\ 
elder  hrmncb,  as  of  a  first  son,  it  ofieti  bVI^V\\  wnti 


depending  upon   alBdavita;    btit  w^tgltl  ntj 
given  to  such  evidence,  where  the  poMcasinn  i 
the  estate  has  gone  with  the  pedigree  pr«  ' 
The  fact  of  a  birth,  marriage,  or  dfatii, 
took  place  in  and  since  the  ve&r  16S7« 

S roved  by  a  certified  extract  from  tlie 
Register  at  Somerset  House,  estabtislied  byi 
tute  6  and  7  William  IV.  c.  86  ;  and  by  BtAM 
declarations  (which  have  superseded  afiidavili)l 
to  the  identity  of  the  narties. 

I  may  add,  that  if  toe  before* Daeotiofie^  wm 
of  evidence  should  fail,  entries  in  famtl  j  hwkM  fc 
members  of  the  family,  monumental  Inm 
coffin  plates,  old  statements  of  pedigree*  i 
a  pedigree  preserved  in  the  family  lib 
hung  up  in  the  mansion,  and  also  staiuti 
clarations  by  membara  of  the  family^  are  aii 
as  evidence  to  prove  a  pedigree^  thoiu^] 
evidence  is  inadmissible,  if  it  be  not  made  ^ 
litem  motam,^' — that  ja,  if  it  be  made  during  4 
ing,  or  with  a  view  to  anticipated  Utigalka  «  | 
controversy,  involving  the  point  in  queatioa.  T* 
more  minute  information  on  tbc  proof  of  p^ 
grees,  I  refer  K.  R.  C.  to  that  section  of  LoHSt  j 
Leonard^  work,  which  relates  to  penisiaf  < 
Htract^s  of  title;  and  also  to  chapter  yUL  «ldi  I 
second  edition  of  Dart's  VendorM  and  Pvrol^gf*. 

Groydoo* 


Tour  correspondent's  query — "  What  t 
is  accepted  as  proof  in  a  pedigree  f  ** — cannot  fdl  I 
be  answered  without  a  particular  staiefiient  c<i 
ease  in  point.     However,  a  general  aofwtr  «iJ 

Eerhaps  be  found  in  the  following  notes  GnofBliV  ' 
ooks :  —  I 

The  oral,  or  written   declarations   of  tht  ^J 
ceased  members  of  the  family,  are  adcnia 
prove  a  pedigree.     Old  statements  of 
are   held  admissible  on  account  of  ■' 
exposure  to,  and  recognition  by,  tlie 
although  they  cannot  be  distinctly  imnnuts 
any  particular  member  of  it.     Pedigrees  bttfl 
in  a  family  mansion,  or  preserved  in  the  i 
library,  are  admissible.     A  pedigree  presents 
a  third  person  to  a  memh*^r  of  thi?  faniily,  ' 
recognised  by  him,  is  adni'  proof  <iif  tSfl 

relationship  of  persons  ther  bed  la  Itftof, 

and  who  might  be  presumed  to  be  p^tTmmwj  ' 
known  to  him ;  even  althoti^  the  general  "  ' 
gree  is  inadmi^ible  by  reason  of  its  purporlJ 
be  collecte*!  from  registers,  Wills,  tnoaujs 
inscriptions,  family  records,  and  hUtory.  TSI 
declarations  in  a  pcdi<Tree,  so  far  as  th^y  relate  ts  ( 
peraorts  presumobly  known  to  the  party  taakiaf  i 
them,  are  admitted  as  evidence;  upon  t^«  pris-  | 
ciple,   that  t!  '  "      '^       ng   of  § 

^artywhoi,  rtciinil 


3*»S.V.  Jfn««5,»S4,l 


NOTES  AND  QUERIE& 


lOT  fall  Bliort  of  the   truth.     Pedigree   evidence 
I  genemlly  inadmissible  if  made  during  existing, 

or  with  a  view  to  anticiputed  litigalion  or  con- 
Itroveraj,  involvin<^  the  point  in  queetton. 
I     A  pedigree,  deduced  from  the  Heralda'  Viaita- 
Ition   books,   and  drawn   up  bj  a  herald,  is  not 
|€vidence :  bo  a  written  pedigree,  purporting  to  be 

made  by  one  of  the  famiij,  and  entered  In  the 

heralds^  books,  is  not  evidence. 

Ed  w AMD  J.  Wood. 


MEANING  OF  THE  WORD  «*SELAH/* 

(3^"  S.  V.  433.) 

This  If  well  called  by  Canon  Daltost  a  **  hope- 
tss  Bubject."    St,  Jerome,  with  all  hia  knowledge 
lund  e»pport unities,  is  uncertain  and  unsatisfactory. 
IHe  adopts,  in  the  Paalms,  the  tls  r4\os  of  the  Sep- 
Ituagint,  and  renders  it  ^^  in  finem ;"  but  when  he 
comes  to  the  same  word,  in  Habaccuc  iii.  3,  he 
follows  the  k(i  of  Aquila,  and  translates   it  by 
L  *' semper."    He  refers  it,  in  the  Psalms,  to  Christ : 
B**In   finem,  id  est,   in  Christo,  Finis  enim  legis 
W  ChristuJtJ"     Tn  Habaccuc,  he  merely  says  that  the 
Septungint  translate  it  by  "  iid^oKnoy  et  nos  posui* 
mus,  semper  J"*    Sl  John  Chrysostom  and  St*  Gre- 
gory of  Nyssa  suppose  the  word  to  indicate  some 
extraordinary  emotion  of  the  Psalmist,  or  inspired 
writer,  at  certain  passages.      Eugubinus  under- 
stands it  to  be  used  something  like  Amen,  mean- 
ing  certainly,  truly,  or  alwayx,     Lorinus   thinks 
it  directs  repetition  by  a  second  choir.     £ujiebius 
iBupposes   it  to   direct  cessation  on    the  part  of 
Jone^  and  commencement  by  another.     Genebrar- 
ius  and  others  regard  it  as  a  note  of  exclamation 
nd  attention,  exciting  to  more  careful  considera- 
tion of  what  is  sung :    and  Corneliu,4  2l  Lapide 
thus  paraphrases  the  word  "  Selah  **  in  Habaccuc  : 
L*' Attendite,  expendite,  stuijete,  celebrate  jugiler 
Hianc  Dei  excels!  in  nos  dignationem  et  benefit 
Bcentiam.'^ 

Perhaps  the  occurrence  of  this  word  **  Selah," 

in  the  canticle  of  Habaccuc,  has  hardly  received 

due  consideration,  in  attempts  to  determine  its 

n   meaning.     Yet  its  introduction  there  would  seem 

^too  throw  great  light  upon  its  appearance  in  the 

^^salms.     If  it  were  an  admonition  to  increased 

^pttcntion,  and  elevation  of  the  mind  and  heart,  it 

Hrould  be  difficult  to  account  for  its  never  appear- 

IRng  in  so  many  sublime  passages  tn  other  books 

6f  Holy  Scripture.    The  prayer,  or  canticle  of 

Habaccuc,  being  intended  to  be  sung  like  a  psalm, 

the  word  "Selah"  is  introduced  there  likewise; 

and  the  legitimate  inference  will  be,  that  it  is 

tome  musical  direction,  the  meaning  of  which  is 

^ow  hopelessly  lost. 

H    This  solution  has  been  already  pointe*!  out  in 

■•K,  &  Q."  (I"  S.  ix.  423,  and  x,  3G),  and,  as  I 

ihmkt    verf  BMtisfnctorily.     The   irriter  at  the 


second  reference  mentions  that  Jackson  of  Exeter, 
when  composing  an  anthem  for  the  opening  verses 
of  the  prayer  of  Habaccuc,  considered  the  word 
as  an  exclamation  of  praise,  and  set  it  to  music 
accordingly ;  but  he  ussigr^s  etronsr  reasons  for 
the  opinion  generally  adopted,  that  it  was  a  mere 
direction  to  the  musicians,  having  no  immediate 
reference  to  the  sacred  text.  F.  C.  H. 


THE  MISS  HOHNECKS. 

(3«»  S.  V.  458.) 

The  J.  M.  of  this  query  \%,  I  presume,  the  aame 
who  asks  other  questions  in  the  second  column  of 
the  same  page.  He  will  find  one  of  these  tnct- 
dentally  answered  below.  As  far  as  my  know- 
ledge of  his  works  extend?^  Sir  Joshua  painted 
six  portraits  of  the  Horncck  f^imtly: 

1.  Captain  W.  Kane  Horneck,  Royal  Engineers, 
the  father.  This  is  a  small  picture,  and  was 
painted  before  Sir  Joshua  went  to  Italy.  It  is 
engraved  in  little  by  S.  W.  Reynolds. 

2.  Mrs.  Hannah  Horneck,  tbe  mother,  sitting; 
her  lefl  hand  to  her  face,  leaning  on  a  book ;  veil 
from  the  head  over  the  shoulders;  hair  to  the 
waist.  It  was  engraved  by  M*Ardell,  without 
name  of  subject,  and  immediately  afterwards 
pirated  by  Purcell.  The  spurious  plate  shows 
the  whole  of  the  right  hand,  the  genuine,  only  a 
small  portion  of  it.  Under  one  of  these  plates  (I 
am  not  sure  which),  the  lettering  **  Plymouth 
Beauty "  was  afterwards  insertcil.  The  test  of 
the  hand  will  tell  J.  M.  whether  his  print  is  en- 
graved by  APArdell  or  Purcell. 

3.  Miss  Katherlne  Horneck.  the  elder  daughter. 
She  is  the  **  Little  Comedy  '^  of  Goldsmith,  and 
married  Henry  Bunbiiry^  the  caricaturist.  The 
present  Sir  CHarles  Bunbury,  Bart.,  is  her  grand- 
son. It  IS  beautifully  engraved  on  a  large  scale 
by  James  Watson.  1778.  The  prints  arc  lettered 
"  Mrs.  Bunbury." 

4.  Miss  Mary  Horneck,  the  younger  daughter. 
She  is  the  **  Jessamy  Bride  "  of  Goldsmith,  and 
married  Colonel  Gwyn.  She  died  so  recently  as 
1840,  at  the  great  age  of  ninety-two.  Sir  Joshua 
painted  her,  seated  in  oriental  fashion,  and  re- 
tained the  painting  in  hia  own  studio  till  bis  death, 
bequeathing  "  to  Mrs,  Gwyn  her  own  picture 
with  a  turban.**  It  is  most  beautifully  engraved 
on  a  large  scale  by  Dunkarton.  The  face,  in  a 
fine  proof,  is  exquisittily  refined  and  pretty,  and 
sweet  in  expre4»sion;  and  no  fnult  can  be  found, 
except  with  the  right  hand,  which  is  ill-drawn 
nnd  doughy.  Tlie  prints  are  lettered  '*  Miss 
Horneck." 

5.  The  two  sisters,  in  profile^  ^^  *^^*^,  daalk. 


lua  wrieB.    It  U  not  included  in  the  300  sold  hj 
Mr*  Bohn. 

6*  1\ faster  Charlee  Banbury,  eldest  son  of 
Katbatme  Horn^k.  This  picture,  like  No.  4, 
was  retained  by  Sir  Joshua,  and  left  in  his  will  U> 
the  mother.  "  To  Mrs.  Bunbury,  her  son's  pic» 
turcw"  It  is»  ensraved  in  Iftrge,  by  Howard,  m  a 
style  of  unri vailed  brightness  and  richncsB  of 
colour*  Tlie  possessor  of  fine  proofs  of  numbers 
2,  3,  4,  and  6»  is  a  man  to  be  envied.  The  whole 
of  the  &}x  paintings  are  still  in  the  bands  of  the 
Bunbury  family,  and  long  may  they  remain  un- 
seat te  red. 

I  can  find  no  mention  of  a  portrait  of  their 
brother,  **  the  Captain  in  Lace,"  who,  howerer, 
seems  to  have  been  in  every  respect  wortbjr  of 
his  sisters  —  those  two  lovely  Devonshire  girls, 
who  had  the  sin^lar  fortune  to  be  loved  by 
Burke,  painted  by  Heynolda,  and  sung  by  Gold<* 
amt^*  ChittbiiDBoog* 

CRANCELIK:  ARMS  OP  PRINCE  ALBERT, 
{y^  S.  V*  457.) 

The  Nouveau  TrailS  de  Bhtson  sa^  enough, 
but  reckons  on  his  readers  understandm^  a  woihI 
which  is  not  to  be  seen  everywhere.  I  cannot 
find  crancelin  in  Iklenesti-ier,  for  instance^  Methode 
du  Bloion,  1688.  Berry  gives  un  entirely  wrong 
blazon*  I  gave  a  short  account  of  the  Saxony 
arms  on  pp.  364*  3^5  of  the  third  volume  of  the 
present  »eries  of  *'  N.  &  Q.,"  which  I  think  will 
answer  the  larger  part  of  A.  A.'s  query.  The 
word  crancelin  h  explained  by  Hiehelet  to  be — 
"  Terme  de  blason,  on  apelle.*'  In  Ricbelet's  time 
they  aflected  to  leave  out  the  second  of  two  cod- 
sonftDta:  ^^ainsi  une  portion  de  couronne,  pos^e 
en  bande  k  travers  d*un  ecu,  et  qui  se  termine  a 
sea  deux  extremitez/'  He  gives  no  derivation  of 
the  word.     But  Ginanni  says :  — 

"CraaeelUno.  Fran.  Cmneelmi  Lat.  MUxIIa  Hulacm. 
EjpU  ^  UQA  mez£«  corona  posta  in  bands.  La  paroia 
Fraaeese  Crancelin  deriv&  cUir  AJ«maniia  Krenalin,  che 
tigOifica  una  piccoU  coroni,  o  Ghirlonda  di  florL" 

D.P. 

8iii&rts  Lodge,  Malvern  Wells. 


**  Crown  of  rue.     T 
Saicmiv  wore  \mnv 


•ddfd  hy  iht  Emncrj 
kedom 


i  armi  of  th©  Dukedom  of 
1  nd  sabla    The  bead  wis 
-J  BArbarasM,  wh«Q  he  ooo- 
tbe  dukedom  to  bcmard  of  Anhult,  who,  destriog 
ffKirk    In   dt^tin'*tt!Bh   liirn  from  the  tlakes  of  the 
for II' I      '  ■        ■      '       rrmc  whieh  he 

bA  hi  eld.    The^ 

arc  ,       '_:_,[_,  1...  .  Alt>ert.     The 

bejifiii^  i»  soRislioiea  caiied  «  dmcal  coronet  in  hend^  and 
soRUktinuMi,  more  property*  a  htnd  archt§  conrntttj/.  It* 
iiflcliin  In  the  arms  ebovu- named  »  vert."— -  Psflier** 


**  Hfl  beu-eth  Or,  a  Bend  ^rff)^^ 
top  Bide  Gutee.     Some  lay  iUv«tii||  thm  yghsy  m  \ 
Co  ton  rtt'tnayei*    Marfan  ht  ^  ^    fi%  uvm^tx  ttiti 
Carotin  in  HerOi,  hut  he  ^i  t>««  mM  (ti 

trilHetl  in  Mtatf)  becaose  it  nam  sUUtod^ 

of  tbe  altiielde. 

♦*  Barry  of  10  ©  I  or]*  snd  ^  [■«•].  mdkm  Bead  ij  fvalj | 
bora  b^'  Fttfr  of  Satfif,  Dnho  «f  SUmtM,  ' 

**  A  A  Feue  S  the  hke  0  bora  by  Vkm  WmftlAm^^ 
Handle  Holiness  Acadea^ o/jinmaf^  l,4^4M,p.S$^ 

DATiDGaK 


Crancelin  is,  of  course,  from  the  Gem&an  Kfim^  I 
lein.  (  Vide  Spener,  **  Prolegomena  ImtQ.  Jkm^  I 
Saxon.,"  in  bis  Par$  Specialis  OperU  HenditL    f 

The  origin  of  the  bearinj?  i?^  bneOr  this  i— Wtai 
tbe  Emperor  Barbarossa  •  ^  the  DdW* 

of  Saxony  upon  Bernhar<1,  mT  Ambu^  I 

ncwiy-ereated  duke  desured  tli«  emperor  to  ^j 
bim  also  an  addition  to  bis  arma,  oy  wIb^  I>  [ 
might  be  distinguished  from  the  otker  wmkm 
of  his  family  who  bore :  Barr^  of  ten  nr  mi  a 
Whereupon  the  emperor,  taking  of^  tlie  Ltdtti 
of  rue  whicb  he  wore  upon  has  beadt  tanvi 
obliquely  across  the  shield  of  the  duke. 

The  fiiliest  and  best  accounts  of  the  ' 


atmmiy  iffTtrmM  vascf  la  BritUh  Hrraldry^  p.  lOSg  ariide 
**  Crown/*^ 

The  word  crancelin  docs  not  occur  in  P4rk«r> 

nr  /i  it  to  be  /bund  to  N*  Bailey^  ♦tXoXinrtt^- 


with  whicb  I  am  acquainted,  are  iImm^  iq  Sjmm 
to  which  I  referred  above;  and  in  Trters,  JU^ 
(un^  zu  tier  Wapeftknmt  (p.  271),  under  gkah^ 
of  "  Wapen  des  Kooigs  in  Pohlctu'* 

J.  Woomrav 
Ntw^Shof^iam* 

Model  of  Ei>n«Bnaott  (S**  S*  v.  Ilfi.\— h 
reply  to  the  inquiries  of  X  R.  B.,  of  wuds 
professor  in  Edinburgh  informed  me  onlyait 
days  since^  I  beg  to  intimate  that  the  toodd  d 
Edinburgh  which  J.  R.  B.  saw  some  yean  «« 
has  been  exhibited  with  great  succeas  itt  BJir 
burgh,  Glasgow,  and  Manchester,  not  fewer  ito 
100,000  persons  having  viewed  it  at  each'|ilaeei 

It  has  been  considerably  enlarged,  mad  Is  QO* 
tainly  the  largest  and  most  accurate  tkai  «tf 
ever  made.  It  now  covers  a  aorface  of  600  tq^  ~ 
feet,  thereby  including  the  citv  vnililn 
liamentary  limits,  and  has  all  in 

improvements  made  to  the  year 
by  a  member  of  my  family.  ^ 

It  is  in  my  possession ;  if  J.  K.  B*  wtiliai 
have  any  further  commuQiGalton«  be  will   -'^ 
address   "  Nisi  Dominus  frustra,"   Kaye*» 
Rooms,  Brown  Street,  Manchester. 

Laot  Mauxkam  (S'^  S.  r.  4960— "^ 
wsis  the  third  dau<>hter  of  Sir  Jobfi  ffarittslM^  i 

Extoii.  KnU  bv  T.iji  V  111*  w<f»',  itnuebtflr  of  T 
Willi:  Marintto*^ 

was  ri  ,  in  IMi* 

He  wft»  tutor  li  ■=^i*«  dm 


y  tit  ^«m«»  \\.  V 


J 


I  25,  '64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUEBEES- 


523 


Hsrington,  who  died  t.  p,  in  1G13.  Dotine  wro4© 
,  an  elegy  on  thi^  joung  m&n.  Bridget  Haringtoa 
WAA  born  in  1579  ;  married  Sir  Anthony  MArkbam, 
of  Sedgebrook,  Bart*,  and  wtt»  Lady  of  the  Bed- 
chamber to  Queen  Anne  of  Denmark.  Sir  An* 
thony  Markhatn  died  in  1604,  and  Lady  Markham 
Miy  10,  1609.  The  parish  register  of  Twicken- 
ham shows  that  she  was  on  a  Tiait  to  her  fiister, 
**  Lucie,  Countees  of  Bedford.*' 

**^  Tho  Ladle  Bridget  MarkhAm,  who  dyed  in  the  Ladie 
<d  Bedfotd's  llouae  ia  the  Park,  waa  iaterred  May  X^% 
1609* 

A  very  long  epitaph  is  on  her  tomb,  which  I 
suppose  mny  stiil  be  seen  on  the  south  wall  of 
Twickenham  church,  under  the  gallery. 

ThiiB  Lady  Mark  ham  was  the  mother  of  Sir 
Bobert  Markham  of  Sedgebrook*;  who  was  a 
zealous  Royalist,  although  his  younger  brother 
Henry  did  good  service  to  the  Parliamentarians. 

M.  F. 

P.S.  Lucie,  Countess  of  Bedford,  was  a  great 
benefactress  of  Donne;  who  seems  to  have  re- 
ceived  much  pecuniary  assbtauce  from  her  in  bis 
trcrablei. 

Lady  Exjzabeth  Spelmait  (S**  S.  v.  4B2.)  — 
The  following  pedigree  show*  tlie  descent  from 
the  learned  antiquary :  — 

SirHmi^flttlai&o.  Kct.  llie  fbr>  =  £It«sior«  dso.  mnd  cnh.  of  John 
moMkiitaMvy,UkrulMIt.  DiKll    J       I^  l^trmnr,  ot    iSedffciora.   fa 

in  WciUniMicr  Al>t>cr,  OcU  M,   f     fard,  AfiU  I«*  lOMi  Bw.  J«ly 

IMI^  I     lA,  iiio,  At  tbe«titrftM«  of  St. 

DnedlctXWi  ' 

Clenant  SpdmMi.  TmrncMt  wa,  »  Ifulkm,  dsn.  Bbicoli.  of  Frnek 
Bmo*  iif  the  £s<^Bqtt»r«  ti«p,    I      Majoa,  Etq. 
det.4. 1508,  diM  l«7»     Bur.  iJL   ' 
81*  J>mut«u*».  >  leet  Stnek 


Stery  Bpelmui.  of  WWk-      Jame*  Bpelauua 
OK*.  Ob.  Hw.  Itt,  16H, 
Mt.  «9,  f .  p. «. 


SpelmMD. 
'  bli  Had 


of  Wl&kiuert,  »  Elinlieth.  dkoT UMl^uIr  M«rtin 

tiBiDl»  Otn^.    lU         Cwvr,  Snd  nMt  of  /ohu  £ul  of 
4M1 1711.  Mt4dletoii«  uid  d*.  snd  h.  of 

Hax7  Sjul  of  Mooaotttk. 

G.  ELD. 

Quotations  Wakted  (3'^  S.  v.  495, 496,)— Mb. 
GAJrriixost*5  last  passage  is  the  first  line  of  the 
last  stanza  of  Bishop  Berkeley's  celebrated  and 
beautiful  verses  oo  the  "Prospect  of  Planting 
Arts  and  Learning  in  America."  They  have  often 
been  called  almost  prophetic;  though,  just  now, 
the  vision  is  rather  clouded  over.  See  his  Works^ 
ed.  1820,  Hi.  233.  Ltttbltoiv. 

••  For  roe  let  hoaiy  Fielding  bite  the  ground. 
So  nobler  Pickle  Jtandfl  superbly  bound. 

Who  erer  read  '  the  Regicide  *  bat  swore. 
The  niithor  wnotc  as  man  De*er  wrote  before,** 

■0  Chwribiirs  **  Apology  addressed  to  the  CH- 
rs."   Any  life  of  Smollett  or  Churchill 
1  why  the  lines  were  written. 

P.  W\  TiiKroM^jr. 


**  He  Bet  AA  sets  the  roonuofr  utar*  which  gnet 
Not  down  behind  the  dftrkcoed  west,  nor  hides,*'  &c. 
This  is  from  PoQok*s   Cottrae  of  Time.     Not 
having  the  book  at  hsud^  I  cannot  give  nearer 
particulars.  S.  Shaw. 

LoTALTT  Mbdaxa  (S*^  S*  V.  479.) — ^Thc  quota- 
tion from  the  note  to  the  Diary  of  Sir  Heitry 
Slingxby  is  given  bo  incorrectly  that  it  seems  de- 
sirable to  mention  the  mistakes.  The  words 
"Residvs,"  "Primmiana,"  "Belasyze"  appear  in 
the  query  of  Anon,  instead  of  Btnidmsy  Pimmiana^ 
and  3ela0vte^  which  are  the  word^a  printed  io  the 
Diary,  Ihe  following  part  of  Asox's  quotation 
roust  have  surprised  heraldic  readers :  "  And  it  is 
remarkable  that  the  baron  coat  is  dimidiated,  bo 
that  Scriven  appears  once  at  top,  and  once  below 
barwise  "  Of  course  this  would  not  be  the  result 
of  ditnidiatiog  a  coat  of  four  quarters.  But  the 
statement  of  the  note  in  the  Diary  is :  **  And  it  is 
remarkable  th&t  the  baron  coat  is  dimidiated,  so 
that  Scriven  appears  once  at  top,  and  Slingaby 
once  below,  barwise/* 

It  is  painful  to  reflect  that  Sir  Henry  Slingsbj, 
one  of  the  bravest  and  most  incorruptible  ser* 
vanta  of  the  two  kings  Charles,  should  have  been 
brought  into  peril  of  hii>  life  so  late  in  CromweU's 
life.  That  person  survived  Sir  Henry's  murder 
only  three  months.  After  his  death  such  a  sen- 
tence could  scarcely  have  taken  eOect.        D.  P. 

Stuarts  Lodge,  Malrom  Wells. 

LiTEBABT  Plagiarisms,  etc.  (3"*  S.  v-  4S*J 
Allow  me  to  refer  Ma.  Rebmond  to  a  pamptiTet 
entitled  Literary  Piracies,  Ploffiarisms^  andAitotc' 
g'iest  Dublin,  1863.  It  contains  the  substance  of 
two  lectures  delivered  about  twelve  months  since, 
by  Stephen  N.  Elrington,  Esq.  (known  to  many 
as  **S.  N.  E"),  before  the  Booterstown  Young 
Men's  Christian  Association ;  and  it  well  deserves 
an  attentive  rending*  Within  the  moderate  com- 
pass of  fifty>six  pages,  a  litrge  amount  of  useful  and  . 
mteresting  information  may  be  founds      AnitBA. 

Lascblls  (3"*  S.  V.  400.)  —  In  the  pedigree  of 
Ryther  given  in  Whitaker's  edition  of  Thoresby's 
Leef/sy  it  ia  stated  that  Susanna,  seventh  daughter 
of  Robert  Ryther,  Es^j.  of  Belton,  baptised  in 
1 66s,  and  sofe  executrix  of  her  father's  will  in 
1693,  married Lascells  of  Crowle,  co.  Lin- 
coln. Perhaps  this  may  be  the  lady,  whose  de- 
scent R»  C.  IF.  IL  wishes  to  ascertain.  Did  John 
LasccUs  of  Horncastle  leave  any  descendants  ? 

Cl^BBICUS. 

SfBBEB  :  SiBBEB  SatJCES  (3**  S.  V.  460,)— The 
meaning  of  sibber  sauces  us  "  quietio^'^  sauces** 
would  seem  to  arise  from  a  mistake  in  the  ternu 
In  the  North  Riding  of  Yorkshire,  we  have 
"  sipper  sauces  "  as  applied  to  the  condiments  of 
the  table,  and  vrhwh  we  understand  to  be  those 
extra  in^redv^tvU  w  <i^t\\^w3flx\%  ^\<\rSx  sg.x^'a^-t^^ 
to  l\i«  fo^,  wi^  w^  «5n  %\vg«.^^.  v^^^'^^-  ^  ^^ 


524 


NOTES  AND  QUEBIES. 


[3^a.T«  Jontl^Ut 


essences  to  fisli  and  such  like.  Further,  we  often 
hear  it  &aid  in  the  case  of  nn  Invitation  to  dinner^ 
**  we  can  give  you  a  plain  meal^  but  no  sJpper 
aauces,"  none  of  those  luxurlea  found  at  a  "  re- 
gular spread."  AIbo,  in  the  wav  of  taking  physic, 
the  patient  here  is  told  to  swallow  the  potion 
without  '*  sipperinj; "  or  sippinj;  at  it,  that  is, 
without  tasting  it  slightly,  as  people  are  apt  to  do 
while  mokmg  the  effort  to  bolt  it.  G. 

Whitby. 

Heraldic  Qubft  (3'*  S*  ▼.  478.)  —  The  coaU 
about  which  Ma.  W.  J.  Bkrnhard  Smith  in- 
quires, are  —  L  Hill  of  Hales,  Norfolk.  This  is 
figured  on  p.  410  of  Guillim,  ed.  1724.  2.  The 
lady's  coat  is  Graham,  as  borne  by  the  Duke  of 
Montrose,  the  Gnihams  of  Norton  Conyers,  and 
Netherby,  Should  this  reply  enable  Mr.  Smith 
to  identify  the  date  of  the  match  and  the  persons, 
A  note  in  **  N.  &  Q/'  from  him  would  much  oblige 
me.  D.  P. 

Stoarta  Lotjge,  Mai  rem  WelU. 

SEPTtTAGrKT  (3^  S.  V.  419,  470.)  —  Mr.  Buck- 
T03I  will  much  oblige  if  he  will  read  An  Enquiry 
info  (he  Prenrnt  State  of  the  Septuagint  Verti&n  of 
the  Old  Testament^  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  Henry  Owen, 
F.R.S..  Rector  of  St.  Olave,  Hart  Street,  1769. 
It  is  a  duodecimo,  180  pp.  Its  perusal  will  prove 
that  he  was  well  qualified  to  pronounce  an  opinion. 
The  book  is  a  remarkable  one ;  and  I  desire  to 
know  if  his  charges  of  wilful  corruption  by  the 
Jews  were  ever  attempted  to  be  disproved, 

Nbwlnotonensis. 

Marrow-Bokbs  aw©  Ci^eavers  (a^**  S,  v.  356.) 
The  custom  mentioned  by  your  correspondent 
H.  S.  was  of  frequent,  if  not  constant  occurrence, 
in  the  early  part  of  this  century.  I  was  married 
in  London  in  the  year  1815 ;  and,  on  our  return 
from  church,  a  card  was  sent  in,  to  the  best  of 
my  recollection,  nearly  identical  with  that  quoted 
by  H.  S,,  but  this  postscript  was  added  :  "  Having 
our  BooiLs  of  Prcsidenta  to  Show,"  There  was 
also  an  intimation  that  the  marrow-bones  and 
cleavers  were  in  readiness,  and  would  play  if 
reduired. 

Few  oersons  refused  the  gratuity  (about  five 
shillings)  in  order  to  escape  what  would  have 
been  an  annoyance  to  themselves  and  neighbours. 
My  wife  remembers  the  rough  music,  as  it  was 
called,  playing  occasionally  for  two  days  in  a 
street  in  her  neighbourhood,  and  causing  a  great 
diHurbance :  this  must  have  been  between  fiily 
and  sixty  years  ago* 

The  marrow  bones  and  cleavers  were  played,  a 
few  years  since,  in  the  town  where  I  reside  ;  but 
I  have  not  heard  of  another  instance,  and»  as  th^ 
bridefrroom  was  a  butcher,  perhaps  it  was  only  a 
professional  welcome.  H.  E.  R. 

Diwrou  Six>p  (3'*  S.  r,  414,  416.)    Your  cor- 
respondent  J ATBEM  will  6ad,  in  AtkinsoTk&Mtdicnl 


Bibliography  (p.  304,  London,  18S4), 
marks  upon  Dr.  Burton  ;  amang  whii;lv  hv  a 
commended  for  **his  intimate  acquainiAnee 
ail  the  esteemed  writers  of  his  day**  upon 
subjects  of  which  he  wrote;  and  his  .hs$e^  m 
Midwifery^  spoken  of  as  *^  a  most  Itsamcii 
masterly  worlL'*  The  plates  which  iltustriK 
work  were,  it  is  thought,  taken  from  drawja|^ 
made  by  Stubbs,  the  famous  horse*  painter. 

Mark  or  Thorns  Hkun^u  (a^  S.  ▼.  451)— 
Permit  a  descendant  of  Thor  or  Thorn  (Biiif* 
son's  Medii  JEvi  Kalendarimn^  vol.  ii.  p.  37$)  It 
say  that  the  fylfot  or  **  Son  word"  will  be  ' 
figured  as  an  heraldic  emblem   in  Boatdl, 
fig.  143.     It  will  also  be  found   in  Sabbue 
Gould*s  Iceland^  p,  299,  where   be  wrilrs, 
were  shown   the  stone  in   the    tu'n  of  Tborfa' 
tathr.     The  only  marks  on  it  were  two :   the  fat 
is  certainly  (says  Mr.  Gould)  Thor*s  hammer,  Ui 
second  a  magical  character.**     I  saj  it  is  th«  Di* 
gamma,   hence  your  correspondent    calls  it  tk 
"  Gammodion/'    This  Digamma,  in   the  claw 
has,   as  it  well   known,   three    rorina^   and  tk^ 
stand  each  for  the  figure  six  in  Greek  numei 
power.    But  if  we  ^ura  to  Godfrt?/  Higgiaa,  fi 
find  that  acute  philotogue  referring  the  saiii£  H 
its  analogous  letter  in  Hebrew,  the  great  cuujer' 
tion  or  letter  vau.     I  will  not  occupy  Jctut  fsJr 
able  space  further,  but  if  A.  A.  feeU  aaj  flkii^ 
for  further  information,  I  shall  only  be  loo  hsff^ 
to  show  him  the  power  of  the    Digantiaa,  ^ 
Thor's  hammer,  in  more  than  one  way. 

Lb  Chevaj^ikr  Atr  CtOii- 

37,  Harrow  Road,  W. 

SOTTOK-COUIFIELD    (3"*     S.   V.    37D.)  —  71*1 

words  (of  Henry  VIIL*s  charter)  have  b«tn  tfi* 
immemorial  the  name  of  the  place.  They  tf^ 
taken  from  the  **  Coldfield,'*  which,  wilh  jkt 
**  Chase,**  were  royal  hunting  groundi*  in  tbe  fd^ 
of  King  John,  and  probably  earlier  also, 

D'AmucHcouRT  Famu-y  (3^*  S*  ▼.  4M,y  —A 

family  of  this  name  (ipcllcd  Dabrifi^ecamrt)  •«• 
famous  in  Warwickshire  (Solihull  and  Kii(iwk)iR 
the  sixteenth  oentur/.    See  Dugdak«  jmcii]^ 

"  The  DtTULnt  UaivBRsiTr  Review  **  (.!'*  S.fi 
343,  447.)  —  For  the  informatin>i  •''  v..jircuiW» 
sponclent,  and  in  reply  to  hl»  beg  io 

state  that  the  ncond  vol.  of  thi-  i  In  my 

possession,  and  is  entitled,  **  Thft  fJ<'  -f* 

xity  Remeie,  New  Scries,  Vol.   t,,  Jti  N"o* 

venibcr,  1834.  Dublin:  K,y'  im 

Street,"  pp.  514.      After   i  .»• 

**  Contents  of  No,  W*  and  tU«f«  '*  CouuuUu^  ^o, 
IL.^  New  Seci^is."     As  there  arc  only  tbete  Iwii 


\ 


.  Juxb25,'64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


525 


I 

I 


eac'hf  the  Review  Is  styled  a  "  Quarterly  Maga- 
xioeV*  I  at  first  tbou^fht  thej  bad  been  respectivelj 
I  published  in  January  and  in  April,  1S34|  but  on 
examination  I  found  that  thia  was  not  the  case. 
No  date  is  attached  to  these  numbefs  (though  the 
first  four  were  dated  in  the  Table  of  Contents), 
but,  from  dates  aiforded  by  the  "  University  and 
Literary  Intelligencer**  appended  to  each^  I  find 
that  No.  y.  roust  have  been  published  on  the 
1st  of  May  or  June,  and  the  last  number  in 
November ;  8o  that  these  two  numbers  really 
corered  the  year  1834,  as  the  title-pa^e  declared. 
Mr.  Caesar  Otway  was  the  editor  of  this  magazine 
In  its  quarterly  form,  and  the  Rev.  Charles  S. 
Stamford  was  the  first  editor  of  the  monthly  ferial 
which  followed.  This  periodical  is  interesting,  not 
only  from  the  valuable  matter  contained  in  its 
earlier  numbers,  but  from  its  being  the  only  ma- 
gazine which  has  ever  succeeded  in  Ireland. 

ElRIO!fKACa. 

Caby  Familt  (3'*  S.  V.  398, 468.)— If  Meletes 
will  refer  to  my  query  upon  this  subject  he  will 
observe  that  the  particulars  given  were  derived 
from  a  single  source,  viz.  the  papers  supporting 
the  claim  of  William  Ferdinand  Cary  to  tne  peer- 
age of  Hunsdon.  What  the  precise  value  oi  this 
source  may  be  I  cannot  at  preaent  pretend  to  say, 
but  the  little  experience  which  I  have  had  m 
genealogical  investigations  has  rendered  me  very 
reluctant  lo  accept  any  statement  unsupported  by 
evidence* 

Perhaps  I  ought  to  have  mentioned  that  the 
above  W.  F.  Gary  succeeded  his  cousin,  Robert 
Gary  (seventh  Lord  Hunsdon),  who,  till  his  ele- 
vation to  the  peerage,  had  followed  the  trade  of  a 
weaver  in  Holland.  He  died  unmarried  in  1702; 
and  I  see  that  Banks  (Baronia  Anglica  Coiwen- 
trata^  lu  197),  after  mentioning  this  fact,  adds :  -^ 

"The  heir,  who  may  be  now  •xtant,  not  improbably 
may  be  in  a  litaation  of  life  not  superior,  and  eqaally 
unaware  of  the  rank  lo  which  be  bas  a  right*' 

Your  correspondent  rightly  says,  the  "  question 
still  remains — was  Sir  Robert  the  only  son  of 
(Sir)  Edmund  Y  "  If  the  following  extract  from 
Ly sons' s  Cambridgeshire  be  true,  it  would  appear 
that  he  was  not:  — 

•*  In  1632  it  was  the  property  of  Valentine  Gary,  Biahop 
of  Exeter^  whote  ntphewt  E meatus  Carv,  sold  it  in  1640  to 
the  femily  of  Ventrls.*'—  Page  250,  "Great  Sbelford." 

This  Bishop  Gary  seems  to  have  puzzled  Prince, 
who  claims  him  as  a  "  worthy  of  Devon,**  though 
he  admits  that  he  is  said  to  have  been  born  m 
Korthumbcrland,  C.  J.  Robiwsoii. 

AaiSTOTtK's  Politics  (3'*  S.  ▼.  475.)  —  Mr* 
Lewei*  needs  no  defender :  but  I  suspect  Ma. 
BtfCRTOK  i^  in  some  confusion.  I  am  not  indeed 
Aware  from  what  source  Mr.  Lewes  has  derived 
his  statement  that  Ari^stotle  described  255  consti- 
tutions ;   and  I  a^ree  that  it  h  inaccurate  to 


describe  the  extant  Treatise  on  Politics  as  a  little 
one. 

But  on  the  other  banii^  I  do  not  suppose  Mr. 
Lewes  meant  literally  that  Arnold  had  **com* 
mittcd  to  memory  *'  that  treatise,  or  any  part  of 
it,  but  only  that  he  was  quite  familiar  with  it. 

I  wish,  however,  to  refer  Mr.  Bcckton  and 
your  readers  to  the  end  of  the  preface  to  the  third 
volume  of  Amold'ei  Thucydides  (pp.  xx.  xxi»), 
which  will  show  what  Mr.  Lewes  seems  to  refer  to* 
Aristotle  certainly  does  not  give  255  "  outlines," 
The  words  which  Mr.  Buckton  quotes  show  tbat 
those  outlines  were  in  works  now  lost.  What 
Arnold  says  is  this  :  — 

^  Even  in  Europe  and  America  it  would  not  be  easy  to 
collect  such  a  treasure  of  exp«rience  as  the  constitutiotia 
of  *  153  ^  commonwenlths  aloog  the  various  coasts  of  Ihe 

ModiterrnDean  offered  to  Aristotle So  rich 

was  the  experience  which  Aristotle  enjoyed,  bot  which  to 
OS  it  only  attainable  mediately  and  imperfectly  through 
hti  other'writings :   hi*  own  record  of  «U  theae  comm^in- 

wealths having  oobappily  perished.^' 

'  Lttteltoh* 

Sl7CC£9SIOif   THaot;OH   TBS    MOTHES    (3^*  S.  T. 

459.) — Fiat  Justitia  seems  ignorant  of  the  pro- 
visions of  the  statute  18  Victoria,  chap,  xxiii. ; 
for  which  improvement  in  the  law  of  Scotl«md, 
and  others  of  a  valuable  kind,  the  country  i»  in- 
debted to  Mr,  Duulop,  M,P,  for  Greencidt.  I 
quote  the  words  of  sections  4  and  5 :  — 

*♦  4.  Wbcn  an  intestate,  dying  without  leaving  issue 
whose  flit  her  has  predec«a*ed  hira»  shall  be  aorvived  by 
his  mother,  she  Bhall  have  right  to  one^third  of  his  move- 
able ( i.  fl.  pertoHaf)  eitate  in  preference  to  hia  brothers 
and  Sisters,  or  their  deacendants,  or  other  next  of  kin  of 
itich  intestate." 

"  5.  Where  an  intestate,  dying  without  leaving  issue, 
wboa«  father  and  mother  have  both  predeceased  him, 
shall  not  leave  t^ay  brother  or  sister,  german  or  coniaa- 
gninean,  nor  any  descendants  of  a  brother  or  sister,  ger- 
man or  consangaineAQ,  but  shall  leave  brotbem  and 
tiatera  utcriue,  ot  a  brother  or  sister  uterine,  or  any  de- 
scendants of  A  brother  or  sister  uterine,  such  brothers  and 
sisters  uterine,  and  such  descendanta  in  place  of  their 
predeceasing  parent  ahall  have  right  to  one  half  of  his 
moveable  eatate," 

G. 

Edinburgh* 

MisquoTATiona  bv  gbxat  AuTBOBmES  (3'*  S. 
V.  454.)— I  am  afraid  that  no  efforts  of  **K.  &Q." 
can  prevent  occasional  misquotations  by  great 
aulhorities^ — occasional  uoddinf^s  of  Homers;  but 
cannot  something  be  said  to  open  the  eyes  of  the 
world  to  the  cruel  wrong  done,  in  invariably  at- 
tributing the  parentage  of  one  saying  to  a  lady  in 
this  respect  at  least  perfectly  innocent  ? 

Why  in  the  name  of  fortune  is  it,  that  the  sen- 
timent —  "  Comparisons  are  odorous "  ^is  always 
given  to  Mrs.  Malaprop,  as  it  is  by  newspaper 
writers  (who  are  the  people  fondest  of  this  useful 
and  hardworked  Quotation)  of  every  degree*  and 
without  exception  f     I  met  with  an  amuainq;^  la- 


526 


NOTES  AND  QUEEIEa 


a  paper  of  %fbicb  the  writers  nre  of  Tery  unequnl 
merit  cerUiniy,  but  none  of  them  usually  ignorant 
of  oommon  English  literature.  TLe  eontrihutor 
of  a  column  of  gossip  wrote,  aF  it  is  the  hiibit  of 
guch  contributors  to  write:  **  But  *  comparisons 
are  odorous/  as  Mrs.  Malaprop  says."  Some  cor- 
reepondeut^  chivalrous  enough  to  attempt  the 
[  thofieless  enterprise,  wrote  to  call  attention  to  the 
misquotation ;  whereupon  the  writer,  in  a  next 
week's  erratum,  attributes  the  saying  to  its  true 
author — the  sapient  Dogberry ;  and  asserted  that| 
what  Mrs.  Malaprop  does  say,  is  — "  Ko  compari- 
flonSf  Miss ;  comparisons  don't  become  a  young 
woman."  In  the  course  of  the  following  week, 
he  apparently  discovered  that  he  had  not  yet 
done  full  justice,  and  had  totally  missed  the  point 
of  what  Sheridan  wrote ;  and  in  a  still  farther 
erratum  he  gets  right  at  last,  by  quoting  Mrs. 
Malaprop  correctly,  as  saying:  *VNo  caparisons, 
Miss  ;  caparisons  don*t  become  a  young  woman." 
So  that,  to  set  the  x>oor  latly  completely  right, 
even  with  an  author  willing  to  make  handsome 
reparation,  was  as  dit£cult  as  driving  a  joke  into 
a  Scotch  head  is  said  to  be.  And  after  all  my 
mind  miagives  me,  that  the  next  time  I  see  the 
quotation  made  use  of  in  a  smart  article,  in  what 
newspaper  soever,  it  will  atand  as  it  always  has 
stood  :  **  *  Compariscms  are  odorous,*  as  Mrs.  ila- 
laprop  say 8.^*  C.  A.  L, 

IIashijigf  n^Tonis  a  Justice  or  the  Peace  (3^* 
B.  T.  400, 469.)— The  following  notice  of  such  mar- 
sbgea  ifl  extracted  from  a  HUtory  of  the  Parochial 
Ckurek  ofBymley,  by  T.  T.  Wilkinson,  F.R.A.S., 
Member  of  the  Literary  and  Philosophical  So- 
ciety of  Manchester,  &c.,  &c.,  1856.  The  Rev. 
Henry  Morris,  an  "  able  and  orthodox  divine,*' 
was  incumbent  of  Burnley  from  a,\>*  1040  to  aj>. 
1653.  On  September  20,'  1653,  he  was  *' chosen 
by  the  inhabitants  and  householders  of  the  pariah 
to  be  their  Registrar;"  and  their  selection  was 
approved  by  "Richard  Shuttlewortb  [of  fJaw- 
thorpe],  and  John  Starkie  [of  Iluntroyde],''  two 
of  the  resident  magistrates  for  the  district.  In 
the  capacity  of  registrar,  Mr*  Morris — 
**  Bppew  as  neitfkut  to  Mrvcnil  muniagoi  iMfore  the 
'  JiMticBs  of  the  Pwcej'  and,  at  the  close  of  the  iecoDd 
€Otry  i»r  marriage,  it  i«  added  in  the*  register  that  pub- 
lication erf"  banns  *  was  first  made  in  Burnley  Charch,  on 
the  Lord's  Dav,  accordioff  to  Act  of  Parliameat*  Ainoog 
the  iMriiost  of  iho*c  who  availed  tbemaetvea  of  thase 
opportoDtticf,  we  find  the  names  of  '  Richard  Pollaid, 
«f  Hatwgbttui  Eavev  Linen  Weaver,  and  AUc«  Sa^ar, 
daughter  of  Onte^  Sagar,  of  Wahhaw,  Httsbondmaa/ 
whii  were  *rnArri^'1   '       '*    V     '  >^i-   »^i         -v     i  -,     ^f 


of  the  Mrrices  of  ihe  Justice*;  H 
*  George  HaiBl«Ail«  of  Hank  Hoiisei 
of  Ext  wist  !«,*  at**'. '  l^eter  Orfn«f«4a,  Of  i 
man,  and  fejuMu  Barcrofl,  daiiglit^  of  T1*«iJiaa  1 
Gentleman/  were  united   by  ilie  •anw  mma^i  *ia% 
presence  of  me,  Henry  Morri«»   lllai*i«fJ    TW< 
the  whole  of  tbeae  extracla,  it  la  t«rio«a  t*  fi*^ 
careful  diitinctton  which  ie  piuatiittd  1i^w«<q  ikm  i 
men  and  the  E$qHirei.     The  UtUr  titl*  if  •»««■ 
applied  to  members  of  the  higheai  fiuBHia  ia  lM«  i 
bourhood,  whiUt  the  former  U  th«  QOtnfa«»Q  da 
thow  bdonging  to  the  inferior  gcBtfy,"*— Pyi.  \ 

SfiHTBWcua  coiTTAnraiG  BUT  Oiim  Yom  (?* 

S.  V.  419.)— I  have  heard  octogenmrkai  ftty  te 
in  the  good  old  day*,  when  «ip|ier  waa  a  Ml 
and  a  jovial  meal,  it  waa  custoiiMU^  '^^ 
young  people,  in  addition  ta  ootnpoatqg 
and  rebuses,  to  try  to  invent  acnteiMsei  o 
only  one  vowel ;  and  then  to  pux^le  €Aeb 
decipher  them  by  writinur  down  the  vowel  CM^i 
certain  distances,  iilUng  un  the  required  HOW 
of  consonants  by  so  many  dots. 

I  quot«  from  memory  a  lentencc  from  a  «^ 
script  book  of  charades  and  puzzles,  da(«d  ifc* 
1799  ;  and  could  I  at  this  moment  lay  crv  W 
on  the  book,  might  perhaps  find  other*  of  ifc 

nature : — 

••  Pwirvere  ye  pwftct  iiien, 
£Vir  keep  tlusa  pwcrpta  t<iu" 

Doubtless,  at  the  time  the  thing  was  fe  fCg* 
ther<5  were  hundreds  of  sentences  kisow«,_^ 
taining  only  one  vowel  in  each  ;  and  it 
now  be  difficult  for  any  one  of  ordinArj 
to  string  a  whole  paranjfliph  together  (m 
For  instance,  the  following  improaipttt  1  1^ 
jnat  made  during  the  List  ten  minutes :  — 

lamar  Anxi.  Mognall  wof  at  a  gwr  bdU  «t  Jd^i^t* 
bst  iltiy  Day,  aad  hiid  a  hand  at  ctmla. 

An  example  of  the  curioaity  ioquired  for  Wilt 
Fraqer,  is  furnished  by  the  old  t»aszle.   ^AM^m 

vowel  to 


Gawthnrp*!,  on" 
County  of  Lort 
y$ar  of  otir  ! 
•applv  thif  n  ( 

thome» 
Bloekbii 


lei 

of 


«P,a.B.V.B.T.l».ll»F.C.T*lt.Jf, 

v -  a .  K .  p  -  T .  H . a .  P . » » c,  P. t.  a . T#ii*' 

and  you  will  hftve  a  senttoee,  t.tf. — 

"  Pffrscrere  ye  perfect  men, 
JSver  k«*p  th«i«  pwcepti  tjet/* 

As  a  specimen  of  comrHJsitirm    tnlhoni 
nanis^  T  copy  a  Wcl«h  \- 
*^St.  David^B  Day,**  in  I 
1864:  — 

"  0*1  wiw  ^y  I  w«o  4  &  a1  wfiaa, 
()*l  WTTtn  e  wcu« 
E'  «t*mi  *i\  **  ftia* 
A*i  weaa  yw  l«ufu  ia.** 


St*  Swims.] 


shuU  have  (»oni 


W( 


&  Y,  JinrE  25,  ^M.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


527 


C,  inquires,  but  of  the  other  public  librariej 
of  Constantinople :  for  the  cataloirues  are  in  pro- 
gress, and  I  saw  the  proof  in  the  bands  of  Munif 
BiFendi.  Although,  as  H.  C.  intimates,  the  Porto 
18  liberally  dis^posLil,  as  was  shown  in  the  late 
iearch  for  the  Huntrarian  ]\ISS.^  yet  there  is  no 
particular  reawon  to  be  aaiFguine  of  finding  Euro- 
pean MSS.  of  value,  my  more  thnn  in  the  Hun* 
gartan  ease.  Htde  Clab&&, 

196,  Piccadilly, 

CoOTK^  EabL  Of  BSIXAMOKT  (S***  S.  V.  346.) 

The  Ifarony  of  CoUoony  was  conferred  in  166D, 
the  earldom  of  Bellaraont  In  1689,  and  the  titles 
became  extinct  in  1800,  The  arms  were:  Arg*  a 
chev.  between  three  coots  sa^  beaked  and  memb. 
eu*,  in  chief  a  mullet  or,  CresL  A  coot,  as  in 
2ie  arms ;  supporters,  two  wolves  erm. 

J.  WOODWABD. 

NewSborebim. 

QutJTATiow  Wasttki  (S"*  8.  iv.  499;  t.  62, 

4e9.)— 

•*  God  and  the  Boctor  wo  aliko  adore." 

The  true  version  of  this  epi;zT[im  is  to  be  found 
in  the  Works  of  John  Owen  of  Oxford,  My  edi- 
tion  is  Elzevir,  1647,     The  book  \s  rather  rare. 

*^  JntranUs  medici  fades  tres  este  vid^ntur 
^^rotnntt  j  bominia^  Dsmonis,  a  (que  Dei. 
Cum  priraam  accwtit  medicus  dixitque  salatem, 
•Ell  Dcus,*  aat,  ^castoa  •ng^la?.'  »g«r  aiL 
Cum  morbum  medician  fugarerit,  *  ecco  homOi' 

damat. 
Cum  posclt  medicos  prKoiia,  *  Vade  Satan !  *  '* 

QcOTAtTON  TOimD  (3*^  S.  V.  378.)  — 
"  This  booke. 
When  Braftso  and  Marble  fmle,  shall  make  thee  lo<>ke 
Fre«!i  to  nil  Agea/* 

These  lines  are  from  the  "ComtnendatoryYerses" 
to  the  "  Memorie  of  the  deceased  Author,  Maister 
W.  Shakespeare,"  prefixed  to  the  folio  of  1623. 

ESTE. 

Whittled  Dowif  (3**  S,  v.  435,)  —  I  question 
whether  this  expression  was  in  common  use. 
X  rather  think  Watpole  uses  it  merely  mel&pbor- 
icallj.  Whittle,  both  in  its  substantive  and  verbal 
forms,  has  always  been  used  in  Scotland  and  in 
the  North  of  England.  To  white  is  very  coomiou 
in  Scotland  (I  can  only  speak,  however,  of  the 
West). 

In  readinfj  the  note,  it  struck  me  that  whit^ 
**  not  a  whit*'  might  mean  literally  '*  not  a  whit- 
tling/* **  not  a  chip."  The  family  is  a  very  nu- 
merous one  in  our  language,  and  baa  many 
branches.  While,  Withe,  Wither,  &c.  &c. — the 
cant  word  too,  witcher  =  silver,  white  metal.  Is 
there  any  possibility  of  connectinpr  wii^  and  kin, 
with  the  family  under  notice,  Whii=^^  point, 
that  which  is  whittled  to  a  point;  tvighl—quick^ 
sharp ;  a  wit,  is  a  quick,  sharp,  person ;  so  needs 
a  witch  to  be  sharp  and  cumuog,  Aetwiiig.    But  I 


forbear,  lest  I  draw  down  the  withering  wite  of 
professional  word- twisters.  By  tlie  way,  there  is 
frreat  confusion  in  the  early  uses  of  }ri/<?=^ blame, 
Quite^to  requite,  and  Quil^  m  its  various  mean- 
ings and  campomada.  J.  D.  CAJipnaiiL. 

Hebaldic  Queet  (5^  S.  v.  478.) — The  names 
of  the  arms  inoaired  after  by  Ma,  W.  J.  Bebi^ b abd 
Smitu  of  the  Temple  will  be  found,  upon  consul- 
tation with  Burke^s  Armoury^  to  correspond  with 
the  respective  surnames  of  Hill  and  Qraham, 

H.  GwTif. 

RiCHABBSOX  (3^  S.  V.  72,  123,  165,)— I  am 
greatly  gbliged  to  Sm  Tromas  Winhisgton  aad 
C.  J,  R.  for  their  information.  I  stated  tliAt 
Conon  Richardson  was  Abbot  of  Pejrshore  on  tihe 
uttthority  of  a  MS.  in  the  College  of  Arms,  of 
the  date  1633-4,  marked  C*  24,  2.  It  is  there 
stated  that  ^*  Conon  Richardson,  sometime  Abbot 
of  Pffpshore  in  Com,  Worcester,  and  married 
after  the  demltdion  the  d.iughter  of  Mr-  Pates  of 
Bredon,  co.  Vigorn,  &c,"  1  find  at  p.  72  there 
are  three  erroneous  statements:  1.  Henry  Ridi- 
ardson  was  limng^  not  buried^  a.d.  1634;  2,  his 
wife  was  daughter  of  Anthony  Nicholles,  not 
!Nicholls ;  and  3.  the  wife  of  William  Richardson 
was  daughter  of  Robert  Kerrison,  not  Harrison, 
The  above-named  Henry  Richardson's  signature 
is  on  the  document  I  have  referred  to.  Probably 
a  further  light  could  be  thrown  on  the  pedigree 
by  a  search  amongst  the  wills  in  the  Probata 
Court  and  in  the  District  Courts  of  Worcester, 
Gloucester,  and  perhaps  Bristol,  and  very  pro- 
bably additional  information  could  be  obtained 
from  the  invaluable  collection  of  Sir  Thomas 
Phillipps,  but  for  the  present  1  am  unable  to  avail 
myself  of  any  of  those  sources  of  information. 
Capt.,  after  wards  Major  Edward  Richardson,  died 
about  A.i>.  1698.  He  was  the  ancestor  of  the 
Richardsons  of  Richhill,  co.  Armagh. 

I  find  on  reference  to  Foss's  Judges  and  to 
Manning's  Lives  of  the  Spmkers^  that  Sir  Thomas 
Richardson,  Ch.  J.  C.  P.,  and  afterwards  of  K.  B., 
was  son  of  the  Rev,  Dr.  Thos,  Richardson  of 
Mulbarton,  Norfolk ;  was  born  at  Hard  wick, 
July  3,  1559,  and  died  4  Feb.  1635.  His  second 
wife  was  created  Baroness  Cramond,  with  re- 
mainder to  his  children  by  his  first  wife.  The 
title  became  extinct  in  1735. 

U.    LOTTUS   ToTTBIfBLAM. 

DncHATLA  (8^  S,  V.  477.)— Charles  Dnminique 
Marie  Blanquet  Du  Chayla  wus  an  early  pupil  of 
the  Polytechnic  School,  which  he  entered  in  1795, 
three  years  before  Poisson.  He  was  aftt^rwarda  a 
naval  engineer — ojficier  de  g^nie  maritime^iaMd 
finally  became  Inspector* General  of  the  Univer- 
sity. I  doubt  if  his  name  would  appear  In  a 
biographical  dictionary  :  and,  unless  there  be 
something  of  his  in  the  Ctrrrespandance  sitr  CE'caU 


S28 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES- 


matbemftdcQl  works^  it  is  likel]r  that  Iiifl  cele- 
brated proof  of  tbe  composition  of  forces  ia  his 
only  roemoricJ.  This  proof  wa»  published,  so  fur 
as  I  know  for  tbe  first  time,  by  Poissoiii  in  the 
first  edition  of  Lis  work  on  mechanics.  Tbb,  ftnd 
it£  ovtn  ingenuity,  has  given  it  European  circula- 
tion. Poisson  has  preserved,  in  the  same  way, 
the  name  of  M.  Defers,  Professor  in  the  College 
Bourbon,  attached  to  a  verification  of  Fourier's 
celebrated  definite  integral*  Of  M.  Deflers  I 
know  nothing  more.  A.  De  Mosgak. 

Tombstones  ahu  Memoriai^s. — The  note  (3*^* 
S.  T.  408)  is  another  iostance  of  the  frightful  wny 
in  which  the  memoriala  of  our  forefathers  are 
being  obliterated  by  the  so-called  **  restorers  **  of 
our  old  edifices.  Some  stand  should  be  made 
vgainst  this  wholesale  destruction.  I  heard  an 
architect  state  that  he  always  first  swept  away 
the  ** Pagan"  works,  before  be  took  any  pains 
About  the  restoration  of  the  building.  Could  not 
the  architect  be  indited  under  some  ecclesiastical 
law?  Or,  does  the  bishop's  faculty  (when  ob- 
tained) cover  all  such  abujes?  W.  P. 

FcirSBAL    AND    ToMU    OF    QtJfSX    EurAnKTu 

(3^S.  V-  434.)— Fart  of  this  statement  has  already 
appeared  in  W^alpole's  Anecdotes  of  Painten,  ^x\, 
Wornum*s  edition,  1B62,  p.  195.  Maximilian 
Fowtran,  Foutraine,  also  called  Colt,  or  Colte,  was 
master  sculptor  to  the  monarchs  James  I.  and 
Charles  I.  No  doubt,  he  was  the  designer  of  this 
work ;  but  Walpole  adds  that  John  de  Critz,  *'•  I 
suppose,  gave  the  design  of  the  tomb.^  De  Critz 
was  a  painter  and  decorator  attached  to  the  house- 
hold of  both  the  above-named  monarchs.  There 
is  plenty  of  painting  and  gilding  about  the  tomb 
to  cost  the  100/.  mentioned. 

Wtatt  Fapworth, 

Havkt  Budd  (3"^  S.  V.  417.)  — From  the  Re- 
cords  of  the  Royal  Court  of  GuernseTi  I  find  that 
this  gentleman  was  living  in  the  island  in  May. 
1755,  at  wb'ch  time  he  boucht  two  fields;  and 
that  for  many  years  after  this  date,  he  was  en- 
gaged in  commerce,  and  made  other  purchases  of 
reid  property.  On  the  1 1th  of  June,  1766,  be 
was  sworn  Hecetrer  of  the  Revenues  of  the  Crown 
in  the  islands  and  held  this  o65ce  until  the  29th  of 
October,  1768 ;  shortly  after  which  time  he  fell 
into  pecuniary  difficulties.  He  was  alive  in  Feb- 
ruary, 1782  ;  was  absent  from  the  island  on  tbe 
13th  of  May  following,  when  proceedings  were 
taken  against  him  by  his  creditors;  and  must 
have  died  before  the  9th  of  December,  for  on  this 
day  proceedings  were  commenced  against  his  real 
property  in  the  island,  of  which  his  brother  Wil- 
liam Budd  hrtd  declared  himself  heir  "sous 
b^n^fice  d*iiivcntaipe/' 

It  seems  to  have  been  his  intention  to  publish  a 
hhtorjr  of  GuetaBeff  fur  iu  the  list  o(  ixM  oX^rn^ 


to  be   fcmnd   the  iciJQowiii| 


of  his   ereditoTS  it 
item :  — 

*'  Uaac  Dobr^e,  Ec%  a  d^Lar^  lid  Hn  d4  mm  Oota 
qQ'll  avan^  poor  la  soubscription  do  l*biiCatra  ia  Hi 

Gueniesey." 

Can  S.  T.  R.  inform  me  whttl  becttoe  ef  % 
eollectioas  made  by  Henry  Budd  for  baa 
history?     Berry  has  mixed  up  80  latt 
neous  matter  with  his  work,  Urst  it  it 
but  a  history  of  the  island;    i  1t!«,'lfc< 

are  indications  in  it  of  his  ha\  ^  <  .  .-^qm 

able  materials  before  him,  if  be  had  kiKiwii 
to  use  them.  Edgas  Mac  Chuacb. 

Gu«ms«y. 

There  was  a  Henry  Budd,  Esq.,  of  S5,  RiMMi 

Square,  and  Maine  Parade,  Brighton  (1931), 
subsequently  of  Pepper  Park,  Reading,  JBetka, 
died  Jan.  10, 1862;  Charlotte,  bia  wife^  havinj;! 
Jan.  30, 1848.  Their  eldest  son,  Hichmrd,  ditdlm, 
26, 1 890 ;  Kmmcline,  youngest  dau^bter^  Apf^  11 
1851 ;  and  Charlotte^  tbe  eldest  aftugbter,  SifL 
28,  1854.  These  datei^  I  take  fram  a  haodM 
mausoleum^  about  twenty  feet  high,  at  the  fi^ 
treme  north  end  of  the  churchyard  of  Sl  Nitlk^ 
Brixton  Road.  Inscribed  on  it^  nortli  £aoe  iL* 
"  Richard  Budd,  Esq.,  born  in  this  pansii  Kfi^ 
26,  1748,  and  late  of  Russell  Square,  Lobte* 
died  July  S,  1824.  This  Mausoleum  was  rstmi 
as  a  memorial  of  afiectton  to  a  respected  pSEOl 
by  his  youngest  son,  Henry  Budd,  £00.^ 

T.CX 

Oaionr  or  Faioa's  **Thief  awd  Comt>KUB* 
(S'^  S.  V.  475.)  — A.  A.  will  find  tbe  eptgrmo.  h^ 
ginning  *'*'  Bardellam  monachus/'  in  the  firtt  bool 
of  Owen*s  Enigranu^  123.  A  trajislation  UgivS 
in  Booth's  JEpigrams^  Ancient  and  Alodum^  p»  Si\ 
but  without  the  author's  name.  But  it  is  not  i»* 
probable  that  Prior  got  some  of  hia  Ideas  froB 
another  epi^am  by  Georgius  Sabinas^  mtamA^ 
Luther,  which  runs  as  follows  :  — 

*'  Ih  SuetrdoU  Fmrtm  cansoiAmU. 

**  Qaidam  lacrtBcua  far«Tn  comltatus  eon  tern,         

Hue  tibi  dat  sonti'ii  eamiflciiui  acvci^ 
*  Ne  fiis  iDoestuA,*  ait*  *  ■ummi  convivm  Tcmami 

Jam  cum  cn^Hfihu^  ^*i  tiu^ln  cr«dt«)  «fiai* 
I  Ho  gemeiift» '  ria  pr»bea» 

S«crilicu8  conlru:  '  Mibi  iK>n  rtmririm  Cut  est 
Ducerejejunaai  hie  edo  lac«  nihil." 

J,  R  a 

pA&Antn*a  ^'  Devises  HaaoiQUKs  "*   (9*^  &  t< 

485.) — It  may  possibly  be    *'        ^  nse  to  tncailioi 
that  I  posseas  a  copy  of  1  ,  pubUahcd 

Lyons  in  1557  ;  and  that,  i.mm.  ^i.v  U^te 
to  the  deilication,  it  would  appear  to  kaVn 
the  first  edition.     A  cony  was  sold  to  a  * 
bookseller  by  Messrs.  ootheby  St  WilkinMia  tot 
IL  10#.,  June2I,  1860. 

Umwitt  FkHu.r  (2***  8.  vl  826,  831.  421.  4W» 


tio&king^  extracts  from  wilb  in  Doctors'  Commons, 
ikindly  furnisli  me  with  genealogical  extracts  from 
the  wills  below  mentSoned,  t43  enable  me  to  un- 
ravel the  tangled  threads  of  the  descent  of  the 
»      tiouses  named  in  2"*  S*  vi.  465  ;  with  the  view  of 
assisting  in  the  compilation  of  my  history  of  the 
L      honsest  the  pedigree  of  families,  and  biographical 
notes  of  individuals  ?    I  shall  be  happy  to  reim- 
p      burse  any  expenditure  involved  in  the  search* 

kAnd  as  this  is  a  matter  of  private,  and  not 
public  interest,  and  the  information  if  inserted  In 
**  N.  k  Q-"  would  only  needlessly  occupy  valuable 
fpaoe,  I  append  my  address. 
Wm.  Hewett,  ctoth  worker,  ohiit  Jime  1599 ;  buried  at 
Si.  PAurs. 
'  John,  obiit  1602. 

Sillomon^  or  Solomon,  obiit  lo03. 
^.      Frauds,  obiit  15^7« 

II  J.  F.  N,  H. 

^1     Yellndor  House,  Trevine,  HsTerfordweBL 

t  CtJEioDs  Sign  Manual  ^3'*  S.  y,  436)  —  In 
rcpl^  to  H,  C.  I  may  state  that,  as  a  Land  Com- 
I  missioner  in  Turkey,  I  have  seen  the  thumb 
dipped  in  ink,  and  applied  as  a  signature  to  n 
[©onveyance  or  land-receipt  by  low-class  Mus- 
sulmans,  and  by  the  ray  ah  Greek  landowners. 
This  is  a  usual  way ;  but  there  are  few  Mussul- 
miuia  without  a  signet,  such  as  are  sold  cheap 
in  the  market  ready  made  (Mahomed,  Ahmed, 
Mustafot  &c.) ;  and  the  Greeks  very  often  sign 
with  a  cross.  It  is  only  of  late  that  any  rayah 
Greek  can  write  his  name  in  Greek. 

Htds  Claak^. 
196  a,  Piccadilly. 

BcETOit  Family  (3^  S,  v.  140.)  —  May  I  be 
allowed  to  thank  Ma.  Stkss  for  his  information 
respecting  the  Burtons  of  Weston-under-Wood, 
which  was  particularly  interesting  to  me,  as  it 
tended  to  confirm  and  throw  light  on  some  points 
in  the  genealogy  which  I  was  anxious  to  have 
cleared  up.  I  should  be  glad  to  know  whether 
any  mention  of  the  family  occurs  in  the  heraldic 
Visitations  for  Derbyshire.  E.  H,  A. 

Glass  (3'*  S.  v.  400.)— The  following  extract 
is  taken  from  Strype's  edition  of  Stow's  Survey  of 
London^  foL^  1720,  p.  8  ;  — 

"  These  Saxons  were  likewiac  (as  the  Britons  were) 
ifnorant  of  the  Architect  ure  or  Btiildingwilh  Stone,  until 
the  yesr  of  CbrUt  ik:lxxx.  For  there  it  U  affirmed  that 
Benet,  Abbot  of  Wirral,  master  to  the  Rtsverend  Bede, 
first  brought  Masoas  and  Workmen  in  ^Stone  into  thia 
lahmd  among  the  Saxons." 

This  appears  to  give  the  date  wanted,  but  the 
original  authority  is  not  stated,  a.u,  674  is  the 
date  usually  given,  W*  P. 

Loim  CLojvMtLLL's  ^*  DiAJir  "  (3'*  S.  v*  477.)  — 
In  answer  to  your  correspondent  Abhba^  relative 
to  Lord  C}oDmd"s  I>tary^  I  beg  to  say  that  I  have 


I       in  ai 
H  to  L 


seen  at  least  four,  if  not  five  copies  of  such  a  pub* 
lication.  I  believe  that  it  never  was  regularly 
sold  as  a  publication;  but  was  printed  by  Lord 
Clonmcl  for  distribution  solely  amongst  his  own 

Erivate  friends.  As  an  Irish  judge  and  politician, 
is  Lordship  occupied  a  foremost,  if  not  a  very 
distinguished  place.  He  was  not  a  man  of  genius, 
and  hardly  of  talent ;  but  he  acted  in  stormy  and 
perilous  times,  and  his  antagonistic  feeling  to  his 
great  rival  Lord  Clare  (the  Irish  Chancellor),  in- 
duced him  to  put  forth  all  his  powers.  From  a 
perusal  of  his  Diary ^  I  should  say  that  he  was  a 
selfish  man,  whose  maxim  wa.^  *^  Apres  moi  1e 
deluge."  He  was  a  wine -bibber  and  a  gourmand 
to  an  extravagant  extent;  and  a  great  deal  of 
his  Diary  is  occupied  with  abuse  oi  Lord  Clare, 
and  in  praise  or  dispraise  of  the  dinner  he  ate  the 
day  before. 

Some  years  ago  (1857),  Sotheby  sold  three 
copies  of  this  unique  but  not  very  respectable 
production.  I  believe  that  Cambridge  posseases 
a  copy,  that  the  Duke  of  Devonshire  possesses 
another,  and  that^  more  recently,  the  Dublin 
University  Library  (or  Dublin  Society,  I  know- 
not  which,)  has  purchased  another — at  the  enor- 
mous price  of  56*.  Ephraim  W.  M*Miwimie. 
Sadholt  Cottage,  Clondalkin. 

E&ROTTEOUS      MOKUMSNTAI.     IltSCStrTlONS     IK 

Bristol  (3'*  S»  v.  289,  36«*)  —  Ma.  PaiCE  seems 
to  doubt  the  identity  of  CoL  John  Porter,  the 
eldest  brother  of  the  Misses  Porter,  with  the  **  un- 
fortunate officer,"  J.  B.  Porter,  whose  death  in 
Castle  Kushen  prison  is  mentioned  in  the  volume 
of  the  Oen&emarCs  Magazine  to  which  I  before 
referred.  I  was  always  under  the  impression  that 
John  Porter,  origindly  an  officer  in  the  army, 
having  afterwards  gone  out  as  a  merchant  to  An- 
tigua, there  fell  a  victim  to  its  dangerous  climate. 
The  Bristol  inscription,  however,  asserts  that  he 
died  in  the  Isle  of  Man,  though,  as  I  have  shown 
by  an  extract  from  one  of  Miss  Porter's  letters, 
the  date  is  given  incorrectly.  I  cannot  help 
coming  to  the  conclusion,  that  the  **  merchant  in 
the  West  In(Het,"  having  probably  been  unfortu* 
nate  in  business,  must  have  returned  borne,  and 
was  the  "  J.  B.  Porter"  noticed  in  Mr.  Urban*s 
pages.  The  second  initiAl  probably  stood  for 
Blenkinsop,  which  was  his  mother's  maiden  name. 
Dr.  Porter  of  Bristol  is  described  on  his  first  wife's 
tombstone  at  Durham,  as  simply  William  Porter, 
M,D.,  though  it  appears  he  also  had  a  second 
name,  viz.,  Ogilvie.  Both  John  and  William  were 
early  in  life  withdrawn  from  their  mother*s  charge, 
which  may  account  for  the  younger  portion  of  the 
family  not  being  aware  perhaps  of  the  embarrassed 
state  of  John's  affairs.  In  reibrring  to  his  decease 
in  the  above  named  letter,  Miss  Porter  goes  on  to 
say,  '^He  was  not  brought  up  with  us  like  Robert, 
neverihckaft  m^  Vw^  \i\wi  ^  ^Nst^N^s^x  ,^>^?!».  \a.w«r^ 


NOTES  AND  QUEBIEa 


[8»«av,  Ji 


John  Hali*,  B,D.  (3**  S.  v.  496.)  — JoHti  Hall, 
BA.,  tras  elected  o  Fellow  of  Trinity  College, 
Cambridge,  1658,  commenced  M;A-  in  due  course, 
jind  proceeded  B.D,  1G66.  On  July  11,  1664,  he 
was  collated  to  the  prebend  of  Ijledon,  in  the 
oburch  of  St.  Taal,  as  he  waa,  Feb.  20,  1665-6,  to 
the  rectory  of  S.  Christopher  le  StockSt  London. 
On  Oct.  5,  1666,  be  was  collated  to  the  rectory  of 
Finchley,  Middlesex.  On  March  31,  1666-7,  he 
exchanged  the  prebend  of  Isledon  for  that  of 
Holywell,  alias  Finsbury.  He  was  president  of 
Sion  College,  1694,  and  died  towards  the  close  of 
1707.  Watt  thus  describes  his  work  t  —  "  Jacob's 
Ladder^  or  a  Booh  of  Sahations  (1),  8vo,  London, 
1676."  Mr.  Hall  contributed  to  the  rebuildinpf  of 
St.  Faara,  and  was  also,  to  a  small  extent,  a  bene* 
factor  to  Sion  College,  but  we  do  not  find  hia 
Jacob's  Ladder  'm  Reading's  Catalogue  of  the 
library  of  that  institution. 

0.  H.  &  Thomfsoit  Coopbk. 

Ounbrid|^ 

Raihe'b  Mabbiage  PottTiox  of  rfilOO  (3"*  S.  V. 
475.) — ^Tliis  account  reminds  me  of  a  similar  por- 
tion which  is  gtveiL  by  the  Quarterly  Meeting  of 
the  Society  of  Friends  in  the  south  of  Ireland,  to 
oung  women,  members  of  the  Society,  who  have 
Ived  for  three  years  either  as  family  servants,  or 
assistants  in  bnsines^  to  members  of  the  Society, 
on  their  marriai^e  with  members  of  said  Society. 
The  portion  given  is  also  lOOl,  L.  J.  F, 

BiCHjUiD  Bbsttlet,  D.D.  (S'*  S.  v.  SOOO-'Yovir 
correspondent,  who  is  struck  by  the  little  pains 
ordinary  readers  take  to  verify  their  statements, 
will  not,  we  hope,  be  offended  at  our  pointing  out 
thatHicburdBontley  the  critic  never  wds  librarieat 
of  Trinity  College,  Cambridge.  He  was  master  of 
that  dijitinguished  society  for  above  forty  years. 
Although  for  a  long  period  Archdeacon  of  Ely,  he 
was  never  Dean  of  Ely. 

C.  H.  &  Tbompsok  Cooper. 

Cambridge. 

IsraCTEIPTlOTJ    AT  PoRCnEBTER  (3'*  S.  V.  479.)  — 

l^e  line*  copied  from  n  mrmument  in  thi»  church 
are  taken  from  Dr.  Young's  Nighi  Thovgkix^ 
Night  Y.  line  600.  Zsta* 


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NOTES  ON  BOOKa  ETC. 


v/  State  Papert.    Dom^jiic  Strk*  of  the  Jiei^ 
ttiew  I.,   1(^34 — 163S,  prtmmd  in   Her  Majettw'9 
B^eord  Offi^    Edkmi  ^  John  Bivoi,  F.&A. 
(Loiigmiui.) 

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the  facetious  [  >  e  of  the  Kln|r*s  Ba^9^ 

Thomas  Bic).  xurd  Coke  (wbme  i 

wiih  his  aecoDd  wire  La'iy  ilAtton,  i 

of  fiiih  Kith  her,  as  here  detuJedyiinf 

pUtc) — Selilfia  and  Attorney- Geoej'ftl  N«  _ 

the  Qdendar  references  to  jn  h  'will  b«  U  i 

grestetc  service  to  tbenL 

io^  oar  social  progrees,  wiU  fiod  abuoaant  son 

instmctlon  am^Ag  the  various  records  now 

made  available  by  this  utcfal  gnida^     Like  all 

ing  Cafendar9t  for  ATbich  xre  have 

BrucCf  the  present  Is  set  oif  by  a  ple«sant,  iastxvc(tffm« 

well-writtea  Preface;  and  completed  bj  a  faXl  tmi 

cumto  Index. 

The  Playi  of  WtUiam  Shaktspeare,     CarrfiMf  i_ 
Thomas  Keightley,     VoU.  I.  and  IL     (B«U  &  i 

We  have  here  the  first  two  volumes  of  «  P«okia  Ai^| 
speare  (to  be  completed  in  aixX  which  will  fc«  i 
to  all  who  love  to  make  a  voluooe  of  the  poefi  ««iil 
their  companion  ia  a  quiet  country  atroU^  ur  whaiiUf  f 
their  ease  at  their  inn.     Beautifully  printed  KyWIi* 
tiagham,  this  compact  ^'et  handsome  edition  ]  '    *  ' 
the  additiooal  temptation  of  being  edited  by  a| 
who  bos  made  our  older  poets  the  stndj  of  i 
Mr.  Keigiitlcy*a  text  may  not  perhapa  commaad  i 
acceptance,  but  it  will  lie  raoogslaed  bjr  aUI  as  dai^fl 
accomplished  scholar. 


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INDEX. 


THIED   SERIES.— VOL.   V. 


Wot  cUiflUcd  AHklef,  •««  AHOMYMDUI  Wokks,  Books  xEOiJtTtv   FcBUxitSD,  EriuJiAati,  Et  itaphi,  Folk  Loit, 

rnOVUDf  AKD   PUIUBef,    QlJOTAT10I«»«   Sll«Kft|rfeBlA?«A,   AKD  SoMOl    AND    B4LLADS.] 


A.  on  Sir  Charl<»8  Wogao,  421 

A,  (A-)  ou  bells  called  akelets,  457 

Beech  trees  never  struck  ^^y  iightniDg,  97 
Cannou  of  France,  456 
ChuptTone,  446 
ChurchwjLPdc'n  query,  34 
CraneeliD,  in  heraldrj',  467 
Cuckoo  oata,  &c»,  450 
Essex  Baying,  97 
ExptHlient,  its  earlieat  us*,  477 
Fritb,  a  woo<l,*43 
Games  of  swans,  &c,,  436 
Greok  custom  as  to  horses,  1 53 
Gnimbold  Hold,  lid 
Haydn  qnericit,  467 
lasaOf  and  sindkr  weapons,  442 
Lant^ma  of  the  dead,  116 
Mark  of  Thor*8  hammer,  458 
Modem  Folk  balladi*,  209 
J  Pews  before  the  Keformation,  43 
noi's  "  Thief  and  Cordelier/*  475 
^  ndi,467 
non  in  the  Thames,  479 
leuls,  Anglo-Saxon  and  mfdia^val,  445 
buksp^rian  criticisms,  231,  232 
f"  Spartam,  quam  nactus  es,  orna/*  444 
JTedded  grass,  43 
llTout,  its  dcriTatioD,  429 
fVerifying  qnotutions,  &c,,  290 
"^    jttled  down,  a  pronncialiBm,  43a 
ITooden  and  stone  altars  in  England,  499 
XA.  S.)  on  Card.  Beton  and  Abp.  Ga^in  Dun- 
bar,  402 
Bishop  George  de  Athequa,  352 
Gimpbell  (Sir  Alexander  und  Sir  Hugh),  367 
,  D'Ollreuse  (Eleanor),  348 
■Guernsey,  governors  of,  328 

nox( Andre vr),  Bishop  of  Rnphoe,  371 
BOX  (Thomas)^  Bishop  of  the  Isles,  411 
i»hl,  antimony,  349 

at  (Rev.  DaWd),  367 
vity  of  chiTgymen^  463 


^Miii 


rfitaB^MIte 


A.  (A  8.)  on  Montalembept  (Count  de\  328 
Abauiit  (Firoib),  "  Disconrse  on  the  Apoealyp8^*' 

420 
♦*  Abel,'*  an  oratorio,  author  of  the  words,  297, 

467 
Abhba  on  Earl  of  Clonm ell's  Diary,  477 

De  Bttrgo's  '*  Hibernia  Bominicana,"  467 

Bobhe  (Arthur),  biogniphy.  82 

"  Dublin  Univewity  Magazine,"  447 

Downea's  Tour  tlirough  Cork  and  Ross^  82 

"  Essay  on  Politeness,"  437 

Family  burying  ground,  377 

Fellowships  in  Trinity  College,  Bublia,  345 

Kennt-dv  (Rev.  Janiea),  241 

Life  of  J^rince  Engent^  of  Savoy,  616 

Literary  plagiarisms,  t523 

Meath  electioneering  bill,  493 

Fani din's  "  Devises  Heroiques,*'  628 

Petrie  Collection  of  ancient  mni*ic,  498 

ForUock  (>L\jor-GeneKd),  489 

Portlock  (Capt.  Nrahumel),  425 

Frorerb  wanted,  117 

Bnndell  (Mrs.  Maria  Eliza),  419 

Spottlfiwoode  (Abp.  John  and  Bp.  Jamea),  416 

Ulick,  a  Christian  name,  136 
Abraham  abcn  Hhaiim,  his  MSS,,  4S6 
Ache  on  a  quotation,  142 
Acbnd  (lier.  John),  noticed,  320 
Acj^tic :  Christ,  355 
Adair  (John)  of  Kilteman,  404,  442,  501—504 
AdEir  (Robin),  Esq.,  subject  of  the  sung,  404,  442, 

500 
Adam  (Thomai)),  alias  Welhowse,  epitaph,  239 
Adams  (Richard),  minor  poet,  42,  64 
Adderley  (Geo*  Augusttis),  rank  in  the  army,  297i 

386 
Addis  (John)  on  Fingers  of  Hindoo  gods,  123 

'*  HermippusRedii-iinis,*'  100 

Pamplilet,  its  derivation,  290 

Urbigerus  (Baro),  alchemical  writer,  73 

Vixen  :  Fixeo,  62 
Addison  (Joseph),  barri*>t<T,  6 
Addison  (Joseph),  definition  of  wit^  1<^ 


^ifiB 


Adci,  0  BP^.  240 

**  Adej*t4^  Fideles,"  coinposei*  of  the  tune,  312 

AdmLraltj  Domesday  Bojk,  146 

Adolphim  (Gustavua),  letter  to  Charles  L,  2H 

Adolpbiia  (John  Lvyoo^tcv),  *'  The  CircuiU'erg/'  6 

A.  (E.H.)  on  Samuel  Burton,  73,  ♦'i29 

Hoods  of  Oxford  and  Ctimbridge,  517 

Nicols  (Rev,  William),  366 

Pholi^B  of  Oambia,  12 

Trevor  (Sir  MarcTis),  Vise,  BunganiiQiDi  55 

Witty  cla?!sical  quotatioIU^  310 
^nigmflta,  Latin,  93,  25T 
JEvum,  words  dorivt?d  from,  100 
African,  South,  chart  of  the  discoveiy,  498 
Agg  (John),  satiricftl  writer,  346 
Aginconrt  battle,  picture  at  GuildhnU,  171 
Ainger  (A.)  on  "  Choogh  imd  Crow,"  a  glee,  ^3 

Natter,  German  for  add^r,  126 

Psalm  xc,  9,  83 

Quotation,  261 

Swallows  and  the  spring.  83 
Alabarches,  or  Arabarchei*,  294 
Albert,  Prince  Consort,  his  arms^  467,  622;  motto^ 

12,  64,  81 
Albini  Brito  (Wm.  de),  382,  606 
Aldeburgh  barony,  224 
Alexander  the  Great's  gfUii  to  th0  SekTOXLianfl^ 

34£ 
Al-GaiseX  Mohammr^an  doctor,  his  birth,  401 
'Ahitvt  on  Collins,  author  of  To-morrow,  20 

CumminfT  (James),  F.S.A.,  308 

Dobbs*  Trade  and  Improvement  of  Lrdniid,  64 

Mount  Athos,  487 
Almaek  (Eicharti)  on  Mary,  Queon  of  Scots^  321 
Alters,  early  wootlen  and  stone,  499 
Altham  (Ursula,  Lady),  death.  284 


26,64 

of  the  worcl«  33 

ill,  222;  Seneca's  pro- 

"*    '«8,  440 

jorationJB,  133 


"  Amateur's  M!i{ja?rin**, 
Amen,  a  curioti- 
America,   it*  l 
phecy  of  its  u 
Americaniams  .  r  ^ 
Anagram:  And r  us  r 
Ancestor  worship,  212 
Anderson*^  "Scottish  Nation,"  li7 
Androwi-a  (Bp.  Lancelot),  his  will,  137 
AndroB  (Sir  Blraund),  hid  anus,  346|  iZ''i 
Aneroids,  297 

Angi  lie  vision  of  the  dying,  448 
Animals,  the  triak  of,  166,  218 

Anonjmom^  Worki :  — 

Art  of  Politicks,  164,206 
Anmdinps  Devrp,  490 

'  "    lie,  119 
I  23 

taiiuiS   ~i^'    .-iiiiua   r-UCTa,   611 

Cftstlo  Builders,  or  Jlistoi^'  of  Wm*  Stftphens, 
614 
i  Clironicle  of  tJie  Kings  of  EnghuiJ,  300 
IClaraChe<:t'r.  2f>1 
rContiiJt  ol  f  Nalionii,  618 

LCrambe  ll 
■T"  :  «  R<»vclaUoaR,  420 

1  11 


Anonymooa  Wcrki:  — 

Essay  on  Poliienees,  437 

Er         ^'—        ^^  ^  roT,  his  Iift%  51S 

1  <  olli'gr,  Dublin  ili 

1-:      ..     .  -^  I 

Godolphin,  i 

Grand  Impv- 

Hermippus  Rtiliviv^.H,  Klil 

Honour  of  Chribt  Vindicat^^  1$3 

*•  Irish  Tutor,^'  479 

Land  of  Pntmise,  or  ImjireasiotiB  of 

oli 
Lett^T  m%,  by  Oliver  Oldstoffp,  $21 
Leprosy  of  Naaman.  66 
Living  and  the  Dead,  106 
Meditations  on  Lif^  and  D^th.  4flO,  44^ 
Post  Boy  Robbed  of  }v-  ^ 

Proud  Shepher<rb  Tm- 
Resurrection,  not  Death,  lue  iiM^M    ,,^  *r ^ 

lievcr,  33,  203 
Revelation  of  St.  John  and  the  J 

pie,  417 
Royal  StripoB,  or  a  Kick  ftom  ^ 

Wale«.  346 
Salmagundi,  a  MiaoeUany  of  Poiilij^  ifS 
Solomon's  Soog^  poatioHi  rierHM^  1? i|^  W 
Turkish  Spy,  260 

AntiphanoB,  pasj^age  in  the  AphrQ<)ifla4iiv  461 

Ape  leading  in  hell,  193.  289,  124 

Apothecnriea' Companv'         ^    l"*. 

Appleton  (W.  S.)  on  >  i  .ley's  tMmOft 

Archer  (Master  John),  ,.....,  jJ 

Arden  (Edward),  related  to  Shakapearf,  3^  «9^ 

492 
Atsicsoif  (J.  P,J  inquired  afW,  435 
Arhind  (Beuf*dictX  mintatiur**  piiuur^  S30 
Aristotle,  ii.    "  "  U 

Ariat-otle*F  1  1.625 

Arm,  breaking  n,'  i<  iL,  a  punisbiiicfiti  409 
Anus,  mottoes  and  coats  of,*t7 
Arms  of  Englif§h  royaltv.  100 
Arnold  (Rev.  Thomafe  '  ,  tlMiK  450 

Aniulphua  (Bishop),  L  >  r«jit  Miiiid«  114 

Arundel  Castle,  it*  owler».  ul2 
-firundel  Society *«  publications,  105 
••  Arundinea  Di-vh?,'  '  it  -       \       '  ^6 
Ascot  races  forty  yoa^^ 
Mi  on  (Joseph  )  of  Maj  j  _ . . .  .  < ' 

**  At henian  Gaaette,*'  its  con r  r        ^ ^  ^   7  J 
*'  Athenian  Mercury,*'  iUcoitsiji  ui    r-    77 
Athenr^^,  or  Athunry^  iLa  ortho^iph  v.  409 


4 


Athe<iua(Georff»*  d<*>,  Bip^hot*  of  Llauiiafl^  3ai 

>s,  437.  48? 

^  -.  212 


Athofi,  Mou 
Aubeiy(M' 
Audley  (P,A.j  . 

l>ti*by  mott: 

Epitaph  on      _____ 
239 
♦^tJ-itin  Frinr*?'  cburrh,  376 


A'i^n:. 


w*;v^^.^ 


irov«]ii»  222.  3^ 


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L             ^ 

Bedi-  (Cuthbert)  on  CoUini,  antiwr  of  '*  To-mor*                ^^| 

Bjpm  the  redtwtion  of  BAthlin  in  ld75,  89 

row/'                                                                             ^^H 

^^^Kud  wonlup,  works  on,  196 

Huuttngdonshire  feast,  497                                                ^^H 

■  Bacon   (Frajicis),   Bcuwn   Vci-nlam,   Qb»mb«fB    ni - 

'  KimlK>llon  Park,*'  a  poem,  479                                      ^^| 

■        Gray's  Ion,  100  -,  ''  Psalms,"  ih. 

MoOier  Goosey  384                                                                 ^H 

■   B.  (A.  R)  on  Sir  Edw.  Oorg«i,  Knt^  443,  4fi9 

Ornithological  and  agricolLiuiil  folk-lore,  384                  ^^M 

■           Lnni-el  water.  C3 

Pte^eatiinoffinfl,364                                                           ^M 

■  Bftilej  (the  Unfortunate  ]Hi«)»  song  in  Ltt*in,  76 
1  BailJpy   (Ohnrlfis),    m^csteitaij  to  Mary   Queen   of 

Whitraore  family,  220                                                        ^H 

Bt^dford  (Arthur)  on  the  **  Impifitiea  in  the  £&g-                ^^H 

■      Se^ta.  284 

lii)h  PWhouses,''  39  ^^1 
Bedford  (Lucy,  Countaes  of).  523                                           ^H 

■  Biimtc  (Jouia).  ^'GboigSiaxrd  Cwwr  243 

^^  (Loid)  of  Bagiluyt,  151 

Beech-droppbgs,  its  nmdicinjd  projverti**,  297t  369                 ^^^ 

^^^Bftd  literAtnro,  foreign,  372 

Beech-trees  nt  vtr  struek  with  lightning,  97,  201                      ^^M 

^■pads.     See  &m^«. 

Btte-lkiyea  in  mourniDg,  393                                                        ^^H 

Balkrd  (CdL),  In*  Christian  name,  320 

Beisly  (Sidney )  on  Eobin  Goodfellow  and  Puclc»  340                ^H 

Balloons,  their  diIue&l*ion^  96,  2U0 

Ballot,  *'  three  bine  beiuu/'  297,  384  i44 

Tempest,  passage  in,  328                                                 ^^H 

BankoA  (G«i.)»  Vicar  of  Cherryhinton,  43 
BqitiBnial  njUDOfs  objectioziabk,  22,  105,  184 

BeU,  the  paasing,  of  St.  Sepulclire^s,  170,  331,  338,                ^H 

^H 

Biirb=-:t<»ijhiiTe,494 

Bell-founders,  ancient,  172                                                        ^^H 

Bosbttnld  (Anna  LetLtia),  Prose  HymnB,  33 

Bells  called  skelets,  457                                                            ^^M 

Bftrberini  \&sf,  22 

Jkli  (W,  E.)  on  tlie  longevity  of  Bicbaifd  Parpen               ^H 

Barcroft  (John).  Esq.,  11 

^H 

Burlium  (Franda),  works,  36,  120 

Bell  (Dr.  Wm. )  on  Morganatic  marriageo,  235,  441               ^H 

Bftrky,  <m  exclamation,  ita  deiiration,  356 

BeUiimy  (John),  Tmnslation  of  th«  Bibla,  14                         ^H 

^uiies  (RichardX  Bishop  of  Nottinghftm,  196 

Bellomont  (Coote.  Lord),  his  arms,  345,  ^7                          ^H 

^^Kons  fiimily  of  Watlbrd,  376 
■■fetolozzi  (Prane«aco),  engraving,  377,  446 

Bent :  **  Top  of  his  b«nt "  oaqikiiied,  137                               ^H 

Bentinck  family,  284                                                                  ^^1 

V   Barton  (Bcmapd),  Lord  Jeffrey's  letter  to,  70 

Bentley  (Nathaniel),  «Zmw  Dirty  Dick,  482                            ^H 

B    Basing  House,  notices  of  its  sieges,  499 

Bentley  (Richard),  D.D.  509,  530                                            ^H 

HSttBBelin  (Olivier),  "  Vaux  dfi  Vire,"  2$ 

Bentley  (Thomas)  of  Cliiswick,  376,  449,  509                         ^H 

H&06et  family  of  North  Murton,  Berks,  417 

Beresford  (Sir  WilUam),  portioit^  239                                    ^H 

^^KBttird  (Julin  Pollexfen),  M.K  fnrBeToo.  198 

Eerkhok'a  Memoirs,  515                                                              ^^| 

^Hbtidc's  Ode  to  Louis  XIY.,  49iti 

Berlin  litemtJ,  116                                                                        ^^M 

^fohelor  (J.  W)  on  cuAine  atuGido,  Bla 

Bermuda,  its  climate,  104,  122                                                 ^^H 

Berwick  (James  Fit^amoa,  Dnko  of),  hia  deaoen*              ^^1 

Blair's  GmTe,  its  frtmti^eoe,  196 

danta,  134,  202,  309                                                              ^H 

Chaldee  MS,  and  Blackwood's  Magastnc^,  314 

Beason  (Thomaf^),  1)ookseller,  436  ^H 
Baton  (Caiwlinal),  noticed,  112,  200,  402                                ^M 

CoUier  (Jeremy)  on  the  Stage,  &c.,  38 

CoUins  (JohnX  »nthap  of  "  to-morrow,"  17 

Beverley,  library  at  St.  Mary's,  51  ;  linoa  on  the               ^^H 

Piimphlet,  ttii  etyinology  and  moaning,  167 

minster,  52                                                                              ^^H 

Battles  in  England,  398,  440,  488 

Bezoar  stones,  398,  466                                                             ^H 

Baxter  (Thomas),  "  Circle  Squared,'^  268,  348 

B.  (F.  C.)  on  Ebna,  a  proper  name,  308                                   ^^M 

BaatCT  (W.  E.)  on  anonymous  eomtributara,  238 

Woimm's  will.  300                                                               ^^H 

Battles  in  England,  449 

B.  (F.  a.)  on  a  snmDOied  pictitr«  of  A^  PoiMt,  137  ^H 
B.  (JL)  on  Alfred  Buon.  182                                                    ^H 

Cidlis  (Bobert),  204 

GapeU  s  Notes  on  Shakfpear^  77 

Comet  of  1581,  114                                                             ^H 

Digby  motto,  220 

Midcrgeuattun,  a  new  Yankee  word,  ^78                        ^^H 

Martm  family,  222 

Prf'-doath  monument,  363                                                   ^^^| 

Preaching  miniBtt^rs  suspended,  3fi7 

B.  (H.  T.  DO  on  Cambridge*  BibJe,  1837,  36                         ^H 

^     Quotation.  200 

Walker  (Obudiuh).  "  Of  Education,''  38                         ^^M 

^^H    Bmosft  fiuoily.  291 

Bible,  Cambridge,  of  1837,  36  :  French,  1638,  375  ^H 
Bible,  the  translator's  Preface,  283                                          ^H 

**  To  a  Caged  Skvkrk,"  a  Poem,  515 

Blbliothecar.  Chetham.  on  eoneonanta  in  WeUh,               ^^H 

Bavley  (C,  H.)  on  fiiit  book  printed  in  Binning- 
ham,  14fi 

^H 

Earth  a  living  crmture,  286                                             ^^H 

Bnyley  (Nicholas),  family,  330 

General  Literary  Index,  131                                            ^^H 

Bayly  (T.  H. ),  Latin  version  of  his  song,  "  I'd  he  a 

Greek  and  Kfjman  gam«.  65,  104,  244                           ^^H 

feuttcrfly,"  106 

Seneca's  prophecy  of  titc  discovery  of  Ame-               ^^H 

Bavnlir!J'>»'  <'TL  A/l  f»Ti  Rnrn.-^t  famllicfif  376 

^^M 

B^                                               len,  215 

Tall                              216                                                 ^H 

B-                                             ,134 

BiD(;:haiii                           Urn%  Don.  Ottmpbcil,  114              ^^1 

Beckiiigtoii  {By, ),  J-.twi-M,  2& 

,..-.. ,U:d,   Z2d                                                                     ^H 

31  ill  V                 ;;..;(>                                            ^^H 

Boutb  family  of  Geldresome.  172 

BorlAse   (Rev.    Henry),   one    of    the    Plymouth 

brethren,  203 
Borrow  Sncken,  co.  Northampton,  477 
BoBcobel  (J.  C.)  on  longevity  of  Mr,  Hutchesson,  33 
Bothwdl   (Francis    Stuart',   Earl  of)   and  Mury 

Qnoen  of  Scots,  411;  his  parentag**,  300 
Boulogne,  prints  of  the  old  cathedral,  iie,  606 ; 

public  lihraiy,  477 
BoUTcliifr  (Rev,  Edward),  noticrHl,  280 
Bow  cemetery,  epitaph^J  317 
Bowej  (Piiul),  noticed,  2i7,  330 
Bowyer  House,  Camberwt'll,  lol 
Boyd  (Zaohary),  noticed,  »'i4 
Bnihiim  (John),  the  vocaliBt.  31ft.  444 
Br&hma,  the  Hindoo  god,  197,  262 
BramstoD  (Rev.  Jami^s),  bioj^raphy,  205 
Brandt  (Sebastian),  *'Ship  of  Fooles,"  tnuiahited 

by  Barclay,  1509,  437 
Brsnluim  (Hugh),  noticed,  212,  27K  308 
Bnifs  knocker,  or  remains  of  a  fe«st,  496 
Bray  (Owen)  of  Loughlinstown,  443,  602—504 
Brent  (Algernon)   on  institution  of  the  Roanry, 

154 
Brett] Dgham  (^latthew),  architect,  63 
Bridgeman  (S. ),  plana  and  drawings,  421 
Bridger  (Charle  j<)  on  bibliography  of  henildry  and 
genealogy,  190 

Descenta  of  the  infant  Prince  of  Wid«'a,  129 

Eleanor  d'Olbreusc,  144 
*' Brighton  Chronide/'  noticed,  75 
Brifttol,  erroneous  monunientid  inscriptions,  87. 289 
Bristow  (John),  noticed,  97,  248 
Britannia  on  pence  and  halfpence,  37 
British  GtiUery  and  British  Institution,  97 
British  Inytittition  of  Living  ^Vrtists,  106 
Broad  arrow,  \i»  origin,  165 
Brook  (Abraham),  noticed,  355 
Brooke  (Dr  R.  S.)  on  tliererb  "  To  Ltqimr,**  221 
Brookthorpe  on  Cr        '      v  alng,  622 
Brown  family  of  (  \  311 

Brown  (F.)  on  Sir  L  ,  .,.ix  .    .orges,  Knt.,  377 
Browne  (Robert  Dillon),  noticed,  270,  309 
Browne  (Sir  Thomrui),  belief  in  vitchcmft,  400 
Bruce  (Rev,  Arch,),  his  works,  320 
Bruce  (John)  on  Dunbar  earldom,  97 

Laud  (Abp.),  tinpublished  eatiricnl  papers,  I 

Ruthven,  Earl  of  Forth  and  Brentford,  270, 
294 
Bmgea  hospital,  picture  of  the  "  Massacre  of  the 

Innocents,'*  74 
Bxnisselp,  patrician  families  at^  174,  331 
Bryan  (Mr«.  Margaret),  her  death,  355 
Bryana  (J,  W.)  on  Victoria  and  Albert  Order,  322 
B,  (T.)  tm  an  antiquarian  discover}*,  319 

CaM  "     .507 

Cri  ,m).  422 

Ci-o.-.a     .ioullSO,  264 

Drage  fVVm.),  author  of   *' The  Practice  of 
Physic;*  135 

Lamballe(thc  Princes  do),  113 

Lestirqiies  (Joseph),  his  unfurtunat-e  Cftae«  473 

Marringfvi.  earlv  23 

Miniaterifd  wotxhu  spoon,  214 

Pa«iing.bidl  of  *St.  Sepulchre*s,  170 


B.  (T.)  on  Raine's  marriage  portion  of  100/.,  475 

Scottish  customs,  153 

Shepherd  (Mrs.  Catherine),  a  heroine,  132 

Voltaire  a  remains,  277 
Buchanan  (Geo.),  **  Tyrannicul  Governmenl  Anato- 
mised," itfl  transJator,  614 
Buckingham  (Geo.  VilHera,  Ist  Bttke  of),  letter  to 

Jame^  L,  5  ;  hi/i  influence  over  James  L,  452 
Buckton  (T,  J.)  on  AlabarcH'  s,  294 

Aristotle's  Politics,  475 

Capnobata?,  23 

ChesH,  ita  antiquity,  428 

Cuckoo  song,  465 

Danish  right  of  succession,  IBl 

Denmark,  absolute  monarchy  of,  189 

Erasmufi  and  Sir  Thomas  More,  62 

Denmark  iffrsus  the  Germanic  Confedcfationf 
318 

Hebrew  JflSS.  destroyed  by  the  Jews,  485 

Hindoo  gods,  198 

Judiciid  Committee  of  the  Privy  Conned,  267 

Justice  applied  to  magistrates,  486 

Kusttrs  de^th,  116 

Monks  and  friars,  427 

Moses,  etymology  of  the  name,  408 

Mottoes  wanted,  116 

Mozarabic  Liturgy,  267 

Psalm  xc,  9,  its  trannlation,  102 

QucHtmen  and  sidesraen,  (i& 

*'  Hevenons  i  no8  moui-ons,"  408 

Sehlcswig-Hoktein,  212 

Sepia  Bhedding  ink,  408 

Septuagint  version,  470 

Trade  windi*,  311 

Upper  and  liower  Empire,  446 
Budd  (Henrj-),  his  death,  417,  528 
Buddhista  in  Britain,  344 
Bull-bull,  a  joke  on  the  nightingale,  38,  81 
Bullfinch,  its  mischievous  propensities,  124 
Bnnn  (Alfred),  comedian,  65,  105,  182 
Banyan   (Johii),   neglected   biography.   465 ;    in- 
scription on  (lis  tomb,  474 
Burgo  (Thomas  de),  "  Hibemia  Domiuicana/*  457 
Bitrinbplace  of  stilUlKim  children,  34 
Burial  offerings,  35,  63.  296,  357 
Burial  Sen*ice,   origin   of  the  passage,    "In   the 

midst  of  life,"  &c.^  177.  407 
Burke(Edmund)  and  **  the  family  bur)*ing  ground," 
377,  406;  on  the  Ballot,  297,  385,  444;  (ftipposed 
bull,  212,267,  3G6,  445 
Burn  (J.  H. )  on  stamp  duties  on  painters*  canvajss. 
141 

Venables  (Col,  Robert),  163 
Burn  (J.  S.)on  oath  cjt-officio,  136 
Burnett  fiimthes,  376 
Buruiuton  (Joseph),  noticed,  320 
Btims  (Robert),  jun.,  noticed,  62 
Burns  (W.  H.)  on  Bi-^hop  Richiird  Barnes,  196 
Burrow  (Reuben),  Diary,  107,  215,  261,  803,  361 
Burton  Annala,  460 

Burton  family  of  Weiiton-nnderWootl,  140    • 
Burton  (John),  D.D.  of  Maple-Durham,  13 
Burton  (John),  M>D.,  alias  Dr,  Slop,  414.  621 
Burton  (Samu*d),   high  sheriff  for  co,  Derby,  73, 
140,  629 


636 


INDEX. 


''  Bnscapi^/'  a  punphlet  attributed  to  Cervantei^ 

512 
Batler  (Aidier),  Essay  on  Shakspean^  848 
Butteraeld  (Robert),  "  Maschil,"  448 
Bottory  (Albeit)  on  Butteiy  fiEunilj,  4fi7 
Bntteiy  femily,  467 

C. 

C.  on  Northumbrian  money,  56 

Shakspeare  and  Plato,  63 

Window  gloss,  ita  introduction,  400 
Caen  stone,  how  seasoned,  68,  138 
"  Caged  Skylaric,"  author  of  the  poem,  516 
Calcebos,  its  meaning,  435 
Caldecott    (Thomas),    unpublished    Shakiperian 

KSS.,  480 
Calf  (Sir  John),  singular  epitaph,  215 
Caliztns  (Geo.),  Life  and  Correspondence^  44 
Callis  (Eobert),  legal  writer,  184,  204 
Galton,  its  etymology,  417 
Calverley  (C.  S.),  charade,  379 
Calverley  (Mr.),  dancinff-master,  101 
Camaca,  a  silk,  origin  of  the  word,  518 
Camberwell,  Bowyer  House,  151 
Cambridge  Bible  of  1837,  36 
Cambridge  tradesmen  in  1635,  10 
Camden  (Wm.),  poem  '*  Thames  and  Isia,"  844 
Camel  bom  in  England,  132 
Campbell  (Sir  Alexander),  noticed,  867 
Campbell  (Key.  Daniel)  inquired  after,  114 
Campbell  (Sir  Hogh),  noticed,  867 
Campbell  (J.  D.)  on  Cambridge  tzadenaflniii  1635, 
10 

Compete,  its  early  use  as  a  verb,  97 

Dummerer,  its  meaning,  355 

Eastern  king's  device,  173 

Horace,  Ode  xiii.,  translator,  173 

Jeffrey  (Lord),  letter  to  Bernard  Burton,  70 

"  Keepsake,"  1828,  268 

Marine  risks  in  the  17th  centuiy,  319 

Mikias,  or  Nilometer,  518 

Parietines,  its  meaning,  281 

Parson  Chaflf,  281 

Scottish  games,  84 

Stum  rod,  its  meaning,  299 

Whittled  down,  527 
Campbell  (Dr.  John),  author  of  "  Het'jiu|i|jUB  Be* 

divivus,"  100 
Campolongo  (Emmanuel),  "  Litholexicon,'*  240 
Canine  suicide,  515 
Cannon  used  by  the  French,  1746,  456 
Capell  (Edward),  "  Notes  on  Shakspeare,"  77 
Capnobata,  notice  of  this  people,  23 
Carey  (P.  S.)  on  Albini  Brito,  605 

Lambert  (General),  34 

Hesehines,  310 

Poulet  (George),  213 

Schomberg's  Ode  to  Capt.  Cook,  402 

Witches  in  Lancaster  Cfastle,  259 
CariHbrd  on  Sir  Richard  Ford,  242 

Ford  rebus,  or  punning  motto,  241 

Leighton  fiunily,  135 

May  (Sir  EdwardX  Bart,  35,  469 

Rule  for  tincturing  a  motto  bcxoIV,  tS\A 


Carilford  on  Shakspeare's  arms,  2S2 

Yorke  (Captam),  12 ;  famify  aiBfl,  125 
Carmichael  (C.  H.  £.)  on  Smyth  «f  Bemx»  ai 

Stewart  of  Orkney,  426 
Caroline  (Qaeen),  consort  of  George  XL,  lasufn 

on,  242 
Carter  Lsae  meeting-house,  387 
Cary  family  in  Holland,  398,  468,  5S5 
Castlemaine  (Lord)  on  two  or  more  cnsta;  4M 
Catharine  of  Bnganza,  her  retimie,  877 
Cats,  epitaphs  on,  475 
Cats,  great  battle  of;  133,  247 
Cats  (Dr.  Jacob),  Dutch  poet,  259 
C.  (B.  H.)  on  anagram:  Andreas  Bintaa,  53 

Cromwell's  head,  265 

GrumbaldHoM,  223 

Gainsborough  Prayer-Book,  97 

Hall  (JaX  author  of  »  Jacob's  Laddar,"  497 

"  Heradilus  Kidens,''  its  editor,  78 

Hum  and  Buz,  meaning  of  the  pfansc^  436 

Jacob  (Sir  John)  of  Brraaley,  446 

Loretto  holy  house,  73 

Haps  of  Roman  Britain,  196 

Private  Prayers  for  the  Laity,  193 

Psalms :  "  Li  Sette  Sabni,"  98 

St  Mary  Matfelon,  223 

Taify,  Paddy,  and  Sandy,  194 

Toothache,  folk-lore  cure,  898 
C.  (£.)  on  ancient  seals,  118 

Chess,  its  antiquity,  428 
Cervantes,  and  the  pamphlet  **  Bnseopi^,'*  $11 
C.  (G.  A.)  on  brass  knocker,  496 

Frumentum:  Siligo,  18 

Heraldic  queries,  497 

Wegh,  a  certain  weight  or  quantity,  38 
C.  (H.)  on  Black  Bear  Inn  at  Cumnor,  376 

Book  hawkers  in  India,  513 

Buddhists  in  Britain,  344 

Congreve's  parentage,  132 

D'Abrichcourt  family,  320 

De  Foe  and  Dr.  Livingstone,  281 

Druidical  remains  in  India,  58 

Eastern  Ethiopians,  364 

Fingers  of  Hindoo  gods,  73 

Fowls  with  human  remains,  182 

Godfrey  of  Bouillon's  tree,  458 

Hindoo  gods,  449 

Invention  of  iron  defences,  178 

Iron  mask  at  Woolwich,  135 

Ivanhoe :  Waverley,  origin  of  the  titles,  17( 

Jack  of  Newbury,  478 

Maiden  Castle  in  Dorsetshire,  101 

Massachusetts  stone,  298 

Mounds  of  human  remains,  191 

Medmenham  Club,  482 

Puck  :  his  eastern  origin,  394 

Seraglio  library,  415 

Sign  manual  at  Iconium,  436 

Upper  and  Lower  Empire,  379 

Vishnu  the  prototype  of  the  menadd,  238 
Chaffers  (A.)  on  picture  of  Agincooxt  bsttl^  171 
Chaiffneau  (Wm.),  Irish  novehst,  11,  M,  M7 
Chaldee  manuscript^  314 
Chaloner  (JohnX  his  works,  204 
Cbambeta(a.F.'^  on  eaoU  of  seals,  440 


INDEX. 


5^7 


Chane^on,  their  Lotndon  resdenoes,  8, 92,  200 
Chandler  (Richard),  compiler  of  Barliamentaiy 

Debates,  151 
Chandos  portrait  of  Shakspeare,  336 
Chaperon,  its  meaning,  280,  312,  384,  446,  609 
Charades:  The  drugget,  379  ;  "Sir  Qeaffttij  lay," 

425 
Charlemagne  (Emperor),  his  posterity,  134,  270, 

365;  his  tomb,  461 
Charlemont  earldom  and  Tiscount,  33 
Charles  L,  Gnstayns  Adolphus  letter  to,  294 ;  an 
epitaph  on,  by  J.  H.,  13  ;  place  of  his  execu- 
tion, 204 
Charles  II.,  his  illegitimate  children,  211,  289, 865, 

409 
Chamock  (R.  S.)  on  Towt,  towter,  311 
Chaworth  or  Cadurcis,  114 
C.  (H.  B.)  on  passage  in  Antiphanee,  486 

Ballot :  three  blue  beans,  444 

Cruel  King  Philip,  103 

English  topography  in  Dutch,  406 

Evander* s  order,  309 

"  Here  Hes  Fred,"  &c.,  386 

Mseyius  of  ancient  times,  182 

"  Eoyal  Stripes,  or  a  Kick  from  Yarmouth  to 
Wales,"  346 

Satirical  Sonnet,  Cobbo  and  Pasquin,  81 

Tydides,  23 
C.  (H.  C)  on  Freemasons  noticed  hy  Gesner,  97 

Horace  not  an  old  woman,  475 

Portraits  of  Our  Loid,  290 
Chelmorton,  inscription  on  the  font,  299,  365 
Cheque,  Clerk  of  the,  62 
Cherington  (Viscount),  "Memoirs,"  347 
Chess,  its  antiquity,  377,  428,  447  ;  warks  on,  114 
Chetham  Library  Catalogue,  105 
Cheyne  (Capt.  Alex.),  his  death,  84 
Children,  burial-phice  of  still-bom,  34 
Children's  games,  394,  395 

Chitteldroog  on  misquotations  by  great  authiffitiee, 
454 

Colloquialisms  not  always  vulgarisms,  511 

Homecks  (the  Miss),  521 
Christenings  at  court  in  1607,  406 
Christian  names  from  the  Pagans,  24 
Christian  (T.  P.),  author  of  "  The  Revolution,"  435 
Christmas  customs,  395 
Chronicle,  English,  in  manuscript,  54 
**  Church,"  a  poem,  its  author,  297 
"  Church  of  our  Fathers,"  poem,  its  author,  297, 

369 
Churches  within  Roman  camps,  173,  829,  441 
Churchman  (Richard),  Unes  on  his  death,  209 
C.  (J.  E.)  on  fardel  of  land,  858 

Tamar  manor-house,  357 
C.  (J.  L.)  on  RicAard  Adams,  42. 

Peckard  (Pet^-),  D.D.,  his  MSa,  ^ 

Washington  (Joseph),  23 
C.  (K.R)on  Esquire  and  academical  degrees,  377 

Throgmorton  (Sir  Nicholas),  48 
Clarence  (Lionel   of  Antwcip^  Duke  of  X  ^^^ 

azmonr,  880 
dareoion  (B.  VA  inraired  t£^.4» 
Olszke (Charles),  F.SjL  oiB^f^^nt 


Clarke  (Charles),  F.8.A.  of  the  Ozdnanee  Office, 

435 
Clarice  (H.)  on  Infidel  societies  and  Swedenbor- 

gians,  377 
Clarke  (Hyde)  on  curious  sign  manual,  529 

Seraglio  library,  526 
Clarges  (Francis),  a  cavalier,  his  letter,  238,  dll 
Clergymen,  cases  of  longevity,  22, 44, 82, 123,  182, 

257 
aerk  of  the  Cheque,  62 
Clifton,  cenotaph  to  the  79th  regiment,  11,  84 
Climachus  (St.  John),  his  "  Climax,"  241 
Climate  of  England,  testimony  to  it^  95 
Clonmen  (John  Scott,  Earl  of).  Diary,  477,  529 
Clotworthy  (John),  1st  Viscount  Massareene,  344 
Cloyne  parochial  records,  272 
Club  at  the  Mermaid  Tavern,  498 
Cobbett  (Wm.),  his  learning  and  political  princi- 
ples, 370,  422,  423,  442 
Cobham  pyramid  designed  by  S.  Bridgeman,  421 
Cock  Robin's  death  in  a  church  window,  98, 182 
Cockle,  an  Order  in  Prance,  117,  184,  221 
Coffee-houses  considered  a  nuisance,  493 
Cofl&ns  and  monuments  made  before  death,  255, 

363,  423,  469 
Coin,  Danish,  355 
Coins,  Dictionary  of,  172 
Cokayne  (Mrs.)  of  Ashbourne,  20 
Cokayne  (Thomas),  barrister,  21 
Coke  (Bp.  George),  certificate  of  Conformity,  374 
Colasterion,  information  required,  496 
Colbome  families,  171 
Cold  in  the  month  of  June,  164 
Cole  (Robert)  <m  Sir  Michael  Stanhope,  516 
Coleridge  (Herbert),  his  death,  450 
Coliberti,  a  species  of  rillenage,  300,  384,  446 
Colkitto,  an  Irish  officer,  118,  183,  287 
Collier  (Jeremy),  "  Short  View  of  the  Stage,"  88 
Collier  (J.  P.)  on  verification  of  a  jest>  491 

Raleigh  (Sir  Walter),  particulars  of,  7 ;  docu- 
ments, 108,  207,  351 
Collins  (John),  "To-monow,"  17,  204;  its  proto- 


type, 461 
iolioquialis 


Colloquialisms  not  always  vulgarisms,  511 

Colossus  of  Rhodes,  457 

Colvill  (Alex.),  D.D.,  noticed,  51 

ColviU  (Samuel),  noticed,  51 

Comberbach  (Mr.)  and  Milton's  third  wife,  95 

Comet  of  1581,  114,  364 

Comic  songs  translated,  76,  172,  223 

"  Common  Law,"  its  original  signification,  152,  222 

Common  Prayer-Book  printed  at  Qainsboiough, 

97,  144,  164 
"  Compete,"  its  early  use  as  a  verb,  97 
Conformity,  Bp.  Coke's  certificate,  1641,  374 
Congreve  (Lieut.-Col.  Harry)  on  painting  of  the 
Siege  of  Valenciennes,  459 
South  African  discovery,  498 
Congreve  (Wm.),  his  parentage,  132 
Conffreve  (Sir  Wm.X  inventor  of  iron  defences,  173 
Conuigsby  (Sir  John  dB\  lineage,  280,  849 
-^  •   Welsh,  864 

■  In  the  Tower^  7 


538 


INDEX. 


Cook  (Thomas),  alderman  of  Youghal,  55 
Cooke  (T.  F^on  Lord  ThurloVs  residence,  200 
Cooper  (C.  H.  and  Thompson)  on  Kichard  Adams, 
64 

Bankes  (George),  Vicar  of  Chenyhinton,  43 

Bentley  (Richard),  D.D.,  530 

Bowes  (Paul),  247,  330 

Bramston  (Hey.  James),  205 

Branham  (Hugh),  271,  308 

Cambrid^  villages,  271 

Clotworthj  (John),  Ist  Viscount  Massareene, 
344 

Coo  (Thomas)  of  Petorhouse,  Cambridge,  43 

Forster  (Joseph)  of  Queen's  College,  258 

Gilbert  (ThomasX  Esq.,  263 

Hall  (John),  B.D.,  530 

Hawkins  (John),  20 

Hennebert  (Charles),  164 

Horrocks  (Jeremiah),  509 

Lloyd  (Charles),  the  poet,  10 

Molesworth  (John),  Esq.,  378 

Richardson  (Rev.  Christopher^,  271 

Rowley  (Rev.  Joshua),  longevity,  82 

Spencer  (Beckwith)  of  Yorkshire,  498 

Symes  (Wm.),  master  of  St,  Saviour's  school, 
400 

Talbot  Papers,  489 

Torre  (James),  Yorkshire  antiquaiy,  507 

Venables  (Col.  Robert),  120 

Watson  (Wm.),  LL.D.,  517 

Whiting  (Nathanael),  420 

Wilkinson  (Rev.  Thomas),  480 

Wood  (John),  rector  of  Cadleigh,  437 
Cooper  (G.  J.),  on  Bellamy's  transhition  of  the 
Bible,  14 

Horsley  (Bishop),  portraits,  38 

Longevity  of  clergymen,  22 

Owen  Glyndwr'a  parliament-house,  247 

Preface  to  the  Bible,  283 
Copan,  stereoscopic  views  of  its  ruins,  106 
Copley  (Christopher),  biography,  201 
Coriate  (Thomas),  the  traveller,  310,  369 
"  Cork  Magazine,"  author  of  an  article,  73 
Cork  parochial  records,  272 
Comelisz  (Lucas),  monogram,  380 
Comer  (C.  T.)  on  Colossus  of  Rhodes,  457 
Comey  (Bolton)  on  Francis  Wise,  B.D.,  121 

Shakspeare's  birth-day,  226 

State-Paper  rectified,  6 
Cornish  proverbs,  208,  276 
Cornish  stannary  court,  374 
Coronets  used  by  the  French  noblesse,  80 
Corpse,  meaning  a  living  person,  296 
Corseul,  arrondissement  of  Dinan,  389 
Cotterell  (Lieut.-CoL),  noticed,  297 
Couch  (T.  Q.)  on  Cohberti,  &c.,  300 
"  County  Families,"  claims  and  descents,  71 
Coventry  (Sir  John),  K.B.,  191 
Cowper  (B.  H.)  on  the  Newton  stone,  246,  428 
Cowper  (Mary.  Countess),  "  Diary,"  272 
Cox  (James),  his  museum,  306 
Cpl.  on  christenings  at  court,  496 

Club  at  the  Mermaid  tavern,  498 

Coksjme  (Mrs,),  20 
DoDDB  (John),  jun.,  21 


Cpl.  on  MfryVh^m  (Lady),  Donne's  friend,  498 

Swinburne  (Mr.),  Sec.  to  Sir  H.  Fansbaw,  12 
C.  (P.  a)  on  Aubeiy  and  Du  Val,  138 

Calcebos,  its  meaning,  435 

Danish  right  of  succession,  331 

Martin  family,  349 

Mordaunt  beiony,  416 

Witch  trials  in  the  17th  century,  324 
Crabtree  (Henry),  biography,  192 
Cradock  (Sir  Richard  Newton),  his  tomb,  87 
Craggs  (Thomas),  on  enigma  of  fire  brothers,  199 

"  He  di^ed  a  pit,"  198 
Craig  (Rev.  Thomas)  of  Whitby,  22 
Crancelin  in  heraldry,  457,  522 
Cranidge  (John\  M.A ,  of  Bristol,  280 
Cranstoun  (Helen  D'Arcy),  unpublished  poems, 

147,  484 
Crapaud  ring,  142 
Crests,  on  bearing  two,  496 
Creswell  (S.  F.)  on  Judicial  Committee  of  th^ 
Privy  Council,  193 

Kings!  an  exclamation  in  children*s  play, 466 
Cribbage,  the  ancient  Noddy,  358 
Croghan,  Kin^s  County,  noticed  by  Spenser,  399 
Cromwell  (Ohver),  his  supposed  skuU,   119,  17S, 

264,  305 
Croquet,  its  derivation,  494 

Crossley  (James)  on  Dobbs'  Trade  and  Improve- 
ment of  Ireland,  63 
Crowe  field  in  St.  MartinVin-the-Fields,  153 
Crowne  (John),  "  Andromache,"  323 
C.  (T.)  on  the  Ballot :  three  blue  beans,  386 

Rye-House  plot  cards,  9 
Cuckoo,  notes  on  the,  394,  450 
Cuckoo  song,  its  notes,  418,  466,  508 
"  Cui  bono,    proper  use  of  the  phnise,  192 
Cullum  (Sir  Thomas),  bart,  relative,  65 
Cumberland  (Richard)  and  Congreve,  496 
Cumming  (James),  F.SA.,  212,  308 
Cumnor,  Black  Bear  inn,  376,  438 
Cunningham  (Peter)  on  wit  defined,  30 
Curll  (Edmund)  and  Voiture's  Letters,  425 
Curmudgeon,  its  etymology,  319,  370 
Cuttle  (Capt.)  his  note  on  notes  not  original,  64 
C.  (W.)  on  Thomas  Gilbert,  349 

Sheen  priory  drawings,  379. 


D. 


A  on  Sir  Edward  May,  84 

Wilson  (Beau),  284 
D'Abrichcourt  family,  320,  408,  524 
"  Daily  Advertiser,"  1741,  its  value,  211 
Dalhousie  (Earl  of),  a  nyected  M.P.,  34 
Dalton  (J.)  on  "  El  Buscapi^,"  5ia 
Camaca,  a  kind  of  silk,  518 
Doiia  Luisa  de  Carvi\jal  y  Mendoza,  418 
Library  of  the  Escorial,  Spain,  276 
Madrid,  Spanish  lines  on,  436 
Maria  de  Padilla,  149 
Moore  (Sir  John),  monument,  329 
Moses,  its  etymology  and  meaning,  344 


INDEX 


539 


Dalton  (J.)  on  Qnadalquivir,  the  Great  Biver,  487 

St  Patrick  and  the  shamrock,  60,  104 

Selah,  its  meaning,  433 
Dalwick  parish  in  Peebleshire,  497 
Daniel  (George),  "  Rojal  Stripes,  or  a  Kick  from 

Yarmouth  to  Wales,"  346 
Daniel  (John)  and  other  players,  240 
Daniel  (Samuel),  "  Hymen's  Triumph,"  347 
Danish  coin,  355 

Danish  right  of  succession,  134,  181,  331 
Danish  warrior  to  his  kindred,  313 
Dannaan  of  Irish  tradition,  llj 
Danne-Werke  at  Schleswick,  127 
D.  (A.  P.)  onEhret,  flower-painter,  &c^  22 
Dare  (Joseph),  inquired  after,  497 
D'Arfue  (F.  B.)  on  Perkins  family,  75 
Darling  (James),  bookseller,  his  death,  450 
Davidson  (James)  of  Axminster,  his  death,  206 
Davidson  (John)  on  Bezoar  stones,  398 

Charlemagne's  tomb,  461 

Crapaudine,  142 

Hindoo  gods,  135,  399 

Saxony  arms,  81 
Davies  (J.  B.)  on  Wm.  liUington  Lewis,  308 

''  Spartum,  quam  nactus  es,  oma,"  307 
Davis  (Wm.)  on  an  old  Latin  Aristotle,  1 1 

Petrarcha,  edit.  1574,  74 

"  Pomponius  Mela  and  Solinus,"  ed.  1518,  96 
Davison's  case,  399,  448 

Davys  (John),  rector  of  Castle  Ashby,  death,  399 
Dawson  (Ned),  his  coflin,  423 
Death,  a  Divine  Meditation  on,  189 
Dees  (R.  R)  on  laurel  water,  63 
Defend  ==  forbid,  296 
De  Foe  (Daniel)  and  Dr.  Livingstone,  281,  366 ; 

"  The  Storm  of  1703,"  604 
De  la  Barca  family  arms,  73,  143 
Delalaunde  (Sir  Thomas),  noticed,  377 
Delamere  (Abbot),  brass  at  St.  Alban's,  424 
De  Leth  on  arms  of  Saxony,  64 
Dell  (William),  D.D.,  biography,  75,  221 
De  Loges  family,  321 
Denmark,  absolute  monarchy  of,  189 
Denmark  and  Holstein  treaty  of  1666,  436 
Denmark  versus  the  Crermanic  Confederation,  318 
Dennis  (Heniy),  monumental  inscription,  295 
Denton  (Wm.)  on  James  II.  at  Faversham,  391 
Derwentwater  family,  descendants,  402 
Deverell  (Mrs.  Mary),  noticed,  379 
Devil,  a  proper  name,  82 
Devonshire  doggrol,  395 
Devonshire  lo^  names,  374 
D.  (G.  H.)  on  Spelman  pedigree,  523 
D.  (H.)  on  the  life  of  Edward,  Marquis  of  Wor- 
cester, 136 
Dialects  of  the  suburbs,  112 
Diaries,  publication  of,  107,  215,  261,  303,  361 
Digby  motto,  "  Nul  que  unt,"  153,  220 
Digby  pedigree,  240 ;  corrected,  456 
Dinan,  its  legends  and  traditions,  273 
Dirty  Dick,  alias  Nathaniel  Bentley,  482 
Dixon  (James)  on  Psalm  xc.  9,  57 
Dixon  (James  Henry)  on  foreign  ballad  literature, 

372 
DLioa  (R,  W.)  <m  poetenty  of  Charlemagne,  270 


D.  (J.)  on  Dowdeswell  family,  73 

Herbert's  Temple,  obscure  passages,  69 

Pit  and  gallows,  298 
D.  (J.),  Edinburgh,  on  Helen  D'Arcy  Cranstoun's 
Poems,  147 

Palindromical  verses,  93 
D.  (J.  S.)  on  fiimily  of  De  Scarth,  134 
D.  (M.)  on  Nath.  Eaton,  of  Manchester,  73 
Dobbs  (Arthur),  "  An  Essay  on  the  Trade  and 

Improvement  of  Ireland,"  35,  63,  82, 104 
Dobson  (Wul)  on  change  of  fashion  in  ladies' 

names,  397 
Dodsley  (Robert),  anonymous  works,  301 
Dogget  (Thomas),  rowing  match,  324 
Dogs,  epitaphs  on,  416,  469 
D'Olbreuse  (Eleanor)  of  Zelle,  11,  144,  165,  348 
Doles  of  bread  at  funerals,  35,  63,  296 
Dolphin  as  a  crest,  396,  469 
Donne  (Dr.  John),  monumental  eflSgy,  423 
Donne  (John),  jun.,  his  will,  21 
Dor,  a  beetle,  416,  467 
Doran  (Dr.  J.)  on  the  Austrian  motto,  309 

Female  fools,  220 

Inquisitions  ver.  Visitations,  224 

Pamphlet,  origin  of  the  word,  169 

Swift  and  Hughes,  278 

Trials  of  animals,  218 
Dor6  (Gustave\  books  illustrated  by  him,  281 
Dorset  on  Lora  Glenbervie,  176 

Longevity  of  clergymen,  182 
Dorset  House,  Fleet  Street,  9 
D.  (0.  T.^  on  Baron  Munchausen,  397 

Ghiadalquiver,  its  derivation,  435 

Old  joke  revived,  456 

Witty  fool,  475 
DoTe  (Robert),  his  bequests,  170,  331,  388,  429 
Dowdall  (Dr.),  Abp.  of  Armagh,  32 
Dowdeswell  (Richard),  inquiml  after,  73 
Drage  (Wm.),  author  of  "  The  Practice  of  Physic," 

135 
Drake  (Sir  Francis),  at  Rathlin,  89 
Droeshout  (Martin),  engraving  of  Shakspeare,  333 

—337,  340 
**  Dreams   on  the  Border-land    of   Poetiy,"    its 

author,  258 
Drought  in  Spain,  56 
Drui£cal  remains  in  India,  53 
Drumming  out  of  the  regiment,  148 
Drummond  (Capt.  David),  epitaph,  422 
Dryden  ( Jonn),  definition  of  wit,  30 
Dublin  University  out  of  temper  with  Geoige  HI., 

499 
"Dublin  University  Review."  343,  447,  524 
Dnchayla  (M.),  mathematician,  477,  527 
Dn  eigne  (Le  Chevalier)  on  Mark  of  Thor's  ham- 
mer, 524 

Socrates'  dog,  85 
Dudgeon  (Wm.)  of  Berwickshire,  172,  271 
Dummerer,  its  meaning,  355,  428 
Dunbar  earldom,  97 

Dunbar  (Abp.  Gawin),  noticed,  112,  200,  402 
Dunbar  (Wm.),  Scottish  poet,  156 
Dunkin  (A.  J.)  on  Reginald  Fitsnxae's  cha^U  156 


540 


INDEX. 


Dunkin  (A.  J.)  on  Rye-Hufose  pbt  eatdsy  141 

TnniRpit  duf^s,  164 
Durdcn  (Oliver  dv),  his  foanilj,  115 
Dnrocobrivis,  a  Roman  stiitioo,  ita  loealitj,  119, 

165 
Duz,  or  Dtizik,  a  f^iome,  or  fairy,  378 
D.  (W.)  on  R.  1).  IJmwne,  M.P.,  270 

Ascot  races  forty  years  ago,  474 

De  Vew,  Earl  of  Oxford,  &c.,  344 

GHants  and  dwarfn,  34 

Hill  (Dr.),  jMtition  of  I,  115 

Mother  Ooosf,  331 

Nic»an  barks,  268 

Potato  anil  point,  65 

I^imula :  the  primroHe,  132 

Pnnishm<-nt,  bn'aking  the  left  arm,  460 

Rolliad,  characters  in  the,  198 
D.  (W.  J.)  on  the  derivation  of  Amen,  33 

More  (8ir  Thomas )  and  flrasmuM,  64 

Si>n  of  glu8M,  221 
Dyer  (T.  T.)  on  u  Frenrli  Bible,  375 

MaxTow  bones  and  clearens  467 


K 


Earlo  (John),  Bishop  of  HaUsbiiry,  101 

Earth  a  living  creaturts  286 

£artbenwar«'  V(>HHeIs  found  in  churehtw,  25 

Eassie  (W.)  on  (Ireek  and  Turkisli  nuraes,  68 

Easter,  nih>  for  tindin^.  112 

Easter  FowliH.  old  minting  at,  192.  406 

Eastern  Kinj^'s  devie*'.  173,  248,  348 

Eastwood  (J.)    on   "  SfMirt^im,  quam   noefus  es, 

oma,*'  307 
Eaton  (Ntttlianiol),  his  rclativt^M,  73 
Ebomcum  on  fulk  Ion*,  14. > 

Frith  silvrr,  65 

Private  soldier.  145 

Tedding  hay  in  Soothind,  Hit 
Edinburgh,  model  in  wood.  116,  522 
Eels,  aversion  of  the  .Scotch  to,  171 
Ehrfit  (Georj^e  D.),  flower-painti-r,  22 
E.  (H^T.)on  Require,  oUiimeil  by  vinogsir makers,  94 

Names,  their  origin,  71 
"  Eikon  Hasilike,"  various  eflitiona,  48^ 
Eirionnach  on  Archer  Butlers  Easay  on  Shak- 
spearc,  343 

"Dublin  University  Review,"  524 

Qeographicul  garden,  348 

Milton's  "  A.  H.  and  Rutherford,"  242 

"Witty  classical  quotatioiin,  450 
Eiudon  stone,  Llandvilio  KawT,  461 
R  (K.  P.  D.)  on  Borrow  Sucken,  co.  Northampton, 
477 

Epita])h  on  the  Earl  of  I-icicester,  185 

Funeral  of  a  suicide  at  Scone,  170 

Gaelic  manuscript,  153 
Electioneering  bill  at  Meath  in  1826,  493 
Elephant,  the  Onler  o^  323 
Elisabeth  (Qaeen),  the  <<  Hundred  Merry  Tales '* 
read  to  her  before  death,  491 ;    items  of  her 
flmaial  and  tomb,  484,  528 
Ellacombf  (H.  T.)  on  decay  in  stone  in  hnfldings, 
189 


Elms,  a  ienale  Christian  name,  97, 124.  SOB 

Elton  (Cspt  Geoige),  319 

Elton  (Lieut.-CoL  Richard),  319 

Ely  House,  Holbom,  8 

Empizft,  the  Up^  and  Lower,  379,  446 

English  church  in  Rome,  431,  488 

English  Text  Society,  260 

Enigma,  monkish,  163,  199,  3(»9.  365 

Engraving  on  gold  and  silvt-r,  1 34 

Epigrams  t  — 

Infancy,  196,  269 

New-bom  Imbe,  19.'»,  269,  328 

Pope  (Alex.)  on  Lord  Cbetfterfitrld,  156 

Epitaphs  t — 

Adam  (Thomas),  alias  Wclhowj*,  2"9 

Bow  cemetery,  317 

Caroline  (Queen),  consort  of  Gtoi^g*-  II.,  I 

Calf(Sir  John),  216 

Cats,  475 

Charies  I.,  by  J.  H.,  13 

Dogs,  three,  416 

Evans  (Rev.  Hugh)  of  Brwrfol,  36S 

Dennis  (Henry)  at  Pucklechuivh,  295 

Hart  (John),  dnscendant  of  Shukspesr\  3 

Haney  (Sir  James),  Knt^  327 

QUbort  (Thomas)  at  PetiTsluim,  319 

Oraliam  (Wm.)  at  DrunilMrg,  co.  Down,  41 

Leicester  (Eari  of),  109,  146,  185 

Pliilipps  (Sir  Erasmus),  264 

Philhiw  rCUudy),  254 

Porter  (William)  at  Bristol  289 

Wain  Wright  (Thomas)  of  Warrington,  423 

Younge  (Thomas)  and  his  wife,  397 

Epitaphs,  records  of,  191 

Erasmus  and  Sir  Thomas  More,  61,  84 

KruHmus,  Bishop  of  Arcadia  in  Crete,  516 

Es<H)rial,  Spain,  its  library,  276 

Estjuire,  and  academical  degreefi,  377  ;  titlr  duii 
by  vinegar  makers,  94,  201 

l!ls<juires*  basts,  explained,  438 

Essrx  gentrj',  notiees  of,  460 

Esticx  HouM*,  Strand,  9 

Essex  (Widter,  Earl  of)  in  Irehind,  90 

Estates,  forfeited,  in  Scotland,  192 

Este  on  D'Abrichcourt  family,  524 
Sutton  Coldfleld,  524 
Quotations,  527 

Ethiopians,  the  Eastern,  354 

E.  (T.  P.)  on  Englihh  topography  in  Dntch,  Si 
Massacre  of  the  Innocents  at  Bruges,  74 

Eugene  (Prince),  his  prayer,  491 

Evaudt'r  8  order,  174,  309 

Evans  (R<»v.  Hugli),  tablet  at  Bristol,  368 

E\iins  (E%-an),  M.I>.,  on  tlie  Turkish  Spy,  260 

Evans  (Lewis)  on  Ck>lasterion,  496 
LaNso,  466 

Executions,  a  passion  for  witnessing;  33,  446 

Exeter  House,  Strand,  9 


F.  on  burial  offerings,  296 
Fairchild  and  Flower  Lectures,  332 
M»aii{  «aD%,«iaQaRR^^K\. 


INDEX. 


Fantoccini,  lultwi  pnppot-shnw,  52 
Fardul  of  liind  eJtptoed,  UH,  406 
Farnham  (Lord)  oa  Klcanor  d'Olbrtasc,  166 

Bolationship  of  the  Priuce  and  I'rmeeiB  of 
Wales,  188 
Farr  family  of  Great  Plum^tead,  2^8 
Farr  (P,  S.)  cm  Harrison  and  Fair,  *I6H 
**  Fatherhood  of  God,"*  author  of  the  phrase,  514 
"Featt  of  the  Beapot*/'  298 
Female  fools  and  j  enters,  2:^0^  249 
Fender,  a  pocket  one,  »56 
F«iDt4Mi  fiimUy  pedigree,  497 
F^Qtonia  on  Collins,  actor  and  poet,  204 

"  I  sett*  Salmi"  409 

Parietincis,  428 

Portrait  of  Our  ftiTionr,  K^ 

SenteneeB  oontaining  b»t  one  intwel,  526 

Shakttpeai^  portraits,  416 

Sydnc<j  po«tagp  ttamp,  184 
Fennor  (Aiabeilii),  her  parents,  519 
F^rrerB  family  of  Chartley,  331 
Ferrey  (B.)  on  architects  of  Ftnihint^  and  Salis- 
bur>',  182 

MutLlution  of  sepolckral  mcnmaieDtei  XOI 

Pie-deatb  ooffiAs,  363 
j  Fidgp  {Dt.\  hia  boat  cottT«rted  into  a  coffin,  M^ 
LFieldiog  (Henry),  passage  in  "  Tom  Jones/'  193, 38'j 
l^ig-oikfi,  a  mixed  liqtror,  153 
tejg-sne,  a  Scotch  diish,  163,  221,  349 
"  i  Idands  notic*Hl,  186 
layson  (James)  on  Ghwatorex  family,  399 
Firmingf>^  (Thomas)  on  eiiecutlon  of  Anne  Boleyn, 

211 
Fiflhwick  (H,)  on  anceBtor  woPBlii|v  290 

Horrocks  (Jerpmiab),  astrononiii!,  24M 

Lijngrvity  of  c]«^gymen,  182,  332 

Ltincftshitv  willn  for  1 6  th  cpnttinr,  578 
Fifih^ck  (Ri*v.  .TwmrsX  lonjrf^itw  182 
Fita-Haftlir      V  -     ■  '    ismptioo,87 

Fitaherber' 
Fitshopkin^    .  ,  .   ..  ...Liuiiig,  423 

Gaapai-  d"  Navarre:  sJptwigwp,  125 

iRnBUfi  quoted,  200 

Ifan :  '-  To  Man,"  467 

ShakBpeare^  Kt^^mething  nmr  on  bimt  342 
Fitjfi-Hubert  <  Ralph),  noticed.  414 
Fitijamed  (James),  Duke  of  Jiorwick,  hie  deBcetid- 
aut*.,  134,  202  ;  motto,  268 

John  on  Hrnddic  qat»riep,  213 
Pit^urije  (Hir  Reginald  J,  his  chapol,  1.S6 
■*     '    i-^Nath.),  **llieTwd«aiuiii'fl  Arithsnoti^" 


Flcur^de-lys  on  t 
F,  (L.  J.)  on  mai 
Flowrre,  colour  pr- 


ipftft!,  41,  61 
I  *og  QnakefH,  630 
Ting,  ^lA 


Fly-leaf  Acribblings,  &c,  110,  201 

Folk  Lore:  — 

Bce-htTfi5  in  TOOtiminfc  393 

If  ■      446 

I  'P4),   10 

J^inr,    1 11     Ml-  on  EftsUr-day,  394,  448 
To-crij^ii-iit:  <*ur*^  393 
WimtAine  (JobM  d^  h),  **FaW<«,*'  494 


Fool,  th*  witty,  475 

Foot-clotb  nag  explain«i  461 

Foote,  ao  obsolete  woni,  497 

Forbes  (Charles),  Count  dc  Montalwmbat,  tSt 

Ftj/Bd,  irbttB.  .''  '^  motto,  241 

Ford  (Sir  I:i  <>'or  of  Ixjndon,  243 

Forfeited  e:?Uit  ~  ju  .notknd,  321 

Forrest  (C)  on  WaLson  of  Loftijouse,  Yorfcahire,  82 

FoiTJ^st  (Capt.  Thoma»\  his  dcMh,  477 

Forstor  (Anthony)  of  (  c,  439 

Foriter  (Joseph)  of  Q  t.  ^-*!,  Camb,,  269 

Forti'BCue  (James),  D.D.,  bi.>grupliy,  3f>4 

Fosa  (Edward)  ou  fd!^hioiiable  quart«xs  of  htmiimL 

8,92 
Foster  familv  ann«,  447 
Foster  (S.  C'  ^  -utii. ..  .  r  v  .,>.,>  .^^^  ^§3 
Fowls  with  I  'i 

Fox(Chiirli      1  74 

Fox  (Maf]gaz«l,),  armc  of  her  hrnt  hiii^biind^  ^ 
F.  (P.  H.)  on  Mrs,  Mary  D«Tei>  11,  UG 
Fninlein  addressed  as  bcronese,  54^  80 
Frt.derick,  Prince  of  Wales,  satirical  epilifli,  2^, 

386 
FrotmasotLs  noticed  by  (iesmer,  97 
Freke  (Thomas)  of  Bristol,  399 
Freke  (Wm.),  **  Lingua  Tentanctii,"  76 
Frt'Uch-leaTO  explain^nl,  494 
Friars  and  mouk«»  34<J,  42? 
Friaie  ljterattu*e,  123 
Frith,  a  wood,^  43 
Frith  silver,  66 

Froude  (A/)  and  the  leading  pitrtlce  iit  Uliter,  47 
F.  (R.  S.)  on  Adni.  John  Beynokfc,  37 
Fnuuentum,  f\  e,  wheat,  13 
F.  (R.  W.)onDr,  Slop.  624    ^ 
FtilflB.  or  Pholeys,  of  fJambia,  12,  44,  63 
Fuller  (Dt  Tb^mas),  ftuonymoatf  liiie,  281 ;  tffc  the 

siege  of  Basing  11  ousts  499 
FuBosml  c»0eriiigpi,  8d,  6i,  ^^,  387 
FjUbt)  iti- dfflSWiliOB,  4iM 


a.  on  barow^  a  foreign  titi^  BO 

Bloody  band  of  Ubter,  80 
Q,  Kdinburgk,  on  Brown  of  Ooalsf^in,  311 

Qaidenstone  ^T>^»^?  i   lli^^-s  gn,  96 
laehgRW,  in  •  s 

Longevity  of  44 

"  Officinu  Gentium,     111 
Pre-dcutii  coflBns  and  minjunpHi'  ,  ]'i^^ 
Plftgiari^iras,  487 

Succession  through  the  ni.  ilh  r.  ,'>':'> 
Winton  (Lord),  escap?  fr^jui  Lhf  Vowur,  176 
a  (A.)  on  Rev.  Arch,  Bruce,  320 
Hindoo  godfl,  449 
Hume  (tloaeph),  a  poet,  29 1 
Hymn  a  by  tne  Duke  of  Roxboigb,  238 
"  Letter  Box,"  its  editor,  321 
Plain  (Timothy )»  /wcW,,  298 
'*  Solomon's  Song,"  1703,  itF  author,  822 
"  The  Grand  In^KMtor,"  ita  aiftiiot\  30 


Harrit^a  Ikmily  of  Great  Plutnstead,  258 
Harrii«on  (Jolin),  chrono meter-maker,  anagram,  2o 
Hurt  (John),  desceniknt  of  Shakspeare,  epiteph, 

342 
Harvey  &mily  of  Wacgey  Houfle,  E^ex,  42,  247, 

326 
**  HmtiTigii  ChroDide/*  its  contributors,  75 
Hatchet,  the  old  custom  of  throwing  it,  olG 
Hat«|  fashion  of  wearing  white,  136 
Hats,  white  ones  unpopular  at  Oxford,  439 
H&tfiell  (John),  Esq.,  noticed,  494 
Hawise  of  Keveoloc,  her  seal,  254 
Hawkins  (John),  author  of"  life  of  Prince  Henry," 

20 
Hay  (O.  J.)  on  tJie  grave  of  Pocahontas,  123 
Haydn  (J.  F*),  liis  camsoncts,  212,  288,  467 ;  »jm- 

ll  phonies,  2o8 

!        Haynos  ( Major  John),  320,  42? 

^^  Hnynes  {Rev,  John),  longevity,  182 

^H  Ms  (C)  on  Charltfl  Lii?ftlej%  minor  po^t,  57 

■  Mohun  (4th  Lord),  his  death.  136 
^B         Smyth  (Rev,  Wm.),  family,  49$ 

■  Wyatt  family,  469 
f       H.  (C.  K.)  on  the  court  and  character  of  James  L, 

451 
H.  (E.)  on  the  situation  of  Zoar,  181 
Hearts,  stories  of  broken,  514 
Heath  (B.  C.)  on  the  advent  of  the  swallow,  53 
Heather  burning,  281 

fi<^brew  MSS,  destroyed  by  Rabbis,  399,  485 
Heineken  (E.  Y.)  on  "Author  of  good,"  &C.,  123 
Heirs,  €8tat*'4J  falling  to  the  Grown  for  want  ofi418 
Heming  family  of  Worcester,  173,  268,  365,  426, 

489 

•Hennebert  (Charles),  Prof  of  Modern  Histor>'  at 
Cambridge,  117,  164 
Henry  III.,  his  bamns,  115,  460 
Henry  VH.,  letters  and  ptir^rs  of  his  reign,  460 
Henry  VIII,  and  Queen  Katharine,  pleadings  be* 

fore  theBomnn  consi§tory,  144 
Henshall  (S.),  '*  Gothic  and  English  Gospels, 
"  Heraditii--  t/<  '  --  ^  editor's  name,  73,  469 
Heraldr)'.  1  v  of,  190 

Heralds'  V)  printed,  62 

►Heralds'  Viuitutions,  an  Index  suggested,  238 
Herbert  (George),  different  meanings  of  the  word 
Wit,  163;  obscure  passages  in  "The  Temple^' 
69 
^^Herbert  (Mr.),  bis  company  of  players,  497 
^^permentrude  on  Charlemagne's  posterity,  270 
^H         Female  fools,  249 
^H         Harold's  posterity,  246 
^V        IsabeUa  (Queen),  wiirdrobe-book,  618 
Royal  cjidency,  13 10 
Herodotustj  original  title  of  Ills  History,  163 
**eruB  Frater  on  Greek  Testament,  1711,  420 
Sheridan*s  Greek,  103 
esdene  family,  co.  Gloucester,  114 
ewitt  family,  628 
(F.  C.)  on  Black  Bear  at  Cumnor,  439 
Baptiijmal  names,  24 
Burlesque  painters,  407 
Chulmorton  font  inscription,  365 
Dor,  or  beetle,  466 
EarlhcQwur©  vessels  found  in  cburchcH.  25 


'421 


H.  (R  C.)  on  Enigma  by  tb«  Earl  of  SurPay»  103 

Enigma,  monkish,  309 

Episcopal  seal  of  St.  David's,  448 

Fiteherbert  (Mrs,),  no  children.  83 

Fitz- James,  his  descendants,  202 

Ham  Castle,  inscription,  365 

Hymns  of  the  church,  263,  408 

Iron  Mauk,  202 

Latin  quotation,  271 

Lines  attributed  to  Kemble,  184 

Magicians  of  Eg^t  of  modem  timeF,  151 

Monks  and  ^ars,  427 

Motto  for  BurtoO'Upon-Tren  t  water  company, 
269 

Hurtha,  a  Christian  name,  448 

Natter,  or  adder,  184 

Oliver  (Dr.  George),  202 

Paper-makers'  trade  rnark^,  24 

Penny  loaves  at  funerals,  63 

Pen-tooth,  or  Pin-tooth,  43 

Pholeys,  or  Foulalis,  63 

Quotation  Irom  Mrs.  Hemans,  443 

Q  notations  wanted,  247 

Psalm  xe.  9,  its  tTanslation,  160 

Revalenta,  itis  introduction,  24 

Eosary,  its  institution,  247 

Saints'  names  wanted,  249 

Selah,  meaning  of  the  word,  621 

Simon  and  the  Dauphin,  246 

Sortes  Virgiliame,  246 

St4^-pmothers'  blessings,  25 

St.  Angnstinc,  curious  passage  in,  355 

St,  Patrick  and  the  shamrock^  Gl 

Stum  rod,  365 

Swallow  and  the  returning  Npring,  83 

Trial  of  aninrnk,  218  '^ 

Twelfth  Day:  Song  of  the  Wren,  184 
H.  (F.  D.)  on  French  coronets,  80 

fklden  mansion,  Bucka,  81 
H.  (G.)  on  the  Eiudon  stone.  Llandeilo  Fawr,  461 
H.  (H.)  on  Lewis  Morris,  12 

Quotation  wanted,  627 
High  Commission  Court,  478 
Hill  family  of  Middlesex  and  co.  Worcester,  345 
Hill  of  Huleii,  arms,  478,  524 
Hill  (Auron).  lines  on  a  nettle,  43 
Hill  (Dr.),  and  the  petition  of  I,  115 
Hill  (Geo  )  on  Colkitto  and  Galasp,  287 

Mr.  Froude  in  lister,  47 
Hilton  of  Hilton  Hall  family  crest,  130 
Hindoo  gods,  135,  197,  262,  399,  449;  position  of 

their  fingers,  73,  123 
Hiome  (Mr.),  architect,  07 
Hippseus  on  Charlemagne's  ^josterity,  134 

Harold  (King)^  his  posterity,  135 

Inquisitions  t%  Vimtations,  154 

Writs  of  sunimoiis,  117 
H.  (J.  C.)  on  cenotaph  at  Clifton,  84 

Heatlier  burning,  281 
Hodgkin  (J.  E)  on  "  To  B:irb"  =to  shave,  494 
Hodson  (George)  on  tlie  "  Kilruddery  Hunt>"  504 
Hofl&nan  (D,)  on  ptiinting  at  Easter  ITowlis,  466 
Hogarth,  origin  of  the  name,  418.  507 
Holborn  viaduct,  its  construction,  319 


.,\sai 


INDEX. 


545 


J.  on  Anonyinoafl  contributioni,.  307 

Austin  Friars'  church,  376 

Earl  of  Dalhousie,  34 

Heraldic  queij,  241 

John  Bristow,  248 

NewhaTen  in  France,  116 
J.  (A.)  on  Inchgaw,  co.  Fife,  288 
"  Jack  of  Newbury,"  quoted,  478 
JackiSon  (S.)  on  ballad  queries,  376 

Carter  Lane  chapel^  387 

Lutin  in  Switzerland,  39  i 

Similar  stories  in  diiSarent  locftHties,  375 
Jacob  (Sir  John),  Knt,  his  ^milj,  213,  445 
Jago  (Kev.  Bichard),  "The  Blackbirds/*  133, 198 
James  I.,  court  and  character  o^  451 ;  reousaats  in 

his  reign,  434 
James  IL,  capture  at  Feversham,   391 ;    at  St 

Gennains,  13 
James  V.  of  Scotland,  his  natural  son,  300 
James  (Rev.  Edw.),  vicar  of  Abergavenn j,  74 
Jameson  (Mr.),  lawyer  and  dramatist,  418 
Jane  the  fool,  25 

Jay  (Sir  James),  Knt,  M  J).,  418 
Jaydee  on  the  bullfinch,  124 

Berkholz  and  Bantysch-Kamenaki,  515 

Johnson  (Michael),  of  Lichfield,  38 

Slop  (Dr.),  aliaa  Dr.  John  Burton,  414 
Jefi&ey  (Lord),  letter  to  Bernacd  Barton,  70;  date 

of  his  death,  475 
Jeffreys  (Geoige  Lord),  moirameiital  brass  of  his 

daughter  Mary,  494 
Jenny  (Thomas),  rebel  and  poet,  132 
"Jewish  Spy"  noticed,  486 
Jowitt  (L.)  on  Thomas  Bentley  of  Chiswick,  376 

Greatorex,  or  Greatrakes  family,  447 
J.  (J.  C.)  on  a  camel  bom  in  England,  132 

Fly-leaf  scribblings,  &c.,  110 

Old  London  rubbish  heap,  129 

Reliable,  its  use  defended,  58 

Tnwty :  Trust,  as  used  by  Shakspeare,  231 
John  abbrpviated  to  Jno.,  460 
John  (King),  portraits,  420 
Jdinson  (Gerard),  effigy  of  Shakspeace,  227,  334 
Johnson  (Michael),  of  Lichfield,  bookseller,  33 
Johnson  (Dr.  Samuel)  and  baby-talk,  396 ;  chas- 
tises Osborne,  455;  «*Life,"  1785,  497 
Jones  (H.  G.)  on  first  paper-mill  in  America,  222 
Jones  (H.  L.)  on  the  old  cathedral  of  Boulogne,  476 
Jones  (John),  of  Gloucester,  monument,  363 
Jones  (M.  C.)  on  posterity  of  Harold  IL,  217 
Jonson  (Ben\  lines  on  Shakspeare's  portrait,  333, 

340 
Joseph,  Archbishop  of  Macedonia,  397 
Juel  (Niels),  noticed,  257 
Junius'  claimant^  Rev.  Philip  Boeenhagen,  16 
Justice,  when  the  name  was  first  given  to  county 

magistrates,  436,  485 
Juyema  on  Kilkenny  cats,  433 

Soiur,  "Farewell  of  the  Irish  Qxenadior/'  464 
Jiiacm  (£lia8),  inquired  after,  4^ 
Jnxta  Turrim  on  Bp.  AndwwreeV  wSl,  187 

Burial  Scrrice,  pasMge  in,  177 

JDfAkrMMiHiit  Lnify,  409 


Juzta  Turrim  on  Haydn's  Byxafhomm,  258 
Haydn's  canzonets,  212 
Hood,  Ad  eundem,  239 
Lampe  (John  Frederick),  185 
Holbom  viaduct,  319 
Robinson  (Robert),  of  Cambridge,  408 
Sack,  a  wine,  328 

K. 

Kamenskfg  «  Ace  of  Peter  the  Great,"  515 
Kappa  on  Sir  Wm.  Pole's  charters,  98 

Talbot  papers,  437 
Keightley  (Thomas)  on  Shakspeare  criticisms,  340 
Kelly  (Wm.)  on  John  Daniel  and  other  players, 
240 

Joseph,  archbishop  of  Macedonia,  397 

Proverb :  The  devil  and  the  collier,  282 

Shakspeare  (Thomas),  383 
Kempt  (Robert),  on  Charles  Lamb  and  Alice  "W — , 
346 

Passion  for  witnessing  executions,  33 

Penny  loaves  at  funerals,  35 
Kemys  ^Lawrence),  confined  in  the  Tower,  7 
Kerry,  the  Knights  of,  letter  to,  417 
Ken  (Bishop),  his  three  Hymns,  44 
Kennedy  (Kev.  James),  biography,  241 
Ker  (Sir  John)  styling  himself  Lord,  492 
Kessektadt  (Count),  mask  of  Shakspeare,  228, 342 
Kiles,  or  Keils,  a  Scottish  game,  84 
Kilkenny  cats  battle,  433 
Kilruddeiy,  the  seat  of  the  Eari  of  Meath,  404, 

442,  500 
«  Kilruddery  Hunt,"  a  ballad,  404,  442,  469 
"  Kimbolton  Park,"  a  poem,  479 
KindUe  Tenant  right,  105 

King  (Richard  John)  on  words  and  places  in  De- 
vonshire, 374 
Kings !  an  exclamation  in  children's  play,  456 
Kirby  (Rev.  Wm.)  his  longevity,  22 
Kirkwood  (James),  minister  of  Astwick,  Beds,  29 
Kirkwood  (James),  Scottish  grammarian,  29 
K  (J.  M.)  on  pocket  fender,  56 

Spanish  drought,  56 
Knight  (Rev.  Sam.  Johnes),  longevity,  880 
Knowles  (E.  H.),  on  Wm.  Dimbar,  poet,  156 
Knox  (Andrew),  Bishop  of  Raphoe,  371,  460 
Knox  (Thomas),  Bishop  of  the  Isles,  411 
Kohol,  Arabic  word,  349 
Kuster  (Ludolph),  DJ).,  his  death,  115 


Ladies*  names,  change  of  ffishion  in,  397,  508 
Lady,  its  derivation,  211 
Lady-day  and  Good  Friday,  224,  291 
L.  (A.  E.)  on  Charles  ll.'s  illegitimate  childrwi, 
409 

Recusants,  temp,  James  L,  434 

Sealing-wax  removed,  &c.,  419 

Zoar,  its  situation,  117 
Leelius  on  t^e  Rev.  Heniy  Boriase,  203 

Grotius,  translation  of  "  Adamus  Exul,"  36 

livermore  (Harriet),  pilgrim  ftmngor^  85 

:filoTn^QUnnftY  V4a,  ^^ 


INDEX. 


647 


Ljttelton  (Lord)  on  Aristotle's  politieSi  525 
BiillofBurke\267 
Chaperon,  312 
6obnam  pyramid,  421 
Curmudgeon,  its  derivation,  370 
Hjmn  writers,  312 
Italics,  their  proper  use,  200 
Judicial  Committee  of  Privy  Council,  383 
Proverbial  sayings,  136 
Quotations,  523 
"  Salmagundi,*'  its  author,  322 
Witty  and  wise,  202 

M. 

M.  on  epitaph  on  a  dog,  469 

Kosenhagen  (Rev.  Philip),  16 
Mac  Cabe  (W.  B.)  on  Dinan,  its  legends  and  tra- 
ditions, 273 

Chess,  its  antiquity,  447 

Coliberti,  446 

Corseul,  arrondissement  of  Dinan,  389 

Lapwing:  witchcraft,  10 

Loo,  inventor  of  the  game,  458 
Mac  Culloch  (Edgar)  on  Sir  Edmund  Andros,  425 

Budd  (Henry),  528 
Macdonnell  (James),  of  Donegal,  family,  47 
McDonald  (Wm.  Russell),  editor  of  "  The  Literary 

Humourist,"  98 
Macduff  (Sholto)  on  Kindlie  Tenant  right,  105 
Machabeu  ^Jehudah),  '<  Orden  de  Oraciones,"  498 
Machynlletn,  parliament  house  at,  174,  247 
McK.  (T.)  on  Dr.  Robert  Wauchop,  31 
Mackay  (A.)  on  Ensign  Sutherland,  322 
McKenzie  (Rev.  Colin),  his  longevity,  454 
Mackenzie  (Capts  J.  D.)  on  fowls  with  human  re- 
mains, 55 
McKenzie  (Dr.  Murdo),  Bishop  of  Orkney  and 

Zetland,  453 
Maclean  (John)  on  folk  lore  in  south-east  of  Ire- 
land, 446 

Pre-death  coffins  and  monuments,  424 
M'Minimie  (E.  W.)  on  Lord  Clonmell's  Diary,  529 
Macray  (J.)  on  Mary,  Queen  of  Scots,  508 

Zschokke's  "  Meditations  on  Life  and  Death," 
448 
Madman'sfoodtastingof  oatmeal  porridge,  35, 64,81 
Madrid,  Spanish  lines  on,  436 
Msevius,  early  notice  of,  182 
Mapidans,  the  modem  ones  of  Egypt,  151 
Maiden  Castle,  in  Dorsetshire,  101,  141 
M.  (A.  J.)  on  St.  Mary's,  Beverley,  51 

Epitaphs  from  the  Bow  cemeteiy,  317 
Man :  "  To  man,"  its  conventional  use,  397,  467 
Manchester  Free  Libraiy  CatiJogue,  429 
Maps  of  Roman  Britain,  196,  385 
Marana  (Jean  Paul),  author  of  "The  Turkish 

Spy,"  260 
Ma^^  Annals,  450 
Mazsaret  (Queen)  of  Anjou,  letters,  26 
Marnam  in  Devonshire,  374 
Maria  de  PadiUa,  149 

Marine  zisks  in  the  seventeenth  centuiy,  319 
MftTkham  (Ladri  Dr.  Donne's  friend,  498, 622 
Mkddaad  (J.  A)  on  Tbomaa  Bentley,  609 


Markland  (J.  H.)  on  Family  burying  ground,  406 

Mutilation  of  sepulchral  monuments,  158 
Marriage  before  a  justice  of  the  peace,  400, 469, 526 
Marriages,  early,  23 

Marrow  bones  and  cleavers,  356,  467,  524 
Marsh  ^J.  F.)  on  Paget  and  Milton's  widow,  325 
Marshall   (G.  W.)  on  books  of  monumental  in- 
scriptions, 54 
"  Castle  Builders,"  its  author,  514 
Dolphin,  as  a  crest,  469 
Leigh  family  of  Slaidbum,  co.  York,  116 
Milton's  wife  and  Robert  Comberbach,  96 
Martin  family  of  Ahresford  HaU,  Essex,  154,  222, 

349 
Maiy  Queen  of  Scots  and  Shakspeare,  338 ;  de- 
fended by  M.  Louis  Wiesener,  411,  508;   her 
misfortunes,  112,  403;  offered  to  be  rescued 
from  prison  by  Both  well,  321 ;  signet  ring,  619 
Massachusetts  stone,  298 
"  Massacre  of  the  Innocents,"  picture  at  Bruges, 

74, 163 
Massareene  (John  Clotworthy,  1st  Viscount),  344 
Massie  (Joseph),  political  writer,  241 
Masson  (Gustave)  on  Mar^  Queen  of  Scots,  411 
Master  (Robert  Mosley),  his  longevity,  454 
Master  (Rev.  Streynsham),  his  longevity,  123 
Masters  (Mary),  poetess,  154 
Matfelon,  (St.  MaiyX  ^'(^  Whitechapel,   83,  161, 

223 
Matilda  (Empress),  Amulphus'  Life  of,  116 
Iklatthews  (Henry),  on  horses  first  shod  with  iron, 

101 
Maurice  (Rey.  F.),  *'  Family  Worship,"  321 
May:  Tn-Milchi,  44 
May  (Sir  Edward),  bart.,  of  Mayfield,  36,  65,  66, 

84,  142,  201,  469,  487 
Meacham  (John),  a  minor  poet,  259 
Meath,  electioneering  biU  in  1826,  493 
Meccah,  visitors  to,  213 
Medals,  loyalty,  479,  523 

Medical  degrees  conferred  by  the  Abp.  of  Canter- 
bury, 481 
Medical  legislation,  481 
Medmenham  Qub,  482 
Meletes  on  Cary  femily,  468 

Charlemagne's  posterity,  366 
Foreign  honours,  407 
"  Memtations  on  Life  and  Death,"  400 
Morganatic  marriages,  328,  515 
Neology  wittingly  defined,  132 
Potiphar,  an  officer  of  the  court,  347 
Sloper  (Sir  Robert),  pedigree,  498 
Wagstaffe  (Dr.  JonaUian),  299 
Memlinc  (Hans),  artist,  163 
Mendelssohn's  oratorio,  "  St  Paul,"  112 
Meriton  (George),  a  legal  writer,  480 
Merlin,  the  Birth  of,  a  ballad,  372 
*'  Mermaid,"  a  caricature  of  Mary  Queen  of  Scots, 

338 
Mermaid  Tavern  dub,  498 
Merrvweather  (F.  6.)  on  Crowe  field,  168 

Stone  bridge  in  St.  Martin's-in-the-Fields, 
136 

506 


INDEX. 


M9 


Kewington  Batts,  its  old  bridge,  Ul 
ygyjagtonemds  on  the  Apoci^^pfe,  417, 420 

Hebrew  manuscripts,  399 

Septuagint  interpolated  by  Jews,  429,  624 
Newlin  (J.  W.  M.)  on  Nicholas  Ne^oHin,  66 
Newlin  (Nicholas),  iamilj  and  aims,  65 
Newspapers,  sets  of  English  conntj,  616 
Newton  stone,  110,  246,  380,  428 
New  Yearns  Day  customs  in  Scotibad,  163,  221, 

350 
Nicsean  barks,  268 

Niehflis  (John  Gongh)  oa  thm  Ardeas  of  Warwick- 
rii2re,492 

Divine  Meditation  on  Death,  189 
Nicholson  (B.)  on  passage  in  "  Ofmbeh'ne,"  234 

Prospero,  Duke  of  Milan,  his  hvlk,  226 

Shakspeariaaa,  49,  60 

Tom  or  John  Dram's  entertainment,  148 

Twelfth  Night,  passage  in,  229 
Nuiols  (Bey.  WUliam^,  noticed,  366 
Nile,  its  source  deseribed  in  1668,113 ;  discorered 

bv  Capt  Speke,  118 
H»  (J.  G.)  on  Elma,  a  female  Christian  name,  97 

Epitaph  upon  Charles  I.,  13 

Justice,  as  applied  to  county  magistrates,  436 
Norfolk  folk  lore,  236 
Norman  (E.  J.)  "  Somid  of  the  grass  growing,'* 

194 
Normandy,  expulsion  of  the  English  from,  44 
Norreys  ( Capt.  John)  at  Carricldergus,  90 
North  (T.)  on  ring  mottoes,  33 
Northamptonshire  inhabitants  of  Celtic  eoLtxmction, 

298 
Northumbrian  money,  56 
Norwich  ale,  its  potent  effects,  613 
Notes  and  Queries,  hints  to  anonymous  contiibn- 

tors,  238,  307,  330 
Notker,  a  monk  of  St.  Gall,  his'antiphon,  177 
N.  (T.  C.)  on  Bowyer  House,  Camberwell,  161 

Budd  (Henry),  628 

Harrey  family,  247 

Newington  Bntts,  its  old  bridge,  141 
Nugent  (ChcTalier  LavalX  foreign  titics,  296 
Nugent<Thomas),  foreign  titles,  296 
N.TW.  L.)  on  the  hooting  thing  of  Mickleton 
Wood,  478 

O. 

Oath  administered  to  sheriffs,  157 
Oath  as  taken  in  India,  277 
Oath  "  ex  officio,"  136,  221 
O'B.  (J.),  Dublin,  on  swallows  harbingers  of  sum- 
mer, 122 
O'Connell  (Maurice),  "  The  Rueful  Quaker,"  437 
"  Offidna gentium,"  used  byBp.  Jomandea,167, 177 
Og^am  characters.  111,  246 
0.  ( Jy  on  Robert  Bums,  jun.,  62 

Kirkwood   (James),  two   authon   of  these 
names,  29 

Mitchel  (Wm.),  the  Tinchiiian  doctor,  74 
OKtw  (Drs.  George),  two  antiquaries,  137,  202 
dTeOl  (Shane),  expedition  against  the  Scots,  48 

Otiiip*'-       "»  tm 


Order  of  the  Elephant,  323 

Order  of  Victoria  and  Albert,  281,  322 

Orientation  of  St.  Peter^s  at  Rome,  616 

Onseley  (T.  J.),  inquired  after,  418 

Out-set,  or  out-cept,  514 

Owl,  a  proscribed  bird,  71,  143 

"  Owl,"  a  satirical  periodioal,  612 

Oxford  (De  Vere,  Earl  of)  and  the  batde  of  Rad- 

cot  Bridge,  344 
Oxoniensis  on  Baptismal  names,  22 

Bererley  minster,  lines  on,  62 

Burton  (John),  D.D.,  13 

CSiaxles  II.,  his  illegitimate  childrefn,  211 

Church  music,  257 

Colkitto,  183 

Easton  Maudit  parish  registers,  483 

Epimm  on  Inikncy,  269 

Madman's  food  tasting  of  oatmeal,  64 

Owl,  a  proscribed  bin^  71 

Rob  Ro7,  aUnsions  in,  281 

Sea  of  glass,  166 

Wigan  f  JohnX  M.D.,  87 

Witty  classical  qnotSbtions,  869 


Pack  (Mjgor  Richardson),  biography,  118 

Paget  (Dr.  Nathan),  relationship  to  Milton,  193, 

326 
Painter  to  his  Majesty,  66 
Painters,  burlesque,  345,  407 
Painter's  canvass,  stamp  duty  on,  99,  141,  182 
Palindromical  verses,  93 
Paminger  (Leonaid),  musical  composer,  76 
Pamphlet,  its  etymology  and  signification,  IBTy  290 
Paper-makers'  trade  marios,  24,  65 
Paper-mill  first  erected  in  America,  222 
Papworth  St.  Agnes,  co.  Cambridge,  212,  271 
Papworth  St.  Everard,  co.  Cambridge,  212,  271 
Papworth  (Wyatt)  on  Matthew  Brettingham,  63 

Funeral  and  tomb  of  Queen  Elizabeth,  528 

Hamlet*s  grave,  60 

Orientation :  St  Peter's  at  Rome,  616 

Vanbui^h  (Sir  John),  drawings,  498 
Paradin's  "  Devises  Heroiques,"  339,  447,  «B5,  528 
Paragram,  ancient  Greek,  267 
Parietines,  its  meaning,  281,  428 
Park  (Justice  Allan),  revenrence  for  tiie  Lord's  Day, 

28 
Parker  (Mary  Ann),  the  circumnavigator,  76 
Parliaments^  sittings,  time  of  assembling,  438 
Parochial  registers,  i^t  to  copy,  68 
Parochial  registers :  W ilby,  co.  Northampton,  248 ; 

Easton  Maudit,  483 
Parson  Chaff,  its  meaning,  281 
Pasticcio  Operas,  169 

"Patience  on  a  monument,"  where  to  be  seen,  418 
Patrick  (St)  and  the  shamrock,  40,  60,  79,  104 
P.  (D.)  on  the  English  Protestant  chnxdi  in  Rome, 
488 

CranceHn  benuv,  622 

Fleur-de-lys  on  tbe  marimc^s  <uui|iii,  61 

Heraldic  queries,  801,  624 

Lo7ii3!t?7  mtdaXEv^at^ 


550 


INDEX. 


p.  (D.)  on  oil  oathrdral  of  Boulogne,  606 

"\ViM'(Fpsincw),  B.D.,  121 
Peacock  (tMwanl)  on  iirmH  wiintoil,  311 

Biixtor  (Thomns).  "The  Circle  Squared,"  348 

CiiUis  (llolM?rt),  134 

CUri;i'8  ( KranciM),  M.P^  311 

Coph«y  (ChriMtoiiber),  201 

Eastoni  kinp'H  ilcvico,  248 

GaiiiHY)orou^h  Pmyor-Book.  1G4 

Torn'  (Jjinui*),  York«hirt'  untiquan'.  507 
Pookard  0<«*v.  IVtrrX  D.D..  his  MSS.,  3;') 
PrdigpiM-.  t'vidt'ncc  in  proof  of  ono,  4i'i9,  •')20 
•*  p4'ine  fort  ft  dur»*,"  punishment  for  not  pleading, 

2o5,  32  { 
Prlhani  family,  321 
Penni  ^Luoi-u).  munopjam,  380 
P«*nnnylvani:i,  NlaviTy  pn>hil>itc<I  in.  480 
Penny  loiivis  at  fnnrr.ilH,  35.  «3.  20G 
Pon-tooth,  DF  pi u -tooth,  provinoialiMni,  43 
Pi'Utycnjss  (Hw.  ThomiiH)  of  Wallinglfonl,  272 
Pcpoy  (Up.  Thomas).  tutrioH in  the  Wilhy  agister, 

244  ;  in  that  of  Kii>ton  Maudit,  483 
Porkins  family,  oo.  LrieeutiT,  7A 
Prrehoro  Abbt-y,  its  architect,  182 
Petran'h.  value  of  tin-  I'dition,  1.V20-3,  437  ;  i-dit. 

1574,  74 
Pctrio  collection  of  ancient  music,  498 
JVws  ht-fnpe  tlie  Hefonnation,  43 
P.  {O.lXfr  VurA;  on  the  Empn'ss  Maud,  UG 
Philander  (.I.iakiiii\  ••  The  (loMen  Calf,"  457 
Philip  (Kin;;).  lin«-M  on,  103 
Philipps  (.Sir  KiMNnms^  epitaph,  251 
Phillips  (Claudy),  nniHieian,  epitaph,  251 
Phillip  (Jonas  H.),  American  dramatist,  t)G,  386 
Phillips  (.1.  V.)  on  ehildren's  j^amo,  304 

Holland  (J.),  optician,  157 

.lolniHon  (Dr.  SamueU  and  haby-talk,  396 

Morris*  (liewin).  85,  210 

Pack  (Major  Kiehanlson),  118 

Hhakspenn'  relic,  450 

Shofnl,  n  slan^  word,  145 

WilliamH  (Mrs.).  Miscellanies,  254 
Philh>tt  (F.)  on  lionl.  I^dy,  their  derivation,  211 

Owl,  an  ill-omened  bird,  143 

Wit,  itH  vuriuUH  usi-s,  82 
Phob'ys.  or  Fulas.  of  (lamlaa,  12,  44,  63 
Picton  (J.  A,)  on  Maiden  Castle,  141 

Team,  its  proper  definition,  187 

Wit,  ori^n  of  the  wonl,  161 
Pjoj«8e  (Cliarles)  on  Vichy,  105 
PiesBo  f  Soptimus)  on  Laurel  water,  63 

Nile.  Its  sources  discovered  in  1668, 113 
Pig  and  AViiistle,  a  sipn,  122 
Pigott  (Henry),  longex-ity,  332 
Pinkerton  (Wm.)  on  Cromwell's  heail,  178,  305 

"Est  Kosa  iios  veneris,"?  15 

Mitchcl  (Wm.),  the  Tinclarian  Doctor,  124 

Paradin  8  '•  Devises  Heroiqucs,"  485 

Prototype  of  CoUins's  "  To-morrow,"  461 

Bobin  Adiiir  :  Kilruddcry  Hunt,  &c,  500 

St  Patrick  and  the  shamrock,  40,  79 

Shakvpeare  and  Mary  Queen  of  Scota,  338 

Venablea  (Col.  Robert),  99 
Pit  and  gallowa,  whpn  last  inflicted,  298 
Pitt  diamond,  ita  histoiy,  8A7 


Pitt  (Wm.)  and  Charles  Fox,  their  owtorj."\ 
Place  (Mr.)  and  "  The  ClcTjorman's  Law.  h\\ 
PhigiariBma,  g<>npral.  "The  Grovei  of  BUmr: 

&c,  432,  487,  623 
Pbin  (Timothv),  noni  il«»  plump,  298.  3M 
Pbito*B  foresight  of  Shak«ii>earp.  63 
"  Play  uppp  Tho  Bri  Jos  of  Endi  ri»y,*'  378 
"  Plymouth  Beauty."  a  print.  458 
Plymouth  Sound,  draught  of.  320 
P.\M.)  on  Arabella  Femior.  519 
Markham  (Lady),  522 
Monumental  inacriptiunn  at  Dnokirk.olS 
Pocahontas,  an  Indian  princes*,  hergnt',  123 
P^ets  Laupcat  li'*t»  of,  312 
Pole  (Sip  William),  hiH  chartora,  US 
Polhiil  (Edw.)  of  Burwash,  his  death,  419 
Pomepoy(Rev.  Joseph),  hi»  coflBn.  434 
*' Pompomua  Mela  andSolinuM,"  e*lit  1518.  «IM 
Poi>e  (Alex.),  epigrHm  on  Gh«»»terfielil  IM.  241; 

portrait  noticed  by  Stome,  135;  papp«d^ 

eoreiy  of  his  port  mi  t>  72,  137 
Pope  (Rev.  F.  S.)  of  AVhitbv,  20 
Pop«  (Luke),  author  of  "  lliKtoi^-  of  MiAUew,^ 

400 
Pope  (Dp.  Walter),  poem  "  The  Old  Mans FuL' 

461 
Porchester  church,  inscription,  479,  530 
Porter  (Endymion),  his  fiiinily,  117 
Porter  family  monumental  inacriptionf,  2N,  M 

520 
Porter  (Mp«.  Sarah),    Queen   of  the  T'«tm  ti 

Tunbridge  Wi'lb»,  a  ]irint,  458 
Port  look  (Capt.   Nathaniel),    noticed.  373,  Hi 

489 
PoHtuf^  stampfi,  exchange  of  foreign,  419 
Post-office,  hiiitorical  account,  410 
Potato  and  point,  65 
Potiphar,  an  officer  of  the  ronrt,  347 
Pott4T  (Bamaby),  Bitthop  of  Carlisle,  214 
Puulet  (George),  noticed,  213 
Powi'll  (Rev.  James),  hiH  longevity,  123 
P.  (P.)  on  engraving  by  BartoJozzi,  377 
Mutilation  of  aepulchral  monument^  22 
**  Patience  on  a  monument,**  418 
Red  Croaa  Knighta,  of  ToniplarB,  489 
Weluh  burial  offeringH,  387 
Witches  in  Lancaster  Castle,  385 
Pratt  family  of  Coletthill,  Berkm  174,  249 
Pratt  (Geo.)  on  Pratt,  baronets  of  ColeshUl,  174 
Pniyen*,  I*rivate,  for  the  laity,  193,  270 
lVf8top(John)in  the  apms  of  the  ace  of  Chidiester, 

279 
PpeBtoniensis  on  longpvity  of  clcf^gymen,  65, 12S 
Pridcaux  (Juhn),  Rp.  of  Worcester,  portrait,  243 
Primrose,  the  primula,  132,  202 
Primula :  tho  primrose,  132,  202 
Prior  (MatthewX  origin  of  the  "  Thief  and  Cord^ 

lier,  •  476,  528 
Private  soldier,  meaning  of  the  phrase,  144,  186 
Privy  Council,  meeting  of  ths  Judicial  Committee 

o^  193,  267,  364,  383 

ProTarbt  and  Phrases :  — 

Cornish  prorerba^  208,  276 
Q<Qa.\aBA>\9(a  "^gRf^MK -« 


INDEX. 


551 


ProTerbf  and  Phrases  :  — 

Every  dog  has  his  day,  and  a  cat  has  two 
Sundays,  97,  185 

Fatherhood  of  God,  514 

Hatter :  As  mad  as  a  hatter,  24,  64, 125 

I  got  my  kail  through  the  reek  for  that,  77 

Lajiguage  given  to  man  to  conceal  his  thoughts, 
34,  216 

Needs  must  when  the  Dcyil  drives,  136,  203 

One  half  of  the  world  knows  not  how  the  other 
lives,  136 

One  swallow  does  not  make  a  summer,  53,  83 

*'  Bevenons  k  nos  moutons,"  346,  408 

Rose :  "  Est  Rosa  flos  veneris,"  15,  64 

Tag,  rag,  and  bobtail,  518 

Thou  art  like  unto  like,  as  the  Devil  said  to 
the  Collier,  282,  389 

We  praise  the  food  as  we  find  it,  117 

We  praise  the  fool  as  we  find  him,  117 
Prowett  (C.  G.)  on  JEnigmata,  267 

Bull  of  Burke's,  445 

**  Hamlet,"  passage  in,  426 

"  Troilus  and  Cressida,"  passage  in,  426 
Pryce  (CKio.)  on  monumental  inscnptions  in  Bris- 
tol, 87,  368 

Southey's  birth-place,  249 
Psalm  zc.  9,  its  translation,  57,  83,  102,  160 
Psalms— "I  Sette  Salmi,"  its  author,  98,  409 
Pack,  his  eastern  origin,  394 
Pumice  stone,  its  domestic  uses,  56 
Punishment  for  not  pleading,  255,  324 
Puppet-show  exhibitions  of  the  last  century,  62 
Purcell  (Heniy),  song  "  Let  the  dreadful  engines," 

472 
Purgatory,  a  pagan  superstition,  373 
Pumell  (T.)  on  Lewis  Morris,  142 
Purser  (Richard),  a  centenarian,  170 
P.  (W.)  on  the  broad  arrows,  165 

Cold  in  June,  164 

Epitaphs,  records  of,  191 

Glass,  its  early  use  in  England,  629 

Homilies  read  in  churches,  173 

Monasteries,  manuscripts  on,  57 

Painter  to  His  Majesty,  66 

St  Swithin's  Day,  164 

Tombstones  and  memorials,  528 
P.  (W.  P.)  on  manuscript  English  Chronicle,  54 

Cock  Robin's  death  in  a  church  window,  98 

Cuckoo  song,  466 

Pumice  stone,  its  uses,  66 
P.  (Y.)  on  burial-place  of  still-bom  children,  34 

Madman's  fooid  tasting  of  oatmeal  porridge,  36 


Quadalquivir,  "the  Great  River,"  436,  487 
Quakers'  Yards  in  Wales,  194 
Quakers'  marriage  portion  to  servants,  530 
Queasy  B  ticklish,  qualmish,  171 
(lUieftman,  parochial  officer,  34,  66,  81,  188 

Quotations: — 

A  human  heart  should  beat  for  two,  271 
"Ant  ta  es  Moras  aut  nollns,"  61,  84 
Aatbarofgoodl  to  Tbee  I  turn,  128,  271. 


Quotations :  — 

Death  hath  a  thousand  ways  to  let  out  life, 

142 
For  me  let  hoaiy  Fielding  bite  the  ground, 

496,  623 
God  and  the  doctor  we  alike  adore,  62,  469, 

527 
God  from  a  beautiful  necessity  is  love,  271 
Green  wave  the  oak  for  ever  o  er  thy  rest,  378, 

443 
He  digged  a  pit,  193 

He  set  as  sets  the  morning  star,  495,  523 
I  had  no  friend  to  care  for  me,  437 
Knowledge  that  leaves  no  trace  of  acts  be- 

hind,  322 
No  spot  on  earth  but  has  supplied  a  grave, 

378 
Nullum  quod  tetigit  non  omavit,  197 
O  God  of  glory !    Thou  hast  treasured  up,  75 
Perhaps  it  was  right  to  dissemble  your  love, 

119,  184 
Qui  Christum  noscit,  &c,  83,  106, 126,  247 
Spartam,  quam  nactus  es,  orna,  260,  307,  444 
This  book,  when  brass  and  marble  fail,  378, 

627 
This  world's  a  good  world  to  live  in,  114 
Westward  the  course  of  empire  takes  its  way, 

496,  523 
Woman's  will,  300 
Quotations,  on  verifying,  290 

R. 

Radcot  Bridge  battle,  398,  488 

Raffles  (Rev.  Dr.),  autographs,  269 

Raid,  early  use  of  the  word,  400 

Raine  (Henry),  marriage  portion  to  females,  476 

Raleigh  (Sir  Walter),  documents   regarding,  108, 

184,  200,  207,  351  ;  unpublished  particulars,  7 
Randell  (Mrs.  Maria  Eliza),  her  MSS.,  419 
Rapier  f&mily  pedigree,  213 
Rathlin,  its  reduction  in  1675,  89 
R.  (C.  J.)  on  Heming  family  of  Worcester,  173^ 

Leigh  &mily  of  Yorkshire,  166 

Quotations  wanted,  62 

Richardson  family,  165 

Rowe  (Cheyne),  an  author,  298 

Rowe  (John),  seijeant-at-law,  10 

Seal  found  in  Yorkshire,  166 

Sevenoke  (Sir  William),  arms,  37 

Torrington  family,  56 
Reardon  (J.)  on  Sir  Edward  May,  66 
Red  Cross  Knights,  or  Temfhirs,  407,  489 
Redmond  (S.)  on  great  battle  of  cats,  133 

Brown  (Robert  Dillon),  M.P.,  369 

Folk  lore  in  Ireland,  353 

"  Irish  Tutor,"  its  author,  479 

Murtha,  a  Christian  name,  356 

Oath  taken  in  India,  277 

Plagiarisms :  "  The  Groves  of  Bhimey,"  432 

"Rueful  Quaker,"  by  Maurice  O'Connell,  437 

''Robin  Adair,"  442 

Sun-dancing  on  Easter  Sunday  monung,  448 

Sumamfia,  4\^ 


392 


INDEX. 


Reliable,  the  use  of  the  word  defended,  68,  86, 266, 

329 
Resurrection  Gate,  St.  Giles' -in-the-Fields,  67, 165 
Retreat  applied  to  a  muster  of  troops,  119,  202,  248 
Revalenta,  its  origin,  24,  200 
Reynolds  (James)  on  St.  Mary  Matfelon,  83,  161 
Reynolds  (Adm.  John),  biography,  37 
R.  (H.  E^  on  marrow-bones  and  deavere,  624 
Rhaged  (  Vryan)  on  whipoltre,  or  holly,  386 
Rhodes  (W.  B.),  dramatic  pieces,  36 
Richard  III.,  letters  and  papers  of  his  reign,  460 
Richardson  family,  72,  123,  166,  627 
Richardson  (Charles),  LL.I).,  his  early  work,  71 
Richardson  (Rev.  Christopher),  parentage,  213, 271 
Richardson  (Sir  Thomas),  noticed,  124 
Richmond  court  rolls,  437 
Richmond  (Frances  Stuart,  Duchess  of),  engraved 

as  Britannia  on  coins,  37 
Rifling,  its  early  invention,  435 
Rimbault  (Dr.  E.  F.)  on  the  Black  Bear  at  Cum- 
nor,  438 

Bentley  (Thomas)  of  Chiswick,  449 

Braham  (John),  the  vocalist,  444 

Dove  (Robert),  his  bequests,  429 

Exhibition  of  sign-boards,  14 

Oratorio  of  "  Abel,"  467 

Resurrection-gate,  St.  Giles' s-in-the-Fields,  67 

Shurley  (John),  voluminous  writer,  80 

"  Three  blue  beans  "  and  the  ballot,  444 
Ring  mottoes,  33 
Rivetus  (Andreas),  anagram,  63 
Rix  (Joseph),  M.D.,  on  James  Prendeville,  269 
Rix  (S.  W.)  on  Mrs.  Barbauld's  Prose  Hymns,  33 
R.  (M.  S.)  on  cenotaph  to  79th  regiment  at  CHf- 
toii,  11 

Choyno  (Capt.  Alexander),  34 
R.  (N.  H.)  on  book  hawking,  70 

Jamen  IL  at  8t.  Germain's,  13 
Robespierre's  remains,  1 1 
Robin,  a  parricide,  347,  407 
Robin  Hood,  his  birfh-place,  293 
Robinson  (C.  J.)  on  Gary  family  in  Holland,  398, 
525 

French  leave,  origin  of  the  term,  494 
"Rob  Roy,"  allusions  in,  281 
Robsart  (Amy),  her  death,  439 
Rod  used  in  ladies'  schools,  203 
Roffe  (Alfred)  on  John  Frederick  Lampe,  184 

Pasticcio  Operas,  169 

Purcell's  song,  "Let  the  dreadful  engines,"  472 
Rogation  days,  works  on,  131 
"  Rolliad,''  characters  in  it,  198 
Romaine  (Rev.  Wm.),  Christian  name  of  his  >Tife, 

298 
Roman  camps,  churches  within,  173,  329,  441 
Roman  games,  39,  65,  139,  244 
Romano-liritish  money,  298 
Rome,  the  English  church  in,  431,  488 
Rosary,  its  original  institution,  154,  247 
Jo»e  :  •'  Est  Rosa  flos  veneris,"  15,  64 
Rose  (Edward  Hampden),  works,  259,  327 
Rosenhagen  (Rev.  Philip),  a  Junius  chiimant,  16 
Row  parochial  records,  272 
Rotation  Office,  213 
Bound  towen  of  Ireland,  115 


Rows  (Cheyne),  an  author,  298 
Rowe  (John),  setjeant-at-law,  10 
Rowlands  (W.  K)  on  battles  in  England,  tf8 
Delalaunde  (Sir  Thomas),  377 
Virsil's  testimony  to  our  Isold's  advent,  4i 
Rowley  (Rev.  Joshua  \  longevity,  63,  82 
Roxburgh  (Duke  of),  his  hymns,  238,  366 
Royal  arms  explained,  100 
Royal  cadency,  213,  310,  366 
R.  (S.  Y.)  on  Ursuhi,  Lady  Altham,  284 
Acland  (Rev.  John),  320 
Ardesoif  (J.  P.),  RN.,  435 
Bailley  (Sir  Charles),  284 
Ballard  (Colonel),  320 
Bentley  (Nathaniel),  "Dirty  Dick,**  482 
Bolton  (James),  botanical  artist,  345 
Bristow  (John),  97 
Brook  (Abraham),  355 
Bryan  (Mrs.  Mai^garet),  355 
Budd  (Henry)  of  Guernsey,  417 
Chaigneau  (William),  11 
Chandler  (Richard),  151 
Cherington  (Viscount),  347 
Clarendon  (R.  V.),  496 
Clarkes  (three  Charles),  485 
Cotterell  (Lieut-Colonel),  297 
Cook  (Thomas),  alderman  of  Yongjia],  53 
Coventry  (Sir  John),  KB.,  191 
Cranidge  (John),  M.A.,  280 
Cumming  (James),  212 
Dare  (Josiah),  497 

Davys  (John),  rector  of  Caatlo  Ashby,  889 
Deverell  (Mrs.  Mary),  379 
Dudgeon  (William),  172 
Elton  (Lieut.-Col.  and  Capt.  George),  319 
Forrest  (Capt.  Thomas),  477 
Forlcscue  (James),  D.D.,  354 
Goody er  (John)  of  Mapledurham,  173 
Hamilton  (Geo.):  Capt.  Edwards,  458 
Harris  (Moses),  engraver,  458 
Holder  (Thomas  and  Capt.  Tobie),  152 
Hopkirk  (Thomas),  356 
Hurt  ley  (Thomas)  of  Malham.  497 
Jay  (Sir  James),  Knt.,  M.D.,  418 
Jenny  (Thomas),  i-ebel  and  poet,  132 
Lewis  (Wm.  Lillington),  241 
Lund  (Jolm)  of  Pontefract,  282 
Massie  (Joseph),  political  \»Titer,  241 
Molyneux  (Thomas  More),  298 
Parker  (!Mary  Ann),  circumnavigator,  75 
Pope  (Luke),  author  of  "  History  of  Midd 

sex,"  400 
Portlock  (Capt.  Nathaniel^),  375 
PolhiU  (Edward),  Esq.,  of  Burwash,  4iy 
Spence  (William),  entomologist,  214 
Stephens  (Peter),  Esq.,  419 
Sutton  (John)  M.D.,  175 
Townsend  (Thomas),  Esq.,  barrister,  419 
Verral  (William)  of  Lewes,  322 
Watson  (John),  rector  of  Kirby  Cane^  401 
Wilkinson  (R<^v.  Thomas),  459 
Williams  (John)  aJias  Anthony  Panquin,  13 
Wolfe,  gardener  to  Henry  YIU,,  194,  269 
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R.  (8.  Y,)  on  Yeomans  (John),  of  CbelBem  4^0        i 

Soagg  (K  HO  on  Esouires'  basUs  438 

Pi,ff:  J,., .    a  eristle  of  the  Brocci,  154 

V'  ire,  194 

Bti  irlof  Ford  aJQilBrentferd,  188 

Kuiiiveu  (Lord),  noticed,  210 

Buthren  (Patrick),  notic^,  270.  294 

Eye  (Wiiltur)  on  Erasmus  and  Sir  Tho».More,  61 

Ralph  Fitz-Hflbert,  414 
Bje-HoiUJt^  plot  cardfl,  9,  141 

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R  on  Gxecntion  for  witohecnft«  21 

Lamont  (Dn  Darid),  22 
Buck,  a  wine,  328.  488 
8addleB  mtu-k,  110 
8.  (A,  G.)  on  UngQiLge  used  m  Botouui  amrtSf  444 

**  Spartam,  qmun  nactiis  e%  omo."  307 
Sflgp  (K.  J.)  on  Hanrey  of  Wangtjy  Houae,  42,  326 
AlbiMi's.  Chromde*  of,  4oO 
Andrew^B.  Holbom,  its  ratajmnont*,  380 
Augtu^e  and  the  myattrr  of  the  Xriniiy,  40^ 
61,  79;  curious  pti^sage  in,  3do 
St.  BacchUi!,  noticed.  249 
Bt.  Dominie  and  th       -'    -  -  -    >'^    ^'^7 
Sl  Germain" k,  it;-  ,13 

St.  GiWs-in-the-i  i  - » ,  i-  1.  .     .  .uun  gate,  67, 

165 
St.  Uhm/ieU  a  Welsh  bishop,  1^ 
St.  Leonud'?  (Lord),  his  ^'iirly  work,  71 
Bt.   1^  Matfelon,  aims  Whitechapel,  83,  161, 

223 
St.  Patrick  and  the  Bhamrock,  40.  60,  79,  104  ;  hia 
wife  and  wife's  mother,   104;  Mcmoits  of  Kifl 
Life,  25 
St  Peter's  at  Rome,  its  orientivtion,  616 
,Bl  Kemigius,  or  Kemi,  uoticed,  249 
5^6t,  Romulus,  noticed,  249 
St.  Sepulchre's  paeiring-btai,  170,  331,  368,  429 
St^  Swithin  on  an  ancedote^  477 
Auatmn  motto,  3U9 
Gorpee:  Defend,  296 
Dor,  a  drono  bee,  416 
Leading  apes  in  htll,  424 
Pre-death  coffins,  423 
Senteueca  containing  but  one  voweli  526 
Wig,  its  etymology,  427 
St.  SwitMn's  Day  in  1623,  1628,  164 
St,  T,  on  the  climate  of  Bfrmnda,  122 
Beckct  (Captain),  134 
Blind  ftlehouse,  137 
Foute,  an  obsolete  word,  497 
Fosters  Npgro  Songs,  163 
Giants  and  dwarfs,  222 
Hoore  (Dr,  Mordecfli),  fcunily,  154 
Ni^leon,  the  First,  135 
Rapier  family,  Yorkshirp,  213 
Sancroft  (Abp.),  his  »tatet9,  213 
Sanatory  and  siin3t«r>%  4^3 
Slavf^ry,  prohibited  in  PeniHiylranifl,  480 
Smith *( Richard),  241 
Top  of  his  b«nt,  137 
St,  Umik  and  11,000  Tirgins,  274 
St  (W,)  on  Sir  John  Countgaby,  ^0 


Sail  n,  Bucks,  81 

*'  *S  I  Misodiftny  of  Boetjy,"  its  author, 

Salmon  in  the  Thames,  479 

Salter  (Sir  John),  ceremony  ot  bis  tomb,  15fi 

Salvtyne  (EuduirdX  inBmptlou  in  Chiswidt  dundt, 

12 
Sanatory  and  Snnit^iy  explained,  463 
San  Ckmente,  diewvery  of  a  puiuting  in  the  Btsi- 

tica,  319 
Sancroft  (Abp.),  liis  »ist<»ra,  213,  290 
Saody,  i,  e.  Alexander,  who  was  he?  19 i 
**SfinB  CulotideB,'*  by  Cincinnatns  Rigshaw,  74 
Sorgcmt  (John),  author  of  "ThtJuSIirie,"  214 
Saunders,  or  Shakspeare  (Hugh),  Principal  of  St. 

Alban's  Hall,  459 
Saxirin  (Jamea),  English  tranalfttion  of  hi*  Ser- 

monH,  77 
Saviour,  painting  of  Our,  74,  157,  290 
Savoy  rent,  437 
Saxony,  the  anna  of,  12,  64,  81 
Scnrth  fiimily,  134.  204,  270 
Scharf  (George)  on  portraits  of  Shakspem^  333 
Scbin  on  "  As  mad  as  a  hatter,"  24 
Chaperon^  Chape ront^  384 
Dinlecta  of  the  suburbs,  112 
Reliabk,  329 
Schleswick :  the  Danne-Wcrke,  127 
Schieswig^Hobitein,  hij^torical  noticpfi,  212 
Schomberg  (Sir  AJex),  Knt,,  noticed,  4^^l2 
Scotch  customs  on  New  Year  «  Day.  153,  221 
Scotch  rhymes  sung  by  eUuldr<?n,  393 
Scotch  words,  glossary  of,  514 
Scotland,  forfeited  eatates  in,  321 
Scott (ReginaM >  "-•■-*   li.-; 
Scott  (Sir  Tlu  itall.  Kent,  195 

Soott  (Sir  WuJ:  c  o^  147;  omin  of 

the  names  of  ''  Wayt-rlt^y "'  and  '*  Ivaahoe,    176 
Scottish,  and  Scoteh,  21 
Scottish  formula  of  the  General  Asflembly.  35 
Soottiflb  peengea^  old,  492 
^' Sea  of  Glass.**  156,  221 
Saaibrth  (Lord),    bond   betwMS  lam  lad  Lord 

BA!Ay,  459 
Seal,  episcopal,  of  St  Darid's  7  357,  448 
Sealing- wax  remoTied,  419 
SeaU,  Anglo-Saxon  and  other  mwliieTal,  445 
Seala,  costs  for,  419,  450,  507;  caste  of  ancient, 

113,  185 
Secret  Society  for  swearing,  155 
Sedgwick  (D.)  on  authon  of  hymnjs,  280 
S.  (k,  h.)en  broken  hcajta,  514 
Chaignean,  66 

Danish  right  of  snccesKion,  181 
Grt^t  >mttle  of  oats,  247 
Lopd'ti  Prayer  rea*!  in  the  Lessons,  617 
Old  tiUe  with  a  n*^  title,  355 
Selalj,  ibsme:.   •    -    "'^'   f,21 
Seneca' f5  pri.*i  !  368,  440 

Seatenceft  couU        ^      i  one  ToweL  419,  526 
Septa,  the  ink  ot  the  cuttle  6ali,  322,  408 
Sa^eoiigint  dtf^red  by  the  Jcwa,  419,  470,  524 
Sepulchral  mon  omenta,  their  mutilation,  21,  101, 
158 


I  K  D  E  X. 


Smtth  (W.  S,  B.)  00  the  Iron  maiik  at  Woolwich,  202 

Owl,  an  ill-omened  bird,  143 

**SirAAg^and  EbV  488 
Smith  (Wm,)  oti  the  Britifih  Institution,  165 

Lttmpe  (J.  ¥.),  his  death,  18ri 
Smith  (Z.  C.)  OQ  Buck  Whnllej,  16rj 
Smyth  (Rev,  Wm.)  of  Dtinottur,  498 
Sobieski  (Princess  Maria  Ch-meutiuii),  hep  flight, 

421 
Socrates'  oath  by  the  dog,  a5,  138,  203 
Soldier,  origin  and  menning  of  ii  private,  144,  186 
**Solomon*B  Song,"  poetical  r^raton,  1703,  322 

Songi  and  Ballads: — 

Bftiley  (the  Unfortunate  Misij),  in  I*i*tin,  76 

Billy  Taylor,  172,  223 

Brides  of  Enderby  496 

Chough  and  Crow,  243 

Chapter  of  Kings,  by  Collin?,  IS 

Comic,  tmnslat^d,  76,  172,  223 

Chtirchraan  (Richard)  on  hia  death,  200 

Fairiea*  song,  321 

Farewell  of  the  Irish  Grenadier  to  his  Ladye 

Love,  464 
Folk  ballade,  modem,  209 
GroTea  of  Bkraey,  432 
How  to  be  Happy,  by  Collinn,  20 
InritutioD  to  Owen  Bray's  at  Loughliustown, 

"  Is  it  to  try  me  ?  **  241,  386 

"  It  vaa  the  Knight  Sir  Aag*/'  376 

Johnny  Adair,  404,  442.  500 

Jolly  Nose,  by  Olivier  Basselin,  25 

Kib^ddery  Hnnt,  404,  442,  469,  602 

Let  tlip  dreadful  engines,  472 

Lii^ts  of  Naseby  Wold,  376 

Lord  Maleom,  376 

Merlin,  his  birth,  372 

MohuB  (Lord)  and  Duke  Hamilton,  312 

*'  Now,  brtiTe  boys,  we*re  on  for  marchiu',"  464 

Praifie  of  Yorkshire  ale,  481 

Eat<!ttteher*B  daughter,  Latin  and  Greek,  224 

Robin  Adair,  notes  on  the  tfong,  404,  442,  500 

Robin  Rough  head,  616 

Rule,  great  ShakspfMLre,  400 

Sir  Aag^  and  Els6,  376,  488 

Time  took  by  the  forelock  at  Kilteman,  603 

When  I  were  bom  in  Plymouth  old  town,  516 

Wilikina  and   hia  Dinah,  Latin  and  Greek, 
224 

Wi^n  aong,  109,  184 

Young  Lo veil's  Bride,  243 
Sophia  Dorothea  of  Zelle,  her  mtLrriitge,  616 
Sortes  yir|»iliaiiie,  origin,  196,  246 
Southey  (Robert),  inficription  on  his  tomb,   88 .; 

birih-pliice,  249 
Spal  on  Hindoo  gods,  262 
Spaoiflh  Jews'  Book  nf  Pmyert^,  498 
Sparrowhawk  vt-i.^  '   '  -d,  376 

Spelinan  fjimily  |  '■'» 

Spolman  (Lady  Lit,....^. ... ,,  uev  husband,  482,  623 
Bpence  (Thomas),  founder  of  the  Spencean  Schemci 

214 
Spence  (WiUiam),  entomologii^t,  214 
Spencer  (Beckviith)  of  Yorkshire,  498 


tSpenser  (Edmund),  Latin  tran«ktion  of  hia  **  Ca- 
lendar," 118 

Spoon,  the  ministerial  wooden,  214 

Spottiswoode  (Abp.  John  and  Bp,  James ),  415  * 

Spring  =  a  tune  on  a  musicid  iuBtnunent,  U9,  164 

8.  (S.)  on  William  DeU,  VXK  76 

S.  (T.)  on  Boispreaux'a  *'  Riemti,"  320 
Mrs.  Fitzherbert.  69 

Stage,  Collier- Congrere  controversy,  38 

Stamford,  prijjected  college  at,  1 

Stamford  seal,  an  rarly  one,  113,  186 

Stankfordienni^  on  church ea  in  Roman  camps,  173 
Stamford  6oaJ,  185 

Stanhope  (Sir  Michael),  reeidence  ut  Ilford,  616 

Stanley  (Dr,  Artliur  PenrJiyn),  allusion  in  his  ser- 
mon, 616 

Stephens  (Prof.  Goorge),  '*  The  Daniah  Warrior  to 
his  Kindred,"  313 

Steproothera*  bleftsingu,  or  back  friends,  26 

Sterne    (Lattrenc«\    hia   Life,    332 ;     **  Tristram 
Shandy, '  414,  624 

Stcuart  (Dr.  Adam},  a  Scotch  roinibter,  118,  242 

Sfcewart  family  of  Orkney,  426 

Stewart  (MriJBngald),  poem,  147,  484 

Stirpe  (R)  on  the  bloody  hand,  64 

S.  (T.  G.)  on  William  Dudgeon,  271 

Timothy  Plain,  pseiuL  Stewart  Threipknd,  388 

Stone,  its  decay  in  buildinge,  68,  138 
I  Stone  bridge  in  St.  Marb'n'8-m-the-Fiold.s,  136 

Stories,  similar  ones  in  different  localities,  375 

Storm  of  1703,  504 

Story  (Robert),  consen-ative  poet,  369 

Story  (Rev.  Wgl  Armine),  pedi^free,  3*^7 

Strickland  (Sir  Wm.)  of  E.  R.  Yorkshire,  400 

Stuart  adherents,  work  on,  420 

Stum  rod,  299,  365 

Stylites  on  Chaperon,  280,  609 
Cuckoo  song,  508 

Suidde,  funeral  of  one  at  Scone,  170 

Suicide  of  a  Newf^jundland  dog,  516 

Summer  Islands,  works  ou,  122 

Sun  dancing  on  Easter-day,  394,  448 

Superville  (Daniel  de),  Sermoua  translated,  77 

Surnames,  early,  448,  487 

Surrey  (Henry  Howard,  Earl  of),  enigma,  65,  103, 
145,  249,  311 

"  Sussex  Advertiser,*'  early  numberst,  75 

Sutlierland  (Ensign),  noticed,  322,  38 8 

Sutton  family,  447 

Sutton  (John),  M.D.  of  Leicester,  176 

Sutton  Coldfield,  its  old  orthogni^hy,  379.  624 

Swallows  a  sign  of  returning  spring,  63,  83,  122  ; 
precunsors  of  dejitli,  269,  365 

Sw^&ns,  the  gami^  of,  436 

Swedenborgians,  account  of,  377 

Swift  (Dean)  and  Huehea,  278 

Swifte  (E.  L.)  on  Sliakirpeare'a  profeeeion,  232 

T^'ellth  night  and  punning,  142 
Swinburne  (Mr),  secretary  to  Sir  H.  Fanshaw,  12 
Swinton  (Katherine),  her  issue,  469 
Sword-bliidc  inscriptions,  113 
8.  (W.  W.)  ou  the  lapwing  (ptfptt),  77 

Wilby  parii^h  registers,  243 
Sydney  (Lord),  noticed  in  the  ••  Rolliad,**  108 
Sydney  pcw^Uigc  tttam^^  \%V 


INDEX. 


657 


w. 

W.  on  Decay  of  stone  in  bnildingi,  68 

Hairiaee  hefoace  a  juBtioe  of  the  peaee,  (M 
Wadham  Isknds,  origin  of  tihe  name,  IM 
W.  (A.  K)  on  birth-place  of  Bofaitt  Hood,  &93 

Barley,  an  exclamation,  358 
WagstafTe  (Dr.  Jonathan),  2d9 
Wamwright  (Thomaa)  of  Wanngton,  epitopb,  428 
"WAloott  (M.  R  G.)  on  the  Linpipiinn,  or  tippet, 
456 
St.  Maiy  Matfelon«  161 
Winchester  CoUe^,  369 
Wales  (the  Infant  Prince  of),  paternal  and  mater- 
nal descents,  129 
Wales  (Prince  and  Princess  of),  their  fourfold  re- 
lationship, 188 
Walker  (Rev.  George)  of  Londwideny,  femilv,  480 
Walker  (Obadiah),  "  Of  Ednestion,  efpeeiaily  of 

Young  Gentlemen,"  38 
Wall  (Wm.),  D.D.,  his  longerity,  22 
Walsingham  (Sir  Francis),  not  a  KG.,  132 ;  letter, 

352 
Walsingham  (Sir  Thomas),  descendants,  437 
Warren  (C.  F.  S.)  on  Charles  lUs  iUegitbwite 
children,  289 
Fitzjames  (James),  his  descendasts,  184 
Harold  II.,  his  posterity,  217 
Iran  IV.,  his  relatiTes,  616 
Leieester  (Earl  of),  hit  epitaph,  146 
Mordaunt  barony,  468 
Newhaven  in  F»nee,  141 
OUTer  de  Dorden,  146 
Raleigh  (Sir  Walter),  200 
Surnames  among  the  Jews,  487 
Warwick  (Eden)  on  Lasso,  490 
Washington  (Joseph)  of  the  Middle  Temple,  23 
Waters  family,  co.  Glamorgan,  376 
Watson  of  Lofthouse,  YorkiBhire»  82 
Watson  (John),  rector  of  Kirby  Cane,  401 
Watson  (Wm.),  LL.D.,  •'The  Clergyman's  Lav," 

617 
Wauchop  (Dr.  Robert),  blind  from  infancy,  31 
WaTerley,  the  name  of  Sir  W.  Scott's  novel,  176 
W.  (E.)  on  Quadalquivir,  the  Great  River,  487 
Weale  (W.  H.  J.)  on  Hans  Memlinc,  163 
Wedgwood  (Josiah),  noticed,  449 
Wegh,  a  certain  weight  or  quantity,  38 
Welsh,  consonants  in,  364 
Weston  (Richard  Lord),  anagram  of  his  name,  62 
Wetherell  (J.)  on  Sutton  Coldfield,  379 
W.  (G.)  on  mottoes  and  coats  of  arma^  77 
W.  (H.)  on  Cromweirs  head,  119 
Whalley  (Thomas),  date  of  his  birth,  165 
Whately  (Abp.),  his  witticisms,  128 
Wheatley  (John),  his  coffin,  424 
Whipultre,  the  holly,  385 

Whitechapel,  alias  St.  Mary  Matfelon,  83, 161,  223 
Whiting  (Natlianicl),  rector  of  Aldwincle,  420 
Whitmore  family  of  Shropshire,    159,   220,  285, 

289 
Whitmore  (W.  H.)  on  arms  of  Sir  E.  Andros,  845 
Coote,  Lord  Bellomont,  arms,  345 
Foiter  anns,  447 
Pelham  fiimily,  321 


Whittled  down,  a  movuMialitvi,  48/^  527 
Wiesener  (M.  LonisX  <' Marie  Stnazt  et  le  Oomte 

de  BothweU,"  411 
Wig,  its  etymology,  427 
Wlgan  (John),  MJ).,  biography,  87,  223 
Wilby  parish  registers,  243 
Wild  men,  a  Scottish  sect,  36 
Wilde  (Jean),  travels  to  Heceah,  213 
Wilde  (Richard  Henry),  poem,  284 
Wildmoor  and  Whitmore,  ca  8HCaCR>rd,  220, 2$9 
Wilkinson  (Rev.  Thomaa),  rectov  of  Great  Hough- 
ton, 459 
Wilkinson  (Rev.  Theaias),  ismured  after,  480 
Wilkinson  (T.  T.)  on  Henry  Ctabtawe,  182 
Fletcher^s  Arithmetie,  178 
Horrodm  (Jeremiah),  aatxonomaE;  178 
Pablieation  of  Diaries,  216,  303 
Tumer^s  '*  Miscellanea  Curiosa,"  448 
Wme  (J.  G.),  his  engravingB,  76 
Williams  family  of  Gaemarvon,  176,  269 
Williams  ^Mrs.  Anm),  **  Mimellamffl,"  254 
Williams  (C.)  on  paadiamenl  hojtm  at  Madgrafluth, 

174 
Williams  (John),  alias  Anthony  Faiquin,  176 
WiUibrord  (St.),  noticed,  128 
Willis,  the  mad  doctor,  198 
Wills,  on  pnbUshing -those  of  pasanaseoBKUj  de- 
ceased, 257 
Wills  at  liandaff,  342;  T^weaahtiy,  wheae  kept, 

877 
Wills  (W.  H.)  on  Britannia  on  copper  coinn  37 
Wilson  (Beau),  n<ytified,  160,  284 
Wilson  (Professor),  his  father,  282 
Wilson  (T.)  on  Halifax  law,  66 
Winchelsea  (LordX  aotieed,  198 
Window-glass,  its  eariy  use,  400,  5StB 
Winnington  (Sir  Thomaa  £.)  cm  AhHne  Tabone, 
144 
"  Century  of  IntentiiMis,''  880 
GainsboBoug^  Pvayer-Bbok,  144 
Heraldic,  88d 

Inscription  at  Ham  Castle,  297 
Isle  of  Axholme,  434 
Kilruddery  Hunt,  469 
London  smoke,  329 
Porchester  church,  inscription,  479 
Richardson  family,  123 
Salveyne  (Richard),  12 
Wit,  its  old  meaning,  162 
Winton  (Lord),  escape  from  the  Tower,  176 
Wise  (Rev.  Francis),  librarian,  100,  121 
Wish;  "The  Old  Woman's  Wish,  a  Poem,"  462 
Wistman's  Wood,  Devonshire,  376 
Wit  defined,  30,  82,  161,  202,  308 
Witch  trials  in  the  seventeenth  century,  324 
Witchcraft^  recent  execution  for,  21 
Witches  in  Lancaster  Castle,  259,  385 
Witches  tried  at  Bury  St.  Edmund's,  401 
Witty  classical  quotations,  310,  369,  449 
Wogan  (Sir  Charles)  and  Clementina  Sobieski, 

421 
Wolfe,  gardener  to  Henry  VIII.,  194, 269,  383, 419 
Wolfe  (Gen.  James),  portrait  by  GainslxHoagh,  86 
Woman's  wiil«  lines  on,  800 
Wonderful  charaAleca^^oTVA  csa^\^ 


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